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TOR AMIS TRIAL
Legal Arguments by the Prosecution and
for the Prisoner.
"A Campaign Against Prince
Bismarck."
The Accused Defend
ing His Honor.
French Republic Intensely Excited 0?er
y the Prussian Revelations in Court.
Berlin, Dec. 14, 1874.
The trial or Count Von Arnim was resumed to
dk
TESTIMONY FOR THE CROWN.
fiaron Bolstein gave bis testimony. He denied
tbat Prince Bismarck bad commissioned him to
watch Von Arnim; tbe accused bad stated tbat be
wouid aot resign and tbat the Foreign Office
would not place bim on tbe retired list, because
be held documents wbicb compromised Bismarck.
THI PUBLIC PROSECUTOR SUMS UP TBK CA8E.
With tbe examination ol this witness tbe tak
tng or testimony closed, and tbe Publlo Prosecu
tor made tbe speech (or tbe Crown. He declared
the accused had been guilty or bad faith and
bU statements were nn worthy or oredit. He ar
gued that the Count purposely abstracted tbe
document* and never bad any Intention or return
ing them. The revelations communicated to tbe
Vienna Prase were Intended to be used aa
weapons lor a campaign against Prince
Blemarck; out the accused retreated almost
before the attack was commenced. The
ecbo or the assassin's shot at Klsstngen
waa too much for him. The offence was without
extenuation, and was aggravated by tbe rank or
the accused. Nevertheless, concluded the prose
cutor, the government would retrain lrom de
manding deprivation of civil rights.
The Public Prosecutor spoke two and a hair
houn, and concluded by asking tbat the prisoner
be sentenced to two and a hair years' imprison
ment.
THE REPLY IN DEFENCE.
Herr Holtzendorf, counsel for the defence,
argued tbat even tr all the charges were ad
mitted, an acquittal was unavoidable on purely
legal grounds. It could not be maintained that
tbe Crown had any proprietary right in tbe miss
ing documents. The accused in his conflict with
Bismarck considered tbat he was defending bis
honor.
The Freath People Iateaiely Excited
Over the Publication of th? Bismarck*
Arnim Pacers.
London, Dec. 14, 1874.
Intense reeling has been aroused in france bj
?ome or the papers read in the Arntm trial.
One despatch especially, in which Bismarck
?aja "he cannot but wtsh to see France weak, and
deems It unadrisable to strengthen her by con ?
tributlng to the establishment or the monarchy,"
causes profound indication.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
Muscovite Defence of the International Code
Project?A Sharp Betort Against
British Comment
London, Dec. 14, 1874.
The Journal cte St. Petersburg complains of the
attacks In tbe English Journals on the proposed
reopening or the International Code Conference,
and sayB their unlavorable comments may lead to
the settlement or the questions involved without
tbe assistance or participation or Great Britain.
SPAIN.
General Loma Slightly Wounded?A Nephew ol
Karshal Serrano Killed.
London, Dec. 14, 1674.
Despatches Trom San Sebastian admit tbat Gen
eral Loma has been wounded, but represent tbat
bis injuries are slight, and he la expected to re
cover within a week.
BORROW IN the PAMILT OP SERRANO.
A nephew or Marshal Serrano was killed In the
recent battle.
URUGUAY.
The Report of a British Naval Officer Corrected
in aa Important Particular.
London, Dec. 14, 1874.
Advices received here from Montevideo declare
that the Information sent bere by me commander
of toe British man-of-war Cracker, In regard to
an Insurrection, In Uruguay, la without foundation
aa to the coantrjr, and that it was probably in
tended to Inform the British government of the
State of affairs in the Argentine Republic.
There la no trouble or the kind reported In
Uruguay.
VENEZUELA.
Tit* Insurrectionists Dsftated by the
Government Troops.
By the steamship Olaribel, whicn baa arrived at
Kingston, Jamaica, from Laguayra, the following
new* was received from Veneauela and forwarded
bj cable to this city:?"The Venezuelan troopa
nave completely defeated the revolutionists."
OUR ROYAL GUEST.
,Kla| Kalakaua Improved In Health
He Will Visit the President To-Oay
General Sherman to Aiilit In Hla Ea>
tertainment.
Washington, Dec. 14, 1874.
King Kalaxaua has not yet entirely recovered
from the aevere sickness which has affltctcd him
alnce his arrival here. He is, however, much
better this morning, but bis physician, Medical
Inspectot Turner, C. S. N., did not think it would
be prudent for him to venture out to-day, and he
therefore remained In his room at the hotel.
The King will pay his respects to the President
to-morrow.
The President has telegraphed General Sherman
Inviting him to come to this city and assist in the
entertainment of King Kalaxaua. General Sher
man accepted the invitation and replied that he
would be here on Wednesday morning.
AMCBEW JOSH BOH.
Hla Response to the Invitation To Bo
Present at the Tllden-Wlekhnm Re
ception?The Ex-President on the Hew
Yorh Democracy.
Nash villi, Tenn., Dec. 14, 1(74
Ex-President Johnson has received an invita
tion, through Manton Marble, secretary, to-day, to
be present at the reception to be given Hon.
Samuel J. TUden and Mayor W. a. Wickham by the
Manhattan ciub. I called oa the ex-President to
night and asked what response be proposed mak
ing to the invitation. He said le would not be
able to respond for two or three days yet aad
feared other arrangements?whieh art almost im
perative?would prevent his acceptiag It. Then,
pacing the floor tor a lew moments, a new light
aeemed to spring into the venerable stateaman's
countenance, and, rubbing his hands in a sort of
gleeful manner, hla face radiating into an open
amlle, wnue hla eyes gleamed with a brighter
lustre, be stopped ail of a sudden in front of me
and said :?
TBI IX-FaMIDaNT'S RK8PON8K.
"Ah, air, it would give me pleasure, roal pleas
ure, to be there. I would be delighted to meet with
the good, old-fashioned democracy oi Now York,
to mingle and renew my acquaintance with them.
Yea," he said, pacing the floor again, "there's TU
den, who helped to break up the Tweed ring, I would
like to take TUden by the hand and greet the mem
bers of the Manhattan Olub. li it is possible I will
be present at the receptioa.''
THE AMERICAN FLAG INSULTED.
A Spanish War Vessel Overhauls and Boards
an American Schooner.
Brought Tq By Force on
the High Seas;
* V,
Niwpobt, R. X., Dae. 14, I8f4.
The schooner William Wilson, Captain Jones, of
Rockland, fourteen days from Turks Island, has
arrived at this port with a cargo of salt for orders.
She reports that on November 23, when distant
stz miles from Porto Rico, on the passage from
Fort of Spain to Turks Island, she was hove to by
three blank cartridge* from the Spanish war
steamer Astuto.
BOARDED BY TBI SPANIARDS.
The Spanish vessel sent a boat's crew alongside,
and, after finding out the cargo and destination
ox the American schooner, allowed her to proceed.
CUBA.
Tile Insurgent Army Chest Said to Have
Been Reinforced?Advance In the Priee
ot Gold?Startling News Expected.
Havana, Dec. 10, 1874, <
There is a rumor current on the street this
morning that a vessel had landed arms and am- j
munition for the insurgent Cubans at a point near
Caibarien.
The friends or Cuba are jubilant over the news,
and golu has advanced ten per cent in conse
quence.
TUB SITUATION fi* THE FIELD.
It is also reported here to-day by parties who
claim to have correspondence with the insurgents
that 3,000 well armed Cubans are now on the west
side of the Trucha, and that startling news Is
daily expected.
General Concha has ordered three battalions
or ward as a reinforcement to the Spanish forces.
TRAGEDY IX BOSTOY.
Shocking Murder and Suicide In the
Banker Hill Distrlct-A Married Man
Murders Another Man'* Wife aud Then
Cuts Hia Own Throat.
_ Boston, Dec. w, 1874.
Charleatown baa again been ihe scene of anotner
fearrul tragedy, wnich approachea in all its hor
rors the terrible Kimball murder, whicti occurred
here me year ago. The tragedy occurred at the
house No. 56 School street, corner of Bartlett,
about balf-paat three o'clock yeaterday afternoon,
when William H. Jones murdered Mrs. Morgle
Barry, wife of Mr. octavlus R. Barry, by cut
ting her throat and then committing suicide with
the same razor, each dung Instantly. The par
ttculara of the affair are aa follows :-Mr. Jones
the murderer, waa a married man and lived with
his family?? wife, a aon and daugnter-tn somer
vllle near Porter's station. The victim lived in
the house where she was so orntally murdered
with her husband, Octavius R. Barry, and two
grown up children, a daughter and a son. Both
raml'les have been very intimate for years,
and formerly resided under the same root
SnrI *eneD?enf A0086 on Bartlett street.
they bave resided apart they have
alwaya maintained the qoat friendly relatione,
and no longer ago than Tuankagiving Day the
Barry family paased the day at the house of Mr I
Jones. The son 01 the latter la a pupil ol Mrs." I
Barry's daughter in the study of music. With I
?uch a state of thlnga exiating, It la dlfflcuit to \
account tot the reasons which led to
THB MUMDBH.
It seems that Mr. Jones had been in the habit of
calling upon the Barry family, they occupying the
lower portion of the house. Last Saturday even
lng he was at tne house until eleven o'clock, there
being present alao Mrs. Barry's daughter Alice
and her nlece-the hnsband, who at present teuds
a refreshment saloon on Main sir???iL hai>,?
*ru Jonls prolong^ bto'cSS
he w*? in h or Mrs- Barry, who, fludinir
wjav. V,
ewbt'
S??c? ,atL tlia tne reat of tde day M?
Barry Jeft home for South Boston during tha
ossss-pjis
rS'.hSfflSS'JWff" the meantime
At three o clock the daughter and niece left the
house for church, leaving Mrs. Barrr and Mr
fnT9 Ua ^emeut "lichen, the former attend
? ft t0.,.ber household duties and
latter still lying upon the loumr* who?
itmam85lr^d between parties and what'was the
Sra*t#foC?UfhV^!!L?urder "omomnSniSS
can ten, ror the tragedy was not witn*m?f>ri >i? I
?rs:
fhfT ?ii Ve,Kcame toome, and. not findm? !
the ceiur'^itrhnn roum? he ileacended luto
the cellarkitchen, where a terrible sight met hia
gaze. Stretched upon the floor. lice down
ward, was his mother dead wfthhf."
throat cut from ear to ear while 1 ?h^
distance irom her was the body of Mr Jonm
with a gaping cut in his throat, which too nia?niv
Indicated tiie moans by wnicii tne horrible fimihtA
murder had been committedThS auftm w?
JU'ck'y given to the nelghoors and to the ool7ce
and the news of the terrib,e affair spread ouickiv
through the city, attracting larW crowded;hJ
the remains?1161 aiJ'or?l called and mwea ;
It JT^1.801*"5 op TnE tbigidt. I
ssf ??v.tk. 'u?%rcer V.3!
with face and carmen's covered with bk>od' 1
T Siat ofJUe r?om, lyliig ouunretched
upon his back, was the body of the mOroerlLwht??
presented tbe same terrible aspect floo^
was covered with b.ood. Appearances
that the murderer took his victim w urMUui i
and approacted her irom behind as ehe iWHuEmK 1
act of placing some dishes in a cuDborfHwSi! I
door or this cupboard was drenched I
which spurted Irom ihe cruel gash inflicted bv the
murderer. Tne weapon used was a razor and .?
was found by the side of Mr. Jones: and the thi! 1
ffrsx? .asma ,r ^
night; but from some cause, possibly because he
was not alone with Mrs. Barry any i&gfhM
concluded to defer it until a more favorable ohnor.
tunity eccurred. Alter Coroner Bradford h%
rin7J*0*11?8 they were given in charge of
Undertaker Bryant to be prepared for burial
The father, daughter and nieco rainm**! m
i?tlr a&oo* the same time, and when made
aware of the sad late of the wile and motiisr
tnetr agonj was intense. Tne? were orevS
upon to go to the house of a friend near bv
where they remained last evening. The son
went to Somervuie to iniortn the fimllv of tn2
muraerer, and returned with Mrs. Joneo w^io In
peared greatly affected. She states that for sobm
time past ner husband bad betrayed signs or in
at
? THE MCRDBRKR.
Mr. Jones was about loity yeara of age was an
sssn^si, v^CSggS
until recently. Ue Is now working at the re
freshment saloon of Mr. Thomas T-aine near
Hancock square. His wite was about tliirtv-eiiriit
years oi age. and their domestic l7eT so ur aa il
known, has always been pleasant. The mn/Lf
which prompted the tragedy la a matter difficult
to determine. Many ara or the opinion that hia
acquaintance with the murdered woman led him
to entertain more than friendly feelings for he?
and that this so unsettled his mind that ft ?t ut
ioovTrecor^"11
ARKANSAS,
Acta of lh? Legislature Signed by the
Ctoveraor.
Lrrixg rock, Dec. 14,1374.
Tha Governor to-day signed an act forbidding
State offlcera irom receiving levee bonds in pay.
ment of state taxes. Also a memorial to Comrr??
"*;ng tor tbe repeal of tbe ta? on ltaf
THE OAPTIVE QB&MAJ OIRL&
A Scout Sent to Trail With the Indiana
for Their Release.
8t. Louis, Dec. 14, UT4.
Tba Globe'# Topeka (Kansas) special says
that information baa been received from General
Milea' headquarters on tbe Wioblta, that the two
alder German girls, sisters of the two little ones
recently rescued from the Indians, are in the
hands of White Bira'a band of Gheyeanes and a
scout has been sent to White Bird's camp u> treat
lor toe roieaso of the captives.
LOUISIANA'S MENACE.
The Returning Board Still Post
pone Their Report.
PROOFS OF CHEAT AND FORGERY
public ppinion the Fickle Restraint
from Violence.
H'JW ORLEANS, D?C. 14, 1874.
In the Returning Boaru1 this morning the demo*
crats produced affidavits & Kellogg, Supervisor
or Election in St; Helena parlay that since be pat,
on November 6, .'9 the custody pt the Board the
sealed results ot Che polling, the/ havo been
forged, the vote given to the democratic candi
dates at three polls berag given to the.repubii
cans, and vice versa, so as to elect Floyd, republi
can. member of the Legislature. Floyd is here ocd
declares that be was defeated, aDd If counted id
will not take his seat. He threatens to publish a
card denouncing the fraudulent oot of the Board
or its agents or clerks.
MANIPULATING RETURNS ON THANKSOITINO DAT.
Two clerks of the Board swear that the chief
olerk, Campbell, and another clerk broke the
seals of tbe returns, and on Tnanksglvtng Day
were engaged for three hours, wben the Board
was not In session, In manipulating some of tnera.
One affidavit very seriously compromises two
members of the Board.
WHAT TBBT WOULD DO IN KANSA8.
A republican Kansas Judge, sitting beside me,
listening to the affidavits, and learning that the
action of the doard cannot be reviewed by the
courts, declared that if such attempts were made
in Kansas to defeat tbe voice of the people the
guilty parties would be hanged by the populace.
THR BOARD RESPONSIBLE.
If the forgeries were not oommltted by the
members of the Board thoy cannot shirk the
responsibility for the action of others, as the re
turns have been under their seal and lock and key
since tbe election.
WHAT THR BOARD WILL DARK TO DO.
The democratic counsel at tbe Returning Board
now express the belief that, in face of all the
frauds and forgerleB tney have traced to the
Board or ltB subordinates and party supporters
since the returns of tbe parishes have been made
io them, they will not dare to return less than
sixty-nine democratic Assemblymen, which will
make the lower House stand sixty-four democrats
to thirty-two republicans; but they have doubts
whether they will give tnem all the Senators tney
have eleeted.
A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE REPUDIATES FRAUD.
The republican candidate for State Assembly for
Sabine, to count in whom tbe returns were altered
after tney were in tbe possession of the Board,
telegraphs that he was defeated fairly and doeii
not approve the attempted fraud.
DANGER OP VIOLENCE.
The people are more incensed than ever to-day,
owing to these revelations, and It is believed that
enough of them would be willing to lynch tbe Re
turning Board and trust to facts to vindicate their
conduct were It not that they are afraid that
Grant would fill the State House with troops and
prevent their meeting as a Legislature in Janu
ary. Many of them believe that when tbe legally
elected democratic majority peacefully assembled
In Senate and Assembly recognizes McEnery as
the Governor, tbey, as the highest authority in
tno State, will be entitled to respect, and the
people, having settled by their votes what
Congress failed to do In Its last session, Grant
will pause before dispersing tbe people and th?
Legislature by the bayonet, ana before Installing
a Legislature composed of defeated candidates.
This view, whlcn has taken deep root in the minds
of the masses, will probably save tbe Board from
violence, if they do not escape from tbe city
before promulgating the result of tbe election.
REPUBLICAN HIRELINGS MIMIC INTIMIDATION.
After thorough Investigation I am satisfied
that the unarmed men who appeared in the
streets early last week were not Americans, bat
were probably foreigners, and were employed to
give tbe impression that the republicans are in
timidated.
Colonel Harr asserts that he has had no con
sultation with Colonel Angel or any of the other
leaders, and all deprecate any violence.
THE BOARD ADJOURNS IN A FRIGHT.
The Board became alarmed at the absurd rumor
of an attack to-day, and adjourned until to
morrow.
Proceedings of the Returning Board
Resolutions Regarding the Charges of
Fraud?Sudden Alarm and Adjourn
ment?Educational Trouble Looming
Up.
New Orleans, Dec. 14, 1874.
In the Returning Board to-day John D. Davis,
Supervisor or Registration, and six Commission,
ers of Election of St. Helena parish, made affi
davits that the election returns from that parish
now in tbe hands of the Returning Board have
been tampered with, and changes and alterations
made in them since they were dellveTea to the
Secretary ol the Board.
Mr. Arrays offered tbe following
Whereas according to the sworn statement of
the Supervisor ol Registration of the parish of St.
Helena it is charged that the returns filed by him
have been tampered with since said returns have
bagn Oled with this Board;
Wesolved, That this Board shall, before acting
upon said Supervisor's returns, Investigate the
charges made in the above statement, in order
that the guilty parties be dealt with according to
law.
This was adopted and the investigation will be
held to-morrow.
THI PROOFS OP FRAUDS.
Governor Weils proposed that tbe democratic
counsel submit all evidence and examine ail am.
davits relating to contested parishes, and then
submit the whole to the Board for their action.
To this proposition tbe conservatives ob
jected, for the resson, they stated, that
certain papers have been placed among
the records without their knowledge, or
the contents of which tbey are not informed, and
requested that, while tbe protested parishes are
under consideration, as each case is taken they
may be notified, so as to inspect tho
papers in each case and see that none
of the proofs offered by them have been abstracted
or snppressed, nor that any new contrary proof
has been filed unknown to them, so that all legal
proor, and none other, may be betore the Board
for Its consideration. This request was acquiesced
In, and tbe Carroll Parish returns were taken up.
TUB PROCBKD1NQS BROSSN OFF.
Before anything had been done a messenger
came in and whispered something to tne Presi
dent, Governor Weils, who at once arose and
stated that he had just been officially informed
that armed White Leaguers were stationed in the
adjacent building, ready at any moment to dis
turb tbe proceedings of tho Board. Be therefore
moved an adjournment until to-morrow at eleven
o'clock A. M.
T. Morris Chester, * colored member of the
republican committee, suggested that an ad
journment would not improve matters, bat would
rather tend to increase the excitement.
Mr. Sloanaksr suggested that U the President
had any fears of violence he should call for United
states troops to protect the Board 5 that he (Mr.
i Sloanaksr) had been informed that troops would
be lorniahed at once if desired.
Governor Wells said he did not wish to canvass
the returns under the protection of United States
troops; that he did not intend to be intimidated.
The Board was adjourned until eleven o'clock
to-morrow.
The military here are on the >jui vtve, in accord
ance with orders rrom Washington.
AM IFPORT TOWARD RQOAL RI0HT8.
This morning sn effort waa made to introduce
Ave or six colored girls as pupils into the girls'
upper high school, which resulted In the with
drawal or over n/ur o{ mo RTdduatiw 0*9* Twa
la the first attempt that Has been made to place
negroes lu this school.
A Despatch from (Jowmor K?Ho|g
Himself?He Denies Prophesying That
the Street* Will Ran with Blood""
Conclave of the White ':*aguers.
Chic a oo, Dec. 14, 1871.
An afternoon paper has a New Orleans special
despatch signed by Governor Kellogg, dated at
noon, in which he says the membors of the Re
tarnlng Board are In session at tao State House
malting their anal compilation. On the streets
there la much subdued excitenSli^t.
fhe Picayune this morning says Governor Kellogg
has instructed Captain Lawler, the officer in
charge oi defence of the state House, that If he
can Told out Against ,or twenty minute*
tne ?t. >e? wu~ run with biOOO.
Governor Kellogg authorizes the statement that
be has never made any such assertion to Captain
Lawler or any one else.
A grand conclave of the White League ts con
vened for 'o-mo row night. It is not probable
that any movement will be made until alter tuat
meeting.
THE VICXSBURG TROUBLES.
The Foreman of the Grand Jary *f
Warren County on the Corrupt Offi
cials?Report of His Interview with
Governor Ames.
VtCKSBL'RO, Dec. 14. 1S74.
Governor Ames, in a statement mado a few days
Ago about the Vicksburg difficulty, refers for proof
that Crosby was Innocent of any offences to an in
terview with the foreman of the Grand Jury of this
county. In to-morrow's Vicksburg UercUCL Dr.
Bowman, the foreman of the Grand Jury, will pub
lish the following, which Is Important as denying
the truthfulness of the Governor's statement. Dr.
Bowman says
thk foreman's statement.
On Sunday, the 6th !nsL, belli? ii> the eltr of Jseknon
on business. 1 requested an Interview with Governor j
Ames, tor the purpose of giving him u true account of
the cause ol the excitement st Vicksburg against IVter
Crosby and other officials. The request was granted,
and I called at the mansion. I stated to Governor Ames
that I was from Vicksburg, and was a member of tlia
Orand Jury, which had tound indictments
against the Chancery aud Circuit Court Clerks
and the State superintendent of Education, late
Clerk of the Circuit Court of Warren county,
for embezzlement, lurgery, Ac.; that during the session
the records ol the Treasurer, together with a part of the
Chancery Court Clerk's, had been stolen and are sup
posed to have been destroyed i that these books con
tained evidence of verv great frauds and were put in a
room and locked tor sale keeping, but the room was
broken open and the books abstracted.
The Governor replied that the people of Warren
county bad forced feter Crosby, the hherlfl, from his
office, aud that If they wauUid a difficulty lie
would be pleased to meet the Issue, which was
Burely political. If Crosby was a white man no
?ouble would havo occurred about him. He had
settled up his accounts last winter. and no
charges were made against him. and the people ought to
be satlsflod with hiiu. 1 toid him that, owing to the
want of time on the part of the person appointed io ex
amine the MierifTs accounts, no charges nad been pre
ferred, but that the Treasurer's book, which was stolen,
was the book kept by l'eter Croby during his
occuphucy ol the office of ^ouuty Treasurer; that there
was evidence ol Iruud in that book; that the county
warrants which bad been cancelled and ordered to be
burned bv the Hoard ol supervisors were funded ; that '
It was a notorious tact, whlcb Judge Lea and Ju.l?'e :
Brown both knew, that l'eter Crosby had used the state
warrants issued to him, to pay the Jury of the Spring
Term of their Circuit Court, tor his
OWN PBIVATB rUHPOSSS,
and had not paid the holders oi those Jury claims; that
Judge Lea called it a misdemeanor iu office, punishable
by fine and imprisonment, and Judge Hrown said it was
only a breach of trust; and that Peter Crosbv's bond
was known to be worthless, and notwithstanding
the fact that it was known that be would
prevent the conviction ol those thieves who haJ been in
dicted. by packing the juries, and he wss known to be
uutrustworthy, yet, If be gave a good bond on the Sill,
when the Board of Supervisors meet, the people
would submit io his being sheriff- The Governor
replied by referring to (be defaulting sheriffs duriug
Governor McVill's administration, and said there were
no riots or disturbances then, aud that the movement la
Vicksbitrg was purely political, and that he was pre
pared to meet the issue. J. H. D. BOWMAN,
foreman of the late Orand Jury.
The rumors telegraphed yesterday by a special
correspondent that the negroes were again mass
ing to attack the oity proves to nave been untrue.
Perfect quiet reigns throughout the country.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The United States Gunboat Rush.
The United States gunboat Rush, Commander
Henry, arrived at Kio Janeiro October 27, from
New York.
Special Orders.
Washington, Dec. 14, 1874.
Chief Engineer William J. Lamdln Is detached
from the Penaacola Navy Yard and ordered to the
Pensacola, and as fleet engineer ol the Vorth Pa
cific station, relieving Chief Engineer J. B. Kltn
balV, who is detached and placed on waiting
orders.
Captain Richard C. Renshaw, United States
Navy, baa been placed upon the retired list.
THE BOBTHWEST INSUBGEHT&
EITorti of Ladln to Procure a. General
Amnesty.
Montreal. Deo. 14, 1874.
Over six hundred ladles or Chambly county have
signed and forwarded a petition to Lad/ Dufferln
pravlng her to nse her influence with her husband
to procure a general amnesty 01 tuose implicated
m tlie Northwest troubles.
THE STEAMBOAT BILL.
Indorsement by the Cincinnati Cham
ber of Commerce.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Deo. 14,1874.
The Chamber of commerce to-day adopted reso
lutions indorsing the steamboat bill now berore
Congress, and earnestly requesting Senators Sher
man anii Thurmau to use their best efforts to
secure its passage.
ALLEGED WIFE MUBDEB.
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 14, 1874.
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OBITUARY.
Doctor Underwood.
Robert Underwood, or, as he was more widely
known, Doctor Underwood, expired at his resi
dence in Saratoga, on Sunday last, aged about
Hfiy years. A small circle of friends will moorn
over the departure or this noted pool seller, but
thousands or turfmen and those Interested In turf
matters will be sorry to learn that the Doctor has
gone. He was the first auctioneer of pools in this
country and at the same time the most popular
and the most Buccessiul in the business. Scores
of imitators have sprung up all over the land
where ont-door sports are Known, but not one ox
them could keep a throng of betting men so long
together or in such good humor as the Doctor.
Be was born In Dublin, Ireland, and praotised
there as a veterinarian sargeon, but losing vary
heavily, it is reported, on the great matoh race of
two miles between tho Flying Dutchman and Vol
tlgeur, ran at York, England, May 18, 1861, he lert
the land ot his birth and came to this country in the
latter part of that year. Failing to and a suitable
opening as a practising veterinarian in this oity
he accepted an invitation to visit .Lexington, Ky?
waere at ouee be attached himself to the old and
favorably known breeder and veterinarian, Dr, L>.
Herr (who raited Lady Thorn, and is the owner of
Mambrino Patchen and other equally noted horses),
becoming bis assistant. While with mm tut Doctor
bandied a few trotters, grove then on the Fair
Grounds in that city, and in a year or so had made
so many frionds that he decided to go into oust
ness lor himself, whiob ha did, starting a
rival establishment near that of his old
friend. Dr. Herr. The veuture met witn
moderate success. About this tin* Mr. H. P.
McOrath, the Kentucky turfman, under the style
oi Messrs. McGratb, I'errltt A Co., proprietors of a
clubuouse In New Orleans (now known as the Bos
ton Cluo), inaugurated in that ciljr the business
ol pool se.llng, out on au entirely diffeient basts
jim jw>w jwumux. fjuivk a* uyi aiumwl
1 Acc?r<ling to Mcuratn's pian trie amounts
2 i j l,e's mii<lc were placed in enveloped and
handed to the winners, wuuout any commission
nf?i-1,i,c".,V5e4* Mr' poe 6i oiosuqu
a irJin f?-10 L**-?mrtou uiei tue deceased, and in
? iriruu mail|ier gunjreai<-d to him mat iio mignt
pool semug pay at the rate meetings. The
i ide-t struck I)r. Inderwood as extreme.; brilliant,
| and he first tried hi* uaud at ttie work duriug an
I Important cock fight, kn< wn as a battle royal,
! being fouirht in am own stable, and, finding it to
succeed, changed it to the course, selling pools on
I the auction plan, charging 11 vt? per cent commission.
From a small busiuesa i steadily increased, and,
, when the Southern turtiiien fully understood it,
? became .in Ijiatnution on the tur( in that section
1 01 me cduntry. At I*xington, Louisville, New
i Orleans and other places in the South the Doctor
Introduced and successfully conducted this ou*l
I peas until the bnJi*1"* ou' of the cl*'i war' w,lea
l rftclna was abandoned for-sterner CC""*91*' H?
weut into k speculation of buying mulei'Tni seif?
Ing tnem to the confederate rrovernment. and con
: Unued lp this business until the spring ol 18<52,
; when he came Kortti to act as pool MNer for tue
late Mr. John L. Cassady, who originated and
I attempted the carrying out of the grand Philadel
I ptua. New VorK and Boston racing combination,
which at the time was so universally commented
{ upon.
Tne Doctor made hit d#tmt as an auction pool
seUer on the Northern turf at Philadelphia, June,
181.2, where the novelty of the plan in betting ex
cited much discussion, but still was accented by
the turimen. wuo desired to be "a little Interested''
on this or that race, and beiore Cassady'a combi
nation came to grief the Doctor and his pool sell
ing was an institution, and haa never lost favor.
From Philadelphia Dr. Underwood came to New
VorK, sold pools ou the old Union Course on
Fourth or July that year, continued through the
meeting, and weut to Boston, carr>ing out his
contract with Mr. Cassaay. All tms while the
Doctor made maoy frleuds, and went back to his
home in Lexington greatly pleased with his first
)ool selling experiment in tills section of the coun
try. He returned the next year, 1SS3, acted
as pool seller at Suffolk Park, Philade phla,
and then Journeyed to Paterson, N. J., where
he conducted the same business al the opening
meeting or the famous Passaic Association. The
successor the system was now fuily established,
and at all racing reunions from thai tune in the
North tne'Doctor was the presiding genius at tno
pool box. lie sold the first pools at Saratoga Au
gust, 1863, at the meeting on ike old course In the
woods knotfn to ail old ttrnmeu; at the new
course, Saratoga, 1804; at the opening meeting of
the American Jockey Club, Jerome Park, 1806, and
holding the business ol the latter course until last !
summer, to the general satisfaction ot the snort- '
lng community. Mr. James McOo-wan, or New j
York, was all these years associated with him, and '
together they also took charge of the pool selling
at the Plnuico Course, Baltimore, and the Mon.
mouth Park Association, Long Branch. They
Journeyed West and Sonth to fill engagements
with associations who, knowing their worth
as managers of this particular business, did
not leei satisfied unless they were present. Dr.
Underwood aid not foisake Lexington as !:h place
oi permanent reside a co until tne year 1866, when
he removed to New York, living in tills city ap to
the year 1871. At that time he purcaased a cot
tage ut Saratoga and alter ward lived therewith
his family,
Tne last time the gental volcc or the Doctor was
heard, in this city in selling pools wan at the As tar '
House a day or two preceding the late State elec- I
tion, when, in conjunction with Oliver L. Marshall, '
or ProvidtMice. he sold pools on tue candidates i
and rhe general result In the state. On the 2lst .
oi November he left New York for New Orleans t>y
steamer, for tue purpose ol conducting and selling
pools at the winter meeting oi the Louisiana
Jockey Clubr and only returned from the Orescent
City to his house on Saturday evening, reaching
there Just In nine to die, for the lot;owing morn
ing he expired alter a violent hemorrhage of the
lungs.
J. P. Ftnkclmclcr, United State* Consul.
Major J. P. Flnselmeier, who has served as Catted
States Consul at Madagascar, has died at his post
of duty. He had served during upward of eight
years with benefit to the Interests of his country,
earning the approbation of the government. The
Major belonged to Paterson, N. J., at which place
his many mends have Just been informed of his
demise.
The Rev, Frederick Sill.
The Rev. Frederick Slil, rector of the Cburet of
St. Ambrose, Thompson and Prince streets, died
at hts residence la this city on Sunday morning,
after a short illness. Mr. Sill was in his ulxty-seo*
ond year. He was established at Rea Hook before
coming to this city. Few clergymen led a more
active and devoted Christian life than that of the
deceased rector of St. Ambrose. Always in Ills
place at the altar daring the services in hts
church, he was equally unintermitting in his works
of charity and Christian benevoience. These
labors were a severe task upou his strength, but
be performed them till ine last. The Rev. Thomas
H. Sill, rector ol St. t'hrysoatom Chapel, is his son.
The runeral takes place at St. Ambrose's church
at eleven o'clock to-morrow.
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