The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1876, Page 7

-eoeo eee eee THE EASTERN QUESIIUN. FHE INSURRECTION AGAINST THE TURKS A CAUSE OF INTENSE EXCITEMENT—RUSSIAN ADVICE TO THE MONTENEGRIN RULER—THE SULTAN ACTIVE FOR THE DEFENCE: OF HIS POWER, ; Lowpom, Jan. 5, 1876. A day or two ago the Times published a Vienna tele- Bram stating that, in reply to a request of the Prince of Montenegro to be allowed to enter into war against Burkey the Russian'government advised on ao account ‘£0 depart (rom neutrality. TU PRINCE'S COMMUNICATION TO GORTSCUAKOFF. This morning the Times publishes @ letter from Vienoa amplifying and confirming its telegram. It seems the Prince of Montenegro wrote to Prince Bortschakot that by following the wishes of the Powers Im maiutaining neutrality he directly imperilled his Bbroue aud Life, RUSSIAN CABINET ADVICE. Prince Gortschako® submitied this letter to the Bemperor of Russia, who directed the Chancellor to Write the Prince of Montenegro “to face courageously Bhe present difficult position and on no account to Bbaadoa his policy of neutrality,” expressifig the hope Ghat the sitaation would soon improve. The Priace of Montenegro replied that he would follow bhe Cear’s instructions, ' a MONTENEGRIN MINISTER EN EOUTS FOR ‘VIENNA. Viewwa, Jan 5, 1876. The Mootonegrin War Minister is uow on his way to Bhis city tp PUSTRIA ABOUT TO OCCUPY THE INSURREC- TIONARY DISTRICTS. Lospow, Jan. 5, 1876. The Times this morning publishes a letter from Ragusa containing the followin; “All iaformation from official and unofMicial sources Bonfirms the opinion that not only is the Austrian oc- bupation of the insurrectionary provinces determined Upon, but that some foreign occupation is absolutely Becessary as a precaution against a most probable Massacre of the Christians wherever they are un- grmed ant helpless,” WHAT TEE TURKS ARE DOING, Ragusa, Jan, 5, 1876. Turkish steamers recently arrived at Kieck and Yanded tive battalions of troops, and ammunition and provisions Niesic and Duga have been revictualled. THE SULTAN’S COMMISSIONER RECALLED FROM EERZEGOVINA. Constantivorne, Jan, 5, 1876. It is rumored that Servir Pacha, who was despatched to Herzegovina at the outbreak of the insurrection as a Bpecia! Coumissioner of the Sultan, has been recalled. A GREEK CHURCH FULMINATION AGAINST FIRE- ERAND CLERICS. Lonvow, Jan. 5, 1876, The Zemes’ Vienna correspondent writes that the Greek Me‘ropolitan of Mostar, following the example Of his Catholic colleague, has issued a pastoral letter, tn which he upbraids. the clergy for fomenting the insur- fection. aad requiring them to leave their evil ways and Feturn to their duties on pain of severe punishment, According to his apostolic power. WHE AUSTRIAN PROJECT FOR REFORM IN THE TURKISH PROVINCES—FRANCE AND ITALY FAVORABLE, Viexna, Jan. 5, 1876, It is stated im government circles that Count An- rassy's project for reforms in the insurrectionary dis- tricts of Turkey has been favorably received by France and [taly, GYPT AND ENGLAND. sire . QUEEN VICTORIAS COMMISSIONER SAID TO BE ON EXCELLENT TERMS WITH THE KHEDIVE— EGYPTIAN SECURITIES RECOVERING "CHANG, oN 3 Lonvox, Jan. 5, 1876, The Reuter Telegram Company's correspondent at Dairo that there is any foundation for the re- ports of trouble between Mr. Cave, the British Special voner, and the Khedive. “the best of terms.” NUBAR TACHA'S RESIGNATION, i Nubar Pasha resigned because he was dissatisfied With the separation of the commerce and foreign port. folios, both of which he had heretofore administered. BGYPTIAN SECURITIES RECOVERING APTER A HEAVY FALL. The London Stock Exchange was seriously disturbed yester: on account of these rumors. A heavy fall pecurred in Egyptian eecurities, which, however, has ‘peon ia yreat part recovered to-day, rp. PR NCE AND EGYPT. EHE REPUBLICAN MISSION TO THE COURT OF THE KHEDIVE. Paris, Jan. 5, 1876. M. Outrey’s mission to Egypt ia only of a temporary | The onject of the mission is to restore (he friendly Felations, which were somewhat impairea during the Degotiat ons relative to the abolition of the jurisdiction @fthe French Consular courts. FRANCE. POLITICAL CANVASS FOR THE ASSEMBLY SEATS IN PARIS—HONOR TO AN AMERICAN PRO- FESSOR, Paris, Jan, 5, 1 Thus far the candidaces for the Assembly in Paris Rave obtained promises in tlie following ratio:—Ad- Wanced republicans, 95; moderate republicans, 105; BaLi-republicans, 14. THE FLUVIAL Exmrorr: Profeevor Spencer F, Baird, of the Smithsonian In- Situte, tus United States Fishery Commissioner, ob- faimed a special Award at the recent Fluvial Exhibition fa this city. i IRELAND. WOME ULE REPRESENTATIVES ASSEMBLED IN COUNCIL—THB PROGRAMME FOR PARTY ac- TION IN PARLIAMENT, Loxpow, Jan. 5, 1876. Yesterday, at Dublin, there wasa conference of the members « “home rule" party in order to agree upon the course fo be pursued during the coming session of Parliament. They decided to support the Land bill which ts to be Introduce by Mr, Isaac Butt, the member for Limerick Pity, The basis of this bill will be Gxity of tenure and Gir rents. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, 2 Mr. Butt will also ask leave of the House to intro. fluce 4) 1! making better provision for university eda- ation ta Ireland, ROME RULE. The question of home rule will be raived tm the | Commons at the close of the recess invariably taken at Baster, when the attention of the House will be called bo the severity of the Coercion act, the question of tax- Pion, the cattle trade and the Amnesty bill. GREECE. LEGISLATCVE AOTION AGAINST EX-MINIS THE CROWN. Arurss, Jan. 6, U The Chamber of Deputies bave resolved thas all the Members of the late Bulgaris Ministry except one Vhall be tried by a court of justice for violation of the Blectoral law, , ‘TERS OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Loxpos, Jan. 6, 1876. & despatch from Benares, India, reports the arriYal \ there this morning of His koyal Mighness the Prince of Wales. ‘ THE BRAZILIAN CABLE. 4 SECTION OF THE WIRE BROKEN. Loxpos, Jan, 6, 1876, It i anaounced this morning that the section of the Braxilina cable between Lisbon aud Madeira is brokea, the House of Commons who belong to the | _NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1876.—TRLPLE SHEET, > QUEEN ISABELLA. HER ILLXESS BECOMING MORE ALARMING. 3 Pana Jan 5, 1876. Bulletins announcing the condition of the bealth of the ex-Queen Isabella of Spain are issued daily ‘That of to-day says her condition is leas favorable. SPAIN. HOW THB CARLISTS CONDUCT A CAMPAIGN— SEVERAL OFFICERS EXECUTED FOR OON- SPIRACY, Maparp, Jan. 6, 1876. Late advices from Tafaila state shat several Carlist officers and soldiers have been shot at Estella for conspiracy against Don Carlos, THE OPERATIONS BRVORE HERNANC Tt Is asserted at Hendaye that the Carlists raised the siege of Hernani in consequence of a decision to that effect of @ council of war. THE CUBAN QUESTION. KAISER WILLIAM'S OPINION OF THE AMERICAN CIRCULAR NOT KNOWN IN BERLIN. Lonpow, Jan. 5, 1876. Adespatch from Berlin to the Morning Post of this city, to the effect that the German government is favor- able to the propositions contained in the American note regarding Cuba, is not conf:med. Nothing known at Berlin respecting the views of the German government in connection with Mr. Fish’s circular BELGIUM. THE MINERS’ STRIKE EXCITEMENT COOLING DOWN—MILITARY PATROL IN THE DISTRICT. Buvssers, Jan. 5; 1876. Many of the miners who were out on strike have resumed work. It is hoped that the strike is aow ended. UNARMED, BUT CAREFULLY WATCHED. ‘The burgomaster of Louviere denies that tho strikers used firearms in the recent disturbances or that the disturbances were serious, Troops are still patrolling the district, though (t is not likely their services will be required. ROME. THE PRISONER OF THE VATICAN TO INSTRUCT A PERSECUTED CARDINAL, Roux, Jan. 5, 1876. The Papal Consistory, which was fixed for the Tth inst., has been postponed until after the 1th inst. A GERMAN CARDINAL TO BE INSTRUCTED. Cardinal Ledochowski is expected to repair to the Vatican to receive the instructions of the Pope in re- gara to his future conduct, THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL, . REPRESENTATION OF THE KINGDOMS. Manrip, Jan. 5, 1876. A royal decree has been issued creating a commis- sion charged with installing the exhibits from the Spanish colonies at the Philadelphia Exhibition. Tho commission will draw up a memorandim relative to tne Exhibition, ‘The Governors of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip- pine Islands will appoint members. THE PRESIDENT OF THE TTALIAN EXECUTIVE | COMMITTEE TO DIRECT THE SECTION. j Rome, Jan, 6, 1876. The President of the Italian Executive Committee on the Philadelphia Exbibition leaves in April to take the direction of the Italian section. THE LA PAGE TRIAL. _ Conconn, N. HL, Jan. 5, 1876. ‘The Circuit Court convened at eight A. M. and imme- jury, in charge of the Sheriff, with counsel for the State and defence and the prisoner, La , took car- riages and visited the scene of the murder of Josie Langmaid. All points bearing on the case were thor- the proceedings, but betrayed no agitation or trepida- sion. A MURDER BY A BUTCHER. Hamittow, Ont., Jan. 6, 1876. About half-past nine o'clock this morning Mr. Nelson Mills, an old and respectable citizen, was murdered on who stabbed him in the stomach and temple with a butcher knife, McConnell was arrested, THE WRECK OF THE ORPHEUS. Say Francisco, Cal, Jan. 6, 1876. Captain Sawyer, of the ship Orpheus which collided with the steamer Pacific, will be placed on triai to- | morrow before the United States Commissioner for wilfally wrecking bis ship, as charged im the aifidavit | of seven members of the crew, ICE IN THE HUDSON. pisasTERs ON THE RIVERS—ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND BUSHERS OF MALT SUNK. Atpawy, Jan. 5, 1876. The river is now filled with anchor ice, and the water is rising very fast, which would seem to indicate that the ice has lodged at some point down the river. ‘The canal boat Irwin, which was stove in by the ice near Coeymans and sunk, was owned by John G, White, ofthiscity. The boat was loaded with malt to nearly its full capacity—from 100,000 to 120,000 bushels. An ageut has been sept down by Mr. White to investigate the affair. The propeller Syracuss and James Bell, of this city, was sunk during Monday night, aud the tug James Easton bas also been badly damaged by the ice. + The thin ice Hyde Park doos not interfere with the work of the divers at the wreck of the Sunnyside. If the weather continues mild they expect soon to raise the boat and tow her to New York. War Department, Orrick oF THR Crimy SigNat OFrroRR, Wasnixoton, Jan, 6—1 A. M. Provabilities. For New England, cloudy, warmer weather and ratn, sth to west winds and falling barometer during the For tne Middle States and lower lakes, light rain fol- lowed by partly cloudy and cooler weather, southwest to northwest winds, falling followed by rising barome- tef on the coast, and rising barometer in the lake region. For the upper lakes, partly cloudy and colder weather than on Wednesday, northwest to southwest winds, rising followed by falling barometer and snow tn the northern portion For the Upper Mississipip! and Lower Missouri valleys, clear or fair weather, Wednesday, weeterly to southerly winds and sta- | tionary or falling barometer during the day. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valiey, clear or fair cooler weather, westerly to southerly winds and rising | barometer. For the South Atiantic and Eastern Gulf States, clear or fair weather, southwest to northwest winds, no de- cided change in Wmperature and stationary or rising "| barometer, For the West Gulf States, partly cloudy and cooler weather, ortherly to easterly winds and slight changes in the baromete: The Mississippi River will rise slowly at stations be- low St. Louis. ‘ Cautionary signals continue at Eastport and Port- jand. ; For the canal regions of New Jersey and Virgi temperature remain above freezing. —_— THE WEATHER YesTERDAY. ‘The following record Wil show tne changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- with the corresponding of ted by the thermometer Pry last yoar, as in- at's "yoarmacy, Sees Sn SPANISH AND ITALIAN PREPARATIONS FOR THE | diately adjourned till seven A. M, to-morrow. The | oughly inspected La Page at times showed Interest in King street by a butcher named Michael McConnell, | owned by William Young | jower temperature than on | THE WONDERIUL WALE -———_— The Postmaster of Milford Identifies Him as Jimmy Blanchard. PRECOCIOUS MENDACITY. Philadelphia Pronounces Him the Most Remarkable of Liars. HIS STORY UTTERLY FALSE. He Still Adheres to It with Au- dacious Fortitude. THE ST. ALBANS VILLAGERS NERVOUS, ——-———— Mrs. Blanchard on the Way to See Her Boy. Sr. Aunana, Jan. 5, 1376. At length there seems to be a gleam of light dawning on the Charley Ross mystery, but it is not sufficiently luminous to enable the average citizen of St. Albans to see that the’ boy here is a hopeless fraud. While the Ross stock, as the phrase goes, has become somewhat depressed here by the events of to-day, there are nevertheless many who are still firm in the taith that the young juvenile should be brought tnto the presence of Mr. Ross, of Philadelphia, before the"tn- vestigation is finally abandoned. The developments which have combined to designate the lad as ‘bogus’? have resulted from a visit of Colonel Crosby, Post- master at Milford, N. H., who arrived here this morn, ing and declared that the youth was none other than JEMMY BLANCHARD, the notorious little liar, who bas been missing from that town during the last fortnight. The boy, how- ever, insists that he is the genuine Uharley Ross, aud that his father and mother live in Philadelphia. As may be surmised, this question of veracity has served to prolong the excitement in the community, and itis | but simple truth to say that the public sentiment here | Is strongly in support of the boy’s' assertion, Colonel Crosby was accompanied by Conductor Farnsworth, upon whose train he says the boy travelled once or twice before he turned up tn the ré/e of Charley Ross. During the day the postmaster and conductor, together with the members of the press, called at the jail, and the mysterious Ind was brought before them, 4 CURIOUS INTERVIEW, Upon being asked if he knew either of the gentlemen he promptly answered, “No, sir.” “Don’t you know this gentieman?” (indicating Colo- nel Crosby. “No, sir. Colonel Crosby turned sharply to the boy and said, “Why, Jimmy; what are you doing up here?” No answer. “Jimmy, what will Berthelia say?” alluding to Mrs. Blanchard, the mother of the missing Milford boy. No answer. “Jimmy, do you pretend you don't know me?’ asked the Colonel. “No, sir; [ don't kuow you,” (crying a little, but never flinching.) “Don’t you know this ?’’ indicating the stump of one of hisarms which he bas lost. “No, sir.” “Don’t you know’’—naming a number of children in Milford—“those boys aud girls?’ “No, sir. Colonel Crosby then named the children which the boy has repeatedly declared he went to school with in Phiiadelphia, and asked him if he knew them, “Yer, str.” A Bystayper—"Well, sir, what do you say? the Blanchard boy ?’’ “Why, ves, of course tt is.” To Conductor Farnsworth—‘Is that the boy who rode with you Christmas day?’ “That ta the boy. After talking for a while with the Sheriff, privately, Colonel Crosby again questioned the boy closely for up- wards of an hour tn regard to Milford. He reiterated his previous statements in regard to the Milford Bank | robbery, and described some of the streets there and a bridge correctly. He was questioned in regard to chil dren and people, but stoutly and flatly denied knowing any of the rsons named except the four children whose names he has repeatedly, given as those of his | schoolmates in Philadelphia. Failing to confuse or break Lim down in any way, Colonel Crosby said:— “Well, Jimmy, | shall go back to Milford and tell |. your mother you don’t want to see her any more.’” |" “My mother don't live in Milford,” was the reply. Is it “Sho lives in Puiladelphia, and my papa, too, and nis | name ts Mr. Ross.’ THE LOST OVERCOAT. Here the little fellow broke down and cried bitterly, saying, “l wish my papa would come after me.” Colonel Crosby brought up with him & bundle con. taining Jimmy Bianchard’s overcoat and cap, having waif had lost his overcoatand cap in the Middlesex smash i? Nothing had been seen of them since. The bundle bad been brought in unopened and Colonel Crosby asked the boy if be had an overcoat betore the accident, aud he answered, “Yes, sir." “What color was it?’” “Black, sir.” “Was it old or new ?”” “Pretty old.”? “What color was the lining ?’” “Black.” “What kind of buttons did tt have?” “Almost white, sir,’ and a silver half dollar being | shown him, he said they were nearly as large and about | as white as that. The bundle was then opened and Jimmy Blanchard’s overcoat produced. It was of waterproof cloth, with black and white checked lining, black buttons, and nearly new. n't that your overcoat, Jimmy?’’ “No, sir.” | The Coat was put on the little fellow, and was very much too large tor him in every [ee tg og sleeves: | being at least three inches too long. The cap was | placed onthe boy's bead and fell down about his ears, | he was so large the boy put his hand up under the front and worked it up and down, laughing. A bystander | made the remark, “Didn't you ever see that coat and bi ver see that one-armed man be- fore? “Why, no, sir, (Langhing.) I never saw him.” The gentiemen who witnessed the interview between | Colonel Crosby and the boy declare that if there was | anything tn human expression or human judgment the | boy never saw the man before in his life; while on the | other hand Colonel Crosoy says he would be willing to swear that the boy is Jimmy Bilanch- ard, The boy never gave @ single sign of recognition or consciousness, and bis demeanor was simpie, truthful and modest through the entire inter- | view. He cried a little through the: latter part, as he has on almost every occasion since be came when | closely or harshly questioned in a crowd, but his con- | duct, taken altogether, was puzzling to minds who have only dealt with ordinary children. | MRS. BLANCHARD EN ROUTE POR ST. ALBANS. After the iapse of overaweek Mra, Bianchard has concluded to come up from Milford, N. H., to see for hersel( if the boy is her son. She leit to-night and will arrive in the morning, and will at once be brought face mysterious juvenile, When he was that bis mother was coming from Milford to see him, he answered that his mother was notin Milford but in Philadelphia, and from this it is anticipated that if Mrs. Blanchard is his maternal pa- rent ber son will refuse to own her as such, THE GOOD VILLAGERS NERVOUA. The people of St. Albans are very nervous concern- ing the result of this mystery, if it turns out that they have been humba; mortification and chagrin that will ensue be universal. For ove the public sentiment has run so high that busi- ae en zed and Lat es ag omg arene iy. fraud, an insight foto past history will be alike interesting and curious. THE STORY IN PHILADELPHIA. THE ST. ALBANS ‘‘CHARLRY ROSS” THE CHAM- If the youth PION BOY LIAR—PALPABLE FALSEHOODS SCARCELY WORTH CONTRADICTING—NOT AN ATOM OF TRUTH IN ANY OF HIS ASSERTIONS. Pmitapecpita, Jan, 6, 1876. It fs monotonous and wearisome business to show the absurdity of these etories—in more senses than one—ol the finding of poor Charley Ross, Each suc- seeding mare's gest seems more ridiculous than the last to those who have 4 knowledge of the real circum heard, as bas already been published, that this littio | stances of the case and who are cool-headed enough to appreciate the folly of placing reliance upon the fabri- cations of some notoriety seeker or the sensations of & penny-a-liner, When this St, Albans story was Grst publisned it was scarce worth more comment than the one word “untrue.” But the credulity of the verdant Vermonters carries theta so far as to insist that their Precocious youth is Charley Ross, in spite of the re- peated contradictions of Christian K. Ross, the oue Person in the world who, above ail others, certainly knows the dear person of his loved child who is lost; but it is A NERDLUESS INSULT when the astute editor of the local paper at St, Albans are laughing at the tempest in a teapot among the good people of St, Albans, jt may be well to squelch the whole matter by briefly showing a Sew of the untruthe in the St. Albans boy’s story. He first stated that he lived in West Albion street, Germantown, and afterward in Walbion street. Both laces are utterly unknown in Germantown. Charley ‘oss lived in Washington lane, Germantown, aud no- where else. Tho St. Atbans boy says that he went to school, names his schoolmates, claims M. Hall Stantou’s son for one of them, &c. Charley Ross never went to school in higlife, and none ef the names he gives are genuine, OTHER Lins. In every particular his description of Germantown Is false, except the oue fact that it has a Main street in it. As it would be hard to find a country town that has not a Main street there is nothing strange in this. Neither the street he claims to have lived in nor any of the others that be names now exist or ever did ia German- town, Neither is there a park there, as he describes, nor a prison, nor “horse” cars drawn by mules, Mr. Ross’ house, which he says 18 near the cars, only “four or five houses,” is about half a mile away, The ‘stores at the corner’’ exist only in the fertile imagination of this “bogus” Charley Ross. The ‘Mr. Wolvington,’? who “keeps the largest ice cream saloon’’ in German- town, is not knowa there, and bas never been heard of by that name. ‘The St, Albans boy was asked, “Can you get to the depot from Main street!” “Yes, slr; and when you go into the depot you have to pass through a place, and there is a man there who makes you show a ticket.” Now, in nine cases out of ten this ingenious youth woula have been right in this assertion, this being the usual practice of railrozd companies, “But it happens in this case that he has overdone the mattter and over- reached himself, Passengers do not show their tickets at this depot. . LIRS ALL THROUGH, In not one instance does this St. Albans boy give a true answer, If the persons who induced him to per- sonate Charley Ross had consulted an ordinary map of Philadelphia ‘bis topographical knowledge at least might have been improved. THE “MR. GREGORY” who claims to have beon four years in Philadelphia, and tobe ‘well acquainted with Mr. Ross and family," declares his place of business, the Masonic Temple, to have been ‘‘in the unmediate vicinity of Mr. Ross’ resi- dence."’ The fact is that the two places are as wide apart as they possibly could be within the city. limits, being about eight miles from each other, more, Mr. Ross does not know “Mr. Gregory,” and | never Knew aman of that name, except an entirely | diffrent sort of person. Neither has he ever heard of the credulous “Mr. Kenyon,” who “declared himself fully convinced,” and if this individual is not a fraud, he at least knows nothing of Germantown. In brief, the 3t. Albans boy is a consummate liar, Churley Ross, if living, is five years and ten months old, whil the St Albans fraud is evidently ten or twelve years of age, but very much older in precocious villany. MR. ROSS POSITIVE, He knows that his child has pot yet been found, feels very keenly the almost incredible cruelty of charg- ing him ‘with not investigating the St Albans case. ‘The truth is the poor gentleman neglects all busi- ness affairs and spends his whole time im investigating stories that are even more plausible than tis one. The public does not know, and never will, the agony of sus- pense and disappointment that he endures, and the wonder is, not that his friends see him daily weakening under the strain, but that human nature can endure 0 much without breaking down utterly, That there is not one word of truth in thisSt. Albans hoax the public can rest assured, NAVAL NEWS. ADMIRAL MULLANEY'S FLAG—ITS TRANSFER FROM THE WORCESTER TO THE HARTFORD. Nonvour, Va., Jan. 5, 1876. Naval affairs are rather dul here at present, and ex. cepting the transfer of the Admiral’s flag from the Worcester to the Hartford nothing of interest has lately transpired. The poor old Worcester is now des- tined wo relievethe New Hampshire as the receiving and store ship of the Navy Yard. The New Hamp. | shire will shortly proceed to Port Royal to fill a like service, The Hartford, Plymouth and Huron are lying | at the regular naval anchora; The Powhatan arrived on Monday from the Delaware and has gone up to the Navy Yard, The monitors kill, Passaic, Lehign and Montauk are stil) lyi tthe Navy Yard, awaiting turther instructions from the department, and the work on the Alliance, a vessel of the same class as the Hu- rou, is progressing slowly. Naval men here do not | anticipate any change of quarters during the present | month, although there are some rumors of a move ta Port Royal, where the Dictator, Ossipee and Sqatara have already rendezvoused. {t is hardly probable, however, that any orders will arrive relative to the re. moval of the flagship before Admiral Mulaney has beet relieved, and that will hardly take place before the lat- ter part of February or early in April. Recent official advices still report the Shawmut at Key West and the Canonicus at New Orlean: About eleven o'clock this morning ‘the Hartford got Up steam and moved slowly down to the Worcester's | anchoraj ‘The latter was also under steam, and at twelve M. precisely the admiral’s tag was lowered and then hoisted on board the Hartford. Both vessels fred & salute of thirteen, guns and Admiral Mullaney, ac- companied by his fall staf, left the Worcester for his new quarters on the Hartford. Atone P. M. the Ne’ Hampsture fred a salute of thirtes guns, which was answered by tae Hartford. Captain Luce, of the Harttord, has been appointed floet captain. The Worcester goes to the Navy Yard to-morrow, whore her officers wil) probably be trausferred to the New Hampshire. | THE SUPPLY DETAINED—ARRIVAL OF THR SWATARA AT PORT ROYAL—HER SPECIAL CRUISE—IRON-CLADS AT PENSACOLA TO BE MANNED--THR DEZVOUS AT PORT ROYAL. The storeship Supply, Commander Hayward, will not sail before Saturday, if then, in consequence of | the fact that the requisite quantity of kentledge for ballast bas not been put in her lower hold. Every ex- ertion will be made to get the ship off by Saturday, as the time allotted by the Navy Department for the round voyage to @nd up the Mediterranean and back ts ex- ceedingly short. Unless very favorable weather is lasexpected. From Tangiers she will bring a beauti- by the Commissioners from the of Morocco. | Alarge quantity of supplies of various kinds, in- poser small stores, was shipped yesterday from the ard, Navy Yard, consigned to the North Atlantic squadron government full force about the middie of this month, The United States corvette Swatara, Commander 4. P. Cooke, has returjled from her special cruise to soutb America, and js at ancbor in Port Royal Bay, It will be remembered that she was despaiche ‘ara, | Brazil, September 40 last, to bring back such American refugees as might desire to return to their homes in the South. On arriving there, and after diligent in- | quiry, it was discovered that 4.1 who cared to return to the United States had already done s0 by one convey- ance or another, and that none then desired to avail themselves of the generous offer of our government to bring them home free of expense. So, alter iooking into two or three ports and Goding no one anxious to roturn.to the United States, Captain Cooke put the ship on her homeward course and arrived saiely at Port |) hands being ip excellent health and ‘formance ot the ship, which 1s an admirable rticulars, The following i# @ list of the | officers of the corvette Swatara, teu guns:— Commander—A. P. Cooke. White. N igator—Licutenant Geo. M. Totten. Lieutenants—W. M. ©, Little, Joba P. Merrill, Ro M. G. Brown, T. M. Biting. Master—Theodore Porter. Read. Manning; Assistant, J. A. Tobin, Midnipmen-George.Ssrey, Ke Hunt, fl. J, Mant i eorge Storey unt, 4. J. Haat, | Wo WeOartenny and FM. Cotta. Gunner—C, ©, Niel. Boatswain—W. A. r. eedmedeat ba Ca —Peter Ward. Psy Clerk—W. B. Moore. Captain's Clerk—E. F. Soley. The iy nig owed ee Earl English, and the corvette Juniata, m1 ir David Hpiegg from the European squadron, are daily expected at Royal, where they will join the North Atlantic squadron, A draft of sailors was sent to Pensacola Nav: yesterday from the Colorado, under charge of Lieu. tenant Commander Woodrow, They are to man the iron-clads ready for sea at that station. Master UV. H. Mahan has joined the atoreship Supply. ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Wasminotox, Jan. 5, 1 o By direction of the President Liestenant Colonel John P. Hatch, Fourth cavairy, will report by letter for temporary duty to the superintendent of the Mounted Recruiting Service at St, Louis barracks, Mo. leave of absence on a surgeon's certificate of disability ian Terrkory), October blunders into the cruel injustice of intimating that Mr. | Ross does not wish to Gnd his boy. While the de- | tectives and all who kaow anything about the matter | Further: | experienced, the Supply will hardly be back by April | lighted | Lieutenant Commander and Executive Officer—H. C. t, £ A Green, | guneere—Chiel, F. A. Wilson, Past Assistant, C. A. Yard | ' | | Thave just seen Mr. Ross, the father of the lost boy. |” nd | t OTHER SUNS THAN OURS. PROFESSOR PROCTOR's rot Ryofessor Richard A. Proctor de his series of lectures on as last night before a cultivated audience, which filled every'seat inthe house, The discourse wag made at- tractive by an unusually large number of views, and the Professor was frequently interrupted by outbursts Of applause. He began by saying that in his last lec- ture he had fed the audience from the thonght that, although any particular planet taken at random ig not likely to be inhabited, yet when they looked at the heavens and considered the millions of stars HM LECTURE. red the fourth of y at Steinway Hall telescope cannot reveal them, that they were looking at millions of inhabited worlds. And even if that the difficulty by taxing the ordinary theory, Brewster's theory, for we find in thut case that, as every world bas but # limited ume during which it can support life, if they are all supporting life there must have been solute void of life through out the universe, and there will be again after t cease to support life. According to the theory ad vanced by the lecturer, there are continually millions of inhabited worlds, although life changes from one set of worlds to another just as life in a race of indi viduals is changed. So that, according to his theory: we see millions of star depths, all centres, as it were, of life furnaces, giving out light and beat and sup- Porting the worlds which circle around them. The lee turer said that while he lived in Scotland he observed for several nights a dull red light in the sky toward the north. It came from the furnace fires of a manutac- turing town, and afterward, when the Professor brought a telescope to boar upon the place it brought to view the figures of men passing to and fro, so that, although he could hear no und when looking at that light be knew that there as life and work in progress there. So with respect to the star depths. Though we can see no figures and hear no sounds, we know that they are the scone ot tremendous energies. The stars are the furnace fires of the universe, The question had been propounded whether the stars might not be, instead of masses of incandescent matter, mere torch-like things and without power to enable them to supportand rule worlds. That question has been settled by the use of the spectroscope, which shows that the stars are masses of glowing mat- ter shining through absorbing vapors. The manner in which the distances of the stars have been determined was briefly sketched by the lecturer. The star Alpha, in the Centaur, 15 200,000 times as far away as our sun, and gives out 300 times as much light Sirius, “the dog star,” probably exceeds our sun in volume 1,000 times. The dwelt on the fact that in the book called “The Or the Universe,” which he had referred to in a fo lecture, the assertion is made that hydrogen is Uh known element existing ip that star. lines of several metals aré present in its spectrum i ATT MULTE Red Orange Yellow Blue Violet f ° Comp Stars e Star gni ‘The above picture was thrown upon the screen, and by means of |t the lecturer indicated the way in which comparison is made between the spectra of various metals and the dark hnes in the stellar spectrum. Aldebaran was shown to contain nine distinct known elements, and Betelgeuse five, The spectroscope, it was explained, enables astronomers to tell the changes of condition to which the stars are subject. For instance, T. Coron was shown and the various points about it which have led to the belief that it burt out into vol. umes of glowing hydrogen were pointed out. The spectrum of the two stars forming the beautiful double star Alberion in the Swan was shown and the manuer explained in which absorptive vapor, by cutting off portions of those stars, causes their peculiar colors. Having thus discussed the evidence on which he based the theory that the sjars are suns like our own, the lecturer proceeded to co! these suns are distributed throughout space. He sketched the various theories that bave been ad- vanced by astronomers as to the structure of the ani- verse, illustrating his remar! ith numerous pictures, Among them was the followin WRIGHT'S [DRA OF THe ONIVERSR, in of ner only It represents Wright's theory of the form of our system and the distribution of galaxies im space Hoe believed bur system is a cloven flat disc in shapo fen surrounded by various other systems of differeat shapes. COMBINED FLEET TO RKN- | | ful Moorish house for the Exposition, to be used | at Port Royal, 8 C., where the fleet is to rendezvous in | Lambert's theory, that our galaxy consists of # cloven flat dise. not of separate stars, but of clusters of stars, was fully discussed and illustrated. J LAMBERT’S THEORY. ‘The lecturer then proceeded to consider the way in which star depths are gauged and sturs described upoo maps. He described the methods of gauging used by Sir William Hereche! and those commonly given as his in text books, and showed that they differed essen tially, one depending on the directing of one and the | sane telescope to different parts of the heav- ens and the other depending on the turning of different telescopes, constantly Leper my power, in succession toward the same part of the heavens until th are all definitely seen, The range of power required for effecting this pertect resolution being taken asthe measure of the distance, the differeat methods of mapping by which Professor Proctor him- self bas attempted to deal “with this problem were described. He dwelt on the imper- fections of the mode of mapping commonly adopted by the figures of men, birds and animals which straggle all over them. He thef pictured the way in which he bad described the stars and their rela tive positions even in an ordinary atias, with very little distortion. He asserted that in some particular maps issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowl edge the variation to scale was as from one to flv whereas n his own series of maps, the greatest vari tion was from about thirteen to fourteen, a difference of one and one-third. He claimed for the maps of his atlas that they showed the laws of stellar distribution in @ way that can be relied upon as correct. At this stage of the lecture several pictures of stellar corruscations, star streams, and 80 forth, were shown, | two of the best of which we reproduce jor the benefit of our readors:— e STELLAR CORROSCATIONS theory were not accepied, he valid, we cannot get over | at this moment, then before they began to support live | Professor | Ty reality the | ler the way in which | [ and. greater aambers of stars, anti! at faab he | arrived at a coart which showed the vam number of 824,000. Bach one of these start had b carefully observed, he sald, got once, bu many times and ita true position assigned it, All the stars which had been exhibited im a series of forty on the single chart. Tht | of ateilat rious maps illustrating the propat heavenly bodies, although the thwart motions are it au . | small in appare amount that m: tions will bot change to shape tor thou to come, yet there is 4 real lapse of motion, amounting to many miles in ud of time. The tollowimg pievure shows the STAR MOTION IN ‘ra piPeER," that stud it, they felt. im imogination, although the | Mee: FS a t . t "a ; ? ee [Fach arrow indicates the amount of displacement tie 36,000 years | The theory of star drift was next cussed, the tage turer giving severai instances in which stars are drift: img, atid describing the way in which the spectros: has been applied to determine the motions of re. and of approach, with resuits contirming the sp. theory of star drift, which was deduced origi | nally” from the thwart motions. He ound in these cases of star drift an evidence that groups and clonds of stars exist in the regions of and are surrounded on all sides by relatively vacant spaces, and he expressed the hope that by these and other modes of star-mapping the true configuration of these star clouds, streams, branches and other forms of star aggregation might be ascertained. He closed hia instructive and highly entertajning lecture by remark- ing that none of the mysteries that be would have to deal with m the closing lecture of the series surpassed in wonder the mystery of the indnite power and duration implied by the existence of these stellar furnaces of the univerge, these beacon | lights in space. fle said, that so far from viewing the | stars with less reverence (rom what we have learned, we ust sympathize with the hope of the poet Toany son:— ‘or more and more, LECTURE BY P BARNUM. P. T. Barnum {tured last evening at the Brooklya Academy of Music on ‘The World, and How to Live ie | ik" The house was got much more than half filled. | After speaking some time on other topics Mr, Barnum | said:—The only real economy is to regulate the | outgo to the income, so that the latter shall be greater | than the former, and every year we shall be wort» | more than the preceding one, The real com forts of life cost but little; i& ia the eyes of others, not our own eyes, that rule us; itis the fear that Mrs. Grundy shail have something to say that governs us. In Eugland each class lives along in ita ‘own sphere, out here, we being born all free and equal, feel that we must appear equally well with those wort milhons. ‘I know of an old gentleman who lived ia Manchester; he was rich, but he made no show; lived comfortably, but that was all When be died there was placed on his monument saying that he | used repeatedly, it was:—“My~ riches consist not in tl xtent of my possessions but in the fewness If the people of America would study of my wants. would see (hat the real wants cost litte oursiDE thats so unfortunate for Ameri “Pay as you go,” is the philosopher's stone, nearer than any alchemist | can get it ‘The trouble is we do our work superficially; we dash ahead to make a (ortune aod retire; that is a great mia. take. About eight years agoltried it IT had three museums burned. After t second fire I considered | {tw notice to quit. So [ bought a house on Murray | Hill, kept my country seat and retired. I felt very | happy to think bad retired. Well, L went along that \ way about two years, till I got rusty. One day a phy- sician, brother in-law to Baron Shurtz, came to beg “Wel “I suppose so, sometime." but very «oom. When you Americans retire, you dio; you work and dig and are ail business silt you get rich, and right in middie life you retire, and your brain, bitnerto active, shrinks from disease, your skull don’t shrink; (hat creat vacuum, aad you die.” Well, 1 have no doubt there is agreat deal of truth in that. | took his advice and started a travelling show, I gotout my programme and told some pretty | big stories; then T thought | ought to keep to them and I lad to work pretty hard to do it. The doctor | came to se@ me again and said, “Well, you have got Into business again “Yea” “Weill, you die” L | inquired why, and,be said, “I did not tell you to work | yourself to death; aman of your years (over fifty-five) | cannot exert bis brain as much as @ man twenty-five.’ | The doctor was quite right. Ladies and gentlemen, you have discovered by this | time that tf there was anything solid about this lecture 1 have forgotten all about it; but what | want to im press on you ts, that the true way to live is to live ew | near the golden ruie as possible. We should feel that nature aud Providence have provided everything ve make us bappy and joyful, ifwe will use them right and said ;—‘*l hear you have retired?” “Yes.” you are going to die." No, | FOREIGN MAILS. | The steamer Parthia, of the Cunard line, left thie | port yesterday for Quoenstown and Liverpool, carrying 60,136 letters and 73 paper bags. OFFICE REPORT. POS’ There was sold at th jew York Post Office during the quarter which closed on December 31 $739,905 5L worth of postage stamps Postmaster James says tnat this exceeds the receipts of any previous quartor by at least $40,000. OBITUARY. A M. HOLBROOK, EDITOR. | A.M. Holbrook, editor and proprietor of the New Or yune, died at Bladen Springs, Ala, yesterday morning. aged sixty-eight years. He was born In Vor mont, came to New Orieaus iu 1896, and since 1899 bap | been connected with the Picayune. CAPTAIN 5. P. CHILD. | Captain Sbabael P. Child, formerly # sea captain is | the East India trade, died in Warren, R. L, yesverday | aged pinoty-seve HOTEL ARRIVALS. | Judge Platt Potter, of Schenectady, is staying a | the Fifth Avenne Hotel. Mayor J. H. Sprague, of | Hartford, is residing at the St, James Hotel. General | Joba N. Knapp and Mr. Theodore M. Pomeroy, of Aa- born, N. 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