Show TO THE DESERET NEWS 3 GENERAL new hiew york the herald concludes that there thero if is to be considerable activity in naval matters an order has been issued for the minnehaha to be ready jor for vor sea and another for the fitting out vapidly rapidly of the vil Sil vata and ten other t vessels the sudden transfer of stores and army supplies to the frigate AlbanY with an order forthal for that vessel to sail im mediately for cuba with other important movements indicate that ern ment is about to take a decini decisive ve course on cuban independence Farra gutin his claim for prize money t sets forth that porter with the north fleet bombarded the rebel position for seven days without doing any appreciable abie able damage or incapacitating thom from their defense and that he did not capture any portion of the fleet porter puts in a paper stating v that he was the farst first mgt to suggest the at tack and that he worked eight days to T get Farra guts fleet over the bar also that the statements made by farragut concerning him have no foundation in fact i chicago the stock exchange was i formally opened last night with a ban speeches etc hon G chim a gentlemen who has recently come from ssan tian francisco made a speech of a congratulatory character telegrams were received from the president of the san francisco stock board and the j dent of the philadelphia exchange new york A letter from macon A ga says that evidences of returning prosperity in the south are especially noteworthy although the cotton crop 1 was wag much less than was elpe expected ted planters have gathered a tolerable yield but the price of cotton is less than they hoped to receive the country is gene rally raily prosperous laborers are gene rally contented and notwithstanding the recent labor convention are arecton eon con r trading attracting largely to work another year with the same employers the labori era who made these engagements were well and fairly located and liberally compensated by their employers the country is perfectly tranquil and there are remarkably few cases of crime occurring now of an aggravated character politics are seldom spoken or thought of the prices of cotton fertilizers and the probabilities of the next crop are encouraging thought and discussion many of the prominent cubans of this city are preparing a memorial to congress praying for an early tion of the in independence dependence epen dence denee of the tru gling republic the memorial will be v extensively circulated ina lna in a few days washington the condition of the r treasury shows that there is a balance of goldon band of one hundred and fourteen millions of dollars the amount outstanding in gold certificates is thir jn ty two millions leaving a balance of j eighty two tri millions and leaving a bal yf slice ailee ance anee of greenbacks green backs on hand of eleven milli ois i 1 j louisville louisville the benl general eral freight agents fAgent lt association Aa adopted all the ou oli kall railroad road rates today to day from st louls louis first elret Fl ret class second classi classy t third class fourth class eight nent jent cents from ehl ehi calcaro chicago caro earo first 1753 1751 1 L mii mir fi th 1 iet let cent cents 4 douht fourth 1 f alve cents 1 washington robe robert J walker died morning aged sixty eight jas tas baltimore the city government has h pas passed seda a reso neso resolution u tion to observe friday as L the day of the peabody funeral 1 I iii in london there will be a gie gle doting log tog of or 5 public ollices offices a tolling of bells aud and other appropriate marks of respect and regard paid memory of mr pea bcd fiody fJ ody y it the rh e remains of ex governor pratt were taken to ta capolia aua Aa polls polia today to day to be 4 or interred on the new york central railroad three young americans from boston were arrested as robbers over 15 were found in ghe the he possession of one of them who is only nineteen years old the others had two thousand shousan d each uli all in greenbacks green backs the authorities are aa as yet undecided what to do in the mutter matter san francisco lith arizona advice advices 9 say pity the indians near prescott Pr escott eacott are coin depredations governor safford is visiting the northern part of the territory rain hain has fallen throughout the territory flour at prescott Pr escott eacott wai wan thirty six pix dollars collars io in gold a t barrei barrel butter two dollars a pound eggs eggy two dollars a dozen and other necessaries in proportion roston boston T the he mayor has directed the bells tobe to be tolled half an hour ilour tomor to mor row noon and the fla fia flags s on public buildings to be half bastet masted in recognition of the funeral of geo peabody wash washington in agton gen general eral sherman officially announces the death of general Wool with an order for the usual marks of to his memory new york the funeral of general wool takes place from st pauls church on saturday morning he will be burled buried with military honors j the evening post says the question whether deputy collector blatchford is connected with the immense drawback A frauds recently brought to light in the new york custom house has been definitely settled by an investigation and examination of the papers made at the custom house this afternoon by collector grinnell and district attorney pierrepont the investigation demonstrated beyond doubt that an immense in quantity of goods had been removed from bond upon fraudulent papers and that the government has been defrauded of not less than eight hundred thousand dollars in the aggregate the amount may reach a million how deputy blatchford is concerned the government officials dont at pre present serit feel teel justified in making pubic public the frauds were consummated ansome in some bome cases by fraudulent papers in others by changing the amounts on which the drawback was due they were conducted in the boldest possible man manner manlier iier lier it is therefore supposed that some one hold hoid holding ak a responsible position was concerned in them the drawbacks v were lere here sometimes obtained in sums of two or three hundred dollars for goods alleged to have been shipped on vessels that never left the port the papers on which these claims were collected had llad been signed by blatchford itis it is claimed that blatchford received ten percent per pen cent on frauds amounting to a quarter of a million these are only part of the frauds committed however the district attorney pierrepont is making a thorough investigation of the matter and provably prop ably some important developments will be made in a few days the dally daily mews news says an important meeting of the leading merchants and importers was held field last evening for fort discussing the subject of a return to specie payments etwas it was waa the unanimous decision that the sooner secretary boutwell issues an order to receive greenbacks green backs in payment for custom dues the better the amount of merchandise now in bond in this city is estimated at five hundred million dollars it was stated at the meeting that a decision of the supreme court declaring of the legal tender act ia is certain i new york the thet board of health has bas decided to prosecute all per persona persons sois bois unlawfully engaged iu in fatt fat melting and aud other offensive trades in the city I 1 i this thid movement will clohe more than si 4 hundred establishments which havet havel have long jong been regarded as a nuisance nui nul bauce sauce the gle general missionary committed commit teA 0 opened their new naw mission don rooms at 05 5 broadway to blay flay the tue anniversary of the society will be held on sunday or monday next the says that it is understood negotiations are pending between the tho western union telegraph company and that of tile tue french cable for a union of I 1 h leir reir ted that one of the wires of guold caie cale ha ha been so eaten by some small insect that itis very wand uncertain in its operations hence the prospect of or a union of all t he the atlantic cables eables with the western union company ane Fairmount In cemetery newark N J was dedicated luday today lu to day with imposing ceremonies cleveland the war between thib thia erie and nod atlantic and greit grent western railroads Bail rall roads have been transferred to other points 9 I 1 gould after failing in his negotiations hi with mchenry tiry left for the east via akron while mchenry quietly departed for akron with an intention adf commencing legal proceedings meanwhile lane goulds ut torney attorney has app upp appeared eared unusually nervous and excited 4 and on learning today to day that james fisk jmj and mchenry mellen meilen ry were in ecret secret correspondence he be was heard beard to use strong language about fisk he finally took the evening train for akron akron ohio mchenry was here to lay ilay consulting two lawyers about railroad matters he he was in correspondence with fisk junr with whom ho h seems ou on good terms it IL is rumored that important ahl aid may he reu rendered dered to english by i fisk fiak in the proposed cult suid the thy erie managers further interest was excited this evening by the arrival of lane goulds attorney I 1 who will wll try to out I 1 mchenry before the court by the de defense he will attempt the court is setting this evening nashville the house has haa passed the third reading of the senate bill removing the disabilities of judge Frazie frazle rim reached by the last radical legislature and tabled resolutions for proposing an amendment to the federal constitution to change the mode of electing the president ft louisville the heirs of john campbell who wals was possessor in 1783 of a hundred acres of land which now embrace the comm commercial erblat centre of louisville I 1 are about instituting a suit for the tha thedas the rightful owner the property is now held by a large number of persons the land and improvements aoe are valued at thirty millions of dollars the valuable estate of blanton duncan which was waa seized for b his Is participation in the rebellion has been ordered to be released by the attorney general of the united states 1 1 harrisburg A strong is ii being made by the friend friends s oi or dr Who Is under sentence of death for the miar murder of miss bliss Ste ete at carlisle to induce the tha governor to pardon him the governor ordered the papers etc to be presented to the attorney general iene lene ial lal who has recently given an opinion adverse d to the pardon j cincinnati A terrific explosion occurred at a large mill and sash factory at covington today to day com plemely demolishing the building which was large and built of df brick the loss is about fourteen men who were in the building at the time escaped with except the engineer who was waa instantly killed billed the cause of the explosion is unknown the Avalanche Little littie rock nock arkansas special says bays that a soldier was killed at the arsenal yesterday by major St who caught him while attempting to escape from his house which he had bad entered general smith hag haa ordered an investigation charleston char eston the wholesale groceries of klatte co and J N T M man on east bay street were burned last night A large establishment adjoining was also much injured the estimated loss is new york the united states steamer albany sailed for st domingo on wednesday evening carrying three commissioners who po go to take formal possession of Samana bayas an ameri amerl can station Tor tortugas Tortu gas gaa james sherdan was waa killed ou thursday night by his hla bister sister who broke his skull with a stove cover it is i stated that attorney general noar hoar ia is about to accept a place on the supreme court bench Washing washington ton tou the navy department today to day received from key itley west from the commander of the queen sensor sensor and ail an officer of the united states steamer tuscarora the particulars of the capture of the cuban steamer lillian by the english steam gunboat starting on the uth nth of october near nassau the lillian went into Nas nassau satt on the thel be being short of coal and dud having previously q 10 uly landed loo lao men meri near that port she attempted to coal so some bome ine lne miles out at sea the next day but the coal schooner was eared by the starling darling Sl arling which aired into the lillian an ahe the luit laim n returned i to rassau nassau and was taken posses possess sl on of by the english authorities it is thought she sank some soma twelve houra hours after and now lies across a reef we learn these particulars from of the were fan landed tied sled twenty of t whom were brought to key west by an to english schooner new york five thousand thuu thou saud people attended a meeting at the cooper institute last night to hear bear father ll 11 speak on the subject of his rec recent I 1 t imprisonment ai in canada on account of if his alleged connection with the tle fed fen lans ians layor mayor hall presided horace greely spoke afier lifter aathur gather mc Mcf ahon ahou and impre impressed sled upon ue he e ce the necessity of f union affie riad i ish W washington as hIgton therrie therrie the jetie jetle rall hall railroad road case was c concluded lle before justat Ju justlee justice e swain swath sitting 14 in chambers pour of the principal ralta adt act p are parties to the cai cag case guem ah in run ning from nashville I 1 A 4 0 aville was partly ra re built butil by i 1 leg lug 6 ee ar gov ern eminent during the vihn wan war the tue 0 covern jaent claims about two I 1 million millio dollars indebtedness i against the dap nies for the equipment en of h eie ele toad yond olle olie oile the companies compani ws present a counterclaim counter claim of tour four wit wil billions lions forthe fortne for te ii ue aud nud aud nud damares of their property properly unell by the government ami and for the nonpayment non payment of interest due the state of tennessee while the government made use of the roads the result is that a compromise was waa effected I 1 today to day by couns elit being agreed that the conr cour companies shall retain possession of the roads and run the same and pay the interest due on the tennessee railroad bonds the surplus after making these payments is to be appropriated to liquidate other indebtedness to the general government cheyenne the denver city railroad is finished 43 miles biles from cheyenne troy gen wools funeral will take place tomorrow to morrow saturday business generally will be suspended maj gen carr has charge of the arrangements and has ordered out two brigades the troy citizens corps the albany burgess corps and the civic societies will unite in ifie tile the procession A regiment from governor governors s island has been ordered hereby gen sherman bherman Gov Hoffman and maj major or generals brown gibson gibbon and ani with their staffs will participate i in the ceremonies baltimore gen wm E martin c charleston formally clerk of the south carolina senate died here today toda to day das da agel I 1 55 jackson michigan jefferson dav arrive dhere last evening washington 13 secretary robeson today to day sent a cable dispatch to admiral radford commanding the TT S european fleet directing him to detail one vessel to act as convoy to the ship bearing the remains of mr geo peabody from london to this country hon amos kendall died this morn in ing secretary boutwell officially announces the death of robert J walker business will be suspended in inthe the treas ury department today to day for the burial I 1 baltimore the funeral of george georg peabody was observed today to day flags at half mast were on many buildings numbers of which were draped in li mourning bells tolled ac 11 i the republicans washington spec ial lal says bays it is said that minister low will not |