The New York Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1865, Page 9

NEW YORK, AY, DECEMBER 20, 1865. be then entered Mre. Potter's Beato Rehan wha me st the time; I made o indium. of it; hore it bs, teas here handed the mom Jum to the counsel. Ar, Cram road fr $e paper extract to the elfect ‘Wat bir Strong entered jter’s house on Saturday, \ber 24. ir, Cram—Where did-you make the memorandum f Witners——I made it om the spot; I had never seen hian @ir Strong) before. ‘Mr. Cram—How did-you know it was Mr. Strong? Witnese—I bad a photograph of him in my possession ; ‘Mr. Jones gave it to me; I saw him im the act of going fm; bis face was not turned to me; I saw him betore Le entered; he rang the bell. Mr. Cram—Who came to the door? Witness—Mre. Potter came to the door in # general “a. Cram—TI.don’t went your general way. Who came ou that occasion? Witness—Bdon't .know-who camo to the door on that ‘eccasion; that memorandum was written in the Sixth “havenue;” I waited tlh he camo out; I wrote it with a and on the spot; I did not say before that wrote itwith a pen and ink; I copied it in ink ata re- peneil memorandum; I he came out he freshiment house: i have not ed it ad kon as I wrote it went down to the Sixth “haven ‘Twont fourth ES about 1 street, fer Bonne, don’t recollect how. he was drvesed the second time. HOW BR W.8 DRESSED. ‘Tho firet time: he wore a,high hat; he wore always a hhigh hat except. once; he alWayg wore a dark suit; some- e8 he had an overcoat; .I cannot tell when he did not @ an overcoat; I can tell by this (producing a book). ‘Cram—Well, read it, and tell us. ness, after reading for como ume, said, “I ‘ave get it down in my book; I put these things down in a ook the same night I went home.”? Mr, Cram—How much money have you received in we age wate for your services? = jected that the counsel had no right ‘Witnese—I decline to answer, ‘The Court instructed the witness to answer, W fa. she puarounte, 1 received a}. ihe mite of five dollars a day ani dollars for expenses; I was paid regularly every week for nine or ten weeks; I ‘was last paid last Saturday; I have been paid for at- ending the court; in all {was paid sixty-two dollars for one "s services attending tha court. » Mr, Cram—Was it for coming here and sitting in Witnees—Yes, sir; it was for waiting here in eurt, Mr. Cram—Why for waiting in court? Was it because yeu mro no handsome? Witness—Because I was sohandeome? No, sir, I should my not, Mr. Cram—Sitting down in court for sixty dollars a swoek is pretty good. I wish I could get it, and I wauld more divorce cases, Were you ever subpmnacd? I was subpoenaed as a witness about a. month 4. this sixty dollars was for my services as a witness; /Mr, Strong did not wear anything over his overcoat that recollect. * TUR GENTLEMAN WHO WENT WITH HIM as about five fect eight, stiff, and about thirty-three or thirty-four years old; he had a’dark mustache; he went im the hquse with Mr. Strong; I never went in there; I Knew Mra, Potter lived there, becauee I saw her come to ‘the door; ‘she lived on the second floor, I believe; I last came in court before the paym-nt of the sixty-two dol- lage for my attendance on tho Sist of January last; I don’t know Mary Smith nor her husband; I nover heard of thom; my brother’s name ts Thomas Plimmer Jones ; ho has been a private detective since he was here; he ‘was one in Montreal. Re-direct—I have some of my business cards with me Mr. Gerry—Produce them, and show them to the ‘The witness did go, and then continued—I am aman : peat my wife is living; my family resides at Eliza- Mr. {od ope fb nd the Yogi you had of Mr. Strong mess & photograph! Witheen after lookin at it auerwbret—That ia like the Thad, but I can’t say whether itis the same @he Hhotograph was here handed around for the jury examine.) Witnese—While I have been a witness I have nat st- ended to my business; the sixty-two dollars which I wecelved. here waa for my time and board; I have paid | ‘hree dollars per day for board while here as a witness; my travelling expenses from here to Spuyten Duyvil are protita of my business at Spuyten ‘il ‘are ten to twelve dollars per day — ; [never was don’t, Ww what the ion of a detective is; before I went to Spay- yvil I saw my brother on rev: occasions; there elee Mi that I traced any one bu fom Mrs. Potter's to 76 William street. © Mr. Gerry requested the aitnesa to examino his book of j , and after. it be continued— On December 31, 1 Bouse, then také a Sixth avenue car and ’ street; it was about two o’clock in the day; [I @on’t know who answered the door; on the 2d of Janu- _ ary, 1865, I saw the same boy enter,” but did not watch he went to; I saw tho boy three as nigh as Ican remember, enter the house; the third ume was x on the.11tb of January; om tho 160 x it two o'clock in the ey, 1 saw the Potter's hou! down to 76 game boy enter Mra, 180, ‘Cross-examination resumed—I made out # bill for the vance for my them; the eee previous to this sixty-two dollars wes rs; I was here waiting in court, and it ‘was for I was paid; before that I can’t recollect how Jong it was since I was paid; it was in the latter part of ‘ast January, I think; I don’t know how many bun- @red dollars’ were paid me; for about six months I have been making ton dollars to twelve dollars ‘Gay; it is equally divided with my 5» I did not meke samo was went Rares Tielowes Mrs, Potter Mr, ad aletier? pga think 90? Was it the cut Mr, Cram—Wi a ee if he was iit hada Bisse sianes ee ‘Re-direct—My from my @fference in my business, work myself while I em there; I never saw the boy leave a letter at Mra. ‘. Court—I want to ask you to point out Mr. Strong. Can ou do so now? ‘Witness—Yos, sir. Coust—Where is he? Point him out. ‘Witness looks around the room in search of the plain- Mr. McKeon—Go down and stand opposite him. eaten one Cre Oourt—Gentlemen, this matter me. | will manage it in my own way. Point Mr. Strong out now where your are (to the witness) ‘Witnese—There he is (pointing). Mr. Paani It this? (pointing to a Witness—No; that Fn Soem his arm resting ‘a another a ‘Witnese—I have been in court since tho trial 2 woven 5 1 saw hii Strong) here during the al velns seo aorer ted out to me, . MR, NORRIS RECALLED—AN ARGUMENT. Mr. Norris, son-in-law of Mr, Stevens, was recalled, ‘and the counsel for defence said it was proposed to ask him a4 to Mr. Strong's general estimate of female virtue. Mr. Cram of ted, The counsel for defence said that it was a proper time thy uention. It had brea proved by the lainti® was guilty of adultery, the offence which had. beon charged ‘against the detendant. It was ominently proper, therefore, to show what esti- mate he (the plaintif) placed upon the marriago vow, and the defence intended to show out of is own month that he consktered female virtne so choap that it cod be overcome by the mere solicitation of it, The man who thought that every woman had a price ‘would wigo thinkshe had a right to deceive any woman, and if Mr, Strong had this view of female chastity it ovght to be known to the jury, for pps ad be re: his wife as a mere vessel of use, be thrown off ‘ax he tired of her, Me (the counsel) had proved that man, while writing notes to bis wife and pelting her in See on the charge of adultery with her law, wae aimeelf visiting the den of sbortion and clutching to his bosom an aboriionist. The plaintit muet have known the character of the house, and it could be proved, the counsel contended, that the general repu. tation of the place was that of a brothel aud house of ton, At this stag of the proceedings the usual recess was en. On the reassembling of the court after the recess the Judge refused to allow the answer to the quesion. ' ek ad OF EX-POLIOR JUWTICN DUSRNBERRY. Mr. W. H. Dusenborry was the next witness called. testified of Peace EB CHARACTER OF THE MOUSE 124 WAVERLEY PLACR. Sint de which embraces 194 5 ae my petrol fromm she rear 380% leas I saw a boy jeave Mrs. Potter's | the windor stylish fotng on inside f made up my mind, Mr. Cram—Objected ir. C1 to. Witness (resuming)—I spoke about the house to thi little Dutch grocery man at the corner; he said— ‘Objected to as before, é Wituess (continuing)—I reported the house, verbally, to it Dilks, ‘Objection was made to the statement of what that re- port was and the Court sustained Ce gel on the ground that the witness had already vi ly given the substance of what that report must have been. ‘Witnese—I made a remark to the grocery man and he replied. Pieccian: aes made by My, Cram to the narrative of what t . Mr. Gorry—In consequence of anything then eaid dia you do anything? ‘Mr. Crain—I object to its being done on account of the little Dutebman. This remark was received with considerable merr!- mont by he spectators, which elicived a prompt rebuke Mr. Gerry—Was anything done by you subsequently to what transpired at the corner grocery? Witness—It gave me u better idee of my own opinion ; I watched the honse subsequent to this; a0 1 patrolied i didn’t stop before the house, but took’ a good look at it whenever I passed; it vas a little boy I 10; he was about sixteen -yoars old I think; I only spoke with him on this ono occasion only; the women who went into the house were fashionably dressed. Mr. Gerry—Did their appearance strike you as that of courte: ‘Mr, Cram objected to the giving of an opinian. Judge Garvin adniitted the question, as the witness was @ policeman, and had been in the habit of noticing the peopie at the house, Witness (answering)—I1 should take them to be such; from. |. reputation it was a house. visited by women of bad character, and Kept by women of bad character; I knew its reputation to be such down to the time of the riots in 1963, pees erean 1 know nothing about 104 Waverley ca. Urosé-examined—-Bad women are women of bed char- acter, unchaste; I understood two women kept the house—Mre. Potter and Mrs, Walsh; the little Dutchman told me tiaey Were loose women; no one else told mo about tho house; the whole of knowledge is based on opmions of myself and the little Dutchman; T was on duty usually im the day time; not at ali in the night time; never knew any woman of my own know- ledge there to be loose; I of one certain woman whom I ‘icularly observed as @ courtesan; I thought ‘ae was such; I can’t tell why I know such women’ it is inexplicable; I can pick them — Broadway like corn out of oats; this woman T refer th had a peculiar look by which | told her, wen mot in her dress or in her conduct; Tcan til then whenever I, mect them; I might have been mistaken in this case, but I hardly think I wax; I have seen mon going in there; I didn’t know that there were men boardegs there; heard it sald Mre, Potter proetised medicine and had patients; have seen women at the windows of the first and second floors, Re-direct—Have been a policeman #ix yoare, Croes-examined—Previousiy I had been a conductor on the Third and ¥ourth avenue cars, TESTIMONY OF SERGEANT DILKS. Sergeant W. W. Dilks, of the Fifteenth Police pre- cinct was the next witness, He testified as followa:—I have been connected with the police sixteen or seventeen years; am at present in the Fifteenth precinct; Femember the houso 124 Waverley place in °62 and '63; officer Davis called my attention to the house; my duty is to go around and visit the menon the'r posts; I paesed the house 124 Waverley place I suppose two or three timee week; Idid not observe anything at the house; I have noticed the sign, but not particulariy; I have not stopped to observe house; its general repu- tation I do not know, TESTIMONY OF CAPTAIN CAFFREY, OF THE FIF- ‘ TEENTH PREOINCT. Captain. Charles W. Caitrey, of the Fifteenth precinct, was next called to the stand. He tostified as follows ;— [hare deen seven or eight years in the police; I will ve been captain six years in May next; im 1862 and 1863 my attention was called to the house No. 124 Waverley place on one or two occasions; it was directed first by Mr. Hasbrook, Chief Clerk of the Polic, a8 he had been appealed to for help by its man- agers; he evked me to send a policeman there; I ac- cordingly despatched“an officer, and be reported every- thing corréct; my attention was again called to it by a German who wanted us to interiere regarding a patient or sick woman who was not getting the attention she needed, and they wouldn’t let her out; 1 sent an officer, and the woman told a different story; ‘In place of wanting to leave sho was quite content; my at. tention was called again Mre, Waleh, who came to the station honse and said she was annoyed. by a man; she made.a statement and wanted the police to interfere on ber behalf; I vont a policeman to arrest the mau should he come again; he was arrested, taken to court, and held to bail for bis bebavior; his name was Leuis Hrentice; my at- tention ae ed called to the house ee Root, ena of tbe Pive Commissioners ; asked me questions about it as to its character; I told him I knew nothing definite; in 1862 and 18631 gave no directions to my men to watch the house. Cross-examined—The house was not entered in my books or ever reported a8 a disorderly house. Mr, Gerry proposed to offer in evidence three mort- gages on personal property of Mr. and Mre. Potter, in all for the sum of two hundred and five dollars and thirty- three cents, which had been paid off in 1861 and 1! He wished to show that Mra, Potter wan in debt before removing to 124 Waverley place, and that that indebted. ness was then cancelled. Mr. Cram objected to their relevancy, and the Court decided to exclude them for the present. Mr, Gerry now made a motion to have the Jeter pre- viously offered containing the certiticate of Mrs, Cy Strong's in@rmity expunged from the record. At the same time he offered his affidavit of his understanding that the answer of Mr. Noyes was to be allowed in evi- dence with it. ‘The Judge took the afiidavit and reserved his decision until this morning. He also postponed to the same time the argument of Mr. Gerry to read the omitted portion of Mre. Hecksher’s deposition. TESTIMONY OF GUNNING 8. BEDFORD, JR. Mr. Gunning 8. Bedford, Jr., was the next witness, Ho teatified as follows:—I1 ain Assistant District Attorney under Mr. and have been aince the let of last mination of Cem on Pe OM BB ad before trying Mrs. So think on the ished to submit in evidence ? : ii ES 3 : g * : I g f A I ; Mr. Oram—Oh, then we have no objection if that is positively understood. THR RBBUTTING KVIDENCE FOR .TUR PLAINTIFY. Mr. Cram desired first to have the record of when the suit commenced. ‘aon order, it appeared, was served on the 18th of 1865. “Mr, Gfam offered in evidence an order for the examin- ation debene esse of Mre, Potter on behalf of the de- the ition of Mrs. Potter; ing made by the defendant's counsel out by the Court. jurors complaining of illness, the Judge “ court ned until this morning at eleven o'clock. of a Locomotive Boil. KILLED AND FIREMAN SCALDED. {From the Baltimore American, Dec, 16.) On Thursday night, about half-past eleven o'clock, the doller of kocomotive No, tached to the express train for the West, which left Station at ten o'clock that night, exploded at Bykeaville Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, distant thirty-two miles from this city. . Stevens, the engineer, was instantly killed, and Thomas Lathe, the fireman, badly wealded. The’ explosion caused great consternation among the passengers on the train, which consisted of soven cara. ‘The locomotive was almost completely de- molished, the boiler being torn entirely from it, and forced a distance of ten feet beyond the track, The body of Mr. Stevens was thrown, by the force of the explosion, to the rear of the train, and when found was consider- ably mutilated. The remaine were brought to this city in an early train yesterday morning, and taken to his Inte residence, No, 281 South Bharp street, where he leaves a widow and several children, Mr, Lathe was also brought here in the same train, and removed to his residence in South Baltimore, where Dr. Baltzell rendered his ser- ly Koy he about three Explosio: THE ENGINEER DLY ‘80 engine,” had but recently been put in service, and was regarded as one of the best in ure on the road. Mr. Stevens was one of the most careful men in the com- | THE EAST. COOLIE LABOR AND IMMIGRITION ° Synopsis of the Relations Between } Servant Laid Down in the “Labor THE CONDITION OF THE {OOLIE. NEGLECT OF HIS PHYSICAL ‘ANTS, ee ter and ” Enermous Increase of the Co! of the Present Sea: DEPARTURE OF A CARGO FOR NE YORK. ‘Crop Our Point de Galle Corres er. Poiwr py Gate, Island of Ceylon, Septp. 1865, General Information Concerning the Island 4 Ceylon— I's Arca, Configuration and Climate—The puitariuin Y Harbors—Coolir Trade and Inmnigrationsiow They Eive—Labor Laws of Cevlon, de, There are few spots of tho same area, whever you may go, more favored with a variety fof npral gifts thon the island of Ceylon. With a tropical t¢perature, relieved of its worst features by refreshing bpzes from the sea, a configuration rising to an altitude qover one mile and a half, and a variety of productions pry rarely compressed within the same limited space, {possesses the best features of the torrid and the tempate zones The area of the island is abont twenty-fofthousand weven hundred equere miles, and peeled | fix pro- vinees—the Western, Northwestern, Souther) Eastern, Northern and Central. The general aspect ofbe tsland around the coast and northern provinces is Iq}, seldom riking many feet above the sea; but, approadne the terior, ridges and low ranges amence to }m, until, reaching the central province, which seeme,y its bold surface, to have been originally the 4 of the nd, the surface rites into massive mountal and con spicvous and lofty peaks. The climate, om geequence of there irregularities, possesses every su oe in the lower latitudes, On one side of a mountg tue rain falls in a perfect deluge, while on the othefegetation and tho earth are parched by drought. Thqouthwest monfoon prevails from April to cepagield the Rortheast continues from November 'o Febiry. The: nterval between these two periods emlcee the equinoctial winde and calms. With all jese sud- den differences of temperature, Ceyloy is said to be the healthiest spot within the tropics, |x thirty- six hours’ journey from this place the tr@ller runs through all the degrees of temperature, “mn of equatorial heat to ihe freshness of the contrasmperato climate, In the short distance of fifty ges from Kandy the thermometer ranges from eighty ght down to thirty-erght degrees. The sanitartum of Ceylon ia Howere Elligbout six thonsand feet elevation, and it in here thkuropean population take refnge from the dischtorts of the low land climate during the hott monthe (March and April). During my own|\ “eit to Hewera Elia, about two weeks since, I fo the air sharp and cold, and two blankets and an ovekit were not uncomfortable for covering during ihe nigh Here during certain seasons of the year frost andce are found at night, and the vegetables and matof the fruits of Pennsylvania and Virginia are grown w greet The'soil along the seacoast is generally unproduve, the cocoanut being the only product grown with anyuecess, In the central districts, however, the country fertile. The total area of surface under cultivation amnts to about one million and a querter acres, diatributmong the various crops of rice, carakau, Indian cornreca, palmirah and kettal palms, jack bread fruitoange, sugar, cotton, tobacco, onions, chillies, cinmame cocoa nuis, coffee and pasture, The whole acreage ie out ff teen mililone. The icultnral statistics of the irland showbe fol. lowing figures, taking the aggregnte of the ¢ pro- vineces :— Aeron. Aeven, 016,128 Posture. (1,961 11844324 My stemal 28,181 ; $8,000 77536 Cinnamon. 5,000 ount of coffee vod" above stated is about one million elghty-two theand edupom t area five bundred and cighty-two hundred weight, 3862 the exportations amounted only to six bundred d five thousand one hundred and seventy-nine hundred ight, showing & consumption in round numbers of aby four hundred thoasand bundred weight on the island. ‘The cinnamon plaptations during 1462 yinidewbout eight hundred weventy-fve tho: r hdred and seventy pounds. This wea exclusive of that rion of the fas. forthe man: “octare of cinnam oil, The. growth of sugar has never met with succet and the experiments in ita cultivation have heen alrot en- tirely abandoned. It will be seen that tho whole pwih of cotton is confined to about eight hundred ach’ A writer on the subject aay: ‘There is evitable Jan ond in some places the climate and reasons aro alro sxblo; but the Dest cotton regions are not healthy, and tre is no labor to spare’’—which is equivalent to an aaow- ledgment that cotton will never form one of the spies of Ceylon. Tobacco meets with success. lithe northern provinces, with three thousand ight hundred and sixy-five acres under cullivatio for , the crop is resented to have yded two millions four undred = =and = sixone thousand two hundred and eighty-two pounds The growth of rice doce not reach the amount of homeon- sumption, and fino grains have proved unproftile. The live stock of the ieland, sock as hi harned «tle, sheep and goets, i estimated at eight hundred thound. Concerning the Ceylon manufactorics the statics show (wo thousand and eighteen looms; ol! millone thousand one hundred and seventy-eight; six eugarills and twenty steam engines. The mines, mineraland fisheries aum up as follows:—Plumbago, sixty ght mines, gem quarries, one hundred and hy-vesy Fig a fron quarries, forty-five; boats employed iu the seven thousand three hundred and forty-eight. According to the most reliable sources I set downhe following figures: a, L-4 Tnhabit'ts proper. .2,0804 Military... Grand total. theseeececeees ences ONBL ‘The government of the island i# vested in an Fxeove and Legislative Council, the majority appointed byhe British Crown. ‘The former council is composed e Governor, the Major General commanding the force a Colonial Secretary, Queon's Advocate, Treasurer andu- ditor General. The Legislative Council is eomporeot ten official members, a4 follows:—Lhe six memberof the Executive Council, two government agents, he Surveyor General and Collector of Customs. Ind- dition to these thero are five unofficial membs, representing the burgber European planter, mnercane, Binghaleso and Tamil interests, Thix attempt at pa- Jar representation in the local government i# a mere feo, fa any opposition on the part of unofficial members i wearcoly a hearing, and, nnder any circumstance, is perfectly powerless in the administration, At proat there wan organization termed the “Ceylon Leage? which has in view the increase of popular privileges, this is merely @ local affair, and will not amount to y serious trouble, it ls unworthy of comment. The finances of Ceylon during the year 1863 std nearly a million of pounds revence, tinue the pearl f- eries, which have entircly failed.’ The ordinary oxp- ditures of the government, not Leas Bnd with » revenue, footed up at the expiration of 1468 at two h- dred and fourteen chousand five hundred pounde surpl, Though this island is phically situated for extensive communication with all parts of the works Porsoases but one really safe int shy arichor in a small indentation, affected by both wind a wave, while at Colombo the harbor, so called, is notht ‘more than an open roads, Trincomalé, situated on t northeastern coast, is situated on one of the largest a finest harbors in the world ; but ite unfortunate position, far out of the line of commerce, except with iy re however, is used as the naval station of British vos in these waters. ‘on the subject, and that is that a coolie is good forgo ever, of al! the houses of the natives, The drainage was and what attention is given to theirquarters by headmen, and superintendents is insuMcient to keep out disease. able to be about are every morning, at an bi for the purpose, obliged ere started Lo the flelds in ag ered @ headiwan, while the sick are examined, out of seven, the remaining two being devoted to sloop and purchasing the week's supply of curry stuifie paid of week M4 at the rate, for ordinary hands, of seven shillings ($1 75) guard against loser, always holds in his keeping about three months’ pay. Rice is furnished on the estates at the market rates, and the amount ie deducted from the Bon the whole the coolie has for bis own use about half hip carvings, which he distributes betweon drink and trinkets for the women. laputen aré-vettied on the eatston Dy tho planter bimeel?, larger home are generally given according to of the coolier, he —f sentence. Sometimes stern measures are required, but judiciously administered. ‘The only method of treat-, crimes deserve. as the coolte stand: man. One wethod of supplying the want of hands on the plantations is to allow some responsilie headman a cer- tal visit his home, he promising to return a certain number of new men brought back the beadman gets a according to the size of hia gan transportation native country I cannot say from personal knowledge; thinkers a1 to start with, there is not the least similarity between the American negro and the Tamil or any the coolie. Time alone will enable him to enfMieiontly understand the langnage of the superior race to enjoy the benefits of the philanthropic it may choove to exert; vice wrta in the case of the learning the Taroil or langua to carry out the same is wrapped in the grossest ido to in detail. Our ne; superior in inte! lectual capacity, physically and morally, to the coolte Ceyloi abiding, industrious aud ent distant day, intelligent, desorving and equal shure holders in the great boon’ by the brave soldiers of thi Departure of the American Ship Nevada for Rangom, sailed from this port yesterday morning, bound for Ran- goon, Burmab, where she expects to discharge the ro- mainder of ber cargo and return to England, as required by the terme of bor contract. of time ancertain. years of coffee planting—from 1843 inclusive—the arrivals of coolle proton in Ceylon amounted to one million one hundred and forty-four thousand, and the depertares for the eame period to mx hundred and fourteen thou- sand, leaving an excess of arrivals amounting to five hundred and thirty theusand. Furguson, an excellent authority, says on the subject of the present number of Tamil coolies in Ceylon:—-"'Ac- cording (o a wide and cumulative concurrence of testi- mony it would app’ ar that we have been in the habit of greatly underrating the number of Tamil emigrants set- tied in Ceylon. Ite anid by good authorities to be much ucarer two hundred and fifty thousand than one hundred ‘and twenty thousand; the Tamils, who originally came in as eatate laporers, being now spread over the face of the country as gardeners, cart drivers, house servants, store and wharf coolies— in fact, im every possible relation of life. We cannot doubt that this is the case; and it is believed that a regular census would show that a inaltitude of the coolies of Southern India look on Ceylon not merely 5d’ place of temporary sojourn, but as a permavent ‘The mortality among coolies on the island is, from the very nature of circumstances, very great, though thero seems to be no question that in this respect they are much better off than in India, During the first years of coffee planting the mortality was much greater than within late years, the arrangements then being incom- plete; but, at the best, even now, the coolie is notevery nuch better, The Tamil, in his own country, inhabits a low, fatregion, with a dry, hot climate. In Ceylon it ts just the reverse, Here (particularly the estates) coolies ocenpy a high, mouptainous, cool and rainy ¢limate. Taken iu the best stato of physcal development the Tamil is of frail build and narrow-chested, with feeble powers of endurance, and ill able to long endure such exposure. In this situation, too, in Ceylon he changes none of his habits, and clings to his simple cloth, form- ing a covering about the loins and protecting not over a width of one foot. We do not wonder at the dreadful mortality when such is his condition, Notwithstanding the neglect of his physical condition, the government here has gone to some trouble and exer: cise of the brain to draw up a sort of code called the “Labor Laws of Ceylon,” setting forth the relations of — and master. The following is a résumé of these jaw :— They define generally the unwritten contract of hire and service as a contract of hire and service for at least one mouth; declaring such contract to be renewable from month to month, aud to be deemed in Jaw to be so received, unless proper notice be given. It enables the servants, where wages are payable monthly, but ata daily rate for each working day, if willing to work, to reoeive his whole monthly wages, whether there is work for him or not, Jt entitles the employer under such contract to discharge his servant or laborer without notice, upon payment of all wages duo and wages for fifteen days from the time of such discharge. It pro- vides for the determination af the contract by the mis- conduet of either party. It makes provision for written contracts fur periods of service exceeding one month, but pot exceeding three years, by which the interests of the servant or laborer are well protected. It de- termines such lengthened contracts entered into with agricnitural laborers before their oxpiration, by mutual consent, expressed in writing, by conviction, smprison- ment or incapacity of the employed, requiring* the employer, in case of such incapacity, to furnish the Inborer with adequate means of returning to his country, It imposes penalties upon persons seducing from his service the, laborer who has contracted to serve for a lengthened’period. It punishes the desertion onduct of the servant or laborer by forfeiture of %, oF tmprizonment, Jt imposes a penalty upon the employer for not acting up to his contract, and upon the employed for making falee statements of bis former omployment or altering hie character. It makes wages dine upon contracts for lengthened periods of service a firstcharge upon the estate of the employer, and pro- vides for the payment of wages toa certain amount in {nil ontor the estate of an insolvent master. It exor- cives @ supervision over employers of immigrant labor, by requiring them to make quarterly re- rus of the number of laborers in their employ, of those who have died jn their employ, and of the probable cause of death in each case. There aro several other lawe protecting the servant from com- pulsory Tabor on roads, &c., but having no relation to the vondition of things in the United States. The ubove 19 a synopsis of the law as it ig now in force, and appears to the parties interested to be satisfactory. Several new questions, however, calling for a more de- tailed expression of certain pointe, is pow under con- sideration; for instance, the enforcement of the Jaw, the extending of tho powers of justices of the peace, so #% W Vest in them the authority to extend to cvolies, in case of apprehension for desertion, the option of oom- amittal to prison or return to work, and to secure a more perfect arrangement for the apprebension of deserters. With all this definitive ariangement of the labor quos- tion, {t ie left for individual humanity to look after the: other and more important interests of life and health, ‘the planter has no micrest in bis men, except as mere machines, capable of accomplishing certain results, Tho exhaustion of ail the efforts of which the laborer is capable ip all that is thought of. No improvements of dress and caretul husbanding of forces are ever consider- ec. No efforts are made at civilization and improve-+ ment3n babite, religion and general living. Tue com- pensation of a cole is so small that he can barely live, and beurtly intoxication on reet days is permitted, with: out even an attempt at checking the evil, No trarital relations exist—in fact, the condition of the colle is not abit better than the ‘brute, During my visit to the coffes plantations I met several planters, and rade rather free in questioning them upon the condition of the covlie, ‘The planters seemed to have but one idea much work in'so many days, and will lagt so meny years, when @ new lot must be engaged. For my personal in- formation I visited a plantation to geo where and how he covlies live. I found them housed in what. are termod the “Coolie Lines,” a sow or veveral rows of one story buildings, built of mud and thatched. Thero were no floors, no chimneys and no windows—peculiarities, how- not good, and the grounds around the “Lines” improperly kept. The cooltes naturally are filthy in their habita, In regard to their work, all the occupants of the ‘“‘lines’’ ir appointed Vo attend roll call, when the weil tored np and sent back to the ‘lines.’ A coolle is expected to work five days He is per week, The employer, in order to This, at least, tmeui colle something to eat, all cases of trifi pation and in shments at the popular wish Dianters pronouncing the of cages such as murder, extensive theft and the , wat law, When the gullty-are doalt with as their: To all the courts the mative as well ‘same opportunities ag the white amount of advance on his wages, with permission to & certain time, For cach new coolio premium, besides pay All the’ expens 4 of and food on the Journey are taken from the Dut it is more than probable by miewpresentation aud 4, I may add in eelf-defence that there ts not the leant use on Red ghd some of the remains of the ante-war Teasoners in a to, prove the bless- he coolie, because, ings of slavery by the condition of er Coolie, In the case of the former our negro speake English, and his mind to the oxtent of ita faculties can be reached; he can thus be instructed easily ia regard to the require- ments of his new condition. Such in not the case with The full extent of go d which can now be done relates to bis physical wants, ro much neglected. 18 controlled’ by a deep in ‘addition, probably latent, bas an amb! ti # pride which the latter has not. [ trust deeply in the engacity and wisdom of the American peop! place the negro in a condition to elevate bimself by throwing around him the example of freemen—of lav iaing citizens—and making them emalous of each other in becoming, at no rured to tho whole country Je war, ind of Ceylon, Bept. 21, 1865, Powr ve Garin, Th Burmah—The Coffee Crop of the Present Scaron—Large Increase of Production —Departure of @ Ship with a Cargo Sor New York, dc. ‘The American ship Nevada, Captain J. F, Bartlett, ‘The Speedwell, Captain Coupor, remains here,’ Length To-day much interesting data have been receiv. con- excel the staple has met wi eo owt, exported the fet balf of the pres tat pres. Five ‘with 39,962 ewt. of . ewe, of nelle. Eoive vessel started for New York with s cargo of native coffee amounting to 9,939 owt, The estimate made of the whole coffee crop of this season is set down as follows * Plantation. Native... Already 601,000 owt. of plantation and native have been reported. This makes an increase of 97,500 cwt. in one case and 180,700 owt. in the other, and the aggregate increase aver last season is ewt, The growth of coffee in Ceylon is annually spren ing over new tands, and it igexpeiet that in # tew years ‘even the present high figurés will be lanzely increased, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. The “Bone of Contention” Still Creating Trouble. “@eorgia Regulators” Hanging Ne- groes and Punishing Northern Ben Who Employ Them. Fight Between the White Citi- zens and Negro Garrison of Lake City, Florida. The Governor Compelled to Withdraw the Negro Troops. hee ke. Correspondence. MILLEDGRVILLE, Dec, 9, 1865. Nothing of natioval importance, beyond the passage of the resolution ratifying the amendment to the constitu- tion abolishing slavery, has been transacted by the General Assembly during the first week of the session, which closed yesterday. Several importam bilis have been introduced and read the first and second time in both houses, but with the exception of the passage of ‘one or two unimportant bills in the Senate, no lawe have been matured in either branch of the Legislature, Many measures designed for the protection and government of the freedmen have introduced, and the necessity for legislation on that subjeet being universally felt, a very strong desire 2 manifested on the part of the re- Presontatiyes to mature and pass these bills, but the opinion prevails that no legislation would be valid while the General Assembly is deprived of the co-operat on of the constitutional Executive, whose offic:al approval is indispensable to the legality of its acts, On yesterday, early In the morning session, the Pro- visional Governor transmitted to both houses the follow- ing telegram from the President :— WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 1865, Jauxs Jounson, Provisional Governor:— Your despatcherecoived the 5th inst. Permit me to congratulate you and the Legislature on their action in adopting and ratifying the amendment of the constitu- tion of the United States abolishing slavery. ANDREW JOHNS@N, President United States, This despatch was read dmid profound silence and breathless‘attention, and the involuntary manifestation of mingled hope, dissppointment and relief which per- vaded. the whole house, and was expressed in every countenance, afforded a most remarkable and striking exemplification of the moral effect of the changed rela- tion of our people to the national government In their present position, misrepresented by our enemies and misunderstood by our friends at the North, members were in doubt as to what might be the purport of the despatch from the President of the Uaited States; and when it Was ascertained to be only a congrat .fitory recog- nition of their late action, the general feeling of relief was foo manifest to escape the notice of the most casual observer. Ihave not before so seneibly realized what it ds to be @ subjugated, conquered people. If many hoped and expect d that the despat. h brought the Preaident’s recognition of the reorganization of the Stato gov-rnment, with hia anthorization of its perfection, by the inauguration of the Governor elect ef the people, not @ few entertainsd apprehensions that the communica. tion might be adverse and of more serions import, If the hopes of the first were dixappotated, nevertheless all were retieved by the knowledge that nothing worse had come from Washington, and the evidences of that focl- ing at the close of the resding of the brief missive might bave been discerned, not oniy in the expression of every countenance in that hall, but, as I imagined, by the freer respiration which followed. nh Correspondence. Savannan, Dec. 8, 1865. THE CITY ELECTION, BTC. We bave just passed through our municipal election. It was conducted with groat quietness, Dr. Arnold, who has boon an incumbent for several yoam, and is unex- coptionable in every regpect, except perhaps on the score of activity and energy, was defeated. His succorsful rival, Colonel Anderson, has the advantage on his side of greater youth. ‘The Counc.) has undergone but little change, “GEORGIA REGULATORS, "? A gentlemen just arrived in this cizy from the interior, 1m the vicinity of-the Altamaba, draws a most gloomy picture of the condition of afairs among the backwoods people of that section. He has large timber interests in ‘a locality about fifty miles from Savannah, and nas been attempting to make use of the freeamen’s labor in get- ‘ing ont bie timber for tae market. Ho has given up tho endeavor to make free negro labor remunerative, and is decided in his conviction that tt is utterly idle to look to the freedmen for work, for the present at least. As he is a Northern wan by birth and oducation; aud does not share the bitter prajadice against the freedmen which is felt by the natives, I place great reliance upon his state- ments, He tolls me thatSalthough he offered them the most liberal inducements, paying from twenty dollars to twenty-five dollars-wages a mionth apd finding them in quarters and rations, his megro laborers deserted him one after another, after having secilred a few, doliars in ad- vance, and, in many casos, taking with them on ebscond- ing whatever they could lay their hands on—tools, stock, provisions, barness, and, not infrequently, animale. Under these discouraging circumstances he has de- termined te abandon his work altogether until he can obtain white laborers from the North. He represents the white people of that re- gion to be in a bad condition, The coun- try is bare of provisions, the roads almost every- where are impassable, and, in the impending distress of the section and its complete isolation from all humaniz- ing influences, the inhabitants have become desperate and vicious to an extent, and are plunged into all the ovils of eocial chaos, Springing naturally out of this disordered state of affairs is am organization of ‘Regulators,’ so called, Their numbers include many ex-Confederate cavaliors of the country, and their mission is to visit sainmary justice upon any offenders against the public ace, It ia needless to « thi ther attenton tx Tirgely directed to ‘maintal among the blacks, The shoo obsireperous “niggor”? by t MON ub GeCUrFENce as to exe: work of iption confined to the “Regulators”? go to the bottom of ix 0 Nor is the Regulators remark to make it uncomfortably warm for hew rettler with demoralizing innovations of wages tor “niggers,” &c. My informant, the timber merchant, although bav. ing lived ten years in this State, and served it in th Jate war, folt his life unsafe among the “Regul whom he was openly menaced and for whom took the precaution to make tion on retiring at night heartened with his experience not "oo~and no more do T—w " healthy solution of the matter, except in the thorough introduction of capable white labor. THANKSGIVING DAY ‘waa not made much of, the people not clearly pereety ing what they were to return thanks for, No proclamation responding to that of the President was issued either by the Governor of the State or the Mayor of the city, Ser. vices were held in many of the churches, however, and business was suspended to acertain extent, But the Mational Thanksgiving Day, Kke the reception of the Lieutenant General in Savannah, was a distal affair, and calculated to make Northern men “cast a wishfu eyo’ towards “‘the United Baten,” ‘ag the North iy atieo- tionately termed by the Yankees bere, FLORIDA KLRCTION NRWA, The elections in Fi which came off last week, were attended with unpleasant incidents, indicating the prevalence of that sort of excitement which, if not re strained controlled by proper influences, nover fails / out ppevtomsometene with any of the citizens: 80 farfrom checking the pugnacious spirit of the cited combatants, had the effect to increase its intensity and to direct it to the colored troops. Thereupon the conduct of the latter became so menacing and insolent that the voters and citizens armed themselves with shot guns and pistols, avowing at the -ame time their determination to inflict summary fo cmreeed for aby outrage that might be committed. ‘this threaten- ing stage of the emeute the commanding officer, at the solicitation of bystanders, withdrew his command to the barracks. This act of concession on the part of the officer had the effect to quiet the excitement for that day, The day aftor the election three white men attempte to arrest a colored man who had committed an offence against the law, when the latter made such rate resistance that he was shot by one of the parties 7 toerrest him. This revived the excitement of the pre- vious day, and led to the interchange of menacing Uureats beiween the belligerents, each declaring their Purpose to take life, The negro soldiers became 80 exasperated as to defy for & time the authority of their commanding officer. A prominent citizen of the place, appreciating properly the condition of affairs, telegraphed to the Governor to Femove the colored troops and send white troops im their stead. To which the Governor responded affirma- tively. And hero the affair ended. NEW BUILDINGS. New Marble Biock in the Gold Locality Its Safety and Its Safes—The Exterion and Interior of the Editice, &c. “Of Augosius of Rome the poets do warble, ‘That he found it of brick and left it of marble.” Tn our own city the sturdy marble is literally ‘‘gaime ing ground”? at a fast rate upon tho genial bricks of oid Knickerbocker days, but as to which of our Augustusee shall receive the attention of the coming ‘“wartiers” {@ rests with posterity to decide. MARBLE BLOCK ON NASSAU STREET. One of the most magnificent marble blocke in the city is now being erected in Nassau street on the open space between the Post Osfice on the one side and the United States Sub-Treasury Building on the other, It fronts on Nassau and extends the whole length of the block from Cedar to Pine streets, TTRICATR REAL XSTATE MATTERS; The property embraces six lots, which up to May Jas. were owned by a5 many different estates, and ix busf- nees firms and ome fifty families were interested by lease or otherwise. Some of the holders resided ‘3 France, and a portion of the property belonged to the great real estate frm of Bininger & Co., which, hke Astor, makes a rule never to sell. At the above date, however, a single firm—M sara. Tutner Broth private bankers—snecooded in purchasing the entire property for about half a million of dollars, and proceeded, as soon am tenants could remove, to teardown the old brick builde ings which formerly stood upon tt. ‘Bhis operation wag hot entirely agreeable to the Pandreea of financiers and business men who, in their necessary visits to that im- portant section of the city during the past few month suffered in the flesh and in the spirit from the unarrest broiling sunbeams and from the spectacle of sundry im- mense piles of demoralized building mater.ale, set off im true orthodox style with Sozodout, comic papers and stage scencry. It was with pleasure, therefore, that thé people in that locality saw a large force of workmen an@ mechanics enter upon the premises and commence opet> ations on a new edifice—a large and superior one—to ree place and efface the old structures and their eurround- ings. MATERIALS AND ARCHITECTURE, Tho new building 1s being constructed of pure white marble, imported from the celebrated Eastchester marble quarries. It is to be a four story building, with basemen’ and cellar, and of the following dimensions:—One hun- red and fifty fect on Naseau, soventy- three on Cedar and seventy-one on Pine, heights respectively The stories are of the following: ellar, ¢ ght feet; buwement, nine and one-balf; first story, ‘fifteen; second, thirteen 5 third, twelve, and fourth, eleven feet. The das ment is of heavy rustic ashler, The trimmings are chaste and calculated to produce a beautiful effect, Pilasters with Doric caps and bases constitute ‘the finish’? of the first story. There are to be three entrances om Massau street to the principal story. The main entrance has fluted marble columns on each side, and the other two have fluted pilasters—each entrance having a hand- eome pediment cornice extending around the buil All the windows of the first story are wurned with arehl- traves and cornices, and the windows in the centre rece ton of the second story are capped with pediment core oo ‘The walls are sarmouuied by a tine marble core hice. The building is divided into three sections with rustid inions at the corners. The supperting beams rest on ron columns and gitders, also of iren, supported by eight brick piers four feet equare, built in the cellar. Im the rear the building 4s lighted by a court yard, or area, twenty-two feet square. INNEM APPOINTMENTS, U¥ES, &c. In tho interior the building is traversed by two mam brick walis, forming the grand central hall from the ma n entrance on Nassau street to the court yard io the rear. Here also are the series of stairways leading to the upper stories, The first or main story and the base ment are each divided by this bal ‘into two rooma neventy-icet square, designed for large banking estabe lishments, Fhe basement, first and second stories ar@ each provided with safes, ouch one constructed donble, #o as to accommodate, if necemary, two irma. The safoy aro furthor internally partitioned 80 as to receive papers in the upper apartment and specie in the lower, e fountiations of tne building are sunk fifteen feet six inches blow the curbstone, and the underwork, cemented and arranged so as to baffle the most in- genious burgiarious ‘mining’ operations. This an vided advanoes in the science other features are srerion, vp pu Jones, Row t, and the following — Moora, Norton. non, Gedney, Mo~ Bap ae ‘was dispensed with. ; Korton— Yellen wes adopted. wa Alderimat moved that when this Board ro if arma esTucaday, the 10th inate shone Poa ? do ao Which was carried. And the Iresident announced stood af- Hoard of Councilmen. OvFIciaL. Starep Sxssio, Monday, Dec. 16-21. M. met, parsuant \o adjournment, in their chain The Board ber, No. 16 Olty Hall Present-—James Hayes, Esq. President, in the chair, and the following Suernbor en jealy, Koster, Kenney, Brady, Patt cGrath, Green, Simth, O'Callaghan, Nusselt, 4 The reading of the minutes of the previous meetiug was dispensed with. MOTION®, neiiman Gare moved that when th 4 adjourn, roto meet tomorrow, the It Instant, et three M hich was lost, ‘ouncilnan Koster moved that the Board dom take a, pas til three o'eloek (his #flerncon, Which was lost, RESOLUTIONS. Ry Councilman Krnsax Resolved, That permission be dleviek Krouse to ext given to remines, venue “Patrick Facwn, Forty-eeventh street, between First and Becond aveniies Teremian Curtin, Fifty-second street, between Lexington and Third avenues Davi O'Brien, Lz Bast Forty-second atreet, Jeremiah MoCarty, Pifty-third street, betweom Third and Lexington avenues. Jeremial patrick, Fifty-etxth ateeet, between Fourth. id Fifth hex, forced to the Comptroller, with power. wort Mt Which wi OH REST! Connetiman Bray moved that the do now adjourn, Which was loxt. peharert of Committee on Finanes, erin resolusion an fol- Rosoived, That the Com ts yathor- feed and directed to draw. Be itaror of WF: Mor- wurer of the Church of the Immaculate Coneep- sum 08, to enable him to. pay aeseas property, and charge vane @ tion of & a,