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THE DAILY SUN.j
Wednesday, January 3th, 1872
SUN-STROfcES.
LOCAL NOTES.
Almost every Chicago man has turned
I a Homer and siQ 8 s fche mius1vjfL Pale ^ shooting and
, joke. '
“Pride goeth before destruction, and a | “News from the Provinces”is thehead-
The Wages of Sin.
Supposed Murderer Discharged.—
| Charles Parson, the negro boy charged
killing John "Wyatt,
another negro boy, on Christmas day,
i i, • -i. i « ii» nn -i i — „ t was arraigned yesterday before Justice
haughty spirit before a fall. Ine^ day ^g the New York Herald gives its South- Jolmson After a brief investigation, it
; ern items. appeared that the shooting was entirely
,, , , , . mt l The New York Herald gets up a i<- acc i derda i and it-was found impossible
throughout the country, is near. The por ted attempt to assassinate the Pnnce
people are taking this matter in the r J G f Wales by poison.”
own hands, and the guilty parties will Now* he is in North Carolina. His
meet a deserved fate. Tweed, the great j name is Thacker and he died at the age
Head Centre of the American Rmgs, ] Q f 138,
of reckoning for the Bond Ring and the
gangs of organized official nlunderers!
will, no doubt, be expelled from
tho State Senate of New York, as soon as
that assembly meets. Wrong-doing cer
tainly brings its own punishment. It
produces its legitimate effects, as surely
as the cold of winter brings death to ve
getation.
The New York World, of the 28th De
cember, commenting on Tweed’s great
fall, says:
“Except Louis Napoleon’s, Tweed’s is
perhaps tho most sudden and impressive
fall that has happened in our time. Last
winter and the winter before, this for
saken and humiliated man was omnipo
tent in our State and city politics. He
dictated the legislation of the most im
portant State in the Union, moulding it
to his will, and shaping it as he pleased.
His influence was quite as great over the
Republican as over the Democratic mem
bers. In the government of this great
city he was an autocrat. His political
influence was reinforced by the influence
of great but ill-gotten wealth. And now
this powerful man, whose vulgar success
dazzled so many vulgar followers, is a
skulking fugitive from justice! He is
like the foolish man described in the gos
pel who built his house upon the sand.
‘ And tho winds blew, and the floods
come, and beat upon that house, and it
fell, and great was the fall thereof.”
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The Auditing Board Investiga
tion.
The committee appointed by the Leg
islature at its late session to investigate
the conduct of the Auditing Board of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad -meets
at the Capitol this morning.
The committee consists of Hons. L.
C. Hoyle, of Dawson, and John A. Jervis,
of Morgantown, on the part of the Sen
ate; and John W. Wofford, of Bartow;
W. J. Head, of Haralson, and J. H.
Woodward, of Dooley, on the part of the
House. Mr. Hoyle is chairman.
Tho Bnllock Legislature, in leasing
out the State Road, provided that the
florting debts or liabilities of the road
should be paid out of the Treasury of
the State, authorizing the Governor to
draw his warrant upon the Treasury for
^hat purpose, and having the following
proviso:
jProvided, That the Governor shall,
in no case, draw his warrant
on the Treasury in favor of any
such claimaut, for any unliquidated de
mand, until tho claim is audited and
affirmed by a Board of three Commis
sioners, to consist of Benjamin Conley,
Dawson A. Walker and George Hillyer,
Esq’rs, or a majority of them; * * *
but no claim shall, in any event, be al
lowed by said Commissioners, or j aid by
the Governor, that has been rejected by
the judgment of the Court having juris
diction of the case, or by the action of
the Legislature; nor shall any cla'm be
paid which falls within the class rejected
by the decisions of the Supreme Court
on account of their connection with the
rebellion, or which is embraced in the
Ordinance of Repudiation passed by the
Convention of 1885.”
We lay the foregoing synopsis of the
act creating the Board of Commissioners,
before our readers that they may under
stand fully the case.
The Board thus appointed—Messrs.
Conley, Walker and Hillyer—audited and
ordered nearly a half million of claims to
be paid out of the Treasury. Some
claims thus allowed and paid have turned
out to be fabricated, unfounded and
fraudulent; and on account of this, and
for other reasons, the present Legislature
have appointed a committee to investi
gate the conduct of the Board,
We forbear making any comments.
We shall await the result and let the facts
developed speak for themselves,
The Courier-Journal says: “Rooster-
ill, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, steals
from the Small Talk with regularity and
precision.” That is “petty thieving”
with a vengeance.
A two hundred acre quarry of marble
has been found in Wisconsin. Grant has
not yet invested, but will look after the
matter as soon as Seneca is well off his
hands.
The New York Times says: “We have
received a number of letters on the wo
man suffrage question, the publication of
which we must postpone until we have
more space.” If their publication were
postponed altogether the public would
lose nothing.
The rebellion in Pennsylvania is giving
Grant a deal of trouble. Being unable
to “draw the Curtin aside,” he seriously
contemplates asking Akerman if the En
forcement act is not available.
“Eighteen daily papers are now print
ed in Rome.” But it is not Grady’s
Rome that is meant.
“Madame Brigham Young” is manip
ulating the can-can in Paris theatres.
I calaboose with a call, the hospitalities of
which princely inn cost him $5.
HANNIBAL KYNNGE,
While loitering about the Kimball
House heard it was about to fall. As a
reacting stimulant, he took some benzine
to blow it up. His Honor blowed him
up. The explosion cost Kynnge $10.
We then ventured to ask His Honor
the following question of morals:
“ Do you think it a sin in the gleaming
To sit near a neat fitting dress,
With the daintiest of maidens within it.
And lily white fingers to press?
Or softly to lift a stray ringlet.
That floats o’er a bosom of snow,
Or to peep into the eyes that are glancing
From darkly fringed eyelids below?
Not if you pay $5 for license, said His
Honor. We adjourned.
Eataii Accident in Taliaferro Coun
ty.—Henry Edwards, (colored) of Talia
ferro, was out, with several others, hunt
ing, on the 27th of December. He had
a double-barrelled shot-gun, one barrel
of which he had discharged at a squirrel,
and, while loading it again, the other
barrel went off, discharging its contents
in his breast and killing him instantly.
It is supposed the hammer of the lock
to identify the prisoner as the party who
did the shooting. He was consequently
discharged. W- H. Hulsey and Howard
Yan Epps for defense; J. T. Finley for
prosecution.
Watch Service at Kimbaim House.
The Audience Hall of the Kimball
House was crowded to its utmost capacity
on Sunday evening to witness the Watch
Service during the last hours of the dying
year. The service was opened at 10$,
p. ji., by Rev. Dr. Wills, President Ogle
thorpe University, who delivered an ap
propriate and admirable address on The
Grand March of Time.
Members of all denominations and
nil congregations were present to partici
pate in the crowning ceremony of the
season, and listen to the Music pi the I was half sprung. Harry was an orderly,
Spheres as its last echo vibrated in the upright man, and his family have sus
dark niche of 1871, and went rumbling [ tained a very great loss in his death,
down through the corridors of the Tem
ple of Time.
Just as the City Clock pealed out the I
midnight hour, and the last echoes went
out with the dying year, Dr. Wills con-
T E L B G_B A M S
Columbia, January 1.—At the opening
of the Ku-Klux Court, Avery, defendant,
was found absent. The prosecution pro
ceeded with rebntting, and called atten-
cluded his discourse with a farewell to
the old year, and a greeting to the next. I tion to Avery’s absence. Wilson, fof the
After an anthem improvised for the oc- counsel for the defense, said Avery had
casionbythe excellent choir, the entire S°° e , to Yo * k c ° UI \ fc y to visit his family,
J ,. . . , . ... ,. and he understood would return on the
congregation joined in congratulations next traiu Judge Bond demanded to
_ , t j- I and wishes for a Happy New Year, and know of McMaster, of the defendant’s
Forty-one divorces a day is the Indiana I etired . witll joyful anticipations of the counsel, where Avery was. McMaster
average, the year round.
“About a year ago a deaf and dumb
couple in New Jersy were married. Late
ly the wife gave birth to a child, and can
now both hear and speak.” Parties who
are disposed to doubt this statement can
see the child by going to New Jersy.
hoped the Court would excuse him from
answering the question. Judge Bond
ordered McMaster to show cause why his
name should not be stricken from the
roll of attorneys.
The Court signed an order for the for
days of 1872.
The pert little whisper of ‘‘Seventy-one,”
That swelled to a blast of music and rhyme,
Has gone with a sigh on the midnight air
To wake its last echo in the Temple of Time.
New Year’s Calls. The popular cus- j feiture of Avery’s bail, and issued a writ
tom so long in vogue of paying respects of scire facies, returnable Wednesday,
and tendering New Year’s greetings to District Attorney Corbin asked him to
the ladies, was gallantly observed on Mon- f. ons ! der whether the cas, should go to
1 „ , , the jury in Avery s absence. The Court
The Spanish Cortes, and others of the f ay bya thousand-more or less-of our adjourned till to-morrow.
. town chivalry. From 11 a. m. to 11 p. Avery s bondsmen are J. T.
The Cuban Insurrection.
government authorities, bent on a vigo
rous prosecution of the war for the sup
pression of the insurrection of the op
pressed patriots of persecuted Cuba, have
recently appointed Marshal Jose de la
Concha, Marquis of Havana, to succeed
the Count of Valmaseda, for a long time
the brutal Executive of the island.
This removal has been made at the
instance and long solicitation of
the coterie of Spaniards at Havana,
Avery’i
si. the streets were alive with handsome I York county—amount $3,000.
Lowry, of
barouches, elegant .phaetons, royal
“coaches and four,” and other indescri
bable vehicles, and chivalrous.knights,
“WTho talked aU tbe day
Of their hat and their glove,
But thought aU the way?
Of an angelic love
Who told him one night,
In the light of red Mars,
She loved him—the sprite—
Then gazed at the stars!”
More than live hundred houses were
The general impression is that Avery
has absconded—believing his conviction
is inevitable.
Charleston, January 1.—Emancipa
tion Day was generally observed by the
colored population—the procession in
cluding a troop of the Cavalry Regiment
Infantry, and a large number of civil and
political societies—all colored—paraded
tbe streets. The oration and speeches
were delivered, and salutes fired.
The
open for reception, and the parlors were I Celebration was marked by perfect order
taU.nSrSil 0 S,'3 to f^h letnny “ d de “ ralea ' rith January 2-In United
in the African slave trade, and for thisI festoons and wreaths of laurel, myrtle and I States Court this morning, the trial of
reason are anxious for the suppression of cedar> and tables fairly radiant with de- Dr. Avery was continued. After argu-
an insurrection which threatens to de-1 licious de ii C acies and sparkling bevera- “ents from the opposing counsel, the
, jury found a verdict of guiltv. No mo-
ges. The calls were far more numerous, | J tio £ for ft judgmen t was made.
spoil them of the fabulous profits accru
ing from the enterprise.
Valmaseda, the former Captain-Gene
ral, although cruel and loyal enough, it |
seems was deficient in the spirit, talent,
enercrv to *** ^iles and refreshments c ;er two 0 f the Mes^h" recently erected at a cost
energy, ana fortitude to successfully | onip&ta. Vp.HIv. arp n.ns-l~* <i*7n aaa ii na i.nvnd
prosecute the war with a fair prospect of
the immediate crushing of the rebellion.
Jose de la Concha, the successor of
Valmaseda, has figured conspicuously in
Spanish politics. He was born in Buenos
The New Era has hauled down the
name of Grant and Akerman, which so
long floated at its masthead, as candi
dates for the Presidency and Vice-Presi
dency, and has never given a word of ex
planation. It was quietly done—done on
the sly—no reason given.
But it keeps the motto invented by Dr.
Bard, at the head of its column—some
thing about Grant being a pilot of some-
kiud; and some of the friends of that pa
per point to Bard’s old motto standing
up there, and triumphantly assert that the
Era has not hauled down Grant’s name.
It keeps Bard’s idea up there—declar
ing that Grant is a pilot; but it no longer
• keeps his name hoisted as its choice for
President.
The truth is, Grant stock is running
low, and Radicalism is on the wane.
Dr. Bard’s Chattanooga Paper.
We hear it stated that Dr. Bard
about to abandon his Chattanooga enter
prise, and therefore, that city will not be
blessed with the publication of a Grant
Radical paper during the coming cam
paign.
The truth is, Grant stock is running
low, and Radicalism is on the wane all
over the United States.
The calls were far more numerous,
and the preparations more extensive, and I Four prisoners from Spartanburg
the reception more elegant^ t5an last | county pleaded guilty and were remand-
year. A number of bouses entertained
ed for sentence.
LouisyilijE, January 2.
-The Church
hundred guests. Verily, these are aus-1 Q f §70,000, has been burned,
.picious overtures to the despotic little Columbus, January 2.—The Senate has
sovereigns of leap year. organized, with Republican officers
-nr /-! t> -nr n v i... -»r • elected by the vote of the Lieutenant
Ma-t. C. P. HcCalla. Yesteida^ Maj. Q overnor< q^e House has organized
McCalla returned from Augusta, where w it b Republican officers. The Senate
he has been staying for some days. He | adopted a resolution asking Congress to
temporary debt, $94,523,S67. The pres- j
ent total liabilities do not exceed 100,-
000,000. The valuation of property, Au
gust, 1871, was $212,984,499. The real
estate valuation of the city for 1871 was
returned at $769,306,410, and yet this
does not represent more than 40 percent. |
of such property. A true valuation would
not be less than $2,000,000,000, on which
the present debt, as above estimated, viz:
$100,000,000, would be equivalent to a
mortgage of 5 per cent. The
increase of the valuation of prop
erty of the city for assessment purposes
between 1860 and 1S70 was S2j per cent.
The present increase in the value jof real
estate is estimated at 5 per cent per
aunurn.
The report concludes by saying, “it
is, therefore, evident that, in comparison
with the actual accumulated and tangible
wealth of the city of New York, any lia
bility on account of indebtedness which
this city has yet incurred, or is prospec
tively likely to incur, is very insignifi
cant, r.nd with reasonable, honest, effi
cient and economical government, such
as public opinion and Legislative authori
ty, guided by recent experiences, seem
certain to compel, there can be no good
reason why the interest bearing debt ob
ligations of the city should not be re
garded as the most desirable of invest
ments.
Washington, January 2. —Valerian
Scherckoff has assumed charge of tbe
Russian Legation.
There was a long Cabinet session to
day, after which tbe President and Aker
man bad a consultation—it is supposed
over Ku-Klux matters.
The debt- statement for December
shows a decrease of over $4,500,000; coin
in the Treasurv, $111,500,000; currency,
$15,750,000.
Rome, January 2.—The king sent a
special ambassador to the Vatican, on
New Year’s, with congratulations to the
Pope. Antonelli received tho ambassa
dor and informed him that the Pope was
indisposed and unable to receive visitors.
Madrid, January 1.—These is again a
Ministerial crisis in consequence of the
appointments of Senor Terris Mara to
succeed Senor Crespo, as second in com
mand in Cuba, and of Gen. Marais, as
successor to the officer in the military
direction of tho eastern portion of that
island.
Later—The rumors of a Ministerial
crisis are denied. No confirmation is
given of the recall of Minister Roberts
from Washington; but should it prove
true, there is little doubt that Admiral
Palo would be his successor.
Paris, Jauuary 2.—The French have
won a brilliant victory in Oran. Two
rebel chieftains and one hundred and
horsemen were killed.
London, January 2.—The American
Minister has gone to France where he
will meet General Sherman.
Harrisburg, January 2.—The Legis
lature convened to-day.
Annapolis, January 1.—Prof. Gunth
stated an impossibility when lie said he
got tartar emetic when treating sulphide
of antimony precipitate with potash. If
he had obtained what he said he did, it
would have proved that no tartar emetic
was there. The evidence is iiieompre-
sivelv technical, but positive in its con
tradictions of the results obtained by the
prosecution. Dr. Jno. J. Rose, occupy
ing the Chair of Medical Jurisprudence
and Texicology in the University of
Pennsylvania, testified that Aikens’ tes
timony does' not, to witness’ mind, es
tablish the presence of antimony in
Ketchum’s stomach, or in the tumbler.
Some very important tests were omitted.
Some tests applied failed. In the tests
most relied upon there were sources of
fallacy, which rendered them uncertain
and unconclusive. Tonev’e tests also
were insufficient to establish the presence
of antimony.
Annapolis, January 2.—Dr. Reese tes
tifies that, viewing the case exclusively
from the symptoms of post mortem, as
testified to, the witness is of the opinion
THE ROCHESTER JK.U~K.CVX
FP.1R.
u «4i'«igre Your ttrothers.»
The City
in
Ayres, South America, of Spanish pa- faaa done much to expoS8 tlie frauda and adopt Sumner’s one term amendment by
rents, who, in the war waged by Spain corruptioa of the thieving R ing , and de- a RT^ 0 | 0 ^ K t0 JaauarT2< _ Tbe old Board
agmnst the South American patriots, re- L erveg well of the people of G e01g ia. No of A i der men’ after passing a resolution ,, T - , , , , . . .
mained steadfast in their allegiance to the doubt his serviceg will ba duly acknow i_ imp eaching Mayor Hall, wal dissolved by ^ u ^abk tTnatScaus? thatlsVa
mother country. After the independence edged by the people of Georgia, and suit- order of the Court. Mayor Hall quail- tnbutable to natural cause-that is, to a
of the republics in South America had Li dv rewarded fled the new Board, which proceeded to
been establish^, Ue returned U» Sp™, op E ,giv-
and became Lieutenant General m the day t be committee to investigate the con- ing preference to O’Baldwin, to fight for
Spanish army. In 1843, he became dQct of him of the bis0nddd6j meetg afc §20,000.
Captain-General of the Vascagorda pro- L be Capitol bui i ding . It consists of A fog yesterday suspended the ferries,
vinces; in ’49 Captain-General of Cuba, Messrs> j. c . Nicholls of Blackshear, and ie °™ ed ° lly 8 b haS ^ 1 e ’ an 6 1S
and has since that time been appointed to jj- j Wellborn of Blairsville, of the Sen- A bitter content is progressing at A1
the same position; been Ambassador to ate . ^ E< Hoge of Atlanta, S. A. bany over tbe Speakership.
France, member of the Senate, War McNeil of Cuthbert, and W. D. Payne of The new Board of Aldermen is in full
Minister in the, Spanish Cabinet, and Ein „ ffold of tbe House possesion, and the impeachment
, ,, . , ^ jsmggoiu, oi me XLOUSB. Hall, by the old Board, is a nullity.
held several other posts of honor and Investigation of State Road Manage- I ^Some of the members of the old Board
trust under the Spanish Government. —q’ be committee to investigate the attempted to take possession of the room
Ha is about 70 years of age. management of tbe "Western and Atlantic the City Hall, but were driven off ^by
His appointment, perhaps, may be EaiIroad wMe under the control of |Pf 1 ®® t afte r f f a A s 1 ^‘ fc sknm - age '
somewhat offensive to.the people of this Ri odget t and Bullock, meets this
country on account of his participation morn j ng . Hon. M. A. Candler of
in the massacre of Americans connected Becatu £ and w. L. Clark of Thom
with the Lopez expedition, in - 50 or asvd ] e) gj. e £ b e Senators on' the Commit-
thereabouts, when CoL Crittenden, tee . and ciairborne Snead of Augusta, R. I excitemfen"t _ over”^ outrage committed
nephew of Hon. J. J. Crittenden, of | Phillips of Statenvrlle, and W. L. on a white girl by a negro named How-
Goldsmith of Decatur, are the members ar< b Tbis-moming a mob of 400 or 500
., , tt people went to the jail, and attempted to
oa the part on the House greit iu and kill the prisoner, but they
Col. J. F. Denver, of Polk countyj were failed by the Sheriff and. the police,
has been appointed Collector of Internal The military is now assembling for the
. , _ . , , , ., Revenue for the 4th Congressional Dis- protection of the jail.
The people of Georgia feel as proud of .. . , . . .. T u. , Rochester, January 2.—Later.—The
fheir triumph over the official robbers trict, and is m the city. V e suppose he excd;e|]uen £ over the outrage has not
who have so long plundered them, as will soon enter upon his duties. abated. There are now immense crowds
the New Yorkers over Tammany’s down- Mayor’s Court.—His Honor does not about the jail, and they are frantic over
fall. The revolution in Georgia, though I relent one jot or tittle from his estab- a report that the little girl had died of
and severity, or punishing *- Jg-fc
After the introduc-1 ^ conclusive, and leaves no doubt that
The case of Allen versus Fisk and
| Gould has been compromised.
Albany, January 2.—The Republican
I caucus has nominated Smith for Speaker,
| which is a Custom House victory.
Rochester, January 2.—There is great
numerous
Kentucky, together with
Americans, were shamefully murdered.
"We shall await with interest the develop-1
ment of his administration.
ly as complete as that which in New
York, has sent Connolly to jail and ren- the city’s offenders.
dered Tweed a fugitive from justice.
Governor Bullock resigned to save im
peaehment, and fled to avoid a term in
the Penitentiary.
Blodgett, for years Bullock’s right
bower, and for the same prudential reas-
tory hymn—
“Come all ye heavy laden
In sin and sorrow lost,
Repent, both youth and maiden,
And pay your Ten and Cost—”
TWO BLUE COATS
he is the man who committed the dread
ful outrage. The police are at the jail,
and the military are assembling at the
arsenal. Attacks are made by roughs,
and others, upon unoffending negroes
who appear in the streets. It is feared
on, like him a fugitive, has been defeated were calIed U P> charged with offering an tbat tbere will be an outbreak to-night,
in his effort to secure a seat in the United unwarranted insult to the virgin New j >p be Sheriff and his aids stand firm, and
States Senate, the Election Committee | Year. They had desecrated the day of are determined to uphold the laws.
The Griffin Middle Georgian says: A
party of negroes living near the line of
the Griffin, Monticello and Madison Rail
road had a ball last Saturday night. It
was attended by a gang of the railroad
negroes, and.it seems that a feeling of
jealousy between tho country negroes
and the railroad negroes culminated in a
difficulty—two negroes being killed.
unanimously reporting in favor of Nor- hernativit ^ by making i ibat ions with
wood (Conservative), who has been ,
sworn in. Thus Georgia is rid of a pair benzine, accompanied by profane
of as shameless robbeis as ever donned} propitiations to Pinto. Their form of
the uniform of a State’s prison. A year worship was peculiar:
ago they were as firmly entrenched as
Tammany. How the mills of the gods
grind!—Memphis Avalanche, 3Qth Dec.
The Albany News has this: Labor-hir
ing has been going on for a week past,
and we hear of less difficulty than here
tofore. Many negroes are preparing to
crop on their own responsibility, and are
buying mules extensively. Some of our
planters have got tired, and instead here
after of paying the negro, they intend
the negro shall pay them.
A lamp filled with warranted non-ex
plosive” excurted in Angusta, last week.
Several negroes burned.
“They sat upon their altar,
In the soft and marshy mud,
And cussed like burnin’ blazes,
Their noses' steeped in blood;
And while they prayed for whisky,
With voices loud and keen,
They raised a mighty anthem—
*A health to King Benzine.’ ”
For this piece of idolatry His Honor
gave the virgin New Year a re-dress worth
$10 and costs—of trimming.
SEAB. WRIGHT,
Albany, January 2.—Both Houses
have organized, electing the Republican
caucus nominees.
Hoffman’s message is long. Alluding
to the July riots, he wants the law to se
cure equal rights, whatever the creed.
The Senators should be elected by tbe
people. He recommends a new charter
for the city of New York, somewhat sim
ilar to that proposed by the Committee
of Seventy. He makes no allusion to
National affairs.
Tweed did not claim his seat to-day,
Albany, January 2.—The Gqyernor
sent" to the Legislature to-day a special
message on the financial condition of
Richmond, January 2. — Governor
Walker has vetoed the joint resolution
of the Legislature suspending the fund
ing of the funding of the State debt,
This, however, will probably amount to
nothing, as in the House the resolution
was adopted by over a three-fourths vote,
and in tbe Senate by a two-thirds vote.
San Francisco, January 1.—Judge
Lake pleaded guilty of assault on Mr.
Young, of the Chronicle, with a pistol;
fined $300.
Two reputable young men disappeared
from Sacramento. Supposed to have
been murdered.
Several days Eastern mail arrived to
day.
A man, his wife and two children were
murdered near Tucson, supposed to have
been done by outlaws.
The snow storm in California, Oregon,
and Nevada is unabated. Raining in
cessantly. Mails, telegraph and travel
are interrupted northward.
Rome, January 1.—Victor Emanuel
was received to-day in the Quirinal.
Monroe, La., Jan. 1.—Sixty houses,
including the wealthiest portion of the
city, were burned to-day. Among the
buildings destroyed are the Union
Churches’ Mission House and the Central
House. Loss over $500,000.
Chicago, January 1.—Alexis and
bunting party are to meet in Omaiia on
the 10th of January. If the snow is too
deep for sport, the party is to proceed to
San Francisco,
Madrid, January 1.—Another ministe
rial crisis is over—minor appointments in
Cuba.
Omaha, Jaunaryl.—The Pacific rail
road is still blocked up. Eight feet of
snow in cute, which have been shovelled
twice. [Note—A Southern road is need
ed badly.
London, January 3.—The Times, dis
cussing Catacazy’s recall, says the Minis
ter served his government zealously, but
not judiciously.
Sir Charles Dilke’s supporters are pre
paring for a grand demonstration in his
honor.
a State of Seigc.
The Ropulaco Thirst tor the
ISSoofl of the,ISaniimUtcd.
Rochester, N. Y., January 3.—F r . m
three until eleven o’clock this mornin"
the city was comparatively quiet. Four
companies of the fifty-fifth regiment are
guarding the jail and its approaches, and
loaded cannon are placed to command
the bridges.
At eleven o’clock the crowd assembled
and there is a good deal of booth)" 0 f
the military, but no overt act was com
mitted. At half past eleven some one
placed on the coral in the slip of Court
street, a flag on which were the words
“Avenge Your Brothers.” Brigadier
General Clarke tore it down, and the
crowd rushed upon him, aud for a short
time he was in peril, but was released,
and fire-arms were handed to him by his
friends.
The Sheriff has ordered the remaining
six companies of the 54th regiment, and
they are now assembling at the. arsenal.
It is feared there will be more trouble
this afternoon and evening.
The authorities are determined to de
fend the jail, but they wish the negro
Howard well of it.
Further particulars of the shooting last
evening show that the soldiers were pelt
ed by the mob with brickbats and stones,
and several were injured. The order to
charge was given and some of the men
fired instead.
LATER.
A considerable crowd is about the
jail, but tbe heavy rains checks excite
ment. No violence since noon. Prep
arations are made to meet every emergen
cy. The negro Howard has been in
dicted.
The police charged the mob gathered
around the jail, driving them through the
streets in every direction. A great
crowd is now (four o’clock) iu Buffalo
street, at the intersection of State. Four
veteran companies have ben sworn in as
special police. Several soldiers who
stepped out of the lines were knocked
down by the mob.
Howard will not be brought before the
court until it is known whether the vic
tim will die.
* . still later.
The Judges of the-Oyer and Terminer
Court direct the Sheriff" not to take How
ard from the jail at present, and to pro
tect the public property and preserve the
public peace at all hazards.
Howitzers have been removed to posi
tions where they command Exchange
street and its approaches from the east
side of the river more effectually.
RocIiesteb, January 2, Midnight—
The main portion of the crowd has dis
persed.
A public meeting is proposed for to
morrow.
The Captain of the company disavows-
having ordered tbe firing, whereby four
citizens were killed.
Negroes have abandoned tho streets.
John Etler, who was killed, was a
prominent German citizen.
The military claim that they were as
sailed ivith stones.
New York, January 3.—The counsel
for the people proposes excepting to
young Tweed as surety for his father, on
the ground that love and affection are
considerations which are insufficient to
constitute a good title.
Tweed will not go to Albany until bis
bail bonds are arrange d.
A pigeon shooting match by the Long
Island Shooting Club, was interrupted
yesterday by Bergh. A member shot
two birds, however, to enable Bergh to
make a test case iu the courts. The so
ciety, on the other hand, threaten to sue
Bergh for trespassing on the Club
Grounds.
Two ruffians seized a respectable mar
ried woman on Eighth Avenue, and car
ried her into a disreputable house. The
woman fought, and one split her fore
head with brass knuckles aud fled. The
other was arrested and proved to be Geo.
Schuyler Burns, who was convicted of a
similar outrage a year ago.
Sickles has gone to Washington.
Washington, January 3.—Tho ship
Osprey, of Boston, has been traced by the
United States Treasury records to the
coast of Australia. The claimant for the
Tiehborne estates, asserts that he was
saved by the Osprey from shipwreck, off
the coast of Brazil. The records have
been searched at the instance of Eng
lish. attorneys for the defendants.
It is stated that the steamer Congress
sails with sealed orders, supposed to
have reference to the Hordet.
Custom officers and steamboat in
spection officers are ordered to allow
tug boats and Steamboats were exclusive
ly for freight upon the Mississippi, and
tributaries to carry one hundred and fifty
instead of one hundred and ten pounds.
Supervising inspectors are directed to
grant permits to such boats. Without
permits from supervising inspector, such
boats will not be allowed to navigate.
a “cullud gemmun,” went out niakiag New York city, in which he says, in view
New Year’s calls, but, througli some mys- recent-events, lie addressed a letter to
i n ?nI,.I r n i Hon. David A. Wells, requesting him to
tenons magic influence, he couldn t pass irLVestigate and repor ’ fc tohim on the sub-
tuo “bar-room on the comer.” unti the ject Wells reports the net funded debt
police assisted. He next honored the • of the city to be $67,224,715; floating or
London, January 3.-Ahundred French
citizen i have been arrested in the occu
pied portions of France for alleged out
rages upon Germans. Warnings are
given of summary proceedings in all
cases of murder or assassination. Unless
surrendered before the 23d of January,
the hostages will be put to trial, instead
of before courts martial.
The business of tbe stock exebaug
yesterday exceeded any day within for
years.
The Germans here are petitioning Bis
marck to demand an apology and indem
nity lor supplies furnished by citizens of
the United States to the French govern
ment for defense dnriug the war.
Annapolis, January 3.-Prof essor Reese
has been dismissed after a five hours’"
cross-examination.
Annapolis, January 3.—Dr. Edward
Warren, who is a graduate of Jefferson
College, Philadelphia, aud finished stud
ies iu France, and during the war was
Medical Inspector of General Lee’s
army, testified. He had heard the
testimony, and could see noth
ing to warrant the conclusion
that other than perfectly natural causes
produced Ketchum’s death. He has
seen men die just as sudden and with the
identical symptoms, from a disease that
has prevailed as an epidemic in Baltimore
for the last twelve months.
Columbia, January 3.—In the United
States Court this morning, ten more pr 1 ®'
oners from Spartanburg county pleaded
guilty, and told the story of their crimes
in open court. Among them was an old
man, who was discharged upon his o'vu
recognizance. A youth named V j 0,
Armstrong pleaded guilty of robbing th 0
mail, and was sentenced to five years m
the Detroit House of Correction.
Dublin, January 3.—Tue floor o£ the|
Court IUrn at Kitty Clogber, iu
county of Leitrim, fell to-day.
hundred people were precipitated fo 1 ' 1 .
feet. The number killed is unknnW '
Thirty were badly hurt—most of tn e
fatally.
Omaha, January ' 3.—-Two E as ^:'
bound passenger trains, near ShernrM
for two days have been trying to snow*
their way through.