The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1873, Page 3

NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBEK 27, 1873. BOARDERS WANTED. I NORTH WASHINGTON SQUARE,—ELEGANT Rooms to let, with hotel table. fo Nk OE rs od +4 West Ywenty sieth ‘street, near St James EST TON DOORS FROM 5 Wectougal street and: Washingion equare.—tland- vomely men a} a i Board, tor gentle. urilabed Booms to let: with cs 9 EAST NINTH STREET, BETWEEN UNIVERSITY place and Firth gentlemen. '—Binyig and double Rooms; Srey gonvemience; also single in double room; $5 to with Board. i JO WAveRURY PLAOE NEAR BROADWAY —HAND. Toa) or tw a Front Hpcrpe So Bids" table board aut howe heated by Lay LACK, CORNER FOURTH STREET. 12 ARATE Tia boarditie Houses, Rooins handsomery Renished; table the very Lest, ou the, most reasonable 147%, Steer 58 ee ea LY FUR. ‘ Meg Bene with Board, to pemtins oF singic gentleme! Wit avery camvemiance, a very moderate Price; also WEST FORTY.NINTH STREET, NEAR FIFTH Leh rrsarane dregeana case table drat class; reterencos exchanged. WESD.PORTY-NINTH STREET, NEAR FIFTH 18 Third Floors, singly or en nish Swlih ‘private, table: It preferreas: clesanuy. Car referred ; ny - isbid Ure clatts retorences exchanges, WEST ‘HIRTY-THIRD STREET, BETWEEN 51 Brosdway and f iach apa fant Hoaoe aaa focuion vary deeipabie terns Feasonable: y Al WEST FORTY.THIRD STREET—ONE OR finely furnished Rooms to let, with first cl nt neighborhood, gas, bath, heat, § pleasa: Ms le. ‘i 128TH | STREET,—SECOND Ha for two, with Board aa home Perm get also hall Boom; fine location; three minutes KK qq_—_ EEE _,BOARD AND LODGING’ WANTED, TED—ROR A GENTLEMAN, WIFE, ie i ths old) and narse, tn 8 desirable neigh: ee mth, 6 faltiparticuluey, i EE: Be, No. d Broad street a ae Porev ‘WANTED—BY A GENTLEMAN AND WIFE, Fy comfortable Room, between Fourteenth rty-secoud street ani Lexim avenues; term: « ed $25 per wi rie with fail pitiouiare, . ©. box TIS Post office, oe ious 9) HOTELS. Dass A BATHS, 61 LEXINGTON AVE- tabig irdeaiiede —PARK for gentlemen or fumilies, or Wi heat meals; private ‘baths open all night, (EUROPEAN PLAN), CORNER ‘i ry i ate Se laaeliet ee Saree oe HOUSE, 759 BROADWAY; ONE DOOR Form BG Paks ena ‘ARK OR HOUSE, 919 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA- delphia, Fa Transient rates reduced to $2 60 por BW ENGLAND WOTEI, NO. 90 BOWERY, CORNER Rare ns Rooms, neatly furnished; t ‘$4 per week for gentlemen Vola Stow; ’ “WINTER RESORTS. "‘AMILTON HOTEL, ( BERMUDA ISLANDS. Ti peices Wsaeet cee abc PR IMGT wa, Sehans Real a Seely Sanne aun gh ars apn, ue Wine Steamer running regi dvertised, A reHO SOHN HARNET, Proptictor. Bs FOR SAUX, (A MBSE Ghass OYSTER HOUSE AND RESTAU- rant for sale cheap If applied tor immediately. For ees. 4c apply to of address J, O’'GORMAN, 579 7 TEL ir ale ae a male la A LIQUOR, LAGER BEER SALOON AND LODGING incna location: a rare camnces Cree Boos Dua Te ee MITCHELLS Store Agéncy; 77.Cedar street. (AC OGAE AND STATIONERY STORE FOR $310-NOT half its value; also Cigar Stands to let in hotels and ner Liquor Stores, Bakerwes. carers SD SBA Ware Seehaee 7 Satur eet Free ae ond KsABLISHED PRIVATE jMa onthe batt avenue in the city; doing a large rot ness} ‘two valuable M Ww Wagon 'c. For intervi addr fees, Herald Uptown Branch office. OR, SALE_SHELYING, COUNTERS, SHOW CASES, &c. ; (Gas Fixtures cheap, MEISEL, LAMPE & 00. 98 Charibers strect, up stairs. SALE—A FINE, LOT OF GLASS CASES, WITH wers. Apply to KNOX, the Hatter, No. 212 Broad- Re -A FANCY GOODS AND CANDY STORE, Baa ah ITT. e008 . BALE—A FIRST CuASS BUTCHER'S SHOP, doing a good business; light rene Inquire at ess MAR- R La (ff OF ae Snes? CIGAR anp ‘ork of ze, OD agrea' rontntace alone to EHO lesding themiees” Adiiness OWNER, Herald office, R SALE CHEAP—THE LEASE,tSTOCK AND FIX. tures of firstclass corner liquor store. Inquire on premises, 499 Broome street, or 63 Warren street. R SALE—CHEAP, AT SYPHER & CO.'S, 593 Broadway, a very fine sat of Chairs, Tables and Sofas, ‘suitable tor a large office. SYPHER & CO., 593 Broadway. POR, SALE WIRE ROPE: 3,000 FRET BEST ENG. lish orucible steel Wire Rope; half price. Inquire of A. P. VAN TUYL, Jr,, 115 Chambers street, ERMAN DRUG STORE—CASH 1,000; 1,500. AD- Gris ETTLEHORST, 86 Bamtank'atreed. © ‘ARBLE FOR SALE—300 FERT ‘OF GOOD MARBLE flagging, one by four teet, but little used. Inquire at2 33 Irving place, TOOK, FIXTURES, LEASE AND GOOD WILL OF one of the oldest and best located restaurants, oys- fo" sekness’ of propeietor. Apply: to CHMLSTIAN MORU1Z No.7 Warren street, Fooin 1k 3 ‘arren street, room Pe oD ESTABLISHED |LAGER BRER AND Liquor Saloon for sale, No. 6Goerck street. MACHINERY. A Pye d aor OF MACHINERY, CONSISTING OF App! rT im Pumps, Shatting, Pulleys and Tank: Avpiy 18 * IDA, 410 19 Brig 2 rogkiyn. s ELIABLE SECOND HAND ENGINES, BOILERS, R 4c., cheap; Machinery bought, exchatred cad oe factories fi a) bi i cireularn. | ROBEWIS@O Broadway? x! X22, 10X12, XA, 12x: GPRS Oe Ee tO a ond band. nd Qricess ® WILSON @ ROAKE, Water and Dover strovts. POST OFFICE NOTICE. OFFICE NOTICE, The mails for Burope fanesday’ att A at 0) Saturday a: §y A. M. and 12M. 12X30, for the week ending Decem- ps office as tollows:—On uirsday atl0 A.M. and ou T. L. JAMES, P. M. | MATRIMONIAL, bey ret yin poy TO pated ah it Lieb ped wi jaunsel or you! Widow that Knows how RtUMU Uppy, AdureSe ED. Sy box 10) terald DENTISTLY, A BEAUTU UBER, $5, “i extracting, with gas, 6) 208 Sixth “a ¥ yen Sundays. we oat nd ex: a} ‘spec! meg reahrabor “pag {frie cAUROH AROUND. THE CORNER.” wr anne On the day before Christmas, or Christmas Eve, there was @ joyous festival connected with that famous “little church,around the corner’ (the Rev, Dr. Houghton’s, East Twenty-seventh street), ‘which is entitied to a passing notice, On Christmas Eve Mrs. George G. Barnard, wife of ex-Judge Bar- ward, at their residence, No. 23, West Twenty-first » street, had a meeting of over 100 of the poor chil- ren of the Sunday school attached to that afore- ‘said popular little Episcopal chureh “around the woorner.”’ The happy children thus assembled were ‘Snose Of the Sunday school who had no home or No prospect at home of a good Christmas dinner, and they were gathered to this feast as from the ‘Dighways and byways, and ‘without distinction of ace, color pRreyions condition of servitude,” tn pursuance Of the fourteenth and fifteenth amend- Ments of the constitution, and in obedience to the divine mugs of Him whose advent as the Fs tour of mankind is commemorated in the nstitution aud charities of Christmas. Girls and boys, Whites and diacks, were gathered rd eronnd @ Christmas table provided elicactes of the season" best adapted and digestion of the juvemiics. It was, fF little creatures assembied around it, oiful display and the most Mberal teast of good, they had ever enjoyed their lives. And their entiiusiasm was that of children, full and unreserved, without « dis- Ghrusthnas eso, too, wonderful to. benola’ fa tne rast 0) the . jon an 41448 of its fraits, which were dis- an the little ones at the close of their festival, together with a more substantial Christ- aoe to. every one, ith the parting Wish of a ‘A Christmas," was a festival which, y ltve, will be remembered with gratitude oy the poor children sharing in it a8 one of the Dappiest in their lives; and of the benevolent lady Whom they are indebted Jor it it is but little to that for years she has been distinguished generous charities to the poor. SUICIDE BY DROWNING, Baurimone, M4, Dec. 26, AGerman named John Yost commisted suicide by drowning this morning. THE SENTENCE ON MARSHAL BAZAINE DEGRADATION, FINE AND DEATH. Bazaine the Scapegoat ot France. The Prisoner’s Own Opinion on the Verdict. Paris, Dec, 12, 1873. The sentence of death ‘pronounced on Marshal Bazaine has taken Frenchmen by surprise, not be- cause the sentence is felt to be undeserved, put because it was thought that the judges would hardly have the moral courage to mete out such stern justice. There were 80 many political con- siderations which seemed to shield the prisoner— it was so difficult to convict him without estab- ligbing the principle that a soldier is bound to obey any committee of insurgents who may seize upon the government—that people were persuaded the court martial would return a verdict not wholly exculpatory, but acquitting the prisoner on the graver count of treason. The judges have had the honesty and also the good sense to ignore these collateral issues and to confine themselves solely to the facts laid before them. They probably per- ceived that if Bazaine’s refusal to acknowledge and co-operate with the government of the national defence were approved a precedent far graver than that of passive obedience to rebellion would be set up—namely, the precedent that a general has the right to import politics into the discharge of his military duties. The question stood thus:— The people of Paris, on the 4th September, 1870, overturned the imperial government, the Empress and her Ministers fled,and a new government, composed of republican barristers and journalists, was installed by popular acclamation, though not by @ formal vote. This government Marshat Bazaine, besieged in Metz, refused to recognize, He contended that the Emperor, or, failing the Emperor, the Empress Regent, was alone qualified to give him orders, and wnen M. Gambetta sent him despatches frum Tours tb apprise him that reir Teeta, $5. armies were being formed on the Loire to relieve Paris he treated these communi¢ations as so much waste paper. He did more; for, sctingon his own responsibility, he entered into negotiations with the German armies, and offered to sign peace in the name of Eyance, to award the Ger- mans & war indemnity of £80,000,000, and then to march on to Paris and by German help subdue what he called “the insur+ rectionary government and army of the capital.’’ Now, if Bazaine were justified in this strange con- duct, then every general would henceforth be en- titled to oppose, by armed force, any government that was not to his liking, and he might farther claim to say that he and nis soldiers alone repre- sented the nation and had a right to treat with foreign Powers, This would have brought France to a state of things identical with that which pre- vatled in Spain when Espartero, Narvaez, O’Don- nell and Prim, turn by turn, started a pronuncia- mento and kept the country in a permanent state of civil war; or, going*lurther back into history, it would have revived those sanguinary days o! Rome in her decline when the pretorian legions cor. stituted themselves electors of Cwsars and raised one popular general after another to the imperial purple, only to cast him down again when these ephemera! and vicious rulers had no more money to fling away. THE MBANING OF THE VERDICT ON BAZAINB. The judges. have steered clear, of a dangerous rook, and the gratitude both of their contempo- raries and of posterity will requite them. Bazaine not only lost Metz; his conduct caused the whole war to turn against France, for had he co-operated with the Loire army—had he resisted but a fort- night longer in Metz—the Germans must have raised the siege Of Paris. This they own them- selves. It was only owing to the capitulation of Metz, which enavied them to bring 200,000 men more round Paris, that they were in @ position to continue the siege 80 long, and therefore Bazaine may be held responsible jor the fall of Paris, for the loss of two provinces and for the indemnity of 5,000,000,000 francs. This is, in effect, the meaning of the verdict returned against him. The indict- ment contained four counts, on all of which the prisoner was unanimously found guilty. First—For having capitulated while his army had still ammunition and provisions enough to prolong the straggle with the enemy. Second—For having signed a capitulation which obliged his soldiers to surrender their arms. Tidrd—For haying entered into negotiations with the enemy belore he had done all that honor poh dictated with a view to defending his "Fourth—For having yielded up a first class cita- delon the same terms as his capitulation of the gay aforesaid; that is, without having fulfilled the laws of honor and military duty. There were subsidiary counts charging the pris- oner—First, with treason felony in having con- spired for the furtherance of his personal ambi- tion; second, with having, from motives of servile complacency towards the enemy, given up 57 regimental standards instead of burning them, and third, with falsehood, fraud and cowardice; but all these lesser counts are involved in the first four. In consequence THE SENTENCE Js that Frangois Achille Bazaine shall— Plrst—Suifer the penalty of military degrada- tion—that is, to be deprived of his military rank and be struck off the rolls of the army. Second—that he be likewise struck off the rolls of the Legion of Honor and forfeit the insignia of that order. Third—That he shall be shot. Fourth—That the expenses of the trial shall be paid for out o! his private fortune, THE CONDEMNED MAN, This is the most terrible sentence that can be pronounced against a soldier. It was read out at half/past nine in the eveuing by the Duke of Au- male, President of the Court, the prisoner being absent the while, according to the French custom. When the sentence bad been delivered tne judges recired and the Court was cleared, None were al- lowed to remain but the soldiers on guard, a com: | pany of gendaymea drawn Sp pager arms fh the j aha cae 2 fe ves 1 Heoaneert See _.. wer Of the Arraigns, ‘Then Bazaine was reintroduced, and according to & repor’ furnished me by the officer in command of the gendarmes what happened was this :— Bazaine steppea hastily up to the ledgé of the dock, and perceiving irom the solemn faces of the soldiers that the verdict had gone against him he turned deadly and sank down in @ chair, Colonel Villette, his custodian, took him by the arm, and, whispering to him to compose himselt, assisted him to rise, "the Olerk rei he sentence amid pro- found stillness, but when he came to the words ‘penalty of death,” Bazaine brandisned nis hands, and exclaimed, in extreme excitement, “It's an infamy! I am being sacri- ficed, There {8 not one of those generals who would not have dope as I did.” Again Colonel Villette entreated the prisoner to be calm, but Bazaine continued with a growing agitation that bordered on frenzy :-—"soldiers, this comes of having done my duty Jaithfully for two and sorty years. Some of you must have served under me. Did [ ever act like a coward oratraitor?” It was a ghastly scene. The soldiers stood. immovably pre-, senting arms, not to the prisoner, who was no longer an officer, but to the document which the Clerk was holding, and several of them appeared horror stricken. ‘the Clerk proceeded, however, and wound up by declaring to the prisoner that he had_ five ‘anit twenty years to lodge an appeal. Then once more Bazaine exclained:—‘“It’s an niamy ;'and he was going to add some other words. ‘wen his eustodfan vouched him and said, “we Monsieur!" this last word, Monsieur, being the first formal result of his being no longer a Marshal of France, Bazaine turned and walked out of court to his private rooms, where he was at once told het i Rag t crag Meat i teen with him all ni 1 De trary thot @ person et ‘deat sentence should be for a single instant ‘alone. Bazaino has been wearin: the broad red ribbon and star of the Legion o! Honor, and the yellow ribbon and pendant of the military medal. He t them of unbidden and handed them to Colonel Villette, who replied, how- ever, that he had no orders to take possession of the insignia, and tuat “Monsieur” mighs kee, them until his appeal nad been heard, “Oh, wha use is there in Syvamling? { wag condemned be- fore l was brought W a for ye diner sot usd risoner bitterly, and his next qu gow bis wile and csiaren, who were Cortsity th re to be pitied than he, Mme. Bazaine has deen allowed to see hor husband every day, and tt ts not likely that this privilege wili be withhela (rom her now— though, of course, she will not be allowed to re- Main sione With her husband. She is a Mexican lady, 28 years oid, with bright, Intelligent features, not unike Mme, Adelina Patti's, and she “has ever bem devotedly attached to the Marshal, They Rave two children, a little boy and girl, the eldest of whom is five years oid. RUMORS, But will Bazaine be shot? It 13 reported at the moment of writing these lines that the seven judges on the court martial have signed a petition for grace to President MacMahon, and that the prisoner will in all probability receive a haif pardon—that fs, his life will be 8) 4 and he will ve absolved from the ceremony 0! public degra- dation, His sentence would then amount to tne loss of rank and orders and to the heavy money fine imposed by the costs of the trial. President MacMahon, having been Razaine’s chief rival in the late war, and having suffered more than upy other general trom Bazaine’s remissness and follies, Would naturally be inclined from chivalry to pardon him; but MacMahon has his Minis- ters to reckon with, and they may be Jess in- clined to show mercy to the man wto bas been taken as the scapegoat for all France. The geueral impression is, however, that merciful considera- tions will prevail, if only to obviate the great pubite excitement which would attend the (pie execu- tion ofa field marshal on the plain of Batory, The republican party are showing cousideravie elation atthe verdict, as is only natural, for Bazaine’s capitulation caused the whole republican war plan to Jail, and prong ht about all those accusations of stupidity and blundering which have been unjustly laid upon the repabticine: prised myseif if Bazaine were to commit suicide. I was told some weeks ago that he counted on an acquittal, but that he had added, “In case the judges should [nape in ignoring my innocence | will not live to shgt like a Communist.” This. threat may prove vain if the government be determined to Make an example of this unincky man; but many are saying that Bazaine’s suicide would be the most welcome solution, 1t would save the govern- ment both the necessity of pardoning their prisoner and the still more disagreeable necessity of putting him pompously to death. In 1841, when the Duke. de Choiseul-Praslin was arrested for the murder of his wife, the Ministry found themselves in a similar predicament, and got out, of it by recom- mending one of the Duke’s relatives to bring his Grace a vial of prussic acid. ‘The Duke swallowed the poison on the eve of the day appointed for his trial, and so escaped the guillotine, 1 shoud not be sur- THE ASSETS OF JAY COOKE & CO, PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 26, 1873, The firm of Jay Cooke & Co. have, in additton to the list printed in to-day’s HERALD, the following assets. This {8 all they have as an offset for the debts of the firm :— Choses in Action. DEBTS DUR PETITIONERS ON OPEN ACCOUNT—NEW YORK, & W. Thompson & Son. ‘cherry & Glatz. Midneapols and secured by $133,895, voi Stillwater and st Pi $10,799, coupon: 3,783 St. Clair'& Marvin 8,057 36 gntral Railroad Cot hh 80, id coupon: T. Johnsione....- eH Foole & French (appraised gold) ne 40 N. reward & Co 278 53 6.'6. Jonns 20,991 15 Ragthern P ae 1,163 83 ke, 3725 06 pene and Missiestppi Railroad, xy stumpage on tai owned by the company in Minnesota and also guarantee of E. W. Clark & Co., of Philadelphia, t 6g 519 20 , advertising expenses (to be refunded by the cOMpUDY)... +0005 « 874 59 DEBTS DUE PETITIONERS ON ASHINGTON, 0. E. Babcock... $6,721 19 Benjamin F. Butier. 70 James G. Biaine 370 E. Casserly. 28 50 8. P. Chase. 133 1 (The “0. PLS. sae 17, but for some reason the tigures ave been cancelled with red ink, and are not entered in the same total.) Renry D. Cooke, secured b, i ‘Gi collateral. CW. Hay. Ft F ‘om 3 3 W. Kilbourn.dn trust, secured by real estate) Winiam S Rines 3, Potomac Ferry Com George M. Robeson. Kate C. Sprague (*" W. T. Sherman (marked John G. Saville (marked “good")....1 Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, policy on life of Peter A. Davies,. Widows and Orphang' Behafit ite Company, policy on life of Peter A. Davie: Farm Instirance Company or Philadetphi: fey on furniture v.20... ..+.+-. Suspended debts of Henry L. Gill & Co. NCE Cl ‘om New: York branch of National Life Insurance Company, being balance of expenses of organization, advertising, £c S eatiebads as Due the firm in Washington irom’ Washington branch of same company tor similar Srpenses 28,096 03 $70,272 81 JAY COOKE, AND _CO.—NEW YO! Old firm account Ci Jay Cooke 4 Co,, New York, prior to January |, 1871, Edward Dodge, of New York, being responsible for 20, Estimated profit resulting trom quidatto of the business of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & . on, England, note called in De- cember 10, at request ot register for balance sheets, which have not yet arrived say Cooke, MeColloch & Uo. have one-! the following :— Atkinson, Tilton & Co. dg. C. Bric « Co. Eaech Morgan & Sons. lenry L. Gile & Ce P. Guimere & Co. 207 22 half interest in ESSESEITRS An assignment made September 18, 1873, to Joel Barlow Moorhead, of all the tollowing described property, re and personal :—l. All the right, title and interest of the sa of Jay Cooke & Co. in the stock and bonds of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company, 2. Of the said firm of Jay Cooke & Co. in the stock and bonds Of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. 8. Of the said firm of Jay Cooke & Co. in the First National Bank of Washington (0. C.), stock, An assignment made Sep- tember 25, 1873, to Joel Barlow Moorhead, of all the right, title and interést of Jay Cooke & Co. in ‘and to the firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., and'in and to the assets of the sald coparinership, F (1 ag assets were made for the benefit of all the rs, This concludes statements of assets of the firm of Jay Cooke & Co., and of individual members, except William G, Moorhead and H. C. Fahnestock, whose schedules are in the Hands of the binder and have not yet been placed tm the hands of United States Marshal Kerns. “NEW YORW’S ITALIAN SLAVES, —_-—___ A_Case for the Italian Consul—What Happened at A. T, Stewart’s Down- town Store Yesterday—The Experiences of Two Little Martyrs—“Alas, for the Revrity of Christian Charity!” Yesterday evening at five o'clock, while the snow Was falling in blinding clouds, Captain Celso Cesar Moreno, a well known friend of the poor, suffering Itatan children of this city, dud an enemy of the padroni, was passing Mr. A. T. Stew- art’s store in Chambers street, he saw two little Italian slaves sitting on the fron grating in front of eaid store, who had been there since ten o'clock in the morning, as he subsequently learned. They had been seated there begging for charity and looked the embodiment 6f human misery, and said they had only obtained a few cents and were afrald to go home, . The elder of the two was about nine years of age, and her little brother, Pepi was about sever. Both looked térribiy starved, notably the boy, who was <i Difterly, His eyes were sunkei and his nair matted, and his Whole appearance wes that of @ child in the last stag ‘consumption. No overcoat or shirt had he, » the little fellow looked nearer death than lite. 1 looked also squalid and wearted of life. @ dirty handkerchief thrown round her head on account of a severely swollen tace. Drop by drop the malted ice water fell rom the eaves of Stewart's palace; but the children were afraid to quit their post, knowing full well that they would be severely beaten when they returned home with- out sufficient money. a THE PADRONI OUGHT TO BE LYNCHED, A large crowd of indignant people watched the little wrecks of humanity, and several were heard to say, m out these chil- dren, deserve to be lynched.’ Captain Moreno took the children by the hand and said, “That's right—there are nearly 7,000 children of both sexes in this country under the control of these inhuman wretches.” Without further delay the children were taken to the Murray street police station by the gentleman in question, aided by Oficer Smith, of the Broadway squad, but they were so Weak and chilled that they could hardly stand. Upon their arrival at the station they were fed and warmed by Captain Williamson, who took them into his private room and acted the art of the good Samaritan. Subsequently a Pignatp reporter paid a visit to the unhappy out- casts and spoke with them. They were evidently afratd to tell anything, aud apparently expected a blow every minute. THE GIRL’S STATEMENT. My name is Angelina, 1 live in the Five Points, in @ brick house. Two Italian and two Irish fami- lies live in the same Place—close to us, in a livery stable, 1 think the street is called Park street. ‘We live near the Christian churen (the Cathoitc). Wehave been in this country about five months. My father works on the big pipes up town, but not steadily. clovhes we have on have been given us by Kind people. Tame is Barbiere Anthony. reply to questions as to whether she had oeen told by the padrone or her parents not to tell about her being sent out to beg, and bal Hy (AE) if she got no money, she refused to make any Toply, showing Rey that such was the case. She said the amily had arrived from Genoa about five montus 0, © * THE NOY'S STATEMENT,. My name is Joseph, satd the Iecre jellow, who was 80 Weak that he conid hardiy speak. If we Jon't bring home money they beat us, ‘There are five other children with wa, Who are also sent out beg, ging. Two children who begged with us are dead now. The other five children are about as big as Tam. We dare not go home unless we have eight cents, They give us bread, coffee and sound to cat, 3 and if we get little money the* fooa given 1s less than usual. A boy goes round watehing us. The children will be taken to the Tombs this morning, and detectives will endeavor to arrest the padrone who farms out the children, It 18 be- eyed that the children live at No. 5 Park street. SCCIAL CHIT-CHAT. The Supreme Court, Scientific and Mili- tary Coteries in Wi ington—Smart Women and Smart Talkers. Wasuinarton, Dec, 26, 1872, ‘The ladies of the Supreme Court come next in precedence to those of the diplomatic corps and rule in @ small Jegal circle which regards the judi- ciary a8 the highest power in the Republic—able to annul the laws which Congress has enacted and i the President has signed. When Chief Justice Chase was on the Bench nis eldest daughter, Mrs, Senutor Sprague, used to boidly have receptions on the same alternoons as those of Mrs. President Grant, and as there were music, dancing and a well spread buffet at the residence of the Chief Justice, no wonder that the young dancers were attracted there rather than to the inhospitable and formal saloons of the White House. Now that THE CONUNDRUM OF THE DA¥ 4s, “Who shall ve Chief Justice?” le beau monde is enlisted in favor of Williams, Not that he has legal lore or clean hands, but because he has just moved into a fine new house on Rnode Island avenue, where his wife will haye stunning entertainments, This gives Williams the support of those who dance the German and like something stronger than claret punch, Besides, have they not k heard that bad not Williams recetved the appointment it would have been given ty Ualeb Cushing, that hermit like old wid- ower, Who sleeps in his back ofice and wears on state occasions a claw-hammer coat made when John Tyler was President? Some of the dowagers made a fuss about the appotntment of Judge Wil- Hams, but the dancing portion of Vamity Fair urge his confirmation, Will it be done ? THE CHIEF JUSTICE PRO TEMPORE is the-senior Justice, Clifford, of Maine, who mea- sures almost 60 inches around the waistband, and is @ sedate, solemn old slow coach. He ooards with his wife at. the National Hotel, where he en- joys’ Tenney’s best cheer, and wonders why the people Would amend the constitution, thus giving the Supreme Court a deal of trouble, Justices Swayne, Ficld, Strong and Bradley are each accom pamed, by & wile and daughter, and Mr. Justice Haut hag ls wite here, As each one of these ladies is at home on SUPREME COURT DAY, they collect quite a littie coterie in their drawing rooms. Those members of. the Bar who practise beiore the Supreme Court of course pay their re- spects to the ladies of its Justices, and the rem- nants of ante-bellum society may be found with them. Everything is ponderous ‘and pufy, and it is said that some of the ladies wear dresses made trom the cast off black silk robes of the Justices; but I don’t believe this, Of course this ‘set’ don’t want to be led by go active and attractive a woman as Mrs. Williams, and they are doing what they ean against the confirmation df the Judge, aided by Marshal of the Court Nicoilay, and Assistaut Attorney General Hill. THE BREVET JUDICIARY is composed of the Judges of the Court of Claims and of the Judges of the District Courts. The charming family of Judge Loring is atfliated with the diplomatic people, but the remainder may be classed among those whom “one has io ask” when invitations are sent out to ageneral party. Judges of the District Court have had an ‘insane idea that their head Judge, David K, Cartter, might nominated, should Wiliams not be con- firmed, Chief Justice of the United ‘States, Might also be struck by lightning. SCIENTIFIC EXPLORERS abont this time of the year iniest Washington, each one; withan account of what he bas discov. ered during the summer in the Far West. Of course’they expect Uncle Sam’s typographic dis- burser, Clapp, to print their books, and it is hinted that soon aiter each volume-appears some valuabie mining land mentioned in tt is oflered for sale. Of course the explorer doesn’t profit thereby! On, Do! He is like the Briton of whom the poet said— Lieutenant Brand, the great and gr: A journey to dhe, Andes we ia ante ie notes he took, and wrote a ‘or fame and his uggrandisement Some of these birds of passage have accumulated handsome fortunes, and it is a curious fact that when one follows aiter another one his account of the regions visited is entirely new and original, each one being concocted in the imagination of the “explorer,” rather than the recordeu observations made auting an actual reconnoissance. With these Munchausens we have THE SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE, with swaggering stride, sunburned countenances, heavy mustaches, seedy undress uniforms and no visible nen. Like the condottieri of the Middie Ages, they are ready tosell ther swords, their courage and their biood to the organizers of any Mli- bustering expedition, or they will divulge the secrets Of supposed expeditions to cash encum- bered diplomates who desire to prove their seai to their home governments. The avarice and selfish- ness of these Dugald Dalgettys 1s often exposed. But they continue to find dupes and to enjoy delights of the metropolis with light bearts. MEN’S DINNER PARTIES s were first introduced here during the concotion of the Alabama treaty, as it had not been considered civil previously to invite a man without aiso ask- ing his wife. They have been growing in favor, and it is now considered “the thing” to invite ten or @ dozen of the sterner sex around the iestive board, taking care to have one or two good gossip- ping talkers, whose piquant remarks flavor the teed, Some of these agreeable companions liter- ally talk their way through life, and are semper paratus whenever asked. Their clever chat is es- pecially well calculated to soften the most obdu- rate Congressman and to season his enjoyment of the luxuries of life so that atthe proper time he will vote for the litwle biil recommended by his host. The legislation of the coming session is to be shaped at dinner tables, and good cooks are just pow tn demand. PIGEON SHOOTING Bogardus and the Amateurs=The Cham- pion Defeated by Mr. L. C. Le Breton, (From the New Orleans Times, Dec. 22.) Despite the extreme cold weather fully 300 per- sons visited the Fair Grounds yesterday to witness the announced pigeon shooting match between the American champion, Captain A. H. Bogardus ‘and Messrs. Le Breton ana Charbonnet. The con- ditions of the match were each to shoot at 25 double birds, 25 yards rise and 100 yaras boundary. Although public opinion inclined toward a defeat for the amateurs, there were yet certain admirers of these gentlemen who invested inst the champiou—io other words took the field in preier- ence to the favorite, The frosty atmosphere and the prevalence of & stiff northeast w] peruced very much against & eedax ta are of shooting, sae, Cai ovate, jones, ry y OW, Was oe the standard 0} YS arkamany = ‘~~ Early in atch the birds were strong, but later on, succumbing to the coid, they few poorly, in many instances falling to the ground directly they were let ont of the traps, and toward the close Were thrown up by had, « Mr. Charbonnet was uniortunate in having to shoot at a large number of “tail” birds, and out of 46, having Kilied but 19, he had no snow to wii and gave the contest. Messrs. Bogardus au Le Breton &@ Very lively and interesting bout, hot his first’ 14 the champion killed 13, T, ton captured but 7 out of a like . The met Shen be n tO iall away, and of the next 12 brought down butl. In the same number Le Breton captured 6, brin; ie at the end of 26 birds—Bogardus, 14; breton, 13—the latter thep killing his next 6 birds in succession the jon missing 2% Mr. Le Breton took the lei ay thenceforward, to rhe rortyenn et bird, gained ofe—his seor being 27 to 25. stock of pigeons then gave out, and it being determined to finish the match a sortie was and birds being procured Mr. Le Breton sho! his remaining two, killing the first and making @ total score of 28, which the champion not being able to ogual, even were he to have Killed his two, the latter threw up the sponge, and Mr. Le Breton was thereapon warmly cong! lated upon his victory and subsequently bodily off the fleld by his enthusiastic friends, Its intimated that our amateur pigeon shooters will tender to Mr. Le Breton a medal as a testimonial of the notable achievement in defeating the great- est of American experts, THE SCORE. Le Breton—*0, 0, if ry 1, - Fa i ie hy + 3 i 0,1, 2, Ay, *0, 0, dy A, Ay dy Ly dy . Os Oto io tor ay LA, oes. "six biras dead out of bounds. 20 OE a Oy A #0! LF OF OF 4 Oy My by yy 0, Oe iy *0, 1, 0 0, Oy , + #0, 0,1, #0, 1,0, 1, 1,4, 0,9, 1, i, 1, 90,119 Ning birds dead out of bounds. Bogardus—i, *0, 1, 1, 4 1, 1,1, 1,1, 1,1, 1, 1,0, 0, #0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 6, #0, 0, 6, 0, 1, 0,°1,"0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 2y *0, 0, 0, 0, "0, 1, 0, 4, 0, 21, 44-25 SIX birds dead out of hounds, See Felt dead ont or bounds. a) FIRE IN BROADWAY, ‘ A fire broke out at @ quartewpast si€ o'ciock latt evening on the top floor of No. 486 Broadway that caused a damage In the hat and cap factory of August Schulter of $1,000, Meyer Stern, who occu- pied the third and partof the fourth floor in the same building, suffered a loss of $800. Messrs, Hartsborn & Nitskowski also sustained damage to — their stock, The bailding was injured to the ex- tent of $300; Insured, SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Triumphal Return of the Blood- Stained Burriel to the Scene of Slaughter. es ANOTHER VISIT T0 THE HOSPITAL. Statements of Philip Mcitzler and Samuel Gray, of the Virginius, ON Boarp U. 8. SLooP-oF-WAR JUNtATA, SANTIAGO DE CuBA, Dee, 14, 1873. Burriel—yes, Burriel—whose name should be printed an red ink to distinguish him from the biackest of the cutthroats; I say Burriel has re- turned here in triumoh. Deliver up Burriel! But Icannot take time to dilate upon this monster. Safice it that I again emphatically reiterate my opinion that nothing short of swilt and retributive Justice by the sterling force of the bullet or the more appropriate twist of the hemp will compel the surrender of those directly implicated in the Massacre, Was this miscreant upon his return here howled at and hooted as he went through the atreets * Did he escape to his palace under cover ofthe night? Not atall; the papers are teeming with his praise, his amiability; bis highly com- mended and welcoming hirelings shower upon him the heartiest congratulation. Far from deprecat- ing the beinous act of the bloodthirsty little tyrant, his satellites are charmed with his presence, and now more than ever is the murder of 53 human be- ingsendorsed, Anything so sycophantic and ser; vile as the hypocritical attitude of the press it is impossible to conceive. Now that Burriel has re- turned from Havana, whither, as I iaformed you, he fed ineecret about a month ago, the hidalgos have reassumed their defiant and imperunent fone. One thing alone may rescue them from their present hallucination—a sound and wholesome thrashing, for want of which they are just now spoiling. THE PRISONERS. On the 4th inst., as you are doubtless aware, 93 of the unfortunate people captured on the Vir. ginius and sent from the City Jail to the Morro Castile were placed on the Spanish steamer Bazan for transportation to Havana, leaving nine sick Persons confined to hospital. The time fixed for the removal of the 93 prisoners was miduight, and although perhaps we could not have interfered even if we had known it, there is little doubt that the authorities here apprehended some resistance should the fact of their transportation leak oat. But we were not informed of it until the following morning. The Bazan was bound for Cienfuegos, whence the prisoners were to be conveyed to Havana by rail. 1t seems, however, that when the Bazan arrived there the order was counter: manded, and she was directed to return to San- tiago with her living cargo. On her way back the Bazan ran ashore, but the poor prisoners had no chance to escape, since all, both young ana old, Were placed in double irons, so that they were almost as secure as when starving in the Morro Castle, Word was immediately despatched to Havana for assistance, so that as the mat! steamer passed in she picked up the shipwrecked prisoners and conveyed them to this port. On board was red-handed Barriel, whose advent-here has caused 80 much rejoicing, for it would appear that some entertain hopes that the carnival of biood has not yet ended. ANOTHER VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL. In company with Commander Braine and Consol Young { again visited the hospital the day beiore Yesterday, and conversed with some of the pris- oners confined there, Though miserable at best, the institution is far preferable to the jail. where bad ventilation and nauseating food contribute to render the dark dungeon unbearable, and the un- forvunate people, upon whom suifering and a har- rowing feciing of anxiety have told @ woeful taie, are cally apprehensive lest tiey may be remov from this temporary retreat to the dismal cells of the city prison, I should mention that in all our visite to the jail and hospital we were ooompanied by the government interpreter and a 6wi of Spanish officers, who eagerly devour every word that passes, Nor are we at liverty to interrogate the prisoners at will, but only on such subjects as relate to their present condition. While, however, pearly all present were engaged in converaiu; with @ Cuban prisoner ag to his ailment I contrive: to glean from both Samuel Gray and Philip Meltzler—the former a native of Harrisburg, Pa., and the latter from Charleston, S. C.—some de- tails in reierence to the capture of the Virginius, which may tend to relieve ali doubts as to the re- spect the Spanish officers entertained for the American hag. Our conversation was carried on almost in a whisper, and occupied only a few min- utes. daid Meitzier, raising hi if on his elbow, his haggard tace snowing signs of terrible surtering and his voice quivering as he spoke, “I don’t want to let these ielows hear me,” and he glanced around the room; but seeing the others busily e: at the further end continued, “You see nd they catch me saying anything about—about the Virginius, why there's no knowing what they may do tome, Perhaps they woula turn me out of this and stick me in the jail again, where I can neither eat nor sleep.” Assuring him that 1 would keep a bright lookout, he whispered the iollowing statement :— PHILIP MBITZLER’S STATEMENT, So faras I can now remember, tori have been confused ever since, I think it was somewhere about two o'clock in the day when the Tornado be- gan to chase us. She was then a pretty long dis- tance off, on the south side of Cava. She kept after ‘us until it was ten o’clock that night, and on com- ing up with us fired five shots in succession, most of them shell, hut none of them hit us. We then came to, and a Spanish officer and an armed boat's crew boardéd us. The officer immediately hauled down the American flag, saying, ‘This is THE DAMNED FLAG WE WANT.” Captain Fry then came forward and handed him the ship’s rs. He snatched them from im saying, “I don’t care about your papers ; this is 1! 6 Gamned vessei we are after.” He then ordered us aboard, and we had to leave the Virginius without taking anytaing with us. In reply to an inguiry as ?. recut any boxes were thrown overboard, fettzler told me that he saw some pac! cast into the ééa, pu} he knew nothing of their con- tents, Just at this moment @ Spanish oficial sneaked towards the bedside, but apparently not noticing his arrival, | continued to converse witn Meitzler on a different topic. ‘I had subsequently @ brief opportuniiy to hear THE STATEMENT OF SAMUEL GRAY, whose condition could not fail to elicit the greatest sympathy. He is very intelligent and has gone through enough to make many @ mans maniac, id he :—“Tt wees ben Se ae aio ae te ‘ornado and began She wae @ long distance of ng of Cul re continued M4. As far remember but Tcannet recotiect was fn pursil! OE shore e soutit she Grea eres | hore at ui e whether any of them was sheli. We were all very much excited at the time. Some boxes were thrown overboard, but I could not say what their contents were. When the Spanish officer from the Tornado came on board he hanied our flag down immediately, and upon receiving the papers from Captain Fry crusned them in nis band. He told us all to go on board the Tornado, which we did, leav- img ali our effects behind. At this time Morant light was plain in sight. distant not over eight miles.” Upon being hastiiy questioned as to the proceedings sbsequent to the capture he said, “Well, I have fice w net "ihe dark cel! and in. have been twice sent to in- herined that I was condemned to death. 1 think I would have been shot but for the tall Englishtnan— I think his name 1s O’Callaghan—on oilicer tn the Spanish army.” Further conversation was impos- sible, and while poor Gray reciined on his prltow [ endeavored to caeer him with the hope of his speedy release and the prospect of prompt and an- lenting vengeance for the daring sult to the hational nag. at this his countenance brightened, ltrust I did not promise too much, We shortly aiter quitted the hospital. As to the other pris- oners incarcerated in the jailican say nothing, Whatever clemency they might have expected at the hands of Morales de los Rios, who was agting Governor in the absence of Burriel, I am atfrai there 1s little to hope for from the butcher who now sways the iron rod. THE FORTIFICATIONS. Night and day handreds of men ‘have been at work on the fortifications around the harbor, There are now six lorts in all, each having been recently strengthened. The Morro Castle, at the entrance, has 30, some of them Armstrong gans, while two smaller forts further in the harbor show 14 and 12 Feapectively. Then there is a magazine fort with 10 guns, and adjacent to the coal station earthworks have been thrown up, The saluting fort points seven Armstrong guns. THE IRREPRESSIBLE CRONISTA. ne eed Deck” Don Jose Ferrer de Canto “on AgaineNe “Goes for”? Commander Braine and All Yankees tn General, The last issue of the Cronista 8aysi—, A few days ago the HERALD published a plat) rss exact, of the bay and entrance to Havana, aod ‘ou Saturday it presented us with al- omer chart of the stralt leading to the Morro of Santiago de Cuba, including the bay and city bearing that name. In times gone by these people have supposed, and even now that best informed and most sensible of all the journals in the world—the periodical o1 plans—has thought that the American squadron (!) could and would penetrate into the port of Havana and bring ont by jorce the pirate of the protocol. An illustrious navigator of ‘this self same squadron, who has also played a rdle—we will not say of what kind—in the national filibus- tering business of America, wrote o 1 BLOW days ago, to the Secretary of the N Wed arte ment in Washington that with one ship of the terrible fleet he could force an entrance to the Morro of Santiago de Cuba and speedily amuse himself with the city, as was valoroualy done in Greytown by the Pigaie Cyane, which immortalized herself by that achieve- ment. The officer who thus fiercely entered the house of others (by writing, tt is under- stood) is famed Braine, which 1s pronounced the same as brain, but we cannot explain the reason of such @ hyperbolic coincidence. But it 1s suf- ficient to have common sense and be able to dis- tinguish the plan of @ crow’s foot to comprenend that, treating of defending a@ pass, even tf it were with @ boy’s blowgun, there ia no squadron which could penetrate the passage leading irom the sea. to the bay of Santiago de Cuba; and the sume also May be said with greater reason about the port of Havana. There are men very brave and nations essentially composed of heroes—in embryo atleast. the same country as Braine is that Admiral Rodgers who required only 30 seconce to swallow the Numancia, ‘The Cronista is satisfied with Attorney General Williams’ decision, and says:— This opinion has not surprised us, because we knew that with such conclusive Droatsin the case as were in possession of the Spanish authorities here it must come about; but what will surprise any one less informed than we are of everything that passes: in this shameful transaction is that, with these proois in our hands, we have consented to sacrifice our rights evento an international compact. And while the Virginfus has not yet arrived in an American port it 18 declared, with insulting cyni- cism, that we have given in to unjust humiliations and exactions, LIBERAL CLUB. Artificial Production of Rain—Lecture ‘ by Mr. Edward Powers. Mr. Edward Powers, a well known civil engineer of Chicago, delivered a lecture last night at Plimp- ton Hall, before tne Liberal Club, on “Artificial Prodnction of Rain.” The following are the maim conclusions of the speaker :— He has examined a large number of cases of rain, following battles, from which he deduces the fol- ped diy eigate conclusions, viz.:—That alk great battles in which much artiilery is used are followed very soon by rain. That about 90 per cent of all battles and bombardments of import~ ance are followed by rain within the first 48 hours after the beginning of the heavy firing. Thac about 60 per cent are so followed within the*first % hours; whereas, on an average, only 32 per cent would be 9 followed by rain within that time if the battles had no influence in bringing it, thi percentage being calculated from the average number of ratny days in the year when nome oe. Hee as That* the ae fol- 0 atties are generally ver: beavy, also that rains following other en tf ments than great battles, in which much aruiiiery 1g used, are heavy, That rain iollows battles fought in tali and winter as well as in spring and summer, That the same thing occurs in the dry season in Mexico, as well as in the United States and Europe. That heavy rain follows great battles jought in @ time of drought, and that the rains 1ol- lowing batties are paaaly accompanied with thunder and lightning, ir. Power, in stating the above conclusions, gave many interesting Jacts in illustration, The theory by which he accounts for the assumed production of rain by battles or artillery firing, may be briefly stated as follows :— Rain, according to the commonly accepted theory, is caused by the union of two bodies 01 air, one of which is warmer than the other, and both satu- rated with aqueous vapor. When two such bodies ol air are mixed together they cannot, when mixed, contain a3 much vapor «as they did before. -This folows from the principle that warm air is capable of containing more vapor than cold alr, and tuatite Capacity for vapor increases and diminishes in @ much greater ratio than the temperature. Now, there must be currents of Warm air saturated with vapor ip the atmosphere above us, for the trade winds take up vast quanti- tes of vapor from the ocean, which vapor is car- Tied northward and southward by the great equa- torial currents. Hence, in explaining how arttl- lery Oring brings rain, it 13 oniy necessary to snow how it can cause such a current to mix with the colder current above it. Mr. Powers’ explanation, ‘which is original with himsell, is that it docs so by rariying the air in the humid cur- 'y rent, thus causing it rise. It rarities it vordensing & small portion of the aqueous vapor which it contains. It condenses ‘this small amount of vapor by concussion, wuied i similar in its action to sudden pressure, and know that by pressure aqueous vapor is condensed and its latent neat evolved, When arullery firing brings rain there is, in other werds, condensation of vapor in two ways—first, a very small amount of condensation by the pressure of the shocks of concussion, and secondly, a great condensation caused by the mingling of the huinid current with the colder carrent above it. The first and smal) mount of condensation leads to the second and greater condensation, because the latent heat evelved trom the vapor which is condensed rarifies the humid current and Causes it to rise. As the air currents must be very extensive, att Mpicred thousands of feet in thickness, it will take a little tine, aiter such a current lias been Taritied by concussion, for it to rige into the colder current above it, and, as in the meantime this por- tton of the current would pass on, we could not expect that the rain would commeuce at the place where the firing takes place. The fact that the battle field is generally included tn its area, how- ever, shows that after commencing it works back on the path of the current. Mr. Powers thinks that some experiments ought to be made to determine if we cannot as well pro- duce those motions iu the upper air which lead to ran as to watch for their production by Baturdl canses and foretel) their approach, as ts now done by the signal service of the army. i A lively discussion ensued after the reading of this lecture, aiver which the mecting teudered a vote 01 thanks to Mr. Powers and adjourned. YACHTING NOTES, The Bayonne Yacht Club held its regular monthly meeting on the 23d inst. at No. 72 Beaver street. 1t was an occasion of more than ordinary interest, as the several prizes won at the autumn regatta, September 16, were distributed among the owners of the fortunate boats. The following list gives full particulars :— Qui Vive, Thomas Clapham, Bayonne Yacht Club—Club prize, large and elegant music box. Elizabeth, Commodore Tynon, Stapleton Yacht Ciub—Union prize, handsome large French bronze clock. Jeannette, Commodore Pearson, Bayonne Yacht Cinb—Club prize, elegant music box. Eclipse, Captain McKinstry, Pavonia Yacht Club—Union prize, siiver tea set, consisting of five pieces and salver, all handsomely engraved, Idie Hour, Thomas Taylor, Bayonne Yacht Ciub— Club prize, silver set, consisting of water pitcher, goblets, slop bow! and salver, all handsomely en- raved, Py00 Saunders, Frank Bates, Long Island Yacht Club—Union prize, large siiver urn tor ice water, clegantly engraved. fayonne, Mr. P. McGiehan, Bayonne Yacht Club— Prize won at regatta of the club, August, 1869. Foilowipg the presentation of the prizes the meinbe: at down to 4 bountiful collation, and William T. Lee, John M. Sawyer, George Dunning and others responded to ROEFUpigtS toasts. Dur- ing the evening Captain G. A. Beling presented Joseph Elsworth with a handsome oii painting Tepresenting the last race of the Meta with the Vision, Mr, C. 0. Hough, President of the club, gave the painting to “Captain Joe,” and the later vii responded. The meeung was o grand Bu . : DEATH OF EDWARD SHERIDAN, Mr. Edward Sheridan, who was for 35 years con- nected with this paper in the capacity of a press- man, died at his residence, in this city, on Chfist- mas Day, Mr. Sheridan was a native of the county of Cavan, Ireland, ana was inthe gixty-sixtl year of hisage. He was the oldest pressiman in this city, foe was known and tiked by all the J embers oft his crait. His erat ‘Will take piace ‘ ing, When a requiem high ms at the Church or the Nativity, ou Second avenue, a KILLED WITH POISON. Coroner Herrman yesterday was called to No. 1,480'$econd avenue to hold an Inquest on the body of Philip Gaynor, aman 35 years of age, whose death 1s supposed to have been caused by swallow- ntity of laudanum with suicidal imtent, 18 aptive lor the act will appear during the in= vestigation. Deceased, who was @ hackmun in comfortable circumstances, had been drinking to excess. 3 SUPERSEDEAS IN & MURDER OASE. Curcaao, Ill, Dec. 26, 1873, Three Judges of the Supreme Court of Ilinois have united m granting a writ of supersedeas in hris Rafferty, who was to have been Seeged, oF Christ Waukegan, under the sentence upon his third conviction or the murder of Police- man O'Meara, in this city. A MURDER NEAR BOSTON, Boston, Dec. 26, 1873, Joseph Galvin, 5 oats old, Was killed yester | we at Wakefield, near Boston, by John Doherty: aged 21, in a drunken street tight, in Which several’ roughs were engaged