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Herald Special Report from Paris. A Financial Crisis able in Berlin. Prob- Heavy Commercial Failures Said to Have Occurred. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the ‘Henaxp has been received from our correspon- dent in the French capital: — Pant, Dec. 30, 1873. A fresh monetary crisis is apprehended in Berlin. There are rumors of the occurrence of heavy commercial failures. ACHEEN. Battle Between the Hollanders and the Natives— Severe Defeat ot the So'diers of the Sultan. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. PENANG, Dec. 30, 1873. There has been another engagement in Acheen between the Dutch troops and a large force of Acheenese, in which the latter were defeated with heavy losses in killed and wounded. ‘The loss of the former was moderate. ‘The health of the Dutch troops is good. " ENGLAND. American Stocks on ’Change—Quotations Based on the Calculation of the Dollar Value—Weather Report. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 30, 1873. United States five-twenty bonds, 1865's, old, 106; 1867's, 10634; ten-forties, 10334; new fives, 1033¢; Erie Railway shares, 41 a 4154. ‘The above prices are (quarter to three P. hi.) ‘based on the new method of reckoning the Ameri- _ Can dollar, which went into effect to-day. By this American funds are quoted at the rate of 4s, per dollar, not 4s. 6d., as heretofore. WEATHER REPORT, The weather throughout England to day is fair, THE VILLE DU HAVRE. Official Inquiry as to the Cause of the Dis- aster—Testimony of Officers of the Loch ' Earn—French Statements Required. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 80, 1873, Mr. Hamel, an official of the Board of Trade, ‘ opened the inquiry into the Ville du Havre disaster to-day, He stated that the object was to elicit facta; there was no desire to prefer criminal charges against any one. THE TESTIMONY. The second and third mates of the Lock Earn ‘Were the first witnesses examined. They testified that they did everything in their power to prevent ® collision, and described the efforts they made to a attract the attention of those on board the ‘steamer, ‘The hearing of their testimony as to the conduct Of the French officers after tne collision was post- poned, as the latter have not yet arrived here, and the owners of the steamer had no counsel present ‘0 represent them. Destitution of the Crew of the Loch Earn. ‘The English files of the 18th inst. state:— ‘The Board of Trade inquiry into the collision be- ween the Loch Earn and the Ville du Havre will ‘be held at Greenwich instead of at Plymouth, and ‘will in all probability be opened on the 30th inst. ral seamen, who stated that they belonged to Loch Earn, applied yesterday to Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police Court, for his assistance. They ‘Stated that they had Jost all their clothes except at they stood in. They wished to go to sea; and ¢ of them, who had shipped on board a vessel id received an advance note, was told that if he he would get three months’ imprisonment, eres they were detained to give evidence forthcoming inquiry about the collision. a, & summoning officer of the Court, in- the magistrate that the men were kept at Sailors’ Home, in Well street. Mr. Paget ob- se! that the applicants did not appear to be ‘Dadly off for clothes. He declined to interfere. CENTRAL ASIA. Bussian Treaty with the Khanate of Bokhara— Territorial Definition—The Abolition of Slavery and Freedom of Commerce. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. St. PETERSBURG, Dec. 80, 1873, The treaty between Russia and Bokhara is pub- It gives the Khivan territory on the right bank * of the Ama-Daria River to Bokhara, which Power in Teturn agrees to abolish slavery and establish ‘mutual trading facilities with Russta. DEATH OF MR. W. H. STEPHENS, ‘The sad: intelligence of the sudden death at sea of Mr. W. H. Stephens, a correspondent of the HERALD, On the 2th inst., reached us yesterday Morning. 1t appears that the steamer City of San ‘Antonie sailed from Key West on Christmas Day and ‘@xperienced a very rough passage. On the morn- ing of the 2th, at a quarter to nine o'clock, in Gatitude 37 deg. 19 min. north, longitude 74 deg. ‘38 min. west, Mr. Stephens went on the quarter deck and suddenly disappeared. It was instantly iscovered that he was overboard, and the cry “Man overboard!” brought all hands to the rescue. ‘Buoys were thrown to him, the ship was ‘hove to” Gnd a boat lowered in five minutes’ time; but ail in vain, ashe could not be seen after three min- tes had clapsed. When last seen he was floating Detween the two buoys, each apparently within haifa sbip’s length of him. A rising wave inter- cepted further sight of him, and when it fell he ‘Was gone. The ship put back, found the buoys Fight on her track, and, after 45 minutes’ fruitless ‘went forward on her regular course. Kr. Stephens was for several years a resident of Brooklyn, where his family still reside: LEOTUBE BY ELI PERKINS. m Alecture of two hours in length was delivered Masvevening before the Young Men's Christian as- @ociation by Eli Perkins, The name of the lecture “My Uncle Consider.’ The hall was half flied with an audience of both sexes, orn . has been delivered before, and therefore no extended notice. THE COAL TRADE ite of & Strike Among Anthracite Miners. PAILADELPHIA, Dec, 30, 1873. Meeting of the Committee from the Anthracite Of Trade and the Executive Committee of and Laborers’ Benevolent Union was fm this city to-day to arrange the basis of @r the ensuing year. The miners wished fates to remain as at present—namely, on the basis, The operators declined this offer, and id @ reduction, The whoie afternoon was th wy ied ad. session, When the mee onvene in Pottsville on the ert of to Kage aan td at Why the Spaniards Removed Burriel—General Jovellar’s Administrative Relations— What Is Said of Caleb Cushing. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Dec, 30, 1873. The home government relieved General Burriel of the command of the Eastern Department be- cause in @ proclamation issued last week he at- tacked the existing administration of Spain. He has been ordered to appear at Madrid to answer charges preferred against him in relation to this matter, JOVELLAR'S POWBR OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTION. Gaptain General Jovellar insists that the govern- ment shall accept his resignation unless he 1s granted in full the extraordinary powers enjoyed by lia predecessors. The government has con- ceded increased powers, but they are restricted by certain conditions. The Voz de Cuba suys the only reason Jovellar has not taken effective measures for the traquiliza- tion of the Istand was because he could not legally do 80. The Voz and the Diario declare that the conser- vatives favor the grant of extraordinary powers, for the only way to save Cuba to Spain is to de- clare martial law throughout the island, levy forced contributions and callout the militia to suppress the rebellion, The execution of the re- form laws must be postponed to @ more fitting op- portunity. THE UNITED 8TATES EMBASSY AND AMERICAN POL- ICY IN MADKID. The Voz, alluding to the change in the American Legation at Madrid, says the original appointment of General Sickles Was an act of courtesy, if not hostility, towards Spain, and showed a singular want ‘of consideration for her susceptibilities, Cushing is the antithesis of Sickles, and the change made cannot be regarded otherwise than as @ graceful tender of good will on the part of the government of the United States. Sefior Soler, the Colonial Minister, has made a speech at Matanzas, in which he sought to allay the fears in regard to the immediate abolition of slavery. His remarks gave much satisfaction to the owners of siave property. THE MISSING AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT. No tidings have been received of Mr. Ralph Keeler, the missing correspondent. AMUSEMENTS. “Much Ado About Nothing” in the Cause of Charity. Last evening the Academy of Music was filled with a highly respectable audience to see Shakes- peare’s comedy “Much Ado About Nothing” played by a company of philanthropic amateurs, The periormance was in aid of the funda of the Central Dispensary, an institution which has been of especial benefit to the sick poor, When ladies and gentlemen play out of charity it would be a long way out of charity to criticise, The amateur actors and actresses on such occasions move in an apologetic atmosphere which absorbs all their little shortcomings before they can be- come apparent to the cold eye of the critic. Everybody who makes up his mind to enjoy an amateur performance can succeed in passing a pleasant evening. Allit wants is good nature; and who would fail of that quality when he knows that every word uttered upon the boards isa dose of medicine for some poor individual, every simulated embrace a poor man’s plaster, every smile a box of pills, every frown an emetic for some unfortunate ? Viewing last night’s per- formance in this way, the result was that we dis- covered the Benedick to be a perfect drug store of merit. His scorn of womankind we looked on with aview to the amount of quassia and quinine it represented. His subsequent excess of love for Beatrice we recognized as an ocean of emollients and soothing syrups. Beatrice herself we looked on as gentle stimulants and tonics, and Hero, of sted the heroic treatment which all 1 receive for a twelvemonth to come at entrai Dispensary, on Eighth avenue, between ‘ifty-sixth streets, course, sug, the the Fiity-fifth and follows :— The cast was ag mn. Fon Glaudio, a Benedic! Leonato, Gove Antonio, his brother Balthazar, follower of Don Pedro. ; Gorachio, | followers of Don John { Dogberry, a constable. Verges, a constable Friar Francis Seacoal Oatcal Sextot Hero, | watchmen {: ra, Philips Beatrice, niece to Leonato. . Mrs, Pomeroy Crsula, { gentlewomen attending H . Mrs. Draper Margaret, on Hero . Miss Burt Taken altogether, the acting was very fair and the play ran ‘Smoothly, It would be invidious to particularize anybody out of me company, where all evinced such excellent intentions and so many were above the average of amateurs, Musical and Dramatic Notes. Edwin Booth is playing a fortnight’s engage- ment at the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia. Revivals, On & sumptuous scale, of ‘Central Park,” by Lester Wallack, and “Money,” by Bul- wer, are in active preparation at Wallack’s. Mr. Daly is said to be engaged on a local five act comedy, for the Fifth Avenue Theatre, satirizing the financial tactics of Wall street brokers. Itis not yet baptized. The Cuban insurrection is to have another drama. When “Humpty Dumpty Abroad’! ceases to pay at the Grand Opera House the spectacular and patriotic play will be given. A ship in full sail 1s promised among the accessories, ; M. Offenbach has given notice of action, with a claim of 20,000f, damages, against one of the Paris musical critics for having presumed to sug- gest that the composer’s music was deficient in elevation, particularly in his latest pleces. Mr. Offenbach thinks his music sufficiently high toned. Herr Bandmann, the tragedian, seems to treat dying people ina very wanton manner. He was cited before the Plymouth, England, magistrates for assaulting the first lady of the Plymouth Thea- tre Company. Miss Montaigne complained that when in the third act she did not sit down quickly enough, the tragedian pushed her violently on to the seat, and that afterwards, when she died in his arms, he pinched her badly im the side. The defence was “emotional acting.” Medical evidence of slight bruises was given. Mr. Otway, low come- dian, gave it as his epinton that too much emotion ‘was used, while Mr. Honeysett, another actor, said Herr Bandmani action was necessary to hide Miss Montaigne’s bad acting. The case, which lasted nearly three hours, was ultimately dis- missed. Ungentlemanly Ushers, NEw YoRK, Vec. 26, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— 1 wish to say @ few words through your columns in regard to what happened last evening (26t,) at Booth’s Theatre, and which reflects anything but credit on the management of that place of amuse- ment. In company with some friends | attended the theatre to witness the rformance of “Kit,’’ and on applying at the office for tickets was in- formed that there were plenty o/ seats to be had in the dress circle. On entering I found that this Was not the case, as that part of the house was crowded, eg iG es ere to obtain Roe 4 appealed to an usher, He advised me to go to the tucket office and have my checks transferred, in order to obtain balcony seats, which could be done by paying 60 cents extraon each ticket. I did ag directed, but on going to the baleony was refused seats (though there were many vacant) by a very impudent usher. It was useless to attempt any such thing as reasoning with him. A lady and gentleman standing near, who had been served the same mean trick, leit the bere in disgust. I may be wrong in putting the blame on the managers, but I certainly think it is their duty to provide ushers Who can, at least, use the seneuses of gen- tlemen (whether they be such or not), and demean themecives becomingly. Thanking you for the space allotted I am, &c., THEATRE GOER. A WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH. PROVIDENCE, R. I, Dec. 90, 1873, Mary Anne Bricard, an aged colored woman, was burned to deatn this evening in consequence of her clothes taking fire. HONORABLY AQQUITTED. To THe Eprron oF THR HaRaLp:— StR—The arrest of my son, David H. Knapp, as published in the papers of the 28th inst., was ad- vised by the officers at Police Hi juarters, After &@ careful gation by said ré he was ex- gperated Participation of the mal THE RAILROAD STRIKE. Abatement of the Difficulty om Most of the Disturbed Lines. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL FOREWARNED, The Trouble Abating—Passenger Trains Unimpeded. PirrssuRG, Dec, 30, 1873, The great interest manifested in the strike of the engineers and stokers las in some measure abated, owing to the fact that passenger trains Move with less interruption, and the current of freight trafic has been assuredly started again. The railroad offictals confidently express it as their conviction that the backbone of the strike has been broken, inasmuch as great numbers of new men are pouring into their service, and that every day fresh locomotives are started out. Doubtless this is true; but the strike has thrown out of em- ployment over 4,500 skilled mechanics, and an equal number of competent men to fill their vacant places cannot be secured tn a day or two. Evidently the intention of the railroad officials at the present time is only to keep the most neces- sary trains in motion, and in the end they hope to triumph over the strikers, which, no doubt, they will succeed in doing if an amicable arrangement is made with the Pennsylvania Central engineers that they shall be kept irom going out on strike. THE TRRMS OFFERED BY ENGINEERS. The Alleghany Valley Railroad engineers, whose wages are to be reduced 10 per cent, to go into effect Thursday, January 1, have made the iollow- ing propositions to the Someany. _ irst—They were willing to submit to the reduc- tion of 10 per cent, preston the company abolished Classes—that is, t e first class engineers would submit to the reduction, provided wat the reduc- tion be added to the wages of lower class of men, Second—They were Willing that the company should retain for the present a certain percentage of their wages, provided piedges were given that the amount will be paid hereafter. FOREWARNED AND FOREARMED. It is said the Pennsylvania road is making eee to avoid the embarrassment of the Travelling public, should the engineers of that road quit work when reduction takes place. New men applying for positions are told to hoid them- selves in readiness for any emergency that may arise. CONDITION OF THE BROTHERHOOD. It is learned that the Brotherhood of Engineers number 172 sub-divisions, with a total membership of over 9,500. Their finances were, at the date of the last annual report, in an excellent condition. Tae total receipts igs the year were $21,641 and the expenses nearly the same sum, a balance of $29,803 being in the treasury. Confidence of the Railroad Managers. PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 80, 1873. The Pennsylvania Railroad officials in this city do not apprehend any strike on the main line be- tween Pittsburg and Philadelphia, or on the Cam- den and Amboy division between Camden and Am- boy, or on the New York division between here and Jersey City. The order reducing wages does not gointo effect until Thursday, but the employés along the line of the road have all been informed ofthe reduction. The engineers on the main dl- vision are mostly men who have been for many years in the employ of the company, and from these no mutterings of discontent have been heard. There is also no possibility of trouble in the company’s shops at Philadelphia, Altoona or Pittaburg. ‘A HERALD reporter to-night had an interview with the principal officers of the Penngyivania road, and also with the division superintendents, who were called here for consultation, and learns trom them that there are no indications of a strike along the road. The employés, espectally the en- ineers and trainmen, have been expecting a re- juction of wages. They recognize the necessity of the present reduction and therefore will acquiesce in tt. The engineers belonging to the Brotherhood are strenuously opposed to a strike. There was a meeting of those opposed to the strike called at Altoona to-night, but despatches from that city state that but few were in attendance and that the general desire expressed was to conform to the new order of things. Trains All Right at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Dec, 30, 1873. An interview with the Grand Chief Engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers this afternoon developed nothing new in relation to the strike, All the trains on roads centring here were on time excepting the Lake Shore, which ‘was somewhat late, being overwhelmed with pas- sengers from New York and other Eastern points, as they took that line for Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and way points in preference to the roads under the control of the Pennsylvania Company, thus avoiding the delays and uncertainties that might arise by the strike of engineers on those lines, Mr. Wilson, Grand Uhief Engineer, says that the reported general strike is not kuown or believed at the headquarters of the Brotherhood, as none of the members had to his knowledge received notice of a reduction of wages on the 1st of January or at any other time. If the strike on the Pennsylvania roads continues the other trunk lines will undoubtediy reap a rich harvest from the increased trafic in passengers and, freight that will necessarily be thrown in their way by the present misunderstanding, A Strike Piedicted on the Lake Shore Road. CLEVELAND, Dec, 30, 1873, Railroad matters are quiet here. There are rumors that the engineers on the Lake Shore Rail- road will strike on Monday or Tuesday next, but no definite information can be obtained. ose who have the best means of knowing say that no strike is contemplated. The Pan Handle Line Settling to Work. CINCINNATI, Dec. 30, 1873. Superintendent Ellison, of tne Little Miami di- vision of the Pan Handle Railway, has secured the services of nine engineers of passenger trains, He needs four more. He has had hundreds of appli- cations since the strike. All the passenger trains except one accommodation left on time to-day. All will leave to-morrow, when the way ireight trains will commence moving also, One engineer, supposed to be a striker, took an engine out aud sufftred it to burn, apd was siacharged. Mr. Ellison has intelligence from Pittsburg that the strikers in that city have yielded to the com- pany’s terms. The striking engineers here refuse to compromise, ina great majority of cases, and say that they have means to hold out six months, and that the Brotherhood of Engineers will aid | them. The Strike Near Its End. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 30, 1878, The engineers’ strike continues without material change. One passenger train went out this morn- ing on the Pan Handle road and ane on the Jeffer- sonville road, and trains have arrived on both roads. The Vincennes road is running its passen; trains regularly. Rumors are still current of a general strike on all the roads, but seem to be without foundation. From present appearances the strike is nearly at an end. All Quiet on the Wabash. LaFayette, Ind., Dec, 30, 1873. Ali is quiet in railroad circles. There are no signs of a stwike on the Toledo, Wabasttand West- ern Railroad, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary. The Strike Continues in Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Dec. 30, 1873. All the striking engineers in this vicinity have refused to accept the offer of the Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Company, and none of them resumed work yesterday. At a meeting of the Brotherhood last night the au- thority of Grand Chief Engineer Wilson was dis- avowed, and the PA aig acts of v@lence by strik- ing engineers elsewhere were strongly condemned. No vidience whatever in this Vicinity has been re- ported, No Trouble on the I1inois Central. New Yor, Dec. 80, 1873, To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— You notice in your journal of Saturday that there was a strike on the Illinois Central Railroad, at Chicago, of the engineers and firemen, and no trains were going out over the road. I assure you such 18 not the case, as | was in Chicago Friday and Saturday, and no strike had taken place on the roa id ail trains Were running with their usual arity. JOHN J. SPROULL, General Agent. ERIE’S PAUPER EMPLOYES. Heartless Treatment of Poor Laborers— Where Is the Paymaster? The destitution almost inevitable among the Jamilies of the employés on the Erie Railway in Jersey City is attracting widespread attention, The fact that these poor men were not paid for the month of October the sth of the present k jhe HERALD. The men be remedica, but {t now appears that no remedy is to! be afforded. A large number of laborers in Jersey City have not yet been for the month ot November. What makes the griev- apce more intolerable is the fact that the bosses = are least affected) and a certain number of lavorite subordinates are paid early in the month, while poor Jack, the switchman, and Bill, the flag- man, and Ned, the lampman, are heartiessly ignored. There . never was an instance reviously in the management of the Erie ny where the men were compelled to Christmas Day without their wi for November. “Where ts the paymaster?”” ia the cry that goes up daily from many fathers whose families are in @ needy condition. A little humanity would dictate that the rman would be paid as soon, if not sooner, than the oficial who is in comfortabie circumstances. The em- ployés are in daily expectation of the official changes on the eastern division, which will relieve the road from its present embarrassed condition. The order of Vice President Clarke, announcing the official changes, is expected to-morrow. THE NEWARK “IRREGULARITIES.” A Warrant Issued for the Arrest of Com- missioner “Joc” Young—He Cails a Respectable Taxpayer “a Liar and a ‘wsolence of office’ which Shakespeare makes Hewlet refer to in the famous soliloquy, and which bas lately been indulged in towards citizens by Newark officials, is at last in a fair way to be properly rebuked, Last evening @ war- rant was issued by Justice Paulin for the arrest of a city oficial named Joseph ©. Young, who for years past, as chairman of the Street Opening Commission, has arranged matters, as is alleged, {2 @ manner that would do the most good for lis particular friends and the least good for the tax- payers at large. The warrant was issued on AN APPIDAVIT made by Mr. Joseph Cohen, a highly respectable and wealthy citizen of Newark, who, upon his oath, alleges that “on the 27th day of December, inst., deponent, while in the peaceful transaction of his business in a public piace, to wit, atthe City Hall, in said city of Newark, to wit, in room No, 9 of said building, and also in the public hall- way of said building, in the presence of divers good citizens of suid city, one Joseph C, Young, ‘hen and there being, did indulge in and utter LOUD, OFFENSIVE AND INDECENT LANGUAGE against and toward the deponent, and did address abd make audible offensive remarks »nd com- ments upon deponent, and did obstruct and inter- fere with deponent, who was then and there iawfully being in and upon said public place, as aforesaid, which said indecent and offensive language was, as bear as deponent can remember, a8 follows, that is to say, ‘You (mean- this deponent) are a thief;’ ‘you (meaning this deponent) are a liar ?: ‘you (meaning this de- ponent) are a nasty Jew,’ and which said obstruc- ion and interference as aforesaid, consisted of pose before this deponent in said public place an IN A THREATBNING MANNER menacing the body and person of this deponent, putting deponent in great bodily fear and disqblin, deponent’s attending his lawiul business in sat ublic place as aforcsatd.” It appears that on the day in question, last Sat- urday, Mr. Cohen called at the City Hall to arrange about a settlement of his assessment for Central Avenue square, which square has veen publicly de- nounced as an infamous municipal swindle. Some years ago a considerable tract ot land in Roseville ‘Was purchased for $8,500. Subsequently it was ie by ex-Alderman John H. Kase, a well known local financier and speculator, for a slight advance. Then Central avenue was ordered opened up, and several other streets. Lehto py wiki was cut up 80 that an almost worthless bit of marsh land was left on bis hands, By some ape tear guessed but not so easily explained, Mr. Kase prevailed upon the Common Council to purchase off his hands this bit of waste land. They paid him handsomely for it, giving him nearly $10,000 for it. It was transformed into a public park ata cost to the tax- ayers in the vieinity of about $15,000. One of the axpayers is Mr. Cohen. His share ia over $600. He is a member of the Citizens’ Committee of One Hundred and one of the sub-committee which set forth fully the misdoings of Mr. Young, showing how he had used his knowledge for pri- vate instead of public ends, & la Bumstead, in Jersey City. Hence when, on Saturday, Conen calied at Young’s office to see about paying his sbare of the alleged swindle, Young opéned on him as set forth in the affidavit. The warrant was placed last evening in the hands of a trusty con- stable, and was, probably, executed. The affidavit was made out and the wari issued under the “Corner Loafer act,” which makes ita criminal offeuce to scandalously abuse any person and threaten him in # public place, M'GOLDRIOK’S MYSTERIOUS DEATH. At a Jate hour last night the inquest in the case of Edward McGoldrick, who was found drowned 1n Newtown Creek on Sunday morning, December 14, and who was supposed to have been thrown over- board by Jobn Wilson, the captain of a stone barge, the night previous, was concluded, the jury bringing in the following verdict :—“We, the jury, find that Edward MoGoldrick came to his death by drowning, at the toot of box street, Newtown Creek, Brooklyn, December 14, 1873; and the jury are unable from the evidence to determine as to the cause of said drowning.” Wilson, who has been in custody since the 138th inst., and who posi- tively asserts ignorance of the manner in which McGoldrick came to his death, was thereupon dis- charged. EXECUTION OF MAILMAN, THE MUZDERER LUNENBURG, N. 8., Dec. 30, 1873. Peter Mailman was hanged this morning, for the murder of his wife, in the presence of 3,000 people. There was great excitement among the spec- tators, who thronged the approach to the place of execution. After service and prayerin the prisoner's cell the doomed man, accompanied by the Sheriff and clergymen of the Church of England and Wesleyan and Presbyterian churches, walked to the scaffold, and ascended with a firm step, without assistance. He was very calm, never changing color or movinj @ muscle while his arms were bein piniones When asked if he had anything to say, he replied, “No,” that he wished to keep his mind FIXED ON HEAVEN. He then handed Rev. Dr. Owen a confession of his crime, which was read. After a short praver by Mr. Owen the black cap was drawn over Mail- man’s face and in a few moments later he was LAUNCHED INTO ETERNITY. Before leaving his cell Mailman acknowled that he had committed a great sin before God, that he repented and was realy to lay down his life. ALBANY, Deo, 80, 1873. Several months since the counsel of Thomas ©. Field, ex-Assemblyman and one of the New York Ring, appealed to the Court of Appeals from a judgment obtained in favor of the people against him for $663,651 80. This appeal proved to be ir- reguiar, and the case and exceptions were filed here in the County Clerk’s office to-day on an ap- peal to the General Term of the Supreme Court tor this department. THE WASHINGTON BARROOM TRAGEDY, WasHINaTON, Dec. 30, 1873. Heil, who last night accidentally shot and killed his wife in attempting to defend her from the as- saults of three ruffians, was to-day discharged trom custody. The ruMans who assaulted Mrs. Heil were committed to await the action of the Grand Jury. THE TEXAS PACIFIO RAILROAD, MARSHALL, Dec. 30, 1873, The Texas Pacific Railroad was completed to Texarcana, the proposed jnnction with the Fulton and Cairo Railroad, yesterday, and regular trains will commence running at once. THE WESTOHESTER FIRE BATTALION, ‘Tho Fire Commissioners have issued their instrac- tions in regard tothe Tenth battalion, organized for the annexed district. The battalion will be mounted and their headquarters will be at the en- gine house on Third avenue, between 146th and 148th streets, It will consist of the following com- panies:—Two engine companies (equipped with steam fire engines and tenders and drawn by two horses) numbered respectively 41 and 42, and manned by one assistant foreman, one engineer of steamer, two firemen and eight hosemen; four engine compantes {equipped with chemical fire engines and tenders and drawn ne tWo horses) numbered respectively 1, 2,3 and 4, and manned by one assistant foreman, two fremen and five nosemen; and two hook and ladder companies. numbered respectively 17 and 18, and manned ae assistant foreman, two firemen and nine | jermen. Sir Charles Hartley, an eminent English en- gineer, visited the public works of this city yes- terday, under the guidance of Commissioner Van Nort and Mr. Tracy, of the Croton Water Depart- ment. The reservoirs in the Park were visited, and the works at High Bridge. The plans for the lem River and the harbor uch interest by the distin- has ol ‘of the improve. ube, Av parting MEXICO. Herald Special Report from the Mexican Capital. Relations of State Towards the Guatemalan Republic. MISSION OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, TELEGRAM 10 THE WEW YORK HERALD. The following special despatch to the Heraup has been received from our correspon- dent in Mexico City by way of Matamoras:— » Martamonas, Dec. 30, 1873. A Hexarp special despatch from Mexico City, under date of the 29th inst., has been re- ceived here. The correspondent gest follows: — DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO THE GUATEMALAN REPUBLIC. The Mexican newspapers publish the fact that the Guatemalan Legation has retired from the national Mexican capital for the reason of no Mexican Minister having been accredited to Guatemala. CHURCH MISSIONARY PROGRESS. The first Methodist church has been opened in Mexico City. VACATION OF OFFICE. The Attorney General, Leon Guzman, has resigned office. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. Congress is in session, Everything goes on peaceably. NEW MEXICO, Troubles Between Americans and Mexi- cans—Nine Persons Reported Shot at a Dance—Snow and Cold. Santa Fe, Dec. 30, 1873, Reliable reports have just reached here that the trouble in Lincoln county, in this Territory, be- tween rican and Mexicans is daily growing more serious. Since the last report, on the 10th inst., six or seven more persons have been killed. It seems that the friends of the Americans pre- viously killed went to the Lincoln Plaza last Sat- urday, where @ dance was in progress, and trouble arose between the Americans and Mexicans which finally culminated fatally, as above stated. Some reports say that eight men and one woman were shot; other reports give the number as six men and one woman. Intense excitement prevails, and it is feared that more bloodshed will follow. The weather here is unusually cold, with con- siderable snow, which gives promise of more water next season, and consequently better crops. ARMY INTELLIGENCE, Recruiting Orders. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 1878, Captain Robert McClermont, of the Eleventh in- fantry, and Captain George B. Hoge, of the Twelfth infantry, have resigned. The Superintendent of the General Recruiting Service has been directed to send 100 recruits to Atlanta for the Second infantry ;21 to Fort Porter, Buffalo; 19 to Madison Barracks, New York, and 60 to Fort Wayne, Mich., for companies of the First infantry at these posts. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Reported Official Changes. WASHINGTON, Dec. 39, 1873, Chief Engineer A. J. Kiersted 1s ordered to duty in charge of engineers’ stores at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Master W. F. Buckley is detached trom the Terror and placed on waiting orders; Chief Engineer H. Newell is detached from duty in charge of stores in the engineers’ department at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Chief Engineer Jo- weph Friliey is detached from recruiting duty at Chicago, Il, and placed on waiting orders; First Assistant Engineer Albert Aston is detached from recruiting duty at Detroit, Mich., and ordered to resume his duties connected with stcam boilers at Washington, D. C.;-Second Assistant Engineer L. R. Harvey is detached from recruiting duty at Bur- lington, Vt., and ordered to the Boston Navy Yard. THE CORNELL INVESTIGATION, : ALBANY, Dec. 30, 1873. Comptroller Hopkins was examined to-day in the matter of the Cornell investigation, before Jobn D. Van Buren, one of the Commissioners, as to the bill No. 619, which Mr. Cornell had said was introduced in the Legislature at bis (Mr. Hopkins’) suggestion. He testified that Mr. Cornell had brought tbe bill to show to him, but that he never suggested any such bill. On the contrary, he was opposed to it. Mr. Cornell came to him a longtime before the bill was introduced and wanted to Cg the securities in the Comptroller's ouice, to which he (Mr. Hopkins) objected. tet the examination Colonel Van Buren Stated that Governor Seymour, Mr. Wheeler aud himself looked upon the second centract made by Mr. Cornell as more improvident than the firs asit gave the contractors the choice of the mos' valuable land and allowed them to cut timber, without having a dollar invested, whereas by the first contract they had to pay for every stick of timber before it was cut, In addition to this Mr. Cornell assumed all the expenses of the examina- tion of the land after the contractors had made tt, and even retunded the amount the contractors had avara for that purpose, ir. Cornell, in the course of his explanation, said he considered the second contract most ad- vantageous to the University, and further statea that he entered into this operation with the full conviction that he would make $2,000,000 over and above all expenses, and he was entirely satisfied he would accomplish all he intended to do. The taking of testimony was concluded, and the summing up Will take place in New York at an early day. A OHARGED WITH INOENDIARISM. A fire broke out yesterday morning at No. 66 East Twelfth street, that caused a damage of about $200, The room in which the fire broke out was occupied by Drostel & Matienges as a tailor’s shop, and in the one immediately in the rear of it slept two women and a child, whose lives were placed in imminent danger. When the news of the fire reached Fire Marshal Sheldon he immediately went to the place, and, after & carefui exami- nation, arrived at the conclusion that the owners of the business carried on there should know something of the cause of the fire. He sent his officers Miller and Retnish, for the part- ners yesterday afternoon, and took their testimony as to how the flames caught and the amount of propery, in the shop. They swore to havin; about $3,200 worth of goods, and to being insure: in the German Insurance Company for $3,000, Mr. Sheldon then took them to the shop and asked them toaccount for the kerosene oil, matches and train of candle grease found connected with the goods, They were completely staggered at this, but offered no explanation of it. both were then ar- rested on a charge of arson in the first degree and locked up, The fire was discovered by one of the women in the back room, and but for her timely waking both women and the baby would certainly have been burned to death. The rooms were oaly divided by folding yo and the woman who had | the child slept close beside them. An examination of the prisoners will be held at court this morning. | | THE EASTERN RAILWAY DISASTER, Liberal Distribution of Blame by the Coroner’s Jury. Bipperorp, Me., Dec, 30, 1873. The coroner's jury on the recent Eastern Ratl- road collision have rendered a verdict charging that the accident was owing ‘to the incompetency and negligence of Mr. Wing, the despatcher; the gross error in judgment of Mr. White, the Ken. ’ Britain, illustrati Re; nebunk operator, and the culpable recklessness of Pettie, the conductor, and Morrison, the engineer of the down freight train. A GIFT FROM THE KAISER. Bronze Cannon to Become Charch Bells. Balrmors, Md., Dec, 30, 1873, bronze French rifled pieces of ordnance—s the rot of Germany to St. o an Congre or Bal- PORTLAND, Dec, 30, 1873, A petition will go to Wasnington this evening, signed by the wholesale merohanta in every of trade in this city, provesting against the re) of the Bankrupt law and ‘arging tts amendment, . Dosvgue, lowa, Dec, 80, 1878, Petitions against the repeal of the Bankrupt ace are in circulation here, MAILS FOR EUROPE, The steamship Minnesota will leave this por®.. on Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe wiil close at the Post Ofic@: at half-past eleven o’clock A, M. 4 Tae New York Heratn—dition for Furope— will be ready at half-past nine o’clock tn the morte ing. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, cents. si Died. BURNS,—At 624 Fifth avenue, Sonth Brooklyn, om! Tuesday, December 30, 1873, of dij ntheria, PAULINE. AGNES, youngest daughter of Hugh and Maria. - Burns, aged | year, 10 months and 11 days. The tuneral will take place from her father'a: residence on Thursday, January 1, 1874, at two P. M, DreckMANN.—On Tuesday night, December 20, Apptk, daughter of Frederick W. and E.R, Diecke mann, aged 6 years and 8 months. Notice of funeral hereafter. (For Other Deaths See Triumph of the Knabe Pi: What the Stars of the opera think abou Wituaw Kwank & Co., 112 Fifth avenue: nn the eve of my departure from this city retrain trom expressing to you the satisiactiom: re I uave experienced in the use of the: & PIANOS, now at my residence. Since my arri-! val in this country and during my stay here [have ha “in constant use both ee and uprigh¢ piano your manufacture, and aa wi must compliment you, . el as words will admit, upon the supreme excelience iy their to uulities and mechanism, and: in. transmittin; his unsolicited endorsement of the pianos trom your lishment I beg to reiterate the praise and sentl~ of @ vast number of musical friends, who have om! many occasions teated the instruments now in session, PAULINE LUCCA. Messrs, Wint1am Kxane & Co., New York :— Permit me to thank you for the pleasure and. enjors ment afforded me by the really excellent KN. PIANO, which T have used constantly since my arrival. in this city, and which has become to me an inseparable: Companion im the fleld of art. tis brilluancy and equalt of tone and its rare singing power make it a source delight to any lyric artist and @ faithful interpreter the great works of the operatic stage. As auch I have: found it, and cannot leave this city without expressing, my adroiration for the skill, industry and experiences taste s9 eminently combined in all the qualities of the: KNABE PIANO, ILMA DI MURSKA, Messrs. Wiutiam Kxapx & Co., No. 112 Fifth avenue :— Since my arrival in this country I have had your beauuful PIANOFORTES in constent use, matter of justice to yourselves cannot refrain fro ie ae ex” pressing to you my unqualified admiration at the g Sdvaneement you have created in your art, and mus \ had occasion to test most celebrated makes of Old as well as New World, I found none which combine all the requisite qualities of a pertect piano to such a1 eminent degree and which have given me such thoroug! bh my es I . TAMBERLIK, confess that during ae artistic career, in which ° your make. Wit satisfaction ed suecoas, your contin A.—Espenscheid’s Festival Hat, for the new ear. ready for inspection and sale at 118 Nag. sau stree! 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