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New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRpIGS.-The London cable dispatch TO The
TRIBISr SAYS that the British press continues to
show irritation at the tone of Mr. Blaines dispatch
- The failure of the Irish landlords meeting Is
due to the hostility of the Conservative press
which wishes to leave tho question OF compensation
TO landlords open ull the meeting oi Parlalnent'
- Some professional jealousy is manifested in
London at the success Of Mrs. Langtry on the
stage. - Oscar Wilde sailed yesterday from
Liverpool for this port - lhc rope
spoke on his own position TO the Cardinals
yesterday - Mr.. O'DOnovan has been sentenced
10 six months imprisonment for speaking in abusive
terms of the Sultan. -- In Dublin, yesterday
Whelan and Ryan were remanded until wed
nesday on the charge of having arms in proclaimed
district. - The steamship Braunschweig has
sunk in the port OF Bremen.
DoNEsrIC.-The four experts examined in the
Gu;teau trial Yesterday expressed the conviction
that the prisoner was sane the I'd of July Judge
Cox has under consideration motion to
place the prisoner in the dock. =-
The Rev. Dr.. Leonard Bacon died at New
Haven Yesterday. - The new Minnesota ad
justment bonds have been signed and sealed. 60
Mcfarland, the Molly Mcguire, has been declared
not guilty. 80 Charles L. Strong. the yender OF
the Soarpraph watch, is in jail at Buffalo 60
Western cole re base ball club has been formed
- secretary LlicOln II III I NH4Nd=O' -- nv
rifle tournament at Atlanta has closed.-=Ihe loss
by the Red Bank, n. j., fire is now estimated at
about 1000 60 The Grand Central Variety
Theatre at Troy y. Y, has been burned. -E Dr.
Patterson, of st. Paul, has committed suicide IN
cemetery.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.--A Ere in a bonded ware
house in Maiden-ane last night caused a loss Of
million The loss at a Broadway fire was over
S25OOOO. - Tammany Hall issued another ad-
dress. 60 The Dock Department investigation
was continued yesterday 60 The method
by which W. A. Hall embezzled money
an Newark was discovered. - The second mate
o. the ship David Crockett arrested, charged
with cruelty to the ships crew. 60 Gold value
of the ega-tender yer dollar 412l2 grains SG.77
cents. - Stocks opened steady, declined, raj
lied, and later again declined, and closed weak.
THE WEATHER.-TRlBUNE local observations in
dicate warmer and clear or fair weather. Thermom-
eter Yesterday Highest, 33o; lowest, 220; aver
age. 2Slso
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
THE PARK BoARD STILL rRIFLING.

In a paper which Mr.. Commissioner Smith
T.. Lane has been moved to indite, occurs
the following statement: ave have a super
Intending architect, Mr.. Calvert YauX, who
"desires to supervise the work with deputy
"to be selected by him and paid for by
"the DEPARTMENT. The truth is, how
ever that the Park Department has
no experimenting architect Nearly six
weeks ago the Park Commission, duringa brief
paroxysm of common sense, did, against the
opposition of Mr.. Lane, appoint Mr.. Vaux
and that gentleman, as was his duty, appeared
promptly ut the Office of the Park Board and
stated the conditions on which he would ac-
cept the position. The Commissioners not
having seen fit to pay any heed to
the informal notification made to them,
Mr.. Yaux, after courteOusly waiting a reason
able time. addressed to the Board the same
terms which he had offered to individual mem
bers. But as yet no action has been taken.
As a result the Park remains without a super
intending architect, and the autumn and early
winter, which have been exceptionally favor
able for the kind Of wCrk needed, have passed
away unimproved.
The Park Commissioners may have con-
sidered their patronage so desirable that any
artist of repute would clutch at the offer of a
salary of $500 under them on any terms.
They are better instructed now, perhaps. Bat
what are the conditions which the Board has
refused to consider Simply these Mr.. Vaux
asks that Mr.. Samuel Parsons, ir., be associated
with him in the work without any separate
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
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BITS or CRITICISM

Mn. SwINBURNE's DRAMA.-Ir is pleasant 10
think That Iurlnd may at length claim the honor OF
supplying the great drama upoH national subject, and
TINT the mention Of Mary stuart will in future days
in the Of being capable Of stage representation
Mary stuart" IL not No quick, passionate rctOrt
Noshcs from heart 10 lip; the speeches generally 20
necye aud exhaustive, and take sometimes the shape OF
dfs4gs.tions Nor t be said that character is DIS
payed by means OF dialogue. Mary hcrsof shows what
she by elaborate exposition o her feelings, tho result
of tnlrosnecton. What other liyht upon her
from without. The geuIs OF Ng. Swipburne Is
naturally dramatic chan that OF the greatest among his
English rOcticJl riyas.-[fhc AthenTum.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
in Mr.. Gladstone or in the efficacy OF reform
lao

Lieutenant Schwatka thinks that the ten
dency of such disasters as the loss OF the jean
nette will be in the direction of aerial nayi-
CATION as a more hazardous but more
efIcctual method of reaching the North
Pole. He overlOoks the obvious ad-
vantagcs of systematic advance
along a well-defned coast line from
such p base of operations as Lady Franklin
Bay The American colony landed there TINS
summer has an excellent opportunity 10Y
pushing ahead and following the Green
land shore beyond the farthest point
seen by Sir George Mares. such 1"
colony, with sub-stations on coast inc
trending nOrthward, can be regularly pro-
visl9ned from year to year, and by systematic
effort explorations can be extended to hlgher
and yet higher lattudes without tne
risks of wintering in the pack
and a "nip" when the ice begins 10
move. Another advantage of this plan Is tne
avoidance of relief expeditions The sledging
or boating parties can always retreat upon
their own base of supplies, and the Govern
ment is never at a loss as to the quarter III
which the explorers are to be found.
One OF the fathers OF American NoiEI'S"
tionalsm has passed away, after long, labon-
ous and honorable life. DR.. Leonard Bacon
was neither a great preacher nor subtle the
ologian, but he was man of real force ana
decided individuality, vino not only had
much to do with shaping the course OF
his own denomination, but who also sue
ceeCied in directing the currents or pubic
thought on many important questions.
A born controvcrsialist, he was always mind
full of Paul's warning against striving about
words TO no profit, but to the subvertlng OF
the hearers He loved an argument not for
the pleasure of displaying his dialcctic skill,
which was by ne means small, but because he
was thoroughly in earnest in what he believed
and thought and regarded it as cOnscien-
tiOus duty to argue his case with the heat
and yigor of genuine conviction. lie
was ranked as a conservative in his views OF
CONGREGATIONAL polty and college government,
and he had an antiquarian taste which predis-
Dosed him to habits OF special research; but
he always kept abreast of the time and was
often considerably in advance of It, He was
genial in manner, and had a grim sort OF hui
NOR that made his letters and controversial
articles interesting to a wider public than
denominational preacher usually commands.
Finally, and above all else, he was genuine III
life and speech.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
Rr,rp1cr,s RIRrnnAY RooK.-The v

BFATRICES BIkIIIDAl DOON.-IUt WORST
quality ;Nat gus possess, IL Is one without tLe
excuse that con be allowed or technical deficiencies. If
certain lack artistic refinement visible thrOu ghOut
The book in short is not that Of artist and there was
reason why il shoud be. AUt then also there
place kind, and the results OF good, commonplace in
srucuon IL shows ceI am power Oh grouping HONers
great deal Ot industry and perseverance It does not
show, opinion, any power Of design properly so
called any KNOWLEDGE OF the rules of the practice OF
decorative art any ability OF technique, above the or
diuary standard The Princess Beatrice, in fact pro-
,uuei a book such as might have been produced by
twenty thousand other yotnS English ladies' book IN
which nothing is specially remarkable, CXcept Ac sigma
turc on It's utie-pagC THE Spectator.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

were trustfuly opening their purple and white to the
sum- Very rarely does the thermometer so distinctly
assert that it is May while the almanac insist,
that it is late December But then this is the fated
year that we are leaving. And although the con-
junction of the major planets in Taurus did not
precptate the final conhagration, the astrOoger
predicted, we ought hardly to be surprised at little
dislocatlon and confusion among the seasons
Mrs. Rose Terry Cookies Christmas story, written
for TEE TRIBUNE and printed on the third page this
morning, holds a gracious lesson for holiday time.
Ii is clever sketch. whose fidelity to nature will
be recognized by all who have studied character
among he rocks and arid pastures Of ew-England
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

The British Ministry is now receiving aid
from an unexpected quarter. Mr.. Shaw's with
drawal from the Home Rule League is an
nounced in manifesto in which reforms and
industrial prosperity, rather than separation,
are pronounced the true remedy for Irish
grievances Our regular London correspondent
quotes him as saying that the Land Act, in
the opinion of the immense majority of the
Irish people, has settled the land question AS
Mr.. Shaw has not been in sympathy with the
Parnellites for a long time, this withdrawal is
not to be looked upon as a secession from their
ranks. The 5oldness with which he expresses
his deliberate convictions at a time when the
Government is sorely in need of influential
support in the island may tend TO reassure
Irish Liberals who have not lost faith either
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

Mr.. Blaines reference TO the military power
of the United States, as evinced in the civil war,
is met in England by the quiet and unassuming
reminder that the Queen rules one-half of
America. Population has nothing to do with
it. 1t is a territorial claim, based on the as
sumption that everything is British from the
st. Lawrence clear up to the North Pole and
a good deal more on the other side If Eng
land did not have an established reputation
for unassuming worth this would really look
hike "spread- d-eagleism."
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

Guiteau has Whitfield down his insanity plea
to fine edge. He admits that the experts
are entirely correct when they pronounce him
sane at the present time, and that he recovered
his sanity an hour after he assassinated the
President. As soon as he got the "inspTa-
tion" off the "insane spirit" left him. While
the "inspiration was Ion" he was utterly
irresponsible When the skein has been un-
ravelled until there is only one gossamer
thread left there is little chance of the jury's
making tangle of it.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

London had one of the densest fogs of the
season and New-York perfect winter weather
on the day before Christmas. All the signs of
sky and instruments promise sunshine and an
myigorating atmosphere to-day.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

There are two favorable symptoms il the
Guiteau case. One is the fact that the audi
ence has thinned out, and the other is the
distinct demand from the prosecution that the
murderer shall be heard from his own place
the criminals dock. EX-judgc Porter, whose
righteous indignation famed out Mt various
STAGES of yesterdays proceedings, finally
offered a motion to the effect that the prisoner
should be conducted to the dock. That genial
optimist, Judge Cox, cautiously remarked that
he had the matter under consideration, bat did
not wish to act hastily. Hastily, indeed
As if the license allowed this most contcmpi-
be and atrOcious of murdercrs had not been a
reprOach to our criminal practice week after
week. as if Americans were not hanging their
heads at home and abroad because this Judge,
with tissue-paper backbone, has not suhi-
cient force of character to preserve order in
his Court! Ex-Judge POrter's direct appeal to
the bench merely called out another admoni-
ton. The effect as usual, was to stimulate
the prisoners blackguardism, for al
most in the next breath he referred to
Mr.. COrkhill as ga frst-class fraud"
and not long afterward congratulated ex-Judge
Porter on having ga mouth like AN old cat
fish," The report of the days proceedings
shows that the counsel for the prosecution do
not intend to submit any longer TO inter-
ruptiOns and insults from this foul-mouthcd
assassin. The Judge is fooling with the patience
of the public. He should put the prisoner III
the dock and keep him there.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
Tnslness Notites.
"ALpERNEY BRAND'

"ALpERNEY BRAND' ,,,,.
Buy always
Cold feet cured bv "SuttOna magnellc IN
so "suttonia magnetic garments are cheaper anu Do''
fIan '.Wsona." Waverley place.
THE American House, B0stOn, Po5sgff5ivS iScafion
a1vantapes in SIS central and conye let ioO,%l %
9 s an erjoT nodaons more moderate f~VeS
than most first class hotels
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

The study OF the growth Of NcwYorl has a great
fascination for old residents who are also close OBJ
servers 4 peculiarly worth noting is lhe fact that
the complete change Of character Of one particular
street or avenue does not affect materially the char
actcr OF streets Immediately adjacent For in.
stance Fourteenth-st. from Broadway TO Seventh
ave. has entirely changed in the last decade from
place exclusively of fashionable dwellings to one
wholly of snail shops and retail stores yet Fifth
ave. in the immediate vicinity has not been
changed in the slightest degree from tho fashionable
home quarter 1t always was. In the same way the
alterations OF y-ihird-st. have not influenced
changes IN Twenty y-second or Twenty SITS. or
others adjacent The tendency Of The broad
streets which at every ten blocks interval IN
tcrsac. tho avenues, to become retail marts
is also marked characteristic of this city
Of strange aud magic growth and of mag
nidceut development The changes of the next
ter years premise TO be still more startling making
Harlem River in fact the geographical heart of the
metropolis, practically uniting brooklyn and Jersey
City and actually centring tho various railroads
from aU quarters in the city itself. II will bo
something Of "a sensation to the oldest inhabtant
when he hr5t goes West without taking the ferry
boats, and to tho European tourist when ho goes
by rail to MOnlauk Point to take tho steamer.
There was enough of genuine winter flavor in the
bracins air OF yesterday 10 encourage seasonablo
appetite for Christmas dinner to-day. But it is
worth mAkinga note of that ON the day before the
gold of dandcons and tho silver of starwort bloom
were shining on the turf. and even giliilowers
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

A talk with Ex-Governor Leland Stanford
of California, which we print on another page
will be found timely and interesting reading
Mr.. Stanford thinks the Southern Pacific
Railroad Is going to be a great benefit to
California, in opening a short line Tor the
shipment of her wheat to Europe by way OF
New Orleans, and in developing market for
her agricultural products in the mining regions
of Arizona. He does not regard the Southern rs
a rival to the Central and says its local traffic
will support it apart from the bulky freight
which will seek water carriage at Nev-Oriedils,
and which now goes around Cape Horn be-
cause it cannot afford the long rail journey 20
New-York. A great increase in the asrlcul-
tural industry of the Pacific Coast is pre-
dicted as one of the results of the new road.
II is remarkable that, with the great fertility
of her soil and the beauty Of her climate, the
State has only 100000 inhabitants engaged Ia
filling the land Scarcity of labor is said to be
the cause and this is no doubt due in great
part to the distance from the East and the cX-
pense of the journey. Governor Stanford
rightly thinks that second Pacific railroad
terminating in California viii prove a great
stimulus to the settlement Of her agricultural
districts.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

SPIELHAGEN's NOvELs.-Spielhagon chief
characteristic however, power, though It may be OO-
lected TO him that bc often lays Ohis cO0rs too strong
~ and crudcly Ne should formerly have attributed al
most the converse quality 90 him OF that which Mr. Rus
kin attributes TO George Sand. Her writings often
immoral but always beautiful" OF Spiclhagen, on the
contrary, we might say, his writings generaly
moral hut often crude and unloyely" But his Later
books have moro decidedly immoral tendency. ltls
nOyelutes are Iroer from this charge, at then Hsa
they lack the strength OF hs longer works. their cOorng
is puler their analysis " character and motive thinner,
and he does not attempt In them 10 depict In the same
way tho consuming fOrco OF love and passion, L0r
10 study the several difficult social problems which mayo
caused such an uuwhOl0sOmo fermentation IN Berin
society," 1Tbo Spectator.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

KNGsIrY THE POET.--Only in one directlon y
Kingsley merely poet and not preacher-when he Is
surrounded by objects which influence him and when ne
cannot influence when he describes the glory ana tne
life OF river or hill Even here at times the aoo
trne that these ought TO be enjoyed makes intrusee
try with angry side lanees against the shame anu lOss
OF ignobe ascetcism. Kingseys delight In e1teIha M
ture Il not that of 'wse passveness IN when hl NJ 10.
nuences of earth and sky sink deep into the soul
loy of rring senses Is met as IL were by neu
10Y In the stream that sparkes and the sh tnat iS
and the wind that sings, and the clouds that ny h
Rleanors harangues viii survive rs Interesting ~
few Who study the history OF the ysaIs VI ~"
nineteenth century revolution. While the
rum and the cliffs OF Southern England stand tey % W.
be living poetry for all lovers OF rock ana n'er III hs'
loy,s best pages. Pal Mall Gazette.
New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-23
Superior Court,

SAPGAAOA
Hon. R. w. CARswELL, Judge Superior
Courts Middle Circuit, presiding.
Court convened at $50 O'Clock yesterday
morning, when the following business was
transacted:
Wolf Barnett, executor, ETC., complainant,
and "The Importing and Exporting Com.
panY of Georgia." defendant. In equity.
Amendment to bill filed and interlocutory
decree rendered providing for service by
publication upon defendant in Savannah
MORNING NEWS.
In re. application Of Mary NJ. Hartridge,
substituted trustee, etc., for leave to sell
trust property. Decree granted in accord
ance with prayer of petitioner.
Thomas Harrison ct al. VS.. Chris.
Murphy. Sale under mortgage Fl. ia. Order
to put purchaser in possession of property.
State VS.. Richard Williams. Motion for
new trial by defendant. Order to file
amendment to motion for new trial and for
hearing motion in vacation, etc.
Catharine E. Pullain ct al, complainants,
VS.. John D.. Langhorn ct al, defendants. In
equity. Order granted to perfect service by
publication upon nonresident defendants.
Cyrus Genereaux VS.. Rose Generaux. Di-
vorce. Second verdict granting total d.
vorce rendered, with right to either party
to marry again.
The Cape Fear Steamboat Company, com
plaiHants, and Robert Erwin and Geo. s.
Barthelmess, defendants. In equity. Mo
ton for new trial by plaintiff. Order
granted providing for the hearing and de-
termining the motion for a new trial either
IN vacation or at any subsequent term of
the court, etc.
Louisa G.. Banks, complainant, and Chas.
ID. Banks, defendant. In equity. Order
granted to perfect service upon the defend
ant by publication in Savannah MORNING
NEWS.
Geo. G. Buntz ct al, compliments, and
Georgia E. Morris and Julia Balm, defend
ants. In equity. Order granted discharg-
ing the receiver, Henry Blum, upon dis
bursting the funds in bis hands In accordance
with the decree of the court heretofore
rendered in the case.
The grand jury rendered their general
presentments, and were thereupon dis
charged for the term.
Court adjourned to 9 q. IN. to-day.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-23

Through Miss Carrie Gardner From Mrs.
Boley, l cake; Mrs. sternberE, candy; j.
Roos, corn beef, salads and cake: Mrs.
Worstman, cake; Mrs. Muhlberg, fruit cake.
Mrs. Miller. cake; Mrs. Putzel, turkey: Mrs.
White, turkey; Mrs. Lees, fruit cake; Mrs.
Schwarz, fee cream.
Through Mrs. G. E. Wakefield From Phil
lip Hermann, l large msccaroni pyramid:
Mrs. E. G. Prendergast, DUPONT, Ga, 3 yards
pine-top lace; Mrs. J. G. Cornell, basket OF
flowers.
Through B. II. Levy: From Levi & Wechs-
Ter, New York, $40.
Through Mrs. E. F. Bryan, Townsville,
Ca: From Mrs. Annie Coyle, l cake: Mrs
J. 8. Finn, ! silk handkerchief a Mason's
widow, l battledore, etc.; Mrs. s. L. Hayes,
SOC.
Through Mrs. G. W. Lufburrow: From
j. b. Furber, 5 pounds candy; E. s. Zit-
trouer, l box cigarettes,
Flowers for the Fair have been received
from the following friends: Mrs. G. II. Ber-
den, and the ladies Of the Quitman Library.
From James T. Blain, Brunswick, Ga, a
beautiful shell ornament.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-23
How the WheIes. was FIRED.

An investigation into the origin of the
fire, which destroyed the steamer Wheless
on the morning of the 18th, and did so much
damsge to other property, shows that the
disaster was caused by the carelessness of a
colored pantry boy. The Steward sent the
boy to the fee box to see how much meat
there wss on hand previous to his going to
market. The box was situated on the star
board side of the boat aft the wheel
house, and to get to it he was
compelled to pass through the bales OF
cotton slowed on the main deck between
the engines. In loading the boat
a ~passage-way, or tunnel, is left, through
which the hands pass from one end to the
other. Through this tunnel the pantry
man went to the ice box, where he lighted
s candle and ascertained the condition Of
the larder. Instead of extinguishing the
light on his way back he carried it in his
hand, and the flame ignited the cotton hang
ing from the sample holes in the bales. In
e moment the flames burst forth from each
end OF the passage way, and a few seconds
after the explosion of turpentine spread the
FIRE, and in twenty minutes the noble steamer
was an un~recogniZable mass Of ruins.