The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-09

sentence, under the same heads of accusation,
with the exception of the stripping OF honorable
signs OF distinction, for the want OF any such, is
passed on the other prisoners to the number OF
twenty-seven, both men and women, exclusively
belonging to the peasant and lower merchant
classes; but, considering that some OF the
prisoners are of a high old age and must have
entered the sect very long tlme-pernapS
half century-ago, there is a clause enjoin-
ing the court to solicit the pardon of such
prisoners. The moneys found in the possession
of Plotitzine are to be transferred, according to
the law in such cases, to his heirs-at-law. AS
for the missing moneys no search or investiga-
tion is to be instituted about Them Thus what
formed the chief and indeed, the only motive of
the accusation is left quite out OF view by the
courts ultimate decision, and the poor people
severely punished for fact of which many
thousands are known to be guilty, nor ever have
n public accusation directed against them. In
Petersburg alone hundreds of Skoptzy openly
walk the streets and freely attend to their trades
or professions, without dreaming of conceal
ment, and it is notorious that the money
changers are Castrates, almost every mothers
son of them. On the whole, it cannot be said
that this trial has left any very favorable impress
sion on the public mind.
Great Fire in Paris.
In Paris at midnight on Friday, July 23 the
depot of the COnlpdgnte de PetiteS VOjtUreS, in
the Rue Stanslas, took fire, and the dried wood,
varnish, spirits of wine, oil, and tow, used 50
extensively on the premises, fed the flames,
which spread with fearful rapidity to Dewster's
factory, as well as to the neighboring houses
The troops were early on the spot, and rendered
efficient aid to the inhabitants in removing their
furniture from the blazing apartments. The
task was all the more difficult as the men were
literally enveloped in a shower of sparks, which
had dazzling and almost binding effect on
them. The space formed by the Rues Vavin
and Brea was quickly rendered impassable in
consequence of the furniture, broken mirrors,
mattresses, and household goods piled in one
prOmscueus heap of confusion in its centre. In
spite of the gallant efforts of the fire brigade, the
troops, the Municipal Guard, and several compa-
nies OF police, the fire was not got under till four
in the morning of Saturday, and even at that
hour but little impression was apparent
to the spectators as a consequence of their eXer
tions, for flames leapt up every now and then.
The quarter is poor, and hundreds of the fami-
lies of workmen, artisans, and mechanics, whose
scanty furniture was not insured, have suffered
severely. Poor women, scarcely clothed who
had rushed out of their beds, were all night to
be seen crOuchng in the midst of the household
goods they had been enabled to remove; and,
strange to relate, lying on the heaped-up mat
tresses children and babies, fast asleep, laid
there by their distracted mothers, apparently
enjoyed their SteStd in the open night air us
thoroughly as though ruin and misery had not
Overtaken their families. young girl of singu-
lar beauty, wrapped in a scarlet curtain wan
dered amid the wreck of her fathers property
-Four hundred and fifty cabs and $1,000 worth
of property have been destroyed. VI. Rousseau's
organ factory has been seriously damaged.
Plots to Assassi in Spain.
The ordinary compleXity of Spanish affairs is
increased in this by the fact that concur
rently with the late Carlist agitation a move
ment has been set on foot for the restoration of
Queen Isabella. The scheme finds no favor
Umong the populace, to whom a second edition
Of Isabeas regime would be much more repug-
nant than the rule even of Don Carlos; but GER
tain officers and priests still on the side of
the eX-Queen. The plot to assassinate Serrano,
Prim, ande Rivero was not Carlist plot. 1t was
got up by these adherents of the deposed sove-
reign, and, according to the Independence Beige,
it was of a very extensive character. General
Don Miguel de la Vega lnchan is the chief of
the conspirators who have been arrested. That
he was implicated in the plot to assassinate the
revolutionary leaders is doubtful; but the letters
found in his possession shows that he is certainly
connected with the general conspiracy for the
restoration of the Queen.
The Madrid correspondent of the Independence
Beige mentions a very alarmin" fact. The
securities for loan issued by Dou Carlos have
met with q very favorable reception in some
parts of Spain. At Saragossa the bonds offered
by the agents were covered by three times the
required amount ut Valladolid twice, at Burgos
the sum was half as much again.