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The New York herald., 1872-12-28
Winter and the Streets.

Every citizen will concede that the ice and
snow left to accumulate in our thoroughfares
are far more inconvenient than oil the dust
and mud Of the warm season. Yet we have
year after year, seen the contractor utterly fail
In Winter, for months at q time, to remove
load of the filthy compound. A thaw was
alone to be relied on, and then the
condition was horrible for a time.
Now, when the city does this business
by its own agents it has q right to expect
them to do what the contract system so
uniformly failed to do-keep the streets clear
from nasty accumulations during the cold
season. Possibly it may require an unusual
amount of labor and q heavy outlay of the
city funds if SO, we are sure no city disburse-
ment will be more generally and heartily
sanctioned by the taxpayers than that used
business will be promoted by this reform,
which it is to be hoped the Street Cleaning
Department will thoroughly carry out during
the Winter. Besides the sanitary and COM
mercial advantages the city will reap if
this duty is thoroughly performed, its prose-
cution may be made the means Of vast good
by aHording employment and livelihood to
large body of men willing to work, but not
likely to ind such labor as they are compe-
tent for The department has already begun
with commendable promptness the work of
carting away from Broadway the immense
piles of snow encumbering it. This is right,
and should be applied Immediately to all the
principal arteries of city travel. IF this is
done the public will not fail to award due
praise to the faithful officers who shall
merit IT,
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
NOVA SCOTIA.

Great Number OF Marine Disasters Re.
portcd-The Brig Bondcrel Wrecked-A
Vessel Fifty Days Out from Wales and
Not Heard from-A Sunken Steamer
Near the Gull Rock Light.
HALIFAX Dec. 81, 1872.
The brig Bonderel, from Georgetown, Prince
Edwards Island, bound to England, with cargo
OF OATS has been wrecked on Paumene Island.
The schooner Mary, from Halifax to Sydney, c.
B., went ashore at Arichat on Wednesday.
The bark Able Thomas, OF Yarmouth, has been
fifty days out from Wales for st. John, with rail-
road ron and tears are entertained for her safety
vessel which arrived from Lockport, Shelburne
county, N s., on Tuesday, reports that on Monday,
nve miles southwest OF Gull Rock Light she saw
steamers smokestack with led whistle, standing
eight or ten feet above the water, apparently at
tached to the vessels hull.
Bermuda advices say THE schooner Ancona, of
ST. John, from New York to Antigua, called at Ber-
muda and reports the loss OF Henry Thompson, a
seaman, overheard
Dispatches from Cape Breton report that o
heavy snow storm has blocked the coal railways.
preventing the steamer Eagle and other vessels
from loading and endangering their being frozen
In ut sydney and other ports
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
THE LOUISVILLE ROAD sMAsH-UP.

More Favorable Account from the
Scene or the Disaster-How the Acci.
dent Occurred.
LOUISVILLE, Dec q, ss72.
The accident on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad was not so fatal as at first reported The
passenger train which left here about midnight
last night struck a broken rail near Glas-
gov Junction, seventy i've miles from the city,
about four O'Clock this morning The engine
passed over safely, but the rest OF the tran con-
sisting OF abaggage car, sleeping and two passen-
ger cars after running short distance the ties,
plunged down an embankment fifteen feet, all
the cars turning over, and were consid-
erably damaged. The baggage, mail and ex-
press matter took IRE almost Immediately,
but the fire was prevented from spreading
by the exertions OF the train hands and passen-
gers. The express messenger, Mr.. King, was
pulled from under the burning baggage. All the
passengers got out Of the cars except Peter Fox,
OF this city, who was jammed in the wreck, and
had to be cut ont. HIS leg was so badly crushed
that II had to be amputated, and IL Is reported
he will die. None OF the rest OF the passengers,
numbering about thirty, were dangerously Injured,
though most oi them received severe bruises
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
SWITZERLAND.
Diplomatic Rupture Between tho Republic and
the Holy see-Causes Of the Civil Con-
fict with the Vatican.
TELEGRAM TO the NEW YORK HERALD.

Diplomatic relations between the Swiss govern
ment and the Vatican are broken OIL.
The Papal Legation at Lucerne will probably be
abolished, the Charge dAfraires and attaches hay
ing been recalled.
IMMEDIATE CAUSES WHICH MAY LEAD TO IMPORTANT
CONSEQUENCES.
The contest which has been waged during some
months past between the cantonal and republican
governmental authority OF Switzerland and the
ecclesiastical Vatican commission claims OF the
Holy See has, as Will be seen by cable despatch,
reached new and decisive point OF diplomatic
definition.
The present existing situation may be described
as follows AFTER the occurrence OF the recent
affair at Geneva, in which neither the Papal Nunco
nor the Bishop OF Friburg nor the cure, Bishop
Mermod, obtained any success, the Bishop OF Bale,
by dismissing n,Otn prOpriO, two antiin abst
priests, drew upon himself quarrel with
the cantOns OF Bale, Solevre, Thurgau,
Argau and Lucerne, which are in his diocese. The
delegates OF the cantonal governments met in con-
ference at Soleure and voted resolutions, with rea-
sons assigned, which form Q striking protest
against the Syllabus and the Council OF the Natf-
can. The delegates declared null and void the
dogma OF infalliblllty; denied the right OF the
recognize that doctrine without the consent OF the
local authorities enjoined the prelatc to rescind
the accommodations he had pronounced, and
summoned him to appear without delay before the
conference to justify himself as to what he had
done; finally, 1t demanded the immediate removal
OF the Vicar General.
The Pontincal Nuncio protested against those
resolutions, and hence the more immediate excit-
ing cause Of these latest differences between the
government In Derne and the Church In Rome.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
THE FIRE AT ST. LoUIs-INsURANcE.

Of LOUIS, DEC. II, IbIZ.
The following Is list OF the insurances on the loss
by the fire here last night :-Legget and Daneman-
building st. Louis Mutual $4,000 Jefferson Mutual
and Mount city, $4,000 each total, 1000. Stock,
North British, $4,000; North American, 5000 !;
Phoenix, 5000; Royal 5000; Commercial Union,
$4,000 Franklin, OF Philadelphia, 81 500; Citizens,
OF New York. $500; total $35, 900. Machinery
Home, OF New York, $4,000; American Central
s., 900; Mutual, OF st. Louis, 5000; Mount City,
S5,000 total, $40, ,000
Damage to adjoining building on the north, occu-
pied Jointly by Leggett Daneman and J. Tie
meyer, $1,000; insurance the same as on the cor
ncr building.
Insurance on Tlemeyer's stock SUN, OF Cleve-
land, $500; Girard SIS, 600; Citizens OF 81. Louis
s5,Oo0 Royal, $4,000; North St Louis, $1,000 !;
Aemania city, $500; Washington Mutual, $1,000; !;
81. Louis Mutual, s50o0 Commercial Union, $4,000
Manhattan. So, 500; Freedmen's, New YORK, $4,000
There are other similar insurances. making total
Vi bGl. J0v.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.

LONDON, Dec. u, 1872.
While missionary meeting was being held in
Stafford last night the floor of the building gave
way, precipitating one hundred persons con sid
cradle distance.
Many OF them were injured, some, 1t Is feared
fatally
SUSPENSION OF A STOCK BROKER-REPoRr OF A
''SHoRT'' IN ERIE.
William Bentley, stock broker OF this city, sus-
pended payment to-day.
1t is reported that he is short Of 44ooO shares Of
Erie.
BULLION IN FLOW FROM THE DANK.
The amount Of bullion in the vaults OF the Bank
of England has decreased during the week fl7S,oO0
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
ANOTHER ICE GORGE.

The People or Memphis I'm State OF
Exc1tement-MOre Trouble ON the
Mississippi.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec q, 1872.
At nine O'Clock tonight the river Is falling,
which is considered an indication that 1t is gorged
again.
At Randolph the steamboat men are all on the
Q,u Uire for another crash OF ice. The James
Howard after extricatng the City OF Augusta,
has got line ashore at the foot OF Jefferson street,
but Is unable to get into the shore.
The X. p Walt is considered to be lost. She Is
owned by Elliott Brothers, OF this city, Is valued at
$780, 900 and is insured Tor $24,0O0 Her cabin urni-
ture has all been removed. Tue cotton that she
had on board ls saved.
The Belle Pike Is a total loss. She Is valued at
$50, 900 and insured Tor $20,000. The whole loss
thus far does not exceed $500. 900.
The II. @. Yerger lies against the bar on the
Arkansas shore, unharmed.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
Blocked UP by snow-Rapi Transi,
Wanted.


Wanted.
1t is disagreeable to think that the snow
storms Of year to come may find New York
as much in their power as the present storm
finds us now. Travel has been impeded
everywhere in the city, and the difficulty of
going from one end Of the island to the other
is something appalling to the ordinary mind
Three hours journey in a crowded horse car
on snowy day, with the thermometer twenty
degrees below freezing point, is an experience
once gained never forgotten. For the first
fifteen minutes it may be jolly enough. Peo-
pie incline to gayety on snowy days as per-
sistently as they bend to moroseness on rainy
days. The new arrivals in the horse car keep
up the joviality. The insidious cold all this
while is seeking out the very marrow of the
traveller who entered the car at the HERALD
Office on his way to Harlem. The fun be-
comes hateful. He stamps his feet claps his
hands, rubs his ears and almost resolves on
He may be n man of some endurance and he
comes through without mishap, although
every joint in his spinal column
is aching This is explained by the
fact that during heavy SHOWS the
horse cars have an uncomfortable liking for
running off the track. If this man, while
under the malign influences of his ride up
town, thinks for a moment of the benefits an
underground or overground steam railroad
would confer on New York his pangs will be
almost unbearable from the contrast. The
thought must have suggested itself to, nay,
forced itself upon, thousands of citizens who
rode up or down town in the horse cars within
the past two days. 1t was, perhaps, more
constantly present to those whom the snow
and the all-but-disabled horse car lines pre-
vented from leaving their homes at all. Rapid
transit we want and should have. If the
misery entailed by its absence is more visible
in bad weather, its want in all weatbers is
pressing. We have had scheme after scheme
presented, only to fail when brought into the
first steps towards being carried out The
Legislature has passed several bills authorizing
the construction of lines, but they have not
progressed further than the plans. We do
not now propose to trouble ourselves about
what mode would be the best we believe
that any plan, if only safe enough, over
ground or underground, would pay. Let
something be done.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
ARMY ORDERS.

WASHINGTON, Dec 81 1872.
On recommendation OF the Quartermaster Gene
ra Col. Rufus ingalls, has been assign ed to duty as
Chief Quartermaster Of the Military Division OF the
Atlantic and ordered to report to General Hancock,
commanding the division. Colonel Ingalls, will
retain the immediate charge OF the principal depot
of the Quartermastei s Department in New York.
Colonel L. c. Easron, Assistant Quartermaster
General, has been relieved from duty Chief
Quartermaster OF the Military Division OF the
depot OF the Philadelphia and Schuylkill arsenal.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HEaAlD.

LONDON, Dec. q, 1872.
The Ministers OF Austria, Germany and Russia
serving at Athens, acting on instructions from
their respective governments, have jointly advised
the Greek government TO end the difnculty about
the Laurlum silver mines by conceding the de-
mands Of France and Italy.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
THE ICE BLOCKADE AT KINGSTON, Ny.

KINGSTON, N. Y, Dec. 81, 1872.
Travel Is still much impeded. The first mail
train from New York since Wednesday arrived
about ten O'Clock tonight. The waikiki Valley
and Newport and Kingston and Syracuse Railroad
trains are delayed, but will run regularly t0-mor-
row. The snow is lying from three to six feet
deep in the city and vicinity, and monstrous drifts
are reported on the country roads. The weather
is more moderate than yesterday, and the wind
has subsided.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
A CALIFORNIA MURDERER IMPRISONED FOB
LIFE.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL Dec. 81, 1872.
Governor Booth has commuted the sentence OF
William Donovan, sentenced to death, to imprison-
meut for lie.
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THE STEAMSHIP GERMANY.
Particulars Concerning the Passengers Lost in
the Wreck
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW york HERALD.

LONDON Dec. q, 1872.
or the thirty persons lost by the wrecking Of
the River Gironde twelve were passengers.
One Of them was an American.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
CEN TRIAL ASIA.
The Khan Of Khiva i'm Active War
Operations Against Russia.

Muscovite Forts Besieged- -Depredations on the
Northman's Fishing stations-British Di-
plomacy-Neutral, but SelfProtect-
ing-Comprehensive Project Of
the st. Petersburg Cabinet
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
TELEGRAM TO THE NEW york HeRALD.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. a. 1873.
The Court physicians, who are employed in at
tendance on the Czarowitz Alexander, issued .
bulletin from the palace this morning, in which
they state that ellis Imperial Highness had four
hours uninterrupted sleep during the night"
The New York herald., 1872-12-28
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A.-Gentlemen, Protect Your Heads,
your cars your hands with fur Caps fur Mulers, fur
Gloves from the unrvalled stock of gentlenens Furs
ut ESPESCHEID'S, lls Nassau street.
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FRANCE.
Specie in Outflow from the Bank.
TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HEaALs.

PARIS, Dec. u, 1S72
The specie In the Bank OF France has decreased
so, O0Of during the past week.
The New York herald., 1872-12-28

A.-For First Glass Hat, at Popular
prices, call DoUGAN l0l Nassau street. corner Of
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Physician's Testi Ner-
vOUS ANTIDOTE has cured several Of my patients OF
rheumatism. I cordially recommend It'll. O. Davis.
NJ. D., 248 Fifth street. Philadelphia.
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A.-FOr . Beautiful Hat for the Holi-
days go direct to the manufacturer, EsPENsCHEID,
lis Nassau street.
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TElEGRAMS 70 THE NEW YORK HERALD.

LONDON, Dec. 27, 1872.
The latest reports from India which are con-
irmed by special news dated In Berlin, bring
of 1900 Khivese troops under command of off,
GERS commissioned by His Highness the Khan,
are now engaged in beseiging the Russian mill
tary forts situated on the Emba River, in Central
Asia.
MUscovIrE FISHING STATIONS ASSAULTED by THE
AsIATIcs.
Another force OF Khivese soldiers, numbering
1900 men, Is employed IN depredating on the
Russian fisheries, the stations and property,
built at the mouth OF the Emba.
RUSSIA REINFORCING HER WAR POWER
Reinforcements have been marched to the sup
port OF the Russian troops stationed In the To-
caty which has been made the scene of onen-
sive operations by Khiva.
RUSSIAN HOPES OF AN IMPERIAL TRIUMPH.
A ST. Petersburg telegram reports as follows:-
No Official confirmation has as yet been given to
the report of the occupation OF Khiva by Colonel
Makason, who had been sent to reconnoitre the
imperial military detachment from Krasnowodsk
reached the point 1t had gone to reconnoitre and
made reprisals on the Turcomans for their hostii-
ties by destroying several villages, aud that the
men then returned to Krasnowodsk.
ANGLO-INDIAN REVIEW OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF
THE COLLISION.
British advices, dated in Calcutta, comment on
the anticipated consequences of the Russo -Asatic
collision in the following TERMS
We scarcely need trouble ourselves with what
Russia may do even half century hence. Half u
century may remodel the map Of the world. ALI
the basis of never looking too far in ad-
vance; of accepting the practicaLfact and eschew
ing the fine theory which has not accorded with
the TACT, however ugly or clumsy the latter may
have seemed The practical fact here IL that Rus
STA and England may do each other immense good
or immense harm, and that both nations, when
you get at their real feelings, would prefer the
former to the latter. The very latest report of our
great survey OF India contains several indications
OF this; in fact, the British surveyors and the sur
veyOrs OF Russia In wild and uninhabited regions
afford each other mutual help and appear to meet
in the utmost cordtality.
RUssIAs GRAND AIM FOR AsIATIc TERRITORIAL
DEFINITION.
Since the occupation OF Kuldja, in far north
ern eastern Central Asia by the Russians
In 1871, their power OF interposing between the.
several centres OF Moslem power in Turkestan has
it is asserted, toward that imposing step in Asaic
organization said to be contemplated by the CZar,
namely, the placing OF the whole OF Siberia under
yiceroy, who win eventually assume the style OF
Governor General OF all Asiatic Russia including
Turkcstan; and one portion OF this programme, 1t
is said, will be the establishment OF regular diplo
matte relations between the MuscOvite Viceroy OF
Siberia and the British Viceroy OF India.
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with wrecks. Many lives have been lost, but
the lists were not complete. The British
metropolis rejoiced over the failure of the
gas-stokers to plunge the city in darkness.
The gas companies had completely triumphed
over the strikers, some of whom had been SEN
tenced to imprisonment and others remanded
for trial The recent French crisis was
largely commented upon, its result being
generally considered temporary advantage
Tor the Right, while the cause of the moderate
republicans was sure to gain upon the inevita-
BILE dissolution Of the Assembly. Bismarck's s
victory over the Prussian Junkers was
esteemed the sign of popular progress and an
indication Of stability for the new Empire
which the Prince Chancellor is crystallizing
out of the heretofore antagonistic elements of
Fatherland. The Gladstone Cabinet was to
meet on the 18th for the last time prior to the
holiday recess. Irish University education
reform was believed to be on the slate as its
leading measure for the next Parliamentary
session. Game laws and scarcity of food ere
discussed among the people.
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Report Of q Short in Erie.
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GREECE.

Allied Diplomacy in Advice to the Cabinet in
Athens.
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RUSSIA.

Medical Report Of the Condition Of the Caro-
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