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Show CONDENSED TELF.GRAMS. j Germany la preparing to goblA up Belgium. Fopo Pius received many New Year's cullers. Tbe Hudson river was open at Albany on Sunday. The new year was noisily ushered in at San Francisco. The Bank of France now holds $.'ioO,000,COO specie. Prussian officers ure busy eiambi-ing eiambi-ing the Swiss frontier. The king and queen of Greece will make a tour in the spring. Bismarck wa' loudly cheered by the people on .Yew Year 'a day. The Ohio legislature w.hs organized on Monday by the republicans. The German government is quietly conciliating the Catholic clergy. Porto Rico will elect members to thaSpanish cortea February 15. Tbe emperor of Austria held his New Year's reception at Pesth. ! Secretary Belknap has gone to Iowa to look after the pending senatorahip. The Carlista aro concentrating a large force near the French frontier. Ex-Gov. Clifford of Massachusetts died at Xew Bedford on Sunday, aged Tl-.ejmports of sugar into England in 1S7j, ehow an increase of 22,000 tons- Ex Senator Andrew Johnson will be remembered iu the senate on the 11th inst. The imperial bank of Berlin has raised its rate of discount to 6 per cent. The east end flour mills Wapping, Lnndon, were burnt on Sunday; loss, $00,000. Tiie king of Italy gave a brilliant 2s"cw Year's reception to the diplomatic diplo-matic body. Thomas Clement Cabbo'd, conservative conserv-ative hA3 bicn elected to parliamen-from parliamen-from Ipswich. By advice of Russia, the prince of Montenegro wilt not enter into the Herzegovina contest. Buffet and Cassngnac are candidates candi-dates for the Ficnch senate in Yorges and Gers respectively. A gale at Springfield, lib, Saturday night, blew ovr a partly completed iron mill; loss $10,000. The amount of bullion deposited in the Bank of England last year was the largest ever recorded. Orders have been received from Washing tou to stop work on the St. Louis custom bouse buildiug. Sales of government land in South Carolina taken for non-payment of direct taxes are taking p'ace. Buffalo and the canals terminating there are open and shipments arc bemg made to various points. The London marine society's training train-ing ship iii,--i-i!e was burned on Monday morning; no lues lest. The Spanish government promises the European powers to satisfy the just complaints of the Cubans. A Cuban paper wants Spain to fiive Secretary Fish a wholesome check, if he attempts to meddle with Cuba. Emperor William on N'ew Year's day assured the officers of the army of the continued durability of peace. In a fijht in Sonora Dec. Zi, he-tween he-tween st-.Ue troops and Y:iqua Indians, the latter were routed with I'tjO kiiied. Iaac H. Frothingham of the Bps-ton Bps-ton postoffice, lias been held in $00,-OuOou $00,-OuOou a charge of embezzlis stamps. It is proposed to enlarge the mining committee of tiie iiou-ip ?o as to pivp the Pacific const an additional member. mem-ber. It is thought that the president's special message in regard to Cuba will nut be immediately sen; to congress. con-gress. J a m os B 1 1 vs. e il a r, J w i fe , n ear Wb:Leh:ilI, X. Y., quarrelrd on P-m-T ..'i, ..' 3 ti.ia a lili LK.it to (le-.ttil. Xot withstanding the rccnin mentation menta-tion Of his CULHK'il, tiov. Ci.uton will not pardon Speace I'cttus. the Bjeton ; murderer. Chridtonhcr Van fyke, a New York Centennial salutor, accident illy shot and killt-d his diiugiiter, agr.d 17 years, on Saturday. It is report1. d that tho European powers are generally of the opinion thatSpninongiit now to either control or abandon Cuba. j The condition of Alexander II. j Stephens is quite unfavorable, and bin friends tear the worst. His disease huA aitunn-d a bronchial form. John Johnson was fatally shot by highwaymen in IJro-ikiyn, who demanded de-manded $400 of him and found that tht-y had attacked tiie wrong person. Tho English exports of iron de creased during 167t 2,0t.n tons, owing to the fulling off in the exports of r.dij to the United States of 7j,00 tuns. Piedmont, W. Ya., had a very expencivo New Year's i I in ruination, which destroyed twenty liuildingr'. 1 including sloris, c. iui-t house and pest- office. A gang r.f counti-rfi. iters are said to ho at work turning out nickl's and greenbacks in thn Ohio penitentiary, uuiier the lead of Charley L'lrich, an expert. Defaulting Treaamcr Pork of liullalo implicates his partner, James S, Lynn, us being equally culpable with himself iu the crocked financial transactions. Tiie opinion of the Uniled States (-unreme court in tho (irant niuirih oie at I.oui.ii;na, involving the con t-titutionality of the enforcement act, is in order to-day. Tiie new Fik universi' v, Xashville, Teun.. w;u formaily dedic.itcd on the 1st, Gov. Purler, Mulhotii.-t Bishop Meintyre. and a larg'j number of penple pa.-licipating. Tim ship Ai.vfti had a rougli jia-sago ,l 2":i days Jroni Baltimore to San Frvincisen. having her Heeoiid mate and ft sailor swept overboard and losing los-ing three ceamen by death. Dillo'ier, n wealthy New York liquordeidcr was shot on Friday evening even-ing by J.omaino Dillon, an insane man. and died on (Saturday. The attaelt was an unprovoked one. From IS' IS to V7'., Charles H. neckwitb, siiprrint"ndeut of B. T. l',alhilt S'Uip ivotkj, it is allegui, de-Inmdrd de-Inmdrd the coiieern out of $-(0.H)0 to$."i)i),ini0. Jlo baa been arrested Krnperor William gave a nioH craeious holiday reception lo the I'Vencb nmbasft.nlor, and assured the lirdomiilic corps tliat Europe was de .terniined on Lho maintuinanco of I peace. Two of Urn T'.vcfd c:w;r5 came up in tho Stw Yoik supreme court, circuit, on Mniirbiy, arid David Dudley Field omnneneed an argument in support ol the. challenge of tho array of the struck jurors. In the Ho-i(on wool market nearly all dr si riplionn aro lower than a year ago. Pa. and Ohio fleeco xxx nt iL'J 4.1 c; Western and N. H. fleeces M (it. wa-dierl, rornhing nnd delame lle. e, Hl'J (, r,.",; tinwjwhed comhifiifH anil delaine iu -12 (a) -I'.lJ c ; Mmired ut 47J 70 c; tub worked, ''h c; wiper mill pn'ied ''7 t.i, f." r.; spring Cala., 21 (. fall Cala.. HI C'2Ic. By a decision of the United States!' supreme court the Chesapeake and: Oiiio railroad will be placed in the! hands ot General Wiekbam, tho receiver appointed by the state courts, I a net it will be sold under the mort- ' gages. j Count AndiiMtjv's note relative to' reforms m Tun,.Vi having been! opposed by Russia, is tuu nnt io the grpat powers. It proposes religiou-. j equality, local self government, abo-i Htion of serfdom, and self-taxation by ; the provinces. j The awarda of the United States-Mexican States-Mexican commission will probably j aggregate about $2,000,000 in favor' of Mpxico, and $5,000,000 to $0,000,-: 000 in favor of tliis country, of which Mexico will pay the surplus in annual installments of $300,000 each. Minister Washburne has delivered to the French government the American Ameri-can note in relation to Cuba. He denied that it was the intention of the United States either to annex Cuba or require Spain to grant its autonomy, though tbe la ttervaa desirable. The official and general receptions by tbe president of the United States, beginning with the diplomatic corps and ending with citizens generally, took place as usual at the White House. The members of the cabinet and about 500 private residents also received. " ) Spain, in ita note to the European powers in reference to Cuba, concedes ' the justice of the position of President Grant, but wants a defiuite period j fixed to enable ber to finish up the! rebellion, and that in the meantime the powers will refrain from considering consider-ing any suggestions of intervention. A bill will soon be introduced in the house of representatives to allow the Southern Pacific railroad to build eastward until it meets Scott's Texas Pacific, and enjoy his land grant from j the Colorado river to the point of; meeting, with provisions against com-j binatiou with any other Pacific road, i and providing for three commissioners commission-ers from the state of New York,' Mississippi and California to prescribe, and limit the rates to be charged. i A panic occurred iu St. Mary's Catholic church, Boston, on Sunday, by the burning of the drapery of tua virgin Mary, while the Sunday school exercises were going on in the basement. base-ment. The children rushed to the doors, which were closed, and the panic stopped. In the hall above the' congregation in a fright rushed to the ' doors, which wero soon choked up. and several persons faiuted away. Some jumped from the gallery win-I win-I dows. There was no loss of life, but several persons were injured. |