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WASHINGTON THE NEW IMPEACHMENT CRUSADE. Old Thad Stevens’ Articles Pre- sented to the House. Another Series Submitted by Mr. Wil- liams, of Pennsylvania. Progress of the Tax Bill in the Senate. WASHINGTON, July 7, 1868, The New Impeachment Articles, The introduction of Thad Stevens’ impeachment articles in the House to-day was not received with as much enthusiasm as was anticipated, although the motion to lay them on the table was: negatived by a party vote. If they had been proposed by any one else it is Known many would have opposed them because this matter has been talked over fre- quently in private since the failure of the first at- tempt. It is understood that Mr. Williams, of Penn- sylvania has also prepared a series of articles ofim- peachment, which he will present. Extreme radi cals will make an effort to bring Thad’s articles before the Senate before the end of the ses sion and keep the Senate here all summer at another wearying trial. The more moderate say they will have the subject postponed until next ses- sion. 1t is almost certain that the latter disposition will be made of the matter. The great inducement in the minds of many is to try the experiment again with the large accession gained by the radicals in the admission of the Southern Senators. They expect in success through this assistance to wipe out the fatlure of the first trial. The fact that old Thad has again attempted to impeach the “great criminal,” has surprised many here. The old veteran manoeuverer Kept his designs pretty dark and alinost denied that he had any idea of presenting new articles when interrogated on the subject some days ago, It is probable impeachment No, 2 will fall fat, Probable Adverse Report on the Nomination of Collector Smythe, There is no doubt that the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate will report adversely on the nomination of Collector Smythe as Minister to Austria. Extension of the Nicholson Pavemert Patent. The Nicholson pavement patent has been extended seven years longer by the acting Commissioner of Patents. Proposed Early Adjournment of Congress. The republican Senators held a caucus to-day to consider the question of adjournment. Many of the Senators favored an adjournment of the session as soon as the Tax and Appropriation bills shall have been passed, The Funding bill, however, has already been made the special order by the Senate imme- @iately after disposing of the Tax vill. S) Nominations Sent to the Seunte. The following nominations were sent into the Senate to-day:— Louis D. Wiser to be assessor of interna! revenue, third district of Missouri. Charles W. Burr, assessor internal revenue, fourth district of Virginia. Tubman Ayres, to be register of land ofice at Boise City, Jdaho. Edward W, Willett (to be commissioned during the recess of the Senate) to be Receiver at land office at Sacramento, Cal. Lieutenant Commander H. Eibe, to be Commander in the navy. Lieutenant Commander Edward P. McCrce, to be Commander. Expenses for June. The wartrants issued by the Treasury Department Guring the month of June, 1868, to meet the require- ments of the government amounted to, in round numbers, the following sums, viz:— Civil, Miscellaneous and Foreign Inter- War.... Navy Interior Pensions and Indians Proposed Revision of the Cavalry and Artil- lery Tactics. A board of officers will assemble in this city on the €th inst., or as soon thereafter as practicable, to devise and report upon a system of cavalry tactics. It will as far as possible conform the sys- tem of tactics for the cavalry to the present system for tue infantry arm, and will examine and report upon any new system of cavalry tactics that may be presented to it. The following will compose the Board:—Brevet Major General Emory, Colonel Fifth cavalry; Brevet Brigadier General Irvin N. Palmer, Adeutenant Colonel Second cavalry, and Brevet Colouel 8. D. Sturges, Lieutenant Colonel Sixth cay- alry. A board has also been appointed to assemble at Fortress Monroe on the 15th inst. to devise and re- port upon a system of artillery tactics, which is also to be conformed as far as possible to the present system forthe infantry arm. The following 1s the Getail of oficers:— Brevet Major General W. F. Barry, Colonel Second artillery; Brevet Major General T. Seymour, Major Fifth artillery; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel H, H. Du- pont, Captain Fifth artillery. THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Second Sessi: SENATE. WASHINGTON, July 7, 1868. THE "YOSEMITE VALLEY. Mr. MORGAN, (rep.) of N. Y., presented a petition from the citizens of New York, protesting against any cession of the Yosemite valley to private parties. Referred to Committee on Public Lands. ACCOUNTS OF DISBURSING OFFICERS. Mr. WILSON, (Tep.) Of Mass., called up the joint resolution in relation to the settlement of the ac- counts of certain officers and agents who have dis- bursed public money under direction of chief engi- Beers, Which was passed, ‘The money in question was expended in the erec- tion of fortifications in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. SALARIES OF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGES. Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of IIL, called up the bill to revive and continue in force the act of July 20, 1850, and the acts amendatory thereto. He ex lained that a year ago the salaries of most of the District Judges Were increased from $2,000 to $3,600, and at that time the law authorized the paymentjof ex- nses of District Judges calied out of their districta yy Justices of the Supreme Court. It was reported that one of the Justices of the Supreme Court doubt- ed whether their authority to call District Judges out of their districts was not also thereby repealed by implication and desired this declaration that that Provision was now tn force. Mr. Wiiitams, (rep.) of Oregon, contended that the expenses ought to be paid, notwithstanding the increase of pay. citing the case of the District Judge of Oregon, Judge Dedy, who waa frequently called into California to hold the Circuit Court, because of the large amount of business there. Messrs. CONNESS, (rep.) of Cal., COLE, (rep.) of Cal., and CORBETT, (rep.) of Oregon, testified to the same state of facts, and Mr. WILLIAMS moved to amend by providing that the District Judge of Oregon re- ceive his expenses for holding circuit ip San Fran- cisco. Mr. TRUMBULL reminded the Senate that the in- crease of salary had veen made for the very purpose of compensation for expenses thus incurred. He op- posed the amendment. Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., as having been a member of the committee of conference on the bill making the increase last year, corroborated the statement of Mr. Trumbull. He produced a letter from District Judge Hoffman, of California, denying that the business of the District Court there was overburdening him. Mr. Connegss said if the letter had been written to affect the pending bill for the creation of a second District Court in California it was bag t inge that it had not been sent to one of the ators from valifornia. He reiterated his statement in regard to hye business of the California District Court. Mf. CONKLING, as a personal friend of Judge Hort. mait, said his character was too well Kndwn to re- quire x ny defence of his veracity here. ‘After s (¢W further remarks from Mr. Conxkss the amendmeé:t Was rejected and the bill passed. CONKIDRATION OF THR TAX BILL RESUMED, Whereupon, the morning bour having expired, the consideration d) the Tax bill waa resumed. Ab amendment ¢:¥ the committee was agreed to, after the Jat of ANG next instead of January. b. ot i . NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAr, JULY 8, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. as in the House bill, all shall be deemed | to prepare additional articles of impeachment and to have been manuf or Seaervel after rt the same in substance as follows:— the eof act and nee the ditional articles of impeachment exhibited by the sgreed to, empor ste Becrotaey of tne Sad of ale a permis atten Onieed \statoe' aqainet , empows and Internal Revenue to alter, | Andrew Johnson, dent of the United States, in renew or change the form of any or | maintenance and support of mpeachment label used under the laws relating to spirits or tobacco. On an amendment authorizing the Sec- retary of the Treasury, instead of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue ne Se Solicitor of Internal Rev- ill, to compromise suits, con- their against him for high crimes and in FIRST ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. That the said Andrew Johnson, President of the enue, as in the House United States, did abuse the patronage of the govern- siderable discussion arose, ment, which by virtue ef ins bitice had been intrusted Mr. TRUMBULL contended that’some check should | to him and did pervert it to improper and selfish be provided outside of the department, poses, Misnennck ag he used it tocorrupt the of pur, , MORTON, (rep. ., opposed the whole 8; ir, MORTON, (rep.) of Ind., 0} - peor he United States and to induce them to tem of compromise, insisting they have been don and renounce the > papel es which they Aruleal source of ude upou she wove Aas ane | did uot apette i ardct to promote the pellsh pur ir. SHERMAN, approve ower to eeeeaieeane was jutely necessary of ren Andrew Johnson. The President of the in any revenue system, Hehad no objection to any additional safeguard. ‘Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., pointed out that no limit 1s placed to the time for which suits may be | termination to compromised, Mr. TRUMBULL moved to amend by language of the House bill and ad for approval by the Attorney General of the Solicitor of Internal Revenue. @ provision ‘Mr. SHERMAN was of the opinion that that would | became the im) Attorney General. Trumbull’s amend- ose too much labor upon fter further discussion Mi restoring the | ment, many thousand in number, Milled with the opinion | who office because he professed to hold the princl the republican and gealously avowed ni eas them into effect. When he found the offices of the govern- men the same pepanHcan. principles and appoint cxpneny to carry ct, when by a@ fatal accident he ef executive of the nation, he deter- mined to seek an election for the same office at the next Presidential term. He foresaw that it wouid came into power he profe them into é ment was withdrawn for the mrcuent, and the com- | become necessary to denounce the principies of the mittee’s amendment was Mr. SHERMAN moved to amend the same section by striking out the words ‘district in the provision reaulsige Sie recommendation of the District At- torney before any compromise is made of a case after the suit has been commenced,” and insert “Attorney General,” which was agreed republican part and to establish @ new personal party, specially devoted to himself, and he did not iesitate to apply to that object the profits of thou- sands of offices and of millions of revenue. He set deliberately about turning faithful oMicers out of their places because ey. would not renounce their principles, and of appointing others to office because to. ‘The amendment striking out the sections on the | the; pleted themes ives to support him and his prin- subject of -banks and bankers was agreed to. An additional section provides that where it is lawful clp ies, emovals and appointments were avow- ly made for no cause of merit or demerit, but for and has become necessary to seize real estate to sat- | the purpose of adding recruits to his new party, isfy a tax, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may direct a bill in Chancery to be filed to enforce SECOND ADDITIONAL ARTICLE, That the said Andrew Johnson, bemg the Chief Ex- the lien of the Untted States for tax upon any real | ecutive of the United States, and being assigned by estate, or to subject any real estate owned by delin- quents to the payment of such tax. All persons having liens upon such real estate or claiming own- ership or interest to be made parties. Agreed to. ‘The last additional section applies internal reve- nue laws in regard to distilled spirits, fermented liquors, tobacco, snuff and cigars to any locality within the exterlor boundaries of the United States, whether in a collection district or not. Agreed to, Mr. SHERMAN offered a further section providin; that the provisions of the act requiring the use 0! revenue stamps shall take effect at the end of sixty days from the passage of the act; but that tf before the expiration of the sixty days the Secretary of the Treasury may deem it necessary for the preparation and delivery of said stamps he may fix atime not later than the Ist of December next, Agreed to. The amendment to section five, passed over in- formally last evening, was again taken up, em- powering the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to employ fifty competent persons to perform such duties and at such compensation as he shall specify. ‘The section discontinues special agents and district inspectors now authorized, Mr. FESSENDEN opposed the amendment, claiming that in States where no whiskey or tobacco is manu- factured the local inspectors are more eiticient. Mr. SHERMAN explained that the Commissioner had thought it better to give to the Commissioner of Internal Kevenue the power to appoint and pay det tives for the prevention of frauds. District Insp tors, he said, were merely local officers and were not paid enough to secure the necessary service. He pointed out several government officers who exer- cise the power of temporary appointments for various purposes, and argued that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, not ihe Secretary of the Treas- ury, Was the proper agent for the appolutment, the latter being geueraily a political officer. Mr. PESSENDEN expressed himself as satisfed with the expianation of the necessity for the appoint- meat of detectives by the Commissioners; bui he in- sisted that the local knowledge of the district in- spectors gave them such superior facilities that they suouid be retained also. Mr. CAMERON, (rep.) of Pa., made a speech on the general subject of the whiskey frauds, He protested tinst this bill as a disgraceful surrender to the Whiskey ring, asserting that if @ man of nerve like Grant should be elected President at the next elec- tiop there would be no difficulty in enforcing the two dollar tax. Great Britain collected ten shillings, nearly two doliars and a half, a gallon, on spirits. ‘This bill was simply in the interesi of speculators, Mr. BuCKALEW, (dem.) of Pa., opposed the provi- sion giving the Commissioners the ’ rary appointments, as Indetinite and liable to abuse. It was then agreed to, On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN the section was fur- ther amended by retaining the district inspectors. On motion of Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt., the de- Jaw to the duties to take care that tie laws shall be faithfully executed, and having no judicial or legis- lative powers confided to him by the constitution, all his duties being strictly executive, did, on the 29th day of May, 1865, and before and after that time usurp to himself the powers of another branch of the government, and did do acts and exercise functions which belonged to the legislative branch alone; and in pursuance of such claim, having at the time the army and navy of the United States at his command, did establish and erect into a separate government that portion of the territory with hi been con- quered by the United States from the so- calied Confederate States of America, and which was litely embraced within the boundaries of the State of North Carolina, and did by his own usurped authority create a State and form of gov- ernment hitherto unknown to the United States, and did create an office hitherto unknown to the con- stitution, and appointed thereto an oiicer whom he called Provisioual Governor and directed him how to construct and carry out said government. He fixed and by his own will decreed the qualification of electors and who should be eligible to office in the new government, which he by proclamation de- clared was deprived of ail civil government by the armed forces of the independent beliigerents ‘with whom we had been at war; and he appointed Wil- liam W. Holden to the office of Provisional Governor of North Carolina and directed him to administer the offices of tie newly created State. On the 8th of June, 1865, he usurped the same powers, and with- any tion from Congress, to whom alone it belonged, erected into an _— inde- pendent State that part of conquered ter- ritory formerly Known as the State of Mississip; and appoiated William L. Sharkey Provisional Goy- ernor thereof, And on the 17th of June, 1865, he in like manner erected a portion of said territory into what he catled the State of Georgia, and appointed James Johnson Provisional Governor thereof, On or about the 17th, 2st and 30th of June and the 13th of July, he in like manner created governments which he calied the States of Texas, south Carolina and Florida. And when afterwards Congress deciared such governiuents and institutions null and void, and prescribe] other methods of governing said territory and to euabie it to enter the Union by the consent of Congress, the President declared such laws nd void, and advised the people to resist their execu- tion; and he has never aiaed in carrying into edtect, bal has resisted, what are called the “reconstruction AWS. THIRD ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. For that Andrew Johnson, President of the United ower of tempo- | States, by his corrupt practices did attempt to induce the Senators elect from the State of Coiorado to perjure themselves upon the condition of his sigaing the bill adinitting Colorado into the Union as a State, and thereby adiitting them as Senators of the United States. He did also pardon and restore the tails of the drawback provisions were so amended | rights of franchise to one hundred and uinety- as to place the matter of drawbacks in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury and the officers of the port, instead of the Commissioner of Internal Reve- nue and his subordinates. Mr. Davis, (dem.) of Ky., favored the adoption of some could be consolidated into one. Mr. SHERMAN made some remarks in reply to Mr. Cameron and others. He said it was generally con- ceded that it would bein the interest of good morais as well as of the Treasury to reduce the taxes and thereby break up the whiskey — briefly the principal provisions of the bill. Mr. POMEROY, (rep.) of Kan., expressed his want Uhree deserters, who during the war had deserted from the United States army, upon the condition that they would vote for the democratic party at the then immediately ensuing election; and they did thus vote, and give to the democratic lan by which the several taxes on Whiskey | agent, Hon. Thomas Bb. Fidrence, the sum of one thousand dollars in cash. He appoimted numerous persons to office who could not take the test ere ind did not take it, but were allowed to act and disc the functions thereof in defiance of law. He ordered agricultural scrip to be issued to He expiained | the State of North Carolina, which scrip was issued under the act of 1862, when North Carolina was in armed warfare against the Union. He restored, with- of faith in the idea that reducing the tax to fifty | out authority of law, large tracts of forfeited pro- cents will prevent frauds. He coincided in Mr. Cameron's opinion that it was @ surrender to the whiskey ring. Mr. CoLz followed with remarks to the same pur- port. Mr. Van WINELE, (rep.) of W. Va., offered an ad- ditional section to repeal all acts or parts of acts im- posing internal revenue tax on the products of petroleum or on crude oil, the production by a single distillation of coal, shale peat, asphaltum or other mineral substances. He asserted that mineral oul is the only article of ite class now taxed, and argued that in view of its extensive consumption among the poor and of its value as an article of export it should be relieved. Mr. WiLLiaMs said the Finance Committee had eet Sanat it is believed, to pay the national debt—which had been forfeited under act of Con- gress, approved July 17, 1862, by reason of all which outrages this government became impoverished, the peopie embarrassed, the rebei raiders allowed to flourish and the constitution fagrantiy violated. He sold pardons for money or ailowed it to be done through pardon brokers. FOURTH ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. He did take from the Treasury of the United States if tracts of land and large amounts of money, suiicient, it is believed, to have paid our national debt, and which had’ been transferred to the United States by act of 17th July, 1862, as enemies’ property, to be applied to the expenses of the war and the debt of the United States. This was corruptly and felt obliged to confine the bill to whiskey and to- | unlawfully done, without any authority of Congress. bacco, as otherwise, in their opinion, it could not Pass. Other interests would also demand relief, Mr. BUCKALEW advocated the amendment. He was assured that the House would concur and that no delay would be occasioned by applications from other interests for relief. The amendment was rejected—15 to 17. Mr. Davis sent an amendment to the Chair, but, without its being read} at twenty minutes past five o'clock Mr. Ramsey moved to adjourn, which was Tejected—16 to 16. On motion of Mr. SHERMAN the evening session was dispensed with. He urged the passage of the bill to-night, REPRESENTATION IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES. Mr. ConxKLino introduced a bill regulating repre- sentation in the electoral college. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. Another motion to adjourn then prevatied, and at haif-past five the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, July 7, 1868, BILLS PRESENTED. Mr. DELANO, (rep.) of Ohio, introduced @ bill to provide for the payment of certain demands for stores and articles used by the engineer department in the army of the United States, Referred to the Commit- tee on Claims. Mr. BoUTWELL, (rep.) of Mass., introduced @ bill to fix the time for holding the terms of the United States District Court in Virginia. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. THE NIAGARA SHIP CANAL BILL. Mr. Van Horn, (rep.) of N. Y., asked leave to offer a resolution making the Niags hip Canai bill the special order for the 10th of December next. Mr. HOLMAN, (dem.) of Ind., objected. TRANSFER OF INDIAN LANDS. Mr. JULIAN, (rep.) of Ind., offered a preambie and resolution relating the fact of a so-called treaty be- tween the Potawatamie Indians and the Atchison, ‘Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company, by which three hundred and forty-two thousand acres of In- dian lands were transferred at the rate of one dollar an acre, which was monstrously disproportionate to their value, and instructing the Committee on In- dian Affairs to inquire into the facts, with power to send for persons and papers. Adopted, NEW ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST THE PRE- SIDENT. Mr. STEVENS, (rep.) Of Pa.—I{ rise to a question of privilege. I desire to introduce a resojution and tollow it with some few remarks, but will ne. ask ony furtheraction. Mr. Beck, (dem.) of Ky.—The resolution is not for ‘action at this session ’ Mr. STBVENS—No, sir. The resolution, omitting the preamble, was read as follows:— Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare addi tional articles of tinpeachment aud report the saine in suo- stance as follows. Mr. StEveNS—I will not ask to have the articles read now, but will proceed with the remarks which I intend to make, I will then ask @ postponement of the matter. Mr, WAsHBURN®, (rep,) of Iil., remarked that the gentlemen around him did not understand what the question before the House was, The SrEAKER—The gentleman from Pennsylvania presents a resolution proposiag the appointment of # committee to prepare and report articles of impeach- ment. Mr. Wasnscnne—Is that a matter of privilege? (Laughter.) The Sreaker—The Chair thinks that it is a matter of the very highest importance. Mr, SreVENS—Having said that much I shal! occu. py enly the time necessary for the remarks which | intend to make, leaving the articles and the testi- mony ¢o go to the printer without being read, as I do hot wiah to mee f the time of the House. Mr. ens having read the first few paragraphs of his ech, said he would ask his friend, the Clerk of the jouse, to continue the reading. Mr. ‘McPxerson, the Clerk, proceeded with the reading, but was interrupted by Mr. BRcx, who re- uired that tthe proposed articles should be read so | run, that members xiight better understand the apeech, The proposed articles Were accordingly read, as followa:— Whereas a High Court of hee has lately been in session to try Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, for high crimes and medemeanors, FiFTH ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. He did usurp the powers of other branches of the ernment, and exercise the legislative power in jeflance of the constitution, in creating or attemnpt- ing to create new governments out of the territory conquered from the “Confederate States of America,” 80 called, and to govern them by his own mere power, by forms unknown to the consiitution, with- out consulting Congress, but defying their authority when they had spoken, and denying the constitu- tionality of the laws of Congress enacted to govern said conquered territory. Mr. MCPHERSON, Clerk of the House, then resumed the reading of Mr. Stevens’ speecii. Me had not concluded it, when Mr. STEVENS said he would not ask to have the specch read in full, but would let it be printed in the Glove. ‘Lhe following is a synopsis of the speech:— Mr. STRVENs commenced by showing the impor- tance of establishing a jaw of inmpeachments, and dwelt upon the opportunity afforded for establish- ing such a law in the late trial of the President. Several reasons were then given why he was dissatisiied with the result of that trial. He then spoke of some of the acta whic had been perpetrated by the President in attempting to corrupt and bribe citizens of the United States, now members of Congress, and went on to say: am almost ashamed to charge the respondent with so small an offence as corrupting the jawiul voters of the United States to build up a party for biuself, especialiy when there are so many graver charges—charges which in any other country would bring out the block and sharpen the axe ; but wt may be well to expose to the gaze of the loyal people of the nation the conduct of him who claimed to be pure and who violated all his claims. It was charged and proved that the President had pardoned one hundred and ninety-three deserters from the United States army, who had taken with them their arme and accoutre- ments tothe enem ist Vefore the day on which they were ed to svote, that they | might cast ballot for Mr. Andrews, of Virginia, and Colonel Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, both friends and partisans of the Presic When the President had been commts- missioned, like the vormentor of Job, to deal with @ nation to whatever devilish exteut he chose in order, IT suppose, to try their virtue and the endurance of the fire of liberty, and had commenced his acts of torture and injustice, lhe began pardoning the most lofty rebels, having lirst exonerated all he lower grace and ordered to be restored to them the jand which had been seized as =«enemies’ property by the conquering Power. He could not enumerate one-tenth part of the property which the President iad ordered to be restored to his (riend®, the original owners. If the property which, by the’ acts of July 17, 1sez, and other acts had been thus disposed of and the money paid to defray the debta of the government, that debt, now amounting to two thousand five hundred million dollars, would have been liquidated and | paid. It was a duty which the President was sworn | to perform to convert this property into money to pay of the debt. Had he not been guilty of oficial perjury the whoie | of the bone lept which is now a lien upon every man's property would have been paid, or in the pro- | coss of payment, out of the confiscated fands of the rebels, Having concluded this part of his epeech, Mr. Steve! \d:—I do not know that it is wise to ask for a vote upon this resolution. He said he had come to the conclusions that ucituer in Europe nor America would the Chief Magistrate of a nation be again removed by peaceful means. If he retained the money and the patronage of tne government it would be found etronger than the Jaw and impene- trable to the spear of justice. If tyranny became intolerable the only resource would be found in the dagger of Brutus. God Grant. God grant that it may uever be used! Mr. Stevens concluded as foliows:—If thie government should learn to unish her delinquent ruiers and never to depart m the principles of the Declaration of Indepen- i dence, especially from the inasen righta of life, liberty and its necessary concoimitant—unt- versal suffrage—she never can take a step backward, but will sai! forward on a sea of glory into the very marge of that awful gulf which divides Time ‘om Eternity. My sands are nearly and [ can only see with the eye of faith, IT am fast descending the down hill of life, at the foot of which stands an open grave; but you, Sir, are promised length of daye and a brilliant career.’ If you and your com- 8 can fling away ambition aad realize that every uman being, however lowly born and degraded by and has adjourned without completing ita judgment; | fortune, is your equal, that every inalienable right and whereas, as it i8 a a that additional articles | that belongs to you belongs aise to him, truth and should be filed if thé House deem it expedient, epread over the ind and you will therefore, from the top of the Rocky on? upon Ved, That a comn@itee of —— he annointed | act empire of one bupdred millions of hewpy people. STEVEN! postponed until next Mon E a on the table. his motion by ee Mr, WasHBURNE, of Ill.—Let it go that way. + ‘The question being taken on MeHotman's motion there were but 8 mem] oting—24 to 60, Mr. HOLMAN with the motion, and then on Mr. Stevens’ motion the matter was postponed till Mapiay two weeks, Mr. WILLIAMS, rep.) of Pa., said he desired as a matter of priyil submit additional articles of impeachment which he had prepared some time ago, involving, as he thor high political colanee oh the of Andrew Jo! He would send them to clerk’s desk. He should desire to support them by an argument, but if he were allowed to have his argument printed in the Globe he would not occupy the time of the House now. and adisoual articles prepared by air; Willa are ional articles pre, 4 are to be printed in the ‘Glae. id THE WAREHOUSING SYSTEM. Mr. MORRELL, (rep.) of Pa., from the Committee on Manufactures, reported a bill to modify the ware- housing system. The first section requires a sworn a jon in writing upon the entry of merchan- dise for warehousing as to whether it is entered fo. consumption or exportation. The second sectio: requires payment of six per cent per annum interest on the value of warehoused merchandise during the time it is kept in the warehouse. \ Mr. ALLISON, (rep.) of Iowa, madé the point of order that the second section was a virtual increase of the tariff and must therefore be considered in Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER overruled the point of order on the ground that it was optional with importers whether they warehoused their goods, and if they did not this bill charged no increased rates of duties. ‘Mr. MORKELL mage a speech in support of the bili. Mr. Cake, (rep.) of , addressed the House on the same side of the subject. Mr. PILE, (rep.) of Mo., opposed the bill as one that would bear iiard on merchants and importers in the intertor cities, as it was, under the law, not volun- tary, but compulsory, that the merchandise must go to warehouses for examination and survey and could not be got out for mouths. The bill should have come either from the Committee on Commerce or the Committee on Ways and Means; but he did not see What business the Committee on Manufactures had with it. He moved to amend the second section by providing that interest shall not be charged till after the goods have been in warehouse sixty days. Mr. O’NEIL, (rep: of Pa., regarded the bill as a food one, whether it came from one committee or rom another. If the bill were in the interest of manufacturers let it help them. He was for a tarilf, and he hoped the House would pass the tariff bill reported by his colleague, Mr. Moorhead, from the Committee on Ways and Means. But even here, if anything can be done towards benefiting home in- dustry, let that be done and done gracefully. Mr. RauM, (rep.) of Iil., moved to amend by re- quiring duties on all imported goods remaintag in the custom houses and warehouses to be paid within sixty days. Mr. LYNCH, (rep.) of Me., moved to amend by pro- viding that unrefined sugar shall not be considered manufactured goods, Mr. ALLISON spoke against the bill. He regarded it as a tariff bill in disguise, increasing the duties on every pound of tea and coffee used by the poor or the rich. If the tari! were not high enough why not readjust it ina proper way. It was not fair to pass under this diegu creasing duties five or six per cent on an ay regarded the bill also us another blow at the commerce of the country. Mr. PIKE, (rep.) of Me., remarked that the Com- mittee of Ways and Means appeared wo be just wak- ing up to the condition of commerce, LLISON argued against requiring importers to hether merchandise would be used tor cou- sumption or for exportation, It wouid be impossible to de H ‘a8 Lot prepared to increase the dutics six per cent on all imported articies. He thought the duties on many articles hign enough, Was not ility or sixty per cent on iron high enough? and was not seventy-iive to one hundred and twenty-iive per cent on Woollen manufactures high enough ? Mr, CAKE supported the bil. fe appealed to the House earnestly iu favor of early action ou the ques- tion of protection to American labor. He de- nounced the warehousing sysiem as a relic of the destructive tari! of 1846. and called upon the friends of home industry to wiui- hold their sauction from other Congressional measures pressed by its opponents until this mea- sure, Which le regarded as the most important, re- ceived attention, He announced himself ready to join any party that was pledyod protection as its leading pepniple. and he argued that England had never surrendered her protective system and that no nation that did so ever prospered, Mr, SCHENCK, (rep.) Of Olio, moved that the bill and amendments be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. MORRILL hoped that the motion would not be agreed to. The Comuittee of Ways and Means bad as much business now as it could attend to. Mr. SPALDING, (rep.) of Ohio—It will be understood that that reference kilis the bill. Mr. KAUM remarked that that followed as a matter of course. There was HO doubt about it. Mr. SCHENCK said he had read with great interest the exceedingly able report of the Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures (Mr. Morrill), but he thought the bill a rather ignopie conclusion to such a full and able report. He admitied that the ware- house system was full of evila, but this bill did not propose a remedy for any of them, This was a littie tari? bill in disguise, aud he himself conceived chat that subject belonged to the Committee of Ways and Means. He ee ht that there ought to be some cou- sistency in the legislation of Congress. The Com- mittee of Ways and leans had proposed the other day to allow whiskey to remain in bonded ware- houses three montis. The House had proposed to extend that time to six Months, and now the Seuate proposed to extend it to twelve months, bul no oue thought of charging interest on its cost while it re- mained in pond. Mr. RavM remarked that a bill on this same sub- ject, which he had introduced on the 5th of June, had been referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and that nothing had been heard of it since. It was a startling fact thut this country was annually ex- ee one hundred nullion dollars of specie to pay jor imported gouds. It was the duty of Congress before it adjourned to pass some act to discourage the importation of foreign goods, 80 that the product of the gold mines might be hoarded up, CAUSE there never would be a resumption of specie pay- ment unless @ large amount of gold was hoarded up. The question was taken on Mr. Schenck’s motion to refer the bill and amendments to the Committee of Ways and Means, and it was agreed to by 54 to 44. So the bill and amendments were referred to the Committee of W and Means. PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn., rising to a personal expiauation on the part of a portion of the Com- miltee of Ways and Means referred to a statement in the Washington correspondence of the Chicago Tribune 0: April 25, a report of which had been laid on the desks of members this morning, in which this statement Is made:— ‘The revort of the Sub-Committee of Ways and Means on the revision of the tarif la not published, but printed in this fat iheet was revised oue of the members abeets for the instruction on: course Was adopted in reference to the Iron and Btee! Assoct- ation. Mr. MaYNaRp desired to say, as a member of the Sub-Corm and speaking for the other menibers, that the ondent was misinformed entirely on that matier, There had been nothing in the action of the Sub-Comuuttee to justify such a represeuta- ton. RELIEF OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS. Mr. WASHBURN, (rep.) of Wis., asked leave to have the Senate bill for the relief of the government con- tractors for building iron-clads taken from the Speaker's desk and referred, Messrs. SPALDING Gnd BENJAMEN, (rep.) of Mo., ob- jected. THE ALASKA APPROPRIATION BILL. The House at half-past two o'clock went into com- mittee of the whole, Mr. Garfield, (rep.) of Ohto, in the chair, on the bill appropriating $7,200,000 to pay for the Alaska purchase, with the agreement that a recess should be taken from half-past four o'clock ast seven O'clock this evening. mate on the Alasia bill was carried on by 4 Axted, Higby, Spalding and Raum, in ad- vor of it, and by Mesara, McCarthy, Loan and Butler, of Massachusettes, in opposition to it. Mr. SPALDING declared that, while he agreed most y with the minority of the Committee of Foreign Affiire ag to the constitutional right of the House to judge us to the expediency of any treaty involving Constitutional powers, he was prepared to vote for this appropriation, and would vote to acquire the Russian possessions in America, even if that were still au original question. In reference to the speech of Mr, Shellabarger last week, as to the impolicy of acquiring foreign territory not contiguous to the United States, he denied that any territory on the American continent was to be deemed foreign to the government of the United States when it sought to extend its limits. He believed it fated that the American flag should wave over every foot of the continent in course of time, Mr. Pike—luc.ading Seuth America? Mr. SraLvrnu—Yes, air, Including South America. He did not see how, in view of the precedent set by General Jacksou in reference to the French treaty, the House coult refuse to make this appropriation. He had too much faith in the patriottsim, intellizence and good sense of the House to suppose that it would do any such thing. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) Of Mass., had intended to make an elaborate argument against the bill, but the very ie and exhaustive report of the minority of the Committee on Foreign Affairs rendered it Unneces- sary for him to do do so, He contended that the House could not with fidelity to its constitutioual rights admit the principle ¢laimed by the majority of that committee. He could no information from tie Committee on Foreign Affairs as to the value of the territory, except some statements of Bohemians who would be dearly paid at $30 per week, and whose statements were covered by the impersonal “we?'—never used except by monarchs, editors @ the devil. He entered his protest againat any more extension of the rights of American citizensliip. He did not want it extended to the inhabitants of St. ‘Thomas, St. Croix, Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska, wairnses and seals. They must stop somewhere, Roman citizenship had not been fang away to the fat-aucking people of Alaska or to the plantain leaf covered people of Patagonia. If they wanted foreign territory, Why ot extend an Americatt protectorate over Greece. If the bill was to be |, he would ropose af amendment to it withhol x4 660,000 for fe payment of claims by citizens of the United Bi agatnet the imperial government of Rui re ferring particwiarly w the ciaim of the heira of B. W. Perkine, Qf Munitions lurniahed during Crimean wae ne | , ~~ ‘Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., made the point of order that the was germane to the bill, amen: ‘The CHAIRMAN sustained the point of order. Mr, BUTLER sppealed from the decision of the Chair. ‘The question on the a} was reserved. L, (dem.) of Cal., reminded the House Sas Se se ee was the steam ocean oe ane world, not hav! ¢ winds necessary for ships, When there should be three lines of railroad communicntion between the Atlantic and the Pacific @ great ship canal across the Isthmus it would then be found that the Pacific Ocean was the teat theatre of American activity, and (be, er’ people would then rejoice that they yy purchase extinguished every other pational flag on that coast; that they had great rs for their commerce there, and that they had opened up the means of holding and control not only the commerce of North America, but of all the world. Mr, Higby, (rep.) of Cal., warned the House that it must imi Fesponsibility of saying, unless it passed this bill, that it was better to have a war with Russia than to ratify this treaty. fore! nations had a right, under international law and under the American constitution, to take the word of the President and Senate of the United States, and were not sup) to come and consult the House of epresentatives as to whether it approved or disapproved a treaty. Mr. McCantuy, (rep.) of N. Y., claimed that in all treaties where appropriations are necessary the House of Representatives must be consulted. Mr. Seward had ignored that right, taking the ground that the House had no business to discuss the ques- tion, and had taken possession of Alaska under a mutual agreement with Baron Stoeckl, in order to place the nation in an apparently honorable necea- sity to pay the money. le argued that the United States owed nothing to Russia for her friendship. It was dictated by her own interest. Her system of government was a despotism, and had no afiinity ae apopwar government like that of the United ates, Mr. Raum contended that the principle governing snch questions in the United States need not ditfer from the principle ruling in Engiand, where the treaty making power was in the crown, and where the Parliament was bound by the treaties made by the crown. So it was the law of this country that a treaty made by the President and Senate and within the treaty tae power controlled the people of the United States, including the House of RKepre- sentatives. Mr. WILLIAMS, of Pa., denied that the crown was the treaty making power in England, and asserted, from the debates on the Jay treaty, that the rule in Engiand is to submit treaties to Parliament. Mr. BANKs denied that that was the rule, or that any such statement had been made in the debate on treaty. VILLIAMS having procured a copy of the “An- nals of Congress for 1795 and 1796,”? read extracts from a speech of Mr. Gallatin to justify the statement ne had made. Mr. RauM quoted “Story on the Constitution’ to show that the power of making trenties resides in the English Crown in its utmost plenitude, and that the interference of the Parliament was simply to adapt the machinery of the laws to the new state of things made by treaties. When he came to con- sider this treaty, entered into with all the sanctions of ‘the constitution, he came to the conclusion that honor and good faith demanded that the treaty should be executed by the United States in the spirit in which it was entered into, If the House of Representatives had the power to nullify a treaty it could only be by assuming the respousibility of war. He stood ready to carry out the contract. He admitted, in reply to Mr. Price, that Congress had the pees not only to refuse to execute a treaty, but had the power to abrogate trea- tles when ma But Congress would do so on tts own responsibility. He believed tt before ten years Mexico would be forming three, five or ten States of the American Union. The committee rose at a quarter before six, the evening session having been dispensed w REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABLLITIFS. Mr. Bourwe.L, from the Committee on Reeon- struction, reported a bill to remove disabilities from certain persons, Which was ordered to be printed and recommitted, ‘The House then adjourned, THE REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. Arrival of Delegates at Syracuse—Probable Nomination of Lyman Tremaine for Gove ernor. Syracuse, N. Y., July 7, 1868. Nearly all the deleyvies to the Republican State Convention are already on hand and it is expected that the work of the Convention will be speedily trans- acted to-morrow. The friends of John A. Griswold for Governor are numerous; but it 1s evident that a considerable majority are in favor of the nomination of Mr. Lyman Tremain, of Albany. Indeed, his nomi- nation is very generally conceded to-night, and the impression ia quite prevalent that the name of Mr. Griswold will be withdrawn before the Convention organizes, For Lieutenant Governor the names of Alonzo B. Cornell, of Ithica, and Charles Andrews, of Syra- cuse, are most prominent; for Inspector of State Prisons, General Barnum, of Syracuse; for Canal Commissioner, Mr. Barciay, of Washing on county, and for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Mr. C. Young, Second Dispatch, the present deputy. SYRACUSE, July 7, 1388. ‘There is still much uncertainty as to who will be Placed at the head of the ticket, The friends of Governor Fenton will unquestionably have the con- trol of the Convention, but as xet they are not thoroughly united-in the support of Lymai maine, The New York, K and Albany delegations are more or less divided, a minority of each favoring Mr. Griswoid. The firiends of Mr. Griswold, who are aciively canvassing to-night the various delegations are somewhat hopeful, but not san- guine, while the extreme Tremaine men are less confident than they were early in the evening. A new combination is the suggestion of Horace Greeley’s name for the Executive nomination. His claims are earnestly urged by Benjamm Field, Mr. Young, of the New York Tribune, and Mr. Brown, of the Rochester Democrat, and quite a party is spring- ing up In his favor. Everything indicates, however, that the contest will be speedily narrowed to a vote between Gris- wold and Tremaine, with slight odds in favor of the latter. The remainder of the ticket will in all probability be as indicated in a previous despatch, with perhaps General Patrick H. Jones Clerk of the Court of Appeals. Horace nominated for jree! ikely head the Greeley and A. T. Stewart will most electoral ticket. General Van Wyck Declines to be a Candidate of the Republican State Convention, The following is the letter of Hon. C. H. Van Wyck declining the nomination or the Republican Cou- vention for Governor: CALDWELL, New York, July 7, 1868, Hon. E. M. MADDEN:— MY DEAR FRIEND—I will not be able to see you as expected, but my deternination is the same as I stated to you at our last interview. You know at the outset I did not favor the use of my name as candidate for Governor; that J have steadily refused t6 make any effort in that direction, and insisted that in no event should any name be used in a struggle or competition in the Convention. The occasion requires that there shailgnot only be a united and vigorous closing up of our ranks for the coming eampaign; but that there shall not be even the appearance of @ contest in the selection of local officers, gratified se I might be with an unsolicited nomination; yet I know others are men- tioned who command more elements of success, While willing labor for the complete triamph of our principle® I prefer to serve in the ranks than be one of the standard bearers, Thanking my friends in the different parte of the State for the honor the have done me im the expression of their confidence by suggeating my name {in connec- tion with the highest o1 in the State, I authorize yon to withdraw my name asa candidate from the consideration of the haces a 4 OBITUARY. Miss Anna Lacoste. Society and the world of taste, literature and art will learn with deep regret the decease, after a pain- ful illness of twelve weeks, of this most estimable, highly endowed and self-cultured young lady, She fell a victim to rhenmatiam of the heart on Monday evening at the Belvidere House. Miss Lacoste, a little more than three years ago, prepared to make the stage her profession, and first essayed, with re- muarkable success, the long and difficult réle, created by Rachei—Virginia.” r aim was lofty, and she promised never to surrender her higti sta dard of taste for temporary success, From this she never swerved, In her private entertaininents she was adinired for the elegance of her manners, the superiority of her mind, her remarkable conversa- tional powers and discrimination, and for her native movtesty and worth, Last May Miss Lacoste recit publicly three times the whole of Shakspeare's “Julius Cesar,” without book of prompter, person- ating with marked power and effect the various characters, The feat was se to be recog. nized as one of the most brilliant entertainments of the tines, but ae she was gut to repeat suc. cesses here in other cities, @ severe cold interrupted the purpose of her ainbition. Her loss will be deeply deplored by her numerous friends and adwirers, and it wil! be tong before the English language will have the advantage of @ more perfect and finished reader. In life she was lovely, and the serenity of her mind im the hour of her death, which was marked by all the charming characteristics of her nature, will soften the blow which so many will fee! it aificult to bear. Tae ALLEGED MURDRR IN TWENTY-NINTH STRER Yesterday morning Coroner Fiynn was notified to hold an inquest at No, 228 West Twenty-ninth street on the body of James Canton, the man whose death 1s alleged to have resulted from violence received at the hands of Thomas Jefferson Wild, as already re- ported tn the HeRaLD. The inquisi however, was postponed until to-day, when it will be held the Thirty-fifth street faye station, Wild still re- maine ip prison ny awaiting the result. viously the accused bad been piace in the ey ofthe Co oper. by 3 Dodee. of the ipfarson Mai ket Police Conrt: 3 MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. Peter Cagger, of Albany, Killed While Driving’ im the Central Park, John HB. Develin, of This City, Dan- gerously Wounded. SKETCH OF THE PUBLIC LIFE OF MR. CAGGER, On Monday night last, about half-past twelve o'clock, Peter Cagger, of Albany, the distinguished lawyer and democratic politician, was accidentally killed while driving in the Central Park, accompanied. by John E. Develin, a prominent politician and lawyer of this city, the latter gentieman being also. seriously if not fatally injured. The deceased arrived in this city a few days since to attend the Nationat Convention now in session, and was staying tempor- arily atthe Worth House. On Monday evening, about half-past six o'clock, he drove out in a barouche with a friend—Mr. George Evans, of Albany— and proceeded up Fifth avenue and by way of Bloomingdale road to the residence of Mr, Develin, at 134th street. After remaining a short time Mr. Evans returned alone to the city, aving Mr. Cag- ger, who had made a previous appointment to meet. @ gentleman at the Manhattan Club at ha’t-past eleven o'clock, It was understood at parting that Mr. Cagger would drive into town with Mr. Develin shortly afterwards. About fifteen minute later both gentlemen started for the city ina carriage, though it is also reported that the understanding was that Mr. Develin would leave Mr. Cagger at the street cars, and that he should by that means come to the city alone. On the way down, jiowever, they appear to have passed down Harlem lane and enter- ed the Central Park at the R voir gate, from Fifth avenue, a short distance north of Righty. street, Shortly after entering the Park they a sharp curve in the road, and as they drove around it the spokes of one of the Is gave away, upsetting the vehicle and throwing its occupants to the ground. Mr. Develin first fell from the carriage, and Mr, Cagger was thrown over him, striking heavily on his head in the roadway. Omcer Leonard, of the Park police, was on duty at the point where the carriage entered the Park, and shortly afterwards, hearing a crash and a whistle in the direction in which the carriage had proceeded, he followed and met a gentieman who informed him that there were two men killed 2 short distance further on. Arrived at the place indicated, the offtcer found two persons lying near the centre of the road, both of them insensib| Several per- sons who passed in carriages were r ested by the onicers to render assistance, but they ail made ex- cuses and passed on. Mr. William Runnett, of this city afterwards, and with his a: ni procured, when it was ascertained that one of the rostrate persons was already dead. ‘This proved to ye Peter Cagger, and his remuins were taken to St. came along just rarriage Was, Luke's Hospital. Mr. Develin was taken to his home, still unconscious, but exhibitnyg syuiptoms of re- ival. Mr. Develin’s injuries, so far as ascertained, consist of a severe laceration and contusion of tie | scalp anda broken hand. Mr. Cagyer’s skull wes fractured, m facterushed tn, and his face slightly of the deceased were visited yester- . number of prominent gentlemen, and untimely death cast a feeling of sorrow over & ze proportion of the members of the Convention, with whom he was personally acquainted, The body was conveyed to Albany at four o'clock yester- day afternoon. Mr. Deveiin still lies in a critical condition, and it is not yet ascertained whether he has sustamed any internal injury. INQUEST Coroner K three o'clock, Peter Cagger. Thomas Kenney, of Albany, sworn, said—De- ceased was an acquaintance of mine: he resided at Albany, and was on a visit to this city atte! ng the National Democratic Convention; T saw him at the Worth House last evening at half-past six o'clock; he then started out in a one-horse buggy to take a ride in the Park with a gentiemaa; | heard of his being injured at half-past nine this morning. William =F. #eonard, sworn, deposed as fol- lows:—I belong to the Park police; at about half-past, eleven last night { heard an alarm whistle; | went to the place from which it came, Bighty-fourth street, on the west drive, near the spring; when I got there I saw deceased lying on his back by the side of the road; Mr. Develin was near by, in an insensille state; oMcer Vannier was at the place before me; I judged from the position in which deceased was found and other circumstances that the horses had run away and thrown him from the wagon. Doctor Beach, who made @ post-mortem examina- tion, testified that deceased diced from a fracture of the skull. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence. THE REMAINS OF MR. ©. an hed an inquest” y St. Luke's Hospital, on the body of Sketch of the Public Life of the Inte Peter Cagger. Peter Cagger, the circumstances of whose death are recorded above, was a native of the city of Albany, New York State, and at the time of his decease was about fifty-six years of age. He adopted the profession of law, rose rapidly to a position of great eminence at the bar and accufaulated a large fortune, having also achieved the reputation of being one of the ablest special pleaders in the State. As a lawyer he was associated in business with Nicholas Hill, John K. Porter and Samuel Stevens, gentlemen who have themselves become eminent at the bar and on the bench of the highest tribunals in the State, During nearly thirty years past Mr, Cagger wast intimately identified with the democratic party in this State, and for fifteen or twenty years had been @ recognized jeader in the organization, He had rep- resented the city of Albany at nearly every demo- cratic convention assembled in this State for the past quarter of a century, and his person had become familar to ail who have attended those assemblien, His position as a leading representative of the “Albany Regency” has long been acknowledged, and in conjunction with the late Dean Richmond he had virtually controlled the democratic party of thia State for many years. But, in addition to hia marked talent as an accomplished political leader, he possessed the confidence of all classes of men in & degree rarely equalled by men prominent in political life and service. His integrity wae beyond question, and his honesty, foresight, pradence and zeal insured to kim, to @ great extent, that success Which had manifested itself in connection with his public labors. It is a remarkable fact and somewhat significant reflection on his retiring dispo- sition that with the exception of probably some com- aratively he eg tl local oifices in Albany he faa never occupied a public official position, thourh itis beyond a doubt that with his popularity and his great influence had he been in any degree ambitious he might have attained to some of the highest offices in the State. As a citizen Mr. C: as esteemed and respected by all whe enjo, his acquaintance, while the warm benevo- lence and geniality of his disposition endeared him in an unusual degree to all who enjoyed hia friend. ship. Mr, Cagger leaves a wife and a young family, on whom this calamity will fall most heavily. In every walk of life the deceased was @ most estimable man, and the newe of his sudden death will cast a +e over the community where he resided and wili be received with deep regret throughout the country. Manifestations of Sorrow in Surntoga. SARATOGA SPRINGS, July 7, 1868. The death of Peter Cagger has cast a gloom over towa, The Union and other hote! fags are dying half wast. AN iMpORTANT QUESTION OECIOED. On the 15th of June last several persons, one James McKee being of the number, were arrested by order of the Healtl Oficer of this port, on the ground that they had been found rowing about in rowboate In the vicinity of veaseis that were anchored within the limits of quarantine, and that they had offered resist ance to the police in the discharge of their duties in making arrests for alleged viola tion of the Quarant ww. The case was brought before Police Justice Garrett, of Edgewater, Staten Island, soon afterward, and on the sd inst. the Jus luce, after having heard the arguments of defendant's and complainaut’s counsel, rendered his decision discharging the prisoners, In doing so, he said t although the provisions of the law prohtbiting inva- sion of the quarantine limits were very strict, and made every offence ® misdemeanor, the law was daily violated by every person who pass and repass the quarantine waters in ferryboats, #mail boats and pleasure yachts; that the only plea for the Heaith Oficer or any of his employes in this cage would be the protection of the public health; but under the acts referred to no vessel having sick- ness on board or subject . eee ins = be allowed to pase to quar = side the Narrows; cme ail vessels which do arrive at this station, if the Health Omeers have egg Ls Ye ey alls soo pai lean, re o clean, therefor Plea of prowet Io in- health falls to the and. eaid the Justice, “I hoid the facts tn this an ven and admitted that the defendants no! vade the quarantine establishment, sar onmied nee, and the policemen were women art the defen 0 resistance to their arrest.’? the defendants mi ‘TR Board oF AvpiTr has gone throngh the calen- dat, god ip calling dgaig those cases which were not peoths wrt e first call, Cages Dot anawared DOW Will he irrevocable dismiased.