1 H H j( nrr A PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 18G6. DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS. 0L. VI.No. 152. liPHo L JxJJ-!.. A THE INDIAN TROUBLES. VOHT PIIILIPKKARXKY MASSACRE. Tho Report Connrmed Coalition, of T1t Indian Tribes Description of the Fort. Port La a mis, December 27. A messenger, in, reports the formation of a grand coalition vf twelre tribes of Indians for common canoe ftgallUBt the whites in the Territories of Dakotah and Montana. The number of warriors Is esti mated at 11,000, but this must be received cum front tali. The massacre did not occur near the old Fort Kearney, bnt In the vicinity of Fort Philip Kear ney, Dakotah Territory. Tbe latter is situated la tbe forks of the two piney creeks in the cen tre of the mountain district of the Military De partment of the Platte, and in the heart of the region-occupied by the hostile tribe?, the Sioux and the Cheycnoes. Its defence consisted of a well-made stockade of timber, pierced with loop-holes for musketry. At two of the corners were blockhouses of timber logs eighteen inches Jndiameter. It Is thought that the po.-t was captured by treachery, as the force there should have been able to stand a siege, and it seems hardly pos sible that it could have been captured by Indian assault. On the other hand, the sa-vuges have so con stantly manifested their hostility that it is 1 1 Hi cult to see how the troops could have been be guiled into any relaxation of vigilance. We hope to have more particulars soon; but there is no reason to doubt the iuH extent of the calamity, as reported yesterday. The Indian Troubles at Fort Philip Kearney Slaughter of United Stall's Troops Eighty-seven Killed. Fort Laramie, December 27. The Iudians are very troublesome, and tbe troops at Fort Philip Kearney have been almost in a state ot siege for weeks past. On tbe 22d a number of Indians came near the post, aud Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Feltman, Captain J. H. Brown, and Lieutenant Gluruniond, all of the 18th Infantry, gathered hastily 3'J men of Cotn- pany C, 2d Cavalry, and 45 men of the 18th In Inntry, and went alter the Indians. The troops were gradually drawn on until at a jioint four miles from the tort, when they were i-urrounded and slaughtered. Not a man escaped to tell the story of disaster. The bodies were stripped of every article ot clothing, scalped and n. nutated. Thirty bodies were found in a space not larger than a good sized room. Nearly all tbe bodies were recovered and buried in the fort. Description of Fort Philip Kearney, the Scene of the Late Mimiacrc. or iht Army and A'avy Journtl, November 24. Tbia new post, in the centre of the Mountain District, Department of the Platte, and also in tuc heart ot tbe cnier nunum: ground ot the hostile Sioux and Cheycnn.es, being also expres hive of the first substantial occupation of the new short route to Montana, deserves notice. Tbe expedition which was sent to establish it left Fort Keai ney May 111, under command of Colonel II. B. Ciirrington, 18th United states Iniantry. tort Keuo was rein forced, additional defenses erected, and two companies were artvuueert to the Big Hoi n river, that post receiving' the mrine of Fort C. F. Smith. Fort Philip Kearney has been erected by Colonel Carriugtou, under hH ner-mnril tilannnio- and (iails sum-rvision. It V - .is iu -the forks ot the Piney Creeks, on a natural plateau oo by 600 feet, w ith a nihuial slope or ulac is on all sides. 1 he stockade is. of pine, hewn to a touching surlaee, pointed, loop-holed, and alter the general plan of Mahau. At two corners are block-bouses of 18-inch pine logs. The parade ground is 400 leet square, aud was surveyed aud laid out beiore the turf was cut by any waaron lrack. Walks 12 feet wide cross the parade, bending around a circle of 15 feet radius, where a flagstaff of 110 leet displays the national colors. A graded street ot 20 teet borders the parade. The additional 200 by COO feet is a Quartermaster's yard, with warehouses and hbops. Kast of the fort, and taking in Littlo Piney, i- a corral for stock, hay, wood, etc., witu pali sade ten feet hijjh, and quarters for teamsters, elizen employes, eto. Twelve double cabin's, a blacksmith and wagon-sbop. and a portion ot ti e stabling for mules have been completed. Two Quartermaster and Commissary build ini, 84 by 25 leet, with ten-loot celling, aud similar buildings, in pomt of size, for lour com panies ot int Hitry, have been completed and occupied. -Guard house and bund quarters, J0 b 2j feet, aie also in use. The hospital, 84 by 25 feef, with high ceiling, Is, before this ready lo cupation. Four hundred and fifty tons of hay have been ciii; two steam saw mills arc m operation; over twelve thousand pine loirs have been cut, hauled and iied, and every part of the work has been done iu the face of Indians, who have repeat edly attacked hay and timber parties, and nave made dashes at tbe pickets within half-a-mile of the post. The work has never stopped, except for tbe Sabbath; and it is not within the power of all the Indians of the Northwest to assail the place. The magazine, on the parade, is 10 by 16 feet, eight feet in the clear, ot fourteen inches thick ness of timber, water-proof, and thoroiurbly ventilated, having double doors aud turf glacis sloping from the eaves. The nan-start is octagoual fur eight feet, of eighteen inches diameter, painted black. The nest twelve leet has sixteen taces dying out to a pel leet round, returning to a square at the rrosstrets. The vates are twelve feet wide, of heavy . plank, with a small wicket in the right valve, rhioueh which one man only can pu-s, stoop ing. All have locks, and the wickets are closed Svt retreat. Coal i found at the east gate of the wall, and pine, hemlock- an 1 spruce aie without limit. We have been tbns particular about this new fort, so rapidly approaching completion, as a prominent army officer, wlio recently made tt an official visit, pronounced the stockade the best he had met, except one built by tbe Hud son Bay Fur Company. The command reached tbe site of the fort July 15, so that all has been done In three months. So constant have been Indian trespasses that the men alternated gurrd duty, and had but every other ni:bt for sleep, this not nnfrequently disturbed by night li rintr upon the picket. The main work of the expedition has been successfully accomplished, and ttie permanent occupation of the route i9 a fixed fact. Sup plies lor a year are io store, and the ground work is assured for a secure aud rapid emigra tion to thia new Territory. The Man Who Wanted President Lin coln Assassinated. During the dosing days of the Rebellion a man named George W. Gayle, a lawyer, in Cahawba, Dallas county, Ala., advertised in a tselma paper that he would make one ot a num ber who would contribute a certain amount of money foi the assassination of President Lincoln. Alfcr thi Confederacy broke down and Northern trooi'B commenced to garrison the towns of tbe Kmtbern Hates, lawyer Gayle was hunted up and was charged with the above offense. His trjul win set down lor to-duy at Montgomery, wleu be will be afforded an opportunity of irtvrf b- loyal intention. DISASTERS. Twenty Uvea Lost by'vie Burnlne of a Mississippi Steamer-Particulars of the Great Fire in Elmlra, Etc. Etc. VicKsntRO, Miss., December 27. The steamer Fashion, a splendid vessel, engaged In the trade between this city and New Orleans, was burucd this evening, about twelve miles above Baton Rouge. Twenty lives were lost, but the names of the sufferers are not ascertained. The cap tain and other officers of the boat were saved. The cargo, consisting of 2000 bales of cotton, is a total loss. Shipwreck off San Francisco. San Francisco, December 27. A messenger arrived to-day reports a large ship, with no sails on her mainmast, in the. at Half Moon Day, about twenty-five miles down the coast, bhe was firing signal stuns all uay yes terday. Two steamtugs have been sent to rescue her. The scene ot the supposed disaster in near where the barque Coya was recently wrecked. Awful Conflagration at Klinlra, New York One-third the Business Section of the Town Destroyed Saloons, Hotels, and Buildings Burnt Loss Half a Million The Insurances, the Scenes, the Incidents, Etc. The city of Elmlra, N. Y., was terribly deso lated by fire on Sunday r orning, the 23 .1 Inst. At 2 o'clock in the mornl I g of that day fljimes were seen issuing from thi 1 cellar of a drug store on the cast side of Lake a j set, between Carroll and Walter streets. The ilarm was ineffective. Many minutes elapsed before the citizens realized the J act that the alarm really meant tire, and in the meantime tbe store underneath which the lire started was enveloped in fianies. The building was of wood. It burnt with fearful rapidity. Not for more than half an hour alter its commencement did tbe engines reach the scene. Soon alter tbey got well to woik, some chemicals and liquors stored in the tlrue shop exploded with tremendous violence, blowing out tue enure iront oi mat, ana adjoin ing btnldings on either side, and rolling billows of 'flame out in the air, the Intense heat of which compelled firemen and citizens to lake new stations larther off. The force ot tbe ex plosion carried tho flames across the street, aud set tire to St. Anthou's Hotel and Turner Hall. Down both sides of Lake street the conflagra tion swept, carrying off bnilding alter building in its fiery path, limit almost 6olely of wood, they were defenceless asainst the flames; besides which the sup ply of wattr proved miserably insufficient, the Water Company's office being itself con sumed, and the key to the main trunk of the principal reservoir being lost in the ruins. The stoppage of ibe flames was finally effected, not by human labor, bbt by the lact that reaching with Concert Hall, a large vacant lot, they could go no timber, ana they were checked from want of ammunition on which to seize. For over six hours the dreadful scourge raged with ungovernable fury. House niter house went down. The whole city was in the sheets, working with the energy that only common calamity can inspire; but their labors were useless, owing to tne d crea tion of the supply of water, and nothing they could do stomied the course of the coutlagra- tiou. Fortunately no lives were Ion during all the drcadtul hours, and considerable movable propeiiv was saved, though more was lost. The buildings destroyed are: The old Post Office building, including four offices, five stores. one niaiket. and ttie dwelling ot kcv. c. T. Kel- lope, rector of Grace Church. The St. Nicholas buildings, including four offices, and three stores; the Bncwiddie building, including one large store and one dwelling; two wooden build' ings and a tin shop; the Cowen building, a large drug and medical establishment; the Pattison building, including three buildings (four stores, two offices, and one Turner's Hall); Dunn's block, lour stores, two offices, three family dwellings; Concert Hall, including one hotel, one large Assembly Hall, one store, and several offices: Mechanics' nail building, comprising three stores and fourouices; Bolt's Place, a large eating saloon; Dundy's block, a tobacco ware bouse; Iiieelow's boot and shoe factory, and ad joining sheds, in all comprising ibe whole of Lake street, between Water and Carroll, with tbe exception ot two small tenements. THE INSURANCES. A total of insurances of $277,500, leaves out of tbe estimated loss of $500,000 a remainder ot $222,010 to be borne by the sufferers. The in surances are distributed as follows among the companies: Albany Citv, $2300: Home. New York, $31,500; Arctic, New Yoik, $14,000; Springfield, $13,000; Northwestern, $11500; North American, New York, $11,800; National, $14,000; Hartford, $13,500; Fulton, $7450; Niagara, $100; Latavette, $ii000; Merchants', $8000: Excelsior, $5000; Greenwich, $2000; Columbia, $10,500; Lenox, $11,000; Commerce, $8000; Western, $2000; Phoenix, $2000; Security, $5300; Phoenix, ot Hartford, $3400; Actual, $500; Manhattan, $2600; City, $1000: Metropolitan, $5000; Atlan tic, $3500; Altnn, $3500L Kurope In 1817 and 16GT. Messrs. Macmillan & Co., the London pub lishers, in announcing the "Statesman's Year Book" lor 1867, make an interesting tabular comparison between the state.of Europe in 1817 and lWi7. The half century has extinguished three kingdoms, one grand duchy, eight duchies, four principalities, one electorate and four re publics. Tnree new kingdoms have arisen, and one kingdom has been transformed into an empire. There are now forty-one States in Kurope, against fitty-nine which existed in 1817. It may be remarked that the nineteen grand dukes and dukes and princes of 1867 will be much less ducal ar.d princely (thanks to one lUsmark) than the thirty-two who ruled in 1817. Not less remarkable is the territorial extension ot the superior States ot the world. Russia has annexed 567,364 square miips; tne Un'ted states, 1,068,000; France, 4620: Prussia, 29,781. Sar dinia, expanding into Italy, has increased by 83,041. Ihe Indian Empire lias been augmented by 451,616. The piincipal States that have lost territory are Turkey, Mexico, Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands. A Yankee Boat Race In Japanese Waters. A private letter from Yokohama, written on board the British war-ship Princess Royal, Sep tember 19, says: "I told you four months since about a boat race between us and ihecrewof the American flaghin Hartford, tn which we beat. Last night the return race came off uinidpt the greatest excitement, In which tbe people on shore joined. There was heavy bet ting on both sides. Both boats' crews were in beautiful condition, an they had been in training for a loner time, and the Americans evidently thought they were going to beat us. At 4 P. M. yesterday both ships' ringing and docks were crowded with people from the shore. At 4-15 the boats started; they were twelve-oared cut ters. Tbe Yaukees got a little ahead at first; there was a heavy sea on; in two or three minutes our boat shot ahad, and came in ten boat-lensths before the other, after a four-mile rare. The Americans, therefore, have been licked twice. The race was for one hundred d jl lr. It has been all tb; talk here for a month pi.cf." CAMDIA AND COREA, letter from Victor lingo on the BtrwgftU In Crete. M. Victor Hoco has written a letter, of which the following is a translation, in reference to the revolutionary contest in Candia: "A cry readies me from Athens. In tne city of Pbldias and iEscbylus an appeal Is made to me my name is pionounced. What, am I to deserve such an honor? Nothing but avan quWhed man. And who are they who call to mp Tn vannuisheri. Yes. heroic Candiote. the fallen of to-day, you are tbe victors of the niiure. rersevere. t.veu u ju prostrated, you will triumph. The pro testation of a dying agony is a power. It is an appeal to God, who crnsbes wnati Kingsl Those mighty ones who are now against you, those coalitions of blind force and stubborn prejudice, those armed, antique tyranLiea, have as their principal attribute a remarkable facility oi masing suipwrecn. auc tiara Is on the poop, the turban on the prow, the old monarchical ship is leaking. It is at this very hour loundering in Mexico, in Austria, In tpam, in liauover, in isaxonv, at Home, ana elsewhere. Persevere I You vanquished l Im possible! The insurrection supposed U nut a principle destroyed, inere arc no more jatrn acrornpus: there is only right. Fact is never com puted. Its perpetual lucomplotemss is the opening which is left to ibe right. Rigut can not b" submerged. iue waves ot events pass over it. It reappears. Drowned Poland floats on the surface, ror 94 years European policy has torn this corpse, aud tbe world has seen its soul floating above the fans accomplt. Greeks . .. . i . i i ot uanma, you nave neui on your sme, :iuu you have also reason. Why a Paha should exist in Crete Is bey nd comprehension. Tnat which is true of Laly is true aNo as regards Greece. Venice cauuot be restored to the one witnout Crete bi lug restored to tho other. That which is there a resurrection cannot be here a sepul chre. But in the meantime blood is flow- iuir, and Europe permits it. She gets accustomed to it. To-day it is the SuUan's turn to extermi nate a nationality. Is there a Turkish divine right venerated as the Chris ian divine right? Murder, robbery, violation, are at this moment sweeping over Candia as six monis ago they dished over Germany. That which would not be allowed to Schinderbannes is allowed to policy. To have th? sword in hand and quietly to witness these murders, this is called states manship. It would seem that religion is inte rested in what the T irks are quietly doing tne cutting ot Candian throats and that society would be shaken If, between Soaiperto and Cjtberea, little children were not put to the sword. There tho ravaging of crops and the burning of villages Is u-eiul. Tlie motive which explains and tole rates these exterminations is bovond our pene tion. Alas! one of the huin Viatlom ot ou-n whom a long exile has made stupid (I am one of them), is that they cannot comprehend the great reasons of tho present assassins, ."' ever mind. The Cretan question is henceforth near. It will be solved, aud solved like all the other questions of this aee, in the sense of deliver ance. Greece complete, Italy cooV'ite Athens at the head of one, Rome at theiad of tbe other this is what we France ovc to our brothers. It is a debt that France will acquit; it is a duty that France will dischargp. Wheu ? Persevere. . Victor Hpuo. Hausville House, Decembei 2, 1800. The Massacre of the French Missionaries In Corea. The following interesting particulars are ex tracted lrom a Toulon letter: "Important news has been circulating here on the subject of evunts In tbe Calua and Japan seas. The French' Government, entirely disap proving ot any attempt of an expedition against the kingdom ot Ccrea, direced Rear-Admiral Roze to undertake nothing till fuuher orders, as the massacre of the French missionaries re quired an exemplary cbastisement,which would be better delerred to a more opportune moment. Vengeance, thoueh thrdy, would only be more terrible on that account. Thero was an objection to engage in a hazardous operation before obtaining a lull knowledge of the approaches and resisting power of that mysterious country. The prudent provisions of the Government are in some ort confirmed by the last despatches. Admiral Roze having penetrated into the Sea of Corea, abounding in dangerous shoals, was for a moment compromised, and threatened with a great disaster; obliged to be continually casting tbe lead in tbe waters, where the tides are sub ject to variations of some thirty to lorty feet every twenty-tour nours, ne loaua ntmseit at last stranded on coral reef's with all his lulle flotilla, consisting ot the steam cor vette Piimauguet, and several small gunboats. A catastrophe appeHred imminent, when a high tide floated the vessels, and enabled them to emerge lrom their dangerous position. After this escape, tbe French squadron, trusting en tirely to the mapot Commander Guerin, as being remarkably correct, made way towards the mouth of a river indicated a one of the prin cipal outlets ot the capital of Corea. Ascending the stream very sloly, they reached, at lour leagues from tbe month, a large village, where a strong body ot armed men were occupied in con structing weirs. After some fruitless attempts at a conference,! he Admiral .seeing that his presence caused no cessation ot ibe work, destroyed the stockade by cannon shot, and fired grpe into the) hostile corps d' armee, who took to -flight In every direction. During this short engage ment it was remarked that the Corean troops marched barefooted, and that the greater part of the soldiers were armed with bows and snows, and carried pikes. The Admiral, wbo only intended to make a hvdrographtcal recon naissance to iacilitatt'ulterior operations, das left these inhospitable shotes to join bis main squadron in the China Seas. Missouri. The official canvass in Missouri having been concluded, the following candidates tor Con gress have received certificates of election: First District General William A. Pile, Re publican. Secoud Judge A. C. Newcomb, Republican. Third Colonel Thomas E. Noell, Democrat. Fourth Colonel J. J. Gravelly, Republican. Fittb Joseph W. McClura, Republican. Sixth R. T. Van Horn, Republican. Seventh Gen. Benjamin F. Loan, Republican. Kigbth Col. John F. Benjamn, Republican. Ninth Col. George W. Auderson, Kenublican. It is reported that the seat of General Pile will be contested by John llogan, the present incumbent; that ol Mr. Van Horn by Jddse Kirch, and that of Colonel Anderson by Mr. W illiam F. Switzler. 15. Gratz brown uas written a letter, in which he declares his purpose final not to be a ctndi d;ile for re-election to tbe Senate of the United States. It has been supposed that Mr. Charles V. Drake would succeed him; but Governor 1 1-tcher having retired from too canvass, Henry T. Mow, now representing the Second District in the House of Representatives, is pressed also as a candidate. He is an able and jpf pular nianj THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Richmond, December 27. Information of an authentic character has reached here that it is the determination of Congress, on the adoption of the Constitutional amendment by three fourths of the States now represented in Con gress, to declare it adooted, and it wiM be fol lowed by -another proposed amendment that will disfranchise all that class included In tbe present one permanently, and also Include all persons In the United States who advocated the separate secession of the States up to the 20th ot Annl, 1861, and acts will be pased to reorganize the Southern States on this basis. This will particularly affd't the Border States. VKNEZUKlVl. The Unsettled State of the Hepnbllc Civil War In the States of Barcelona and Onaraca. By the arrival of the barqne Hermes, from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, with advices to Ihe 4th Inst., we have some trustworthy informa tion as to the unsettled and revolutionary state of that republic. On the 8th of October last a small rcvolution aryparty (elzed and imprisoned the Governor of the State of Barcelona, oveitbrcw hla Govern ment, and proclaimed General D. Mo. "as Pro visional Governor. The Imprisoned chief was soon alter released, b at quickly pi iced himself, together with General Mejiaa, at the head of 600 troops to oppose Monagas. But the latter seemed to have tbe aid oi the National forces. On the 2d of November a severe battle was fought, and tbe revolutionary party, aided by the troops of the National Government, were victorious. Great daaiaae was done to the houses and pro perty ot natives and foreigners in the city of Barcelona. The United States Vice-Consul was pteparing to leave unless protection should be given him by his Government. In the State ot Guaraca, quite In another part of tbe republic, the Sta'e Government has been overthrown, and tbe President (Marquez Lopez) ot tbe State ot Carabobo had interposed, but in vain, to restore order. In the State of Zuba (late Maracaibo) a revo lution bad broken out, beaded by General Pul- gar. and the capital had been attacked aud was under siege. In Puerto Cabello, also, the local authorities were momentarily expecting an attack, having doubled their poli;e and extended their patrols. Indeed, It may be said In truth, that outside.of the capital, Caraccas tbe State Governments have neither strength nor stability; and both life and property are at the mercy ot desperado edicts and revolutionary prowlers. What is true of Venezuela is true of nearly every Central and South American State. Aud' yet these are tbf countries that are inviting colonies of dissatisfied cit'.eus ot the United States to come out and settle among them for tbe purpose of enioving what is denied tnem at home, and history nas' yet to record the first colony and the first colonist among all these emigrants that has not cursed the day he took up his abode In those distracted States. Wholesale Poisoning in France. Another case of a more startling character than Laroirande's is engrossing public attention in Paris. The case is on tial at Niort, in the department of the Two Sevres a dependency of tbe old English province of Anjou. Tbe prisoner is a farmer of Pressigny, a large village in the neighborhood, called Martin Reau. From the ace d'accusalion it appears that in 18o3 the prisoner's brotlicr-in-law, Pierre U?au, then in nis thirty-second v"-, aied a fearful death. He had gone out ' . aday's shooting on Martin Reau's grounds, and had lunched at the farm-bouse; he alone partook of the meal. He then went out to resume his shooting, but was seized with a sensation of burning and intole rable anguish in the chest and throat, and he died on the 2d of February. His brother-in-law. Martin Keau, inherited his property. There has been, moreover, constant quarrels between the two respecting some money mat ters, the prisoner having repeatedly attempted to overreach Pierre. Three years and a Imlf alter the death of Pierre, his sister, Martin's wile, died after a short illness, which pre sented precisely similar symptoms to ttiat which had carried oil the first victim. She had made a wl leaving all her property to her husband. Ma n Reau, on the 27th April, 1858, mairied Julio liiitemps. She is described iu the acte d'accu iion as uwjeune femme charmante. But soon aicer her marriage all her brightness de parted; she grew pale and sickly, and had also to drink potions administered by her husband to prevent her having children. She was treated with the grossest brutality by her hus band. Among other devices he placed blocks ot wood across a dark and steep staircase, down' whicb she had to pass; she fell down tbe whole flight and broke her arm. She pave birth to a son in September, 1804; the child was put out to nurse, in the care of a woman who lived in a state of great poverty. Iu April, 1865, Julie fell ilL Several doctors at tended her, but independently ol their medi cines the husband gave her drugs of his own compounding. Her symptoms were similar to those which had marked the illness of her hus band's brother-in-law aud first wife. Finally, bhe died in great agony in Julv, 1805. Soon alter tlii? child was taken home. Tbe boy sickened, and atter a short lllnc". which presented the saire features as that which had carried otf his mother, he died in January, 18SG. His death nmde Mai tin Reau the sole beir of his w ife, sncl made bim a comparatively rich man, with about fKflOO. The death of tho child induced the neighbor to suspect foul play; but they would hardly have acted on their suspicious but for the iui prudence oi Martin'a conduct; he went about proclaiming that tho only way for a man to grow rich was to marry several times. Finally, they communicated tbeir suspicions to the police, and the bodies of his brother-in-law, his two wives, aud his child were exhumed. Their viscera, their coffins, and tho very eanh ot tbeir graves was found impregnated with large quantities of corrosive" sub limate, of which he had a large stockto doctor the mules and horses, of which he was a large breeder. He was arrested. While in jail he bribed a fellow-prisouer, one Bertn da l to, in custody for a trivial offense, to take a message to two ot bis neighbors a carpenter and bis son ottering them one thousand francs apiece to depose that they had heard Paul Bon temos (his second wife's father) plottiug the death of Julio and her child with a man named PkuI Biohou. He gave Bertadatto bis Induc tions in writing, and Bertadatto handed tlieiu to he jailor. Blighted Hopes. h'rjm a Berlin Correspondent, A lew days ago a young lady whoso bride gioom had fallen at Sadowa committed suicide in a violent fit of melancholy. The unfortunato gul bad been confined to a private hospital, and was seeming so far recovered that her dismissal from the establishment was to take place in a f'w days. At a visit of her father the physician encouraged him to hope for the best, at tho same time expressing a wish that the patient sbould, for her recreation, have intercourse with bis own daughters, end being a very skil ful pianist, should play with them four-handed sonatas. This offer was gratefully accepted, and immediately made use of. bile the father was still in the physician's room, discoursing with him on the probable day of bis daughter's dismissal from tbe etub llshment, tho patient was sitting with the young ladles'afthe piano, exquisitely playing a souato by Beethoven. Suddenly she started up, and, on the pretext of finding the loom too hot, she opened a window. The very next moment, and ere anybody could suspect her design, she precipitated herself through the window into the court-yard below, where the immediately found the death she had sought. The cries of horror that burst from tho horrified young ladies brought the physician and the unhappy father to tbe spot, aud the lat ter had the griet of finding tbe daughter he had lust left in a state of onvfiles"euce a lifcb's, bloody corpse. THIRD EDITION FROM WASHINGTON THIS P. M. Governor Patton's Plan of Restora tion Ceneral Crant Getting Better General Butler at the Capital-Interesting Personal News, Etc. srECJAL DKSrATCBS9 TO EVSVIVO TEI.FORAPH. Washington, December 28. What Governor Patton Will Do. Governor Patton ot Alabama will probably remain in Washington uutil the reassembling of Congress, in order that he may confer with members and gain some nsuraiices that Ala bama will be admitted upon the ratiticatioirof the Constitutional Ameudment. If such assurances can be obtained, an effort will be mado for combined action by le ullng Southern men, to induce the Southern States to accept tbe amendment rather than ri.-k the adoption of other guarantees. Personal. General Ben. Butler n in town, aud will re main until the meeting of Congress. The President on Skates. The Washington Skating Park is to be in augurated to-morrow, and President Johnson aud other dignitaries are to be present. General Grant Getting Better. General Giant is recovering from his indispo" sition. The Postmaster-General and Ills Lady. Postmaster-General Randall, who has beeu in New York some days, expecting to meet his wWe by European steamer, returned this inorn in' without her. She was in feeble healtn when but heard from, aud fears are felt for her safety. , Idaho. a-vm Instructions have been issued for the com mencement ot Government surveys in Idaho Tcrritor-. Preference to be given to mining lands and lands required for immediate settle ment. POLITICAL. Mr. Rout well on Ileconstrurtlon. Poston, December 28. Kx-GovernorBoutwell delivered a lecture in this city last evening upon the Subject of "The Restoration of tbe Union and its Relation to Business." In the outset he stated that the restoration of the Union was must important to the business community, and should be carefully considered by them. He then clearly defined what was meant by imme; diate restoration which many in-ged impatiently it meant the return to power of men who had beon Rebels, and who were Rebels, men who unquestionably seek the destruction of tbe Gov ernment. After showing by figures that slavery had tended to prevent tbe growth of tbe popu lation of the South, and the development of iH resources, he discussed the various plans offered for reconstruction. He condemns the Prei-ident's pi an, and that which suggested only the a loption of the Constitutional amendment, as simply a restoration of power to the Rebels and a return to the ancient onlcr of things, plan proposed by many of admitting the States when they should adopt tbe amendment, and also a system of impartial restricted suffrage on a bais of education or property, was also ob jected to, as it would give to the Rebels motives to keep ikom the colored population education, and thus push them from the ballot-box. Tbe only plan that would be just, he held, was the adoption of the amendment, iu addition to a law of universal suffrage. Republican Congressional Nomination iu New Hampshire. Dover. N. II., December 27. The Republican Convention to nominate a candidate for Con gress in tho First District met here to-day. Every delegate was present, and no little cx cltemeut pervaded tbe meeting. Charles H. Bell, of Exeter, presided. Three ballotings were held, the latter resulting as follows: Efa, 12 i ; Wheeler, 119; Marston, 2; Rollins, 2. Ela was nominated by 1 majority. The nomination was made unanimous by tbe Convention. Mr. ftla accepted the nomination in an able speech. Wreck of the Steamer Commodore. River Head, L. I., December 28. The Sound steamer Commodore has gone ashore one mile north of Horton's Point, and now lies with bcr bow out of water, the tide having fallen. TUree boat loads of passengers have becu landed, aud tlje steamer is fast breaking up. NO LIVES LOST. River Head, Long Island, December 2-1. Th.. Sound steamer Commodore was wrecked iu the t Trifle gala of last night off Caufield light-ship. At 10 o'clock she became unmanageable, and slic was beached at daylight off Hestou Point. No lives were lost. All on board were snlely lauded. A portion of tho freight and all the baggage may be saved. Tbe 6teamer will be a total wreck. The passengers have all gone forward to New York. mtm The Stomi. Albany, December 2S. The storm of yester day was the most severe since 183.1. Twenty inches of snow fell, and driftedjterrtbly, so that railroad communication is entirely suspeuded. The train due here at 4-30 ran into a snow drift a few miles west of this place. An effort was made to reach the train from this city with six locomotives ' and two cars, but they could not proceed beyond the city limits. The mow bad drifted beyond the tops of the locomotives. No trains have arrived or been despatched to-day, nor Is It likely any will be for some time. Troy, N. Y., December 28. Two fewt of snow has fullen here, and the street- are all blocked. Several trains ot cars are within a few miles of the city, but cannot reach here. No trains have arrived since yesterday noon, and none have le t. It is the greatest storm that has occurred lor twenty years, and still continue. Arrival of tbe Palmyra. Nbw Yob-k, December 28. The steamship Palnjyra, from Iivcrpool on the lltt, Is at vncror in tbe ly. Ti e tiic li very le w. rficcU of the Storm. New Yohk, December 28. A freh, wind fro n (he soutiiwe-t prevailed since lust evening, eauMne very lo wat"r in our rivers. Tbe ferry navigation I very difficult oil all sides 'if the city on this account. The Steamship Australasian Aground. New Yob, December 28. Such Is the effect of the ebb tide here that the steamship Austral asian, with news three days later from Europe, is aground In tbe bay. Three schooners are re ported ashore inside of Sandy Hook. Markets by Telegraph. Nkw York, December 28. Stocks strong. Chi. . . .1 i ; i, r .1 . . lmjj . ir .... .i i .. . . ... ton Compauy, 464; Krle, 67 j ; Cleveland and ToWhIo, 124; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 871; Pittobarr, Fori Wayne and Chicago, 108i; Miomsan Central, 107); Michlran Southern, rsaranteed, 82 1; Illinois Cen tral fcrlp, 1171: Cumberland preferred, 76) Mis souri 6. 02; Five-twenties of 1H2, 105h of 1864, 1U4J; otl865, 104J: len fortio', 9l)J: tWen-fturtioi, 104; Sterling Kxohanire, lOUjGold, 132 ; at sight, 110; Money at 7 per cent. Nkw York, Deember 28 Cotton dull; Upland. S3 a38(. Hour i6frlu cents higher i ies ot &VK) tbls. State, t8 80 al2l0: Oliir, $11 1013 60; S eetorn, 8 G0al3 60; Houthnrn nnrhsnged. Wneat ?uiot sne firm. Corn very dull, lteef qniot. Dresed loirs, 50 cents better; sslos at 8 &0. Weo'nru Pork firmer; sale of 1000 bids. Ales at $20 76U. IHE MASSACHUSETTS LIQUOR LAW. The Proprietors of the Principal Hotels In Boston Indicted for Violating the I.lqnor Law They are Fined S.tOEaeh, and Sentenced to the House ot Correc tion for Three Months Tho Tempe rance Alliance, Ktc. Boston, December 27. The proprietors of the largest and most popular hotels were before the municipal court to-day, to answer to compliuuts alleging that tbey individually maintain liquor nuisances, which is contrary to the laws of the State. The Parker House was represented by Harvey D. Parker, Young's Hotel by Georga Young, and tbe Revere anil Trcmont Houses by William Brigham. They pleaded guilty, and were each fined $50 and costs, sentenced to three months' im prisonment In the House of Correction, and ordered to give bonds in the sura of $1000 not to violate the liquor law for tbe period of twelve mouths. They appealed, as is usual in such rase.", and each went security for the appear ance of the other before the Supenor Court in the sum ol $500 each. They boie themselves with great fortitude, con Bering the awful and trying circumstances under which they were placed. There was quite a crowd in the court at the time, and much joking was indulged iu at the expense of the worthy hotel proprietors. The warrants of ar rent were issued by request of the counsel lor the smaller liquor dealers, who have been pro secuted by the State constabulary. The Massachusetts Slate Temperance Alliance bus pledged $4000 to the National Temperance Society at New York, towards paying Its current expenses during the coming year. This money is to be rai.-cd among the various temperance men, without interfering with the work in the Slate. Already several hundred dollars have been subscribed. JV. Y. JUeraid. Another Inventor In Want. Under the heading of "Another Suider Case," a London journal publishes the following: "An application was made for relief to a ves tryman of CamberwcU in October bwt. He visited the applicant, and found him in tbe last stage of distress, haviug had no meal for some days, no fire tor a fortnight, and having sop ported existence for a year by pawning clothes; his furniture seized for rent, and he himselt ex pecting every moment to be arrested for Queen's taxes. The sufferer was seventy years of ace. Th ( bv name William II. James, whose great inven Ane 1 tion in 1820 of the tubular boiler is well known to have caused the entire success of tbe railway system, us well as leading to important modifi cations In marine and other boilers. A patent for superheated high-pressure steam Is amongst his moie recent inventions, to necuro which ne has paid the Patent Ortice in the last twenty years the sum of 3000. A small sum for imme diate relief was granted, and yesterday a com mittee ot gentlemen met at the office of Messrs. Greenwood & Co., No. 93 Cannoaftreet, to rawe a sum for the relief of the old man, who is very ill. A subscription was entered into, and Mr. v ash ins ton Lyon, of Pcckham, appointed Secre tary, and the London and C"iint.v Banks Trea surers. An appeal to the Civil LUt has. for the present, proved ineffectual, and one to the Civil fcneineeis' Benevolent Society has been unsuc cessful, Mr. James not having subscribed." An Extraordinary Elopement. The Fifeshire Adoerliser reports an elopement of the eldest son in one of the first families of Fifes-hire with his father's cook. The young gentleman had been reared with the greatest care, and had only returned from Eton last year with high academic honors. He was destined by bis father as the husband ot a young and beautiful heiress, to whom he had even paid his addresses. The bride, who is a buxom brunette, is by some years older than the bridegroom, and has beeu in the family for a considerable period. It wa discovered that they had departed for Mon trose, whelher the father of the hero followed, but only to find them slumbering in each other's arms. So enraged was the old gentleman tbit, forgetting all delicacy, he was about to eject her ircni the bedroom, wben she collared her quon dam muster, and hurled bim headlong from the apartment. The runaway son endeavored lo explain and pacify bis insulted parent, when the lady seized her husband, and, conveying him almost vi el ai'ims buck to the bedroom, locked the door. The young gentleman is entitled to consider able propeity in his own right. The pair aie spending the honeymoon now at Cheltenham. The Right of Railroad Travellers to lrst-Class Cars on Irst-Class Tickets. A Mr. W. P. Dale, of Now York, having busi ness in tbe West, reached Hamilton, and, after transacting his business there, got on the Chi cago and Cincinnati train lor a point further upT There were but two oar -a ladies' car, so called, and a smoking-car Into which Rr. Dale was obliged to go, tbe brakesman refusing him access to the ladies' car. He appealed to tbe couducfor, whose name is Cooper, bui he sus tained the action of the bruke-mau. Mr. Dale asserted his right to a seat in the fird-class car on bis first-class ticket, and relused to give it up until he received what he was entitled to, whereupon the conductor called the workmen on the train to his aid, and forcibly ejected him from the train. Instead of going on tbe succeeding train,' Mr. Dale came to this city, and going to tbe otllcn ot the Chicago anil Cincinnati Railroad, made a state ment of bis case. Tne Company acted promptly in the matter discharged the conductor, and compensated Mr. Dulc for his loss of time, and decided, besidex, that the holder ot a first-class ticket has tbe right to a seat in a first das car. Cincinnati ComumciaU French Political Witticism Tbe Parisians are said to be circulating privately a poetical squib on the Franco-Mexican expedition, which, as it Indicates the turn of opinion of the people, we translate as best we can In the following: Mexico is a oiniro, And erv costly, loo, We furoiHliHl it Willi oue F.mpire, Ami unn it tut "M
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