The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1878, Page 7

} TELEGRAPHIC NEWS Frome All Parts of the World. PROGRESS OF THE AFGHAN WAR Will England Be Able to Guard Her Interests in Roumelia ? ROUMANIA IN ACCORD WITH -RUSSIA. Renewed Rumors of Russian Diplomatic Changes. THE ATTEMPTED REGICIDE IN ITALY. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.) Lonnox, Nev. 26, 1878. ‘The Calcutta correspondent of the Times thinks that Gencral Browne's column will go to Jellalabad this winter, Major General Roberts' to the Kurum Fort and Major Genoral Biddulph’s Quetta column to Candshar, and that these will probably be the winter- + ing stations of the threo armies. The Standard’s despatch {rom Lahore says the majority of the pris oners taken at Ali-Musjid have becn released, The Times correspondent at Berlin says it is expected at Bt. Petersburg that the Ameer of Afghanistan will go Herat in the event of defeat It is that a corps under, the Russian General Lomakine is ten or twelve marches from Herat. The Daily News announces semi-offi- cially that Mr. Wade, the British Minister to Pekin, who has left London for his Post, will visit Lahore under special instractions trom Lord Salisbury, and will confer with Lord Lytton in regurd to the attitude of Russia and China relative to Kashgar. to rumored DANGER OF THE AFGHAN WAR, The Berlin Post says the after effect of the Afghan war will be that England will have to renounce the idea of maintaining Turkish rule in Eastern Rou- melia, because, evenit successful in Afghanistan, she will need her Indian forces in Asia and’ be unable to brandish them as a threat on the European theatre of ‘war. POLITICS IN ENGLAND. The liberal leaders have held a meeting and drawn ‘Up a statement declaring that that portion of Lord ‘Cranbrook’s despatch which endeavors to fix upon Mr. Gladstone's government the responsibility for ‘the Afghan war is inaccurate and incomplete. Count Bchouvaloff has had a long interview with Lord Salisbury.» The Daily Telegraph, in o leading editorial article this morning, denies that there is any dissen- sions in the British Cabinet. _ RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC CHANGES, ‘The'rtimor is revived at Berlin that Prince Gortscha- koff and Prince Orloff have tendered their resigna- tions. It is further roported that the Czar has Hotified Prince Gortechakoff that he has post- Poned decision on the subject until he re- turns to St. Petersburg. This ‘is consid” wred us indicating that Gorischakof's resig” , dation will be accepted, The Daily News announces, in semi-official form, that Count Schouvaloff will soon retire from the London Embassy. : RUSSIA AND ROUMANIA IN 4ccORD, It is officially announced at Bucharest that Russis and Roumania have arrived at an underatanding, by which the regulation of the Treaty of Berlin relative to the passege of Russian troops through Roumania is extended to the Dobrudscha. The matter is thus settled im accordance with Roumania's wishes. It Ys confirmed that the Rou- manians will enter the Dobrudscha on Tuesday. In pursnance of the Treaty of Berlin » Bulgarian assembly, ‘composed of bishops, functionaries aud notables, has been summoned to meet at Tirhons on the 27th of December to prepare organte laws for the Province. The Assembly is to complete this task in April and then elect a prince, THE GREEK QUESTION. A desyiatch to the Times from Pesth says Great Britain has joined the other Powers in expressing readiness to -support the initiative of France in reference to mediation on tho -Greek question and a step in that direction msy soon follew. Greece has refused to negotiate on the, basis proposed by Turkey of a cession ofterritory in Thessaly, but pone in Epirus. JORY TRIALS IN GERMANY. At a necting of the progressist psrty in Berlin a programune was adopted, the principles of which in- clude trial by jury for political offences and the right of Parliament to fix the numbers of the military con- ingeut and to vote suppiies annually. THE ITALIAN MONARCHY. The King and Queen of Italy received the Senators aad Deputies yesterday. The King said he hoped, in boncert with them, to restore the tranquillity Italy needed to enable her to proceed in the path af pro- gress. The Minister of the Royal Household at Rome has written to Archbishop of Naples, on behalf of King Humbert, acknowledging the Archbishop's let- ter conveying the Pope’s congratulations upon the King’s escape from assassination, and also sending the Archbishop his exequatur. A grand torchlight procession, in which all the popular societies took part, marched to the Quirinal, in honor of the King’s excape. CAIROBI AND THE AfSASSINS. Signor Cairoli suffers considerably from infamma- tion of his wound, and will be obliged to keep his bed forsome days. News has been received from Florence that the man who was arrested for throwing the bomb into the procession there has confessed his crime. The Paris Monileur reports that previous to the arrival of King Humbert at Rome the police seized placards threatening death to all who joined in the ovation to him. A report has been in circula- tion, and appears to be confirmed, that dynamite was found on the rails shortly before the passage of the royal train to Rome. Svucialists have been arrested at Padua and San Sepolcro. ‘MONCAST'S APPEAL. Moncasi’s appeal from the sentence of death was heard in Madrid yesterday before a numerous oudi- tee, Tho plea of insanity was repeated by the de- fence. The Court, which is expected simply to con- Arm the death sentence, will pronounce its decision this week, THE SPANISH PRESS, Inthe Spanish Congress yesterday Sefior Castelar made on eloquent speech against the Press bill, which he denounced as confiscation of the freedom of the press. He was frequently cheered during his apeech, which occupied two hours inthe delivery, Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo spoke in reply. CHAMDORD'S OPINION OF FRANCE, ‘The Comte de Chambord has written to M. Muon, whose election to the French Chamber of Deputies was recently invalidated, congratulating him for attacking the ancient régimes of abuse whiph nobody wishes to restore, but adding:—“The pfotective shelter, which permitted France to attain her past greatness, must not be overthrown. For France to be saved God must return to her as master to that I may reign as King.” BUSINESS DISTRESS, The Mayor of Barrow-in-Furnesa has called a public meeting to adopt measures to rlieve the distress prevailing in consequance of the depression of trade, The strike of the Oldham cotton spinners will doubtless begin to-day. It does not extend to all the mills in the town. The proprietors of,some of the largest mills have, not given notice of a reduction, Notices were posted on Saturday at most of the Carnarvonshire slate quarries announc- NEW YORK AERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1878.-TRIPLE SHEET. ing @ reduction of seven per centum in the wages of the quarrymen. The men will probably accept the reduction. J.,& J. Fenton & Sons, private bankers of Rochdale and Heywood, have suspewsded, Their liabilities in Rochdale alone are $2,500,000, ‘The woollen trade is largely involved. One hundred mills, employing 12,000 hands, have stopped running. Some of the oldest firms haye not enforced the reduction. It .is thonght that the atrike will last long, as limited companies, working on borrowed capital, cannot afford to stop. All the cotton mills of Zofingen and Aargau, at Geneva, are running on short time. CABLE ITEMS. Ten thousand operative cotton spinners, at Oldham, came out on strike to-day. The number of strikers will be angmented from day to day, Advices from Mogador, Morocco, to the 2st inst., show that there is on average of sixty deaths daily from the epidemic, which, however, is not believed to be cholera, Germany, on Saturday, sold £250,000 worth of silver at 605;d, per ounce. It will, it is understood, demand 503/d, for any more. Charles W. Angell, ‘the fugitive secretary of the Pullman Palace Car Company, is confined in the Civ Prison at Lisbon. The $80,000 which have been re_ covered were found deposited in his name in the Bank of Portugal. The Times, which made the original statement, #ays:—“We ere asked to contradict the report that the Great Western line of steamers, between Bristol and New York, will be discontinued during the winter.” STORMS OFF PORTUGAL. LOSS OF THREE SHIPS AND EIGHTEEN LIVES, [Bx CABLE To THE HERALD.] Lisnoy, Noy. 25, 1878. Thk, part of the Portugal coust was visited by # hoavy stormon Saturday. At the mouth of the Tagus three vessels und cighteon lives were lost. ROUMANIA'S INDEPENDENCE. Washinton, Noy. 25, 1878. The State Department is to-day in receipt of in- formation that the late Austrian Minister at Washing- ton, Count Hoyos, has been appointed Bm his govern- ment Envoy Extraordinary, &c., to Roumania. Russia, Italy and Turkey have,also sent regular dip- lomat representatives to Bucharest, making to- gether with Austfie-Hungary a total of four European Powers that have formally recognized Roumania's in- dependence. CUBA, : THE FINANCIAL BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR, Havana, Nov. 25, 1878. Captain General Campos, with the object of ascer- taining public opinion on tho financial decree re- cently promulgated, called a meeting of persons rep- resenting all classes, which was held at the Palace yesterday. The Captain General, who presided, made s speech explaining the estimates’ for the fiscal year 1879-80. He said they were only preliminary, being formed for the examination of the home government before submission to the Cortes. The Cortes, in which Cuba would be represented, could modify or annul them. . ‘Che estimates were intended to show plainly how the island now stands financially: not how it stood in the past or might stand in the future. It in no way proposed to delay the reduction of taxes. SOUTH AMERICA, THE NEW CABINEE IN COLOMBIA— POLITICAL TROUBLES IN TERRIBLE COAL MINE DIS- ASTER IN CHILI. . Payama, Nov. 16, 1878. Achange has taken place in the Cabinet at Bogota. ‘The new Ministers are as follows:—- Secretary of Foreign Affairs—Dr. Salvador Cama- cho Roldan. Secretary of the Hacienda—Dr. Luis Carlos Rico. Secretary of the Treasury and of Public Credit— Dr. Pablo. remane. Secretary of War—General Ezekiel Hurtado. Allof the above are intelligent and capabie men, and have had a large experience in public life, POLITICAL, PLOTS IN PERU. Peruvian advices state that a revolutionary plot in the Pierole interest was discovered in Arsquipa, ac- cording to papers of the locality, on the 27th ult., but its leaders were promptly arrested, and some of them have since been sent forward to the capital for trial, News of a sjmilar character comes from Cajomarea, wheregit is said, some of the Pierola party are secretly P an attempt against public order. GUANO DEPOSITS. On the 4th inst. documents were examined pur- porting to contain particulars of the prey of a new guano hy ge situated on the island of La Vuida, in latitude 9 deg. 23 min. 30 sec., and longitude 73 deg. 26 min., on the north coast. A COAL MINE DISASTER IN CHILT. Cnilian advices aay that on the 9th ult. an explosion occurred in the coal mine Rosario, at Lebu. Sixteen miners were killed and a large number wounded, only six escaping uninjured from the pit. The pecuniary loss, in damage to the mine, is estimated at $100,000, ‘There are no arrivals from Central America. “RENEGADE INDIANS CAPTURED. San Francisco, Nov. 25, 1873, A despatch from the Cascades, Columbia River expedition, sent out by General Howard for the pur- pose of capturing renegade Indians, was a complete success, Captain Boyle, with Lieutenants Cornman and Shaffnar, surreunded their camp at night in John Day Galley and captured the whole party. Eight of the principol chiets are en route to Vancouver and the ret we been gent under escort tothe Warm Springs Reservation. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘THR TALLAPOOSA AT NEWPORT, Newronr, R. I., Nov. 25, 1878, ‘The United States steamer Tallapoosa arrived here to-day from New London. THE QUINNEBAUG TO KYMAIN AT HOME—THE GUARD. a Nonyorx, Va., Nov. 25, 1878. Plymouth, which is going out of commission for repairs, causes the Secretary of the Navy to decide not to send the new sloop-of-war Quinnebaug to Europe. She will remain at the homo station until next spring. The supply ship Guard will sail to-morrow for Portsmouth, N. H. THE QUINNEBAUG NOT TO GO TO EUROPE, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Nonrox, Va., Nov. 25, 1873, It is understood to-day that the new sloop-of-war Quinnebaug, now receiving her finishing touches at the Navy Yard, will not go to Europe to relieve the ‘Vandalia until next spring or summer, and that the Secretary of the Navy has so determined in conse- quence of the Plymouth unexpectedly going out of commission for repairs. The Quinnebaug will join tho North Atlantic squadron as soon as she comes out of the dry dock and will remain on the home sta- tion until the Wachusett, now fitting out at Boston, is ready to take her place. This change in the orders of the Quinnebaug takes everybody in naval circles by surprise and is a great disappointment to the offi- cers of the ship, who have been elaborately preparing for two months past for the always welcome cruise ‘up the Mediterranean. Officers waiting here to take Puasago on the Quinnebaug to join the Alliance will go out on the mail steamer from Now York. A nuinber of officers detached from the Guard lett for Washington to-night, AN ALLEGED FORGER IN JAIL Ban Francisco, Cal., Nov, 25, 1878, A man giving the name of G. Saville registered at the Baldwin Hotel on the Sth inst. and induced Mr. B. J, Baldwin to purchase for him mining stocks to the amount of $25'000, transferring as security a letter of credit on the Union Bank of London and two ten pound notes on the same bank. Inquiry made through the Bank of California showed that the letter and notes were forgetics, and Se ville was arrested after a hag search in this city and Oakland, Saville claims that he purchased the letter and notes in good faith, but information in the hands of detectives renders it almost certain that he is one of a gang of which a certain W. J. Floswell, arrested in New York on the 7th inst., for passing for notes of the Union Bank of London, was the » Saviile, after leaving New York, went to St, Louis, where he passed for an English nobleman and married a beautiful girl from Boston; he went from | St. Louis to Denver, and from there came to this city. He denies comnilicity in the crime and urges that he simply resembles the man who is wanted. He further all that C. 0. Joy, of the Rocky Mountain Detec- tive Association, got from him several thousand dol- lars in money and jewelry by threats of arrest. Saville was formerly bunk clerk in London, His eral a ince, and tho tattoo marks on his ds, answer to the description of the man sought. Saville is wanted in New York for passing forged notes on the Union Bank, of Lonn, on Thomas 8. Kirkpatrick, jewelers, No, 669 Broadway, A SOLID SOUTH. CONGRESSMAN ELLIS, OF LOUISIANA, POLITICAL SITUATION, (wy TELEGRAPH to THE HERALD.] Cr Nov, 25, 1878. E. John Ellis, member of Congress from the New Orleans district, passed through this city to-day ea route for Washington, In conversation with aHenaLp representative he said:—“With a good nomination and a good platform I see no reason why we, the democracy, should not carry the entire South, with Ohio, Indiana, Minois, Michigan and Wisconsin in the next Presidential. contest.” Mr. Ellis favors a conservative platform, one that will unite all the wings of the democratic and greenback parties. He believes that either Thurman, Hancock or Hendricks will be the next nominee of the democracy for the Presidency. When asked which of the three he preferred he answered that that depended on circumstances. If Grant was nominated by the republicans he fayored the taking up of Hancock by tho democracy; if the republicans nominated a civilian his choice would be Thurman, Hendricks he thonght to be the least available of the three. ‘Tilden he thinks entirely out of the question as a candidate, residuary legatec, and the succes by the coming Congress.” WHO WILL bE SPEAKER ? Speaking of the organization of the next House of Representatives, Mr. Eilis said:—*I have always here- tofore been in favor of a Northern or Western man ON THE m will be solved for the Speakership. My reasons were that the south was not then prepared to go that far to the front that if we of the South, seized by the uccident of ‘having «a majority in the lower house should insist. upon appropriating the organization of the House and its control it would be considered by the people of the North as too soon evincing a desire to become controlling element in national politics, Hence I voted for Kerr, of Indiana, and supported Sayler, of Ohio, for the Speakership of the forty-fourth and forty-fifth Congresses, A SOUTHERN CANDIDATY, PROBABLY TO BE CHOSEN. Lobserve that modesty is a commodity which does not sell well in the market of the republican party. We of the South havo been blamed and h responsi- ble for the line of policy pursued by the Forty-sixth Congress; I am now in favor of accepting that re- sponsibility in the fullest, I favor the clectton of a Southern man for Speaker, and I believe that we should offic the prin- cipal committeés of the House with Southern ufen. Then, with the co-operation of 2 democratic Senate, we will be cnabled to give to the country a wise, broad, patriotic, natio: and cconomical ad- ministration of affairs. If Mr. Hayes chooses to veto meusures adopted for the relief of the people and for the public good, the responsibility will not rest with us.”” When asked whom he thought would be presented by the Southern representatives as a condidate for the Speakership he answered:—“I think that the numes of House, of Tennessee; Carlisle and Blackburn, of Kentucky; Goode and Randolph, of Virginia, and Reagan, of Texas, will be earnestly canvassed by the resentatives of the South, and that one of these will be selected for the Speakership. THE ELECTION IN NORFOLK. NO ARREST BY FEDERAL OFFICIALS OR STATE AUTHORITIES. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERAT Norrorx,'Va., Nov. 25, 1878. The statement telegraphed from Washington that in tho Norfolk district in Virginia several arrests have been made by federal officers under the federal elec- tion laws, and that the parties making the complaints have been arrested and imprisoned by the State | authorities on the charge of perjury, is incorrect, no such arrests and no such complaints having been le. BURIED ALIVE. FATAL ACCIDENT FROM AN EARTH FALL—THREE MEN EILLED AND TWO SERIOUSLY INJURED, [BX TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD]. PorrsviLxz, Pa., Nov. 25, 1878. A terrible accident occtrred this afternoon at Mahanoy City, which place is obtaining an unenvia- ble reputation for fatal accidents. Only a week ago five persons were killed by an explosion, and the acci- dent of to-day hurried three men out of cxistence and maimed for life one other. DETAILS OF ‘PHE ACCIDENT. ‘The accident occurred in this wise:—A number of men employed by a merchant named Charles D. Kaier were at work digging a trench which was in- tended to convey water from his residence on Centre street to another point. The trench was almost com- pleted when the ground surrounding them caved in and buried six of them. The news of the acci- dent spread like wildfire and crowds of excited people gathered about the trench in an incredibly short space of time. A gang of volunteers was at once organized, and went to work with a will, re- moving the mass of earth. For half an hour they worked like beavers, and at the end of that time had unearthed the bodies of the laborers. The result of the accident was then disclosed in all its terrors. ‘Three of the men were dead, the life having been literally pressed out of them by the mass of carth. ‘THE KILLED AND INJURED. The killed were the brothers Anthony Rischar, single, and John Rischar, married, and Christopher Post, married. Michael Sempher barély escaped with his life, and Christopher Foster will carry the marks of the accident to his grave. This evening Deputy Coroner Miller empanelled a jury, which, after in- vestigation, returned a verdict of sccidental death, the usual manner of disposing of accidents in the coal regions, MURDERED FOR REVENGE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] * NasSHVILLE, Teun., Nov. 25, 1878. Farmington, which was recently aroused to the highest pitch of excitement on account of a fiendish outrage on # white man by a negro, who was lynched, had another bloody sensation on Friday night. John T. Neil, a prominent citizen, was awakened at ten P. M. by the bu of his barn. He had hardly atepped outside of the door before he was shot through and sch os BG eight slugs by an asrassin, whom Neil as Bill Porter, whom he had rosecuted for alleged horse stealing. Neil swore on his deathbed that Porter was the assussin, aud he was arrested. The populace are incensed at the outrage and there is strong talk of lynching Porter, THE DELAWARE MYSTERY, [ey TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) ANNAPOLIS, Md., Nov, 25, 1878, Truman Rose, agent of the State of Delaware, has arrived here with the requisition of the Governor of ‘Delaware for the delivery into his hands of Mrs. John F. Dodaon and the young men Vincent and Newcomb, of Chestertown, Md., charged with assaulting with intent to kill, in the State of Delaware, the negro James Jones, who alleges that the two daughters of Mrs. Dodson gave birth to illegitimate children, whom he buried. Governor Carroll not in the city Mr. Kose left here this morning for the Gov- ernor’s manor in Howard county, Md., to procure his warrant for the authorities in this State to give up the threo accused to the Delaware officers for trial, WILLIAM MILLER'S CHALLENGE, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) BattionE, Md., Nov. 25, 1878, Professor William Miller, the champion athlete, furnishes the following communication, copies of which were sent to New York this evening:— Seeing that Colonel McLaughlin, of Detroit, Mr, McMahon, of San Francisco, and Mr. Owens, of Ver- mont, are in the field, Inow issue the following two challenges to therm :— Firat--I will wrestle either or all of them one fall Greco-Roman rules, one fall collar and elbow rules and one fall catch as catch can above the waist, Greco-Roman rules, with the use of the all Ryd which is Greco-Roman wrestl ng trippin; and collar and elbow wrestling mixed; the winner o two falls in three to be declared the victor. I will ‘a side and upward. make this match for $! ‘ ‘Second—I will make a fhetch with any of the above wrestlers, best two in three falls, at catch as catch can above the waist, with use of the legs, frivpin al- lowed; Greco-Roman rules to govern; match for $000 a side and upward. In answer to the challenges by Mr. Thiebaud Bauer, of New York, through the Naw Yorx Henatp and the s FS time to make a match with him in Greco-Roman wrestling for $600 . I intend sending at once a deposit of New York Sportsman for any of the above and upward. $100 to the wrestlers to cover if they sane os Respectfully, LIAM MILLER, PRACTICAL CHARITY. . _-— 4 Purtapenpnta, Nov. 26, 1878, The first annual meeting of the Society for the Organization of Charitable Relief and the Suppression of Mendicancy was held to-night at Association Hall, ‘The audience was composed of tho best people of the city and was undenominational in charac- ter. Mayor Stokley presided, and Governor Hart ranft, ex-Mayor Fox and others délivered addresses, in which the evil of indiscriminate almagiving was adversely discussed, The new society is designed to act as an organizer of branch societics in each ward and to give intelligent centralized direction to the work of charitable relief in general, putting down | importure and seeking out in theit obseure places of i Petirement the worthy and modest Door, m Randall is his | BALTIMORE BANKERS. . THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES SATISFIED WITH | ARE ITS SECRETARY SHERMAN'S POLICY. [By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) BaLrtMonre, Aspecial mecting of representatives of the banks of Baltimore was held to-dey at the Union Bank, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee appointed to call on Secretary Sherman last week. Heury A. Thompson presided, and W. W. Taylor acted as secretary, The attendance was the largest ever known at a similar meeting here, ouly two bunks failing to have representatives present. Mr. Taylor, of the committee appointed to wait on the Secretary of the Treasury, submitted the following :—-‘The committee appointed at the meeting of the Associated Banks held on the 19th inst., composed of Messrs, ‘Taylor, Norris and Vickers, beg leave to report that | they sought and obtained a conference with Sec | retary Sherman on Saturday last, and they hay now to present an oficial copy of a steno- | graphic record of the substance of their in- terview with him, which interview was a most cordial one, and your committee hop? that the frank expression of the views of Secretary Sherman, as presented, will be considered as sufficient to allay | ail appreheusion here and elsewhere regarding the technica’ truction and operation of the Rexump- tion act.” The interview, as already published, was embodied in the report. The committee also recom- mended the adoption of the following resolutione— Resolved, That pending the early assemblins of Congress, and with the hope that some modification will be adopted by them in the existing currency wets, we deom it prema. tire and ingudicious at this thie te proseribe any line policy which tho banking interests of Baltimore may re- quire hereafter The resolution was adopted and the report accepted unanimously. Mr. Taylor remarked to the mecting that as some misunderstanding might cxist on the subject he would state that Secretary Sherman had informed the committee that the issuing of Clearing House certificates would be continued regularly atter January 1. OYSTER SHUCKER: ON A STRIKE. AN INCREASE OF A DETERMINED DEMAND Yor * WAGES. [BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.] Norvorx, Va., Nov. 25, 1878. Our streets witnessed quite a novel demonstration this morning for this section of the country in the throngs of excited negroes passing and repassing in the business thoroughfares. At ten o'clock, sharp, as if by preconcerted signal, the oyster shuckers at all the oyster packing establishments in this city and vicin- ity, to the number of about eighteen hundred, ceased work, in obedience to an order received from the offi- cers of the Oyster Shuckers’ Union of Baltimore. The strike is for the purpose of compelling the pro- prietors of the packing establishments to pay twenty instead of fifteen cents per gallon for opening oysters. Abont two years ago the compensation waa reduced from twenty to fifteen cents per gallon, since which time the hands have been working at that price. The Baltimore shuckers have been on a strike in that gity for the past five or six weeks, and it seems now that tho strik: to be- come general. ‘The packing establishments are sur- rounded with Be eae of police to prevent violence from the mob. The strike in this city is managed by acommittee that recently came from Baltimore for that purpose. AN UNREASONABLE DEMAND. The dealers state thatthe demand of the shuckers are unreasonabic, being as much as was paid during the war, when prices obtained for oysters were much reater than they now are. There are numbers of Handa who would continue work but for the fact that they apprehend violence from those engaged in the strike, The packers held a mecting this afternoon and resolved to resist the demands of the strikers. The shuckers also held # mass mecting, made speeches, passed resolutions, and decided to have a procession, ‘: ROBBERS DEFEATED. DISCOVERY OF A PLOT TO PILLAGE & RATLBOAD OFFICE, R (Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Omans, Neb., Nov. 25, 1878, A gang of expert bank robbers gathered here to rob the paymaster’s safe upon the Pacific Railroad were unearthed by the police to-dsy, Harry Clayton leader of tho band, a noted swindler and burglar, re- cently from the Penitentiary, was threatened with arrest for other matters, and, to save himself, re- vealed the entire plot. Henry Roe, an employé of the railroad cempany; Joe Bradley, an expert sneak thief from the Fast; K. Smyth, a professional cracks- man from Chicago; Thomas Foster, an Omaha thief and one Pendergast are concerned. All but Bradley are now under arrest. Roe had accomplices among the railrosd employés who are ‘yet un. known, and he learned the amount in the safe one night and what was supposed to be the safe lock combination. Two of the gang entered the B otaroqesrly office with a skeleton key, but were unable to open the safe, and decided to defer the attempt until Smyth could arrive and then break it open, After his arrest Roe made a confession of the matter to J. T. Clark, Assistant Superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad, confirming Clayton's statement, and revealing an attempt to rob the Omaha Elevator Company of an immense amount. Rov was formerly an express messenger, but lost his position by. om ling. The Union Pacific officials were surprised at the amount of correct and yaluable information, sup- posed to be entirely secret from all but the leading employés, which the gang had secured. The men are held on the charge of the elevator burglary, owing to adofect in the State laws—no punishment being pro- vided for conspiracy, which is the only offence which ean probably be attached to the scheme to rob the railroad company. A SHARPER ON HIS TRAVELS. HABEFORD MERCHANTS AND BANKERS DECEIVED BY A PLAUSIBLE GERMAN. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] HantForD, Conn., Nov, 25, 1878. An ingenious and nearly successful swindling operation was detected here to-night. A German, aged about thirty, of engaging manners, came to Hartford on Saturday and represented that he was one of the partners of the firm of J, Stern & Sons, silk manufacturers, of Paterson, N.J. He in- gratiated himseif into the favor of several merchants, and, securing one of them to vouch for his reaponsi- bility, he this afternoon succeeded in getting nego- tiated by the Connecticut River Banking Company @ bogus check for $3,100, purporting to have been signed by Brown, Thompson & Co., a heavy dry goods firm of this city. The bank took the pre- caution of having their draft which it gave on the American National Exchange Bank of New York made payable to the order of the firm that Stern said he ‘was a partner in, This checkmated him, and his next move was to get this draft cashed here. A JEWKLLER SOLD. He finally effected it by purchasing $1,000 worth of diamonds from David Mayer, jeweller, and taking in bom: = $200 in cash and Mayer's check on a Hartford bank. This he endeavored to get cashed after bank hours, but Mayer, ha ing to bo in the bank, had his suspicios excited, and, following Stern to his hotel, forced him to disgorge the check, money and diamonds, and get- ting these, Mayer then refused to return him the draft, which Stern had previously endorsed. Brown, Thomson & Co. pronounce the note a ber ao and state that they never had any dealings with the re- puted Paterson firm. ‘A STERN CHASE. ‘This fact was not learned until after Stern had left the city. He has not yet been arrested nor has any clue to his w! jute been found. The result of the affair is that mo one loses anything his yerations but a. Hartford. merc tiated failed, as he would not submit on what he held as “gilt edge” paper to th demanded, FORGERY DETECTED, Hantrorp, Conn., Nov, 25, 1878. A man giving the name of Samuel Stern, and claim- ing to bea partner in the house of Joseph Stern & Sons, sik manufacturera, of Paterson, N.J., dis- counted a note for $3,106 at the Connecticut River Bank to-day, purporting to have been drawn by Brown, ‘Thomeon & Co., merchants of this city, He took a draft on New York for the note, and afterward ex- changed this with David Mayer, diamond merchant, for $1,000 worth of goods, a check for $1,800'and $200 incash, Mayer, Name suspicions, followed Stern to his hotel and recovered the goods and check, aad investigation. In the kept the draft also, pendi meantime Stern Gisoppeareds It now turns out that the Brown & Thomson note is forgery, that firm having made no pi of the Paterson House, and never giving notes at all in their business, A LEAP FOR LIBERTY. Proytpence, R. L., Nov. 25, 1878, This evening, soon after the Shore Line train from New York for Boston had left Kingston, R. 1, An- drew Brissan, fugitive from Boston, returning from New York in charge of Inspector J, @. Hardon, of the Boston police, sprang from a window of the drawing room car and esvaped, The train was stopped, but Brissan could not be found, THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. SESSIONS ANNUAL OR BLENNIAL—A QUESTION SERIOUSLY AGITAFING THE CITIZENS OF THE OLD DOMINION. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Ricwxonp, , 1BTRS Arogular sensation has been created here within the past few days in the attempt of a city newspaper to prevent the assembling of the Legislature here nest month, The question whether it can do so in ccordance with the constitution is raised, and the negative held by the Siate,« newspaper which has consistently opposed repudiation aud advocated re- trenchment of expenses aud increase of taxation to meet the public debt. A OLANCE AT THE LAW. The constitution of Virginia provides methods for its own amendment. In accord with them certain amendments were adopted in 1576, chief among which were one making the payment of a poll tax a qualification for the exercise of the elective franc! one cutting down the num one changing their per d saluryjand one making the Asse! nial in place of annual, undisputed foree. ‘The quest now in force? ‘Lhe State holds it isin force; that the existing LL had one session and being biennial, cannot another. ‘Lhe press generally supports the measures will be taken to obtain a judicial decision. A MATTER OF ECONOM The treasury is said to be empty; would cost $150,000; the pec waste, and ‘the school adyoc for the schools; the puolic institutions, a lums, colleges antl the rest all want mon and meantime the legal question is agitat jealous of the rs want the money cde It is clauned that the Legislature is functus officio, | and if it assembles — will the amendments are all in fore acted on by this very Legislatur was clected under thom, districted Virginia under m. Theretore the Urges that it is unable to moet again, und it is hinted here that the best lawyers of botu Houses agree with jews. Atallevents the people, if judged from ‘country press, deprecate a session and hold that the Legisiature is biennial and cannot i PACIFIC COAST MINING NEWS. be @ mob, as ail having been The Legislature aid under them and has San Francisco, Nov, 25, 1878. A compromise was to-day effected between J. C. Flood, representing the Union Consolidated, and John Skae, representing the Sierra Nevada, by which the Sierra Nevada deeds to the Union Consolidated its interest in thirty-five feet of ground lying within the Union lines, and a: forty-eight feet of disputed ground lying next to the north line of the Union. The remainder.of 298 feet of disputed ground be- nes the nudisputed property of the Sierra Nevada, This brings the incline of the Sierra Nevada, in which ore was lately discovered, within twenty feet, or, as some actounts say, within twelve feet of the south- erly line of the mine. The trustees of both mines: met to-day and ratified the terms of compromise. Some accounts are to the effect that Flood & Co. have in the settlement obtained control of the Sierra Ne- vada; others that Mr, Skae retains control. News has been received from the Sierra Nevada similar to that previously telegraphed concerning the appearance of the crosscut. ‘ RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION, CaIcAco, Nov. 25, 1878, ‘The Times has learned that a plan is under consid- eration and details arc nearly arranged Wy which the Union and Central Pacific roads are to be consolidated under one management, with Sidney Dillon president and Mr. Clark general ‘manager. Secret conferences to this end have lately been held in New York and San Francisco. RAILROAD PASSENGER RATES. Sr. Louis, Noy. 1878, Two meetings of representatives of all railroads rmnning east from St. Louis were held here to- y and to-night, to cffect, if possible, ar- rangements for the restoration of passenger rates, but nothing definite was done _ It is asscrted that the Atlantic and Great Western folks have loaded up scalpers here, and some of onr roads say they will not restore the rate until the tickets furnished to scalpers are withdrawn, There will be another mecting to- morrow. GREAT FIRE AT ROCHESTER. Rocugster, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1378, At midnight a fire was discovered in the extensive five story building owned by James T. Stewart & Son and occupied by several large shoe shops, croquet factoriee, work and sales rooms of the Rochester Bracket Company, the work and sales rooms of the Wire Whip Company and the salesrooms of Howe & Co.'s and Forsyth & Co.'s scales. The loss is esti- mated at $125,000, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. War Depantaent, d OFFICE OF THT CRIEF SIGNAT, OFFICER, Washinton, Nov. 26—1 A. M. ,) Indications. For New England, partly cloudy weather, frequent light rain or snow, colder northwesterly winds, higher pressure. For the Middle Atlantic States, clearing weather, colder northwesterly winds, higher pressure. For the South Atlantic States, partly clondy weather, followed by rain aveas; warm southerly winds, fall- ing barometer, gencrally followed by rising barome- ter and colder northerly winds. * For the East Gulf States, cloudy, rainy weather; warm southerly, shifting to colder northerly winds, fullowed by rising barometer. For West Gulf States, cloudy and rainy, followed by partly cloudy weather, winds mostly northerly, stationary or lower temperature and pressure, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, partly cloudy weather, areas of occasional rain, winds mostly northerly, nearly stationary temperature, stationary or lower pressure, For lower lake region, areas of light rain or snow, followed by partly cloudy weather; variable winds, mostly northwesterly, stationary or lower tempera- ture; generally higher pressure. For upper lake region, Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, clear or partly cloudy weather; cold northerly winds, becoming variable, and shifting to warmer southerly; stationary or lower pressure. The temperature will fall below freezing in the canal regions to-morrow night. The lower Ohio River will rise, Cautionary off-shore signals continue at Indianola and Galveston, and are ordered for Cape May, Atlan- tic City, Barnegat and Sandy Hook. . THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following recom will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Henarp Building, No. 218 Broadway : Average teniperature yesterday .... oe 495 Average temperature for corresponding date last THE STEWART THEFT. ‘Now that most of the theories touching the spoli- ation of the Stewart vault have been exploded the pttention of detectives has been turned toward a few suspicious circumstances, yet unexplained, which have been associated with the case. One man, whose disappearance gave occasion for much comment, has been singled out as the most likely figure in the case for suspicion to rest upon and he is being sought, high and low. No now developmenta, however, have arisen, and at present the search seems barren of incident. Most of the amateur investigators who on the first flueh resolved themselves into detective agencies have given up the case, and many of the professionals who ‘were engaged in it have now turned their attention to other matters, At the Central Office yesterday nothing new was reported. Several visitors were closeted with Inspector Murray, but the result of their deliberations was not announced, Judge Hilton called about noon and remained over an hour in conference with Inspector Murray. The latter on being asked subsequently whether there were any fresh developments repliedin the negative, MAYOR ELY'R OLEW, The following annonymous letter was yesterday re ceived by Mayor Ely :— Dear Sir-t am personally neqnainted with tho bodys tehers of A. T. Stewart. T know where the body ts, and all parties concerned. I ask no reward, but « pardo will expose all, ax they bave betrayed me. If a pardon he granted teleg a Ber, Omalia, Neb., and E will ive myself w of that city, o appear i Fork if’ Tam assured no harm will hetall ive, AN ASSISTANT OF CARR. Mayor Ely considers the letter as ridiculons, and ‘will not pay any attention to it, All but the last are in | n is, Is the last | many With it that vislature, having huve Y. the Legislature | ” et A CORRECTION. The Washington Republican corrects its recent account of the insane freaks of Colonel Henry W. Janes, lat: of the United States Army, by saying that his malady was not causei by dissipation. Mr. K. ©, Drum, of the Adjutant General's office, and Lieuten- | ant Vau Irsdale publish cards to the effect that | Colonel Janes has always been a temperate man and@ not given to excesses. As the Hrnanp copied the paragraph from ‘the Republican it also copies the cow rection, as follows: It is evident that the National Republican has been betrayed into au error of information in stating that Colone! lost his mental equilibrium Chroughs ¢ His brother states that he has never been addicted to habits of dissipstion, and he speaks whereof he knows, though it was represented the Aepublican reporter that the information as to dissipate? habits appareat rom a reliable source, in addition to the positive assurance of his brother that-Colone! Janes has through life been a yaan of exemplary habits we have communicationy that would sem Yo fully sustain his statements, OBITUARY. MR. A. CHAPIN, Acable despatch tvom Paris last night states that Mr, A. Chapin, of Springfield, Mass, at the Splendide Hotel, Avenue de SENOR JOSE BARO, Adespatch from Havana states that Jose Baro, the Hicheat person in the Lsland of Cuba, died on Satur ay. CAPTAIN THOMAS A, STONE. Captain Thomas A. Stone, United States Inspector of the Blackwater Improvement, died suddenly of heart disease at Franklin, Southampton county, Vai, on Sunday. Deceased was about sixty years of age and was from Washington, D. C. STABBING AFFRAY. A row occurred yesterday afternoon at No, 309 Bleecker street between Theodore Waite, of No. 118 Christophew street, and a man named Joseph Marter, alias “Red Joe,” a painter. Waite was stabbed in the arm with 4 pocket knife and was sent to the New York Hospital, Marter escaped arzest. HOTEL ARRIVALS. George W. Childs and Anthony J. Drexel, of Phila delphia; Congressman G. G. Dibrell, of Tennessee, and Jacob Vanatta, of New Jersey, are at the Fifth Avenue. Governor-elect Henry M. Hoyt, General Charles H. T. Collis and J. §. Rutan, of Pennsylvania, are at the St. James, lear Admiral Charles 8. Bogys, United States navy, is at the Sturtevant. George M. Pullman, T. B. Blackstone and E. B. Phillips, of Chi- cago, are at the Windsor. General S. C. Armstrong, of Hampton, Va.,is at the Union Square. William Bliss, Gbneral Manager of the Boston and Albany Railroad, is at the Brunswick. Ex-Mayor George Innis, of Poughkeepsie, is at the Metropolitan. Ex- Senator S. C. Pomeroy, of Kansas, is at,the Astor. MAILS FOR EUROPE. ‘The steamship Scythia, for Queenstown and Liver pool, and Labrador, for Havre, will sail from this port on Wednesday. ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at five and for France direct at six o’clock A. M. The New York Heratp—Edition for Europe—will be ready at five o'clock this (Tuesday) evening. Single copies, in wrappers fo? mailing, six cents, DARE NOT TO TRIFLE WITH A COUGH. It is inviting death, when safety is.within reach. Stop the cough, heal the lungs, remove all irritation the wind- pipe, reHeve the difficulty of breathing with Hate’s Honxy or Hogxnounn ANd Tak, A fow doses will effect a perfect cure, . Pixr's Tooruacu& Drops care in one minute. A ne beauties of tho mouth decreases ‘The breath's no more a spicy gale; And all must soon in ruins lis, Unless to Sozunont we Macte ov te Mourn. month enchanti Som at Sozopont renders the % of rare antiseptic herbs, it paris whiteness to the teeth, » delicious flower like h_and preserves intact, from youth to aroma to the breat! Pp aze, the tecth Druggints keep it, A COUGH, A COLD OR HOARSENESS INSTANTLY relieved by the use of BROWN'S Bnoncgtat Tnocuxs. 25c. A CONQUEROR OF RHEUMA’ AN ERAD- icator of impure blood, however bad—Hyatrs A B Lire Batsam. EET tee AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY. Mrs. Winstow's SootntnG Syrvr, the gums, reduces inflammation, wind colic and diarrhaa; 2% CBNT! DYEING AND CLEANING AT THE NEW YORK Drrixc axp Peixtixc Estastisnwent, Staten Island, Ontices it., 752 Broadway, G10 6th av., New York> 166 Pierrepont st., Brooklyn, Established 60 years. 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