The New York Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1871, Page 6

5 EURO The Message of President Thiers to the Eretich Assembly. PE. ~ FOREIGN RELATIONS OF FRANCE. Sir Richard Wallace as a Claimant for the Hertford Estates. @ne Canard steamship Cuba, Captain Watson, trom Liverpool December 9 via Queenstown the 10th arrived at {bis port yesterday, with two days’ later’ mails than these brought by the City of New York: FRANCE. ann AANA BN President Thiers’ Message to the National Ann ly—The Forcign Relations it Fraace—The Treaty of Commerce wit Knglevd—Disarmament of the Natie Guard—Geod Understanding with Sp: end Italy—Military and Financial Reor ganization. The eitung of the National Assembly on the 7th ‘st. began at two o'clock, when M. Grévy returned ‘wWanks for beng re-elected President, saying that Be accepted this iresh mark of confidence on the part of the Assembly with yye more pleasure ae i; 41d not Ldpoes any BacriNve om Nis convictions, 4. Thiers then proceeded to read bis Presidential Message, It points to the daily progress made in the re-ostablishment of peace without and reor- ganizauon within, In order to apprecigie this progress, sald M. Thiers:— It must never be forgotten to what condition the enipire ac bronght France, After an insurrection without parallel ww history we are able to say that the amount of ceeds (he amount of evil. Our relations with e peaceable and cordial. oxsia te exactly defined. T a id regu- Jariy. | Qur army was our Fst consideration fo "our ‘me, es, Order is complete! Reogteblish ‘The Nanonal have been disarmed without registance. |For ® corn- giete reorganization of France we must look to time and to and to all endowed with the {nteliect of modern gociety. The situation is as favorable as it could be after euch @ etrous war, Thepolicy of France benceforti isa ey enduringand dignified peace. If, contrary ty ull probabl lit euis should disturb tbat peace, the aced will not be that Frauce. France must become once more what she has @ Fight (0 be 1p she interest of ali States, Fras.ce wii ve tru tober solemnly pledged word. Moreover, the States that took part in the War are fatigued; those that had been wit meaves had become seriously alarmed, The Message eran} fr a contlasion of a con- vention with German; Alsace and Lorraine 4 pee es NEW YURK JKBRALD, SATURDAY, ” ee mierprete oft of single sentence we aor. 4 anove. A Javman who attempicd to ve We mystery would be almost certain to co rong. He would probably begin by taking the language In its most literal sense, utterly heediess oF the legal pitfalls surroupding him, He might suppose that a ‘real’ and “personal"’ estates are both mentioned in the same sentence, the testator bad beth deseriptions of property in his mind at the time he wroie the words, Of course this might have Deen so, and one of the parties 1a the recent BW RAYS It Was go, Dut the judges are justified in looking at seh a quesiion from every sire, Chiel Justice Monahan confessed = that the case had puzzled him; indeed, for a long ime be eniertained @ strong opinion that tue testator Meant the real and personal estate to go together. oan LOW he has come to a decision rather upon the dgment the Conri ought to pronounce than upon Ly Maiked change of mind as (oO What the testator may reaily lave intended. Legal authorities are agreed that where a codicil revokes the bequest in a Will) tt should do so in ‘a full, ampie and unimls- lakable manner.” Now, whatever view may be laken of tue testator’s intentions, It will not be Con tended that the revocation in the codicil 18 ex- pressed in language as full and ‘ample as it might have been. The Court also laid stress on the tact that the codicil in which one of the iadies was Interested, was “evidently prepared by a pro- feastonal man, whereas the one in dispute was Bear RRP AP ati clues ha woulg"heve avaned spent frei signal sasistan rectal! wher at th as period he was hai urse to it ta smaller 8 argament is not absolutely conclusive. It Might be uccepted with confidence in the case of the majority of mankind; but the Marquis was, if ie eccentric, at all events very unlike the mass of cliow mortals, When he executed ts par- Sepia costes ‘ne may have had special reasons for ming his professional adviser of le fact: ih, if 60, it ig @ pity he d'd not take tie trouble fo $xprese tis intentions at greater length. The Chief Justice aiye this word “real” in the codtcu— We onc Word on Which alone Sir Richard Waliaro-s Malm reats—kept him at bay for a _cemsiucravie Ume, but at last he got clear of the diMculty by this dine of reasoning: — testator, in juest, either forgot the ex- Act glause or bearing af 2 fesidtary’ DVequestin the will the residus of ail Pe. erponel property, or—w! fil lmpropubie~if he had ft berore him, not bets a inwyer, did not perfectly know what the comsiructioa o/ it was, » Justice Keogh observed that a codicil, from ita Yery nature, should be paken a3 part of & will, Tyust pe read as part of il, avd, dding fo jn thus he pon that the codicli dic Wot fon A RIAD fees tator one particie be- st ol ad ho pppiica- } whatever beyond the’ Ne ema the judges, four in number, is nificant if not decisive ast) the legal bearings of the case, but it is not burprising to hear it stated that the plainud in- iB to papent against their decision, sir rd Wallace considers himself bouaa to lo what he can to carry out what ne 1M be “the intentions” of te Van His motives are not nkely to be mis b e le has proved ina thousaud ways that st Wealih in Dis nanas would not be abused, 1b satisfaciory to know that, whatever may be tue 16 Of Conk sult, 1t will not have ruin as oue ate blo consequences. Sir Richard received 000 under the will of the lave Marquis, go that t the worst the loss of the estates in Down and An- i im Will hot beggar him, It is as well to place this ave applied gufselves ty separate ttt poe tase tt ape siinuet gee npatiies, however “creditavie to pave applied cureelve aympatines, however ‘creditaple to sihehrehlftearte dar ptieg metres | foe entgtaing Kaam, ato very propery treated trio + Ag oF 82a +d ie eens = ae acai] ‘ance hag Baffered moc frase, ete: even Bae auc meskage BAYS At frow treaties of comme qaent of pending on ae Vv ved the resolugjon to giv Welle of shy ve Dal m of the treaty wi "hnghang ott daca ag Our relaiose with Spain CHBTIOT amicable. We Whirled maniain o d_ understanding with Italy. The mn fence of the yfo'y ‘See must be vignrously upheld. As Rome we offer DO counsels, for we give no advice to et and, least of all, to an aged man, who enjoys all out reaped And syopathy. “With regard fo ‘Austria we sincere! ber Promerty. AS regards Russ! 8 most Uons exist beiween that country and Fran ! LJ ie Ifi- Feruit of ap clevared and reciprocal ap frente of both countries. There ine fore, vowbere ground for anxiety. Commerce and labor resume their ‘Vigor with entire contdence. « The e reverts to the situation oF the mto- rior, It acknowledges the dimeulty in éstablish, ood administration. “We may oar. toed: a we receive irom ali sides marks of gatia! ire é Thiers adaed that the present geasion of the Odunt Gencral was @ proof of publie spirit, conciliation and prodence. Referring to tne financial position @i the couniry the Message adverts to she fact that wader the cmpire the budget bad reached the sum Of 2,200,000, 0001, othiog was pald off, and the army was n 5 bad 300,000 men to oppose 700,000 of the enemy. We th arrived at ‘an increnee of debt to tbe amount of elght aria, of which we pald the interest, We have besides t strengthen onr frontiers. ‘The expendiure 23,000,000 francs. Neverthelens, tbe ord gedinary Gudgele will reach total of 3,142)000, Muciuding the provincial expenditure. In twenty y Rave bad an Increase of 1,25by0 france of ex This we owe to the empire. ‘The Message announces that the Renceforth consist of 150 regiment: try, counting 2,000 bayonets eaci four ‘tor every 1,000 men. ine Aoaing dept Wil, be seduced 50 Sas. francs. The redemption wil tokegegularly. “The message further says that the Nationai-assembly will choose between duties on raw material and other dutiés which will be sub- mitted to it, Particulars dre given with ra to exchange operations and the purchase o! Dilis. Alluding to the monetary crisia, tt is stated ‘hat the Bank of France will be authorized to in- erease the circulation Dy bap hts pn Mga Apter 6 fnanotal situs. ears We OF 600,000, 0001. and to fage concludes by saying that. th Mion is as satisfactory as can be desired under tne circumstances, Keverting to army organizatiol and to the necessary time required ir it, and tow compulsory service, M. Thiers said:. Every Frenchman owes his blood to th country when that er; but we do not adi! iD peace Preach ‘should be Statted imgb acuve Semvicg, Thck izing clvil |afe and ruining finances. (Nu- ‘were raised ag: this part of the mea- eane.) M. Thiers continued:— we, such @ course ld be followed epee weds be ro 0 ‘0m ice in tge dj 7 Megat RUC an a gal“ So will draw ibe lowest num! will enjer upoi Botnal service. thus have $00,000 men. oF who: 00 wr remain ave yeare with tb at home (o guard the cites, M. Thiers concluded as follows: France degires peace and order, Bhe ave financ: r Roieation. This ig ber No ope can re0 ie berore us. alread, 0 3 tense of Justice # tb wbould n | Sree Saati er ra M. Thiers made Ro allusion 1p Bis mesbage either Yo the constitutional question or to 3 Atare of the recast the Ausegpbiy, sn SHnOS aking 18 re ‘The message was well received, * IRELAND, nnn Ancther Kuightiy Clnimant=The Hertford Ketater—sir Wichard Wallace as a Claim- @mt—The Case Before the Irish Law Courts, (From the Manchester Examiner, Dec, 8.) Batates double the value of those at atake in the (@Feat Tichborne case have thig wees heen the sub- joot of av elaborate judgment in the Dublin Court of Common Pieas, and the slight apparent interest Maken of the circumstance may perhaps be re- warded by some critics a8 another proof of the ne Moval inability to consider tro things at atime. Pho late Marquis of Hertford, a8 most newspaper seaders KYOW, led, Mf DOL an adventurous, at icast ry suagular lve. "The greater portion of it was Spent in Paris, the Marquis being one of the most gon oe ee emis Bod on il ‘as man 0! 1 nav! large getates both in England and fretuhd. Tue first Were limited in stricy setilement, but tue latter were Visabie, and they formed the subject of the recent To get at t rounds of action we mugt go Duck vo we year 1 when the Marquis, then Lord Yarmouth, made devising bjs irish estates to ae: for & term of years, BuOjCct to remainder to =; Set u she 3 Henry Seymour (uis brother), his sons aud hiers, With ultimate remainder to Sir George auuiton seymour, Lord Henry Seymour died Pomuurried iu 185%, and the devisee in 3870, Sir «George Hamilton Seymour then devisee under the will, Qppearing a next @ BOW approach the disturbi: ‘she Mitrquis’ jather died in 1842, and in June, tho ‘yuas executed @ Berlex Of codivils, aii FIED ON sIDAl! slips, of paper, and one of which ae led tothe suit Of Wallace vs. Seymour, The Grst Os these codices bears date June 1, in the above ame rear, uy it (he Marquis gave to Madame aupres, Of Hall Moou street, Piccadilly, a sum of Mousey wid uis nouse in the ilue Lanite, Paris, for Rex life. By nother, executen On Lie Fame day, & vu of £12,000 was devised, Me interest of which Mas to be for ine benekt ol a young lady at thai Mune residing at Marit, in France. A week jater Ue eproremeae WD) another couicll im Luese terms: — baredy revoke tile beqnees contained a Posider oF all my reni aud yarvoual weds T. moar, and W reward as wucl as ben Kick: y hiseare og Sehention to sy dear moiber, and bie a 2 loug avd pa #6. 1 give winch ress 108 $0 said Ric Wallace, ivi ‘ hein orn Wallace, now bg wt the Hotel de The whole (ria) turned upon these words, 0 recious they ave Will Le Understood when vere Hat Upon their precise Inierpretauion depenus ue iy umece worentination of esta worth ay 240,00 & year — SiY George Hamilton Seymour's pene to everyting ane ger the origitel wil cowd not be disputed, The OD is, to what extent mube the ava reversal of the terms of that HoH) be tak: went; Wd the Maryuis, when be filled up ‘bis anal) Flip Of paper, mewn to place: Sir Kicbard element iu tue * om ENGLAND. Parle Ra‘eaees ie CHES ar Tes it, Yeintomperate Language of the French Pata 3 ee mule fhe Yaatcal journals of Paris are asking for esty for the Communist prisoners the foliow- ing is written in London, inthe Qui Vive, by a cer- valn ella, ex-Lieutenant Colonel oj aritllery, aide-de- R to Hosse! eing addressed to My ‘Thiers and the Committee of Pardons: .-— wr “* drevigd one imraing, an for you all, the pib- ucon, but in the Place de la Concorde. Ty those euoftious gallows, to which were formerly attached ‘rrelches woworthy of the axe and block, you will be |. Aud you will be there, suspended, the face cons vi ue swollen, all bluc, dnd the eyes starting out of the bi And you’ will remain there migit and day, in the sun, the rain, until the compicte decomposition o} Tony fituy carcasses, which, morse! ‘vy morsel, wi] tall in be dust mud of the public aqnare. We shall aisd know where to ind your wives and children. And we shall Goriduct them to the spot: and under your corpses we will make them dance and they shall do ¢0 in good ameature, for we shall t time ou ther shoulders with our horse whips. ‘The orcbestra will be 2,001,000 of voices erylng in unaion, “Beboid the justice of avenged Paris NiLSSON’s LOVER. Charles Theodore Basch Redivivue—True to Bis Old LoveHis Bondsman Deserts Him— -#e Will Hear Nilsson Ne More, @To the undisguisea surprise of Jadge Scott and the attachée of Essex Market Police Court Charies Theodore Busch, the lover of Mule. Christine Nilsson, was again arraigned at that Court yesterday after- noon, On this occasion it was “Hamlet,” with Hamlet ieft out, for the Casta Diva aid not appear; but ber agent, Charles Hunt, lodged the compiaint in her benalf. Busch, when brougnt before tue Jus- tide, calmly awaite? the disposition of his case. duage ScoTT—Well, Busch, you are here again. What is the trouble now? CHARLES THEODORE—J am still iv Jove with Mile, Nilagon. dupeE—What do you want to do? OBARLES THEODORE—] want to marry her; and 1 will marry ber, JupcE—But she don’t reotprocate your affection, OHARLES TBEODORE—Ah, you think so; but 1 know better, Ihave had signs from her which tell me she loves me, though iknow itis not to her interest now to disclose her love tor me. JcpGesw (turujng to the cierk)—I Ubink he Is clear one. (SOto voce}—We Will have to send him to the “natic Asylum, A commitment was then made out, and tle love- struck Busch Was held under $1,000 bail. He was gent to the Essex Street Prison, where ne wili re- main until his dnal removal to the asylum. The HERALD reporter followed Cnaries to his lonely apartment, aug met with @ hearty grecting. CHARLES THEODORE—Well, | am here ayain. Don’t be too hard on me. llove that woman irom the bottom of my heart; | wiillove her; 1 shall love er; I must love her; 1 can’t help but love her; she as promised to marry me, aud | await the time. KerorTEk—What Way has she promised yout Did she say 30? CHARLES THEODORE—NO, not in words; but there are signs which those wo love, aud only those who Joye, understand. REPORTER --What are those signs? CHARLES THEODORE (very diffdently)—Ah! that is something I cannot communicate. 1 have re- ceived signs that] Know, and ve otner living being cab understand, 1 ee Ne did you come down from the sland? CHARLES THEODORE.—On last Wednesday. REPORTER—Did you go W see Mile. Nilsson on Wednesday night? CHARLES 'THEODORE—NO, Bir; it was wo tremen- Gously cold. RePoRTER—Bven for your love. GABLES THEODORE.—AD | sir, dO not speak that way. a os hegre atc You se Mite. Nriss0n thls morn- D or ti CHARLES THEODORE—I went to the Clarendon Hotei twicee 1 was pushed aside by the watters; but I forced my way to her room and was taked irom there vy @ police oilleer, REVOKTER—Dr you see Miss Nilsson? CHARLES TREODORE—No, slr; I Gid not see ber, but J knew she was in the house, REPORTER—Who bailed you out before? CHahLes THeEOvORE—Mr. Fredericé Zimmer; be keeps a saloon on the corner of Delancey and Bullolk streeis, The HEKALD representative then called upon Mr, Ziunmet. RerortreR—Mr, Zimmer, before you were bonds- wag for Charies Tneodore Busch + Mr. ZIMMER—Yes slr; 1 Was appited to by a come mittee of the Sanday school in Ludlow street, pre- sided over by Mr. 7 and where my little boy oes Lo school. udge Scott. weut to Judge Scott and he said ‘Fred, this man is@ loon, aud ought to be in the asylum,” but I told bitm that bis relations were hag anxious to get him out, and teit assured be would bebave him- sel hereaitver, REPORTER—Do you think he is crazy, Mr. Zimmer t Mr, Zimmer—I do, The man is lovestruck, and that Is the worst kind of lunacy, THE LAKE VILLAGE OUTRAGES, The Inhabitants of Litle Rock ndignant and Excited Over the Negra Vilianies im Arkan- pas. LirTLe Roor, Ark., Dec. 22, 1871. As further details are received the interest in- creases among all classes regarding the condition of auirs in Ohicot county. A call for & public megt- ing atthe City Halli at eleven o’ciock to-day hae been made by ciuzens of all Olusses and both colors. Tue object of the meeting is to consult the Governor and otier Butborities a8 to What Ib best to be done. No Action Taken by the Governor. LivTLe Roos, Ark,, Dec, 22~Midnight. The Governor is waiting for the report of bis Adjutant General before acting in regard to the Chicut county troubles. Ont O¥ THB Mosy Beaurivo, and costiy works Which have come under our notice in these days of present making 18 @ series of “Vartoons Moustrative of the Gompel*, with iMoaminated’ Texts,’ The sub- Jocls Were designed and etched by Eugenio watilla, and 18 NOW OD OxAIbINIOD At Brentano's boou store. Wallace ib exactly the same positon a& Wat occu aul iu the wel, of did he merely r to ilu the persoual property | I ediow Tue Marjuw yegard’ Jor te | PaO Is, bJoay Ve remarked, quite inienigible | Ob Whe generally Understood growed tbat, nob il sanding We uitthreuve in their waite, a biood re lationship of the clovest kind eibsisied be tween = ihem, Ba a) that the lawyerd bed WW eke TiO AeEOLO Wa ihe The Wading and whole get wp Of Che work Js ox- siriet Leviton rion and delicale, MURDER IN WEWPOUNDLAND, The Island’s First Agsassiuation in @ Century— A Husband, Tired of His Wife and Her Brother, Kills Both To Be Rid of Them Fipally—The Body of the Man Found in a Marure Heap, Sr. Jonns, N. F., Dec, 12/1871. A few days ago it was proudly boasied of tn the newspapers Of St. Johns that at the opening ol the fall term of the Supreme Court no criminal indict Tent had been recorded upon the calentar, and the charge of the Chief Jnstice of the island to tne Grand Jury on that occasion was Itttle more whan @ Panegyric upon the morality of the country. Bat Newfoundland has since contributed to the dark history of cold-blooded murders a page of crime of HARROWING BNORMITY, * w+ Since the last mail reached New Yefk two aged persons, brother and _ Sister, the former named Sayers ana eae Garret, were the vict!ms of an assasi’s insSenal craft, as is evident from the facia tady published in St, Jchus and Harbor Grace, Mm the Spaniard’s Bay road, ta tae vicinity of Harbor Grace, the body of Mrs, Sayers was found in ® mutilated condttion at an early hour of the morning. When tins fact became known to the authorities a Coroner's icy Was summoned, and, im vhe presence of Police Inspector Voley, the ver- dict of “Accidenta) acain irom causes unknown” ‘was rendered. ‘This opinion did not satisfy the Obief of the Newfoundland Police, whe entertained strong suspicions of iL PLAY: ; After returning to St. Jens he held continual ovitunicaion with persons of sathority residing in Harbor Grace and Spanjard’s Bay. Am te items of information procured b} Foley (who is an ex-momber of the detective force of Dublin) the following attracted hia attention particularly;—The murdered wo: Sayers, frequently compiained of the encumbrance which her brother had been upon ber husband, who aiways supported the former, Times growing dull with Mr, and Mrs, Sayers, It Fras suggested to the old maa Garret that {he poor- house in St. Johns could provide nim with more comfort than was procurabie in ihe home of his Hah AN Mn ase her brother as rigis on ts hie MELANCHOLY Way ‘0 THE POORWOUS:! tHe mesguadang eit id Uttt RLM as Mis. Sayers’ dead body o Spaniird’s Bay road. Upon hearing this, the de- tecuive, accompanied by the Attorney General and several constables, set out for the scene of thé fe- uted mur agri. On arriving in Harbor Grage every maginable source of iniormation was sifted vy Air, Foley, and the same rigid inquiry was made Bone the came peopied road whereon the crimes had n perpetrate But, after two days’ inves- Ugation, no account of the missiug man, Garret, came tohand, On the third day the indefatigabie detective pursued his search alter the murderer aud the absent one. ‘The house of Sayers, A RUDE WOODEN COTTAGR, was ransacked in vain for some clue to the unfold- ing of whe mysiertes which surrounded it, The yard adjoining the cottage and the garden and fleld were keenly eXamined, and with eminent success. In a dungnill confronting Sayers’ house the mangled pow of the (e Man Garret was found by Detective ‘oléy, WhO indystriously pierced the heap in every direction with g rayrod until that instrument Was ovstracted tu one of lig thrusts by sometiing which norey prempes enol DFinging to Might, sto ere is €C of Y tessa recelveu neve Shortly aiter the discovery of the missing man’s body:— Garret's body found in a dunghill near his sister's house. ‘The muti!aions are too horrible to describe. The {aquisition fesecret. Much in being developed. ‘The jury are still ait- ting, and the prisoners bave been remanded. nm pa ‘The old man’s bos Tt bepalling sl Lurally ousiarr at ye fe epvaling fens ald BEATEN TO FRAGMENTS by some formidabie weapon, and the brains, be- fried With tne ordure of the dunghill, protruded @ disgusting manner. One eye and lis surround- ing parts were complotely cut away. The remain- ing eye was pisckened and smeared with clotted bit Walle once on one. as a re- porter in New York ecasion to ‘witness bed bod, of i late Mr. Nathan as it lay on the floor ol his trauon ol of mysterious crime of which he was the victim, i¢ appearance of the old mat Gatret's body when fount in the dunghtll was much more awiul, In fact, no wore inhunian atrocity can be imagined than that suggested by the corpse of that mardered mai of which | write, and the dreary fact bas filed the -witole isiand with @ deep sense ol AWE AND MOURNING. Here, where peace and morality are proverbial, where tie gallows has been erected but once in the past hundred years, this tale of foulest murder ts re- ceived with grievous disappointment aud universal sorrow. The latest telegram received sinze the above facts were procured says:— Gnace, Dec, 11, 1871, air toa fue point. The ‘were committed has been Myre. Bayers wae buried HARBO: Detective Foley has brought the a Mattock with which the murders fuvund. Wis sta'ned with blood. Ye TUR ONLY THEORY as yet suggested isstinply this:—Sayers, the husband of the murdered woman, ana brother-in-law of Gatret, being in league with a woman who lived in his house, murdered them in order to rid himself of what he believed to be encumbrances upon his hms fied means, If such prove to be tie real cause of those crimes they should be clronicied in the re- cord = the most cold-blooded nrurders ever perpe- rate GEITUVUARY. The Earl of Ellenbdorongh, Ex-fiovernor General of India, G. C. B. Ateiegram irom London informs us that Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough, Viscount Southam, formerly Governor General of India, died in Eng- land on Thursday night, the 2ist instant, at me age of eighty-one years, ‘khe barony of Ellenborough was created by the British Crown in the year 1844, in the person of Edward Law, who had discharged the important daties of Lord Chief Justice of tne Court of Queen's Bench for meny years. He was the first Baron Evlenborongh. The peer now deceased was {the eidest fon of the frst lord, aud succeeded nim in tue baronial title, He was born tu the yea" 179), and came to the Pecrage in 1818. He marrted (1¢13) adaughter of Rovers, Marquis of Londonderry. This lady died in the year 1519, Lord Elienborougn toox lor his second wife (1824) Jane Elizabeth, dauguter of Rear Admiral Digoy, The Earl was educated at Etouw. He took the wegree of M, A, in Cambridge Univer. ; sity. Hesatin Parliament for 8% Michael's (since disfranchised) in tue session of 1512-13. Lord Klien- borough served a3 Governor General of India frou the year 1842 to tne year leds, with great credit to himself and much advautage to the iveresis of his sovereign. He was commissioned first Lord of the Admiralty to 1845, and held the position to the year next following, He was Presi- dent of the Board of vonirol in 1834, and again m ine months of March, April and May of 1850, by recall. He Was elevated to on earlcom for his services in India, ‘The heir prestuipuve—to the barouy only—ia the nephew ot tue deceased Karl, Charles Edmund Law, lately Lioutenant Colonel of the Sixty-sixth regiment of british mafaniy and now a colonel in Her Majesty's army. Alexander N.Ginnn, M.D. Doctor Alexander N. Guan, a wel! known medical Practitioner, of New York, died in this city on we 21st instant. He was sixty-one years of age. Doctor Gunn was a member of the Academy of Medicine, and of Ui? Medical Soctery of the county of New York. “His professional bretheren, with # large Circle of mourntng (rieuds, will attend nis funeral on Sunday, from the Presvyterian chureh, Fourth avenue and Lweaty-second street, Ex-Aldermnn ‘Taylor, Brooklyn. Ex-Aiderman Peter G. Taylor died at bie resiience, 241 Washington street, Brooklyn, on Wednesday last, in the seventy-mxth year of bis age. Mr, Taylor, who wana w Known merchant in the hardware business, lived {p Brook- Iyn for forty-six years, and represented the Fourth ward in the Common Connei!'from 1846 until 1851, tree years of Whiob term he was President of the Board. He wan also a member of the Board of Education and wasa Water Com: missioner from 1462 until 1869, The funeral will take piace from the Church of (be Saviour, Pierrepont street, this ufver- hoon. POLICE TRIAL Maltreatment of a Prisoner. OMcer Charles Duffy, who has been charged with i) treatment of & prisoner, Was yesterday brought before Commissioner Manierre jor trial. A number of witnesses were examined with regard to the gen- eral conduct of Wufy, and, aleo, as to his usual treatment of prisover: aud nothing was elicited that in any way reflected on hia eili- ciency a8 @ policeman or the humaneness of his character, One witness gave evidence who had seen the policeman arrest the Man who bas made @ii the sensation, aud he said THE PRISONER WAS 80 DRONK that it was bevy with the greatest adiMeculty the oficer could get him along the street. He f(requentiy tumbled head foremost to such an extent that his bead came against the ground, and that falling in this way he got the abrasures on (he face and nead #0 much complained of by the public, ‘Tne captain of the precinet and a number of policemen ‘esti- fied to the genérai ne conduct of Daffy, aud Bergeant Mcovort said the man had never been put into the box the papers complained so londly about, He added that no prisoner 10 thé same state of in- toxication Se ees keane {6 ever put into thar box. Commissioner Manierre askéd the sergeant if the Vourt was ‘ had omit al 4 was reported. ‘The bergeaut replied that it was, aud added that he had only just paid his share into # fund to buy fue) for the piace, Court then ex- Pigined, the question was asked to point out bat the Police Commissioners nothing to do with the heating of the Court and. to coyrect an Impression that jone abroad to that eife ne case will be referred Lo the Board for on sid eratiga onde verdies given ia thy Course of the week, 5 bedroom after the perpe- | | POLITICAL MOVEHGNTS AND VIEWS. Massachusctta=Alvah Crocker. [rom the Boston Advertiser, Dec. 21.) Alvah Crocker was unanimously nominated at Greenfield yesterday to succeed Mr, Washburn in Congress ‘vom the Nath district. Mr, Crocker has been widely known for many years as the senior member of the panef manufacturing firms of A, crocker & Co, and Orocker, Burvan 0o., of Fitenburg, and atsoas a pupfic.apirited cltizen, to whom northern diassachusetts 13 probably more 1n- debied than to any other person for the develop- ment of the railroad and manasecturing interests of that section Of the State, He has served in bow branches of the State Legislature, having giwaye an active interest there in practi¢al measures: calcu- lated to promote ine general prosperity, and sup- | porting a!) such measures with inieiligence and great personal energy. In Congress he will be em- phatically a working member and will worthily suc- ceed the excelicut Representative whom the State | bas cal.ed .o auginer ied of service. Btivring Up Tronbie Between Whites and Slacks. The Mobile Tribune (democratic) thas refers to a lecture recentiy delivered there by a black man:— From beginnmg to end the proavotion was abusive of and insulting to the sousuern people, whom the evony orator depicted as cruel, barbarous, oppres- sive and ignorant, wave the nese race waa held up. as eayels of any of God's creation, morally, phytywily and mentally. He attributed the ‘eleva- Roa of the black race ana the * Muwiliation’ of tne Waites to the ‘bravery of black troops,” to the “providence of God,’? or to the ald of abolitionists, a8 best sultec his Bi Now, the fact to which we wish to divect the attention of the colored people, in the discharge of our duty to them, 18 that the teach: dy Adela t Sregrne ne Cepgites : cai politiclans—it_heede 131 to bitter hi tiiey “between them and the white pews, amobe woo they live, and can have no possibie influence for good—that it can nehber advance them in’ the scale of civilization, nor conduce to their mental development, nor aid in relieving their physical wants—whilé it surcly tends to the bringing about oi an issue which, cnee made, wust end in the own destruction. Tho recent raids of the blacks into Panes White settiementa in the South may falrly ascribed tothe teachings inculcated by the black Je sabaie Ube those referred sg.avoye. How the Democracy May Win in 1872. LFrom the Appleton (Wis.) Crescent, Dec. 16.) 1t Is useless now to dwell upon the popular belief that a great blunder wag made im 1808, in not nominating Cuier Justice Chase instead of Governor Seymour, The fear thay Judge Chase wouid not bé democratic enough probably imfuenced enough to prevent hls nomination. This of itself was an error of judgment almost paper ORAS because states- Fi is ghd edi yun one ed almost Divan abl arther in tho rt je measures of & aifier nt pat, when mane tat essiut candidates, thaa even the rank and iile of their supporters expect. It becomen the democratic party lo profit by the political blunder it made m 1868, and not repeat that biunder. Bat once and for all abandon the idea of resting the organization rough 1872, If the republicans in the ranks of the opposition, whose foundation prin- ciples are democratic, desire an Doposs paint ne tion based upon those principles, they will Vote fot candidates nominated bythe amocracy, if those cauurcates are recognized adherents of those prin- ciples, re maar Tt ‘Khe Election in Georgian Regarded as a wes “Rarce,? {From the Uttea (N. ¥.) Herald (republican), Dec. 21.) The democrats of Georgia have gone througn the farce of electing a Governor to fill a vacancy whitch does Ho e. St pen wovernor Bullock resigned ac iH hig Vi by the ol methcd pro- ' the» eonatlthtiole Bu vd ut the demo- ergs, having @ majority in eo =Legislature, ordered an election, and ft y bo sald that their candidate is unanimously trl nALE, 83 a Be hi TOS Yepubil- mocratic votes can securg & ee cans took no part In $né farce, ant will notin any way bé res| olg~for whatever usurpation may follow. It Ob likely that che present Incumbent i | yacat eZ the Governor's chair until he sees some fai, reason for it. We shail see what the deaoue- ment of the democratic farce wili be, The Courts will probably have to seitie the controversy that will follow; and itis not very likely that they wail give a decision in violation of the constitution of e State. Here is the ground work for a very nice little bit of ligation, in which ex-Attorney General Akerman may Ond time to take part. Third Parties in Missouri. (From the St. Louis Democrat (republican), Dee, 20.) ‘yi attempted third party i Missourl means nothing but the establishment of a lively trade in votes for the pecuniary benedlt of a few political outcasts, most of whom have sounded the gamut of partisanship trom end to end, and been at diferent times members of al the political organizations known to our local history. 1i only needs a reve- lation of its true purpose to gatu for it the seal of condemnation It so wel deserves. The masses are honest in both parties; and tuough they may be easily misiea by their leaaers sometimes, they never wilfully lend themselves to such baseess and cor Tupuon as underile the “Missourt movement.” RADICAL DELINQUENCIES, es Fall Out Honest Own,” Perhaps—Remaruable Record Against Republican OMcinis, {From the Detroit Free Press (democrauc, Dec, 20.) The President claimed in bis Message that all the deraulters under his administration nad been sub- ject to rigorous prosecution and punisiment. sen- ator Morton reiterated the same statement in the Senate; but when pressed to the wall could ouly cite one case where prosecution and punishment had followed oficial defaication. He was not circumscrived as to the number of defauit- ers, This list ts by far too long and the amounts too great for the Senator to be embarrassed im ‘hat direction. The democratic Executive National Committice at Washtagton is enga, in Making up @ LOOK In which will be given a full list, A3 fur as the facts can be obtuinea, of tne govern- ieut piunderers and the amounts stoien. The foi- lowing, In Lie absence Of the bdok alluded to, will aauate the public appetite untli further tacts are Men Come their revealed, suey have been prepared by a contem- OLATY i— ori, Superintendent of Money Department New York Post Onice. $125,000 00 i ‘ vera or will be made good by h Major tls Hodges, Arny Pay 478,939 mount Was lost In stocic and “0 a sin the city of New York. The sect Laulter axe Lecu tried and seatenced to ten yeara® faaprison went). O. ®. Pine, New Yorx Joshua ¥. Bailey, New 5 ork. Post Ofties. ternal Re pears, Colicotor of f ‘Leavenworth, Kansan 54 Ki {fhe goveroment recovered #50,000 of i money). Thomas Q. Gertish, of Lowell, Mast,, det Acdrew Staitord, Mall Agent.... Frans Boule, luternal Rev e ay B. Woodcock, Postinaster, Fiedmont, West Va 3 “Masa” Dakoish er. Missoun., Cok net Saucers, Deputy Collector of Iaterval Revenue, Fi/ta district, Missour! B. H Wilise, Hartiord, ecto? of U i} D. D, McCartney, Post Oi HA, Guernsey, Lotlector Isigiteenth oistrict, 31,000 00 439,489 00 Ma. 000 00 woitiager, ono) O9 W. F. Cunningham. 399,460 DY United States Treas en. » B, Field, W. Fiagg Internal Reven lea Voiling, Internal Reveuue Depart J, H. Bryant, Internal Revenue Department ‘Charged ditférent army officers, defauiters du wwe was saeeeee Charged Wi iy i) UNA, “againse calwuiding th ternal re collectors in different parts of the country, but mostiy in New Eoyiaud, 2,760,000 09 the defalcations of — E. Kendal, Treasurer of Boone county, 1, Colonel RI ‘Treasurer, Nevada. Mo, Su ty Treasurer, Bt. Lou ‘Ada to these amounts char Preamury Uooks againat United § jn (he Sourhern States, as folio TRXAB, ‘Then we bay 20,009 00 14,000 00 100 Wd Milton Strapp.. RB. Kingsvury. 1 May igi Rovert Johnson 4,008 Ruel Hongh.. 217,028 872.4 Hijab Simner'y. Hak Norv.” 3 e: + BFSESES ELST EARFSSSEN “Osse gees pets #228 Wie Bort “hat x im, ‘O, Baten 6,205 besiy 66, = in John te Weavern,,., ., DECEMBER 23, 1871. ‘LOUISIANA, 5 , 888 46 Nedorn 1, Augier.. 6,988 67 To this bit may be added the recent ae in the Treasury Department, amounting to $62,001 The $221, volen from the Southern should also bo added to swell she pieasin; gate, And yet tne end is not reachea. The labor accumulates as the investigators proceea in their work. No wonder the friends of the administration geek to stifie invest jon into the manner in. which oe a ita Sriends have discharged their oiliclal ie3, A DIABCLICAL OUTRAGE. Abduction- of a Young Girl of Thirteen Yeare of Age—Taken to a Shanty on Eleventh Avenue, in an Iosensible C le tion, and Thence toa House of Prostitution mn Sixth Avenue. A case came up for Investigation yesterday after- noon before Alderman Plunkitt at’ the Yorkville alee out ane af the facts there set forth be True it is one of the most true it is one moat, revue guages Weta of been made publio in this olty 10i'4 Carrie H. Moore is 4 Young girl thirteen years of age, prematurely developed and prepossessing in @ppearance, who lives with an aunt of hers, Ade- Une Moore, at 767 Sixth avenue, Carrie attends school in West Twenty-fitth street, and on the after- noon of the 18h inst., after the dispersion for the i of herself an 2enogimpes she was accosted on ixth aveiuié While om bé’ Way home by one ile told ber that a young Wiliam Denpis, gir, a sehoolmaie of hers, was in a carriage Which was at the moment standing near fy, who wanted to'see her, She stepped into the carriage, followed by Dennis, who instantly, and | before she had tng V4 recover from the surprise consequent upon finding no one in the carriag applied to her nostrils a handkercmef saturate with chloroform, — Y Ago Carrie recovered her senses she found hersel ALONE IN A SBANTY near Eleventh avenue, far away: from any other building. She tried the door put could not open it, Jor it was securely jocked. She then called for assistance, out the shanty being isolated, and being then late, she failed to attract the attention of any chance passer-oy, Late at uigut her captor, the ruMan Dehnis, made his appearance, and took her to the house of “fros- Lit 143 West Twenty pixtn street ‘kept by Laura Willadisod. Ii her altvavit Cecrig does not state whoter or not Denuls put bet under the influ- ence of the chiorgform) the Bocund Lume 8o as vo cun- vey her }¢ Mux idimson’s estabilshiment in safety, is More than provavie, however, tuat he Qid, “Dents déa:gaate to be given arcom, but Mme. Williamson, to her credit be it said, refused to com- ply With the fellow’s demand, because the girl he ad with nim was too young. Dennis then went to a house m Sixth avenue, formerly used asa gam- biting house. Here Dennis succeeded in hiring a yoo, anu ve locked Carric in there, taking tue Key wiur him, He was absent several hours, when he yeturged pay gndeayored to out rage her person by ioréé; and, failing, he again lad recourse tu the caioreform, Froin Fri. day, the 13th, until the foliowing Tuesday, she was forcibiy detained in the house, when they allowed her to escape, She bad cndeavored toget away several umes, but was always pravenied by the pro- prietress, after escaping Carrie went round froin one part ef tne city to another, stopping a nigut here and another were, being alrald to gu Dome. On Friday afternoon ofiicers McGown and Hamil- ton of the Nineteeuto precinct, found ner wander- ing tvound in the Wiak, where a museum is at Rigres They watched her and were at last satis- let her case Was DOU an ordigary one. They ques- Uoned her, and so ungatisiactory were ler answers ‘nat they brought her vo the station house. Here by lbveats und coaxing she divuiget the secret of her adduction And all the facts as given above. She was thea taken home, and after a search of a iew hours Dennis was arrested, Yesterday Mary Fic ence, his accomplice, was secured, and Laura Wi Mamson was also placed In custody to appear as a witness against them. Alderman Piunkitt beid Dennis and Madam Florence in default of $5,000 ball for examination, which was set dowa for to- day, and in deiault of $590 bail Madam’ Wililamsen Was sent down stairs with them, A medical examination of the girl Carrie. proved’ that Dennis had sueceeded tn accomplishing his diabolical design, She would not, however, admit such to be the fact in her ailldavit or statement to ine magistrate, she being alraid, as she subsequenuy adiniited, of ber aunt THE “BLAOK CROOK” BALLET GIRLS, Strange Freak of a Bond Strect Landlady— A Warrant fesued for Her Arrest. At the Tombs Police Court yesterday several members of the corps de ballet of the “Black Crook” appeared vefore Judge Hogan and made a complaint against @ Mrs. Van buskirk, of 42 Bond street. The names of the complainants were:— Mrs. Matthews and daaghter, Miss Kate Gra- ham, Miss Lizzie Stanton, ‘Miss Weston, Miss Minnie Beasley and Miss Alue Willers, ‘These ladies stated =tthat) =the: = sult = of = rooms were engaged on Saturday; rent to be paid in advance, which requirement was compilea with, On Lendmpaie night, on thelr retarn from the performance at Nivio’s Garden, the ladies found Uielr baggage and all their personal effects tn the street and themselves locked out. An appeal to Mrs, Van Buskirk by the ringing of the door bell brought that lady to the window, who, it is said, Was ina ooudiuon that readeved her oblivious 10 any appeais of a kindly character. ‘The night was intensely cold, and aiter a long delay, with the prompt assistance and kindly neip of the policeman on postin Bond street, Mr. Henry Palmer arrived on the scone and hud the young ladies and their baggage removed to the St, Oharics Motel. On examination of their tranks the ladies found that mach of their personal apparel had been damaged, and $15 in currency stolen. It was for this dam: nd robbery that Judge Hogan granted Q Warrant for the apprehension of Madame Van Buskirk. The examination will take place to-day atthe Tombs Police Court, HORSE NOTES, Dr. Price, of Lexington, Ky., hag the fastest year- lng trotter Io the world, This prodigy a few weeks ago trotted one milo, In harness, in three minutes and twelve seconds, in presence of soveral gentlemen of veracity. The colt was sired by K, ©, Barker's trot- ting stallion Ericsson, te dam being a mare by Pilot. I proper care ts taken wiih this colt, and the forctag process ignored ue ought to grow into a clipper whose ike lias pever becn seen. Bit we are afraid that the owner will want @ too rapid development of speed, in which case, Most likely, tie colt’s legs and lungs will be destroyed before ne reaches mutarity—a common occurrence nowadays, ‘Ihe sire of the above coit, Ericssoa, when we saw him in Detroit four yeurs ago, Was one of Lhe most substantial horses that our eyes ever beheld, and we are told wnat he still ia in vigorous health, He is now in Kentucky—the right horse in the rigat place. Ericssou has @ record Of 2:3045 When igar years old, A special meoting of the Board of Appeals of the National Association for tie promotion of the in- lerests of the American trotting turf wil be held at the Everett Houde in this city on Wednesday next, 27h inet. The great inaugoral post staka opened by the Louisii Jockey Club will close on the frat day of January. it 13 two-mile heats for all ages, $100 each, play or pay, and $8,600 avded by the club; the first horse to receive $2,i the second $750, and the tinrd $250 out of the stakes, ‘hres oF inore will fill, aud the race wili be run on the frat day of the ipangural meitug, April 14, “PIGEON SHOOTING, ‘The season for pigeon matches ts just beginning, and we hear that several have already peen made ‘among ainateurs of tho trigger and trap. in the first week of tho new year business will commence, On Friday & cup and sweepstakes will be shot | for, and on Saturday ihe great matches between lra A. Paino and Oaptain Bogardus will come off, Tis kind of amusement 19 becoming quite fashionable throughout the country stakes Will be shot for , and many matches amd uring the winter, AN UNLUOKY GAME OF BILLIARD3, Robbery of a Diamond Pin. On Thursday evening, while Henry Rote, Jr., of the Mille House, 376 Fourth avenue, was atientively Watching @ game of billiards, In the buliard room of that estabiishment, his diamond pin, valued at $70, was taken from his shirt bosom. He did not miss it until a friend of Ins asked him where it was, Kote suspected Richard Carlton, alias Dick Max, who had been slanding rather tog close to himya sort time Previous to the pin being missed, Cariton was arrested, and arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court yesterday, berore Alwerman Piankitt, who mre him for ¢xaminavoy ao delauit of $1,000 CUBA. The Students Condemned o the Chain Gang at Their Terrible Task. DISARMING THE VOLUNTEERS. The New York Herald the Bete Noir of the Havana Press, LATEST FROM THE INSURRECTION, | Havana, Deo. 16, 1871. The éxcitément caused by the execution of the Havana students 1s gradually dying bat sete their loss will be long felt by the mou pareiedy and relatives, Nothing further has come to light reference to the extent of their guilt, it belng tacit acknowledged by the community in general that reality the damage done to the tomb, or, ratbery; niche of Castaiion, consisted in scratohing the glaaa which covered the niche and taking’ away afew ‘wreatiis which hung on the outside of the seamed Nevertheless, those students condemned to: wn@ chain gang can be daily seen aittering under th cruel exactions of thelr Spanish taskmasters, Therd isa romor. afloat, however, that they will soon transferred to the Isle of Pines. The better. of the Spanish people cannot but condemn severd castigation inflicted upon them for, th crime, if indeed such a frivolous, thoughtless act ad’ they were guilty of can be classified am, crimes,’ Naturally enough thege Jate events, in junction p ea Ee as agalo pir a we oP attention of the American public towara Cuba! eo causing many and vatious comments of tho regarding the affairs of this island, This b: course, brought upon the American press and it le a tirade of abyse and insuiung. epitheis fe the fea ich dalinate yhe columus of the Hav Journals, Their ire ia dirécted principally acti the New YORK HwRALD, which, on aGoowht or it advanced opinions cvncerning affairs in | bad comes in for ihe largest share of their diapleasuley Some of the papers preach calmness, prudénce,’ firmness; others advise that the tron-clad friga now lying idle in Spanish ports shall come to ‘waters. ae which, With the 30,000 troops expect to arri fe from Spain, wilt make such @ demon; stration ay Alt at ghee an ¥ “YANKEB JOURNALIGM, —.°y/ INSPL Put an end to the shameless fon f ol ‘or thelr meddling and fake Aya, all pretext press, fh Sirdirs w which they have no pas e88.”” 8} 4s an independent nation, they ey, nd 3 her Ow! dominions can do as she pleases; and thé press an people of the United States are reminded OF Spain’ former glory, ont Roce ven $0 the Limes of Her han Cortes, PiZarid, elayo, &o. “Wil the “Of ‘Viva panw let danse: Tome,” they exclaim; “that against the bayouets of the yolunteers and army all machinations av Nome and abroad will dash to pieces; that Spat is) able to cope with the United S:atea at any: tame: that ten national vessels would be found suttigient to blockade the ports of New York, Philadelphu Baltimore, Charleston and all the pence porls ov! the Atantic.” Furthermore, “that the principal trade of the United states 1s with Cuba and Foru Rico, and in case of war with Spain the people apd government of the United states would becomg bankrupt.” Who would deny, aiter reading th endiess, ridiculous and insolent nonsense whic may lately be foaud in the Havana newspapers, thas brag in Journalism appertaiued to other nations? ‘Tue Spaniards, in their line, cau outdo tnem; and any of theiy bombastic farragos of ignorant non- S086 aie a3 Quixotic reading as any to be iound lu Cervantes’ romance, , The Diwvio this week dedicates two long leading articies to the American press. A paragraph trom one of them | translate as a specimeu:— ‘The New Yorx journals do not deserve our courteous nal. tations, and wo, taeretore, aostaia irom making them; but, twey exhaust the vocabulary of aifroats syainnt il we imitate them by insuits to the Wizens, Each nation Bas iis history hat of the Spanish monarchy is very ancient, while the b tory of the Ainerican repubiic is quiie recent; and whoever wishes to learn whst each has been and wiat each is wort! the weigitt wnich oach has had and still bas imtuo destlul of humanity, can peruse the book which the deeds ‘of | the vast transmit’ to present generations, ‘ore George Ington. existed Isabel. the Catholic and Charles the iin fiourished, and there lived Spaniards who in pagau. would bave p: for demnigods—Hernan Cortes, A ‘@bd others of glorious memory. \ THE GRADUAL DISARMAMENT) OF THE VOLUNTRERS It would appear, Irom anotice published receatly: in the Havana dailies, that the government ‘had become em! ned vy the expected arrival of 30,900 troops from Spain, or had begun co carry into; @flect a iong-contempiated measure, and whivh, in all probaoility, if affairs continued in the course: they have lavely beem following, would sooner or later bave been demanded of it—namely, thd gradual disarmament of the Havana volunteers, and: Withdrawal irom any active participation im the “pride, pomp and circumstance of war,’? for it 13 well known they are a veritabie homo- guard, pledged never to leave their homes except in case of an invasion, The notica referred to is to the eifect that from the izth mst, in order to relieve the worthy corps of voluateers trom the arduous service they have been Periorming, iu the garrisoning of the Morro, Cabatia and Principe foruificaitons, wt service would in future be aischarged by sevel newly organized companies of veterans, compose: Of transient an convalescent soldiers of the regular army. The motive or excuse given for this changy is that tie Sud-Inspector of Engineers and Volun- teers had manifesied to the Captain General the damage Which resulted to the volunteers by go fre- uently performing a service which separated them for twenty-iour hours from their homes and (business) occupations; that, although stil will to comtinue the service, It would be convenient to relieve them i means could be found to effect it. However, the supreme @uthority thanks them warmly for tueir sycritices to the cause, and will call upon them wita the com- pe Seige Lepore oe services ee oie ‘The service uarding tie prisogs, public butld- ings and forts ea the Limits of “tue caty bs stl performed py volunteers, THE INSURRECTION, Concernimg the situation of the insurrection § lave ascertained the lollowing :—A letter {rom Mane zauillo of recent date gives the details of ap en- gagement between a number of mobilized and a band of insurgents, under the command of General Modesio Diaz, Which took place on the 30th uit, ‘the insurgents were entrenched on @ pomt of the Sie! Maestro called Corral Nuevo, ana kept up a brisk fire upon tne ottacking arty, which they succeeded in repuleing, but were hemsclves dislodged after repeated attacks of the Spaniards, but, reforming, compelled the gov- ernment trvops to retreat. Un thet retreat they met Jarge jorces of insurgents, who tried to sut- round and involve them, but did not effect their ob- ject. The Spaniards only conless to a loss of six xliled, two officers and six solders wounded, Dates from Gibara to the luth report that news had aa received to the edfect that a party of insurgents bi; altacked the vies of Sagua ae Tanamo, As soon as this news reached Mayari the Deiamater gun- boats Active and wvardo were despatched to assist in defeating tne attack. No details liad reached Gibara before the steamer left for wid port. Reports from Puerto Principe bring the usual number of skirmishes and surreaders; aiso the official report of the execution of Don Francisco Agramoate, aid to Ygnacio Agia- monte; Eduardo Alvarez, an oilicer belonging td the band of Sauguili; Domingo Boada and Juan Basulto, They were taken prisoners by the column of Colonel Maria, operating tn the wi of Jimiru and Las Piedras, tried by drum-head court martial, and the sentence of death immediately executed. The first named was a very young man, gon of Mr. Fran- cisco Agramonie, residing tn the siate of Georgi, United States, GENERAL BUSEBIO PUELLO DIED in this city the day be:ore yesterday, alter @ pro- tracted illness. He Was anative of St. Domingo, and riers! the Spanish cause when Spain occupi 1 the Ista in 1861, and has since kept faithtu to his allegiance. Evacuating St. = Dow mmgo with them in .1865, he remained in; this island on half pay until 1868, when, afier th reaking out of the Cuban insurrection, he was pul 1@ command of & considerable force and sent to ti Oluco Villas to subdue the -rebels of that district: from thence he was transferred to the district of Camaguey a8 commanding general, where he was badiy deteated by General Jordan, in consequence of which he was reileved of his command and bas since been ve His funeral, with the cus , took place’yesterday, \ Like all , Lis Bxcollency, the new \itical Governor, has commenced oy making a clean sweep of Two Where the “prohibido” lor some UUme past were “pull Mis Excellency In person. He called in ac these places, and not being nized, was invited to play.’ Before doing 80 he sald ne would like to ask some questions, and inquired if they were allowed td keep such an estavlishment so openly, $id af thera was no danger. “No danger at ail; agi we’ never have any trouble from the authorities, as we ‘fix things’ with them.” Lis Excellence then diaprayedt his authority and had the op? arrested, it i nerall; — poy ps undersiood that ihe former Go v e Dercentage Ir the gambling hells in Havana, bachiids bean! A MONEY GRABBER OOM TO GRIF, On Thursday afternoon, while the bookxeeper nm the packing louse, No. 618 Lenth avenue, was making up the proceeds of the day, George Grahant walked boldly up to the desk and granbed a pack- ,fge of bills amounting to $130, it Wag too dark to follow him, but‘he leithis cap bend and by that he was identified te following day. ‘estortay he riaukitt. Who hel for aie, UD desayit of £1,000. brea si *: .7 P \ | f eg ‘ ¢