The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 10, 1872, Page 2

THE SUN, TUBSDAY. DBCEMBER 10, 1872. port. Following this came the Octobex | that the inhabitants of these cities In their | narrow-gauge roads an avorage load of cotton ts : , '’ OPCRE TRE RUN ON THE MUTUAL BANK. ? SOUTHERN viertepr elections to fill seven vacant seats, whioly } day utilized the rich mineral resources of | Mot eight tona, but 10,800 pounds ; and cars used A GREAT FIRM N SECRETS. ° , aa > Il K SOL THERN \ l Fy RES, Sun proved that republicanisin was steadily | Tfansvanl, as there are numerous mince | thre for carrying this load sometimes weigh pra S tak POAT Bemicae ——— * | gaining ground in the rural districts, and | within the limits of the republic which | ly 4000 pounds. The cotton cars used inthis | TMM UNPARALLELED BURGLARY THE UNCLE. BIRDS FLUTTERIN ft k Say. A detallalaeledshaldlegasd OVER A SENATORSUIP, that a great proportion of the monareht- | were evidently worked informer ages, but | CUNY, however, on narrow-gauge roadh are i ee Amanoments To-Day, Mooth's Theatre he Lady of Lyons, y Theatre The Gold Bais jerbury Variety Theatre Met iv in Rryant’s Minstrels Tw ry Fifth Avenue Theatre—The Berner. Grand Opera Howse lly Gardem Lee and Love Olympte Theatre La Belle Ilene reat Show * Theatre omtaue Nay and Fevvlog Sin Prancives Miu’ wae The Froweh are Theatre Ayo, Out Awwetion Mati Spy ‘Terms of The Su Ce errr) Crepeany Anemeriee, per * Noricee, before Barringer mdf Notes, aller Ne na Ps fe Marni with "Ave. altar Waar Marten wih Adee pene ter iis atvenn te ty Whe For the accommodation of up-town residents, adver Aisetnents for Tue SUN will be received at our reguivr | ag mt amoen Mig Wort a upwvau oe matt 4 Int 7-460 et, junction of Boadway and cucu avenne, and BON West Twenty-third strect, opposite | Grand Op Tlouse, and on the east wide at 1 Grand Sireet, near Last Broadway, from S A. M. to S130 P.M. eta The War in Cuba, OMeial despatches up to Oct. 2, from the Republican Governmont in Cuba, have been received here, These despatches con- tain reports of various military command- ers in the Eastern Department, addressed to the Secretary of War of Cuba. In these reports are detailed enptures of Spanish jutrenched camps in the jurisdictions of Santi zuani, Bayamo, and Holguin; the sack of the villages of F1 Sal, El Cafio, and the town of Gui nd of hundreds of estates in these jurisdictions which were formerly held and garrisoned by the Spaniards, These documents prove con- clusively that the strength of the Span- jards in the whole of the Kastern Depart- ment is rapidly on the wene. They act to- day entirely on the defensive, and are only to well pleased not to he attacked in their fortified positions by the Liberating army. Gen. Rigvrime, the Spanish commander= wm-chief of the Eusteru Department, the mian who advived Mr. Hexperson to quit fhe country, is shut up in the city of San- tiago, ‘The patriots have established forti- fled camps within Lalf a league of the cit and command all the roads leading to the interior, All telegraphic land communi- cation has been cut, and the Spanish com- manders can learn only by sea what is going on in the interior, The desextions of & volunt the ranks of the patriot army are constant, the deserters always going over with their arms and ammuni- tion, and in many cases with their fami- lies, The reports of several ef the Cuban commanders testify to the ef of soine of these late reinforcer One oficial detail, which proves the na- ture of the warfare carriedou by the Span- jarda, deserves attention, it is a report of persons lately murdered by the Spanish troops in the woods at Porial de Naranjo in he jurisdiction of I The following are the details of t ros, eX, and class of the victims, seven of whom were females: of Manu veh regulars and rs to Acieney ents gui 1, MALIA TON, wh ALMENARES, e, year L DEL 2. Mauia ALFONSA, daughter of the foregoing, Mt year 9. An infant at the breast, child of Mania Ate MENAL 4. ISAnRt MARta, col £0 yoars. 6. Rrra Maura, colore 7. Mania bo es That e.7 yenrs. # Manta st white, 5 years, ® MAKIA ANTONIA CASTELLANOS, White, 7 yeurs Wo remember a despatch addressed t¢ the Spanish Min‘ster in Washington by Mr HaMtto Fisit, in whieh the latter quoted @ Spanish writer on international law to prove theright of futervention by foreign powers in civil wars when the laws of h manity it Non-iutervention by ua, the atrocities committed by the Spania ry day in Cuba, clearly Approves and cudorses these barbarities; nd by our refusal to recognize the bell rency of the Cubuns we are doing all in our power to assist the Spaniards in the perpetration of these cold-blooded mur- dere. req Is eve The Agi ‘The controversics in the French Nution- al Assembly, which have threatened to re- stion in France. salt ia the overturow of the existing Vv ernment, if not in revolution, bave all arisen from the determination of the Monarchists and [imperialists to resist every movement having a tendency to secure the permanent establishment of the rblic. The Government is but a provisional one, and t enemies of republican institu. tious are bent on keeping it in its present nondeseript form, hoping that in the course of time something may occur which will lead to arestoration of monarchy or impe- m-—a consummation which the defi- alte establisliiment of a constitutional re public would preveut, Therefore the Le gitimists, the Orleanists, and the Bonapart- iste, altbough hating each other cordially, are all agreed in obstructing any measures calculated to give permanency to the Re- public. ‘The existing Government of France was formed at the close of the war with G many. The National Assembly contains a majority of Monarchists, elected under conditions unfavorable to a true repre- sentation of popular feeling. By a com- pact made betw the Republicans and anti-Republicans, Which is known as th Pact of Bordeaux, it was agreed that th sotUement of a form of government should be postponed until after the country had by nsed from the presences of the German soldiers; and on this undersiand- ing the Assembly elected M. Tirieas Presi- dent of the French Republic, and applied Itself vigorously and effectively to the work of providing by suitable legisiation for the immediate needs of the country But as time passed on it beeame evident hat the great body of Frenchmen were in favor of a permanent republic, and that the National Assembly by no means repro- sonted the real sentiment of France, The Republicans began to agitate for a dissolu- tion of the Assembly, and a general elec- tion for & new legislative body to whou should be confided the work of framing a Constitution, M. Gamurrra, the leader of the radical Republicans, made a speech at Grenoble in which he severely oriticised tie monarchical tendencies of the Assuun- Diy, while deciaring that he was disposed © afford President Tui mae hie varuest sup cal Deputies were no longer in sympathy With their constituents. The consequence of all this was that when the National Assembly recently mot the Monarchists were in a very unpleasant humor, which was not improved when President Tu1ens in his message declared that the Republic was legally established and could only be overturned by a revo- lution, at the same time suggesting to the Assembly the importance of providing the country with a regular constitutional government, This was precisely what the Monarechists wished to prevent, and an onshiught was at once made on the President by some of their leaders, who assumed to hold him responsi- ble for the utterances of M. Gam- Berta at Grenoble. During the exciting proceedings which followed, and which have been reported from time to time, Gamuerta and his friends have remained discreetly silent, leaving President Trruers —who himself prefers a monarchy, but holieves a republic to be the only practi- cable government for France—to fight it out with the Monarehists, The letter, divided among themselves as to their ulti- mate alins, are now only anxions to pre- veut the definitive establishment of a re- public; but the probability is that their machinations will come to naught. | ‘a a Disinterested Froends of the Indians. Some twelve years ago the Ottawa In- ciaus, a tribe numbermg not more than three hundred, owned 75,000 acres of ex- vllent land in Kansas, Certain prominent persons in that State succeeded in inspiring: these untutored savages with zeal for the education of their children, and induced them to make agrant of 20,000 acres of their land os an endowment for a school where the youthful Ottawas should be taught, fed, and clothed after the man- mer of the rising generation of whites. By the exercise of what among the worldly minded would be called sharp practice, this gift of land was applied to the endowment ¢ a university for the education of whites, which is now in a flourishing ncition; while Indian children sent to participate in the benefits of the institution are assigned to a meay school house some miles away from the elegant buildings constructed from the proceeds of their fathers’ bounty. The success of the Ottawa scheme ap- pears to have awakened a spirit of philan- thropy among the citizens of Chetopa, which is also in Kanens, and the National Council of the Cherokee Nation a few days ogo received a tempting proposition from philanthropists to follow the exam- ple of their Ottawa brethren. The propa- came in the form of a petition, 0 opening sentence of which is herewith presented, with its original oy thograpiy preserved: © Your petetionors, bellevelng that our nintiual Interests could be best served by Lullding u jeational institute of the iy grade, wher the young rand Women ofthe nation ¢ 4 be edueated with th young men and women of for Inflie various professions, w nof acollegiate isthe To accomplish this purpose the Chetopa gentlemen proposed that the Cherokces should give them &)),000, to be derived from the sale of a portion of their one half to be expended on the building and “equipments,” and the other half to De deposited asa permanent endowment fund, For every $1,000 so invested the Cherokees were offered a perpetual schol- way arship, the scholars, however, to pay for their board, And for fear that the Cherokees might not fully appreciate the | { this kind offer, a significant | intimation was given that if they know what was best for their own interests they would not refuse to accept the pr liberaiity pori- tion, This hint was couveyed in the fol- lowing terms: © We are auihorized to say from parties of con. trolin renee Wit! the ceparinients at W ington, that if you will thus for yourselves usa eole yourf ato | ars now In the wat Sicnod In behalf D Chalrinat tar It will hardly be eredited, but it is true that the proposal ef the Chetopa gentle- men, notwithstanding the tempting sug- gestion held out in the concluding clause of the petition, was recelyed by the Chero- kees with lively deraoustrs of mirth, Some of the Indian Senators even had thy irreverence to criticise the spelling of th petition, as well as the motives which prompted its presentation ; and oue Chero- | koe legislator madean unkind satirical alli siou to the fact that no such provi for the benelit of their py for thylr mace promised fa was “future posterity." The experience of the Ottawa Indians who had provided the people of Kansas with their flourishing university was effectively Introduced in the course of the Gircussion, and finally the projectors of the scheme became so irritated by Uae ridi cule cast upon them that they Indiguautly withdrew their benevolent offer, The result is that if the citizens of Chetopa want what they are pleased to designate as “a colidge of the hicst order,” they will have to pay for it themselves. Another consequence will doubtless be that the inhabitants of that enterprising town will hereafter be tir iu the belief that the presence of the Cherokees in the Indian Territory is an insuperable obstacle to the progress of civilization, and that the only way te deal with such barbarians is for Congress to confiscate their property und give it to white men, oe Dircovery of Buried Cities in Africa. ent discoveries in the South African Republic of Transvaal have led to the sup- position that at one time the east coast of South Africa was inhabited by a race of men who wore inthe enjoyment of great wealth and far advanced in the arts of civilization, The ruins of several buried cities which have been discovered and pav- ly explored have yielded specimens of ancient wehitecture which were evidently the work of a civilized and refined people. The ruins of one of th uicient cities, situated on ® farm near Bloemhof, on the banks of the Vaal, are to be thoroughly explored, and the results of the excava- already made aye such as to ex- cite deep interest among archwologists, ae In another buried city, which is be- ing explored by Herr Maven, the ruins cover an area of at least two square miles, The walls of this city were thirty feet high and eighteen fee thick, built of blocks of hewn stone, laid io cement which is as hard and dura- ble ns the stone itself, Within the walls Iron water pots have been found, and vases have been long abandoned, A Mr. Guzman, who is promoting the or- ganization of a company for the construc- tion of a railroad from Pretoria to Delagoa Bay, says that near the Limpopo river he found one hundred and sixty pits whioh had be contly exhibit. mn worked for minerals, He re- dat the diamond feds «pe- cimens of oros taken from these pits which were very rich, ver, bismuth, co! and included eopper, tin,ail- Walt, nickel,and quicksilver. Alluvial and quartz gold has been found in different {pl wees in Tran Waal, but re- ports differ ax to the richness of these de- posits, The stories in seem to be fully authenticated relation to the buried cities puta honst made by the inhabitants of Sofala, a port lying parallel that they bave with the largest of them, » documents which prov the ruined town in their neighborhood to be Ophir, “and of Sheba,” reme the production Coal- Notwithstand| Ju the price of Bi coal und coke de identify it with the Queen ‘ins to be substantiated by of the documents, Getting Dearcr. ing the enormous advance Mnglish coal, the exports of y not present a remarkable decline, while the amount of moncy re- cvived for the exports is of course much tons in Octobe ending October aggregate exports than th period of 1870, excess of previona years. In October Just 1,191,981 fons of codi Were e from England, as compared with 17 ported 1 r, 1871, ‘The ten months SL this year show larg » corresponding, and the sum received for coal during those ten mouths this year wus £8,510,176, as compared with £5,135,800 in the correspond Meantime six qualities which « at Wigan in November, 1 in November th crease in. price per cent, In e begun to be paid to American coal; t the price will ha ng period of 1871, tons of coal of different sould have been purchased 71, for #6.06, cost iis year $19.68, being an in- of nearly two hundred ‘onsequence attention 1 it ave to advance still further before our collieries will be able to effect~ ually compete with Bugtish in the Euro- pean market, Not only has « but also in S¢ country of Sout mines of any im, to an advance in coal has risen there to §50 8 ton. nil th pe rontls of Sou ‘nglaud, and i voal advanced in England, yuth America, 'The only h America which bas coal portance is Chili, Owing 1 the cost of labor in Chili Nearly coal used by the steamships and th America is brought from t lias heen supposed that, owing to the rise of the price of Fnglish coal, stem engi mute power on thi companies will plies at rates prevailed there re it comes low the locomotiy Sympathy for the Cuban There wre now hundred most cruel slay their bondage tion of Spanish Cuban patriots revolution wht Department mi and has pever with hop freed more than and when It spr partment it wi stitution of tl slavery altogetl civil and political rights witout regard for fc munition, wit sufferings Intol ur years. ho pen can de fighting to put i In this uny American Gov nda of Repay to be hostile to b exerted: all its heroic ubotith thority 6f Spat the Afri While our this course, s¢ of able and a men and wome yore labored for and felt In thei abominations poses upon its ¥ sympathy with ov by thought, thing to eneouw secution of thei .: ew ther thous and determination, bas aety wh nes might have to yield to rat of Peru; but to this the American coal bring forward new sup- higher than have hitherto but y sough to ale ruining. low s to keep ¢ sactiee msec Patriots. in Cuba more than three md Africans held in tho cory. The contimuance of ponds on the perpetua- rule over the island. Th are all abolitionists, The ch began in the Fastern ore than four years ago wd to Le ntained ly sixty thousand such Maves eads over the Weetern De- Ii free them all, The Con- republic of Cuba probibite jer, aud guarantees equal to all citizens torace or complexion; and without arma, without am- ut , amid ra! 1 bart > that Cubans have heen hinto force. ‘e struggle the ern though in the Licaus who have pretended umman Flavery, has steadily powers te pit down th tsandt te ant to pr vet! uth p, And With it slavery aud trade in Cuba, And ve and Congress take vely any of the thousauds complished philanthropic en in this country who of r the abolition of slavery, numost souls the evils and that institution ietims, have expressed the abolitionists of ( im- word, or deed, done any ue or aid them in the pro- ro holy ta. e are sigus of a better rtat of fecling among us. The colored men of this country, themselves formerty slaves, or the descendants of slaves, seen at Inst disposed to take up the burden ef their brothers in Cuba, A mveocting is to he held at the Cooper Institute in this city on Priday even nest cultivate people are to te behalf of sympathy an not come fory We will not that they hay know how mt the Governmen of the Republican party, their efforts ne not be fruitles eause which a whieh should every heart, it i the Cubans ay that it is in which a number of our ¢stimable colored @ prominent part. On ad and ke welcome th assistance. They do moment too shame to them not spoken before, for we h they are influenced by tand by the official aetic God grant t yw, tardy as they are, ma, *! for if ever there was a ppeals to humanity, and ke a living response in + the cause of freedom and we da soou, wa equal rights in Caba —— Col, Kennzpy, @ royal engineer, haa just subiaitted a report to the Enylish Government upon the working of the new narrow-gauge rall- rouds iu India. in which he argues that while a narrow gatige will do for a community which ships fretcht of sniall bulk, like ores or niluerals, it will not sufice for an agricultural community shipping bulky freight. He says that the avera bulk of aton of freight on the leading roads io India ta eighty en! terlng largely in tons the var requ feet, or aloud oa over five feet abu of gravity only Oy sume load could 1 without making All this muy be that St would be water in a plot bo prove that Nohody supposes the sume bulk of the same length ; Tow gauge clalm ears, having muc row-gauge railroads to the traf + #ix hundved and forty oubl the broad gauKe bot reaching 1 cotton en- stow elght ve the platfora, with its contre © feet above thorails, Mut the not be piled on the narrow ear the load proposturousty bigh very tr ft ie equally true Impossible to puta quart of tla, which, however, does not 6a failure. a narrow-gauge car will carry freight as a proad-gauge car of but the advocates of Ub that atrain of narrow-gauge h tess dead woight to move, will carry a given quantity of freight far more economically than the Uly could be with ornamental handles, It is supposed | ordluury gauge. same guane carried on @ road of the Moreover, on the East Ladle | During this exp | much heavier than those employed in India for the same purpose ; bat notwithstanding thie they show a great economy tn transportation over those of the wider gauge, even in the case of uncompressed cotton, which has more bulk in proportion to wolght than any other class of fright. The common box car of the Southern roads has a floor area 27 by 8 teet—28 square foot, weighs 18,000 pounds and carries twenty- four bales, weighing 450 pounds each. The pay- {ne freight carried per car Js 10,800 pounds, and the dead weight 18,50) pounds. ‘The narrow- nite box car, such as tein actual use on the Denvor and Rio Grande Ratlway, has a floor area Of 162 sjuare feet, wolghs 8,000 pounds, and will carry eightoes bales of cotton weighing 8,100 pounds. Thus tt willbe seen that the propor- tion of dead weight to be moved In carrying this doseription of freight is only 444 pounds per bale on the narrow gauge, against 770 pounds by the wider gauge In genoral use, The transpor- tation of 270,000 pormds of cotton on the Drond gauge would require twenty-five cars weighing 462,500 pounds; while on the nar. Tow gauge thirty-four cars weighing only 272,000 pounds, will earry 275400 pounds of cotton, @ saving of dead woight in favor o€ the narrow gauge of ninety-five tons In view of these facts, which have been doemon- strated by actual experience in this country, It Is hardly to be presumed that Col, KENNEDY'S ins fuvorable report from India will have any serious effect upon the enthusiasm manifested in the United States by the friends of the new gauge who have ly testod its merits. —— oars of South Carolina must be sur- prised to find his Logisisture not ready to enter abonee into bis schemes, Moses had over six hundred pages on the pay roll of the Assembly, add that body has diminished the number to thirty-wix, Ifthe legislator of South Carolina are roally anxious to reform and secure future pros pority for their unhappy Commonwealth, let them take measures to é2leate the colored race. ‘The blacks form the majority of tho population of South Carolina and of several other Southern States. The false pride and supineness of the whites make them ineffectual for good, and on the colored race, ignorant as It {*, educated as it may be, depends the future of South Carolina. oe Mr. Revo, one of the Fenians sen- tonced to five years’ Imprisonment for connec- tion with the resene of Kenny in Manchester, has published in the Dublin Express an account of his prison experiences, which is horrible revelation of brutality on the part of the prison offictals who had hia In charge, Mr. Ignore spent the principal part of lis imprisonment in Moorchouse Jail, where he was frequently pun- ished because it wes physically impossible for him to accomplish the work assigned to him. On one occasion he was ordered to the parade ground, and being too ill to walk, he was dragged first by two prisoners and afterward by two warders, after which ho was thrust into the ponal cell, where he was stripped naked and left forfour hours, While suforing from paralysis the most cruel experiments were resorted to under the pretence of ascertalaing whether he was shaming. ‘These included burning with hot irona, plercing his legs with needles, the ap- plication of « galvante battery to various parts of his body, and the novel expedient of throw. Ing him m the alr and permitting him to fall upon his bed. Finally he was placed tna soll- tary cell, where he remained until @ short time before his discharge. Other brutalities, too re- volting for description, wore inilleted on the un- fortunate man, who, at the expiration of his sentence, left prison paralyzed and completely broken down. It is hardly to be supposed that the Infiction of such tortures upon political prisoners will be likely toencourage enthusiastic feolings of loyalty toward the British Govern- ment in tho hearts of her Majesty's Irish sub. jects, Mr. Revpiy's statements in regard to the DarLarous treatment he reselved are vouched for by two witnessus, and lle friends have chal- longed the Government to Institute apublic and Juspartial inquiry Into the facta, Letter from ae Actuarr. New You, dt Braven si To ihe Betivor of the Siva. I notice an attack upon Tak Murvar Lire Ixsv nance Commaxy by throe of my distlngul ren, but calculated to n that +3 mden: general, This muy be tho cas employmant of rival compant think favorably of the measure dent Actuary in Saturday's presé ed professtonal breth- ke the public believe aed by Actuaries tn wit those In the 1, for © as You may perhars recollect that tn 1839 a siml+ Jar attempt was made by the International Com pany to use yreat namesin support of a bad eruse and that Iwas one of the actuaries who assisted with others, in breaking that bubble (Sce Pint Annual Report, State of New York, re 412). Jum the oldest Actuary In the United States, having acted profesabonaliy in London and else where sinve 15% havt en Actuary of one of the New York companfes from 1851 to 18 once of over 46 years, Thay of the inside troubles of sick com- sthan perhaps any one else, and huve pro- nally studied the causes which have led them into thelr digtoultles. Tam convinced that, In secon n the high position of The Mutvat Live, a reduction of rates would, ip their particular case, bo generally benefelal Rospectfutty a. dD: Conmulting Actuary, M4 Keaver street, New ¥ THF RYDUCHON IN LIFE RATES ‘The attempt is made to lead pee that @ cb in the rates or ¢ Companies 1s uphoard of, and 1 Just to existing Policy holders. true than this, lo to believe es ot Life cessarily un Nothing can be te everal of the compantes hay changes in thelr rates at different Umes, THe MUTUAL Lore has made such changes, and decreased Its rates, not only in its earliest days, by the advice of its first Actuary, Mr, Gill, but later, by the advice of Mr, Sheppard Homans, tts second Actuary ; and the following note from Mr. Edward P. Bates, of the firm of Vanuxam, Bates & Lambert, General Agents of ‘Tue Morvan Lire in Philadelphia, reoulls to recollection the fact that Mr. Homans, who now so sternly disapproves the lowering of The Mutual's rates, wax, while Actuary of that Company, of a quite different mind, Mr. Bates writes w Youk, Dee. 6, My Dean Sx It may be a matter of interest to you to know that the late Actuary of the Company, Sarr. PAD Homans, Esq., considered the reduction of premium rates asa measure that this Com- pany could adopt with perfect safety. Inthe course of a conversation with him two or three years ago. When urging as @ reason for haste In tho declaration of the year's dividends the fact that other cowpanies were using the delay against us in soliciting risks, tls reply was that, Af they pushed it too far, Dan MeruaL Live" would at once! its rates thirty per cent. and thus declare the dividend tn advanes, Tomy fuquiey, “Can you do it safely #” he reptiod that the experience of thet to that (ime, that It could be done with perton safety Vory truly ye impany showed, ui Bow. P. Maree: Mr, Horans's bellef in the safety of reduced rates io Uitte MUICAL Live some yours azo is vary well known to its officars; these were not then entirely satisded that there had haen a sufficiently long expertence, Bat surely (he pubs lic Will want to know how Mr, Homans van now turn his back on bis former decistous A Manusn ov He Compas y, ee A Grand Promenade will be givon by Eben's Bevent baud at Ebrieh's Temple of Faso ert rat. egiment y EehA ayeutie, bear Twenty-fourth atreet, ou Tucaday eventny Aa ontercale the visitors af their Pou polka ‘y ‘ako place Monday, r Bia, sa exselih ta —o- A Bootless Voyage Across the Atlantico~ An Unexpected Mecting im Kusala—An Acs commodating Janitor that would have Just Suited the Tammany Ri Yesterday, Abraham Nelson, indicted for an alleged burglarious entering of Phelps, Dodue & Co.'s store in Cliff stroet, was put on trial In the General Sessions, Ex-Judge Fullerton, pri- vate counsel for Phelps, Dodge & Co. appeared to ald Asntstant District Attorney Stewart, Ex- Recorder Sinith and Dudley Kield were the pris oner’s counsel. Young Nelgon is a good-looking man, with red Dundreary whiskers, apparently abort twenty- five years old. His father, Admiral Nelson, who is Jointly indicted with him, and {8 to be tried separately, if at all, was seated beside the son, Boyond ovcastonal communications to counsel, nelther manifested by demeanor any special in- terest in the trial, A cunrove erory. Judge Fallerton opened the case for the pro- secution by explaining his connection with It, In consequence of his rolation to the firm of Phelps, Dode & Co. as thetr tegal adviser, add- ing that the respectability and previous good character of the prisoner ought not to shJetd Lim from punishment for a crime committed against light and knowledge. Hoe then at some length de- tailed (26 facts on which the indictment way based, telling how Phelps, Dodges & Co. had b mystified and defeated in contemplated transactions involving large sums of money b the disclosure of their most secret informati correspondence to rival houses in the metal Ho. peasion, he said, after it had that there was ‘a ytiations relative to the ntity of irom in Russa, had secured complete finmunity in his Instance from the prying eyes of everybody, One day a mem er of the drm, designated by his partiors for the purpose, quietly wont out ax though going to lunch. and walked aboard a Evropoan atesmer, on whieh Pansage had been taken for him id another hame. PHELPS, DODGE & CO. ASTONISHED, The nest daz F, outelder entered Phetps, Dodge & Co.'s office and inquired forthe voy- aging member of the firm. He was told that the gentleman was notin, “When willhe be in?” sald the interlocutor.“ Tdon't know,” wae the evasive reply. “L know you don't.” rejoined the inquisitive gentleman, “because he has ied for Russia.” The astonished representa tive of Phelps, Dodge & Co. was then astounded by a perfect recital of the proposed negotiation, and by the Information that «share In its profits to be given the Informant waa an absolute re- quisite to sicesss, Sure enough, when the part- ner of Wie great metal house reached St, Peters burg, whither he travelled tncogafto and with all poasthle despatch, the first man he met there waa agent of his American rival. His firm was compelled either to divide its profits or re= Iinguish the enterprim altogether, Such ex perlonce ag this, added Jndge Fullerton, deter. niined the firm to have their place of business watched by detectives, several of whom they employed, with a result which the testimony would disclose, #TFAD OF THE GRTAT PAnTYERSHTP. William B. Dodge, senior, was the first wit ness sworn for the prosecution. He gave the names of his American and European partners, eight or ten in nuniber, aud added that the drut was established ii ITs, and is one of the largust metal houses in Ameriva. Judge Fullerton Haye you agente and corre. snondents in all the great commercial centres ofthe world £ This gave rise to the firat tilt botwoen coun- sel, many of wh curred during the day. Mr. Smith satd the busine: nad was to try ham Nelson on a charge of burglary, and pose to traverse the extensive bual- 4. Dodge Recorder Hackett dulestion to be inadmiss!? d the ed down from the stand a stout Pinlander, janitor of the Clif’ street building beloneing to’ Phelps, Dodge & Co., wns next called. To the disadvan- taue of being unable to speak or understend nuglish perfectly, he added the trouble of labor- ing under an Irropresaible desire to text!fv so as to exculpate imeelf from the very tmp ortant art he played in the alleged burglary, ‘To wet From him @ strictly responsive answer to @ ques: tlon scemed almost linpossible, OR'S STORY, THE MODEL JANK He sald that he came to this gountry in L and entered the employment of Phe & Co, Oct. 25, 1809, remaining with the was arrested on the night of Jun lived fn she upper part of tl his wife and three children, to take care of t out doors, carry letters, an He knew the f nee by delive at the place where the two Nelsons, father and Kon, did business. ‘hia acqualatance aud the attehuons and presents whica turned It Into inthivacy the witness was anxious tell about at length, and it was evidently an excessive hardanip fn his eyes that he was not permitted, owing to the frequent Interruptions of counsel and tho stern commands of Recorder Hackett, to deliver himself of what was clearly a care fully conned apecch on this subject a8 WAS ay bills him- down tothe drst of June ta " inv the rnoon of that day be wet t infrontof the United States Hotel, and aft ch re Trance finally consented to ad him that t ito the ofices of which he INPORM TION UNDER DIFFICULTIES According to agreement, Nelson came at o'clock, and finding the door conven: ih le walked Li Khe accommodating Jani had | Kept out of the safe the Fuicign Letter | Financial circles have been considerably agitated by the announcement that there was a runon the Mutual Bank, 750 Broadway. ‘The discussion on Wall street yesterday was princt- pally on tho stability of the Mutual Bank, Upon diligent inquiry the following information elicited: The Chatham National Bank of 196 Broadway has for some time past acted as the redeeming or Clearing House agent for the Mu- tual Bank, Friday last the oMfcers of the Chat- ham Bank informed the Cleaeing Mi they would no longer act in the canacity of ra. reining agent for the Mutual. Checks of the Mutual Bank wore consequently refused by the othor banks associated in the Clearing House, thus forcing the holders of papers to. p them over the counter to t| paying teller of the Mutu ‘This action on the part of the Chatham } tional Bank caused rumors derogatory wl Bank, and many of the depositors Saturday hastened to withdraw their baianc ‘Tho rumors increased in course of the afternoc so that at 4 P.M. on Saturday the aisle encin the clerical departinent of the bank was fill by anxious people enyor to get thelr money. The bank not being obliged hy law to rem open later than 3 0 clock ied itself of the privilege, and stationed a man at the door to Prevent any one from entering. Several thou. sand dollars of the bank's resorve bad been paid out at ths hour of glosing, The excitement yesterday did not abate In the least; on the contrary, the number of callers at the bank was unprecedented. ‘The east side of Broadway from Astor place to Eighth street was yesterday morning thronged by an anxious mul- Htude to ascertain the condition of the bank, Rumors wore flying about thick and fast that the whole of the bank's reserve had been pald out, Mossengers ran hurriedly to and fro, ft wag sald, te secure from friendly sources additional funds, ‘The President of the bank, Mr. 8. A. Hill, when questioned tn regard to the matter, replied that they were as yet able to pay all demands. That these troubles are all owing to the Chatham National Bank, which had Informed the Clear- ing House that it would no longer effect clear- ances for the Mutuul, but had failed to give due Hotice to the officers of the latter, and thus pilow tham to make arrangements with another wank. A run had been the result, and their ability to withstand the pressure would mainly depend on the assistance which they tight de- rive from neighboring banks, Tho bank has been In existehoe for about three years as a State bank, Mr. William Montrose, one of the Director ml formerly Vicc-President of th sank, deoms the action of the Chatham Nation- al Bank an outrage. He says that the Mutual haa, ever since its organization, liad business trans- actions with the Chathun. That the Clearing House was notified on Saturday to discontinue to accept ita checks. But no notification was received at the Mutunt of this action until Sat- urday. It is reasonable to expect at least eight days’ notice. ‘The bank has always dones legitimate business. The assets are invested in securities and personal property. They aasert that there 1s not moro than $5.00) of tie assets invested In real estate, which consists of a lease of tho bullding they now oceupy. ‘The bank bas $75,000 La collaterals, Me tert ‘with $4,000 in cash in the hands of the Chatham Bank. The capital of the bank is $106,000, and the deposits $112,000. ‘Tho directors claim 'to be able to pay every demand made upon them. Mr. Wililaw 8. Carman, the cashier, anid that similar run was made about a year ago, when the Stuyvesant, the Bighth Natioual, and Union Square banks went under, but the rush did not hare them in the least; on the contrary, it served to strengthen the confidence of their cus ‘arman sald that there was but ry Mr. tomers, it taken away they wore all satisfled w the case were explained by depositors ; n the actual negs will go om fa, usual. officers of the Chatham National Rank, of h Mr. Nathaniel Hayden is President, and George M, Hard is Cashier, stated count of the Mutual Bank has be: time unsatisfactory. That the b never praged remuinerative. The has beeiMrepeatedly requested to take their ac- count elsewhere; but they could not find any bank that would open Husiness with them, Finally the Chatham National Bank was com- pelled to notify the Associated Banks that they would o make the exchanges for the Mu- tual Bank. They nevortheless jeve that the Mutual Bank Is solvent. — EDUCATION IN INDIANA. a clmous of Written Examinations of Cau. didates tor Teachers, Prom the Muncie Tunes. TEACHER NO. 1. Quostion—What does a letter represent? Amswor—A letter ty chrecter of eloinentry. Qe—Anulyse the fol ng sentence: Jobn struck Mary. A.—John the suhjact and Mary the attrspt. ve three proofs that the earth is round. Ae it of a clear mornin and you can se0 Ube lite a good bit bofore you see the sun, Q.--Define physiology, A.—Puysiology isa de- scription of the orga Q.-- For what purpose should English grammar be studied? A.--For the youse of penmanship. TEACHER NO. & Q —What is a letter? A letter represe ari or an idea, Q.—What is a sylinbla? A word or an assemblage of words. What ta spelling? A.—Spe nunclation of words TEACTER NO. 8 Q.- In the war of 1812 what battle was fought within tue territory of Indians? A.~Theohurn- che was the lade of the Indie, Gen. Hareon afterwards Preston of the Uuited States was the commander of the Mericana the Invtians teld the Merieans that the next day they would eine a treati¢ of piece and that knight th them the Mericans was a suckes, -A syllable is a ing is the pro- Book, the Domestic Letter Book, and sundry |” Q.—What two events of 1020? Unients of the fir, which were | ‘The landing of 3 hens was 1; and X deposited at closing-up | ing. over Nine Wong jirimin’ for wives and ale of the b ‘These pa- | selling then for 00 lbs tobaco whch was the price secreted in & Ic tached to a | of a wife. desk. Nelson gotat them, and made memoranda |" Q:What ls abay? A.—A Bay is bend in Lack until he was tired, Then’ he asked Patersen to | or Nee. nd him an umbrella, us it was raining, making | Q.-What is addition? A.—Artition Is the at the sane time a sugyestive movement tu ward | prosscsse of undin two nuinbers so as tauke ul. agood one that one + rks had left be Mad bin, Petersen objected to his taking this and went up stairs for an old one belonging to Himself. When he descended with it, the two went out Logether, and were alunost tnimediatel, arreste by Officer Jobo B. MeLaugblin and Willi A. Nickel of the Beekiman street pe station. who had been waiting for them At this point in the examination Judge Ful ton asked the witness whether he knew any about a duplicate hey to the box men miade at any time for the prisones CONSTRUCTIVE BERG Counsellor Smith objected bate en-ued Mr. Sinith contended that the testimony already admitted showed conclusive- urglary In the case, be no breaking forthe purpose of issue was then narrowed to the ether a larceny had been com nttte any ly that there was no ere was T} entering: dictment did not allege the Inrceny of ything but an umnbreiia, some blotun 5 and some envelopes, none of which | H kept to this bex, and it was not pn ride even ifthe prisoner had a key to opon the box. and did open it, he took anything from it but informetion—a commodity which was net the ubject of larveny. Hence, urged. Mr. Kiulth tie proposed testimony about the key and box was irrelevant and inadmissit te. Judge Fullerton ia reply sald that the con spiracy with aservant or employee to gain ad. \ store Was constructive burglary ut the key was proper for Irpose of showing tha tntent allowed th uestion ed that in April Jast Nelaon had the box and thut ft had been WHAT THE POLICEMAN POUND. OMeer McLaughlin testifed to the arrest of the rand Petersen in Clif street, ythe police station, and then & ner, foding on itn ik uit {dentifted afterward as the prope Dodge, Jr..)a package of small ¢ oper, t sheets'of Dlotting paper. some docunents a memorandutus, and a bunch of keys. ‘The w brella was concealed between the prisoner's pat taloons and drawers, and was not perceptible un- tit bis cout was obened. ‘The blotting pay was taken from beneath his clothing at the “small of his back.” ‘The old cotton diubreila lent to the prisoner by Petersen was also fou them the prin in hig possess "This testimony was corrobor. | ated {in every particular by Officer Nickol, and by Detectives Fisher and Sampson, Wm, body that ho was the owner of the s! neealed in the lew of the prisoner's pantaloons “Whatisthe yalue of it? asked Judge Fy lert es jor Smi hat the witness Was notan expert, a ud not testity on this patnt WHAT THE UMUREDLA Was WORTH, The Court deeitod differently, and Judge Rul lerton. br > house by asking My Dodge v Can you swear that you pald tw Hors tor that umbrollny Mr. Dody ropor fure was #2, of WW. James, abother iveinber of the frm, was ginilarly examined, and then is (lon rested. Qoaneettor Bret opened: tor the defence ina brief speech, His main polit was that the prisoner was gully of notbing but too hiuch curiosity ua tothe methods by which the ureat metal doalors transuctod their business, When he concluded the id a half hour de- | 2 —_— ligating Strange Expectations. From the Herald. ATON, Dew, The investigat bilier scandal will show ( accepted for a tine the concern, which Tov Wasnt into the seme Cot NoFMOL they de es, But they will attempt to show th were not identified with the ma men affair or with the legislation which The inquiry here now is itted to take tl r lrond stock, as Credit Mobilier, at the origina ing made to hush th gations, but it {s rumored that startlin ments en dividends of that ‘oted to political and charitable ‘purpos- par value, » investi- devolop- are to be made from an uverpected r. ——— Qucer Symptoma, Prom the New York Times We only conjectured before that roguery 8 xolug on between Halland some men cull- ing themselves Republicans. Prom the New York Ties. Tall secures immunity from making bargains with corrupt Republicans From ihe New York ‘Thurlow Weed Is in better health now than he has been in years. Ile is very systematic, neces surily, in his mode of life, but receives many visitors and holds the strings of many affairs. He is exceedingly temperate, and retires — Rebuilding the Catholic Pretectory. Active preparations are being made at the Catholic Protectory, West Furie, for the rebuilding of Ne girls’ department. A large force, of workmen who had been pulling down the lofty tower, refused to Continue tele work. & few ayy ago, appre hen dlp Gauver, and Ul 9 superi steddent uiuks Of Dlowlug ik Up gunpowder. rly. he insurance hoe been paid to the tru rrarly #2400, the proceeds of Father and ® bumble n cluzens have put (heir faines down ibatlons w Protectory embrace The est - — Twenty-fye Thou Cairo, UL, Dee. 9, every Mbod Cost ts BA0,00, Dollars Stolen, The dry goods store of Bluin & Ameson was robbed of #£5,K0 in eurreney on sundey, Mr, Blum stated that he brought that amount from Paducah, aud arriving after the banks had closed he placed the money tn adenk in the store,and that It was sbocracted Uierefrom between 9and10 Pe AL, ou rau om window wae Dr bersot te « ‘open, but the Arn aysert Chat ther that this was done from the inside to conceal the fact at Che real culrit had @ key to the store, the auair iw euveloped In mystery, a Another Fast Tratter Gon: The fino trotting stallion Phil, Sheridan, six years old, by Long tsland Diack Hawk, dau Portincd elle, owned hy Mr. Hew, Brown of Staploton, the Chiet of the Fire Pepartment of etaten Inland, dled of drops feat eplenctic on thew) Hound kOwih the distemper nino days, aud wae apparently recovers ik, When Ke dled stantig iu hte stall pited for UXpurse thie year aud Won Hye of iene tlw bent record Is cals. “Ar. Brown Was vllered IUAWW {uF bli, Dut dechiced 49 wall bi The Mont Tu lowa 1 Dee. 9--N, H. Brainard, Postinas- Journed Uli this mornin, — FP. A, Conkling will lecture on Thursday ing next, ot Saybrook, Conn, for benett of the Acton Library Fund, retrain nana ‘h is to lecture on * London" be- A. at Apsociation Hall aa Thursday John B.O. fore the ¥. M, ©. evening. Harriet Beseber Stowe is to wive a matinge Teading in Steiuway Hall on Baturdey afternoon, tor at the p ly charge Javity of bin ierks, with end euiberziement, slo bie heid tle eitlee aluce Juue fast ——— A Clothing Store Cleaned Oat Ponr Jeny is, Doc @ merchant tai ertobiibunc at of C. Geisenheimer was entered hore 1akC HIgh, and robbed of almost all i a A Murderer Sentenced, UTISTOWN,N. J. Dec, %—Willlam Grinder, forty quuedur oF Miraiy Feaier at Fort Morris, ober 1G, wie to-day sbtcieed 1 WOR Jeary Abd He mouths (u'the Beate I'rhvon, Laide | ten millions hav Who will Succeed Sawyer of South Caroling Gov. Scott Wants it-One of Cameron's Friends After it—Pwe Nearoes Gol it Old Judge Moscow Watching the Black D. Corresnondenee of The sun. Conumnta, 8. C., Dee. 6, 1872.—The annua gathering of that select body of yu is styled the Legislature of South Carolla {san event whieh requires chronicling In the columne of THY SUN, The eminent gentlemen who « Pose the General Assembly of this Stato, and who have just assembled to pray, are at jprovent deeply engaged tn solving the momentots quese tlon as to who will have the bonor of represents Ing the Palmetto State in the next Senate of the United States. The readers of Te Sux will not he surprised to learn that the candidates for the Position are numerous. The South Corolina politictan atways aspires, and whenovera vacancy occurs there, you'll find him ready to fill the breach. In this Instance the breach occurs Iw the place which has been filed during the past four years by Senator F. A. Sawyer, and th Patriots who are anxtous to offer thems. 1ves for the place are as numberless as the sauds on the sea shore, THE CANDIDATER, Senator Sawyer is of course a candidate for ree oloction, He has served the Stato faithfully the past four years, was one of the enrilest founders of the Republican party In the South, and has kept the skirts of his oMctal career en- tirely clear of anything like questionable trang actions, Butitis searcely necessary to say that these qualidentions are not regarded as sufficie recommendations by the Legislature of So Carolina. On the contrary, Senator Sawyer's re spectability i# an eloment which will serlonaly inrpair his chances of redloction, and It requires no prophet to predict that his voice will never bo again heard In the halls of the national Sen- ate, Congressman Elliott, the colored: member ot Congress from the Third South Carolina Distriet, is the lending candidate of the oMcial State Ring, He is probably the most prominent colured man in the State, Is certainly tho most thoroughly educated, and fs regarded by some as having the inside track in the contest. He depends for his election solely upon his claims on the questioa of color, He avers that he has no money to spend, and runs upon his muscle. He was Presi- lent of the Republican State Convention aud Was lustrumental In securing the nomination o Moses, the present Governor. While he claiins that he fs not purchasing votes, It must be une derstood that Elliott, ike all the oth prem espise nent candidates for the place, does not the blandishiments of FREE GIN MILES, Accordinaly his headquarters are filled up with all the appli ofa second-rate whiskey shop, So far as regards the character of Elliott as compared with his two principal opponents, there seems to be not much difference. It Is not thought by anybody here that either Kiliott, Scott, or Patterson is blessed with a super abundance of those virtues which are set down ag “ moralities.” In point of intelligence, the negro Is certainly the superior of any of lis ope ponents. He isa full-blooded black man, with tices possessing all the characteristics Of the African citizen in his native State, but he has recetved a thorough education, and with bis elligence combines a shrewdness an sharp # that would do honor toa native New Bng- lander. In aspeech ata caucus of the Lewislan ture the other night he denied th run ning for the office on the que claimed that he ran upon “me manhood” and the “right of me race to personal reprosemtae tion in the Senate of the United States," ‘There i no doubt that Billott, has great ine fluence with his race, and should his mind be honestly turned in that direction, he could do much toward the amelioration of the niserable condition of the local government of South Carolina, Among thoae who know bin, how- ever, he has the reputation of being thoroughly unscriipulous and corrupt, in which respect be stands upon a footing with EX-GOV. RODT. K, SCOTT, candidate for the position, Scott has been engaged for the past four years in rucnig the State of South Carolina into debt. That he has succeeded, no one can doubt; and the poo victimlaed South Carolina bondholders in New York who are to-day whistling for the interest on these fraudulent bonds will be surprwed te Scott bases his hopes for a Senatorial nthe strong hold he has int people. If this claim had been based upon the atrong hold that he has on the pocks ets of the people, there would be some cance of bis election, os Hut despise the baser methods of gaining votes. amd having had cons siderable experience in bribing the members of Legislature to vote down the impeachinent resolutions introduced during the last session, he has established a free whiskey shon and @ deputy national bank, wiere all his supporters obtain as uch rum as they 4 ae, and ones in a while a moderate supply of dross, done up in the shape of United States legal tenders, There have been mysterious whisperinzs of late of threats to arrest Scott upon an indictment for bribery, but hie hide is as thick as that of a rhinoceros, and he pursues the even tenor of hig. way entirely unmindful of the muttering: of the sturm that is gathering around bim, JOMN J. PATTERSON, ‘The leading candiate in the race, as i9 ee ly acknowledged. ts Jolin J. Patterson of sylvaula, commonly known as Honest Jolt name with which he has Luts a tion Inoendo theory. gental sortof man. What Is a great revomme! dation to the members of the General Assembly is that he means business. John seems iobearne gort of malice against any person, partyur people, He is devoid of any political or other convice tions except pecuniary, upon which be hag de- cided views. He ts said to be a chum of Cas meron, the great Pennsylvania man, He cane to South Carolina about four years ago, [tts thought that the inducements offered fim to come here were the vast undeveloped resources of the State, which he bas been engaged La dex veloping ¢ since his appearance upon thie st His ex, con confined prineke pally tosundry railroad jobs, which have Crom Une to time put throueh the Lect lature of § 4 Carolina, and by raeal Mo which about been added to the debt of the gs with the members, Nonest prompt to pay the avote, and itis thought tha characte Joun has give) and the | a nited States Sena’ his frst apy in the political ar itunderstood that Joba. unlike th contreres of the genus carpel-bag aspired to oficial 1 nent. He sys been content to apply himself to dey. loping the resources of the State, and would «nly ae pear In the political Ring to show hls power and make Governors. Tt was mainly throu! his the strumentality that the vernon secured the nomination, and through the sane mysterke ous influence that the Bolters’ delegation from Charleston see dt r seats in the General Assembly. ‘The State treasury is entice ad i i The hungry w that ieneral A money, John prot tthe other candidates, and knows how to u with & judicious but unsparing hand. Put’ this and thut together, it does seem that he will son return to the bosom of his friend) Cvneron decked In all the majestic grandeur of a United States Senator. THE OTHER FELLOWS. These are not the only candidates in the eld: however, Far from it. ‘Phere are oo le-s than a dozen of smaller fry, each one of woom i morally convinced that he will be the coring wan Chiot Ju Moses of the Supreme Courtot the Sts + apoken of ax a contingent can tidate, It se 8, however, that his » he Governor, has pledged the old gentleman "not to cun a long a8 Eillott ts in the fold. and | for ooly in the contingency of Elliott's w rowel) which is not likely, hat the Chief Jus wid be @ candidate, des ih rabably t blest man in the party in this State, and bet 4a fled for the position than any of the cant but his head is eded t» lirect the thon of his son,and it will be as South Carolina when the chair of ¢ 1 the made yacant Wright, the colored ars 1 reme Court of t de the judicial rl eloquence In the halls of the United 7 Judge Wright's qi Aoattons f best slated by hitaselt ‘ ith de onty man in i) n to yrathp de quethtlonth of bullin debare.” Tle, like Vor ‘ 4 r » and claims with tom 1 rave should be represented in the | ses Benate, There are humerous ether cand d fold, but they may be all counted: 5 The race will prodably be to the ¢ purse holds out lon, tand whose hand Md unsparing in the use of its contents, M cere clement in the General A F siioh a slight texture as to avail notin t ft was thoroughly onsani Tt ts pr at their vores will be enst £ acon, abe didate whose name his not yetanpeat sd ‘The Sinking of a Seamboar~Two Hives bot Memrira, Doc, % A despatety from |) lui gaya that the steamboat Thowas He A for Jacksonport, struck @ snag at Yolo’ five intles above (hi nd mink to her lnericwie ret. The secund cook were ' bee bames are Unknown. Capi. sian eh about §! mi, The boat is. ys ; Snd le owned by the Mempble aud Arheosse Vacliet Company, She We aut lusurod,