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* a- b By Robert Louis Stevenson CHAPTER V. ( Continued. ) "MJsa Huddlestone " I was begin ning to interrupt him when he , in turn , cut in brutally : "You hold your tongue , " says he ; "I iim speaking to that girl. " "That girl , as you call her , is my "wife , " said I , and ray wife only leaned -a little nearer , so that I knew she had nfllrmcd my words. "Your what ? " he cried. "You lie ! " "Northmour , " I said , "we all know you have a bad temper , and I am the last man to be irritated by words. For all that I propose that you speak lower , for I am convinced that wo are not alone. " He looked round him , and it was plain my remark had in some degree pobercd his passion. "What do you mean ? " he asked. I only said one word , "Italians. " He swore a round oath and looked at us from one to the other. "Mr. Cassllis knows all that I know , " aaid my wife. "What I want to know. " he broke out , "is where the devil Mr. Cassllis romes from , and what the devil Mr. Cassilis is doing here. You say you are married ; that I do not believe. If you were , Graden Floe would soon di vorce you ; four minutes and a half. Caesilis. I keep my private cemetery for my friends. " "It took somewhat longer , " said I , "for that Italian. " He looked at me for a moment half tlaunted , and then , almost civilly , ask ed me to tell my story. "You have too much the advantage of me , CaEsilis , " he added. I complied , of course , and ' he listened , with se'veral ejaculations , -while I told him how I had corae to Graden ; that it was I whom he had tried to mnrder on the night of the landing ; and what I had subsequently seen and heard of the Italians. "Well , " said he , when I had done , "It is here at last ; there Is no mistake about that , and what , may I ask , doyen yon propose to do ? " -'I propose to stay with you and lend n. hand , " said I. "You are a brave man. " he returned , with a peculiar intonation. "I am not afraid , " said I. "And so , " he continued. "I am to understand that you two are married ? And you stand up to it before my face , Miss Huddlestone ? " "We are not yet married , " said Clara , "but we shall be as soon as we can. " "Bravo ! " cried Northmour. "And the .bargain ? D It , you're not a fool , young woman ; T may call a spade with you. How about the bargain ? You luiow as well as I do what your father's life depends upon. I have only to put my hands under my coat-tails and -walk away , and his throat would he cut before the evening. " "Yes , Mr. Northmour. " returned Clara , with great spirit ; "but that is -vvhat you will never do. You made a "bargain that was unworthy of a gen tleman ; but you are a gentleman for all that , and you will never desert a man whom you have begun to help. " "Aha ! " said he. "You think I will give my yacht for nothing ? You think I will risk : my life and liberty for love of the old gentleman ; and then. I sup pose , be best man at the wedding , to wind up ? Well , " he added , with an odd smllp. "perhaps you are not alto gether -wrong. But ask Cassilis here. Ho knows me. Am 1 a man to trust ? Am I safe and scrupulous ? Am I kind ? " "I know you talk a great deal , and sometimes , I think , very foolishly , " re plied Clara , "but I know you are a gentleman , and I am not in the least I afraid. " "She's a trump ! " cried Northmour. "But she's not yet Mrs. Cassilis. I say no more. The present is not for me. " Then my wife surprised me. "I leave you here , " she said , sud denly. "My father has been too long alone. But remember this : you are to be friends , for you are both good friends to me. " "See here. Northmour , " said I ; "we are all in a tight place , are we not ? " w "I believe you , my boy , " he answer ed , looking me in the eyes , and with great emphasis. "We have all hell upon us , that's the truth. You may believe me or not , but I'm afraid of my life. " "Tell me one thing , " said I. "What are they after , these Italians ? What do they want with Mr. Huddlestone ? " "Don't you know ? " he cried. "The black old scamp had Carbonari funds on a deposit two hundred and eighty I thousand ; and , of course , he gambled it away in stocks. There was to have v been a revolution in the Tridentino. or Parma , but the revolution is off , and the whole wasps' nest is after Huddle- stone. We shall all be lucky if we can gave our pkins. " "The Carbonari ! " I exclaimed ; "God help him , indeed ! " "And now let us go directly to the fort , " eald Northmour , and he began to lead the way through the rain. CHAPTER VI. We were admitted to the pavilion by Clara , aud I was surprised by the com pleteness and security of the defenses. A' barricade of great strength , and yet easy to displace , supported the doer egainst any violence from without ; r end the shutters of the dining-room , into which I was led directly , and which was feebly illuminated by a lamp , were even .more elaborately for tified' The panels were strengthened by bars and cross-bars ; and these , in their turn , were kept in pcaition by a system of braces and struts , some abutting on the floor , some on thereof roof , and others , in fine , against the opposite wall of tbe apartment. Northmour produced some cold meat , to which I eagerly set myself , and a bottle of good Burgundyby which , wet as I was , I did not scruple to profit. have always been an extreme tem perance man on principle ; but it is useless to push principle to excess , and on this occasion I believe that I finished three-quarters of the bottle. As I ate , I still continued to admire he preparations for defense. "We could stand a siege , " I said at length. "Ye cs. " drawled Northmour ; "a very little one. per haps. It is not eo much the stiength of the pavilion I misdoubt ; it is the double danger that kills me. If we get to shooting , wild as the country id , some one is sure to hear it. and then why , then , it's the same tiling , only different , as they say , caged by law , or hilled by Carbonari. There's tlie choice. It is a devilish bud thing to have the law against you in this world , and so I tell the old gentleman up stairs. He is quite of my way of thinking. " "Speaking of that. " said I , "what kind of person is he ? " "Oh , he ? " cried the other ; "he's a rancid fellow as far as he goes. I should like to have his neck wrung to morrow by all the devils in Italy. I am not in this affair for him. You take me ? I made a bargain for Missy's baud and I mean to have it. too. " "That , by tb.e way , " said I , "I un derstand. But how will Mr. Huddle- itone take my intrusion ? " "Leave that to Clara , " returned Nortbmcur. I could have struck him in the face for this coarse familiarity ; but I re spected the truce , as , I am bound to say , did Northmour , and so long as the danger continued not a cloud arose in our relation. I bear him this tcsti- mony with the most unfeigned satisxCI faction ; nor am I without pride when look back upon my own behavior. For surely no two men were ever left in a position so invidious and irritat- ing. As soon as I had done eating we proceeded to inspect the lower floor. Window by window we tried the dif ferent supports , now and then making an inconsiderable change ; and the strokes of the hammer sounded with startling loudness through the house. proposed , I remember , to make loop holes ; but he told me they were al ready made in the windows of the up per story. It was an anxious business , this in spection , and left mo down-hearted. There were two doors and five windows dews to protect and counting Clara , only four of us to defend them against an unknown number of foes. I com municated my doubts to Northmour , who assured me with unmoved com posure that he entirely shared them. "Before morning. " said he , "we shall all be butchered and buried in Graden Floe. For me that is written. " I could not help shuddering at tbe mention of the quicksand , but remind ed Ncrlhmour that our enemies had spared me in the wood. "Do not flatter yourself , " said he. 'Then you were not in the same boat with the old gentleman ; now you are. It's the fioe for all of us , mark ray I trembled for Clara , and just then her dear voice was heard calling us to come upstairs. Northmour showed me the way , and. when he had reached the landing , knocked at the door of what used to be called "My Uncle's Bedroom , " as the founder of the pa vilion had designed it especially for himself. " "Come in , Northmour ; come in , dear Mr. Cassilis , " said a voice from with in. Pushing open the door , Northmour admitted me before him into the apart ment. As I came in I could see the daughter slipping out by the side door into tbe study , which had been pre pared as her bedroom. In the bed , which was drawn back against the wall , instead of standing , as I had last seen it , boldly across the window , sat Bernard Huddlestone , the default ing banker. Little as I had seen of him by the shifting light of the lantern on the links , I had no difficulty in rec ognizing him for the same. He had a long and sallow counte nance , surrounded by a long beard and side whiskers. His broken nose and high cheek-bones gave him somewhat the air of a Kalmuck , and his light eyes shone with tbe excitement of a of high fever. He wore a skull-cap of black silk ; a hu&e Bible lay open be fore him on the l-.cd , with a pair of of gold spectacles in the place , and a pile of other books lay on tbe stand by his side. The green curtains lent a ca daverous shade to his cheek , and. as he sat propped on pillows , his great stature was painfully hunched , and his head protruded till it overhung his knees. I believe if he had not died otherwise , he must hove fallen a vic tim to consumption in the course of but a very few weeks. ily He held out to me a hand , long , thin and disagreeably hairy. lie "Come in , come in , Mr. Cassilis. " said he. "Another protector ahem ! another protector. Always welcome as a friend of my daughter's , Mr. Cas silis. How they have rained about me , my daughter's friends ! May God in heaven bless aud reward them for it ! " of I gave him my hand , of course , be cause I could not help it , but the sym pathy I had been prepared to feel for Clara's father was immediately soured by his appearance and the wheedling , unreal tones In which he spoke. "Caasilia Is a good man , " said North- mour , "worth ten. " "So I hear , " cried Mr. Huddlestone eagerly ; "so my girl tells me. Ah , Mr. Cassllis , my sin has found me out , you see ! I am very low , very low ! but I hope equally penitent. We must all come to he throne of grace at last , Mr. Cassllis. For my part , I come late Indeed , but , with unfeigned humility , I trust. " 'Fiddle-do-dee ! " said Northmour roughly. "No , no , dear Northmour ! " cried the banker. "You must not say that ; you must not try to shake me. You for get , my dear , good boy , you forget I may be called this very night before my Maker. " His excitement was pitiful to behold , and I felt myself growing indignant with Northmour , whose infidel opin ions I well knew and heartily derided , as he continued to taunt the poor sin ner out of his humor of repentance. "Pooh , my dear Huddlestoue ! " said he. "You do yourself injustice. You arc a man of the world inside and ont , and were up to all kinds of mischief before I was born. Your conscience is tanned like Sonth American leather only you forget to tan your liver , and that , if you will believe me , is the seat , . , . , of the annoyance. "Rogue ! rogue I bad boyf" said Mr. Huddlestone. shaking his finger. "I am no precisian , if you come to that ; I always hated a precisian ; but I never- lost hold of something better through it all. I have been z bad boy , Mr. Cassilia ; I do not seek to deny that ; but it was after my wife's death , and you know , with a widower , it's a new thing- . Sinful I won't say so , but there Is a gradation , we snail hope. Aud talking of that Hark ! " ' he broke out suddenly , his hand raised with interest and terror. "Only the rain , bless God ! " he added , after a- pause , and.with indescribable relief. For some seconds he lay back among tin pillows like a man near to fainting inj ; then he gathered himself togeth er , and , in somewhat tremulous tones , began ; once more to thank me for the share ! I was prepared to take in his de fense. "One question , sir , ' " said I , when he had paused. "Is it true that you have money with you ? " ' He seemed annoyed at the question , but admitted \vith reluctance that he- had a little. "Well. " T continued , "it is their money they are after , is it not ? Y.'hy not give it up to them ? " "Ah ! ' " replied he , shaking his heacT , "I have tried that already , Mr. C&s- silis ; and alas ! that it should be so , but It is blood they want. ' " "Huddlestone , that's a littla less than fair , " said Northmour. "Yon should mention that what you offered' them was upward of two hundred" thousand short. The deficit is worth a refer ence ; it Is for what they call a cool sum , Frank. Then , you see , the fel lows reason in their clear Italian wayr and it seems to them , as indeed it seems to me , that they may just as welt have both while they are about it money and blood together , by George , and no more trouble for the extra pleasure/ ' ( To be continued. ) PRIDE OF THE LITTLE FINGER. It Can Folat Buck to Your Grandfather's Station in Life. The fact that the hand looks shape lier and more graceful when the middle and third fingers are slightly curved in and away from the index and little finger is shown by the models in the glove store windows , and while it is affectation to hold the hands in such a position , yet this exercise , to make the pose natural , should be practiced , " writes Katharine Eggleston Junker- mann in the course of an article on . "Physical Culture for Girls" in the Woman's Home Companion , which discusses how to secure pretty hands : and to retain a natural grace of mo tion. "Some one has said somewhere that the number of cultured genera tions back of an individual may be judged by the degree of curve in the T little finger. Observation will prove ( [ this more or less true. When one sees a person holding a glass or cup with the little finger thrust out and curved until it resembles a hook , a little investigation will almost invari- ablv * show that the desire for culture has only just awakened in that partic- vi ular family , and in its newness is somewhat overstepping the mark. Affectation laba ba fectation is a sign of lack of breeding. Some of the old painters understood orw hands to perfection. Long , rounded vo hands , with slightly curved fiagers and gently bent wrists , are characteristic the women whose beauty they have cb made memorable. Sometimes , per tic [ haps , the beautiful hands were those ffr some other model than the pictured th one ; but the painters knew that beau thAi tiful hands were as necessary as beau Aiw tiful faces in order to make a harmo nious picture. The people of almost vise every other nation have more graceful seat hands than we have ; and those who at use their hands most freely when con versing are by far the most graceful. ar The hands which make no superfluous fo movements , which appear to obey read bim and easily their owner's will , whose m movements are free , rhythmic : ind gen tli , are the really graceful ones. " sxiw bl Natural Advice. E' "Sail in sight , sir , " sang out the look out. "Fire cr bargain ? " asked the fr captain , who had been lest in thought at home and wife. " at The Army Assault on the City of Santiago Has Begun , ATTACKED BY LAND AND SEA , Morro C'nstlo and ( lie Fort * at tlie ffur- Ijor Kntraiicc Arc Ilonibnrdwl by the l-'leet XAirton ted tlio Cations , A Suburb of tlio City , Taken by Division Com- miiuilur's Force. Shaftcr' * First. Ojj ! ; ct Uy thr of Kl Gauey the Spanish Knlrench- muntft Can lie Kasily ISimihardcd -Tho 3 ews in Washington Detail * if the ITrep-ir- tioiu for tlio liattlc. J'r..vr. * OKI. I&TKT July ' . With Sliaf- ter's Army. A general assault on the eity of Santiago de Cuba by tbe land and < sea forces of the United States be gan at 7 o'clock this morning : General Lawton advanced an J took possession of C'abona , a suburb of San tiago , MOITO- castle and the other fortsat the entrance of the harbor were bom barded by our licet. The Vesuvius tiscd her dynamite guns with good of- feet. The-Spanish licet in-the-harbor fired on the American troops who were very clobe to- the ulty. liardii'ghting all along the A.mwicani line wasiui progressat 1L o'clock. Eight wounded Americans and n-ine wounded1 Cubans-have been , brought in- WASHINGTON , . July 'i. The battle has begun. This , was- the news con veyed in > dispatch received from General Shaftei.it J'O o'clock this morning" The dispatch rend : ' Secretary of War , Washington Camp near-Scvilla , Cuba. Action now goiiuf on _ The firing only light and desultory , llegun on. the right , near Caney , LawtonTs. divisionIfc wilL move on the north part of the- town , of Santiago. Will keepyou. . continually advised of progress. .Shafter major- general. ' ' Brief as the- message \vas > it foldtlie - whole- story that the first shots of the long expected clash of arms , probably the first general land engagement of tlie war. was. under wa- . According to general Sliaftci-'s. re port the- attack on Santiago was be gun by the Second division of the Fifth army corps , commanded by x- KSJ. . * w > pk ! V \V. I.AIVJ'ON' . IX COM- MAM ) 01' THK DIVISION OrKMXfi THK ACTIONS AT SAM'IAOO. e [ Jrigadicr General II.V. . F-aw ton. This livision consists of three brigades , nade up as follows : First brigade , -ominanded by Colonel J. .1. Van Horn. COEi Eighth United States infantry. T\ven- iyecoml United States infantry and he Second Massachusetts infantry. Second brigade , commanding officer unknown , but supposed to be Colonel Hates. First i'nited States infantry. I'ourth Tnited States infantry and 1'wcnty-iifth I'niled States infantry negro ) . j Third brigade , commanded I " IJrig- ] ulier General A. 15. Chaftce. Seventh ailUi L'nited States infantry. Tv/elfth LTnited ] States infantry anil Seven- j tecnth L'uitcd States infantry. j i It thus appears that the cntiro tli- i v-j vision . ( which opened the hostilities of j mi Lhe day is composed entirely of regu- j lar troops , seasoned and experienced in battle , \vith the exception of the Second end Massachusetts volunteer infantry. < which ! is regarded as one of the best volunteer organizations in the army. A dispatch was received in the cabi net meeting from Colonel Allen , in charge of the signal .stat'on at 1'lay.i lei 12-ste. He said that tu- ! fight was growing furious in all directions. At the time he sent the telegram eight j of Americans and nine Cubans had been i , xvounded. < The Spaniards were shelling tlie ad vancing Americans and Admiral Sampnn j ! son's ileet was hotly engaging the forts j N the harbor entrance. I w At noon yesterday tlie American 1 j ov army occupied a pos'tion in a long line mi four miles east of Santiago de Cuba , th but no forward movement had been made in twenty-four hours oxvhig to the difficulties ; in forwarding sufficient supplies from the base at .luragua. as well as to the fact that it was impossi a ble to send light artillery and siege guns to the front from IJaiquiri. Major General Shafter was at the front and conducted the roconnois- ance in person. Tlie American troops had made no j has attack than upon Agiiaclores or upon J ' of the coast n jar the left wingof thjiu vading army. The town of El Gauey , or Caney , which commands the laud entrance into Santiago de Cuba , was closj to the American's right wing and was expected to be taken without difficulty , as it was held l y only a small guard of Spanish troops. Amarican scouting parties went within 1,000 yards of Caney without be.ing attacked. The roads in that vicinity wercf.e- paired and improved by our fcroopsin order that artillery might l > cr moved in that direction. Ifc is believed that the investment of Santiago dj Cnlxi will folhuv the capture- El Gauey. There are about 5,000 Cubans oper ating with the American army at the front and the Spanish ) force defending Santiago ue Cuba estimated at from- l'i,000 to 20,000. In' addition , ab already cabled , General Pando , the Spanish military commander-in-the- field , is marching from1 Manzanilio. some l.7 miles west , with8,000 men , and unless checked by the small force of Cubans holding the mountain passes he could reach Santiago- his elforts to support General Linares in : i ' With telegraphic communication es tablished near Santiago and a- wire from General Shaf ter's headquarfers to the cable oliice in Cuba , the President and General Miles feel as if Washing ton was practically as near to. the field of operations as to Tampa , and tln government assured of hearing of op eration1 * as soon as they take place. l-'rom several sources the War' do- partmeret learns , that General Shafter lias tak n the measure of the foeill - numbers- l fighting ability. lie un doubtedly considers that the ability of the Spantiah army to fight , in the sense that the United States soldiers regard fighting , lias been dreadfully overesti mated by the Hparcisirds. The brush- at La Qwasina .served to increase tliib- sii on * ( Lrcneral Shafter's part and tlio later. Hight from. El Caney , close to-thc border4 of- the city itself , is believed to- have impressed , him : with , the idea that they have- not much fight left in them. StilL it ia-considcred not improbable that the- Spanish commander may have someplan. . o destruction for the United Stsitcs forces not yet snspeeted. account for the refusal to light or to dispute the approach of Shatter , for unless the roads were tiuderimiieti with thousands of Lens of dj n.iuitc. which tlnj Spaniards evidently did. not possess , the destruction , would T > c lim ited and there would still be : i large. determined number of men.etdy to rush into the midst of tlic- enemy as tlie volunteers of Colonel Wood luid swarmed over- the retreatiiKj Spzmiard ; ; at La Quas'na. LAWTON WAS AN ENLISTED : MAN TbaEonsr nr-iltliuiy Service of tlie ITirst Attacking Force's CmmnBiiilrr. WASHINGTON , July. ' General Law ton , who was. chosen for the important aud responsible- duty of opening the- battle by the i-anturv of Caney and the interception , of Spanish rein forcements uo\v Hearing Santiago. is described as. a .gputl fighter and soldier of exceptional ability. He-en tered the array as-sergeant of Cmnpuny K. Ninth Indiana , wlunteer iufanlry o in April. ISOt , and was promoted through merit on : the lield of battle to first lieuteuaat of tlie Thirtieth Indi ana infantry in August. 18. , i : to- cap tain in May. IStV , : . aud iieutenaat col onel in November. JSG4. In March , ISi'iS. he v.-us Urevetted colonel for gal- laut and meritorious services during the war. He entered the regular- army in .luly. I siM. as second lieutenant of the Forty-first infantry ( colored ) and i-emaineii with tlint branch of the army until January. 1S71. when h was- transferred io the Fourth i-avary , with whicli lie remained until ISSa , . wlien he wus appointed inspector gen eral. ; with tiie rank oflujor. . He was subsequently promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and held that runic until the opening of the war- with Spain , when the President appointed him brigadier general of volunteers and assigned him to command a divis ion of the Fifth army corps command ed bv General Shafter. Tlio Sul but Glorious Truth. LONDON , -luly 2. Tim L'all Mall Ga- xette's correspondent at Madrid tele graphs from that city to-day that eold ness exists between Captain General Itlanco and Admiral Cervera , adding that IJlanco ordered Cervei-a tti leave Santiago de Cuba and the admiral re- j plied that lie would be glad to leave , but his guns were dismounted , he was ' Hu without coal and the American admiral - miral was waiting outside. Lei Or i Kngl" ( l Decider for Us. TOIJOXTO , Ontario. July - . A London - ! ' don c.'ible to the New York Evening j Telegram says : The protest of the Spanish ambassador against the putHo ting together of the parts of the United States dispatch Loat Gresham in Canadian waters has elicited a reply j from the British foreign office to the ; V , " eil'ect that it i > not considered a breach tlie neutrality law > . tii bli ? Irlxii AR-jliist nn Alliance. NKW CASTI.K. X. IL. July ' . ' . The annual banquet of the American Irish O : National society v/as held at the Went- \vorth last night. Members from all 'I over the country were present. A ' minute was adopted protesting against " . the mooted Anglo-American alliance. ( to Do Spy in , ? . - MONTUKAI. . July ' . The Montreal Star s > ays that Carranza luus chartered \ schooner and gone to inspect with O.i her the defenses of the Atlantic sea- 1' . l.ar cobt. : - \ U. S. Gr.snt , Third , a Cadet. WASHINGTON , July 3. The IVesident Oa [ appointed Ulysses S. Grantthird , ' Nov.- York a cadet to West Point. C CHINA TO BE SAVED , Lord Salljliary Says * Time KnglumlVi . . Policy Kvery Aid Is t ? Ho Given. LONPO.V , July 1 L(6d Salisbury , the premier , addressing' ' the United Club in this eity , last evening- , said : "There fa a blnclc c'onrt on tlio horizon , on * tlmt Uocs not affect us personally , but which evokes the deepest swrow anil our largest de sire for its removal. It l.s the vr.tr of two great nations , between whom wo arc uoutral ona bound to n < f by every tic of Kindred and simil arity of Instltutloiw and religion ; ilia other she state thut fought on our side -when w struggled with thor threatening tyranny of the Flrbt Napoleon. Watchlnjf this terrible war , we are bound to- abstain from erpressfng any preference or any judgment on- either side * \V know that In both1 cases the motives * were of thte highest character.Vfe know that ttw United States Is animatctl by elevated philan thropy < , nnd that Spain' Inspired by that love of independence i which- was the greatest prldrf of at' anuiant nations.- etm only say that t earnestly wish the day may speedily arrive when this terrible slaughter between two na tions will cease and- the world be restored to peace. " "With * this exception ; the' world' looks smil- Inp enough toilspolitically. . The convention wlth'.Franco'has rejtaoved the subject of conflict between UsanJ'our ' mos t cultivated neighbor. The'Soudan expedition , if successfully accom plished. will be the greatest work- for civiliza tion that England- has performed' ' In ; two or three'enernilons- "Thc'KOVCrnmcirtrs Chinese' policy is-fo'pre- vent the Chinese empire from falling Into ruins. to invite' it into1 paths of reform , to give it every asslstance'ln'our power , to perfect Its de * fensos and to-incrcaso'lts commercial prosper ity. Thus-we should aid China nnd our.solvcs , It In imjisiblc that we should huvo the' surau" influence over China as over India and Egypt , but I believe that , s > o far us railways are con' cerned. our advantages will be fully- equal * ' . a- those'of other nations. " LEADERS IN THE HOUSE CLASH ! Champion * of tlio Tivo-Iartle Acrimonious Debate. W.VBIIIXOTOX , J\iiy. 11 Tlio House- disposed of a number of measures , anil incidentally enjoyed a speech fronnMr : Allen , of Mississippi , which' precipi tated a-political episode in which1 Air. Grosvenur , Kepublican ; of Ohio , anil JNIr. Ilailey , Democrat , of Texas.figured , as principals in bitterpcrsoaal debate. 3Ir- Allen : proposedthat companyof Congressmen be raised and' ' go-to-Cub v under General Grosvenor. After send ing the Indian- and sundry civil bills- back for conference ; consideration ! of bills- from the military , affairs- committee ; under the rale adopted yesterday , proceeded. Xotable among Ihu measures passedwere - thosa providing for tlv * enlistment of1' cooks in the army : providing" for the appoint ment of military storekeeper for the army ; providing for the protection o harbor defenses andfortifications - against wanton and malicious injury , and giving the secretary of war discre tion to-permit any church or religions sect to erect its house of worship upon the West Point military reservation. The last named bill precipitated con siderable discussion , it being framed at the instance of Catholic- effort , but equal privileges to all churches. HAWAII.- MUST RATIFY. IT. , Annexation"Will I < ol Uo aEacf as. Seem as Xewlantlj Resolution Is.Adoptoil. HONOLULU. July 1. The-Moana ar rived at an , early hour this , morning with rigging dressed. She brought news for. which these islands have watched and. waited , for months. It- was to the effect that annexation had' triumphed , in the House. . Tha-passage of the annexation resolution , by Con- gres'J will not perfect annexation. It is a fact that the resolution- will have to-pass botht houses of the Hawaiian , legislature before it can haveefreet. . This will necessitate an , extra session for the special purpose , as. it will be- impossible to get the official papers.in. hand from-Washington.before the pr entee-isioa expires bv limitation- . 15rHish Comiclsslojii Sained ; . LONDON , July JIt is. officially an.- douneed that Queen Victoria has- ap pointed high commissioners , in pur suance of theagreements - signed at Washinton on May 30 , for a joint com mission to adjust the Canadian.-Ajij.e-L can. di fferenees. Well neasetl tYltli BrooJMs. CitiCKAMAUGA FAHK , Ga. . July/t. There- great satisfaction felt among- the troops , here over the report from Washington that Major General Urooke will be appointed military governor o PortoKieo. . 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