Show AJ y TE LIN lih AMERICAN 13 council of cabinet inui Libers having been called by secretary flah flab met today to day at the D department e of state continuing in session a about three hours all were present excepting secretary belknap who is absent in the wesl west the subject of our relations with venezuela was laid before the council by secretary fish who read the latest communications from our minister to that country and stated th the 0 general facts in the case it may be decol lecter that in dec 1872 the president announced that the government of venezuela had bad made no further payments on account of t he the awards under the convention of 1866 and expressed the hope that it would lose no time in providing forthe fon for the unpaid balance of the debt to the U S which having originated in injuries to our citizens by the venezuelan authorities and having been acknowledged pursuant to treaty in the most solemn form among amone nations would the prest said seem to deserve preference ever debts of a different origin and contracted in a different manner and he recommended this subject to the attention of congress for such action act on as might be deemed prope proper in pursuance of this recommendation men dation congress in a joint res resolution alution expressed its sense in regard to the awards and the joint commission commis cdon under the convention with the venezuelan government was wag furnished with a copy of the resolution which excluded all doubt of be the earnestness of our government in its ita demand for the payment of the amount due but there was no satisfactory response on con the part of venezuela in 1873 the ache president in his bis annual message mid said to congress con gress that he apprehended ended that that thab government did not real realize ze the character of its obligation under that convention as there was reason to believe however that its hesitancy I 1 in recognizing them sprang in part at least from real difficulty in discharging cha them in connection with charging it its so obligations 11 ganious to other governments the expediency of further forbearance on our part was believed to be worthy of the consider consideration atio atlo n of congress since then our minister at venezuela has been repeatedly instructed to urge the payment of the deferred installments until at last the venezuelan government has expressed a disposition to do so but hut claims the privilege ting the particular parties to whom the money shall be paid to this our government will not consent the proposition apart from this consideration being contrary to the terms of the convention the venezuelan government will be informed of the rejection of the proposition and unless the money shall be paid as the stipulation requires our minister will probably be withdrawn LOWELL mass 13 ura mra dunn the wife wire of a laborer in this city was kicked to death this pm by her husband who wanted money from her but was refused dunn is under arrest CHICAGO 14 the tribunes Washl washington agton special bays says that the customs receipts have steadily declined during the past two years at the close of the year ending june 1873 the receipts were the following year they fell olf and the total receipts this year show a still further falling off of the cause of this is explained partially by the commissioner of custom customs upon the grounds of the dull duil state ot business throughout the country there is also fg growing rowing a 4 system of smuggling that offers great ties 6 to the collection of customs one of the easiest and most secure means of smuggling is 13 by the mails malls valuable laces are thus smuggled with impunity there will be presented to the next congress a proposal osal to make postmasters ex officio customs of officers floers with authority to open suspicious auspicious letters and packages I 1 but this proposition if carried out would give such opportunity to tamper with the malls that it is not likely to be received with favor the following instructions were sent today to day from general Sheri dans head bead headquarters headquarter quarters to general george crook cornalia Or nalia naila neb in compliance with directions from the president of the united states the general of the army directs that until the result of the labor of the commissioners to treat with the indians is known all parties of citizens who attempt to go 0 to the black hills country on t the e present besent indian reservation are to er be e prevented from going and that those who arenow aronow are aro now there be forcibly expelled tho the libut general therefore desa deaf desires tires kIres yo you u to take i suell guch steps stops with the force at your command which will accomplish the purpose in view signed R 0 DRUM assist bassist adelt geni 14 DOC sweeney the last and boldest of the carbondale bank robbers has been lodged in jail he was captured in new york state on sunday last ST PAUL PAUI minn 14 the pioneer press this am a m publishes crop reports from all parts of the state in every quarter the prospect is good for more than an average yield of small grain especially wheat and barley NEW YORK 14 yesterday a well dressed man at present unknown entered no 4 mangin st and informed the occupant mrs van slack that helas he was a sanitary inspector and after inspecting and approving the condition of the premises he sat down beside the old lady and engaged her in pleasant co conversation a short time when suddenly sizing her by the throat he choked lier her until she was insensible and robbed her of a wallet with 50 and of her watch and spectacles A steamer took today to day in gold coin and in silver bars SARATOGA lare LAKE 14 the weather is fine and there is a large crowd to witness the boat race between the crews of fourteen universities at the half mile cornell and harvard were ahead but at the first mile harvard was ahead at the second mile the colors of the cornell showed in advance and cornell won the race columbia second dartmouth third the position of the crews in the race is officially declared as follows cornell columbia ad haryard harvard ad dartmouth fth yale ath the remainder of the contesting crews came straggling in behind there was great enthusiasm over the cornell crew who mounted on the shoulder of their college mates were carried back and forth before the grand stand amid enthusiastic demonstrations the official time of the winning crew is 18 16 minutes 53 I 1 seconds ds LAWRENCE LAWRENCY mass 14 A shanty used as a beardin boarding house by the water works hands was burned this morning and two of the ten teft occupants were burned burnea to death CHICAGO 14 the crystal lake stud of trotting horses owned by C P dole of this city was sold today toe toi the stallion abdallah to clinton Bals naisbitt bitt ot of wisconsin for the bay mare alice with two colts to mr spencer of fall river mass for rosina bosina and colt to D fargo for 1050 the prices for the other horses were not large the jury in the case of baldi naldi welch accused of the murder of jas devlin some sowe months ago brought in a averd verdict iet let of guilty gull ty and an fixed the punishment at ten years in the states prison NEW NF v YORK 14 tho brooklyn eagle says that a number of brooklyn clergymen and ministers in jn other cities have united in iii a letter to beecher expressive of love and confidence the steamship ap idaho from liverpool landed today to day at castle garden de n about mormons Mor mons under the charge of seven agents appointed by brigham idi bigham young to conduct cond act them from grope europe to utah uvah of this number between and are adults including a number of young women ninety six are natives of the british isles while the remainder are scandinavians wro mno va 14 the rear portion of the city hotel fell this morning morn ingi killing kill ng mrs A L brown and a negro child ch lid iid and severely injuring sewera severa several others other sf washington X 14 copps land owner for july aily says thau that patents have been issued for the following mines utah salt lake co jas jag NV cummings et al at bells k hiatt hintt I 1 att lode iode tooele thoele co marcus daly red pine mine enos A wall et cl al Ma mahogany bogany no 1 2 mine ban SAN 14 the edit orial party go to lake tahoe taboo on thursday and arrive in this cit city y on saturday dr yarrow of wheelers exploring expedition has arrived here from santa barbara I 1 en foute route to washington with reveral tons of specimens of relics relies of the stone age of this coast for exhibition at the centennial mr air of the smithsonian institution has beon been making equally interesting discoveries on the santa barbara islands and will conti continue uco yarrows Yar rowls wor vor worl ai PiTTS pittsburg burg BURa pa 15 durin during 9 a beavy heavy rain last night the people residing along butchers run al keghany leg hany were forcibly reminded of tt the flood flood of last year the sewers were taxed beyond their capacity and the water rushed along east street to a depth of three feet the frightened inmates of the houses took refuge in the hills and for a time the tiie screams of women and children were heard fortunately the flood soon subsided and no serious damage was done SARATOGA N Y 15 at 12 last night the winning crews of cornell null were summoned to the ball room poin of congress hall where an immense throng was gathered and each crew was presented with a U S dlag flag and banner also a banner to the winner of the single skull race mr air kennedy of yale the flags and banners were the annual trophies bestowed by the college association in addition to these an elegant silver cup was presented t to ea each ch member of the winning crews yand and to mr kennedy the trophies were presented by the hon stephen A Kellog C onn the presentation was accompanied by hearty cheers for the winners the cornell boys were aiso also also aiso presented with a magnificent bouque tand congratulations were heaped upon them nhem from all sides up till a late hour this morning the streets were lively with marching arching na parties of college dollege boys venting their enthusiasm in songs and cheers NEW YORK 15 heavy rain storms have taken place in eng land and and immense damage has been seen done in cinderford Cin derford valley Gloucester shire a cloud burst has flooded the forest of dean the kings county grand jury today presented indictments against jos tos loeder and jno J price charged with having sworn falsely against henry ward beecher and elizabeth B R tilton the bids for gold today to day aggregated at from ti to early this morning a fire broke out ont in Dun lellan N J and destroyed live five of the largest buildings in the place loss nearly 15 the heralds special from the ned hed cloud agency reports the killing of two indians and the wounding of thre three e others by soldiers on the little littie chite earth river this being on the reservation er the indiana are intensely excited over the occurrence and all negotiations and the work of the commissioners are entirely sua and they are detained at VA the red bed cloud agency theair the circumstances cum stances attending a the again affair are not known here harrisburg 15 gov hartranft has issued the warrant for the execution aug ang oth of barney mccue convicted in Ly incoming coming co in dec 1874 of the murder of john deter ITHACA NY Y 15 the cornell freshmen and university crews leave saratoga tomorrow to morrows morrow fon foe ithaca where a reception awaits them SARATOGA 15 the sports were resumed today to day 0 M barbour of or amherst won we the mile run io the mile walk was won by AV W H platt piatt of williams in tso atio GW green of harvard led at the 11 nish finish but bu t was wai ruled out on accod account n t of a foul the seven lewalk ml mi was won by W R taylar taylor M E driscoll driscol of williams second and clarence W francis of columbia third dartmouth fell out at three and a half miles and downs before the fourth mile taylors time was driscolle Dris colls and Francis driscoll dris Dria colf coif fainted at the end of the race the last event was the fourth mile run with six competitors C M calver of union college won in 55 seconds david trumbull of yale second J B potter of cornell third TheA the amerlean american palestine exploration society are about sending out a second expedition to be commanded by coi col james C lane with the rev selah merrill at ah archaeologist and nir bir lr rudolph eudolph M meyer eyer oyer as assistant distant surveyor tho sum orS of has been appropriated for survey purposes by tha the society and it is thought that the four thousand miles to be lie explored explore I in eastern palestine can be gone goone over in about two years |