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THE SUEZ CANAL. BRIG NAVAL COMMUNICATION FROM INDIA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. Loxpox, Dec. 8, 1875. The Evening Globe to-day gives prominence to the | following :—‘‘We are informed that six frigates now at the East Indies will shortly leave for the Mediterrancan ‘via the Suez Canal.” 4N ENGLISH SQUADRON WITH THREE THOUSAND SAILORS TO PASS THROUGH THE CANAL FYROM THE RED SEA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN. Loxpon, Dec, 8—Evening. ‘The vessels ordered from the East Indies to the Medtterrancan compose the detached squadron under the commana of Rear Admiral Lambert, which, accord- ing to previous arrangement, was to have remained in the East India waters until next March, TOURER ‘enovaanp “yack Tans’? OM BOARD. The combined crews number over 3,000 men. THR FIRST COMPLETER FORBIGN SQUADRON THROUGH THE HIGHWAY. On the receipt of the new orders the squadron will gail for the Red Sea and proceed through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean. This will be the Girst time that a whole squadron be- fonging to a foreign Power has passed at once through ‘the canal. é THE BARNSLEY COLLIERY. BIPTY-NINE DEAD BODIES TAKEN FROM THE SWAITHE MAIN PIT—ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SUPPOSED, T0 HAVE PERISHED, * Loxpon, Dec. 8, 1875, Up to this time fifty-nine bodies have been recovered from the Swaithe Main Colliery at Barnsley, It is now considered certain that tho dead will num- ‘ber between 130 and 140, THE ENTENTE CORDIALE. VHANKS FLOM THE GOVERNMENT OF HER BRIT- ANNIG MAJESTY FOR THE HANDSOME RECEP- ‘TION OF ADMIRAL WELLESLEY IN BHODE ISLAND, Newport, Doo. 8, 1875, The following correspondence will explain itself. It was received by Mayor Slocum to-day, It serves to show that the English government has not forgotten the treatment which Admiral Wellesley and his officers received at the hands of Little Rhody in September 4ast, while the Bellerophon was in our harbor :— Durartwxyr oF State, ) ‘Wasuinaton, Dec, 6, 1875. § ‘His Honor, tut Mayor or tux City or Newrort:— Sm—I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of & note of the British Minister at the capital, dated the 8d inst, expressing the thanks of his government for the manner in which Vice Admiral Wellesley, of the | British Navy. was received by the authorities of New- Port on the occasion of his visit to that city. Ihave the honor to be, sir, your obedient HAMILTOY ‘THE NOTE. Wasiunaton, Dec. 3, 1875. Sie—In compliance with an instruction from the Earl of Derby, 1 have the honor to inform you that | Vico Admiral Wellesley, commander-in-chief of Her Majesty's naval forces ou tho North American and ‘West Indian station, has reported to the Admiralty that he had paid ‘a visit in his flagship to Newport, R. L, where he and his officers had experienced a most cordial reception by the authorities ana residents gen- erally. Lord Derby has, in consequence, desired me to ask you to convey the thanks of Her Majesty’s gov- ernment to the authorities of Newport for their kind- ness and courtesy on the occasion in question, I have the honor to be, with the highest considera- | tion, sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD THORNTON, Tho Hon. Hamrton Frise, &¢. THE IRON WORKERS. rvant, FISH. HE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BOILERS, HEATERS AND BOLLERS AND THE MANUFACTUR- ERS STILL UNSETTLED—PROBABILITIES OF A Lockout, PrrrapurG, Doo, 8, 1875. ‘Tho differonces between the iron boilers, heaters and ‘sollers and the manufacturers are not adjusted, and ‘he breach seems as wide as ever. At a conference of | she representatives from the association and the | puddiers the former expressed a willingness to give 34 50 and the boilers offered to work for $5 per ton, put resolutely refused to accept any smaller amount. fhe matter was argued pro and con. The manufac- turers claimed that they could not, in justice to them. selves, coulinue running mills at higher rates than $4 50'por ton. The puddlers, on the other hand, slaimed that they could not, in justice to their families, wccopt less than $5, and that the profits of their em- | fe would fully justify them in paying the rice asked. Tho manufacturers figured that an verage boiler would make $3 per day on a double turn and $375 ona single turn at the prices offered. The workmen claimed that Fad would be compelled to | seduce the wages of their helpers to nearly starvation tates and even then could not make the wages esti- mated by the mill owners; and thus argument was Fert. up until lave inthe evening, and the conference ly adjourned without reaching any conclusion. Thus tt stands; but as there has been a secret meet- re. of the rollers, heaters and roll hands, with a view, is thought, of amalgamating with the puddlers, it is pet improbable that a lockout may soon be expected. | bese workmen, united with the puddlers, would make s very strong combination indeed, and a lockout of this sharacter must be folt by the entire iron interest of the | sountry. However, there is to be another conference | pext Friday, but those who are ina position to know | tay that tne manufacturers will continue operations or | shut down as they individually tind it most advan- ous tothemselves. Some firms feel that they really cannot afford to pay $5 per ton, and will therefore keep the other departments of thelr mills in operation by making what is known as muck iron. THE CENTENNIAL. VATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS— THREE MEN INSTANTLY KILLED. Put.apeurnta, Dec. 8, 1875, ‘Workmen have been engaged for some ten days past fn finishing the northeastern section of the main Ex- hibition building, the tower of which 1s being arranged with shifting windows for lighting and vontilating. The sub-contractors for this work are Messrs. Saul & Middle- ton, of Holmesburg. This morning three men in their employ sprung a piece of timber, three inches by eight, across the chasm for the purpose of adjusting the fix- $uros for opening and closing of the windows. They ,had hardly reached their positions when the scantling broke, precipitating them to the ground, a distance of | seventy feet, Their names are Mablin Naylor, William | Cole and Richard Fagan. Cole and Eagan were killed instantly, while Naylor lived a few minutes. Cole and bss pe were married men, lattgy leaving. a | wifeand two children, Eagan seems to have had no family or friends. ? Tame ee a THE MESSAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO. San Franctsco, Dec. 8, 1875. ‘The President’s Message is regarded as a very tame Wocument. It is believed here that he wrote it himself. FRENCH CANADIAN FANATICISM, & PROTFATANT INDIAN CHURCH PULLED DOWN | AND DESTROYED—ONE MAN INJURED. MontTRrwat, Deo, 8, 187 A spocial telegram to the Witness, from Oka, an ‘Indian village on the Ottawa River, says the Protestant Indian church was completely wrecked by a crowd of Fronch Canadians, Roman Catholics, yesterday, the roof, steeple and walls being levelled to the ground. ‘ne mah was badly injured by the bell falling on him, DOMINION RAILWAY MATTERS. Quenno, Dec. 8, 1875. In the Quebec Logislature last night Mr. Joly, discus- sing the railway scheme of the government, said the orovince was not able to bear such a burden as the expenditure of $13,000,000 on new railways. He fur- ther stated that the time was coming when the govern- ment of Canada wou ¢ todo something for the English slockholders of the Grand Trunk Railway. THE BOYNTON PACKING COMPAN ‘ Bostox, Mass., Dec. 8, 1875. ‘The Boynton Packing Company at a meeting of their preditors to-day exhibited assets of about $900,000 to | Jabilities of $512,000, The commitee will recommend an extension as the condition of the company is by no (means critical. A NEW TRIAL GRANTED, San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 8, 1875, The Suprome Court of the State yesterday ordered a NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, “DECEMBER 9, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON The Significance of the Messago on the Cuban Question. IS ITA THREAT OF INTERVENTION * The Republicans Alarmed Over the Com- ing Presidential Election. SENATOR MORTON IN THE BREACH, en SS ema The President's Allusion to the Third Term as Interpreted by His Friends. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, aE Eee Wasuineton, Deo. 8, 1875. THE MEANING OF THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE UPON THE SUBJECT OF CUBA—IS IT A THREAT OF DIRECT INTERVENTION, ‘The dospatch received here from the Spanish govern- ment yesterday was, it is said, a very long document, and was in answer to tho lasest cominunication from our government. It is understood that it is very pa- cific and conciliatory in its tone, and that it promises complete and quick redress forall our grievances. Butit 8 not belteved that it offers us any improved commercial treaty or greater facilities for trade with Cuba, and it does not cover the point of a restoration of order in the island, nor make any promises or suggestions as to the poriod when, or the manuer in which, Spain proposes or expects to put an end to hostilities in Cuba, Well informed people here do not, therefore, consider this note from Madrid as likely to satisfy the President, They say that the sting of tho Cuban parts of the Message lies in its tail, and that, if attentively read, the President will be found to have argued at so great length and so conclusively against the milder alterna- tives of belligeront rights and free recognition, only to give force to his conclusion, that these two methods being both vain and ineffective there remains for us but one other—the alternative of direct intervention. ‘The persons who argue thus point out that tho Presi- | dent has taken unusual pains to display to the couniry the inconveniences which would result to us’ from granting belligerent rights to the Cubans or from recog- nizing them; that he has made a very conclusive argu- ment, and that, having done so, he does not then rest his case, as he would if he meant really that nothing should be done, but goes on to discuss the only remain- ing step, namely, intervention, and positively asserts that this will become necessary “should the conflict not soon bo brought to an end by acts of the parties themselves.” It is remarked also that, in considering intervention, the President seems to rely somewhat upon the hope of co- operation by other governments, and that possibly negotiations to this purpose are now privately going on with England and France and perhaps Germany to obtain either their help or at least thoir consent. This, however, is at present @ conjecture. The time which the President gives to Spain to restore peace and order in Cuba is strictly limited and quite short, He expresses his hope that the proposals of Spain, con- tained in a note not received whon he wrote the Mes- sago, may be found to be the basis, if not the actual terms, to meet all requirements, But it is now known that the Spanish note proposes nothing cover- ing the point of restoration of peace. In that case, he adds, with great positiveness, “I shall feol it my auty to make a further communication to Congress at some Period not far remote and during the present session, recommending what may then seem to me necessary.” This sontence in fact, it is pointed out here, makes a Special Cuban Message possible, and even probable, at any time; and, in effect, gives Spain less than six months in which to set her Cuban house in order. In this view intervention 1s plainly preferred by the President as a more practical step than either recognition or bellige- rent rights. But intervention, as was remarked in the discussion of the foregoing points, means a forcible separation of two combatants by the police. It is an act of force or of war. WHAT THE PRESIDENT INTENDED BY THE | THIRD TERM ALLUSION IN THE MESSAGE. An intimate friend of the President, a republican, in high official position, to-day asserted positively that the President intended the passage in his Message referring to the fact that this is his last Message previous to the election of his successor to be understood as a clear and final disclaimer of third term intentions, Ho said that the President had spoken of it in this sense to a few friends, saying that what he proposed to utter on the subject in his Message would put an end forever to all talk about a third term for himself and leave no further ground for the agitation of that question, THE DEMOCRATS. PREPARING FOR UNION OF | EFYORT—HARSH MEASURES TO BE AVOIDED. The democratic House caucus will probably meet and appoint a standing committee of one member for cach Stato, each member to be chosen by his State delega- tion, The purpose of this standing committee will be to adviso upon the course to be pursued by the party and the business to be brought before the Hou: intended to make it consist of the ablest members, and it is to meet once a week for deliberation, so that union of effort and discipline shall be maintained and no rash measures be brought forward. Nothing definite is yet determined on. The leaders ot the party have hai some informal interchanges of opinion, but there is complaint in some quarters of a disposition to withhold contidences, and it is to abolish jealousies and maintain harmony that the mectings of the spectal caucus are to be held. Mr. Lamar is spoken of as the probable chairman ot this body. THE REPUBLICANS DISTRUSTFUL OF THE CAR- PET-BAGGERS—MODEST DEMANDS OF THAT ELEMENT OF THE PARTY. ‘The republican caucus held last Saturday night ap- Pears to have been inspired with a dread of its carpot- bag element, which at the last session, when Mr. May- nard was the permanent chairman, used to call a cancus about once a week, on purpose to coerce the party into the support of the Force bill and other repressive legislation. It was probably to prevent the sufferings which were endured by sensible re- pubdlicans last winter from this cause that the caucus chose Mr, Wheeler, of New York, chairman, He ts not likely to call the republican members to- gether merely to view the bloody shirt, unicas the democrats imprudently give occasion for it. It ig not probable that the Southern republicans will have much opportunity this winter to dis- play their peculiar eloquence. They have the will to do so, however, and a Louisiana republican has already made known that, in his opinion and that of his com- patriots, if the republicans want to carry the next Presidential election they must seat Mr. Pinchback at onee, put the Force bill in their platform and select a colored man as their candidate for the Vice Presidency, FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, anvesetennioneipeinammenaemat Wasutnaron, Deo. 8, 1875. REPUBLICAN ALARM REGARDING THE NEXT | PRESIDENVIAL ELECTION--MORTON'S TORAL COLLEGE MEASURE. The sessed by the democrats in their control of the House of Representatives is the secret of the fresh agitation begun to-day by Senator Morton of the movement to throw additional safeguards around the method of pro- ceeding in counting the electoral votes for President and Vice President. The republicans fear that in the case of aclose voto in the Electoral College the demo- cratic majority might take advantage trifling informality in’ the certificates, such ag the character of “the appended seal or other feature of the document, to nullify votes enough to prevent a choice in the College and thus throw the clection of President and Vice President into the House of Representatives. Senator Morton emphasizes his determination to work for a reform of ELEC- of some new trial in tho case of Harry Granjco, tried and con- victed of tho murder of Edward Maddep, editor of tho Merced Argus, a year aga, the method of electing the President and during his term of office will persist in his efforts to secure the It is rin of some of the republicans at the power pos. | abolition of the Klectorat College plan and the subati- i tution of a direct voto by the people. THE SENATE COMMJTTEES—-CHANGE OF CHAIR- MANSHIPS*-DEMOORATIO DISAFFECTION. The Senate hold a short session to-day, and adjourned much larger than yesterday, In reorganizing the com- mittees some new changes are to be made. Mr, Patent Committoe list, dectined the chairmanship, pre- ferring to continue as Chairman of the Select Commit- teo on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, and Mr, Wadleigh, of New Hampshire, was elected to fill tne vacancy. Mr. Ingalls was taken from the Committee on Education and Labor, and Mr. Sharon put in his place, In the afternoon the democrats met to fill the va- cancies on the committees to which they aro entitled, They complain, and jastly too, that the old ratio of three democpats to six republicans has not beon stricly observed. They say that Mr. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersoy, is unduly favored. He has served on three or four of the loading committees and now he wants a place on the Finance Committee, to the exclu- sion ef a domocrat who rightfully belongs there, It has been customary to appoint three democrats on committees of nine and two democrats on committees of seven. This ratio has been considered just by both sides of the Senate, It is clatmed that the democrats in the House have done better by the republican minority thun the re- publicans have done by the democratic minority in the Senate. A protest will be entered to-morrow against Mr. Frelinghuysen being crowded on to the Finance Com. mittee. Mr. Eaton, of Connecticut, will be added to the Com- mittee on Railroads, and he will take the late Andrew Jobnson’s place on the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Honry Cooper, of Tennessee, goes to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, Mr. Key |s to bo added to the Committee on Post Offices and Railroads, The revised list will be presented to-morrow. ABOLITION OF LEGAL AND POLITICAL DISABIL- ITIES—THE IRON-CLAD OATH, The measure introduced by Senator Robertson for an abolition of political and legal disabilities is a step toward doing away with the “iron clad oath." It was a strange tncon- sistency on Monday that Northern Congressmen should be compelled to take this retrospective oath when ex- rebels were allowed to swear simply as to thoir futuro loyalty, THE FAUX PAS OF THE DEMOCRATS—¥FERNANDO ‘WOOD IN BAD ODOR. The mistake made by the democrats in the dobate on the admission of Morey of Louisiana is a subject of sore reminiscence with them, and the more astute mombers of the pasty are endeavoring to throw the odium of the faux pas on Fernando Wood and to make him and a few of his personal friends solely responsible for it, Indeed, the feeling is so intense among somo of the progressive democrats, who hoped to lift the party out of its old rut of Bourbonism, that they may en- deavor to make Mr, Wood’s resolution cost him the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee. THE CONTESTED SEAT IN THE THIRTY-THIRD NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. In tho matter of the Lowry vs. Norton contest, from the Thirty-third New York Congressional district, Lowry’s points are these :— First—There is no time, and will not have been any, fixed by United Statos statutes until November, 1876, for a general election for Reprosentatives in Congress. Second—By the enactment of such United States statute, in February, 1875, the formor statute of 1826 was repealod, and hence ‘such statute ag is incorpo- rated into the statutes of the State of New York is of no force, Third—Tho remaining laws applying in the State of New York define and mention but two kinds of elec- tion—a general, or annual, and a special. Fourth—Whe November election, in New York, was a general olection, and at which a Representative in Con- gress was olected. Fifth—The reading of the compilation of the olection laws of 1871, of the State of New York, under the rules for construing both language and statutes is as fol- lows:—If, at a gonoral election for Representative in Congress, any person named in a Congress ballot shall be intended to supply a vacancy in the office of such Representative, the ballots shall designate the Congress for which such person is intended to be chosen, ‘The fact of Mr. Norton being sworn in on Monday evening was owing to the concession of Mr, Cox, of New York, to that extent, though the whole caso is to be submitted to the Committee on Elections at tho earliest possible day after its organization, and as a part of such disposition of the case by Mr. Cox for the contestant, the accrued pay from March 4, 1875, to- gether with all other salary, is to remain intact, un- drawn, 60 that the absurd and iniquitous practice of both Representatives receiving pay may have an ex- ception. THE BILL FOR AID TO THE TEXAS PACIFIC RAIL- WAY—WHAT 1T CONTEMPLATES. ‘Tho bill introduced by Senator West concerning the Texas Pacific Railway, amendatory of the previous act, is substantially the same as that reported by the House Committee on Pacific Railroads in the Forty-third Con- gress. There is an extension of the main road from Shreveport to Memphis, as recommended by the tate Railroad Convention at St. Louis, Tho three sides of +~— the -~—quadrilatoral formed by the Texas Pacific, old Memphis and El Paso | and Transcontinental railway, embracing over 300 mules of road already constructed between Marshall, Texas, and Sherman, are not included in the proposi- tion for the indorsement of the bonds of the company. On the main line of the road, from Sherman via Fort Worth, interest upon the bonds to the extent of $40,- 000 per mile, at five per cont, is tobe indorsed by the government upon the branch to St. Louis, via Vivita, and upon the extensions from Shreveport | to Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans $35,000 per mile is to be issued, and the government is not to guarantee intorest beyond the amount of the bonds ab- solately used in the construction of the road. Section 8 of the road 1s to be constructed under the superinten- donce of commissioners to be appointed by the Presi- dent, Itis, in short, a proposition to construct 2,500 miles of railroad from the Pacific Ocean with four ramifying extensions to the Mississippi River and St, Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg and New Orleans. ‘The obligation of the government is to guarantee in- terest at the rate of $2,000 per mile, which is to be paid out of the earnings of the road, with proper guarantees to secure the government against loss, The bill introduced by Senator McMillan proposes to extend the land grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad for five years. ALLEGED SWINDLING BY THE UNION PACIFIC BAILROAD COMPANY—A PIRCE OF CONTESTED LAND. The Commissioner of the Land Office, which is a bureau in Secrotary Chandler's department, has con- sented to a reopening of the case of Carroll against Hodgman and the Union Pacific Railroad. A case of gross rascality is alleged to be involved in this suit, According to the charges made by the plaintiff, Carroll, he is the lawfal owner of a piece of land, originally 160 acres in extent, situated near Laramie City, on which the Union Pacific Ratiroad Company inadvertently | erected a depot, shop and other buildings, Finding out subsequently the blunder they had made, and being un- willing to compromise with Carroll for the ground oceu- pied, which 1s new valued at about $800,000, they got Hodgman, as is alleged, to fabricate a claim to the ground, and used all the legal strength they coula mus. ter to make such a showing against Carroll, that the Commissioner of the Land Office decided in favor of | Hodgman, in the hearing originally had before him. But the facts have been rehearsed in fresh form for his consideration, with the result above stated. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasainoton, Deo. 8, 1875, GREAT BRITAIN AND THK MOSQUITO TERRITORY. Lord Derby, in an interview with Minister Schenck, in reply to a question by the lator, said there was no | intentign and never had been of reviving the British | protectorate in the Mosquito Territory, and no desire on | the part of Great Britain to interfere in the affairs of the coast, but as the two governments of Nicaragua and Honduras are bound by treaty to make certain pay- ments to the Mosquitues, which have not, as yet, boon made in fall, the British government retain and will be prepared to exercise, if necessary, the right of holding them to the execution of their engagements, BEDUCTION OF WORKMEN IN THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. Ono hundred and eight workmen, consisting of ship- | Wrights, calkers, joiners, boatbuilders, blockmakurs, to meet to-morrow. Tho attendance of visitors was | Windom, whose name followed Senator Ferry’s on the | | BEPORT OF REAR ADMIRAL coopers, brass finishers, shipstniths, painters, plumls ers, copperamiths, founders, holpers, laborers, &c., have been discharged from tho Washington Navy Yard MAILS FOR THE BAHAMAS. Mails for the Bahama Islands will be made up and forwarded’ by direct steamer from Savannah, Ga, to Nassau, N. ¥., on the 16th of December. All mail matter intended for transmission by this route should reach the Savannah office not later than by the mort ing train of the Georgia Railroad from the North and West which arrives at Savannah at fifteon minutes past seven o'clock A. M. * THE SUBORDINATE POSITIONS IN THE HOUSE. ‘The new Postmaster and the Doorkeeper of the House have filled the subordinate places under them with their respective political friends, The Sergeant-at- Armes has not yet made his contemplated changes, nor has the Clerk @f the House, who continues the old clerks and employés in office for the present, Tbe pressure for places is very strong, the lobbies bois | crowded with applicants, ONE HUNDRED COLLIERIES CLOSED. MEETING OF THE SCHUYLKILL EXCHANGE—A DETERMINATION TO CLOSE THE COLLIERIES ON THE 22D OF JANUARY. Puiavenesta, Dec. 8, 1875. To-day an important meeting of the Scbuyikill Coal Exchange was held in the office of the Philadelphia Coal and Iron Company in this city. Nearly every operator of any consequence working in tle region was present, and over one hundred collieries, including those owned or leased by the above corporation, were represented. The President of the Exchange, having abandoned the coal business, was not on hand, and Mr, Thomas was chosen to occupy the chair, Tho meeting began at one o'clock and continued about an hour. Tho situation was thoroughly dis- cussed, and it was finally resolved to suspend production from December 18 to Januar p It was also agreed to allow the Philadei- phia and Reading Coal and Iron Company to Tun enough colleries vo supply their own furnaces, mills and the Reading Railroad Company ser- vice. The meeting then adjourned. In conversation with a gentloman who attended the meeting he ad- mitted that it had been decided to stop further produc- tion absolutely from January 22 until about March 1 or until navigation opens, BANKRUPTCY OF STIRLING, AHRENS & OO. Batrimoxe, Deo. 8, 1875, #tirling, Ahrens & Co., sugar refiners, who failed in August last, were yesterday adjudged bankrupts in the United States District Court, Judge Giles presiding. Dr, Zoilicoffer became a special partner in the firm in February, 1873, contributing $125,000 in cash. This partnership was dissolved in April, 1875, by the death of ono of the partners, The partnership was renewed on the Ist of May, Dr. Zollicoffer becoming, ashe supposed, a special partner as before. He was charged with the $125,000 on the books of the old firm and credited with it on the books of the new one. Under the instructions of Judge Giles the jury declared Dr. Zollicotfer a general partner, as the law of Maryland on partnerships says that the sum contributed | by a special partner must be in actual cash. A CONVENTION OF DALRYMEN. % fae ee ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NEW YORK STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION—PAPERS ON THE “‘MILCH COW” AND ON “BREED AND FEED.” Norwicn, Dec. 8, 1875. The fifth annual Convention of the New York State Dairymen’s Association held its opening sessions at the Court House in this village to-day. The morning ses- sion was a business mecting, devoted to the appoint- ment of committees, Among the prominent dairymen and agriculturists prestnt were Mr. X. A. Willard, Pres- ident of the Association; Professors C. S. Caldwell and J. P. Roberts, of Cornell University; Professor L. B. Arnold, of Rochester; D. W. Lewis, of New York; 0.: 8. Bliss, Secretary of the Vermont Dairymen’s Assovia- tion; Professor E. W. Stewart, of Buffalo, and others. At the afternoon session an address was delivered by Dr. K. G, Crafts, of Binghampton, on ‘“Milch Cows,’? and Prof. E. W. Stewart, of the Buffalo Live Stock Jour. nal, discoursed upon the “Cow and Her Management,”” Both addresses were followed by animated discussion. At the evening session, Prof. J. P. Roberts, of Cor- nell, addressed the convention upon the subject of “Breed and Feed.’ This address also provoked spirited discussion. The convention then adjournod to the Baptist church, to partake of a collation served by the ladies of Nor- wich, in welcome of the dairymen, ‘Tho attendance at the convention is large. MOODY AND SANKEY. Purcape.rata, Dec. 8, 1875. In spite of the continuod inclement weather the at- tendance at the revival medtings continues to be large, although the immense building is not besieged by the thousands who flocked thero during the first week. Tho noonday services during this week have been visited by — MISS GILMOUR’S DE -——_—— Testimony of the Convicted \Mur- derer Against Her Seducor> areata tt COLD-BLOODED —_—-.—___ The Man Who Drove the Dead Body to the Sand Pits, ATIL CLEMENTS’ Toronto, Dec. 8, 1875. The ay in the greatest excitement this evening over the Jeannie Gilmour murder, on account of the revelations at the adjourned preliminary oxaminagion, this afternoon, into the charges against ex-Alderman John Clements for being accessory before the fact to the murder. The evidence obtated this afternoon practically solves the whole mystery, The first witnesses called wero two sisters of Joannie Gilmour (one of them Mrs. Fisher) and a girl, all of whom swore that Jeannie Gilmour came to Fisher's house on Monday, July 26, the Monday following the Saturday on which the deceased came totown. These women testified that Miss Gilmour was at their place on Wednesday, July “8, of her own accord, There was strong conviction foreed om all present that they were telling a prepared story and were perjur ing themselves. This was further strengthened when another woman, who came to sew at Fisher’s on that day, and had since been kept away from those who worked up Clements’ defence, swore that Miss Gilmour loft the house on Mra. Fisher telling her that a party had come for her. The rules of evidence did not allow this name coming out at present, bat there is no doubt that it was Clements. Clements was ordered to stand up in the box, and Arthur Paul Davis, THB ADORTIONIST, who was to have been hanged to-day for Miss Gilmour's murder, stepped on the’ witness stand. The utmost silence pervaded the room. Davis looks as if he had passed under great mental excitement, hating fully made up his mind to suffer the extrome penalty of the law. He was sworn, and testified that the girl Gilmour came to his office, in Exchange alley, about July 1, and said, presenting a card with “John Cloments’’ printed thereon, that that person had sent her to him (Davis) to get medicine that would produce a miscarriage; ho gave her a box of pills and a vial of drops, and took from her $5; tho girl left; about two weeks after, Clements, whom Davis had not yet become acquainted with, called on him and said his medicine had not had the desired effect on the woman who had presented his card to him two weeks before; he also told Davis that he was her “friend ;’? Clements said, further, that he was a mar- ried man and tie girl was A MINISTRR’S DAUGHTER, and they must yet out of the fx; Davis asked if the girl could get away for two weeks, and it was agreed that she could, and that she was to come to Davis’ oflice; before this Clements asked Davis how much he wanted he replied, “$100; Clements said it was well worth the mone; and his wife to their house, a bleck away, om Scott street; Miss G‘lmour stayed with thom that night,” and on ‘Thursday evening or Friday morning, he is’ not sure which, Davis por- formed an operation on her with a metailic catheter and a syringe for the purpose of producing a miscarriage; on Friday mght the girl had a misearrmge; about halfan hour after the miscarriage the girl died ; this was about ten o'clock; ou Thursday night Clements came to Davis and asked if it was all right, and he said yos; Clements told him the girl had | doen enciente three months; Davis said to Clements that if he had known that Clements wasan alderman he would have charged him $500 instead of $100; Clements replied that it was all mght, that as soon as the girl came away ho would give him another $100; Davis had been drinking all this weok. ‘This was the principal evidence against Cloments ana the cage was adjourned, but further important facts were immodiately elicited by William Fraser being put in the box and charged with bein; ACCKSSORY APTER T! PACT. This was the man who swore at Davis’ trial that he made the box in which the body was removed to the sand-pits for Davis, on the understanding that it was to put clothes in, Ho had never been known as the man who drove the wagon along with Mra, Davis late on Saturday night and dumped the box into the pits. This all came out this afternoon. Davis was the leadi witness against him also. day after Miss Gilmour's death, on the Friday night previous, 4 hunted up Fravor, a carpenter, who was an old acquaintance, and told him ho was in trouble; that a woman had died at his hoaso through a miscarriage; that if Frazer would assist him TO GET RID O¥ THE BODY he would pay him well; that parties interested were rich, and would como down handsomely; Frazer assented, and straightway went and measured the body up stair in Davis’ houso, went and got the boards cut poi delegations from the adjacent towns and villages} to the right size and brought them to the house all of ‘onnsylvania and New Jer: At to-day’s services Mr. Moody probably hit the nail ‘on tho head when he deplored the fact that many per- gons came into the inquiry rooms out of curiosity. If he bad said that many also attend the meetings from the same motive it would doubtlesa have been true also. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, ALMY, MAZATLAN, MEXICO, Wasutoron, Dee. 8, 1875. Rear Admiral John J. Almy, commanding the North Pacific station, under date of November 20, informs the Navy Department that he arrived at Mazatlan, Mexico, with his flag ship Pensacola, on the 15th of November, and found tho state of affairs perfectly quiet, all the usual courtesies of salutes, visits, &c., were duly observed and passed between himéelf and the civil and military officers of the city. The oflicers and crow were all well. He intended to leave Mazatian in a few days tor Acapulco. ORDERS, Lieutenant B. H. Buckingham {s ordored to special du Lieutenant Commander E. T. Woodward bas re- jorted his return home, haviag been detached from the rooklyn South Atlantic station on the 12th of October last, and has been placed on waiting ordera, ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Wasnineton, Deo. 8, 1875. First Lieutenant Sidney B. Clark, regimental quar- tormaster Second infantry, will relieve First Lioutenant George S. Hoyt, Eighteonth infantry, of the charge o¢ the national cometeries at Marietta and Andersonville, Ga, Lieutenant Hoyt will transfer to Lieutenant Clark all the Leste funds and records in his possession pertaining to the cemeteries namod. Major V. K. Hart, Fifth cavalry, will report for duty, in connection with the International Exhibition of 1876, to Major 8. C. Lyford, Ordnance Department, Chairman of the Board on behalf of the United States executive departments. A DELIBERATE SUICIDE. FROM Cuartanooaa, Tonn., Dec, 8, 1875, On November 24a prepossessing elderly gentleman registered himself at the Read House as L. C. Tufts, New Jersey, and passed most of his time since reading, without saying a word to any one. This apy Rend loft the hotel at half past six, and proceeding to a ke street, shot himself in the left breast, surviving two hours. The hotel clerk says he received four letters yesterday, He leaves a fine wardrobe, but no papers or anything giving any further clow to whore he is rom. THE CARAQUET RIOTERS. Barmvrat, N. B., Dec. 8, 1875. After five hours of retirement the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder, with strong recommenda- tions in favor of Josoph Chaesson, one of the Caraquet rioters. It is understood that a proposition has been made that all the other prisoners shall plead guilty of manslaughter, with all the points offered by the de- fence. jerved for the Supreme Court, BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. Bartrwort, Dee. 8, 1875. At the meeting of the Board of Ditoctors of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company this afternoon, John W. Garrott was unanimously re-elocted President of the company. The ensuing year will be the eighteenth of Mr. Garrett's incumbency. ‘ THE RUTLAND MURDER, Warerrows, Dec. 8, 1875. sion tho coroner's jury in the ease of Sarah Conklin, who was murdered November 80, at Rutland, brougts in a verdict against Frank Rut- tan. The bloody frock worn by bim on the day of the murder has been found, and it is said that he bas made @ partial confession. There remains no doubt as to his guilt. A FATAL FIRE. Banaor, Me., Dec, 8, 1875, Tho residence, stables and outbuildings of Ingerson Whitney, in Hudson, wet yurned this morning. A son of Mr, Whitney perished in the flames. Two other vase +» 86, children escaped by jumping from tho window, Loss bat Sn temperature for corresponding date last - on buildings, $1,600, | made, ready to be put together; he and the doctor nailed them together apd put the nude body in the box, which, after fastening On the cover, they brought down stairs; this was after six o'clock, and the two went out look- ing for a wagon; they procured one by; ten o'clock, drove up to ‘Davis’ house, put in the box and Frazer started off; Davis and his wife followed a few yards on; Mrs. Davis got up on the seat along with Frazer, and before the doctor could get up Frazer had started off, as they had excited the suspicions of the watchman; Davis was left there standing, the two driving of as fast as possible to escape the watelynan ; tho lasthe saw of Frazer he was sitting alongside of his wife and the two driving rapidly away; while they were putting the body in the box Frazer askod how much ho was to got and was told by Davis $100; that night Mrs. Davis paid him $36 on account, ADJOURNMENT. Frazer's case was also adjourned till to morrow. This afternoon other startling developments wero Davis said on some days there would be as many as three or four women at his ofMoe for medi- cine or to have operations performed. The case of Davis! other victim, Catherine Lang, will probably be inquired into. Her body was removed ym Davis’ house to Hamilton about a month previous to the Gil- mour murder. Public opinion is not more favorable to Davie than to the other accomplices sinco ho has told the whole story. Mrs. Davis testifies to-morrow. VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. Ricnmonp, Deo, 8, 1875. The Legislature to-day elected the officers of the State government, as follows:—Secretary of the Com- monwealth, James McDonaid; Auditor of Public Ac- counts, Wm. F, Taylor; Second Auditor, Asa Rogers; Treasurer, R. M. T. Hunter; Register of Land Office, 8. M. Boykin; Superintendeat of Public Print RF. Walker; Superintendent of tho Penitentiary, G. F. Strother; General Agent and Storekeeper of the Pon- itentiary, N. C. Taliaferro, SENATOR DORSEY, ; Lirrim Rook, Ark., Doo, 8, 1875. Tho Joint Committee appointed at the last session of the Legislature to investigate tho election of 3. W. Dorsey to the United States Senate modo a report to tho Senato to-night. They say they have examined a large number of witnesses and hi procure any direct proof that bribery or any corrupt means were used by Mr, Dorsey to secure his olection, EVENING WEATHER REPORT. va agai Ovvice ov THe Cuigy Siena Ovvicnn, Wasnisatox, Deo. 8—7:30 P.M. Probabilities. For the South Atlantic aud Gulf States, cooler, and west winds, rising barometer, partly cloudy and clear weather—oxcept possibly falling barometer in ‘Texas, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley and the Lake region, cooler, northwest winds, rising barometer, cloudy and clearing weathor, with occasional light snow or rain. For the Upper Mississippi and lower Missourt valleys, diminishing northwest winds, possibly varying to northeast and southeast, rising, followed by falling barometer, warmer, partly cloudy weather. For the Middle States, rising barometer, cooler, north and west winds and light rain or snow, followed by cloudy and clearing weather. For New England, stationary followed by rising barometer, northeast winds, backing to northwest, sta- tionary or lower temperature, cloudy weather and light rain or snow, For the canal region of New Jersey and Virginia, tomperaturo will romaim slightly abovo freezing. The Ohio and Mississippi rivers will rise slightly, Cautionary signals will be discontinued on the lakes after December 16, THE WRATHE® YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes in the tomporature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudout's pharmacy, Heravo building: — 1874, 1875, 1874, 1875. a 87 «3:30P M..... 35 30 36 4 6PM, 2 8t wee BT 36 OP. M. 2 36 8T 37 WPM 86 Average tomporature yostorday , on Wednesday Miss Gilmour | came to Davis’ office; the girl then went with Davis | | | ' vs a", FATHER GERDEMANN’S DEFALOA- TION. Puinapeceusa, Pa., Dee. 8, 1875, It ts reported that tyelve persons who hold claime against St. Bontfactus’ church have taken preliminary steps to bring suits against Archbishop Wood to recover the sums loaned to the fund for the construction of the: church edifice, These*suits grow out of the late difli- cully in the congregation 1m which its former pastor, BARGAINING }, ox-Priest John W. Gerdemann, figured conspicuously. THE CANAL EAST OF UTICA. Burraro, Dee. 8, 1875. The Board of Trade passed # resolution this morning asiting Auditor Thayer to keep water on the’ levels of the camal cast of Utica so that cadal boats may reack tide water if the mild weather continues, Auditos Thayer replied by celegraph according the request. CHLOROFORMED AND ROBBED. Tuo, Dec. 8, 1895. ‘The resifeuce of William C. Vanness, two miles aort® of Waterford, Saratoga county, was entered by burgs lars last night, Tho family were chlorefgrmed, and $500 worth of Jewelry and clothing stolen; also promis Sory notes ape value of $7,500, The iatter wero a® terward foun! cost OF ENTERTAINING TRAMPS. Mipouetoww, Deo, 8, 1876 For the year ending the Lat of November last trampe cost the towns of Orange county, outside of Newburg, $17,660. The number kept was 18,491. Many of the towns now refuse toventertain tramrpé, or set them té breaking stones in return, BURGLARY IN SARATOGA COUNTY. @inanr, Deo, 8, 1875. The rosidence of Isaac Van Ness, at Waterford, Sarae- toga county, was robbed by burglars last night of $3,000 in notes given by various parties, # gold watety and chain and w stall um in cash. IMMIGRATION. ‘The total arrivals of immigrants at the part of New York during the months of November 1875 and 1874, were respectively :— ‘ales, Females, Total, November, 1875.... 2106 4,908 874... 4,044 81855 1,38 «(3,808 HOTEL ARRIVALS. Congressman H. H. Hathorn, of Saratoga, yesterday arrived at the Gilsey House. Ex-Governor J, Gregory Smith, of Vermont, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, State Engineer Sylvanus H. Sweet, of Albany, is atthe Metropolitan Hotel. Rey. Dr. Barton, of Norfolk, Va, is at the Coleman House. Captain William Gore Jones, naval attaché of the British Legation at Washington, is atthe Clarendon Hotel. Judge J. M. Woolworth, of Omaha, is at tho St. James Hotel. 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