| Show the deseret evening news neuis g hartford 23 the senate to dayde feared the parallel railroad bill to make a rail rall rord roid between new haven and new york c imputing im with the present road washington the first commemoration of the national deaf mute college took place today to day the performance of the graduates was waa received with great interest and favor by a large audience the degree of A M was conferred on two distinguished deaf mutes general butterfield has been appointed assistant treasurer at new york A number of female clerks were dismissed from the office of comptroller of the currency today to day the headquarters of the fifth cavalry which is now here will be transferred to the department of the platte immediately chicago dr E 0 haven president of the michigan university was today to day elected pres president Ident of the north western university at evanston one of the suburbs of chicago the deputy Commies commissioner ioner loner of the reven revenue ue I 1 reports that the imports for the four months ending march 1869 amounted to and the exports against imports exports for a similar period ending march 1868 about two thirds of the imports and exports were carried on foreign vessels i new york A convention of delegates from the national banks of the country assembled today to day at the bt st nicholas hotel hon J of auf falo was chosen temporary chairman the hon theo M pomeroy of auburn permanent president A acom com of 75 was appointed to take such action as may be necessary for reforming the banking laws for securing sound legislation on banking and to attend to all matters of material interest to the public national nat onal banks etc the convention then adjourned fifteen states were represented several cubans who had been arrested were brought before commissioner osborn today to day he having received information that they had been indicted by the grand jury for a violation of the neutrality laws he declared the cases were at an end before him I 1 cuban affairs have not been the subject of consultation although occasionally the theme of conversation merely in the cabinet nor according to the present aspect is it probable that any official leial off omm action will soon be taken with regard to affairs in that island the government has no information to show that opposing forces are in cuba or have even met in the open field but what little fighting has been done amounts to nothing more than skirmishing operations which have beeb been confined to a few local points with no marked results the cubans have not yet succeeded in establishing themselves in a single spot therefore as no case is presented which calls for the recognition of the belligerent rights no member of the cabinet has expressed a desire boror hinted abady at any action in that direction itis it is no secret that the spanish minister has been informed that although the government and the people of the country sympathize with the cubans the neutral laws will be enforced and as a proof of the honesty of the government in executing them the spanish minister has been placed in direct communication with the united states attorneys and marshaus marb mars hars hafs so that he can furnish them with information by proof relative to secre seere secret t militar military expeditions the recent arrests in new york were made on onn information fur dished the federal off omm meers officers there through the spanish minister the cause of the action was owing to open boasting by the cubans of their success in landing men and arms on the island the government has sold its surplus armsto all parties without discrimination asking asking no questions as to their future use it has been ascertained from an official source that no disagreement gre ement exists between senator sumner and secretary fish relative to the instructions of minister 21 motley otley which the former hag haa seen the agricultural department report for may and june shows that the crops are in a high average condition wheat is good and there are prospects for abundant abune lant laut crops if no casualties occur before or after harvest rye bye barley and other grains generally are in fine coh condition reaches ac hes have made their appe Apoe appearance arance in ln market ma r ket at fabulous prices the crop 4 reports from arkansas are very encouraging the amount of wheat harvested is largely in excess of that in any previous year buffalo the strike among the brakemen on the first division of the atlantic and great western railroad ha has ended the strikers having resume resumed d work at the old rates bran n t arlo ario A fire last night destroyed a large portion of the town loss st louis the agent of the st louis and chicago railroad has received a dispatch directing direct ing lug him to procure transportation por tation to new orleans for five thousand who are going on to the southern plantations several persons arrived here today to day five days from san francisco the jury to tonight night in the donaldson murder trial brought in a verdict of not guilty kansas city advices advises from the neutral lands state that on the ad a band of 3 indians appeared on a point ten miles south of fort scott on the line of the railroad and drove off all the laborers and pulled up the stakes leavenworth A body of troops from fort gibson will arrive on the jay pur purchase chase chate tomorrow to morrow to preserve peace on the neutral lands new Nev york it is rumored tonight to night that col ryan byan escaped this evening from ludlow street jail and with five hundred men got aboard a vessel which immediately sailed for cuba new york it appears that after bail had again been refused for col ryan yesterday while in charge of oath th deputy marshall arshalL Al they drove to the metropolitan hotel on leaving which place and while near there the colonel and deputy were surrounded by friends of the former suddenly the deputy was seized and bound and byan ryan went to the cuban rendezvous considerable commotion was soon observed among the rescuers who left in squads for jersey city where they collected last night when with col ryan and other officers they embarked on tug boats and were conveyed to a large steamship in the bay and all safely sailed for their destination there were men in the expedition col currier formerly on hookers staff and two others were arrested last night on information from the spanish minister they were on rebr recruiting business for the cuban army the deputy marshall seized by the friends of ryan was treated to a champagne supper by the friends of ryan but was nou noc allowed to leave their company COM como dany any col whitely chief of the trea treasury ury detective force assisted by john clar has made arrests in pennsylvania maryland new nev york and in several of the western states of counterfeiters counterfeit ers and counterfeit money and of the plates presses dies and other material about a dozen men have been arrested during the last six in indiana abang A gang was arrested at fort wayne sayue a few days aeo ayo while engaged in making malting money four hundred thousand in counterfeit notes of 25 cent currency were seized and twelve sets of steel plates of fifty cents with dies presses etc solicitor banfield has determined to support col whitely to the fullest extent of the law in breaking up gangs of operations ramify all over the country other important arrests and seizures that have been made will be given to the public in a few days which will show a comp complicity complicit licit y among expert counterfeit counterfeiters ers equal to anything ever before heard of in this or any other country A 25 25 95 cent counterfeit just captured is finished and a arge amount has been circulated by the gaug the iati lati at arrest arrestor of a government officer in western new york who was found to be in complicity with sims promises developments ts of great importance to the secret service it is said that Sims friends expended to obtain liis his pardon several years hgo washington the president has declared that the restriction p preventing event Dg army officers from holding a civil office does not apply to those on the retired list liet this decision enables sickles to accept the spanish mission on relinquishing qui shing army pay during its occupancy his name will be continued on the army register he leaves for madrid on the of july haie hale will await his arrival there is no pro probability a that perry will be re appointed secretary of legation washington 24 the commissioner ofIn of indian dlan dian amm aff affairs airs has received a letter dated Slat uit from W dent the superintendent of indian indin affairs s in arizona territory in which bich he be gives a sad pad statement of the conduct of the indians news of depredations come 1 am from all parts T they ce ey have ma made e attacks on herds and wagon trains in ift the vicinity of camp vere and had killed and wounded several men and driven ox off stock the same scenes had been enacted near camp lovell the indians of the gila gilfand and colorado rivers were quiet being now engaged in planting the trouble he says is owing to the temporary removal of from posts in the territory new york the dispatches des patches from minister mcmahon cover from ddom early in january when he arrived within the lines of lopez down to the of april the dispatches des patches throw much new light upon affairs in that quarter lopez still maintains a warlike attitude and has expressed his determination to resist to the utmost the president and cabinet have been looking over ground for a site for a new executive mansion which will be recommended to congress it is understood that they have substantially subs tanti ally aily agreed upon a locality in the northwestern part of the city two thousand remington 0 rifles es and a million cartridges bilig will b be e shipped shipped to havana next week for the spanish government col ryan by an who escaped from the sheriff was seen in new york yesterday having failed to get off for cuba the steamer ia is still w waiting walting a biting him outside sandy hook I 1 an evening paper says a strong secret society has been branches in the principal cities of the union for carrying the country over to imperialism the members are sworn to promote and support what is termed a free empire it is proposed to establish an aristocracy with executive powers in the hands of a council with one man at the head bead who shall hold the position for life to be designated consul of the free empire of the united states the title of consul is to be thrown away for that of emperor as soon as public sentiment will bear the change the man for this position has alread already y been selected by the leaders of the movement senator abbott of north carolina 8 aly says bays s things in his state are very quiet the people generally are at work in that section and are making good progress in the right direction the crops in his state as well as in south carolina georgia and florida are all looking ingwell well weli he speaks speak of corn in his bis own state and of rice in the neighborhood of savannah as particularly promising washington 25 mr robison Rob lson ison has been sword sworn in by chief justice carter he be attended the cabinet meeting today several y veral verai clerks have been dismissed from the treasury department some workmen engaged on the pavement fronting independence street are preparing the foundation for a monument to washington which is ta be erect erected edon oil the ath of july the base will be surmounted by a handsome statue of washington presented to the city by the tho children attached to the public schools who alone contributed the expense of the monument 1 richmond riehmond tich lich mofid 26 20 edmund fontaine projector of the CL chesapeake esa peake and ohio railroad died today to day aged r 69 general canby orders or d ers callahan who killed kelly to be tried by a military commissi commission oli oll the president has selected Cos Cogs welts wens full length portrait of lincoln to be hung ia in the white house the change in the cabinet took everybody ery body botti inside and outside the navy department by surprise it was well know that borie borle accepted bippos bispos bis his position originally with much reluctance and has frequently expressed his intention to retire the president sa saw baw rob bob inson last monday during a trip to the north and aud made arrangements which were consummated yesterday borie gave a little dinner party on thursday Thur sJay but probably nobody present except admiral porter knew it was his hi farewell rewell reception and the secret was so well kept that nobody knew of the intention to make a change admiral porter will probably continue virtually to manage a the department chicago the morning publishes the report of col J N morris the commissioner appointed to inspect the unaccepted portion of the U P II 11 R which will be submitted to the president today to day the report is very long and rather unfavorable to theroan the road saying thattie road is rint not well built 1 in many places and the government should have withheld at leas leastle twe think the subsidy until the road was made firlit elass cluss the report leport recommends the government to declare the first mortgage bonds null and void as such and anti to make e its own bonds bonas the first mortgage bonis bon 1 on the road and reduce the present first mort morl mortgage kage bonds to t thes he seg sep ond mortgage bonds at morris thinks congress erred in allowing two compan companies comp anies les ies to build the road without fixing the point of junction as in consequence of the enormous grants of land laud and other subsidies each company has endeavored to build the greatest number of miles of the road and time with them was too precious to ia incur any delay in procuring the best material or doing the work in the most perfect manner the report thinks the road dangerous as in in mady many places the cross ties are soft white pine pini laid faid at ex irregular intervals and not parallel with each other but spiked wherever they fell the report very confidently asserts that these ties will never nevor answer the purpose for which they were intended x col morris has arrived at the following conclusion first the road is not a ai the law required a first class road second it Is not supplied with the ry buildings third it has nt safe bate and substantial bridges fourth the tunnels are not made wide enough for a double track fifth the road bed ac at the grade of tho the line is not of uniform width noi nor has it been properly leveled nor the ralls ralis laid true sixth it would be extreme extremely lf dangerous for heavy trains to pass over the western portion of the road seventh the ties have sunk in many instances sometimes entirely the dirt being washed from under them this is more gerle gerie generally raily rally the case on the embankments miles ii upon on miles of which were made during the winter while frost was in the ground the rails consequently have an uneven bearing in numerous instances and are bent and appear as you look back upon them like a succession of small waves the road is not ballast ed in any part of it true the hands handa have been now here and now there employed in throwing with shovels sueh material agthe road bed is composed of which has been taken in 11 all ail cases from the sides of embankments where they exist between the ties this sai sa vt col 11 morria orria I 1 submit is no compliant 0 wi 01 h with the provisions of the law unde und the head of ballasting established establish edi ede 11 the board convened to fix luponi standard of construction and it luis icis Is le er tain lyof of the highest moment tha that e road through salt lake vailey valley which passes mainly over alkali land should be well 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