The New York Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1878, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. ON TO JELALABAD. The British Advance Made Without Opposition. PRINCESS ALICE'S DEATH. at eli ee Russia’s Anxiety About the Turk- ish Indemnity, ANOTHER DEPRETIS CABINET. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Lonpoy, Dee. 16, 1878. General Roberts telegraphs to Lahore, under dato of Thursday, as follows:—“We have finished a Feconnoissance to the top of Shaturgardan Pass and returned to Ali-Khel withont firing a shot. Tho rapidly fortifying General Roberts country is Peiwar Pass camp.” to have left Ali-Khel for Kurum yesterday. General Browne a@ Sikh regiment back from Dakka to Peshawur sickness. General Biddulph has constructed a road over Khojuk Pass unopposed. The Daily News’ cor- respondent at Peshawur understands that General Browne's adyance on Jelalabad has commenced and Theets with no opposition, It is impossible that the Turkestan reinforcements, which the Ameer is re- ported to be intriguing for, will arrive in time. THE DEAD DUCHESS. A despatch from Darmstadt says:—‘As early as Friday morning the physicians recognized that the condition of the Grand Duchess wes hopeless and sent secret messages to that effect to England, Symptoms of suffocation appeared at one o'clock Saturday morning, but were temporarily removed. ‘The Grand Duke was then induced to leave the room, but his mother remained ministering to the Princess until the last. The Grand Ducal Court and Hease- Darmstadt generally will go into mourning for twelve weeks.” Sympathetic, rcferences io the death of the Princess Alice were made in all the churches at Komo yesterday. The marriage of the Princess Thyra to the Duke of Cumberland will take place on the 2ist inst., as originally intended, the funeral of the Prin- tess Alice having been fixed for December 18. THE TURKISH INDEMNITY. A despatch from Constantinople under date of De- cember 13 states that Prince Lobanoff, the Russian Ambassador, has presented a note protesting against the issue of the new Turkish loan and declaring that Turkey has no right to alienate her resources prior to liquidating her engagements, including the war in- demnity. On the other hand, a despatch from St, Petersburg, under date of December 14, denies that Russia would object to the loan. A Constantinople despatch says the Council of Ministers has decided to settle, without delay, the questions pending with Greece, Persia, Montenegro and Austria, and con- elude a definitive treaty with Russia as soon as possible. A Pesth despatch to the /'imes states that the recent conspiracy in Constantinople, according to some accounts, was @ serious attempt to replace the Sultan by his brother, Reshad Pacha. The Suitan had to be dissuaded from executing Reshad and Mahmoud Damad Pacha. The former is confined to the seraglio, The Philippopolis corre- spondent of the 7imes says the English and Austrian members of the Roumelian Commission were com- pelled to quit Yeni-Saghra in consequence of the gathering of an excited mob. THE ROMER CASE. ‘The United States Consul at Constantinople has not yet been informed of the accusations against Romer, ‘and will address a note to the Porte on Monday re- minding it of its promise tocommunicate them, as he considers it illegal to detain Romer without stating the cause. friendly. I am was has sent on account of AUSTRIAN POLICY. Count Andrassy, speaking before the Hungarian Delegation at Pesth, declared that the annexation of Servia and Montenegro would be a most perverted and unhappy policy. The Austrian Delegation has re- solved to adhere to its rejection of certain important proposals of the government, including a grant for building an iron-clad and the increase of the number of army officers, CABLE NOTES. ‘The Standard’s correspondent at Madrid states that the President of the Cortes has notified tho party leaders that the Cortes will adjourn on the 23d of December. It will probably be subsequently dis- solved. Signor Depretis has undertaken the formation of a new Italian cabinet. The Ministers of New South Wales yesterday agreed ¢o remain in office in consequence of the difficulty of forming another Cabinet. Rain has fallen at Mogador and elsewhere in Moro¢co, and the prospects have improved. The South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire cok liers have received notice of a reduction of twelve aud a half per cent on their wages. A strike is prob- able. WADE HAMPTON IMPROVING. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Conumata, 8. C., Dec. 15, 1878, Previous accounts of great improvement in Goy- ernor Hampton's condition are confirmed upoa the direct authority of his attending physicians. He has escaped fever and nausca for several days, and is aa comfortable as possible. He slept last night for the first time in many days witnout the aid of a seda- tive. It is not yet conceded that he is out of danger, but all the symptoms are favorable to recovery. KEHOE'S CHANCES OF PARDON. Paitapeirnta, Pa., Dec. 15, 1878, Mr. John B. Linn, Secretary of the Commonwealth and a member of the Board of Pardons, has notified Jack Kehoe’s counsel that \ Jiugh’s affidavit is not sufficient to call a meeting of the Board. He will be in Harrisburg to-morrow wud will moet parties in- terested in the case, and although he retuses to call a meeting he will attend one should it be held. Attor- ney General Lear, who is also a member of the Board, writes that he will be in Harrisburg on Tuesday morning. SpRiNeriKLD, Mass., Dec. 18, 1878, In the Superior Court yesterday, a tramp, named Frank Finn, was sentenced to the State Prison for life for outraging Mra. Julia ‘Tracy, at Agawam, in July last. Lewis and Henry Peabody wero also sen- tenced to the same institution for life for robbery and attempting to kill George Brewster, near Palmer, five years ago. They have just served five years in the Connecticut prison. A PLAGMAN KILLED. Povenkrresr, N, Y., Dee. 15, 1878. James Martin, one of the oldest tlagmen on tho Hudson River Railroad, was strack by a train this worning, at Fishkill Landing, and instantly killed, A DESPERADO'S END, Perennonoven, Ont., Dec, 15, 1878, On Saturday evening, It. N, Roddy shot a despera- do named William Montgomery, during @ row in the former's barroom, from the éffects of which he died to-night, Roddy is in custody, RESULT OF AN OLD GRUDGE. CINcINNATT, Ohio, Dee, 15, 1878, At Fern Bank, a shert distance below this city, on the Ohio River, William Plow met William Myers on the road this morning and was beaten to death by a club in the hands ot the latter, ‘The affair was the result of an old grudge, ; NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1878--TRIPLE ‘SHEET, TRAGEDY IN BOSTON. FATAL QUARREL BETWEEN TWO DROTHERS-IN- LAW—ONE KILLED OUTRIGHT AND THE OTHER FATALLY WOUNEED. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Boston, Mass., Dec, 15, 1878. At the West End early this morning a horrible double tragedy was enacted, the motive for which is shrouded in deep mystery. The third floor of the house was occupied by Patrick Cain, his wife and infant, With Cain lived his brother-in-law, Charles Callahan, On the lower floor lived Michael McNulty, with his wife and several children, DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY. The family of MeNulty were awakened from their peaceful sleep about two o'clock this morning by | hearing pistol shots in rapid succession followed by scuftting on the floor above. Mr, McNulty sprang out of bed just as his little daughter, who slept in the attic, came into his chamber with a look of horror on her face, She carried in her hand a lighted kerosene lamp, and on secing her father cried ont ina terried voice that the honse was on fire, She further said, on becoming caliner, thut she was awakened by pistol shots and ran down into Cain’s -kitchen, where he (Cain) and Callahan were scufiling, and, seizing the lamp, which stood lighted on the table, she ran down stairs with it, Justes she had finished steps were heard coming down the stairs. FLIGHT ARRESTED. McNulty ran into the hall and met Cain, who tried to run past him and out of the door. MeNulty, not knowing who it was, laid hold of him and pushed him into his chamber to discover that it was Cain, who was covered with blood, which streamed trom wounds apparently abont his head and face. Laying Cain upon the bed, McNulty at once ran for a physician. Meantime the people in the house become alarmed at the stranyze noises and proceeded.to the tenement of Cain to discover the cause. Upon going up stairs and opening the door of Cain's kitchen they were startled at the sight of a man whom they recognized us Charles Callahan, lying on the floor near the centre of the room. Beside the body kneeled Mrs. Cain, holding the man’s head in her arms, while the blood flowed in # perfect stream from a ghastly wound or cut in his throat. Then all was confusion until the arrival of Medical Examiner Har- ris and Dr. Dunn, followed almost immediately by Sergeant Hines and two officers., The physicians le a cursory examination of Cain as he lay on MeNulty’s bed, and as a result ordered his immediate removal to the Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital, where it was found that he was suflering from the presence of four pistol bulls in his head and body. One shot had entered the back side of his head, a second his left cheek, a third the side of his neck, lodging in the spine: a fourth entering the left side on a line with the nip- ple and probably penetrating the left lung. When the officers and doctors went up stairs into, Cain's kitchen they found the body of Callahan. lying on the tlobr cold and stiff in death. STATEMENT OF CAIN. Father Madden, who had been summoned, admin- istered the sacrament of extreme unction to Cain be- fore his removal to the hospital, and Officer Cain, who had been called, had some conversation with the rapidly failing man, in which he said:— “We have had trouble. He (Callahan) never liked me. He was opposed to our marriage and yet he has lived with me for the past two months, and bas also received trom me money which he has spent for whiskey. SKETCH OP THE COMBATANTS. Callahan was some twenty-eight years of ago, slim built and hada dissipated appearance. For the past fonr years he has been in bad health, his family claiming that he was consumptive, but his friends were satisfied that his ill health was brought on by a life of debauchery. His father, Patrick Callahan, who keeps a grocery on Brighton street, becoming disgusted with him, it is said, turned outof doors some two months ago. He then went over to Chelsea, where Cain and his wife were living, and stopped with them, coming over with them last Weanesday when they moved to No. 97 Poplar street. He is known to have never liked Cain, being bitterly opposed to his sister's marriage. Cain is a young man, some twenty-five years of age, an iron moulder by, and considered a good worker. He has been fu the employ of the Magee foundry at Chelsed, In January last he married» sister of Callahan and the fruit of their marriage is one child, He is now at the Massachusetts Hospital, where the physicians have no hope of his recovery and report him as sinking fast. RICHMOND ATHIRST. THE PURITAN TRIUMPHANT IN THE HOME OF THE CAVILIER—ENFORCEMENT OF THE SUN- DaY LIQUOR LAW--BUNGSIARTER AND HIS ADHERENTS AGHAST—'‘SIC SEMPER TYRANNUS” IN THE DUsT. (BY TRLEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Ricuaonp, Va., Dec, 15, 1878, The Puritans have scored a victory in the head- quarters of the cavaliers and if the long buried mem- bors of Virginia's first families do not now turn in their graves then that operation may be regarded as impracticable, no matter how strong the incentive. To-day, for the first time in the memory of the old- est inhabitant, ail saloons and other places of public resort, except the churches, are absolutely closed, and Colonel Bungstarter and hjs numerous adherents, ac- customed to visit such places, are indignantly bewailing the loss of their personal privilege to re- fresh themselves on the Lord’s Day. Every saloon is hermetically sealed, the side door arrangement not yet having been made, and the imbibers of bourbon, beer and other ungodly beverages are loud and not the least choice in their expressions while denounc- tng the Sunday law. One individual, more cloquent than the rest, declared that Virginia's proud motto, “Sie semper tyrannis,” sounded in ears now like an echo from the past floating in mockery through the corridors of time. DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN, ‘The preseut campaign began last June, when the city was wrought into a fever of excitement by the extraordinary proceedings in the Hustings Court against saloon keepers, instigated, as alleged, by tem- perance advocates and religious bigots. Scores of citi- zens were summoned before the Grand Jury and upon their testimony, unwillingly given, thirty odd ; sg keepers were indicted for sel Hing intoxicating drinks on Sunday, ‘The first case tried ended in a convic- tion and fine of $10, A proviso of the law, it was held, exempted cities having police regulations on the subject, but the distinguished Judge of the Hust- iugs Court decided that Richmond was not included in the exemption, lated only to the closing of barrooms on Sunday, while the State statute prohibited the sale of intoxi- cating drinks between twelve o'clock ewh Saturday night and sunrise Monday morning. These were two distinct offences and periods of time. THE SECOND BATTLE. ‘The matter then went, under a writ of error, to the Court of Appeals, and the war against publicans and drinkers was suspended by a sort of truce until this week, when the decision of the Supreme Court was promulgated, sustaining Judge Christian, of the justings Court. No notice was taken by that tribunal of the petitioner’s plea that the act was un- constitutional because the title did not correspond with the body of the statute. The title is “An act to prevent the sale of intoxicating drinks on the Sab- bath,’’ while the law, as inserted by both courts designated a longer period of time than the Sabbath. A GENERAL Rov. The dormant indictments were brought forth this week and the trials took place, resulting in the con- viction of most of the indicted saloon keeepers and a fine of $30 cach and costs, For a second offence a heavier fine will be imposed, besides the forfeiture of the saloon keeper's licens ‘There is a deep feeling among a large portion of the middle classes of the community which has not yet found expression and who consider them- selves specially aggrieved the enforce- ment of the Sunday laws, The clubs which have their private bars and saloons are exempt from the operation of these laws, and this furnishes an additional se of ee aint among the Germans and others, who have resort to the regular saloons, It is reported that an organization, not of barkeepers, will be formed to secure a rigid en: forcem of all obnoxious Sunday laws, in order that t anco quid’ suffer as well as other people in the abridgment of their personal righte, by FIRES, TOBACCO MANUFACTORY BUBNED—THE LOSS AND INSUBANCE, Ricumonp, Va., Dec. 15, 1878, The large tobacco manufactory of Thonms C. Williams & Co, was burned at an early hour this morning. The loss is estimated at $15,000, ‘There is no insttrance on the building, but the stock and fix- tures are fully covered. The policies on the stock, which is a total loss, are as followa:—London, Liver- pool aud Globe, $14,000; of New York, 35,000; Mauhuttan, of 3 » $5,000; Pheonix, of Bre Virginia Stute, Merchants and Virginia Home—all of Richmond, Va.— ‘The loss on fixtures is not very great and is covered as follows:—Pennsylvania Insurance Company aud Fire Association of Philadel. phia, $2,500 c Petersburg Savings and Losurance % . There is also a policy of the Royal Insurance Company, for $5,000, on an outside build- ing which was not much da: md. The building was owned by James Thom r., one of the firm. Tho concern is engaged in an extensive business South and West. ‘Thetr Western trade, however, will not be affected by the fire, as that portion of the busi- ne is carried on in mnother factory, lyn Me:hantes’ VALUABLE DWELLING DESTROYED. Conovna, Ont., Dee, 15, 1878, A fire to-day destroyed the dwelling house of Colonel Chambliss, with its contents. The loss is probably about $40,000; insurance, $5,000 oavk in the Beottish, Commercial aud Linporial, him | LOUISIANA ELECTION TROUBLES, CHARGE OF JUDGE BILLINGS TO THE GRAND JURY. 4 [BY TeLeGRAPH Yo THE HERALD.) New Onieans, Dee, ‘The following is the substance of Jud, charge to the Grand Jury, in the United States Cow upon the alleged election frauds. Atter calling at- tention to other matters which should be investi- gated by the Grand Jury the Judge takes up the of- fences enumerated in the statute unter the title of Elective Franchise. He shows that the authority of Congress over the election of members of Congress is derived from an old provision of the constitu- tion. ‘TWO CLASSES OF OFFENCES. ‘The Judge concludes us follows : You, therefore, see that there ure two classes of offences against voters under the title of ‘Elective Franchise” —oue for interfering in any way with any Voter in the matter of voting. This is confined to elections for members of Congress, and uppliés alike to all persons who, under the laws of Louisiana, are entitled to vote for the members of the lower House of the State Legislature, and the offence may be com- plete though there was no discrimination of ra color, ce, ‘The other class of cases is tor interfe ing in the matter of voting by way of discriminating on acount of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and include discrimination either at fed- eral or at a State election. The right of the citizens of the Cnited States, the protection of which it has thus solemnly committed to its courts, is, as yon see, most essential and sacred, for the right to vote freely without control from violence or the fear of it must be exercised by all citizens, even the humblest, or the right of voting and all the great personal rights which rest upon it would be swept away. WESTERN NEBRASKA TROUBLES. THE GOVERNOR WITHOUY THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO RE-ESTABLISH ORDER--A CEYING DISGRACE TO THE STATE—A MURDERKB AR- RESTED AND IN DANGER FROM JUDGE LYNCH. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Omana, Dec. 15, 1878. In answer to demands on Governor Garbor for aid tore-estamlish law and order in the western part of Ne- braska he states that he is entirely helpless. In order to pursue and capture criminals men must be hired and paid. The Governor says that citizens will not leave their homes, pay their own expenses and risk their lives to capture criminals, and he has not one cent of money at his disposal for such purpose. He might call upon the sherifis of the different counties to employ men enough for the purpose, but without the means to sustain them it would be a mere farce. ‘The countics in which these disturbances have oc- curred are new, sparsely settled and have no funds. A DISGRACE TO THE STATE. ‘The Omaha Herald states that the honor and dignity of the State of Nebraska are at stake, Nine murders have occurred in a single week. ‘The fact is going out to the world that a Commonwealth of 400,000 people is ‘powerless to maintain order. Desperadoes mob, kill and burn alive at their pleasure. The necessi- ties of the case are so great that the leading citizens of the Stute are called on to devise some plan to meet the emergency. It nothing can be done sooner, the i hould, upon assembling, give the matter immediate attenti and provide means whereby law and order can be restored. A MURDERER CAPTURED. A despatch has been received here stating that Richards, the supposed murderer of five persons in Kearney county, has been captured at Falls City, and is now under arrest there. He will be held until Sheriff Anderson, of Kearney county, can arrive, A terrible fecling exists against Richards, and in the present state of lawlessness an atttempt will be acon made to lynch him before he comes to THE SAYRE MURDER CASE. Puiaperruta, Dec, 16, 1878, The Supreme Court has refused to consider the case of Alexander B. Sayre, the wife murderer, on the ground that the writ of error was not taken out within twenty days after the sentence, as the law directs. Sayre was sentenced to be hung on Wed- nesday next, but on the issuance of the writ of error the warrant was returned to the Governor, and is still in bis possession. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan DrrartwEyt, Orrick oF THE CulEY SiGNaL Ovvicer, Wasuineros, Dec. 16—1 A.M. |) Indications, For Monday, in the Middle Atlantic States, rising barometer, cooler northwest winds, possibly backing to southwest, partly cloudy and clearing westher. For New England, westerly winds, cloudy weather, numerous light rains or snows, stationary tempera- tare, rising barometer. For the South Atlantic States, rising barometer, colder northwest winds, cloudy, followed by clear- ing weather, will prevail. For the Gulf States, stationary and rising barome- ter, northwest to southwest winds; cooler, followed by warmer, clear or cloudy weather. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, slightly cooler, northerly winds, clear and partly cloudy weather, slightly higher pressure. For the lake region, northerly cooler, cloudy weather, occasiunal tionary or rising barometer. For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys, northeast to southeast winds, rising barome- ter, stationary temperature, partly cloudy weather and numerous rains or snows. ‘The rivers will generally rise somewhat. Cautionary signals continue at Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, Kitty Hawk, Cape Henry, Lewes, Cape May, Atlantic City, Barnegat and Sandy Hook. winds, slightly light snow, sta- THE WKATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, aa indicated by the thermometer st Hudnut’s pharmacy, Herat ing. No. 218 Broadway :— 7. of 1878, 1877, 1878. 42 » 2 wo 42 wo 43 38 42 35 4014 EWSPAPER.” {From the Georgetown (Ohio) News, Dec. 11.} We are now receiving the New Youk Henarp—the greatest newspaper in America—daily, And we get it on the evening after the day of its publication. ‘The Henaxp publishes daily reports from London up to the morning of publication. This is enterprise, cer- tainly. Any important event that happens in London of any night, or before one or two o'clock in the morning, is sent by cabie despatch and published in the Henan that morning, so New York and Brooklyn people can know what happened in London up to the same morning they read of it. This is really annihilating xpace to a great extent. Thoxe who want a great Eastern newspaper, either daily or weekly, should send for the New York Henatp. The Heracp of the Sth contains a telegram dated “Glas- gow, Scotland, December 5," giving an account of the failure of the Caledonia Bank, in Glasgow, which hap- pened on the 4th. Also, the same date of the HxnaLy contains all the news from London up to the morning of the Sth. And this is the daily work of the Hrna.p, which is ahead of all other newspapers in gathering the news from all parts of the world. And for $1a year you can get the weckly edition of this great paper. pam (et ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY DISCOY- ERY. [From the Pittsburg Dispatch, Dec. 12.] Major Henry Howell, of Sarnia, Canada, is claimed to have invented a new process of refining petroleum without the agency of heat, A sample manufactured from American petroletm of forty-five gravity is stated to be a very brilliant and white oil of forty- eight gravity and 122 fire test. The yield from the ernde was ninety-three per cent, But the most ex- traordinary claim for this process is not merely that the means used are entirely mechanical, but also that thei no production of gasoline or ‘ine, and the entire product is standard white illuminating oil, far superior to the oil refined under old methods, ‘This new process, if what is claimed for it be true, is just precisely what the producers haye been look- ing for. It will be @ saving of at least $120,000,0W) rf annum to the region, and will settle the little erences now existing between the producers and refiners—that is to say, if they secure the exclusive privilege of using this wonderful process, How the lighter of crude petroleum can by a mere me- chunical process be revained so as to stand a fire test of 122 degrees is something truly wonderful, and is simply equivalent to a mechanical decomposition of a@chemical compound, ‘the full particulars of this extraordinary process will be looked forward to with deep interest by the entire trade, OBITUARY. NICOLAS DE KBANIKOFY, RUSSIAN ORIENTALIST. las le Khunikoff, Russian Councillor of State, and widely known as an eminent philologist und ex- Plorer of Central Asia, died at Rambouillet, near Paris, November 15, He was born in Russia, October 4, 1819, educated at the Imperial Lyccum of Tsarskoe Selo, and at the age of twenty years accompanied General Perovski’s ill-fated expe lition against Khiva, In 1840 he pushed his way into Bokhara, of which country almost nothing was known when, in 1843, he published the results of his explorations in a yolume which was translated into English by the Baron Clement A, de Bode under the | title Its Amir and Iw People” (1845). awnikeff subsequently became Con- sul General of Russia ut the Persian Court, where he resided many ycars; explored the province of Kho- vassan, including Meshed Ali, the famous sacred city of the Shiah Mohammedans, and also some littie known portions of Afghanistan, He published in French his chief work, 4 “Memoir on the Southern Part of Central Asia’ (Paris, 1861), which procured him the great gold medal of the French Geographical Society. This work was foll db ‘Researches on Public Instruction in Russi and ‘Memoirs on the Ethnography of Persia” (1966), He also trans- lated into Russian the famous work of Karl Ritter on Persia and wrote in Russian an account of the eighteenth century expedition to the Fast. His writii formed one of the chief modern sources of information upon those countries of Central Asia which have since be- come the theatre of so inuch political activity and which at the prosent moment attract the attention of all the statesmon of Europe, His rich steres of his- torical, ethnological and geographical data were frecly communicated to the learned societies of Paris, where he resided for several years before his death. He was a genial companion and a trusty friend, and his lose will be deeply regretted not only by the Ruesian colony at Paris, but by many French and English acquaint: ances. "His funcral, which took place at the Hussian chapel in Paris, November 22, was attended by the President and Council of the French Geographical Society, and funeral addresses were spoken ut his grave by M. de Quatretages and the eminent Russian novelist, Ivan Tourguénieff, COLONEL D, C. KITCHEN. Colonel D. C. Kitchen, founder of the Wyoming Democrat and Nicholson Examiner, died in Tunkhan- nock, Pa., on December 14. He was also at one time connected with a daily newspaper at Newark, N. J. Colonel Kitchen was the author of a ‘History of the Wyoming Artillerists in the Mexican War,”’ of which organization he was a member. He also passed through the late war as a member of Company B, Twelfth regiment, Pennsylvania reserves, of which organization he became Lieutenant Colonel. At the time of his death he was a general newspaper corro- spondent and more particularly the correspondent of the Elmira Gazette. BARTON MALLORY, Barton Mallory, the oldest member of the firm of Mallory, Wheeler & Co., died at New Haven last night of heart disease, LOST IN | THE MISSISSIPPI. PARTICULARS OF THE DROWNING OF AN IOWA FAMILY. [From the Dubuque (Iowa) Herald, Dec 13.] A heartrending and distressing accident occurred yesterday. In the afternoon Mr. Lane, with his wife and two children, went on the ice in the river at Lancsville to enjoy themselves. He improvised a hand sleigh and a large bos, into which he placed his wife and children, ‘{wo handles extended from the rear of the sleigh, with which Mr. Lane shoved the sleigh on the ice, Whey were having a delighttul time, ‘The icc near the shore was about three inches thick. The river was open in the Channel, and the ice ucar the open water was, of course, much thinner. Mr. Lane, unfortunately, ventured too near the open water. He felt the ing way, but before hecould retrace his steps it broke through, engulphing in the stream the wite, the children and the father—all, ina moment were launched into eternity, The maddening shriek of the drowning family was heard by a party of wood- choppers on an adjacent island, who saw the catas- trophe. They hastened to the rescue, but were un- able to arrive in time to be of service. Lane and his family were under the ice, their dead bodies probably floating down the river.. It was sad to contemplate, andthe bronzed faces of the hardy woodchoppers were moistened with tears they could not control. They went to the station and gave the alarm, and then proceeded to- Lane's cabin. They found the qoor unlocked. Inside a bright fire crackled in the stove. The silver-bright tin tea kettle was singing forthe return of the unfortunate family. ‘he cat and dog were nestled under the stove awaiting the re- turn of the two children who petted them. Every- thing about the house indicated happiness and neat- ness. ‘The people cf the station at once organized to recover the bodics, but up to the time Mr. Hickey passed the station they had not been found. Mr. Line was the ticket agent at the station, andis spoken of asa man of industrious and frugal habits and a man who thought the world and all of his little family. {From the Garrett county (Md.) Herald, Dec, 14.) On Wednesday, the 4th inst., George Lisch started from his home, at Mr. George Steyer’s, on the north branch, for a day's hunt in the “Stony River Wilder- ness,” in Grant county, W. Va., and up to the time of going to press, nine days, has not returned nor been heard from. Mr. Lisch is » sober, reliable young man, not over twenty-four years of age, and is very popular among all those who knew him. For two or three days no alarm was felt by his friends, who sup- posed that he had wandered to the home of somo distant settler and taken shelter from the stormy weather, On Saturday and Sunday couriers were sent in various directions for many miles in the distance, but no tidings could be had of his whereabouts. On Monday last a gen- eral alarm was given, and somo thirty-five men started out, some on foot and some on horseback, but at night all returned without the slightest clew, ond on Tuesday the entire settlement on both sides of the Potomac turned out, and our informant states that ut least one hundred men spent the day in hunt- ing over the two counties with no better success. Little hope is now entertained of ever finding him alive. Various theories are entertained by the settlers, Some are searching the north branch of the Potomac River, thinking he might have fallen in and been drowned whiie crossing over to West Virginia, and some are searching the hammocks of Stony River. Some believe that he met with an accident on land which disabled him and that he is — still living, while others, knowing the un- uted courage and hardihood of the young man, believe that he has followed the trail of bears or pan- thers to their dens and been devoured by them. It either theory i correct it is not at all probable that he will ever be found alive, for if disabled by acci- dent in the wilderness he must necessarily have per- ished from hunger and cold ere this, as the weather has been remarkably sevore since he was missing. Mr. Lisch was very punctual man in his and as he promised to return the same eve general opinion throughout the surrounding settle- ment that he has met with a tragic death. The high esteem in whic community has aroused a i him, and the excitement now pre: been equalled in that section of the country sine days Of the late war. We hove to be able t6 give solution of the mystery in next week's Herald, In the meantime diligent search should be made along the river bottoms down as far as Davis’ boom at Piedmont. Since the above was in type a rumor has reached Oakland that the body of a drowned man has been found in the Potomnc R.ver, near Piedmont, which is supposed to be that of Mr. Lisch, TELD SENSATION, [From the Liverpool Post, No’ At Sheffield yesterday morning Mrs. Peace, wife of Charles Peace, the man who is now in Newgate on a charge of burglary at Blackheath, and who is the perpetrator of a murder at Sheflleld two years ago, was brought up on remand charged with receiving stolen property, It was proved that the property formed part of six burglaries committed at Biack- heath by her hnsband. She was again remanded, HOW PEACE LIVED. The inquiries into the mode of life of Peace show that he was not only a daring burglar, but a man of scientific as well as musical taste, It has been dis- covered that, along with another person, he en- fered into a scheme for patenting a process for raising sunken vessels, somewhat on the Pr ciple ot that used in raising the Eurydice, and he suc- ceeded in throwing all the costs of the scheme on his copartner and secured the model into the bar- When he resided at Peckham he lived in uce on the procceds of his burglaries, kept a . and trap, a sumptions table and was’ always inmost pune 3 in his money payments, 1 he went in the name of Thompson, and the woman who lived with him was known as his wife. She it was who afterward gave such information as led to the arrest of Peace tor the Sheffield murder. The story has just come to light. She met Police Cons' ble Robinson at Greenwich when Peace, then known ax John Ward, had been arrested for the Bluckheath burglaries, and said she could tell him something worth £100, ai A TREACHEROUS WITNEYS, Vor a consideration she told him that Ward, other- wise Thompson, was really the Sheffield murderer Peace, as it has turned out. The woman is entitled toa portion of the reward offered for the arrest of the murderer, but she haw dixappeared—perhaps fearful of being looked wpon as an accomplice. strange tale is told about nix fondness for animals. When “Tommy,” his pony, died, he is said to havo burst into tears, and was very anxious to bury the carcass in hi on, In addition to his pony he had four dogs of the white itese terrier breed, two oats, two cate, and a number of rabbits and half a wen guineas pigs. He was, moreover, @ wood carver of no mean ability, and had a liking for carvin, models of churches, a passion about ou a par witl his partiality for sacred music, PARIS FASHIONS AND GOSSIP. THE FALL SEASON GLIDING INTO THE WINTER MONTHS—CHAT ABOUT OPERA BOUFPE, NEW DRESSES AND THE BAD Wi ‘The fall season is not over in reality until winter begins, but society's seasons differ from those of the almanac, and the last oficial ball has proclaimed the end of our fall. It was given at the War Department by General and Mme. Borel. The Marshal and his duchess arrived at twelve, followed by a brilliant cortége. The armory, galleries, lobbies and salons of the residence in the Rue de Gronelle were brilliantly iluminated, and Mme. Borel, attired in white, did the honors with her usual cor- diality and grace, I have also to announce almost in the same breath that the first official dinner of this new season has likewise been given at the Presidency. Dinners are to be a great feature this winter, and it is wonderful what interest women of the world are tak- ing in cookery. ‘Trianon paniers may haye something to do with it; ladies are trying their hands at gravie and miniature stoves grace their little daughters’ nurseries. That the preparation of food should be a branch of education is now acknowledged, and the composition of @ menu is for the time being considered as great an accomplishment as the authorship of 4 sonnet. SOUP IN THE COULISSES, ‘This leads me to a story told about some cabbage soup given out every night behind the slips at the Renaissance. ‘There is a scene in the third act of Le- cocq’s comic opera during which the actors sit down to “soupe auz chour.”” At first they had nothing but warm, colored water set before them, but the man- ager of the theatro having been told during one of the performances that a genuine cabbage soup would smell and look nicer, he acquiesced in the innova- tion. ‘The difficulty was to finda man who could cook it according to rule and tradition. “At length o mnan straight from a cabbage locality was discovered. He had lived on leaves of the popular vegetable like @ rabbit, and his savory stow of them is so deli- cious that the actors can’t put their spoons down to act and noblemen have stolen out of their boxes to the coulisses whence the fumes proceed, A taste of the “Camargo” cabbage is worth five francs, but I sus- pect there is moro of cabbage in the story than ever grew in French fields and that a cloeo view of the ac- tresses is the real allurement. ‘The excitement still centres in Lecocq’s new operette at the Renaissance. At the last moment of the first performance, when seats were no more to be had for love or money than a slice out of the moon, lottery tickets of the second series (the nearest possible to the first) were ex- changed for a stall chair, It was enough to look at the faces of the public to feel assured the new-piece would be a success, It is “Camargo,” and “Cam- argo” is to be as popular as “Mme. Angot.’’ Mlle. Zulma Bouffar fills the title part, and when she comes on announces as follows what Camargo” is:— La Camargo ° Est ala mode; Camargo ‘en accommode. C’ext uno rage, un vertigo. On fait tout ala Camargo. And so it 18. Now, we nations of Saxon origin may well be excused for not knowing who Camargo was. She lived in the eighteenth century, at the period famed for madrigals, abbes galants, rubicund finan- ciers, booth acting, Watteau nymphs and bold highwaymen—a period of which Hogarth has siven Us so many features. Camargo hervelf ‘was a Mile. Maric Anne Cupis de Camargo, a ballet dancer, and one whose figure was said to be perfec- tion, She was also famed for her wit. The costumes are designed by Grevin, the decorations painted by M. Cornil. Nothing is talked of so much as @ pale blue cashmere and white costume worn in the first act by Mlle Milly Meyer, but a fashion now set for toilette de ville by the admiration it has excited, is the volant 4 crevés or slushed flounce. It is a flounce of fluted fold with alternate puffs of satin coming out between at equal distances. A tropical widow is one of the characters of this opéra comique, and her dresses are stupendous. ‘Their overweight is carried by a black, who groans under the lady's trains, ‘Two inimitable young thieves are Fil-en-Quatre and Eeurenil, their parts being acted by Mlles. Piccolo and D’Asco. ‘hey smoke pipes and talk slang in an off-hand, cutthroat style, as if so to nature born, A detailed analyse of. the’ piece would require more apace than allowed; but the partition will soon be spread over the world and snatches of the songs are afloat on the blasts. Camargo Tonnings are paniers, Camargo ‘‘flots” are clusters of us, Camargo hose are striped merino with cocked corners. “La Camargo esta la mode; la Camargo s'en accommode, ‘A NOVELYY. A novelty, introduced by one of reputed taste, is the adornment of a low bodice with two curling os- trich plumes placed on the left side of the bosom. It may be deycnerate to copy.any fashion set by au actress, but here in Paris Indies mix no moralities with their gy poy and irreproachabje virtue is ornamenting her innocence with ostrich tips. A very guileless dress is «a white woollen muslin trimmed with nothing but blue woollen piping and white satin loops. A figured velvet, which imitates leopard skin, makes up admirably with white repped silk, called “Messine.” White, white, all white, and mixed fabrics of the samo white are the fashion of the hour. It has spread to all the courts, and even Queen Margaret, of Italy, showed herself at her bec ! during the late Flor- ence festa in alovely close fitting garment of white fur, While her graceful head was encircled with dead white lace drapery. She divides with the Princess of Wales all the sympathies of our Parisian milliners. ‘The agitation and unxieties of hef present life greatly contrast with the peace and siinplicity of her early home in Genoa. ‘The same will soon be said of an- other princess, the eldest sister of the deceased Me cédes. It is reported that the illustrious widower, who for State reasons must marry, has decided to propose to her. Her name is Princess Christine. She deeply mourns with him the loss of the juvenile Queen, and, whatever statesmen may think, no match could, under the circumstances, keep past memories so deur as this union will. PRINCE PAI'S MARRIAGE. ‘This and the coming marriage of the Duke of Con- naught are the two events on the tapis. We are told the Queen of England will lay her mourning aside for the royal wedding, and that the actor, Irving, has received intimation’ that he will have to play at Windsor on that occasion, ‘‘by order.” Pleasunt this in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and it does one good to think that Moliére and Louis XIV. sat down to supper at the same table: also that Dickens refused to play a character at court because the Queen had decided he could not be reecivel there on any other footing than that of actors asked to the palace. This footing did not suit him or the palace either. The reverse occurs at Kerlin. Here the Em- press is never happier than when surrounded by artists, writers and stage celebrities, nor does she tire of ‘making their tea herself. SHOOTING STARS, A few divas have gone through Paris this week, but have becn no longer visibie to the naked eye than are shooting stars. One was Mine. Rouzvaud- Nilsson, in a glacier blue plush costume, trimmed with silver cord and the new iridescent steel buttons. Mite. Belocea darts in aud out of Paris, to and from Passy, where she has « howe nestling in the green, Another personage appertaining to high lite on the boards is the “Duke of Candia," who has likewise come and has gone again with his two pretty daughters, Few may reutember that the Duke of Candia, a very ient Italian title, is the ;tenor Mario, and what a Romeo was he! W to keep on with the “Lovers yy, at the Salle Ventadour until h of December. After this date the Italian House is to be turned into a large bank. His- torians of the future will not fail to remark that Shakespeare's lovera were turned out for the sake of gold; that, sweetly sing and sigh though they did, the music of showering coins had more charm for the French of our day, Very different are the showers aro actually wading under. ‘The weather is so un- erciful that we envy tho Russians, their ruler hav- ing lately declared that “the ver gous down in his empi Our sun is certainly pecked up in the boxes carried off from this Ex fon. A RIVAL TO TRE CINCULAR, Aquatic waterproofs have taken the place of long fur-tmed cloaks, which were a faror for abouta week. ‘They are made in slender, clinging shapes, but the wrudent have invested in long Jackets and cireulars, for full panicrs will be revived next winter. Armure should also be preferred to faille, because the former is figured and not liable to “shine” in the same de- gree as plain corded black, Terry velvet ribs are the newest material for cloakings, and it is wool on the wrong side. The mantle-visite is the most elegant eut, and can be richly trimmed with maradout fringe, chenille bobs, strands and passementerie, Gur: net, mulberry and claret are the favorite colors, and cut away bodices the favorite style. ‘There is, too, a favorite lace called Breton, an imitation of Malines, with borders like insertion. The flower in favor is the scabious, with velvet leaves, and the “galon” is a mossy trimming made of crimped tape. Grass fringe is heavy crimped silk. A new fringe is the sealskin, It is chenille without any heading, and hangs straight. Ball dresses are ornamented with cordons of thistle- down With silver leaves, DULL PROSPECTS. Fancy balls, and in fact all bail dresses, will be more or less Japanese and Chinese; but who is to give balls? ‘the season cannot be — other- wise than dull after an Expositic The wealthy will est im southern — clime majority will economize at home after having the capital, and it this celestial system ot h therapies continues we shall lew! a lite of perpetual tete-a-tete with colds in our heads, associate with ducks in order to learn froin them how they escape rheumatism and no more move than musaroomes, Fish-like is already the influence of clinging nymphs, and anything “flowin” by way of forms and motion is un it. To this state of the atmosphere ix surely due Gambetta’s ill temper, Ife has become quar.clsome to a distressing degree. Having lately fallen owt with a clever orator, who is M. d'Ornano, tho fiery tribune walked up to him and said he was nobody “for he had no past.” “Tam glad I haven't got yours,” was M. d’Ornano’s retort. The question is whether there is not suffici- ent provocation in these words for another duel. No one need be alarmed if it were. Gambetta stands sixty-five tos ty distant from his adversary and when he levels looks at him with his squint eye, Thus it of Verona,” by tho wi the 1 -_—— t oceurred in his duel with M. de Fourtou, who is near- sighted and the weather was foggy. Supposing M, d’Ornano to be long sighted he could pnt on u pair of blue spectacles in order to have no advantage over Gambetta and “honor is satisiied” without any lives being lost. ‘Lhe next fiery things to mention are the new waltz “Satanelle” and the “Licetric Galop.” AMUSEMENTS, BOOTH'’S THEATRE—THE REMENYI-MAPLESON CONCERT COMPANY. One of the most enjoyable concerts of the seasom was given at Buoth’s heatre last evening, inasmuch as it comprised some of the best musical artists who are now in the metropolis. the violinist, stands at the head of the on “Il Pirata’’ for the first time, and, being encored, rendered the well known serenade by, Schubert. Subsequently he formed the following measures in the programme, a8 arranged by himself “Bridal Procession,"’ from hengrin” (first time), R. Wagner; barearole, Schubert; valse (by request), Chopin. Signor Campobello, with his rich basso, also made one of the strong artistic points of tha night and was warmly applauded, Maine. Sinico, im rendering the aria from “Tr: ta,”’ ‘Al ! fors’e lui,” illustrated the nicest of artistic culture and was re called, It is rare that such artists as Frapolli, Del Puente, Foli, Franceschi, Pisani, Miss Helen Ames and Duly are combined in an entertainment, and it is surprising that the audience’ waa » and demanded frequent encores, The choice racter of the performance will be best illustrated by the publication of the programme, which is as follows :—Piano solo (a, prel-: ude, Dulcken—b, Gavotte, Padte Martini), Mr. F. Dulcken; aria, “O tu Palermo,” trom “I Vespri Sicil- iani’’ (Verdi), Signor Franceschi; scena ed aria, “Softly Sighs,” from “Der Froyschuetz” (We Mme. Parodi; ‘Aria Del Toreador, : (Bizet), Signor Del Puente it from ‘La ‘lraviata’’ (Verdi), . ”* first time (Ernst), Mr. Edouard Remenyi; ‘Little Jack’ (Louis Diehl), Signor Poli; uai se ti sfugge un moto,” from “Lucrezia izetti, Mme. Parodi, Signor ¥ li and ‘I will Extol Thee,” from “Eli,” Costa, Miss Holen Am« Violin solo, a, Elsa’s “Bridal Pro- cession,” from ‘Lohengrin’ (first time), R. Wagner— 6, barcarole, Schubert—c, valse (by request), Chopin, transcribed and executed by Mr. Edouard Heményi; “Nazareth,” Gounod, or Enrico Campobello; pano solo, fantasia on Cracovienne,”” Wallace, r. F, Dulek Brindisi, “Il Segreto,”’ from “Lu- crezia Borgia,”” Donizetti, Mme. Carmen Pisani; “Questa O Quella,” from “Rigoletto,” Verdi, Signor Guiseppe Frapolli; Spinning Quartet, from “Mar- tha,” Flotow, Mme. Sinico, Mme. Pisani, Signor Fra- olli and Signor Campobello. The verdict of the large house, ax expressed by its praise, was that the concert was one of the most successful of the season, None of the artists had any reason to complain of 9 lack in their welcome, not warnily appreci GRAND OPERA HOUSE—GILMORE’S SUNDAY EVEN= ING CONCERTS, Another of the pleasant Sunday evening concerts that haye made the Grand Opera House a profitable place of resort for many weeks was given last even- ing. Owing to the weather the audience was not a large as usual, but the programme was in every re- spect attractive. Gilmore’s Band played an over- ture by Jubel and operatic selections from the works of Bellini, ending with a marche militaire entitled ““Sa- lute to San Francisco.” Signor Susini, the well known basso, seg 0 aria from ‘‘Attifa,” and De Murska rendered the mad scene from “Hainlet,”” by Ambrose ‘Thomas, and Arditi’s song, “The Clock.’” A quartet for French horns was also one of the features of th programme, and the respective artists—Me: Zelm, Nicke!, Loscher and Kller—were warmly plauded for their effort. solos, won his usual tribute from’ the public. It is due to this artist, however, to say that he ought to learn something new, and not weary the public by demanding a multiplication of its praise. An artist so rich in possibilities as Levy has shown himself to be cannot afford to contine himself to # limited schedule, ap: Mr. Levy, with his cornet DRAMATIC NOTE. At the Broad Strect Theatre, Philadelphia, Stetson’s opera bouffe company have been playing the musical burlesque “Evangeline” to fair houses last week, During the present week this charming little theatre will be closed in order to give time to prepare for the Christmas revival of “Dot, or the Cricket on the Hearth.” Dickens’ beautiful idyllic story is to be brought out with very elaborate and beautiful effects. Mr. John E. Owens is to play Caleb Plummer, the old. toymaker, DEFICIENT IN HIS ACCOUNTS. ‘The taxpayers of Chester township, Morris county, N.J., recently became dissatisfied with the sureties of Charles 8, Emmons, the collector, onghis accounts, and refused to pay the taxes to him. Pressure was brought to bear, and Emmons resigned. A special election was held on Saturday to ill the vacancy. An examination of Emmons’ accounts shows a defici which will probably reach $3,000. The most of this was taken last year, and the bondsmen are good for the amount. This year the bonds are worthless, and such money as has been taken during 1878 for his personal use will have to be refunded by Emmons, else steps will be taken to recover from the property which he owns. The exact amount of the detalcation has not yet been ascertained, but it will probably not exceed the amount mentioned, A—THE LUNGS ARE STRAINED AND RACKED by persistent congh, the general strength wasted, and am ineurab! ompluint established thereby, Dr. Jayne's Ex. rectonast is un effective remedy for coughs and colds, and exerts a beneficial eftect on the pulmonary and brouchiul organs. AA Oxford Tres, $3. $3.50, 34 and 85. ti a $3, SS So, $4 and BS. Though pure and si Tt might be ured b Yeu SoZz0D08T's 40 ‘That mouth ne :—It is put ves a plearaa may orarily, bat woet to white the tevt pended upon 1 cleanly and beautiful, to preserve them sux A.—. Ovenstioxs, largext stock in the city. SELF: ACTING OvKRSHORS, t on and off without using the hands. 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