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VOLXXXlX..N? 12.093. NEW-YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1879. _. _PRICE FOT R CENTS,
VACATION AT WASHINGTON.
POLITICS AND AFFAIRS.
xnn itm as <ik rnrsir?KNv hayks muh kkff.rkkck
TO MORMO.NISM?tdk DOO'MKNTS f>KN I OUT BT
TUR V.KIMTtLIt ?N' ? MINOR NKWft,
Tlif Picsiiletit has written very little in regard
to his views about the way to crush out polyg
nni.v in I'titli, hut ht> converses about the
mutter a great deal. His littt on the
subject m cinphat ic. Hi btUtTfl that the
Mormons should be deprived of political
power, and that no time is to he
lo>t. A statement has been issued show-*
ing what tho campcign documents were
whieh the tamblkMM ftfctritatted during the
lost campaign. The Greenback men talk ot
electiug the next President.
Tin: WAS AGAINST POLYGAMY.
ihk ritrsiui n i's vn ws fxpi aint.i?? his plan
FOB MHbTTSM i HE MORMONS OF POLITICAL
PoWF.lt?No nPPOKTENITY TO BE LOST TO CROK
MMHEMMTI Li gislatiox.
(iitoa Tut Ki ' i i kv. ( oitniM-iiNimvT or thk TRttirst. I
W ??hini.ton, Dec. 24.?" If necessary to secure
obedience to the 1 tw " tnirainst |M?lyg:imyl, said the
president nihil last antinal message, "the enjoy?
ment ami exi ii ise of ?he rights and privileges of
citizenship in mm Territories of the Fnite.l State?
may be \Mlhhe!?l or withdrawn from those who
rink.!.' or oppose the enforcement of the law on
this subject."
This is all that the President has written in ex?
planation mi the policy of the Administration in its
dealings witu Moriuoutsiu, but it was enough, taken
in connection with the circular sent out by Secre?
tary Fv.ir.ts last Summer, not only to cause consid?
erable excitomer t among the "Saints" of Utah,
but ulso to arouso the attentiou of Congress and
stimulate popular interest throughout the roun'ry
in this iiu|Hirtant and difficult subject. The Evarts
circular has already borne fruit. The representa?
tives in this country of foreign Governments made
mild protests against the circular, and explained
that they hail no power to prevent the emigra?
tion of people simply because it was feared
that they might become law-breakers in this conn
try: but they did agree to adopt measures for the
full information of all Mormon converts touching
the laws against polygamy in this conntry antl of
the determination of the Government to enforce
them. This was all the President and Secretary of
State ever expected to accomplish by the issue of
the circular.
While the President baa not written out hin. plan
for the suppression of polygamy, he has explained
it in full to many persons who have conversed
with him, and, among others, recently to the
correspondent of Thk Tribenk, It is, in
brief, to take the political power in Utah
(and in auy other Territory where the Mormons are
now or may liecomo numerous) entirely out of their
bands, and to place it in the hands of the Gentiles.
This may Ii-* going a little further, the President
says than (Vnirress may he ready to follow him, but
he believes that the most effective way in which to
assail the peculiar Institution is to strike at its very
roots, and to make the blows that are dealt such
h ud ones t .iat they will bo felt by every Mormon.
In detail, the President would recommend the
establishment by Cnu?rress of a Hoard of Registra?
tion, consisting of the Governor of the Territory
and the Judges of the District Courts, or .
persons who should be appointed by them, j
The duty of this B >ard would be
to pass upon the qualifications of every person
who desired to vote in any election or to exercise
any of the rights or privileges of citieens. All per?
sons pre enting themselves for registration before
this hoard should bo required to prove af?
firmatively that they were uelther practical
polygaiiusts themselves nor were sustaining
pi encnnr.itring olliers so violating tho lawn
mi the Tu it i tl States. Tim proof should be of an j
affirmative character. Mi. Hayes thinks, on tho
same principle that a foieigu born person is re?
quired to prove affirmatively, when presenting
himself for naturalization, Hint he bears a good
moral character, mid is likely to become a good clt
iren of Um 1'nitrd States. So, when a person pre?
sents himself before the Board of Ke^iM rat ion sug?
gested b\ the President, tut examination something
like |1m f"llowin?r might take place:
Qfl mm) ? Ale you a Mm mm t Anawcr.? Yes.
iL?\re .you ? pr;.etica! pi Hk.hu st f A.?No.
V? Is* you HiipiM.it ?rcMBNaMMM any ouu who la a
pr u-t:e kl | olyitauilsl t A.?No.
y You are a member of tbc Mormon Ctinrcht A.?
Tea.
y. Y?a pav Tit lies for ltw support t A. Yea.
Q. Who are the ofll.-ers of lue Mormon Cmircli 1 A.
A. M. and C. (BMBlM the president ttpoetlr, bishop,
el bra. & .)
Q Are they Polyeauilst* t A. I d>n't know.
? 'n -itch n sliow ing as this the President thinks
that the Registration Heard would have to refuge to
enroll the applicant. President Hayes thinks that
by applying such a test as this, Gent lies only would
Im able to In- registered, a::d. im according to his
plan no one not registeted would be allowed to vote,
hold any office under the authority of the
Tinted stales, tho Territory or local government,
or to sit on juries, i he entire Mormon population
would h" shorn of political power and influence just
as con plctcly as though the Litter Day Saiuts
wete all minors.
One of the tir*t results which the President
expects won id How from a political rev
olntion in Ftah such as ho would
bring about would be the election of
a Gentile Legislatur? which would act in harmony
v i'h the Governor ot the Territory. This Legisla?
ture would probably pass very strinirent laws,
in; mi t bigi my, polygamy, seduction und kindred
i rime*, laws in regard to the character of evidence
ihst should be received in proof of bigamy, laws
taxing ehrlich property, and Jaws limiting the
am unt of property which ecclesiastical bodies
iniL'ht hold. Such legislation us this would make
plviMiny a rriuio most easily puuUhcd,
while now it Is one of the most diffi?
cult lo reach, and it would strike nt
the theocratic power of the Church, which,
next to pnlyg iiny, is one mi the most object ionablo
features of Mormoiiism. Fuder a pressure like tht.t
the President thiukf that polygamy and the pajr
nu ut of tithe* would nmjii become very unpopular
Innung the Mormons in Ftah, and prominent Qentilfl
residents of Sail Lake Cily have assured bun that
irither the institution of plwal marriages nor the
theocratic power of the Church could survive live
years.
The greifest danger irr regard tathe future of
MaSTSasassaBNkj in the t-utiiuutioii of Mr. Huyes, ia
that before the power of the institution is broken
'1 ? tr way be a coujuuction of Democratic oppor?
tunity and necessity that wiil result In the admis?
sion of Ftah us a State. II Ihr? Democracy should
ever control bolh houses of Congress ami tin exe? u
tive brauch of the Government ami the electoral vote
?t I'tab should be needed by that party in u Prcsi
tu nt...' election, it would certauili be ere. ted into
a sun-, no matter how strongly opposed popular
aeut uncut might be to such a proceeding. To
Curd agaiuat such a raWttagency. it wruld
J well to adopt a Constitutional Amendment,
like that lately suggested iu The limit nt,
forbidding polygamy in nil the Mates ami l'eni
tortes of the Fiutcd States. Hut the President ap?
parently does not think that stieb au amendment
Would assist the Administration in its presnnt war
up.ii no yaauiy. Mr. Haves Will not be disap?
pointed it Coiigtoaa fa'ila at the present
session to adopt legislation as sweeping
and radical as that outlined abtue,
lie hopes that something may be done in the right
d.ieei.oii, but even if the laws remain as I hey are.
and the present agitation of the subject only
arotisea popular interest in it anil causes
widespread diacuaaiou of it, much will
bo gamed. Tho President baa tho greatest
? ontideuee in the power of awakmicd
public seiitiinent far the. broking-down oi great
? vila. and if the Administrativ only starts or stiur
atlatea auch a discussion of Mormon ism, ha ia sure
thai gcssl -will come of it. At the same time no op
portnnlty will be allowed to paw to uiako the agi?
tation hoar trait in aggressive legislation.
/.. i- w.
campaign documents.
the LITRIIATl'KK with the aid of WHICH the
KKrinilCAVS l'ol CHT tur i.ast campaign.
[DT TELEGRAPH TO Tit* TRIU'KK.I
Washington, Dec 24.?An interesting- statement
showing the nnioher of political doennienta aent ont
by the Republican* during the campaign of lfv/tf
ha? been prepared by the Repnblicau Congressional
Committee.
The whole number of speeches nnd other political
documents distributed was 1,081.00?. Of these
58s\S78 were sent to New-York, 400,:t:>:? to Ohio,
100*807 to Iowo, 152.04:) to Maine. k7.7tJ'J to IVini
Bylvauia, and the remainder (except 6!,107 sent to
newspapers) to other 8tates. The documents con?
sisted mainly of speeches delivered in Congress at
the extra session, and of the veto messages of Pres?
ident Haves. Resides theao the doniiueiits in?
cluded a brief history of the Republicau partv, es
pecially of its tinancial reeoril. an account of the at?
tempted usurpation by the South, and the speeches
delivered by Secretary Sherman at Steubcnville
and at Portland.
As most of the documents wore scut out in re?
sponse to the calls of State and local committees
which iudieated the number of copies of each one
desired, the statement affords a pretty good indica?
tion of the popular demand. Of Senator Conk
Ung's great ai>eech in the Sennto. 157.750 copies
wercdi.-tiiliiited ; of the President's veto messages,
228,500 copies, 70.500 of which were in German ;
ot Senator Ida.tic's speech, 102,211 copies; of Sen?
ator Chandler's two speeches, 831,000copiesj <>t de
debate on pensioning: Jefferson Davis, 120,500
copies ; of General Garfield'a speech. 02,200 copies;
and of Represeiitati\e llorr's short and terse speech
on the real needs of the South, in which he said,
" She should raise horses and hogs more and h
less," 700 copies.
The financial speeches made in the House in tbo
course of the debate ou the \\ artier bill were also in
considerable demand. No less than 383.880 copies
of them wore distributed. Among these wero
SO,2(H) copies of Representative Chittenden's
speech, and 110,500 copies of Representative E. P.
M ort on's.
It will be understood that tho above documents
comprised only those distributed directly by the
Congressional Committee. Besides these the sev?
eral Mate and other committees distributed many
thousands more ou their own account, and there
were also distributed b\ them for campaign reading
Irom 750,ooo to 1,000,000of tho political Extras oj
I U Nr.w-Y oi:k Tmui ni:.
BIG EXPECTATIONS,
THE LITTLE OltKF.NBACK T\\ItTY BtTLDIXO WONDER
i i t CAM i t s in Tiir. aid.
|nt TELEGRAPH TO THE THIUI m.'.|
Washington, Dec. 21.?Colonel Leo Crandall,
Secretary of the Greenback Congressional Commit?
tee, says that his party will put a regti'ar Presiden?
tial nominee in the field next year. Ho believes
that there are brilliant prosi>ccts of success. The
ruunea of the men who are likely to receive the
honor of the nomination havo not yet been sug?
gested among the party managers, although Repub?
licans and Democrats have kindly mentioned a
number of prominent gentlemen well qualified for
the candidacy. Up to the time when tho last Presi?
dential message was Issued the Groenbackers
thought their prospects rather giooniv, but that
document caused n rupture in both the old parties,
which fact is working, so Colonel Crandall believes,
immensely to the advantage of the Grcenback
Labor party.
WASHINGTON NOTES,
Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 1879.
Secretary Sherman villi ret um to Washington to mor?
row morning.
Toe Treasury Department has issued a grncrul order
to the Collectors of Customs at 1'acitlc ports, suiting
that the restrictions placed un the importation of nent
cattle from Europe are extended to similar importa?
tions from Austria and New-Zealand. The srrestrictluus
r< nuln: that all oattlo shall be quarantined for ninety
days utter I heir arrival lu the L'ultrd States.
In the I^uisiana Lntttry case of Dauphin against
P.istiiiaster-Gtner il Key, the hearing ou the nuieuded
bill was betrun thl* morning. Mr. Carpenter for the
petitioner claimed that the law was unconstitutional,
uml directly in violation of its piovl*lnn?. Casey
Young, on the same side, urged that the hill is complete,
aud on Its inert1 allegations they were entitled to a writ
of injunction. A lurthrr hearing In the case was post?
poned until Monday.
BD3NB OF a BS FX BE WINTER.
UNEXPECTED OOLD IN < AI.TI oRXIA.
San Francisco, Dee. 2 I.?For Ulf. past two
days the weather throughout the Pacific slope has been
uuproi<cdeutedlv c >hl. The Ilarlair of Victoria, Van?
couver Dland, is froren over. There Is a great deal of
flouting Ice in Pnget Sound. Navigation on the Upper
Columbia und Wlllaie.ettr- Elvers has been suspended.
Ldve stock in Erstem Oregon and Northern California
la suffering severely. The temperature ranges In the
valleys of California from 20 to 30 above zero.
There was skating ut Modesto, In the Pan Joaqnln
TaOey tDie- leeielag Fruit lias sustained cniisbteruble
damage In some loculittcs. but ibe agricultural prospects
are very favorable generally. At l'rosser Creek, on the
Ccntnil Puclltc Hallroud, just beyond tlie California
line, tho thermometer tbu mornlug reglalered 30? bc
iuw z;-ro. In this city this morning ico formed strong
enough to bear the weight of a mau. In bouiu cases
water pipes were frozen.
A cold WAVE in minnesota.
St. Pai l, Dee. 21.?Tho severest weather
experienced lor years pievnlls to-day thioiigbnut the
Piste. At St Vincent, near the liritlsh line, the spirit
thermonrieter s'ands .->k degrees below zero. At Cronk
slon the thermometer stands ?t! below aero i at Cram]
Pork*. Ml nnd al Hreckeni ldge. Ml These places are
in the Ee l Kivet Valley, and the eol.l wave seems lo
hiivecouie troin the Hiitish Possessions.
In the ri-tern uud southern portions of the Htate
the at ather is milder, lu St. Paul the thermometer did
not full lower than 10? below sera. An unusual amount
of snow bus delay, d the trains on all the routes, some
kraue?OB tho Southern Minnesota aud Noitheru l'uciflc
beiug ubandoucd lust night.
TRAINS dll\ykd AT ooden.
Ogdkn, Utah, Dec. 2-1.?There linn been nn
precedeutedly cold wcu'her In this part of
the country for the past two days. The ther?
mometer was 12 degrees below giro here this
morning, while east, west and north It was 3.V below.
1 In re Is not much snow, but the trains uro delayed by
the eald.
?nOVO h e at st. louis.
Cincinnati, Dee. 21.?Advices from St. Louis
papati that city Icebound, with 'he Mts?isslppl Itivcr
thence to Cairo iiminvlgnble because of lee. Tue Ohio
It y.for its entire length is iiliuust free li om ice aud
rising lapidly.
A FVQIllBt W10HTB A BLOODHOUND.
St. Li if is Dec. 24.?A (erribie liglit took
plr.es near tlila eliy lu nn obi stable on Monday evening
hotWI < u u Siberian bloodhound und " Putary " Urenuun,
a i>u?ili*t, for 0250 a elds. The man waa victorious
alter a fight of 45 minutes, in which hia shoulders aud
anus were terribly laeera'ed by tbo dog's teeth. The
t.loo Ibouud had his heavy lips torn off, and was so badly
uiulmtd tout he died within uu hour.
a rosr-ni j h l QFflClAL vrsisuKD.
15. .-ton, Dec 21.-In the United States Dis?
trict Court this morning, Henry 8. New, Assistant Post?
master al Pittsfleld, Muss., was convicted of removing
uncaneeiled atamps .'mm lettera after they had been
mum d, uud selling I hem for his own plufit, sillutttUltllg
woithlcss stamp'. TB.-Cniri flued mm f200.
A LOTTKRYAtlKNT ACOHTTED.
Loi isvili.e. Ky., Dee. 24.?In the c.i-o of
the Comuionwealth ufaluat the ugeni of si. minus A
D ckliisoii, a test case ou u uuiu'ier of m<ll< intents for
operating the IfeiirvX'uliege lottery grant, the jury In
the Circuit Court hern tins uioiiiin* ncyulittd tue de?
fendant
ttDUOTlQXE BT uovkusor hoiiissos.
Albani, Deo, 2-1.?Governor Robinson has
promoted Coiouri Hubert Oiypbunt to tbe office of lu
spector of Hille, Practice, with the rank of Brigadier
General. Colonel Philip it. Briggs, Assistant li fSOtOT
General, haa been promoted to the office of Inspector
General, with the rank nf Knead i-r-General.
THE FRA UD IN MAINE.
AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR.
XX-sknator morrii.l uro rh ooveknor oarcblon.
to 8t bmit the iaw points of tuk ELECTION
cases to the 6UPRRMR co crt.
Auocsta. Me., Dec. 24.?Tho following letter was
sent to Governor Garcclon to-day by tho lion. Lot
M. Morrill:
AronsTA, Me., Dee., 24.1?70.
To hi$ Eieelleney Alonzo Gakcelok, florerwor of Maine:
I cannot lie mistaken >? thinking that. In oommon wllh
all good citissua. your Excellency M deplore tbr exist?
ing coadltlou of public seutnueut in tbls State.
To-dav two great political parties, embracing
lu tbclr ranks the entire popuiatiuu of the State,
srn brought into augry relatloaa, unsduclug bitter
persoiHI .-.nlmosities, and possibly lendlog to scenes of
violence. What is the origin of this extraordinary cm
tllllou nf altalrs, se-u for tint first time In Maine t It Is
becau?e unhappily, for the first time lu Mulne. a great
political party. auU all the members thereof, feel
dis?atisiled with ibo mode in which the returns
of the recent elcetion have lieen counted and
declared ; possibly they may be lu error, hut lbs ?W.OO0
rttiseng who voted agninst your excellency at the Sep
teiul>er election do not feel tust the actual result of t hat
election baa been proclaimed. Kvcu granting that
all these men are In error, your Excel?
lency cannot but see that it la a very
sei ii.ui matter to leave a sense of wrong
rank Ins' in tho minds of so mane noun citizens, who
have at heart, n? sincerely as your Excellency cm have,
the pence, good order and bappine-s of MM v. Your
Excellency caunut ImiI to perceive, moreover,
that thu counting otic of thirty-seven Ilcoublican
lie in i : . of the Lei;,- .it.re, eleried on Ibo face
ol tho returns. Is on event sure to provoke liritn'mn,
excilemeut and anger. The K"pubtleau party claiui to
have elected, by Ibe official returns. loo out of the l?a
lueinheis that OMipaat the Senate and House. The
r.11111? nut ot 01 ii third of tin; cnlirit number that the
Ilrpuh leans uclieve Ih^y have elected is certainly ex?
traordinary, us vour BXeCllfMf will admit.
I am ..ot now MMKMg tuat your Excellency inny not
have good NMMI lor lolloping this course, but I re?
spectfully submit thst > uu can do a BOSt valuable and
Uoaornhic service for the State mid for yourself by
adopt!Hit n measure tint will satisfy exety ??.11/ n ef the
State of the reasonahlcnc.s and lint ice ol
your Excellency's OOPfee. Your Evcellcucr Is the
only individual In the world that, siiigly and
ne, run comiuaitu the prompt oinu'ou of thu Supreme
Judicial Court. The Cnustilutiou rivis you power t?
require tbatoplnloa on "important quollonaof law." aud
upon "solemn ocensiori?." Then'are sinely mijiortatit
i|U. -I ions of law iienrilnc, ami certainly1 Iii? is a solemn
occasion, so that if that Kreut pcaiflaaoa or the Ouhattta>
tion were ever needful H would seem to he at this inniucut
of blestinmtile value. 1 beg al?o to rcmln lyour i:\e-d. nejf
thai in question* ot i.ke iiupori, wnieh kavaarisesn
tunes p.ist lo perplex your predecessors In the Ex -ciitivn
chair, lie- habit ha-> Is-cn uniform and general lo appeal
to the Court for the title lnlerprel.it on of the law. Al
no lime, I believe, has It ever been eharited that on a
question of ths character the Court has r.ii
uered a decision tlugid w.th a partisan fcelimr. The
recent derision of Mr. Justice Virgin ia a fresh illustra?
tion of how little the political hearings of a question call
Influence the derision* of our Suurcuie Judicial tribu?
nal. It is In the power ot your Excellency to restore
peace, order, quiet und good feeling lo the State and
all its Inhabitants by asking tho opinion or
the Judges ou each law point involved on
the variation of the count from tue face
of the official returns, Tuere aro precedenta for recall?
ing Ihc summons to a Senator or Kepreseuiutivc-eleet
where erroueoutaj issued, und iu the case of the live dia
fruncli'sed cities no summons has yei been sent to any?
one. Even if then' was a question aa to the strict
legal right to recall u ecrtltleale of election, It
i> not doubled that the drcMou of the. court would?al
ouce?cause the member nut entitled to the scat to re?
tire and the rlghiftil member to be at once u limited.
The Judgment ol the court would -thus s"tt!e by Just
uuiplniKC, as It was designed to settle, the embarrassing
and .iHOKerous qitertiiins under consideration.
1 adflraaa your ItlOHIepej not simp t .is an lndlylitii.il
anxious for tbr peace ami rood eider ot the atate. ihii as
Chairman of the Committee of the BapMMIOM pain . all
of Whom arc desirous, ahuve all thing-, to avoid evetj
po&sibh disturbance of the public tranquillity and to
reconcile popular discontent. Very respectlully youra.
Lot M. MnnuiLi., Chairuiuii, etc.
FUSION MEMBERS CLOSELI WATCHED.
THE ABSKNCK OF THIMir Iti:i'ltl sr\TATIVES WOTJLB
K?| THK HKPIBLICANS CONTROL OF THE SIT?
UATION?THE FRAUD DENOUNCED BY A If
PdONIST.
Botttnr, Dec. 24.?A special dispatch from Au?
gusta, Me., to Ihc Herald says:
Considerable Interest Is a! true ted by two Hems In this
morning'* paper to one somewhat neglected phase of ti e
counting out case. The Fusioulsts have only acveuty
cigut Keprcseutativce out of oue buudred and Uft.v-.mc.
If three ot these can be got rid of, the Kcpuhllcan 'mem?
bers, by uuaniinons'y absenting thcir?elvc?,cau prevent
a quorum from commit together. This leaves a mim.w
margin. If the House should be MMfepa up
In this way, the President of the Senate would be the
Act ing Governor. All this may not come to pass, hut It
is |iosMli]c, and Pusl.iTi lead, rs are watching llielr men
pretty closely. Gentlemen who arrived from the East
this forenoon sav that Mr. Sproul, ol Yeazie, no matter
what hisoplulonts of the count-out, will g.> DOfavthei
than to vote to ?rnd up the teimes of Out. und
Snillh f.,rGovernor. But they also say tatftIBMirtTM Dcino
ciat. ale getting .i little anxious about the " uo quo?
rum Idea. Although the President of the Senate
would be Governor, it mutbt be impossible to till the
other Slate offices and choose a Council. Not w il hi, atiit
lue die savage In iter icsoluttoii las nlttht, and In .-.iiiic
of the bitter spec, tu s mad. elsewhere In the Bast last
avenlag, It look* as if the attempt to prevent the nrcaul
?atlOM M the House, as hinted, would oe the extent to
which the opposition Mid be curried.
Mr. E. Sproul, of Veazie, a Fusion Representative
elect, l;us written the following letter to 'Jhe Han?
gar Wki? and Courier:
I vrlsh to give expiessiou in tiart to my feelings nt the
course purste d by the Governor urd Council in conn hue
out members of the Legislature legally elected. 1 have,
from tie beginning, p?Mtaly and npcnl) denounced
their course as a fraud which mi honest man shoubl up?
hold, and 1 now say thai I >tdl denounce It, aud will not
uphold it either by my voice or my vole, and I hope
thai every honest man elected on the Fusion ticket will
join with ine in pulling dowu this outrage.
A dispatch from Danger says : " Letters have
been sent out by Eben F. Pillshtiry, addressed to
each ol the Fusion members-elect of tho Legisla?
ture, and nlso to those w ho have been counted
m bv the Governor ami Council, calling upon them
to assemble at Augusta on t he Saturday preceding
the first Wednesday in January to arrange for the
u.-sembnugof the Legislature.'
A SCHOOL BOOK st u DECIDED.
Columbus, Ohio, Dee. 24.?The Supreme
Court has decided the ease of the State of Ohio ex re!.
Charles T. Flowers against the llour.l of Education of
Columbus, and others, brought to obtalu a writ of 'pe?
remptory mriudauiiis to couinrl the defendants to use
Harpers' geographies lu the public achoola, and the writ
was granted.
The Hoard of Education adopt, d Harpers' geogra?
phlos on August 1'J. and on Auguit 20 reconsidered
the motion by a majority vote only. The statutes and
rules of the board require a vole or Ihree-fourtbs of all
the members to ohuugc texl-hooks withiu three ye.irs
alter adoption.
The points of the decision were that the actlouoftbe
tioatd i n August 12 was the legal adoption of Baipajia*
geographies, und that the resolution of reconsideration
passed August 20 did hot affect aueh aduptloi- nor did
any su "sequent action of the board do so. The rent.
Plaintiff In this case was 11. W. lictby 4 Co.. of this*
city, agents lor Harper A lirotbt-rs. The pupils have
not 1. in allowed to me geographies In the schools for
four mouths. _
SCHOOLS Glionise, JX KANSAS,
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 24.?State Superinten?
dent Ijeminou has issued the common school
statistics of Kansas for the year euded
July 81? Kansas has a school population of
Uli H10. tho Imreaao for lb* year being
44,5:10 or 33 per cent more than for any other year In
the Slate's history. Iiariug the yenr the achool enroll?
ment tin remwit about uo.ooo. The Hvcraae dally at
lenoam e |s about ?-'.i.oimi. n.zty-slx linrnuil Insniincs
were held ftom fonr lo nx weeks, In which (I 000 of
l lie G.707 comiiiou school teachers of Ihr Stale receives!
In-ti m hod. The sc In hi I revenues for the year ainui itaal
I., sl.-7- ;:tr?-1 winch pl.O.Vj.tiuo was expended for
teachers wages. Dining the year 414 new aeaoot
bouses i ere bull st a coat of P30O.OUO. The achool
fund amounts to td,bol,(i:tl.
CRIMES AND CAS ?AZTIKS?B1 TELEGRAPH.
A DAKOTA MEItl IIA NT M<*iBHEIl.
WoRTHiNGTi'N. Minn.. Dec. 24.?bester C. Tnr
pcr, a iiitn luuitof Moux Fslls, hsabecu robbed here of f l&,;.oo
by two in -1. who . .. ? > .1
hevkn Bt'RULARS CONVICTED.
C.?PR May, Dec- 24.?The m'\. d colored men ni
rested almsit ten dsyaayo. charged wlih bring engsgeil in s
nuniher-if reeenl hurgluilee in i spe Mar and vhin t>. have
in . ?! tried aud ciiuilideal.
OKAJaOXIl WITH THK FT.
ltnsmv. Dee. U4.? I Iioiohs II. Kainsev and John
C. Ilow were aillUUi il tn-dsy, rlmrged Willi s seritia ol |>ei-ntj
Huns fruin tin- W svrriy hatter Cim je.ii?. of ti,ii. rity. tor IM
past two ?eil', sliioutitlD,: to alu m ylU/ssi. i |u v m ir i ui
ultied to pibuin.
A Fl.l N(IE INTO THE nIA'I A It A.
NiAdA'tA Fai.'.s, N. Y.. Dee. M, -A gentleman,
stsiul silly >ear?iifage, resj.eelab:y dresseil, s'lpptsv-.; to l?>
h. A. ?;kes, ol heuseilymlle N. y . Jpaipad this a:tern *m
Irum new kiwi uiislou britlgo Into the liver below. Ths
body ha* not been lound.
A JMNK EMIIEZZLER SENTENCEIi.
MfLWAUKMK, Dee. 21.?Clinics (i. Ho-sc. Info
tNMiksee ior ut AleiSiMtrr Mltrhrlt'a Ihuik, today p'.U.drd
?u il> of eiuhesilenienl, slid ??? -riite.uri?! In tio jvaimih
l he IlciiM of Coircctiou. 11i? saiuautof tue drfalcalkin la
said to have been over ejoo.Ooo.
THE ARIZONA SCANDAL.
8TATEMENT OF GENERAL CLINTON B. FISK.
THE EVIDENCE against agent iia kt and in?
spector hammond? fluctuating b?cndaht
liner?questions propounded TO commi8
SlONKR ii a V i.
" General, a considerable part of the information
relative to the alleged irregularities at the "an
Carlos Indian Agency in Arizona was derived from
you. You have seen Commissioner Ilayt's letter
In reply, printed in The Tribune this morning.
What are you willing to say concerning it I*
Goncral Clinton H. Fisk, oueof the Board of In?
dian Commissioners, in answer to this inquiry by a
reporter of The Tribunk, said yesterday
that as he was one of the Board which
would soon be engaged in iavestiguting
the transactions of Commissioner flayt, be did not
wish to seem like volunteering information, but had
no objection to stating what ho kuew of the matter
ander discussion. He then said:
" In October last I visited the San Carlos Agency,
and was called on by a number of persons who
complained of irregularities. Among others was
MfBI D. Willis clerk of the Agency. Ho
said that he bad been a merchant at
McMillan, near the Ageocv, and bad sold
cei 1,1 11 good* to Henry L. Hart, the agent of the San
Carlos Reservat ion. Hart w as at that time work?
ing the Washington Mine in that ncighliorhood. A
few months prior to this time General . 1. H. Ham?
mond, an Inspector of Indian Agencies, had
visited the San Carlos Agency and McMillan, and
informed the miners who were working the Conti?
nental, Hannibal, Washington ami Gleasou Mines
that these miners were on the Indian reservation,
.in tbat the miners were trespassers in mining or
shipping ores there I nun. Willis added that this
information, as might I.xpectt-.d, disconcerted
and discouraged the miners. Tho Washington
Mine at that lime was owned by Mr. Hart, the
audit, and a Mr. Fuller.
" General Hammond went to Washington, and soon
returned to San Carina, accompanied by Kdward
Knapp of New Jersey, who represented himself as
the agent of Charles I). Dcahlcr, of New
Brunswick, N. J. General Hammond and Mr.
Knapn purchased the Washington Mine from
Mr. Hart for $10,000 and $4,000 ad?
ditional for the personal property connected with
it. Knanp gave in payment sight drafts on William
H?rem ?amp, president of the Second National Hank
of Jersey Oft/, Halt at that lime owed him (Wil?
lis) tt-hn.*), and gave htm one. of the drafts in pay?
ment. The draft was forwarded for col
Iction thioiigb the houso of Lord & Williams,
at Tucson, Arizona, und was returned in due time
protested. Willis then placed bis claim in the
bands of J. W. Van Sl\ck, attorney at I'hronix,
Arizona, to have the mine attached, and this was
done. Other drafts made by Knapp ami given
to Hart's creditors wero also returned pro?
tested. These men joined with Wiilis in attaching
the inme. The claims were finally paid, however,
nml the mine was deeded to Charles 1). Ileshler.
I be general impression was that the transaction
was in the interest of Commissioner Hnyt.
"This, in luief, was the story told me by Mr.
Willis. Several other persons came to me and made
dcclarati' us similar to those of Willis. Major
Chnllee, of the Oth Cavalry, tem|iorarily in charge
at the San Carlos Agency, said that General
Hammond told him that he possessed tho
authority so to adjust tho boundary lines of the
reservation as to leave the Washington Mine off or
on it. Major Cbailee also informed me that Agent
Hart showed him a letter from General Hammond
to himself tHart), stating that after a full investi?
gation of his case he had reached the conclu?
sion that he was entirely innocent of all the
cbnrL-es preferred against him. Major Chance
nsked Hart how it wai possible to obtain such a
letter from General Hammond after all the
allegations that had been made with
rail ranee to his alleged irregularities, and
Hint replied that he had Hammond where he
would w rite anything in his behalf. The letter from
General Hammond was dated from Kvanston, III.,
nnd m fiis'vcr to an inquiry from Ma jnr Chatte?', Hart
said that Kvunsion was General Hammond's home,
and he wanted it to appear that the letter was
writ ten after culm deliberation, and at a place remote
from the Agency. Among ihc most common causes
of complain! made to me, was of the assumption by
Qanend Hammond that the boundary Ones
of the reservation could be shifted arbi?
trarily. A large number of miners called
and presented a petit loa ?hat I would in
teifere to prevent this. They said that if their
mines could be placed on the reservat ion one day
and taken off the next, by reason of changing the
boundary lines, It would be itnpissible for them to
dis|s)se of their property. The whole thing looks
badly.
questions for ooatBHoaToirn hayt.
" The main part of Commissioner Ilayt's reply is
devoted to defending Inspector Hammond, t he
ib f, nee of General Hammond might better bs
left to himself. Commissioner Hayt cannot
know that General Hammond has not held
back information from the Indian Office,
boi that he has not made any compromise with
Hart. It was not charged that any icsurvey of
the San Carlos Reservat ion had been made or or?
dered, but it was charged that Hammond announced
tbat he was authorized ton-survey the lines of th*
reservation. It is for Hammond to sav whether or
not he so announced. The questions for Commis?
sioner Hnyt to answer are these:
" What has been said or done, if anything, respect?
ing tha boundary lines of the San Carlos Reserva?
tion SUMM General Hammond first went to Arizona f
Hid he have any knowledge of any arrangement
ntitIt Mr. DoabJOT, Mr. KflSpp or Mr, HoflOO
camp for the utfYchaso of the silver mine
referred to f Was he in any way instrumental in
bringing Genera) Etannoadl or tba aUver mine to
the acquaintance of either of these three persons f
Has lie any knowledge as to why the
title to the mine was taken in the name of
( hartes 1?. He hler, or what led Mr. Knapp to go
('< At i/. na f Has he any know ledge as to who in?
troduced General Hammond to Messrs. Knanp and
DesBler 1 Does he know who first IsfOfBsOd Mr.
Desbler thai a piece of property in Arizona had
MOO purchased in his name f When did he first
know who was tho teal owner of the mine f
Dpes he kuow with whom Mr. PtlhltT bad SO un?
derstanding (bat he was not to be made responsible
for any money liability f Does he know any rea?
son for Mr. Ileshler's impression that the
agent ou the gmiind did not know m whose
name to vest the propertyf Has he any
knowledge whatever concorutBf the transfer off the
luiue from Desliler to Hugcm-amp I Had he any
knowledge whatever, ami if mi, when did he first
kuow, that ore hud Ineu submitted to un
expert in urn era'", and that because of
Ins favorable n?pnn the mine ander discus?
sion w hs pun hast d f lu short, was Commissioner
Hayt lu uuy manner instrumental in placing any of
bis fi leads m Hie wav of a mining spceo Lit mu f
" I liese are some of the questions that Commis?
sioner lluv twill be asked to answer by the Iloaid
of Indian 1,'omiuiaaioncrs when they convene in
Wusliingtuu next 1110111)1."
UPVBUCAXI8M IX BROOKLYN,
The Kitifrs County Chili at the llrst raertiiig
after election appointed a committee composed of A. J.
Perry. co osmojso, P. M Oat ran der uud A. G. Williams,
to Inquire Into the causes of the Hepubllcan local
defeat. The report of the com mil tee, which
has been Completed, condemns severely " toe
laxity of udiuiiiiiiratiou ou the part of the
dominant imiitlcut iiimagers In the Republican party."
This laxity. It la de? lured, has shown itself in Ircnueni
departures from " politic il goml aitb,' and In a dl?po
-111011 10 secure Its purposes by the election of i>e unt?
erste Uistini'l of R> puttlb'ans. Tu? committee recoui
uicml that efforts be made to secure the passage by the
Hlatc la>gislMlur?'of Inwa trblrh will " ilestioy abuses,
dlmiul-h offices and Improve the public service."
A BLOW AT IXsi /: 1 \ ' B J Ari HlAtLXT*.
Chicago, Dec. 24.?In tho Dated Si t i
District I ourt this morning Judge Hlodgctt dlstiit?*c?l
\\,< i>eiitiou of ? ook. assignee in bankruptcy of the I'm
tecttvo Life Insurance Company, for uu assessment upou
ubutit In.is si policy holders to pay sume sixty death
looses, automating to over ?i'*U,OOU, which hud ucvtr
beta a-sesse J by the Company. He bald tbat the mutual
contribution plan adopted by the Company waa an
anomaloua and Illusory one, and an experiment outs'dc
of the beaten paths of life Insurance; and those bene?
ficiaries. In whose behalf the assessment was asked,
uilirkt well have anticipated the contingency whlcb bas
arisen. Tbis der.lsion applies to the following pouch a:
Old A, New A, the it. the IB and the Commercial League
nranch of tbe Company.
TItAiirS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDES.
MORE THAN HAt.F THE MKN WITHDRAWN?RE
MAKKABI.R EATALI1Y A.MONO THE LKADERB
SHARP FORESIGHT OK THE HOOK-MAKFR*.
The greatest surprise among some people fit
the walking match yeetertlay was that lint t
did not retire Iroro tho rare. Each day
sluco the beginning of the match bas fur?
nished a surprise by tbe withdrawal of ouo of the
leader*. MerrUt gave up the contest on the first day,
and the death of his father Is assigned as the reason.
Murphy followed later lu tho day, but be waa un?
able to give any reason. Punrhnt kept up tbe aar.
prise on ? Tuesday by leaving tbe track, when
he was the first on the score. All who retlied
were favorites from tbe start, and good odds wer.- offered
against them by the bookmakers. On Monday 4 to 2
was off>-red against Murphy and fl to 1 against Merritf.
Ruch offers were freely taken, as both men had made ex?
cellent records before. When Pnnchot was ahead, the
odds against Dim were 3 to 2. The odds against Ihe
other contestants run as high oa 50 and 100 to
1, but very lttllu money was placed on these men.
The bonktnakera huvo be. n very cautious all along In
betting against Half. Thla looks im It he would stay In
the race until tne end.
A man connected with the match last evening re?
marked : " Well, perhaps Murphy went as far as he
agreed to go." Other mcu claim that both Mertltt
nnd Murphy ara saving their strength for the
O'Leary belt contest, whlcb takes place next
month. It wus said by people who claimed
to know that they bad not lutou led to stay in the
race until It closed. Tbe leaders in the race nt present
are doing very creditable woik. Hart and Falter keep
close together. In the early morning hours yesterday
Hart w is seven miles ahead. At 11 ti. tu. Fabcr had re?
duced this lead to throe and a half miles. Later iu
the day. when Hurt was off the track, faber closed the
gap bet wren them to two miles. Hart ran a g'xid deal
in tho aficmoou and increased his lead to six miles.
Fabcr walks all tbe time, but he takes
wonderful stride. Krohuu and Hugnes managed
to keen third aud fourth places, but tl.c
latter looked very much fatigued. The withdrawal of
Byrnes with 114 miles, Oehrlng with jo3 miles, and
Shannon with 151 BOSS was nunounced In the momlr.g.
Up to 0 p. m. twenty-five men had withdrawn. Iiis
said that Hart has equalled If be has not surpassed
Kowell's recent record.
Tbc close contest between Hart and Faber attracted
many persons In the evening. At 8 p. m. the former whs
only four mllca ahead, nnd tho excitement was grout.
Fuber was walking at an easy gair, and appeared in
good trim. Ilait walked close behind blm, hut it was
only with great effort that ho kept paeo with Faber's
long strides. About 9:30 p.m., Hart ran around the
track severnl times, and gnlncd a lap ou Faber. At 8:43
p. in. he was missed from the track, and Faber was only
four miles behind. Aa Fabcr steadily gulucd on Hurt
rumors flew around the (lauten that the latter had with?
drawn. ?' If was only to bo rxr.ected," said oue
spectator. "The leader lies withdrawn ritch day since
the beginning of flic mal? h. nnd it is Hart's turn to?
night. To-morrow It will bo Faber's." At Hart's tept
his trainer saul that he was only takln* a rest
and would bo on the track In a couple of hours.
In tbe early part ot the eveuing the bookmakers
changed their betting. They were flrst offBttOg even
mouey against Isdh Hart ami Faber. When both scores
were even tho bookmakers stopped betting against i...
bier, nnd offered "lu 1 against Hart. Krohue was then
null fire miles l?hlnd Hart, and tho bookmakers asked j
to 2 against him. ? I/ilcr iu tbe eveuing they oulv asked
even moncr. nsrf did not appear on the track up to
midnight, and sime persons believed thai bo would not
continue in the nice.
Eight more men withdrew In tho evening, muking ten
in all (tumor Ib-i day and tbirty-tkrec .im . tue u rui?
ning. Those tbat retired yesterday were Byrnes, 114
miles; Oehrlng. 105; tOiannon, 151; Walker, 18!);
Webster. 190; McCormiek, 177; Crc.tr, 126; Ftlrput
rlck, 217; I*. Madden, 147, and Johnson, i I.
There were several others that left the bul <!?
lng, but gave no announcement of their w! u
tirawal. All those who had not mode '230 miles bv m .!
night ure practically out of the race, us tin v cannot
make 150 miles by Saturday night. W. If. Iiavis silll
el ilins to be in the race although be has only made ?I
miles. He asked Mr. Curtis, the referee, yesterday
to increase his store 200 miles. His reason was thut he
expected somec'f the men who w.nk lu the same fin tOHT
with him to visit the Hamen on Christinas, and he
wanted Ida score to look large. Following were the
scores ut midnight:
sTOaaOB Jfi7?. I K?met. Hit's.
Fuber, C.885 Clow.BAO
Hurt.-?I Kc..n. u. "to
Krotnic. F.2MG Heed.gju
H.-iisty, Tims.'-'71 I Hue, J.
(.'linen, P.-'t;o Howard, Henry. -.'vjo
Ferrum. W.2d- I McKee, 1>.. aja
parts, Uichard.-o0 BraOka, s. ?_>!?{
Fiizirerald.P.2?') I Mnhnne.v.J...."is
Hughes, John. 2f>7 I H Bwoker, George.
(iehtert, e., .2?0 j Onlooii. I.,atO
Hetine-sy. 1). A_. lo.i
I.aCouse, K.lss
tioinen, i,., .iJo
Daapaaa, N.255
Kllssell IS. P.2.VI
Vint. Kakarl.219
William?, e.24"
Mlgnnult, P.172
Molyueuux, P.,.170
Dafrnnc, Oeorge.213 | Lowerv. John.His
Puiicuot. II.242 Davis. W. II.84
1 II R FIRE RECORD,
IN PF.oRIA. 11.1..- LOSS $27,000.
Peoria, III.. Dec. 2 4.-The Union Distillery,
belonging to Woolner B'o'.. was burned Ibis morning.
Loss 027,?**); fully insured.
THE i.o?m:s AT OASLBTOli ( OLLKOB
St. Pai l, Minn., Dec 9 1.?In tbe lire nt
Carleton College. Northfleld. yestrrday, Willis Hall, the
main building, with nearly ull the contents, including
furniture, books and tho students' effects, was burned,
ihe loss is estimated at f?tMioO. The building wus
insured for if 17, >ou, which was divided muoug several
companies.
GREAT DESTRirciION of PEANUTS.
Petersburg, Vu., Dec. 14.?The barn and
engine-house of A, N. Hustons, neur Waverly Station,
have been destroyed bv fire. The building cuicalord
2..'>oo bwahell of peanuts road? for the market, und
many valuable taraatas lmpl"mcnts. ihe loss is r 1,00 >
which is puriiuliy.covered b\ lusurauce.
IV MADISON AVENUE.
A fire occurred nt 9t80 p. so, yesterday, on
the to]i-f|oor of Ihe fuur-story brown-stone dwelling.
No. 130 Madlfon-avc. The damsge is estimated at
f2,000 to the building and IfcJ.ono to furniture. Tho
loss Is covered by insurance. Ihe building Is owued By
.lohn Griswold, and occupied by D. P, If a tint ? i.V. The
cause of the tire Is unknown.
MURDERED Bl 67 BOOL GIRLS,
( im iNNAtl, Dec. 24?Two Bcliool girls
about fifteen years old, th- daughters of wealthy
parents, murdered u schoolmate near Cntrevili?.
Ind., two weeks ago. The girls had tieeu expelled for Ill
treating her. It is reporied that tbe uuir.lered gtri's
mother received a bribe of *3,ooo to keep the affair
secret.
TEL EUE A 1'IIIC SO TES.
CHRIHTMAIS CHARITY.
Toronto, Dec. 21.-To-day the usual Christmas
cheer was distributed to the pour uf the city by the 'iff, r. in
benevolent societies.
the i.ate sixpenny SAVINO? BANK.
Al.HANY. Dec. 24.?Justice We, ibrook bas di?
rected Receiver RuaA- 0, i f the New York sixpenny -avnies
liaok to dUiRiao of abXSj ?1? Sl.ooo bouHs of tbe Slat* 3
Arkansas.
how THE bt ETTA i' ERS f.oST
Chicago. Dec. 24.?Chaiies N. Metfauer, during
an examination yesterday aa to the aasetiof tin- bankrupt
Orui of Hie. teuer Brothers, testlued thst the members of the
firm ha<l lost sines tue snilng of 187s nearly ai jo.uuo py
??peculations iu gudband provisions.
A POt'ETHY SHOW AT HUDSON, N. Y.
H?Dso.v, N. Y.. Dec. 2-1.? Ihe Fowl 1 anders A'
eoctatlon of the Hudson opened a |s>allry aud bench show :u
Oils dtr on December for three da??. The (iilrlos urc the
largest ever made lu this city.
THE HT. l.OLTrt GASLIGHT COMPANY.
Sr. Lot is, Dec. 24.?The receiver of the St.
Louis GasUiht ( < ai| Ani. by order of the Circuit Court, tins
haioled o.er the property of that looinanv to Its presi lei t
The receiver held SSOO.OOO in UuUMu ?Utes bonds, acnu tod
as profits.
canada AHOTjrTO MARE CARTRIDGES.
Ottawa, Dec. 2?. -The (ioverument intends to
establish a caitrMge factor, : i ui .tih, *i.,u.... ,.
Unei.fc. It la i rojaOle ihit a caou'llan offlcer will be seid to
Woolwich to pass tlirougli toe necessary alu lies au.l uulit
no 1. pan haaee ul niacl.liiary as may be require.)
v. KECKED THKOt'OH A BURNING BRIDGE
OkLYi si.in. D c M ?A freight train on the Mis*
an.iri Ksusaa ami Texaa Raihuad fell tkreugh a burning
bruise near Dm ant is(ut.?u nMSOaf. The UaaMf and
t ^riitr two cits were wrccketlaitiil l.irrne.1. Michael fcliea.u
ni email, fell lato Ihe Ore and waa burueu to death.
HANLAN's po GTION.
Toronto, Dec. 24.? lluiil.ni appears disposed to
accept Courtney's offer tor eracrlu April, on the terms Cie
lalt. r propoa. A bill lie would like In nee some mousy ileisisHed
Ural. Itcgar uns the oriau.al fcrkM IIsolan will wall two
w.ss.a. ami II OaeiUMf tu-.kev n ,,; rtnlte urn l<> ihat time he
will told it nits-Lux of lila Ii I. n Is ?ml decide oi, a Hue of Csea
gael I Hiklag toward a tcutlu ,oa of tuli spps.euiiv luuir
iuuiablv waller.
AFFAIRS IN FOREIGN LANDS
MORE SAVED FROM THE BORUHSIA.
FIVg 8FHVIVORS TAKKS OK BOARD A BARK BOUWD
FOR I I VkKI'oor ? II. I'l.s THAT THK BORl'NHA I?
AFLOAT.
LOWIX.1S. Wednesday, Vor. 24. 1H79.
A steam-tag which haa jnat arrived at Liver?
pool, report*' that she apoke off the Hal*
tee Islands an inwanl-bonnd hark with five
more survivors of the Borussia disaster on
hoard. The name of tho hark waa not obtained by
the tug.
THg AOKNIs' OPINION".
The agent* at Liverpool of the lost ?teamer Bo?
russia state that there were one cabin and sixty
four steerage passengers from Liverpool for New
Orleans, and eighty aleerago passengers from Co
runna for Havana.
The owners of the steamer Rornssi?allege thai
they believe the vessel ia atill afloat, as she is built
with water-tight compartments, and that she ia
still in th? track of American vessels. They also
allege that they are hotM'ful coaceruing the crew
and passengers. The third officer's boat was tho
last to leave the ship. Among the ... V i boats waa
a large one containing twenty . ds, and the,
mate's boat containing thirteen persme. Thea*?
when last seen?pr -sumahly by the third officer*?
l?o.it?were doing well. The third oflicer made an
unsuccessful attempt to tow auotiicr bout con?
taining two men. The crew of the steam?
er, when the boats left, were building
rafts. 'I lie wind was then blowing a gale.
The foregoiug ac.-ouut is probably c Jored by ikm
usual desire of owners to make the best of every?
thing. Later advices by telegraph from Liverpool
represent that nothing really new concerning tho
disaster can lie obtained. It is asserted at the offlco
of tho agents that the captain did his duty man?
fully.
thk Till KD OFFICER'S RKFORT.
In his statement the third oflicer of the Borussia
says that after the large mmjA remaining twenty
Spaniards aud the mate's boat containing thirteen
persons li nl left the Borussia, a lifeboat contain
iug two of the stewards of the steamer got adrift.
He was sent after this boat by the cap?
tain, and took charge of it, taking hit
own boat, in which five men were left. in(
tow, hut the boat was swamped and all on hg|
Wem drowned. The third officer endeavored to
again reach f he Borussia, which was fast sinking.
Ion w as unable to make headway iiirain-1 the wind.
He was ultimately compelled to abandon the at?
tempt uud run before the wind. At the time tbia
occurred there were still three boats with the
Borussia.
HOW IHK FIVK MF.S W F.I IF. KFSCtKIl.
Loxoox. Tlinrsdav, 11 c. M, 1H79.
The bark Fulda haa arrived at Liverisiol with tiva
Spaniards who were saved froui the Borussia.
Owing to their inability to sp-ak English, it ia dif?
ficult to get from them a connected narrative
of the terrible hardship* they have un?
dergone. Their boat, la-fore it left the
Borussia, contained besides the Bpaiii.u'ls. the
mate and three women; but no smuer was lha
boat lowered than it was pntlv stove by knock-,
ing against the steamer. The mate and the*
women uceotdiuglv retaraed to ttio
wreck, but the Spaniards partly staunched
the bole in the boat with aonie clothe?, and,
their rope breaking, they v.,to east i ll front
the steamer. They had some provision-, b it n?na
of Ihem knew anything of seamanship. For live
davs and six nights tiny were tossed about,
suffering terribly, w In n tbev were <di
served by the (j rnian b uk Pnlda. In latitude 38?
13 north, longitude 23? 45' west. Thev kuotr
nothing of the fate of the Borussia.
FIVK M AMARUS.
The Time? dispatch from Ltvcrpoal say* the captalo of
tbe Fulda reports that on the 7th Insr. ba
picked up a boat in which were five Ppaa
lards. The resetted men slept uninterruptedly
for slxty-dght hours. L'pyu being questioned Uiey
staied that they had.1?tncd the R. russla ut Coranna.
They also stated that the captain of the llurns
sla gave the order to lower the boats. Tbey
report that they stopped the hole lu their boat with a
pair of oliskiu trou sers.
The Heard or Trade has ordered an Inquiry Into tin
In?* of the Boriiesla. The date ot beginning thU Inquiry
mmt not yet been ?xed.
THE DISTRESS Di IRELAND.
LaVMMt We.Inesiiar, !><?? 21. 1 -T9,
There is much dissatisfaction mn mg tho
Irish people h MM mm Government has not sppl cd lha
surplus of the Irish church fund for the lellef of the pop?
ular distress, which ttlev ar-- empowered to do by lha
terms of the dlsestiiblishme t set.The d rector^ UfJ mem
ters of tin- S. c i ty of .si.Vincent de Paul publish I deck*,
r.'tlon lha" the el. erun-o ,...i> -t-ni* are a mi i'iop arwt
delusion, if intended (o?y,i'-t udequiicU ti.e m-cp ana
dieadfw famine now appraaebtag. Areablsaop Met she,
et imtii in, hasleanedacircular to the derer at iii'di?.
etati Mktog them to uppomt a day fur a collection m tba
ciiuruhes.
THM ADVANCE OH CABFL.
Calcltta. Weducsday, D.c. 24. 1<*79.
Colonel Nonn.in telegraphs Lout Jagdillak
today as fallows: "Heavy Urine has been
heard in the direction of Cabal for the past forty
eight hours. General G >orh ia rl ise to I.ifav
baud, and It la expected that he will reach Calml
t.sdav." Hail haw from Ca.ml have arrived at J igilal*
(ak, the bearers being harmlessly Hi ed nt ? n ruutc.
THK CAHCL MAZAAIt PMNDKRID.
liOMWX, Wednesday. Dec. _'l. 1 -7f?.
The l.'tcst adwlces from Caluil, dated December 2^
state that the insurgeuts have pin.idered th pilucipal
biz isr in the city, and it Is said that large number* art
leaving with booty.
I/inimin, Thursday, Dec. 25,1*79.
flu Standard'* Lahore dispatch savs Hen*
eral Roberta repoi if that his troops are euticr.iig fron
overwork, cold ami exposure.
GORDON FACHA ACTING QDUKLT.
LoMMiN-, Wednesday, Dec. ill, 1 S79.
The Khedive has called on Gordon Fach?
for an explanation of Ina report that .* to tba
amount of *230,< <?> ate still due In the Hoiidao.
Gordon Pac.ia d^lrea that E^ypt should
cede to Italy a p irt in the Red Pea In orler to produce"
compllcatloai betweeu Abyssluia and Italy. Tba
E.-i miau Ministers unanimously rejected the proposal,
other dispatches were suboiitted to ihc Council fiom
Gordon I'acba, ahowlug his luconalateucy.
as
PABdTJfO THE ABOLITION BILL.
M All KID, WedliesdlV. Dee M, 1879.
The Senate to-day approved the bill for tha
abolulou of slavery lu Cuba. In Ihc Chamber of Depo?
lilies the bid was read the first time, aud a eommittea
was appointed to report upon it.
BCCOOOENI BUBKEXDEKS.
Isixnox, Weduealav, Dec. 24. 1879.
A dispatch from Cape Town by the way of
Madeira, aay that Chief Secococut surren lered on tba
2d inat.
FOlCKKiN KOTEBL
Lu.Msom, We.lues.lav, Hi e. 24. 1*79.
Queen Victoria bas contributed f2.3oO to the Daches?
of Marlborou*a'* IrUta rrliet luuU.
The Porte has rranted 4.000,000 plasters for the relief
of deailtutepersona in Coustautmoph during the Win?
ter.
It la expected that telegraphic communication b*>
tweeu Adei,, Zanzibar, and the Cape of Good Hope will'
open for bualuess to-morrow.
6 I ne Greek Boundary Comaiba'onera have sent a note
to the Porte, demanding tha resumption of tbe con rar?
en oea regarding the frontier qu??liou.
Tbe pricea of gaa Stocka depreciated yesterday on tbe
receipt of tbe uewa of Mr. KdUon's discoveries lu cheap
electee lighting.
The Mabomrtana and Christiana of Kuldja are agW
tatmg ngxlusi the restoration of territory to China, and
threaten ariueil resistance.
Herr Weber has bean elected In Magdeburg aa member
of the Gcruiau Parll iue.nr, defeating IIerr Viereck,
-?? a Deuiocral, by 1 ? aj majority. '
The Standartl'$ V.uuua dlapatcb aays tha polloe at
Ki. ff recently surprised a secret Nihilist meellug and
capluiesl nlm ty-eighl men.
Hit inily Aia-s* St. Petersburg correspondent la
? klttvat] mr. iiio-d that no severe meaaurea of general
repri'saiou arc likely to be aanetlooexl.
A di-pai. h to lite Dmiln AeaN front Berlin aayat
' PthMI Mt<niark has postponed his visit here la ootv*
aequeuc i of a aevere attaca of rheumatism."
TA? Standard'? Coiistauliuople dlsi>aloh aaya tha
Am. lie hi CoiisuKlcueral his instituted a clotblua
siH-tety in hia house for the be lefli uf the auffeicra from,
ibu aevere diatreaa bow prosuliug id Turkey.