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WASHINGTON. PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. An Election Ordered in Mississippi for November 30. The Disfranchisement and Test Oath Clauses to be Voted on Separately. Argument Before Chief Justice Chase on the Werger HZabeas Corpus Case. The Jurisdiction of the Chief Justice Questioned. WASHINGTON, Jaly 14, 1869, Proclamation by the President Ordering an Election in Mississippi. ‘The following was promulgated to-day by the Pre- eident of the United States of America:— A PROCLAMATION. Jn pursuance of the provisions of the act of Con- gress approved April 10, 1869, I hereby designate Tuesday, the 30th day of November, 1869, as the time for submitting the constitution adopted on the 15th day of May, 1868, by the convention which met in Jackson, Mississippi, to the voters of said State registered at the date of such submission, viz., No- vember 30, 1869; and I submit to aseparate vote that part of section three of article seven of said consti- tution, which is in the following words:— ‘That I am not disfranchised in any of the provisions of the acts known as the Reconatructi # of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congress, and that unit the political and etvil equality of all men, a0 help me God; provided, that if Congress shall at any the remove the disabilities of any person disfranchised in the #vid Reconstruction acts of the said Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congress, and the Le; of this State shall concur therein, then #0 much of t and #0 much only, as refers to the aad Reconstruction acts shall not be required of such person so pardoned to entitle ‘im to be registered. ‘And I further submit to a separate vote section five of the same article of said constitution, which 1s in the following words:— No person shall be eligible to any ofce of profit or trust, ctvil or military, in this State who as a member of the Legislature, voted for the call of the convention that passed the ord nance of secession, or who, aa a delegate to auy conven- ¥ion, voted for or’ signed any ordinance of secession or who gave voluntary aid, countenance, counsel or encourage- ment to persons evgaged in armed hostility to the United States, or who accepted or attempted to exercise the func tions of any office, civil or military, under any authority or pretended government authority,’ power or constitufion within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto, exce) persons who aided reconstruction by voting for this convention or who have continuously advocated the susembling of this convention, and shall continwoualy, end in Food Faith advocate the acts of the same. But the Legisla- are may Femovo such disability; provided that nothing in thls section except voting for or signing the ordinance of ac- cession shall be so construed as to exclude from office the private soldier of the late so-called Confederate States army. And I further suomit to a separate vote section five of article seven of the said constitution, which 4s in the following words:— The credit of the State shall not be pledged or loaned in ald of any person, association or corporation ; nor shall tho State hereafter become w stockholder in any corporation or association. =, And I further submit to a separate vote tire part of the oath of office prescribed in section twenty-six of article twelve of the sald constitution, which 1s in the following words:— “That I have never, as a member of any convention, voted for or aigned any ordinance of secession: that I have nover, as a member of any State Legislature, voted for the call for ‘convention that passed any such ordinance.” The above jh shall also be thken by all the city and county officers be- fore entering upon thelr duties, and by all other State ollcers not included in the above provision. I direct the vote to be taken upon each of the above cited provisions alone, and upon the other Poruons of the said canstitution in the following Manner:— Each voter favoring the ratification of the constt- tution, excluding the provisions above quoted, a3 adopted by the convention of May 15, 1808, shall ex- proos als judgment by voting, “For the constitu- on, Each voter favoring the rejection of the canstitu- tion, excluding the provisions above quoted, snail express his judgment by voting, “Agaimst the con- stitution.” Each voter wil be allowed to cast a separate bahot for or against either or both of the provisions above quoted, it is understood that sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18 ana 14 of article thirteen, under the Head of “Ordinance,” are considered as forming no part of the said constitution. In testimony whereof I have nereunto set my hand = = the seal of the United States to be xed, Done at the city of Washington this thirteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and of the inde- pendence of the United States of America we hinety-fourth. U. 8, GRANT. yy the President—HamILTon Fisu, Secretary of B State. Regisiration in Mississippi. Major Wafford, of Mississippi, is here in behalf of the conservative republicans of that State. He visited General Sherman this morning and received from him additional assurances that the registration and election in Mississippi will be impartial. The Mallitary officers who conducted the registration and election in Virginia will be ordered to Mississippi for the same duty, American Prisoners in Havana. The following letter was sent by an American citizen, who is now in confinement in Havana, to the Secretary of State:— NaTiION*E PRISON, HAVANA, bag Oe 1869, To the Honorable Mr. HAMILTON Fisu, retary of State of the United States of America:— J hope you will excuse the liverty I take in ad- dressing you, as { claim protection asa cttizen of the United States. Although a Cuban fs birth, [ swore allegiance to the United States in the city of New York, at the City Hall, in September, 1867. 1 have been a trader between here and America in such goods as are commonly sold here, which to the best of my beltefis termed commission business. I arrived here near the close of lust year, and was taken @ prisoner on the 15th of Janaary, 18 In the town of Guafabacoa, at which time my evidences of citizen- ship were taken from me. They also took from me my Freemason’s papers, which | received tn the city of Brooklyn, After taking all my papers they threw me into & dark, narrow cell, with the two men-— Leon and Medina—wnho were garroied on the 9th ot April, and I did not know but they were going to take me next, as | was in the same cell. While in the cell a guardia civile came in and told me if I spoke a word that he would shoot me down like a dog. They gave me three triiis. First, they tried me us a rebel, and sentenced me to the Meieelis ty J for ten years. After passing sentence on me they found the charge had not been proven, so they sent me back to the cell. Second, they tried me on account of be- ing & Freemason, and then sent me back to the cell, ‘Third, they tried me as a loafer, and they are keep- ing me here as such, have written to Mr. Hall, and also to Mr. Plumb, informing them of my situation, They told my friends that they were attending to my case. 1 have been 140 odd days tu prison, aud out of tuat fifty-five days in Close confinement. Each time that they took me to the court house they had me handcuffed. ‘They charge me here seventy-five cents per day tor room enough Me ty bed in to sleep, and also ex- tra for my board. I feel yon will sympathize with me in my present trouble, and if there is any favor you can possibly show we 1t will be the greatest blessing you can con- fer upon me tn procuring my release, I remain, your most hamble servant, THEODORE CABIAS, German Mails for Japan to be Forwarded Over the Pacific Railroad. ‘The Postat Department of the North German Con- federation has addressed a communication to our own Post Oillce Department, dated Berlin, June 20, stating in substance that it is its intention to have all its matl matters to and from the Pacific coast, China and Japan, carried by way of the United States, over the Pacific Railroad, and making in- quirics on the subject of such arrangement. No reply has yet been made, but there is no doubt that the response will be satisfactory to the German Postal Department. The time of transmission to and from Japan will be shortened ten days over the present system, but there will be very little, if any, appreciable advantage as to the communication be- tween Hong Kong and Germany. Auother Incident in the Bowen-Hatton Doctor Fardon, @ member of the Washington City Council, who assisted Mayor Bowen in snubbing his brother negro Councilman Hatton, at Gettysburg. has written a reply to the latter's letter, wherein ho @pologizea for what took place, and says that Hatton Dut a wrong construction on what was said by him- aelfand the Mayor. He admits, however, substan- tally the facta set forth by Hation. The matter hes created considerable feeling umong the negroes, es- Pecially that portion of them opposed to Mayor Bowen. A Social Equality tn Washington. ‘The mixed jury, six negrges and #ix whites, which Sa sitting at the Criminal Court here trying a murder case, Seema to get along very well in the watter of NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 Bovina) equality. They are’ quartered at of the third class occupy 8 suit of rooms and eat without ang exhibitions such as disturbed the : i Teg of Mayor and the committee of radical Councilmen’ 0D account of the pre- sence of the irrepressible African, Hatton. The black and white jurors pass their evenings together playing euchre, and, it is said, they take a cocktail -together without wincimg. The Washingtonians, who have bad mere of the nigger than any other Portion of the American people, are, evidently, becoming accustomed to him socially as well as politically. The Direet Land Tax at the South. ‘There is some talk of inforcing the collection of the direct land tax ip the South. The Southern States share of this tax—which amounted to twenty millions among all the States—was six millions; of this sum only about three millions has been paid into the Treasury from the Southern States, 1t will ve re- membered that when this amount had been collected President Johnson sent a message to Congress netting forth that in view of the poverty produced in the South by the war it would in many instances be ruinous to that section to enforce the collection of the tax at that time, and recommending that it be suspended for some time, so as to allow the in- Gustrial snterests of the South to recuperate. It 1s stated that the limit of the suspension fixed by Con- gress Nas now passed, and the law providing for the levying and collectton of the tax comes into full force agdin, It is argued by those who urge this proceeding that the industrious of the South have greatly improved in the interim, that the crops are abundant aud that there is no longer any excuse for delay on she score of poverty, Whether the Secre tary of the Treasury will act upon the advice ten- dered him in this matter remains to be seen, Tike New Issue of Fractional Currency. The printing division of the Treasury D. ment has commenced the issue of the new fractional currency. The printing is done tn New York—the face by the American Bank Note Company, and the back by the National Bank Note Company, on the same paper used for printing the United States and national bank notes, This paper, the mode of man- ufacturing which has already been described in these despatches, is superior in quality to that used for the currency now in use. Instead of the flashy bronzing heretofore used on the face of the fractional cur- rency, which was easily counterfeited, an engraved seal, printed m red, has been substituted. This is the dnishing touch to the notes, and is done at the printing division of the Treasury Department under the management of its emecient chief, George B. MeCartee. The ten cent note, instead ef bemg ornamented on the face, as now, by the head of Washington, has the bust of a woman, supposed to be the Goddess of Liberty. The fifteen cent notes will have on their face the figure on the dome of the Capitol. Fessenden’s head will be taken off the twenty-five cent notes and that of. Washington substituted. General Spinner’s hand- some bust will be taken off the fifty cent notes and be replaced by that of the late President Lincoln, All the issues will be out and ready for circulation about the 1st of August, Southern National Bank Reports. The abstracts of the national bank reports of the Southern States, showing their condition on the morning of the 12th of June last, show the following among other items:—The Louisiana banks, three in number, belonging to the city of New Orieans, show an aggregate of resources and labilities of $4,022,661; loans and discounts, $1,125,210; United States bonds, $1,208,000; specie, $72,343 capital, $1,300,000; pro- fits, $182,500; individual deposits, $1, 362,393. The aggregate resources and liabilities of the Ala- bama banks is $1,217,720; loans and discounts, $374,978; United States bonds, $310,500; specie, $44,204; capital stock, $400,000; profits, $80,975; de- posits, $470,914, The Georgia banks show an aggregate of $5,730,605; loans and discounts, $2,054,377; United States bonds, $1,483,500; specie, $32,690; capital stock, $1,600,000; profits, $500,311; deposits, $2,293,695. Aggregate of South Carolina banks, $2,955,470; loans and discounts, $1,121,705; United States bonds, $278,000; specie, $14,740; capital, $823,500; Profits, $197,127; deposits, $1,285,956, Arrest of Heveane Officers in pi. The Revenve Bureau is to-day in receipt of in- telligence from the Supervisor of Alabama and Mississippi to the effect that he has arrested Mr. Willis, collector of the Third Missouri district, his deputy, Mr. Quail and a distiller. No explanation is given of the reasons for the arrest. Executive Appeintments. The following appointments are announced at the White House this morning:— James F, Wilson, of lows, to be Government Director of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, vice James Brooks; James H. Foote, of North Caro- lina, to be Pension Agent at Kaleigh, N. C.; Harlan P. Hall, of Minnesota, to be Pension Agent at st. Paul; George T. Terry, of Nevada, to be Kegister of the Land Oice at Austin, Ney.; Isaac T. Gibson, of Jowa, to be Agent for the Ossage and other Indians of the Neatha Agency, vice Ge C. Snow, sus- pended; Joel T. Morris to be Indian Agent for the Pottowattomie Indians in Kansas, vice L. A. Pal- mer, suspended; James 8. Upton to be Postmaster at Battie Creek, Mich. THE YERG CASE. Petition of Yerger Before Chief Justice Chase fer Discharge on Writ of Habeas Corpus— Argument of Counsel of Petitioner—Right of Trial by Jury Demanded=Reply of the At- torney General—Jurisdiction of the Chief Justice Questioned—Opinion of the Court Deferred. WASHINGTON, July 14, 1869, This morning at eleven o'clock Cnlef Justice Chase ‘was at the conterence room of the Supreme Court, in accordance with previous arrangement, to hear ar- gument in the Yerger case. A large number of audt- tors were present, including nearly all of the promi- nent members of the bar of the District of Columbia. Mr. Philip Phillips, opened the case by reading the petition of Edward M. Yerger, addressed to 8. P. Chase, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Stated, stating that he is a citizen of Missis- sippi, and is now illegally imprisoned and detained in the county of Hinds under the order of General Ames, A military commission had been constituted to try him for the alleged crime of murder. To this he objects for the reason that he 1s notin any wav connected with the army and navy of the United States, or the militia, nor is he amenable in any way to military authorities of the land or the navai forces, He. says his trial is under what is commonly known as the re- construction act, and, claiming his rights under the constitution as an American citizen, he asks that a writ of habeas corpus be issued for his relief, He further states that in the State of Mississippi, where the alleged offence was committed, the courts of justice have been open since November, 1865; that there {s no obstruction to the process of the courts, and justice is generaliy unimpeded, Mr. Phillip also read a copy of the indictment on which Yerger was arraigned before the military commission, It charges him with the murder of Captain Joseph G. Crane, of the Commissary De- partmentof the United States Army, on the sth dune last, the weapon being a knife.’ Mr. Phillip said the application was based on these facts:—De- prived of his liberty, in violation of the Consutution of the United States, the petitioner asked to be dis- charged under @ writ of habeas corpus. The coun- sel then argued the question of jurisdiction, quoting the Judiciary act of 1789 to show that any of the Justices of the Supreme Court, as well as Judges of District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeag corpus, The only restrai words of the statuté are those which limit the application of the writ to cases where persons are in cae under or by color of .he authority of the United States, or committed for trial under some court. The applicant being arraigned by military power, he Jails under the class of persons in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, ‘he statute did not limit the exercise of the power to any State or Territory; it was conferred on the Justices of the Supreme Court, whose jurisdic. tion was coextensive with the wile country, It struct ot intended to limit the geen of the writ to fa int Cou: judge of the Si presiding in @ particular Strouts Where the or the imprisonment took juoted the cases of Merriman and Ed- ward A. hens, ‘oo happened ae ce Bn ciate Justice Wayne in the rT write of habeas corpus, the pttsoners veteng contrat in Maryland, a, une now before the Chief Justice involved most Anciud: ne personal rights of a citizen. It did more, fe 1 volved the integrity of the constitution of ot try. The great principles which underlie the ons vution were not for the first time to be found in that instrument. They were inherited by the people .ot our country from Magas Oharte, which declared that no freeman shal) be taken, imprisoned, outiawed despetied or banished, or his property; nor sball sentence ‘be: passed on him uslew by a jury of nis peers, and in ce with the Jaws of the land, On the wth of pe, 1802, when Georgia ceded to the Uni States the territory which now constitutes @ part of the State of Mississippi, it was enactea that the provisions of the ordinance of 1787 should be and remain in force in said Territory, these provi- sions were that the inhabitants should always be eaneae Seavaheens oo wine bed hey rt Coad pus e right of ary. en Cong! subsequently provided for the organization of & State government they declared these provisions ahonid bevome a part of the fundamental law of the cat Accor ly, they were placed in the consti- tution of eoramely, have remained there from that day to this, Mr, Phillip then referred to the clanses of the con- stitution of the United States relative to the protec- tion of the rights of the citizen, and proceeded to notice the opinion of Attorney General Hoar in the Texas Weaver murder case, the reasons for considering the military commission a legal organization, and saying he could have no doubt that the nation can retain the territory and the People within the grasp of war until the relations of peace can be re-established, ‘Were these words,” asked Mr. Philip, ‘ ‘within the grasp of war,’ original or not? Could there be a stronger expression to de- fine the most flagrant war than that term? It was NOt @ consututional and legal phrase.”? The Attorney General explained that the phrase afuded to by his brother was a quotation from & friend who had used it in another argument, Mr. Philip, yeruming, said he thought the expres- sion had n found in some book on the laws of war. it was, however, entitied to no consideration, because it dtd not express auy definite idea here por was it warrapted by any interpretation of constitu. tional law. He then argued that war no longer ex- ists, notwithstanding the theory of the Attorney General, As a question of fact there could be no doubt of this or difference in honest minds. On the 20th of August, 1866, the President issued a procia- ation declaring the insurrection whtch had existed In Texas at an end, as in the other States, according to the proclamation of April, 1866, the President adding:—“And that peace, order aud tranquillity and,ccvil authority now exist in and throughout “the whole United States of America.” Prior to this, in December, 1805, the President said in his measage:—*The rebellion has been suppressed, and the people lately iv rebellion Yiela obedience to the authority of the United States with more promptness and willingness than could reasonably be antictpated.” The Legislature, too, as he showed, declared the war over. The President and Congress acted in accord. It was known that Congress disputed the right of the Prestaent to takq measures for the reconstruction of the Southern States, and, therefore, it was considered necessary to take steps to lead those States back tuto the Union, The Reconstruction acta were passed on this basis; but he (Mr. Philip) would say that the civil rights of citizens existing in the Territory are the same as the civil rights of citizens existing everywhere. The constitution has spread its shield over all parts of the country. Whether we speak of the people of a State or Territory, it makes no dif- ference, they are all under the government of the United States. Mr. Philip replled at some length to the optntons expressed on the Texas murder case by the Attorney General, and in conclusion asked, in the name of eace and in the name of the constitution, which ad been violated tn the case of Yerger, that this petition for a writ of habeas corpus might be granted, Attorney General Hoar next addressed the Chief Justice, saying he should appear betore him with some embarrasment if he were to undertake to show yy. what right or under what daty he appeared. He bad received from the counsel who represent the petitioner @ copy of the petition, accompanied by an order from his Honor that the case would be heard at this time, and in obedience to this intima- Uon, and owing to his personal and oficial respect for the tribunal of which his honor 1s the Head and presiding officer, he (Mr. Hoar) attended this hear- ing. He had been at a loss, in looking at the matter, to see in what capacity hia Honor was sitting tere. The Supreme Court had adjourned, apd, al- though its head is here, the functions*of the court are not entrusted to any one of its members, What the Supreme Court would do it was hardly necessary to inquire. He asked his Honor to look at the statute having reterence to hia powers. The judiciary act has been jn existence for eighty years, and never within that time was he aware that any person was ever delivered from im- risonment by a writ of habeas corpus issued by a Justice oi the Supreme Court out of a circuit to which he was assigned. He also quoted from the amended act of 1867 to show a@ contsnuation of his argument that the judge must confine himgeif to his assigned limits, in which Ww exercise his own judi- cial acts. The fudges of the Supreme Court have no individual authority, except what is expressed by statute. He fel sure that no ber of the court would propose to exercise doubtful jurisdiction where adequate provision has been made by law upon the merits of a petition. He was also at a loss what to say and how far go inco a discussion, At present he had no doubt that whatever judicial duty his Honor felt devolved upon him, whether as the head of a t court, over which hie presided, or in aby duty devolved upon him as an individual member of the court, he would notask to avoid responsibility, While duty was plain his Honor would perform it. But the mo- Mmentous tmportance of this question, fraught as it is with what even his friends on the other side must admit, before a jurisdiction most doubtful and never before exercised by his Honor’s predecessofs, in which his Honor is asked on his siugie responsibility to declare unconstitutional an act of Congress—to determine judicially a state of facts contrary to that accepted and acted on by Congress and the Executive, was certainly calling on his Honor for a decree not only of judicial intrepidity but of @ readiness to tread & path which it will be unnecessary for him to tread. No case can be shown where his Honor’ illustrious predecessors, or aaso- cates, ever exercised such a power ss that now pro- posed Jr the formation of the government to the nt hour, The Attorney General, as to the merits of the petition, would simply say he recognized in the full- est de} that the constitution of the United States extends over all ita boundaries and inhabitants; that there is,no0 power tn this government to do any- thing inconsistent with the constitution or not in conformity to it; and that this petitioner 18 entitled to whatever protection in his own ht, the constitution gives him. He then argued that when the es armies of rebels surrendered the State of Pee ee was found without a gov- ernment af any kind, such ag the constitution of the United States requires and makes it the duty of Con- gress to maintain. Whatever Congress and the Ex- ecutive may proceed to do im the discharge of their duty to secure a republican government in Missis- sippl must be done by constitutional means, In 1867 Congress passed the Reconstruction acts, m which they declared as a reason (or doing go that no legal State governments exist in the South, nor is adequate protection afforded to the people, and as It ‘Was necessary that peace and good order should be legally established fn said rebel States they were divided into military districts. The proposition he submitted was this:—That the act declares that the war has not ended in so far as it is necessary to preserve peace. All civil gov- ernment was wiped out. They found in the South a country infested by assassins in spirit and in fact, and although his friend (Mr. Philip) said that in ail the country the war is over, yet the sixteen hundred murders i Texas, stimulated by vindic- tive, rebellious hate, must be an answer vo that assertion. If Congress may enforce the power of the government and continue those States in the “grasp of war’ after hostilities have been sup- pressed, fearing that the insurgents may again rise, and there being no protection, might not Congress declare such measures as would preserve peace? It is the duty of Congress to give rebellious States the blessings of peace and security under the law. The length of time in which to do so are matters of legis- lative authority. As to the petitioner, there is no civil government in Mississippi which can punish him if he should be proven guilty of the crime for which he is arraigned. The saw de- clares no civil government exisis there; the govera- ment is military. Alter further argument he said the best under- standing of the view he had given was consistent with every opinion of the Supreme Court, and con sistent with every expression of the opinion of the Chief Justice, either as the head or as member of the court. The Chief Justice interrupted the Attorney Gene- ral, and said that in the Texas case, to which refer- ence had been made, he indicated rather than ex- pressed the opinion that the power to suppress tn- surrection and the power to make war exist so long as actual hostilities are carried on, but when hgs- Ulities cease all restoration is in the constitution, Which guarantees @ republican government to eacu State. “That is a civil, nota military power. ‘The Attorney General resuming, said that the mil- itary control must continue until the State can be safely turned over to the civil authorities, Mr. James M. Cariisie, of counsel for petitioner, said the Attorney General began by telling thena that he had no business bere, and the Chief Justice had no business here, remarking that if hts Honor should undertake to exercise the jurisdiction asked and lib- erate this petitioner he would exhipit a remarkable degree of judicial intrepidity. Mr. Carlisie said he had heard such an expression within these halls. He did not know what was meant by it. There was something in his nature which made him feel that it was intended to convey the idea that the presit- ing officer was not one to be called on in @ caim judicial spirit, bat im @ apirit of dis- putation, in a spirit of zeal and active earnestness inconsistent with the judicial’character. He was satisfied of oue thing, that neither such ex- pressions at the bar, mor expressions elsewhere, written, printed or spoken, would have one feather’s weight to turn the scale on this question, which his Honor 18 holding with a steady hand. Mr, Carlisie then made @ close argument to show that the Chief sustice conid grant the writ, and he replied at some length tothe remarks of the Attorney General, and incidentally characterized the Reconstruction laws a8 bo cace my onal. Fhe} a eat ta xe Jing ae peovle for a repul government by pul under the heel of military authority, The argument continued for four hours, and when it ended Chief Justice Chase said he would notify Counsel a8 soon as he Was ready to give his opinion. MARINE. TRANSFERS, The following 1s & compicte list of marine transfers from the 12th vo 14th instant, inclusive:. ‘Date. Alohym' 90, 25-11 R. 8. Raymond. Joho Durston... hman, Washing .|Bloop. July 13.. anniv’. fey eee July 14, |Seboonee| mem- | Grand Bank, there Is no possibility of ice or of other incy that can be sugmested cable. northern edge of the Gi avoided, because it is uncertain at what depth thong. vorgrennd af times tu ninety fathodies It ts ity, to not certsin at what depth the vessels employed in the seal trade may sometimes choose to drop an anchor for the parpose of keeping their station in the track of the These dangers are avoided tm the track chosen for the French cabie. Further, the track from the southern of the Grand Bank to St. Pierre, and thence to the place of landing at Duxbury, is entirely free from any danger from ice, and does not cross any anchorage resorted to by the ‘WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE. Organization of a Woman’s State Suffrage Association—Addreas by Mrs, Wilbour— Fifth Kate Men Not Wanted to Discuss the Question—Auother Lawyer Squelched. BaRarToGa, July 14, 1869. Tne Woman’s Suffrage Convention met at ten o'clock this morning. The audience was not as large as that of yesterday, although ag the proceed- mgs progressed the number gradually increased. THE FRENCH CABLE. The Shore End Spliced to the Deep Sea Cable. Tue opening dusiness was very mucn distarvea by | The Operators at Work and Commu | Sec ofnshng Grand Bank to St, Pierre, and then workmen engaged in the hall; but after some re- to America (upwards 1,200 mi ), wi m monstrance by Miss Anthony the disturbance was nication With Brest. trator of soc tay depth iat repairs will be a mat- raen. ‘The cable, a8 now laid, starts in very shallow Special Message to Napoleon, Dic- tated by Himself. water from Minou Bay, but in four or five miles deepens from seventeen to twenty fathoms ana then ually shelves trom thirty sixty-eight and Binety fathoms. At this level, but-on the whole gradually deepening, {6 continues till in a line with the westernmost part of the Irish coast, where, taking @ northern course, It down a gentle slope of sand that continues descending till the depth increases from 200 to 300 and 900 fathoms, and then 1n a shert distance to 1,700 fathoms. Over all the rest of the course to mid-ocean the bottom is mud, shelig and sand and with a uniform depth of about 2,000 and 2,200 fathoms. 6 these great depths there is an absolute cessation of ali motion. Over such @ bottom the line is taken in an arcof & large circle, the most soutnerly point of the cable being in fort; Bie coaveee north ymlings ana che 7 most northerly forty-e! legrees. Mong ° GAYS rareer, anne Coary, erp end of tne Newfoundiand Bank {0 is gi 2 The M the failure ti about 150 to 200 fathoms, the water on the ban! se Ta Siege saheeetages tetera Bele itself varying from tifty to pinety fathoms. Thus it that the shore end was lost. The buoy was easily | is completely sheltered from Joe, which, ae the joo bergs pass the bank at ail, must clear the cabley found, but when taken up it was discovered that | Witch ties urgler its tee by some hundred fathoms OF the cable was detached, and it was therefore neces- | More. From this point it ts taken up due north im the channel between the Green Bank and the St. sary to grapple for it. Pierre Bank In an almost unvarying depth of 500 Directly the splice was made the instruments and fathoms. From tlus point out the course 1s over very regular shoal water, so to speak—being at no the full staif of operators were sent on shore, and communication was soon opened with Brest. part less than 100 fathoms and generally over 150— Sir James Anderson, the commander of the Great to its termination. During the whole course of the Great Eastern messages have been continually passing from the Eastern, had brought with him a sealed message which had been prepared by the Emperor Napoleon, and the parport of which was to remain unknown shore to the ship; and while the latter has only on rare occasions, owing to the trouble and danger of Until it Was opened on this side the Atlantic upon the completion of the cable, when the message was making the necessary shifting of connections, re- to be sent to the Emperor over the wires in order turned the compliment, each roll or pitch of the that he might thus judge of the accuracy of the huge vessel has been faithfully indicated by tne delicate instrument at Brest. This instrument 1s transmission. This message was sent to Frante to- day. Mrs. Gage presided, apa after the reading of the journal the ro}) of delegates was called and the rep- yesentatives were requested to take seats imme- Giately around the platform, ieaving the main body of the hall to the audience, numbering about 200. The President stated that the object of the Convention was to form a State Association and elect representatives to the National Woman's Suf- frage Association, organized in New York city some time ago, and at which convention fifteen States were represented, The ultimate object’of the move- ment was to secure an amendment to the constica- Vion of the United States, similar to the propo. sition already made in Congress by Mr. Jahan, to grant suffrage to all the women of the country, Delegates, in reporting their names to the secretary, would please give their own initial letters or Christian name instead of that of their husbands. The Convention claimed that the women had just a8 good a right to their own names as tae men had to theirs, and they meant to iusist upon that right. The secretary tuen read a plan of organization of State, district and town woman's suffrage associa- tions Issued by the National Association, after which Mrs. Wilbour, Mrs. Brockett and Mrs, Strowbridge were appointed a committee to prepare a platform and constitution for a State association, and Mrs, Burleigh, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Upham and Mrs, Knapp a committee to nominate oiticers for such association, The constitution reported by the committee states thet tie association shall be called the Worman’s State Suffrage Association; its object shall be to secure suffrage to women; terms of admission to the Association shail be an annual contribution of not Jess than fifty cents; shall have a president, a vice president for each Congressional district, a record- img and corresponding secretary, treasurer, execu. tive committee, and an advisory committee to be members of Uie National Association. Miss Anthony explaimed the objects of the associa- tion thus formea to be the eeucation of afi sections of the State up to the position of, d emanding suflrage for women. Mrs. Wilbour then read over the resolntions offered yesterday, and delivered an address upon the resolu- ton declaring that, ‘while resting the responsibility of woman’s present politica! disabuity upon man, we deny his right to define woman’s sphere; that as we deny the right of one class of men to define the rights and duties of avother class of men, 80 do we as emphati¢ally deny the right of one sex to define the rights and duules of the other sex.” The speaker demanded that the ballot should be given to Woman a3 an educational motive and power, and, Claiming that if woman is to be a subject of gov- ernment she must participate in it, proceeded to show how the removal of the disabilities now tm- ppred upon woman would enlarge her sphere of use- fulness, develop ber mind and make her a better companion to man. She would enter upon the higher intellectual flelds of jurisprudence, philoso- phy, &c., and, losing her perveried tastes for fashion- able display, trashy fiction and the habits of the idie woman of the day, become a bevefit to her brothers and husband, and create an element that would purify mankind, = - At the conclusion of mrs, Wilbour’s remarks Mr. J. W. Holmes, a lawyer of ig pee asked the privi- lege of saying something. His speech, however, only consisted of repetitions of ideas ulready expressed much more tersely by the lady speakers, aud tne Budience soon manifested no littie weariness with his platitudes. He concluded by suggesting that Mr. Ulark, of Syracuse (the gentleman who was squeiched by Miss Anthony last night), might be in- Vited to present the objections ratsed againat the gudrage movement and an opportunity be offered for a free discussion. Mr. Holmes said that he was a lawyer himself, and from his manuer tt os en that he was quite anxious to fling himself into the arena asthe champion of the Convention, Miss Anwiony sald that she would be very glad to have a free discussion, Mf there was apy probability of its resulting in any practical beuefit. If any statesman or prominent man of brain and influence, who was opposed to the womau’s suilrage move- Tent, would present himself, they would gladly in- vite him to the platform and discuss the subject with him; but, hitherto, the only persons who had sought to koe them In discussion hada been fifth Tone and Action of the American Government. St. PIERRE, Miquelon, July 14, 1869. The ocean cable was spliced to the shore end to- that now universally adopted tn Working all long submarine lines—the reflecting galvanometer. ‘The principle of this most deticate {hatrument was dis covered a few years since by a German electrician, named Weber. ‘Ihis instrument consists of a small mirror with a magnet Jaid across its back, and that the two are very simaii indeed may be judged by the fact that both together weigh less than three eighths3 of a grain. This infinitessimatly small re- flecior, which is intensely bright, is suspended by a slik thread as fine a8 4 bair in the midst of a smuil circular coil of insulated copper wiress Directly a current is sent through this circular coll, no matter how slight, it induces another electric current within its circle, Which acis IN an opposite direction, and this causes the little magnet at the back of the mir- ror to turn to right or left, and, of course, to turn the little mirror with ita reflecting ray of light with it. By avery simple arrangement this fine ray of light is thrown upon @ horizonta! graduated scale, about three feet long and three feet distaut from the mirror. Thus, When @ current is sent through the little circular coll round me aplrran oe miaguee is acted upon, and turns the mirror wi ts ray 0: Tone and Action of the Cabinet in Washing: | jigit—say on the left of te scale I frout of it. Me When the current 1s reversed, and that 1s tustantly Seer eamerone tint Commas; See. Cmeariem done by pressing a little key in the speaking tnstru- of Territorial Inviolability—Secretary Fish | meut, the current in wt circular bath iz ab ag ae to the French MinisterGovernment Privie | £°2%!2 the opposite direction, and this in turn senda the ray of ¥ght from the mirror on to the épposite leges of the United States Over the Cable. side of the scale to the right. When the ray of light WASHINGTON, July 14, 1969. rests stationary on any part of the scale 1t means & dot; when it moves rapidiy to the right or leit it With the exception of the “opinion” of Attorney General Hoar and the letters addressed to the No Signals Received at Brost at Noon Yess terday. Buest, July 14—Noon. No signals have been received theough the new cable from the Great Eastern since the despatches of Monday. It is supposed, however, that no acci- dent has occurred. means so many dashes, according to the distance 16 oes, Thus the IiWe pencil of light makes dots or ment used to make them in visible ink on paper, French and the British Minister by Secretary Fish, | and any combination of words or lettera or figures can be formed and read with the utmost no actton bas been taken by the government to | ease by the receiving clerk, Who is watching how the light moves and dictating the letters and words ttgends. When the cable is at rest the light re- coast of Massachusetts. Secretary Boutweil has not, | m: When a fault occurs the Joss of electricity is shown as reported in some quarters, ordered @ United | py the currente or the reverse currents, turning the i light more to the right or left of the centre of the States revenue cutter to proceed to the point where | i. than {t should do. When a total fault occurs— 1t 18 proposed to land the cable on United States ter- } that is, when the cable has parted—the little ray of light files off the scaie altogether, and ts never seen ritory amd prevent it, nor is it likely that any such course will be pursued. ‘Fhe matter was pending in | delicate is this instrument that most distinct mes- the present French cable with no greater batter; be left to that body to-settie tt. Secretary Fish con- | power than that adorded by a lady's thimble filed sidered it his duty to place the French Minister in jobinn eee vont a a bapa It A koe lh ae refiec galvanometer that tne watchers Possession of the facts so far as the action Of | wrest knew whether the Great Eastern, at the our government has been developed relative to | other end of the long rope of hemp and aot dashes on the scale, just as the .old Morse instrue prevent the landing of the French cable on the ains stationary in the centre of the scale at zero. again till the mischief is repaired. So exquisitely Congress at the adjournment, and it will probably gages have been sent through the whole lengt® of the ijanding of tne cable, so that he might inform his | Was steady or not. Each roti of the ship produce Tate men. She and others present had been travelling @ slight magnetic current in her vast coils, which, Ree oe ee DUToRTGe? Seake and | government of the risk tt mugt run in attempting ® | transmutved through the cable to the sensitive Matra: land the cable on United States territory without authority from Congress. ment, turned the ray of light to the rightor to the left of the scale, thus showmg in a fraction of a and ity The point to be insisted upon is that the govern- | Wich the yosacl was Tolling, suis unceasing NOTA ment ef the United States shall have equal factiities | tion followed the voyage of the stip, marking its and privileges over the cable with that of France. ro Loe aoe Coan pleean wisn: arated This seems to be about the only objection to the | over the most dangerous part of the route, as could landing of the cable in the minds of government | ve desired. St. Vierre, ove of the group of suail omMcials. This, too, was the principal object which cnet Perms! Defeats supposed a apn r own to the Basque ermen oelore the Northmen the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations had 10 | giscovered Vinlaud, will start ouc wih wide view in reporting and urging the passage of the billto | notoriety. It 1s “% rocky fe wholly i pre- prevent the landing of any foreign cable on the | clude vegetation of the tenderer sort, but has shores of the United States without the consent of | %84 an interest to the Frenoh government because large fishing fleets have for years been sent out Congress. There dees not seem to be any very strict | there, by the inducement of pberal bounties. These law on the subject beyond what ts cited by the Sere caPOL MARY Sat shaae wu aa “ the Great an ¢ Miquelon Islands, w form, Attorney General in his “opinion” on the question, | tne group. The ulation subsist entirely by fish- and some good lawyers regard that rather as a | ing. The cod, herring and whaie fisheries bave labored report to strain a point in favor of the at- “aim eg dig aa Wine me ngreire er ac: old fast by uer Little Nor e fantic cable monopoly than as sound law. If the | Sunt? fis added, moreover, thal tor & ‘year past cable is actually landed some action may be taken | France has been industriously accumulating militar; by the govcrnment to prevent its being worked, at stores at St, Pierre, but for what purpose is not defi. least unt/i Congress moeta. What course will be | ™tsly Known. pursued does not scem to be knows just now, who nted themselves were not men of any party or influence, and the reeurrence of squabbles With them was undiguified and useless, ie audi- ence applauded Miss Anthony vehemently, and Mr, Holmes subsided. After a few remarks in relattOn to raising funds, during which the audience commenced leaving. the Convention adjourned, to meet at four o'clock in the reading room of Congress Hall. Tye afternoon meeting will be open ouly to delegates and mem- bers of the press, and at its conclusion the Conven- tion will probably adjourn sine die. Speeches will be made this evening by some of the ladies at Hathorn Hall. AFTERNOON SESSION. The alternoon session, which was announced for business, was ‘attended exclusively by delegates. The preamble Roig me uarnine, the State Associ- ation, presented at the mor session, Was dis- cussed and adopted, ‘The following officers were elected:—President, Martha C. Wright, of Auburn; Vice Presidents, Ceila Burleigh, of Brooklyn; Rachael 8. Martin, of Aibany; Lydia A. Strowbridge, of Cortland; Jessie White, of Syracuse; Eliza W. Osborn, of Auburn; Sarah G. Love, of Ithaca; W. S. V. Rosa, of Watertown; Mary M. R. Parks, of Utica; Any, Brocuaun Bridge; Tae Creeley. ot Chaput, an rockel ridge; Ida y, of Chappaqua, an Mary Hunt, of ‘Waterloo. Executive Committee, Lucy A. Brand, Emeline A. Morgan, Mrs. H. Stewart, Samuel J. May, Rhoda Price. gr Council, Susan B, Anthony, of New York; Sarah Schram, of Newburg; Sarah H. Hallock, o! Milton, Ulster county; Annie Holmes, of Greenwich; Ann T. Randall, of Oswego; Mrs. Professor Sprague, of Ithaca; Harries N, Austin, of Danville; Helen P. Jenklus, of Buffalo, ROBBERY OF MASONIC JEWELS. On Monday night or Tuesday morning a very dar- ing and successfal burgiary and robbery was com- mitted in Bleecker street, corner of the Bowery. It appears that the thieves forced up ttre grating lead. ing to the cellar of Irwin’s buildmg, on the fourth floor of which the lodge rooms are situated, and se- cured an entrance. Once in the cellar they applied their tools and forced a padlock that secured the door leading to the main hall, Reaching the third floor they applied their jimmy to the door of & room im which a lady friend of Mr. Irwin had stored a large quantity of vatuable furniture and trunks, containiug clothing, silver- ware and other valuables. The room was entered, the trunks opened, ransacked and about $900 worth of clothing, Silverware and articles of value, includ- ing @ cape worth $300, stolen, After securing these valuables the burgiars proceeded to pay their re- spects to the lodge room, were the Neptune, lontc, Humboldt, Keystone, La Clemante, Amitie, Cosmo- polite, Columbian, Commandery, No. 1, Charter Oak and other organizations had their valuabies 1m closets and safes. All the closets were forced open and the jewels stolen. Ionic lost all their jewels but one piece, that was overlooked, in one of the side rooms. The thieves carried feather beds up from the lower rooms, them on the floor, turned the safe over and blew it open. From the safe they secured @ shiver compass and square worth seventy- five doliars,“a silver trowel worth fifteen dollars and other articles of minor value. The losses of the other lodges have not been ascertained, but it is be- lieved the total value of the booty secured will be about $2,000. In the building a janitor resides, but the work was done so quietly that he was not alarmed, and the thieves got away, forcing open the main balt oor, instead of taking the long route by the cellar. ‘The laying of the final portion of the cable to Rouse’s Hummock, in Duxbury, at the entrance of Plymouth Harbor, will be the work of some days The Arrival of the steam Cable-Layer Great bulking RS Dasbury, fom whence me vonnectiig Eastern at St. Pierre, Miquelon—Cone- | wires to this city are rapidiy going up, struction of the Cable=The Instruments, [From the Boston Post, July 14.) The conclusion of the voyage of the Great Eastern is announced. This vessel yesterday arrived from Brest at the little island of St. Pierre with the new cable of the French company—the Société du Cable Transatiantique Frangais—from which point the lay- “tng will be continued to our coast. The cabje ts nearly 1,200 miles longer than the one now in operation, and is divided into six sections— viz., the two shore ends, the deep sea section (from off Brest to St. Pierre), the western and eastern shore ends at that island and the section to be laid thence to the Massachusetts coast, The shore ends are larger than the deep sea section, and through the whole there is greater conductive capacity than through the English line. It was man- ufactured by the same company as the other, but in circumference bears to that the relation of four to Uhree, and its central coil ts larger. Insulation has been made more perfect than heretofore, the wires having been imbedded in a new compound and covered with four layers of gutta percha, Around these is a Web of steel wires, wound spirally, each wire being first bound with five strands of hemp, well saturated with a preserving compound. With {ts massive strength, this cable thus comprises the flexibility which will enabie it to yield to the motion of waves and currents, The company’s first charter was granted by the French government just two years ago; the right to build, lay and work the present cable was conceded in July of last year, This right was granted to Baron d’Erlanger, of Paris, and Julius Reuter, of London, who were empowered to work it for the term of twenty years from the Ist of September next; but none but French and United States soll was to be touched by it, and the charge for a twenty word de- Spatch was not to exceed twenty dollars, The capi- tal stock of the new company Was xed at $6,000,000, there being 60,000 shares valued at $100 each. The shares were all taken up in London and Paris by strong parties in a little more than @ Week after they were oifered, and soon advanced to a preminm., On the very day the subscription ciosed the frst pay- ment of $1,000,000 was made to the English company with which the contract had been concluded for manufacturing the new cable. ‘The commission of sctentitic men connected with the enterprise made, at the request of Messrs. D’Er- ‘The French Cable and the Cabinet. {From the Boston Evening Transcript, July 13.) ‘The French cable seems to have encountered the especial official enmity of the Attorney General of the United States, and now Secretary Fish has joined in the attack upon it. With two such powerful per. sonages enlisted for the maintenance of the present monopoly in ocean telegraphy those who are reaping. from this source a golden harvest by extortionate charges are in hopes to prevent the entrance and es- tablishment of @ competitive element which will tend to diminish their unreasonably swollen gains, In the interest of free communication and unfettered trade we trust that the hopes and plans of the mono- polists will be defeated, no matter by whom sus tained, REMARKABLE SUICIDE. A Man During Temporary Iness Shoots Himself Through the Brain—No Cause Ase signed, Information reached the Coroners’ oMice iate yea terday afternoon that Mr. Edward Jewett, tempora rily stopping at No. 153 Sixth avenue, had commit. ted suicide by shooting himself, On making an investl. gation it appeared that about ten days ago Mra. Jewett, the wife of deceased, arrived im this city from her home in New Haven, Conu., to visit some relatives living at the above number in Sixth avenue. On Tuesday evening Mr. Jewett came to New York and joined ois wife, and appeared to be in his usual health and spirits, Yesterday morning Mr. and Mrs, Jewett went out shopping aud were gone several hours, at the expiration of which he complained of an acute pain in his head. On returning to his house Mrs. Jewett bathed her husband's head with the view of alleviating the pain, and while thus engaged he jumped from the chair in which he had been sitting in the parior and hastened to his own room on the floor above, with- out making any explanation for bis somewhat re. markabie conduct. In @ few moments afterwards the report of flrearms was heard up stairs, and Mrs, Jewett and others, going to learn the cause, were horrified to find Jewett lying on the floor of his room, bleeding from a wound in the right temple, and a four-barrelled pistol lying near him. He wae then insensibie, and death ensucdgin a few minutes. meee. 4 hessey om the Ninth precinct langer and Reuter, a report on the wire, estimatt was called in, but could render. no aasistance in the its actual strength’ at seven and three-quarter tones | Matter but to make a report to the station house. while the strain required for its immersion could | MT®. Jewett stated that previous to leaving New be only fourteen cwt. The commission has been | Haven her husband appeared somewhat peculiar, austained in its favorable report by the eminently | bUt Not so much so as to attract particular attention, successful result, It was further stated that the | She seemed unable to account for the commission of power of transmitting messages through long sub- the act; but possibly the investigation to take place marine lines is no \onger @ matter of doubt, and the | '-day before Corouer Schirmer may throw fresh ——_____., POLICE TRIALS, Jadge Bosworth yesterday heard the following charges against officers:—Joel Pike, Seventh pricinct, not patrolling his beat, fined two days’ pa: Michael O’Brien, First, off post, two days’ pay; Maurice Scanion, Seventh, Intoxication, referred to Beard; John Gannon, First, was charrea with going ino the press room of the office of the Journal of Commerce aud challenging the fireman, Mr. McUaf- troy, to fight, and calling him a number of bad names. Joi did not appear; John McNamara, apparently aseep on his post, fined three days’ pay; Philip Lambrecht and Wm. Hannon, Fifth, off post, three dofa’ pay each; officer Gibson, Fifth, off post, re- ferred to Board; —— McGinto, Fifth, of post (two chirges), referred to Koard; John Moore, Bighth, wis charged Dora ‘Heiser with breaking | laws affecting their transmission are weil under- ht upon the matter. Mrs. Jewett was the second tnto her = house, ro 180 et anrens ores stood, They promise with certainty that it will be | Wile of deceased, and nothing appeared to show rem to the Board; Benjamin Bates, | possible to send through the enlarged core twelve | that bg lived unhappily together. Deceased was Twelfth, megiect of duty, one day's pay; | Words per minute, and by improved methods of sig- | 8boUut thirty-five a of age, @ native of New Sapuel fH. Clapp, Forty-second, not patroiling post, | nailing it ia-hoped that this can be exceeded. The | Haven, and a coach painter by occupation, referred to Board; Thomas Moore, Twenty-seventn, | leugth of tire cable, they soy. which in deep water @ man without authority, referred no greater thangthat of existing cables, rests on the A SUICIDE FOILED, i; fata Ditm Forty-fiftn, not on post, five | same smooth and safe bottom. The shallow water — dafe’ pay; William A. icKenzte, disobedience of or- | section ts @ heavy cable, protected against rust by a The Twenty-seventh pollee precinct reports that at dew, one day's pay; . Warner, of the Fil- | bituminoas compound such as has been used in the half-past two o'clock yesterd: was intoxtcation—defence, | Persian Gulf cabie. 1 lay afternoon a German overcome by the heat; John Calley, Jr., Fifteent! From Brest to St. Pierre ts 2,325 miles, and from | 2@med G. Weiss, proprietor of @ lager beer saloon ot Tansee, feu foun th Fou: | Soe nes "ata, dating cegreg | e,2U FU, amma fe ea roxio ona ‘on_ post, two ; uw jum m the bow Lois’ Rush, “rnirteenth, ‘ort post, one day's pay: | 3,407. The main'cable, extending trom deep water | New Yorks He soc "ae ee, verter City ferry Of Brest to the junction with the shore end at St. | boat, who hurried to nie” sestenes Mana? res Pierre, lies on one of those great plateaus which are | cued him from deat known to exist at the bottom of the Atlantic, on one athated Wreneescaen thet nen iad of which the cable between Newfouniand and | been hurried to the rash act by the Sherif, who Valentia has been laid. This plateau, however, ts | closed nis saloon, and tho inconstanc} much higher than that occupied by the English ° who, after six weeks’ experience of marred cable. By keeping in the, 600 fathom iine upon | had deserted him and sought another home. le ‘Milne Bagg and around the southern edge of the | was sent to Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance, Robert O'Keefe was complained of by John for open ‘his door and arresting him—de- fence, Roberts’ wife came to him with her head all cul, and Uns rag him to arrost her husband, who had beaten her aay. compiaint dismissed: Jolin C. Fro- bese, Thirteenth, off post, two days’ pay; Edgar Sharp, Jacob Kover and ‘Patrick Crystal, leaving their post on 6th July, relasred to Board,