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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
SHOCKED BY THE GUITEAU TRIAL.

The license that is permitted to Guiteau in
ms remarks to witnesses and counsel and in mis- general
violent conduct has excited the intense asOnish-
meut and disgust among prominent lawyers in this
ety The opinion seems be universal not only that
It. disgrace the decent naturalization OF justice in
America but that 1t is entirely unnecessary.
-. with a Judge on tho bench during this trial who
had the proper moral stamina said eminent law
YER Yesterday Guiteau would have dared to
omen his mouth in after the first day Suppose he
had been tried before Judge Blatchford, Judge
Davis or Donohue, Lawrence, Van
Rrunt or any one OF several other OF
our Judges that might be named; DO you think
we should have had any Of these that the whole
world is looking at with amazementl In the first place
the wretched prisoner would have been quick enough
discover the sort OF man the bench he had deal
with md his cowardy disposition would have yielded,
probably without threat from the judge. But il it had
not and he had venred upon the extravagant antics
which ho lnduiges In freely now, he would not have
received more than a single warning. dO1't believe
Judge Duvs would have found 10 necessary TO say, as
Judge Cox did once: If you speak again shall have
yOn gagged but he had said IT, he would nave meant
what he said %
Many similar expressions Of sentiment are heard
from lawyers and Judges and II Is DOUBT.
ful IL any member OF the oar OF
nrominence can be found VINO not believe that all
the shameful OF this trial could have been
avoided ,, - -
three days how he would nave treated he assassin
n he had been presiding at the trlal humph,' ne
answered with grim humor. 81 would have directed
verdict In the first degree on the second day
and sputenced him TO be hanged on the third" And
cr le ad led with more seroUsness The trial ought
~ nave been ended long before tls, and the prisoner
snould never have been allowed To DEFY tue court IL
ou to have been the easiest thing in the world to
make him behave himself"
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GENERAL FOREIGN Ne WS.
THE IRISH Dts TURBANCES.


LONDON, Dec. 17.-Mr. O'Sullivan, a promi-
nent member of the Land League, and tenants land
varator has been arrested under the Coercion Act The
agent of The Unid Ireland at Charlvlc, County Cork
has been arrested. six persons in all have been ar
rested at Baltimore suspected OF attacking houses
The fund for the maintenance of imprisoned "sus-
poets now amounts to more than $1,000.
There were two fatal o beating in Ireland yes
terday A who attacked near Knock, and an
other attacked at Pailas, both dead from their
injuries.
Herbert Gladstone junior Lord Of the Treasury speak
ing at Manchester evening said he found during his
tour that there great exaggeratOn IN England
in regard the condition OF Ireland. The aarnlss ne
said, took their standard from the worst county The
arrests had produced a striking ana Tcmarkaple IN
preston in the districts where they were made He
blamed landlords for not cooperating with the Gov
more coercion needed and the talk OF martial law
absurd. Alterations OF tue tur| system would now
be worse than useless. The "nO rent movement
was not dceIrOOted and only kept up 10y ntimda-
ton He believed that the prospect was distinctly Ia
vOrable.
The fund promoted by the Lord Mayor OF London for
q e relief OF distressed Irish ladies now amounts 10
S7,3O0.
Tie Marquis Of Harrington. Secretary OF state ior
India spraklng near Burnley to-day expressed tle O-
termination the Government Ia bring the lrlsh dli
Guilty "A successful conclusion. He repudiatcd the
idea of sccedns The Liberal Government He
said that power of Land League now broken.
and that II was impossible for the present guerrilla war
"A n
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THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

LONDON, Dec. l7.-SIXty gulncas premium
WAS paid Yesterday the overdue steamer CITY 0f Lon
dom from London November y for New-Yors.
The state Line steamer State OF Georgia, ior New
York before reported returning Glasgow under SAIL
her machinery being disabled, has arrived Ia the Cydo
for repairs.
The Belgian steamer P!anyn, Captain SCaatt at Ant
wcrp from New-York, having grounded VIII DE doo1cd
for repairs The German park Wazyrc, Captain VOL
Icre IRON New-YOr July 10 for Hong Kong Ina,
I8uun TefrT, from NCW-HOTk for Bremen, before re-
D ,rted ashore NIcUwe dep Is iuIi OF water. The
crew have been saved.
81 joins, n. b.. Dec 1.-THE bari; Fannie NJ Of this
port Is now sevcnty-One days from Liverpool for
baltimore. Fears entertained for her safety.
HALIFAX, n. s., Dec l7.-indian HarUOr, where the
Steamer Kochdale from Charleston, c. Tor 5eDasOpo
is ashore being remote from telegraph station IL is not
easy TO get information concerning the wreck The
steamer NJ A. starr, from Charottetown via Eastern
Shore ports, brought TO day from the ROch-
dale While passing Indian Harbor Cartain Rood Of
the Starr saw the Rocbdae ashore, and ran in. IIo
sates that Rochdac well up the beach. hay
ing run In over the bar between two headands. The
Starr could oniy got within ABOUT quarter Of mile Of
the place Thoforward compartments Of the Rochdaic
were full OF water and the water still rising, the
puups being OF little use Most OF her cargo be
saved II lighters be obtained IN time. Sac lies
on "A stony bottom, In sheltered cove. ana IL drawing
three feet of water forward and twelve AFT II tne
weather continues fair she VIII pT0bay be got OH The
wind that could do her harm would be from the
southwest, which would heavy r The cap
tam of the ROrhde sick from the time Of leaving
Charleston and is still indspOsed Tue sLil
board, but they DO very little without assistance.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON Saturday, Dec. II, 1881.
General Sherman has gone to St Louis 10 attend tho
funeral OF the late General Turner. He expects to 30 in
Pbiladcluhia on December d.
Tho President has decided 70 nominate George NJ.
Dpsip 10 he United States Dstrict-Attorney iii the
state OF North Carolina.
The rcdcmptions Of extended bonds under the 105th
cali M TO date amount to Sl5s2s 900, leaving out
standing only LII, 400 Of extended Us embraced in
that call.
Tn 70 the adjournment OF the Senate and House yester
day there had introduced: In the Senate 302 bills,
and sixteen Joint resolutions. In the House l,6l3 bills
and joiut resolutions.
General Charles VI. Fields, late doorkcepcr Of the
House OF Representatives, to-day presented by the
cn,uloycs who have served under him. with handsome
gold watch, chain and seal.
The Commissioners Of Indian Afars has received a
dispach from the agent at Assineborne Agency Mon
tana saving that smallpox is aarningy prevalent in
Western Montana, and asking for vaccine matter.
Representatives Mooney. Singleton and Chalmers, OF
Mississippi called at the Post Office Department to-day
and urged the restoration Of the Steamboat Mail Service
ou the YaZoo and Sunlower Rivers The Department in
repy 10 the request Of delegation showed that by
Transferring service from the steamboais 10 tie rail-
road better work was being performed at greatly
rrduccd rates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
THE NEWS IN LONDON.

THE BRITISH GROWING AT MR.. BLAINE
THE PRESS AND PEOPLE DISSATISFIED WITH ihN
AMERICAN poL,CY-A GENERAL DISPOSITION ~
QUESTION MR.. BIAINEs AssnMPTIoNs-LohD
cD.yvu,r LIKELY TO POSTPONE THE MATTER
,p HE cAN-oscAR WILDE ABOUT TO LEAVE
ENGLAND.
MIR. Blaine's dispatch to Minister Lowell
has caused general outburst OF hosthe
criticism in London. British claims are
reasserted with great vigOr, and s1rohg
disposition is manifested to resist inc
American policy outlined by Mr.. Blame
Lord Granville's answer has not been
made public, but it is probable that he VIII try
10 leave matters as they are. The Stanley Me-
mortal Committee is ready to receive American
subscriptions. Oscar Wilde, the poet Is ABOUT
TO sail for this country. Mrs. Langtry mas ac-
cepted an engagement at the Theatre Royal
Haynarket, where she has just achieved sue
cess as Miss HGrdcdStle.
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THE FLIGHT OF PIEROLA.

WAsHINGTON, Dec. 17.-Mr Gilmore, the
Peruvian Minister says that the departure OF Picroa
from Peru stable government there. Picfo",
he says, represented the last efforts Of the
diving spirit Of rebellion and revolution in
Peru He a defeated and fugitive dictator who
could not reconstruct the country constitutional
basis. His absence leaves Mont, ro who had been pro
claimed YicePrcsdent by the Peruvian Congress, the
acting President long President Calderon Is held
prisoner by the Cnlans.
MonieTO is now the only person with whom the Chu-
iu- can ucgO late and the situation at present hUCu
PcruYians IN nuCu brt,C
ppslt.ou than ever before secure honorable and
iastlng peace with Chill This happy condition uI ua4Is
SeAUr EluOre says Is NANNY due 20 tne impdItI bud
friendly attitude of the United STATES Government 20
wafI Peru evidenced by tuc good OdCes aud conduct
OF Minister uuTlbut ne las been ia Peru
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LIABILITY FOR BONDS.

WATERFOWL, n. Y, Dec. 17.-In Apnl,
1872 bonds were issued by the railroad commissioners
for the town of Orleans Jefferson County appointed by
the County Judge The Court of Appeals reversed tsr
appointment
After such reversal the bonds passed. TO the Utica
and ack River Railroad Company aud sold out Of ne
state 10 bona nde purchaser. who recovered thcrn
$4,000 In the United states Court establishing the
Dty OF the town therefor on the ground OF bona Sds
purchase.
In an action brought by the Supervisor OF the tesu
against the Commissioners who issued and the rarssd
company who received and aided in transferring tie
bonds TO such holders, verdict rendered ip !id
Circuit Court in this city to-day for $4,000 favOc Of
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which Captain Brownrigg OF the British man-oi-"ar
London was killed on the Sd Instant
The Berlin correspondent OF The Morning Post says
The proposed visit of the King OF Italy TO beriih
would apparently be unweeome during tho heE''i"
tions between Germany and the Vatican"
A large portion of Fowler's steam plow works 10
HunsIet suburb Of Leeds has been destroyed by hre
The loss amounts TO s3O0O0o Three hundred persou'
thrown out OF employment by the nre.
The Berlin correspondent Of The Times says An
American Jew in ST. Petersburg performing In circus
has received orders quit the capital simply on
OF protesting the Hebrew faith. He has proiested'
reward Of 200 is offered for the conviction OF the
thieves who sto the registered letters containing da
monds from the Hatton Garden Post Office in London,
November H. and free pardon TO any one OF tueh CIV
ing information 'ainst his accomplccs'
said in Paris that the precautions against nre or
dered by authorities the Theatre Francais VIII IN
vove the closing Of the theatre for month. me
Theatre Deazet Is wooden building, ana IL VIII "'' w
responsibilities It Is entirely r'conStrhcteH. .
The Paris correspondent Of The Daily NeTs SAYS that
Lieutenant Lullier an amnestied Communist waylad
" Sibonr n nephew of the murdered Archbishop ot
Paris. and struck HIM. Lieutenant Luller thrra'encu "
murder ~ SihOur Il lac refused to tght Witd hin'
4 formal denial "a given at Rome 10 the report tha1
the Bshops who went there attend the recent canon
izaton ceremony were qucsoned bv the Popc upon te
aGv'sabity OF his leaving Rome. on the contrary tH
Bishops were much struck at the ropes re'ioonOo ~
this matter
The official report of the Board Of Works on the lng
Theatre disaster says "The chief engineer asked TWO
policemen at the main entrance Of the Ring Ine'ue
whether there anybody within, and received 'n' "
ply that the whole audience had LETT saicy THIS stae
ment was apparently confirmed by tho fact that 10 per
sons were seen The entrances Of the building lne
o the Fire Brigade subsequently maze thru , way ~
the galleries but he air suiOcatinG II was llupoa
sble penetrate the passages, The torches '" guy
for want Of oxygen aud the bremen were u.ao,o ~ ~
The rpnrt Expresses tho conviction that the
audience died speedily from sufocaton
HAvASA. Dec. 1.-THE Chinese Consul-General here
sailed for NewYor to day for the purpose oi assisting
in the preparations for the departure OF tho 'Hn''e
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FOREIGN NOTES.
LONDON. salnrdnY. Dc

LONDON, Saturday, Dec. II, 1881.
The Times says it is understood that the Queen will
open Parliament in person.
The sum OF 10000 in gold was Withdrawn from the
Bank ngland yesterday for shipment TO America.
The Cuckoo that Oscar Wyde, the poet, has
finally engaged with D'Oyley Carte for tour In
America
Tle Pali Mall Gazette announces that the Right Hon
Sir George Bramwe Judge OF the Court OF Appeals,
to be raised to Ihe feerage.
Dams near Algcrs on the Oran Railway have burst,
and the line is flooded Many lives have been lost by
the iuundoton. Several vessels in the coasung trade
foundered.
The Euglishman shot dead by sentry guarding the
prison at Malaga FOR failing 10 respond 20 challenge.
was Thoma, Mitchell Young, engineer the Anchor
Line steamer Iyrian
A dispatoh from Zanzibar announces the capture OF
The owner Of the slaye dh0w in tho encounter with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
THE FIRE RECORD.
FLAMES IN BROADWAY AND CRosBY-sl

| FLAMES IN BROADWAY AND CROSBY-Sy
LOSS A QUARTER OF MILLION DOLLARS.
The unmistakable smell of fire was noticed
in Crosby-st, between Grand and HOwardsts., Sc
O'Clock last night. When search made smoke waa
found issuing cellar OF the building at Nos IL
16 and Is Crosby-st. The alarm promptly gfyen.
but when the aremen arrived they found the nsses
raging already with equal fury in the CrosOyst zad
Broadway parts of the building 1t is five stories ksh
soidy built OF brick, with iron front Btoadszy.
The structure upon the site Of the old Assembly
Rooms that burned twenty odd years ago.
Later. in 1871 the fire that reached the Can
tnenta Hotel swept the block, and sSrcs
then it has been ravuged twice by flames,
TO a extent Last nights loss will not fall short sf
quarter of million dollars, and may exceed S3O0soo
II fas upon trIns THAI occupied the building,
L. waack, dealers in fancy goods and Dessar Brotaars
& Co.. clothiers. The building is the property OF ihs
Charter Oak Life Insurance Society, OF Hartford Coza
The locality particularly dangerous for are
The building that lre fronts 125 feet Crssy.
ST. and has two wings extending TO Broadway. ezch
twenty-five feet wde It in the upper, notsers
of these extensions with the corresponding half az
Crosby structure that the fire ragged The nrsnss
found it creeping through the elevator shaft 70 the
third floor when. with much difficulty, they had forced
an entrance to the building through the sidewalk sad
the pOndcrons shutters In CrOsbys The heat eas
SO great and the smoke dense that the men OF Engine
Company No. 81, penetrated To the second fsor
were forced back upon the windows. For whibs 10
seemed impossible TO save the building Chief Bs,es
and five truck companies, and after two hours blrd
work the ire was eItngushed. 1t had then ruined al
the stock Of the Rcy gSVas rm gaps ad much OF the e
The loss OF A. Il l.. Wallack was put at hot less tAsa
100000 upon which there was insurance In lArys
number OF c0mpauies 10 the amount OF $3.50 000 f1s
Ihc trims stock was large and was probably all ds-
sroyed. The damage 10 Dessar Brothers Co.'S gods
WAS mt at $50 O0O but this thought by many to 10
a low estimate The firm is insured for nearly 25o0o0
In many companies. The loss ON the building, nksFno
fully insured, Is not less than SZo,OOO.
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Sunday with Mahlon Sands at Ascott Lodge, and
return to Paris next week.
MRS. LANGrRY's SUCCESS.

MRS. LANGTRYS SUCCESS.
Mrs. Langtry's appearance at the HaymmKet as
Miss Hardcastle brought together an audience un-
precedented at this season, the house overiiowlng
with rank and fashion and celebrities OF
all kinds. Her friends and the puDlic
were equally delighted and surprised by the merits
of her performance. Her beauty, supposed to pe
too delicate for the stage stood the test we'll NO
body expected from debutante almost without
instruction. such knowledge of stage business so
much ease and so accurate conception of diihcnlt
part such sklful use of delicious voice, or such
evidence of marked dramatic aptitude The press
unanimously applauds Mrs. Langtry. She has still
much technical knowledge to acquire, but all agree
that she has a bril- liant future before her. Mr.
Bancroft, the manager Of the Haymarket, after
seeing the rehearsal, offered her engagement on
liberal terms. She accented, and begins in January.
She says some day, when she will have conquered
some difficulties of the art, she hopes certainly to
visit America. G. w. S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
OBTAINING LAND BY DECEPTION.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 1.-THE Dispatch
contains interesting iacts concerning An e1tensv"
and peculiar land swiudlc being pcrpctrnci 10 Do
kota just south o the Manitoba hne, by men h'ng ht
Emerson Manitoba. These Canadians Il appears by
srcprcscnjalions entered lands In Dakota and ara cl
tivating these lands At tho ume retaining th'r
rcsiurucr and ncgiluc. Hh -uJcoe uf Queen NiftnrA a.
Being citizens of another country they are beyond the
Iur risdcion ~ the LMlIoi Stnire cOu.is
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LOSSES ELSEWHERE.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 1.-THE Hilton House,
at Lungton was burned, with Its contents The lOss
- 900; Insurance. 400.
CIycISNATI Dec. ia fire in b. Roth's lid glove
store in this city, in FoJrthst inflicted damages on ths
stock and fixtures, and the building, estimated 10
$50 600 Insurance on the stock, $4,000 Inc dam
age 10 the building Is comparatively triding
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4 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BEATEN.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17.-ln the case OF
Mee,rgee against the Mutual Life Insurance Company
OF SswYork the jury to-day returned verdict for tho
pbmun in the sum OF Sl6,s75 ID. In this case
IL WAS claimed by tue company that Megsrgee
failed to pay his premium upon tile day it was due but
two days he offered 1t 10 the COMPANY which re-
-, a. accent it, Mesargee then began a suit to
,e thp co .pany restore his policy for $4,000,
and t.u,Ilng the action he died Tue widow continued
So am aud the Jury has now awarded her tho full
amount claimed with interest.
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gentlemen argued against the adoption of any
scheme of procedure which will relegate the SETTLE
ment of insovent estates to the District Courts OF
the United States sitting as courts of equity or as
courts OF chancery. .
Mr.. Wise believed that the only desirable
and proper system to stand the test of ex-
perience would be codfed law, one when
to select their own assignee and also to
participate in the bankruptcy proceedings and to be
heard ut every stages thereof Plsbury held tnat
the rules of system in which uniformity of action
throughout the country is an essential feature,
should be codfed into q statue.
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4 REMINDER or THE CHICAGO FIRE

CHICAGO, Dec 17.-Immediately after the
great Chicago fire several French artists gave TO the
suffering city number of paintings which were sofa AZ
auction in Ncw-York, bringing between $4,000 ana
$4,000 This fund placed IN the hands of sud
committee, OF which Ex-Governor Morgan was ohair-
man; but before the money cunld be forwarded the
MAYOR announced that Chicago no needed help
Ex-Governor Morgan conr rquenty deposited the trust
fund and IL Is siill In Ncwlork. The matter IA now
being agitated here with view 10 obtaining possession
of lie money for some local charity public library
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
ALARM IN A MEMPHIS HOTEL.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. ia fireOroke out IN
the Peabody Hotel this morning and ragged dercely In The
western portion o the building for hour. The hosci
was filed with guests and the sounding OF the alarm
was rollnwed by general rush from the building TDSny
caryvinV their trunks with their shoulders The
damage will amount To $4,000; Insured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
KILLED BY RAILW4Y TRAINS.

New BRUNSWICK, n. j., Dec. 17.-ChArles
OBricn, aged twenty-five, was instantly killed TINS
morning at the Geurcos crossing OF the Pennsyvanla
Railroad bv a local freight train.
Sanford Edwards . resident OF Bucks County PENN
who acted A brakeman on extra freight train number
g. was killed here last night.
A German named James Ware nfty-Gve years OF age
had bis head cut by Rh train number 10 AT the
Hapdyst railroad crossing II o'clock last night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
THE GARFIELD MEMORIAL SERVICES.

WASHING ron, Dec. 1.-THE members of the Sub
Committee on the Garfield Memorial Services expect
to receive on Monday next reply from Dir. Blaine
to their invitation to deliver the grafton. The pub
ication Of the announcement that Mr.. Blaine had
been chosen 20 perform this service has been re-
ceyed with universal qualification in Washington,
and a unanimous desire is expressed for him to ac-
ceDt the invitation,
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MRS. LINCOLNS BYESIGHT.

CHICAGO. Dec. IA special dispatch from
Springfield H.. says that Ars. Lincoln writes her
friends that she has completely lost the u.s. of her eyes
Her letters are written ny attcndlut Sho docs not
say what Aas th- trouble, nor hoN s.rions %
IL likely 20 prove. s1c hs been acru,tou" 10 s alone
in a dara room, which may have weakened her cyr-,
although they failed h'r before sac says az 90
her general health. that she f. very weak.
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THE STATE DEBT or TENNESSEE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 1.-THE Supreme
Court l,,-sy granted the petition OF the state Funding
Board to have advanced the docket the motion Of the
noard TO dissolve the injunction Against funding
M ts debt at par at per cent interest, the coupons
~ h. receivable Tor Tho Will therefore, by
order of The court. up tor hearing on January
II. 1852.
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DECLARING i BANK DGrAULTER INSANE

PoUGuKEEPSIE, n. Y Dec. 17.-After hearing
,smony; judge Barnard this afternoon ordered that
s,nr v uaoHay, the defautng teller OF the National
l!, of Puu snGeepsc, bo taken 10 the Hudson River
STATE Hospital insane criminal 10 be brohght out
Tor examination as the hospital authorities shah
gy tuAt ho Is la proper condition His p.ysicL,ns be-
neye that ho Will recover his in weok or two.