The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1879, Page 8

8 EW YORK HERALD eae RRR BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. ecb ina ia, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, pi alk oh id WEEKLY HERALD—One dollar per year, free of post it In drafts on New Jer of these Alt insure utteu ed must give A f velographic despatches must de aca rs and pac! should be properly seated. Peisted sememataniens vile ee eetoe 12 SOUTH SIXTH EW YORK HERALD— be received and as asin New York, OLYMPIC THEAT NEW YORK AQUAR BOWERY THEATRE—Basa. PARK THEATRE—Banis 1 BROADWAY T TIVOLI [HET, QUADRUPLE H DAY, JANUARY 4, NEW YORK, ‘The probabilities are that the weather in New Fork and its vieinity to-day will be warmer and fair or partly cloudy, possibly with occasional light snow or rain. To-morrow it will be cooler and partly cloudy. SL 1879. fhe stock mar- 8 were feverish, but generally lower. Government bonds were firm, States steady and railroads strong. Money on call was easy at 405 per cent,’ and closed at 3 percent. The bank statement was favor able. Tue Prumper has avery happy new year. Bu is suffering severely in Kentucky and Tennessee. have been seized. Fifty more wildest distilleries Tureen Hunprep Mitton Dotcars’ worth of new buildings during the past ten years is a pretty good evidence of our metropolitan growth. Tur Kripxapvrine of O’Brien, the brother of the late bonanza miner, shows that live mill- ionnaires are as easily stolen as the remains of dead ones. Fine Is a Prerry Goop Tune in these days, but it will be seen from our despatches that there is a little too much of it for at least the insurance companies. ArTLERORO, — in Massachusetts, comes into notoriety this morning as the scene of a terrible tragedy, in which an insane husband murders his wife and then attempts suicide, County CLERK GuMBLETON seems to have resolved to exhaust all the resources of the law before showing his books. We shall probably hear the last of it about the end of the century. Jvpor Kiterern’s Decision, holding the Com- missioners of Excise to await the action of the Grand Jury upon the charge of having illegally licensed a saloon, will present the hotel question in a new light. For tue Tarp Time since 1871 the Chicago Post Office buildings have been burned. The loss is estimated at nearly half a million dollars. Fortunately the flames yesterday did not destroy the letter mails. Tne Anysststa, of the Cunard line, and two other ocean steamers are slightly overdue, but no apprehensions are felt for their safety, They have in all probability met with heavy weather, and it is thought they are waiting for the gale to subside before they approach the coast. Ix THe Orptmion of the government directors the Union Pacific Railroad is not the model in- stitution the public have the right to expect. If were mercbants they would probably ge their views in regard to its freight Which, they declare, are not extor tionate. OcraN axb Coastwisk STEAMERS frozen in their docks so that they could not put to sea, railroad trains delayed, ferryboat travel im- peded, mails from twenty-four to forty-eight hours behind time, all go to show the severity of the weather in this and other sections of the country. Severul persons have been frozen to death, and the erep of accidents is unfortun- ately as large as ever. Tue Weatne though the centre of the disturbance has passed into the ocean the pres- sure continues very low over Northern New England and Nova Scotia. The barometer is above the mean in all the districts west of the St. Lawrence Valley and the Middle Atlantic States, but it is falling gradually in the Northwest and on the Pacitic coast. Snow has futien in the lake ‘ions and over the Western Gulf coasts; it has been re- markably heavy in the latter districts. The winds have been from brisk to in » lower lake regions, the Middle Atl and ss, brisk on the Gulf coasts The tempera- day in the South- neraily fresh elsewhere, ture fell rapidly during yest west, it was variable in the South Atlan nud rose in the other districts, The wei has been singularly cold in the Southern States during the past few days; but yesterday the increasing winds, accompanied by sngw, rendered it almost unbearable, the people not having the facilities for warming the louse: like those of the North. The prospects of ele and warm weather for the next few days avenot very good in that section, as there are indica tions of an app: ng disturbanes. ‘The pre eure is jalling slowly in the northern districts, and the indications are that it will continue to fall, and snow storma will probably prevail in the Northwest during the early part of the week, may reach our district with diminishing vitation abont Wednesday. The blockading of the railroads by suow continuesin the northern part of this State and in Pennsylvania, The weather over the British Provinces continues ning, and moderate gales blow in some ‘The weather in New York and its ty today will be warmer and fair or partly cloudy, possibly with occasional light snow or rain. Toamorrow it will be cooler and partly eloudys ’ spatches on this subject. NEW YORK HERALD, Russia in Afghanistan. Our special telegram from Tashkend, in Turkestan, under date of the 2d inst., is of great interest in its relation to the history of the British operations in Afghanistan, espe- cially as it exhibits the attitude of Russia toward the Asiatic Prince with whom Eng- land is at war, as well as the opinions on the conduct of the war of the distinguished Russian commander who condueted the march to Khiva. ‘Chis soldier (General Kaufmann) has had peculiar opportunities to study the character of Eastern princes and people and the difficulties of the cli- mate and countries of Asia, and his recog- nized familiarity with the subjects gives weight to his views. Jn the camp of this distinguished officer it was to be expected that a Hxracp corre- spondent should be made to tee) himself en- tirely at home ; for that the General’s happy stroke in the reraote wilderness of the Kizil Kum is known to the world as one cf the brilliant episodes of modern military history is due to the devotion, enterprise and graphic pen of a Hrraxp correspondent who has had no superior and few equals in the annals of journalism. Remembrance of the gallant fellow who became a chronicler of grander Russian victories and who died in harness naturally smoothed the way of another Hzraxp correspondent in his efforts to reach a point from which he could recite the events of the Afghan war from the other side. From England we will of course hear all that England wants us to know of her operations and her experiences in Afghan- istan; but to a people who wish to be thoroughly informed that sort of record might in some circumstances prove alto- gether insufficient. At best a strictly Eng- lish story of England’s invasion of a hostile country is open to the reproach that the lion made to the sculptor in the fable—it is the man’s account of a man’s battle with a lion. If the lion told the story also, we could between the two get a satisfactory history. On that principle a Hxraup cor- respondent, who shall tell us from the Afghan side the points in the story that the English withhold, will help to make the history complete, Russia’s demeanor toward the Ameer is forcibly shown by the fact witnessed by our correspondent—the dismissal of the Ameer’s’ emissaries with an unfavorable answer. On the last day of the old year General Kaufmann declared to these messengers that the Russian Emperor absolutely refused to intervene for the protection of the Ameer. That he spoke of this as a ‘painful duty” seems to imply that the Czar's well in- formed officers within reach of the scene of hostilities would have greatly pre- ferred to give the Ameer another an- swer. In that country they are clearly of opinion that the occasion was, in view of all thecircumstances, Russia's op- portunity ; and they regret that the Czar’s view of the diplomatic elements of the case forced them to forego an opportunity in which they saw their chance to greatly em- barrass the nation that they seem disposed to regard in the light of their natural ene- my. It appears also that this response was a painful surprise to the Ameer’s men, for the inference that théeir bad impulses were excited by it follows from the fact that it is given as one of the reasons why a Euro- pean’s lite would not be sate in their hands. Asthe Ameer counted on assist- ance, and ventured the war in that expec- tation, the discovery of Russia’s indiffer- ence to his fate may lead toa sudden change in his opinions. By this news it appears that the Ameer is now at Mazar-i-Sharif, near Balkh, and that there he will await the return of the emis- saries from General Kaufmann’s camp with the response of the Russian Emperor to his appeal for assistance. His son was left at Cabul to negotiate with the English—a fact which implies that while the Ameer was eager to obtain the support of the Czar against his powerful neighbor he was alive to the wisdom of putting an anchor to windward. For as this statement of the relations between the Ameer and his son is made by General Kaufmann, and as he is in constant and regular communication with the Ameer, it is safe to assume that the statement rep- resents the Ameer’s conception. It is altogether different from what came to us about ten days ago by the English de- ‘Those despatches represented that the Ameer’s son had been released from prison in consequence of his father’s flight, and that he was eager only to throw himself upon the clemency of the invader—representations distinctly contra- dicted by later intelligence, Up to the present time the Ameer’s son has not surrendered to the English, and if negotiations are on foot they are kept secret. General Kaufmann believed that the son might make some terms with the invaders, and that the father would, at his convenience, disavow the son's acts and renew the war if he found any opportunity to take his enemy at a disadvantage and repeat the history of a former invasion of Cabul. Doubtless that would be in the Af- ghan style. But the Ameer went to Mazar- i-Sharif in the hope to make a treaty with Russia, and Russia had encouraged the in- dulgence ofthat hope, Under the influence of his present disappointment he is qmore likely toaccept British conditions, He may accept those conditions unless they are such as to be clearly impossible, and the success of the English military operations would hardly justify very lofty demands on the part of the invaders, Shere Ali reports toGeneral Kaufmann that the fighting has not been altogether one way, though we have not heard of its being any but one way irom the English de- spatches. Perhaps Shere Ali is not an un- prejudiced authority; but his prejudice is not greater than Lord Lytton’s—and re. ports from both sides may well be taken with some grains of allowance. By the London Daily News it is reported that “there is chaotic confusion between the commissariat and transportation depart. ments” in the British service, and that whole regiments have fallen out on account of the condition of the men, If the expedi- tion is troubled in that way atter a little- resisted march of fifty miles into a country reported to be friendly, what would it be if the force which the Ameer can certainly control for a desperate hour were let loose ? Perhaps considerations of this nature may incline the English authorities to deal with the Ameer on a reasonable basis. Seneca for the Speakership, The important feature in the Speakership contest now going on at Albany is the reported withdrawal of Mr. Husted from the canvass. If Mr. Husted has really retired there will probably be only two candidates in the field, Mr. Alvord and Mr. Sloan, and in that event the result will be decided on the first ballot. At the same time our Albany correspondence shows that there is a strong disposition on the part of anumber of members to take up a new man, and it is believed that the overthrow of all the present aspirants is not altogether improbable. The usual wonderful rumors as to intrigues connected with the Speaker- ship contest are floating about on the Albany air, and dark designs against Mr. Conkling and deep plots connected with the next tenancy of the Executive Chamber are discovered at every turn. But the fact is that the interest in the question, “Who shall be Speaker?” hinges mainly on the other question, ‘Who shall obtain prominent and desirable places on the standing committees?’ and as Mr. Alvord will make more promises than Mr, Sloan he appears at present to have the best of the fight. here will be no oppo- sition to Mr. Conkling’s election as United States Senator. The New York Custom House controversy has about as much to do with the Speakership as the dis- posal of the Bulgarian crown, and Mr. Sloan’s chances for a nomination next autumn are not sufficiently promising to render his election as Speaker dangerous to the numerous other republicans who have the Governorship bee in their bonnets, So far as the policy of the republican party is concerned it would clearly be wise to set aside the gentlemen who are so eager to fill the Speaker's chair and to place a new and unpledged man at the head of the Assembly. The election of Dr. Isaac I. Hayes would give dignity to the Legislature, refute the charges of bargains and lobby influence, and prove that the republican Assemblymen possess independence and self-respect. Let Us Have Patience. Some of our contemporaries are complain- ing ofthe recent delays on the Third Ave- nue “L” Railroad and of the neglect of several matters important to the public, such as the heating of the cars and the starting of special way station trains dur- ing the crowded hours of the day. Both the “‘L” companies have done so well, in giving us rapid transit considerably in ad- vance of the time allowed them by law to constrict their roads, and in overcoming the many difficulties naturally surrounding a novel and experimental enterprise, that we have been disinclined to criticise their omissions too severely, We cannot expect perfection at the start, and it is only fair to wait patiently for accommodations and conveniences that will no doubt come in good time. The people were anxious that trains should be run on both the ‘‘L” roads just as soon as the rails could be laid down, and if the. companies had delayed the opening until the stations were completed, the full amount of rolling stock provided aud all the details in perfect order, they would have incurred general disapprobation. There are, nevertheless, some improve- ments that can be made on the Third avenue line just as well now as ata future time, and that will afford those who use that road effective and immediate comfort and relief. Passengers who go above Forty-second street (and they form the great bulk of the travel) are subjected to annoying delay, while the crowds at the depots are increased through the constant running of the Forty-second street depot trains. Freqifently in the busiest hours of the day two or three of these short trains will pass a depot in succession, while hundreds are gather- ing and waiting for through trains, These Forty-second street trains can be dis- continued at once and a train of cars pro- vided to run up and down constantly be- tween Third avenue and the Grand Central Depot to accommodate the few passengers who desire to ride the short distance of three blocks. Mr. Field has himself sug- gested how the passengers can reach these side trains by means of a bridge built over the main track. The pressure during the busy hours of the day would at once be re- lieved if all the trains ran through; but it could be still further eased by the use of way station trains at points where switches or “pockets” are already supplied. The cars could be and ought to be heated, The steam pipes are ready and the delay in using them is unnecessary, These things Mr. Field can do at once on the Third avenue line without much trou- ble and without any additional expense. It certainly is undesirable to excite a popular feeling against the “‘L” railroads at the commencement of their careers, or to create the impression in the minds of the people that the rapid transit corporations are as avaricious and unaccommodating as the horse car companies. We appeal to Mr. Field to give the people, without delay, these advantages, so easy to bestow. ‘The public will be grateful for the tavor, and still more gratefal if Mr. Field will, at the same time, confer on them the boon of a uniform five cent rate from the Battery to Harlem. That aBritisher® Again, So many of our citizens aro disposed to express their opinion of the ‘Britisher” who has so poor an opinion of his own countrymen and their descendants that wo should be compelled to publish » quintuple Henavp if we desired to print half their communications, The subject is not of sufficient importance, national or international, to warrant further no- tice, We allowed the “Britisher” to air his opinions through our columns in order to teach him that ina free country there is no more restraint upon the utter- ings of a foolish person than on the braying ofan ass, and we have given space to a sufficient number of replies to show the sort of comment his letter has drawn forth, In taking our leave of him we bes to inform him that we have in our possession certain gifts that have been consigned to us by his admirers for his benefit, com- prising two one-cent coins (one of them suspected to be lead), a photograph of a Glasgow bank director, a pocket edition of Webster's dictionary, with the letter H struck out, and two leather medals, all of which he can receive when he applies for them, American Life Abroad—Our Colony in the Pyrenees. ‘Those of our readers who take an interest in the wandering tribes of our American Israel will be gratified with the account we print in another column of winter life in Pau. The other day we published a letter from the same correspondent, referring especially to General Grant’s- visit to Pau and the efforts of the colony to entertain him. ‘The dinner given to the General by Mr. W. P. Douglas, of New York, seems to have been con- spicuous in the grace and splendor of its hospitality, even in a tour marked by such entertainments as no American of the age has received. The pleasant feature of the dinner of Mr. Douglas, as referred to so gracefully in his speech, was the entertain- ment of an American President by an American gentleman so far away from home, Whatever cortributes to the dis- semination ofa true patriotic feeling, men honoring men for what they are or have been, without regard to politics or office, will be an advantage to the American name and the American character. We can very well understand how General Grant felt that he was among friends, and how grate- ful it was, coming from the towns of Spain and Portugal, to be among his countrymen again. It is pleasant also to know that our col- onists in Pau are having a good time. Why the American should seek for sunshine at the foot of the Pyrenees when we have sun- shine in our own country and moun- tains compared with which the Pyrenees are mere foot hills, is a question that cynical observers who have never been abroad, and who believe in keeping all of our money at home, may often ask. But we should not look at this from a selfish point of view. We miss our brethren and wish them well home from their wanderings, and there is none so poor and unlucky that he may not expect the fatted calf on his return. But they go abroad as pioneers and mis- sionaries. They go among an ancient and refined civilization—a civilization whose splendor illumined the world at a time when America was given over to Aztecs and the mound builders. This little Pau, for instance, that nestles so prettily under the Pyreneean hills, goes back to Roman days, and its streets and towers are the mementoes of many a glorious and memor- able age. It is something to see that. As Longfellow tells us, we cannot buy with gold the old associations. We must cross the sea to find them. Moreover, as has been remarked, you cross the ocean to see how much greater America is than you imagine, and how much smaller. Once isa better American, prouder of the nation, clearer sighted as to its past and future, when he studiés it from the Dover cliffs than when seen from the Brooklyn Heights. The small features of American life— our scandals, our quarrels, our tremen- dous election battles, our squabbles in Congress, Kearneyism and Tammany Halli and the other phases of social malaria—sink away, and we have only the Repub- lic, beautiful, clear-defined, rich in majesty and strength. It is worth crossing the Atlantic to look at America as it ap- pears away from the din and fever of our active society. Then our wanderers bring us back thoughts and ideas, conceptions of the older masters, whose achievements are the heritage of the world. If Europe grows richer because of the money which our wan- dering brethren spend abroad America is richer because of the trophies that are brought home—trophies in science, art and taste, whose influence is felt more and more in the artistic development of the country. Therefore we should not be envious o the wandeting tribes of our American Israel. Every one will be glad to know they are having a good time, It illustrates the enterprising side of their character that they should enter into hunting, for instance, so earnestly. We have not done as well in hunting at home as we hope to do. The tendency of the American foxes to turn on the hounds and make game of them, as happened in New Jersey on a famous occasion, rather deadened an honorable and rising ambition. We have good fox hunting in the South, es- pecially in Virginia ond the Carolinas, in the early fall. In time we shall have meets nearer home, In addition to the accom- plished horsemen we have in America, and we presume none are better than those who hunt the antelope and the buffulo on the Plains, we shall have the experience of our colonists in Pau and elsewhere. Hunting, once that it takes root in America, will be- come a national amusement, and there is none more noble and gracefal. We are glad that our fellow citizens at Pau enter so much into the spirit of it. We condole with them because the frost prevented our wandering Ulysses from taking his place behind the hounds, and showing whether he could. fight it out on that line, over banks and ditches, as bravely os in a grander and severer field. We wish them all, in their absence, the best hopes of the season, and that their life in Pau may be full of New Year sunshine, Finally, we wish them all home again, to tell us of wonderful rides and narrow escapes, and to help us elect the new Presi- dent, and for the hundredth time in the nation’s history save the Union and the constitution. Horrinie, bat Odd, If the horrible circumstances of the case did not persistently obtrude themselves upon the consciousness of honest men there would seom something extremely funny in the desire of the man Bishop to become the second husband of Mrs. Cobb, in spite of his self-declared knowledge that she hag labored induastriously to dispose of her original lord and master, To the ordinary SUNDAY, JANUARY. 5, 1879.—QUADRUPLE SHEET. mind it would appear that a woman who will kill one man whom once she loved would not hesitate to dispense with another in case he did not come up to her standard of husbands as they should be. ‘here are vices, however, that steal and destroy a man’s reason while they are apparently stimulating it, and that to which Bishop confesses has blinded too many minds otherwise clear to require any | special explanation from us. Nothing could more plainly show the debasing effect which passion may have upon reason than Bishop's own confession of his steady inteution to marry Mrs. Cobb, although he knew con- | Stantly, according to his own statement, that she was comporting herself toward her legal partner in amanner which should have driven even a fool away from her. Another Season of Opera. Scarcely have the Maplesonian echoes died out at the Academy than the tun- ing of the Strakosch orchestra comes to us from Booth's. ‘The veteran Mr. Max brings with him from the West a galaxy of lyric talent, headed by Miss Clara Louise Kellogg and Miss Maria Litta, which promises to repeat the success of his last year’s combination at the same house. It is not necessary to sound Miss Kellogg’s praises, but the remark- able success of Miss Litta in Paris when she sang Lucia at the Italiens will pique curiosity to hear her fine soprano. With them comes Miss Cary, the best of American con- traltos, and perhaps the best in the world. With Mr Charles Adams, ao gifted and conscientious singer, who certainly approaches the highest excel- lence as leading tenor, Mr. Conly as basso and Signor Pantaleoni and Mr. Gottschalk as baritones, we can foresee that many good works are well within the reach of the company. ‘To-morrow evening, in ‘‘Aida,” Miss Kellogg will have an opportunity to let us know whether the good words we have heard of her acting in this part are justified. Tf so, it will form an event in opera almost equal toadébut. The patronage bestowed on the late company at the Academy shows what we have always wmain- tained, that New York will support good opera and none other, and in the belief that Mr. Strakosch is making an effort to meet the public desire we con-* gratulate our esthetic fellow citizens on this season of opera. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, ‘Tramps are leaving § Indiana. Senator Sharon is round-shouldered, Caleb Cushing had fine, straight hair. Breathitt county is the Plymouth Church of Ken- tucky, Senator Stanley Matthews married in Middle Ten- nessee. Bancroft, the historian, loves cold water and a good saddle horse. Senator Henry B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, is at the Fitth Avenue Hotel, ‘The best skater, at least on , in Washington is Congressman Wren, of Ne ; A correspondent asks, “Does 8 descent of man throw any light on Adani’s - The editor of the Buffalo began the new year by starting the fire with his diary. Probably as cold a corner as any in New York is that of the northwest part of the Post Office. One would think, from the tarrots in an Astor House Irish stew, that stews wefe born red-headed, ‘The New York Maritime Reg’xter has enlarged for the new year, and its improvement is very noticeable. An Indianapolis man, who in 1866 made $75,000 and invested heavily in real estate, has just been sent to the Poorhouse. A humorous lecturer on a cold, dark night chewed on asuspender button for ten minutes, thinking it was a cough lozenge. Mr. Jefferson Davis is spending a few days with his relatives at Vicksburg, The local papers always speak of him as “‘ex-President Davis.”’ Some men in restaurants try to be very familiar with the waiters, thinking that they are showing a sign of superiority instead of vulgarity. Evening Telegram:—‘The King of Spain has reluc- tantly signed the death warrant of the assassin who attempted his life, The king takes the knave.” ‘The father of Mr. Corcoran, the Washington mill- ionnaire, was a shoemaker in Georgetown, and the younger Corcoran himself was formerly a dry goods clerk, When a profane truck driver takes a walk on Sun- day in his good clothes he wonders why it is that drivers who cross his path have no respect for pedes- trians. Senator Edmunds frequently seems inattentive to a debate, but he always rises at the proper moment and shows an exact appreciation of the matters in dispute. It is said that the belle of Washington “Germans” isadaughter of Captain Wise, United States Navy, and a granddaughter of Edward Everett, Sho is a brunette. Large cities do not produce the greatest men, Some of the most eminent men of America, at least, have come from small country towns, and always feel lost in a large city. Astrong effort is being made in Ohio to compel Senator Thurman to be the democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, on the ground that he is the only democrat who can by any possibility carry the State and thus secure prestige for the Presidegey. Why is it that the average man of trade feels that he may, with impunity and impudence, ask a news- paper man ali about the privacies of his business, and yet would feel indignant if you should question him about the merest trifle of his own business ? Manufactnrers who talk londly in the cars and boats nowadays have one subject of conversation, and it amounts to about this:—“England has lost her hold on the manufactures of the world, and a new period of prosperity is beginning for Americans.” Ex-Secretary Usher, of Lincoln's Cabinet, has been interviewe’ by “Gath,” and he says that the South- corn States have not behaved with sincerity, that they will not prosper until they are patriotic toward the whole country, ant that 4 solid South can never get along wone. Mr, Usher's opinion is that only Lin- coln’s greatness could have pacified the South so that neither white nor black should have suffered. Lin. coin, according to Mr. Usher, hud more respect for Seward than for Chase, Mr. Usher is with tho Kan- sas Pacific Railroad, Me thinks that Tilden is stingy and avaricious and that Grant will be the republican nominee, MRS. SENATOR BRUCE'S NEW YEAR'S, * trom the Boston Journal.) Many called upon Mrs. Senator Bruce, the colored bride of the colored Senator from Mississippi, She made her début into Washington society on this occasion, and nowhere were callers more gracefully welcomed or more hospitably entertained. Mrs. Bruce is a lady of great personal beauty, of the An- dalusian type, aod wore & magnificent Diack velvet dross made for her by Worth during her recent visit to Paris, and handsome diamonds, She was assisted in entertaining by her sisters, the Misses Wilson, of Cleveland, both of them handsome snd secom- plished ladies, Senator Broce is living temporarily at the house of John M, Langston, Minister to Hayti,’ near Howard University, but he is fitting up @ house, into which he will soon move. The house is on M street, formerly occupied by Secretary Delano. He will have as his neighbors Representative Blair, New Hampshire, and District Attorney Wells, of | General Sherman, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From- All Parts of the World. ANOTHER BRITISH BANKRUPTCY Failure of the Corn- ish Bank. GERMAN. TARIFF CHANGES. The Bulgarian Reconstruc- tion. [By caBLEe To THE HERALD.] 4 Lonpoy, Jan. 5, 1879, Acorrespondent telegraphs from Truro, Cornwall, an follows:—*Great consternation is manifested here this morning in consequence of a notice posted on the door of the Cornish Bank announcing that it was close... Unfavorable reports had been in circulation a few days as to its stability, but the general fecling was of confidence, although there was aslight run on the bank. It is hoped that the suspension will be only temporary, but nothing de- finite can be known for a few days. The bank did a very large business in mining and other commercial enterprises. A despatch from Plymouth to the Pall Mall Gazette says:—"The stoppage of the Cornish Bank will cause terrible distress among the traders of West Cornwall. The immediate cause of the sus- pension is a run on the bank during the last fortnight, resulting from rumors that the late Sir Frederick Williams was largely indebted to the bank, and that a large portion of the capital was locked up in mines and in advances on tin, neither of which were immediately realizable. The further stoppage of Cornish mines is inevitable, and the failure of many private firms must follow.” The Cornish Bank belongs to Tweedie, Williams & Co. It was established about one hundred and ten years ago. The bank has iranches at Falmouth, Penryn and Redruth. Sir Frederick Williams, member of Parliament for Truro, who died recently, held one-third of the concern, and his widow is his sole executor. The bank hadan author- ized issue of £49,000, The Echo states that the de- posits in the Cornish Bank amount to £500,000. LABOR IN GREAT BRITAIN, There aro indications of an intention on the part of the employers in the west of Scotland to enforce a return to the aggregate of fifty-four hours asthe weekly quota of labor. One or two large establish- ments have already posted notices to that effect: The men haye as yet taken no action on the subject, but will hold a meeting for that purpose next week. GERMAN TARIFFS, The commission for the general revision of the German customs tariff met at Berlin yesterday for the first time, under the Presidency of Herr Von Varnbuller. It is supposed that the labors of the commission will not be matured before the second half of the session of the Reichstag, so that the dis- cussion on the subject-will only begin after Easter, ‘The Tagblatt announces that the free trade members of the Reichstag intend making a demonstration against Prince Bismarck’s fiscal policy. A great meet- ing of German Catholics is impending at Fulda, to consider the situation between Church and State, THE BULGARIAN CONGRESS. The Assembly of Bulgarian nobles, which will ase somble at.Tirnova January 18 and elect 2 Prinoe, will consist of three classes. ‘The first will comprise the presidents of superior and inferior administra- tive, municipal and judicial councils of all the Bulgarian communes, and will number 124 representatives. The second class will be composed of 120 members, elected by the people, each representing 10,000 inhabitants. ‘The third class will consist of nine Bulgarian bishops, one Greek bishop, one mufti and one grand rabbi. - In ad- dition to these 256, Prince Dondoukofl-Korsakof® will nominate thirty, selecting, it is believed, a dozen Turks, so that the Turkish element will be propor, tionately represented. REFORM IN RUASTA, ‘The Russian military court martial, held at Kieff to try charges of malpractice against certain officers in connection with army supplies during the late war with Turkey, has sentenced a captain to dismissal from the service, and a captain attached to the staff and two lieutenants to two months’ imprisonment: in a fortress. Prince Urusoff, the instigator of these malpractices, was fined fifty roubles. TURKEY AND HER FRONTIER LINES. Owing to the depreciation of the “‘caimes” and the high price of provisions at Constantinople anony- mous letters have been addressed to the Porte threatening serious riots if the ‘caimes are not with- drawn, and military precautions have been taken ac- cordingly. ‘The commissioners to arrange the delim. itation of the Greek frontier will assemble at Arda, ‘The proposal to sit in Athens was abandoned. Vahan Effendi has declincd the appointment of commis. sioner. for CABLE NOTES, Another death has occurred among the seamen who were wounded by the explosion of the 38-ton gun on board the man-of-war Thunderer, The other suf- ferers by the disaster are Going well. A despatch from Lisbon Jauuary 3 (having been de- layed in transmission) announces that Pullman's agent has identified Angell, who will be taken ‘ta Philadelphia by American police on board the Ameri- can bark Shooting Star, now at Lisbon. The Diz-Neuvitme Sircle, of Paris, says that the Minister of Foreign Affairs will propose to the Cabi« net to denounce the treaties of commerce with Eng- land and Belgium. R. Hudson & Co., seed crushers, of Lexds and Hull, have aaaccd Their liabilities are £105,000 BERLIN GossiP, MINISTER TAYLOR'S WIDOW—THR SWEDISIR POLAR EXPEDITION—GERMAN SOCIALISTS, (BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.) Beniax, Jan. 4, 1879. Mrs. Taylor's return to America is still {anfized, owing to trouble with her landlord ‘about the lease of her house, he refusing to allow her to surrender it until the expira. tion of the lease. THE SWEDES AMONG THE ICE. The Swedish government confirms the news, already published in the Hrratp, that Nordenskjold’s expedition was frozen in near East Cape. UNWELCOME GUESTS. The German socialist leaders are still emigrating to America, Eighteen agitators recently sailed for New York. JUDGE SHERMAN’S FUNERAL, CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan, 4, 1879. At a mecting of members of the Bar of Northern Ohio, held at Cleveland yesterday afternoon for the purpose of taking appropriate action in regard to the death of the late Judge C. T. Sherman, resolutions highly ewlogizing his character as a citizen and official were unanimously adopted, and appro) speeches were made by Promthont members athe ‘The funeral services were held thi ice Sherman's late te reine in this Ty, Right . Bishop Bedell offi Tacig "A iarue ‘unniber pelaiives and friends of the family were in attend- ance, among a ecaane ten teh tary Sherman mat and General Miles and wifes sib atataath iy