The New York Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1874, Page 7

“VON. ARNIM'S TRIAL. ‘Revelations from the German State Papers. Bismarck’s Policy Toward France, Italy and the Catholie Church. Ejioquent Speeches for the Prose- cution and the Defence. ‘WAITING FOR THE VERDICT. ‘The Conflict with Bismarck Makes a Grave for Early Friendship. Lonpon, Dec, 15, 1874, ‘The Times’ special’ despatch from Berlin says Baron Holstein testified at Von 4rnim's trial yester- day that in consequence of being informed by Landsberg that Arnim mistakenly attributed to Prince Hismarck the intention of going to war with France on account of the pastoral letters of the ¥rench bishops, he wrore to a iriend in Berlin to inform Prince Bismarck that tne Ambassador tn Paris was becoaling nervous at a critical period, THE PRUSSIAN POLICY IN PARIS, avditional despatches between Prince Bis- mmarok and Count von Aroim are published. Among the most important is one from Von Arnm stating that the German government snald not discourage the hopes of the Bonapart- ist, as they were “‘the only party which did not preclaim the necessity for a war of revenge.” this Prince Bismarck replies that there ts no ocasion to encourage any French faction “while M.[hiers faithfully fuifls the treaty stipulation.” ‘NE FRIENDSHIP OF ITALY NOT WORTH A WAR, other despatoh from Prince Bismarck informs sComt Von Arnim that he is mistaken if he thinks Gemany @esires Italy and France to quarrel, as in thatevat “Germany would be dragged into the suppy Of Italy.” Species by the German Lawyers for Ae Prosecution and the Defence. BERLIN, Deo, 15, 1874, In/e Von Arnim trial to-day the Public Prose- <cuty Spoke in reply to the argument delivered yertday by Herr Holtzendor!, of counsel for the defee, and the latter responded to the Crown om¢’s speech. ‘%h Crown Right of Property in the Papers Denied by the Defence. 2g Beruin, Deo, 15—P, M, ot i ot 4 apse SEO wert athe Arnim trial to-day additional arguments | tthe derence were made by Herren Dockhorn 44 Munkel, ‘The former maintained that, even if the docu- nents which appeared in the Vienna papers were yodlighed by Von Arnim, tie could not be legally | belt, to account therefor. The papers were ex- | cludvely his private property, and had been drawn | ‘Up hr his own use. No rational motive could be dmagined tor these proceedings, as the Foreign | Office possessed duplicates of all the documents Gilegen to be detained. The accused con'd retain the documents until the Foreign OMice proved its claim to them in a civil action. There was no evi- sdence that further publication was intended. a ecu DIGNITY MAINTAINED, err Munkel intimated that the judges were wanting in this case in their usual impartiality toward the accused. He thought they uncon- sciously yielded to influence proceeding from a bigh quarter. The insinuation was repelled by the Court. THE PRISONER'S EARLY FRIENDSHIP FOR BISMARCK. The counsel for the defence baving closed, the _prisoner was permitted to speak. He said:—“The documents relating to his con- *fuct with Prince Bismarck were a grave in which ‘was buried the friendship of bis youth. Nothing could show that he had at any time acted in oppo- sition to his instructions. He could swear that he had committed no tilegal act.” Judgment In the case will probably be rendered on Saturday. ‘English Compliment to Von Arnim’s Counsel. Lonpox, Dec. 15, 1874, Aspectal despatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from ‘Berlin says tnat the reply of Herr Holtzendorf, in ‘the Von Arnim trial, to-day, to the speecn of the Public Prosecutor was a masierpiece of elocution, sand produced a powerful effect. WAITING FOR THE VERDICT, A verdict in the case muy possibly be reached by ‘Thursday next. THE PRUSSIAN PARLIAMENT QTR ae ‘A Legislator and Editor Re‘eased from Confine- ment. Brewin, Dec, 18, 1874, Herr Majanke, ‘member of the Reichstag and NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. MEXICO. The Republican Authority Vindicated in Tepio— The Tehuantepec Railroad—A Monas- tic Institution Suppressed. CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 9, 1874 Tepic bas been completely pacified and the apthorities have been reinstated in office. THE TEHUANTEPRC RAILROAD SUBVENTION. The Congressional committee which have had the matter under consideration have reported in favor of asubvention of $12,000 per mile to the Tehuantepec Railway Company. 4 MONASTIC ORDER SUPPRESSED BY CONGRESS, The suppression of the religious order of “Sisters of Charity” has been decreed by Congress by @ vote of 118 against 57. CUBA. Daring Assaults of the Insurgents Repulsed by the Spaniards—A Number oi Men Killed and Wounded—Rebel Cavalry Scattered in Battle, Havana, Dec. 15, 1874. On the morning of November 30 a party of 100 insurgents attempted to take Fort Cascorro, while the main body, 800 or 900 strong, awaited the result in the outskirts of the village, hidden in the thickets. 4 SURPRISE AND A REPULSE. The attacking party: surprised the guard and succeeded in penetrating to the interior of ‘the fort, but were immediately driven out, Their commander was killed within the fort, and others were killed and wounded in their flight. The surprise having failed the whole body of the insurgents made a general attack, but were re- pulsed and retreated from the vicinity of the fort wito increasea joss in killed and wounded, REBEL HORSEMEN PUT TO PLIGHT. The Spanish forces in the Remedios district, on the 2a and 3d inst., dispersed forty rebel horse- men and a small force of infantry. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE, eee Lonpon, Dec, 15, 1874. A British collier has been lost in the Bay of Bis- cay. Etghtof the crew were drowned, JAY COOKE & 00, The Creditors and Trustee of the Bank- rupts in Court. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dec. 15, 1874, In the United States Circuit Court to-day, before Judge Cadwallader, in the case of Gibson and others vs. the trustee and the committee of credi- tors of the estate of Jay Cooke & (o., the argu- ment ordered by the Court last Wednesday was begun to-day. The plaintiffs’ bill was so changed as to pray fora decree of account, The affidavit of the trustee was presented denying that he pos- sessed or controlied a majority of tne stock of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, or that he colluded with that corporation to relieve the bankrupts from any lia lity upon their subscrip- tions to its stock, or that that corporation was bankrupt, Mr. Andrews, of New York, of counsel Jor the plaintifs, argued that the Court had equi- table jurisdiction, under the second section of the Bankrupt la \ grant the reliof prayed for. OROOKED CORN OPERATIONS, Alleged Attempt to Bribe a Board ot Grain Inspectors—An Official Arrested on Charge of Abduction. LaFayette, Ind., Dec. 15, 1874. There has been considerable excitement here for the past few days over the arrest of R. Morton, at Kentiand, for an elieged attempt to bribe the Board of Grain Inspectors at Cnicago to pass No, 2corn as No. 1, Morton was arrested on a requisi- tion from the Governor of fiinois, brought here | and tried on a@ writ of habeas corpus. The writ | was refused by Juuge Vinton and the prisoner was remanded to the custody of Colonel Ray. An appeal was made to the Supreme Court, which the Judge also refused, and the prisoner was taken into custody by Colouel Kay, who staried for Chicago with him, going by carriage to Battle Ground, there to take a train on the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad, fearing trouble if they took the train here. Find- ing Morton gone, his friends swore out a warrant charging Ray with kidnapping, and special con- stables started in each direction to atiem,t his capture. He was overhauled near Battle Ground by Mg beehan Kerper, of the Short Line Rauroad, | and brought back to the city. Ray will havea reliminary examination to-morrow morning be- ore Esquire Jenks. WILD WESTERN JUSTIOB, A Murderer, Sentenced for Life, Hanged | by a Mob. Carcago, Mil. Dec. 15, 1874, A special despatch from Des Moines, lowa, says that at about haif-past two A. M. to-day a body of about 150 men, disguised, entered the jail, knocked down the jailer, pound him hand and foot, took the keys tothe cella trom bis pocket, overpowered the guard, and entered the ceil where Charles Howard, the murderer of Jonnson, who was yesterday sentenced to imprisonment for life, was confined, His wife, who was sleeping with him, clung to him, UTTERING HORRIBLE SHRIBKS, ~ and {v was all that half @ dozen men could do to drag lim trom his bed. Arope was then placed about bis neck and he was dragged through the halls and Court House yard toa lamppost and | hung. All the men had their faces blackened and Were divided into squads, each doing its allotted work without a word spoken. After Howard had been fastened to the post the mob dispersed silently as they came. It is supposed the work was done by the members of the Vigilance Com- mittee in this county, who have been recently | holding meetings, and on Saturday, when the jury came in with their verdict, several were seated Dear the prisoner. EMBEZZLEMENT, A Foreign Exchange Clerk Charged with Making False Entries and Secur- ing $30,000. PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, Dec. 15, 1874, Robert Stahl, the foreign exchange clerk at the house of Drexel & Co., in this city, was put under $20,000 bail to-night to answer the charge of em- bezziement. The allegation is that by the means of false entries and the registry of incorrect amounts of bills of exchange he haa placed to his credit at the Foreign Exchange House the sum of about $30,000, which nad been drawn out at various times by his agents, SAD ACCIDENT, editor of the Germania, who was arrested for a press offence, has been released. FRANCE AND SPAIN. Paria, Ded, 15, 1874, ‘The Ambassador of Spain has received the reply vof the Duke Decazes to the last Spanish note com- ‘plaining of breaches of neutrality. The Duke quotes passages from the letters of Sefior Olozaga, the former ambassador at Paris, complimenting the French government on the ‘seal shown by its officials in watching the frontier, <and says these letters were wiitien at the very time when the Spanish government charges that sthe Prefect of Pau connived at the entrance of Don Carios into Spain, DEMOCRATIC FRATERNITY. The Duke Decazes conciudes with assurances ‘that the government and people of France concur ido desiring the welfare of Spain. ENGLAND. Lonpow, Dec. 15, 1874 The weather throughout England to-day is un- pottled. RUSSIA AND FRANCE, LONDON, Dec, 16—6 A. mf. The Czar has sent the Order of St. Andrew to President MacMahon with a very Iriendly letter, The circumstance is much commented on. OUR FLAG ABROAD. Lonpon, Deo, 16, 1874, er Alaska bas arrived The United Staten s at Speasia. A Father Unintentionally Shot by His son. Port Jervis, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1874, John H. Hendershot, living three miles avove here, in Pike county, Pa., was last night acciden- tally shot and killed by his son, in front of the Delaware House, in this place. They were re- turning in the night stage fro.n Milford, Pa., from @ day’s hunt. As Mr. Hendershot was getting out of the stage his son’s gun was discharged in some way. The whole charge entered the lower part of his back, carrying away @ portion of the spine and lodging in the groin. He lived but a short time. a DEMOORATIO MASSACHUSETTS, Mayor Cobb Re-Elected in Boston—Reg- ular Republican Nominations B om in Newburyport, Boston, Dec, 15, 1874. The municipal election held here to-day re- suited in the re-election of Mayor Cobb, nominee of both the republicans and democrats, by nearly 18,000 majority over General Francis Hayes (inde- pendent). For Alaermen and Councilmen, be- sides the regular party tickets, thore were five other tickets in the field. The citizens’, or Horti- cultaral tiall, ticket was elected by varying major- ities, 1t is composed 0! eight republicans and jour democrats. The democrats lose one Alderman and gain seven Counciimen, we AtNewbury rt and Lowell the citizens’ reform tickets were elected over the reguiar revublican nominations, NEGRO SIMPLIOITY, Petitioning Congress to Indemnify De- p.sitors im the Freedmen’s Savings ries CHARLESTON, S. C., Deo. 15, 1874 The House of Representatives, in Columbia, to- day adopted @ concurrent resolution petitioning Congress to make an appropriation to ipdemnity | of said character with the amount claimed, and | LOUISIANA, An Abortive Attempt to Get Troops into the State House—Metropolitans Refus- ing to Act Against the People. New ORLEANS, Dec, 15, 1874, The ruse—evidently gotten up by some of the republican mauagers—to get troops into the State House, under the plea that the Returning Board were yesterday compelled to adjourn through fear, was @ sad failure, as not a violent word | greeted the ears of the alarmed officials, Even Governor Kellogg to-day ridiculed it, and declared to me that not aman of them are in any danger | from the Southern people, and that he urged them | to go on and finish their work. Nevertheless, according to to-day’s Picayune, Kellogg has been PREPARING FOR DEFENCE against his imaginary foes, and finds that the cap- tains report all the Metropolitans refuse to cham- Pion his cause against that of the people. This plot was equal in absurdity to the one in the carrying Out of which suspicious-acting men were stationed about the houses of leading republicans to get up the cry of intimidation of the Boara, The Mixed School’ Question—The Re- turning Board Investigating Doctored Returns. NEW ORLEANS, Deo, 15, 1874, Tt is now believed that the authorities will not insist on forcing negroes into the Upper Girls’ High Scnool, $ The Returning Board 1s investigating the charge of iraud and doctored returns. Join Doug- las and Colonel George Soule, experts, testily to erasures and chapges in the returns irom St Helena and Sabine parisnes, ARKANSAS. Important Proceedings of the State Gov- ernment—The Legislature Looking After the Finances, Litre Rook, Dec. 15, 1874. Governor Garland yesterday approved a bill authorizing aliens to hold and transmit real pro- Perty in the State, A bill was offered in the House authorizing the issuance of $700,000 in eight Per cent. three and one-half year bonds, to bear date January 1, 1875, to pay the expenses of the State government, and levying a tax of three and a@half mills to pay the interest thereon. A bill Waa introduced in the same body to test the legal- ity of the indebtedness of the several counties, This attacks the legality of the outstanding county bonds, most of whicn are held in New York, ALABAMA FINANCES, Bill for the Appointment of a Commis- sion to Liquidate and Adjust the State Indebtedness. MonTGomMERY, Dec. 15, 1874. The State Senate bas passed a Dill authorizing | the Governor to appoint two commissioners, citi- wens of Alabama, who, with the Governor, shall | constitute @ Board of Commissioners to take charge of and ascertain and liquidate and adjust the subsisting legal liabilities of the State on bonds, straight and indorsed, and coupons thereon, in such manner as the interests of the State may require, and by negotiations to provide for the payment of ich amount of said legal ita. Dilitiea as may be arranged for under the powers conierred vy the bill, and the in.erest that may be “agreed to be paid on the priucipal so negotiated, in such manner and at such times as to them may seem advisable. And to this end -aid committee shall, by advertigemeut or Otherwise, at as eariy @ day a8 practicable, require the” PRESENTATION OP ALL CLAIMS they may inquire into the consideratien allegea to have been paid or given to the State taereior, or that is alleged in support of the liaoility claimed Qgainst the S:ate; provided. however, that no ad- | Justment of said alleged liabilities or any part | thereof or arrangement for the payment of any Sum in discnarge thereo! shall be binding on tne State unless, and until, ratified by the General | ‘Aaternbiy. ‘The Commissioners are required to re- | port their action to the Governor, who snali com- municate the same to the General Assemoly. The bili wull probabiy pass the Hous» alter-the recess, Whico takes place on the 17th inst. NORTH CAROLINA. Public Sentiment in Favor of Amending | the State Constitution—Recess of the General Assembly. RALEIGH, Dec. 15, 1874, In the General Assembly to-day two bills were introduced in the Senate to call a convention for the purpose of changing the present State consti- tution, known as the Canby constitution. There | ig but little doubt of the passage of the bills, The | public sentiment of the people is tn favor ol a | change. On the 2ist inst, the General Assembly will take & recess for the holidays. The Puolic Debt bill will not be taken up will alver the recess, OONNEOTICUT PROHIBITIONISTS, A Wesleyan University Professor Nomi- nated for Congress — Resolutions Adopted. MIDDLETOWN, Dec. 15, 1874, Ataconvention of probibitionists, held in this | city to-day, Professor Calvin 8, Harrington, of Wesleyan University, was chosen a candidate to | represent the Second district in Congress, During @ discussion as to the advisability of putting in nomination a candidate, the republican | party was denounced as having found, wnen they came iuto power, @ Prohioitory law on the statute book, and had amended it six different times in the rum tuerest, The Convention adopted the FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS :— | First—That the liquor traffic of the country 1s the effi- cient and chieicaue of nearly all the intemperance, vice, crime, pauperism and immorality, an enormons tax on the {nuustry of the nation, a toe to the principles of intelligence and virtue, on which a repuducan ernment is tounded, and it ought, therelore, to be sup- pressed by the strong arin of the clvii iaw. Second—That, a3 neither the republican nor demo- cratic party make any profession of an intention to abolish the liquor traffic, no voter who believes in pro- hivition ean consistently vote tor their candidates, ird—That the prohibition party has come into this State to stay. | Fourth hat there is no issue now before the country | equal to that presented by the prohibition ticket. Fyth—That We ask the ballots of ail who hate the liquor trafic and love intelligence and virtue in favor of Proiessor Calvin 8. Harrington. PROHIBITION IN CANADA, The Report of the Commissioners on the Working of the Liquor Law in the United States. Orrawa, Ont,, Dec, 15, 1874, The Commissioners appointed by the govern- ment to inquire into the working of the Prohib- itory Liquor law in such’ States of the Union as have adopted it have returned, their report hag been suomitted. The report is a lengthy and exhaustive document, and wil be ready for pres- entation on the meeting of Parliament, CONTESTED CONGRESSIONAL ELEOTION, Montcomery, Ala., Dec. 15, 1874, Rapier, the defeated candidate tor Congress in this district, has served a notize of contest upon Major Williams, the Congressman elect, The alle- gations of Rapier are numerous and general, in- cluding charges of fraud, violence, &c. ELECTION IN WATERTOWS. ¥. Y. A Republican Gain of One Supervisor. Watertown, Dec. 15, 1874. General Bradley Winslow (republican) was elected Mayor here to-day and b. D, Adsit (demo- erat) Chamber.ain. The repubiicans elect three out of the lour Supervisors—a gain of one—and the democrats elect three out 0: four Aldermen, THE WORCESTER MAYORALTY, Worcgstsr, Mass., Dec. 15, 1874. Clark Jillson, independent rejorm candidate, was elected Lag Ay! to-day, receiving 3,986 votes, to 3,557 for Ed. L. Dagis, citizens’ candidate. THE UNION LEAGUB, The Ring Ticket for President and Vice President Beaten. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Deo, 15, 1974, The bitter contest between the old ring members of the Union League and the friends of the opposi- tion ticket, headed by John P. Verres, terminated | last night in the election of the latter ticket. The polis remained open till after midnigat, and we Fesuit has just been announced, KING KALAKAUA. Recepticn of His Majesty at the White House— Presidential Courtesy—A Brief and Formal Visit. ‘ WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 1974. King Kalakaua was tormaily presented to the President this afternoon at two o'clock, Tne members of the Cabinet, Colonel Grant, General Babcock and Mr. Luckey, private secretary, were assembled tn full dress for the purpose of recetv- ing the King. On the approach of His Majesty's carriage the President advanced from the threshold of the Executive Mansion, when the Secretary of State and Colonel Grant, the latter personally representing his father, went to the carriage’ and received the King as he aliguted, and, accompanying him on etther side, Crossed the platiorm to the entrance of the White Mouse, where the cordially extended his hand and received and welcomed the King, the otaer members of tue Cabinet standing behind the President up to the time when he turned with the King and entered the room. P The Secretary of State then introduced the President to Governor Dominis and Governor Kapena. He then presented the King to the mem- bers of the Cabinet, General Babcock, Colonel Grantand Mr. Luckey. Tne President and the King shortly seated themselves on a sola and the other gentiemen moved at pleasure about the room and entered into conversation with one another, gradually advancing to where the President and the King were seated, A general conversation en- sued, Alter about twenty minutes the King arose, and the President accompanied ham to the door, the Secretary of State and Colonel Grant hanged nim into his carriage and the ceremony was ended. THE BITiNG COLD. ees The Temperature in the City—Winter’s Reign Fairly Opened—Suffering Among the Poor, Monday’s flerce northerly winds did not miss their natural effect of lowering the temperature far below wnat our citizens had Jelt beiore siuce | the snows of last winter disappeared. On Monday morning at seven o'clock the thermometer marked forty-three degrees, and rematned at that polot at noon, but by three P. M. it had settled down to thirty-five degrees, and at seven yesterday moro- ing it stood atten degrees, after a biting cold night, whose wind, sharp and strong, went through ordinary winter clothing hke needies and stung the thousands of our poorer population with the loretaste of remorseless winter. Win- dow panes were first painted, pitchers presented a surface of ice, and all moisture in the gutters Was solidified by the cold, Till this cold snap. the autumin and the opening wiuter had been unusually !avoravie to the large class of the | City population, who, being deprived of regular emp!oyment by the business staguation, have very siender resources with which 10 provide against the rigors of our wincer cumate. Such sharp, freezing weather must cause Lo all these people great hardsuip, and to tne poorest abso.ute misery. It shuld thereiore open treely all the places through which the chariiuies of our most sympathetic public are wont to flow to the relief of those whose misiortunes makathem victims of the merciless elements, and to whom extreme Cold meaus starvation and death, ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature during tne past twenty-tour hours, in comparison with the corresponding date of last year, as recorded at Huanut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Buildiug, New \org:— 1873, 1874. 1878, 1874, a5 2 11 3:30 P, M 3 9 6PM. 19 360 «1 OPM, 16 43 UW 2PM 15 Average temperature yesterday. ef Average temperature for corresponding date last year....... !vhe Frigid Term Along the Hudson= Navigation Suddenly Closed. POUGHKEEPSIE, Dec, 15, 1874. A sudden cold term commenced along the Hud, son yesterday and the coid increased in intensity througnout last night. At seven o'clock this morning the mercury in the thermometer marked zero, aad for the. first time this winter ice was visible in the river oppusite this city. from Rhine- beck to Albany the river is choked with heavy tce. Despatches :eceived tus noon state that people are crossing Ga foot at Castie‘on, Coxsackie and Catskill, and the 1c9 trengtheuing every hour, This morning @ steamboat endeavored to reach | Athens alter some boats that were irozen iu there, but with what success has not yet been ascei- | | tamed. Navigation north of Tivoll is undouvtedly cioseu for the season, and by to-morrow, in all Prooability DO boat wiil be avie tu proceed further nortn than Roinebeck. ‘Ihe New York aud King- aton ine of steamers will cease running thia week. The Temperature in New Haven—The Coidest Night of the Season—Skating Commenced. NEW Haven, Conn., Dec. 15, 1874. The cold, which has steadily increased since Sunaay alternoon, manifested itself this morning in ice one and a hal: inches in thickness, which had formed during the night, and by a raw, cold wind trom the north, with the thermometer indi- cating one aegree above zero. ‘Throughout the day the cold has tne: are to have the coldest night of the season, THK SKATING SEASON. The small streams ana skating ponds have been | alive to-oay with those who deem the reign oi | Jack Frost the most agreeable of any during the year. Reports of extreme cold come from ali | parts of the State. In this city ice hus formed all day. Connecticut River Closed. HARTFORD, Dec. 15, 1874. The Connecticut River is {rozen at this place, | and navigation on the river is closed for thé season. The Mercury Below Zero Throughout New England—3uffering of the Boston Firemen. Boston, Mass., Dec. 15, 1874. The weather last night was tbe coldest of the season. mometer stood six degrees below zero, The fire- men suffered terribly during the fires last night, some of them having their fingers and ieet frozen. In Maine the thermometer fell to eighteen de- grees below zero, and at Lancaster, N. H., it stood at thirty degrees below zer THE IOE YACHT sQUADRONS, Preparations for the Winter’s Cam- paign—Coming Regattas Under the Auspices of the Poughkeepsie Club. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1874. ‘The sudden closing of navigation has created enthusiasm among the ice yacit squadrons of tne Hudson, and the greatest activity 1s noticeabie in the way of getting all tae ice yachts ready for the winter's sport. The Poughkeepste Ice Yacht Club is thoroughly organized, aud the new sailing regulations, just | adopted, makes the sport perfectly safe. The association owns the largest, costliest and fastest ice yachts in the world. The club is composed of some of the best men of the city, who have spent thousands of dollars to gratify tneir desire for the novel sport. Already each winter they have ar- rauged several regattas, but a8 yet no prize has been taken from the cluv. already been issued for more yachts by members of the organization and the club- builder, Mr. Buckhout, cea them to compie- tion. At no place un the Hudson is there a lecality so favoraole for ice-boaiing as here, Further north there is always too much snow, and south | of Newburg the river is never safe, Arrangements are progressing for ) SPLENDID REGATTAS this winter, One will be for the Club Plate, another jor the Ladies’ Pennant (the champion ennunt of the club), ana the Poughkeepsie Cha:- Fenue Pennant, The latter is tue champion pennant of the Hudson, sailed for each season, and open to all ice yacht clubs, The Icicle holds the latter and the Haze holds the champion pennant of the club. ‘rhe regatta committee for this season are Hud- son Taylor, Jonn GO. Arnoid and Henry Frost, and have lull power. They aro go-ahead gentlemen, who will see the races off promptly and will, in every way, attend to their responsibie duties, ‘There 18 not a boat in the club but can run a mile @ minute easily. OOLLEGE ROWING ASSOOLATION. Meeting of De ates Indefinitely Post- Charles Gibbons headed the ring ticket for Presi- dent and was on the opporition ticket for Vice President; bu’ he withdrew his name at the last moment and 18 among the deleated, depositors in the Freedmen’s Savings Bank. who wi Geposit mouey there by the belief that tl erat Cvernmoent would be responsible for its gale keeping, The successiul party claim (hat had there peen f& different resuit the Union League would have been broken yo. : poned. Harrrorp, Conn., Dec. 15, 1874 ‘The Secretary of the Rowing Association of the American Colleges has tssued a circuiar indef- mitely postponing the mecting of delegates catied for to-morrow at this city. President | ed, and the prospect is we | A At four o’ciock this morning the ther- | Orders have | 7 SUNDAY QUESTION IN CANADA, Regarded as a ity. HaMitron, Ont., Dec. 15, 1874, The Police Magistrate to-day gave his decision in the case brought by the Sabbath Observance Asso- Clation aga‘nst the Hamilton Street Railroad Com- pany for rupning cars on Sunday. As the cars only run during church hours and for the accom- Modation of churchgoers, the magistrate consid. | ered tt @ charity and a work o necessity, and | Consequently not a violation of the staiutes, He, therefore, dismissed the casi WHISKEY AND MURDER | Twe Hard C. s Quarrel and One is Killed. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 15, 1874. On Sunday night last a man named John Rounds, in company with a woman said to be @ pros. | tieate, were 10 @ sajoon in Oahokia, @ vily lage six miles below this city, on the Ill- nois side, when Gus Fisher, the proprietor of the saloon, made improper proposais to the woman, and Rounds, in turn, threatened to out- Tage a little daughter of Fisher, whereupon the latter seized a gun and shot tne top of Round’s head off, killing him, Both meu had been drink- i pauls @nd were very hard cases, Fisher ts in jai AN EX-CORONER INDICTED. SAN FRaNcIsco, Dec, 15, 1874. Ex-Coroner Rice has been indicted for embezzle- ment. The Alarm Signal of Consumption Is a hard, dry cough. Soften it and cure icin forty-eight hours with HALE'S BONEY OF HOREHUUAD AND PIKK'S TUOTHACHE DROPs cure in one An Offer Will be Received for Two TEN CYLINDER HOK ROTARY PRESSBS; WIL). BE SOLD LOW. 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