AMERICA.
The Boston Jubilee was opened on the 17th June. The choir consisted of ] sixteen thousand voices and the orchestra of fifteen hundred instruments. | There is a general strike among the j mechanics and laborers of Kew York for : eight hours' work and increased pay. Minister Sickles has been recalled from Spain." Iso successor will be ap- ' pointed till matters in controversy are settled. Congress was adjourned on the lltb. The Bepublicans have nominated General G-rant as President, and Mr Benry Wilson Vice-President. The Secretary of the Treasury has notified that the issue of the new loan is deferred on account of the delicate nature of the relations with Great Britain and Spain. Military and naval movements along the Gulf coast indicate a suspicion of approaching trouble with Spain. The Government regards unfavorably the British proposal to postpone the Geneva arbitration. Stokes's trial for shooting Fisk begins on the 19th.
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Southland Times, Issue 1609, 23 July 1872, Page 3
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150AMERICA. Southland Times, Issue 1609, 23 July 1872, Page 3
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