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» that it favors obscenity slander. It is quite & question whether same fault might not be found with all of correspondence, and more with that cover than with that which fs epen. , Farnsworth’s bread objection to both these was merely the necessity for ma- ® properly guarded plan for a cheap- postal system. The latter gentleman bim- offered an amendment to abolish the ing privilege on and after July 1, 1871, vith Proper facilities to the press and to pub- ic officials, This was ordered te be printed, jSnd will come up to-day for consideration, The resolutions were all important. They related to the seiznre of the American schooner Granada by a British revenue cutter in the harbor of Port Hood, Nova Scotia—a case ander the Fisheries dispute, in reference con- cerning which the State Department is re- \quested to furnish full information; to the European project for a free port inthe Bay of Samana, an act unfriendly to the United States and in contravention of the (Monroe doctrine; and, finally, a revision of ithe Tariff, especially on necessaries of life, as apparently demanded by the country, speak- Ang through the recent elections. + In thess three resolutions, referred respec- \tively to the Committees on Fereign Affairs ‘and on Ways and Means, a whole policy is ‘disclosed, and it is to be hoped that no mere partisan considerations will prevent full justice ‘being done to the needs of the laboring classes iat home and the righteous demands of the na- tion abroad. Io the résumé which we have ‘compiled of the preliminary transactions at Washington for two days past the country ‘will see mapped for‘h, in close yet clear out- Jines, material for a most active, useful and Belling session. It is an index for a splendid chedule of wor, which may render the clos- Ing term of the Forty-first Congress as remark- able in its way as anything else that has dis- ‘tinguished this remarkable year. Perhaps we may be enabled to date from it the birth of a ‘sound and far-reaching American policy. A Pavement Veto. \ The Mayor has just issued a veto against five wood pavement jobs. The Mayor does ‘not approve of wooden pavements in those highways where a large amount of busincss is ‘done, and the wear and tear of heavy vehicies ‘tells hardly upon the vegetable pavement. He prefers to hear “‘the car rattling o’er the stony street” in these vicinities. He cites Church street and Mercer street as cases in point, and ‘draws attention to the fact that the wooden ‘pavement in Wall street has been ordered to ‘be renewed and the payement in Maiden lane 4s rapidly wearing away. These statemcats may be indisputable with regard to the wooden and other patent pavements in our city. But /what is the reason that our wooden pavements fannot bear the pressure of heavy traffic, and that they do not last, except, as the Mayor says, “in side streets, where they afford convenience to dwelling house residents, in so far as the pave- ‘ments present smooth and noiseless roadways Yor light carriages and vehicles?” Is it not ‘because our pavements are miserably con- Btructed ; that they are laid carelessly, in the first instance, and are left to take care of themselves afterwards, until they are worn Into ruts and holes, and some unhappy horse ‘or citizen breaks his neck? Then we begin the work of repairing—a work, of course, which, under such a system, will never cease. That it is not the pavement, but the mdnner bf laying it, wh’ch is at fault, we have only to Jook at the beautiful streets of Chicago, where ooden pavement has stood as mach wear and ar from the cartag of merchandise as any treet in New York, and has been always kept Jn good repair, and is as perfect to-day as it ‘was fifteen years ago. It would be a good idea to send a committee of competent gentle- men to examine this pavement and report ‘upon it, The same is true of Cleveland and ‘Cincinnati, only that the streets paved with Swood in these cilies are not subject to the ‘same amount of business traffic as Jo Chicago. We might cite also the ‘macadamized streets of Paris as an example ‘of a perfect pavement; but itis perfect only because the streets are carefully looked after ‘and kept in thorough repair. Jobbingin the ‘construction of our pavements and neglect to keep them in order ara the real misfortunes under which they labor. When the Mayor proposes that no “‘special ‘pavement” should be laid without the consent ‘of a majority of the property owners on the line of the proposed improvement, we go with him. His suggestion, toe, that tho expense pf improvements of this kind onght to be borne by the taxpayers at large, and not by a small portion of them in any vicinity, is fair ‘and democratic enough. Everything which contributes to the interests of the city is shared in by every citizen. But it is curious ‘that the Mayor refers the matter of street improvements to the Legislature, and not to the hollow shell known as the Common Coun- il, Mr, Hall assures us that it is probable ‘a general plan of paving the city at the general ‘expense will be adopted” at the next session ‘of the Legislature. { He therefore ‘respectfully submits to the Common Council whether it is not better to ‘await the action of the Legislature before au- thorizing the paving of the streets covered by ‘your resolution, or of many more streets, whether now requiring first or demanding econd pavements.” Prebably the Common ‘Council will accept the suggestion as the best hing it can do, if the Albany Legislature is going to take charge of the streets. The resolutions and ordinances which the Mayor jwetoes. embrace the paving of portions of iftieth street, One Hundred and Tenth treet, Church street, One Hundred and Thirty-second strect and Eighty-sixth street, with Hamar wood-preserved pavement. The ine objections are mainly based upon the fact that, as he states from the expression of Melegations who have waited upon him, the Jnajerity of the property owaers are opposed Yo the pavement selected. Some or rae TnovenrLess members of Congress think of continuing the law now in Bffect for a perpetual Congress, so that when jthe Forty-first Congress adjourns on the &th of next March the Forty-second immedi- ately assembles, Sensible republicans in the ‘two houses, however, must remember that this measure, among others, such as the ‘Tenure of Office bill. having in view the strip- NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1570.—TRIPLE SHEET. ping of constitutional powers from an ob- noxious Executive, were among those that secured the recent defeat of the republican party. President Grant is not obnoxious, and does not need a perpetual Congress to watch him. Bergh and the Rallrond Hersos. If ever there was a true friend to suffering brute ‘‘iumanity” surely it is Mr. Bergh. His action is worth all the talk of the sopho- moric humanitarians, His energetic conduct in Brooklyn in seizing all the poor, spavined, brokendowa animals of the elty railroads and releasing them from thelr miserable toil is worthy of all praise. It was tho custom for this heartless compiny, which has grown rich upon its earnings, to use the unfortunate horses upon the different lines at night which were not fit to be seen in harness by daylight. Bergh, however, mado a raid upon them the other night, and took them all out of harness ; thus compelling the company to put sound animals to the cars, Now, the next thing Mr. Bergh ought to do, in the full performance of his duty, is to prosecute the Brooklyz2 City Railroad Company, under the statute for the prevention of craelty to antmals. Mr. Bergh, whatever people may say of his eccen- tricities, has done a good deal to humanize the class of men who own horses used for working purposes, whether they belong to in- dividuals or corporations, He has taught them atleast that the poor dumb brute has rights which his taskmaster is bound to respect. He has shown that the shelter of the law ex- tends to the lower animals, and that they must be protected from the avarice or the evil pas- sions of man. Personal Intelligence. General J. J. Abercrombie, of the United States Army, 18 sojourning for a few daya at the Metropoll- tan Hotel. Ex-Governor Wiiliam Dennison, from Onio, ar- rived yesterday at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Me has come te ihe city on railroad business. General B. H. Hill, of the United States Army, Is quartered at the Grand Central Hotel. General N. Michier, of the United States Army, Commissioner of Pu-lic Lutidings m Washington, has come to the city oa oficial business, He ts at the Everett House. Senator William Windom, of Minnesota, and Mr. William 8S. Kiog, Postmaster of the House of Repre- sentatives, have arrived irom Washington on busi- ness connecied with the Fouthern Pacifle Railroad, They are at tho Filth Avenue Hotel, Mr, Isaac Bates, a leading merchant of Sydney, Austratia, is stopping at the St. Denis Hotel, Genera! W. B. Franklin, of Hartiord, is quartered at the New York Hotel. Captain James, from Japan, is at the St. Charles Hotel en route ior Washington. Commodore James Ashbury, of the yacht Cam- bria, and Captain Atkinson, of the British Army, who had been staying al the Brevoort f.ouse, left yesterday by the steamship China homeward bound, Mr. A. M. Halbrook—and not Mr. George B. Young, as Was erroneousiy stated in the Personal Intell. gence yesterday—is the editor of the New Orleans Pwayune. Mr, William Seward, son of ex-Secretary Seward, left the St. Nicholas Hotel yesterday, homeward bound, Mr. Thomas Powell, the representative of a large London firm, who*had been stopping at the Metro. politan + otel, 16 among the departures by the steamship China for England. Mr. John Tucker, of Philadelphia, formerly Assist- ant Secretary of War, has arrived at the Albemarie Hotel. Mr, Cassius M, Clay, lately United States Minister ussia, 18 sojourning at the St. Jumes Hotel, . J. P. Bigelow, of the Treasury Department of hington, who had come as a government wit- ness for the trial of the 7-30. bond forgery case, is atone the latest departures from the Kverett louse. OHIO. The Adjustment of Fraudulent Income Re- turns in Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Dec, 7, 1870. ‘The newspapers are engaged in agitating sonie- what the manner in which cases of fraudulent in- come returns have been adjusted here through the instrumentality of some of the federal ofticers and the courts, It appears that the Revenue Department, impressed that in some cases false meome returns had been made here, detailed Mr. J. T. Lockman as assistant assessor to correct them. Numerous cases were feuna, and, tor the purpose of adjusting them ina ‘Way to produce the least agitation, and at the same time, in the estimation of the authorities to make the largest sum for the government, under the authority issued by the Commissioner of In- ternal Revenue, such persons were allowed to appear in court, after the adjustment of the enalty by the Assessor of the First district, and confess judgment for tne amount. Toey thus avoided the putitcity of a trial and saved the costs of court. Ou the part of the overnment the matter was conducted by the United taies District Attorney and his assistants, who claim that every opportunity was given the delin- quents to proceed understandingly and without prejudice to their rights. How many such cases have been adjusted during the summer aud fall an inspection of the docket alone will reveal. The number, it is thought, will probably reach fifty, and the penalties, it 18 thought, will ag- gregate $20,000, OF this amount the Assistant As- Sessor Will obtain the usual moiety. Mr. Lockman is regarded among the government officers as one ot tie most — trustworth: assistint —asses- sors in the service, But one = attempt has been made to open up judgment, and this occurred this week. The statement of the Assistant Assessors and Assistant District Attorney, on the part of the governments and those of tie complunants disagreed, Judge Leavitt, however, declined to grant the motion to open the case. Ad- ditional interest attaches to the cases frem the re- spectability of some of the persons who have accepted this method of setiling their differences wiih the government, tP TOWN WIPROVEMEY Parade ‘ound for the First Division of the National Guard—Up Town Transit—Meeiing of the Brennae Society Last Evening. The regular monthly meeting of the Brennan Society of Bloomingdale was held last even- ing at Lion Park, President James J, King in the chair. The objects of this society are mainly for public improvement and to assist in the accomplishment of those wants which occur with the increase of this rapidly grow- ing metropolis, Alter the usual routine business Colonel John Oakey, of General Shater’s stair, was Introduced, and, in a few pointed cbservations, brought before the notice of the meeting a propo- sition to provide in the Central Park a parade ground for the First Division N. G. 8. .N. ¥., which now required to have its flela days in Brooklyn, A peiition was presented jast winter to the Legisleture signed by several thousand prominent citizens advo- cating the appropriation of the tract Gry ta | from 10th to 1l6th streets, between Fitth and Eighth for this purpose. He said a parade ground interested the whole com- munity as the militia was composed of our citizens, on whom the civil authorities depend intime of necessity, This ground was level and well adapted tothe purpose, Considerable discus - sion ensued, and the President explained that this ground was not available, as it would interfere with the transit on the avenues; moreover, tt would be too costly to raise to the present grade of the neighboring street, as the material for such a purpose was not athand, The President recommendea Manhattan square for the purpose as it now belongs to the city, and suitictent ground coud pe added to make it large enough for military evolutions, A discussion ensued as to the owers of the Park Commissioners to appropriate lands outside the jurisdiction of the city. A motion was made and adopted that the Executive Commit- tee of the Brennsn Association be authorized to confer with the Board of Public Parks for the pur- pose of making arrangements for the establishment of & Metropoiitan Parade Ground, The question then came before the meeting ot RAPID UP TOWN TRANSIT, Mr. Melville C. Smith gave a. description of his “arcade plan,” and said that Commodore Vauder- bilt approved of it and was wilung to back luis opinion to the extent of $2,000,000, After the reading of the monthly report of the Ex- eoutive Comuuttee the meeting adjourned. avennes, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD The New German Loan a Na- tional Success. King William Invited to Assume the Imperial Purple. President Grant’s Message and the French Question on Change. GERMANY. Fralts of the New Loan—Cash Pouring {uto the Treasury—Financinl Copfidence. BERLIN, Dec, 6, 1870. ‘Tee bankers of this city, on the 3d inst., paid in $4,000,000 of the new loan of 190,000,000 recently au- thorized by the Parliament. They announce their readiness to take 17,909,000 more, Parliament, BERLIN, Dee, 6, 1870. ‘The Berlin Kreuz Zeitung of to-day says tho legis- lative chambers will probably be convoked on the 12¢ instant. National Unity—King William as Emperor. MUNICH, Dec. 6, 1870. The King of Bavaria as sent a note to King Wil- Ham, inviting him to assum> the tlle of Emperor of Germany. The assent of the authcrities in the other States 1s also expected. y ENGLAND. President Grants Message aud the French Question on ’Change. Lonpon, Dec, 6—1:3) P, M. At this hour the stock market 18 absolutely inao- tive, awaiting events in Franco and the effect of President Granvs Message. Some of the journals appear with along synopsis of that documeut this morning, but none of them have any comments, ‘The Prussiavu Loan Deferred. Loxpon, Dec. 6, 1870. The introduction of the Prussian loan on the market here has been deferred, From the Wreck of tie Union. LonvoN, Dee. 6, 1870, A despatch from Peterhead Scotland, dated Mon- day, 6.h, announces that the North rman Lloyd steamer Hansa has taken on board the passengers of tue ill-fated steamer Union, They numbered 310. The cargo and stores go to Bremen in another steamer. It is now though! probable that the Unton will be saved, Ney—Premier Gladstone, Lo: N, Dec, 6, 1870, It is said that Minister Motiey wail go to the Hague to-day. ‘The libel suit of Edmunds vs. others has been withdrawn. The Deep Sea Cable Service, Lonvon, Dec, 6-10 A. M. The transmission of the President's Mess’ge and | Mr. Boutwell’s report eastward is just conciuded, and the cable lines will now be able to accommo. date otner business. Ex-Minister Gadstone and JAMAICA. An English War Vessel to Protcct Foreign In- terests in Maracnibo. Kinaston, Dec. 7, 1870, The British Consul at Maracaibo arrived here this morning, and asks the British Commodore to send a War vessel back wiih him immediately to protect the English and other foreign interests at Maracaibo, where the insurrection 1s at its height, CUBA. 1 and De Rodas’ Depar- ture. HAVANA, Dec, 7, 1870. Count Valmaseca arrived here yesterday, General De Rodas went on board the ship to re- ceive him. Valmaseda’s Arri THE DOMINION OF CANADA, Opening of the Ontario Parliament at To- ronto—Spee:h of the Lieutenant Govers nor. TORONTO, Dec, 7, 1870. The Lieutenant Governor opened the Ontario Par- lament to-day at three P, M. In his speech he con- gratulated the members on the increased prosperity of the Proviace and the conclusion of tho arbitra. tion between Ontario and Quebec, Hoe stated that a large surplus of funds remained unused in-the public treasury, and recommended the applying of a portion of it in developing ine re- sources of the province by advancing tie commer. cial and agricultural interests and stimulating well considered and bona jide railroad enterprises into the tree grain districts ‘and to the inland lakes. He said that statistics show a large mcrease of popula tion by emigration, He will Jay before the Legis- lature the report of the survey of tie large area of land north of Lake Superior, between Lakes Necpigen and Nipissing, hitherto unexplored, containing iarge tracts of land weil fitted for agri- culural purposes, ‘The Governor conciudes by say- ing:—Lhe staie of the province is hopeful in the ex- treme, With rapid advance in trade, agriculture and manufactures, and cherisbing our own hearty preference jor British instisutions, we have no cause to envy the conultion of ovr neighbors, and hope this flaitering prospect wili not be marred by dissensions among ourselves. GEORGIA. Municipal Election in Augustau—Democratic Success. Avausta, Dec, 7, 1570. The mantetpal election took place to-day and passed off quietly. fhe democrats elected their Mayor by about eight hundred majority and all their Council. Troops were sent from Atlanta and stationed near tte polis, but they did not interfere with the election. The democrats lave a grand re- joic.ng aud lumination to-night, THE BOSTON RAILROAD WAR. Argument of Judge Curtis Against the Juris- diction of the United States Court in the Case of the Hartiord and Erie Railrond, Bosron, Dec, 7, 1870, The written argument of Judge Curtis against the Jurisdiction of the United States District Court in the matter of the petition of Seth Adams and G. M, Barnard, that the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad corporation be adjudged bankrupt, was filed in the Clerk's office of the D strict Court this atternoon. The points taken to sustain his ground are couclsely stated, In which he holds that the law of Congress 18 not so clearly expressed as to show its Intention to include ratiroad corporations under the words “Business corporations, ’ and the vast magnitude of interest involved, both public and private, renders demand for a clear inspection by the Legi:lature not only reasonable, but necessary for the public inter- est, and to assume tits jurisdiction without such an expression ought not be required of a judge. EUROPEAN MARKETS LONDON MONEY MARKET. LONDON, Dec, 6—11:20 A. Mo— Consois opened at 92 a 92/5 fer mo i American securities opened aulet and five-twent ds, 1862, 60; 186 Btocks quict. FRANKFORT BouRsE.—FRANKFORT, Deo. 6.—United States five-twonty bonds, 949 for the iesie of 1342. $ LAVERVOOL COTTON MAKKET.—LIVERPOOT, Dec. 61:30 ed dull. Middling uplands, Sid. ; ‘The salea of the day are estimated at A. M.—Cotton op ding @rie 1,000 Livervoon Brransturrs MARKFT.—LrvEnroot, Deo. 0 P,M.—The recelpts of wheat at this port for the 18,500 quarters, of which %500 w verter for Cana Dec o1ONS MARKET. M.—Pork buoyant, Beef, 1 Mey -Lryrny 8. 6d. p Dec, 6, 61:20 new. * PETROLEUM MARKET.—BREMEN, bth. 20ur Petroleum, | as drunkards or tgnorant men. THE COAL MINERS’ STRIKE. | A TROUBLED The Workmen in All Directions Dropping Their Tools. The Great Coal Companies the Cause of the Trouble—Interview With the Secretary of the Miners’ Union—His Views of the Situation. WILESBARRE, Pa., Doc. 1, 1870. % In my journey southward through the coal regions of Pennsylvania, I find everywhere that the miners are dropping their tools and ascending to their homes on the earth's level, having been forced by the three great companies who control the coal interests to take action on behalf of them- selves and families, The strike has really been the result of the action of the com- panies, as the miners have not in any instance asked for higher rates than they have been receiv- ing; while, on the other hand, the companies have, in all the places where { have visited, reduced the rates, The only company which has not yet forced their men to strike, in order to speculate in coal and make tt as dear as potatoes, is the Lehigh and Sus- quehanna Railroad and Coal Company, which has Some thousands of men employed, At Pittston to-day there are fourteen hundred men turned idle by the action of the companies, and in every one of the eighteen different mines of the Delaware avd Hudson Canal Company, situated tn Luzerne county, work has been stopped, and about eight thousand men have been thrown idle. At the Avondale mine, In which the terrible disaster took place last year, distant about four milea from where I am writing now, several hundred men have been compelled to discontinue work. a5 they find it Impossible to support their familles at the reduced scale of prices, In the mines of the Wilkesbarre Coal and 1fon Company, located in the vicinity of this orderly town, there are three thousand men employed, and their men may not sirike tis week, as they are working on what is called a “basis.” Working on a “basis'? means that the companies and the men employed have a tacit sort of agreement that as long as coal is not sold below a certain rate in the market the men shail not be reduced, and should it bring a higher rate than the stanaard then the miners are to receive a percentage of the money in their wages, thus making the understanding a co-operative one between the eniployers and employed, as all iavor shoula be governed, J. H, Sawyer's three mines in the vicinity are still beig worked, and on inquiry of the managers to- day Ifound that they had 1,000 men working; but they contd not inform me how long they would be allowed to work, as the powertul organization of the miners mi cht, either by persuasion er force, stop them from working. At Hi. B, Fitliman’s, Bowkley’s and Mineral Spring mines, in which ®boat eight hundred men are em- pioyed, the men are suill on the fence. but will, 1 believe, strike to a certainty when pressed to do 80. The Delawace and Hudson Canal Compaay, who are the prime movers in this strike, having pressed the miners into the strike unnecessarily, bave, it 13 sali, 20.000 tous of coalon haad between Hones- dale and Rondont. The Delaware and Lackawanna Company bas 159,000 tons, and the Pennsylvania Company hi 009 tons of coat in stock. Lam in- formed. These companies, with their railroads and coal iiteresis, role all the Vaileys in Southeastern Pennsylvania with @ rod of won. Whatever they order is done, and the miners would not ve able to rest them were 1 net for their powerful organizat.on, the strongest of tts kind tn the Union, About forty thousand men be'ong to tt in (he apturaciie regions; und weat of the Aliegha- nies, 16 the biluminous districts, another grand organization is now being formed, which will be More numerous as 2 body and fully as powerful in its resources as its sister in Eastern Pennsylvanta. Bach member pays im fifty cents a month to the common fund, aad bis does and fines wilt amount to as innch more, and when a county scrikes against. what they deem to be oppressive acts the other counties, to a man, Will coutribute and as@ist by means tn thelr powe Under the present redu 1 tion the men who were re- ceiving as laborers $3 25 a day are now receiving but $2.20 a day, a reduction of $1 05. Almost everywhere I go I find hundreds of miners idle and all work stopped. To-night met at the Bristol Hotel, in Wilkesbarre, Mr. Andrew Quimie: the President, and Mr. James O'Halloran, Secretary of the Miners’ Union in Luzerne county, which controls about 10,000 men in the various shafts, These men, who certainly talked like mtelligent, straighforward, hard work- ing men, Were indignant that some ot te news- papers should misrepresent their motives and place the miners before the pobic ag @ rowdy rabble, who only sought disturdance and not their rights. Mr. O'tialloran said:—“1d0 not see why men ho work as ard as we do, and encounter every kind of danger going down in shafts, and not knowing ‘ we are ever coming up again—I don’t see why we should be denounced. We are all free men, and our Grand Council, ich governs the entire body of thirty-two thousand miners, is elected by the appototment of one delegate to every thousand miners, Then we haye an executive Committee in each county, and this cominittee chooses the dele- gates t the Grand Couacll, just as Uke Stato Legi-la- ture in_ each State chooses Untteg States Sena- tors, We are 7 to assist our brothers in all just cases, and do not like to be burlesqued Every man among us hag the same rights to place a ballot m the baliot-box as President Grant, and we mean to exercise that right. We have a newspaper, which 1s a@ stock concern, Owned by the muncrs, There are men of all nations among us, and we make no | discrimination in any sense. Ib requires but two policemen in Seranvon to keep ail the great crowd of miners quiet, and this ought to be a proot of eur peaceable qualities. We have no collegiate education, but we can read and write, and clalin to possess average intelligence. We are not making any strike whatever, but are merely stand- Ing out against what we deem tobe an unjust re- duction in our wages. In some — places where the men have not discontinued work it tg because there have been written agree merys between the miners and certain companies, that as long as the companies can get five dollars a@ ton for coal they will not ask to reduce the Ieen’s wages, and if they get more than five dollars a ton then the mon will also find @ prefit ina ratio of the ascending scale, We do not force a district to discontinue work, for all our men know that they can- not support their households at less than the wages they have been receiving. We are always ready to give correct information to the HERALD, which we all know is read by one million readers every morn- ing.” ‘This ended the interview. I have just learned that the Pittston and Elmira Coal Company's employés, who had discontinued work, have all went back to the mines, as the com- pany has agreed to give them the old rates without any reduction whatever, This is the first break among the eapitaitsts, and it 1s more than probable that it Will have a good effect. The miners have a benefictal fund of $300,000 to begin work with, and they can raise twice as much In addition, if 101s necessary, by assessment. BAMA. ALA E) ected pith Judge Goldthwaite, Democrat, United States Senator—Governor Summoned Before the Circuit Court. MONTGOMERY, Dee, 7, 1870, Yesterday, in the House of the Alabania Legtslatare, Forester was seated, and Davis, the sitting member, unseated, Forester having the certificate of election. The latter ig a repuliican and Davis ts a democrat, Davis will probably regain the seat by contest, as he received a majority of the votes cast. In the jomt convention to-day for the election of United States Senator, Goldthwaite, democrat, recelyed 65 votes; Warner, republican, 60; and Haralson, republican, 14, oldth walt having recetved one majority of all the votes cast, was declared elected for the term of six years from March next, Forester, seated yesterday, voted for Warner, and one democrat was absent on account of sickness. Two repubitcans in the city did not yote, Goldthwaite has been Judge of the Circult and Supreme Court, and 18 an able lawyer. He has been a citizen of Montgomery over forty years, aud the peepie are greatly rejoiced at his election, ‘This morning, in the Circut Court, Judge Smith suinmoned W. H. Smith, who still holds the execu- tive chamber, to appear before him this afternoon and show cause for withholding tne gbooks and papers and other State documents from Lindsay, Who has tormaliy demanded them, At three o’clock Smith appeared in court. Pend- ing the argument the court adjourned until ten o'clock to-merrow, the Judge ordering the Sheriff to take possession of all the State property mentioned im the warrant of arrest, until the Court meets, The disabilities of Goldthwaite, Senator elect, were removed by act of Congress. There is great rejoicing tonight over the election of Goldthwaite, Since dark an immense meeting assembied here, at which guns were fired, speeches made, a procession formed and Judge Goldthwaite serenaded, to which he respoaded with @speech, Over a thousand visitors, wio were here attending the Grand Lodge and the Methouist Con- ference, took part in the demonstration, SOUTH CAROLINA. Si Uuited States Senator Robertson Re-Elected. CHARLESTON, Dec. 7, 1870, ‘The contest for the United States Senatorship was decided to-day in the Legislature at Columbia by the ion of Senator Robe The vote stood—Robertson, atler (democrat), 31; Moses, 22, und Cardozo (colored), 11. OES SSS:;“Ss OO A The Blue Laws of Connecticut vs. a Female Medium, An Interesting Young Prophetess Imprisoned for Predicting « Cartridge Factory Ex- plosioc—Rally of Spiritualists in Her Defence—What May Come of Itt An Interesting case, and one that promises to be important to ull Spiritualists, was tried before the City Court of Bridgeport Wednesday, being that of the State vs. Miss Lottie Fowler, a clairvoyant or trance medium well known tn the circles of Spiritu- alism, The law under which the indictment against Miss Fowler was found ts an ol4 one, and 1s denoml- hated as section seventy-five af the “Acts concern- ing prisons,” in the Kevised Statutes of the state of Connecticut. It provides that all tie persons who have nothing wherewithyto support themselves, sturdy beggars, vagabonds, vagrants and fortune tellers shall be deemed offenders against the state, and may, upon the complaiat of a grand juror, be sentenced to an imprisonment of not exceeding sixty days, at the discretion of the Court betore whom they are tried. It is claimed by the prosecu- tion in this case that the latter one of these titles 1s applicable to Miss Fowler, and the complaint, pre- ferred against her gova on to state that upon divers occasions within the past thi montht he became and was @ fortune telier, pretending tu tell fortunes and the future destiny of all who applied to her, against the peace of tne State and in violation of the statute in such cases made and provided, By Miss Fowler and her friends, on the other hand, tt is claimed that ehe does not profess wo be, and is not within the meaning of the Jaw, a fortune teller, but rather a medium or clairvoyant, simply transmitting the Messages received by her from the spiritual world when in @ tranc: state, It 13 doubtful whether a case of this mature has ever come up in any court for trial before since the law was enacted, nor would the complaint have becn brought in the pre- sent instance but for the circumstances which have placed the falr defendant proiminently be- fore the public in connection with the recent explosion at the car‘ridge factory in East Bridge+ port, resulting in the death of one of the workmen, which bad been predicted by her, These circum: stances In brief were as follows:— Misa Fowler, a3 charged in the Indictment, took up her residence at the Atlantic House, In Bridge- port, several montns since, and advertised her busl- ness in the local papers as that of a test medium, or clairvoyant, At first she did not excite much notice; but aitera me her rooms began to be thronged with eager inqnirers, chiefly of the female sex, anxious to recetve messages from the spirtt world aud to learn respecting ther future destiny. The complaisant propletess was found not Unwilling to enliziten them upon these points, and besides relating to them with more or less ac uracy the events of their past lives, gave utterance te a merous predictions respecting their fature welfar. places of abode, avocations, state of nealth, & and, in particular, of that subject dear to every female heart, descriptions of their destinet partne: tn iife, thereby not ouly exciting for her prophetic powers a great admiration, but winning for herself A GOLDEN HARVEST. Among ber first vistiors chanced to be @ girl em- loved ta the Union Metallic Cartridge Company in Jast Bridgeport, who, very naturally, considering the inflamwable and dangerous nature of the sub stance which she and her companions were tn the daily habit of using, asked, among other questions, whether any accident was likely to oceur in that establishment, Here was an opportunity the prophetess, who is certainly by no means Jacking in shrewdness, to make a decided impres- sion, She was equal to (he occasion, and informed her trembling auditor that there would shortly be a. fearful explosion. The news spread in the ory from one employé to another, uud Miss Fowler's rooms were crowded with girls, anxious to learn of the fate that awaited them. Practice made her per- feot in repeating her tale, and trom time to time particulars were added. The version finally given ‘Was that upon a certain Monday, at eight o'clock in the morning, there would be a preliminary blow up, and that ere Sacurday night of the same week ha come the whole establishi.ent would GO UP SKY HIGH! The story was widely discassed and the panic spread from one to another, until! upon the ap- olnied Monday morning, when the doors of the ‘actory were opened, about one half of the girlsand some of the men and boys who were employed were found to have absented ihemselves from tue factory, in anticipauon of the doom that was to beiall [t. ‘This circumstauce, for the first time, brought we matter to the attention of the saperintendent. ‘The detention was unbearable. A recent test of the Bridgeport cartridge, made by the English govern- ment in one of the famous mitratiieus s, had been extremely successiul, not @ single one out of the ten thonsand rounds employed haviug failed to explod and had made the agents of all the European go: ernments eager to secure a supply of them. The war in France and the pacific (”) intent! of the Rassian Emperor had also contribuied to lnerease the demand, und the faciory, though running night and day and employing about haudred hands, was unable to k with its orders, The Superintendent ac called upon the chief of the Ley cig police force, and requested Him to inverview Miss Fowler, and to explain to her the amount of mischief she was pro- ductog, and the nature of the penalty to which she had made herself Havle. On presenting himseli at the ante-room of Miss Fowler, at the Atlantic house, (here Was at first some delay on account of tue CROWD OF BAGER INQUIRERS who bad preceded him, but the officer tnaily gained the presence of the sibyl, and, preventing her from golng off into “a magnetic sleep,’ as she was upon the point of dotug, explained toe her the nature of hiserrand. At first incredulous. the ruddy hue of Health soon forsook her countenance, she g) pale and appeared as if about to faint away. Touched by the sight of beauty in distress, the gallant oficer refrained from arresting her, but pro- ceeded to explain the serious nature of the offence of which she had been guilty. She was shown the ameunt of mischief she was creating, and the terrors of the law were held up before ber imagination and impressively dweit upon. When she appeared suiiciently frightened and enitent a list was produced of some fourteen credu- ons young women belenging to tie cartridge factory who had paid their meney to her. With many tears and protestations that no harm bad been intended, she returned the money, and after v her promise to never offend in like man- in, but to shortly leave the place, te guardian of the law departed. The day passed and lo explosion occured, and on the morrow the deserters returned to their work — at the factory. A few wholesome examples were made by dismissing thos who had been most promient in spreading the story, and ail went on well as before. Still there existed with many, if not with all, a secret feeling of uneasiness, and when upon ‘Thursday afternoon of the same week one of the outbuildings did biow uy wiih a loud report, causing 4 severe Jar to be felt all over the factory, 1 was believed by them inal now tie adful prediction was about to be verliied aud that their TIME HAD INDEED ComME. They rushed tumultously into the street and con!d not be prevailed upon to ‘re-enter the building that This partial fuisilment of Miss Fowler s pre dicuon gave Ler @ Wide notoriety ia Bridgeport and vic nity, and visitors flocked to her rooms in even greater numbers than before. Her pleasant ma ners and gen-ral correctness of deportiment made her popwiar at the hotel where she pourding, the popular landlord of which is wi 1d to have encouraged her to remain, declaring that it was @ shame that sie should to peaceably practice her profession, and that the police had no more rigiit to drive her away from the town than tey had to banish him or any other leading citizen. Encouraged by this suppori, and by the notoriety she had achteved, and unwil- ling to leave stich & productive field as she here not be allowed found, the prophetess now retracted her de- cision to lea he place, and boldiy an- nounced her di to :emain and let her oppo ts do their worst. Not content with the sensauon she had ead produced, she again pre- dicted the destruction of the obnoxious factory at no distant day. Finding that she was resolved upon this course Captain Rylands, of the Bridgeport police force, waited ppon Miss Fowler on Friday evening last and invited her to accompany him to the statton house. She remained in that uncom- fortable jocaiity but a short time, however, young lawyer, one of the luminaries of the Bri port bar, Was sent lor, who promptly bec jor the appearance of his fair nt and escoried her back to her hotel. Tho ca: Bet do (rial upon the next merning, but was s#lverwar adjourned until Tuesday of the present week, when it was promptly called, Judge Bullock presiding and Colonel 8. B. Sumner, City Attorney, and R. appearing for the prosecution, anford and Stoddard for the det ROWDS OF INTERESTED SPROTATORS were present In the court room, among whom could be seen many of the teading spiritualisis of Hriige: yort and vicinity. The defend, le Fow- jer, Who jg @ not unpreposs about twenty or twenty five summe oly attired in black and wore a gorgeous set of jewelry. She appeared quite wnabash her position, and on entering the room smilea sweetly upon his Honor the Judge, the lawyers, the reporters and the andien é generally. “When the indictment had been read she arose and in a clear voice pleaded NOT GUILTY TO THB CHARGE, and took her seat again. The witnesses for the pro- secution, fourteen m number, who were mostly girls employed in the cartridge factory, ali testified tu consultiag Miss Fowler, and to recetving accounts, more or less accurate, of the circumstances of Ueir previous history, together with pre- and SPIRITIST. | 7 ard to tholr future, Thess oracles were delivered in all cases by the defendaat when in the usual trance or magnetic sleep, from which, failed to awaken tn season fee before the questioner departed. On behalf of tne delens number both ot male and female experia Were cailed, who testified ag to the meaning of the fares br ap fe re a distinction ao oo me- um and am astrologer or mere rene teller, and stated their conviction that Fowler's dictions in pretensions, as a busiuess and test were well founded, It was shown shat the aon in epiri are very respectable in poid bers, being eatimated at several mations oor} pe Humber of clairvoyants and mediums utted States Ls not jess than 59,000, Many wonder- ful instances of thetr power in healing dinesses aud iu predicting fucure events were also adduced, On the crogs-examinauon much merriment was pro- duced in the audience, by an account, rather unwil- J ngly elicited, from one of the frateruity, of & monty he once passed tu PLIGING FOR CAPTAIN EIDD'S TREASURE upon the sand beach near Stratford Point, un ler the direct guidance of the spirits, which quest, it is needless to say, did not prove @ lucrative ene. Miss Fowler herseif waa subsequently pisced upon the witness stand, but nothtng usatertal was elicited 1n addition to what has been already described, At last reports the testimony had all been taken, and the case was being ably argued by the opposing counsel, It ts understood that ecing ie raises who have identified themselves witn it hops to have the decision against them in the present instavee, dn order that the cage may be carried to a higher court. They say that the question may as we.l be thoroughly tested now as at other time whether or not they suall be deprived of the right of invest. gating and putting into practice the prheciples of Lads Com) arat vely NEW AND UNEXPLORED SCIENCE. rged by tiem that this case Is an instance of tion Unparalicled since the days of the Jamous Salem Witcheratt exe.tement. Bail tor the defendant if she is convicted-and funds to any amount that may be requisiie for the purpose will be forthcoming. AMUSEMENTS. WALLAOK'’S THEATRE.—Even Wallack’s theatre It rarely more crowded than it was last evening at he first representation in America of Mr, Aiberry's four act comedy entitled “Coquette.” The very title 13 altractive, and the prestige of success la England was enough to secure for the piece at least @ suc. cess of curiesity here. But clever as tt unquestion- ably ts, especially in ils numerous surprises, ite sparkling dialogue and Lis satisfactory denouement, the plot sometimes seemed in danger of belong” drowned {a A superfully of words, and sometimes, also, tue piece dragged aimost heavily, In @ light comedy of this descrip. tivn there is no ume for “stage waits.” Nob only on Var sian bourds, but also in New York, where the art of “firting” 18 sata to have been car> ried to the lighest perfection, Mr. Alberry’s play yould be linproved by cutting, It is needless to say that no pains were spared to produce *-Coquettes'? im the admirable style to which the frequenters of Wallack’s are accustomed. Tue secnery, partie cularly that of the fourth act, representing the geen and lawn of Bowles’ cottage, with a distant view of the Surrey hills, was deservedly applauded. Baker's new arraugewent of popular alts froa Odenoacn's “Brigands” proved very successful. We heve only time to add thatthe acting was ail that could be expected from the following excelient cast:—Lord Leyton De L nagan; Sir Kic house, Bart, M Colem ir. Arthur Min r. John Brougham; Mr. Bates Curling, Mr. bi. Ringgotd—mwercbauts of the tir Parkhouse, Min- ton & Curling; Frank Parkbouso, Mr. Churies well; Adolphus Norman bowles, Mr. Charies Pisner, Jones, Mr, Owen Marlowe; Rogers (steward to Mre Minton), Mr. W. J. Leonard; eervaat, Mr. J. beck; gardener, bir, W. Quiviey; Mrs. Minton (Mr, Mine ton’s second wife), Miss’ Madeline Henriques; Fanny Parkhouse, Miss EMe Germon; Lian, Mss Helen ‘Tracy; Mrs, Crome, Miss Fow Charumian, Miss Hayues UNION LEAGUE TaesTRE—RoNCONI.—This ad- mirable maestro, Whose bume Is one of the highest on the lyric calendar, gave a very tteresting opee ratic performance last night before an elegant and fashionable assemblage. Ills assistants were we large extent made up from his best pupils, although there were others of marked ability. 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