The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1870, Page 8

8 em crs CUBA. The Trials and Sufferings of the Gem of the Antilles, D) Rodas Relieved—Va'maseda to Eucceed—A Triumph for the Bourbons—Progress of the Ingurreetion—Movements of the Insur- gents—A Spock of Trouble with Great Britain~Bad Treatment of Spay. _ . ish Troops—General Condi. tion of the Faeries ¢ Havana, Dee, 3, 1870, It 18 generally understood, though not author tatlvely announced, that General de Rodas has been relieved from command here; that Valmaseda will reach here tn a few days to supersede him, and will at once assume the duties and position of Vaptain General, and, farther, that his Excellency ts expected to sail for Spain on the 15th, Should this tnrn out to be trae it may be regarded as one of the most important events which have happened in this island since the breaking out of the insux- rection, ‘Those readers of the HERALD who are interested in Cupan affatrs and have followed your corre- spondence from this island, are aware that nearly a year ayo intrigues were commen for the eleva- tion of Vaimaseda to the chtef diguity of the pro- vince. Itwas well known that he was the most popu. lar man in the island among the Spanish resident: There were two reasons for this, He had been Se | gando Qabo under Lersundi and a supporter ot the Queen, The Spaniards here had never yielded aught but the coldest allegiance to the revolution, and as now, 80 they have ever wished for ana expected the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne, Val- maseda represented this feeling, and at the same time the to them glorious administration of Ler sundi. They nave wanted no creature of the revo. lution to reign over them, and ever since the land- ing of Dulce have been troublesome, mutinous and threatening. In the second place Valmaseda has ever been the embodiment of their policy in the treatment of the insurrection, This may be summed up in “no communication with the enemy, no quar. ter, 4 war ofextermination against everything insur- rect.” Ibis known how well Valmaseda has carried out wits poiley. The power of the Spanish element here, organized and centred in Une Casino Espaiiol, has been brought | to bear in constant efforts for his elevation, | and - Rodas in his administration has been compelled to keep up a constant struggle against it, In September last it seemed as tr | by a bold stroke of pohey he had succeeded in win- ning over the Spaniards to his support. He took up the cudgel in defence of the volunteers against the Susfvagto Universal, & repudlican journal of Madrid. He published an arucle in the local papers, over the signature of “The First Volunteer,” defending them, and much enthusiasm in his favor was created. A yolunteer uniform was furnished him, which he donned, and appeared before them, musket in hand, going through @ portion of the manual, and the oc- casion of the celebration in honor of the Virgin of t Matanzas Was taken advantage of to seeming good understanding between th All this, however, has proved illusory. The lntrigues against him did notcease. They could not, for he represented principles aid ideas antagonts- cal to them, Hence they have conquered, and in 80 Going have acquired a victory over the home goy- ernment, which, it could hardly be sapposed, wonld appolut an Isabeilist to govern this province unless compelled to do so. The effect of this change will soon develop itself, and need not be speculuted upon. The statement that Vu ada is @ Cuban 18 a mistake, He js from Castle, and, while genial and pleasant in his soci) relations, is a bigoted and uncompros mising Spaniard, and ‘has shown himself the most cruel aud bloody commander of the age. It 1s stated on good authority that he leaves Sautiago de Cuva Covadong: cement a Mus moruing for Havana, and a most enthusiastic demousira a@walts lis arrival, Whilie tt 1s con- fidently 1 that he is to be retained in the sont Lo assume, ere are those who De Kodas, having been ordered to Spain, he takes command by virtue of his rank, and that he will svon be reileved by a captain general sent out from Madrid, With De Rodas go the Tntendente (the head of the ry, Don Pinilto Santos and a host of oice- ; many Of tiem relations of lis Exceliency, who, like General Grant, seemed to think it weil to jook' out for Hs own family. Brigadier P Caro, who has been for some time past in command of ‘the Central Department, and who was recently reHeved by the Captain General, this own request, has returned to Puerto Principe to reassu bis command, in wrdalce With oruers roment. commissioned the edor Azo irate to treat with df b Cespedes fo tween Spain and the Cuban Vessels,’ a3 8! i in a New York journal, is indig- Dantiy scouted here and declared to be Inipossible, Whica would seem to be likely enough, The Diario de la Marina publishes a long ediloriat on the she civil and military bodies of Colon have for ded to the Captain General their felicitaaens on t election of the Duke of Aosta as King, congratu- latang hits ency and the representatives of the nation oa the consolidation of the monarchy ou the basis of order and suffrage. letter from Nassau, dated the of November, hat two boats Nave Jusc arrived there con- ing fourteen persons, who escaped from the | a Their names are not given. Another ietter nu that place, dated the 16th, and writte Cuban who recently left the island, says: (referring to an insurgent chief correspon- dent), ail right, faring as weil as ever and notin the least discouraged. Some new additions are every @ay made, ali portending a final and complete triumph, ‘Prospects are bright, and above all things there 1s a firm determimation te get our dues, Ond consequently pubiic spirit rises as time weard on.” German Barrioz, chief of staff of Cavada, re- cently captured jn the jurisdiciion of Cientuegos, Was shot in the elty of that name on Saturday last. He was well known In that place aud mis execution has caused much excitemeut tere. He at ume corresponded for the HBKALD, It is rumored that Don Cristobal Mendoza, re- cently captured in the Camagney, 18 to be sent here ant chief Quintilio Villar one of the first who took up arms in that jurisdi tion, His father, Antonio Villareal, was Killed some time since. The chief Rolo, known as “the Pole,” 1s still actively operating against the Spantards in te Oinco Villas, Four @hinamen have been executed on the planta- ion Union for the murder of the everseer. From, various districts in the Jurisdiction of Ma- tanzas we hear that the crop, which Is about to com- mence, Wil be wore than an average one notwith- standing the hurricane, Several plantations in the district of Boloudson have already commenced grinding. The cane damaged by toe hurricane re- covered its strength, thanks to the favorable ralns which tollowed. ‘The great losses suffered on many Of the plautations, nm the death of negroes by epi- demics, has been mostly remedied by the activity of the owners ip contracting Chinese labor, Appropriation of the British Sloop Britanuin by the Spanish Auth jes—A Nat tor John Buli—Troops in the Camagucy—How Sta- Hioned—Their Bad Treaiment—Dishonesty ef Officials—Condition o} Losurgenis. NUEVITAg, Nov. It will be recollected that the British p Britan- nia, aged in the sponging business in the Bahama waters, was, during tne late hurri blown to @ point of the coast of Cuba, where s wus captured by a Spanish cruiser on suspicion%r landing arms for the insurgents. Her crew was sent to Havana for trial, and, as we have recently learned, were acquitied aud delivered over to the British Consnl General, Itis a curious evidence of the grasping tendencies of Spanish oMctals in this isiand that the sloop, instead of being turned over to her owners, is retained, havimg been armed and turned into a guard boat for preventing the ingress At latest dates she was in the port of Guanaja, Doubtiess the Spanish government find this a cheaper method of finding Vessels to guard = coast of Cuba than buying gunbouts in New ork ibe operations against the insurgents in the Camagy e of the same desaltory and meffect- ive cu ras heretofore. The number of troops in the jurisdiction is ten thousand, dl- vided anwnug the ‘ollow.ng places:—Puerte Principe, Gularuaro, Cascorro, Stbanica, Ei Ortente, San Bar- teio, Sun Miguel, as Minas and Nuevitas, Those at Puerto Principe eldom in the city, a8 they aro constantly du expeditious outside, There are a@iways a great numer in pospitais there, and the mortality is very great. ‘he troops compiain greatly of thely hard treatment, having frequeutly to pass days on quarter ratwus, and seldom receiving e than bal, The sick jrom ‘he interior are brought 1870, of arms. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEHBT, Rected with that department, having small salaries, have relired after short service with fortunes. We get ni whatever from the insurgent It! ithoritles in as the Spanis! ave BI By eur mere existed betteen ten aul "h6 country and ae enabled me abies ag od aL eee tented are wear ‘out the power of Spa i ‘the women and chile dren ere suffering a great deal, and presentations from among them are humerous, Straightforward Le" or from Prenident Cen pedewaoan Regard for the United Stntee— ‘The Rules of Civilized Warfare Observed— Neo Unnecessary Hardships. ‘The following letter has been reeelved by General McMahon, President of the €uban Junta of the United States, from Preaident-Cespedes, of Cuba. ‘The letter is dated at Camaguey, August 22, and reads thus:— Thave received with the greatest pleasure your letter of the 11th of May of Bile peeseut year, 1D. which you are good en to rin of the organization ef the Cul League of the United States, of the Objects of the association and of tha senuments which animate it in favor of the cause which we, she free men ef this island, are maintain ing. It ts very gratifying and signifieant to the le of Cuba to know that the been estab- ished and that you are its worthy president, and we hope that {t Will produce important results for the speedy emancipation of all tie slaves—both biack aud White—who are here Sehtng to secure the blessings of modern liberty, following in this the example of the American States, Belteve me, General, toat the Cubans have never doubted for a moment that the people of the United States are earnest an behalf o: the hberty and in- dependence of Cuba, notwith-tanding the unfortu- pate atuitude assuned by their government; nor that the day is near at hand when pubile opinion, om- nipotent in all governments purely republican, Wil coimpel the adoption of & more natural tine of con- auct, and one which involves no departure from the true privciples of the great pation which your overniment direcis. For tls reason the people of “uba bave not permitted the warmth of their sym- pathies with the people of the United States to be in any manner abated. But that which causes us the greaiest satisfaction is the Tce which you and your worthy asscciates have done us, in distingulsh- ing the conduct of the beliigerent Cubans from that of their inhuman oppressors, including even those born on the soil, who fight under the banners of ty- ranny. 1 aweat toyon, on my honor, thatit y false—the cal- umny with which it 1s sought to prejudice us before the Cabinet of Washington, by, asserting that we have imitated in any respect the atrocities of tho Spaniards, No—a thousand times no! In the very lirst days of the revolution I endeavored to mode- rate the hardships of the war. On a later occasion I renewed, with great earnestness, my efforts towards the same end. Upon the consolidation of our republican government it appealed again to that of Spain to abandon @ pracuce revolting to modern civiilzation rather than oblige us to resort to measures of reprisal No result was ob- tained. Silence or insult was the sole reply, it was declared that we were rebels, with whom they would hold no intercourse, except by bullets, It would have been en - ape a Dot be hasUse sucp insolen ‘et, In doing so, there Peaeieercbacrved all ite, kibderaon ‘consistent with the stern duty imposed on us. If any Cuban oficer or soldier, in avery few rare cases, has bee! gullty of excess in any particular, he has suffere juumediately the penalty of Geary for our govern- ment has never authorized thé tecution of prison- taken in arms, except alter formal trial by inilitary ceurt, ‘The Spaniards, on the contrary, mutilate the dead bodies of those whom they assassinate and direct their insane fury agaist peacefal citizens, women, old men and children, and hesitate not to dishonor their unhappy victims by practices most foul, The peovie of Cuba unite with the members of the League in the hope that these horrors will svon cease. The Spaniard will be driven from our shores, and our beautiful and beloved island will take the lace among civilized nations to which she has es- ablshed her claim by courage and long suftermg, and by the capacity for self-government ro steadily developed during her prolonged and honerable struggle, Our people will always hold in grateful remem- brance the encouragement which they derive from the Cuban Leave of the United States, and from the American nation in general, to Which they are bound by so many ties of brotherhood, I bave bad the leastre to transmit to the Chamber of Representa- ives, for appropriate action, the original of your courteous communication. Please have the good- ness, General, to offer to your worthy asrociates the assurance of my me consideration, and receive the same for yourself. ©. M. DE CESPEDES, ANOTHER CUBAN CORSAIR, ers A rumor was current yesterday that the Hornet, Which was so recently seized by the United States government and which was released only a short time ago on heavy bonds for good conduct, 18 going to make another attempt to reach Cuba with @ cargo of arms and ammunition, and a band of a couple of hundred men, The cha- racter of the “Cuban patriots” in this city, however, is by this me so well known that most people are sceptical as to any steps involving actual danger being taken by them, me of these men havo already been too near @ halter to voluntarily put thelr necks in the noose again, especially as the so-called revolution is NOW On its last legs, and has degenerated into the sorriest kind of guerilla war- fare. ‘rhe story goes that the Hornet is to sail immedi- ' ately, and teat sue has already taken 260 tovs of coal aboard, She is known to he a fast steamer, and could, no doubt, im honorable and en- ergetic hands easily elude the vigilance of the au- thorities, both of this country and of Spain. She is said to purpose clearmg for’ some South American port, At the last moment the men and other dan- gerous cargo will be hastily put aboard, Senator Chandler and General Buller are said to be among the sureties for the good conduet of the Hornet. PORTO RICO. The Election for Deputies to the Cortes=The Soldiers Not Allowed to Vote. HAVANA, Dec. 3, 1870. Dates from Porto Rico are to the 2ist. With a view to the election of Deputies, the superlor govern: ment has caused the subdivision of the isiand into twenty-four electoral districts, and preparations for the election are fn active progress and the merits of various candidates are being discussed. The sol- diers will not be allowed to vote, and this fact has caused cousiderabie dissatisfaction and unfavorable comment among & certain class, SHIPOWNERS? ASSOCIATION. The Decline of American Shipping—Proposi- tions to Be Urged on the Attention of Cone erens. The Execntiye Committee of this assoctation held its monthly meeting yesterday afternoon, at 52 Pine street, with Mr. G. A. Brett in the chair. Mr. 8. 0, Cornish acted as secretary, Captain SNow, chairman of the Committee on the Decline of Ameriean Commerce, submitted the fol- lowing recommendations as his mdividual views to the meeting:— First—That the assoctation arge upon Congress the repent of the luw which prevents the American shipowner pur- chasing foreign built ships. Secoud—The revision of $0 Touch of our consular laws as now controls, fn @ burdensome manner, the shipping Interest 4u foreign ports, Third —Reyision of the Custom House laws aifecting ships in general. ‘vurth A change in the laws controlling seamen, Captain SNow said that to those useless laws is due, ina measure, the present decline of our com- merce, Colonel HINcKEN called the attention of the meet- ing to the increased cost of the dock accommoda- tions. He sald that the dock owners have doubled the charges of wharfage and that measures should be taken to stop this exterilon, After a brief discussion Mr. G. A. Brerr pro- prosed that this subject should be recommendea to the considcration of the meeting which will take place next Wednesday. ‘The committee then adjourned, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, CAST OF THE Celebration of the Festival in This City. Bereft as i were of a sainted hero, America hag been placed by the Holy Fathers of the Catholic Ohurch under the especial guardianship of the Mother of God, and the festival of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin, which takes place to-day, is therefore regarded with great importance throughout the country, Indeed, the entire Catholio world will this day manifest an extraordinary degree of religious interest in honor of the great Jeast. There are very sew holy te-tivals occurring during the year that elicit a more widespread, ubited and earnest devotional demon stration than that of the Immaculate Concepuion. The belief of Roman Catholics therein has existed fivm the ear. licst ages, although it Was not until the year 155 that the dogma was made a regular article of faith, It was In accordance with the wniversal desire and belief established by the authority of many cvangel- ists that in that year the reiguing Pontiff, Pope Pins 1X,, issued the following decree:—‘‘It is a dogma of the faith thatthe most blessed Virgin Mary irow the first Lastantof her cenception by the singaias ptivilege and grace of God in virtue of the meriis of Jesus Christ the Savior of mankind was preserved periectly free from ail stains of original sin.” The day will be ceiebrated in this city, and, indeed, in all countries, with the customary observ- to this city, where tiey are weil treated. Durmg the mouth Of July last mere taun 4,00) entered tue hospital here, but the gro\t ass recovered, ‘ine fact of the troops faring Ad Dadiy ts atirivutable to fraads in (he commissariat, Won are of the most glaring character, Ib is Kwow2 Viet oiliciala cone anocs. It 1s regarded a8 a strict holiday of obliga- tion and the Catholic churches wiil tuerefore be largely attended. The grand celebration of the least has been frequently deicrred to the following Sun- day, wuen circumstances generally tend to make the religious display more soln and impressive, PUBLIC PARKS. Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, ee OE cay Code of Ordinances for Street in the Neigh- borhood of Central Park. ‘The Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks met on Tuesday afternoen in stated session, atwo o'clock, with the President, Com- missioner Sweeny, in the chair; Commissioners Hilton, Dilion and Fields present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. y STATOR OF HARVEY, On motion of Commissioner Hmron it was re- solved that the application for permission to place @ statute of Harvey upon the Central Park be ac- cepted and granted ; the whole subject of the appli- cation, location, &¢., to be referved to @ special committee of two with power, ‘The President appointed as such committee Com- Mnissioners Hilton and Dillon. An application was made by Robert A. Cheese- brough, desiring to erect an elevated ratlway in the Central Park, but it was resolved, on motion of Commissioner DiLLoN, that the Central Park not having been established for such purpose this Boara deem it inexpedient to grant the permission asked for, and the request is denied, THE TREASURER’S REPORT, Treasurer HivToN reported the condition of the fNnances, showing a balance m bank of $107,507, which was approved and ordered 0a file. A certified copy of an erdinance of the Common Council, for the creation of a publio fund or stock for erecting and’ equippmg an observatory, a museum of natural bistory and @ gallery of art, was received and ordered to be printed, FORT WASHINGTON POINT PARK, On motion of the PRESIDENT a resolution was passed directing that all further proceedings be and are hereby discontinued in the matter of acquiring title to the lands reqnired for the public square or place laid out by the late Commissioners of the Cen- tral Park, known as Fort Washington Point Park, REPORT OF THE HXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, A report from the Executive Committee of their acts and proceedings, also as to matters referred to hem from time to é, Was recelved and approved, follows:—Resolutions were adopted ordering that the sidewalks around Union nauare ne repaired; that the railings and lamps around the Fourth ave- nue ok be put in on ie that the openings ther be capped and railed, the subject being re- ferred to the ‘ rer with power: that no park- keeper or gatekeeper shail absent himseli from duty without léave, auless for sickness or other good cause, under penalty of dismissal; any parskeeper who shall be unable to perform duty sickness, shall 1orthwitl report the fact to tne cap- tain of police, who shall coiamunicate this order to all the park aud gate keepers in the employ of the department, HN resolution was passed that a clock tower be erected at the end of the Mall and a suitable clock placed therein. Commissioner Hriron called up the ordinanses, rules and regulations respeciing tue uses of the streets, avenues and public pannres or places witht the distance of 350 feet from the outer Doundartes of Central Park, presented by him and laid over at the last meetng, as foliows:— “J RULES AND REGULATIONS. Unter and by virtue of chap-er 697 of the Lawn of the State of New York, passed April 24,1867, the Board of Comins souers of thé Departiaent of Pubile Parks do hereby inake and ordain the following rules and regulations in respect to the uses of, and the erections or projections upon, and ob- structions of every kind on all paris of every sirect, avenus and public square or placo within the distance of 850 feet from the outer boundaries of the Central Park, and especially on all parts of the Fifth aveane and of the Eichth avenue, between Fifty-clghta street and 111th street, and all r 7 nc LL0th between the Pith h avenue, I. No butlding, shed, erection or construction whatever shall he put upon or permuted to remain on any part of the avenues or streets or public places above mentioned, except eas or court yards of builit- ings now erected oF in courte of rection and permitted by this department or the president thereof. If, No vehicle for the conveyance of passengers shal! atop or sland in any parcot’ the aventien, public places or atrceta above mentioned, except for the purpose of allowing pas. Fengere to getin or outuf auch venicies aud no such ‘stops shall be made by any vehicle opposite. the ling of any crave street or entrance into the Central Park, except as permitted by this department or the president thereot. Ti. No cart, truck or ocher vehicle for the conveyance ot merchandise or material shall stop In any part of the nues, public places or streets above mentioned, except the purpose of receiving or discharging merchandise or ma- terial, and such stoppage shall in such Cases be linaived to the actual and necessary time required for ao doing. 1V. No parts of the avenues, puolic places or streets above- Thentioned shall at any time herealter be encumbered by any, material whatever for a longer pertod than ehall be actually necessary for the deposit aud removal of the same unlesanpe- cially permitted in writing by this department or i 1 dent; und no platform, stoop, step, porch, portico, baicony, balustrade or projections whatever shall hereafter be erected or permitted within the limits aforesaid of auch parts of sald avenues, public places and streets, except by special m first had uid obtained: trom’ thie department, , however, that owners of property on the easterly side of Filth avenue, vetween Fiity-eighth and 1\1th streets, are permitted to enclose, for courtyard purposes, and not otherwise, tizteen feet of ‘the sidewalks adjacent to and in front of’ their respective lota; and the stoops of buildings erected on said avenue may, in such to the extent of such court. auch stoops shall ta be opea above the railing or balustrade he form, size and character tuereof, together ie tor of the area ratitngs, shall pproval of this Board or the Piesident thereof; and, provided further, that no stoop or area railing ee for aby Of the streets or avenues surrounding said Vara within tue boundaries first above mentioned, until the piai ft has been submited to this department and the assent Board or its President obtained thereto. v. i all be the duty of the Treasurer of this department 0 be affixed printed copy of this ordinance to any ent or other or existing nt any tim avenu within ‘the his Violation of the — provisions nee, and which affixing shail be deemed and considered a notice to remove “sald structure or obstruction within tweuty-four hours thereafter In default of such removal it shall be the dnty of the Treasurer to forthwith take down, carry away and remove the same to ‘as be shail covsider most ds sale thereof, irable for the purpose uch male to be made u hereot applied to the payment of expenses tucurred im spect thereto, ‘The owner of auch srructure or obstruction Degiecting to 6O remove the same shall be liable for and shall incur a penalty of #60 for each day such atructure oF obstruction shall be or remain apon either oi said slreets oF avenues within the boundaries first above mentioned tn vide Jation of this ordinance, to be recovered in any court by the treasurer in the namo’ of the Mayor, Aldermen and Come monalty of the city of New York, and for andou bebalf of nt. tuia departme: Tf in the opinion of the Treasurer of this Board It Vi. shail be considered expedient to forthwith remove any per Ling sb nianent structure or other obstruction placed or any Ume upon eltber of aald streets or avenues within the boundaries tirst above mentioned in violation of the pro visions of this ordinance, he may direct and cause the sume to be removed without delay, by writing under bis hand, di- rected to any park keeper or other poraon, commanding such structure or obstruction to be forthwith rem: nd there- upon the same shall be removed and Wiaponed of as. berein- before provided. VAT. Driving tipon eafd streets or avenues withtn the limita or boundaries aforesald shall not be at aq Tate of speed than seven miles an hour, under « penaiy of ten dole lure for each offence, to be recovered trom the driver OF owner thereof respecilvely VIll, No placard, bandbill, vonter or advertisement of an: Jond of pattern shall be put upon or ailixed to aay wall, fence, sidewa:k or curbetone within the limits o boundaries Above mentioned without the previous permission of this Board or tho president thereot, under the penalty ‘of ten dollars for each offence, Any person wo oitending may be arrested by any park keeper and taken before the nearest magistrate and, upon conviction, ehall sulfer tinprisonment until said fine be paid. On motion the Board adjourned. MURDER OY A NEW YORKER IV CALIFORNIA, The San Diego Union, of the 17th ult., gives the following account of the murder of L. FE. Fisk, who four years ago sold his ranch in Sutter county to Henry Best, and removed to the South. His ranch adjoined that of William P. Harkey, ten rolles south- west from Yuba City, The Union sa; ¥. Fisk was discovered in the hou ards, on Rickards’ ranch, Sweetwa) where he had been living alone for sume time past. He had been murdered under circumstances uf pecu- liar atrocity by some unknown persens. Fisk had been employed by Mr. Rickards to work on the ranch, and was left ip charge of the place. On the 9th fears were aroused that all was not right at tha Rickards house. Fisk was not seen. for two days, ana Tynerson and Campbell visited the raneh to make an investigation of the premises, They first went to the stable, where they found that two valu- able horses belonging to Mr, Kickards were missing. ‘The horses that were leit in the stable gave signs of having suffered for want of water and food for some time. After feeding and watering the animals, they proceeded to the house. ‘he kitchen door was fastened with @ padlock, Mr. Campbell had a key Which fitted the lock, and the door was opened. ‘The started back in horror. On the floor, between them, lay the corpse of Fisk, the head'and face covered with blood, which had dried to a crust; the body completely stripped of clothing, Be- side the murdered man lay a sycamore billet, | thickly crusted with blood and hair, With this the Unforvinate mane head had been beaten almost to @ jelly. There were also marks of blows with the ciub over the face and eyes, The blilet was two leet four inches tn length and one and Abaifluch thick. In the left jaw was a bullet hole. A coffin was made, aud the body was.pre- jared for burial by Rickards, Brockman, Knight, cFarland and ovher neighbors, and on Friday, the iith instant, the remains were committed to’ the grave, Fisk Was @ native of the State of New York, about thirty-eigut years of age. He cate to Cale of On Wednesday, November 9, the boay of Lyman WC. Rick: fornia 1n 1859, and was for a number of years a resl dent of Eureka, Sierra county. The deceased leaves @ nephew in San Francisco and a brother in Contra Costa county, Whe owns a ranch near Martinea, He aiso leaves several relatives in the State of New York. Mr. Fisk was a tnan of unblemished charac- bye and was very highly respected br all who buew ry reason of | shall be constructed or put upon Said Ficth avenue, or upon | THE METALLIC BASIS. tT oe Annual Re7ourt of the Dixeetor - f the Mint. United States Coinage——-The Coin Workshops of the Nation, PHILADELPLA, Oct, 24, 1870, Inave the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the Mint and branches for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1870:— DEPOSITS AND COINAGE. ‘The deposits of bullion at the Mint and branches during the fiscal year were as follows :— Gold, $29,486,268; silyer, $3,504,042, Total depo- wits, $32,090,210, Deducting the redeposits or bars made at one branch of the Mint and redeposited in another for coinage, the amount will be $80,408, 788, ‘The coinage for the same period was as follows:— Gold coin, number of $22,257,312; unparted and sliver coin, pieces, 4,649, silver bars, 800; coppe! bronze pleces, 18,154,000; value, $611,445; Llotal num- ber of pieces struck, 23,961,202; total value of coln- Age, $33,384,863, ‘The distribution of the bullion received and coined at the Mint aud branches was follows:— At Philadeiphia, gold deposited, $2,880,080; gold coined, $2,830,752; Ime gola $171,624; silver de. posited and purchased, $1,852,583; saver coined, $1,152,060; silver Dard, $106,078; nickel, copper and Bronze coinage, value, $611,445. ‘Total deposits of gold and silver, $4,252,657; total coinage, $4,901,860; Total oumber of pieces, 21,830,540, At the branch mint, Francisco, the gold de- posits Were $15,515,081; gold colued, $19,316,050; suyer “deposited and purchased, $404,41 3 silver coined, $504,500, Total deposits and purchases, $19,311,299; lee coinage, $19,910,550; total number of pieces, 2,692,180, ‘The Assay Ofice in New York received during the year, In gold bullion, $6,657,801; in silver bullion, uding purchases, $1,613,364, Total value re: ceived, een mamber of fue gold bars plamped, 7,426; value, $0,650,268; sllver bars, 5,984; value, $707,400 ga value of gold and silver bars Mint OF THE UNITED States, } stamped, $7,363,663, At we branch Mint, now assay ofice, Denver, Colorado, the deposits ior unparted bars were—gold, $900,003; silver, $15,987, Total deposits, $1,006,050, ‘This statement exhibits a very gratifying increase in the deposits over those of last year, and we have evory reason to anticipaie a continuing increase in the deposits and business of this oilice. It 1s prine cipally engaged in melting, assaying and stamping guid aud siiver Pulliobd, aud returning the same to the depositors in unparted bars bearing tho gov- verament stamp ol weight and fineness. The ex- perience of the past year fully justifies the declara- lien made im iny last annual report, that “as an assay O.llco at will meet all the dewands of the miner and promete as effectually the mining in- terests of the regio2a as @ mint fer coinage could vossibly do.” All thls it as accomplished promptly aud satisfactorily, and greatly alded and encouraged the eiforts made to discover and increase the pro- duction of the precious metals, The deposits at tue branch Mint, Charlotte, N, ©., DOW in Operation as an assay oilice, have not been large, but are increasing, These deposits are assayed and returned to depositors in the form of unparted bars, ‘ihe deposits for bars during the year were— fd $15,105; an increase of $12,943 over those of fast year. a = The branch Mints at Dahlonéga, Ga,, and New Or- leans, La., are still closed, aud no necess.ty exists for their being again opened, ether as assay oilices or branch minis, The branch Mint at Carson City, Nev., 1s now in operation. 1a May, 1869, the fitting up of this brancn for busmess asa mint was commenced, and com- pleted in December of that year, On the 8th of January, 1570, it Was opened for th reception of bullion, The Superintendent in his report = =says:—“Since that time the business hus been steadily increasing, and, with tae facilites afforded other institutions of 1s kind, will do a large business both in refluing and coin. ” The deposits at this branch during the yi i—Gold, $124,154; gvld coined, $110,576; silver. deposits and purchases, 262 16; sliver coined, $19,793 Total deposits and purchases, $152,416; total coinage, $182,369; total number of pieces, 98,568, The report is very encouraging, and it is carnestly desired that the present anticipa- tious of its officers imay be fully realized in the future | rosperity of this branch, 1 cannot forbear repeat- ug the declaration made in my jast annual report, tiat the policy of the government in relation to the development of the mineral wealth of our country should be liberal and generous. WORK OF THE MINI AND BRANCHES, The Mint work is necessarily hindered and re- stricted by the continued suspension of specie p meuts We are doing less y years ago, when there was a much smalier populi- lon and far less wealth, Certainly there 1s no heed oi creating any more co\ning establishments, Although at present the amount of work In the Mint aod branches is not so great as in former years, by reason of causes over Which these institu- tions have ne control, yeb it 1s gratifying, on taking areview of thelr operations tor the past ten or eleven years, to see how large aud important these have been. oe deposits and comage at the Mints in Philadelphia, San Franeiseo, and the Assay Oilice nm New York, are worthy of special attention, and prove that these institutions have well fuifliled their respective duties. The followimg tables, made from oiticial records, of the value of the deposits pa and silver from the fiscal year ending June 30, 1559, to 1869, inclusive, at Philadelphia, San Francisco and New York, and of the coimage in value and number of pieces at the Philadeiphia and San Fran- cisco Minis, will exhibit the nature and extent of the work done and qu.cuy aud siguiticantly tell their own story:— ra 4 ASSAY OFFIOR, NRW YORK, SIV, Unite Staves Mint, Years, Philuielphia. — San Francisco. 5 14,4 2,340 80,058 4iab on 6,724,190 25, 3 4,165 801 10,144,608, Totalessse-:+-cf135,100,777 #184,064,709 50,198,861 Grand total of ueptand, 19409,548,348. i! STATEMENT OF COINAGE AT THE UNITED STATES MINT, PHILADELPHIA) AND THE BAN FRANOISOO BRANCIL MINT, FROM 1899 TO 186% INCLUSIVE, TOGRIHRR WITH THE NUMBER OF PIECES STEUOK, San Francisco United States Mint ——Branch Mint,———~, Coinage ank Number Coinage and Nwwnber Years, ar Ties Fine Bars. of Piecen ‘1biY. $5,976,887 468,893 093,833 YANT 675 43,0656, 130 1,148,800 8,274,083 2)440 ‘000 4,184,497 2873173 560,435 1,864)120 8,016,197 775,116 11142,029 1,933,631 12,809,091 2,351,000 i824 B,073}25 ByALa.oit 2,006,500 143,490,741 424,787,170 14,499,109 22,246,708 MEMORANDUM OF GOLD AND BULVER RARS, MADE FROM 1859 TO 140¥, INCLUSIVE, At Philadelphia Mint $1,467,615 At San Francisco Mint 1,412 616 ‘Total gold and sliver bars......... $2,870,452 Philedeiphia over San’ Franctsco’, 44,198 REOAPITULAION--COLNAGE AND FINE At Ban Francisco, 185) to 1809. ‘At Philadeiphia, 1839 to Lau, ‘Total . San NUMUER OF At Philadelphia, At San Francisco, 484,737,170 © 22,249,703 Total,..... oe 057,058,878 Philadeiplila Over San Fraticise: + 462,050,402 It will thus be seen that while the oinage and fine bars” at the branch mint at San Francisco ex- ceeded tn value the “coinage and tne bars” at the Mint at Philadelphia, nearly $41,000, 000, the Mint at Philadelphia, in the number of pieces struck, ex- ceeded the branch at San Francisco over $462,000, 000, Now, whenit is Known that @ bronze coin of ove cent in vaiue requires nearly as much labor tn its preparation and mauutacture as a gold dollar or double eagle, the enormous amount of the work and labor done at the parent Miut willbe seen and appreciated. San Francisoo, With 22,246,708 pleces, roduced a Comage of $14,439,199 in value; Piil« adelphia, With 484,787,1/0 pieces, prodaced a cutn- age of $143,490,741 In value, If each piece struck at the parent Mint bad been equai in value to each piece coined at the San Francisco branch, the com- agé of the Philadeipiia Mint durmg the period named would fave largely exceeded in value tho entire national debt. Such results are altke creditable to both these minting institutions, ‘Lhe object of these compari- sons ts not to draw lines of prelerence among kin- dred institutions, but to show that each one has had itown work to do, and that where one is to bo credited with larger value, another is no less to be credited With the large aggregate number of pieces | seruck, MINERAL SPECIMEN! Apart of the almost daly business of our assay department is toexamine and report upon mineral speciinens sent or brought from all parts of the United States. Thla work 18 extra oilicial, but is cheerfully performed asa public benetit. In cases where a chemical trial is required, there 1s a mode- Tate charge, Which mures to We expense account of the Mint. It is to be regretted, however, that thero is so little discernment among those who fancy they have made a discovery, inasmuch a3 We are consiantly called upon lo eXamume stones of the most ordinary character, of no greater value than for building-or paving. mi Our school teachers or country physicians might, and a8 @ general rule perhaps they do, acquire enough of the principies of mineralogy and geology to be of real use to their uplettered neighbors in this respect, and save the expensive transiuission of boxes of stones over long lines of travel. In some cases the wizard expert of the mineral rod or the silage blacksmith bas excited high hoes, which it our Caen loalian expanse of our country. Happliy we have other kinds of riches buried in. the every here, ot which we mi 8 Sp eons ene nee as well as with our unegualled mines METAL DEPARTMENT. ‘This department has been successfnily operated during the past year. A large number of medals have been made aud sold, THE MINT CABINET. The cabinet of coins and medals still continues to Attract a large number of visitors from every State dn the Union and {rom foreign countries. 1t deserves the fostering care of the government, STATISTICAL TABLI The statistics relating to the d and coinage at the Mint of the United Staves and branches will be found in the tabular statements hereto annexed. Since the publication of the last annual report inaccuracies were discovered in the Statistical tables for a year or two previous that made some of the latter exhibits practically unreliable. All the tables have since been ci collated and compared for several years past, and as now pre- sented are believed to be correct and trustworthy, JAMES POLLOCK, Director of the Mint, “HANG IT UP” FOR THE HERALD. A Hungry Fraud Dines without Cash—He “Chucks” Away the Checks by Drawing a Check—The Cashier Checks his Cheok by “CGhucking” Him over to a “Cop’— The “Crack” Justice Cracks the Nut. “Walter 1” “Yes, saah,”” Walter disappears, Returns after three minutes, “Ordered yet, saah ?? “Waiter, let me haye—ah, let me see; got any turtle soup?” “Not to-day, saan, also tomato.” “Damn tomato! This bill of fare 1s devilish poor to-day. Let me see; well, guess I'll have a large roast beef.’? “All right, saab.” “Waiter, let that roast beef be rare,” “All right, saah.”) + Roast beef brought. Waiter retires, Roast beef devoured in seven gulps. Waiter again signalled, “Walter, another roast beef.” “All right, saab.’? Roast beef brought. Devoured in nine gulps. “Walter, guess I’ll try a little turkey.” Turkey devoured in five minates, Total now consumed—Two roast beefs, one turkey, four plates potatoes, four plates bread, large plate pickles, plate of mashed turnips, halt pint Worcester sauce and sundries, “Waiter, now, in the way of dessert, what have you got?” “Well, saah, most everything; dumplings and puddings of ail kinds, saan; ples of all kinds, and—” “Let me see; well, guess I’ll have a baked dump- Ming.” ? UAT right, saah.” Dumpling brought. Devoured. “Waiter, guess I'll have acup of coffee. et me? e. I'll also take a tapioca pudding. Don’t delay.’ “All right, saah.’? PUDDING DEVOURED. During the process of consuming the coffee walter leaves check for $1 45 on table, The dinner above alluded to took place at Gould's dining saloon, in Nassau street, yesterday afternoon, between twelve and one o'clock, and the “gent? Who cousumed the food, to the quantity named, was John ©. Tompkins, alias “Hawkshaw.” hen Tompkins entered the saloon to “cheat out” a dinuer he assumed the most ‘grandiloquent’? airs, and ‘‘boss’d” the nigger waiter in a manner m astonisiung to that individuai’s long experi- ence In “yents.’? It transpired after the consump- tion of the meal that more than once during the proceeding Mr. Tompkins had great dificuity ta restraining his legs trom finding a resting place on the tab.e, A large number of newspapers ted up ina bundle seemed to have, in the leading position assigued them, some very promineut purpose during the mival, and the . EASY SELF-SATISFIED ATR. with which the “genv” conned over the spicy para- graphs of the Lvening Telegram when his tirst pangs had been allayed was calculated to inspire any un- Initiated civiian that Mr. Tompkins was not only the author of all the brililancies ef that brilliant sleet, but that even the cartoon itself was te pro- duct of his satiric pencil, Another matter which might and must have given rise to the interesting speculations of the haott és of Gould’s was the ex- waordinary rapidity with which Tompkins in the beginning “got away’? with his food, herein being material for convineing propf of the eccentricities of @ certain class of lilierteurs, who are, a3 the world knows, alilicted with what the physicians call @ false appetit he smile of seti-complacency with which Mr. Tompkins letsurely returned the cheek for $1 45 to the table alter seemingly sayin, to himself, with the phuosophy of a gourmand. “cheap as grass,” attracted the espeetal attention of the sable walter, who, to use bis own words, on being subsequently interviewed in regard to the matier, “Golly | from dat out, suspeckd dare wag someing wrong.” Atlength, the meal being over, aud alter fifteen minutes’ quiet reclination mn A COMFORTABLE ATTITUDE Mr. Popipkias rose and, In a few majestic strides, approached the bar, A og J scowl, indicating the great depth of lore that might be jet loose if there was only a chance for the eruption, sat upon his physiognomy and a fierce glance of the Tomp- kins eyes Wis now darted at the casnier behind the bar as he Sti rsh awatied the small sum of $1 45, Tomrxins—Sir, 1 am a HERALD reporter, short of change, My impecuniosity at the present moment Js attributable to domestic infelicitation and not at ail cognizable to auy one except an aunt, who with the waywardness of her sex—mind, reproach Is at the farthest Iinuts of my insinuatory observation— 4s addicted, alas! to gin.” Some excellent beef soup, Be Casu1eR—Did you say, sir, yon wished change? A melancholy sunile of indignation was the Tomp- ‘kins reply. CASHIER—$1 45, sit? ‘LoMrkKINS—Sir, dO you mean to insnit the DIGNITY OF THE PRESS? Have I not as a man and a hagererne| told you that 1am utterly deprived of a)! conscionabdle ability to liquidate the tsiguificant indebtedness to whic! such a@ contemptuously shop and trade-like manner you allude? Sir, don’t $1 45 me, when as the repre- sentative of the greatest paper in the world (I al- Jude, sir, to the NEW YORK HuRALD), Lam, owing to the irailties of an esteemed, but, alas! an unlortu- hate relative, in the melancholy predicament of bankruptcy In my monetary mobillzatory attairs., A blank stare did the cashier give at Mr. Tomp.> klus; bat by degrees it seemed to dawn on the man of business that this Wag a case in Which the word “peat” might, without danger of error, be applied. TOMPKINS—Mr. Bartender, to come down to the level of your poor understanding, and L do not blame you, ay dear sir; no, Tompkins, of tho HERALD, never blamed a man for his UNCONTROLLABLE DEFICLENCIES} to come down, I say, to the platform on which your mental distortions are malleaved, and to speak briefly and to the purpose—as to the little obliga- tion—Sir, hang {t up. CASHIER (thougutfully and looking hard at Tom, kins)—HHang it up, did you sa y ‘ToMPKINS—Str, I spoke that eftect, The cashier, utter inaking a calculation as to the genuineness of Mr. Tompkins’ statements relative to his connection with the HuRaLD, retired @ moment from behind the counter and spoke to a gentleman dining at one of the tables, ‘and this being done re- turned te his place at the bar with @ malteious Smile on his countenance which boded no good for Mr. Tompkins, CASHIBK—ATO You A reporter on Mie HERALD? TOMPKINS—Yes, Sit, CASHIER—YOu are an imposter, and as such will Atreai you, Constantine, call an oillcer? Mr. Tompkins here drew forth a piece of paper and seizing a pencil drew out tn tle largest sized Words @ promissory note, with the addendum, “or call at the HERALD orice, where the MISERABLE, CONTRACTED LIABILITY Shall, in the briefest space of ume, be honorably Made good, and validly discharge’, 3.7. 7 ‘lus document, however, was speedily torn up Into small parts, and Mr. T. to be tragic, now con- Aaingly drew near to the cashier's ear’ and whis- pered into that organ;— “say, Old feller, you wouldn't play that game, Would your Vil pay, so help me G—d, if you only let me otf, I was as hungry as a starved hound,” CASHIER—You're @ swindler, and you'll leave this in charge of a policeman. Ay this time the oiicer arrived, was placed under arrest, He promised to go aloug quie and did. A change had come over the Spirit of his dream as within a few minutes after he Stood belore tie magistrate at the Tombs Police Court, ‘Lhe char,e was preferred. The property couid not well be resiored, Tompkins was comuit- ted to a cell in the Tumis. 4. littie Inquiry concerning the fellow revealed the fact that seine time ago he was wout to hang around the HERALD office, intrasively REPRESENTING HIMSELF AS A DETECTIVE for the office. That he is @ “beat” of tne worst de- Scription 1s also true, but he has the art of using consummate “cheek” In passing himself off as & reporter aiong persons who are not familiar with the unobtrusive habits of the members of that profession, It was for his well-known boasting of bis connection with the HERALD oifice us a detective that he was dubbed “Hawkshat,’? in irony of the sinecure he possessed, = Tho Personation of reporiers is, it 18 said, of mucn More frequent occurrence than is knewn 1a news- paper ofiices, and the thanks of newspaper men are due to the Messrs, Gould for the exposure of this Spurious plant. A few more lessous like tus might do a great deal of good to the reportoriai profession, and perhaps remove calumotes irom that “nobie band.” or which they are most unjustly the viotims, Mr. Tompkins Hanlon, the Child . Sore 6 OOP AANA ‘Particulars of the Murder—A Mysterious Case Another Child Ontraged—Arrest and Con- PHILADELPHIA, Ded, 6, 1870, A subject of vital importance 1s agitating Philadelphia mind at the present time, Itis the cent trial and conviction of Hanlon for outrage murder. Your readers will doubtless remé many of the facts connected with thia most’ brut murder, but an interview with detective has elicited some new points never before given ‘the public, The last crime, for which Hanlon convicted, was the fifth outrage he had committed 01 little children under ten years of age; the facts | most of these cases have come to lizht since his viction. I will give the maim fac*s in the M¢ case, the one in which murder was committed, that your readers may know what beasts in the als; Of men still Innabit the earth, DISCOVERY OF THE DEAD BODY. ; Two years ago last September the innabitants off this quiet city were terribly startled by the repork that the dead body of a litte girl, horribly matte lated and outraged, bad been found 1n a vacant lot near tho intersection of Fifth and Diamond streets, Investigation proved the body to be that of Mary( Mohrman, a little girl living in the neighbor! ‘The most terrible excitement took possession of People; policemen and detectives were started all directions in pursuit of suspicious characters; rewards were offered; in fine, every incentive wi advanced to induce the most thorough search the perpetrator of the foul deed, Tan into weeks and weeks into mont and years, yet the caso was buried mystery, and a terrible pall seemed have fallen over the inhabitants of the neighbor hood. In the meantime Hanlon, the murderer, wi coolly pursuing his accnpation as a barber ni door to the residence of the murdered girl’a moth and had he been content to have rested on what had already done he would, in all human probabillt have escaped in this world the reward due his de ish crime, \ ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT OUTRAGE. Passing along Twelfth street, near Oxford, ing afternoon about a year after the murder, he esple a number of school children playing 1n the school yard, He entered and in an authoritative mannel told the children to run home, as they bad no bi ness there after school hours. Then selecting on of the Ittie giris present he beckoned te ner and asked her if she would like t hear some music. She replied that sh would, He then ted her to the rear o the school house, and forced her tnto an outhouse, where he designed accomplishing his damnable pu pose. But ho was balked this time. A bright littl fellow, about eight years of age, suspecting that was not right, stole around to the rear of the build, ing, and, hearing a smothered scream issue from th inside, climbed up and looked over the door, an saw Hanton in the very act of perpetrating thé ou rage. Witha bravery beyond nis years he went the front of the house, pried open the door with his, “auimny” stick, and made such @ noise that Bap was forced to desist, and folowing him until h@ made a policeman arrest Hanlon and return to tha school, to find the litue girl nearly unconscious from her injuries, Hanlon was arrested, tried aud con< victed, aud sentenced to five years’ im; risonment, BUSPICION OF THE MURDER. It was while serving out this sentence that 61 picion was directed toward him as tbe murderer Mary Mohrman. Detectives Taggart and Smith tool tpe matter in hand to **work up,” and tried in evel conceivable manuer known to the detective mind “put up @ job? on Hanlon that would lead to his convicuon, but thelr schemes failed wotil a lucky thought struck Taggart. He conceived the idea of putting some other convict in the cei! with Hanton,} and, with prospective liberty as an inducement to work, have him find out trom Hanlon what he could ot 13 past ife. Convict No 2 musi know nothing whatever of the Mary Mohr- man muraer. With this understanding on@ Dunn, a convic ed burglar, was selec.ed from og 700 prisoners at Moyameusing, as the man to pumt Hanlon, ‘The reason that Dann was selected was, the knowledge of the prison authorities of Duan’a love for children. It was hoped that a fellow teol+ ing would induce Haulon to betray hunself, Duow was gccordingly logked uP Pos Hanlon, and iney soon becaine confidan in @ shoittime Hanlon 4 told Dunn the story that convicted him, The following is his contession to Daiih:— ie THE CONFESSION. ww Iam cooped here for nearly four years for tryin; to outrage a girl, If they knew everything I woul not have to stay here long—no, sir; they would giv, me a walk in the Lack yard—to tne gallows, don’t s’pose you heard tell of the Mary Mohrm: murder, did ye? Well, Lkilled her, Pil tell you bow. it was. You see I was out by my door one evening—~ 1 kept @ barber shop then—and along came litte Mary Mohrman;{ goes up to her and got her to ga’ into the alley that runs from the street to the bac! ard; when I got her there I outraged her; she fought like a little cuss, I tell you; Thad to choke, her; afterwards I kitied her, and iy the body coma in my cellar about eight o'clock; [ didn’t dare tak it out until alter every one had gone to sleep; it wi three o’clock in the morning when I took the body out; I took her up to Susquehaana avenue and sa on up to the vacant lot corner of Filth and Diamond} streets; when I was going up I saw a milkmaw standing near his shed; 1 jumped under and shed close by, and waited until he had gone; tien went on @ few steps farther and threw her in a poo! of water that had formed in one of th hollows in the lot, and there Ileft her. ‘There was & “loud” time the next morning, but I kept cooly and everything ran along smooth so far as 1 wi concerned. If I had ever thought there was an: danger I wouid’nt haye stayed in Philadelphia; no! much, 1 wonder if they have arrested any one yeu on saspicion?*? OTHER PACTS. ' This conversation was reporied to the detectives,; and, some other points coming up to corroborate it, Hanion was placed on trial; the rest is known ta your readers, It has since transpired that a litth girl living in the neighborhood saw Manion entici little Mary Monrman in the aticy, and whe the murder was discovered she said to he mother:— Mr. Hanlon done it, mother; I saw hi dees Mary into the alley.’ She was hushed up an¢ orbidden to ever mention the subject again, unde ain of aseyere flogging. Frightened nearly out of? her Wits by the threats of her parents, she nevery juded to the subject again, Her parents, who ar@ neighbors of the Hanlons, were feariul of gainin, the enmity of the Hanlon family if they allow their daughter to tell what she saw. Hanlou hag been mariied about three years. His wife is a beau~ tful young lish girl, and 1s nearly teart-brokew with the calamities that have overtaken her. Jt 13,! indeed, a fortunate circumstance that she hag no Children to inherit her husband's shame, ry BRUTALITY OF HANLON, Hanlon has figuved in tired more cases besides‘ thos@ cited above, and in each instance on children under zen years of age. As these cases were settled) in some manner, it 1s deemed best to give no partl« culars. The parents of the children are especially anxious that the detaus be kept from the papers, Sufice it that the details in each ot these cases ard quite as shocking as one could well iaagine, It ig doubtful whether the world could produce a more bestial man than Harton, the human satyr, as ne 13 called, TRYING TO SAVE HIM, His counsel recently moved for another trial, and Hanion was broughtinto court Saturday morning las to receive te Judge’sdecision. The presiding Judge yas absent, attending a sick son, and the hearing of the case was postponed null Saturday next, when he willbe again brought before the Court—in ail probability to receive a death sentence, for the pre valling opinion is that he will noc have another trial, the evidence in the last trial having convicwd hin. Whichever it may be the readers of tho HERALD Will be informed Sunday morulng next, JOURNALISTIC NOTES. The Roman Catholics contemplate estailishing a Cheap daily newspaper in Boston. The publishers of the Kitzabeth (N. J.) Herald have been offered $25,000 for their establisninent, A new paper, to be called Tne Gazeite, and repub- aes in politics, 1s soon to be published in Raleigh, ‘The Newburg Journal, under the management of Mr. Martin, is steadily udvauctng lu influence and euterprise, ©. ©. Deming, son of Hon. H. 0, Deming, of Hart- ford, Conn,, has been chosea one of tae editora of the Fale Lit, Willtam White, who for many years was connected With the Metmpins (Zenn.) journals, died in that city on the ud ist, Colonel S. D, Harris, who has been at the head of tho agricultural press of Ohio for the last twenty years, is to enter the stat! of the Rura New Yorker. The Matteawan Chronicle is the name of a new paper, the first number of which has just beem issued, at Matteawan, Dutchess county, N. Y. Mr. W. A. McKinney, recently of the Hartford Post, and formerly of the Norwich Bullewn, nag taken @ position on the editorial staif of the Chicagd Renublican.