MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER 
for the rest of the winter season. Mr. and Mrs. 
S. left for Washington on the 28th. 
The Khedive of Egypt has sent Gen. Sher¬ 
man’s recently married daughter (Mrs. Lieut. 
Pitch) a diamond bracelet and other jewels, 
valued at £#10,000. They are to be exhibited at 
Tiffany’s for a few days, arid then sent to Mrs. 
Fitch at St. Louis. 
A resolution has been offered in the U. S. 
Senate concerning a repeal of the Pacific Mail 
Steamship subsidy. 
The ice crop of the Hudson River gathered 
last week will reach 2,000,(KXI tons—the largest 
ever gathered. 
The Chicago Board of Trade have asked Con¬ 
gress to establish a mint In that city. 
The Hon. Theodore W. Dwight , Professor of 
Municipal law in Columbia College, has been 
elected President of the New York Prison As¬ 
sociation. 
Just ninety-five years ago to-day (Jan 39) 
eighty sleighs with provisions, escorted by 100 
soldiers, crossed the harbor on the Ice from 
Staten Island to New York. 
Ex-Senator Wade of Ohio expresses satisfac¬ 
tion at Johnson's election a a Senator, and says 
ho will be fouDd on the Onion ride. 
A cal! has again been made on the commander 
of Camp Cameron, in Utah Territory, for troops 
by the citizens of Hika, Nev., to quell the In¬ 
dian disturbances In that region. 
The General Assembly of Rhode Island elect¬ 
ed Thomas Darfee Chief Justice of the Supreme 
Court. 
The Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley Rail¬ 
road was sold at auction in Cincinnati on Wed¬ 
nesday week for $1,000,000. The sale was made 
subject to all the rights and liens created by 
the first deed of trust of the Trust Company 
of New York. 
Neal Paul, charged with the murder of Neal 
McBride, at Beaver Meadow's, Penn., Feb. 14, 
1874, lias been convicted of voluntary man¬ 
slaughter. 
The losses to the business men of Marysville, 
Cal., by the flood, amount to $485,675. 
Arthur Aldrich, of Saranac, Michigan, shot 
himself dead on Thursday week while hunting. 
The Senate Committee On Elections has de¬ 
cided that the Kellogg administration should 
be recognized as the legal government of Lou¬ 
isiana. 
At a meeting of women in iSt. Louis, delegates 
were chosen to attend the State Constitutional 
Convention and claim a representation there. 
The manufacturers of nails in Boston and 
neighborhood have voted to make a further re¬ 
duction in wages In order to enable them to 
compete successfully with those of the "West, 
where wages are lower than here. 
The steamer Assyria, thirty-seven days out 
from Gibraltar, put into Halifax short of coal. 
Mayor Stokely of Philadelphia lias Issued a 
circular to Justices of the peace and other 
prominent persons living near the neighbor¬ 
hood in which it is thought that Charley Ross's 
abductors operated after the abduction. He 
gives a minute description of the child, of the 
abductors, of the horse and buggy, and of the 
boat, and lastly, facts obtained from letters 
written by the abductors, and concludes by 
offering a reward of $5,000 to any one who will 
return the boy or give information leading to 
his recovery. 
The steamer Lady of tlm Lake, running 
between Norfolk and Wnahidgton, w T as burned 
to the water’s edge on Thursday evening week, 
at her wharf, Norfolk. The fire originated in 
her lamp-room. The steamer was owned by 
George H. Plant & Co. of Washington, and was 
valued at $80,000. She was to have sailed the 
next day for Washington, arid had on board a 
full miscellaneous cargo, which w T as entirely 
destroyed. 
In the Tenn. Legislature, Jan. 38, Col. James 
L. Gaines of Knoxville W’as elected Controller 
of the Treasury on the thirty-fourth ballot. 
Dr. William Morrow was re-electod State 
Treasurer. 
A convention of the officers of the savings 
institutions of Maine met at Augusta last week. 
Twenty-eight banks w ere represented. A reso¬ 
lution was passed that no change be asked in 
the laws relating to savings banks, as the law 
of last Wint.cn although objectionable in some 
particulars, had nqt been thoroughly tried. 
the water is still rising. At Paris the water is 
so high that the steamboats cannot pass under 
the bridges, and have ceased running. The 
streets of the low-lying environs of the city are 
covered with water to the depth of three feet. 
A special dispatch Jan. 27, to the London 
Dally News says extensive preparations are 
being made by the Spanish Government troops 
for a movement against the Carlists in the 
event that King Alfonso's proclamation calling 
for their submission proves Ineffectual. Forty 
thousand troops are massed around Tafalla 
for an attack upon the main Carlist, position 
atPuenta la ReinaandCaraseal Pass, command¬ 
ing the road to Pampelona. King Alfonso will 
participate in the operations of his troops. 
A denial is given by the Carlists of rumored 
negotiations with the Alfonsists for a conven¬ 
tion. 
According to a recent, statement, there are in 
this country 7 Catholic, archbishops, 53 bishops, 
4,873 priests, and 6,f>20 churches, chapels and 
stations. 
The Cuban festivities over the accession of 
Alfonso closed Jan. 23. The statue of Queen 
Isabella, which was removed from the Park on 
the downfall of the monarchy, Is to be replaced. 
The French Government Is systematically or¬ 
ganizing a service of carrier pigeons, the great 
central station of w hich is to be the Jardin d’- 
Accllmation In Paris, with lesser stations in all 
the Important fortresses. 
The Carlists have fired on a British vessel 
loaded with telegraph cable, off the Biscayan 
coast. 
Mr. Disraeli I* suffering from gout in the 
lungs. He Is In good spirits, but the chronic 
pallor and pained expression of his face show 
that a valuable life Is in danger. 
An autograph letter from Alfonso has been 
delivered to Queen Victoria, advising her of his 
accession to the Spanish throne. A similar 
notification has been received by France. 
A new paper, a Liberal organ of Edward 
Blake, who Is dissatisfied with the policy of 
Hon. Geo. Brown of t he Globe, has made its 
appearance in Montreal. 
The Spanish G overnment forces are preparing 
for a movement against I ho Carlists. Forty 
thousand troops are massed around Tafalla. 
The Paris Court of Appeals has affirmed the 
judgment of the Seine Criminal Court, by which 
the directors of race-course pools—Paris mutual 
—wore condemned for having kept gambling 
establishments. 
The Gustav affair has been settled by the 
payment of a money indemnity to Germany by 
Spain. 
Eight of the crew of the bark Aurora, from 
Darien for England, were drowned by the los3 
of the vessel at sea. The survivors were rescued 
after having been four days without food and 
brought to Falmouth. 
The Government army in Navarre Is advanc¬ 
ing on the Carlists, and has already captured 
several of their positions, King Alfonso is 
present. 
Don Carlos will personally command the 
troops in the battle which is impendingto frus¬ 
trate the efforts of the Alfonsists to relieve 
Pampeluna, 
Artillary and infantry have been ordered to 
suppress the riots In New-Brunswick. 
At a public meeting in Hartford last week a 
subscription of about $20,000 was made towards 
the building of the St. Patrick’s Church, which 
was destroyed by fire. 
W. A. Weeks, colored, the Assistant Secretary 
of State of La., was killed in New Orleans on 
Sunday week by George Paris, a colored tax 
assessor, In an altercation. 
The Rev. MIsb HalneB of Hallowell officiated 
as chaplain in the Maine Senate recently, being 
! the first woman that ever acted in that ca¬ 
pacity in the Legislature. 
Rev. George F. Trask, well-known as the 
apostle of the anti-tobacco crusade, died Jan. 
25, at Fitchburg, Mass., where lie lias resided 
for many years. He was born just beforo the 
close of the last century, in 1707, and entered 
Yale College at an early age. 
In consequence of the many incendiary fires 
which have occurred upon Staten Island re¬ 
cently, the Legislature ha* been asked to pass 
a law providing for the appointment of a fire 
marshal for Richmond County. 
The George Washington Bank of Corning, N. 
Y„ a.private Institution, owned and controlled 
by George W. Patterson, was seized and dosed 
by the Sheriff on Saturday week. The liabilities 
are $100,000. 
The recent discovery of smuggled silks in 
cases has led to information showing that over 
a million dollars’ worth of silks have been 
smuggled into this port during the past year, 
and several Custom officers have been found 
implicated. 
There will be about, sixty ex-rebel officers in 
the next Congress, while the Union army will 
be represented by less than half that number. 
This fact is very significant. 
The N. Y. Times Washington dispatch says 
the subsidy to Tom Hoolt’s proposed Pacific 
railroad Involves $300,000,000 from the Treasury. 
Ex-Mayor Rufus Keeler of Rochester died at 
his residence in that city, on the 22d ult., aged 
66 years. 
Charles G. llarger & Son, bankers of Water- 
town, N. V., suspended payment Jan. 26. This, 
with the failure of Geo. F. Paddock & Co., 
bankers, the previous week, caused great 
excitement. 
The President lias nominated Edward O. 
Kelton to bo United States Consul at Mazatlan; 
Chita. Finkelmeter, Consul at Tamahave, and 
Wm. Crosby, Consul at Talcahuano. 
The Rev. Glenzon Fillmore, aged S3 yean-, the 
first Methodist minister who preached west of 
the Genesee river, and who established the 
first Methodist Church In Buffalo, died suddenly 
on the morning of the 26th, while sitting In. his 
chair m his home at Clarence, Erie County. 1 
The Republicans of the Florida Rebate ab¬ 
sented themselves Monday week In prevent 
the unseating of one of their number, and 
there being no quorum the Sergeant-ut-Amis 
was directed to arrest the absentees. One of, 
his assistants was fired on by Senator Parker of 
Pensacola, who asserts that he was Jired on 
first, and great excitement ensued, hut peace 
was restored. 
The Jamaica residence of Charles A. Sam mis, 
Sheriff of Queens County, was robbed on Sun¬ 
day night week of two gold watches worth $000. 
William Cullen Bryant is expected to visit 
Albany about the 10th Inst., on which occasion 
Gov. Tilden will, it Is said, give a state dinner. 
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has begun, at the 
Lowell Institute, in Boston, a scries of twelve 
lectures on ‘’Railroads and their Develop¬ 
ment,” 
Mr. Bayard Taylor has returned to this city 
from the West. Duriug eight weeks he lec¬ 
tured every night, except Sundays, and traveled 
on an average 1,000 miles each week. Ho has 
lectured 83 times since last fall, arid has 44 
more engagements. 
The New York State Temperance Society 
last week elected John N. Stearns President. 
Resolut ions were adopted asking the Legisla¬ 
ture to enact a prohibitory law, recoin mending 
the nomination of independent temperance 
tickets for all town elections, and that, united 
efforts be made to elect the Commissioners of 
Excise on the basis of “no license.” 
The N. Y. Sun chronicles this singular acci¬ 
dent .Dr. Gillman of the Ninety-ninth street 
reception hospital, while walking in Eighth 
avenue, with a steel-ribbed umbrella in his 
hau l, on Monday night week, slipped and fell. 
One of the ribs of the umbrella ran in bis eye 
and penetrated the brain. When the steel was 
drawn out or the wound the ivory tip came off 
and remained lu the brain. The doctor has 
been unconscions since Tuesday evening, and 
his injury is probably fatal. 
A St. Louis dispatch says that returns from 
the election held in Missouri, Jan. 26, for dele¬ 
gates to the Constitutional Convention to be 
Field at Jefferson City in May, indicate the 
election of three Independents, six Democrats, 
and three Republicans. 
The Rev. Samuel A. Clark, for 20 years rector 
of &t. John's Episcopal Church, Elizahetb, N. 
J., and a brother of Bishop Clark of Rhode 
Island, died on Thursday week of malarial 
fever. He was 53 years of age. 
L. W. Laugdon of Florence, Mass., who was 
connected with the perfection of the sewing- 
machine, died at the age of 40 on Tuesday week, 
at Jacksonville, Florida, whither he had gone 
in search of health. 
Mr. and Mrs. Sartoris arrived from England 
Jan. 27, bringing, let us hope, tbeir sheaves of 
happiness with them. There is no prettier 
sight than a young and happy wife, and Mrs. 
Sartoris, with English roses in her cheeks, will 
make the White House brighter arid warmer 
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TIMELY TOPICS, 
Death" of the Emperor of China. 
The death of the Emperor of China is an¬ 
nounced by a telegram from Pekin dated Jan. 
26, at which time his successor had not been 
named. Later advices, however, say that a 
grandson of Prince Tun, undo of tho deceased 
Emperor, will probably succeed to the throne. 
As the ruler of an Empire embracing several 
hundred millions of inhabitants, tho following 
sketch of tho brief career of the young Empe¬ 
ror will prove of interest to many Kural read¬ 
ers:—“Toung-cbe, into the reigning Emperor 
of China, was burn April 21, 1856. Ho was the 
eldest son of the Emperor Helnfung, and suc¬ 
ceeded to tho throne at the death of his father, 
Aug. 22,1801. Touiift-eho was tho eighth Empe¬ 
ror of China of the Tartar dynasty of Tn-tsing, 
which succeeded the native dynasty of Ming in 
the year 1644. Tho Emperor Mcinfmig, on des¬ 
ignating Toung-che, a minor, as his successor, 
ordered that bo should bo kept until the time 
of his majority under the guardianship of eight, 
high officials, who were to carry on the Govern¬ 
ment in his name. But in consequence of a 
palace revolution occurring soon after the ac¬ 
cession of Ibe young ruler on Nov. 2, 18,>1, throe 
out of the eight appointed Imperial guardians 
wore killed and tho rest, banished, while the 
supreme power was taken possession of by two 
of the wives of tbo deceased sovereign. They 
associated themselves with Jib-su, Prince of 
Kong, uncle of the young Emperor, who was 
nominated the head of the Council of Ministers 
and became virtually Rcgeut of the Empire. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
Five physicians of Lowell, Mass., have quit 
the Grand Army of the Republic because the 
surgeon of the post where they were members 
is a homoeopath. 
Ex-Gov. Claflln of Massachusetts will .nail 
with bis family for Europe on Feb. 17. 
Col. Henry Ware, who was secretary to the 
late Gov. John A. Andrew, of Massachusetts, 
has accepted a position in the Public Library 
at Boston. 
Gov. Chamberlain of South Carolina, In ac¬ 
cordance with the recommendation of Judge 
Mackey, lias disbanded the militia in Edgefield 
County. 
A fire in Sumter, S. C., on Thursday week 
destroyed $70,000 worth of property. 
Tho Rev. Dr. John H. Young, late pastor of 
tho Congregational Church in Laconia, N. H., 
died Jan. 20, aged 75 years. 
A party of boys found under a lumber pile in 
West Boston $10,279 worth of drafts, bonds, &c., 
recently stolen from the Post-Office lock-box 
of the Maverick National Batik. 
Thomas Jefferson's own copy of his “Notes 
on tbo State of Virginia, London, 1787,” which 
was annotated by his own hands, and con¬ 
tained other manuscript additions, was re¬ 
cently sold at Chicago for $160. 
The millennium may be considered very near 
when Congress pauses that law to prohibit the 
safe, importation, or manufacture of alcoholic 
liquors as a beverage in the District of Co¬ 
lumbia. 
Mr. Tracy proposes—so it is said—to read in 
evidence the whole of Mr. Tilton's novel 
“TempestTossed,” and the other side will re¬ 
taliate by reading Mrs. Stowe’s book on Byron 
and Mre. Beecher's Cook-book. The privilege 
of attending this great trial is nearly equivalent 
to a liberal education.— Graphic. 
Election of U. S. Senators. 
Since our last Geo. W. Wallace has boeu 
elected U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania, in 
place of John Scott: Ex-Gov. T. F. Randolph 
of New Jersey, iu place of John P. Stockton; 
Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, in place of W. 
G. Brown low; Gen. A. E. Burnside of Rhode 
Island, In place of William Sprague; while 
Senator Bayard of Delaware has been re-elect¬ 
ed. These elections have generally proved sat¬ 
isfactory to the press aud people of the various 
States Interested, while that of Andy Johnson 
is apparently hailed with pleasure by promi¬ 
nent. men of all parties throughout the Union. 
In Wisconsin, Minnesota, West Virginia and 
Florida the efforts to elect U, S. Senators 
proved unsuccessful up to our latest date, Jan. 
30, and how long the Senatorial dead-lock will 
continue in these States is problematical. 
FOREIGN NOTES, 
In Birmingham, Eng,, on Jan. 25, Hon. John 
Bright delivered a speech advocating the dis¬ 
establishment of the Church of England. 
A terrific gals, accompanied by storms of 
rain, prevailed on the British coasts for two 
days previous to Jan. 25. Innumerable casual¬ 
ties to sailing craft are reported. 
There is a rumor that, Mr. Layard, the British 
Minister, will soon be withdrawn from Madrid. 
It is reported that he does not conceal his Re¬ 
publican sympathies. 
A preliminary parley was held between the 
Carlists and Alfonsists on the 23d ult., when 
the basis of a Convention was agreed to, the 
ratification of which on both sides is probable. 
The news from South and Central America 
shows a comparatively peaceful state of affairs 
in that part of the world. The Tlerola revolu¬ 
tion in Peru has not been quite stamped out, 
but President Pardo has again defeated the 
rebels. A revolution broke out recently in La 
Psz, Bolivia, when the troops got drunk and 
went through the streets shooting down citi¬ 
zens and creating great disorder. 
The London Times' Paris dispatch of Jan. 27 
?ays that there is a flood in the river Seine, and 
HOME NEWS PARAGRAPHS, 
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has 
adopted, by a large majority, the report of a 
committee favoring government aid to the 
Texas Pacific Railway. 
In the United States Court at Cincinnati 
Judge Drummond appointed John R. Hilliard 
of Peoria receiver of the Peoria and Rock 
Island Railroad. 
During tbo nine monlbs of 1874 of which 
statistics have been published there was a 
large decrease In the consumption of spiritous 
liquors in Ireland 
WHAT SOCIETIES ARE DOING, 
Ayrshire Breeders’ Ass'ti.—The Albany Con¬ 
vention of Ayrshire breeders, resulted in the 
organization of an Association with the follow¬ 
ing officers: Pres.— W. Bihnie. Vice-Pres’ts. 
—E. D. Pearce and L. S. Drew. Sec.—J. R. Stuy- 
veeant. Treas.—J. F, Brown. Ex. Committee. 
