The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1874, Page 7

died while in the boat. THE BURNED SHIP. Fearful Details from the Scene of the. Cospatrick Conflagration. THREE SURVIVORS PICKED UP AT SEA Four Hundred and Twenty-Eight Passengers and the Remainder of the Crew Lost, ‘TEN DAYS IN AN OPEN BOAT Feeding on Human Flesh and Drinking ‘ Human Blood, Bound from England for New Zealand, A Great Loss to the World’s Industry. {SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Lowvon, Dec. 28, 1874. A telegram from Madeira reports that the British ship Cospatrick, which has been burned at sea, was bound from London for Auckland, New Zealand. SAILED AIL RIGHT AND SPOKEN AT SEA. Bhe sailed ftom London September 14, and ‘was spoken on the 28th of October in latitude 11 south, longitude 34 west. THE DAY OF THE DISASTER. She took fire during the voyage, and was totally destroyed on Thursday, the 19th of November. THE SCENE OF DEATH. . ‘The disaster occurred when the vessel was 4n latitude 37 south, and longitude 12 east, off the Cape of Good, Hope. THREE MEN SAVED. The British ship Sceptre picked up one of the boats of the Oospatrick. It contained three survivors of the wreck. These were the second mate, named Henry McDonald, and two sailors. TEN DAYS ADRIFT. They had been ten days drifting about in the boat. A HORRIBLE DIET. During a greater portion of this time they | @ustained their lives by drinking human | ‘blood and eating human flesh taken from the ‘bodies of others, their companions, who died in the boat. GOING TO DEATH WHEN IN QUEST OF ANEW HOME, The remainder of the crew of the Oos- patrick, four cabin passengers and 424 steer- ‘ge passengers, who had emigrated under the government regulations for Australasia, are supposed to have been lost, A GREAT LOSS TO THE NEW COUNTER. The government emigrants were, for the most part, agricultural laborers, who left England in consequence of the operation of ‘the recent labor strikes. Many of them were married, and were ac- ‘ompanied by their families. THE OWNERS OF“THE COSPATRICE. The owners of the Cospatrick are Messrs, Saville & Company, who have afforded to the Hemawp news bureau every {facility for ob- taining information concerning the disaster. SHE NEWS OF THE DISASTER FULLY CONFIRMED. Lonpox, Dec. 29—5 A. M. A telegram received by the vessel’s owners confirms the reported burning of the emi- grant ship Cospatrick. The Superintendent of the Brazilian Tele- graph Cable at Madeira also telegraphs that only three persons are at present known to survive—namely, the second mate and two seamen. These were picked up by the British ship Sceptre after having been ten | days in an open boat, subsisting part of the time upon the flesh and blood of others who (HISTORY OF THE COSPATRICK, BY THE CAPTAIN OF 4 CONSORT SHIP. Yesterday afternoon s HERALD reporter went on | ‘board the ship Forfarshire, now lying at brooklyn, ‘Which vessel belonged to the same owners as the | ill fated ship Cospatrick, burned at sea while on her voyage from London to New Zealand—to gain dmiormation respecting the unlortunate vessel. HISTORY OF THR COSPATRICK. ‘The following ts the statement of the captain of the Forfarshire:— The Cospatrick has been employed for many years past in carrying British troops to India, She bas run of late years in Shaw Saville’s New Zealand passenger line. The agents of these vei gels, when they come home by way of New York, | are Arkell, Tufts & Co. The iast voyage the Cos- patrick took previous to her jatal trip was when carrying coolles (rom Calcuita to Demerara. She ‘was frigate built, in the fashion of all the teak ships built by the old East India Company. In spite of her build, the Cospatrick ‘was a fast. éailer. 1 should = estimate her value at $60,000, She was, without doubt, in- | sured in London. She plied regularly to India for fourteen yeai The following would be an ap- | Froximate estimate of her oMcers and crew:— ptain, three mates, four Penter, voatswain, sve ward ai crew. ‘She would’ carry ab 425 adult passen- er capacity in this respect being almost identical with that of my ship. HER COMMANDER. The name of her captain is Alexander Elmslie. He ts about thirty-eight years of age, @ native of Aberdeen, in Scotiand, and married man, hav- ing one or two children. He vook command of she | atrivk about 1868, when his brother ‘eit her to | take out a steam corvette to she Sultan of Zanze bar, purchased dy Smith, Fieming & Vo., of Lon- don, The Captain ot ‘he Cospa' was @ remarkably careful navigator, almost Over careiui, tf s possible, jh &@ Quality be SMOKIN Ishould not be at BETWEEN DECKS, all surprisea to learn if the disaster had been brought about Sy the emigrants smoking between decks. Our English gration laws do not give the masters of vesseis gumicient power to punish men caught smoking, which th are constantly in the habit of doing surrept! tlously. They will leave of smoking tn your pres- ence and recommence when your back is turnea, ‘We oocastonally have men hauled up tor this, and hogging for risk lives Of so. mang (or ing man: 4 These emi t ships are divide three partitions, the single men forward, the married amidship, and the single girls under the ohare of a mairon in the after nartof the | to be $3,000,000, | penses of the would-oe negotiators their propose NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. SEP. We masters or emigrant suips ongut to have | bry ai a 4 than we have to paniat oenders agai Ci + re Ege sone ig the to carry his orders Tito effect. ” THE BOATS, With reference to our boats, we have six, and I dare say the Cospatrick has the same—viz., two cutters, one long boat, two liieboats and one gig, capable af carrying 230 people. I think gli emi- grant si ought to be provided with raits, put on ore the ship leaves port, boas average twenty-five feet in length each. ENGLAND. ete tiaacinnaniameeene Lonvon, Deo, 28, 1874. 8t. Ives, Cornwall, returns Mr. Praed, conserva- tive, to Parliament. CUBA. THE SPANISH POLICY TOWARD VANQUISHED ENEMIES, Havana, Deo. 27, 1874. Captain General Voncha has issued orders to the oMocers commanding Spanish troops to act len- tently toward captured or surrendered insurgenvs Out to execute ail incendiaries and filibuaters who may be taken prisoners. ST. DOMINGO PLEASING PROGRESS UNDER PRESIDENT GONZALES. Newront, R. l, Dec. 28, 1874, Captain A. 8, Turner, of St. Domingo, agent of the Dominican government, has arrived here in the schooner M. M. Pote from St, Domingo. The vessel put in in distress. THE NATIONAL SITUATION ENCOURAGING. , Captain Turner reports that everything 1s quiet and encouraging in the Dominican territory under the Gonzales government, and that a general nt in business is manifested, THE DOMINION. NEW ENGLAND EMIGRATION INTO CANADA—IM- POBTATION OF MACHINERY. Orrawa, Dec. 28, 1874, Mr. Lavers, of the American Canadian, of Bos- ton, fs now here to confer with the government respecting emigration irom the New England States to Canada, On and after January 1 machinery not manufac- tured tn Canada will be allowed to enter on pay- ment of a duty of ten per cent ad valorem, on the aMidavit of the importer that it is ior his own use, TMSCHERMASCHER DISCHARGED. ToRONTO, Ont., Dec, 28, 1874. In the case of Adolphe Taschermascher the ap- plication by the prisoner’s counsel for a writ of habeas ‘corpus was granted, the Judge holding that the offence of embezzlement, for which the prisoner was committed, is not included in the crimes for extradition mentioned in the treaty between England and France, He was tnereiore entitled to his discharge, THE ST. JOHN BOARD OF TRADE AND IHE RECI- PROCITY TREATY, Sr. JOHN, N. B., Dec. 28, 1874, The report of the Committee of tne St. John Board of Trade on the Reciprocity Treaty came up again for disrussion to-day. The report was favorable to the principle of re¢iprocity, but ob- jected to many of the features of the treaty, and Suggested various modifications fitted to make it more fair and equal and a more accurate definition of the terms used in desig- nating the articles to be exchanged, An | amendment was moved that the report be | filed, and that the Board, while heartily approv- ing the treaty, deciares it should be extended so as to include the reciprocal coasting trade o! the United States and Canaaa. The amendment was porarare committee’s report carried by a vote 0 ARRIVAL OF THE EXTEADITED PRISONER DUGAN IN HALIFAX, $ Hauirax, N. S., Dec, 28, 1874, ‘The prisoner Dugan, who was extradited !rom Boston for the murder of Captain Robinson, at Digby, arrived here this morning. | BRITISH COLUMBIA. ALLEGED GRIEVANCES CARRIED TO ENGLAND— THE PROPOSED RAILWAY ENTERPRISE. Toronto, Dec. 28, 1874. The Globe this morning has an article on the re- sult of the Hon. D. A. Walkem‘s visit to England | to lay British Columpia’s alleged grievances at the | foot of the throne, in which it says Lord Varnarvon | recommends the construction of a railroad in Van- | couver’s Island, from Esquimalt to Manaime, and | that the surveys on the mainland should be car- med on with vigor. He proposes the construction | of a telegraph line and & wagon road ahead of the railroad, and the expenditure of a minimum sum | of $2,000,000 annually m the province during the period the work of construction is going on. Lord narvon indorses the sentiment that the eastern section, Irom Lake Superior to Lake Nipissing, | should not be pressed jorward until the line from the Pacific to Lake Superior 1s completed, and he suggests December 31, 1890, as the day by which | the line so umited should be in working order. The Globe adds that it was not proposed by the new Pacific Railway act to enforce any limitation of time upor the government, but we suppose Mr. MacKenzie has no doubt the road can be built in the period specified. THE PACIFIC SLOPE. CLAIMS OF THE GERMAN RONDHOLDERS AGAINST | THE CALIFORNIA PACIFIO RAILROAD—A VIG- OROUS STOCK MARKET. San FRANCISCO, Dec. 28, 1874. The attorney of the German bondholders, peti- tioning in the Bankruptcy Court agaifist the Calt- | fornia Pacific Railroad Company, filed an ameaded | petition to-day. Four hundred creditors are added to the hist, The aggregate indebtedness is claimed STOOK SPECULATIONS. The Stock Board met to-day, after a@ recess of three aays. The m tis strong. The following are the latest quotattons:—Opuir, 200; Consoite dated Virginia, 580; Yellow Jacket, 180; Cailiornia, 600; Savage, 146; Chollar, 91; Best and Beicher, 84; Gould and Curry, 6%; Hale and Narcross, 73} Confidence, 52, f INDIAN AFFAIRS. RED CLOUD DESIROUS OF VISITING WASHINGTON TO NEGOTIATE IN REFERENCE TO THE BLACK HILIS—WHISEEY TROUBLES IN SNAKE RIVER VALLEY. WasHINnaTon, Dec. 28, 1874 The Commissioner of Indian Affairs to-day re- ceived an urgent petition from “Red Cloud” to be allowed to come on here with some forty Sioux adherents, and settle up all the troubles about the | Black Hills Reservation, and hunting on the Platte | River, &c.; but Commissioner Smith replied that | on account of the want of funds to pay the ex- | tion must be declined. A report was received by the Department to-day from the Special Indian Agent, Major Thompson, who was despatched by the government to tnves- tigate the cause of the Indian troubles between the Sioux and Utes in Snake River Valley. He ascervained that whiskey was at the bottom ofthe | affair, and caused some of the dispensers of that | article to the Indians to be placed under arrest, and warrants issued for the arrest of those not at hand. A messenger was despatched to invite the Indians to return to the reservation. This will | probably end the whole troubie. LARGB CAPTURE OF CHEYENNES. Sr. Lovurs, Mo., Dec. 28, 1874. The following information reached Army Head- quarters to-day:—Captain Keys, of the Tenth cavalry, reports that he followed up the Chey- enne trail irom Barris Creek, on the Wachita, to the north fork of the Canadian River, a distance of eighty miles, and captured a band of flity-two Cheyennes, with seventy ponies. They all belong | My the band of Medicine Water and Medicine rrow. A BOLD SWINDLER ARRESTED. Boeron, Dec, 28, 1874. Aman calling himself A. Batley ana claiming | to be extensively engaged in crashing quartz in | California was arrested in Montpelier, Vt, yes- | terday, ond taken to Manchester, N. H., where he | arrived to-day in charge of the City Marshal of that city charged with swindlin; operating in several cities of Ni erally pure! ig machinery @ upon Duncan, Sherman & vo., of New York, enecung loans on hie checks drawn on that arm, ‘Thus far hig operations amount to about $10,000, Duncan, Sherman & Oo., when telographed to, denied all knowledge of the swindler, | The original taodictment against | morning the jewelry store of George W. Daring & rafts | balance of the stock left strewn about the place LOUISIANA. COMMENTS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PRESS ON SHERIDAN’S EXPECTED OOMING—BITTER MEM- ORIES OF HIS FORMER ADMINISTRATION AS MILI- TARY COMMANDER—THE BYERLY INQUEST. New ORLEANS, Dec. 28, 1874, The following are extracts from the comments of the Journals of this city on the report that Lieutenant Generai Sheridan bad been ordered to New Orleans: PHIL NOT PACIFIC, The Times says:—‘‘One of the questions of the day is whether Phil Sheridan is to ride down this Way or not. Phil has been bere before. His repu- tation as a rider and raider stands high, but as a soother of political troubles and corrector of po- litical abuses he 1s anything but a success. His conduct while in command of this department was frequently of a most shortsighted ana arbitrary character, and espectally was this the case in his interference with our municipal affairs. If the Policy of vengeance ts to be adopted Phil can carry tt out successiully, but he is by no means the proper man to throw oll on the troubled waters,” SHERIDAN’S FORMER ACTS IN LOUISIANA. The Picayune says:—“If there is one man more Tesponsible than another for the misfortunes of Louisiana that man is General Phil Sheridan, [t was General Sheridan who disfranchised the white people of this State under the first Recon- struction law, acting in concert with the Radical Committee and secretly instructing the registrars to catechize the @oters in a manner which, while it was clearly illegai, made {t impossible lor vast numbers of white people to register. It was Gen- eral Sheridan who induced Congress to accept and embody in a new law his methods of disfran- chisement, and thus subject the State toa negro government. It was to this man that we owe the chains from which we have never been able to escape.” IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. The Bulletin says:—‘If our people are deter- mined to avoid a collision with the United States forces, as we firmly believe they are, General Emory or De Trobriand, or for the mater of that, any lieutenant in command of a squad would answer just as well as the redoubtable Sheridan, or the scalping and town-burning Tecumseh himself. Should they ever come to the conclusion that their self-respect and manhood require them to adopt a different course, which is scarcely presamable, the fact that ‘tenmile-away Munchausen Sheridan’ 13 to be their objective point willnot make a particle of difference so far as they are concerned, and tt may sately be predicted that in that case some- body is just as likely to be hurt upon one side as upon the other.” THE BYERLY INQUEST. An inquest on the death of Mr. Byerly will be held to-morrow. THE POST MORTEM EXAMINATION. Drs. Schumaker and Stone have made a post Mortem examination of the body. There were found to be six wounds, only one of which was superficial, being @ slignt flesh wound over the abdomen. Any one of the other five wounds would have caused death. Two of them were in the back O! the left side, penetrating the spleen. These were the immediate cause of death, The other wounds penetrated the side, between the filtn and sixth and seventh and eighth ribs, and any one of them would have caused death from pneumonia ina couple of weeks, although they were not of an im- Mediately dangerous character. APPOINTMENT ON THE POLICE BOARD—GENERAL BADGER'S RECOVERY. New On.eans, Dec. 28, 1874. Major W. M. Robinson, of the Repudlican, has been appointed a member of the Police Board vice Joubert, resigned. General A. 8. Badger was at his office to-day. He has so far recovered from the wounds received on the 14th of September that he will resume com- mand of the police force in January, TWO MEN. KILLED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESIST ABREST—A PROJECTED LYNCHING PREVENTED. Avausra, Dec. 28, 1874. At Columbus, the Chief of Police, M. V. Murphy, while attempting to arrest some drunkeh despera- does from Cussetta, Ala., was killed by two men, Millord and Ben Bagley. Milford Bagley, one of the desperadoes who resisted the police, was mor- tally wounded and died on Sunday morning. The friends of the assailants having threatened to break open the jail and rescue the surviving mur- derer, Ben Bagiey, the outraged citizens deter- mined to deal summarily with him; but the Sheruf | called On the military for assistance, which was furnished, the military remaining on duty ail Sun- day night and thus preserving the peace. Marshal Murphy was buried on Sunday after- noon, 6,000 peo tending his funeral. ALABAMA, THE NEGROES MAKING LABOR CONTRACTS FOR THE YEAR. MonTGOMERY, Dec. 28, 1874, The negroes are rapidly contracting with the planters for next year’s work. There is less talk of going West and better feeling prevails than for years, ‘rhe Congressional Investigating Committee is at Opelika to-day. THE MAINE SENATORSHIP, PORTLAND, Dec. 28, 1874, The Press of to-morrow will announce that Judge Peters, of Bangor, has consented to the use of his name in connection with the pending Unitea States Senatorship. CONGRESSMAN CROCKER’S SUCCESSOR. Boston, Dec. 28, 1874, Lieutenant Governor Talbot will at an early day | issue @ warrant for the election to fill the unex- pired term of Hon. Alvah Crocker, deceased. Pro- fessor J. H. Seelye, his successor elect for next Congress, will probaoly be chosen to fill the pres- ent vacancy. Hon. Charies P. Stickney is named as successor to Mr. Macy, deceased, as member of the Gov- ernor’s Council, SPENCE PETTIS, THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS NOT LIKELY TO RELEASE HOM, Boston, Dec. 28, 1874. Powerful influence is being brought to bear upon the Governor to prevent the release from the State Prison of the notorious Spence Pettis, It is claimed that his evidence is worthless, and | the whole movement a ruse to secure his virtual | unconditional pardon, as he himself well knows, | him has been stolen from the District Attorney’s oiice, and there is now no evidence against him in this | State. It ts believed here that the Governor will | refuse to release him. CHARLEY ROSS NOT FOUND. Irnaca, N. Y., Dec, 28, 1874, The Philadelphia detectives, who arrivea bere | Saturday evening, declare that the boy who was thought to be Charley Ross ts not that individual, The case was carelully and admirably worked up by the parties here who furnished the information, they having the fullest belief that they had the Fight boy, lis resemblance to the photograph of the missing boy being very striking. A BOSTON BURGLARY. A JEWELBY STORE ROBBED oy $12,000 worrH | OF Goons, Boston, Dec. 28, 1874, Some time between Saturday night and this ©o., No, 165 Washington street, was broken into | and robbed of gold watches, diamonds and other articles of the value of upward of $12,000, The discovery of the robbery was made by aclerk who | opened the store this morning. The thieves gained | access to the back yard of the building by an | adjacent skylight and forced open the rear wooden ' shatters. Two sales were broken open and all the more valuable contents careiully selected and the in confusion. The store is in the most central jo- cation; but the saics, being poorly constructed, were opened without much noise, There is no WASHINGTON. A Military Inspection of the South Ordered. SHERIDAN OFF FOR NEW ORLEANS. Ominous Opposition to the Senate Finance Scheme, AMERICAN BONDS BEGGING ABROAD. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 1874. THE INFLATION {LOOPHOLE IN THE FINANCE BILL—AMENDMENT BY THE HOUSE UNPALAT- ABLE TO THE SENATE. During the brief debate tn the Senate on the Finance bill Senator schurz vainly tried to get Senator Sherman to say that the greenbacks called in would, by the wording or intention of the bill, be absolutely cancelled and not on any pretext re- issued, Mr. Sherman, after a good deal of fencing, refused to commit himself to this position, and the understanding is thereiore that, if the Secretary ofthe Treasury saw fit to reissue such called-in legal tenders, he would have aright to do so. Of course this would make it @ measure of wild inflation. Senator Logan was to- day asked what would be the result in the Senate if the House should so amend the bul as to require the cancellation of the with. drawn greenbacks and forbid their reissue under any circumstances. He replied very prompuy that such an amendment could not pass the Senate, and that it would kill tne bill if it was tn- sisted on. It is now quite certain that the bill is intended to favor further inflation of the currency, and it is equally certain that a number of leading republicans in the House will oppose its passage, except With an amendment absolutely forbidding the reissue of legal tender notes after they have been withdrawn under the provisions of the bill, On this point there will be a vigorous debate, and the inflationists in the House will be forcea to “show their hands.’? FROM OYR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 1874. THE PRESIDENT'S SOUTHERN POLICY—ANTICIPA- TIONS OF FURTHER BLOODSHED—GENERAL SHERIDAN DESPATCHED TO NEW ORLEANS IN READINESS FOR AN EMERGENCY. The determination of the President to make such changes in the personnel of the officers of the De- partment of the Guif as would contribute to its greater efMficiency was fully reported in this corre- spondence last week. The republican Senate cau- cus in dividing its labors appointed, among other committees, one on the condition of the South, and, through a sub-committee, represented to the President the importance of giving the command of the federal forces in New Orleans to some omi- cer who in an emergency would act without | delay and not wait for detatled instructions from Washington, while a rot was expend- ing itself upon State officials recognizea by the federal government. The oficer chosen was General Terry, commanding the Department of Dakota, but it was learned that he is suffering from ill health, so that it was not advisable to chance his post for the present. The.friends of General Emory in Washington in- terposed an objection to any change on the ground that it would be constrned as a refection upon his ability, patriotism and obedience to orders; and also, as the Louisiana troubles were purely of a political character, a change would look as though the army was wielded for partisan purposes. It was further urged by the Southern carpet-baggers and their friends that a new mili- tary department ought to be constructed so as to give the command of the turbulent States to one commander, After hearing and promising the friends of Governors Kellogg and Ames that some- thing should be done or “somebody would be hurt,” and after wrestling with the social influences which were brought to bear in favor of General Emory, 1t was finally decided on Saturday Jast to send Lieutenant General Sheridan on a tour of inspection through Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, with tn. structions to report as speedily as possible, carrying out substantially the same duty assigned General Grant by President Johnson in 1866, He was further directed to give bis immediate at- tention to the task and lay aside all other business until it was accomplished, Copies of previous orders to General Emory, fully acquainting Gen- eral Sheridan of the exact attitude of affairs in Louisiana, were enclosed with the confidenttal letter matled to him on Saturday by the Secretary of War and duplicates of all the papers were likewise forwarded to Genera! Sherman. This-document reached General Sheridan this | afternoon, and as he had been informed by tele- graph that the order of September last, to hold ‘| Rimself in readiness for immediate departure, “New Orleans being understood,” was again re- newed, the General is probably on his way South to-night, and will reach New Orleans on Wednesday. Agatnst thts order General Sheridan personally protesied, the duty being an unpicas- ant one and a visit to New Orleans not at all de- sirable to him. On arriving in New Orleans he will confer, not with General Emory, but with Col- onel Merrill, who, in the opinion of the War De- partment, is the only officer thus far who fally ap- preciates the situation. General Emory will con- tinue for the present in command of the Depart- ment of the Gulf and Colonel De Trobriand in charge of the federal forces in the city of New Or- leans, The importance attached to the mission of General Sheridan by the carpet-baggers and their followers indicates that more is expected from his visit than from any report he may hereaiter make, His conduct during the riot in New Orleans in 1866 gives Sheridan 4 prestige which it 1s believed the White Leaguers will not care to increase, for the moment an outbreak occurs he will assume com- mand in person, and direct the troops to carry ous the President’s policy of “hurting somebody.” GERMANY’S CONSUMPTION OF SPECIE LESSENING THE DEMAND FOR AMERICAN FIVE PER CENT BONDS ABROAD. The contract entered into by the Treasury De- partment with the Rothscbilds to place the re- mainder of the five per cent bonds will expire on the 30th of January next, their bankers having an option until that date, The Syndicate bas already taken $55,000,000, leaving $129,000,000 yet to ve dis- posed of. When the contract was entered into last summer, the demand for the new bonds was very fair, and the Secretary of the ‘treasury was enabled to make what was regarded as a very favorable contract for the government. Recently the German govern- ment has put upon the London market the $15,000,000 five per cent bonds purchased oat of the French imdemnity fund, as they now need Gold to strengthen the specie standard of the Em- pire. At the time the contract with the Syndicate was made exchange on London wasa ittle over two per cent, while now it is approaching seven per cent to stay the owtfow of specie from Eng- jJand. The placing of our five per cent bonds on the London market, Which were bought for an investment by the German government, leads those well informed upon financial matters to Predict that the Syndicate will not further attemps to dispose of the remaining $120,000,000 of bonds of the five per cent hoan. It was this information that made It unnecessary, in the opinion of Becre- tary Bristow, for Mr. A. G, Cattell to return to London, and Mr. Uattell did not care to make two Unpleasant ocean voyages at this season of the year. PROMISED REFORMS IN THE POSTAL ADMINIS- TRATION. ‘The Postmaster Gonerai has determined upon a thorough examination of all the larger post clew to the thieves, Who are thought to have come from New York, ofiess, with & w ta their more ecanomical | were also stained with blood, He was locked up management and greater eMctency. He finds | that one of the largest items of expenditure in the | department is the expense of these post offices, | and that this will, at present rates, exceed the | appropriations for the year by $90,000, The inves- tigation will be made by agents, upon whose re- \ Ports the Postmaster Genera! will act, and 1t is | intended and expected to seoure greater efficiency among post office clerks and the same amount of work from a smaller number of men, increasing sal- aries where this is deemed proper, and thoroughly systematizing the work. Appointment for fitness and promotion for merit are to be the established order, Postmasters have been nstructed to pre- Pare and forward schemes for the reorganization | of their offices, GENERAL WASHINGTON OESPATCHES. — Wasuineron, Dec. 28, 1874 THE PRESIDENT'S NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION. The arrangements for the New Year's reception at the Executive Mansion are the same as hereto- fore. At eleven o’clock A. M. the President will receive the members of tne Cabinet and foreign Ministers, A+% half-past eleven the Judges of the Supreme Court o/ the United States, Senators and Representatives in Congress, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, the Judges of the Su- preme Court of the District of Columbta and of the Court of Claims; at twelve M. the officers of the army and navy, at balf-past twelve P. M. the assistant secretaries of the departments, the As sistant Postmasters General, Solicitor General and Assistant Attorneys General and the heads of the several buresus; at aquarter to one the associ- ated veterans of 1846, and members of the Oldest {nhaoitant’s Association of the District of Colum- bia, The reception o! citizens will commence at one o’clock and terminate at two P. M. A WILLIAMSBURG WIFE MURDER. A HICKORY STICK THH WEAPON—ARREST OF THE MURDERER. Patrick Wallace, of No. 79 North Fifth street, Wiwlameburg, murdered bis wife last night by smashing her skull with a hickory stick, thus ada- ing snother to the catalogue of horrors in the hisvory ef Brooklyn furnished by the Eastern Dis- trict, The names of Fanny Hyde, Henry Rogers, Samuel Lownds, Sarah Merrigan, Mrs. Dwyer and Salvador Torrini are familiar tn our annals of crime, and now that of Wallace is added to the list, THE MURDER took place between hal!-past ten and eleven o’cloek last night, and within a very short period after tts discovery the perpetratof was arrested by Officer Phelan, of the Fifth precinct. The murderer, Patrick Wallace, is a native of Ireland, about forty-seven years of age, and a laborer by occupation. He is a stout, heavy built man, and seemingly not in possession of the average amount of intelligence, the little intellect he has being perpetually befogged with rum. His victim, Margaret Wallace, a woman somewhat nis senlor, was united to him in marriage in the old country, and they emigrated together several years ago. Botn have been hard drinkers, and never having had children, spent all their earnings jor drink, The woman being possessed of an excitable tem- perament, and iis disposition being remarkably stubbora, a day seidom passed without a quarrel. Last night they had their last quarrel, Jor aiter an angry altercation, she being in bed, Patrick caught | up a hickory stick about two feetiong and an inch and a half ip diameter, and striking her on the | head with tt smashed in her skull. Aiter he had | inflicted the two or three blows which caused | her death, he went to the tap, and drawing some water threw it over her, and called on her to get up, but finding she cvuld not do so, he went out into the hall and knocked at the door of his neighbor, Mr. Sweeney, stating that his “wife | was sick und be could not get her up.” Sweeney arose, struck a light and opened the door, but the moment he looked at Wallace, seeing bis white | overalls ali spattered with blood, shut the door in | his jace and ran back into the bedroom to ac- quaint a visitor with his suspicions. He held a short discussion, and then concluded to dress and go into Waillace’s room, especially as Wallace called to them and said his wife was dead. On entering the apartments they found the woman dead in the bed and the clothing all be- 8pattered with blood. A closer glance at the body and they found the fearfully battered condition of her bead, Neither of the men were thoroughly sober, but they told Wallace that he had better report the | fact of her death at once at the station house, but he manifested so great a disinclination to do this that the visitor ran down and reported it, | Sergeant Brennan, with Oficers Phelan and Reardon, at once repaired to THE SCENR OF THE MURDER, which ts in the back basement of the three story brick tenement house No. 79 North Fiftn stree near Second, Where they found a scene of squali misery and filth, and in the midst of it | the body of the murdered woman, her husband and murderer standing stolidly by, When ar- rested by Officer Phelan he said nothing, beyond denying that be had Killed her. On being taken to the station house stains of blood were found on his shirt, which had soaked through that and bis undershirt to the skin. His pants and overalls for tne might and Coroner Whitebill was notified to take charge of the remains. The rooms mean- while remaining in charge of Sergeant Brennan, ANOTHER WOMAN MURDERED. THE HORRIBLE DEED COMMITTED WITH AN AXE. BrveHamtox, N. Y., Dec, 28, 1874 Anhorrible murder occurred near Guilford Centre, @ small station on the Midland Raliroad, in Che- nango county, on Sunday morning. Mrs. E, Fitch, a respectable lady, aged seventy-four years, was brutally Killed in cold blood by John P. Hall, aman sixty-five years of age, who was a relative by marriage of the murdered woman. The dreaa- jul deed was committed with au axe. No cause for the tragedy is known. Hall, the murderer, is in the custouy of the officers of the law. FIRES IN THE CITY. THE SPRING STREET FIRE. The buitding at the corner of Spring and Crosby streets, occupied by Warren Ward & Co., in which the disastrous fire occurred on Sunday, stil! stands firm, thongh it is badly damaged inside. Its walis | are not materially weakened but the one at tne eastern side of the edifice is somewhat warped. It is no frail structure, and it could, it 1e likely, pass | successfully through another such experience as that of Sunday. The statement that three fires had occurred within it previous to the conflagration of Sunday was incorrect, the information having been jurnished by policemen with whom the re- porter conversed at the fire. They evidently had been told of two attempts made to destroy Warren Ward & Co.’s property with fre, and had supposed the Spring street building to have been | the scene of those trials. In fact. the attempts referred to were made upon the manufactory of the firm sitnated in West Twelfth street. On Sun- day, September 6, last, 4 fire of incendiary ongin | destroyed $6,000 worth of property there. Ona | later ‘date, during the same month, a man | was found again trying to set fire to the | manulactory, He was arrested, recognized as a former workman for Warren Ward Co., Named Grandine, and finally sentenced to State Prison for ten years, During a business career extending through twenty-five years Ward & Co, have had only these three experfences with fire. They cannot account for the ¢figin of the | fire on Sunday. FIRE IN NINTH AVENUE. A fire was discovered yesterday morning tn the cellar of the three story brick building No. 8 | Ninth avenue, owned and occupied vy Jacob | Cooper. The building and its contents were dam- aged to the amount of $1,500, which is fully | covered by insurance., | yesterday we have removed to Nos. | thoroughly | dndex alone worth the Free of the bool 7 Yoss fs estimated at Over $100,000; no Insurance. Several adjacent dwell were also destroyed. Tne loss on them 1s $25, The dwellings were insured for about $5,000, Nearly all the people of the town depended on the factory for a living, aud its destruction will cause great suffering. A BARN CONSUMED. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 28, 1874. A barn at West Brookfield, owned by George F. Tyler, was consumed by an incendiary fire om Saturday evening, with its contents, sncinding. about thirty tons of hay, two yoke of fat oxen five yearlings; loss, $2,500. | BRUTALITY IN A STATION HOUSE. Between eleven and twelve o’clock isst night OMcer Donohue, of the Bighth precinct, arrested Mary Ann Smith, @ colored woman, in Thompsem Street, on a charge of disorderly conduct. He took the prisoner to the station house, Where he threw her in the doorway as though she had been adog. When before the desk the woman became obstreperous because of the officer's brutai conduct voward her, and Sergeant Watson found {tt necessary leave his chair and endeavor to quiet her, He took hold of her hands, and, while trying to remove her to another room she was thrown tothe floor, when officer Donohue ran up and clubbed her until the blood dowed in @ great pooi on the foor, Sergeant Watson will prefer a complatnt against Dononue. STREET CAR THIEVES AGAIN. Juan De Arego, whose business house ts No, 26 South street, was robbed by three men on car No. 82o0f the Broadway line yesterday morning of a magnificent gold wacch, valued at $500. BEATEN AND ROBBED. James McLeavy, of No, 114 Allen street, was assaultea by three men at the corner of Bowery and spring street last night, and after having bees: foversigtnaten was robbed of a watch and chats, He reported the case to Inspector Speight at the Central Oflice, MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Java will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. ‘The matis for Europe will close at the Post OMice Qt half-past seven o'clock A. M. THE New YoRK HeRaLp—Edition for Europe— will be ready at half-past six o’clock inthe morn- ing. Single coptes, in wrappers for mailing, six cents, DIED. Parsons,—Suddenly, in Brooklyn, on Mond: evening, CHESTER, son of Frederic A. and Anna Parsons. Notice of funeral hereafter. (For Other Deaths see Eighth Page} SULPHUR BATHS THREE CENTS.—THE BENE+ ficial rovults of sulphur Baths are_too well known to re- quire comment, The effects ot GueNx's SuLPHUR Soar in the bath are truly electrical, completoly deodorizing offensive accumulations and thoroughly purifying the entire surface of the body. Sold by druggists, 26 cents. A.—GENTLEMEN OF TASTE PRONOUNCE THE ESPENSCHEID Har for the holiday season as fashion’s orite. It is classically proportioned and truly oe, it. Those in want of a superior hat shoutd call at jassau street. A.—RUPTURES AND PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES successfully treated by Dr. MARSH, at No. 2 Vesey street, opposite St. Paul's churen. A.—SILK ELASTIC STOCKINGS, BELTS, KNEB Caps, Abdominal Supporters, Suspensory Bandaves, Shoulder Braces and Crutches at MARSH’S Truss office, No. 2 Vesey street. Lady in attendance. AN OFFER WILL BE RECEIVED FOR TWO | Tew Ortinper Hox Rotary Presses; WILL BB 80LD Low, ORK HERA! Address THE NEW A.—FURNITURE REMOVAL.—IN CONSEQUENOB of the destruction of our furniture warchouse by fire 67 and 69 Crosby Street, two doors below our old Spring street corner, where we are ready to fill orders for Funxitvar and Ur owsterr promptly. Our manufactory in West Twelfth street isin full operation. WARREN WARD 4 CO, A GENTLEMAN'S DRESS IS NOT COMPLETB for New Year's Day witnout a pair of our $4 Snoxs. CANTRELL, 41 Fourth avenue. A GREATER ABUSE OF PUBLIC CONFIDBNCB was never practised than the sale of wretched metas trusses used before the Invention of the comfortable Etastio inuss, 633 Broadway. A.—THE OLD AND THE NEW.—DISCARD, fore the expiration of the year, your old hat, and wel come its successor. with one of KNOX'S now and ele- gant fabrics, introduced the “Visitiwa Hat.” Four selections ewer at 213 Broadway or in his Fir avenue more. A.—FINE FURS FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS, AP very low prices. BURKE, Manufacturer, 214 Broadway, Park Bank Building. ORISTADORO'S HAIR DYE ACTS QUICKLY, and splendidly, imparting most natural Dues and easily ‘applied. Sold by rugs, DAVID'S HULIDAY HAT FOR GENTLEMER, 2904 Broadway, near Duane streot, EVERDELL’S, 302 BROADWAY.—ELEGANT Wedding and Ball Cards, Orders of Dancing, Oreste, Monograms, English and Fronch Note Paper. REALTH RESTORED (WITHOUT MEDICINE) by Dv Banny's Ruvanenta Ananic Foon to the stomach, nerves, lungs and liver, curing: dyspepsia dndigestiom), constipation, diarrhaa, acidity, palpitation, aleepless | ness, depility, wasting, cough, asthma, fevers, consump. tion. iow spirits: 70.000 curés, which had resisted all Depot in New York, JOHN F. HENRY, other rem OURBAN & UO., Nos. 8and 9 College place, HOLIDAY STYLES GENTLEMEN'S DRESS = Teady. BURKE, 214 Broadway, Park Banx Build- HOTEL MONIUO, NO. 23 EAST SEVENTEENTH street, near Broadway.—Table d’note $1, including ‘wine, from 5 to $ o'clock. MOTHERS ! MILK OF MAGNESIA IS VERY valuable in Infancy, having an agreeable taste and milk» like smoothness: children will take it when they cam- not be induced to take anything else. Druggists sell it, NATURAL SHERRY WINE—A PURE MOR. tilla dry, $3 50 per gation; 75c. per gallon (a special ship. ment); also Sherries, $4 to $12 per gallon; good, sor OUR S. 0. P. BRANDY—$7 PER GALLON, $150 tf bottle; old, mellow and pare—a specialty; ao randies, Scotch and Irish Whiskeys, Rams, Wines, t popular prices. H. B, KIRK & CO., 69 Fulton PALACE HOTEL, SAN #RANCISCO.—THB marble manufacturers of New York and victnity are im- vited to call on EDWARD MoGRATH, Sturtevant House, Broadway, betweon Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, to oxamine plans and estimates on 7% marble mantels for the above building In course of erection san Francisco, on ‘Wednesday and Thursday, December ¥0 and 3 from 9 A. M. to 4 P.M. SIC EGGEM—PUTLY UP.—IN HOC SINO [Ss Vinces.—Wire signs, Engraved Metal Signs, sign, Store | and Office Paintings HU. Ate 7 Diane se and Office Painti OJER & GRA! SACKEIT’S MAGIC COLORIS GIVES A NAT ural brown or black to the hair. Manufacturer of Per tmmery. 123 Liberty street YOU CAN CURE THAT COUWH OR COLD aS using Wistar’s Batsam or Winn Crmrry. 90 conts Sia ; large bottes much the cheaper. $100 REWARD.—LOsT, EITHER IN A BROAD. way car or in the street, between Tiirty-fourth an@ Twentieth streets, a Case containing 4 pair of diamona@: earrings. The inder will receive the above reward by” leaving them at 4 West Twenty-fourth street. No ques tlons asked. 10,000 LADIES WANTED—TO BACH BUY A air of gents Toilet Sines and India Rubber Shhoes, a® ILLER & CO.'S, No.3 Union square. NEW PUBLICATIONS, SUPERB HOLIDAY GIPT.—“THB BES? A Thoughts of Charles Dickens, volume of 585 pages; & gem of a invaluable to every admirer of EK. J. \@ALE & SON, 17 Murray stroet, New York. FIRE ON BROADWAY. At eight o'clock yesterday morning a Gre broke out on the top Noor of the three story butiding No, | 1,272 Broadway, occupied by Pusey & Reed, | printers, causing a damage of $100, The tire originated in a closet where kerosene oil was kept, and was caused x @ boy throwing some lignted paper there. The building was owned by | John Downey, and was damaged slightly, | eatin | FIRES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. | NEGRO INCENDIARISM IN ALABAMA, | MonToomERY, Ala., Dec. 23, 1874, | ‘The store of William Davidson, which ts situated | on the outskirts of this city, was destroyed by fire Jast night. Davidson has been twice attacked by posed to be their wo A fire in Troy, Pike county, yesterday, troyed one bicek of wooden buildings, including a tin aud stove atore, ® paint shop supply store, @ grocery store and a confectionery store. The !oas is not known, but there ts only $500 insurance on all the burned property. LARGE FIRE IN OXDIANA. CINCINNATI, Ubio, Dec, 28, 1874, A fire at Batesville, Ind., yesterday, destroyed the (urnitare factory of H. Scuroder & Co. The Pe | negroes tn the Raat ree days, and the fire is sup- | o “OBSERVATIONS ON DISBASES OF WOMEN,” « dy Dr, 3) rene. late member New York C gal mailed for 1) agg eat she Saxhay, i r ; tree. pamphlet should ‘Medteal Review. ~ MIBAPEST BOOKSTORE IN THE WORLD. 87,902 magnificent English Gift Boons at our price. 63,742 beautiful American Holiday Books t your price. 145,672 Bibles, Prayer Books, &c., aay Dee. 45,672 children's Books, 20c. each, worth 75e. New catalogue No. 41, free, Send stamp. Lk BROTHERS, No. 3 Beekman street, corner Park raw, RIGHTS DISEASK, DIABETES, GRAVE! CAte ‘culus, Gout, Rheumatisin, Drapepein Biogas of the. land, Premature: poottation, Organte Deoitity end Chrome Affect ronic ons tr loners). a: 7 oo Prostration, anid curable by gener A sixty it successful ti Mineral Spri 8 nd outers of Napelaes trom ph: Der i 8) hod po matied free. 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