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not to forget the Custom Merritt, > confirmation of M in its use of pa with the part say, in view of they thit it will underzo demor power in the Empire State from this time hence- orth." “One more question. y i Do you beheve Mr. Tilden of the attempt to purchw ern States?" he had guilty knowl- entertained with a he if in his power to act that he spurned the n not ouly to the demo- edge, and the view to their acceptance become President. 1 otfer should commend cratic party but to ail lo WooU Mr. Fernando Wool, district, compo: ond wards, emb between West Twenty sixth street, west of Sixt of the Committee on W committee of the House busy this and the previow nnportant legislation affecting the ry euts the Ninth Twenty~ e city), est Bi ch considering nes of “the country. When the request for an interview asked Mr, Wood responded with prompt cour “Why,” said the leader of the House, ‘it was ashort time ago that we were discussing this question in the cloak room of the Huli, ‘Phere was but one sentim scessity of going into the canvass with a united party, and that the cam- cient and successful, natorial question, T paign would be both zealous, e But as for my views on the gube am virinaily owt of State end eity politics, Thave no preference whatever anit conse am not committed to way nomination, but will support the ticket, the whole ticket, which the wisdom of the Convention » i most fit to putin the field. As to the democratic candidate for President, it is with me just same as the gubernatorial cam- paign. Of course I hope the strongest, the most available man “in the party will be chosen, aud this | time Tam sure we will be ‘successiul. that we were not sticeesstn! at the last election, bnt the next President of the United States will be a democrat.” “You haye had the claims of the republican dates brought to your attention, haye you not, course of the session “It would be impossible for one to vead the daily papers without having the conviction forced upon him: that ral Grant is the inevitable caurilate of the republican I believe that was determined when he gave his aid and protection to the inangura- . Tt seems to have been part of the programme tor Mr. Grant to go abroad for a timo; not that his abs from the country was to hide lus ambition, or the purpose of the party toTan him again; on contrary, the foreign tour of Grant was niost ingeniously arranged to keep his name flive in the minds of the n . Why, it is one of thoxe hip, hip, hurrah! extravagenzas calculated to eatch the public, and while the tourist is supposed to be quietly making his way around the world, heis pushing onward only to reach the United States in the most favorable manner for the booming of cannon, the shaking of hands, and ‘Oh! we are so glad you have come back to us.’ He is to land at San Fran- cisco, and so along the route eastward he is to be the recipient of ovations, which are to arouse the people and attract their attention to his indispensable quali- ties and fitness for the Presidential nomination. But why should I tax you to-listen to a progremme which the Hxm,cp knows more about than the public generaily 4 which is so faithfully untolded ib “by week, as the ex-President re- tires trom the Old World and approaches the New. He dovs not yet out of the way of tel hic_com- munication, you notice, But it wo lo, These tricks may use lt the erowds which vathier to see the pyrotechuies and hear the mus ut it will not decieve the American people, who ai tired of tawdry show end demand sound democratic Btatesmanship at the head of our national attairs, can only add that the cause of the democracy will certainly triumph in New York the coming fall and’ throughout the country next year.” “PEDESTRIANISM. BELDEN, OF MILWAUKEE, COMPLETES HIS TASK— THE LADIES WALKING WELL. Belden, of Milwaukee, finished his task of walking 2,000 half miles in 2,000 consecutive twenty minutes at twenty minutes past six o’clock yesterday after- noon, in the presence of several hundred spectators. He walked three haif miles more and then retired for a few hours’ rest. Van Ness is growing fat at his work of walking if miles in half hours, and at eleven o'clock last it had 1,343 hal: miles scored to his credit. James Cobb started at seven o'clock on Saturday night to walk twenty-four hours, but after covering sixty miles in thirteen hoturs he had to stop, owing toa tight boot that raised a swelling on his foot. There are to bea couple of ten-mile matches this evening, the first betwcen Noonan and Barnett, the former giving two miles start, and another be- tweeu Gibbons and Johnson. MOZART GARDEN. Miss Jennie Sinclair was waiking a little lame yesterday, having a bad er on her left foot, but in all otter respects she was getting along well. ‘here was a good attendance in the arden during the afternoon and ¢ g, and at midnight Miss Sinclair had scored 1,26¢ quarter miles, She will be presented with a handsome wateh and chain this evening. BREWSTER HALL. The lady pedestrians at Brewster Hall were both in good condition yesterday and did not show any sign ving up. In the evening tie hall was crowded with people. At midnight Mise Bartell had finished 1,082 and Miss Edwards 596 quarter miles, “VIORSE NOTES. DEATH OF LUCY FOWLER. ‘This splendid old brood mare, the property of Mr. Hi. P. McGrath, MeGrathiana Sind Farm, Lexington, we regret to say, died on Monday morning, ry 1 Lucy Fowler was a black mare, foaled 8 bred by Eli Odoin, of Tennessee, i Ibion, first dam by imp. Leviathan, second dam by Pacolet, third dam by Top aut, fourth dam by Gallatin, fiith dam Gray Diomed. Mr, MeGrath bought from Mr. Odom at Natchez, Miss.. in the ‘winter of i859, atter she had run second to Bid Story tor the Natchez ke, for two- year-olds, mile heats, Lucy Fowler won the first heat in 1:514,, and Sid Story the second and third in 1 Viola, by” imp. Yorkshire, dam imp. was third, old Mr, McGrath started her six tin Ai three years 98, and sie Won twice. A mile heat race at Lexington, Ky., of tour ucy Fowier—t, 1, Charlotte. Buford— Laura brace—t, 3, 4, Starlight— alt, by’ Vincent Nolte, dam by istanced; 4, ny Johnson— bay colt, by Cracker, di a Eien Carliste— » drawn. 213595, —2 00— deep in mud. At Louisville sh eat race, beat ing Pit-a-Patin 1:51, y. She was a rewarkably speedy ware, aud this ended her racing career, and the next season she went to the stud. We can call to mind no brood mare tat has been more proliiic, and few have made 4 greater name at the stud, ‘The following is list of her PRODUCE. ° B. c. Bouchail Das, by Lexington (died in c. R. B. Connelly, by Lexington. y Endorser. (Gelded.) ded.) ¢. Aaron Penmington, by Tipperary. . & Calvin, by Tipperary. ¢. Dailgaivian, by B arneygtone, rank Joues, by Blarueystone, iom, by Lexington, Br. » by T by Lip has produced r 4 once, in 1876. ter horses than Tom Bowling, Calvin, and Tom Bowling to moke a briiliant name for himselt Four out of his five two-year-olds that ut the stud. Appeared were winners. “OF THE HAT WHAT BECAME ? Mr. Julins Cohn, 4 het manufacturer at No, 121 Spring sireet, discovered last ‘Thursday that » large number of hat bodies had been tuken from his- store, Captain McDonnell, of the Eighth precinct, was acquainted with the case, and yesterday morn. ing arraigned before Justice Wandel!, in the Jefferson Market Polico Court, George Cantine, of No. 57 Eldridge street, an empioyé of Mr, Cohn; Morris James F. Gold and Franz Walle. ‘The last a hat store at No. 10% avenue , saying that he had sold a His r parties. <i that he purehased about thirty-two dozen ? confexsio Walle sta hat bodies trom Ituss for $110, Hues telling jim that he got the icut. He bad pur chased articies trom him before, not knowing that they were stolen property. Gold wns identified ug yance in which the goods were is assistant. had been going on hunght about $7,000 His bail was fixed at $4,000, Ru et $2,000, HIS WEARY RAMP ENDED. A party of boys mado their way into an unocen- pied frame house, on the southwest corner of Flush- ing avenue and Adelphi strect, Brooklyn, yesterday afterno’ and while playing about the building they di red im one of the roo: the second floor, the body of ainan lying inacorner, The re- mains, which bad evideutiy beew there several evidences of ut forty years of age. ox in height, and had sandy baie, ebin mustache of the same color. He wore a black ke cout, bine cloth pitts and bluck Derby hat. ‘The police are of the opition that the deceased was au wntortun trainp who crawled iuto the house for shelter aud «died trom cold and exhpy The body was removed to the Morgue and Coruner Sinus was notified, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1879—TR APGHAN WARFARE. Interesting Incidents of the e elee- { English Invasion. HAPPY NEW YEAR IN THE KHOST VALLEY The Science of Murder--A Terri- ble Hanging Scene. Lowpow, Feb, 6, 1879. ‘Though the military operations in Afghanistan are not of much interest beyoud the brief announce- ments of the telegraph the correspondents in the tield have many incidents of camp experience to tell which are well worth reading, and they are important, too, as showing the character of the Afghan, with whom England has.to deal politically as well as with the breech-loader, Besides the hostility of the Afghans, the difficulty of finding rations, water, &c., and the terrible hill climbing, the invading army has abitter enemy in Jack Frost, While the sun shines the weather is not so cold, but “as the sun goes down,” writes the. Sfandard’s correspondent with General Stewart at Quetta, “frost grips one’s hands with startling suldenness, and at its first touch our servants collapse. They seem visibly to shrink before the cold, their fingers become useless, their wits paralyzed, A tall and well fed Hindoo, who has tramped his score of miles without an effort in the sunshine, can do nothing but crouch above the fire which ell his energies are spent in feeding. He squats before it, a lean heap of clothes, and if you speak to him his brain must thaw before he understands, Servants all cluster in a group, speechless and helpless, No warm clothing comforts them, though it sayes their lives, A sad case is that of Major Bates, who lies in a state of paralysis, unable to moye a limb, Going out of his tent at night with insufficient clothing he fell sud- denly as if struck by a bullet, Doctors suppose that the sudden shock of cold brought out lurking disease, ‘THE NATIVES’ HEROIO DEATH, “Native followers have died of the fever, but so quietly and uncomplainingly that the numbers are not to be ascertained. Our party discovered two corpses, and rescued perhaps half a dozen on the road: 1 know of, a8 many more. If aman straggie toward sunset, or if he sit down, aa these people will, in the mused and semi-torpid state I have described, he must sutely be frozen unless compelled to move, an accident which depends upon the passage of some Kuropean. The conduct of a native when he finds himself unable to préceed is characteristic. He mukes no report, nor even moans, but draws apart, wraps himself up, and quietly dies.” UNIFORMS THROWN AWAY. There is little or no uniform worn by our soldiery, says the same correspondent. Officers and men, Eng- lish or native, prefer karki,a dun colored stutf of cotton. ‘Lhe cut tollows individual taste among ofli- cers, some wearing tunics, some jackets; trousers, breeches or knickerbockers are used indiscriminately. It is always thus on campaign in India, and govern- ment caimot much longer persist in shpplying a uni- form which everybody discards when work is ex- pected. Karki line recommended itself to practi- cal men alike for color and material. IDIOTS FOR CAMEL DRIVERS, Five came! loads belonging to Third Ghoorkas were looted by hillmen within a mile of camp. When the drivers arsiyed, covered with blood and clamoring, Colonel Patterson asked why they had not defended themselves, since governnient had furnished each of them with a sword. ‘They frankly admitted that the tuiwar in their belts had been forgotten at the crisis; but this proved to be an unimportant fact, for the hilt was so securely tied to the scabbard that the quickest of them could not draw his weapon under seven minutes by the clock. It was droll to observe the stolid contempt of the little Ghoorkas around for these big nincompeops. ROBBERS AND CUTTHROATS. Mr. Macpherson, one of the very ablest Indian corre- spondents, and who is with General Roberts, wri et on New Year's Day from the Khost Vailey, saya:— It is not the inhabitants of Khost itself thac we fear so muchas the tribes whose territory surrounds the Khost Valley—the Mongols and the Waziris,” and Mr. Maepherson's opinion is shown by later telegraphic news to have been correct. And as it was these tribes which finally obliged Gen- eval Roberts to iru to Khurum, it will be interest- ing to know more abont them. The Mongols, says this correspondent, © wsetof professed robbers and cutthros They live in black tents and inhabit no regular villages, so that when they commit a raid they roll up their habitations and disappear. As for the Weziris, they are robbers also, but, in ad- dition to their reputation for being ‘clever thieves, they enjoy the name of being one of the bravest sections of the Afghans. They claim to be independent of any ruler whatever, and, as if it were to punctuate this claim, they lose no oppor- tunity of murdering and plundering. A favorite trick of theirs, when they see an encampment, is to gather a nuniber together, wait till darkness has set in, and then march through among the tents with drawn swords, cutting at everything in their way, and stealing all they can lay hands upon in the, general confusion. Not pleasant people these to have as one’s neighbors. “MURDER AS A FINE ART.” At least a dozen of our camp followers have been ent np and jiterally crimped like a codfish by their bloodthirsty assailants, ‘The Atghan, whether he be Turi, Jaji, Waziri, Mongol or Atreedee, appears to have a method in’his murder, and to have studied the art of making a body look 2s horribleas possible. We have bad men slain in the Durwaza Pass, in” Thull and siong the read from Thull to Khurum, aud each body found has been carved almost exactly in the same fashion. CUTTHROATS AT WORK, On one otcasion several of the followers connected with the transport department dawdled behind either to smoke or ent their food, A gang of Turia or Jajis, who had been’ watching them in ambush, rushed down upon them with their knives. Six of the camp followers were killed; the remainder munaged to escape. Afterward some men of the Twenty-third pioneers, who are now in the Durwaza Piss, trying to make the road better, saw four Aighans skulking behind a rock, intently watching a mule man who was lag- ging. The Sepoys “went for” the Afghans and cap- tured three. They questioned their prisoners as to whether they had any weapons about them. Every Atyhan looked as innocent as he could, and said he had not such a thing as a knite or a pistol in his possession; never had one, in fact, ay were ail searched, however, and each was found to have & sword or knife concealed beneath his dxess. ‘Two of” the knives were covered with blood. ‘There could be little doubt about what the rascals had been at, and they were seized and brought into the camp at Hazarpit. CAPTURED REDHANDED. General Roberts, with news coming in daily about men being attacked, saw that vigorous steps must be taken to show the habitants of these parts that we were determined not to allow open lawlessness and wanton bloodsied to go unpunished. He therefore passed an order that the Jajis who were captured in the Durwaza Pass and th n who was cuught red- handed on the opposite si the Khurum should and that the fellow who wax captured out with the loaded gun should be pub- VALLEY. rried out, In- formation of the coming execution was pub- lished as widely as possible, and an effort was mada to get the head men of the surrounding villages to be present, At ten o'clock on the moruing ot the exe enti yreat crowd of people was gatty am the k viens f the gailows, Ateleven 0’ med of the Twenty-first marehed down to the gellowe wit the four doomed prisoners in their midst. ir dress consisted only of @ long, blue cotton shirt and loose pyjainas tied in at the ancles. In two of the instances the shirts were ® mass of rays, frayed into ribbous at the edges and holding wonderfully together. None of them wore sandals or headdresses, There they stood, staring curiously around them, with their jet hhuir banging over their faces and their hands strapped puind their backs, and all looking thoroughly des- te ruflians. ‘The Provost Marshal, «stout-built sth hussars, showed each man his vk and made him walk across it. ‘This all the men did without mach compuision. They bid not appear to realize What was about to happen to them, and kept looking. over their shoulders to see what) was going on, Their legs were sirapped together, what appeared to be their old bine puggsrees, or turbans, were tied over their faces, and the nooses were fixed round their necks, Then they appeared to realize what was coming, and all commenced crying out prayers to Allah. SOMETHING LIKE A JERKEY HANGING, Your European soldiers canght up ropes attached to the planking. A signal wes given and they pulled at the same moment, sweeping away the scatiold and Januching the prisoners into the air, But it was only for @ second that the condemned men hung, ‘The crosabeam creaked and broke with a startlin crash, and the four men fell to the grouna, hal ny, half resting their feet on the earth, rson time to feel horri at this mt before the Provost Marshal and seu a bullet through eaeh man's brain, A NIGHT ALARM. At the dead of last night, w o sound could be heurd Lut the occasional “All's well” of the pickets, there suddenly Was set up a moxt alarming howling and shricking, mingled with the sounds of @ dram shes am) instrament Ii Awake: thiy noise w groped for our and pared for the worst. 800 tectly cluar that the Jajis and Yuris had swarmed out of the Durw: Pass und all other places which they infest, and were now pling to de the camp in something af uanner of the daré-deyil Waaris, When we were wore tully awake—when, in fact, we Were prepared ee an to sell our lives dearly to the rash invaders of our camp—strangely enough we heard amid the thunder- jug din conaie of laughter and merriment similar to that which follows @ students’ tea iy. Again, the fiendish instrument, whose shrill blasts were making night hideous, sounded uncommonly hke the Scotch bagpipe, while the drum must be a British drum, for no Afghan could beat it so fast and keep such good time to the more piercing musical weapon. As the storm of music and laughter drew nearer we stepped out of our tents, still with our re- volvers in our hands, ready to solve the mystery. What was it? Had the enemy been bold enough to attack us on our own ground? No; it was simply the officers and men of the Seventy-second regiment serenading the General, and, in accordance with a time-honored Scotch practice, playing the old year out and the new year in, ‘AN ASIAN MYSTERY, Visitors to the tent of the Tenth Hussars, says a correspondent of the News at Basawul, ure apt to get a surprise, not only to their ears but to their eyes, Chancing to be there the other day one of the officers called ont in that lond tone of voice in which Indian servants are shouted to, “Lord Beaconsfield, gurram pani lao.” At once from the outside the voice of a Khitmaghar rephed, “Atcha Sahib, gurram pani lata hai, lata hai.” 1 cannot undertake to explain the whole of this veritable Asian mystery, but I can_ translate these words, which will be a contribution so far of the matter, The officer first ests my Lord Beaconsfield to bring some hot rand the avgly Samoans that the hot water is in the process of being brought by thgt noblemen. No one but myself seemed to heed the words; every one in the tent remained as if nothing remarkable had been said, indicating that they were all familiar with such acall; so I hesitated to ask what hidden meaning could be concealed in the words I had listened to. TORD BEACONSFLELD NO. 2. Of course I took care not to look astonished, but there wasa moment or so of a strange spense, which was at last so far ended by the entrance of a Khitmaghar with a kettle containing hot water. A glance at his face and the astonishment already begun ‘was still more increased by secing a face before me which seemed to be identical with that which we are we recognize as the countenance of the present ‘ime Minister of England. ‘he tint of the skin is undoubtedly different, but the form of the features, and even the expression; are strikingly alike, the curl hanging over the brow being the only point wanting; but the mind at once suggests that it is there, butis concealed by the folds of the white pugeree, which covers the forehead close down to the eyes. The resemblance, no doubt, explains the reason of the name, but why Lord Beaconsfield askould have such a perfect Doppelganger ont here in Afghanistan at this moment is a mystery which may or may not require an explanation. WHERE IS NORDENSKJOLD? PBOBABLE POSITION OF THE VRGA DISCUSSED IN RUSSIA AND GERMANY—M. SIBUBIAKOFF AND HIS ASSISTANCE TO GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE--RELIEF EXPEDITIONS ORDERED BY THE CZAR—THE TUNGUSES ORDERED TO THE RE* CUE, res familiar with in the pages of Punch, and which Loxpon, Feb. 4, 1879. Our Berlin correspondent writes that the bight or harbor in which the Voga is supposed to be ice bound is a fair anchoring ground, not far from a large village of native Tchoutchouks, distant about 200 miles from a trading post on Plover Bay, which can be reached by sledges in thirty or forty days. Assuming the Voga to be really at anchor in this bay surprise cannot be suppressed at Nordenskjild’s long silence. One of the Gothenburg papers justly re- marks that a message from Nordenskjild, forwarded by the, native Tchoutchoubs on their dog sledges, proceeding at the rate of about fiftesn miles in twen- ty-four hours, onght to have long ago reached Alba, zine, the furthest telegraphic station, situated under 63 deg. latitude and 43 deg. longitude. M. SIBIRIAKOFF, M. Alexandre Sibiriakoff, whose enthusiasm in the cause of carrying aid to the Voga is well known to your readers, is an invalid Russian of great wealth and liberal views. When the Bremen Geographical Society sent out Dr."Finck, Dr. Brehm and Count Waldburg-Leil on an expedition to the Al. Yen- eger some years ago he furnished 25,000 ronbles for partial defrayment of their expenses and as- sisted them also otherwise by letters of recom- mendation, &: He likewise generously ‘supported Professor Nordenskjild in his present as well as his former voyages. He may well be proud of the re- sults of Nordenskjiild’s explorations, as they demon- strated the possibility of direct navigation to Siberia. 4 BRIGHT FUTURE FoR SIBERIA, Considering the importance of these recent discoy- eries it cannot be surprising that great hopes and an- ticipations of a brilliant future are everywhere the talk in Siberia, At St. Petersburg, Moscow, Nijin, Noygorod and the principal towns of Siberia proper movements have commenced for founding a large stock company for the object of the increase and ex* tension of Siberia’s commercfal relations with En- rope, China and Central Asia, For the prospectuses issued apparently we!l founded calculations are made at the immense wealth which might be gained by making Siberia the intermediary between China and Europe. ‘The Ab. Yenesei, Irtisch and Leng, partly arising in the mountainous regions of the Celestial Empire, are navigable almost to their very source; so that the rich products of Cathay might’ be easily transported to the ocean and thence shipped to Eu- rope. AID EXPEDITIONS SENT OUT BY THE CZAR, ‘The Russien government, conscious of the large profit to be derived irom redlization of, this scheme, and tullyawere of the great signiticance of Nordensk- pla's explorations, has givén orders to Baron Friedricks, the Governor General of East Siberia, to do all in his power to render the necessary assist- ance to the Vega und her valiant crew. In compli- ance with this telegraphic iutimation, the author ties at Irkutsk informed the natives of the perilous osition of the steamer. A sledge party, provided yy the government with eee 43 and reindeer, has been @rganized and started for the place at which Nordenskjild is supposed to be imprisoned. The commander of the naval station at Wiadiwastock has also been apprived to send, as soon as the weather permits, to Behring Strait, one of his vessels tor Nordenskjold's discovery. OPINION OF MR. LATKIN, A very interesting, communication has been ad- dressed to the St. Petersburg Gazette by Mr. Nicolas Latkin, who accompanied Nordenskjéld as far as the Lena, and now discusses the question where the Pro- fessor may at present be and how he can best be peached, . Latkin, who had sailed on board of the Lena, left the vessel on her departure for ¥skutek, with the intention to proceed to the New Siberian Islands, remain some time on the Ladijett Island and then follow Nordenskjild to Bebring Strait. The news of the sad fate of the Vega induced him to aban- don this project Mr. Latkin being so well acquainted with the Russian part of the Arctic region, his opin- ion deserves special attention. He doubts the ve- racity ot the hy ed that Nordenskjild has been de- barred near the East Cape vd thg ice from continuing the voyage, because, according to his experience, an open sea generally exists there up to the middle or even the end of November. Should he, nevertheless, been frozen in on the entrance to Behring Strait, attempts at reaching him ought to be mate trom Nischir-Kolyisk or Anardyrsk. CHANCES OF REACHING THE VEGA, If Nordenskjild, as is not improbable, has been wrecked at the New Siberian Islands, where he con- templated anchoring for a few days, it woula not be difficult to find him, particularly as hunters from Ust- Jausk or ivory merchants eettled at the mouth of th ‘Tudigirka annually visit this archipelago as well as ‘Tadijeft and the Kotelny Islands, in order to collect the teeth and bones of the antediluvian mammoth. Mr, Latkin affirms that some of the hunters even re- main on those islands the whole year through. Hecomnoltring parties could thas be easily orgun- ied, especially in winter. The best time for such expeditions, of which those under Mr. Santkoff, a merchant, aud Mr. Hedenstrim, 4 distinguished scholor, have made themsecives fumons in tae begins ning of this century, is the months of February and March, and also the first part of April. THE WRANGEL ISLANDS. In case Nordenskjild passed the new Siberian areiipelayo and wintered on the Wrangel Islands it will certainfy be more difficult but not impossible to establish a communication with him. The Wrangel Islands: , according to the latest Russian maps, situated about three hundred versts to the north of Cape Schilaskoi and 200 versts from Cape Jakuu. sledge expedition, as has often been already under- taken and even on 4 greater scale than now necessary, could be despatched tor the Wrangel Islands if a few hardy, enterprising mon were to join Hy The most practical being for such an excursion has dertainl, already but attempts mignt nevertheless sti be made, Mr. Latkin estimetes the expenses of @ sledge party either to the new Siberian archipelago or the Wrangel Islands at oniy about twenty thousand rubles, ‘e entirely agree with Mr. Latkin'’s re- marks, that even if such expeditions for the discovery of Nordenskjdld should fail in effect a small tribute of gratitude for the wondrous achievements of the gd explorer would at any rate have been accorded mn. LATEST INFORMATION, A telegraph report from Baron Fredericks, the Governor General of Eastern Siberia, to the Kussian Minister of the Interior, in which he gives an ae- count of his endeavor to assist Nordenskjéid in his supposed distress, was received. The dexpaich, dated Irkutek, the 1th (25th) of January, reads as follows i— “On hearing that the Vega, with Nordenskjold and his party, was reported to be frozen up near the Bast cape, [instructed the Governor of Yukutek, on the 2d of January, to despateh from Nishni Kolymek, ot some other suitable place, experien ‘Tung- uses, with feindeer siedges, for the heip of the daring Swedish navigator, nd at) the same time to propagate as fast oa p ible amoug the native tribes the inteiligence of Nordenskjold s perilous position, I also ordered him to threaten the severest punishment for any off or oruelty fpcomualtted against the needy explorers, The Gov- ernor of Frimos likewise received instructions from we to send Tunguses to the Anadyr Bay and thence to mlvance on the ice as faras they could, Afraid Jest these sledge expeditions, owing to the lateness of the season and the great difficulties to be encoun- tered, might not be in time to give the desired aid, I telegraphically inquired on the 9th of January at the Admiralty whether it would not be advisable to de- spatch on commencement of spring one of the ves- sels stationed at Wladiwostock or squadron in the Pacific Ocean to the Behring Straits int order to search for the Vega and reseue her party, who in all probability will have abandoned her and forced thelr way to one of the Tchoutchouk settle- ments.” ‘ RESCUED AT SEA. FOUNDERING OF THE BARK CANADA WEST—THE CREW SAVED BY THE GALLANTRY OF CAPTAIN E. AHRENS, ‘The German ship Lena, Captain E, Ahrens, which left Bremen on January 10, arrived at her pier, No. 45 East River, yesterday afternoon, after encounter- ing’s succession of very heavy gales during the entire passage. She had on board the crew of the bark Canada West, Captain Fitzgerald, which craft they fell in with in midocean waterlogged and in asink- ing condition, The captains of both vessels were found by the reporter last evening, and they each re- lated the story of their voyage. THE VOYAGE OF THE RESCUER. When the Lena left Bremen the weather was heavy, with the wind blowing from all points of the compass.. Her cargo consisted of empty barrels. For the first nine days out continuous gales were met with, during which top, stay and jib sails were lost, After passing the Lizards in the English Channel the storm somewhat moderated, and on the 30th they were off the Banks of Newfoundland. Rough weather was immediately experienced, in which spars and sails were carried away and the spanker boom waa entirely demolished. The wind re- mained about the same for several days, with heavy seas, ‘t being impossible to carry any cauvas. The sailmaker had his hands and feet frozen, and several of the crew were frostbitten, On the night of the 12th inst. a high wind commenced blow- thg, which by midnight increased to a hur- ricane. A fearful sea wos running, causing the veasel to pitch fearfully, while the @aves broke with great violence over the decks fore and aft. The sky was overcast with threatening clouds and peals of thunder were occasionally heard above the roar of the waves, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning. Although everything was kept trim the Lena was knocked on her beam ends and in im- minent danger of foundering. After ploughing through the waves for about an hour she was righted by a heavy sea striking her on the “port side, About two o'clock on the morning of the 14th, while they were hove to and laboring heavily, the first mate discovered @ flash light on tho starboard side. The captain, who had just retired to his stateroom, was called of deck, but it was fully two minutes before the flash again ‘appeared. When it did the captain saw that it was a signal of distress, whereupon he wore his ship to and bore down toward the light, Instead of coming toward him the light was getting further away, which seemed very mysterious. After making several tacks he succeeded in getting within hailing distance, and by a great effort he made him- self heard through a speaking trumpet. The reply he got was a faint one, which was understood to be, “We are waterlogged and have lost our rudder.”” “Can I assist you?” again shouted Captain Ahrens. “Will you Jay by us. till daylight?” came the faint reply above the howling of the wind. ' “Y-e-s,” shouted Captain Abrens, and the Lena hove to. The blue light was kept burning, and as an assurance that they would lay by them Captain Ahrens hoisted a red light. As soon as it was day the vessel was distinctly made out, and, with her foremasts gone and sails fluttering in the wind like ribbons, presented a distrossed appearance. The long boat was immediately launched, and with great. difficulty: was kept from " capsizing. Four seamen and the first mute manned it, and after a long tug at the ours they succeeded in bringing the little craft alongside tho vessel in distress, which was found to be the bark Canada West, from St. John, N. B., bound for Barcelona, The seu was running mountains high at the time, and the seamen were drenched. Nine of the Canada West's crgw were landed on board the Tena by eight o’clock. "The boot could not approach the vessel with safety, being in dangerst smashin; against the sides. It came up under the stern, an each sailor was hoisted on deck means of wntling attached to the end of the spanker boom, Roe one them escaped a ducking. A boat from the ada West was then launched, and by half-past one o'clock the crew of fourteen men wero all rescued, having saved nothing but the clothing on their backs. The ee still remained on board, and could be seen moving about on the deck of his il fated craft, which he hated to ubandon. The Canada West's men were entirely exhausted, and a bout manned by several of the crew returnet for Captain Fitzgeraid. When the boat was within a safe distance he made a gpring for it, landing sately. The vessel was then alffndoned, and the Lena pro- ceeded on her course. VOYAGE O¥ THE CANADA WEST, ‘ The bark Cunuda West, Captain George E. Fitz gerald, sailed from St. John’s, N. B., on Wednes- day, February 5, with a cargo consisting of 13,653 pieces of deal and ends consigned to Messrs, Guy, Beven & Co., of Barcelona, Spain, with a crew of fifteen men all told, The perae commenced with light northwest winds and cloudy weather, When but forty imiles out the sky became overcast and looked so threatening — that they lay to in Beaver Harbor. There was no change in the weather, and on Friday they again got underway. As night cae on snow began to tall and a gale sprang up from the northwest, ‘The fore and topgallant sails were stowed, By seveu o'clock Machies Seal Island was made out northeast by the compass about fitteen miles, All day Satur- day they had strong gales and # thick snowstorm, On Sunday night the wind and sea increased in vio- lence, the wind still from the northwest, accompanied by hail and snow in large quan: tities, with lightning in all points of the compass. Later the wind shifted to tl north and the sea became chopped. The night intensely dark. Volumes of water swept the dec! and flooded the cabin. The pumps were regularly attended to. A disagreeable sleet was encountered on the 10th, which trove almost as rapidly as it touched the deck, making it almost impossible for the sailors to remain ubove, there bein t danger overboard. ® af sail wos of their going reefed and everything mado ede There was no moderation in the storm on jesday. Night closed in upon them with the sky more threatenin; than ever. Wednesday morning the storm raged with terrific fury, the masts bending before the wind and the waves beating aguinst the sides and breaking over the decks with increased vio- lence. About daylight the vessel rung @ leak, which could not be located. ‘The port pump became choked, The men worked the starboard pump with a will, but the vessel was filling rapidly. ‘The port pump was got in working order, having m choked by @ ballast stone. Ail Lands were then ordered to the pumps and were doing good work when, without a moment's warning, a feartul gale from the north struck the bark, sweeping the men from their tions, and knocking the vessel on dts beam ends the lee rail going under water. A CRITICAT, SITUATION. ‘The deck load, torward house and water casks were started. The waves beut in«t the deck load and shifted it, making it impossible for the bark to right. Neither pumps could worked. The man at the wheel was washed from his position, but was saved from going overboard. Five hours were occupied in throwing overboard the deck load, many of the crew being severely injured abo the limbs, The maintopsail was then “goose winged, and those who executed the order barely escaped with their lives, hey hardly knew wien the sui liad set, so completely was it obseured by thick clouds. At eight o'clock in the evening a perfect hur- rivane was blowing. ‘he crew were becoming dis- heartened, and inany of them thought that the vessel would never float through the night. The Captain had them ali come aft, as their quarters dn the forward part of the craft were flooded to the depth of four feet, Everything on board was soaked. Even the banks were filled with water. All the fires wero extinguished early in the afternoon, so that nothing could be cooked, consequently they were obliged ts subsist entirely on salt-wat bread and salt water, as their water casks had burst. No one slept that night, for they were all in terrible suspense, as they could feel the vessel gradually sinking, and the water swashing about below. As soon as the Captain opened the door of his eabin on Thursday morning he was horrified to find that the decks were bursting . through the vessel. The dry | and the rigging slacki: deal with whieh the ada West was loaded becom ing soaked, it swelied and burst open the decks and sides, ptain Fit ordered the main Figging to be set up to keep the masts from going over the sides, A little sail was set which had the effect of keepin; her off before the sea. The wheel was managed wit great difficulty, as the man was frequently up to his neck in water. All suffered much for waut of fresh water and proper nourishment. Saturday night the crew, with the exveption of one man, who was ordered to keep @ lookout fora sail, hud- dled together in the Cay cabin, gbivering from exposure aggl pinched with hunger, “At two o'clock Friday morning, with the storm sttil ing a8 furiously as ever, the watch discovered @ light to leeward. A bine flash light was immediately hoisted into the rigging, and, to their front Joy. the stranger hove to on the starboard tack until daylight, when they were rescued, ‘The Canada West was owned by A. nddock and others, of St. John, N. B. She wasot 727 tous reyinter. WILD HORSES IN KANSAS. [From the Barbour County (Kan.) Mail.) John Mosley and Ka Iiliff have lately returned from 4 wild horse hunt in the sand hills, They worked faithfully for about two weeks on a drive af six head, and finally succeeded in capturing them and bring: ing part’of them in. The horses taken were the remnant of @ once powerful bend which ranged in the territory south of this county, and some of them were fine specimens of horseflesi, The boys con- template another drive in a short time down on the \ Cummaron, whore @ large herd has beech heard froin. TIPLE SHEET. longing to the, OBITUARY. FIFLD MARSHAL COUNT VON ROON, Count Albrecht Theodor Emil von Roon, Field Marshal of the German Empire and Minister of War, whose death, in Berlin, at one o’clock yesterday afternoon, is announced by cable this morning, was born at Pleushagen, near Colberg, April 30, 1803, At the age of thirteen he became a cadet at the military State school at Kulm, and two years later at Berlin. In 1819 he entered the military service as second lieutenant in the Fourteenth infantry. to 1827he studied at the Military Academy. In 1826 he was transferred to the Fifteenth infantry, and in 1828 he was ordered for service to the Corps of Cadets. In 1982 Roon was ordered to the headquar- ters of the Prussian Corps of Observation on the Bhine, under General yon Miifiling, This gave him his first opportunity of studying actual warfare. In December of that year Antwerp was captured by the French army under Marshal Gerard, the young soldier of Prussia being allowed to be present during the latter part of the siege. In 1833 he was employed in the Topographical Bureau, in which he remafned till he was orderad to the grand general staff, inf1835, In 1836 he was made a captain, From 1538 till 1844 he was tutor in the General Military Academy. During the latter year he was engaged in a recon- noitring expedition in Bohemia, Moravia and Hun- gary and also in the expedition of the general staff Silesia, He was made a major in 1842, and in fovember of the same year he resumed his post as ‘gutor in the General Military Academy, In 1843, how- ever, he was again transferred to the general staff and made tutor to Prince Frederick Charles, In 1846 he was nominated Military Governor to the Prince, whom he accompanied to the University of Bonn, The particular interest Captain Roon took in the lectures of the celebrated geographer, Professor Ritler, induced him to write a work on the philosophy of thet distinguished scholar. It was entitled “The Furdamental Features of the Knowledge of the Earth, Its Peopte and Its States.” It was in three volumes, and was published between 1847 and 1855, Professor Ritter wrote an introduction to the work, which proved a success, and pasked throngh several editions. As a military writer (Captein Roon also sought distinction and.contributed | ly tos library of handbooks for officers, One of his works is a geography of Europe, surveyed from a military standpoint, In August, 1848, he was named chief of the general staff of the Eighth Army corps, in which capacity he took part in the campaign in Baden, par- ticipating in the fights before Rastadt and on the Murg. For his services he received the Order of the Red Eagle of the third class. In 1850 he was given command of the Thirty-third regimontjof wine anda year later he was miade a colonel.. In 1856 he received command of the Twentieth infantry brigade in Posen, and the same year he attained therank of major general. In 1853 he took command of the Fourteenth division in Dusseldorf, and ix months later he was made lientenant general. From his po- sition as military governor to Prince Frederick Carles had sprung an intimacy which procured for the General all the influence of the Prince and made his own views dominant in those military circles which surrounded the Court and the King. With the Regent (the present Emperor of Germany) he was also a great favorite, who gave him the portfolio of ‘Minister of War in December, 1859, and in April, 1851, conferred upon him the additional portfolio of Minis- ter of Marine. ‘The ability he brought to the duties of these responsible positions has been illustrated in three different campaigns. The snecess- in the moyement against Den k im 1864, when the Schleswig-Holstein difficulty was settled, aud in the campaign against Austria in 186,6 was ina great de- ‘ree owing to General Roon’s skill and foresight. a that year he was promoted to be a general of i fantry, and took part in the campaign in Bohemi and in the battle of Koni tz. In recognition of his many services in the organization of the army he received the Order of the Black Eagle anda nations! dotation, In the war between German; and France, in 1870 and 1871, he gained fresh laurels, the splendid military organiza- tion which enabled Moltke to overcome the forces. of the Napoleonic Empire at Sedan and prostrate Paris before the new master of Europe being essentially his work. At the close of the Franco-German war he was elevated to tho dignity of marshal of the new German Empire, al- though he had not assumed any- command on ‘the field. He also exchanged his title of Baron for that of Count, But if the new Marshal had always been in close concert with Prince Bismarck with respect to military questions, he was far from agreeing with the haughty Chancellor on the unt ot internal policy since 1871, At’ that time, it is to be recollected, Germany, and especially Prussia, was divided between the “national liberal party,” with Bismarck at its head, and the “consery- ative party,” botter known as the party of the Court, because of the strong ba given to it by the Empress and Prince Royal. At the end of 1872 the struggle between those two political trac- tions became intense on account of the projected Falk Laws against the independence of religious congregations, and Count Von Roon took openly his ide against Bismarck. In the following year the German Chaucellor, thinking it pru- dent “to bee I to conquer,” resigned the Prus- sian Premiership, which was assumed by Count Von Roon, But the — restless Pomeranian statesman worked hard underhand against his op ponents, and in lees than one year the L-mperor, sub- mitting entirely tu Bismarck’s despotism, dismissed Toon and his conservative friends from office. Few men can show a more honorable or a more remark- abie record, From his entry into the cadet school at Kuhn until his death his career was one of steady and unimpeded p1 . He never met with a reverse orarebduif. The King, Frederick Williom IV., was his friend until his death, and he always retained the friendship and admiration of the Emperor William and of the Crown Prince. His pupil, Prince Fred- erick Charles, has approved himse:t one of the first soldiers of the age He was in all respects, even in vppearance, a stiff, unbending soldier, with the short, remptory method of vech which indicates an inuer conviction of infallibility. In manners he was disobliging and rough toward his inferiors, and though submissive enough before those high in an- thority he was even in the Chamber frequently sar- castic and sometimes contemptuous, Count von Roon had a reputation for piety far above the stand- ard of German soldiers and statesmen. One of the most remarkabie incidents in hia career, because least understood, was his attempt to wrest froim Bis- marck the powers of the Prime Minister of the Prussian kingdom. Broken in health and sadly afflicted by the ravages of death in his family, Field Marshal Count vou Roon was, in December, 1572, retired, being suc- coeded as Minister of War by General yon Kaincke. Since that time he has lived quietly and tn retire- ment, holding the honorary title of “Ixtraord- inary Counsellor of the Crown.” Like the great Car not he was the “organizer of victory.” Sadowa, Se- dan, Metz and the whole series of ries inscribed on the German nderds in the memorable cam- paigns of Bohemia and France were the result of his consummate skill in the administration of the Pra partment of War. EDWARD HALL, Licutenant Edward Hall, a veteran of the war of 1812, died at his residence, No, 202 West Thirty- fourth street, shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Hall was born at Danvers, Masa., in the year 1789, and when the war with England broke out raised @ company at Boston and enlisted under General Scott, Among other important battles in which he participated was that of Lundy's Lane, where General Dix, then @ mere lad, likewise did good service. After the restoration of peace Mr. Hiall came to this city, and went into business as an auctioneer and commission merenant. some years later he visited Texas, and became the private secre- tary of General Sumuaol Houston, then in command of that republic, which Mr. Ilall once represented in this country. At ono time he owned a portion of Galveston Island and carried on the business of » Jand agent in New Orleans, La. When the late civil war broke out he came to this city and lived here un- til his death, At first his residence was in Macdougal street, but some cight or tea years since he pur- chased the pleasant three-storied frame dwelling in whieh his lost breath was drawn. For some time he had remained in comparative seeliwion, seeing few persons except his friend Major Downing, who ocen- 4 4 portion of the houre, and his oldest associates ia the field or civil life, Among the latter was Mr, Underhill, a veteran of 1412. General Dix remembered Mr. il as an officer in that war, and tho acquaintance was revived by acali from the lat- ter some throo years ago, since which, however, the two had met but once or twice. Lieutenant Hall was about five feot ten inches in height, slender, erect, with bright black oyes, intelligent expreasion and an exact and ready memory. His hair, mustache beard were white as snow. Years ago he mado trip to England, and one of his »rite anec- dotes represe him as having been mistaken for the Duke of Wellington once while walking in a London street. The resomblance was partly fe the dress, and when that was changed the Lieutenant suffered no further annoyance. He leaves a wife i ap he of age, to whom he was married late in life, ¢ funeral will take place, from his late resi- dence, on Wednesday afternoon, at one o'clock; in- terment in Greenwood Cemetery, GENERAL SIR THOMAS SIMSON PRATT, K. C. B. General Sir Thomas Simson Pratt, K. C. B., Colonel of the Thirty-seventh (North Hampshire) foot, died on the 2d inst, at Bath at an advanced age. The de- ceased General served in the campaign of 1814 in Holland with the Fitty-sixth regiment as a volun: tecr, and was present at the attack on Merxem and the subseqnent bombardment of Antwerp. With the Twenty-sixth Cameronians he served in the China Expedition, and commanded the land forces at the assault and capture of the forts of Chuenpes on the 7th of January, and again at the aswanit and cap, ture of the Bogue forts on the 26th of Jannary fol- lowing. He commanded the Twenty-sixth wt tl attacks on Canton from the 24th of May to the ist Ni tien atl arta Melis coat From 1625 5 of the demonstration before Nankin, and was pros at the signing of the treaty of peace on board Her Majesty's ship Cornwallis. From 1843 to 1#56 he served as Deputy Adjutant General at Madras, ‘Phe General afterward served in New Zealand, and conunanded the foree employed coving: the Maori war of 1860-61. For his services on the latter oc- casion he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Previously to serving in New Zealond he had been appointed to command the forces im Australia, He was appointed Colonel of the Thirty-seventh foot in May, 1802, CAPTAIN GEORGE W. GIFT. Captain George W. Gift, editor of the Napa Reporter, died February 11 at Napa City, Cal., in the forty-sixth year of his age. Captain Gift, whose career was an eventful one, was born near Nashville, Tenn, on March 1, 1833, In"1846 be.was sent to the Annapolis Naval Academy, after two yours being assigned as midst to the Pacific squadron, He from thd navy in 1852, ming California and estab- lishing a benking house at Sacramento, On the breaking out of the rebellion he entered the Conted- erate navy, taking command oi the iron-clad Arkans: on tle Mississippi, For various daring exploits during the war he was promoted by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, und fuaby became Nayal Constructor on the Comsenogis iver, m4 4 he married his second wife. About five years ago ho returned to California and settled in Napa. He leaves a wife and four children, one being by his first wite. LIEUTENANT NEVILE JOSIAH AYL MER COGHILL, Lieutenant Coghill, who fell on January 22, in the disastrous dofeat of a column of the British forces and the annihilation of the regiment to which he belonged (the Twenty-fourth) by tho Zulus in South Africa, was the eldest son of S.r John Jovelyn Coghill, of Castle Townsend, Ireland {a descendant of the Coghills of Coghill Hall, County of York, England), who married Kathurino Francis, daughter of Lurd Plunkit. Lieutenant Coghill was born on January 25, 1852. After - wating he entered the army, and in 1877 was ait je- camp to General Sir A. Quapyngheme at the Cape of Good Hope, and was honorably mentioned in his despatches. In the spring of 1878 he was home on ashort leave of absence; and spent a part of the summer with his father’s family in the mountains ot Switverland, Retur: in the gutumn to his regiment we next hear of him as being among the killed in the battle mentioned above. DR. BENEDICT STILLING, GERMAN PHYSIOLOGIST. Germany has just lost oue of her most scientific men, Dr. Benedict Stilling, who died at Cassel on the 29th ult, As a prectitioner he ranked among the first in his profession, and his researches in anatomy and physiology have given him a World-wide reputation. Claude Bernard, one of the highest of modern au- thorities on subjects connected with experimental physiology, rated Dr. Stilling’s labors in that) direc- tion as among the most interesting, and the Paris Academy of Sciences trowned several of his works. He had just put the last touches to a voluminous work on the enatomy of the brain when deajh sud- denly closed his career of usefulness. LADY MILLICENT BARBER, Lady Millicent Barber, youngest and last surviving daughter of Arthur, first Earl of Gosford, by his wife Millicent, daughter of Lieutenant General Edward Pole, died on the Sist ult. at her residence in Mon+ tagu square, London. She was sister of the Lady Olivia Sparrow and Lady Mary Bentinck, widow of Lieutenant General Lord William Bentinck, G. C. B., tormeriy Governor General of India, and grest-aunt of the Duke of Manchester and the Earl of Gosford. Lady Millicent, who was in her ninety-second year, married September 12, 1826, the Rev. J. Hurt Barber, Mz, A., formerly rector of Little Stukely, Hunts, who died January 28, 1872. LADY JANE HAY, Lody Jane Hay, fifth duughter of George, seventh Marquis of Tweeddaie by his wife Lady Hannah Charlotte, daughter of James, seventh Earl of Laud- erdale, and aunt of the Marquis of Twoeddale, Ad- miral Lord John Hay, the Duchess of Wellington, Lady Jane Taylour, Lady Emily Peel, &c., died on the 5th inst., after « short illness, at her residence in Elizabeth street, Eaton square, London. Lady Jane was in her eighty-second year, having been born Sep- tember 7, 1797. COLONEL WILLIAM ROSS, Colonel William Ross, formerly a famous stage driver and expressman, who had the first expross route on the Boston and Providence Railroad, and also the first on the Providence and Worcester Rail- road, died at Providence, R.1., on ‘Saturday night. When Jenny Lind visited Providence, in 1856, Colonel Koss purchased the choice of scats at $653, FANNIES PISTOL PRACTICE. Miss Fannie May, of No. 16834 Allen street, has a proclivity for pistol practice, which the possession ot a seven-shooter permits her to indulge, Yesterday afternoon, it is said, she exhibited her skill in rid- dling pictures and perforating wall paper to the edifi- cation of @ young gentleman caller. Then, after his departure, she raised the window and fired @ shot, the ball taking effect in the body of George Schultz, the fifteen-year-old son of ancighbor. - According to his account Miss May ordered him to get down from a place in the back yard, where he and a number of other —— were perched. Failing to comply wit satistac tory speed, she aimed and fired, bringing him to tho ground “in @ heap.” The yong ly gives another version of the affair, olaiming that her shot was fired at random. Whatever the fact may be the result was none the less scrious, for Dr. Dunton, who examined the wound, fears that the ballet alter entering the thigh found lodgment in the stomach. In that case young Schultz's chante of recovery is considered slight. ess seis soe poveaied aoe takai to the Tenth pre- cinct station house by Officer Crystol. She w the want of sufficient motive and her ily disposi- tion toward the family of her victim as proof that the shooting was accidental, TODETS CANE SWORD. “Officer Leach—John ©. Todet!” called the clerk at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday morning An old gray haired gentleman, with pale face and sunken eyes, tottered up to the bar, and Officer Leach appeared, carrying in his hand a long, pointed weapon with a bone handle. The complainants were Mr. Cullen and his wife, who keep a boarding house at No, 333 West -second street. They testified that Todet, boards with then, had insulted one, of their other boarders, and became violent when Mr. Cullen remonstrated. Tho latter followed him and argued for admittance to his room, which he had locked, whereupon the old gev- tleman threatened, he says, to run a toothpick through him should he attempt to enter. rr Leach being called forced an entrance into the room. ‘The old man grasped a sword cane and made seyerel thrusts at him, but fatied to inflict a wound and was captured. 4 “You're too old aman to be raising such a dis- turb&fnce,” sxid Justice Wandell. “So it seems,” replied Todet, “but I was only de- fending myself, Your Honor.” After some further explanation the prisoner was released and given his sword cane, on the ground that the landlord was not the proper party to make the complaint and that he had no mght under the circumstances to enter his room or have him ar- rested Todet immediately put the sword cane up his sleeve, whereupon he was ordered not to conceal the weapon. BARON DE PALM’S BONES EXHIBITED. {From the Pittsburg Leader.) It has always been supposed that when the remaine of the late Baron de Palm helt been crumbled into dust at the Lemoyno furnace and been carried to New York and there scattered to the four quarters of the globe by the Theosophist Society, all that was mortal of the poor Baron was still on the scatter, or at least that his dust would not be cast up by the waves and blown inward, even unto the city of Pittsburg; yet but a month or two ago two young men, residing at the east end, had one of the Baron's bones in their porsession, and this in the face of the assertion that the urn taken to New York contained all the bones of the aroun burned to es, Bur now there is in tho relic department of the Loan Ex- hibition bottle levelled, “Remains of Baron de Palm,” and when @ Leader reporter observed that pote plese of velvet IU, the same case, he taquire upon a piece of vel sane case, he inqui peer it was that the Baron wae cremated in Dr, Le- moyne’s furnace, the ashes all taken to New York, tossed into the Bay, and yet a portion of his remains ‘were on exhibition now. A lady in charge of one of the departments answered that previous to the cre- mation the Theosophist Society bad used fH pond tions to preserve the body that rendered it of such nature as to make perfect cremation impossible, Home of the thigh bones would not burn, so the; ground Col ix, and had rembi of the Doctor's joan, and then were another argument in favor of cremation, Dbecanse sections o: great men could be taken to dif- ferent parts of the country or world and exhibited to counticss thonsands, everybody getting an oppor. tunity to take # look, os it was better to take @ look at a little tiny bone than never to have looked at all. PROSPERITY IN OREGON. [From the Pendieton Oreg6nian.} Every church in town is ocoupied, every sehoot house filled with pupils every hotel and restaurant crowded, every saloon well patronized, every car. ey car ey eae eae Srihad scott eveaceh om ee fee possession of #0) family until brought to the the Indy sggented ‘that loans