The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1872, Page 7

¥ An English scientific journal has recently pnd very ably discussed the grave problem of indoor ventilation. It is a matter of the greatest marvel that while engineers have provided the means of draining our cities of their noisome and pestilential mat- her, as yet nothing has been done to pre- went the infection of our houses and bed- It is mates of their dwellings and even their pala- tial residences from the’ common drain of the whole city population. Ithas generally been supposed that when fhe streets are kept clean and the sewers in good order municipal prudence has nothing more to do. It is very certain that in the Present atmospheric condition of our Eastern Cities the epidemics of the season will make rapid strides without these sanitary precau- ions. But we need to look further. It has Jbeen shown very clearly that the foul and dis- wase-laden air of the public sewer can and does obtain admission into our chambers $hrough the soll pipe, the bath outlet pipes @nd the pipes which connect our bathrooms ‘with the subterranean drain. It was con- olusively shown by the medical press of Eng- Jand that even the elegant saloons and tapes- tried rooms of Londesborough Lodge were tainted and impregnated with foul sewer gas, and that the late illness of the Prince of Wales was due to this exciting cause. Jt is very clear, too, that there must ‘be & constant pressure of the sewer air on the pan or trapof the closet which must Inevitably lead to an infiltration of the poison- ‘ous vapor into the house. If we suppose that fhe excremental matter which passes through the sewer in epidemic seasons is capable of fonveying disease, as we know it is, the most cleanly and elegant mansion on our finest ave- ues, and even our sumptuous suburban willas, are seen to be in direct communication with the most filthy and putrescent nests of Aisease in the worst tenement houses. The open pipes in the houses (which are @lso introduced into every bedroom) in performing their functions in removing waste water are so many vents for the Weadliest vapors confined in the seweraze. The foul air returns and insinuates itself nto our houses by more than one process. A wiod pressure, exerted on the open mouth of the sewer at great distances from the house, or such a pressure on any street corner sewer opening, at once sends the infectious miasm into the internal atmosphere of our wellings. The increase of the specific gravity of the external atmosphere also forces the sewer air into our nostrils. Even the Graft of chimneys in a tight building, and especially when it is closed up at night, must be fed and kept up partly through the nume- rous small pipes which connect with the general sewer drainage. All these unsuspected avenues of death are slarming, because no amount of care and cleanliness can avert the danger so long as our houses are arranged as at present. But the remedy is not a difficult one. No cesspit, sink or trap should be allowed anywhere inside the walls of the dwelling; but these should be constructed outside, and charcoal strainers and filters be extensively employed. As our London contemporary— Nature—suggests, the pneumatics of the private dwelling are quite as important as the hydraulics, and the dozen or more small pipes of sinks, baths, &c., should every one be made to empty, not directly into the sewer, but should be collected and ‘‘allowed to dis- charge their contents into the open air over a trap communicating with the house drain, so that reflux of sewer gas into the house would be simply impossible.” We regard this suggestion as of unspeakable importance in the technical details of house building, and especially of all flats, tenement houses and hotels. A man’s home is of more Consequence to him than the whole outside world, and if our modern science is worth anything it should bring itself to our hearths and firesides. The London 7imes well says of this matter :—‘‘What @ satire on the uni- versal diffusion of knowledge, on the lectures of the Royal Society, on hundreds of scientific god educational institutions and on all our new inventions and discoveries! Here is the simplest thing in the whole world, which wanted only common sense, and nobody seoms to have thought of it—nay, we are not eure that our architects and builders will be thinking of it next year. It is far too simple and too deadly an affair.” We see no reason why legal municipal enactments should not at once be made and henceforth rigidly enforced, if not retrospec- tively at least prospectively, in all our future public buildings, and even in the construction of private residences, An early and energetic improvement of these suggestions would go far te arrest and mitigate the peril we are in from smallpox and Asiatic cholera, with the ravages of which we may very soon be over- taken. LITERARY OHIT-OHAT. Proresson VAUCHERY has nearly completed his “History of Bokhara and Transoxiana,” founded on Oriental manuscripts. “BrTs or TRAVEL, by H. H.” (Helen Hunt), will @ppear from the press of J. R. Osgood & Co. in a few days. Mn. VAN NOSTRAND will shortly issue “A Treatise on Acoustics in Connection with Ventilation,” by Alexander Saeltzer, architect. MUNN & Co., of New York, are about to issue a volume entitled “The Science Record for 1812: a compendium of scientific progress and discovery during the past year.” ANOTHER new historical magazine is to be issued, tms time from Schenectady, N. Y., to be Called The Historical Record, and to be devoted to the early history of the Mohawk Valley and to his ‘orical research in general. It will be issued monthly, “PLAIN TALK ABOUT INSANITY, WITH REMAKS ON HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS,” 19, the title of a forth- coming work by Dr. T. W. Fisher, late of the Bos- ton Asylum for the Insane, It may fairly be sald, considering the amount of literature on the subiect, that insanity is ome of the great questions of the age, “THE DURITE SNAKE,” & poem of much power, PSs than tne Ae Boston, 1s going the ” ‘Boston Sten? oun Hay. “Too vad,’ ways the = NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FRANCE. Herald Special ‘Report from the French Capital. Parliamentary Proposition for tho Confisea- tion of Napoleon’s Personal: Property. Scene of Excitement in the Assembly. Twenty Votes in Favor of the Confiscation. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the Herarp has been received from our oorre- spondent in the capital of France. Paris, Jan. 24, 1872, The French Assembly was moved by the occurrence of a scene of tremendous excite- ment during the session to-day. A member named Naquet, who is remark- able for his personal appearance, being a dwarf in size and hunchbacked, proposed a resolution declaring the confiscation of Na- poleon’s family property to the uses of the State. The proposition was received with shouts of derision by the members generally, and only twenty hands were held up in favor of it. Legislative Sentiment in Favor of Commer cial Protection—The Trade Treaty with England Likely ,To Be Repealed~Raw Ma- terial May Perhaps Go Free—A Bonaparte Vietory at the Fountain Head of the Heuse—Bourbonism—The Cause of the aay PARIS, Jan. %4, 1872, ‘The Committee of the Assembly are ready to report in favor of the abrogation of the commercial treaty with Great Britain. The majority of the Assembly Committee tg still averse to the taxation of raw material, THE CABINET A UNIT, AND LIKELY TO REMAIN SO, No immediate change will be made in the Minis. try. All rumors to the contrary are false, A BONAPARTIST VICTORY, Prince Napoleon has been elected to the Council of Ajaccio, Corsica, BOURBONISM LIKELY TO FUSE. Efforts are making to bring about a fusion of the branches of the House of Orleans. The Count of Paris intends to visit the Count of Chambord, when an attempt will be made to reconcile their confict- ing political interests. HOW THE PREMIER FEELS TOWARDS THE POPE. The Mayor of Montpelier has been dismissed from his office because of fis conduct during the recent anti-Pontifical disturbance, NATIVE OUTRAGE AGAINST THE PRUSSIANS. A Prussian soldier was attacked by a French workman at Epernay to-day, and badly wounded. The assailant has been arrested and will be tried. No serious complications are likely to result from the occurrence, ENGLAND. The Dilke Democracy Prepared for an Open Air Demonstration. Humanitarian Lessons from the United States— London Swept by a Severe Storm—Damage to the New House of Parliament—Course of the Gale Toward the Continent. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALE. LONDON, Jan. 24, 1872, ‘The mass meeting in support of Sir Cnaries Dilke is advertised for the 5th of February, the day before the opening of Parliament. As no hall of sufficient capacity can be obtaimed the meeting will be heid in Trafalgar square. SOCIAL REFORM AND LESSONS FROM AMERICA. Mr. Dalrymple, M. P., who recently made a tour of inspection of the inebriate asylums in the United States, intends to bring the resuit of his observa- tions before Parliament, He proposes to secure additional information by introducing early in the session a motionto em- power the committee of the House of Commons to invite leading Americans to give evidence before it as to the methods and progress of inebriate re- form in their country. LONDON SWEPT BY A GALE. A severe storm commenced here yesterday even- ing and lasted all night, raging with great violence. ‘The gale at times became a hurricane. Rain poured down in torrents, flooding the lower portions of the city. The Parliament building was damaged, the water penetrating the roof in several places and injuring the decorations and furniture, COURSE OF THE GALE TOWARD THR CONTINENT. The weather reports show that the storm ex- tended throughout the British Isles and reached some portions ot the Continent, THE DAMAGE ON LAND. Telegraph wires are prostrated in various direc- tons and communisation interrupted. DREAD OF DISASTERS AT SEA, In the Channel and on the Irish coast the storm was excessively severe. Serious disasters to ship- ping are feared, although partly owing to the de- rangement of the wires no wrecks are yet reported. THE COTTON SUPPLY. Two hundred and twenty-two bales of American cotton were landed at Liverpool to-day. GERMANY. Treaty Relations with Great Britain—Imperial Honor to an English Artist. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALG BERLIN, Jan. 24, 1872, ‘The draft of a treaty between Great Britain and the German empire for the extradition of criminals has been laid before the Federal Council. IMPERIAL HONOR TO LANDSEER. The Emperor of Germany has knighted and con- ferred the Urder of Merit on the distinguished Eng- lish painter, Sir Edwin Landseer, AUSTRIA. Parliamentary Compliment to the Diplomacy of the United States. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. ‘ VIENNA, Jan. 24, 1872, The lower house of the Reichrath to-day without debate passed to @ second reading the convention between Austria and the United States recenuy ne- gotiated by Minister Jay. CUBAN SUGAR CROP. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Jan. 24, 1872, Recent heavy rains stopped cane grinding on many plantations, The rain ceased to-day and operations will ve speedily resumed, SPAIN. Resignation of the Sagasta-Malcampo Cabinet and @ Ministerial Crisis. Parliamentary Combination Against the Advisers of the Crown—Herreros’ Defeat for the Presi- dency of the Cortes—Official Anticipa- tion of Legislative Repudiation— Interview with the King and Advice from Amadeus, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MapRiD, Jan. 24—P, M. ‘The members of the Sagasta-Maicampo Ministry have resigned their portfolios, piacing them tn the hands of the King. Defeat of the Ministry in the Cortes—The Paritamontary Presidency Tcst Question and am Adverse Vote. MapRID, Jan. 2%, 1872, ‘The defeat of Sefor Herrera for President of the lower House of the Cortes decided the fate of the then existing Cabinet, At the first sitting of the Cortes, during the pro- ceedings preliminary co organization, it became evi- dent that the temper of the House was against the Present government, and that the Ministerial candi- date for the Speaker's chair had little chance of suc- C088, On the test vote the opposition showed itself largely in tne majority, and Herreros’ defeat in the regular election for President was inevitable. SAGASTA’S INTERVIRW WITH THR KING. For this Seflor Sagasta did not wait, He immediately visited the King, and informed him that the vote in the Cortes left him but two alternatives—the dissolution of the Cortes or the resignation of the Ministry. CAUTION OF THB CROWN AND PRUDENT ACTION OF THE THRONE. The latter course was decided upon, and the King said he should take counsel with the President of the Senate, the Vice President of the House and with Sefiores Herreros, Zorrilia and Serrano before the formation of a new Cabinet. Sefior Sagasta and the present Ministers were requested to return their portfolios until gome de- cisive result was reached, THE FUTURE. To-day being & holiday the Cortes is not in session. To-morrow the regular election tor President witl be held. Senor Sagasta’s Election to the Presidency of the Cortes, The vicious custom of attaching political and party importance to the office of President of tne Cortes is the cause of the present Ministerial trouble in Spain, just as it was at the moment when Sefior Sagasta was himself chosen to preside over tne deliberations of the Parliamentary body. ‘This event occurred on the 2d of October, 1871, Sefior O)ozaga having gone to Paris as Spanish Am- bassador, his post as President of the Cortes had to be filed.. The government candicate was Sefior Rivero, the chief of the democratic faction, it being the opinion of Sefior Zorrilla and his progreasist com- panions that they could best tone down the opposition of the republicans and carry their reform schemes that way. Sedor Sagasta aliowed himself to be put forward by his personal friends of tne Progressista party, and his party was eagerly joined by the conservatives and Oarlists, the former because Sa- gasta had shown of late considerable tendencies to separate himself from the radical camp, and the latter because they imagined that the more pertur- bation they could bring about in the camp of the Amadeists the better for the cause of Don Carlos, The voting resulted. ta, 110; Rivero, 109; blanks, 17—total, 236. Neither candidate having the half plus one of the total of those present, as is req by the rules of the Spanish Legislature, there had to be a second voting, ‘The numbers then stood:—Sagasta, 124; Rivero, 113. ‘The party analysis was thus:—Sagasta nad, progressists, 49; untonists, 50; opposition consti tional, 15; ‘Carlists, 10; total, 124. Rivero hai i> Aer ag 47; democrats, 31; republicans. 35; votal, 113. The result of Sagasta’s victory last year was to destroy the prospect just opening up before Spain of @ settled government and one of extreme liberal views, presided over by Zorrilla, All were placed at “gixes and sevens!’ in, and “poor Spain’’ sent adrift on the ocean of troubled politics unce more, where she has remained floating since. ROME. Civic Population of the Ancient Centre of Civili- zation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Roms, Jan. 24, 1872, The census of Rome has been completed. The total population of the city is 240,000, ROUMANIA. Revisal of the Railroad Company's Rules of In- corporation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. . BUCHAREST, Jan. 24, 1872. ‘The obstacies to the execution of the Ratlway Set- tlement law have been removed by altering the status of the company. It is expected that the Legislative Chambers will ratify the changes made by the government. TURKEY. Cholera Disappeared from Constantinople—Clean i Bills of Health. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 24, 1872, The cholera has disappeared from this city and suburbs. Clean bills of health are now granted to all de- parting vessels. AUSTRALIA. The Antipodal Scientists Suffer Disappointment. TELECRAM TG THE NEW YORK HERALD LONDON, Jan. 24, 1872, Advices from Melbourne, Australia, report that the observation of the solar eclipse there was a fail- ure, owing to cloudy weather, Tamaulipas in Revolt—Reported Battle at Ca- margo and Success of the Revolutionists. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW fORK HERALD. MATAMOROS, Jan. 24, 1872, General Macedonia Capistran, President of the Supreme Court of the State of Tamauil- pas, issued @ proclamation yesterday against the government, advising his friends to prepare for action. He had, heretofore, wielded great influence on the frontier and been foremost in suppressing the revolution. Severe fighting was reported at Camargo yester- day between the forces of General Cortina and General Quiroga, in which the revolutionists were victorious, The telegraph was cut, and rumors of General Quiroga’s advance on this city prevailed all day, BURGLARS CAPTURED. As an early hour yesterday morning Detective Farley received information that a burglary had béen done on the premises of Messrs, Friedmann & Lauterjung, 14 Warren street, Mr. Farley went to 161 Varick street, where he supposed thieves lived, and going up into the house came upon the scene as the robbers were in the act ol estimating the value of their plunder. ‘Tne face of the well Known detective caused a consternation in the dwelling, and Mr. Farley captured his prey and brought the two men to the Central Office. They ve their names as George Bramer, alias ‘atson, alias Moffat, and Jacob Williams. Captain Irving recognized the men as old offenders, and locked them up previous to examination before Judge Dowling this morning. Detective Farley re- covered about twenty-five hundred dollars’ worth of velonging, 1 ry Pied t is supposed, ta the | | | THE SEARCH FOR LIVINGSTONE. Municipal Aid for the Anglo-African Expedition. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 24, 1872. ‘The Right Honorable the Lord Mayor of London has called a public meeting for Tuesday in aid of the British expedition for the relfef of Dr. Living- tone, the African explorer. THE HERALD AND DR, LIVINGSTONE. (From the Pall Mall Gazette, Jan. 9.] It must not be supposed that the reporter of the New Yorgr HERALD who has been despatoned in search of Dr. Livingstone has no other mission to perform than the discovery of that traveller. He ts, as we learn from nis letter to the HERALD dated Awihara, district of Unyanyempe, July 4, 1871, to “ascertain from Livingstone what discoveries he has made—only,” it is added, “such fucts as he would ve pleased to give to one who had’ mage such efforts to reach him.” It is to be feared that if the object of the search hears that a HERALD reporter is on his track with the intention of “interviewing” him he may dive into some un- known region where no reporter can follow him, and, as regards the prospect of intelligence, we shail be worse off than we were before. The dis- covery of Livingstone is, however, but a trifling portion of the work cut out for the reporter before he left une office of the HERALD; it ts merely the Anale of & mission embracing other objects of more or less importance, ‘rhe instructions (says the reporter) whicn I re- ceived from you close on two years ago were given with the usual brevity of the HKRALD. They were to “Find out Livingstone, and get what news you can relating to bis discoveries.” But before seeking Livingstone in the unknown wilds of Africa I had other orders to fulfll which you had given me. [ had to be present at the tuauguration of the Suez Canal; I had to ascend the Nile of the first cataract. Thad to write full accounts of what I had seen and What was done—a guide to Lower and Upper Egypt. From Egypt { was instructed to go to Jerusalem, write up what Warren was discovering under that famous city; thence | had to proceed to tne Crimea, whence | was to send you descriptions of Sebastopol, as tt stands to-day, of the graveyards in and about it, of the battlefeids where England and France met Russia in the shock of war. This done, | had to travel through the Caucasus, visit Turkestan, find out what Stoteboff and the Rus. slaps were doing towards the conquest of the Oxias Valley, and then advance towards India. Next I had to travel through the length of Persia and write about the Euphrates Valley, the railroad that has been on the tapis 80 1o! and its prospects, Lastly, I had to sail to the African coast, and, ac- cording 88 circumstances guided me, seek out Livingstone. That the search may be successful every one must hope, and there can be no doubt that if Livingstone 1g stlil to be found no one 1s so likely to get at him as a New YORK HERALD reporter, who thus con- cludes his despatch :—‘Until I hear more of him, or see the long-absent old man face to face, I bid you farewell; but, wherever he is, be sure | shall not give up the chase. If alive, you shall hear what he has to say; if dead, I will find and bring his bones to you.” {From the Sacramento Daily Record, Jan. 15.) In these days of enterprise and perseverance there appears to be no object that 1s not attainable by the ingenuity of man; and there ts no better evi- dence of this fact than the pertinacious persever- ance of our journals in the procurance of intelli- gence from every corner of the eartn. This isa comparatively easy task when points of interest are accessible to rallroads and telegraph. The New York HERALD, however, has recently demonstrated that nothing can stand in the way of journalistic enterprise, by fitting out and despatohing, atits own expense, an expedition to the wilds of Africa in search of the famous Dr. Livingstone. No more tn- teresting object of inquiry could be devised, and no more entertaining narrative can be laid before the reading public than the account of this search for the world’s great explorer. bd ° The saccess of this expedition—which is the greatest effert of journalism the world has yet seen— would be but @ fitung reward to the public spirit of its originators, and will udd another laurel to the fame of the American press, {From the Houston (Texas) Telegraph, Jan. 16.) ‘The expedition fitted out by the NEW YORK HERALD, to search for Livingstone, has created no little stir in England. The London Telegraph thinks it ashame to the country that an English subject who nas done so much for the cause of discovery should have been neglected, and that it snould be left to foreign private individuais to do the work that properly belongs to the British government, LIBERAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The Missouri Libei Stull on the Old Plat. form—Great Array of Resolutions—Peace, Prosperity and Plenty Can Come Alene by These Means. JEFFERSON CrTy, Mo., Jan. 24, 1872, The Liberal Repuolican Mass Convention met here to-day. It is one of the largest ever assembied in the State, nearly every county being repre- sented, Judge Dehalt, of Grundy county, was elected temporary chairman, and Colonel Lander, Secretary. After the appointment of com- mittees the Convention took a recess until two o'clock P, M. On reassembling in the afternoon the Committee on Resolutions made their report, as follows:— Resolved, That we, the liberal republicans of Missouri, faithful now, as we were in the dark days of the war, the vital principles | of | true ropubligantem, by no act’ or word will endanger btful sovereignty of the Union, emancipation, equality of clvit rights or enfranchisement,’ To those established facta now: Imbedaed in the constitution we claim the loyalty of all good citizens. Resolved, That true and lasting peace can come only from aucb profound reconciliation aa entranchisement has wrought in this State, nor can those governments be pure of great in whicn taxpayers fave no active part. We therefore demand, with equal suffrage for all complete amnesty for all, that the intellect and experience of every State may be welcomed to active service fur the com-, ‘That no form of taxation is just or wise which wuts needless burdens upon the people. “We demand a genu- ine reform of the tariff, so that those duties shall be removed which in addition to the revenue yielded to the Treasury in- volve an increase in the price of domestic products and con- sequent tax for the benefit of favored interests, esolved, That the shameless abuse of government patron. age for the control of conventions and elections, whether in the fnterest of an individual faction or of a party, with {ts conseauent corruption and demorahzation Of political life, demands a thorough and genuine reform of the public service. Those who would suppress in- vestigation forget they owe a bigher duty to the country than toany party. We honor those Senators whose courageous course has compelled the disclosure of gross misdeeds, and theydeserve the thanks and hearty support of all good citizens. Resolved, That loyal self-government, with tmpartial suf- trage, will guard the rights of all citizens more securely than any centralized authority; it is time to stop the growing encroachments of the executive 3 tne use of coercion or — bribery to ratify treaty ; the packing of a Supreme Court to relleve rich cor- poradiins, ye sealing of members of Congress not elected y the ‘people, the resort. of unconstitutional to cure the Ku Klux disorder, trreligion or erance, and’ the surrender of individual jo those who ask that the practice or creed of some shall be the law of all. We demand for the individaal the largest liberty consistent with public order, for the State self-gov- ernment, and for the nation the return to the methods of Peace atid the limitations of power. Resolved, That true republicanism makes it not the leas our duty to expose corruption, denounce the usurpation of rand work for reforms necessary for the public wel- Pare. The "times demand an uprising of honest. citizens to sweep from power men who prostituie the name of any honored party to selfish interes. We therefore invite all republicans Who desire the reform herein laws intem- freedom set forth to meet in National Mass Convention at the city of Cincinnati, on the first Monday of May next, at noon, there to take such action and public exigencies may require. jutions reported additional resol u- tions, recommending the ltperal republicans of Missouri to see that they are fully represented at the Convention this day called; that thirty persons be specially designated to present the resolutions here adopted to that body. A CONNECTICUT WOMAN KILLS HER HUS-. BAND. {From the New Haven Palladium, Jan. 24.) Sunday night the residents of the village of South. bury were startied by the announcement that Charles H. Johnson had been shot, Investigation showed that the report waz true. Mr. Johnson was shot by his wife, almost instant death resulcing from the wound. The parties lived in that Vid! Southbury known as Hull's Hill, Johnson being afarmer. He had been for some time in the habit of arinking, at times carrying nis debaucnes to great excess, and on such occasions was very abusive towards nis family. He has severely beaten his wife a number of times, and once distocated her collar bone, Rare, hy oy Johnson became very abusive, so much so that his wile became frightened, and taking her child fled to her father’s house, Which Was but @ short dis- tance away. Johnson followed her there and as- saulted her again. In her excitement she seized a pistol belonging to @ brother and fired it at her hus- vand, the passing through both lungs and lodging in the back. Johnson fell and died in- stantly. A coroner's jury was summoned and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the above facts. Mrs. Johnson wyi be held for indictment; public opinion 1s very strong in ner favor, it being thought that she fired the sfot in self-detence. Johnson was arrested about a year for assault- ing @ brother, whom he nearly killed, and was bound over for trial to the Superior bonds only $200 he furte! JANUARY 25, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. , Prince of Court, but bia, ae THE JAPANESE EMBASSY. The Speech of Prince Iwakura at the Bass THE GRAND DUKE quet inSan Francisco Translated Iato Eng~ | His Imperial Highness and Suite Back im St lish—Japas and California Interests Will Be Identical, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24, 1872, The following isa translation of Iwakura’s ad- dress at the banquet given to the Japanese Embassy in this city last nignt;— GENTLEMEN—I earnestly desire to express, on be- half of the other mem! bassy im my own, our worm rst th the dnd great mpore The relative situation of tuis'pore to depen is eaok that your prosperity will be the promoter of our civilisation, and we hope our pro; ‘tre bute to” a sour oly. we hcomins our best exertions to uphold dine in the future will have many rests. The gratitude | feel for your o~ kindness 1s beyond my power of expression. vernor Ito, one of our ambassadors, will respond more fully on our behalf, COLORADO. Sudden Snow Storm and Hurricane—Clear Creek Canyon the Sceve of a Fatal Gun- powder Explosion—A Great Fire a Few Miles from Denver—850,000 Worth of Prop- erty Destroyed. DENVER, Jan. 24, 1872, After three weeks of very fine weather a sudden Change took place about six o'clock yesterday, when @ severe gale, accompanied by snow, set in, and for several hours raged with great fury. The thermometer fell about forty degrees during the night. The storm reached as far as Santa Fé in the south and to Georgetown in the west. At Denver this morning the thermometer was ten degrees velow zero, at Central City twenty degrees below, and at Colorado Springs twelve degrees be- low; the coldest weather known for years. A terrible accident occurred in Clear Creek Canyon, near Golden City, yesterday, on the line of the extension of the Colorado Oentral road. A Bumber of laborers were attempting to dry a box of Hercules errs ata camp fire, when the pow. der exploded, Killing two men, named John Hughes bot Barney Bloom, and severely wounding several others, A disastrous fire occurred at Littleton, seven miles from Denver, this morning, destroying the Rough and Ready flouring mill, in which were stored ten thousand bushels of wheat and about six hundred sacks of flour. The mill was ono of the best in the Territory. The logs is over $50,000. The insurance ts unknown. No mails have arrived from the East via the Union Pacific Ratiroad since the zist inst. CANADA. The Ontario Parliament—Riel eo Mant. teba Troublee—Sympathy With the Queen Relative to the Recent Iiness of the Prince of Wales. TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 24, 1872, The following resolution passed the Ontario Legis- lature yesterday relative to the execuiton of Scott by Riel in Manttobs ‘That this House feels bound to express ite regret that no effectual steps have been taken to bring to justice the mur- derers of Thomas Scott, and {ts opinion that something should be done towards that end. ‘Also a resolution “That an address be presented to Her Moat Gracious Majesty, expressing the deep sympathy this House has felt for Her Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales during the recent dangerous illness of His Highness, and the great gratification and delight with which this House hails the news of bis happy recovery.” Smallpox in Canada. TORONTO, Ont., Jan. 24, 1872, Smallpox has appeared tn several parts of the Dominion, A hospital has been established here, Roof of a Drill Shed Fell In. . MONTREAL, Jan. 24, 1872, About nine o'clock last nignt the roof of the drill shed fell in with a loud crash, the band of the Wales Rifles narrowly escaping. No one was injured. FRED DOUGLASS. The Colored Orater Refused Admission to the Planters’ Hotel, in St. Louls—The Pro. prietor Would Rather Go Up in a Balloon Than Allow Him to Ent or Drink on the Premises. Sr. Lours, Jan. 24, 1872, The city of St, Louis is just now greatly exercised over the refusal of the proprietor of the Planters’ Hotel to entertain or harbor Freda Douglass, the celebrated colored orator and abolitionist. Mr. Dougiass came to the hotel yesterday and entered hus name on the register, the same as any guest, and shortly afterwards came and sald he would like some dinner. The Cierk remarked, in substance, that he thought the Planters’ Hotel would be damned before he could get any dunner there, and then pointed to the book, where his name liad been erased. “What is the meaning of this outrage?’’ sternly asked the old man, pulling indignantly at his dis- tingué gray mustache. “4t means simply this—that the Planters’ House don’t Keep niggers: if you want anything you will have to go elsewhere,” saia the intelligent clerk. Here the crowd thickened, and a rush was made towards the book to see the name of the man who was the subject of the row. Each man as he saw the name either gasped approval or grunted dis- sent, The majority grunted. The crowd read upon the books simply the name, “Fred Dougiass, Wash- n, D. ‘ton, D. C.” ins name seemed to be enough to damn the man in the estimation of niae out of ten, who read and sympathized witn the clerk. Mr. Dougiass made a short speech, in which he denounced in very indignant terms the procedure. He said he had travelled over all the civilized countries of Europe; had been received by the highest, and nowhere had he been where he had met with such shameful treatment. ‘The crowa listened and sneered and laughed, bor Mr, Douglass retired to find quarters else- where, Personal Intelligence. Congressman W.-C. Smith, of Vermont, is at the Brevoort House. Ex-Mayor J. W. Barker, of Syracuse, is stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. Ex-Governor Hall and General James Craig, of Missouri, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General L. T. Smith, of Kansas, has quarters at the Firth Avenue Hoiel. Juage Tnomas Hunter, of Georgia, is among the sojourners at the Grand Centra! Hotel. Lieutenant John P. Merrill, of the United States Navy, is quartered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Captain A. K. Hughes, of the United States Navy, has taken quarters at the Futth Avenue Hotel. Colonel A, D. Sanford, of Connecticut, is among the late arrivals at the Grand Central Hotel. General J. C. Preston, of South Carolina, has ar- rived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. J. H. Ramsey, President of che Albany and Sus. quehanna Railroad, is staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. J. M. Holtz, Surgeon General of the United States Navy, has arrived at the Brevoort House, A. J, Drefel, the Philadelphia banker, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Governor E. J. Davis, James P. Newcomb, Ad- jutant General and Colonel Tom P. Ochiltree, of Texas, have returned to the St. Nichotas Hotel. Secretary Robeson and bride reached the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday morning. Amos Pilisbury, Superintendent of the Albany Penitentiary, 1s at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. Pillsbury has made the institution in his charge the most perfect of its class in this country, and per- haps in the world. Under his administration it nas ceased to be a burden wo the taxpayers, and 1s self- supporting. His reputation as an organizer and diseiplinarian caused him to be selected by tne Police Commissioners of this city to succeed F. A. Talmage as Superintendent of the forée. He re- tained the position for a short time, however, hav- ing found its duties less to his taste than those of the office he held previously, and which he has since his resignation of the superintendency fliled so ably, A COUNTRY BURGLAR CAUGHT. A requisition was received by Superintendent Kelso from Governor Jewell, of Conneoticut, for a William Kenny, who was charged with burglary in Hartford, A full description of the man was given, in MeDermott succeeded tn capturing him Morning. He was delivered to a Harttord ‘ho states that the prisoner broke inta the illette, in Hartford, and managed to carry off about twelve hundred dollars’ wortn of weartug apparel. SNOW IN LOUISIANA. New ORLBANS, Jan. 24, 1872. It ts snowing here to-night, being th% first snow several years. Iv is hailing and. snowing at Brashear City and Vermillionville, ard aleeting at New lberia, veston aad Houstee. the State of Missourl has der tending to you, in thelr namo an wealth, a wel a selves of a free acter of our in ; rank and the hereditary power which obtains in hoy yet recognize many reasons whieh contin thin sreak an most fitting. You are nearly related Of a great ompire allied to our nation by man} of friendship in the past and b; side but little Louis—Hearty Reception in the Legisiatare in Jefferson City—Speech of Governor Brown and Alexis’ Response—An- ticipated Visit to Louisville, Sr. Lovts, Jan. %, 1872, Alexis and the remainder of the duca! party wit Spend the balance of the week in this city in com- parative quiet, The Duke will decline ali invitations of @ public nature, preferring to witness the sighta of the city at his own convenience and in bwowm way. The Invitation to visit Louisville was accepted thie evening, and His Imperial Highness will leave here for that ottyon Monday, It is reported thas tho reception there will be the most magnificent slace the Duke left New York, From Louisville the party will proceed to either Cairo or Memphis and embark on board the steamer Great Repubiic, which has been chartered to convey" the tourists down the Missourt. She is sia to be the largest and most magnificent steamer afloat om the paternal ancestor of waters, and for this special occasion she has been refitted and decorated in a most costly and luxurious manner. Reception in the Jefferson Legislature. JEFFERSON City, Mo., Jan. 24, 1872. At the reception ofthe Grand Duke Alexis yester+ day by the members of both houses of the Legisla- ture, assembied in joint session, Governor Brown delivered the following address of welcome:— GOVERNOR BROWN’S ADDRESS, Your Impertat HIGHNRSS:—The General Agectaltiy or volved upon me the duty of ex- that of the Commoa- our tol. Representatives them~ eople, proud of the simple republican ohare tutions, and unused to the distinctions nt uaF come to to the marked courtesies exten: to our countrymen abroad. You come hither to study the workings of # social and political system cmsoatioly ifer- ent from any you have ever known. You come with youth, fran! nd reserve; al such credentials ways Command regard. Trusting, therefore, that nothing may tranapire in the future to interrupt, the ‘good understanding which has prevailed between the two countries, that experiences may all be pleasant as well as favorable, that you may return in safety from this transatlantic tour, renew again the words of welcome. And now permit mete introduce the presiding ofllcers of the Generai Kise After this was done THE GRAND DUKE SPOKE AS FOLLOWS:— MB. GoveRNog—I am very glad that during my journep through the States I nave been able to acquire much valuable information about the working of your social and {natituttons, for Tam sure that the more we know of each other the firmer will our friendship become, I thank you for your cordial welcome, and I am glad to have an opportunity Of seeing the House of Representatives in sessio: The Senate then retired. The House was called to order and proceeded te the transaction of routine business. Atthe end of half an hour a recess was moved and carried, and all the members were introduced, after which the party proceeded to the Senate Chamber and went through the same performance. The party were then escorted to the Governor's mansion, where @ collation was served. THE SHAWANGUNK TUNNEL, This Splendid Piece of Engincering Skill Opened Yesterday—An Engine and Train of Cars Passed Safely Throug! MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1872. An engine and train passed through the great Shawangunk tunnel, on the New York Midiana Raliway, in six minutes, at noon to-day, The party making the trial trip consisted of the officers of the company, the contractors and others engaged im its construction. The length of the tunnel is 1,470 feet and its tmensions 26 feet broad by 264 feet high. Work on the approaches was commenced December 1, 1868, and on the tunnel proper in Marcn of the following year, and progressed quite rapidly on the eastern side from the start. On the western rogress Was made until last year. The material found was rock, some considerable black slave anda rock called Shawangunk gris, which was intensely hard. ‘The number of accidents, considering the tength of the tunnel and the fact’ that nitro-gtycerine and dualtn nave almost exclusively been used for Diasting, has been extremely small. The comple- tion of this great work promises much tor Delaware nd Sullivan counties, as it lets out tneir produce without climbing the mountains, and witn this event comes the coeding ot thirty-five miles of ad- diuonal railroad by the Midland liroad, which is now able to connect their tracks, leaving’ less than fifty mules of that road now under construction, THE LATE DR, ALEXANDER N. GUND. he New York Academy of Medicine at its last session adopted the following resolutions, which were reported by a committee appointed for the urpose, consisting of Professor Alfred C, Post and br: Elisha Harris:— Whereas Divine Providence has called the members of the Academy of Medicine and a very large community of profes, tional aig personal friends to mourn the death of Dr. Alexa: der N. Gunn, an esteemed member of this body. Resolved, the New York Academy of Medicine recog- nized in Dr, Alexander N. Gunn during his lifetime an en- lightened, conscientious and most devoted whose faithtulnées 10 bis ts and the families under his care n, and to toye of his profession rendered his life an ex- ample wort! imitation. having in private life and fn the trying re- sponsibilisies of Health Officer of the Port of New York, dur- ing a protracted period of service, no disahi hia duties as to mest and receive perfect confidence in his jess purit of character, aad {n hus Integrity, im all thin name wi be held in lasting honor among medical end toe citizens with whom he associated, E. R, PE, I. D., ident Wilwitaiiny ee oe THE GREAT RAILROAD LEASE. In the House of Assembly « of the New Jersey Le- @isiature Mr. Niles wil! soon introduce a resolution for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the manner in which the lease of the United Ratl- road and Canal Companies was made to the Pena- sylvanta Railroad Company, and whether theinter- ests of the State nave been prejudiced thereby, and to make a report of the whole matter at an early day, and what the reserved rights of the States are in the lease, POSTPONEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN MAILS, In consequence of lately enforced Custom Hous, regulations the steamer Holsatia cannot sail to-mor- row, and no mall for Europe will close at. the Post Ofice, as advertised. The sailing of the Holsatia has been postponed to Tuesday next, and all subsequeas vessels of the Hamburg-American line will be de- spatched @ week later than advertised. A.—Herring’s Patent ¥ CHAMPION SAFES, 261 Broadway. corner Murray atreet. 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