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Wild ta be antaxtain ENGLAND. ‘The East Coast Swept by » Severe Storm—Fatal Casualties. Lowpon, Noy, 29, 1874, 4 storm of great violence prevailed to-day on the east coast o: Scotiand and England, The bark Veteran was driven ashore of Fraser- ‘burg apd became @ total wreck. Eleven of her “crew were drowned. Many other casualties are reported, with beavy “fous of life. FRANCE, The Radicals Carry Paris. PARIS, Nov, 29, 1874. ‘The municipal elections were held tn this city to day, with the following resuit:— Radical candifates elected Moderate republicans... Conservatives... ree Second ballots will be required in six district: M. ROUHER IN TROUBLE IN COURT. M. Rouber appeared before the Judge of Instruc- tion on Saturday and was examined for several hours in regard to his alleged connection with the illegal Bonapartist Committee of Appeal to the People. SPAIN. Serrano To Take the Field in the North—The National Army Large and Well Equipped. MADRID, Noy. 29, 1874, ‘President Serrano will leave for the North this week, when vigorous operations are anticipated, THE ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, It is said that the army now numbers 200,000 men, fully armed, and there are 40,000 more who ‘@re waiting for arms, which have been ordered from the United States. THE CHURCH IN GERMANY. “Old Catholics’ Celebration of the Sacrifice of the Mass. BERLIN, Nov. 29, 1874. Mass was celebrated to-day for the first time in ‘this city bya priest of the “Old Catholic” Chureh, The congregation numbered avout 300, of whom ‘wwenty received communion, MANNING ON INFALLIBILITY. Catholics Who Deny the Dogma Placed Outside the Church, Lonpon, Nov. 30—5:30 A. M. A circular letter from Archbishop Manning was Tread jin all the Catholic churches of the diocese yesterday, deciaring that all persons who do not accept the dogma of Papal infallibility cease to be ‘Catholics. COUNT VON ARNIM’S CASE. Lonpon, Nov. 30—6:30 A. M. A despatch from Berlin. to the Standard says ‘editor Zehliches, on his judicial examination last Week, fully substantiated his statements concern- ing Count Von Arnim’s propositions to the Spener ‘Gazette, DISRAELI. The English Premier Confined to His Home by Tilness. Lonpon, Nov, 29, 1874. The Observer says Mr. Disracil ts inatsposed, Although his filness {s not believed to be serious 1% prevents him from leaving town, and he is un- @ble to attend to business, THE NORTH POLE. The Command of the English Exploring Expe- dition Still Vacant, LonDoy, Nov. 30, 1874. In oficial quarters iv ts stated that the com- mand of the new Polar expedition 1s still vacant. The report that Commander Markham had been @ppointed is denied. BRAZIL, Catholic Crusade in Defence of the Clergy—Pro- vincial Disturbancss—A Cry Against Freemasonry, Rio JANEImo, Novy. 28, 1874. _ The religious excitement, growing out of tho conflict between the Catholic clergy and the civil g@uthorities, bas culminated in serious disturp- ances in the provinces of Pernambuco and Para- Ripa, DEFENCE OF THE CHURCH AND ASSAULT ON FREE- MASONRY. The sympathizers with the Bishops of Para and Pernambuco, who were recently sentenced for Violation of the laws of the Empire, have made riotous demonstrations, Their cry is “Down with the Masons!” and they have attacked several Ma- sonic lodges and bid defiance to the local authori- ties. GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST THE OUTBREAK. Troops and sbips have been despatched to the Gisturbed districts irom Pernambuco, sabia aod this city. THE DOMINION, Project of a Railroad from Red River to the Pacific Coast, Orrawa, Canada, Nov, 29, 1874, Notice 1s given in the Oficial Gazette that appll- cation will be made at the next session of the Do- Minton Pariiament for an act to incorporate a Tailway company, with full powers to construct, own and operate a line 0} railway from Red River, in the Province of Mantioba, to some point in British Columbia, on the Pacific coast. BELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN PRISONS, Legal Decision that it is o Constitu- tionst Right—It is Granted in the Western House of Refuge. Rocuester, Ni. Y,, Nov. 29, 1974. ‘The Board of Managers of the Western House of Reiuge adopted yesterday by u vote of 11 wo%Aa resolution granting ircedom of religious proies- sion and worstip to Catholic boys confined tnere- 4n—the Board to appoint a Catholic chaplain for them. The report of the special committee upon ‘Which this action is based, contains a legal opinion from Hon. Henry R, Selden, in which he afirms such freedom as a constitutional right. He holds that the religious freedom guaranteed by section 8, Of article 1 of the Siate constitution, 13 not forfeited by conviction of crime; that no at tendance upon religious services or any religious observances can properly ve required from any prisoner in contravention of the religious senti- ment entertained by him, and that any prisoner possessed of such mental capacity as to havea Pitan) ut Ray La) we Wels of his religious J ntitied t tution t have that choice respected. sii naa: 7 . THE LOSS OF SLAVE PROPERTY, Ex-Senator kulee, of Florida, Bringing Claims Against Congress. SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov, 29, 1874, Ex-Senator Yulee, of Floriaa, writes here, say- {ng:—"The statement now going the rounds of the press to the effect that! um engaged in buy- ing Up slave claims, in hopes that Congress will nitimately ¥ for the emancipated negroes, is avsardly ii He says the loss of slave prop: erty 18 one of the irremediabie losses of the war, and the idea of any possible reclamation 1s too ad he ANY BANA Man, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 340, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. KING DAVID LANDED. The Hawaiian Monarch Touches the Soil of the Republic. HONORS TO THE SANDWICH KING. . A Visit to President Grant, but No Negotiating. San FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 29, 1874, About six thousand people witnessed the de- barkation of the King of Hawail to-day. The fags of the shipping and of most of the public offices were displayed. CITIZEN GREETING ON THE FREE SOIL. King Kalakaua was brought from the Benicia in the commander's steam yacnt, on the arrival of which at the Broadway whari salutes were fired by the war vessels Saranac, Benicia and Portsmouth and by the City Guard at the pier. Considerable enthusiasm prevailed, and a grand Tush was made to get a glimpse ol the King, who, with Mayor Otis and other dignitaries, proceeded in a carriage this morning to tne Grand Hotel, fol- lowed by an immense throng, which rendered it dificult for the military escort and carriage occnu- pied py the King and suite to pick their way through them. NATIONAL AMERICAN HONORS, Salutes were fired from the fort and from the United States steamers Benicia, Saranac and Portsmouth. A large number of people flocked to the city from an early hour this morning to wit- ness the landing of the royal visitor. THE MUNICIPALITY ABSENT, The military escort was ordered by Governor Booth and commanded by Colonel W, H. L. Barnes, tion of the royal party. HIS MAJESTY’S DRESS AND DEMEANOR. costume denoting royalty. He seemed the most indifferent of the assembled thousands, HIS GOVERNORS AND MINISTER, The King 1s accompanied by two of his Governors and Minister Henry A. Pierce, The royal party have apartments at the Grand Hotel. The party will remain here afew days, when they will proceed to Washington, after which they intend to visit the principal eastern cities, It is not exactly known when he will take his departure for Washington, A VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT, BUT NO TREATY MAKING. The King says he is merely on a visit to the President, and willtake no partin the negotiar. tions for @ reciprocity treaty, BLOODY RIOT. Italian Miners Make an Armed Attack on Rival Workmen—Sanguine Defeat of the For- eigners—The Wounded and Dead. PrrrsBuRG, Pa., Nov. 29, 1874. A despatch from Shaners, Pa., gives the follow- ng particulars of a riot near that village to-day :— WOMEN AND CHILDREN DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES. This morning about twenty-five armed [taltan miners crossed the river trom Armstrong's, and, conducting themselves in a riotous manner, drove the women and children from their houses, THE ATTACK REPULSED. They were promptly expelled by a force of citi- zens and driven across the river. Subsequently, about four o’clock, a body of some seventy-five men crossed the river irom Buena Vista, formed in line above the coal works, where the Italians exchanges of shots, lasting about three-quarters ofan bour, the Italians displayed a white fag, when firing ceased, and they promised to leave the placé to-morrow. KILLED AND WOUNDED. Four Italians are known to be killed and a num- ber severely wounded, while the citizens escaped entirely unburt, THE POPULACE INCENSED. Large numbers of citizens are coming into the Village offering aid to repel attacks of the foreign- ers. The Sheriff of Westmoreland county, with a squad of police, is on band, and will, it 18 believed, prevent further outbreaks, MISSOUBI OFFICIAL RETURNS, St, Louis, Mo., Nov. 29, 1874. The oMcial count of the vote on the State ticket gives Hardin (democrat) for Governor 37,462 ma- Jority. The vote on the Constitutional Convention, with three counties to hear from, gives 1,108 majority Jor the Convention. It is not unlikely, however, that this may be swept away; stil the Convention may carry by a Jew hundreu, FUNERAL OF 8. 0, CAMPBELL, Impressive Honors to the Dead Singer. CHICAGO, Nov. 29, 1874, The funeral services over the remains of 8, Campbell, who was recently with the Kellugs Eng ish Opera Troupe, took place in the Church of the Epiphany, in this city, to-day. There wasa large attendance, the presence of numerous representatives of the dramatic and musical pro- fJessions being especially noticeable. Dr. Stocking conducted the services, Instead ola sermon he read @ series of resolutions from the English opera truupe, which were full of expres- sions of respect and tenderness tor the deceased. The floral decorations were very elaborate and Seguin, Richard Hooley, Harry Peakes, Wiiliain Castie, Frauk Wentworth and Charles Gillespie. The remains were conveyed to Graceland Ceme- tery. SNOW STORM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, Fog and Storm on the Hudson. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1874. A dense fog prevailed along the Hudson Jast night, ending with a heavy northeast storm, which lasted five hours, followed by clearing weather. All the night steamers were irom seven to eight hours behind time, Rain, Hail and Snow in Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 1874, In this city there has been a heavy rain storm this morning, continuing from four till seven o'clock, accompanied by hail and a alight fall of snow. Snow In Cleveland, CLEVELAND, Ohto, Nov. 20, 1874, © Snow, to the depth of nine inches, tell here yes- terday and last nignt. LAKE DISASTERS, CLEVELAND, Onto, Nov. 29, 1874, The schooner Light Guard, owned and com- Manded by Captain McCormick, of Milwaukee, Jaden with wheat, from Chicago to Oswego, went ashore last night, east of the piers, at this point, The crew got ashore safely. The vessel lies ina | good position, and, unless the wind increases, can be got off with but little damage, The vessel and cargo are insured, The schooner J. N. Foster, owned in this city, 1s ashore at Ashtabula Harbor. The crew are sate. The schooner Thomas Gabin, Captain Wailace, laden with iron Ove, attempted to enter this port | to-night, but missed the entrance to the harbor and was obliged to let go her anchors to save ner- self irom going ashore. She is now riding at anchor a short distance west of the piers and will probably ve" brought in to-morrow morning with- out damage. OATHOLIO OHUROH DEDICATION, Boston, Mass., Nov. 29, 1874, * The St. Mary’s Catholic church in Bangor, Me., was dedicated to-day. FALL OF A CHURCH SPIRE, Boston, Nov, 20, 1874, At Fali River, this morning, during a heavy squail, about fiteen feet of the spire of the new Episcopal church, with a heavy won cross and two large stoves, Was blown of into the street. The city authorities took no part in the recep- | The King was Gressed plainly, nothing in his | The Rev, | costly, the most beautiful of them being a large | bank of roses jorwarded by the Bnglish | opera troupe, who are now in UCin- cinnatl, The ali-bearers were Edward WASHIIIGTON . WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 1874 $2,500,000 of Gold to Be Sold in Decem=- ber. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has directed the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell $500,000 of gold on each Thursday during the month of De- cember. The aggregate amount to be sold is $2,500,000, The Appropriations for the New Fiscal Year. A member of the House Committee on Appro- Priations says that at least five of tne principal Appropriation bills will be ready for reporting to Congress on the first day of the sessiou, and that nearly all the others are in a state of torwardness, Nothing will be done, at present, with the Sundry Civil, the Deficiency, and the River and Harbor bilis, The last named will frat be considered by the Committee on Commerce, and then pass the review of the Committee on Appropriations, As heretofore stated, the Indian Appropriation bill Will be legs by $250,000 than it was last year, owing | to the expiration of treaties; but the aggregate amount of appropriations will be about the same as for the fiscal year ending with June next. The navy, the mefnber says, is in a better condt- tion than is generally supposed, the appropria- tion last year having enabied the Secretary of the | Navy to place it in a condition of eMiciency, when | | tt was supposed there might be difficulties with | | Spain, | Spanish Denial of the Alleged I1l-Treat- ment of Dockeray in Spain. The Secretary of state has received a telegraphic communication from our Minister in Madrid en- tirely contradicung the reporta in regard to the ill-treatment of Déckeray, who was recently sent | to Spain from Cuba. 1t appears, on the contrary, that his accommodations at Santander have been the best possibie, and, jar (rom being subject to strict confinement, he has been allowed to walk | about the city with freedom, though subject to | Police inspection, He has been carefully provided for as to board and clothing, and was about to be removed to Valencia, the vest conducted prison in Spain, ©The Yearly Report of the Signal sere vice Chief—Effeciency of the System. | The chiet signal oficer 1n bis report to the Sec- | retary of War, says:—''The duties of the omce in | had relations to occurrences of unasual interest, | | As in the preceding years, the regular or dally ree | with regularity, ior the benefit of tne existing on the great rivers, and have enabled the commercial populations to regulate intelli- | gently the movement of the river shipping. The | data had at this office. though meagre, suffice ta | likely to happen, and enable uselul warnings to be given of coming foods, ice floods and sudden | and great rises or fails oi the river levels. the Mississippi Valley of the great Moods occur- ring in the months of last spring, and during the continuance of them special river reports exhib- ited daily, with aufictent accuracy, tue coming rises or falls. The Life-Saving Marine Service. The reports of the Revenue Marine Bureau exhibit satisiactory accounts concerning the man- agement of the Iife-saving stations on the sea coasts. Within the last year only two deaths oc- ing of the vessel and falling masts. A large nom- ber of life-saving stations are to be established on the lakes, preliminary arrangements having been Made for that purpose. Return of the American Delegate to the Postal Congress—His Mission a Com- plete Success. Mr. Blackian, Superintendent of the Foreign were quartered, and opened fire on then. Alter | Mail Bureau of the Post Umice Department, who | has just returned {rom Switzerland, speaks in en- | thusiastic terms of tne success of his mission to | the Postal Congress, He accomplished all that he desired in relation toa unifurm ocean posiage. The maximem rite of charge wiil be six cents be- | tween the United States und the other countries, Parties to the Convention, which rate will go into effecton the isto! July, 1875. Mr. Blackfan says that but one rate will be charged on letters to and | from Calitornia, regardiess 01 distance, j Popular Suffrage Not To Be Restored in the District of Columbia. Notwithstanding the efforts of a comparatively small numver of citizens to restore suffrage to the District of Columoia, the opinion prevails among those who have given much attention to the sub-* Ject that Congress will adopt the recommendations of the special committee against the restoration | of the ballot, the comm:tree being composed of an equal number of members of both political parties, whose report, it ts said, will be unanimous, The Attorney General of Louisiana Ar- rived, A. P. Fiela, Attorney General of Louisiana, ar- ‘rived here to-day. It is said that his object is to obtain from Congress the passage of a joint reso- lution for reorganizing the Kellogg government. The Report of the Postmaster General— Increase in the Expenses ot His De- partment, The Postmaster General has rendered a report | Of the work aud condition of the Post Ofllce De- | partment. He says:— The ordinary revenues of this department during tho year ending June su, 1874, were $24,596,503 84, and. the expenditures of all kinds $32,126414'54" For the fiscal from | year enied June 0, 197%, “the ihe same sources were $22,928,157 5 the | eXpenditures of all kinds $29,081,045 For the | just fiscal year there se of rey- J in | enue, exclusive of sevenne trom the money order | business and from official stimps, of $1674.411 27, of | 7.30 ie nt, and an increase of expenditures of $3,041,488 91, Or 1.457 per cent. A comparison of the fiscal year 1373-4 with 1871-2 shows an increase in reye- nue, exclusive of revenue trom the money order busi- ness and trom official stamps, of $3,130,576 24, or 14.58 per cent, and in expenditures of $5,468,222 27, or 20.51 per } t. estimated expenditures for the year ending June 80, 1876, are $36,904, ‘The total estimated revenue tor the year ending June 30, 1976, is $29. ficiency t Of $7,815.87! .148, 156, leaving a de- @ appropriated out of the general treasury 815,878, ‘The foregoing estimates do not include spectal appro- | age) to be made out of the general treasury amuunt- | ng to $2,088,500, | The ‘nutaber of ordinary adhesive postage Year stamps issued during 2, 733,420, representing, Staniped envelopes, plau Stamped envelopes, request, Rewspaner wrappers ordinar: Postal cards, 91,079 Odlcial postige stamps Sh, 0 stamped envelopes and wrapper: 12,900,300... oe yale The whole number of postage stamps stamped envelopes, bad wrap- Persand postal cards was 15,451,306, of he value ot..... 6 23,837, 526 62 The increase in the issue of ordinary’ postage stamps was 3.55 per cent; of stamped envelopes, plain, 11.92 per cent; of stamped envelopes, request, 12.24 per cent; of | Newspaper wrappers, 66.86 per cent; of postal cards, 192..1 per cent—an average increase of 8.17 per cent. The number ot dead letters received was 4,601,773, rep- | resenting # nominal or actual value of $4,637,429. ‘Nun ber of letters delivered, 1,392,245, representing $3,909,868 number which, containing circulars, or, tathng in déliv- ery and being worthless, were destroyed, 2,622 19, Th Dumber of applications tor dead letters’ Was 6420 In 2.140 of these cuses the letters were found and properly delivered, ihere were in the service of the department on the | S0th of June, 1874, 6,23: contractors for the transporta- | tion of the matis on public rowies. There was an in- | 2,887 miles, and) in annaal transportation of | 8,717,826 miles, and in cost of $1,765,716. Adding the in- crease over the preceding your’ in length of rouces of Greased cost of railway post vilice cierks, route, jovial and other agents, $286,535, the total tncrease in cost was $4,055.01, The railroad routes have been tucreased In Jength 7 miles, and in cost $1,392,467, avainst an in- | crease, ear of 6,546 iniles in length and $754,425 in | cost | Thi ihsproportionate Increase in cost Is owing to e ° w ct of - | proved Haren ee ee } The Forthcoming Government Reports, All the reports of the heads of departments, with | the exception of those of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy and of the Attorney General, are in the hands of the Public Printer. The Jast named usually makes nis report | in January, but this year it will be transmitted to Congress early in December. The Secretary of the | Treasury Will supply the press by sending printed | copies of his report to tne principal cities in ad- vance of its delivery to Congress; but not to be given ont until it shall have been communicated to that body. The President’s Message will be telegraphed hence, as heretofore, to the press. KNIGH?’S ORIMES. — | PORTLAND, M6., Nov: 20, 1874. | It is now said that Knight, the defauiter who dis- appeared from Bethel a week or two ago with $3,000 the as, «$17,275,242 00 1,927,952 30 1,733,758 40 | 220,02 | So ather damage ls reported, belonging to his creditors, also forged the name | of GUAR ChADMAR bo @ ROLE for $3,000, | | As an | instance, a fair premonition was bad throughout | Was elected a member of the Pennsylvanta Assem- | | curred, and these were occasioned by the careen- | | active | Many religious and classical works, PENNSYLVANIA SENATORSHIP. The Railroad Inte Candidate—Jere- miah 8, B: ik Willing. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1874. William A. Wallace, for some time Vice President of the Texas Pacific Railroaé Company and State Senator in the Pennsylvania Logisiature, is urged by the railroad interests of Pennsylvania aa the successor of Senator Scott. It 18 said that Senator Cameron favors his elec- tion on the ground that he would be most useiul to the railroad combinations m the Senate, and the fact that he is a democrat does nox lessen the Senator’s zeal in his benalf, Judge Black has written a letter to one of his Political friends, in which he states that, while he will not personally solicit support for election to the Senate, he would accept the honor and leel bignly complimentea, THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS AT NEW ORLEANS, NeW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 29, 1874. Sir Knights are arriving by every train. The Jocal commanderies, with bands of masic, meet them atthe ditterent depots and escorts them to their headquarters, LARGE OOAL SUPPLY. OINcINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 29, 1874. The present rise in the rivers will bring down from Pittsburg, the Kanawha River and potnts on the Upper Ouio nearly 9,000,000 bushels of coal, of which over 5,001 e138 will stop here, ANOTHER KEROSENE FATALITY, PROVIDENCE, R. 1., NOv. 29, 1874, Eliza A. Cranston, wife of Jackson Cranston, re- cently from Boston, was burned to death early this morning, her husband being at the time stu- pidiy drunk In bed, Mrs. Cranston was partially Utoxicated and upset a table with @ Kerosene jamp, Which resulted a3 above stated. OBITUARY. John Meredith Read. John Meredith Read, formerly a Justice of the | Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and for many | years @ Man of great prominence in that State, died {n Philadelphia yesterday, of enolera morbus, | after a shore illness, in the seventy-eighth year of | his age. Judge Read was born in 1797 and was de- scended from a distinguished ancestry, ms grand- connection with the river reports of the year nave | father veing George Read, a signer of the Declara- | the stream at this point. uon of Independence, and his atver John Read, an eminent lawyer and a Senator of the Cnited ports of the changing depths of the waters tn the | States. His mother was @ daughter of Samuet { Rufijt and visiting the isiand of Mana in the offing, river channels have been recordea and published | Meredith, a patriot of the Revolution and the frst | he resurned, all well, to Zanzibar, and was en- ‘Treasurer of the United States, He was educated river commerce at the principal cities and porta | at the University of Pennsylvania, and was admit- | puoiish as soon as the duplicate of it nas reacned ted to the Kar in 1818. Within a year of his admis- sion he was appointed Solicitor of the Philadeiphia Bank, and in that capacity became concerned in some important cases, in the management of permit a foreknowledge of changes oi Importance | Which he exhibited a remarkable aptitude for legal | practice. He soon became noted Jor his skill ana the learning he displayed, and evinced besides a desire to enter upon @ pobiic career, In 1823 he bly, and he was re-elected the next year. He at | Once took @ commanding position in the Legisia- ; ture, but he declined to serve after his second , term, preferring to devote himself to his profes- sion. This he did for a number of years, in the ; Meantime acting as Ciry Solicitor of Philadelputa and a member of the City Council. Mr. Read, how- ever, lost none of his interest in public affairs, and many of the changes in the State constitution adopted by the Constivutional Convention in 1838 | Were suggested by him, Svon after the accession was appointed United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and held the | oiice till 1841. His successor was the late | Wilitam M. Meredith, alterwards Secretary of the Treasury, whose face is now | 80 familiar on account of the prominence r. Read was retained by the Sulicttor of the Trea- sury as special counsel for the government. While actiug as District Attorney lie was appointed py the secretary of War as Judge Advocate o! the court of inguiry and court martial upon Commo- adore Elliot, In 1845 President to succeed Judge Baldwin.upon the Su- preme Bench oi the United States, but, for politi- | cal reasons, the Senate failed to act upon the nomt- | Géneral of Pennsylvania, and held tie office about | six montus, when he resignea, For the tweive | years that intervened between his relinquismng } the oMce of Attorney General and his ejection as | Juage of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania he pursued the practice of the law with unabated | diligence, During the interval referred to he was ehguged in many Important triais, and among. the rest is that of Castner Hanway, tried in 1851 for treason, His speech, whicn was the closing | One in tue case on the part ol the delence, and oc- cupied the court during three days of tis session, was @ most masteriy performance, and absolutely conclusive on every point, Through all this period Judge Read had been a democrat; but he wasa | democrat of the tree gdil type, a fact to which the | failure of his confirmation as a supreme Judge of | the United States was owing. In 1849, as a dele- | gate to the Democratic Convention at Pittsburg, he strenuousl, | “the power of any | bondage beyond | vigorously opposed the souri Compromise, A speech which he delivered at the Chinese Museum, in 1850, in advo- cacy of the admission of California as a ee State contained a strong avowal of the doc- trine which six years later found sympathy and ti to carry the area of Rt oiene dominion,” He repeal of the Mla- accord in the ranks of the new party organized | under republican leaders, and laid down in the celebrated platform on whic the contest of 1856 was waged. itis notsuprising, therelore, that upon the orzanization of the republican party Mr. crats who severed their old party ties, and in the memorable campaign o1 1856 he was an outspoken | and earnest ocate of John C. Fremont for the | Presidency. Two years later, when the repub- licans of Pennsylvania wanted a candidate (or the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Judge Black to enter the Cabinet | ol Mr, Buchanan, he was nominated jor that im- portant position, His election lollowed, and he filled the place with great acceptance. In 1860, when Mr. Lincoln was nominated for the Presidency, Judge Read was also a candidate, receiving ten votes on the fist ballot. Failing to receive the nomination himself, Most earnest advocates of Mr. Lincoln's election, and throughout the war he was a warm defender Of fhe policy of his administration, After the ex- iration of his term pen the Supreme Bench of enosyivania, Judge ad livea in retirement, dying ata ripe old age. His son, General John Meredith Read, United States Minister to Greece, sailed On his return to that country only a week ago, Bud to-day or to-morrow will disembark to hear of his father’s demise, Jonathan Sturges. Jonathan Sturges, one of the oldest and pest known of the merchants of New York, died at his residence im tnis city late on Saturday night, Mr. Sturges was seventy-three years old at the time of bisdeath, He w: member of the Cham- ber of Commerce, and was long prominently iden- tified with the business interests of this city. In works Of charity also Mr, Sturges took a very part, ‘and he was a member of &@ number of charitable societies, smagng them the Hospital for tne Care of Ruptured an Crippled Children, For & long time Mr. Sturges was In feeble health, and his death was not unex- pected. Few men had more thoroughly gained the respect of his fellow citizens, and his demise will be jelt as a oss by the whole community. The atest o| his public acts was nis resentation, & sew days since, of a convratu’ Lika address to the veteran poet editor, William Cullen Bryant, on his eightieth birthday, Mr. Sturges being the chair- man of the committee of distinguished citizens, and making & happy speech on the occasion. Brigadier General William H. Law- rence, A telegram from Boston, Mass., under date of yesterday, 20th inst., reports as follows:—Brevet Brigadier General William H. Lawrence, aged jorty years, died suddenly on Saturday afternoon, He left with Colonel Cowdin’s regiment as Adju- tant and was subsequently appointed on General Hooker's staf, and was with him through the war jor the Union, The tuneral will take place to-day. Dr. William Sewell, of Exeter College, Oxford. [From the London Post, Nov. 16.) Dr. William Sewell, senior fellow of Exeter Col- lege, and one of the most distinguished members of the University, died on Saturday morning at Leckford Hall, bear Manchester. Dr. Sewel brother of the present Vice Chancellor, graduate “tirst class’! in Classics in 1827, when @ post master of Merton College, irom whence he was elected 10 a fellowship at Exeter. The deceased gentieman, in addition to the highest honor in the schools, obtained successively the prizes ior the English essay and the Latin essay. Hoe afterward became tutor and sub-rector of his college, and filled the unt- | versity oMces of pablic examiner (1882) and pro- fessor o1 moral philosophy (irom 1836 to er Ho was Whitehall preacher in 1850, and in U was appointed warden of St, Peter's College, Radley, Which he held until 1860, Dr. Sewell Was ascholar of the highest attainments, and is the author o1 He had been fil tor some time, and his death was not unex- becied, | Of Martin Van Buren to the Presidency Mr. Read | | pres to it on the ten cent postal currency: bat | nation, The next year he was appointed Attorney | fdyocated a resolution denying | Read shouid be among the foremost of the demo- | Judge Read was among the | EXPLORATION IN AFRICA. Mr. H. M. Stanley’s Expeditionary | Progress and Discoveries. Geographical Facts and New Openings for Commerce. THE RIVER RUFIUI. Preparation for a March to the Interior. {From the London Telegraph, Nov. 17.) We have‘received communications of s most in- teresting oature from our commissioner, Mr. Henry M, Stanley, announcing the successful ex- ploration of the delta aad main channel of the River Rufiji, which dows into the sea some seventy miles to the south of Zanzibar. The | letter, which is very long and copious in infor- Mation, is dated from Zauztbar, the l9ch of Octo- | ber, Leaving that island on the last day of September, in his yawl, the Wave, Mr. Stanley, accompanied by his two Englishmen, Pocock and Francis, sailed down to the Simbo-Oranga mouth in the Delta, and proceeded up this into the main stream, which he stemmed to s point much higher | than had previously been reached. He found two wide and navigable mouths and an upper channel ; which Carried Gia boat on five feet ol water quite easily to Kisu—tne point where the slave caravans of the interior, as he found, regularly cross on { their way to Dar-Salaam and the northern ports. From tnformation acquired in many quarters he reports (hat canves and light draught launches might ascend as high a8 240 miles irom the coast; and bis observations establish the possibilty of a | | Mourishing and prosperous trade in ivor, | and gum copal, drugs and grain, with the populous tribes «oof the ~— alluvial plain through whtch the Rufijl flows. He also Saul out with clear detail how the launches of | | Her Majesty’s squadron upon this coast may, by | ascending, properly equipped, to Kisu, completely | stop the overland élave trafic which now crosses Mr. Stanley reports most favorably upon the } sailing qualities of is little vessel, the Wave, ‘and | alter surveying and mapping the delta of the | listing his men tor the expedition into the in- ; terior, atthe dare of his letter, which we shall | She oltice of tue New YORK HERALD. ( | Whe Telegraph's Editorial Comment | on the Explorer and His Work. | Mr Stanley has illustrated the energy and ca- | pacity of Dis character as an explorer by already | sending us from Zanzibar the account ofan ex- | tremely interesting expedition whicn he has per- formed as a preliminary to his journey into the far | Interlor. The narrative, one of great length and | very coptoua details, bears tne date of October 19, | but we must as yet withhold it a little while, in accordance with the conditions of our joint expe- | dition, 16 having been arranged beforehand that ! the American and Euglish public are to peruse these despatches simuitaneously. Pending the ) Orrival, therefore, of the dupitcate of this letter | at the editorial ofice of the New Yor& HERaLp, we publish this morning such @ summary of | Mr. Stanley's intelligence as wiil also appear to- , | day im the columns of our transatlantic contem- { | Porary, It will be seen that our commissioner has | } Made excellent use of his time, haying so shortly | after arrival managed to transmit by far the most , complete description yet given of the Rufji delta | nd river, from personal investigation; and this, | | although he only started for the trip from Zanzi- bar on the last day of September. Arming and he Was nominated by tne | equipping the yawland the gig—two out of the | three boats with which he was provided—the | traveller salled down trom sultan Burghash’s city along the Airican coast to the delta of the Rufji. | Thisis one of the most important streams de- | bouching into the ocean on that portion of the coast. | by Dr. Kirk and once by Mr. Elron, but neither It had been twice belore entered, once | sae FE strong hope that Its clear ana substantial reveia- tious Sir tead to useful action on the part of the Britten repressive squadron on the Eastern while we dare assure African merchants there is material in this commuvication weil worth their study. Jno @ few days we shall have the gratification of presenting it in full to the pup- lic, who, after reading tt, cannot fail to follow wit enhanced interest the march of our gallant com- missioner into the still mysterious interior of the vast and suffering continent, German Exploration the Congo. (From Gahguani’s. Messenger, Nov. 17.] A Berlin paper gives an account of the voyage ef the Prussian corvette Gazette, which ts on @ scientific mission. On its anchoring off the island of Ascension for coal and provisions, great cour- tesy was show by the English authorities. The commandant conducted the oMicers and explorers to the Green Mountains, the only spot on the island where there is an appearance Of vegetation, and did all in his power to make them avquainted with the features of the settlement. A large tortoise was presented to them. Proceeding to the Congo River, the Captain took soundings om the way, which ap.ear to show the elevauon of the sea bottom south of the Equator 1s far more. extended than has hitherto been supposed. After exploring the Lower Congo Kiver, tue corvette proceeded to the Cape, where information w: Ceived that the German Altrican expedition had miscarried, the party having returned without much loss alter penetrating but a short distance, This was chiefly owing to the negroes who accom- panied it baving ruu away. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIO NOTES. Mrs, Joseph Lloyd Haigh, & tghly accomplishea” Vocalist, will appear this evening at the Globe Theatre tn some of her best musica} selections, Miss Margaretta Moore will read to-morrow evening in Association Hall. The youtn and beauty of this lady, united to unusual talent, nave ale ready gained for her genuine public appreciation, and promise a still more successiul and brillant: epoch in her career, OVERWORKED POLIOEMEN, 4 Resort to Stimulants to Ward Of Fatigue Results Disastrously in Two Cases. John Hess, s policeman, went on duty at mid- Right on Friday and was not relieved until bale past seven o’clock on Saturday evening. In the Meantime he had nothing to eat, and he took a drink of liquor, bang told thas 1t would sustain him, It crazed \him, however, and tue sergeant on duty at the station was Jorced to lock him up, Hess has been on the police force since 1869, and bas Dever before had, a complaint made against nim, Another officer, who met with a like disaster, is Patrol man Patrick Fulham. He has been on the police jorce sitce 1866, and auring eighs years of service has never been complained against before, He was on duty for forty-eight hours without sieep, and, like Hess, he touk » stimulant to avoid being’ overcome by faugue, It affected his head so much that 1t Was necessary yesterday to confine him in the Eighth precines Station house. Cuvarges wili be preferred ag both officers to the Commissioners, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record wilt show the changes in the temperature during the last twenty-four hours, in comparison with the corresponding date tast ear, a3 recorded at Hudnat’s drug store, 21s roadway + rOReWOT~ se73, 1674. 1873, 1874, 25 53 < 3T 3A. M. me 6A. M. 27 58 sl 8S 9 A.M. 3080 200 hh 12 M.. 3486 23 86 Average temperature yesterday... +- 40% Average temperature for corresponding date = last year. wees seeneeeee 20K AN OWNER WANTED. A hunting case gold watch, supposed to de Stolen, was yesterday found in the possession of John Brennan, who was arrested by oMoer Cain, f the Sixteenth precinct, An owner is wanted or the watch at the station nouse, No. 230 West Twentieth street. Fire in a Dry Time Is Not More Dan- erous (han a consumptive cough. Arrest it with HAUiNs HONEY OF HOREMOUND AND TAR, PIKE'S TOOPHACHE DROPS cure in one minute, An Offer Will be Received for Twa TEN CYLINDER HOE ROTARY PRESSES; WILL B& SOLD LOW, ADDRESS Tis NEW YORK HERALD, sander EM be So A.—For a First Cla: | FLAT go direct to the manut | Nassaustreet. Dress or Business urer, BSPENSCHELD, 13 A.—Silk Elastic Stockings, Belts, Knee Caps, Abdominal Supporters, Suspensory Bandages, | Shoulder Braces and Crutches, at MARSH'S Truss Uffice, No. 2 Vesey sircet. Lady in attendance, of them proceeded very far up the channel, | and both had pronounced against its utility as jaa opening for commerce. Taking bis tWs | European companions, | with twenty or thirty native hands, Mr. | threaded ,two of the pumerous mouths | river, surveyed and mapped i ascending tt for many leagdés beyond the farthest | | Point reached by the steam launch of the Shear- | ter, pnder Mr, Elton, be has carried our knowl- | | edge of thé stream to the town o/ Kisu, and even | | beyond. This place ne has discovered to bé thé Tegular ferrying point for the great slave caravans | Which come overiand irom the soutn and east to ; Dar-Saiaam and Pembe, and his letter contains | the most comipiete suggestions for the easy aani- | hilation of the traMc, We may here mention that | | the vermont full purchased for a Stanley's | use grew witl jer jeep seagoing rudger as mych | as five het Y water, ip Enis aught fr. | Stanley, nevertheless, took her up to Kisu, | | and he could have gone on with the lighter gig as much as to a distance of 240 miies, but ior | the necessity ot travelling with a strong party of men. Of the yawl our commissioner speaks with | | Warmest praise, Alike at sea and on the river this admirably built craft has carried him magonifl- , | Cently, outstripping everything under sail or with | paddies, and proving herself, in the Judgment of | the officers op the coast, the very best kina of | | Vessel for East African work, It is a featner in the cap of Yarmouth boat builders that the Wave has | thus opened the Rufiji River so cleverly; but her | | Success proves how much could be done with o steam launch drawing ouly twelve to eighteen | | Inches, and it 18 with such launches that Mr. Stan- | ley believes Her Majesty's government might forth- | with completely abolish the caravans of siaves | which, to the nomber of between 4,000 and 5,000, aunually cross the Rufiji at the point mentioned, | We Shall, as in duty bound, leave it to the graphic pen of our commissioner to depict the panoramas | Which the crew o1 the Wave ran past in the rich | deita of this stream, and the adventures which | | they encountered in sailing up its current. Suf- | | tice it now to intimate that Mr. Stanley has laid Open @ wonderfully fertile and populous district | On both sides of the main channel, where rice, | sorghum, maize and fruits are abundant, with more ivory than 18 iound in the Ugogo country, and great quantities of the gum copal. All these can be purchased af rates which oiter a fabulous profit in the Zanzibar and home markets, and we are mistaken if the spirit of commercial enter- | Prise 18 not aroused when it peruses the figures and caicniations of our traveller. For twenty-two miles of its course, this river, the Rwaha, or Rutij1, 18 navigable, he says, ior the largest Mississippi steamboats, and the way ts e: for Smaller yet still Capacious craft up to Kisu. Here, however, the slave-traders exercise their baneful influence and but for the speed and power of the Wave the passage of the expiorer would have been rudely disputed. An armed visitation of this point and ao cocasional capture of @ slave kaflla would speedily paraiyse the overland traitic and lay the upper reaches of the stream open to a most proft- able intercourse. Tho trip of the Wave intro- duces geography to two perfectly new countries, anga and Kasungu, and these embrace a vast alluvian plain, the deposit ot the river, which in Many features resembles—on a small scale, of course—the Nile. Coming down, as it does, irom the interior, m the vicmity of Unyanyembe, it 1s obvious how ihe an assistance this new gateway may afford tor the opening of a hvely commerce with the natives when once the slave ferry at Kisu is abolished. The mouth by which Mr. Stanley eutered is the Simbo-oranga. Alter exploring on his return the deita, and registering his discoveries upon & chart, which we shall puv- Nish along with his despatch, our commissioner crossed over to tne isiand of Maia, which hes ten milies of the mouths oj the Rufiji, and Jound there a good harbor and encrepot jor the trade which he enthusiastically anticipates. But the chief point of interest, we think, 1s the positive dis- covery of the place at which the overland slave traMic from the south and west can be arrested as it crosses the uopee channel, Upon this impor- tant matter the letter which we have received | bee the most distinct and useial mformatioa. jor could Mr. Stanley have discharged more ably and faithfully the first part of his joint instruc | tions, which bade him investigate the route ana character of the slave caravans that traverse (ue coast line beiore departing for the more purely geographical portion of his enterprise. Alter thus surveying the Ru(ji, and demonstrat- ing that as one Of the adits to Nast Airica its ad- vantages have never before been justly estimated, | and having also visited the convenlent and exten- | ive Isiand of Mafla, the leader of our expedition returmea to Zanzibar jnst in time to narrate the incidents of his opening excurston before the departure of the mail He describes himself as writing with a swarm of native volunteers chat- tering around him, eager to enlist with “the white man” for the long march up to Livingstone We are convinced that when the spirited the letter before us have been perused— soon will such plu such resources as Mr. Stanley's must conduce to success, if success is to be ob- tained, upon his longer and more arduous under- taking. His excursion up the Rafijt River is mean- yDorLune contribution to our stock Stanley | of the its delta, and, Pocock and francis, | A.—Ruptures and Physical Deformities successfully treated by Dr. MARSH, at No. 2 Vesey street, ] Opposite st Paul's church. | A Cheap Luxary.—To rey’s WEATHER STRIPS; cold da age B.S. & J. TURREY, Patent voided ; fuel saved, 166 Fulton street. A Pure and Delicious Smoking To= BACCO, is SURBRUG’S GOLDEN SCEPTRE. Try i, Depot 157 Fulton sireet. a» A.—Natural Sherry Wine, Dry and pure, specially ordered for our trade. $ 80 per gallo ‘Se. per bottle (under our own label). Our repulag wriides, $4 to $12 per gallon. H. B. KIRK & GO., 69 Fulton street ————— A.—Fine Furs at Popular Prices.—Seal< SKIN FURS. a specialty, BURKE, manutacturer, No. 2l4 Broadway, Park Bank building. 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