The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1874, Page 10

10 “VON ARNIN (For fegung von Seite 5.) entfdhadiqu.g nicht im Mindeften von dem Cha- ralter det frangifijden Regierung abhinge. ‘Miemats gegen Bismarts Plaine. o Was die mix nadgefagten Intriguen gegen den Reichstangler anbervifft, fo hat e& me eine, {dptindlidere VerlLaumdung gegeben. Ee ift tein zingiges Wort davon wahr. Ich, wiirde die Bdee, mich gu ixgend Etwas diefer Art herguges ben, mit Veradtung von mir weijen, Sd tonn Nicht begreifen, dag ed Menfdhen giebt, die an fold}en Unjinn glauben tonnen, Die Preffe irregeleitet. »Die gefammte deutidje Preffe ijt gu dicier qrundfaliden UAnfieht hingeleitet worden, die wabrideintiderweife von Bismard jelbft ans- geht, denn ex ift fehr gencigt Wem und Sedem ju miftrauen, was nidjt unter feister voiljtindigen Controlle fteht. Glanben Sie mix, dag alle dieje @eriidhte der geringiten Begritudung entbehren. Uber ich befiivdte ed wird eine undanfbhare Anf- gabe fein aud) nur ju verjudjen dieje Gefchidjten Dinweggulengnen, die allem Anfdhein nad) wie ein Evangelium geglaubt werden.” Herr Holfteiu dementirt. Graf Arnim dementirte mit grofem Naddrud die albernen, auf Hihrenfagen bajirten, Wusfagen jenes fdiliipfrigen, geheimmifvollen Sndividu- ume, Herru Holftein, eines der Satrapen des RKanjlers, der, wiihrend er Arnim’s Brod af, verliumbderifhe Briefe nad) Bertin fdried, voll von Gejdjway iiber die angebdlice , UWhberufung.” Gr fagte: 3c) habe Documente in meinem Befiy durd) die ich bereijen tann, dah dies ein Ding der Unmigtidfeit war, wahrend fie gleid)- aitig die ginjlide Grundlofigteit der Angaben de8 Herrn Holfiein darthun. Diefe Katidercien | legten jedod) den Grund ju vielfailtigen Droh- ungen, die mid) in der Folge erreidjten. Bihlow’s unhsflide Vricfe w Gas dic mix vorgeworjene Berdffentlidhung von Staatépapieren oder di¢ Annahme einer foldjen anbetrifft, jo find grofje Srrthitmer unter- gtlaufen, Hatte v. Biilow anders gefdrieben oder ware er fo Hijlid) gewejen wie der Prifident de8 Criminal-Gerid)tehofes, fo hatte er Aes was ex wiinfdjte dDurd) einen Brief von mir erlangen Tonnen.” Seine Bezsichungen ju Bismard. Graf Arnim erflarte fodann, da er cinerfeits | in hohem Grade die deutidje Preffe, andererfeits aber aud) fic) felbjt tadein miiffe, daffer nigt fofort nad) Empjang der unhiflidjen Briefe Bis- mard’s feine Entlaffung eingereidjt habe. wllber,” fagte er, ,Bismard und id) waren alte Collegen, und id) gab mid) fortwihrend der | Hoffnung hin, dag e8 mir gelingen wiirde cine Riedervereinigung herbeizufiihren, wm fo mehr,” | fahr er mit Nadjorud fort, als fein Grind fiir irgendiweldje Differenzen zwijdjen uns vorlag. Ge ift meine aufridtige Ucberjengung, daf diefes gange Zerwiirfnif lediglid) das Werf von Ziwi- fchentragern ift. Der Has d0e8 Kanzlers. wwerner,” fagte der Graf, ,,ift 8 meine Unfidt, dah Fiirft Bismarcé jelbjt alle diele Srrthiimer und WNifverftiindniffe herbeifiihrte urd) feine, | anf die falidjen Veridjie Anderer geqriindete Un- | geduld. Su diefem Augenblice hat mid Bis- | mard, und diefer Daf} datirt fic) meiner Ueber- ‘gengung nad von dicjen Proseffe her. Sh tann ¢8 mir midjt erlanben, dicies Gefiih! in demfetben Mae su erwidern. Er Haft gewatntidy hon febr anfridjtiq; aber vielleidt hat er fid) vorge- “nommen mich gary ju Grunde ju ridjten, und tenn das dex Fall fein follte fann id) 8 nicht dnbdern.” Der Graf lehute c& ab fic) iiber die Natur der Tirdhlidjen Depeidjen ju dufern, die Herr v. Holgendorff ia femer Mede als beleidigend be- geidhnete, Arnim nit entefet. } Bertin den 20. Dec, 1874. Graf Arnim wird alle feine amtlicjen Wiirden und den Titel Excellen; beibehatten. Sofort nad) Ablauf feiner Strafjeit wird derielbe jur Wiederherftellung feiner Gejund$eit nad) Stalien teifen. [3 ur Bead tung.—Cremplare diejer Ans- gabe, weldje obige Ueberjetsung euthalten, find in unferem Bureau ju haben.) THE ’‘LONGSHOREMEN. | It is reported on.good authority that the steve- ores engaged on the East River piers, acting under instructions irom thetr respective owners, will re- q@uce the wages to-day o! ‘iongshoremen employed by them to the rates paid by the steamship com- panies on the North River. The majority of the longshoremen employed in thi- section velong to section No. 2 of the ’Longshoremen’s Union, who are still fighting for old rates. Police Captain Cherry will station several officers to-aay to pro- tect the Jerseymen who vome over in a steamboat ww work in loading the cargo of the steamer Corn- wall, bound for Bristol, in England, and of wnom | kK, E. Morgan’s sons are the agents, The ‘long- shoremen in tuis district complain that night work 3s only given to the favorites of the stevedores, and one of them told Captain Cherry on Saturday, that he had only had two nights’ work in four years. The sailing ships on the East River, io Many cases, pay forty cents an hour. ALDERMAN LINDEN'S FUNERAL. The funeral of the late Assistant Alderman Henry A. Linden took place yesterday at noon Jrom the residence of his sister, No, 333 West Forty-seventh street. The remains were laid in ‘he sront parior of the house, inclosed in @ biack wainut casket, on the plate of which was the iol- lowing inscription :— aecenereeereee. ba ree nennne none rene nore pone. HENRY ARTHUR LINDEN, The floral gilts were rich and nomerous, pro! severe ® 3 Died December f7, 1974 Aged 24 years, ) months and 38 days. athe ee Nine Persons Saved from LOSS OF THE WAPAN. the Burning Ship. "The Fate of the Other Passengers and Crew: Still Unknown. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.) Lonvon, Dec. 20, 1874. The American mail steamship Japan, bound from San Francisco for Hong Kong by way of Yokohama, took fire at sea: and was } totally destroyed. NINE PERSONS LANDED. The chief engineer, one cabin passenger and seven Chinamen have been landed at Hong Kong. 4 HARROWING SUSPENSE, The fate of the other passengers and tho crew is at present unknown. CUBA. 4 BAND OF OUTLAWS SURRENDERS TO TEE SPANIARDS. Havana, Dec. 20, 1874, Carlos Garcia, the noted bandjt, and all his iol- lowers have laid down their arms and thrown themseives on the clemency of the government, THE SPANISH REINFORCED. The steamer trom Cadiz brought General Rojo and 450 soldiers to reinforce the army in the island. PROSPECT OF THE SUGAR CROP. The coming sugar crop ig reported to be nnpre- cedentedly large, and is expected to be the largest ever produced in Cuba. RAILROAD GATHERING AND EXCUR- SION. POUGHKEEPSIE, Dec, 20, 1874. A special train will leave here at seven o’clock to-morrow morning with @ party of prominent railroad men on board, en route to Boston, to | attend a meeting of the Board of Trade in that city looking to the construction of a new route to the coal fields irom the East via the bridge across the Hudson at this place. Other ratlroad men will meet tne excursiouists at Hartiord and pro- ceed with them to Boston. THE OSAGE MASSACRE. HOW WHITE MEN IN KANSAS BUTCHERED PEACEFUL AND UNOFFENDING INDIANS—THE FACTS BROUGHT TO LIGHT—RECOMMENDA- TION OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 1874. On the 7th of August last a small band of Osages, near Medicine Lodge, Kansas, were attacked and four of them killed by a party of white men, The remainder of the Osages fed to their reservation, abandoning their camps and other property, which were taken by the whites. Captain Ricker, the leader, reported the affair as an atiack by Indians, and rumor soon enlarged it into Indian war along the border, with the Osage nation raiding upon the settlers of Kansas. The Governor called out the militia and telegraphed the secretary-of War | jor a supply of arms and ammunition, to be issued to the citizens 0: that State, Subsequently iniormation discovered the fact that the Inaians attacked were entirely peaceavie and triendly, and that the parties styling them. | selves militia Were a number of persons who were skirmisuing OD their own account and Were alter- ward organized into a militia company, with Ricker as captain, whose commission antedates this Inassacre, 80 a8 to call 1t an act of war. These facts, heretotore reported, are now verified by a statement of 4 member Of the militia, of Whom the Provate Judge of the county says, under his seal, “He 18 an old resident o: Barbour county ana a respectable and reliable man.” He states that be welt Nimself, unattended and unarmed, into the camp oi these indians the day betore they were murdered, was Weil treated, and saw no indication | waatever of hostility; and states further, ti indians did not fire fii | Were well known to be on a expedition ; that the four Indians were killed after nor at ail; that the peaceable hunting toey had been captured, and when they were en- tirely helpless, by the order of Captain Kicker, and that at the time of this raid upon the Indians the parties who have since styled themselves Kansas muittas, of whom he was one, were not ordered into sérvicd. Jt 1g @ significant fact that the same mail which bore this communication to the Indian office aiso | contained @ certified copy of the resoiutions of the Legisiatare of Kansas condemning the present | policy in the management of the Indians, and recommending that the Indian Bureau be turned over to tue War Department, INDIAN HOSTILITIES IN NEVADA, Ouana, Neb., Dec. 20, 1974, Rico, the scene of the Jate Indian hostilities in Nevada, is filty miles southwest of Piocne and 150 miles in the same direction from Beaver, Utah. | 1 of the | Genera! Ord has sent Companies G and Fourteenth infantry there. THAT TRUST COMPANY. POLICY HOLDERS ADVISED TO PAY THEIR PREM- TuMs, Haxrrorp, Conn., Dec. 20, 1874. Leading lawyers in this city are advising their Clients holding peticies in the American National | Lite and Trust Company to pay their premiums as they become due, during the pendency of the pro- ceedings against the company by the insurance department. By this means they will secure their interest in the reserve held by the company in case it 1 declared insolvent, and if tt is restored to good credit their polictes will be saved. It is weil known that the {nsurance Commissioner has in all cases, when applied to, advised tue policy holders not to aliow their policies to lapse. ANNUAL TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1874, The Executive Committee have designated Am- sterdam as the place, and Tuesday, January 26, as the time, for holding the next annual meeting of the New York State Temperance Society. As this society embraces temperance men o/ all shades of opinion as to politics, it is presumed that the occasion will be improved to inaugurate a move- ment that will secure united action in the political canvass of the coming year. Churches and temperance societies are invited to send deiegates, and ail irienas of the cause will be welcomed. A PRISONER'S ESCAPE, NORRISTOWN, Pa., Dec. 20, 1874. To-day Jonathan Bushong escaped from we | county jail here by opening nis cell door with a wire hook, during religious services in the cor- ridor of the jail. year. THE BISHOPRIC OF IOWA. WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 20, 1874, The Rev. W. R Huntington, D. D., rector of All Saints’ parish, in this city, announced to-day that he had declined the bishopric of iowa and shouid Temain With his parish in this city, FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20, 1874, About midnight @ fire broke out in the four story brick building No. 136 South Delaware ave- nue, occupied as @ wholesale print store by Boyer & 0o., the upper story, in which the fire origi- | nated, being occupied by Muir & Cramner as a | sail loft. The building and contents were badly nent Which Was a large cross, about two | t#maged. Loss estimated at $5,000, covered by Jeet inthelget, composed of {ubsroses, immortelles | insurance. and blue vi arers were composed + of members of the Equitatic Anmociation wien BURGLARS ABRESTED. ‘Whien the a had veen connected. There ‘were aiso present all the Members of the Board of Assistant Aldermen and other oficiais connected with the city government, The remains were taken to Flatbusn Cemetery for interment, when the services were celeprated im the chapel at- ¥ hed to the burial ground by the Rev. Father yan. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘The United States steam sloop-of-war Wachusett errived a) Mpswo yesterday from Noriolk, Two men named respectively Henry Williams, Of No. 210 West Twenty-eighth street, and Charles Manning (colored), residing at &o. 69 Sullivan street, were urrested yester on @ charge of burglary and locked up in ti Eighth precinct. Tne house of Robert Sewell, No. 69 West Forty- fifth street, was broken into last Thursday might and @ quantity of jewelry, clothing and ovher arti- cles, vained at about $750, abstracted. The police are confident these are the men who ted the burg! NEW YORK HEKALD, | ‘This 18 his second escape from this jall within a | MONDA‘)” DECEMBER 21, 1874—WITH SUPPLEMEN'. WASHINGTON. eae FROM OUP. spECiAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasuinaton, Dec. 20, 1874. "ME PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS ON THE CUBAN INSURRECTION—OUR COMMERCE WITH THE ISLAND UNIMPAIRED—INCREASE DURING PAST YEARS, In bis brief paragraph on Cuban affairs the President said:—“Six years of strife give the ile surrection a significance which cannot be denied. its duration and the tenacity of ite adherence, to- gether with the abseuce of manifestea power of soppression on the part of Spain, cannot be con- vroyerted, aud may make some positive steps on, tte part of other Powers a matter of self- necessity.’ The jast clause of thia sentence was generally j | understood to mean that our commerce with the island was embarrassed and put to loss by the ¥ | Continuance of the insurrection, and that tnty | matter’ bdfan to be so serious as to require netive | and abatement, It seems, however, that the President must have had in his mind some other | | cause for interierence; for the following figures, | taken from the printed returns made to Congress | of the commercial relations of the United States, | show that our commerce with Cuba during the | ; last six years has steadily increased, both in im- | | Ports and exports, in spite of the insurrection. In 1869 our Mmports of merchandise from Cuba were $56,976,491; in 1870, $53,777,108; in 1871, $57,534,925 3, in 1872, $67,264,315; In 1873, $77,077,725, and in 1874, the fiscal years ending in June, $85,428,097. Thus during the six years of insurrec- ‘ion there has been, with the exception of 1870, a yearly and large increase in our importations | from the island, and in the six years this bas risen | from less than fifty-seven millions to over eighty- | five. Our export of domestic produce to Cuba | during the same period has in uke | Manner, though more slowly, increased. In | 1869 the vaiue was $11,816,020; in 1870, | $12,879,287; im 1871, $13,768,060; in 1872, $12,960,831 ; | in 1873, $15,117,767; and in 1874, $15,677,716. The trade with Cuba has increased very largely in the | last twenty years, for in 1854 we bought of Cuba to the value of only $18,000,000; but it is notable that we sold to the isiand in that year to the | | have by no means increased mm proportion to our imports {rom the Island, that the insurrection has not seriously disturbed our commercial transactions with Cuva, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. pret, es Di as WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 1874. THE PARTY FINANCIAL MEASURE—PROBABILITY OF ITS PASSAGE THROUGH THE HOUSE—THE PRESIDENT’S ENDOR ENT EXPECTED. The Finance vill, agreed to yesterday by the Senate republican caucus, wiil ve reported to the Senate to-morrow, Its leading features are sub- stantially as follows:— First—Free banking to be open to all indiviauals and assuciations, without limitation of capital, Second—The retiring of an amount of green- backs, equal to eighty per cent of the amount of new national bank notes issued, until the green- back circuiation shall be reduced vo $300,L00,000, aiter Which no Surther reduction of the green- backs is to take place. It is ciaimed that by this | provision there will be neither expansion nor | contraction o1 the currency, as about twenty per | cent 18 now required as bauk reserves, Third—Tne withdrawal and destruction of the | fractional currency and the substitution of silver | coin, the arrangemeat to go into effect as soon as | practicable, under the direction of the Secretary | of the Treasury, Who 1s authorized to use the sur- | pius money for suppiying the silver coin, and, if | this is not sufictent, to seil the requisite amount of bonds of the new series to obtain the funds for | | that purpose. j | Fourth—ikemoving the cost for the coinage of gold at the several mints. Fijth—The resumption of specie payment to commence on the 1st day of January, 1879, The Secretary is authorized to use the surplus | specie in the Jreasury, but if that is not sufficient | tosell bonds in order to obtain gold to pay the | Treasury notes, But this last provision does not, like the others, go into immediate effect, Tne legal tender act remains undisturoed, The bill | having been agreed to almost unanimously by the caucus, there being only four members dissenting, insures the passage oO! the bill by the Senate, and it wil, it 1s thoaght by Senators, pass the House of Representatives by a@ respectable majority, In this case nO doubt Is entertaiued that it will re- ceive the approval of the President, as it 1s in ac- j conpence wito his recent recommenaation to Con- grea! | it is said that so much of the fractional currency | 1s mutilated und lost—as much as four per cent aunualiy—that silver can take its place with no | | Inconvenience to the public. The government is | 8ole to purchase and coin silver at a profit and Cah at an éariy perioa effect the substitution. | ‘The dill agreed to by tae caucus is in accordance | | with the views of the Secretary of the Treasury | contained in his annual report, he having ex- pressed dvubts oi the expediency of continuing the searee ee thé sey Se of gold, ees buillop to create al adverse exchan, lio} -be G*poried to Londo, aad Psat aca en Re With @ vieW to the resumption of specie paymey ce’ the manu/acture of a large quantity of silver @in to take the piace of the iractional notes, begrunmg wh the smallest denomination and @tadualiy ithdyawing the notes. ‘The Secretaty says the estimate Oi the Director of the Migs Showsa gain in the spede an:! bullion in the ast two fiscal years, ol about $35,000,000, aud ihe stock of specie in | the country to about $166,000,000. ‘The esti- Mated in rease of coin and buldon 43 gratifying | as being one of the evidences @! a gradual re- | cuperation of the country frem the effects o! a | destructive civil strile, abd m ‘connection with an annual production of about $70,000,000 of the | | | | | bi | pected, a complete panic, in which all classes and value of over $8,000,000, Thus our exports to Cuba | But it appears certain | | cellor Braxton was specially enthusiastic in | stamp of their approval, | orles as to the cause of the disaster, but tne one | cracked the stones and loosened the wood. They | fifty per ceat of the usual namber of cars were en- THE DAM DISASER. The Fright Among the People Subsided. . CAUSE OF THE . BREAK. Frozen Cement in, the Wall of imnoush RPE Tortately ine Although fortunately ‘Without the loss of Itfe or the destruction of mych prop- erty, yet the excitement caused by” the breaking away of the dam of Hayden, Gere & Co, yes- ‘erday was unprecedented, even in the hapless Mill River Valley. When the first news of the appalling disaster of last May was received many. Persons were incredulous and some were struck Speechless and actually helpless, so great was their amazement, until the greedy waters en- guifed them. To-day, with the memory of that Great calamity fresh in the mind, there was a quick realization of danger, and, as might be ex- conditions participated, THE BREAK in the dam was first observed by Fred Munyan, a young man who, with some seventy others, in- cluding many children, was skating on the pond.” | Going near the centre ofthe dam, he saw to his astonishment the heavy granite blocks, six feet across, which formed the top ol the structure, pushed slowly offand fall into the bed of the stream below. Instantly realizing that the dam must go, he shouted to his fellow skaters to flee for their lives, while he dashed to the shore to witness the completion of the destruction. Fire bells could not have spread the news more rapidiy. In an incredibly short time people poured out of their houses with the cry, “Another reservoir gone!” ran for the hills, expecting to see all that rematned of the village swept away. The sullen roar of the torrent and the crackle of the ice as the Mood poured through the rapidly widening | crack seemed to the aifrighted people a repetition of the ominous noise which accompanied the | great disaster lest May, and added to the general panic. Women went into hysterics, and it was | hours afterward before some persons could be in- duced to believe that the Goshen reservoir was not gone. Tne destruction of tbe dam was very gradual, block after block toppling over slowly and Majestically under the irresistible pressure of the current, until a breach fiity feet wide had been | Made in the centre of the dam trom top to founda- tion stone. | THE FLOOD STAYED. The flood poured over the cotton mill dam, half @ mile below, without damage, and was success. fully stayed by the new dam of the Nonatuck Silk Company at Leeds, which was but just completed, the gates having been closed for the first time this miocaing, Otherwise there might have been much loss of life,as the river in many places below was covered witn skaters, school children enjoying their Saturday holiday. Now that tne iright is over, aud it is found that no lives were lost and no great damage to property done, there is AN IMMENSE FEELING OF RELIEF. On every hand 1s heard the remark, “If we cannot trust such adam as that, what can we | trust? No longer ago than Thursday the Gov- | ernor, the Executive Council, the Commissioners | ana Engineer Davis, of Northampton, inspected this very dam with the other repairs at Hayden- ville and pronounced the wnole excellent. Coun- nis i praise of the very piece of masonry which proved so insecure, and there is no end of lig comment at the expense of the honorable digni- taries who so recently gave this very dam tne There are several the- most generally accepted 18 that the cement of the ceusral portion, Which gave way, was irozen by the cold snap three "weeke ago, vefore it had had time to harden, and cousequently lost all ad- hesiveness. While both jaces of tne dam were handsomely constructed, the “core” of the struc- ture was loosely built with small stones, and wita very few long stoues as binders. Theoretically, | the cement snouid bave been hardened and made the whole @ solid mass; but if, as is believed, it ag ade wortbiess by freezing, it 1s no wonder that the dam went off. Portions o! the cement picked up to-day crumble readily between one's fingers, and smailer stones in the ruins remain- img cemented together may be easily kicked aper' TRE t, showing conclussvely bay mm. Buco MAB GBs OR SOLIDI Nevertheless the contractors, John Delaney & Son, of Holyoke, who arrived here tnis alternoon, atoutly affirm that the cement was all right and claim that the ice which formed on tne dam | say il the ice had been kept cat away, ax should always be done in winter with new structures of this kind, the disaster would not have occarr Nothing will be attempted by way of ré until spring, and the dam can then be rebuilt ta me pate ee pst ata pet & Co.'s rass Works, 89 that no delay will be caused tie: by the disasté¥-~ - = THE STORM, THE FIRST SNOW STORM OF/THE SEASON IN) AND ABOUT NEW YORE>-TELEGRAPHS DIs- ABLED AND AWNINGS BROKEN, DOWN. About six o’clock yeaferday. morning a heavy snow storm set in over the city #nd raged until late in the afternoon. Horse car teams were doubled up, atrd on all the city lines not more than abled to run, precious metals affords encouragement that a stock of coin may, witnf@ a reasonable time, and | with favorable legislation, be accumulated to an | extent sufficient to enable the resumption of Specie payments to be undertaken and maintained, ‘ne Director of the Mint, Dr. Linderman, has beea tion of specie payments, beginning with stiver coinage. | AWARDS TO AMERICAN CITIZENS BY THE UM» PIRE OF THE MEXICAN CLAIMS COMMISSION, At @ recent session of the United States and | Mexican Claims Commission, the decisions of the | umpire, Sir Edward Thornton, were announcea | in five cases as follows:—Abrabam Waiters | gennings, Laughland & .Co., Frederick Goldbeck, Francis Dubois and Sanford Kidder, all against | Mexico, were dismissed. Awards in favor of | claimants were made in the cases of John Belden, Frederick Brouner, Fayette Anderson, et al. Smith | Bowen, A. F. Lawrence and Theodore Webster, all against Mexico, The aggregate of the awards in favor of these six citizens of the United States amounts to $125,000 in gold. The following cases were dismissed by the Com- | American citizens at the date of the origin of their respective claims, viz.:—Peter Berg, John Morrisey and Alexis Morris, drummers, against Mexico, The Commissioners have disagreed in opinion upon all the cases remaining on the | American docket, generally known as the “Archi- bald Gracie”! and the “Rebecca Adams” cases, They were referred to the umpire for decision to | the number of ninety-one cases, CAUCUS OF SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS—THE RACE TROUBLES. | There were about thirty members present at @ | attendance at most of the churches, save the caucus of Southern republicans last night, They | appointed a committee. ‘ onsisting of Maynard, of | | Tennessee; White, of Alabama; McKee, of Missis- | sippl; Platt, of Virginia, and Whitley, of Georgia, | | to con/er with a Senate caucus committee and con- | sider what legislation 1s needed in the interests of | the South, The caucus decided to vote in the | House against a holiday recess, | PROPOSED QUICKER TRANSMISSION OF THE MAIL FROM NEW YORK. It has been urged upon the Postmaster General to have the New York and Philadelphia mail | brought to Washington by the limited expre: train, which would ensure the delivery of mail 1 Matter to members of Congress and others fully | two or sooner than under the present arrange- | men ~~ OBITUARY. Te@junson RIVES. Jefferson Rives, one of the proprietors of the Congressional Globe, died in Washington, D. 0. | yesterday, in the twenty-seventh year of his age. Mr. Ri was carried from tle by an attack of | congestion of the brain. He died after an illness of toree hours’ duration, to the great regret of the community in which he had moved. The mel- ancholy occurrence took place at his residence. He was the son of the late Jonn ©, Rives and the working in accord with the Secretary of the | Treasury, aod is equally hopeful on the resump- | missioners on the ground the ciaimants were not | In many parts of the olty tt was found that awn- ings, particularly those made of canvas, were | torced to give away or ‘break down, owing to the | weight imposed om them by the large masses of wet and heavy snow that covered their sur. faces, The temperature was quite mild and the snow meited steadily, and pools of slush | were created that kept the pedestrians’ jee. |in & wretched and miserable state ail ; day long. ‘the trees that line the streets | of the city suffered vadly irom the storm, as many | of the smailer limbs were iopped off by tne wefght of the suowflakes that clung tu them. But the greatest damage o1 all was done to the telegraph wires and the poles that support them. Gut of 150 wires owned by the Western Union Company | but twelve were working in the city, the rest veing | down and useless. Tne company had tour wires | running to Washington, however, every effort Was being made by the company’s servants to make the necessaiy repairs. Many also of the fire and police telegraph wires and poles were | broken, and those departments tovuk measures to send thelr orders and reports by special messen- ers, There was some slight delay caused to the trans- mission of the mails by the storm, vut it was not of any great moment. At ten o’ciock last evenin, | the New York Central mall was an hour late, and | nothing had been beard irom her train up to that | time. ‘the following record will show the changes in | the temperature auring the past twenty-our hours in comparison with the corresponding date | Of last year, as recorded at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, e i} HERALD Building, New York :— 1 1874. 1873, 1874, | 83 3:30 P, M.... 43 34 | 35 6 P.M... AL 34 | 3 9 PM. 36 35 | 12 M.. . 42 35 12 P.M. 31 32 | Average temperature yesterday .. . 34 | Average temperature for corresponding date last year...... Wobe0e sevceeecuseees THE STORM IN BROOKLYN. The storm was severely felt upon all sides, The Catholic, was greatly diminished, owing to the diMculties of locomotion. Double teams had to be placed on all the city ratiroad lines, and the snow plough was kept constantiy operation, Trips were mad at intervals of from fifteen minutes to t ty~ five minutes on some of the roads, the companies being desirous Of Sparing their stock, even at the Cost of public convenience, THE STORM IN JERSEY CITY, It was fortunate for the people of Jersey City that yesterday Was the Sabbath and they could | remain most of toe day within doors, It seemed @ compietely snow-bound city. Travel from the hill downward along Newark avenue was ex- larly flerce along Grand street, a lon; which is pee | trom e on the meadows, and tne drivers were so ex. hausted that they were unable to extricate them. They obtained help from @ party of men congregated in @ liquor store at West Bergen. During the morning hours’ a dense fog overspread the river, to the dis may of the already perplexed pilots. THE STORM IN HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JaRSEY. shes | Rael norse car lines of raliroaa were blocked up, and only @ few cars could run, and that not till nightfall and on the most pas- sable thorougbfares, When the rain and thaw came on 10 the evening the water tumbled down the gulleys at the Heights, making tradt- tional sad havoc over the boken ant yo 4 City swamps. Snow vioughs were set to wor! on the raiiroads and it is expected that all the lines of tramic will be reopened this morning. The roof of the hot house of Henry Bterilden, over 100 feet long, and located on the Paterson Po] fell in about three o’clock from the hea’ iow. It damaged plants to the $1,000, most of t#e horse railroads running out of Newark were blockaded and had to stop running all the afternoon. ‘The Morris and Essex Rallroad ; 3 Company had their steam ploughing engines trav- the Structure. pens (aE reed oh day. ee one A MEDICAL MURDER, EB ee a eet K pe Reb viens ~ ES rome. ‘iw anxceD Cast OF FOGAE MALPRacTicE PHILADELPHIA—THE BODY PACKED IN A TRUNK, a, ge PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20, 1874. Ref murder, such as was practitea upon Alice Bowisby, the case which caused such intense excitement throughout the country two years ago, has been discovered in this city. The body of the victim was found in a trunk, in which it had been packed to be sent to the dissecting room, Mary Bradley, @ young lady of fine form and handsome face, residing in Manayunk or Con- shocken, came to this city last week, accom- panied by a blacksmith, of the same place. She was placed, it was alleged, under the care of Dr. F. G, Carpenter, alias Dubois, alias Per- ente, whose office {3 at No. 906 Filbert street. inder his treatment the girl died. The olice heard rumors of the case, tound that the y had been taken from a lying-in house on North Twelfth and transferred to a medical ool- lege on Ninth str The remains had been packed into @ Saratoga trunk. the legs being inioned behind the neck to admit of ne body ing pisces in the receptacle, and the remaining Space filled with sawdust. Tne janitor of the col- lege received information from Dr. Perpente that @ body would come in on Saturday night, and ac- cordingly the trunk containing the deceased’s remains was leit io the college hall- way. This morning Detective Mears com- municated with Dr. Paine, the head of the college, and that gentleman rendered every aid to the recovery of the body, and he expressed | himself as totally unaware of its presence in the institution, The body was found upon the dis- secting board and the trunk was in the room lying alongside the table. Perpente, alias Dubois, was taken into custody and jocked up. Two women, supposed to nave been implicated in the affair, are also in custody, having been arrested to-day. The Coroner has been notifed, ahd arrangements have been made for the inquest on Thursday. The post-mortem examination will be made to- | Morrow, SERIOUSLY ALARMED, HOW THE RINGING OF AN ALARM BELL CAUSED INTENSE EXCITEMENT—AN HEROIC FIREMAN. The good people of the Eleventh ward were greatly alarmed at ten o'clock last evening by the ringing Of the fire bell in their midst. Asis well known, the bells have not been rung in cases of fire at any time during the last eighteen months; consequently, their pealing forth in a spasmod:c wort of way last night was well calculated to disturb the equanimity of the most imperturbable citizen. Many thought half the city was in flames, and the idening rush of the fire engines through the streets did not serve to allay their fears to apy very great extent. Thousands of peo) le, Of all ages and both sexes, rushed out of heir nomes, expecting to hear the roar of de- vouring flames and the terrible crash of falling walls and timbers, but were happily disappointed. The cause of alarm proved to be a fire in the two story and attic brick building No. 86 Lewis street, and it had gaimed considerable head- Way before the alarm.was given. Jacob Wagner occupied the second floor as a dwelling and a Mrs. Clarkson and her intant child lived in the attic. On the arrival of No. 11 engine, the foreman, Jesse Patton, hearing that some one was 1n the building, rasned in at great peril to his own life, and in a few seconds emerged bearing in his arms Mrs. Clarkson and her child, both with nothing on but their night clothes, It is needless to Say that the intrepid fireman was warmly ap- Pplauded by the assembled multitude. Owing to the earnest manner in whitch the various engine companies worked, tie building Was saveu, but its entire contents were destroyed, | entailing a loss of about £1,000, which is fully covered by insurance, OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY, a ‘Stegner. Liverpool. 29 Broadway. Livernoot..|4 Bowling | Glasgow... |72Broa* sreen Rotterdam | fa lng Hamburz.. [6 .- ft . Broadway. > |. |15 Broadway. 7 Bowling Green Broaawi +]? Bowhna ‘Green :|69 Broadway. Hambure..|113 Broadway. 4 Bowling Green ‘oadway. 2.] Liverpool. [19 Broadway. 2.) Liverpool. {V5 Broadway. 2'|Liverpoot: {0 Broadway. 2./Glasvow...|7Bowung Green 2.)Bremen....|2 Bowime Green 4 Wiscor 5.) Liverpool je Brot wey. | Parth 6.lLiverovol..|4 Bowling Green Btate of 6. )Glaggew. .- |72 Broadwe WA scnolten, 7.| Rotterdam |50 Broadwi 9|Livernool..|19 Broadwey. 9.) Liverbool..|1 Broadway. 9.|Glasgow...|7 Bowling Groen 9.| Havre .....'86 Broadway. 12.) Bambure. Pommerania.. Uceant France, ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY. 23.| Mavre.....135 Broad SUN AND MOON, DIGH WATER ‘Sun rise: 7 21] Gev, Island..morn 6 23 Eaec- an tf/euen me tf PORT OF NEW YORK, DEC. 20, 1874. ARRIVALS, REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINE. Steamship Mississippi, Crowell. New Orleans Dec 12, with mdse and passengers to Fred Baker. Dec 18, 20'miles 8 o: Hatteras, passed a tugboat, bound 8 Steamship Mediator, Martin, Fernandina Dec 14, via Port Royal 16th, ‘with cotton and naval stores to Herman Gelocke. Steamsmip Herman Livingston, Matiory, Savannah Dec 17, with mdse.and passengers to W R Garrison. steainship Wyanoke, Couch, Richmond, City Point and Norfolk, with mdse and passengers to the Old Domi- Bion Steamship Co, Steamship John Gibson, Winters, Georgetown, DO, with mdse and passengers to J C Kenyon. ship Courrier de Lima (Br), Barreyer, Havana 18 8; in ballast to order. Had strong N and NW winds; of Bai Brig San Pietro (ital), Lauro, Marseilles 43 days, with mare Funch, Edye & Co. Passed Gibraltar Now 12, ‘Took the southern passage and had strong NE and NW winds; was 13 days in the Gulf, with heavy gales. HERALD MARINE CORRESPONDENCE. ay Srore, LI, Dec 20, 1874. Schr Ada M Hallock, Terry, from Virginia for New York, with oysters, was blown off the Jersey beach on Tuesday night last and anchored off Fire Island bar on Friday night in distress, lea! badly. she was bot on saturday morning by sloop Maggie, Capt Jeffrey, and crew, who afforded assistance in pumping her out and bendfig sails, and piloted her inside the iniet. MARITIME MISCELLANY. Strauer Leo, Daniels, from New York, wi Dec 20 on the oyster beds of Fort Pulaski, n m1 Atug and lighter had gone down to cargo, She was expected to come off next da; Banx Sarruo, 263 tons, has been sold to 1 H Bi Sons, of New Bedford.” is hrxrhy Veasey, Howell, previously reported as ads, bas been rescued and ar- 18 in tow of a schooner. P Botce, previously reported ashore on Green Maryland, was from Richmond, bound port. The wrecking ae ‘Resolute “elt Ice. The deckload of sugar on board schr Wat rich arrived at Bristol Dec 17 trom New Vor wha de: order, and not badly damaged, neously reported, if heal Provipency, RI, Dec 20—Schr Mary Slusman, aghore at Dutch isiand, was pulled off by a Tug without damage yesterday. iave placed two qhains unaer schr Robt Pettin Divers sunk near Dutch Isiand. Her t was jound at her stern. aground Som Run beach, Northern Norfolk Dec 18 to go to her assista: Surrsciepina—The largest ship ever built at Port Jef- e The snow storm of yesterday proved a disagree- able surprise to the lovers of Sabbath amusements 801 w of ex-Senator Vickers, of Maryland, and bad siready earned @ good name as @ publiaper, 1m tha ueighvoring digtricty of New Jersey, aL, SHIPPING NEWS! next Spring. She is expectad to be very fast, and ts tm Tonded | for eruising in the waters at the vast end. paca se WHALEMEN, Bark 1, Marvin, of NB, was at rongataboo Be it 12, having eare he log $ Ld a Ae yr * at do . Potter, Calisos bee. do, 300 do to; at Harpal tolan kstdias® Fisher, do, and Mary Frazier, ‘at Vavao, barks John Howland, Stan- ton, do, quantity of oil not known—reported doing wel ‘Schr Gage H Phillips, lu7 tons, of Provincetown, which has been employed in the coasting business, 1s to be re and of Capt laced in the whaling vusi! ) under comms john J Cook, NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CAPTAINS. Merchants, shipping agents and ship captains aro informed that by telegraphing to the Heraup London Bureau, No 46 Fleet street, the arrivals at and depart- ures from European ports, and other ports abroad, of American and all foreign vessels trading with the United States, the same will be cabled to this country free of charge and published, OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS. Awewnrr, Dec 19-Salied, barks Antoinetia (Sw Skantze, New Orleans; Kate Crosby (Br), Porter, Phila~ aelphis. ae" Arrl¥8d 20m, st delphia, ANsgR, Nov 7—Passed, ships Ambassador (Br), Prehn,. trom Hiogo and Yokohama for New York; Formosa, Rey~ nolds, from Hoilo and Manila for Boston. * Fatwours, Dec 19—Arrived, bark Consul Platen (Ger), Dorschrag, New York tor Rotterdam (not arrived at i. cee Dec 19—Arrived, brig Medea (Nor), Abra- hamsen, Charleston (was reported sailed from Charles- ton for Liverpool). Liverroot, Dec 19—Arrived, ship Alcatraz (Br), Foxy, San Francisao; bark Ranger (Br), Scott, Charleston. '+ Prymovra, Dec 2!—Arrived, steamer Holsatta (Ger) | Barends, New York for Hamburg. QuxxxsrowN, Dec 19—Arrived, brig Miletus (Nor), Pes dersen, Wilmington, NC. Put back 19th, steamer City of London (Br), Eynon, tor New York (see below). Sailed 19th, steamer Cuba (Br), Martyn qfrom Livers pool), New York. r Sourmauprom, Dec 19—Salled, ship Queen of England @r), for Pensacola; bark Langet (Nor), Willis, do. Smimtps, Dec 19—Sailed, bark Northumbrian. Pigge, New York. Lonpom, Dec 2%-The steamer City of London (Br), Bynon, bound to New York, which left Liverpool Dec 10, and Queenstown 11th. has put back to the Jatter port ta repair damages received in severe gales. Her passen« gers and mails have been transterred tothe Cunard steal Cuba (from Liverpool), which left Queenstown for New York. ; [A later despatch says the City of Lodon broke hes cylinder head on the /5th, when four days out, and put back working but one engine.] ‘The schr Petronilia (before reported) has been towed into Nantes leaking and with loss of mainmast and rig+ ging. Part of her cargo must be discharged to get at: the damage, z ’ eamer Nederlana (Belg), James, Phila> (Bris. FOREIGN PORTS. Sr Jonx, NB, Dec i6—Arrived, bark Advocate (Br), Ad\ vocate, N: Cleared 17th, sehr (old Hunter (Br), Patterson, Vines yard Haven for orders. AMERICAN PORTS. BOSTON, Dec 20—Arrived, bark Archer, Hatch, Buev nos Ayres; schr Eunice Rich, Rich, Virginia, BALTIMOKE, Dec Arrived, steamer Rebecca Clyde, Childs, Wilmington, \C; schr Twilight, Robinson, New: javen, Cleared—Steamer ¥ W Brune, Foster, New York. pitiler Barks Metsoia (Rus), London; Alex Gampbell,- c 20th—Arrtved, steamers Josephine Thompson, Moore ( Marthe Stevens, Chance, and Wm Woodward, Young, jew Yor! BATH, Deo 18—Sailed, schr Jas H Deputy, McMahan, New York via Georgetown, Me. DARIEN, Ga, Dec 9—Arrived, bark Heinrich Vom Schroeder (Ger), Hellet, Madeira, 12th—Cleared, scr Hattie M Turner, Hupper, Boston. Mth—Arrived, barks Oso (Rua), Rantate, Liverpooit Recovery (for), Perout. Grimsby, £3 schra Katie P Lunt, Webst Charleston. ‘w Yor! oseph Fish, . ris Hermann Frederick (Ger), 19—Arrived, bark Nord cobsen, Liverpool. ts d raieliyhe da fe ared—Steamer Ciyde, Kennedy. New York (an sailed); barks Cremona, Gove; Athlete (Br), Goudy, an Matiide (sp) Urviarte, Liverpool. NEW ORLEANS, lec 2U—Arrived, steamer United States, Burdick, New York. Saileu—Steamers Wilmington, Baltimore ; Misriast ppt. New York; State o! Alabama (Br), Liverpool; shi) Union, Havr rss Florence Chipman, Liverpoolt Fleetwing, do ‘vin de Monserrat (sp), Barcelona; Clementina ), do: John Read (Br), Havre ; brigs Net- te, Barcelo! Esperanza, NoRF i8—Arrtyed, steamer Darien (Br), Leighton, New Orleans tor Hamburg; schra A C Buck- ham, Young, and Lizhtboat, Wood, New York. “ NEWBURYPORT. jcc 19—In port, schr Jordan * Wo (new), for New York to load for Havana, to Sdame: jah ea EW BEDPURD. Dec 18—Arrived. Ot Worth, Philadelpni mae moamer Centipede, newhy Arrived, sch: finis DeSew, Baker; Hyanms for NEWPORT, Dec 13, PZ, |, Msaitea. sches: Addie Faller, Peadersop, Savannad “or Providence; uD KathburD, PH ROR LES. via Charleston tor do misprinee. aA, Dec 18—Arrived (not cleared, as “iJ, steamer Harrisburg, Worth, Boston. _ Arrived, steamers Vulcan, Wilcox, Hartto suinera, Warren, W © Pierrepont, Shropshire, and Mars, Gramley. New York; bark Washington (tal, Lauro, Bona; schrs It:verdale, Brown, Gloucester; Anua- Beil Heyer, Betts, Jacksonville. Also arrived, schr Lona Bt eed, Whyaton, Jacksonville Cleared—Steamers Ju atharine, New Orleans: Hi Virginia, Hunter, Charleston; Mary, Rod- ‘idence funter, sherman a oman, orf Point, Smith, New York; ship Antwerp; Nellie Clifford, Ha- r, Halifax; Jonathan 1, Trinidad. cleared, schrs ‘Theresa Wolf, Champion, Charles ton; F E McDonald, Mcvonald, Boston; Fannie & Edith, Bartlett, Portland via Newcastle, Del. salled—Steamers Koiman, Boston; Hunter, Providence ; ‘onawanda, Si e Above was misplaced under Allentown, do; javannan. City Point in yester- p-arrived, bark Cathrina (for), Hoffman, London. v e. ‘A northeast gale blew all day, with snow and rain. PORTLA c 18—Arrived, brig B W Cochran (Br), Boyd, Boston, ‘to load for St John, | day’s edition. Cleared—Schr Cas-ie Jameson, Jameson, Havana (not as telegraphed), RICHMOND, Dec 18—arrived, bark Jane Milloy (Br), McKiray, Rio Janeiro. Cieared—sehr J M ceonard, Crowley. Rio Janeiro, ailed—Schr John McDonnell, MeKendry, Philadel. phia. ‘ SEN FRANCESCO, Dec 12—Below, brig Percy Edward, rom Ta Arrived—Ship Dashing Wave, Nichols, Tacoma. Cleared—ship Lookout. Wiggin, Departure Bay : brig ibis Ge }) Fenster, Hamburg; schr Varuna, Gilbe: fonolalu. SEABKOK, Dec 12—Arrived, bark Oregon, Henry, Pi- mental (Peri), SAVANNAH, Dec 19—Arrived, schrs Edwin Janet (Br), Bahamas; ‘uc W Townsend, Townsend, Phila Thos Van Gil er, Van Gilder, do, Sailed—Steamers Vindicator, Martin, New York: Wor- ester, Boston; Wyominy Philadeiphia; brig Lizzie M lerrill, Havre. 20th—Arrived, steamers Gen Barnes, Cheeseman, New York: Leo, Daniels, do cee Miscellany», Balled Bark Lynton (dr), Liverpool; brigs Euroclydon- (Br), Charleston; © C V iimington, NC, SALEM, Dee 17—Arrived, od Well, Spaaiding, Port Johnson; Geo A Pierce, Kelly, New York. 18th—Arrived. schrs i: G Knight,’ Pratt, Baitimore- 0 H Macomb gent, Hobok MISCELLANEOUS, TT 3 tt - eee ae . u H HAH H H 88sss 8 8 8 88388, Peri Lal H HS cy ° Zz al -| a Peres LLLL II] Eien Pato be by DSCNS CSCO oe bt EK EEFEEEFERB LULLLLLEL - EEEEEKKKE 3! LULbLLLLL — | BREWERY, EIGHTEENTU STREET, BETWEEN SEVEN’! AND EIGHTH AVENUES, BSOLUTE DIVORCES OBTAINED FROM DIFFER- ent States—Lega! cverywhere ; desertion, &c., suM- cient cause; no puviicity required: no charge unt Srcies eee advice tee, |. HOUSES, Attorney, 19% Foumar PRESEN’ of AFFECTION AND CHARITY 0 WIFE, MOTH! 8, SISTER OR FRIEND, r WHEELER & Wii.SON fier cgornic gt ieaamiee thie Sterol ie orton of ie timber ¥ Her trame Is to be of white oak. Her ‘dime! i om are wer he Te to be as tollows—225 feet keel, 47 feet beam feet salesroom, hold, with three decks and & carrying capacity of 380) — ms. Capt Jas Di Wik How of the ship Adorna, built at No. 44 Fourteenth street, DTB Brook, is building a schooner for 1 7 hol at Heat ogtean ain Will be kept sti vata dern ny season. an She will ened trame of white 0K “ae Wd ; aa Ta oe mar pg i! 3 C Wan 8 Bayport, has contracted to build for Mr Robinson's Oatm: al Givonrina a aliven ame ne B Huntley, of Arty gt ii cht of 40 teet keel, 16 teet | awarded by thi M. A. November, 1874. Now is: beau and sa tect devil of held, to be completed early | the time to got in ck for Winter, Bold everywhere,