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CABLE NEWS From -A.11 Parts of the Old World. TURKISH TROUBLES. A Military Defeat in the Field?A Serious Default in the Forte Finaneet. RUSSIAN SMILES FOR REBELS. 'Change Excited and Unsettled by Political Rumors. THE MIKADO'S MISSION IN MADRID. Alexander Keith's Confession of the Dynamite Crime. BOTJTH AMERICAN STOCKS. . Latest from Gibraltar, France, Bagdad and Other Quarters. TURKEY. the peace conferences concluded?active hostilities suspended, but no armistice? a recent defeat of the turks?trearury difficulties in constantinople?russian intrigue against the sultan. London, March fO, 1878. Renter's telegrams from Raqusa to day state tbat the conferences Iinvo been concluded. Moukhtar I'ncha has returned to Treblgno. All l'achn leaves to-morrow. It is understood that the conterences will be continued by correspondence. active hostilities suspended. Up to the present they have resulted in tbo complete cessation of hostilities from tho 28lh of March to tho 10th of April, which the Turkish Commissioners havo conceded while refusing to grant a formal armistice. a victory for the insurgents. Intelligence Irora Sclavonic sourcos announces thai the insurgent leader Pcthovtca repulsed an attack of Turkish trooos on tho 28th Inst., near Sjubinje> capturing 300 head of cattle, 40 horses and the sup' plies. The Turks lost several men killed. the pobte's postponement of interest payment. Constantinople. March 30. 1878. Tbe Porte has decided to postpone tlio payment of tbo semi-annual coupons ot tho six per cent loans, duo In April, until July. Tne official declaration explaining tbe reasons for this step will be published to day. RUSSIAN ENCOURAGEMENT TO REBELLION AGAINST TURKISH RULE. London, March 30, 1876. Tbo Timet' Berlin special soys that two more St. re'ersburg journals, tho Gnlot and the i'edomotli, assure tho South Sclavonians that although Russia ts hardly in tbo 'position to succor thorn immediately, she will neither coerco thorn by violent measures nor allow another Power to roerco them. II tho South Sclavonians fool strong enough to rise against the Turks, Russia, according to the VeMomotli, will (unrnntce the neutrality of other parties. This language strangely differs from tho Intelligence semi-offlcially promulgated; but, as under tbo Russian press laws It could not be held with impunity if unapproved, the existenco of opposite currents cannot be longer doubted. A SERVIAN FORCED LOAN?AUSTRIAN CABINET DIFFICULTIES FROM THE COMPLICATIONS IN THE EAST?THE SULTAN TONING DOWN. London, March 31, 1876. Tbe T\me*' Berlin despatch announces that Serv'a ba? raised a forced loan of $2,400,000. austrian poi.ict. Telegrams received in Berlin from Vienna mention rumors that tbe resignations of Count Andrassy and Baron Kodlch arc impending. profession (jf peace. The VlennA correspondent of tbe Timet states that lervis has officially notified the Porto that she will iccp peace anil always act In conformity with mutual Interests and her duty to the sovereign I'owers. COMIXH TO TKKMK. A Daily A>w special front Vionna asserts that the Turkish Commissioners w ill hold a peace conlercnco si 111 the Insurgent leaders. RUSSIA. IMPEIUAM8T PREPARATION ron A TT.irPOr.AItT regency. 1,oxdo.v, March 30, 1870. The Pall Mall Gatelfr't Berlin special says the proposed retirement of the Cxar appears partially conBrmed. It is stated that ttio Cxarowttch will be Intrusted with the regency during tho summer, being temporarily Invested with tho lull sovereign power. the ABDICATION lillMOR DENIED. Loxnox, March 31, 187(5. The Vienna correspondent of the Daily A>w* says It. Petersburg advtcea deny tho truth of tho reports that the Cxar Intends to abdicate. ENGLAND. THE CONDITION ON 'CHANGE?FOREIGN SECURITIES DEMORALIZED?STOCKS FI.UCTUATINO RAPIDLY UNDER TIIE INFLUENCE OF TO- LITICAL RUMORS?A HEAVY FAILURE?THE 1 COrTItlOHT COMMISSION. I/O!*nos. March 30, 187ft ! At the Stoelc Exchange foreign securities opened Headier, but aoon bcrame demoralised again. One Intlure in tho foreign market has already (noon) been posted In the house and others arc expected. KOTPTIASS ANP TCItKISIt. Egyptian and Turkish securities urn fluctuating rap- , Idly, with prices of Hie former Ironi two to four lower than yesterday's closing, and the latter one to two lower. The announcement trom Constantinople ! about deferring the payment ol the April interest until inly is likely to produce n Mill lurthor depression In the price of Turkish bonds. ni Mons os 'cu.tsfHt. One of the rumors In connection with the movement In Egyptian securities Is that heavy selling orders have lieen received from Alexandria In consequence of Information which has reached Egypt that the posltlou , of tho D'arnell Ministry la seriously undermined by tho | management of the Cave affair and the persiatency ! in forcing through Parliament the Royal Titles lull, which, it la claimed, will bo exceedingly unpopular 1 with the British people. The division in the House of | Commons on Tuesday night on the Irish borough fmn- ' ehha motion, In which ibo government hail a majority < ol only thirteen?the roto standing 179 against lrtfl n titod a* evidence of the growing strength of tho lib- j era Is. nBavy vaim nr. Mmn. Norton A Co., the proprietors of the Manchrater Steel Work*, at Newton Heath, Lancashire, bar* tailed. Their liabilities are estimated at I'iM.ooa m* corvRionr co**iayior. The Manchester Guardian'* London correspondent understands that James Anthony Fronde and Anthony VEW Y ; Trollope hire been added to the Copyright CommieHon. CLOSING QUOTATIONS AN1> TRANSACTIONS ON 'change. London, March SO?Evening. The Stock Exchange closed steady tor hopie securities on the large Influx of gold to the Bank and the absence ot further failures. Foreign securities have been In a tnost unsettled state all day, and the closing prices, although In several cases above tho lowest point, are still very uncertain. Egyptians were bought In largely during the day; alter recovering to 54tf they fell to 60*,'. and closed at 54 or 1 \ worse than at the close yesterday, eorrn Americans. The Kntre Rlos loan tell to-day twenty-five ana the Santa Fe loan thirty per cent. THE EOYAI. TITLES BILL BEAD A SECOND TIME W THE HOUSE OP LORDS?TACTICS OP THE OPPOSITION. IjOXDosi, March 80. 1876. In the Rouse of Lords to-night there was a long debate on tho Royal Titles bill. The Duke of Richmond and Marquis of Salisbury do fended the title of Empress as accurately expressing the Queen's relation to India. Lords Somerset, Grey, Laurence, Waveney, Granvillo and Kimberlcy opposed it. Tlio latter congratulated the Ministers that they had not repeated Mr. Disraeli's mischievons argument concerning Russia. The hill was read a second time without a division, tho opposition announcing their intention of supporting Lord Shaftesbury's motion, praying tho Qu>-en not ; to assume the title of Empress. I1IKMARCK AX? VOX ARM*. In tho House of Commons, Mr. Bourke, Upder Foreign Secretary, replying to an Inquiry made by Mr. ; Sullivan, stated that the Foreign ofllre had not the j correspondence referred to by Prinoo Bismarck in a letter published In Berlin Inst January, in which it was j alleged that England liad protested against tho proposed i appointment of Count Von Arntm as Ambassador to England becauso of his untruthfulness. Mr. Bonrkeadded that if such correspondence took place It must havo boon confidentially, and passed before the accession of the present government. FRANCE. rrnw ttvtuepcttt Ttvmivva t?yt t. DrrriDp ttttt ASSEMBLY?EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE CONCERNING THE PBOJKCT. Versailles, March 30, 1878. The Chamber of Deputies to-day appointed a committee to consider the bill restoring to the Stato tho sole power of coulcrnng University degroes. The majority of tho committee, as constituted, are in favor of tho bill Thirty French bishops held a conference yesterday and to-day on tho snme subject. TIIK KJIRASSY IX nBRI.IX. The report that tho government intends to supersede M. do Goutaiit Blron, the French Ambassador at Berlin, is pronounced unfounded. CONSCLAN KKPRKHKNTATIOX AT BOSTON. The estimates presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mako provision for tho reappointment of a Vice Consnl of Franco at Boston. ELECTION BY THE ACADEMY, Paris, March 30, 1878. M. Charles Doucet has been elected Permanent Secretary of the French Academy. THE PARIS MINISTRY PREPARING FOB A GRAND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. London, March 31, 1878. The Paris correspondent of tho Timer says tho French government seems determined to plan the next International Kxhlbltlon on tho largest possible scale, so as to do Justico to tho nation and attract tho ad hesion of tho civilized world. It intends to fix tho date of the opening in 1878. j Tho question will probably bo submitted to tho Chambers shortly. SENATORIAL SERVICE TIME?CALCULATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE PARTIES. I/ijcoo*. March 31, 1876. The Paris despatch of tho Daily TrUgraph states thnt in the category of Senators who are to sit for five years arc thirty-nine republicans and thirty-six members of the Right, and of thoso whoso term Is nine years thirty-three aro republicans and loriy-onc members of iho Right, among the latter tho Due de Brogllo and the Ronapartlsts being Included. SPAIN. ENGLISH REPARATION TO THE NATIONAL FLAG? THE JAPANESE MINISTER. Maorio, March 36, 1876. The Gibraltar anthoritles havo released the guarda costas recently captured by an English merchantman, j AS ASIATIC KMKASST IX TUB CAPITA*. The Japanese Minister and his secretary have arrived j j here. , | THE ADDRESS TO THE CROWN VOTED IN THE 1 SENATE. Madrid, March 30?Evening. innncnmo nns pnwscu me nunrcw in repiy 10 in? royal speech by a vote of 124 lo 4. ITALY. Ron a, March *W, The government will submit measures relative to the conilDunnco of tho works for the improvement of ! tho Tiber. GERMANY. , the dtnamitk disaster revelations? : "thomah" is alexander keith, jr. ?per- ! bonai, nisTOBT or Tnr. fiendish plottkr. London, March 90. ISTrt. The second official report Is published at firemen today of the results of tho Investigation Into the dynamite explosion at Rrcmerhavon some months apo. Tho synopsis telegraphed hero fully confirms, in out! line, tho name, antecedents and connections of tho ! villain "Thomas" published some tunc apo In tho ' American papers to tho following affect:? i his tin At. same?ntnsonat. nisTonr to thk rrmop or tiik plot. That his real name was Alexander Keith, Jr.; that be was born In Halifax, X. M.; that he was a stanch i friend of the South during the civil war; that ho harbored and aided blockade runners and hocatne olio himself, and that he absconded from Halifax In iv>t ; with f 150,000 or }200,000, Intrnsted to hint by Confedcrntoa to buy provtslona lor tho Southern army. The report statea that the amount embezzled was equal < $.".2,000 Insurance on the steamer Caledonia, which was ' lost at sea. ix xxw tork. Keith subsequently lived In New York a* Alexander King Thompson, bat bin connections there arc unknown. *rnsKqrt.-\ti.t. In IMS he appeared at Highland, In possession o' |SO,fiOO. He inarrle>l there Miss Cecily Parts. A ConfeJ^tn Colonel, named Smoot, whom he had defrauded, ".ad him nrrested and taken to 81. Louis, here the matter wns eompromi-ed, ho fearing other prosecutions. In 19116 he came to Europe with his wife. so accoxri.trrs is okrmasy. .No accessories to llio llreniertiaven crime hare been discovered. Tne model submitted by Herr Fnrh is tho original work made to order for Keith by tho workman lt-nn. riiR isqriRV is kxolasd. The report eoncludes by stating that the Inquiries in England are not yet definitely concluded. A LEGISLATIVE BLOW AOAINBT Tit It IMPERIALIST RAILWAYS Prill MK. Sti*ttoart, March 20, IS TO. The Wurtomherg Chamber of (icpniic* has nnanlmoufly a?loptei| a motion declaring against the fchcino lor the imperial in iiiagcnt nt ol the railway*. BISMARCK IXBCLTKD III A Lt.OISI.ATJR?THE PARLIAMEXTIST BEST TO PRIBOX. l.o*i?os, March 31, 10TO ' A Berlin despatch lo the time* report* that llerr Vablteich, a Socialist member ol the Rclebstsg, baa J a?<r' / \ FHID'AY, OKK HBKa^. ?i.'l{IDAY, been tried and convicted at Alton* of instilling Prlnco Bismarck. lie was sentenced to two months' Imprisonment FKKXCH COMMI'XISTS BAMSIISD FROM THE TBBR1TOBT. Seven Communist refugees have been ordered by the German authorities to quit Alsaeo Lorralue. BAGDAD. THE ANCIENT CITT VISITED BT THE PLAGUE. : I,o*noK, March 30, 1870. The Levant Herald, published at Constantinople, 1 announces that the plague had reached Bagdad, where there are ten cases daily. The Egyptian sanitary authorities quarantine ar- j rivals from the Persian Gulf lor fltieen (lays. BRAZIL MARKET. Rio Jirmo, March 30, 1878. Co (Ten qnotatlons unchanged. Stock reduced and j holders firm. MEXICO. . i I AMERICAN FRONTIER CAUTION AGAINST INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS?THE REVOLUTION IN ACTIVE MOTION. Gai.vestos, March 30, 1870. A special despatch to the A'nrx, from Brownsville, Texas, to-day, says that Captain Mc.Neely has tnarched his company to tho neighborhood of Santa MaVla. It is rrjn?riru ilii 110 nan iniormaiinn 01 tmaii paniM of raiders being in that neighborhood, and that bo intends to drive thorn into Mexico. IMMIGRANTS. Prominent Moxioans nro still crossing to this side of the river. It is reported that steam launches wero running np ; and down the river last night. If so, they wcro no doubt intending to prevent violations of tlio neutrality laws. TI1K REVOLUTION. Yesterday the revolutionists were moving. The government troops expected an attack last night. The report that General I'ena bad abandoned the i revolutionary causo Is mid to have originated lrom his temporary absence on account of bad health. dim utmost s. I.ast night the men on guard on tho Casa Morta In j Matanzas deserted and joined Diaz. FIGHTING MAT BE GOINO ON?AMERICANS AR- ! BESTED ?EXCITING RUMORS CONVEYED ! ACROSS THE RIO ORANDE. Galveston, March RO?Evening. A Brownsville spocial to tho Galveston Aew* says | that lighting is anticipated to-night. This evening Generals l.abnra and Toledo wcro on this side, looking for houses for their families AMERICANS ARRESTED. A nnn.n.l Vn.l.nn u.na u-l.lt*. o,,.l- I In bed and carried to tho calaboose. Nesmlth, his I partner, persuaded them to lot lilm take Noilscn's place, and lie Is in prison Krllcino San Roman and otbor American citizens aro in prison. The arrests were made because tho parties refused to par tho forced loan. It. Yturria Is in prison and F. Yturria Is dotained In Matamoros. SO COMMt'SICATTOS WITTt MATAMOROS. No communication is permitted to-night between hero and Matamoros. All sorts of rumors aro afloat. ANOTHER SNAP OF THE DIRECT CABLE. THE CADI.E BROKEN AGAIN DURINO THE STORM [ OF MONDAY?WHAT MANAGER LORD SAYS. Bostox, Mass., March .10, 1878. A Portsmouth, N. H., despatch says another break ! has occurred in the direct cable, this time located be- j tween forty and sixty miles off tho Rye Beach Station. 1 The break occurred during the gale of Monday, and is supposed to havo been maliciously done, as the rable was in complete working order up to the Instant of ; snapping. WHAT IS SAin AT TMR NKW YORK OFFICK. Mr. Lord, the executive officer of tho company In ; this city, says thnt he cannot account lor or explain it. ! He does not like to suspect any one, lor until tho J broken end is found tliccauso will not he known. Tho first thrco broakages were cut by axes. Tho bronk will bo repaired id three or four days, ami in tho meactlmo the transmitting of cablegrams will not bo Interrupted, as the break docs not extend through the whole cable. CALIFORNIA AND THE CHINESE. "TTIE HEATHEN CHINEE" NOT WANTED?CHINA INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ITS POPULATION AT HOME. Pa* Ekancirco, March .10, 1873. In view of the prosent nntl-Chtneso tnovemont here, i the managers of the Chinese com panics yesterday sent a cable despatch to Hong Kong, as follows:? "I^ivrs have been passed and measures are being i taken to discourage Chineso emigration. Inform Hin Chinese that they must n?l como; there will bo danger to llfo and property If they come. Plenso advertise ( this." Signed by the six great companies representing tho Chinese Merchants' Exchange. A mass meeting to consider tho Chinese question is ; to be held next Wednesday night. Governor Irwin : will presldo. Similar meetlugs will be held in other places. The British Steamer Lotus, which arrived here to- I day from Hong Kong, brought 800 Chinamen. QOVBlUrOB STOKE. GREAT RF.TOICINO IN MISSISSIPPI AT TIIE IN- | ArOCBATION OF COI.ONF.I. STONE, THE NEW GOV F. RS OIL CortiXTit, Miss., March 30, 1876. Much rejoicing and Intense excitement prevail hero to night In consequonco of the inauguration of Colouel , J. M. Stotio ns Governor of the State, vice Ames, re- j signed. Colonel Stone Is one' of the most prominent business men of this place and a lender in his party tn this State. Siring ot guns, display of fireworks and j music by the bands is the form taken to express tho rejoicing of liia friends hero. MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATION. lion-row, March 30, 1870. | Tho Savings Hants Dill was passed to a tntrd rending in the House to day. There was a lengthy debate over the clause limiting the Interest on deposits to flvo per | cent per annum. The House also passed a hill, to be engrossed by the Senate, making the statute now applying to femulo night walkers also applv to nten. THE CHICAGO WHISKEY TRIALS. Chicago, III., March 30, lSTtl The Jury In the Poltlman and Rush case retired to make tip their verdict at two o'clock today and have not yet reported. They are locked tip lor the night, I and nothing is known positively as to how they stand; | hut it is lieiteved they aro eight lor acquittal and four for conviction. A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. A TOrXO LADY AND A BIX-YEAB-OLD BOX INSTANTLY KILLED BY THE ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF A OtTN. Ci.itrEt.Axn, Ohio, March 30, 1S78. Tne Ltnder'i Moadvllle, Pa, special says a lerrlble accident occurred at Sugar Lake, nemr Moadvllle, lb la afternoon. A man named H. Kerry had a double, barrel ahoigun, loaded with bird shot, with him, rid. Ina on a horse, and while dismounting the gun was ae- I < xl'-ntally di?eh?rged, tho charge striking a voting ladr named Wenlworth in the heart,'and nor cousin, a I'liir boy, hjoiI year*. who worn looking out ol a window. Iloih ol them wore instantly killoil. A BURGLAR SENTENCED. Al.naxT, March 30, 1876. Welch, the Ulica burglar, w.i* found guilty to night of the Moon burglary In thin city and sentenced Ay Judgo Weatbrook to live year* in the Albany Pcnlten tlary. RACING IN SAN FRANCISCO. fax Knaxctsco, March 30. 1*76. A telle an I a half da?h lor a puree of f l.onij, run at the II ty iMairict trnek toolay hetween Chanco and Kane Pease, wa* won by iho lornicr lit THE FIIILADEL1TIIA REGATTA. Haurax, N. A, March 30, 1876. The Ilalifhx crew to compete at tna Philadelphia re^ 1 gatta go into training next week. They Intend com- i petiug in the lour-oared, double and single ecull races, j I MARCH 31. 1876.?TRIPLE POSTAL FRAUDS. COST 09 OBTAINING CONTBACTB ? "ZXPINSES'' IN WASHINGTON. Wasiiisoto*. March 30, 1878. The Ilouse Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads to-day examined francls C. Taylor, of Texas, for ARIA lima a A.etna. of ik. lata V T> <nu.,.ae In A num. I '?? >? jranuci vo iuc la.c r. ?. 1 " " her of Texas mall contracts. He testified that in j August, 1874, be came on to Washington from Texus to ascertain why Sawyer had < allowed $40,000 or f50,000 of bis drnlts within J a year to go to protest; Sawyer excused himself lor being short of money by saving that ho was blackmailed. Witness, in the course of tins conversation, referred incidentally to an item of $20,000 charged in thoir partnership account as having been paid by Sawyer, in the year 1872, for "cxpensos," and, being rather out of teni|M*r, the witness remarked, sneerIngly, "Well, I suppose tin Postmaster General got that?" Sawyer replied, "No; Itouth got It." J. I* Itouth wng at I hat time Second assistant Postmaster General. Sawvcr did not say he paid It to flout!) In person, nor did ho soy ho had given it to some one whom ho expected to convey it to Itouth. Sawyer added very emphatically that Postmaster General Crcswoll had never received a cent from him or any ono else, so far as he knew. Witness said that on another account with some other partners Sawyer hod claimed to have . paid out In Washington city, between July, 1872, and the spring of 1875, about $73,000 for "expenses," and witness hud seen nn account presented by Sawyer for a settlement with tho executor of \ B. F. Ficklen, ol Virginia, and wiih othor parties, ! Interested In ,i certain Ini of mail contracts In which ho (Sawyer) had charged to "expense ncconnt" about $200,000 for money alleged to have been paid out by bun Iii Washington during a period of ihreo and a half year*, between 1807 and 1871. Witness bad only annothirty-second interest in tho combination with Sawyer and knew nothing about these alleged payments of his own knowledge. He (witness) had never authorized, and was not nwaro of, any expenditure of money except lor legltunato business purposes. Sawyer controlled and managed everything, but was not a methodical business man. If he (Sawder) kepi any hooks witness had never seen them. Ho understood anil believed tint considerable sum* of money had been paid by Sawyer to buy off lower bidders and also for attorneys'lees; ono attorney received regularly from Sawyer $.">,000 or $ti,0()<) per year. On lurther examination witness testified that lie bad no knowledge whether Sawyer paid out any of the money thus charged to the expense account or whether lie used It lor Ins own privutn purpose: never saw any receipts for these alleged payments nor hoard anyone acknowledge receiving any portion of the money; did not know wbejiier ho was engaged I In any private speculations; ho was Interested in ono i or two little pntenis, and had invested about $40,000 j in some other things, which had not turned out well: j witness had only Sawyer's word for the correctness of I the items thus charged to tho expense account without I vouchers. Tho witness will bo lurther examined after Mr. Sawyer's books and papers are sent for and some of tho other parties in interest shall have given their testimony. ATLANTIC. MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO llAILROAD. Riciimoxd, Vs., March 30, 1876. Tho trustees of tno Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, under a $l.r>,000,000 mortgage, to-day filed an application in tlio Untied Statoa Circuit Court, asking, on Ix-hall of tho foreign bondholders, the appointment of Mr. Charles l'erktns, of Now York, and Mr Thomas S. Uncock, ot Virginia, to act Jointly as receivers. The .Supreme Court of Appeals lo-dav decided that nil of the Chesapeake and Ohio Knllroad between Richmond and Covington was liable to State taxation. THE PREMIUM BONDS OP NEW ORLEANS. Nkw Ori.kaxs, March 30, 1870. Jndgo Woods, of tho Circuit Court, to-day rendered a decision in tho case of Morris Ranger vs. Tho City of New Orleans in favor of tho city and declined to interfere with the premium bond plan by enjoining the city from paying Hp debt as it rbnopea. The btulo funding Board to-day and yesterday funded nearly ft,5t10,000 ol Slate debt, including a number of the $1,000,000 Issue of I.evee bonds of recently declared valid by tho Supremo Court. Nearly all ihe valid and unquestioned Stalo debt has now been converted Into the now consols. A CALIFORNIA FAILURE. Sas Fraxcisco, March 30, 1878. Messrs. Child k Msguire, prominent stockbrokers, suspended payment to day. THE BAR RE BANK ROBBERY. > Momti'Klikb, Yt., March 30, 1878 Altera trial of two days, (Jeorgo Mtles, tho Barro Bank robber, was this morning found guilty and will bo sentenced to-morrow. ARREST OF A FORGER. Norwich, Conn., March 30, 1878 r-t..l-.illor ?r iSii I-IIF 1'rnlili.nl nfllin I'hin. 1 in Paper Company, who forged notes to the amount of over $30,000, negotiated them nnd absconded j nil recently arretted In Philadelphia, and brought to Norwich to night. BANK DEFAULTER ARRESTED. St. I/>ns, Mo., March 30. 1870. Rudolph A. Dyer, who absconded about a month I ago with between $30.000and $60,000 ot the funds of I the farmers and Traders'Hank of this city, of which 1 Institution he was cashier, was arrested in Austin, Texas, yesterday, and is now on his way hero In | charge of a deputy sheriff. DEATH IN A SNOW STORM. A MOTHEB AND TWO LITTLE CHILDREN AP.E LOST IN A SNOW STORM?THET ARK FROZEN TO DEATH WITniN TWENTY RODS OF HOME. St. Roitis, Mo., March 30, 1876. Special despatches from Kansas City stale that dur- I tng the snow storm last Monday night Mrs. (Jeorgo l llolton and two little children, living near Wameqa, j Kansas, on the lino of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, ! started lo go to a neighbor's house, only [ a quitrier ol a mile distant. Darkness coming J on and the storm beating them so furiously j they became bewildered and wandered about the prairie until exhausted. They were lound yesterday I Iroxen to death, not twenty rods from iho house they were tn search el. The mother had taken off nearly nil i her clothes to protect her children, and was herself in ; au almost naked condition. MIDNIGHT AVEATHJSB Kfci'OKT. | W AB DKFAaTHBST, 1 Ornrs of tiif. Cuirr Sihvai. omrx*, [ Wasiiijfttros, March 30?1 A. M. ) J*rnh<lbilitir?. For Now England and the Middle States, cold north- j erly to wosterly wlods nnd partly cloudy wenther, rls- j Ing barometer and light snow in tho northern portion j of the flrst named district. For the South Atlantic States, clear or fair and warmer weather during the day, with southeast to southwest winds, followed daring tho night by falling barometer , and cloudy woathcr. For the Oulf States, Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, ! clear or partly cloudy and warmer weather, with east- | erly to southerly winds and falling barometer, probably (allowed by threatening weather and rain in the southwest. For the lower lake region, partly cloudy weather nnd northerly to westerly winds, rising barometer and slight changes In temperature. For the upper Inko region, closr or fair, slightly ] rolder weather, wilh norihwest to northeast winds snd rising barometer. I For the Upper Mississippi and Cower Missouri vsl- j Ifyn, partly cloudy and slightly rooter weather, northcost to northwest winds, Tallin* barometer In the southern portion, followed by rain or snow in tbo Central and lipper Missouri valley. The MiKSiasippi River will riao slowly at stations below Cairo. It Is above danger line at stations between 1 Cairo and Vlrksburg. The display of cautionary signals will be resumed at the lake stations April 1. THE WEATHER TEBTETtDAT. The following record will show ihe changes In the temperature for the past twenty four hours, in comparison with ihe corresponding dale of last year, as lodi I raicd by the thermometer at Hudnut's Pharmacy, j Hkkai.0 Ruildinu 11T5. 13TB. 1S7.V |g;i|. 3 A. M 34 33 3:30 P. M .... 00 40 ' OA. M 33 34 BP. M 30 3U I ' A ?l 41 3d 0 P. M 4b M 12 M * 50 3d 12 P. M 45 33 I Average temperature yesterday 80 Average temperatnro lor corresponding dato laat *?X 1 1 SHEET. THE EXHIBITION. DECISION or THE COMMITTEE OF THE CENTEN- j NIAL BOARD AS TO THE ENTRANCES AND | EXITS TO THE F.XHIIIITION OROPNPS. Philadelphia, Mnrrh 30, 1870. The Committee of the Centennial Board ol Klnanre, after a careful examination of tne grounds, have decided upon Ihlrteon places of entrance and exit to the Exhibition, selecting these by reason of j their proximity to ntmn roads and to the points nearest to which tho railroad linos, the passenger cars and tho steamboats wnl set dowti their passougcrs. Tho entrances will nearly all have ' four gates?one for risltors proper to the Exhibition? ; that is, those who pay to go in; another for persons bearing complimentary tickets; a third for ex- 1 hlbttors, representatives of the press and em- i nlnvtf In feel In. .11 n nl liiilrin r t n a In the two classes Just named, mid nnothcr for wagons. At these points of entrance, so called, will also be placed tho exits. Based unon a rarelul calculation of the truffle over eacli of tho roads surround- ! Ing the Exhibition grounds and leading to the entrance j points selected have been placed from one to thirtythree gates or turnstiles. Of these altogether there | will be lOi Tho exits In their vicinity will be forty- j two. Tho designs of all tho entrances will bo very j neat and tasteful. ? ' ACTION or THR MERCHANTS. rnii.At>Ki.pnt a, March 30, 1R76. j A meeting of the merchants of this city was ' held this evening to consider the question of how 1 the Contcnuinl Exhibition can be made most usoful as a means of developing the caminerciul aud trade In- ; tercels of Philadelphia. After a lengthy discussion ol tho subject au executive committee was appointed I with instruction* to devise and report a plan of or- ! gaut/.atinn and operations nl a meeting to ! bo held this night week. Tho general Idea I expressed was in favor of the establishment ! of n Spanish exchange In this city, tho object being to ! secure the trade of Spanish speaking countries, it is proposed to have tho Monro ol Trade rooms open daily ! and one night lu the week with committees In attend- j nuce, who, aided by Interpreters, can set forth tho 1 views of the merchants and converse Ireely Willi vlsi- j tors. Resolutions were ndopted strongly protesting against ! tho passage of the Slay law, now pending in ilio J.cgis- j lature. GERMANS AND THE CENTENNIAL. IIai.timokk, March 30, 1876. A meeting of delegates representing over sixty Herman associations was held to night at Mechanics' Hall, j when it was determined to hold a Grand Herman Con- j tennial Jubilee In this city on the 6ih and 7th of June, consisting ot concerts at the Academy of Music, a grand procession aud Jrtt champrtre, wttii otner festivities. NOVA SCOTIA AND THE UNITED STATES. IlAitrAx, March 30, 1876. ino rrovinciai Asscmnijr to-aay Ocnaiod a resolution Introduced by the Provincial Secretary that u petition ! be presented lo the Governor General requesting that ' he represent to the Queen tho deep Importance of obtaining by treaty or otherwise the admission ol coat raised in Nova Scotia and other products into tho United States frco of duty. The resolution passed unanimously, . PILOTAGE LAWS. St. John, N. B., March 30, 1876. The Board of Trndo linvo decided adversely to tho adoption by tho Province of tbo Knglish Pilotage law, which oxompts vessels In chnrgo of pilots from liability lor tho payment of damages lo other vessels with which they come lu collision. RAILROAD PRAIIUE FIRES. Omaiia, Nob., March 30, 1870. In the suit brought against tho Burlington and Missouri Uivor Railroad. In Nebraska, tho Ptalo Supreme Court docidod to-day that the railroad company Is liable for?damagvs irom pralrio llroa caused by sparks trom their engines. A large number of suits which have been withheld, awaiting this decision, will now ho pushed. A SWINDLER SENTENCED. Bostox, March 30, 1876. Abraham Jackson, tho lawyer and forger and swindler, was to day sentenced to ten years In the tstato Prison. OBITUARY. LOCIS 7AVIP.lt XT MA. A cable despatch, dated Paris yesterday, announces the death of M. Joins Zavier Kynia. IIo was born In KL Pierre Marttninuo about 1S1.V He made his ilelmt on a journalist on tlin Parisian press l>jr the publication i ol feulllctons and other miscellaneous stories. His j Inter productions were devoted to the consideration of i industrial questions. He altcrwnrd became editor of j the Journal il'i Actionn<iirr*. Ol the works ol which j lie wag the author the following may bo named:?"Tho j Medallion," "Emmanuel," "Lo Masque Hlitne," "L> | Grand Cordon el In Corde." ' An Introduetion to General Politics," "The Women of the Now World and tho Two Americas," -'Tho Kod rjkins," '-Tho Black j Skins," and many others which attracted some attention and gained for him considerable literary renown. C.ROROK WRIGHT. A telegram from Kortross Monroe, under date of the j SDth Inst.. reports as follows:?"Mr. George Wright, J formerly ol Washington, Superintendent of the Ord I nance Department at this post, died last evening from \ paralysis. His rcmaius will ho taken to Washington to morrow night for interment. ' ACCIDENT AT THE HIPPODROME. Ann McKcnzio, n servant girl, aged twenty-one years, I residing at No. 20 West Twenty.sixth street, was | lightly Injured about tho body by being crashed in tho crowd entering tho Madison nventto entrance to the Hippodrome last evening. She was inkru homo by her friends. END OP A BABYLON SCANDAL. Last August Chauocoy Brewster, ? colored man eloped from Ilahylon, L. I., with a y^oung while lady named Belcher, the adopted daughter of Mme. Belcher, a wealthy widow lidv of that place. They wore lound ; two days after in tho hut of a negro fisherman at Amityvillc. Brewster was committed to jail on a | charge ot annuel ion, ami in? t.raini Jury indicted him for seduction under promise of marringo. He offered, i through hi* counsel, to marry the girl, but her iriemla retimed to allow It. The cnao has heen going Iroin 1 court to court ever since, till Anally It has come touu I end by District Attorney Wickhafii entering a no/1* < praiequi. Mine. Ilclcher had made a *111 tie<|uenihlug all her property lo the girl, but since her elopement, it taeald, she has torn it up, and thu girl has disappeared. ! AN OWNER WANTED. Thore are flfty yards of bl ick thread lace, rained at f .SO. swilling an owner at the Ninth precinct station house. The laco was found on the person of Annie , Winters, who was srrested yesterday (or stealing tiro bonnets, valued at J50, from Mr ilothchtlda, No. M West Fourteenth street, and was committed by Justlco Kllbretll In $3,400 bail. AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN. A woman, (firing her name as Rlry Wilbur, applied for and received lodgings last night in the Ninth pre. einet station house. After a short time she was taken with labor pnltis and was htwriedly sent In an amhu. lance to the New York Hospital, Mte has Just come from Providence, U. L, whero her huslmnd died on j Thanksgiving Dav. SCALDED. Tnttrda? morning Sarah Smith, aged twenty rears, ' fell into a mi of Imtltng water, At ihe corner of Forty, third street and Third nvcnno, And *vas badly scalded About tint lltnlM And body, ."ho war transferred to Bollovuo Hospital, tflioro aho lioa in a very precarious condition. JERSEY CHARTER ELECTION'S. The democratic primaries wore hold tbroagbonl Jersoy City and other sections of Hudson county on Wednesday night. There was groat di?order In the Second and Fourth district*. In tho lalior an naanult wraa inade on the ballot box. and in Ihe Inrtn^ bunches of ticket* were *lulVed into llie tmxc* wbile proie?l* , were dlsregardou. Jerome A. lt*?tion was arreted, ami warrant* were laeuod lor ihe arreat ol several others. tioiiniftrv nt'Uiu'UtTtt I I' / I IVrt JJ*1* ? ? ? The democratlo city nn<l dlatrlrt convention* of , Hoboken, held last evening, nominated (be following ticket:?For Mayor, Joaoph It user II; city Clerk, John MeChargy; City Trr**nrer, John Camcna; Atcaaor, a. John IhMilrjr; Water Commiaetoner, William J. Wingcs; Freeholder*. Jamoa Currau aod lUmon Cook. r WIFE MURDER. a rnrtal dusiund cutb his wife's ahouldbh WITH a hatchet axd throws HER ihto a i)IEP coai. mx. At half pa-t ten o'clock Inst night two little clrli r.imo into tho Fifth nrccmct etntion hon?o Wjllliitu* burg, and said that their lather, William (iriflln, hut killed their mother by striking her on tho head with i hairhel at their residence on North Tenth street, bo Iweon First street and the Fast River. Captain Woglom with Detective* Short and Holland and Officer (linen started Immediately lor the house naiiiO'l. tin reach ingGrlttln's apartments they found tho do>r holtct and no answer was made to the demand (or admission. A movement being beard within Officer Hollam said, "Come, (Jrlffin, If you don't open thi door we'll force it In." Ho repliod, "I suppose you have authority, then?" at tho same tltna pulling bark the bolt. When tltey entered Captain Woglom said to him, "GrtlEn, wbero Is your wifof" "I ilon't know, and I don't care. "She's gone nut ol here. The Captain then Instructed Officer (lines to take Griffin to tho station hotiso and commoncod to scareh lor tho missing woman. They went al' through tho premises, und, finding no traco of her, went out on the "run" or coal track of tho Philadelphia und Reading Railroad Company, and after going about threo hundred feet from tho house heard a mean Inc in tho bottom ol tboroal Inns below. Retracing tbcir steps they wont round to tho office of tho company, on North Ninth street, wero admitted by tho watchman, und, proceeding to search tho bins, lottnd tho woman, Jane Griffin, moaning, under tho "run." sho lud fallen tbtrty -five leet. They carried her Into tho office ol tho struck her on tho shoulder with a hatchet and then, dragging heroin ot the house, had kicked her oil' tho run. Or. Wilson, the umbiilunre surgeon, pronounced her Injuries so serious that ho tlltl nothing lor her there, but started with her at oueo to goto iho hospttnl, aud feared she would not re o h ii nhve. The children, whose ages vary Irom seven to twclrs years, lied Irom the house as soon as the tracas i:ontntenced, and could not he round hy the police. (irifllu look ihe matter very coolly, and said SIIK WAS A lllll Nh K.N WO HAM aud deserved what she got. tirilhn lias been employed hy tho Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company lor about two year* as a coal heaver, and hears a I ad reputation lor iil-lroatiUil his lainily and continual intemperance lie. id company with other employe's ot the railroad, occupy apartments in buildings owned hy tho company, and communicating with the coal yard. lu the nillce, he lore being brought to tho hospital, the unfortunate woman only remained conscious long enough 10 make the short statement given ulmre, and, as the children could not he tound, it was Impossible to ascertain unv further particulars of I'- (juurrol which resulted in Iho murderous acssn','. At a lale hour last night there was llltlo hope of the woman's recovery. UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK. The Academy of Muilo was filled last night hy rel. ativcs and Irlends of tho students of tho University of the city of New York, tho occasion being tho junior exhibition, class of '77. The stage wax or,, cupied by Chancellor Howard Crosby, I). 1)., and tho faculty of tlio University, Rrotessor Henry N. Day and Professor Gcurgo Clarke, among them, hnv lit* l.nnn In nnmn * Ii o . I n.Wtiil In nw.,in II,. Webster I'rizos. Alter ''l,i Sirerln" nnd "Qlrofltf-Glrofla" had bees rendered, prayer was otlcrcd by tho Chancellor nnd then the orations woro called lor in I tic following order:?* OKATiOMfiL "Francis lion It/' William Livingston Clark, I'atersan, N. J.; "The I,nlo Rebellion,'' Wilson Mnnn Dnrack, Hrooklyn, I,. I.; "William Hie Silent," Francis Andrew l,ee, New Vork; "Coiiqiio-t and Discovery," Charles Fcliner Cooper, Turners, N. Y.; "The Fall of I'oland." Hugh Hournouvlllu Macatilay, New York; "Cbarlefl Sumner," W. II. Nelson; "Tho Cardinal Kins," Richard Merrick Martin, Brooklyn, I. I. ; "Koine's Champion of Freedom," Kmil Joseph Meyer; "The Storm-Tossed," Isaac M. 11 Thompson, Brooklyn, I. I.; "The Sceptic ot France," Kdw.ird K. Hoyl, New York; "The 1'ower of Sons." J. II. Darlington, Newark, N. J.; "William Wallace," Joha Manning McCandlc**, Camden S. C. It una Noticeable that the ii'atlou on Charles Sumner received the most hearty volume of applause when the orator declared that no Credit Molnlier, trading post interest nor whiskey rlncs hnd ever swerved Sumner trom tho right. When tho orations had been concluded tho judges reported, through tho Chancellor, thai Messrs. Durack, Darlington, Mncauley and McCnndless were worthy of sr,octal mention, and Hint Richard Merrick Mnrlin was entitled to the prizo of Maraitlcy's "History of Kneland. " HOTEL ARRIVALS. The Councillor A. P. do Carvalho Borges, Brazilian Minister at Washington, arrtrod In tho city yesterday nt the St. James Hotel. Tho object ol his visit is the selection of a suitable residence for tho coming Km* peror, Bom Pedro. Congressmen Georgo F. Hoar, o| Massachusetts, and William 11. llarnutn, of Connect), cut. arrived from Washington yesterday at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. Professors Kzra Abbot, of Cambrlge, Muss., and (ieorgo K. Day, ol New Haven, uro at the Kvcrott House. Congressman Clinton t>. MncDougall, of Auburn, N. Y., Is at tho Windsor Hotel. Rev. John F. W. Wure, of Boston, if staying at the St. Dents Hotel. George Jerome, Col> lector or tnc port or Detroit, is at mo St. Nicholas Ho. tol. Mayor Philip llecker, of Duflalo, has arrived af the Metropolitan Hotel. I'rofrsror M. R Kiddle, at Hartford, Is at the (irnnd Hole!. Dr. Charles F. Mao donald. Superintendent of iho Money order Bureau ot the Post OlUco Department, Is at the Kverett House. THE FI.KSII SI'EKDII.Y REUNITES WHEN OB. atinate anrea are cleanmd with Ol.KSM'a SCLPMtDt boar. ''Hill's Ham *sn Wiiiaiun Dm. black or brown, 90s. A.?B EN N KTT III' 11.1 > I NO. KIRK PROOF. LOCATED ON XASS.Vl', ANN VXD KIILTOX HTH HANDSOMELY VXD WELL HEATED OFFICES TO LET OX VERY REASONABLE TERMS. SI'(TABLE Hill LAWYERS. BANKERS AND INSURANCE OFFICES. APPLY OS THE PREMISES A FEW WORDS TO FEEBLE AND DELICATE. WOMEN. By K V. PIERCK, M. I).. or the World's DIapenaary, Buffalo, N. Y . author or "Tl.o People's Common Sonaa Medical Advlaer." Ac.. Ac. Knowing tliat von are auhjert to a great amount of ?adoring, that delicacy on your part lia. a *trung tendency IS prolong it, and t'ie longer if la neglected the more yon hack to endure and tnc more dlflleiilt of euro tour caao becomea 1. aa a pliyairian, who am dally mn?nltod be aeorea of yoni ??x. deair.' toaae 10 yon thiiv I am con*t intiy meeting witk tlioaa who have Ireen treated for thair ailment* for montlll without being benefit'd in Ibo least until tho.v have bo. come pertectiv dlmonraged and have almo.l made up theli mmd* never to take Himther doae of mo Heine or ho tor. t ired hv any further iroatmeni. They had rather die ami have their aatfarlnga ended I ban in live and en Iter aa thejr have. They ?ay they are w >rn out by Buffering. and nra only made worm liv treatment. Ill anything more dineoiiraging we certainly cannot <o;ieelve. end were tliera no more atirre??!ul mode of treating audi diltlrultiea than thai, the principle* nf which teach iho reducing and de. pleilng ol the vital force* nt the *7*10111 when tnc Indiralion* dietate a treatment directly the revorse of the mm adopted lor tbom, their earn would ha deplorable Indeed. But. lady aufTerera. thero la a better end far mnr.i aiioee**. fill plan ol trealnient loryon-o ic innfe in harmony with the lawa and reqiilrcmnita ol your avatein. A har-di. Irrlraiing eau.tlc trealnient and atrmig modiJlnea will never cure yon If you would u?e rational nieana, audi aa cniumon aenae' ahauld dictate to every Intelligent lady, lake ancR m?dlflne? aa embody the vorv beat Invigorating tone * ami I.... - ml. I *111. ..... I ll P.I.I.IIO ...... U..II. cate ?Titcm. Such ii happy combination you will And in my Ktvorlte Prescription. which ha* received the highest prNlie from thousand* of your sex. Those languid, tiresome *et?*etion*. causing yon to feel ursrciili ahlfc to he on voii* fret or ascend a flight ot stair* . that rout muni sapping from yo^r ?vstem ell your former elnstiA driving tne bloom from your cheek*; that continual upon your vital forces that renders you irritable and frt fill?mar nil he overcome end subdued by a per*evering its# of that niarvellou* remedy. Irregularities and obstruction! to the \<rper working M V#?r mtem i%rr relieved hr thlf mild and safe menu*, while periodical pain*. the existent of which I* a mi re indication of *erlou* disease that should not he neglected, readily yield to It, and if its use l?e kepi up for a reasonable length of time, the soerial rouse <? time* pilni it pevmeiieetty remeved Pert bee llgflit the?e subjects ma\ he ootained Irom "The People's i'oti. moti Hrn*f Mediral Adviser." In which I have devoted a large spare to the consideration nr all forms of disease* pe. ruliar t? yjursex This work will be sent ip??t paidi tv any address on receipt of $1 -VI. My Favorite Prescription It sold by druggist*. A KKGlil.All ?? IIA r, f I <>, Sll.it"" HATS, $) 4\ worth f*l I.") S?w t'hnreh ?t . np A SKW INVENTION" WHICH liol,PS Rt'PTfRI nlcht Mid day till cnrrd.?The detrain ffiLK Kf.AMir Tai ?\ e?l<l only br V.I.A*TI< IK' I O Ml'\ N Y\ iWI llrnedwayt A greenback "party will .shock repubu ran Ami democratic pUllti.wi Into frAKIDiMiu Pal* I'iiot will be needed A. PHYSICIANS KNOW" THAT IRON IS A RBm arkat)l? medicine. The I'mrrttj M?"r I* a pn-parntlun royal Havana lottery. Xe*t Urawtns take* piece on April 4. Prim* c?olieil. nrtler? filled, liiMrmatlon tnrnlohed en ?onliratmn. IMtfheel raiek paid for ffpamoh llenk Hill*. On*, ernnient*, Ac., Ac. TAYU'lt A Co., Hanker*. II Wall oi.. New York. Boy 4.4 IS Po?t office. 4MIBA WATER A Pi'A HAT IS KOll MARINO ALL Aerated Hevrrafe*. JOHN Jl ATTIIKWS. lal a?. M l Jdth *., Sew York. WIttS, TUUPKR9, Ati--<?. owning, TRAO Ileal WUfmaker, 44 Ka?t l.'lli at.. near llmadway. IIKH PtHI.ICATIOAN. nRIUIIT'd IU4K4SK IM V HI. T KM, l?KOI*SY. CAlarrli, tlrnrel, talrttlaa, limit, Khentnaii?rn, 0v?p4p?lit, <>l the Heart. HUnxl. Liver, Kldnrva. HUddrr. I'rna. tete Olatid, Prrinalnre Itehllltt end throne III ?ea? t hitherto nn arable Pamphlet?. axpl unins their enr--e?attil treatment Uv A.*> \ III' !., MAPI'. UK (lllll. Heihe>'la Mineral hprinir tV.tter ami Or. A HAWI.KY IIKaTH. nntbor ami nr? prleittr. Ira Itepnt ami reception rmipi, '.fat Hr>>ndway, New York. Ileilie-eit to 'i.'> rente a gallon per barrel. UM.OKO HI T 11 K YKAIl The n ?w monthly magaatne or monthly diary ?l lt? portent teanla and popular current mlacellanf, proea ant ver?e. The ere el eat maaailne agereaa af modern timet Rrnry. h*nlv who aeea It la d-llphted with II. and Ihouianda and Iboutatidt ara belne aohl I'tlee .At) rent* a W. CAULCm* M t:u? I'ahUaberi. Naw York.