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E UJF^O P E .
Cardinal Cullon Invested witli
Extraordinary Powers.
ALMOST A POPE.
Th? Dissensions Existing Between
tiambetta and Keratry.
THE RUSSIAN CONSCRIPTION LAW.
Earl Granville's Letter on the
Investment of Paris.
EUGENIE AND VICTORIA.
The Canard steamship Palmyra, from Liverpool
and llueeustown, which arrlvcu lu ilohton yesterday,
brings European malls up to December 0. The fol
lowing budget or news from our special correspond
ents abroad, as well as the extracts from the Eng
lish and Continental papers, give an Intelligent and
comprehensive risuind of the Kurope.ui situa
tion:?
The Gazette of Franco a^aln Ftronglr demands the
election of a constituent assembly.
The exceptional position accorded to Havana
under the new federal treaties has made a bad im
pression in Wurtemburtc.
The semi-official Nori Deutsche Zeitung flatly con
tradicts the rumor that Count Bismarck intcmla 10
conclude peaco with Napoleon.
It is rumored that tlio Viceroy of Egypt can at tne
present time place under arms 101,000 men, many of
whom are armed with the best breach-loading nlles.
A London paper says: ? "We understand that our
government have ordered a considerable number
of torpedoes and have made large contracts for the
supply of fle'.d artillery and Held battery harness."
The King of Prussia has Invited the kings of Ha
vana, Wurtemburg and Saxony to Versailles to lie
present at the entry into Paris.
The Army and Navy Gazette of London an.
nounccs tnat the Commander-in-Chlci at 1'orts
mouth has received a notification tuat a Japanese
naval officer is to be borne on the books of the Duke 1
of Wellington, wl h t he rank of sub-lieutenant. This
w a step in advance.
The London Times' correspondent m Berlin tele
graphs that preparations aie malting to embody
160,000 more Landwebr men, In can* Franco con
tinues the war after the capture ol Paris.
The first notice of the Prussian proposal to settle
the Black Sea question by a conference was given
to the Austrian government through the Prussian
Minister tn Vienna.
The London Times of the 5th says:?1 "We are au
thorized to state tlini there is 110 foundation what
ever for the report whicn appeared last week in an
evening contemporary to tlie effect that negotiations
were being carried 011 for the turning of the French
Suez Caual into an English joint stock enterprise,
with the Duke of Sutherland as chairman."
The London Glo^Q states that a rumor which has
obtained currencjMhat, should her Majesty's li<,:)iii
permit, the Queen will open Parliament in state
next session, is in some degree confirmed by the
fact that the state equipages have been ordered to
be got ready.
The Moscow nobility have presented an address
to the Emperor, thanking him for the circular and
for th<! abolition of clats distinctions by the new
decree on military service. The Moscow nobility
are ready, they say, to serve in tlio rauks for the
defence of their homes and the integrity of Russia.
The internal administration of the occupied
French provinces is provided for by tlio lTnssian
authorities with moil businesslike regularity. Tlio
MonUetir Offlciet, of Versailles, announces 1 h it,
bead post offices have been established lu the de
partments of the Aisnc, Aube, Disc and Seine et
Oise. This notice is signed by Rosshlrt, "Director
of Posts in the occupied French territories."
IRELAND AND THE POPE.
ot' .Sympathy With llis ,
(?rear (iatheriim in Dublin? i'ardlnul Col- .
? Knrl CSrannrd? Father 'i'oni Burke? j
Cardinal Oiillen tho Pope of tbe Western |
tlhuri-b? Will lie Succeed Pie Noiio ?
DtBLiN, Deo. 2, 18T0.
When the news of the Italian occupation or Home
first readied tUis country 1 remember saying to you
that It did not attract much attention among us;
and what I said was true. A few bisliops, in pasto- j
ral letters to their flocks, and a few newspapers,
devoted to tho interests of the Catholic religion,
alone raised their volcc* in behalf of j
the sovereign rontiff. Tliis apparent inditfer- j
?Mice of Catholic Ireland may be accounted j
for by the fact that public attention here was almost j
entirely occupied with the great Franco- Prussian
war. But the Irish people have now rust a^nle their
apathy or indifference, if, Indeed, they ever had
either, towards the Pope, and aro doing everything
lu their power to promoto his interests and to re
lieve Ins sulfonates. A collection, I understand, whs
made for htm in all (lie Roman Catholic chapels
throughout Ireland on hitnday last, and the sum
raised, I suppose, will go to replace the ?40,000
seized by the Itsillatis and utilized by tli>) Florentine
government. Meetings to express sympathy with
him have been held in Wexford, Cork, \\ aterford,
Gal way, Belfas;, siinro, Tipperary und on last Wed
nesday In Dublin. These meetings were most
numerously attended and were addressed, not
only by the leading clergy, but by the Catholic
nobility of the respective dioceses. But the
meeting in Dublin far surpassed them all. The
talent, wealth and nobility of the county
bad their representatives. All grades of
the clergy were represented, from Cardinal
Cnllen to the humblest curate. All classes of the
Irish people were represented, from the Karl ot Gra
nard down to the workman who earns his bread lit
the sweat of his brow. Cardinal Cuilan, who presided,
declared that it was one of the largest and most
brilliant assemblies ever held in the Iruli metropolis.
To the speeches delivered ou tho occasion l need
not refer; aultlee It to say that every argument that
could be urged in favor or tho Pope's temporal
power wag brought forward by thesevcra1 speakers.
The Cardinal opened the proceeding's 111 a long auct
carefally prepared address, which was, in ?.v opin
ion, one ot the best ho over delivered, ills Emi
nence, hovrever, was never destined to shine as a
public speaker. He has an exceedingly bad voice,
nnd his manner Is still worse; but. his language, i>
not graceful or olegaot, Is always strong and forcible.
It is painful to hear him either in the jmlplt or on
the platform, and as his address.es are In variably of
great length his audience no uitfrequeotiy
becomes vve.irv, particularly Hilt part <>f It be
vend the reach or his utterance. Hnr when what
he says appears 011 paper it reads well. In his
speech on Wednesday lie referred to what 'lie Popes
in olden times did for Ireland and the Malms Huh
IX. Had upon the. Irish people. When t'l omwell
was tramplinir upon them Urban VIII. and Innocent '
X. supported them with all the mea is at their dis- 1
poMl. Alter the siege of Limerick Innocent XII. |
called on all the world to support them, collected '
for them and published a Inbilce in thtlr lavor. !
Clement XI. wrote to (be c'llef catholic rulers of |
Europe Imploring them t > use their influence to ob- ;
la in a relaxation. of the Irish penal laws. Hut the I
greater part ol ids address went to show that th ]
pope could not discharge ids duties properly unless ;
be were Independent of ad temporal kings and j
princes. If the Pope were Wcpendcnt on any <ov. !
ereign? say the French Emperor? tlip other Catholli 1
rulers would soon renounce his spiritual authority,
tiecause they would naturally come to the conclu
sion that he was Influenced in the
se:ectl? ii of bishops by his imperial roas
ter. And ilie Cardinal supported this ? run
men t by quoting an extra. 1; from the
writings of Frederick the Great, of Prussia. An
historical instance was also brought forward to
-how how Hie Church would be compromised in
ease tue lope was reduced to tire condition of a
subject. The patriarchs o( Constantinople were nt
first recognized l>v theOreekeinperors. But what was
their condition in relation to these wvereigus y As
long as the Greek empire lasted they were treated a?
vassals and made tools of by their master.*. When
Constantinople feu under the Turks tin? Sultan
treated theni in the same way. Tin? Rus
nans afterward refused to 1 lout the rights of a
pAijiurcli who w.u? a subject of the Tuiks, lu Mi'
name war Greece, when it had assorted iw Independ
ence, would not submit to Constantinople hi
spiritual matters, and lately the members of tho
(in nit Church in AustrU have constituted a pan l
hi rli of their own. In tin* way the i ardinal puiniotl
out the evite tltul would befall tho church in case
the Pope became a subject of tlio King of ii.ii1> - I
His address, which occupied upwards or tin hour i
lu delivery, is considered a most exhaustive docu
ment, putting, as It dOi:s, l efore the pu.dlc lu Uio
moBt favorable light possible for the I'ope the wholo
Italian question.
The Karl of liranard proposed the Urst, resolution,
and, though hi* Lordsinp is uot u good speaker, lie i.-> j
au able man and a man or gr at lnilueiio#. We is, I j
am told, the largest landed proprietor In Ireland
and one of the mo.it induigcui to his tenants. He
Identities himself more with the people and enters
wore into their feelings and sympathies than pro
bably any other member of his order in this country,
und in ail questions connected with the Catholic re
ligion he t&Ves au active an t prominent part, it is
not two years since he joined the Catholic Ciiureti,
and up to tlio present he has shown a ll the zeal 01 u
devoted neophyte. Ue has appeared at uvo or threo
of these meetings of sympathy with the Pope, aud,
Judging from his language, It would appear that, he
is quite as great ail ultramontane as Cardinal
culien himself. The only subject touched upon lu his
speech to which I snail refer is to the famous article
in tne mmbura fiemein. Lord Uranard complained
bitterly of the tone of this arilcle, but would not be
lieve that if was written l>v tne Pr mo Minister, lor
he could not think that lie would Ignore the tonvlo
tions oi the millions of her Maj sty's Catholic sul>
jects.
But the great object of attraction at this great
meeting was neither a cardinal, nor an earl nor a
la hop. nor a member of Parliament, but an humble
Dominican friar. There are few Catholics, l think,
either In the Old or in the Mew World, who have not
heard of tne famous preacher, Father I'oui Burke,
When I say that this great irishman Is as eloquent
In the pulpit and ou the platfoua as lie is witty ana
amusing in in nate life l say a good deal, filvery
year, lor several years past, bo has been Invited
hy the Pope 1,0 preach the Lenten sermons
to the l'lngilsh sneaking residents, and this
little incident shows how highly lie Is theught
of by tho head ol' his Church. Cardtn.il CoUMUl
pronounced luni "the prince of Kngliah speaking
preachers;" bur, whether he deserves tins liluii
culoglum or not, he Is certainly one of the most
fascinating ol living orators. Yet Father Tom, as he
familiarly called, is one of the humblest aud most
careless of men, t'( r lie refuses all titles und
honors and never tries to add to Ins fame by pub
lish. ug any of his admirable due airses. lie is a
typical Irish priest, fond of tho people, of whom he
is one, and shares all their sympathies. Ue Is
loud of society and society is fond of him. And
well it might, for who.? ver he goes "he --eistlie table
in a roar.' fie is tho soul of wit, ami grave digni
taries laugh at his jokes utmost lu spi : of mem*
selves.
Every eye was turned on Father Tom at tiie great
raeetimr on Wednesday, and 1,10 assembly seemed
Impatient until ho arose. At last, he came for
ward and delivered an address which is universally
admitted to have been the speech of the day. lie
was peculiarly severe on the English press, which,
on the Eastern and Italian questions, he said, blew
hot and cold from the one mouth, lie quoted ex
tracts trom the 1'lrruw showing now that Journal
applauded the violation of tho September conven
tion and the spoliation of the pope's dominions by
Victor Emmanuel, while it abused the czar lor his
breach of lalth in attempting to set aside the Treaty
of 1-168. He pointed out at great length how much
civilization was indebted to the Horn in Pontiffs, aud
concluded by lns'lMitiug a comparison between
Aliab, wlioiseize t upon Nabotli'a vineyard, aud the
Kbit? of Italy.
Whatever may be the effect of this a~d other
meetings having a similar object, one thing is cer
tain that Ireland has done everything in her power
in betiaif of the I'ope. it is impu'-stbie to say
what political slgnlilc.ance will be attached to thein
by EnglUQi statesmen; but every Catholic Irish
member, and many liberal Protectants airo,
ate pledged to fi^nt 1 lie Pope's battle in the
coming session of the Hritisti House of Commons.
An address was prevented to Mr. Gladstone remind
ing I1U11 of the policy towards the Holy See of inanv
of 111s predecessors, aud pra.v nig that in the coming
European conference the English government may
! extend its protection to the head of the Catholic
Church.
It Is not yet known outside ecclesiastical circles
that Cardinal cuileti is now virtually the Popo of
the Western Church. The Pope, being at present un
j able to discharge the duties of his otlice, has dele
gated to the Cardinal Archbishop of Oubllii ttio
power of appointing all the English-speaking bish
ops of the t hurch. This Includes Ireland, Emrlaud,
America, Australia, India and several other parts of
the warld. No one will doubt alter tins that Cardi
nal Culien is all-powerful at Rome. Titis appoint
ment reilectw credit upon Ireland, and the Irish peo
ple will learn with satisfaction that, the Pope is
anxious to recognize itieir ltdellty and attachment
to him. There are many ecclesiastics here, high In
authority, who mink that this appointment fore
1 shadows the elevation of Cardinal Cudi.ii to tho
! Papacy its-'lf.
FRANCE.
The IliltV-rciiri- Between GamlKtta nuii Iteru
try-IviriuryN Letter of Jtc- Isuiition.
[ Allusion tins already flcen made to ths unpleasant
j relations between M. Koratry and M. Gatnboua.
i The following letter of M. Keratry, teudi ring his
; resignation, shows i lie extent of tho "split" be
tween liiin and the Minister of tne Interior: ?
ANliKl'.S, Nov. as, 1S70.
Mwsibttr i.b Mixibtrb (/. e., (iambetta):? By a
decree issued on tne 22d of last October you ap
pointed me command er-ln-chler of t tie mobilised
force* of tde live departments of Brittanv. At
tliat Mine nothing yet existed. Thanks to the
patriotism of my countrymen and the devoted zeal of
all my ofllcers. i<y the 22d of November the camp of
Conlie wan created atid rendered inexpugnable.
Forty-seven battalions of mobilized Bretons, several
companies of Franos-tireurs, bold and well-dlscip
itned, had hastened, ready equipped, ito my sum
mons; n.ne batteries of artillery, complete as to
their materiel aim personiie.l, required nothing but
harness to be able to manoeuvre efficiently. This
nuht was unique in France, and on the 24th of ,\o
vember, after naving seen it with your own eyes,
you publicly expressed to all the co-operators w ho
tiad brought that national work to perfection your
Intense satisfaction at the result of their efforts,
which yon gave mo tne reiterated assurance of that j
same evening at the Prefecture of Le Mans.
At that very time Le Mans was threatened; the i
lelt wins of the Army of the Loire was liable to be j
out-flanked, I he troops of General Fiereck had been
routed, and ran from Nogent-le-Rotrou to the gates
of my camp. ^ ou made a pressing appeal to the
Army or Brittany. Ten thousand of her sons, tn
spite of their incomplete organization, relying on
their courage rather than on their deiicleot arma
ment, followed me ou tne morning of 'he 241)1 or
November from i.n< camp at Conlie to the bivouac
of V'oree, and on the 2iitti we marched thirty -ono
kilometres (aoout twenty miles) to meet the
enemy. My brave volunteers dracired their own
guns daring a twelve hours' march. The eneiuy had
hastened to evacuate his position. The Interests of
the national defence do not now permit me to add a
single word, lu spile of 1 he prayers ol my troops,
I informed yen on the 27ttt of November that the
tenor of the orders drawn up on the 26th at Tours?
si the very Mine nheu we were about to attack ?
compelled me, at ail cost*, to resign my command.
\ou accepted my resignation ou that very day. and
it should imve appeared this dt>y in the Journal Of
ficial, The sorrow I experience at having to leave
the army Iliad lormed with my gallant friend and
former colleague, Carre-Kcrlsonlt, has been great, but I
it ha* not made me lorget my Imperative duty, lie
turned 10 private life, 1 have regained my political
freedom, which I had wholly forfeited wlitio under
1 he uniform, la calling my fellow citizens to arms
; 1 had contracted a cure of souls; tberefdre I have
the honor to inform you that as soon as events will
permit 1 will preseente Lhe head administrations
for war and the navy before a court martial. At the
same time they and i shall appear at 1 lie bar of the
country, and none of the documents 1 have under
my bunds shall be set aside. Receive, Ac.,
COUNT UK KhUATRY.
r. 8.? I have in my hands the decrees and orders
which yon have signed lu your capacity as Minis
ter; .you have committed the indescribable weakness
j ot allowing in every case your signature to be pro
tested, and that b y a board whose real head is W.
Ue I, overdo, and winch for all clear-sighted people
porsonifl.es treason in the opinion or non-lmperieJist
France. Von are the only man unable to see it, in
spite of my reiterated warnings by telegraph.
('?meral A 11 relies de 1'iitadiiic*.
1 rom the London Tfiiegraph, Dec.?.|
Vim is General d'Au relics de I'aladines' He has as
> t uddetiiy starred into fame, and has displayed sat' a
conspicuous ability in a season "l terrible disaster,
that some mystery lias gathered round tils name*
lniteed. a rumor has been flying about town thai Ins
title is only assumed, and conceals the ducal desig
nation which iMdougs to the member of a royal house.
But, In reality, tii. General is .1 Frencu soldier
, wno has seen Hard service in the Held, and has
j coine out 01 n well-earned retirement
to organize the forces of his country. By
I birth lie 1^ mi Auverifuat, and he is u member of
I an old Auvcr^iuit house. At an early age he entered
; the army, au<l I11 jsw he served in a campaign
j a^aiust .tbilei-Radei under the Due ti'Auuiale, \vli>?
| wastm 1 Ooveruor ot Algeria. Ai, that timo a'Au
I relies was nh -r tie balti ttlryn 01 the Sixty -fourth 111
| fautry ami he was ,i.: -mod an exct : 1 e rj t oincer. lie
had tne Tonotation ol beui oo strict a disciplinarian
! mat, in the Knglish service, be would have been
| called .1 nuirtinei, uud tits passion for order, his
j craving for liisiant and exact obedicuce, pe
I < iiiarljr qu dihcU him for hammering Into
[ >hnpe the loose muss of regulais and Gardes
I Mobilics vvbo were dignified with tho name
I <? the A rtu y ol the Loire. Ue 10 and his men little
! better than a mob, and he has made them into an
army which has proved almost a match for the best
troops of rtus-ia. me .spirit ot mutiny prevalent
when he took tii - co.uii.aiMl ho has put down by
ol'lcrtng the allcruativc of 01 'Uience or de.ith ; ami,
bulore tlrluu a sh* t at tue Geruii.'is, he shot down !
several snore of his own men. Ueneral d'Aurelles 1
de l'aladti cshiisin many vi ay- a likenec.s to General !
'fioiihti. Both are men ol gironu religious teudcu- I
eies, both lived in retirement for years? the one un- I
known toe erybody, the other known only to strnfo- I
gists? -aiiit on the exertions ?i both men depend ii:t- ;
last hopes 01' 1 ranc .
T HZ DESlEGhL) CAPITAL. !
iiarl (?riinville ?>i? (lie ln\ rs| nieut ot I'mi-.
The following letter liom Kar. Granville appear4
! hi some ol iu<- London pemrs. addresji'ij u> lok!
Augustus T.of:ns, In Berlin, and Is among the docu
ments submitted to i in* KtrtDUtnniD PkIIiibwI:
(fOKKlW Of KICK, ()Ct. *20. 1H70.
My Loud:- It is need lew to state how deeply her
Maiefci.v'B govorumetil have deplored the outnreak
ami coutluuuuco oi tho groat war which in
Miiil raging between <;criuany and Fruneo.
Tiiey did their utmost to prcv< at it, mid
hiuci' the declaration ol hostilities and their owu
proclamation of neutrality they have used their
Influence to p: event tin extension; tor if any of
those nations which have remained neutral had
taken a part, all Europe, It is probable, would have
been gradually involved In tli.< calamity, with doubt
ful advantage to either belligerent, Nothing weuld
have given more sun lae: loo to her Majesty's gov
ernment than to contribute in any manner to un
honorable and permanent peace. Offers of media
tion, or 01 good ? dices, wou.d not have been want
ing it her Majesty's government hud at any
lime believed that such offers would havo
been acceptable to both the belligerent*,
'i uoy eoulil not, however, shut, uielr eyes to ihe
fact that such a state of things had not arisen, u.nd
tho coarse they hud adopted themselves, and which
they recommended to others, was to abstain from l
making unacceptable proposals, or giving ineffec- I
live advice, wtuc.u would only weaken the chance of
obtaining at some lulu id time tli>a object they had m !
view. Tliey Indeed recommended that, count ltis
marek ana M. Favro should personally coinmuut
cato their respective vie is. isueh a meeting did
take place, tea, unfortunately, with no Immediate
result? except to show how divergent were their
opinions as to a possible basts or negotiation.
After uninterrupted and extraordinary suncesses
on the part of Oerm.iny, what is the present phase
of the war? Tho mam body of the t. rtnau army is
engaged in ti e investment ol the French capital,
and I lie redaction by famine ami ov bunbardiuciic
of the city of Paris appears to be among the mea
sures which are under discussion at the German
headquarters. Count licrnstortv has coiurtiuntcnicd
to me some of the circulars which have been pab
il lied by the North c.ertnati government oti the war.
and on the 1 1 1 h lust, he gave me Mf circular in
winch it is stated that the inevitable consequence of
the promulgation ol I lie struggle before I'arls will
be that hundred ot thousands will die of starvation.
Tho couumuilculon of tins opinion of the fearful
results which may possibly, pud even not linpro*
bablv, arise lrom a long siege of I'arls makes it a
positive duty on the part of her VfajeMy's govern
ment to leave nothing undone in avool so ureal a.
calamity. It is ulso clear that the war has already
cxlubi'od, and as it is prolonged iuo t increasingly
present, features which concern u<>t the two belliger
ents only, but Kuropo at large. Her Majesty's gov
ernment are couild cat that tae explanation of their
views wid not be construed as an unfriendly act.
It is dictated by a most sincere anxiety for tho
present aud future welfare of two nations with
whom this country bin long been on most irlemtly
terms. 1 am aware of the strong arguments which
may be urged In lavor ol extreme measures against
Paris, I a in, how ever, dcslrotu ol inquiring whether
there are not considerations which appear, perhaps,
stronger to spectators than to those who are undi r
the influence ol extraordinary military success,
accompanied by the consciousness of great e/Iorts
and vast sacrifices. U is undoubted that such an
operation us the reduction of Paris by famine
or bombardment, although without precedent as
to its magnitude, is authorized by the practice of
war; bill It is equally certain that involving,
as stated by Count Bismarck, not only the ruin, but.
the death, with incidents of uecullar horror, ot hun
dreds of thousands of nun-combatants, every one
would admit It should not be resorted to until all
possible alternatives have been exhausted.
Presuming a successful Issue to an attack on Paris
at no distant time, it is not unreasonable to com
p-trol with its advantages lite prospective disad
vantages which may ensue; and the tact mat m* me
ol' those touch the feelings of mankind,
as much as their reason, does not dis
courage her Majesty's government troni laying
them before the Mug and his advisers. The
bitter recollection of tne past three mouths may
he effaced by lime and by a sense of t, lie conduct
and valor of the enemy in the field. There are de
grees of exasperation, and the probability of a
free and irreconcilable war must bo greatly in
cr< ased it a generation ol Frenchmen behold the
spectacle of the destruction of a capital, a spectacle
associated with the tb tails of large numbers ol
helpless and unarmed persons, and the destruction
of treasure , of art. sciences and historical associa
tions of Inestimable value, and Incapable of being
replaced. Prlghuul as such a catastrophe would bo
to Prance, and dangerous us 1 believe it
wonld bo to the ciianccs of future peace
to Europe, her Majesty's government believe
that to hoik would It no more painful than to Ger
many aud its ruler*. The Freuch government, act
ing upon considerations which app ar to tiieiu con
clusive, have, slue: tho meeting of Count llistuarc.lv
aud M. Favre, declined to propose negotiations lor
peace. Put her Majesty's government have assumed
tho responsibility of urging the Provisional Govern
ment to agree to an armistice which might lead to
the convocation of a Coustuueut Assembly and tlio
re-establishment of peace. Her Majesty's govern
ment have also not failed to represent to them the
importance of making every concession compatlblu
with their hoaoi hi th'' present circumstances of tho
war.
Her Majesty's government are not authorized to
say so; but they cannot believe that ucli represen
tations to the French government will rciu.nu with
out eilcet. Uurmg tuts war two moral causes hare
aided immensely the great material power of tho
(icrmaus. ritey liav< been lighting to repel Ihe
threat of foreign iun a don, una to j:, < -i t tu? right of
a great country to constitute itse'.f In th : way most
conducive to ihe full development of it-* resources.
The gtory of these ellorls will be Increased If it can
be truly said m hi3tory that the Kio,r of Prussia had
exhausted every attempt for peace before the orders
for the attack on Paris were given, and the con
dition* of peace mere just, moderate and In accord -
auce with true polit y mid the seufliiiouis of the age.
Ii(.r Majesty's government wish that it, should i>o
clearly understood, what their conduct has hitherto
plainly shown, that tuey bavo no wish to offer super
fluous or unacceptable advice to the belligerents.
The suggestions which they have now made In a
most friendly spirit an^e from their attention hav
ing been formally drawn to eonsetiuenccs of ?o for
midable a character as lu tho Judgment of Count
Plsmarck are likely to arise from the prolonged in
vestment ot Paris, rii ey cannot remain silent or
leave anything untried which may have a tendency
to avert such a fearful and unexampled catastrophe,
I am, wit h ji. rear, truth and respect, my lord, Ac.
0KANV1U.K.
RUSSIA
The New Comrriminii? .Ullirui-y divisions?
Nmlce J?equlr?!d of ilie Tin?i>?. ? Reserve?
Kt'rllnk ol the People in >> ?ii>hiIi> wjili
the UoveruuienU
[St. Petersburg (Nov. _f?i correspondence ot the Lon
don l);iily News.]
The inundation ol' loyal address* that Hrrlvo here
every day from distant parts of tlie empire give
proof that J'rluce Oortchakoips note is' 111
perfect accordance with the sentiments and
wishes of the people. The example set t?y tlio
municipality ol tins city was quickly followed
bv the estates and associations of the nobles
lit Smolensk, I fa, Kkatharinoslav, Itessarabla and
I'nlcowa. and by the tlrno tins letter reaches yon
similar demonstration* will, no doubt, have been
received from ail the provinces; for by the Impulse
of example a far greater force Is produced m this
country than m the Western parts of lairope. At
Kiev au ovation was made, not only in lienor
ol the Czar, but In praise of Prince Uortclia.
Kofi, who was presented with two addresses,
one from a large number of private inhabitants
and the other from the university of tnat city, the
Chancellor having been elected an honorary
member of that body two years ugo. Greatly as j
the popular feeling here Is in favor of th ? prescr
vatloti of peace, and uratrfui us we are lor j
Prussia's benevolent neutrality, words are being I
supplemented by acts. The new law for making
every Russian liaiile to serve in the army or navy is J
being worked out ?> energetically that the funda
mental principles an; already settled and lis intro
duction talked of as probable and even likely in r,ho
course of next year. The existing division ol the
country into military circles, with headquarters at
St. Petersburg. Moscow, Kiew, Orenburg, ilel.uug
fors, Wiius, Warsaw and Odessa, and each contain- i
inn a number of sub-districts, is to bo retained. '
With the commencement of his twenty-first year
every Russian becomes liable to servo lor three
years, either 111 the militia or the troops of
the line. Service in the latter is uot obligatory on
all. but the required number will be balloted for
among those who have completed ilieir three years*
service in the militia, and the rest discharged. In
time of war the diseiiargcd militiamen will be called
out .is leserves, and have to take their place in the
line, jf their services are required for active duty
against the enemy. Service in the line is also ilx* t
at three years, so that the militiamen not liberate'!
by ballot from further service have to serve for
six years consecutively, and those exempted
only three jears. The soidje.-s after their
pen6d of six years are incorporated lor three years
longer with, tlio ilrst reserve, and arc then removed
to the ?econd. Young men of education, superior
intelligence and higtier attainments win be pro
motediift Till.- first six months to me grade ot otil
cer; and tnose who have gone through the middle
schools must sei ve as privates iu the militia for i wo
years, after which tney beoome officers of the mltitia
"lor a >ear, and are then entitled t o send 111 'heir
resignation if they have no taste tor further military
ale. The above is a rough sketch of the principal eio
meats of the new Institution of compulsory service
In the army, and It has already given errcat satis
faction, and been received with much enthusiasm, j
as the popultfi' voice jumps to a*couelusmn Immedi- '
detely and i> aves otHciui circtimlocntlon niwiys a
long dlstaticot le'hin '? A company ol volunteer rifle
men has Already neon lormed at Moscow, and they
call upon their fellow countrymen in other parts of
the empire to follow their example by the embodi
ment o sunlit rlOo corps, in anticipation of the in- ;
traduction of the :.i w law, so as to be able at once i
to furm.-iii a nuiuiier of men. it is prot'>>.sed M ti>ne I
?is men- motto ;? liussian translation of t lO t-fr, ??. j
incit VaitiefttJ'
TK? LASTEKN QUESTION.
Opinions of i'ie I nelish Press on the rrvixnn il
( onferenre.
The Lonilon l mci remarks thai ?
vssumiuff the Russian declaration tony be con- i
fil tered as m no wa.v prejudicing ttte negotiations,
our representative will meet those ol JliK?ta ? ud tin
other Powers without- the least stents ?. tin re
ject to w hat h;is paste l, aud quite prepared to
consider impartially and tl r noifo tlto clause ot the
treaty relating to the Kluek Sea. The restoration i<>
Russia of I he right, to have stilps-of- war in the 11. sei.
Sea ol course juv?iv#s iue fuec-sioy the same
rtyht to Tnrtoy. The ? hlof snbfee.tof discussion,
assuming that this be settled, nur.t it- the
rUli, of othet Powers t o end armed \ * s
through th Dardanelles mi l llosnhorus Tins has
Iwien suggested as desirable, t> u we eonfe- * thai tin
In onveiuoDtes sjem to in to outweigh tun beneiUs,
ami iii.tt it wouM be better to it there to the prluel
pie o keeping the two StraUs ? ? I ? i - > ? ? t against hips
lrom ell b"r side. If English nt French ship of-war
outer from tho Dardanelles Russian ships ol-wai
must be allowed to enter from the liosphorus and
pass iiitu i.'ie Mediterranean- -.1 lUx-rtv which may
possibly lead to now Jealouules an> t disputes. r in*
n. m own -? cii the straita and tliolr geographical p?
n> km, i ;i I tny: as they do, only to u small inland sea,
Riiirgi st in.' maintenance of tho prescut. conditions.
Hut if i lie assembled diplomatists can sugiresf any
better settlement Khglun(l? at least, ban no interests
that could prejudice hot agaiunt it.
The London Standard has tho following:
It was tli" luillef that Franco was crushed winch
encouraged Russia to repudiate those unpulattons.
Tins fact, apart altogether from the honorable obll
gallons ol tho partner lilii In tho Orlmeau wur and
In the Purls treaty, reu lers It absolutely Impossible
for any English government which has tho slightest
regard fur i.lio reputation or tho Interests of tho
country to agree to any niodtilcailon of that treaty
by a conference In witb'ti France la not re
presented by some one fuirljr entitled to
spetik In ner name. It in, or course,
1110 Interest of Russia and Prussia to decide,
If possible, tuts question at a tltuo when France can
take uo part in Its consideration; but Kugland can
lie no party t?? such an arrangement. She cannot
enter upon th<* consideration of the Russian pro
posals until her Ally lu lue \\;ir of ls,'.4-.rn) is able to
consider them with her. Thorn is to bo a confer
ence? that is to say, It llte-sia and Prussia do nor.
change their minds? but Itcanuoi meet until Frame
can bo properly represented lu it, unless the English
government is prepared, no! only to deprive Itself of
ail aid iu itils business, but to .scandalously iieny its
most binding obligations.
I'll ? London 'A-legraph assumes: -
Russian statesmen would bo too g!.id <>? an op
portunity for bringing their country once again
within tho comity o; Mai s, and under the obliga
tions of imernational law. 1'ne quest Ion it i issue is
one to btj iiiii mutely settled in a conference between
ait tho Powers which were parties to the treaty of
It' ll. We do not apprehend that there wlllbo any
diilicult.y in securi.ig tho presence of a representa
tive of France, It has been hu id that there may bo
some momentary Imp "dim nt, because one-half of
the de facto government ol Franco Is at Tours, the
other lit lair. Hut fl the t hancellor of the Nona
German Confederation Is acting as straightforward
a part in the matter as we believe he is, Be will rea
dily oner facilities for communication between the
divided halves of the French government, lio
would I bus at once give to Europe practical assur
ance of ins good faith, and would establish a prece
dent ef respect for International law, the value oi
which he might ere long be the llrs: to appreciate.
ENGLAND.
Aii K.ixli?h Opinion ui l'ro?ldcut (.mill'* >!???
?>ai;r ? TUo Aliibuiuu tj.iesl ion Should he
Set: If J.
[From the London Globe, Dec. ?>.]
Tin' Times' correspondent at New York telegraph*
the President's message. We are sorry to learn
that, assuming that our government will not treat on
equal terms 101 tic dual settlement of the Alabama
business, Congress is to lie asked u> appoint a com
mission t'i receive tii? claims of private owners
agaiust tins country, with a view of converting the
cbanie against us Into a bill of damage} w lilch tin:
government is to be eniDowerod to settle. It Is a
cause of siucore regret that the question ut Issue be
tween tit'- two countries litis not long ago been
settled, aud we cannot altogether excuse our own
governmt tit from blame In tho matter. When Lord
Stanley leit the Foreign office Hie difficulty was in
a fair way of beinn dually adjusted, and had there
been no change in tho .Ministry at that moment
wo bull ve Kugiaiid would uot now luuo to doplore
the existence of a nourco of uneasiness between
herself and her (Treat, natural ally with whom it is
aliko our Interest and our earnest desire to
preserve the most cordial relations, it cannot con
duce to a ?ood mult rstaiiding between the two gov -
ernments thai ono should treasure up a disputed
claim of this nut are against t lie other. These quar
rels about money in a latnlly are the source ot in
iliin<? mischief, lletter far thai the matter should
bo decided at once and conclusively. The bis is of
agreement at the time of the treat* arranged
by Lord .Stanley with Mr. He verily Johnson
were laid wit it great clearness, and it has
never been explained to the sntislaeflon of
1 hu people 01 this country wit, that He tty was re
jected. We cannot help Hanking that H is ! he duly
of onr government, to make an attempt to remove
what must sooner or later oecome a serious dilllculty,
Kvery delay iiuiKes tho ta^;c increasingly difficult.
Let fair and clear overtures be made to the American
government, so that at least lite onus of refusing an
equitable sftlemont upon the basis of the arrange
ments concluded by Lord Stanley, before the present
government began to tamper with the treaty, may
rest witli tno United Stales.
Vi*n ot i no I'.ui)?ro>* I'.utictiio <|iiern
Victoria.
On the afternoon of December 5 the Empress
Eugenie, aecompauled by the l'rine.a Imperial and
attended1 by the suite, left Chiselhurst about one
o'clock, on a visit to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, at
Windsor Castle. The Empress and her parly drove
to the Bicklcy station of tho Loudon, Chatham and
Dover llaiJway, where a special train awaited them.
They reached Clapham Junction at 1:36 P.M. Here
the London, Chatham and Dovei engine was changed
for one belonging to the Southwestern line,
which reached Windsor at 2:18 P. M. At tho
Windsor terminus of the southwestern Railway
excellent arrangements had been made
for the reception of the Empress, The suite of royal
waiting rooms opposite the arrival platform were In
i readiness, and flies had been lit in order to insure
: the comfort of the visitors. Hy the courtesy of the
i railway officials those ot tne public who happened
J to be in the station were permitted to remain, .while
! great crowds ot spectators gathered In the Datcbet
road, between tho lo ige gate of the castle slop?-s
1 and the Queen's urn ale waiting room. Her Majesty
I tho Queen was represented by Lord Charles l'ltzroy
1 and the Hon. Miss Phlpps, who urovo down to the
l terminus about ten in unites before the tim*.- fixed
. for the arrival of the train. The Empress
i Eugenie and the Prince Imperial, upon quitting
tho saloon, wero received by Lord Cnarles Fiuroy
and the Hon. Miss Phlpps, and conducted to the pri
vate waiting room. As the Empress crossed the
platform a cheer rose irom the crowd, which she
gracefully acknowledged. Alter remaining a ii-w
minutes lu the royal ante-room the Empress and
Prince Imperial were escorted io tho Queen's car
riages, which, followed by those containing the re
spective suites, 'acre ilicn driven through the lodge
gates opposite the station and up the slopes oppo
site tho castle. The Imperial cortege arrived
within the grand quadrangle about half
past two o'clock, aiid upon the Empress
and Prince reaching the psisce they were
most cordially welcomed bv tier Majesty the Queen
t and the royal family. The imperial visit lasted up
j wards of an hour, and at its i lose the Empress took
leave oi Hie Queen and royal family, leaving the
castle at tweuty minutes to jour, accompanied by
Prince Arthur and attended by Lord Charles Pltzroy
aud tho Hon. Miss Phlpps. I'he special train was
limed to leave the Windsor station at a quarter to*
lour; out before that hour, notwithstanding the rain,
a large concourse of people had assembled outside
the royal private entrance, as the saloon, with the
Empress and Prince, leit. at a quarter to four, tho
crmvd loudly cheered the imperial part v. They
reached Hick ley at six minutes to six, and on leav
ing the train drove back to obtselhurst.
SPAIN.
,
'I ho Speech ot ihr> Now hint ol <s|tuln.
' A letter from Floreuce s;>>? that, in accepting the
crown of Spain, the Duke of Aosta delivered a
speech, in which he said: ?
Faithful to the traditions of my ancestors, and
though I do not Ignore the difficulties of my ucw
position aud the responsibility to be assumed before
history, I place uiy confidence iu <!od and the Span
ish people, winch has givcu proof that it knows how
to unite respect for tho l iw with liberty.
To make myself worthy of tuy election, I have but
to follow loyally the example of the constitutional
traditions lu which I have been brought up. A sol
I titer in the army, I si.aii a:, the same tniii* be the llrst
citizen to rlie representatives ot the nation, i
know not whether i shall have the good
[ fortune to shed my blood for my new
i country, :<nu of adding a new page
? to those which alreadv <-lebrate tile glory or Spain;
i but in any case I an> so rc t.liut the Spaniards will be
able to say of the Kli if whom they have olected:?
"Ills Majesty could rise above tin struggles of par
ties, and he haa uo Other object oat the peace and
prosperity of tko nation*''
A SLW HAVEN RC AO H'MIS'Or!.
> Shortly aftnr O.eu oYim k yes'orrtiiy morning
Anthony H'unk, a colored nnin, about forty years of
age, vlille driving across tne u t -a at sixty-fourth
street and Fourth avenue, waf struck by locomotive
No. 8, attached to a Mew Haven tram ot' cars, and
so seriously injured Unit im d: d oon after at, the
, N'ueteeiiih precinct statiou uo.i?e. The body was
| S'.inscquentfy removed to the Morgue and coroner
i .K-euau notmed to luild an cess '.hi lived
in Greene street, near Amity.
THE. GnUQU AND KEEFE CUTTlKfl.
I To run hnrroa ??? tuh limtvLn:
In your repoit of tno atfray between DrtscoUnnd
! K"iih m the Seventh ward ot, Saturday night la-t,
you state that It ocoarred in my nutoon, or rath r as
the reporter termed it, a -ailor's deu or bucket shop.
Sunn is not the case. The gambling and affray oc
curred at quite a ilstanco irom my <? of busiue.-j
and upon the opposite si ie" of the street. I trust
you will make tne proper correction in your ne\r is
sue and do that winch justice and equity would de
mand in sue a ' a#e of false staMuiciits.
Hl? 11/UlU V. WALSH.
SOCIETY'S QUICK VENDETTA.
Vfslirday'ii Proerrdingft In Ihr ( art of
licn ra! Sewdons,
Empanelling the Grand Jury- Raeorder K tckett'a
SflggmtioiM Upo 1 tlio Thirty-fifth Str :'? i Calam
ity -Probable Indictment of the BniHer or
Public Officials for Manslaughter -rial of
Margaret Duau for tho Killing of William
Davm? Convicted of Ma-illau^hter in
tho Second Dagroa and Sent to the
Stats Prison for Seven Years.
Tne Grand Jury wan empanelled yesterday morn
ing In tlio Court of (.cnerul Sessions, William A.
Hudd having been selei led to act us toreinan. The
Recorder, after calling attention to the siaiiite.*
which the Court Is required to charge, said subMau
ilally an follows:? Vou will continue k- co-ordinate
workers with the (irund Jury now t .ni^ in tint
Oyer and Terminer. I Iiva <? nothing to mut to the
charge of the distinguished Justice who pre- dos
over that court except to formally call your attca
lion, under mandates or the statutes, to tho Immi
gration, Usury, Lottery, Klection and Inrmiiperaiice :
laws, which are ar, lonut h referred to In the printed
Instructions which will ho placed before you in i
the Crand Jury room, and to Invito your I
attention to a recent. appalling calamity iu j
Thirty-fifth street, whereby four persons |o.-t I
their live, and perhaps by the criminal negligence
of ttie Commissioner of Public Knildimrs or the i
builder or owner of the building which fell, and {
constituting inansangliter. This case will undouM
edly be laid before you. Kxttmiite it. rigidly anu
thoroughly, ami whether official : or other person
are responsible, or both, iio your duty lenriesi- :y and
independently.
Tho other Grand Jury b.umr in possession of the |
room which is usually occupied by the grnmi in- I
quest the llecorder discharged the jury of the lieu- |
eral Sessions till Wednesday.
THE Ultlbl.K STHKKT IIOMIilDK.
Margaret Dunn, an elderly female, was at j
the bar charged with killing William Davis on the I
14th of August, at No. I Bridge street, nc r
the llatterv. Assistant, District. Attorney Fellows
opened the case, remarking that. It was
unusual for a woman to be put
on trial for minder, and that, however
strong the testimony whloh the pro.eciniuu may
prove to sustain the charge in tne Indict incut, nice
the spring of ISO! tho people of this country looked
withdislavor upon the cxecu Ion o a woman, llo ex
peeled to show In tins <-iimj that while the deceased
was lielpl ssi.v drunk hi h 1 i nnm she beat lilui so se
verely that, wounds v. iv inflicted which caiuied his
death some days afterward. li appeared (rom the
testimony of the peop|. Uud the deceased, who was a 1
laboring man in ilr.r tot ality, was in the tenement
house between seven mul eight o'clock, where ho
subsequently leu his lire at midnight, in the hall
way "loo, nig ' w.ili the prisoner She asked liini in
treat her, but lie d" :iiiicd and went away. Daniel
ocoanor. who knew Davis, saw tiiiu between
eh- veil and twelve o'clock on the night or tho oc
ciitTejK e iu the street helplessly drunk; sua him
tall several times on the sidewalk, and then helped
ill. u to his own door, No. :s Washington street, which
was two or three blocks irom No. 4 Bridge street.
I liat witness did not see any marks of violence upon
Davis. t iica Assistant District, Attorney Sullivan
called the lmuutes of the tenement, house No, 4
Bridge street? Thomas cowling. Martin Hullhan,
Mary Anu Mills, Mary O'Connor, Catharine lirlcklct,
Johanna Murphy, Bridget Croker and Catharine
Tobln ? who substantially gave the same account ?i
the occurrence. It seems that between twelve and
four o'clock the prisoner, who lived ui a room on
the top floor, went down to Mr. Dowhng's apart
ment and told him that there was a man in her
room, lie told her to clut< huo out and declined to
go. Mrs. ('rokor, who happened to be In the room,
volunteered to accompany the prisoner up stairs
Dowllug went up stairs from three i<> tlve minutes
afterwards and saw Margaret Dunn (the prisoner)
have young Davis (the deceased) oy the coat, on the
lauding at her own door, saying that she would hit
him; she was bringing Davis out or her
room and ho laid down on tho landing.
Howling told her not to hit him and
made a remark to tho effect that the man
was killed, and he (Dowllug) thought Hie prisoner
I said she had given it to hnu. or would kill linn, or
| something to that effect. Mrs. Dunn had a stick
three feet long in Utr hand, which he took from
her, and threw It awav on ihc. laildlng. Davis was
taken to the hospital that night, and Mrs. iiuiin was
arrested. The other witnesses, when the alarm was
given, went, t . the top floor, and saw Davis lying
on the top slep In i? pool of blood, his head resting
upon the arms o t the brothi r or the deceased. Hnu
O'Connor gave the clearest account or inc affair,
aud stated that. Mrs. Duuu knocked at her door
about hair-past twelve or one o'clock, and hallooed
out, " Mrs. Connor, como out: tnere is a rowdy in
my room and a loaier in my bed!" She got npand
dressed herself, and upon going out saw the la
males and the prisoner standing around. Tim pris
oner pointed lo her room, where the deceased lay in a
bed on the floor. Mrs. connordid not know at that
time who the man was, lor his race was turned
down, ami there was blood all arouud him. The
prisoner said. "Take him out or here; if you do not
I will throw liini down stairs." The prisoner raised
a heavy stick, which looked like a cart rung, and hit.
htm once on the head a hard blow, and was gning
to hu hnn i lie second time wnen Mr. Dowiinr took
it from in r. Mrs. Connor, being frightened, re
turned to liar roan, but came out in a lew moments
: and saw a woman wash Davis' head in a pull of
water. The policemen came and took him on a
stretcher lo the station house. Johanna Murphy
le .stilled that :i inaawlio stood at, the toot of tlio
stairs said ro the prlsoaer, "You killed my brother.-'
The prisoner replied, "I did noi do auyl.liiu./ to him '
ouly what 1 would do to you."
All of the witnesses for the people stated that they
did not hear ntty noise In Margaret Dunn's room
previous to her calling for Mr. Dowiing to come up.
and t.iey united iu saying thut the accused was a
peaceable woman.
Dr. Marsh, who saw Mavis when lie was brought
to the hospital In the Park, and who made a post
mortem examination ol tho body or the deceased
fifteen days alter, testified that he found two incised I
wounds on the left side of the head, each about two 1
inches long and three-quarters or an Inch apart. At i
the post-mortem an extensive fracture or the let'
; parietal bone was discovered, and he gave it as his j
c pinion that, the injuries were sumcieut to . at.se
| death.
At the conclusion or the testimony tor the people a
recess of fifteen minutes was taken. At the reus- |
sembling or the court,
Mr. Kiiit/.iug opened i
TUK CASK KOH I ItK DKFRNOK,
and said that he would claim that the injuries which
the deceased received might have been obtained in I
some affray or by fulling in the public highway. |
THK I'lltSONEK'H STORY.
Margaret Dunn made her statement. She said i
that on Saturday evening she had been washing
and letl, her clothes on the roof. About twelve
o'clock she went Tor the clothes, and when she
came down she saw somebody in the room, hiie
went down stairs and (.old Mr. Dowllng that there
ww some person in her room ami she was afraid to
go in. Mr. Howling did not go up, but Mrs. Croker
did. She (the pnson?r) had a lamp m one hand ami
a broom stick in the other. She went inside the
door, saw the man iu the bed and gave him two
strokes with the broomstick which -die round out
side the door, lie never moved nor made a noise,
she (the prisoner) never stirred hnu nor took huu out
or the bed. Siio said she had been in the country |
tit teen years and worked for several persons.
officers Joan Murphy and John Kagan testified to i
the good character ol (lie pri toner for peace and
quietness.
Mr. Russell then addressed the jury !u behair of
the accused, and was followed by .\?sisUi.u District
Al-tornev Sullivan In au able and disna"-ionaie ai -
gument for t lie people.
Til H UK'.OKDHR's i
Kccoriler llackett, In ciiarglug the Jury, stated i
that : lie irood character of the accused i)(s
taken into account, and then said?' There Is no dis
pute bill thai from the wounds received oy the de
ceased during the night oi the l.'itli or August !
he came to his death. The questions to be con- !
sidered by vou are ? First, by whom were the blows j
inflicted, it inflicted by anv one. Dnless you flni 1
irom the ? ?, idence that they were inflicted by the
prisoner you cannot convict, and you must acqu.i.
her. it yt>u h. i<l Ui. it the Injuries we re Inflicted i>v
the prisoner ttien next yon are i icon.- id >-r ad t:"o
1 1'ircumsfaui i s atteiiilvnt, up u tite homicide, .a
order to ascertain tne dvgre.! of ?<nit. if a... |
You may find that, the injuries indicted by
the prisoner (If yon And that they w?ro so inflicu-.'i I
, weri: committed in her own la*> ;i'i; defen. '.viuie r1- j
slstlng eti'itruu at emps to murder hi a, or torou '
j la r or her property, or to ommit a rape upon her, j
I or to commit any other felony, iftbeevtdeo e shall
; have :-'utisfled you that th .'re .vm an utteaipt to com- I
I tuit any telony, then it i.s your duty to a' quit her
wholly of any crime, if tne testimony shall have '
J s:i'is.ned >ou l>evoud all rea-onaiiie .loubt that l>a\is
[ at the time tlie-us injure ?> were iiilllcicd v. n |
engageil in tho p rpetratiou of any crime oi i
mt.sdeinetiuor. and that the prisoner strn.'K '
tlio blows without tho dexisru to effect deaiii. ?
! but which did cau.a hi- death, then it
will becomo your duty to find the pri mm a |
i guilt? of maiisiaiu'hter in Hie lbs: degree. It tti ? [
testimony shall hav - -atisUfr-l you bevomi all reason.;- i
j i>le doubt that the prisoner Killed 'he deceased with- I
I out the de>igu to <.alei;i ileat'i, but III a cruel and unu- !
| .sii.il manner imu-ss it tu i uinmitted under such cu - .
en instances as to o.is itti'O ex j -able or justihab'ti !
hoailcidc), then It v/i;: be your duly to convict the
prisoner of mai.s ic.liter :n the second do^rc. :
Again, If irom tlio testmi'.uy voo. shall be sat stlci |
b yond all reasouablt> i.' ,.?t that the prisonei uii
iieccssarily iutlicted the injuries whloh resulted !ii
tli - death o. Davis ? hilf. ?tie wa1- resisting an at tempt
udiiJe by Dums to ,;oiu...Ji ? :t ft'ivu* or mm other
nnlawfnl art, th^n if will he wne y >er duty to . in.
?i' t lii'r of [nan ?uu.:ti!' r hi i.'i'- - ? in i
Hie llouor read copious extracts irom ??,<? f*?u.
nanny an i iiooun] ill)' law deHnlmr mur t a ?i i i
cooeluston expr ->??! the h?>p? that they #? l < ??
der * verdict unon the l?? mm) the tosilnionv, n ?
Ml uve of tho sex of till! thru ->? I.
After the Jury were rat a few moments t ?i ?? y , ?
turiK I to the court room and requested in ilou?<r
?n rend to them ugaln the > tiou-i ? If IJ h i? j ??hm ot
murder and manslaughter* Theyd 1 < I fur i?
Mtiort time and rcnd< i cd it vcrdi of guilty of mar:
slnnghtei in tlir ?.?, ond d<- rr? e.
Kei order ? t .1 < ' k it, tn pa n<r ? t fence, oft wl
thai i hit Jury had t.uk< tt a m i iiiii ww oi i? i* case,
and, had h<' been u i ir, ho t h.i* ? 1 r mod a
dlllcrctit vci'dlet. Tlii' |>< mill > " i H I < w per
mitii i til 1 11 to Imp" ? upon h'M M il nil ,ent.
lor til* 1'HthliH mill III' -III' III III I ll. I III* Sen
tijnce WiiH -evi n j"u- hi the ' > I'vimhi, wnich
w as the extreme penally <>r tlio la ? ?
STSW.iRI'3 SI3 K S . LECTIO JS.
OlK'iiliiji |ln) ill i hi* Tmlli s?lrei'l I'iilnen
d'l ni.iiil i ie.
The individual who t ?ecptleul tn regard torhemi
silks hould go to Mewui t's. I'o tin sure, one isn't
Obliged 1 1 > buy th ? in<' \iieti 'Ive article, there being
sonic million* of |. i n <' worth to choose from, and
those who fioin j i : ? ii>ii> avoid cheap goods van b?
united with Hdi m ulenn purpose for plethoric purse".
Hut for tin uv i ten thoiiMtnd, who want to dress
well una spend . uttui money as possible, the new
Milk. department opened .it Slcw ut s In .i m ry at?
tractive pluce, \e-derdfty a, ureal many more
l>eoole he i. i the counters than the captive clerk ?
I could at i Mid in ill anxious to see tno ciutriulng
fahrici mi i ? t H ii ii wondi rfuliy low prl vs.
The in, n to* i u is n i.yona have been bttni i than
c\er iIUWiik: the p Mt year weaving til. ? t >r
I II K M * K K l '? of ril r \V oill.lt,
and somo oi the best .nut in" li > in ll ii; ire In Ml
| 'ii at Mewait'H. The Ly in-* iii a imf a';t nrers,
utixiot t tn v and of their silks ul ativ prion, OB a* -
count < i tlie mlxt d up hi ate oi aifnlrs brought about
l>i ti e war, were glad to Hell at half their original
value tho most perfi ot goods In their poHSesston, and
thus a la rue -to u in tended lorth* Purls market is
ut the dispose oi the ladles ot New York.
\\ ith a view to making himself independent lor the
present oi the fluctuation* of the .-silk tnarko;,
.-iti wart lias liticiv purchased
HII.K S I'll I'll K * 401 NT Of SINK mi, Moss OV IK)I.
I..* IIS,
and w III thus li" utile to supply his on*tomers for a
length in ttnie u all Hie looms in l i ? world are still,
lorilie lJ-t six dnyi the sales in the silk *epait
nieut of litis Hou -J have been not less thai
$1011, (KM).
One of the heal articles -down is the A. T. Stewart
liraud, ma? expressly for this urm <T carefully
Delected raw material. These silks wd rrom three.
to live dollars per yard, 4,000 plcees heiag ina li*
every year foi the house. Anew brand of very su
perior iiuallty is i alieil tho Alcazar. TiIh nik l<
?o:'t and liiHtrous, and Delia from ii .'??? lo tt au. Tie
Iionnet .'i ks considered Ihe tieitl, In the market are
reprcHenteil iiy anew brand collea the i.'y- lopH, an
i \i|UlHlte sp i an n ol Willi a was Marked at },s.
Many oi the nlaen hIIk- are reduced very mateiiully,
the dtiforeuco In nine brauds being l'roni f. i to |l ?> >
: per yard.
{some vcrv lair black sdkw are shown at two doi
iars per yard, and tho*c Indies who Und i iioiusclvt
nn.iiiie to exist without a silk dre-..s, anil are at tho
Kiune tiuie
Mil* As HIi || is THBY Mllinr II K,
will be irliut of iiiiM i ? luciion in pi e ?-j. tiic Ameri
can silks, made by Olieney .? ' o., or Hart lord, are
warranted to ivi-ur extremely well, but owing to tho
want ot perfect Iouiuh iliey have not yet attained
IhosoftneDs and Jlni -li of the Imported article.
Many ".killed workmen uro b mg brought from
l.youH to assist in i lie Ainet lean siik manufacture,
' and there In no doubt# that, the present distaroanee
of Kuropean m ?nufueiurcH will !{ive an luipetiiH to
Huh Important br. inch of industry In America. Tin*
colored Miks raiiRe iroiu iiie faiirie " -.i . u with lavish
coHlliness'' to the pretty striped silk quite good
enough lor misses, at sevi nty-nve cents, fvime very
flneDilK at tti jlait t price leuilii is t he buyer of the
Mood old times. For one dollar and one dollar anil
a hail some very good striped silka are mm,
hHVIK l.ov KliV I'Ot I.T III. HOIK DII.Ks
of the most exquisite colors, pearl, roi"-pink, straw,
l'russlua pink itud lt'.ssiau him gn en, me from on?
to two dollars less tliaii the former prl s. Home
magnificent brocaded .-11K ? are shown In styles than
have not been w orn for the lust fifteen years. The
tendency In the newer patterns i-. toward the days
of our grandmother*, and li these revered ladies
should suddenly appear in their still' In icades the.v
would find thoiii.-sjlves ipiiie "up" in the f.iHttinn*.
A novelty is
\ HII.K WITH DOt niiK IMfH.
of contrast lux shades. For lusi.anc t, a white taf
li ta Is sirlpud with cherry, the eherry sirlpe beiug
laced with violet. A white nioite autupie has trail
ing (lowers of exquisite colors, a pattern to each
breadth. The pattern Is pal nteu udhii the warpbc
; fore the silk Is woven.
A department of cheap suits and diawis is openful,
with prices to suit the million, .d'awis beitiif shown
from two dollars upward and suits from four dol
lars. Irish ponlins at two dollars per yaid ire o.
I'ered to the niauy who admire tltuli desirable mate
rial, and .i handsome poplin called 1.; ons . ? shown at
?is low a figure as suveui.y-flvc cents.
jm;s:i ih ws jivjifm i idv.
A M<'? r.irtlf* iw be I'ln.veil Uy
. T)n "o<l <???<> Alli'd? Sowvhinx t'onfe* lunm (or
.finite Onwl iii'" llur.
Before Superintendent 01 I'oiice Ji'uriiau trot sick
and died lie communicated to Justice Howling, tho
police court magistrate, the rattier startling infor
mation that Ills life wus in danger. Jourdan, who
?ran" with Uowliutr. and who knew every noowi
and alley In the lower districts of the city, tvaa an
authority not to lie despised. The "ehicf justice" ?f
the Toinbs fell. uneasy and his friends were con
stantly oti the watch. Altt:r a great deal ol talk,
nod not a little ? xc.iteioent Jerry Dunn was m
restcd by .superintendent Jourdan and taken
to (lie sixtii prcclact station bou*<*. He
w::.s I'oti! routed by Justice Howling yesterday,
but. lie M lu'uientlv denied all knowledge ot the re
port, ami ief the station house remarking that,
??instead of talcing any one else's life, he had enough
to .to to protect rus own troui wolves who travelled
in sheeps' clothing." Vow that Jerry lias been
sentence ! to lour j ears in the State prisoti for the
charge of murdering l.ogau No. i an I prob.tbiv
feeling that It was possible the Judge st ill believed
the story, he sent his wife to the Tombs 1'oliee (!onrt.
yesterday morning with the following letter as an
explanation and as a denial that lie ever eittcrtalneii
ail Intention to laKwthc life of (he Police Magistrate,
hut oilers I > prove that "The" Allen was the orlg
nator and auatain'-r of the ruinor: ?
llocsr vr Iiktt ntion, Dec. IS, 1870.
to Juthti: Do n.tsii : Sik I triixt you ? i:i i"ad tint fol.
lowing ?i i < it >:ivi: it whatever <;onaider.ition wliieii uj yon/
Honor* judgment vou may think due lo the lacth eontaine t
therein. It is but due to candor to s?y that it ixonly within
I the lust f ear ?)*/? tliat I li xv r received inlorrnUio'i which
j solves what lour iia* been to m* a mystery, and upon wbleh
I formed my explanations. My misfortune b is eoin*. au I
with it, perhaps, tUroui;ti sympathy lor me, the knu?!fc^?
that "The'' Allen wua tiie author of the rurnoi whieb bo*. no
doubt, Imp anted Itself in your Honor'* be.lcf. The moment
"The" \llen'* name w?.? mentioued to me in ronneeilon
with that story the truth flashed across my tnlud. Kefor"
I any name w.'i mentioned to in-; I wit* too iiuml>, tco yenrruu*.
or whatever it may be called, to single oul any oai'tlemar
person lu mv wind as the author of aueb ? wronp, wnleh
would prove no Injurious to a uian In my position. Hot now
I <e? through It all. If it ?>< not Allen himself who eon
vejrd fie report It certainly m< with him it otUutM.
That hi n motive* were niiijuextioiiable I can prove by wh
lo1**''* whom your Honor will not beiltare to believe, and
that the reaporn* nl^ntol f ot the alleged threat ?r. . the argn
tnents ejnplovcd to prove it ?it.i sutlti ient t > Indu.'.e tne
most sceptical nn<l friendly towarts m-! 1 ? ? v i It. I know
this too well. "The" Ailen wan v> rli awai>!of t'ie dlRlculty
l i'tween Mr. Harrison and myself, my arr?t an'1 ill the ?ir
cumstanres connerted with H, and. with hi* t?.r:i r lu.a^nn
tion, nptblnii wai in or 3 tmy than (or tilm to moulothls
knowledge to hi* own advantage la sistaiain/' let fa t
report.
Allen saw where be eould kill two bird* v.tt'n one stone:
that of winning your friendship and to atinltil)i''.n rue. Hart
I known the fabricator of that report w^en 1 wont to tl
siitb preoinct station boon I ootu easily imve explained to
your Hoaor's ?atlnl'actlon the utter taleenei-s oi'lt. 1 ? to do r ?
other than >;lve vou my fall awirance th.it I Know u thin : of
I bit matter. If you remember, one of fie ist leoutrks !
m aoo at the station house tbat ni(jht ???, that in.s'ead 01
KecKuiK any unw else's life I nad enough t lo t 1 nroi?ft my
own, Ac. Pr that remarK. I alluded toa denperttc ,i?ht 1 h.id
lnul witb "Tlio" Allen'* ijanjj in the ba'ern i* hoiai-:.
on the previous New dear's nlyh*, and e:.pe<:ted further
trouble froia the sarn? o'l.ir'.er.
Now, I eau brlni; \y :u> s?e* to prove tha1. "The" A. en not
only tiled to put me nut ot tb- .vay In tb.ti man bat that
| be alio tried to per> a :ea certain nun, who ? 1 '.? '??1 ?'
lu* wateUi o the ooeamon p-lem 1 to, t ? pf. . r i? vitarfM of
1 highway roht '? y < ; 'i''?t -ue, oiler.nj to *?i .- u 1 ? itivi-.v
1 that it was I who liu.i .lone it, and bought o/cr ??,-.,li?r man
1 wii > was to corroboral 1 his testimony, lint, lue v ' <>c me.
I tue two men who comaiitte t the robbery w re ted by a
nolle* officer while :o the attempt of niakio : Hour e*>:ai)?
wliii the idenllet. watch in their p'Mice, i- tih' v iv r
in Use station boi.f? at the very mon. ut L< was tiyiog to
la.Ui 11 t!.e cr!in? on rae.
I km sentenced now, and perhaps w* . so >n b? ? ? ny war
to th ' Stat* I'riAon, and. <v ..".U.-r I ever ^''t > ,t ? 1 it, I owe
It to those w'ro are depeidaat upon me lo appi li t ? yo n
UnDor'n (Miog*! ai well ?< to vour genern?ltv. I trust you
wll read th *. and that you will semi word oy w. e that
rou can henr wit' ? ? iu?, who will prova t iat " ?> o -. i Ma
til e. And I n ?w eve- that I never tbr< .t ? '.?? e your
li>. I amyoii.s, olw:ilie:it,y, JKttKHXAH 1'i'Sn.
LCKQ ISUXD HEWS.
Ve?t?:rtJay .Mrs. Anna M. West, n ;'>- of John J.
tVest, i rc.tideiu ot WlieailVi MiiT"ik. '? y, w is
struetv uy a leeomotive oa th'i Flushing and North*
?ide Ratlruad attuo Ditteli Kill crosslny and tataily
injur, d. Mrs. \\ est Had oroe ' <1 the tra.tk, and, haar
ing the tra'o, be- ame bewildered and a v. noted t ?>
.1 e.rosa, when siie v, as uit and hurled toou; twenty -
live feet. A number uf 1 ? r rti'S were fr v. -.tir "d and
i. w lower part of her lungs ruptured, .?sit-1 was at
tendod oy l?r. D(tni;:> r.
resterday, wnil^ Mr. Win. Keeler, of PeamllV.
vu enniM In itttng logs by a hia?\ be ? m am
toisly injured by a premature explosion. Ili^ fa>e
and era nu-.e M ? burned with the p wder.
tin Friday night <1 hor.se was stolen ii o:n it. Dor.
on, of Flnthlng. \ terlay it was discovered t&al
liie thief had leit the imree lied under a -tied at ffoti
I'mslitug, where h? had been fared .'or oy I!, tt.
llitcluocK and tue horse recovered. Tne thief 11
KUppooed 10 be know u and o/tiw* a^e ou u a* track