The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1879, Page 7

From All Parts of the World. RULE OF THE TRIUMVIRATE France’s Progress Toward Liberty of Speech. MUDDLED GERMAN POLITICS Progress of the Russo-Turkish Negotiations, - [Bx caBLE TO THE HERALD.) Lonpoy, Feb. 12, 1879. President Grévy has signed a decree making ap- Pointments and changes affecting eighteen gencrals and twelve commanders of corps. General Farre has been appointed Commandant at Lyons, General Clinchant at Chalons and General de Gallitotat Tours. General Wolff r.places the Duke d’Aumale at Besan- con. Le Yenps says the Duke 4d’Aumale has been appointed Inspector General. Mgr. Desprez, Archbishop of ‘Toulouse, has been created a cardinal, The government's Amnesty bill will probably be submitted to the Chambers to-day. It grants amnesty to all persons heretofore or here- after pardoned oxcept offenders against the common ldw, and condones all political offences since 1870 not heretofore prosecuted. A decree relative to changes of procurators general it was expected would be signed yesterday. In the French Chamber of Deputies at Versailles yesterday M. Albert Grévy was elected Vico President of the Chamber. M. de Marcere, Minister of the Interior, presented a bill granting amnesty to the communists. M, Leon Say, Minister of Finance, declined to make any state- ment relative to tho conversion of five per cent rentes, saying he would discuss that matter with the Committee on the Budget, Later in the day, an interpellation on this subject being pressed, tho Chamber, to avoid prejudging the question, passed to the order of the day. The Bureaux ap- pointed a Committee on Army Reforms. Nine of the eleven members forming it favor a reduction of the period of service to three years and the abolition of the system by which the educated classes serve only one year. It is expeeted that the Oficial Journal of Paris will publish to-day a decree transferring seven and diamissing or retiring twelve procurators general. Four command- ers of army corps are to be transferred and nine dis- missed. The discussion by the Bureaux on the Amnesty bill, introducod in the Chamber of Deputies to-day, was fixed for Thursday. The Paris Rappel revives the demand for the impeachment of tho De Broglie Ministry, which apparently tho Amnesty bill as finally sub- mitted to the Chambers docs not forbid. GERMAN POLICY. After some hesitation it seems to be now settled that the Emperor of Germany will open the Reich- stag in person and deliver his speech from the throne to-day. Tho Berlin correspondent of the Pall’ Mall Gazette says ‘Lhe Prussian government, it is under- stood, has finally decided to bring in a measure declaring the Guelph fund forfeited. Tho measure will not bo presented to Parliament now, owing to the shortness of the vession, but it has becn agreed’ upon in principle.” Tho Post and Tagblatt of Berlin state that satisfactory declarations have been cx- changed by Germany and Denmark relative to the Sédint treaty with Austria, ‘The Prassian Chamber of Deputics has finally adopted the Budget for 1879. A despatch to the Standard trom Copenhagen states that the public demand the retirement of the Min- ister of Foreign Affairs and the recall of the Danish Ministers at Vienna and Berlin on account of their ignorance in regard to the rocent treaty between Germatiy and Aus- tria, A despatch from Berlin. to the Fost states that the German inhabitants of Schleswig are ‘Preparing an address of thanks to the Emperor ‘William for the treaty with Austria, h ‘The Daily News’ despatch from Berlin says:—“The speech of the Emperor at the opening of the Reichstag will deal princivally with domestic affairs, such as protective legislation and the Parliamentary Discipline bill, which will be among the first *meas- ures submitted.” TURKEY AND IT# LATE PROVINCES. General Todleben has telegraphod Prince Lobanoff ‘st Constantinople that he will begin the evacuation of Adrianople in ten days, and that he is making requisition for all wagons for transportation pur- poses. The Bulgarian Assembly, sitting at Sophia, consists of 221 notables, Of these, 103 are members ex-officio, ninety-one elected by popular vote and twenty-two nominated by Prince Dondoukoff- Korsakoff, who appoints cleven Mohammedans, cight Bulgarians, @ Greck bishop, a mufti and o rabbi. The constitution of Bulgaria will bo chiefly mod- elled on that of Servia. The Prince will have a civil list of 1,000,000 piastres, and tho succession to the throne will be hereditary. The Ministry will be absolutely responsible to the National Assembly, which will control the legislative, financial and ad- ministrative departments, Mr. W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Admiralty, in his speech at West- minster last night, referring to the Eastern ques- tion, said he was firmly convinced that the Berlin Treaty would be exccuted, as he know the Russians were now ovacuating the Turkish territory, Mukh- tar Facha has refused to negotiate on a vasis do- mandod by Greece and the Greck Commissioners bave been recalled. STRIKERS AND STRAMSHIPS. At the interview yesterday at Liverpool between the committee of the steamship owners and the dele- gation from the strikers, after hearing the lattor’s statement the owners resolved to adhere to their terms, The strike, therefore, continues, Many of the men are showing signs of yielding. It is thought that in the course of a day or two many men will return to work. No National line vessel will gail from Liverpool to-day for New York. ‘The steam- ship owners at Liverpool have appointed a commit- tee to confer with the delegates appointed at yester- day's meoting of the strikers, Much firmness is manifested on both sides.. The steamship City of Brussols sailod for New York yesterday afternoon. THR CATTLE TRADE. The order of the Privy Council adopted on Mon- @ay revoking after March 3, 1879, article 13 of the Foreign Animals order, so far as it relates to tho United States, was a great surprise to the trade here, All cattle from tho United States after March 3 will have to be slaughtered in abattoirs now being pro- pared on tho dock estates of Birkenhead and Liver- pool within ten days a‘ter landing. “HRY, MM, BELL'S CHARACTER, At tho Nottingham Assizes on Monday, in the libel suit of the Kov, Fred Bell, formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., against Mr. Stevepson, o solicitor, and Rev. R. F. Griffith, a Baptist minister, Lord Coleridge, after the prosecution had opened the plead- (ngs, told tho senior counsel that “Unless you aro prepared substantially to altor tho evidence given by the prosecutor on his cross-examination before tho magistrates, I shall direct the jury that the pleas aro proved—vis., that the libels were true ‘and published for the public benefit.” Tho counsel being unable to say ho was propared to so alter the evidence Lord Coleridgo directed a verdict for the Gefendant. AFGUAN GossIP. Adospatch from Calcutta says that the report of the death of the Ameor of Afghanistan is untrac. It srose from tho demise of the Ameer of Bokhara. The Ancor of Afghanistan will endeavor to reach Herat. Yakoob Khan recently sent a cavalry rogiment to Kohistan to quell disturbances among the tribes there, whereupon both factions suspended hostili- fies and attacked and routed tho regiment. APAKISH YOREION ToLICY, Ring Alfonso will pronide on Tharsday at a Spanish Cabinet council to discuss the legal duration of the Cortes. If the Ministers disagree, which seems Probable, a change of Cabinct will be deferred until the artival of Martinez Campos, when the Ministry will be remodelled. On receipt of official reports from Puerto Plata the Spanish government will, if necessary, despatch a man-of-war to St, Domingo to exact heavy indemnity for the families of the two generals taken from @ Spanish steamer and shot by the St. Domingo authorities and satisfaction to the Spanish flag. ‘The Spanish government has pnr- chased all the private rights. in Cabrera, one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. They intend to establish there a penitentiary and an agricultural colony. CADLE ITEMS, Owing to the dolay in the arrival of tho steamship Celtic, the White Star Steamship Company has char- tered the Cunard steamship Marathon to take her Place, and the latter will sail for New York on Thurs- day. Henri Daumier, the French caricaturist, of Paris, is dead. ‘The United States ship Supply sailed from Funchal, Madeira, for New York, on Monday. A despatch from Copenhagen states that naviga- tion to Malice is again open. ‘The. Times’ Constantinople correspondent tele graphs that Minister Layard is i), and will probably go home on furlough shortly. The Standard’s Liverpool correspondent says one. steamer which arrived there from New York on the 30th of January has not yet finished discharging. THE PLAGUE, RENEWED ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT EUROPE TO CHECK ITS PROGRESS—HIGH TIME FOR AMERICA TO ACT. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Lonpon, Feb. 12, 1879. General Loris Melikoff, Governor General of the plague-stricken districts, has summoned the Gov- ernors of the governments of Astrakhan, Samira and Saratoff to Tvaritzin, and proposed to them that all the old paper money now circulating be exchanged for new through the Kama-Volga Pank and de- stroyed. Tho attention of the medical authorities is now concentrated on Selitreno and the neighboring districts inhabited by the Khirgiz. The St. Peters- burg Sanitary Committee have proposed to cleanse the canals and to organize barge hospitals on the Neva, which could be anchored in the Gulf of Bothnia, and also to organize sanitary committees in each district of the city and province of St, Peters- burg. The President of the Board of Health, speak- ing yesterday in the Italian Chamber of Depu- ties, predicted that if the plague penetrated Europe it would destroy a third of the population. The Italian government has ordered twenty days’ quaran- tine against arrivals from Egypt. The North German Gazette, of Berlin, denies tho report that an Austrian proposal for the ostablishment of a joint military cordon is under consideration at Berlin. Vessels with foul bills of health are refused admission into Egyptian ports. Scrvia hus formed @ partial cordon on her Turkish frontiers against tho plague. The British Privy Council has ordered a careful inspection of the bills of health and of the crews and passengers of vessels arriving from the Black Sea. HAS THE DISEASE REACHED NOVA SCOTIA? Hauirax, N. 8., Feb, 11, 1879. It is reported that there aro several cases of Cyprus fever in this city. The disease was brought here by the 101st regiment. . Further details of tho Zulu fight are awaited with anxicty, as many of the English officers are well known here. Among others are Major W. Black, of General Doyle's staff, who married here, and Cap- tain Ward, who was attached to General Haley’s staff. THE NEW CARDINAL. SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF CARDINAL DESPREZ. Mgr. Julien Florian Velix Desprez, Archbishop of Toulouse and Narbonne, who has just been created @Caniinal, was born st Ostricourt, Department of Nord, April 14, 1807, tock orders in the Catholic Church about the {ime of the fall of the Bourbon monarchy, favored by the gov- ernment of Louis Philippe, through whose influence he was made successively Bishop of Saint-Denys and of Limoges. os his adhesion to the Empire, was appoin' aera Toulouse in 1869, and created an Officer of Legion of Honor, August 12, 1865. He is a firm upholder of the rights of the Catholic in France, but has displayed moderate sentiments during the political crises ‘since the fall of the Empire, and he is ex- pected to harmonize with the present republican government, COLOMBIA, BEVOLUTION IN ANTIOQUIA, UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA. Panama, Feb, 11, 1879, A serious revolution has broken out in the State of Antioquia, No particulars are given. THE VENEZUELA REVOLUTION, PUERTO CABELLO IN POSSESSION OF THE INSUR- GENTS, - Havaxa, Feb, 11, 1879, Advices from Venezuela via mail steamer from St. Thomas confirm the reports that Puerto Cabello is in full possession of the revolutionists. Maracaibo has also proclaimed Don Guzman Blanco President. The ‘THOMAS—AD- VICES FROM PORTO RICO AND HAYTI. Havana, Feb, 11, 1879. The French mail steamer bas arrived from 8t. ‘Thomas, bringing dates to the 6th inst. ‘The West India Commission from Denmark ar- rived at St, Thomas on the 2d inst. The commission is to report upon the causes of the outbreak in the Island of Santa Cruz and means of preventing its repetition. It will ascertain the amount of damage suffered by the inhabitants and offer assistance. It will grant temporary loans from the interest bearing fund of the State Treasury upon security. ‘The steamer'Caroline ia expected to sail from Eng- land on the 2vth inst. to Cee the cable repairing steamer Investigator, which was recently wrecked. Porto Rico advices indicate that the rainy weather has retarded sugar cane grinding. The elections in Hayti for uties to the Cham- bers passed off peacefully. country is quiet, Unimportant riots have occurred at Bainet St. Mare, but the rioters were imprisoned. President Canal will probably finish his term of office, which THE DANISH COMMISSION AT ST. expires in middle of next year. Advices from St, Domingo to the 25th ult. report ever 4 quict, oe y the ir uantity of sugar has been shi Sow York. Lexington chinery for sugar estates, GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED. Boston, Feb. 11, 1879, A statement is published here alleging that the Apollinaris Company, of London and Germany, have defrauded the government out of revenue amounting to $600,000, It is asserted that the water imported by the company is compounded—a treated liquid, and not the product of nature, as claimed; and that the Treasury Department has already taken the mat- ter in pend, and # rosolution will be offered in Con- arrived with ma- ress du tho present weck whereby it will be proposed to placu a tax on all foreign bottles. The government will also take steps to recover the money which the concern is alleged to have failed to pay in the way of revenue, JUDGES OF ELECTION ON ‘TRIAL. RrcnMoxn, Va., Feb. 11, 1879, In the United States Cirenit Court to-day, Judgo Hughes presiding, the trial of Adoiphus Geltman, judge of election in the Fifth ward of Petersburg, for violating the Election law at the recent Con- aressional election, was commenced and progressed to ee by counsel, when the Court urned until to-morrow. ‘The cases of Arnold, Ellis and bag ee Fhe gr of election in Sussex county, who are indicted for siml- Jar violations of law at the same election, were con- tinned until March 26 and to Norfolk for hearing. KILLED BY A LOCOMOTIVE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) PuiLLirspuna, N. J., Feb. 11, 1879, At an carly hour this morning Thomas English,a resident of this place and a section boss on the New Jer Central Railroad, was run over by an engine instantly killed, His body and limbs were frightfully mangled, NEW YORK THE BRINSH DEFEAT An Official Report by Lord Chelmstord. OVERWHELMED BY THE ZULUS. Eighty Troops Hold Four Thousand Caffres at Bay. A COURT OF INQUIRY. Prompt Action of the Cabinet. brig? (BY CABLE TO THE HERALD. | ' Loxpoy, Jan. 11, 1879. The following communication has been received at the War Office from Lord Chelmsford:—‘‘I regret to have to report a very disastrous engagement’ on the 22d of January between the Zulus and a portion of No. 3 column, which was left to guard the camp, about ten miles in front of Rorke's Drift. The Zulus came down in over- whelming numbers, and in spite of gal- lant resistance by five companies of the first battalion of the Twenty-fourth reg- iment, one company of the second battalion of the Twenty-fcurth regiment, two guns, two rocket tribes, 164 mounted men and about eight hundred natives they over- whelmed them. The camp, containing all the surplus ammunition and transport of column No. 3, was taken and few of its de- fenders escaped. Our loss, I fear, must be set down at thirty officers, and about five hundred non-commissioned officers, rank and file of the imperial troops, and seventy non-commissioned officers, rank and file of the colonial troops, A FRANK SPATEMcNT. “A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to assemble to collect evidence regarding this unfortunate affair, which will be forwarded to you as soon a3 received. The full par- ticulars as far as can be obtained will be sent in my despatch, which will reach you by the next mail. It would seem that the troops were enticed away from their camp, as the action took place about a mile and a quarter outside of it. The remainder of Colonel Glyn’s column reoccupied the camp after dark the same night, having been with me, twelve miles away, all day. On the following morning we arrived at MRorke’s Drift: post, which for twelve hours had been attacked by from three thousand to four thousand Zulus. Its defence by some eighty men of the I'wenty-fourth regi- ment was most gallant. ‘Three hundred and seventy bodies lay close around the post. I compute the Zulu loss at 1,000 here alone, At the camp where the disas- ter occurred the loss of the enemy is com- puted at over 2,000. Colonel Pearson, com- manding No. 1 column, has been attacked, but he repulsed the Zulus.” THE BRITISH FORCE, The following was the full strength of tho British column, a part of which was at- tacked by the Zulus :— Column No. 3 (headquarters at Helpma- kaar, near Rorke’s Drift), commandant Colonel Glyn, of the First battalion, T'wenty- fourth regiment. Artillery—N battery, Fifth brigade of the Royal Artillery, with seven-pounder guns. Infantry—Seven companies of the First battalion, Twenty- fourth regiment, and tho Second bat- talion, Twenty-fourth regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Degacher. The Natal Mounted Police and Volunteers, the Natal Carabineers, Buffalo Border Guard, the Newcastle Mounted Rifles, all mounted and averaging forty men each, and the native contingent of 1,000 men, under Com- mandant Lonsdale, late of tho Seventy- fourth Highlanders. PROMPT ACTION. Summonses were issued early yesterday morning for a Cabinet Council. The Cabinet assembled at two o'clock and de- cided to send six battalions of infantry, two regiments of cavalry, two batteries of artillery, a company of engineers, three companies of the Army Service Corps and acompany of the Army Hospital Corps to reinforce Lord Chelmsford in South Africa, OFF AT ONCE. The reinforcoments for Cape Colony ordered from England number about seven thousand men. ‘Ihe government is actively inquiring concerning private steamers. The Assistance, which is the only troop ship in the harbor, is being rapidly prepared for service, at Portsmouth, Mr. W. H. Smith, First Lord of tne Admiralty, speaking at Westminster to-night, stated that troops sufficient to end the struggle with the Zulus would be on the way to the Cape within a week. He declared he had every confidenco in Lord Chelmsford, REINPORCEMENTS FOR THD CAPE. The artillery for the Cape is ready at Woolwich, and it is expected it will start on Thursday. It is understood that several regiments of infantry will leave with the artillery for the Cape. A statement is pub- lished that the government has telegraphed to Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India, to im- mediately send reinforcements to Natal. CONSTI RNATION IX LONDON, The nows of the defeat caused a sensation throughout London, The demand for news- papers at all the suburban stations was greater than since the outbreak of the Franco-German war. A SAD TALE. — The Times, commenting on the news from Cape Town, says:—“Nothing can exceed the frankness of the recital. for it is clear thut nothing has been held back, It would be useless to deny either the sadness or extreme gravity of the catastrophe. Whether there was or was not any want of vigilance on the part of our own forces it is clear that the Zulus are even more formidable than our mili- tary authorities expected them tobe. It was known that they are well drilled, that great numbers are armed with breech-load- ers, and that they could fight courageously. We now know only too well how large a force they can mass at one point. Sad as the loss of our troops is, still graver is the peril which must oiise with the defeat. The Zulus will be emboldened and the col- onists be exposed to fresh and formidable dangers, GOOD ADVICE. “In these circumstances the duty of the government cannot admit of the slightest doubt, and it is to send ample rein- forcements to the Cape without the need- less delay of a single hour. It may be that they can be more quickly sent irom Mauritius or India than from England; but at all events no effort expendituro spared to save the colony from disaster and the power of the country from grave in- and no must be jury. Itis 2 melancholy consolation, mean- while, that the gallant troops of the Twenty- fourth regiment did their duty and died at their posts like Englishmen.” MARQUIS OF LORNE. HIS EXCELLENCY AND THE PRINCESS LOUISE AT A SKATING CARNIVAL—FEATS OF AMATEURS ON ICE, (BY TZLEGKAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Orrawa, Ont., Feb. 11, 1879. Agrand skating carnival took place in the Royal Rink here to-night, at which His Excellency, tho Governor General, and the Princess Louise were present. About two hundred people, in costume, were on the ice. The build- ing was beautifully decorated with flags, and evergreens and mottoes and transparencies were liberally distributed in conspicuous places. ‘The vicoregal party occupicd an apartment set apart for the occasion, which was elegantly fitted up, being carpeted with buffalo robes aud the walls hung with flags and costly furs, with a coat of arms, largo size, in the centre. His Excel- leney and Her Royal Highness were received on their arrival. by the Right Hon. Sir Johu and Lady Macdonald, Licutgnant General Sir E. 8. Smythe, Hon. James louald, Minister of Justice; Hon. Mr. Tilley, Minister of ce; Mrs, ‘Mey, and His Worship the Mayor and lackintosh. ‘On entering their box yy were received with a perfect ova- tion, the band playing “God Save the Qucen. This was in reality the first time the Prine has been fuirly seen at a public entertainment, she having been visible to only a few at the re- cent concerts which she attended, and this probably accounts for the lack of enthusiasm on those occasions. As soon as tho viceregal party were seated the regular programme provided was commenced, First was a grand march, then a couple of sets of lancers, in which sixteen of the bost skaters in the city took part; a display of fancy skating by Dr. Martin, a former champion of America; a Maypole dance and an amateur negro minstrel performance, a new thing on ice. Her Royal Highness appeared to be greatly pleased, eape- cially with the performances of Dr. Martin and the ladies and gentlemen who danced the lancers. Many of the costumes were exceedingly’ rich and the scene was one of the most brilliant witnessed at the capi- tal for some time. CANADIAN TRADE. LUMBERMEN AND THE TARIFF—SEEKING RECI- PROCITY WITH THE UNITED STATES—THE DUTY ON GRAIN AND PORK. [BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.) Orrawa, Feb. 11, 1879. At a meeting of the Canadian iumberinen here to- day it was decided to present a memorial to the Do- minion government asking them to consider the interest of the lumber trade in a general way in the proposed revision of the tariff. A resolution pretesting against an Increase in the duty on pork, grain and other provisions used by lumberers was introduced, but, after a long dis cussion, was withdrawn. A resolution passed asking the government to endeavor to secure reciprocity with the United States. In addressing the mecting P. White, @ member of Parliament, in consonance with the government, said he did not anticipate any change in tariff with reference to pork. YELLOW FEVER. THE DISEASE STILL EXISTING IN NEW ORLEANS AND VICKSBURG—DANGERS FROM REMOVING LAST SUMMER'S VICTIMS—TRADE PARALYZED. [BY TELESRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Sr. Lovrs, Feb. 11, 1879, 8. R. Hewett, of No. 55 Maiden lane, New York, ar- rived here to-day, after a tour through the portions of the South said to be infected with yellow fever. He confirms the reports of yellow fever prevailing in certain sections, In New Orleans there were several deaths during hie stay, “and in Vicks burg he witnessed the funcrals of four peoplo who had fallen victims to the dreadful tropical scourge. Mr. Hewott is of opinion that the change of seasons has not thoroughly cradicated the discaso and that it will show its saffron head again early in the spring. Physicians in Mississippi and Tennessco contend that the exhuming and removal of bodics is the cause of the Feappearance of the discaso, and if steps are not taken by the authorities to stop this the fever will ocenr agdin with its old time malignancy. ‘The bodies removed are mostly those of the wealthy and respectable class who remained in the plague stricken districts to care for worldly possessions while other metabers of the family fled to the North and waited until they could return with eafoty, Many of these vietims were buried by the side of the paupers in Pot ields, and relatives have becu waiting until the weather would permit of their removal for interment in the family graveyards. A SICKENING DUSINESS, ‘The work of removal has been repulsive and sicken- ing, the bodies being in a partially decomposed state, and in many instances the coffins highly offensive. The yvals ave sometimes made at night, but graves «ean be seen, at almost any time during the day en in this repulsive busincss. Removing ies has grown to be lucrative since the weather became a few degrees cooler. AK much as $20 is paid for taking up a victim, and an undertaker will sometimes make three or four removals in one day. The employment i# not confined to under. takers, Negroes can be found who will remove a body for a smaller consideration by half. Under- takers in many instances preier not to contract tor removals and express their dislike of the business. It the weather does not grow colder soon some meas- tires will have to be adopted to stop removais, and as a mater of safety for the future some stops should be taken, BEPECT OV TRADE, Many merchants, saya Mr. Hewett, are making np preparations for the spring trade, fearing another visitation of the fever. They desire to be encum- bored as Little ag possible, and it the scourge does ap- pear again with any considerable virulence it will have the effect of almost depopulating certain South- orn States. Real estate can be purchased at almost any figure. The exccedingly mild state of the weather here has caused the St. Louis Health Commissioners to ixeue an order that no more boi ‘The frost bo disinterred from quarantine, has penetrated only three tect during the winter, notwithstanding the exceodingly cold snap, and it is considered expedient to take all due precautions, although no danger is anticipated from malaria or contagion next summer. It has been recommended to the Board of Health that no more bodies be al- lowed to be bro it here from the Youth, and action will sdon be wn on the sugyestion and ever, means will be adopted to preserve the healthtul condition of the community, HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. CRUSHED TO DEATH. SIX MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL MORTALLY WOUNDED BY A LAND SLIDE—TERRIBLE SCENE Ti A RAILROAD cvT, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Kanxas Crrx, Mo., Feb. 11, 1879. A horrible accident occurred this morning about eight, o'clock in the large cut on Commercial alley, in the eastern portion of this city, whereby twenty-five workmen were buried beneath a falling mountain of clay, causing the instant death of six and the fatal wounding of as many more. The cut was excavated for the track of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, and where tho accident occurred the banks of clay rose up ninety feet on each side of the road bed. Theo cut is nearly three hundred feet long, and as the men were working, nearly in the middle, a large land slide occurred, and they were unable to escape, the way being blocked by horses and wagons, which formed a wall obstructing the passage out. - RESCUING THE VICTIMS. The crush was all over in fifteen seconds, and those who escaped went to work with « will to rescue their comrades. It was estimated that ten thousand yards of earth fell in, and in less than an hour six crushed and mangled bodies were dug out and taken to the Police Headquarters, and six wounded ones to the hospital. C. A. Hern, one of the wounded men, died at four o'clock, and two more cannot recover. The list of the victims is as follows:— DEAD, THOMAS CASEY. EDWARD WINES. JAMES HAGAN. DANIEL LUCIT. RICHARD RYAN. PETER BAGLEY. c A. HERN. JAMES O'BRIEN. JOHN KENNEDY. JAMES McCLUSEY. JOHN HARPER. TWO MEN ASPHYXIATED. WOUNDED, (Bx. TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] ELasron, Pa., Feb. 11, 1879. Adam and Joseph Hertcorn, two brothers,employed at the Glendon Furnace at this place, were found last night in an insensible condition, having been over- come by gas from the furnace. One of the brothers has partially recovered; the other is still in a precari- ous condition. MINING ACCIDENT. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Reavy, Pa., Feb. 11, 1879. An embankment, sixty fect high, in an iron ore mine near Farmington, Lehigh county, caved in at eleven o'clock to-day, while a number of miners wore in the drift at work. A large mass of earth covered the men, together with » number of mules, ‘This fact occasioned the report that some ten of the men had been killed, A largo number of workmen ‘went to the rescuc, and by almost superhuman effort rescued the miners. Three were taken out and found to be very badly hurt. John Kelly had his jaw broken and was injured internally. Four of the ‘miners are not.expected to recever. They are Ger- mans, living in the buck country. KILLED WHILE DRUNK. (Sy reLecrarH To THE HERALD.] Sovrn Berureuem, Pa, Feb. 11, 1879. Mark Kane, working in a stono quarry at this place, having been paid yesterday, indulged iu a drunk to- day. He staggered: in front of a North Pennsylvania Railroud tram and was instantly killed. Hix body was horribly mangled. Kano hed been in the coun- try but a short time, and has no friends or relatives hereabout. He leaves some money. CLOSING ARGUMENT BY RECORDER LEE—HE CHARGES THE ACCUSED WITH DISOBEDIENCE— THE CASE CLOSED, ° [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Cutcago, Feb. 11, 1879. The Reno Court of Inquiry reassembled this morn- ing at half-past ten o’clock to listen to the argument of Recorder Lee. The Recorder appeared with a vol- uminous document in his hand, which he began reading. In his argument he took six different views of the actions of Major Reno, from the date that he received orders to charge the Indians down to the conclusion of the invasion of the Indian coun- try, on the 26th of June. The first clause set forth the orders that Major Reno had received and reviewed them at considerable length and ina full and explicit manner. The remaining clauses were devoted to a consideration of the manner in which the Major had obeyed these orders. The Recorder held that Major Reno hed not exactly ful- filled his orders. Instead of charging the Indians he had retreated first to the bottom lands and then to the hill. The argument was to tho effect that if Major Reno had done as he was ordered the Indiaus could have been held in that portion of the field, and hence could not have massed their whole strength for the purpose of annihilating Custer. Licutenant Colonel Custer expected him to detain the Indians there, and if they been so detained his force would not have been wiped out in the com- plete and terrible manner that it was. Disobedience of orders morc than cowardice was the deduction that the Recorder tock from Major Reno’s conduct and the evidence that had been brought out on the trial. He thought, however, that such dereliction of duty had been fully proven, both to tho action of the honorable Court and all parties concerned. In conclusion, Licutenant Lee desired to express his sincere appreciation of the courtesy aud ability of the counsel on the other side, and with this be ve of admiration handed over his argument to the Court. A rocess was next declared for ten minutes, but it lasted much longer. The room was ordered cleared. It was then announced that the Court had held its last open session, and that it would sit with closed doors until it had concluded its labors making out its report to the Secretary of War, That report will not be made public until it has been opened at Washington. A RUINED BANK. THE STRANGE SYSTEM OF BOOKKEEPING BY WHICH ENORMOUS INREGULARITIES WERE CON- CEALED. Povonkeerste, Feb. 11, 1879. Almost every day brings out new and startling in- formation relative to the ruined National Bank of Fishkill, the only wonder being that the intelligence has been carefully kept secret so long, For several yoars Cashier Bartow was falsifying the books of the bank, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly, and over one thousand falac entries have been found in them, So sbrewdly did he manage his transactions that not one of tho directors could tell anything about his books, When the bank stopped business an expert who had beon sent bere from the Treasury Department went over the books, but could not make anything out of them; could not find the falsified accounts, Bartow would make @ transaction in New York on bonds to raise mouey and wouldn't make the entrics on his books for s week, a tmonth ora your after. No one knew of the traudulent entries and transactions except Browning, the bookkeeper, and he only knew of afew of them. Itis claimed that it he had ex- posed the matter much money would have been saved. On his side itis claimed that he only did as Bartow directed him to, and, although he must have known that some of them ‘wero wrong, it was simply a source of wonderment to him. Altogether, about $116,000 worth of bonds were stolen from the bank, and there are twenty-five or thirty claimants for 1, The largest claimant’ is the Fishkill Savings Institute, the amount being $60,000, Next comes John F, Berry, of Fishkill, amount $7,000, cy the balance is distributed among twenty-five persons in sums of $3,000 or less. Quite number ot women and children will lose all they had in the world. Among those who were benefited by the overdrafts wero manufacturers, merchants and others, ‘Tho ‘examination of tho books shows that Wil- merling & MecCandlies, ot New York, were over- drawn $21,000, but they claimed that the bank owed them $116,000, and as all the stolon bonds went to that firm they sold them and applied the proceods to tho payment of their debts, I Eiown that Bartow was benefitted by the dis- Ing of notes, a8 in one instance he discounted € Cutler's notes—one for 36,000 and another for $3,000—and was paid $600 cash for doing it, which does not appear on the books. Charles BR. Owens’ overdraft was in notes and overdrafts together, latter amounting to $20,000. A BROKEN HEART. MISS ANN O'NEILL CLAIMS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A FORGETFYUL SUITOR. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Barrewong, Feb. 11, 1879. In the Superior Court to-day a large crowd assein- bled te listen to the proceedings in @ breach of promise suit in which Miss Aun O'Neill was the plaintiffand Philip Brogan the defendant. The plaintiff is of that age which in single ladies is pronounced doubtful, and may be any where between thirty-five and fifty. She was neatly dressed and her head, which is streaked with gray hair, was adorned with a jaunty little hat trimmed profusely with red flowers, ‘The defendent is a solid looking o1d celt, with a broad, good natured and intelligent fuce, and who by his witty answers to the interrogatories of counsel kept the Court aud audience convulsed with laughter during his entire examination. The plaintiff claimed that Brogan had promised to marry her, which promise he had failed to fulfil, and that she wanted as a salve to her wounded fecling, the modest little sum of $10,000, NO RECOLLECTION OF THE PROMISE, ‘The defendant, Brogan, was the firat witness calle, by the counsel for the plaintiff. He testified that he became acquainted with plaintiff by visiting thé bakery of Julius Ahrens, where she is a sales- woman; witness had been a hackman and had his stables on Howard, near Conway street; he was about sixty-five, might be seventy; had known plaintiff three or four years, but could not tell ber age; he thought she looked to be over forty years of age, but supposed she could her own uge best; he had no recollection of ever makin, @ proposal of marriage to plaintiff. Witness is a widower, and it is so lot since he did any courting that he really had forgo! ten how it was done; had never intended to marry plaintiff or any one else; before God he did not know anything ‘about going to church to married, and at time it is alleged that went there to get married he had been on a drunk for two weeks. In speaking of the dis of his property since the suit was instituted witness said that the suit had nothing to do with it; he had been in consultation with Sister Mary Aun sbout giving up the world by selling his property and re- tiring to St. Agnes’, where he could pass the rest of his life at with God. peace y Miss O’Neill the plaintiff was called to testify, but Mr. O’Brien objected that as an interested party she could not be sworn to testify. T! the objection and she retired. TOO TIGHT TO BE MARRIED. Father Sartori, formeriy of St. Joseph's Church, was sworn:—On the last day of January, 1878, Brogan and Miss O'Neill came to him, and said he wanted to be married in a hurry and at once; witness asked if he had the proper license, but he could not produce it; | there were other reasous why his conscience | would not allow him to marry them, so he told them | to come the next day, and told Brogan to try and j come sober; Brogan ‘did not stagger, but was half tight; to avoid scandal witness asked them to go out by separate doors, but Brogan insisted on going arm-in-arm with plaintiff; auother reason wh; he did not marry them was because they ‘did not have the necessary ecclesiastical dispensation, Brogan appeared to witness to be a monomaniac on the subject of marriage, and spoke during this visit of nothing cls; in the opinion of witness he only partially understood what ho was doing. Witness thought that if Brogan had been sober he would not havo como to got married; based this opinion on the fact that he did not return when he got sober; eveu if he had the proper license and dispensation ‘witness would not we married a man in his condition, unless the case was urgent; but witness was satisfied there was no urgency 1n this case. A PASTOR'S TESTIMONY. Rev. P. L, Chapelle, D. D., was next called for the plaintiff. Witness is pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, and had known both parties to the suit since September, 1871; they were his parishioners; he had ‘been spoken to by both, but im his capacity of ‘pastor; would not’ like to tell the conversation, but if the Court decided that he should reveal it he would do so; the parties had called on him last August and since the suit was com- menced. ‘the Court—If the partics went to witness as their spiritual adviser he need not tell. Witness said he felt a delicacy in detailing in a pub- lie court room a private conversation’ which he as pastor had with his parishioners; ht knew Brogan well; he would go on occasional frolics, and witness had secn him several times on & spree; bad scen him so drunk that he was entirely irresponsible. His conversation on such occasions was silly, and he could only walk by a drunkard’s Providence, and then with a shambling gait. Even for some days after his sprees witness did not regard him as responsible, because while on his sprees he drank very deeply. DIDN'T ALLOW COURTING. Julius Abrens, proprietor of the bakery, called for plaintiff, testified that he had known Miss O'Neill for the past ten years, and she had been in his cmploy during most of the time; to his knowledge she had received three or four visits from Brogan; Brogan came there like other customers, he bought a few cakes and then talked: with the lady; witness did not allow any courting in his shop, because it interfered with his business, The case was then given to the jury, who retired, and the Court adjourned until to-morrow. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Captain L. A, Beaumont, of the British Navy, is at the St. Nicholas. Ex-Governor Alexander H. Rice, of Massachusetts; Isaac V. Baker, Jr., of Comstocks, N.Y., and Jacob Vanatta, of New Jersey, are at the Fifth Avenue. Henry 8. Sandford, of Florida, is at the Brevoort. J. H. Ramsey, of Albany, is at the Windsor. DIED. Cnospy.—In Brooklyn, on Tacsday, February 11, Axx F., widow of Seth Crosby. 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