The New York Herald Newspaper, December 16, 1870, Page 4

tie ryont xhe Amnesty of Schurz and the Amnesty of Butler. iscussion on the Removal of Political Disabilities in Both Houses. CARLS CHURZ’S GREAT SPEECH The Principles of the New Party Movement. President Grant and the Radical Overthrow in Missouri. DRAKE TO OPEN FIRE ON SCHURZ TO-DAY Dissecting Butler’s Exceptional Bill in the House. COX AS A CHRISTIAN. Congressional Merriment Over Scriptural Teachings. FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Third Session. SENATE. WasHtnoTon, Dec, 15, 1870. Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn., presented a memorial from the manufacturers of letter envelopes, printers and stationers protesting against the practice of me government in the purchase and sale of stamps. Referred to the Committee on the Post Ollice. PIECEMEAL AMNESTY. Several House bills to remove political disabilities ef citizens ot Virginia were passed. “ARMY OFFIVERS AS COLLEGE PROFESSORS, Mr. Moron, (rep.) of Ind., from the Military Com- mittee, reported a joint resolution in aid of certain colleges and universities, allowing the dctall of supernumerary army officers to professorships, with an amendment restricting its provisions to those ofcers exclusively. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, inquired whether the bill would still leave these officers subject to be transferred by the War Department, and was answered affirmatively. The bill was then passed. On motion of Mr. Ny, (rep.) of Nev., the bill for a change of jurisdiction of the Territorial Legislatarea was passed. BILLS INTRODUCED AND REPORTED. Bills were introduced and referred as follows:— By Mr. Lewis, (rep.) of Va.—To incorporate the National Mining and Manufacturing Company of Washington, D. C, By Mr. REVELS, (rep.) of Miss.—To ald in the re- pair and construction of levees in the State of Mis- sissippl. ° Mr. REVELS gave notice of his intention to address the Senate upon the sub cct at an early day. Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) ef Conn., from the Com. mitiee on Commerce, reported, with an amendment otfered by Mr. Cameron, the bill to incorporate the Southern Express Company. THE OVERLAND MAILS. Mr. STEWART, (rep.) of Nev., moved to take up his resoluiton calling tor information concerning the expense of Western mail transportation, indian service, ke. Mr. SHERMAN presumed tne only object of the rovviution waa to show that the Pacitlc Railrot had largely diminished the cost ef our Indian ser- vice, Which was already a matter of notericty. He objected to the resolution as invelving an unusual amount of labor and expense on the part of the de- partment clerical furce wiihout any adequate con- sideration tn information. Mr. Stewart’s mouion was then withdrawn for the present. iW THE CANADIAN RECIPROCITY MATTER, Mich., from the Commit- ed iavorably, with merely bill introduced by him esident in his discretion jamation the operation of all laws of bonded transportation to foreign merchundise constgued to Canada and Mexico, and aiso the priviiege of navigating the waters of the United States accorded to Canadian vessels. JERSEY CITY NOT A PORT OF FN’ Mr. CHANDLER, from the same committe adversely the House bili constituting Jersey port of entry, ana it was indednitely postponed. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on Military Af- fatrs, reported favorably the bill to refund to the Si interest on money borrowed to equip, pay and transport troops jor the United States ser- vice during the late war, Mr. WI rep.) of Mass., from the Committee on Military Teporteé an original bill, which was at once taxen up and passea, amending the tweifth section of the act for the reduction of the army by substituting the words “First day of July, 1871," for the words “First day ef January’? wher- ever itoccurs In said section,” so as to extend the time for mustering out supernumerary oficers, &c. Mr. Ramsey iitroduced a bill to regulate interna- tional cerresjondence by telegraph lines between the United States and foreign countries. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Pest Roads, Mr. WILLIAMS, (rep.) of Oregon, intreauced a pill to amend the second section ef the Judiciary act of March 3, 1803, by. geal eke | the words “fve hun- dred doliars”’ ior the words “fifty dollars,” Referred to the Committee eff the Judiciary. Mr. BUCKINGHAM introduced a bill providing that hereafier no tax shall be imposed or collected upon any unearned premiums or undistributable sum added to the contingent fands of any insurance company. Referred to the Commitiee on Finance. Messrs. Ross and PowEROY, (reps.) of Kansas, in- troduced a joint resolution relating tothe manner of alepoaliy of the Great and Little Osage Indian lands, Mr. Haran, (rep.) of Iowa, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported adversely the bill to es- taviish a Department of Indian AWairs, and it was lidefinitely postponed. The Universal Aumesty Bill—Scnator Schurz’s Speech. 2 At ten minutes after one o'clock the Senate, on motion of Mr. ScuuRz, (rep.) of Mo., took up the resolution offered yesterday by fhat Senator, declar- Ing in favor of the removal of all political disquali- fications as soon as the imperative public necessity which dictated their imposition had ceased. THE MISSOURI SPLIT. Mr. ScHURZ then delivered an address of unusual length, to which the Senate listened with marked attention. He lewed the history of the party division in Missouri, tor which be said he and those who acted with him had been denounced as traitors to the republican cause. The inter- ference at the solicitation of his colleague (ofr. Drake) of the national Executive, by which @ State coutest had acquired more than local m- terest, and the subsequent defeat of the President, with all his patronage, by the triamph of the very principles upon which ne had been elected; the probabilities of the formation of a, new party nucleus and the prospects of the reforms in the civil service and revenue were also referred to, commencing with an ailusion to the resolution as the expression of a sentiment which had recelved verbal amendme recently, authorizing the to suspend by pros allowing the privile aw emphatic endorsement at the recent election in Missour, aud te an existing agreement bet: nis colleague (Mr. Drake) and himself that his own speech shonld be made be- fore the withdrawal of tue latter Trom the Senate. Mr. Schurz proceeded to show that the disfranchire- ment of persons engaged in the rebellion was a tem- porary expedient, a measure of safety, rendered necessary by the new sovlal condition in the South consequent on the close ef the war. He held that removal by the party which imposed them, and while still in tts ascendancy in the abate es of politienl disqualifications, especiaily of the exciue sien of numbers of people from the baliot box, ‘was essential to the restoration of fraternal jeeling, as proving that such measures had not resulted trom vin veness, but necessity, and of bringing the late rebels to a full realization of thelr share with in the institutions and greatness of a Tt common country. Such was among the reasons Ore nn ooURSE IN THE LATE MovEMENT. ting: resolution offered by himself in u fe Nal ray Nenobican @onvention of 1868, deciur- a aatGte Pos doy Ss compass mh the ft and “Ot welcoming back to aD Bie Scaton tne loyal people smong the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16. 1870.—TRIPLE SHERT. I rebels, who would accept the new order of things, he said this Was @ part of the plat- torm on which Goneral Grant was made President, But how had that promise been carried out in Mis- sourly Only by a Victory over the republican party instead of upon its good faith and by its assistance. When, therefore, the party had resisted chives ment after party honor commanded them to grant it, what hope could republicans have of winnin; over to theit ranks the enfranchised y The principal opponents of the movement within the republican ranks Were those whose whole POLITICAL STOCK IN TRADE consisted of the batile cries of the ctvil war, who woud forever roll the word “rebel” aa a sweet morsel under their tongues, and that class of politi- cians whose whole end in pelitical life was to mo- nopolize the locat offices. Mr, Schurz denied, as net in accordance With fact, the ussertion of is colleague In a printed speech Circulated tu the Senate that the oo teged was not so much to en- tranchisement liself as agalust the constitutional @mendment as a meth ef effecting it, He re- ferred to some fifty or sixty newspapers, which, led by the central Faied at St. Louis, directly pro- tested against the thing itself. In erder to prevent the endorsement of the enfranchising ameudment to the constituuioa the Republican State Convention was manipulated in advance by giving to the colored voters of the State a representation double that allowed to the white poaele: tion, and so disciplining them that that race, against whom 80 many _ prejudices were still alive, should im Missouri cast their virgin franchise to contunue the disirauchisement of others. ‘The speaker's unguccesstul efforts in the couvention in behalf of the enfranchising amendment unul be and his friends went out from the convention, carrying with them, as be claimed, the honor, prin- ciplé and banner ol the republican party, were suc- cessiveiy referred to, as, also, the sweeping char- acter ef political disqualifications in Missouri, where, by the provisions of the statute constitution, rsons could be disfranchised, not only for disloyal acts, but tor sympathy ex- pressed or implied, ever of the remotest kind. Consistent Union men ot life-long devotion to the government, for merely expressing a hepe that their relatives in the rebel army Would return home safely, were disiranchised for sympathy with those engaged in rebellion. He (Schurz) knew scores of men who had served three and four years in the Union army, and had been disabled inthe service, who had been disfran- chised for harmless language uttered either before they donned the blue or since the war. ‘The atrocity ofthe abuses which had develeped themselves under the system of disfranchisement we shown by the speaker at some leugth in the ab- solutely irresponsible powers of the registration ofticers, the might of any citizen to vote being com- pletely at the mercy of any villain who happened to be a registration offleer, Wille there was no remedy for the craaaes of outrages. ‘The faci, too, was pub- lic that in many ceunties these officers acted wioily in the interest of radical candidates, the only consideration being as to the numper of opposition votes to be stricken off te secure ® ma- joricy, 1n one case as many as 500 voters were dis- Tranchised upen secret aftidavits. The Senater from New York ( lonkling) at the last session had de- nounced the KLECTION YRAUDS IN NEW YORK CITY; but that Senator would agree that the abomination Was as great in stealing legal votes out of the ballot box under cover of law, a8 In Missenri, as in stufling illegal votes Into the ballot box, 6s {u New York and Phiadeiphia. in this connection be characterized as unqualifiedly false the news) aper report that the Missouri “bolt had anything to do with a revenue referm conspiring er originating in Washington. Personally his convictions ied him to OPPOSE THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM, Had the tariff question been the issue tn Missouri he thougat the majority agaist the question would lave been nearer one hun 1 thousand than forty- two thousand, The question was discussed, but was not the overshadowing issue. He denied the alle- gation that the question might have been settled by referring 1t to the Legislature of 1871. Besides, such a course would have involved the defeat of the con- suitauional amendment then before the people, and, while failing to preserve paryy unity, would have transferred the struggie to the legislative districts, He then read trom a speech delivered by his col- league (Mr. Drake) at a serenade, comments upon a remark attributed to bimsell, that he ‘looked for- ward to the ume when new party ttes would be formed.” The conclusion ef his colleague was that he (Mr. Schurz) designed taking the whole German element over to the democratic party to control the next Presidential election, and h: then to be the reat power behind the democratic throne. nis ir. Schurz ridiculed as a morbid hallucination, as also his celleague’s onslaughts upon the Germans. But ke regretted that while his colleague's insinuations had had no effect upon the peovle ‘of Missouri they seemed to have had a strong uence upon the mind of THU PRESIDENT. He was convinced that the letter of the President to the Coilector of [nterual Revenue at St. Louis cen- demnatory of the new movement, and the suspev- sion of a number of federal oflcers, mostly Germans, ‘Was instigated by his colleague. ‘While the interfer- ence of the President in the State elections by means of the patronage had lon been considered @ matter of most questionable propriety and bad *policy under any circumstances, in the present case he whe persuaded tne President te interfere proved & most dangerous adviser. He then criticised the alleged misrepresentations ef his colleague to the President, that the movement was designed as a ‘War upon the administration. Were he au enemy of the administration he would not deplore the fact that the President jent an ear to such insinuations. To refute the charge against himsel( of factious oppo- sition he referred to his speeches of former years te show that he had uniformly held that General Grant in the Presidential cuair would have the mest inviting opportunity to restore the long lost cordiality of sentiment among the American people, and to bring ona newera of good feeling; that he would have more factiities than any preceding administration to effect a thorough reform of the civil service and a puritication of our whole political machinery, To the administration he still gave his cordial support in the direction thus indicated. Mis friends in thelr movement had expected the President’s sympathy, and the appearance of the st, Louis letter was to them a painiul surprise. In those great words, “Let us have peace,” Grant had stood before the country, not as @ creature of politicians, but as the very exponent of a moderate and conciliatory policy. If, finaliy, the Missouri election became a defeat of the administration, the President must look to himself and his advisers for the responsi- bility. The President's own principies achieved a victory over his patronage. Had he only maintainea a friendly neutrality the success of the Gratz Brown movement wouta have passed for a triumpl of the President's principles, galuing him thousands of friends where now he had lost thousands. It may not be 4 fault, but an advantage, to the President that he had ne opportunities tor acquir.ng an exten- sive political experience; but the advisers, who pre- tended to be his friends, sought to have foretold the result of his interference and ef his tollowing the example of Presidents Pierce, Buchanan and John- son, Passing tram the perusal of various letters, showing that the federal patronage in Missouri had been prostituted, in giving color to attempts by fed- eral officers to levy blackmail for party purposes, a ounes referred to the President's avowal in favor o} CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. ‘The attempt at civil service referm in Missouri lens im true Andrew Johnson styie, to organize a bre: and butter brigade; and if this was a fair indication of the President’s meaning of reform not much value was to be placed i the Presidential promise. He had shown the result of the President’s following the advice of political managers. The Lord save the administration and party if the same spirit is nenceforward to govern their course. After assert- ing lis allegiance to be due to repuolican principles rather than to party discipline, he concluded with some speculations upon the probable FORMATION OF A NEW PARTY, the popular belief that the mission of the republican arty had ended, and remarked that the recent jemocratic changes of position demonstrated that a new phase of development was upon us. The ex- haustion of old issues and the growing dissatisfac- tion and insubordination within tne great par- ties were confirmatory evidences, while, on the other hand, the question of revenue reform, civil gervicetreform, &c., were yet ephemeral issues. Upon the whole, while the prospect of a new party might at present appear obscure, yet i,would come with the necessity of a national cris! Mr. Schurz closed with an expres- sion of his confidence in the ability of the repubil- can party to become that new party, claiming for it bend possession of the elements Of a healthy regenera- jon. SENATOR DRAKE'S PRELIMINARY OPENING. Mr. DRAKE rose to reply, but yielding to a gen- eral disposition to adjourn, contincd bimself to a demand upon his colleagues for the proof of his assertion in the specch just made that he (Drake) many years before had objected to the election ol the Hon. James S. Rollins, his personal friend, as Governor of Missourl, because he might prove hos- tile to the institation of slavery in that State, Mr. Scuurz replied that his tmformation was = eee @ letter recelved by him from Mr, Rollins waself. Mr. DRAKE replied that he could recollect no. hing of the Kind; but, admitting the statement, he ha only to say that a canse must be desperate indeed, which depended for its vindication upon a remark made thirteen years ago, He gave notice that he would to-morrow reply at length to his colleague’s 8] speech. At fifteen minutes of four P. M. the Senate ad- journed, EOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 1870. Mr. Dawrs, (rep.) of Mass., from the Committee on Appropriations, reported a bill appropriating $200,000 for the construction of a steam revenue cutter, Passed. Mr. WeLi8, (dem.) of Mo,. intreduced a bill requir ing railroad companies to receive and deliver the mails, Referred. Mr. CLARK, (rep.) of Texas, introduced a bill av- thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to remnd penalties and costs lilegally assessed and collected under the Direct Tax law. Reierred, The General Amnesty Bill. The House then resumed the consideration of the Amnesty bill. Mr. BARRY, (rep,) of Miss., argued against the exceptions contained in the bill and ta favor of general and unconditional amnesty, Mr. MoRrGAN, (dem.) of Ohio, argued on the same side. He said that if the bil) had been framed for the exyress purpose Of refusing political rights to the people of the South {¢ could not have done #0 more effectually, while on the other hand it pro- vided amnesty for the robber, the burglar, the incendiary and the thief, He alluded to the fact that before a gun had been fired in tho rebellion the resignation of one hundrea and eighty officers of the army—graduates of West Point—had been accepted by the constituted autho- rities of the United States; and he asked what greater ald and comfort could have been given to the enemy than the furnishing of them with great captains and men skilled tn war. He believed that had it not been for that act of the federal govera- ment no hostile gun would ever have been fired out- side of the limits of South Carolina. Mr. MoKENz1s, (rep.) of Va,, argued that Congress ought to pass a gencral amnesty bill, without any exceptions, and let the country have peace, Dir. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) Of LiL, stated to the House that the bul reported was not a unani- mous report of tho Committee on Reconstruc- tion, nor did it bave the approval of even @ majority of the commitiee. It was omly permitted to be reported to the House. He declared that the pro- yiston of the fourteenth amendment to the constitu. tion which imposed political disabilities was only intended to remain so long @s reconstruction was incomplete and until the rights of all persons were secured, He did not find that any person had askea Congress to make any eaceptions in the matter of removing disabilities. He had seen no petition from any State in the Seuth, or from any other quarter, and no remonstrance against red¢éeming all the people of the South. He had taken up this morning a@ re- publican paper from Georgia and found Fat tis motto was “Universal amnesty.” The colored peo- ple of the South asked for 1t, Having obtained ther own righis, they, more liberal and more just than some members of Congress, were asking Congress to relieve their white brethren from the di ues imposed upon them. The leading papers ef all Political parties tu the country, edited by the beat editorial brains, were advising the removal of all disabliities. With very jew exceptions she re- ublican party ontsiae ef Congress was in wor of universal amnesty. He did not see any practicabie or just way of making Coy thens by classes. General Longsireet, who held a high position by appoimtment of the President, weuld come under the exceptions in this bill. ‘The parties to be excepted should be mentioned by hame, not grouped in classes. ‘The bill was a ver, singular mixture. It contained some matters whic! might become law if adopted by a majority vote, and it contained other matters waich could not beceme law unless adopted by & two-thirds vote. Such things should not be grouped together im the samac bill, It was @ cheat and a swindie te (lo so, Unless the bill were passed by a two-thirds vote it would be in no seuse a political bill, and would have nothing to do with pelitical disabilities. It would then be merely a biil settling legal questions only, and should hive come from the Judictary Com- mnittee, He read from Lord Mahon’s history to show the barbariues that had followed the Scotch rebel- Hon of 1745, and to show that the Congress of the United States snould not resort w that period to lind aprecede t for this bi. He declared himself very positive that there was something behind the bill— something covered up in the weal tub, While the people all over the couniry were looking for an act ol amnesty they were asking for bread, and Con- ress ofered them in this billa stone. Tustead of ing a bill to quiet suits im the South 1 wasa bill vo foster aud revive suits that were mow dead. Referring tothe English act of amnesty of 1747, he remarked that, although 1¢ was passed within two | years of the restoration of peace, the loyalist his- torian whom ne quoted (Lord Mahon) characterized the excoptions in it ag “clogs.” And now it was | proposed, five years and @ half alter the close of the war, in a republic where amnesty comes from all the people and not from the crown, to clog with ex- ceptious an act oF amnesty, Who, he asked, Was afraid that Jetfersou Davis would come to Congress? The exclusion of men by classes would exclude the best brains and besi hearis in the Seuta. The republican party, weuld gain nething by it, As had been sald yy a democrat yesterday (Mr. Mungen) the republi- can party had lost by the course it pursued. A lithe generosity exercised in proper time made friends, and not enemies, It was so everywhere and With all people. By excluding the classes proposed to be excepted Congress only made the men com- posing them the deeper enemies, The sons of those men would be presented by them as candidates for oulce instead of the fathers, and they would prove to be much more bitter than the fathers, Mr. LAWRENCE, (rep.) of Ohio, apposed the bill as bad in form, as wrong in some of its purposes, and, 1 It became a law, as pernicious im some of Its con- sequences. its title Was more liberal er more reck- less, he did not knew in which way to characterize it, than the bili itself, A serious objection to the bill ‘Was that it contained matter over which the Presi- dent possessed the veto power and matter over which he did not possess it, The moment that Con- gress by a t\wo-ihirds vote removed political disabili- ties the bill became a law, without the action or sig- nature of the President. But other provisions of the pending biil would require the approval of the Presi- dent. This incongruity he regarded as fatally deiective to the bill, It seemed clear to him that the bill was unconstitutional in the attempt it made to annihijate the judg- ments made im favor of loyal citizens, to annihilate rights of civil action of joyal citizens for wrongs committed by rebels in ald of the rebellion, and in the attempt to go into the courts in time of peace to arrest the administration of crimimal justice. In all these respects the bill was uncousututional. He Was opposed to 1 because it extendea pardon and amnesty to murderers, robbers, ravishers and in- cendiaries. One great error which tne government had made was the failure at the close of the rebellion to pun- ish its leaders for treason. A hundred first class funerals at that time would have been worth & bundred amnesty bills, He believed that the time had not yet come when it was expedient to relieve all classes of rebels wi did not choose to seek, and who, a8 @ general rule, denied that they were guilly of anything wrong. He believed it still neces. Bary that the State Legislatures should be in the hands of loyal men, who woud legislate to pay the | national debt, provect the interests of Union soidiers, their widows and orphans, and to maintaln the rights of the enfranchised colored men, * Mr. NIBLACK, (dem.) of Imd., asked if Mr. Law- rence would not concede that hundreds of the most influential and meritorious men in the south were distranchised ¥ Mr. LAWRENCE admitted that, but said no meri- torious man who bad asked to be relieved jrem lis disaviliues had been refused reitef. Mr. NipLack inguired further whether the con- tinued exclusion of these men did not or give them more consequence and influence in tueir own communities? Mr. LAWRENCE replied that he did not believe that the depriving @ man of the right to hold office added to his inf ve or power. He was in favor of amnesty whe! r it. Was sate to grant 1, but belore gianting it he wanted some evidence it safe, and that evidence had uot yet been presented te the House. Mr. SYPHER, (rep.) Of La., advocated universal suffrage, declaring that the republican party of Louisiana siood squarely on that piatiorm., The worst men in the South were those who were ai present relieved from political disa}illties, because they were men wuo were willing to come forward and commit perjury in order to be able to hoid office, while those who were unable to do so were pro- scribed by the exceptions iu the bill. Mr. Woop (dem.), of N. Y.,a member of the Re construction Comuinittee, declared that this was in no sense or frame an amnesty bill, It relieved no- body of disabilities imposed by the fourteenth con- stitutional amendment, but its exceptions created a new class of persons, who were virtually disiran- chised. Instead of being an amnesty bili it was a property-grabbing bul. Instead of being a measure of grace it was a bill to defeat justice—a biil to deay | the right of men to recover ‘property. It was a | measure, the effect of which he would not say, The design of it was to do injustice, to deprive llganus of their proper redress and to grant a boon aud re- Hef to those who were least enttled to it. Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y., said he believed that the dominant party in the House and in tie country Was in favor of universal amnesty. He did not find in the Message of the President anything about general amuesty. There was av expressive silence in it on that subject which he (Mr. Cox) greatly re- gretted, more expecially as the President was still in favor of repressive measures toward the Southern ople, and hud actually protruded those measures Into Other States not in the South. Still he was thankful to the gentleman from Massachusetts fer reporting the bill, in spite of all its ebnoxions clauses, because it gave the House an opportunity to act on the subject. He expressed himself utterly surprised at the speech made te-day by the gentle. man from Ohio (Mr. Lawrence), That gentleman had wished for a hundred first ciass fuverais after the war. Was that the gentleman’s Ubristian spirit? What Sunday school had he been raised in? What church did he beiong tot ven Paganism repudi- ated such @ doctrine of revenge. He would read to the gentleman some sentiments written by Sir ‘Thomas brown, tn jus quaint style. Mr. Cox read several quotations, Including this one:—“Let thine arrows of revenge fly short, or be aimed, like those of Jonathan, to fly past tue mark.” Mr. LAWRENCE Said he agreed to all that. Mr. Cox—If my friend 1s wiliing to stand by it let him come up to the “anxious seat,’ and we will pray over him in a Cristian spirit. (Laughter.) Mr. LAWRENCE repeated his remark about agree- ing to the sentiments read by Mr. Cox. Jf the gen- tleman will come up and kneel down bere pentiently we will have a good ald 8 meeting over him, (Renewed laughter.) What was the title ef the bill ? it was a bill fer general grace, amnesty and ebilvien; but what was the bill itseliY It was the play of Hamlet, not only with Hamiet left out, but with Polomius and the King and the Queen ana ail the other characters left out, except the little pay within the play: It was like another of Shakspeare’s plays, Shylock, with all his revenge, was all through the bill, Where was the grace of tendering redemption to @ fallen world and excep ing the chief of sinners—the Sauls of political of- fences? The offer of salvation should copy the Everaal plan. Let all who repent and wonld be saved come and partake of the Waters of Life freely. This mil eternized hel. It was in no sense an amnesty, He bad dreamed a dream last night, superinduced, he thougut, by reading tho Scriptures, (Langhter.} All through his dream ae ee the gallant gentle- man from Massachuseits. He was at one of the great camp meetings ob the coast of Massachusetts, near the gentleman’s district, and that gentleman was in the midst of a great throng of discipies of thought he could seo him standing on the basement of the New Jerusalem, with white robes upon him and a harp in band, singing— Mercy is free, meroy ts free. inter.) He protested sqoinet the precedent ecironseaay by hte Butler for this bill. He pro- tested against reproducing the barbarism of a country and of a bad age. He did not erpent the gentieman from Massachusetts to cite an my recedent in view of his bmn against Bi in conclusion, he invoked tor the peopie of the South the principle of the Lord's Prayer, so that when all came to the great court of Heaven the general am- nesty should include ail, ‘Mr. MAYNARD, rep.) of Tenn., argued against the principle of univel amuesty, The rebellion was the work of the Southern politic! 08, Aud those men were hostile to the government lay. ‘They had not entitied themselves to the wiping Out of the re- strictions placed upon them by the people. In his judgment Congress would make @ great mistake if it re-enacted the results of the old nullification era. ‘The great misiake that had been made by Mr. Clay and the ie of that day was that the same men who had 2 OL incipient rebellion in Souta Carolina were permitied to. retain ther high po-itions. Mr. Calhoun himself, some years afterwards, whep reminded that he owed his posi- fion to the clemency of the government, retorted in the most laughty and insolent language that he nad brought the government to his feet and made it submit to his terms, and that he was tue conqueror in that confict, And now this bill roposes “to let the very men who had tnaugurat the rebellion, who were responsible for 1t, have their political dis- abilities removed and come back to their old places of trust and influence and take the same old oaths which they had found it so con- venient to break. Congress would & no creat for this measure. it would con- sidered a3 having been extorted from Congress through the mean and unworthy motive of fear, and the men relieved by it would come back with the manuer of conquerors to assert their authority aud to triumph ever their victory. He was in favor of continuing this disability until the authority of the law was respected. He preterred to see Congress just before it was generous. He pre- ferred to see Vongress remunerating the loyal inen of the South before geing to remove all the stains gad disqualifications that attach to the other portion of the people. He saw no reason for this bill. He hoped it would not pass. Let time, the great healer, do its work, and there would be no necessity for such legisiauon. Mr. SARGENT, (Tep.) of Cal., said that if the repub- lican members from the South were agreed in their views en tis subject their udvice Would doubtless have great weight; but, as they differed so radically, the other members of the party were obliged to make up their ewn opmion as best they could.” He was unable to agree with the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Maynard), and intended to vote for the substl- tute offered by Mr. Farnsworth, removing ail disa- bilities for these reasons—tirst, that the pledge of the republican party to remove all disa- bilities a8 soon as the public safety would aliow meant what tt said, and that it Is not necessary for the public safety thut these disabilities should be contined, Second—Because the pelitical power of ex-rebeis is not diminished by their incapacity to hold ofice, as every one of them can vote at any election. Any man elected by such men is as dun- gerous to good government, a3 Tully represent their principies and purposes, a8 either of these disquali- fled mdividuals could. ‘Third—Because their exclu- sion from office is a badge of atstinction from a rebel standpoint; is persecution and punishment, and enhances their infinence for evil if they see ot to exercise it, Fourth—Because as a mere party measure it is But bad policy to add afew thou- sand to the number of democratic office seekers while adding nothing to the number of democratic voters, Filth—That because the men under disa- bilities are not invariably, or even generally, the worst of the late revels, aud hence, as @ matter of precaution, or even of Justice, their exclusion does not answer the avowed purposes, Sixth—That be- eause the people, beti North and South, will better appreciate the purpose of the democratic party if they are allowed to bring forward as their expo- nents the leading rebels, as they naturally will. Seventh—That because it is not republican to bold any class of people under political disabill- ties. Eighth—That because the republican party 1s great and novle and _iiveral enough to extend mercy to all classes of citizens, and siiould add this crowning act “to ils great and successful war and reconstraction policy. It the subsiitute fails { will vote for the measure that makes the fewest exceptions and comes nearest 0 complete amnesty. Mr. WINANS, (rep,) of Ohlo, declared himself in favor of a general, but not of universal, amnesty. He was, thereiore, in iavor of the first five excep- tions in the bill. He was in favor of generat am- hesty, not absolutely, but on 2onditions of repent- ance and reformation, and on bringing forth fruits meet for repentance in the form of a written confession of the crime and a prayer for absolution. He fully approved of a remark etice made by the gentleman from ‘Tennessee (Mr. May- nard), that 1t was not proper to cast pearis before swine. He was in favor oi relieving only those who asked for relief. Christianity did not require men to forgive their enemies unless their enemies de- sired to be forgiven and asked absolution. The debate here closed ior the day, and to-morrow belng private bill dayand the House agreeing not to hold a session on Saturday, the bill went over till Tuesday next. THE PENSION APPROPRIATIONS, Mr. KELSEY, (rep.) of N. Y., from the Committee on Appropriations, reperted that the Pension bili, appropriating. $8,000,000, the same as last year, is made the special order for Monday next. THE DUTY ON SUGAR. Mr, Hoops, (rep.) of Mass., from the Committee oft Ways and Means, reported a@ bill to amend sec- tion 21 of the Internal Revenue bill, relatiag to the duuies on sugar. He satd the bill made a change in the rate of duty, but Chat its object was to simplif; the law, #0 that it can be instinctively understood, there being a difliculty now as to tne consiruction of the law. He said that he would cali it up to-mor- row. ate. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Omo, introauced a bill re- lating to the employment of oificers of the army as professors in colleges and universities. Referred. Mr. GARFIELD offered @ reso!ution calling for in- formation as to the amount required to pay the ad- ditional compensation to census takers authorized by the act of June 19, 1870, Adopted. ‘Mr. KELLEY, (rep.) of Pa., presented the memorial of the American Medical Asseciation on the cultiva- ton of the cinckena tree in the United States, ‘The Mouse then, at hall-past four, adjourned until to-morrow. ARMY INTELLIGECE. Officers Retired from Active Service. ‘The following general order was promulgated from the War Departinent to-day:— By direction of the President and under provisions of sgction five of the act of Congress approved July 15, 1870, the following named officers are hereby retired from active service, to date from December 16, 1870, with exceptions as to the date noted:— Fist—On their own application, after thirty years of service, in conformity with section four of the act of July 15, 1870:—Colonel Isaac V. D. Reeve, un- assigned, to date from January 1, 1871; Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin 8. Roberts, Third cavairy: Liea- tenant Coionel Henry W. Wessels, unassigned, to date from January 1, 1871. Second—For incapacity resulting from long and faithful service, from wounds or injury received, from disease contracted or from exposure in the line of duty, in conformity with sections sixteen and seventeen of the act of August 3, 1861:—Colonel Henry 8. Carrington, unassigned; Lieutenant Colonel Dickinson Woodruff, unassigned; Captain John Eliott, unassigned; First Lieutenant John Leonard, of the First infantry; Second Lieutenant Michael Moore, unassigned. 7htrd—Upon the full rank of the command hela by them when wounded, in conformity with sec- tions sixteen and seventeen of the act of August 3, 1861, and section thirty-two of the act of July 1866:—Upon full rank of .colonel—Major Theophilus odenbough, unassigned; First Lieu- tenant John Pulford, unassigned. Upon full rank of lieutenant colenel—Captain Thomas Shea, Sev- enteenth infantry. Upon full rank of captain—First Lieutenant David H. Cortelyou, Ninth cavalry. Fourth—The officers above named who are on duty will, a5 soon as relieved, repair to thsir re- spective homes. Fifty further lists of officers to be retired will bo ablished as soon as decided upon. By order ef the secretary of War. E. D. TOWNSEND, Adjutant General. INDUSTRIAL. INTENTIONS. Agricultural aud Horticultural Westchester County. ‘The annual meeting of the Agricultural and Hor- ticultural Society of Westchester county was held at White Plains yesterday. After the usual preliminary business had been disposed of the report of the auditing committee was presented, showing that the receipts of the past year have been $12,171, and the expenditures $16,074. In view of the apparent de- ficit, however, it is proper to state that the society, during the period indicatea, has expended about $7,000 in the erection of new buildings and other improvements on its grounds near the Village above named. An election for ofiicers for the ensuing year was held, and resuited as follows:—For Presi- dent, N. Holmes Odell; for Vice Presidents, Edward Dewitt, First District;.Francis A. Palmer, Second; Walter H. Haight, Third; for Managers, J. W. Scrib- ner, O. W. Bathgate; for Treasurer, John Bussing; for Recording Socretary, Joseph 0. Miller; for Cor- responding Secretary, Danie! K. Sherwood. Matters in ANOTHER COAL OIL SLAUGHTER.—A correspondent of the Harrisburg State Journal, writing from New- port, Penn., furnishes the details of a heartrend ig accideut, near Markleville, by which four pe sons met with @ lorrble death. Satarday morn. ing the house of Mr. John Boyer caught fre from the explosion of a coal oil lamp, which bad been kept Burning low owing to the iliness of a chiid, An older son, Thom: attempting to go to their rescue was baMed by the smoke and flames, and for his own safety was compelled to Jump outof a window in the upper story in his night clothes. He Jubn Wesley. ‘There was a voice going round calling men to repentance. He thonght he saw the gentle. man from Massachusets kneeling down at the old Methodist altar with the good brethren round him, and after a while he arose and took up the song— Amazing grace, bow sweet the sound. (Laughter,) It seemed to him then that the gentie- taan yas translated to another spuere, aud te finally succeeded in tpn, a neighbor, and both returned tothe burning building. They could see the four members of the famlly—Mr. Boy his. wife and two children—burning in their be no earthly power could save them, and all efforts to render assistance were unavailing. The bodies, whentaken from the ruins, were burned to risp. and beyond recognition. They were found side 1 side. the children having occupted a trundie ped OUR RELATIONS WITH CANADA A Lecture from the Toronto Globe Over Prest- dent Grant's Mossage—Friendly Relations with the Yankees Desirable—Cana- dian Forbearance with Ameri. can Fishermen—Free Naviga- tion of the St. Lawrence. Toronto, Dec. 15, 1870, The Globe this morning ina long article on the fishery question saya;— In our whole course as journalists we have ever BOERS to cultivate the kindest feelings towards our neighbors acress the line, We have sympathized with them frem first to last in the great struggle trough which they recently passed, and have never ceased to advecate the most intimate and friendly relationship between them and the Cuna- ians; but if they will Epiplendy and, like spoiled children, have nothing te do with us except we fall down and worship themselves, their institutions and their most unreasonable wishes, except we give them every privilege they ask while we receive nothing in return, we can any. say that we are sorry that it should be so. But if they cando without us, it 18 @ strange thing we cannot do | without them. Our whole conduct since the abrogation of the Recipresity Treaty can be ex- amined, and it will shew whether or not we have acted an unfriendly, unneighboriy part. Even this ‘Siiecrbasinons has showa what our spirit has been, and t very clearly. We have, in every way, ex- pressed our Willingness to cultivate friendly’ inter. course, amd to engage in & mutually advantgeous trade, How we have been met we leave intelligent Americans to say. Has Canada on this ever sought te enforce British interpretation of the treaty? Is it n fact that all the seizures that have been made during the past season have been made within the three mile limit, not as Great Britain but.as the United States reads the treaty? We have not to go to doubtiul interpreters on thi bagel Ig it not @ fact President Grant him. self sent forth a proclamation warning American ‘Sehprinen, saninss Soares in Can: asst m that if seized when do! by British or Canadian cruisers there could bs no Temedy as far as the government of the States was concerned? Surely that proclamation of Presi- dent Grant ought to be sufMicient evidence, at any rate, that Canadians have some rixhts which even he 1s bound to respect. What ave said on fisheries also truo the navigation of the St. Lawrence, as more in gent and dispassionate people on the ost gee. We have spent millions of dollars on canals. Very well; can we not do as we like with our own? lf our neighbors are not pleased with our terms, they can build canals for themselves or take the river as they find it, and as Canadians had te deal with it before canals were in existence. Our neigh- bors might as well claim the right to the use of the royal dockyards, or we to the whole coasting trade of the republic. FAILURE OF ANOTHER CUBAN EXPEDITION. Quesada’s Expedition a Failure—Matiny on Board the Virgin—Dreadial Scenes on Board—Sailing Under Falso Colors—Chased by a Spanish Man-o{-War—Canght at Last— Detained at Curacoa—The Crew of the Virgin Under the Protection of the American Consul, CuRacoa, Noy. 29, 1870, The movements of the steamer Virgin since her arrival here in September last from New York, with Quesada on board, have been the sudject of great at- tention and now form one of exciting interest. After leaving here with the schooner Billy Butts she proceeded to a small place abont thirty miles distant, where the arms and ammunition were transferred from the Billy Butts to the Virgin, and started for Laguayra, in Vene- zuela, where she safely arrived, and in due course left again, after which nothing was heard of her for some time; but, it being under- stood that she was intended for the blockade of Maracaibo, it was supposed she was there or in that neighborhood, until she agaim unexpectedly turned up here. It now appears that her exploits have been of a varied, and, it may prove, of an unlawful nature. After leaving Laguayra she sailed under the American or Venezuelan fag, as best suited her purposes. She had only been out a short time when she sighted a vessel belonging to the legitimate gov- ernment of Venezuela. She immediately hoisted the flag of Guzman Blanco and gave chase. On over- hauling the vessel she boardea her and committed other depredations of 8 piratical nature, which sho also repeated in other instances. One of her ex- plolts forms the ground of a serious charge against her. While at sea and sailing under Guzman’s flag she boarded a Dutch schooner bound for Curacoa, the captain of which immediately on his arrival here entered complaint against her for piracy and sailing under false colors. While the Virgin was cruising about, the crew, consisting entirely of American seamen, having heard the rumors of the Virgin’s object, became slightly alarmed as to the consequences to themselves if they should be caught engaged in any unlawful acts, and exhibited Astrong disposition to oppose any piratical inten- tion on the part of her commander. This discontent culminated in open mutiny when the Virgin hoistéa Guzman’s flag and prepared to board the Venezue- lean vessel. They resolutely refused to ovey orders, and the officers were compelled to use arms to quell their opposition. A short bw@ severe fight took place, and the crew being unprovided with weapons were forced to succumb, not, however, until considerable blood had been spilt. Several ‘of the men received fiesh wounds, and one of them had his nose and upper lip completely cut off, it 1s said, by the chief engineer, After the first attempt at mutiny the crew appear to have ceased any attempt at opposition to their officers’ commands, with the intention, as was sub- sequently shown, of leaving the vessel at the first port they touched, The cruise of the Virgin lasted some time, and only ceased when she was of neces- sity compelled to run into Cu a. She bad on several occasions sighted a Spanish steamer, which was evidently watching her, but owing to the Virgin's superior rate of speed she always Inanaged togetaway. At length, being near Cura;oa on the morning of the 27th ult., she boldly ran in with the Australian flag fying. Within three hours after the Spanish sloop-of-war Vasco Nunez des Bilboa, which had kept in the Virgin's track, although fre- ponte out of sight of her, came in and anchored close alongside. The crew of the Virgin immediately left her and placed themselves under the protection of the American Consul, who would at once have transported them to New York, but the only oppor- ed which then offered had not sufiicient accomo- ation. ‘rhe crew numbered thirty-four. They will be for- warded as soon as possible if a steamer is not sent down to take them off, which, it is expected, will be done. Meanwhile a complaint has been lodged in the colonial court against the Virgin by the captain of the Dutch schooner that had been boarded by her while at sea, Charging her with raed and sailing under false colers, e commander of the Spanisn steamer also preferred a charge her for transporting arms, sailing under false colors and otherwise violating the laws of nations. ‘rhe Virgin was thereupon libelled, and 1s now detained here awaiting the investl- gation of the authorities, which, on the part of the Spanish Consul, will be prosecuted Most vigorously. The sloop-ol-war will not leave here until the final decision in the case nas been given, an« the greatest vigilance will be observed in ju her, since it is well known that if the Vir- gin eould slip away she could easily avoid capture, as she is able to’run fifteen knots an hour, wiile the sloop can only make eight, The crew of the Virgin affirm that her log has been falsely kept, and the American consul bas con- sequently invited several captains to investigate it and pronounce on its correctness, but some have refused, being unacquainted with the manner of keeping American ships’ logs, Itis reported that Quesada is on board the Virgin, and that two other steamers under his orders and intended for the blockade of Maracaibo are hovering abent the coast, but the detention of the Virgin will effectually prevent the carrying out of the scheme arranged between him and Guzman Bianco. The captain who cleared the Virgin in New York must have left her at Laguayra, as she was under the command of amother man on her second arrival at Curacoa. The American Consul here, feeling himself inade- quate to deal with a matter involving such impor- tant questions as are contained In the charges made against the Virgin, especially as the case is now in court, bas forwarded despatches to Washington by the brig Curagoa asking that e war steamer may be sent down with fall instructions to take charge of and act in the premises. The recently appointed Governor of Curacoa ar- Tived about tho 24th, and the oath of office was administered on the 26th, The gubernatorial duties commence with an important and delicate matter in that of the Virgin, and the Colonial Council took such occasion to advise hum strongly to use great eircamspection in dealing with it. The case pre- sents many points of pecallar interest, and is belug eagerly watched by all parties concerned. It 18 con- fidently expected that some important results will foliow the investigation of the affair; but it is not generally felt here that the Ouban cause has suitered a severe biow by the failure of Quesada’s expediuon. THE GALE ON LONG ISLAND. Considerable Gamage was done on Long Island by the, gale yesterday. At Clarencevilie a young man, nineteen years of age, named John Burke, was blown from the roef of 4 house, and striking on nis head was killed instantly, A brakeman on the freight train of the South Side Raflroad, named Austin, waa blown from a hay car at Ialip. and severely thouch not fatally injured. = THE DEADLY BLAST. RNR Renn Full Details of the Carmans- ville Explosion, Rtn tiated uate oy od Description of the Ravine Where the “Biast’* Took Place—Two Mon Horribly Mutilated and Instantly Killed—Four Others Frightfully Charred and Wounded, The inhabitants of Carmansville were horrified on Wednesday evening last by one of the most disas- trous gunpowder explosions ever recorded within the memory of the oldest resident among them, re- sulting in instantaneous death to two men, while three others were so badly wounded that little hopes: are entertained for their recovery, THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, Mr. Sullivan, a contractor working under the instructions of the Board of Public Works, bad about 400 men engaged in biasting and mining near 145th street and Seventh avenue on Wednesday af- ternoon. Exactly at the corner of 145th street ia A DEEP, MELANCHOLY-LOOKING RAVINB of about eighty feet wide and forty feet deep, cat out of the solid rock, and perhaps one of the most dismal spots on the island. Not a nouse or shanty 1s visible from this place, and though in the @ia- tance the eye 1s relieved and gratifiea by the sight es the woodlands away beyond the Harlem river, the sight of the angry-looking overhanging rocks re- minds one of the Scriptural description of a pas- “(ROUGH THE VALLEY OF DEATH." At this particular portion of the ravine the con- tractor had placed fifty men, whose business it was to bere the massive rocks and widen the boulevard, as it called. The method adopted in blasting this:—A perpondicular hole, or seam, 1s made by means of huge crowbars, which are held by one man while two others strike it alternately wit® heavy sledgehammers. The hole 1s generally cem- menced at about four feet from the base of the rock, and penetrated below it to the distance of about nine feet, This seam is then charged with gunpowder, containing usually about thirty pounds, and fired by meags of a fuse which takes four minutes to reach the powder, thus giving ample time for the workmen to retreat to a safe distance. In the pre- sent case it was required to remove AN IMMENSE OVERHANGING PRECIPIOW of twenty feet wide and thirty-eight feet high, The hole—thyee inches in diameter—was bored to a dis- tance, inall, of thirteen feet. Two men, Patrick Smith and Richard Knox, were loaaing the seam with fifty pounds of gunpowder, while a lad named John Dicey, sixteen years of age, was assisting in “tamping’ with an iron scraper—that is, he was ramming the sand Ughtly down upon the powder, 80 as to give it addi- tional destructive power. At this time the fall juantity of powder was deposited in the hole, and the operation complete, with the exception of ap- lying the lighted fuse, Dicey was about to raise his rammer for the last time, at ten Ininutes to five o'clock, when it is supposed he struck the rock at the entrance of the cavity, a spark was engendered, which ignited some grains of gunpowder beneath, and in the twinkling of an eye a MOST TERRIFIC EXPLOSION occurred, causing the Mstrument from the boy's hand to ascend 200 feet into the air, raising a cloud of dust that was perfectly alarming, and bunging down above two hundred tons of Lae rocks, as if by magic. Patrick Smith was standing immediately below the mouth of the loaded seam, and before he couid move a stone weighing nearly two tons was hurled upon hm with such force that his body was completely doubied up beneath it; his head came in contact with another rock from behind, DASHING OUT HIS BRAINS, causing his eyes to leap out from their sockets and driving his neck completely between his blade bones. His right leg was crushed through bone and flesh above the knee. so that it could be twisted quite around, and the left leg was broken at the knee in the same manner. His arms were both broken, the left elbow bone pmracieg. through & cavity three inches wide, and had_ the most horribly emaciated appearance. Several of the ribs were broken, while the abdomen was completely crushed and cut open up as far as the chest; besides this als remains were BLACKENED, CHARRED AND DISPIGURED by the gunpowder. Richard Knox, who was stand- lng at @ short distauce irom his unfortunate com- rade, was vhrowa up in tue air several feet by a piece of rock striking him at the back of the head. This missile penetrated clean through the skull and laid bare his prain, and though the brain was post- tively prouruding he ran @ distance of twelve yards before he fell dead, All this was, accomplished im less time than is required to chronicle the facta. Tne foreman, James O'Brien, staves that the scene was the most awful and indescribable, No sconer had the exposion taken place than all of the men engaged on the section rushed to the spot, and SCREAMS AND SHRIEKS RENT THE AIR, m accents that were piteous and heartrending. Fathers shouted for their sons or brothers, and though the accident was sufliclently terrivle in its effects, it might have been supposed Irom the ex- citement which for the time relgned supreme, that forty persons were lying buried beneath the vast heap of débris. After it Was ascertained thas the only man missing was Patrick Smith, a hun- dred crowbars were quickiy set to work, the stone under which he was puried was removed and his shattered remains were exhibited amid the lamen- tations and wailings of his comrades, The next thing Was to actend THE BURNED AND WOUNDED. Dennis Fiannary, who was “siedging up,” or breaking the rock, was severely burned, beside re- ,celving a contused Wound on the head, from which he bled profusely. Patrick Golden, who was em- ployed in throwing sand to Knox, was badly buraed about the face and chest;4his head also was $0 se- verely -contused tnat he13 NOT EXPECTED TO RECOVER. Andrew Rebet, an Italian, residing in Mulberry street, New York, was engaged tu loading a cart With the broken stone, when he was haried against the vehicle with such velocity that several of nia ribs were broken, besides receiving other injuries. But perhaps of the wounded the greatest sufferer ia the poor lad John Dicey, the supposed innocent cause of the disaster. ils. fave and neck were frightiully charred with the flame that arose the powder, and the cries of the boy were truly PITEOUS AND AFYECTING. It 1s looked upon as a miracle that Dicey escaped with nis life, ag he must have been directly over the mouth of the seam when it exploded. These four suflerers were immediately sent on to Believue Hospital by the Carmansville police, and the @ bodies of the two men before mentioned were placed on stretchers and removed to an empty shanty, at the back of the Boulevard, on 14ist street. It was stated by several of tue men on the works yesterday that there was STILL ANOTHER MAN BURIRD, but the clerk ofthe work Informed @ HERALD re- Boren that such was not the case, as the roll had en accurately called and only the six persons named had fated to answer to their names. Tho sight of the dead bodies as they lay in the DINGY, DISMAL SHANTY yesterday was truly sickening and appalling, 80 ghastly was the aspect of their disfigored and muti- Jated frames. Sm.th was attired in a pair of plue ants, with top boots reaching to the knee, his body ing covered with a Shetiand wool shirt, lined in- side With flannel, and tucked up as far as the elbows; a red scarf was tied loosely round his neck, setu- rated with gore, while his BLOODY AND CRUSHED FEATURES seemed to give a sort of nt to his besmeared gar- ments. Knox was dressed in striped pants ang shirt to match, with boots like the other; his arms were folded across his breast, stiffened in death, while a handkerchiel was tied around his head to prevent his brains from dropping out on to the plank upon Which he was lyiug. On examination tt was ascertained that in addition to having his bi dashed out he bad A LARGE GASH cut across his chest by a pee of flintstone. Deputy Coroner John Beach, M. D., arrived at the shauty where the bodies were lying at about four o’ciock in the afternoon and examined the rem: After much difficulty a jury was got together, and ordered to attend at a saloon corner of 141st street and Eighth avenue at one o’clock on papenal next to make an investigation into the cause of the ex- plosion and deaths. THE DEAD, Patrick Smith was about twenty-eight years of ‘age; had been ip this country nearly five years, aud ‘Was supposed Lo have POSSESSED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS at the time of his death, bus a search by Doctor Beach through his trunk, at the house of O’Brien, the foreman of the jury, failed to estavlish this. Richard Knox was a native of Scotland and landed in New York in July last, but his sister, who was pre- sent yesterday, asking lor permission to remove hus body to Melrose, stated that he had no means what- evet. Smith had no relatives in New York, consequently his body will be sent to the Morgue to- day to await interment. AUSTION SALE OF JEWELRY. A rather unique sale was commenced yesterday a& the auction rooms No. 95 Chambers streot and 77 Reade street, The goods placed under the ei gugee consist of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearl aud other precious Stones, mounted in brace- lets, necklaces, brooches, pins, earrings, scart ping, studs and buttons, rings, &c., In the finest gold mountings and artistio designs, of the latest and most fashionable styles; also several sets of diamond parures; also lockets of artistic and antique patterns, and gold goods in variety. The Didding was not altogether as spirited as could bo \oped for; but as the more valuable portions of the collection have been reserved until to-day the sale will be more lively, and the prices obtained, au doubt, quive gratifying.