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the Young America, but it is just upon this point that everything turns. In December, 1853, two stanch and well- mastered vessels left Liverpool in company, both bound for Valparaiso, and kept singu- Inrly close to each other as far south as St. John’s Cape, Staten Island, on the eastern tside of the Horn. They were almost in sight vof each other, three hours’ sail only interven- “ing. One of these vessels tacked inshore and endeavored to round the Cape, while the other stood far away to the southward, and, -though making easting all the time, ran down 4o sixty-two degrees south latitude. The latter -vessel, there encountering propitious winds, made a rapid run to her port and reached it ‘nine days before her consort. In comparing ‘their logs it was actually found that on one day, when the most successful ship made five degrees of westing with northeast winds (in datitude sixty-one degrees south), the other ‘had been drifting eastward in a northwest gale. It is to be greatly hoped that the pres- -ent British Exploring Expedition in the Chal- ‘lenger will thoroughly test the different ship routes for the boisterous southern capes; but meantime our own naval authorities might tvery well have these routes explored more fully than has ever been done. The monotony of vfea life, 80 proverbial and often described in “the distich of the mariner, Sometimes we see a ship, Sometiiues we slup a sea, smight be greatly relieved if researches which ennoble the mind and benefit mankind were ‘more frequently introduced into our naval service. Suventy Mirzioss roo Mucn.—The Honse ‘Committee of Ways and Means have, it ap- pears, decided against all the various proposi- tions submitted to them for a repeal of the cotton tax, collected from raw cotton for four or five years. As the sum of money thus col- locted is hard upon seventy millions of dollars the committee have doubtless concluded that it is too mach to think of refunding pending this Crédit Mobilier investigation. Instructions to Sxnators.—The State ‘Senate of Pennsylvania has passed a resolution ‘of instructions to the Senators representing ‘their State in Congress to vote against the Postal Telegraph bill. We had thought that this political device of Senatorial instructions had died a natural death. It has, certainly, by the Senators at Washington, been laughed et for many years, under the conviction that while their respective Legislatures may re- quest they have no right to instruct their Senators. PER:ONAL INTELLIGENCE. “Monsignor Processo is the new Patriarch of Jeru- ‘wale, General. J. Grant, of Philadelphia. is at the Metro- politan Hotel. Colonel J. D, Frary, of Connecticut, is at the Hoffman House. Judge E. 0. Cattell, of Binghumten, is a guest of - the Astor House. General J. T. Owen, of Philadelphia, is staying at ‘the Maison Dorée. Professor Agassiz, of Cambridge, is sojourning at the Hoffman House. General H. C. Lee, of Massachusetts, is at the Metropolitan Hotel. William Williams, of Buffalo, is stopping at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. Judge W. A. Carter, of Fort Bridges, is sojourning at the Metropolitan Hotel. ‘Vaptain Hamilton Perry, of the steamer Adriatic, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Baron Pollock has been installed as Judge of the ‘Engtish Oourt of Exchequer. General 0, A. Johnson, of Massachusetts, has ‘quarters at the Astor House, James M. Sword, for many years connected with the press of Mississippi, is dead. C.D. McDougall, of Auburn, member of Congress lect, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. dudge J. H. McMurdy, of Colorado, is among the late arrivals at the Gilsey House. Professor W. H. .Whituey, of Boston, is a 80- {ourner at the Grand Central Hotel. H. N. Walker, of Detroit, President of the M. HL. & O. R. R., is at the St, Nicholas Hotel. General T. A. Dodge, of the United States Army, is in quarters at the Westminster Hotel. Professor Moses C. Tyler, of Yale, 1557, has te- come literary editor of the Christian Union. “Mollie Maguire” has made her first appearance this season in the Schuy!kill coal mining region. “Now is the Winter of our discontent made glo- rious Summer” by Senator York, ef the Kansas Legislature, Admiral Emmons, of the United States Navy, and ‘General W. L. Burt, Postmaster of Boston, are at the Astor House, Dr. M. Eliinger, editor of the Jeiwish Times, New York, has been lecturing in Vicksburg, Miss., with much acceptance, Why isit the St. Louis Judges do not sentence Toim, the convicted murderer, to his long home? Where ia the hitch? The Tichborne claimant's trial on the double ‘charge of forgery and perjury 1s to commence en ‘the 23d of April next. The marriage of Prince Leopold ef Bavaria with ‘the Archduchess Gisela, of Austria, 1s to be cele- brated on the 24th of April. Will strong-mindced women chatter about it, be- ‘cause women are condemned to erack stones on the Chattanooga highways? The ex-Prince Imperial of Franee will attain his amajority on the 16th of March, When he will attain anything else is another matter. That was nota very loving valentine which in- formed Perteet, the Chicago murderer, that he must be hanged on the 14th of February. Dr. Rabittaille, member of Parhament for Bona- ventura, Canada, has been appointed Receiver General, in place of Sion. Mr. Chabais resigned, The £vening Ledger is to be edited in St. Louis by Major J. 8. Hay, formerly of the Dispatch. The Major is determined to make hay while the san shines, Dr. Robert Greer, Resident Physician at Rains- ford Isiand, Boston harbor, is dead. He was born in Scotland, and much esteemed in Boston, the bome of his adoption, The Prince of Monaco has been decorated with ‘the Cross of the Legion of Honor by President ‘Thiers for having spontancously offered nis ser- ‘vices to Frauce in tite late war. J.C. Chapais has resigned the office of Receiver General in the Dominion government. The Toronto Glove says it is whispered in Ottawa that the rats are hastening to abandon the sinking ship. Mr. Antheny Carney, steward en the frish estates of the Ear! o! Leitrim, has been threat- ened with death should he evict any of the ten- ants. If he evicts them tney’ll nave a victim, The Galveston News statcs that its interior ex- changes are nearly all talking about the arrival of St, Louis drummers in their towns, This informa- tton should make the drummers of the East strike ‘ap thetr reveilles. General William Mahone, or “Fighting Mahone," of the Confederate service, has been quite ill, but 4s convalescent, Vigorous im war, be is eqaally energetic in times of peace, having’earned the title of the “Little Raiiroad Giant of Virgina.” Miss Paithiul received a very graceful compll- ment yesterday after inspecting, by appointment, the femate department of the Western Union Tele- graph. Miss Snow, the Superintendent, presented Miss Faithful with anexquisite basket of hothouse flowers from the lady telegraph operators in token of their deep appreciation of her javers for women, Misa Faithful will give a matinée on Saturday at Association Hall, Her lecture will be “Glimpses of Arent Men and Waman I Have Known,” NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. THE NORTHELEET DISASTER. |. S})UX WARRIORS INDIGNANT. FRANCE. : Minister. Washburne's Banquet—The New Play “Qnele Sam”—What a French Woman is Made to Say of America—Specio In Flow to the Bank. TCLEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALS, Paris, Jan. 31, 1873, It was reported in the Paris papers that Mr, Washburne, the American Minister, gave a dinner last Tuesday to his colleagues of the diplomatic body. The report is incorrect. The dinner was a private affair, to which only a few personai friends were invited. AMERICAN CHARACTER ON THE PARIS STAGE. It is expected that the government Censor will ultimately withdraw his notification against the performance of the play “L’Onele Sam,” M. Sardou having agreed to strike out certain objectionable Passages. One of these is translated by the Amert- can Register as follows, the words being put by the author into the mouth of a Frenchwoman travelling in the United States:—‘This 1s the country of trac, Everything is ticketed with its price—even the honor of its women.” M. Sardou has refused to allow the correspond- ent of a New York journal to read the play before its publication. SPECIE IN FLOW TO THE BANK. ‘The specie in the Bank of France has increased §00,000f. during the past week. THE StANISH TRADE INTERRUPTED, No maiis have been received from Spain for two days, The Orleans Railroad Company have been notified that railroad traMc in the North of Spain is interruptea by the Carlist insurrection. The Spanish companies advise merchants to send for- ward no more freight at present, as the ruaning of regular trains is temporarily suspended. SPAIN. The Carlist Insurrectionist Contest—Sharp Battle with Loss to the Bourbonists—Don Carlos’ Tactics—The Cabinet a Unit—Infant Princes Immensely Popular. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK. HERAL®. Maprip, Jan. 31, 1873, A force of government troops under General Mercado deteated a band of Carlists in the North yesterday, killing eleven of them and wounding a large number. General Monones, the commander of the royal forces in Navarre and the Basque Provinces, has established his headquarters at Alsasua, DON CARLOS! TACTICS. The Courrter (newspaper) of Bayonne says it is reported that Don Curios occupies the magnificent viaduct on the Northern Railway at Ormaistequi, and is ready to blow it up if bard pressed by the royal forces. Several trains have been fired into by the Carlists, and obstacles have been placed on the tracks. ‘THE CABINET A UNIT. A report which was current in Madrid yesterday that a crisis in the Cabinet was imminent is to-day pronounceé to be without foundation. INFANT PRINORS VERY POPULAR. The Spanish peopie are engaged in celebrating the event of the birth of a Prince—the third son of the King and Queen—which occurred yesterday. The happy event was celebrated by the singing of a Te Deum in each of the churches, the firing of salutes and a general illumination of the city of Madrid last night. The Prince is to be christened Louis Amadeo Fernando. "ENGLAND. The Gas Stoker’ Punishment Alleviat: fad. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. Lonpon, Jan. 31, 1873, The sentences of the gas-stokers, convicted of consp racy, have been commuted, their terms of imprisonment being reduced eight months. SCOTLAND. Mill Honds Made Idle by Fire. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonnon, Jan. 31, 1873. A spinning mill in Glasgow, employing 400 hands, was destroyed by fire last night. GERMANY. Parliamentary Definition of the Relations Be- tween Church and State. T) THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Jan, 31, 1873, In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the bill to amend the clauses of the constitution regulating the relations of the Church and Siate passed its second reading by a large majority. Dr. Falk, Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, made @ strong speech in support of the measure, declar- ing that it was justified by the attitude assumed toward the country by the heads of the Roman Church. TELCCRAM LOUISIANA The Loss of Half a Million Dollars by the New Oricans Fire—General Dodge Returning from Texas to Assist Oakes Ames’ Memory. - New ORLEANS, Jan. 31, 1873, The loss by the flre here last night, including Thompson's sugar refinery, is over half a million dollars, Insured for $300,000, mostly in home com- anies, x H. Slocomb, a prominent citizen and merchant city, died this morning, aged forty-one. ices from Marshall, Texas, state that General Chief Engineer of the Texas Pacific 5 i left there for Washington last Wednesday to testify before the Crédit Movilier Congressional ¢ Committee. ARKANSAS Pi POLITI0S. Lire Rocg, Jan. 31, 1873. Ex-Governor Hadley, Deputy Secretary of State Strong and others left fer Washington this morn- img to appear before the Seuate Vommittee on Privileges and Elections. FLORIDA. Election of S. B. Co er to the United States TALLAHASSEE, Fls., Jan. 31, 1873, 8. B. Conover, republican, was elected United States Senator to-day on the Afth ballot, twenty- seven democrats voting with the republicans, He received forty-three votes. MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. Syracuse, N. Y., Jan, 31, 1973 Henry Fraiich, wno has been on trial in this cit for the past three days for killing one Peter Schaty fer on the 34 of August last, by stabbing him with- & bayonet, was this evening found guilty of mur- der in the first degree. His counsel attempted to show mitigating circumstances, on the ground that Fralich wes ine incensed by words reperted to him, have been said vy Schaffer of the prisoner’s wi that be became temporarily insane, and hence was not responsible for his acts. The prisoner testified im his own behalf, he hers 8 that he was so enraged by what he was told, and that he remembered nethiug of the circumstances oi the murder. Judge Morgan, in his charge to the jury, sald:— “It ig no excuse for & man that he has @ violent temper, The iaw does not aliow anger as an ele- ment of can annie ona ® man may lose his temper and become d: ‘ous, but the law holds him ac- countable for isa net, The Judge also took ovca- sion to say that it was to be rogretted that the Legislature had not given the ‘courts discretionary ice prisoners for a greater number fhter in the third degree, ‘ears at most. The falt murder to manslaughter is too great. GARROTERS SENT UP FOR FIFTHEN YEARS. MEmPuts, Tenn., Jan. 31, 1873. William Kirby and Jack Wrenn, for garroting James Speed in October last, were to-day sentenced to the Penitentiary, the former for thirteen and the latter for iiteem years, They were both irom Cuicamo, | Bills of other butional banks The Spanish Steamship Murillo Identified as the Colliding Offender—Signalled Off the Por- tuguese Coast—At Cadiz and Uninjured. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 31, 1873, There is now ao doubt of the fact that it was the Spanish steamship Murillo which sank the emigrant ship Northfeet in the English Channel. The Murillo has arrived at Cadiz and made a re- port of the disaster, Friendly Sigrals off the Portuguese Coast—The Murillo at Cadiz Unin- jured. Lonpon, Jan. 31, 1873, A telegraphic despatch to the Lloyds from their agent Cadiz confirms the report that it was the Spanish steamer Morillo which ran into and sunk the emigrant ship Northfleet, of Dungeness Light House, on the night of the 22d inst. The steamship, however, was not sunk, as was at the time believed to be the case, but has arrived at Cadiz. SIGNALLED OFF SHORE TO AVOID ARREST. Her destination was Lisbon, for which port she had a cargo, but upon getting off that harbor she lied not to enter, as there is an extradi- tion treaty between Portugsl and Great Britain under which the officers would have been surren- dered to the British authorities to answer charges brought against them. SAFE IN rorr. She consequently put to sea again and proceeded for Cadiz, as there is no extradition treaty between Great Britain and Spain. The Murillo sustained no damage by the coi- lision. Her officers and crew will soon be examined at Cadiz In relation to the disaster. Testimony by the Officers of the Murillo. Capiz, Jan. 31, 1873, The depositions of the officers of the steamer Murillo will be taken to-morrow, after the vessel has past quarantine, CUBA. The Slave Population of the Island as Stated Officially in Spain. TELECRAM TO ThE NEW YORK HERALB. MADRID, Jan. 31, 1873. OMcial Spanish census returns show that there are now 269,000 slaves in the island of Cuba. THE EDGAR STUART AT BALTIMORE. Barimorg, Md., Jan. 31, 1873, The steamer Edgar Stuart, Captain Sommers, from Key West, arrived at ttris port this morning Her crew were discharged, preparatory to a thorough overhauling and repairing of the vessel. Captain Sommers reports nothing 0! interest in re- gard to the landing of arms and ammunition on the Cuban coast, which has not heretofore been published. THE NATIONAL BANKS. Wasntnaton, Jan. 31, 1873. Avatract of reports made to the Comptroller of the Currency showing the condition of the national banks in the United States, at the close of business on Friday, the 27th day of December, 1872:— RESOURCES. Loans and discounts...... Overdraits.. United States bon iD United States ponds to seoure y deposits. United States bonds and securities on hand... Other sto 4 Due irom redeeming and reserve age Due from other national banks. Due trom State banks and banker: Real estate, furniture and fixture Current expenses. Premiums...... Checks and other cash items, Exchanges for clearing house she 755, 845 Bills of State banks Fractional currency Specie...... Legal tender note Clearing House certificat United States certificates of deposit... Three per cent certificates........ Total. ing pbinn Conwigusenewes aasas socascQly TANS) IN0 LIABILITIES, Capital stock, Surplus fund, Undivided profits National bank notes outstanding. State bank notes outstanding. Dividends unpaid. . Individual deposits United States deposi Deposits of United States OMCETS.....+..0.5 4,794,140 Due to National bai 124,110,631 Due to State banks an 84,568,892 6,511,559 6,911,367 Total. $1,757, Number o The above statement ts exclusive of Minnesota, Utah, New Mexico and Montana, which State and Territories are not yet complete, owing to the lay of certain reports, probably vccasioued by suow storms. THE CHICAGO POLICE TROUBLES. CnIcaGo, Jan. 31, 1873. The latest movement in the police war is the re- moval this morning by the Mayor of Captains Hickey and Gund and the appointment in their places of two sergeants. Captain French has given in his adhesion to Superintendent Washburne. The Board of Trade to-day passed the resolutions in- troduced yesterday sustaining the Mayor and Su- erintendent Washburne and calling upon the Leg- ae to abolish the Board of Police Commis- sioners. THE PAGIFIO COAST. Governor Beoth’s Case Against the Har- bor Commissioners Not Made Out—The Case Dismissed. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 31, 1873. In the case of L. J. Crane, Governor Booth's ex- pert, against J. J. Marks and Jasper O'Farrell, Har- bor Commissioners, brought to oust them from office on account of alleged extensive frauds and crimi- nal specuiations, Judge Wheeler, in the Nineteenth District Court, to-day dismissed the action, saying the jurisdiction to try it lies in the County Court. amie nerous rain tall is reported trom all parts of e State. A severe bag nase 1s now in progress in this city. OBITUARY, Joel A. Matteson. Joel A. Matteson, ex-Governor of the State of I- lnois, died in Chicago at the hour of noon yester- day. He expired at the residence of his son-in- law, R. E. Goodell, after pare endured a somewhat protracted illness. Matteson was a man of considerable force of character and @ skillful leader in the field of local politics, He was Governor of Illinois from 1853 to 1859, He was much esteemed in private life, and bis demise is regretted by a very extensive circie of of friends, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GREAT RIVERS, Wasminaron, D. 0., Jan. $1, 1873, The commissioners appointed by the Governors of West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Tenacssee and Pennsylvania, who are rae - el of the Ohio River improvements, haa a sultation to-day with Colonel Carrington, Colonel x gh and others pai the Virginia delegation fo ing ation the benefit of the James River and wha C: They agreed that the two ente! and will urge early rprises are kindred, feaeral legisiation in behalf or both. FIRE IN DUANE STREET, Damage About $40,000. At a quarter past eleven last night a fire was dis- covered on the firat floor of the five story brick bnitding corner of Duane and Greenwich streets, occupied by Fisker & Co. as a coffee and spice mills. The = fi it is supposed, originated in the botier Foor, in the rear ofthe basement, but reached tue dr first Re Alarm was immediately given beiore discovery. fi ty and the were soon under control, being confi to the building in which they started. ‘The stock Was @ nearly total loas, estimated at $20,000; covered by insur. ance. Damage to building $15,000; insurance uv. known, The neighbvoring building on Dune street, occupied also as & Coffee mill on the ground floor and by the Tea Caddy Com, Shove was damaged about $1,000 bf water, gnuy deaburst & Mcvaahan, liquor Ra 04 Green- Wich street, aext doer, lose al Sun, irom the wame cause. The Red Man Bucking Against the Iron Horse. Threatened Raid of the Sioux on the Northern Pacific Line Next Spring—The Chippewas Refuse to Join Them—The Plans of the Moccasined Moltke, WHaT GENERAL SHERIDAN SAYS. Winona, Minn., Jan, 27, 1873, Poor Minnesota! She seems fated to have all the troubies which await the proverbial unlicked bear cub. Here she has had the smallpox, the epi- zooty and the snow storm, and now comes the comforting prediction that the shrieking of the late terrible tornado of death that blew over her plains is tobe echoed back from the north from the throats of the savage Sioux. Minnesota ts not likely soon to forget the last fr- ruption of these red devils—that wave of blood and lust that rolled over her newly peopled plains. ‘This time the blow menaces only those who may be trusted to take care of their scalps; but the effect of another raid, following so closely on the footsteps of the reeent hurricane, would be most disastrous in checking the tide of immigra- tion, especially as the Canadian agents in Europe are not likely to be over scrupulous in exaggerat- ing these calamities in the interests of Manitoba, where they eay the SEASONS AND TRE SAVAGES exhibit a mildness unknown in Dakota and Minne- sota, It is well known that the Indians, particularly the warlike Sioux, have witnessed with alarm and dis- satisfaction the progress of the builders of the North- ern Pacific Railroad. They have repeatedly threat- ened opposition, though their manifestations have not hitherto been of a serious character, having confined themselves to an occasional slight skir- mush and @ little stealing. From the railroad, when it shall be compicted and shall have opened up the country to settlement, they expect evils amounting almost to extermination,. from the ex- tinction of the vast herds of buffalo which roam the Northern prairies and the pre-emption of all the valuable tracts of land, which the Indians pretend to value a!l the more highly because they nevervan untilize them, nor have they the remotest idea of utilizing them. The ratiroads certainly have so far resuited in making the buffalo in their vicinity somewhat rarer than the mastodon, aa the robes bring hunters, who have an opportunity of shipping their robes and meat; and thus Ahee slaughter the buffaloes by hundreds of thousands, a8 wantonly as if they were savages to the rairie born. The Indians along the line of the jortbern Pacific are A SUPERIOR RACE physically to those on the more southern Plains. fall sinewy, spare in flesh, 1 know of no finer men in America, and they seem demigods beside the Gres Ventres and Crees of the bush or the Diggers and Goshoots of the Plains. ‘They are as dirty, lazy and dishonest as Indians generally are, and they possess all the terocity and cunning proverbially the attributes of theirrace. They, however, possess am alarming amount of assurance, not to be met with among Indians asa rule, and 1 am informed that the outlawed Sioux implicated in the Minne- sota massacres of 1863 have so com hohe them- selves when receiving audiences of the English Governor at Manitoba as to cause much comment. One chief, for instance, told the Governor that if any attempt was made to dispossess them of their lands “they had guns and could shoot straight.”, This sort of free speech is in refreshing and natura! contrast with the hyp- ocritical twaddle interpreted to your peopl: at the Cooper Institute by such red dead-beats as Red Cloud and Spotred Tail, who pledge the good con- duct of warriors whom they do not control, for arms wherewith to butcher whites whenever an occasion offers. The scarcity of troops in this sec- tion and the fact that troops do not amount to much in an Indian campaign, especially where the Savages are the BETTER MOUNTED AND ARMED, have of course much to do with the menacing at- titude of these Indians, already excited and net- tled at the building of the railroad, Further, their most powerful passions, ferocity and cupidity, are aroused by the prospect of numbers ofsmalldetach- ments scattered over a long line of country, te in scalps, provisions and cloti ee Add to ti that the new grass will furnish food for their ponies and the buffalo for themselves, and that they consider it asort of understood thing that they are to fight every Summer without forfeiting their claims to Uncle Sam’s beef and blankets next Winter, and Jon easily see that a campaign is not at all im- robable. vi Our last information on the subject is sufficiently authentic to merit attention. It is conveyed in a letter from Glyndon, in this State. Mr. James White- head has just returned to that place from the Chippewa country with two Indians, whom he had summoned as witnesses on the trial of the Indian Bob o’ Link for the massacre of the Cook family. While in the4ndian territory he spent a couple of days with Ah-j y ciate one of the oldest of the Chip- pewachiefs. This chief told him that the Sioux had, within a few weeks, sent runners to him on two different occasions, asking him and his trive to join them in the Spring in be | war upon the orthern Pacific Railroad folks. ‘To the first mes- sage Ah-gun-as-e replied diplomatically that he and his warriers were short o! provisions, and, conse- quently, could not enter on such a campaign. A SECOND EMBASSY was then despatched from the Sioux to the Chippe- was, with a plan of the campaign. As a prelimi- nary the Sioux Intended to send their squaws and children back to the hills, where they would be safe from bls so that the warriors would not be impeded in their movements by baggage or non-combatants, A grand hunting party was then to be formed, which. would not only secure a supply of provisions, rae would furnish a good pretext for the assembling the warriors. Tne attack was to be delivere Fay twelve diferent bands of men, operating at some distance from each other. with preconcerted ar- rangements as to routes and time of attack. In the event of resistance of a serious character or pursuit Py the troops, these bodies were to tall back regu- larly on the next bodies, which acted as supports, and whenever Tee eae of such parties resulted im making the Indians overwhelmingly strong they were to resume the offensive. To this Ah-gun-as-e returned the reply that there was no more use in attempting to fight the whites- than there would be in TRYING TO KILL ALL THR MOSQUITOES, Mr. Whitehead has lived among the Indians for the last seventeen years, so that his opinion is entitled to ies at He does not think that the Chippewas will join the Sioux, but confdently expects that the Sioux will make trouble in the Spring. General Sherid: Views—The Annual Troubles Likely to Ensue—The Govern- ment Prepared for Any Emergency. Gucaco, IL, Jan. 28, 1873. Having been informed that rumors were afloat that the Indians of the Northwest meditated trou- ble next Spring along the line of the Northern Pa- cifle Railway, the HERALD correspondent called to- day upon General James B. Fry, now Adjutant General, formerly Provost Marshal General, to ascertain what information was in possession of vhe United States, at General Sheridan's headquar- ters, on the subject, and what action, if any, it was proposed to take in the premises. General Fry said that the Lieutenant General was, as yet, Without any definite information on the subject. The Sioux were always grumbling and suiky, and as regulorly as the Spring came round trouble was to be expected from them. He, however, believed that they might be consifered as more troublesome than jormidable. Operations on the Northern Pacific batik i} delayed Soets te the genes it could be said n the working parti mul took the fleld pa. prin: the United States would force ef troops as would send with them such @ amply sufice for their protection. THE MODOCS. aim Jack Anxious for Big Talk— Peace Desired—Alleged Slaughter of In ms During the Recent Battles. SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 31,, 1873, The news from the camp of Captain Jack. is that he is anxious to havea big talk looking towards peace negotiations, A squaw reports that in the recent fight many of the Modocs were killed ané wounded. In the lava beds, after the fight, the Indians quarrelled because Captain Jack did not fight,. during which one of the Indians shot Captain Jack through the arm. Gaptain Jack has invited Dorris, and Fairchild to ovme te him for a talk. General Gillen joined Throckmorton’s command in tne Little Shasta Valley to-day, The Indians have hundreda of beef cattle in camp and along the Lake share, where there is an abundance of grass to feed them, and could not be starved out for months, Dorrie and Fairchild go to-day to the place desig: nated by Captala Jack tor the coufereuce. REWARDING MERIT. Presenting the Bennett Modals to the Four Members of the New York Fire Department Who Have Most Distinguished Them- selves Within the Past Two Years. There was a large and fashionable attendance at the Medical College of Bellevue Hospital last even- ing, on the occasion of the presentation of the medals endowed by James Gordon Bennett, to the four members of the New York Fire Department who have distinguished them- selves most im the preservation of life during the past two years. There were about one hundred and twenty members of the Fire Department present, about half the foremen and assistant foremen of companies, Chief Engineer Perley and Assistant Chief En- gineers Bates, Rhodes, Nash and Bran- don; Vire Commissioners Hennessey, Hitch- man ana Galway ; General Shaler, James Macgregor, Superintendent of Public Buildings, and Fire Mar- shal McSpedon were also among tnose present. Jn addition to the presentation of the medals a lec- ture by Professor Doremus, on “Conflagrations: Their Causes and Means of Prevention,” greatly enhanced the interest of the occasion. The hall was decorated with firemens’ apparatus, conspicuous among which was the flag of the old volunteer department, which was suspended over the rostrum, Professor Standish, of the Medical College, kindly furnished @ dissecting table for the use of the reporters. The proceedings were commenved at eight o'clock, when Commissioner Hitchman came for- ward and said that Colonel J. Myers, one of the trustees of the Bonnett Medal, would preside on the occasion, On taking the chair Colonel Myers thanked the audience for the honor conferred upomrhim, and, im an interesting address, narrated for those who were not connected with the department the duties which firemen had to perform, and the tenor of their daily lives. He told the progress of the means which had been used for the purpose of extinguish- ing fires since the days of the deluge‘ down to the Present time. He concluded by introducing Pro- fessor Doremus to the audience, Professor Doremus on coming forward'was re- ceived with great applause. The lecture was one of his happiest efforts and was beautifully illus- trated by experiments. The Professor made a number of valuable suggestions for the extinguish- ing of fresand the erection of various butlaings, He severely condemned seme large factories in the city, whese names he did not mention, for the in- sufficient means they possessed for the escape of the employés in case of fire, and conciuded by Day- ing a cs owing tribute tothe members of the Fire Department and the services they have performed during the year. The presentation of the medals was next in order, and the Chairman, before conferring them, briefly narrated the circumstances which ted to the endowment. Mr. Bennett, some two'or three Toate ee ‘was so struck with the conduct of the jremen during the prevalence of a fire at his father’s: country mansion that he determined to resent the Fire Department with a memento of regard. He thereupon handed over $1,000 to be used as a tund for the annual presentation ot two medala to the two members of the Fire De- pak le who should distinguish themselves most the preservation of life each’ year. The medals presented last night were for the years 1871 and 1872. The names of the recipients were then calted out, and as they came forward to the table they were received with great‘applause. The following sre the names :—Charles I. Kelly, assistant foreman ine Company No. 9; Thomas Henry, a stant foreman of Hook and Sg x Company No. 6; Thomas See man Hook and Ladder Compan: No. 95 and Ambrose L. Chisten, fireman, En Engine ‘com! pany No. 3. Colonel Myers, in @ few graceful words, narrated the individual acts of gal- lantry performed by the men, and then pre- sented the medals to them, which were fastened on their breasts by Chief Engineer Perley. District Engineer Nash and Mr, Myers highly com- plimented him forthe gallantry displayed ‘on: va- Tious occasions, stating that one of the medals could be his, but that he had declined in favor of the firemen. A bronze medal was presented to ir. Nash. The medal ia of fois: and on. the obverse side bears the inscription, surrounded with a laurel wreath, “Endowed by a@ fund con- tributed by James Gordon Bennett.” On the re- verse is another inscription, “Presented to —, in [Sy eenpey of meritorious performance of duty,’? e tace of the medal is adorned with a figure of Neptune and the ee a steam fire engine, fire eee and the fre fiend, with a torch in his and. The proceedings were terminated with an. expert- ment by Professor Doremus. THE WEEKLY HERALD. 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