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Show ' (JKAKIUL Wanlilngtou ljiletligence. Vnhington, '2:1. ThomAs I. Durant I of Washington, formerly of Louisiani, j lias beou appointed U. S. advocate be- fo: e the arbitrators to sottla the claim ! of America against Spain, in place of Caleb Cushing, resigned. Tho solicitor of tho treasury decides thai any passenger steamboat carrying I petroleum contrary to Iho laws is subject sub-ject to seizure. When carried according accord-ing to law petroleum must be marted at what degree of Fahrenheit it will ignite; and transportation of coal oil is entirely forbidden. I The l'acillc States Kopublican aisoci-' aisoci-' ntiou last night elected tho following oilicovB lo servo during the ensuing year: President, S. Oarhold, of Washington Wash-ington ;'lcrritory; vice-presidents.judge C. J. liilyer,of Sovada, G. Jj. Ticksnor, of California; treasurer, L. S. Thompson, Thomp-son, of Oregon; corresponding socre-I socre-I tury, J. C, UejestT. I Washington, 22. Tho Grand Duko ! Alexis nrritod by special train this evening, and is tho guest of the llus-sian llus-sian minister Catacazy. Crowds were at the depot to seo him, but as the prince and suite wore in citizens dreBS they were not at lirst known. The presentation presenta-tion will take place to-morrow probably at noon. General Walker, the now commis-i commis-i sinner of lndinn allairs, will onter on ( hid duties on ilondny. , A lex In to Ills Roy Ml Pa. New York, 22. Soon aftor the arrival ar-rival of the Grand Duke at his apart- men ts at the Clarendon Hotel, ho dis-. dis-. patched tho following menage to his : lather by cable. , To tlio Emperor of Itussit, St. teters-I teters-I burg: Jin try cordial and inagnitlcont, ! reception parade of militia, goneral holiday in tbecity: signed Alexi. Tho ! siimc dispal;!i was sent to the Knipres of Kussia in the Crimea, j The Ttljt of Hie Prlnc In Vh.1- 1 Jalliniorr, 22. A special train from New York conveying the (rrand Duke Alexis and party passed through this ! city this evening, leaving Camden sta-I sta-I lion for Washington a few minutes : niter ii o'clock". Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour a crowd or several I hundreds assembled at tho Philadelphia ! depot, and on the arrival of the train : they broke forth in hearty cheer?, which we:c gracefully acknowledged by tho duke, who appeared o-.i the plat-liirw. plat-liirw. At tlio Cannlcn station a cimilar scene occurred. IV t'H'i It emit. : N Yin k, 22. The naval ball to Alexis occurs on tho night of tlio 28th. W. W. Corcoran, the banker, sailed .oi the Ci'Ijo to-day, which took $170,-(KlU $170,-(KlU in specie. Tho steiiiner Hit if uf Ano Lon-loii. which was burned last niglil.was valued at .ITo.tHX). Tho steward of the boat probably perished and it is feared several sev-eral of his companions. The legislature of Georgia lias passed tho governors election bill orcr tbo acting-governor's veto. , Anna JJarny, an actress, died at St. ' Louis yesterday, through an incorrect I administration of a dose of elixer of opium. Legal proceedings have been commenced com-menced against the Union Pacific transfer trans-fer company for charging lilty cents each for ferriage of foot passengers across tho Missouri river, the laws of tho State allowing only a charge of ten cents. The thermometer at St. Louis yeatei-day yeatei-day morning stood at eight degrees below be-low zoro. At a meeting of th-s woman's suQYage association in Philadelphia yesterday, Lucy Stone was elected president, with a vice president from evory State in the Union. The report of tho legislative committee commit-tee of Wyoming Territory, on tbo condition con-dition of tho Treasurer's accounts for tho past tvo years, shows a worse state of a Hairs than exists in New York. A Speculative ftllnlatr New York, 22. An English paper having criticised U.S. Minister Schenck, I'm- allowing his name to appear as a director in a now mining company, the Keening lJosl of this city demands the minister's dismissal from tho sorvico for having humiliated the country and disgraced dis-graced his high position. The Soiniil Dtsiiitrr. 'Norwich, 22. The loss of life by the CV.' of lntln disaster is greater than at first supposed. There were only seven passengers, but of those William T. Norton, of the llrm of Norton liros., C. 11. Rogers, of C. IS. Kogers fc Co., and Harrison It. Aldricb, all of this city, woru lot. Of tho otUeors and dock hands nine are known to bo lost, including includ-ing Wm. V. Kly, Hamburg, Conn., 2d inatp,andM.AV.JJalter,ongineer-in-chief. Tho boat carried a heavy freight principally prin-cipally of cotton rags, groceries, loather, hide, otc, which with the boat was a total loss. It is underptootl that the boat wns insured for $HW,00t). Tho tire extinguishing extin-guishing and lifo saving apparatus were ample and in perfect ordor, but the rapid spread of tho lames cut off tho approach to tho boats and tlio saloon whore the life preservers were, and the passengers and crew had to save themselves them-selves by grasping such floating matter mat-ter as fell overboard from tlio burning boat. The officers, particularly tlio captain nnd engineer, receive re-ceive great praise for tlieir coolness cool-ness and bravery, the former lowering himself from tho paddle box and heaving heav-ing u lino when all other avenues of escape es-cape were closed by tho iiames, and climbing the paddles thereby saving a number of tho exhausted; and the latter by giving up tho lifo preserver ho had secured to the only lady aboard, who was thus saved. The origin of the liro is not known. |
