The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1872, Page 4

—-- 4 ; EUROPE. The Spanish Press on the Course of the United States Toward Cuba. TERRIBLE THINGS THREA Every Vestige of the Stars and Stripes To Be Swept from the Seas. THE POPE, FRANCE AND ITALY. His Holiness in Favor of the Restoration o: the Empire in France. SPAIN. The Cuban Question—The United States Gov. ernment (ensured by the Spanish Press— General Gran’s Message—The Wolf and the Lamb—VUonsequences ot the Recognition of Cuba—‘terrible Things Threatened. . MavRID, Dec, 14, 1871. Following up my duty of giving you Cuban ttbits from the Madrid papers, I translate the following from the £/ 4/‘gos, an organ not exactly ministe- rial, bat important as we organ of Caballero de Rodas:— 4 RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. The prudence with which we in Spain have con. temporized with the United States, with that great bation m which have been organized all the pirati- | cal expeditions Which, for some ume back, have been attempting our nationality 1m Cuba, the pru- dence and tue pa’ience so many times put to the rool during the Uiree years’ existence Of the rebel- ion, have just sullered a ew disturbance as rude as uvexpected, and which may, by its very navure, end both the une and the other. SYMPATHY FOR IH# CUBAN REVOLUTION. From the ver, beginuing of the msurrection there has veeu domiciled in the States ot the Union a nucleus of revolted Cubans, who have formed public Associutions, raised loans, recruited forces, exer- cised (hem tn ihe use of arms, irciguted apd armed vessels destined to carry war W @ country with which there exist treaties o1 good faith, and all the | while nolding public meetings, Writing in news. papers, Wuich even yet complain that the govern- Ment of the nauvion Whicd consents 10 1t does not O8- tensibly and outwardly suow to the ageuts of the 0-Calied republic of Cuba tue sympatines they ex- press tor itin private. In certain soiemnities they have permitted the revel banuer to Mout over edifices of the State, and saluted & with 10. guna They | have allowed adveuturers like O'Kyan sod Jordan to enter and ivave the country, after knowiug oilici- ally tuut they have directed fuvustering expedi- Hons, that they have fought against a irieadly coun- try, and ibat they were disposed to do Ilagain, They nave DOCUMENTED AND PROTECTED VESSRL3 which, using aivernately the American flag and une * flag of tue insurrection, have committed acts of piracy in ull the uses and rules of interoa- tional right, aud this when the very Americaa newspapers WHicd passed as Organs OL the govern- ment noticed dally the depredutions committed. ‘They have given uu tiupulse vo trauduleut natural. (gation i tue United states of all tne revels who do | Mot possess couditions Which, uuder sworn oath, afe reguired vy ihe consuituuion to becume Ameri- Can suvjects, und then they vave afterwards sought VompliGutions in Lie protection of the tctinous in + berests Of such subjecis, Ticy have attempted to SHELTER WITH THE AMKKICAN FLAG individuals apprehended in Cuba with arms tn their Rauds and coudemned by Spauiso laws, walle the assassins of Cayo Hueso have remained with Unpu- nity. In # Word, (hey Dave ai ways givea moral sup- port and aliment, und vu otver grounds, as far as they possibly could, to the leaders of an uujust ree bellion against u people Wie avied Lowards Luem in @ very different mienuer in the war of another re- bellion very distinct. In the press, im we chambers, 1a Uhe Cabinel, au infinite series of acts which we cannot cle 1a ie eed arucie lave revealed day by day the vad faith with which they have pro- oveded im tue mouei republic. it ts suilicient to cive he detention of the ,uadoals and the wission” con- tided to Genera! Sickles fur the cessiva o1 the island of Cuba vo # parcel of negroes and mulattoes headed by men reciauned by the tiiounals, to form @ proper judgwent respecting the propositions which have guided the American policy. THY NEW YORK HERALD. We have alreauy in a previvus article Informed our readers wat the New YoRK HEBKALD, a semi- oficial paper, said the insurrection was atau end. President Grant repeated wis ina message, saying, io answer to tue uctitious clamors of the holders of Cuban bonus, taut tue revels hud not managed to obtain possession of one populution or of one siugie purl; Liat they kuew no viuer system of wur but sucking and inceudiarism, and Lhut no diguifed natiou coulu recoguize them as Lelligerents, What has happened siuce these declarations to cause | the First Magistrace of a “irieandly Power’’ to forge: his words of a previous message, solemnly de- livered, and now Lo say that “THE STRUGGLE SO NEAR TO OUR TERRITORY presents nv appearance of prompt termination, and to ask political and social reforms for Cuba while the strugyie goes on, and to threaten the senuing of maval forces there ‘to sustain the dignity of the Americau flug?’’ Have the rebels atiaiued the con- distons they formerly lacked? Do they possess towns oF poris, organized aruiles, a consututea jovernment, and have they sustumed victories over Spanish troops? . WHAT SPAIN SAYS OF THE REBELLION. Nothing of the sort. So far trom this they have been constantly defeated in ull pare, aad tne | Marauders have gradually seen the circle of their depredations Darrowed, unul they have had to take reiuge in the maccessible lands of the Eastern Department; tweilr most re- nowned chiefs have either suffered thy sad but well merited eud of traitors to the country, their myth ol a President bas been | to sign his docuwents as “irom the place of | obi ee of the Kxecutive Power,” thus recog- nizing that they ielt it impossivle to manage to unite tneir so called Chamber. And it 1s precisely at this time, when the senaing of fresh troops aud the beginning of ihe good yeason betokens the end of the Campaizo, that (he Words we Lave quoted are given to the world by the moutn of President Grant. PATIENCE LAS AN END. Our prudence cannot suffer au addiuonal aggrava- tion greater tian the many former ones, uttered precisely wheu the insurrection was about to expire, but for the support of ihe words of the Message aud the idea of intervention in our internat affairs. ‘The table of We wolf and the lamb 18 Once more being acted. Mappily Spain, under all ihe misfortunes she muy suffer, 18 aways the same, and Chalienge and menace are not the best means Lo mtinidaie her. The press hus already siguitied \nat Where our nauional honor ts concerued we five no parvies, no divisivus, and the people ‘Wili, fit be necessary, give one of those beroic exam- ples so ireyuent in Our Mistory. We siall reject, tMereiore, With the decorum of offended dignity, the insulting pressure attempted to be put upon us, Wuatever be its Consequences. Alter iis bellicose declaration the Argos 3 what the “consequences” are likely to be? This is | Certainly a very proper question of the lamb co put belore allemptiog to fight the wolf, SWEEP THE STARS AND STRIPES FROM THE SEs. ‘“ And where may these consequences lead’ The Mature and disposition of the American people | | soent provocations, even from the most powertul | Cause US LO sUSpect that they Will not be toward war. A people who live essentially by commerce ‘Wil not rasiily risk without grave motive the quiet- ude and tie Rormal march Wich are the bases of their prosperity. ‘The Americans, although frieaus Of adventure, are not lovers of war, Unfortunate as has couie Lo ve the state of Our Dpain, we count, nevertheicss, a Lational marine (navy) very supe- nor to theirs. We possess Ouba, tie Canaries, the Straits o! Gibraltar and the Phillipinas—tuat is to say, the passing piaces of merchant vessels for ale must wll Lhe coaimercial world, aud @ marine nur- sery very capable of covering the seas with cor- sairs and of not leaving on them any vestige of the flag of the Stars and Stripes | A MARITIME WAR would not affect Spain in anytuing, for her com- merce is relatively small and not iudispensaole to her revenue nor vo her wode of itfe, wile 1t would ruin the North Americans, compromistug their exis- tence and perhaps giving Iife w the nardly exun- ushed ashes or the confederacy. True there is no joubt the potent resources of thar nation would ive them the means of constructing and organiz- Ing the naval sald te! they are short of, eventually improving (heir state forthe strugsle; but before this Could be realized, we repeat. tieir commerce would |i been kil.ed entirely, Just remember what one single vessel—'he Alavuuia—caused tuem THK UNITED STATES WOULD GAIN NOTHING by & War with Spain. So well convinced ts public opinion in this conception that, 1 1869, when, as now, the government of Wuashingtou talked of inter- fering im our affars, and diplowatic communica- tions soured tue matter, beliicose articie of Hl Cronisia, of New York, and tne attivude oi the peo. ple and press of Madrid and of our squadron in the Anullies produced such a panic in thelr market that gold rosé im One day thirty-six eer cent, and re syjted in losses apd bankruptciés of $50,000,000, Nothing of this is hidden to the statesmen of Wasu- ington, aud if 1 not to be believed Liat they, 30 seli-restraiming in respect of the anpexation of of, Domingo, where the incolveniences over- come their insatiate desire jor cxteusion, would iaunch Luemseives into adventurous dangers, with the sule desire of driving a Europeau uation out of tae New Worid. WILL PHRY RECOGNIZE THE CUBANS * LIGERENTS Very possible. Very piobubie, This would not oring areat compromises upon them, and is more-coutormavie to their character and ther IDBULBCLs, they did so the dying tnsurrec- tion might take new lite; capital would be ing 10F 1t4 assistance; there would be more forthcor persons of bose gone there to press on their own AS BEL- | though the recognition of bet ea | help it gives may appear to impart life fled abroad or") would evacuate , and he Bape ore would not be erin arihed a What would the recognition of belligerency signify in the question of Cuba? Admitted its slat let us examine the effect it would nave ou the end or tne cummpalgn, Simultaneously nth a oC gaition the govern- with the je ment of the United States woald have to proclaim @ law of neutrality, fixing the restrictive principles admitted in universal international right, and also penalties for the infringement of them. ‘Tne Con- suls of Spuin will take care to denounce all acts contrary to this law, The tribunals will have to ad. minister it without excuse, i the a/ardes DOW public—the action of the Junta Cubana, the gol; on of Jordan, Ryan and their companions i cease completely; at the dered much more difficult than to-day the sendin; of arms and resources to the rebels, ‘The same 1a' of neutrality will close to the insurgents the markets Of the United States for the acquisition of arms and munitions of war, which up till mow in such great number und vaiue have Deen imported into the island of Ouba. ‘They will go on in future from toe | Mother Country, or from other markets; but this | will affect our operations in notuing, although American industry will cease to reap the profits of {nat lucrative pusiness, TO THIS DECLARATION WE STALL ANSWER by declaring Cuba in a state of war, which we have not doue in the Pheee 7Aete of the rebellion—that is to say, we shall consider the whole population in astate or siege; the civil tribunais will cease their functions, except in case of the exceptions. irom Martial. aw. Vigilance will then be redoubled, which to-day is slight agatnst the suspected of con- spiracy. We shail deciure a blockade of the ports it doés not suit us to leave open. We shall display the greatest rigor with those who live in the camp, in places accessible to the rebels, obliging them to concentrate themselves 1n the populations, and we shall expei from the island ali who, having bee born in it, have adopted # nationality not Spanish, and who believe that in ,hat mode they possess & shicld against the laws of the country. THESE MEAS! URES, } So simple that they will need nothing but thetr Publication in the Gazette, will, nevertheless, brin rave consequences for the United siates.” Wit | themewill remain authorized the right of visit aud of search against thelr vessels on the high seas, that of oficial veamen tn the ports, where we ehall adopt formalities, requisitions and new searches as scrupulous as corresponds to the mistrust and sus | picton in which all will have to be considered in- cluded, American commerce, consequently, will have to suffer delays, 1osses and damages, which will make the shipowners very timoroas, obliging them to diminish their operations very considera- bly. The world will give preference tor freights to apy other faz, aud this being 80, the commercial balance, which pow brings such great sums to the | Union, will suffer a disturbance whose consegaences cannot be calculated, for when trade makes essay of @ new road and overcomes ‘its diiiculties it rarely | returns to its ancient track. WILL THIS INJURE SPAIN? With the foregoing we bave proved thatif the recognition of belligerency would do damage to us it would also do Cie and tbat very grave, to those who make it. Now, let us ask, even with recognition, would the dominance of Spain tn the Antilles suffer a rude blow? Indeed, we are aimost tempted to say that perhaps it would be a beneft | tous, It certainty would serve as & stimulus and as a goad against the indolence and apathy of ott | acter with which the government and people have hitherto witnessed @ struggle of three years. It would make both the one and the other be- heve that Cuba 18 in danger—a thing which has not yet occurred to Foreign interference would eilect what it hae always proauced, snips ana troops would go to Cuba in abundance, even i it were necessary to Pledge tue inveritance of our grandchildren. We | should forget our unfortunate divisions of petty politics, and We should chastise the mercenaries of honor—the laboranies, vuigarly called—who, with | Unequalled audacity, have labored, And still labor, in she very Madrid itself, for the interests of Ves- pedes, | SHIPS AND SOLDIERS, activity and energy will go to Cuba, where tue vol- | unteers, already existing, will be augmented by 20,000, With the reserves hitherto not deemed neces- ary to call out, and we feel well assured that the insurrection will be finished up once for ail, al- and the first to it, as the candle sparkles just before it goes out. WILL THE MONITORS GO TO HAVANA? It will not be the first time they have gone, to return by the road they came, after making a brilliant pa- pel by the side of our irigates, THE HISPANO-AMERICAN REPUBLICS, ‘We must not forget to throw into the account that the Hispano-Americau republics will follow the ex- | ample of their model. We may be almost sure that | Venezuela, Columbia and some others will do tt and | Offer “heir ports to the Cesxpedine corsairs, but this | avtttude will not influence us in the least, for it will ; Only make patent that which, with bad faith and ill- | covered hypocrisy, they have been doing from the | beginning. { ret take the United States as our model, and After increasing our naval forces we at the slightest transgression of there will be plenty, one of our irigates, without \ om withoct memoranda, without more formality | than the official warning of a marino de mai genio, witi dg what the Oyane dia in Aspinwall; that is to | say, Wid not leave one stone upon another, and will | nea depart without preserving rancor oF thinking more about the matter until next time. WE MAY RVEN CABKY OUR IMITATION of the Untied states still further, by appointing to | the departiaents of Cuba Governors of the stamp of | General Ben Butler, who would regulate their pro- | ceedings and conduct by that of that famous dicta- | tor of New Orleans, It js very provable we should then merit the applause of the Americans, THUG VERITABLE IMPORTANOB of this constant menace of an arrogant nation con- sists in the fact that those of Europe have always ; looked with a certain condesceadeénce toward the | Duerlie @rranques of ite bullying diplomacy, be- | cause they lacked the conditions essential to throw stones With lupunity at their neighbors’ roofs, | THE SMALLNESS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY | Of the United states, the alarming (’) state of its | debt, the discontent im the aistricts of the South, | the separatist tendency of the Western states, and ; thelabors of the Mormons, of the Fenians and of the Ku Kluxs, harmonize ill with the pretensions | 0 colossal power which have germinated since its | clvil war. which AMERICAN DISSENSIONS, In that country there ts one Mr. one Mr. Sumner and many others who Nave not lost reason | Or prudence, who hafe nothing in common with tne crowd who have caused President Grant Lo call public attention to our affairs in his M e. They (these | crowds) vociferate what the organs paid by the fili- busters with bonds of the future republic of Cuba say in favor ol the latter. These sensible men, who render worship to Justice, cannot do other than recognize that, however little may be the scruples of | the government, the recognition of the beliigerency | of @ few guerrilieros, without direction, without | skill, without cities, without one single port | to legalize the existence of corsairs of their | origin, without tribunals to adjudicate on | their prizes, and without any of the elements the | common international rights of civilized peoples reguire to sare ae of such transcendency, | would augment the already ouenviable reputation | Of @ people Who are even yet negotiating claims | and indemaities against England for the depreda- Lions of the Alabama. AMBRICAN ORIMES, We shall say nothing as to the forgetfulness 1t would be of the debt Of gratitude the United States owes W Spalu—gratitade 18 uot a virtue of col- | lectaves. Lut when they present records like those of the barbarities of the War of ‘the Souunand that of the Ked Indians; when they tolerate, | Or, at any rate, do not repress, the frequent murders and sackings of the Chinese, negroes | and Indiaus; when they do not prevent the people | Dreaking into the prisons and taking out whom | they please to hang them on the lamp posts; whea | Lyuen law (la ley de Linch) 18 real jaw, and has its | judges and executioners in ali parts, taey should | not ridicule the fauite of otner peopie, Dor cite ieeds which ought not to be named by the side of their | own, THE FOREGOING 18 THE ANSWER We ought to give tothe Message apd the notes of President Grant, ipjurious and offensive, as a record of the limits of moderation ana decorum Wiicu he has passed, Spaim uever has suffered in- hations, Suli less will she suffer them irom we United States. KNBRGY AND RESOLUTION, These wors enclose Lue duties of ibe government in these moments. Let them reject with high dig- nity all attempts at in-erference, and, without fur- tuner advice, continue in their proposition to send suilicient forces to Cuba; 20,000 are betcer than | 10,000, and 30,000 than 20,000, We shall not cease to repeat it that if at one time there had gone much Jess thau the 60,000 men {Note by your corres pond- ent.—For 50,000 read 75,000.) wno In (ractions have been sent to Cuba We should have spent tesa in money and in life, and nothing would now lave been heard of the insurrection, and by this time we should have forgotten the proverbial socurro de Espana, LA REVOLUCION. Noticing the reappearance in New York of the Cuban paper La Revolucion, the argos says:— In New York there has reappeared La Revolucion, organ of the Cuban emigration. uful to Its sys. tem of “veracity,” it inaugurates {ts new epoch by rere e' gr i an abn by the Agency of tho olated Press, the following telegraphic noilc irom Madrid:— ' ae cree gay In ihe Spanish Gortes there bas been presented and dis- cussed with ware Proposition for the i Cn It Was supported by Senor Figueras. The population of Vale 6, in riot, and w bas been necessary to send reinforce: ents of 00 tbe Cuban estimates th ere i Goveral Sickles has declared that. the Avoiwiers ter to cerro ana Rivero had assured nim that Cuba bs treated exactly a panise province, witb all the rights conceded by the constitution, To these notices follow those of the triumphs of the liverating army of Cuba. The only wonder 1s tard Ps eh tend In capital letters that the lad taken Santiago de Cubs, Clenfuego: or even Havana itself, . bay ITALY. Winter to Rome—The Pope at the Vatican for the Season—The New French Minister Italy—His Holicess Sympathizes with Imperial Restoration—Veficit in the Keves nuceThe Holy Father Receiving Deputas tiousA New Census. Rome, Deo, 13, 1871. It ts rather an uncommon condition of the atmos+ phere ia Rome when snow Whitens the streets and same time will be ren- | housetops and icicles. hang from the beard of the ‘Triton on the Barberini fountain, But although we have had four deareps beluw freeing point, our condition 1s mild in the extreme when compared | ton to Rio, in Septempe! with the cold prevalent in Northern Europe, which, encumbering roads and rails with snow, retards the arrival of our continental ang trans-Aulantic mails. In such a state of the elements we may be sure that the august prisoner of the Vatican will not think of leaving nls palace, whatever measures may be voted in the Italian Parliament, even inciting the tnevi- table bili for the suppression of religious’ communt- tes, to whicn the Ministers have irrevocably com- Initted themselves, GOING TO FRANCE IN THE SPRING. But when the balmy breath of spring shall aissipate all these wintry rigors Pius fX. will, according to present and well-founded predictions, pay a visit to the pious Catholics of France, { merely return upon this topic, which I treated at some length in a pre- ceding letter, because my information respecting intrigues at court still tends to the same conclu- sion, that the pressure brought to bear upon the Pope will ultimately be too strong for him to resist. M. Thiers would be infinitely bétter pleased uf Pio Nono would stay quietly at home ; but if it becomes absolutely necessary for his Holiness to become a pilgrim for the cause of the Church he will pre- pare the Castle of Pau for him with as good a grace 8 possible, THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER TO ITALY. M. de Goulard, the new French Minister to the Courtof Italy, is expected here on the 17th inst, He will only take a provisional residence to implant his legation, in the hope that M, d'Harcourt, when obliged to follow the Pope to Pau, will leave him in peaceable possession of the Colonna Palace. THE POPE IN FAVOR OF THE RESTORATION OF NAPOLEON. them. + Although not personally attached to the ex-Em- peror Napoleon IIl., the Pope would not ve dissatis- fled at a restoration of the Bonaparte dynasty, in the expectation that his own restoration woud fol- low as @ consequence. Such an event 1s on the cards, as few persons here believe thatéhe republic will be long-lived in France, aud the race for power must finish with a struggle between the Orieanisis and the Bonaparuists. No doubt Napoleon Ul. 1s biding nis time, and a promise on his part to restore the Pope's temporal throne would enust che clerical party in France in his favor. A PRESENT FOR ENGLAND. Prince Charies Napoleon Bonaparte, who resides habitually in, Rome, at the Villa Paoliaa, near the Porta Pia, wil repair to Chiselhurst about the 20th of this month to take his turn of duty in the Em. ror’s military householu, The Prince served in lexico and in the late war with distinction, and is attacaed to his imperial relative, Prince Charles Napoleon will take over to England ten very fine drawings, lllustrative of ancient tresco paintings in some of the recently excavated edilices on the Pala. tine, whicb the Emperor has decided to present to the Kensington Museum. THE ITALIAN FINANCE MINISTER'S STATEMENT. Yesterday was anu important day in Parliament. ‘The Finance Minister, Signor Sella, presented his yeneral statement, promised to the Chamber on the th of March, and rendered doubly important since the transfer of the capital to Rome. The upshot of his discourse was tliat there will be a deficit in the ensuing year of 200,000,000 of lire, of which 80,000,000 represent the reat difference between te ordinary revenue and expenses of the State, and ‘Uhe rest are attributable to amortizations, rauways, extra army and navy expenditure and the cost of transterring the Cagital. Sella declared that even he was slaggered at the idea of making up for such a deficit by new taxes, His propositions for remeuying the mischief will be fuscpaned this affernopn—or, } should have said, the discussion will be begun; for the pew bill con- tains too many clauses to be got through in one day. One of the most important items in tt 1s the issue of fresh paper money Lo the value of 300,000,000 of lire, Signor Sel a's speech, which was very long and very interesting, was rather interfered with by the experiments going on sunaltannouay for the il- lumination of the Pariiament Hall. The system adoptea did uot seem to be very perfect, for total darkness prevailed ouce or twice and the cracking Of glass tubes and globes was continual. THE POPE'S VISITORS AND SYMPATHIZERS, The Pope conunues to receive a great number of visitors and addresses, Cy stag on such recur- Tences a8 the festival of the Immaculate Conception, on the 8th inst., which was also the anniversary of the gee of the Ecumenical Council. On that morning His Holiness celebrated mass in the Sistine Chapel and administered tue sacrament to upwards of one hundred ladies. On sunday atternoon another popular demonstration was got up among the inhabitants of the Leonine City in honor of the Poouff, a deputanon of women calculated by the Osservatore Romano to demore than fourteen hun- dred in number, all belonging to the Borgo district, having presented themselves at the Vatican, beaded by @ lady of distinction, to oler Domage to the Holy Father. Plus or replied to them in nis usual terms, and dwelt espe- cially on the necessity of their keeping thetr cittl- dren away from the government ana municipa Schools, in which the infernal maxims now wohap- pil ao Would be instilled into thelr innocent minds. As the influx of winter visitors to Rome increases the stream of carriages across the bridge of St. Angelo toward the Vatican becomes more constant. Some foiks are actuated by devotion and others by curiosity; but almost everypody who cumes to Rome now deems anxious 10 get an interview with the famed Ponti who has outilved st. Peter. 4 NEW CENSUS. The municipal autnoriues are busy preparing a census of the population of Rome, which is to be taken on‘New Year's Day. ENGLAND. The Tichborne Trial—Reading of Papers and What These Papers Revealed—Relative to the Loss of the Bella=ihe Marks on the Plaintif’s Body—Medical Testimony—The Voyage from Rio Janeiro. (From the London Telegraph, Dec. see At the sitting of the Court yesierday Mr. Locock Webb appeared in the vox; but it was inumated to him that he would not be subjected to re-ex- amination. During the proceedings Lord Justice James and the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas tn.Ireland, Right Hon. J. H. Monaghan, were resent. All tne papers which had been piaced fore Mr. Webb with the case for his opinion Were put in, and sucii as were considered necessary were read—as letwers from Mr. Slaughter to Mfr. Hopkips, having reference to the loss of Roger Tichborne with the Bella; particulars as to service im the Carbineers; tne evidence in a suit of “1ich-” borne vs. Gosford,” which was instituted to have the trustees appoimted under a will of Royer ‘Tichborne, made before he left Engiand m 1852; the evidence relating to the loss of the Bella, and the fact of Roger Tichborne having sailed in her trom Kio for New York; declaration of tie Dowager Lady Tichborne as_w the birth of her son Roger, staung her bellef that he was not dead, byt would Certainly return and take the estates; the re- ception of a letter from him trom Wagga-Wagga, the handwriting Of watch she recognized as is, and finally, her instant recogniuon of him at Paris; the declaration of Sir Joseph Oliiffe, M. D., of Paris, that he attended a gentleman 1a 1567 im Paris, in the presence of Lady Tichborne, who informed him that he was her son, Sir Roger; one also of Mr. Holmes and a Mr. Leete, who were also present, to the same effect, with regard to ine Dowager’s recognition, aud documents Dearmg the ailidavit of the witnesses as to the i@eutity of tue claimant. : ‘fhese eccupled a couviderable time In the read- ing. At this point it wus stated by Mr. sergeant Ballantine that he was prepared w submit the plainuid to an examination vy the jury, especially with reference to. his thumb, and that he could | also be submitted to an examination oy | med men on the part of the defendants, The “when” and “how”? were discussed by tue counsel and the Court. it was arranged that the latter examination sould take place this day at ten o'clock, after which the jury should have their view, the Chief Justice himseif veme present wiih them, the “venue” to be the Grand Jury rvom of this Court, ‘AS @ witness, Mr. William Sutherland, M. D., of Croydon, was calied, and stated thatin May jaat he, in company with sir W. Fergusson and Mr, Canwon, examined the claimant, apd jouvd @ Cicatrix on the bead and two Indistinct cicatrices on the right ankle; and on subsequent examinations of tne left ankle w very (istinct mark, as of an incision, was found bear some small superticial veins. On tne jefe shoulder there were marks wilere a seton nad been, and on the arm were marks 0! vaccination, which were pesricalarly. Jar cases of vaccination in e—much larger than im Ogland. He could not understand that the cartilaginous part of an ear could merease by age, though the lobe mignt from that cause, or from @ person's growing stouter. The | eross-examination of this witness, as of tie other } until after the claimant nad been examined by pro- | fessional inen on the part of the defendants, spoke of the scar on the head as having been cansed by a deep cut and remaining uncovered vy hate; the scar Inight have been caused twenty or fiity years: beiore or su late as twelve mouths, The witness also spoke to tue marks on the ankles, and one om the right eyelid, caused by @ puncture, and another on tue eyebrow, caused by uD Ancisiou. The nose, too, Witness said, nad been Injured, and a cicaiix left on it; and he spoke to the other marks on the arms aud spoulder mentioned by the previous meade cal men, a8 Well as to a brown disco.oration of tne skin over the ribs, about a hand's oreail size— whatis called a mother's mark, Ho also spoke to the large lobes of the ears, The witness let fail ap opinion that old ave began at fifty, taking tie span ol hie as @ hundred years, which Mr. sergeant jallantine hoped Uist he confued to we efect on the ears. Witness also said of the hands that they were unusually supple, double-joinied, with double action; and the thumb of the icit hand was be cuitar, the flesh coming beyond the nail, being pet+ ceptibly different irom the usher, & newly-iormed pall, replacing the original one, Which had veen log. A former witness—Sharp! me—a archit- tect, Who had stated that he saw a person ne oe lieved to be the claimant come from the Ospi and go ashore at Melbourne, was recalied to p dace a letter for the purpose of the dave of medical matters, Was by arrangement postponed | miserable Next came Mr. Baw yon, surgeon to ihe Charing Cross Fspftal Bigs fad dan ned the | claimant in May and as ly a8 Sunday last, aud ” ir 1868, the belug @ nger. by ade betore ee at yd ned ant was very illo) Coy ‘chest, feeble, his logs ares swollen, in danger and not in a fit state for a long and arduous jo! being description given of his condivion. evidence was taken before the adjournment. CUBA. Captain General Valmaseda’s Proclamation—En- gagements Between Spanish Troops and Inu- surgents-The Case of Dr. Howard. : Havana, Dec. 30, 1871, Captain Genera! Valmaseda has issued another proclamation, addressed to the msurgents in the Central Department, where the insurrection 1s mostly confined, giving them until the 16th of next January to surrender. The text of the decree ts as follows:— To THE INSURGENTS—Through a sentiment of kindneas, innate in the Spanish nation, the door of pardon has been constantly open to those who, by laying down their arms, have desired to entreat the pardon of their lives. You are aware that this pardon has been most extensive, as all those who have —, themselves have enjoyed complete liberty from the moment they submitted to the legitimate authoriuies; only certatu perso. among them have received, by reason of their evil antecedents, orders to leave the country, to settle wherever else they pleased. This leniency cowards those that have not repented can- not last forever, as many still continue contuma- cious, contident of receiving pardon when they choose, and continue to commit new and multiviied crimes, believing that they can always find a pro- Leen moment to shelter themselves in our usual enevolence, Needs must that this hope should end, once for all, and I hasten to ix a detinite ter- mination, Take advantage, then, of the days I give you as an interval for y our surrender, because a(ter' that time shall expire those who are contuma- lous shall be judged by this decree:— #irst—Those who, fighting with the insurgents as soldiers, shall not have presented themselves before the 15th of next January, when taken prisoners, shall be shot. + Second—Those who do not surrender until after that date shall carry chains for life, , Third—The negro slaves that surrender before the 15th of January shail be treated as the other revels, but, ater this date, shall be subject to the penalties set forth in articles 1 and 4, fourth—The female negro slaves taken or surren- dered after the 15th of January shall ve turned over to tueir owners, who shail force them into fleld sabor, and to carry letters for four years, FUth—The white females, or those of color and Iree, that after the date hereia given are found in the woods, shall be banished from the country. Sixth—The msurgent .eaders snall also have to the 15th of January wherein to surrender by fulfill ing the conditions L have imposed in other decrees, but after the expiration of this period shali be neld subject to the conaitions herein expressed, Insurgents! In the period I now allow you there 1s ample time for repentance on your part, and forgetiuiness on ours. Ii you let it pass, on your owu heuds be the blood, which may be shed through your obstinacy. COUNT VALMASEDA, THE WAR NEWS lately has been of slight importance, The recent surrender of Colonel Urquiza, with his party of fifty men, and the attack on Manuel Agramonte, as pre- viously reported, have been the most important, Urquiza ts now the most enthusiastic persecutor of his late comrades in arms. The particulars of an encounter by Captain Mufoz with a party ot insur- ents, near Palmillos, have been received from olguin. It uppears by the accounts that tne Insurgents, under their chiefs, Pancho Vega and Vicente Garcia, were busily employed in destroying the telegraph wires, when Captain Muiioz witn his sinall column in the march trom Tunas to Guillen came plump upon them and dispersed taem with slight losses. A telegram received at Santiago de Cuba gives as the result of Mendutio’s last expedition against the insurgents a loss to them of twenty- three. On the 22d at the Aguada Mountains there | ‘was a brisk skirmish by the Colon and Catalan regi- ments with the enemy, in which the Spauiards ac- knowledge some heavy losses: among them the com- mander of the Colon regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Marcelino Ubregon, formerly Governor of Holguin and one of the bravest ollicers of the Spanish army, was killed. Menauifo also telegraphs from Bayaino that the Union regiment had forced Mouesto Liag from his stronghold 10 the mouncains, and that he | was pursued and overtaken by the regiment Matau- zas at Guayalabo, where an encounter took place, with the stereotyped results, Besides these there are to be found, carefully reported by the Havana journals, every petty detail and action, dignified by ing calied aD action, in Which the insurgents lost aumusket or @ nan. DR. HOWARD. ‘Nothing new has transpired concerning the case of Dr. LOWard, still Incarcerated at Giens aod awaiting the lite Of the Captain General, who is yet to approve ms sentence ore {tis carried into effect. tis, however, surmised that the recon- sideration of the case by His Excellency wiil not prove favorable, as the authoriues are trying to prove Howard @ Spanish subject, and are likely to treat him accordingly. Consul General Turbert 1s making effcrts in his behalf. OPERA, &C. The Christmas holidays were celebrated here, a3 ts generally the custom, by heavy suppers, lignt balls and attendance on midnight or cock-crow mas on Christmas Eve, The German Club of this city gave a brilliant ball at the Santa Ysabel Hotel, which the Captain General attended. The avsence of American officers was, however, conspicuous. In the opera we have had “Otello,” “Lucia,” “sonnambula” und “Trovatore.” “Lucia” brought the largest house of the season, the attraction bet the spleidid interpretation of Tamberlitk in the Dart of Eagar, and Mile, Daltt continues to win iden opinion fromall with her ine lyric and atic talent, In “Otello,” an opera of the old Rossini school, out not appreciated py the admirers of the more modern Donizewtl and Verdi, Mme. Reboux and Tamberlik made @ success, Testa sung the part of Rodrigo gracefully aua correctly. MORE DISTRESS IN THE SMALLPOX HOS- PITAL. To THE EDITOR OF fH HERALD:— As the two articles inserted in your valuable jour- Dalon the 10th and 15th of December respectively “have had the desired effect in producing a few minor reforms, 1 hope you will kindly insert the statements which I propose to make. Those of us who are 80 unfortunate as to occupy the top floor of the Smallpox Hospital suffer many discomforts which nothing bat the power of the public press seems capable of reme- dying. Sixty of us occupy the space on the top floor that was originally intended to accommo- date thirty-five patients, All our food Is cooked in another hospital, situated at least ihe distance of two blocks from the Smallpox Hospital, It 13 car- ried thence by runners to the doctor’s snanty, or to the door of this hospital, in uncovered pails ana pans, and by the time it reaches the kitchen, is transterred to the wards and distributed to the bailents it 18 in. a most unsavory and unpalatable condition, We could formerly see our friends at the shore of the isiand, and receive delicacies and comforts fresh from home; now everything and everybody must pass through tne Charity Hospital. When verbal messages are sent us they are so garbled by the time they reach us that no sense can pe made of them; writien, messages pass iirough so many auferent hands that the address is often entirely obliterated, and, at others, so mutilated that the name of ‘tlayse” has beea taken to mean wnat of “Page,” and the name ‘Sherry’ has been deter- mined to be that of “White.” There is no separate ward or apartment for children and infants. All day long mast we submit to their piaitive er while nignt brings us no relief irom the distress annoyance. The officers of the Board of Health force ys from our poor but comfortavie homes, telling Us that we will “get the best of food, the best of care and attention” here; and yet some of us are compelled to avsulutely struggle for our por- Uon of food when the meals are distriouted. There is @ room’ calied the “dining room,’’ buco it is so small and the table so diminutive that Six oreight convalescents are all that can take their Meals in it at one tne; the rest of us must take our foud on wooden benches that measure at the most (often less) twelve inches from side to side, seated on our heels while so eaung. been a “visitng” or “inspec ing”? pli the Rospita since the month of November. T officers of the Board of Health never come to look after us from the time they leave us at the “receiving room’ at Belicvae Hospital. When the chief asks us it we are satisfied the oficious nurses never give us time to respond, but quickly reply, “Oh, yes, sir | we have every tain wo want.” By the way, I notice that the ciief never changes his clothu after his visits here, and lat- terly our doctors call very frequently. at the Cnarity Hospital without changing their ciotming either. Now, why should a strict quarantine be observed in our removal from home and Isolation here, and these doctors, chief and any number of runners, be permitted to carry on @ promisucous interchange of Visits between the Smatipox and Cuarity 1ospitals o enlignte! mlicndabtn i, TUNORANT PATIEN?. THE OPHTHALMIC INSTITUTE. The New YorR Ophthalmic and Naval Institute, 46 Kast Twellth street, treatea last year 3,175 patients for diseases of the eye and ear iu its dis penyary and 278 as inmates; 402 operations were med, amoug which may be mentioned 45 for pocaracl, 40 for apuiiciat pupil and 186 for squint. Tne lectures and clinical courses given in the tution were attended by physiciaus Irom ail parts of the Union, ‘This charity was founded three years ugo on the plan of becoming as much as possibie sell-supporuing by the aadition of a private depart To hb this ooject Was but Partially. Beaded, tie insweauon in every over tially avealo Fespoot was suc | George &. Borton, Edward T. Thompsoh. NEW YORK HMKALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. POLITICAL. The Ketorm in the Civil Service. {From the Koston Journal—republican—Jan. 5.) One of the best signs that we actually have a re form already inaugurated in the civil service 1s seen in the fact that Congressmen are beginning to grumble because their recommendations for office are unheeded at the departments. An honorable ‘haps one who has done his share of when there Congressmen are said to take the change ratner hardly and to predict its failure. It fail, but not on that account, The Ohio United States Senatership, (From the Cincinnati Commerctal, Jan. 3.) Ifastraight-out republican 1s to be elected this | time in Ohio Sherman isthe man. Ais long experi- | enee and high position on committees should not be lightly thrown away. We apprehend there 1s no doubt of his re-election, Ashley’s campaign and the anxiety to beat Sherman at all hazards have re- moved alldoubt. There have been nints ot insubor- dination among the republicans of the House, Six insurgents are wanted to prevent Scerman’s elec- | tion. ‘They know that Sherman has fairly a majority | of the republicans elected. Therefore they must volt to beat bim. (From the Cincinnati Commercial—semt-repudil- can—Jan. 4.) ‘The rumor which reached us from Washington, that Tom Scott was about to visit Ohio, with large coat pockets well fillea—to help aefeat John Sher- man—ts a curious one. The rumor comes coupled with the statement that Mr. Scott was the represen- tative of the railroad ring. Itmay be remembered that Jonn Sherman, last winter, assisted Richard Smith, Ben Eggleston and others in raising the Newport Rallroad bridge, an. tha. Tom was the champion of the Bridge Company. And, ps, it has not been forgotten that Sherman bas been in antagonism with several-raiiroad sot ; favored the granting of a chatter for a direct line | from Washington to New York. He has also pro- fey £5 charter the Cincinnati Southern Ratlroad yy national law. Under all vhese circumstances, tt is worthy of note that Mr. Tom Scott suddenly ab- peared in Cleveland night before last, and yesterday proceeded to Toledo, the points where it has been assumed Sherman was weakest, and good piaces to work if he is to be defeated. The One-Term Principle. {From the MA ragecy ki (R. a Patriot—republican— jan. 5, ‘The one-term amendment to the constitution can- | not be called a partisan movement—an effort to head off an obnoxious President—for it 1s an old idea, aprineiple three-fourth of a century old, endorsed by some of the best, wisest and most patriotic of our statesmen. To-day tt 1s advocated by the acknowl- edged leaders of the republican party, the party which nominated and elected General Grant; cone sequently it aims no blow, nor cherishes the least hostility, to the present distinguished incumbent of the Executive Mansion. Let Congress heed this popular sentiment of the country. New Jersoy LegislaturemMeets Tuesday, January 9—List of Wombcrs. The following 18 @ correct list of the members of the Legislature of New Jersey, which meets tn Tren- ton on Tucsday next, January 9 The list is by counties, republicans 1m roman, democrats in itanes:— SENATE. County. ame, Atlantic... wiitiam H. Conove Monmouth, or Morris... James f. Wiley... Eaward H, Bird,, 3, 12; democrats, 9; jority, 3, HOUSE. Atlantic—Samuel H. Caviiler, Bergen—Jacob G. Van Riper, George J, Bopper burlington—Rohert Aaronson, EB. wuad Camden—Frederick Bourquin, ‘Stevenson Lesite. Cape May—Richard S. Leaming. H onan Gcores S. Whiticar, J. Howard Wil- lets. Essex—Samuei Wilde, Moses A. Williams, Josepnr G. Hill, Edmuad L. Joy, Theodore Horn, Rochus Heiniscn, Jr, Theodore Macknet, David Anderson, Danie Murphu. Gioucester—John R. Middleton, Jonn 8, Raton. Hudson—George H. Farrier, Dennis Reardon, George 8. Plympton, Henry Garde, Jasper Wandel, James Stevens, John A. O'Neill, Anthony H. Ryder. Hunterdon—Peler Voorhees, Augustus BE, Sander- son. Mercer—Alfred W. Smith, Richard R. Rodgers, John 8. Shivers, . \ddiesex—Isaac L. Fisher, Joseph , Letson, Johnston Holcombe, Moamoutn—Austin H, Patterson, John T. Haight, Wiam &. Hendrickson, Morris—Natnantel Niles, W. B, Lefevre, Augustus G, Canfield, Ocean —Richard B. Parker. Passaic—Henry McDanolds, Charles Hemingway, Robert M. Torvet. Salem—Dantel P, Dorell, Smith Hewitt, Somerset—Lavid D, Smatiey, John &. Schenck. Sussex—Lebbeus Martin. el had Dutcher, William McKinley, John |. Luiberry. Warren— Valentine Muchler, William Stlverthorn. Democrats, in itaiics, 25; republicans, in Roman, 36. Republican majority, 11; republican majority on joint ballot, 14. Trouble Among the Administration Men and the Antis in Texas. A special despatch from Austin to the Galveston News, December 30, says a caucus held by demo- crats and anti-administration republicans resolved to hold a session of the Legislature on the 10th of January, for the purpose of impeaching Comptroller Biedsoe, The constitution fixes the 10tm of January eorge B. Carse, as the day of meeting, and there is an unrepealed Jaw of 1970 providing for the annual session, The Journal, oficial newspaper, says:—“The state House will be locked and guarded against them.’’ ‘Lrouble is apprehended, Miscellaneous. A correspondent of the Pittsburg Commercial recommends Jobin Aliison, present Register of tne United states freasury, as either United States Senator or Governor of Pennsyivavia. Pitch upon one or the other, but don’t try to gopble up bota positions. e ‘The Boston Travciler says E. A. Straw, of Man- chester, who has been dominated for Governor by the New Hampshire republicans, 1s a mull agent— popular, able and infuential. He will unite the party, and there is little doubt of his election over Governor Weston, who is also a resident of Man- chester. The campaign, henceforth, will be an active one. Joun C. Knox, Jr., has been appointed Deputy At- torney General of Pennsylvania. Does any one suppose that in consequence of the present Custom House Investigations the abomin- able “general order’ system wiil become obso-leet? The Washington Repudlican—semi-oMctal govern- ment organ—intimates that it would be weil for Vice President Coifax to decide soon and positively whether he will run again, and, in case he declines, suggests that Collector Forney be given the second place on the ticket, The paper says:—‘“Porney ake a noble Vice President, He does not Reiss home 10 the Philadelphia Custom Mouse.” THE LATE DR. BULKLEY. Resolutions by the Fellows of the Academy of Medicine. Ata meeting of the New York Academy of Medt- cine, held January 4, 1872, the following preamble and resolutions were unantmousiv adopted:— Whereas, It has pleased an all-wise Providence to remove by death Dr. Henry D, Buikley, Inte Trustee and former Fresiuent of the New York Academy of sedicing, Kesolved, ‘That this Academy ja called upou ty mourn the 3 of Fellow Who Was early idenuiied with its interests, \4 to the cioae of his Jife active in the promotion of its wel tare. solved, That in the various oficial positions to which he ha d by bis ovileagnes, he nas exhibited integrity of character and contributed by his assiuuous labors in ele vating the Academy to its present position among scientine |, That his contributions to medical Ut chea as they were by practical congiusions derived from clinical observation in hospitals and infirmaries which he had long and faithfully served, will remaim pertaanent mon- uments to iis professional industry anu abhity, especially tn the department of cutaneous medicine, to witch he had de- voteo himsel!, and im which he had long been considered an ure, en= expert, Resolved, That while this Academy thus bears witness to his eminence as 4 physician, it aiso records ity recognition of tue fact that voth 10 his public and private life he exbibiled its of character which couspictousiy mark the Curia- rey That as & tribute of respect to bin memory ve A Y this Academy attend, tis faneral on the 7b inaay eK. PEASLEL, M. D., Prosidents W. T. Waite, M. Dy ary. THE ERIE WAR. The Stratagetic Position of the Erie Officials Action of the American Stockholders. The rumblings of the storm which; it is sald, ts about to burst upon the present management of the Erie Rallway does not as yet seem to affect those in high positions in the company. A visit to their office discloses. no unusual excitement, and the Erie magnates wax thelr mustaches, comb out their short and long goatees, wear their nobby clothes and smoke thetr fragrant Havanas just as they formerly did, and, from their retreat smile at the English bondsmen who are engaged in making war upon them and ask them, comipla- cently, what they are ‘‘zoing to do about it?” Boss Tweed’s resignawon, say the Erie peopte, was a good thing for them, for it belped shem to stay the “Ring” cry of wolf and saved them from asking the “Boss” to do just what he did voluntarily. THE ERIE PEOPLE ARE JUBILANT for several reasons, The firss, they say, 1s because the late report of their President has “knocked spots” out of the insinuations of McHenty & Co., that the company never intended to declare’ a’ dividend at all. The Erie folks say that they have’ now got the roac into the finest possible condition, and therefore the millions they have for years been! spending upon a re-equipment of the road, in re laying 1t with stec! rails, in the build- ing of necessary branches, in the estab- lishing of new ferries and in the erection of new ferry houses they can now use im the payment of dividends, They are connaent tne’ Erie stock has touched the lowest figures and that another New Year's Day will see it at least fifty: per cent above the rate at which it 1s now selling. Of course these are “Erie assertions,” but the company oMcials say they have data for the above caloula-' ons, and are willing to “put up stamps” on the’ certainty of their assertions betng carried out, BRIE AT ALBANY 1s all right, say the Erie folks. They feel perfeotiy safe, and declare that they are willing that Barlow’ should look into their affairs as much a8 he chooses, All we want, say they, is justice, and if We are given alair show we are willing to abide the re- sult, The company, however. complain that the present statute, which specifies the manner i which the directors shall be voted for, is incorrect, and should be repealed and altered, 80 that direct. ors for raliroads may chosen in the same manner as are those of other moneyed corpora» tions. This, the Erle people contend, would resus Io having the road managed by the legitimate owners, The ‘Classification act,” they also con- tend, should be subject to the same test, and if the real stockholders of the road are not gatisti ‘With its present management, the Attorney General can step in; otherwise he ougut “to mind his owa business, ’? ALONG THE LINE OF THE ROAD, the Erie officials say, there 1s a great deal of excite- ment regarding the intelligence {rom the “seat ot war.” The people, as a general thing, are great in favor of retaining the present managems because, they fear, 1f the Engiishmen get control the road they will run it on the selfish Johnny Bull principle, that oaly Englishmen ought to be trusted to carry out English ideas, As & con sequence, the people fear that a lar number of the present employes would be dis- charged to make place for the Englishmen’s friends, Over this good feeiing along the line of the road the Erie ofilctais are highiy delighted, and point to tt ag evidence of the satisfactory manner in which the road has been managed to those who have ita workings under their very eyes. Already, the Krie magnaies say, petitions ‘are being rapidly signed by the inhabitants of the cities, towns and villages along the road, prayimg that the Legisiature wilt Adopt no measures tending to embarrass the pres- ent mai ig ve of the road or looking to their removal. Large meetings, 1t is also asserted, are to be held by the people along whe road for the pur pose of endorsing the policy and management of the present officials, ACTON OF AMERICAN STOCKHOLDERS. At @ meeting of the committee ot American stock- holders of the Erie. Ratiway, heid on Wednesday, the 8a inst., the recent movement set on foot by Messrs. Bischofisheim and McHeary in the interest of the Atlantic and Great Western stockholders was discassed, and the folowing resolution was Dassed:— Whereas the committee of American stockholders in the Erie Railway have had their attention directed to the recent combination on the par. of the stockholders in the Atlante and Great Western allway Company, reoresented by Messrs. Bischotfshetm and McHenry, of London, and have Feason to lelieve that any management of the Erle Rallway in the interest of the At.antic and Great Western road, any compromise with the present managers of the Erie Hail. war, would ve seriously ‘detrimentat to the prosperity of the hal ry Resolved, That the committee recommend the stockholders to witbhoid their confidence from the med Ativniic and Great Western combination, and trom movements having for their obfect the benefit of outaide ways, or the maintenance: in office of any part of the present management of the Erie Railway, or any movement Whatavever propoulug to effect objects outaide or incompath bie with the direct interests of the Erle Railw: Ww, B. REI, REUBEN MANLEY, A. D. WILLIAMS, REDDY THE BLACKSMITHS TENANTS. Varley and Bis Wife Cleaving Out a Hudson Street Lager Reer Saloon. Thursday afternoon Henry Willtams, proprietor of a lager beer saloon, in the basement of 260 Hud- son street, appeared before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, in @ great state of excitement, and com- plained that William Varley, better Known as Reddy the Blacksmith, his wife, brother, and a young man named Thomas Nolan, were in his place smashing things to pleces and using him “awful,” by spitting im his face, kicking nim, tearing his clothes and ,| throwing tumblers at him. A warraat was issued and placea in the hands of Officer Andee of the court squad. Upon proceeding to the house the officer found affairs in a somewhat demoralized condition, the stove being upset, the stove pipe scattered over the floor, ana a hole large enough for a man to crawl into hammered through the walt, and Wil- liams’ wife and children in one corner of tne piace trembling with fear, Learning that Mrs. Varley and Nolan were in the upper portion of theshouse, tne ofticer proceeded uj stairs, aud, protucing his warrant invite them to accompany him to Twenty- eighth precinct station house, in Greenwica street, _where they were locked up for the nignt, Yesterday mornmg they were conveyed be- fore Justice Cox and placed im the prison box until the watch returns were disposed of, Keddy shortly aiterwards put in an appearance and was also escorted to the “vox’! ald placed in company with his wife and Nolan. Upon the case coming up for examination it was ascertained that the nouse in Huds®n street was leased to Mrs. Varley, wio sub-leased the basement to Williams and the first floor to a Frenchman, who keeps a stationery store. The latver complained that Williams hung fils signs in front of his, place of ‘business and had on several occasions thrown hig (the Freuchman’s) sigus ia the street, Mrs. Varley admitted tne charge, but pleaded that Williams kept a disorderly piace, keeping open neariy all nigot, and had cut a hole through a par- titton which separated tho front from the back base- ment, through which he had placed a stove pipe; that on several occasious they hac nearly smothered herseif and family to death Irom the smoke thas came from the pipe into their apartments, and ir order to protect themselyes she beat the pipe down witi a broomstick, and afterwards beat Willlame for Interfering with her. Mrs. Varley was placed under $400 vail fur her good behavivr, and her hus band and Nolan were discharged, THE LATE RUFUS RIPLEY. The funeral of this young man, who sosadly came to his death by his own hands, in the Bank of New York on Thursday of last week, was attended on Sunday last oy a very large number of mis friends, The burial service of tne Episcopal Church, was read by the Rev, Dr. Paddock of Grace churc, Brooklyn Heights, his former pastor; who also spoke warmly o! the beautiful moral and Chris tian character of the deceased. It seems that Mr. Ripley had been laboring for years under an almost ceaseless distress in the head, calling out alike the sympathy of nis many friends and their wonder and admiration at his steady, unswerving, conscientious fulfilment of his daily arduous duties. This cross, growing heavier as years elapsed, he has borne Without complaint and even with marvellous cheer- fulness. His Christian characver was regardeu by all who knew his inver life as singuiariy pure, con- sistent and lofty. Those wno knew hius weil agree that no other evidence need be asked that the mat- ady had at last touched the brain thaw the lever Which he left ior ove of lis Inends. Assurediy the deplorable circumstances of his a@ath should not be allowed to cloud ior & moment the beauty and power of his Christian life and example. A — raion ortem examination revealed a formation ot skull that Tay ne described without exagge! crown of thorns, wiihe tollowing extract from the memorandum of Dr. KS. Bunker, of Brooklyn, Who maae the autopsy, 1s of interest:— ‘The cranial bones presented « remarkable appearance, iny deeply furrowed by suici, correspoding to the convolu- ithe cerebrum, espectaily the anterior lobes va each Severai conical spiculw of bone projected into the cerebral suict a quarier of antnch or more, These termi: nated in exceedingly suarp, needle like puinta, trom one of whieh I received a severe “post-mortem wound” on the ing the last eight years of bis life Mr. Riplev sufered from persistent, Incorrigivie pain in the head, on which ao therapeutic agencies not even the strongest electric cur Fent—wouid produce tne sightest impression, In other re- apects he wasn healthy man, tingly developed, rexular and correct in his habits and without constitutional taint. His case 18 not without precedent; bul «ugh lersous are, happily, lotrequent