The News

The Irlsli quostion is now the principal topic of diseussion in the Britisb parliament. : President Grevy is to be asked to sigu a -iecree placing the Orleans princes on the retlred list. Since Carey's startling disclosures ia the Dublin pólice court, rnany Irieh-Amerieans and farmers' sons are leaving for America. A Hong Konsr dispatch of the 21st JDSt., sa_v8 the American steamer Ashelot was IO6t on that day, and 11 of the crew drowned. The French cabinet has at last been formed as follows : Ferry, prime minister and minister of public instructiou; Cballemel Lacour, foreign affairs; Waldeck Rousseau, interior; Martin Feuille, justiee; Charles Brun, marine; Meline, agrieulture; Herrissen, commerce; Cochcry, posts and telegraph; Kaynal, public works ; Tiraud, finance-Gen. Thibaudin, wars. It rs said plenty of funds willbe forthcoming for the defense of Phosnix Park murdcrers. The British governrnent has asked Spain to release the Cuban refugees surrendered at Gibraltar. It is said the British governrnent has a clue as to the use which has been made of the land league funds. Parnell's silenco in the House of Commons is exciting mueh valt blé comment. By some it i( regarded as ai: a ;h:ission that a prima facie case is establishnd atrainst the Irish kaders. By the wreek of a steamcr in the Bosphorus, 22 persons were drowned on the 22d mst. Carey denies having written the letter of condolence to Miss Burke after the assasslnation of her brother. A trade's meeting in Dublin disavowed Carey, repudiated hls claim to be a representative workingman, and expelled him from the trade societies. The first installment, 1,000 ruarks, of money subscribed in Germany, has been sent to the United States in aid of sufferers bv the floods in the Ohio valley. The French press gencrally receive ' with favor the program of the new ministry. It is believed that Ferry intends to particípate ac' tively in discussions regardingf.il the franches of the government. Í Sir Stafford Northeote has given no! tice in the British House of Commons that he will move for the appointment of a committee { to inqulre into the matter of the release of Par, nell. Dülon and O'Kelly from Kilmainham jail. c Parneil declines to defend himself from the abuses heaped upon by Forster, claim' ing that he has nothing to defend himself from. x The London Times says bis rejection of the op' portunity offered him for clearing himself f rom tue discredit of holding relations with Irish r issassins might be justlfied if hls politk-al con' auct bad been from the beginning auove susa picion. The country, the Times says, eannot l bc expected to view with favor conduct whieh e 3eems wanting in courage or candor. c Germany doesn't like the new French l ;abinet. A parcel addressed to Earl Spencer l ind containing severa] ounces of dynamite with i fuse attached, was deposited in Skibbereen poetoffice, Ireland, recentlv. e liamngton, secretary of the organizing committee of the land feague, now in jail in Dublin for U6ing intimidating language, is elected without oppositiou to a scat in the commous ior Westmcath. The Liverpool stearuer Glamorgan, while en route to Boston was wrecked. Seven lives were lost, including' the captain and mate. The remainder of the passengere and crew were picked up by the eteamer Republic. It is stated that letters have been received by the authorlties earrying threats to blow up the Kremlin at Moscow where the czar is to be crowned. Scarch was made, but nothingindicatingpreparations for destruction of the palace was revealed. A close watch is being kept, and the public are not allowed to enter the building. The British commandcr highly eommends the conduct of the Irish eoldiers. Gustavo Dore's will directs that all of his paintings be kept two years and then sold. Baron Nordonskjold, the Swedish explortr, has notifiedthe Dutch minister at Stockholm that he intends to claim the reward of 34,000 guilders offeredin 1596 for the discovery of a northeet passage. The house of an anarchist in Brussels, who entertained Louise Michel when she waB in Brussels, was recently searched by the pólice, who seized three trunks. The majority of the documentscontaiued in them, written in Kussian and Italian, refer to an international plot. It Í6 rumored that disclosures made in connection with the dynamite explosión at Ganshorten and the seizure of thescjpaperswill lead to the arrest of Loui6C Michel and several of her colleagnes. The documents show awelldeflned plot to murder the Czar of Russia on the occasion of his coronution. Parnell created a disturbance in the House of Commons" a few days since in his reply to the speech from the throne attaoking the executive in Ireland for administration of the crimes act. Ilis language was verv violent. He made the emphatic statement that if there had been any reductioninthenumber of crimes in Ireland it was only becanse people were kept down by the brutal, terrible coerción act, most brutally administered. The administration of the law was detested by everybody, and he defied the government to continue to govern Ireland without the consent and sympathy of the people. He further stated that the government had now a great opportunity to restore peace and order in Ireland, and that he feit very confident of victory, having half a mlllion of irish behind him in America. It is now stated that the British governmont will not release Mr. Tr"T!ngton, just elected to parllamcnt. Princes Victor and Louis, sons of Prince Napoleon, will enter the Italian service. The former wül be attached to King Humbert's staff. Frank Byrne, implicated by informer Carey in the assassination in Ireland, is arrested. He denles any political relations with Carey. The minister oï the interior will consider if the case is extraditable. In tho House of Commons a few days since Mr. O'Connor made a speech declaring that the distress in Ireland, inadequate miirhinery of the land and arreara acts, laws governing parliamentary and municipal franchises and the condition of the local government demand urgent attention of the legislature. Mr. Trevelyan 6aid that although the government had no large measure cuuceruing the government of Ireland to introduce this year, they intended to bring forward several usëful measures with regard to the distress there. The trnth was the holdings in the west of Ireland were too small ; people could not live Without getting into debt. The question was whether, by (giving extraordlnary relief, the government shoulu stay emigration, which the poor were not averse to, and merel; postpone the evil doy. CRIME. A deplorable tragedy was enacted three miles below Helena, Ark., on the 24th of February. J. H. Gant had 75penitentiaryconvicts employed at works on the levee below the city. ]t 6ccms they made arrangement to capture the guards and escape. One óf the conviets was at work spreading dirt near a guard. He knocked the guard down, and the other conviets then rnshed npon the other guards. At tWs time Gant carne upon the seene riding a horse. He flred at the conviets, but ceeing them armed tnrncd to retreat when oneconvict fired, the load passing through his body, killing him instantJy. Seventeen convicte then mude I I thelr escape. The? eame acroes a lot of negrees i working and eompelled theni to chaugu clothea [ with tliem. A posse of eitizens liav gone in purouit, but up to the present writing none of tlie eouvicts have been capturad. Gant was an cnergetie eitizen, and people mostly depended on him to keep the levee from breaking. The river there is rising three inehes every 24 hours; it will not reach high water before March 9, nnd probably be bigher than lat year. SMary Hoyt, daughterof the late Jesse Hoyt, the iNew York millionaire, has heen released from an ineane asylum near Philadelphia, and pronounced sane. Sbe will eontest her father's will. Frank H. Matthews, vice-president and treasurer of the firm of Brown, Bonnell & Co., loungstown, O., was arrested at Chicago on a capias on the 27th of February at the instauce of the First National bank of Youngstown on a charge of fraudulently obtaining f26,000 from tlie bnnk on notes given by John N. Ayer's Sons and indorsed by Browri, Bonnell & Co. The allegation is that Matthews represented that the property of Brown, Bonnell & Co. was not encnmbered, when in faet there was a mortgage on it for $500,000. Ten tliousand dollars of the amcunt loaned was uot otherwise secured. Matthews gavebai! for that amount. NATIONAL CAPITAL. The arrny and fortifications appropriations bilis have passed the Senate. The Senate has passed a bilí appropriating $35,000 for theerection of a monument at Y ashington's headquarters, Newburg, N. Y. Tho House committee on claims has practically decided, since it will be impossible to eonsider all the eontested electiou cases this session, that they be allowed to go over for actlon by the Forty-eighth congress. Lieut. Com. Gorrines, U. S. N., has tendered his resignation. The ivays and means committee have reported favorably the bill granting free entrv of all foreign goods for the Louisville uatioiml industrial exposition. The House committee on approprialious hare decided that there is not suiüeient time to effect a consolidat ion of the customs collection district, and will therefore recommend the regular appropriatiou for that branch )f the goverument's bueineee as now constitutThe Senate committee on commeree have taken final action on the shippingbill and the same has been reported favorably to the Senate. 1 he committee have amended the bill by striking out the thirteenth section, whieh uelegated to collectors of ports the duties now performed by shipping commissioners; and have also added a section which authorlzes tlie postmaster general to contract for the carriage nf mails in ocean steamships of American register, provided he shall pay not exeeeding oue liollar per mile for such service, which shall oot exceed tl, 500, 000 per annum. Duc notice ' Is to be given by advertisement, and the : trapt di-u (o be awarded to the lowest bidder, . regardless of the eize or tlie vessei, onlv pro Fidcd that thevessel is of Ameriean register ' md owned and run by Americans. The ' tion Miso contaius a provisión thut o.u-j.-.i, i'qual to the amount of duty shall be allowed Dn all foreiirn mirii mpoited and us;d in . EBB eoustruetion or repair of American vessels. Representativo Bingham's bill to i ?ent the establishment of private postofflees las been reported favorbly to the House. 1 Petitions are sent to Congress almo STery day from eastern importers and ren'ne )f eugars against a coniirmation of the comnercial treaty with Mexico. A bilí has been reported to the Seuate from the joint Hbrary committee appropriating $l,000,OX)for thepurchase of land, aud the commencemciit of work on a new building. The star route trial is still Ln progresa. The examination of Rerdcll, the informer has occupied the atteution of the court all the weck, aud some startling disclosures have been made. Through the efforts of Mr. Willits, a Michigan man, the clerk of the United States supreme court will receive only $5,000 salarv per annum, instead of pocketing almost $30,000 yearly as fees, etc. There appears to be a prolability that the Senate will not attempt the cpnsideration of the Muxiean reeiprocity treáty before December. In executive Be6sion a few days sinee Senator Hoar moved that the consideration of the treaty bc postponed until that time when an objection carried the motion over until the uext executive session. A rumor is current .in Washington that there will be an extra session of the Senate, but nothiijg deflnite can be said about it. Senator Ferry is confined to h3 room in Washington by nervous prostration brought on by the series of anxieties to which he has so recently been subjected. It is hoped hls illnees is but temporary. Payne, Foote. Shaw, Fall and Dickson, ander indictmént for attempting to influence the jury in the first star route trial, were arraigned on February 24. They all entered a plea of not guilty. The President has accepted the resignation of Lieut. Commander Uorringc, U. S. N. A most bitter correspondence eoncerning his resignation and reasons therefor has passed between the Lieutenant and the Secretary of the Navy. The correspondence was almost enttrelj of a personal character and of very little interest tothe general public. lTho President has nominated John W. Foster of Indiana, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Spain. Mr. Poster has for some time past been engaged in law practiee in Washington. The nomination is understood to be made at the instance of Secretary Frelinghuysen with special reference to naturalization and other questions pending between Spain and the United States with which Mr. Foster'e experience has made bim familiar. His mission is therefore regarded as of a temporary character. Mr. Foster will not sail for about two months and will return :6 soon as the matters at issne are settled. The West Virginia legislature, which met on the first of Jannary, has adjourned sine die. A woman nanied Lozer, living in Ottawa, saturated her elothing with coal oll tnd burned htrself to death. Two more attempts were mado a few days ago to burn the Missouri penitentiary, but were discovered in time to prevent seriousdamage. The widow of Marshall Jewell died suddenly on Monday 26, of heart disease. It is only about two weeks siuee the death of her husband. Several inmatos of the western lunatic asylum at Stanton, Pa., have died and a number of others are seriously ill. They were poisoned by taking medicine with which a patient is su pposed to have tampered. Massachusetts congressmen are urged to secure the passage of a law to prohibit the employment of convicts upon works or property of the United States. This is iuteuded to bear. upon the labor by whieh the Mississippi river improvemente wiil be made. Affairs at Hraidwood, III., look mueh more encouraging than at any time sinee the terrible mine disaster. The water is being pumped out a rapidly as possible, and it is hopcd that within ten days or two weeks it wiil be possible to find the remains of the unfortunate miners. Jndge Barrett, of the superior court chamber in New Tork on Feb. íifi, rendered a decisión in favor of Jay Gould and Wm. X. Cameron, throngh Attorney-General lïussell for leave to bring an action in the name of the people of the state of New York to annul the charter of the Mutual Union Telegrapb company because of alleged fraudulent issue of stock. The grand jury in the Newhall House case, which has been in session sincc the fifth of the present month, has presented a bilí of dictmcnt against Georgc Scheller, the bar-ten der, for scttiu lire to the hotel. Aceordiu{ t the lawB of Wisconsin the indietment is equiva lent to the charge oí murder iu tlie gecond do gree. Rail has been fixed at $10,000. ScheuYr'i trial will take place ia Mareh. Several suits havo been instituted against the Augustinian society, a Romar Catholle jrganization of Lawrence, Ma8e.. formed to receive deposita of parishioners o( the ehurch. The society was originally formed by priests and subsequently chartered by the legislature with authority to hold property to the extent of $200,000. The society bas been dabbling in real estáte and borrowed largely from banks. Consequently depositpra have become greatly alarmed, and refuse to entrust any more of their savings with the society. Most of the depositors are neotly mili opcratives though there are a few heavy dcpositors. The indebtedness of the society is placed at $500 - 000 to subseribers and $200,000 to holders of mortgages. Great excitement prevails in Lawrence, and the anxious depositors continue to pour in attaehments The House has passed a bilí to prevent the importaüon of adulterated or spurious teas. A verdict has been rendered in favor of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railway company for $38,984 in a claim against the United States uuder contract for carrying the mails. Naval officers in Washington are fearful lest a general clearing out is to take place m their ranks. A list is being prepared of the officers in duty, and the length of time they have held such position The Secretary of State lias issued a warrant for the arrest of P. J. Sheridan, who has been suspected of complicity in the Phcenix Park murders. The arrest was made upon appltcatlon of the Britisu government for extradition of Sheridan. A very amusing incident occurred in the House on Mondav. February 20. Mr. Robinson, an eecentric Ñew Yorker, better known as "RiclicHeu" Robinson, has always been known a-i a stauneh frlendof Irelaud, and bitterly opposed to England, so far as her treatmeut of the inhabitants of the Emerald Isle is concerncd. On the day referred to Mr. Robinson introduced a bil) in the House upon the Irish-English question, with the title "For the relief of England, the preservation of Ireland and the glory of the United States." The bill relates iu detail the iuability of England to govern the unhappy island, and provides for the purehase of Ireland by the United States. Every effort was made to prevent its introduotion, but "Richelieu" persistcd and the bil] amid great laughter, was referred to the committee on public expenditurcs. An animated discussion occurred in the Senate a few days since concerning the arbitrar; dietation of the printers' union. It is a well-established fact that the government printing office, on which millions of dollars are nnnually spent, is helplessly in the hands of a secret organization, which controts its management and monopolizes its eniDloyment. V hou the present public printer came lnto oflice the typographical union was absolutely running the offlee, and the opinión was Mlrrent that the office could not bc run MUiut the consent of the union. The discussion tor ' Vorhees', ïl'iw'Üy.TórJg 'fthP, Xñtifon'y ind otbers. Senator Vorhees expressed the jpinion that the membc-rR of the typographical juion were right in the demands, and that the rountry had more to fear from other monopoics than from the printers. No aetion was ;aken upon the mcasure, further thau to subntt an amendment increasing the salary of the niblic printer to $i,000 per annum. The Senate has voted to postpone consideration of the Mexican treaty until ler. Rerdell, tho star route intormer, is being subjectcd to a most rigid eross-examination. There are 592 bilis left unreported by the House committee on military alïairs, the most notable of which are tbe (irantretirement bill and tbe House bill to restore Gen. Fitz John Porter. The House has rëfused to concur in the action of the Senate on tbe interna! revenue and tarill bUl, and a conference committee coneistiug of five members from each House bas been appointed to eonsider the bil!. The secretary of the navy has approved the action taken by the eommander in the difllculty at the Anna'polis military aeademy, and lias authorized that official to use his own discretion in the exercise of any discipline necessary. The printers employed in the government printing office are making a vigorous effort to defeat the amendment propoeed by i Mr. Anthony directing the public printer to employ men at the market ratee of Philadclpbia, Êaltimore and Riehmond. It is believed, liowever, tbat in spite of the protest of union men, the amendment will be adopted and the office brought down to a business basis, tlius giving employment to many workraen not 1 members of the union. GENERAL ITEMS. A jury has been appointed to make an investigation into the cause of the fatal ] school disaster in New York on the 30tb inst. By the giving away of a floor at a ', litical meeting at Thrcshers' Corners, Ont., IC pcople were more or less injured, bnt none ' ed. I Cincinnati has issued a circular ' ing that no more outside aid is nccded tüere, thanking the people for what tbey have done, and urging charitably disposed coinmunities to lielp other places. Father Styce died at St. Louis, Mo. , ' on the 21st inst. He was the oldest Catholic priest in the United States and one of the oldast in the world, Being over SO years of age. ! He was the flrst priest to celébrate the holy iacrifice in Chicago. i A surveyor of the port at San i cisco has seized the 6teamer City of Tokio. A lot of opium valucd at $1,500 was found concealed in the water tank, the only acce6s to which is by ineans of the shaft well. It is considered impossible that the opium could have been coneealed there without the conni7ance of some of tbe offleers of tbe ship. It is expected fnrthcr seizures will be made. The Qucbec governmeut has ordered the prosecution of all who have accepted rnoney for the return of bodics found in medical collegesi Another land slide oecurred at Cincinnati on tbe 22d inst. This time it was a section of McLean avenue 175 feet long. The Southern railway track was lowered cousiderably thus cutting off eommunication witU both passenger and freight depot. In the Canadian parliament a fow days since, Sir John Macdonald, premie-, spoke as follows concerniug the assuciation of his name with the goveruor-generalship: I . have no aspirations in that direction, and if I : had there would not be the remotcst chance that they would be fulfilled. Like the queen in ' England, the queen's representative in Canada ' stands above parties and holds the balance ' tween tliem. It is in this feature of our system : that we have the advantage of the Cnited : States. There the President is the subject of a bitter political controversy from the time he becomes a candídate, and when elected is tbe : head of a party instead of a nation. It would be a great misfortunc if our present system sliould be altered. I am bappj to believe that there is not tbe slightest chance of any sucb ehange. A sense of the importance of our couneetion with the empire is increasing in England every day. Redimond, teller of the Dominion bank of Toronto, is missing. His cash account is $7,500 short. He has been dealing in stocks. A legislative conimittec are investigating the charges of abuses made against the management of the insanc asylum at I)ixmont, Pa. Craft, who has been on trial at Grayson, Ky, for murder, for so many weeks, has been found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hung on May 25th. i1 he funeral services over the bodies 0 of the unfortunate victims of the disaster at ithe parochial school in New York citv on the 5Oth inst., were held on the 22d, in the ehurcli 's of the Most Holy Redeemer, where solemn mass was celebrated. The church was most approj priately dceorated, and the services very imj pressive. The convicta in the penitentiary at f Jcffcrson City, Mo., had just returned to their 1 shops from dinner on the 23d inst., when a e preconeertcd mutiny broke out in the harness 3 shop of Jaeob Strauss & Co. Fourraen seized 3 an Hom, the foreman of the collar shop, and j told him to remain quiet. Four men also seized 2 Mider, foreman of the harness shop, and t stripped him of his clothing. John B. Johnson, . the nngleader, a highway robber under sen, touee of 12 years, ran into the department ; where horse collars are stuffed and set a lot of loose straw on tire. In a moment the building [ with its shops, harness, collar, and whlp, was ¦ on flre and pandemonium preyailed. When i the guards ran in with the hose they were met by the couvicts who cut the hose. Johnson made an effort to escape over the walls, hut despite the fact that he had a kuife and a club he was captured by Jesse Tolin and put in á dungeon. His sevcn companions were also conhned in dark cells. The fire was got under control, but has completely destroyed Strausa & Co.Vvnes6 6hop, collar shop and whip factor ; oss $100,000. The Giesiek boot and shoe company lose 890,000, the Mysenburg shoe company lose $30,000, the state weaving and machine ehop lose $40.000, the Excelsior loom factory lose $20,000. The total, with damae to the minor state buildings, is $300,000. The Mississippi and its branches are ri6ing and great danger is apprehended. Tuua far the dauger line has not buen reached. Two engincs and 20 freight cars were wrecked near Newtonville. on the (rand Trunk road February 24th. Sixteen cars and their contents burned. No lives were lost. Both Houscs of the legislatura of Montana have passed a vote of thanks to Gen. bheridan, Gov. Crosby and Senator Vest fór the interest shown by them in protecting YellowstonePark. The jewels which ex-Senator Christiancy sent home during his residence in Peru, and whicli were stolen, are likcly to be recovered. A clue bas been found and a me.n nan.ed Nathan J. Bennett has been arresUd in New York eharged with recuiving stolen goods. An investigation is in progrees. The city of Norwich, C'onn., was shaken by an earthquake on February 27th in au alarming mauner. The shock lasted five seconds accompanied by deep rumbling. At the same time a brilliant meteor shot across the sky, cnitting a dazzling white light and lames, appareutly about eig'htfcet in diameter.