The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1870, Page 5

THE INDIANS. Great Council of Chiefs with Secretary Cox. Speech of the. Secretary. and Reply of Red Cloud and Little Bear. What the Government Proposes and What the Indians Want, WASHINGTON, June 7, 1870, The great council between'the Indian de‘egations, the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner Par- ker was held at the Indian Office this morning, Sev- eral gentlemen holding ofMcial positions under the government having relations with Indian tribes were present, including General Smith, Messrs. Colyer and Branot, of the Peace Commission and others. ‘The red men took their seats in the coun- cil chamber about eleven o'ciock and the con- ference lasted until one. They were arrayed in a)l the finery they possessed, and were evidently anuch mpressed with the importance of the occa- sion, After the usual formalities of handshaking the Commi sioner anaounced to the chiefs that what Red Cloud had spoken to them had been thought over and the Secretary of the Interlor would now give our reply. His words were the words of the President on the subject of Red Cloud’s speech. The Secretary then addres:ed the Indians at con- siderable length in relation to the requests they had made and the feeling of the government concerning them, He explained to them that when our people rew so fast as to crowd gine the plains we watited = find a place for the Sioux to live where they Would not be disturbed. For that reason our great soldier, General Sherman, made the treaty to fave them the country which they now have, to take our own people ont of it, so they might live there alone. Lately, some of our young peopie wanted to go there again to look for the gold in. the gh vi Presi she oar a let them go, Ing as veen promised tothe Sioux and he must keep it. Phey He aute, f re Ju) that the President “wi'l do what he Bai and they shail not be disturbed while they are "peaceable in that territory, We have aaked- Congress to give us plenty of money to continue feeding them, so that their rations may be sure. We expect them to do that, 60, therefore, We feel that that part of their request will be granted, We shall send them also the goods which we have promised, so that they and tneir wives and children Shall have clothing to wear, They asked for powder and lead. I want to tell them just what we feel about that. The white people who live on the frontier have been frightened. They say that Red Cloud and his people have been threatening them, They are afraid they will hurt the people aiong the frontier. We want Red Cloud and his ple to say to us here, before they go away, that they will never ¢o so, and that they will keep peace with ali our people who are there. When they have said that, and we can telt the people so, we think they will be no longer afraid to let them have arms te hunt wich, There have been people killed near the Union Pacific Ratl- road, and we do not know wio did it; some say it Was the Sioux, others that 1t was the Cheyennes, and still others jay 1t upon the Arrapahoes, At this point Red Cloud, who was a very attentive Uistener to what the Secretary was saying, remarked that ne had heard tms reported before he left his country. There were no Sioux south of the ratl- roaa; they were across the Platte, Secretary Cox, resuming, sald;~We will believe What Red Cloud says; but as our people are fright- eved we cannot say that we will give them guns, We must wait till there is @ peace with all the Indiaas hefo.e we can doit. Our peopie are not to come on tne Indian reservations, but they will come out along the line of the railroads, and be near them in that way. The government will send Mr. Brunot (whose presence ab the council was indicated to the Indfans) his summer to see them, and to see that they get the rations which will be sent to them. When he goes he will ask which {s the best thing we can do for them. He will ask if anybody has done them any wrong, and they can tell him when he comes back, We will try to do what he says they need to have done. The great thing we want to say to them is that if they will keep peace we will try todo everything they ask that 1s right. This concluded the Secretary’s speech to the indians, and after a few moments, during which Red Cloud seemed to be in a very deliberative mood, that distinguished chief arose and came to the table where sat the ofticia's, He shook hands with those atthe table in the council room and delivered the following oration:— 4 came from where the sun sets, You were raised on chairs; 1 want to sit where the sun sets, (Here the Indian warrior sat upon the floor in Ind.an Jasmon and proceeded] The Great Spiric has raised me in tnis way. He raised me naked. I run no opposition to the Great Father who sits in tue While House. Idon’t wantto fight. I have offered my prayers to the Great Father so that I might come here sate and well. What Lhave to say to you and to these men and to my Great Father 4s (his:—Look at me, { was raised where the sun rises and I come from where he sets. Whose voice’ was first heard in this land? It was the red people who used the bow. The Great Father may be good and kind, but I cannot see it. 1am good and Kind to the white people and have given my lands, and have now come from where the sun sets to see you. The Great Father has sent his people out there and left me nothing buian island. Our nation is melting away like the snow on the side of the hiils where the sun is warm, while your people are like the blades of grass in spring when summer is coming. Idon’t want to see the white people making roads tn our country. Now, that Ihave come ucto my Great Father's ‘and, see if I have any blood when [return tomy home. The white people have Sprinkied blood on the blades of grass avout the line of Fort Fetterman, T ll the Great Father to remove that fort, then we wiil be peaceful and there will be no more trouble. Ihave got two mountains {in that country—Black Hill and Big Horn—l want no roads there. There have been stakes driven in that country, aud I want them removed. 1 have told these things three times, and I now have come here to tell them for the fourih time, | have made up my mind to talk that way. Idon’t want my reservation on the Missouri. Some offiiese people here are (rom there, and I know what J say. What 1 hear is that my children and oid men are dying off like sheep. The country G.n’t suit them. {was born at the iorks of ine Plaite; my father and mother told me that the land there belonged to me. From the North and the West the red nation has come into the Great Pather’s house, We are the last of the Ogalla‘as. We have come to know the facis from our Father, why the promises which have been made to us have not been kept. 3 want two or three traders that we ask tor At the mouth of Horse Orcek in 1852 there was a treaty mude, and the man who made that treaty (alludmg to General Mitchell, who performed that ‘service for the government) told me the truth, Goeds which have been sent out to me have been stolen all along the road, and ouly a handful would reach me to go among my nation. Look at me. Here I am, poor and naked. Iwas not raised with arms. J always want to be peaceable. The Great Spirit has rai: you to read aud write, and has put papers before you; but he has not raed me in that style. The men whom the President sends us, soldiers and atl, have no sense and no heaxt. I know it to-day. Ldid'nt ask that the whites should go throug! my country killing game, and it is the Great Father's tauit. You are the people who should keep pence, For the railroads you are passing througn muy country I have not received even so much as a brass ring Sor the land they occupy, I wish you. to tell that to my Great Father, You whites make ail the ammunition, What is the reason fon Are you afraid I don’t give it to me? am going to war? You are ereat and poweriul and I amonly a handful. I do not ‘want it for that purpose, but to kill game with. I suppose I must, in time, goto farming, but I can't do it right away. Each sentence of this speech was received with loud grunts, denoting hearty applause from the In- dians present. Af.er Red Cloud concluded Little Bear made a short speech, complaining of bad treatment by soldters and others while he was engaged in farming operations, Several of his young men, he said, were shot while out hunting, and that ended his corn reising, He reiterated the main features and com. Plaints of Red Cloud’s speech. Secretary Cox promised to report all that had been sald to the President and arrange a time Jor meet- ing with him. The present conference practically ends the busi- ness Ol hearing complaints aud determining action on them, as was evidenced by the speech of the Secretary, Both Red Cioud and Spot- ted Tail made strong appeals to-day for the pardon of John Richard, the half-preed, who re- cently killed a soldier at Fort Fetterman, and who is here with Red Cloua’s party, as interpreter. This, they have been informed by the Commissioner, is beisg considered by the President, They were in- yited to an entertainment at a deaf and dumb asy jum, but Red Cloud declined, saying if he was to see the Great Father again he wanied time to deliberate upon what to Bay. The Reeent Attack on Bear Creek—Two Saldiers Killed and One Wounded=Other Men Kilbed. St. Lours, June 7, 1870. Captain Mitcholl, of the Fifth infantry, arrived here yesterday from the Indian country. He fur- nishes an acoount pf a recent attack on Bear Greek station, forty miles south of Fort Dodge. Thirty-Ave Indfaas came to the fta- 5 for wial NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1870—TRIPLE SHEET. hm tors, whicn wéa guarded by Sergeant Murray and fsarmen of the Third infantry, who represented ‘themselves ‘ag Arappahoes, After cooking and eat- tng some time in a friendly manner al! but seven left,» Those remaining then shot two of Murray's men, and severely wounded the sergeant himself, after which they fled. Sixty mules belonging to Mr. Trainy, @ trader, of Camp Supply, were run off, and one herder was killed. Two or three other men ‘Were also killed at ditferent places, THE NEW RAILROAD WAR. Prince Erie and the Commodore with Drawn Swords and a Big Fight in Prospect—A Regular Railroad Rumpus—Everything Fixed in “Erie” for a Ten Years’ Siege—The Commodore Don't Know Whether He Ought to Notice Them. ‘The announcement in the morning papers of yes- terday that a renewal of hostilities had resulted be- tween the railroad magnates, Fisk and Gould, repre- senting Erie, on the one hand, and Cornelius Vander- bilt on the other, created considerable com- ment on the “street’—/. ¢, Wall street, and much interest was manifested to learn the precise nature and extent of the issue, ‘The effect, however, of these reports on the stock repregented by the contending factions was insignitt. cant, and many profess to believe that the contest ‘will be of brief duration, as there is no question of the fact that each of the reapective “tubs'? can “stand on its own bottom,’ With a view, however, to learning the exact facts in the case A HBRALD reporter paid A VISIT TO COMMODORE VANDERBILT to ascertain his version of the causes which lead to the present conflict and the proposed course to be pursued by the New York Central. He was politely received by the Commodore who said that he did not wish to enterinto any newspaper controversy, and tn the course of asomewhat general conversa- Uon stated his position substantially as follows;— The New York Central, Pennsylvania Central and Erie Ratiways had entered into an arrangement seven years ago, establishing similar rates of pas. senger and. freight charges, Which had been strict); hered to by the New York Centra!, but had n repeatedly dev q fom by the other rons, Tt had ten Wet ES | Tass bo Whi any compact or arrangement with the controllers of the Erie, for the reason that they wonid violate any and ar § such Sompact Within twenty-four hours after mak’ it ‘The only course now open for the Cent to pursue was to reduce rates to such @ point that it would be impossiblé for the competing lines to underbid them. This he roposed to do. He said that the. New Yok Ventral, oe through the best section of country in the United States, was worth every cent of the par va'ue of its stock, and the directors proposed to pay their stotkholders, ‘fhe Central would here- after be rug simply on its own merits as an independent and competing Ime, and he thought it was able to cope with any and all possible combtnations. If it could not he would vacate his position as president, This was the simple business-like position of the road, and the talk of a “war” and the sensational articles appearing from day to day tn the newspapers: looked yery like a aitemptto ‘bear’? the market, di that was the object he would only sa: that he had all the stock he wanted and no more; he neither wanted to buy or sell, and what he had he was able to carry. In regard ta the parties who were ruuning the Erie roid—Mr. Gould and Mr. Fisk—he did not think he could gata any honor by noticing them i any way ov encour- Aging an idea m the minds of the uninitiaied that they were engaged in a war with him. THE BRIE SIDE OF THE STORY. Subsequently a reporter called on Messrs. Fisk and Gould, and upon stating the cause of his visit, and asking Mr. Fisk what course he intended to pursue, he replied im a characteristic =manner:—* Why, sir, we intend to fignt. Vanderbilt begun. this thing, and we intend to come up squarely to the scratch and take care of our road to the best of our abihty. He ia disap- polnted at the defeat of his English agents to get control of the Erie, and this is one of his ways of try- ing to get revenge. Theve 1s a meeting of directors now going on, and I will leave you to the care of G4 Gould, who will tell you ail about the matter as weil or better than | can.” Mr. Gould, although deeply engaged, politely gave what information was desired aud said:—*1 did not know of this contemplated fight of Mr. Vanderbilt until a day or so. ago, The first intimaiion we had of it was on receiving the foliowing LETTER FROM VANDERBILT. New York CUntTRAL AND Rupson River R. R. Co., PREIDENT'S OFFICE, NEW Yous, June i, 1890. "t JAY GOULD, Esq., President Erie Railway Company :— DEAR Sin—The understanding in regard to passenger fares, excursion tickets und live stock, between Chicago, Buffalo, Pittaburg and New York, having been entirely disregarded by the Pennsylvania and Erle Railroads for the past two or three we without consultation with the Unes Trepresent, | am obliged to give you notice that from date all arrangements between ua in reverence tothe i cease. Very truly yours, Above Will Cease. TET H. VANDERBILT, Vice President. ‘This letter, although dated on the Istinse, {uid not receive until the 3d, when I immediateiy wrote the following REPLY. NEW York, June 3, 1870. J Wa. H. Vanpernin, V. P.:— DEAR Stn—I am in rec:{pt of your note of June, advis- ing of your withdrawat (rom the arrangement in regard to live stock. While accepting your conclusions, T have to say that you are in error in assuming that we have disregarded have deus noting of thesrt. ours, tgaiy, oman We de hotinag a , re ig JAY GOULD, President. In addition to the above correspondence our gen- eral ticket agent received this letter from the gentle. man holding the same position under Mr. Vander- but GENERAL TICKET OFFICE OF THR Hupsoy) RAVER RAILROAD COMPANY, New Yous, June 6, 18/0, Wiu.iast R. BARR, General Passenger Agent: — DEAR Sin—I am directed to notily you that we shall de- ¢line to accept your conpon tickets between Builal Niagara Falls or Suspension Bridge after this date. Respectiully, &c., ©, H. KENDRICK, General Ticket Agent N. Y. C. and H. R. R. RB, THE CAUSE OF THE QUARREL was, probably, partly owing to our running the fast trains on our road. These lightning expresses ena- bied us to control a large share of the passenger travel west, and poobably this was not relished by the managers of the competing road, The Vaaderbilt peopie assume to control the Lake Shore road, but we nave contracts with them that control our busines. If they violate their contracts with us it renders the officers of thetr road subject to removal. The Lake Shore road connects at Builaio with the Erie and Central, which are competing roads. The law 15 on our side, as can be plainly shown, Here is “an act, passed on the 7th of May, 1847,’ In which 1s the loliowing clause:—“Every railroad company Whose road shall, at or near the same place, connect with or be intersected by two or more ratirouds Which are competing lines for the business to or from such place, each railroad shall fairy and impartiatly grant and atford to the proprietors of each of such reads equal terms of accommodation in the transportation of passengers, freight or baggage cars.” In case this be not done then the road agarieved shall apply to the Governor for reliel, who shall, on fourteen days? notice, appoint three commissioners to compel acquiescence to the law. Whether Vander- bilt is ignorant of the law or not of course we can- not say, bat it gives our side of the case a strong prop. Weare certainly prepared to fight the thing with him, however, for we are abundantly able to do s0. We lave no $90,000,000 Worth of siock upon which we haye to pay eight per cent interest, thus laying a yearly burden of $7,200,000 of interest upon tie stockhold But in case we should be cut off by the Lake Shore Ruilroas| it will not eripple the Erie, for we shall then pass west by gomg down to Mansfleid and makiig a connection there, which will really be a shorter route than the present one, With regard to the arrangement with the Pennsylvania Ventral, Railroad, I may say that everyting is go far satisfactory. 1 telegraphed to Mr. Scott, the Vice President of the road, the sub- stance of the notice f received from Vanderbilt, to which he sent the following reply:— PHILADELPHIA, June 8, 1870. JAY Govrp—I have a similar notice. Don't understand what the gentleman means exactly, though I am perfectly content to ablde bis award. THOS. A, SCOTT, Vice President, 1 then telegraphed to him whether we could de- Pend upon belag accommodated by his road, and the answer that came back was as follow PHULADELPHIA, June 8, 1870, JAY GOULD—Yes, sir; we will treat you right at Mane- field, on the basis siated by McCullough and myself when ‘we saw you in New York, THos. a. sCorr, ‘Vice President Pennsylvania Central, From the above statement it will be seen that we are in a good position to Hight in the threatened war, We are crowded with freight, but 1t must be borne in mind that we have thirty-six steamers running on the lake from Buffalo, which afforas ua much relief in getting our freight west. in case this fight becomes too hot we intend to in- quire into the question as to whether the other side have not forfeited their charters by violation of them by taking money in. their lees cars. Every fare they take in tnese rawing room cars |s a violation of thelr charter, They are limited to a charge of tivo cents a mile. In conclusion we say that we have not inaugurated this war, but as we are tn we tutend to fight it out U it lasts for ten years, ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. “Good for Five Yea At the Yorkville Police Court yesterday a young man was arraigned, charged with attempting to rob the Jones’ Wood Hotel, Heand another, who made his escape, Were discovered on the top floor, at a late hour on Saturday night, in the act of packing up we contents of three or four trunks, by Mary Dwyer, whom they threatened to kill if she made any alurm, She gave (he alarm, however, and de- tective Hamilton, of the Nineteenth, who heard it, succeeded in arresting the pinones, who said that he supposed he was “goo for five years.” There is hardly a doubt of it, as the testimony against him is pretty conclusive. He Was committed without bail ‘WEST POINT. The Law and Ethics Examination—What It Amounts To—The Chaplain’s Question and How the Battle has Ended—An Innove- tion that Doesn't Take Well—The Boat Race—The President to be Present. West Point, June 6, 1870. ‘The examination of the graduating class in law and ethics was completed to-day, and it must be coniessed the cadets most concerned ave very glad of it, and, for varions reasons Which need not now be referred to in detail THAT CHURCH QUESTION. Tatking about ethics suggests another subject which may not be out of place in this connection: Jt will be remembered that avout this time last year the little cadet chapel was atthe mercy of certain individuals whom the cadets facetiously styled “Ofteen dollar ministers,” gentlemen of the cloth, Who gave the cadets the benefit of a sermon every Sunday for avout that price, ‘Tne occasion which gave rise to the trade in the gospel, which was, of course, quite proper under the circum. stances, was the illness of the regular chaplain, who, I believe, Was despairing of ever completely re- covering his health, General Grant then took the question fn hand and appointed to tne vacant chap- lalncy aman after his own heart, a regular camp mecting, soul stirring, long praying Methodist minister, There went up @ howl at this from almost every household in the post; for everybody swore that he or ‘she was an Episcopalian, and could only be caved (rom an eternal residence in a very sulphurous neighborhood through the blessea instrumentality of the Episcopal Church. This Jamentable fact was announced in the HERALD at he time, and the sympathizers of the doomed ones were many. Grant, however, who won his battles with the rebels through stubbornness, was not the man to give in to a few individuals who believed the ministrations of a pious Methodist Would consign them to a place where the weary are not at rest, and so he acted accordingly. His choice had been made, and the anu-Methodist folks had to swallow THE RELIGIOUS PILL, no matter what wry faces they'd have to make over it, The cadets meanwhile went to church every Sunday with their accustomed regularity, car- ing very little who won the day, Grant or his oppo- nents, Indeed, it ig tnd comnion belie? of those who ought to know that their thoughts became of a sud- den £o fixed on heavenly tnings every Sabbath that they had no mind to mix up in a terrestrial quarrel in which worldly ideas had a certain amount ofinfuence. Their ardent piety, notwithstanding, had to be fed, and thus came the opportunity of the “fif- teen dollar” ministers. The latter, no doubt, relish- ed this state of atfalrs, but of course without in the least harboring a selfish thought in their breasts, for they easily convinced themSelves that they were only working for the reward of another word, and that when they got their ten or fifteen dollars—well, that that was for the other world also! Thus aitalra stood up to a very short time ago. The battle had been @ long one and Grant nad stood firm, and would no doubt have won the fight in the long run had 10 not been for two things which did not unfor- tunately cast ir shadows before in time to give the Methodist a chance to get under cover before THB MINE EXPLODED. One of these things was the want of backbone on the part of the Methodist minister when the fight came to Close quarters, The Kpiscopalians gave him to understand that 1? he came here they would not go to church and he'd have to preach to empty benches, The unfortunate man was not aware that the cadets did not care a continental Who preached in the churen as long as be preached short sermons, and that they would, by regulation, have to go to chureh anyhow, and so the thought of the “empty benches” put his West Point aspirations to Might and he ignominiously threw up the spiritual sponge. At first it was believed that Graut wouid ‘br! up his reserve force of ministers and, instead of the weak- kneed brother who did not dare to face the Episco- pal music, or rather the empty benches he had been threatened with, appoint a strong-minded, go-ahead, don't-care-a-snap sort of man, who would be willing to come to West’ Point tor his salary’s, and possibly the Lord's sake, regardless of empty benches or the Ep!scopa- Mang. Meanwhile the latter had not been idle, at least most peapia think they had not, for, 1o, and ‘be- hold you, one fine day it was announced that the old chapiam had regained his health, and would cling on to the church to the bitter end. An extra slide plece was put on the Episcopal flagpole at this news, and the flag of the “only true Church? was hauled to its topmost peak. There was gladness in the camp where sor- row and fear of eternal misery had so Fong reigned supreme, and the Methodist heart was full of Jamentation and angutsi. And thus ended the great struggle, whic at one time threatened de- struction to the religious peace of the pious every bodies who consider West Point thelr abiding Dlace. Now for anoiter phase of this Church question, which looks pecuiar. During the struggle for the mastery wvetween the two se. ta, lt was conceded upon all sides by those not inter: ested that Grant had a perfect right to appoint what minister he pleased to the chapiaincy, THE BOAT RACB between the first three classes will come off next Saturday asternoon, at five o'clock. The boats will be six-oared sculls, and the coarse wil be two miles, from the old dock opposite Garrison's to a point hear Cozzens? dlotei and back. The crews of the three classes are now in training for the contest, and eet pa, {8 being done to make It one of great interesi. ‘There was a time when the idea of allowing the cadets to have a boat race was ught to be one of those things which would certainly drive the institution to Inevitable smash; but the engineers—the high-cockalorams of the army, who believe no head but thelr own in the service contains any brains—are not now 1n power. A spint of iiveraiity rules supreme, in leu of the o.d time policy of keeping the cadets within bounds that a Sing Sing convict would not have euvied, and 1 ai happy to say that the resuit hag been a good one. So far from keeping the cadets’ miuds off their studies—the old castle-bat charge—the boat racing privilege has quite the con- trary effect, The “boys” have but a very short time every morning to practice, This time occurs during their relief from study hours, and so how much benefit they will derive by passing It in an exercise Which, while it strengthens the body, at the same ume gives the mind more chance to act freely when study time does come, 18 one of those questions which — sensible people never attempt to answer, The race this year ag said before, will be one of great interest. The crews It is belloved are immeasurably superior to those of last year, and at least two of the boats to be used on the Occasion are a great deal more servicea- ble than those which took part tn the contest of 1869, A great deal of fecltug is manifested over the race by the jadies at the hotels, and I dare say on Satur- day mMext ¢ach one will take good care to show what class she favors by the co:ors she wears, General Graut is almost certain to be present at the race, with several members of his Cabinet. When he dor rive he should bear in miad that he camo near iling the fon last year by going out into the river in the ferryvoat, which made such a “wash? that the graduates seat hin a gentie request to keep the wiicels quict or they would leave the course. It 18 to be hoped that he will mind his p's and q's this year, for the crews are frightfully par- Ucular about ther course, and the man who inier- feres with the sport next Saturday, be he Presideat or not, will get particular tits, certain, F TION, The following are the subjects, in law and ethics upon Which ¢ach cadet was examined:— 7 FIRST EOTION, 1, Holien—(In hospital, not examined), 2 Greene—Courts Martial ag ‘ TO Milltary and Martial Lawn ceo Martial, Their Responasbitity 3. Burrowes. 4. Wood—Members of Court is ri led Parties aap Tr 4 . Chaplin—Composivion and stitution of Court 6. Pallroy—Deeinration of War: lie Kiecy oar? Marval. 7, Rockwell—-Challenge’ and Oaths, & Chaplu—-Hearsay Lridence, 8, Quinan—Sovereignty of State 1. Meee ey ivan sibel ° Theory o1 vision of Le; tion Into Two H 11. Cobb. YPaclte Intercourse of Belligerents. igunes, 2, Dennigon—Incompeten-y of Witness by Reason of Interest 18. Weir— Boards for Reti ae Oucers, 14, Bomus—Redression of Wron, 15; Sehuyler—Dutice and Responstbitittes of Judge Advocates TION. of United States and dt ications, Punishment for Officers and En!iated Men, marks ou Forty-fifth and Eigbty-third Articles of tn Bar of Judgment, MacNutt—Descriptive Averaent to Time and Pince, Larned—Rights of War with Respect 0 the Enemy's Per. son. Prisoners of War, dc. end iy Teh id Right ndolpb— Eminent Domain and Righte of Property, Edgerion—Privileges of Witnestes to Refuse Anawering, ley, E. 8.—Dutles, Prerogatives and Manner of Electing the Presiaent of the United States. Garter, R, G.— Causes and Motives of War. Williama—Atresta ‘onfinements. he) Contined to Leste, Genera! Character and Reed—Contraband of War. Phelps—Rights of Independence and Self-defence of States. THIRD SECTION. 1. MeClernand—Evidenoe before Courts Martiai, a. McCauley—Hearsay Evidence. 8, Cone—Incompetency of Witn ses. 4. Hodgson—Pow it Hocgyon—Powera and Privileges of Congress of United 6. Godwin. and Sedition, IL Edgerly—Sovercignty of Staten y of States. é 12, McDonald—Judiciary of th , 1s, Shelton--Field Ofieura’ Coury cod Settee 14, Pearson—Right to Enemy's Property on Land. FOURTH TION, Puree, Set of Wok to Enemy's Porson. Peirce ~Exeoutivn ot ence of Cor . Schotield—Special Pleas th Bar of Triak ne Tebbetie- Friary Evidence of Writing and Proof of Hand: Smith—Oppmercia Belll, Olmated—Challen Oatha. Neher Descripihve Averments, Hein—Puniahment of Officers and Enilatees, Wieting—Conatitution and Composition of the House of Heprerentativen, ‘and Reasous for Dividing Congress into wo Btedman-—Righis of Property and Domain. Couline—Ignorance, Intoxication, Defect of Understanding nd i en Jar of Judgment. Confinement of Commissioned and Non- commissioned Oticers. Floyd—Constitution and Composition of Courts Martial. mel Devonelon of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Articles Another Subject of Examination Disposed Of No Cadet Yet a? in the Spanish Course and the Reason Why— A Trooper's Drill and What It Looks Like Arrival of the Secretary of War and the Congressional Committee, Wasr Port, June 7, 1870, The professors are getting along with the examl- nations very rapiliy, aud the indications are that by the end of this week the graduating class will have passed its finai academic ordeal in all the branches of study, The ciass were examined to-day in mineralogy and geology, and every section had paid its recitative compliments to the faculty by noon, when Spanish came up for its dose, The study Of Spanish here i3 not as thorough as It might be, but the sections examined so far show an as- tounding proficiency in the language. After this year Spanish will not be taught to the first class, but will be confined exclusively to the third class, that is to say, to the class which has two years of cadet life before it previous to graduating, Attention has been 80 many times called to this VERY BAD CHANGE from the frst moment it was proposed, that tt seems very much like repeating an-old story to argue against It now. The change isa very serious one, tre bad effects of which will be seen in a few years to come. It requires very little argument to prove this, wake the present graduating elass for instance, They wiil leave the Academy in aweek. They have studied Spanish during the past year, Ina month or so many of them, In all proba- bility, will be ordered to Texas, all along on the bor- ders of Mexico, where an acquaintance with the Spanish language is almost indispensable, Can anybody deny that, as far as these oficera will be concerned, time has been fdly spent in teaching them the language just before they left. the Academy? Now, then, look at the other side of the question, The third class of next year will graduate two years from this June. They will be allowed a very short time to study Spanish, and before they graduate a whole year will have elapsed during which they will not even be called upon to look, into their Spanish books. They will during that year have no occasion to practice the little they have learned the year before, and by the time they do graduate they will have forgotten, at least nine out of ten of the class will have forgotten, what they studied of It as third class men. Of what value then is it for the language to be taught at all tf not in the class, many of whose members go from the institu tion Lresh, so to speak, from the Spanish recitattun rooms to the borders where the language has always been found SERVICEABLE TO OUR ARMY ? Those wuo favor the change dd Aot deny that Spanish should be taught tothe cadets. General Seott, when he returned from Mextco, used his best efforts to make the study of the language one of the very first in importance, and he almost succeeded. All this the friends of the change concede, but they base their opposition to the — study being retained in the first class on the grounc that that class has too many studies. now. It certainly has a great many, but Spanish is not such a terribly dimicult thing in itse!fto master Unat its retention in the class would endanger the proficiency of any one man in it. The present method has had a severe trial, and it has stood every test well. The change can only do great harm and no good whatever, ‘There 18 not an officer Who has been in garrison along the Mexican frontier but knows that Captain Mayne Reid and many others long ago lent the weight of their, infuence against the proposed change, and their arguments were based upon experience. But the lorse cannot be made to drink when he don’t wantto, There are people mixed up in this change and who favor it, who put ine very much in mind of the horse, as far as bluud stubbornness goes, THE TROOPERS’ DRILL, The first class had a magnificent drill In the riding hall at five o'clock to-day, at which the oficers of the post, besides a large number of ladies aud gen- tlemen from the hotels Were present. Captain Bates Was In command of the twenty-five cadets who were detailed to go through “the exercise. ‘fhe troopers’ drill 1s by far the most exciting tat is had here, and to a person who is Lot accustomed to witnessing it It has something 80 positively wild and terrible about it that he at first wonders why the authorities should permit it. Just imagine Perigacytt cadets aiding on horses that seem to do ail that lies in their power to shake their riders out of their seats; horses thac stand upon their hind legs and delight to fall backwards just for the sake of making MESS HALL HASH ont of the cadet, who meanwhile doesn't appear to be anywise apprehensive as to tle result. Horses that have @ nouon that to turn a complete somer- sault while going at a breakneck rate over a hurdle is the most beautiful equine feat to be witnessed, ea- pectally if the cadet on his part peppers to fall to the ground just to make a soft fall for his equme sel{—tmuagine these auimais rushing about with thelr riders, discharging thei revolvers at imaginary ene- mies and cutting at phantom and dead heads of wood with their broadswords as they whirl by, and you have a faint dea of the reat excitement of the thing. Taik about your touruamenis, where a rider at a slow gallop attempts to pierce a ring with his sword’s point; why 108 chila’s play as compared with one of these cadet affairs in the riding hall—a circus parade alongside of a cavalry charge. Indeed, the specta- tor, a8 a rule, doesn’t _know exactly what to do with himself When the drili is at its height—whether 10. run out and call for the guard, or risk his prectous neck in a jump over the balcony to catch a horse that has thrown his rider, for the sake of jomiug in the [ray as long as ne can STICK TO HIS SADDLE, The riding of the cadets on this particular occa- sion was splendid, All of the best riders of the ciasa were out in the drill, and there were some of the hoorest ones, bat I'd defy the most expe- rienced eye to have polnted out which man had she ieast control over his horse or sat the least steadily in his saddle. It was a& sight we worth seeing, and I believe General Pitcher would have done a great deal of good had he given timely notice of the drill to one of the National Guard cavalry regiments im your city, ‘They certain'y would never again ride down Broad- way as areginent nad they been present. The fol- loWiug ave the names of the TWENTY-FIVE TROOPERS who took par! in the exercise:—Cadets Greene, Cha- pin, Kockwell, Chaplin, Stevens, Kerr, Edgerton, Kigerly, Jerome, Ward, Price, Wieting, Carter, 'Tib: betis, Kyle, Hodgsoa, Homer, Birkidmer, Milierman, Fountain, Hein, MacDonald, Weir. Tie Jollowing are the subjects upon wiuch the graduati ere examined in mineralogy and geo- lozy to-day:— FIRST SECTION, Laws of distribution of organic remains, Spevimens—spars and copper ures, —Apricuiture and geolog: —Lu hospital, not examii Three first'ages of n rboniterous age; L ‘Spevimens—lunestones, sa Tyndall's theories. fetones and igneous Specimens—coats. 9. Intnan--Cluasiication of rocks. 10. Rockwek—Speetmens—zine, lead and copper ores, 8 ND SECTION. cimens—iron ores. t three ages of nature. Four classes of rocks according to origin, Netamorphism of rocks, tallization. arieties of quartz, ect ‘atified and retamorphie rocks, peciin lavas and traps. Dadiey—Gold and Siiver—theory of the origin and distribu- tion uf gold. Stevens—-Specimens—lime rocks, cale spars. THIRD BROTH Randolph—Specimene—granite— Birkbimer —Metamorphism of roc lves—Speolmens—bornvlende, ayenite, ec. Kingsbury, F, W. biende, rocks and traj Postley—Specimens ~compounds of lime ion and Effect of Ocean, #, According to Origin, nee of Organic Agencies in Producing Geological ‘eins and Unstratifed Rocks, ture of the Earth. FOURTH BECTION, 1. Fountain~ Specimens of Coal. 9) MeCauley—Specimens of Iron Ores. 3. Kyle—Bietailic Veins, 4. Tebbetts—Denudation. 6. Pearson—Not examined (in hospital 6, Petrce—Distribution of Fossil Remains. 7. Hodgeob—Specimens of Gypsum. & McClernand—Specimens of and eyenites, tratified Rock 9. Ward—Configuration of the Eurth's Surf 1, Coxe—Aqueous and Atmospueric Agencl Geological Changes, ig Producing FIFTH 6) Kert—Structure of the Strat elton Specimens of Mine igeriy—Mineral Springs and Heln—Specimene of Minerais, Price—Glac Godwin Sge me: Schotield—Specime: SIXTH BEOTION. Stedman—Structures of Stratified Rocke, Wieting ~ Volcanoes and Earthquanes. Jerome Atmospheric Agencies in Producing Geoiogtea! Chan, and Icebergs Conitne—Specimens of Fowuils. Floyd—Surtace Geology. McDonald—Specimens of Copper Ores. Hunt—Soecimens of Iron Ores. Michier—Specimens of Gypsum. THAT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTRE. General Belknap, Secretary of War, arrived fo-day and was paluted with the customary fifteen guns, Senators Roscoe Conkilug, of this State,‘and Sawyer, of South Carolina, of tne Congressioval Committee, appointed to “investigate” the wrongs and doings ot West Potnt, are also here, As General | comes 0n & leave of ten days it looks very much as though the graduates will get thelr diplomas by the Téth ines SPBSeR See Carasecp— . THE MASONIC JUBILEE. Opening of the Grand Lodge of Free and Ac- cepted Masons of the State of New York. Address of the Grand Master—Reception of Visiting Lodges—Addrees of the Grand Master of Canada—Preparation for the Ceremonies To-Day. The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York commenced 1s annual communication yesterday afternoon, the Grand Lodge being opened by the M. W. James Gibson, Grand Master, in ampte form, Ata quarter to three o'clock the Grand Marshal, R, W. Fred, W. Herring, called the Grand Lodge to order, and requested the brethren to receive the Grand OMlcers standing. The officers then entered in the following order, to the muste of a grand march by the brethren of St. Cecile Lodge, led by the W, M. David L. Downing:— W. John F, Hoole, Grand Tiler, with drawn sword, W. Johnston Fountain, Grand Pursuivant, KR. W, George 4. Raymond, Grand Lecturer, R. W, James M, Austin, Grand secretary, M. W. John W, Simons, Grand Treasurer, R, W. Joho Boyd, Philip Merkie, William Sinelatr and James M, Fuller, Grand Stewards, R. W. and Rev. R. L. Schoonmaker and Jolin G. ™ Webster, Grand Chapiains, R, W. Christopher G. Fox and Edmund L, Judson, Grand Wardens, The R. W. District Deputy Grand Masters, Past Grand Oilicers, R, W, John H, Anthon, Deputy Grand Master, W. C. A, Marvin, M. W. James Gibson, R. W. rles E, Young, Senior Grand Deacon. Grand Master—Junior Grand Deacon, Grand Standard Bearer, R. W. Cornelius Bsselstyn and Grand Sword Bearer, R, W, R. H, Huntington, he whole under the marshalship of KR. W. F. W. Herring, Grand Marshal. When they haa all arrived fhe Grand Oficers as- sumed their seats, and the Instrumental portion of St. Cecile Lodge played the symphony, “My Country, 'Tis of Thee; after which the following ode, to that same beautiful alr known in England as “God Save the Queen,” was sung by a chorus of fifty singers, of St. Cectle Lodge, under the leadership of Brother W, F, Shirwin, Senior Warden, accompanied by thirty Instruments, under the leadership of W, D. L. Down- ting, Master, Ere this vast world was made, Or ite foundation latd, Our art began ; Cherub and cherubim, Seraph and seraphim Joined in one glorious hyma Before the throne, God their Grand Master, was Fixed their uuerring taws By his decre Faith, Hope i ip and Unity, Love und secre All Jaws divine, rity, CY Ob! may our constant them To Heaven's great King Supreme Be grateful love; Muy we, whene'er we meet, Chant ballelujaha sweet, And with glad bearts repeat Jehovah's pratee, PREPARATIONS FOR OPENING. The Grand Master then said:;—“Before proceeding on any great or important business, It is necessary to invoke the ald of the Grand Arehitect of the Unt- verse, The R. W. and Rey. Grand Chaplain will therefore addvess the Deity.” The R, W. and Rev. R. L. Schoonmaker then offered prayer, aller which the usual purgation and other ceremonies took piace. The Grand Loage was then opened, under the orders of the Grand Master, by the Grand Marshal, who sald:— order of the M. W. Grand Master I declare this M, W. Grand Lodge now opened in awple form. ‘This was proclatmed in the West, South aad Past, ‘The rules of order were then read by the Grand Marshal, MASTER MASONS ADMITTED. On motion of M. W. Past Grand Master EVANS Master Masons in good standing were now admit The M. W. Joun W. Simons, P. G. M, and ¢ announced that there were several grand office: sister lodges without who desired admittance, aud who, with permission, he would Introduce, The Grand Master gave the necessary permission, when the oe ese enpesa brettiren were pre- sented:—N. W. Robert Rusling, G. M., New Jersey; R. W. W. E. Pine, D. G. M., New Jersey; Dantel B, Brunh, P. G. M., of New Jersey; R. W, Willian Mead, Grand Sccretary, of New Jersey; R. W. Noble D. Larned, G. 8., District of Columbia; R. W. RL. Dodge, Grand Treasurer, Arkansas; M. W. Brother Alexander Stephenson, G. M., Canada, by R. W. ¥. W. Herring, Grand Marshal. ‘the regalia of the la: named brother was very rich and really beautify After the grand honors had been given the M. Brotuer Stephenson spoke as follows: — THE FENIAN INVASION, Most WoRSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER AND BRETR- REN OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK—I esteem it a very great privilege to have the honor of being pres- ent with you at this annual Communication. AlLoue time 1 had great doubts as to the possibility of meeting you, for, as you are aware, our frontier was attacked by & band of men falsely styling themselves. ag a brotherhood. And as J held a muitary com- mand, of course my duties there would have pre- vented my being with you on this occasion. Happily that attack was repeiied without any damage other than ihe browning of a tropical sun, aud its terml- nation has enabled me to carry out the project which Thad long entertaine:t of visiting this Grand Lodge of. New York. And now, on behaif of the Grand Lodge of Canada, | tender you our cordial congratulations, and we pray that peace and prosperity may ever attend you, and especially we bid you God speed in the erection of a pemule in the ‘city of New York, the corner stone of which you propose to lay to-morrow With appropriate ceremonies. the Grand Lodge of nual communication on the second Weilnes- day of the next month (July), and it would afford us sincere pleasure could any of the omicers or members of this Grand Lodge visit us, and L can promise them a friendly and fraternal rec: The Grand Master then proceeded to deli ANNUAL ADDRESS. In opening the Grand Mas’ congratulated the body in having, through the grace of the Grand Ar- chitect of the Universe, been permitted to meet for the eighty-seventh time e the introduction of Freemasonry into New York. He then referred to the death of two prominent meinbers of the Grand Lodge during the past year, one of whom, the M. W. Robert 1. Holmes, Past Grand Master, he culogized most highly and paid a most toucaing and beautiful t uD gto Fe lity meniory, He go com- plimented the R. W. epi y Graud Master Jonn i. Anthon on the impressive manner in which te had performed the duties at the ¢ of the late M, W, Brother, and concluded that Uon of his address by quoting the beauuful tangua; used by Broth Anthon on that occasion, He ‘nm gave a brief sketch of the life of Brother Holmes as published the thne of his death, and passed on he eulogy of the late Right Worshipful William rrun, District Deputy Grand Master of the I would say that Canada holds its an: R. Third Masonic district. Me also gave a sketch of the latter uamed brother's life, and paid a touching and wWeil-deserved tribute to him as a yalued member of th cratt, The Grand Master eu ed to report on the duties assigned to V im for the past y appropriat on of ing a portraits of the W. games Herring, The portrait has been p: . The first of these was the for the purpose of st Grand etal nied for the Grand y By Lodge, nated in @ supertor man: nec by the R, W, Frederick W, Herring, son of the deceased, and would be presented in open lodge, to be hereafter hang in the new hall as @ sight for others to emulate. DISPENSATIONS. Seven dispensations to form new lodges had been granted during the year, ‘Tliese lodges would apply jor warrants at the present communication. He trusted that the applications would be closely seru- tunized by the Committee on Warrants, and if they were found unworthy the warrants would be re- fused. The Deputy Grand Master had issued no dis- pensations, and seventeen applications had been re- Tused by himself. ‘Fhe Grand Master then proceeded to enunctate various acts of discipline performed by him, which it might be deemed improper to publish, One portion of this part of the address mentioned disposed of @ fallacy which many believe who are tnlmicai to Masonry, namely, that a Mason will try to screen @ brother, uo matter what his crime, In @ certain case in this State a Mason Was called as a witness, and he stated on oath that the characters of the “brother” and of his wife were such that he wouid not believe him under oath. For this his lodge suspended him, and he appealed to the Grand Master, who heid that the brother dia right. He told the truth and his lodge suspended him; fad he told @ falsehood he would also. have been suspended, so that he stood between two fires, The action of his lodge was reversed, aud he was restored to his rights, The Grand Master took occasion to say that nothing in Masonry caused a man to go Leliind his duty as regarded the laws of the land, Many beiteved that juror who was @ Mason should not find a brother gwity. This was not the case. A King of France once said, in reply to a deputation of nobles wiio came to him to beg the life of one of thelr order* condemued to death for erime, on the ground that it would disgrace the novility, that the disgrace was In the critic, not in (le order, and te noble was executed according to his sen: tence, This should be the way with Masonry; the je was the disgrace and had ita owa prnish the order could not be disgraced by a criminal. ADMISSION OF ALIENS. A question was submitted to nim as to the right of an alien to be initiated even if he had been tn the country the necessary twelve months, The decision Was in the affirinative, and this was in accordance w.th the laws of God delivered on Mount Sinai, tiat the burat offering of the stranger was as accepta- bie as that of Him who was born in the land, In conclusion the Grand Master gave the ae information that the relations with sister ates Were satisfactory, Our foreign relations were as before, France, from which we separated last year, still remained as then, and Hamburg still in- sisted On creating lodges in our iursdiction. there- fore we he'd no communication Masontcally with these grand bodies. GRAND GECRRTARY'S REPORT, rand® Seorsary then Tead lis report, by which the receipts year 1869 were shown to be $65,598; number of lodges which dues, 681; number of lodges now !n good standing, 643; num- ver of members, 74,079, GRAND TREASURER'S REPORT. The Grand Treasurer reported the receipts, inciud- ing balance last .O be $70,407; expenditures, ear, $02,506; Walance tn hand, $7, ‘The trus'ees of the hall and asylum fund pre- sented a most cheering report, wh was referred te the Committee on Hail au jum Fund, and, on motion, the thanks of the Grand Lodge were ten- dered to the trnstecs for their efforts, and to the lodges aud individual members who had 60 nobly contributed to the fund, ANOTHER DISTINGUISHED VISITOR. W. RobertWhite, Deputy Grand Master of ‘inia, Was then tniroduced and received with the Grand honors, on noes Sree ‘ppnmmotion CA R. W. Brother WiLLtaM Simouas ie election of Grand oficers was made the special order for Thursday, at two P. M. We WORK OF HOsVITALiry, On motion, it was resolved that the only work to be done to-day by the Grand Lodge would be the jaying of the corner stone and the great work of hos} nally tp thetr visiting brethre: The R, W. F. W. HERRING, Secretary of the Board of Relief, reportéd that the receipts from various lodges were $6,608; the expenditures, $5,804; bal- ance, $808. THE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE ACADEMY OF vsto, ‘An invitation was received from Raymoud Lodge, No, 664, to attend a grand performance at the Acad- emy of Music to-nignt, in which the best talent in whe city would assist, and the infant wonder, James Speight, aged two years and ten months, will play some dificuitatrs On the violin, Since the aunounce- iment of the ladies and gentlemen to take part in we performance Miss Lizzie Mahon, daughter of the re- porter to the Grand Lodge, will appear as Poplin, (a “sketches in India.” Several amendments to the constitution were offered, among which was one to allow the Grand Lecturer to appoint more than one assistant in a district and to exemplify the work and lectures be- fore a committee consisting of one from each Masonic district, instead of in open Grand Lodge. ‘The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to refreshment until nine o’clock this morning. PRESENTATION OF A TROWEL, Previous to the opening the R. W. Jerome Buck, D. D. G. M., presented a beautiful, silver trowel to the Grand Master, to be used to-day in laying the corner stone, It bore on one sie the Beal and arms of the Grand Lodge, and on the reverse the tnscription;—‘'Presented to the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, F. and A. M., by Brother John Cook, of Pyramid Lodge, No. 490, on the occa- sion of the laying of the corner stone of the Temple ou June 8, A. D, 1870, A. L. 0370," The Ceremony To-Day, The ceremony of laying the corner stone of the new Masonic Temple, designed to be the most uuique and elaborate structure of its kind io America, and perhaps in the werld, will wake place in this city today, and will be participated in by probably not less than 40,000 members of the ancient and honorable boty of Free and Accepted Masons, The site of the new temple wii be at the intersection of Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, and the building will cost nearly $1,000,000. The programme of the display, which hi already appeared in the Herarp, wiih comprise @ procession, orations and graud banquets this evening at the 2 x House aod tue Metropoit- san Hotel TUE PROC The Grand Lodge wi SSION TO-DAY, , after forming at Apollo Hall, Twenty-eighth street, march to Ison ave- >, Where they wil take position and the line will n review. Z ¢ line of march will be Fifth avenue, Tweaty; cd street, Madison avenue, Forty-second street, th avenue, Forty-sixth street, Sixth avenue, irty-fourth street, Fith avenue to Tw y-tiird street, where the right of the column will halt. The breihren will open to the right and left, facing in- ward, two deep, wader direction of the marshals, to allow the Grand Lodge to pass througn. Upon halt- ing the marshals will simultaneously open their divi- sions without delay. A grand banquet will be given to-night by St. Nicholas Lodge, at the Astor House, to Mozart Lodge, of Phiiadelphia, aud the other lodges from abroad will be variously entertained by the brethren throughout the ci BLOODY WORK IN WILLIAMSBIRG, Probable Murder of a Blacksmith by Two of His Vellow Workmen—A Wite’s Head Mashed by Her Drunken Husband. The red hand is uplifted in Williamsburg, and bloody deeds are the order of the day, The attempted assassination of John Keenan by John Gormley was detailed in yesterday’s HERALD. To-day two other murderous and seemingly unprovoked assaults have to be recorded, At about half-past eleven o’clock in the forenoon yesterday a diMiculty occurred in McLaughiin’s blacksmith’s shop, Dunham place, berween three of the workmen, named respectively Join Masterson, John Anderson and Claus Anderson, The latter are brothers, and natives of Sweden. The trouble orig nated in Masterson causing the discharge of a relative of the Andersons afew days ago. Only a few words passed between Masterson and John Anderson yesterday, when the latter took up a ham- mer and with it struck the former a terrible biow on the right shoulder. Masierson then attempted to get away from his assaflant, when Claus Anderson joined bis brother in the assault and struck the in- Jurea man on the head with a pair of heavy tongs. ‘This blow rendered Masterson unconscious and he fell bleeding to the Noor of the shop. The brothers Anderson were then prevented from further outrage on thelr victim by the men in the shop, and Captain Wogiom, having been notified of what had occurred, promptly arrested them, Masterson's wounds were dyessed, aud he was removed to his boarding house, corner of South Sixth and Thira streets, where he remained during the day tn a par- tially unconscious sta’ His landlady complaivea last evening that no physician had attended hin since his wounds re dress 1 inthe morning. His con- dilton is extrem y critical, A SANGUINARY HUSBAND, At about three o'clock in the afternoon Join Swan- son, residing at No, 26 North Second street, wir hat crazed trom the effects of a protracted ‘drunk,’? assaulted his wife with a teapot, and inflicted such injar apon her head that Police Surgeon Creamer her to be sent tothe City Hospital. Swan- as arrested and locked up in the Fourth street station house, He is a native of Scotland, forty- three years "age. LINGATIOY EXTRAORDINARY, A singular lawsuit for the possession of a horse has just been commenced in the Supreme Court for Westchester country. It appears that a man named Morse, who 1s a brother of the pound. master at Yonkers, found a valuable horse at large in that village a few days since, and haying turned it over toa police officer the animal was edup to awaitanowner, Subsequently a young man, son of an extensive property owner im the villoge, called at the police station, and having clalmed the horse as his fat "S property, signed the usual receipt for the same und took te animal away. since then, how- ever, it has transptred that the horse (which ts a booted anual and worth $500) had lately been purchased aud brought to the village by a wealthy resident, and vad ran away with its owner, making ® wreck of the vehicie, which so ex- aspervated (he genUeman indicated that on arriving home he insiructed his driver to turn the horse out- side of ii 8 premises, remarking that * who picked it up might keep it.’ affairs becoming known to Alorse, the horse on the ¢ d that he wa charge of it; but he has caused a » he claimed the first to take aving been refused the property, uit to be entered in the Supreme Court for its recovery. QUARANTINE AFFAIAS. The Quarantine Commissioners met yesterday afternoon at No. 2 Exchange court, at two o'clock, present Messrs. Beli, Hunt and Barton, Therecent regulations agreed upon at a late meeting of the Board have been placed in working order and so far have proved very satisfactory. The Sanitary measures for the summer season were fully discussed and suggesilons made by some of the members of the Commission to secure an efMicient and satis‘actory quarantine, The bill of expenses forthe men on the steamer Governor Fenton for services at the upper quarantine was laid on tue tabie to uwalt the action of the Board at & subsequent meeting. In this bill pilots charg $60 a mouth, engineers $100, deck hands $75, fir men $80. ‘Pothl, $450. rT, Bell expressed the opin. ton that men could be found to do this work at a Much more reasonabic rate, It was resolved that the seeretary be directed to tnform the Board of Heaith that the Quarantine Commissioners would meet thes at such time as they may select in regard to fixing permanent fees for thelr and other oficers. RURAL BARNBURKIKG. Atan early hour on Monday morning some un- known wretch fired one of the large barns on the estate of Mr. Monno, at Westchester, Wesichester county, and before assista arrived the entire structure, with tis contents, aud the adjoining butid- ings, were entirely consumed. The brothers of the Catholic Protectories, who have the farm on lease, lost seventy-five tons of fresit hay, which had just been stowed away in one of the buildings. Their 1088 Will not be jess than $5,000, On Whicn, itis be- lieved there was ng insurance, Monno’s loss is also heavy. Four of bis most valdable cows were burned toa crisp, aid while the fire raged the bel- lowing of the roasting beasts was heart sickening in the extreme,