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i] BOREIGN, me Situation in Ireland Believed to Be Daily Growing Worse. sBoycotting” and Intimida- tion Carried Even into the Jury-Box. ‘The Swiss President-Elect Sud- denly Ends His Life with a Bullet, Outlines of the Independence- Declaration of the Trans- yaal People. gil the Resources of the Republic to Be Devoted to the Struggle. qe European Powers Apparently in A¢- cord on the Greek Question, ot Will Not Entertain Any Proposition Looking to Coercion. SWITZERLAND. SUICIDE OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT. Brewe, Dec. 25.—Anderwert, elected Pres- dent of the Swiss Confederation for 1881, committed suicide at 9 o’clock this evening tna public promenade by shooting. IRELAND. _ THE SITUATION. Spectal Cable. }Lospos, Dec. 25.—The situation in Ireland yemains’ essentially unchanged, though weadily growing worse as the tyrannical sonspiracy of the Land League tightens its stip on the community. The Government bas shown no sign of action antici- pasting the suspension of the habeas worpus, as lately intimated. Reports are daily reccived from magistrates and Officials of every degree announcing the im- possibility of executmg the ordinary proc- eses of law. Mr. Fitzgerald, among the most learned and respected of Irish Judges, expresses from the bench doubt of the possibility of continuing to administer justice under the present jury system. “Boycotting” has reached the jury-box, the majority of the jurors securing verdicts efacquittal by threatening the minority. The Times declares the absence of outrageamong the worst symptoms, In truth, being an in- timation of the TERROR NOW GENERAL, agents of the League are no longer obliged toresort to violence to insure obedience to the League’s decrees. The Home-Rule members of Parliament assemble in Dublin on Monday, at Parnell’s invitation, to settle the program of the coming session. It is in- timated that Parnell and the other indicted members will announce their intention to ety the Court and appear at Westminster. Mr. Chamberlain’s friends again assert that no measures of coercion have ever been adopted at a Cabinet meeting. They loudly proclaim such measures never shal! be while Mr. Chamberlain is a Minister, all of which affords vast comfort to law-breakers of every degree as they wish each other “Merry Christmas” and plot STARVATION AND EULY yo their law-abiding countrymen. Lord | Carnarvon’s passionate diatribe against Mr. \Bright elicits general disapproval, the Lib- verals denouncing it as a breach of political “good manners, The Tories are silent. The speech appears at a most inopportune moment, when Carnarvon’s colonial policy is Dearing evilfruit. Mr. Bright’s friends say ‘he does not intend to-reply to it DOUBTFUL. 2. 2 The information received within the last -few days by the Government has been of a character to leave no doubt that an erganized and general rising in Ireland had been arranged for the 26th of this. month. This circumstance accounts for the hurried dispatch to that island of so many thousand picked troops, including a large portion of the Household Brigade, and five batteries of the Royal Artillery. Itis feared that disturbances will occur here. Simultaneous blows, according to the orig- inal program, were to be struck in London ‘and other great cities of England. Hence the police authorities everywhere are spend- mg an anxious Christmas. Many Irish- Americans have arrived within the last few days at Queenstown, but ANY ATTEMPTS TO LAND ARMS will be frustrated, for the coast is now very tarefully guarded. The Government is at east fully determined to keep Ireland nom- inally under the rule of the Crown, al- though all law continues to be openly framped underfoot by the great mass tt its population. The Conservative papers, as might be expected, reproach the Govern- ment bitterly, but the leading journals in the express their full approval of Mr. Gladstone’s policy, declaring that the time for coercion in Ireland without the redress Si ererances has passed by, never to PORTADOWN. : The little Town vf Portadown, in Ulster County, is fast becoming notorious as a cen- te of agitation. A short time ago, two tenant-farmers named Berry and White re- teived letters threatening them with prompt Punishment if they continued to pay rents to obnoxious landlord. They refused to be ftightened, and‘continued their regular pay- tents, whereupon their houses were burned tothe ground, and their produce entirely de- Sxoyed. The Constabulary determined that ‘Ye perpetrators should not escape, and used ~ ery means to discover their whereabouts. A Man named Wortley was employed by the Pollce as a sort of spy to make inquiries. His mission was soon discovered, and he was. Sebbed. The perpetrator of this second Outrage hus also escaped, being wéll hidden the townsinen, who refuse to give any in- to the authorities. GREECE. THE ARBITRATION SCHEME, Pants, Dec. 295.—The proposal for arbitra- ton between Greece and Turkey is regarded SS acceptable by all the Powers on the basis by the Nurth German Gazette, of Berlin; that is, that the Porte and Greece Sul be askea whether they are willing to qinttto an award of the Powers, and that Powers shall not consider unanimity re- a the award as the necessity, but that '¥ Tesolution cume to by a majority of four be regarded as binding on the minority. B BUSSLA. EELIN, Dec. 25.—The Russian Minister at fiers has been summoned to St. Peters- an to enlighten the Czar on the Greek estlon and receive instructions. Rung ETERSULTG, Dec. 25.—The Agence in announcing that Russia has agreed arbitration of the Greek frontier ques- qPhovided that Turkey and Greece prum- accept the decision of the Powers, ex- fhe mir the refusal by. Greece to accept Proposition scheme dos not refer to the paboeal of the Powers, but to the demand by Turkey. NOTED ALRIVALS. of ees, Dec. 25.—The wife and two sons Russian Grand Duke Nicholas have red bere, They are the guests of King ty jue THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, N¥CEMBER 26, 1880—SIXTEEN PAGES. George, and were entertained at a state ban- quet Friday. : TURKEY’S TERMS. ConsTanrtxopie, Dec. 25.—If the Porte accepts arbitration of the Greek question, it will stipulate that the Ottoman troops shall occupy the Balkans. SOUTH AFRICA. THE PENDING WAR. Spectal Cuble. Loxpon, Dec. 25.—The catastrophe in South Africa’ divides attention with Ireland momentarily. Those most familiar with the condition of the Cape say the disas- ter is pregnant with other disasters, Moreover, it occasions divisions among the Liberals here, many influen- tial leaders strongly disapproving alike of the original annexation of. the Transvaal and Gladstone’s decision to re- tain that ill-gotten booty, justly considermg the seizure of the Boers’ country an act of Jawless violence, the people of the annexed territory almost unanimously opposing it. Now, unhappily, the merits of the question are immaterial. No Government, however convinced of the injustice of using force against a formerly free people, dares to decline to reconquer the revolted Province. it is intimated that the Cape people view the disturbance with satisfaction, hoping to se- cure heavy reinforcements in the Basuto war. THE ‘TRANSVAAL DECLARATION OF INDE- PENDENCE. To the Western Associated Press. Care Towns, Dec. 25.—Sir George Pomeroy Colley has received a dispatch from Pretoria dated the 18th inét. communicating the de- cree of the Transvaal! Republic declaring there was no-desire to spill blood, nor did the Republic:wish for war. It rested with the British whether the Republic would be forced to appeal. to arms in self-defense, which would be done with all the reverence for the Queen and with the knowledge that it was a struggle for the sanctity of the treaties which had been broken by the British officers. 18 was hoped an amicable arrangement would be arrived at with Maj. Lanyon, for the Republic was anxious to codperate in everything leading to progress. Ihis could oniy be done when its independence was acknowledged. An answer was expected within twenty- four hours. 1t was in answer to this “decree that Maj. Lanyon issued his proclamation of- fering pardon to all who immediately with- drew from the malcontent camp. | GREAT BRITAIN. 1 MINISTER LOWELL, Special Orble, Lonvon, Dec. 25.—Many Americans in London are inquiring with solicitude whether Gen. Garfield intends to retain Mr. Lowell as Minister to England. There is a universal desire that Mr. Lowell should continue at the post which he has filled under difficult public circumstances, as well as stress of domestic trouble, with singular ability and general ac- ceptance. The real truth is, that no American Minister has shown him- self more -uncompromisingly “Ameri- can, winning, nevertheless, great popu- larity among the best English people, with a wide and favorable reputation among all classes, and marked admiration from offi- cials for conspicuous ability in the transac- tion of diplomatic business. There are nu- merous expressions of opinion of his friends, English and American alike, deprecating a change. THE DEAD AUTHORESS, It 8 proposed to inter the remains of George Eliot in -Westminster Abbey, but some of her friends question the propriety of such a step, as it might give rise to a disagreeable controversy on account of the opinions held by the dead writer on religious subjects, to say nothing of the social aspect of her connection with Mr. Lewes. I hava it on good authority that the application for the necessary authority has not yet been made to Dean Stanley. DIZZY'B CRITICS. Lord Houghton will contribute to the Fortnightly Review for January an article with the promising title of “Notes on Endymion.” There have beon sharp passages hitherto between Lord Houghton and “Dizzy,” and these notes, I understand on the best authority, and can readily believe, will be very pungent and will tend to make mince-meat of the novel SPAIN. ‘THE FREE-TRADE MOVEMENT. Special Uabie. Maprm, Dec. 25.—Early attention must be called in America to the strong influences brought to bear upon the Madria.Govern- ment by the journalistic organs of the so-called free-traders in the Capital, by the Catalan manufacturers, by the Castilian agricultural interests, and by the great ports of the Peninsula to arrest and impede the concessions that are about to be made by Seiior Carnavos del Castillo to the importers of the United States and to the flag of America in the West Indies. The ar- gument used in press and by the representa- tives of the monopoly claimed by the mother country in the matter of exports to Cuba rest now on the pretension that America must DDUNISH HER DUTIES OX SUGARS AND MOLASSES, because her own refineries want raw ma- terials, and a certain class of opinion in Spain insists that, despite the long repeated grievances of the West Indies, which are burdened .in favor of the mother country, Spain cannot and must not initiate reforms in the tariff of the Colonies, because her imperial in; terests require that Cuba and Puerto Rico should not become independent of the produce of Peninsular industry and aeri- culture, This must inevitably ensue from all development of commercial relations be- tween Cuba and the United States, 1f tariffs are lowéred in the West Indian Colonies: ITALY. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION. Special Cable, Pants, Dec. 25.—Our Florence correspond- ent telegraphs that four Americans, two of them calling themselves Willis and wife, and the other two Colbert and wife, have been- arrested at the Hotel du Nuova, and are now imprisoned on suspicion of selling Tunisian, French, and other securities which are forgeries. Nothing was found on their persons or in their tranks. ‘The investiga- tion is going on before the American Consul. Another of the same party, who is said to be an Englishman and named James Joy, was arrested at Milan. Bonds were found on him to a large amount, All were counter- feit. EASTERN ROUMELIA. THE ASSEMBLY CLOSED. PurtrPporo.is, Dec. 25.—The second ses- sion of the Provincial Assembly of Eastern Roumelia was to-day closed by Aleko Pasha, Governor-General, in the presence of the Consular body. FRANCE. SPECIE FOR NEW YORK. Havne, Dec. 25.—The steamship Silesia, for New. York, took out £50,000 specie, . ‘FOREIGN MISSIONS. KING .M’TESA’S CONVERSIONS—ALL ABOUT THE AFRICAN MONAKCH. Loxpon, Dec. 22.—Much interest was aroused a year or two ago about King M’tesa, who rules a country ou the northern shores of the Victoria Nyanza, and of whom Stanley gave some glowing accounts. ‘These accounts led to the organization and dispatch of a mis- sion which cost something like £17,000 (whereof Baroness Burdett-Coutts contrib- uted several thousands), and which converted King MWtesa to the Protestant form of Chris- tianity. It was felt then, and has been be- Heved since, that the conversion of soddlstin- guished a potentate was chcap at the price. But this was neither the first nor the last of A’tesa’s conversions, Like all his fellow- countrymen, he had started in lite as ade- yout pagan, worshiping Lubabj, the goddess of the Lake. He then conceived a réspect for the faith, and especially for the. guns and ammanition, of his neighbors, the Egyptians; so he becaine a Mussulman, and was duly rewarded by a little present of obsolete muzzle-loaders, Then came the irryption of Stanley and rumors of England and the English religion and breech-loaders. M’tesa thereupon conceived the desire to become a Protestant, and was happily and success- fully converted to that faith by the mission above mentioned, which brought him, in ad- dition to an improved faith, supply of im- proved Sniders. Subsequent to this, how- ever, the Jesuits sent from Algiers a mission of their own, with gorgeous vestments, which brought with it echoes of Martint- Henrys and Remingtons. Again M'tesa showed himself open to conviction, and be- eame a Roman Catholic, which he has re- inained up to three months ago.’ But at the latter period his people came to ‘him’ and re- monstrated. They said, “ King M’tesa, you have becn a Mussulman, a Protestant, anda Roman Catholic. We must represent t¥'you that we do not hold these continual changes - to be for the good of the State. We point out to you, morcover, that yon have already got allthe guns and all the powder that can teasonably be expected to flow from changes in religion, and we invite you therefore to return to the faith of your fathers and the established church of your country.” King ‘Mtesa has proved accessible to the remon- strances of his subjects, and has solemnly abjured all his heresies, and retyriied to the worship of the goddess Lubabi. * if IRISH PROSECUTIONS. THREATENING A JUDGE. Dosti, Dec. 23.—At the Cork Assizes, after aman named Coffey had been acquitted of the charge of firing on the Bailiff (Han- lon), although identified by the latter, Judge Fitzgerald said he wished to advert to some- thing that had occurred that morning, which he had treated with the contempt it de- served. He had that morning received a letter bearing the Limerick post-mark; but, in order to serve the ends of justice, and in order that it might not militate against the prisoner on his trial, he had not wished to draw attention to the letter until the case had concluded. The letter was as follows: Intsarows, Limerick.—Look here, my boy: By J— C— [erios of “Shamol”] if you’ do not charge tho jury fairly and impartlally your life {e not worth a thrateen. You may bo shot dead in court. A PALLAs Boy. Yo Jupaz FirzGERALD, Cork. There were some other expressions which he would not pollute his lips by uttering. Such threats would not have the slightest effect upon him, but more timid people might be deterred by them from performing their duty. lt was ao gross crime, punisha- ble by the law, and it was also a gross con- tempt of Court. He did not mean to sug- gest thatany one connected with the pris- oner had been implicated in the matter, but he regretted that after he had been now twenty-ohe years on the Bench it should be thought necessary to remind him to charge fairly and impartialiy. His Lordship was much dejected. A juror—“I never heard a more impartial charge.” Mr. De Moleyns Q.0., the leading counsel for the Crown, sald that on his part and on the part of the members of the Bar who were present he would express his disgust at such 2 com- munication. That disgust was only equaled by the fatuity of the writer, who supposed that such a communication could have any effect with those connected with the adiinistra- tion of justice. Mr. P. O’Brien, Q. C., as counsel for the prisoner, sald his client had instructed him to protest in the most solemn manner that neither he nor any person con- nected with him had any knowladari''of or connection with the letter. He wished to say for himself that if the scoundrel who wrote that document thought it could have ‘any effect upon shis Lordship he had mis- taken hisman. His Lordship’s judicial in- trepidity was one of the proudest distinc- tions of their profession, and they were proud of his judicial conduct. [Applause in the court, which was crowded.} His Lordship handed the letter to the reporters. It was eviaently written by an educated person, but in adisgulsed hand. There were some words in French written on the top, but these were partially obliterated. On the second page were the words, ‘Ireland a nation! To hell with Miss Victoria, La Reine! Parnell for- ever. -Notre Roi!” The ‘letter also con- tained a rude sketch of a man with a pistol, and the words, “Shot by.’ Hecent Ter-estrial urbances. San Francisen Bulletin, Dec. 16 Tho last two months have” been somewhnt notable for unusual volcanic activity at various pornts on the earth's surface. On the event of Nov. 4an earthquake shock was experienc in this city and vicinity. It was very brief in duration, but it was also one of the sharpes: felt here {n many years. Twenty-two hous later one of the most remarkable eruptions of the century occurred on tho! island of Hawa‘, the volcano Mauna Loa belching forth a torrent of molten lava which, at latest uccounts, was thirty miles long and’ rupidiy approaching the sea. The ship Ivy, which arrived in port a fow days ago from New York, reported having er- perionced a severo earthquake at sea in the middie of October, while off tho const of Chili. Mount Vesuvius, in Italy, bas been in active eruption tor some time past. This vol- ano kas developed a new crator, the old oe remaining closed and dormant. Ordinariiy 10 eruption of Mount Vesuvius produces n dis turbance, more or less marked,in Mount Etaa, Sicily, and in Mount Hecia, iceland. On -he Present occasion, however, so fer us knova, Etna and Hecla ero quiet, ‘A Seattlo (Wushtige ton Territory) disputch of yesterday reportano earthquake at that place ‘on Sunday oveniag, and itis reported also that Mount Baker, one of the volcanie cones in the Cascade rangolin Washington Territory, has recently been actiya, emitting flame and inva. 1t is possible that there is an intimate relation between thee volcanic convulsions which are occurring, tt may de said, simultaneously in the four quar- ters of the globe. ‘San Francisco Alta, Dec. 15. Mount Baker, reported by a telgram from Seattle to be in 9 state of eruption, or at, Last exhibiting volcanic lights at its summit, je a snow-covered volcanic peak, 11,000 feet bighs in latitude 48 deg. 40 min. Humor says that on several occasions it bas illuminated cloudy over it as if they were molten Iuva in its crater; but ‘such @ light might be mado by a fire in the tim- ber on the mountain side; and, so far as we know, no observation of such a light bas been made in a manner deserving credence. Ths tele- 1m of ‘Tuesday was bused on an anonymous fetter, written in Whutcom, twenty miles from the sumuit of the mountain, and, to suy the least, needs confirmation. Six or cight mouths ngo Portland invented an eruption of Mount Hood, but it would not stick. A Witness. Noteven a lawyer, bowever skillful ix croas- examination, can inuke a witness tell tha.truth, rovided the witness wishes to evade &. It is mpoasible to put a question in such emct lan- baer that it will demand tho desired answer. it was necessary, OD a certain occasion f court, to compel a witness to testify as to the. way in which & Mr.Smith treated bis ‘horse. -* Well, sir,” said tho lawyer, with a sweefand winning smile,—u sinile intended to drown all auspicion “how dots Mr. Smith ‘The witaess looked up innocently and replied: “Genessly a-straddle; sir, Lbelieve.” The lawyer asked again: * But, sir, what gait docs he ride?” “The imperturb- able witness answered: *Ha-nevor. rides any gate at ull, sir, but l've seen bis boys rice every gate on the farm.” “The lawyer saw he was on the track of a Tartar, and his next question was very insinuating: “How .does Smith ride when he is in company with others} Ide- mand a clear answer?” ir," gald the “Well, sir, witness, “he keeps up with the rest, is able to, or if not ho falls bebind.” ibis time almost beside bimeel’, and alone?’ “I don't know,” was the repy::" was nevor with him when be was along” and there the case droppod. Fatal Discases. Prrrssura, Pa., Dec. 4.—This will ba a and mournful Christmas for the little | Houtzdale, Cleartield County, ig this S! ‘Angel of Death is now holding high -tete! there. That fearful scourge, scuriet-fevs rapidly thinning and desoluting every howe! in the place. ighteen ebildren dfed yesté: from this terrible disease, and this -Inseming many new cases are reported. Itis bugs days since the first case was made known, and already thirty deaths nave resulted fatal fever. Physicians have been summoned from all the neighboring towns,as the few doctors there were all overworked, and could not possibly attend to ival | is Id uy al made upon them.‘ There is poarch be? a fai the town that is not plunged Into grief at theuntimely death of ‘thetr chil- -dren. Mot ané grief sre everywhere visi- ble. Heretofore the health of the town has been excellent, and the doctors are at a loss to account for. the fearful ravages of the dread disengage. . ERtg, Pa., Dec. %4.—In Franklin Township, atew niles from here, six members of a family of seven have died within a few woeks, ay sup- posed, from yhoid-fever. This morning another family of four was reported as ina dying condition with similar symptoms, Dr, Germer, tao Health-Officer of Erie, having heard that these familio# bad butchered before becot ‘afilicted, went out'to investigate, and, upon, examining the pork eaten by the families, the microscope revealed swarms of trichinz, leaving no ‘doubt but death resulted from : ichionosis, A County Commision is called or. “THE BASUTO WAR. Interesting Letter from Cape Town, a . South Africa, Aiton (1U.) Telegraph. Carg Tow, Nov. 16—Now that this col- ony is gursed with an uprising of the natives of gnagnitude never before paralleled, something about the country and people wher the war is raging and where it com- menced may be of interest. Basutoland is 150 miles in length by fifty in breadth, with an area of 7,000 square miles, Natal is on its northeastern border, and ‘the Cape Colony on Its southwestern. Its northern frontier lies along the Orange Frea, State, and the Drakensberger sep- aroueds the territory from Kraffraria. The r inhabited part of Basutoland is ‘a strip tmbout thirty miles in breadth lying ;along the.Free State border and running the whole length of the country. From the first range of the Drakensberg right upto their summit the country fs still almost ‘entirely ‘uninhabited, and has been described as “a ‘perfect sea- of rolling), grassy hills, and so cold that no native o: ‘South ‘Africa can en- dure the rigor of its winter.” The country is well watered and produces Wool and grain in large quantities. The average hight of the plains above the sea level is about 5,000 feet, and the climate is temperate in summer, swith copious rains, and. in winter it is dry and bracing. The Basutos number some 150,000 souls, with«<‘property and live stock of — £1,500,- 00. In 1868 the Basutos were defeated by the Dutch Boers of the Orange Free State, when, in March of that year, the country was brought under British domin- ion. Yn 1871 Basutoland was annexed to the Cape Colony. ‘‘fhe legislative power of the territory is vested in the Governor, subject, to the revision of Parliament. Tho Volonial Courts may be given jurisdiction in any cified case arising in Basutoland. ‘Ihe agistrates have jurisdiction in all civil suits, and can finally dispose of any crim- inal charge, except when the offense is pun- ishable by death, in which case a combined Court of the Magistrates is held. te is divided into the Districts of Thaba Bosigo, -Berea, Cornet Spruet, Leribe, and Quthing. A great gathering of the people, known as 8 Pitso, is held an- nually, and by attending a chief shows his subordination to the Government ‘The Ba- sutosare proving themselves formidable foes. Before the war the revenue of Basutoland was in oxcess of the expenditure; but of course an immense war debt will be the in- evitable consequence of the present’ hostilt- ties, The Basutos, though partly civilized, are barbarous enough in war, and invariably cut out the hearts of thelr enemies, and some of the more bloodthirsty of them actually roast and eat the hearts of white men who fall. All the principal leaders of the Basutos were educated at “Zonnebloem,” a Katir college, soine thres miles from Cape Town. Tembuland, which ccuntry Is also in re- bellion against the colony, covers the whole area between the Umtata ‘and Kei Rivers, and from the Drakensberg to the sea. The population, according to a census taken last year, iy 93,410 souls, It is a most excellent pastoral country, everywhere. The rainy season extends from November to February. The ‘Tembus came under British rule in 1875. The chief seat of Magistracy is ‘The until the war, a thriving ove. Chief-Magistrate of Tembuland, Maj. H. G. Elliott, C. M. G., is now besieged at Umtata by swarms of, Tembus and Tambookies, but the Major is‘a gallant officer and tried soldier it is expected held the pineco until assistance arrives. Tho rebel Galekas, Bomvanas, wyondos in- nabita pert of Griqualand East, a territory embracing the whole of the British territory inclosed by the Drakensburg, Natal, Pendo- land and Tembuland. They number com- bined 100,000 men, women and children. The Pondomise, another tribe living in Griqua- land East, and whose nunibers are consider- able, basely murdered their magistrate and his clerk and then joined the other rebels. _ The general desire here is that this rebell- ion shali be suppressed at all costs, without the consequence of which would be that the Cape Colony would be deprived of represent- ment, and once more become a crown colony, like Natal or the Transvaal. This the colon- ists will not submit to, and they are doing their utmost to crush the rebellion. If suc- cessful they will justly demand that they be allowed to settle the terms of peace without imperial interference. hand, the rebellion — still further ex- tends, and the colonists, defeated by the overwhelming number of the enemy, ask for English troops, they tacitly admit thelr inability to govern themselves and the tribes within and on the borders of the colony. Further calls for men have bee! made, and the conscripted burghers, to number of 4,000, are now on their way to the seat of war. Volunteering is going on brisk- ly, and by the end of this wonth there will be no fewer than 11,000 colonists of European descent engaged in trying to strangle the re- beltion; add to this some 2,000 friendly na- will muster 13,000 strong. Unfortunately the enemy has to-day in the field aforeemorethan twelve times the numerical strength of the white army and more burghers will inevit- ably have to take the fiel very serious. The engagements for the week, ending to-day, include a battle at Butter- worth, in which our loss was fifty killed, in- eluding the Commandant Von Linsengen and his son, the latter boing killed while try- ing to carry away the dead body of his father. The loss of the rebels is notknown. Affairs at Umtata areinadesperate condition, and the relieving force has not been able to fight its way to the place. In Basutoland on Saturday Col. Carrington engaged the enemy, 5,000. strong, near the Go- lah Mountains. The Basutos made three furious charges simultaneously ou Carrington’s right and left flanks and cantre. Our men, however, though numbering only 1,100, repulsed the enemy at all points, the Cape Town volunteer ritles particularly dis- tinguishing theinselves by the rapidity and accuracy of their fire. Ourloss was six killed and the same number wounded. The enemy euifered severely, but their exact loss is not- BnoOwnN. , On Tuesday last Cape Town pr EY Very martial and ‘ware at aring bdeeasion of the departure from our midst of the second detachment of our volunteers und for the front. The corps drawn upon ‘his time for drafts foractive service were tne eugincers, 100 men, and the artillery slxty- five men, with a battery of four guns; total 165,—making with the draft from the D. E.0. V. Raj grand total of 465 volunteers from the varieys .arms. The cavalry is now the only brane of our volunteer brigade which has not furnished a service contingent. Be- sides tht men enumerated, an irregular vol- untcer'torps, numbering some 200 members, and wife was recruited here, left for tha seat of War some three weeks ago, so that Cape Tayn has already furnished nearly 700 the numer- mén.- to say nothing of ous substitutes who take the place of many~'o: the Paarl’ and Malmesbury burghers;—for a. substantial consideration in coingt the realm. There were vast crowds of people pn the parade on Tuesday to wit- ness the muster of the volunteers. After a square’ had ‘been: formed the Premier ad- dressed the mititary in @ speech very apro- Dos to the occasien, after which the servico detachment, escorted by cavalry, artil- lery, infantry, and headed hy the band and pipers” of the Ninety-firss Highlanders, marched to the docks and quick embarked. on board. the Teuton, which was ‘erjmmed from stem to stern with bunting, and woked quite smart. At So’clock the steamer sloniy- left the docks. amidst the cle! of the crowds on, the quays whieh were lustily responded to by the gallant volunteers on deck. The enthusiasm was, however, not so great as when the 300 rifles forming the first contingent sailed in the Ael- rose, although the crowd was quite as large as upon that occasion. ‘There was, however, a great deal of weeping among the fair ones. present, fact is that the public are now aware the present war isa very serious one, and that ‘our boys” in going to it are startingon no holiday excursion. The artillery were disembarked at East Landing; the two corps met at King Williamn’s Town, and then proceeded in company. E.R. N. ” NEW, YORK. The Once Powerful Tammany Clique’Falling in Pieces “Rapidly. Even Monay-Bags Schell ‘Has Given Notice of His Retire- ment But a Few -More Days and Kelly Wil Be Alone in His Glory. Alleged Organization of Another Cuban Filibustering Ex- pedition. The Story Is, However, Received ; with Caution by Most People. KELLY. MORE TAMMANY DESERTERS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New York, Dec. %.—John Kelly received another Christmas present to-day in the shape of a notification that another squad of Tammanyites had determined to pull out from under the domineering sway of the ex- Boss. Up to last night sixty-seven members of two Assembly district committees (those of the Fourth and Sixth) had served notice of withdrawal, and to-day cleven of the Sixth District Committee, who were absent from Jast night’s meeting, joined In a written statement of approval of ex-Chairman Mc- Cue’s course, and announcing that they also were to be numbered with the other deserters. They ceuld no longer recognize a centralization of powerin one man like Kelly, and proposed to join their forces ina CRUSADE AGAINST THE TAMMANY CIIRF. It was also stated to-night on very excellent authority that Augustus Schell, the former “*Moneybags” of the Kelly régime, and who had been .the mainstay of the latter in his political crusades, has notified Kelly that he will not be a candidate for retlection to the ‘Tammany General Committee, whichis tobe reorganized Jan. 4. Schell states that he is tired of active service on the Committee, and desires to secure a season of rest, but beyond question the real cause is that he has determined to withdraw his support from Kelly, and to eventually throw his strength with the bolting faction, which Fromises to become the real strength of the emocracy here. Thus the Tammany disin- tegration goes on day by day, and Kelly now finds himself powerless to stem the tide that is lowing from his party. “ON TO CUBA.” ALLEGED ORGANIZATION OF A FILIBUSTER- ING EXPEDITION. Bpectal Dispatch to ‘Ths Chicago Tribune, New Yous, Dec. 25.—A sensational morn- ing paper here details an alleged Cuban filibustering expedition which, it states, is belng organized here. It is set forth that the person who is heading the seheme and who cattle and sheep itriving ; is emulous of the notoriety of Lopez, Walker, climate is mild, aud the | and their pseudo successors, has arrived in New York City in the person of Capt. J. F. Marsten, bearing letters from responsible at Umtata, a prettily-situated village, and, | parties in theSouth, the West, and New York The | State, all written on letter-headed paper, in- closed in printed envelopes, properly post- marked. These are fresh letters, dated a few days or a few weeks past, and ‘represent him in the dual character of J. Mastin, a :that he will andle .his supall.fotce so as to | passenger conductor of the Erie Road, and Capt. J. F. Marsten, LEADER OF THE GREAT CUBAN FILIBUSTER- ING EXPEDITION, Most of these letters are addressed to him at Spencer, Tioga County, N. Y. One is headed Great Southern Mail & Kennesaw route, No. 308, Broadway, New York, and is signed by G. M. Huntington. Another, with an equally official look, is from O.S. Lyford, Superin- dent of the Chicago & Eastern {Ilinois Rail- road. A third comes frem B. W. Taylor, asking for the assistance of imperial troop, | Superintendent of the Buffalo Division of the Erie Road. A fourth is from J. Schenck, who ative institutions and responsible govern- | seems to know something about the expe- dition. There are numerous other letters and telegraph dispatches which indicate that the Captain is aman of large and well dis- tributed acquaintance, His method is to register at different points underon assumed. if, on the other | name, get acquainted with likely people by entertaining them at dinner or at a pot-house sitting, concoct a train of conversational cir- cumstances by which his auditor elicits the “fact that he is sailing under an assumed name; thatin reality ho is Capt. Marsten, vy | aud an old filibuster, who is NOW ORGANIZING AN EXPEDITION to take Ouba by strategy, and is in danger of being arrested at any moment.” This only whets the appetite for more information, which is cautiously given, and ends ina tives and halt-breeds and Gen. Clarke’s army | promise to accompany the party, and some- times an advance of money on condition of receiving an office. Marsten says he has over $100,000 subseribed to the filibustering funds; Matters look |that he is to command the expedition; has been looking up a ship, and proposes to fetch upacrew, get his papers from the Custom- House, and sail, after taking on soldiers off Sandy Hook. He will call at Port Royal, Charleston, and other ports for more menand armas and ammunition. CUBA Is THE FIRST OBJECT-POINT. He says he has seen parties from the South who will join the expedition. When asked where he was to get money, he replied: “Well, there is plenty of money behind it. There are three Cuban ladies living in Lex- ingwon avenue, and two Cuban gentlemen who have subscribed. There is also Charles Romain, of New York, once a Colonel in the Brazilian army; George W. McWerter, of the construction department of the Rich- mond & Danville Railroad; A. B. Schultz, of Albany, New York, and others 1 could name, Now are you satisfied?” sald the Captain, as he gave the name of John C. Morgan and others in New York as his‘city references, and exacted the promise not to expose him or commit a lapsus linguze which MIGHT LEAD TO HIS ARREST. The clerk of the Cosmopolitan says he knows the man. His name is J. Marsten, he was a railroad conducter on the Erie Road, but had quit or been discharged lately. He is “ hang- ing up” at the Cosmopolitan, but is awaya good deal. Another party said Mursten is the son of Abraham Marsten, landlord.of old Tammany Hall, John was 8 Rebel officer, and at another time Captain of a steam vessel which carried cotton and was burned during the War. Hehas relatives in New York. it is quite evident that the would-be filibuster is either crazy or nas given the newspapers what in Western parlance would be termed “a big stiff.” A MYSTERIOUS LADY ‘WHO DROPPED $4,000 WORTH OF DIAMONDS PROM A FERRYBOAT INTO THE RIVER. New Youu, Dec. %.—A week ago last Wednesday, just before noon, an elegantly dressed lady, carrying in her hand a sinall paper paket, tied round with Indian rub- ber bands, entered the waiting-room of the Felton Ferry, preparatory to crossing to Brovalyn, Shortly afterward she was ob- served’ Ys leave the ferry-house hurriedly, her tace -tiushed and. evidently im a high state ‘ef pervous excitement. An hour later stg", returned, accompanied by a well-dressed an, who represented him- _se}f as her brother, pid informed the ferry- ‘master she had lost $4,000 worth of diamonds in the ferry-house. The diamonds were in- closed in a small pasteboard box, about three inches long and two wide, which was wrapped with brown paper -and tied across both ways with India rubber bands. In order to retain a tight hold on the parcel she had hooked her finger under one of the India rubber bands, and this breaking sud- denly, the parcel fell into the river. It did not -sink immediately, but floated gently on the current, while the lady almost fainted in her excite- ment. The gentleman who accempanicd her described the box as containmg, among other gems, one pair of valuable diamond earrings, one diamond stud, one diamond locket of great value, and one cluster pin, set round with diamonds. The services of Officers O’Donough and Goodwin were called in, and with their help and that of the bridgeman, a seaman, and an- other ferry hand, vigorous search was made for the missing jewels. Officer O’Donough and the two ferrymen took a smail bout, and, rowing in under the piles, searched a long time with poles and boat-hooks, but without success. ‘The gentleman paid the ferrymen $5 each for their trouble. Next day he engaged S. Linesburg, 2 pro- fessional grappler and searcher for lost valua- bles, to make a still more extended examina- tion. Mr. Linesburg, who was fishing up watches, pocketbooks, and other missing valuables along the piers from Corlear’s Hook to the Battery for many years, searched carefully over the spot, and among the adja- cent slips with his grappling hooks and other apparatus. He worked from 7:30 in the morning untill in the afternoon, getting thoroughly wet, but finding nothing. His theory is, that the diamonds, if unywhere, are washed by the draught water from the in- coming boats up among the foundation piles, on which the ferry-house is built. The ferry people think they were washed out into the river by the ebb-tide, and sunk to the bottom. ‘The gentleman, who contided his address to Mr. Linesburg under a pledge of secrecy, told hjm the diamonds were worth from $3,500 to $4,000; and that he (the gentleman) would pay him $150, and the lady would give him something handsome in addition. To the people of the ferry and others the gentle- man subsequently represented the diamonds to be worth $350, $400, and $300, He also told one man the lady was his wife, another that she was his sister, and auother that she was a lady friend merely. Mr. Linesburg was paid $6 cash for his first day’s work and was urged to continue the search, but gave it upas hopeless. It is said the diamonds were not the lady’s property, and that a lawsuit will grow out of the matter. ———. BILLIARDS, SEXTON AND SCHAEFER MATCHED. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yoru, Dec. 2—On Thursday night last, on the occasion of the opening of anew billiard-room up-town, William Sexton and Jacob Schaefer were matched to play 400 points, cushion caroms, for $500 a side. The match will be played at Tammany Hall between the Ist and 15th of February, the loser to pay all the ex- penses of the game and the winner to take the gross receipts therefrom. Mr. H.W. Collender was chosen stakeholder, aud now holds a for- feit of $50 posted by each party. The balance ofthe money mustbe posted ou or befuie Jan. 10 next, and ten days before the date of playing an estimate of the expenses of the match will be made, when each player will have to deposit the amount of the estimate with the stakeholder. WHO BACKS THE PLAYERS. Sexton backs himself. Schaefer is backed by Mr. Richard Roche, .of St. Louis. A match in which Mr. John D. O’Connor had a half interest in Sexton’s stake was first proposed, but fell through because Schaefer refused to play in Tammany Hall on account of the heavy expense that would neces- sarily be incurred, while Sexton declined to play elsewhere. A finul offer by ochaefer to play in Tammany Jlull, the Joser to defray all expenses, was accepted by Sex- ton, and articies were drawn up and signed. Schaefer is entered for @ THE “POOL” TOURNAMENT which begins on Jan. 6, and will not settle down to practice until after that event, unless he is matched against Slosson, which is liable to © oceur any day, as Mr. Roche has publicly announced his readiness to back Schaefer for from $1,000 to $2,500, and Slosson’s friends say the match will certainly be mado if Schaefer and Slosson are matched. The gaine, of 2,000 or 2,400 points at the champion’s game, will require two or three nights to decide. Speaking of THE VIGNAUX-SLOSSON MATCH, the Herald says editorially: “The reversal of the first decision of the referee in the Vignaux-Slosson match meets with universal condenmation among experts to whou it has been submitted, even among Vignaux’s friends, and the result can only bea loss of confidence and interest in professional matches of the future.” NOTES. A FATAL EXPLOSION. New Yorx, Dec. “5.—The residence of Patrick Winne, St. Mark’s avenue, Brooklyn, was fired to-day by the explosion of kero- sene. Mrs. Wiune was fatally burned. KIDNAPED. On the 14th of October, 1 Alexandria Carlson, of Stuyv was missed from home, and daughter was kidnaped. , the son of esson avenue, today his ne Compressed Air Experiments, Chambers’ Journal. A few months ago we guve a brief account of experiments made at Phitadolpbia with locomo- tives driven by compressed air. Siinilarexperi- ments have been tried on tramways in the neigh- borhood of Paris; bution nelther case wag the desired success acbieved. The question, how- ever, was not likely to be given up: for the advantage of compressed air over steam 1s great from the economical as well a8 the practical point of view. Col. Beaumont, of the koyal Arsenal, Wool- wich, has for some time worked thereat, and trials of his airengino have been made with satisfactory results. It weighs ten tons, bas a reservoir in which 100 cubic feet of air can be compre: to 1,000 pounds on the square inch: and thus charged it traveled from the Arsenal to Dartford and back, about thirty miles, jo sixty-threo minutes. Tho machinery and the wheels work in comparative silence; there is none of that noisy biss and roar which accom- panics the use of steam. Col. Beaumont hasovercome some of the diffi- culties which beset former inventors by placing three cylinders of gradunted size on euch side of bis engine, and by applying waraith to coun- teract the cold produced Jn the expansion of compressed alr. At prevent it will draw a load of sxteen tons, and ls to be employed in the work of. the arsenal; and there is reason to Believe that similar machinery Ix to be tried for propelling the torpedo-boats, With a larger en- gine beavicr louds oouid be drawn; under- round railways would then no longer be mude stifling by the sulphurous smoke from steam locomotives, and horses would no longer be re- quired on tramways. It is known that attempts have been made to propel vessels on rivere by ejecting a horizontal column of water from the storn. This column, by striking against the surrounding water, sup- plied the propellimg power; but {t was not suffi- cient. Mr. Heathorn claims to have got over the difficulty by showing that “ the force exerted by one fluid pouring ‘into or ugainst another dc pends on the contact of surfaces, and not on the sectional area of the flowing mass, after the flowing mass be once set in motion.” Insteud, therefore, of tubes with large oritice. he makes use of tubes with narrow outlet, a mero slit, and thus obtuins a large saperficial contact, by ing water through a series of narrow openings. ‘The Mentor Postmaster. Correspondence Uincinnati Commerciak ‘There is bot onemanamong the many whose cause I desire the Commercial to espouse. ‘Thut man is the present Postmaster of the Village of ‘Weat Mentor. Gartield’s Post-Oftice. Poor fel- low! He getsupat 4 o'clock tn the moraing, wades through snow a mile and a halt to the railroad station, loads himselt with enormous mail-baga, roturns to bis little office and. works ke a Turk aliday. He carries Gen. Garfield's mouil to and from the office, and tries to give strangors all the information ne can about the General's pant life. At this be! does for the meagre pay of a village Postmastor. ‘Over LAD letters were seut out from the West Mentor Post-Otfice during that time, but life is rather sbort to attempt to calculate the number of letters recelyed. e mail received is simply enormous. Besides the letters, all the prominent daily newspapers of both parties are received, and the rural roosters just roll in by the car loads, The editor of every country weekly thinks, of course, that Garfleld is anxiously. waiting for his paper for 1 nt Cabins and minor matters, -What do you SERIOUS SHOOTING. The Worthless Husband Plugged by the Wife’s Paramour. A Story of Innate Depravity and Gen- > eral Worthlesness. Thomas 3{cCaw, a worthless and homeless fellow, was shot shortly after midnight this morning, and in all probability fatally wounded, by William Taylor, a bartender, out of employment, and just about as worth: less as his victim. The atfray took place on the third floor of a building at No 330 State street, which is notorious for having on the first floor the saloon of “Doc” Lyoug who, by-the-way, has had his license restored, and on the upper floors as a resort of fallen women and street-walkers who rent fur- nished rooms from Mrs. Ettie Kane. The fight between the two men wasovera woman, —Mrs. McCaw, who is separated from hes husband. There is but little doubt that Taylor occupies the position In the woman’s esteem which rightfully belongs to her hus- band, and there is no doubt whatsvever thaa Taylor has been living with her, and that she has an infant 8 weeks old which will be taught to call him father. McCaw, instead of cutting loose from this unworthy wife, has persistently dogged her, and be- cause she refused all his advances he has frequently castigated her, and lias written threatening letters to her by scores. The tragedy of last evening is just what might be expected of people living as this trio have lived for upwards of two years. Five years ago Minnie and Tom wet for first time, and their nightly amusement was drinking “pussy-cafés ” and absinthe at the old Tivoli Garden, and. in riotous liv- ing upon a vessel lying near Adams street bridge, of which ‘fom wasthe keeper. Thus toey courted, and entertained themselves and theirfriends. It wasafterone of thesede- bauches and while Minnie and Tom were both “heavy” with hot sherry, that the marriage ceremony Was performed. by Justice Pollak. The couple lived together for a.few months only, and then Minnie went to her home at Loyalsville, Ky.. to be treated for fistula, After an absence of two years she returned and started housekeeping at No. 47 West Adams street. ‘Tom wag out of work, in fact he always was, and when their Iit- tle savings gave out Tom mortgaged the furniture and promised to go sailing the fol- lowing spring. He didn’t do it, though, and the furniture was seized. ‘The two had led a cat-and-dox life ever since their marriage, and this disruption of their home caused their separation. Tom has lived since: from hand to mouth, and has found lodgings in the Em- pire Warehouse on Market street, the pro- puetor of which has frequently befriended MINNIE HAS EARNED HER LIVING as a sewing-woman, and recently as a singer in the concert saloon of John Dicderle, No, $85 Clark street. ler husband has persist- ently anneyed her fortwo years, and has been very violent towards her . for several months past. ‘Three weeks ago he followed her on the street as she was going to her work, and, be- cause she refused to speak, he broke her nose. He has written letters to her and to others defaming her character and threaten- ing her life. ‘These are all in. its. McCaw’s session. The following iy one of, the latest, and was written to her employer, Diederle, on the 5th of last wonth: Furexp Joun: J arrived atl right. I will be inChicugo ina few days. Fwill bare ber niba up for reporting that she is married to that pimp, Taylor, aa she has introduced the pimp to some of ty friends as her husband. I wiil make it hot for hor, kill or cure. Write us svon ns you get this. Yours truly, ° Tuostas McDaw.- 16 West Fifth street, Kanga (ity, Mo. P.S, You would not know that I had « scratch: onme. Respects to Carrie. Mrs. McCaw is too sharp a woman to com- promise herself, but in atrempting tu explain’ certain passages in these letters she inttmat- ed that if’‘Tom survived the police might be able to fasten some hitharto unexplained crimes upon him. ‘The sgene of the shooting isa couple of small rédms adjoining a very narrow hal! on the third Hoor of the building. McGaw has been a frequent visitor ever since his wife moved there, some few months azo. He has never been countenanced by her, and so has made himself obnoxious ut the prein= ises.. He came to the room Jast night, and, being evidently under the influence of liquor, buisterously densand- ed admittance. He was refused and warned off, but after making some vile threats he burst inthe door of Room 2, and entered, seized the paramour Taylor by the hair, and dragged him out into the ball. Mrs. McCaw says he struck Tom witha brick, which Is used as a dvor weight. paylor says he doesn’t know what he struck him with,but at all events his face was bruised and cut about the mouth, and his head pretty well bumped over. Tom isa large and pewerful man, and Taylor is slight und delicate, and besides is sickly, so he might have fared badly had uot his mistress come to. his rescue and pulled the revengeful husband off him, Since the last assault upon her rson Ars. McCaw has carried a revolver, This was lying on a waslistand in the room, and when Tom nade for Taylor, a second time in the fight, the Jatter snatched the re- volver and fired three shots in quick suceession at_his antagonist. One bul- let took effect, atid the wounded man staggered off down-stairs until he fell prostrate. ‘Taylor was found in his room shortly after by Officer Dollard, who took him into custody. ile freely ACKNOWLEDGED THE SHOOTING, and politely answered all questions put to hin. The revolver used, and which he turned over to the police, is of 3s-calibre and “Mohegan” pattern. ‘Taylor is about % years of age, luw-sized, sparely-built, and of a highly nervous temperament He has been about five years in the country, and last worked for Mr. Salisbury in a saloon at No. 3508 Vincennes avenue. He professes to have known Mrs. McCaw only a few months, and denles the parentage of the child. ‘Tho wounded man was taken at once to the County Hospital, where his wound was rubed aud. dressed by the surgeons. The ullet entered about one inch to tne left and. a little above the navel, aud apparently went straight into the body. It is of course of tha most serious nature, and the probabilities are that the wound will prove fatal in from one to three “days at least. McCaw ig much the same mold of man as Taylor, with the exception of his larger size. Mrs. MeCaw speaks freely about the oc currence, and only regrets that she and not Taylor had fired the fatal shot, and she sincerely hopes that it will prove fatal. She does not acknowledge criminal intimacy with Taylor, and refuses to say whose child she {is reariug. Sheis by no meansa youd looking woman, but is sharper and shrewder than most of her class. ‘The story of her wrongs she retails in sections, and so verbose- ly that one grows tired of listening to her. $$ An-Arkansas Dog Story. LAttle Rock (Ark. Gazette, Capt. Pees Pritchard owns a dog that he would not part with for the world. The world laa pretty large offer, but be would not accept it for hig dog Bruno. When in Memphis not Hong agu, Bruno got separated from bis muster in the crowded streot, and when the Cuptain went on board a steaubout, on his return to Little Kock, the dog was nowhere to be.scen, The owner of Bruno was much affected by the fuilure of hia fuitbful follower to stay with him. They baa traveled many times from Little lock to Mem- phis and back, both by steamboat and cars. The wheels of the Siurlin Speed turned the requisit number of Umes, and Capt. Pritchard found himself in Little Rock. He mourned the loss of his dug alnost us much as {f he had {ost a child, but that evening, as be satin bis room, there cume a scratching at the door, and when it wus opened Bruno walked tn, wagging bis tail with the most frantic and evident cfforts to way it off. How he gut home was a nine days’ wonder, Cupt. Pritchard saw a conduotor of the Memphis & Little Kock Railroad a day or two after, wio “Did our dog come home?” “Yes, now about it?’ “He rode over from Memphis with me. That's all" “Woo put bimon the train? I want to thank him.” © He got on himself, went into a passenger car, sat down, and whenever the train would stop ad any station would shrink buck under the sexta, He did not try toget off at any station until Little Rock was reached. When the brakeman opened the door and shouted *Little Rock,” out popped Bruno and made straight for home. << More than a Century Old. Cineinnatt Gazette. Col. William G. Gordon, of Chesterville, O., is said to be 113 years old, and stillu comparatively strong and active man. He is wealthy, and rmunuges all bis own business affairs. fo his youth he, served in the British army, and says e knew Napoleon I. He has but one peculiar babit—that of persistently cating crackers. Ho always has a large baaket of crackers hanging & anid: on the bedpost, and, besides three Bearty meals 4a, , he eats, upon an avi ive acy nec Panna ine ee several whenever he wakes in in the night, 1