The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1879, Page 7

] tusaaance TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the r World. . POLITICS IN FRANCE. Troops Going Forward to South Africa. GOVERNMENT IN BULGARIA. Leo XIII. on Good Terms with the French Republic. GRANT AT ALLAHABAD. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] + Lonpon, Feb. 24, 1879, The Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies on Satur- day elected a Budget Committee, all the members of which are in favor of the conversion of five per cent rents, The Senate on Saturday voted “urgency” for the Amnesty bill, Tho Correctional Tribunal bas acquitted the great railway stock operator, Philip- part, charged with misappropriating the funds of various banks, The appointment of General Chanzy as Ambassador at St. Petersburg is officially an- nounced, The Times’ despatch from Paris says the discussion on the impeachment question will prob- ably result in a resolution reciting that the country by successive votes has deservedly condemned the acts of the Ministry of the 16th of May. The Cham- ber of Deputies will then pass to the order of the day. The river Garonne has burct tho embankment at La Lastide-Cenon and it is feared that lives have been lost, Extensive flodds have oc- curred at Bayonne, Tarbes and Bordeaux. GRANT IN INDIA. Ex-President Grant arrived ut Allahabad yesterday, aud@isthe guest of the Lieutenant Governor. The Viceroy of India has invited him to visit Calcutta, EGYPT AND THE POWERS. The Times correspondent at. Paris says the French despatch boat Renard has been ordered to Egypt. An English vessel is also going there, so as to demonstrate the accord of Great Britain and France, who will cer- tainly insist that the Khedive shall not, by relapsing Into extravagance, become a caure of uneasiness to the European Powers. ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA. ‘The steamship City of Paris, having on board the Twenty-first regiment, left Queenstown yesterday for Natal. The Observer announced yesterday that the disbandment of the native forces in South Africa was in accordance with instructions from the home government. . PORTUGAL SUSPICIOUS OF ENGLAND. The Portuguese government has ordered the Gov- ernor of Mozambique to send troops and three corvettes to Delagow Bay, on the South African Coast. THE MOB AT ADRIANOPLE. ‘The Archbishop of Adrianople is not dead, but is severely injured. He was assaulted on account of his Turkish sympathies. Prince Lobanoff has promised that the Russians will endeavor to discover the partics guilty of the outrage. He has explained that those first arrested were released for fear of popular uprising. THE BULGARIAN ASSEMBLY. A despatch. to the Standard from'Tirnova states that Prince Dondoukoff-Korsakoff formally opened the Bulgarian Assembly on Saturday amid yreat cn- thusiasm. The Roumelian and Macedonian delegates. were present and there was @ large crowd of spectators. The first business meeting willbe held on Monday. Prince Dondou- koff-Korsakoff, previous to the opening, told a depu, tation that he would resign if the delegates perse- vered in their plan of adjourning as a protest against the Treaty of Berlin. The plan has, in consequence, been abandoned. THE VATICAN AND THE WORLD, The Pope yesterday received :representatives of 1,302 Catholic publications issued in Europe and America, and addressed them on the influence and mission of the press. He incidentally stated that temporal power was indispensable to the Holy See, The Pope very cordially received the Marquis de Gabriac, the French Ambassador, who presented the official notification of M. Grévy’s elec- tion to the Presidency of France. The interview was mutually satisfactory. CABLE NOTES. A despatch to the Post from Berlin says it is re ported that the Emperor William, receiving a de- putation of German inhabitants of Schleswig, in- formed them that the Schleswig question must be regarded as finally settled. It is understood that the, Tariff Commissivun recommend a duty of only twenty-five pfennig per hundred weight on pig iron. ‘The Standard announces that the French Atlantic cable is broken 161 miles from St. Pierre, Miquelon, in 500 fathoms of water. Weston arrived at Ipswich at nine o’clock Saturday night. He is 171 miles behind time. ‘The Norwegian bark Benguela, Captain Fuglesang, is at Christiansand with her cargo heated, and will discharge. ; The British ship J. 8. Wright, Captain Crowell, which arrived here yesterday from New York, lost her bulwarks, had a boat stove and sustained other damage during the voyage. f The steamship Illinois, Captain Shackford, from Philadelphia, arrived at Queenstown to-day, and pro- ceeded for Liverpool, SHERE ALI DYING. FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE AMEER'S FATAL ILLNESS—ABRIVAL OF THE, AFGHAN EMBASSY AT TASHKEND. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.) Tasnxtnp, Turkestan, Feb, 23—7 P. M. The details regarding the illness of Shere Ali contained in‘the Russian surgeon's letter have come into my possession since sending the last despatch. Several days after the ‘departure of General Rasgonoff from Tashkourgan for Tashkend with the Afghan Embassy, the Ameer of Afghanistan summoned the doctor of the Russian mis- sion, who had been leit at his request at that town, The Ameer said he was suffering from pains in his limbs. The doctor at first thought that the Ameer was deceiving him, as he had been complaining gf various disenses and had given his illness as an excuse for re- nouncing his journey to St. Petersburg ; but the doctor soon perqsived that the cir- culation was defective in the limbs-of the Ameer, and that the functions of the heart were feebly sustained, NATIVA DOCTORING, “Unable to procure leeches thé doctor wished to resort to cupping the patient's legs to blisters, but persons in the suite of the Ameer opposeil thig plan, and the Afghan‘ doctor present declared that he would answer for the safety of his royal NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, . invalid, All the efforts of the Russian surgeon, therefore, became useless. It was only afteran interval of several days that the Ameer again sent for him. * DECOMPOSITION HAS BET IN, The surgeon then found that decompo- sition had already set in on his left leg. The next morning o spot of gangrene had appeared on his side. The surgeon, there- fore, immediately sent the letter received yesterday after General Rasgonoff, predict- ing as certain the almost immediate death of the Amcex. ‘THE AMBASSADORS AT TASHK+ND. * The Afghan Embassy arrived at ‘Tashkend to-day and will be received by General Kaufmann to-morrow. THE STOCKT ‘ON EXPLOSION. ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE DISASTEB—CAS- UALTIES REPORTED San Francisco, Cal., Feb, 23, 1879. At the time of the explosion the indicator showed forty pounds pressure. There was a heavy fire in the furnaces. Both ends of the engine were blown out, and the flywheel was blown intoatoms, Five sninutes before the accident engineer Avery was warned that it would never do to work the engine in such @ con- | dition, Avery answered, “She will either work or burst.’ Practical engineers and boiler makers de- clared, after examining the boiler this morning, that it was in good order and safe, CASUALTIES, THOMAS SEDGWICE, who was reported dead, will recover. FRANK ANDREWS is very badly injured. His recovery is doubttul. ARTHUR TINKHAM, Jr., is badly scalded and his recovery is doubtful. LOT BLISS is not expected to live. MILTON HART was badly scalded and died this afternoon. No further deaths or wounded persons are re- ported, and no more bodies have been found in the slough. Men are still engaged in dragging the slough. The wounded are doing as wedl as could be expected. Three of the vic- tims—Avery, Wiel aud Cosgrove—were ‘buried to-day. The rest will be buried to-morrow, with the exception of Folsom, whose remains will be for- warded to his family in Maine. Parties and balls which were announced to take place next week have been postponed on account of the explosion. SCHOONER ASHORE. WRECK OF THE C. B. PAINE—SICKNESS AMONG THE CREW—PROSPECTS FOR SAVING THE VES- SEL, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Yaruanx, L. 1, Feb. 23, 1879. | ‘The schooner C. B. Paine, bound from a port in Hayti to Providence, R. I., was discovered by patrol- man Rose, of Station 17, ashore directly opposite the village of Centre Moriches, at two o’clock this morn- ing. Tho vessel is full of water, lying broadside on, Her cargo consists of logwood. SICKNESS AMONG THE CREW. She has been twenty-nine days out, and is com- manded by Captain W. H. Hilliard, with a crew of six men, who, with the exception of the mate, were stricken down with fever the second day out, aud had to be carried, after being landed in the breeches, of the government station, from the shore to the crew's headquarters. EFFORTS TO SAVE THE VESSEL. A tug has felegraphe d for by the Coast Wreck- ing Company's agent, Mr. Bishop. The chances of saving the vessel and cargo are good if the water can bo diminished and the weather holds fair, The tug, in all probability, will arrive with pamps and other wrec! appliances some time to-morrow. SALT WORKS INVESTIGATION. EXAMINATION gOF SUPERINTENDENT POWELL POSTPONED-——REMOVAL EXPECTED TO FOLLOW AN ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE. [BY TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD.) SynacusE, Feb. 23, 1879, ‘The examination of State Salt Superintendent E. A. Powell on charge of malfeasance in office, which was to have been continued to-morrow, in this city, has been postponed indefinitely. Mr. Benedict, of Schen- ectady, appointed by Governor Robinson to take the testimony, writes that he is ill. ‘he evidence taken on the last examination is regarded, even by the friends of Mr. Powell, as of a very damaging charac- ter, and his removal will not be a matter of surprise to them, WAITING AN ADJOUBNMENT, It is claimed by the republicans that Mr. Powell’s Femoval was long ago determined upon if there were even # small amount of evidence upon which it could be ‘They have been hoping the watter might be pressed at once, and if it were accomplished while Governor Robinson and the Senate were trying to agree on who should be the new superintendent, the deputy, who is a republican, would hold the position. But the democrats are too many for that. Tho pres- ent postponement of the examination indicates that no removal will take place until after the Leyislaturo adjourns. Then Mr. Powell will be displaced, and the position will be filed by Governor Robinson's appointment. AN OSWEGO BANK CLOSED. Oswuao, N. Y., Feb. 23, 1879, The City Bank, of which Delos Dewolf is president, will not open its doors to-morrow. Judge Moxon has appointed W. J. Barker, of Syracuse, receiver. ‘The capital stock of the bank is $220,000. The assets of the bank are $30,000, The amount due devosit- ors is $75,000. The officers of the bank have for some time past contemplated liquidation, but the pres- ont financial difticulties have precipitated the crisis. ‘The depositors will be pai in fall, The bank was established t ne years ago LONG BRANCH HOTEL SOLD. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Lone Bnascu, N. J., Feb. 23, 1879. ‘The Pavilion Hotel, formerly the property of the late Samuel ©. Morris, of Long Branch, was sold at judgment sale on Friday last by Sheriff Brown. The hotel was purchased by Mr. R. J. Dobbins, of Phila- delphia, who is the owner of the Howland House of a large brick hotel near the depot of the Cen- tral Railroad of New Jersey, also of a new hotel erected between the Brighton and Clarendon hotels. Mr. Dobbins held a large mort on the Morris i purchased the Pavilion for $25 over legal claims against it. Mr. Dobbins is now owner of four prominent hotels, besides a num- ber of cottages at Long Branch, e Warentown, N, ¥., Feb. 23, 1879. ‘The dead body of an Indian was found on the ice near Sackett’s Harbor this morning. He was last seen alive at Sackett's Harbor on Monday, when ho started for Galoop Island, about four miles from that place, He stated that he came from Watertown when round, His coat was off and covered over him, an empty whiskey bottle was lying by his side. A FIREMAN'S DEATH. Havenstnaw, N, ¥., Feb, 23, 1879. William Q. Kingsland, Jr., the froman who was shot on Thursday night by Frank Kennedy, died at half-past two o'clock this morning. Tho Coroner has een holding an inquest all day, Kennedy is in custody. KILLED BY A FREIGHT TRAIN. Provipence, R. 1, Feb, 23, 187! Daniel Giles, a mule spinper, of Millville, was killed last night by the owl freight train on the Worcester Railroad, near Blackstone, FATAL QUARREL, Wareuixa, W. Va., Feb, 23, 187! Frank Williamson shot and instantly killed Louis Wilson at Brownsville, Monroe county, Ohio, last Friday afternoon. Tho difficulty originated about a Williamson has been arrested, DURING A SALUTE, Fonrness Monnor, Feb, 23, 1879. While a salute was being fired at the Soldiers’ Home, near Hampton, yesterday, one of the gunners, named Moutz, lost his arm by the premature dis- hat t jece. An amputation was performed by Mie sargecs in charge and the patient is doing well, ARCHBISHOP PURCELL'S DEBTS, ENORMOUS INCREASE IN CLAIMS--NEABLY FOUR MILLIONS ALREADY PRESENTED— PROPOSED LOTTERY SCHEME JO RELIEVE THE VEN- ERABLE PRELATE—BACKWARDNESS OF THE GERMAN CHURCHES, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] " Cryo att, Feb. 23, 1879. The financial embarrarsments of Archbishop Pur- cell seem to increase as their examination proceeds, and what was first thought to be only the comparatively trifling sum of $100,000 has grown until it is now more than $3,500,000, with prospects that it will reach $4,000,009 before the claims are all audited. The trustees who were appointed some four or five weeks ago to take charge of the affairs have been laboring daily to obtain a record of all the indebtedness hang- ing over the venerable prelate, but up to this time have not prepared their report, giving a8 a reason that they don’t want to present one until the full amount is known. STATEMENT OF THE CLAIMS. A meeting of the Catholic clergy was held at the Cathedral a few days ago, at which Father Callahan, who acts as private secretary to the Archbishop, stated that claims had already been presented footing up $3,600,000, and the end had not yet been reached, Archbishop Purcell presided at the meeting, and with much feeling protested that he never used a dollar of this money for himself or knowingly misapent any of it, for the church or other purposes, His sincerity in this denial is not doubted by any one, and even the cnemies of the Catholic Church acquit him of ay intentional mis- application of funds placed in his hands for safe- keeping. PROPOSED LOTTERY SCHEME. . Ascheme has been put on foot within a day or two past to organize a church lottery to relieve the Arch- Ddishop of his debts. ‘The plan is to offer large prizes and have drawings quarterly or half yearly for a series of years, the profits to be devoted to this purpose as fast as they accrue, With this object a committee of twelve was appointed, consisting of the following, to mature the plan and present it at the future meeting:—Father Ubaldus, of the Order of St. Francis; Father Alphonsus, of the Passionists Order; Father Mackey, of St. Patrick’s Church; Father Callahan, editor of the Catholic Tele- graph; Vather Cusick, of the Church of the Atonement; Father Albrinch, of Holy ‘I'rinity ; Father Byrne, of St. Joseph's Seminary; Father Driscoll. of St. Xavier's Church; Father Crowley, of St. Patrick's Church, Cumminsville; Father Sidley, of Springfield, Ohio; Father Habné, of Emmanuel Chureh, Dayton, and Father Carey, of St. Patrick's, Dayton. This com- mittee of twelve organized by’ electing Father Dris- coll as chairman, aud appointeg a sub-committes of three, consisting of Fathers Byrne, Cusick and Calla- han, to apply to the State Legislature for a moditica- tion of the law against lotteries, so as to allow them to carry the scheme into execution. THE LAW OF OHIO. ‘The Ohio law is very strict indeed against lotteries, and it is exceedingly doubtful whether they will meet with any encouragement at Columbus when they go there. hey will stand some chance, however, it they decide to go into the scheme, by crossing the river into Kentucky, where a number of lottery grants still cxist;some one of which they may be able to buy or control, It is remarkable that while the appeal for the Arch- bishop meets with a cordial and generous response from ali the other churches, none of the German churches have done anything toward relieving him. ‘Yhis is commented on freely by the English speaking clergy, who charge that the Germans hold back for the reason that they are willing to sc6 the Arch- bishop removed, confident that when his successor is appointed he will be a Gorman. BISHOP FOLEY'S REMAINS. ABRIVAL AT BALTIMORE—DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNEBAL CAR—THE RECEPTION AND PRO- GRAMME OF FUNERAL EXERCISES, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERSLD,] Baurmone, Feb, 23, 1879. Last night Fathers Magnion, Gaitley and McManus, of this city, accompanied by a number of laymen, left by the Northern Central Railroad to receive at Harrisburg the remains of the late Bishop Foley, of Chicago, and to escort them to this city. The train left Chicago at half-past five P. M. on Friday, and did not come further than Fort Wayne, where the two Pullman cars and the funeral car were attached to the night train from Chicago. ‘THE FUNERAL CAR. The exterior was heavily draped in crape, with black velvet escutcheons and gilt inscriptions. Tho interior was also heavily draped with crape. All of the seats except a few at each end of the car had been removed, and the casket contain- ing the body of tho prelate was placed upon a catafalque in the centre of the car. Around were placed the numerous rich floral testimonials by his people, One, representing his coat of arms, was five feet in height and three feet in width. Harps, mitres, crosses, crowns, croziers, Mounds and other dgsigns were numerous, and were composed of the rarest and most beautiful camelias, japonicas, tube- roses and other flowers, f "The casket containing the remains was covered with black velvet, and with combination of gold aud silver mountings which were novel and elegant. A silver plate upon the lid of the casket contained the name and the dates of birth, consecration and death of the Bishop. The funeral car was in charge of a delegstion of twenty of the clergy of the diocese of Chicago and a number of laymen. Five Sisters of Charity, together with Rev. John Foley and Mr. D. J. Foley, ot this city, brothers of Bishop Foley, accom- panied the party; also the housekeeper and colored servant of the Bishop. Thé windows of the funevalcar were kept open all the way, notwi' the se- verity of the weather, in order that the remains might be ag little changed a# possible and that the floral offerings might retain their loveliness and rance. So that no one might suffer from the ex- posure to the weather the laymen who acted as the guard divided the watches into an hour at a time. THK ARRIVAL, ‘The train arrived at Charles strect station this morning. Tho remains were placed in a hearse, the Chicago laymen acting as pallbearers, tho Balti- moreans following the Rearnokms foot ant: the clergy in carriages. About five hundred persona were prea- ent at the depot. ‘Khe funeral cortége proceeded at once to the residence of the mother of the late Bishop, Mrs. Foley, Mulberry street, near Park. Here the cavket was borne to the front parior on the second floor of the house. An altar had been crected, and at once Rev. John Foley celebrated a mass for tho repose of the soul of his eminent brother. Father MeMtilin, Vicar General of the diocese of Chicago; Father D, Reardon, chancellor and secretary of ‘tho late Bishop, and Father P. Reardon, of Chicago, also said the masses, The caskot was placed in the centze of spacious parlor and around it were arra’ floral offerings. The usual lights, in silver were placed at the head and foot of the caske' ‘THE REMAINS. The entire lid of this was taken off, exposing to view the full length of the dead Bishop, ine body wag dressed in full canonicals, upon the head and the crozier by wide, The features were natural, and there ‘was no sign of decay or even of death. The deceased clate seemed as if sleeping quictly. Large num- rs of his relatveis called to view the remains, An officer was stationed at the door, who denied admis- sion to all others. THE FUNERAL SERVICES. At half-past eight o’ctock to-morrow morning the remains will be removed by the seminarians to the Cathedral, and will be placed on a catatalque at tho head of the central aislo in front of the main altar. The public will then be permitted to view the remains, passing in at the front door, “R, the middle aisle and out at the sido doors. This will continue until the commence: it of the high mass at cleven A. M. Pontifical solemn h mass will be celebrated by Bishop Becker, of Imingtou, with six assistants, and Archbishop Gibbons will preach the funeral sermon. Bishops Becker, of Wilmington; Gross, of Savannah Wadhams, of Knee i Kain, of Wheeling Keane, of Richmond Mierney, of Albany, will be present. Bishops Lynch and Shanahan are 180 ge to be prevent with the clergy of this city and other portions of this archdiocese. The 1 bearors will be composed of sixteen clergymen taken from Bishop Foley's council and from his in- timate frionds here, The remains will be interred in the New Cathedral Cemetery. THE PROCESSION, To-night a meeting of the Young Catholics’ Friend Society was held and arrangements made to «dis charge the duties of guard and escort at the Cathe- dral this morning. ‘he line will be tormed from Mra. Foley's tesidence to the Cathedral by members of the society, and the seminarians, with the remains of , the Bishop, will pass between these lines.’ After the remains ¢ placed on the catatalque the mem- bors will act as agnard and keep the crowd in line. | A committee was appoiuted to wait on the laymen from Chicago at their quarters at the Mount Vernon Hotel, and to invite them to the post of honor—the position nearest the catafalque in the cathedral, RESIGNATION OF A BISHOP, Dernort, Miclt., Feb. 23, 1879. It is rumored that the Right Rev. Casper H. Bor- gess, Catholic Bishop of Detroit, forwarded his resignation to the Pope about two weeks since. No reason for this important step is aseigued, ARREST OF A PADRONE, Unica, N. ¥., Feb, 23, 1879. Giovanni Ramagnani, the Italian padrone, was ar- reuied here to-day with (cur boy musiciaus, FEBRUARY 24, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. 7 ANGELL EN ROUTE Arrival of the Captured De- faulter at Lewes. A CHEERFUL FRAME OF MIND His Action the Result of Un- fortunate Speculations. PECULIAR DIARY OF A SEA VOYAGE. Entries Ranging from Grave to Gay and Very Severe. (SY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Lewes, Del., Feb, 23, 1879, As stated in my despatch to-day, Angell and Cap- tain Frank left here with Superintendent Goodman at noon, ou the tug Rebecca, for Philadelphia, and as the weather is moderate they will arrive there about midnight. Angell retired at three o'clock this morning and slept soundly until nine, when he arose and said that it was the most pleasant nichts rest that he had had for a long time. In company with Officer Frank he took a brisk walk of half a mile, returned to the hoteland appeared to enjoy a hearty breakfast. At my interview with Angell last night I noticed that uo€withstanding his cheerful- ness he is subject occasionally to moody spells, at which time he speaks exclusively of his deceased wife and of his daughter, who is living in Chicago, He has with him a fizely executed picture of his wife, and he spends inuch time in looking at it and refer- ring to her and her noble and Christian character during life. He speaks of her death as being a seri- ous blow to him, one from which he doubts if he can ever recover. SIGNS OF BREAKING DOWN. Thad a long interview with him this morning, and he showed signs of breaking down and looked much more haggard and careworn than he did lest evening. This fact was probably owing to the arrival of the superintendent and his sudden preparation for start- ing westward. He had the sathe clothing ond a parel with him which he formerly wore in Chi also the same box, stumy in the Pullman Com- pany’s name, in which he fook the company’s funds from Chicago to New York, and the same trunk, marked in the same manner as when he lett Chicago. As I stated last night, his greatest anxiety isto meet Mr. Pullman, who, he says, he believes will be charitable toward him wheh he hears his action. and uuderstanding th rh; f a ves- Sal aud the duty that belouys. to. it Lo in one vo be trunted aw lives and property, aud desorves the best vessel itive. In another place he says of the captain that ‘he plays a good game of seven-up, and would be almost perfect im i if he would remember whose deal it is. DEATH OF COLONEL BRANTZ MAYER. [py TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Barrimore, Feb. 23, 1879. Colonel Brantz Mayer died to-night at his rosi- dence, No. 16 MeCulloh street, after an illness of Several days, of ossification of the valves of the heart. He was born in Baltimore September 27, 1809, was the youngest son of Christian Mayer of the house of Mayer & Brantz, well known in the early part of this century for commercial enterprise and extensive trade with foreign ports. He was » brother of the distinguished lawyer, the late Charles F. Mayer. Brantz Mayer was educated partly at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, but mostly by a private tutor. He studied law during a voyage to China, Sumatra and Java in 1827-28, and on his return fin- ished his studies in the. University of Maryland under David Hoffman, professor of law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1832, and subsequently to the Supreme Court of the United States. He practised his profession until 1855, except during 1832-33, when he was in Europe, and in 1842-43, when he was in Mexico as Secretary of the United States Legation to that Republic. He was appointed to this post under President Tyler's administration. In 1851 and 1855 Mr. layer went to New Orleans, first as one of the executors of John McDonough, who had named him to that trust in his will, and who lett the body of his estate to the cities of Bulti- more and Orleans, and afterward, as one of the Commissioners nominated by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore for che administration sale and liquidation ef the city’s interest in that estate, He ended his trust in the spring of 1859, trans- ferred to Baltimore the large assets. which now sup- port the McDonough Educational Institution and drew up the acheme and ordinance which govern it, Colonel Mayer was the founder of the Mary- Yand Historical “Society, and was its secoud President until he went to Calitornia in 1870. He also, in cotinection with two friends, devised and put into effect the plan of gift subscriptions for the erection of the Athenwum Building, in which the Historical Society aud Mercantile Library Association ure forever permanently acconi- modated without cost. He delivered the discourse at its dedication October 23, 1848, on “Commerce, Literature and Art.” When the civil war broke out, in 1861, Mr. Mayer adhered to the Union, was elected President of the Maryland Union State Central Committee and engaged actively in aiding the national cause. He appointed by Governor Bradford a brigadier general of the Maryland volunteer forces, and in February, 1863, he catered the statf corps of the United Stutes Army in the pay department. When the regular army was remodelled in 1867 he was reappointed to the same staf post in the rinanent national forces, and served therein in Maryland. Pennsyl » Delaware, Virginia, Louisiana and California until June, 1875, when, having pasxed the agy of sixty-two, he was re- tired ‘from the active service, and returned to his residouce in Baltimore, At (he close ot the civil war he was brevetted lieutenant colonel for meritorious services. When Mr. Mayer returned trom Mexico in 1#44, he published his well known ‘Mexico As It Was and as It Is,’ book of travels. Several years statement of the favts, He said this morning that the prospect of his soon being able to reath Chicago seemed worth two years of his life, as he felt every day that he was detained or delayed was a great loss ¢° him, and that the earlier he arrived at Chicago and reccived his sentence the sooner would the time of his contincment expire. In a very guarded manner he refers to his doings in New York and his departure on the steamer from there, but says that he scarcely knew what he was doing until he was full half way across the Atlantic. He hoots at the ides that Mr. Pullman or any one acquainted with his connections with the company could think that his object in leaving the country ‘was purposely to steal the amount of money which he had in his possession, when it was well known that he often had opportunities in which he could have absconded with a half million or éven more. CAUSE OF HIS DEPARTURE. ‘The facts aro that he met with serious loases in speculations during the few hours he was in New York, and knowing he could not make good to the company the amount, which was over $40,000, and not having the courage to return to Chicago and ac- knowledge his unfaithfulness, he had no other remedy than to leave the country, with a view to cover his shame. He says when he arrived at Lisbon he scarcely knew what to do, and, suffering severely at the time from rheumatism, ho really felt in a terrible predicament. Angell rode over to the rail pier in the hotel hack at half-past eleven A. M., with Captain Frank, Su- periutendent Goodman (representative of the Pull- man Palace Car Company in Philadelphia, who had come down on a special tug to accompany Angell to Philadelphia), and Captain Newell, of the Shooti Star. When taki: leave of the latter he appeare. much more excited than we had seen him. He shook bands and said goodby to al around him, and when he took Captain Newell’s hand tears wero coursing down bis cheeks while he said :— “Goo! whi Captain Newell; God bless you! I trust it will not be so bad with me after all,” and went on board the Rebecca sobbing. The Captain was also much moved at the ing, shedaing tears and sobbing all the while. The scene could not have becn more affecting had they been twin brothers parting for the last time. AN ANGELLIC DIARY. ‘The gontlomanly defaulter amused himseif during his voyage back to this country by keeping a diary. ‘As # literary work this effort of Mr. Angell ostataly cannot be praised, being faulty in many things be- sides its grammar. However, its moral tone is very edifying snd praiseworthy, d some of tho senti- ments expressed by this onfessed plunderer read like the didactic utterances of a religious vr. For instance, he several times beauti- arks how grateful he ought to be for hay- leasant and & voyage over the ocean's it bosom; and be condescondingly praines some of the crew and the officers of the ship for their conscientious performance of duty. Spoaki of the ship's company collectively, with a broad charity that is certainly most commendable, the morailet (in the last entry in his diary) dismisses them all with his blessing in these lovely words :— Peace gO with you all—stoward, mates and crow—and may you never be in & worse vessel than the Shooting Star. He is also gracious enough, in the true goodness of his heart, to bestow his pious benediction upon “our noble Captain,” meaning the master of the vessel, Captain George C. Newell. He sweetly says :— He purports (ve) taking to himself a young wife ere many have gone by, The Lord grant that she may be a loy ‘one, doing all she to make him a happy sad peaceful hoi hery bw cau find the truest pitens and sweetest a he returns from his voyag nad he never f hiv part, the tender love thoughiful kinknons prosperity aud happiness att sind inay Jt be long ere the shadows of sorrow and trouble Cross thoir threshold and seok to dwell by theie fireside. No goodby to you, Captalu Nowell, It may bo long ere we neo sou again, but it will be very long ere we forget you. Then beaming all over with love for his fellow creatures, the amiable moralist, referring again to well, gushes forth once more thus: — ays reach port in safety and be second i when at last you have reached the eat of your lite, may you be able to retire with # competency suicient for afl your wants and the wante of those who look to you for sapport. He coucludes this entry by drinking the captain’s health ‘and the health of her who is #0 soon to com- menece with youthe journey of a new life—the life matrimonial, May it bea happy ono is our sincere and heartfelt wish.’ PORTICAL AND SATIRICAL, Occasionally he “drops into poetry in a friendly way’ and very frequently he tries to be humorous an — it thoir ments that never {their eaptain and reassure Lis pride in them, Me feels wretched at the thought 4 ever partiag with them and trembles when he thinks it possible the with him again. The second (sien 10 with « e ve fires na is iL thre King’ sh without merey. In good oF his appetite fails him not, and he slaugt before him as badly as he does one tengunge. is proud of him and enn hardly bear him out of his wight. He praises the cooking of the steward, but say, The captain ember as well but And prompt 1 nding feel cheerful wa they (sie) at hin, pe does sometinius spill kerosene in the sugar bowl, ‘a fit of abseuce of mind eh but we don't ne ke tow from ealt 208 as a brother in-law luis family, for it is dl, to have hin ar VALEDICIORY, ‘Tho last ontry in this remarkable diary is dated on | board the bark Shooting Star, Sunday, February 16, | titled “Valedictory"’:— s nearly over, for land is iu sight, and ere vo passed We shall teach Deimware Hroak erart that bas sa! hear ha bid we 4 lively sense of grat kiven ue from the winds that, ot tines, bl@ furiously and the rains that occasionally came down from the clouds above in adevidedly busiuess like manner, He sums up the trip as having been neither a re- muarkably good onandr «very bad oue, anc he tries his hand at fine writing in deseribing the varying weather and the monotonous calms, Onee more, with hie continued contempt of grammatical rules, he prais Our gal | Average temperature for correspow after he published in two octavo volumes, illustrated, his ““Mexico--Azlec, Spanish and Republican,” which may be considered’ the only complete historical, de- kerptive, antiquarian and | statistical work’ on Mexico that has appeared since the publica- tion of Humboldt’s work on “New Spain.” Mr. Mayer has contributed largely to the general literature of this country ia pamphlets, re- views, lectures and memoirs. ‘These publications treat ‘chiefly of historical, ethnological and anti- ts. His “Captain Canot; or, Twenty African Slaver,” tho ‘memoir life, was published a short time before American slavery culminated in our civil war. This book attracied much attention in this country, England and Frauce. Two editions of it were published, both in London and Paris, the French edition ‘being handsomely illustrated with numerous plates. Of the American edition about soventcen thousand copies were sold by the publishers, the Messrs. Appleton, ot New York. His “Tah-gah-jute of Lo, and Captain Michael Cresap” should also be mentioned; also, his charming memoir the historian Jared Sparks, his “Penn and Calvert” delivered before the Smithsonian Historical Society, and his memoirs aud journal of Charies Carroll, of Carroll- ton, in his journey to Canada in 1776 with Samuel Chase, Benjamin Franklin and ev. Mr. Carroll (afterward archbishop) superbly Te- printed for the Maryland Historical Society,.in 1876, as its centennial memorial. Hie historical sketch of Baltimore, published in 1871, is also well known. Mr, Mayer was for some time editor of the Balti- more American, during the roprictorship of Dobbin, Murphy. & Co. dn rene tion. of his literary, his- torical and scientific es he wus honored with moinbership by nearly all of the leading societies of this Creag ‘The last public position he held was as one of the judges in the department of art at the Centennial Exhibition at Phi phi RIVER STEAMER BURNED. New Onixans, Feb, 23, 1879. ‘The steamer Corona brings news of the burning of the steamer Stella Block, at Trinity, La., on Saturday morning. She had just arrived there with 250 bales of cotton from Upper Teusas. She was owned by Sam Block, of Trinity, and was insured, The boat and cargo were valued'ut $20,000. SNOW BLOCKADE BROKEN. Sr. Jou; N. B., Feb. 23, 1879. The first train from Halifax since the late blockade arrived here at five o'clock this afternoon. Three engines with a snow plough and a gang of fifty men were eighteen hours forcing a passage through snow bank half @ mile long, between Ingouish and Debert, N. 8. Wan DeranrMenr, OFFICE OF THE CHIEY SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuincron, Feb, 24—1 A. M. Indications, For the Gulf States, slowly rising temperature and partly cloudy weather, winds generally from east to south and during the day slowly falling barometer. For Tennessce and the Ohio Valley, southwest to southeast winds, partly cloudy and slightly warmer weather during tho day and slowly falling barometer, followed by light rain, For the upper lake region, winds shifting to east and south, with rising temperature, increasing cloudivess and light snow, and falling barometer during the day, preceded by a slight rise in baromo- ter in the eastern portion. For the Upper Mississippf and Lower Missouri valleys, falling, followed by rising barometer, partly cloudy weather and areas of light rain or snow, with warmer southeast to southwest winds in the southern portion during the day. For the lower lake regiou, light snows, with partly cloudy weather, westerly winds, shifting to south- erly and easterly or slight rise, followed by failing barometer and during the day slowly rising temper- ature. For the Middle States, clear or partly cloudy weath- er, westerly to southerly winds, a slight fall followed by slowly rising temperature, and in the eastern and southern portions rising barometer. For New England, partly clondy and slightly colder weather, southeriy to westerly winds, light snows in the northern portion, and in the western and southern portions rising barometer, For tho South Atlantic States, slight winds, mostly from north to west, with partly cloudy weather, with slight changes in temperature and stationary or slowly rising barometer. For the Southern and Central Pacific coast region, generally clear weather, For the North Pacific coast regions, partly cloudy weather and light rain near the Columbia River. The Ohio and Lower Mississivpi 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- parieon with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy (Hwaay Building) * 218 Browlway :— . y. a 3. 2 OP. 2 9PM. “a 4 2PM Averago temperature yesterday year... ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, Catherine Erichsen, an Irish woman, thirty years of age, employed as @ servant at No, 198 Madison street, attempted suicide shortly after one o'clock yesterday afternoon. Seizing her husband's razor and holding a hand glass before her face, she inflitted @ severe gash on her throat, but failed to sever au artery, She had had | several attacks of delirium tremens recently, and | was intoxicated when she attempted to take her life. After treatment at the Chambers Street Hospital the woman was temoved to the New York Hospital, TWEED'S OLD CLUB HOUSE THREAT- ENED. A STRANGE STORY—HOW THE PLACE IS DE FENDED BY C4 (From the New Haven Ke; ‘The excitement occasioned by the recent attempt to burn the Morton House, Greenwich, bas appar- ently died away so far as any general manifestations ot interest are concerned. But this feeling of peace is not shared by the few men who are concerned im the Morton's preservation, The hotel is really in @ state of siege. As soon as early nightfall comes on the numerous lanterns about the place are lighted, the big lantern that turus on a swivel and can be brought to bear on any part of the water is rigged, and the watchmen prepare themselves tor a long night's Every kind of preparation that can be conceived of has been made, A large bell bangs ready to boom out the alarm at any minute; tanks of water, Babcock ex- tinguishers, coils of hose, and a whole regiment of pails aud washtubs occupy every nook and cranny ‘of the veranda; ladders ure plenty, and a co! of big dogs howl half the night. There is even a smal) brass caunon (a six pounder) loaded with a blank harge and ready to bang ‘away at a moment’s notice. ‘he strong body of watchmen in turn patrol the long piazzas until morning, and whoever attempts to burn the hotel is likely to meet a remarkably warm recep- tion. And yet there are few who doubt that such an attempt will sooner or later be made, ‘There seems to be some one who has powerful motives for desir- ing the building's destruction, #ud who will stop at nothing that can give him success in this design. Rumor says he is a member of the late Americus Club, but only the wildest theorics are thrown out in explanation of his motives. The watch- men say that several attempts have already been made t0 test the vigilance of their guard, Not long ayo, ona very dark night, when the thermometer Was at Zero, a boat with muftled oars came through the darkness, so silently that it was not noticed until it neared the rocks beucath ‘the veranda, Watch- men immediately huiled it. There was no reply, and the movable lantern was turned only in time to re- Yeal a small skiff skimming swiftly away. Again, one moonlight evening. when the lamps were not lighted, several men were noticed among the dead vines and underbrush in the woods along the shore, but on further search being made they could not be found, It is reported that the insurance companies are so ° frightened by the recent fire that they will, if possi- ble, cancel their risks on the building. The policies are said to be of hesty amounts, that on the building _ being set down at $70,000 and thas on the furniture at $18,000, SILVER MINE ROMANCES. [From the Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise, Feb. 16.] About ten o'clock yesterday morning a crowbar was dropped down the main vertical shaft of the Savage from the surface, and went directly through acage at the bottom, piercing the bonnet and floor. No one was on the cage at the time and no one was Lurt, yet it is unpleasant to one making a trip into a mine to reflect that such things sometimes occur. ar fell something over five hundred yards travelling with the rapidity and vim’ ot @ cannon ball when it struck the cage. A bit of gravel no larger than a ‘filbert sings like a bullet toward the latter part of such 2 journey. A dog once fell into a shaft at Gold Hill, and though the shait was but 300 feet in depth, two men upon whom the animal landed were killed, as also was the clumsy cur that had failed to hop across the top of the shaft. A rat once fell down the Consolidated Virginia shaft in attempting to spring across a compartment, from wall plate to wall plate, and 1,100 feet below landed on the bald head of a miner and exploded like a+ bomb, causing the miner to think a rock had cut open the top of his skull and let out his brains, A grain of birdshot dropped into the top of a shaft 1,500 fect in depth would brobably bury itself in a plank or any piece of wood ft might happen to strike at the bottom. ‘This being the case, we repeat that it is not pleasant to think of such things as crowbars going lown shatts. HOW TO THAW OUT A DOG. {From the St. Louis Republican.) A family residing in the southern part of the city had apet dog, and said dog was provided With all the comforts his canine nature required, But one day during the late cold visitation he had got out of doors without its being discovered for some time, and then he was found on his back and frozen stiff in death, as was naturally supposed. The lady of the house, on ascertaining the pet's condition, and satis- fied of his death, directed her little son to throw the body over the fence, when the boy suggested that they should place it by the fire and try to thaw it back to life; and, placing the apparently detunct dog on a rug, the little son commenced chating the paws and nose. fhe mother, forcing open the dog’s mouth sufficiently. poured down his throat some hot whiskey toddy, and signa of returning animation begun to be manifested, ana in due time the little animal was on his legs again, and is now, it is claimed, as successful a live dog as can be found anywhere. This may seem rather a tough story, but tho head of this family, a gentleman well known on "Change and of undoubted veracity, says ites a fact BRUTAL ASSAULT, Mrs. Kate Smith, of No. 639 Eighth avenue, put her six year old daughter, Lizzie, and her ten year old boy, Johnny, to bed before going to a sick neighbor’s house last night. Her husband, John, @ laborer, was reading a weekly paper, but soon fell asleep, leaving the door unlocked. In about an hour Mrs. Smith returned and found the light extinguished and the fire out. Rousing her husband, she told him to enter the bedroom, where he says he found Robert Black, of No. 295 Tenth avenue, assaulting his six-yeer old daughter. Officer McCormack was called in and took Black into cus- tody. He was taken to the Twenticth precinct sta- tion house. The police surgeon pronounced the girl’s condition very critical, “Im River street, Newark, yesterday afternoon, colay, an Italian peanut vender, and ‘Kelvie, became involved in @ quarrel, McKelvie, it is said, being the aggressor. The Italian drew an oyster knife, as alleged, and stabbed McKelvie in the forehcad and in the back. The wounds inflicted are not serious. ‘The police arrested the wounded man and have him in duress at Police Headquarters, but Nicolay has thus far eluded their vigilance and is still at large, McKelvie is held on a charge of breach of the peace, but the real grief against him is that his character is very bad, and that he has served a term in State Prison for stabbing a policeman named Gerigan. A CITY NEWS ITEMS. William Wallace, Richard Muldy and Joseph An- derson were arrested last Saturday and yesterday morning held in default of $1,000 bail each by Justice Murray, in the Essex Market Police Court, to answer to a charge of having robbed the apartments of @ Mrs. Marion, No. 724 Kast Ninth street, on Thursday night last, of $200 worth of goods. While Walter Hetns, of No. 48 Crosby street, was passiag through Forsyth street last Saturday night he was assaulted by an unknown person and robbed of his wateh and in. Officer Scheif, of the Tenth precinet, arrested Edward Beck, of No. 128 Norfolk stre the prisoner was held in default of $1,000 bail in the Essex Market Police Court yesterday morning. HOTEL ARRIVALS. General Rufus Ingalls, United States Army; Johm F. Smyth, of Albany; ex-Senator Thomas M. Nore wood, of Georgia; T. B, Peterson, of Philadelphia, and Potter Palmer, of Chicago, are at the Fifth Ave- nue. Judge George F. Dauforth, of the New York Court of Appeals, is at the Brauswick. Mme, Etelke Gerster is at the Clarendon, Congressimans elect John Van Voorhis, of Rochester, is at the Gile Miss Ada Cavendish is at the New York. Con- -elect John Hammond, of Crown Point, S. Y., is at the Park Avenue, E. FP. Drake, president of the St, Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company, is at the Westminster, Edward Atkinson, of Boston, is a& the Windsor. Lanke.—On Sunday night, Februar; Gath st., Many A., wite of Louis H. years. 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