The New York Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1879, Page 4

[et habebatial THE Awso?S JOURNEY. Preparations in Tashkend for the Arrival of Shere Ali, CLAIMANTS FOR THE APGHAN THRONE. | Gossip About Ameers—Native Re- porters of Central Asia. \ A HISTORICAL PARALLEL. TasuKeND, Turkestan, Jan, 24, 1879, Everything is urranged here for the reception of Bhere Ali Klan, the Ameor in partibus of Afghan- istan, ‘The house of the commandant of the garrison : him, and should it be ¢ will be added by mak- necessary, the adjoining ho ing a doorway in the wail ating the two gar- dens. We know uothing as yet of the number of per- sous tlmt His Highness will bring in his suite, the last news received from him being gated the 24th of December, Whether he will bring with him the nine elephants carrying the fav of his harem and the 2,000 horses conveying the rest of his household we are unable to We are eqnally ignorant us to whether his so much talked of treasur@ is to be included in his bagyege. If we are to judge by the little money he left to his son Yakoob on quitting Cabul, after recognizing him as bis heir (1,800,000 roupees, or about $900,000), there is every reason to suppose that Shere Ali is animated by too lively a regard for his wealth to ever separate him- telf from it. But on the other hand when we re” member the eagerness with which His Highness has despoiled the people who have fallen into his hands it is scarcely probable thet he will expose himself to the risk of reprisals on a foreign soil, This kind of distrust is carried to an extreme by Oriental sov- ereigns, As au illustration of it we have the history of the Ameer of Khokand, which is sufficiently curious to justify my devoting to it a few lines. MONEY AND ITS CARES, This Kban, who is named Kondayar, had in his palace immense coffers, three teet in depth by six feet square, which were filled to the brim with sil- vor coins, And there were a good many of them. No one could ever ascertain positively what became ot these boxes, as they were not easily transportable, in the confusion of the Khan's flight the populace did not fail to visit the cellars where the treasure had been kept, and en route the dispossessed sov- ereign was the object of several attacks which were repulsed, as well as was in his power, by young Gen- eral Skobeletf—the same who distinguished himeelf in the late Russo-Turkish war. Unfortunately, Skobeleff had with him only twenty-two Cossacks, who were insufficient, for the protection of the twenty-five vehicles of Kondayar.” Three or four of these arbas full of gold and silver were pillaged. On his arrival at Lashkend the Ameer was advised by Getieral Kaufmann to place his money in the | the promenade there is a competition bank. The Asiatic appeared rather amused at this advice, but he, nevertheless, deposited there about 140,000 rubles, which was only a small portion of what he possessed. He left for Orenbourg with the leaving his women in Turkestan, where remain, As to the Khan himselt, there is every reason to believe that he is in Afghanistan, though there is no positive evidence of the fact. beid-Mousafar-Bohadour Khan, Ameer of Bokhara, notwithstan-ling his confidence in the Russians, has never been willing to separate himself from his treasure, even to place it at interest. There is, there- tore, every reason to believe that Shere Ali, on eross- ing the trontier, will be divided between two desires, sach having its origin in a feeling of prudence—that of lewving his movey in Afghanistan in order that it may not be taken from him when he quits his own territory, and that of carrying it with him to Russia order that it may not be seized in Afghanistan.| during his absence. THE AYGUANS AND THE BOURBONS, The Afghan sovereign would, perhaps, do weil to ecide upon the latter of these alternatives and to follow the example of his nephew, Abd-ul-Akman, who is one of the numerous princes who have taken refuge under the Russian protectorate, and who, for the last eight years, has lived in Samarcand on a pension of 3,000 roubles accorded him by the munifi- cence of Hix Majesty the Emperor Alexander. He was the presumptive successor of 4zal Khan, whose throue Shere Ali usurped. The history of the reign. ing tamily of Afghanistan is a curious one, The per- son who narrated it to me drew a sort of parallel between it and that of the “royal house” of France as he called it, whjch is not devoid of interest: The legitimate sovereign of Afghanistan: named Iskander (say Charles X.) was dispossessed by the younger (say Orleans) branch, represented by Dost Mohammed, the prince who reigned in 1842, at the time of the war with the English. The eldest of Dost Mohammed's sons, Azal Khan, succeeded his father at Cabul, and the younger, Shere Ali, went as gov- ernor to Herat, where he became the creature of the Enylish, who assisted him to tori an army, with which he marched on Cabul, passing by Candahar. The Ameer Azal Khan sent his son Ab4@-ul-Akman to confront his rebel brother, aud the nephew beat the uncle. Shere Ali after his defeat went to Candahar ronted troops, and while thus legitimate heir of de Chambord), to Awal to Herat Ali, who would found himselt deprived of a base of oper- The proposal was naturally accepted, and . followed by about a hundred horsemen eil provided with money, took the road to Ou the way he began to rotlect over the po- sition, charmed his nund, proceeded to Candabar.apd made Lis submission to She Ali. (The Comte de Caambord betrayed the Comte de Paris for the Due @Aumale.) Abd-ul-Akman was defeated; his tather, Azal Kuan, died just st this tume and Shere Ali ea: tered Ualul, where he has left iis sou Yakoob, who will perhaps have dispossessed him of the throne by the time you receive this letler, It looks as and he populati if the st of treason aud rebellion runs in this tamily, Ishauder (who is the legiti- juate heir to the throne of Atgiu a, and whe this coutlict of usurpers, may end by gebting it), Laving beeu dispossesacd of his aone thing else by Shere Alf, afte mann, who made him a lieatensat colo! } Linssiin army aud sent him to the Woronzott Hussar | Tegiment, In cousequence ot a dispute in whieh he | ayed #yood deat of temper Ivkander resigned | lis coimmicsion and pre 4 to London, where he wie his submission to the dnglish, itecan b | of thx prince that he las the mania of making bub | ws. iu London he adopt English babits, | ly ot whiskey and ar im the | bish style, In isi y eto offer is su " time he haw not i cupied in offering fresh submissions, of which we stali heet later, or it may be thet he is in A t time when is own country oftvr their subimission | te mua. { leant. MEW THEN | n, that son of @ usur- pod in his turn ( ving been beaten at Candaiur), he pre yt hima fai Kuiva, thea at Bokhura, and finally to Gen- un, Light years have clapsed since . duriig which tine this vanqdishea prince has od his Life quietly*at Samarce On hearing of x Lurrival of Sliere Jk he came to Tash- View to @iviing tite vernor General his VieWS regarding the preseat conditio aiairs in Afghanisian., ‘hey ave worth notuy. “Before the end of a fortaicit » said (five days lave already wiapsed), “iosogh Kian wih have usurped the throne hie father.” “But,” Generar Kaufmann replied, “Yakoob Kian, tince his father publicly prer him to the people ts his heir, has shown wi to the Ameer, to whom he daily sends reports, and which the latier has received regularly during ‘the Journey toward Turkesian,” “He did that to secure his confidence,” rejoined the Prince, “und to become cesnved that’ he would hot retrace ix steps, Low pce, Cheresure, tly is prepared to betr 8 iWiber im order to make o treaty advantageous to dauueoul “But be detowcs tue Buylisi. “Lrue, but he does uot trwet the four years that ho speut in prisout by tie orders of § Aun.” Such is the réstné of the Cconyversats auf ae wil» meray wi between Ge at ik term princes term) the highest e (he Heutenant oF dence, the kuiperor a& & Burt of provi- RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH “DOGS.” Genersi Kauimann is Lject of such adoration | the 3 | thoughts at one tim | poo! in this way that he has been coinpelied to repounce pedestrian exercise. As svvu as Ko Ventures out on he uieets as to whose horse he shall take. These poople, convinced that walking is a labar, onstantly dismount and lead their horses to the vernor, These servile tendencies, however, do not prevent the Asiatic population, without exce) tion, trom speaki of the Europeans by their rite term of 6.” In the use of this epithet there are degrees of offensiveness, however. Thus, reterriny to the Russians they say that they are od dogs,” und of the English they say they are “vile dog: The Governor ‘atends to bring face to face at Lis table the two adversaries of former tiLaes, Shere Ali and Abd-ul-Akman, If will, perhaps, be curious to note the result of their conversation. If Iskandor was not busy “offering his submission solnewhere else he would probably be of the party, the trio would ofter interesting subjects for study. To reach ‘fashkend the Ameer, Shere Ali, will ha to cross the Bokhara territory, the Anicer of whit will certainly make no demonstration on his ace count, notwithstanding the pleasure it would give him to witness the passage of a brother prince who is in misfortune, and whose * sition forms @ marked contrast with iis—that of the happiest of the conquered rulers. In fact, since he fell under the power of Russia, he lives without care or trouble of any kind. Once, when his son tried to dethrone him, the Russians interposed and reduced the rebel to ene. it = us & ancy to satisty he writes to the Emperor. Thus, on one 00 ‘4 tor @ Pe orline, which one’ occasion he wrote he described as a, covered arba (the arba is the vehicle of the country—a sort of cart with shafts, and mounted on ovo high wheels)... The carriage made at one of the best establishments of Potetsburg was sent in charge of a railway con- ductor, who took the greatest care that the colors of the vehicle should not be scratched or stained. He landed it safely in the stables of the palace of Boik- hhara. Some time afterward the Ameer wrote that the European velucle was rather be: and that six, eight and even ten horses drew it wy dificulty. The Russians were puzzled. They alvised him by letter to have the boxes of the wheels greased, but this did no good, At last a workman was despatched from the carriage factory, who found the vehicle with the two hind wheels secured by the skids or chains, which had been put on when the carriage left the fuctory, and which no one had thought of taking off, The wheels hud been consequently re- duced to the thinness of paper. A HEAD PER DAY. This lucky Amecr, who could not learn how to make the wheels of his carriage turn without the as- sistance of the Russians, had his equanimity disturbed one day by a message from that government. ‘The civilization against which he had rubbed had not caused him to discontinue his practice of cutting off the heads of his subjects’on the most tutile pretexts. “How can they complaii exclaimed the Minister to whom the Kussian communication was delivered ; “we hardly decapitate one person a day, Surely that is not too much for au Ameer! Shere Ali will traverse the country of this lucky neighbor without probably having a chance of seeing him, He may not notice this absence of deference, us the bonors that will be tendered nim by the Russians inay suflice to satisty his amour ‘propre. ‘The 1étes in honor of Shere Ali will not fail to give gieat amusement,to the Kirgis and the Sarthes, the hatives of the country, who are by nature very curious, more especially the Kirgis, whose greatest happiness is gossiping and circulating news. It a Kirgis happens to learn anything interesting he im- mediately mounts his horse and hastens to commu- nicate it to his friends, sometimes ats distance of twenty-five or thirty miles. Every one hastens to listen to him, a crowd gathers and there is a struggle to see who will be fortunate enough to get him into his tent so as to hear ail the details of the news, Of course there is nothing too good ior him in the way of refreshments. During this time others who had listened to the story have already started in different directions. The nesrest villages are soon in pos- session of the facts, and the most distant receive it in their turn. In this way the news is propagated with astonishing rapidity. The Kirgis must have some of the blood of the American porter in his veins, for during the war the facts aiways arrived through them. THE AMNESTIED COMMUNISTS. THE PARDONED COMMUNISTS OF NEW CALE- DONIA—-DESPATCH OF TRANSPORTS FROM FRANCE—THE LEADING COMMUNISTS WHO ARE EXPECTED Back. (From the Daily News.) Although the amnesty is not voted, yet a couple of sailing transports have.already left France tor New Caledonia, in order to bring back the Communists who are about to be pardoned. They are the Navarin and the Var, and three others will sail within a month from now. All these ghips are the same which took out the convicts in 1872-3, and they are cach of them fitted up so a3 tocarry 530 pas- sengers, besides the crews. the first departure from Noumea will take place on the Sth of June, the transport being timed to arrive at Aden on the 5th of August, at Port Said on the 18th and at Toulon on the 28th. All the repatriated exiles are to be Ifnded at Toulon, and it is understood that once they have sct foot on French soil they will be allowed to go where they please. A public subscrip- tion is bemg raised to supply the wants of the need- iest of them, and the Municipal Council of Paris is going to make a grant of £4,000 for the same This is almost necessary, tor very few les have found their sojourn in New Cale- donia a paying business. The late National Assembly laving voted, in an unwise iit of seutimentalism, that labor should not be made compulsory for the politi- cal convicts, most of them have been living in unre- muunerative idleness, received a daily dole of rations, they bad ill-made huts to hvein and tal spent most of their tive in mooning about wit! their hands in their pockets waiting for news from France which might haply bring thei tidings that the tong expected umnesty was at hund, THE VOYAGE THERE AND BACK. Probably the passengers froin New Caledonia will travel hoine more comfortably than when they un- dertook their voyage out. M. Henri Roebefort, though his axsertions ebcut official misdoings must be often taken cum grano, has written an account which is in the main true, about the hardships which the first déportés had to endure on the convict ships. They were penned by the half dozen in strang wooden cages, where there was just room for them to squat, buddling one another, Twicea day a bucket halt full of soup Was passed into each cage,and the men,not being allowed to have tins, helped themselves with wooden spoons. Their drink was water, which th swilled out of an iton jug, the ration being limited toaqnart aday per man even when they were pass- ing through tropical latitudes, where thirst rages. ‘here was not cuough light in the cages for the prisoners to read, so they were fain to sit or rock about in sullen idleness, except during the half hour gvery day when they were sum- moned to the upper deck, in batches of fifty, to wash and take exercise under a guard of marines with loaded rifles. It naturally told heavily on the female convicts, of whom there were many—two or three being women of education, like Louise Michel, the schoolnisiress. It is said that on the voyage home the cages will be dispensed with and the prisoners will have three substantial meals day, with coffee ond a ration ot wine. They will be treated ay captives, however, until they have touched French seil—which means that ia case of Insubordi- nation they will be subject to heavy penalties, ‘THE LEADING COMMUNISES, The number of men to be repatriated from New Caledonia amounts to about three thousand; but there will be many more who will return from exile in England, Belgium, Switzerland and America, Eng- lish speaking readers are provably familiae with the names of tue leading Communists who will now have the doors of France reopened to them. They are M. Elisée Keclus (the distinguished geographer, whose transportation” was” commuted to ten years of exile on the petition of the late Earl Sianhope and many other Englishmen), aud M. Ar- thur Ranc, London correspondent of M. Gambetta’s journal, the Kepublique Prangaise, After these, lanyo inferrailo in point o. merit, come MM. Henri Roche- tort, of Lanterne celebritS; Paschal Grousect, ond Ouvier Pain, who managed the foreign affairs of Commune; Cluseret, the general who had of leading the Penians, and who bas been sketched in ‘Lothai Mégy, who rt lebrity by shooting ® policeman during Felix’ Pyat, once # most charting and literary essays in tines long ago, bled in poli Pilotel, the artist, whose caricatures have been appearing for the last five years in some London comic papers; Jules Valles, the journalist, &c. One would be glad to add that all these proscripts had borne themselves with dignity during their exile, but this ix not possibie. Perhaps the east aid on the subject the Letter, A recent lam- leveiled at M. tue foar that thin i auch chastened by his experience ; iuxpire one with the hope that por oo f will induce him and others to turn over a new leat with all despatch, The Commune of Ist is uot # thing to crow about, FRANCE AND THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. Tho long pending and intricate dispute between the Prince Imperial and the State hay just been de- cided, The Paris tribunal holds, as we learn from an English journal, that “the Prince is not bound to restore in kind certain articles of furniture which the civil list was bound to keep in good condition, but will be treo from Itability on thfs head on paying 1 but it must also he new President's over 706,000f, The Chinese Museum at Fon- tuineblean is declared the property of the State, some of the objects having been presented by the army to the Empress, The game ruling applios to the armory at Piervete The State re- Huquishes its claim to certain pietures placed in the Louvre without any intontion of making th lic property, and agrees to restore th pictures possessed Ly the Emperor on passed to the Ax to the manuface the prineipie ot Revi tories at » Beauvais, and the Gobelins, the full value of the surplus raw material found therein upon their resumption by the State is to be paid to the plaintiff. “Such munnfactnted articies, Moreover, as were not de- posited for the purpose of d or as models are to be handed over to the i. As to private furniture, the value 10 be paid.to the plain. tiff, minus ve per cont per annum for deproeiation, but the State is nut responsible for partial loss among those | caused by war or circumstances | As at present arranged, 4 ond its control. ‘The Prince’s claim for repayment of the quota given by the civil list toward the restoration of Pierretonds is rejected, on the ground thut that castle is public | property. So, too, with regard to the su:n devoted by the ror to alterations in the Imperial pavilion at Chalons. A@to Chatigneraye, the Empress’ estate, she agi w abandon her rights for *the sum of 18,720t. Such of the Emperor's relics, & in the ‘Tiileries as have been discovered the State agrees to restore. The claim of the State to the reimburse- iment of the civil list for September, 1870, minus the proportion of the first four days, is rejected, tho es- tablished principle being that the monthly to the sovereign canuot be fractioned in co: tion of his not reigning the entire month, Neither side having sustained ail its claims, two-thirds of tho costs are to be paid by the, Prince and one-third by the State.”” A HUSBAND'S LIABILITIES. A TEST CASE IN THE LONDON COURTS—HOW TO AVOID A WIFES EXTRAVAGANCIES, ‘ Lonpon, Feb, 20, 1879. A way has been found in England, in which husbands may guard against being responsible for the debts contracted by extravagant wives, The case of Howell against Lord Desart, recently tried in the *Queen’s Beuch Division of the High Coffrt of Jus- tice, before Sir Alexander Cockburn and aspecial jury, bas considerable interest Yo married men, The story is as follows:—Messrs. Howell James sucd Lord Desart for the sum of £112, being the bal- ance of an hecount atleged to be due from His Lord- ship for goods supplied to Lady Desart between De- cember, 1875, and June, 1877. The noble defendant denied bis liability. It was stated that Lord Desart on coming into his title inherited es- tates so heavily encumbered by charges upon them for the benefit of relatives that his actual and tangible income was only £1,000 a year. On his marriage in 1871 to the sometime Lady Desart £500 a year was settled on her by her father for her separate use, so that their joint income was £1,500 per annum. It was mutually agreed that £500 a year should be set apart to meet the expenses of their joint housekeeping, and that her ladyship should vetain for her sole personal use the annual sum of £400, ‘ A WIFE'S DEBTS. In a few years the lady, ran into debt to the extent of £6,000, which heavy sum her father made arrangements to‘liquidate, A fresh agreement was then come to between the parties. Lady Desart was only to receive £250 a year pin money, and she promised—so the defendant’s counsel represented— not to incur any more debts, But in September, 1875, the first instalment of the yearly stipend of £250 was paid to Lady Desart and in December af the samme year she opened afresh credit account with Messrs. Howell & James. The account. went on unknown to her husband for some eighteen months; the bills for goods delivered were sent in to Lady Desart and not to his lordship; in May, 1876, Lady Desart paid the firm £25 on account by her own check on her own bankers, and in April, 1877, she paid them in the same mazner £30 more. In 1377 Messrs. Howel) & James seem to have begun to press the lady for payment, without, however, having recourse to her hus- band. In May, 1878, certain paiziful cireum- stances culminated in the dissolution of the marriage between Lord and Lady Desart, at the swt of the former, and shortly after the divorce Messrs. Howell James mre to Lord Desart their first applica- tion for payment of the balnce due to them, Lord Desart, finding that there were similar claims inst him from other tradesmen to the amount of. several thousands of pounds, denied his liability. ‘The action tried by Sir Alexander Cockburn was thus a test case. A LEGAL DECTSION. The decision of the eminent Justice is thus stated by the Daily News:—'The divorce made, of course, no difference in the liability, nor was the fact that Lady Desart had a marriage settlement relied on. But it so happened that her allowance had been paid to her separate account and that sie was accustomed to discharge her bills with her own ch arrangement resorted to in conseqn some previous extravagance of hers. This was re- arded by the jury, and had evidently been regarded hy the Lord Chief Justice, as strony if not complete proof that Lady Desart was not entitled to pledge her husband's credit and that her tradesmen had, by the mere receipt of her checks, suflicient intimation of the fact. ‘Chis view of the case was strengthened by the fact that Lord Desart had never received applica- tions for payfment until-after the divorce. It would appear from this case that tolerably simple means exist of checking the foibles of an avagant partner; the means, namely, of a sep- arate account andacheck book. Nor can this deci sion be thought hard on teadesmen, inasmuch as by the simple process of sending in their accounts to the husband at reasonable intervals in any doubtful caso they can soon ascertain whether or no his credit as well as their customer's is pledged, There are tradesmen, no “doubt, who object to this on the ground that it might offend their customers, but in such a case they must naturaliy, take the conse- quences of their acts, or rather of their inaction.” ‘There {s naturally great consternation amoug our much-trusted West Eud firms, who are, as the Tele- graph remarks, “already much exasperated at the spectacle of the Haymarket and of Ledford street blocked up by carriages and carriage people, who are flocking with their ready money to the stores.” FOREIGN NOTES. The quaint Bulgarian capital must have presented a Picturesque appearance during the first days of the Assembly. “The streets of the town,” says a corre, spondent, writing from Tirnova February 19, “are one mass of flags and evergreens. The Deputies ar- rive in ull kinds of vehicles, from the shining phae- ton to the humble bullock wagon, and their cos- tumes vary between those of the boulevard des Italiens and the picturesque habiliments of the well- to-do peasant. he effect of the mass of colors of every description blending in the narrow streets Tined. with quaintly constructed houses is excessivély Oriental.” , The heaith of Mme. Thiers is causing considerable uneasiness to her friend® Since her return from the visit which she paid the late General Peel in Novem- Der, says a correspondent of the Pall Mali Gazetior she has been trouvled with a hacking cough, and though there 1s no reason to apprehend any organic inischief of the Inngs she is quite unable to regain her strength. She was compelled to abandon her intended tour through Spain, and she has not left the house for severat weeks, The su sive deaths of her aunt, Mine. Chariemagne, of M. de Sacy, who was so close a friend of her illustrious husband, and of General Peel, have contributed to prevent her making any improvement. Lord Chelmsford is heid in part responsible by the London Standard for the disaster to the British troops on the 224 of January. ‘We are bound to add,” says the conservative journal, “that it is the undoubted opinion of the country that the altered aspect of the campaign ought to induce the govern- ment to select for the chief command an oflicer of greater experience than Lord Chelmsford in the con- Guct of war with savage enemies. Wedo not mean to imply that Lord Chelmatord ts necessarily respou- sible for the worst part of the error for which his army has paid so feavy a penalty, but he has not shown the activity and energy which were expected from him, nor the prudence, which is still more in- dispensab! A Hungarian paper, commenting on the prepara- tions made for en advance toward Novi-Bazar and Salonica (the Austro-Hungarian Kiel of the future, as it is already called), thinks that everything will be ready in April for this new coup de canis to the Treaty of Kerlin, notwithstanding the opposition s' step is certain to find in Hungary, and it wind with the assertion that Baron Seanyey, the wi known statesman, on critizising Count Andrassy proclivities fo grandizement, had been told the Emperor, “You always speak of Andrassy’s policy, but do not forget that it is mine,” “The chief aveusation recently urged against Gen- eral Monutaudon, one of the ge: is remoyed from the command of his army corps,” says the Paris cor- respondent of the Pali Mall Gazette, “was that he had retused to allow @ military band to perform the ‘Marseillaise;’ the new War Minister has now de- clared that the law of Messidor, Year LIL, hag never been repealed, which is equivalent wo saying that the ‘Marseillaise’ is the nations] song of Frauce. It is to be hoped that it will uot bring its present the same iil luck which it brougut its origina: patrons. Ronget de I'Isie, the author, narrowly escaped the yuillotine and turned royalist; his mother, attributing much of the bloodshed in France to the song written by her son, died of grief; Deibach, the Mayor of Stras- Daurg, in whose house both words and musie were written, Was executed as a traitor; and thi erable Marshal Lucker, to whom they were dedicated, lost his head on the scafloid without knowing why. ‘The first instructions for the annual autumn ma- nwavres im Germany and for the other military exercises on a large scale which ute to be carried out by the Gerofu army during the ensuing twelve months, as well as for the cailing out of a large num- ber of reservists and landwehrmen, have just been issued by the Emperor, The First, Second and Fit- teenth army corps are to carry owt, during the an- tun, corps manceuvres at which the Emperor himself will be present. ‘The troops of the other corps are to be exorcised tor eleven days in divisional mauwuvees. A large force of cavalry, consisting altogether of twonty-six squadrons, is to bo asseimbled in Siesta, to be exercived for thirteen days in brigade and divisional movements, In August and September siege and mining operations, Which are to be cons tinued for six weeks, will be carried on at Coblentz aguinst Fort Alexander, one ot the strongest of the detached works of the fortress, by a force comprising detachments from the Westphalian, Sleswick-Holsteia, Hanover, i as of pioneers, L ging to the 1 serve—numely, 80,000 infantry: o pi way troops and $,555 Lrain soldiers to, be called out te undergo tweive days’ training, a perfod which may be increased to twonty days should it be consid: ered neceseary in any particular case, DARING BURGLARS. BOBBERS PLUNDEE AN OCCUPIED EAST FOURTEMNTH STREET AND ESCAPE WITH THEIR R001Y. The coo! eftrontery of latter day cracksmen has Deen illustrated quite vividly by # few of their number last week at No. 309 East Fourteenth street. ‘This is a big brown stone house, occupied by Mr. Will- iam Halladay, and its appearance no doubt promised plenty of booty to the calculating eye of the burglar. Be that as it may, it is certain that the knights of the jimmy have been giving it their attention for some time past. About two months ago the scuttle was shifted snd an attempt to force an entrance from above was made, which was only discovered few days later when the rain began to leak through. On Wednesday last, however, the plang of the thieves were better arranged, and at eleven o'clock in tho morning the booty-seckers were all safe in the house with their kit, outfit and all, How they gotin has not positively been determined. They left by the roof, but a skeleton or lutch key may haye given them access to the house from front or rear, ‘There were several of the family indoors, but en- gaged in the occupation of the moment they were oblivious of the stealthy footsteps on the stair- way, or the covert movements in the rooms above. Shortly after eleven o'clock Mrs, Halladay, who was in a back room on the third story, received the first intimation of their presences, but it came in a way so strange and startling that she was unably to tightly interpret it. A loud crash, almost as sharp #8 & pistol shot, sounded quite close to her as she was busy- ing herself in the apartment, but whence it came she was unable to determine, In the flurry of the moment she went down stairs to in- quire ebont it, The servant had heurd it quite dis- tinctly, aud gone into the yard, fancying somethin, had fallen there. No explanation of the sound, however, could be had, and it had passed out of the minds of the. inmates of the house un- til a startling discovery recalied it. Miss Halla day on going to her.room found the drawers broken. open, the furniture disturbed and the floor littered with silk dresses and # sealskin sacque, which seemed to have been hastily abandoned, Kay page lady hurried down stairs, her steps quickeaed by a subdued *Hist!’’ that reached her ear from the floor above, uttered, she knew, by no familiar voice. THE THIEVES BEAT A HASTY RETREAT. She called tor assistance, and her mother, who at once hastened up stairs, called aloud as she ascended, “The police are coming!” , ‘This evidently had weight with the imtruders, for they are belicvea to have taken themselves off at that moment. Before reaching the upper floor, on which the thieves had located, however, a disugreeable surprise was in store for the Halladays. Two of the sloep- ing rooms were open, and trom euch was missing a. big Saratoga trunk, containing consider- able — valuables, How the two capacious receptacles had been — spirited away wis a mystery, which a visit to the topmost floor éx- plained.’ There both of them were lying, broken open andempty. The burglars had calmly trotted shout the howee and. removed. their booty _to such places ae suited their convenience. Phe big trunks they had conveyed up stairs, ana there at their leisure they had forced them open, The marks of the jimmy upon them showed the forcible manner in which their secrets had been exposed, and explained the crash which had so surprised Mrs, Halladay. So- curing such valuables as the trunks con- tained, the burg! evidently turned their attention to the rooms on the third floor. Miss Haijladay’s apartment had been turned topsy tury and some articles of jewelry carried oi. Doubtless the robbers were continuing their explora- tions when the young lady’s ascent had frightened them away. ‘The door leading to the roof wus, open, but the scuttle had been tightly pressed down on the outside by the burglars, who evidently hoped in this way to impede pursuit. Little is known that would lead to their identifica- tion, A lady in an adjoining house who had distant view of three men passing along the roof is the only person who seems to ‘have caught sight of the intruders. ‘The police were notified at once, but were unable to strike the track of the thieves, and though detec- tives have examined the house from top to bottom, scrutinized the broken trunks and uttered various ingenious theories, they seem to be still at sea about who the cool cracksmen were. THE NEW BARGE OFFICE. WHAT DELAYS THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN IN PASSING THE RESOLUTION PERFECTING THE TITLE, Alderman Burns undertook about four weeks ago to introduce a resolution in the Common Council perfecting the title of the United States to the land at the Battery designed for the site of the new Barge Office. It was Secretary Sherman's expressed wish’ ip aletter to Congressman Muller, that this shouid be done without delay, 80 as to remove the only re- maining impediment to the prosecution of the work of constructing the building. As the title to the Jand stands now its possession reverts to the city in case the United States should use it forany other pur- pose than a barge office. The object of Alderman Burns’ resolution, in conformity with the desire of the ‘Treasury, was to wiive this claim of the city aud allow the government the privilege of using the Barge Office at a future time for whatever purpose it pleised, Owing to the went of @ quorum on the day the resolution was intended to be introduced there was no chance 8yen to mention it, but three meet- ings ot the Board have since been held and nothing las been heard about it. As Cong! will be apt to adjourn in a few days,and the Secretary of the ‘Treusury may take a vacation immediately after and not return to Washington for some time, there is need for & prompt disposal of the resolution in question. It is suspected by some that the resolution is held back in the hope that members of the Board expect the Secretary of the Treasury tg os mer them Rit ronage for the favor they are ed to confer. e prompt of the resolution, it is claimed by the triends of the scheme, would remove the only obstacle to the immediate prosecution of the wor! and the employment of three or four hundred men, and the motive for delaying it longer will be too casily perceived to pass unchallenged, -" FLOOD WARNINGS. New Youx, March 1, 4879, To Tue Eprron or max Hxwacy:— ‘The Hunan prides itself in giving warning to the shipping interest so that vessels may have notice of the coming gorm. Now, I would suggest that those living inland have timely notice of what will in all probability happen when the sun breaks the fetters of the ice king. “When the snow melts there will come a flood,” and most likely the greatest we have seen in years. + the Hxnaup give special warning, that tHose living on or near rivers prepared, Lumber on low lands should be removed to higher ground, snd movable property of any kind that will be exposed to high water should be provided tor and removed before the flood reaches it. ‘fhe levees on the Mississippt should be looked after now, while there is time, and weak points strengthened. In conclusion, if the Hmnanp willspare « column in giving warning op this ject it may save millions of dollars aud Receive the thanks of the people of the wholo country. DANIEL W. -MCOAULEY. GAMBETTA'S NEIGHBOR IN AMERICA, pe senna {From the Indianapolis Nows.] “Yea,” said Father Bessonies, in answer to a qnes- tion by a News reporter, “I came from southern France, from the town of Cahors, iu the borders of Gascony. By the way, Gambotta, now President of the Chamber of Deputies, lived there at one time, Years ago his father, an Italian, came there from Genoa and opened a little shop above which heswung a siguboord, ‘Buzar Genois’—in English, Genoese bazar—where he sold olives, dates, oranges, &c."" “What! a costermonger?” “Yos; a truit dealer, He sent young Gambetta to the Cahors University. You have heard the story that while there he told his father that he wanted to be taken away, and if he waa not taken from school he would put out one of his oyes. His father payin, no attention to the threat Gambetta did as he hod eaid, and soon atter told his father that he would put out his other eye unless he took him away, when his parent removed him immediately, It said, however, that he really lost lis eye when a boy while standing about a blacksmith’s forge, a spicula of iron flying from under the smith’s , hammer and destroying his sight. A little gossip co: me from Cahors that since Gambette hos risen i world and the old gentioman has retired from the fruit trade, he takes winbrage at the sign which is still awitsing above the door of the oid shop, has gong to the new proprietor asking that it be taken down, This his successor refuses to do, saying he bought good will, sigu and everything. So his proud heart must fret on.’ A few years ago Gambetta was visited by several clergymen who had been his school fellows. He told them he was glad to see then “AR, m dear friends, « will some day at tine te of the ladder, I would then be sorry to distart hurt you, bat [will then be surrounded by canail raseais whom I cannot trol, So when you of my elevation, my dear friends, Soe not, but Peg’ moi le camp!" (Anglice, (Make yourselves scarce, ped. q.’)” NOT HELPED BY THE CHURCHES, Stops are being taken to have Robert N. Martin, the ex-Wall street broker who was so liberal to certain city churches when ho was wealthy, and who is now confined in the ee a charge of petty larceny, released, One of Mr. Martin's old iriends visited him yest y, and the unfortanate man seomod to be -reatly pleased. Before he lett he presented Martin With @ eum of money, HOUSE IN| NO ¥FoROw IN NEW TORK HERALD, “MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1879.—TRIPLE SHEET. TWO VIRGINIA MURDERS. THE CHARGE AGAINST THE NORFOLK POLICE THAT POLITIOS AND ACE PREJUDICE PREVENT THEIR BRINGING CUL- PRITS TO JUSTICE, Norrouk, Va., Feb. 26, 1879, In the early portion of the present month a com- munication was forwarded to the Editor of the New York Henaup, which, to quote the language of the writer, was “for the purpose of making known to you the manner in which colored people are shot down on the streets of Norfolk or are murdered by being knocked in the head with staves or other bludgeons,” The writer them made special reference. to two cases of murder in which colored men were the victims, and complained that the police of this city “cannot trace or ferret out the real criminals, because they used to belong to the same fire companies and are* known tocach other,” and intimated that all this was the result pf political fecling, because the colored men were republicans and the police were democyits. This communication was so sweeping, denunciatory and grave in its charges that it Was referred to a HERALD correspondent with instructions to investi- gate the cases referred to and report the facts, which are accordingly set forth below :— THE MURDER OF FRANCIS CORNICK. The first case mentioned by the Norfolk writer was the unprovoked, but unpremeditated murder of an old negro woodsawyer named Francis Cornick- It occurred on the afternoon of September 12, 1878, in the broad light of day, and was certainly a most atrocious and cowardly murder. The poor old negro was seated eating his diuner at the stand of a negro woman in the neighborhood of the market, when a drunken white man, who held a stave in his hand, came up from behind, and without a word dealt him a terrible blow on the head with the stave,. which felled him to the ground, Several persons who witnessed murderous assault ran to the assistance of negro and raised him up, but he expired in a few moments. The murderer, whose name was Ossial!Cook, a white man of thirty years, after gazing stupidly at his victim, staggered rather than walked off toward the fish stands below the market, Then, seeming to revlize that he had done something wrong, he threw away the stave and yan up the market, pursned by Policeman Dickson, In his course he picked up a brick, with which he threatened the officer, but he was quickly secured and committed to jail, The usuel legal formalities were gone through, and an indictment for murder was found by the Grand Jury of Norfolilncity. A STRANGE VERDICZ. The trial took place at the November term of the Corporation Court and occupied three days, It be- gan on Wednesday, 6th, and endgd Friday, November 8, 1878, when the jury returned a verdict of volun- tary manslaughter, and sentenced him to imprison- ment in the Penitentiary for one year, This verdict occasioned the greatest surprise owing to its leniency and the enormity of the crime; but no effort was made to sct aside the verdict, as the murder was re- arded as the terrible freak of a man frenzied by face There was neitber race feeling nor politics involved in this murder. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Tho second case mentioned by the writer from Norfolk is «till shrouded in mystery, On the even- ing of January 31, at about seven o'clock, a negro boy, a stranger in this city, engagod at the livery stables of Perry & Co., coruer of Uniou and Nebraska streets, was shot through the heart and instantly killed ‘by some person unknown. The murdered youth was known by the names of Charles Wade or Bill Savage, and was supposed to be a native of the city of Richmond, which, however, has not since been ascertained to have been the fact. ‘The murderer, who was belicved to be a wharf lavorer named George lyes, @ white man, fied, and has not since been heard of. One colored man was arrested on suspicion; but to this day nothing is known of the circumstances Seetin the murder, Every inquiry failed to connect this crime with politics, or to disclose any complicity of the police with the murderer, as charged; but, on the contrary, .to make Igm informed that every effort hus male to effect the arrest and punishment of the culprit, The murder took place in a most disgoputable lo- cality, which is frequented by the worst characters known to the purlieus of a great seaport. REPUBLICAN OPINION, The Henaup correspondent asked a distinguished republican resident in this city whether in his opinion the murders above narrated were attributable to political feeling or to neglect of duty on the part of the police. He replied, ‘from what I can learn the killing of the old man Cor..ick was in a drunken frenzy and polities had no agency in it. The senti- et ment of the public here is, however, strong a, the verdict of the jury. The jury ‘thounkt pose, that the murderer was past’ moral con: ness and responsibility. The murder of the other negro was in the most disreputable part ot a seaport town at night and ina sudden rencontre, ‘The best opinion is that it was committed in a row between negroes about a disreputable, negro woman, and that # uegro was the murderer, Politics had no more to do with itin my opinion than the man in the moon. Such things sometimes happen in such places among whites even, and are hushed up by reason that the parties to them are so obscure as to hide themeeives readily. I deplore the average white rowdy’s callousvess in regard to the rights of ne- grees, but believe that these two exhibitions of bru- tality aré sporadic and bear little relation to that feeling and temper in the whiges.”’. Another republictn, who an official of the United States, in reply to @ similur inquiry, said :— “In regard to the two cases you mention I am satis- fed that, politics had nothing to do with them. They are both cases of unprovoked and seemingly unpre- meditated murder, and may be the outgrowth ot an unheaithy feeling which in many cases exist toward the negro. Ot late years putes have been partic. ularly quiet here, and nothing has happened in the city to give occasion for “Shee anet complaints of an outrageous character.” T! are the facts as ascer- tained by your correspondent. THE CHINESE QUESTION. A CHINESE MERCHANT'S DEFENCE OF HIS COUNTRYMEN--THE HEATHEN MONGOLIAN Ys, CHRISTIAN STATESMEN-—SHARP CRITICISM OF SENATOP BLAINE—HOW TO SOLVE THE LABOR PROBLEM, Boston, Feb. 28th, 1879, To tux Eviton oy THe Henaup: I wish to express my views in regard to the rights of my countrymen. Will you please publish the following in your paper? In your Decleration of Independence it is assorte’ that all men are born free and equal, and it is understood by the civilized world that the United States of America is a tree country, but I fear there is a backward step being taken by the government. ‘The able Senator from Maine, in aping that selfish stump speaker, Dennis Kearncy, says, “the Chinese must go,” and gives his reasons. Many things he says I agree to, « great many more Ido not. I think he takes # wrong way to rectity the difficulty. I claim for my countrymen the right to come to this country as long a6 other forcignersdo. If they make themselves a nuisance, establish. proper health laws and enforce them, and if.they dont like them let them yo back home again, but thoy must conform to American ideas of law and order if they wish to stay, ‘That is my idea but you cannot bring it about by such a law as is now awaiting the President's sig- nature. You must do to others as yon would have them do to you, if you wish to gain their confidence, ‘The Honorable Senator calls us “heathens;" but [ showd judge from the tone of his letter that he was somewhat lacking in Christian charity. Let him look at the records of fire in Chicago and yellow fever in New Orleans, and he will find Chinamen giving as much, according to their means, as any other people. Such heatheus cannot be 40 bad after all. Also bh ives all Chinamen the naine of “Coolies.” If tho or has education why dont he use it to find out the meaning of the word ‘Coolie ?”" A Coolie is a laboring man, a men who works by the day at anything Le can yet to do, that is what Chinamen mean by Coolie He says that China ple are not healthy,do not keop their places of habitation as clean as other peo- ple, that they smell badly, &e., &e, Leould mention several other nationalities, exch having its own particular smell, Also that no decent China women come here, that they are mostly pros- titutes, but do not the women of other nations fur- nish a goodly number of this class? My idea is that if the Chinese are allowed to come to this country (enjoy the sano privileges 2s the people from any other foreign land, they will educate themselves, conform to your laws and mauners, and become us good citizens ax any other race, ‘The Chinese people are willing to work, they mind thotr own business and do not got drayk, and why is it they have notas much right to come here, and in as large numbers as any other foreign people? If you do not allow it, you go against the principles of George Washington, the father of his country, and coutrary to the priuciples of your Government. You yo against the principies of George Washington, you go against the Atoertean flag, and you act in conflict with Christian charity and principle, You do not allow to beeome citizens in Ca¥itornia vies they 0,000 in taxes, do not allow them to vote, Lask you, where ts your golden rule, your Christian charity, and the fruits of your Bible teachings, whe tan about doing to others ou would have them do to you? guess Senator Blaine, by his argument, wants to tell people what to do, but dont want them to do what he does, His information must be very limited when he says the trade between this country and China only amounts to a few hundred dollars yearly, wh itis known to reach several aniili x ‘ I fear he docs not know what he about, I dont know who are opposed to the Chinose, whether they are Americans or foreigners, but I think they are as suroly fore aw tho Chinese themselves. 1 think so because in America, North, south, never found native Americans 60 much oppored to Chinese as for 8 are. * The Chinese must not be blamed because other men have no work, it is not their fault. If mer- chants carried on with their own capital, aud the dollar instead of failing and going through bank. ruptey, then laboring men wot have plenty of stealy work. The failure of one firm involves others connected with it, which also fail and throw many men out of employment, one ow now, it is 5,000 Cancassians fo 1 Moe , yet you ci the Chinamen with ro! Foal wong “Me? 9 1 ask God to forbid that Senator Blaine should fear the odds of 1 to 5,000, If the letter he wrote to Mr Garrison contains his seutiments, I think he is Kearuer, aud ke iis: sosen ‘iis for the cowsteys . ie " cou: agi pag Bens im, cares little for the country, wants, in a vory , to send a message to the Chinese Empire to ask’ thom to chaeo the Burlingame treaty, but WDE does be goand make a new treaty nimself? Hoe is trying to imitate General; Butler, but has not the brains to do it successfully. ‘The grapes are too high for him to reach. He trica to climb, the vine gives way, and he does'nt know where he is. When a vessel is built aud ready for sea, there are plenty of Captains to take command, bg we ZoN sek one Fhe Copteine febuue a ves does'nt know iw. That is way wil Blaine and the Burlingame ge Psa G-AR-C! re 2,338 Wasnineton 8r., Boston. oni CONVICT LABOR. INDIGNATION IN NEW JERSEY OVER THE SENATE COMMITTEE'S ADVERSE REPORT ON THE SHOE- MAKERS’ BILL—ANTI-CONVICT LABOR MEET INGS TO BE HELD. Last fall, just before the November elections, the hatters and shoomakers of New Jersey made a pow- erful demonstration in opposition to the employ- ment of convicts in the State Prison at shoemaking and hatting. With one accord candidates for the Legislature declared themselves in warm Sympathy with the movement, and pledged them- selves to carry out the wishes of the workingmen. When the Legislature met, in January, upon the very first day of the session a bill was introduced inthe Assembly—it was the first bill offered: Assembly bill No. 1, by Mr. W. H. F. Fiedler, of Essex—abolishing shoemaking in the State Prison at ‘Trenton. After four weeks’ watching it passed by more than a two- thirds vote. Then it went to the Senate. Accom- panying the bill was a long argument against the pear with a strong recommendation not to pass ne dill. On last Saturday night, in Newark, the committee of thirty of the Hatters’ Association and a commit- tee of shoemakers authorized to represent the entire trade in New Jersey held a meeting and strongly condemned the Senate’s adverse re- port. After several hours of earnest discussion and planning it was decided to hold a grand labor rally in Newark, and, if possibl>, one in Trenton and another in Paterson, the object being to let the Sen- ate kuow what the workingnren have to say the subject. Committe:s were appointed the necessary: arrangements. Tho Dill was to have come up this evening in the Sense as the special order, but it will be postponed for ona week on motion of the Senator from Exsex county, Mr. Francis, The workingmen are indignant ovor the committce’s report, which they denounce as specious and evasive of the rea! meritg of the caso. ey threaten to make the matter an issue at the next election. ‘The Central Council of the Labor League, of Kinga’ county, convened last evewing at the new municipal hall, on Fulton street, Brooklyn, and reorganized by electing the following officers:—John .E. Kelly, pres- ident; Henry Garrison ¥vice president; John Hayden, corresponding secretary; Michael Murray, recordin; secretary; Jolin McLaughlin, financial secretary, an Alfred Bowers, treasurer. ‘The council was coin. poxed of four delegates from each of the twenty-five ward organizations of Brooklyn. £AD STORY BROUGRT TO LIGHT BY A FORGED THEATLE ae BY HUNGER TO CRIME. ‘ TwS young men namei William Burger and Richard Kloeppel wore arrested at the door of the Academy of Music on Saturday afternoon for pre- senting a forged pass, purporting to be signed by J, H. Mapleson. They were taken before Justice Kas- mire at the Fifty-seventh Street Court, where they stated that they had bought the pass from one George ©. Brydon for fifty cents. The two young men were remanded, ‘and one of them, Richard Kloeppel, promised to go with Roundsman Roed, of the Eighteenth precinct, aud point out Bry- don to him, Brydon was discovered yesterday more ing in a place in Chatham street, and he and the twa young men were taken to court. Colonel J. H, Mapleson also appeared, and @ short examination of the matter was gone into. ‘The following letter, which was found on Brydon's person, was read by Justice Kasmire:— New Youk, Friday, KX AND Brenna’ . 28, 1879, Measus. A GextLemen -—Owing to recent illness and a long timo out of employinent Tam in tho utmost state of destitution, and am compelled the islands v. Dr. A. Care 5 pol In’ Foursoonth ity, and ero many weeks I shall receive a remit. to put mo on my feet comfortably for the spring. old actor and dramatic cop: stroet, tan Asan week fh should esteom it» high kind meaded by you to some Miche in my age and limited phystenl st tirely to your diseretion, promising in the approval of the authorities of any imstitution to which, I may be committed. . Awaiting your roply, I romain, yontlenen, yours very respectfully, GEORGE 6. BRYDON, iKht Le recom uiployment suited for t thi MERCY FRMPERS JUSTICE. ‘The communication seemed to have a very sensible effect on Colonel Mupleson, and he informed the Justice that he by no means desired to prosecute the prisoner any further. When Brydon was formally arraigned at the bar he was informed by His Honor of Ovlonel Mapleson's wish not to prosecute, and he was also told that his wish to be sent to one of the institution’ would be gratified, and that he would be committed to the Island for three months, or until such time as he could hear from his brother in Kngland or could find some other means of obtaining food and shelter. The prisoner then bowed to the Justice and Colonel Mapte- eon, and with tears in Lis eyes thanked them both, He said he was heartily ashamed of what he had don» aud felt much humiliated thereby, expecially as it was unbecoming an autior and aa actor, With® the fifty cents which he obtaine! from the young men he procured food, and he was actually suffering the paugs,of hunger when he received the money. Gvorge U.’ Brydon i man of about fitty-mx years, aud though his 4 ments were poor they were clean, and he hai about his person a cegtain air of respectability. He claims to have been employed ax drainati: critic on several papers in the Western States and in the Canadas, and to have travelled through the country in his younger years as an actor with different theatrical companies. Richard Kloeppe! and Wiiliam Burger, the two young men arrested on Saturday, were discharged, READY FOR SKA, The United States steam sloop-of-war Marion, which arrived from the European suadron about two months ago and has since boen at the Brooklyn Navy Yard undergoing repairs, is again realy tor sea, and has been detailed for a three years’ cruise in the North Atlantic squadron. Her old crew has been discharged and paid off and new crow enlisted for her. She has also an entirely new detail ot oficers, and will sail from the Navy Yard on Wednos- day morning ami go as far as the Battery, where, after taking in powder, she will proceed to Nortolk. At Norfolk she will go ito dry dock to have some repairs done to her copper and an exami- nation made of the steru. It was intended to put her in dry dock here, but the Tennessee still occu. pies the dock and cannot be floated out for several weeks, She is being almost entirely rebuilt’ Tho Marton is said to be in almost as good a condition as when she started on ber first cruise three years ago. ‘The tollowing i#@ list of the Marion's officers: — Commander—Franas M. Bunce, commanding. Exec- utive Officer—Lieutenant George A. Converse, Navi- gator—Lientenant W. 1. Moore. Watch Otfcers—Lieu- tenants Jolu P. Merrell, kdward A, Field, Horbert Winslow and ©. W. Rusechenverger. Purser— Passed Assistant Paymaster Samuel R. Colhoun, Medical § Officers—Surgeon H. A. Beaumont, Passed Assistant Surgeon J. Hancock UH: noers —Ohiet, Louis J. Alien; Passed Assia! neer, Fraucis M. Ashton; Assistant, IH man. Marine Officer—Pirst Lioute Reed. Captain's Clerk—Kneign BIL swain—Charies EB. Rich, Carpente: mas By a Krave, Guuner—2, Bascom THK SMITH MURDER. The tril of Mra, Jennie R. Smith and Covert D, Bonnett for the murder of Police Officer Richard H, Smith, the former's husband, which was so abruptly suspended two weeks ago through the sudden insan- ity of Herman Buoben, one of the jurors, aud which was fixed by Judge Knapp to be recommenced to-day, will, itjs ¢hougut, be again postpone, One of tio counsel for the defence said yeswwrday that Judo has signified his intention of puciing the init off for the term because it would interfere with Lis traveled Eqst, ond Wost, aud have ( supreme Vourt business to try jt now,