The New York Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1875, Page 6

—— The State of Siege at Bo- gota Suspended. ON THE ISTHMUS. Diplomatic and Commercial Relations of the Republics. AFFAIRS PERUVIAN NEGOTIATIONS IN EUROPE. Panama, Dec, 2, 1875, The political tempest in the United States of Co- lombia has in a measure ceased. President Perez, at Bogota, issued a decree on the 11th ult, declaring the Btate of Siege to be suspended and order established In the federal Republic. News has been received here, by way of the Cauca, that the President and Legisla- ture of that State have interested themselves in behalf of Panama and the violence used by the federal troops Mn upsetting the government of the Stata COMMISSIONBRS were sent from Cauca to confer with the President of the Union, who, on being informed of the acts of Gen. rral Camargo in Panama as Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Colombia, expressiy said that “the conduct pf General Camargo was disapproved of, and his views ‘The people in Panama, ge abolisned, though doubt- Ing very much the good jaith of President Perea jeneral Camargo only oveyed instructions, and the Fote of this State must be got for the government can- Bidate, Sedor Parra, at all hazards. PANAMA Yontinues under the provisional government 6f Sefor Aizpuru until the convention now in session shal! nomi- jate a permanent President. THE CONSTITURNT CONVENTION wot in the Municipality Building, Panama, on the 28th it, ‘The message from Presideut Aizpura was read, cE it he takes particular pains to point out the illegality >f the elections this year for President of the Republic nd members of Congress, and the necessity of the jonvention naming others in their places. The proba- ility 1s that in framing the new constitution the Prag- ential term will be extended to four yeara insteadof 0. GENERAL CORRESO ag elected President of the Convention, a fact which Of considerable significance. INDEPENDENCE DAY. The 2th, 28th and 29th days of November were Jevoted in Panama to the celebration of the feasts of She anniversary of the Independence of the Isthmus ECUADOR. In Ecuador the election excitements still continue, The greatest number of votes had been registered in Javor of Seiior Borrero, the liberal candidate, and there Was little doubt of bis election. Private letters from Guayaquil speak of the EXPULSION OF THE JkSUITS from the country by a popular demonstration against phem. PERU. SEVERE BLOW TO THE FINANCIAL HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC—NO TRADE IN GUANO—DISMAL DAYS IN LIMA—AN IM- PORTANT AMERICAN ENTERPRISE, Lima, Nov. 21, 1875. This, the saddest month in the year in northern coun- fries, is generally enlivened in Peru by the presence of phat old luminary whose worship was 60 affected by Bue Inca people. This season, despite the rays vf the sun, the present period is more than mournful. The Commissioners abroad have failed to Becure even acceptable terms for the sale of the 900,000 tons of guano, and we are really in a most un- Pleasant financial predicament, Messrs, Althaus & Rosas, empowered by the government to arrange the Bale referred to, were to have terminated their labors Jn Paris on the 9th of August last, the time Oxed for She opening of the bida, but when that important day prrived the Commissioners found themselves obliged to egard it as a holiday, from the painful fact that not | ven one proposal for the purchase had been presented. verybody fought shy of Peru and Peruvian obliga jons, although there is no debtor in the European nonéy markets that has so scrupulously fulfilled her jues to her creditors for the last twenty years as Peru, ( THE REASONS WHY she present disaster has overtaken her are many and jot particularly to the point, as it is shrewdly sus- ected that personal influence and individual profit avehad a large share in her discomfiture. The So- été Générale of Paris offered to buy the guano, but nly with the condition of attending to the service of She foreign debt of Peru, interest and sinking fund, in 1 amounting to two millions and more pounds ster- ing, but steadily refusing to make the advances on the ticle bought stipulated for by the government here ind absolutely requisite for the home expenditure, Ven the cable despatch from the Commissioners an- jouncing this unfortunate condition of affairs reached t. Pardo, he immediately telegraphed back thas the roposition could not even be taken into consideration, od that the government agents must seek some more aritable capitalist, XO ANSWER as been recetved as yet; but the President, it 1s stated n apparently excellent authority, is hopetul that the me Société Générale, holder of a very large sum in Pe- uvian bonds, will again enter upon the negotiation, and cede, if not all the accommodation asked for, at ast suificient to enable the Secretary of the Treasury tide over the existing financial difficuities. THE ANGLO-PERUVIAN BANK, OF LONDON, virtue of a previousi arrangement, is to cover the terest and sinking fund of the debt falling due in | SSaenbannecmaeage te rane for tbe of lable “ana Dukihes purpees for which Vt was constituted, and for this reason the pres- ent discovery is the more remar! How can one imagine that in an establishment for the preservation of health such a mass of Cyr ge intentionally be accumulated? On the other OW can We account for the perpetration of @ gigantic orime of which vo trace remains? In addition to the above we may add that the im- pression generally prevails that these bones belong to victims of the Inquisition. They appear to be from 1:0 to 200 years old, and from their appearance lead to the belief that the bodies were thrown into the open- ing between the walls, All the skeletons appear to be clothed, and dresses, boots.and shoes are found, mixed witb large quantities of women’s hair, A portion of a | Spanish missal bas also been found, OHILI. Except details about the electoral effervescence foi” Prosident, there is nothing ‘new from the Republic of bil BOLIVIA. Lima, Peru, Nov, 21, 1875, From Bolivia we learn that an American citizen, Mr. Danie! Yoachem, bas succeeded in obtaining from the goverament & privilege for the canalization of the River Desaguadero, flowing from the Lake Titicaca, andto open steam navigation with that lake, thus placing the ital, La Paz, in direct communication with Pai rs vom from whenee the rails extend to Moliendo, on the sea coast, THS TRANSIT from the terminus of the Desaguadero to La Paz, a dis- tance of but # few miles, can be effected either by rail- way or stages. W. Yoacham, in compensation, only asks the exclusive privilege of putting steamers, &c., on the route, and using them for the term of filty years, As the expenses will be enormous and the Profits somewhat dubious, the government tmmedi- ately acceded to his request. Work is to be commenced before August, 1876. THR TREATY WITH CHILE, On the 22d of September last the treaty with Chile was ratified. The guano js to be worked in common in the territory between 22 deg. and 25 deg. of soath lati- tude, Any questions arising out of the treaty of 1876 are to be submitied to arbitration, CENTRAL AMERICA. Panama, Dec, 2, 1875, The steamahip Honduras arrived from Central Amer- ica on the lst inst, aud brought news to tue following effoct : PLENIPOTENTIARINS PROM THR FIVE STATES are to meet at Guatemala in January next to discuss a basis for their Union. PADRE PALACIOS, the priest who was the cause of the outrages, murders and incendiarism at San Miguel, in Salvador, has been condemned to death by a military tribunal It is yet unceftain if the sentence will be carried out A PORIRGN LNGATION SUPPRESSED. The government of Guatemala has suppressed its le- gation in Belgium and retired from Don Carlos Gutierrez his credentials as its Minister Plenipoten- tiary both there and tn Switzerland, OUTRAGE AGAINST AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. On the 16th ult, an outrage was committed on Mr. Henry Martin, a merchant and American citizen, deing business at Greytown, Nicaragua. He was arrested by an order of the Governor, Genera! Benard, and kept a prisoner inthe Cabildo, He could get no explanation as to what he was charged with. Mr. J. J. Andreas, United States Commercial Agent, protested and Mr. Martin was finally sent toGranada and was only ro- leased on heavy bail being given, MEXICO. ASSABSINATION OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IN YUCATAN—WHOLESALE BUTCHERIES BY THE INDIANS. The insecurity to life and property in the State of ‘Yucatan is frightful to witness. Large and well armed bands of enemies to the government of Lerdo de ‘Yejada are marauding over the country and killing and destroying whomsoever and whatsoever comes in their way. Tho burnings, assassinations and robberies com- mitted by these enemies of the public peace are at- tributed to “the barbarous Indians;"” but it is a well- known fact that the poor Indians, if left to themselves, have neither the power nor inclination to commit such gigantic crimes as those that are now about to be recorded It ts the political dema- gogues and partisan leaders in Yucatan, who have first excited the worst passions in the bosoms of the un™ happy, uncivilized Indians, and then placed arms in their bands wherewith they might devastate the coun- try and inundate it with blood. The series of petty revolts which have in Yucatan necessitated, from time to time, the presence of large bodies of national troops in Merida and other towns throughout that rich penin- sula, have always been tne work of local military chiefs and scheming politicians, rather than an expression of the popular will But, while the inhabitants of the country limited themselves to CUTTING THEIR OWN THROATS, however much, as Americans, we might regret It, no right of intervening could be claimed by our govern- | ment. When, however, tho lives and proper- ty of American citizens are ruthlessly sacri- ficed to the fury of the rabble, then, in- deed, 1t seems that the administration ought to take such’ active measures as would prevent the recurrence of such deplorable deeds as those here spoken of. La Razom del Purdlo, the official newspaper of the State of Yucatan, published in Merida, on the 20th ot last October gives the following account of a butchery | by “the savago Indians,” whereby over thirty per- sons, including an American citizen named Kobert Stephens, lost their lives. The bloody deed took place near sranch called Xuxab, on tho 12th of October. Don Baltazar M. Montilla, military commandant of Puntachen, makes a report of this frighttul occurrence, from which the following particulal ecember next, Meanwhile, we are in Lima on one f the highest rocks that could, financiaily speaking, be On the 12th of October Comm: ceived word that a force of rebel Indians had taken pos- HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER ,12, 1875--QUADRUPLE / SHEET. FRANCE, A NEW VICTORY FOR THE GOVERNMENT IN THE ASSBMBLY—FRENCH POLITICAL DISOUSSION: ITS AMENITIES—WHAT IS SAID OF THB SUEZ CANAL BARGAIN—SALB OF MISS BLACKFORD'S EFYECTS. Panis, Nov, 27, 1875. In the first division this session on the question of the scrutins it will be remembered that M. Buffet s0- cured a majority of 31, Yesterday that majority rose to 85, an amendment proposed by a M. Jozon, which would have had the effect of re-establishing a slightly modified serutin de liste, being rejected by 887 to 802 It was in vain thgt M. Gambettasupported the amend- ment fu an excellent speech, which, for the moderation of its tone, has beon praised by the bitterest of his political onists, Th¢ Assembly was determined to strengthen the hands of whal maf BS THE LAST CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT OF PRANCR for years to como, and the victory of the Ministors was, therefore, decisive, And, though the days of the pres- ent Chamber are numbered, it is by no means certain that the recent triumphs of “the party of order” will prove altogether barren, for {n France, perhaps more than in any other country, nothing succeeds like suc- cess, and there are many electors who, understanding little of politics and chiefly desirous of a quiet life, will be instinctively Jed to give their votes in support of the men actually in power. ARMY AND NAVY PRANCIISHS, I have mentioned that the Assembly had disfranchised the army and navy, On Wednesday, the 24th inst, it adopted, a8 a logical sequel to that provision, an additional article, which provides that no individual in active eervice im tho army or navy, Whatever be his grade or functions, can be elected as a member of the National Assembly. M. du ‘Tomple (logitimist) wanted to make an exception in favor of “officers in disponibility—% @ not yet on the shelf, but unattached and presumably looking out for any good thing that may be offered them. But the house would allow of no distinction, either because it suspects the army of being Bonapartist—which is no doubt ts—and therefore has no wish to show it any indulgence, or because it may be shrewdly suspected that some of the voters would, in fact, be too easily “disposed of” by the temporary holders of military and naval patronage, THR SURZ CANAL BARGAIN. There is a good deal of bitterness here on the subject of England’s purchase of the Suez Canal, which the French have been wont to look apon as their peculiar property. Nevertheless, they find some consolation in the fact that the prompt action of the British Cabinet prevented the accomplishment of a similar design by Germany, A QUERR REFORT. There is a curious report which, were !t not well authenticated, one would be inclined to believe must be a rather poor joke, indebted for its origin to the fortile imagination of atelegraph clerk. It is to the effect thet several of the French prelates who took part in the recent pilgrimage have strongly advocated the claims of Marie Antoinette to beatification, The heroine of the necklace story would figure strangely in the calendar of saints, for the ‘“Advocatus Diaboli” could make out a pretty strong case against the unfor- tunate Queen. It is said, however, and may be fully believed, that the Vatican has received the suggestion with coldness, TRE WILL OP THE DUKE DB MORTEMART, who began his military career under the First Empire and continued it with much profit to himself under the Restoration, has just been proved in London. Tho personalty in England alone has been sworn under 700,000. Notwithstanding the laws of succession, large fortunes can still be accumulated in France, but with a revolution every fifteen or twenty years it is not surprising if the money too often Minds its way into other countries. The Duke wasa general of division (the first grade inthe French army after that of Mar- shal), Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and, what stamped him as a noble “of the old stock,” A ENIGHT OY THE ORDER OF THB HOLY GHOST, the blue ribbon of which has not been conferred since | the abdication of Charles X., but was emce among the most famous badges of European chivalry, second only in prestige to the Garver and the Golden Fleece. Since the death of the Duke de Mortemart the Duke of Ne- mours is the sole surviving knight. CRIMINAL LAW SENTENCES, The punisbment for balf murdering a man because you fancy he has said something disagrecable of you behind your back appears to be limited in France to six months’ imprisonment and a nominal pecuniary fina At least such and no more is the amount of justice which has been meted out to a M. Gaston Mélingue, whoa few weeks ago nearly killed M. Gille, of the Figaro, for having written that Carpeaux’s statues re- wembled “the attitudes of the actor Mélingue,” MISS BLACKFORD'S AUCTION, The sale of Miss Blackford's horses and carriages took place at the Champs Elysées the day before yes- terday. The prices obtained were disappointing. A pair of bays, which had cost some thousands of francs, only brought $102 apiece; the coupé went for $300, the due for $221. The harness realized no more than $20. The famous jet black Russian trotters which used to attract so much attention in the Bois de Bou- logne, and which bad once been in the Czar’s stables, were disposed of by private arrangement, A BONAPARTIST DEMONSTRATION held at Belleville during the prosent week proved a complete failure, and would have been immediately session of the Xuxub ranch. He lost no time in getting together fifteen men and in notifying the agent Yeferred to or found. CONSEQUENCES ON THR NOME MARKET. | When the news was made public the eitect was instan- | tn charge of the Solferino plantation to send, as soon as feneous. Silver and gold coin, steadily tending down- | possible, an armed force to meet the enemy. -At four ard ip premium for the past two weeks, immediately | o'clock on the morning of the 13th Montilla received ose from eight to fifteen per cent; government bonds, | a note advising him that twenty-five men, under tho r, rather, certificates of Treasury indebtedness, fell | command of Lieutenant José Maria Barrera, had ar- ve per cent, and even the bank shares were sufferers | rived from Solferino. Barrera could not bring more | the general misfortune. Exchange on Loudon low- | men, because there were red from forty-two to thirty-six pence per sol, and NO ARMS TO BE HAD. he shopkeepers lost no time in adding twenty-five per | The commandant of Kantuni had aio been requested | eat to the value of their articles deluxe. Fortunately | to senda reiniorcement of twenty-tive men. With these | price of provisions has not been altered, otherwise | forces and those that came together at Puntachen, under he poorer classes of the city would be sadly embar- | the orders of Lioutenant Anicete Fernandez, Montilla | ssed, marched against the enemy and defeated and dispersed | ONE OP THE MOST DISASTROUS CIRCUMSTANC! them alter a close action, which jasted over one boar | tending the failure of the Commissioners is that from | and a half The battle took place in the public | he expected proceeds of the sale the government had | square at Xuxub. The Indians charged the govern- | romised the banks, in return partly for their Joan of | ment troops with the machete, but were defeated, with eptember Inst, a heavy sum in sterling exchange, | tho loss of thirteen dead and two prisoners. The | rom which the banks expected to be placed in a posi- | euemy fled in confusion, and some of them jumped into | Bion to bring over from Europe and from California | the water in order to avoid the fre of an ambuscade | large quantities of specie, Now, of course, such anex- | into which they fell on the road. The government eotution 18 out of the question. And, moreover, as | troops lost Judge Florentino Morales, and two soldiers Fos banking institatious are obliged, by’ the decros of | were wouaded,. The bodies of Mr. Robert Stephons, the Executive, to | Don Romulo Baeza and of another person, whom RESUME SPECIR PAYMENTS | nobody recognized, were found dead, ted and thrown mn the 2d of next month, thoy, from this very impossi- | into the river by the savages. Tho herdsman of the jlity of the President to fullil his promises, | ranch, named N. Alamilla, was also found in the will find themselves still with comparatively | water, tied up, and suffering from two severe wounds. | Pmpty vaults after having increased ther circuia- | The enemy were not pursued on account of the poor Bion in order to furnish the goverament with | condition of the government forces. The number of eans to pay off some of its pressing obligations, | the escaped enemy must have been about 150 men. ‘ossibly @ pleasing change may come over our | Montilia was informed that the section which he had fireain, but just at present Pern, with all her treasures | encountered was pf nitrate dnd guano, is disconsolate and destivuve. BUT MALP OP THE RERELS, The wailom enemies of the Dreyfus contract of pur- | and that the other portion bad left the ranch some | Elase of 1868-9, by which the nation received thirty- | time before ho arrived thers, taking with them all the Shree hard dollars net for every ton of gnano, admit | farm hands, families and booty that they could gather | but such a transaction, if now effected, would be a | together. jodsend to the Republic, But the shameful manner in The prisoners deposed that four months before this Which Dreyfus has been treated by the municipality, | occurrence General Barnabe Cen had arrived at San the courts aud other authorities, has doubtless bad # | Antonio from a place called Chan Santa Cruz; he bad | owerful intluence over the minds of the partics in Butope making the last unacceptable proposal. THE bi} RAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT. The Colleges dors are hard al work. General rado has triumphed, according to the popular vote, in { fled from the latter place because of being perse+ cuted by some other general. The fugitive general, after som6 trouble, obtained from the local authorities a force of men to make incursions in the neighborhood of | Xuxub, at which fatal epot Cen and bis secretary, Ladisiao Reyes, were killed in action. Among tho | forces of Con was General Cruz, who, tt is said, ordered | the execution of Mr. Robert Stephens. THE DEATH OF &TRPHENS. Tho letter which ia ven below is from an English- man named Josepn Byrne, who was a fellow prisoner with Mr, Stephens: Mrs. Stephens, to whom it Is ad- | dressed, is now, 80 we are informed, on her way to join her husband in Yucatan, and the sad news was received in this city by an orphan daughter of Stephens :— Mania, Yocatan, Oct 21, 1875. My Dean Mrs. Sternens.—tb 4s my painful daty to send ou ead news about Xuxu | "On the 12th inst., st eight o'dloek In ¢ t estate was invaded by & band of seventy early all quarters; but the electors, chosen on bis | ket, do nol ince the unanimity of sentiment in bis | ired. The absence of the General im y, Messrs. Riva-Agiero and Elqi be unpleasant, The whole matter m y Congress, and then it simply becomes a question of | rsonal friendship or prestige, If Montero bappens | bave more admirers in the legislative body than | ado, oF ioe versa, 80 will prove the result. I! either iong purses the problem would be quickly sob morning, 1 IMMENSE QUANTITY OF HUMAN EEMAINS avege In he Col 1 and I were reading letters ist recived) atthe | TAKEN YOM THE WALLS OF A HOSFITAL— | {ime There was boone ete in'the house at that hour, whem, UPI " | without slightest warning, the room filled with SUPPOSED VICTIMS OF THE INQUISITION. | Javeges, and we wore securely’ tied without. the slightest | (from the Panama Herald, December 1.) el of making any resistance. They carried off every- value and led us over to the ranches, from . the Colonel was rath. lund hopes to almost the ‘The Oprnion Nacional, of Lima, published the foilow: | Jpy sensational information on Thursday last:— | sand firm and ul id We are informed that the day before yesterday an ae are his life. They took Wmmense quantity of human remains were ‘aken irom | nearly ail d next morning, on bein, due of the walls of the old San Andres Hospital ip th of their general, Poasequence of repairs now being made \t became up to thelr armpii to throw down one ot the walle of the Uhi- The savages lost twenty killed and three of the Fa | uso of such weapons. forgotten but for the injudictous conduct of the au- thorities, who confiscated all the numbers of the Pays containing a report ot M. de Cassagnac’s speech. This miserable effusion, consisting of a string of scurrilities, should have been circulated as widely as possible to throw contempt on the cause which is reduced to the The orator spoke of M. Gam- betta going down to St Sebastian ‘to wash his dirty feet.” ‘His teet are cleaner than your face,” roared out an indignant radical, and all one can observe is that the retort was worthy of tho language which called it forth. ACCIDENT TO A CATHOLIO PRIEST. Nozwauk, Conn., Dec. 11, 1875. This afternoon, while Rev. Peter A. Smith, pastor of | St. Mary’s Catholic church, was driving toward South | Norwalk his horse took fright, and the wheels of the vehicle, catching in the track of the street railway, was upset, dnd its occupant thrown violently to the ground. Tho reverend father was conveyed to the parochtal residence adjoining the church, and an examination of his injuries disclosed one rib broken and bruises about the chest and side of #0 serious a character as to pre- vent his attending to ministerial work again for the present, BROOKLYNITES MISSING. No further trace has been obtained of tho little girl | Ella Patter, who has been missing from her home, No. 97 Lewis streot, Brooklyn, sinco last Monday morning. The detective, Butts, who has been working on the case, is of the opinion that the child, who ts twelve ears of ago, ran away to escape ill treatment, which, he alleges, ‘she received from her father, who is ® widower and is said to be addicted to strong drink. Armine H. Guden, the Wallabout glass merchant | who disappeared last Saturday in a most mysterious manner, after drawing $1,800 from the Brookiyn bank, | has not been discovered, despite the efforts of the po lice in that direction. A MISSING OYSTER SLOOP. Considerable anxiety is felt by relatives and friends | in regard to the safety of Captain Gilbert Newton, of Sayville, I, L, captain of the sloop Evelyn, She sailed from Chincoteague Island on the morning of Saturday, November 27, bound to New York with a joad of oysters for Silsbee & Still. The vessel was seen just after sho had cleared the bar and that is the last Known of her. ‘The supposition is that she cither encountered the re- cent severe northwest winds that have prevailed on the coust, or mot disaster by some other cause at present unknown, MUNICIPAL NOTES. Mayor Wickham yesterday married, in his office, Benjamine Natale Gotardo Fessaro, a police officer of the Eighth precinct, to Loutse Jiflte Atnelie Crosson The Mayor did not follow the precedent of his prede- cessor, Mayor Havemeyer, and kiss the bride, who 1s described as ‘a little beauty.” On Wednesday a Committee of tho City Council, » Fire Commissioner, the Chief Engineer of the Fire be- partment avd the’ Inspector of Buildings, of Philadel- phia, will visit this city to investigate our system of fire éscapos. LONG ISL. The Board of Aldermen of Long Island City has passed a resolution ordering the Aldermen and heads of different departments to wear gold badges, each badge to cost $25. The expenditure will amount to $1,660; but where the money will f is a my tery, os the city funds have become depleted and th police and school teachers have not veg paid in seven ND CITY ECONOMY, | Lingor yo hei | No place too sacted, nous too vile; | He @vased, and wiped away a tear, ‘The legions that be called appear. Matsell looked wise, Disbecker vexed; Further News ‘of the fu- gitive’s Route. WHERE HE WAS TO DIVE. The’ Long Island Way the Chosen One. INTERESTING DEVELOPS MEN'S The Ex-Boss Believed To Be Now in New York. No solution of the mystery in regard to the preset whereabouts of William M, Tweed was obtained yeste~ day, notwithstanding the continued and combined forts of both the police authorities and the Sheriffs officials. That the flight of the ex-‘Boss” was moit deliberately planned and carried out with. exceedirg skill the long time that has elapsed without his being recaptured fully testifies to, He has now been at large over seven days, and the large, reward, already offeret of $10,000, with @ promise of an increase of ths amount to $50,000, has bad no effect as ye in discovering to the authorities the actus place of his concealment, This shows that the affec tion felt for the fallen chieftain by his adherents ant former beneficiaries is still stronger than the power 0 money. For large as is the reward offered for informa. tion as to his whereabouts and other particulars which may lead to his arrest, no one has as yet been found bold enough to come forward and tmpart this knowledge, Itis said tn this connection that those who were made participant in the plan of fligut are deterred from telling what they know of the transaction by fear of the odjum which would attach to their names and persons fm ‘ease they ghould impart the secret to the police or to the Sheriff. Then again, It is said, were any one to “give away”) the old man, he would only do so at the ristgof bis own life, for it is no unusual thing to hear expres- sions among the lower class of politicians and the loaf- ers around the city to the effect that if they ever heard of any man who was the meaas of a recapture being made they would show their loyalty to their former patron by taking the life of his betrayer, and thus prove their gratitude and affection for thé man on whom they fattened when he was in power and pros- perity. Every day, however, the Hxratp, as well as the Police Superintendent and Sheriff Conner, is receiving notification of alleged ‘‘correct’’ information as to the location of the fugitive. These are patiently followed out, but hitherto they have resuited in nothing definite, The fact is, as stated in the Hexatp of yesterday, there is every reason to believe that Tweed is even now con- cealed in New York city, and, as every one knows, this, of all others, is the: most difficult locality to dis- cover 4 man that dedires to remain secreted, The arca fs large and tho opportunities to change cover in case the hunt presses too closely are more easily se- cured than would be the case were he to select country place as his refuge. The jatest developments made by the Hxratn specta’ detectives yesterday unmistakably point to the fac that the Long Island route was the one taken by on Saturday last after he parted with Warden Dunham and bis friend Hagan. A hotel has been discovered where a dinnor was ordered by a prominent politician for the regalement of the Boss, what of an oat of — th was overlooked by the journey on Thursday "last, which was published in yesterday's Hxnatp, man who ordered the dinner remained at the hotel in question for two days, with a carriage in attendance, in order to be ready for any emer The ex-‘*Boss,’’ however, did not visit this place, which shows that the plan originally tormed was suddenly changed, in order to meot immediate necessities, and that he rather pre- ferred to keep to the high road and reach his destina- tion (Greenwich) 1n prelerence to turning off along a byway to dine, Other information bas also been ob- Jained by the Hxnaxp, which positively shows the track taken by Tweed. This, howover, is withheld for the pre- sent inorder that every detail may be worked out before publication. A number of facts have also been obtained which indicate that Tweed is in this city at the present time, as already suggested. Tho trail, an outline of which'was given in yesterday’s Henan, is being steadily tollowod by the Hxratp men, and unless some unforeseen accident should occur, there is every reason to believe that the fugitive will be run to earth, ‘Tho more the story related by Warden Dunham and his assisiant Hagan i considered, the more improbable it appears; aud, indeed, among ali reasoning men the whole narrative, as told by them, is thought to be of the thinnest kind. There ought to be some manner to compel these men to tell what part they really took in Tweed’s escape, and if there is not some modifica tion of the laws should be made to meet similar cases which may arise in the future, That these men know more than they care totellis beyond question and there ought to be some method to drag this information from them. The Sheriff stili inclines to the bolief thas ‘Tweed 1s concealed somewhore in the city, although he yesterday sent one of his deputies to a point in the horthern part of the State, where it is said, Tweed was seen, He, however, expects no results from tuis deputy’s visit, He sends bim nevertheless simply in pursuance of the policy he bi al aiong pursued of investigating every possible clew and theory that may be advanced. He also, it may be horé stated, emphati- cally denies the statements made to the effect that ho has made any transfer of bis property to his wife or others, in order to evade any action or judgment that may bo instigated or pursued by the city or county against him to recover the amounts for which Tweed was being sued, ‘At Police Headquarters no new developmonts tran- spired during yesterday. Superintendent Walling 1s still doing bia utmost to ferret out the fugitive from justice, but is not over-sanguine of success. He, like ‘the Sheriff, however, follows every clew and traces every rumor that is propounded down to the very bot- tou. WHAT THE BROOKLYN POLICH BAY. A Heratp reporter had a long conversation with the Superintendent yesterday afternoon, in the courso of which he said he thonght the theory of the possibility of Mr. Tweed’s being on land and secroted somewhere in the vicinity of New York was quite plausible, but he would not answer a question as to whether there was a good foundation upon which to exercise the belief that the fugitive was hiding in Brooklyn. He would say, howover, that they had not relaxed their search, nor did they intend to do so, He would not say whether the boy who told the story of his seeing Tweed in | Brooklyn was to be relied upon or not, nor would he give his name, as Sheriff Conner was the most deoply interasted of all parties concerned, he could best furnish information on that head. It might be that igeon stovls’” had been thrown out here and ther 20 a3 to mislead the police, There certainly was cient known to show that the plan of escape was mo: cleverly laid. The coachman, who met Tweed on Fur- man street, if tho story be reliable at all, was not a stranger to the fugitive, but must have come from New York. He said it would be a great act of Injustice to make public the name of any person upon a more sus- picion of such a person harboring the fugitive. Even though investigation exonerated the suspected party, tt would be a stigma to cohcentrate public suspicion ob a man. ODE ON TWEED'S ESCAPE. The following ode on Tweed’s escape, and tho efforts | afterward made for bis recapture, will be found to be suggestive and of interest at this Juncture:— * THR SEARCH FOR TWEED, ‘What means this stir in Ludiow jail? Why turns the gloomy warden pale? ‘And why does Conner darkly wail, And why do Hagan frown? Conundrums these, not hard to guess, The cause of all their wretchedness Is—Twoed’s gone out of town; He's jamped his bail, he’s cut hia sticks, ‘And none can tell which way be runs; We only know he's gone—Big Six, And left these little ones, “Now by my faith," the Shori(f satd, “Although his cage the bird hae tled, Ten thousand dolinrs shall be his Who brings him back tome. That's bis oT will never do to Ing beliind. He must be found or Ill be fined. The fates have said itt 'Tss decreed, The broken (savings) banks of Twoe Nor Jersey Heights, nor Harlem flaws, Nor even the mysterious yachts, Shall hide him in his need. Where are my men? Fits Porter, where? ro, ye hearts of hare! To Wickham bdar my signet ring; ‘Teli him tis squadrons up to bring. Let Voorhi« charge with flaming spar, With Matsell #arge, and Disbecker Let Wailing search through all the isle, Let spuyten Duyvil creek be crossed, And victory—or Tweed is lost." Voorhis denied he was perplexed Wickbam was fearfully profound; | Walling in deep reflection drowned; Dunhom was sad and Watson glad, And Manniere and Groen were mad. | Bergh, who was there, could not forbe To take his merry inocks— "Dis cruelty for you,” said he, ese ward, which adjoins the department named “Our | were made prisoners and taken to Merida. They came b; dy of Morey,” and the laborers, to their surprise, | the Montilla road, Nineteen from the ranch are sav und that the 1 Reed holiow and filled with human | The Indians had a om mains, AS was to be expected, work was then pushed $ n more rapidly, and our Inforinant states that on that | pete ijie Meee eg elogramy $0 yea. by jay alone several hundred skeletons were removed, and | wena full as ‘occarred, snd was ud that the dresgeb Of al) remaived in good condition. | with the ¢ tied $0, the same tree with him. $e be. in the following the work of retnoval had been | shot. The ¢ ir. Lespinasse, who takes @ deep in- ntinned, and we are mformed that already between | Wrest im the matter, hus sent my statement to Mexico and 000 and 5,000 skeletons have been red. i Ce aod lhave written tothe Hamann all the *" It appears inexplicable to us how the walls ot an edie | YE Aznar. the Consn}, " i ie 2 of this kind could be converted Ito a cor sss Gouden thas the Mesioaa Dette eee rational does it appear that (ims moss of ADL IX A MEAVY INDEMNITY sould be the shocking traces of some horrible bi to you for this outrage on civilization, Mr, Agnar especially ocatomnb, as @ well informed gentiema Is bringing # grast pressure to bear on the authorities berg tal was built in 1507, wuder the protection of the Mar TOSEPH BYRNE. months TWEED'S TRAIL.| 25) with volee of woo— people go; a gone—thats what (he matter— who must scat-scat-scatter, Lot the chamber be cleared!" The train @tsay “Now, bring me the whole of the prison guard | Hoe smiléd like a seraph, this innocent Sheriif, At the policeman awaiting the chief's award The first place hunted was his house, thonght best to thas begin; He bell and asked the gal, “lg William M, Tweed in?” “Not that f knowé on,” said the matd, The biggest tain, OAS ei Disbecker went to flats, And viewed old boots: ita cane dead cats— ‘sins!’ he cried, ‘he r Is worse than what I brought Would that I could this ieee Hplgetes af it were @ cart! éVening smells! These evening smells! Oh, what a talo their fragrance tells Of Stinks that once rejoiced my nose, But now seem nauseous as a rose.” He turned, but muttered as he went, “I'm onthe scent! I’m on the scent! Voorhis reflected long and well— “Tweed’s leit us ip the lurch; ‘The safest place for him to hide, I think, would be a church, No one would think of searching there,” He plausibly asserted ; “Perchance if we should meet to-day, And each should for the other pray, pty both might be converted!” entered, but recalled too late, “The fox jumped over the parson’s gate." A gloet—No glee to him he knows! Ho whiskea for a while, and then Hummed the refrain—*tA good fat hen, And away she gocs.”” Soon as the shades of eve prevail, Danham takes up his wondrous tale, And to hin oad every night Repeats tho story of Twoed’s flight And all the “stars’’ that round him bura, Tilven and Wickham in their turn, With thumbs to noses, take it ip, Bat only say, ‘Too thin! too thin!” For seven days in search they roam, But still they could not find bim, And none could hope that he’d come home With his little bail behind him, Through Hell Gate some believed him fed— The thought the bosom harrows— While others confidently said He'd squeezed out through the Narrows. Walling each night a telescope Directed at the moon; Tweed, he believed, aud much he grieved, Had lett in a balloon, But Green his secret counsel Kept ‘His a optics never slept), (por thlaktog as hia lolsure he His search had based upon the ground That Tweed would finally be found Hid ip the city treasury. Thero was mounting ‘mong Greons of the Treasury clan; Connors, Wickbams and Matsells—they rodo and they ran; ‘There was racing and chasing o'er river and loa, But the lost Boss of Tammany ae’er did they soe. He is off! he is gone! over bank, brush and mead, y’ll have fleet steeds that follow!” quoth William M. Tweed. AHEAD OF TWEED. Boss Tweed’s example has already a follower, who betters his instructor in the material point that not only did the convict escape, but the vigilant keoper dis- appeared with him, A man confined tn the Black- well’s Island Penitentiary was brought last Thursday, on habeas corpus, to the Supreme Court, Chambers. ‘The hearing was adjourned until next Monday, and the rigsoner in the meantime was remanded. He ad come to the city in the care of Keeper McKenna, and that official took charge of him after the hearing was adjourned, since which time neither he nor his prisoner has appeared at the Island. Warden Fox, feeling somewhat alarmed at ‘the protracted stay of both, telegraphed to the District Attorney to learn the reason of the delay, The Dis- trict Auorney had no information to give, and yester- day Fox, with others, were busy in the Tombs and else- where trying to find clows tothe whereabouts of the mon, bat to no purpose. The facts were kept from the rosé as much a8 possible, all parties when approached pleading entire ignorance of the matter. DOLAN'S CASE, NEW TESTIMONY TO BE INVESTIGATED BY GOV- ERNOB TILDEN. Now that a respite has been granted for John Dolan, the next thing proposed is, if possible, to show his in- nocence of the murder of James H. Noo.” His counsel aro leaving no stone auturned to prove him guiltiess of the terrible crime. Having already enlisted the inter- est of Governor Tilden in the case, it is proposed to have all the new evidence bearing upon the question of Dolan’s guilt or innocence investi gated before him personally, In addition to having Barrett and O’Uonner, upon whose affidavits the respite was granted, rigidly cross-exam- ined before His Excellency, an application will be made on Monday to the Governor for a mandate to bring from the Albany ime cg the prisoner Williamson for or examination as to his statement that the murder was perpetrated by “Diamond Jim.” In this connec- tion it 18 worthy of mention that it has boen positively ascertained that there is a person thus called, and that he was until recently a frequenter of & place known as the ‘Contennial,” at the corner of Greene and Houston streets. Superin. tendent Walling, as will be remembered, has announced that no such person is known to the police; but this 1 regarded as a matter of no very great surprise. It is also proj to examine the inother of Dolan and his sister, a girl twelve years of age, neither of whom were called ag witnesses at the trial Their testimony ts to ve offered in confirmation of Dolan’s statement as to the time he reached home on the Sunday morning of the murder, where he went, as be says, to change his underclothing. There is a confident expectation that the testimon: of Williamson will lead to the production of Mr. Noe’s satchel, which is ro- garded ag a very important link tn the chain of evidence, going to prove “Diamond Jim” the real murderer, ‘Of course, aside from all this, the main point, after all, is to confirm the aflidavits of Barrett and G’Conner as to Dolan being grossly intoxicated at the time of tho alleged murder, and therefore that his commission of the crime was a physical impossibility. ‘tb was terday reported in various circles that Dolan had, in January last, been arrested by Officer Conklin, the Fourteenth precinct, for an ‘attempt at burglary; that he had pleaded guilty in the Court of General Sessions under the name of James McCluskey, and had thereupon been sentenced to continement for threo years in tho State Prison, from which he soon afterward escaped. It was further said that the attention of District Attorney Phelps bad been called to the statement, and that he was engagod in in- vestigating it Inquiry at the District Attorney's oflice proved that such an indictment had been found. As- sistant District Attorney Bell was engaged in trying to discover whether McCluskey was identical with Dolan, but at a late hour last evening had not reached any conclusion. In another quarter, however, a despatel was received last evening from Sing Sing, stating that the man consigned to that institution under the name of McCluskey was still safe in custody. Delia Ward, the mistress of the condemned man, visited the District Attorney's office yesterday, in co! pany with Detective Dorsey. It is said that she camo to roceive advice as to how she shall act in reference several friends of Dolan, who have threatened to take her lito because sho testified on the trial, THE THREE NEGRO MURDERERS, ‘An application will be made on Monday next, before Judge Donohue, in the Supreme Court, for a writ of error to enable counsel to bring the case for review up to the Court of Appeals, and a stay of proceodings restraining the Sheriff from carrying out on Friday next the sentence of the law on Charles Weston, William Ellis and William Thompson will also be applied for, pending the argument before and the decision of tho appellate court It is believed that Judge Donohue will refuse to grant the request of coun executions will therefore take place, TAKING TIME BY THE FORELOCK. In the first district of Queen’s county, Long Island, Mr. Androw J, Provost was elected a School Com. missioner at the recent election, He has not yo' en- tered upon the duties of his office, but nas found timo to petition the Board of Supervisors for an increase of salary. No doubt he contemplates working barder than his predecessors when once be slall have com- menced. MARITAL INFELICITY, James Hood, the man who threw himself under the Staton Island Railway train as it was leaving the depot at Clifton, 8. 1., on Thursday afternoon, has been iden- tified by his brother, who say that he has not been liv- years, ali WORK FOR THE CORONERS. The persons who died suddenly, and whose deaths were reported at tho Coroners’ office yesterday, were as follows :—John Goodwin, one year old, at No, 273 West Thirty-lfth street; Elevia Olive Middleton, five weeks old, at No, 135 West Third street; Lizzie Walton, aged four yours, at No, 266 Kast Houston street; an unknown child, who was found Hy, Annie Herzberg, of No. 105 Urchard street, in an alley leading to the latter's hous child of Dr, Loewenthal, of No, 864 West hth street, who was accidentally scalded; and Edmund Kopian, aged eloven weeks, /T bunt this (rihtened Fox." at Na w Norlolk treet ing on good terins With his wife for the past three | Kot, captain of canal boat F. Stacy, at pier | THE ISLAND MURDER. Warden Fox and Deputy Warden Brown Censured. THOMAS JONES AND JOUN GRAY HELD, A Stronger Night Guard Recommended. Coroner Woltman held an inquest yesterday apontthe body of Matthew Creery, the Blackwell’s Island gate- Keeper, who was found, on last Thanksgiving morning, * with bis head smasbed in, at his litte ‘Jodge,” and who died the following Saturday from the injuries re- cetved. The evidence tended strongly to incriminate two of the inmates of the Penitentiary, Thomas Jones and John Gray, and some very important tostimony was elicited, showing that the discipline on the tsland {8 sadly deficient, and that the Commissioners of Chart- ties and Correction should wako up to the fact that 1 {s about time they had proper guards placed around the island at night John M. Fox, Warden of the Penitentiary, was tho first witness sworn, Ho testified that the aecoased had been detailed at the gate but a short time before his death; on learning of the murder on the fatal morning witness went to the “ lodge’? and found Creery stil breathing; he at once had him removed to the Charity Hospital; the deceased, as a general thing, went to bed at aboat eleven o'clock at night, but he was forced to get up at any time if any of the keepers or wardens de- sired to pass; as soon as he heard that Thomas Jones and John Gray had veen out all night he had them locked up; Mr, Fox said that he left the island that night to visit some friends, leaving Doputy Warden Brows in charge; when he returned, which was about half past eleven, ho then was informed that two of the prisoners had left the island; soon after a report reached him that they had returned, and that they had been over on Long Island for whiskey; that they had BROKEN OPRN THR GUARD HOUSE and stolen one of the boats; Gray was let ont of the Penitentiary by the night watchman, John Foy, whe sa{d, a3 an excuse for letting Gray out, that there was a man sick im the hospital, and that Gray was going for the doctor. He further testified that both Gray and Jones had told him that as soon as they ‘ot out they determined to goto Long Island City; fe 'aid not know that they had any money; {tis not 4 custom to allow prisoners to have money; he said that it was a very unusual thing for prisoners to leave the island; in fact it never oceurred before andor his ad- ministration; Gray and Jones left the prison about balf- ast ten and returned about half-past twelve; Mr. For stated that he went to Long Island City and there saw @ man named Slavin, who keeps a liquor saloon, who told him that two men came to his placo on the ight of 25th and got liquor, and that both of them were from the Penitentiary; that they paid $1 for the liquor, Wit- ness said that he examined the clothing of both Gray and Jones, but not a particle of blood was found upon them. The hatchet found, on which there was blood and hair and by which the fatal blow was struck, Mr, Fox said belonged to the deceased, Alexander 8, Williams testified that he was Captain of the Fourth precinct, and was detailed to try and ferret out the murderer; at first be was led to believe that the crime was done by river thieves; but upon a careful investigation he was satisfied that it was done by inmates of the island; he had traced Jones and Gray to Slavin’s, at Long Island City, and from tho time thoy state they left the island until they returned they could not haye accomplished the distance. He stated that he found the testimony of Night Watchman Foy very conflicting; it showed great negligence on his part. The Captain said that he exammoed the clothes of Jones and Gray, but found no spots of blood om them ; still they had ample time to change their clothes after their return. Holly Lyons, detective at Headquarters, corroborated the testimony of Captain Williams, stating that he was satisfied that the murder was committed by some per- gon oF persons on the island, Patrick F. Burke, an employé at the storehouse, under John Hagley, testified to finding the body about half-past six A. M.’ Dece: he said, was dressed, and still alive, though unconscious. James M. Brown, Deputy Warden of the Penitentiary, ‘was sworn, bat seemed to know but little about the case—in fact he was a regular know nothing, such @ one as the Commissioners should be proud of. Owen Slavin, the proprietor of the saloon at Long Island City, testitied that Gray and Jones went to his place and got hquor to the amountof $1 40; that he did not know either one of them, and never saw them before that night Jobn Gray, one of the suspected persons, was pat upon the stand and testified to having made a false statement to get out of the Penitentiary, He admitted that Jones and himself stole the boat, went over ta Long Island City and got some liquor, that they im. mediately returned, and that he never went near the gatekeeper's 1odge, nor did he know of the murder u Ul the following morning. What money he had, he faid, he got from one Philip Smith, a conductor on the Fourth avenue railroad, Thomas Jouves, the other prisoner, was alse called, and testified to having gone over with Gray ‘to Long Island City to get liquor, Betore they started as he was pass- ing the office of one of the keepers named Smith, who sold tobacco, he went in and stole two ten-cent stamps and eight cents in pen- nies, When he got over to Slavin’s he spent the twenty cents for two drinks, There was at the time at Slavin’s @ target company, several members of which went down with himselfand helped to get their boat off, Ho stoutly denied knowing anything about the murder, Peter McGraw and Fred Lane, two prisoners, who wore the first to pass the gate on the fatal morning, testified that the gate was open, as usual, and that they did not see the deceased, nor were there any persons around tne lodge. John Toy, keoper of the Penitentiary, was sworn, nd stated that he let Gray out, as Gray'said that ho was going after the doctor tor’ a man who was sick, and that, as be bad been let out before in similar cases, he bad every reason to believe that he was telling the tratb, THE CAUSE OF DEATH. Joseph Cushman, M. D., being sworn, said:—I made & post-mortem examination of the body of Matthew Creevy at Charity Hospital, Blackwell’s Island, Novem- ber 25, 1875; on examining the body exterually 1 found an irregular opening on tho right side of the skull, involving the p&rietal and temporal bones, measur: ing three inches in length by two and a haif inches | in width; the opening in the skull presented a com- pound comminuted fracture, exposing the brain, which was sottened and lacerated; ‘another lacerated and con- tused wound was found over the left parictal bone, half an inch to tho lett of the median line, extend- ing to the bone and producing a fracture of the inner table of the skull; several contused wounds were found upon the neck; , other wounds were found; death, in my opmion, was caused by shovk and lacera: tion of the brain, due to the injuries described. Frederick M. Trask, being sworn, said;—I am physi- cian at Charity Hospital; op the morning of the 26th of November | was making my Visit at the Penitenti I was informed that a man had been murdere ‘soon after 1 saw the deceased, Matthew Creovy, carried on a stretcher to the hospital; Dr. Ketchum ‘sent the patient to my ward; 1 examined him, found bis face spattered with blood aud an extensive fracture ‘on the right side of the heaa, through which the brain retruded; the man was in a semi-comatose conditiot PTasked him who had inficted the imjurics;, be swered incoherently; he remained in that con till the following morning at six o'clock, when he di 1 do not know how he received the injuries, Coroner Woltinan then charged the jury, say that tho testimony was of such a nature that he ho the Jury would give the matter a careful consideration, and if iho evidence pointed toward either of the pris a that they would submit the same in their ver- eb, The Jury then retired and were out about twenty minates, when they returned with the following ver- cb — THE VERDICT. That the said Matthew Creevy came to his death by injuries received at the hands of some person or per- Sons to Us unknown, on the night of November 20 or tho morning of November 26, 1575, and we think that suspicious circumstances point ward Thomas Jones and Jobn ; that they be detained for farther inquiry. We cens' Warden Fox, Deputy Warden Brown and the keepers at the Penitentiary for the loose manner | in which tho affairs of the institution are conducted, and recommend that, owing to the insecurity of human | life and property, fiiciont guard be placed on the Island after nine o'clock P, M. Coroner Woltman, upon receiving the verdict, re- committed Jones back to the Island, where ho has three months yet to serve, and Gray, whose term has expired, was sont to the House of Detention to await the action of the Grand Jury, STAGE CHARITY. A general meeting of the Widows’ and Orphans’ Dra- matic Fund Association will take place in the audito~ rium of the Eagle Theatre at cight o'clock thi ing. UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE. On the 10th of November the Washington Heights | Association passed resolutions calling upon Commis- sioner Porter for information as to how much of the tsland above 110th street had beon rendorod healthy by subsoil drainage of the natural water coursea This action was taken owing to the prevalence of disease in the upper end of the island, caused, tt is supposed, by a | jack of such drainage, Chief Engineer Towle, of the | Bureau of Sewers, attributes the prevalence of disease to the introduction of Croton water before the erection | of sewers and the formation of cesspools, He reports that ¢ince 1871 the department has constructed twelve | miles of these subsoil drains betweou Fiity-ninth street and 183d street at High Bridge. Thero are now, it tt gald, Do Water courses remaining to be draimed in the district named,