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Show 'brief telegrams. Loudon Bilver quotation, 57jd. Rev. Hugh H. Blair ia dead at New York, aged 67,, , . ( Six Russian corvettes and gunboats ale now aL San Francisco aud five are duo. ., . Heavy auows in New York Saturday Satur-day night intercepted , all railroad , travel. Sir Edward Thornton is tn tmcceed Elliott at Constantinople aa British minister, , .The steamer Colombo from Hull lor New York ia supposed to bavo-foundered.' bavo-foundered.' Amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance on . Monday, 29,000. Morton's committee has issued a aubpcotia for W. J. iVHon, Tildeu'a military secretary. Germany is proparing- to mobilize twp army qprps - for the purpose of watching the Polish frontier. 'It ia reported that Austria is preparing pre-paring to seize Belgrade in case of the occupation of Rou mania by Russia. Sexton made h run of 417 in a billiard match against Slosson at New wnouiia uu twtutuuj wiB mrgrtjL run on record. Fifteen hundred employees of the Trenton (N. J.) potteries have struck in consequence ol 20 per cent, reduction reduc-tion of wages. Prices for wheat ruled higher last week in Chicago than for the previous year, ranging from S1.24J to i'l 2(3 J, dosing at $1,251. Provision will be made in the Texas Pacific railroad bill for Beveral branch lines at the eastern end, which are to bo guaranteed by government bonds. The steamship Amerique went ashore three miles north of Long Branch on Sunday morning. All were saved by a life car with the exception of three. President Grant has pardoned Mar-tin Mar-tin Latrule, a convicted gambler, upon the unanimous recommendation recommenda-tion and urgent appeal of the twelve jurors who found him guilty. There is a party in congress who favor the establishment of the ratio of the value of gold to silver aa fifteen and a half to one instead of sixteen as in the. bill recently passed iy the. house. ' In Guipuzcoa and the neighboring provinces of Spain a hurrioana raged with terrific violence on Monday. Miles of forests were act on Bre, and whole herds of cattle have been destroyed. des-troyed. Judge Mackey of South Carolina has returned from his visit north and says he has secured from Hayes a strong intimation that in the event of his inauguration as president he , would recognize Governor Hampton. A report from Washington is to the effect that. Thnnm.nn 0,nan,.nL arms of the house, proposes to appoint 100,800 men as deputies and have them in Washington on the 4th of March to aid in the inauguration ot Tilden. ; An inter-ocsanic ship canal treaty between the United States and Nicaragua Nicar-agua will be Bent to the senate this week, and when rati Hod will be sent by a special commissioner to Nicaragua Nicar-agua to be ratified by the congress of that country. Fernando Wood's plan to settle the presidential question is for an immediate imme-diate tlectiou under state laws and the supei vision of committees of both houses of congress, for presidential electors in the three disputed states of Louisiana, Florida and South Cam' lina. ..... The sum of $12,000 belonging" to the Illinois national bank of Cbicago, recently stolen from tho treasury de-partmeut, de-partmeut, has been restored through a third party. F. S. Winslow, a clerk in the cash room of the troaBtiry, baa been arrested, charged with the lar-' lar-' ceny. ! The president in an interview with a press reporter on Sunday, said the 8tb of January democratic meetings seemed to be intended to intimidate the opposite parly and make eapiul. If they were conducted temperately and moderately they might strengthen the democracy. The Greeks and Turks of Adrian-ople Adrian-ople have asked authority of the sultan sul-tan to take up arms ayainst Russia, to which the sultan replied that he hoped to preserve peace, but in case of war expected cooperation of all subjects, without distinction of rAce, color or religion, and that he would lead the army himself. The conflict betwean Diaz and Iglfisas, rural Mexican presidents, continues. The latter is strongly posted with 15,000 troops in the state ot Jaliasco. and Diaz has not dared to attack him. Gen. Mendez, the regent of Diaz, has called an election for president, chief justice and members of congress (or the 23th ot January, i |