The New York Herald Newspaper, January 13, 1879, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. BRITAIN OFFERING CONDITIONS. Probability That Yakoob Khan Will Accept the Terms. GERMANY'S POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES, Bismarck Trying to Silence the Austrian Press. [BY caBLE T0 THE: HERALD. ] Lonvon, Jan, 13, 1879, ‘The Times, in its leading editorial article, says:— “We have every reason to believe that Yakoob Khan has already been officially informed of the terms on which we are prepared to make peace. Doubtless these are such as he can honorably accept.” A despatch to the Zimes from Lahore states that there are stronger rumors that Yakoob Khan is quite disposed to make friendly arrangements. A despateh from Calcutta says General Stewart's force bas marched through Candahar. THE REICHSTAG DISCIPLINE BILL. The Standard’s correspondent at Berlin says it is reported that Germany has formally complained at Vienna in regard to the tone of the comments in the Austrian press on the Reichstag discipline bill. STORM ON THE SPANISH COAST. A despatch from Madrid says:—"A gale on the coasts of Galicia and Portugal has caused great de- struction of small craft. Seventy fishermen and others are reported drowned.” DENMARK WILL NOT INVADE GERMANY. A telegram from Berlingsays it is stated there that the question relative to the receptions at the mar- riage of the Duke of Cumberland has been settled by the Danish Minister giving most cmphatic assurances of the friendly sentiments and pacific policy of his government. CABLE NOTES. ‘The Weardale Iron and Coal Company discharged 1,500 men on Saturday because of depression in trade, All the railway guards at Leeds have resumed work. The Post's Berlin despatch ‘states that an under- standing exists between the great Powers to iusist upon the evacuation of Eastern Roumetia by the Rus- ans within the time appointed by the Treaty of Ber- in even if the International Commission should not have completed its labors. ‘Yhe library of the Birmingham and Midland Insti- tute at Birmingham, containing 80,000 volumes, was burned on Saturday, It contained the most complete Shakespearian collection in the world, numbering 8,000 volumes. Comparatively few books were saved. _ The death of M. Antoine Augustine Presult, the sculptor, is announced this morning from Paris. BRAZIL. . ANOTHER MINISTERIAL CRISIS AND A RESIGNA- TION—MONASTIC ORDERS TO BE BLOTTED out. Bro Janxrno, Dec, 24, 1878. The budget for 1879-80 estimates the expenditures At 121,000,000 milreis and the revenue at 101,000,000 milreis. “he deficit will be met by new taxation. A Ministerial crisis has occurred and the Minister of Murine has resigned. ‘The government proposes the extinction of all mo- nastic orders and ‘the application of their property to the redemption of the national debt. THE CHEYENNE OUTBREAK. ESCAPED PRISONERS SURROUNDED AND REFUSE TO SURRENDER—A NAPOLEON GUN COMING UP-—LIST OF CASUALTIES—TROUBLE AT BED CLOUD AND SPOTTED TAIL FEARED. Fort Rostxson, Neb., Jan. 11, 1879. ‘The main body of escaping Indians was found yes- terday and immediately surrounded, with the inten- tion of getting them to surrender, which, however, the Indians stubbornly declined to do, The troops retained their position during the night, and this afternoon a twelve pound Napoleon gun left for the acene of action. It is now authentically reported that the nuinber of Indians killed is forty. The wounded number fifteen, and between forty and fifty have been recaptured. The following are the killed and wounded among the whites since the difficulty commenced :— KILLED, Private GUOD, Company A, ‘Third cavalry. Private SMITH, Company A, ‘Third cavalry. Private EVERETT, Company H, ‘third cavalry. WOUNDED, Corporal PULVER, Company A, ‘Third cavalry. Private EMERY, Company (, Third cavalry. Both are in a fair way of recovery. FROM RED CLOUD'S BAND, Red Bear, one of the chiefs of Red Cloud’s vand, arrived on Friday from Pine Ridge Agency, and ob- serving that his sister was wounded, shed tears and called her a bad squaw. A relative of Red Cloud was killed. ‘Trouble is feared from the Spotted Tail and Ked Cloud bands. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RESUMED. Warenrow: Y., Jan. 12, 1879. The main line of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdens- burg Railroad between Rome aud Ogdensburg is now open and trains are running regularly. FIRST THROUGH TRAIN ON THE ROME, WATER- TOWN AND OGDENSBURG KAD. Unica, N. Y., dan. 12, 1879. The first through train on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg road from Watertown reached Rome this morning. ‘The train that hae been snow bound Richland since January 1 arrived at Rome Satur- day. ‘The main line is now open through to Ogdens- burg, and the branches will be dug out as soon aa sible. Trains will run regularly both ways Mon- A STRANGE CASUALTY. MGRAPH TO THE HERALD. } Davesxvont, Iowa, Jan, 12, 1879, Asad and strange casualty occurred yesterday four miles below this city. ‘The victim was a young man, the only son of a respectable farmer named John Baumier. He was engaged in hauling rotted straw trom the barnyard to the field. A pile that had ccumulated overturned the sled, causing the entire load to fall upon Baumier, burying him completely, Death ensued from suffocation within five minutes, the body being found by the father shortly after. ‘The horses had not moved. [py HUNTER'S ACCOMPLICE INSANE, PHILADELPHIA, Jan 12, 1879. ‘There is strong reason to believe that the mind of Thomas Graham, the accomplice of Benjamin Hunter, has become impaired, Up to the day of Hunter's execution he maintained a nonchalant air, When the fatal drop ended the life of his aecomplice Graham was in his cell a few feet distant and heard all, and when the county physician entered his cell the pris- oner had the Sayestence of # madman and was inco- herent in his talk, ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Wasninotox, Jan, 12, 1879. Major Charles C. Gray, surgeon United States Army, having been found incapacitated for active service, has been placed on the retired list from Jan uary 10, 1479, in conformity with section 1,252, Re- vised Statutes, which authorizes the President, on the recommendation of @ retiring board, to retire officers for imeapacity not incident to the service. Major Gray was commissioned May 28, 1861, as assistant surgeon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, ‘The United States corvetto Enterprise, Commander felfridge, from New York, arrived at Gibraltar De- comber 21, thirty-tive days’ passage, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1879—TRIPLE SHEET, AMERICAN IRON TRADE. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL ASSOCIATION—A PROSPEROUS YEAR PASSED AND A BETTER ONE ANTICI- PATED. Patapecrnra, Jan. 12, 1879. A report of the condition of the American iron trade for the past year has just been completed by James M. Swank, secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, It states that the production of pig iron in the United States in 1877 was 2,314,585 tons, and in 1878 was 2,342,000 tons. Pennsylvania shows an increase of over 100,000 tons, while Ohio shows a decrease of over 30,000 tons. In 1878 Penn- sylvania made more than fifty per cent of the total production of pig iron in the United States. At the close of 1877 there were in the United States 716 blast furnaces, of which 270 were in blast and 446 were out of Dlast, At the close of 1873 there were 700 furnaces, of which 260 were in blast and 440 out of blast. These figures, tuken in connection with those of the production above given, indicate an increased average production of the active furnaces in 1878 over 1877. During 1878 there were eighteen fur- naces torn down, burned down or otherwise taken out of the active list and there were two new fur- naces erected, one in Ohio and one in Tennessec, showing a net decrease in the year of sixteen fur- naces, The stock of pig iron on hand unsold at the close of 1877 amounted to 642,351 net tons, At the close of 1578 they were very much less, being about 516,000 tons. At the close of 1876 the stocks aggre gated 636,798 tons. In the whole of Pennsylvania there was a decrease in 1878 of about 30,000 tons, although in the Lehigh Valley there was an increase of about 13,000 tons, There was a decrease in New York of about 24,000 tons; in Ohio of about 17,000 tons, and a marked decrease in Michigan, Missouri and other States. The shrinkage in stocks was remarka- bly uniform in all producing States, and it is very significant of the caution which characterized this branch of the iron trade throughout the year. No State materially increased its stocks in 187%. ‘The consumption and production of pig won, as well as the reduction of stocks, were greater in 1878 than during the previous yea INCREASED ACTIVITY. A careful estimate shows the production was in- creased about 70,000 tons. Stocks were decreased abont 126,000, and consumption increased about 195,000 tons. This indicates that the rolling mills were more steadily employed during the past year than in the year preceding. Some of the reasons for this increased activity are the improve- ments in iron ship and bridge building, the requirements of the New York elevated railroads and the large manufacture of locomotives and railroad cars, ‘Ten out of eleven steel works were busily en- gaged in the production of steel rails during the en- tire year, and other steel works were also active. The prosperity of agricultural interests—two good consecutive crops having been procured—and the eneral revival of business throughout the Latter half of the past year, were influences which favor- ably affected the fron trade of the country. The ex- hibit in connection with the production of Bessemer is pirticularly gratifiying, equalling, perhaps, that of Great Britain during the year. PRODUCTION OF IRON RAILS. In 1877 the production of iron rails amounted to 332,540 net tons, which was a great reduction from the production of 1876, which was 467,168tons. In 1878 this decline was wholly arrested, the produc- tion during the year being fully as great as in 1877, and probably a few thousand tons greater. In 1877 the production of Bessemer steel ingots was 580,587 net tons, and the production of Bessemer rails was 432,169 tons, In 1878 the production of ingots was about 730,000 net tons, and the weight of Bease- mer rails produced was about 600,000 net tons. Put- ting the iron and steel rail products of the year together we have in round numbers a total of 930,000 net tons as the rail product of the year. This product has only once been exceeded in our history (in 1672), when the product reached 1,000,000 net tons. In 1879 we will probably equal even that immense product, THE PRICKS, ‘The decline in price of pig iron during the year was $1 50a ton, and on bariron it was one-tenth of a cent per pound, or $2 24a ton. Iron and steel rails sold during the year at averago prices which were higher than the quotations in January. The only Coorurnens feature of the iron trade of 1878 is that” rel which tes to prices. In both iron and steel rails there was an improvement, but in pig and bar iron bx ® was a decline from the exceptionally low prices ol in SUMMARY YOR THE YEAR, The report concludes as follows;— + The old year, take it all in ail, was a more active and more jresperous year for tho American iron trade than either Sai or 1 7, ‘There was improvement in the dumund ur ulliron and sf ucts, wn ican, A satisfactory. were well maintained, oxceut ya pis trom. ‘Phis branch of the trade has had s hard strugglo, ind many furnaces have been run without profit. Phe new year opens . with the promise of, a still more active and mere prosperous business for our iron and steel wanofactures than the old year wave to them. Business is in fewer hands and the home competition cannot be so desperate us ithas been. Foreign competition for the preseut is not to be dreaded. Prices. it is are at Inst ut the lowest point to which they can bly tall, while the unmistakable and undeniable re- vival of geueral prosperity throughout the country give every asstiranee of the continuance of the increased di mand for tron und steel which characterized the old year. VIRGINLA'S DEBT, HER CREDITORS INVITED TO A CONFEBENCE ON THE 22D, AT RICHMOND. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Rucumoyp, Jan. 12, 1879, The lower house of the Legislature has been en- gaged for the past few days in the discussion of resolutions inviting the State creditors to a confer- ence in regard to a settlement of the debt. The debt- payers were pressing the resolutions and the read- justers were opposing them or were desirous of put- ting them in a shape least likely of being acceptable to the creditors. Yesterday resolutions were passed by the House inviting the creditors, both foreign and American, to a conference here on the 22d inst., aud the Senate will act upon them on Monday next. They will also probably pass that body in their present shape. The discussion has been earnest, and the form at last adopted is the result of a compro- mise of conflicting views. It is of the utmost im- portance that the creditors shall accept the invitation and be present, either in person or by proxy. The for- eign creditors must, of course, appear by proxy, as they will not have time to meet the appointment in person, The invitation calls on Mr. Bouveric, Messrs, Baring, Rothschila, Richard Irving & Co. and Hugh MeCallongh and Charles M. Foy, by particular desig. nation, and on all other croditors generally, to come. PROBABLE CONDITIONS OF THE COMPROMISE, ‘The best opinion here seems to be that a settlement will be reached somewhat upon the basis of that pro- posed by Mr. McCulloch and his associates, with some modifications thereof. Assuredly no settle- ment more favorable to the creditors than this can hoped for, and even this must be moditied in some essential particulars. For instance, {t will be very difficult to obtain any pro: vision for the payment of interest upon the alrcady accrued interest, on tho different classes of debt. The most extreme debt payers now ouly hope to obtain a settlement upon the busia of new bonds, bearing four per cent interest, and the classi- fication of members runs down from this class to those in favor of three per cent, and descends to those not desirous of any arrangement and of open repudia- tion, Now, however, i# the time for a settlement more favorable than any heretofore or than any which will probably come hereafter. MR. HARTRIDGE'S FUNERAL. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan, 12, 1879. ‘The funeral of the late Julian Hartridge took place to-day at twelve o'clock. The remains were taken from the Council Chamber, where they had lain in state during the night, under the escort of the Cheatham Artillery, of which the deceased was an officer during the late war, to Christ’s Church, where the burial service of the Episcopal Church was read. ‘The funeral cortége, escorted by United States troops and the white and colored militia, then proceeded to Laurel Grove Cemetery, where the remains were interred. Immense crowds thronged the line of march, ‘The funeral procession was the largest ever witnessed in this city. THE REY. MR. HAYDEN'S ‘TRIAL. , Conn,, Jan, 12, 1879. Attorney of State Platt said last evening that the trial of the Rev, H. H. Hayden for the murder of Mary Stannard will commence on the lth of Febru- ary. Chief Justice Park and Judge Loomis will pre- ¢ at tho trial, The State Attorney will be assisted Judge Lynde Harrison, rf by WIFE MURDERER RESPITED. Harnisnene, Pa., Jan. 12, 1879. ‘Tho Secretary of the Commonwealth this afternoon informed the Shertff of Philadelphia that a fu®her respite had been granted in the case of Alexauder DB, Sayre, the wife Sern whose exccution was fixed ex for Tuesday DEFAULTING CITY TREASURER. GLoverstse, Mass., Jan, 12, 1879, To escape investigation of his accounts by the Mayor, Francie Bennett, the Treasurer of this city, Bennett ng been @ has confessed to a defaleation of $8,600, has held office for many years and has lo: leading citizen, } building was totally destroyed. CONFLAGRATIONS. SMINGHAM, HE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT 60! ENTIRE BUSINESS PO! THREATENED—-LOSS AND INSUBA’ BipmixcHaM, Conn., Jan. 12, 1679. A terrible fire raged here last night, which threat- ened to destroy the whole business portion of the town, It was discovered about half-past one o'clock in the clothing store of Hertz & Co., in a brick block facing on Main street owned by Frederick Hull, The The first floor was oceupied by H, Hertz & Co., clothing, whose loss on stock will amount to $11,000; insured for $8,000, ‘The second floor was occupied by Joseph Young as a or TOWN residence, who loses about $1,500 in houschold goods, | on which there is no insurance. ‘The third floor was unoccupied. ‘Che fire spread with great rapidity to the adjoining residence of Frederick Hull in the rear und the building of Heary Somers on the east, both of which were entirely destroyed. Somers’ loss will reach $15,000; insured for $6,500, ‘The first floor was occupied by J. H. Brewster, dry goods, whose loss is estimated at $25,000; Insured for $5,200 ‘Tie second floor was occupied as a school and millin-. ery rooms: loss and insurance unknown. ‘The third floor consisted of Odd Fellows’ Hall, used by Odd Fe lows, Masons and Knights of Pythias, and containing a valuable library, records, Ke., which were totally cestroyed, The Odd Fellows’ insurance is $2,509. BUILDINGS DAMAGED. ‘Two buildings on the west, owned by Frederick Hull, were badly damaged by fire and water. ‘They were occupied by Joseph Young, hatter; J. E. Brierly, stationery: H. D. Morse, jeweller, and H. B. Peck, druggiat? whose losses are mostly covered by insur- ance. Frederick Hull's entire loss on buildings is estimated at $35,000; insurance, $10,000, ‘The Globe Building, in the rear of the block and fronting on Minerva street, owned by C. E, Atwater, was partially destroyed, The loss on the building is covered by insurance. ‘The first floor was occupied by 8. Z. Du- rand and’ A. B, Ruggles & Co., groceries; fully in- sured. ‘The upper floors were occupied us dwellings. ‘The total loss on building and contents will reach up- ward of $10,000, he heroic efforts of the firemen, combined with an ample supply of water, slone saved the place from destruction.” An engine was sent here from New Haven, but it was uot found necessary to unload it trom the car. The cause of the fire is unknown. PERISHED [N THE PLAMES. Bosvos, Jan. 12, 187! ‘The tenement house and beer saloon of John Oden- dorfer, in Jamaica Plain district, was burned last night. Mrs. Odendorfer and her ten-year old son perished in the flames. LUMBER AND HORSES BURNED. id Crxcrnsatt, Jan, 1 A special despatch to the Gazette says:—‘‘Levi Crol- leson’s storehouse at Franklin, Ohio, containing 100,000 feet of lumber; Vails’ livery stable, with four horses and several wagons and buggies, and Vails’ dwelling adjoining, were burned last night. ‘The loss is estimated at $6,000; insurance, $3,000. . ICE GORGE AT RICHMOND. FEARS OF ANOTHER DISASTROUS PLOOD—OCCU- PANTS OF BUILDINGS REMOVING TO A PLACE OF SAFETY-—CONDITION OF THE JAMES RIVER. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD." Ricumoyp, Va., Jan. 12, 1879. ‘The people in the lower portion of the city, and the merchants owning stores and warehouses along the docks on the river front, are in a state of feverish ex- citement to-night in anticipation of another disas- trous flood. There are more than ordinary reasons: for this apprehension. A heavy rain commenced falling last night at eight o'clock, which continued incessantly until the same hour to-night. In ad- dition to this the river is gorged with ice for a dis- tance of eight or nine miles, beginning at a point three mites below the city and extending nearly to Dutch Gap, which bas stopped the current and raised the water here some ten feet above the ordinary level. ALABM PREVAILING, In consequence of these two conditions the greatest alarm prevails, and families, goods and chattels and merchandise are being moved from the places subject to inundation to others of greater safety. This even- ing the steamer Wyanoke, of the Old Dominion line, which has been’ ice-bound by the gorge below, dropped down from her wharf aiid anchored oppo- site Poengling's brewery in the middle of the river aga matter of precaution. Parties who visited the orge to-day report the ice still some two or three feet ‘above the water and the bark Pepita and schooner Oakes Ames firmly embedded in it. ACCOUNTS PROM O1HER PLACKS, To-night the telegraph office is besieged 7 anxious people inquiring for news from Lynchburg and other places on the Upper James and from Charlotter- ville and other points on tributaries of the James. The accounts are various and contlicting, but sutti- cient information has been received to allay imme- diate apprehension. ‘The rivers are reported slowly rising at all points, but the volume is uot «reat enough to increase the water materially at this point before to-morrow night. CONDITION OF THE JAMES. ‘The James is now about ton feet above its ordinary level. It rose about eighteen inches this morning, then fell the same distance, and has since been rising about two inches an hour. The wind, which has been blowing steadily, and sometimes a gale, from the northeast, has now subsided. A heavy sleet fell about nigntfall, aud the streets are as slippery as glass, and extremely dangerous to pedestrians. The great volume of water which fell last night and to- {ay will probably reach here to-morrow, and, in con- sequence of the ice gorge below, may cause con- siderable damage. ICE MOVING IN THE OHIO. 187! Ciycisxatt, Jan. 12, 1879, ‘The wharf was visited by thousands of people to- day in expectancy of the ice breaking up in the river. ‘Towboats have broken the ice along the river front, and steamers of the mail line have taken refuge in the mouth of the Licking River. The ice is expected to move before morning. At Portsmouth the ice moved yesterday, smashing and sweeping uway some fifteen ‘sville a breakup occurred at thre noon, sinking or tearing loose some fifteen barges and damaging the wharf boat some- whut. At four P. M. the ice gorged again below Mays- ville, and at iast accounts was still fast. Arise of twenty feet is reported in the Kentucky River, which, it is thought, will clear out the Ohio below the mouth of the former stream. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan DeraRntMEnt, Orrick OF THE CHIE SIGNAL Orricen, Wasuinoros, dan. 13—1 A. M. Indications, For the Middle Atlantic States, northeast, backing to northwest and southwest winds, rising, followed by stationary or falling barometer, partly cloudy weather and #light changes in temperature, For New England, stationary or falling barometer, slightly warmer, partly cloudy weather and variable and westerly winds. For the South Atlantic States, stationary or rising barometer, cooler northwest back to warmer south- west winds, clear or partly cloudy weather, For the Gulf States, falling barometer, warmer southerly winds, increasing cloudiness, possibly fol- lowed by occasional light rain. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, slightly warmer, southwest winds, falling barometer, cloudy weather, possibly light rain or snow, . For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri val leys, southwest, veering to cooler northwest winds, with rising barometer and clear weather, For the upper lake region, falling, followed by ris- ing barometer, warmer southwest, veer to cooler northwest winds, cloudy or partly cloudy weather and occasional light snow. For tho lower lake region, south and west winds, cloudy weather, possibly occasional snow, stationary or higher temperature and falling barometer, For the Middle and South Pacific regions, clear or fair weather, For the North Pacitic region, partly cloudy weather; possibly occasional light rains. ‘The rivers will generally rise, Cautionary signals continue at Macon, Capo Look- out, Cape Hatteras, Kitty Hawk, Cape Henry, Norfolk, Lewes, Cape Ma Hook, and are ordered for Key West. THE WEATHER 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, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Henacv Building, No, 218 Broadway :— Nis, 79), perature y Averaje temperature for cor New OnLHANS, Jan, 12, 1879. John Zappe shot and killed P. Belsom at noon to- day, Doth were barkeep Atlantic City, Barnegat and Sandy | | OBITUARY. COMMODORE JOHN GUEST. Commodore John Guest, United States Navy, com- muaudant of Portsmouth Naval Station, died of chronic albuminaria at bis residence at the Navy Yard at twelve minutes before nine o'clock yester- day morning. He was taken on Tuesday, the 7th inst., with angina pectoris—severe pains in the region of the heart aud arm—which was specdily followed by the usual symptoms of blood poisoning common to Bright's disease. He was born in Missouri, March 7, Isz2. ‘The navy has lost in Commodore Guest one of its brightest oruaments. The following is a list of the services performed by this officer:—Appointed mid- shipman from Arkansas Dec. 16, 1837, and was ordered to the sloop-of-war Warren, West India squadron, in 1838, where he remained until 1542. He was at the Naval School, Philadelphia, in 1843; was promoted to passed midshipman June 29, 1843; served on steamer Poinsett im surveying Tampa Bay during 1544 and 1845; served on the frigate Congress, Pacific squad- ron, 1845 to 1848; was at the battle of San Gabriel January 8, and the battle of Mi Cal., during the war with Mexico, January 9, 1548. He was com- missioned us lieutenant December 24, 1850, and was orderel to the sloop-of-war Plymouth, East India squadron, where he served trom 1851 to 1 Tu 1854, with the cutter of the Plymouth, he boarded the Chinese man-of-war Sir H. Compton, at Shanghai, and liberated a pilotboat's crew who were under the protection of the American flag. For this gallant act he was promoted to the second in com- mand of the Plymouth, under Captain John Kelley, and fought a severe and victorious action with the Chinese at Shanghai to prevent aggression on foreign residents. During 1855 and 1806 he was on spe- cial duty at Washington, and during 1857 and 1858 he was executive officer of the United States steam frigate Niayara aud laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic. For his valuable services on this occasion he rece amedal, After a short term ot duty at the naval rendezvous at Philadelphia he received orders to join the Niagara, aud sailed for Japan with the first Japanese Embassy. He accom- panied Commodore Perry in the Susquehanna, and Was present at the first landing of the Americans in Japan. In 1861 ke communded his old ship, the Nugara, then flagship of the West Gulf squadron. While in command of this vessel he took her boats and in the night cut out the schooner Aid, then under the protection of Fort Morgan, at Mobile Bay. This occurred in August, 1861, He conumunded the United States steamer Owasco in 1862, and was pres- ent at the capture of Forts Jackson and st. Philip, New Orleans. His conduct at the bombardment of these forts was such as to call forth rousing cheers from the mortar schooners. The fire ot the enemy became very galling, and the flect, anchored, as it was, near the bank, had to suffer severely from the cuemy’s shot; but the Owasco, with her captain quietly seated upon the quarter deck, appeared, and in a few minutes the guns of the enemy were silenced, After the capture of New Orleans the Ow: was with Admiral Farra- gut in all the fights up the . Mississippi, including the severe passage of the bluits at Vicksburg. Lieu- tenant Guest was commissioned as commander July 16, 1862, and commanded the Owasco at the capture of the forts and Galveston city. He was ordered to the command of the iron-clad Sagamore in 1863, and while on this duty he invented and put in practice the first spar torpedo ever used. In 1863 and 1864 | he commanded the Galatea on convoy duty in the West Indies. In 1865 he commanded the steamer Tosco, and was present and took part in both attacks on Fort Fisher. He was commissioned (July as captain und was executive officer at the Nav Portsmouth, N. H., from 1807 to 1869. He commanded the United states steamer Brooklyn, in the European squadron, in 1870 and 1871; was captain of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia in 1872; was promoted to commodore December = 1 and ordered as senior officer Board Inspection of Vessels, where he remained from 1872 to 1876. He was called from this duty to command the station ut which he died. Commodore Guest had been forty-one years in the service of his country, twenty-one of which had been on shipboard and at sea, Ho was a man of great information, very reti- cent, but always kind and courteous to all, particu- larly to bis subordinates. He was a great thinker and posseased advanced information upon many sub- jects of vital interest to the navy and the country. Many months ago, when writing to the chairman of the Naval Committee in Congress upon the ondition of the navy, he expressed himself very much concerned on the Chinese question. A portion of his letter was published at that time inthe Henao, and recent events go to prove the correctness of the Commodore's views. The people of Portsmouth lose a warm friend. The moist eyes of the humblest workman in the Portsmouth Navy Yard are the truest testimonials of his worth, The body will leave Ports- mouth on Tuesday forenoon tor Philadelphia, where the funeral will take place on Thursday, at noon. The body will be placed, by request, in the vault of St. Mary's. Only two deaths have occurred at Ports- mouth Navy Yard in many years, those of the braye old iral Farragut and Passed Assistant Engineer John Ford, Captain Jonathan Young, executive offi- cer of Leal mang is now acting commandant. Commodore Guest leaves a wife and daughter, the Jatter being the wife of Lieutenant Seymour, attached tothis yard, and four sons, one of whom is lieutenant in the Eighth cavalry. CHARLES GHISLAIN GUILLAUME, VISCOUNT VI- LAIN XIII. Viscount Vilain XIII, whose death at the Chateau of Leuth on the 17th inst. was announced by a tele- gram in the Hrna.p, was one of the few Belgian statesmen of the period of the independence who had survived to the present year. He was born at Brussels, May 15, 1803, of av ancient family, ennobled by Louis XIV, on his entry into Ghent (the number XIII. forming part of the title), and his grandfather was one of the leading promoters in Belgium of the French Revolution. His father, a protégé of Napoleon and afterward of William of Orange, when King of the United Netherlands, nevertheless braced the cause of independence and died in having long been Vice President of the Senate. The late viscount was educated at the College Charlemagne, afterward by the Jesuits, at St. Acheul, and finally at the Uni- versity of Liege, where he was the associate of Baron Nothomb, Adolphe Dechamps and other per- ages who figured in the Belgian Revolution. Km- bracing ¢! iberal ideas of Lamennais, Viscount Vi- lain wrote for the Avenir, a Congress for Maestrich in 130, became one of ite secretarics, and, in that capacity, read to King Leo- pe in 181, the Belgian Constitution, on the Place Royale, at Brussels. In 1832 he was sent a Minister to the Pope, to Naples and ‘Tuscany, and subsequently to several other courts; was V President of the Congress in 1813, Governor of East Flanders in 1835, Minister of Foreign Affwire 1455-7, and President of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies 187 He was a royalist, but protected the St. pitality to Raspail, and was loved idst of the most violent politi- The most dramatic moment of his life was when, a8 Minister, he was questioned before the Chamber a8 to an alleged foreign pressure upon the Cabinet demanding the change of the Belgian Consti- tution, when he shouted, *Never!"’ amid the wildest conthusiaam, RICHARD HARTMA MACHINIS' ‘The death from apoplexy, afew days ago, is corded of a distinguished machinist, Herr Com- mercienrath Richard Hartmann, of Chemnitz, Here Hartmann rose from the position of a poor too | maker to that of an employer of labor of such im- | portance a4 to acquire the cognomen of +The King of the Saxon Machinists.” He was born in Barr, in Alsace, in 1809, and proceeded to Chemnitz, the sean of his fature success, as a journeyman, in his twon- rst year. In he began business on his own . and became known as 4 tmannfacturer of cotton spinning machinery. In IS47 he extended his concern i began the production of locomotives aud tenders, In 1855 he again extended his w and added to his other “KING OF THE SAXON terprises the manufacture | of tube wheeis, tangential wheels, mining and boring machinery, engineering tools, &e. So important had his establishment become in that, im that year, he insured his for the sum of 1,250,000 thalors (say 0). ‘The works extendéd over 254,084 square tres, including fifty covered buildings occupying a space ot 53,224 square metres, and employed 2,000 artisans, Ever restlessly striving to develop his ss, Herr Hartmain acquired for his pro- ions a world wide reputation, his industrial activity e 1 him to be justly regarded in manu- facturing circles as one of the wonders of the present century. In 1872 he sold his works to a joiut stock company, since which time they have been known as the “Saxon Machine Factory," but up to the time of his death he took an active ‘interest in the affairs of the concern, Herr Hartmann completed his sixty- niuth year on the Sth November last, MRS. ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, SCOTTISH POETESS, M Klizabeth Campbell, known as the Lochee poetess, died at Lochee, December at the age of seventy-four yours. A few weeks ago she was severe burned, owing to a portion of her clothing having | become ignited, and did not raily from the accident. | For many yours sho was known as a poetess of no mean order, and her verses sppeared from time to | time in various publicatio 4 1875, through the | kindness of Mr, Peter Whytock and other friends, | her poems were published in a col form, the volume me prefaced by a critical notice fr the pen of the late Rey, George Gilfillan. , Born in a le sphere, ber life, f nd, was and spirit. Brought up as a domestic servant, it is dittienit to under. | | stand how she could have succeeded in obtaiming t time necessary to study, but it is nevertheless a fact | that she did so, In her volume of poems, entitiod | “Songs of My Pilgrimage,’* the | esting aceount of rly years, of which Allan says:—“Anything more simply graph ostentatio’ nl we have read.” Sil lication quel With the most duexp.cted is prefixed an inter- Mr. Gile her poems, stuvcess, her healt | year of his ag gradually gave way, and she was w tuined mental effort. Nevertheless, recently pro- dured several pieces, portions of which displayed considerable imaginative power, but canuot, from a literary point of view, be classed as equal to those contained in the volume. During her married life she underwent great domestic bereavement, and out of 4 family of eight children only two daughters sur- vive. COMMENDATORE STANISLAO STERBINI. About the end of December, 1878, died at Rome one of the dearest and most intimate friends of Pope Leo XUIL., Commendatore Stanislao Sterbini. He was born in 1802, Although the Sterbini family have largely tigured in all the Italian revolutions, and their name has always been 4 synonym for “anti-Popery,’ Stanislao Sterbini early entered the Pontifical Custom House and remained faithful to the Papal govern- ment up to his death. From the lower offices in the departinent he had entered he rapidly rose to the supreme dignity of Director General, # position which he held as long as the Pope had a custom house to adininister, During his whole term of office his. talent and integrity commanded for him the respect even of his enemies. Since 1437, when by reason of his employment he was residing at Benevento, he es- tablished “a close friendship with Monsignor Pecci, then Archbishop of that city, now Pope Leo XII. When Cardinal Peeei was elected to fill the ancy of the Ho * inted his friend his “Private Seales,’ an oflice which implies more than the word con ‘Tho “Private Seales” is not only u chief steward but also a kind of private seerctary. Leo XIII. has been deeply grieved by the loss of his old and faithful friend, who was the chief connecting link Seaeee the Courts of the Vatican and of the Quirinal. WILLIAM E, OSBORNE. William E. Osborne, an old actor and manager, died yesterday at the residence of his son, No. 5 Cen- tre Market place, this city. He had been suffering from a heavy cold for some months past, which finally ended in pueumonia, He was born in Loudon, England, in 1799, and made his first appearahce on the stage when but eighteen years of age. He was a member of the stock company of the Haymarket Theatre and was one of the “support’’ of Edmund Kean and MeCready. He came to this country in 1827 and as- sumed the management of the Chestnut Street The- atre in Philadelphia, In 1430 he removed to Rich- iond, Va., where he managed the Richmond Theatre for several years. Lateron he became a member of the company at the Old Bowery Theatre, at which establishment he supported in yarioux minor charac- ters all the prominent stars who appeared there. He was a companion of Burton, Thomas Hamblin, Harry and Thomas Placide and Ggorge Holland. Sonie years ago he retired from the’ theatrical profession and removed with his family to Fredericksburg, Va. During the late wur he became financially embar- russed and returned to this city, where he lived up to the time of his death, LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES DUFF, M. P. Colonel James Duff, M. P, for North Norfolk, died December 23, at his town residence, No. 35 Upper Brook street, London. Colonel Duff was born at Lies Houso, Elgin, in 1831, and married in 1859 Mary Laura, daughter of Mr, Edward Dawkins. The gallant Colonel was ciucated at Rugby and entered the army in 1851, He served in the Crimean war, and at the battle of Inkerman was taken prisoner by the Russians. At the close of the war he received the Crimean medal with two clasps and also some Turkish decorations. In April, 1876, on the death of the Hon. F. Walpole, Colonel Duff came forward as a candi- North Norfolk in the conservative interest, defeated the liberal candidate, Sir J. F. Buxton, by a rather narrow majority.” He subse: quently became popular, however, among all parties in the constituency through ‘his courteous und gentlemanly bearing to all with whom he came in contact. He spoke well upon military topics, and took an active ‘part in carrying the Norfolk’ and Suffolk Fisheries act (1977) through Parliament. The liberals will contest the seat rendered vacant through the death of Colonel Duff, as they consider that there is every encouragement to them to do so. LEONARD CHAPIN. A telegram from Charleston, 8. C., announces the sudden death by apoplexy of Mr. Leonard Chapin, an old resident of that city. He was a member of the well known Massachusetts family of Chapin, to which Chester W. Chapin, the recently deceased member of Congress, belonged, and possessed many of the traits of the famous New England stock. Thirty years of association among the people of his adopted city withont a blemish upon his name attest the worth of the n and his character as 4 merchant and citizen. He was a prominent member of the old Huguenot Church, the oldest in America, but was equally well known in all church circles by reason of his sche liberality of purse and sentiment aud “his identification with every progressive religious move- ment, irrespective of creed. He occupied a high social_position in Charleston, was locked up to as» judicious connsellor in time of trouble, and bis loss creates a void that cannot well be filled. COLONEL CHARLES J, TOTTENHAM, Tuteliigence has been received of the sudden death in Dublin, on December 17, of Colonel Charles John Tottenham, of Berwyn House, Llangollen, and Wood- stock, Ireland. He was a magistrate for Denbigh- shire and Merionethshire, in both of which counties he was a large land owner. He was also Deputy Lieutenant for Denbighshire, deputy chairman of Merioneth Quarter Sessions, chairman of the Vale of Liangollen and Llangollen and Corwen Rail- way comparies, and chairman of the Llangollen Peity Sessions. Some years ago he contested Merio- nethishire in the conservative interest, but was de- feated by Mr, Samuel Holland, the present member. His sudden death has caused a groat sensation in the neighborhood of Llangollen. PACHA AHMED KAISERLI, TURKISH ADMIRAL. Admiral Ahmed Kaiserh, oue of the few Turkish survivors of the battle of Navarino, died at Constanti- nople about the 18th ult., at the age of eighty-four years. At Navarino he refused to strike his flag and succeeded in saving his vessel. This act of heroism gave him a distinguished reputation, and was the prelade to along and successful career. In the late war he was governor of the important fortress of Rustehuk, where he shut himself up and held the place until the peace, notwithstanding the long con- tinued siege and constant bombardment by the Rus- ans. DAVID SEMPLE, F. 8, A., SCOTTISH AUTHOR. Mr. David Semple, F. 8. A., died at his residence at Townhead, Paisley, December 22, after a short ill- ness. Mr. Semple entered the Paisley Faculty of Procurators in 1831, and acted for a considerable time as the agentot the liberal party in electioncering contests. He was regarded in the town as the local historian and antiquarian. Among the recent publi- cations of Mr. Semple were “The History of Paisley Abbey,” “Ihe Tree of Crocston,” “The Lite and Poems of Robert Tannahill,” &c. He was seventy years of age. GABRIEL IBRAHIM. M. Gabriel [brahim, the last survivor of the corps of Mamelukes created by General Bonaparte during his stay in Egypt, died about the 15th ult, at Mar- seilles, These Mamelukes, under the First Empire, had organized with their families a sort of colony at Marseilles, several of whom were massacred in the ue reign of terror which took place at that city after the battle of Waterloo, M. Gabriel Tbrahim was eighty-four years of age. Hix funeral, which took place December 17, was attended by the civic authorities. CAPTAIN GEORGE MIN After a lingering illness, Commander George Minor, of the late Confederate Navy, and for many years an officer of the United States Navy, ditd peacetully at his home at Fredericksburg, Va., January 8, in the ear of his age. His life was one of turous profes. sion, while his abilities commanded high offices of honor and trust. During the rebellion he was made Chief of Ordnance and head of the Bureau of Hydrog- raphy at Richmond. He was 4 man of character and attainments and a delightful talker, gallant, warm-hearted and generally beloved. EDWARD WALKER, Mr, Edward Walker, bookbinder and publisher, of this city, aged seventy-five years, died at Ye on the Hudson, on Saturday last. Mr, Walker was a native of England, and came to this country about the year 1832, By years of industry he accumulated a competency and retired from business some seven or eight years ago, Among the works which he pub- lished was “A Voice to America,” “Dowling « History of Romanism and the “Stateman's Manual.” HENRY D. BAN M.D. Dr. Henry D, Ranney, « West fourth street, died on Saturday last, in the sixty-firet the Doctor had a large professional practice in this He was vice president of the North River Savings Bank, for many years a school officer in the Twentieth ward, and had been an active worker in many charitable and benevolent associa- tions. He will be buried in the family barial plot at townshend, a vt. HON. FREDERICK CTLARLES CLARENCE. Hon Urederick Che George Fitaclarence, late of the Tenth Hussars, dicd in England December 17, He was the second son of the late Karl of Munster and Laity Mary Wyndham, daughter of tye Earl of Egremont, and was born February t, lxv6, He married hin cousin, the Hou, Adelaide Angusta Wilhelmina Sidney, eldest daughter of the first Lord de Lisle and Dudley, in December, 1504, GEORGE FiT¥+ Thirty: | to any sus- AMUSEMENTS. BOOTH'S THEAT -OPERATIC CONCERT. A fair audience assembled at Booth's ‘Theatre last evening to enjoy a musical entertainment which wae announced for the benefit of a young lady who is undergoing instruction under the auspices of Mr, Max Strakosch, with a view to her public appearance on the operatic staye. ‘The programme was attractive and the performance of the respective artists gener ally admirable, as was attested by th uent recalls Chief among the virtuosi was Mr, Edouard Reményi, the celebrated violinist, who played Mendelssohn's concerto in E, andante aml roudo, a composition which he rendered in his own particularly poetic style, giving new meaning to the work. Later he performed nst’s “Elegie,” and No, lof “Reed Songs," by F. Korbay, transcribed by himself and played for the first time in America. He ended his brilliant exeention with one of Chopin’s Mazurkas. Mile. Litta instead of essaying the variations on the “Carnival of Venice,” as announced, gave a chanson by Schnhoff und, being encored, a Styrian air by Dessauer, en titled, “Quick Arise, Maiden Mine.” The beauty and brillianey of Mile. Litta’s voice was apparent in boih of the above named songs. Signorini Galimberti sang “Di tanti palpiti” in her old coquettish vein and won an encor The piano so irs from arranged by Liszt—by Mme. Terese Carreno, was ‘also one of the teatures of the evening. Liszt has few better inter- preters of his music among the fair sex than this lady artist, and her appearance is always the signal of auenenee. She had an abundance of it last night, both before and after playing. Mr. Henry Westberg sang Gounod’s “Serenade,” with violoncello obligato by M. Aubert, and was recalled whenever he gave Swedish song. Mr. L. G. Gottschalk sang an ari from ‘11 Barbiere,"’ and Miss Nannie Hart, who made her first appearance in New York, sang “Mode ah Mode,” from “Luerezia Borgia.” She has a pleasant voice, and was warmly received. As the closing at- traction the quartet from “Martha,"’ \Dormi Pur,’* wax sung by Mlle. Litta, Signor Galimberti, Mr. Westberg and Mr. Gottschalk. A large orchestra was present and contributed not @ little to the pleasure of the evening's entertain. meut, which they began with the overture to “Nu bucco,” by Verdi. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. Over fifty actors are buried in Greenwood Ceme tery. ‘The Mapleson troupe passed through New York om Sunday morning en route to the West. Miss Anna Dickinson will deliver her lecture on “The Platform and Stage” at Chickering Hall on Fri- day evening, the 17th inst. “Never Loo Late to Mend” is announced as the next attraction at the Olympic Theatre. A new drama is also in preparation. Professor Carl Lanzer, the well known violinist, on Friday gave aconcert for the entertainment of the patients at St. Luke's Hospital Mile. Galimberti is announced to appear in opera at Booth’s Theatre at an early day. She will take part in ‘Cu Ballo in Maschera."”’ ‘There is a horrible suggestion that the Count Joannes will soon appear as Lord Dundreary in-“Our American Cousin” at the Olympic Theatre. Mary Anderson, Fanny Davenport, the Williamsons, Lotta, the Mapleson Opera Company, Withelmj and Reményi are booked for Western cities during the present month. Rumors of a revival of “Dot; or, the Cricket on the Hearth,"’ at the Park ‘Theatre have for some time Deen rife. The event takes place on the 20th inst., with John E. Owens as Caleb Plummer. Mme. Teresina Singer, who is said to have created a‘furor in Rome and Naples by her impersonation of Norma, will probably appear in America next season, She is described as a great dramatic artist. Robson and Crane, in the ‘Comedy of Errors,” will be at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, this week, and ‘*Mother and Son,'’ with a portion of the Union Square company, at the Walnut Street ‘Theatre. ‘The Pinafore," Arthur Sallivan’s comic opera, haa been well received at the Broad Street Theatre, Phila- delphia, where Ford & Zimmerman have placed it on the stage in creditable style. It begins its second week to-night. The second concert of the Staten Island Phil- harmonic Society took place on Friday evening, and was largely attended. Among the soloists were Reményi, the violinist, and Mr. Richard Hoffmann, the well known pianist, McKee Rankin and Kitty Blanchard,in the “Dan- ttea,"" were the attraction at the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia, last week. A noteworthy incident of the production of the play was the new scenery by Mr. H. E. Hoyt, which was artistic and creditable ag a representation of rugged nature in California. An enterprising Boston firm have set a good ex~ ample by purchasing 425 seats for next Wednesday performance of ‘Joshua Whitcomb.” They give one of these to each salesman and saleswoman in their employ. Mr. Denman Thompson is evidently con« tinuing the good impression he made in New York. “Within an Inch of His Life,” the dramatization of Emile Gaborian’s novel, now being played at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, has met with asuccess, It is entering upon its second week. It differs considerably from Mrs. Henderson's version, “Almost a Life.” The Philadelphia dramatization is also the work of a lady—Mrs. Martha Lafitte Johnson. Mr. George K. Goodwin, the manager of the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, is to be the recipient of a testimonial benetit, tendered by a uumber of Phila- delphia citizens, It will take place on Wednesday af- ternoon. Thero will be performed “Mother and Son,” by some of the leading members of the Union Square company, and the fourth act of “Camille,’”* with Charles R. Thorne as Armand. EX-MAYOR WESTERVELT, The condition of ex-Mayor Jacob A. Westervelt re mained unchanged yesterday, and he still retains consciousness. A large number of his friends called at his residence, in West Forty-eighth street, during the day, inquiring as to his condition. SLEIGH ACCIDENT IN CENTRAL PARK. During the skating season at the Central Park @ four horse sleigh has been used for the purpose of conveying skaters from Fifty-ninth street to the lake for the small sum of five cents. On last Saturday night, about eight o'clock, as the sleigh was making one of its usual trips and had reached the “Oval,” @ place on the route where they water the horses, one of the horses became entangled in the trac others, taking fright, started off on a wild rac continued running for some time, when the broke, and the horse, falling, upsct the sleigh, i were about twenty per: A scene of ensued, many of the passengers being women, and several of them sustained severe bruises. Orlicers soon appeared, however, and managed to quiet the excited passengers, The horse which fell and wae dragged along the road some distance was so severely injured that one of Bergh’s men shot him. ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY. Ferdinand Lamielle, of No. 12 Charlton street, was arrested last night by Officer Donohue, of the Bighth precinct, on a charge of grand larceny, which waa preferred against him by Armand Weil, of No. 229 West Thirty-fourth street. Lamielle is accused of having stolen $150 worth of jewelry from Weil's resi- dence last week. He was held on the charge and this morning will be arraigned at the Jefferson Market Police Court. HOTEL ARRIVALS, General Russell Hastings, of Washington, is at the Westminster. Lawrence Barrett is at the New York. General Thomas L. Roster, of Minnesota, and Stuart Robson, are at the Union Square. Sixth Auditor J, M. McGrew, of the Treasury Department, and Charles F. Conant, of Boston, are at the Astor. J. H. Milk lard, of Omaha, is at the Metropolitan. 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