The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1878, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD; THURSDAY, DEC 5 EMBER ? 1878.—TRIPLE SHEET, % TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. ' OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Policy of the Opposition Foreshadowed. SILENCE IN TITE HILLS. Turkey Indulges in a New Ministry. ITALY STILL UNSETTLED eS , (By CABLE TO THE HERALD.) be Lonpon, Dec. 5, 1878. The British Parliament assembles in extra session to-day. It is regarded as unfortunate that Earl Beaconsfield has no sturdy opponent in the Upper House, for then we should have some of the most interesting parliamentary debates in recent years. The Press Association has reason to believe that the Qucen’s Speech will be de- void of any definite statement as to the future Afghan Policy of the government or means of raising supplies for the war. It will contain no Programme for domestic legislation. This omis- sion is considered to indicate a speedy dissolution of Parliament. ‘The Speech will mention, with satisfaction, the scttlement of the fisheries ques- tion, and express the hope that negotiations now in progress will remove all causes of future dispute. It is officially announced that the liberal leaders have agreed that neither Earl Granville nor the Marquis of Hartington shall move an amendment to the addfess in reply to the royal Speech, but will content themselves in the debate on the address with criti- cising the policy of the government. It is believed, however; that Lord Harrington will subsequently introduce a resolution, But the opposition will pro- Ppoee, in both houses, at an early date, a resolution con- demning the policy of the government. WHAT GLADSTONE WILL Do, fhe Daily News (liberal organ) publishes an authori- tative paragraph, stating that the resolution which the opposition will introduce in the House of Commons will strongly censure the government, but will not refuse supplies. Lord Hartington will probably to-night announce his intention of voting for supplies. The motion of censure will probably not be introduced by Lord Hartington, but by an independent member who has effectively dis- cussed the question elsewhere. (Evidently Mr. Glad- stone.) ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER. A despatch from Lahore to the Daily Telegraph seems to contradict the report telegraphed yesterday that a battle was in progress throughont Monday between General Roberts’ command and the Afghans in the Peiwar Pass. The Telegraph's despatch says:—‘General Roberts, finding the enemy concentrated in sufficient strength to justify the hope of inflicting s crushing defeat on the Ameer’s forces, has delayed the attack until the arrival of all his supplies and transports, so as io be able to follow up any advantage gained. A despatch from the Viceroy of India also states that General Roberts is halting to allow the troops to rest and his supplies to como forward. The Afghans are at the top of the Peiwar Pass, and are known to have two batteries of horse. artillery. Lord Lytton telegraphs that a brigade under General MacPherson has advanced to Bosawal, beyond the Koord-Khyber Pass, to forage and reconnoitre. A despatch to the Daily News from Lahore says Gen- eral Roberts intended to attack the Peiwar Pass by a turning movement, The Afghans were too strongly posted for an attack in front. The Times, in @ leading editorial article this morning, says it has reason to believe that the expenses of occupying the desired frontier in Afghanistan will only be about £1,000,000, As soon as General Roberts has succeeded in erpelling the Afghans from the positions before him the Min- istry’s main object will be secured. NEW TURKISH MINISTRY. The Turkish Ministry have been disminsed. following new Ministers have been appointed :— Grand Vizier—Kheireddin Pacha. Shiekul-islam—Ahmet Assad Effendi. Minister of War—Ghazi Osman. Minister of Forevgn Affairs—Karatheodori Pacha, Minister of the Interior—Kadri Pacha. Minister of Justice—Said Pacha, Minister of Commerce—Djevdet Pacha. Minister of Public Works—Sawas Pacha, Photiades, who has been raised to the rank of Pacha, will succeed Karatheodori Pacha as Governor of Crete. Reouf Pacha has been dismissed from the post of Grand Master of Artillery. Said Pacha will act also as Minister of the Interior and Sawas Pache as Minister of Foreign Affairs until Kadre Pacha and Karatheodori Pacha arrive from Bagdad and Crete. The imperial decree announcing the appointments recommends the new Ministers to strive to carry out the projected reforms to repair the evile of dhe late war. Tho decree also ‘announces that the projected reforms will be shortly promulgated. The Bulgarian Boundary Commissionera say they ‘were forced to return to Constantinople because the Russians, despite reiterated requests, delayed furnish- ing an escort, and General Todleben refused to re- ceive them when they wished to remonstrate. The Times’ Constantinople correspondent says th Sultan has great confidence in Kheir- eddin Pacha, the new Grand Vizier. The appointment signifies a vigorous effort to inaugurate The important reforms, which Kheireddin Pacha considers perfectly consistent with the car- dinal = principles of © Mohammedanism. A special despatch to the Times from Pesth says:— “Negotiations between Russia and ‘Tur! rela tive to’ a definitive convention proceed favor- ably. Turkey acknowledges her liability to pay 300,000,000 roubles indemnity and agrees to pay itin yearly instalments. The point still pending is the insertion of provision relative to Montenegro.”’ AUBTRO-HUNGARIAN TROUBLES, The action of tho Budget Committee of the Austrian Delegation, which forces Count Andrassy to demand @ vote of confidence, was the adoption by the com- mittee of a report incorporated with the Foreign Office estimates, wherein the reporter criticised Count Andrassy's Eastern policy and replied to the arguments in the Premier's speech, thus leaving censure against him on record, while the Premier could not rejoin. At a conference of the liberals in Pesth Premier Tisza pointed for a programme to his former declarations relative to annexation and to Connt An- drassy’s recent statements, The liberals at the con- ference declared their readiness to support this pro- gramme. M. Tisza declared himself and colleague ready to form a new Cabinet which would present it- self to the Dict on Saturday, ‘THE OPPOSITION IN ITALY. ‘The debate in the Italian Chamber of Deputies lost much of its interest because of the absence of Premier = Cairoli, his wound not — permit- ting him to attend. ‘The opposition tacked the Cabinet regarding the recent lawless outbreaks, and declared that complete order reigned in Italy until the Left came into office, The govern: ment supporters said that the throwing of bombs, organization of Barsanti clubs and other lawlessness were evils inherited from the conservative gov- | ernment. The discussion is likely to con- | tinue several days and end by the government | demanding @ vote of confidence, Meetings in favor of the government are organizing throughout the country, A meeting, attended by 15,000 persona, was | held in Milan Tnesday night. The Rome /iberta | ptates that 290 deputies are pledged to vote against_ | onment for 1 the government, being a majority of 90. A Ministe- Tial crisis is therefore inevitable. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS, M. Delbeeque, Director of the French Mint, has been arrested ut Bordeaux charged with abstracting 1,200,000, worth of silver bars belonging to the Rothschilds and substituting galvanized copper bars. The Court of Cassation at Madrid has allowed Moncasi’s appeal on the ground of misapplication of the'code of criminal’ procedure. The new trial will begin in about a fortnight. ‘The term of Suleiman Pacha’s sentence to impris- isconduct during the war’ is fifteen He has taken an appeal. ANOTHER FENIAN FOR NEW YORK, The Fenian convict Tierney, alias O'Connor, has been released and placed aboard the steamer City of Chester for New York. The authorities observed the utmost secrecy in the affair. CABLE ITEMS, The Czar has arrived at St. Petersburg, The Brussels journals announce that MM. T’Kindt and Fortamps have decided to appeal trom the judg- ment of the Conrt. Guilletmot & Woylandt, bankers, and N. Hoeglund, merchant, of Stockholm, have failed. ‘The liabilities of the latter are extensive. His failure is due to a fall in the price of iron. Great preparations have been making at Berlin for the reception of the Emperor to-day. The city is crowded with visitors and the strects are thronged with people viewing the decorations, Mr, J. H. Russell's objection to the grant of a patent to Mr. Edison, the American inventor, for his electrie light, is that he (Edison) is not the true and firat in- yentor of the light. The Times says that several rivals are in tho fleld who claim to be before Edison with his alleged invention. The body of St. Francis Xavier was exposed on Tuesday to view in the Cathedral of Goa, in the presence of many Catholics, who came from various parts of the world. The ceremonial was impressive and excited much religious enthusiasm. years, ANOTHER GLASGOW .SMASH. ‘THE CALEDONIAN BANK GOES INTO LIQUIDATION— 4 HOPELESS WRECK PROBABLE, [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Grascow, Dec. 5, 1878. The Caledonian Bank has concluded to go into liquidation, in consequence of its holding some of the stock of the City of Glasgow Bank. The other Scotch banks will take the Caledonian’s notes and pay its depositors, Its general business solvent, and it has a paid-up capital of $750,000, and deposits to the amount of $5,215,000. Its paid-up capital is to be set aside, to await the result of the City of Glasgow Bank's liquidation. is VIRGINIA’S DEBT. EUROPEAN CAPITALISTS OFFER TO FUND IT AT THREE AND FOUR PER CENT—GOVERNOR HOLLI- Day's VIEWS-—OPPOSITION OF “REPUDI- ATOBS”—A QUESTION OF NATIONAL IMPOR- TANCE. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] RicuMonp, Dec. 4, 1878, ‘The portion of Governor Holliday’s message to-day- communicating to the General Assembly the propo, sition of the banking houses of Baring Brothers, the Rothschilds and other leading English and American bankers for the settlement ofthe debt of Virginia by funding the same in four per cent bonds has created a profound impression and has evidently cansed an uncasy fecling among the ‘forcible readjuaters”’ of the Legislature. These ‘re- adjusters’ do not desire any settlement of the debt at this time, but prefer to keep the matter open, to be used as an issue in future clections, and, if porsible, to elect an adjuster to the office of United States Senator to succeed Senator Withers. The re- adjusters will, doubtless, oppose any proposition which might be acceptable to the bondholders, and their leading men will bitterly assail the proposed ad- justment. In the opinion of old politicians, however, the readjusters will be unable this year to command the strength they ex- hibited lsst winter. The indications from various portions of the State, notably in the Con- gressional elections, are that the people will favor some such adjustment as that now proposed. The debt ing seritiment in the Legislature is stronger and ‘ore pronounced than it has been for years. . INTELLIGENT MEN WANT HONEST SETTLEMENT. ‘There is a sanguine feeling that if this debt is not provided for in a way honorable to the State and sat- isfactory to the creditors, as represented by the financiers above named, an appeal will be made at the next general election, in 1879, to the honest sentiment of the State, which will indorse proposition of the Barings, The intelligen] people of the State are becoming thoroughly con- helous of the importance of the subject, as evinced few days since by a published address signed by @ number of the heaviest taxpayers, leaders in commerce and distinguished divines, and are determined to avert the threatened dis- grace of repudiation. The contest is important Slgo from ® national point of view. Virginia in considered the most conservative of the Southern States. If she shoukl repudiate her obligations it might well be feared that all the Soutnern States would follow her lead in this as they have in times past followed her example in other important matters. The whole country ia therefore interested to some extent in the struggle. Many believe there is @ reasonable prospect of im- mediate success of the scheme laiddown by Governor Holliday even with this Legislature. ‘THE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS. ‘The Governor, in his message, holds that it is the question of questions for Virginia, involving every other, hen that is settled honorably and’ finally she will staré upon a career that will not be unworthy of her histary. He advocates the use of every honor- able effort to harmonize views, and thus secure a conclusion which will establish credit and prosperity. He says there is no man or body of men connected with the State government who is secretly or openly in favor of repudiation. No excuse for the nonpayment of the debt ever can be urged, wave inability. He shows that from the Auditor's statement the interost on the debt is nearly $1,700,000, which, after deducting the net revenue applicable to the payment thereof, leaves a deficit of over $850,000. He says there are only two ways open for honorable settlement—that is, by an increase of taxation or fair aud friendly adjustment with creditors. Repudiation or forcible readjustment would bring ruin; but increased taxa- tion, though it might cause suffering and privation for a time, would ultimately bring prosperity and peace. ‘To pay the large deficit would require na lest than an increase of thirty to forty cents on the $100 of property. Ifthe State of Virginia is not able to pay the debt or full interest thereon, and ultimately the principal, she ought to have recourse to the other measure this side of foree—an honorable and amicable jastment with her creditors. the extensive correspondence he had with the State's creditors, ho had not found them Shylocks, but had found them willing to listen to reason and consider every statemeut made thei in good faith. The result of this correspondence is a proposition from @ council of foreign bondholders in London for the payment of four per cent in gold upon the whole debt, principal aud interest funded, exempt from taxes, with coupons receivable for all taxes, all dues, & also another proposition recommending four percent for the consols and threo and one-half per cent, in gold, for all other classes of bonds, principal and ‘interest funded, &c. ‘The Governor ‘says that even sue ® settlement will demand an increase of axation, ORDER RESTORED IN KENTUCKY, Crxctnnatt, Ohio, Deo, 4, 1878, Advices from Broathitt county, Ky., indicate that quiet has again been restored. Notwithstanding des- perate efforts on the part of the friends of Jason Lit tle, the murderer, to release him, Sheriff Higgins succeeded in delivering him to the jailer of Madison county, where ho was ordered for safo keeping by Judge Randall. Governor McCreary has issued in- structions for a special term of the court in Jackson ax soon a8 practicable to indict and punish all the parties who part! a in the late disturbance and also ordered the McCreary Guards to be ready to march to aid the court, if necessary. ANOTHER CHARLIE ROSS. WIinkraparne, Pa., Doo, 4, 1878, Aspecial despatch from Towanda says ‘Nelson Vanderpool, @ half-breed Indian, residing in thie county, claims to have Charlie Ross in his pos- session, tived here from Phila- deiphia last night, and left this morning, in company swith, ‘anderpool, for a place nine miles distant to in- | vestigate the matter,’”’ COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. SECOND SESSION OF THE SUBSIDY MEN AT NEW ORL RESOLUTIONS PASSED PAVORING CONGRESSIONAL HELP YOR ScOf?’s TEXAS PACIFIC RAILROAD, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) New On) , Dee. 4, 1878, The Commercial Convention, which is unques- tionably composed of as fine a body of representa- tive men as ever came together in this city, met here this morning at ‘The munber of States represented now is eighteen, as follows: — Georgia, orth Carolina, Mlinois, NS- Louisiana, Maine, Missixsippi, Missouri, in. Under ‘the permanent organization the officers are:— Presdent—General Fitz Hugh Lee, rive Presidents«-E. D. Holten, Wisconsin; c. Kentucky; Alabama; Jones 8. Hamilton, Mississipy M. Gleun, Ohio; J. W, Richman, Mlinois; J. A, Cowar din, Virginia; F. 8. Goode, Louisiana; H. J. Remer, Indiana. ecretary—H. G. Hester, Louisiana. Four stznding committees were appointed—f) on the Improvement of the Navigation of the Mississippi and the Confinement of Its Waters Within Its Banks, (2) on # Sonthern Railroad, on Commerce with Foreign Nations, (4) on Memorializing Congress ‘Touching the Measures Adopted by the Convention. BUSINESS OF THE CONVENTION, The first business done on the assembling of the Conyention was the inauguration of the officers, General Lee being escorted to his seat by Jobn |. Eubank, of Virginia, and John Hoyar, of Missouri. General Lee was greeted by loud applause. Coming to the front of the stage, he thanked the Con- yention in a most cloquent address, which was frequently interrupted by applause, showing how much the kindly sentiments he uttered were felt by the entire delegation. A vote of thanks was then unanimously tendered to E. D, Holten, who had con- ducted the preliminary meeting of the Convention. Mr. John B. afitte then urged at some length the necessity of establishing such a treaty with France as would promote our interests with that country. Frank Hatch, of Louisiana, offered a resolution | for th lishment of the quarantine, and Mr. Mal- | lory, of Kentucky, offered another resolution for the establishment of anational quarantine, both of which resolutions were referred to appropriate committees, AIMING AT THE UNITED STATES TREASURY, A resolution was then offered by Hon. Louis Bush, of New Orleans, to memorialize Congress_in favor of the improvement of the Mississippi River, and another resolution by Mr. Burch, of Missouri, urging Congress to make such appropriations as would always keep navigation open at the mouth of the river, Atter some debate on these resolutions and their proper reference to the several committees the Convention adjourned until half-past two o'clock. After recess the Committee on the Southern Pacific Railroad reported, through its chairman, indorsing the road known as the Texas Pacific Railroad, a bill in favor of which is now pending before Congress, and urging the national government to take such action as would complete this road. This met with some fierce opposition from some of the delegates from Texas, but the resolution was finally carried, OTTAWS. TLLUUNATED, The Canadian Capital in a Blaze of Light. THE aemetameee END OF Lord Lorne and Princess Louise in the Torchiight Procession. See [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Orrawa, Dee, 4, 1878, The festivities of many days were brought to a | termination at Ottawa this evening by illumination of the city in honor of the General and his royal bride, At halt-pust six o'clock the procession formed at the City Hall square, Under | the direction of th ox, City Couneil and m bers of the Ree Committes it pr | to New Elinburgh bridge, where the vice- | regal - part including Tord Lorne, __ the Princess Loui Colonel MeNcil and others of the suite met on their way from Rideau Hall, under an escort furnished by the Dragoon | Guards, Here the procession formed in the follow- ing order:— Carriages Containing Members of the Reception Com | mittee, Marshal. Band. Fady Wire Company. Marshal. Conqueror Horse Company. ainin, The sidewalks of the streets along the line of pro- cession were crammed from curb to wall, leaving the central passages tolerably clear for vehicles. ‘Their excellencies witnessed the illumination by traversing Sussex street to Ride street, thence to the Parliament grounds by way of Duf- ferin Bridge, through the Parliament grounds to Bank street, down Bank strect to Vittoria street, up Vittoria strect to Wellington strect, down Welling- ton street to Bank street, down Bank street to Sparks street, down Sparks street to Elgin street, down Elgin street to City Hall square, thence to Sparks strect, over Sap- per's Bridge to Sussex strect, when they with- drew and were escorted back to Rideau Hull by a detachment of dragoon guards. ‘The procession con- tinued through a few of the principal strects, dis- banding at City Hall square at half-past nine P.M. A SPLENDID ILLUMINATION, The illumination was, beyond doubt, the grandest ever witnessed in the capital, and eclipsed even those and the Convention then adjourned until to-morrow | °¢ Halifax and Montreal. With the exception morning at ten o'clock. bof a slight breeze, which in some _ parts The following is the text of theresolutions concern- | of the city interfered with the gas jets, ing the Texas Pacific:— commercial inter of the country sity, aw t way connecting the waters pi River with the “Pacific Ocean ‘ { practicable route alone or near the thirty- second parallel of north Intitude; aud whereas, in order to secure cheap transportation over said line, cheap cost of construction ix absolutely necessary, which can only be secured by such tpeasnres as will secure cheap money upon the securities of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, now seeking to complete its line on the Thirty-second par’ allel as an open highway, free to all railway business, with its earnings subject to the regulating power of Congress, a feature in the proposit company which clearly shows that it has recognized the duty and im. portance of applying the best laws of economy in the com- Merce of the world in its application to Congress for national aid; and whereas, « government guarantee of @ low rate of interest on the bonds of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company would seem to afford the most certain means of obtaining the funds necessary to construct this Texas and jc Railway: and the bill now pending hefore Congress to complete said line from Fort Worth, Texas, to Sun Diego, C which confides in no person unconneeted with the enter- by the mi prise, byt inculcates the wisdom of suspicion and jealousy. Uf thone who are to receive the national trust, by provisions of the company for ne of harmony with the people, government company, ‘a dill which seems best adapted to secure spoody nd to enable the com- low rate of interest; this Convention recommend and urge. upon Congress to take immodiate favorable hetion on said bill to the end that the Texas and. Pacific Railroad may be constructed at the earliest possible mo- ment, that competition by an independent competitive line be secured, and that the Inboring and manufacturin interests of the country may be stumulated ; whereas, competing lines north and south of and, the existing road are essential to tho welfare of the whole country, be it resolved that the aid already granted Ps ic ral government to the Northern by the ge Railroad Company should not. be. withdrawn whereas, unless the Union and Central Pacific Rail Corapanies are held to the strictest accountability the be! fit of the competing lines will be lessened or lost; the i a "Resolved, That the Union and Central Pacific railroad companies should be held to the strictest compliance with their charters and the laws rogulating them. INSURANCE OFFICIALS ON TRIAL. Hantrorp, Conn., Dec. 4, 1878. In the Hartford County Superior Court to-day com- menced the trial of certain of the ex-officers of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company of this city, Henry J. Furber, of New York, ex-financial manager; 8. R. Wiggin, of Boston, and James C. Walkley, of Higganum, Conn., ex-president, and Samuel H. White, now of Now York, ex-vice president. The general charge is that of conspiracy to cheat and de- fraud the policy-holders of the institution. There was alarge attendance to-day, mainly of insurance men, ‘The indicted parties were asked to plead cariy in the proceedings, and they each entered a plea of not milty. ‘The State's counsel were State Attorney Kiamsraley, Lafayette 8. Foster, of Norwich, and John R. Buck, of this city; and for the defence appeared Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer, of New York; Charles FE. Perkins, Lewis E. Stanton and Alvan P. Hyde, of this city; Daniel P. Chadwick, of Lyme, Conn., and Judge Leonard Swett, of Chicago, the latter appearing in the particular interests of Mr. Furber. An hour or more was consumed in impan- elling 8 jury, both the State and the defence exhaust- ing their right of challenging before the number was complete. The Court then took a recess until after- noon. ‘THE INDICTMENT. At the reopening of the court after recess the clerk read to the jury the indictment. The first count charges the defendants with a conspiracy to defraud the policy holders of the company; with h: transferred to themselves @ majority of the cap stock, thereby obtaining control of the institution; with paying large sums to Chariton 8S. Lewis to bribe him to improperly influence Mr. Stedman, the Connecticut Insurance Commissioner, to ive his official sanction .to the insolvent com- pany: with creating “new offices with large perquisites, and with squandering funds. ‘The next two counts were erased, and the fourth charged that the defendants conspired to deceive the insurance companies by a false showing of assets as $13,000,000 instead of the true amount, $9,000,000, ‘The fifth and last charged a conspiracy to obtain con- trol of the stock and office property, with intent to manage the business to enrich themselves to the detriment of the policy-holders. Each count also charges that the things alleged are high crimes and misdemeanors, and sets forth the details of the sev- eral things alleged to have been done. STATEMENTS OF COUNSEL. After the reading of the indictment, which occupied an-hour, Mr. Perkins, for the defence, made a detailed statement of the proceedings last September, before dudge Beardsley, when the demurrer to the original information was argued. In concluding his reruarks Mr. Perkins moved that the Court allow an argument to determine which of the means charged in the in- dictment are sufficient to sustain the allegations. The Court refused to grant the motion, which should have been made, he remarked, at an earlier period in the case, State Attorney Hamersley addressed the jury, set- ting forth the matters that the prosecution woud prove--that the uccused used their trust relations with the company for purposes of cheating and to enrich themselves; that in 1875 Mr. Furber bonght a majority of the stock at $115 per share, and distri- buted it to other Nyon in pursuance of arranged plan; that illegal contracts were entered into by the accused in behalf of the company, and that the assets were largely misrepresented to the State Insurance Department. EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES, ‘The testimony opened with the calling of FE. A. Stedman, an assistant in the office of the Insurance Commissioner, who was reqnosted to produce the returns made by the Charter Oak in December, 1874, This was objected to by the defence on the ground that this was not referred to in the indictment, and that it was signed by only one of the accused, ex-President Walkley, ‘ho had signed none of the subsequent reports, The Court reserved its decision, and an adjournment was taken until to-morrow. FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED, [ny TELEGRAPH TO THD HERALD. ] Trenton, N. J., Dec, 4, 1878, A man named Thomas Kearney left his home in Cambersburg, @ suburb of this city, on the 2th of November. No tidings of him had been received until to-day, when his lifeless body was found floating in the ‘Delaware River, near Bordentown. It is surs mised that he met bis death by foul nlay, the weather was all that could be expected at this season of the year. The illumination was general; in fact, the city wes a perfect blaze of glory, and their Excellencies are said to have remarked that it was the grandest sight of the kind they had ever witnessed. Bonfires were lighted in every quarter of the city, and fireworks of all de- scriptions were displayed from prominent places in the different wards. The streets were as bright as day, and, with the buildings illuminated in every imaginable way, presented a seene of brilliancy and beauty of which the eye could not easily tire. It is hardly possible to par- ticularize, so numerous were the attractive features, The City Hall was one blaze of light. The windows contained elegant transparencies. The Par- liament buildings and grounds were illuminated, and, with the aid of calcium lights, looked beautiful. The civil sorvice arch was the grandest sight of all. Its scores of crests, monograms, flags, mottoes and shields shone out with unsurpassed splendor and attracted thou- sands of people. The Montreal telegraph offices, the newspaper offices, banks, dry goods shops, and in fact all the stores on Sparks, Welling- ton, Rideau and Sussex streets, were grand in the extreme. The exterior gas illumi- nation on many prominent buildings dis- played besides the splendid gas jet designs the out- lines of the grand architecture and eleant sculpture of some of the private residences, which were taste- fully decorated, the principal among them being that of Mr. Audy, on Daly street, where an illuminated wigwam and an elegantly furnished residence stood side by side, contrasting Canada as it was with what it is. The convents were also gorgeously decorated and illuminated. The torchlight procession must have been witnessed by 20,000 people. The streets along the route of the procession were densely packed with spectators, and looked as though the entire population was out. A FALSE ALARM. During the progress of the procession through Spark street an alarm of fire was sounded from box No. 2, creating a general stampede, as the hose reels camo tearing through the excited crowd. Fortunately, no accident occurred, other than a serious crashing of Guardian Walsh, as his reel was passing out of the station. The alarm was caused by an explosion of fireworks on the balcony of the Union House, which was, however, extinguished without the aid of the brigade. Pickpockets have been figuring conspicuously here since Monday last, on several occasions with noteworthy success. To-night Detective Ban- ning arrested seven of them—six males and one prepossessing female—and the credit is claimed by the Ottawa force, this gang having de- feated previous attempts at arrest at the time of the Hanlan-Courtney boat race near Montreal, On one of the parties arrested $2,500 were found, and upon others money in smaller sums, Gold watches, chains and various valuables were also found, con- firming beyond doubt the charges upon which they are detained. ONONDAGA'S DISGRACE. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ASK FOR A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE COUNTY POORHOUSE, [BY TELRGRAPR TO THE HERALD.) Synacesr, N. Dee, 4, 1878, The remarkable disparity between the two reports made to the Board of Supervisors yesterday by the committee who discovered the horrors existing in the Insane Asylum of the County Poorhouse, nipped in the bud the attempts to whitewash the outrage. Had Mr. Chase, the dissenting committeeman, reported in accord with his colleagues, dodging the question and soft soaping the powers that be, instead of coming boldly to the front and speaking the hurtful truth, there would, no doubt, have been no official notice taken of the horrible condition of things found at the County House, One of their own body having boldly exposed the shamefal facta, the Super- visors were left 10 other alternative than to ask foran official investigation. Action took form in. the ofter- ing of the following preamble and resolation, which were adopted without dissent :— Whereas, by an Associated Press despatch and the edi- torial comments thereon by the leading papers of the coun- ts relative to tho multreatimner the in ers, 0b improper county, but upon the general system of management of the inane i nty asyluins; therefore esolved, That the Board of Charities be requested to appoint « committse who, in conjunction with a eomtit- tee trom this Board, shall thoroughly Investigate the en tire system of treatment of the insane at the County Asylum, and saggest sueh changes in tho methods there practised and in the ac ations for the insane as tnay be conducive to their improvement as far ae practica- Ule, without material inerense in expense to the county, ‘This oction is the legitimate and direct consequence of the comments made upon the outrage in the HERALD, which, in arraigning the Board of Supervis- ors, struck at once at the root of the evil. The better inclined members coming to the rescue in @ spirit f self-defence compelled an acquiescence in the pro- d investigation. je Perhaps the tact that it was noised abroad that certain citizens had under- tuken to sk an investigation at the hands of the — State Board of Charities may have hurried the Supervisors. I learn also that steps are being taken looking to the removal from office of Superintendent of the Poor Loomis, for mal- feasance in office, A certified copy of the resolation adopted to-day will be sent to Commissioner Dey: | possessions with the ch | ment of army officers that the ereaux, of the State Board of Charities. An investiga- tion is likely to follow in @ short time, The cargo is believed to be all ESCAPED FROM SITTING BULL, HOSTIT. PERCES Til CHIE! ‘HE: AVE: THEIR WAY TO THE I AN INDIAN ACADTA, (BY TELEGRAPH Y D OF TRE GR BADLY TRE. T Stoux . Demp ‘antry, with soldier night with seventeen Nez Pe who came | inte Lapwai Ageney, Idahe ios from Sit- ting Bull camp, ‘The chief, Tapabo, end ti n poral W braves, who had a fight with lace in the | Litter Root Mountains, are among them, 'Capabe | 1, These men were with Jo- | seph, and af into the F dw mains there. The warr that Sittin has a great number of warriors, but braves: al treatel as slaves by the Sioux end forced | todo menial work. ’ DISPOSITION OF THE PRISONERS, Captain Dempsey left Lewiston with his prisoners ou Novel In a steamer, proceeded to Portland, | Oregon, and to San Prancisco and thenes overland. ne prisoners will be delivered to Avent Jones, of the Quapaw Ag at Baxter Springs, Indian Territo: and given equal privileges of the r yseph aud bis band. J. B, Monteith, for eight wccompanies the pa ent civilized who’ fo 4 eph’s band. axtain the stat 2 Peroés are the jans on the INDIAN AC. most intelligent 4 DIA. Captain Dempsey siates that Lapwai a perfect servation ith the exception that the | Tw. Indian Acadia, the 1,100 Indians on th being self-supporting, government tirnishes agricultural implem ‘ad and twenty of the Indians are wed in | ing and ure well civilized. They 110,000 6,000 r hout u They two churches, they elect their own chief anni- ally, and the civilized portion of the tribe wre fully equal to the white settlers ot the region. SHOT THROUGH A WINDOW. FATAL TERMINATION oF A NEIGHBORHOOD QUARREL, [BY TELEGRAPH 10 THE KERALD.] Unica, N. ¥., Dee. 4, 1878. James Morris Hatch, aged fifty years, and Felix | McCann, aged nearly sixty, livel neighbors in Nigger Hollow, about three miles from Sherburne, Chenango | county. Both were farmers in very moderate cir- cwnatances, MeCann was addicted to occasional | sprecs. He has adanghter, aged fourteen years, by | his second wife. For the last two years originating in the fact that MeCann’s chickens tros- passed on Hatch’s grounds. Tuesday afternoon Hateh shot one of the chickens. When McCann caine home his wife told him of tho shooting. ‘The husband had bought a box of pereussion caps in Sherburne that day, Just about dark Mrs. Hatch, while dressing in a closet, heard a gun fired, and, on looking around, saw her husband fall and exclaim, “I'm shot! I'm gone! I'll never get over it!” He died instantl, On looking out at the window Mrs, Hatch saw Fel McCann, with an army musket, leaning over. the fence twenty-six feet distant. She cried “Murder and he ran away. He was arrested shortly after, ting quietly in’ his house, and made no resista: positively denying the shooting. His musket was empty and the powder was fresh and soft in the barrel. Lexisted, CONFLICTING STORTES. McCann says he has had criminal intercourse with Mrs. Hatch, whose reputation is bad in and about Sherburne.’ Hatch’s breast is filled with shot. ‘The corroborative evidence ugainst McCann is strong, but some are casting suspicion on Mrs. Hatch. MeCann appears unconccrued and claims to be innocent. His wife and little daughter say he was at his house at the time of the murder, but admit that he was doing chores around the barn. His home is very near Hatch’s. An inquest is being held. INDICTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER, [py TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Boston, Dee, 4, 1878. The Grand Jury of Norfolk county to-day reported an indictment of manslaughter against Charles H. Hartwell, conductor of tho freight train which caused the terrible disaster at Wollaston Heights on the Old Colony Railroad last October. ANTARCTIC VOYAGING. CAPTAIN DUNBAR’S ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE FLYING FISH—COVERED WITH ICE. The German bark O. Kohan, Captain H.C. Dade, commanding, arrived in this port yesterday from Iquique, off the coast of Peru, whence she had taken a load of guano, The O, Konan had on board a por- tion of the crew of the Flying Fish, a schooner of seventy-five tons burden, built at Gloucester, Mass., and owned by Lawrence & Co., of New London, Conn., which was abandoned October 6, in latitude 41 deg. 20 min. south, longitude 44 deg. 10 min. west. The following particulars of the loss of his vessel (some of which have already appeared in the HERALD) were obtained from Captain William Dunbar:— ‘The Flying Fish sailed from New London on the 24th of last June with a crew of sixteen men, bound to South Georgin in quest of seal and sea lion, On the 30th of August, in latitude 51 deg. 30 min. south, longitude 41 — deg. 10 =min. west, the vessel encountered a heavy gale from the south and was soon cgvered with ice, the head gear and nearly all the rigging being frozen stiff, The ico on the deck’and sides was a foot thick, and all hands we for several days in cutting it away to prevent the vessel from inking. Iecbergs ‘and large fields of ice were to be seen in all direc- tions. On the 10th of September, tne weather being then clear, with strong westerly bree a pack of ice was discovered, extending from north: west to southeast, as far as the eye could reach, The following afternoon, at four o'clock, Willes Island was sighted, twenty miles away. Within ten miles of the island a belt of water, cight or ten miles wide, and extending south-southeast, was found to contain numerous icebergs. The schooner lay to, chains were bent and the anchors got ready. A TERRIBLE POSITION. At ten o'clock the wind hauled around to north- cast, with a blinding snow storm. ‘The land then lay directly east and the icepack due west, At midnight the wind again changed, this time blowing a hurri- cane from the south. In ashort time the schooner was encased in a mass of ice and began to settle down at the head, the water rising above the forecastle floor. ‘The pumps would not work and all hands were employed in cutting a the ice, The hands and feet of some of the sailors were frozen. This state of affeirs continued till the Mth inst., the southern gale blowing the Piying Fish constantly to the north, “She was now,” said Captain Dunbar, “a complete iceberg, with very little. wood to be scen."’ The deck beams worked badly every time the vessel rolled, “On the 1th the weather moderated, the ice ent away, allowing the vessel's head to rise. 1¢ w found that a leak had been sprung and was gradual increasing: but the pumps were now fortunately i condition to be worked. Gales and icebergs were encountered on September 22, 23 and 24, and, as the vessel was hardly in # condition to sail, the boats were made ready to abandon her, On the 29th the leak increased in size, and the schooner was headed north- west, under easy sail, to get into the way of vessels bound round Cape Horn, This was about one hundred miles from South Georgia, Ten icebergs were in sight, some of them four or five miles long and surrounded with much drift ice. On the morn- ing of October 5, when matters were approaching a crisis, the bark O. Kohan was sighted and hove to. ‘The sea was too rough to allow the boata to be low- ered, and that night the water in the hold gained rapidly, At daybreak Captain Dunbar lowered two boats, taking the sick men in his own. Capsizing on the way to the bark, they barely escaped with their lives, On the 20th of October the English brig Hannah, Captain Thomas Jones, bound to Buenos Ayres, took eight of the shipwrecked men from the O. Kohan, and four days later the Portugnese brig Pedro, bound to Pernambneo, took five of the eight who remained. Captain Dunbar speaks in the highest terms of Cap- tain Dade's treatment of himself and fellow sufferers, STORM TOSSED. ‘The brig Catherine, Captain Shearer, which left Bahia on September 17 with a cargo of sugar for A. H, Salomon & Co., this city, arrived at this port on ‘Tuesday morning last inadisabled condition, During the earlier part of the voyage unustally fine weather was had, but on the morning of the 25d of Novem. her, the wind being south, but with a clear sky, white squalls began to be felt and a storm gradually set in; until about two o'clock in the afternoon it raged fiercely, The vessel was then under close reefed top- sails, steering northwest, but the wind suddenly hauled to the west-southwest and gained ad- ditional force, During this heavy squall the foretopmast backstays parted, The tain then ait the helm up and kept the ship before the wind until the masts were secured, The storm con- tinued raging with unabated violence during the night, the sea sweeping the decks fore aud aft, amashing and washing away a bone above decks, She afterward encountered ver avy Weather. On ‘Tuewday morning the vessel was towed up to the Battery, and is now ag Be her consignees’ wharf, foot of Congress street, Brooklyn, ‘The brig is owned by her commander, fain Shearer, and it is es- timated that the loss sustained will be at least $1,000. safe, 1 this city to- | , light | of clothing hadi MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan Deranrmesr, oF THE CHIEF SiGNaL ( W ssurnoton, De b—1 Indica La For New England and the Middle Atiantic States, weather, northwesterly winds Ovricr ‘and rising barometer, For the South Atian: clear yudy weat northwest. lower temperature and generally and East Gulf States, or partly eh r, winds mostly ar weather, variable ature, yenerally sithe Ohic rly, r Winds mostly wes ature generally higher pr er lake region, snow, weather hwesterly, hi wi ov Mississippi will rise, ature will fall below freezing in the The display of signals will be dis Lilwaukeo, 1th inst. als continue at Lewes, y, Barnogat, Sandy Hook and rails at Cleveland, Sece One oud tinned on the lake WEATHER YE z 4 record will show the changes in the temy®ature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- indicated by the Uh Henawy building, N 1877. meter at Hudnut's pharm Broadway 38 we ABI BURNED TO DEATH. mestic in the emaploy of Mr, Wille jam Morton, No. 14 Vanderpool street, Newark, was. burned to death in the Kitchen yesterday. A hot coal dropped from the range on her dress, and before she knew it her cloth 3 in a blaze all around her. She ran into the garden—her motion simply fanning the flames—where a work: her by throwing a coat about her. burned to ashes. from her window and ran with a bedquilt. the flames were put out, but not until every n burned off the poor Lizzie Ring, a de tried to save twas The A neighbor saw the terrible Finally titeh She was removed to St. Barnabas’ Hospital, where she died subsequent HOTEL ARRIVALS. Congressman A. Hubbell, of Michigan; Coys ernor Horace Fairbanks, of Vermont; ex-Governor William B, Washburn, of Massa¢husetts; Stata ‘Treasurer James Mackin, of Albany, and Mayor W. J. Hurst, of Auckland, N. Z., are at the Fifth Avenue, General 8. W. Craw- i Billings, of Vere jelphia, are at tha Chevalier Wikofy of London ford, United States Army; mont, and C. B. Wright, of Ph Brevoort. Joaquin Miller is at the New York. John W. 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