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Treaty—Reduction of the Span , .isli Budget—The,Rastfrli Dial.; , t calty , =-Turkey''''AttiVely Pre for Paring - -0, , War. v _Tv Teem,* to the Pittsburgh Gazette-3 .i.- z _,:;,: -- ,---, VifilßAT BRITAI N , '.-• ' ' • • i s- - Moinort . ,Treceitlikei 30.= - '' Soria H. - i•- . liorthcote succeeds the Earl of Kimberly ,i. • as Governor r of the Hudson May-Company. 1 MairctrEstrki?December 4 30.—Tiie house of William Brinier tit CoMPanY.ILeavV deal . y ere in manufactured cottons, suspended yesterday. They had extensive count. i Lions. g t.' , -The \ weather throughout England -4013- .r, I tinues wet 83 10=110i - • . Lokooki-Beeeinber .60 H .—The new ouse of gornmona niet yesterday for preliminary A % • tsbiess only. The Ministers who were at elected' tie lli , k te t i h e e oa n t s h, t o o f office. Writevacant W riti '; -- eitinttia, aftei which the House adjourned un til the 16th of February.. 4:: . lieveidy Johnson, in a speech' yesterday If ;to a deputation of the London Working ,Jilen'it Society, said _ the naturalization , .'"•, treaty between the United States and Great k . • r -*Hain was certain 'of ratification by -the xliiiitisd States Senate. The treaty provides . }..,:that a British sitbjed who has been natur -4;.-ralized in the United_ States shall have the 4 - *same rights to. protection on his return to gi : Graat Britain as a native born American. ~..,, --, It is the general impression that the. Con- Eons will be , successful in the elec.- ; flows for members of Parliament to fill vacancies.: .. , P . . SPAIN. AUDIUM, December 30.—The government w4l, despatch ten ' thousand soldiers from Cadiz to Cuba and i'orto Rico,,Auring Ja R L g liac e *mug December 30.—For the purpose ti of reducing the Budget Ibitheixszdng year, .44 a suppression of thirty-seven'of the Captain Generalstdps, Governorships and l3ish -I_llPPriegs-/Wlo3Asufiliet • • Marshal Pavia, recently Governor Geu leral othtadrid, is dead. • - Lorrnart, December 30.—The following dispatch from Constantinople - , dated yea ti terday , comprises the latest news on the Eastern question' ' - - -t • ' ll Greatprepd*kum-are , making. in the ;.‘. arsenals on account of the threatened war - with - fireeee.-:-Treifaaorta_lmuiedwitb anv il plies have been sent -to Hobart Pacha s .` fleet." 1, 1 , • - - ,• GREECE. g Vxsztits, 'December 30 The Prtsie says • $ the Greek Government is ready to comply with the recent demands made by Turkey, - gui.is supported by the great Powers of . • • I Dl= . . . ems,. December 30.-441cial papers t f speak confidently of the meeting and sue -43. ceps of the Conference. r - • 7' l •' '• ' - 7 - ,7 0- 7t • • • . 4 - ARRIVED ouy &HPVICAMPTON, December 80-- The steamer Bniaria,from New Orleans, arrived FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Lorrnox, December 30-lEvening.--Con soll, for money, 92%; for account, 92%a 5-20 s ...at 74%. Stocks are quiet and 43teady; BrieS, 26%; Inhofe, 95%; Atlantic Great_ Western, 45%. • . , -•• FatatiPonT, December 30.—11. S. bonds - ...fkxa at;7B'. PARIS, Deceniber - 30.-;- - Iteiites - 69 &Ines 'ql97 - cemtimet • - • - „luVzarbox,,, Deceinber. 30.—,Cotion .is se :tire and %d higher, with sales of 20,000 I:_fales; middling :uplands, 1.0%@)11%d, and BreadstrUfs—Californbs white Wheat lls 9d,-and No. 2red western, 98 10d - 4 ,0105. Corn has declined to 37s 9d®378 10d.:, pats, Barley and Peas are unchanged. .Provielotes—Lard is firmer at 65a 6d. ffork te firm at 87s 6d. 13•ef, 105 e. Cheese; 695. Itacon,'s4ll,'" Petroleum and naval stores - Aare quiet and nnokanged. Tallow, 48s 3d. Lorrnozr, December 30.—Tallow, 478 6d. iTtirPentine, 28s 6d. Sugar quiet. Airrwnity„ December 31—Petroleum is quiet atl4 fruits. . • fievusi,,DeoemberBo.—Cotton is excited •-•;„, 125 francs on the spot and to arrive. •Pains, December 30.—The Bohrse closed „Amer. Bente% 70 francs 15 centimes., CHICAGO. Min Almost Boiled to Death—The , Lite Mrs. Augustus N. Dlckens--Fire and Police Statistics—Fires. Telesriph to the Pittstonvat suzette - a ;; - • C•lucerio,.Dec. 30.—Yesterday noon Jno. . a German, while warming his din er. Fr in a tin pail, fell into a tank of boiling stet' at the. Union Stoeklialds and was terribly scalded before extricated. His in- Auries were not fatal. - ,--3 A It has been proved in COurt that the late cars. Augustus' Dickens left real and ,:yersonal property worth p 3,800. An ao y,qtiaintance of Charles Ickena, in this city, bays that 'Dickton er fled from Eng lund with the lately deco: :.d woman, de. Igerting his wife, whom the • velist sewn.- P i ted'unatortably. - • • . • . 1, Archbishop Kenrick, of St. is'vis ;:sting Bishop Duggan, of this ty, who is , Paring loot year there were, three htui . pited and fifty fires in this city, entailing a loss of 54964,785: It cost for the year ~0 00,000 to run the fire•department. • 1 : 4 4 Last year the police of this city made • 707 arrests. 'The property Stolen amount to 1275,000; of Which 1198,216 was rem's , - tred. About 1143,000 were levied in fines. l'he expense of the police, department is t. y ut WOM O O dy.ear, , esterday three stores weredeitrOyed by re in , Lupe, 111. This morning a hotel, ag store and one dwelling house- were bso'bunied. Loss heavy, but covered by , . The Cuban insurrection. . , . ieTelegrsDate the Plttsharzh Gazette : 3 , - .-ntatitk,Apecember .30 The: Mare pub. 4 5, hes- rambling accounts 'of uniMportant : iacesseaditrodpe.over. .the, revolutionists. thentio advicea have been received .6fla lel/elnib:Mary sources,°;- A ;uncon fte ct"--a in circulation that: the oplty General Quesada land ed with suzd.men: at - Lnuayilt from Nassati t -t i •cf ~4~~ ii.cx.oclns 3X. Taitken burg, of Cincinnati, died on Monday last from taking arsenic, sup poslng it cream tartar. The mistake was owing to a misunderstanding of - the nature of the prescription. —The last rail on the Albany and BM. quehanna Railroad, to connect Albany with Bindhampton, ' was ISM yesterday. The - road will he open for' through business on the I2thffof January. - . —President Johnson, it is said, favors the pardon I of the assassination conspirators now at Dry Tortugas, under his recent prockunation, but most of the Cabinet mem bent oppose this-step. , - -A.t Toronto,:Danada, Mitchell's .hotutei, famishing establishment was gutted 'by ere Tuesday night. The adjoining , store of Sutherland, tailor, was considerably dam aged. posaatfooveied by . insurance. —Fisk Commissioners of different States met in convention at New York on Tues day evening. From ,addresses delivered it appears that the fish, in our...rivers' are be. ing deißeted by over-seining during the spawning season. I —The pnbliodebt statement for Decem ber will show atiincrossenf some two mil lions—in conseipience of the increase of the 'expensettof the War Department, caused by_ the _lndian :war, and the &Ding off In Customs receipts.. , • • —ratrick Pieman and; George Groning had a scume in New York , eitY on TuezidaY evening, . during - which :the former was stabbed to the heart ancl., staggering to a neighboring store ; d i ed Ida few moments. Groning was arrested. ---The `testiniony in the Tsvitchell-Hill homicide case, at Philadelphia, on Tuesday and yesterday, was regarded as immensely in favor of the accused, whose confidence of Etc:9l3We' has greatly increased. The trial, It is thought, will last at least a week longet. 1. . . - -Ai Jackson, Pa., on Thursday of bst week; a sleighing party while going town entertainment endeafored to cross a pond on which the , ice had beau:cot. The shin ice gave way, and thirty persons are re. ported to have been drowned, the driver alone'escaping. . ' been Perry, - alicia Blanchard, has been arrested in - Ogdensburg, N. Y„ and Harrylennings and Charles Stedman in Boston, charged with robbing the broker's office of Charles H. -Gooding, in Boston, over two years ago, of ten thousand dollars in gold coin. The accused were held to answer the charge. —The trial of Win. Brooks and Charles Orem, - for the - murder of. Theodore Brod head, .near DelaNiare 'Water Gap, a 'few months since, commenced on Monday. ,The most Important witness is Thomas Brod head, who was with his brother at the time them nrder was committed. , ' =John Fogarty, a drunken Irish laborer, living In Cicero a suburb of Chicag o , on Tuesday beat his wife so severely with an iron instrument that she was dead before the neighbors arrived. The Coroner's jury found a verdict of - willful imardor against ' Fogarty, who was immediately arrested. —Two men, named Townsend and Dil lon,.employes of the Merchante.„Bank at Montreal, Canada, have been arrested on a eharge of stealing, from the Bank. The charge is based on the fact of their having advanceditinds to one J. C. Frank, who has absconded.. The accused Nero admit ted to bail. —The Dunleith ' and Dubutitie Railroad bridge across the Mississippi river was test ed on Tuesday in presence of several en gineers and railroad men. • The deflection beneath the weight of five locomotives, weighing two hundred and forty-five tons, wast about, two , inches. The bridge was opeaed totrafilc on the 224 inst ' CINCINNATI: A Horrible Murder and Suicide—An Aged Couple the Victims—Jealousy the Cause. I By Telegraph to the - Piete6n/ITh Gazette.] CINCINNATI, December 30.—A horrible murder and suicide took place in this city this morning at two o'clock.. Wm. Ash back. killed his wife Josep hine by blows on the head with a hatchet and"sitabbingbisr, once in the left side with a butcher knife. Ile then shot himself trough the head.ith . an. Enfield ride , the ball entenng the left lower . jaw and tearing -away,the right back part of the head, scattering 'his' brains all over- the room. The deed was done in an upperroom of the residence, and both par ties were partially undressed. The hus band had for months threatened to take the life of, his wife. It was a second marriage for both, and they had been' married four years. Their 'ages were alxo4l9e and fifty seven respectively. He was a basket maker and she kept a confectionary on the first floor of the residence, MO Central avenue. None but the victims were in the house at the time of ' the tragedy. The officers heard the: woman's cries and the report 'of the gun and broke into the house. Death in both cases was instantaneous. 'They had retired in different rooms. She was jeal ous of his visits to a woman, a - keeper of a saloon and he was doubly jealous of her on all oci;asioni. They also quarreled about their property, each owning some real es tate, and she making mope money by her store than he by his trade. They had tem porarily separated a couple of times since their marriage. She was on the eve of ap plying- for a divorce. 'Be leaves six chil dren by his first marriage, The verdict of the Coroner in the case was in ,aecordance with the .facts. above given. BRIEF TELEGRAMS —George Frail°ls Train was enthusiasti cally welcomed to Omaha by the Fenians. —The number of deaths in Philadelphia last year was fourteen thousand five hun dred. —The Alabama Legislature adjourns sine die today." The next session commences July next. —ln Montreal, Canada, much destitution exists among the poor and soup kitchens have again been opened. —Prince ilk Backersack's distillery, on Forty-eighth street, New York, was burned on Tuesday night. Loss 530,000. —Hinds, Allea, St Co., hop dealers, at Richfield Sprifin Oswego county, New York, have fade ' with liabilities reported at $200,000. —The Board of. Councilmen of New York city have, subscribed 51.300"q..t0, thocapi tal stock , :of the. 'New Bridge Compan y . " • ' • - —The statement Is made that General Grant has been advised by letter to ap. point Jeff Davis as his Secretary of War, as a peace measure. —Charles Douglas; furniture establish ment, 65 .Asylmii street, Hartford, Conn., was damaged to the extent of 515,000 by &tarot night. Fully,insured. _ —At Cleveland.. Ohlo,,,arttai Davis, for the murder of Ti).. P. nner, of Independence, this fall, was sentenced to be hanged February the forlith. ---jas. W. Ford, formerly a well-known porprait painter _at Richmond, Va., was buried at Philadelphia yesterday, having died rather suddenly, in obscurity, on Sun day.' • • 0 !..4 7,4 PlTLsl3tritq ill '.IIII.III:SI)AT, , ZWEABER '-, 31, : 'IBEB SECOB 811 FOUR 0' THE CANT Snow :tOim—nevenn • Decision —Reinlationloi " ?Cy'of Die tilleries--Appropria on Bill. (By Telettrii ph to the Pittsburgh VireszurraToN, December 30,.,1888 A heavy snow storm prevails here., Ste- Ihdent snow has' fallen to afford very good - - • - • • • APPROPRIATION BILL. The Cee2,4li,teeon Appropriations is still in session maturing a bill for the early ao tion of Congress. mcwrl= lizeisioN; The CommisFloper ofAtiteplal,-Itevenne has decided to allow the repacking of stocks of tobaCco now on Viand in bulk packages into packakes to conform with. the recent legislittidn by Congress, under the super vision of a Government Inspector., , NEW REVENUE REGULATIONS. ' Acting Commissioner Harlan has issued supplemental regulations intended to se+ cure correctnesila monthly 'reports of As sessors of tax oil distilled spirits. The Acting Commissioner has also issued Instructions as to the survey - of distiller les, fn which "it .is stated, in estimating' the !Umber ot_dry 'lnches to be' allowed for fermentation, the Assessor and person des ignated to alcihini must be gOverned in a great measure by the depth of the ferment ing tubs, from the best information receiv ed. It is believed a fair allowance will be from three to seven dry inches for corn and any mixture of corn and rye, not exceed ing one-half rye to one-half corn, and from seven to twelve dry inches for rye and any mixture of rye exceeding one-half. ST. LOUIS.. Approirlatioa for the Poor--Thy Scan. Wag Cua--Itivalry With Chicago—Stem ~ a r Side-Wheel Steamboats: . - ail , Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.) ST. Louis, DecitivirTher p.—The County Court to-day appropriated ten thousan4 dollars toi the poorof city: - The lady who was arrestid last' night in an assignation house. it is alleged, was ad mitted to bail to-day in $2,000 to appear before the Court of Criminal Correction January 6th, to answer the charge of adul tery. The lady denies the chazge against her and asserts she went to the house in which she was arrested on buainess con nected with a law suit brought by her for mer husband , for the possession of her children. " ' In view of an effort being made to mako Chicago a purchasing •depot for Govern meat supplies, with the intentiori of ship rug by. Railroad to Mo n a City and thence stern-w'heel-stotuners to the different forts on the Upper klisiouri River a Com mittee,' appointed by the Merch ants Ex change of this city, has made a report to the Underwriters comparing the losses of stern wheel boats. The argument used in Amor of the above movement being based on the number of lasses of stern wheel boats last_ season between here and Sioux city; the Committee , recommend ,the Un derwriters; for the protection of the trade arid insurance of St. Louis, as well as for the protection of the Government which it insures, to .raise the standard, of stern-- wheel inspection 'to something equal to that of side-wheel inspection. The Com mittee show that over two hundred and fifty voyages ,were iride•wheel lxnxbrin the )ifissoxvilit , ef last astson without 'the loss of a dollar to either the Government or .private parties, while eight stern-wheel bents, together with cargoes, were totally GEORGIA. Serious Trouble With Negroes—Sheilirs Posse Resisted—White Women and Child ren Carried oir. (By telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gasette.3 SAVANNAH, December 30.—The Sheriff 'of this county and two assistants on Taos day went to Hayward's plantation. on the Ogeeche river, eleven miles from the city, to arrest seventeen negroes charged with shooting a watchman. on the; planta tion and , -&trryliig off ,the crops of the planters. They made five arrests at Sta tion No. 1 on the Atlantic and Gulf Rail road. They were surrounded by about one . hundred armed negroes, who rescued the prisoners and disarmed and robbed the Sheriff', destreyed his warrants and threat ened to gill him if he ever served a legal process again in that vicinity. ' The riegroes then separated into squads and marched back. to_the plantations, avowing that they would have the heart's blood of every White man on the Ogeeche River, saying "the war has commenced." One negro watchmin is suppoied to be murdered. Two white men were badly hurt and all the white mea were obliged to flee to the city to save their lives. The women and children are in the• hands of the mob and have been carried off into the , ; woodn. Great .excitement exists in this community and a sheriff's posse of between. three 'and four htindred citizens will, leave at daybreak to-morrow to rescue the women and children. The military de-, cline. to interfere until the power of the chit authorities for preserving order are exhausted. RICHMOND, VA. Final Release of Sally Anderiuni—Deiith of a Revolutionary Soldier. (By Telegraph to the Pittstough Duette.) Rionstorru, Va., liecember , 30.--Sally Anderson, who was released from the rare ' eution of the death sentence by Judge denvood and afterwards re-arrested by the Mayor, wale, finally set free. The county authorities made no reqnsition for her, the attorney for the county puttingt it on the ground that. if the Court made requisition and executed her, it would• be in direct dbs. obedience ofJudge, Undexwood's decision, and it mold not try her again without con mlll42 tliat all its actions since July were ill and nugatory.. - . - osb Clark, born in June, 1747, died yesterday, ged pa one hundred and' twenty one years and six months. Efe • as wagon driver during the revolutionary r ar. —The street railway passerige depot -of the Richmond line,:,on Lehig avenue,' Philadelphia, was buned on Wednesday morning, with twenty.tvo3 cars. The depot was occupied. by the Bridesburg can, whichare heated•by stoves. One of these stoves set fire n to the cars, and the flames spread so rapldlythat the. med in the office were obliged to break away :the iron bars frtim - the windows in order to make their TIOL A. M. errio* - NEW ypitst CITY. , . , , ,_ I N tional Institute ofiLettera, Arta and Set tncea--Court CafieliDecline in Coal— tate and Municipal License Laws—Sr,- ;`Sat "Cullcge. Aiaticiation Convention— . Eitefieliti Livery Stable Burned--Loest fig Aw • Gl3y Tetegranh to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l IsTEw Yoßs, Vecethber43o, 1868. A meetinglook place_last -night at the National Institute or (Letters, Arts and Sci inroad. Twoizew Academies were cieated, that of Natural Science and that of , Me elmffical, Physical' and Matheinatical 'Sol-. ence. Officers were elected for both' Acade-• the United States District Court to day the venue in the Blaisdell and Eckel alleged whiski frattd (Mtge iiras set aside for : informality and , the trial- postponed to nekinieaday. ' . I t..fif the Superior: court Judge Cardozo granted a stay. of proceedings from the or dDaervies iec of Judge Sutherland appo.Road, p inting ending'lulige 'the decision of the motion to vacate the order-which has' recently been on argu ment before him. ' At the auction sale of coal to-day prices were one dollar to one dollar and a half per ton lower than last month. Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton is stopping in Brooklyn. ' -I - The commercial totvelers held another meeting to-day, at which it was stated that Attorney General nvarts had expressed himself to their Cons;tnittee as opposed to the present State • and municipal license laws, as cohtlictitiviand also • that' fifteeu thousand dollars had been aubsc bed to test the said laws before the Unite States Supreme Court. 1 ' - • - ' • The annual Convention of thls eta-P1 Fraternity, a secret icollege as ation, is in session in this city, with delega es pres ent from all parts of he t country. . A Consistorial Lodge ofSorro w as held this_evening hy the Cosmopolitan onsist ory, in memoryof the illustrious rother it i . Simon W. Robinson; of ,the Thi y-third Degree,' Past Gra - Al Command of the Supreme Council o the Northern oxisdic tion of the United States. 1 The livery stab es .of the Br[ gga Bros., the most extensive IFstablishment, of the kind in this citY, occupying Nos. 119, 121 and 123 Twanty7third‘ street, near , Sixth avenue, and irmning'through the' entire block to Twenty-fc g :trth street, were en tirely destroyed by fire to-night. There , Were one hundred d fifty horses in the btdlcting, valued variously at from $5OO to $1,500, all of which Were either burned or suffocated. About twonty carriages, valued at about $1,500 each, together with harness, (to., were also destroyed. Total Ices prob ably not leas than $200,000; heavily Insured., NEW ORLEANS. Steainboat mahip Seized and Re. • leaged. Osy Telegraph to the l'lttebargh dasette. Nicer OaLwss, .1 December .—The . steamboat Empire,lence for , cinnati, was sunk belOW•Nat ez on - Mon night -While-hying up 911111 i fat bank caved n in, and large CoC44l num ea 1' failing on the boat epnk her. Th vessel was valued at V20,0Q0, and is inatiredt In Western, companies. I The cargo was sugar and molasses, the value of which and in surance aito not known. The steamship l3eanlbrt was seized this morning on suspicion'of having arms, mu nitions and supplies fbr the Cuban revolu tionists on board, bit nothing suspi cions biting found the vesiel was released this afternoon. " ' I WASHINGTON, PA. Worrespondenoe of the ;1 .. tfobtirgh.Garatte.) L .ABHINGTO , r ,Dea. 30, 1888. -On last Monday , th Teachers' Institute of this <smithy con ened in the Court House. It contineeff in' session ; , for: five days. It was presidhd over by J. C. Gil christ, the County Stiperintendent, a man in every WRY quali fi ed for, the responsible - place he occupies. The number Of teaChers' In attendance • watt about two hundred. The whole num ber in the vounty is th , ree hundred, and the number of 'children in the schools tiyelye thousand. • The sessions of the Institute' were very interesting. A Prof. Northrop, of. New Haven, Conn., and Prof. Henkle, of Sidem, Ohio, were present all the' time, and by , their lectures gave ,agidenoe that they are men of. rare - qualifications' as sludators. Prof. Hull, of your city, was the elocution ist of the occasion. He gave an evening en tertainment, and .was reeted with a crowd ed house. On :Thursday evening the teachers of our public schools here gave an entertain ment is,the form ofla- , .'Socdable:' , to the `lnstitute..lt was a nice affair., and hugely enjoyed by all concerned: , During the even ing a\ handsome gold watch and chain -were presented by the teachera of the oohs. ty to tlieSuperintendent: .The presentation speech was made by•lpr. Browpson, of our . place, - and was one ofl his hapPlest efforts. Mr. Gilchrist was taken by surprise, but succeeded in making an admirable re= epq :. , , r ThC cause of mermen School edication is rapidly in the advance in our county;, and this is tote attributed, in a great melt-, sure, to the energy nd efficiency of our Superintendent, and to the impulses created at the annual sessions of the Teachers' In stitute. • • • - On Tuesday evening Mrs. Hanna's Semi nary gave a concert. The music of the oo melon, both vocal- and Instrumental, was excellect. -Two of the teachers of the Semi nary,Misses Fleteher and Harris, are very superior singers,. Their voices, naturally sweet, are highly cultlyated. The Seminary; the College, and our Pub lic Schools, are all having holidays. One of the Professrs of our College, Prof. Twining, has resigned, and , is going to teach some wherein the West. No one has yet been selected to fill! his .plaoe. We have a ToWn Libragy. Its first anni versary-is to be celebrated on next Friday eventing. Its catalogue numbers between five and six hundred volumes already. It is the work of a few energetic ladies. The, question or buildhig a tkiwn, hall "is being agitated. _ ' 7/ thislis done 'one of our citizens proposes _to give a,. large sum of money to establish in connection with it a public library and rea log room. The hall 'will be bait. Amous. A Dangerouil Counte felt,lt is reported that a most dangerous Counterfeit five dol lar treasury note is I circulation. It is said that the'easiest mo • e of detection is by the 'green ornament engraving length wise, which irithe mutt erfeit is of -a paler color and consequeutly• has a - brighter look than in the dark green of the original.. Seen under the microscope, the engraving of the counterfeit is coarser than the °Mgr:. • nal and there are some! misplacemonla or omissions, bat to the naked eye it presents a genuine appeirance. • The Cattle Epidemic—The . Disease in New England—lllystwous Death of Three Cattle—The Cause, Symptoms, and Cure of:the Disease. • A' correspondent of the New York Tri bune, writing from West Springfield, Mass., says: . The recent sudden-and" mysterious death of three cattle of the herd of Mr: Harvey D. B6ge, of this town, has created consid erable interest among the farmers and herds men of this vicinity. A fortunate occur rence, in this connection, has also been the visit and-professional examination of Presi dent John Gamgee, of the London Veteri nary College,. who, a day, or two since, made thorough investigation of the circum stances attending the death of ,the animals, and . pronounced upon the probable causes and cure of the disease. The first appearance of the plague which Mr. Bogg noticed among his herd, was on the morning of • November 10th, when he found a fine and healthy three year old steer alarmingly 111, manifesting extreme pain, accompanied with frothing at tbe mouth, weakness and stupidity, and general 'torpor and inaction. The attack was not only violent in its first appearance, but speedy and fatal in its result, and be fore noon the animal was dead. The die ease was an entirely new and unknown one, and consequently no treatment orrern edies could be intelligently applieit. No cause w known for the disease, unless it might hav as e been the "smut" on the corn stalks, which had been fed freely to the ani mal as well as to all others in the herd. No care, however, was taken to prevent a recur rence of the attack; and •'within two weeks another animal, a valuable cow, was (mind dead in the barn, apparently from the same causes which killed the steer.' . The cow had had free and unrestrained access to the smutty corn stalks, and had undoubtedly been poisioned by eating them. On Tues day of this week a third fatal case occur red, in 'the same herd, of another three year old steer, which had been purchased since the death of the firsti and could in no way have caught the disease from the other members of the herd. The symptoms were very similar to thole of the first victim, and apparently there could be no doubt that the three animals had died from the same causes, whatever those were. The cattle had previously been perfectly healthy, and none of the survivors of the same herd, and in their company every day, had been in any way affected. Last evening President Gamgee, who was on his return to New York from the meeting or the State Agricultural Society at Amherst, visited Mr. Bogg's premises, and carefully investigated, as far as waspos sible, the causes, symptoms and effects of the disease.,On hearing of the circumstan m; and' thefodder on Which the - cattle had teat kept; he unhesitatingly pronounced the -"smut" on the corn stalks to be the cause - of 'all the trouble. This fungus growth on the corn has been unusually heavy this year, and in Many cases the stalks have been completely filled with it. It is supposed to have been produced by the warm, Wet weather of last summer, and on the-lowr-diunp,..fielda.,.44 the Connectic ut river bottoms would be unusually literal - ft - LC An intelligent farmer, neighbor of Mr. , Bogg's, asserts that on his fields fully four times as much smutty corn was raised-this year as ever before. The effect of the smut on the cattle which eat it, in their avidity for the corn which it conceals, 'is in the highest degree poisonous, and, ea the case of the Bogg cattle proves, often rapidly fatal: . President Gamgee prescribes as remedies purgatives, and that , even in case of the animals being violently attacked, remedies promptly administered would very probably prove effective. A pound of Epsom salts, an ounce of aloes, or four ounces of sul phur, and two ounces of ginger, the whole mixed in water and poured down the throat of a sick animal, Prof. Gamgee thought would save life in nearly every case. - For . , animals that are recovering, or less severely affected, with the disease, bran and clean healthy food well and carefully prepared. There lave been no indications that the disease is contagion& No other cases have ,appeared in town, and in the herd from which the three vic tims have been taken, no others have been affected. „Two- fatal cases arn reported to hive recently occurred in North Hadley, and there is no doubt but that this is the same malady which , lately killed six cattle of a farmer in Rhinebeck, Dutchess county, New York t and has else carried off a hundred or more in, Polk coun ty, lowa. ;It' is even supposed by many medical and veterinary experts that the Texas cattle plague, which raged so eaten . duly through the West, and in the Albany and Newarkstock yards in Augnst and 13ep tember, was caused by a fungus growth on grass, similar in its nature to that of mint corn. This theory was warmly supported at the recent National Cattle Commission ers' Convention at Springfield, Illinois, and the similarity of ' ' ,the manifestations should secure' skillful and careful investigation that -the true causes and proper remedies of the disease may, if possible, be ascertained. There are, however, many of the most intelligent and observing fanners and stock breeders of this town, who scout the "smut" theory* and discredit it. - They have fed 'smutty corn to cattle all their lives, and this fall as much as ever, but have . Inever perceived any injurious effects. They con tinue to supply their stock , with an abun debt amount of the corn fodder, and it is highlyprobable that if smut is the true cause of the disease we shall soon hear of other fatal cases. Mr. Bogg, however, has given up the corn fodder for his herd, and now provides his cattle with food concern ing which there can be no , suspicion. Against the smut theory is also the fact that other domestic animals, particularly hogs, are fed freely on the moldy and smutty corn, but with no injurious or unusual ef fect. Tan largest kitchen in the world is that of laebig's xtract of Meat Company's ei tablishment, • at-.. Fray Beiges; on the river Uruguay, South America. The building covers an area or 20,000 square feet. In one hall there are four meat cutters which can diepose of 800 bullocks each per hour. There are twelve "digemtork" in which the meat le WWI by steam. They can hold alto gether 144,000 pounds of beef. About eighty head of oxen per hour are act t nally slaughtered for this iMMettfle estsblishment. • Tux Joint Committee on Ord nance'will, soon after Congress comes _ together in‘Jan- Utuy, submit a report ,in which they take the ground tharthe. large Parrot - and. Rod, man genii have, after much careftd trial and strict examination, proved to be utter &Sl ues, and recommending that the seriric.ebe prohibit est from using them, :on account of tbolrliftbllltylo burst. - WMME = NUMBER 312. The Pope and the Sultan A Roman correspondent under date of the ICI 'sth instant writes : Fuad Pasha, who was lately given over by the physicians, has now so far recovered his health that he has been able to pay a visit to the Pope. He was received by -the Holy Father in the most cordial manner, and they soon • chatted as familiar friends, while the Turk was profuse in hia expres sions of gratitude for the attentions paid to him by the Pope during his illness. The Holy Father, on his part, described the_Sul tan as his meateur 'ami among the sover eigns of Europe, and spoke gratefully of the toleration he extended to Roman Catholics, not forgetting to add that he hopedhis High ness would grant them further privilegek Fuad Pasha remarked that the Sultan deeply regretted he had been unable. to visit Rome on his late tour through Europe, when the • Pope rejoined with a laugh, "Who knows but I shall go to see him at Constantinople? You are not ignorant that Christ has given inc all the earth, and my empire extends to the Dardanelles and far beyond, but, unlike that of a neighbor monarch, threatens no dan gers to the Sultan. Indeed, his Highness and myself are in much the same situation as to neighbors, for he has his Piedmont in Russia, and I have my Czar in the -Italian Revolution. We are menaced by the same dangent, and our brother rulers have the same measure for the Crosi as the Crescent. At least your Sovereifn believes in ,his prophet, but the other -governments of our day_ do 'not believe even_ in God." The Holy Father then requested Fuad Pasha to use hilgood offices with the Sultan for the protection of Catholics in every part of the Ottoman empire, and here .the _interview - came to an end. • The Consistory is not to be held till late in the month, though Mention is made of thel4th or 15th. The Pope will preconize eight bishops on the occasion, and it is now decided that the allocation on the Spanish revolution shall be very severe. Vigorous Woman. Physically, our American women of to day present a striking contrast those of-ten years ago. Wasp-like waists have disap peared. Delicate limbs, languid counten ances and frail constitutions generally have ceased to be at a premium, and in their place we have strong limbs, ruddy cheeks, and lobust constitutions. The English woman yearly becoming more the model. With out becoming strong minded in the common acceptation of the term, our wivesolangh ters and sisters are becoming stronger physi cally., We do not - allude, of course,_ to those whose liras ire'devoted to a round of fashionable gaiety and dissipation. This encouraging-ehiinge is to a considerable - ex tent due to the • ont-dOor pastimes inaugu rated among .the women. Horse buck rid ing; ten-pins, Cloquet, 'billiards, skating and. walking have ceased to be confined to the sterner sex. Women early embrace these amusements, and seemingly-derive all the pujoyment which they are capable of yield ing. The English girl, who thinks 'nothing 'of doing a five miles' walk before breakfast, now finds a .competitor in her American cousin.: ' litatrof - the - mdst - devoted_ and. skillful disciples of the curling art belong to the other sex. Women wield their croquet .mallets pocket btliard balls, and make ten strikes .mallets, all the enthnsiasm and ekin Of the - male sex. A fondness and taste: for these pastimes should be fostered and devel oped, instead of being repressed and checked through fear of their making women un womanly., Jiligarriage," says Miebalet,,!'is the chief end of woman. If such be - the case, she can.attain It in no quicker way 'than by preseAting a robust physique, over flowing with animal life and 'spirits, in con trast to a weak, puny constitution, bending before any adverse wind.--29t0 York Ad tertletr. , . A Rrvar, ro Binge Tom.—Hinds county, Mississippi, has produced a musical prodigy in the person' of a negro girl eighteen years :pld. ' She is as black as the ace of spades, and does not knotea single note, and can not, , and spell the simplest word. She was a house servant, as such was permitted to _ , play upon the piano. She can -play any a i l" piece.- however diffi cu lt it may be, after hearing it played , ' an ei. accuracy and del icacy of touch is-re , y something very re markable. For the past two years she has been employed as a fieldltand,,and bas had no opportunity of Playing, Or 'listening to others play. Her performance on the piano is astonishing, as well for accuracy, delicacy :and brilliancy of execution. She cannlay anything she has ever heard, with zuwel lons facility; and seems' never 'to weary of, the instrument. -- - ' ' - -, v AB 0 P P' lIEIZ _l' _ ABDOBING _ movement:among Democratie politicians have theiPresident issue aproclatiuttioupar. Boning the assassination conspirators; now confined at Dry Tortunsup, Florida, has be come somewhat formidible in numbers., It is believed by many that Johnson will tic 'cede to the demand made upon him and turn those convicted of engaging 'the movement which resulted in the murder of Mr. Lincoln, out of prison, to go whence they desire. It is.also ,rumored that John son contemplates issuing , a procliunatiOn pardon* all convicted' counterfeiters, and those who were sentenced kr imprisonment for committing /reason the revenue. • Markets, by Telegraph. New ORLEANS, DeCeMber 30.—Cotton is higher, with sales of middlingi tt 245,e 2435 c. The sales ;to-day amounted to 8,700 bales, and, the receipts t 0.5,527 bales.' Sugar is steady, with sales of"common at - 9a9Xe.„ prime at 12%1112*, and Yellow" clarified at 13313 3 / 4 e. Molasses is eaaier, with sides of common at 52%255e, prime at 63a65c, and choice at 67c. Flour is firm; sales of super fine at 85,62, double extra at 87,75, and treble extra , at 88;18,50. ~Corn is firm; sales y of white at 78c, andellow at 80c. Oats; sales of western at 70c. Bran is dull at 828,37a28,50. salestotplime at.826a27. Pork is firm and. unchanged. Bacon is scarce; shoulders are held at 14a14 Xs, clear rib sides at 18*, and 'clear Sides at 19a19Xe. Lard is lower„ with sales. of tierce at Mc, and keg at 18Xc. Whisky is firm at *147. Coffee;sales of fair at 145014%c, aniiprinie at 163ya170. • k• .omakoo, , Decentivr 30 —At open -Board tads. afternoon provisions- were quiet but' firm; sales' ofMess Pork at /26,75a27. At the evening.Board - bttsllloB3 Was yerylniet, nothing whatever being:done in grain. 80. 2 spring wheat offered at $1,12. Pxovisions dull, sales confined to 100 barrels of mesa pork at 828,75, - - • , SAN FRANCISCO, December SOtb.---Flonr drill; prices nominal; wheat 1,70®175.• Sales choice; shipping tbe latter ;figure. Legal tenders 74%. NASHiTLLI', 'Decembei 80,--eAtton; thal marketas excited, with sales or good ordt-'.., nary at 25c. 133 FIZIEZ 1-, i'• - j { ~, ESE