The Sun (New York) Newspaper, January 24, 1871, Page 1

THIRTY-£IG YEAR. EW YOR “a ‘UESDAY, JANUARY 24, PE WAR ON FRANCE Che Bombardment of Paris Uninterrupted. The French Loss at St. Quentin Fifteen Thousand. on. Faidherbe’s Army Com- pletoly Domoralized. _— tLongwy Reported to be in Flames. ~The Freach end P: sian Lose ta Berti Loxvox, Jan. 93—7 A. M.—A correspondent Wthe London Telegraph reports from Paris that be only effect of the bombardment upon ihe city bas deen the destruction of some old houses and ood varis, avd that the German fire latierly bas Yeon har miess. GaN, TROCHD SUSTALNED, Private letters from Paris state that the last meet- Wag of the Council of Defence was stormy. Urgente Temands were made upon Gen. Trocha for grand porties, ‘The General proposed to resign, and th Council appointed Gens, Vinoy, Frébault, and Bément-Thomas a triumvirate to replace Trocku. Badsequentiy, however, the Council reeotled from the esponsibility of changing the plans for the defence of Paris, and Gen, Trochu was {ally sustained FROCHL'S REPORT OF THR BATTLE OF THE 10TH. News from Paris to the %th has been received. Phe lotiers say the line of battlo on the 19th reached fom Montretout to La Celle, and that the Freach yumbered 100,000 men, supported by ® powerinl ree of artillery, Gen, Trochu, in bis report of the Dattle, eaye: The day, which commenced success hhily, did not terminate as we could have wished The enemy were at Oret surprised, but subsequently wacentrated great masses of artillery and infantry, wd at 8 o'\Jock in the afternoon our leit receded. We resumed at nightfall the offensive movement, bat were unable to nold the heights which we had hken. The strugele was sangulosry, We have waked for an armistice.” WHY THE GERMANS REFCSED AN AnwrSTICR. ‘The Germans refased the French request for an @mistice to bury the dead before Paris, because ation wae merely a verbal one, The out sever, mutually fa’ilitated the removal nded. OEE OANLISON LOSING TRART AT CHANEY’S DEFEAT. It {s snid the earrison of Paris would not renew Dee attack upow the Germans, because Gen, Troe Jad beew app: ised of Geo, Chanzy's defeat. WEAR UNXOVED AT GEN, CHANZY’S DEFEAT. Advices from Paris say the news of Gen. Chanz)'» Jefost was reecived stolcally by the people ant wmy. of DESPATCH FROM THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. ‘The Emperor Wiliam telegraphed to the Empress Ander cote of Versaillos, 21st, as follows “Yosterday the enemy ontirely withdrew tnto Paris. Fiftven officers and 250 men were captured St. C cud." fr. DENIS BOMBARDED, Jan. 62, 6 P.M.—The bombardment of Paris bas deen unis terrupted for the last (ow days. Fire has Uso bee oo opened upon St, Dents, FRENCH AND PRUSSIAN LOSS IN THR SORTE, Veusainies. Jan. 2, P.M. via Lonpon, fist KS P. M.—All te quict this afternoon, and tne Woops on both sides remain in their positions. Prutsion ioes in the recent sortic was 400, and that Of the French was to heavy thut they have asked for a 48 hours for the purpore of moving the wonnded and Lurying the dead, FROM PRUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, ‘Versainuxs, Jan, 90, via Lonpo, atst.— gover o/ u dense fog to-day the French troops we again wassed near Fort Mont Vaiérien, but nothing Further was attempted. The Prussian position » Montrevous WAS TAKEN BY SURPRISE Oy the Fr ne) yes'ervny .nd carried, but was sub Pequentiy retaken by the Prussiam Ninth Division The tors G ap logs iy Doth aQuirs was 20 office god 20) men oners taken by the Germans Ihat theve are \o be OTHER ATTACKS on tLe investing lines, but asso:t positively tha he Notions! Guards will not fight. TUBRE 18 LITTLE NEWS FROM PARIS, Gough aivices to the 18th have been recelved. The Famage by the bombardment Is stat-d te be no Aadousive, aad only @ fow persons bad been kil d. YOOD FOR THE PARISIANB, Large droves cf oxen, intendea for Paris, have Passed Kieime, and ready for the advance o: Ben, Convey, who ts receiving reinforcements, ‘THR VICTIMS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. News from Paris of the 17th reports Jules Favre fuite il, ‘The victims of the bombardient in kitie wna wounded already numbered 99 children, 40 pemen, wad 72 mon, TROCHO'S POLICY DENOUNCED, Loom, Jan, 23-250 P, M.—Advices from luside ris bo the 21st have been received Groot diseutisfaction and despondency prevaile Bb cousequence of Gon, Trochu's failure in bia list Mh reax through the lines of the enemy J was re) nd avalible force of Wllery and infantry reserves took no part in the Bow licy was loudly denounced Wook sud temporiaing BT, DENIS ALMOST SILENCED, ‘Vensariias, Jan, 24,—The bombardment of St be progressing favorably; the fort is almost Pr ried that a larg: hu's o fires tn the town of St, Denis and als Wlikin ibe wails of Paria were observed to-day TUE ARMY OF THE NORTH. French Lone at St. Quentin—Cambrai Sum- moned te Burrender-Around Valence: ne Flood The People around ¢ bral Terror-Ptricken—¥ vyetot Pauished, Loxoox, Jan. 22,—The Army ef the Nortu i Pepidiy resuming its organization THE FRENCH LOS® AT BT, QUENTIN, 15,000 The Ewperor telegrapns from Versailles to Brwopress that the latest estimate of the Freuch le Bt Bt Quentin ts 16,000 men, including 11,000 pri doners CAMBRAI SUMMONED To SURREXDER. A despaich fro le, 294, says tho city of © bre) tae been summoned to surrender by 8 o'elock Wie afternoon 4 STMCNGLY FORTIFIED POSITION CAPTURED: Gen, ‘Lieskow, who bas advanced from Beau fvesne. is reported to have captured the stronr Torufed woods as Tuillos Bailly and the village of Poroun. Five officers and oighty men were tacen Phe German lows was considerable AMOUND VALENCIENNES FLOODRD. ‘The country aroun! Valenciennes has been taun consequence of the expected approach of MOBILES BRAVING BADLY. The moviilaed National Guard behaved dadly tn ee butte of Bt. Quentin, Fully Ofteon thousand of Tics Levame paniewtricken, and fled from the fe B disor ler THF PLOVLR AROUND CAMBUAL PANIC-STRICKEN A teh trom Cambrai, evening of the tt * oral panic aniong the poople. ‘The ® ‘ nd ongoing ts audi Re. Gon. Faldhorbe and ats bave gone to Douul * Fayre to Lille, Tue whereabouts of ove ‘ f the army are unk wn } ‘rom Lille the 21st reports the utmost MBMeoniiou. andthe wowew and chibdren fying from the ety, The troops are arriving In a piltable stato. A later despaten, dated at Lille on Saturday (%1s\) afternoon, says M. Gambetta bas delivered an address before enthnsics tle throngs of people, in which he advocated resist Ance 1 tho enemy to the bitter end, and denounce tie partisan and cowardly ery of “ Peuce ut any price.” He repudiated any intention to form. or de: ‘tire on bis part for, a dictatorshiin ; urged the peonle and army to de their duty, and prophesied @ fual triumph for the French arms, #7, QUENTIN occuPrED, Lonnon, Jan. 14:30 P, M—A 4 Quentin says the railway station was stormed by the Nineteenth Prassian Regiment, and that the town was afterwards eccapied. Ten thousena Frenoh troops were taken prisoners, of whom (vo (housand hed been wounded. Six euns were among the tropiiies of the victorious Germ: TveToT PuNisHED. ‘The Prussians have imposed a requisition of forty thousand francs upon the people of Yvetot, near Havre, as © punishment for the sympathy displayod for the roach cause. A Rostace. The Mayor of the town of Dotbeck hi As a bostage by the Prosstins. AN IMPRRIAL Dm ‘The Emperor William, in a press Augusta, says: “The number of unwounded prisoners eaptured at Bt Quentin ts 9,000, besides 2,000 wounded taken inthe town, The total loss of the French is 15,090. Toe enemy has witharawn to Valenciennes and Deval We have agaia occupied Cambrai,” THE DEFEAT OF FAIDHEROR, Bnvssnxa, Jan. 21.—Tho details which have come to hand of the defeat of Gen. Faidberbeshow that the French Army of the North bas safferea a terri ble blow from which it ean hardly reco entry of the retreating army into the elty of Ca brai was a sad scene of disorder, The oops wore shooless and in rags,and the army fragmentary to a Kroot degree, THE GERMANS IN THR Wrst, Loxvor, Jan. 23—A despaich from Hovre, 204, says the Germans are entering the Departments of Calvados and Orne, OR. FAIDHERDE TILL PLUCKY. Liuux, Jan, 28.—Gen, Falduerbe issaes @ nope‘al been taken arom. patch te the Rn The Bombardment of Loogwy—The Town reported to be in Flames—After Rourbaki. Loxpox, Jan, 2%, 9:80 P, M,—A despatet from Arion, 2d, says the bembardmeat of Lougw continnes, The garrison reply energetically to the Prussian fire, FORTE PROASIANS BURNED TO DAAT A despatch from Arion eays the Prussians are rapld’y occupying the approaches to Lougwy, A French sell bad eet fire to aud destroyed a farm house within the fightivg lines, Forty Prussians perished in the fiames, It te said the fire of the garrivon has silenced one of the Prussian batte LONGW Y IW FLAMES, ‘The bompsrdment of Lonewy is vigorously com nced, and the town is on fire, Later.—The report tbat Longiry ts im flames is confirmed. AFTER nounDAxt. It is said that Gen. Franseky with the second German corps bas left Versailles for Dijon to con- front Gea, Bourbal A PRUSSIAN REPCLSR. Anton, Relzinm, Jan, 2%.—Dhe Prassians suffered a repulse at Lonewy on Saturday ai Their guns were unted, and they were forced to place thelr bat a greater walls The ticries ab Herselango bly to € firo of the besieged, Tne Pras are wai vier guns, On Sunday, however, tne bom burdmeat became more vigorous FIGHTING AT DIJON. Borpzavx, Jan. 23.—Dyjon was e fr Cutry reply t m the attacked large Prorsian force yesterday, end there eral engagements tn the ne troops commanded by © paid were in action, and behaved splen ihe French maintained ail their positions, The ad vanced posts of both armies were close to each other just night, and it was expected that tne bi be resumed to-day, The Prassiaus occupied Dole after # bombard ment CrTTING OFF NOEMARI's nernrar. seu, Jun. 23—The J danger tuat Bourbaki's lin épendance B ge ay of retreat wi The Army of the Lotre, Lowpor, Jan, 22—6 P, M.—An attempt by the Froveh from Langres to surprise toe Germans at Chaumont bas miscarried WAR NOTES. - Bismarck Promoted — Gambetta advecates an Eternal War rather than Surrender any Territory—The German Emperor, Count yon Bismarek has been promoted to be Licatenant-General, ‘Ths establishment of a Belgian camp at is discunsed at Brussels, Acvices from Versailles say the Bavarian regiments wore represented at the ceremony proclaiming Kinz Widiem peror of Germany. M. Gambetta, ip reply to. popnier call, made at France prefers au ctornal war to tae surrender ny territory Launve" The French have estat 1 a line of cruisers etween Gibraltar and the Buglish Coannel, Nive vessels have been appointed to the service, six of which are iron-clads. Vho citizeus of Hamburg and Bremen celebrated tle proclamation of King William as Emperor of Germany by the firing of salutes Vhe * olned hearily in the demonstrauon, aad decorates cir residences tn honor of the event Phe Emperor William, in an order of the day, an ounces to the army his seceptance of the imperial ienity, and acknowlelges that its bravery ond en n © have hastened the unitestion of Germany t lerauly charges the army ev strong arm of the Fath M.” Gambetia, im aprese1 confidence » he added 00 o remain specch at Faidierbe, General would the enemy, and M. Gambeiia also ni 4 that reel) levies are to he 1 armies o! France, His remarks were Of grest enthusiasm among the people, that resistance in the end, be sucessful, the bis to must re ‘eccabion —— The London Couference, Loxpox, Jon, 28—7 A. M.—Count Bismarck bas, in @ ‘note in reply to M, duion Favre's requert ‘or asafe conduct, declined to enter opon uny such erotiation, His reasons tWerelor are given in the following summary of the noty: Count Bismarck says: *Presuming that the wuihority of the Pr Visional Goveroment had pot been recoguized by the French nation, the military Goverument for wer y allowed M, Favre to pass without prejudiving the question of recognition. It in now iupussibie t ive M. Fayre @ sale conduct to pads che Geruan fon, because of his deciaration that an invitation proceedings of te Conforenc ion of the Repubic.” Tu ¢ arck voiutediy Inquires whether Vans fr Germany lviy oversuadow the Kaniera the intere and France comp. WOM. Favre had held a consultation with the Moyors f Pariy as to the propr Loadon, ‘The Mayors were fouud to be divided iu Ovivion, aud po decisive Lud yet been made in the manu Fionexcr, Jan, 22.—In tho Italian Chamber of Deputies yosterdsy, Signor Vronosio, in rep'y to on jaberpellation uddrensed to the Stinisst Lit wa mpessibie for Maly alone tot retworn France and Prussia, ‘The Govern Owe ver, intended to seize an opportunity ty codperaie with Uie tier powers in that direction — Dion's Failure, Cyrille Dion, wt the conclusion of the game tween Radolpbe and Garnier on Saturday night pressed bis determninatinn to eecept Rudolphe's and anid that on Monday he would Lia $600 ih the Clipper ofice, Yesterday pulicre @f Mut Jeurval Wad Reem muy lu The inference is thai Dion Me alsaid we “Mneek the eban pion Kadedphe MR. TWEED’S LEGISLATURE THR ANCIENT BOOK THAT I8 NOT FOUND IN THE CAPILOL, — 1 the Domocratic Ass Mently Remembered yaters and Ale. Corress ondenee of The Sum. Avnanr, Jan, 24—8 A. M.—There was a slim \ttendance in tho House to-nigkt, Business was rasied through at ratiroad speed, and afer the Presentation of @ number of bills, and the summary disposal of @ few resolutions, the Houre adjourned ‘until 11 o'clock to-morrow morning. Immediately after the adjournment thore was a rnsh to the library, where the Cominittes on Privileges and ctions were to meet to take testimony in the case of Twombly against Carey, The flon. T. ©, Fields and Alderman Dnrnin appenred for Carcy, ant Mr. Twombly was ropresented by Mr. T, B, Stewart, who had just returned from Wash- Ington, whither ho had been with his friend, the Hou, Hugh Hastings, to nseist him in his tueste with Brooks. Mr. Stewart was also assisted by M Howe, an old coiloge classmate of Twombly'’s. The +t witness called for Mr, Twombly was Mr, Churlos F. Dennison, who acted as Insvector in the Kichisonth District of the Sixteenth Ward, There Was rome diMeulty In getting etarted, as there was NO BIBLE TO BE FOUND in the Commirtes room or in the Assembly, anda messenger was despatched to procure one, But he Wea coue so long tm search of a Bible somewhere io Albony that the Committee beeame impationt, and finally Mr, Dennison consented to be eworn by the upli(ted hand. He testified that he was an in- spector in the Eighteenth District on the day of election, Mr, Stowart then asked whether he could tel) the number of votes given for Assembly in that district, Mr, Fields objectod on the «round that the ofticlal report of the Board of Canvassers bad beew put In by Mr, Twombly, and he could not now intro duce witnesses to destroy his own testimony, MR. BTRWART WAS SURPRISED At this position, Me cloimed tat the Committes bad a right to take any and all kinds of testimony; that (hey were nota court of law, nnd that this was niere quibble to trip Twombly up and choke off a foli investigation. He aiso claimed that Carey lind never put tn an answer to Twombly's petition; but Mr. Murphy, the Chairman of the Commiites, enid he bad pat tn a general deniol. On searchtog the minutes no record of any such denial was found, butall the Domocratic members of the Commitioe that it had been pot in, an t of the clerk of the Co 1 did not appear there, Mr to conduct this case on THCUNICALITIFG AND QuiIDDLes, t wished fall and free investigation of .the whole sulject, If after th mini de et them and the House siow a, he and bis client would be s Mr. Fickis said; “Ibis @ goo ou voyage to What Cow Ald wan of course mittee tha Stewart did uot desire tied ee shonid dec {sustain their tisdod. in reply thing whon starting Know your bearince.” He claime. that for three weeks the whole Republican press of the State had been howline because ne had veotured to think that Carey was legally elecied. He Delieved position taken by hin was UNASSAILABLE IN LAW, bat he bad no dosire to hold the petitioner to the strict letter of the law. He claimed that the Ming of Carey's certificate of election in the House was sufficient answer 10 Twombly's petition, He claimed that if the Commitiec allowed this testi mony to bejtaken, it was a matter of favor and not of right, and that it was for the Commnittce to say whether they would allow any testimony in rezard to tuo voto for Assembly in the Eightesnth District of tho Sixteenth Ward to be tuken. After fursher discussion tho Committee allowed the witness to testify In anewer to the question of how many Votes were east in let of, the Sixteenth Ward whot were for, he sud tl whies MrT nid there W 18 there ond were unfoided. re une re they z the vote Bir, Teriune was NOT A MEMBER OF THE DOAND, be As invited to assist by Mr. Seixas, who was tor In answer to Mr. Fie us, witness did not remember how tia $s were en in that dis or Heftman, W . OF Lor any candidate bus Assem)iyman Mr, Lodiow, ® poll clerk, Terhune take part in the ¢ tue exict number of votes given for Assembly man t coud not remember the vole given for a other esnuldate, In revly to Mr, Bicids that the Carey and Twombly tickets rould apart by their endorvements, and that it was pos sible jor to change the ballots wi.ile connting thet id pot think tt pr testified that he saw Unting He remembered whe did. Mr Henriques was ciso sworn, but li MEMORY WAS 89 POOR that his py was of p © eliler alts, Mr wart here appiled ‘or alive ment to compel tae atten tance of Sir. Terk who, be said, ad Leen subpenaed out bad not putin an a ance ‘The witachment was cranicd and t mittee adjourned until & P.M. to-morrow Alter the ovjourpment of the Committee, man Durrin felt so bcbly elated over he invited ail wa to the D: him in tiepos ters and FORTY DOZEN DOTTLES of Seatch ale, which he brough’ up with hin from New York today, At two o'clock this morning they were on the Mh barrel of oysters, but the colch ale iad beon exhausted and they bad falien kk on milk prougat iu from Lelonu’s fart, AN INVESTIGATION FOnESUADOWED. Foreaveing the defeat of the repoal of the bi the Directors of the Central, and Erie Railroads, (1.e corru been hired to hound on the trom Kings county have alr Wtueka upon the tera Qoodrieh’s move for authorizing the e!nsifieation of Hudson Kt ver, Harlon, tyournale whieh have wided member rs of thie Railr mit ‘The following mv icious paragraph from the A bany correspondence of the Improved Times, published on the 19th inst., has given olfeace to the bersuns reterred ty Crouch 19 at Nis post avain this wook, Qunring up the annual taxon Erie, Me Mods te itulroad t nities 1h Houses in a *eteiking* mood, and ¢ thoussad vols hot fay fron i Tare per Mau for ebeh wiciuber of che ¢ { This airoclous Lbel was promptly replied to by Mr. C., but dircoveris their represent This cowardly course Will not euchd ever, as Thave iton € t uh inveatigation | Miude at tue fret meeting of the House Commit WHAT THE WORKINOMEN Ane DOIN, ‘The S ate Workingmon's Assembly, which moots hore tomorrow, promises (o be largely atended dessa, Jessup, President of te. W Union, Walsh of the Printers’, Con W, Yo he Journeymen Mrinterw GF the Puilors’, Kulioe of the Arvciter Magy Others from Various sections of th . ROUTING BUSINESS, Tn the Assembly bills were tutrodnced for the Deiter brotection of health and the prevention of vice in Now York eity; relating to the Hale of pateut medicines in New Yurk, city; making provisions fur etonographors in tho Sixih, Seventh, and Highth Judicial District Courts; and amending the Fusing Avenue Iinprovement act. Lie Governor returned the bill authorizing 1 District No, 4, in Castleton, Nich ty, to borrow money to complete a schoo %, on the ground tiat the Irusieos have power already, ‘The bill was put on ite passag gain in the Seanto, and rejected Mr, Iyweed introduced a’ bill authoriging any re liglouis corporation to purcaase land and. erect school houses for Sunday or parochial seh 1 or they may hire the sme for thut purpose Tho Sonate Commitico of the Wholo passed th bill authorizing the Avenue ¢ roud Company uf Now York (o extend its track: The Impeachment 'frial of Gov. Holden. Rarwion, Jan, 93,—The High Court of Lnpew ment was convened to-dy, and Gov, Holden f his answer to the articles of impeachment, The answer is a very voluminous document, and cover two hundred pages of fuolscap. The Boar of Manugera will make their replication to-morro: at 1a M., and the trial will thea proceed regularly The Munacers r 61 ex-Guy ir Gov Hon, A. 8. Merriinon Gov. Ht tains tuo Hon, W. d the Mon, Nathaniel Boyden, aud J. M4 FKL —— Killed by her Insane Daug Avnany, Jan, 28.—A colored wom Cwsar, was found tn her residence at Kinderhook this moruing wiih ber throat cut and de daugulor, Who is insane, com/essod the crue ON THE TRAIL OF A ROGUR. —— Van Eeten, the Belgian Swindler—Ware tnre Dark, and Tricks that are Vain How the Cnlifornia Bonk was Doue ont of $10,000-The F. ‘Tre Wall strest among all of its operators, legiti- mate an herwise, has po bolder or more dexierous hand than Lewis M. Van Eeton, who was arrested a fow days since in New Orleans, ana broaght to this city by Detective Sampson, tho Argas of the Btock Exchange. Mr, Van Eeten's usual lay is the disposal of stoton bonds, but to this he adds the loss weighty arts of gentecl ewindling and occasional shop-lifting. The watehful eye of Sampson hed been attracted to the gentleman early Inst fall, and he bad foiled Lim in sundry attompts upon the cash of Mr, Gilman, President of « Southern railroad, Mr, T, C, Durant, of the Union Pacific, aod Mr, George Opdyke. About this time the detective was tossed out of a wagon, ‘nd inid up with a broken wrist, Mr. Van Eeten made much of the opportunity, and dofranding Mr. Goddard, of Wells, Fargo & Co., of & preity tum, and Mosars, Fisk & Hatch of $7,500, departed from New York with bis ill-votten spoils, He took whh him a lady, bat not his lawtal wife. We latter remaining to the city, Tie wormen wio accompanied bim was a Mra, Werner, who obtained 8 divorce from her husband during the preceding month, aed linked her fortunos to the swindler, fhe was on intimate terms of frie hip with Mr. Converse, a bariness man of Pine stroet, and she reprosonted to him that she had got a divorce from her brotal husband and was married to « wealthy gentioman named Col, Anrusus C. Van Tassel ‘They desired te eo to California, where the Colonel prooosed to invest largely in real estate, aud she would feel obliged If he¢would elve here lelier of fotroduetion to some real estate agent in Ben Fran- Mr, Converse was Yory gind to oblize his #0 wo sat down and penned the folow- OMLIGING A DRAR FRIEND, (Copy) Wa. P. Converse & Co, No. St Pine st Naw vone. Sept, 15th, 1°79. Wokeley & Pret, San Pravclsro, California P.0. Box No. = 1ma: Ths wi ¢ to Jntrodvee to your ae sinjance aod kin ye bearer, Col A Taree 1,9 > ch bis good W tothe La end 1 of ours is arout to vial Casiforgia with & View Ailing And engaging in somo active basiness th y.weask thatyon Go the needful abd show them the boa place to locate, Ai posal of which We Wil feel Breatiy obliged, Respecuinily, WM. P. CONVERSE & CO. Having received this, the tndy departed and joined Mr. Van Eeion, wx0 imme tiately asopted thy name of Van Tusesi, and departed with his friend for Son Francisco, When they arrived there Wey songht out Mr Wekoloy, aad be welcomed them kindly. AU Mr, Van ‘Tassel’ requert he introduced him w ¢ Bank of Calitornia, wuere tue Yorker de- ited t wr nquiries of Une real ertate wgen* as to the most re. Uiuierative and relisble property in the neighbor hood. He Luowledge of grape growlog, and lio discussed that; he net sone Idea. of (rait or chards, aya De talked stout them, aud he dinpresse tue san Francisco man tavora%ly, both aa te bis tn tell ence and tions, At last he closed witl atomnting offer of sf. the bork with Mr. Wakel m for $8,000, and ein: ev, said to the cashier : fed my bond, and pur it wo Weil, have yon trv throu ty the asital :ermut: o,"" gail the cashier; ‘it's euch a mere matter that we are always dilatory about it, Wu " Jn you + "Why, [have abont concladed to bays farm of Mr, Wakeley nora, and 1 wamt the fund to par ry good; we'll let you bave the #9,700 on it. Is L believe?" The money ws handed over, and the friend: parted, Van Tassel engaging to ea! And constimmate the barcain, ho inteadod to bo in bis Wie's name, Berauze to uy, In the morn Ing he never went near the real estate ofics, Wake lee went down to the Lank, FERLING TROUMLED AND MYBTr and mentioned the circumstance, ‘The Cuitiornia at once leegraphed to their ascn's, Lees & Muiior, and received tor answer that the Lobd wus probably a stoloa one altered. It was at forwarded for identiicatic 1 pulice we and to tee policeman 4 Bank of New York er tie city, but could O ata unwil the dd of Nov he and hie con er, Wen it Hion Tis was rev rs wrote the 01 te Superin ‘ Saturson egree | with wim, that 8 Wn to the Inthinus wos pure waste of ince te man cou'd not be 4 there, Visited Siates bas ho exiradition treaty, avd roover, the nuture of the t he Wosld wot stop there with him, and that frend bed @ Simpson ovserved, the Indy woolt Like to go some place Where abe could show them without threat en tho tudiseretion. So ft 1 betwee n should r waplred) a Mr, Van Tassel bad 1 at Acannico in the E mn Ov the 15ih he got en order from Gov, Wa: w York, Hardly nad ¢ i be Court Hous: | juan to arive off 1 was about bc nthe day, and the tralo »! atl’ M. He shouted to Keten walked across @ plaatatioa to tue boat foid the marshal. hurding over the paper re uinod Samy 1 vit cried the man, Aibhe } son, “and W youn | 1 iu ' Piut's us ib Je," repel te nu mar shal, coming lis wiwadant Weaving up L * All rigiit, cried Simpson, Now, « n hore x Kuod hy you Uy and leave me ni he pr dare v rr da inch be faviray Tie marebal was amenable to logic, and sul But ol! along through Loniviana, Mississippt, ond nnessoe.t y f lost tie ety u & ol a Southern prisoner, sad, Sampara Helio, ‘The prisoner, Who Debsved remarkaub Well during the transit, Wis Wansforred to the ibs yesterday morning by au order from Judso pending toe astlou of be Misuud Jaaanen a PRIOR TWO CEATS THE FIRST GREAT STORM. D STRUCTION FROM THE PRAINIES TO THE ATLANTIC COAST, ——_ A Thousand Miles of Telearaph Wire Down Havoc in the West-Thoe Track of the Storm—scenes In and Around tho City. Correspondence of The Yun. Crrevao, Jan. 21.—The storm which seems thus far to inve expended its fores anon the belt of country Iying betweon the dist and 42d parallels of north latitude, and which, ae we learn by tolerraph, fs doing maeb mischief on ite course toward the At lantic, has beon expecially severe in its wrath in the district within 100 and 150 miles east and south of this point. The storm, according to our weather Wine people, arose in Canada, parsing through Michigan to the lake, and then sweeping southward ‘with renewed force and vigor. Wheresoever it may have started, whithersoover it may have swept and may bo etill sweeping on its ruthless MISSION OF RUIN, cortain it {9 that no such storm of snow, eloet, batt, wind, ond rain has visited this part of the country within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. ‘We Orat heard of the blowinc of the wild winds and the sweoping down of the snow and the rush ing of the ram on Wednosday, the 11th inst, 1t was thon pluying havoe near Cheyenne, On Thursday it gave as a premonition of its coming; and on Frk day it came with a hoarse roar, rising in bounds Uke a Wagnerinn erescendo, and sproading like @ wave of terriple vibrations, All around us roof wore blown away, barns upset, houses destroyed, and hondreds of cattle killed, Within 150 miles of Chicago, according to Gen, Stager, General Buper- intendent of the Western Union Telegraph, more than 1,000 miles of telegraph wire are down, No wire has boon open between Chicago and the Bast nce last Friday, except by the way of Rock Island, Omats, St, Louis, Cincinnatt, and Pittsburgh. THOUSANDS OF MEN aro at work in ail directions from Chieago repatring the damazes, which are estimated at from $9,000,000 to $5,000,000, On the Fort Wayno road the five wires are down as far as Plymouth; the six wittt on the Michigom Central, six on the Michigan Boutlern, two on the fitinols Central, and five on the Chieago and Alton are also down. On the latter line both wires and poles are down for 150 miles. On the Avantic and Pacite the two wires running to the Fast were down for 80 miles, but working order. ‘The damage woat ot ( sight, “the storm reached New York ye greatiy delayed all the railway train cars, and ferry-boate, BURIED IN THE SNOW. As OMeor Ray of the Wilhomsburrh Poilce was patrolling along an anfreqnented pact of Bron tway, ag in the snow by It proved to be omptod to raise tt, but ing more cloeely discovered an an lying uodor the snow, ap parentiy doad, with the etrap firmiy erasped in his band, With assistance the offiver bore the bory to tho potice station, and every edurt was made to re. ore an At length these efforts were suc coesiul, and the man was aroused from bis stupor, He na lost the uve of bis right arm, as Well as of three Oingers of his leit hand, ~ He was identitted ns en old Dutch organ-grinder, -well known in the town Where be lives, with ‘bis wife and Ave clil dren. Uls name ts Kdward Howe, and he is upwurd ‘of 60 years of age, TNE NATHAN MURDER, pice Fetker Superintendent Kelso—Marshal Murray and Col, Wood bebind the Chicn- Oficer—The Surrender of the $500. Noving that the moro quietly a detective officer does is work the more succersful ne will be, but there are certain instances where rilence would be a great wrong. And however much I may deprecate news. paper controverales upon any subject, tnasmach as Jauwes J. Kelso, Superintendent of New York as rutiiloasly eesatied me through the Ne papers in connection with the Nathan case, On wy part miht be constrnea into an acsnowle en} ol the truth ofthe false und exacgerated stave- ments that have, for the Inst tew days, been going the rounds of te pu friends and myselt lave emanated 1 ing ite purport to <¥e some one who desired to engender between the Soper in: fendentent and myself, caused to be printed in a New York poper the atticie claiming that I “ox ihited @ loc 4 th nond studs stolen from Nathan tuarder, to Kelso. of 10 tue Hon ‘ ad claimed shat] know who kille 1 could put my hand on Tesard, and that thing to do with Jersey City detec Thave litle doubt that Kelso fei into the trap that wus nel fur iio, We KuOWIng auch statements to be evtroly fulve. Believing that 1 had caused them to tinted in derogation to hirnsell, he watuaily fe ated, ud, in such & State Of mind, caused ond dictated the {hse and scandalont mewspapor reporia hetore mevtioned to be put in circulation, with « Yiow eicher to itjure me as an vndividual, or to d feat any effort trai I maxot be making to bring to Justice the murderers of Beoyamin Nathan, by a} Jrising the ofeuders that 1 was afer them Weeder this be #0 or not, I Qud myself attacked in ruch a wanver toot L deed i but justice to myselt to Kuve the pub ie the real fac.e in (ie case: 1, Agroat may of tho newsoaper articles are not true. 2 ieeiso has deen betrayed and fooled into this mows: pajer comtroveree, Whenever Twas in New: Yorke in the habit. for thy last ive vemra, of ealiing quarters, as 1 have becn acqaalutes with Kelsy tor fo iouk time 8° Ail that was done by me was done at the tostiga (Murehal Murray aud Cole Wm. cues li'have been beaten ont of the money acit was ag ced If success 1a Row crown Our wae ty ‘ade 6° Keno was bighiy elated to see me, and commenced 4N5 one the Sathan subjoce nimselt 6 Mie assu ed ime that ho one could or should be allowed to Work the Cass ouly turough him or by bis Lthe menin the detective brane 0: vice, ¢ ed with beadquarters, to deredit ed (hat neither le por any one connected live force st his cilice knew waything re Uhat with them 1k waK co deccure, Lhe knew wuo did it, out leit a very wiih tie det Tative to the ¢ aud that he t ero a ; Aanod ings | hud aby objections to seeing Jo xT told tim tant 1 pr Hits Gacl had told Nursnal Murray aaa Col, W Dowling Ws tho Manto bee tn reference to tie care, ul HO ether, Tyntorinel Kelso at the ote Voit not Wesire why COURCCHOD With Nin IM bie Inatter, wid HAs Tincant (0 getaloay without abn, but was advired by ye 9 seu hit WHO" the sulle ow ions, Lvisiced him. fo, Keiso and I nave alway ° ina nial ed a Ver aad fod a ras th 2) ine OF aD **Linposor;” Ab 4 not become him to d= $9 Teniied on Monday mod handed him the money whieh he hd given me ‘ at did but desire to retain tt, ow ‘standing be tweon myselt and Col, Wood, surprised, and Toqret Din th velused to €0.00. and f w me to gly ecoipt which Thad given hin, wad be hauged i Thad an tnterview wit 14, and te nih as betore stated, (riendly nt SANULL M. RELKER Cmrcano, Js D LONG ISLAND On Saturday the German forist Mittag of Dutch Carhig, We WHEE Yesterday morning @ you tempted to jump i a cai toad wile the trail was ti apotio Warol! or $wO Cars Wout over hits, Killiag met anuly FLASUES FROM THE OCKAN CABLES. In Liverpool yesterday uplands elosed at 7%4, aud Tae vt Quoens ber cag: » hae been Fr ed in Havana 0} ta Panna a8 Ke Qu ued v — JOTTINGS ABOUL TOWN Joh Hart has sued the lay Mercury for libel, 1 , Ma raya he will try Have » Law pasted to paniva people Who wes poll Asrock fi Win} Mra 8, I. De Kroyft will leeture at way Hall tons De et A a rar POU of OME Geek Cldgeus BUY Bsked Lor to Uring Ou Weve A RICH LONG ISLANDER BRAINED, A Baturday Night's Dis Barroom-Vonnd Mutilated « the Rondside-Revenge for a On Saturday night Mr, Garrett Wort Nostrand, a wealthy farmer of Long Island, dropped into the barroom of the hotel in Syosset, and joined in con: versation with a number of residents of the place who were discussing politics and topics of local in terest, Two other men—one named Kolly, who until recently was track walkor on the Long Ialand Railroad, and the other Levino—were among tue party, and drank several times with Wort Nostrand, as be was familiarly ealied. At about 9 o'clock M: Nostrand said thet he guessed he would go bome, and started from typ hotel, his friends bidding him food nicit Levine followed bim, and three min- utes afierward Kelly went out, both leaving the hotel by tne back door, a fact which was gencrally noticed by the party remaining. At 10 o'clock Mra, Nostrand entered the hote!, and anxiousty inquired for her husband, Se was told that ke bad gone home, On Sunday morning a milkman, white making his asual rounds, saw a Lody ving by the roadside about a hundred yards from the hotel and a like distance from the Syosset biacksmith shop. It was that of Mr, Nostrand, ‘The village was soon aronsed, and little time everybody know of the murder, An examination of the body showed that Mr. Nostrand had met his death by violence. A largo cut asifmade witha hatchot had nearly apiit his skuil, while bis lower Jaw bad beor shockingly bat- ‘Ona clone Inepoction of the piace foots found leading from the bck door of t sirect to the Apot where the dead farmer Ia were alto many footorints in the auf ground. Suspicion rested upon Kelly and Levine, and they wore arrested by order of Acting Coronor Davis of Orater Bay. ‘At the Inquost yesterday, It was ascertained that for some time past a fecling of animosity had lated between the prisoners and Mr. Nostrand. It id that Kelly had beon discharged py the Long Island Railroad upon representations nade by Mr. Nostrand, ‘The stories of nd Levine were conflicting. ‘They said 1 met Mr. Nostrand alter leaving tho hutel, and that the throe went to Kelly's house, One awore that they left in ab hour or #0; while the ohor swore tat they re. mained antil 9 o'clock in the morning. Other evi- dence was elicited which points conclusively to Keiiy wad Levine, Mr. Nostrand, white is otel, exnoaet a pock- etbook, apparently woll filed. It sooms to have contained papers omly, as it was found noar tne body, where it had beon thrown by the axsassins alter examining Its contents. ‘The marks of bloody fingers were found on the waistcoat of the murdere man, Mr. Nostrand was worth from $50,000 to $60,000, money which he realized in the wrecking of the packob slip Mexico, which wom’ .shore on the south Side of thy island in 1836. He was dishked by man people. His family lived in Jamaica, Judze FF dick, of damaica, has fora namber of charge of wis properiy. Mr. Nostrand a wife and ‘four clildreo, When his wife weat to look were hotel There ly burband she t bave passed within a few bi tof his body, The prisoners have beon sent to Jar ae THE LATEST VROM CUBA, pesant cael ‘The Landing of Ten Men at Rio de In Palma Capture of thelr Boat Proclamation Signed * Que Havana, Jan. 23.—Ten filibusters have landed at Rio dela Palma. Two of the men, a boat eon- taining 43 Remington guns, and copies of a proclana tion signed by Quesada, were captured, Loter—The Dibusters came in » schooner from Now York. Two of them were kiilod, Eight re- main with the leader, Fellpe Revers. Voluntecr citizens fre pursuing tho rest of them, The capture of the boat and arms is coufirmed, The proctamation of Quosada te the people ef Vuelta Abajo, says: nd you what you ur youe will xped mnanition: tment began w and Ari da: -A ed for. Your opnortanity to ave come when t dise pped then arms, aod war against a coward’y Spanish s This signed * Qu but has no date or pli attached to the d No importanco is given hare to the Inndin, ters, A letter fro: 18th inst, on nousces that the schouner Kastern Queen is loaiing $ aud amuunition, osensibly for Sea Do: ish brig Leona ri from Cienfuegos for asses, Off Matanzas the F row were saved, and leaking. into the Engtish lalifax, loaded ok was sunk ‘Tho Leona was dsmaged For three days the bells here will toll and the funs of the fort be fred in memory ef Prim. Antonio Giveis, a Post OMice employee, bas been arrested on re of being accessory to the col ction of drafie that bad Yeon abiracted from the —— JEN HILL HORKOR, Tho Patliag of a Horse Car ever a Precipice ~A Braye Condactor Standing at his Post to the Last—The Passengers’ Escape. At Bergen Tunnel, on the Long Dock and West xd Horse Railroad, is a perilous curve on the sido of the hill, where the horses aro somotimos detached, loaving the car to descend ander control of the con- ductor ab the brakes, At 1:20 yosterday afternoon, after scar bad run thusa short distance, the con ductor lost control of the car, the wheels slipping on the enow, and the vehicio, guining fearful momen tum, dasied down the doclivity like lightuing. Tho conductor stood at his post, and ali but two of the passengers leaped off, ‘The car dashed down the hill, and, whem about 900 yards from the starting point, Jumped the track on the bridge over the guily, about fity feet west of the tunuel, aud dashing through the railing, went down with «crash, car fell on the rocks twenty feet below, demolished. One of the passengers wus al bruised, while the other, Mr. B. 'T, Sherwood, of Hudson’ City, waa buried tn the wreck and badly ured. The conductor, Thomas Koiley, was takeo Out enconseivus, though alive, Lis lujuiew are thought to be fatal, ABE —— ‘our Men Killed, ANapotss, Jan, 38,—The boiler in Steven sawmill, ‘near Bt. Paul, Ina,, exploded this bon, Horace Stevengon, Abe Demont, James Jand Sam MeCarty were killed instantly Ihe bodies of twe of the mon were found one undred yards from the sawmil) supply of water in the be boon the cause of the explo — - CURIOSITIES OF CRIME. Want of proper ler i supposed to have Minnie Davis, whose k was burned reventt aftor It had bee WO, eeoaped tral yoster day, through @ bung indictweat. ‘Tho Grand JuLy Will Make auother aboupt Lewis Van [tten, the teater of a gant of Wall street forgors. who Wis bromcnt to this city from Now Orleans on Sunday Was commited to the Tounve yesterday by Justice Dowil William Chapman was sentenced yesterday to tle Kings County Pen tenttary for one year for avempticg to pave (orzod checks of Appleton & Co. ant Lorht & 9. on N Wike & Tice, Futioa aticot jew lice He This Chapman wat at one wired Ouse bore A Gen. MeCtollan ie erecting a handsome rosidorcy At its present rate of increase It Is estimated t! Merson, five hundred yours hence, will have 407,60 funavitaute, A woaltny Newark family are marble vanit erected Iu Movedaie O AL a cost of 15,000, Mosars. Demarest & Co, having a white uctery, Orange, . harness manufacturers ewark, have Jnst reculved # $40,080 contract {om the French Go ut harter reducos the number of nnd MAb es Uh ntl Aik SOY rn Mid Fite Department and Deparuucns of #itunce ate author wed. BROOKLYN, The ¢ r Furey w 6 Tie Alderme r i pariurent n Felduy to ap. Ymnivers 1 of Awse ors. to HN the vaca en «a ) Donerty aad xu wbiGi OF LAG Luria OL Aamuasor Mireele THE BALLS OF THE SEASON, ——. THE YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION 18 TUE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. A Mplendid Benefit for the Roman Cathol! Orphan Asylum—Fine Display of Dre: The Academy Filled from Fivor to Dome The annual ball of the Young Men's Associa tion for the benefit of the Roman Catholic Orphag As) lam, was attended last night by a large and very fas‘Manaple assombiage of Indies and onlomem, consisting of the elite of Catholic society, The clemenoy of tho weather did ‘not seem to have ang eftect upon either the numbers im attandunce or the disploy of clorant dresses, The ball opened at 10 precisely, the music o Graffula’s band swelling through the brilliantly lighted halle and galleries a 600 couples walked out pon the floor in the opening promeusde, By ud Academy was Oiled from floor to dome with fair women and brave men, those en tl floor chasing the hours with flying feet. The crowd was almost too great to permit much on- Joymont to the dancers, The spectators fared much better in the bores, contemplating the bril- linnt panorama of moving forms below. Among the dancers were observed the Hon, Chas, S. Cornell and lady, Judge and Mrs, Ledwith, Thos, Suicide end lidy,and Mr. and Mrs. Thos, Comans. Mrs, Joseph O'Donohue, splendidly tired in pearl gray silk and point Ince costing over £2,000, occupied a private box on the right with Mr. Kingsland and lady, Miss Biss Murphy, and Mrs, Joseph Riley of Brooklyn, Sherif Brennan and party, consisting of Meg. a Himes Wlegs and Als, oo Witiongt Jawes Sadiier and his nd Miss McBar Pretty sister, Aliss Kate Sadiier, Tow, Wore among the spectators, appeared on the floor amor No previous bali for the benefit ef the Orphan Asylum has been a more succossful than that of last night. The ten thousand dollars annaally ral heretofore for the orphans will doubtless be for in the treasurer in thetr Glory, The funniest ball of the season was that law night in Irving Halt, undor the auspices of the Nont of Your Business Assoctation, Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather the hall was crowded (¢ overflowing, even the balconies being well filled At 10 o'clock precisely tne committee took theif places, Tuey had no badcos. The Floor Committe wore recognized by their Politeness, the Reception Committee by their Liberanit; Police Com mittes vy their Dignity. corxeous, being two valentines, @ one-cent song book, and @ list of the committees bound together within the folts of a shoot of the cheapost Manila wrapping payer. In tho hali was s large und correet likeness of Judge Toay Hartman, Pres- deat of the Association, surrounded by gas jets with the symbolical letters, *N. O, ¥. B. Ass'n.’ Prominent among the spectators were Gen, Jos, Pinckney, ex-Sierif O'Brien, the Hon, Richard ‘weed, Judze Scott, the Hon’ Fatty Retl, * Aged Jolin hionaghan, the Lon, Jas. I. Bell, Gol, Wim, Gloeson, Tax Commissioncr Giliospie, | Alderman Reilly, Col, Pazon, Col. Funk, Dr. Robt. . W. liams, the Bon. Gus, Smalley, ‘und 'T. J. He ‘YVony Hortman appeared in five different chat first ne Judge, next Fat Boy, thea * Berosrd, afterward as iia Penn, the ‘and’ fnolly ue a Portug uese Count, EJ, 1, Wilt and Geo, the Dromios, Frank Dutly as and Joun J. Farrell ty & Fria, & School Boy, and a Quaker in rapid succession. Brigands, flower “girls, fools, vivandieres, harle ins, fuiries, neerocs, peasant elris, kines, qnoen dukes, duchvases, courtiers, Josters, Indian chiol squaws, waiiers,’ ond evoks were mixed ine posi tively democrati> way — A Jersey Lawyer Starving and Insane, D. R. Sheridan, a young lawyer in Jersey City, wan arrested on Sunday on susptcion of lunacy, He had been to Brady's livery stablo, and orderod all the horsos out, that be might sow which of them froin Massachusetts, Dr. Pronder, having been sain oioned, pronounced Ion tsa Partially recovering, Sheridan said be without {ood for over four days, fs ——_— LOSSKS BY FIRB. - nner & Co.'s tanner burned on Sunday, Loew ‘The echoolkonse on W Dort, Was Lured yesto: day Henry Browis'’s house neai burned om Saturday. A child | Ist evening Buck & Schn Woodburn, Mass.,was 00; fusured, a street, Newbury Lose $15,000. bat Puinville, Ohio, was Mawe ‘2's woollen an worsted gouds storo, al 54 Lloward etroct,was daimaged $5,000, Tn Mivtord, Masa... ye the Bay Fed by dro, Aud seven horses perished. A Met a, who evcapied oue of the dwellings, Was a to death, ‘The steamboats Calppeway and Johnny Schmoker, owned by HS. Kurmsoy, Of La Crome, Wis, were Dare eto Saturday no At Kurnsey's landiog, Lo AN uk 8 000. fire ts believed to have been \ Work of an lucondiary —— SPARKS KKOM TG COLEGRAPH, - Quebec has voted $1,090,000 to th Ttalirond, and $300,000 las cipalities, Stevhen D. Lamper. of tie Arin of Lamper & Brothe er. of Lyun, Mass, Wad killed ou Sunday night by failing down slain. In the Hoosse Tonrel yesterday, a Mr. Jonos foll from the top to the bottom of the ceucral ¥! im tance of 1,080 teet, ‘The examination in the exores Albany hie been postponed tnt the condition of the messcager Ha rth Shore O Voted by olber mame robbery case at The heretofore reported ashore, pe 1 Yon tne 19kh, inst. 1 gluated » of shine Thr Ramos of b tweon Joseph Baie, are to be played In an Fraucisco svn, The Domiaion Government organs at Toronto visits Washing Geny ork positively that Sir Joho sed With Aby Wessage ton on vnofic business, of ts ch to the United States Guverameut. A resolution was passed by the Mussnehusette House yesterday appropriaing $50.000 to ent ni Thelits of the State 1b counect 4 with the Berdeu bonds and Boston, Hartford and keie Iaiond ‘The schooner White River started from the fslow of Shoals on Sunday tosaye wore sla a boat, and was Wreeked on loswiea Har. Tne crew wore edvet, Dat badly fiostoiien, ‘The meu ta Wo Luat were’ alae faved The doad body fonnd in Quincy, Mass., recontly, nnd creating suspicion of muriler and. rovuely, pr owes to have beon James Vennevar, a resident of Choy Wiiu Wandered aWay tusune, aud probably (cl \uioU, the bridge, — WASHINGTON NOLES, ster General Croswell’s card reception last n were in thelr sents ved the congratal Tho Treasury Department will be rendy ina fow : 1y all demands for the now bonds author: Feoomt funding wet. what Gi nh to we STAnts them au interview Is Incorrect. The Senate yesterday confirmed John Murphy of New York Consul at Payta, and Benjamin K, Trwcy Abe toruey for the Kqstern District of New York The Congr nal Library contains 197,908 doand volumes and 30,00 ets, Upwar m0 copys Fights have beh roe ded in tae Liviaraa's villce GMpe fing Wie last six mou Boine amusemen' ate! in the Sonate yew ter seth vboil Uy Soantor [Re veley ‘ ‘ate bao National Tabor WIL goes over again for ancther ey wanted & HOt dviphia herore the rosd. ty rua Bt Park, bus it was uot adin: Miss Koam's statue of Lincoln is to “ton rt Pek neo Altrod Townsend have ha Jged Defove tay wg: