Show SY by 1 TE aut APT bijl AMERICAN washington D C 9 in the U S supreme court today to day in the cae cao of the erie Yi allwaY railway co in error vs the commonwealth ol 01 pennsylvania in error to the supreme court of the commonwealth of pennsylvania justice hunt delivered the opinion of the court the question in this thia case ease is that of the right and intention of the 1 state of pennsylvania to impose a tax upon the gross receipts of the E erle erie rie railway co the opinion is long and elaborate irhe The court finds that the decision of the state court of pennsylvania is quite in harmony with our own on this subject none of the objections are well taken and the judgment must bead be affirmed BOSTON 9 the T sale of daniel websters library began today to day the competition was not brisk but the books brought fair prices abraham jackson the alleged defaulter was arraigned armig ned yesterday on further charges of fraud and his ball bail was fixed nixed at he was returned to jail the coroner coroners a jury inthe case of mabel young rendered a verdict stating that tho the evidence points directly to thos IV piper as her murderer NEWBURGH N Y 9 orange oradge lake house near this place was burned this morning loss cincinnati ATI 9 uy isy a recent decision of the supreme court the funds belonging to benevolent societies have been declared subject to taxation CHICAGO 9 the city special says that the parties recently released at randall attempted to cross at springfield dakota and return to gordon city but they were turned back by the military about a hundred of them will arrive luu iri sioux city tomorrow fifty who were released last week have arrived greatly discouraged cou raged and many of them destitute their effs effi effects acts been burned by major walker valker L newton warren telegraphs may to the secretary of war statin stating that he has nive live hundred men waiting to go into the big horn country and he asks permission to proceed via Y fort ort fetterman and ft kearney the document was referred by the secretary of war to lt general sheridan who has forwarded the same to 0 o the commanding general of the department part ment of the platte with with the following endorsement headquarters military division of the missouri chicago june 9 IS 1875 45 respectfully referred to the commanding general of the department of the platte for his information and such action as may be necessary according to the provisions of the tho treaty of 1839 with the sioux indians white men are prohibited from entering the country referred to in ift the enclosed telegram to the secretary of war notification will be given to all parties who contemplate entering the country named that they will ent ed from doing so by the military authorities until the orders under which the latter are acting are revoked NEW YORK yore 9 the T brooklyn courtroom court room was packed this morning with spectators the entrance of beach who was to dellear the closing address was the signal for a storm of applause which was checked with difficulty fullerton arrived shortly after and he receive eda similar ovation the plaintiff was early in his usual place behind ills lils counsel counsels closely surrounded by the surging multitude the throng was waso lions great t that thal judge neilson nellson gave instructions to t the e officers in charge to make some arrangement ran gement to prevent a similar occurrence in the future the judge cautioned the crowd to preserve the utmost silence CONCORD N H 9 the legislature in joint convention today to day elected elected P C cheney governor NEW yorka A brooklyn evening paper much given to sensa that it is understood that new and impo important evidence bearing directly upon the issue inthe in the great trial has been unearthed some home facts gathered have been submitted to certain lawyers in brooklyn and they declare that it is of great significance as affecting the main charge brought by theodore tilton against henry ward beecher an investigation ia Is now in progress and it ia is lanot not improbable that the case may be reo reopened opened re o ened or another suit commenced commended on ou the b basis SI of the tho newly discovered evidence te n s it is offe officially lally announced the laying of the direct U S cable Is completed the superintendent of the direct U S cable co reports that the now new cable is working welland that the signals transmitted are perfect the line is still in the hands of the contractors v BOSTON bostos 9 wool is in steady demand at unchanged prices manufacturers ma nu rs buying in small lots no indications as yel yet appear of an improvement pro in the immediate future it is believed that wool is held altogether too high in the interior and manufacturers and dealers will hesitate to buy at the rates now generally asked the only wool for which a good range of prices can be looked for are desirable lots of medium fleeces and combing and delaine fleeces kut but but it is questionable if the p prices tl ces demanded for these grade grades s are not also higher than will be sustained sales bales of ohio and pennsylvania fleeces have been at 50 0 54 as to quality wisconsin sin and michigan feces fleeces at 48 0 50 combing and delaine fleeces 56 68 us to quality quai ity new kentucky combing Is held at 50 but buyers pay this price reluctantly luct antly in super and X pulled the sales have been at 35 36 california continues in fair demand and has been selling at 22 5 38 the international typographical convention today to day named philadelphia delp hla hia and july 1876 as the place alq and dato for holding the next annual convention cincinnati 9 the gazettes gazelles new orleans special says that a dispatch from brownsville Browns ville says that the sheriff there has official information that twenty armed mexicans crossed nto uto texas on saturday night eight 0 miles below brownsville Browns ville jefne Jefre jennerson jefferson davis davia will accept the tho presidency of the texas mechanical and agricultural college at bryan caco CHICAGO 9 the special says that the black hills geological part party arrived jast last thursday on the east fork of beaver creek and fiieda nixed fixed a permanent camp they have as yet found no minerals and have not been disturbed b by the indians I 1 washington 9 the secretary of the interior has overruled the thet motion for a rehearing of the case of the red bed pine mine utah the officials of the interior de do apartment part ment do not consider that the late visit of the indians to washington was a failure in regard to the blaek black hills the department had no thought of effecting a treaty with them here knowing that t they he y had no power to do so the object was to discuss the matter with them to prepare them for far some bome ar ran gement after the return or of the expedition which had been sent out to determine whether there is gold there or not asto As to the relinquishment of the hunting grounds of nebraska the department has hopes that it will yet be acco accomplished iri lri shed SAN Fit FRANCISCO iNcisco 9 ex may or thos H selby died this afternoon of pneumonia A dispatch from sacramento says that today to day H T pago page was nominated for Con congress gres by the second and C B denio dento of vallejo by t the e third congressional district republican conventions the republican state convention meets at sacramento tomorrow to morrow A rumor pra prevails that sargent and Gorham will break with the central pacific and denounce the company in the convention ve ven tion the pacific mail steamer city of tokio arrived this evening from reo hong 9 rong kong eia via fa yokohama hongtong wong Hong kong may shanghee Shang hae lipe may the chief topic of in interest continues to bo tho the murder of Margary Mo Me and there is a strong disposition to nix fix the principal responsibility upon the government of burmah the king of which is accused of instigating the tho deed lucre is much dissatisfaction with the appointment by china of an inferior officer named pang to accompany the british commission of investigation vesti gation the selection Is regarded as proof of an au intention to treat the affair with indifference several english and russian ships of war are about starting on an river voyages of exploration to tho the interior the troubles in formosa continue between the chinese and the aborigines and they are now extending to the east and north of the island au an embezzlement of sixty thousand dollars dol doi lans lani from the house of jardine jardino Al matheson atheson co hu has been discovered iu in Hong hongtong kong a clerk named chambers is and has been fully committed trial there was an attack may 1 upon the american episcopal church in Kui Kul klang kiang consequence of a quarrel from the superstitious belief of natives that children ivere were mal treated by the missionaries yokohama may amy 23 the japanese financial ei estimate for the first halfon half of the current year shows a surplus orsome of some four million dollars several new now commissioners have been dispatched to peking for fora a further discussion of the and other affairs in dispute between the two governments within the last month fi everal additional defalcations have been discovered in leading yokohama houses mostly committed by chinese the dutch bank suffered to the extent of twenty wrenty eight thousand dollars walsh I 1 hall fe co six thou thousand saud saad and the free pree public library twenty thousand the general supervision of contributions to the philadelphia centennial has been placed in the hands of Tosi miti minister of the interior several additional miles of the osaka railway were opened may great activity continues in regard to corean afra affairs irs but no result haryet has hns jet yet been made mado public new and anil valuable lead mines have hav just ejust been keen discovered in the province of saturuina Sat Sa truma ruina the first lot of the new now trade dollars was issued fram tram the osaka mint april dad did abd they are already in in circulation judge goodwin visiting kobe for the purpose of investigating the complaints against the decisions recently rendered in the Brit britini consular Cons ulai ulal court has found it bec necessary essary to reverse a number the judgments united sul sui turner is seriously ill fil at hioco dr fisher attached to the united states consulato consulate at nagasaki is about to mako make a statistical In invest vesti gation of the tea produce throughout the island of konsin the united States Legation no now advises the appointment 0 ot americans to offices of trust in the japanese service inconsequence in consequence of permission to that effect having been received from the tho washington 9 state department washington 10 ill in the IT B S supreme court to day in the case of the city of sacramento in error vs paulina C fowle in hi error to the circuit court for the district of california an opinion was delivered by justice davis that the summons was served in conformity with the statute we think is quite clear tho the legislature doubtless intended in pursuance of a wise public policy to guard the city from consequences which have sometimes followed legislation in permitting e suits to be prosecuted against municipal corporations where process sas was yas served i upon any officer of the city gove government r i it is easy to see seo that in such a ease case the interests might suffer sunner i but io no reasonable apprehension n could b be indulged in this if the chief officer entrusted by the people with the management of their affairs was notified of the of judicial proceedings the deci decision on this point disposes of the ease caso ifor if was in conformity with the statute e the court had bad a jurisdiction uris of the party and of the e su subject act matter and judgment is 3 conclusive ive lve against the city until reversed on direct proceedings by the supreme court of the tho state the court adds that it is li ardly hardly necessary to say pay that the question of the original of the city ori oti on the bonds sued upon is not open here if jf the city had bad any defene defence to make mike to him it should have I 1 lean ean made when the suit was brought against it in the state court the judgment is affirmed A dispatch from prof jenney of or the black hills geological expedition dated camp on beaver benver creek oth june says saya the tho great eater area of the tho black blaek is in dakota the formation in vicinity are of recent geological age and not auriferous and that they win wih idros igros cross through tle the the hills and exa examine mitOe the gold fields reported to exist near harneys hanneys Har peak NEW NEwY YORK ohi ohl 10 theoran the orangemen orangeman Oran orau gemen e oen men have decided not to parade this year and to honor biting williamj william of glorious and pious memory bya ay a grand excursion and urd dri july 12 the grand jury of the U S circuit court tod today to d day ay found indictments against H B clannin claflin clan Claf niu liu of the dry goods good house of claflin co and win wm H talcott the silk bu buyer of or the firm fox for complicity in the silk jk amu smuggling llvy frauds there tl pra are three indictments against talcott charging him with receiving and concealing silk three indictments were found against H B claflin co coi cof the first of which contains four counts charging them with concealing six cases of smuggled silk bilk goods valued at in april 1673 the second indictment contains sixteen counts and charges them with at various times during th the eyears jears 1872 and 1873 receiving and concealing quantities of valuable silks the third indictment contains twenty eight counts charging them with having received and sold large jarge quantities of silks well knowing them to have been imported into the IT S contrary to law the of germania which arrived this a m brought the dominion line S S vicksburg from montreal for liverpool which was sunk by the ice on tuesday june the men were picked up on june juno 5 nearly dead from exposure they tell a fearful tale of distress the other boats were launched with a large number of persons persona but the greater number were seen to perish without getting in the boats the vicksburg went down in the midst of the jee ice and this thia boat was sur aur rounded by iceie gs gsand and in a field of ice when picked up tip the other boats have not yet been heard from CHICAGO 10 lothe the limes washington special says bays that the prospect of annexing the rich mining provinces of northern mexico was not killed by thel the failure of the mexican senatorial excursion but is being carefully nourished by the oti oil original ginal projectors of the plan to gather in these provinces so full of rich natural resources the plan is developing through the labors of the dle ble mexican claims commissioner commissi oneri whose work has now drawn near to a close closed the claims commissioner has been playing a sort ot diplomatic game of poker between the tha mexican and american commissions one would i heap u up a set of outrages outraged and a amou abou amount wit fit of damages until an advantage would be gained over the rival then the second would raise it the D I 1 arst az n and aua so the V game me has bas been going on the commission is limited in its labo labors rs to the alst of january 1876 the tim umpire pire sir air edward thornton Thorn ton lon the En english minister is then given six mo months liehs to con eon consider sider sidar the uhe cases caseb submitted all the he cases at present bedore before the commission have been 1 disposed of with the axce exception of some 2000 cases cakes all of which it is thought will be is in favor of our government at present i the american claims against t the 1 mexican S government preponderate over the mexican claims some two million dollars jt is |