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.iin- Yews from Spain—Sickles to
rl,,nS Leave Madrid.
. .. V.,UK. November 27.—The Her-
: N **„ publish the following special
11 ., m -n-itch to-morrow :
November 27.—The following
».Y , ia8 iust arrived in cypher from
kl correspondent in Madrid:
ib , -m November 26.—“The situation
On the 19th Gen. Sickles, by
i? i of President Grant, delivered a
imvil ultimatum to President Castelar,
i;„.» nrompt and vigorous repara-
A,ui f ' th ;, insult to the flag, the restora-
■ l0n of t’ e Virginius, the release of the
'"T.mnitv to the surviving prisoners,
I s of the murdered and the punish-
: the murderers, and also a guar-
n: f . ..rjiinst future outrages in Cuba.
25v j e msnd was couched in a kind, sym-
J ". tio tone, but no alternative was
F? ,s (j, n . Sickles was also instructed
: lTt ,r that if Castelar did not comply
"°'fh"the demand in a week, he should
*? for his passport and leave Madrid
W -th the legation. The time expired to-
TV ;vn \ no answer has been received.
FvVvthing at the legation is packed up
r '' f or immediate departure. Sickles
vT no hope that the ultimatum will be
TVnlk 'l with, and telegraphed to Paris
°Tsterday. to have all his official
^ rmspondence that might be there,
k nt for a few days. Gen. Sickles, in con-
'rsatioc* sa 7 s ^ oes Bot 866 ^ow war
VjT'v,,. avoided, as Castelar can give no
' r.rnce that the order will be obeyed
•n Oul'i Public feeling is also opposed
1 conce ssions. Unless Castelar responds
this evening,
Gen. Sickles leaves imme
diately. All the American ships in the
V.Jit. rranean have been ordered to Key
\vVt. In the event of Gen. Sickles leav
ing the British minister will probably
protect the archives and the American
rosUont-!. President Castelar is person
al asrions to accept the British minis
ter's good offices to effect a compromise,
kit there is no hope to-night.
The Spanish Qnestion—Renewed Com
plications.
Washington, November 27.—The State
Department lias become entirely silent
on the Spanish question. It is stated
t int cipher dispatches from Madrid have
t.vu receive! upon which experts were
bnsv up to .five o’clock this morning,
without having concluded their transla
tion.
It is stated to-night that one point of
th- United States’ demands has been set-
tl,„l by seuttling and sinking the Vir-
oinins in the harbor of Havana.
" The general impression, which seems
w !1 founded, exists of renewed complica
tions. The silence of the wires from
M i lrid and Havana and reticence of the
fimctionaries here indicate it.
Grace to Spain.
It is stated on what is believed to be
good authority, that our government has
extended the time for a definite reply
from Spain to the demands of our govern-
uiont, an 1 it can be said coming from an
o5 -ial source, that negotiations are still
in progress; but affairs are in such a con
dition that not oven an intimation can be
given of their character,
Tiiere is reason for sayin£ with certain
ly that the prospect is not so favorable
for an adjustment of the Virginius diffi
culty as it was several days ago. There
were grounds for believing the report that
the Spanish cabinet had agreed to sur-
r nder the Virginius. These were pre
dicted mainly on the professions of
amity and the expression of-.a willing
ness ’ on the part of the Castelar cabi
net to do everything compatible with
honor in satisfaction of the wishes of
t’-.e United States, and also from
the friendly assurances of Admiral
Polo, tin* Spanish Minister, and his ac
tion in the premises. This Government,
y.-terday and to-day. was in receipt of
di-patches from Madrid of an elaborate
character, giving the result of the inter-
,\.--vs between Minister Sickles and the
Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs on
the points in controversy. This corre-
rp uMcnce is not yet concluded nor. from
present indications, is it probablo the
matter will soon be terminated by nego-
t : ition, although it is hoped there will
1-c .omething ileflnite before Congress on
the day the President’s message shall be
transmitted to that body.
As the negotiation is still pending,
there can he no truth in the report freely
cir-nlated to-day that Minister Sickles
had left Madrid for Paris. And as to
th-‘ scuttling of the Virginius in the port
Hivnna. another rumor which is ex-
t -naively prevailing, it found few be-
l.evcrs. Inquiry at an official source to
night failed to confirm its truth.
The President this morning called at
the residence of Secretary Fish, with
whom he had a consultation on the pend
ing negotiations.
OfT for Cuba.
New York. November 27.—A dispatch
•from Lewes, Delaware, last night at 8 p.
m„ -uvvs the Powhattan. with the iron-
*1.1-1 Manhattan in tow, was passing out
At the Cuban Junta meeting yesterday,
it was announced that private letters from
Smtiago stated that twenty men who
embraced t'’e Catholic faith did so on
Titiou that their lives should be spared.
They were, however, shot.
Frozen Up for the lViuler.
New York. November 27.—Dispatches
iro n the Collectors at Utica and Little
!' d’s report the canals frozen fast, and
'■or ting over for the season. About five
hundred boats, with capacity of from
tw,-nty.fiv« to two hundred and eighty
barrels ea-’', are in the neighborhood of
Utica, and the produce on board will have
to be shipped by rail.
Two More “Jagged.”
James H. Ingersoll a--d John D. Far-
riigten, the ocnvicted ring men, were
k- lgi-l in the Toombs at 2.16 this morn
ing.
A Thieving Clerk Confesses.
Harry E. Murray is the name of the
'-desman with Tiffany & Co., who robbed
the firm of $12,000 worth of jewelry.
" hen arrested he confessed his guilt,
ml with his wife assisted the police in
c-revering some of the articles stolen.
. Naval Movements.
sEwes. Del., November 27.—The Gov
ernment vessels Po vhnttan and Manhat
tan. returned to the br.-ak water at 5 P.
on account of heavy weather.
Philadelphia, November 27.—Not
withstanding that to-day was very gener
ally observed as a holiday, there was no
-"'-pension of work at the navy yard.
The full force of men wore employed,
-u'd the night gang were kept on as
"usual. x
Jay Cooke & Co.
Edwin D. Lewis, President of the
Fanners and Mechanics’ Bank, has ac-
' 'ftedthe position of receiver in the lay
d-ooke bankruptcy cate offered by the
court. He will act until the creditors ap-
loint an assignee.
‘he Bondholders on North Carolina.
Raleigh, November 27.—The motion
•or a sale of the stock held by the State
111 the North Carolina railroad, to pay ac-
•arued interest on the bonds of the State
femed in payment of this stock, was ar-
yesterday before Judges Bond and
■•rooks in thoCircuit Court of the United
ata J*s. The decision was reserved.
The motion for a special injunction to
restrain the public Treasurer of the State
•rom paying any money out of the treas
ury until he replaced the sum of $242,000
■collected to pay the interest on the special
bonds wkl be heard on the 28th in-
*bujt. u 6n Beverdy Johnson, Walter J.
, dd and R. <C. Badger appear for the
Plaintiffs, and Hon. W. N. Smith. B. F.
*'°°re and others for the public Treas
urer.
Jay Cooke 4 Co.
Thiladkdphia, Norember 28.—Edwin
•J. Lewis, President of the Farmers and
mechanics’ Bank, has been appointed re
ceiver in Jay Cooke & Co.’s bankruptcy
••“til the creditors have appointed an
•assignee.
Great Mass Meeting of Internationals.
The Crowd Demanding to be
Fed by the City.
Philadelphia, November 27.—A great
mass meeting of working men and women
was held to-day on Independence Square.
Speeches were delivered from the stands
and all she speakers were identified with
the Internationalists.
The resolutions demand that the City
Council shall find employment for the un
employed, and establish supply depots
for the necessities of life. The fifth res
olution was as follows: That we hail with
delight the organization of the Patrons
of Husbandly.
North Carolina Fair.
Charlotte, November 27.—The fair of
the Carolinas, at Charlotte, has culmin
ated in a grand success. The fexhibition
of articles was equal to any previous fair.
In the running race to-day, Lady Wash
ington won the mile dash in 1.53}. Hunt
ress trotted against her own time, and
won in 2.33. The second trotting race,
best three in five, was won by Chambers
Moseley in 2.51}, 2.40*, 2.38.
Will Soon Besnmc.
Memphis, November 27.—The First
National Bank is waiting the proper au
thority from Washington to resume busi
ness, the stockholder* having made up
the deficiency.
Another Misfortune to the Central
Pacific.
San Francisco, November 27.—The
roundhouse of the Central Pacific rail
road at Rocklin, Cal., with nine locomo
tives and nine cars, was burned this
morning. The town narrowly escaped
destruction.
* Suicide.
Col. Robert Morrow, paymaster of one
of the Arizona departments of the army,
committed suicide to-day. He was for
merly private secretary to President
Johnson.
Mills Resuming—The Great Bore Fin
ished.
Boston, November 27.—A dispatch re
ports that a number of eastern mills which
suspended operations are about to re
sume. v
North Adams, Mass., November 27.—
The Hoosaic Tunnel will be opened from
end to end to-day.
Fire in Baltimore.
Baltimore. November 27.—Willson &
Sons’ sash factory and planing mill was
completely destroyed by fire this morn
ing. Loss $40.000; insurance, $45,000.
Sixty men are thrown out of employment.
France -The New Ministry.
Paris, November 27.—An official an
nouncement of the Cabinet was made to
day. It shows some changes in addition
to those previously reported. The follow
ing is the official list of the ministers:
Minister of the Interior, Duke de Brog
lie ; Foreign Affairs, Duke de Caseis;
War, General Dubarail; Finances, Pierre
Magne; Justice, Depeyer; Instruction
and. Worship. Fourtier; Agriculture and
Commerce, Desilligny; Public Works,
De Lary; Marine, Admiral D. Homey;
Bessliemenl and Batbi are the members
of the previous ministry who have re
tired.
Movement in Rome.
Rome, November 27.—An influential
meeting was held, here yesterday, at
which D. D. Field, of New York, and M
Richard, Secretary of the Paris Peace So
ciety, were present. It was decided that
an Italian committee should be organized
in connection with the Juridical Congress
of Brussels. Count Selopis and Gen. Gar
ibaldi were appointed honorary members
of the committee.
What General Barricl Says Must be
Done.
Havana. November 27-—A letter says
General Burriel has issued a circular to
the Lieutenant-Governors and Captains
of the Eastern Department-, callin
them to aid in crushing the rebellion by
arresting all persons suspect-id of com
plicity with the insurgents who soon, he
says, with all help cut off by sea and
land, will perish like wild beasts, as they
deserve.
Death of an Editor.
Washington, November 28.—J >hn M.
Morris, executive clerk of the Senate,
and formerly editor of the Charleston (S
C.) Republican, and one of the editors of
the Chronicle, of this city, died at Ins res
idence here last night. The remains will
be taken to Wethersfield, Conn., on Sun
day, for burial.
Death of ex-Senator Yates.
St. Loots, November 28.—Richard
Yates, ex-Senator from Hlinois, died sud
denly at Baronin's Hotel, New York,
A Cuban Manifesto.
M. Qneseda and Carlos del Castillo
publish a card stating that they are the
only representatives of the Republican
government of Cuba abroad, and that the
collection of funds for the suffering Cu-
bansis withouttheir authority,and against
the commands of their government, and
condemning all attempts to enbst men
as being in direct violation of the laws of
the land.
An Iron Pot in Bad Weather.
New York, November 28.—The Pow
hattan and Manhattan, destined for Cuba,
returned on account of heavy weather.
A More Hopeful Aspect of Affairs,
Washington, November 28.—Tfte Cab
inet were in session t*co ho ir : and a half
to-day giving earnest attention to the
que tions pending between the Uqited
States and Spain. It was remarked by a
Cabinet officer after the adjournment
that the business was in sucb a condition
that a single telegram on either side
might change the whole course of pro
ceedings.
To-night it can be confidently said
that the’ question has assumed amoie
favorable aspect than it bore this morn
ing and that there are strong reasons for
expecting results entirely satisfactory,
and, it can be added, on the same compe
tent authority, that, although nothing
has as yet been reduced to precise terms,
the situation is very, hopeful.
The Cabinet.
Washington, November 28.—A pro
longed Cabinet session was held to-day,
but the Secretaries are uncommunicative.
Press News Withheld.
It is probable that the press telegrams
from Havana and Madrid are withheld
from the wires.
The M. C.’s Coming in.
The usual arrivals of members of Con
gress are taking place, and a sharp con
test is progressing for House officers.
The Ultimatum.
It is ascertained that the ultimatum to
Spain is the restoration of the Virgin
ius, a salute to the United States flag,
the release of those alive,’ reparation to
the families of those killed and guaran
tees for the future. The punishment of
Cuban officials, or the abolition of slav
ery in Cuba, does not enter into the con
troversy. Negotiation! are still progress
ing, and the result depends upon a dis
patch from Spain.
The Scaffold.
The moke, Henry Young,' convicted of
the murder of Frank Hahn, the Virginia
drover, in March last, was hanged to-day.
He made a statement on the scaffold that
he was prepared to die, and in response
to an inquirv from some one among the
spectators said he was not guilty.
Resignation—Sentenced.
New York, November 28.—Shepherd
Knapp has resigned the presidency of the
Mechanics National Bank.
Ingersoll has been sentenced to five
years’ hard labor.
The Alabama Grangers.
Montgomery, November 28.- The Pat
rons of Husbandry have organized a
State Grange. The convention is very
large, and every part of tne State is rep
resented.
Fatal Drinks.
Montreal, November 28.—Three are
dead and five sick who drank from a bot
tle which they supposed to contain wins
ky.
and stating that he had worn the poison
around his neck for weeks.
He wrote a letter on the 24th of No
vember, stating that he did not believe in
the Bible nor in helL
He died, as he had lived, defiant, unre-
enting and bitter.
Cuba Preparing for War.
New York, November 28.—A letter
from Havana says the people there would j most satisfactory character and concedes
refuse to allow any order from Madrid to all the demands made by the United
*“ " States.
These demands, as heretofore stated,
MALONE.
He Takes Morphine and Cheats the
Gallows.
Special to the Telegraph and Messenger.]
Atlanta, November 28,1873.
Milton Malone, the murderer of young
Frank Phillips, who was to have been
hanged to-day, took morphine in his cell
at midnight last night. A physician was
promptly called, but Malone violently re
sisted all efforts to induce him to take
medicine, and soon became insensible, and the claims of bis own country.’
at eleven o’clock to-day—an hour before 1 Th? Herald’s dispatch says Secretary
i. .. , t . - -L„ , Fish has no doubt that the Spanish Gov-
the time set for hm execution-he died. emment wm b(J able * enfor ^ orders for
He left a note addressed to tne jailor, restoring the Virginius to the United
boasting of how badly fooled Judge Hop- | States. The Colonial Minister Soler,
kins and his blood-sucking clan would be, I n . osv Havana, will personally see that
the orders of the home government are
carried out.
THE. WAR FLURRY OVER.
Spain Acccepts the Ultimatum.
New York, November 29.—A double-
leaded editorial in the Times treats of
peace as a foregone conclusion, and praises
what it calls the good temper and tact of
Admiral Polo and Secretary Fish in hav
ing effected it. The Times adds: “There
can be no impropriety in mentioning that
Admiral Polo has endeavored, by all hon
orable means, to bring abont a peaceful
solution without forgetting for' a moment
All the ‘Washington specials in the
morning journals unite in asserting that
Spain has conceded to our demands, and
peace is assured.
The Tribune dispatch says “The dis
patch deciding the grave question whetner
there shall be peace or war between the
United States and Spain, was received by
Mr. Fish to-night and communicated to
the President and cabinet. It is of a
deliver up tne Virginius or make other
reparation for her seizure and the execu
tion of her crew, to be carried out.
Preparations for deience are being ac
tively pushed forward. Guns are being
mounted at all suitable points. Adver
tisements appear in the different papers
for an ur limited number of laboiers to
work on the arsenals.
Volunteers have orders to drill two or
three times a week.
Some Tall Talk.
The Vos de Cuba says, in regard to
the report from Washington, that Castel
ar has telegraphed the Captain General
to excute no more of the Virginius priso
ners. “It cannot be true, since the sen
tence has been imposed by a tribunal of
justice, in accordance with our laws.
The Executive of the Spanish Republic
has not sufficient power to issue such ab
surd orders.”
It says the Captain General of the
Island, in order to extinguish, the rebel
lion, has the power to impose the death
penalty on any one taken in acts of trea
son and force against the Government,
and asks, how then would the Executive
of the Spanish republic dare to govern in
contr ivertion of law and to override jus
tice, exposin • his authority to contempt,
merely to please certain foreign pirates.
War Preparations Still Progressing.
Fortress Monroe, Norember 28.—
Twenty mechanics arrived here this
morning for duty in the ordnance ma
chine shop to work on the 15-inch gun
carriages which are now being construct
ed. Two machinists leave to-morrow
morning for Key West and two for
Charleston to put the guns and carriages
at those points in thorough working or
der.
The North Carolina Injunction Case.
Raleigh, November 28.—The injunc
tion suit, on the part of the special-tax
bondholders versus the Sff-.fe Treasurer,
opened to-day before Judges Bios ks and
Bond, and was argued by Walter J. Budd,
of Baltimore, for the plaintiff and George
V r . Strong, of Raleigh, for the defendant.
The case was continued till to-movrow.
Reverdy Johnson, for the plaintiffs, will
speak to-morrow or Monday. The case
excites considerable interest.
A Demand for Work.
Paterson, N. J., November 28.—A
mass mooting of working men of this city
has been called to meet at the Falls to
morrow afternoon to make a formal de
mand on the city for work.
The Sunk Schooner.
Norfolk, November 28.—The schooner
reported sunk, a few days ago, ten miles
below Cape Henry, proves to be the St.
Marys, from Philadelphia for Richmond,
with coal. Appearances indicate that
she was run into while anchored. All
fere undoubtedly lost. The body washed
ashore w?.s the cook.
Forecasting for Congress.
Washington, November 28.—It is said
that Blaine will appoint Butler to the
Chairmanship of the Committee on Ap
propriation.! vice Garfield, because the
administration has lost faith in the lat-
It is belivedthat Dawes will remain
Chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. Orth will be made Chairman of
t he Committee on Foreign Affairs. Scho
field, of the Judiciary Committee, Myers,
of Naval Affairs, and Sheldon, of Louis
iana, of Commerce. Cox, of New York,
will probably receive the complimentary
Democratic vote for Speaker.
Rioting Plasterers.
New York, November 28.—Several
members of the Plasterers Union to-day
entered a building in Brooklyn, where
non-society men were working, tore down
the staging on which the men were stand
ing and beat them severely. One man,
it is believed, was fatally injured. No
a rests have been made.
Tweed.
The sheriff to-day stated that Tweed
were as follows;
First—The release of the officers'and
crew of the Virginius yet living.
Second—The return of the Virginius.
Third - A salute of the flag and provis
ion for the families of the slain captives.
The only reservation on the part of
Spain is with reference to firing a salute.
To enable future investigation to be
made, the date for this salute has been
fixed for the 25th of December.
To provide for the contingency of
Spain’s not being able to enforcq the
promised concessions, the woik of naval
construction is not to be interrupted.
The Times’ dispatch, in addition to the
above, says: “Spain also agrees to bring
to trial and punishment the officers who
perpetrated the horrible butchery.”
Spanish Statement of the Settlement.
Madrid, November 29.—The Spanish
Cabinet has agreed to the delivery to the
United States Government of the steam
ship Virginius, and all persons remaining
alive who were captured with her, leav
ing the question whether the seizure of
the vessel was legal to be settled here
after by a mixed tribunal.
The question whether damages shall
be paid .o the families or relatives of the
prisoners who were shot, is also to be
settled in a similar manner.
This decision was not arrived at by the
Government before it had confidentially
consulted with the powers of Europe »n"l
was informed by all of them that repara
tion was due for the capture of the
steamer and the execution of the captives.
The decision is also in conformity with
the opinions of leading Spanish states
men of all parties to whom the question
was submitted by the Government.
The Loss of the Missouri.
New York, November 29.—Capt. C. E.
Pearsons late of Liverpool steamer Mis
souri, arrived in New York yesterday
from Nassau with 160 passengers res
cued by the British ship Cherub and sent
to New Orleans via Key West. The
captain and crew were examined before
the Marine Court at Nassau, and the
captain was exonerated from all blame.
He attributes the loss of his steamer to
strong souther’y currents.
Tribnne Sued. *
A Brooklyn City Judge ha3 commenced
a libel suit against the Tribune for
$100,000.
A Pot on the Billows.
The James Adger, from Charleston, re-
. ports having passed a vessel with a iron-
1 itor in tow twelve miles South of Hat-
teras.
Howes & Macy.
A statement of a committee-of credi
tors of Howes & Macy, bankers, show
their liabilities to be $250,000 in excess
of their assets, including $1,000,000 in
the personal effects of the partners.
Tlie Perils of an Iron Pot.
Lewes, Del., November 29.—A special
Says during the storm which the monitor
Manhattan encountered on Thursday,
compelling her to put back, the sea swept
cleau over her from stem to stern, upset
ting the men at the wheel and carrying
away the log book.
A leak was sprung under the turret,
through which water poured in with
alarming rapidity.
Commander Yates expected the moni
tor would go down, and ordered the boats
to be cleared and life buoys distributed.
Subsequently the monitor became easier,
but being in a leaky condition — her bilge
pumps having become choked, and every
thing and everybody drenched through—
it was decided best to return to the Dela
ware Breakwater, and give jjp going to
Key West-. The Manhattan will proba
bly be ordered to Philadelphia for re
pairs.
A Collector Short.
St. Albans, Vt., November 29.—An
son J. Crane, Assistant- Collector of the
Vermont Internal Revenue district, is
wiU be ahortly taken to the penitentiary 3 170j0 00 short. Senator Edmunds is his
bondsman.
at Blackwell’s Island.
Specie Payment Voted Down.
At a meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce to-day, after a long debate, the
The Spragues.
Provide-ice, November 29.— The
Sprague trust deed has been signed by
majority report of the Committee on Spe- the members of the firm and individuals
cie Payment, which calks upon the Gov- 0 f the Sprague family,
emment to redeem its pledges and re- Volcano in Action,
surne specie rtarments, was voted down. _ .. „ . „ ™,
The meeting then adjourned till next Eureka, ^Nevada, November 29.-The
Tuesday without taking a vote on the I ^ in . 0 ,n C . ruta mountains, ten
minority report, which recommends that j miles hence, is discharging a dense smoke,
the national banks of this city shall have Spain—Bombardment of Cartagena.
power to establish a uniform rate of dis
count, and that Congress shall authorize
the issue of $100,000,000 in United States
currency bonds, convertible into legal
tenders.
Naval Activity.
• Work was continued to-day by 2,800
men employed at the Brooklyn navy yard,
there is no decreasing activity in prepar
ations of war ships. A large force is on
the Colorado, and her cables were taken
on to-day.
Increased activity is noticeable on the
ships Minnesota and S attora, and the
engineering department began this morn
ing the work of retailing the boilers of
the monitor Dictator.
Many mechanics are working to-day on
the Roanake.
Capt. Ransom turned over the business
of executive of the yard to Capt. Chan
dler, commander. Captain Ransom has
been assigned to the Colorado, which will
be ready for sea the latter part of next
week. Guns, anchors, chains, etc., are
being posted on board to-day.
Work on the Minnesota is progressing
rapidly. She will not be ready before a
month.
The sloop Florida will be ready about
the same time.
The Dictator will be ready about the
4th of January.
The Spanish iron-clad Arapiles, will be
floated out of dry dock on Monday next,
probably.
Prepared to Saw Hia Way Out.
An inspection of Sharky’s cell led to
the discovery of two watch spring saws,
which he would undoubtedly have used
to saw the bolts of the window if he had
not escaped as he did.
Arrest of Revenue Yiolaters.
United States Commissioner Davenport
issued over twenty warrants to-day for
the arrest of the retail liquor dealers and
cigar dealers who have violated the reve
nue laws.
.Resumption of the Hills.
Boston, November 28 —The Fall River
Manufactory Board of Trade have de
cided to commence on three quarters
time—eight hours per day for five days,
and seven hours on Saturday, making iu
all forty-seven hours per week. Should
the times continue to improve as rapidly
as they have done during the past two or
three weeks, it is believed that the month
of January will see all the mills running
on full time again.
Madrid, November 29.—In the bom
bardment of Cartagena, on Wednesday,
the arsenal and barracks were the chief
marks for the besiegers’ artillery, but the
cathedral and hospital were also struck.
On Friday the theatre, the Protestant
church and two entire streets were de
stroyed, and 200 persons were killed and
wounded within the city. The insur
gents have raised the black flag on the
forte.
At last accounts the fire around the
city was subsiding. The loss of the be
siegers has been exceedingly small. The
officers of the foreign squadron succeeded
in obtaining an armistice of four hours
on Friday night.
The War Cloud Dispelled -The Terms
of Agreement.
Washington, November 29.—The ne
gotiations between the United States and
Spain with rt-gar 1 to the capture of the
Virginius weie brought to a conclusion
to-day, Secretary Fish and Admiral Polo
having agreed upon and signed a proto
col, which the latter soon after tele
graphed to his Government.
As conflicting statements have ap
peared in the newspapers regarding the
intelligence received last night and also
to-day, it can now be positively stated
that the terms are substantially as
follows :
First -The immediate delivery to the
United States of the ship Virginius and
all the surviving passengers and crew.
Secifnd—A salute to our flag on the
25th of December next, unless, in the
meantime, Spain shall satisfy the United
States that the American flag was im
properly borne on that vessel, and further,
that she had no right to the American
flag or to American papers. In this event
the salute is to be spontaneously with
drawn, and Spain is to formally disclaim
any intentional indignity to the flag, in
the acts ccknmitted by Spain against the
Virginius.
Third—If it shall thus ho shown that
the Virginius had no right to carry the
American flag and American papers, the
United States will institute proceedings
against the vessel and the suviving
part'es who have violated the laws of
the United States; and Spain guarantees
to institute proceedings against any of her
authorities who may have violated either,
law or treaty stipulations.
Fonrth—The matter of reclamations
for damages is reserved for future con
sideration.
In addition to the above, it can also be
positively stated that within the next two
days Secretary Fish and the Spanish
Minister will determine the port at which
the Virginius and the surviving passen
gers ana crew shall be delivered to the
United States.
The words “immediate release,” as ap
plicable to the delivery of the Virginius
and the surviving passengers and. crew,
implies, of course, a reasonable time for
its execution, as some days mnst elapse
before Havana and Santiago de Cnba can
be reached.
The agreement is regarded in official
quarters as covering all the points of our
original demands, though in a modified
form, while it is condsidered respectful
and honorable to both countries.
The fixing of the 25th of December as
the time for salnting our flag, is to allow
the necessary opportunity to Spain to
show that the Virginius improperly car
ried the American flag and American
papers.
There is a sensible relief in all quarters
that the negotiation has thus peaceably
ended. Both-Secretary Fish and Admi
ral Polo have, for two weeks past, been
engaged in producing . this result on
which they receive the congratulations of
their respective friends.
Report of the Secretary of War.
The report of the Secretary of War ex
hibits in detail the operations of the va
rious bureaus of the department for the
past fiscal year. A slight increase in the
appropriation for the next fiscal year is
asked.
The operations of engineers’ corps on
fortifications and harbors are progressing j
but the Secretory wants the earliest at
tention of Copgress called to the neces
sity of providing an adequate defense of
the seaboard in case of war with a foreign
power.
The Springfieid rifle has been adopted
as the most effective arm for the use of
the service. Additional appropriations
are asked for putting the militia in good
trim; for providing the army with a
proper supply of small arms; a site is
asked for a powder magazine and for a
grand arsenal, and the sale of several of
the smaller arsenals is recommended.
The effectiveness of the Signal Bureau is
set forth at some length. ' ■
Tweed on Blackwell’s Island.
New York, November 29.—Tweed has
been taken to Blackwell’s Island, accom
panied by his son and son-in-law. A
large crowd witnessed his departure.
Tweed’s Counsel Fined.
Judge Davis to-day fined Messrs. Gra
ham, Fullerton and W. O. Bartlett, sr.,
members of the counsel for Tweed, in the
late trial, $250 each, after subjecting
them to a sharp lecture for breach of
good morals, in passing him a paper giv
ing their reason why he should not pre
side at the trial. The junior members of
the counsel were let off with a reprimand.
A Stokes Jnror Imprisoned and Fined.
Robert Porter, another of the Stokes
jurors, has been sentenced to two months’
imprisonment and $100 fine. He visited
disreputable resorts during the trial.
A Defaulter Sentenced.
Frank S. Taintor, the defaulting
cashier of the Atlantic National Bank,
was to-day sentenced to seven years’ im
prisonment in the Albany penitentiary.
The -ntal Poisoning Case.
Montreal, November 29.—Four addi
tional deaths have occurred from the ac
cidental poisoning. Five are Still in a
precarious condition. It appears that
Flaherty, the man who died yesterday,
saw a sleigh standing in the street with
out a driver, and stole therefrom a'bottle
of what he supposed to be sherry, but
which proved to be tincture of colchicum.
This he shared with the inmates of a
tenement in which he lived, and some
neighbors, with the fatal results men
tioned.
Receiver Appointed - Notes Lost.
Pittsburg, November 29.—A receiver
has been appointed for the National
Trust Company of this city. Over $100,-
000 iu promissory notes were lost or sto
len. A number of these notes are said by
indorsers to be forgeries.
$150,000 Fire.
St. Louis, November 29.—J. B. Living
ston & Cq.’s planing mill and several ad
joining, factories, have been burned. Loss
$150,000.
Three Children Drowned.
New York, November 29.—A canal
boat was sunk on the Delaware river and
three children drowned. The -captain
and his wife escaped.
The Hudson Closed.
Poughkeepsie, November 29.—The
stood the prelates were summoned to the
conference by Bishop Smith, of Ken
tucky. The presiding bishop was Bishop
Potter, of New York.
- The main qnestion to be brought up
was that of the personal deposition of
Bishop Cummins, who, until such action
is taken, is- de jure a bishop still, and qual
ified to consecrate other bishops. It is
said in. clerical quarters that certain
bishops favor deposing Dr. Cummins
without according him the six months’
notice which the canon requires, trusting
that the House of Bishops, at‘the next
general convention, will justify this ac
tion.
■> The Amount Collected.
The amount collected at the various
polling places on election day for the suf
ferers at Memphis was $5,410.
CARRYING THE WAR INTO AFRICA
Yeung America Turns- the Tables
Upon the Schoolmaster.
In Blair county, Pennsylvania, Mr. E.
O.. Habersacker has been prosecuted for
assault and battery, because he admin
istered a little hickory oil to one of his
pupils. What next ? We expect mamma
and papa soon to be arraigned for the
same offence, by the dominant little mas
ters and misses of the present period.
That doctrine of “ moral suasion ” with
schoolboys is a myth and absurdity. It
is like throwing gross at the urchin in
the apple tree, and only excites his ridi
cule. There is a certain amount of com
bativeness in the er vniums and composi
tion of boys which must be met with
assault and battery'too, in the sonnd ap
plication of the birch and ferule, if we
would hope to save m-ny of them from
the gallows. The wisest of men said,
“spare the rod and spoil the child,” and
Young America is no improvement upon
the Hebrew children who were eaten up
by bears for their lack of reverence for
the ancient prophet of the Lord. On the
contrary, they are little men and tyrants
before they are out of their swaddling
clothes. These remarks don’t apply to
girls, for they are natural-bom angels.
Our soul always rises in arms when any
one of them is subjected to the terrific
ordeal of a whipping. Tlio operation is
imbruting to the female mind, and the
“master” who resorts to it strangely
lacking in fertile expedients and the
knowledge of girl nature. Shame, ambi
tion, affection, and many other impulses
of the mind may he wrought upon for
good, in dealing with these gentle crea
tures.
But the stubborn, irrepressible, defiant,
mischievous, truculent pupil of the mas
culine gender, who will l6ad his teacher’s
pipe with gunpowder, bar him out of his
own premises, dig pitfalls for him, attack
him in ambush with rotten eggs, and
won’t learn the difference between a pro
noun and a verb, but is aufa.it in robbing
fruit orchards, smashing window-panes,
plucking live chickens, shaving horses’
tails, unhanging gates, and every other
diablerie, must have administered to him
the argumentum ad hominem, the final ap
peal to reason, in the shape of summary
THE BANKRUPT LAW;
An Important Decision — Delivered
by Judge Erskine, of the United
States District Court, at Savannn!' t
November 25,1873.
From the Savannnn Advertiser.] •
The bankrupt law is now one of the
most importantto the people of the South,
and any decision on this subject will be
read with interest by everybody. With a
view to furnishing our readers with all
the information possible in regard to this
matter we lay befote them this morning
the following decision of H s Honor Judge
Erskine:
United States District Court,
Southern District of Georgia, C
November Term, 1873. )
In re. Jared Everitt, a voluntary bank
rupt.
Erskine, J.—-On the 30th of September,
1873, said Everitt filed his petition in
bankruptcy in this court, and was ad
judged a bankrupt; and, on the same day
he also filed here a petition, partaking of
the nature of a bill in equity, asking for
injunction against Johnson, Shepherd &
Saunders, of the State of New York, their
attorney, A. P. Wright, resident 9f tbis
District, and one Luke,‘sheriff of Thomas
county, in this State. Everitt, in bis bill,
states in substance that he is a bankrupt,
and that on the 2d of October, 1869, he
procured the setting apart as a home
stead for himself and family, lot of land
No. 81, containing 400 acres; also, half
of lot of land No. 82, containing 248
acres, said land being situate in Thomas
county. That the homestead was set
apart by the ordinary, under the consti
tution and laws of the State of Georgia.
He annexes a plat of these lands to his
petition. That said Johnson, Shepherd
& Saunders, at the June term -[but the
year is not given] of the Superior Court
of Thomas county, by their attorney, A.
P. Wright, obtained a judgment against
him, the said Everitt, for $809 and inter
est from January, 1861. That said Luke,
the sheriff of Thomas county, has levied
an execution, issued upon said judgment,
on said lands so set apart as a homestead
to him and his family, and has advertised
the same to be sold on the first Tuesday
in October, 1873.
The sale day being very near at hand,
and to prevent even the possibility of ir
reparable injury to the said Everitt, a
provisional or temporary injunction was
granted on the 1st of October last, as
prayed for in the bill, although at the
time there was doubt in my mind as to
whether it ought to be granted. The in
junction is now sought to be dissolved,
on the filing of a joint answer and affida
vits, and the petition dismissed. Two
questions arise: First, whether, looking
to the allegations contained in the bill or
petition itself, and schedule B, 1, in the
petition of Everitt praying to be declared
a.bankrupt, the temporary injunction
ought to have been awarded; and, sec
ondly, assuming the correctness of the
issuing of the injunction, whether it ought
not now to be set aside, and the petition
dismissed.
Defendants answer the allegations of
Everitt, admitting that he is a bankrupt,
that the property named in liis petition
or bill was set apart to him in 1869 by the
Ordinary, and that the defendants, John
son,-Shepherd &. S Hinders, did obtain the
judgment for $809 in 1861, and that the
defendant. Luke, the sheriff, did levy the
execution flowing from said judgment on
the land so set apart as afresaid, and did
advertise the same for sale on the first
Tuesday in October last past; but they
aver that prior to said levy the said
Everitt and his wife, Caroline A Everitt,
did on the 4th of January, 1871. did grant,
sell and absolutely convey to one Jesse
flagellation. Talk of moral suasion and the
power of kind words to such specimens j Aldridge, of Thomas county, the south
of American pluck and independence, and I half of the said lot SI amjth" north half
1aSPX.to.to.KM
horse as attempt thus to influence them.
They will listen to you with long faces
said homestead, which conveyance was
consented to and approved ’>y the Ordi
nary of Brooks county; and defen lants
and lachrymose eyes, and then ere your I attach to their answer a copy of said deed;
„pp. ? «*. thumb to the
nose with that peculiar motion of the fin
gers, so ind.cative of derision and con
tempt. So, as long as hoys continue to
he hoys,, hickory switches and leather
straps will form an essential ingxedient
edged to have been paid to Everitt by
said Aldridge. As to the residue of the
land so set apart, as aforesaid, defendants
say that Everitt, before he filed his peti
tion to lie declared a bankrupt, did con
vey to one Wm. Davis a full legal or equi-
in-their education. As far as the writer j table title In and to all of said residue of
is concerned, he believes in selecting ! said lands, but < he title is not of rerord:
teachers of known probity and correct ; '■“**■* * he £ crediblv informed that
.7, , ,, .. said Davis has paid to Everitt all the
principles for his children, and then they j purcbase money for this land and holds
are made to know that there is no power j the bond of Everit; for making titles
behind the throne. Ordinary complaints
and tales out of school are treated with
indifference, or the young ones catch
whipping nnmber tino at home. More
than half the youth of the country are
Hudson river north of Rhinebeck, is irreparably injured by the injudicious in
terference of parents with the discipline
of the school-room. It is thi3 folly on the
part of patrons that makes teaching the
hopeless, thankless drudgery it is in so
many instances. The master, so-called,
has himself a master in every rebellious
boy and his irate parents. No wonder
that such numbers of scape graces and
closed,
The Bombardment of Cartagena.
Madrid, November 29. Firing was
renewed fiercely at Cartagena by both
sides, after the termination of the four
hours’ armistice obtained by the officers
of the foreign ships.
The Cancns.
Washington, November 29.—Little in-
te.est attaches to the caucus to-night. ( j or am U ses emerge from our schools and
The Democrats are nominating to show i ° m, ,
their strength. The RipubliSms have thrown u P on soc * et y- They have
nominated the old officers, with the ex j never been taught obedience, or subjected
ception of Postmaster. The incumbent
having resigned, Sherwood was nomi
nated Postmaster. The Democrats nom-
nated Wood for Speaker, G. C. Wetter-
bum, of Virginia, for Clerk; for Sergeant-
at-Arms, Ruph, of Wisconsin; for Door
Keeper, Combs, of Missouri; for Chaplain,
Mahon, of Kentucky. Niblaek was, ... , . ..
chairman of the caucus, and P. M. B. j qualifications, have merely taken up the
Young, of Georgia, was Secretary. There occupation of teaching fora living. Some
were seventy-two Democra ts in the cau- [ of these are tue veriest tyrants on earth,
to the wholesome restraint of authority,
and as a consequence, their lives prove
miserable failures. ,
Of course these remarks are not in
tended to apply to the scores of peda
gogues who, without mental or moral
cus.
ent.
No Liberal Republicans were pres-
Reslgncd.
Senator Casserly, of California, has
resigned.
A Rampant Spaniard.
New York, November 29.—The Elcro-
nista publishes a letter from Havana
dated the 22d, in which the writer
breathes forth vengeance and slaughter.
He says that Cuba i3 perfectly indiffer
ent as to whether the United States at-'
tempts an invasion of the island. If she
does she must toko the consequences.
The same number of the Elcronista pub
lishes a long and inflammatory article,
urging the Spanish government to main
tain a bold attitude toward this country,
and to show itself capable of governing
Cuba; for the editor asserts that the
United States would otherwise invade
Cuba without declaring war against
Spain, and on pretense of re-establishing
in the island the authority of a peninsula.
The five points which our Government
has presented to Spain are denounced as
humiliating and inadmissible.
Activity at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
In spite of assurances of a pacific cli
max to the Spanish difficulty, there is no
change in affairs at the Brooklyn navy
yard, and great activity in preparation
for sea of all war ships continues. The
work of painting of the exterior of the
frigate Colorado, were finished this even
ing, and all three of her masts are now in
their proper position. The Colorado is
literally covered with workmen. She
will be finished and ready to leave the
yard by the latter part of next week.
The torpedo bait Alarm was towed
from the yard last evening, and now lies
at the dock of the Morgan Iron Works in
this city. She will be furnished with 15-
inch gun and a steam gun-carriage. The
Spanish frigate still lies in the dry dock,
and the Swatara lies before the flood
gates. The Arapiles is nearly ready to
be floated oat into the river, and she will
probably leave for Havana by Thursday
or Friday.
The Episcopal Bishops in Connell.
This afternoon a meeting of certain
Protestant Episcopal bishops of dioceses
in this immediate vicinity was held in
the vestry-room of Grace Church, to take
into consideration the matter of the
withdrawal of Bishop Cummins from the
Episcopal fold. The bishops partici
pating were summoned by telegraph, as
the emergency was deemed serious. The
deliberations of the meeting^ were cs
ducted in profound secrecy.
and deserve a coat of tar and feathers for
their treatment of the children entrusted
to their care.
Hence the good which we trust will
grow out of the public school system,
properly administered. None but* the
best and purest men should have the su
pervision of these schools, and every
teacher should be subjected to the most
rigid examination, and be made to fur
nish unexceptionable testimonials of ex
emplary character.
Well may the education of her chil
dren become the paramount duty of the
State, and be duly provided for by law
and adequate taxation. The several
Boards of Education and school superin
tendents, are charged with the gravest
and most weighty obligations, and to them
mnst we look for an abatement of the er
rors and evils of our former school sys
tem, and the reforms which are so ur
gently needed.
The Spanish Negotiations.—Our spe
cial dispatches from Washington (says
the Courier-Journal of Thursday) indi
cate that all the demands of the United
States have been conceded except the one
demanding the unqualified surrender of
the Virginius. It seems that the arbi
tration system, on woich Secretary Fish
prides himself so much, is to he resorted
to only when we are engaged in a contro
versy with some power of equal etrenth
and when we are likely to be severely
damaged by war. The Spanish Govern
ment has proposed that the question of
the right of the seizure shall be left to
arbitration, and that the vessel be not
surrendered, to the United States until an
award is made. This is all that ought to
be askedj and as our original demand is
insisted on, it is evident our Government
is endeavoring to bully Spain into an un
conditional and humiliating surrender.
If there is any virtue in the arbitration
system it ought to be developed in the
settlement of such an important question
as that which now remains. Castelar has
already conceded much, and his position
with reference to the disposition of the
Virginius will strike every fair-minded
| person as just and proper. It is evident
It is under- that Secretary Fish knows who to kick.
thereto; and that Davis was given notice
of the existence of the judgment. They
append to the answer the affidavits of J.
L‘. Seward and R..W. Fasiori, who swear
that Everitt formerly owned said lot 81
and half of said lot 82, and that the same
have been sold to said Aldridge and said
Davis, and that the land has been in dos-
session of said last named persons for two
years or more.
Turning to schedule B—1, it will he
found tnat in 1871 these very lots of land
so set apart a3 a homestead, were con
veyed to Aldridge and Davis, which fact
stands disclosed before the court. Not
only lot 81 and half of lot 82 were set
apart to him by the Ordinary, but his
schedule B—1 shows that other lands and
tenements were also set apart as part of
his homestead, and which latter property
he says was, in 1871, transferred, by per
mission of the Ordinary, by him to one
McLarty; .he »stimates the value of 81
and half of 82 at $772, and tho land sold
to McLarty at $500. And I here reiterate
the opinion—an opinion recently expressed
in a case which was before me in tho
Northern District—that the Ordinary had
no authority of law to set apart so as to
exempt from levy and sale, under a judg
ment and execution, when the judgment
was rendered prior to the passage of the
State Constitution of 1868, and the acts
of the Legislature of Georgia, passed in
1868 and 1809, any property whatever
owned or possessed by Everitt. The
judgment of 1861 was a lien, from its
rendition, on all his estate, real and per
sonal, and to allow the Ordinary to set it
aside would be impairing tho obligations
oF contracts by State authority, and di
rectly to the teeth of the constitution of
the United States, and the case of Gunn
vs. Barry, 14 Wall. But, notwithstand
ing a State cannot impair the obligation
of contracts, there can be no question
that such a power resides in Congress
under the provisions to the constitution,
which confers upon the national Legisla
ture authority to establish uniform laws
on the subject of bankruptcies through
out the United States. See in re Smith
and the authorities cited in that case, 8
N. B. B 401.
. It is quite unnecessary to amplify
these views. I may, however, remark
that, in my judgment, Gunn vs. Barry
cannot be invoked as having any bearing
on or application to laws of Congress, es
pecially to laws on the subject of bank
ruptcies. I think that the judgment in
that case was directed solely against a
St to constitution and laws which hal
violated the inhibition in the constitution
of the United States, in passing laws im
pairing the obligation of contracts.
The first section of the ninth article of
the constitution of Georgia of 1868 pro
vides that “each head of a family, or
guardian or trustee of a family of minor
children shall be entitled to a homestead
of realty to the value of $2,000 in specie,
and personal property to the value of
$1,000 in specie, to be valued at the time
they are set apart, and no court or minis
terial officer of this State shall ever have
jurisdiction or authority to enforce any
judgment, decree or execution against
said property so set apart, including such
improvement as may be' made thereon,
from time to time, except for taxes,
money borrowed, or expended in improve
ment of the homestead, or for the purcb ase
miney of the same, or for labor done
thereon, or material furnished therefor,
or removal of incumbrances thereon.”
Like language is employed in the first
section of the State act of October 3,1868.
A majority of the judges of the Supreme
Court of Georgia gave these provisions a
retrospective instead of perspective effect.
This construction, the Supreme Court of
the United States, in Gunn vs. Barry,
said, impaired the obligation of contracts.
Had the Supreme Court of the State de
cided that these provisions were wholly
perspective in their effect, creditors wovficl
have been pre-warned, and would have
contracted with reference to these
State exemption laws, os found on the
statute book'. Although no State, as
already remarked, can impair the obliga
tion of contracts, nevertheless, Congress,
in enacting bankruptcy laws, under the
power conferred on it by the constitu
tion, may not only "impair the obligation
of antecedent contracts, judgments or
decrees, but obliterate t'-eru entirely; and
in the present bankrupt lav—more espe
cially in the amendatory act ot March 3,
1873, Congress has done so in express
terms This amendment declares that the
exemptions allowed the.bankrupt by the
act of June 8,1872, “ shall be the amount
allowed by the constitution and laws of
each State respectively, as existing in the
year 1871, and such exemptions shall be
valid against debts contracted htfoit the
adoption and passage of such State con-
stiti tionand laws, as well as those’con
tracted after the same, and against liens,
by judgments or decrees of any State
court, any .decision of such court ren
dered sjnee the adoption and passage of
such constitution and laws to the con
trary notwithstanding.
None of the property exempted to the
bankrupt—by any exemption laws—vests
in the assignee; property excepted or
exempted shall operate as a limitation
upon the conveyance of the property of
the bankrupt to his assignee. “And,”
(says section 14, act of 1867) “ in no case
shall property hereby exempted pass to
the assignee or the title of the bankrupt
thereto be impaired or affected by any of
the provisions of this act.” Therefore,
if an execution issuing upon a judgment
of a State court rendered either before or
after the passage of the act just quoted,
and the sheriff levies it upon land of the
defendant in execution, of a value Dot
greater than $2,000 in specie, and thede-
fondent then goes into bankruptcy, and
holds the land exempted under the State
of Georgia exemption law, in existence in
1871, a sale made subsequently by the
sheriff would not displace or affect any
interest, right or title of the bankrupt
whatever, or convey any right or title to
a purchaser at the sale; for notwith
standing the levying of the execution be
fore the filing of the petition in the court
of bankruptcy, may have given the sheriff
a special property, yet as soon as the
debtor files his petition in bankruptcy,
this special properly would, by operation
of the bankrupt law itself, be divested
out of the sheriff, so far as the homstead
or exempted land is concerned. And the
same rule would of course obtain where
the levy had been'made on personal prop
erty of value not exceeding $1,C00 in
specie.
If the exempted property of the bank
rupt has been wrongfully seized on exe
cution, the bankrupt ha* the same rights
before the State tribunals as any other
person whom it is sought to deprive of a
homestead. In re, P. Hunt, 5, N- B. R.
493.
The constitutionality of the amenda
tory or declaratory act of March 3, 1873,
cannot, I think, be doubted, at least
when it is applied to bankruptcy pro
ceedings which have arisen since its pas
sage; and it is a law as binding on the
State courts as on the national, for the
Constitution and laws of the United
States, made in pursuance thereof, are
the supreme law of the land, and the
judges in every State shall be T»ound
thereby, anything in the constitution
and laws of any State to the contrary *
notwithstanding. Const. U. S., art. VI,
section 2.
No oue can rise from the perusal of
the petition or bills filed by the com
plainant or petitioner. Everitt, the bank
rupt, with the pleasant satisfaction that
the tenor of the language used by him in
his petition is ingenuous.
The allegations in' the petition are met
and successfully overcome by answer of
the defendants, and the affidavits of Sew
ard and Fasiori. But if I am singularin
this view, then, turning to the bankrupt’s
statements in his schedule B—I, it will he
found that he has conveyed or disposed
of his interest in these lands, as far back
as 1871, to Aldridge and Davis; and now
he claims them as exempted—as a home
stead—under the State exemption law of
1871. Thi3 cannot be allowed; he, at
least, is estopped from setting up title to
them - - .
The temporary injunction (improvi
dent!’' granted, I think) is dissolved, and
the petition dismissed
Filed November 25. 1873.
James McPherson, Clerk.
The “Boss” in the Tombs.
The World, of Wednesday, has the fol
lowing account of Tweed’s surroundings,
his visitors, spirits, and how he passes
his time in his quarters in the Tombs;
A slight change came over the monot
ony of William M. Tweed’s life in the
Tombs yesterday. The cell which he
now occupies, while lacking the comfort •
of his. former room, is better ventilated
and much larger, and looks out upon Cen
tre street. It is situated in the southeast
end of the Tombs. The furniture it con
tains is scant, and hut few other articles
are there besides a lounge and an ordi
nary hunk. No attempt has been made
to furnish the cell, as Tweed seems to re
alize that his stay is but temporary.
Hofr soon he may be transferred to the
penitentiary no one seems to know.
Sheriff Brennan yesterday reiterated uis
former statement to the writer, that his
prisoner would not be removed until his
business matters were settled. The gen
eral opinion seem to be thnt the transfer
will not take place for some days yet. Mr.
Tweed’s time is principally occupied with
reading and writing letters. Up to yes
terday morning he was busily engaged in
making transfera of his real estate, but
yesterday none were made. He seems'to
realize his position, and remarked yester
day to his secretary, Foster Dewey, who
asked for specific instructions on some
business matter. “Keep your eyes open
snd do the best you can; you know I’m a
dead man in law—I’m a felon.” Deputy
Sheriff Shields says that Tweed seems in
excellent spirits. He is quite reserved
towards the Tombs attendants, but is very
communicative to his friends and counsel.
He seems to be in excellent health and
eats heartily of the food which Matron
Foster furnishes him. The resolution
adopted by the Commissioners of Chari
ties and Correction keeps a large number
of intruders from his cell. The visitors
were very few in number yesterday, and
two of them were there in response to hia
own solicitation. These were his wife
and Mrs. Maginnis, his daughter. They
arrived at noon, both dressed in deep
mourning.
We have no word of defence or apology
for Tweed, hut he is not the worst man
in New York city by long odds. There
are plenty at large there and in Wash-,
ington City, especially, who ought to
have been where he is years ago. He ia
an infinitely better man to-day than old
Corruption Cameron,or Beast Butler, or
dozen other leaders of the “moral ideas”? -
party whose money, and particularly.,
their high standing in, and u?e'ul.vee3
to that party, keep them up. If Tweed'
had been a Radical the probability's he v
might have been at liberty to-day.-bold
ing his head as high as Butl«hi. Tha
man who tried him—Davis—fit-one of
the bitterest Radical partisan^, on tho
bench, and was, besides, onc.%. employed,
as counsel to prosecute the. ogpe against*
him.
We are for the punishment- of all
thieves, but when we se-t. Grant, pardon
ing Hodges —who stolen from tho govern
ment nearly as much as Tweed-is alleged
to have taken from, the city treasury off
New York—after £* few- months'- impris
onment-, we cannot refrain from thinking
that Tweed’s parties had something to
do with Davs*** rulingsy and bitter per
sonal attack* upon him in his charge to
the jury.
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Mbs. Brigham Young, No, 17, \s going-
to lecture to tvfi.£pd«S!t in ftMgQh