The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1871, Page 7

| SS sande heirs of salvation. This is the spiritual- {em which the buman soul needs to have and to know, and the tipping of tables and the rat- ting of tin pans and scratching of fiddles by unseen hands and all that sort of low jugglery was left by Mr. Beecher, as it ought to be by every seeker after divine truth, unnoticed and untouched. Newell—Newton—King. The Rev. W. W. Newell, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Forty-second street, Rear Eighth avenue, is a young man and a comparative stranger in these parts, He came hither from Michigan a few months ago So take the pastorate of this church, and ander his ministry its flagging energies are be- ing revived, its membership is increasing and its spirituality is rising. Tie earnestness and zeal, combined with the good sense and pure Christian teachings of Mr. Newell, are the only means adopted to produce these re- sults. Scnsationalism is ignored, and Christ “and a free salvation form the staple of his themes. Mr. Newell cannot be said to be eloquent, yet he sometimes rises to the eub- lime in his pulpit discourses. But simplicity of truth and of doctrine, coupled with ont- spoken and independent utterance of the ‘eame, more than compensates for any lack of @loquence which this young minister may have. And time, which makes all things even, will probably.yet bring him more prominently before this community. } The Rev. Heber Newton, rector of the Anthon Memorial church (Episcopal), in Forty-eighth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, is also a young man, about thirty-two years of age, with a good voice, and at times a strong English accent. Hoe is, thowever, an American. He is manifestly a close observer of men and manners, and ywithal a careful reader of history and of prophecy, as his sermons indicate. Two years ago, after the resignation of Rev Mr. Jagger, Mr. Newton, then assisting his father dn~ St. Andrew's church, Philadelphia, answered the call of the Caurch here, and assumed the pastorate of the Anthon Memori- plists, His sermons are such as will bear to be read after being heard, as many pulpit ‘productions will not. Last night he continued dis series of discourses to young men, on the “‘Lessons of the Times.” Mr. Newton is held in at and deserved esteem by his people, and by his brethren in the miaisiry in this diocese, cand his predilections are decidedly of the Low jCharch order. The Rev. L, H. King, D. D.. pastor of the Forty-third street Methodist Episcopal burch, near Kighth avenue, is somewhat ‘older than the other gentlemen named in this connection, He has been in the ministry about a quarter of a century, most of which time he has spent with churches in this city, This, considering the itinerant® system of Methodism, is no small compliment to Dr. King’s abilities asa preacber and a pastor. (When yet a very young man he was sent to the charge of Seventh street church, in this city, Yhen one of the most fashionable churches in Mew York. Its glory has since departed and ss implicity of style bas been overshadowed Joy more modern and expensive atructures, Seventeen years of pastoral service has Dr. Wing given in this city in various charges jsince that time, and wher.yer he bas once Wministered his services are eagerly sought ‘gain. He is now filling his third term of pastoral labor with his present oharge and god with very marked success. Dr, King is large, able-bodied man, with a face always ming with smiles and an expression of gleep humor. He has a happy. faculty of making apparent the ridiculousness of any proposition which he would controvert, and he is thus spared a lengthy argument against it. His style is illustrative rather than argu- mentative, and is received with favor every- phere. He is also a great temperance man, and has many invitations to lecture and deliver ‘addresses on this and kindred topies. Dr. King is evidently a man that lives what he preaches, and enjoys the spiritual as well as the material blessings of life. He makes the (best of both worlds. THE PRINCE OF WALES’ ILLNESS. ‘the Fever Still Severe, but the Condition Not More Unfavorable, TELEGRAM TO TWE NEW YORK HERALD. ~Loxnox, Dee. 8, 18t1. . Ne unfavorable change has occurred in the con- ition of the Prince of Wales, though there is ag ‘Jes NO Noticeable abatement in the fever. AUSTRALASIA. Collision of a Steamship with a Bark—The ’ @cean Mail ServicrSevere Gale on the Const—Chureh News. SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 3, 1871. Tho steamer Moses Taylor, trom Australian and New Zealand, arrived to-day. Sypnzy, N. 8. W., . ‘Via San Padacisco, Bees isnt ‘The steamship Nevada, Webb's line, collided with tho bark A.H. Badger between Auckland and Sydney on the 15th inst, The Badger kept afoat until next morning when she was abandonea. The crew were Drought to Sydney by the Bark Alice Cameron. Pro- ecedings for the loss of the Badger have been com- mMenced against the Nevada, and an inquiry touch- Ing the collision has been invited by the New South Wales Steam Navigation Board. MAIL SERVICE. ‘The International Conference agreed to a pian for subsidizing both the mali services via Suez and San Francisco. Resolutions were also passed, to be for- ‘warded to the Secretary of State, insisting upon the right of the colonies to enter into inter-colonial tari arra: te unfettered by the treatics of the imperial government with other countries. STORM AND SHIPWRECK. Severe gales prevailed along the coast early inthe tn. ‘The bark Catharine was wrecked at Newcastle, and the schooners Margaret Jane and Sarah Ann were wrecked at Richmhnd River. ‘The Lone Star was alzo wrecked at Rocehampton, Queensiand. No lives lost. A MSHOP IN PRION. Bishop Batiey, of the Free Church of England, has Deen commited for trial tor Megally marrying a The, Reverend “Dean Sumucr, of the Roman umner, 0! is Watholic Church, died at Subraco on the 17tu instant, TUR COAL, FIFLDS. ant returns of the coal fielis show @ steady ae Pr as Mea a ising GERMAN JUBILEE IN NEWARK. Last evening the Eintracht German singing So- Glety, Of Newark, celepratea its twenty-fifth annt- versary by & concert, followed bya banquet. The present lender of the singers is Mr. William Trae. r, A prologue, composed by Dr, Be, we" recent by Mre ottitle wants POR r. vert delivered the Oration, 1 Fa decorated and music was fata oe d- r Tarntshe aad. The CCasiOn WAS one of great ate nd ity On ihe part of the society, but considerable of eyesore to the orthodox Sunday observers or Nowark, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1871.~!RIPLE) SHEET. VALMASEDA’S BLOODHOUNDS. SAVAGE CRY FOR BLOOD. The Court Martial Sacrifices the Students to Appease the Volunteers. GALLANT DEATH OF THE VICTIMS. The Queen of the Antilles Weeps Over Her Murdered Children. Reign of Terror---What Comes Next? VALMASEDA’S PROCLAMATION HAVANA, Nov, 28, 1871. ‘The readers of the HERALD will have already been informed in outiine by my telegram of yesterday of the events which occurred during the last two days, and which have cast & heavy pail of gloom and dis- may over the native, foreign and even part of the Spanish inhabitants of this city. It is now the duty of your corresponacnt to chronicle in detail the events which led to the summary execution yester- aay afternoon of eight of the flower of Havana’s Youths, Itis the custom of the medical students of the University, upon the days appointed by vheir teachors for that purpose, to repair to the public cemetery of this city, attached to which 1s a dead house, where they practise autopsies and hear lec- tures from their professors, It appears that last Thursday afternoon the class of the firstyear of medicine, comprising some fifty young men, aged from sixteen to twenty years, be- longing to the best and most wealthy families of this island, were at the cemetery. While there they commenced, like students all the world over, to aky- lark and cut up pranks, out unfortunately allowed some of their party to desecrate the tomb of Gon- zalo Castaiion, jealously considered by the Span- lards asa martyr to his country for having been shot, it will be remembered, in January, 1869, by some Cubans at Key West; also the grave of Major Ricardo Guzman was slightly tampered with. He lost his sword arm in the beginning of the insurrec- gion in the famous crossing of the River Cauto by Valmaseda and dicd afterwards, and is buried in the fiavana cemetery, Tho damage done to the graves of Castaiion and Guaman consisted in BBRAKING THE GLASS CASES Which covered their niches, pulling down the wreaths of immortelles and other decorations of the graves. The chaplain of the cemetery endeavored to remonstrate with them, but of no aval, The spirit of mischief had got into them and they thoughtlessly followed up its promptings. It was even sald that they insulted the chapiain and stoned him, but this has been denied by creditavle authority. On Friday the class again atvenaed the cemetery, it i said, for tae same purpose of dese- cration and of committing other excesses, too hor- ritle to mention. Many exaggerated ramors were set afioat in regard to their doings and industriously circulated among many of the volunteers for the purpose of inflaming thelr hatred. Your corre- spondent has it from reliable autnority that THE REAL DAMAGE done to the graves mentioned consisted in breaking the glass covering the niches and carrying off the wreaths of immortelies and replacing others in mockery thereof composed of garlic. They were all arrested on Friday by guards stationed in the cemetery for the purpose of tutercepting them as they arrived, Unfortunately Sunday afternoon a grand parade—which had been once before post- poned in obedience to superior orders, and which General Valmascda had again ordered to be post- Poned—which order was, however, disobeyed by the Acting Captain General—was held in nonor ot the Acting Captain General—the newly appointed Segundo Cabo General Romualdo Crespo -as which over ten thousand volunteers passed in review. Here was the opportunity sought for, and the word was rapidly passed among them Ww create a dis- turbance. Several companies of various battalions upon defil‘ng past the Captain General ad interim shouted “Death to traitors ! Death to the students!” Tne review was over before seven; but during the Tematnder of the evening groups of excited volun- teers assempled in fifties and hundreds, marching through the streets, shouting and yelling like so many wild beasts, “DEATH TO TRAITORS |"? “Kill the students! &c, Thousanas assembled in front of the Palace and repeated their demands, while the vicinity of the jail im which the stuaents were confined was packed by crowds of the volun- teers shouting for their biood, and fears of a gene- ral attack upon the jail were entertained. Tne night was a beautiful one, a full moon in a cloudless sky. At half-past ten bugles of the different vat- talions of yelunteers could be heard all over the city sounding fhe call of a general assembly, alarm- ing the inhabitants, who for tne greater part closed their houses and establishments (kept open even on Sundays); the streets were tilled by volunteers, who, in reply to tne cali, hurried to and fro; shots were fired indiscriminately for the purpose of trying or cleaning their muskets. By midnight nearly twelve thousand volunteers were under arms, and the scepes of June, 1869, which compelied the abdica- ton of General Dulee, were repeated, and which this time answered to their demands in granting them an Instant dramhead court martial. General Crespo attempted to stave off the matter at firat, saying the court martial nad aiready been ordered in this case, and they (the students) would be tried on the morrow. “Now, now!" was the bloody shout, and the Captain General was obliged to give in to the rulers of this unfortunate fand. The scenes in and around the Piaza de Armas, in front of the Palace, were terrifying, Excited and half- drunken volunteers shouting, yelling, some stand- ing on pillars haranguing the crowd, others shout- ing and keeping up A FEARFUL EXCITEMENT. ‘The court martial formed atthe jall by two o'clock and commenced its session. It was composed of six captains of the regular army, and one from each battalion of volunteers elected by the men, the Whole presided over by @ colonel. The court mar- tal was in session until two o’clock yesterday after- noon, but during tts progress General Viavijo, at avout eight o'clock A. M,, attempted to leave the building, but was forced back by the volunteers, who compelied bim tu get out of his earriage and re- enter the jail, declaring that none should leave until the session was satisfactorily over. The political governor and his secretary were also cooped up in the seme manner for four hours. In the morning the Captain General, Crespo, issued a proclamation to the volunteers begging them to await the sentence of the court martial, and Mattering them by calling them THE FIRMEST SUPPORT OF ORDER. and public tranquility, At about two the council had terminated their ofice and marched irom the jail to the Captain General's palace, escorted by numbers of volunteers, There the sentence was read from the balcony #0 the crowd, fight to be shat. eleven \o serve Six vears im the cnain gang, Gees 5 Hes 2m Bk ee So ak et es et eS a a Als akg y BB ae 2 ESE SE ee ee eT ae Set oR ee ae ae ninteen to four years in the sae, four to six months’ imprisonment and only two relensed. The Captain General immediateiy approved the sentences and orders were given for the immediate execution of death upon the first eight. The execution took piace between four and five at the Punta, near which the jail 1s situated, Thousands wére assembled to witness this siaughter and it passed off quictly enongh. The boys met their deaths BRAVELY AND CALMLY, Full of life and hopes a few days since, then torn from their families aad condemned to meet a violent and paintul deavh— none blenched. It 15 related that at the court martial they behaved with spirit and calm- ness. One of them—Alonso Alvarez de la Campa— endeavored to take all the blame upon himself, thinking, brave youth, to excuipate his schoolfel- lows from ail punishment. Many of the youngest naturally trembied and paled, but the majority be- haved like men. Tne chaplain of the cemetery, in his declaration at the court martial, said that the boys had done nothing to merit such severe pro- ceedings; taat what they had done resembled all boyish freaks, and asked thelr pardon; but his worthy magnanimity has since been rewarded by removal from his ofice. The parents and relatives of several of the boys were willing to sacrifice large sums of money for their lives. 1. is said that the father of La Campa Offered one million wi\hout avail. No time was given to the unfortunate to make anv preparations lor the cruel fate that awaited them; they conla not write a last ine to their relatives, were'not allowed to leave ther watches and trinkets to their parents and friends. The names of these victims are as follows:— CONDEMNED TO DEATH, Don Alonso Alvarez = Eladio Gonzales amnpa. ‘oledo, Don José Marcos Medina Don Pascual Rodriguez ¥ Liera, y Perez, Don Carlos Augusto Don vey be Laborde, Latorre, Don Carlos Veruugo. Don AnastasioBermudez, 8IX YEARS IN THE CHAIN GANG. Don Luts Cordova y Doo Wuiliermo del Cristo, Bravo, Don Angel Valdez, Don Antonio Reina, Don Jose Francisco Don Juan Setva, Hevia, Don Esteban Mermudez, Don Francisco Armona y Don Manuei Martinez, armente! Don Fermin Valdez, Dou Pedro de la Torre. FOUR YEARS IN THE CHAIN GANG, Don Teodoro Sierra, Don Francisco Polanca, Don Francisco Pelosa, Don Aliredo Alvarez, Deo Manuel Lopez, Don Ricardo Gaston, Don Fernanao Mendez, Don duardo Bard Don Ernesto Campos, Primo, Don s0sé Rutbal, Don Jos‘ Salazar, Don Mateo Frias, Don Altredo de is Torre, Don Enrique Fernandez. Don Ricarao Montes, Don Luis Pimienta, Don Bernardo Riesgo, Don _ Istdro § Zentuchi Ojeda, Don Jos¢ Ramirez y Tovar, SIX MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT. Don Alonso Pascual, Don Eduardo Tacoronte, Don Benito Otoala, Dou Francisco Codina. TO BE SET AT LIBERTY. Don Octavio Smith, Don Iidelfonso Alonso. During the day some six or eight persons were shot by some of the volunteers who scoured the streets. Intense excitement reigned ail day yesterday, the pressure of the volunteers exercised over the estab- Mshed authorities of this island being the topic of conversation among ali law-abiding and peaceful citizens. Business was generally suspended. After tne execution the streets were comparatively deserted and quiet was restored. Fears were enter- tertained that iurther excesses might be committed, but the thirst for blood at present seems apparently to be appeas¢d—how soon to break out again no one can tell; the most trifiug cause may again enrage those who in reality govern—the authorities being impotent in their command. Early this morning a proclamation from His Ex- cellency the Count of Vyimaseda, dated yesterday at Tufias, was distributed throughout the city, The following is @ translation :— VoOLUNTRERS--The hand of the laborantes has again flung upon us @ new | taken by profaning tne tomb of your comrade, Gonzalo Castanon. To-morrow, at 8ix-o’clock im the afteraoon, I shall be among you and wilt make justice, represented by a tribunal, point out the xerpetrators of such an outrage, and ‘When this court, aided by the law and its own con- science, shali declare the sentence which the deltn- quents ‘shall have merited, the sentence shall be executed in the shortest time by your Captain Gen- eral, Count VALMASEDA, THE WEATHER REPORT. WasmincTon, D. C., Dec. 4—1 A. M. } Synopsis for the Past Twen y-four Hours. The barometer has fallen since Saturday night on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, Rain has generally ceasea in the Southern States, where light winds and calms prevail. The area of lowest pressure, which was in the Upper Missouri: Valley, 1g now centralon Lake Kuron. Increastog eoutn- easterly winds veeriug to southwest prevail on the lower jakes, with rain from the middle Atiatic coast westward to Onio and Michigan. Brisk southwest winds veer- ing to northwest, with snow, in Indiana, Miinois and Wisconsin, An area of high barometer, with partiay cloudy weather, exists in Nebraska ané Minnesota. The barometer is again falling, ‘with rain, in Oregon, Probabilities, Rising barometer, with winds veering to northwest and clear or clearing weather 13 probable tor Monday in the Gulf and South Atiantic States, as also from Missouri to Lakes Michigan and su- Perior, The iow barometer on Lake Huron will probably move east and northward down the St. Lawrence Valley, with brisk westerly winds on the lower lakes, and cloud and rain in the Middle and Eastern States, with easterly winds on the coasts. 4 Warning Signals Ordered, Cautionary signa's continue at Milwaukee, Chicas @0, Grand Haven, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Butt. lo, Rochester, Oswego and Cape May, and are or- dered for Sew York and New London, Wak DEPARTMENT, Orrick oF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OrFiceR, Supplementary Weather Report. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 3, 1871. The following, collated from the regular de spatcnes received at the Signal Ofiice during the past twenty-four hours, 18 published for the infor. Mation of those interested:—Rain fell last night at Augusta, Ga.; Mobile, Ala; Savanpan, Ga, and Jacksonville, Fila. Heavy snow prevailed in Cairo, Ii, and Nashville, Tenn. In the Jatter city this morning the snow had turned Into a light rain. It was rain- ing early this morning at Charleston, 8. C.; Lake Cliy, Fla.; Norfolk, Va.; Wilmington, N. C.; wile snow teil in Duluth, Minn., with a temperature of eight degrees sbove zero. At Lynchburg, Va.; at St. Paul, Mino., and upon the summit of Mount Washington, N. H., at eight o’clock this morning, the barometer had rigen to 20.97. ‘Ihe temperature ‘was then recorded at ten degrees below zero, @ rise of twenty-seven degrees in twenty-tour nours. The Weather was cloudy and the wind, as usual. was northwest, and blowing at the rate of tweaty-live miles an hour. At five o’ciock this evening the barometer and temperature nad remained the same. fhe weather was clear and the wind from tne north west had Increased to forty-five miles an hour since this morning. Rain fell this evening at Cape Mav city, New Jersey, Cincin- nati, Onto; Grand Haven, Mich.; indianapolis, Ind.; Norfolk, Va.; St. Louls, Mo; Washington City, D.,C., and Wilmington, N. ©. Snow fell in tne foliowing named places:—Davenport, lewa; Dulutn, Minn; Milwaukee, Wis.; Philadelplta, Pa; se Paul, Minn.; Keokuk, lowa, and Pouriland, uregon, ‘The temperature in Leavenworth, Kansas, had fallen thirty-iour degrees; in Omana, Nev., forty-two degrees, and in Keokuk, lowa, twenty-three degrees in the last twenty-four hours, At Omaha, Neb., the temperature stood at zero, with @ wind frum the northwest biowiog thirty miles an huur, in this city, at an early hour this morning, snow beqan to tall, and for awnte fell juite heavily. Towards the middle ot the day it to melt and at this time has been converted mo a very disagreeable wixture of mud and water im conseqnence of # ligut rain having continued for several hours, A drizzling northeast rain 1s now falling, ‘The Weather in This City Yestcrday. The following record will show the changes In the temperature for the past twenty-four tours in Comparison with tbe corresponding day of last year, as indicaced by the thermometer at Hudnu’s Pharmacy, Heratn Building, corner of Ann street:— 1870, 19. wit, a . 1871, 12M... 4 Average temperature yesterday. ‘Average temperature Yor correspon The Yarmonth (Ma) for were destroyed by t'ze yest: fire engine the farasae wld Halty inenred, ils, ofiee, outniidings, Ae. morning. ‘There being nd be arrestel, The loss is par- WASHINGTON. REASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS TO-DAY Probable Complexion of the Stand- ing Committees. The Recent Massacres Havana. No Correspondence Between Seeretary Fish and Minister Roberts on the Subject. Proposed Revision of the Laws Concerning the Navy. WASHINGTON, Dec, 3, 1871. Preparations for the Reassembling of Con- eressThe Preside Message—The Stand- ing Committees. ‘The signs that a tong session of Congress ts about to assemble are few, and the indications of imme- tate attention to business are fewer, Most of tne Senators and Representatives are here, but none of them have any really great measure on hand, Thein- terest to-morrow will centre in the President's Mes- Sage and the report of the Secretary of the Treasury. The Message will be transmitted directly after tho President shall have been informed by the joint committee that they are ready to recelve any com- munication he may have to make. Both the Mes- sage and the report of the secretary of the Treasury will be telegrapacd to the distant press, but printed copies of the reports of the heaas of «epart- ments have boen sent out in advance of their deuvery. The new members of the [louse to be sworn in are Houghton, Sargent and Coghlan, of California; Sargent, however, has not yet arrived from that State. Kellogg, of Connecticut; Foster, ‘of Michigan; Beveridge and Snapp, of Illinois; and Messrs. Harcock, Conner, Clarke and Herndory, of ‘Texas, Thetwo latter have irregular certificates, ‘which wilt be referred to the Committee of Elections for its consideration. Several delegates will aiso be sworn in. The organization of the committees of the House will attract a great deal of attention, In this mat- ter the HERALD’s programme will be found to have lit the mark. It is now conceded on all hands that Mr. Dawes is to be chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. To-night he ond Secretary Boutwell had a long conference—a fact which is of some significance, since the Secretary's report may be affected by the views of the new chair- man of the Ways and Means, Blaine and Butler have struck hands, and the latter, io return for his support of the Speaker for Vice- President, is no longer vo be ignored. Buller 13 anxious to be chairman of the ?acific Ratlroaa, and he is likely to get the place. Gartleld will take Dawes’ place at tie head of the Committee on Ap- propriutions, and Hooper is to succeed Garfield as chairman of the Committee on Banking ana Cur. rency. It has been found a dificult matter to dis- pose of Kelley, and equally dificult to arrange the second place on the Committee of Ways and Means, Wheeler, of New York, and Blair, of Michigan, are prominently mentioned in connection with it. Hoar, of Massachasetis, will probably succeed Washburn at the head of the Committee on Claims. Bingham will retain his old place at the head of the Judiciary Commit @o, and Lyncnh, of Maiue, 1s to be chairman of the Committee on cvommerce. Ketchum, of New York, gets the leadership of the Committee en Public Lands, and Farnsworth retains his place as chairman of that on Post OMvces ana Post Roads, The chairmanship of the Com- mittee on Pubitc Expenditures will still be held by Coburn, of Indiana, and Sawyer, of Wisconsin, will be disposed of by being put at the head of the Committee on Manufactures, Shanks, of Indiana, will be chair- man of Indian Affairs, and Houghton, of Michigan, of Military Afaira, This completes the lst of all tue important places, except Naval and Foreign Affairs, and of these Schofleld and Banks wii) continue to be the chairmen, It sneilavarger_shouid receive the chairmansnip of tho Commitile on Claims, Tafte, of Nebraska, will be put at the head of that on the Territories, and Hoar at the head of the Com- mittee on Education and Labor. The extreme tari men stand no chance in this Congress, and the reduction of taxation idea will sweep everything. It is asserted that the chair- manship of the Committee of Ways and Means was offered to Shellabarger and declined by him on the ground of ill health. He 1s certainly incapable at this time of assuming @ leading place, and the de- sire to put him where nis great abilities would en- title him to be put, but which his feeble heatth ad- monishes him to decline, makes the composition of the committees douotful in the points indicated. ‘The uncertainty in regard to him docs not render the conclusion touching the tari and taxation questions in any way doubtful. io Writ of Hab: To Be Inquired Into. Congressman Beck has announced his intention of offering, tmmediately after the disposal of the President's Message in the House, to-morrow, a res- olution of inquiry, calling apon the President to in- Corpus form the House under what provisions of the Ku Kilox act he has sus. pended the writ of habeas corpus in certain counties in South Carolina. Mr. Beck is one of the comuitice designated at the iast session vo investigate the Ku Kiux outrages in the south, and visited the locality inclu ted in the Presideni'’s proclamation, It is understood that tt will be done for the purpose of drawing out debate on the sub- ject. Bancroft Dnvie’ Statement of the Geneva Commission. here is no truth in the statement made in a special despatch sent hence yesterday afternoon that dissatisiaction exists among the counsel who are to represent tne United States at the General Conference with the statement and the case pre- pared by Bancroft Davis. On the contrary, Messra, Cushing and Evarts commend it very warmly, and Pronounce it a very able presentation of the matter, Mr. Waite’s appointment is so recent that no ex- pression of opinion has been received from him, The Events at Mavann. It has been ascerta-ned, from an oficial source, (hal no correspondence whatever has passed be- tween Minister Robeits and Secretary Fish relative to recent events at Havana, The only communica. tion received from Mr. Roberts during the past | week being some documents to be laid before the American and Spanish Claims Commission; nor have any oMcial advices been received from Havana since the telegram (rom our Consul General, who, during the excitement consequent on the alleged desecra- tion of Custanon’s tomb, advised our governmens that there were fears of a generat massacre; an‘ hence the tmportance of a United States fleet in that quarter to protect American citizens and their in- terests. It is already known that tiem: was 4 prompt reply to his saggestions, Our Ships ia West Indian Waters. The force on the North Atlantic station cons:sta of the Severn, the Swatara, the Mantasket, the Nipsic, the Kansas, the Pawnee and the Terror, with the Worcestor and Canandaigua just fitied out for the station, and the Shawmut now on duty there, but ultimately destined for the South Atlantic; in all ten ships, mounting seventy guns; all being active cruisers except the Terror, whicn is av ironclad of the Monitor class, ‘The renewal of active operations by land and water, and the attitude the American government has just assumed in respect to the prowction of our cHizens in Cuba, meceasitates the immediate strengthening of the North Atiantic fleet, and the most serviceable vessels now laul up at the New York, Boston and other navy yards will be redtted aud put im condition, and as soon as it ts Possible to enlist and ongamze their crews, but to man these ships Congress will have to be called on to authorize an increase of the enlisted strength of the navy, as MO more men are available under the present limitation for service anywhore, ES calito a = At least two thousand aadivional sailors will have to be enlisted, provided they can be got, after Congress siall authorize unelr enllst- ment. It ts believed by the department that a sum. clent number of suttable vessels can be fittest up for present service so long as they can be near enough to the United States to run in for frequent repuirs, but with regard to ships for distant foreign service the cage 1s somewhat ditferent. Spain’s New Arwy tn Cuba. ‘The new army of occupation that Spain hasre- | Solved to send to the Kastern department of Oude will be landed at Santiago «le Cuba, the chicf post in the Eastern department, and the transports are to be conveyed oy a powerful squadron, witch 1s to remain and reinforce the Spanish fleet now inthe ‘West Indies, Our Naval Fieet in the East. Ths is an additional matter of anxiety witm the administration, Existing affairs in other parts of Uhe East than Corea, thongh not of an impending character, are far trom satisfactory, and will not be so until the United States, im con- junction with the other Western Powers, are prepared to make and constantly maiutain & respectabie display of naval forces. Omciai and commeretal letters from that part of the world reach here ail pitched tu the same key, that 18 that more vessels are needed, more ports should be visited and that the naval visita- tions should be more frequent and regular. The im- portance of this fact, the writers complain, is not suMelently recognized at home, and Cougress certainly does not scem to appreciate it. The semi-barbaric people of tie Conttacnt and islands of Asta invariably gauge the power and Ox thew own dread of the European and Amert- can States by the size and aciuvity of their naval squadrons, and it was the Knowledge of thts cir- cumstance that induced the French and German admirais at the solicitation of the American com: mander to neutratize their fleets during the late Enropean war and act togetuer for the common | protection of European lives and commerce within the limits of their cruising grounds, ‘he Navy De- partment is exbibvitmg real enerzy in meeting the present exigency, as well as it can be met, and the maval officers are rejoiced at the prospect of any service that the country fa likely to appreciate after a forced inactivity of five or six years, It ts both noped and delieved that the late sea breeze from Cuba has blown strong enough to reach Congress and stir up the Represent. atives to a sense of thcir duty towards the fast deciining navy. The Ircquols to be Laid Up. It is now reported that the United States screw steamer [roquots, of six guns, which nas been under extensive repairs at the Philadelphia Nayy Yard to fit her for a voyage to the Asiatic seas by way of the Suez canal and for a three years’ crulse after arrival, is to be put out of commission on account of the rottenness of her botler, which no repairs can render safe or serviceable. Under these circumstances, and in view of the demands for war ships elsewhere that cannot at present be met efficiently, the Asiatic fleet will In all proba- bility have to remain in its reduced condition, and further proceedings of any surt in the Corea, tl con- templated, will have to be suspended for tuc time being. Promised Revision of the Naval Code. It 1s unaerstood in navy circles that the navy ¢s- timates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, 7 $700,000, ‘The total amovat ontatanding on the 30th June last was nearly $20,000,000. ‘The Treasury Crocramme tor December. The Secretary of the Treasury bas authorized the Assistant Treasurer at New York to buy one million of bonds every Wednesday and to sell one millfou gold every Thursday durimg the monvw of Lecem- ber. Railroad Kevenuc Canes. A large number of old cases, principally of rath road corporations, pending in the Internal Reveane Ofice for some montis, will, at an early day, be taken up and disposed of by the Commissioner. WINTER IN THE WHST. Stoppage ef Trains by Snew on the Pacifie Railread—Sev Men Frozen to Death ta the Republican Vatley—a Train Suowed Up at Elim Creek, OMAHA, Neb,, Dec, 3, 1871. ‘The snow 1 the valley of the Republican ts reporsed to be two feet deep. A large number of peuple are frozen. One party found seven men trozen to death. The Union Pacttic express trains, aue Dicember t and 2, both came in to-day. No express train trom the West has arrived, and none has been sent West to-day. It is reported that the train due here this ariernoon stuck in the suow at Buin Creek, and wit probably not get away from there before to-morrow morning. * BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. ‘The Rescued Man. The young man who was so gallantly rescued from drowning in the Bast River on Saturday afternoon, atter he had accidentally fallen off the rail of the Harlem ovat, Sylvan Stream, has been restored to his iamily alive, iis name is John G Cox, propri- ctor of tle Umionport Hotel, A Watery Grave. An unknown man, about forty years old, was of served while inthe aci of jumping into the eanatl basin from the Third avenue bridge, at un early hour yesterday morning. forts were made ta save the Wnloriuaate icllow, but they proved un- availing; he sank to rise no more. His body was recoverc:l and taken to the Morgue, and the’ Coro- Der Was noulled, = =~ A Pickpocket Detected. Ega Joenson, & native of Denmark, wo gives his occupation as “detective,” was arrestea on Satur- day nigot, on complaint of J. H. Holmes, of 2 Classon avenue, for attempting to pick the pocket of the complainant while in & Dekato avenue car. He was caught with his haud in the pocket of Mr. Holmes. Joeusou is gow under lock and key, awaiting examination, Barroom Brutality. About one o'clock yesteraay morning the driver of aswill cart, John Conway, a resident of Flatbush avenue, dropped tn fora “drop ot hot stuf’ atthe liquor galoon of John Farrell, No. # Main street, ana called for adrink, Belore he left tue place ne re- ceived a severe cut on the fuce tree inches m length with a glass wumbler, frignttully disfiguring him, The tnheppy man was taken to tne nospitai by the police. His assailant could not be found, Assassins In tae Dark. Roundsman volan, of tne Fourth precinct, cise covered George Page, & young man, lying at full length and groaning on the sidewalk ia @ sparsely built-up section of DeKalb avenue, at a late hour on Saturday night. Inquiry elicited a singular state- ment irom the prostrate man, which was to tas effect that while on his Way nome ue had been an- proachet by three men, ong of whom tired a snot at tum irom a revolver, and Ubon the trio of assassins amount to about twenty millions. ‘These are in the aggregate more than twelve hundred thousand dol- lars tess than those mado for the current year and more than half a million less than the appropriations made by Congress for that period, It 1s further said rhat the Secretary will recommend that the grade uf Com- Mmodore be dispensed with, and that after this grade shall huve passed by the death, re- tirement or promotions o1 the present imcum- bents, promotions be made to the grado of Rear, Admiral, a3 vacancies occur from the list of captains, and that» turther decrease bo made in officers by increasing the cadetsnip terms from four ycars to six years, ‘This is recommended as both @ matter of efficiency and economy. Busincss Before the Anglo-American (laims Commission. Only about twenty clauns have as yet been pre- sented to the United States and Britis Commission. At ihe meeting on Wednesday tmporiant questions will be considered, As various claims of British subjects heretofore adjudicated m the Supreme Court and the Court of Claims may now be pres sented to the Commission, a rule wiil be estav- lished concerning them. Jobs in the District Lezislature. The Dis‘rict of Columbia was honored by the last Congress with a Legisiative Assembly, paid by the day, that holds frequent and innarmonious sessions cver amusic store on Pennsylvania avenue. The rales of order of the big concern at the Capitol were of course adupted by the weaker extract of legisia- tive wisdom, and the occasional scenes of disorder on the Capitoline Bill are tmitated in the music hall without regard to rule, The diminutive vody is now 1n special sessiou, and, to the disgust of Con- grtessional loungers about the city, 18 burleaqueing the house of Blaine and Butler vy @ diminutive squabple over a land job. The northern residents of tue capital want a public market, ana Mr. Cor. coran, the rich man of Washington, tenders a va- cant sguare on the main line of tramic for $100,000, and offers to give the money to the National Art Gallery, near the White House. This offer the Com- mittee on Markets have reiuscd, aud have bound the city to the purchase of a piece of swamp land on some of the side strecis for $120,000, three limes its valuc, and with $15,000 of the purchase money sunk in a dwelling house that has to be pulled down to muke room for the market. Mr, Corcoran has gone of angry to Europe. The market people and their customers are in atury, ‘The legisiative halls are tempestuous. Teapots and indignation meetings, Committecs of investigation, injunc.lons and mandamuses are the topics of the day. LifesSaving Stations Along the Coast. A bill will bo introduced carly in the session by Congressman Buflington, of Fali River, tor the establishment of such @ number of life-saving sta- tions along the Coast of Cap Cod as 4 careful survey of the coast will suggest. This portion of the sca- board has beeu watcned for many years by parues in the einploy of humane societies; but the number and frequency of disasters Lo vessels demands that the government should promptly estaoush in tas locallty the same facilities that are afforded to ship. wrecked mariners along the Long Island and New Jersey coasts, It is also under consideration at tne Treasury Department to cxteud the stations along the cost of North Carolina. Steam Geuge on Tugs. The Solicitor of the Treasury, in reply to the ques- tion of Secretary Boutwell, whether or not section 69 of tne act of February 28, 1571, airing sieam gauges on all steamers should be construed to in- clude the registering gauge for tuz, tow and freight bouts, says that either construction can be adopted without dommg any violence to the act, but inclines to the opipton that for the safety of those employed on this class of boats the ran of, The ball from the weapon entered tne right thigh of poor Page, inflicting a dangerous wound. ‘the injured waa Was couyeyet by the poltce to the City Hospital. it 1s satd chat Mr. Page a few months Since ultempted to terminate his own life by swal- lowing a nauseating dose of bug po'son. Clubs T pas Michael McGovern “bate his wife widin an inen of her life” and turned her out ito the strect atthres ovclock yesterday morning. This happy couple live at 455 Baltio street. Ofllcer Lunny, hearing the of the poor woman, went to the rescue and arrested Mike, Who resiste’t and attacked his cus- toulan. A few vigorous remloders trom the locus. upon the hard walls of McGovern’s cranium brought that individual to his senses, aud he ts now iu jal. ‘the club was lawfally laid apout the head. and shoulders of Francts McNamara Patrolinan Shields, in Court street, yesterday, McNamara was alsorderly and anler the tawucnce of liquor. He tore the oficer’s. uniiorm and resisted fis au- thority in # brutul manner, Hence the beating. FIRES 18 NOVEMBER. Fire Marshal McSpedon reports 126 fires for the month ending November 30, The estimated losa was $70,645 on buildings and $113,030 on stock, On the vulldings there was §342,90) Insurauce, aad oa sock $323,000, FERSONAL WOTES. Joseph G. Brown, tormerty of fuscumbla, has become connected with the Loulsville Courtertour. nal, General Kilpatrick contemplates a visit to Chile in afew weeks. Mrs. Kilpatrick is a native of thas country. A Miss Bain, of Moatreal, has sued her lover for what she calls “eXxtras."’ She says she Wul explaus when the trial comes on, Samuel Bowles, of the Springfleld (Mass.) Repudti. can, With bis wile aod daugnier, have gove om through Kansas to Fort Gibson. ‘The officers ot the New York State Editortal Asso- ciation have imvited Kaitor Parker, of the Geacva Gazette, to deliver the annual address at the conven- tion in Watertown, next June. Hon. Jonn E. Seeley, Member of Congtess frour the Cayuga and Senece (N. Y.) district, will be in pia lace in the House. He was stricken witn paral: last summer, and for along time his lie was de- bap of, but he is now in quite comfortabie health, VIEWS OF THES PAST. DECEMBER 4. 1870—The French Army of the Lotre evacuate? Orleans. 1851—The coup d'état consummated; the troops taka all the barric.des in Paris. 1808—Madrid, Spain, surrendered to the French troops under Napoleon. 1642—Cardinal Richelieu at MAI.S FOR EUROPE. ‘The steamship Westphaita will leave this port o@ ‘Tuesday for Plymouth and Hamburg. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at half-past eleven o'clock A. bl. Tax New YOukK HERALD—Kdition for Europe— will be ready at half-past nine o'clock in the morn- tog. Single copies, In wrappers for maging, six cents. d Elegant Dress Hat SPLNSCHELD, 118 Nason go direct to the manut street. Browdway, corage Murcay sees Ales, aperior American Wiues; Jameson’s seven year old Irieb, W hake A Great Sufferer from Neuralaia ¢ ae ones by WATI'S NERVOUS ANTIDOTE, Mr. Tent 286 Bast Seventy-fourth street, A Fine Assortment of Sevond Haad GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOB, ‘OF STKINWAY & SONS’ MAKE, maxers, Kaos registering gauge should be required, A Visit of Courtesy. The Justices of the Suprome Court of the United States will to-morrow, In accordance with usage, call upon President Grant ima body to pay their respects. Tobacco Transactions in Virgluin. Supervisor Prisbrey gives an encouraging state- ment of tobacco transactions in Virginia, ana says he has discovered no atiompt among the dealers to defraud the reveauc, Basinoss at the Pension Fureau. Up to the present date the Pension Bureau lias disposed of 11,646 applications for pensions under the act granting pensions vo survivors and widows of the war of 1932, but of which number 1,417 have been rejected and 10,230 granted, as follows: -To survivors, 9,069; to widows, 1,140. There are now pending 15,428 applications of servivors and 5,946 applications of widows, making In ali 21,387 apptt- cations on the file, and which are being disposed of at the rate of 500 per week, The unjform pension ‘under this aot Is $8 per month, Com Certificates Redeemed. ‘The total number of com or redeemed Bince (he tirst issue Ls $479, 660,608, IR highost name bers being at New York, $451,2447920; at Bostan, $16,139,020, and at Bartimore, $9,520,009, At twelve Oimer cities the amounts varied trom $1,000 to for sale cheap. Also @ number ot Pianws of other AUSTEINWAY & SONS, Steinway Hall, W9 and tit Fourteenth strest, New York. Steinway & GRAND SQUA’ D UPRIGAT PIANOS. Old Pianos taken mm exchange. Illustrated catalogues seat tree on appil ication. Warerooms Steinway Hall, 109 amd WL East Fourrerata wreet, New York, eo iy P Pun ¢ for Sale—la of importation. ‘at less than § 49 Broad street. LIP BRASHER, Brot Meet and Chai ndos CHAMPAGNES, UMtanco ne 7. ONY OECHS, AN Tole agent for the United Staten. Naw Yor, Nov. 25, 197 Fhetoqeapte ef the Prince Alexis, is & or class and others, for gale be ih ANTUONY & CO.. wi # Call het the best. j vi id Frames, Graph spat Wasatch dee Lee (urotes i Elastic Stockingy, Abdominal <av~ nider lst ‘een, £6, De GLOVER, 1) Ana aftiee. tex of New York aad Vrima Downs Aasoluta, begs toa Deawoh of contract forthe pres Mo Max Strakogel for ahve te at (ibogty to ae. Oratorios, reas Lk Street, Bd jololng the eral jnsical so tet phen ae Wities CORAM, to anniontice thnt, owing ent pera season’ on the part of 0 ey Fourvoeath sroetg