The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1868, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1868. ZUMPANGO, Oct. 27, When Cortez, marching upon Mextco from Tias- cala, first caught a glimpse of the valley of Mexico, it is not to be wondered at tnat bis entire command were enrapt by the beauty and grandeur of the scene peed which was spread before therh. Green with luxuri- | avenge tociuse! ant vegetation, it stretched tothe northward and westward, mile upon mile, 7,500 feet above the level e of the sea, skirted by its mountain wall, of which | What conciusion 1s it possible to draw Popocatapetl and Ixtacihuatl were the watch towers, and relieved in its ceatre by occasional turrets prick- State,” anu froin the ing up through the rich plain or the waters of the = ther his employment lake near whose centre slept or floated lazily the stronghold of Moctezuma, the Aztec potentate. Although it is @ question admitting of discussion whether the necessity which Cortez found of ap- Proaching Mexico by water and in vessels, for its ultimate conquest, did not in the end redound rather to iis benefit, it must yet be admitted that the Aztec chief or the state of the art of war of those times could Anave had no better auxihary in his contest against mailed and mounted warriors than these waters which surrounded him and his capital, After the conquest the’King of Spain ceded to Cortez, among other lands, property upon the then southwestern border of lake Texcoco, about eight miles distant from the centre of the city of Mexico. There he duili a residence, and the village which grew up ground him received the name of Coyoacan, which Mt retains to-day. Owing to some cause not yet sat- fafactorily explained the waters of the lake have Partially disappeared since, leaving this little village and many others far removed from the lake’s edge and in fact dividing the waters into six distinct Jakes, known as lakes Zumpango, Xaltocan, San Cristobal, Chalco, Xochimiico and ‘texcoco, ‘The Jevel of the waters in all of these lakes, except of Texcoco, 18 higher than the city of Mexico; that of Zuimpango is ge Jeet higher than the city. Lake Texcoco and city are not flooded, for the reason that upon either side two very strong dikes hat been constructed years since, which are under the direction and guardianship of the Department of Industry and its oilicers. Notwithstan the greatest precaution, there is frequently rene danger of inundation, especially in the season, when the fail of Water is great. Inthe year 1365 the amount of water which fell was such that the dike which should event the water of Lake Chalco from overflowing e Texcoco broke away, resulting in a complete and destructive inundation of part of the valley. The ability of the frequent recurrence of this accident induced the government during the time of the em- to make renewed efforts to drain the valley en- ly, by cutting or tunnelling s viaduct connecting with one of the streams emptying into the Gull of Mexico. This was noi a new betel tpn as it 18 said there are records establishing the that as early as the year 1521 this had occurred to the first Spanish Bettiers after the conquest, who immediately com- menced upon the work, employing hundreds of thousands of dollars and sacriticl as many Indian lives to the work, which finally proven to be of uo vaiue. The recent efforts which were actually inaugurated by the commencement of lapor about two years since are under the direction of the board of engineers, having at its head M. Jesus Man- gano, assisted by Aurelio Almazan and Jos¢ igiesias, The plan adopted by the Department of Industry and Which the above gentlemen are now engaged in carrying out, is the construction of a canal from the centre of Lake Texcoco northward in the direction ‘West of the city or town of Zumpango, which lies upon the eastern of thelake bearing the same name. The canal will be Spout fmenty curse ies in length and will conduct the waters froia al of the except Zumpango, to the tunnel at its north- ro extremity, passing through lakes San Cristoval and Xaltocan. It is Lgrp ris ganed to drain Lake Zumpango, as its water is fresu und can be prostaoly ‘used for irrigating lauds, The extreme northern end of the canai will unite wich a tunnel upon the northern edge of Lake Zumpango, through wiich the water wu pass, emptying mo a gorge (vairanca) called Aceaitan, from which it will into the river oe thence into the Tula and Moctezuma, and iinaily into ihe Péruico, wuich empties inte the Gulf of Mexico at Tampico. This tunnel will be something over stx miles long and will be thirteen feet wide and sixteen feet high aud supported by brick and mason work. The De- partment of industry compute tue cost of the entire Work at $6,909,461. ‘The faliof water in the tunnei Will be about one foot in every thousand, and it is thought that the work wili be asuccess. Twenty- four perpendicular shafts are being sunk to meet the tanncl, most of which ure more than half comple the Giameters of which will be suiticient a venient for the removal of the inaterial neve: el work. shatis sand, clay, buccia, vegetable moi ash, &c., are ‘being worked inconsiderable culty, ‘The deopest Il be 315 feet, One ihousaud men are now em- thiriy-five cents a day, but that number will ont when funds are a; jor the prosecuiion of penditure now reaches @riving te tun througa volcanic wath w! Priaied by the governme whe work. ‘The moniuy only £23,000, and the whol ing tue two years past is so of which a considerat the purchase of round mouths of the die varying from se to be use and bemg ts five ch gre tnd hoisting the culated that Uurty-tw r will pass through evexy second. to engineers that ihat ts a great wo a in he country, which, ¢ diilerent roates and elieve the Valley of r e hoped that wa of hom t 14 Would be 48 well to stop and i habitation oF rancho whith We saw 1, Turning our kotSes in that pars mai courtesy. Tinmense excavations are being at this point and an immense basin 1s being cut for the reception of the water from the tunnel just before it passes into the baranca of Acatlan. This Cy ce Of three-quarters of a mile, aunt it forms the river Tequisquiac, and finally the Panuco, winch dows into the Gulf of Mexico. I wish to write particul: of the discoveries made during the cutiings and excavations of this ge of Acatlan. Midway its length and upon its sloping side, buried a few feet in blue clay, were founda the remains of @ human skeleton in a fair state of preservation. ‘they appeared to be of aper- s0n advanced in years, as the alveola of the lower jaw and the teeth were aimost entirely wanting. ‘The individual had evidently 81 ined @ severe blow upon the side of the head, as its shape was ir- Teguiar and depressed and the bone had thickened in the pocess oi recovery, ‘lhe original proprievor of Unis skull Was evidently some very ancient Azicc, Who Bad at sonte pertod of luis life been worsted in a club tight. Below the Aztec, a little further down the gorge, nearer its bottom, buried in tepetaie, a deposit believed to be volcanic ash, were found the heud and bones of a species of wild boar, On the opposite side of the baranca, usually less than Lif- teen feet below the general plane through which the gorge passes, in the same Nogicai formation, tepetate, were discovered and taken ont the bones of three or more distinct animals of it- mense size, Two possibly belonging to the elephant tribe, one to the pachydermata or thick- skumed mammalia, perhaps of the class of the rhinoceros, as the horn found seemed to stand up concerning the perpendicularly from the cranium, was immensely strong and thick, aud about eighteen to twenty inches long. Teeth of the American moose or elk are also believed to have been found. Of the remains of the large animals there are several i seven to ten feet long; lower jaws, having upon eer side but a single woth, tea to tweive inches deep aatero, posterior diameter aine to ten inches, and lateral diameter four and a half inches, tac jaws themseives being of trial ar shape aud Measuring thirty mechea irom the chin to the pos- terior end of either ramus and the same distance across from one to the other. Other measurements were as follows:—A femur, or thigh bone, length three feet thyee inches ; circumference at ends, wo fect th inches and two feet eight tuches; tusk, two feet five inches circumference ; radius, was chs inches long; tibia, ubper end, two feet four in circumierence ; patella, knee pau, iS ANENE long aud six inches wide and -live inches in be ree ce er iis long diameter ; head of feriur, dr thigh bone, two feet in circum: ference; skuli so broken up that its size could not be estimated; base of skull, upon which the atlas turned, sixteen inches by seven; foramen of above for spinal cord, three anda halt by two aad a half imchés. Parts of ciavicie, pelvis, &c., were found, and cervical, dorsal aud lumbar vertebrae, the spines of which stood up very erect and nearly at right angie with the iong diameter of the body. ‘the tusies Were slightly curved, like those of the eic- phant. dhe geological formation where the above were found seemed to be recent, and the boues of man found cannot of course be considered as of an indfviduai of the same epoch with those monsters Whose skeletons were found neur by. The former May have beea buried in the side of the gorge by his comrades, or washed where he was founa ages aller the inonsters ceased to live. The latter may have died before the food, or have “paid the last penalty” during some volcanic eruption. However it may be, their bones lie in volcanic ashes quite near the surface, but distributed, two boues being seldom found together, This fact would argue some moving distributing cause, years or centuries alter the death of Lhe animal, Commencing at the top the lormations are—vegetabie mould, volcanic ash, sometimes clay urst, buceta composed of sinali and larger pebbies ume, still lo) Loft sui building. ver upheaving tiere may of the jower strata ia Uus locality, the &: and shalts reveal no remarkable faults, only there slight jogs, 19 the loruuiious which tor yards deep periain to tie allavial rift, lodules of chaicedony are abundant, su beautiul pousn, Bits of potwery, pipe: have also been removed froin the “ash” a of several feet during the staking of the si indicate the illing up of tue suriace eit: or by volcanic eruption, since the tr facturers. Take tis matter altogether, i 1s not an unpleasant one to speculate upon, for of course ng positive can ve arrived ai ruing to Zumpango on tl Almazia, we found oarselv ts of the corps of eng: Fine ceptible of a ols r able to examine above of t ‘ give covered, que as that 2 iaains were likewise aca, Or Father upon ws ch they were found ap- @ sides of the gorges, of buceia, Ime or inclination toward from either side of the gorge will, perk require or barr e¢ in wi o osited upor With their str Mexico has ti rished many v unick m: the hillsides, near ¢ red with water, have died valley of waich have f até, or lering upon party by his | determination, Taile for a dis- | 4 REDUCTION OF TELEGRAPH RATES. {Prom the Montreal Herald, D re of the } of their long estabi in Was seg on the Part of three premise’, tWo of whom threw of their horses, standing ned us, I have a distingt or aud adjusting my pistol, ed not p and caine did not hive e countenance of @ vicious mau. We 1 whereabouts of the line of arly as to the precise locality where re iamoth bones. We were oved to Zumpango, tree or ‘ersisting in having the jocaliu of weir discovery made known to us, the man gave unuing and suspicious look and inquired if it 7 Ks, Was a fact that bad ridden all the way irom : 1 se bones? and evidently had of Angio-Saxon or Yankee curiosit Ja the meantime our ve in the bigh-ton Character of our friend of the cattle whip was un- ‘ aking by the appearance of Lis companion, who persisted in remaining tance in his f ear, evidentiy watching us, rapidiy in any direction that cit wd require. Jt was aiso tobe seen thot our servant was very restioss and betrayed fymptoms of desir ‘to go home and see his € This iaam Was folly six feet in height, of ous muscle, weight about 190 Short, thick neck, dark skin and visage, @ cocoanut bead of hair and 8 smail His conduct was such daring the iio- black eye. neais we were conversing With his comrade, sitting Upon his powerful horse 1n a posture of preparation Jor any thing Which might happen, that we could not “Tig hun ow Upon riding @way our servant Caine (rembiing forward tn his saddle and ejaculated | herself. Mi & Whisper, 1¢ feared the giant migit hear hun, ““Thsvs Fragoso—that big man that sat ooking at us oo Wily. He bas bis band of robbers abd mur- @erets with hit and he will take us all when we gone buck.” ‘This announcement was not caicu- Jated to make w « We luquired how he knew Mt to be him. He repyed tha: he knew him well as a ovionel 1D the livera\ army and that he and 1080 recognized cach « although neither wou k “ps «Thee a it soon went the roands of our r b immediately fough Z a paities with robber bands, ttrve coe nary and feit ourselves compctous to undertake what appeared to bo threatening us, tied to fevarm WiLh Swords dry and triggers un- polled. A iittle further on we struck Work, aad on & formidate building in pr f erection, wiich aman With au Ang ahead and ‘ad superintendiag WiC pulling Weewer of a ac- | have lived tu the city but a short time, But we were des- | yesterday morning told one of her neighbors decid ake another large reduction Fates ox st of ary next. The Montreal to all offic thin the Provi and as far west a mto, meluding to be tweity-tive i one ceut for each adaitio a ‘The foliowi @ eXain- ples of the extout to whic reductions Lave been made: Former Reduced From Montreat to Tar, Father Point and Caco nd 4¢, 25¢, end Ic, Portiaad. - We. and 4c. 25¢, and ic, Whitehall... +0. S0c. and bc. 25c. and Ie, Pembroke and Perth 360. and $e, 25¢. and Ic, Pictou and Peterboro 4c. and 4c. 26¢. and ic, Fiamilcon....+--+9. + 40c. and 4c, 25c. and ic. St. Catherines and London. 60c. and 5c. 40c. and 2c. Buffalo. ... ++ + O6c, and 6c, 400. and 2c, + Tic, and Te, 40c. and 2c, + T0c, and 7c, 500. and Le, 76c. and 7c. 60, and 20, to Detroit.$1 50 and l4c, T5c. and ae. gements have also been made with the West. Company by which the through tarkfs of the companies e@ been reduced to tue following em Former Tarif”. Reduced to, From Montreal to Boston. 60 eS From Montreal to New Y td ‘1 50 $1 00 ‘1 09 76 1 05 80 proportion, From Montreal to Chicago. From Montreal to St. Jonn, Prom Montreal to Halifax, N. 8. And from other places in near! Svtcrpe in CoLumacs, OH10.—About twelve o'clock | gh lady, some thirty-two years old, named ira, Romatne, jiving on Town street, one door east of the corner of Sixth, committed suicide by er She went into an room locked = the and then, ng & small fastened it to two hooks in the wall and jumped from @ chair. When found her feet were not @ foot from the floor. Layee Renmin Ly “5 mip of ne Dutch Reformed Cir @ Secretary, believe, of the American Colgaization Society. Th doubt but that she was suffering temporary insanity, and committed the fatal dren she has been subject fits of melancholy, : a she was Ured of living. She leaves four children to yoourn the loss of a tuost loving mother. Her father lives in Albany, N. Y. The Coroner held an inquest | on her rema and found a verdict in accordance \ with the above facia.—Culumbus Statesman Dec. 18. steam rey ch PERU. est. Hote Political Troubles—Religious Questien—Sup- af the. to | mich ne roeg aout U Not tO | ply ef Guane—Marithne Regalatione—Ap- 48 Fragoso have met him; pearance of the Smallpox—General Items. he just. went down rancho.” as Lita, Nov. 22, 1868. peter caer ata. | ‘Troubles stillfexist im the political horizon. Pot ‘ble member of carts and mules | never will be perfectly tranquil or secure from VO which you see about 8 contract | tutions umtil the Chincha Islands ana the ot}r de- @oned Know’ he | Posits of guano are completely exhausted That js bere.” Mexico?” | wealth 1s the point at which all the factiois men of “No; he Ed this republic aim. The readers of the HARALD have some condered wint | been already informed that # serious nsunderstand- could be the r through with | ing had sprung up between the it, Balia, and the fori a Seutence and par- | the first Viee President, Herencla Zevallos, A few Cees Ceaser cee ant call St ees jon of Honoraio w e Governor appears of Vera Cruz says outrages the sovereignty of the | presg one of his schemés through Congress, 3 lom of the noted gesired the operation en the public works? | and@ calling on Balta co-op: iiicers of justios cannot be oblivious to the de- of the latter, and the exertion of all of his influence ee to effect the desized end. Balta was thunderstruck nel will open into the gorge or ca, OUF at this performance, and in very unequivocal lan- were well received by the engineer, Mr, Aurelio Alma- | guage told Colonel Zevallos that the administration zan, with whem and his comrade we divided our was perfectly aware of the conspiracies on foot, and cold lunch, after which we visited the bad the active part taken them by the gentleman has a fore appearance and Eng- | cognizant of in Mexion ane has so repatatitel ot belue ‘one ore Get Vice President, but that =e be well oes member that he (Balta) was noted ag a man 0! eed pf aper! jira ae se and cer- and his decision was already formed to shoot the first man he should discover in rebel- lion. Zevallos replied that in such case the fate of the President would not long be delayed after the fall of the conspirator, and left the palace impressed, is said, with a conviction of the danger of the \terprise, ‘This little incident has widened the breach between the two parties, and there are some who prognosil- cate very serious trouble at no remote day, lndeed, to judge by the usual state of affairs in Peru, it is nearly time to be on the qué vive for another revolu- tion, but a lai number of the best men in the country have full confidence in Balta and are posi- tive that no revolt can succeed t him, It cer- tainly would be an event sincei to be deplored, as the present administration has committed less blun- ders and done more good in the short period of its existence than any other recorded in Peruvian Congress is still busy with the budget and con- sume whole days over the discussion of unimportant ints. The sessions have been extended for tity jays and it is thought that all business of moment can be concluded before that time. No further measures have been taken towards the people in- jured by the earthquake, and it appears that those unfortunates can take better care of themselves alone than witn the aid of the Peruvian legislators. A very large collection was made in Engiand.on their behalf, and we are yet waiting to hear the re- sult of the subscription initiated in N York, but of which the final returns have ,not as yet been for- warded to Pera, An interesting discussion has recently taken place verment of Protestant foreigners in this country. An Englishman dfed in Trujillo in 1867, and not belug a Catholic was denied burial in the only cemetery in the place, in accordance with the Catholic doctrine of consecrated ground. The body, after a number of transitions, was finally de- posited in the und, but not in esp pleasing to the friends of the deceased. One of these protested against the acts of the authorities to the government af Lita, and in obedience to an order the 1e Bishop of illo made @ report on t matter, asserting with great bitterness fue sous Why foreigners not within the palg of the Church should be treated ii like ey, The gov- ernment, however, did not eyter filly into the cruel ideas of the bishop ana déitanded the opinion of the Attérney Geng#al. ‘This onicer, after carefully re- yond thd bubject, remarked ‘that while it would Hot be prudent to oppose the prejndices of the 1gno- rant religious class in this respect and conftrovert the existing orders issued by the Pope, yet it is the duty of the government to establish respectable cemeic- Ties in all large towns where any foreigner may be assured of decent burial. The government accepted the indication. ‘The supply of guano at the Chincha Islands is be- coming painfully reduced. It is estimated that about two years’ consumption still remain there, ai- though from the position of the deposit some difll- culty is experienced in loading. ‘Lhe government has ordered the uane companies to export consid- erably from the deposits at the Guaiape Islands, on the northern coast. These islands, together with the Lobos, once ciatmed as the property of the United States by Mr. Webster, when Secretary of State, but afterwards restored to thelr rightfnl owners, contain a very large amount of the fertilizer, but ofa quality decidedly inferior to that of the Chinchas. The company consigning to the Uniied States had this Northern guano analyzed in Now York, and while that from the Chinchas sells at sixty doilars, gold, per ton, the Northern was found to be worth only about forty-four dollars, It_has also been ordered that ships loading at the Guaflape Isiands shall clear at Payta, instead of making the long return to Callao; and already steps are being taken to facilitate the despatch of vessels former port. ‘The merchants in ©; bling at the change, making w M4 stablish agencies at Payta, and it will become a very important point. water can be procured there, nowéver, ta very great ex- pense, as that highiy necessary iiquith has to be brougut from along d. ¢ in the itegior. It has receutty becn decreed that all vesselt enter. ing the port of Callao shall pay four cents per ton register for the support of the h yi estadlisped in that port for the relief of sic! iors, and the best of attention 1s guar. ed to the invalids witnout the payment on their part of anv due It scems that Peru will never be free from calami- ties, country, but more es- allpox is ra nt have found it neces: oted distrie! frou the cai of this disease is due, in great par Intense stupidity of the Indian or 0 popu vac to understand the edlcacy o have steadfastiy re- fus nt cheeriul oper- own onfined to wu For’ , for the c about a d bi sted by the ep 1. jacks being 0 ravare the portion of the rey ier, and Ar n inditieren vavers of people med by the goy- ing to Peru in | left for New s has been so ane. are con at | ce was sold Leuppiy of t outh on the 25th, a tae Da- THEW ORLE {From the New Orican¢ ont, Dee. 1 ] The elevator build a y completed, is foct running order aud ts rcadg to recelv unser Or store AMY shrpments of grain that arrive at this port. We conn the pet c New Orleans that the first Ic je hag been take: A ¢ her that po: » whieh her r mation gives ner ® claim—the ippi valley. W find to annow gual fact that before January 1 there bushes of wheat shipped here from Cairo, so t it will not be long ere eines of the ele- or will be at work, telling in their every throb a tale of the golden era to dawa on the Crescent City, To give our readers an 1 of the cliaupes for handling grain and roiling fy ansferring ai barge to ships, 1 cent per bus ing, weigiing and storing ¢ ar busiiel, which includes d in buik at our wharf; stora or parts thereof, 3 cent t we sUbtalt the fol- ten days, 2 cents ring same on shin eaca adadttional ten ber bushel; re-clevat- day! ion it desired, 3¢ cent per bushel: bagging aud tie- ing bags, % cent per bue bagging and sewing bags, 1 cent por bushels barreliing grain, lent per bushel; drying grain, 1 cent per bushel; four, stor- age per barrel for ten days (no extra charge for la bor, which includes hoisting out of barge or boat and on board ship), 6 cents por barrel. Flour, storage after first ten days, for cach ten days there- after or parts thereof, 2 cents per barrel. Pork, beet, lard or other rolling freigitt, frat ten days. & cents per barrel. Extra for each ten days thereafter or parts, 3 cents per barrel, Which includes hoisting charge, same as four. Storage capacity of elevator, which is situated 240 feet from edge of wharf and across the street a beifenl Lely’ chow built ond the style and material of Chicago, Milwaukee and St, Louls elevators, The marine elevator ab of Wharf 13 102 feet high will take grain out the largest or smallest vessol in high or low water at the rate of 6,000 bushels per hour. The grain is car- ried into elevator 240 feet through the conveyor ieee 44 be! and Law the handling and ex fir are equal to ordinary drying machines, drying machine is built in a fire-proof house atts |, and the drying is done through tiles rapid- ly at the rate of 2,000 bushels per hour, and all by machinery, and #0 constructed and done there is no risk from fre, and at the trifing expense above. ‘The warehouse has @ storage capacity of 60,000 barrels, which covers the whole whar!, 2,000 by ‘275 sides, of iron. Two lal water of 200 barrels Sapecits on top of the elevator, kept constantly fuil by a force pump, with iron which tun down through each story of the building, arramged so hose can be attached in each story and carry water anywhere in elevator or ‘Warehouse or boat or whari. for we were well armed | While deranged. Since the death of one of her I feet, bed covered with plastic slate roof and frou tanks of MUPOERER CONVICTED OH LAWRENCE COUNTY, Oil. {iropéon, Ohio (Dee. 1), of the Cin througa a crowd speedily gathered around the house. it was. Speyer cine “aes Rae fee ow ies 01 io eige could give a clue to the murderer, A few ers wi ‘air, ee ny TaD DA Andrew 5} erroetad ou-auamicion of being engaged bp. 6 ate and on his way to the jail in this city made a semi- but charged @ man named Price complicity in the affair. ‘The - Marshal aud for Pric ma red Mind Guyando! 2 who was reporied Virginia @ few mites back When they came upon him he mull and did not observe then He asked the cause His boots sto.en were found in his Spat and brought to 2 with him, On way down he seemed anxious about Andy Spear asked frequeutly for the miurder‘of Hilgenburg and fat he pest, Yad for the murder t he (Spear) blowed on him. Upon learning this, Price fake whole story, and afterward made a full coniession before the Aiayor and told all the particulars. His trial was fixed for the 1st of December, and on that day the tadictment was read to hin and his plea of not gutity was entered. ‘The trial lasted but a week, and during that time a network of circum- stantial evidence Was woven around him that could leave not a snadow of doubt as te his gulic in the matier, The boots Were proved to have been the German’s, and some articles of clothing were identi- fied as Leds been formerly in fie possession of Hilgenburg, His voluntary lon Was admitted as evidence after @ protest by the defence, who averred Chat it liad been forced from iia throught hope for clemency, Many other points were shown, all of them more or less conclusive, and the defence Was based upon the fact of his having been sligntiy intoxicated and that the confession should not be received. Beyond these but few points could be made in his defence. Everything pointed so cleariy to the prisoner as the guilty party tuat naugtt could be said in his beialf. On Tuesday, the sth inst., the jury was charged by Judge Cram, and retired to make up their verdict, preena absence of halt au hour they returned and stated {hat they had found the prisoner guilty of the ilrst coum of the tadict- ment, which charged him as being the principal in the murder: Upou the delivery of the verdict the prisouer remained perfectly still and showed no signs ofemotiun. During the eri bart of the trial he seemed confident and forward, but during the latter part he sat with his head buried in his hands, rt deeply affected. Uj the return of tie verdict the counsel for the prizoner gave notice that they would motion for 9 new trial, which was heard and refused this morning. The sentence was passed upon thd ssaeooee this morning. Upon his enjry to the co room he app very pai! and onesie When asked by the Judge he had anything to say why the sentence shouid not be passed upon him, he replied, “I guess ot.” He was then sentenced to be hung on a, the 12th day of March, 1869. He is now past reach of lawyers and nothing but Hxeoutive clem- engy can save lim from his awful Cone ‘fe trial was attended day py cay by of our best citizens, who seemed to inordinately inter- ested inthe matter. He is the first man who has ever been sentenced to be hung in the county and many regret that our previously fair escutcheon Is now to be tarnished. The trial of his accomplice, Spear, has not yet been heard and will probably not be before Febra- avy. Price has been visited by one or two minis- cers since his confinement. He says his mind is made up for the worst, and upon some words from one of his visitors he leaned his head on the shoul- der of one of his advisers and cried like a boy, ex- claiming through the tears, “Whiskey has done all of this; whiskey has done it ail.’” DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. A Connecticut Confidence Man in the South= west—Attempted Operations in Bogus Paper. [From the Louisville Journal-Courier, Dec. 18.] On Monday of this week @ man dressed like a farmer and calling himself R. 8. Morgan, of Hart. ford, Coun., stopped in at the store of Tapp, Walsh & ber wholesale dry goods dealers, 268 Main street, presenting a letter of introduction purport- ing to be sigued by G. W. Hail, of the frm of Anthony & Hall, dry goods dealers in New York. Entering into a cosey, sociable conver- gation he informed the firm of ‘app, Walsd t Be that he was stopping at the ® Connecticut farmer Greea, near which He looked every and he had that honest, open expres- culiar t9 men Of the class to > belong. ing, perhaps 190 and hair intermingled wita gray, he would have been taken for a man not than fifty years of age. He w 2 Yaak there could be uo doubt of that— for he had his e’s aud o’s and w’s together like a i nus honest draw] and per- 5 ave led any one to be- m a plain, matter of f armer, tather verdant, if anythiag, but certainly harmiess and plac bit the 10 sion of countenance which I tamed Ss. He 2 as he be to What li engaged replied tant . but When asked what particular e he was in he evaded th then said he wag not od th f nonit of ti e drew irom hii r tobe drawa by Llisha National Union Bank of Wor c yal Bauk of I 0, Durport- ler of the 1, on the and payable to Kh ed at it, but of Mr, Hail © Morgan and the paper. he could not introduce tum ain of the signa the moe ot be needed ivr and propo. e check for colle Tapp replied him vo Mr. Lindenbet nd thy aud get it. thes tion of thi tention w stroke 0! lied to tins > pen, he the ’ apleicd the suspicious the bank, and Morgan soon after I Afr, h Anthony & 1g ‘oducing the Conne¢ y received the Loliowing » Dee. 17, 1863. letter of introduc- PHONY & HALL. is clearly established the fact that Morgan was a 1e had hoped to the $4,550 im- reoolving an hn atte ton ere, Find- sispocted and outwitted nd made tne of & bad job by pretending to be im no hurry for the cashing of the check aud wot away in good time to avoid arrest. Since he left the bank nothing has been seen of him by Mr. Tapp or the cashier. In the Aseociated Press despatches from Memphis Thesday nigat the following telegram reached the 8 £8 Of Luis city: dei ght - exPmis, Dec. 15, 1868, Nx made at the First National Bank by'a man An attempt jing himeolf R. 1, Morgan, of Taunton, Mags) yesterday edna draft on the Union National Bank of Woonsocket, ter of recotamondation fro fa supposed to be the cashier telling him, he would telegraph Morgan left and has not been heard of since. By this tt will_be seen that a similar’attempt to that made on Tapp, Walsh & Berry was made in Memphis on the very same day that Rk. 8. Morgan appeared here by aman calling himself Kt. 1. Morgan. Both, it seems, failed—the Memphis man for a some- ‘what larger amount than R. S. Morgan’s check called for. Put this and that ther, and it is very evi- dent that K. S. Morgan and K. [. Morgan are in the sane boat, and belong to a pestiferous terfeitors and forgers, operating at ditiorent points, and who are using the names of leading New York houses to reach the vaults of Southern ban! ‘The scoundreis should be aired at once, and we shall publish everything in regard to them that reaches our hands, LOCKED UP FOR FOUR DAYS IN A FREIGHT CAR. {From the Zanesville Courier, Dec. 12.) A man, who gave his name as John Hays, and says he resided in Chi IL, Was taken from a car loaded with four, bound cast ‘on the Baltimore and Ohio Ratiroad, Central Ohio division, at the d in this city, yesterday, in nearly a famished condition and badly frozen. ey, that on last Sunday night, 0s tad Sin ie ane ta ce @ car jour, the doors the doors of the car Were closed and ak ia iT » He hallooed at every station where the , (ering to make himself heard, but without avail, and it was not until the cars reached this point ae his condition was discovered and the car ie He was found to be nearly famtshed, with both frozen from the feet to above the knees. He had been a prisoner in the 8 and nights, during this in the only wonder is that he ptty Cared for, and sabse- jouuty Inirmary, where le car for over four di clement weather, an ‘was alive. He was qnently removed to the how remalus. ‘The following communication has been published tm the London Times, 1t is written by the captain of the vessel Rob Roy, who visited and saw for himself twenty-five nearly north and south, with a few turnings, but no locks or bridges. There will hea slight tidal current along it, but no one can say at Wwuat intervals, Already about fifty miles of the cut are filled with salt water, and are traversed daily numerous small vessels and some steam iaunch boats, white the countless barges, dredg boats, all worked by screw propeli day and night, make a din bustle in the desert very unromantic indeed, but exceedingly in- teresting to observe. Of these fifty miles many paris are not Wide enough yet for large vessels, aud only ® small portion is excavat to the full depth, ‘the remainder of the canal is more or less dug out. While some parts are quite dry others are Freat biastings of rocks and oue long. section. of reat biastin; and one Ewen miles to walt until the sea is admitted into the great ary basin of a future lake. The sen- sation of wonder at the prodigious scale of the ope- rations in progress increases day by day as oue moves along What seems tobe a wide river, with vitlages on the banks and smoky tunneis and white sails on the surface. The hydraulic machines, which groan and snort and rattle their chains as they work, are of enormous size, and though each of them seems to be wees foe a volume of mud, yet the mind finds it hard to believe that all of these together can lift up and throw over the banks enough to make any appreciable progress between esterday and » The sand dredged from elow is ciluer carried out to sea in barges or (ares inland) is delivered in a stream from a jofty iron tube, 220 feet long, with its mouth over one bank, or it is hoisted up an iron inclined plane and cast upon the shore, until the heap on each side of the water ts flity feet high, The engines for this purpose are forty in number, and each of them cost £40,000, The expenses at present amount to £200,000 every month, and the work has already absorbed eight millions sterling. Port said is the little town at tae north entrance of the canal, tts buiitof wood, with wide, straight streets, and houses that look like brown paper aad that would burn from end to end in ten minutes. Hotels, cafes, shops and bazaars are crowded by 6,000 peope of every nation, but with the Greek and Levan- Une element largely preponderating. The two long ers of the harbor stretch their white aris into the a, but the area enclosed seems very small and com- pieiel cxpoged tothe northerly gaies. These piers are made ol of sand, ceinented with lime, €ach block being ¢ast ‘ly ina mould and then carried war fot place ia bape ie magnitude of this part of the work muy be faintly estunated when we know that each block weighs ten tous aud that there are 25,000 of them, Asmailia 13 the pretty town half-way along the canal which here enters the Lake ‘Timsah (“Crocodile Lake’). Here the Arabs and their camels and the jackals of tie desert are aloug- side the steamboats, the whirling lathes and sounding forge hammers of the company’s work- shops, the tall poles of the electric telegraph and the hot rails of the railway, while a cool und sweet ught of Nile water may be had from the fresh ver canal which comes hither wll the way from Cairo and then branches out north and south along pais Delpeogabnieyre of the le Lens cane ‘The sweet, ‘water canal1s already a blessing ie At Is from to forty-six feet yiae aft ate with ail sorts of cargoes are fOWEd throngia it by men on foot or saul alowig gayly if there is a breeze to 1i)) their snowy Wings. My canoe excited the ei it delight among all this river population, bot, When she skimmed over the water with her blue or rested by the bank with her cabin rigged up, and my dinner cooked, and my little reaaing lamp nd mosquito curtains arranged for the night. I Eek tosleep thus in the canoe very comfort- ably, though the nights are cold, and on Lake Timsah jackal paid me a visit at a very unfashionable hour by moonlight. During one day a violent gale swept across the canal. ‘fo took at the desert was to see a vast yellow picture of men and camels dimly float- ing in a sea of land without any horizon. The quan- tity of sand whisked from the plain and cast into the canal water by a wind like this will be a serious matter to deal with. One ounce of sand per square yard amounts to 500 tons on the whole canal, and the wind sometimes blows in Uus way for a month sogaaiess t Chaloof I found ae men at work. They labor very hard indeed, run: up the bill with baskets of sand on their heads. About 1,000 donkeys walk in long lines, with ueat mat baskets on uheir backs, In curious and close contrast to these simple carriers the mighty power of steam tolls aud puiis as it hurls up huge bulks of heavy clay, and it is perhaps only in Egypt one could see humaa and acimal power exeried im such competition with steam power. ‘the laborers are sent irom ail parts of egypt. They must come, but they are highly paia— from two francs to three francs a day. Prices both of labor and of food have risea very iauch since the canal las been begun, but tue supply of fish has rapidly mereased. The salt wuier caual teems with tish—one of them leaped across my canoe a few mmutes after I first sct sail; and on the fresh water canal I stopped once to receive a letter from messenger, and while putting it into my breast pocket as I sat ia the canve a beautilul littie usa sprang from tue water into the same pocket with ie letter. “he speciaters were joud in thelr congratulations at tits “lacky omen,” and 1 had we fish broiled for dinner. ‘The 01 v3 Of ihe Malabar troopsiip were very kind so the captain of the keroze, Which Lord Mayo to India. ‘ae expediti 7 ¥ Of Sinai lett here a tew days ago, aud we Dr. Livingstone to arrive next ‘the felt about this great man is A correspondent of a well Known A can D in readiness to telegraph ail mg saye from the Mediterrane: ty tae worid it is intended by tugboats working alox Lottom of the water. steam allowed to use their own pad. fear of damaging the soft ca by the “wash” thus created, towing a vessel of 2,000 tons the wind presses her to one the whole scheme which I h: answer to, and as I have bee: hundreds of miles in uw. canal, while 1 as to th among 0 , bat all of wi oved in our mtexcourse, and the fricadship com. menced by a pleasant iaugi together is, t always Bnd, the best in the end among barbaris sort. 1h now brought my for: feom Syria and intend to paddie dowa the Damictia brane of the Nile, while ne tak ma boat. ‘Then, having cros: Ls shail take the canoe to Damascus and launch her upon the rivers Abana and Pharpar, Which have never had such a thing as a boat ou them, and thea to the sources of the Jordan and Lake Hu there must be something to discover, b: peoud the Jordan into the Lase of Genuesar A MAN CUT IM TWO BY A ChiGULAa SAW. [From the Pittsburg Dispatch, Dec. 18.) _ One of the most shocking accidents which we have been eailed upon to report for a long time occur yesterday morning at the sawmill of John Redman, on McKee street, Birmingham, isaac Robb, an ei- Ployé in the niill, was literally splicin two by a ci cular saw. Mr. Robb was a man of family, aac re- sided on the hillside, near Saw Mill ran, ‘The acci- deat happened shortiy before ten o'clock, at wiich time four men were en, at the saw—a e one, of above four and a nalf feet in diemeter. Two men were engaged in working the “carriag. and timber in front of the saw, aud the other two were in the rear disposing of the boards and refuse pieces as they came out. Robb was standing next the saw, With Mis back to it, He took up one end of a reiase piooe, while Patrick Crehian had tie other one. They were in tie act of hurling the long piece of wood to one siao when it broke in two places, and Robb lost his bal- ance and feli back upon the saw. ‘The usual speed Of the saw is about 600 revolutions per minute, aud the unfortunate man in an instant was liferaily split in two, and one-half of his body fell upon eaca side of the saw. One side of his face was torn oi from the body, while blood and matter were thrown upon the jolst above and over the sawyer in front. So eens done that CB mien engaged with was over the body Robb, which had been gathered together. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death. 1B PACIFIC RAILROAD. —Regular trains will here- aner run west a the Union Paciiic Ratirond as far as Evanston, Utah, ninety-seven miles west of Bryan, the present terminus. The nine hundred and sixtieth mile has been reached and is ready for in- spection. The weather continues mild anu the snow is melting rapidly, A heavy storm is reported north and West of sait ee A Rowpy MonTALLY Wounpep.—A desperate fight took piace in @ disreputable saloon in Clark sireet, Chicago, Thursda r tectives and a gang of thieves, resuiting in the sioot- ing and mortally wounding a desperate charact by the name of Thomaa Cody, whom the ¢ ivos were trying to arrest. Might, between some de- | ASAD AFFAIR IM BOWLING GREE, KY, A Young Man Killed in a Rencontre and Buried in His Wedding Suit. Pd the Louisville Journa!-Courier, Dec, 16.) aL are last Satorday. Particulars of the un‘ortunatetaffair. Neither the IY ‘over twenty-three years 3 of AB but th were highly respected by the ci reen and the community m general. Young Sine ig a member of the firm of & Thomas, of that place, and Bemus has been for some time employed as thelr clerk. for time with: The ball entered just below his ribs and passed into hig bowels, “Of this wound he died Sunday mot jo He was a young man imuci beloved and univ respected; sober, industrious and attentive to business, he had the contidence of business men Green to @ remarkable bi al of his age. His mother is a Ww and ts still absen from home, having been for some time past in Cadiz, Ky, on a it, where hag been telegraphed the sad fate of her son. Adde@to these circumstances of sorrow, the young man was. en to be married to a lady of Indianapolis, and the nuptials were to have been celebrated tis com- ing Saturday. A short time before his death he telegraphed to his intended bride, who expected his arrival there on Hoan, They have made jor him. no funeral shroud, but he is dressed for the grave in. dis wedding suit—a sadder shroud than tie white cloth of the dead, for it tells a story of a brokem heart, as the girl is said to have aeeply loved him, GOVERNOR Wisk’s FAnw.—The farm of ex-Gover- nor Wise, in Princess Anne county, Va., 80 long held by the government, was on Thursday surrendered to the owner. The government also ordored the payment of rent to the owner of Libby Prison fora year’s use of it, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. Lewis—Kipper.—On Thursday evening, December 11, at the resideace of the bride’s parents, by the Rev. H. B. Singicton, Mr. J, Ivers Lewis, of Sts Louis, Mo., to Miss 3) daughter of Mur. sdward Kidder, of Wilmington, N, C. Mnars—Kemp.—On Thi Caivary church, by the he’ CHARLES E, algars to Emus, daughter of James Kemp. Wis0N—Brrrs,—On Wednesday, December 16, at the residence of the bride’s lather, by the Rev? Charies Hoover, Ja: B. Wingon, Jr, to Miss. Cannis B. Burrs, of Jersey City. Died. DEALE.—Nn Saturday, Decetaber 19, Jostrm BEALE, aged 68 years. ‘fhe funeral will take place at his late residence, 416 West forty-fifth street, this (Monday) morning, at hali-past ten o'clock. Relatives and friends are requested to attend bye a further notice, New Jersey papers please copy. - BUNDEN.—-On Msaturday, December 19, WILLIAM JOSEPH, joment rom fo ee and Adelaide Burden, ed 11 months ani ays. oethe relatives and frieads of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his i ents, No. = Sap ere tana street, this (Monday) vernool one o'clock, a Grose-On Saturday, December 19, Jennie E., daughter of Aaron and Harriet U. Close, aged 8 ears. 7 ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the funeral, this (Monday) aitérnoon, at four o’clock, from her late residence, 209 West Thirty-elghth sirect, without further notice. CLapr.—suddenly, im this city, on Saturday afters noon, December 19, BUNsaain W. CLARE, of Newark, Ny, J., in the 58ta year of his age. Notice of the juneral hiereatier. Davipson.—On Sunday, December 20, Saran, wife of G e Davidson and daugiter of the late Thomas I ‘The fanera! will take place on Tuesday afternoon, at one o’c.ock, from lier late resideuce, 178 Lorimer street, Brooxlyn, B. D. e DENNiS.—AT his residence, 315 East Twenty-seventh street, on Sunday, December 20, of puowmonia, Jauks M. Dennis, aged 65 years, Notice of funeral heratter. Dovas. —On Sunday, Decomber 20, Mrs. JANB Dovarass, aged 93 y 9 months. . Funeral will take piace from her late residence, 92 Washington avenue, Brooklyn, on Tuesday atiers noon, at one o'clock. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are respect. fully invited to attend. Eaasrs.—On Sunday, December 20, Henry D. E Ss, aged 68 years. Funeral will take piace on Taesday afternoon, at one o'clock, fe nee of air. A. Freemann, N rooklyn, E. D. 8 L Ss er 13, _D. amily are respect« veral, on Tuesday morns from the residence of his ner of Clinton and Pats The Pailsade avenne Vearts.—On Fri Feanris, aged 19 ye © run within oue block of the house, Grpson.—On Sanday, December 20, in Brooklyn, E. D., afier a shove iimess, SauveL H. Gisson, aged 60 years. Notice of fune morrow, aero « Neds, Exes, wife of James al, aged 43 ye: Ha b © family are invited to ate residence, Orange, at eleven o’cloc treet_at ten o'clock. at Orange Jancuon No. 41 Coles street, ening, Decenber 19, after 2 the 64th year of is (Monday) morning, ch of the linmaculate atem mass will be then 1ains will be taken setery lor interment, No carriages December L., wife of o. Ee r 20, after of Adoiphus Losa, arday, December 19, Exizasera, Lowrence aud Bridget Maner, > place from the residence of Vourth street, this (Monday) ast on? o'clock. December 19, ANITA, eldest . 4%, and Alida Merry. ace from the residence of sewater, this (Monday) me o'¢! i.—(n San py morning, December 20, ged 25 yenrs, take place from the residence of uas iyan, his brother-in-law, No.8 Doyer sircet, on Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock. Relatives aud Triends are requested to attend. ourg (Va.) papers please copy. —On Saturday, December 19, BARBARA, it daughter of John and Bridge } , 1 Mout! and 9 days. "Yhe relatives is of the family are respect- folly inyited to attend the funeral, from the resi- dence of her parents, corner of Broadway and Nine- bo oe tals (Monday) afternoon, at half-past one o'clock. Pauay.—At her residence, 36 East Twenty-first street, on Saturday morning, December 19, in the 69th year of her age, Mrs, MARY ANN Perry, daugh- ter of the late Captain £. C. Gardner, of Newport, R. I. Funeral will take place, from the Church of the ‘Transfiguration, Twenty-ninth street, near Fifth ave- hue, this (Monday) morning, at cieven o'clock. Rela- tives and friends are invited to attend without fur- be ys ax -rovidence and Newport papers please Q Ropertson.--On Friday tvenine, December 18, or pheamonia, Hoa. ANTHONY L, ROBERTSON, aged 60 yea’ ‘The members of the jndiciary and the bar and friends generally are invited to attend the funeral, from the First Presbyterian church (Rev. Dr. Pax- ton’s), corner of Fifth avenue and Eleventh street, this (Monday) morning, at elevea o'clock. SAFPEN.—On Friday, December MARY ANNS Sarren, wife of James L. Safven, 69 y Blessed wre they that die'In the Lord. ‘The friends and relatives of the family are nf fally invited to atten? the funeral, from the late Cannon strect Baptist church, corner of Gouverneur sa6 ta atreets, this (Monday) afternoon, at one ovclock. Sommens.—On Saturday, December 19, of pnen+ Monta, Rev. CHARLBS G. SoMuNEs, D. D., in the 76th, year of his age. < ‘The funerai will take place on Wednesday morn= ing, at eleven o'e! , it lis jate residence, No. i7 | St. Mark's place, from w © the remains will be | removed to.@reenwood for iaterment. ‘The telativea aud frienas of the mil the ¢ y mouerally ] are invited to atiead, without furtner m identi ve