The New York Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1872, Page 5

FRANCE. Governmental Caution Ageinst Spanish Refuges Shelter. TELEGAAM TO. THE NEW “YORK MEAL. Panis, Deo 2, 1872. ‘The Profect of Pau has issued an order ferbid- ding Spantards to sojourn ‘in the Department of tho, Baasos-Pyrences without written permisalon. SPAIN. {The Porto Rico Slaves’ Manumission Bill in Satisfactory Progress—General Liberation and Planters’ Compensation—Insur- gent Cuba Still Ont in the Cold. $ , TELCOTAMS TD THE NEW! YORK HERALS, My Satie coat providing for the emancipation slaves’ in’ Porto Rico was read in the lower branch ‘of the Cortes yesterday. Allslaves are to be tree within four months after ‘the promulgation of the passage of the bill, The slave,owners are to be indemnified for their ‘Property. ‘ Me 4 of the Députies expressed their approval of e bill by cheers after its reading, ‘The latest-news states that the Porto Rico Eman- on bill provides that the slave owners shall ve eighty per cent indemnity, of which the State shail pay forty per cent and the Colony ‘the valance. 5 CUBA STILL UNDER THE BAN, The government again announced that reforms in Cyba were postponed in consequence of the in- ‘surrection in that island. RUSSIA. “The Csarowitz Seriously Il—Progress of a Severe Attack of Typhus Fever. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Sr. PETERSBURG, Dec, 25, 1872, _ is Imperial Highness Alexander Aloxandro- “vitoh, Czarwitz and hereditary Grand Duke of “Ruseia, eldest son and first child of the Czar, is. ill “with typhus fever, The Prince is twenty-seven years of age. Bulletin of the Physicians from the Palace—History of the Origin and Progress of the Malady. {| Sr. PererssurG, Dec. 25, 1872. It was oMictally announced to-day that the ‘Czarewitch has been ill since the 19th of November, ‘and his malady becoming serious on the 19th or December, it was pronounced a case of typhus fever, accompanied with an affection of the abdo- men, which the physicians considered of a grave character. ‘The medical bulletin issued this morning says :— “His Imperial Highness passed a sleepless yet tranquil night. “The fever has not abated, but his condition con- ¢inucs about the same.” BREAKING BONDS. Daring Attempt to Burst Jail—Cutting Through a Wali—Caught at the Mo- ment of Success—Instruments Supplied , by Confederates. ‘One of the most daring attempts to break prison that has occurred in the history of this city took place at twenty minutes past five last evening. Jefferson Market was the scene o! the ¢meute, and ‘that prison is considered one of the safest in this ‘city, The near-success of the operations of the prisoners who sought to escape from durance vile plainly demonstrates, however, that the edifices Uuilt to-contain prisoners are unstable and utteriy unfitted for the purpose to which they were de- signed, 4, The facts are these:—Matthew Busey, a noted rowdy and Jailbird, shot James Burns, the keeper of a house of prostitution, 135 Greene street, on December 4, and was convicted the next day by Judge Cox. He was placed in cell No. 1, ana there was considered safe, Last evening Keeper Ken- -medy heard a suspicious sound proceeding from the cell in which Busey and an attenuated specimen of hamanity, committed for a minor offence, were confined. Kennedy jumped up at once and secreted @ pistol in his Line pocket. He called on Mr. Houtaling to lend him a hand if required, and taat gentleman, who was present, instantly acquiesced. ‘The sound emanated trom ceil No. 1, and thither the keepers proceeded, VI ET ARMIS. Kennedy secured Busey, and then it was discov- ered that the culprit, by aid of a crooked jimmy eighteen inches in length, a skate blade and @ quarter-tnch square file, and of beautiful temper, had succeeded in penetrating through the inner wall of their cell, making a hole about twenty inches by seventeen in diameter, to within one brick’s distance from the exterior of the wail. ‘rhe prisoners had carefully disposed of the plaster of Paris and débris of their excavations in paper bags, which they loosely stowed away beneath the ved and which they concealed with the mattress and blankets, carelessly disposed. The prisoners ‘would have been easily able to pass through the hole tn the wal fter that they would have had 0 scale a wall over the kitchen, pass over A SPIKED RAILING, 8nd drop upon a roof, from which they might have readily gained the street. Had it uot been ior the ener and promptitude displayed by the “ ian, Mr. Kennedy, and the clerk, Houghtalmg, the prisoners would cer- have effected their escape. As it now ads they are saiely ironed in se} ite cells, and all aoubts as to their obtaining an illegitimate exodus {vom the places where they are “ coilined, cribbed and confined” are small indeed. The'cell in which the two would-be fugitives from justice were confined is an apartment in the imme- diate vicinity of the jron-barred portal which leads \to the terrace, on either side of which the cells are flocated. There is an iron bedstead, with a straw tmattreas and a rug carelessly disposed upon it. ‘It was the bedding which served to conceal the soperations of the two men. The tools with which tthe prisoners worked were doubtless conveyed to Ahem by FEMALE FRIENDS, ¥ amany of whom, women of very questionable character, have lately visited them. ale visitors to the prison are always searched, but the keepers jand wardens feel, Out of thetr imnate modesty, doubtless a disinclinatton to penetrate the hidden tmysteries of the fairer sex.. 1{ women searchers ‘were appointed there would be less chance of the escape of criminals, . FIRE IN THE CANTERBURY, At @ quarter past ten o'clock P.M. a fire broke yout. in tne Canterbury, on Broadway, caused by a man throwing @ lighted cigar among some waste papers under the stage. The place has been newly \dtted up as a variety hall, with a stage arranged ewith light and infammabie hangings. The inte- wior is also furnished in light woods, so that a dighted match is sufficient to set the place in a wWlaze. The proprietor of the place gave no aiarm Whatever, and efforts were made to conceal the fact of the fire, The people who were in the place were panic-stricken, and made a rush for “the door, overturning benches and crushing one another in their efforts to make an exit. The girls attempted to escape thorugh the rear, but Jound it impossible to get out way. Alto jgether it was @ Darrow escape for the other prop- rty owners im the block, and the proprietor ‘was Lasag censured by ali who knew of the oc- currence for not giving a prompt alarm. There \geems to be an “epizootic of fire,” and it is too -dangerous a thing for any man to trifle with. As pikes patrolmen from the Eighth, Fourteenth and iteenth precincts hurried to the scene, and ely prompt action the flames were sxtitgulsned, FIRE IN THE BOWERY THEATRE, At half-past seven o’clock last evening a fire ‘broke out in the box office of the Bowery Theatre. Mr. Vandewater, tthe treasurer, succeeded in put- jing tt out with a few pails of water, and no serious damage ensued, The’ manager, Mr. Freligh, and ‘Mr. Jones by their presenve of mind prevented | lh i¢ among the throng crowding in to the | | pan Auditorium room and filling the lobvy. Seemann STABBED BY HIS SON, 4 Joa Madigan and-his sou Edward had an aiter- ation last night at 351 Madison street. There was BP scuttle, che Mash of steel and the father fell Siabbed in the breast. He was taken to the Thir- Yoenth cluct police station, where his wound wy i vy Dr. Saville. He was then sent (to make® Complait against Wis bas been made, AUSTRALASIA. New Zealand—Honor to the United States Presidency—Destructive Fire in Auck- TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. San Francisco, Dec. 25, 1872. The steamer Nebraska arrived to-day: from Auck- land, New Zealand. ‘The Australian steamers did not make the connection and consequently there are-no maiis from that country, Tne Nebraska brings New Zealand dates up to the 27th of Novem- ber, with late mews from the colony of Victoria. Qouncil of New Zealand opened on the 19th of No- The Governor tas commenced departmental re- forms which, says the Independent, if likely to create'a certain degree of dissatisfaction among a fow, willbe calctilated to aatisfy the country, The department under the charge of a native Minister is the firat tofee! the new besom. The oMce of Tnspector of Volunteers and Militia, has been done away with, Inter-tribal disputes ofa rather threatening character have occurred at Wiapu, om the east Coast, The resident magistrate writes that both Parties are armed amd refuse to allow cach other to croas the river, AMERICAN PATRIOTISM. ‘The United States ship Nebraska dressed ship at Dunedin and fired a salute in honor of Grant's re- election, The salute was replied to by the Naval Brigade. REVENUB INCOME AND PUBLIO INDUSTRY. ‘The return of the customs revenue for the quar- ter ending September 30, 1872, published in the Ga- 2ette, shows.a total of £203,277, against £165,722 for the corresponding quarter of last year. Amportant discoveries of coal have been made in Gipp’s Land. ‘The Governor Vis _ount of Canterbury goes home to England in February. The bill for mining on private property is not likely to pass this seasic DESTRUCTIVE FIRB IN AUCKLAND, The Pactfle Fire Insurance building, on Front street, Auckland, has been totally destroyed by fire, together with several stores adjoining, and the magnificent building occupied as the Post and telegraphic offices and the Provincial government omices, FATAL SHIPWRECK- The ship Newcastle was wrecked off Cook Strait and sixteen persons perished on the aight of the 19th of November. Victoria. The New South Wales Assembly has rejected the Narrow Guage Railroad bill, Captain Armstrong and Dowden, the mate of the ship Carl, have been convicted of murdering several Polynesians, and have been sentenced to death. The estimated expenditure for the year shows an increase of £176,000. The Fijians Firing Up for Liberty and Fraternity. > SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 25, 1872. News has arrived from the Fiji Islands to the effect that the settlers and planters are dissatisfied with the composition of the present government, A meeting of planters was heid at Evuka om the 6th inst., at which very strong language was spoken against the executive government. CUBA. An Italian Opi m on the Herald's Work in Cuba. (From L’Omnabus, of Naples, Italy.) The Nsw YORK HERALD contains # most tmpor- tant article upon the question of Spanish domina- tion in Cuba, showing that no question for many years past—in fact, since the proclamation of the Monroe doctrine, which repudiated European in- tervention in America—has so preoccupied the mind of the American nation. Tho writer of the article in question shows the disastrous effect of this intervention by citing the abandonment of Mexico by the forces of the late French Empire. The HERALD is of opinion that Spanish sove- reignty in Cuba, with all its arrogance, is about to become a thing 0! the past; that the tolerance of the United States has been drawn out to the finest point; that the existence of slavery at a few miles distance from its shores 1s so repugnant to the people of the United States that it cannot longer be permitted to exist. The writer concludes in these terms :—“Should our government decide upon making a change in its present fore! policy Spain will uwaken one day to the knawledge oi the fact that this country has decided upon a solution prompter in its action than the Cabinet of Madrid has ever dreamed of. Another Reason for Intervention in Cuba. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— After reading, with much interest, your corre- spondent’s vivid description oi the present con- dition of Cuba, and your own spirited editorial thereon, I feel that you have correctiy fore- shadowed the only reply to yout question, “What shall end the struggle?” But, in addition to your reason ‘for the necessity for intervention— “humanity’—there is another equally strong, though, perhaps, more selfish. — It Is the same that has led to the attempts made heretofore, and ‘making now, to what is called “civilize” the bar- barous nations of the world. These attempts are scarcely ever made in Patagonia or other equally unproductive portions of the world, but are chiefly confined to such parts as are naturally capable of affording the necessarics and luxuries of life to the already civilized world. The law of civilization now may be interpreted as that “no country capable of bro- ducing to a profitable degree that which is of use or benefit to man must be allowed to remain in the possession of a people who neglect or refuse to develop its resources to that end, either for home use or for exportation.” On that ground there 1s ® very cogent reason for interference in the affairs of Cuba. The “Gem of the Antilles’ furnishes in abundance both necessaries and luxuries which the United States and other nations are deprived oft hy the barbarous war now being carried on thefe. Would it not, therefore, be justifiable on the part of the United States, in. conjunction. with other governments, if you please, to demand that the inhuman. Sascha now carried on there be | caused to cease, and the government of the island laced in the hands of those who can best develop ts resources for the benefit and use of mankind ¢ New York, Deo, 24, 1872, L. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. Mrs. Scott-Siddons, the actress, has been learn- ing to skate at Davenport, Iowa. It is said that she cut a pigeon's wing on the ice, The attendance at the theatres yesterday after- noon Was not large, but in the evening all of our places of amusement were filled by immense audi- ences, The programmes showed nothing new, except at the Union Square Theatre, where “The School for Scandal” was produced for the first time by that company. In Brooklyn the success of the evening was almost aa great as in New York. At the Academy of Music Mr. Lester Wallack playea in “Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady” and “Wood- cock’s Little Game” with all his great force and grace, and afforded much pleasure to many of his admirersin both cities, “Roberto” was again sung at. the Stadt Theatre last night by Mr, Koch's German Opera Company. This aud the oratorio of “The Messiah,” at Stein- way Hall, were the only important musical fea- tures of the Christmas festival. THE PAOIFIO COAST, Matters of Interest in the Golden City— A Plentiful Rain Fall. | SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec, 25, 1872. Governor Booth has deciined to interfere in the cuse of James Donovaf, sentenced to death for the murder of Winchell. He will be executed tn this city on Friday next. The performance in the California Theatre last night, jor the benefit of the iamily of the late Col- oncl Albert F. kvans, Was very largely attended. Coptons rain fell yesterday evening in every sec- | thon of the State, frem San “Diego to Yreka, No | doubt teve Will be a bouutiigl barveat next year, The twenty-elghth. sion the Provincia | WASHINGTON. | THE GO0SE CREEK SLAUGHTER < Wasningrow, Dec. 25, 1872. © The Christmas Festival in tne Capital— How the High Oficers of the Govern- ment Enjoyed Thomselves. % Of ail the daysin the year Obristmes Day is’ quietest in Washington, For twenty-four honts at least of of jobs and claims tf plots and counter-plots, of tenagtous-o™ez ‘nolderg and oqually tenacions office-hunters, has been: de- void Of political incidents worth mentioning. The streets are unusually deserted; for the snow, which wo, Lee eben in dense fakes, foot travel a very undesirable pastime, though it affords good sleighing, a treat 90, rarely enjoyed by Washingtonians, The hoteis Wear & forlorn look, for nearly all the trausient visitors, |~ Congressmen and lobbyists, delegates and errant carpet-baggers, have gone to eat their Christmas Sinners yster_ the unllar BAER gf els own Tomes, jew who have remained make the most oi this festive day, for though the streets are snow-olad And alls dreary without, there was good chee? and mirth within... ‘The. buay brains that are always hatching schemes of public benefit or public plunder relaxed their work for thia. day and devoted themselves.entirely to, the consump- tion of turkey and plum pudding and hot, punch. Premier Fish, the most courtly, dignified aad hos- pitable Secretary of State thie country ever had, laid aside the cares of State aud troubled bunsell 46 littie about the distribution of the Geneva award as the last pauper in the poorhouse, The: latest Mexican depredations and the most recent Spanisi? outrages wore to him things of no moment to-day. If any one had talked to Boutwell about the Syndi- cate he would have snapped his fingers in his face, Not being tuvitcd out, he ate his solitary dinner in the twilight of his half-lit room, and turned into bed a: an early hour in the evening in order to save gas bills, The jolly Robeson did mot care whether our vavy sinks or swims, and the courteous, good-natureé Creswell eschewed postal telegraph schemes Of Delano it is need 1¢88 to speak, for he is gore where the oranges grow. The ponderous Belknap, ordinarliy so much } vexed. at the wholesale desertions of our new- fledged soldiers, gave them leave for to-day to desert en masse. “The slow, Geliberate Williams did not care a button whether Pinchback or War- moth rules the roast in’ Louisiana. And last, not least, the President of the United States attended the: Metropolitan Methedist church to return thanks for coming safely out of the Western snow drift which delayed his arrival here until this morning, having {ulfilied hiv filial duty towards his father in Covington, whe had been-se rudely ejected from his own Post Office. He wasin a particularly gratefulmood. After his return from church he doffed the Chief Magistrate’ and de- voted himself entirely to the enjoyment of the good things which the day brought forth. A Corner on Syndicate—A Nice Little Fi- mancial Arrangement—Judge Richard- son Takes a Hand in the Deal. It 1 said that the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Richardson, will leave the Treasury De- partment in March, and that he intends to ge to Paris to become a member of the banking.firm of Monroe & Co. It is whispered also that. Judge Richardson takes this step with the expectation that the President, after his second inauguration, will appoint him financial agent of the government at Paris, or for Europe generally. in the event of the Secretary of the Treasury being permitted: to. carry out his scheme of funding the debt.as.he began, and without any change, which he is intent on doing, Judge Richardson and his associaves. would be in a position of great financial induence and would have an opportunity of making immense fortunes, Jay Cooke & Co. in Washington, Mr. Mc- Culloch, late Secretary of the Treasury, in Londen, and Judge Richardson, who is said to be the brains of the Treasury Department, in Paris, there would be a powerful combination of the most influential men of the so-called Treasury Ring. Should Mr, Boutwell's plan of funding the debt be carried. out this would undoubtedly be the Syndicate, and there would be @ margin o! profits ior it of fifteen. to twenty millions of dollars, Sematox Cole on Congress After the Christ- mas Recess. Meeting Senator Cole at the Ebbitt Homse this. afternoon, I had a conversation with him on the prospective work of Congress alter the holidays. The Senator made the following remarks:—“The In- dian Appropriation bill will be the first subject for the consideration of the Senate whem. it. meets again, It will be passed with as little dplay as pos- sible, The next thing, I believe, will be the French Spoliation bill, which will occupy but little time. Although I am opposed to it, I think it will be passed in the Senate, but it has no chance in the House, The seventy-two-year old claims will prob- ably be allowed to grow another century older and then taken up again tobe finally rejected for hav- ing outgrown their age of validity.”” To my question whether the Senate would take up the Lopisiana trouble he replied:—“I do not think so; Con- gress will have to deyote all that is leit of the se: sion to the passage of the Appropriation bills, It has barely time egpugn to dothat. If the Southern troubles are to be discussed Congress will have to dissolve without making the necessary appro- priations and governmeyt will be at, a standstill. In that case the next Congress will have to be con- vened to meet immediately after the 4tho! March.” To my inguiry about the Postal Telegraph bills simultaneously introduced in the House and the Senate Senator Cole answered:—‘They are sub stantially the same asthe old Hubbard bill, which, ‘I think, is a stupendous job, I cannot believe that Congress will pass it. I am against. all schemes giving tothe government the control of the tele- \graph, but least of all would I advocate this Hub- bard bill.” MARINE DISASTERS, A Schooner and a Barge Sunk in the Ohio. CatRo, Iil,, Dec. 25, 1872. The steamer Wild Cat, lying at the foot of Twen- tieth street, was sunk last evening by heavy tice, Which was floating down the Ohio River. It is doubtful whether she can be raised. The barge Swallow was ajso struck by the Joating mass, and immediately san! THE IRISH-ANDERSON POISONING CASE. The case of Dr. Lucius B. Irish, who was tried upon an imdictment charging him with having caused the death of Edward D. Anderson, was given to the jury by Judge Pratt in the Kings County Court of Oyer and Terminer at two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, At half-past four o'clock yes- terday afternoon the jury had failed to agree upon avordict, Judge Pratt sent a message to the jury at hal-past tea o’ciock in the nidrning asking whether they had come to an agreement yet. They + gent bj wor % they had not. It was cur- Bitte eat thee tie that the jurors stood ten for acquittal and two for a verdict of guilty. The court room remained crowded a great part of | the day by friends of the prisoner and others who were interested iu the resuit. Shortly aiter four o’clock the Judge took his seat on the bench and the jury were brought into Court. Dr. Irish and his wife were both, present. In reply to the question as to whether they had agreed upon a verdict they replied in the Degative, and | added that there was no likelihood of their a. 3 ing. The Judge advised them to go back to their we and try again. He also gave them his ad- ress, so that they would be able to tind him in case they should eventually agree. The jurymen, who wearied and downcast, withurew to their deliberations, Bail bonds have been prepared looking to the re- lease of Dr. Irish mm event of the jury eventually 4: because of their disagreement, The body of ani unknown forty-six years of age, on the 24th instant was found ipsensible on the sidewalk, on one of the streets of the Twentieth ‘ward, and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he died soon atter admission. ‘There seems to be no marks of violence on tue body, LEADING LANGUAGES OF THE WoRLD.—A recent calculation relative to the principal Rurepeau lan- guages shows that English is spoken by 90,000,000 of persons, Inliabiting Great Brivain aud ireland, North America, the Bermudas, Jamaica, Cape of Van Dieman’s Land, New- Good Boner Australia, foundiind ‘and the Bast Indies; German, by 56,000,000, 10 their own country, Switzerland, Aus- tria, fiungary, Russia, North and south America, La Plata, Anstvatia and’ the Kast Indtes; Spanish, by 50,000,000 in Spain, Culia, Mexico, tne republics O: South Americ NU ak, and French: by 45,000,000 in It ¢, Reigiim, Switzertand, Canada, Cavenne and Narth Awerica, List ofthe Killed and Wounded —— LD ? THE WOUNDED CARED FOR, a are samme icc How the Terrible Affair Originated. ws. “ty vo ius, COBRY, Pa., Dec, 25, 1872. ‘The following are iia names of some of those known to'have been xilled by the accident on the Buffalo, Corry and Pittaburg Railroad iast night :— Mark Haight, of Brocton, banker, one leg shat- teredand the otli¢r burned off at the thigh, and badly bruised about the head. Mr, Osborne, of Weatfeld, haif the side of nis ‘head smashed in and one leg burne ol below the knee, Mr. Ryan, internal injuries. E. H. Bell, telegraph operator at Sherman. Mr. Oarleton, bruised om body and head, Frank Taylor, baggage master of the train. Con Molony, track master, of Brocton, THE WOUNDED: W. H. Lee, of Corry, slightly. Jacob Bartiand, of Irving, N. ¥. Levi Briggs, of Angola, N. Y. Joh H. Hilton, of Rochester, Mrs. J. M. Carleton, of Mill Village; whose child was saveu, but wirese husband is stiff uMasing. _ Maggie Carleton, of Titusville. George Miller, of Predonia, N. Y. Henry Miller, of Titusville. %. J. Burtis; of Titusville. W. H. Ticknot, of Titusville. Biiza Zally Ripley. John Cowdry, of Corry, two large wountks; one the’lefs eye, and Sruised about the body. Barney Cook, injured’ imternally and sufféring great pain. John” Dundas, of Hamilton, Ontario, very" se- verely. Fay Flamders, conduetor, wit probably recover if see his internal injuries are ‘not too severe; he loses | two toes on left foot and half of right foot; nis riba were brokem by being pulldd-ows with a chain. Earl Bacom, reported '‘déad, te only slightly in- jared, having secured the ‘registered letters andi extricated himself by a jump? LOST AND RECOVERED. Of the killed twenty-one ‘ave been recovered). and sixteen are so charred as to: be unknown; four are in the Wantaqua House;: awaiting relatives,. and one at Prospect. Thoro~are yet three to five bedies under the ruins reduced: to ashes, and dis- timguishable only by pieces of skulls and bones. ‘Fhe train was going on a downgraae of eighty-two- to eighty-five feet to the mile, and was about sixty: reds from Prospect depot, and had steam shut off. It was about three feet from the north end of ther trestic when the broken wheel of the tender was: discovered and when under the impetus of tho down grade a stoppage could not. be made. EVERY CARE IS BEING TAKEN OF THE WOUNDED#. whe are scattered around ‘tmthe farmhouses mearr by, and medical attendance was promptly fus- nished. ‘The conductor's pecket showed thirty- seven through tickets takem wp and one to Pros. pect. There were, it is supposed, about fifty.per- sons on the train, which consisted of one yassen: ger car, one baggage car, am engine and teuder, ANOTHER RAILROAD SLAUGHTER... Accident on the Indianapolis, Peru, and: Chicago Railroad=Three Kilted: and Twenty Wounded INRtANAPOLIS, Dee. 26; 1872; The rear car of the Chicago express train, an, the Indianapolis, Pera amd Chicago Railroad, was thrown from the track last night by a brekem rail, about eighteen miles. north of this city.. Twenty persons were more or less injured, and it is thought three fataily. The mos¢ seriously: injured were Mark Haizes, of Richmond, Ied.; H. H. Walker, of Indiznapolis; George Henry, brakeman, and Mrs. Boy& an old lady from Phymouth, Ind., who had her shoulder crushed, aud A. W. Smith, of Indianapotis, AND STILL, ANOTHER RAILROAD SLAUGHTER. Only Two Kitled and Four or Five Wounded This Time. Sr, Louis, Dec. 26, 1872. A passenger train over the Atchison,, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad, while stuck in a snowbank, twelve mites west of Newton, Kansas, was run into by @ freight train, and had two cars tele- scoped, The conductor and another man wero killed and four or five others were wounded. The names of the killed and wounded are not yet re- ported, FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The International Musical fete in Geneva was pot a financial success. It is proposed to fortify the line from Utrecht to Amsterdam at a cost of 34,000,000 florins. Atelegram from Brussels says that tie Luxem- burg Railway has been sold to an association of German bankers, Mr. Alfred Kidger, house surgeon of the Newport (Monmouth) Infirmary and Dispensary, has been found dead in his bed, with his throat cut, The danghter of the ecclesiastical pianist, the Abbé Liszt, has just seceded from Rome, turned Fyotestant and married a German composer, _ , Bishop dtraln, of Ediburgh, has laid tite founda- tion stone of a Roman Catholic church in Dundee. The building will cost upwards of four thousand pounds, At Leeds, England, & service of plate, vaine £1,400, has been presented to Mr. Alderman Barron in recognition of his services in securing Roundhay Park as a people’s park. It is stated that Her Majesty Queen Victoria has ordered that the officers and men of the Looshat expeditionary force shall receive the Indian medal of 1864, with @ clasp tor Looshal. ‘There is evidently a split among the English re- biicans, and it is ble that they may ere long Be divided into two distinct camps—the Dilkeites and the Bradiaughites. The total number of paupers in the metropolitan districts is 107,806; 36,284 were in workhouses and 72,888 outdoor rellef.’ Compared with the years 1871, 1870 and 1869, these figures show a decrease Of 12,809, 30,601 and 36,982 respectively. Private G. fant, Sixty-second foot, has been declared he best aot ia the British army jor the year 1671-72, and has been awarded the prize of £20 088 Soo medal. Private Smith held the same le position the previous year, Major General Lennox, of the tripe Army, and Mrs, Lennox have celebrated their gold wedding, at ayr. The gallant General was forty-five years in India, and during some of the most trying periods was accompanied by his wile. The Moniteur iY, the German Empire publishes a series of general rules jor the regulation of the national education, ‘The old regulations, the work of the ex-Minister Herr Muhler, are annulled by a Ministerial order, A small bijou residence, No. 4 Seamore place, Mayfair, London, heid under the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for 30 8 unexpired gt £8, and stabling held for 13 1 £39 por anfiuin, have been Usposed of at he smn Of £15,500, cloudy weather and easterly winds are now pre- | | | Andasating thirty degrees below zero. Wan Dararrunnr, | Orion oF Tam Wasmnaron, D.erDec. 2-1 kM” Synopsts for the Past Twentysour Hours. ‘The barometer has continued failing from the Gulf to New Engiand and the Lakes, but has risen during the afternoon and evening over the North- west. Northerly to westerly winds and clear and gokt weather have prevailed over New England; | weather and rain over the South Atlantic States; cloudy weather and occasionally light snow from Tannese te Ob, Michiana, ant eee sonkeclioty tale al Caps fietere ape Cod. wags ‘ion ee | weeks Probabttitiess 2! | For New Engiatid winds veeriig to aaserly, with cloudy weather and stiow; for the Middié States easterly winds, with cloudy weather afi@ snow} for the South Atlantic States cloudy weather, with rain, and winds shifting to westerly; fresit to brisk northeasterly winds along the east and middle At- lantic coasts, From Tennessee to Ohio and Micht- gan cloudy weather generally, witlr light snowand winds, gradually shifting from Illinois and Lake Michigan westward, with northerly to westerly winds and. increasing pressure. Midnight tele- graphic reports from South Carolina to Florida and Texas end the extreme Northwest are missing. Tne Weather im this City Yesterdey. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours. in comparison with the corresponding ow | of last year ss indicated by the thermometer at Hudaut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building :— 1371. 1871, 1872, @ 8:30P.M... 49 “ 6 6P. 42 4 pty 12 Moses P. et average temperature yesterda; .. 10% Average temperature for corresponding date THE WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.: Ligne os Vermont Shivering, RUTLAND; Vt., Dec, 25, 1872, | Bitter col@ weather has‘ been cxpeériénced here” during the laat-twenty-four hours, The thertom- eter early this‘ morning indleated Herpes ta grees below zero, In consequenes of the severity of the weather all the railroad: traind ior the last forty-eight hour have been seriously delayed. ‘The Father of Waters in the Shakes. Maumpuis, Tena., Doc-25, 1872, Heavy shore ice formed iu the Misstesippi has been floating past'ttits city since Sunday night and extends to Helena, ninety miles betow. This ia the first instance of thikiad which bas: occurred in filteen years, The Quaker City Cowl. . Pamape rata, Bev. 25;.1872. The weather hero iaiatemsely cold. Maine's Gold Bath. - Bata, Dees 25, 1882, ‘The mercury in this city this morning indicated twenty-eight degrees betow zero, which was the aoldest, With perhaps one or two exceptions, since 1857, when the river was {rogen over for a‘week or more. The ferry boats are’rwnning as usual to-day. Concerd’s Long Thermometers.. ConconD). N. H., Dec. 25, 1872, ‘The weather here to-day las been intensely cold. the thermometer at an early hour this morning Boston With the Fire Out. Boston,.Mass., Dec, 2571872. ‘The thermometer at sunrise ranged from zero: to: six degrees below, with extreme cold all day. Baltimore Correethy Cold. . Battnsons, Dec. 26, 1872. thermometer standing only a few degrees-above- zero. Notwithstanding, the holiday has been: unt- versally observed; there were -but few. persoas on. the-streets and the churches were but slimly at- hended owing to the bitter cold. Running the Weather Into the Ground.. LANoaster, N..H., Dec. 25, 1872. The past night has been the coldest ever: known, here. At half-past eight P. M. the spirit thermome- ter indicated twenty-five de; 8 below zero, and. at seven this morning forty-five to fifty degrees be-. |, low, according to location. Numerous cases. of frozem itmabs are reported, ‘TRE CLERGYMEN OF THIS CITY ANR, THEIR THEMES. on To Tue Epitor OF THE H@BALD:— Thave been an attentive reader of your interest- ing and independent paper for a long timo, and especially the Monday. morning paper, that con- tains the sermons oi the eloquent divines in this city and Brooklyn. Ihave noticed that they most always take for their texts the last sensation, calamity, &c. Withim the last year they have preached in their puipits about the death of Fisk, politics, the Chicago and Bosten, fires, the sick horses, and on the death of Mr. Greeley and other distinguished persbnages, and in their praises were long and, loud. So fax so, good. But why is it that om last Sunday not one minis- ter in elther city said one word in sympathy for, or even mentioned, the fact that eleven women were roasted alive in the, Fifth Avenue Hotel, nor even blamed the persons who were the cause af tt? Ob, no! It would not do to blame the wealthy proprietors of & fushiona- ee for allowing me ae ris banc wy were sav! guests an ir iwagaee, ky is it the preachers are catering to and taken up a ey reaching & soft and sooth- ing religion to the and not trying to save them on the Bible plan? Jt is said that “the Puipte 4a the coward’s retreat,” It often appears 0. world will never be any better if our clergy do not change and live different lives from what they are now ving They appear, to care only for the souls of the rich and fashionable, and encourage them to hve on in their sins. 1 would advise every minister vo read “Baxtcr’s Reformed Pastor,’ or some such book, and, if they really loved the Lord, and to save souls, to go and preach according to its dictates. I read in your paper @ few days since that an unfor- tunate woman had been murdered by an unfortu- nate man, and that it was with great difficulty that an ambassador of Ctirist (as they call them- selves) could be found to perform the buriai ser- vices over her remains, All refused but one good Samaritan, who was not afraid to mingle with sinners; they were afraid of losing that, I suppose, that they have the least of. Some paper said that they did not try tosave her. Of course not. When the’ good and pure goto them, with the best en- dorsements, they pretend they are not. genuine, aud if they inquire aboutthem and find them good and noble they do nothing ior them, but tell them | to trust in the Lord, ut how eloquent ticy are in the ulplt fox foreign — missions, the “Heathel e0, "7 BOR, {it Atioch, for the “nohie red min, the ‘inople lack matt" jak: lections tor the red flannel shirt Hotten- ing np gol tot fund; but how very little they ever say for the hugdted thousgnd women in the laud surfounding us in poverty, sorrow and wretchedness. When in chureh, I often think why ate they not more prac- tical in their sermons and lives? and often cannot ‘efrain from exclaiming, “Shame on such ambassa- dors of Christ! Siiame on such watchmen on the towers of Zion!” Isawin your valuable paper, a few weeks since, several notices about those women 1n the saloons, and what vile creatures they were. Where are the men who accomplished all this ruin? Where are the men, and what their names, that support such Upon Why does not the Mayor or Hive arrest them and publish their names, and the names of the owneis that rent them for such vile purposes? That is the way to break up such places if the city really wishes todo so, MRS. M, N. 0, HON, JUSTIOE LYNCH. A Vigilance Committee Rejecting a Mur- dcrer’s Plea of Insanity—High Pressure Law and Justice. SAN. FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 25, 1872. At Visalia, yesterday, ® noted desperado, James McCrory, ;shot and killed Charles Allen. He was arrested by officers and found armed to the teeth. An excited crowd assembled and tried to take the risoner from the ofticera, but the latter succeeded hi lodging the in jai. A Mpa committee ‘was Organized at once, the Sheri and his deputies were overpowered, and MoCrory was taken from the jail sod hang under a bridge near the prison, SHOOTING AFFRAY, Two Italians had a Curistmas quarrel in the dance cellar, No. 44 Malhorry street late laat evo ning, When Charles Sacbarri shot Lutgl Arratt tn | : price. The New The Scientific Tyadall—An American Museum. Wasnmnaron, Deo, 24, 1873. To rns Eprtos or rum Heeaup:— Your admirable article on the suggestions made by Professor Tyndall in his closing lecture in thim city deserves the thanks of all frieuds of science. Your recommendations for a “National Physical Observatory” are timety and praiseworthy, but there ig another movement that should com- mend itself to all enlightened and oultivatea people. Professor Tyndall, while devoted to physical sciences, is not unmindful of those leas positiv: sciences which so largely engage the at~ tention of his distinguished countrymen—Lyall, Huxley, Lubbock, the Duke of Argyle gud many ethers eminent In’ anthropological ahd archeo- logical redearches. Professor Tyndall, Mr. Froud@, and other distinguished foreign d¢lentists among us have @xpressed surprise that so little attention is shown neére for sciences which treat of man an@ Dis primordial relations, One of these gentlemem hag desired to know What progress hag been made in American prehistorid atchmology—where sre Our Pauseums of archaic art? They look in vain for collections Mustrating the earitéy remain of man: on the Westerm Continent. This ft discredtabie, and we hope the earnest plea of Professor TynUalt will reault in- dome action of Congress at ita present session for the expioration ana presefystion ot American monumental remains. it is due to science, to the past and-the future, that some aga tematic effort should be'made for securing oor pre historic-monuments and. colleeting into a nationar museum the fast-perishing mremoridis of a [vst civilization at the Weet, Ni @trikes the culi- vated traveller from abroad’ with nrore force thaw\ our entire indifference to early monumental re- maing and the promotion of hoe generally by the government. It is only the present Congress that has shown any disposition to’ atlvamce sclen- tifle research by governmental aid: A al appropriation as «6 been = made Arctic expedition, ® pittance Colorado explorations, and one or other meagre appropriations. But Lrg! 80 much Letier than previous Congresses ‘hath . that wemaust ve thanklul and hope for Genre betterin future. For the credit of the country’ 1s hoped that some.direct movement will be made’ toward advancing ee inquiry before the’ | | present Congress expires. fe should have a ba- reau devotell to the work of overlooking our fé ante-historic monuments, collecting aod preserv: , ing minor remains of art, £0, ‘ me of the most imposing monuments in the’ Mississippi Valley have been destroyed by the ig- norance and cuptdity of man. In the vicinity of St. Louis works of great magnitude and interest have recently been: devtroyer Vandalism could’ acarcely go farther. We repeat, this is all wrong. The enlightene® governments of Europe protect, with assiduous care, thelr nonument#-of antiquity, aud the Parlis- ment of Great Britain has recently decreed it am offence to destroy or mutifate any work of an- tiquity. Shall we, the’ advanced nation of the ‘Weat, be less mindful of-our archaic taeaeures? What we need is some-custodian at-the national cwpital for remains of ancient art recov- ered from monuments at the West an@ South—a commissioner who shall see that thege Ane monuments are-not needlessly destroyed, or, if necessary to be removed,. that the work shall be superintended ee proper person, competent ta desertbe the character of the monument. A small appropriation would secure these resulta, 9 valu- ble to science, and enaole us todirect culti- vated travelier to a National Museum of American @itiquities creditable to the country. At present we have nothing. The only good collection offered for snle—that of Dr. Davis, oP New York—vwas per- mitted to pass out of the country into @ foret nmiseums, and the inquirer from abroad seeks vada among our institutions for a full and satisfac- tory exhibit of the early stone age in Central Nort America. There are some private’ but they are not accessible to the: general inquirer. The Musewm of Natural History located im Central Park Arey eee adding a collection. of American an- tiqudties to its present fine cabinets The other great Art in your city has just secured: prus collection at @ heavy ork Historical Society the Abbott collection of Egyptian antiquities, But before ali these we shoul @ com eollee- tion iDustrating prehistoric art on the American €ontinent. Remains of the stene age in North America—eapecially of the Niolithi ic type—are the best specimens of primal man on Museum of the ‘The weather to-day has been-intensely cold, the: er hemisphere. Vestiges of fictile art from mounds and other ancient depositories are credit- able te the potter ill of any age. Metallic re- mains are chiefly from copper, there bein; bronae age ta American archwology, but will illus- trate the progress of man at the period of the mounds. I ese mee Ci eeter ac anciente ert, apo stituting @ large and interesting class, should collected and embellish a national museum at Washington. Like the mounds and other earthen monuments of the Mississippi Valley they are rap- idly Len | to destruction. Tho of fine specumens have been irretrievably lost. Ere too late the intelligence and national tasteof Congrese are invoked to protect the mopuments and art- Temains of prehistoric man in Ceatral North America. Rurnett’s Miniature Totlets.—Elogant DRTED COLORED BOXES, containing a cou t Appendage, admirably adapted. tothe Toilet lo tra r’s portmanteau. ACCEPTABLE MOLIDAT Wholesale by draggista’ sundry men very A.—Wer » Beautiful Hat for the Holi- days go direct tothe manutacturer’s, ESPENSCHEID, 145 Nassau street. A.—Eu; e Chevalier, 216 West Six- teemth street, was cured of severe Rheumatism WATTS’ NERVOUS ANTIDOTE, after trying sever physicians, A.—The Triple Spect#c cipal egreaienies of HALE’S HONEY OF HOREHOUN: 'D TAR are each a balravn.forthe Lungs. As in San as pulmonic no. Cough, Cold or Infuenzs cam resist thein, ‘DU NOT SCREAM. —That’s useless. Put into the hollow tooth one liquid globuie of PEKE’S TOOTHACHE DROPS and the rampant agony will be nched in & moment, A.—Herald Branch Office, Brookly: ‘corner of Fulton avenue and Boorum sirest, ‘Open from § A. M. to 8M. On Sunday froin $ to 8 P.M. A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES, 25t and 262 Broadway, corner of Murray street. and Ball Cards, Paris pe hee ot Dencing: i boxes of ! iy Y rams, boxes of Paper. styles DCE MDELL, We Broadway.” Ketablished 181, A 1 Havana Lottery. Grand Ex- B, MARTINGD & CO, Bankers, traordinary Drawin, W Wallstecet: Post oitide box 4.63, New York. Batchelor’s Hair Dye.—1s the Best ig the world; the only true and porfect dye; harmless, roll able, iustantaweous At ail dragyists of Rhe D,—500 New Yorkers Cured RITBUM ATIC matism ant Neuralgia by Dr * FITLER'S SYRUP, 21 John street. Druggists sell it. Extra Dry ‘le ae oi MOET AND CHANDON at, KER, MERRALL & CONDITS, Chambers street, and Broadway and Forty-second at, For Ladies Only is it Suitable to Bay 4 worthy holiday gift for thetr friends at POLLAK Ss Meerschaum Store, muddle of the block. The finest ag sortment of warranted MEERSCHAUMS on hand. Be- pairing done neatly, Boiling. $1.0 Genaine Mocha and Javn Coffecs for the New Year's Table. EVLNE'S Popular Tea Warehouses, ‘(Established 1541), 437 and 831 Eighth avenue, corners of Thirty-second and Fittieth streets; 2126 and 2,360 Third avenue, corner of 16th strvet and near 123th street. 0, AN Half Horse and Half Man.—Rheama- tism, Swellings, Lameness anil any kind of flesh. bone og Muscle ailment upon man of beast are cured by CB TAUR LINEMEN T, the most woudertul discovery of am cient or modern times, di Seal Skin Caps a8 P. ERNENWEIN, 13 Nasyaa rt. Hojer & Graham, Painters. The Bust ed by HOJER & CO., at the old ane coe Sighs Patent Not Banners and. ne graved Metal Signs. to be Judged b; . WILSON sewite MACUiNE If an Article Narit; 88 PoRertally“akcad of all competitors, as alt th companies’ increase combined dogs not reach one 4,100 per cent. We would a to call and bee chieve sucl he i ra LBON SEWING MACHINE COMPANY. Sold com- ted for five years. Salesroom ab ete for $20. and ree ork, and in ail other eitios im the Broadway, United ‘States. The company want agents in cow towns, ee . M. G, Brown’s Metaphysical Dis- odteky ‘& sure preventive and eke for Pnoumonia. Depot 61 Bond street. ? Mrs. M. G. Brown's Poor Richard's Bye wATRR and SCALP RENOVATOR, Sold by druggiste Depot 61 Boud street. fal Holids Th nly Beautii anaes (an ‘ariety of FANCY SKIN C 3 D GAUNTLETS, ifts, is to be found at eithe: Sr tude the Filth Avenue Hat ta URS, SEAL: ‘ee, appropriate for holiday se 212 Broadway, NEW 500.000 sonrwenttt' Neat 4 ~The best zine in the world.” The NOVEMBRE nud DECKMBSE NUMBERS coms antag Hie beg yale oh the shoutder, wounding him» éeverely but not where bis Weund was probed and IYeased. Sach { escaped arress, fatally. Arratl, was taken ety coe Hospttay | barr | Dt, HOLLAND'S 0 AIGAN STRIAL, Bott [rae to" ae