The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1870, Page 4

4 EUROPE. Imprisonment for Debt Abolished in England, The Jails Thrown Open at New Year and Debtors Made Free. Christmas Feasts in Rome and the Cariosities of the Council. ENGLAND. Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt—The Juiis Opened and tho Prisoners Set Free. Lonvon, Jan. 3, 1870, On the ist of January the new Bankrupt law, ‘which abolishes imprisonment for debt in England, except in cases of county court jadgments for small @ums, came into operation, aud there was in conse- quence a general jail delivery from all the debtors’ prisons and “sponging houses” of the metropolis, it has long been conceded that the practice of lock- ing up @ man Who owes money which he cannot pay and keeping him for years in prisou like a felon teas brutal as it 1s senseless, and yet the stubborn opposition of Englishmen to innovation has kept allve until now one of the most cruel and absurd laws that ever disgraced the statute book of any country, Within the last twenty years, i¢ is true, many modifications of the Imprisonment for Debt law have been made, and there has been less power than there was prior to that time to throw a debtor into jail and Jet bim rot there; but still the abuses have been numer- ous, and the opening of the prison doors has tarned loose upon the world @ score or two of miserable wretches who for no crime but poverty have grown old and rusty in a jail, ana rendered undt ever again to earn their living by labor. ‘The now law took effect on the 1st of January, and hence at tweive o'clock at night on the last day of the ol@ year the prisoners were virtually free, although a judge's order for their release might have been required pofore they were actually set at 1p- erty, The governor of White Cross Street Prison, the largest place of detention ip London, determined to Waive this formally, aud notified the prisouers that ail who pleased were at liberty tg ieave the jall Ql midnight of the Sist December, and, out of ninety-four inmaces, tiirty-one ‘availed themselves of the privilege. These poor creatures lon, ardently ior liberty that they packed their few goods togetner as early as four or five o’clock in the aiternocn, acd counted the seconds unul the hour of their release arrived, while in mauy cases their families, Women and children, waited for them outside the gates, and watched a8 anxiously the alow Might of time. It is s sad commentary upon the old law that siaty-tiree of the prisoners begged to be allowed Lo rewain In the jail und! the next day, on the plea mostiy tiat they had no homes to go As the new law does not cover judgments obtaised in county courts, over forty prisoners still remain in White Cross street, but theirsentences are only for stipulated periods. It is much complained of that the new law doves not reach this poorer ciass of debtors, and tuere seems to be Riess inequatity of justice in setting the large dévtor absolutely free and stilt holdiag tnese short terms of im- prigsonment over the small debtor. This 13 especially the case since, under the County Court act, the judges have very arbiwary power. and {it is actuaily possible that a man who owes a few shitiings may be imprisoned, on and off, for years, uniesa ne is able to pay his creditor. Say that a poor workman owes a grocery bul of thiriy suitlings and iinds himsell unable to sectie it, he is sued beiore the county court, a judgment is ob- tained, and an order is made by the Judge thac the deotor pay five or sevon shilliugs a week. ‘This the debtor is unavie to do, when he ts arrested and commitied to juti for forty days. The incarceration does not dwchurge the habuity—it is for contempt of the Judge's order—and the week after his livera- tion the deowr can be aguln arrested, and 80 on ad infiniium, 01 course the forty days’ linprison- ment throws a laborer or mechanic Out of work, and he has less chance of payme the debt after he comes Out oO; jail toan he had before. In the meantime nis famlly beg or starve, or become a charge upon the parish, aud tae end is reckleszness, despair and ruin for thousands who might have remained steady workmen and supported their families in ecompara- ave coufort but for the working of tuis abominable 7. It i# to be hoped that the reform now commenced ‘Will epeedily reach that most unfortunate class—tho county court judgiment deptors, ROME. Gelomn Feasts at tho Close of the Year= Okristmas Day Mass in St. Poter’s—Se. Stephou’s Charch Open—HHistory of the Sae cred Kdifice and a Glance Inside—“Slight!y Muddiod”—The Persecutions Under the Em- perors—Strects and City Trade—American and Spanish Bishops Trying their Lungs. Fome, Dec. 27, 1869. ‘This ts the Iast of the solemn feasts until the 1st prox. Since midnight of the 24th we haye had a number of processions and rare singing tn the differ- ent churones, suMfictent, if minutely described, to Oil a large volume. The Pope celebrated mass at his own altar in St. Peter's on Christmas aay in presence of the Sacred | College and four or five nundred bishops from all parts of che world. The attendance was large but not equal, by one-half, to that at the opening of the Council. We have had the usual procession im the Sedta Ges tatorta, the long mass, the rich tones of the Pontin cal trumpets, the noble guard in gala dreas, the fantasto Swiss guard, with their useless halberts the grenadters in beacskim bat and snowy breecnes and tho Palatine guard in blue coats aad claret col ored pantaloons, The diplomatic gallery was filled, ‘Tne Empress of Austria was present. At St. Mary Major ghere was the procession of the holy manger, which remained exposed upon the altar allthe day. In the evening vespers, which were weil attended, as the singing was not only good, but unrivalled, Yesterday at the Church of St. Lawrence Hors-les- Murs thero was a large attendance of people, but the great point of actraction was the Church of St. Ste- phen, near the Coliseum, ‘This church 1s onty Opened twice a year; yesterday being the anniver- sary of St. Stephen it was open all day. It is one of the most curiously constructed churches in Rome. Some say that it was an ancient edifice like the Pan- theon’and changed intoa church. Others aver that it was bui% for @ church, and lately it has been staied that it is the great meat market erected tn the time of Nero. We know only one fact for a certainty, It was con- | spose as & piace of Christian worship by Pope St. implicins, A. V. 467, The walls are covered with frescoes, represouting in chronological order from the cracifixiun of our Lord to the reign of Tuilian, the tortures anu sufferings of the Christian martyrs, There are thirty-four Jarge frescoes, and many of them are sickening to lock at, The horrors of Roman cruelty are painfully set forth, but as works of art they are of no consequence. Near the altar are Maasacres of the Innocents and the Crucifixion of our Saviour, What appears remarkable apout the latter picture 1s, that the dying Kedeemer 1s sir- rounded by a number of ecclesiasiics, a bishop, ‘with mitre and vestments being the most nent, Were there any bishops when our Lord died, and if where were aid they wear copes, &c., 1ike the bishops of Paris? When I looked at tnis fresco it reminded me of @ print I read of-she ascension of our Lord {com the tomb, the yuares dressed in the late Fegalation uniform of the United Staves Army, with musket and bayonets, lying around the tomb, end their cartridge boxes turned inside ont. “The Stoning of St, Stephen’ is a fair piece of work, but there are many others, horrible daups. The obiet martyrs who suifered under Nero, Do- mMittan, Trajan, Adrian, Marc Antony, Varus, Au- relian, Septimus Severus and Caralalia, aud ail the other mansters ta Julian the Apostate, are set forth upou the Ww: ‘They must make an indelible nu. pression upon the ape of youth. Isaw old men and women gaze on them with sorrow painced in their every limeament, and full grown boys and girls 100d before them in an attitude of deep wonder and reverential awe. ‘The history, we know, of Chris- the Roman Bmperors was ng sanguin: detract from the gtory ofthe martyr en@ é judicious grieve when such historical scenes are executed as carelessly 8s if they were {or a scene in some Vil) theatre, Rome surely is not, and if she is, there was s time ‘wheo Was NOt without good fresco painters. ‘They ought, for the honor of the great art, repaint the ‘worst of these scoues, and hold ‘ae swere the mir. Yor up to nature." Th St. Jono of Lateran there was excellent sing- bag or tne number of foreigners wag very large. day $he Guuurch of Mary Major was filled wich af At St. John of Lateran the chapel Of relicg was open. Tew or none of the Fes Ng tended, on account, I date of the in Weatuer. Rome isa b us place to waik in when fine, aud abominable when wet. A map or woman would cei be pio inclined who would visit St Mary Major or 8 John Lateran on foot Ww-day, the vislors came in carriages feted, i. 3° ‘Taking the opinion of rich and poor, batcher, , baker and banker, the Christmas yet ‘Was about wie dullest that has been secn nere in maby years. As @ drowning man clings to « piank, Gue souaus cling ve (heir Janoiful prices; bat they V NEW YORK HBRALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, ‘will regres their tmprudence before the 1st of Merch The Archbishop of Paris has not left here. but it was 80 stated by knowing,onos when I wiow las, Laaw ‘im yesterday. ‘vho before yesterday & Corpse was found Tiber, which 14 ve n just = Stowe the r, bad, ry by) y stabbed fourteen tim ‘the irreverent Romans are firing of all kinds of squibs against tho Conncil. They that as the next Council the Jes will ask for the impeccablity of the Pope. Some say that if bo be proclaimed tniallidle ho may bid the bishops, BO home and ask no more assistance from tho Hely Spirit, An eastern b.shop has been discovered to be an impostor. He was arrested and the tailor who maue his clothes also. ‘The nortan transopt—whichias been fitted up forthe Councii—in St. Peter's is undt for speaking. ‘Iho respective bishops e Deen easaying to find which ts the beat and moss comfortable place, the Apoili- nare or Quirinal, A number of Spanish aad Ameri- can bishops spent 4p hour in #he Quirinal palace, the day before ‘istinas, endeavoring tv hear one another, Thoy have decided upon the proper piace. Tae transept in St. Peter's, however, won't do, 2 Diacussion in the Council=Tho Decrees on Matters of Faith—Thirteen Orators, with en Austrian Cardinal at Their Head—A Blind Bishop Takes Part—Pantheism—The Tyranny of Majorities=Tho Franco-Gor- man Caucuses—Bishops in Oafos and a Papal Excise Law. Roum, Dec. 20, 1868. ‘Without waiting for the’complete nomination of the four deputations of bishops, whose judgment ts to be provisionally competent im questions of faith, discipline, religious orders and Oriental affairs, (ho general congregation.of the Council}, which met at St. Peter’s on the 28th, after electing twenty-four fathers for the deputation of religious orders, pro- ceeded at oucete the qpening discussion of the eighteen projected decrees on matters of faith sub- mitted by the preparatory commissions. In accordance with the Pope's regulations, the orators desirous of speaking on the subject—tbirteen in number—had inscribed thelr names beforehand, Cardinal Rauscher heading tno hist. But not all those preiates actually ascended the rostrum. The Cardinal got up first, with a studied Latin discourse; but as he was but little heard and less understood, his Eminence had to ratse his voice by degrees to a perfect snout, which, considering the time he kept it up, must have sufficiently tested the solidity of his lungs, Spaccapletra, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, fol- lowed Cardinal Rauscher, and pe was succeeded by the Bishops of Halifax and St. Louis and an old Italian bishop, who, whatever may have been his talent in speaking, must have been “all ear’ in lis- tening, as he ts stone blind and can only receive tm- pressions through the organ of hearing. As only five out of the thirteen orators inscribed gota chance of speakiug, the subject, whatever 1c was, is to be resumed tn to-day’s sitting, after the clection of the deputation on Oriental affairs. Ihave been informed that the first topic thus in- troduced to the consideration of the Council was the new German doctrine of Catholic Pantheism, a kind of grafting of philosophy on to orthodoxy which does not suit the Court of Rome. The bishops who spoke were mainly of the opposition, and the report which circulated in society frequented by their party that eveninz was that they had made slash- ing speeches and had totaily crushed the govern- ment programme. What this triumpit can consist in, while the debate is in so early a stage, 1 am unable to realize, especially as the bishops them- selves are at an utter loss to comprenend the mean- ing of their speaking colleagues, and have applied for copies of the shorthand reports of cach preced- ing sitting to keep them up to the mark with respect to what 1s said. This request has been refused, on the pretext that the stenographers’ reports are re- served to form a coltection of official documents, from which to compose an autventc history of Wie Vatican Council, It # very evident that the thinking and speaking portion of this ecclesiastical parliameat will, a3 1 political sasemblies of equal magnivude, form a very small minority, but as that minority will beloag chiedy to the opposition, 1 18 apprehended that If their votes are unanimous upon Lhe principal ques- tons, \d are nomingily registered, the hundred or two names thus published to the world wiil be those of the enlightened and independent members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, in opposition to those of the umexaminiog and unhesilaliogiy opedient ma- jority whose mere numbers of votes spall have car- ried through the Council whatever the lope pro- poses and negatved whatever he disapproves. ‘i's ‘wil certainly be a kind of protest, but no uumediate practical result is to expected from it, wad as to the threatened departure of the French Ambassador with all tae French bishops and the French troopa at his back, in case of the publication of any payticular dogina, I do not think we shall witness uny such ¢x- cling spectacie. A feeiing 1 beginning to prevail, even at this earlyBtage Of the conciliaty proceedin, hat the whole undertaking will result in @ fase ut this will proceed from internal and pot external causes, uM such @ meiancholy pnale really does wind up the Pope's cherished scueme. Meanwhile his Hol 1g endeavoring to put a stop to the sonderbund sort of meetings which the French and German bishops have been holding at the houses of their several arty chiels. The assemblies of the former at the ishop of Orleans’ residence, in the Villa Graziole, and those of the latter at Monsignor Nardl’s palace, will have to be discontinued tn consequence ot a cir- cular from the palace forbidding bishops to congre- together io greater numbers than fifteen at a time, and then ouly for social purposes. His Holl- ness does hot approve of the oppositiomats holding conciiium in conciio, aad so preparing @ united Gor tan bishops RoCeealiany begin. te opprecincs iy. 18 ops consequent! y appreci ue dumerence between living in the Maternal City under the immediate ferrule of their Life pee #80 to call him, and tho free aul Independent position they occupy in their dioceses at home, to which, no doubt, as weeks and months roll on, they will feel more and more anx- ious to return, Being prohibited from meeting at each others houses tne fathers of the Council will still have @ neutral ground on which to carry on their confabulations in the houses of their different ambassadors. There were no fewer than sixty French bishops at ule French Ambassador's last reception, and the German bishops muster in con- siderable strength at the house of the Bavarian Munister. The bishops are supervised here tn other matters besides plotiing against obnoxious dogmas, Cardi- nai Barpabo, Frefect of the Propaganda Fide, haa igsued 4 circular to the Oriental bisaops requesting them to abstain from appearing in the public cafes. These luminaries of the Eastern Church have been in the habit of meeting im the evenings at certain cay’s, where their Mowing wobes and still more lowing beards made them objeots of attention and admira- tion te the general frequenters of those establish- ments. Accustomed to the divans of the Leyaui, she venerable patriarchs thought ita very natural way of gusing their long rainy evenings in the Eternal City to meet and smoke the pipe of peace together in some quiet haunt; put the Curdinal ?re- fect thought otherwise, the episcopal dignity re- quiring more respectful handling in the immediate neighboriood of the Vatican, ‘This year the festival of the Epiphany, wuich is celebrated for eight days 1p the Church of St. Andrea detla Valle, will be the more interesting from the presence of many patri- archs and bishops of various Eastern rites, ‘The octave ig Lo be prolonged tll the 17th of January, to give more of these prelutes opporiuntties of oficlat- ing and preacting. Greek, Armenian, Syrian, Greco.Melchite, Chaldean, Maronite, Coptic aad otber bishops will taxe their places by turne at the aitara. Every aiternoon there will be sermous preached in different languages. The archbishops of Westminster and Baltimore and the Bishop of Richmond will preach in English, and the bishops of Poluers, ‘Tulle, La Rochelle and Geneva in French, Italian sermons will be delivered morning and evening. Pontifical Receptions—Presents from Pcra— Coffeo Nicely “Made Up’=The Tiber und the Theatre. Rome, Dec. 30, 1569. On the 15th inst, Mgrs. Moretra and Del Valle, Bishops of Ayacucho and Huannco, in the republic of Peru, some Spanish bishops and one bishop of the republic of Equador, were received by the Pope in private audience. Bishop Moreira offered the Holy Father a stiver basin full of gold coln, with an address stating the respectful devotion of the clergy-and faithful of his diocese. Bishop Del Valle presented a silver gilt casket, beautifully chased and enriched with jewels and the arms of his Holiness, from the Catholics of the city of Lima, witn a numerousiy signed address, ustals und the headed by a marshal, four ge: Minister of Finance. Besides this casket the bishop offered an embroidered vestiment, worked by the orphans of St. Theresa, of Lita, and a magnificent i bag, adorned with the pontifcial escutcheon in” gold and containing ® certain quantity of | coifee, selected ax the best produced ia South America. ‘1h1s was the spontaneous offering of a hittie child nine yeara old, Gaughtor of Don Peter roa and Donua Joan ‘Lucar, one of the most Gistinguished families of Huantco, The Holy Fa- ther was greatiy touched at this gift and ordered the coffee to be ‘reserved for his ‘use. Then he took the letter wnich the little girl had sent with her coffee bag aud wrote at the bottom of it, ae Dous benedicas te cum tote familia, ‘iber, swollen by continual rains, and haps emulous of the devastating example set fin by his brother Arno, rose out of his bed yt ig ANG invaded some of the lower quartera Of the city, blocking up bishops on their way to the Vatican in the Via deil’Orso, and obliging them to take @ circuitous route over the Ponte Sisto. It was expected that the Apotio theatre would not be open to the pubiic in the eveniny, being near the river, but the north wind fortunately sprang up in the afternoon and drove old Fatuer ‘fiber into pro- per limits again, HAYTI.Y Balnave’s Whereabouts Stil Doubtful—Five Hundred of His Soldiers Captured—Tho Officers Shot—Other Executions to Follow—Merchants Retum- ing to°Their Homes. By the brig Rapid, Captain J. Thibault, at this Port yesterday from Miragoane, late inveliigonce has been received from Hayti to the 1st inst. Intelligence had been recoived from Port au Prince to the 27th ult., to the effect that the revolution was succossful, but that Sainave’s whereabouts was Dot known. I¢ was believed that he had gone towards St. Domingo, ‘The peopic of Miragoane were delighted at the turn events had taken, and are im hopes that they wil! DoW posdess.a stable government, and be reicased for the future from such distress and anxiety a8 the recent state of things has induced. Pickets of Salnavo's were still inthe vicinity of Miragoane; but these were Deing dally captured and brought in. On tho 20th ult, as many as 600’0f Sal- nave’s soldiers, with their wives and families, were captured and brought into the town—the former in @ state of semi-nudity. General Brice, tn chargofof Miragoane, addressed them and set them at liberty, on their giving & Pledge to reaume their pe ne” pursuits. The oficers of ail grades wero otherwise disposed of. Filteen were shot ou the 3ist. Among the num ber Was one white aan, supposed to be @ Spaniard. ‘SIX oF seven others were put into prison, under gen- fence to be shot an the Sd inst, and; ib 1s expected a few more will ineet the same fate, Domingue, the Southern Provisional President, Was at Miragoane on lis way to Ports au Prince with his army ou the 27th, and bad left. ‘Two steamers, one the Pequod, were &ngaged go- ing the rounas of theiifferent torts ptoking up the pickets and landing provisions for the army. They were also employed iu returning to theic homes merchants who bad fled for reluge to places of security during the late troubles. A French bark bad been towed from Jeremie to Gonaives, which had arrived at the former place with @ cargo of up- ples and ammunition for the revolutionias, 100 late, however, to ve of service, Business Was reyiving at Miragoane and exchange Was at 600 for one doliar gold. SPECIAL POLITICAL NOTES. Local, State and National. “The Battie of the Pigs""—The controversy between several of the New York high and low ari papers im regard to the tariff on pig iron. ‘Phe sixteenth amenament, it is proposed, shall he couched In the following terms:— ABTICLE XVL SEcTION 1, The right ofeitizenship shall not be de- nied to any human peing on account of sex, Rye or Of any previous “sphere” wiatsoever. Sec. % No citizen of the United States shall be de- mied the rigat Ol Voting, of nolding oflice, o: enaci- tug jaws or of enforcing them. Suc, 3. Lhe foregoing provisions shall not bo con- sirued 80 as to llinit the right of femaie citizens to feeitin the privileges to any other sex, as they may see fit, ‘Taat will do for the present, if anything were wanting to demonstrate the fact that this ia great country tt is only necessary to state that while Callfornia 1s allowing wWeatrical and other amusements on the Sabbath, Louisiane has abolished gambling and the professionals given notice to quit and come to New York. ‘This is the work of the Legislatures of both States. The old adage, “it is a wise child that knows tts own father,” does not seem to be appreciated by the radicais in Congress, who have introduced a pro- vision into & new naturalization law that the appli- cant for citizensnip shall not only give che piace and date of nis birth, but those of his parents. The father of that bill, probably, would have somo difii- culty 1m swearing to the spot where bis*owngrand- father was “born on.” Congress Is asked to give twenty thousand dollars for two looking glasses tor tue Treasury Depart- ment. It has been imagined that the department had already won an enviable reputation for iis “good looking-’lasses,”” Vonnecticut Democratic State Convention will be held at New Haven, Fevruary 22. ‘ihe third party movemeut in New Hampshire don’t seem to be “much of a shower" after all. Thus far only three democrats are active in the movement, uamely:—Coionel Henry D. Pierce, of Hiullaborough; True Osgood, of Concord, and Rev. Mr. Smith, of Salisbury. James A. Weston, Mayor of Manchester, is spoken of for the dethoeratic and labor reform nominee for Governor. Mr, Edward H. Kolilus has been re-electea chalr- man of the Democratic State Committee of New Hampsture, He’s smart. An exchange monger says, after two weeks’ close examination of the prominent newspapers in the country, he has found but three that have taken issue with the policy of the administration in regard to Cuba. The “Campbells (and the women)fare coming.” Misa Emma Campbell is elected engrossing clerk of the Hoase of Representatives in Kansas. The Chariegton Republican saya the labor move- ment in that city is going on a pace. If tt is getting along no better than the telegraphic striking move- ment here it may be regarded a8 going, 8 Pat would say, ‘all to paces.” The Hon. James Cavanaugh, delegatefrom Montana: 1a Congress, recently said in a public speech that he once had the honor of being @ printer's devil, but now, after a long and laborious life in the service of his country, he was only a momver of Congress. The Houston (Texas) Times saya the only live thing In Toxas is the Central Railroad; and suggests as that Js the case the incoming Legislature will Kill it go that they “can all be on an equality—a dead level.” Better get your heads level, Texas Legislature meets February 9, Fraud, swindling “and other Western enterprises” are alleged to prevail in Texas to an alarming ex- tent. The “upper latitude gentlemen” who cap- tured Southern property during tue war are espe- clally commended for their honesty. Inauguration of Governor Geary, of Pean= syivania. Governor Geary was inaugurated for his second term as Governor of Pennsylvania at Harnsburg yesterday. There was @ large procession of military and fire companies. Because a black regiment was allowed in the line all the fire companies left except two from Philadetplia. The Governor's inaugural address is brief and enunclates no new ideas upon national or State affairs. On the whole, 16 is a tame, fiat and unprofable production. He, of course, Opposes free trade in any shape, and refers to the national financial obligatious and reconstruc- tion a3 followa:— ; In my several messages to the Legisiatare I have taken occasion to refer to a gubject which 1 regard as of paramount importance to the prosperity and even the stability of our government. No nation can long exist that attempts to violate any of its obligations. ‘ihe most prominent among these iy the faithial payment of ail its indebtedness, No good reason can be given for the repudiation of o single farthing, * * * Those who saved this gov- ernment from the destruction designed by treason are they who will perpetuate it as a blessing for Tature generations. All that is asked of the people is to strengthen and uphold the kands of the men who have becn called to do the work of reconstrac- tion, and when that work is Hnished in the apirit in which 1t has been begun by the present national ad- ministration we will nave & government and a coun- try mighty in thelr muniicence, glorious in their prosperity. CITY POSTAL SERVICE. To THE Eptton oF THE H&RALD: Pardon me for troubling you, but something in your paper concerns me. J have my letters come to No. 2 Amity street, and did not know that it was not respectable. There are plenty of people who have their letters come there who are respectable, who, like myself, cannot avoid it. Why can we not have our letters at the stations, as formeriy, and is there no. piace but the general Post OMco where poor folks can get their letters? Iam a working woman and not home through the day, and even it I was, I Have @ room at the top of a tenement house, and could not hear the letter man. ‘The last letier i had come here 1 found in the back yard, in the dirt. Ig there no relief for the thousands that are sitoated like myself? Please answer a poor woman, whose ouly bit of sunshine ig the HERALD alter her day's weber, Manny ata! ‘TH Postal, TELEGRAPH SYsTEM.—The Washing- ton 10 Bn article in favor of a postal tele- aph system, uses the followin g language:—Let us ve @ postal telegraphic system that shall put our communication by telegraph just wheré our com- Munication by mati is. ‘ihe two are exactly the Sano, and to the government belongs their cont roi. It mauers not whether you sead your message by foot, or horse, or stage, or rail, or wire, ifthe gov- trnment regulates one mode of conveyance tt has fhe right to regulate all, aod all atzuments tuat hold oor one bold for ail THE STRIKE ON ERIE. Bend or Break the Order for To-Day. Tho Proceodings Yesterday—Arrival of Delogates from the West—Thoy Inter- viow Fisk—No Sympathy with the Movement Along the Road. The strike of the workmen employed in the machine and car sbops of the Brio Railway Com- pany at Jersey City continues unabated, There havo, as yet, been visible no signs of yielding on olther do, the company, or rathor the management, ag weil a8 the strikers, remaining Orm. 80 far, not one of the men has gone back on his comrades, and theugh ali kings of shifts are reaorted to to induce them todo so, The master mechanics a!l through the shops, a8 tho forewen of the several divisions are called, express it as their opinion that it would be extremely diMcuit, &£ not ampossible, to repiace many of tho men with others equaily as skilful. They also give tho strikers great credit for the energy and perseverance with which they manago the proceedinga particularly in the matter of Keeping workmen out of tho shops. The threats and tntluidations referred to tn the ITERALD yesterday as having been complained of by outsiders in letters to Mr. Henry L. Brown, are not iszojated instances, however. A machinist from Hudson City, on his way to the shops on satur- day last to ask employment, complained tna letter yesterday that Ife was rudely hustled about, and, though not struck, he was forcibly pushed away from the place, @ policeman standing by refusing to interfere, And in the Tombs Spectral Sesstoas Court in this city yesterday morning, Thomas O'Donnel! was arraigned for baving assaulted Wil- ham McCue, as the latter was goiug to the Erie machine shops to work, but was acquitted, tho evidence being insuMeient. From these instances it will be seca that although the leaders and direct- ing minds ot the strike may bo in favor of peace and order, the more enthusiastic and excitable of tue rank and file do not even know bow to keep within the bounds of reason and law. e THR Su0rs continue empty. In ali the various shops where 250 men shouid be a3 busy as bees there were less men at work yesterday than last Saturday. These were one bolier maker, one blacksmith, two in Wood's room, two in Hughes’ room and one turner— just the lucky number seven in all, In the tmmense turning shop near the tunnel only ten -fires and eignt latuos were 1a use, also a tremendous reduction of force, involuntary though it be, All the efforts that have been made by the oficers of the company to obtala workmen have sig- nally fatlod. TUB MBETINGS YESTERDAY—WESTEKN DELEGATES. As usual, two meetings were heid yesterday—ono im the morning and another iu the afternoon—at each of which Mr. George Keasley presided ana ©. J. Cronan was secretary. It was announced that aclegatea from the shops at Port Jervis aud busqueuauna had arrived, together with Mr. W. Cochayac Frith, the President of the Mutual Protec- tective Association of Erie tatiway Hmployés; that on consultation they had concluded 1b advisable to call ou Gould snd Fisk in New York, and have a Jrendiy talk with them, hey os the aiMcuity coula not be amicably setiied. Mr. Finlay disapproved of tnis course, believing that no overtures snould be Inade to the company when the strike was nearly successful; but whatever propositions the delegates ieigbt make to Mr. Fisk, they, the strikers, were not coinpelied to endorse them. A number of commit- tees, scouts, &., were appointed, and, alter some speechifying, the meeting adjourned, ‘this was in the moroing. In the afternoon mecting Messrs. Frith, the resident; David Mason, delegate from Susquehanna, and Walter Harvey, delegate from Port aeryis, were presen, and submitied ordlly their re- rt of POR SHE INTERVIEW WITH FISK—EAIP FINANCES. It took place avout ten o’ciock, in the Erie Railway offices on Eighth avenue aud iwenty-tlurd street. Mr. Jay Gould was alao ta the room, but took no bart in the conversation. The committee were very civilly received. Mr. Frith said that they had come to tell Bim the sentiments of the shops in the matter of this strike and to make @n attempt to intercede for the Jersey City men aad stralghien out waters. Much discussion ensued which it would be useless to repeat, the result, however, was that Fisk referred the committee to the general superintendent, L. D. Rucker. In the course of the interview Fisk showed 2 good deal o1 sympathy for the men, but expressed nis regret that they should have acted 80 hastily at this time. The unexpected and unavoidable delay of a few hours to pay them was too trifing @ circumstance to justify 80 extreme & measure a8 @ strike. He contessed that the road had suffered great loss injoonseyuence; even an offer made by the government to convey 4,000 1s now witadrawm. For every $100,000 of expenditure the receipts are only two-filths, or $40,00u, thus showing an expense accouat two and one-half times as great as the income; not at all a flattering extubit. Mr. Fisk would make no propo- sition nor hold out any hope, but he was giad that the men im the other shops have continued work. As the matter, according to Mr. Fisk, now rested with Mr. Rucker, the commitiee would try to sce him in the course of theaiternoon. Jim Jubilee, J: so they said, looked very low spirived, indeed; showed none of that piuck and vivaeity of which there 13 80 muck mm bim and which made him so famous. The strikers couid not diviue the reasou jor thia. Some suggested that the low ebb in the cash box of Erie may have caused it; othors that this strike has been disturbi him, and othera, again, that the near prospect of a Congressional tn- inne lato gold gambling presses heavily upon him; but one man suggested that ali three causes mentioned probably combined to lower his spirits. IF PRINCR ERIR KEFUSES, WHAT NEXT? Mr. Finlay, who was intruated by the Convention with geueral superintending power of the strike, then spoke at length to the effect that although in the opinion of thetr brothers in all other shops the Jersey City men had acted too hastily, Lapel are in @ otrike they should be supported at all hazards, but gopeitiatary, measures should be first resorted to. if these fall, then all the macni mechanics and laborers nists, connected with the motive power and rolling stock would quit work in support of Jersey City. It was better that they all did not yet strike, for it would onjy have irritated mutters more.’ They should have a litte patience, Some settlement will be reached by Wednesday (to-day), and if all en- deavors fail of an honorable settlement, then there Will be a general strike along the whole line of road. “Ig that so?” asked Mr. Finlay, turaing to Mr. Frith, the president of the association, “Yes,” an- wwered the latter. AN IMPORTANT SRURET CONFERENCE. The committee were usable to find Mr. Rucker, who was continually cacillating between the ma- chine shops, the cone house, the telegraph gffice, the depot and the Jim Jubilee Jr.’s opera house. He concluded, tierefore, as a diffe action, the more so since, with the arrival iu the afternoon of Mr. aries W. Wail, the delegate from the Erle shops at Buffalo, all the shops of the railway were now fully represented. At Cight o’clock yester evening, at the upper , hall of Engine House No. 7, there met in secret. con- ference the following gentieme: W. Coc! Frith, president of the association; James Kinley, vice president; Richard Allen, James Atwater ana Michact Curran, delegates of the Jersey City branch; Walter Harvey, delegate from Port Jervis; Davi Mason, ex-President of the association and deicgate from Susquehanna, and Charies W. Wail from But. faio. What conciusions these eight representative men arrived at was not asce aud no amoont of questioning could elicit the least clue. But it 1a the general understanding that they discussed the terms of a proposition which ig to ve submitted to Mr. Rucker in writing to-day, If they are 7 to, thé men will go to work; if not, all the employes 1p GU tie shops will instantly quit. THE FEELING ALONG THE RoAp. rent plan of Slight Sympathy with the Present Strike— Its Motive Deemed Too Weak—The Work- shops of Port Jervis. Port JEnvis, Jan. 17, 1870, For the past few days there have been low mutter- ings of an intended strike among the mechanics of the repair shops at this point of the great Eric high- way. Jersey City having raised the standard of revolt it was deemed the part of honorand con- sistency for Pors Jervis to follow suit, but go far there bas been no tangible disposition shown by the men employed at the repair shops here to ‘support their brethren at present on strike lower down the line. Last yoar @ diferent state of affairs followed. When the disaffected at this point struck they wére well and promptly sup- ported by the organization in Jersey City and other places along the ling, One good turn is sald to de- serve another, but the force of such logic has not made itself felt as yes, and the longer ita considera. tion is postponed the leas graceful and satisfactory will be the appearance of the support given, Among labor organizations that prin- ciple of honor which is prepared to sacri- fice the interests of the many to sustain those of the few is variously estimated by the disin- terested public, Some regard its highly neorssary to maintain in their integriy the rights end privi- fegos. of labor unions, otiprs think tb works d1s- astrously both ways, injuring the employed and the employers at one and the same time. Alter TALKING WITH TIN WORKMEN, of different grades and of dierent ways of whink- ing, employed in the shoys of the Erie Company hore, I cannot geo that they feel justified in carrying Out the principle just alinded to, of supporting Another set of mon on the jirength of @ sentiment Qnd at the risk of thelr own bread and butiter, There onght to be a limit tothe demands which one Darty of mon who joel thomlves aggrieved are cn- titted co make upon anotherof the same organiaa- tion, whose welfare is not sanilarly jeopardized—in fact, whose intrinsic rights and privileges nobody dreams of assailing, fhe Jerseymen compiained that the Erte Com falled to pay them on the 12t0 inst., the date of the month which was UREO.OR tho occasion ofthe sesuemens of the last From all I can learn the men were a trifie hasty, ond the fant waa the paymaster's, not the com- He bad the 7. Tavney ready for Nin before the Lath, but fail make his appear- ance fn the an: it the exproled hour of the day. four tn the alternoon, and must therefore bave ai en the company buts very litte grace, In this there was a baste exhibited da fled by the consequences involved. ‘The same thing occurred bere jast year, when the paymaster, who nm band the of the should have been 07 month, failed to show his anxiously looked for countenance till the next aay. Tae men atruck, ‘and the resulta that foliowel are too well remem- to be told anew. All the other shops struck; the Port Jervis men were pala up and dismissed, but their brethren in arms refused to surrendor until the original rebela were pardoned and taken back into the bosom of Erie. The yast annoyance which & Scheme of tactics like this ls capabie of yh, an’ extensive ratiroad corporition cannot easily Measured. The injury it inficts on both parties is apparent to the dullest sense, Tho road suffers in reputation, because people will conclude that a strike demoralizes its working force and renders travel dangerous. A person without any sympathy for suoh rail- road corporations as Erie and Central may, neverile- legs, feo that it is a very wrong proceeding for its employés to strike on every frivolous pretext, when large private and public interests are directly cou- cerned, The Erie Company deserves censure for panies paymaster ut Jersey City to noglect es duly baying at the right time for the labor well and properly earned; aud yet one 1s apt to think that the men might have stiown a sinal! share More of sense and considiration. Labor strikes, where the principle is concerned of securing Tull Compensation foc work pertornes, ro- ceive the ready sympathy of the public; but where the complaint isonly that of the mouey for wages being a trife delayed it is dimcuit to: pamp up much enthusiasm in behali of the sirikers. Anyhow, after gomg over the workshops here as commissioner of the AERALD, [have come to the deuderate.conciusion that thereare not grounds for a strike, and thatif i6 ocour along tho line it cau only be a feeble and hal'-nearted affair, ‘lo-dav, in talking to some of the mea in the machine shop, they unbesitatingly condemned the precipitancy of the movement by the Jersey men just ag much be- cause it was unprovoked as that i compromised themselves in placing them under the tpiied obli- Gation to sustain it A WORKMAN ON THE SITUATION. One civii and tavelligent man ta the car repairing department, who has been tn the employment of tne road for over #ix,years, made me an explauation of fienraas strikes, which will throw considerable ight on the preseat one. “Do you meditate having astrike?”’ I inquired. “Well, Idon't believe it,’ he readily responded. “I don’t see what we are called upon co strike for, except Ng the men down below, and | don’t think they bave @ decent claim on us this tune. Tuey were too d——d hasty, that’s wual’s the matter.” “Was the old management of the Ene road any tore punctual in paying its ompioyes than tue present one?” “By bo means,” he replied; “but this was the aif- ference—we were accustomed to tie mregularity, and didn’t mind it, Since the late arrangement, however, that the company Would pay ils mea on o certuin day in every month, there has been a de- cided disposition to make them stick to one regular day in future, and thav’s got something to do wita tie strike, Now, as far asi am concerned, t don’t feel put aoout a bit if the wages are not patd on the day named; and although 1 am @ poor man iam able to get along while waiting. A good many of the men complain thas the storekeepers refuse to Rive them trust if they don’t-have their money on the regular day; but I never found any duncalty tn getting all the credit 1 wanted. A good deal depends upon the character folks have; some wali drink their earn- ings and ran in debt, while others can manage witn- oué trouble if their money 18 not ready exactly at the tame contracted for.” “Want is the real feeling in this matter?’ I asked, “Do tae empioyés regard the present management as unreliable and unsatisfactory r'’ “No,” he responded. ‘On the contrary, the road Was never managed better, and 1 myself iook upon the complaints made by certain people aa just what folks will say when they are Knocked out of easy, Profitable positions. 1 recoliect a time when every- body on this road appeared to do as he a——w pleased, but now things are Changed and fellows have got to show something for the Money twats paid thew’? TUB FEBLING AMONG THE ENGINKERS, Speaking to another man, an engineer of much original force of expreasion, on the subject of strikes In general, he struck an iden weach*Was no leas true than poilosophical. ‘Men,’ said he, “have got to strike once na while. It’s a sort of epidemic, lke smollpox, and nas got to ron itself out.” Further couversation with tue engiucer developed tue iact that the society to which he belongs, calied tne “Brotherhood of Engineers,” was not in sympathy with the strikers, as has been erroneously represented in the papers, and thus hoe vindicated the fame of the ‘brotherhood: — “With a fall knowiedge of the facts réiating to the troubles,’ he continued, “1 can state tuere is no grievance or dissatistaction existing on the part of the engineers likely to lead to a rupture with their employers.’ Since the Erie Ratiroad got into a con- dition of chronic strikes an impression naa peen created that the eugineers are in sympatoy with tue strikers. This isa mistake. ‘be ¢agineers are wili- ing to sustain any legitimate demand for increased compengati and are ever ready to up nold the rigl of workingmen; but they do not consider they are bound to sup- port an undertaki inaugurated without provocation of.a justifable nature, As an organize- Won the engineers are strictly enjoined by tue rules of the order to mind theirowna business. One of the fundamental principles of our association 1s for each man to ie hig own canoe. We are abuudantly able to protect our own rights aad interesia, and will res; the rights of others, either expioyer or employé. But any aMitation with other orders or associations bas never been countenanced, aud the representations mato in the papers in regard to their influence and avtion in connection with the ast and present trouvie on the rie road are un- founded.” of the car repair department re- The f markea:—‘‘I'ne men of Jersey Oty, however reck- Jess of their own.interests, should have shown some little consideration for their fellow craftemen along the line, Waen the money Was on hand ai the time agreed upon it showed the good faish of the com- be Gi mI I om not going to.isil out with them for a rl AY. Such remarks as the foregoing pave 3 decided ten- dency to make @ person believe the recent strike is unwarranted and uncalled for, and the public sym- pathy is appealed vo withoutdecent grounds to show cause. EMPLOYMENT AND RATES OF WAGES. The following 1s the employment of the shops here and the rates of wages paid:—Of the car repair de- periment, of which &. H. Bodle 1s foreman, tuere are five gang foremen, one at $3 and four at $2 88; one clerk, $0) per montis; one stationary engincer at $1_50 per day; two watchmen—one night, ab $1 30, day watchman, $1 62; thirty-one freight car re- Pulrers at $2 20,0 few getting slightly less and one slightly more; six piacksmitha—one ot $3, two $2 43 and thige $2; six helpers @ $1 50; eleven lnborers, $1 50; one unsmith, $2; one painter, $2 12; seven oar Inspectors at $1 66, and one $2. The machinists’ department embraces the follow- ing labor:—Engine aespatcner and foreman of re- pair shops, Mr, Frauk Abbott, foreman of engine repairs at $120 per month; oue brase moulder, $3; one printer, $2 40; one stationary engineer, $2; two D- men, i 92; Atty-two Taachinists, with an averuge pay of $2 &0, the lowest $2 50, the highest $4; stx Machinists’ apprentices, $1 24; three ceppersmiths, $3; one helper, $1 82; Ove boilermakers, $2 92; one helper, 48; seven biacksmiths, $2 &4; nine helpers, $1 three carpenters, $2 64; two clerks, $2 76; twelve laborers, $162—totel 104 men. Employed to the engine houses a3 wipers, scourers, pit cleaners, laborers, &c., eigity men, paid an average of $1 40 per day. Port Jervia 1s the termi- nal point in the ran of 250 engineers and firement who make their headquarters here, ‘There are about 500 of the travelling railroad men who bave more or less of a residence in this town. and give it the intense flavor it bas of ‘ratiroading.’’ It 13 bhe great repair shop of the Erie Ratiroad—the hospital like for all its debilitated locomotives, Which are brought in, and medical attendance of & brawny, muscular and mechanical character ad- Tinistered to them; after which they goon their Way as well and lively as ever. Jt is quite a sight— worth & nundred miles of travel—this large macuine shop, filled with locomotives in all stages of iil heaith and jeacence, Here is one juced to a skeleton py being stripped of all ita outer integ- uments, and there ts another, after # terrible illness, going. out again in the fresh alr with all ite joints raced and its lusty health restored. In the round houses there 18 accommodation tor 120 locomouves— I should have said stabling for that many, for here they call the locomotive's’ place a stall. altogecher thig mechanical surgical department of the Krie Railroad is very interesting. Tne most satisfactory thing, however, to discover here 1s that all tac trains are ruoning on time, and that there is no apparent falling off in freight and passengers, No Intention of Striking Among the Work. mon at Susquehanra, SUSQUERANNA, Jan. 18, 1876. There 13 no intention to strike among the men engaged in the Erie workshops here. They haye no cause for complaint, and were paid their wages on the 15th inst,, the regular day arranged beiween themselves and the company. fiere, as at Port Jor- vis, I discovered the spirit of atssatisfacuon with the baaty action of the meu in Jersey City. The undue precipitancy of the strike is what the men along the Toad condemn, aud waich whey de udt fcoi calied Roa to sayport aban inoonventent sacriice to thente This branch of the assoclasion has sent a delogate, 1o coaneotion with another from the Port Jorvié shops, to explain to the men atJersey Uity the fruit. 1es:ness Of an appeal to the other shops on the ling to join in tho present tri intercede wilt, tne gompany on their behalf, They say here that & ‘Was 00 par: of the compact entered into by tne dif- ferent branches of the organization to throw up work simultaneor beoause of a delay of a fow hours in being paid. While believing in the jusioe ‘and so:netimes the potency of asirike they think 1% ian more than rashness to declare one on auch @ siender provocation as the Jerseymen had, EXD OF TH TELEGRAPH STRIKE, Order of the Grand Chief Operater Absolving the Operators from thelr Oaths, Yesterday, at one o’ciock, the Telegraphers’ Pre- tective League held their last meeting at No. 270 Granq street. About haif of the members having Ceserted, it was deemed advisable by those att Tewatning to discontinue further prolongation, of the atrike; consequently Mr. Pop2 issued the follow. ing, upon the receipt of which by the various olrouts tho strike will be at an eud throughout the entire country :— To . Naw Yours, Jap. 18, 1870, ALL O1RcuITS:— and believe it ts hereby I have canvassed the eiuation, nacless to longer continue tie strike, I gbsolve all Western Union members from thelr oaths, and advise them to return to work. R. W. POPE, Grand Chief Operator Telegraphois’ Protective Leagne. It1s generally understood that all the operatoms engaged in the strike, excopt the leaders and the Jaques, will bo taken back by the company, provided they renouncethe Protective Loague and sign & Paper to that effect, if the Western Union Oompany persist in perse- cudng che Luty operavors ts is prooable that they. (the ladies) will carry out tholr threat of making ‘interesting disclosures.” ‘The pubiio are vory aX- lous. to hear them upon tals Budject The Strike Ended at Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 1870, ‘The remaining telegraph operators in this clty whe were on a atrike and had mot returned to dusy this morning Indicated their dosire to do so, and a por- tion oi them have been sot to work by the managers at this oiice. AMdavits ot Paris Candies=Hlow Adulterations Can b0 Detocted. The camp of our city confectioners is still in & shaky state from the effects of therbon-bon bomb- shell recently hurted into their midst, and casting its expiosive materials among the traffickers ia con- fectioned sweets with such terrific force. Tne fokow- ing afidavita are the latest development of the desire to show a clean record on the sudject:— State of New York, City and County of New York, ss:—Eaward Duffy being by me duly sworn, accord- ing to law, on bis oath, doth depose and say, that he has been employed by i. N, Wilde for upwards of Uurteen years as manufacturer of conlectionery, and that during that time he has never seen or used any eduiterations in the manufacture of the said confectionery, and knows of his own knowledge that all the said confectionery are pure; and i now engage’ by George H. Wilde (svccessor to H. N. Wilde), and rere et al Spaaeneesi made by ‘him are pure and unadulterated. P EDWARD DUFFY. Sworn and subscribed to before me, this 18tn day of January, 1870.--A. H, NoNES, Notary Pubiie, 434 Broadway,-New York. State of New York, City and Crunty of New Yort, 8s:—Charles Geiger, being by me duly sworn acoord- ing to law, on hig oath aoth depose and say, that he has been employed by H. N. Wilde for upwards of five years a8 manufacturer of confectionery, amd knows that all the 1agredtents used 19 the sald man ~ Ulacture are pure sad unadulterated; aad is now empioyed by George H. Wilde, successor to H. N. Wilde, ws aan a ‘aah oten Kt’ by him are ure and could not narm a nursing c: a CHARLES GEIGER. Subserived and sworn to before me this 13th day of January, 1870—-A. . NONKs, Notary Public, 434 Broadway, New York. State of New York, City and County af New York, Auguste Porche being by me duly sworn accord x Lo law, On his oath doth depose dnd say—that ue has been employed by George H. Wiide th the maou- facture of coniecuonery for some time, and 13 at the head of the French department, and that the igre- dients composing ‘Wi.de’s Ceiebrated Candies’ are alipure and unaduiverated. . AUGUSTE PORCHE. Subscribed and sworn to before me, thls 16th day of January, 1870.—A, H. NoNgs, Notary Public, 43¢ Broadway, New York. One of onr reporters yesterday visived Mr. Wilde’a manufactory and saw the process of making candy in several of its leading and most popular varicties, The marbié slabs covering his tables have beem in use séventeen years and are as simooih as the day tuey were frst used. He has deposited $1,008 in the Pacific Bank, the money to go to some chart- table institution if it can be proven that he ever used seen that bis son now uses any adulteraling mar How To Detect Adultorations. TO TAB EpiTow or THe HeRacp:— Auy person may analyze lozenges, opaque camdy or sugar plums, by simply dissolving in water. If the water remains transparont the candy is pure; butif milky or depositing a sediment, terra alba or some equally barmful adulteration has been used. ‘The above experiment will not, however, be neces- sary to convince you that confectionery ts largely aduiterated, for you have but to go to the wholesalers and ask their prices, which they wal quote for botn the pure and impure articie. The juantity of terra alba eatea in confectionery ts ter- ific, and in ex) it you are a public benefactor. . 'l stree! E. GREENFIELD & ©0., 61 Barclay street, A. SLAUSSON & CO., 13 College place, PALMER & CO., 68 Duane treet, R. L. GILBERT & O0., 61 Cortiands street, Wholesale Candy Manufacturers, THE PLIGOTAL TRAGEDY IN PENNSYLVANIA, Attempted Escape of the Allegod Mardercre— Their TrialmAuother Murder Case, Huntingdon, Pa., (Jan. 1%) correspondence Phita- 0 ee, aienia Press] ‘This town was thrown into a@ state of intense ex- citement on Saturday last by the discovery that Bon- ner and Van Bordenburg, the murderers of the Peightal family, were making preparations to escape. ‘The tacts of the case are 2s follows:—An old German from Altoona, who had Le subpoenaed as & wit ness for the defence, went into the hardware store of Wharton & Maguire and asked lor saws and files that would cut iron. ‘This aroused the suspicions of the proprietors of the store and they at once sent in- formation of the affair to the Sherul = The prisoners were immediately searcned, and on the person of each was found @ kale about ten inches in lei sbarp on bota edges and pointed, wih @ guard at the handle like a dagger. Ail the provisions that had been furnished them for several days past were fouad carefully packed in a havertuck, to be used ou the journey which the two prisoners hoped they woula start on tn afew days. A communicauon written in German and covering about eight pagea of pote paper was also found. The prisoners had evidently intended to leave this behind them in the event of making thetr escape. It was to tne eifect that it was better for one man to die than for two to be Nanged, and that they (Bolner and Van Borden- burg) intended killing tue guard that night (Satur- day) and escaping. ‘ihoy threatened vengeance ou dudge Taylor, the Disirict Attorney, Sheri and otherg. ‘The jury in the case having been called and sworn on Friday iast, the trial commenced ou Saturday and continued ti le P. M. Lytle, who, with R. B. Petriken, assists the District Attorney, Milton 8. Lytle, opened for tne commoaweaith in an address of const le lengih, Tevtting the facts of the case and what tie proseca- tion expected to prove. More than thirty witnesses were examined to-day, and the main facts of the were elicited. The murderers were traced atep by step from Altoona to the scene of the murder aud back again to Altoona with toeir plunder. Every link in the chain of cir- cumstances was forged complete and the crime fixed upon the two prisoners. The trial will close to-morrow or Wednesday, the length of time re- quired to dnish it dependimg upon the number of witmesses called by the defendants. They sent = subpoena to Altoona to-day; but it ia not knowa, pe by ben? ee no themselves, What line Of defeuce will be follow ‘ae court iso been engaged = in the trial of A, Howard Crewitt, indicted for tho killing of Miles Hampson on the 2i:b of October last. It has been in progress since Tuesday last, and was tormina‘ed on Saturday cventug. Tue case was closely contested and Crewiit ably defended by A. M. Spear, P. M. Lytic, and T. He Cramer, The jury, after being out an hour and a hatf, returned @ verdict of not guilty, which was re- ceived with applause by the large crowd present io the court house. The prisoner and his brother fainted on the fendition of the verdict, The most inteuse excitement prevailed among the people resent undll they were revived and carried to thetr wed. Drvoroxs IN INDIANA.—The divorce statutes in Sndiana are certatnly the mos! caudid and inteitgi- ble of all American statutory literature, aud where i= no doubt about their covering the whole ground; for, after enumerating almost every concetvabie rea- in, Excuse OF Pailiation for divorce, they add thas ‘manent separation may be secured for any other cause that the Judge may decide to be satisfactory to himself and the parties engaged. It is evidently useleas for Ohtoago to eudeavor to rob Indiana of it a the divorce business... 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