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: mot unreasonable, in tw ENGLAND. Bullion in Outflow from the Bank—The Re- serve and Liahilities—Discount on ’Change, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Dec, 27, 1875 ‘The bullion in tue Bank of Engiand has decreased €354,000 since the last weekly report, BANK RESERVE AND LIADILITIRS. ‘The proportion of the bank reserve to liabilities which was last week 50 per cent is now 44 per cent, DISCOUNT ON 'CHANGE, The rate of discount in the open market for three months’ bills is 4 5-16 per cent, or 3-16 per gent below the Bank of England rate. Condemned as a Prize by a Spanish Court in Cuba. TELEGRAM 70 THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Wee. 27, 1873, A prize court, before which the case of the ‘steamship Virginius was brought, has concluded \ts labors, The vessel is condemned as a legal prize. MEXICO. _ a Uortina’s Preparation for Installation as Mayor of Matamoras—A Policeman Shot—Riot and Murder in Monterey—Tampico Disturbed. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. MaTAMORAS, Dec, 27, 1873. ‘A fight occurred to-day in the Market place be- tween some of Cortina’s men and the police, in which @ policeman was shot and instantly killed. The murderer took refuge in Cortina’s head- quarters, but the General surrendered him to the police, by whom he was lodged in prison. Cortina’s friends say he will be installed as Mayor of this city on New Year’s Day, which will doubtless lead to another fight, as both parties are armed and determined. RIOT AND MURDER IN MONTEREY. An affray occurred in Monterey a few days ago over the municipal election, in which several per- gons were killed and wounded, TAMPICO SERIOUSLY DISTURBED. Another disturbance o¢enrred in Tampico, and the Mayor has ger. ‘mprisonea by the State troops. or -~ THE VILLE DU HAVRE. The British government has notified to the gov- ernment of Marshal MacMahon that it is institut. ing an inquiry into the loss of the Ville du Havre, and has begged France to facilitate the investiga- tion by all the means in her power, offering, at the same tite, to defray the expenses of witnesses ‘who may be required to go to England. These overtures have been favorably received; but, at the same time, it is stated that the French Minister of Marine is also making an investigation, with the object of clearing up the question and of estab- lishing and defining the facts of the case, which may Serve as a basis for the claims of the parues interested. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, Dec, 27, 1873, Surgeon J. R. Tryon has been ordered to the ‘Naval Hospital at Ni Surgeon George H. Cooke to the Navy YarJat Norfolk, Va. Acting Assistant Surgeon J.S.Somerly to the Navai Academy. Commander C. A. Babcock, Lieutenant William €. Gibson, Surgeon J. H. Tinkham and Passed As- sistant Paymaster D, D. Hurlbut have been de- tached from recruiting duty at Burlington, Vt., and placed on waiting orders. Commander Joseph P. Fyffe and Master H. M. Tallman, from recruiting duty at Detroit, Mich, are placed on waiting orders, Commander E. E. Potter and Passed Assistant Surgeon M. C. Drennan, from recruiting duty at Chicago, Tll., are placed on waiting orders. Lieutenant Commander William Whitehead, Lieutenant J. A. Chester and Surgeon Thomas N, Penrose, from recruiting duty at Toledo, Ohio, are placed on waiting orders, Lieutenant Z. L. Farmer. Master F. E. Upton and Passed Assistant Surgeon E. H. Ware, from re- rbpaee duty at Buffalo, N. Y., are placed on wait- ders. tders have been issued from the Navy Depart- ment to discontinue the recruiting depots at To- ledo, Detroit, New Orleans, Baitimore and various other points which were opened some weeks ago at the beginning of the complications with Spain, The number of men in the navy }s now 10,000, and it would have been an easy matter to ship 20,000 or a" 30,090 had the public service required them. regular recruiting stations at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Norfolk will be continued, though enlistments by them will be confined to able-bodied seamen ouly, to keep that Class up to the required number. Such men were filways needed in the service. dsmen and other recruits will not be accepted, In accordance with orders trom the Navy De- enlistment of recruits for the Marine eei? stopped, and the stations at Bos- ton, New York, PiUadelphia and Baltimore have been closed. ie leg standard of the corps is 2,600 enlisted men, but before the Cuban trou- ‘ples the number did not exceed 2,000, Upon the beginning of the Spanish dificulttes orders were given to fill the corps to its full number, and since then 300 or 400 recruits have been accepted, but the corps is still below the number authorized by law. ‘The old monitor Montauk, which has been lying at the Navy Yard here since the war, will leave to- morrow jor New York in tow of two tugs, where she will be repaired and put in seaworthy condi- tion. THE HERALD AND JAY COOKE'S CREDITORS, {From the New Bedford Standard, Dec. 26) The New York HERALD publishes a full list of dn,” Cooke & Co.’s creditors, filling 13 columns. ng the creditors are banks and bankers in this ‘Amo. “i River and Taunton, eclty, Py rninememnin dtr ‘tT T . HE Bera’? AND OFFICIAL DELINQUENTS. “thens (Tenn.) Post, Dec, 26.) ‘ths ting the» .,Lp is growing exorbitant, if New York H&. — , demands upon the moral- the country. Now that ‘et have been con- ‘led to Washing- *re who have ‘ring the ity, virtue and honesty of . Tweed.and Farrington and Ge. victed, it wants the crusade exten. ton, in order to reach the parties th. been gorging upon oficial pinnder Qu ta to last 12 years, and is peculiar eno rob insist that a republican has no more rightto. tf and swindie the public than a democrat; the, both should be made equal before the law—in this respect at least. * * * The HERALD stands at the head of independent journalism, 1s thore non-partisan and its suggestions should com themselves to the consideration of the masses of the party under whose rule the mc strous abuses and corruptions which per every department of government and every section of the land nave been fostered and encouraged— otherwise, as that paper intimates, the organiza. bi will be anuiiilated im the next general con- st THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, NEW OnLE Nee. 27, 1873. The Senate Committee on Transportation ar- rived bere last night and met this morning at the St. Charles Hotel for the parpose of hearing testi- mony concerning trade, statistics, &e, A com- mittee from the Chamber of Commerce, headed by Judge J, H. Kennard, waited upon the committee, tendering them the hospitalities of the city, A committee Irom the Cotton Exchange also called, extended their greetings, invited them to visit the Cotton Exchange and expressed their willingness: to impart any information possessed upon the Ject of the committee's inquiries Both com ‘tees were received by Mr. Windom, Mr. W. M. Burrell, Mr. Higby and others, by request of the committee, made statements, ‘giving their views regarding the proposed Fort St. Prilip Canal, INDICTED FOR MAKING FALSE OUSTOM HOUSE ENTRIES, NSTON, Dec. 27, 187. ‘The late Grand Jury of the United States District Oourt found true indictments against David Townsend and Thomas D. Townsend, constituting the firm of Townsend & Co., commission mer- ——$—+ | Ku Klux outra, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON. pl ak WASHINGTON, Dec, 27, 1873, Appointment of Caleb Cushing as Minis- ter to Spain. | ‘The reports current as to the formal acceptance of the resignation of General Sickies as Minister to Spain are to-day confirmed by the President in the appointment of Caleb Cushing as his successor. The nomination of the latter will be sent to the Senate immediately npon the reassembling of Con- gress. Mr, Cushing had a short interview with the President this morning in reference to the Spanish mission, which he has accepted. Chief Justice Williams Grabber. Among the past incidents in the official life of Attorney General Willigms, which are not helping his confirmation as Chief Justice, is the fact that r when appointed a member of the Board of Vis to West Point, during his Senatorial term, as a Pay he charged and took jull mileage from Oregon to West Point and back, amounting to nearly $3, although he had the same year charged and taken the same amount as mileage due him as Senator. This was doubtless legal, but ‘should a mah who will indulge in such sharp practice put on the ermine of Chief Justice?” significantly ask Sena- tors, The Charges Against Judge Durell. Congressmen Wilson, of Indiava, and Eldridge, of Wisconsin, the sub-committee appointed by the Judiciary Committee of the House of Represent- atives, left Washington to-night for New Orleans to investigate the charges brought against United States District Judge Durrell by parties seeking his impeachment, Cuban Reception of the Virginius’ Pa sengers. A delegation of Cubans will leave Baltimore to-morrow for New York to meet the United States steamer Juniata and escort to Baltimore Seiors Manuel Silveiro and Amador Saco, formerly of the Edgar Stuart, who are among the survivors of the Virginius’ crew. They were both officers of the Virginius, have fought in Cuba, and their escape from death at the hands of the Spaniards is to be attributed to their extreme youth, Silveiro being only 17 years old. Aftera short stay in Baltimore they will join the crew of the Edgar Stuart. General Aguilera, Vice President of the Cuban Republic, who has been at his residence in Balti- more for some time past, has been recalled to active duty. ‘The Modoc War Expenses, ‘The enormous expense attending the Modoc war nas in all probability not yet ended. Settlers in Southern Oregon and Northern Caltfornia are urging their Congressional Representatives to have the general government reimburso them for losses sustained by the depredatlions committed by these | | indians, A bill has been already introduced in The House, by Mr. Nesmith, of Oregon, and also in the Senate, by Mr. Mitchell, of that State, for the appointment of three com- missioners for the examination of these claims, Should the bill pass it will be taken as an evidence that Congress is disposed to make the necessary appropriations for the damage sustained by such depredations. There is but little doubt that a Pension will be voted to the widow of General Canby, and also to that of the Rey. Dr. Thomas, | the Peace Commissioner. The New Year’s Reception at the White House. The following is the official programme for the President’s reception on New Year’s Day:—At eleven o'clock A. M. he will receive the members of the Cabinet and foreign Ministers. At half- past eleven the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, Senators and Representatives in Congress, the Governor of the District of Columbia and = suite, Judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and of the United States Court of Claims. At twelve o’clock, officers of the Army and Navy. At half-past twelve o'clock Assistant Secretaries ofthe departments, Assistant Postmasters General | and Assistant Attorneys General and the heads of bureaus oi the several departments. At a quarter to one o’clock P. M. the Associated Soldiers of the War of 1812 and members of the Oldest Inhabitants Association of the District of Columbia, The re- ception of citizens will commence at one o'clock P. M., at which time the gates will be opened, and will terminate at two o'clock P. M. The Mystery of the Moth Appropriation. Congressional inquiry is to be made into an ap- propriation of $200,000 now being expended, while $100,000 is asked for to be expended during the next fiscal year, in the preservation of army cloth- ing from moth and mildew by a patent process, As the Quartermaster General reported over a year ago that the clothing on band was so moth eaten and useless that new clothing must be made and issued, there is some curiosity expressed to know what this $300,000 is for, especially as it is understood that a percentage of it goes into other pockets than those of the patentee, Serious Aecident to Rev. Dr. Newman. A private letter states that Rev. Dr. Newman, Jate chaplain to the Senate, and pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist church of this city, was thrown from his horse at Canton, China, and severely injured. Dr. Newman started as on a trip around the world last summer, having been appointed for that pur- pose an Inspector of the consulates. The position, however, by the act creating the office, expired by limitation some months since, but it is generalfy believed that the reverend gentleman is, in some | way or other, continuing his travels at the gevern- ment expense, Serious Charges Against a Patent Agent. ‘The Commissioner of Patents last October made charges against Thomas H. Upperman, a patent agent, of wilfully, frauduleatly and corruptly with- holding or misapplying moneys which he had received from clients ostensibly to pay Patent OMce fees, The Commissioner, after giving ample coniessed, and it is, that said Upperman therefore, adjudged has been guilty of Commissioner shglt refuse any longer to recognize him asa patent agent, and it is accordingly or- dered that said Upperman, or any firm of which practice before the Patent Office in any and all, cases, it ills in Tennessee, reports to the Internal Revenue Ofice that three ilicit distilleries have been destroyed by Collector Cooper in the Second district oi that State, and nine in the Third district by Coliector Williamson. Pardon for Ku Klux. ® Attorney General to-day recommended to | sident the pardon of Ringgold Young and | ~s, of Alabama, Who were convicted ot | “es some time since and sentenced | “ontiary. son Postal Cards, “master General decides | * or firms may print | «d betore it is m the Pre. Neal Haskiy. to the Albany I’enma. Advertisemeny The Third Assistant Pos. that any number of mdividaai. their advertisements on a postan deposited in the mails. nak PEDESTRIANISM. i The most important item in English athletics is the grand form disp! the present mile champion, and the holder of the London Athietic Club Mile Challenge Cup, who, tn the Tiwo- Mile Handicap, on Saturday, November plished the full distance—passing in: his way a | in pnent the performance that Scott in his mateh with Syaenr on June 21, 1871, When the winner (Scott) i miles in ym. 548, On Wednesday, also, that he had not lost his turn of spe mile, which distance he ts reported to have cr over Marston Grounds, Oxford, in the Open Mile, at xeter College 8, in 4m. 20'9s8, We say d to have covered” advisedly, as we are by our local correspondent that four other Ss made it din, 30.8. Be this as it may, Slade Well; ana although, even if the time be cor- rect, It 18 not the fastest upon record—Mr, W. M, Cbinnery having, in the Strangers’ Mile, at Bea House, in May, 1868, ran it_in 4m, 208.—yet, taking into consideration the difference between the Marston and Beaufort House paths, the one being slow and the other fast, there is not so much difference between the two performances as would splendid tim: anks only s or om. score of € S44as., that of chants on Central wharf, for aiding in procuring false entries of goods of the cargoes of three ves- nels, On being arrested they entered into recog: spigances, cach La the sum Of $5,000, to answer, appear at first sight; and being still qnite a young athlete, it is almost safe to predict that he will some day beat the preseat best amateur time upon record,—Hell’s Lie, time to answer the charges, says there appears no | palliation of the offences charged, proven and | such gross misconduct as to demand that the | he may be a member, be hereaiter forbiaden to , Internal Revenue Supervisor Cobb, of Tennessee, i | make education WAR DEPARMENT, ) Oprice Or Tae CHIEY SIGNAL OFFIC . WASHINGTON, Dec, 28—1 A, M. j Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, The storm which was central in the lower lake region on Saturday morning is.now central near New York city, where the barometer is un- usually low. Stormy weather, with snow and rain, now prevails in New England, the Middle States, the St. Lawrence Valley and the lower lake region, Generally clear weather, with increased pressure and lower temn- perature, prevails in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, Partly cloudy or clear weather and west- erly to northwesterly winds, with lower tempera- wre, are reported from the Olio Valley, the upper lake region and the Northwest. In Minnesota the pressure has diminished and the winds have backed to southerly, with rising temperature. The temperature has fallen slightly in Northern New York. The Erie Canal closed to-day. Probabilities, For NeW ENGLAND AND THE NORTHERN POR- TION OF THE MIDDLE STATES, FRESH 10 BRISK NORTHEASTERLY TO NORTHWESTERLY WINDS AND CONTINUED CLOUDY WEATHER, WITH SNOW, WILL PREVAIL DURING THE DAY. For the southern portion of the Middle States cloudy and threatening weather, with snow, fol- lowed by clearing weather in the afternoon. For the lower lake region increasing pressure, lower temperature and northerly to westerly winds, with lignt snow, followed by clearing weather in the western portion of this district. For the Southern States east of the Mississippi River clear or clearing weather, with low tem- perature, northerly to westerly winds and increas- ing pressure on the Atlantic coast, For the upper lake region and thence southward to the Ohio Valley and southwestward to the Lower Missouri Valley northwesterly to southwesterly winds, with a slight rise of temperature, and gen- erally clear weather during the day. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past 24 hours in compar- ison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer a3 Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD Building :— 1872, 1873. 1872. 1873. 9 3:30 P.M. 14 34 9 6P. M. AS 34 8 9PM. 12 of 12 34 12 PLM. 13 32 Average temperature yesterday...... 4 Average temperature tor corresponding date Jast year... *: lt Average temperature for last week. L Average temperature for corresponding week last year., “OBITUARY. _ Daniel W. Teller. Colonel Daniel W. Teller, a well known citizen of New York, and a soldier distinguished for his ser- vices with the First regiment of the First division of the old National Guard, died at his residence on the 26th inst., in the forty-ninth year of his age. His re- mains will be interred this (Sunday) afternoon, from the North Baptist church, corner of Chris- topher and Bediord streets. lone! Teller was at one time a very wealthy New York merchant, An earnest student of geographical science, he was one O/ the earliest and warmest supporters of the Prolece to open a canul through the Isthmus of arien. At this time a good fortune was at his command, which he used with an unsparing hand to forward his pet project. He fitted out an ex- edition at his own expense to survey the ground for the canal, and headed it personally. Memoirs of the expedition and records of his observations are among our valuable contributions to geographi- cal literature. During the Pennsylvania oll fever he was attacked by the epidemic, and we find him investing his fortune in petroleum wells, in which the most of it was hopelessly sunk. His death found him worth ouly a moderate competence. William 8S. Patten. William S. Patten, a prominent citizen of Provi- dence, R. L, died in that city at an earty hour yes- terday morning, aged 73 years, He had been | Chancellor of Brown University for six years and for 42 years cashier of the Manufacturers’ Bauk, being the oldest bank cashier in Providence, “The O'Grady.” The Dublin and London journals of the 13th of December publish the fact of the death of the head and chief of one of those ancient “septs” or clans of Ireland which claim @ Milesian descent far more venerable and illustrious than that of any of the members of the Irish peerage, except, per- haps, the O’Briens, representatives of the “princes” and “Kings” of Thomond—we refer to “rhe O'Grady, of Kilballyowen, in the county of Limerick, who died at the age of 57 years, Wil- liam De Courcey O'Grady, Known in Ireland as “The O'Grady,” was the eidest son of “The O'Grady,” J. P. and D. L., and formerly Higb Sheriff of the county of Limerick, who died in 1862. He was born in the year 1816 and was edu- where he took the usual degrees, end was called to the Irish Bar in 1840, He married. in 1841, Annie Grogan, daughter of Mr. Tnomas De Rinzi, of Clobemon Hail, county Wexiorad, by whom he had, with other chidren, a son, Thomas De Courcey, born in 1844, who now becomes ‘The O'Grady.” According to Sir Bernard Burke the Milesian family of O'Grady 18 one of the most ancient in the far west of Ireland, and Dr, O’Brien, the late Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne, in the “Irish King from of Munster A. D, 366, and sixth in descent Oiliol-Otum_— (of =the race of Heber, eldest son of Milesius, King of Spain, who colonized Ireland, as the common ancestor of the O'Gradys and the O’Briens, how represented by Lord Inchivain, of Dromoland, county Clare, The same authority telis us that “when the latter nouse subsequently, in the person of Brian or Brien Boroimhe, the renowned monarch of Ire. land, established an ascendancy of power in North Munster or Thomona, v! which they became he reditary rulers, the O'Graays came to ac edge their parainount sway. and were arrayy dynasts or chiefs of ‘a sepv under the bay”) org these provincial princes.” Sir Berayr y Rurk however, traces their actual descep” 6 (urther back than the interval between 4h q976 and 1902, “when the chieftainshin 9 “yy¢ sept vested in sds O'Grady, wie fel bod year, leaving a son, the property of Rib since been vested iQ ey u’Grady, who acquired yowen named O'Rersw.,, a en SPEOIAL LECTION IN ONONDAGA COUNTY, Synacusk, Dec, 27, 1873, Aspecial election was held in Onondaga county the County Clerk. ‘The election resulted in favor of Charles E, Hubbell (republican) by about 2,200 majority. THE FIGHT OF THE SCHOOLS. One A Course of Superstition - vs. Natura) Science. To THE Epiror oF THe HERALD :— No subject so concerns the well-being of any community as tha of its boys and girls, and the fitting of them for the active duties of life and the struggle for exist- ence. The question, then, of public education be- comes one of vast importance. And it seems to me fitand proper that the matter should be dis- popular journal ever published. With the distin guished conservative leader of the British Com- mons, [hold that social equality is impossible; bus Tclaim that any system which tends to elevate and It man’s intellect from the mire of ignorance is worthy of commendation and hearty support, I ‘weely assert that such a system is to be found in +. sublic schools of Ameri * any impre he ement upon it, Occasionally read O vcited by some writer with his monies at we are sM. snfiiences of the public the geht ‘egy (At the public school has to a eo agree fashion, He character of American erclety, to whowe jcenton 2d enterprise the world bows in admiration, school, To There ts still one sthing whet ive State has the | dd Chat 18 to. right and should do tor its citizen compulsory. Heavelgielend us from a system of denominational schools! ‘They are not fit to trainfree men in, 1 should say that they are incapable of graduating a free man, The first training Witch such schools yave a child | is a course o! superstition which befogs and dwaris the intellect, and as to be rarely thrown off in mature years. The first training a child ought to get should be in a system o/ natural science, that his mind may become thrifty and practical, and free from hate- fuland blind prejudice, Let us have a system bearing the mark of the distinct and indepenaent Province of the State. Let the religious quacks who have howled so long and so persistently against science be lert to their own resources, Let us teach the young generation, as the pre- ceding one has been taugit, that the public schools of our country are essential to its pros. perity, 4. DE TURK, cated at Winchester and at Trinity College, Dublin, | ana English Dictionary,” assigns Conal-Eachiuath, | of i)” ‘pattie in the latter net 1 (which has ever whe family) by his marriage with the daughtor and heiress of a local chief “to-day to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of of which relates to the training | cussed in the H&RALD—the most influential and | ‘aand T have yet to | stories of | whose influences are so subtle | CALEB CUSHING. OUR NEW MINISTER TO SPAIN. Sketch of the Leading Events in the Public Career of One of the Most Accomplished and Remarkable Mon of the Day. Caleb Cushing, just appointed to the responsible and delicate position of Miniater to Spain, in his accomplishments as a scholar, ana in his experi- ence as @ traveller, politician, legislator, jurist, advocate, diplomat, soldier and statesman, is one ol the most remarkable men of the nineteenth cen- tury. In all these capacities the work which, dur- ing the last fifty years, he has done, is almost ap- palling to contemplate. It is the work of half a dozen active lives condensed into one. In the un- flagging and tireless industry of the man in every- {uing which he has undertaker through all this long and eventful perio’ of half a century, we may say he stands without a peer, as without a peer he stands in the physical and mental strength and elasticity Which, having passed beyond the psaim- ist’s boundary of three score years ten, be still possesses, Born at Salisbury, Mass., in the year 1800, and of good colonial stock, Mr. Cushing trom the outset | gave proof of the substantial stuif tat was in him, At 17 he graduated at Hartford, and trom his graduation be was appointed teacher of mathe- matics in the college. Two years later he was deepin the study of the law, and at 22 he wasa successful practitioner, filling up his intervals of leisure in contributions to the North American Review on historical and legal subjects, In 1825 he was first chosen to the Massachusetts Legislature, Lower Honse, and next to the State Senate. In 1829 he set out for Europe on a tour of observation, and remained abroad for nearly two years, devot- ing much Of the time to Spain and to France and the French Revolution of 1830, Shortly after his return the result of his observations appeared In @ book entitled “Reminiscences of Spain,’ and in a “Historical and Political Review,” in two volumes, of the revolution of three days in Paris, which cast out Charies X., as King of France, and substituted Louis Philippe as King of the French, | a step, although a snort step, toward the recogni- tion of popular sovereignty. Being next returned again to his State Legislature, Mr. Cushing con- tinued to serve therein till 1835, when he was advanced to Congress, as the whig candidate of the Essex district, now represented, or part of 1t, by General Butler. A strong supporter in Congress of the whig party and its principles Mr. Cushing continued to be, till President Tyler's excommuni- cation from the whig church in 1842, by the party in “+ Congress, on account of his vetoes of Henry Clay's bills for the establishing of a National Bank. Upon this issue between President Tyler (elected Vice President as a whig with Harrison) and the whig Congress of 1842, Henry A. Wise, of Virginia, and Caleb Cushing were among the half dozen members of the House, “the corporal’s guard,’? who chose to follow the fortunes *of the bolting Tyler, while William C, Rives, of Virginia, against Clay himself, ‘was the leader of the forlorn hope of the bolters in the Senate. These events brought Cushing into bold relief before the country, with Wise and his fellow bolters from the whig tabernacle. It was much like the boit at a later day of the seven Tepublican Senators who bolted on the impeach- ment of Andy Johnson and supported the bolting President. From this point (the bolt over to Tyler) we may date, in a national view, the public career of Cushing. From this point, outside the circle of his immediate neighbors, he was under the ban of Massachusetts, and was never again chosen to represent her in Congress. A bolt from the | regular orthodox State Church, which would | not be tolerated in the case of Webster, was by Cushing an outrageous act of presumption. But, though cut adrift by his whig constituency of Massachusetts, his zealous and efficient services in Congress to President Tyler were not over- looked nor permitted to pass unrewarded. He was first (1843) nominated as Secretary of the Treasury; but the whig Senate indignantly re- jected nfm as abolter. He was then appointed as | | Commissioner to China, and immediately set out upon his mission, In 1844 he negotiated the first | treaty of the United States with the Chinese Em- peror, and from the privileges of trade thus secured to the United States Mr. Cushing’s mission to the “prother o1 the sun and moon’? was regarded as a great success, Returning homme in 1846, he was, from Newburyport, elected to the State Legislature, where he boldly defended and supported the war | with Mexico. Failing to secure an appropriation to equip a regiment of volunteers from Massachu- setts, Mr. Cushing supplied the means himself, and was made colonel of the regiment, and in this | cancy caused by the conviction of Henty W. Genet, with che Republic of Castelar than the Republic of Cespedes; that he believes more in the encourage- ment of the Republic tn Spain than in assisting, even by our moral support, the Republic in Cuba. His idea is said to be that ‘Time, at last, makes all things even, and that, ultimately, the success of the Republicin Spain will be the success of the Republic im Cuba, It cannot be doubted that Mr. Cushing will be cordially received at Madrid, At 7 years of age it is not likely that he will be disturbed by the passions or fleeting ex- citements of the hour, or that at Madrid he will forget that cool, diplomatic discretion which served him so well thirty years ago—served him so wellin China, It is certainly @ remarkable fact that this man, at that period of lile when men, with few exceptions, are withdrawn from active Jabor of every kind, should be appointed to the most dehcate and difficult ef our foreign missions; but it is still more remarkable that at this juncture there is hardly another man in the country re- guarded as betser qualified for this responsible posi- tion than the venerable Caleb Cushing, THE GENET CHASE. Sn te The Runaway in Canada—A Nice Ques- on of Extradition and the Results, Geuet's whereabouts is still mystery. It was Yimored yesterday that he was enjoying the hos- pitalities (well paid for) of the Canadian hotel keepers, Early yesterday morning a gentleman in this city received the following dispatch from Montreal:, f Montneat, Dee. 27, 1873. Genet, under name of George T. Jackson, passed through here last night Went to Toronto to-day. ‘The gentleman who sent the above despatch often met Genet in this city and at Albany during the legisiative session of 1871-72, and it was thought hardly possible that he could nave been deceived in the make-up of Mr, “Jackson.” if Genet can be overhauled now he can, even from Canada, be brought back to the States on the strength of an extradition paper backed up by the charge of forgery, an indictment for that crime now standing against him. It he should be appre- hended his case will doubtless be an interesting one, for, should he pe brought back, tried on the indictment of forgery and acquitted he cannot be held on the charge of being an escaped prisoner awaiting sentence on the charge of larceny, It 13 said that the District Attorney would have had Genet tried on the forgery indictment before the other one had been taken hold of had it not been for his opinion that he did not have evidence enough to convict him. Thus it wili ve seen there is little to be gained by getting Genet back on the forgery indictment, for if it is such a frail thing in the eyes of the prosecuting authorities it is not likely that they can derive any permanent satis- faction from his being compelled to stay here only for such a length of time as wili be necessary to acquit him on the second indictment against him. The spectacie of Harry Genet going out of Court snapping his fingers at the District Attorney aiter being tried tor and acquitted of forgery and yeta prisoner convicted of larceny and “remanded for sentence,” whom the authorities dare not lay hands upon, weuld not be ofa Kind that would be picasing to the reform juntas of the present day. THE STATE CAPITAL, An Election to Replace the Felon Genet—Appointment of a Deputy Sec- retary of State. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 1878, Governor Dix has issued a proclamation for the election of a member of Assembly to fill the va- 27, 27, a member elect, in New York, of felony. Hon. Diedrich Willers, Secretary of State elect, has appointed Hon. George Franklin, of Ovid, Seneca county, his deputy. THE BROOKLYN COROXERS, igs Ned Hp SEO Se) Investigating the Charges of Fraud Against Them. The Committee of the Kings County Board of Supervisors, appointed to investigate certain charges preferred by a New York paper against the coroners, to the effect that these officials had charged the county for 700 fictitious inquests, met again yesterday alternoon and continued their examination. Supervisor Fletcher presided, and | all the members of the committee were present. Dr. Ottorson testified that while he was Health Oficer certificates of deatu were referred to the coroners where there were any suspicious circum- stances. Permits were granted in smallpox cases, aud sometimes they were referred to the Coroner. When there was no doctor in attendance the case was always referred to the Coroner. In accord- ance with tne law, ail doubtful cases were referred to the Coroner, and the Board of Heaitu had no right to go outside of the Coroner's certificates. Persons aiicted with the small pox were removed to the hospital a3 soon as the case was reported, except in cases where good care could be taken of the patient. Many cases were “smothered” by the triends of the patients4intil the Coroner had in- quired into the matter, It would not be ajudicious proceeding fora Cyroner to calla jury in smullpox cases, Dr. Hully tes\fied that he had been connected with the He» tn Department since 1866. Where a person die from smalipox without the attend- } ance of, physician the lact was reported to the | Heal”, Board by the Coroner. He did not think it capacity accompanied it to the Rio Grande. He was attached to the army of General Taylor, and soon alter joining it he was made by Presi any Polk a brigadier general of volunteers. “\n the course of the war he was one of the.BQ?.q of three against Generals Scott, Pillow ang Worth, and While still in the ford, Gener’, Cushing was nomi- hated as the democratic Oydidate for Governor of Massichusetts, quly, OF course, to be defeated. In 1860 XeWDviyport “returned him for the sixth } Uneto Mie, State Legislature, where he vainly | Geese the election of Charles Sumner to the i $0)” ate, and the coalition against the whigs of the > “democrats and free soilers, Next, for three years, Mr. Cushing filled, and with marked ability, the position of Justice of the Supreme Court of his State, and during the whole term of President Pierce’s administration he was Attorney Generai of the United States, and hardly overtopped by Marcy in the Cabinet discussions of questions of international law. Returning to the old Bay State, Mr. Cushing was again returned to the Legislature, and again, and yet again, in 1857, 1858, 1859; and this brings us to the verge of the great tribulation of the old democratic party. In 1860 the democrats assembled at Charleston, 8. C., In their National Convention for the nomina- tion of their Presidential ticket, and from the be- ginning there was a general apprehension that the cross purposes of the Northern and Southera democracy, Douglas and anti-Dougias, would re- sultinabreak up of the Convention and of the party. The first necessity, in view of order and barmony among the factions, was an able and self- possessed presiding officer, and this oMcer was found in the election of Caleb Cushing. The sectional hostilities in the Convention, however, were beyond remedy. The Convention and the party were broken up. An opening was thus made | for the republicans om their out-spoken anti- slavery Manvel, Wna guroueh this opening they carried ham Linco This tne Me Hoy in, and then, December, 1860, Sout are er act of secession, sounded the,tocsin of {he great rebellion, comparatively quiet, though shortly after the war | (1866) he was called into service again at Washing- | | ton by President Johnson as Commissioner to codity the laws of Congress, Xt we find him one of the counsel of the United States appointed by Prest- | dent Grant on the Alabama claims before the High Tribunal of Arbitration at Geneva, and next,as a mere pastime, he gives us the history of that tribunal in a book, in which his searening excorias | tion of the crabbed Sir Alexander Cockburn was a source Of universal satisfaction and amusement on this side the water, Finally, from the time of > Lincoln to this day, Mr. Cushing has been held in Foserve as, we may say, an honorary member of | the Cabinet, fo be called in as the occasion might require to assist in the settlement of diMeult questions of law [1 reference to both our domestia and foreign affairs, and in this capacity he has rendered good service to the government. In a word, irom his stores of learning and experience as student, lawyer, traveller, politician, diplomate, legisiator, soldier and statesman, he is regarded by all parties at Washington as © man equal to any position and any emergency, peace or war, at home or abroad, Such is the man appointed by the President to take the piace of General Sickles as our Minister to Spain, He is known to be in full accord with During the war of the rebeilion t¢ Was officers appointed to investigate ‘©¢rtain charges | WO" be judicious tor a Coroner to call in a Coro- | “uer'’a jury in a smalipox case, and he always sup- | | posed that in such cases no juries were empan- elied to view the bodies. It was generally under- stood so, Mr. Daniel Donney, tormerly Registrar | of the Health Board, appeared and preseaied @ certified copy of the names of the 700 parties in whose cases fictitious inquests were alleged to have been hela, The keepers of several cemeteries and also a number of undertakers who had buried | the bodies gave testimony to that effect, and the, jurther Investigation was adjourned. THE STATE CANALS. | The Fleet from Utica All Locked Into the Fludson River, y ALBANY, Dec. 27, 1873, The following despatches have been received by Auditor Dayion:— The last of the fleet of b Utica—I1 in number—was | ing. y e telegraphed superin and go inte Winter quart ne BY LEXANDER BARK West Troy, Dec. 26, 1873. pats that came through trom ‘ked into the river here this et through to New York. I wdents to draw off the water EY, Canal Commissioner, Coors, Dec, 26, 1873. All the boats fn my section=11 in number—were loc! into tidewater yesterday. NORRIS NORTH. Two steamboats started from here to-day in an effort to open a passage through the ice to Troy, in order that the canal boats there could be brought down. They bad met witu poor success at last ace counts, 5 EE SI ORDER OF THE FASTERN STAR. The installation Ceremonies of Floral Chapter Of the Order of Eastern Star, took place lastevening — | in their practice. 7 A.—Hats for the New Year of 1874, Where elerance and economy are the attraction there will the pubiic custom flow. (ence itis that, as regaris gentlemen's dress hats, as well 8s soft and stiff felt ha itrolis in an unobbing tide to\ BSPENSOUEID'S, U Nassau street. eh Ask for Goodall?s—The Minest Imported and cheapest Domestic PLAYING CAXDS. Beautiful new patterns, Sold everywhere. A Pure and Delicious Smoking Tobacco is SURBRUG'S GOLDEN SCEPTRE. A.10,000 Pairs SclfActing Overshoes, puton and off without using the hands, an indispensable article for New Year's calls, at BROOKS’, 1, way, corner of Twenty-ninth street. A.—William = Knabe square and upright PIANOS been before the public for 40 Years, and upon » alone attained an unpurchased pre-eminence witich pronounces them un-qualied for thear tone, touch Workmanship and durability. New York house, "No. 1 Filth avenue, WILLIAM KNABE &'0O., New York and Baltimore. re: —Chocolat Menicr—Menier’s Essence of Cocoa or Parnily Chocolate defles all honest competle tion. Awarded medal, Vienna Exhibition. Sold by br ec rovers, druggists and coniectionera. Depot, No. jeaver street, A.—Enu Angelique, tor the Teeth a Gums. BISCOTINE FOOD for infants, DELLUC & C 635 Broadway, are the sole proprietors and mana turers. Paris agents, ROBERTS ¥ CO., Place Vendome. A.—Hernia.—The Fingerpad Fellows now find ie atmawlt to jerk a sulisistence from such igno- rant ruptured persons as never saw the comfortable pa STIC TRUSS, 683 Broadway, which soon cures rap- A Choice Selection of Ales, Wines and Liquors, &c. J. J. STAFF, 115 Chambers street. Anakesis is the Only Remedy for Piles. Sold by all druggists, Depot, 43 Walker sigeet A.—Silver Pinted Goods at Auction. Stock of WILLIAM J, MILLER will be sold, at auction, at the old stand, 2 Malden Jane, to close the busines Monday, Tuesday’ nesday next, commencins Wo'elock. J SMAN & ©6., Auctioncers. Baker’s Choeviate.—If You Wish the best VANILLA CHOCOLATE get BAKER'S. Baker’s Chocolate.—A Good Cup of Co=- coa is easily had if vou will insist on your grocer furnish ing W. BAKER & CO.’s BREAK FAST COCOA. Hair Dye {s Splendid— blished 37 years. Sold and property ELOR’S Wig Factory, 16 Bond st, 4 Batchelor’s Never fails. applied at BAT‘ Boots for the Holidays.—Perfect Fit- ting, combining durability and elegance; also Overshoes. EUGENE FERRIS & SON, 150 Fulton street. Corns, Bunions. Neils, Joints, Warts, Chilblains, Frosted Feet, &c., cured without pain by Dr. RICE, 48 Broadway, corner Fulton. Campo’s Infallible Specific —Sovereign remedy for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Mo- KissON & ROBBINS, 93 Fulton street. JOHN #. NRY, No. 8 College place. Cristadoro’s Hair Dye Is, by Far, the best extant; always reliable, perfectly harmless and true to natare, Sold everywhere. C.—Ve. Clicquot Ponsardin CHAMPAGNE.—This famous wine to be had at all first class wine dealers and grocers, None genuine without the name of the sole agents on the lal HENRY HMI Dyspepsia.—Dr. Sharp’s Specific Cures dyspepisa, thereby ayerting scrofulous and tuberculous disorders HARTNETT, No. 9 Bible House, and drag- gists generall 3. DY & CO., Sole Agents. Dunville & Co—rhe Irish Distinertes Belfast, Treland, sre the largest holders of Whiskey the world, Their OLD IRIs pienso a een ed by the medical profession in preference to Fr brandy. “Supplied. in-casks or cases, United Stated Branch, 51 Broad street, New York. David's § 799% Broadway liday Hat for Gentlemen.— near Duane street. Dr. Newton’s Medical and Surgical In- stitute, No. 34 Bond street.—Special attention given to chronic diseases. Consultation free. Don’t Buy an “Elastic Truss” THl You have seen POMEROY’S, price $3, at 744 Broadway. Dyspepsia.—Dr. Sharp’s Specific Cures heartpurn, rbrash, costiveness, acidity. belchii wind, gastralgia ana melancholy, UDNUT'S, Hera! Building, and druggists generall Dibblee, Hairdresser and Wigmaker, 35 years on Broadway, now at 234 Fourth avenue, net Twenty-second street. Extra Dry C pee o MOET & CHANDON a ACKER, MERRALL & CONDIT’S, Chambers street, and Forty-second street and Broadway. “Ecce Signum: ; Broadway, superior 5 of every descriptio manufacturers of the patent Burnished Gold Sign: Ke amine before ordering elsewhere. Reterences—The principal mercantile houses in the ci Fountain’s India Store. Do not let that slip, and mind Fountain has Goode unlike all others in tis country. Opposite Wailack’s Theatre, Thirteenth street and Broadway. Furniture, Upholstery Goods, Curtains, a tory to removal, at very reduced prices. Fe eee Ty eR ELTY & UO. 724 Broadway. For the Piles Use A. W. F. Keating™ celebrated OINTMENT; price 25c. Office 235 Front street, corner Peck slip. Graefenberg Marshall’s Catholicon acknowledged a certain cure for all complaints to which woinen are subject. Physicians of high standing uso it It surpasses all other medicines in ite tonic qualities, GRAEFENBERG COMPANY, 56 Reade street. Holiday Presents. ~~ Further reduction in prico%, a great variety of Flower Stands, Work Tables,’ Cvineis, 1 Chairs, Sewin; 4 fc, ke, Aly, Parlor, Library. Dining an Suits of nots styles, at 277 Canal street, one Bros”. way, and 199 Fulton street, near Chairs, Chamber east of Havana Lottery.—We Sold the $500,000 in the extraordinary drawing April 22. Circulars sent; information given. J. B. MARTINEZ & ©0., 10 Wall street; box 4,085 Post office, New York. id Shoes, In- SLIPS, CHILDREN'S No. 3 Union square. erry Chistmas.—Bodts RUBBER, GENTS’ TOILET GINGS, at MILLER & © Millions of Bottles of Mrs. Winslow’s SOOTHING SIRCP are sold and used with never-faillng . It is an old and well-tried remedy. and haa he test of years, It relieves the child from pain, es the stomach and bowels, cures wind colic, the gums, and, by giving rest ana health to the comorts the mother. softe child, Instruments, Sheet Music, Violins, Acconiéons, Banjos. &c-. cheap for cash ( stalments) at DALY'S Music Store, [i Highth avenue, one door above Nineteenth street, west side. Pianos tuned and repaired. Muasteal Pianos, Org: Pollak’s Genuine Meerschaum Goods— Repairing done promptly and. at lowest rates. | Wholo, sale and retail depots, 27 John street and 1,109 Broadway” Iands and F Bow Ugly Th Red Hands ant ‘aces, Bow y. ec; are impviae Mine, LAMAR’ ORIENTAL MXTURES to get thein white, DH cents. Depotat Mune. ROv MER'S, 4 Bass Jyo.nn street, near Broadway, 7 Raptare of Marsh & Dr. Marsh, late of the Firnt 2 Vosey street, will receive hig | at the rooms of the Chapter, No. 33 Union square. were of remarkable interest, tmasmucn as the Floral Chapter is considered the select lodge of the | Order, The Matron installed was Mrs, W, A, Hay- ward (wife of Mr. Hayward, of Hayward & Shepard) ; the Patron is Brother Hernan G, Carter; Associated Matron, Mrs. Colonel Beusil; Treasurer, Mrs. N. M. Shepard; Conductress, Mrs, Gen- j eral Funk; Warder, Mrs. A. Hu five points of the star Were:—Adah, Mrs. Seward; | Ruth, Mrs, Rose; Esther, Mrs, Glines; Martha, Miss | Trofeo? uate, Mrs. Winters; Sentinel, Brother John Moore. AltéF the opening pf the Chapter, re- ception of grand officers, the Ingcartacien. officers by the Supreme Grand Patron, Rovert Maéél look | place. Then followed an address by Sister Eleahd? urton On ‘Secret Societies.” After this the actual business of the Chapter was concluded, and the remainder of the evening was spent musically and socially in pleasant and proper conviviality, A number of gentiemen, Who were honora mem- bers of the Chapter, Were present, and the ladies: recetved and eptertained their guests with dignity and sisterly propriety. PATAL ACCIDENTS. Porrsvi.LE, Pa,, Dec, 27, 1873, By the caving in of the slope of the Burnside | colliery at Shamokin this afternoon William Jones | was killed and two other men were injured. John Fry, a fireman on the engine of a coal train, while leaning out of the window was knocked from the engine and struck against a wall at ire- mont and was severely injured, THE BANKRUPT LAW. Protest Against Its Repeal. ¥ Crnernnatt, Ohto, Dee. The Board of Trade to-day adopted a resolution, protesting against the repeal of the Bankrupt law, especially the involuntary clause, and recommend- ing amendments, reducing the expenses of en- forcing the law by reducing the fees of officals, and that section 39 bé amended to make the time 20 instead of 14 days, in reference to the suspension of commercial paper. A—Herald Branch Office, Brookty the foreign policy of the administration, It is generally understood that he evmouatiges more cortior Falton avenue and Boerum street. Open from 5 A.M, (09 P. } ‘ow sunday trom 3 ta9 A Me This Chapter is one of 36 lodges of Female Mason | in this State, and the ceremonies of last evening , patients at Rooms trance, Vesey street. Special Notice.—Cigars.—We Offer for 10 8 and 19 Astor House. Ladies’ ens (i is, MARSH. day”? our stock of CIGAR: Dy, & at prices less than styl®. railers will do well to calland avid tS 1D. HIRSCH & CO, “a Visiting Ca. eign Note Paper, at grams, &c. JAMES tblished Ls40, ~ it —— “fuss, Practi« Wigs, Toupees.mG. Ramen —* Twelfth street cal WIG AND TOUPER MAKE! near Broadway, New Yorke Mt Pam Widow Clicquot CHAMPAGNE. This tamous, wine in quarts and pints at CHARLES BELLOWS & © Beaver street. Wines.—All Goods Sold by Us Are Aby solutely pure, age alone governing the price. MUMM' CHAMPAGNES at $21, currency ; all others equally lows We are agents for the’ Pleasant Valley Wine Company, whose wines, either still or sparkling, are better t foreign wine. H. B. KIRK & CO.,'69 Fulton stre Established 1853, Ve. Clicquot Ponsardin CHAMPAGNE, Only one quality, at ACKER, MERRALL & CONDITS, Chainbers street and Forty-second street. NEW P LICATIONS. DMIRABLE BOOKS, in English and in foreign languages, very chea ~~ prices marked in figures, Examinatle APPLETON'S Antiquarian, 19 Third st., invited. CIRCULAR ON from a work on it Diseases, now in prey N. Wiiliamson, M. D., Lat edical College. It may be obfained 4) nm, With stamp, te 48 on the author, 137 Kast Seventeet OLIDAY BOOK: f ‘The best present for the New Year “ia a good Book, in fine binding.” The largest stock in the city. adh ar tt SJOUN PYNE ‘oo Nassaa street, near Aan. PPUE SCOTTISH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF 1) SINNC 'S. ad A Ol Ike xe SHOULD BE MEAD At ING SCOTTISH STORY, IT EVERY SCOTTISH FIRESIDE. IN AMBRIOA SALE BY NEWSDEALERS AND AT THE OFFICK, NO. 37 PARK ROW,