The New York Herald Newspaper, July 3, 1869, Page 6

ANT a ae rem = - 8 THE KETCHUM FORGERY CA eA APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE WiTHORAWN Ketchum Discountenances the Proceedings. We Voluntarily Retas to Pris ‘This case, which came up op Wednesday last in the Supreme Court, Special Term, and at the close of ‘the ppoceedings then Judge Barnard having an- rounced that at cleyen o'clock yesterday he would give hte decision in the haveas corpus case of Ed- ward B. Ketchum, the Supreme Court room was crowded by a deeply mterested audience. Neither young Ketchum nor his father was present. A8 soon as Judge Barnard (ook bis seat and quiet was restored in the room he called the case of Ketchum. Mr. Sartlett, rising and addressing the Court, waid:—May it please your Honor, a8 this 18 a case that involves a most important principle of consti- tutional law, I desire thas tt should not only be de- eided rightly, but decided in the full light of all the judicial practices’ and expemences that can be Provight to bear npon the question, The learned Pisirict Attorney, in his closing arguments on the previous day, raised some new potuts, which f should like to review, and should ike to have an opportunity afforded me during the course of the day to hand in decisions of the Court thereon if you would allow your decision to stand over’ till to-mor- row. I had no opportunity when the matter was viously be‘ore your Hour to reply to the District They on the pousis raised by hin. Lt have yASIONS 16 SUID. they Whi be here im the course BENCH UM DISCOUNTEN ANCES T District Attorney Garvin rose to re; to the request of Phelps, who represented himself as counsel ard B. Kecetuin,the prisoner, who proceeded f the dy B WHOLE PROCREDING. bat yielded the Court.” He said:—If the Court Ss matier of the return tothe writ of pus, issued for the purpose of producing uly of Kdward B. Ketchum, oefere the Court upon the merits of te return [ would like ‘afew reatiarks, And uoW at the outset, to avoul any perolexity to my learned friend, whose mgenious uta few days since, before your Honos, niet only with the approbation of the Gourt, as 11 siood sthad, but also met with the admaauoa of the 1 would here state that in appearing now T do not appear for the uncle, Wio is te pelitioner in the case; nor dol | appear for the [atier, ao 18 te power bebind the throue in these proceedings, aud who moves } the whole mach im these proceedings, But 1 appear for KE. B. Keichuus, the prisoner, and tue son i hin Wo is ost 1 ad here, 1 appear here at the request of the prisoner, standing where he wouid slid if he could stand were, speaking for hita as he Would speak—-only Wat he could speak with sume appealing Loree, earnestness aud feelng—were he a free wan Co speak for himself, And witat I 3 re urge and entreat in bis name and tn whether upon Its merits or otverwise, v be discharged and that he should consider these pro- | eeedings as final and look upon this application as never jade, Abd pernaps this migbt avd ougat to be sufficient to meet the case; but, in moving to | @uash Wiese proceedings, aiter they have given so | Much annoyance and trouble to the Court, 1 beg to | gay a few Words in explauation of my course here, Belore making that expiauation, however, | have vo quote, in his bebalf and seul (@ his instruc ons folowing in Uie Words ot tie letter addressed Dy him to me, a uearly as | recoilect them, What Mr, Ketchura inusell has written on the sab} He says that he is satistled with lus sentence; Unat he thnks his pugisiiment just and merited, and that he does uot want tt dimtaisaed in any Way, except it ve done i tle Way Of an executive pardon. He says that if the gates of bis ceil can only be opened by technical objectious to the process by which he was committed fe prefers tat they should remain closed upon him to the expiation of the last moment of hia sentence. And now, your Honor, in justice to the peliuoner and to the father, 1 would peg to cail your Honor’s attention to what is cog- nizant to all of us—that the ola gentleman, Mr. Ketchum, for more than four years has given all whe efforts of his strong aud deter- mined mind to this one object—ihe reiease of his son; that be has brought all a father’s zeal and all a parent’s love to the struggic, and exercised the poweriul mrluence he had at command to obtain a. pardon for the son. ards this purpose a repub- lican and a democratic Governor have been appealed in turnto, Each during the term of his office has been served daily with petitions for pardon—petitions sigued by ali the good, the esteemed and the just and jearned of the land—by the Chie! Justice of tne Su- preme Court of the United States—py all the Cabinet Ministers of either administeation of the vational government. I fact, 1 thiok from my own observ knowleige of the tious been presented th @ name emivent ior real or slation learning in the community that has not been sign to the petitions addressed to the Executive clemency in the prisoner's Vehalf. And alli vain. And now four joug, weary, sorrowful 's have thinks that his erring but repentant boy has been suiiciendy punished and he yearns for his Aischarge and ms return to his home. sivong; he Knows that espe- cially mtue summer fine le Js subject to attacks of a, and that his life last summer was in ardy from an attack of this aisease. Now, wh: W this taking OUL Of a Writ Of habeas corpus? years ago emia f ju ss] Writing of the Ihave sent (or the books aud | to all the penalty of the taw; that [ know myself, Hut we learned gentleman who kas spokea for the prisoner must abdersuund the aw well enough to kaow tata ‘ac aratust the release Of a prisoner | on technical grounds ts entirely supertlous, a3 there } en {ps sase oo techincal grounds from Mn nienee on aeriuniaal Charge. The y be no rel ut under | Wien of the prisoger in this case a8 no appropriate earluge on Uue decision of the Cow L (reads: (sk ‘ie decision of the Court on all the questions ia- Culved-—hot ouly for Lis sake, but as xt concerns the mmterest of every tyan and woman aud ehita now live ime. and ai the unborn miibhoas who are to becupy the territories of the republic, to , the question judicially aettied, ‘That heré presented is whether a \ be immured Li @ State prison for au offence wh he bas Hob been even accused. Hi tue tence against Keichum on the Ybook of the Court of Sessions coushzAs him to sing sing, then tue Writing OF @ septence tor tae crime of murder can cousign me—can consign your ilovor and every wan wh the community—Lo execn- tion, Lean see Wat Ute point raised here has been nusrepresented ali round, it is said that we pro- ceed liere ou # tecuicai objection to tue indictment. ‘This is notao. We have discussed no indictinent. ‘There 18 no indictment !n question, and no preee: dent is bronght here bearing upon one—nothing of the kind, ‘The question, pure and naked, is wacker a sentence passed wWiihout indictment aud without process can consign & man to the penitentiary wheluer he really wants to go there or not. 1 do nov care what the ieelings of the prisoner are. I Know his feelings, andi am satisfied that if only one human being within te State of New York desired tlm to return to bis cell and isnsuure himself there till che last moment of bis sentence should have expired, so scruputous 1s his conscience, taat ue would go. But there are others tuterested in hum—men of cooler heads, He bus @u adle father and able frieuds around him, and (hey desire to furnish hip with the opportunity for witch bis own heart lougs—tue op- portunity to redeem the long houored name aud fame of his Canuly, Which be, 10 @ moment of Iniuri- ated excitement, Vidlated. They desire to restore hum to the community while he 13 in the possession of all his faculiies, But this is foreign to (ie matter, He would close by saytag that late last might ne iad received a teegram ivom Mr, Ketcaum, which did not ecatirely duree with the purpose avowed for him by Mr. Phelps. ie did not at ail suppose that Mr. Pheips had misstated bis authority, but ae did suppose that this despatch arose from the yactilauon of mind caused by bis renewed morbliiy conscientious exeltement. He had only seen Edward B. Ketchum once, on that very morn- tng, for a Jew mowencs, and be asked Wwe to Con sult with hin. Judge Barnard said that under ordinary eiream- stances he should have little hesitation ip granting ournwent, bat the Writ of habeas corpus sonal Writ, one to be pursued by Ue 'y those acung op his behalf, and as he, ng amsu of full age and soand mind, bad, tlrough bis authorized agent, repudiated the pro- ceedings aud siaced that he Nad no desire to be re- leased, he should dismiss the writ and remand the prisoner. Mr. Bartlett urged that he asked this delay partly to ascertain whether that “was the decision oF his sound mind, and to ig the father and som face to face, to see What his reai desire was. District Aitorney Carvin saia he had satd nothing in reply tl now. He jod no personal feeling against the prisoner. He had never seen hia, aniess pos- sibly in court on Wei ay; OU for the interest of justice he imeisted that the prisoner should be re- on as ti | tamed to prison. Mr, Pheips joined in resisting any further adjourn- ment. The case of Mr. Ketohuin had been broagnt by this proceeding out of tts Huli-forgotten state into sreat notoriety tirvagh the prest lt had beea already before the Court two days, eaca day doing | : mi great hart, aud @ third day would add to te | harm. Judge Barnard thereupon, after saying that he hea prepared au opinion on tue case, bat Uial under che changed circumstances it Was unnecessary to an- hoance that oviuion, dismissed tne suit and re- mauded the prisouer, but, On Mr. Bartett’s sugges- tion, Wilout prejudice to any future application. EXTENS:ON OF CHURCH STREET., Progress of the Work—Rapld Demolition of Houses and Old Landmark-. Since the previous report in the HeRap of the extension of Church street the work has gone for- ward with exceeding vigor and expeditiou, Nos, 184 and 186, on south side of Fulton street, where the process of demolition began, are completely levelled, and only require to have the basement area filled up and made even to form a portion of the perfect street. Nos, 188 and 190 are still stand ing, the former dismantiea of its upper story, the latier gutted from top to bottom, and reinaining as a mere empty shell, to be pulled down with ease and despatch atany time. Any one who cares to do 80 can cross’ over the rubbish to Dey street, and there find on the north side, Nos, 26, 25 and 30, three once proud and towering brown stone warebouses, swept completely away, and leaving clear space of 100 feet between the adjoining buildings. Opposite, on the south side of Dey, Nos. 27 and 29 are reckoned among the things that were; Nos. 31 aud 33 are dis- mantied inside and in a Week or so will have dis- appeared aitogetier. Looking actoss irom Dey to Fulton, a wide scene of destruction uiects the eye— rafters, brick, mortar, iron pillars, piles of broken | plaster, lying mM 9 state of inexiricabie confusion Ln a yawning space below the level of the sifeet. North side of Cortlandt surect, Nos. 22, 24 and 23 are ail down. No. 25, om the south aide, has epurely isappeared; the frobt Of No, Zo 1s gone, and No, 7 98 being rue dismembered. The upper front pe by, and | He knows | | street wi | corner of Trinity place and Liberiy street, and as fria- yp- | ity place led | floor of the lactory that has been demousued 18 on & two nt legal couse) suggested to tue | ater the Was aud rubbish were removed, in making wall of the latter tumbied dowa very uucere- montously last week; nolody hurt, but the side walk Was badiy encumbered. “Haifa block, formerly upied by a coach iactory, between Cedar and Lib- erty Streets. is Cleaned eutirely away and furnishes {he best sample on the entire route of what Charch look like When compieied, ‘Tis is at the ils {nto the extenston, and ay the ground level with the street, there was very Little trouble, Jather that there were technical meriis im such | a clear, open level space from block to Diack, 100 tect an application, avd recommended that it be | wide, and thus giving @ plain picture of what the made. Old Mr. Ketchum veiused to move | new street will look like, ‘The two western corners in the matter as advised, on the grouad | of Thames Street are down and the ground is made that the people might not be satisied should | even with Trintty pia pouderous front of Har- Wis son be disctaiged before the exptrauon | riman & Walace’s sugar warenouse has been taxea of tie full sentence. ‘Two years of incarceration, | down and ine bare fuors exposed to view. ‘he side two years Of suiering aud Of biasted nopes, were not | walls, mouuting bign up iu air, look daugerously deeuied sudicient by the father, and it ts Ouly now, | Ulreatening, and should be at ouce uau.ed down or When UNC a small portion of the punistment remains | strongly propped up. Tue former would be the to be expiated—now, wien tue deadly summer | Wiser, us It Is the imevitable course, Should the THonths Wht the asthma, or the secret cause | side wall to the north give way it would bury, past thal occasions the asthma, and When the life of jus | all hopes of recovery, a few industrious carpenters Bon 16 a thre ned—that, Without @ consulia- | in an adjoiming shanty. Hack of trinity church, tiou w s{rieuds, aud against the consent of tus | that magnidcent biock of brick aud Iron warehouses sou, the duiorcupate prisoner, le makes this appli yugiig to tie Luited States and Wartord & Van- cation. Aud he only makes it nnder the dread fear | deveer, have been shorn of fifty feet of thelr igh that if the prison doors are uot BOW opened for his nd solid trou neatly a8 slicing off a square of prio Will ouly be opened atthe | ci with @ knife, Alung Trinity piace are gaps tbh, when the body of bis | fifty feet in depth at intervals of every twenty Why Lrefer toa private | yards, The old Episcopal church school, built is that the Court may not tliat | in the year 1706 has beeu pushed back fifty-six feet proceeding was Introd for the | from the centre of Triniiy piace, a uew front put up, ol bringmg 8 farce int court the oid stone tablet (lesignaung its name and date of VW that tuis wae an earnest e t by the | erection retatoed over Wwe entrance, aud sic transit, er without tue co-operation of the son, but with | converted Into @ stable. The northwest corner of ulescence on Lie part of the son to gratity the | Rector strect has been rooted out, and little bovs rt yain the relief of the Court under cir- | play marlles on its ait site ereon filty years 4) led to believe he was entitied to | ago stood an old inn, Where many an old revoiue reliel. IL W ‘nt Ol parental love in behalf of | tlonary hero dropped in to get his beer. Below Rec- 4 wafort And now, your Honor, on be- | tor #ifeet five ho @ gone by the board that Hest these pi t that equ they ft Instituied, and that you will | communit, end of ‘Inuny piace the make suco return to tue wrt as to the Conrt may | Workinen beginning to play havoc with Been ime nd carpenier suops im that REPLY ON TRE PART OF TI PETITIONER neighborhood. A few Weeks hence a ciean break et on behalf ot etitioner, the uncle | Will be sade down tito Greenwich street, the ter. proceeded to address the Court, He | minus of the extension, One house on Greenwich hi reonal obligations to the learned | Atreet, within one door of Morris, bas been pulled sat down for aging | down. ro OOD fulow, and as two high before the com } brs Sappeared on Morris, y touching tie human | We suay grand debouche of Lew 3 Ons Ww fally known to | Church street at its junction with Gr ich and me before t at iberty to bring them | its onward course frum Usence to tie Battery. before toe attention of a court of law because | knew | Street cars will im (he end make Uteit way irom une | aud wi “Y he ea: Joame here | Park througa avenues of the y wyes arg 1 (jaw. Buteven | right down round Casile Garden, id tel, W stood before your Honor, an | aid nobody et We present under- sbie Inclination to state to your | taking uf it bring the Neaitu, couslort aad conve: Hower the character of the prisoner who would be | nience to the community which are reasonabiy Denofiied is Cuts ance by (is stu pe pa tte of an ove.controiing legal principle. Id eecciinitiaeinsaras eal the attention of your Honor and at the OBITUARY, munity to the elroamsty wader which f ‘ wh was comallied, A young man twenty-four years of Andrew Mend. age, hardly more than a boy, who had accumulated This Ib an tneredibly shor yceedings as if | years ax ace oi Lime two millious of | re no great a) of cit t vl uaving veen of late 3 Of persons in the genviewan, Well knows in New Jersey as a dduilars in bis own right, at a moment has brought | JOUPNAUSt, dled at his residence in Paterson at an w bis vision the prospective Joss of all his savings, | early hour ierday morning. He was born in ih thit prospect before his eyes he labored | Connecticut in 1802, oved e e for sixiy days under a wnendous exeltement mi ‘ut in 1802, but removed to Paterson when te was, during {bis ‘time. he committed the | ® Young man, In 1836, having vaken an active part error, before which le irad spent many sleepless mighty | im politics, he was nominated for the Legislature, ag Well ay anxios days. Afar the fabric be bad | pat wax defeated by a majority of one y He reared ad fal nas be bad time to re- | guurtly after estaulisned the Courier, the name of flech the Feauit of lus early education, his mother’s | wich waa gutmequenlly changed t tie Pussai Leaching, his jatier's exainple cane to lum, and ue | guardian, which wad tue firat democratic paper saw ARE Preto crune oe nce || shed’ in Paterson, This paper le soid out, aad Ne pa nOrse Look poswesAio | A the Crowbur and next the of him, and hy what from thera he would er, bowl of Wulch Were sold and merged into ny n to The wails Of a State prison, He would a wardian. Mr. Mead was 4 very able, ingenious Ue ume have wi lungsy re ues ytoan indict | map. In politics he was strongly democratic, and went tor murder, so powerful and al-controlling | throughout the rebellion deleuded the right of the Were the accusations of luis conscleucs | He was Dot | South w-secede ag strongly as any Souluern man ins nlite Intellect, Dub ne Was In a state ot mor | couid. Personally he was much esiweine He waa bid vonmcteutious €x. ag Gh ld precively 22 | » proiivent inember of the Masoute fr ity, wad a a ch post ah Will be literred i i ir e ¢ 1 th pright, able and hovest states: | morrow ws vi indian bea naeaia nbs thints a be wan who bonored this State as als repre — — - sentative tot yours in the United States Seuate. THE Mi STI en magn bh puut navak ep. doeee 2 Aner, WO THE MILITARY EXEMPTION QUESTION AGAIN, Mr, Preston King He had @ cool head and a cov ‘The following is fro roller Alle and deuberate nund. He eit ater the accession of | a ee ee Avdrew Johnson to the Py The cause, iD a great measure, to that accession, and he felt that to that extent he bad d table Injury to this country; and wh y gessed ls Whole soul Intact, Was Inaster of his wit, his vivacly and Mis intellect, his muid clear and his reason unciouded, a morbid feeling of expaung the offence he had ‘committed against bie thyough the accession of Johnson to the Presidency 0 yel pore and his imstrumeniauty thereon, seized tim; he became unnaturally excited, prepared bi for bis end, walked on hoard a ferry Dost, and, at an opportune moment, jumper fre vie deck and was drowned. ‘That Was previsely the same case to this of Edward 1, Keen bad no Imdspowition jw subst gpum ideney that he had been } country, | BraTe oO ALAN bts as Co the elfects of the lon of the Legislature, in relation to National Guard from taxation, oto nilow the $1,000 exemptions y organizations o: the militia, although it ertain that the courte will not decide that the r does, in effect, and in nccordance with { the Legislature, do mway with 9 from taxatio ction 146 upon the atatate | ctorily by the evur Naw Youty 4 Com une 26, 1580, § Mre, Harrison Gray Otis has presented Javilee Gil- miore fifty dollars; @ mercanuie firm in Boston, $600. the Gilmore beuellt recelpw@ amounted w over | What 18 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1869. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Reverdy Jobuson on the Beltigerent Rights Recognition—Justice to Mir. Jotnson—Une published Correspondence on the @ fon WASHINGTON, July 2, 186% The following letter from Reverdy Johnson to Mr. Seward, forming a part cf the cortespondence oa the Alabama claims, has never been) published, A few weeks ago a garbled extract trop it, supposed to have been furnished by Senatoy Sumner, ap- peared in the Wastungton columa a a New York paper. That extract was intended tp) answer # cer- tain purpose, to wit, to show Liat 43 Jate as last February Reverdy Jounson heli te same views concerning the recognition of the belligerent riguts of the rebels by Great Britain, m conmeetion with the Alabama claims, as were advanced b? Senator Sun- ner, It will be seew, however, that the letter, taken asa whole, docs not sustain this assumption. On the contrary, Mr. Jonson ridicules the idea of holding Great Britain to account for recogniging the rebels as belligerent, and shows that ground to be untena- ble In law as well as in reason. ‘The letter was com- maunicated Wo the Senate, in confdence, on the 5d of Mareb, by President Joinson, With soe other cor- respondence on the same subdject, but for sume reason this was printed separat MR, JONSON TO MR, SEWARD, LRUATION OF THE UNITED Sraves, | Lonpon, Feb, 17, Ls6¥. § Sin—The negotiations which resulted ia the pro- tocol on the subject of naturalization of | the sth of October fast, and in the conventioa of the Mth of January last, for the setile ment of the water boundary between we possessions of the United States and those of her Majesty’s government, provided for by ihe first article of the treaty between the two couutries of the 16th of Jane, 1846, aud in the convention in re- lation to the claims, including We class known as the Alabama c.alns, of the same Mth of Jauuary, were condacted by Lords Stanley and Clarend atid myseli in personalimerviews, I deem it, there fore, proper to state the moves which faye In. fluenced me in retation to these several subjects and the grounds upon which Iam satisiled that the ar- rangemeuts are pertectly satisfactory and embrace all that our government has heretofore desired or can obtain, ‘Pwo of the matters in controversy wuen | accepted the mission had been of Long duration, The firs’ of them, involving the Engiisa docwine of a perpetual alieziance, Winch could not under aby circumstances be renounced by any native subject of tins government, was © with the begiuning of our goverument, aud from that period unt the siguatare of the protocol reiecred to was uniforinly wcved upon by We polttical and judicial departinents of Great Britain, Tne second, What ts called the San Juan boundar: Great Britain has uniformly maintained, gaye to her that island and all lying West of tt. Our constrac- tion of the treaty of 1546 gives the island of San Juan and all west, With the exception of Vancouver's Island and a few diminutive islands in {ts immediate vicunity, tO the United States, This dispute more than Once threavened to mvoive the two padony in War, a calamity which was only averted by an agreement made m March, "1840, to “hold San Juan in joint occupancy, The third Involves still more serious difticuities, From the date of the ratification of the treaty of the Sth of February, 1863, up vo the commenceinent of our late civil war Claims were made against eiluer goveru- ment by the subjects or citizens of the other for wrongs alleged to have been committed upon chem respectively. During that war these claiais have greatly increased, This government insisted tuat the property of thetr subjects had been: wed by (he miitary and naval authorities of the United States in Violation of the law of nations, for which the United States were bound to furuish indemnity. On the other band the United States compiained that this government had caused the de- struction of the property of their citizens upon the ocean by @ premature and upau- thorized regognition of belligerent rights to the insurgents, ay also by pot preventing, as they might bave done by reasonable diligence,,a violation of their neutral obligations by the subjects of her Ma- Jesty in the fitting out of armed vessels to cruise with known hosule intent agaimet the commercial marine of the United States, and by suffering such vessels a(terwards, from time to time, to come into and obtain supplies in her colonial ports. My spe- claiiustructions were directed to these three con- troversies. When I arrived in tis country her Majesty was on a visit to the Continent, attended ny her then Secretary tor Foreign Affairs, Lord stan- ley. They did not return until September, and my iret interview with Lord Stanley was on the loth of that month, and I presented my letter ol credence to her Majesty on the 14th of the same month, In the interval between my arrival in London, on the 17th of Angust, and the above daies 1 had no opportumity of ascertaining what the opinion of thas government was upon either of these coutroversies. J only knew that the doctrine of ba- tive ailegiance had always been asserted and actet upon by theiy courts in every case Where tie ques- tion was presented on the trial of cases growing out of the disturbances in Ireland. L also only kuew that this govermnent had unsformly denied tts re- sponsibility for the losses sustdined by our citizens from the piratical acts of tbe cruisers referred to, and that this determination was so decided a one that Lord Russell, when at the head of the Foreigu Otice, had refused even to agree to submit the ques- tion to any arbitratiog Whatever, In a despatch from his Lordship so Mr, Adams, dated the 1th of August, 1865, he States that her Majesty’s govern- Ment “declines either to make repargtio and com. pensation for the captures made by the labama or lo seler the question to any foreign State.’ J further knew that Lord Stanley, although wuling 1 submit to arbitration the question Of responsibility arising irom the alleged absence of proper diligence m preventing the sailing of the Alabama and gyasr versels, positively refused to submit the (iestion, Which our government deemed important, whether this government had not prematurely and contrary to miernational law recognized the tnsurgeats as behigerents, In this state o1 things J deemed it tin. portant to ascertain what the public sentiment of this country was upon these several topics, and, with a View to have that sentiment as favorable to their amicable adjustment as we could wish, to cul- tivate ou every proper occasion Which otfered itself the friendly feelings of her Majesty's subjects, From the nature of this reece the opinion of the country on every important point of policy or duty 18 sure im the end to be not only persuasive bat controlling, aud although the opiuious of her Majesty's government remained as they tad been, Le believed that should they dud the seuuiment of the country to ve deciledly tn favor of suck an amicable adjustinent as our government desired they would chverfully agree to it. Ia order to obtain a clear manifestation of the public opinion on the subject of (he Alabama claims, in answering an address imade to me by a l@rge association of tifuentia mea ‘at Sheitield, on the di of September, | saidi— If either wrongs the other, or suffers the other to be wronged when it could bave prevented | uid not heal tate, When convinced of the error, to rede conmequences which may pave resuited from eo much conti. dence in the enlightened } nowat and ita love of justice, and 1 hy ny own, that i edit either eon twill, when satisfied of It, confews it and do whatever may be necessary 10 redress it, ‘That answer was not only recewve by the gentlemen to whow it was Was pabiisued With approbaiie Tost whe en- tire press of the country, When, theretore, 1 eom- Theaced my negotiations with Lord stanley ¥ had tue strongest hopes of being able to settie with him all the matiers in controversy between the two bv, abd this hope became an assurance ¥, as {found him a3 anxious for th Jwas, AS directed by your tastr tions, 1 addressed myself first to tae question of naturalization, ‘The Bnglish doctrine 8 so wholly unfounded In reason that his Lordsitp did not heat vo abandon it, Growiig out of a feudal policy approvingly i ed to the rights of # (ree people, ft allegiance 13 due to the upon ah ig born, It makes therefore, & political sert. and denies to him the power to change (or the better bis condi tion. No free people can ¢ it to such @ doc: trive, and notwithstanding the uaiform decisions of her Majesty's courts, Woary With ave and newer tox @ moment qu ieciston, even Up to Che tio \ was signed, it fell at once isu and Amerwwan | ireedom. As will protocol 8 more preiensive tau Ue tre wnoluded on the a point with the Nor man Cogicderation aid other continental States. These | are subject 10 trictions and qualiticaons re not io be found in th riner, 11 tua the Aimerican princip is recognized pare and supple. Whevever a subject of he comes nacuralized nice any existe ing aw of the United States his rights are mdentical with those Which belong to a native 1. His re- nunclation of his allegiance consequent upou hia Wirth is absolute, and cannot be sumed or claimed of hin without ty T next iis Lords to the hound: ary question, and in re we at once agreed to leave it to arbitration, The vaudity of our claun w the wland of San Juau and ite adjacencies depends upon the true construction of that part of the treaty of the loin of June, M46, whiten provided for we Ket boundutiea between the terriiories of ber y and those of the United States, ‘The only yi Jouvt ae tothe mean- tng of that trealy re ginning in the “middle of th rates the con thence sont chann ¢ Line deserved ag 0e+ ehanuel Whbch sepie ni irom Vancouver's Island, and through the middie of te amd rly and of Fuca straits to tie Pactio Oceaa.? r the meaning of the word “cus ax here used? Deca We mean any’ etream which may separate, in fac, the suet frum Vaucouver’s Island? Or does i meat that which i the jargest ip widilh and the greatest in depth? I the werds used had been | tie main channel there could be go doubt tuat rhe jaber waa the one intended. Is it nob ObViOns that te channel which was meant wat that ouc—the widest and the deepest chunahel—and the one which Tuns direct into Fuca Straits aud 1s desizoatod on the maps of the country a4 the “Ganal Pe hu roy? With those taps besore then ja it possible to sup pose that either of the negotiators of the treaty | conid have designed the Rosario channel—tie one ontended for b¥ Lis goverument—L De the onan oY How could it be said, with any pr y of Janguage, that that was the channel which separated the coulinent from Vantouver's Isiand! And when 1M addition to these considerations it is known that Great Britaim bad only im view to wecure a right to Vausonver’s Iuland, never pretending, a* far ax (ue bistory ‘of the | negovation shows, & dewre ( aeauiig amy territory east of that island, upon what possible pretence can ithe held that the boundary was de- sivned to beone which would not ony give them that island, ont jarge and valaaule possessions to the how can ie be thougul thas oh ior, Who Was acquainted with Ub ieish de | east? And then nerican ne extent of the « suish goverainent made no pretence to tithe? these reasons used Co Ue sume end, T believe tt to be morally cer- tain that the entighteu fustinent of the dispace is ait by the convention of of tue United Stat Ty regard to tae third, the elatms convention, 1 shal! pe obliged to occupy more of your time, upon he subject or these clams ff ap arra could be made providing for % jast aud ealig) stermuation Of Ube questions walch they involve. us is evident from a resolution unanimously mending, of course, Great Britain—who as- sempied in Paris i 1856; for that resotution declared means or other capadle of adjustment.’ 1b 18 Dot, Dronouace insultcient and as contrary to the Chris would it end ip that redress? One of the certata te sults would we ure ut such purposes Lan our people ave before Known. And auotuer equally certain result be to jujure our national reputation tn world’s opinion. And then, what should require to compensate in auy manner for sack inju- rious consequcuces? Would the losses sustaimea by our ciuzeas by Cie acts of the Alabama and other insurgent cruisers be made good? Would the sup- posed nyu and Wie in advance can predict what Lhat ter- mn Would bet The power of Bugland upon voll ktad aid Ocean was Dever greaver than at present. Hi ciency it 1s believed to be unrivaled, ‘The commer. cial marine, tiereiore, oP tee United States at sea when the way ls declared would in ai! probability be certata viet useless to thar owners, Oun that this government, now wulng to setue these disputes upon just and honorable terms, through ive iuterveution OL a friendly aroitration, could be made to agree, at the close Of guch @ War, to any other mode of ment? possible, increase our military avd naval fame; pul the Alabama 10sse3 would be ualiquidated, and be found at the terminauon of the War, ag regards them, in the same condition as When the War com: menced, War, iherelore, being out of toe question, and this government reiusing to pay the ciatms re- ferred vo unt) their liability was fixed by arbitra- tou, they must remain unsatisied wnal sucn an arbitration resuits in their favor. S015 also to be borne in mmd in the consideravion of the couven- hoa that by eatering into it the two questions which the United States have from the first sisted should be subimited Unia government bas agreed ty submit. As I have stated, Lord Russell resused to arbitrate it all, and afierwards when Lord Siauley became Foreign Secretary he refused to subinit to arbitra. tion one of the yuestions, the alleged unauthorized recognition of beliigerent rights. This question, however, as well a8 Use question whether this gov- ernment bas observed their neutral oollgations in suffering the Alabauwa and other vessels vo be built and escape from their ports, wil be voth before the commission and the unpre. That their decision Will be 19 favor of tte Uniied States [do not doubt, ‘The reasons for this conviction { will briefly state, Firas, the recognition of belligerent rights—the his tory Of tue world Lurnishes no instance of so speedy @ recognition ta the case of revolutionary efforts to subvert an existing governmeut, At the time it was made the insurgents had within which ty bulid & ship of war, large or small, nor the power to get her out if she was built, nor had they any port to which they could carry auy spip Unat they wight capture as prize of.war for condemnaiuon in & Court of admi- raity. AS & War measure, resorted to siiuply for tue purpose of suppressing the ineurrecston and wit no view to impart @ Dauional charaeter lo the insurgents, the President of the United States de- clared certain ports under the physical control of te insurgents to be in a state of biockade, and to prevent the inhumanity of the slaughtering of | creittags he agreed from tine to time Ww exchanges, but in this, again, Without the slightest view of ad- initving Le insurgents as possessing any legal rignis whatever. — ‘The object of tne viockaae being the re- pression of the rebellion, aud that being ap} nt irom tne history of the hour, this government must have Known that we were far irom accordiag to them any national existence. Supposing, then, that the Pprociainavion of the President was Known to this government when they declared the insurgents to be Delligerents—a question of tact which I do not pro- pose lo examine—tt furn'shed no justification for the action of this government; and if it was not justued, as 1 confidently believe was the case, the act 1% one which bears giatertally upon the question whether the government is not botnd to imudemnify tor the losses occasioned by the Algbama anda other vessels, for then that vessel and the overs ‘could not have been constructed oF Fegy ip British ite A raat or ports, as they woul have been in English law fy the Jaw of nations piratical vessels, They never, vigrelore, Would have been on the ocean, and ye Vesseia and the cargoes belouging TO Americaa citizens deatroyea by them would have pret 4 gafety, Upon this ground, then, inaepen- dent of the question of proper diligenre, the obiigar tion of Great britain to ect the losses seems to me to be most apparcut, Bul, secundiy, What doue can there be that sie 18 uncer that obhgation becanse Of the absence Of proper dilgence 1 the fuidiment of her uatioual duties? What is proper duigence 1s a mixed question Of law and fact. That a@ neutral hation Is bound LO see that @ belligerent with whom she 18 ab peace sulfers no injury 19 a na- nonal axiom. That she 18, thereiore, bound to see that tie oer belligerent 18 not per- mitted to ft out in fer ports vessels to cruise against it is necessarily ‘rhe. And what 13 diligence ia Such a cage is equally well settled, Jt 13, thal all Le Oficvers Of ie government—the govern- ment being responsible for the acis of ali—sball use their powers to prevent @ breach of neutral duties with reasonabie sail, care aud promptiiude, If iney ount either, Whether frou negligence, ignorance or corruption, the government is responsible for the conseyuences. Appiying thess principles to the present case, {8 1 not manifest that there was a fati- ure in the fulfilment of those ducies for watch tis government 13 responsibiet First, It Was Lotorious Wat ie Alabama, originally known as No. 290, was beng built under, the direction of Captain Kuiiock, formerly an oiticer of the Unived Staies Navy, but then iu the service of the tusurgents, There was Avt A Was Of any Intelige im Liverpool woo was not aware of If, and the oticers of the customs at that port must have known 16. Possessing tuat knowiedse, holWitustanding, Bud geciug the vessel progressing WO completion, up to the moment waen sie eft port they Wok no steps to arrest her. Bat even assuming that tie goverment itself wus not responsibie for the misconduct of UUWILELLS, Uuiess Lacld Were brougut Lo their own kuowledy Their responsibility 18 equally This is OoViOuS from & few facis which can- ‘ erved. Before the Alabama was con- structed anotiver vessel, called the Oreto, intended toprey upon the commerce of the United states, Was Ulted out at the saue port ax eariy as tne 18th of February, 1862. The tact was brought to the no- Uce of Lord’ Kassel, in a despatch from Mr. Adams, and lis Lordship’s attention was aiverwards inyiled to it more than once ny to the period of her salung. ‘Tho fitting out of tie Ajabama aud her piraueal pus pose were especiatiy called to the attention of Lord Russell by a despaton trum Mr. Adams dated the wid of Jane, Jsi2, and facts communicated to nis rdship, whien rendered it certain Luwt she Was to cruise In hosulity to tho commerce of the United ihe sel sailed on the 29th of f the same year, and ny atteinpt was made in lnterval to arrest her, In the meantime, too, accnimuluted evideace Was transunited vo tis Lord ship estabushing the tact if possibie stil more clearly that such was her destination, and yet notttig wad done cowards ber sexzure until an order for that purpose Was issued by the government 10 London, but nos received in Liverpool until she had gone. On the 220 of July, some days before the ves Sel left Liverpvol, the evidence was furnished his Lordship upon Which ie issved the order of the 29th, and te only y ih the issuing of that order was the one municated to your depariment in Mr. Adams’ de- apatch No, 201, of the Ist ot August, 1462, The rev- son Was vols (1 quote from the despatoa):— Tread to hin Lordship the bstanoes of your dex mor arom taily incap Uinerpestediy best ily of (ie Sue tating kim fOr shy traltsaction of Gasiness, of liability whe can believe? The und depended entirely upon the fact whether exerhions were made to guard against the wroug, planation, to unpuve any intended wi Lordsnp. | beleved to f States, The diity o ¢ ity, we far as her resp concerned, does not di Jaw or usage. ‘These should be such as wil insu the performance of that daly. ‘The obligation ts ste Hons alone. When Chat law easol upon proofs conceded atverwards to be complete the | and Nase 4 i# conclusive to khow that } mens of Die Lordeni Aaud, Wouid have agreed to a bouadary greatly enlarging tte avea, and acandon sor Lis OWN country Valauaite tecritory to which she Por and there ure others which might be arbitrator to whom the ad~ the L4th of January will reuder a judgment im favor In Hirst piace, the spiric o: the age would condemn ‘sort to arms on the part ol the United States nt ened adopted by (he representatives of ail the great Pow- that it Was Lue Wish of all present that whenever any serious dificuities shail arise be. ween two na- tions there shvki no’ be recourse to arms unui the mediation of some friendly Power had been invoked tw seo whetner twese dinicuities Were not by some tierefore, for a moment to be thought possible that the United States wonid desire vo deciare a war upon grounds which te judgment of tho world would ncivilizaiion of the age; but if, contrary vo this supposed Hapoasibility, such a remedy should be re- sorted to for the redresa of the Wrongs in question, an indetiaiie increase of our pablte dent, and & great necessary inerease of the taxes Wich would be required to meet it and matntain the daub of the goverminent, aad Us af @ moment when vessarily subjécced to greater exactions for would the we y to our national honor be wiped off e would depend apon the Lermination of such a steam navy has oven brought to such state of pertection thit Mm Speed and other oill- 6, While that Wiuch Was ih port, Mf sate there against the atiacns Of the euemy, would be any one Delieve a commission for tLe We might, and no Joabt would, if that were no port wson which bas been assigned for ihe iven Adans by hia Lordship, and which was com- Nos FAL ant 290, respecting the use made of the trlanc of Nassau by tho rebels and che Outing out of the gunbows Gretw and ai, His Lordaly fret Wok up the care of tie 29), wad remarked that ndeiay in determining upon fe Bad caused bY she Auddea development at Advooate, Sit Julai Ds wring, We ‘That thig reason ia of any avail apow the question obligahon the government Was not contingent Upow tie sick ness ul her law or otuer olficers, bub Wes absolUre it 1s not my purpove, imrererring to Lord meg hh Heavied, TF have no doubt, da wlat he 18 Ofela GOL. Hub (Hii MO BRSWwor vo the wrong Wisel resulted from i vo the United eal Briiaia @ Observe meulral- ssibliity to OLner mations ty pend upom her ranichpal a yallonal one, aud i regulated by the law of ua vex neutrality ence nation Is bound Co provide for (ts falthtul observance, | The malady, therefore, of the Queen's Advocate constitates No excuse whatever for the delay W act y giving the order for the seizure ot the Alaoama, Hut again, the giving of that order and the issuing of (wo ollers to stop her at fiolyiead, Queenstown in the judg. clpal laws of the kingdom, and by so doing had pat it out of the power 2 government to faifil thelr obligations of neutrality to the United States; and yet the vessel was afterwards permitted fo enter other colonial ports agd coal and obtain provisions, | and thas continue government was bound, as the orde to concede, to setae the vessel if she eniwred e of wie three ports named, Why we! her piratical enterprise. 1 ti ¥ just referred her her when \she ent any ports of ler Mu; Could be met by the ejection iat er eon mander there had & cmmission prrporting to be from {he insurgents? If such an objecaon as that would have been a protection it would equally have been so at the designatod ports, or m the port of Liverpool if she had retarned there, in admitted vio~ lution of her Majesty’slaws snd ia a matter watch involved the duty of her government, She could af- terwards, by ft of such a commission, ride in salety In any of the pors of her Majesty, even 10 C1 ort ol Liverpool, from whieh she bad escaped by raud and collusion. This is a proposition too absurd to be serionsly reasoned about, Thave thas, at more length than you may deem necessary, considered the Alabama claims, the argu Ment upon them having been extausted in your despatches to Mr. Adarus and lis despat.nes to her Majesty's governinent; butt have deemed It due to myself and to you that t should place upon record WY OWN Views relating LO each of the subjects of the several treaties i fave negouated, I have done this with no view to my owa Justification, for this is to be found tn your instruc- Hong, all of which L have followed, ag tam glad to know, to the sattstaction of the President and your- self. I hear that in some quarters vdjections are made to the Claims Convention, for which I was Mot prepared. Furst, it iy said, { am told, that the claims vo be submitted should not be ali that have arisen subsequent to July, 1868, Second, that no proviston is made for the submission of any losses ‘which our government, a3 such, may haye sustained by the recoguition of the insurgents a8 belligerents and the depredations upon our commerce vy the Alabama and other vessels. In r to the first, L do not see upon What ground of justice we should deny to our citizens the opportunity of having thelr claims upon this government adjusted by means of the commission, whatever may be the dates of their origin, When they have not previousiy had that opportunity. 1 understand that there are many such claims, and some of them of great a- jeged hardship; and beside tie justice due to this lass of claimants 16 is mos¢ desirabie Wat all claims, without regard to their date, slowld be settled by means of the Convention, as otherwise they may be the subjects of controversy hereafter, A’ regards the second objection I aim ab @ logs to mmagibe Weat would be tae measure of the dumaze waich it sup- oses our government should be indemmiled ior. How is it to be ascertainedy By whal rae ts it to be measured? A nation’s honor can have no compensation in mouey, and the depreoations of the Alabama were of property im wiuica our nation had no direct pecuniary interest. Tit be suid that those depredations prevented ine senéing fortn of other commercial enterprises the answer is twolotd:—First, that i they had been seat forth the nation would have no direct interest 1a then; and second, that it could not be known that any such would have been undertaken, Upon what ground, therefore, conid the nation demand com- peusation in money on either account, and if It was recerved, is it to go into the Treasury for the use of the government or to be disiributed among civse who may have engaged in such enterpris.s, wid how many of them are there, and how are they to be ascertained? France recognized the insurgents as belligerenta, and this may have tended to prolong the war. This, too, it may be said, wus a violation of her duty and affected our honor. If we can claim indemuity for our nation for such a yecognition by England we can equaily Clatin tt of France, and who has suggested such @ clatu as that? But the final and conclusive answer wo these objections 1s this:—Ficst, that at no time during the war, while the Alabama aad her sister ships were engaged in giving our marie to We flames, Or since, nO branch of the goverument proposed to hold her Majesty’s government responsi- bie except to the value of tne property destroyed, and that which would have resuited from the com- letion of the voyages in which tuey were eugaged, fhe government never exacted anything on its own account, It acted only as the guardian and protec. vor of 1a OWN citizens, and therefore only required that the government should pay their losses or agree to submit the question of its liability to friendly arbi- trament, To demand more now, and pariicuiarly to make a demand to which no limit can well be as- gigned, would be gn entire departure from our pre- yous course, and would, J am sure, not be listened to by this ae eens or countenanced by other nations. We have obtained, by the convention ia question, all that we have ever asked,and with perfect opportunity of knowing what the senument of this government and people 1s, I am sgatisile’ that othing more can be accomplished, and Lam equally satisfied that if the convention goes into operativa every dollar due on what are known as the Alabama claims will be recovered. I cannot conciade this communication without bearing testimony to the frank and friendly manuer in which I have been met by Lords stanley and Clarendon, and to the very sincere desire which they exhibited throughout our negotiations to settle every dispute between the two nations upon terms just and honorable to each, I have the honor to remain, with high regard, your obedient servant REVERDY JOHNSON, To Hon, Wim ff. SkWARD, Secretary of State. MB. SEWARD TOME, JOHNSON, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, March 3, 1869, ‘Sir—Your despatch (No. 112) of the 17th ult., rela tive to the protocol and conveations recently #gued by you on behalf of this bk oheeened has this day been received and submitted to the Presidens. tie di- rects ne to say in reply that it 1s regarded as an avic and @laborate penets ‘and would have been cowma- nicated to the Senate had it not reached here ay tne close of the present segsign ang that of nis adminis- tration. Itis presumed that ihé attention of thar body will be called to iteariy in 1t3 weXt sesaion, 1 um, elr, your obedient servant, 2 z = WILLIAM I. SEWARD, To REVERpY JonNSON, Esq, ke, ac. YACHTING, werty Annual Cruise of the Columbia Yacht Club. The vessels comprising the Columbia Yacnt Club fleet will start at four o’clock this afternoon from the foot of Fifty-seventh street, North river, on their annual crut their rendezvous being Great Kills, S. I. Anice little prograrame has been taformatly arranged for the delectation and amusement of their club durmg their cruize, On Monday, the 5tn inst., there will be a race tn the lower bay, It will be a gort of sweepstake race, and the prize ts to be a ail- Ver cup or pitcher, The whole of the fleet were put in perfect trim Aegis by the measurer, Wilitain H, Rowe, and many of the boats are as pretty lite things as ever “walked the waters”? or turned ihe crest of & wave, The following 1s a lst of the yachts, together with thetr dimensions and the names of the owners:— Delin, 32 tect, W, Rowe; Lillie, 39 feet, Com mo- dore J. A. Weaver; ‘Hadith Rt,” Gage, 28 fest, Gaye & Bell; Ethalmil, 25 feet, Vice Commodore C. F. Tomp- bins; Kevecca, 22 fect, J, Skillen; Sumpsoo, 22 f 1, Claud; Onward, cabin, 22 feet, 8. ©. ‘A. Goo Uncle Ben, cabin, 23 feet, Weaver, Sr.; Lotue, feet, Osborne & Hanlon; ‘Resolute, stoop, 20 ivet, J. mn; The Three, cabm, 18 feet, W. Wynans; etsie, 16 feet, J. Muuly; Littie Nell, cabin, 16 fevt, J. Harrington. ‘The Jollowing are the names of vhe oMeers of the club:—Commodore, J. A. Weaver; Vice Commodor Secretary, U. Arinstrong; ireasure ne, Messurer, Willam H, Rowe. George W. vs! THE YREELAMD ABLYOONMENT CAS Vuecther Exawination Before Justice Manse ficid=A BD tie Servant on the Stand. ‘The cage in which Mr. George Vreeland ia accused by his wife, Mrs. Caroline Vreeland, with naving abaudoned her and left her without any support, caine up for adjourned examination yesterday after- noow at Essex Market Police Court, before Justice Mausiicld, The parties were all tn court, but as Vrecland’s Jawyer, Mr. Bookstaver, was absent, an application was, made for a further adjournment, Mr, Snebley, the counsel for Mrs, Vreeland, did not object, and therefore the further examination was again deferred until next Thestay week, A witness on the part of the complainant was present In court, and as there would be some aificully im secaring her at- tendance again, Mr. Snebiey asked that her aMdaviv milgat be taken. Justice Mansfeld allowed the do- position be taken, and i} wag snbsequentiy of- Jered a4 lestinony in the case. ‘he aMldayil Was as Tolowsi— TESTIMONY OF A SERVANT. Jane Murphy, verng dnly sworn, deposed that she is acquatnied With the deiendant, George Vreciand, #nd Mrs. Caroline Vreeland, and has been acquainted with them from the 2ad day of Angnst, 1665. When 1 went to work at Mra. Johnson's, in Twenty-secoat mireet, }found Mr, Vreeland there, boarding in tio house, avd Mra. Johnson iniormed me that Mrs, Vreeland, the complainant, was then in Boston on a ‘Visit to her friends; Mr. Vreeiand was then sleeping tlown siairs; w few days aller heing there MIs, yrec~ dand returned from boston, aud Mrs. Johnson tou @eponens to make w strong cup of coffee for Mrs, Vreeiand; deponent then said sis (iat the old temans wifey? and she said “Yes,” Mrs, Jolinsoa Shen told me to fix up the room wp stairs, as Uae Was Mrs, Vrevigud’s room, ancl she let Mt, Viewluud Rave the back parlor unlit tus wile came back; de- me did OX up the room, up stairs, aud Mr. and ra, Veregiand eccupied that room Wut they moved to Soventy-eivhth street; they were always known and treated by every oue ta the fouse as man and ‘wile, aud were introduced Ww persona Coming to the house @s Mr. and Mra. Vreciaud; tuat ou several occasions deponent Pad sca them in the room togetier; that depoceuc went to live with Mr. and Mra, Vreciand «ier they moved to Seventy-eignth street, aad renamed with them wulle they lived together; thay Mr. Vreeland always treated Wie Complainant as lis wife, and the persons io the houge always called: her Mra Vreeland tn the presence of the deponent; the deponent always un- deraiood and believed that they were man and wile, and deponeni’s understanding and knowledge was derived froin hearing their conversations and seeing their manners and treatment to each other; this de- ponent always, in the presence of defendant, ad- dreased the compiamant as Mra. Vreeland, and defendant frequently heard deponent address Mr, Vreeland, and defendant always spoke and acied abe had vigiated the muni towards Mrs. Vreeland ae lie wile iii erect The Seizure Captured) 5 Kicking a % ve Goes Ta e F wh Deputy Me . Jt now appt 2% . was in etr- culation in th ng and yes- terday that 2¢ ming part of the Cuban ex; <2t on Satur- day night, har. -cos exphured on board the steamer Jonathan Chase at Gardiner’s Island, by the revenue cutter, wasincorrect, Yesterday morning the Chase was towed down to the Navy Yard and placed under seizure in control of Admiral Godon, and much anxiety was displayed prior to her arrival to kuow whether Colonel Ryan was among the men captured, Jt was, however, shortly ascertained that not more than a dozen of the fiibusters and the crew of the vessel were on board, Colonel Ryan having, upon the approach of the cutter, ordered all the mea who were at the time on board the Chase to go on shore. Upon landing they began to scatter somewhat over the island, and took poasession of the few buildings thereon as quar- ters for themselves, A farmer named Gardiner, who 18 understood to be the proprietor of the isiand, resides there also, and the filibusters being rather far from their “nase of supplies,” made @ raid on bis farm stock, killing hogs, sheep. cattle, poultry and helping themselves to whatever vegeta- bies or other edibles were obtainable, Gardiner’s isiand lies at the Lead of Long Isiand Sound, about one bundred miles irom New York, and is about three miles in length by one and a half or two miles in breadth. A portion of it 1s densely wooded while « cousiderable part is stony and sterile, (ne remainder consisting of meadow and cultivated land. Of course 300 eu Would svon Mase short work of Mr. Gar- diner’s comuissariat departiteat, and ag a finale to this expedition {tis not tmorobable that Gardiner Will tard Up ere long as the pluiatift in au action ‘against the United States goverment for damage to hus property. Yesierday @ report was in circulation to the effect that a quarrel nad eusued between @ number of Coiooel Kyan’s Men, and that pistols were used with some eifect, ktlilag two or three aud wounding sev- eral otuers. The rumor could not, however, be traced Lo auy responsibie autuurity. ‘Khe escape of these mec 13 cousidered by Marshal Barlow as not by funy means provable, as tiey DOW lave no vessel In which Uiey can embark, and yeaisrday mori a revenue cutter was despatched, with an armed crew aud a posse of deputy United states marsnala, to capture the party. ‘THe provability is that they are now prisouers, Colonel Ryan, however, itis under~ stood, hud determined, tn the event of an attempt vetmg nade at capture, to send as wany of his men as possible away on Ushing sucks and boats, great nuwbers of which are at a.most ali iaies in the tin- mediate viciuity of the isl4ud. As the Colonel wav pretty well provided with moaey it ts not improbe- ne hut he would carry out tuis Ee as far as prac: ticable, and at least make sure of the escape of him. self and bia officers, belleviag that the subordinawe metnvers of the coinmaad would be less hareliy dealt with if captured, Tis PRISONERS AT THE NAVY YARD, who, according to the statement of the authorities there, were to have beeu transferred on Thursday froin tue receiving ship Vermout to the Catharine Whiting, Were not removed until yesterday, and were Ulen placed on board the tugs on which they were captured. Every man of them expresses the biguest gratitude to Capiain Kimberley and Lieu- teuaut Commander Norton, the executive oMicer of che vessel, for the uniform kind treatment received ai thelr hands while under their charge, and indeed tue same feeling bas been manifested by every oMcer and seaman Oo! the United States ship. An incident occurred during the day which 18 at least worthy of note, While the transfer was being made the indi- vidual who gives bts name as Henry W. French, 3 nauve of Bridgeport, Conn., came on board, He ix the party whoin all the Cuban volunteers detest and denounce a8 a traitor tor Lis acuon tn disclosing the movements of the expedition to the authorities on Saturday last, identiiving General Goicourta on board the Whiting on Monday morning, and em- bodying all bis information on the fillbustert pro- ject in un affidavit, upon which it is believed the onicers will be prosecuted, UR to Thursday of lest Week be was connected. with the enterprise in a contidential capacity, He went on bot the Ver- mont, stating tbat he was a deputy marshal, bat Lieutenant Commander Norton, upon delng informed of big late transactions, ord him to leave the abip. He went down the gangway and almost im- mediately the Aen made an onset upon hun, and pursued him across the dock, and one of the patriots upon coming up with bim iiftea him off the grouud, with a biow under the ear. Once dowm he was roughly handled, and his face, head end body were Kicked and cuffed vigorously, Mr. Nor- ton at once came to his rescue and conveyed hint ay bleeding considerably, and 10 all probability gaved his life. 1 1s said that he was paid $2,000 by tue Spanish oMciais here Jor making the affidavit referred lo ANOTHER SCENE occurred in the afternoon at Ludlow street jail, which was somewhat interesting in its develop- ments, Selor Alfaro, Secretary of War of the Junta, and Dr, José FP, Bassora were brought the jai about four o'clock, from the receiving sutp, by direc- tion Of Alarshal Barlow, in whose cusiody ‘all the prisoners are now placed. They were escorted by deputy marshals Winslow and Davies. The other Cuvad prisoners now at the jail are Colonel Clancy, Captains Conant, sindorf. Norris and Harmon, After the delivery of thelr prisoners the deputies entered the room where the four first named prisoners Wei'e sitting. General Goiconria was also in +" ie dof, 86 Dagtes tras RA ADOT, Kbuilion star bel ete inside the lapel of bi Sere ae era; sed Davies where he u off , claimed aya Davies merely aot fats @ bluut mauner that “16 was all right; that star bel a ty Colonel Kyan.’”? He was then told that if it be. jong to Ryan the Marsial was the person ia whose custody {) should now remain, Some of the other pee gave Davies some delicate hints about ht< aing & Spanish spy. and an exciting scene occarred, during which Davies was denounced as @ “spy,” “traitor,” “cur,” “pup,” 4c They then called his attention to hia repeated boasts made before them, tn which he had slapped hi» hand on his pocket, —jingitiny com and saying to them, ‘Here you are; here is Spauish gold: where i your Cuvan goldy’ This has repeatediy been sald” by Davies to these men. Upon being sv accused Davies did not deny the charge, but tarned suarply round and said exultingly, “Oh, pow don’t bow so much, for I ain’t the only one; I can put my haud right on oue of you that went lo the Spanisi Consul for some of the gold.” Instantly Captain Couunt jumped to his feet and answered, “Yes, by G—d, 1 am the man; but [ didn’t take it though and you did. ‘The Consul offered me $5,000 in goid for information of a certain sort, und Generai Gor couria seat me to rome the Consul for that purpose, Just to see bow liberally they would pay traitors and Spies.” Davies was folied, and had in acdition d: ciosed that be must be intimate with the Consul'® busiuess When he knew of tie olfer made to Capiain Conant An angry quarrel ensued. Gen- erat Goicouria, bis gray beard quivering and his face biauched with anger, stepped forwaru aud Corrovorated the statement of Captain Conant, active same tme informing Davies tial he never Would have been entrusted with Captain Conant’s mussion on that occasion, Davies then directed suue remarks to Colonel Clancy, and the result was thai Clapey Was up lu an iustant, with his cleached isi ¢ ose to Davies face, aud cautioning him to take care oO} Hinself if ever he (Clancy) gotout of prison. Aiter some more angry words and threatening ges- tures on (ie part of the prisoners, and some wore swiuger on Davies? part, the latter individual with drew. Deputy Winslow, who accompanied Davies, 18 spoken kindly of by all the prisoners. Un Thursday afternoon & man came to the prison to sve General Goicouria aud was shown to the Geueral’s room, Where Were severa: other Persons. ‘Vhe scranger addressed the General himself in Span- ish, aaa asked, “Where can i ind the General?! The Geueral asked, “Are you acquainted with General Go- icourla’”? “Ob, yes, he appoinied me as an aid on his stail,” responded the stianger, not having the least jew thay ne Was addressing the General personally, * On, you spanish spy,’ shouted the old General, ady ing savagely Oa Nis Visitor, ‘git Out a’ here ('* abu as (ie man turned the General introduced hte boot energetically and she spy fled to the prison door, in gomg, however, he had to pass througy Wie room Where the other prisoners Were, and Uury, taniag tie cue from the General's exclamattyn, “yuula be out, putts he out |? joined in the case, and belug younger men booted the fugitive still more vigorously Out of the buliding, He was lasy eoen ruvbing his bruised pants and straigateaing up @ collapsed silk hat on che surcet corner, CONSIDERABLE COMPLAINT 1s made by the oiticers o1 the expedition relative ta the mauner tn which some of the property seized has been disposed of by the deputy marshal¥. In w nuinber OF Instances documents have been found on board the vessels lying jouse, Wich had been locked in boxes, And sole Of the bonds or “greenhacks” of the Cubau republic have veen similariy disxpiayed. ‘These papers and ponds, they think, should have been Bedivd @8 800N #4 Ley Were seized, BOARD CF POLICE, Innportant Tranatere of Captains. A Jengthy session of the Board of Ponce Comms- sioner’ was held yesterday to carry out the lopge cherisned scheme of poiice transfers, A portion of the contempiated changes was made, to tax® effect July 6. It will be seen that the Commiasion~ ers liave iilled the most important precise ein cae best toaterial at its commaad, el el foliow in a few days basa ec he Nanvs. Precinctes voknete, Acting Unpt. Burden, 1 to 9 Pari Captain thorne. 4to tl H to Captain Dai Wt wo 38 to 1 “Holt + 2940 27 to “sto Bie a to 24 4400 aN Wroly Wio st ‘geaot Thompac Sergoant Potter . A resolution was passed ordering that on and after November Ph agent each oMicer and member iato te in the precinct to which be ls awigned to