The New York Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1868, Page 3

WASHINGTON The Present Aspect of the Impeachment Case. Effect of the Senate’s Accion on Saturday. 4n Barly Close of the Trial Bx- pected. Trouble with the Indians and Rus- sians at Sitka. REINFORCEMENTS OF TROOPS CALLED FOR THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. WASHINGTON, April12, 1868. The sudden and unexpected reverse sustained by the defence yesterday has caused a profound sensation here, and not without good cause, for it seems to be admitted generally that-un the Presi- dent's counsel can discover some legal ingenuity whereby the reed teatimony pg to the President's ol declaration intent may be made competent the trial is virtually at its close, nothing Temainjng but to hear the summing up @peeches of the Managers and their opponents. If im the opinion of the Senators General Sherman cannot be examined as to what the President said, explanatory of his object and intention in suspend- ingand removing Secretary ‘Stanton; if he cannot relate what occurred in the many conversations pre- ceding the act which led to this extraordinary im- Peachment, if he cannot state that the President told him no violence was contempleted and that only a peaceful judicial settlement of the knotty point was sought for, neither can the Cabinet oMcers testify on the same point, nor can any other of the witnesses who have been sum- moned for that purpose, with the single exception of whether the case of Stanton comes under the Civil Tenure bill at all, and whether that being taken as proved, affirmatively, the mere act of au- thorizing Thomas to take charge of the War Qmce Constitutes a violation of the provisions of the act, this question of the President's intention is the most vital oné involved in the trial. Supposing, therfore, as seems probable now, that the Senate consider Stanton's removal as not only within the act, but as a clear violation of it, and that it persists in ruling out evidence ‘a8 to intent, itis manifest that the President's de- fence is completely shattered and that only one result logically can be reached—a verdict of guilty and consequent removal. In this view of the matter it would seem as if the whole case will be terminated much sooner than predicted a week ago, and that before’the end of the next six days Ben Wade or some other new occupant may be doing the honors at the Executive (Mansion. We live in a fast age and things are rushing forward with remarkable speed hereabouts. It need Rot surprise people, therefore, if, within the brief time I have mentioned, Andrew Johnson shall have become stripped of Presidential authority, and Benjamin thé First elevated to the chief magistracy. It is possible, of course, that something may happen between then and now to upset the programme; but a8 matters look at present there seems to be but little chance of a slip ‘*twixt the cup and the lip.’? ‘The President’s counsel have not thrown up the Sponge by any means, for they talk of fighting the battle over again to-morrow, having, it is supposed, hit upon some plan, since the adjournment yes- terday, by which they intend to strive to carry the very point upon which they were so badly beaten. What this new plan is fam unable to state, but cer- tain it is that Stanbery, Evarts, Curtis, Groesbeck and Nelson are sanguine of achieving final triumph, and declare that the ruling of yesterday does not shut outany of the testimony not yet produced. They consider that one of the main points sought to be established by Sherman's examination was accom- plished even yesterday, by showing thatthe Presi- dent offered the War Office to a man whio could not be made a mere tool of. They confidently hope they will yet succeed in having Sherman's letters to the President declining the offer admitted as testimony, and they predict that the evidence to be given by Cabinet oMcers will not beruled out. The idea that the defence is broken or breaking down they scout as absurd, and sarcasti- cally intimate that they will show the bullying But- Jer and his Manageria! colleagues very soon whether the case is breaking down or not, Upon what these fanguine expectations are based I know not, nor is it easy to see how the Senate can so stultify itself after the repeated voting of yesterday as to admit the President's declarations to other parties than Sherman on the question of his peaceful intentions. From the speech of Butler yesterday it also seems certain that he wilt Oppose the admission of any testimony explaining the declaration and intentions before Stanton’s re- moval, ‘The way Senators vote puzzles everybody ex- cept themselves, perhaps. It is impossible to amalyze #. One day Sumner votes black and the next day white, One day Sprague ‘votes with the Chief Justice and the next against; one hour Morgan favors by his vote allowing the utmost latitude in establishment of the President's intentions, and the next hour he stems to have forgotten this little fact and votes to confine the defence within the very narrosvest limits, So it is day after day; but in all this strange confusion of voting one feature stands out very prominent, and that Is that the Chief Justice tn his decisions always carries a respectable number of republican Senators with him, A number quite sufficient, combined with ithe democratic eorporal’s guard, to secure the Prest- Gent's acquittal, It is suggested that there is an object in this mysterious method of voting, and that what Senators seek is to give to the country the idea that they meet cach question Separately as it comes up, and vote on it fairly, without any bias or parti- wan prejudices. That this is mere n PRObALE fro thie Tact HAL wantretr voted are realty needed to carry a point for the prosecu- tion or to shut out valuable testimony for the defence, a8 General Sherman's evidence yesterday, the radicai sienators are tolerabiy solid, Thus Morgan voted twice yesterday with the democrats; but a third time, when the vote seemed close anit There was danger to the radicais, he went ‘unceremoniously over to the other side. The motion which was iaid over yesterday, that as many of the “Managers and counsel for the defence shail be per- mitted to speak on the final agument as shall choose ‘Vo do £0, will, in all likelihood, be catied up to-morrow @nd passed. The Managers, al! of whom desire to be heard, consider it an injustice to curtail their Speeches to two on the final argument in so great a ‘Case as this, Logan wentto a good deal of trouble and expense to prepare an elaborate address capable of filling eleven columns of an ordinary newspaper, and he feels naturally mortified at the thoyght of not being allowed to deliver himself. Williams wants to talk upon the legal questions in the case and to arraign the President on a host of specifications not set down in the regular bill, Thad Stevens, who has no Particularly great respect for the Sabbath, has been employed ail the day dictating to his secretary the address he expects to put in. The Managers are fear- fal of Old Thad. They complain that the House acted very injudiciously in placing him on the Board. His speech, they anticipate, from the wandering character of hia memory, will be such a hodge podge of logic and nonsense as to bring ridicule upon the high and solemn tribunal, Senator Sherman seemed to divine the design of the Munagers when he moved to relax the twenty-first rale go as to allow three of the Man- agers to speak, and this would operate to exclude Thad, a8 Logan would jump nimbly up after Bing- Jam and Boutweil and foresiall Stevens, The coun Sees NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 18¢3—TRIPLY SMErr. two, But if the Managers receive the concession sought for Judges Nelson and Groesbeck will put themselves in training. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Failure of the Managere—The Popular Sentiment=The Reticent Senatore—Parti-an Indlacretion=The President’s Position—The Ticket System and a New Rebellion—The Vice Presidency=Wade Ahead. WASHINGTON, April 11, 1863. Reviewing the popular sentimept, in view of its fiuctuations from the commencement of the impeach- ment trial to the present time, it is astonishing to what an extent the opinion has become prevalent that the President will be acquitted, This idea is not baged upon any new revelations, nor upon any declarations of those who haye exclusive control of the final issue. It is solely attributabie to the fact that the Managers have utterly failed to produce & case that carries conviction to the minds of any, gave such as are committed from motives of interest or are bound by the shackles of party. Ina matter upon which so much interest centres it ts natural that the intelligent spectators, who have watched the progress of the trial, should express themselves freely as to the merits of the case and the weight and vaiue of the testimony and arguments, These expressions are tempered somewhat, of course, by the political prejudices of those who utter them, nevertheless they are entitled to some weight and wil! command more or. leas attention. To say, then, that no candid man, of whatever political party, has the courage to affirm that the impeachers have shown thatthe President, by a single act, has done anything worthy of impeachment, is‘not exaggerating or giving undue prominence to the prodominating feeling. In demanding a verdict of guilty the radicals are recklealy gopsate. Walle Sighs hte, whb come from a distance to witness the trial, admit the insuMiciency of the claim for conviction, they readi- ly adopt the popular argument that the arbitrary law of necessity must and shall prevail. The radical members of ec House openly proclaim this, the fanatical po ionof the “High Court’ reiterate it, and every night it is sent over the wires, and occa- sionally under the “by authority” stamp of the General of the Armies. The strait to which the party is reduced is readily admitted. There is no attempt to conceal the terrible extremity to which it is reduced. To acquit the President is to decline to rule, to accept ruin and to convict Grant. To avert these is the Gaily and nightly office of those who sit at the feet of ancient Thaddeus and gather that pe- culiar quality of wisdom which has latterly distin- guished his utterances, It is true, conceal it as they may, they labor with that fear and trembling which doubt imposes, They suffer the torture of suspense and insecurity because, with all their assurance and bravado, they caynot assume with perfect confidence Rar Hapabckaidee EIR gets accomons, ab re Shah presently show. Notwithstanding the extraordinary efforts that have been used to discover the status of the Senate upon the momentous question now under Tnvestiga- tion, there have not thus far been any results that are in the least satisfactory or conclusive. The reti- cent members remain persistently dumb, Opinions are prevalent as to how they will record their votes in deciding the verdict, and if the popular bias favors the idea that they will be for acquittal it is only be- cause they have judiciously refrained frem any utter- ances that would give a clue to their private senti- ments; or rather, because they have resisted the im- portunities of those who have already decided the contest {n favor of Mr, Wade, it is naturally inferred that they have strength and integrity to judge the case upon its merits, ‘fairly and impartially,” in ac- cordance with their oath-bound pledge. It {s certain, at all events, that these men are bullet proof against the efforts of partisan jurors, who do not restrain their zea! for conviction asa party necessity. If re- sistance has any significance it favors the ident only in this—that his acts may, to some extent, be narod by the law and the evidence, ‘he anxiety of the leading radicals of the Senate and House to induce a committal on the part of a sufficient number to insure a verdict of guilty has latterly been so apparent as not only to provoke com- ment and censure, but it has also exposed the most glaring acts of indiscretion. It has exhibited the weakness of the prosecution, the failure of the Managers to present a strong case and the necessity for ee conviction to save the party from the odium of acquittal. It is impossible to conceal these effects or to avoid the fatal consequences they entail. As an offset the conspicuous actors in the plot are now charging that the President has also endeavored to bring influences to bear upon members of the court in order to procure their votes against convic- tion, but on his part he invites the most searching In- vestigation, and denies that itis possible to show that a single member has been approached in his behalf, or that an insinuation has escaped either him- self or any one acting for him that would bear a con- struction’ inconsistent with the most fastidior ideas of honor and justice. It must be remembered that a number of responsible and very lucrative of- fices are now vacant which the President has power to fill, and that he could offer very tetupting induce- | ments if he felt inclined to resort to this kind of strategy. He feels conscious, however, that he has not in his oMcial capacity transcended constitu- tional limite; that he has been governed in all his oficial acts by his conscientious convictions, con- firmed by sound legal advice; he hopes for a fair and impartial trial! and to be judged a the only guides that honorable men, who Value their reputation and place a proper estimate upon their solemn obliga- tions, can adopt, and whatever may be the result, even though [it be adverse, to meet it bravely. He has weighed the whole matter deliberately, and is resolved that the few months remaining of his official term would be dearly purchased by any act that could bring reproach upon him or his friends. The partisan cry of “crucify him’ has prepared him somewhat for a consummation corresponding with the demand of his. enemies, and he has learned to contemplate {t com; ently and somewhat with the courage of a martyr whose sacrifice might arrest the ruinous consequences that are daily accumulating under the practical working of the Congressional policy. If he has at times felt a natu- ral interest in the personal effects of impeachment, the politica) significance attached to it by those who have it in hand has induced him to sttk his indi- vidual identity, in view of the retributive results that would accrue to the party that inaugurated it. Such are the convictions he candidly expresses to fils frignas, iyi, he at thé same time feels cond- dent that he wht futty vinmoate himself before the foyntry, and that hi ts & powerful nd conglusive refutation of ali the charges,” Refet President SK dad ackps pe NV; ilef that the deh petntended for him by his pereecutors, it is propér ti ty say that this idea is most likely Gd yt jularity here, where every event connected with the trial is discussed as it transpires, and Where an opportunity is afforded for reitection upon casual remarks emanating from sources entitled to consideration. It cannot be doubted that some of the more sagacious and refiect- ing inembers of the radical party, upon whom a por- tion of the responsibility involved in the resuit reste, are uncomfortably conscious of the crushing weight of the impeachment elephant. Claiming as they do an ordinary degree of foresight and the faculty of estimating loss and gai, they do not fall to see that their present attitude fs Lege | even to men of courage and decision, Their is stinply to de- termine whether or not the President ta to pe ad- judged guilty against law, reason gud thate 4 oon. victions in response to a partisan vemand. The ques: tion is, would conviction #°~_ ¢ 4 b «ve the party? and this suggests the still inore ” ; wrong judgment _ one womentous one, Would not a that the people would not sustat 9b" wuat they would eatinnate according to its par'"san bias—utamate tn irretrievable ruin? ese are weighty considerations, which force them- selves upou the juinds of conscientious Senators and make themselves visible tn their wearing and ha- rassing influence. There is evidently a strife between conscience and the unytelding demands of partisan leaders, To convict upon so poor a showIng, it would seem, Ought to require @ Vast amount of reckless bravery, and more than can sonfidently be counted on for So questionable @ purpose, ‘The ticket system, unpopular from the very start, has now become @ pericet nuisance. A very mild effort to abolish it Was made the other aay by oue of the Senators, but resulted tp a fatiure through the “staving off” trickery of some of the Senators and impeachers. The reason assigned by one of the High Court of Impeachment was the danger of a re- beilion in the galicries, He predicted bloodsed and vio nce, and an audience composed of the disloyal that is supposed to predominate in this city, by the Way, lias @ radical and African voting majority. hat any sane man should have the courage to rise in the Senate aud utter such ridicnious nonsense tn sober earnest is indeed wonderful. And yet Conness, of Californt who js an Irishman born, and not belleved to be p ucularly nervous about revels and such like, actually startied his colleagues by lis novel argument against abolishing the tickets, What could have been his real motive, if he was not in earnest, it is difficult to make out. From present appearances there is more likely to be a rebellion if the system is continued, pee, nen are general, both on account of the sys- tem itself and on account of the way in which the tickets are distributed. People coming hundreds of miles to get a peep at the show find it impossibie to do 80, unless they are intimal ace quainted with some member or Senator, or have some other powerful species of open sesame. A gentleman remarked to tne last evening, and with much truth, that the great bulk of the spectators seemed to be composed of cooks, barbers, gossiping women and young gentlemen of the diplomatic corps. Head Waiters and chumbermalds at hoteis where Senators and members lodge have more tickets at their disposal than people who lave some useful object In view, and who have come hundreds of miles, perhaps, to gather material fora chapter in history or for an interesting article for a newspaper, Upon what pretext the Senators claim the rat to sel for the President manifest no desire’to make any | exclude Vemeerss from no more speeches than what the rule allows—namely, | 0ne seemeto Tpertaps souke emer of that for Vice Pre mi NEST es wren over the esidenc: the contest has blican nomination y. It ul Maryland, Kansas and Califor and New Jersey, making in all one hun- -four delegates, friends of Mr. liana and all of New Jersey, and and part of Tennessee and Missouri—fifty- lelegates in all, Resates Wilson expects to carry the iy oa, of the New England States, Only Rhode Ish ‘and. parts of Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine have yet elected. mn Ohio, Kentucky, wolid, ‘and part of It is estimated that hould Pennsylvania or New York or both cast their votes, after complimentary ones for Fenton and Cur- tin, solid for Wade, he will be nominated, two hun- dred and aay being a majouty of the whole, even though he should not get all the Western States, which have not yet elected delegates. Wade’s friends: also claim that he will get all the New England States after a complimentary vote for Wilson. THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Causes of Delay in Building the New York Post Office. WASHINGTON, April 10, 1864, There has been agreat deal of complaint among the citizens of New York city—for which they have good and sufficient cause—about the incomprehensi- ble delay attending the erection of the projected Post Office and Court House. Everybody could under- stand that the preparation of plans for the edifice and the settlement of the prelimindries were taking up an unreasonable length of time; but very few can understand who is to blame for the procrastination. Your correspondent, happening to fall into conver- sation yesterday with an able and experienced architect and civi! engineer, who has been for a long time pagi 0 bg ice of the government, gathered few polnts in n to Tetmny be intresting vo tse path, comtad as theb do from one who has given the whole subject a care- fal investigation, First, it was suggested that a large proportion of the time was uselessly consumed in making a trip to Europe for the purpose of examining the construc- tion of post offices there—uselessly wasted, because a brief consultation with any one familiar with the plans of those buildings, would have disclosed the fact that no plan of a post office in Europe could be adopted in this country, for the reason that no Euro- Pag country has a postal system like ourown. One feature alone of the purepean. postal systems—the absence of the “box delivery,” which forms so rominent @ feature in ours—would render the plans of their offices unsuitable for adoption in the United States. The intenor arrangement of a post office which has no box delivery would of course be more compact than one which must be fbf with thousands of boxes for private individuals, as well as for the general delivery. No advantages, there- fore, could be derived from an inspection of foreign post offices, except by the individual who is thus en- abled to make - a.comfortable European tour at the expense of the government. nother prominent cause of delay in fixing ‘upon @ plan arose from the number of archi, inter- ested in the one finally adopted, 4 gontrolling de- sire on the part of ‘ie Comméssldn to incorporate in one plan all tne features of the numerous plans sub- mivied whieh struck them as being meritorious led i, 16 adoption of one, after long and mature delib- ion, protracted by hesitation between this and that competitor, which combined portions of the plans of severai architects. This new composite order af architecture haying so many authors, the details, as a matter of course, could not be speedily decided, from the diMculty of providing for all the friends of the authors who enjoyed superior facilities for furnishing building material. ese obstacles, however, having at length been surmounted, the plan, together with its specifica- tions and estimates, is presented to Congress, and more delay must inevitably result from the doubts engendered in the minds of some of the committee as to whether the same degree of comfort and con- venience and the same beauty of exterior finish could not be obtained for a more moderate sum, with a little alteration of the interior construction, These doubts induce the committee to refer the whole case’to the Secretary of the Treasury, in order to obtain thereon the opinion of the government architect. His opinion, after the lapse of further time, finally comes in the shape of a “wet blanket’’ on the main features of the plan. The report does not tend to dispel the doubts of the House commit- tee, which seems to feel the necessity of examining little further into certain portions of the plan; ch, for instance, as the wholesale use of iron for inside finish. The informant of your correspondent was of the opinion that if the new Post Oitice had been allowed to take the usual course—be erected by the govern- ment employés—equally as good a plan would have been adopted in much less time, and the buiid- ing would be finished and ready for occupation two years alter ground was broken for the foundation. THE KU KLUX KLAN IN WASHINGTON. SPECIAL: CORRESPONDENCE OF THE RERALD. The Ten Days’ Notice Expired and Nobody Hurt—Alarm Amoyg: American Citizens of African Descent—Downing, the Oysterman, and Bob, the Bootblack, Doomed—What Bob Thinks of the Rastocratic Niggers. WASHINGTON, April 11, 1863, This city has caught the Ku Klux Klan infection with a vengeance, and threatening letters have become about as numerous as leaves in the vale of Vailambrosa. Prominent men were first selected by these terrible fellows of the Klux, and notices were served upon them considerately suggesting the pro- priety of giving a timely order for a coMn, as their end was near at hand and their lease of life to expire five or ten days after the receipt of the notice. These documents were of all shapes and sizes, and displayed an inexhaustible fertility of in- vention in their peculiar phraseology and a limitless variety of styles in the matter of penman- ship. In fact, there must be as many industrious seribes in the society of the Ku Klux as there are in the Post OfMice Department. As has been said, the prominent men in the radical party were first hon- ored with the sanguinary effusions that have so dis- turbed Forney’s equanimity of mind; but the Ku Kiox, either thinking that their work was but par- tially done or that the distinguished recipients of their letters paid no heed to the ghastly warnings therein conveyed, turned ba pin (g the task of | Spreading téifor an@ ismisy tifough the ranks of the great radical auxiliary army—the Ethiopian di- vision. Ben Wade, Butler, Logan and the other big guns who have been already duly served with notice to quit should have been despatched yester- day, as the ten days’ reckoning from the first of April then expired. Nothing dreadiul has happened so fat, and these gentlemen have survived the tremor of suspense as to their fate and are once morg enjoy- ing their usual equanimity. Not so, however, with some of our African brethren, to whom the Ku-Klux have been paying more recent attention, From Downing, of oyster fame, standing at the apex of the pyfAmtd pf negro society in Washington down to Bob, the bootblack at Willard’s Hotel, there has been @ shaking and a shivering worse than swamp chilis and fever. Thus have the Ka Klux Klan diverted Downing’s attention from his oysters—and just now the call for “a dozen roast on the half shell” makes him shudder involuntarily as though the voice of the Kiux sounded in his ears:— Heapquanrers Ku Ki.cx KLax, ] PROVISIONAL DEPARTMENT POTOMAC, WasHixcton, March 31, 1808, |) DowninG Beware. (Figure of a dagger. You are a marked man. Figure of a cofiin.} Marked for the knife and the cofin. and cross bones.) You will not stick to your oysters and let politics alone. What had_you to do with the War Department imbrogijo? ‘hat had you to do with the affairs of the President? You have set Yao up as a leading negro. You shail lead them to hell. head [Dea If you are in Washington ten « after this reacties you it willbe ag a corpse. Neither the F A. M,, the U. L. A. nor your ! ds in the G. A. can save you. Remember Lincotn. By order of Death, [A death's head and cross bones.) Assassin. [Figyre of a sword.] Adjutant, (Death's head and cfoss boues, and figure of a comin.) Downing is not yet a corpse, though the foregoing fg enough to make anybody provide himself for another stage of existence. Me strives to imitate Ben Wade by putting on a light and careless exterior; but in his pensive moments bagoge upbraids himself for ever having anything to do with the War Department, even in the way of furnishing poor Stanton with a lunch of oyster soup. Beyond send- ing in the whole shell a dozen or two bivalves to the Executive Mansion, to the presiding officer ad interim of the kitchen, he solemnly proctains his ignorance of the President’s affairs, He might have made suggestions aa to the regu. @ cook in place of the jar Sppcintent of one Who is there ad interim, but otherwise the Ku Klux nor any other Kian can hold him accountable for the progent juncture in the affairs of the nation. Strangest thing of all, however, in this startling epi- dcuic of mystery and assassination, our colored eet a ot ores et oe Hear what Bob Williams, the head bootblack—| ardon, the boot enamelier, as he styles himself—of 's Hotel, has to say about it:— “Ise stump speaker ob de Fust ward, and de oder night I told dem ‘rastocratic niggers up dar dat I wasn't de man to stand any dominizin’ ober me; dat 1 was an unfisticated republican, and went in for de rights of all men, male and female, See dat black brush!” Here Bob threw himself into one of his customury stump attitudes and flourished a big brush of very black appearance indeed. ‘Well, I’se ondifferent to de color ob a man’s face, don’t care wedder he’s black or blue, long ag he stands up for de its and de religion ob de unibersal family of Jim, Sham and Jibbet. Now dese 'rastocratic nig- gers w dar got down on me, and dey went and got up a Ky Klan Klux Klax to ’timidate me and disen- slave de colored race agin, so dey sends me dis no- tice,” saying which Bob pulled forth a huge sheet of paper daubed at the corners with blacking, & coffin and cross-bones in the middie and at the top the ominous words, ‘Deth to nigger Bob ;”’ then below, “ Your coffin is ready, your doom is fixed, and in ten days from this you depart. Guess ‘ou won't make no more nize in the First ward; the u Klux Klan is after you. Signed by the master of the Klan—Potomack.’”” “Dar it is,” exclaimed Bob, looking at the coffin with renewed horror. ‘Dare de way dese 'rastocratic niggers wants to fix me; but I stand by de constitution, in de words of de ‘Tustrous George Jackson, and I defles de machinery of de traitors.” Bob intends to preserve this inter- esting document and when he has time to spare from the shining duties of his profession he intends to impeach the whole class of *’rastocratic niggers’ in the “ Fust ward,” MISCELLANEOUS WASHINGTON NEWS. WASHINGTON, April 12, 1868. War in Alaska—Apprehended Massacre of Americans by Indians and Russians. The Navy Department has received oficial advices from Sitka to the effect that a concerted attack upon the Americans at that point is contemplated by the Indians and Russians, and that a massacre ts imml- nent unless the United States troops now there are Troubles reinforced. an AB T the hweete Well Taformed Taree oft SE ee Santry, who are now in Washington engaged in transacting business for the interest of the various tribes of the extreme Northwest, express their apprehension of a renewal of Indian troubles before the summer months. In several localities from which reports have from time to time been received 7,» atisfaction among some of the tribes is "-—a‘ested, owing ina gredt measure to the ¢_+"in fulfilling treaty stipu- lations, and also .+*Account of outrages committed by whites, --e Commissioner of Indian Affairs has rept.“aly urged. Congress for an appropriation of mioney to make good the promises and negotiations or tie Beace Commissioners, but legislative action has been delayed by the impeachment trial. Customs Collectors Required in Texas—Smug- aling on the Gulf Coast. The Treasuty Department {s considerably embar- rassed, it seems, from the want of a number of oMmesrs in some of the Texas customs collection dis- ‘cts. Vigorous efforts are being made to induce the Senate to take action on the nominations now before it in order to prévent the present confusion which exists in customs affairs in that section from resulting in permanent trouble. At Brownsville neither a collector nor a deputy is on duty, the for- mer being dead and the latter in arrest for fraudu- lent practices. The duties are being collected by Treasury agents sent there to make investigations, and they being only acting oficers cannot be held officially responsible for any deficiencies in the collection of the revenue. There has been no collector of customs at Corpus Christi for ‘the past year, and along the whole line of the Rio Grande, which requires a more vigilant supervision and more energetic officers than any other part of our.borders, matters are considerably mixed, and are gradually becoming loose, owing to the absence of the proper oficials. The Treasury force for the prevention and suppres- sion of smuggling has been quite active along the Gulf of Mexico, and has been eminently successful in defeating the plans of the horde of smugglers that infests the tegion about Barritaria bay. A short time since, in an attack made by the Treasury agents on a gang of smugglers at that point, one of the principal leaders was killed and another danger- ously wounded, and the raids made upon them re- cently have compelled them to seek other flelds of operation, Statistics of Trade and Commerce. The Director of the Bureau of Statistics, who has just issued his monthly report, furnishes the follow- ing statistics of imports and exports, including the Pacific ports:— Imports for the year ending December 31, 1867, $551,115,192, of which ¢10,864,318 were gold ant silver; during the month of January, 1868, ¢22,012,326, of which $702,237 were gold and silver; during the month of February, 1868, $27,965,001, of which $641,843 were gold and silver, Foreign exports for the year ending December 31 1867, $23,694,005, of which $500,406 were gold and juring the month of January, 1868, $1,779,755, of which $840,447 were gold and silver; during the month of February, $1,091,349, of which $425,000 were old and silver. Domestic exports for the year ending December 31, 1867—Goid and silver, $7,459,002; total, as re- ported im mixed currencles, 106,377,371; total, re- duced to specie currency, $361, 5 i month of January—Gold and silver, otal, as reported in mixed currencies, ; total, reduced to specie currency, $31, 000,498. During the month of February—Gold and silver, } total, as reported in mixed currencies, 1055 total, reduced to specie currency, $27,- 6,0 Reports from Crete. Late accounts from Crete say that the whole non-combatant population of Apocorona have re- tired to the monntains, waiting to be conveyed to Greece by the ships of Christian Powers. A Russian frigate landed on the 6th of March six hundred women ant children at the Pireus, Prince Charles of Wallachia and Moldavia has responded to the appeal of the Cretan Commsssion by a donation of 12,000 francs. The National Assembly of the provi- sional government of Crete has sent to the House of Representatives: an address, both in English and ip Grock, ppewing tothe Viltea states of Ame- Heat ® . m ca recogulze the provisional government of Crete, Second—To pledge the moral and material support of the noble and freedom loving people, from whom they have already received many tokens of sym- Thivd—To give their protection in order to secure the complete emancipation and independence of the isiand. tn—Especially that the United States Ambas- ‘onsiantinople be instructed to co-operate with the Ambassadors of those Eurépean Powers which are active with the Sublime Porte in behaif of Crete. The Committee on Foreign Affairs has the subject under consideration. AQUATIC. Inter-Collegiate Boat Race in England=— Oxford Versus Cambridge=Oxford Victo- rious. 7 The race between Oxford and Cambridge, which occurs annually on the ‘Thanies, froti Putigh to Mortlake, distance four miles, came off on the 4th inst. in the presence of thousands of spectators. Excitement never ran higher than on the present race. Both banks of the river were thronged with blue-garbed masses of human beings, erabracing partisans of Cambridge or Oxford, clad in the Nght or dark blue of their favorite crew. Boats of every description dotted the river, and darted to and fro with the rapldity of race craft seeking good positions to Ww 85 the aquatic Derby. The steam yacht of i H. was present, bearing the Prince of Wales, the Princess, quite recovered from her recent illness, and a number of the no- bility. On the Victoria swarmed «the Oxonians, proplesytng victory; the Contabs, on a@ rival boat, brimming With hope that the late changes tn the Ox- ford crew wonld expore them to easy defeat, The carried the umpire and starter, and a large ner, chartered uy Bell's Live, was laden with re- orters, 8 orting baronets, pugilists, theatrical and stinguisned people. eat care was exer- to Keep away from the contesting boats, and in that respect the English are far abead af the med- diesome, venturous, reckless Americans, who gene- rally rum some one or other down, and nearly always Wash the competitors ina race, to the great detriment of their speed. The Oxford crew of this year, although not a Brat one to look at, proved iheinseives warmers for Work. They were in the most superb condition, and had trained down to an unusual Oneness and excellence. Their stroke is about thirty-eight to the minute. Cambridge, despite their severe loss by the death of one of their orack oarsmen, presented a very creditable ap- pearance. Their stroke was neater than that of their opponents, their time and swing a ee well defined, but were wanting in the reach and power of the dark blues. Mr. J, W. Chitty was the umpire, and Mr. Searle, the starter, Betting on the race was quite brisk, Oxford having the call largely, A few minutes before starting the Cambridge boat ranged slowly up to the starting point, and was speedily joined by the Oxford craft. Without much Pi ary trouble the boats took the word and got or together, Cambridge slightly in advance; Ox- ford pulling about thirty-seven to the minute, gained perceptibly. At the Soap Works — quickened H o their stroke, and after a tight stiuggie ed ahead | of their opponents off Chiswick church. This posi- | tion they eld with slight improvement until under ae fg hy LLY lenge ahead, and ree lengths, ‘I! 7 announced was twenty minutes, om em | We give the names and weights of the crew:— Lbs, Lbs. 1, W. H. Anderson. MeMichael...167 2. J. P. Nichols. le do BRUD...... ccene 63 8. J. G. Wood. |. Pinckney stroke).153 4, W. H. Lowe. 5. H. T, Nadlin,. And Oxford, after several changes in the place of | thelr men, rowed 1n ois following order:— D8, 165 169 T. D. Warren (cox.)... 13 (COX.)...14 1, W. D, Benson... 6. F. Willan. 2, A.C. Yarborot 162 % . Cari 3. R. Rose, arbyshil 56 4. R. G. Marsde W. Tottenham 5 J. * Eight times in suc ne carried off the wophy, and matters seem to be growing worse for the Contabs, for last year they were beaten only by half a boat's lange, and looked forward with hope to victory in '63, ere have been twenty-five matches between Cambridge and Oxford, of which Cambridge has won ten and Oxford fifteen. In 1846 the first race in outrigged eights was pulled over the same course half a mile further, four and a half miles, and the distance was made in twenty-one minutes and five seconds, That time has never been beaten, Should the champion crew of Harvard AAS to bring negotiations to a successful close, We think that Oxford will have a harder contest for their laurels, A better crew never sat in @ shell than the Harvards, as far as regards material and pluck. How far our English cousins excel us in training and drill remains to be seen, We would have no fears of the result, however, if the Harvards go on the water in good condition and unhampered by foreign fashions and customs. Renew your negotia- ae perc ene hetid a be eld AS wrestin, victory from the dark blues, now that tf has proved itself so stanch a color, i: YACHTING, The Approachin, Senge New Yachts—Adite tions and Mishatione Propesta Setinn The lovers of the time-honored pastime of yachting cannot help feeling joyous atthe unexampled pro- gress already observable tn the necessary prelimina- ries incident to opening the aquatic season in the waters around the metropolis. There is a spirit not only to be noticed among the members of the New York Yacht Chub, but, emulating that feeling, the owners of the knife-edged clippers of sister organi- zations are entering into the idea of the grand re- creation of the coming summer with all their known energy, and will soon begin putting their various aquatic pets in order for the day8 of honorabie rivalry. A tour around the yachting club houses gives one an idea of the work that has already been “cut out; and within a few days, should the genial weather of yesterday continue, the repairing and overhauling of yachts, which include to the uninitiated the mysteries: of caulking, aligning masts, adjusting spars, &c,, will in earnest be commenced, suggesting to aquaticdom grand pleasures and grander vic- tori Ae changes in the ownership of many vessels have already taken place,’ and the several new yachts referred to in the HERALD recently are being hurried forward to completion. There will be additions in the New York Club of a nature to demonstrate that the ardent spirit of yachting with its members will not cuiminate until their marine outnumbers, even now as it does outsail, the boasted crafts of foreign ot izations. Among the more recent additions to the club is that of a fine sloop, built at Philadelphia, of some seventy-five tons burden, and owned by the veteran yachtman Cap- tain R. F. Loper. The sloop Eva, built by Robert Fish and owned by Mr. C. R. Penniman, is being changed to a schooner. Those who remember her brilliant achievements curing last season will trust that this alteration will not affect her specd. Her name will be chips to the Pauline, In the Brooklyn Yacht Club there is also the grati- fying evidence of a determination to early inaugurate the season. Around the club house near Gowanus bay the majority of the yachts are quietly reposing, but their winter coverings of old salls have been re- moved, and in the instance of the schooner Mystic, with several smalier vessels, have been hauled from their berths and work upon them already commenced. This club hold their annual meeting within a few days, when the election of officers, time of regattas and other important matters will be decided upon. Commo- dore G, W. Kidd, owner of the yacht Alice, will, in all probability, continue to fill the post of honor dur- ing this year, and ex-Commodore Whiting, an old and ardent yachtsman, will, it is understood, be elected Rear Commodore. The Brooklyn Yacht Club this year will infuse greater zest into their doings than ever before, and in many races will their yachts be able to show their admirable qualities. The Atlantic Yacht Club, of Brooklyn, are certain|; in a prosperous state when their short existence {s considered. Less than two years since they held their first regatta, but since then they have increased in peoe apy y and in_ new boats of large tonnage, ‘This year the introduction of the Niagara, forty-three feet long, thirteen feet six inches wide and four feet two inches deep, built for Mr. Reitch; the Onward, thirty-six feet long, thirteen feet six inches wide and three feet three inches deep, built for Vice Commo- dore Brasher, and also new boats for Mr. Maxwell, ex-Commodore Lyman, with the yacht Clytia, owned yy J. B. Herestaft, and the yacht Algae, owned by H. tae will give it greater prominence than ever fore. The Hoboken Yacht Club have alrendy added to their list two new boats, respectively sixty feet and forty-five feet in length, uuirty-tive tons and twenty- five tons burden each, and several prominent inem- bers have in contemplation the construction of others that will do honor to this spirited aquatic association. Work will soon be commenced on their proposed new club house at the Elysian Fields. The oficers of this club for the ensuing year, not before published, are as follows:— Commodore—V. Vuillaume. Vice Commodore—S, Griawol Recording Secretary—E. Marcile. Corresponding Secretary—¥. Kienan. Treasurer—Geo. L. Clarke. Measurer—Chas, L, Reynolds, The Bayonne Yacht Ciub is aiso progressing adimi- rably. Commodore Gunther's new boat, the Domino, already referred to, was lauuched on the 4th inst. and is now being rigged. Mr. 1. Van Winkle has a yacht, twenty-five feet in length, in process of con- struction by Mr. Fletcher, the yacht buiider. When completed and the season is ushered init is proposed that Mr. Van Winkle and Commodore Gunther shail have @ scrub race from their anchorage at Bayonne around the lighthouse and return. It will be novel in this respect, that having no assistance in the manage- ment of their boats th this contest, it will demon- strate the seamenship of these gentiemen as well as the speed of the respective crafts. This club will have two regattas during the season, each of which will be noteworthy for speedy yachts and intrepid saulors, ¢ Mabou -_ A Cap from Queen Vi taeRoyal Compli- crea ay ile se ‘ From Bell’s Life in Londoh, March 28.) Her Majesty the Queen has been ee ee to signify her intention to give a cup to the Royal Thames Yacht Club to be sailed for during the ensu- ing summer. The noble Commodore, Lord Alfred Paget, will shortly meet the sailing committee to settle the conditions and fix a suitable day for the royal gift to be competed for, The next monthly bal- lot meeting ts appointed to be held at the Koyai Thames Yacht Ciub house, Albemarle street, Picca- dilly, on Wednesday, April 1, when several candt- dates for admission, Including the Right Hon, Earl Vane, Lotus, schooner, 188, and screw steam yacht of 200 tons will be balloted for. Prior to the ballot the house dinner is announced for half-past six P. M., at which a large nuraber of yachting men and their friends are expected to assembie, The fine square rigged schooner yacht Goshawk, tons, Mr. T, Broadwood, owner, 1s expected to st the blue peter on Monday next, 30th inst, and sail from Plymouth on a cruise to the coasts of Spain and Portugal, ‘The clipper schooner Cambria, built for Mr. James Ashbury, is purpose to be launched from Ratsey'’s yard, Ci 4, on April7. She is a beautiful model, pl expected to prove & Hie Ing season. 3 The Inconstant, schooner, Mr. W. Coward owner, is commissioned at Portsmouth, and about to sail for the Channel Isles. The schooners Alarm, G. Duppa; Chotister, UJ. Pigeon; Fleur de Lys, 1. W. Birch} Gloriana, A, O. Wilkinson; and several other craft, are about fitting out for thé sédgon. The members of this rising tnstitution for the en- couragement of good sport, and our agnatic readers generally, will be glad to hear that the Lords Com- Inissioners of the Admiralty have been graciously pleased to grant to the new Thames Yacht Club a Warrant to hoist the biue ensign of her Majesty's fleet with the distinguished marks of the club, a print of which will be forwarded to the members in a cirenlar shortly to be issued, containing the pro- gramine of the saliing matches of the season, The committee of the Royal Albert Yacht Club have determined to throw it open on Easter Monday to all officers in volunteer corps who may be members of royalyacht clubs, The ciub regatta will take place in ail probability in June or early in July. LONG ISLAND INTELLIGENCE. QUEENS CouNTY HionwayMex.—On Friday even- ing, while Mr. Benjamin Mott, of Far Rockaway, was proceeding along the main road from Hempstead to Jamaica, he was set upon by three men, two of whom got into the wagon, while the third seized the horse. Mr. Mott immediately began an assauli upon the intruders tn the wagon and presently succeeded in ejecting them, seeing which the fellow who held the horse loosened his grasp and started to their as- sistance. Mr. Mott seized the opportunity and gave the whip to the antmal, who star) on the run, hen the party leaving the La behind. saw how Cy had been baMed they drew thelr re- yolvers and fired at him several times, but he was too far away for their shots to atfecttum, EPis0OPAL CoNvocatiox.—A convocation of the } Mer iy Episcopal clergy of Long Island will be held at As- toria on Wednesday and Thursday, the 22d and 29d, in the Church of the Kedeemer ’ THE STATE CAPITAL. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Resiguation of Assemblyman Glen—The Erie Ruilway Contest=The New Bill a Speciat Order for Next TuesdayExpected Revelas tions from the Investigating Committees The Proposed Rates of Pay for the Fire Department=The Quarrel Over the Excise Amendments, ALBANY, April 11, 1863. ‘The only sensation in the Legislature to-day was the resignation of Mr. Glen, the Bentieman from Wayne, who has been the cause of all the exelte-. ment on the subject of the charges of bribery and corruption, The document conveying it was given to the House in full, but was not allowed to be en- tered upon the journal. Mr. Glen, after its reading, withdrew and will not again take his seat in the Assembly chamber, His retire- Ment does not, of course, interfere with or inter- rupt the investigation which is now going on with closed doors, Whether it will result in anything, however, is another question. The charges and countercharges are 80 numerous and the rumors so rife that, if true, it would be diMcult to find many who could cast the first stone. The present Legis!a- ture is not as corrupt as the one which preceded it. The leaders of the dominant party sought to keep out corruption for party purposes, Now, no man of com- mon sense doubts for one instant that there has been corruption, It was occasioned by those who broke loose from the leading strings of the chiefs, and as the minority had nothing to suffer but all to gain by giving the Legislature a bad name, many of its mem- bers were not loath to join in the general game of the spous, The two political parties in the Legis- lature are mere puppets in the hands of the politicians who are pulling the wires for State and national objects, It would not require a very Searching investigation to show thatthe whole movement initiated by Mr. Glen was the resnit of a scheme projected In the Republican Central Com- mittee, the cue having been given, probal by the radical cabal at Washington, for New York, after a!!, is the great battle grotind, and Must pot be lost to fo theif in the Presidentiaisiraggic. The dénidera cauaily determined to carry the State, perf pier whereby the majority of last Novembe: © be impaired, which plan embraced ti the pay to decency of conduct in the: + ture. They succeeded ad:nirably and h quite a clean record in comparison with t can Legislature of 1867, and this despite corruption in connection with the Marlen erie bill and a few others. The rad taken the alarm at the continued virtue of the ocratic rivals, and hence the movement of Mr, to x the stigma of corruption to the present demo- cratic Legislature and to the party next fail. The Sr Ea of the Senate investigating cou- mittee has created the utmost consternation. Licu- tenant Governor Woodford selected three mon who: characters aré unimpeachable. Senators Ff Edwards and Thayer. The powe' hh which they are invest eda 89 extensive that they will be aly thorough y sift évery charge and every ruption. If these rumors may be believed, there a members of the Senate as deep in the mire as their fellow legisiators down stairs. ‘The Eric Katlway tigation seems to b> the pitch which no one li succeeded tn touching without becoming defiled. An attempt was made in the Senate to-day to go into Committee of the Whole on the Erie bili ported by the minority of the Investigating comm tee. Its friends succeeded at length in having It s down as the special order on Tuesday next, imim ately after the reading of the journal, with the tn- derstanding that it is to be gone through with and disposed of. It will, of course, pass, if we may believe the indicawons, The “ring” up: stabs will first bleed its partisans and then let it go.down stairs, where its friends will again undergo. ite niary phlebotomy. The “rmg” up stairs would not. dare to defeat the bill. Did they do so it would of course shut off go lucrative a source of profit to the “ring” down stairs, and the latter in their wild fury would block legislation for the rest of the session, The Jew lobbyist, Lewis, Is at large on bail, It is thought he will become State's evidence, and hence the apprehension in some quarters of what he may reveal, Both the great railway interests at present: wrangling before the Legislature are said to be com= romised, and it is reported that he has been seoret! rovided with counsel by one of the parties which’ alleged dealt out money on the occasion of the ad- verse report to the Erie bill. ‘The following is the substance of the bill which the republicans proposed vo the democrats as an amend- ment to the Excise aw. It will be seen how both pavties have been playing with the interests of the people, and of the Lvs dealers in particular, in order to make political capital:— An act to amend an act ented n act to regu- late the sale of intox: ing liquors within the Metro- politan Police district of the State of New York,'* passed April 14, 1860, The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:— SECTION 1, Section four of said act is hereby ameided so as to read as follows:— 4. The said Board of Excise shall, subject to the further provisions hereof, have power to nt ibe censes to @ person or persons of got moral character, and who shall be approved by them, per- mitting him or them, for any period bot less than three months nor more than one year from the date of the application for the sume, to sell and dispose of at any one named place within the sakt Metropolitan Police district, exclusive of the county of Westchester, strong and spirituous liquors, wines, ale or beer, or any one or more of them, in quantities less than tive gallons at a time, upon receiving & license fee, the amount of which is hereby fixed aud apportioned as follows:—For a license for the sale of aie and beer only, to any person or persons, a sum not less than $60 nor more than $100, to be fixed by the Board, as they shati determine on each partica- jar application; for a license for the sale of strons and spirituotis liquors, wees pgand béer, to persons other than prop! jetors OF tet rs of lotels, restau- rants or refectories, a sum not less than $100 » more than $260, tobe fixed by the Board, a; they shail determine in each particular application; for license to keepers or proprietors of hotels, for the sage of strong and spirituous liquors, wines, ale aud beer, a sum pot less than $100 yor more than $1,000, wo be fixed by the Board as they shali deter- mine in each particular application, regard being had to the probable amount of business; to all pro- rietors and keepers of first class restaurants or re- fectories, for a license for the sale of strong and spir- ituous liquors, wines, ale and beer, the sum of $000; to the proprietors or keepers of other restauants or refectories, for the sale of serous and spirtiuous liquors, wines, ale and beer, thé Aum of 6260, 61 in the discretion of the Board of Excise. The que tion as to which are of the first or other class shall be determined by said Board, in their discretion, and their judgment thereon shall be final and conclusive for the purposes of this act. In all cases the said Board of Excise shall, for the purposes of this sec- tion, determine whether the place at which strou and spirituous liquors, wines, ale or beer are pifo- posed to Me sgid, is a hotel, restaurant or refectory, GSijoT shall be Anal, + —Section fourteen of said act is hereby re < ane SF pleased | amenced so as to read 4s foilows:— 14, All persons licensed as herein provided shalt keep the places at which they are so licensed to keep, sell, give and dispose of strong and spirituous liquors, wines, ale and beer orderly and quiet, and between the hours of half-past twelve o'clock A. M. and four o'clock A. M. completely and effectuaily closed; but on every pcr § night such places shalt be 80 closed at twelve o'clock and shail not be again opened until four o'clock on Monday morning. Nothing herein contained shali_ be construed to pre- vent hotels from réceiving and otherwise entertain- ing the travelling public upon Sunday, subject to the restrictions contained in this act. THE RAILROAD iN 126TH STR ‘The bill for a ratiroad in 125th and ot eets in the upper part of the city, and which is.a mere con- nection between the Hudson River and Harlem Ruil- roads, has passed the Senate and has been ordered to a tilrd reading m the Assembly, Those in the Boulevard region, who have fruitiessly endeavored to oppose a measure which Is to subject their neigh- borhood to an invasion of freight, cattle and oil ca: from the two railroads mentioned, iow rely upon the ‘yer during the coming Executive as their lust Lope for the defeat of the vill, PAY OF THE FInk DEPARTMENT. The bill to provide for an additional Metropolit: Fire Commisstoner and to regulate and estabiish t pay of the members of the Metropolitan Fire Dep iment has been moved forward. It proposes until the currency of the United States shal! obtatn par value in gold the salartes of the members a employés of the Metropolitan Fire Department shail be a8 follow wate , stokers and tiller men of said ¢ in the city, of New York, and 200 rum; thé Ghgineers of steamers at the rate of $1,400 per Lemma assistant foreman at the rate of $1,000 per annum; the foreman at the rate Of $1,600 by horses, shall be paid at the F arinum; the district engincers at the rate of 2,000 per aunt; the assistant engineer at the rate of $3,000 per annum; the chief engineer at of $6,000 per annum; the secretary, clerks, keeper and superintendent of horses shail receive per cent, additional to the sum now allowed by law. ANOLISHMENT OF RENT FOR GAS METERS. A vill has pened the Assembly and has been ordered to a third reading In the Senate wich pro- Vides that ft shall not be lawful for any gas company in Unis State to clarge of collect rent on, its gas ive ters, either In a direct or indirect manner, and dc Ay person, party or company violating this act § hall be Hable to a ome ‘of $60 for eavl offen The | a4 was originally introduced by Mr. C. berry Kings, with the intention of applying its provisions to the city of Brook bat the cueaeed bill ag above proposes their naion to the whole State. gue PAPERS STOLEN FROM THE Ban PA iy ‘Thurday afternoon a bag was taken to the office of the City Clerk, directed to Mr. Willlamson, Reoorder of Deeds, which had come from Philudelphia by express. He was doubtial at ther to pay the expressage and take the bag, 3 not expecting one, but Anally did so, Oa it he found tt contained the aor taken from the Scituate Bank, such as deeds, bank books, wills, &c., Which oelonged to private persons and were in the bank for safe keeping,