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panies. Accordingly, had it been possible that 
any one of t he unfortunate victims who were 
thus covered up by (he debris of the failing 
building was alive, and that life might have 
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It is shameful 1 
Since the foregoing was written the work of 
recovering the dead victims has commenced— 
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pay the [expenses. Seven bodies have been re¬ 
covered. 
The Sandwich Islands. 
The death of King Kamehameha, the native 
ruler of the Sandwich Islands, has caused a stir 
in Government circles in this country' and Eu¬ 
rope as to the future disposition and control of 
those islands. Their foreign population is large¬ 
ly American; and it is natural that the United 
States should look after the Interests of its citi¬ 
zens there—that it should at least exert a pro¬ 
tective influence and secure. If possible, to them 
a representative and cnlightcriod form of gov¬ 
ernment. England is at the same time jealously 
watching the drift of American opinion and the 
action of the American Government: and while 
the London Times admits “that tho Americans 
will eventually people the Sandwich Islands, 
which will become a valuable colony between 
San Francisco and China and Australia," it, 
questions " the right or propriety of any nation 
taking possession of them by lUllbuatering an¬ 
nexation.” This evidently means that any at¬ 
tempt on t he part of the American citizens of 
t hose Islands to secure tlieir annexation to the 
United States, at this time, will be accounted 
by Great Britain “fiJIlbustering annexation." 
and her protest against such action may be ex¬ 
pected. We trust the act ion of our own Govern¬ 
ment will be judicious and conservative, at the 
same time watchful and Arm, refusing to toler¬ 
ate any dictation on the part of Great Britain 
os to its own action or the action of the popula¬ 
tion of the Sandwich Islands. 
Edward S. Stokes, the Murderer of James 
Fisk, Jr. 
The first Saturday in January, 1872. Edward 
8. Stokes shot James Fisk, Jr., in the Grand 
Central Hotel in thiB city, Fisk’s death result¬ 
ing. Tho first Saturday of 1873, after two pro¬ 
tracted trials, a jury of twelve men, between 
the hours of it mid J :l I*. M., brought tn an 
unanimous verdict of “guilty of murder in Lite 
flrst degree." On tho (1th of January, 1872, 
Stokes committed the crime which the jury 
have decided him guilty of; on the (Mb of Janu¬ 
ary, 1873 (tho day on which wo write), the sen¬ 
tence of the law was pronounced upon him. 
Not, for years, so far as we are informed, ha* 
there been a more decorous, dignified, and im¬ 
partial trial of a criminal in this city. Judge 
Boardtnau of Ithaca, X. Y., who presided, has 
won the plaudits of this community by his im¬ 
partiality, dignity, and firmness ui the discharge I 
of his duty, and has done much to lift public 
opinion of the Judiciary of the State from the 
depths of distrust into which it had fallen. Wo 
cannot doubt that the verdict is as just as the ; 
trial has been fair and exhaustive. 
which frequent changes of executives throw 
business relations and interests. For the sake 
of peace, industry, honesty, truth, let us have 
fewer elections and select better public servants. 
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DOMESTIC NEWS. 
New York City and Vicinity. 
All hotels, public halls, etc., are being in¬ 
spected to see if they are safe from fire... The 
rutns on Center street have been removed and 
the seven bodies buried under them recovered 
Over SS Inches of enow fell in this city in 
December The money belonging to the city 
has been withdrawn from the Tenth National 
Bank and deposited in the Broadway Bank. 
The theaters will abolish bill-board advertising 
Mayor Havemcyer was installed on New 
Year’s Day — Rivals to Vanderbilt's rapid 
transit rallv. ay arc talked of New Year's Day 
was beautiful, nnd wits universally observed 
A t, 4:40 P. M. on tho 1st tho Fifth A venue Theater 
took fire and in one hour was destroyed. Loss, 
some $200,1X10. Thekitebenof the Fifth Avenue 
Hotel was demolished by a falling wail. A de¬ 
fective Duo was the cause of the lire. On tho 
31st ult, a five-story house in Brooklyn fell from 
tho weight of snow — Large numbers of Ital¬ 
ians continue to arrive, and more are expected 
A great thaw commenced on 1 lie 2d, which 
flooded the streets Ur. it. J’. Pert of the Deaf 
and Dumb Asylum died on the 1st, aged79.... 
The trial of SI oke* for the murder of Fisk came 
to a sudden and unexpected end on the 4th 
Inst, with a verdict of murder in the first de¬ 
gree... A terrible rain storm prevailed on the 
5th, doing great, damage. All telegraph lines 
were broken down and many cellars flooded 
Stokes has been sentenced to be hung on the 
38th of February. 
Home News. 
Tub New' Orleans Times is to be published 
again_It is said Secretary Belknap will not 
lie retained in the new Cabinet. Secretary 
1 lou 1 well, it is said, will resign, and run for 
Senator from Massachusetts. Judge Richard¬ 
son will be promoted to his place_Eleven 
lives were loat. in the Utah avalanche Seven 
lives have been 1<« t by an ice gorge in the Mis¬ 
sissippi, at Memphis There is some talk of 
annexing the Sandwich Islands_1 1 is proposed 
to Increase our military and naval cadets 
Many of the indictments against the “ring 
thieves" of New York city have been quashed. 
_The cold Is intense in New England K is 
denied that, the present Attorney-General will 
loivvoibu Until riot.... Twenty people in all have 
now died front the effects of tho railw ay disas¬ 
ter, at Prospect, N. Y _Tim campaign against 
the Medoo Indians is progressing in California. 
. The ice has done damage ut Cincinnati to 
the extent of *200,(RX) ...Our troops In Arizona 
have had several tights w ith tho Apaches, kill¬ 
ing 88 and capturing women and children_ 
Five bodies of I ho crew of tho Peruvian have 
been washed ashore at Cape Cod_Ice gorges 
have done much damage at Wheeling, \V. Vo., 
and Si. Louis ...Tho ieo in the Ohio, nt Madi¬ 
son, Ind., has sunk boats to the value of *74,- 
000 . Tho Mayor of Philadelphia Is closing the 
gambling saloons.. A t rain ran off the track at 
Moravia, <•., on the 3d, and was burned. A 
large number of passengers were injured In 
the ease of the lost Missouri, the jury censures 
the dead captain for want r.f discipline_Gen, 
Dlx was Inaugurated Governor of New York on 
1 ho 1st .. .The Legislature of .Maine met on the 
1st ..Gov. Caldwell of North Carolina took his 
oath of office on tho 1st .. Eight negroes have 
been lulled by a recent, railroad accident in 
Georgia. 
Fire*. 
Arkansas Troubtes. 
Trouble exists in Arkansas, growing out of 
political disaffection. The Liberals and Demo¬ 
crats of that State claim to have elected State 
officers by large majorities, but they have been 
“ counted out” by Republicans In power. They 
have brought the case into court, and to-day 
(Jan. <>) tho case is set. down for hearing. Mean¬ 
time, to prevent any disturbance of tire peace, 
the Fourth United States Infantry has been sta¬ 
tioned at Little Ilock. This case is of a similar 
character to that of Louisiana — except that, in 
this case the parties in possession of the Gov¬ 
ernment are Republicans, while the reverse was 
the case in Louisiana. 
|\Clt'!i of thf MU'I'll. 
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CURRENT TOPICS. 
A Christian Community. 
The night before Christ mas there was a Are in 
a building in Center street in this city, in which 
were employed a large number of girls in one 
of the upper stories. The tire started in a lower 
story In a press room, where benzine was being 
used to clean the presses, and which became 
ignited through the sheerest carelessness or 
recklessness. The tire below quickly cut off all 
chance of escape for the girls In the upper sto¬ 
ries except by means of ladders and lire es¬ 
capes. But before all had escaped the walls fell, 
and five or six woro buried in the ruins. Up to 
this writing—live days having elapsed—no at¬ 
tempt has been made by any department of the 
city authorities, nor by the owner or lessees of 
the building, to recover the bodies of these un¬ 
fortunate victims, whoso relatives haunt the 
premises wailing for their loved ones. The dif¬ 
ferent departments of the city government re¬ 
fuse to move for lack of "authority" and 
money; the owner of the building because it is 
Ex-Emperor Napoleon. 
This man is ill; has been compelled to submit 
to a painful surgical operation. He is (15 years 
of age, and, although he is reputed to have a 
vigorous constitution, his age and the wearing 
events and humiliations of the past few years 
render his condition one of anxiety to his 
friends and admirers, especially to those who 
base their future, in any degree, upon hopes of 
his return to France as its sovereign. News of 
his condition will be eagerly watched for by all 
familiar wit h his own history and the history he 
has made for France. 
The Credit Mobiller Scandal. 
For the sake of the people, for the salvation 
of the country from the consequences of politi¬ 
cal ambition and venality, we hope public opin¬ 
ion will bo so strongly expressed that Congress 
will not dare to attempt to cover up or white¬ 
wash over any one, no matter how high his posi¬ 
tion or good his previous name, who may have 
lent or sold himself to the Union Pacific Rail¬ 
road’s managers for a Consideration. 
State Elections Biennial. 
Some of our contemporaries are agitating the 
question of making State elections biennial, 
with a view to avoid the annual demoralization 
which attends them, and the confusion into 
A rlock in Oswego, N, Y., on the 30th ult. 
Loss *43,000... Knitting factory at Fulton, N. 
Y., ou the 30th ult. Loss *72,000 — Tannery at 
Springvilie, Ky., on the 28th ult. Loss *25,000 
_On the 871 h ult. Arnold's print works at 
North Adams, Maas. Loss *150.000_Gar Hhoji- 
at Adrian, Mich., on lhe 87th nit. Loss *75,000 
_Stores at AhlngtoH, Knox Co., III., on the 
27th. Loas *15,000 . .Hotel at Skowhegan, Me., 
on the 20th ult, Loxs £50,(W0.. . Store-houses in 
Montreal on the 31st ult. Loss $500,000 — Eight 
stores and a hotel at Salisbury, 111., on the 31st 
ult.. Loss *100,000. A block of five houses iu 
Alexandria, V,-,., on tin? 31st ult. Loss *100,000 
... ,St. James’s Church, Cincinnati, on the 3lst 
ult. Loss *40,000 . Boet on had a *30,000Hie on 
tho 31st nil.Fall’A willow-ware factory at 
Hartford on the 31 >t ult. Loss *75,000 — On the 
3d Inst, live si' res in New Orleans. Loss *75.000 
du the 2d lust, afire in Nashville, Tonn., de¬ 
stroyed property valued at, *70,000 Brick 
buildings on Main street, Buffalo, burned on the 
3d Inst. Loss *70.000,. Woolen mill at Grand 
Rapids, Mich., on the 1st inst. Loss *20,000— 
Shoo factory in North Bridgewater, Mass,, on 
the 2d inst. Loss *18,000—Bakery in Delphi, 
lud., ou the 3d inst. Loss *25,000 . On the 1st. 
inst., at No. 1,300 Broadway, New York, a fire in 
a store damaged stock to the amount of *35,000. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
4 
Miscellaneous Foreign News. 
The Czarowitz of Russia is getting better. 
_Germany is greatly offended with tho Pope’s 1 
last allocution, and the German legation at. I 
Rome has been closed ...The United States | 
ship-of-war Yantic has arrived at Zanzibar, and i 
the Sultan pronuses to do all he can do to stop 
the African cast coast slave trade ..English 
men-of-war aro also arriving. Thu mayors of , 
France have refused to placard a speech made ! 
in the Assembly .The French Ambassador to 
the Papal court has resigned — The ex-King of 
Hanover, or his son, will become Duke of 
Brunswick . It now appears that Austria, 
promised to help France in her war with Ger¬ 
many There hus been an election riot in 
Tampico, Mexico, and eight persons killed 
The Cuban insurgents have taken a defenseless 
town_Dean Ramsay of Edinburgh is dead.... 
A rising of AIphonststsis expected in Spain.. 
Bowles, the American banker, has been admit¬ 
ted to ball In London ... It is denied that Ger¬ 
man criminals have been pardoned that they 
might come to America ...The anti-Papal ex¬ 
citement is on the Increase in Germany The 
Yellow River in China haa overflowed its banka, 
and caused much damage . On the 2d a lun- 
ous storm raged in England .. The Times of 
London thinks the Americans will eventually 
possess tho Sandwich Islands—Chief Justice 
Allen is acting as regent of tho Sandwich Isl¬ 
ands. Mrs. Bishop has been offered the throne, 
but is said to have declined it — Earl of Gallo¬ 
way, England, died on tho 3d — President 
Thiers held his New Year's reception, but made 
no speeches... An uprising has taken place in 
the PhiJlippiue Islands. 
I the SEASON, CROPS, PRICES, ETC. 
re 
Waukesha <'o., His., Dec. 26.— On Dec. 21 
the thermometer In the morning was 20° below 
zero. From this it varied but slightly during 
tho day. Tho 22d ranged from 10” above to 4° 
below; 23d, about20° to 10” below all day; the 
2-lth, 34° below in the morning. During this 
time hut. n fow inches of snow covered the 
. ground ; but on the 25th and morning of the 26th 
considerable snow fell. For several weeks lhe 
epizootic has prevailed bore; but a few fatal 
cases are reported. Some horses have escaped 
entirely thus far. One farmer who has given 
bis horses a half a bushel of carrots a day Is In¬ 
clined to think this treatment lias prevented his 
from having tho distemper. The alarm was 
sounded through this State, as In others, 
regarding the poultry disease, consequently 
scarcely any were sold except to speculators, 
and these at very low figures. These have 
mostly been kept until now, therefore the mar¬ 
ket is flooded, and all who oat turkey do not 
have to pay as much as usual. All produce of 
tho farmer is very low; therefore those who are 
in debt have not a very flatteriug prospect before 
them. Hogs (live), *3L/.*L Butter, 20@24c. Eggs, 
34 £ 20 o. Corn, 36c. Oats, 28c. Rye, 60c.— m. l. b. b. 
Caledonia. Livingston Co., \. V., Dec. .31. 
Winter closed upon us quite unexpectedly; from 
the first closing of the ground (about the20th of 
Nov.) to the present, there has not been one 
day’s thaw. The first month was severe for 
wheat, as It wax exposed to frost and wind with¬ 
out covering; now it, is nicely protected by 
snow. Wheal, as a whole, looked much better 
t his falj than last. Early sown wheat generally 
looks well. Some of the later sown pieces arc 
quite poor. With sleighing, there Is increased 
activity in the grain market. The last crop pro¬ 
duced but few samples of No.l wheat, I lift Diehl 
loading; the WIcka and white Michigan badly 
shrunken. Ibices vmy more than usual, a fair 
qualif y (for t his year) of Diehl brings *1.75® 1.80; 
the same of Wicks or Michigan. *1.00® 1.70; bar¬ 
ley, two-rowed, C5e.; six-rowed, 80c.; pork inac¬ 
tive Bt 6c.; beans *1.75ij(2.25. There la some prime 
clover seed In this vicinity, but none being sold; 
*0 will move It. Wool Is quiet; there is some in 
farmers' bands, but much has been sold. I 
should judge, from the movement of bales in 
the early part of this month, that a quantity 
was shipped at. that time.—n. s. 
Appleton, Outagamie Co., H I*., Dee. 31 _ 
A noth or dry season here In Northern Wisconsin. 
The Summer tuid Fall were dry, and Winter 
eamo on us about the 10th of November without 
rain or snow. The weal her has been cold and 
very cold ever since. Wells and creeks aro 
nearly all dried up. People hnvo to draw water 
from the river for household purposes, and 
drive B thelr Stock, In some cases, two or three 
miles for water. Tho ground is frozen very 
hard. Christinas Eve our flrst snow of any con¬ 
sequence came (about six Inches), so that 
sleighing is very good. Crops of most kinds 
were good, and prices are satisfactory. There 
was more Winter wheat than usual sown this 
Fall. This being a timbered country. Winter 
wheat Is a more sure crop than Spring.— k. n. 
Dowtlik, Crawford Co., Iowa, Dec. 26. — We 
had rather a cold November. The first part of 
this month was very line, but wo have had for 
the last four days the uoldest weather that I 
have known here in lhe last four years—20° 
below zero the 23d. We have had oidy about 
one inch of snow, and that only twjoc, Somo 
steers that were feeding here tho past two years 
weighed in October 140 to 105 lbs. each. One 
man has fifty of this kind—high grades (Dur- 
hams.) There aro a good many feeding here— 
no more than usual, though. All crops were 
good, and prices fair. Wheat is SKFLOoc.; corn, 
15c.i oats, 15c.— j. v. mcit. 
Plymouth, lnd.. Dee. 27.—From the 22d to 
yesterday we had extremely cold weather, the 
mercury ranging from zero to 21° below; have, 
al intervals, had heavy falls of snow, and are 
now enjoy lug the most elegant sleighing wo have 
had for twenty years. Timber logs and dressed 
hogs are coming In quite freely, the latter worth 
$4.26 per owl. If you could see the immense 
logs of black walnut now coming in, you would 
be astonished. Our saw mills are now all in full 
blast. Yesterday there were over 100 teams in 
town from the country, and business was pretty 
lively.— c. S. s. t. 
Mahoning Co., O., Dee. 2 8.— We have a cold 
snap of Winter. The thermometer has ranged 
about zero for more than a week—the highest 
14° above, the lowest 16 Q below. Hay, *25 a ton; 
wheat, *1.60 per bushel; cattle low.—i. s. 
C’tirryville. Pike Co., Mo., Dec. 27.—Weather 
very cold ; 27 a below zero. The epizootic is rag¬ 
ing in this locality,— m. d. w. 
Preble, Cortland Co., \. Y., Dec. 31. -Weath¬ 
er cold. Snow 18 inches deep in the woods. A 
happy and prosperous New Year to all the Itu- 
ralists.— j. p. f w. 
WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING. 
Illinois State Horticultural Society.—Officers 
elect for 1873: Pres— M. L. Dunlap, Cham¬ 
paign. Vlce-Pres'ts— 1st District, W. T. Nelson 
Vilmington; 2d District, Sam’l Edwards, La- 
Moille; 3d District, Dr, A. C. Humphrey, Gales- 
