The New York Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1879, Page 7

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. POLITICS IN English Liberals Uniting With the Trish Home Rulers, cine Le STRIKES STILL CONTINUE. Has the Hour Arrived for Inter- national Copyright? FRANCE. SPAIN AND HER MINISTRY. (BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Loxpon, Feb. 15, 1879. In the French Chamber of Deputies General Gres- ley, Minister of War, yesterday declared that he would enforce the decree of 1795, making the “Mar- seillaise” the national anthem. The committee on the Press bill has been formed, with M. Emile de Girardin as president. The members of the committee agree that all existing press laws should be abrogated and replaced by a law based on the broadest possible principles. ‘The Datly News’ Paris correspondent, who is a good representative of the opinion of the advanced section of the Left, says it is rumored that the report of the committee on the acts of the Ministry of the 16th of May will present such a crushing case in favor of impeachment that the Ministry will be un- able to prevent the Chamber of Deputies from voting it. A majority of the special correspondents of the London papers, however, believe that it will be re- Jected. ENGLISH POLITICAL MANG@:UVRING. A strong “whip” was issued by both sides yester, day for the division, which was expected last night, in the House of Commons, on a motion by Mr. Mel- don (home ruler), member for Kildaro county, in favor of assimilating the Irish borough franchise to the English and Scotch. The liberals anited with the home rulers against the government on the question, But when the motion of Mr. Mel- don, in favor of assimilating the Irish borough fran- chise to those of England and Scotland came up, it was rejected by a vote of 256 to 187. Mr. Charles Lewis (conservative), member for Londonderry, violently opposed the motion in the debate, declaring that it favored the maintenance of a system of disorganization and disaffection, and would hand over political power to classes sub- sorvient to priests and demagogues. Mr. Forster, Lord Hartington, Mr. Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dilke warmly supported tho motion. Mr. Lowther, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Sir Stafford Northcote admitted that the franchise might be revised at the proper time, but they objected to perpetual tinkering at the constitution. THE STRIKERS AND THE STRICKEN. ‘Tho Lower Heyes Cotton Mill, at Macclesfield, employing 1,000 hands, has given notice thas it will close indefinitely a fortnight hence in consequence of the depression in trade. Two thousand weavers struck work at Ashton-Under-Lyne yesterday. It is understood St Liverpool that the strikers, have left it to their delegates to make the best possible terms with the steamship owners. The masters will meet a deloga- tion of ten of the men at noon to-day for final de- cision. In the meantime the men are showing every sign of resuming work at the reduction. CATHOLICISM IN AMERICA, ‘The Standard’s correspondent at Rome says:—“A decision has just been reached at the Vatican to cre- ate certain new dioceses in the United States in con- sequence of the growth of the Church in that country,” PROSPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. The Standard announces in an official form that it is understood the government intends to introduce acopyright bill partly based on the recommenda- tions of the Copyright Commission. GERMAN POLITICS. The Lower House of the Prussian Diet yesterday éejected, by a vote of 179 to 174, the resolution moved by the Budget Committee expressing opposition to the purchase of the leading railways, Count Stolberg, in Parliament yesterday, presented a declaration that a Partial state of siege at Berlin was necessary to re- Press the secret socialist propaganda and to prevent communication between the foreign and German socialists. A Berlin despatch to the Post says disso- lution of the Reichstag is expected within a month on account of the opposition of the majority to pro- tection, The Daily News’ despatch from Berlin says if Prince Bismarck dissolves tho Reichstag, as he is universally expected to, he will obtain an overwhelm- Ang majority for protection in the ensuing elections. THE MEYRINGEN FIRE. A despatch from Geneva says that tho fire which aevastated the favorite tourists’ resort of Meyringen spread to and destroyed the hamlets of Hansen, Stein and Eisenbolgen, A thousand persons are rendered homeless, Interlaken was at one time threatened, RKIN TS FOR THE C: Major Generals Crealock, Newdi have been ordered to the Cape. , SPANISH MINISTERIAL POLICY. A Madrid despatch to the Standard states that in the Cabinet council yesterday Premier Canovas del Costello informed the King that, though the Cabinet was unanimously of the opinion that the Cortes could legally exist two years longer, he should shortly suggest a dissolution in order that elections in Spain and in Cuba might take place at the same time, and the new Cortes discuss the budget in April. This statement dissipates all ra- mors of @ Ministerial crisis, and the hopes of the Sagastists, that a dissolution would be gazetted upon the arrival of General Martinez Campos from Cuba. CABLE NOTES, ‘The United States steamer Ticonderoga arrived at Bierra Leone on January Weston arrived at York yesterday morning, having walked 1,227 miles. He is 172 miles behind time, Mr, Layard, the British Ministcr at Constantinople, Geparted yesterday for London, He will return about the end of March. It is stated at Madrid that the picture of St. Jerome, stolen from the Cathedral of Toledo, has been found in a wine shop. Six arrests have been made of suspected parties. The Paris Revolution Frangaise has been fined 2,008, for pu lishing articles by the communists Vallés and Arnould, This is unworthy of a liberal Republic. Rear Admiral Fouilley, of the French Mediter- ranean squadron, is dead, The Vienna /'resse and Fremdendlatt state that tho attempt to reconstitute the Austrian Cabinet has failed for the present, A despatch from Athens says the Boundary Com- missioners, on the part of Greece, on Thursday cided to sign ® proctocol declaring that the no- gotiations had been broken off by the refusalot the Turkish Commissioners to proceed on the basis of the Treaty of Berlin, Weston arrived at Halifax at half-past nine o'clock last night. Ho was still 17155 miles behind t A despatch to the Times from Constantinople re- ports that about thirty Turkish ofMfcials have already gone to Adrianople, The first Russian retrograde movement on large scale is fixed for the 18th inst, The Times’ correspondent at Constantinople states that General Todleben informed one of the ambas: dors that Roumelia and Bulgaria will hence- forth be rigorously separated. Governors Dondon- koff and Stolipine will both be placed under the mod- erating control of Prince Lobanoff, the Russian Min- ister surance men say that the bill is fatally defective, a NEW YORK HERALD, ENGLAND AND THE ZULUS. NAMES OF THE REGIMENTS TO BE SENT TO SOUTH APRICA AND THEIR OFPICERS—-THE TROOPS ALREADY AT THE CAPE, ‘Toronr, Ont., Feb, 14, 1879. A London despatch published here this morning say ‘he following is @ full list of the regiments and battalions that are to sail immediately for Natal, with the uames of their principal officers and the steamers in which they are to sail:— “The Seventeenth Lancers in the England and France, of the National Line. Colonel John C, Hope Gibson, Lieutenant Colonel ‘Thomas Gonne, Major Samuel Boulderson, Adjutant John Brown. “Lhe First Dragoons, in the Egypt and Spain, of the National Line. Colonel Charles Phillip Ainstie, Licutenant Colonel John Gordon Graham, Major Edward Bacon Hulton, Adjutant William We! “he Fifty-eighth regimont of infantry in the Bussia, of the Cunard Line. Colouel Sir Arthur J, Lawrence, K. C. B.; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Whitehead, Majors William Dunn Bond and William Henry Hingeston, Adjutant Edward Lovegrove. “The Nincty-tourth regiment of infantry in the China, of the Cunard Line. Colonel Henry Jervis, Licutenant Colonel Sydenham Matthus, Majors John Murray and Robert Anstruther, Adjutant Lionel C. Brooke. ‘The Twenty-first regiment in the City of Paris, of the Inman Line. Colonel Sir F. W. Hazelton, K. C. B,; Lieutenant Colonels William P. Collingwood and Alfred Templeman, Majors Lestrange, Gildee, Hazelriggs, Winsloe and Coop; Adjutants Spurgeon and Yale. “The Ninety-first regiment in the mail packet Pretoria, Colonel James RB. Crawfurd, Lieutenant Colonel James B. Kirk, Majors A.C. Brace and W. P. Gunney, Adjutant J. L. C. St. Clair. “The Sixtieth regiment of Rifles, in the Dublin Castle. Colonels Sir Arthur T. Connyghamo, G. C. B., and Freeman Murray; Lieutenant Colonels Pem- berton, Hinxman, Dundas and Collins; Majors Northey, ‘Ashburton, Henderson, Alga, Huatchell, Watson, Byron and Ogilvy; Adjutants Wilkinson, Walker, Herbert and Marshal, “The Olympus will take out a detachment of Royal Engineers. The Palmyra and Manos will convey battery of Royal artillery, and the Clyde, Queen ‘Marguretand City of Venice will convey the supply and army service corps. There is much bustle and excitement at cach of the headquarters of these regi- ments. NOW AT THE CAPE. “The following is the composition of the English forces in South Africa:—Third, Fourth, Thirteenth, ‘Twenty-fourth, both battalions of the Fighticth and Eighty-eighth, Nineticth and Ninety-ninth regiments, in all nine battalions, or 7,500 officers and men. In these forces in the ranks there are 4,518 Englishmen, 385 Irishmen and 301 Scotchmen, ‘The Connaught Rangers of course contain a large Irish element, 75 | as against 94 English and 3 Scotch. In the Buffs there are 227 Irish, 589 English and 19 Scotch. In the Fourth, 262 Irish, 597 English and 11 Scotch. In the Thirteenth, 201 Irish, 435 English and 25 Scotch. In the two battalions of the Twenty-fourth, 319 Irish, 355 English and 28 Scotch. In the Eightieth, 117 Irish, 723 English and 16 Scotch. In the Ninth, 205 Irish, 346 English and 174 Scotch, and in the Ninety-ninth, 149 Irish, 377 English and 23 Scotch. In these various regiments 48 of the officers wero Irish and 178 English, THE LAST FENIAN PRISONER. RELEASE OF EDWARD O’KELLY FROM SPIKE ISLAND PRISON, NEW YORK. [Bx CABLE TO THE HERALD. | Queenstown, Feb. 14, 1879. Edward O’Kelly, the last of the Fenian prisoners, was to-day discharged from Spike Island Prison, in this harbor, on condition that he left the British Isles. He was this afternoon placed on board the -steamship Marathon, which goes ont instead of the Celtic, bound for New York. Mr. O'Kelly was arrested in Dublin about 1871, charged with shooting at and wounding a man who was supposed to be asecret agent of the government. Strenuous efforts have been made both in Ireland and in England to obtain his unconditional pardon, as he was the only support of an aged mother, but as the sequel shows without result, FRENCH LIFE SENATOR. AND HIS DEPARTURE FOR NEW ELECTION OF COUNT DE MONTALIVET. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Veusaruies, Feb. 14, 1879, Count de Montalivet has been elected a life Senator, in place of M. Paul Morin, deceased. SKETCH OF MARTHE CAMILLE BACIIASSON, COUNT DE MONTALIVET. Count de Montalivet, the last survivor of the Cab- inet Ministers of Louis Philippe, is the second son of Count de Montali He was a Minister of the First Empire and peer of France under the Restoration; was born at Valence-sur-Rhone April 25, 1801; studied at the College Henri 1V., atthe Ecole Poly- technique and the Ecole des Ponts et Chausees; inherited the title of Count by the successive deaths of his father and elder brother 1822; took his seat in the Chamber of Peers 1#26; defended liberal consti- tutional ideas, especially in a pamphlet entitled “A Young Peer of France to Frenchmen of His Own ” (1827); gave in his adhesion to the revolution of 1830; became Colone of the Fourth Legion of the National Guard in August and Minister of the Interior under Louts Philippe in November of that Ho was trausferred in 1831 to the Ministry of Pablic Instrnetion and Worship, resumed the port- folio of the Interior on the death of Casimir Perier in 1832, and retained that post, with brief interrup- tions, until 1840. He was an ardent liberal, and fre- quently separated from the views of his political as- seeiates. tte refused to enter the Ministry formed by Molé and Guizot after the fall of the Thiers Cabinet, and declined the portfolio of Public Instruction offered him by Guizot in February, 1845, notwith- standing the personal request of the King that he should accept. He was Colonel of the National Cavalry Guard by successive re-elections from 1832 until | 1848, was ted a member of the the Academy of e Arts in 1840, received the grand cross of the Legion of Honor in 1843, and was Intendent of the Ctvil List of Louis Philippe from 1840, In that capacity he was the creator of the fins Museum of Versailles, the muniticent patron of that of the Louvre and the restorer of the royal palaces of Fontainebleau, Pau and St. Cloud. He strongly but unsuccessfully advised his Sovercign in Istf to abandon the policy of Guizot_and consent to electoral reforms; courageously defended the property intercets of the Orleans family before the republican government of 1848, and was appointed by Louis Philippo tho executor of his will. He lived in retirement from public avocations during the second empire and third republic; but pub- lisbed in 1873 a letter giving his adhesion to the re- pub ean programme of Casimir Perier, and in Sep- ember, 1878, counselled the election of a republican te us the best monument to the memory of ‘hiers. He also published several historico-political memoirs upon the reign of Louis Philippe. INSURANCE IN TENNESSEE, UNDERWRITERS DISSATISFIED WITH STATE LEQ- ISLATION, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Nastvitnx, Feb, 14, 1879. ‘Tolograms from Now York, Chicago and Cincinnati have poured into Nashville to-day in large numbers relative to the bill just passed by the Legislature ro- quiring insurance companies to pay the full faco value of policies where property is totally destroyed by fire, The Home, of New York, Atna and North British and other com- panies threaten to withdraw from the State in the event that Governor Marks signs the Dill. ‘Che snubbing of an instrance committee by the Governor has created widespread comment, it not having been usual tor Governors of Tennes- sve to refuse to hear what a committee of citizens had to say Upon any subject. He announced his determi- nation not to receive any committee, or to hear any arguments from any body on the sublect, saying that the Logislature or its committees were the pro; bodies to appear before and present arguments, i bd on stocks of goods works largely to their advantage, Sea. The official Gazette of St. THE DEADLY PESTILENCE. ENGLAND WANTS TO INVESTIGATE THE NATURE OF THE DISEASE—HOPEFUL kEPORTS FROM SOME SOURCES, BUT NO DECREASE OF THE ANXIETY THROUGHOUT EUROPE. [8x CABLE 10 THE HERALD.) Lonpow, Feb. 15, 1879. In the House of Lords last night the Duke of Richmond, Lord President of the Council, stated that England had asked permission of Tussin to send physicians to investigate the plague, The Privy Council had, he said, ample powers toenforce quarantine at a minute's noticu, but he did not believe England was endangered. The Paris Official Journal says:-—“'The latest reports of the plague are reassuring. It has not increased, and energetic measures havo been adopted for its sup- pression. ‘Lhe French government have despatched @ physician to investigate the disease. The ve- ports, that the plague has appeared in ‘Turkey are unfounded. ‘here is no ground for panic and no danger for the present from arrivals from the Black Sea or Sea of Azof, Nevertheless the Minister of Commerce has ordered @ quarantine of two days at French ports on the Mediterranean and in Algeria, including arrivals from the Black Soa and tne Sea of Azof even when provided with clean bills of health.” The Aepublique Frangaise,o? Paris, energetically protests against permission being ac- corded to Russia to carry out her intention of sending four of her olunteer flect, which have been employed in transporting troops in the Black Sea, to Marseilles to repair. the Paris correspondent of the London Daily News says it is believed that in consequence of this pro- test the entry of these vessels will be forbidden, and that very severe quarantine’ precautions will be adopted. The medical authorities recommend careful fumigation of all letters and news- papers at the Russian frontier. AEALY AND ‘THE EAST. Italian advices ‘sce to show that Italy is more panictricken by the reports of the plague than are the countries nearer Russia. Lhe ‘Rubat- tino line of steamers between Italy and Egypt has been discontinued. The importation of Egyptian cotton is prohibited. At Palermo a Greek corn laden vessel attempting to enter the port was warned off by a cannon shot. The maritime authori- ties at ‘Trieste have decided to discontinue quarantine against arrivals from the Adgean Petersburg an- nounces that General Loris Melikoff has been invested with absolute powers and command of all the troops and authorities within the military cor- don. Athaw, with rain, has begun at Izaritzin. The St. Petersburg Golos publishes the following telegram dated Izaritzin, February 13:—"The government of Izaritzin will be divided into three districts, with a special representative of the medical staff at the head of each. The quarantine line of Saratoff will be extended eastward as far as Pris- chib, thence to the Orenburg frontier and westward from Iwanowka to the Don frontier.” The various prefects’ reports which have reached Bucharest state that the sanitary condition of Rou- mania is good. There are no ep:demics and only a few cases of typhus. The Agence Russe, of St. Peters- burg, hopes that the ambassadors of the Powers at Constantinople will provisionally regulate the Dob- nenscha frontier and avert the serious consequences which are possible from the Roumanian quarantine regulations and the seizure of Arab-Tabia, by which the return of the Russian troops from Turkey is ob- structed. The Burgomaster of Vienna urges the government to sanction cremation’as a precautionary measure against the plague, Tho Nowe Vremya reports that the plague has ap- peared in Bessarabia. QUARANTINE IN CUBA. Havana, Feb. 14, 1879. The Minister of Colonies has telegraphed to the Governor General as follows:— “Give seven days’ quarantine observaticn to ves- sels arriving from the Sea of Azoff, the Black Sea, Saloniea, Syria and the islands of the Archipelago. DANGER OF THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DISEASE INTO THE UNITED STATES—THE PLAGUE 1N THE PASI—LETTER OF SURGEON GENERAL WOODWORTH TO THE COMMITTEES ON EPI- DEMIC DISEASES, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Wasuinaton, Feb. 14, 1879. ‘The following letter was received to-day by the Chairmun of the Senate and House Committees on Epidemic Diseases, and will be laid before the com- mittee at a joint meeting on Monday next:— OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE Usrrep States Manne Hosprran Senvicr. Wasuixaton, Feb. 13, 1879. To the Hon. Istam G. Hannis, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Epidemic Diseases, and Hon. Casry Youne, Chairman of the House Committee on Ep- idemic Diseases :— GeNTLEMEN—I am _ constrained to invite your attention to what I conceive to be a matter of sufficient importance to claim the attention of the Committees of Cot on Epi- demic Diseases. From the imperfect accounts which come to this country of the prevailing Seyi’ in the province of Astrakhan, there seems to be little room tor doubt that the disease which has broken out there with such deadly effect is the plague, a sin- gularly fatal infectious disease, accompanied by swelling and sometimes gangrenous condition of the giands of the body, and in many respects resembling malignant typhus fever. ACCOUNT OF THE OUTBREAK. The account of the outbreak, which is generally credited in Europe and in this country, is to the effect that a Russian soldier returning from the war Drought a shawl with him and gave it to a girl, who sickened and died two days after from this supposed infection. The disease spread with great fatality. About three weeks elapsed before the Russian gov- ernment was officially notified of the facts, and an- other week passed before any racastires were adopted to check its spread, The Russian government, as well as the people, are now thoroughly aroused, Sanitary lines and quarantines have been establixhed and cordons of soldiers have been placed around the intected villages. urope has become alarmed, and commerce with Russia has been interdicted except under strict quarantine rules, but in spite of the ex- penditure of money and the strong military arm of the government the measures of prevention appear to have been too long delayed, aud the plague is rapidly spreading. hould the plague appear in the countries of Eu- rope with which the United States has commercial intercuurse, there would be great danger of the dis- ease reaching our shores, In fact, the danger exists at present through sbips from the Caspian and Black seas. The latest arrival et New York from the Black Sea was in December last. DANGER O¥ INTRODUCTION. Considerable danger may be apprehended from the introduction of infected clothing into this country, Drought by Russian emigrants, especially the Men: nonites from Southern Russia, large numbers of whom ship at Liverpool. The board of yellow fever experts were unanimous iu opinion that United States medical officers of health should be stationed at Liverpool and at some point in the Mediterranean, and that they should be subject to orders to visit places of out- break of infectious epidemic disease, so that definite, reliable and prompt information may be given to the houlth authorities of our seaports. Twelve thousand dollars per year would maintain two such medical officers abroad and bay their travelling expenses, and y opinion it would be an investment worthy of cial nation. IN THE PASY, The people of this generation have considered the plague a scourge belonging only to the past, and a fow words in reference to its former ravages tnay be of interest. The great epidemics of this disease have followed as @ sequence to wars in unsanitary countries or to great religious — pilgrimages. » plagno prevailed in carliest — historic times. The first epidemic of which we have any definite fecord ¢ red nearly three thousand years ago, in the time of David. Next is the great plague which 601 need 767 years before Christ, which is said to have spread © the whole,world. The epidemic which commenced in the time of Justinian, ML or 642 years before Christ, is said to have “almost consumed mankind.” It commenced in Egypt and spread to all parts of the then known world, “making destruction its only business and sparing neither island, nor top of mountain where mankind inhabited.” When the pestilence was at its height in Constantinople as 10,000 perished in a day, 80 dead lay without burying, Procopins com- os the number who perished to the sands of the wa, Another general epidemic of the plague pre- vailed in the year 430 B, C., and was especially severe in Athens, During the Christian era the plague has frequently visited Europe with great fatality, un- equalled by any other epidemic — disoase, it’ is estimated that there were forty-five epidemics of the plague during the seventeenth century. Fourteen of these are referred to Holland and twelve to England, ‘The one which occurred in London in the year 1665 was as terrible as the great fire of 1666, which put @ stop to its ravages. ‘The lowest estimate of deaths in London alone in 1665 is given as 64,500, = IN MODERN TIMES, In the present century the plagne) has occurred chiefly in t uuntrics of the lower Danube and the Black Sea, ‘The last epidemic in Western Burop: curred at Marseilles and vicinity in 1720 and a, causing the death of over two hundred thou SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEE sand people. The same year it prevailed in the Island of Majorica, Europe has been free trom the plague since 1841, and it hastnot occurred in Asiatic Turkey sinve 1543, nor in Hgypt since int. Tn 185% and 1959 the plague prevailed among the Arabs in the vicinity of Berrazi, a sexport of North Africa. In 1857 an epidemic occurred in Mesopota- ania and one in Persian Kurdistan in 1871. There ure but few instances in the long catalogue of ‘the swift destroyer of human lite with which we may have to deal. Viewed from our present stand- point it may be said that while on the one and the improved conditions of living which prevail among Christian nations makes them better able to control the plague, on the other hand the vinereased facilities for commerce and travel which steam has brought about increase the danger of its spread, Iam, gentlemen, very respectfully yours, JOUN M. WOODWORTH, Surgeon General United States Marine Hospital Ser- vie THE CATTLE TRADE. INJURIOUS EFFECT OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL'S OBLER ON THE TRADE OF LIVERPOOL, (BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] LiverPoot, Feb, 14, 1879. Ata meeting of the Liverpool Health Committee yesterday the Town Clerk stated that the recent order of the Privy Council would entirely prevent ship- ments of live stock from the United States to Liverpool, because Liverpool is not registered under the aci as a foreign anima!’s wharf. The only ports so registered are London, Hull, Grimsby, Hartle- pool, Neweastle, Plymouth and Sutherland. The committee decided to address a letter to the Privy Council, calling attention to the disastrous effect of the order on the port of Liver- pool and the population of Lancashire aun Xork- shire, and expressing the hope that arrangements now making by the Liverpool Dock Board may lead the Privy Council, before the 3d of March, to detine a part of the port of Liverpool where foreign animals may be landed. PRESIDENT HAYES MADE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT. [BY CABLE To THE nenarp.]° Lonpon, Feb. 14, 1879. In the House of Commons to-day Lord George I’. Hamilton, Vice-President of the Council, in reply to inquiries from Messrs. Rathbone, Mun- della and Chaplin, why the Council had ordered the slaughter of American cattle, said some time ago the Council was informed of the prevalence of disease among cattle in the United States. Among the sources of information was a Message of Presi- dent Hayes. Canada was not included in the prohibi- tion, because there was no disease there. He ex- pected that by the 3d of March the necessary arrange- ments for slaughtering would be completed ut Liverpool and.clsewhere. CHINA. THE REBELLION IN THE ISLAND OF HAIMA! THE COREAN QUEEN. Hone Kona, Via San Francisco, Feb. 14, 1879. A fire occurred in the commereial district of Shanghai on January 23. The loss is less than $100,000. It has been discovered that Canton is annually de- frauded of about $1,000,000 by the smuggling of opium from Hong Kong to the mainland. The rebellion on the Island of Hainan continues formidable. ‘The government troops sent against the insurgents have been routed. The insurrection- ary contagion is spreading. ‘The future of Corea isdoubtful. The Queen favors progress; but the ex-Regent, the uncle of the late King, who is now in retirement, is extremely hostile to foreign intercourse. A serious struggle for the supremacy ie anticipated. = The Southern rebellion, under the military in- surgent Li, advances beyond expectation. ‘The Chinese authorities are despatching troops to arrest his progress, many of whom, including high officers, desert to his standard. JAPAN. ‘THE NEW TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN—DEATH OF THE KING OF COREA. Yoxouama, Jan. 27, 1879, via San Francisco, Feb. 14. Nows has been received from Washington that & separate treaty has been signed by the United States and Japan abrogating all previous conventions. Tho right of the Japanese government to adjust its tariff on imports is recog- nized, Export duties are abolished. Japan is to con- trol her coasting trade. Simonoscki and one other port are to be opened. The treaty takes effect when the other Powers consent to it. A SAD CLIMAX, The Corean difficulty has been settled. The pro- hibitive tariff has been withdrawn. The King of Corea is dead, Japan paper currency is at 24 percent discount against silver. Gold is at 10 per cent premium. AMERICA AND COREA, The Japanese government has notified Mr. Stevens, United States Charge d'Affaires, that any effort to establish treaty relations between the United States and Corea will be actively assisted by Japan. An American commissioner, if sent, will be escorted to the Corean capital, and Japa- nese moral and material support will be cordially rendered. No such assurance has been given any other nation. The financial condition of Japan has improved. The French Minister, M. Geoffrey, has been re- called, He will leave Japan next week. The Japanese Chief of Police, General Kawajai, will start next month on a prolonged tour of inspection of the police systems, prisons, &c., of Europe and America, accompanied by a large body of attendants. Preparations have been commenced for the recep- tion of General Grant. A new residence is to be built expressly for him in tho’precinct of Yeddo Bay. ‘The United States Legation has recived notice of the approval by the State Depactmont of Minister Bingham’s instructions to consuls, that Japancse quarantine laws be recognized and obeyed. CANNIDALISM. The American Professor Morse, of the Imperial College, has discovered and recorded evidence of cannibalism ina prehistoric race in Japan. These are believed to be the first traces of such practice, ‘Tho difficult es between Japan and Corea have been amicably adjusted. They were never serions, and have been magnified by parties who seck advantage in Eastern complications. General Saigo, a brother of Satsuma, the rebel leader, has been appointed Ministor ot W Tho new Treaty between Japan and tho United States is gencrally discussed by native newspapers. Great surprise is expressed that the United States should have allowed a clause to appear by which cer- tain important articles go into effect only by consent of European nations. Americans resident here are equally surprised that the State Departmont at Wash- ington should have voluntarily subjected itself to affront in this way, as the treaty reads that European Powers must acquiesce before the United States will declare an independent treaty with an independent country. United States Consul Mosley has arrived and left for Hong Kong. CAVED IN. PORTION OF A RAILROAD TRACK COAL MINE, [BY TELEGKAPH TO THE HERALD.) Porrsvitte, Pa., Feb. 14, 1879. One of the most tremendous cavings in of the sur- face that has occurred in this county happened to- day. It will also prove one of the most ex. pensive. Threo hundred fect of the Mine Hill Railroad, one of the numerous branches of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, and a coal carrying road, sank, taking with it ties, rails and all other paraphernalia, Had the caving in oc- curred anywhere but in close proximity to the track, the damage would have been slight, but as it is it will throw the Gordon planes out of ‘work and compel the other planes to do double work. All the coal that has previously been carried over the mine Hill Railroad will now be taken over Mahonoy plane and vie Tam i’. Mahonoy plane is at present un- dergoing repairs, but a double shift will be worked from now until Monday, when, it is believed, all will, be in readiness for shipping over it. The ground beneath the eurface in the neighborhood of the caving in is honeyeombed with workings, but it was not hig / posed until too late to remedy the defeet that the pillars left standing w Ke to support the tremendous weight upon thom. the hole has been filled, unless the tracks changed, Gordon plane will be useless, and to make the surface even will oecupy at least thr onths, and perhaps more, The “squeeze” will throw @ larve number of railroaders of employment, SINKS INTO A STEAMBOAT DISASTER. Caio, IlL., Feb, 14—Midnight. ‘The following despatch, dated Fort Jetferson, Ky., has been received here :— ‘Yo E. W. Hounay and Captain Pumps, Cairo:— ‘The steamer A. C. Donnelly is burned to the wate! edge. She is aground on Island No. 1. Several men are crippled. Send a boat to our assistance, for God's sake, quick! ‘The passengers are in the woods, fering terribly. Hurry! hurry! HART, Master. The tug Montauk, transfer steamer McComb and ferryboat Three States responded promptly, and at this writing are doubtless at the wreck, seven miles below this city, Further particulars are anxiously looked for, but will probably not reach here until the return of the relief boats toward morning. ‘The light of the burning steamer was plainly ‘visible ere. A HEROIC PILOY, Captain Hart states that the vessel took fire aft of the larboard foct box and spread ve rapidly. The boat was headed for the shore, and the fact that no lives were lost is due to the coolness and bravery of the pilot, William Underwood, who remained at his post until the boat struck the shore, when the pilot house was in flames and ho descended into the wheel house, jumped into the water and swam ashore, Several limbs were broken by those who jumped from the boat to the frozen ground. One deck passenger has both legs broken. The names of the injured and the extent of their injuries have not yot been ascertained. ‘The huli of the boat is broken. Her bow is high on the shore and the stern has sunk in ten feet of water. MURDER AND ROBBERY, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Cuantorre, N, C., Feb. 14, 1879, Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, Mr. John W. Sparker, a merchant and respectable citizen ot Greensboro, in this State, closed his store and started for his home, a half mile distant. ‘Thirty yards from his home he was knocked down unknown person, and when found on vement by # passer-by was lying unconscious ina pool of blood. He had been robbed of all his money and keys, and when carried into his house it was found that he had been struck upon the head with some weapon which penetrated the brain, He remained unconscious up to the time of his death, which oc- curred this morning at ten o'clock. There is great i ation in the community. A negro named Joe Mendenhall has been arrested on suspicion, but there are no positive proofs against him, and ho likelihood at present that the people will resort to violence. “FAR-OFF STORM. HEAVY SNOW FALL BEYOND TAINS. San Franctsco, Feb. 14, 1879. A heavy snow storm has prevailed throughout Eastern Oregon and Washington ‘Territory. Bridges on the upper and lower cascades of the Columbia River have broken down and much loss of stock is feared ‘A Victoria despatch says a heavy snow storm has prevailed there for the last twenty-four hours, Robert Ker, tormerly Auditor General of the Prov- ince, perished in the storm, his body being found this morning uear his residence, two miles from town. THE ROCKY MOUN- EXTREMELY COLD IN CANADA. Orrawa, Ont., Feb. 14, 1879. The coldest weather of the season prevails to-day in Ottawa Valley. At Ottawa City the thermometer is twenty-one degrees below zero; at Bisson, Que- bee, at five A. M., the mercury froze at forty-five de- grees below zero; at Desert Village, Quebec, the mercury is frozen at thirty-eight degrees below; at Rocklitfe, Ontario, the thermometer is forty degrees below, and at Beachburg, Ontario, thirty-five degrees below. 7 MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. an DEparrr OFFICE OF THE CHIEF WASHING TO: 5—1 A. M. Indication: For New England and the Middle States, clear or fair weather, a slight fall followed by slowly rising temperature, northwest to southwest winds, possibly shifting to southerly in the Middle States, and rising followed by slowly falling barometer. For the South Atlantic States, generally colder, northeast to northwest winds, rising barometer, partly cloudy weather and possibly light rains on the coast. For the Gulf States, cold,. north to cast winds and clear or fair weather, high barometer, followed in the southwest by slowly rising temperature, winds shifting to east and south and slowly falling barometer during the afternoon. For the lower lake region, westerly to southerly winds, partly cloudy weather, and during the after- noon or evening slowly falling barometer and slowly rising temperature. For the North Pacific coast region, gencrally cloudy weather and light rains. For the Central and South Pacific coast region, partly cloudy or clear weather. ‘The Ohio and Central Mississippi rivers will fall slowly. 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 (HERALD Building), No. 218 Broadway :— 1878, 1879. ; iv phy year. 927% ICE IN THE RIVER. Large fields of ice came down the North River yes- terday with the ebb tide and somewhat im- peded the progress of ferryboats and other craft. The strong wind blowing from the west caused the —_— floating = mass to hug the New York shore, Many of the ferry slips were filled with ice. Later in the day the fh tide carried large quantitics of the ice w! collected in the bay up the East River. shoe in the vi of the navy yard was had Horse- nity ed, and the Hunter’s Point and Williamsburg ferryboats made slow progress. The blocks of ice packed against the Brooklyn shore occasioned some delay on the South, Fulton and Wall street ferries. HOTEL ARRIVALS, Judge Amasa J. Parker, of Albany, is at the Bruns- wick. Theodore Thomas, of Cincinnati, is at the Union Square, Congressman-clect Richard Crowley, of Lockport, N.¥.; Professor John W. White, of Harvard College, and Isaac E, Baton, of Kansas, are at the Fifth Avenue. Ex-Seaator Willard Warner, of Alabama, is at the Park Avenue. Congressman-elect Warner Miller, of Herkimer, N. ¥.; ex-Governor Will- iam Gilpin, of Colorado, and Colonel George A. Wood- ward, United States Army, are at the Hoffman. Judge H. H. Marshall, of Virginia, is at the Windsor. Will- iam M. 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