The New York Herald Newspaper, December 29, 1875, Page 7

—. | hove a AMERICA AND CUBA. | THE SPANISH CROWN. | DISASTER IN THE PRILIPPINES |; President Grant Asks Foreign Opinion on the Subject of Intervention. A Cireular from Washington to the European Governments. ‘THE REPLIES SATISFACTORY. England Ready to Approve Im- mediate Action. Impressions in Washington Di- plomatie Circles. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Vienna, Dec, 28, 1875. The Secretary of State of the United States has transmitted to every European govern- ment a circular, dated in Washington, ask- ing an expression of the views of each for- eign executive regarding the question of American intervention in Cuba, THE OBJECT OF THE OFFICIAL MISSIVE. The object of the American Cabinet Min- ister is the obtaining of data to be used in the preparation of President Grant’s supple- mentary Message to Congress, SATISFACTORY REPLIES. All the foreign governments have replied satisfactorily. ENGLAND BEADY. England is ready to indorse the interven- ‘tion movement at the present moment. THE OTHERS WILLING, BUT MODEST. The other nations express their willing- ness to support intervention, but hesitate to take the initiative. : SHE NEW CAPTAIN GENERAL TO PLACE THE ISLAND IN A STATE OF DEFENCE—ATTITUDE OF FRANCK AND ENGLAND—THE DETERMINA- TION OF THE UNITED STATES. Wasninaton, Dec. 28, 1875, ‘The Spanish question is naturally much discussed in diplomatic circles, where every change is carefully watched. They say in this circle that General Jovellar, ‘who is to command fn Cuba, is an abler and more ener- getic man than Valmaseda and that he will make a ‘more energetic Governor. It is believed that he comes over with orders to put the principal harbors of the island in A STATE OF DEFENCE and that he will mount heavy siege guns, and may even prenare to block up the mouths ot some of the harbors. How much time will be required to do allthis is not known here nor what material Géneral Jovellar may find ready at hand to work with. There isareport hero that two Spanish iron-clads have been ordered to Cuba and that they will stop in New York on the way, THE GENERAL DMPRESSION among diplomatic people is that England and France will not be parties to any act of intervention in Cuba; but that if they were asked to join in mediating be- tween Spain and the insurgents it wouid probably be with the condition that the United States should not sarry intervention so far as to lead to our POSSESSION OF THK ISLAND, F and the attitude of these Powers im 1852-3, while Pierre Soule was Minister to Spain ,is mentioned as warrant- 4ng such an opinion, CUBA'S CONDITION, Cuba, they say, now owes a debt of $70,000,000, and depends on Spain instead of yielding revenue to Spain. There is a general impression that the Spanish Ministry have been extremely careful and sagacious in their replies to this government, and that they have so far taken extraordinary care to keep out of trouble with us, Mr, Fish is understood to have reiterated in ‘his last reply to Spain the DETERMINATION OF THE UNITED STATES to insist upon the settlement of all unsettled claims of our citizens against Spain, and also upon measures re- quired to ameliorate the unheppy condition of Cuba, and it is also understood that Mr. Cushing has demanded the revocation of all sentences against American citizens and property holders in Cuba pronounced by courts martial, and which involved loss of either liberty or property, but that Spain has put in opposition her UNSATISFIED CLAIMS against the Virginius, It is also asserted that, in a recent note, Mr. Cushing has remarked to the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs that, though the President’s Message seemed to close all discussion on the question of belligerent rights for the present, this would not preclude the reopening of that question in the future‘ if it should prove necessary or advisable, VALMASEDA’S DEMAND FOR CASH AND COMMIS- SIONER RUBI'S REPLY—THE CHIEF OF THE EXECUTIVE RESIGNS IN A HUFF—REBEL AC- TIVITY IN THE FIRLD AND FIRES ON SEVERAL PLANTATIONS, Havana, Dec. 23, 1875, On the 18th inst. Valmaseda telegraphed to Royal ‘Commissioner Rubi that he needed $800,000. “What do you wantdt forr”’ “To pay tor certain contracts,” I wish to see said contracts.” “They are in the hands of private persons.” “Let said persons come on here and show them." As there were no contracts or persons forthcoming Rubi refused to give the money. A MESSAGE TO MADRID, Valmaseda then, in ® rage, telegraphed to Spain and received a reply, saying, “You, as Captain General, and Rubi, as Commissioner, know whet each ought to do.” Rubi has not given the amount asked for and Valma- eda is enraged and has resigned. Rubi has also de- manded vouchors from the Naval Bureau, and be and he Admiral of the station are at loggerheads, CONPLAGRATIONS BY THR REDRLS. On the 10th the flourishing town of Jagney Grando was burned by the rebels, after taking all the ammuni- tion, provisions and clothing needed, On the same day they burned and destroyed the machinery of three sugar plantations—Rosuario, Managua and San Luis—near said town, carrying away otween 400 and 500 slaves capable of bearing arms, « THE ADMINISTRATOR OF BL ROSARIO ‘had entered into contracts for concentrated sugar, and gent a message to Messrs. Deetjen & Co, not to send any more hogsheads, as the insurgents had finished his crop. SPANISH ARMY SUPPLIES DESTROYED. On the 12th inst, within two and a half miles of Val- maseda’s headquarters, a large force of rebels attacked aconvoy train of seventeen carloads of army stores near the town of Palmira, and, after sacking, set fire to {t by means of petroleum. The town of Palmira is half the distance between Las Cruces and Cienfuegos, GRINDING SUGAR CANE fs going on briskly at estates up near Colon; but Bemba and Sagua, &c., are expected soon to be fired up, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEK 29, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET Arrangements for the Return of the Ex- Queen to Spanish Soil. ALFONSO AT ISSUE WITH HIS MINISTERS. He Declares that His Mother Must Have an Asylum in the Land. Disastrous Consequences Certain to Ensue from Her Presence (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] % Mavzo, Dee. 28, 1875. Céunt Punonrostro is now in Paris en- gaged in the official duty of arranging for the return of the ex-Queen Isabella to Spain. FILIAL A¥FECTION IN OPPOSITION TO CABINET POLICY, His Majesty King Alfonso opposes the will of the. Ministry on this important matter. He defies the Cabinet, declaring that the Ministers may resign, but that she—the ex- Queen, his mother—must have an asylum in Spain, her residence to be in Valladolid, for the reason that Madrid is not considered a safe place for her. 18 THE KING A FREE AGENT? It is now believed that this serious issue has been forced on Alfonso by Isabella. DISASTROUS BESULTS CERTAIN TO ENSUE, The results will be most disastrous. The Spanish army will be divided at once if the ex-Queen takes any part in the direction or counsel of state affairs, SAGASTA OPPOSED TQ THE PROJECT, Isabella's return will even cause the loss of Sefior Sagasta to the royalists. THE WAR IN SPAIN. San Senastiay, Dec, 28, 1875, Considerable reinforcements baye been sent to Her- nani. Operations in Guipuzcoa will begin immediately. THE WAR IN MALACCA. ae THE BRITISH POWER SUPREME OVER THAT OF THE NATIVE RULERS—A FUGITIVE POTENTATE SHELTERS AMONG THE SIAMESE. Lonpos, Dec, 28, 1875. A special telogram from Penang appears in the second edition of the Times this aiternoon, from which it appears the British now hold all the important positions in that neighborhood, A FUGITIVE POTENTATE (X SIAMESE TERRITORY, The Maharajah Lela bas fled and taken refuge in Siam- ese territory. BRITISH SUPREMACY, ‘The British power is supreme at Perak—only tne murderers of Mr. Birch, the Resident, being in arms. FRANCE, M. 'THIERS’ CLAIM QF A SPECI“. PARLIAMENT- ARY RIGHT--PROGRESS” OP ae PRESS BILL-— A GREAT RELIEF TO THE DEALERS IN NEWS- PAPERS. Panta,"Dec. 28, 1875. Ex-President Thiers has written a letter reserving the right of choosing between the Senate and Chamber of Deputies if he should be elected to both'houses. He adds that all his wishes are for the establishment of the conservative Republic. THE PRESS BILL LEGISLATION, The Assembly continues the consideration of the Press bill in detail, and has adopted ail as far as the fourth clause, THE SALE OF JOURNALS [N THE STREETS. An amendment has been carried aepriving pre- fects of the power of summarily forbidding the sale of journals in the streets, cancel orders now in force by which the sa.; of seventy- five journals in the streets is prohibited. CHINA. NATIVE EXCITEMENT AGAINST THE FOREIGN DIPLOMACY OF THE EMPIRE—THE MARGARAY MURDER CASE—MESSKS, RUSSELL AND STUR- | GES’ FAILURE—A MONEY PANIC IN, MANILA. San Francisco, Dee, 28, 1875. Files of Hong Kong papers contain the following Placards censurtng the Chinese government for ar- ranging terms with Mr, Wade appeared in Pekin, but were immediately removed by the authorities, An uneasy feeling prevails among the native officials re- garding ths recent negotiations. MH, MARGARAY’S MURDER, It is reported that fresh information implicating the Momein authorities in Mr. Margaray’s murder is said | to have transpired. ‘ THN PEOPLE BRCOMING EXCITED. Telegrams have just been received indicating that anything but a satisfactory feeling prevails among the Chinese people with regard to the recent negotiations. ‘They appear to bear out what was statea yesterday— that the difficulty has only been settled temporarily. AMERICAN CITIZENS DISCONTRNTED. Considerable dissatisfaction is felt among the Ameri- can residents of Tien-tsin and Pekin at the order of Admiral Reynolds sending the United States steamer Monocacy to Shanghai for repairs, owing to the unset- tled state of affairs tn Yunan, MESSRS. RUSSELL AND STURGES’ FAILURE, There is now no doubt whatever of the failuro of Messrs. Russell & Sturges, merchants, of Manila. The firm has suspended payment, Their gross liabilities will be large. A MONEY PANIC. On the fact becoming known in Manila a regular | Panic ensued, This stato of things lasted some days, but by the time the la: had passed away, although confdence is very much shaken, LIAMILITIES, Tho local liabilities of the frm will range from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000, MAY RESUME, It is believed \n certain influential and interested quarters that arringemonts will be made whereby the house will soon be tnabled to resume business, HAYTL St. Tuomas, Dec. 16, 187! The latest advices fm Hayti state that everyshing was quiet. The announcement {i made that from the 1st of Jana- ary, 1877, coffee will py a duty of $4 80 per quintal in- stead of $3, as heretofire, This is the latest govern- ment decree. ST, THOMAS. St. Tomas, Dec. 16, 1875, ‘The Dutch war steame Princess Marie arrived hore on the 12th inst, from H)lland, and left next morning for Curagoa, I¢ is rumored that the juestions between Venezuela and Holland will be settial diplomatically. THE STEAMER CITY OF PEKING, San Frinctsco, Cal,, Deo. 28, 1875, ‘The official survey of thy steamer City of Peking was completed to-day. The repairs were found to be satis. factory and tha shi in x Qorouahly effiniaut rawditan The consequenca will be to | steamer loft there the panic | The Islands Swept by a Ter- rible Hurricane. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY LIVES LOST. a Three Thousand Houses in Ruins—Cattle and Crops Dead or Destroyed. " Mapurp, Dec. 23, 1875. Intelligence has just been received here from the Philippine Islands giving tho details of a dreadful hur- ricane which occurred there on the 30th of last month, THX ISLAND OF LUZON VISITED SEVERELY. The storm was particularly severe in the provinces of Albay and Camarines, which form the southeastern part of the island of Luzon. TWO HUNDRED AND PIFTY LIVES LOST. Two hundred ana fifty lives were lost. THOUSANDS OF DWELLINGS DESTROYED. Three thousand eight hundred dwelling houses were destroyed. PARM PROPERTY LOST. Many cattle perished, and the crops in all directions are ruined. SOUTH CAROLINA. MEETING OF WHITE CITIZENS OF CHARLESTON TO PROTEST AGAINST THE ELECTION OF WHIPPER AND MOSES—DETERMINED ATTITUDE OF THE TAXPAYERS—THE PROSTRATION OF THE JUDICIARY WILL NOT BE SUBMITTED TO, Cuarunston, Dec. 28, 1875, A mass meeting of the white citizens of Charleston was held to-night for the purpose of indorsing the ac- tion of Governor Chamberlain in refusing to issue com- missions to ex-Governor Moses and W. J. Whipper, the newly elected judges of the first and third circuits, It was the largest and most enthusiastic meeting of white citizens ever held in Charleston, being attended by all the large property holders in the county. Speeches wore made by many of the loading citizens of the city. and great applanse wus given to the declaration that, while white citizens would guarantee all the rights ac. corded to negroes by the laws of the United States, they WOULD NOT SUBMIT to the election of Moses and Whipper to the Beneh unless the power of the United States government was invoked to secure their elevation. The meeting was composed of the olaest and most respectable citi zens of the place, and an unflinching determination was evinced to suffer anything rather than to submit to the elevation of two of the most notorious men in the State to the judiciary, At the close of the meeting the following address was adopted;— We have assembled to confer upon a condition of affairs as grave as ever imperilled the peace and well-being of any community. The foundation of 6o- ciety is a pure judiciary, and ite corruption or perver- sion to evil purposes destroys the last hope of securing to a people protection and liberty, The action of the Legisiaturs in electing as Judges W. J. Whipper and F. J. Moses, Jr., men whose proper place ina court house is the crim{nal’s dock, is an in- sult to every honest citizen anda violation of every safeguard which the law affords to tife,- liberty and property. , But this action is not in itself the {wll measure of the evil that confronts us, Bad as it is, its graver aspect is in what it signifies, We recognize in the recent judicial electious the ascendancy and control of the worst elements of the political party which governs the State, Actuated by arelentless hate, Based pon race and stimulated by the bi PROSPECT OF PLUNDER and revenge, they have repudiated all restratnt, and inaugurated a policy which inevitably leads to the de- struction of decent government, ruins the material in- teresis of the Stateand imperils our very civilization. Under such a condition of things law cases to protect and government itself becomes the oppressor. What shall we do toayert the destruction which must surely result from the consummation of the licy: thug inaugurated? Sin e conservative Pecan ut tie tate hinve pucudite pase coeenone and the hopes of party ascenda: have ‘put no party ticket in the field, but have sought and hoped for pease, stability and pure government through the re- publican party. ‘They have striven not to antagonize, put to HARMONIZE CONFLICTING RACKS, interests and opinions, pauently wailing to obtain, as | the fruits of their forbearance, the blessings of good | government. In every form in’which the eflort could be made it has been tried, and when, through the wise, firm and patriotic administration of Govercor Cham. berlain, the end seemed about to be obtained, a repub. | lean Legislature repudiates the honest efforts of a re- publican Governor, impatiently resents his control, | and, with a recklessuess born of ignorance and hate, | commits the State to a career destructive of its peace and fatal to ita prosperity. The failure to obtain relief through the agency of the republican party of the State is utter and hopeless. ‘The responsibilities and obligations imposed upon us in this emergency must be foariessly met, It is OUR FIRST DUTY as citizens to whom the character and future of the | State ts dear earnestly and solemnly to protest against | the action of those who have net only brought reproach upon their own party, but have endangered the very foundations of our social tabric, and to use every means | to wrest from them the power which they have so wan- | tonly abused. We deprecate ali appeal to passion and prejudice, but it behooves us to speak plainly, The at- | tempt to place i INPAMY AND CORRUPTION in the seat of justice violates the primal gustincts of civilized humanity, and . to hat we will not submit, The right to justice and good government ts one which we dare not relinquish. With no hostility to the colored people of the State, mindful of the good conduct of those who have not been misled by evil counsels, we are deter- mined to preserve to them every right and privilege guar- anteed by the constitution and of the laws of the coun- try; bat the avowed purpose that there shall not be | equality, but a domination of their race over the | property and rights ot the white people {of the State, will be resisted to tho | last, and under no circumstances shall it prevail. We appeal to the honest and intelligent portion of the col- ored people who bear their share of the political shame, but share no part of the political plunder, while thero is yet time, to turn away from the evil counsels which are leading to a contest Which must end in their utter ruin, We raise No POLITICAL, 188UR higher than party, and seeks the end for which parties are organized. "We recognize the carnestness and tidelity with which a portion of the re- publican party, under the leadership of Governor Chamberlain, has striven to establish a government The issue ris which should respect the rights and protect | the interests of all the people of the State. Bat they have failed. The worst elements of their party have defeated them, With confidence in “their sincerity, we ask them to continue theirs efforts, and, without the abandonment of political prin- ciples, to aid us in the attainment of a common end, the establishment of pure and honest government, Be it, therefore, Resolved, That as citizens of this State we protest against the action of the General Assembly im electing as judges men so notoriously corrupt as W. J. Whipper and F, J, Moses, Jr., and avow our determination to resist it to the end. ‘That we protest against the continuance in office of legislators so regardless of duty and so reckless of the character, the peaco and the prosperity of the State, and we will use every etfort to drive them from power, ‘That we cordially indorse the action of Governor Chamberlain in refusing to issue commissions as judges to W. J. Whipper and F. J. Moses, Jr., and pledge to him the full support of this community in his efforts to secure to the people of the State a faithful ad- ministration of the law. ‘That we render to Governor Chamberlain our grate: ful thanks for the bold and statesmaniike struggle ne has made in the cause of reform, in the economical administration of the government,’ in the preservation of the public faith, tn the equal administration of jus- tice, aud in. the maintenance of the public peace, ‘and we pledge him our steadfast support for the accom- plishment of these e A COAL MINE EXPLOSION. Witxrsnarrn, Pa, Dec, 28, 1875. An explosion of fire damp occurred to-day in the Hutchinson mines, near Kingston, killing three men and severely burning a number of others, The ox- plosion was in a portion of the mine not in use, A wall had been erected between the two parts, bat an opening was made through it to-day and some boys against or- ders went through with a burning lamp, A terrific ex- plosion followed, and Dennis Foster and Martin Ryan wore killed, while the boys and several others working near were burned, but their names have not yet been learned. James Hutchinson was blown into a pool of water face downward and held there by the débris until life was extinct, Tho timbers of the mine near the ex- plosion were torn and twisted in every shape, but otherwise the injuries to the Works were oot great. A DEFAULTER CONVICTED. Boston, Dec, 28, 1975, ‘The jury in the case of Abraham Jackson, the noted defauiter and forger, rendered @ verdict this afternoon #, uilty on all the three counts of tho indictment’ inet him, | THE WHISKEY FRAUDS. B. WOODWARD ON THE WARPATH FOR PROPER RECOGNITION FROM THE GOVERM- MENT—A STRANGE STORY IF TRUE. Sr. Lous, Dec. 28, 1875, ‘A statement hes been mado to-day by J. B. Wood- ward, an attorney of this city, which, if true, shows that he nas been badly treated by the authorities at Washington. It will be remembered that fully six months before any seizures for whiskey frauds were made in this city, Woodward sent a letter to Commis- sioner Douglass, in which he charged that a whiskey ring existed which was cheating the government out of thousands of dollars of revenue annually, Woodward Says that at the time he began his inquiries into whis- key matters here he was an applicant for the position of United States District Attorney, and his object in exposing the fraud was to establish a claim on the office and also to obtain a reasonable fee for his ser- vices. He inaugurated work by appointing a number of detectives to examine into the manner in which the St. Louis distilleries were being conducted, The yesult of th examinations was to oxpose every crooked establishment in St. Louis. When the investigations were finished he pre- pared the evidence in due si and forwarded it through the hands of Erastua Wells, Congressman from this district, to Commussioned Douglass, q ward says the papers which Congressman Wells left with Douglass comprised all the material and important evidence which has since been made public during the progress of the whiskey trials, AN EDITOR'S SAGACITY. Douglass failed to utilizo the valuable material, and it was returned to Woodward. Woodward then carried the returned papers to J. W. Fishback, proprietor of the St. Louis Democrat, who at a glance recognized their importance, and without delay hurried to W: ington to lay the matter before Secretary Bristow, That official seized upon the opportunity to checkmate tho revenue robbers, and almost immediately thero- after war was opened by the seizure of the distilleries. The singular part of the story is that al though Woodward furnished the only evidence upon which Bristow acted that he was immiediately dropped out of notice, and the entire credit of the performance assigned to Fishback and his commercial editor, Myron Coloney. All of Woodward’s efforts to have his im- portant services recognized proved unavailing and he wrote to Commissioner Douglass, his lawyers claiming compensation of from $5,000 to $10,000, and author- izing and empowering Dotglass to receive that amount from the government as his compensation, Douglass returned the authority with the information that the Treasury Department refused to pay anything. Subse- quently Woodward empowered Mr. Wells to collect and mccire the amount claimed by him, but Wells could do nothing. AN APPBAL TO CONGRESS. Woodward complains bitterly at what he deems tho injustice with which he has been treated, and will lay his claim before Congress during the month of January. ‘There is little doubt that he is entitled to more credit than any one else for the exposures in the St, Louis whiskey frauds. AN IMPORTANT STIPULATION WITH CHICAGO WHISKEY DISTILLERS—A PROMISE OF START- LING REVELATIONS—THE WHITED SEPUL- CHRES OF POLITICS TO BE EXPOSED. . Cicago, Dec. 28, 1875. The propositions reported to-day to have been re- ceived from Washington, whereby the indicted whis- key men are to be granted immunity from criminal prosecution, has occasioned considerable stir, and many who are interested in the crooked business em Dhatically deny any such condition of affairs; yet this does not disprove the developments which have been made, The conditions of the proposition appear, under the circumstances, to embody much justice, and to contribute to the interests of the government in many ways, The result of it, however, will cause an abomi- nation of desolation inthe hearts of many people in high places who now deem themselves secure from harm. ‘There will be such a rattling of dry bones as was never before heard in the land if the programme is carricd out. There is a depth and breadth and incisiveness about it calculated to accomplish the object the Secretary of the Treasury has been so long struggling for under such overmasicring difficulties, TREMS OF THE TREATY. The details as far as known (and the intelligence comes from a legal gentleman who sustains official re- lations with the government) are as follows:—The Sec- retary of the Treasury proposes to grant the distillers of Chicago and possibly of the entire country immunity from imprisonment, In consideration for this they are to come into Court and plead guilty; they are to pay up all revenue which may be found due from them to the governmens; they are to pay cer- tain penalties which ‘may be assessed against them by the Court in the shape of fines; they aro Bhan 0 be regairey 4 4 th op witness stand and be- know concerning these testy esr 13 Na es ee ‘who have been standing in the background but con- nected with them. The government is hunting for big game. Pohticians will suffer, This isa blow at those in high places who have been using their positions to extort money from these distillers unlawfully. The very outmost rim of this stupenduous ring will prob- ably be reached by this means, and the really guilty parties will be brought to justice. The origin of the campaign funds will thus be'revealed, and the system of official stealing which has corrupted the political body of the nation will thereby be exposed. SLY RASCALS. This isa flank movement on sly rascals who have stood in the background which they doubtless have not Anticipated. The full scope and significance can hardly be comprehended at the first glance. There are, per. haps, five politicans who reside in Chicago, who’ hat enjoyed high political honors, who will read t startling proposition with dismay and alarm. That the distillers will accept the terms there is no reason to doubt, Their condition is precarious; the evidence against them is almost conclusivo. PENITENTIARY PROSPECTS. To refuse these terms ig to go to the Penitentiary, where several of them would be in less than a month if this proposition had not been offered them. There is reason to hope that they will accept the terms which the government 1s about to offer them and throw them- selves upon the mercy of the Court. Those who are their friends believe and expect that they will adopt this as the wisest and best course to be pursued. The result of their evidence, if fully and honestly given, will be a revelation to the country and many a wily politician will ignobly bite the dust. DENIAL BY THE GOVERNMENT THAT THE IN- DICTED WHISKEY DISTILLERS AT CHICAGO ARE PROMISED IMMUNITY. ‘ Wasutnatox, Dee, 28, 1975, A report from Chicago that the government had pre- pared a plan under which all the indicted whiskey men were promised immunity from criminal prosecution if they would turn State’s evidence is pronounced untrue by Secretary Bristow, who says explicitly that no such arrangement has been made, nor will it be mado; but that the work of prosecution will be carried on at Chicago by the District Attorney and hts associates, who are able and trustworthy men, according to their own plans. All reports that any one here is going to interfere to protect any one indicted in St. Louis or Chicago are false, and are probably put forward by friends of the guilty persons to encourage these in holding out. There is no doubt that the prosecuting officers in both cities have been embar- rassed by such reports, which prevented some persons from communicating what they knew to the law officers, nd strengthened the resistance of the members of the ring. These hold tenaciously to a hope that help ion & come to them yet, and that they wil ble to breal down the force of the government’s efforts against them; but this hope is fallacious, A RAILROAD ACCIDENT. 4 NIGHT EXPRESS TRAIN ON THE VERMONT CENTRAL JUMPS THE TRACK—SEVBRAL PER- SONS INJURED. Moytretier, Vt., Dec, 28, 1875. Tho night express train onthe Vermont Central Rail- road, going north ran off the track at half-past four this morning, at Middlesex. One car was overturned and badly smashed, The train was ronning thirty miles an hour and was thrown from the track by a broken rail, Two Pallman and another passenger car went over an embankment of fifteen or twenty feet. The wreck was very general and serious. The following wounded passengors have arrrived from the scene of the accident : ©. Dion, of Holyoke, Mass., injured slightly in the head. N. Lafller, of Holyoke, severe cut in the head and across the forehead, Mrs, Bowdoin, of West Brookfield, Mass., was hurt internally, but not seriously. This lady is about eighty years of age. John Allen, of Three Rivers, Mass., injured in the head and system shocked. Mrs, Hickey, of Springfield, wounded in the head and face and internally. Her injuries are vory serious, _. Miss Mary Hickey, daughter of the above party, has a Gut across her face, but is not soriously hurt Pane of Springfleld, the father, is slightly ruised, R, B. Kennison, of Boston, injured slightly in the log. F. H, Marshall, of Boston, slightly hurt in the leg. THE LOS ANGELES AND INDEPEN- DENCE RAILROAD, Sax Francisco, Cal,, Dec. 28, 1875, Adespatch from Los Angetos says a large meeting was hold there last night to take steps to extend tho Los Angeles and Independence Railroad to connect with the Union Pacific. A letter was read from Sena- tor Joncs promisiag co-operation, A committee was appointed to proceed to Salt Lake City in the iuteresta at tha road WASHINGTON. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasnixaros, Dec. 28, 1875. THR VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION STILL AGI- TATING THE PUBLIC MIND—A DISTINGUISHED AUTHORITY ON THE PRECKDENTS. + The question who is the real Vice President of the United States ts still exciting interest here. An opinion of the Hon. George W. Paschal, of Washing- ton, author of Paschal’s “Annotated Constitution,” against Mr. Perry's right to hold over, has attracted attention, It is found that, with the exception of the first four instances cited by him where the Senate met during the absence, permanent or otherwise, of the Vico President, the President pro tempore of the Senate have held over, Under Jefferson's construction it was understood that the powers and du- ties of such officers ceased at the end of the session for which they were elected, In these first four instances referred to this understanding Was observed, bat since, to the number of nearly sixty instances, it has been ignored, and it has become cus- tomary for the President of tne Senate pro tempore to hold over and resume the chair at a subsequent session. In Mr, Paschal’s opinion, published this morning, ho referred to the case of Daniel Clarke, and said that Andrew Johnson, Vice-President, became President by the death of Mr. Lincoin April 15, 1865. “It would seem,” he continues, if there was then any President pro tempore of the Senate, he must have been Daniel Clarke, who had been chosen February 9, 1865, Lafayette L. Foster was chosen March 7, 1866, which would imply that no choice was made after the death of Mr. Lincoln until that time, But the Senate record of the second session of the Thirty-eighth Con- gress shows that the Vice President, Mr, Hamlin, being absent, Daniel Clarke, who had been chosen President pro tempore at the previous session, resumed the chair and performed the functions of office until the election of Mr. Foster, Mr, Foster, after his election as President pro tempore at the special session of the Senatp, March 7, 1865, held that office without subsequent election until the end of his term. ‘The first session of the Fortieth Congress began March 4, 1867, the Senate, at the last session, having elected Mr. Wado Prosident pro tempore, in place of Mr. Foster, whose term expired with that session. Mr. Wade ro- sumed the chair, and undor this appointment he con- tinued to perform the duties of President pro tempore during the two remaining sessions of the Fortieth Con- gress until the end of his own term of office, THE BISHOP HAVEN MATTER. Crxcixnatt, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1875, At the regular weekly meeting of the Methodist preachers, held yesterday, the Bishop Haven matter was under consideration, One set of resolutions was offered declining to express an opinion on the third term and deploring Bishop Haven’s course, and an- other set expressing amazement at the unnecessary alarm over such a little matter, denying Bishop Ha- ven’s right to speak for the whole Church, and utterly opposing any connection between Church and State, was also presented. A brief but lively discussion fol: lowed, and finally the whole matter was laid on the ants which is probably the end of the whole subject ere, A LOUISIANA LEGISLATOR SHOT. New Oneans, Dec, 28, 1875. E. L. Pierson, republican member of the Legislalure from Natchitochez, was shot and instantly killed on Sunday by Mr. Cosgrove, the editor of the Vindicator. ‘The difMficylty grew out of the abuse of Pierson by Cos- grove in his paper. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Governor Person C, Cheney, of Now Hampsbire, ar- rived last evening at the St Nicholas Hotel. Mr. Adam Crooks, Treasurer of the Province of Ontario, Canada, is staying at the, Everett House. Congressman George W. Hendee, of Vermont, and Mr, William “R, Steele, Dologate to Congress from Wyoming Territory, aro at the Fifth Avenue Hotel Senor Don Luis de Potestad, recently of the Spanish Legation at Washington, 1s $¢" the Brevoort House. Captain Robert J, Cook, of. Yale College, is registered at the Hoffman House. General John F. Farnsworth, of Illinois, is stopping at the St Nicholas Hotel. Captain H. G, Morse, of the steamship City of Peking, 1s quartered at the Windsor Hotel. Judge Charles Daniels, of the New York Supreme Court, Nag afrivea AY tne Sturcetant House. Professor A, M. ‘Wheeler, of Yale College, is residing temporarily at the Everett House, Senator Wells S. Dickinson, of Bangor, N. Y., is at the Metropolitan Hotel Mr. James F, Joy, President of the Michigan Central Railroad Company; Mr. A. S, Cassatt, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Mr, J. H. Devereux, Receiver of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, are at the St. Nicholas Hotel General H. Day, United States Army, has taken up his quarters at the Everett House. Captain James B. Eads, of St. Louis, s among the arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Congressman Benjamin A, Willis is sojourning at the Albemarle Hotel. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship China will leave this port on Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at eleven o'clock A. M. 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The Invention of the Stocking Loom. Flint and Steei—By the wuthor of “Estelle Henty Wadsworth Longfellow. ar ony. ‘The Story of Raphael Velda, Cremation in Siam. Scold The Olden ‘Time—Dograding Paaishments of Women. La tho Gtrects of Medetdy— AuBlephane’s Tolle Tight a Kvening. Gommon Objectsof the Table, The Fortune of Law. Wonders in Carved Work. Cardinal Richelieu. Pictures of Soushera Life: The Prawn Fisher and Sweep of Savannah, Fire Making Among Primitive Tribes. The Fix Mr. Fes Was In. A'itune Without a Huntsman, The Black Charger of Hernando. Catching a Corsair, Canine Affliction. King Alfred and the Danish Orphan. Vegetation on the Southern Frontier. ‘Tho Astor Library. Bclentific Miscellany. Error." Rocipos. Eatertaining Column. Boone in the Market Place at Augsbarg. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE PRESENT NUMBER, | An Elegant Chromo-Lithographic Illustration. The Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia (five {lustre tions) : Horticultural Hall, Main Exhibition Buildin Art Gallery, Agriealtural Wullding, Mechanical Build ni. How We Shot the Falts (five illustrations), An Adventure with a Griealy, Pearl Margon's Revenge. A Sahara Ambulance. Huidab’s Defeat. Wako of a Spanish Gypsy. By Gustave Dore, ree. Palomotta di Santa Lucia—Street Porters—Friars—The A ree arTicolo at Naples. Frog's Strategy. A Chi ou nese Surgeon-Barber’s Hand, One Night. ct The Iron Crown of Lombardy. Singular Tree at Baden-Baden. A Boar Hunt in Bavaria. Marat Declaiming in the National Assembly. The Triumph of Marat, Assassination of Marat by Charlotte Corday. Portrait of Charlotte Corday, Paul’s Choice. A Huanaco Hunt in the Chilian Andes. M ‘ie Lynn (two illustrations). The Tailor Bird and its Nest. The Transficuration. By epbeel. Children Riding on a Tame Bear at Berne. The Invention of the Stocking Loom. Framing the Darling. Longfellow’s Poom, “The Two Angels’ Longfeliow—An Arcadian Home. Our Pony. The Story of Raphael Velda. oO ion in Siam. lephant's Toilet. Old Girl. The Ducking Stool: The Brank for Scolds—The Klapper stein. Madrid Girl Selling Cerillns—Weighing Coal. The Street Barber—ihe Waterman and Asturian Porter, Prawn Fishing. The Sweep of Savannab. Primitive Man's Conquest of Fire. Fire making: Sandwich Island Pian—Drilling Process— Ancient Mexican Fire Drill. Gaucho Method—Esguimaux Plan—Simpler Esquimane Plan—Sioux Method-—Swiss Pamp Drili—froqueis Portrait of H.W. The lethod. Little Kitten. The Fix Mr. Ferrars Was In. A Hunt Wishout « Huntsman, @ Black Charger of Hernando, Catching a Corsair. Canine AMiction (four il ‘Augsburg. A specimen copy mailed to any address on receipt of 20 cents. Send for it, aud inspect it for yourself, Your news- doaler can furnish it, of you can secure it for one year, by sendin, 50 to, YRANK LESLIE, Publisher, 597 Pearl street, N. ¥. 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