The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1870, Page 11

COHINA. THE SITUATION AT TIEN-TSWN. x ‘Movements of the United States Squadron. weeny Action of the Bnglish and French Authorities. e Wilt Not Leave Ticn-taine ‘The States Squadroe--Deteriiuation Of Admiral ‘Kodgers—Expected Arrival of ies with the Chinese=The Inited States Minister Cnpopular, SHANGHAX, Oct. 12, 18" Contrary ott expectations there ig now # falr prospect that tt will not become necessary for fof residents at Tien-tsin to abandon that pert for eusuing winter, Adouural Rodgers and his feos ve arrived, and, happily, ho comes unhampered by instructions like those which of late havo fe} fered the action of British naval authorities, For- ers Will not be expelled from, nor massacres place at, any port where one of his feet may be stauloned, But the continued occupation of ‘Ten-tsin by foreigners is assuredgby the action of the British government, which has decided on sup. Porting the French in demanding the pupistinent of the mandarius who tnstigated tho massacre of dune last. In conseqnence of this decision a body of troops are looked for from Inala at Tientsin before the river becomes blockaded by ee, aud mercantile em tablishments will not be broken up, bat women and children will be sent to this port and’Chefoo pend- Ing the occupation of the former port by British soldiers. No foreign force that could be sent to Ten- tsin this season would be able to withstand the overwhelming numbers that could be arrayed against them by the Chinese, & large portion of whom have been drilled by English ofticers, ‘Treaties with the Chinese, as with the Apaches, are of no value unless backed bya display of force. Of this the British government has, greatly agatust its will, become cenvinced. If our Legation at Pekin bas not erred tn its despatches to the State Department, our government certainly co-operate with that of the British in espousing the French ¢ aUse. That the Chinese government will accede to the deman dg of the French, vow. that England has en- Gorsed them, seems probapie.from its readiness to conciliate the United States, ‘This has been shown by the Invitation which the mandarins at Tungchau have been compeiled to extend to the American Dyeaiomanics whom they virtually expelled from that rt Of late the country has been quiet as regards for- elguers, and native Christians have suffered no se- rious molestation, A Roman Catholic mission es- tablishment near the Poyang Lake and a Proiestan chapel near Canton have, however, been demolishe by males, from which missionary societies may learn that the “Shining Cross” which the Burlingame Mission described as being welcome ts destined to encounter a stout resistance ere it can be plauted in the land of Canfuctus. Governor Seward Is expected to arrive Inn few Gaya from Japan. We are et to welcome he veteran ahd patriotic statesmen by a banquet, fe will provabiy vielt Pekin and smoke a pipe with [os aUe pha an ert yak with t! p roune mperor it Were sheer proianit! prop yet; i ited tthe anal! pi until the Chinese are compelled to ylek ") ehce question we must be content to be regarde official My at least, as “barvarians.”’ Americans tu China are not hard to please, They are always satisfied with the officers sent to this country as their representatives of the republic, unless there are evident signs of unfitness for the proper discharge of their duties. Unfortunately, at the present crisis, we have in the ex-Governor 0} California a geutierman who has been here just long enough to demonstrate lis utter unfimeas as Amert- can Minister to China, Disatfection towards Mr. Lowe is @ntversal from his stlence and tnactivity in the matter of the Tien- tsin massacre. The Shaughae News Letter, the American organ, expresses the general sentiment in saying: We have no right, perhaps, to expect thatthe American Minister to China should have either ability or experience, but we have a right to expect that he will not be ulity Of gross DELI gence and wanton disregard of duty." hen our Minis ter shoul! have been at Tien-tsin, studying for him. Self the circumstances Which led to the destruction ol American property, the danger of assassination to which our countrymen were exposed and tie extermination of inuocent and worthy French citizens, ne was enjoying himself at tue Hills, ‘The least he should have done was te bave ordered the available ships of the Ashitic squadron to the scene of destruction without delay, That he fatied to do so was) = not wholl his fault, On his aravat in China he found an American Consul at Tientsin whom he was bound to consider trustworthy, but that gevtioman waa au tnselvent English merchant, and an employe of tie et government, and gave such a version of sacre as to qnisiead the Minister, That this was the case we have a right to assume, Inasmact as in bis communications to the newspapers be pailiated, Almost justified, the murder of the Sisters of Mercy, and lampooned the persecuted American mission- aries, Coniiding in such consuler misrepresenta- tions the Minister allowed himsel! to become a mere cipher at Pekin, aud a cipher he will no doubt re- main to the end of the chapter. Mr. Lowe is the only foreign representative at Pekin who did not re- pair to Tien-tsin to make personal iuvestigation into the causes and character of the atiempt that was made to exterminate the entire foreign community which were exasperating the people to madness, and yet allowed the excitement to continue until 7 ‘culminated in a Bartholomew's day; who was present when the French Consal was gain; who witnessed the indescribable sufferings of the Sister and who suffered the slaying and burning to ») without summoning constable or so)de! yr omeed the raing | ‘The selection of such aman Ambassador to France ig wholly inéxplicabl and the moro dilicuit to comprehend as th rench Chargé d@’Afaires informs us it ve at bi uest that that appotpiment was made. Ser to add What yesterday, on his arrival, he was radely assaulted by foreigners here; his appearance at an earlier date Would Dave 00m) hia life, 80 stron} is the feeling against hi hanghae has not a vel ood name abroad, and this occurrence ts likely jo us great disoredit, Certainly the Armbassado) must haye felt we at are barbarians, Th French Qhargé dA writes in reference to the action of the government that ho “neither approves programme,” roves of this witch. however, my arried Into ellect, and, pending the Issue o Chinese mission to Francs, not prejudge the foal action of his govy SAVo can t discover W! vant ao France by this of venue trot m1 Pars be us ib id ay tl seit. 0} le . be 0 fs a “¢ ar Some of the pings 2 = ef ide ay 7 different, No doubt 2 mangan wrote 08 mach to ave panautn ogtbre i 08 They on that punishment of some Nf Ww; bat tho pepulace have yet ¢ foreign. ers cannot bo bie gare naw i AF ‘as thus ‘we have Uttle fe The “Amertean ad, tol pf Rous have endured much ob! suplnen Fouche the J strty ir, but th Pesca r'e- native resiiiles tha: ¢ heads of the ons loyally ¢o-operated With him in ali his attempts to obtain redrens, ‘rhe chapel of the American Mission is being re- built fi the expense the Chineso gexsramens, and i lems Wht deen ec ni ae Pon de- stroyed in the riot, will soon sLOTOd, THO ro. Crection of the Catholte eatral ‘Will bo delayed uuttl the French gover 1 The poor native Christians who werd -slain or plundered because of thelr connection with foreign ers are not thought of tn these proceedings of Ohinese authorities, They were Chinese, and the overnment holds that 1t may do what it lista with ls owa. By our last advices frem the North, we learn that Mr. Seward aad party le(t Tien-tsin en rowie for Pekin on tne 27th ult. The presence of se large & party, and especially the music discoursed by the Caiorodas band, quite enlivened that quiet little lace. hey Will be recelyed at the Russian Lega- jon, @ accommodations of the American Legation being far beneath the require- Ments of the occasion. Balls and rumors of pallg are on the tapis at Pekin, ‘which for a few weeks will be very Bays but all who do uot mean to hybernato at the capital must soon quit it lo evade the Ice blockade, which will quickiy set lp. Among the amusements in which we at Shanghae inane are rowing and ling. ne yearly regatta ef the rowing club took place & few days and, as usual, there was a good deal of rivaury tween American and English rowers. Al- though on four previous occasions Americans were victors three times, our English friends undertook to dispute our aquatic supremacy, but again the Americans came in ahead, Then Jotlewed our faces, in Which Englishmen excel. We have also athletic sports, in some of which John Chinaman at that port, The Action of the French Authorities fn China—Execution of the Muarderers—Dee parture of an Ambassador to Hrance—Dis Antecedents—Kebuilding of the American Chapel~Movements of iii. Seward— Amusce ments at Shavghac, SHANGHAE, Nov. 13, 1570, The communications from the HeraLp’s “Own” in Europe must be of such absorbing interest that @ correspondent in Cnina can hardly hope for a hear- ing. Perliaps, however, the fact that the fall of imperialism In France has moulled and directed the course of Chinese history may sccure for us a degree of consideration by persons materially affected by the result of the Franco-Prussian con- flict. The mission of imperial France in China was re- ligious propagandism. Republican France, on the other hand, is likely to regard the Chinese question Srom a purely political standpoint, and thus it has come to pass that the revolution which we In China thought would be effected by France in avenging the Tien-tsin massacre 1s postponed sine die. Prince Kung, the Chinese Secretary of State, and M. Rocheouart, French Chargé d’Aifatres, aware of the changes which Von Molike’s strategy have ef- focted in France, have negotiated accordingly, and according to present prospects tle Tein-tsin wagedy will lead to no great disaster to China. Meney will be the basis of the amicable arrangement that 1s now proposed, A public circular addressed by M. Recheouart to the French consuls in China gives us accurate and recent ilormaticn respecting the ac- tion of the Pekin government in relation to the massacre of the French community at Tein-tsin, We there see what the Chinese will_notdo and what they have done te expiate that oifence, They Will not behead the three officials who are mainly responsible for that ghastly outrage. One of these guilty nen, the most culpable of the trio, is fatly exonerated from blame, muol to the chagrin of the foreigners at Tein tsin, who have po doubt of his having plotted the assassination. The other two have been degraded and banished to the Amour— Chinese Siberia, Itmay be well Aouvted if even that mild punishment will be carried out. Life for life being a fanda mental maxim of the criminal code, twenty heads have been taken off that France may see that China can act on the square On an emergency. Some of the men thus executed Were, no doubt, realy guilty of murderug Frenchmen, but the majouty were evidently paid to porsonate the assassins. [tis none of the foreigner's buoiness, argue the Chinese, Whom we behoad if we give lile for life. Thirty t is somet mes suiicient to procure @ substitute for a conlemned criminal, Five hundred was the liberal amount which was awarded by the government to each ef the twenty men who Were beheaded to appease the wrath of Fran Resides tis, they were treated as patriots Who were immortalizing themselves for the public weal. Their ral heads were carefully sewed to thelr shoulders; Urey had an honorary interment, and are jikely to have a temple erected to them, in witch they wil ive divine honor pour encourager les amitics! mM the next piace the sum of 269,000 taels is as an Indenmity for the lives lost and 210,000 taeis compensation for property destroyed, Fiiall dor has been despatehed to France, whose prinetpat duty will be to show that the beheading of the inculpated mandarins would cause great embar. tc rassment io China, ‘This reads we when one learns that Chung-low ! 1 earge Chung. my nated to Une mission one is astounded. the How! overnor civil amd mutta at the time of the massac t by the Kugt Consul th duterent times to correct the Musrepresentatl offered | | shot, was & native of Ro Juuily, and but Little was Kiowa of his Listory. bears off the palm—fer instance, % racing with Fusions. Mei rag rng ee he hacks of is settlement, the streets being thronged with hem, having one, two or three passengers on tl in racing our sailors gre allowed to take # ride, and itis tergreri te see how often the wheelbarrows capsize, spilling the tars and placing thelr carriers in the rear. JAPA! [From the Japanese Gazette, Nov. 24.) The government ts continuing its efforts at consoli- dation; and, notwithstanding doubts expressed in Many quarters, we believe successfully, The affairs in which foreigners are more particularly interested are all progressing apace. The railway works are beginning to make quite a show at several points between Jeddo and Yokohama, and we are tn- formed that the Engtueer-in-Chief has been in- structed by the goverament to proceed with the preparatory surveys of the more extended line, At Osaka the Mint is nearly completed, and i$ @ remarkably handsome and solid freestone butlding—the first of its class ever built m Japan. The machinery will soon be in complete working order, but it is hazardous to say when it will commence work. The lighthouses are betn; pushed forward with all tho speed possible, and they are of a quality as to construction and lights that would do credit to any country. Altogether there will be etghteen lights ‘on the Japanese coast, two being ligntships. Three of the lighthouses a under the superintendence of a French engineer, M. Verny, chiet a the arsenal at Yokoska; the re- mainder under Ment of Japan by her Britannic Majesty’s govern- ment for this particular work, but who, since his arrival in Japan, has done the commuuity and gov- ernment gocd service in @ variety of ways in which his engineering skill could be useful. [t is under his advice and supervisien that the settlement of Yokohama is being drained and the streets made, He has also presented'a scheme for lighting the set- uement, which the government have professed themselves willing to carry out 60 far as the provision of lamp posts 13 concerned; but the tardiness with wiich the community bpm cde the means of raising funds for the illumination delays cis most desirable and really neces. sary work. There are fears on the part of many, and we confess that they are apparently weil founded, that the issue of an unlimited quantity of kinsats (paper money), while it enables the govern+ ment to show agreat amount of spirit outwardiy, mast be acting Injuriously on the fuancial prospects of the empire; for it is generally understood that neither themselves nor any other persons have an exact Knowledge as to the quantity issued, and the Worst consequences might be apprehended if the public jost confidence in thetr ruler and his minis- t At present the people of Jeddo and Ygkohama like paper just a3 Well as silver mone A FULL-SLOODED BORDER RUFFIN. Wholesale Murder In Wyoming Territory— Martin L, Eastwood, of Rochester, N. Yiy One of the Victims. {From the Cheyenne ora Territory) Tribune, Dec, 1 Mr, Wililam Parks, tu partnershtp with Mr, Ed- ward Creighton, of Omaha, purchased last fali mone 3,600 head of stock cattle at Schuyler, Neb., and, bringmg them by way of Pine Biutl, reached Horsé Creek on the dth of November. Here he had built a large corral and comfortable cabin, and intended to establish himself in the stock bustuess, and was making arrangements to return to Omaha to spend the approaching holidays, He had with him eleven mie! consisting of one fore. man, Jolin Brackpoo!, one cook and nine herdsmen. Among the lacter was the murderer, Herbert Filmore Nourse. On Tuesday morn- ing, the day the murders were committed, the foreman directed six of the herdsmen, Nourse among them, to take their ponies and look after tho cattle as usual, Nourse complained of not feeling well and was left in camp, the foreman taking his place. ‘The remaining three herdsmen were «il recied to dig @ weil bear the cabin, During te moruing Nourse occupied his bunk most of the time, taking the opportunity,-when all were out, to secure all the gans and pisiols in the cabin, which he secreted in his bunk. He had thus secured five revolvers and two Henry rifles, About eleven o’clock in the foreno@n Mr. Parka, Nourse and three of the other men were in the cabin. Nourse had been talking of a setilement, had made his own statements, which Mr. Parks sakl were cor- rec after which’ he went to his bank and Parks turmed to the table, where he was writing with his back towards Nourse, who then levelled a revolver without being seen, and shot Pa through the head. He died msiantiy, The other men seeing what had been done, one of them, Seym: Kobb, sprang for lis revolver and found it gone, at whic Nourse fired at hin and mmissed him, Another man, H. F, Tilley, not com. prehending the state of affairs, attempted to assist Mr. Parks, who had fallen to the Noor, when Nourse snapped @ revolver at him, not five feet from his head. The three men finding their position rather critical, being without arms, beat a hasty retreat out of the house, closely foilowed by Nourse, who fired at iilley immediately after reacaing the door. ‘Tuley saved his life this time by dodging behind a cart that stood near by. which eived the ball The two men that were working in the well, hearmg the firing, came out and svarted for the house, Nourse dred at tne one in advance, Audrew Mattice, the ball taking effect in the left breast above the heart, and coming out below the shoulder biace. Muattice and his companion, Marin Lee Eastwood, then turned to run, when’ Nourse tred at Eastwood, striking him in the small of the back, inflicting a wound that proved fatal In avout four hours, Nourse then went into the house, and alter some thine i miraculously escaped, having been shot at once aad snapped at once, with retion, entered the house wh @ seemed to be en- gaged In examiaing Mr. Parks’ pockets. Nourse arose from behiod the corpse and snapped a re- volver at Tilley, and followed him out of the house, He succeeded in eluding Nourse by closing the door aiter lim, Turning quickly round the corner of the house, Nourse witi two revolvers started fp tie k In the direction the other men W nown to One of the men followed tim, and wien some four miles away from the house, Nourse met oné OF the herdsmen, Atlas Parsoas, and fired at him. Parsous ig ob horseback Custly made his escape, Nourse returned to the house a‘ter several hours, during ch time the foreman, Mr. brackpool, had returned, As Nourse Approa the house Brackpool presented a carbine, and. would have shot him, but he threw up his hands and beg- ged for his life, saying (hat he was guilty and that he had no pistols, The men took him tito the house, Jed and watched him until tue Sherif arrived and ook hin Into custody. . Mr, Willtam Parks was a bachelor, about thirty- tive of Indiana, Martin Lee out four hours alter he was nester, N. Y. He had no ir, Brunton, engaged for the govern-" shiek county, lowa—Wiillam and Cyrus tivel, nection with the democratic nomination for Gov- Spi i 1 elapsed, Tiley, who had already | of Columbia Fails, Washington county, Me. been appoliied a justice of Wie peace and quorum. Mr anc connection With her husband, F, UC. Nash, fsy., of | v Andrew Mattice, a youth nineteen years old, was shot turough tho chest, taflictng a very dangerous and patnful wound, but bids fair to recover, He 13 from Montgomery county, lowa, where his parents The Rochester Democrat says:—The Martin Lee Fastwood, alluded to tn the above, is the same per- gon who mnurdered a drover named Brairton, nearly fourteen years ago, near Deep Hollow. If we remem- rightly, he struck Brairton on the head with a ¢lud, and he died shortly afterwards from the injuri he received. Eastws ‘was arrested and had tw different trials for murder, but was convicted of manslanghter, On his first conviction his counsel, i. Hovey, demanded a new trial, on the ground that one of the Jurymen left the juryroom for th urpose Of taking a drink, The ‘second trial wa: ranted and he was ay gonriaied of mansiaughe or. He was sentenced to Awburn State Prison fer ie term of seven years. After serving out his term 1 returned to this city and then went West, POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE, Tho Next Presidency—The Northwest on Hoffman. The Columbus (Ohio) Statesman, organ of the de- mooracy of the Northwest, gives the followtng tn is loading editorial columns without comment: The Loutsvilie Courier-Journal, in comment On thé article in the New York Leader in regard the “next dency,” says:—-“lf the disavowal President apiralong. lo by fue friends Governor Hoifman in behalf, 18 official, we mi ‘dit asan act ef wisdom, vernor Hofrmal sound Aman to risk & doubtfl scramble for democratls nomination, and it should be his care to keep ont ef the way until he can see a sure thin; in the White House. Tammany {8 not strong it is thought to be. It has i aH 6 to seem Stronger than it ls by the radicals, whe think it is unpopular, and, therefore, wisn to place tf in the ag- cendant asa democratic element. Their intrigue has been obvious all along; but, nevertheless, it will be pradent for Governor Hoffman to bold of fora while yet."’ Herschel V. Johnvon for Vice President. Referring to the suggestion that ex-Governor Her- schel V. Johnson, of Georgia, be placed on the demo- cratic ticket for Vice President, the Augusta Chro- niet of the 24th inst. says: —~ We believe that Governor Johnson would give strength to the ticket in the West, where he 1s most, favorably known asa warm frieud and admirer of Mr. Dougias. The friends of the latter who were drawn into the repubtican party by the force of the war current which swept over thé West in 1861-62 would be glad to havea bridge over which they could quietly and honorably return to the old fold, ‘The name of Governor Johuson on the democrat ticket for Vice President would enable thousan of the Douglas war democrats to renew thelr allegiance to their old party without a sacri- of feeling. They know that Governor Johnson opposed, with the whole weight of his powerful intellect and personal jnfuence, the unfor- tunate split at Charieston, and that he sacrificed himself in accepting the second place on the Doage las ticket In 1861. Tuey also know that he strenu- ously opposed the secession movement in the South, and, a8 & member of the Georgia State Convention, was active and zealons in bis efforts to prevent thé passage of the secession ordinance. ‘The nae of Governor Johnson, it 18 hardly neces- sary to add, will give universal satisfaction to all the Southern States, Indeed, his candidacy would arouse and stimulate an enthusiasm among our people which has not been witnessed since the memorable canvass of Polk and Clay in 1844. He is the choice of the entire South, and, we believe, will be entirely acceptable to the democracy of the Mid- die aud Eastern States, What a Republican Organ Wants to Know. {From the New Orleans Republican, Dec. 23.) SHALL WE HOLD OUR OWN? Governor Hoffman, of New York, is run by Jim Fisk, Boss Tweed and Alderman Sweeny. This trio coutrols Tammany Hall, of which Tweed ts the sachem and Fisk the factotum, and Tammany Hall controls New York, The South will be imvited to invest this noble band of New York democrats witi the fall control of the United States government al the next election, and after that we shall be fed on romises and theories, while the drift of all national legislation will be to assist Tammany and Its schemes, ‘The pool is almost made up, and the game only waits for the South to put herself in opposition to the West, with which she is Identified in interest, when the result will be announced as a grand nationa} demand for Hoifman. CUSTOM HOUSE POLITICS. Gossip of the Rotundu—A Clerk Comments on Cabinet Chauges—Murphy Master of the Situation In New York. Of all the federal offices In this city the Custom House possesses the greatest attractions for impe- cunious republicans. Itis the alpha aud omega er local republican endeavor, the bright and shining light that Mlumines the path of those who step to the “music of the Union” party and those who march with them in the campaign against the metropolitan powers that be. It is the focus of hope for the polt- tically destitute, the city of refuge for the disap. pointed of the party, who at present control it, Cabinets may split into fragments; the policy of the President may appear inscrutable; but while a friend of the administration holds the position of Collector THE DARK CORRIDORS OF THE CUSTOM HOUSE will surely be blocked by the friends and a/lherents of rival factions, Cognizant of these facts, which, by the way, hold good with reference to all other federal offices, a HERALD reporter yesterday visited the Custom House for the pwrpose of interrogating Collector Murphy on certain matiers, The Coliector was not to be seen, but certain of his subordinates were found to be ready and willing to disclose their views on men and measures. It is due to them, hewever, to state that they were not aware that thelr opinions would be given to the public. Entering by a side door the reporter bowed him- self into the good graces of several officials, and being well Known was introduced to & number of expectant oilice-holders, friends and supporters of the rival Senators, Alter some few remarks on the condition of the thermometer, fully agreed to by the waiting poltticians, the conversation turned on tae disruption of the republican party, as indicated ta late Washington despatches. The young, confldent, shock-headed and somewhat perverse radical oillce. holder who was forthe time betng the reporter's own particular meat, declined to say in what man- ner he would upset the pretensions of the leading men of the country, and waxed wildly abusive and gently sarcastic in response to mcekest quesilons, Being closely tnterrogated, however, he said tnat it was the opinion of his party (Twenty-third street and Twenty-second street) and his own opinioa also, that everything was all 0. K. The pet schemes of the NEW YORK TRIBULATION were sure to come to grief; its waiis in polities, Its howls for protection, its rank abuse In superfluous adjectives of everyvoly not long haired; tis con- demnation of everything not foul, strange or un- natural, had disgusted the entire party, he sald, and it could not now influence anyboay in Washington orhere to regard its mandates. The Tribulation, said that fine specimen of radicalism, 1s powerless here, and {ts suggestions are the burden of all the sarcastic Wit heard within these halls, There is no news whatever here. Wo are all hard at work doing our busi- neas, the Collector is respected by every one with whom he 18 brought in contact through business re- lations, and, relieved from the impertinent inter- ference of professional politicians | think we can get on very weil. “Now look here,” said this aupurn-haired ofice-holder, as the reporter, con- sctous that he had gained no tnformation, and that there was NO NEWS to glean, was moving towards the door, “Fenton and Oonkling may fight, and local republican leaders worry about the Custom ffouse, but us long as Grant is President and Murphy is Coliector the machinery of the customs 13 bowid to ran smoothly, and the revenue is sure to be collected,” PERSONAL NOTES. General Burnside is In Boston. Two heroes of the war of 1812 rest¢ 2 In Winne- 1th. J, J. Wright, colored, has been re-elected Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, During the three years of Mayor Shurtietl’s ad- ministration in Boston lie has never been absent trom the city except on oficial business, Hon, Oscar Turner, of Paducah, Ky., has posi- declined to allow his name to be used in © ernor. Mayor Aguilar, of Los Angeles, California, Isa niard, and does not speak ov write the English wuage. He sends iis messages to the Common Council in Spanish, aad bas tem read by an inter- preter. The Rev. William A. Drow is the olitest clergyman in Augusta, having been in the ministry fifty years, and the oldest editor in Maine, having occupted tic chuir editorial thirty-two ye It is reported that the Rey. J. A, M. Chapman will | Next spring exchange i in Brooklyn, and that tl torate ‘for oue Rey. Alired Coopman, of Witiington, Del, will succeed him tn Grace Chiw ‘the Machias Republican says Mrs. Clara HH, his Boston Nash has been studying law for some time, report says she is intending to practice In that place. ‘The Rev. Mr. Strong, who was seriously injured, with Rey, Mr. Stone, at Hartford, on Friday evening last, and was reported to have died of fis injuri the same night, we are most hippy tobe able to re- | ” The report | t port, to-day, “hopetully convalescen was current on Kriday night In Hartford that Mre Strong was dead, and was believed because It came directiy from the Asylam, where he was. Butit seems that it was the effects ot chloroform, which re mistaken for death, and that the ason to hope that he way enurely reeoy THE JOHNSON HOMICIDE. RRNA nnnnnnne The Fatal Negro Affray in Broome Street on the Day of the Farragut Obsequies, Testimony for the Prosecution—Statement of the Alleged Murderer-—Sammlag Up of Counsel and Verdict. Thomas Sentenced to be Hanged on the 1th of February Next. The trial of John Thomas, aconsed of tlie murder of Walter Johnson on the 30th of September last, was commenced yesterday morning in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Judge Cardozo sitting on the bench, ‘There was only @ slim attendance in the court room, and very many of those colored people, drawo there through special interest 1m the trial, both the murdered man and tho alleged murdefer being colored men, The prisoner, a stalwart mulatto, with low forehead and beetle brows, and yet a general ex- pression not altogether displeasing, was seated by Mr. John A, Goodlet, bis counsel, RMPANNELLING A JURY. Nearly an hour and a half was consumed in em- panelling a jury, The following were the jurors finally selected:—Henry Araen, Stephen Bogart, William Alexander Smith, Henry Queripel, Jr., Heratio D, Van Syckle, Morris Brainard, Titus M. Lent, George W. Walker, James Bryce, Jr, Henry V. Ryder, Horace Doty aud Alphorso J. Lafarge. ‘The jurors were all white men, . OPENING FOR THE PROSECUTION. Mr. Garvin, the District Attorney, in his usual clear and gomprehensive manner, gave the jury a succinct statement of the facts of the killing, He insisted the killing was @ clear case of deliberate and unprovoked murder, an d believed that the evi- dence would fully suscalu the indictment, Next followed hearing the . TESTIMONY IN TIE CASH. Harrison Haisey was the first witness called, and, being duly sworn, testifled as follows:—I reside , a! No, 61 Watts strece; I was at work on the day ot t killing of Walter Johnson; the deceased caught me around the neck and said, “I am going to kill Tho- mas and then blew my _ braind I told him hoe better go home; this had was about six ae in the evening; I Went into a barber shop, and while there heard @ Pistol shot; 1 went out into the street, but did not gee Who fired the pistol; the deceased was & cook; this was on the night of the 30th of September last. Cross-examination—W hen the prisoner told me he was going to kill Johnson I told him he ha@ Lesreat ig home; the prisoner was in a passion; he did not tel me what put him in a passion; | cannot tell whether he was drunk; Lhave known the prisoner fifteen years; [ have never had any diMiculty with him and have no unfriendly feelings toward hii; I never heard of his being # great fighter or kicker; the de- ceased was about six feet tall; 1 am not sure whether saw Walter Johnson that day; | had drunk nothing that day; 1 did not see the prisoner before six o’ciock iu the evening, as far as lremember; this iy all lL know of this matler; asked the hipomnes why ne was going to kill the deceased, and be would not tell me; we talked about five minutes; the prisoner was cry- ing, bat dia not halloo; I had always thought pina mild-tempered man; Thad never known him to be in a quarrel. TESTIMONY OF NELSON CRAWFORD. Nelson Crawiord, sworn—I was acquainted with the deceased, but only knew the prisoner by sight; between eight and nine o'clock oa the evening of the goth of tember, ag | was passing the corner of Broome and Thompsen streets, | heagd the ptsoner using very threatening language; he satd to the de- ceased, “You followed me all last night, tor you meao to murder me,” afterwards the deceased said, “1 will fight you if you want to; two or three min- utes afterwards I heard the report of a pistol, and then saw Johnson ying on his back; I saw no pistol in the prisoner's hands; he died in less than tive minutes; blood came from his breast, and, L think, from his mouth, Cross-examination—My attention was first called to the parties in Brome street; I heard tie threaten. ing language; I was direct; oe posite them, across the street; the prisoner said, *¢ wd that you fol- lowed me all night witha knife;” tuis threatening language I know was uttered by’ the prisoner; the deceased sail, “If you want to ight me do so, hut take your band: ket; 1 told aman named Church B said, “I will pay for a room if you will fight me, bu iy ut you must take your hands out of your pocket; I had known ‘the deceased about six years, and the prisoner about a year; was not intimate with the deceased; I have no unfriendly feelings towards the prisoner; [ noticed that the pris- pocket; L know Church was acquainted with the deceased; the prisoner was not oner had one hand in his crying; I never heard of the decease1 kicking men's hats off their heads for wagers; [ did not Mins the deceased tell the prisoner he would ghvot m. John Church, sworn—On the evening of the killing of Johnson I was in Lynch's liquor store and heard the prisoner and deceased talking in a loud voice; Johnson satd to Thomas, Take your hands out of your pocket; I am willing to fight you, only keep your hands out of your pocket; the previous wit- ness asked me to take Johnson away; very soon the prisoner stepped back Segeral feet, and, drawing a pistol, shot the deceased? 1 saw him draw the pistol, saw the flash, heard the report and saw the deceased fail; a litle while after this the prisoner wag ar- rested. Croas-examination—This was on the evening of the day of the Farragut procession; I first met the deceased in the morning; we took two drinks to- gether and then separated; I made noarrangemenis to meet him that might; I cannot say that either the prisoner or deceased was under the influence of liquor; I was an acquaintance of the deceased, and hothing more; the shooting was Opposite tu saloon No, 511 Broome strect; T did net see the ceased make any motion to strike the prisoner, TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BE. BURYON. Wm. E. Burion, sworn—I knew the decea also know the prisoner; I have been the shipn both of them; about half-past eight o'clock on the evening of September 30 1 was in_ Lynch's liquor saloon, corner of Broome and Thompson street; the prisoner came In and asked it I had seen Walter Jonason; he sald ne had been looking for him; {told him | had been with Waiter seeing the ession, and left him up town, in the Twentieth atl wa he did not appear to be particularily ex 3 I went away about half an hour, and when I came back fue prisoner and tne deceased were having an altercation tn the street; soon tue prisoner drew a pistol and shot the deceased; after firing the pistol the prisoner ran of in the direction of Laureus street; Johnson did not speak after he a litle from the mouth; I did not see ©. Cross-exanined—I was avout cight lees away when tie firing took piace; | do not Kuow what the trouble between them was, MIS THOMPSON'S TESTIMONY, Grace Ann Thompson, swo) I slightly knew the pceased; On the night in question [ saw the « ceased and the prisoner taikiog loudly at one another at the cor of Broome and Thoinpson streets; John. son said “You Know about the umbrella,” Thomas sad, “You have got my umbreil; Jolson said, “We will settle it now; Thomas said, “L hear you have been folowing me all nigh pretty soon Thomas fired and Johason fell; 1 saw nothing in Johnson’s hands, Edward Harnett s,worn—I am a member of the police force; I arrested the prisoner on the night of the homicide: as f laid my hand oo his shoulder he flung a pistol away; I gave him incharge of ollicer Corneil and weit tn search of the pistol, which 1 found; I faentify the pistol produced the one; I pat two marks are still loaded and three have’ been discha: I took the prisoner te the station house and turned bim over to Captain Mc- Dermott; Sergeant Matoney searched him. Cross. d—A coloced man called my atten- tion to the shootlag; | found the pistol ina vacant building, Where the prisouer threw it. CAPTAIN M' DERMOT? 8 TESTIMONY. Captain McDermott, swora—I told the prisoner this shooting Was an unfortunate affair for iii; he sailit was not unfortunate for him, he had one; this was the evening of his arrest; next morning he told me he did shoot the accused, but did it in se’f- defen: T asked him if the deceased assauited him, and he sald “No, but he expected be would,”? Dr. Wiiltam Shine, sworn—l_ made a post-mortem examination of the deceased; the ball pas through the heart and lodged in’ the spinal colum @ very sight thing will defect the course of ie t © prosecution here rested. STATEMENT OF THE John Thomas, tue prisoner, s¥ was born in Hayti; Ihave lived ia New York about twenty-five rs; I followed the sea for a living, acting In the pacity of cook; after the procession 1 went to 2 a ftiend, and then, coming up Broome street, [ met Hulsey; 1 told Halsey that 1 did not like to be and cuffed about by Johnson; J then went into Lynci’s and there met Burton, and had about the saime conversation with him; after tiis I met an old shipmate up the street, and alter taiking with hin a while wentdown to opposite Lynch’s and there met Johnson; said Johiison to me, “1 have been told you ha on looking for me all day; 1 said, Ysalies” ne put both his hands into his pockets and said, “VIL shoot you and give you a d—d licking any way,” and theo struck at me; I dodged the blow and jamped way from him; Johuson then made & move tora yea pistol, as f thought, andl drew a pistol with my left Hand and shot him; IT had no intention of Kiling him; I had been last employed on the yacht Silvia; I fave a wile and farnily, a8-examined by the Districts Attorney—After I fired the shot I did not see him fail, but ran away; 1 vas excited and threw the pistol yay, aud directly r Was arrested by & policeman was under at excitement when I made my statement before ‘oner; I have long been in the ba ft carr #8 pistel; Johnsen did not strike me, only at iv e cid not kick me. SUMMING UP. atement of the prisoner the de- ase, aud thereupon the prisoner's With the above fence rested their NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. counsel proceeded to sum up. His strongess mut was that the isoner thought lis fe in jeopardy, and in a boa of fear and” excitement shot the unfortunat deceased. He urged that there was no intent to kil, and in the absence of such intent that a mur- der, as defined by the law, had not been committ He defined murder, and then insisted that the pre- sent Kuling was either justifiable nomiclae, murde: 2 ae second degree or manslaughter tn the thir degree, ‘his closed the case for the prosecution, THE CHARGE AND VERDICT. Judge Cardoza very briefly charged the jary, who, Without leaving theit seats, found a verdict of guilty and the Court, warning the prisoner that he had been justly tried, that his counsel had done theip duty by hitn, and to throw away all hope of reprieve, ee him to be hanged on the 17tu of February HANLON, THE MURDERER. The Day Fixed for His Execution. fon the Philadelphia Ledger, Dec. 28.) On Monday Sheri Leeds received from Governor Geary the death warrant which fxes the date of John Hanlon’s execution. The warrant is dated December 24, aud, after reciting the conviction, &e., itdeclares:— “Now, therefore, this is to authorize and require you, the said William R, Leeds, High sheriff of the city and county of Philadelputa, as aforesaid, cause the sentence of the Court of Oyer and Tel ner and G: mera J it Delivery’ 0 be exeoutea i] John lon, alias Charles Hanton, alias Charles #, Barris, between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon, Wednesday, tho 1st day of Febrnary, A. D, one thous sand elght hundred and seventy-one, in the manner directed by the seventy-sixth section of the act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth, ap- proved the thirty-first day of March, A. D, one thou- sand eight huadred and sixty, entitled “An act to consolidate, revise and amend (he penal laws of this Qommonwealth,' relating to penal proceedings and Pleading, and for so dotng this shall be your suil- nelet warrant,” Yesterday morning about eleven o'clock the Shertt, ompanied by Mr. Gilpin, his counsel, and Mr. P. Carroll, one of the counsel for Hanlon, visited Moyamensting Prison, for the purpose of reading the warrant to the condemned. Since lis sentence Hanlon has occupied the cell which was assigned to Probst, Winnemore and Willlams, bat in re- sponse to lis earnest request’ the trons which were at first placed on him have been removed and hjs imbs are free. THis relatives and friends are allowed to see and converse with him, but are not permitted to enter the cell, all communications being through the small latticed window iu the cell door and in the presence of & keeper. . The fate of Berger and Twitchell has made the prison authorities unusually cautious, and this will expla n the complaints made by Hanlon in his inter- view with the Sheriff and Mr. Perkins and others yesterday. When the ShertiY and those who accompanied him entered Hanion’s cell the prisoner was standing by a small table upon which a crucifix wag placed, He was apparently indifferent to thé Interruption, although evidently aware of tts pur- pose, and the only indication of emotion was the more rapid mastication of the tobacco he held in his mouth and the frequent ejection of the saliva. Ho greeted his visitors quietly, and then listened ag Sherif Leeds read the warrant, no emotion betng pe ceptible in Hanlon, although the Sheriil’s voice rembied, and all who were present as spectators were visibly affected. The same stolid look of uncon. cern noticeable during the trial was still observable, and the utter callousness of one standing so bear the edge of the grave produced a greater eect upon all who Were in the cell than if there had been an exhibition of dread at the approaching doem., The reading of the warrant was followed by a profound silence, no one caring to speak, and ail Watching the immovable features of Haulou as le stood before the as Mr. Gilpin was the frst to speak. He sald, “John, that is the death warrant of Governor Geary, fixing the date of your execution.”? “Yes, said Hanlon, quietly; “that’s the ist of February.” Sherif Leeds remarked, after a pause, “That is Ume enough, isn’t itt’? Hanion—Why, that's less than thirty days. Sherif Leeds—That’s tive weeks, or a little less, Hanlon—Why, I understood they always allowed thirty days after a man nas been — The sentence Was not completed, Sherif Leeds—Do you have all that you desire? Hanlon—Oh, yes, 1 have no cause jor complain’ but ne re that I should see my wife more fre quenuy. Mr. Perkins remarked that Hanlon’s wife was allowed to see bt ‘y ten days, and that te prison insp not, after the experience of the past, make any exception to the rule, and he added to Hanton, “You see your wife every tine she comes.’” Hanlon—Oh, yes; but— Mr. Perkins—Wahy, she sees you, Hanlon—Yes, at the door. Mr. Perkins—Weil, [ cannot help it. Mr. Perkins, addressing himself to Sherif! Leeds, said, “The prisoner is in my custody, and 1 amr sponsible for him until the day of execution, I then hand him over to you.” a 1 am no Eaton nor a Twitchell elther, Sheriff Leeds—T mean, do you have all 1 ain desirous that you should receive al forts you need, Hanlon—Oh, that’s ail meht, but Tv to see me every day. Ail I to visit me in my Cell. Mr. Perkins—Wiy, she does see you. = yes! atthe door; but that’s not tne ng. Mr. Perkins—Such 1s the rul2 of the inspectors, and we cannot help it. She ought tobe allowed here once inten days, but they have strained a pomt and grant her the privilege once a week, I don't think they wiil permit her any oftener, Hanlon—Well, the privilege has been allowed to Eaton and Twitchell aud Probst, and [ don’t think Tam any worse than they; I only want her; I don’t ask for anbody else to come in Pp, and I think they might grant me the same privilege that the: granted to Eaton and Twiicheil, They kad thei friends (o call on them whenever they desired, and there was no trouble about it, Mr. Perkins—Jobn, you are mistaken, Hanlon—No, [am not. Mr. Perkins—Well, that matter rests with tne in- spectors. Haniton—I don’t think I ask too much. Eaton's friends were allowed to see him whenever uey came, Sheriff Leeds—Well, I'll speak to the inspectors about it. Mr. Perkins—Why, John, yon see your relatives as bop as any of the others who have Deen condemned to de + Hanlon—No I don't. ar. Perkins—(Emphatically}—Yes you do, Hanlon- Why, you woulda t allow iny sisters to come in this morning! 1 am no Twitchell—you needn't be afrald of me, Here Mr. Carroll, his counsel, said, “The Twitchell matter has been settled; Twitchell committed suicile, you know.” Hanlon—Well—Oh! I’m no Twitchell; I’m not on suicide. Sheriff Leeds—I'll see the inspectors matter.” Hanion said he thought he should be allowed to see his wiie when he willed, and see her aloue. He wanted no one else in his cell. Sheri? Leeds—John, there is a short ume for you to pr@pare for ne Hanion—Oh! Tam prepared. J’ve got plenty of time, but I see uo reason why my wife caunot be allowed in here. i Mr. Perkins then explained that whenever any of his friends calted they were alowed to see iim through the grating of lis cell, and he could make no disttaction tor Unis ‘Tis ended the Interv approacned Hanlon ai Sherif’ Leeds said to hia Ido ail T can for you.” Father Barry, of the Church of Annunctation, 1s attending Manion nearly every day and ministering to his spiritual wants, “During his residence in his Present cell Manion has carved upon the sill of his window the names ‘Jolin anion, Charies Hanlon.” How he became possessed of the knife 1s not Known, I. shonid not be forgotten that the fixing of the day of execution does not efect the proceedings now peuding im the Supreme Court upon the writ of error, ou want ? the com- nt my wife ask Is that she be allowed about this ome of the party then K hands with him, THE INDIANS ON THE ELKHOAN R.VER. A Lively Fight vo Redskins Milled Five Wonnde:t. [Correspondence of the Omaha Herald.} WueErston® AGENCY, Dec, 21, 15 Some two weeks ago a party of Wappers encamped on the headwaters of the Bikhorn river had quite a skirmish with @ sinali band of Sioux Indians, sup- posed to belong to Spotted Tail’s band, but it has been discovered beyond a doubt that they were Yaukiou Sloux, whose agency is located filteen mnties below Fort Randal. e Were Killed and tive badly wounded (three shot through the bowels) by the trappers, The Wougded have reached their and ne Pun-kas are having a lively time, Their agency 18 located at the mouth of the Running Water, The Medicine Bull's band of Lower brute, at the mouth of White river, and Spotted Tail’s young braves have been raiding these poor Puipkas winost weekly for the past two years. The) number, ail told, seven nundred souls. Ac; Ulned force of Afty braves from Lhe above two camps dashed in at the Pun-kKas last week and tree of them were shot—one dead and the others mortally wounded, No Pun-kas lost. Last w the Sant woux caught a Brole Stloux near their agency making Was captured, put m ious aud turned over to the piilita fustance of the kind where a wild Indian has been tinprisoned for stealing; they are generally feasted, ‘the friends of the incarcerated Indian threaten to apture Ure post aniess he ts lberated forthwith, Spotted Tail is siowly recovering from his long Ine disposition. Forty young men of the Lower Brule Sioux band | have been out on the warpath. They have gone towards the Platte and will strike low do Toda Randall has been appointed by Major Wash- Ington snb-agent for Spoved Tail’s baad, oa White rive bove the mouth, Juder Maor Washington's naministration things xcvedingiy well at Whetstone, ‘The whiskey Uaild, t0 a great extent, Ras been sup- pressed. of Congress from Ala- riday. ie will spend the HAULVe States Hon. A, BE. Buck, memoe bama, Was ia Augusta on holidays iat Maine | ‘Ine gitl propos } city she wrote to A CLERGYMAN OF THE PERIOD. How the Remains of an Old Actor Weed Treated in Madison Avenne—Congelen- tious Scruples About Iis Funeral, [From the Evening Telegram.) A few days since the mortal rematns of the and well known actor, George Holland, through that gloomy portal which fs one day open for us all, Mr, Hoiland wag known by profession to which he added no mean lua! and by these with whom he came in contact outside a8 @ mild and agnobtrasive Christian gentle., man, During the long and laborious life in whtcly he followed the theatrical profession no single act can be remembered by the many with whom he had become acquainted as calling for a blush of sham or disbonor. Alj knew bim as the same affable, kind Christian. It 1s true that Mr, Holaad pas the stage boards for a lvelthood; bat w have yet to learn whether, by supplying the highest sources of intellectual enjoyment to his follows, he had forfetted. their admiration respect as a believer ig the same religion and humble follower in the footsteps of our great com: mon Master. More than that, we have yet to lear Whether it be not fay below the dignity of the man who profes es to be the fuithful minister of Ohrist— nay, whether it be not even criminal of him—to put forth as an excuse Why the last cerqmonies of re: ligton should not be performed over the remains of the aged and well-respected George Holiand bee cause, forsooth, he HAD BREN AN ACTOR,. and the conscientious scruples of a conmsagnicrs must he respected and ther feelings not outrage: by the introduction into their chureh of thelr de- ceased brother. And yet tt appears that in these days of civilization and refinement a clergyman 4 found so true a follower of the all-merciful « deewer and a congregation such true believers im the great doctrines of charity and mercy which Bi taught 48 to shut the doors Of the church of Go against the remains of one who, by the testimony of at who knew him, was a «devoted adherent — of t church and a faithful observer of its laws and ceremonies, Yes, whe George Holland had played his last act ip the dram: ofiife, and the curtain fell, and those who had been his audience for the four score years which he labored hard for their pleasare—the best and most Innocent, we repeat, of all pleasures—when it wad all over, ana his real life began, then, and then only, Was the voive of the minister of religion raised against him, and then, and then only, was U DOOK OF GOD'S HOUSE shut against him. Through life, when he was a liv+ ing, active member of the congregauion there was no objection to him, but when he was gone and the congregation or church could benetit no more by his presence, then he ceased to be a member, even in ‘hat hoty communion which Christ himself teaches us exists between the living on Earth gud tis Diessed in Heaven, When the old actor had*died bb frieads, Who Were actors, tuo, by the by, thought it ouly fit that lis body should be taken to the churett of Which he had been 80 FAITHFUL A MEMBER; and these actors, who for the future have grave rea- son to doubt whether they themselves shail recetva’ the rights of Christian burial when they die—those: denighted men, who are uniit to have a place in God's house, Which God Lelis us 1s Open to all Who shally enter, and that He is in watling to receive us all— these men set about procuring for their deceased brother those last rites to Which we all look forward: With veneration and awe—that mysterious introd duction into another and a better life than this, “where blindness shall be no more and wayside begging no more, and where we shall see the Lord in tis trae glory Unrough ali the days that the Lord shall bes? Two of the sorrowing friends of Mr. George Hole land waited on the Rev. Dr, Sabine, whose churett Js situated at the corner of Twenty-cignth street and Madison avenue, to make arrangements tor having, his funeral service read at that church. The gentile? jen Who Walled on the revereud doctor regarding this charitabie and, In ihe op.nion of tae latter, very, unactorly work, were Mr. Joseph Jeerson, 6 Booth’s theatre, and Mr. Edward Holland, the son of the deceased, When these gentlemen stated that: they had come on this errand he at once politely im formed them “that really his congregation had Ccon- scienilous scraples about having tie funeral service performed tn the church, as Mr. Holland bad be- longed to the theatrical profession; but. however, there was a church rouud the corner where they usally did these things, aod where he was sure, Trom the practice of the minister, that no CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES, ether on his part or on the part of the congregation, Would interfere with the performance of tie cere- mony.” Having received this po-lte answer, the gentiemen quietly withdrew, and another clergyman was found to introduce to ‘God hs old and faithful servant. We wonder if any of the Rev. Dr. Savine’s congre- gation ever went to see Mr. Holland play. We ere Curious to Know, if they ever did, how. fart their consctentious scrupies interfered with thent We wonler whether tha man wad on these occasions? delicate conscience of the reverel at all affected when actors subscribed it 18 curious with what facility :hese “consctenuous scruples” can at times be dispensed with, and we very much question wheth “church round the corner, would not say that, to speak a little profanely, the reverend doctor Was not inclined “to bitud tue devil in the dark.” gent! hi WOMEN'S CLUB3. Why the Fomates Should Club Together=Tho Brooklyn Organization. Why shouldn't there be a Womun’s club? Is there any law prohibiting the dear creatures from club. bing together if they like each other well enough t Are men to have magnificent club houses where they can go allalone by themselves—the selfish’ Wretches—aud find the new magazines, the freshest novels, the latest reviews and the spictest critiques, in conjunction with dainty cookery and most ira- grant cigars, while the ladies stay meekly at home and execute elaborate dogs’ heads on saperfnous ottomans? No, indeed! THAT SORT OF THING WON'T GO DOWN in this enlightened age, Taat would do once, iong, long age, When Miss Anthony was playing with dolis, bat Just now there’s a diferent state of af- fairs, In the dark ages that preceded the procla- mation of the gospel for woman the gentle sex were supposed to be quite satisfied if they had bread and butter, tea, acat and some kailtng work. If to this stock of delights was added a man, witit shirts always buttoniess and stocklags that re- quired consia nt midnight attentions, why thea they jug their leaven as they went wlong, and had no reason to complain if they were suniilated » about middie ite, “But the agitators 1 WOrK. NO MORE TEA AND CATS; nothing Jess tleen a real ciub Will do now. in Brooklyn a real club of Wide-awake, bri, graceinl women, With the brightest of ail pi at a cosey litle table. Tue club rooms are as fresit and ettrachve as rooms Can be, with delicatery Untied wails, soit carpets, lovely cugravings, pretty decorations of gray mosses and aucuma ‘leaves, and various litle artictes that tasteful haads con- struct to wil the place of oraaments tuat scanty purses caunot buy—lur, be it known, a woman's club is vhere 19 “eyed, siding A POOR CONCERN pecuntarily. The m bers dou’t have half as mueh money as they Want, aod would be everlasangly grateiul for baif of the sum that Vanishes in sinoke al every meeting of siindar masculine orgauizauons. However, these Brookiyn divinities have persevered tll they Have pretty rooms of thele own, With con- venieut arrangements for readiags, parlor theatri- cals, sociables and the like, and here once in wo weeks they asseible to discuss the UESTIONS OF THE TIMES er the best r suffering sisters may be further removed nd cats, tO get acqualited with each obuer, he!p each other and be happy. But precisely what Uhey say you will never know, O anxious brother; for THIS CRUEL CLUB has taken a solemn oath that it will nevor, never, never admit a repor ‘The sight of the reportorial pencil is too much for the nerves of the ladies; and 80 When you sit in your chimmey corner with your who doesn’t go lo clubs, and your baby, who rshail go lo clubs, you Wii have to dispense vudiary doings of the women wao do vaya A FAITHLESS COLONEO BELLE. She Befools Her Intended und Weds Another Coloved Mans [From the Orleans (N. Y.) Der Near Hotiey, Urieans county, th rat, Dec, 24.) 18 & settlement people. Among them Isa belle who was. t of admiration among the other sex. She was betrothed to a young man who was extremely Jealous as well as ardent and con- fiting. “A young colored man irom — Roeh ter made his appearance just before the or the wedding and aroused the — suspi of the young waa who Was pledged and accepted, to visit some friends In Rocheste before her marriage, and her betrothed gave he lwenty dollars to ‘buy trinkets for the wea- Qing. She went to Rochester, From tay her lover enable her to ro to Syracuse From Syracuse she wrote would return if she bad mm sul conflaing toy for ten dotlars to and Visit @ siek aunt. few days later that sho w to pay.her fare. The rseut her fifteen doliars, with an Injunction to velnrn by next train, He repaired to the Holley depot aid watched the trains, No bride | began to despair in doubt, Ina few veda letter from the faituiess female nin had married “the gayest m Annexed was a request that he we ud her bweoty dollars wah Which she could par chain ior a@ present to fer husband. The | Uine the jilted fover did not respond, He gives it Up and deciaros that he will have gotlung wore to do With colored gals, Ta I Seen enn