The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 10, 1870, Page 1

THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR SUNDAY LIFE IN NEW YORK. accep TNE TRINVIATIONS OF THE DISCI- PLES OF BRIGHAM YOUNG, amen aifpinonn The Perseented Saint F ining Back tie € religion Lands Of, t The Lord to Manifest himself in Behalf ofthe People of ‘The Latter Day Saints were not so belligerent ts heretofure with our reporter, being already satis- fed with the published reports of thelr opinions. The Bishop, with the North British accent, did not axpound yesterday, but the rostrum was occupied by Brother Burton, one of the emissaries from Utah, who {9 said to bo high in the confidence of the prophet. Ifis theme was the similarity of the Mor- non persecution to that of the Caristian in Pagan and Jewish countries. The plea was the same—irreligion. It was not contended by the people of Williams. burgh, or of any other city where the Mormons had ssoclety, that they wero Immoral men, On the con- trary, their private character was good; but then they were irrcligious. ‘That was what the Pharisees jaid of Paul; that was what Paul had said of the others me toa knowledge of the truth, ‘And now it was said of the Mormous, and with just as little justice, Mo alluded slightly to Tar SUN's tomments upon Brother Joseph Young's dovestic diMculties, siying that the con of the Prophet was As liable to’ fo Wrong o& any other man's son, which we may conclude that the Philadeiphian | cd her polut, and that Joseph is @ pure hatieally upon ihe Uni ernment, | Ho repeated with bitter sarcasm the comments of Tiut Bun as to a martyrdom that didn't burt anybody asking wiether it was pleasant to have a man's honse burned over his head five successive times For his part he did notiike it, nor did he think it a ham martyrdom by any means, He wont on to say, that shou!d any attempt be mide to drive the Mer mons out of thelr pos ns In Deseret, of to #ub- vert thelr system of seifovernment, or should any poercive masures be wiopted agairst the Prophet and his courseliors, he fel crtain that the Lord would manifest Hitos: t th t atacon toat woult k nm the days of Rome, sm) wion vt the Christians, nb’ The reigy romised in the most definite terms n , tortures of the most fearful desertion id only bind the people closer together and so seed of an unt. oof Moononisin, The speaker made Ho allusion to the sclisins. in Utah, of Godhe, and the followers of Joe truth With regard tot ehattenge isened by the Bro ther with the North coantry accent, we have re- celved a communteation trom Full ‘River, Mas from a Christian clerryman, wo will discuss cer tain points with the Bist. from Prichamis, He Will take the negative of the proposition that po- Iygamy is a divine institution, or a part of the spel lan of redemption ; of le will aftirin that polygamy Is aa unseriptural dc contrary to the revela ton of the Divine Now if * Burkia ta wil Jin’. be may call at Tue SUN and procure this gen- Ueman's audress, — THE SPIRITUALISTS ON MARRIAGE. ——- Old Moneybogs Spiritual Speculation in m na Silver Mine hatter in Chriss ty's Minstrel Hall—How some People Kill Time on Sundays, Yest afternoon @ curious congre- fation filed Christy's old Minstrel ball, in Broadway. On the stage were a large chair anda picture which may have been a fashion priate, ‘The mecting was called to order by a ponderous gent'eman who took the chair by invitation, and Glled it with the dignity of a member of the Fat Men's (lub. He coughed, stamped a little, brought flown the wooden gavel, and launched the speakers Bpon the marriage question. A middie aged woman contended that marriage was mainly in the honor of woman, as woman's ine Minc* was truer than that of man, In her opinion tt Was the proviues ofa young woman to make love to Biman according to her ow , and that she should select the one she hiked be from a: Bomber of those who were kuown to her. She re- Wretted tuat men and Women should be married by acide it. Aine, stout gentleman from Wall street related fn experience which he bad with a spirit med @bout six months ago, Hes: dium bad declared to. him tha dn Montana wa in @ certain locality arich silver mine as yet uniiscov- ered, and that he would realize a handsome fortune by buying some shares in it, He visited Wall street, and while there was surprised to learn that several entlemen had also had the some communication rough other mediums, and were anxioas to buy shares, He took advice and purchased shares, and the mine \us now in successiul operation, On'New Year's Day Le had enjoyed the society of mediums with the keenest ensio” ‘They spoke of his enter- prise, and assured him that he would soon be the ossessor of immense Wealt!). Over a dozen of them ad called uppn bim from different locations in the spirit world, and bad a nice time generally. At this Vuneture the gavel of the presiding officer come down on the 4 the gentleman subsi- ded. The husband of the frst speaker, a round, rubi- fund gentleman, handsomely attired, was the next speaker. He talked a while, but said nothing. ‘The next speaker was a Mr. Pink, He sald that society cousd not be reformed, A gentleman attired in a by and ® peir of massive @ clared (list if men were aod mon He adied ( velvet waisteoat bowed spect de- id to be created like apes s, they had made very great progress the preponderance of women In Mas fachuset’s was oWing to the Vice and immorality of the people A gentleman with hair erect too! 4 in favor of the » He said that the « ‘ate is the dest and est, for the savages always treat wo- men ns equals. By all means he would become © savage. $a THE ASTORIA ACCIDENT, ——o—e A Hell Gate Death Blast—The Killing of er Shine. during the sinking of a shaft at Hallet’s Point, a biastiug accident occurred, attended with fatal results, Whenever a blast fuse As lighted » horn is sounded to warn all persons to move out of danger, At 2 o'clock on Friday the usual signal was heard, and the customary stampede followed. An immense piece of rock, weighing 142 unds, was by the force of the explosion hurled to the alr a distance of 180 feet. On its descent it fell into the roof of the engine house, crushing throuzh, and dropping on the head of the engineer, Mr. Dovid Shine, fracturing bis skull and breaking fus oro At e time th only ocenpant of the house beside Mr, Shine was Mr. B. F. Lacy, the en- gineer in charge of the Burleigh steam drill, who 4 unburmed. Mr, Slune was borne to his lence in Astoria, where he died two hours in Mr. Lacy and Mr. Stine thought themselves rfect!y safe in the engine ho as they bad often Sheltered themselves within it during blasting oper. ations, Mr. Shine was the lust of a fainily of three fons all of whom died suddenly. His brothers, Joho and Patrick, lost their lives in the Evening Btar, A tather and sister survive him, botn being in destitute circumstances. The people of Astoria are raising a sub: ption for their reef. The funeral of the victim in Astoria, yesterday, Was attended by nearly #1x hundred people. —————— 4 THRILLING INDIAN ADVENTURE, eee Two Men Killed~Miraculous Escape of the Third From the Chevenne Leader, On Thursday last three men, McKenna, McAl- Lister, and Wentworth, of Compuny K, Second Caval- ry, went ont from this post hunting, Night over- taking them ueur the entrance to La’ Prelle Cafion, Biteen iniles from here, they turned into a seclud len, stilioned one of their number to watch, and he other two made down thelr bed and went to Aleep side by side, About midnight, {t being cold, the watchman made a fire Futal mistake, Soon After this he lay down by the side of his comrades, doubtless not intending to go to sleep. One of his somrades (Wentworth), awakening for a momen, Warned bim of his impradence, but received an a purance that all was well, and ‘again fell asleep, It Je probable the sentinel did the same. A few minutes afterward a terrific Aischarge of Grearms from every wide of the sleepe-s, in such tlose proxisnity that the powder burned their faces, roved the folly ot thelr watener's fecling of secur: ty, One of the men, McKenna, aid not move— ball had pierced his temple, another bis heart. and four lad entered bis breast, Death itsell lad suc. eded its counterfeit, MeAilister sprang up with a single exclamation, and fell back dead, piercer by a dozen bullets, Wentworth, who was’ sleeping be fween the two, was not scratched, Being a wan of reat nerve and mach experience with the Indians, is plans Were instantly matured, and as quickly ¢ ecuted, Svizing his pistol as he slipped from the side of his dead comrades, be shot the Indian who con fronted him ws he rose ; Jumped over lis prostrate body; knocked down the next in his path with the butt of the weapon ; dodged the rest; sprang in among the Ponies, from which the savagos had dismount Fuoning through the herd, gained the creek, Ger cover of its friendly bushes excaped his pursuers, Sud caine barefvot over the jagged rocks und prickly pears to the Dost, On receipt of the Information the com Wy proceeded to the place, and found the bodies as he had deseribed, Dut, stiange to say, neither scalp: ed bor mut Btranger still, thelr gans, amma. tion, overcoats, saddies, and bed-blankety were all Mhere undisturbed, One ‘of their horses had been 1 und left; the other three were taken olf by the res ny instant- THE GREAT BILLIARD CONTEST. nets Deery Retains the Champ) Pockets $1,000—D! San Francisco, Jan, 9.—The great billiard match between Messrs, Deery and Dion for the champion diamond ene and $1,000 was witnessed last night at Mechanics’ Pavilion by a large moltl- tude. ‘The excitement among billiard players for several days past showed that the game would be Closely contested, and consequently but little ods wero offered, although Dion appeared to be tho fu. Vorite, ‘The following ts the score: 0, 0, 0, ant 5 4,5, 8, 6, a0, 1a _ ee as . + 4 91.0428. 6, ha Neos akan "Pokal, inate tot At the ninety-elghth inning Deery made his great- est run and pocketed his ball, Dion missed, Deery then run the game out, ‘The result was hailed by enthustastic cheering Ly the thousands of spectators, The game was plryet cauttonsiy, neither player taking doubtful chance: but Invariably shooting his ball into the pockes. Deery retains possession of the diamond ene and wins the $1,000, ‘The game was begun at &:2) P. M., ‘and ended at 1:10 A. M. incnscancusllinenicmisnaio PHOTOGRAPHS BY SUN REPORTERS. pid The Childthat Vv dered into Clinton Place —Isthis a Discharged Cook's Conspiracy? on Market a One cold day last November a little waif, falf frozen and shockingly bruised, having been found wandering in the streets, was taken In by Mrs. Schlessinger, of Clinton place. ‘The child could gw no account of herself, and was therefore washed, d, and clothed by Mrs. Sclilessinger. But on Satur- day Mrs, Catharine M. Daly, of 143 Laurens street, hed Mrs. 8, arraigned before Justice Cox on acharge of kidnapping. Mrs. 8. told her story, and was ready to surrender the child if the complainant could prove herself the mother. The child was not in court, and au officer was sent for it, but Mrs, Schies- Singet’s door was locked, and he could not get In. Mrs, Schiessinger's discharged cook, who bas often threatened “to make tronble for her," is one of the complainants, The hearing has been postpoued uutil 11 o'clock this morning. es ‘The Steuben Monument, The monument to Gen, Steuben, the patriotic Prussian, who, like Kosciusko nd Lafayette, aided our forefathers in their great fight for liberty, {4 in a fair way of erection. Gov. Scymour bas in trust $500, whic! the Leigislature voted in aid of the Steuben Monument Association, and the Association has 3, with Interest for two and a-half years to be added; the Steuben Schuetzen also has $116, These associations met yesterday, Mr. Seymour was repre sented“by Mr. Charles Sixtus Kapff, who has visited him in Albany, It was decided that the ereetion shall take place over the grave of the hero in Sten benv Oneida county, on the fret of next June, Horstio’ Seymour. ad others haying volunteered to delivere seosallpiciis Mr. Beecher on Commercial Religion, Mr. Beecher last night made Zaccheus the lead- ing figure of his discourse, He observed that the cvan- Gelist called bim a publican, or tax-gatherer, humor- ously adding, “and be was rich. (A laugh.) Je- sus, seeing a vein of good in this man, singled him out as his companion and ost, For this the Phat seca blamed bim, as Zacclieus was considered dis. reputable, "But in our modern days," said Mr, Beecher, “we consider the tax-gatherer highly re- spectable.” [Another laugh.) Mr. Beecher was sorry to say that men who made religion a business, st exponents ofits spirit. Ks fase When they were censorious, Neve Pharieves, aud Wels religion did teu lit tle good, Pee Princely Glit by a German Baron, The German Hospital in this city received on Saturday from Gcrwany an unexpected gift of £50,000 in five-twenties, ‘Tne giver was the Baron von Diergardt, a young man wh, st inherited a large fortune, and begins by maki , use of itin this manner, He has never been in the United States, und was doubtiess prompted to this great act of charity by finding a large quantity of a States bonis among wis inheritance, The hospital, which is at the corner of Fourth’ avenue and Seventy seventh street, will be greatly benedted by this ac quisition — Four durdred Suits against Fisk & Gould, Jay Gould and James Fisk, Jr., appeared on Saturday in the County Court in Patersoa, N. J., to answer an indictment for charging the Rogers Loco- motive Company $250 fur transporting their loco- motives to New York, when the usual price is $30. ‘The distinguished prisoners were held to bail, and their tril was set down forthe second Tuesday in April. Four hundred like suits are to be instituted all along the live of the Eastern Division of the rovd, fo that Messrs, Fisk & Gould may expect to have thelr hands full, —-— The Dedication ofa Seamen's Bethel, Bishop Potter dedicated the new IP. E. Bethel ship, moored at the foot of Pike street, East River, yesterday morning, A large congregation assem: bled, and the Bishop preached on the duty of conse- eration. ‘The structure is 80 feet long, 37 wide, and ST high, and cost $23,000. It has aneat organ which cost $1,000. The Rev. Dr. Cooke preached in the afkrnoon, ‘The Rev, R. W. Lewis is the pastor, ae New Feature tn the Orpheon Concerts. Mr, Jerome Hopkius's third Orpheon Fund Con- cert on Saturday evening was attended by a crowded audience, and was signalized by the subsequent turning of the Apollo Concert Room into a bull: room; in other words, after the concert, the first nd Hop of the Orplicon Society took place and fisted ‘until midnight, many hundreds of couples purticiputing. —- The Democratic Party Digging its Grave. Wasnixoton, Jan, 9.—A messenger from Gov, Hoffman reached here yesterday direct from Alb with the official record of the action of the New York Legiviature withdrawing {ts ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, ‘'ne document was fied with the Secretary of State, and copies officially certified were served upon the Senators and Representatives from New York. The haste in this action was in- spired by the desire to anticipate auy possible uction ot the Ohio Legislature iu changing its action on the amendment, —<—<—<— Funeral of James Logan No, Corover Flynn and a jury on Saturday viewed the body of Juices Logan No, % wio was murdered by Jerry Dunn, Dr, Shine found the bullet embed- ded in the right luog. ‘The inquest was postponed, toenable the police to search for Dunn, Logan's funeral yesterday was attended by an immense con- course of metropolitan roughs. ‘Tae procession passed dowa Broadway in double file and formed a square, in the centre of which the hearse proceeded to rel nwood Cemetery, All the front ranks wore oadges with a willow, and other insignia, under which was inscribed, within @ wreath of ‘immor- telles, “James Logan.” ————— Our New Line of Ocean Steamshipa. The International Steamship Company of this city have agreed upon the terms aud conditions with the builders for the construction of two first-class steamships, and two more slill follow. The dimen- sions of these are 600 feet in length, 66 feet in width, and 83 fect in depth, the interior arrangements to be in accordance with the drawings which were sub- mitted to the Postmaster-General in October last, Speed to be twenty-five miles per hour in smooth water, a capability to cross the occau tn fuir woather ‘and & half, and on an average time of eight ‘are all to’ be built of trou, double in form, having every provision for safety, ——$—$—<——>—___ The First Fatal Skating Accident, While three brothers named Stanley, aged re- spectively 12, 10, andiA years, were playing on the ice Fiftn avenue, Between’ Sisty-third and Sixty fourth streets, yésterday att ruoon, the Ice broke and all feli in, The youngest was drowned. _————— remont. In a quarrel on Saturday evening in Tremont between Milton Carpenter and Christin Herget, Herger beat Carpenter on the heal with a neavy toallot, and so scttonsiy tnjured him that he died at So'ciock lust evening. Horger was arrested, ™ ‘The reception of Morton Commandery ts set down for Wedneatay evening, at the Metropol: Hotel, ‘The Sisters of the Kaxtern Star, Alpha Chaptet give their reception ut Apollo Hail of the Sist, W. Bro, Gco, E Andrews is the new Master, and Bro. John Wilson the bew Secretary of St, Joba's Lodge, No. be Murder iw THE MURDER OF ROGERS — THE MYSTERY AY THE DISTANCE OF A TWELVEMONTH padter~aieay Startling Retributive Justice—The Mon Ars rested on Suspicion of the Rogers Mure der—Wherd they have Gone-Death and Misery to them all, From the New York Demoorat, In the criminal annals of New York no ineldent has occurred which Involves so much mystery, and Presents 8o mony strange points of interest as “ the Rogers murder." A wanton deed of blood, perpe- trated in broad daylight in the heart of the metropo- lis, 1t shocked the public first, and afterward naiur- ally awakened an unequalled amount of startled, morbid curiosity, and shrewd comment. Every thing was remarkable about the ease, and cach thing (hat still occurs partakes somewhat of the marvel- lous—to say the least, of the strangely provitential. Witness the tragic end of James Logan, “ No. 2, shot down In the midst of his careor in @ midnight brawl, in that region ofbacchanalian orgy aud hide- ous hidden atrocity—Honston street. Several of thoss who were made to act a prom: nent part in this tragedy are now dead, {mmured in prison, oF recognized thieves. Of the murder, it Will not be necessary to give a detailed record of the facts, At his own door, Charles M. Rogers, indua- trlously engaged in removing the snow from the Pathway, was set upon by two ruftians, one of [hom tore away his watch and chain and plunged a Knife Into his heart, and then, even while Rogers's life blood was flowing out, th sin had to tear himself out of that inexorable clutch, and leave be- hind him a large portion of the blue blouse he wore, He and bis companion then fled. leaving a felt hat dehind them on the sldewalk vietiin of this cold-blooded attack died the following evening, hia ing in his dying declaration testified to the above clreumstances. Here begins the mystery. In the pocket of the portion of the coat retalned by Mr. Rogers were found his own watch and chain, which the thief had secreted there, and also a crumpled envelope, on which the address “ James Logan, New York City,” was circumscribed. he’ announcement of the outrage appalled the city, and fell like a red-hot shell among the thieves who prey upon it, The leadiug criminals vegan to set their honses in order, knowing that the police Would be on thoir track, he first prisoner taken into custody was James Tallent, an iti, stupid, and malignant-iooking thi He had heard the police were looking for him, and he anticipated them. Knowing that no crime is com- mitted in the darkness of complete socrecy and is. lation, and that the leading offenders live in “gangs” for the purpose of mutual aid, the police detained Ta'lent, but be was afterwards discharged for want of evidence. Charles Munday, one of the hot-house plants forced in the Nineteenth street preserves, was next secured by the police. They had no evidence be yond the suspicion of complicity against him, and Ive too was discharged. Some time after he changed the scene of his operations, and got stabbed in-an affray 1n Phitodelphia, which resulted in his death ome six months since, ‘dward Munday was also secured for the reason ve assigned, Since his discharge from custody he committed a burglary of so desperate a charact in the quarter covered by the Fifteenth Procinc that he was «ent for twenty years to the State Prison George, alias Butcher Johnson, was the next ob- fect of the attention of Serzeant Lowry. Johnson ad heard of the rapid movements of the able Ser- geant, and for four days and as many nights foiled allefforts made to capture him. At length he fell into the toils while regaling himself atthe * St Barnard,” kept by “The” Afien, corner Prince and Mercer, the free and easy resort of those who live dy thetr vita, The Butcher” was vently tapped ob the shoulder by Lowry, who was in plain clothes, and though advised to ‘pop the “cop,” by th gang within, he quietly found lis way to the da: light with the Sergean thence to the Tombs. Johnson was liberated ‘afer some time, yd Las Sguret prominently before the public since In the affray in which be and Florence Scannel were shot, in Donohue’s liquor store, Twenty-third strect, and in which Jolinson ulmself was dangerously wounded by a pistol ball, From the effects of this wouud be is now slovly recovering. Tames Gallaher bas, since hts diseh ¢ from cus tody.in connection with this murder, Been sent to the Pen¥entiary for sx months, for a burglary, Bu © ccltement erc‘ited py thie event that Mayor Hall offered a rew: one who would give euch Info ¢ arrest of James Logan * No. 1," He had been missing from his old haunts from the time of the murder, but hearing of the reward, hav. {ug taken counsel with his brother-in-law, he boldly to the police, a claim being m tame time for the reward, This claim the Mayor has resisted the matter remaias still in litigation. Logan No, 1 was a perfect study in the hands of the pollce, “With @ readiness of memory which denoted the utmost degree of * wideawnked ness,” he told where he had spent his time during the previous month, accounting for each day, and even each hour of the day when required, and in quiry verified all his statements, James Logan No. 2, who was believed by many to dof $2.500 for any ation as would lead have been the leuding actor in this erime, died, as rg one knows, yesterday morning in Bellevue al, The circumstances which led to his death have been laid before the pubite fully during the week. His end wasa fitting counterpart to his li Whether arising from mental or moral madness, his death-bed Was the theatre of the wildest and most insensate oaths and curses, He rejected the minis tration of a Catholic clergyman with a wicked im- precatioa, ven Reddy the Blacksmith, who lay AM not far from the dying gladiator, might have been shocked by the utter recklessness’ of the last hours of this son of crime and perversity. His protest of Innocence of the Rogers murder might have some Wwelght had he not lied in his previous statements regarding his own bloody en ‘The story of Kverett B. far toward implicating Maher, is still 0 well reme: bered for its surprising detail of circumstanti that It 1s needless to recount it, Suffice it to si that from the moment Maber was’ discharged from the precinct, neithcr he nor hig companion, Reilly, hus ever been seen or heard of by the New York police, and men so thoroughly acquain ed with the fabits and ways of our Metropolitan birds of prey as Sergeant Lowry and Captain Caffray, declare It as heir couviction that Maher was the murderer of Mr. Rogers, When the next link fn this chain of tragedy will be forged, heaven alone knows; but it is evident that the blood shed in Twellth strect on that cold December moruing. cried to heaven for vengeance, ‘aud that the cry was heard. zé ie CURIOSITIES OF CRIME, ‘The Sixth Ward's Saturday Night. Francisco Zespida was accused in the Tombs yesterday, of attempting to murder Henry Leezow or Leezow and wife, at 14 Boxter street, late on Sat- lanev, which went #0 urday night, Zespida, who ip about 2t ‘years of age, bad been employed by’ Leezow to make cigars, and several days ago wus suspected of attempting to steal his employer's watch. He resolved to be re- venged for this arrest, but did not attempt an assault until Saturday, Zespida shortly before midnight called on Mrs, Leezow and asked her to treat him, but she refused; whereupon he drew a clgar mak: cr knife and stabbed her in the face, nearly cuttiug out her right e} now springing to her ussise tance, Zespida stabbed him in the leg, ‘The prisoner Was detained to await the result, - Mra, Roelter's Lite Insurance, On Saturday, Justice Coulter continu examination of Nehemiab Brown, who is accused of defrauding Mrs. Margaret Roelier of $46, under pretence of getting a life insurance policy for her from the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Live Insurance Company, The oficers of the Company appeared in Court, and testified that they did not know Brown, But that they bad many agents whom they did not personally know. Brown said. that he had delayed in delivering the policy to Mrs, Roelter merely because Wo had been unable to see the pro. per oficer of the Company, ‘Tw heaing was ad- Journed. —_—— A Family Stupefied and Robbed, On Thursday night last burglars broke into a house in Chicago, occupied by Mic hacl Kary and | family, consisting altogether of seven pers: After administering chloroform to each of the see} ing inmates, they ransucked the house for plunde in the end ‘taking with them $85, a gold wateh, and humerous articles of clothing. ‘Phe esthetic did duty most effectually, ax none of che family recov. ered from their stupor until day waa far advance ‘The odor pervaded the house to such @ degree that even Visitors were seriously affected, poled, Montana Bill Carrier Murdered, Heteys, Montana, Jan, 6,—This evening Moses Bowlding, @ private in the Thirteenth intau try, shot and instintly killed the bill carrier of the Varieties Theatre, who 48 known here as Charley Bowlding was intoxicated and becoming annoyed at Charley's requests for admission into the house, rushed to the door and opened fire on Charley with & six-shooter, ‘The first shot toox effect in the arm, the third and fatal one in the forehead, pean, Hoboken's Latest Temp: co Lecture, On Saturday evening & note was sent to the Chief of the Police of Hoboken by a Mrs. Zeigle. of 49 Adams street, complaining that John McCarty wae beating his wife, Cupt. Dosnovan despatehod gn officer to the place indleated, On his urrival he ‘on the floor with her found the poor woman lying aco ouucn lp by the kicks that the face reduced to 4 nas of pu drunken brute bad adiniaistes petasarmiedag The Murder of Congressman Huyler, Judge Huyler, of Hackensack, formerly Mem- ber of Congress, from the Fourth Con, ressioaal strict of New dersey, w uo Was siruck two or three weeks ago by a drunken loafer, is at the voint of death, He was amild and inoffensive citizen, and was stricken down Without provocatiog, His adsuil- fut is lu Hackensucl Jad ° — Years a Nu Correspondence of The sun. Wasuixerox, Dec, 25.—On Christmas Eve I Jef the busy and vexatious life in Washington City, and by Invitation, went to the Convent of the Visi tation, in Georgetown, ‘The building is ® fine one, occupying an entire square front, and I'am told that forty neres of gronnd within the Convent walle form source of pleasure and lealth to the inmates of this tnstitation, While I stood in the vestibule, watting for admit- tance, a panel of the door of the Convent opened, and before me, as if it wero in a picture frame, the face of & nun appeared. It was #0 calm that one conld not refrain trom the thought—what peace there most be within, Without a word the door was un- bolted, ond I entered, A new world, m reat, a refuge, ® shelter from the storm it seemed; but only for those whose vocation calls them to scelu- sion would @ Lfetime be well and happily passed here. $ At 104 P. M. Ttook s seatin the chapel in front of tho altar, above which hung a beautiful painting presented to the Convent by Charles X. It repre- sented our Saviour, At bis feet «at Mary, looking confdingly into his face in an attitude of fixed atten- tion, On one side Martha stood questioning him respecting the relative merit of contemplative and active devotion, There was something in the face and figure of our Lord that gave out a soul-stirring influence, and drew from the beholder yearnings for the spirit of holiness, ‘The chapel at this hour was nearly empty, only a veiled nun here ard there praying, and faintly seen by the dim light of the sanctuary lamp, But bebind the grating that divided this chapel from another, the greater number of the comraunity were seated, yet the #tUness of this holy pines fell upon us like a sweet dreara of paradise, soothing and tranquilizing ‘the heart. In a few moments thero arose from the inner chapel the most touching musie of vocal prayer. It seemed as if choirs at a distance took up and con- tinued the strain, and then at further distance still other choirs, until we could funcy they reached the very gate of heaven, The effect of this chant and response was thrilling. ‘iris maste continued till 12. Then the sanctuary, beautifully adorned, became dazalingly brightened by 100 candles of wax lights, and over the tabernacle appeared the simple name of Jesus in Jets of ga: The organ pealed a gloria, young girls in white veils entered the chapel and nearly flied it, A Loly looking priest and his gesstante, who had come from the college near, began the midnight mass, and reminded us of those who were first allowed to adore the Infant Saviour. Ta the grating that divided the chapel there was a small open window. At the close of the mass a curtain was drawn back from it, and one by one the nuns, 70 or 80, knelt at the open space, and received from tho priest holy communion, while at a distance some of the community sang a hymn of praise, It was a betntiful scene of devotion, and was calca- lated to elevate the son}, ‘The mass over, with the greatest decorum this household, many in namber, glided noisclessiy to their apartments for rest id sleep. Scarccly a ep Was heard, so ughtly tread, following lay I gathered some interesting fucts of the Academy attached to the convent, and hope my friends who so bospitably received wie on Christmas Eve will not consider ita breach of con- fidence if I repeat them, ‘The convent at George- town was founded in 179, and for more than balf a centary has sustained in its academy a reputation tecond, to no other in thie country. After the war 112 Mt euilered grievously, and beenme so much Darrassed that it required the most heroic zeal labor to sustain it, ome of nuns yet their Gfy years ¢ in the convent who have Jubliee (Oo years in the those who’ at that time bal Order), and Were among of trial corded, spun, and wove cloth for Dishops' coats, and whatever articles in linen or cotton the’ house required; the good Mother Teresa teaching herself th ‘art of dyeing to adorn the sunctuary with carpet’ of their own musing and employing the nuns in working in embroidery upon it flowers of every tint, in wool dycd by her own skili and taste, ‘This carpet, twen- ty or thirty feet equare, wa by every one who saw it. For All Souls’ Day, a day the Catholic Church when the souls of the depa 1 from the begitning are prayed for, they wov Diack carpet, and upon it, in white wool, embroider- J cross-bores and sku every direction, a se- ty in their minds, no dor that with em es, the poor departed could not y the most worldly minded, ‘self-denial, these exemplary women braved the ste is of adversity and war, aud four of them, now past 7), are gratelul witnesses of the reward of such piety, for a building that occupies an cotire square, and’ several stories high, has arisen from the asbes of the hum! dwelling frst founded, and to the smail enclosure has been added forty actes of besuuifully laid ont grounds, From the oomnencement, this convent has been noted for the large number of accomplished and re- tined women who from the bighest elrcles in the States left the outer wort and became members of the Order of the Visitation, Among those who arc et hving, aod, though over 70, still in full vigor of ntellect and tmparting knowledge, is the daughter of the distingaished Commodore Jor of the Ameri- can Navy. Her knowledge at that time (Aly years siuce) of some of the modern Iauguages, in which she spoke fluently, and her otherwise reduced cul- ture, rendered her a valuable acquitition to the Academy, which already was patronized by the Trading families, Protestant and Catholle, on account of the high tone of its educational advantages to pupils, Tiere were, and bave been since then, and are now within it walls, many members whose qualif- cations, birth, and education bave kept thts institu. tion one of superiority, and have sent forth from it women from year to year who lave adorned and benefitted suelety. A f2w we recall from the lies of Jadge Gaston, the Carrol Blane, ‘nlece of Hecretary Seward, ow ngela Gilieple, Superior Holy Cross; Mrs, Douglad, the daughters of Madame Bortinatt!, ‘Mrs, Martin, bead of female college t Tenuessee ; Mrs, Admiral Dahlgren, Mrs, Genera Sherman, the dang bters of Gen, Batier and Admiral Porter, Airs, MeMusters, now of New York, oue of the most gifted among ‘the pupils, and a crowd of others equally distinguished accowplished, useful women in society, ‘The: present in the Aca. demy many of the daughters of our best families of the North and South. Bince the tune of Quincy Adams {t has been th custom for the Prosident to place upon tho victo crowns of merit—a favor fully appreciated by the young ladies. Long may this convent ond its Aca- aemy rem! nm honor and a credit to our country, and many may there be of the returns of Christmas midnight mass in their tue chapel, A VISITOR. Se Brooklyn Boys Drowne, nwien, Conn., Jan, 9.—Three sons of George Brown, of Brooklyn, N. ¥., oged seven, nine, and eleven years, broke through the fce while skating on Saturdey, and were drowned, ce eeaaer ‘The AtleusMaco FI Sr, Lovrs, Jan, 9.—It is announced here that Tom Allen accepts Jim Mace's challenge to fight pronounced ‘benutifal heroic a him in Canada or Louisiana, and is” waiting for the articles of agreement promised by Mace, se a BITUARY, patie tty Beflor Zareo, editor of the Siglo, of the city of Mexico, @ promiuent polluctan, ts dead, ‘The remains of Mr, John Skillman, a veteran of the war of 13:2, o native of Princeton, N.J., but for many yeara @ res it of Harlem, were uterred in Woodlawn Cemetery yesterday, aaa BROOKLY} pinnae abd Wm. A. Furey has been reglected President of the City Assessors, A den'al Infirmary is to be opened to-day at 260 Wathtngton street, ‘The Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund of the late Volunteer Fire Department Is over 44,000. An unknown suilor fell into the river at the foot of Van Brunt étrect on Saturday night, and was drowned, Mra. Ann Jackson, of Staten Island, was held to bail in 9500 by U.S. Commissioner Jon on the charge Of drawing @ pension as the Wilow of Thoulas Dock: her fort rf husband, who was killed during the ‘ar, while she was married to another man, Wm, i. sou, her present husband, rea HOUKS OF LEISURE, gine M. 7, Brennan Coterie dance ta the Aca- emy Caledonian Club ball tn Apollo Hall on Friday evening. A ball is to be given in the Academy of Music on the 24th inst, under the auspices of the Young Men's Association ta behalf of the Roman Catholic Orphan Wun, The Now York Codperntive Building Lot Asso- elation meets to-pight to nominate oMcers, ‘Tho Re le- Vile property 1 to be placed boiore thy mneuvers tor teleotfon, A public debate upon protection and free trade 1 this evening between the members of ion Litorary Club, iu the large hull of te 10, 1870. OUR GULF ACQUISITIONS. wanetfioomnet THE TERRITORY OF SAN DOMINGO ELRST-CUBA AFTERWARD, ——— The Treaty of Cession df San Domingo t6 the United States only awatting the U. &. Senate's A is Acauiste bas Wasuixotox, Jan, 9.—The treaty for the an- nexation of San Domingo to the United States wa negotiated by President Baez and our commercial agent, Mr. Perry, In the city of San Domingo, This treaty, with a seeret message of the President of the United States, will be rent to the Senate pn Monday. ‘The lease of Samana was effected, and the juris- dietion of the United States established over that Part of the territory of Sen Domingo as a prelimi- | busy yesterday vceeiving and transmitting messages nary. Several Senators privately assert that the | to all points within their reach. Everything was in acquisition of San Domingo will mote easily lead to | a satisfactory condition last night, and oll the onera- the possession of the island of Cuba. It ia certain | tors were in the best humor, Several tmportations that the Prosident of the United States las state: ‘ i Ins Fearons for the negotiations to some of his | trimea be tn gh ifebeds Ciigne, Committe ard bins) | toed al oad tends, among whom are | were made leaguers after the situation had been ex lained to them, The text of the treaty undoubtedly contains the | PAM tent om Washington sald that the As following propositions, namely: clated Prese refused to send 0 the Southern bapers obs ati ene, Walted States, pire fo ay the sam of | any ene remardine the strike, expert such as ion ed thousand do} comes from Western Union sources, ‘They als tisof ail the, obtgNtionsl oe the: Repubis Uf se De: | Cised. to send the cireuiar of the. resident of the mingo, including ‘the redemption of currency, | National Typographical Union. Albany, Washing. vely smal | ton, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, St amo Louis, and the’ other principal eitics ‘sent firm de- Third—Tn ease the obligations tobe assumed by the | epatclies saying that they were firm to aman, and United States shall axceed the beiore-mentioned sum | culling upon the fraternity throughout the Un OC one million ve hundred thousand dollars, the bub: | Femals Wualuching to theciuse* The. reven T tielescres, 802 Vomingo are pledged us security for | Gelphia backaliders Were soundly borated for thelr Fourth—The liquid treachery. entrusted to Comin We are informed by the operators here that they h of the contract have positive proof that the Company have sent B.conpiderarion of hundreds of mcesages by mail, and that the conduc- custom houses tors on certain Jersey railronds are acting as mes- Poeaalss @er nad oma sengers for the Western Union Company, leaving territory. packiges of messages at different towns for delive- Sizth—San Domingo to be annexed or acquired as a | ry. The mecgre force on duty in the Western territory, and not as as and enbject to the legisia- | Union offices has been worked Jay and night, aod tion of Congress, in the sauie mauner as the territorios | are nearly exhausted. Of the United The Company propore to take back all the strikers TUE TELEGRAPHERS’ STRIKE, imine ‘Tho Return of the Ope struments in the flicting Stories—Messnges Sent by M A Hearing for Both Sides. Notwithstanding the assurance of sympathy conveyed to the operators on strike from trade unions throughout the conntry, the latest indica. tions point to a victory for the Company, Already snumber of the employees in Philadelphis, Boston, and other cities bave returned to their instruments, and this fact weskens the confidence between the strikers, the maintainance of which {s essential to the success of their case. It is said that compro- mise overtures made to (he Company by the leaders of the movement in ‘ity have been rejected. ‘The Correspondence Committee of the League was which'Is represented to be of compa fon of the obligations ts to be be appointed by 1¢ discharge of there ob- to the United States all fF publ'e batid- diction over the Jad toatl intents andpor | nore ‘with whe exception ctiacten rnaieeder and by the Vote of wunajority of tue ciuzens | the ladies who made common catse with thelr of San Domlugo. brethren, but the operators OUBA 10 BE RECOGNIZED, NEW JERSEY TRAY KS’ RIGUTS. iontar <i The Administration Changing Front-Spc+ | gudge Bedle's Ruling—Chance for the Tineke clat Naval Squadron for Cuban Waters. ek Bildee Murderers te Banain Wasmscrox, Jan, %—Commodore Green is aclve ordered to the command of @ special naval squadron for service in Cuban waters, This «quadron is or- Conductor John Garrison, of the New York and Erie Railway, in February last ejected Henry Camp- ganized because of a contemplated change of policy | bell from his train for refusing to pay his tare. by our Government toward Cuba, The particulars | Campbell subsequently had the conductor indicted of the new policy have not yet been made known, | for assault and battery, and last weck the case hut are understood to be based upon @ recognition | tried in Paterson, Judge Bedle, in charging the of the belligerency of the insurgents. Commodore | jury, ruled that as a matter of law no one has a right Green's flagship is a companion ship to the Saugus | to ride in a railway car without paying fare, nor has and {9 fitting out et the Philadelphia Navy Yard. | any one who does not intend to pay aright to enter She will be ready for sea in thirty days, when sho | the evr, If, upon demand by the proper officer, the will make a trial trip to Boston, where the flag officer | passcuger refused to pay or show a proper ticket, it will join ber, Was that oMcer's right to eject him, using only ne. cessary force to do 80; and that in such case no sub- sequent offer of money or a ticket entitles him to a right of passage. If the conductor has reason to Suspect that a passenger desires to palm off upon —_. Another Caban War Vessel Aflont. Havana, Jan, 9.—The Spanish frigate Gerona will sail for Venezvei for the purpose of soon ‘ him & worthteas ticket, it is Bie, duty to eect him ; watching the steamer Ei Rayo, Tie El Rayo was | while if a passenger, on the other hand, has inno- formerly the R. R. Cuyler, and was sold by acitizen | cently made such a mistake, he will, upon the dis covery of that frct, endeavor to satisfy the conduc: tor of the honesty of his intentions, ‘Tue onus in Such case ts with the passenger, who, if he fall or neglect to relieve the conductor of suspicions, 1s lia- bie. ‘The jury, after an absence of nearly fenrteen of the United States to the Columbian Government, Arumor prevails that she has been sold to the Cuban insurgents. The Gerona will also look alter Spanish interests generally in that quarter, = — hotirs, veturned and announced their inability to The Anna Not Released, ry Mr. Garrison was then released on his own Cnartestox, Jan, %—No action has been | recognizance to appear at the next term, taken by nited States Court in the case of the = a alleged Cuban sloop Anna, now in possession of the ILLINOIS DIVORCES, United States authorit! A motion to vacate the —>-- warrant of arrest is to be made to-morrow, soa MISINFORMATION FROM CUBA, > ueGeneral Whiat Wintering the Old Woman-A Rogance in Reni Lite. Prom the Chicago Republican, esterday morning, about 10 o'clock, an elder ly, Serious looking individual, well protected from the inclemency of the weather by sundry layers of overcoats and comforters, entered the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court in a methodical man. ner, and after spending adoat ten minutes in wrapping himself to a sufficient uegree to be able to articulate, expended about the same feriod of time in slowly looking around him. After carefully in. vestigating the surroundings of the highly ornament ed oMice, the ola gentleman's eye rested upon the bland features of one of the most gentlemanly and benovoleut of living deputy clerks, Leaning toward him, he seriously enunciated the import ant monosyllavie. * Capt” he personage thus addressed inquired for further particulars * Cup." repeated the stranger, **are yon given, to unhitehing folks here? Do you divorce a little?” ‘The reply to this interrogatory was of a somewhat afirmatory character, whereupon the questioner ted his grievance, after reluctantly admit wife hail not deserted him—neither h guilty of adultery, cruelty, drunkenne the other little eccentricities for which the 1a « Depleted Excheaqner, Sending Unneces: sary Troops 3,000 Miles. The Gasette, of Havana, the official organ of the Government, published on the 6th i Pro- clamation of the Cuptain-General, in which he con. gratulated the country upon its actual prosperity, * New troops and reinforcements, although not need- ed to suppress the insurrection, have come from Spain to full its obligations toward Cuba and to protect the island against murderers and robbers."* He then refers to the threats of homicide and incen- diarism made by certain bands of m against which precaations are now being taken in garrison- ing plantations with troops and civil guarda to save them from destruction. Mer of war have also been sent from Spain to Cuba with the intent to eruise along her coasts and to prevent the landing on the island of fillbustering expeditions coming (rom out- side, The Captat.«weneral says that there was never before in the island such a state of affairs as could be considered us a state of war; but now peace : ‘ A . lows a dissolution of the marital bonds tas been 40 fully regstablished that there ts no place | "°" The old woman, Cop,” quot he, “don't get {n tho island where the administration of public af | giong well with me. ' She jaws me fearlul, and if any fairs or the action of the civil courts is not entirely recoguized, man can stand jawing his name is not mi We don't get along well together, and haven't for the lust thirty years, I, therefore, want to be anhitebed, and [ dou't waut her to know anything about it until it's all over. 1 want it- done now, because it's get: ting cold weather, and it will take a good deal to winterher. Can I'get divorced bere without any- Dody firding it out for a spell?” “Mey iricod,”" responded the official, suavely and ————— Probable?Reviston of neome Tax Law. Wasuixctox, Jan. 9.—Commissioner Delano has sent ont instructions to the Assessors to send lim suggestions covering the collection of the in- come (ax, evidently with the idea that Congress will reGnact it, as what be desires is material tor revising the law, kind ‘ee ye yonder desk 1" See Th stranger responded in the affirmative. a * Carelessoess of Express Oficers, to If you come bors in al iad ore nour, yon wit pee gabgizanronr, Conn, Jan, 9.— The package of | oa iueie countenances sitting there together,” ins moment they will bear that a been commenced, They will rush for the papers, will brutally assault eacti other for the first chance to scan their contents, and then they will write for four hours apicee, They are newspaper men, and it for divorce has Press from Boston to Washington for the Secretary of the Treasury, and which mysteriously disap: peared trom the office of the Company in Wash- ington, has been found by officers of the Company, Pare See will write you up for publication, ‘They are proba. LOSSES BY FIRE, Diy now in the next room, dving the same thing for somebody else, They will write an article avout you with thirteen head Mnes. ‘They will print all ‘on know about yourself, and all that any one else nows, and s great deal that no one knows, Itmay, of course, do you good, but of that you will have to Judge yourself, You can't get rid of them. for thay are aCiuent aud incorruptible, and it won't be of any ‘use 10 kiN them, for at their offices they keep men & great deal worse than they age." Cap," slowly and radly asked the now frightened suitor, "is that all true 1" “Ty ty true, all of it, and less than the truth.” “Then, fs be proceeded to agai ‘Tug-Ront Burned off Robbin's Reef, At about 11:50 A. M, Teaterdey, the tug-boat Jonathan Chase, owned by Pease Bros,, of 90 South Street, after towing a bark to the lower bay, sudden. I tooie ire about the boiler batch while off Robbia's Reef. ‘ne ea bread 80 rapi eo crew were arte take Lo the boat, and wére picked up by the Staten Island ferry boat'Northfeld. The Chase was then towed over to the Jersey Fiats by the tug Una, assisted by the United States reven; cutter Jasmine, and the flames were extinguished by the Harbor Police, but not until afer much damage had been done, The boat was partly insured, said the old man with a melancholy air, nvelop himself in jus mul: itadinous wrappings, "1 aucas I'll winter the old woman after all.” Iflcome back again next year, aud then, perhaps, these fellows will be dead.” The residence of ‘ates, 124 ‘And silently and sorrowfully the disappointed ooe Brooklyn, was damaged $200 yesterday, pulled bis bat over his eyes and quietly stole away, M. P. Linderberg's tailor shop, 142 Clinton street, Se Brooklyn, was damaged $80) yorterday, SPARKS FROM THE TELEGRAPH, fred Honer's cabluet factory, in, the norther fos 3 ‘of Philadelphia, was burne: i an ae art of Philadelphi as yesterday. Los: Mr. O'Donobue, @ young Lrish pri 000, Ellis.& Dareltine's fouring mill In North Water | the Hed Kiver insurgents, steoet, Roon ‘assan street, t, is leading moet, cr, was burned yesterday morning, Loss | About 2 Chinamen arrived in New Orleans, on 15,00) ; Insured. Saturday, on their way to Texas, An incendi Z fre on Saturday night destroyed the store of Carrol & Co, in Frout Kow, Memphis, Loss $10,000; tnsured. ‘The Mexican Commission have agreed upon an umpire, but have not yet announced thelr selection, q jor Supervisors’ A Archit 712 Cheatnut street, Philadel iatyester: | yarteaare areangitce oar of Supervisors’ Ring gay morning ruined the stock, of adotiar etre wid | BAS canes titatene Gy shackes on aerehly Movers. F. A. Warne Co.'tJew- | "nn, schooner 8, and B, Small, from Baltimore, and ——— @ ISLAND, —- A thirty-borrel mght whale was caught off Ama- gansette on Friday, ing, of Flushing, for eutting Mullany's head last Friday, got off by giving him $5. The Rey, Mr. Pearce, the missing Methodist min- ister, of Westhampton, is supposed to be insane, The Rev, W. H. Talior, of Staten Island, has ace cepted a call trom the Presbyterian Church at Greea- port. Major-Gen, John A. Dix has purchased land in thamplou, ahd proposes to erect a sumniuer mM there, - another schooner, named ukuoWn, Went ashore on Cape Cod on Saturday, Joun Nixon, @ highly respected citizen of New Orleans, Was shot and killed at the Boston Club House, New Orleans, on baturday night, The President has stated that he would nominate ex-Judge Strong, of Pennsylvania, to be Associate Justice, vice Stanton, deceased, ‘The surviving soldiers of the war of 1819, a. ing in Missourl met in St. Louis on Saturday, and signed & petition to Congress asking for pens ot ‘The will of Halsey R; Wing, of Glen's Palla, was found tn a street iu Albany ou Saturday. It tsa part of the property Which Was ecolea from the Glen's Falls Bank on Friday. ‘The Hudson is filled with ice and closed at Cas- tleton. The steamer Connycticut, passed Poughkeepsie AtTovolock Inst night for New Youk, loaded down to her guards with freight, The Sunday Morning Herald \s the title of a new religious weekly publisied iy New Haven, Mr. 8. IL ‘Tutte ts the proprietor, and Mr.C. K, Tutile, formerly of the Boston Journal, is the editor, On and after June 8, 1870, the com of signals exclusively ts to be dacd at the f Richwond county trom ine | at Ladder Hill, St Helena, in making OF wi creasing the assessed valuation of Middlesex by $100.00), to and from the passhig shipping, Mrs. Albron Hosteer complained before Justice 1 Means Comittee Garvett on Saturday that Mra. Schlett had kidnapped ari Vill before LO. —_—__- ISLAND NEW, The County Court {s soon to be removed to Washington equare, Edgewater, A new military company has been organized in Stapleton, Ma). J. A. Noel, Captain, and Sam, #, Brick, joutenant. Judge Gilbert granted a mandamus on Satarday re- #traiuing the Supervisor STATE the child of a Mr, and Mra, Klett (who are in Germany), | Almost item gives rise. debate, and frequen fy hich bad been leit in her possession. they go back aud Feopen that which bas becu passed phi all over, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Gustave Fischer, the High Sherifof Cook county, aaweipeene TH, left for parte unknown on the 15th of December He took a favorite son, about four years of age, aud bee. Recorder Hackett sailed for Charleston, 8. C., on | tween $15,000 and 00), borrowed a few dan beluie. Saturday, lo be wdscnt three weeks. He also drew about 65,00 In feos to his off Wi. Horace Lingard and Alice Dunning have been Feconciled for the one hundred and elghty-sixth time, ew York capitalaty whereby the Work oF makiue The Tammany General Committee for 187) or. | levee Gown tie weal Dank of the Mis i high lands of Missouri to the mouth of U Enatritag” Saturday evening by retlecting Mr, Tweed | Fiver, in Arkansas, will be immediately be W. 0. Coll ‘The Supreme Court of Alabama has decided that hla ial eons nth eas been no property In slayer since 16s; that hie thereat in fvery Judement given th any of the Courts 1% Aiabama: Sule clty, for a fron {961 to 1868, is null and void, and that all ollicers of The t Lopes ts In Washington to | Courtsaud Legidiatures wore more usurpers during that esent (he intergsts of lis iather, and to induee the | period. inistration to vonew diplomatic intercourse With |” In Charleston, on Snturday, Manager John ‘T. ey. Ford was arrestelt for violating the State law under the Francis Train's appointments are, Bingham: | Civil Rights bill, in denyiug alinission to acolored man Yin; Owego, ith; Flaite, 12th; Kabton, 1th; | who had a ticket for @ reserved seat io the viress circle alivile, 1th, sew Brduswick, bth ; Taumany,* Old | of his theatie, such Uckvb baying becu purchased by & Fogloy” ext Sunday, whe mam ‘Arrangements have been consummated with heavy of Somers, Conn., has recently sold ting aod publishing business io n. ft PRICE TWO CENT: THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. ee FORESHADOWINGS OF THE EMPERe OR'S FUTURE POLICY, ——. The Dienity of the Mag talncd—Sunbbing the Extension of the Amuesty—Enlargemong of the Kepresentation~The Pross Pare tially Unfetrered, Pants, Jan, 9.—M. Ollivier, in his address te the magistrates yesterday, sald: “I will maintaig intact the dignity of the magistracy, and above al Will keep justice clear from politics, so that decisions will have all the more weight." M. Buffet, Minister of the Finances, replying to an address from the Great nancial societies, declared that they must cone form strictly to their statutes to avoid such misfore tunes as that of tho Crédit Mobilier, He informe® them that the Ministry of Finance would not keep: up relations, as heretofore, with the great financlers, in the Corps to-morrow Depaty Cremileax wild Propose that Ledru Rollin and Tibaldi be not exclade ed from the benefit of the amnesty recently grante® to political offenders, In addition to the project tow & reduction of the army contingent, the ministry Will propose to-morrow in the Chambers to abolish the law of Stree Générale, At the same time an ome planation of the interior and exterior policy of tne empire will be given, The Ministry have decided that Algeria shall be represented In the Corps Logige latif by fonr deputics. Permission has been accorded for the sale of alt journals in the strects, All foreign journala sre creafter to be distributed without examiuation by the Burena of Censorship, ‘Phe resignation of M. Pietsl, Prefect of the Police, has not yet been officially anounced, but itis cere tuln that he Is soon to be anperaeded, ——— THE POPE'S INFALLIBILITY, —. The Wernrchy Fore cipitate Envnciation arity of the Discus: eal Council. Roun, Jan, 8.—At the session of the Councif to-day, notice was given of the nomination of Cardle nal Bizzarri as President of the Committee on Rox ligious Orders, The Committec on Dogmas has bee eun {ts settings, Several ultra-Roman Fathers have signed a petition to the Pope, praying His Holiness to present to the Couneil an opportunity for declaring tue dogma of infallibility. Itis evidently thelr desiga to force even the Holy Father into this precipitate policy, as they are doubtful of obtaining a sufeien§ number of adhestons to their party unless he pub- Hely commits himscif in favor of the dogma, ‘The rumor that the Pope will allow no discnssion of the tion ef infallibity in « Connell, unless bi sure of the result, is confirmed, He receives suck Petitions as the above but simply as expressions of homage to the Holy See, the Pontift into Pree ft the Dogma—Peew. 6 in the Cicument« pect a Riot near the Shetficld Collierien. trade union riot occurred at the Thorneliffe collieries near SkeMeld yesterday. Muclt excitement prevails in Shefield and the sure rounding country, The Spanish War Clond Vanishing Mapu, J 9.—The Ministerial crisis hag ted. Sefior Rivero, President of the Corte noted the Ministry of the Interior, Admin: Topete that of the Marine, and Sefor Sagosta the Department of State, z —_ on Explosion at the I. From the Atlanta (Ga.) New Bya. Jan The balloon ascension announced for yesterday was made promptly at the appointed time, Dr, Al- bert Hape went up alone, When the balloon had reached the height of about one mile, those who were watching It were horrified to see it explode and cole lapse in the upver air. Noone in the vast crowd ht of a Miles doubted that the trip was a fatal one to the ardent adventurer, For about an hour the anxiety was very intense, when, to the aston. ishment of every one, the Doctor rode jn, sound im, body and as cheerful in soul as ever, The Doctor fell about three miles out of town, and the only in jury he sustained was a few scratches from som bushes into which he fell. He was aneonscious when he reacbed the ground, but soon recovered, maeeasentiaalniee LATEST LABOR NEWS. —— and blockers in the hat establishmenta, have etrnck for an advance; the sizers viockers fur tour weuts per hae ‘The cigar makers are on ton of their wages, and at th ray rike against a rednoe ton Saturday owing marrict Kh, President Recording, Win, No Mr Tove ares hb, Treasurer, —— FLASHES FROM THE OC = ‘The French army is to b Th ic arrived out yesterday, pale Freneh ambassadors in London and Berlia have resigned Fifteon of the Spanish gunboats arrived in Flae vana harbor on Friday Vice-President ; i Martin, Finanet N CABLES, reduced Meon bas pat ned the miners who were ime prisoned for participation 1u the At g After the capture an Englisty, teamer alded in extingulsung the dames. whereabouts is unknown, Mr, William Donglas challenges the world to race his yacht Sappho (American) to Sandy Hook. thestarg. to be made fn British waters, on the 4th of July nfl Charles Hugo and Felix Pyat, editors of the P Rappel, have Deon fined and imprisoned for violatiot of the preas law. Each isto pay. ?.000 francs ne, an he former te to be imprisoned four months, and the jatier eight, Bale Julius K te missin, oilman, a shoe manufacturer of Newark, So are $1,9(0 and a young girl. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Greaves, of Paterson, found their child dead in bed on Saturday morning, A new boating club has been organized in Patery fon, to be called the * Passaic Club, of Paterson, N. J. Wim. Van Seiler, who had been living with Marga. ret Naigher in Beacon avenue, Hudson ty, was locked up on Saturday to answer for'an assault upon his li ful wife, who Lad tracked hin from Williamsburgh, ‘The station agents on the live of the Erie Railroad are required henceforth to give bonds for the faith Porformance of thelr duties in sums varying from #1. 10 $10,000, according to the Importance of thelr stations. On Saturday. Judge Henry P. Simmons, of Page talc. N. J. sold his dwelling house and land, in the cene tre of Passuic village, extending along voth sides of the ation and running’ to the Passate "river, Tor §390,0My The purchasers are James Crooks, Hopper & Cor ‘Thomas Traverse, of Hoboken, was fatall in the emash-up of ‘a gravel train on the Fesex Maliroad onthe 2th uit. anda Coroner's Jury om Saturday seyucred a verdich sabstancielly accusing (he CanWrUas FEDGSEES B VOTH shaman Crane felestact ie Verdict dir the Jurors elwply to censure the Conductor, which the . te JOITINGS ABOUT TOW J-sidle Logan's assassin ia still at larce, The College Review is published in New York, The Rey, Dr. Cheever discoursed yesterday upom the " Mechanics of Prayer.” The President's first State dinver ts the great event in Washington on Wednesday next ‘Twenty police stations In thie city on Satarday night sheltered 93 persons, of whom 1u5 were womem and gir The Argentine Repnblic's Minister in ton has officially informed secretary Fish Ui aguayan War is closed ‘The Democrats of Indiana have resolved to oppose Washinge the Pare everything that the Republicans approve, except thad they repudiate repualatio: Jolin Nevius, aged 94, died suddenly at 50% West Twenty-ninth blreet: Catharine Geary, aged 96, died suddenly at 23 Mulberry street. Superintendent Losee, of the Free Labor Bureat reports that for the Week ending Tan. s situations we furnished (o 113 mal males. ht vietins in his Mulberry street pris: known as the House of Detem tion for wit yesterday, Crime, poverty, Jolin Martin, aged 9 years, was arrested on Satate day for beartly Intoxi . He and Larry Riley, also fazed 9 years, bad been twice previously arrested fon burglary. Heverdy Johnson saya that Maryland bas no reht to demand one-Afth of the gross tecelpts from passe «er iravel over the Washingtoa eranch of the Bailuaore Sha Ohio Railroad, The pupils of Seabury Hall in West Forty-second Street Nad an entortanment Saturday night to Lyra Hall, for the benefit of the * Sheltering Are one tbe tuldn Under the care of the PE, Churelie Elward Wardlow, ast Thirty-seventh Street, while intoxical vening, attempted @ cide by trying to stab himself fn vie heart With a Oyator knife, in tho Milly House, Fourth av ebUe, THe condition of Aenry Hannon. who was alrack. the ofin the Sixth. Ward, Gouwidered peritous, Hursness has been arceatod f eparated from keros N may be sens from kere after on Frisay event tothe pubic Deen two 9 ¢ Biale tosch as have with the College, aud to tne schools. “4 ‘The Police Justices on Friday dismissed Mr. Robt Jontion who has been twelte Years Clerk of tie Abe Clal_Sessions, and put in his place Michacl Shi brother of the Justice, Mr. Shandiey gots $5,000 as Po lice Justign’s Clerk, and 65,00 a8 Clork of the Bpocia Sessile