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i CABLE. NEWS =e From All Parts of the World. EASTERN ENMITIES. The Turks Olaim a Victory Over the Insurgents. CROWNS AGAINST CHRISTIANITY. | Greek Cabinet Ministers and Others Con- Vieted and Sentenced, THE CZAR TO GROW COTTON. England to Retain the Royal German Title. ANOTHER ERIE REPORT. *Change Firm—Festival Re- laxation. “BAD NEWS FROM BAGDAD.| i ! Mexican Revolutionists Still on the Line of | the Rio Grande. MEXICO, ws @ORVIRIO DIAZ IN POSSESSION OF THE MEXICO- AMERICAN FRONTIER LINE—A DETACHMENT OF HIS ARMY TO MARCH FOR MONTEREY— UNITED STATES NAVAL OFFICERS GIVE A * MORAL SUPPORT TO LERDO. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] BROWNSVILLE, Texas, April 13, 1876. General Portirio Diaz, commander of the Mexican Tevolutionist forces, is in possession of the entire frontier opposite to the American territory. PROMPT PAY. 7 ‘The troops under his command have been paid to * the ith inst. Labarra and the Mexican customs officials are on this side of the river. INTERVIEWED. Tsought and obtained an interview with Porfirio Diaz. FOR MONTEREY. t Part of his command will leave for Monterey to- morrow. ‘TH UNITED STATES REPRESENTATION. The United States gunboat is on the other side. The American oMcers are on the alert and morally assisting the Lerdo government. HOPING FOR HELP. ‘Labarra expects to receive help by way of Vera Cruz. AT EASE. All ts quiet at present. TORKEY. {HE SULTAN'S SOLDIERS IN BATTLE WITH BOSNIANS IMPERIALIST VICTORY-—HEAVY LOSSES TO THE INSURGENTS. Coxstawtixorie, April 3, 1876: An oficial telegraphic despatch from the Governor of | “ Bosnia reports that a battle has wken piace near | Kjevaes, between the Turkish troops ind 1,000 insur \ geuts from the Austrian bank of the Save. ts were routed with a loss of 300 killed | and w A Loriion of the bapa, pursned by the Tarkish troops, fecrossed the Save, While (he others took refuge in the nretniatns i The burkish joss was aithug. ' (MPERILLIST POWMSS I2KELY TO REFUSE THE APSLADS CF Ts KALTERN PEOPLLS-—CHRIS- | | TL N ROWNS ON SYMPATHY WITH THE TURK, Loxpox, April 13, 1376, Pait Mut Hs dechne to discuss the lermsepro- Herzegovimese, dveming them inadmis- by the ‘hey ulso decline to guarintee the execution of the | rotorms. SIDING WITH THE SULTAN. } Tt is thought the three imperial governments will reply to the memorial of the Waywodeg by a fresh summons to cease hostilities and accept the Sultan's ‘ promises } | | AUSTRO-RUSSIAN JOINT ACTION FOR PACIFICA- | TION IN THE PROVINCES, Viexxa, April 13, 1876, The Political Correspondence (newspaper) says:— “Wo are able to state positively that Austria and Rus- ‘ Sia will continue to act conjointly for the pacification ' of the insurgent provinces of Turkey. So far there has not been the slightest difference between the two Powers.” IMPERIALIST RECLAMATION AGAINST THE BERVIAN POPULACE. i Bexoranm, April 13, 1876, Austria has demanded fatistaction for the insult | wffered to Prince Wrede, her representative, on Sunday, by the populace, Servia is prepared to satisfy this demand, a SWURKISH FINANCIAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOND- 4 HOLDERS, \ Loxpox, April 13, 1876. The Jewish Chronicle says that Turkey is considering tho proposition of Jewish bondholders, in conjunctton ‘with some of other denominations, to exchange their ‘Donds tor land in Syria. SOUTH BERZEGOVINA IN REBELLION, Lospos, April 14, 1876 | The Standard’s Vienna despatch says rebeliion has | Droken out about Prezret, in South Herzegovina. THE SERVIAN GOVERNMENT APotocizes To | | AUSTRIA, Loxpox, April 14, 1876, | ‘The Times’ Vienna despatch states that the Servian | government bas apologized to Prince Wrede and prom. | feod to prosecute those who took part in the insulting | demonstration of Sunday. | The affair is settied. \ a od | GREECE. A GRAND EXECUTIVE RAID ON CORRUPT oOFFI- CIALS—LAYMEN ASD CLERICS CONVICTED OF | BRIDERY AND SIMONY—SEVERE SENTENCES. | | Atuyes, April 13, 1876. | | The High Court of Justice has sentenced M. Balasso- | || poulos, a former Minister of Ecclesiastical Ailairs, to | ono year’s imprisonment, deprivation of political rights | auring three years and to give the $10,000 be received | | spa bribe to the Puorhouse, M. Nikotopoulos, a former Minister of Justice, was H sentenced toten months’ imprixonment, j The Archbishop of Cephalonia was fined $10,000, the | | Aechiishop of Pattas $4,400 and the Archbishop of | | i | Mésseve $4,900, Weing double the amounts they re- | | sete us bribes. | All were impeached for corruption and simony. (he history of the investigaiion is as follows:— ; . NEW LURK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. un tho overthrow of the Bulgaris mininey ‘the late op- Position sought to retaliate upon those who had ridden roughshod over the rights of their follow Deputies, The Pubhe Prosecutor of the Court of Appeals in Athens, friend of tho present Firet Minister, petitioned the House to inquire into the conduct of the Minister of Justice and the Mvutster for Ecclesiastical Affairs with regard to the appointment of four archpishops, setting forth the grounds of his belief that their prace tices had been corrupt A committee of five members was forthwith appointed to investigate the truth of | the allegations aod to act as prosecutors in the event of the defendants bois™ committed for trial Wit- nesses were examined before the committee and the exeMinisters were arrested on the 13th of November last, —Ev, Hznatp.) P. ENGLAND. HOLIDAY RECESS AT THE GREAT TRADING CENTRES—'CHANGE FIRM, BUT INACTIVE— THE MARKET FOR SILVER—STORM, WITH VERY HEAVY SNOW—AN AMERICAN PRISONER HELD UXDER REMAND. Loxvox, April 13, 1876, To-morrow and Monday next will be complete holi- days in London, and Friday, Saturday and Monday will be similarly observed ia Liverpool, ON "CHANGE. The Stock Exchange to-day (three P. M.) is quieter and firmer, but inactive, ~ FIRM AT THE CLOSK, The Stock Exchange closed (evening) frm, with a generally improved feeling. * SILVER, Silver is firm to-day at 54d, FAILURE, Laloubere & Co., merchants, of Liverpool, Havro and Jacmel, Hayti, have: suspended. Their liabilities are $850,000, which, it ts believed, are fully covered by their assets, . SEVERE WEATHBR—A BNOWPALL, Asharp gale prevailed this morning, attended by rain and snow. The weather is cold, A despatch from Nottingham says that seven inches of snow have fallen there. In North Wales the ground is covered to the depth of nine inches, At Sheffield the snow ts nearly a foot deep, which 1s the heaviest fall of the winter, Vegetation is suffering greatly. 1X IRELAND. At Dublin a foot of snow fell lat night. WILLIAM % GRAT IN COURT. William E. Gray, the New York forger, was ar- raigned at tho Bow street Police Court, before Justice Vaughan, to-day. The depositions of the officer who apprehended him and of one witness who knew Gray im New York wore read and sworn to. Gray was remanded to April 20 to await the arrival of the American officer, now on his way here, COTTON SUPPLY AT LIVERPOOL, Lrverroot, April 13, 1876, The Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association's circular, Issued this evening, says the actual stock of East Indian cotton declared this morning proves to be 27,600 bales in excess of the estimate. COTTON MARKET TRANSACTIONS DURING A WERK, The Liverpool Cotton Brokers’ Association's circular this evening says cotton has been in very limited de- mand throughout the week, and quotations for the Jeading desortptions are further élightly reduced, Amerrcan descriptions bave been tn unusually small demand, but prices have only declined 1-16d. in me, dium grades. Sea Island has been in moderate reque: and prices have been steady. The transactions in futures are still small and prices have farther declined about 1-16d. bed - THE ERIE RAILWAY. REPORT OF THE DUNDEE COMMITTEE COMMIS- SIONERS—-CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE EXTERPRISE—THE FLOATING DEBT--WHAT SHOULD BE DONE FOR PROFIT AND EFFICIENT WORKING. Loxpox, April 13, 1876, Mesars, Fleming and Miller, the members of tho Dundee Committee, who were sent to the United States to investigate the Brie Railway, have submitted their report, in which, alter reviewing tho past history and present financial condition of the Erie Railroad prop- erty, they say the essential conditions of a successful reorganization are First—Bftective control of the management of the road by the real owners—the bondholders, Second—The restoration of the equilibrium between | the compulsory interest charge on the mortgage debt and the minimum net earnings. Third—A provision for narrow gauging the line, THR FLOATING DEBT. The net floating debt is $2,800,000, HOW TO BARN. If apartof the net revenue for a sufficient period could be appticd 10 paying off the floating debt and narrow gutzing the line there could, with capable man- agement, be no question as to th@ capability of the property to earn intereston all its mortgage debt, with- out the necessity for foreclosure and. assessment on the shares, HOW IT MAY BE DONE, These results could be substantially accomplished by junding the September coupous on the first consoli- dated mortgage for five years, the March coupons being paid in cash, and all the coupons of the second consolidated mortgage; but the bondbelders would not consent to such an arrangement unless the stock- holders voluntarily surrendered a majority of the | stock to trustees receiving negotiable certiticates in exchange. A draft of an agreement has been pro- pared embodying these proposals, and will be sub. mitted to a meeting of the stock and bondholders at an early day. With this condition as to trusteving the | stock the plan-proposed would give the bond holders | all they could gain by foreclosure, as they would have | the entire management of the property to make the | best they could out of tt. FORECLOSURE. In view, however, of the difficulty of securing this action of the bondholders, the doubts about whether the co-operation of the. stockholders can be secured, and the necessity for an amicable settlement with all claimants, they think foreclosure is the soundest pian, | and would doubtless be preferred by those sharehoid. ors who really care for the welfare of their property. Mr. Jowett has frequently expressed the opinion that foreclosure is ultimately mevitavle. With certain not very important modifications wo e¢ bo reason to doubt that the committes’s scheme of reorganization by foreclosure may bo successfully carried out, and result im placing the ‘road ina thor- oughly sound financial position. THE WATKIN COMMITTEE PLAS. The scheme referred to is that published heretofore | by the committee, of which Sir Edward Watkin was chairman, and Messrs. Fleming and Miller recommend | ite retssue with modifications, and urge ali interested tw give it support, saying, in conclusion, “We must content ourselves with suggesting that the committee Proceed with vigor in tho direction of toreciosure, at the same time inviting the stockholders to signify their willmgness to vest their shares in trustees as above mentioned, TO CONSULT. “Whenever enough of them have done £o It will be right for us to consult our constituents as to the chofce ot plan." MR, SEWETT'S LeTTAR, The report is seccompanicd by a leer from Presi- dent Jewett, bearing date of New York, March 24, and addressed to Sir Edward W. Watkin, MP, The extracts appended show the general tenor of the whole. * * * * * “Messrs. Miller and Fleming will also bear with them & proposition or agreement for the funding of coupons and improvement of the property, as adopted vy them and a Committee of the Board of Directors, I have very strong hopes that under the proposed arrangement the property can be put im conlition so as fico cr delay on the part of the bondholders It would be vetter if the bondhotders wonld consent to ‘a funding of one or two years longer, with the proviso, however, that the inoment the work upon the road bad proceeded to & satisfactory end, or the carnings of tho | company would justify it, tho interest should be | promptly resumea, without regard to the eo for which the (unding was to be continued, s » tind SL think it will be very safe to assume $4,200,000 as the minimum of an average arping. If the road 1s onec in condition to compete upon any Winglike equal terms with Its two great competitors without a material increase of trafic the net carnings should do in excess of the amount named, It is indeod morti- to render unnecessary any further sacri. | |THE SPAULDING COURT MARTIAL, hippodrome game. fying to have the net earnings of the company (in ts. Present condition of its property and in view of the cireamstances under which its road bas to be operated) constantly comparea with the percentage of pet earn- ings of lines freo from all the embarrassmerts under which it has continually to labor. With your | knowledge and experience you can appreciate and understhnd these diificulties, but to those not familiar with railroad management and ratiroad property tt is somewhat dificult to explain.’* SPAIN. 4 WOULD-BE REGICIDE'S APPEAL REJECTED BY THE couRT. Loxpos, April 14, 1876, A Madrid despatch to the Zimes states that the Court of Cassation bas rejected the appeal of Pasto, condemned to death for an attempt to shoot King Amadeus, The whereabouts of Pasto is unknown, NO PEACE WITH ROME, The Diario, Ministerial paper, energetically denies that the government intends to re-establish tho Con- cordat of 1851, FRANCE, NEW PREFECTS APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT. Lonpox, April 14, 1874. A dospateh to the Times, dated Paris, midnight, gives a list of forty-seven. new appointments of Prefects which wero signed by the President Thursday. Important changes among Su-refects are to follow, BILLIARDS. THE SEXTON-VIGNAUX SECOND MATCH—SEX- TON’S REASONS FOR DECLINING TO PLAY. Panis, April 13, 1876. Sexton's refusal to play the projected second match of billtaras with Vignaux has been grossly misrepre- sented, THE TRUK CAUSE. Sexton consented to play Vignaux again solely on the assurance of Vignaux's backers tnat the Jockey Club would contro! the game and pay all’expenses, Saspecting the assertion to be untrue Sexton ad- dressed a note to tho Secretary of the Jockey Club, asking if tho statemont was correct, DESIxD. Tho roply was in the negative. DECLINES. Sexton, indignant at the trick, declined to playa ALGERIA. FRENCH SOLDIERS ENGAGED IN BATTLE WITH INSURGENTS—A SEVERE ACTION—THE EURO- PEANS WIN. Loxpow, April 14, 1876, , The Paris correspondent of the Times says a tclo- gram, dated Algiers, Wednesday, reports .a serious en- gagement between the French troops and the insur. gents south of Constantine. THE FORCES. The latter numbered 4,000 infantry and 100 cavalry. The French force was much smaller. VICTORY OF THX FRENCH. The insurgents were completely defeated. About 600 were killed and wounded, including their leader. A large number were taken prisoners, Two French officers wero wounded and twenty soldiers killed or wounded, “GERMANY. THE SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA TITLE NOT TO BE CEDED TO THE EMPIRE. Lonpox, April 13, 1876, The Pall Mall Gazette's Berlin epecial cays the re, Ported negotiations for the cession to the German Empire of the right of tho Duke of Edinburgh as heir presumptive to the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha are officially denied. SORE TM ANF ERO : BAGDAD. RAVAGES OF THE PLAGUE IN THE ANCIENT CITY. Coxsraxtixorie, April 13, 1876. The Levant Herald reports that the plague ts in- creasing at Bagdad, where on March 26 thirty new cases and ten deaths were reported. CENTRAL ASIA. RUSSIA PREPARING TO CULTIVATE COTTON IN THE TERRITORY. Lospox, April 13, 1876, ‘The Post's Berlin special says a stock company is organizing in Russia for the Introduction and devel- opment of the cultivation of cotton in Contral Asia, CUBA. ESPIRITU SANTO ATTACKED BY INSURGENTS— ROUTED AFTER PLUNDER AND MURDER—THE CONDITION OF THE SPANISH ARMY IMPROVED. Knyv West, Fla., April 13, 1876. Advices from Havana report that the insurgents en- } tored the town of Espiritu Santo on the night of April 6, They plundered two stores and killed and wounded soveral soldiers, but were prevented from reaching the centre of the town, where the troops repulsed several .; attacks. Steamers from Cadiz continue to bring cannon and ammunition. The Spanish troops in the island now receive better food and more regular pay than for years past, D ST. LOUIS. St. Lovis, April 13, 1876, A correspondence has been entered into between the Merchants’ Exchange, the Board of Trade, the Manu- DOM PEDRO A) } facturers’ Exchange and Mayor Overstolz looking to a jomt invitation by them to the Emperor of Brazil to visit St Louis during his stay in this country, STEINBERGER, HIS APPOINTMENT ‘PURCHASED—BAZcocK's I™- PLICATION--THE KING AND THE PEOPLE AGAINST HIM, Sax Frascisco, April 13, 1876. A private letter from Samoa says:—* ‘Documents havo been found among Steinberger's papers showing that Babcock, for a consideration, obtained Stein- berger's appointment as Special Agent; also that an arrangement existed between Steinberger and J. 0. Goddefory & Sou, Hamourg, by which the former was to play into the hands of the latter, who were to have the monop- joply of the Samoan — trade, to be the bankers of the government and issue paper currency, Steinberger to have ten per cent on all transactions between the firm and the government, This drm owned the Peerless, which was seized by Her Majesty's ship Barraconta. The Senate and Assembly support Steinberger, but the King and people are against bim. LER. Lowen, Masa., April 13, 1876. Tho faneral of Mrs, General Butler took place this alternoor At balt-past two P. M. gervices were heid at the family mansion, and at three P. SM. there weto | public services at St. ‘ann’s church, The floral dec- orations were mary and elaborate, and an immense concourse of people were present. FIRE AT CHESTERTOWN. Gursss Fats, XN. Y., April 15, 1876, At Chestertown, N. Y., this morning, tho block o¢- cupied by Pickens & Braley, merchants, and Arm- strong & hie lawyers, was destroyed by fire. The insurance, $10,000. loss is $17, Say FRraxciaco, April 13, 1876. It the Spaulding court martial to-day Dennis Jordan, & contractor. testified that he indorsed a certificate duo 2,460, to which Pinney obtained Spaulding’s signature and filied up for $32,460, SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY. Gopenicn, Ont, April 13, 1876. Collector Caven and Officers visited Seaforth to-day and seized an illicit still Im full operation, in the centro of the ten vas wal eoogurvyloa af ay a | of age, the son and six others wero in Jobn’s honse when it was struck by the wind and blown down, The entire party wore buried i the débris The father and son Were $0 crushed as to De unrecog- | nizable. The others are all more or less injured. They | Were taken out in from one to three hours’ time. | | / ern topes nip og a a a aa * on THE REVENUE CONVICTED FRAUDS. PERSONS TO BE SENTENCED. Mi.wacxns, April 13, 1876. Unexpected arrests and the centencing of whiskey convicts, it is said, on good authority, have been ordered from Washington, whero strong representa- tions have been made in regard to the scandal of Views walking the streets under an implied agreement ‘with the government. The civil suits agamst a thal and Scbletz, distitlers, were commenced Juage Drummond to-day. FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS IN CHICAGO—A GUILTY PLEADER. Cutcaco, April 13, 1876, In the United States Court this morning proceedings In forfeiture wero entered by the government against the distilteries of Gholson G, Russell, Parker 1. Mason, Meserole & Co. and Stewart, Meserole pleaded guilty to one count of the indiet- mont against him. THE 8T. LOUIS CONVICTS. SENTENCE PASSED UPON AVERY AND M’DONALD. Sr. Louis, April 13, 1876. The imprisonment part of General McDonald's sen- tence dates from the 23d ot November last, the day of | his conviction, Judge Krum, bis counsel, made a strong appeal to the Court to substitute the County = Jali instead of the Penitentiary as « place of confinement on account of the better sanitary regulations of the former, the General being in very poor health and suffering from chronic disease, but Judge Treat did pot see tho force of this, and named the Jefferson City Penitentiary | asthe place of imprisonment, The sentence is the maximum penalty under the 1a After these proceeaings we finished the District Court adjourned and the Circuit Court opened, W. O Avery was called and answered, and the for. felture of his bond declared a few days ago was set | aside. Judge Treat then overruled the motion in arrest of Judgment in this case and sentenced the prisoner to two years in the I nti and to pay a fine of 00), the minimum penalty." Mr. Avory wi diately taken to the Comnty Jail to await his transfer | to Jefferson City. A motion was then made fora stay of execution in Colonel Maguire's case until next Monday, or until a reply can be received to the petition sent to Prestaent | Grant, praying tor a remission of tho six months’ im- he motion was Mm srentad. “WILKINSON. San Francisco, April 13, 1876, B. Wilkinson starts for Jefferson City, Mo., to-mor- row in charge of United States Detective Finnegan, THE CITIZENS’ CAUSE IN CHICAGO. Cnreaco, April 13, 1876. The committee appointed by the chairman ‘of the Exposition Hall grand mass meeting, held on Tuesday night last, waited on Mayor Calvin to-day and ro- quested bis resignation. Tie Mayor made no response to the request, but desired the committee to sabmit it, together with the reasons therefor, in writing. OPENING THE CANALS. Aunaxy, April 13, 1876, Tho Canal Commissioners, in their meeting to-day, adopted a resolution fixing the 4th of May as the date for opening the canals of the Stato for the passage of boats, NORTHWESTERN RN NAVIGATION. Derkorr, Mich., April 13, 1876, ‘The ico In Mackinaw Straits is fourteen Inches thick and melting fast. Navigation will be open by the 20th of the month, r0.a8 to.permit the passage of the grain joe. NAVIGATION RESUMED. Porxt Epwarps, April 13, 1876, Tho steam barge Tompest, from Toledo, with the schooner Franklin in tow, arrived here this morning | with grain, being the first arrival of the season. Thero ig very little ice in the river, and the present mild woather will quickly destroy it WINTER NAVIGATION. Quenro, April 13, 1876, Mr, Sewell lectured here last night before the Liter- ars and Theatrical Society on the subject of “Winter Navigation of the St, Lawrence,” He suggested as the best method of testing the question that a steamer be run between Quebec and the Galf for three or four winters, carrying the mails and passengers and freight, | the Dominion government piacing a competent agent | on board to keep them informed as to the boat's per- Jormance, STORM IN IOWA, Cacao, April 13, 1876. Advices from MeGregor, Iowa, of tne 11th report that the cellars and lower stories of buildings on Main street. wero inundated on that date, and $50,000 | worth of property was destroyed tn less than two hours. Tho storm seems to have ex- tended protty generally throughout the northwest, doing more or less damage everywhere in the vicinity of Davenport. It is estimated that moro than $20,000 | worth of property was destroyed, TRAVEL INTERRUPTED BY A LAND-SLIDE—A HEAVY SNOWSTORM RAGING. lowa Crry, lowa, April 13, 1876, A slide occurred at about cleven o'clock last night on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Ratlroad track on the eaat side of tho Iowa River at this point, by which two passenger trains from the West have been shut in all day, unable to come on or go back. The track is covered with six feet of mud, andthe wagen roads so bad that it 18 oaly with the greatest difficulty that 3 provisions can be sept tothe passengers, forty of whom are ladies, The blockade will perhaps be raised at seven o'clock to-night. The lowa River is rising by ae of another flood like those of 18%; A heavy snowstorm, extending along the Missouri River froin St. Joseph ‘and Fort Sully on the north, now raging. No particular damage as to crops is an- ticipated. The sowing of wheat all over the State is at present su<pended. The Missourt River ts rising. and there are fears 1858, a FATAL HURRICANE. TERRIBLE STORM NEAR LOUISVILLE AND LOSS OF LIFF. Lovisvitex, April 13, 1876. Germantown, a suburb of this city, was struck by a | hurricane to-night, which causea a great deal of dam- age and the death of two men, Michael and Joon Meffert, father and von, besides numerous lesser accidents, Metfert senior, who was eighty-six years this hour the full extent of the damage cannot be as- certained. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan Darartstext, Orrick or The Cire SiGxat. Orvicen, Wasnixetos, April 14—1 A. M. Probabilities, For Friday in the south Atlantic States, stationary or msing barometer, southwest to southeast winds, warmer, partly cloudy weather and occasional rain will | prevail, FUNERAL OF MRS. GENERAL BUT. | For the Guif states, rising barometer, north and west winds, cooler, cloady and clearing weather following hight rams, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, falling barom- eter, cloud and rain, followed by cooler north and west winds, rising barometer and partly cloudy weather. For the upper lakes, the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, falling followed by rising barometer, northwest to northeast winds, colder, cloudy and rainy | weather, clearing away in the northwest. For the lower lakes, Middie and Eastern States, fall- ing barometer, southeast to southwest winds, and in the lower lakes cooler, cloudy and rainy weather, but in the Middfo and Eastern States partly cloudy weather, stationary or higher temperature and Laren bly local rains. The rivers continue falling at Cairo and Memphis, but are stationary or rising slightly elsewhere. Cautionary signals continue at Galveston and.In- dianola, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes in tho temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- | parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hu HeraLo ening 3 5, ee Average temperature joragatnes Average temperature for corresponding date last Bx TOR. cocsseeseevenes immo. | risonment to which the defendant was sentenced, | At | WARRIAGE AND DIVORCE A Drama in High Life in Louisville, iNSANITY AND INFANTICIDE. Heirs Fighting Over & Maniac Wife's Dower. Lovisvitie, Ky., April 10, 1876. The social and financial elements of tnis olty were agitated to an intense degree the other day by the decis- fon of Chancellor Horatio W. Bruce, rendered ju the case of Mrs, Cornelia W. Newcomb va. John B. Smith, execn- tor of the will of the H. D. Newcomb. The par- ties to this suit represent the dignity and wealth of two of the oldest and most respectable families {n this State and the money involved in the issue is very many | thousands of dollars, WsTORY OF THE Stwcomns, Horatio D, Newcomb, now deceased, aod Cornelia W. | Reed were marriod in this city on the 24th of June in | the year 1838, They lived happily together unti! De- | cember, 1852, During the timo between the two datos | given above five children wero born to the house of | H. D, Newcomb, The citizens of Louisville were shocked one morning | in 1852 by the circulation upon the streets of the re- | | port and particulars of an attempt on the part of Mrs. | Newcomb to murder all of her children by throwing | them out of the windows of an upper story of her fesidence, which stood at that time on the south side | of Main street, between Brook and First streets, One or two of the children died shortly alter the injuries: | Wero received, and two more have since died, porheps | from other causes, H. Victor Newcomb, the present Vice President of tho Louisville and Nashville Railroad, ds the only one of the five children who survives at the | j present time, It ts sald by some that the unhappy mother at- | tempted to destroy her children while in a fit of jeal- ous insanity, and by others tis alleged that the in- | sanity was hereditary and did not arise from any uo- | | nappy domestic cause, | “In a very few days alter the tragedy the public at | large believed her to be desperately insano, aod were Dot williug to hold ber morally responsible for her | methodical acts of madness, For a while she was kept | under the surveillance of one or two trustworthy ser- | vants, who. of course, regulated their attendance by j the :nstructions given to them by the attending py- | sicians, Mrs. Newcomb got worse instead of, better, and was removed to an asylum in this State, Her malady continued under the treatment given her in Kentucky, when Mr. Newcomb arranged to have her removed to the McLane Insane Asylum at Sommer. ville, Mass., in which mstitution she has lived ever since and is there at the present timo, THE DIVORCE. Several yoars ago H. D, Nowcomb, through his at, torneys or friends, procutod the enactment of a ape. cial law by the State Legislature, rendering insanity a guMficient ground for legal separation. The suit for divorce Was instituted, and the matrimonial Gordian | knot was duly severed by Chancellor Cochrane. Tho Jaw upon which the divorce was granted was repealed after the prayer of tho petitioner had been heard and disposed of, and it was the only case over tried undo it. In this suit tho force of tho special a:t was relied | upon, and Mra. Newcomb was not even represented by a “next friend” or an attorney during the hearing of tho petition of her husband for a divorce, A SECOXD MARRIAGE. In the carly part of 1872 H. D, Newcom> married Mary C. Smith, who ts the real defendant in. the case and daughter of the executor of the Newcomb estate, By this marriage two children were born—namely, Warren 8. and Horatio D. Newcomb, Jr. About twe years ago H. D. Newcomb died in this city | at his palatial residence on Broadway, between First and Second streets: At the time of his death and tor | Several years previously Mr, Newcomb was president of the Louisville and Nashville and Great Southern Rail- road, being also a retired merchant, with a fortune es- timated at about $1,500,000. His bequests to Individuals and charitable institu- tious were manificent, Every child was leit a for- tune, The widow was provided with fands and an es- tate commensurate with the. splendor of her lormer condition, and a fund of $2,500 per annum was sct apart to support and provide for the wants ot insane d divorced women at the McLane Asylum. | - When the will was printed in the city papers every | one applauded tho magnanimity of the deceased, ani | no one dreamed that the morality or legality of any | of his acts would ever ‘become a question for the courts | to decide, i Thr, surr. | The friends of Mrs. Cornelia W, Newcomb were not pleased with the provisions made for her in the will; | the divorce, it was contended, was irregular and void, | &c, ; 80 proceedings were commenced against Jobn 8. Smitb, executor, by Mr. J. L, Daniorth, who i | father-in-law of H. Victor Newcomb, and is known | | the case as ‘next friend’ to Mre, Cornelia W. comb, for whom the wife's dower is demanded. { Everybody in this city understacds that the case, when stripped of all the garnish and glitter which has been thrown around it, is comprised in the following presentation :-— H. Victor Newcomb wants @ larger sharo of his father’s estate than the will gives him, and, through | legal technicalities, he hopes to succeed indircetly | turough his insane mother, for he will heir her in ail | Pi property that she dies possessed of; but if the fortane should go through the hands of the second wife cording to tho will of his tather the result would be different, So we arc compelied to believe that there | are really but two parties to this suit, and a candid | siatement of the style of the case would read—H. Vic- tor Newcomb vs. Mary C. Newcomb. When the read- ers learn that Mrs, Gornelia W. Newcomb has not at the present time the intelligence of a six months’ old intapt, por bas she been much above that intellectual grade since the commencement of her iufirmity, they | will en rehend us moro clearly, It is common to hear people say they would not do as Vietor Newcomb has done In this case for twice the sum involved, { THE DECIMION. | This ease has been betore the ery Court of this { ¢ity for about ten months. The ablext legal talent of the State represented both the plaints nd the aetendant, There was “big money’ in it for the law- | yers, and all the legal lore of modern and ancient Blackstones hos been invoked to aid im the elucidation | of the intricate points The decision of Judge Bruce | | was delivered in court this morning at eleven o'clock. The document 1s Jearned and voluminons, and c siders every point that has been raised he ca: The Chancellor 18 of opinion that the alleged divorce is void, bat that the children of H, D. New- comb, by his second wito, are legitimate. The eflect of this will be to give the inmate of the asylam in | Massachusetts a dower in her former husband's estato ‘of about $400,000, and of depriving the second wife | and her children of # like amount, , It 1s pretty generally believed that the case will | ‘never be finally adjasted until 1t reaches tho Supreme | Court of the United States, and it may be years before the matter is wholly disposed of, it will be taken dily from this city to the Court of Appeals at anklort, and will go trom there to higher tribunals. | The contestants have plenty of money and will never yield voluntarily, though the Jawyers will be very ikely to get the lion's share. RAILROAD TRAGEDY, Mitvoro, Pa., April 13, 1876, | While John Hoffman, of Middle Smithfeld, Pa, was driving across the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Ratiroad track at East Stroudsburg, on Taesday iast, the wagon was struck by a locomotive, and Hoffman and the horse were instantly killed. FALL FROM A RAILROAD TRAIN, Cixciy xatt, April 13, 1875. A special despatch says as a Westward bound pas. | senger%rain was crossing the high bridgo over the | Ohio River at Steubenville, early this morning, Wil- | ham Reynolds wont on tho piatform, where ‘k and fell from tho train into the riv 50 feet, Reynolds was a well known pin | dealer, and was returning from the Fast, He bad $8,000 in bis possession. The body bas not been re- covered. | THE SEAL FISHERY. St. Joux’s, N. F., April 13, 1876, Accounts from the seal Ashery are unfavorable. Tho | dodgers’? and cloak room retugees. steamer Eagle bas arrived here with 13,000 seals, steamer Neptane with 8,000, and the Iccland with | 7,000, Many seals were taken ashore northward, CREVASSES IN THE LEVEE. Memrnis, Tenn, April 13, 1876. A gentleman from Bolivar county, Miss., reports that the levee broke Monday night in front of Dack Ridge | Landing, and when he left there was a crevasse 200 | | yards wide and washing at both ends. This will overs jw the country between Lake Bolivar and the river, cluding Point, the Williams’ Bayou country and the upper cud of Washington . When the ies crevasse was at Utopia. POLITICAL. NOTES, Now they want to ‘‘lngersollize’ the democratie party. Another insane asylum is called for in Georgia to ac- commodate, perhaps, a large pumber of the gubermate- rial aspirants and fighting editors in the State, The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun (dem.) states “op high authority” that ex-Provisional Governor James Johnson will not run on a radical or republican ticket. If he runs at all it wil! be as an independent candidate. The Augusta (Ga. ) Chronicle (dom. ) suggests the names of IL V, Johnson and George T. Barnes as two of the delegates at large to the St. Louis Convention. The Columbus Times names Thomas Hardeman, Jr., and Mark Blanford. Tho quartet would make a dashing four-in-band. : Ex- Attorney General Akerman, of Georgia, is said to be evidently opposed to the policy of supporting ap independent democrat for Governor. He goes for « Straight republican candidate, Tho Worcester (Mass.) Spy (new movement rep.) affirms that tho republicans cannot elect ‘‘any candi. date’ nominated at Cincinnati, "Wo must,” it says, “have such a candidate as the situation demands.” Hence the Spy calls upon the friends of the new move- ment to “look out ‘or the caucuses’ at which delegates to the State Convention will be elected. The Worcester (Mass.) Press (dem,) save, referring to Blaine’s absentecism when important votes are being taken, that the country doesn’t like ‘artful Tt also thinks that secret executive sessions of the Senate will ere long be done away with, A Georgia paper says General Gordon's tenure of office in the United States Senate, unless he is called higher, will be for life, To ronder the sentence more ! complete why. not add “at hard labor.” The Memphis Appeal (dem.) does not at all like the vote of Senator Key, of Tennessee, on tho Mississippi matter, It ‘regrets more than words can express that a Senator sitting iw Andrew Johnson's seat should have thus encouraged Morton and his gang in their infamous purpose of perpetrating sectional hate.” The Knoxville (Tenn,) Tribune says Senator Key hat taken high ground, and that the democracy cannot afford to shirk from investigations, His support of « resolution that is calculated to bring trouble and disor- der to tho State of Mississippi the Tribune feels confi. dont was actuated by a stern sense of duty. The Nashville American (dom.) spenks of ‘Senator Key's blunder.”” Colonet Bob Harlan, who temporarily presided at the | late Colored Convention in Nashville, is ‘an old turf sport, snd, says the American, is well known on every racing ground in the United States, Ho went to Eng, land with Ten Broeck when he took his American flyers over to contend with tho fleetest of the English thoroughbreds. A number of papers in Middle Tennessee have named Colonel A, 8. Marks for Governor. The Marshall Gazette says:—‘'‘West Tennossee furnished the present Governor, East Tennessee the United States Senator, and now it is genorally admitted that the middle di- vision of the State is justly entitled to the honor of furnishing the next Governor. If such should be tho case we know of no man who would give more gem eral satisfaction to our people than Colonel Marka’? Now the wise ones are inquiring whether Schenck ie still Minister to England. His resignatfon was to take effect upon the appointment of his successor, but he subsequently askod for leave of absence. It is a ques- tion of law whether this subsequent event did not change the term of his resignation, Nothing serious, — Troy Whig (rep.) Governor Houston, of Alabama, bas appointed Wade Keyes, of Florence, and Fern M. Wood, of Opelika, to complete tho codification of the laws of that State, The News indorses its Washington correspondent as a “gentlemen whose trustworthiness is unquestioned,” We question bis assertion that Indianapolis is a city of bankruptcy, and call for a bill of particulare. —/ndéan- apolis Sentinel (dem.) HOTEL ARRIVALS. Surgeon General Gilborne and Captain G. Sampson, ot the British Army, are quartered at the Fifth Avo nue Hotel. Senator Henry Cooper, of Tennessee, an rived at the New York Hotel yesterday from Washing. ton. Charles E. K. Kortright, British Consul at Phila delphia, ts at the Brevoort House. Judge William M, Learned, of the New York Supreme Court for the Third district, is at the St. James Hotel. Neil Gilmour, Su- perintendent of Public Instruction, arrived from Al- bany last evening at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. General Stewart Van Viiot, United States Army, is registered at the Hoffman House. Judge 0, A. Lochrane, of Georgia, 18 at the Sturtevant House, Andrew D, White, President of the Cornell University, and Rev. John F, W. Ware, ot Boston, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. - CHURCHYARD COUGHS ARE EVILS OF THE past, Auy cough, however, violent, can be cured by Hats's Hoxry or Honeiounp axp Tar. Fixe’s Tootnacak Drors cure in ont jnute. —FOR ELEGANT AND FIRST CLASS HATS GO direct to the manufactarer, ESPENSCHEID, 118 Nassea a A—BENNETT BUILDING. FIRE PROOF, LOCATED ON NASSAU, ANN AND AND FULTON sta bay geome AND EGE HEATED Tanase TO ON VERY REASONABLE suiranit LAWYERS, BANKERS INSURANCE OFFICas, APPLY, ON THE PREMISES. 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