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. ton as to the real condition of affairs in Spain, and The House Committee on Indian Affairs have com- ~-fore the Cortes, ~@he St. Domingo Treaty—Sumner’s Opposic NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. bardment @f Charleston. Every reasonable man ad- | Greene, J. F. Blogham, J, H, Harmony, J. M. Emnauel, H. | partia! and unjuat and should be remedied by @ re. | title from the United virtue of the act of W A s a ] N G T re) N rilited tue justice of the claim of the good sisters, | Hirth W- A. Windsor, G. W. Roche, J: W. Bavile and. 8: | Gacrivution or by allowing wh increase of the exist. | Congress of ‘August, 1 the ira; ot © | and yet there were found forty-six members to-day, Firat Lieutenant Frederick H. Gorrie to be captain in the De bank circulation in States and Territories having | that ri The Court below dismissed 1, hotd- * | Marine corps from the lath of February, 1660, vico Captain J. | 1€88 than their due share, 80 thatevery part of the | tng that Gefendants were not the proper [| eee among them Van Wyck, Ward, Kelsey and Ketchum, | H. Grimes, uismissed; Seoond Lieutenant D. Union can secure its just proportion. to the action, and that these w ret the Uniied of New York; the Forreatian Kelley, of Pennsylvania, | ? Fst leitenant in the Murine comps from the 12th of Feb- | ‘The House refused to second the previous ques: | States, aud second the for entries; rusty, 1870, vice First Lieutenant F. from ‘promotto: be second Hentenaute in the Mari ant Surgeon Judge Bradley Confirmed by the | and sianey Ciarxe, of Kansas, voting against it. ‘Van Wyck's opposition occasioned considerable sur. Senate. priee, in view of the fact, that he owes Lis election over Greene mainly to Catholie support. The bill anit following masters are to be It corps, to Gil vacancies in rank By Mr. CULLOM, irep.) Of Il, —Directing the Secre- | duties requarin tenante:—W. P. Ran- | t?¥ Of the Treasury to rurnish a statement of tie | cretion. jat A, Miller, William H. | balances due from collectora of internal revenue | Court, Corrie, nominated | tion, and the resolution Was, OM Motion of Mr. | and for farther reason that the ius 0. Schaller 19 | SCHENCK, (rep.) of Ohio, referred lo the Commitee | tive department of the government are not subject he performance of public whe exercise of judgment and dis udgment was now amrwed by thw L. Dubois tobe | 09 Banking aud Currency. to judicial control im joers of the execu- ween ann G. B. |. Bryce, ¢ Justice Miler delivered the opinion. will pass the Senate without almiculty, Ny ‘en oa ole Ye Bartubott Wiifam B. New- | WHO Are nds now in Office, as Such balances appear Validit lealde G ar . F ‘Troops Deapatched to North Carolina min,’ A. J. tert fitiam Ts Buck, Jos on the books of the Department on the goth of June, alidity of Al vance DISCUSSION OF THE. GEORGIA BILL. . Susong, William i Brgces WH. Weide, f 1569, and showing What amount thereof have bi Merryman vs, Bourne etai; Byror to the Olroutt Tuformation nas been received at the War Depart. Moai cle, 7. L. Tanner, J. E. Joues, William W. paid. Adopted, Court for the District of Catifornia,—This is & cou ment stating that troops had been sent by General | Wigs ti Bakes BAW. Winon: dohn Meay, By Nr. Wiittans, rep.) of Ind.—Deciaring It to | : fi ra aay, ta be the dcty of Congress to provide for the funding of R, Canby to North Carolina. The Secretary of War is | Arrant, F.G, Grove, Walter Sarg: The Tariff Bill Under Consideration in | mucn emvarrassea by the reduced condition of tne | ih: Moree, A: by Sprague, Washbu 7 He Dayton, Asa Wali - Cults, | the national debt ata lower rate of interest and to | Of San Francisco. which resulted im favor test concerning the title to certain lands im the city of the va | The Astauit and Shooting in Prince Street as i We M. R. 8. | extend the time of ifs payment to a period when it | ‘dity of an aicaide gran’. In the court below such the House. army, the aggregate of serviceyble troops not | Wihem Wat W. W. Keelsnees die eRe oar | Will be tne least Oppressive to the people, and that | SFANt having boen held te be voId ia ‘ne courts of amounting to more tian 12,000. Tnere are constant | Harwell, Vous J. Hunter, JeG. Soley, Ih “Ce Wirner, | tHe mrerest bearing debt of the United States should | $1 he Sate this Court amimed the jadgmewt, MF, Mena demands on the Department from the plains and | W™ MeO. Live, M. B. Field, P. Hianford, Douglas Roeben, | BOt DE increased by causing ® surrender of any part uatice Swayne delivered tue opinion. Vie cf 8 ii from the South for troops and there are: none to | We Davin ts Wiliams, Ce hata a Pek, OM: By tho substitution teener inert saring bonds. a > ©. American aspen diias oegnnnys | ir onrni ee Seni Ry ay Hae sony, 1 it Wilton, C20. Podge Rater Wauermag, | AGopted. 7 NEW YORK CITY. Affairs. . Will be necessary to authorize the enitstment of re- | G4: Norris. John R. Phelan, Wiuiam J. Moore, Wiliam H. jadumensor the ‘louse svat sha pettet a eeamaiee ‘ eericja erulta, which wall require at least $60,000 to do wo | Hemptit, AB. i Lie, Wallan Ti Bwinaras A, Cay: | SUbsldion IM public lands to railroad ana other cor- errr sient, effectively by July 1. jonry Whelan, Me ek, Win, H. | Porations ought to be discontinu dthatevery | Interesting Items of Me WASHINGTON, Maren 21, 1870. Lawh the Mextean Bord 1 J. Hutehlos, » B. Mckl- | consideration of puolic policy and equal justice to d N » 5 jessnese en the Moxican ler. Mess patrick, | the wh eople requires that the public lands tropolitan News. ConMrmation of Judge Bradley aud Collector | The Collector of Customs at Laredo, Texas, re- | "ie Totowing F. Thiey, | S2all de held for the exclusive purpose of securin, Pleasnuton, Ports to the Secretary of the Treasury that on the | Harry Kuox, F. Col'tus, Hickey, Williaa boners 4 oo, reenter Se Homestead Immediately.after the opening prayer to-day the | night of the ste of February the Custom House at Bt West Jenn pisek aoa Onire We ¢ Priationsof such lunds tor purposes of education. Celie eiys ge ulbeipidy ng rypdoongn sertnpiond went into executive session. By an order that port was entered by bi feGunne; Edward W, Hearicks, A weather eweaty-four Benate iy an order at pa yy burglars and some private | MeGuntexie . ' dopted, temperature of the weather for the past weaty-! weveral weeks ago the case of Mr. Bradicy, to be | property stolen, The object was to steal govern- | Leu! se, v. ater, G. 8. Danet, E. H.C. R, Conden, G, J. Mitchel, J.T. Sulit: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the | ment 1unds, but smee a former robbery of that office | V8 F. A. Howes, Pendieto1 @ ninth census, and moved the previous | United States, was at once called up foraction. Mr. | they bave been kept in the Deputy Collector’s dwel!- | Heal: W. Christopi question, ner of Aun street: — Cattoll, of New Jersey, wo had been absent during | tug nouse, and the goverument wuffered no loss. The | 4\¥,,"1skanmen, py A gy id i me, &: Jacobs The mous anemtine: wae seconded and shewilt the entire session, having arrived in tke crfy yester- | report aays the frontier 1s full of lawless characters, | son. Clover,’ Ed. We dae ‘James "M. Miller, William dor unioeen chmapanion Ge, derokainad:som ay, appeared in the Senate this morning and vigor- | aud escape i easy alter committing depredations. | gu y'h! ghanee Geel ae sine, Witlams Ds Micha THE SISTERS OF MERCY OF CHARLESTON, ously urged the confirmation of Mr. Braaley. He } several robberies have been committed upon the | Jr.,R. W, Nichols, BH. Gheen, W. L. ¥ield, | Mr. Dawes, (rep.) Of sfage., from the Committee gave a history of his career and presented a record | Custom House, ef oMvial and professional usefuincss and integrity | The Niuth Census—Duties of Assiatant Mare Buch as convinced the Senate as to the fiiness of Mr. * shals. Bradley for the postion,” Mr. stewart also spoke in Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, favor of the confirmation; in faci, it was this ener- | bas pubiished a circular announcing that the act of getic Senator who had tne matter specially | May, 1850, requires thac the assistant marshal shall | mesierei- Fishh ond Neary A.W sights assistant bag ya charge. A nuinder of motions were made to } be the actuai enumerator. Sub-divistons cannot be Hong; Bosign D. W. Bell, to be Heutenant on the retired list Postpone and co iny updn the tabic and otherwise | farmed out in whole or in part, nor can the duty be | {itt Passed. Assiatont Burgeda Gesrge fh Ovx cy L. ©, Lo: | 00 Appropriations, reported a bill appropriat W. YV - $20,080 to the Sisters of Our Lady of Pacey, in . G, Paul * mea, J. W. Cowie, Maithew their nan asylum, in consideration of ini i ee cay Halse’ | wees genuared by thos Sitore thence and ease elenanty, He G. | wounded Union officers and Xavier. Vassed—yeas 110, nays 40. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. |. Cooke, to be sur By Mr. NeoLey, (rep.) of Pa.—To promote com- tf q fe George H. Steevens, a colored mao, War held to pulated mteriere. ‘These haviny hes i geon. merce among the States and to cheapen the Wans- ree calculated to ere. 3e having failed @ vote | performed by deputy or proxy. AW that the law Meary M. Martin, John W. | portation of the mails and military stores, &e. answer by Justice Scott, at the Towbe I Appointments in the nay: was taken, resulting Mn, sortyatx in favor and nine | aliows for this service must be paid to the men who Lary) my hegt C. Heyl, to be assistant surgeons; J. W. Jordan By Mr, Grrz, (dem.) of Pa.—Relative to the income | yesterday afternoon, on a charwe of ste: agaliise contirmalion, Tho Wig Agaipst confirma. | actually do the work. Marshals are required to | Siietyit cosinecr Re aauia at paymaateras Acting Second | tax oy procecds Of bulldiug aud sayings agso- | Mond pin of Lic Value of $400, tue property oF Joon tion wero Southerh Senator, who voted for the | keep this fact distinctly i view, and to form thelr | engnre ee cia lobed CT F, Hopkinson, a gucat at the Metropoliian Hoel, RATIRING JUDGE WATROUS, OF TEXAS, effect their action might nave in thelr States, All suv-divislons with express reference to their enu- the democrats voted yea. ‘Ihe vote velug so large | meration by singe assistants. Bo motion was made to reconsider, but a motion | Report om the Louisiana Conteated Election Charleston, 8. 0., for the purpose of rebuilding laet your..........05 Mr. Burver, (rep.) of Mass., from the Judiciary . FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Committee, reported a bill to factiitate the adminis: | ,, CHePday A seaman atuached to the seh: tration of justice th the State of Texas, reciting tuat | H+ Jones, lying at pler 20 Kast river, wh Second Sessiou. the United States District Judge tor tue Nasteru dis- | proves to be Peter Bront, fell into was carried to notify ube President of the confirma- Cases. trict of Texas Gates pra 3 et gy ‘ated by Lee ss could reach bim be was Yon immediately. A messenger was despatched to i Bie sickness and paralysis from performing the duties | The body was nov recovered, id Y. ger was desp: pe Ato The Committee on Hiections in the Louisiana con SENATE. uf bis gitice, and providing thaton bis resiguation y ra make the notification, so there 13 no possibility of | tesied election casea has submitted @ report to the WASBINGTON, Maren 2t, 1870 luis salary is to continue during life, Passed. David v. Thomas, of 34 Vandam str the case coming up again. House of a general character affecting all the cases, sah a! yi picks teach CONSIDERATION OF fon TARIFE. if : FEDEWAL COURTS IN WISCONSIN. The House, at hatt- Having disposed of Mr. Bradley’s case General | as special reports in each case. In this report it Is Plensanton’s name as Collector of the Thirty-second | stated thatat the Presidential election in 1863 the disuict of New York, in place of Bailey, was ealied | whole number of republican votes cast in the forty- up. There was a brief disenssion as to whether the | eight parishes of the State was 3,359, At the election mame should be confirmed immediately, but not, | the year before for the Constituttonal Convention changing the time for holding circuit and aistrict | W Heed one SANE courts in Wisconsin. Referred to the Committee on a ; t the Judiciary. sygiem of a protective tariff, under which the fa- EXECUTIVE SBSSION. vored few received large benefits that were denied N. Y., addressed the commit- t two o'clock, went into | fF examination yesterday by Justice Mr. CAKPENTER, (rep.) of Wis., tmtroduced a bill | Committee of the Whole on the Tarif biil, Mr. | Tombs Police Court, on ao WAGs, 1870. TAR NINTH CENSUS, honrs in comparison with the corresponding day of TG. Ge Cluy, Wilke Rwitt, i. Sroxes, (rep.) of Tenn., reported @ bill for | last vear, as indicated by the thermometer at i 'R. E. Carm Fr, | taking the pharmacy, HERALD Mullding, Broadway, cor- idiers while the city | S™perintendent Rucker states officially that the Natant Bag roy to be pay- | Was under bombardment during the war, the money | Men who are accused of riotous conduct at the Mar Wri latent Day hs 2 vonia fe be mr” 0 - i tant to be expended under the direcuoa of Sister M. ferry on Saturday last “are now” in the em. | ploy ol the Erie Kaliway Company. rt, ner Re -¢ nome awe rave was held tt, atthe rge of stealing (rom R, P. Sheldon, stationer, 498 and 500 Broadway, waere he was empioved as @ porter, a qual ily of chrom tee in opposition to the bill, and against the whole | pictures of the value of seventy-dy2 do! ire esi ar in e however, ina spirit inimical to General Pleasanton. | che republican vote was 3,835. The re iy e ) Some men making excavations for a ce 2 . 5 port goes ou} ~— Without other business, the Senate, on motion of | 1 the many. He showed the injustice of protecting After a brief taik on this point the confirmation was | to state the reason why the republican yote was so Mr. SHERMAN, went into pla din session, particular Branches of industry, while others aud | East Forty-filth street, mear Lexington aveaue, yer effected without farther embarrassment. I A ag a ig SR a i p ¢ x More unportant were ieft uncared for, The total | terday found a skull and thigh bone of a harman A ‘es thal emoc! ed & When the doors were reopened various Senators | value of manafactures of all kinds in the United | peng, Dr. Kipley expressed the opinion thai th American View of Affairs iu *pain—Mistakes | reign of terror throughout the Stato, whereby re- | presented petitions and memorials on disferent sub- | States, according to the last census, was under | pones have been under ground one hundred years. of the Revolutionists-Prim’s Lost Chances. | publicans, black and white, were prevented {rom A distinguished American, now in Madrid, who | voting. has unusual facilities for-obtaining correct informa- Reorganization of the Indian System, jects, which were appropriately referred. DISTRIBUTION OF AKMS IN THR SOUTHERN STATES. 4 Mr. Abgorr, from the Committee on Military | More antagonist: ‘who is capable of forming an imparttal opinion of | pleted their pill to reorganize the system of govern- | te Southern States according to their quota under bey ob TA iba et ire men and things, writes as follows to a friend here:— | ing the ludian wives and to provide for thelr colonl- Ido not see much hope for poor Spain from the | zavion and other purposes, ‘The bill diviaes the In+ Be it enacted, &c., That the quota of arms due to the Biates of Virgin North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor- a, 4 A . deed somewhere in the Twenty-ninth precinct, ‘the existing law:— rene yids PCLT Seer tay meee: the A ea (0a to ay where OF, ander What circum chof | and was only in the mtereat of the traders aud | Stauces. She was sent to Bellevue Hospital in a manfacturers, and not for the people and the gov- | &!ttcal condition, " A woman named Mary Lawier, of Fort Wada- Affairs, reported the following bill, which was | Tevenue and protection. Tne | 8 worth, Staten Isiand, last night took a dose of lau passed, providing for the sk ‘of armsamong | the other friendiy to the articles on which tnev were | Yanum with suicidal intent. She committed the but Present régime. They are guided by no principles - f ama, Florida, Mississipp!, Arkansas, Loulsiava nud _ aud aim at no end except a term, more or less brief, dians into three distinct classes: first, those on ‘exag, under the statute of ‘ApHE 3a, 1808, be allowei tothe | ernment. It was against this unfairness that he ‘The last deposit of $1,000 each by the pugilists, Jem of power and plunder, It is merely a auestion of | Peservations, self-sustaining; second, those on reser- | said States int! me manner agit the sald act had not | protested, and he appealed to members, irreapect- 74 been moaiied, and that the Cate of O1 time aud opportunity whether the reaction or the | vations not so far advanced in agriculture as the all, on requi- | tye of party, co unite against and defeat a measure | Mace dhd Tom Allen, aspirants for the victory of t ation in the usual form, deliver to the anid several States the y republic will succeed the present transition pertod, 80 utterly impolitic aud at variance with sound | heavy weights in the prize ring, was mace yesterd: bids people are not, yet anes prepared tonenoer former, and third, those not on reservations. It | time oF hele equivalent ia ordnance stores from January, | policy aud the general judgment of the pubite. i itg ree seird oo ‘and hence Prim is tolerated, bat his popularity has | provides for dividing the territory Into tour districts, Mr. Wasnu: Passed away with lus lost opporiamities, and le | with one general superintendent for each of then CONS NNT0N. CRSA GROROLA SILL, generally, but events drifts a successor mto power. The impulse | #24 ono agent for one or more tribes, under charge of tne revolution lost-its force when tue constitution | Of the general superintendent. No more treaties to was formed, Since it was promulgated as a sort of | be made an‘ ratified. The vill mests the views of reveiation, the tramers stand sull and wonder that Secretary Cox and Commissioner Parker. miley, iy pence. a progress do not foliow weir good hegiuning. There ave, of course, excep- | Admiral Farragu’ a tions—some of the radicals aud so-called demo- ee Sa fe ee Pe: SAAS oF eratic Monarcbists and many of the republicaus. Rank In the Navy. For example, there are, perliaps, a thousand super- In comp'tance with a resolution of the House the numerary general oficers inthe army and navy; | secretary of the Navy sent to-day to that boiy there is an army of priests, conons and bishops and ° Pay. Avast church eeablsumens that lives upon the | Copies of telegrams, letters and an agidavit of Pay- State, besides the civillist of pensioued Guuctiona- | master Thomas H. Looker, Umited @ates Navy, Ties, go large that I dare not repeat the estimates of | relation to the leiter purporun be a “ the number given me by weill-tbformed persons, rene Ceseek te ropipay aa pas vac ay8 And yet, with a deficit of twenty-five mutions this : a ‘anks 1m the ear, after borrowing as tmucu more. nota dollar | United States Navy, the genuineness of the signa- jas been saved to the nation in the budget now be- |} ture having been denied by Admiral Farragut ina let ter to the Secretary of the Navy, dated March 7, 1870, Paymaster Looker says:— Drake was read, as follows:— effect of the establishment of manutaciures tn in- 1ON —, And be it further enacte ature or the Governor of any State shal resident of the United States that there e e Oi ¢ ttte State organizations or combinations of men eng Kerr, and at half-past four o'clock the committee perpetration of acts of violence aguinat the persons or pro. | (0K @ recess tll half-past seven o'clock this perly of others, or in obstructing the due execution of the | eVeulng. awa of such State, and that the government of auch State is Evening Sesstou. unable to suppress the perpetration of such acts of violence or e ee ritetion, it shall be the duty of the President to send into Jn Wie evening session, such State such a number of the troops of the United States | chair, aoout twenty members In the hall and a few As May be necessary for the suppression ot speotators tn tise gale lence or obstruction, and the subjugation after speeches such orgauizations and combinations ‘an’ Mr. Wilson 1n favo: % Kerr against the bill and e connty or district re or gisicich with suspension of su@h suspension shall be authorized by the President, und shall take ail measures known to martial law for the suppr sion of auch organizations and comvinatio: pod maintain tnilitary juria The Sale of Unnds for Taxes Under the Act of Spirits and Groceries."” President Kulm, of the Cigar Ma states that the workmen Mr. HOLMAN, (dem.) of Ind., got the floor to ex- | Schmidt & Storms’ cigar factory who quli work on Artin IAW of auch cowsig | press MS VieWS agalust It, wha tue House, at ten | Saturday number 110, not 200, ag stated. ‘Tue whole writ of habeas corpus, it | O'clock, adjourned. humber called upon to accept reduced wages was —— 134, and ali those Who left work did so under a z 1 unamimons resolution of all the cigar makers or- aa shathod | UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. | ganized into unions, Many of the men have arcady —_— found employment elsewhere. in Messrs, 2) 7 ei Y in thin city. There now seems @ probability that ee MUP hoa oe attended | these terrific bruisers will duly appear on the loth of The consideration of the Georgia bill being re- | im some particulars. He read from @ facsimile of a | May next In or near New Orleans, ana decide by the sumed, the amendment offered on Friday by Mr. | setter of Dr. Franklin's, dated mM 1791, showing the | “™Ytlc bunch of flyes” who ts the better man, creasing the value of the land in the neighborhood, The wine merchants of New York yesterday met ‘The bil was further debated by Messrs. Peters and | at No, 105jFront street and organized the “Deveusive League of Importers aud Wholesale Dealers in Wine, Their object ts self protee- son against anjust legislation and oppressive taxa- tion, A committee wUl present a constitntion aud h Mr. Churchill in the | bylaws for adoption at a future meeting. Union, Stratton, tion to Its Ratideation. Ton Saturda: leiwer, and state diseiactly and suillolent M6 e corner of Fifi Iu isprovably uot generatly known that Semator | positively rT retogul ze It us one whic the ‘Atlral gave Nexpenees oft eriation ch troop from'the we eee a ee evans. as tae fav eek Be me . fo me, in perEo) place ap .. Pho a tnt whenc ‘were ordered to the point of thelr opera: V ASHINOTON, 21, 1870, 5 Sumner promised the President to favdr the St. Do- | ‘ters ihiny handwriting. It is iny comporition, avalsied | th rf all atber expenses of the Sy the ele ak bs ons in such Cope or district cowmand which shall be pear oud this geetin f f is is said States where the Presi ave heretofore sent a military force upon the request of the Legisiature orGov- | sented for decision in this ease 13 the legality of a | H¥RALD, was ernor thereof, for Pe cupprenelons of domestic violence; and if the army of the United States t it cannot io ti ly used for this service, he shall call out and mingo treaty before it was considered by the Foreign | by i or saad of ms ae 8, i bee " then ee there and gave it to me, and I recognize bis signature and iden Relations Commutiee, Since then he has changed | ji"a'well as my own handwiting und composiiiog, - | we Lcun know or identify anything {n the world. his mind, and it issald that he regrets being com- | to) see most solemuly aver the truti OF tle sta ment, pelled to break his promise tothe President. Sum- | the genuineness of the letter, and that the Admiral gave {t to ner fears that in annexing St. Domingo the United mej and Lam ready and willing and Pgh ae to tt States may assume a debt of some $?,000,000 or | poasible. $10,000,000 over what the treaty stipulates, Itis a In a postscript to this letter Paymaster Looker question with him whether the policy of annexing | saya:—- islands separated {rom us by sea isa wide one. He | the Admiral ter dlwe Et pe coh Le cB marti cal act, ck, G guature, does not believe that Great Britain wouid take St. | rhisis the pian and honeak Interproiation of the maver, Dom! x che commending itself at once and undoubte: any unbi ingo in cage wo refused to annex it, The policy | ei sind and, Liauet add, the letier was xlveaaald of that government, he contends, is to allow her | w Et apgs cromala abtestions ioen aren oppe epg cng ‘ . | ing the goo jant old Admiral, as I well recollect. colonies to choose their own destiny and aillances; | [M ihe goal and Bilan vet tclegraina or letters to hima oF in other words, insteaa of seeking new tee him io on; his finess being serious, I have tcle- ies, 1g anxious to get rid of what | &fPhedand written bim in vain, ced ee thinks, before eke any steps Additional Bounties for Discharged Soldiers. to ratify the treaty, a commission of emineat The recent decision of tne Supreme Courtin the fi men should be appointed to proceed to St. Domingo | °@8¢ Of United States, appellants, vs. Henry J. Hos- and examine into the condition of the finances of | ™& applies ae See Gas ea pean that island, its debt, Mabilities, &c. Another ground | 24! Mae seul ea duly 22,1861, and who of Mr. Sumner's opposition is that the acquisition of | Were Honorably disc Pais oF ‘erritory peopled by the Latin race is not desirable; oa that itis a civilization foreign to or government, The: Bary Department jas, received. advices. that and Is likely to give‘us trouble. 3 Admiral Poor would leave Port au Prince for Ha- Cyrus W. Field’s Pinn for Settling the Ala- vana, and it 1s thought he is now at the latter port. . baton @ntetion, Supervisor Cowen, lately on duty in California, 18 Gyrus W. Field, who ts now here, has submitted to be assigned to internal revenue duty in the South- 2 district of Omo, vice k. W. Clark, resigned. to Senator Sumner his proposition for thesettte- | °™ i 4 sla ent of the Alabania claims, He proposes that the Judge Carpenter, of Charieston; Ned Underhill Hnited States shat! name three eminent persone, | #84 Colonel Wagstaff, o: New York, have arrived at crowned heads, as arbitrators, from whom Great | ‘2¢ Ariiugton House. Britain shall select one, and his decision of the cage | Remarks of Captain Cowden on the Decline shall be final aud binding upon both parties, or that of American Commerce. Great Britain shall name the arbitrators and that | , Captain Jolin Cowden, in lis argument last Satur- the United States shail make the selection of the | “y before the Committee on the Decline of Ame- fated individual. Mr. Field had @ long conference | ‘cam Commerce, conciuded his remarks as fol- with Sumner yesterday on the subject. Tne latter | 1ows:— ose ch as five-eights of th Goes not favor the proposition, With all his respect | ana ner muurmuch ae Mrcetghts of the cost of 1a steamebip Tor royaity, he does not think the United States | labor here ts one hundred and twenty-five per cent moro than fa Seotinnd; inasmuch as the interest On capital here. Is would get a fair show from any of the crowned | douvic; Noasmuch an the Jong, continued xperience and heads of Europe. He ts opposed to all sorts of ar- | adaptation of labor saving, forced npon for ipuuliders hy rere competition amottg themselves, @ bal Ditvators or arbitrators in this matter, because ne | azainst our’ faucied, superior sll, therefore, to nay nothing of the dilference in the cost of material, whi considers it beneath the dignity of our government | Tima enee and yet comparatively triting, i ts ‘absolutely im. to submit to anything of the kind. Mr. Field’s mis- | possible for us to compete oa ny terme that can be aiforded “for we may participate sion is therefore a failure, so far as influencing atid fer pre paren A Sumner is concerned, wate S54 our river, Tabs And) ares for none of which = a bounty ia necessary; but if we wish for steamers upon th Tke Sale of Cadetahips—Report of the Come | Ocean, which iu free to the world, we must buy them ‘or con mittee on Military Atiairs. ue to, yield, our legitimate proute to, foreigners, or tationed for the purpose Henry W. Bennett vs, Alexander HuMter; Error to fh such suppression, ‘all apply to the militia #0 called out and organ- to accomp! section 6) ized. My. DRAKE, (rep.) of Mo., sald if any Senators de- | roused on the sired to discuss the amendment he wouid yield tle by Hunter in person. A number of questions were floor. presented to aud passed upon by the Court below, lands for sale, but before gale, @ tenant of Hunter & a) this antenarnins ps ie td to be Introduced in such a bill ag this, for the admission of the State of 1 deliveri: the opinion—thi ft Georgia—a measure of importance to the entire pepe ed be. “dechted is Pytether, * ander country. It did not belong there. 1t was belittling a toatick it into tais bill. He protested against the Principle of the amendment as the greatest viola: | i; ‘Tne opinion holds that the tender of the taxes throughout the civilized world; as @ violation of of the taxes, the t justice itself in every particular. As appited to the se Vancealee there wae Dales ueneyy io : in Georgia. He was in favor of the extreme penalty e taking of the oath prescribed as @ condition of the law tn the punishinent of the guilty, but this See arses aitessiion whether the forfeiture amendment provided directly for the punisument of | gttacued immediately upom the defauit in the pay- the innocent; for all are to be presumed to be luno- | iment of taxes is considered at length, and the con- cent until shown to be guilty. clusion lg that ff did not, and that there was no for- Mr. Howanp, (rep.) of Mich., sald he was willing | re:ure until sale. Conwequently, the claimant never to go as far as auy one to put dewn domestic vio- | way aivesied of his titie, and there la no necessity lence, but the pending amendment authorizing the military commander to seize the property of citizet oath. Brid, 1o pay the transportation of troops into their locality on Bridge. out that portion to which he objected ana providing Dake asked: the Senator whether his (Mr. whether it contemplated relief to widows and | one-fourth belonging to the United States under barge. orphaus? orders from the Treasury Department. ‘Tweed, | © ir. HOWARD replied that tt did not, nor did the | ciatming the cotton seized Was not purchased under first tion to Iie and property; that the amendment was | judgment for the amuunt claimed. This Court—Mr. its adoption would be to terminate thuse outrages mm | that judgment, aud remanded the cauee fora new RXRCUTIVE SESSION, tendered the amount of taxes assessed, which was ab le ground that it was not tendered | The City Fathers John J, Pigoo Jobu W. Flaherty. John Congrove Peter Flaherty was too broad and sweeping, and went a little too Treasury Agent Parchases of Cotton. Alderman MILLER, of the Firet "1 ty General Agent the Street Commissioner be instructed to cause the far, He, therefore, offered an amendment striking Benjamin F. Flanders, Depury Gener af pe a removal of the obstructions at the foot of State that the municipality should be responsible in the Treasury Departinent, vs. Jorn 8, Tweed; Error | street, He said a stable and fence had veen dumages for the commission of violence against per- | (0 the Circuit Court Jor the District of Loulstana.— | on the street and the public were prevenied from e' r going on co the pier. 3 and property by illegal combination. Tweed held @ contract with the Treasury Depart- The water was referred to the Corporation Coun- Howard's) ‘amendment to the amendment covered ment for the purchase of Confederate cotton for the | sei to ascertain whether that portion of the street the case of payment of damages to the family of a | government, who were to receive one-fourth and he had been opened, 4 man who had been murdered by bands of des- | three-fourths, and in pursuance of the terms of this Alderman OLAncy offered a reaoiution to the effect paradoes, during the night, under masks and | contract Flanders, as deputy agent, &c., seized the | {hat the Corporacion Counel be directed to dratt 4 Al aad NOLaN concurred 4 part of the amendment he proposed to strike out | that contract, brought Unis action to recover the pro. | 0M the fact that now people who lived in strects Cover such cases as murder, ceeds. ‘The Gourt below came to the conclusion | Were there eee te eer caer, bak. fee 3: peseae The amendment was further discussed by Messrs. | that ine cotton seized was not of the class named | {it Wasa ward charge poople would only Gave to Ferry, Yates, Nye and Thayer, who argued that the | ana called for by the contract, and that there was | PAY {08 wnat they need. duty of ‘the government was to secure protec- | no suiiclent canse shown for the selzure, and gave he resolution was adopted. — several! Southern States wiich all deprecate and | trial. One other case between the game parties is | Staten deland va denounce. disposed of by a simular order. elgners” Victorioy bing thle ed , the face and leg during an at- tercation at No. 92 Prince street on Saturday migut, apply to any, casein any of | (ne Court as Appeals of Virginia,—The question pre- | the facts of which have already appeared in ane esterday arraigned i Shanaiey at Jefferson Market and held to bail in the shail be so stationed or em- | Sale of certain lauds in Virginia belonging to Hun- | cm of §500 to answer the charge. fore Justice A certificate iMicient number of the militia of the States | Stoners appointed under the act of June, 1862, pro- will not be able to leave his bed in @ week, + been In armed pentliy te the United States | viding for the collection of direct taxes in the insur- ApoE oor 7 ‘od the provisions of this | rectionary districts. After the advertisement of the BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL. most appropriate to that eud, and that the eftect of | justice Neison delivering the opinion—now reversed CHICKEN MAIN IN” NEW JERSEY. judgment of the President be | ter, tue defendant in error, by @ board of commis- | from the attending pliysician states the Injured man The followmg bids Uon of the ordinary principles of justice as held | by Hanter’s tenant, after the advertisement for | Martin, $8,190; Kaward De Voe, $3,437. The bids 7 were referred to the Committee on Supplies, The ted Brains par a og be] ate iba. | pie Halo received for constructing a nited States in gener: was wrong. Iie had no urchaser is without title. This being so | bridge over Bushwick creek in accordance with the objection to the punistiment of rebels and insurgents | Aid tne Bena ie eee the right or redemption | plans and specifications. 95 Francis Swift. for redemption and Do occasion lor the taking of the | The bids were referred to the Spectal Committee ‘ard, moved that at ap in the resolution, New Jersey—The ‘Kor- 1 7 A bumber of Wall street operators and fast potl- Without taking any question on the pending pro- Tho Meade Claim Decided Adversety. positions the seuate, at fourovclock, aghinwentanto | ZW. Meade vs. The Untied States; appeat from | ticians were present yesterday afternoon at a very executive session, and spent/an hour therep. Ad- | tne Cow't of Claims,—This is the case of Commodore | lively chicken main, which took lace at Bergen, ou mut giva our mechauice per ton’ to | execut ) on The House Sean ie tin rarer Affairs has de. bulla Tar, s Seamahipe, They A) tell zt they journed. me Meade, a8 administrator of his father’s estave, | N. J. The main was for §600 a side and $100 on cided to recommend in their final report thatg tne hina} eh, ey Wi you so because they 4 hi t know it t be obtained. a é rought to recover of the government a certain | ach battle, to show eleven chickens each. A large Commissioner of Patents be requested to dismiss from | troversy to question belweon tepmad: Geel ans oo HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, « broug! cs iD eng » wide and practical common sense on the ‘The first the service Mr. Shoeppe, an assistant exannor of | the pnal resort of a few dosene atretetee pM AY patents, wo was mixed up in a suspicious manner py! ehare tas abi on); ‘pee gy Nad he would " * a nee extortion trom the A ‘With the sate of cadetships; also that the Secretary | pica of forty millions of le, ‘waeee | Itereste woul be of the Navy be directed to order a court martial to | directly or indirectly aff by the revival of commerce. try Commander Upshur, who purchased a cadetsnip | Whict is seltish and which is patriotic? WASHINGTON, March 21, 1970, the support of the government, the payment of the | q spanish court adjudicated the claim and gave " Nominati entire debt and the reduction of taxes. He stated Jaggment fede Mead ” When bet Ua for hig son at the Naval Academy, The committee that he was not the author of the bill, but that it | presen! 0 the commissioner appointed under the = es following nominations were 5 completed its report in all the cases, including The following ‘sent to the Senate treaty it was*rejected as being no longer a claim was drawn by one of the abiest statesmen of tle | pa yanie under the treaty, it having taken the form country. of a judgment, Court of Claims took tie sane By Mr. Roors, (rep.) of Ark.—Authorizing water | view, and it 1s now aMrined ied this Court, Mr. Jus- gauges to be estabilsed and observations made on pas oe fe ie ih ‘epi = the Mississippi river and its tributaries, with a view | Eaultable as Agatast:¢l overnment. to obtaining information for the protection of aliu- Maithew Bonner, Executor of Wallace, vs. The vial lands from overflow and to improving naviga- | United Slates; Appeal from te Court of Claims.— tion; also authorizing terms of the United States | ine claimant District Court to be beld at Helena, Ark.; also bill remedial of the laws that do injustice to the loy to-day :— those of Covode, Mungen, Churchill and Brooks, 7 ¥ Robert F. Catterson, to be United States Marsh and will probably submit it to the House to-morrow. | Eastern district of Arkansas, at: Son the Probable Admission of Senutor Ames. anne ee Sicard, to be Com- It is the opinion of prominent Senators that- Ames Josiah RK. Stanton, to be Assistant Paymaster in the navy, WAL be adinitted to his seat. ‘Shis also is the view | cartels and Brovet, Mi er damnea Voruey, so. be Broves of members of the Judiciary Committee. The points Nominations Confirmed. ‘of controversy are, first, can an oMcer in the service | ‘The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed elect his residence; and second, if 80, did General | the following nominations, George H. Butler stands Ames go elect? The debate will occupy some time, | confirmed as Consul General at Alexandria, Egypt, but General Ames’ friends are not anxious as to the | the motion to reconsider being decided adversely :— result, To be Postmasters—Charies E. Brown, at Onillicothe, 0. ; No Change Contemplated in the New York Seetine ie Navascte, Texas, and f. dM. Campbell, ab Pest Office. PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY. of dues from the government. of commerce and amity between the people of the | act of 1818 Congress established @ boundary in re- ng et — Veen States to aid Mexico in the deve- | panty ag located. Mr. STRADER, (dem.) of Ohlo—In relation to | Of patents on the de weat of that boundary, the Fe pen ets ml intrest aa Oe ay Mr, Justice Davis delivering the opinion, that if the By Mr, HawLey, (rep.) of Ill., for Mr, WiL.arD, government 18 liable in any way, 11 ia 1n equity for a (rep.) of Vt, fairectiog tas Secretary of the Interior | breach of faith, not @ breach of th ©. Tyler on the Cumberiand ; Lievienant F. J. sini Wallore or, the wor Of 1613, asd” tua ae that Congress alone has autuority to grant the claim | Water the tary of the ‘ireasury for een: i { Ccount of tt) ‘king fund ahi gn boout Of the liquidanos of the anti debt, Register, and Charles Pomeroy, Receiver of the Adopte ene ate BURCHARD, rep.) of Ni—Declaring that | ine circuit Court sor the District of lowa.—The | Adont five o% os Postmaster Jones, of New York. reacved here thls | James H. Strong, to be commodore; Commander A. 0. moramg, There appears t6 de uo trath ta the story | Rbind, to be captain; Lewlenant Commander Josopli W. n jer; Captain Jamos M. Frailey, to be dones is contemplated by the President, So far as tied Commander George ber a can be ascertained in oiiicial quarters the adminis- mmander; Lieotenant Edward 8. Kes commander: the greatest satisfaction, ana no complains against Pode creas bim have beon made, save such as have peo vty — George J. barry, N. B. - ait ‘Thue Appropriation to the Charleston Sisters ie Bn J. iley. ‘There ts considerable talk here to-aight about the ‘The following Second Assistant incers,to be First As- opposition displayed by some Congressmen to-day | 4/*tant Lnunecrs ce renverg, W. H. Tarr v, Gowing, £. W. Robinson, A. J. rebuild the orphan asyium of “Our Lady of Meroy,” | Kenyon) CoH: Greenléal, W. L. Nicoll, B..M, Lewley A. jl. at Charleston, 8. ©. Tne Sisters of Mercy were un- | # Commodore John A, Winslow, to be rear admiral; Captain to be commander; Li t Gustavus V. Menzies, t originating in New York that the removat of General ac becirdtor samsaie ames. it, Nee, t6 be Liewenant Commander tration of the Post Oflice by General Jones has given | jenant commander; Tonowing fret asalatant en: prompted by disappointed Jobbers and ofice-seekers, H. . of Mercy. Charles E, De Valin, 2. and W, D, Smith, HD. H, L. oli AA OA to the appropriation of twenty thousand dollara to tin Borthwick,'8. °G ‘McConnell, G. W. int x Hy. the different battles, ish government, the claim being that under the | and fought well. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REFERRED. treaty of the United States with Spain, in 1819, its | and was finally won by New Jersey, who won six By Mr. LAWRENCE, (rep.) of Ohio—ro provide for | paym@ht was assumed by the United States. Afver | batues to the other's five, The following ts a sum- ‘the signing of the treaty, but before its ratification, | mary of the batties:— Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass.—For the promotion Gontinental establishment. It appeared that by the Gets Into Trouble About It. sah Adopted, ant the relief sought. night, They saw him moet the wor p tgect By Mr. CREBS (dem) of Il, calling on the Secre- | The Duties of. OMtcere of the Land Departs | reno uyure in au, upbertrooun Charaes have vy showing me ment. been made against the Obief, ana be will imme: mased BINCE | po Lienfeld vs. Charies B, Richuras, Lana | @iely bave a trial upon them. Staten Ite 4 Bor ed the value, in a state of nature, CONNECTICUT MORALS AGAIN, of certain Jandsin Virginia upon which he had lo- | The Chief of the New Haven Police Lavishes men of the States lately, rebelliou in the collection | cated bounty warrants, issued for services-in the Hia Affection on a Divorced Woman and March 21, 1870, United States and of Mexico by encouraging the cltl- | spect of the reservation, which excluded tue war- The city was considerably stirred on Sunday by 1d that by the act of 1826 the issue | the circulation of the clalm which had formerly existed against the Span- | SMOUnt of money changed hands over the all good The main lested about six hours, that Wiltam J, iy Bowen, recently elected Chief of the Police of the captures made by the United States gunboats Cones: | HTS of tact the Court of Claim found for the | city, had been detected tn a liagon with w divorced Apiil and May, 1862. United States. Appeal being taken, this Court hold, | woman boarding in Temple street. The woman, Whose name is Sanger, boarded with Walter 8. e law, and that as | Hadicy, in Temple strect, to duciude tn the instructions to the United States | the Court of Claims has no jurisdiction in equity, the | Bowen upon her led Hadley to enter a complaint judgment Must be reversed and the cause remanded, | With the Captain of the police, who, upon consulta- marshals for taxing the census directions to obiain | PR ee Aone to dismiss the bil, ‘Khe Court say | tow With the Mayor, Ket)a watch ‘of six police io | Dove kind. Op Saturday they received am order, eats of the Chief on ud the frequent calls of wytday ataropate Land Office at Fort Dodge, Towa; Appeal from A CONDUCTOR KILLED ON THE ERIE RAILWAY. jock yesterday afternoon a conductor States imperativeiy require a greater amount of cir- | complainant, a citizen of New York, sought by this | onthe Erie Ratiway, named John Vstrander, was in Charges have he D. Parker, Jr. 8, Smith, culating currency to be used in those States, and | action to restrain the defendants from aliowing | the act of jumping on an engine, near the depot in wearsing in their care of and attention to Union | GW, Btivers, Ralph Aston, W. W. Heaton, It that a distribution of national bank ctroulation by soldiers during the ite rebellion, ana their asylum | Cuaifee, L. R Harvey, It. L: Webb, H.-A. Magee, A. which three-fourths of the entire amount 1s issuea | homestead and pro-emption entries of certain public | Jersey City, when he was struck by @ locomotive was destroyed by we fre oceasiouea by the boni- | Sou'S'ih Ballons Poulin 3” Be ease to associations In States baving in the re leap Cage ONE this Of the population of the Ven ie wa Jands on Des Moines river, lowa, claiming title in fee | coming from the opposite direction and instantly simple under the State, whicb, be Gerived | Killed. Goroper Busnes wil) bold ap inquest. 8 LELAND'S ADVENTURE. ee “Things That Are Equal to the Same Thing Are Eyual to Bach Other.” one Expiained by “The Allen”—An Interview. with that Mlustrious Gentleman — He Gives Away $5,000 Conditionally— The Stery from Hie Own Lips. W) kes’ spirited attack upon Major W. W. Leisna aod Leland’s Caln-like rejoinder upon Mr. Wilkes, together with the episoae which happened to Mr. Leaud ia Prigce street on Saturday night, Rave been three acts of @ somewhat meandering drams. People received the first act and all lameucss wit, the sluggish apathy that alwaye fol- lowy the oyening Nourisa of the orchestra; Dut tbe second act gave @ gepuine touch of tragedy, Me ire of (he avenger, his derce rapacity, Bis bold eude- city, hit reckless bravery, the swell Of mie of mauscle, the irande blows bis and Diood, Act third, wntike act ie not long after sigbtiall, end again fet second ts sirens! wicla, gotten thor There # au dud let roltautic vielenee, @ flash of the platol, a discharge a second shot, reports In quick Auéces- Mon, And (yo #t. gos carched for wounded; Dut the enewy bax Be Dossensor ol (he Ged, Dat the pero of the tragedy. how ploe tt ood os for te modern dramatist to bufold } i dota! with & bmef saumuary for the Saye Or Seaer, uss PRAWATIS PERSON, Ceorge Vi vke +e meee Major Lvant o* : teeeeee Unknowe Veidigerent. oo... ce Act —secere, A Editorial Sanctuin—Oopy + + * “Five dolar! ¢ © © AcT Secon. Sceae, Broadway~A Collimon— Pedestrians rowds—A Drag store. Ace THinp.—Seoue, Night ime —Prince Street—A Collision -sLeelng—Kaiy by We Police Faght— A hand. TRANSVORN ATION SCENt.—The Pabie wits Star- tag Byes. Fearing that sock & play migut 0@ brought out | Upon the metropelitea Hoards Of the city by some KOVIDENT MANAGES vise, | Without 4 cul! knowledge of the several incidemte of the drama as velong (0 history, (he reperver went in sear Mr. Tagodore Alien, the proprietor of the St Bernard House, corner of Prince ena Mercer * s where the expiring scenes of the drama close. Ascondiag the broad stone steps of the art House, Whicd 8 a pew brown stone © ire of nol Unsscuily aspect, /U8t aa the sun Was about to sink below the homzon, the reporter entered, 4 sented bis cigdentiad to & ferocious | - tender, and iaquired for Mr. Altea. Mr, Al Wee pointed out. He sat beaind the bar at its southera Cxtremity perusing the pages of one of Beadio's yellow covered tuspiraions. “pow discovering he bad @ caler, Mr. Allen, who sleeves, rose and itaned nonchalautty over the cognter, dropping bis volume )Ust as be had as hat deiguitul “uation where the fears of the lover are [rover calmed and those of the ) burned In am exuberance oF a MR. ALLEN ig a dark complexioued young man, now about thirty-five years, of muddle stature, with Bow reguiar fou liros. clear eyes, dark mustache, Wilt! Uipleasant to contempiate, Me» wore @ neatly brushed beaver a9 immaculate shirt, with hs front radiant with the reflected light of am tn ineuse Ssvilaire dia. sond, appareatly of the pures. Water, Keroures—Mr. Allen I have called to ase a you know of recent assault upon Oo Lelaud, ALLEN—I'i) tell You all I know with pleasure. Kerovrek—W Lat was (he firet you knew of the LLBN - About eight o'clock on Sarunday ay Hig UlilLards at that aol? (pointing tone of Phelan'’s tn sae pata to the bar), wheo @ man, with whom I had but a sight ecqnaiitence, rushed in at the door front sireet ou a mnanber as to attract , 4 i asked sin a ‘ou eee “What's the matter?’ a inet assauiied @ woman, and that Bim down. 1 rold tim to get out of my house, 1 did not want any troubie, #0 I ordered him to wae he was in the bows, ane ae he nad ere fully five tainutes, ea & | five in number—aud at once couciuded inke as something up. KerortEK—You knew this man? Mr. AL Yes, he was the man who the valiant Leland, and I hed seea him about the house, He was ® German living im Woos- Councli=Cost of the City bee airote § man who holds & position iu @ more Stationery—Bids for a Bridge—City Gan to Mr. HoweLt, (rep.) of Iowa, remarked he regarded | whose judgment was in favor of Hunter. Butinthe | be a Ward Charge. view taken of the case by the Court—the The Board of Aldermen met yesterday afternoon, Alderman Bergen presiding. such circumstances, the sale was valid and | Were received for furnishing stationery to the vari- assed =the title to the purchaser under | ous city departments:—Howell Smith, $3,874; P. 't. yy. RerorreR—What next tepaepireat Mr. ALLEN—But a few minutes after @ man ap- peared at the door and entered, followea by a squad of fifteen policemen from the Fighth precumes. Rerorrer—Well, what was said? ALLEN ~The citizen sald, “1 am Leland.” Ta ered, “I dou’t care if you are Major ——, Get out of my house.” Some words passed and then the valiant Major left with bis party, going toward Greene street in Prince. Reronren—Where did the preliminaries begin which led to the assault on Major Letand? Mr. ALLEN—Two doors below me in Prince, RerorrRR—What was their nature? Mr. ALLEN—sajor was coming dowo Prince strect irom Broadway, ing tow: Greene atreet, wien he met two girly of the town 'whow he knew. Oue of them called bim @ “traud.” He grabbed her, wuen a large an laid hoid of bi kuocked him In the gutter, and then walked a' and came inw my house. Major Leland re to the corner of Mercer street and fired nig io tne alr five umes. 1 leoked out and thought he was ad—d fool, The idea of any man fring lis pistol at an iinagivary olject shows he was a fool, and go 1 thought whén hie came to my house, Ait dees ohigcas was done after he fired the pistol? ! Mr. ALLEN—He rushed down to the station house on Lhe corner anc brought up bis police, Revorter- Where was the assaliaut during ail this time? Mir, ALLEN—The man was In my house five minutes before the first shot Was fired, and had told me Ue whole story. KevonTen—W hat was the exact langaage used by the assailant when be came to your house Mr. ALL@N—lie said he bad beacea a dranken loafer who had insulted @ woman. Ruerowrer—Why did you eject Mr. Leland? Mr. ALLEN--Because | could not respect him more than adog. I knew tis character, { admire George Wilkes: he i @ gentleman. And the valiant Leland! The polivewan saw that he was drunk and said so, and let him fre in the alr, aud let him go Wwrough the far Leland is @ dead fraud, apd every one knows { Mr. Allen further gatd he had butit the St. Bernard, owned it, kept hia house full aud intendef to live there as jong as he resiied on Manhattan Island, During the :nterviow he was fore! Before going tie reporter asked, namie of the assatiant? Mr, ALLEN —~1 dou't care to give it. Bat if jor Leland wants it | will give it to him, p man, publish his name, or write it to Major Leiend; and I will prove everything Lsay by tuesses aud give $5,000 to any charitable institution it ita. f aod you cap pubiish it in the HERALD. Rgrorrer—Then your opinion ts that Leiand was in of a suraerous plot? (A augh,) The folowing communication bas been received from Mr. Ailen:— New Yors, March 21, 1870. To THY Eprron ov tm VA In justice (0 myself regard to tbe o'clock on bildarde to my house when T anked ulm what he wanted. H. h Ned 7 rds my Loure y : sg ehtey gl fm complaint id eepeet’u, youre, LLEN, St. Bersard fi A DESPERATE AR" AWD A NOVEL FRAUD. A New Way wo “Cover” “Short” Sales of Stock. ‘The stock firm of Byane, Wharton & Co. No. & Broad street, have been the victims of fraud of @ | purporting to come from Dr. Sheltoa, to sell four | thousand shares of Lake Shore aud Michigan South- ern stock. The order was given by an operator in | stocks who ts toterably well Kaown on the siteet ss who claimed.to ve @ partaer Of Dr. Shelf. io 18 operation, The sors was sold at the market price, 5545 a 88). Yesterday, upon inquiry, it appeara Liat ton knew noting of the order, apd never dealings with person WhO gave it. Meo, Evans, Wharton & Co., bought the stock back aud Dave joat by tne fraud avout $2,500, which they are abuntantly able to lose, It is understood that mey Will take such steps as the law adords to bring the perpetrator of tue fraud to justice,

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