The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1872, Page 3

WASHINGTON. The Utah Memorial at the Capital. The Owner of the Florida Snubbed by the President and Secretary Fish. The Coolie and African Slave Trades in Cuba. Sale of Gold and Buying of Bonds. Our Protective Duties in Honduras. , WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 1872, f The Mormonw Chances at the Capital. Rotwithatanding the movements of the Mormons for the calling of. acoavention to form a constitu. tion and State government there 13 no prospect of ‘the admission into tie Union. A number of mem- bers of Congress say that under no circumstances wil any Territory having a less population than the federal ratio for a Representative be admitted, the popwation of Utan and otner Territories being under that number of habitants, Private ietters received here state that the Gen- tiles and liveral Mormons are strongly opposed to the.admussion of Utan, as they apprehend that the Mormons in such case would injure the mining and other interests of thuse who are opposed to them, It 18 said by parties supposed to be acquainted with the Mormon programme that in their constitution they will make no provision for the suppression of Polygamy, but will leave Congress to propose a con- dition precedent, and which they will consider. The Owner o! the Florida Refused an inter- view by the President and Secretary Fish. Genera! Darr, the owner of the Florida, was in the city yesterday to have an interview with the President and Secretary Fish, but, after waiting in the ante-room of the White House and the State Department for two hours in each case, without getuung any response to his card, he retired, and bas returned to New York. General Darr naturally enough complains of this treatment, especially as ‘he President justified the purpose of the Florida’s voyage before her departure, and he thinks the con- duct of Mr. Fish in failing wo grant him an inter- view exceedingly discourteous, in view of the fact that the question with Spain 1s of that Outrageous character which no other nation would permit, The conduct of our government in regard to this vessel is peculiar. On the 23d of November Secretary Robeson wrote to General Darr that under their general orders the vessels of our navy would permit no outrage on the American flag in their presence. When General Darr sent to the Navy Department the proteat of George Mitchell, tne master of the Florida, against the action of te Bpauish steamers Vasco Nufiez de Balboa and Describridor the Secretary responded that the matter was one of a diplomatic character, and Mr. Fish answered that gome time previous to the reception of Darr’s communication the Spanish government, ghrough its Minister here, had been called upon for explanation, and that this call would be repeated. To Darr’s claim for $1,000,000 damages the Attorney General made a similar response to Secretary Roveson’s, while Mr. fish made no answer at all. General Darr has bot been able to learn anything as to what action "lw proposed by the State Department, and to learn this was the purpose of nia visit yesterday. He had an interview with General Banks, the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, with results quite as unsatisfactory as when, in his own language, he was ‘kicking his neels about the State Department,” It General Banks does not report the resolution calling upon the President for the information in the State Department relative to the enslavement of coolies in Cuba another resolution will be offered (n the House instructing the committee to report. The fight on the African slave trade in Cuba and Porto Rico, and the enslavement of free cooltes has begun In earnest, and itis not unlikely that some queer things wil! be unearthed unless the House fefuses to demand the secrets of the State Depart- ment, Coolie Slave Statistics in Cuba. OMecial siatements show that since June, 1847, when the first consignment of Asiatics arrived at Havana, there have been introduced into Cuba 109,000 Asiatics (colonists) at an average cost to the purchaser of $340 each, represeniing a 4ls- bursement of upward of $37,000,000, or $1,500,000 annually. Our Consul General suggests 1t would be interesting to know how many of these Astatics have returned to thelr country; how many are now living and how many have been subjected to capi- tal punishment in Cuba; how many have died in prison and chain gangs, and how many, in their despair, have committed suicide. The Great want of the islands is an abundance of hands of cheap and easy reposition, and no other country except the Celestisi Empire can furnish them. In connection with this subject the reports from official sources in Chinese are to the effect tuat the atrocities of the coolie slave trade which have recently been brought to public cognizance will arrest attention and ex- cite norror wherever the English language 19 spoken, In the United States as much as through- out the British empire, and the hope 1s expressed that the concurrent opinion and excited action of all Chnstendom will establish such a@ police on the: sea as to render all coerced emigration inevitably tending to the slave trade impossible. Our diplomatic and consular representatives in China being unsuccess- falin their efforts to prevent the trade, have laid the matter before our government. Consul Bailey at Hong Kong says the coolic of China is bougnt and sold by whe rich trader to serve his purchaser @t low wages for a series of years in a foreign country under contract for the faithtul performance of which, in many Instances, he gives a mortgage on his wife and children, with a stipulation that at the end of his term of service he is to be brought back to China by his purchaser. This contract 13 sold by the dealer, through bis agents in the United States and elsewhere, at a large advance, and Is a source of great profit to capitalists who have the means to buy and sel! large numbers of men. The Honduras Knilroad und Our Trenty to Protect I. Some time ago our Minister at Venezuela tn- formed the Department of State of the tacts in ref- erence to the seizure of the vesseis of the Vene- gueia Stam Transportation Company at Ciudad Botivar, and to which the attention of the Depart- ment was soliciied. The Minister also wrote to the commander of our West India squad- ron and requested him, in case a ves- #el be sent, that the same be ordered to port at Laguayra tor conference with him pre. vious to going two the Oronoco Kiver. A question Daving arisen as to the extent of the obligation as- eumed by this government in the fourteenth arucie of its treaty with Honauras in 1804, relative to the guarantee of arailway across that republic, Sec- retary Fish, in a communication to our Minister, says:— Supposin, President be carried the obligation to exist, as ciaimed by ledina, it {8 obvions ‘It could not ito eifect without the exertion oO! @ physical force, which it was ridicu- lous have supposed that you could personally Wield and unreasonable to suppose that you had atcommand. It is deemed unnecessary to repeat the views which have heretoiore been ex- pressed in regard to the obligation of the United States under the treaty. That may, however, be summarily stated af & bargain to protect the rail- road when completed against occupation or ob- struction, not only by @ foreign Power, but of Honduras itself, and to abstain ourselves Jrom such occupation or obstruction. This, and this only, we conceive to be the true meaning of the phrase meutrality, used in the Veaty, an expression whicn certainly 1s not so far trom ambiguity as to require no explanation. The construction claimed by Honduras would reouire Jon the 170 inet.. been noisted for NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 29; 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, States to prot its inception to its conclusion, No tion is Warranted by the words ol the Mail Subsidy—Iron Shipbuilding Materials, i that the Mexican and New Orleans bill 1s the only one of this character | jay of $150,000 per annum likely to be reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce ‘this session, and it will probably pass ihe Senate as Ta cndiine Propose to report a bill allow- ing matefials which enter into the construction of iron steamships to be admitted duty tree, This will, it s.claumed, largely ald the .ron steamship and tron barge building interest, Rend Buying and Gold Seiling. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Assisiaut Treasurer at New York to purchase $1,000,000 of bonds on the first, third and ofth ‘Yoursdays of February, or $3,000,000, and to sell $1,000,000 of gold on the second and fourth Thurs. days, or $2,000,000 in all. New Railroad Mail Routes. During the past four weeks postal service has been ordered on 1,288 miles of new railroads, which | 18 unprecedented within so short a time. The Cotton Crop. Since December Report of the Agricultural De- partment no information has been received to change the estimates of the cotton crop, which was a that time given as 3,400,000 bales. ‘the House nad Final Adjournment. It 18 said among republican members of the House of Representatives that the House will pass the Senate resolution for the adjournment of Congress on the 20th of May. The Committee on Appropria- tons is making more haste tnan heretofore with this view. ject the road against all in- | such International Copyright. ‘The matter of an international copyright will be heard before the Joint Committee on the Library on Monday. This will be @ preliminary hearing for such artists, authors and publishers as may seek to present their views, Another meeting of the com- mittee to consider the pian to be hereafter sub- mitted by the American Publisher's Association will ve held on the 12th of February. NEWS FROM AFRICA. The British Territorial Annexation Movement in the Orange Free States—Finds at the Diamond Fields—Finance aud Trade at the Cape— Death ofa Famous British Courier—A Native Warrior Caged—The Man Who Undertook to Haul Down the English Flag. Our newspaper files from Africa are dated at Port Elizabetn, Cape of Good Hope, on thé Ist of Dee cember, 1871, Advices received from the diamond telds report thai the proclamations issued by fis Excellency the High Commissioner, under Queen Victoria’s order, had been well received by the diggers and given satisfaction. Everything was going on quietly, the diggers hard at work and not troubling themselves much about politics, The “finds” continued encouraging. An im- mense number of diamonds were sent home to Europe by every mail. A NATIVE WARRIOR CAGED BY THE BRITISH. The Zascern Herald (Port Elizaveti), of Decem- ber 1, reports as follows:— Considerable excitement was occasioned in front of the Court House in this city at Loon on Wednes- day by the arrival of the novorious Katir Chief Ma- como from ¥ort Beautoft, en route for Robben Asiand by the royal mail steamship Roman. He was escolted by a detachment of tweuty-four men of the Mounted Police wader Sub-Inspector Duthie, and, a.ter a short delay, was removed to the new jail tor safe custody, and it 18 to be hoped that we have heard the last of the machinations of ths wily old chieltain, Who was powerlul Jor evil. THB DIAMOND FIKLDS AND RUSH TO THE ‘‘DIG- GINGs,”” The Eastern (Port Elizaveth) Herald of December 1, Supplies the following items of news from the diaivnd fieids:— ‘the Richmond district is being depopulated by the exodus to the diamond feids. Que of the man: agers of the Ceres Diamond Fields ‘Trausport Com- pany has pgssed through, makiag the necessary arrangements, News has arrived this week from Beaufort West that Mrs. Roets, of Port Elizabeth, nas found a 104 carat diamond at the Colesberg Kopje. ‘dhe rey ws:-—**There are three patienis m the diamond fields wne have come here with the low Jever, which prevails on the flelds. There are also several cases in the district. In one instance, in Mr, Coster’s tamuy, the fever appears to have extended itself to all the members ol the family living in the same house with those who had caught it at the fields.”” ‘the Colesourg Heraid says:—We have received intelligence from Du Toit’s Pan of the death oi Mr. Allred Talbot, a resident of Colesberg previous to his going to the diamond fields, It appears that for some ume previous he was in @ rather ‘‘queer way,’ and one day left his tent and was seen no more uuu! his corpse was found lying somewhere iu the Pan, and on being brought w Mrs, Taibot, she at once recognized it as bemg that of her miss: ing husband, F GENERAL NEWS. ‘ The Rev. George Morgan delivered his farewell sermon in the Scotch church, Cape Town, on Sun- day, November 26, ? The Engtish government has determined upon constructing the first portion of the line of the rort Elizabeth and Uitenhage Railway to ihe Zwartkops Aver, and to commence the work forthwith. Several of the sunday schools had veen ho!ding their anniversary services. During a recent tour through the Eastern province and the diamond fielas ihe Rev. Thomas 4. Futler coliected £300 148, In aid of the soutn African College enlargment fund. A whale, twenty-eight feet long, was captured off Port Blizapeth. A snark, over twelve {cet in length, while feasting on part of the captured whale, was killed by sone boatmen, Rust was devastaung the wheat crops on the Coast lands, Trade and Finance. {From the Port Elizabeth Herald, Dec, 1.) Business bas been Well sustained daring we past fortaight, and the general clearance of the stores is the most couvincing proot of the large and profit. able trade uone, especialy with the diamond felds. ‘The consumption of goods tuere and the readinces with which certain articles are sold immediately on arrival are alinost beyond belief. ‘Tne aiscovery of Unese diamond tielgs and the gathering together of # large population under circumstances whicn de- mand the supply of certain commodities for wich, under other conditions, there would be but moderate inquiry, have given an impetus to trade, which has kept every one busily engaged. For breadstutis, wool bugs, butlding materiais, canvas, green baize, Iron buckets, picks and shoveis, common boots, rough clothing, aud all sorts of provisions and oll- ™man’s stores, the demand has veen unusually brisk, aud stocks which a year ago would bave been considered excessive have been quite cleared out. We would, however, caution importers against sending home heavy tudents. The Dr. Strausverg has arrived tn Table Bay with a cargo of coffee trom Kio, the half of which atonce changed hands for tis port, aud rates may be expected to ve well inaimtalued during the next month. Stocks of rice are very low, A cargo is expected trom Calcutta per Gondola in the course of next month. Ail bulk ales are taken up, both in stock and to arrive. ‘The continued activity of trade in ali its branches, and the very large business transacted with tne diamond fields, require ail tne pecuniary assistance the banks are able to afford; ana, notwithstanding the importations of specie received lately, the sup- ply of coin 1s by no means too large for the demand, which is perhaps greater than it has ever been. In our remarks On the state of the money market a fortnight ago we said there were already symptoms of Ughtness, Which was frequenuy ielt towards the close of the year. We have now to report that the Standard Bank and the London and South Airican Bank have raised their rate of discount for bills having twenty days to run and under to seven per cent, and for bills over ninety days eight per ceut, This precautionary step has been taken im consequence of the advance of the bank rate at home \o tive per cent, with the prospect of a still higher rate. Rates of exctange on London are still More uniavoravle for seliers than they were a fort- hight age. ‘Tho Orange Free State Teritory—Ofmicial and sonal Opposition to the Royal Order of A xation, {From the Friend (Cape of Good Sov, 2: In our supplement will be found ee Bad staat Jetter to the Governor Of the Cape, in reply to the despatch of the latter datea Octover 23. The Presi. dent goes back to the prociamation of Sir Hi: Ty Smith, of February 3, 1 nd recapitulates all the pudiic acts of the British government and its repre- sentatives regarding ums countey (the territory situ. ated b. tween the Orange River, the Vaal River and the Drakensberg Mountains) since that time. Mr. Brand shows that the above were proclaimed acknowledged ts all public documents to be voundaries of the sovereignty as ‘yumped,” or au- nexed, by Sir Harry Smith in 1848; ana the said sovereignty, with said boundary iines, having on February 23, 1854, been ceded or travsierred to the delegates or representatives of the peopie appointea to receive the same, It thenceforth, in its entir tent, became the Orange Free State, and so remaini to thisday. At the time of the abandonment no reservation of territory Was Made in favor of Water- boer or any other chieftain, A good deal of cxcitement has been occasionea by one Captain Augustis Liniiey’s taking upon himself t pull down thé British fag which had, Orel ume ofmetally, | What motive | ms after so much delay, at Du Toit's Pan. actuated tue gailant Captain we have not learned. Captain Lindiey, it ia said, derives rank from having served for a time in the Taet or rebel army during the late rebellion in China. is likwise the author ot ‘After « phir; Search After tue South African Gold Fields,” or, A and of The Log of the Fortuna.” Captain Lindley, Who was at oace apprepenued by the British au- | thorities and lodged in durauce vile, has since been setatiiberty, It is understood that the act of Cap- tain Lindley was intended in the light of an earnest protest against the Britush occupation, and not as @ mere mad Ireak, BRITISH INDIA. Reports of the British Army Expedition Against the Lushais—How Native Insurrection is “Stamped Out’? by the European Civili. zers—The Sacred Hill of Terriputty Invaded by the Police—Cotton, Corn and Coal Crop: The mail from British lodia supplies our news- paper files from Asia, dated in Caicutta on the 20th ot December. We have complied the following de tails of the situation, military, reformatory, agri- cultural, and of the cotton, coal aud corn supplies 8 it presented at the moment named, The British Military Operations Against the Lusbals. The Calcutta Englishman of the 20th of Decem- ber supplies tne following report of the progress of the military operations of the British authorities against the insurgent Lushais:—The latest news from the Cachar division of the Lushai expedition is dated the 17th inst General Boucher had advanced from Tepat Mukh, and a working party of Mumipuris, under General Nuthall, had beeu attacked by the Lushais, and succeeded in killing tweive of them and cap- turing five muskets. The Chittagong division, under General Brown- low, had reached the Kai Jan Kiang Range, where @ village had been attacked for firmg on a recon- noitering party, and seven or eight of the enemy killed or Wounded, witnont 108s ou our side. ‘Tne Lusnais set fire to their own village and fled. Eighty-eight smal sized boats have been for- warded from Chittagong to the Hill tracts for ser- vice between Burkball and Demagiree, where tne stream is.shallow and the passage of large boats tmapracticabie, legraphic communication was opened to Upper Burkhail on uhe oth instant, and will be completed iD a day or two to Demagiree. ‘vYhe Bengal Times oi December 21, speaking of the Lushai campaign, says:— Advices 10 hand 110m a private source bring some few interesting particu- Jars of the movement of troops, &c. We learn that te ‘Twenty-seventa Punjab Native Infantry had ad- vanced beyond Demagiree, and wil) soon join the Second Goorkhas, These last are said to have Moved across the hills into Rutton Pooeah’s village. We hope soon to be in a position to give a tolerable descripuon of some of these villages, with a short account of the priacipal chiefs, THE MATERIAL FOR ‘STAMPING OUT” REVOLT. The Bengal Times of the same day adds;—Without detailing every item of military stores served out to ine British fleld terce, we give the following as rep- resenting tne bulk of mumitions of war in hand for use:—'lwo 7-pounder rifle guns—150 pounds—and two 5}4-Inch mortars are with the artillery accom- anying the column. ‘To the Feshawur Mountain rain battery have been served 118 rounds per gun and 64 rounds per mortar. Filty Hale's rockets, With two troughs lor fring them, and filty blue lights, will also shortly be supplied. The officer com- Manding the artillery bas with him forty rounds per mortar in reserve, In addition to these forty rounds which are with the column, 100 rounds aplece tor the 7-pounder guns have been placed in reserve at Chittagong. In the infantry the service ammunition of 200 rounds per man will be carried thus:—Filty rounds per man ip pouch, 100 rounds in ball bags, forty rounds first regimental reserve in leather car- touche placed in bullock boxes, 100 rounds per man im second regimental reserve in bullock boxes with- out cartouche, In aduition to this 100 rounds of small.arm ammunition per man packed im camel boxes nave been placed in reserve at Chittagong. JUSTICE AT THE VERY SANCTUARY, The sacred Hill of Terriputty in Madras bas been At length invaded by Europeans tn the persons of Captain Cox and Mr. Sewell, of the British Indian Ofice, in search of @ murderer, Captain Cox, toe Superintendent, was met by a crowd of Brahmins, who expressed thcir intention of opposing his going up the hill by force. Captain Cox retreated aad telegraphed to Madras for in- strucuons, which were given in a stern com- mand ‘io do ls duty.’’ Accompanied by the magistrate, Mr. Sewell, and a large body of police, Captain Cox revurned vo wwe Dili, and, intorming the mahuat that he would ascend at ‘au msks, was allowed to do 80, and commenced to Investigate the charge of murder, The ruttans and murderers Who sheltered in the native sanctuary are rapidiy dispersing Low their stronghold has been invaded, and Mr, Sewell aud Captaia Cox have the honor of being the first Europeans who ever ascended the sacred Hill of Terriputty, COAL JN THE BAST. A bed of coal eleven feet anda half in thickness has been found near Tolapetty, in tie Godavari dis- trict, India, at a depth of 122 feet. ‘the seam of coal lately discovered In the Deccan eXtends over about ten square miles of couutry, w.th a thickness of trom twelve vo seventy feet. COTTON FIELDS. ‘There has been a large decrease in the atea under coiton cultivation im the Central provinces and Berars, India, this season, and the outturn is ex. pected to ve twenty-five per cent less than that of last year, CORN SUPPLY. The price of food grains rose during the last weck in November in twelve districts in vengal, and felt in SIX. Kain Was suil wanted in many districts of the Central provinces. REVOLUTIONARY REFORM IN THE EAST. The Chief of Bawswara, India, has been driven out of his dominions oy about four hundred men who were engaged In plunderiug and burning vil- lages in his territories from tie moment of bis de- parture to the date of our iatest advices by mati, December 2, ITEMS FROM ASIA. Our newspaper mail files from Asta supply the following interesting items of news from China, Japan and the East Indies, dated at Hong Kong Novemver 11, Shanghae November 9, Yokohama November 21, and Calcutta November 20:— ‘The Nawab of Dadar, in Scind, was murdered by the Beluchis. Cinnamon from Madras has been exempted from all export duties. The Bishop of Bombay had gone to Aden to con- secrate a hew caurch. Cholera was still raging at Lucknow. troops were moved into camp. M. Faron, the new Governor General of the Frepch possessions in India arrivea at Pondicherry. The pearl oysters have disappeared from the Madras coast as well as irom that of Ceylon, It {8 reported that the aie of silver itziboos to-for- eigners has been prohivited vy the government of Japan. From the Hong Kong Advertiser we learn that Admiral Kellett’s (Royal Navy) health has greaily improved, ‘The King of Bokara was encouraging the Chiefs of Oorgan) and other Turkoman Uives to oppose the Russians, A silk factory under European superintendence is to be established near Bila-par, in the Central pro- vinces of India. Scarcity of food was expected in some parts of the Nizam’s dominions near Enchampiii, aud rice was selling at double its usual price. Messrs. Cnuiiffe and Dunlop, suipbuilders, Port Glasgow, have completed a@ twin screw steamer, of abou: 150 tons, for the Japan, rivers, Multso Munemitsu, Governor of Kanagawa, has been elected a member of the club in that city, being ae first Japanese elected a member of a foreiga club. From British India we are told that the latest Teports of the prospects of the crops in Bengal were Javorable, Mougi im seven districts rain was ‘wanted. Japanese rumor says that it has been decided by the government shurtly to close tne Jeddo Hotel, Yokonama, and that the buiding will benceiortn be used for a Japanese school. The latest reports from Bushire state that the number of poor aud starving people was daily in- creasing, aud that they were beginning to suffer also irom exposure to “cold and inclement ‘Weather.’’ The steamsinp Malacca, recently disposed of by the Messrs. Alt & Co. to ie Japanese government, has beeu refitted, and lies at Singawa, where she ‘Will be employed as @ traiuing ship by the Japanese authorities, A dinner in honor of the Mikado’s twentieth birth. day took place at Government House, in Yokohama, It Was given by the Goveruor, members of tue cnn- sular corps, captaivs of meu-ol-war and nuiitary Otlicers only being invited, A hospital for Europeans employed in the rail- way department has veeu opened on the Biut, Yor ple A tne qnarters lately occupied by the British tion Guard. Dr. Purcell, of Her Britan- nic on ye Tenth regiment, is in charge of the hospital im Yokonama, aud Dr. Wheeler, of the ‘British Legation of the one in Jeddo, From Bangkok, Siam, Captain Sachsze, master of the British bark Burlington, sent to Singapore by Her Majesty’s Consul General for trial, churged with the murder of a seaman on board his vessel while at anchor outside the bar at Paknam. The men Were mutinous and the captain claims to have shot the deceased in self-defence, A telegram from Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett, K.0.B., dated Singapore, December 19, 2:35 P. M., and received at the Admiralty jn London the same day at 4:26 P, M., announces that the Iron Duke, with Vice Admiral U. f, Shadweil, 0.B., on board, had arrived at Singapore, and that Bir Henry Kellett transferred the cbiel Command tn China to that officer, From singapore. E. J.. The British we learn that during and | ter the Jate city riots there 153 rioters were flogged, id the total number of stripes administered was 569. The towal amount of fines inflicted was $1,342, which about $1,000 were paid, Tne number of ition to then ‘number of Prinohers were com @ number of prisoners were ‘Wilted for trial, ¥ A pleasure yacht, which was presented a few —. ago by Queen Victoria to the ‘Tycoon, was nt Up a8 @ gunboat to Hakodadi, where it was rua hore and suuk. It was then purchased by & relmner, raised and sent to Saanghae to be over- wed aud repaired, it has now come back to okohama under the name of Ewperor, and pre> sents a tine appearance. ‘The Japan Herald supplies the following ttems:— “ By order of His Imperial Majesty a levee was held ou the 24th October at Jeddo. Those Princes at the yee residing there were presented. At the conclu- an address was handed to His Majesty by the Prince of Satsuma, and was graciously responded to by the Emperor, who afterwards, accompanied by a few attendants, left tne castie on horseback for the purpose of inspecting the site upon which the Naval College aud Hospital ure to be built.’? Reviewing, at the opening of the Legislative Counch, the progress of Ceylon as a commercial country, the Governor stated that within the past fifteen years the average tonnage of ship ing en. tered ana cleared at its ports had incre: 100 per eent; that the acreage of Jand under cultivation had creased 106 per cent; that chief staple product, Mee, had increased 14) per cent; that cocoanuts, Sais staple, had increased 33 per cent; while namon increasea sO per cent and. plumbago 800 per cent, He showed that In like mauner rev- enue, without any additional taxation, had in- creased 130 per cent, while £980,000 had been ap- propriated from general revenue towards the con- struction of a ratiway. Public Education id School Reform in Japan. [From the Japan (Yokohama) Mail, Nov. 12.) ‘The newly appointed Minister of Education, in order to effect @ thoroagh reforin in all tue depart- ments of the Monbu-Nankoo (formeriy Kaiseljo) and ip the Monbu-Tookoo (tue hospital and Medical College), has partially and temporariy suspended Operations in these two institutions, The vacation may continue about o fortnight, during which tame new oilicers will be appointed, students ex- amined for admission or readmission, new rules and regulations made and put into iorce, and other useful Changes accomplished, The object His Ex- cellency has in view is the establishment of these iMstitutions on a sound European basis; the imme- Mediate consequence will be the reduction of the number of students of the Engitsh, French and German departments, whch num- bered about eleven hundred, to nearly one-half—say 500—and the general result concentration of etfort and greater etticienoy. Subordinate prevaravory schools are to be estublisned outside of Nankoo, but under the same general department. In the staff of foreign teachers no immediate changes taxe place, though it is mtended eventually to employ none but eros onab teachers. The Minister's orders were ssued on the 6th inst. The Famine and Food Suppiy in Chinn. (From the North China Herald, Nov. The accounts, says a correspondent, which the ‘Tien-tsin people give of the quantities of nice, littie rice, maize, Wheat and peas, which were brought by the authoriues during the last three months, from Honan, West Shantung and te west of this Province, to feed the destitute population, are so very conflicting that I dare not as yet venture on a staiement regarding them, so I must jeave Unis sub- Ject for a future letter. ‘The farmers were busy in their flelds, and in many piaces the next year’s crops were appearing above ground, a circum: stance particularly noticeavie in the case of Wheat, which was two or three inches long, show- ing that the rains here at least, or the floods, if any, were not 80 serious as to retard cultuvauon. ‘The case, however, is quite aiferent round ‘Jientsin, Where, as lar as the eye can reach, tte country 18 covered with water, with the exception of some €levated patches here and there, ‘he water still continues to pour into the suvurbs of the city through the breach in the embankment a litte above the Custom House. Tne natives are making some eftorts to patch up this breach, vat their pro- gress is slow and their immediate success doubitul. In the meantime the water thus rashing in keeps up the food on the country round and inside the city itsell. Here it has undermined and destroyed large Poruons of the old wall, ‘rhe starving Deople are already Leginning to sel) their children, I myself saw a id, turee days back, Which a Cantonese had bougit Jor $5 trom a starving Jamil; IL INTELLIG ed States steamer Keady for Sea, The United States war steamer Canandaigua, which was reported ready for sea some days since, has been delayed by an order from the Navy Vepart- ment for the substitution of a two-biaded screw for the four-bladed one originally placed on the ship. This alteration has been made, ana the ship 18 now coaling preparatory to sailing on the 10th of Febra- ary, When she will leave this port for Lisbon, Portu- gal, and thence proceed to Nice, France, ana report to Rear Admiral James Alden, commanding the Eu- ropean fleet. Orders to this effect have been Teetived py Rear Admiral Smith, A number of changes in the list of oficers have been made dur- ing the last few days, and we present herewith @ corrected list of those now on duty:— Capiain—Egbert Taompson, commanding. Executive Ojwer—Lieutenaat Commander Edgar C, Merriman. ee eens Commander Richard P. ary. Lieuwlenants—William P, Randail and Lawrence E. Wis. Maste¥s—Willie Swift, Frederic G. Hyde, Danie) Deiehanty, Richard Kush avd Adolphus Marix. Ensign--Lows E. Bixler. Surgeons—Cntel, Henry M, Wells; Henry Siewart and Ira C, Whitehead, Paymaster—Charies W. Slamin. Engineers—Chiet, sidney Albert; Assistants, Wil- lam H, Platt and Cyrus D, Foss, Lieutenant of Marines—Samuel K. Allen, Midshipmen—John Downes, James L, Hunsicker, Gustavus C. Hanus, William A. Marsbai, George A. sanderson, James M. Wicht. Saumaker—George 8. iaskins. Boatswain—Jonu W. Simmons. Gunner—Jacob W. Bogart. carpenter—Thomas McGione. Captain Thompson is weil known as one of the most experienced oMcers in the service, and his ship has been fitted out in the most complete style, as ig usual with vessels intended for the Medtter- Mnean squadron. She carries fourteen guns, ten of them of heavy calibre, NEW YORK CITY. ° Canandaigua Assistants, Patrick Mahone, of 515 East Fourteenth street, was found in the street yesterday in an unconscious state. He was taken up by @ policeman and sent to Bellevue Hospital. James Collins, thirty years of age, of 41 Broome street, died suddenly last night, under mysterious circumstances. The Coroner has been notified, ana will hoid an inquest this morning. dohn Harvey, twenty-four years of age, without a home, while suffering from delirium tremens last nizht, stabbed himself four times in the breast in a saloon 1n ‘Lenth street, near avenue C. The wounds are considered fatal, and he was taken to the Strangers’ Hospital James Lanthan, of 247 Second avenue, committed a dangerous assault yesterday morning upon Patrick O’ Keele, on the corner of Second avenue and Sixty- thixd street. He was ‘arrested by the police, and will be held to await the result of the wounded man’s injuries, Philip Beyer, a weaver, twenty-nine years of age, was locked up at Jefferson Market yesterday, oy Justice Leawith, upon complaint of George 8. Le- Jand, of the st, Charles Hotel, charged with steatin; clothing and furs from him on Friday last, valued at $85, He pleaded guilty to the charge, William Andrews, thirty-one years of age, of 22 City Hail place, was Knocked down, beaten and robbed on Sunday morning in Fulton street, near Church, by some parties unknown, He was 80 se- verely cut onthe left temple that his life is de. spaired of. When found by OMicer Stillwell, of the Second precinct, he was in a very weak state, and the policeman took him to the station house. Samuel Rodgers, of 183 Eighth avenue, appeared before Justice Ledwith, at Jefferson Market, yester- day morning, and complained that on Saturday last Daniel McCormack, & carpenter, nineteen years of age, and William Leddy, driver of @ milk wagon, stole @ shawl trom him valued at $40, McCormack WO MURDERED PANORMO? Another Act in the Mysterious Tragedy in Brcoklyn. Suicide of the Professor’s Asso- ciate, Alfred East. What He Said and Thought Concerning the Assassination. Participation Denied, but Pardon Invoked for Wrong Done. Detailed Account of the Transaction. Sad Another act in the mysterious tragedy which opened with the assassination of Professor Panormo in Brooklyn on Tuesday night was played in that city yesterday afternoon, the princtpal on this occa- sion being the fmend and associate of the poor Professor. Alfred East, a native of England and a young man but twenty-five years of age, arrived in Brooklyn about two years ago, and was to all ap- pearance getting along moderately in iife. He occupied, In company with the dead Professor, part of @ room in the house of Mra, Snow, at the corner of Pineapple and Fulton streets, and seemed to be on terms of the utmost intimacy with his com+ panion. They were frequently together, and, as the facts show, had discussed, if not enterea upon, several business projects in common. There certainly were but few commercial or finan- Clal transactions entered upon by either of which the other was not fully aware, and the suicide of East naturally created a great deal of excite- ment, not ony in the house but in every part of the city where the report was circulated. The blood from the wounds of the poor Professor haa scarcely been wiped from the carpet ere It was again stained with the gore which trickled from the wound in the head of another of Mrs. Snow’s boardeis, and caused & THRILL OF HORROR to pervade the nouse. The nerves of Mrs. Snow appeared completely shattered over the event, and she scarceiy knew what she was doing. The gay- ety among her boarders in the parlors had for @ time subsided, and they scarcely spoke above whispers, AS soon as it was ascer- tained that East had shot himself many at once suspected that he might nave been In some way concerned in the taking offof the musician, Investigations were at once commenced, and ail the Particulars of the unfortunate aifair were gathered up. The police were notified, and they took charge of his letters, memoranda, &c, The HERALD re- porter and other members of the press called at the house in search of information. Some of the boarders averred that East was out of his mind, and had been guilty of many insane acts of late, tt is certain he has acted very strangely since the assas- simation of Panormo, At times he appeared as if he was AFRAID THE DBTECTIVES WERE AFTER HIM, Re was uneasy in nis mind, and was, constantly on his guard. He procured a pistol, aud for the past few nights was in the habit of taking a razor to bed with him. Mrs, Snow, however, insisted that he was perfectly sane, and that he had oniy veen sick, and wag under the medical! care of Dr. Alexan- der Cochran. She also stated that last. spring he went South on business, but Was unsuccessful, failed and returned North utterly despondent and broken down by disappointment. He afierwards purchased the stock and fixtures of an office tn Wail street, New York, and was about to start vusi- ness there, but again Misfortune pursued her vic- Um, and he abandoned tuat project also. He has been unemployed since that time. So far as ascer- tained he was upon terms of the closest intimacy ‘with the murdered Professor Panormo, with whom he occupied an apartment for several months prior to the terrible taking off of his unfortunate friend Jant week. The following remarkable letter was found upon @ jable m the room with the suicide:— LETTER LET BY EAST. It 18 God's will that I should appear before lim. He knows that Lam innocent with regard to the foul muraer of poor, departed Panorwo. May He 1m tne bring to justice the perpetrator of that mis- fortune. I have contemplated for some time, | have dreaded the threats and derision of my enemies, | have done some hab mm this world, but, wank God, Ihave never spilled a drop of human biood, I have prayed to my Maker for forgiveness, and trust He will forgive me. I also ask ine Christian community to forgive and——_ ¢ The writer was probabiy Interrupted, as he thus suddenly terminates his epistle. He was found lying on the middle of the floor by a couple of the boarders in the house, who entered bis apartments upon hearing the report of the pistol, He held the weapon in bis rigit hand and presented a most frighiiul appearance, The bullet bad entered his head atthe right temple and passed directly behind the eyes, causing them to protrude irom their sockets. The pistol is of the Star pattern, four barrelled, one of them being emptied and the remaining three charged. A gold watch, Walters’ make; a small sum of money, and @ memorandum book, with the address of several firms, were found on his person. is letters were addressed ‘A. Eust,” but his name 1s supposed to be Alfred East. Tne card of 1. Som- erville, attorney and counsellor-at-law, 61 Cpaimbers street, Was also found in his pocket. LETTER PROM HIS MOTHER. The following 18 a letter from his motner, coun- selling him to do the best he can, It 1s not dated: — MY DEAR ALFRED—By not writing to you I dare gay you think { have forgotten you; but it is very different, You are ever in my mind by night or by day, anu though I cannot see you in body the mind 1s constanuly wondering where you and what you are about. lam very sorry to h tat your health 1s so mdifferent. It troubles me @ goo deal at umes, and you so far away from us, | look back at times and picture the time when ail the family was together, and now we are separated—Geurge in Manchester, Caroline in Statfordsuire, you in New York, and your cousins, Edwin, Charles and Henry, all divided about in different places. We are ieft alone, wich ouly Arthur to go aud see sometimes; but you know, dear alfred, tals world 1s @ changing seene, and we never at once stay long together. But ‘we must improve the time in the best way we can, Your poor sister Saran’s healtn is very bad iately, She sends her kindest love (o you, ana, betteve me, ouner 8. EAST. Ta eve write me a line with Arthur, S. Be OTHER LETTERS. NEW ORLEANS, March, 1868, Mr. A. East, Galveston :— AK Sin—We beg leave to inform you that we have drawn on you this day, at sight, lor $487 23, with privilege to pay on account, We trust you will honor our dratt. We are now prepared for the spring trade, and shall be much pieased to see you to renew your bill. If you canuot Call ib. person your orders will be carefully attended to, Yours, very truly, W. DAUPHINE & CO. The following memoranda is fn relation to some of the last business trouples in the South:— This is to certly that I have this day released Mr. A. East from all other obligations to me with the exception of one note of $900, bearivg date December 16, 1867; afterwards extendea for two years from May 1868, for payment, and I do hereby give Mr. A. East permission totravel or reside wherever he may see proper outside this State of leaded puilty to the charge, but Leddy professed 43 know nothing of it. They were botn locked up to answer, At the annual meeting of the American Geograph- ical Society, to be held at Cooper Institute on the goth inst, Mr. D.C. Gilman, professor at Shemeid Scienttic Schooi, Yale College, will deliver the ad- taking for his subject American “Contributions to Geographical Science wuring the Past Year.’ Mr. Gitmanin ot the discourse Will pass in re. view over the entire history of the society from jaception to the present time, and point the results it has been Instrumentai to bringing avout, Ameeting of the Invitation Committee of the New England Society was held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on Saturday evening, to make arrangements for the reception on the 6th of February, It was resolved that tickets snould be gold only to mem- bers of the Society. It was aiso resolved that no tickets should be sold by members of the Com- mictee after Saturday, Fevruary 8, and that mem- bers unsupptied at that time could obtain them only on Monday, the oth, of Mr. C. W. Griswold, at ue Finn en THE Sommittee then ad- journed uly ursday, ruary 1, av eight O'elock, at tue Filth Avenue Hote? " Texas. Witness my hand, this 17th day of June, 1963. GD. BRiaGs. GALVESTON, June 17, 1868. There were @ number of other private notes founda which, of course, had no connection with the tragedy. DARK RECORD OF THE HOUSE. Itisa singular coincidence in connection with the house corner of Fulton and Pineapple streets, where Panormo and East boarded—the one the victim of highway robbery and assassination and the other driven to suicide by dwelling upon the horrible fate of his compantun—when we take into consideration the fact that Watson, who was shot dead by Mrs. Fanny tiyde on Friday last, was once @resident of the identical domicile, 1t was there that the latter victim first met the wife who has thus suddenly been widowed, More Bloodshed in Brooklyn=Stabbed and Chopped. The Fourth precinct is growing famous for the hummber of its bighway robberies and murders. SM another attempt at murder was made last evening in that precinct. It appears that, about seven o'clock last evening, Robert Lyons, twenty-four years old, residing in Division street, Seventh ward, Brookiyn, entered the dwelling house of Micnael Farrell, No. 72 Raymona street, for what pur, has not transpired, He had not been long in the place, however, when he commenced to quarrel with Farrell and his wife Margaret. The son of the couple, James Farrell, a youth ot eighteen years, took purt'in the rough and tarovie airay that ensued, uring the mei¢e Lyons was stabbed twice in the back with a case Knife, besiles being Teartully cut on tue bead with an % Tue cries of the wounded mon for heip ¢ az the bloody encounter attracted the attention of Xounds- man Graham and Patrolman Perrin io the scene of contict, ‘They enrered and arrested the Far- reli, who held tn his blood-stained hand at the time @ heavy axe. Margaret Farrell, who 1s thirty-eight years of age, and her son were also taken into custody and locked up to awalt the resuit of the Injuries inflicted by them, The unfortunate Robert Lyons, who pr nted a fearfully gory apoearance, Was conveyed to the City Hospital in a dying condi- trod. But littie hopes are entertained oO! his re- covery, "THE BROOKLYN HIGHWAYMBN, A Midnight E ater oo Myrtle Important Arrests, Shortly before one v’clock yesterday morning, ag Mr, Fritz Marcrat, a German, was passing along Myrtle avenue, near Lawrence street, Brookiyn, he was attacked by three men, one of whom knocked him down and the second held him while the third robbed him of his watch, The bighwaymen then fled from the place, pursued by Officer Shan- Avenue ley, of the Washington street police station, who had heard dr, Macrat’s cries tor assistance, The oficer succeeded in overhauling one of the fugitives, wio gave bisname as Jona McLaughiin, Mr. Marerat’s watch was found in his possession. He was locked up. Within am hour afterwards Officers Shanley and Hetfernan suce ceeded in arresting McLaughlin’s “pals,’? Thomas Farlough and James Jacksou, who were also locked up to answer. The prisoner McLaughlin 1s a notorl- ous Character, and his arrest 13 considered ove of the most important made 11 Brooklyn for some ume past. He will be arraigned with the other prisoners before Justice Walsh this morning. A gentleman, Wile passing through Clinton street to reach his home, at 69 Livingston street, was knocked down by two highwaymen, but, as he sprang to bis feet again quickly and xhouted “Police? the thieves fled, THE HEPNER HOMIOLDE. Post-Mortem Examination on the Body—Iue vestigntion on Tuesday Belore Coroner Keenan, In the case of Herrman Hepner, the youth of eighteen years, late of 511 East Eleventh street, who, late on Saturday afternoon, was shot through the nead by a pistol in tne hands of his father, Henry Hepner, and almost instantly kaulled, while passing through Grand street, near Ridge, @ full and circumstantial report of which appeared in Suanday’s HERALD, Coroner Keenan yesterday decided to bold the investigavon on Tuesday at the City Hall, Deputy Coroner Marsh yesterday afternoon made a post-nortem examination on the body and tound a pistol shot wound of the back of the head, the buiiet fracturing the occipital bone, passing through and iacerating the brain and making its exit at the left sie of the forehead. Death, im the doctor's opinion, was due to shock and hemorrhage, ‘The father, the author of the terrible (rag is improving rapuily, and the physictans at Bellet Hospital say he wiil be cowpleteiy restored to healt ina few days. OFLTVARZ, Joseph Bruce, of Syracuse. Joseph Bruce, one of the pioneers of Madison county, N. Y., died at ts resitence in Lenox, on Saturday, aged cighty-three years, He wax an of\- cer in the war of 1812; for many years President of the Bank of Whitestown, and always prominently identified with the business mtcrests of Madison county, Mr. Bruce was the lather of Genoral Ben- Jamin T, Bruée, and grandfatner of Dwight A, Bruce, postmaster 0. syracuse, Rev. Wharton Booth Marriott, of Eron Cole lege, Enuland. The London journals comuient on the lite and ' death of the above nuimed English divine, who was long Known as one of the greatest scholars of Eton. He expired on the 20uh of December, The reverend gentlewan had just recently resigned one of the masterships of the college, and up to the time of tis decease held an appointment at Oxiord a8 public lecturer and select preacher, After three days’ tiness Mr, Marriott expired at Eton College, to the deep regret of a large family, the college authorities and the whole school, by whom he = was nanimousiy bveloved, A correspondent wri While the Church at large laments tie death of a scholar aod a theolo- gian, and private friends, alike in Eton and where. ever he was kaowh, regret the premaiure death of one so genUe and unassuming, yet Wilial so attrac. uve, It should be meutioued that the poor in the netghvorhood of kiton Voliege Nave lost one who was ever thelr sympatuiang, yet discriminating vene~ factor. Mr. Marriott Was One of the most regular attendants of the Eaton Board of Guardians, being | rarely absent the weekiy meetings, he took the keenest interest im the weilare of me ininates, as oa zealous advocate of, and contributor towaras, tne erection of the litle caapel in which they now worsiup, and in eu mer and winter airke gave extra treats ‘to those within pe pouse, pirectly death was Known, in thé Rare Siu jay, there a @ Spontaneous desire to putof some Christiias festiviues which bad been arranged, But it ts probably in the ham- let of Chalvey, Where he had a farm, that news of hus death came @% the greatest, Liow. It was the oue subject of conversation afnong the villagers, and when the sad loss was alinded to in the pulpit of the church by the Rev. E. J. A. Fizroy at night many could uot restrain thelr tears. Chulvey 18 80 associated with Eton, owing to so many col- lege servants ing there, and the laundry work being the main support of the village, that any death among Eton residents would be more or iess felt; but with none tad the poor 80 persoval and alfec- tlonate a syinpatuy as with Mr, Marriott, < The Princess Therese of Oldenhourg, ‘The Court of Russia bas beep in mourning for abrief period, according to rale, in consequence of the death of Ber Imperial Highness the Princess Therese of Olaenbourg, daughter of the late Wil- liam, Duke of Nassau, and wife of tne Prince Peter, of Oldenvourg, Aide-de-Camp General of the Egi- peror of Russia, President of one of the depart. ments of State Couucil of the Empire, and honor- ary chief of several branches of civil administration. The Princess died at Prague on her voyage through Europe, but her boty was brought to St. Petersburg and buried with great pomp at Troizko-Sergiersky monastery. She Was im the flity-sixth year of her age. She /eaves ive grown up children anu several grandchildren, Her eldest daughter, Alexandra. Is married to the Grand Duke Nicholas, third brother o! Wwe Czar. Prince Peter .of Uldeubourg, now @ widowel, 18 the son of the late Prince George of Oidenbourg, Who was married wo the Grana Duchess Katherine Of Russia, daughter of the Emperor Paul L, and Consequentiy au aunt of the Emperor Alex- ander, When Pri: Peter went Wo Kussia and en- tered the service ine Kinperor Nichowws bestowed on nim marked distinction, including tne title of Imperial Highness. Prince Peter, now a wan of sixty years, enjoys considerable popularity. He has the reputation of a great scholar, and, besides pre- stding over several branches of the c ad tainistra- tion, is a Doctor of Law and a musical composer, Lieutenant General Sir E. Mc Arthar, ‘This distinguished officer aled suddenly, in Lom don, on the 4th of January. He was coiouel of the One Hundredtvb (Prince of Wales’ Royal Canadian) regiment, to which he was appointed im September, 1962, He was one of the very few remaining Penin- sular officers of the nglisb service living, having been present, a4 ensign, Will the Sixtieth reginfeut at Corunna. He saw service in Sicily, aad again in Spain, at the batties of Vittoria, in tae Pyreaees, at Nivelle, the Nive, Bayoune, Orthes and Toulouse, for which he received the War Medal and five Clas) He entered the Sixtieti regiment ol the Hue far 1808, was promoted to Lieutenant General OL tue 4th January, 1965, gud K, (. B, in 1857. panes = a Judge Robert A. Barnard, Judge Rovert A. Barnard died at his residence,’ Haason, N. Y., on Saturday, the 20th inst. Toe venerable gentleman was in the elglty-sixth year of his age. Judge Barnard was an accomplished schoiar, and ranked—; artioularly among the earler and stiiP more mature years of his manhood— as @ jurist of keen perception, clear utellect and firm and upright judgment. He was yreatiy respected, and his remains will be attended to their Testing place by anumber of sorrowing friends, professional and lay, during the aiternoon to-day, Hon. Norman 8S. Eddy. Hon, Norman 8. Eddy, Secretary of State of in diana, died sudaenly yesterday morning of neart disease, at his residence, in Indianapolis. Mr. Crawshay Ballicy, the great Nortn British ironmaster, died near Abete gavenny on the 10th of January, in bis eigtty-fity years FIRE IN A PANCY STORE, A fire broke out yesterday on the third floor of 601 Kast Eleventn street, which was occupied og Charles Seidler as a fancy store. Damage tu the ex. tent of $2,000 was done, Noinaurapes ‘ne ¢: Of the fre has not been discovered. ¥ vy