Show special to the beffre news wems eus gia aen GEN GENERAL EnAL san francisco the people city and sacramento are in a state of feverish excitement with regard to the completion of the pacific railroad gfa grand ld preparations are being being beluk made at both places for the observance of the which will occur on saturday the bankers of this city have given no their houses will be closed that day and sand business generally will be suspended 1 arrangements are made with the western union telegraph company tha teach stroke of the hammer on the last piko pike driven shall bo be reported simultaneously in new york and san francisco by telegraph besides a silver mounted and polished california theand a spike of golda goida silver pick and a silver hammer for use in the completion of theroan the road have also been forwarded to dof the track the excursion train fon for ifor the eastern end of the central road with the commissioners and governor stanford and guests was nearly wrecked yesterday by a large tree which had fallen across the track the obstruction was discovered in time to preserve the passenger cars uninjured but the locomotive was damaged and thrown off the track wm carey of galena illinois who has iia s been confirmed assessor of internal revenue in utah declines the appointment A washington special says the spanish minister has informed the state department part ment that should this country recognize the belligerent rights of the cubans spain will regard it as a decla ration of war and will authorize the fitting out of privateers which must do great harm new york it is stated that the french cable company will land the shore end of the cable at cape may whence three main lines will deviate one to washington another to philadelphia and athard along the shore north to new york the steamer with the he t cable will leave france in july washington gen terrill of in diana hag has been appointed third assistant P al in place of zevely I 1 cincinnati A bold attempt was made to assassinate a policeman on his beat at one this morning matt mccarty a desperado des parado who has often been before the court for assault and battery stole upon and behind officer bernnett Ber Bei inett and placed a four shooter within two inches of his head bead and snapped if lC twice without discharging it bennett turned and collared the would be ss assassin and knocked him down with his mis mace and got two more blows in two bystanders by standers interfered and prevented a fatal result accardi was badly but not mortally wounded about the head he was taken to the station hoase and the charge of attempting assassination was lodged against him delegates from the saloon keepers societies met in convention in the turner hall last night st louis chicago cincinnati springfield illinois covington urbana 0 and indiana were represented their object is to form a ana na for which acom mit tee to drafta constitution has has bas been appoint ed they will continue in session several days is indianapolis during daring a storm yesterday a woman and child were killed by lightning at Sharps bUry in the common pleas court before judge daly frances walland wailand recovered for with john livingston ivingston Ij a lawyer who was the administrator of the deceased husband of the plaint plaintiff lT and bad flagrantly defrauded her judge daly administered a bevere severe rebuke and pronounced livingston a disgrace to his race country and profession akey west special says the british commodore philamore Phi lemore arrived at kingston on the first he goes to havana to investigate matters there peng neng penh ang and then to nassau to invests g gale abid the report from bermuda and af ter wards warda to hayti where the british consul holds a steamer of salnave balnave as indemnity for foi a cargo seized at st mary othe he world has a private dispatch from new orleans stating that the blockade runners peru and imon iwon engaged in carrying from new orleans to some point contiguous to the cuban coast have landed their cargo at the island of grand twelve hours sall sali sail gill by steamer steh mer from florida keys keya ehid and that the have 1 I gone I 1 into ito quarters awaiting reinforce rein tein I 1 f orce ments menti the dorid world also insists that the arago did sail for cuba with men wen and 84 officers under general jourdan and that among the off omm meers officers were brig general charles may J F Y magle magie of the brigade artillery edward edvard berre of the french cavalry major geo ingman of the seventh it I 1 infantry capt capt T 0 bailey fprmer ly of the fifth U 8 cavalry lt thos fitzgibbons and many others the world bys syb says bays four other vessels have sailed within three weeks the first under col John johnsoni sorl sori taking men the second on 4 under gen Spinola Bp inola with the third with and the fourth under general french with men the world 11 0 I 1 d says bays within the last 33 days we h lave eli elv e positive information that oooo men wen have left the cities of charleston I 1 baltimore and new yew orleans foi for a point adjacent to the cuban coast boast and forthe island itself twenty nive five hundred pave left the eity city of new york tin d guo more are now bow waiting to get oe off hartford the senate has ra titled the amendment twelve republicans against five democrats omaha omana A dispatch sasi sayi says a telegram has been received from gen oen lode dodge iode which announces positively positive that the positively lT last rail will be laid on mon monday ayat at noon the celebration at omaha will be a grand affair the military under gen augur will participate reports from columbus state that a band of sioux had murdered a woman ande and captured a lot of stock near shell cr creek a party narty of citizens is now in pursuit gov campbell secretary lee and chief justice howe left for wyoming yesterday they intend to organize the territorial government as soon as practicable st louis louls tom alien allen the pugilist has made a second deposit of for a match with mccoole he goes to cincinnati tomorrow to morrow where he will go into training mccoole has hag reduced himself twenty pounds within the last two weeks he is in good condition and is d doing 01 welli well weil itis it is expected that thab he will get et below low 00 pounds au ads he now weighs 3 bets are aro being made to 75 on mccoole washington john T mclean has been appointed special customs agent in san francisco the peruvian minister garcia took his leave of the president today to day in a farewell speech the president in reply hoped that friendly relations would continue between the two countries westfield mass the manufactory of the american whip co was burned today to day loss 70 the harvard crew practice on the charles Charle biver sElver course two kwo hours every evening for the international race the hopes of the friends of the university are high for success new york the cable rates will be positively reduced on the of june to 10 in gold for ten words with five words for address and signature the press presa will pay half these rates for general news and full rates for ciphers washington 7 regulations are being prepared by the solicitor solid tor of internal revenue fixing the kind and the amount of proof required from railroad companies corporations and Indi als who have been taxed ss non resi dent aliens under the provision of the internal revenue act which was repealed march 10 1866 and who now bow apply to have the amount of tax which was iwas withheld while the act remained in force refunded the nature of the proof required will he tie the affidavit of ibe the claimant attested by an additional affidavit from some other responsible party and the certificate of the consular la agent of the nearest port to which thecial almant mant belongs to the effect that he is a nonresident non resident alien arrangements have been made for a special service at trinity church tomorrow at noon in thanksgiving for the completion of the railroad across the continent mccarty who attempted to assassinate a policeman was held to bail in 5 today to day the bail was given the he secretary of the treasury today paid judger paschall attorney general of texas two indemnity bonds embraced in the great kult kuit of texas against white childs and others judge past pasi paschal hal bal has commenced a suit against the bank at washington for the recovery of a large amount of those bonds which are useless to their holders the Sti supreme preme court having decided that they are not negotiable unless endorsed washington governor Ofir curtan tin the president of the ea east at india Tel tei telegraph graph C company ompa ny and A K mcclaire solicitor t or of the corporation had bad interviews with witt af f state and the day in relation ta mhd tele telegraphs grabbs into chica the company have a grant procured by burlingame Burlin game gamo when he was wag american minister in china authorizing them to lay my a cable between canton and shang hae thus connecting the tho commercial cities of the asiatic coast by telegraph they have miles of the cable ready to ship and lay dowland dow nand hlll have the remaining miles made during the summer orders will be issued to the commander of the asiatic squadron to render all necessary aid I 1 and protection and the state departs department ien ion twill will instruct our minister and consuls to give off omm official leial aid to the fhe enterprise this line lino will be completed the present year and by that time there will be a continuous line from the mediterranean by india 0 o china the commercial cities of the coast with h europe and america 1 an omaha dispatch says SioUx attacked 40 bannock and snake indians near south pass city 10 19 days dada ago and killed 29 baltimore orchard marley one of the oldest odd fellows in the united states died yesterday aged 78 st louis the estimated loss by fire last night is 19 the museum of the academy of Scle scie ripe is almost totally destroyed involving a loss of no insurance I 1 the report that the project of bridging the mississippi directly opposite the city has been beebi abandoned and that I 1 he the bridge will be built bulit just above the city is authoritatively deri dell denied ltd it is further stated by authority that the work on the bridge will be pushed forward with increased vigor it is expected that the piers and abutments will ba bs finished within a year springfield eld eid mass the entire force of workmen at the car factory of this city united this thia afternoon to celebrate the opening of the pacific railroad the company are now building 52 62 passenger and a large number of freight cars cara new york 8 the spanish consul had an interview with marshal barlow this afternoon he gestated stated that he had received positive information that a steamer and several small sailing vessels were being fitted out to take volunteers and arms to cuba for the insurgents he deman demanded Jed that such expeditions be stopped he also called attention to the various recruiting offices in this city and furnished a list of them the marshal yesterday received an order from secretary fish to prevent any such breach of the neutrality law relating to cuba the chief officer of the steamer quaker city today to day denied on his llis honor as aa an officer and a gentleman that the owners had the slightest intention to send her to cuba or even to the west indies brett andem jones printers 83 nassau street are in custody chaigen with being printing counter counterfeit felt relt notes 0 on n we hartlen government ern ment john russell R is also arrested arres arrea ted as the party who ordered the printing otibe notes he says he was deputized by an officer of the hay tien government to procure for them notes representing 2 each in gold to the amount of there were printed and sent ablit to hayti and placed in circulation before their real character was discovered the balance have been covered recovered Te here three haytian off omm meers officers including an un admiral are implicated A serious riot occurred at hudson city last evening between some bome english miners and a crowd of irishmen 1 a number af of persons were injured two perhaps fatally fata fly several were arres arrea arrested ted mit but were subsequently admitted to bail police superintendent kennedy has received an anonymous letter from lancashire england stating that there has been several private meetings of shareholders in the erie who have been swindled to considerable amounts by the erie directors and they are determined ter mined to dispose of the principal thieves as they called them of the erie co the writer urges a sharp lookout for all boats arriving at new york for the next few weeks it is the express belief that fiske will be dispatched p a ed chicago the tribunes special says the government has received a late report from gen davis commanding in alaska which gives further particulars regarding the burning of the indian village but the main facts have been anticipated it makes no allusion to and irregularities among the officers and the authorities have no official ind ina information concerning the alleged disa disi graceful conduct of certain oili officers cerS station esthere ed there V 1 I sev several ral rai passengers arrived this ambroi ing eight days from san francisco Franc frane isso they say much work in musty u sty sta et ct be done odthe ord ori the road to put it in first class claes condition the announcement that durant and others had been cornered by the workmen on the union pacific road caused some alarm among bondholders bond holders but the officers onni ofil cers cera have announced that the matter will be satisfactorily arranged today to day san ban francisco the pacific jaroad raji road celebration today to day was wa basone sone one to be remembered for all time in iii san ban francisco francisdo do the day was ushered in bya by a salute of a hundred guns at noon all the federal ITe deral derai forts inthe in the harbor fired a salute the bells of the city were set ringing and steam whistles screaming creaming at night the whole city was illuminated and presented a brilliant appearance the procession was the largest and most enthusiastic ever witnessed in san ban francisco the people willing and eager eagen to observe an event of so much importance to 0 this city and the pacific coast turned out en masse Bus business bustness inces generally was suspended and nearly every citizen exhibited a hearty interest in the demonstration mon won the military and civic display was grand in addition to the state militia all the available U B S troops from the several forts and the presidios resi resl dios dlos participated on the occa ocea occasion sion slon I 1 while the civic societies turned out in full ranks the city and harbor presented a magnificent sight during the day the principal streets being draped with pith the banners of every nation and thronged thron ged with excited and joyous p people eople the shipping was dressed in 11 nine fine ne style A dispatch received from the junction of the roads announcing the he driving of the last spike of the central pacific railroad at 10 am sent a thrill of joy through the city congratulatory messages were transmitted to the directors of the central and pacific roads by the california pioneers at sacramento the event was celebrated in a grand and enthusiastic manner the city was crowded with a multitude of people from all parts of the state and the nevada grand lodge of odd fellows in session in this cit eit city y accepted an invitation to attend the sacramento sae Bac demonstration the fire and military companies from Valle valie vallejo joSan san franisco 4 placerville erville san jose marysville marksville Marys ville and virginia city and gold hill nevada were attendance the lines of travel to and from sacramento were thrown open to the |