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HALIFAX, Oct. 13.â€"The trial of Robert Smith, for murder, was continued at Lunen- burg to-dsy. One witness for the prosecu- tion proved that Smith. about sundown. took his gun and ammunition and went out of his house, saying he was going to watch the or- chard ; that on his return hmf an hour after he said he had shot Bob Huey-whom he had found leading his (Smith's) horse by the mane-in the legs behind the knees ; that he could walk home, but that he could not walk after to-morrow morning. Several witnesses proved finding Huey in the pasture about dusk bleeding profusely, and unable to help himself ; that he said he was dying, and that Robert Smith shot him ; also. that he said he begged Smith not to take his life. but Smith swore. and said he had watched for him enough, he had got him, and was going to shoot; that they took him after some hours intoa house. where he repeated his state- ments ; thst they sent to Bridgewater, thirteen miles, for a doctor, but none came, and that the boy died about noon next day. The evidencéfor the defense was unimbor- tam. Mr. Owen, Q.C., addressed the jury for the defense, and Mr. Kaulback. Q.0., closed for the Crown. Judge James charged the jury for upwards of an hour. reading the evidence and telling them that the only question for them was whether the prisoner shot the deceased inten- tionally. â€"-Vennor predicfs a warm summery No- vember. Wish he hadn’t, for it is sure to be the other way. -â€"In the Austrian. German, French, Ital ian and other European armies. regimentti ofliers may not wed the objects of their aft-R tions until they shall have deposited a eerteir sum of money, varying between $4,000 am $36 000. with the State Exchequer, the intzr est of which, in addition to their pay. is cox. sideted a sulficient income to keep them fin ancially unembarrassed as husbands and fathers. A sort of matrimonial epidemilihas recently set in among the subaltern oflicers of the Austrian army, in which the amount of the so called ”caution money“ is fixed at 56,‘ 000; and so numerous have been the applica‘ tions for permissvon to who within the last few months, that the authorities contemplate doubling the amount in question for ofiicer up to the rank of Captain, while leaving it unaltered for Majors and Lieutenant Colonels. A profound sensation has been created in junior military circles of the empire by the announcement that this measure is about to be submitted to the approval of the Emperor ; and it is possible that his Majesty who has practically illustrated his predilec- tion for early marriages somewhat oonsri. uously in hlB own lamily. may refuse to um tion so arbiter: an edict. -â€"â€"Evenif the} are ruining the country members of the coal oil ring are co-loyal to each other. "I saw our father die in poverty. As for myself I could not. make my way in India,but 1 had a place in the same office where father worked. with no better prospects than he had. What would be my mother's lot and yours ‘2 I wished to assure to her a comfortable old age, and when I heard from a family who are acquainted with his circumstances that Mr. Bogaardt was a very rich man. I was seized with a desire to constrain him to give me money by stealing away his only son. I did not intend to kill the child except in case he should possibly become my accuser. My only motive was my wish for money. Nobody assisted me either before or at the murder.“ The accused maintains that he is the sole delinquent. He will appear at the end of this month before the Criminal Court. Mus- queter, the sergeant who discovered the mur- der. receives a daily number of letters of thanks. ' ‘he case has created an unparalleled excitement in Holland. THE MURDER. When they arrived on the downs the mur. derer sought a quiet place, where he threw the boy on the ground, hound his hands and feet with cord, which he had bought that morning.“ Remain here," he said to Marius, " till I 1etum with the money I have demanded from your father. Stop your cry- ing if you do not want to he killed.” He covered the youth with his coat and intended to go, but the boy cried so loudly that he re- turned. Fancying he heard footsteps. De Jongh took his sword out of his walking stick and killed the child. stabbing him seven times in the breast. In a very agitated state of mind the inhuman rufiian fled to Schevin- gen, washed his hands at the sea shore and returned to the Hague, after having thrown his sword stick in a little channel by the roadside. De Jongh was arrested on the downs. whether he returned early the follow- ing morning; but after being confronted with the coachman and other witnesses he was liberated. He was arrested afterwards on his on 'eonfession. MOTIVEB FOB TEE GBIIIE. After his avownl of hi“ crimes his mate-r asked him what motives he had for the horri- ble deed. He answered: “ Yes," replied De Jongh. seeing that the boy knew his mother’s intentions, “ but she told me she would on her return wait for us at a peasant’s house on the downs near the town." The boy then fetched his school arti- cles. asked permission to leave school, and accompanied De Jongh in a cab. “ Now. thy boy. yoin‘ mamma asked me to feficliygu-from school." said De__J_ongh. “ DH she not, then, go to ScheQ‘lingen? ” inquired the lad. William Marianus de Jongh, clerk to the Minister of the Colonies at the Hague. con fesses to murdering a schoolboy named Marius Bogaardt. a son of a former Secretary General, now living a retired life. The murderer laid his plans very cunningly. and before securing the boy, had written a letter to the father asking for 75,000 guilders. or $30,000. for the surrender of his son, but how and where the ransom was to be paid was not clear, though it is supposed De Jongh had accomplices. The confession of how the murder was com- mitted was told by the prisoner to his sister, to whom he was devotedly attached. De Jongh wept bitterly while giving the follow- ing account of the motives and circumstances under which the murder took place : PLANNING THE CRIME. He said that on September 23rd, before he committed the crime, and before he had even possession of the boy, he wrote the letter re- ferred to. demanding the ransom on a certain date. The letter was written in the Cafe St. Hubert. from which he went to William‘s Park, where Mr. Bogaardt resided. It was two o’clock in the afternoon. Mrs. Bogaardt had just left her house and driven in her carriage to Sohevingen. De Jongh thereupon went to the Bhenish railway station, and, having di- rected a letter. put it into the postoflice letter box at the station. He then took a cab. but as the cabman was asleep when De Jongh en- tered the vehicle he did not notice his face. De Jonah drove to the school and asked for young Marius Begaardt. a fine-looking boy, thirteen years of age. “ Do you know me?" he asked of the boy. “ To be sure," the latter replied," I have otter}, met )our 111 the park. " LONDON, Oct. 12,â€"The particulars of a most atrocious crime, committed a short time ago we published in the English papers this morning .It has an especial interest for those who have made the Charley Ross case a study as the confession of murder. made a few days ago. shows that in this, as m the American case. the object of the 'criminals was to ob- tain a large amount of money as a ransom. m Young Boy Stolen and then Kllh’d to Prevent Discovery â€"-Stabbed Seven 'l‘imefiâ€" Conlesslon of Ihe Crime Trial of Robert fllnllh [or Murder. KIDNAPPING AND MURDER. LUNEI‘BUI‘G, N. S. MURDER CONFEBSED. THE KIDNAPPING. Vmwonu. 8.0., Oct.18.â€"-On Thursday night a slide occurred six miles below Unchey Creek which completely dammed up the Thompson River to a height of 120 feet, which the river must surmount before re- sumingits course. Should the dam break all at once the damage to the railway work and wagon road from the water rushing through the narrow canyon and gorge will be enormous. New YORK, Oct. 16.â€"Four respectable girls, aged 12 to 16, were attacked near Blonxville on Thursday by half a. dozen roughs. who attempted to outrage them. The girls fought desperately, aided by a. boy aged 12 years. The latter overpowered one ruflinn, and was about to attack another when the gang fled. The girls were uninjured. Great excitement exists in the neighborhood. One arrest has been made. HALIFAX, Oct. Iiiâ€"About eight o'clock on Tuesday morning the Pictou jailer was at- tracted by cries of " fire ” from one of the lewer cells. He went down and found the five prisoners in the cells pretty well smoked by a burning straw bed which they had let on fire. They evidently expected the jailer to go in and put the fire out. and then by overpowering him they would have made their escape. He was not simple enough for this game, so he let the fire burn out. After a while the smokeincreased,and it'was found that they had fired the wood-work of the jail. The alarm was given, but the fire was pretty nearly out before the engines were ready to play. There was not much damage done, though at one time it threatened to he a considerable fire, but was fortunately caught in time. CULPEPPEB, Vt.. Oct. 16.â€"-Absolom Jones, an exhibitor at the Agricultural Fair, was fatally crushed last night, by passing btween the cars of a train. A negro was killed the day beiore by falling mm the machinery of a. hobby horse operated by power. HALIFAX, Oct. 15.â€"In the early part of the week a constnble or bailiff named Pentz. no eompanied by a man named Gunnel, went from the city to the Gore, Hante county, where they obtained the assistance of a. county constable and went to arrest a man for over- holding a house there owned by Wm. Grant, 3 city coal hawker. The men gave up posses- sion, and was allowed to go and take his things. Pentz Ind Gnnnel remained in the vacant house three days. and were worried day end night by stones thrown at the house from the cover of the neighboring trees and bushes. Several windows were broken, and one night Gunnel received a violent blow on the ebdomen from a large stone which came crashing through a front window. Pentz ran out, And seeing something white among the trees. fired three nhote from his revolver at it. It proved to be I Iheep, end wu not Itrnek NAIANEE, Out, Oct. 17.â€"â€"A sad accident occurred yesterday about noon which resulted fatally. Mr. Peter Bowen. 46 years of age, of Sharp‘s Corners, in the 6th concession of Richmond. was engaged digging in a sand pit some five feet deep with about three feet of earth above him, which suddenly gave way and he was buried in the sand beneath. He was warned about five minutes before the ac- cident occurred by a person passing that he was in danger of being killed. but jokingly remarked that if it should cave in he would keep his head out. His son, a small lad who was with him, ran for assistance but before he could be extricated life was extinct. He leaves a large family. Nuns“. Oct. 14.-â€"Leet night thieves entered the stables of Geo. Beeman. west of Napanee. and stole a fine three-yeer-old bay mare, harness And spring wagon. The thieves were traced to the eastern outskirts of the town, where they had a quantity of bedding and household goods. knives. forks and silver were secreted in the woods. the property of Mr. John Dunbar, a. farmer. Mr. Dunbar says they carried away about everything movable. Telegrams have been sent in the back country, but there is no trace of the robbers yet. Momma, Oct. 14.â€"The crew of the French barque Formosa. abandoned her at sea. on August 30th. the vessel having been hope- lessly damaged during a storm. Eleven men escaped in an open host, rufiering terribly from hunger. mites ’and fatigue until Sept. 4th. One man became a. raving maniac. The crew was rescued by the British barque City of Richmond. Two men afterwards died and four Ere still in the hospital. Tonon'ro, Oct. 14.â€"â€"This morning Coroner Biddell examined the body of Mrs. Callaghan, which was found last night in a house at the corner of Duchess and Jarvis streets. It was ascertained that the old woman had sold her stove for $4, and had killed herself by drinking whiskey, which she procured with the money. - Fem ERIE, 0nt., Oct. 14.-â€"Geo. Booth, the yerdmaster of Grand Trunk Railway, met with his death in a melancholy manner yes- terday. Deceased was engaged in making up a train, and while leaning over the bumpers to remove a. coupling-pin the train moved slowly, when he slipped on a frosted tie and fell between the care. He became firmly wedged under the frame of a car, and when the train was stopped he could only be re- moved with the assistance of screws. His right leg was smashed below the knee and amputation rendered necessary. He died about five hours after the accident. NEW YORK, Oct.” l4.-â€"Robt. Smith. a. boy of 14, was caught opening a. box at the post- oflica belonging to Schumaker dz Krone. cot- ton brokers. with a. key which he said he found sticking in the box Monday. At 1 is residence were found cotton bills amounting to $50,000. which he ha'l abstracted. Pom Horn. Out. l4.â€"-A freight train on the Midland Railway, while running north, broke loose frem the engine a few miles out this evening, and came running backwards through the lown with tern'lic speed, pitching into pilot engine No. 5. which was stationed in front of the depot, badly wrecking it and three cars. and also tearing up the depot plat- form. The driver and fireman of the pilot engine jumped efi. thus saving their lives. BEETON, Oct. 14,â€"As Major Janes, living near this place, was driving a spirited lesm through the town this evening they became unmanageable and ran away. throwing him out upon his head and shoulder, and hurting him seriously. Hopes of his recovery are entertained. ‘ DUBLm. Oct. 14.-â€"A and accident, with fatal results. has occurred within three miles of this p.1ace It seems that Mr. R. Carpenter was hauliugalarge stick of timber to the railway station, and when near the school- house, onthe 61h concession of Hlbbort, a boy shout eight years of age, a. son of Mr. John Curtis, farmer, go: under the wheel of the wagon and was so badly hurt that he died before medical aid arrived. Bsusvxnns, Oct. l4.â€" Several accidents occurred on the driving track at the East Hastings Fair yesterday. Mrs. Harford Ashley was thrown from her buggy and her horse was also thrown down. Charles Mc- Carty was struck by a horse going at high speed and knocked down, and John Palmer was riding a horse which fell whilst racing. No serious results followed. A horse belong- ing to Wellington Palmer. 0! Thurlow, ran away when on the way home from the fair. Mr. Palmer and his children were thrown from the wagon, and one of the little ones was seriously injured. NEW You, Oct. 14.â€"Michael Lynch. aged 48. who lost all his savings for the past 25 years in bets on the Indiana election, cut his throat to-day and will probably die. V LXXIII. DISASTERS AND CRIMES. In the days of our fathers there were such things to be met with as men and women ; but now they are all gone. and in their place a race of gentlemen and ladies, or, to be still more refined. a race of “ ladies and gentle- men,” has sprung up. Women and girls are among the things that were But ‘ ladies” arefound everywhere. Miss Mart neau wished to see the woman’s wards in ;a prison in Tennessee. and was answered by the war- den, ” We have no ladies here at present, madam." Now, so far as the ladies are con- cernsd, it was well that none of them were in prison ; but then it sounds a little oddâ€"la- dies in prison I It would seem bad enough for women to go to such a place. This morning a lad about 7 years of age, son of Mr. James Lewis, fell from a milk wagon, which passed over him breaking his thigh. Mammal), Pike 00.. Pa., Oct. 19.â€"-A ser- vant in the employ of Wm. H. Ross, near here, while engaged in huuauhnld work in the back yard, WM attacked by a man who tried to stab her. She fled. and he pursued. pound- ing her with stones. He broke one of her ribs and gashed her head feurfully. It Is feared she will die. MONTREAL, Oct. ISLâ€"A married woman named Annie Welsh, residing on Bronsden Lune; died this morning, it is alleged from the brutality of her husband. They had only been married 12 monthfi, but it appears the husband was in the habit of constantly heat- ing his wife. Last night both were drinking heavily, and at midnight it is alleged the husband committed the fntalassault. At 2 o'clock the woman died, but until the past mortem is completed nothing will be known, as no one witneesed the alleged crime. A lecturer discoursiug upon the character- istics of women, illustrated thus : ‘* Who were the last at the cross? Ladies. Who were the first at the sepulchre? Ladies. ” On this modern improvement we have heard of but one thing that beats the above. It was the finishing touch to a marriage cere- mony, performed bv an exquisite divine up to all modern refinements. When he had thrown the chain of Hymen around the happy couple he concluded by saying= “ I now pro- nounce you husband and lady.” The au~ dience stuffed their handkerchieta into their mouths and got out of the room as quickly as possible, to take breath.â€"~Alban y Express. Pon'r HOPE, Oct. 19.-â€"Mr. Harvey Seamons while attending to his horse caught his foot in some manner in the bedding and the horse trumped. on him and broke his leg near the ankle. BUCKINGHAM, Oct. Illâ€"Last evening about 5 o’clock Michael Landrey. a man in the em- ployment of M+~ssrs. Ross Broth, of Bucking- ham. immediately after takirg his horses to the station with a load of lumber. came down from his load and almost instantly died from hmrt disease. He was 54 years in the same establishment. and was much esteemed as a faithful and honest man. -â€"The oldest coroner in England is dead, Coroner Whitmarsh died at hm residence. the Hawthorne, Cbippenham, Wilts, from an at- tack of apoplexy. on Sept. 2min his eightieth year. Mr. Whitmarsh had held his office fifty-three years. and it had descended from father to son for over 300 years. All the holderl were phylioinnl. MABBILON, 0.. Oct. 16. â€"A bleaching boiler exploded at the paper mill counecled with Russel & Co’s agricultural works to-day. One side of the building was blown out. the damage amounting to 310000. John Hassler, a boy. was blown fifty feel: into a canal. but not hurt. Anthony Welch was buried in the debris, had his arm torn OE, and was mortally hurt. Anthony. the manager, was mortally scaldgd. . Lofinox. Oct. 19zeMargarat Fordbam 1133 met in Westminster by John Bendall on Sunday night. when the latter attempted to commit an outrage; she, however. resisted with all her might and succeeded in defeating his villainous purpose. Randall has been arrested. HUNTSVILLE Aim. Oct. 19,â€"In an alterca- tion yesterday United States Attorney Day was fired at three times by Wm. Edwards without efiect. AUGUSTA, Texas, Oct. 19.â€"â€"On Saturday Jack Bishop desperately stabbed Jake and Jolm Perriclf.» the [01mg fatglly: A IRONTON. Ohio. Oct. ISLâ€"David Spears has been found shot dead neat Burlington. It is suspected that the murder was in revenge for intimacy with a Mrs. Anderson. GUELPH, Oct. Iiiâ€"Magpie Daken, a girl 14 years of age, for stealing 517 and some cloth- ing from her employer, was to day sentenced to three months in the Mercer Reformanory at Toronto. and, if found neceqsary, the Pen- tence is to be extended to five years. YORK. Ont., Oct. 16.~This morning. about eleven o’clock. the body of a man was found floatmg near the shore in the Grand River, near here. It Was identifiad as Wm. Marr, about t4 years of age. who. being in an un- souua state of mind, had wandered from his son's house. BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 16.-In Carroll County the other day Milton Pickett and his daughter went out to induce Luther Prcketb to marry Martha, his cousin, whom he had betrayed. Luther refused and firing began, it is claimed. by Luther. Martha. tired five times at. Luther, who shot Milton fatally. LITTLE ROCK. Ark. 001. 16,â€"This morn- ing». locomotive exploded in the round house at Barring Cross, dangerously wounding two men. NAPANEE. Oct. 17.~While Peter Bowen, of Richmond. was working in a. saudpit yester- day afternoon, the p't fell in, burying him in three feel. of sand, and before he could be named he had suffocated. MACUNGIE. Oct. l8.â€"At Schindyer’s mine. on Saturday night, two men stabbed each o‘her in a temble manna) ; one of them has died. NEwYonK, Oct. 16.7â€"Horace Horan, the greatest bank sneak thief in the United Stgtea, wagarrestgdfio day QUEBEC, Oct. 16.â€"â€"A young Danish emi< grant, 18 years old named Btcker. was shot on board the Moravian this moining while on her way up the river A companion was carelessly handling 9. self-cocking revolver, not knowing it to be loaded, when it went OE and the ball lodged in Becker‘s throat. close to the windpipe. The medical ofiieer suc- ceeded four hours after xLe accident in ex traccing the ball, which had penetrated two inches into the throat. Beekei has been con- veyed to the Marine hospital. ’Jhe doctors believe he will recover unless inflammation sets in. PROSPECT HoUBE, Niagara Falls, Oct. 16.â€" Early this morning when Conroy, the guide, was crossing in his small ferry boat from the Canada. to the American side he found the body of an unknown man, which had come over the Falls, floating in the eddy. He se- cured the body and handed it over to the au- thoritirs‘ From the appearance of the body it; has been in the water some dax s. lay any of the bullets. On Wednesday night, when I heavy rain set in, the two men left the house and went to one near by. where they were boarding, and slept till daylight. They were awakened by the people of the house to look at smoke coming from the vi. oinity of the vacant house they had charge of. The smoke proved to b from the smouldering mine of the house, whlch, during the hours of darkness, had been set on fire and burned to the ground. The building was insured. “'OIVIEN AND LADIES RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, OCT. 28 1880‘ A few days ago as Conductor Ross’ special coal train was approaching the Rock Cuttings on the Salmon River a. fair-sized fox took the road ahead of the engine, which was running quite fast at the time. The fox maintained a. good lead for a long time, but at length the iron horse began to gain on him, and it was only by the most desperate spurts that he could keep clear of the cow‘catcher. After running a distance of four miles Reynard tumbled from the track quite exhausted, just in time to clear the wheels of his strange pur- suer.-â€"Truro Sun. Mr. Uhapleau has intimated to the Mavor of Montreal, by letter, that it is his intention to propose the erection in that city of the workshops and repair shops of the Quebtc, Montreal, Ottawa dz Occidental Railway on the vacant land near the Montreal prison. He concludes his letter by saying: " This site seems to me to be Very convenient, inas- much as it is in the centre of a large popula- tion of workingmen, who cannot but benefit largely by the establishment of these work- shops.” 0n the Grand Trunk Railway train bound east Monday evening was a. little fellow six or seven years of age. all alone. and consigned to Ottawa. He had been placed on tlie train at Winona, west of here. A good-natured oflicial at the Union Stmion was trying to find some passenger going to Prescott. in order to 1nduce him to see that lhe little lad was duly warned to change cars at that place for Ike capitalâ€"Mail At the Hastings assizes at Belleville, on Saturday. in the case of Palmer v. Solmes, before Mr. Justice Burton, the plaintiff was non-suited because he could not prove special damage. The charge made by the defendant ‘ imputed to the plaintiff conduct unfit for publication, but it did not impute the com- mission of an indictable offense. and so, al- though it was proved that the defendant had on many occasions made it, the plaintifi failed. The Judge, in disposing of the ques- tion, said : “I can scarcely conceive a more diabolical imputation than that made by the ‘ defendant against the plaintiff. As he (the defendant) did not\ believe it. he was not 1 justified in speaking of it to his friends. If ‘ fie believed it to be true he should have ‘ pleaded a justification and whit on the re- : cord. A more abomin “ ‘ ‘han the -dc§enéant *we;;" is .V . . feuding could scarcely be conceived. How any Christian man could reconcile such conduct with his conscience is inconceivable, and this case is a good illustration of the hard- ship sometimes to be endured by a person slandered, owing to the necessity of proof of special d lmflge, the words imputed not being actionable in themselves. which special damage the plaintiff failed to prove. I must non suit the plaintiff. I am not here to make the law, but to carry it out. It is for the legislature to afford a remedy under such circumstances.” We have been given to understand that a partnership has been formed in our city for the purpose of starting at an early date a piano iactory for the supply (more parti- cularly) of the Maritime Provinces with first- class upright instrument! of flu but and Joseph Marcilla, a shoemaker residing on St. Martin street, Montreal, died on Smur- day from the excessive use of intoxicating liquor. He had been laboring under delirium tremms, and while in that state went into the coal hole and lay down. When found he was dead. A law suit has just been concluded at Napanee, the result of which should be borne in mind by our farmers until another Lhnsh- iug tlme comes round. The suit was brough‘ for damages on account of plaintiff's horse being frightened bye steam threeher and ren- dered uselebs by injuries received while lun- nimz away. The jury has given him a. verdict for $13 3. and the costs, which will be fixed by the judge will add $300Amore. The Messrs. Gault 131-055.. of Montreal, have agreed to erect a $100,000 woolen mill at Campbellford. on the river T181113, Ont. if the mumcipalily will grant a bonus of 510,000. Employment would be given by the mill to 125 hands. A man named Peter McGuire, living in Montreal, was attacked byhis wife and beaten over the head with a billet of wood to so selious an extent that. he now lies in a. dengerous con- dition m the hospital. It is only a short time since Mrs. McGuire made a desperate assault on her husband with a knila Mr. T‘mothy Parsons. of Como, Quebec, has cultivated sugar cane on his farm this year, from which he has madeexcelleulsyrup. He is going extensively into the cultivation next year. The lucbmotive engineers of America will hold their annual conference a: Montreal. commencing on the 20th inst. It is said that Lord Elphinstone, one of the New Brunswick Railway Directors, is about to organize a system of colonization to New Brunswick. Senator Fabre writes from Paris to L’Evene- ment that the Quebec loan of four millions is on _the _way our to Treasurer Robertson. A letter from Aylmer gives particulars of a peculiar incident in that village. Mr. C. J. Myers, well known to the public from his con- nection with the Holman Opera troupe. was secretly married in August last at Niagara Falls to Miss Nettie Calvert. the charming niece of the proprietor of the Brown House in Alymer. The intention was to keep the matter quiet until Myere’s affairs were better settled. He drove from London to the vilâ€" lage on Sunday last to visit the lady, his bride. but the bird had flown mysterioualy. and Myers could get no trace of her. It is stated that the bridegroom'slumentatidns over the matter Were pitiable in in the extreme. A remarkably quick round trip has just been made by the steamship Brooklyn. of the Dominion line. The Montreal Herald says: The Brooklyn, Capt. Lflidall, sailed from Quebec on the 24th of Suptember last with a cargo of grain and provisions and a full deck load of cattle. She was signaled yesterday morning at Martin River at 10 o‘clock, and should reach Quebec about 5 o'clock this morning, unless detained by fog. This is, undoubtedly the most remarkable passage on record. the Brooslyn having made the round voyage, including the discharge of her cargo and reloading at Liverpool. in 21 days. She might easily make another trip if she had reasonably quick dispatch here. In the mean time, her dale of sailing is fixed for the 3OIh instant. The tonnage of the Brooklyn is 3,600. Canada. A painfeul sensation has been created at Bellevill by a. statement published in an evening paper that Mrs. Myers, wife of the jailer, has eloped with George Newbold, alias Harry Howard, alias Proctor, a. notorious bisemist and confidence man, who was at the spring assizes convicted of obtaining goods under false pretences and sent to jail for six months. It is stated that Mrs. Myers a good-looking lady of forty, who was matron of the jail, became infatuated with the prisoner. who is a fine-looking fellow, during his imprisonment, and on his term expiring she neserled her husband and family. making pretense of a. visit to friends in the United States. She returned to Brockville and wrote to her daughter. who, on joining her there at her re quest, found her liiing with Newbold. and returned home despite her entreaties that they should join her. The parties are well connected. consequently the sensation created by the affair is all the greater. Previous to this unfortunate occurrence the conduct of Mrs. Myers had been above reproach. LATE NEWS. In the matter of the Cuban chief Calixto Garcia. in the Council of the Ministers pre- sided over by the king. it was this week de- cided that the Spanish Government do not further objectto an act of royal clemency for all Cubans transported to Spain under surveillance for political offenses, provided General Blauco approves of such a measure. This opinion has been asked for by telegram already. At the request of Calixto Garcia. his secretary was set free in Alicante on Thursday. The Cabinet is an disposed to- ward a policy of conciliation in Cuba. and has instructed the director oi the Treasury in Havana to examine with the GovernorGen- eralwhether the estimates will admit of a reduction in the export duties there next year. Instructions have also been sent to the Spanish Ministry in Washington again to in- sist upon the desire of the Madrid govern- ment to obtain some reduction of the dutles uuon sugar and molasses. In return, Spain oflers the repeal of the duties on flour, corn, and all articles of food from the United States. The Spanish government desires to be able to report to |he Cortes in January some progress in the negotiatins for a treaty of commerce with the United States. The speech of the Emperor William at the inauguration of the cathedral of Cologne divides with the departure of Sara Bernhardt the attention and interest of the Paris press and its readers this morning. Stress is laid on the concluding passage of the Imperial speech : “Let us all salute this superb monument,” said the Emperor, “and offerup our prayers that. by the grace of the All- Powerlul, it will contiue to be, from every point of view, a presage of peace for the glory of God and for our prosperity.” When the blufi old monarch uttered this invocation the memory of many present no doubt recalled the celebrated dictum of another imperial A London correspondent at Cattaro has re- ceived news from Uettinje that the Monte- neurins, beiete occupying Dulcigno desire a Quarantee that they will nox be attacked by ihe Albanians. The Farmers’ Alliance had a. cnnfetence in London, on Monday. James Howard, mem- ber of Puriiament for Bedfordshirp, presided. The suhjz-ct discussed was the improved cul- tiVation of land. Mr. Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, avows the determination of the Cabinet to preserve law and order in Ireland without, if it can possibly be helped, depriving the Irish people of any safeguards of personal liberty. He says the causes of the disorder lie very deep, and cannot be removed without wise legislation, and expressed the hope that the law-abiding men in the sister land will dis- courage outrages and aid the Government in its arduous task of protecting life and property. Although the Chief Secretary in thls letter is silent upon the subject of the intended prosecutions, it is absolutelv certain that the chief members of the Land League will short- ly be arrested, and the knowledge of this spreads consternation among the agitators in Ireland. The hostile course pursued by Archbishop McCabe and other prelates in re‘ gard to the Land League leaders is meeting with undoubted approval, and indicates the first elements of the reaction. but there is an increasing desire to have the Government propose some measures for settlement of the Irish grievances next te:siont Should the pro:ecutions be undertaken, there is agenerul hope that the less important agitators will be unmolested, and that the proceedings may be directed against the real leaders. One tho‘usand weavers employed in Gal- braith‘s mills. Glasgow, struck on Monday aggjpstjhe proposggi redqutifm of wages. The Princess Louise returned to London on Saturday, and will shortly sail for Canada. to join the Marquis of home. She has been on the Continent seeking treatment for nervous- ness. resulting from the shock she received at Ottawa last winter. Her an need intention ereturning does away with re povt-i that the Viceroy would shortly return from the Do minion.1t is, however, rumored that if the Marquis of Lorne remains another term in Canada. as Governor General, the Duke of Ar- gyll Wlll pay a visit to the Dominion not of pleasure merely. The Duke intends to in- ves igate and report upon ihe accuracy or in- accuracy of reports afloat as to the desire on the part of the Canadians for annexation to the United States. Not a little interest has been excited. eape~ cially in literary and journalistic circles. by a somewhat bitter controversy that has been .going on between Alexander W. Kinglake, the hstorian, and the 'lz'mes. In the last volume of his "Invasion of the Crimea.” Mr. Kinglake makes a Vigorous attack on the Thunderer~that is on Dr. Wm. Howard ‘ Russell and the late Mr. Delanoâ€"for making disclosures injurious to England during the Crimean war, a subject mum in one of his earlier volumes he had described at length. He says Mr. Delane had too much zeal for were news-getting, and makingr a. quotation from one particular leading article in the Times, says that if the ofiender be dead, there’s obvious warrant for silence, while if he be alive and sentient, a mere reproduction of his words will give him enough of pain. He also sneers at Mr. Delaue for having made his living by wming for the press while at Oxford. To all this the Times makes reply that it diri real service to the country by its exposure of the mismanagementof the war in the Crimea. in 1854. and calls Mr. Kinglake a “ creeping historian," guilty of impertinence and making vulgar charges. It is altogether likely that this cuntroversv will be renuwed in the forthcoming life of Delano. on which Sir Geo. Webber. a distant connection of Delane by marriage, and a well known writer on Scandinavian literature and philology, is en- gaged. A special cable to the World from L. J. Jennings. in reviewing the events of the week in Europe. says that the supporters of Mr. Gladstone’s Administration privately admit that another war in the East IS inev1table at an early date, probably next snring, and that if Mr. Gladstone pensists in his policy it will be in alliance with Russiaelone. The Minis tenal press, Mr. Jennings says. is confident that Mr. Gladstone will succeed in finishing the work he set out to perform. Endless revelations of bribery and corrup- tion are being made by the Election Commis- sion in England. In mOst cases the candi- dates kept tolerably clean-handed. but the local agents and electnrs astonished even the thick-skinned commissioners, Sandwich shows the worst cases. Many electors there took bribes from both sides, and voted or not as they pleased. Dozens of bnbery agents pocketed money entrusted to them. Not one of the towns to which the inquiry extends is likely to escape dieiranchlsement. It is also known there are many other boroughs equally rotten. The result willjeopardize the renewal of the Ballot Act, and expedite the long-promised. scheme for the redistribution of seats. moat serviceable construction. adopting the most improved princ'ples in their manufac- ture. It is proposed to reduce the price very considerably. endeavoring to achieve the utmost superiority at moderate figures, and the scheme will embrace payment by install- ments, extending over a. considerable period. 'Ihe venture is an important one, which if properly in‘tiated, cannot fail to prove suc- cessful.â€"Halifuz Herald. Great Britain. Foreign â€"A farmer who had been to market in Philadelphia fell asleep while he was drivinu home His horses knew the road and travel ed safely until they reached the railroad crossing at Belfry. A rain was approaching, and although the engineer who saw the mar- ket wagon blew hlS whistle, appliel the brake and rang his bell, was unable either to stop the train or to arouse the sleeping ferm- er. The horses were already across the track when the collision occurred, the cow-cache: of the engine striking the v gon, tearing the running gear and throwing the hind axle and wheels about thirty feet to the side of the road. One wheel was wrecked, while the other was not injured. The wagon was turned upside down, and the horses, breaking loose. ran a considerable distance before they were caught. The farmer awoke. He was thrown out but not much injured. As he gathered himself up and stared in he‘ wilderment at the wreck, his first exclama- tion was. "What mashed that wagon up thr way f” And how good a thing it would heif women would only speak their minds There is noth- ing that honest men desire more than to un- derstand that mysterious race that is so like them and yet so unlike. who share their homes but not their thoughts. who are so shrewd, so practical and so irrational. The poor men yearn to break down the invisible barrier and see into the real life of those they love so Well ; but the loved ones smile and chatter and say pretty things. and ingenious things, and things they have borrowed from the men and improved in the borrowing, but never one word of the real thoughts that are Working in their busy brains So the men flatter and lie because they think the women like it. and the Women accept it all because they think it is a man’s nature; and the men think women are empty headed angels ; and the women think the men are fine intelligent brutes ; and the two classes go on loving and despising one another accordingly, and all for the want of a. little truthfulness in conversa- tionâ€"Saturday Review. â€"It is a curious fact that every Prince of the royal house 0‘ Prussia, when young, is taught. some useful trade or other, for the purpose of sobering the mind and bringing face to face with the material world and the realities of life. and among the profusion of curiosities and artistic relics which crowd the Emperor’s private cabinet. may be seen speci- mens of bookbinding, carving. carpentering. and other handiwork performed by his sons and grandsons. The reason that the conversation of fools is so barren is that it is never their own ; it is a. repetition of what they have heard or read last. and always spoilt in the re telling. If they would only tell us the'r own minds, their real thoughts and opinions, their likes and dishkus, their principles and their weak- ness, we should not be left in such hopelesa ignorance of whither the Worli is tending for. after all. the fools are the most important class; the clever men may preach, and write and work. but with all their efioxts they can only slight ly divert the course of the great solid block of ignorance and prejudice that rolls on $0 steadily throughout the ages. If the wise could only understand the foolish,they might make the world go their own way ; but the foolish echo the words of the wise and keep their thounhts to themselves. Is there no great principle which can be laid down as the bears of revived art of con- versation? We think there is, and we will proceed to develop it with the modesty t a: should ever grace the announcement of a new discovery. however important. And, first of all, it is hopeless t1 endeavor to revive the past. If conversation ever really flourished, and we almost doubt it, the conditions which produced this vigorous growth have passed away. What success it had was certainly owing to the men of genius who devoted thrir lives to it. Nowadays men of genius have other things to do. There are never very many of them. and they are not allowed to waste their time. If talk is to be revived at all, it must be popularized like everything else. and brought within the capacity of cum monplace pen-pie. Now there is one way by which even the stupidest of us may make his utterances invariably interesting and often amusing. It isâ€"here comes the great dis- covery by telling the truth. Among the features of the programme of the Government policy recently confided by General Melikoff to editors of the Russian periodical press was this : “Liberty todiscuss the various measures and ordinances of Gov. ernment, but with the condition that it shall not agitate the public mind with its illusory dreams." This point was plainly declared by General Melikofi to refer to certain organs in‘ sisting on the necessity of the participation of society in legislative and administrative duties. Such a. plan, whether fashioned after the model of the representative chambers of Europe or the ancient Russian local assem bliss, does not enter into the present calcula‘ tions of the Government. A BEVIVED ART 0!" CDNVERSA 'l‘luN. A dispatch from Athens says the govern- ment; is about to addresu a note to the powers, declaring that if the Greek :question is not settled in a certain specified time Greece will be sompelled to occupy the disputed pro- vinees. At noon on Saturday the cathedral festivi- ties closed with the grand historial proces- sion.which proved to be of far greater interest than Friday‘s reli; ious ceremonies. In these the only point worth noticing was the Kaiser's speech, which seemed to breathe the spirit of reconciliation between the Church and the State. The imperial speech as printed is not complete. The Kaiser attempted to make an improvised speech. but failed to complete several sentences. These, however. were not heard, and are not reported. In the speech in the cathedral. where the Emperor referred to the fact that his endeavor had always been in the past to maintain religious peace, the words “ in the past ” were under- scored four times in the Emperor’s manu- script. Altogether Friday’s festival was not a success, considering why it was insti- tuted. The Ultramontanes. discontented. kept conscientiously away, and this is the strange fact about the celebration. that dur ing two days scarcely a priest has been seen in the streets. The historical procession on Saturday was perfectly astonishing and bril- liant. The representation Involved the three great epochs in the history of the building of the cathedral ; the laying of the foundation stone in 1248; the consecration of the com- pleted choir in 1322. and the laying of the foundation stone of the other part of the cathedral, together with pictures from the history of Cologne, designs of costumes made by the Dusseldorf artists. Koarber, Bauer and Camphausen. No telegraphic summary can give you an idea of the beauty and correct- ness of the ancient costumes and trappings of the knights and pages and of the beauty of the ladies of Cologne who were in the proces- ‘ sion. It is rumored that the wives of the Ultramontane notables are deeply incensed with their husbands at not being permitted to take part in it, or show themselves in the tri- bunes. The entire interest of the celebration centred in to-day’s show, and the completion of Germanv’s grandest cathedral was a per- formance with Hamlet left out. prophet “L’empire c est la paiz." and its rue- ful and prompt contradiction. WHOLE N0 2,163.â€"-â€"NO, 22. â€"â€"Among Lord Londonderry’s colliers killed in the late disaster at Seaham was 00r- poml Hindson of the Seaham Harbor Volun- teer Artillery Corps, which greatly distin- guished itself lately in the competilion of the National Artillery Ass )ciation. Biudson won the gold cup, which was to have been pre- sented to him by Lord Londondeny at a flower show the very day the poor fellow was killed. He left a wife, son and four daugh'ers, one of whom was to have been married within a week to a. collier who was killed. Hindaon’a body was in fragments. A New York correspondent writes :â€"-“ Mr. Daly, whose heart was made glad with the large success of "OurFirst Families,’ is hav- ing his joy slightly tempered at present by the onslaught upon him of Miss Helen Blythe. This adolescent young person was Mr. Daly’s leading lady last season. She nearly led him into the valley of the shadow of bankruptcy. New York would not have Miss Bl)the at any price and Daly hid to shelve her. ' After the close of the New York season. a company of players. including, be- sides Miss Blythe, such people as J. F. Brien, George Morton, Pearl Eytinge, Wal'er Edmunds, a M.ss Dempsey, U. G. Craig, and several more who were picked up from any: where and everywhere, went out and raided Pennesylvania under the title of ‘Daly's Associated Aiusfs.’ They were the most associated artists I ever heard of. Their association was chiefly of a promiscu- ous and tender character. They got drunk in hotels, and fought and yelled, and billed and cooled day in and day out. Nut to go into the harrowing details, it is sufficient to say that their fortnight‘s tlip was nothing more or less than a prolonged and disgraceful debauch. The worst of it was that Mr. Daly’s name had been used without authority of any kind. 0f 3 course he was full of wrath ~ almost as full 1 of it as his “associated artists ” were of gin and tansy. Prior to this Miss Blythe. and Mr. Brien, who were both in Daly’s company, had been mixed up in an unholy scandal. Miss Blythe‘s father assaulted Brian on the street, for stealing away his daughter, and she in re- turn chatged her affectionate parent with hav- ing previously attempted to be altogether too affectionate toward her. One may well imagine that all these little amenities were not calculated to make Mr. Daly happy. particu- larly as he had Miss Blythe under engagement for three years. Well, he determined to sim- ply keep her shelved and pay her salary. But she was by no means satisfied with that sort of thing. So she went and advertised her- self in the dramatic papers as 'leading lady absolutely, Daly’s theatre.’ Then Mr» Daly ruse in his wrath, and went out to do battle with the enemy. He discharged Miss Blythe on the spot for violating one of his rules. which was designed to prevent his actors from assuming this or that position ‘absolutely.’ Now, Miss Blythe comes back at Daly by su- ing him for her salary. He says he will fight, and hints that he may bring forward the enormous pile of anonymous letters which he has receind from Miss Blythe concerning her parents, and from her parents concerning Miss Blythe. The row is lik+ly, you see, to be an interesting one. The scandal it con- tains is of the vilest and most nauseating character. â€"â€"On the slopes of the volcano of San Salâ€" vador, in Central America, exists a curious intermittent spling. It is known to the nativrs of the country as the Rio Huido. or fugitive river. During seven consecutive years sufficient water flows from it to form a. veritable river, when, at a fixed time, the water disappears, and the river bed becomes dry and dusty. At the end of another period of seven years the flow again commences. A period of flow extended frorn 1866 to 1873, and was succeeded by a period of dlyuess from 1873 to 1880. In January of this year the water reappeared. Science is not un- acquainted with such phenomena, but the ength and regularity of the period of inter- mittence in this case are remarkable. Scandalous Proceedings 01 “Daly’n Allo- cinlrd Arllnln." â€"-In San Salvador more than 600 shocks of earthquake were felt during the last ten days of 1879' They were the severest on De- eemb. r 23rd. in the vicinity of Lake Tlo- pango, where one shock breke the telegraph wire, made the ground a. network of cracks. opened new springs. increased the rivulets to ten times their usual volume, muddied the water of the lake, and rolled hundreds of thousands of tons of rocks down the steep hills As a. sequel of these disturbances. a. volcano arose in the miildle of the lake on the nights of ([ammry 91st and 22nd, and M18?” " mains as a Volcanic island of five acres in ex- tent. â€"It is the general practice to judge of the wholesomeness of water by the quantity of organic matter which chemical analysis shows it to contain. Hence the opinion expressed by Prof. Huxley is somewhat startling. He says that “a water may be as pure as can he regards chemical analysis. and yet, as regards the human body,be as deadly as prussic acid; and on the other hand may be chemically gross and yet do no harm to any one.” That is. much organic matter is harmless, while the particular germs which produce disease may exist eilher in very foul water or in that in which the chemist can detect no impuri- ties. â€"It has just been shown that the sounds the woodpecker produces by striking its bill against. trees constitute a performance taking the place of song in other birds. and have no connection with the quest for food. It care- fully selects the spots on partially decayed trunks from which the most. sonorous sounds may be ;,proauced, and frequents the same places day after day. This is probably the only case among the feathered tribes in which vocal is replaced by instrumental music. â€"English skaters are now trying a. new skating surface, called “ crystal ice." It is solid at all atmospheric temperatures. It consists chiefly of a mixture of carbonate and sulphate of soda, which forms a crystalline mass over which skates glide with as little friction as upon ordinary ice. When the sur- face becomes worn and rough, it is readily smoothed by a special steaming apparatus. A floor of this material will last many years at slight expense. â€"â€"Prof. Palmieri considers it proven that great earthquakes are always preceded by preltminary tremblings; and he believes that, by means uf telegraphically connected stations for observing and reporting these tremblings, it would be possible to foretell emthquakes just as storms are now predicted, and to issue warnings to threatened diatricts probably as much as three days in advance. â€"Prof. Marlin recently made some calcula- tions as to the maximum speed at which 10- comotive engines could be driven b fore the centrifugal fovce acting on the tires of the wheels would become so great aé to cause them to burn. These calculations gave a limit. of spéed in the neighborhood of 150 miles an hour. ~Among the late arrivals at the London Zoological Gardens is a mouse-eating spider. This gigantic insect is found in South Ameri- can forests. It is covered with hair. and has a body three inches long, with legs in pro- portion. Its natural food. consists of mice and small birds. â€"â€"During a recent ascent from Rouen. a balloonist tried the experiment of photograph- ing the land over which he passing, and suc- ceeded in securing a dozen or more finely executed views. --Under the direction of a chemist, the fatty matters contained in the suds from Paris laundries are coilected and utilized in the manufacture of toilet soaps. â€"M, Montigny finds that a veryvivid scin- tillation of the stars indicates agitation or a fall of temperature in the upper regions of th'e air, and consequently the approach of bad weather. â€"Ice manufacturing machines have been sent out to mihtaryposts in Central Asia, to supnly the Buseian troops with ice in hot weather. HELEN BII‘T‘IE AGAIN' SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY- » direction of a chemist, the contained in the suds from s are coilected and utilized in