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-i r H i Eugene City Guard AMPIIELIi JIROXIIK1IH I'CBLISIIEItS. aiTi-nniv TAXITAUY 3. 1880 oaitiw'i TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. Fatal U"arrrl. . l..1v.u.n.l)cc. 20.-K. V.. Little, litician H!Ml ex . .rnl.r of tlio legislature, Wild shot by his brother-in-law, James llurrold. Little received four shot ond died in rour : utcs. The men quarreled over land lieu by them jointly. The lUwanl of Crime Xrw Yon. Dec. 20.-Win. Kt'lly, oneo the .Munhutlan bank burglar, wan eon vi.'iml lust niidit ofbiircliiry in the sec ond degree and sentenced to the mate prison ut hum labor lor ten yearn. An luillKUallmi MrclluK. A iLKTA. I)o',10 Tli indign lion nice m last nk-ht was attended by an mi menso crowd. Delegations from various parts of tha "latu were an imposing (..I urn nt Dm rleinoiiKtration. Granite Hall, where the meeting was held, eonh not accomodate the multitude. Kx-Gov 4Vnnnr nriiuiilild. Itcso billons were adonted denouncing the action of till Governor and council, and Scimtor Blaine then nuido an address reviewing the situation in detail which wat reccnco with great enthusiasm. Failure In l'rorla. Ciik aoo, Dec. 20. Tim Trilur' I'eoria Hpccial savs the liabilities of Thomas . NaiII oiitll.i dciili'r. are now believed to he f 100,000. Nothing Inw yet been heard 'from him. Detoctives are on lilt trail. All creditor aro very reticent. Homo have, not a scran of naner to show for thousands of dollars oflndcbtcdiioss. Mlro lilyirilnc iiloaltm. Sr. Pai;l. Dec. 20. An explosion of nitro glycerine on the Canada Pacific, near I'urtiiL'H. killed four men and wounded three. The killed are J. C .ogim, foreman, John Fiuxer (I ml Patrick Page. One of the men who was handling the can of nitro glycerine slipped, thus musing tho explosion. Klin Nlrikit. (!im aoo. Dec, 11). -Trouble at the Ntock yards remain in Mnln iwi. Five thousand iiifin are idle, but UMM aro at work in va riout packiiiK house where none but .member of the union are employed. Omul nprrvlaura hir California. WAHiiiMiTiis, Dee. 21. The question of llio practicability of allowing a fourth census district for l.'alifoi nia at the ex pense of curtailing the n n ml ut allotted for MassachusetlH, bat not yet been de termined by Superintendent Walker, but meanwhile the California delegation have agreed that the three districts, at already mnppeil out, should be provided with supervisors, at follows: Henry (i. l.iingley, for the district comprising San Francisco and the coast counties; J. K. llardenburgli, for tho district compriKed of the southeastern counties mid most of ligu's congressional district, and some one to be named by Representatives Ker ry and Senator l'lirloy for the remaining district. Senator llooth concur in tlii.t airaugtiiiicnt, and it will doubtless be rat Jfloil by Superintendent Walker and the president, so rur at it utilit conform to tho stale's final dixtrluliiiK. Paiarlla llrrritliHiNew York'a Kffiut. Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 21. The following ca ble dixpatih hat been received by Dr. l'hilip K. Donlen, one of the secrctuiiusof the Parncll reception committee: (Jukicnktown, Dec. 21. Parnoll and Dillon have nailed. The land league com missions them to rtccivo assistance for the relief of diHtrew, which the league will -distribute. Tho distress it very pressing. Alt ArUoua Nraailnl, New Yoiik, Dec. 22. Tho Tritium' learnt from A ricmia p.irticM arrived here, that the r'-'ceht transactions of Inspector .Hammond and Commissioner llayt, ol the Indian bureau, implicate them in tht wheum of Agent Hart, of San Carlot ret .irvation, ArUona, w ho was charged with 4-rooked practicet in c.iuiiection with a silver ledce ditinvere l on the reservation. It la arxerlcd that the cbai')'ct n-.ii list Hurt have been withdrawn, and be al lowed to resign, id nee whiib a new Mirvey of the retervation linea hat been made to throw the mine out, mid llayt and llaiu tnoml are interehtcd in the aamo mine through fnendt, Tho Trihimt tayt I lie-'O truntactiont may be capable of explana tion, which will relieve lutpoctor ll.im liioud from the odium ol comprominim; irrave chartiet of ollii ial ditliouesty with Anent Hart, for t'ie purpose of KOttinj; porwewlon of bit nilver mine Tho iunpicion cant upon Commissioner llayt of approving uch comiiromiso and of placinu bit pcrwnal fricinit in the way of a proQutb'e mining spend itKm may be wholly unjust- Ai tin- mailer Htands, Inwever, the ulliiir certainly demand in tuitiKatioii. Anii'iia nciitleiiieii reMuleiiis awert that the icamlal is not a rerent one, nl Hayt'i conned ion with it it be lievvd by them. tin ih Krllml Lial. Nxw Yokk, Dec. 21 William llnrko alms "SIbii.IisIi ltdl," aliat "Slary," mur dered Alice Strickland in a alouou Krv imrtsu atreet, June U, 1S77, by s!ahlm iier it the abdomen with a knife. Alice lid tl murderer bad In-eu living to ruber, vid aftei the murtler Hurke li lt lot Califcmia. He was captured there a "hort turn ago and brought on here. To day, in theiourt of ci-nrral session, lie plead guilty of manslHUKhter in the tirat dejiree, and Jule tiildersleeve aeuteuiod dun to the ataU prison for teu yetni. ! aw. Poar JmvAit. N. Y, IVc.-Snow bat fallen here to the iv of nearly aeven fret. The ttorni f xvnd abut the I'.rie railway to the SuwuHanna, and north for distance of 24 luilea. Oaaaa OAcUI't f aiiai(. Omaha, ISh. Ci-Profor D.ivid S Jordan of llioorainifton, 111, one of the U. K fish comniiirinnera in cUrn of invr tiiratioua on the Paciflo Conn for the I'. 8. rvnsua of IKSii, and (.'. II. liiiberl, of Indianopolis, hit aerrelarj, iawd through the city to-day for Calornia, to bcin their work at once. Kvery acparate public iniiitution or department bat ita wa eentu aifcnU. Then sentlenvn will pnd nine month on the Pari tic Cotst ia pursuit of autiftin Information roa eerninf fiah, fiati culture, liahertuen and reryibinirelaein thia particular depart, tneot. Tbey will bin at San Diro and i'ort Yntna, and then follow op tlie roast aa far aa lfrt Sound. I'rofanor Jordan ran tb next crtiaiu will t tha moet complex one that hu titr teen taken. Collrae Burnett, St Paul, Minn., Dec. 24.-A fire at Car reston ColU-e, NortlilleM, yetterdav. do Btroyed Walfia Hall, the main building '3 nearly all Ita contanta, in. u; ing f- logs in estimated at $.50,000, inturance $17,. 500. I'.iin'i rat UlKnvry. Chicaoo, Dec. 24.-Tho 7o.irn Nev York correspondent, who wm present at the private exhibition of Kdtoonr. newly nven7ed electric liht at Mcnlo Park laa and lamp in the residence of .Mr. r.u I NO II lui,, ... . 1 ,, r.on e wcro compieieiy m .... . will be both BHtonithod r"I, ratilied at the result of the public exhibition soon to i . . iri. unm.iuirn oneration ol DO KlVeil. 1"D -r ,,.. I, the liuhtat Kdisou'a rctidoiico makea it appear that mat..es will be t hw ie nattin citiea when the light becomet fairly ettaM'shed, wnilo tnote ,." " '; . ..unn iii (be use Of (.'at, IflOOUn IIOW llincnn..., 1 . . fitlmr industries, unci uie owners of iraa ntock, from appearances, will bo the poorest of people u.n.na niarnvrry anil Oa Ktoi Ua. New Yoiik, Dec. 24.-A considerable ..,l.o.nf liwt,ira nml HnCCIllatorii L'Utb- i ..i !,. r.ni uHintn exchaneo tnia Cltu Ul. mo v.. -i. ,.n t oiiniul t lwi first auction of imm niiuiiiw.'n iw .......... - , gtocka aince Kdison's Biinouncoinent that be bad perfected and wat about 10 pro dure hit electric liit. Their interest c.interediipon tho olleringt of mis Htocks for unction aule of these gecnriliea, asiuey nfl'orded the general public their only no- !..., nrtl..,ir murtnt VnlllO. Ollt of B0VUI1 items on the auclteneer's nilvertisemeiit four were Ks Htccks, but only one sale wat ellocted. viz: fitisnarrs in '"."""; I. ....... i'.u I rmntianv lit Sl.in. Al II. HU 111 n ...ft... " -J 1,1 I'll ,i,., ,.ui Mt i lot Hume stock liroiclit M4.i No bids were received for other t!M shares nil'.., ...I Than, a nu n mi ll t 10 (lav liner HHUII..I. .. ... i.'.iiur.i.'u ii miiiii foil iiii t Oi some . Yn,ir 1.1.1., tin nt S771 2.1 ner cent, lower than tho last auction. Mutiny. Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 24. There arrived in I'.rooklvn. this afternoon the Italian bark Fmwwo Ihmmum. Dur- iitfthe voyKO from .Navarro a icrnuiu miitinv occurred. Tim capiaiu iiiu:oi.mi lu y r.'.llniva: Mv bark it from S.ivona, and is owned bv Italians. On board I had acoupleofbad'fellowt at aailort, named (iretioria Pedro Irene, of Ilolo, and Anto nio Arediind, of Manila. On the "th inst ii.iiii ilinHii Hpaiiien mutinied while chantriiiK watch at inidniitht, intending to kill all lunula and take possession. They killed the boatswain, Antonio Marclnsia, and wounded the mate and one man. With my crew I quelled J he mutiny ami killed the mutineers. Their bodies were thrown overboard. Tim t'lilmRO Slrlkr. C'nn aiio, Dec. 22. -The SHOO Htiikinn . . , . . i i . i... .... i i.. work men at tlie siock yarns ohvw miRnj resumed operations, the packers having . . .1 I . 1 !... .... acceiteil to ineir (loinaim nun nu inuu outside the union should be employed. The only linns which will stand are Ar mour A Co., Fowler liros., tuitsiiy iV hapiuuml the AiiKlo-Anieiican Tacking ompauv. P. D. Armour said to-day that lis firm won hi stand out till doomsday rather than allow employe to dictate to them. There has been no trouble what- ver at the stock yards and no talk ol vio- ence, Jim Krrnc'a Hprratlona. Nkw Yoiik, Dec. 22. A report hat trained credence in Wall street to-day r. . ... ... i f,fin,i that Jut. Kccno will hooii uraw .i,ooo,ooo from the banks hero so be 8iiUttoChiciio ml Milwaukee "to inamiu" wlieat con- tractt beijinninir to fall duo Jan. -U next Nkw Yokk. Doc. 2(1 Professor Henry Morton, president of Stevens Institute of Technoloirv. writes to the SunUanj A'i- yimrr that tho latest published statements reiiiirdina the success of Kdison's electric ht have the ell'ect of placiii I.disou and use aunt in me same cniet-ory won rven- ev mid bis motor. Piivne and his electrio eiiKine, and (iarey and bis magnetic mo or. The Kliaalnll Nlaaloil. tiovernor Vaniant. beiiitf asked, "Is it rue (inventor, you have received the up loiiitmeut as minister to Iiiisnu t re died, "It is not proper for mo to nnswer liat itiestiou. I decline to say iiiivUiiiik' liout it." Til Mnuln. Xkw Yokk. Dec. 2(1. In the six day t'destrian contest Hart was ahead at noon, having 417 miles to his credit. HrtMirl llriilnl. Hoston, Dec. 2". President Nickerson, of the Atchison, Topekn and Santa re road, tloiiict that the road bat passed into the bands of Jay (iould. Hal I'ailiiry Burnnl, NKWiu iivroiir, Dec. 2).-The Uailey hat factory and contents were burned to-day. Loss, fllO.lKKi: insurance, mii.ihhi. The factory lmvo einplovmcut to 2(H) bands, and was run night and day to till orders. Mull-lit. Xi.miara Fai.i.h. Dec. 25. A gentleman, about (ill years old, supposed to bo S. A. Siket of Rcnnodyville, X. Y., this after noon jumped from tho new suspension bridge into the river below. Itobbrrjr ami Murtlrr. DKi.ruot, Ohio, Doc. 20. Ilernani Picker, an old Ccnnnn reaident of this place, was called to tho. door by loud knockiiii: at 2 o'clock this A. M.,and upon on-niiii the dtior bo was confronted by tliree men armed with revolver, who demanded bit money. He resitted and wat shot and instautiy killed. Hit wife bciirinij the disturbance came to bis as sistance and she wat bound with ropes and tortured with tire until the disclose, 1 where the money was and Jl.tKl were taken. No clue to the criminals have been discovered. Ilajra an Pol) gamy. Xkw Yokk, Dec. 2.V The 7Vi7wnc auys the president baa written very little in regard to bia views about the way to crush out polygamy in l ull, but he con venes about the matter a great deal. His ideas on the subject are einpba'ic. lie believes that the Mormons should be do prived of political power and that no time is to be losL XawOisixs IVo. 23. R. C. Vviulea, Issikkii ht for It. li. Houston A Co who left Iter a week ko under 'suspicious circumstanret, one of which was givni( a check of fV) on a bank where be never bad an account, was traced to New Or leans, where be wss arrested last night about midnight. He immediately saal lowed poison and died in ten minutes. lntrOtaaMal Rallra1 Prart Nxw Yoac, Iec. Si. The llmxld rays Captain Kada narrates to day the details of a scheme for an inter-oreanie ship rail road with eight or ten parallel rails and w it b a lock at each end of tba route. It appears to be salwtantially the plan w hw-b. bas lon( been aJvocaieJ by Doctor William J. Cbanning, of Providence, son ortbeeelebrated I'uiUrian divine. Just I fore tti meeting of tba Paris congress last summer Cbanning wroto m iwPjJJ ., iLi. ,io;..m ur l.ifli had cxtensivi lion Ol lll UoniB.. ,., . " i . .!.... i ,i,u nruM The cbiel difs S,rc: " ii'.n I Fads consisted in ierence ticmvc,. .- t.A;ui it- Pono.al of stationary enn to hmt tracks laden wiw emye uF D"r," T t X,, ...t.i n.o inniv nt Kdwaru J. Koid, formerly chief constructor of be British navy and designers.nee ' of clad ships ot r ",r r, ri" and some other governments, it cited uy Fids in fuvorof his railroad projects, iihnt htf a Denuly ilarahal. NAS..V11.I.E. Dec. 25.-EdwHrd ljanlov was fatally shot by Deputy Marshal Mul- lins in hdgebeld a KiihiirD OI Hiioi", The ball entered Hun- ley's leftside, penetrating the lungs, !-.-...... il.n tl.dii iiniirinpd. ICH ley was mi hid - , tin ho bad nroviously taken charge ol Hanley's pistol, was shot in the log. A short time before the shooting Mull ns had attempted to arrest Hanley. and a scuflio ensued, in wutcii naniey w Mullins, when they wero sepeiaieo Jual Tltlult and Shiver. St. Paul. Dec. 23 The severest weather for vears nrevails to-aay x.FAiiirhfiui. the state. St. incent near the British line, reports the spirit ther mometer standings degrees ooiow At CoutiHton, Minn, it stands oO degrees below zoro; At grand fonts, ou uei;ree3, and at Hreekenbridgu, 30 degrees. Iheso luces are ill the Ked river vaney, iiuu i in fin i,i tvitve seems to navw tuum from ii.a Itfiiiuli tinHspssions. In tho eastern and southern part of tlie state the weather is milder. In St. Paul the thermometer did not fall over fifteen below. The tin nun ii I ii mount oi'snow delayed the trains on all the roads, some trains on the South Minnesota and .Northern X'acitic ueing abandoned last night. All trains from the west are lute to-night. A lirutal Crowd. Bai.timokk, Dec. 2o.-Eight roughs hourib.,1 tho Baltimore & Ohio tram at Camden station nt 11:15 last Wednesday niL'ht iust as tho train started, iney drove it colored man from the cars mid soon afterwards niiidoan attack upon an other colored passenger. He lied to the ladies' car for safety, but was pursued thither bv the roughs, who made indis criminate assault with pistols and sticks noon the passengeis. A colored man was sliot in the nock and a man was badly ut. Tho other passengers were badly bruised. It was with dilhcul'y that many persons wore prevented from leaping from the car while it was in motion. Fatal Itallroml Acclilnit. St. Lofts, Dec. 20. Tho passenger train on the Chicago A Alton Uailroad which eft here last night for Kansas City rau oil' the track between Kami and Berdan stations some time last night. Two pas sengers were killed and several badly in ured. Two coaches were burued and the rain was eeiierallv wrecked. Iho acci- lent was caused by a broken rail. Fire. Dks Moisks, Dec. 24. A lire at Xewtou, Jasper county, this morning, destroyed orooertv to tho extent of S(3,000. It is supposed to have been set on tiro by bur ..l.ira ( Jiilllliin's block. toV Bllll ioWolrV store, (tiilespio's drugh house and Brill's dry goods establishment were entirely consumed. The insurance is about $10, 000. Notorlou Criminal Arretted. Kansas City, Doc. o4. Douy Fox, at one time a member ot the notorious Jesse James gang, was arrested in Sum ner county, Kansas, and is now in jail in thi.tcitv. lie is under an indictment for assisting in tho murder of J. W. Which ers, one of Pinkertou's detectives, near ndepeudence. Missouri, on tlie tilth ol March, IS74, and also for engaging in the robbery of tho Band of Independence hiring the latter part of IHiti. fox was with Qunntrell during the war. An old comrade, who states that fox told hltn tlie wholestorv of his participation in tho PACIFIC COAST. Uvrrlanil Route. San Fhancisix), Dec. 10. The tinio lor opening tlie new route irom tins city east via Benicia is definitely fixed for the 2Sth inst. Tho overland train will leave this citv at 11 A. M., making the nissago of the Sierra Nevada mountains n day time instead of night, as has been lone ever since the construction of the road. The new route shortens the dis. ance no miles, and it the most direct and practicable, and will remain tlie estab lished line of overland travel. The BavaK I'limpa, A meeting of Savage and Hale it Nor cross trustees took place yesterday after noon to rati I v the agreement come to by their respective presidents. It bat been tlually arranged that pumping shall go on, and that Savage and Hale it Xorcross shall bear the expense cqunlly until the completion of tho 2400-foot drift from the combination shaft. When the connection with that shall have been made, each company will have to pay for tho puiiip iag of water that itself may make. Klllril by the Miirm. During (he height of the storm to-day Joseph X. Fritz, commander of the Oat ling nattery, X.O.C., went to the recrea tion grounds for the purpose of securing the high fence against the force of the gale. While at work upon it a heavy gust blew a section of tho fence upon him, crushing biiu in such a manner at to cause his death in a few hours. He was a native of France, aged 47. And Rllll II Contlnnra. San Fiiam'isto, Dec. 20. At the hear ing to-day on the opHsition of J. H. liiirko to the allowance of the account tiled by the executors of the estate of O'Brien, deceased, Hall McAllister, coun sel lor the executors, stated that Mr. (ia eer, bookkeeper for Flood it O'Brien, bad not yet completed the additional statement asked for, but would by Mon day. The hearing was adjourned till Mon day morning, at which time Mr. McAllis ter promised that Flood and Mr. (iager should both be present. The defendants have been granted by Judge Thornton, 20 days further time to tile an answer to the complaint of John II. Burke against the executors of the O'Brien ettate, to recover $20,000,000, '.he defendant's demurrer having been overruled three weeks ago and the answer having been due yester day. Blka. Sax FRANatt-o. Iec. 22. It is believed that the game to condemn lake Merced is blinked by the resignation to-day of P. Crowley, chief of police, and one of the commissioners appointed by the old board of water commissioners as it is thought the new board will not appoint to the vacancy. Aaaraaaatnta. Mono and Lady Washington levy as sessments of 50 and 20 cenu respectively. Drawaad. Frank Fagan, a;id 15 year, was drowned yesterday afternxa while duck ,t,.r House naint. He rcommrnd of his boat and attempted to swim ashore. ainrk Reduced. The Grangers' bank of California has filed a certificate in the county court dim inishing its stock from ?-',wu,uw to 010,000. Amicably Settled. o... Tt. nn Telecrram9 ex- changed o$ Friday and Saturday, between r.D! i.., ..lohnriibia wnd President Scot, of the Texas racilic It. R. Co., have re-...t.-.i ,.n aminiiUn Adjustment ofpenii- 7U".1Z" Th Tfl8 Pacific will Zd onT-half of the railroad lands to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa re it. r..L:.. .!... L.llur mltlMIH & BtllellUld deep-water frontage on the bay and oOOO ii innu,i IuiiiIh. with ample acres in nun iw,..v. .. facilities and privileges for first-class j....t on.i -iiarf unnoinmodations. mo UC 'VI uuu " i. " - . .i.ituiia ii.mIi Iir settled as rapidly as possi ble between representatives of the com panies and of tho city. Insurance Suit. Sas Francisco, Dec. 22. In tho case of (i. W. T. Carter against me v,uhiuihi Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, to fendunt from collecting as sessment, Judge Daingerlield to-day de cided the assessment illegal, also that the company could not uuder the laws tran sact a mutual insurance business aim nan no right to levy an assessment except on oiin in Htopir i nn aeciHiou uci,it nu assessment of 50,000. MlnlnaXcwa. San Fiiascisco. Dec. 23. A meeting of the trustees of Crown Point, lielcher, Aloha. Bullion. Exchequer, Continence, Tmoerial and Challencre Mining Compan ies will bo held next Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in room No. 11, 203 liusli streot; to take Into consideration the proposi tion made by tho Yellow Jacket Company to work the above named mines inrougu the Yellow Jacket's shaft. IJechtel levies an assessment of 25 cts. Interrupted by the Colli. The overland lines are interrupted by coldeaBtof the Sierras, the thermometer ranging to 30 below zero. Advices from various points in California also report an unusual degree of cold. Ice is forming as far south as San Denito county. San Fkaxcisco, Dec. 24. The cold snap continues. Ice termed in the western au dition this morning strong enough to bear a person's weight and some instances aro reported of water pipes freezing up. Di'tllned. P. .1. White, appointed by David Maho- ney, representing the Lake Merced inter est, as commissioner to condemn the property, has declined. I'liprci'rili'liteu. Dispatches received to-day from all narts of the state show almost unprece dented cold weather for the last two days. Sonio damage to fruit and vegetables is reported from a few localities, but on the whole the injury is hut slight and crop prospects are generally excellent. The Hoard of Water CominUnloucra. Mavor Kalloch and Auditor Dunn and a majority of the board of water commis sioners mot to-day and reorganized the board by choosing the mayor, president. and his son I. M. Kalloch, secretary. Thoy denounced tbo job to condemn Lake Merced; denounced the action orDistnct Attorney Smoot in appointing a commis sioner to condemn without consulting tho other members of the board, and revoked all previous action of tho board with ref erence to tho condemnation of Lake Mer ced. Han Francisco, Dec. 23. The stock board will adjourn to-morrow afternoon until .Monday. To-dav it is clear and cold with a brisk northerly wind. Thermometer atsuurise was 31. Bplrlteil Away. The principal witness against Lucky Baldwin in his distillery fraud case has disappeared, and the U. S. district attor ney savs one ol lialdwiu s clerks put up $1000 to bail witness out of confinement awaiting trial. FOREIGN. Rrliiforeeiiieiita. Cai.citta, Dec. 21. A dispatch from (ieiieral Rubers dated the IStli urges General (iough's immediate advance in light order, without tents, and only ta king ammunition nni supplies for live or six days. General Huberts states that there is no enemy between here and Ja; dallak and Cabul to oppose Gen. (iough's a lvance, and adds that be shall be able to settle afiairs in C ibul when General Gough joins him. Genera! Gough will leave Jagdallak on the 21st(to-day) with 1400 men and 4 guns, picking up 700 men and 2 gnus at Satabond. Mrna from the Front. Lonixwn, Dec. 22. The viceroy of India telegraphs to-day that General Bright re ports the movetiie.it of reinforcement all along the line. General Gough marched yesterday for Cabul. Azinatullah Khan (ihulzai, chief of Tughmnn, who led the tribes in the desultory attacks upon Gen. (tough's command, is reported wounded. Hit followers appear to be deserting him. Keinforcements have been sent to Dakka in consequence of the report thai the Mohmounds are assembling in that vicin- The Brill. h in Aft Ira. Cape Town, Dec. 22. Seccocoene't town was captured by the British forces on the 2Stb of Xovember. Two of Secoc ene's captains were killed, and two cap tain and two lieutenants killed. Secoe oene lost very heavily. The total British lost is 25. nialrraa of Working Claeae. IioMK, Dec. 21. In the chamber of dep uties bills have been introduced authori sing the government to take steps for the immediate prosecution of public works in order to relieve the distress of the work ing classes. Panarlr VialU Lonpon, Dec. 22. Parnell will visit and deliver addresses in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, and probably several other cities. His purpose is not only arouse an inter est in the political condition of Ireland, but to securo financial aid for the relief of the thousands of poor peasantry who otherwise must suffer terribly during the winter. Parnell has received pressing invitations to extend his journey to the Pacific Coast, but will be unable to do so owinito the pressing nattue of his en gagements at home. En(aa;emrnt Xereaaary. Cauttta, Dec 22 General Gough re poits that in consequence of desultory acta by Ghilzais, it became necesaarv to engage them all along the line and that the Ghilxals have been driven off, and he hopes the v are dispersing. Cnrran Evans aingw: "Mj wife weai her hair by day on her head and by night on a chair." IS EARL DEATH. The fact is yet fresh in the mind of Post readors that on tlie morning of April 2, 1878, William Sidney Clements, larl of Leitrim, was found, shot to death, ly ing in a ditch on the road from Milford t ) Londonderry, Ireland. The motves prompting the murder were allegod to bo the old man's lustful propensities, in the first place, which hail brought shanu to many a fireside on his wide estates, tnd, in the second place, his lovo of povcr, which had caused tlie arbitrary e vio ion from their holdings of all opposed in anything to his imperious will. The afl'air caused the utmost commotion throughout the kingdom. On its nia-its publio opinion was divided, the aristoc racy and governing elusses looking upon it rs an agrarian outrage of the worst type, while the multitude particularly the multitude in Ireland regarded it as a retribution too long delayed. To trace the murderers, tho Irish und Scotland Yard detectives, assisted by the lioyal Irish constabulary, used their best endeavors. Large rewards were oflered by the Lord Lieutenant and by the pres ent Lord Leitrim, but without a sem- blunce of success. Many suspicious characters were arrested, but they wero genorally discharged after tho prelimin ary investigation before the sitting mag-iVti-iitd no evidence being adduced to counect them with the crime. Of the last arrests made that of the JIcGran nigham brothers tho court, after de taining them over a year in Liflbrd jail, finally grauted them conditional relcaso, thev civinz small bonds not to leave Ire land. Up to the present tho matter is as much a mystery us ever, and in its un- ravelment the government lias found it self imnoteut. bribes, cajolery and par don proving alike unavailing. A few evenings since a reporter received information calculated to throw some light upon the murder and add a now chapter to its history. For obvious reasons names are omitted. Suflice it to siiv that tho trcntlenian who vouchsafed the information is an old citizen of this State, has boon in the Senate and Assem bly of California, and has always been looked upon by his fellow-citizons as a man of integrity and honor. At this point the following review of the murder will not prove uninteresting: William Syd ney Clemens. Earl of Leitrim, and llaron Le'itrim, of Manor llamiltou, in the peer age of Ireland, Baron Clements, of Kil- macronan, county Donegal, in that of tho United Kingdom, Lieutenant Colonel in iu the armv. was born in 1800, and suc ceeded hi i father as third Earl, December ai, 1H,"4. His property in county Donegal embraced about 00,000 acres. While his father was universally beloved by all his tenantry, his personal friends, and all, iu fact, who came in contact with him, it is said of tho late Earl that from an early age he had made himself as universally disliked. In the army he was looked upon as a tyrant, and on his estates as a man who w ould spare neither ago nor sex in the accomplishment of his designs. The young girls of his tenantry dreaded his presence, una lavors irom nun were received with fear and trembling. Eviction was the rule where his desires were thwarted, and, for aught ho cured, the poor people might go to "Hull or America," which expression is said to have found frequent utterance from his lips. ' That he was a brave man is, how ever, not denied, ills lite was a series of fights, in all of which he triumphed but the last, und in that tho struggle was manfully if impotently made. Many times was his lite threatened, and ofteu has a bullet, aimed ut him, tlown in dan gerous proximity, but until his hair had whitened with age, and ho was trembling on the verge of the grave, ho escaped un harmed. The place where the murder was committed is on a turn of lho road, a few miles from Milford and skirting Mul- roy buy. I'erhaps a better ploeo could not have been selected for tho purpose of the murderers. The ground is rising, so that a conveyance, in ascending, would have to go at a necessarily slow pace. On either sido thick blackthorn hedges are admirubly adapted for concealment. Be hind the hedge, next the bay, laid the murderers iu waiting for the victim, and, as the ear slowly ascended the hill, bour ing Lord Leitrim, his valet and the driver, tho triple murder was completed. Lord Leitrim's head was considerably battered and his arm broken, but the fatal injury was from a shot which pene trated the heart. After the deed the murderers hastily sped over the 200 yards that lay between them and the bay, entered a bout in waiting, crossed over and have sinco disappeared from the eyes of the law. About a hundred yards behind Lord Leitrim s car was driven an other, also in his employ, but, strange to say, this car stopped at rthe distance named from the spot whero the murder was committed, and did not drive up till the men wero rowing for the opposite side. It is also said that the horse in this second car was a foster animal than the other, but on that morning he was going almost dead Lilue. Iu tho interview with the gentleman above referred to, tho following facts concerning the murder were elicited, and are given to the public for the first time: About a year prior to the affair, a person arrived iu San Francisco from New York, bearing credentials from cer hiin people there to friends in this city. Through their influence a sum of about SloOO was collected, for a purpose not specified at the time, but of which the persons donating it were assured that they would be informed at the proper period. It is well enough to state here that the persons contributing did lot, for a moment, suppose that their money was going w supply a mnraer mna. Tuey gave it because they relied upoa their New York oorrespondents. that it wonld be put to" some purpose for the benefit of the Irish national cause, which it was not proper at the time to make public. Some months after the murder a letter was received, however, vaguely hinting that the object towards vrhich Saa Fran cisco had contributed had been accom plished in the murder of Lord Leitrim. Further information was repeatedly asked for, but none of importance was vouchsafed. The main facts, lowever, came to light about three mon'.ha ago. One of the prime movers in the affair having arrived in the city, told is much of the affair aa was safe, under the cir cumstances. With the $13oo contributed in thia city and the additional sum of $33 JO contributed in New York and Brooklyn, the fund was made tp. Two men were found whose grievance ogamst Lord LeHin were notorious in ; the county Donal about five years age. With 8500 each thoir possession, thev left New York by the Anchor line steamer about th becinninir of March. Landing at GreeV'k, thoy crossed over to Derry, where icy took up their resi dence in a small , ' tol on Foyle street, near the depot ol .Tji,,, Northwestern Kail way. From this ilace they entered into communication w)h a tenant of the estate, who, by the waj, has since died in prison, haying been wrested on sus picion of having commitsd tlie munli.i. Tho night (April 1st) that tho mi sw. ; was left at Logue's hotel in Milfoil Vv a cur to be sent over to Lord Leitrim'h j i idpneo next morning, to convey bin. to Dpry, this man was lounging urcii tlip place and heard it. Here be nuWd injo conversation with the servant. kv wis informed that Loguo had prom :, I litnself to drive Lord Loitrim, as ) 1 vi et was to go forward with tho ti i c; Her, Lord Leitrim intending to tafe a inning train for Dublin, from whffe hi intended to cross to London via Hiij j h .d. Starting at once for Derry, the m n were placed in possession r' the iis, and the opportunity w" consul-' eitl too good a ono to be lo& Accord ingly that night, armed witlL pistols, and a tun lent by the individual above siMien of, and whiclu gun, was after wls found in the bout, he afc oneo pro-co-ed to prepare for their scupe, and th jinen went to the place rf ambush. It Jits not their intention to till Logue, us!! was thought intimidation would be suSoient to prevent him from) oven iden- tif ng them in the event of .-their arrost. Tli y intonded to stun him for the time be; g only. Surprised and I'xcited as , the were at the time, they sliw no al ter utive but to kill all, when jn place of L' ue, whose car they said since the cot d hear in the distance, 'they found tv strangers seated with the Earl. They caa lot account for Logue's not driving up. but think he stopped through fear ujm l healing the shooting. They say the eftsou for leaving the gun, hat and boiles in the boat was the excitement unhr which they labored, assisted by con iderable liquor, which they had takii to keep up their courage. Why the MeGranaghans wore arrested, they say s owing to an accident. On going to i e scene of tho murder one of them picl ud up a piece of paper lying on the roui . This was nsod as wadding, and fotn d afterwards by the police. On it was written in . a school girl's hand: "MijGran ," the completing piece being fouad to belong to a sister of the Mc Gniiughaiis, in a copybook in the school liouie adjacent. They say the McGrana- ghi is had nothing whatever to do with the nnrder. The gun which was found brn en, and which was proven to have bel nged to a man named Ilerughty, was broten in their hurry to push oil' the boii Tiiat they wero not captured prior te thei - arrival in New York, is a matter of wonder. They traveled together, ant! frequently got under tho influence of i quor with the money in their pos sesi on. While often near the police, the say, however, that they never we: ( thoroughly startled but oneo, and tui wan when they got into conversa tioi with a police sergeant, an old Fei iianagh man, at present stationed at i .i.stlerin, county Donegal, and who par iallv conducted the search after the nni derers He had a way of looking sti licinusly askance at them, and dialing out long winded ayes that was anything but comforting. After cm sing Milroy bay they left tko boat ami started for Derry, putting up at the same place. They read the account in he Derry Journal and other local pa ers with avidity, but were afraid to nuivo a -move lest the polico should coifie down on them. To account for thir present idleness, they told the liojel people they were sailors, waiting foil a berth iu some outgoing vessel, ch they, in reality hoped to got. vessel offering, however, they do- uined on going over to Glasgow, ch they did on tho Bear, a small nnel steamer. One took a cabin, th other a steerage passage. Lauding atpreenock, tho train was taken for Gl sgow, the steerage man having to piq his fare, cabin passengers, it seems be lg allowed to go either by bout or cu: from Greenock to Glasgow nt their op; on. Taking different compartments an inxious watch was kept for the po lic, but none appeared. Landing iu Glasgow, a small notel was selected in a il de sac, running off the Candle rig s, a narrow stroet opening on Ar gy s street, called Whyte's Temperance He el. Casting lots as to which should dui! the walk along Argyle street, whtU is the principal thoroughfare of GlaV'ow, one was chosen who proceed ed flown that that street about four blocis to a wide street running paral lel vtith the Candleriggs, where is lo catei tlie office of the Anchor boats. Here a steerage and a second cabin ticke were procured for the Ethiopia whicl sailed on the following day. Here another backset was encountered! Instcid of embarking directly, a tug passive had to be taken to Greenock whert tho steamer was lying. Tin, evenig, however, they sailed away witlne.it interference, although they sy they fcay they were considerably alarm ed a( seeing a couple of the Greenock polict board the boat, coming, it seems, after a man who was trying to desert his wife. Again. whenMie steamer stopped at Mavillo, for the Irish passengers, they were afraid of seizure, and not until they passed Tory Island, and were on the rude Atlantic, did they feel secure. On a Monday night Fort Hamilton, New York, was sighted. Here the vessel an chored all night.' Again were they afraid that a telegram would secure their rest, but again they were mistaken, pass ing off the steadier unmolested about midday. Tlie next week 12000 apiece was handed them, with which sum one is said to be conducting a saloon oo At lantic avenue, Brooklyn, and the other has gone west. Their real identity is said, however, to be known to but a few, and those in that ring within the ring of which the circle was composed. S. W. "Keroaine oil will fuddle as well aa whisky anv how it makes a locomotive's head light. Item which appeared as original in the Guzzle. Now that bit of brilliancy originated with the writer of thia here article, Mr. Bonrbon, 1 : it.. some monws since, ana in guiug uic rounds of tlie press lost ita credit, to b cabbaged by a sizzorj paragrapher. Well, ita all right. I I If it u 1 1 i'i 1 i ' t 1 . v U I