The New York Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1871, Page 7

* ee NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET, that they were thoroughly sound. The main t was gained, however, Peace was made, and the erratic sheet which so fiercely dic- dates political and agricultural absurdity to its party and friends may consequently be saved from the grand blunder of deserting the only Jeader that the republican party can now for 1872. tion of Malmaison. | Abrlef despatch, dated London, January 2, Bnd conveying news from the vicinity of Paris 8s late as the 29th, has repeated a rumor to fhe offect that the beautiful chiteau of Mal- poaison, two miles from Rueil, in the Depart- ment of the Seine, and four and a half miles westward of the city of Paris, had been Alestroyed by the guns of Fort Mont Valerien. We trust that this report may prove to be untrue; but should it be, indeed correct, the would seem to indicate a reckless deter- ination en the part of the Frenclr to destroy ven the cestliest and most superb of thelr istorical edifices and monuments should their in serve to aid the defence of their capital any degree. Moreover, there would appear 0 be a little dash of resentment against every- ing conneeted with the remembrance of the onapartes in this wholesale sacrifice ef the {palaces chiefly associated with their career. {ft is net long since we had te deplore the utter in of St. Cloud and of most of its historical a artistic treasures, and now a similar fate {is said to have befallon Malmaison. It was in }the former palace that the First Napoleon laid he foundation of his power, and in the second that the lovely but unfortunate Empress Jose- jphine passed the years that elapsed after her Wdivorce until her death on the 29th of May, fs14. Malmaison was, until very recent years, ene jof the most exquisite domains even in the neighborhood of a city renowned for the sump- vous splendor of its palatial homes, It was there that Josephine, whohad been the good penius and the guardian angel of Napoleon's uccessful years, endeavered to console her- If for her removal frem censpicuous power py the indulgence of her refined and educated jastes. Her conservatories, filled with the jmost beautiful flora of Europe and the rarest \exoties from every land accessible te the gold ‘of France; her menageries, stocked with ‘curious animals that loved her presence and ‘came jeyously at her call; her Swiss dairy, where the mimicked songs and manners of the fresh mountain life of the Alps formed such an exhilarating contrast to the state and ceremony bf the capital; her sheep farm, where the finest Merino breeds were perpetuated, not for Pheir beauty only, but as a valuable experi- ment for the after benefit of French trade— fhese and many other attractions of the place were celebrated throughout Europe and drew thither centinual throngs of visitors. But the whatean itself had historical associations of the highest interest. The gentle touch of Jose- hine was everywhere visible in its terior as well as in its external adornment; and it required no very vivid Jmagination to fancy her actual presence and that of the great Emperor, her former august tonsort, amid the statuary, the paintings and the rich furniture of the apartments that were 0 frequently the scene of their meetings and their domestic joys. It was here, indeed, that Wapoleon conceived and planned some of his greatest campaigns, and here that he, subse- quently, passed his terrible week of humilia- tion between his second abdication, in June, 31815, and his departure for Rochefort, the point from which he attempted his escape, after having been expelled from Paris by the machinations ef ingratitude and treason, While here, too, how often may not the re- proachful face of the divorced and then de- arted Josephine have arisen before him to es that fatal act which forever dimmed his glory and to warn him of the retribution not complete even at the hour of his downfall frem the throne! The twilight and midnight musings of the humbled demi-god must have een both sweet and bitter in the corridors nnd bowers of Malmaisen. ! Itis in the small church of the village of Rueil (which has also been devastated), that the remains of Josephine repose, their resting place marked by a simple but beautiful monu- ment of white marble, by Cartellier, consisting of an areh, on four columns, sustained by a pediment, with the figure of the Empress kneeling in prayer—the pious testimonial of her children, Hortense and Eugéne Beauharnais. Hertense, the Ex-Queen of Holland, also lies buried near to her mother, having been placed there in 1837, and over her is another monument of material and design exactly similar to that of Josephine. At was erected in 1846 by her son, the Ex- Emperor Napoleon III., and is one of the finest works of the sculptor Bartolini. Rueil itself is interesting as having once been the site of a splendid palace belonging to Cardinal Richelieu, erected in 1635. It was there that the famous Marshal Marillac was condemned to death, and thither that the French court bretired during the wars ef the Frende. But the village has still higher antiquity, having een the antique Rotalzgensis, a residence of the Frankish Kings. In A. D. 870 it was pre- Bented by Charles the Bald te the Abbey of St. Denis and so became an ecclesiastical appanage. This little church is still addition- ally remarkable for its beautiful ornamented portico, put up im 1585 at the expense and request of Cardinal Richelieu after designs by Lemercier, and for nearly three hundred years vegarded as a masterpiece in its walk of art. Christina, Queen Dowager of Spain, many years ago became the owner of Malmaison, and, soon afterward the decadence of that love- ly domain began, Some of its parks and gardens were cut up into building lots, and its histori- cal completeness was thus sorely marred. However, Napoleon III. purchased it, in 1861, and, since then, it had been cherished, until now the infamy of war which slays the flower of manheed covers it in the common ruin of sense, humanity and taste. Its broken win- dows and shattered walls look out over the plains near St. Germain to the« equally shattered splendors of that celebrated monument of architectural magnificence, the Chateau Lafitte, where the great cynic and iconoclast Voltaire penned some of his mest scathing satire. The two despoiled abodes of grandeur ‘grin horribly a ghastly smile” at each other, as though claiming mutual recog- nition and conveying mutual reproach in their common misery /of this day of wrath, when the works of gepius. the celica of re- ligion and the tenderest social and historic memories of the past go down together with the lives and, it may be, with the souls of men, into the blackness of darkness, before the infuriate barbarism and infldelity of an ominous and guilt-laden time, The State Comptroller and Canal Auditor’s Annual Reports. The annual report for 1870 of the State Comptroller is not by any means very dis- couraging. The State debt on the 30th of September was, $32,406,142, after a reduc- tion to the extent of $2,438,891 since Sep- tember 30, 1869. The State canals, which, under the old contract system, had got into a state of dilapidation and were fast losing their trade from delays and high tolls, ‘ure re- preseated as picking up a little, from the re- pairs ef locks, dams, &¢., and the reduction of the tolls. The Comptroller says that ‘‘the principle of reduction must be carried out, until, the debt being paid and the tolls taken off tothe point of maintenance and repair, the canals will become substantially free.” Ho expects a large increase in the business of the main canal during the year before us,. The State expenditures of the last year fer educa- tional and charitable institutions are set down at $2,890,620; the State prison expenses at $918,627; the receipts from prigon workshops, &c., $490,336—the costs to the State being $134,469 less than on the last preceding year. The sum paid toward to the new State Capi- tol in 1870 was $1,578,120, and the whole amount so far paid toward this structure is $2,157,315. What the whole cost will be with the completion ef the work may per- haps be conjectured from the costs of our new Court House in City Hall Park. Our State taxation in 1860 was $5,446,640; in 1860, for all purposes known to the Comp- troller, it was $18,956,024, amd in 1870 it was $50,328,684. Lastly, the deficiencies in last year’s appropriations, compared with actual and estimated expenses to September, 1871, will be some two millions, but he thinks that by strict economy it may be saved. From the report of the Auditor of the Canal Department it appears that the total canal debt is $11,966,582, and that the anaual inte- rest money required is $612,810, and that they are behind with the interest. The Auditor devotes considerable space to the expenses of repairs, te the advantages of steam on the canals and te the plans and combinations by which competing railroads have taken away from our canals the bulk of the grain and flour transportation from the West. Nor does the Auditor think that the canals can get on yet a while without pretty stiff tolls to meet needful repairs ; but he suggests many reforms as necessary in order to bring back to the canals the trade they have lost, Watt Srreet was tardy in getting back t business after the New Year holidays. But while the brokers at the Stock Exchange had little to do the banks and banking houses were overrun with investment holders collect- ing their interest and dividends. Long lines of people stood waiting their turn te be paid, and prim citizens, farmers, mechanics, dofni- nies, eld maids, young lasses and widows (the latter the only class of second-hand goods which, according to some philosopher, goes off at prime cost) went to make up the curious assemblage. Ratcroap StaveutTers at the South and West have become so common that they receive little more than a passing notice. Yesterday morning a passenger train on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad broke through a bridge near Memphis, dashing two cars to pieces and setting fire to the debris. Five negroes were killed and one white man fatally wounded. Taz RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN Srates on a republican basis has been a very unfortunate venture fer the radicals, All the States threaten to go democratic in the next Presidential election, gnd some of the ex- tremists in Washington seriously contemplate a fresh reconstruction. They ought to seriously dread any further handling of the subject. Te Pvusriio Dest statement shows a re duction during the year 1870 of $112,753,863. While General Grant must of course make some newer and more brilliant departure on which to contest for the Presidency next year, the steady reduction of the debt, if coupled with a lightening of the burdens of taxation, makes a very safe base to fail back upon in case of rout. ® Tre LEGISLATURE met and organized yes- terday—Speaker Hitchman being, of course, re-elected. The most important measures in the Senate were the introduction of a bill to annex Westchester county to New York and the noticing of a ‘pill to revive the elevated railway scheme. Personal Intelligence. Senator Conkling 1s among the latest arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, General Schenck, the newly appointed Minister to England, has left the Brevoort House for Wash- ington. General James B. Fry, of the United States Army, has taken quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. Thomas R. Hazard, one of the directors of the Pacific Railroad, 18 sojourning at the St. Denis Hotel. ~ General N. P. Banks, from Massachusetts, has apartments at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Seven members of the city government of Phila- delphia have come to the city to attend the Ameri- cus ball, and are staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Governor Scott, of South Carolina, 1s among the recent arrivals at the Metropolitan Hotel. Major General Joe Hooker has engaged apart- ments at the Brevoort House. Mr. ©. C. Pierson, @ prominent financier of Lon- don, Is staying at the Grand Central Hotel. Senator Fenton arrived last evening at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain Temple, who is in command of the United States steamer destined to take the Committee of Investigation to St, Domingo, 1s temporarily at the Everett House. General B. F. Butler arrived yesterday at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he will remain a few days. Mr. A. P. Langford, Congressional Delegate from Montana, 1s staying at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Mr. J. G. Holland, better known as Timothy Tit- comb, alighted yesterday at the Brevoort House. General J. Vogdes, of tne United Staies Army, 1s quartered at the Astor House, Ex-Attorney General George F. Hoar arrived yes- terday at the Fifth Avenue Hetel. Mr. J. W. Wadsworth, son of General Wadsworth, of Genesee, N. Y., is stopping at the Albermarie Hotel. Mr. John A, Griswold, of Troy, is staying for a few Goys at the Fut Avenue Bolg. WASHINGTON. Radical Alarm at the Political Outlook. MORE RECONSTRUCTION FOR THE SOUTH, The President and Greeley Bury the Hatchet. The Soldier and the Philosopher Discussing the Situation. More Trouble for the Col- ored Cadet. ¥v Attempt to Force the St. Domingo Resolution Through the House. Wasuinaron, Jan. 3, 1871. Radical Alarm at the Political Outlook— More Reconstruction tor the South. The leading members of the republican party have for some time past manifested considerable anxiety as to the part the Southern States will play in the next Presidential election. It is generally conceded that in the present condition of affairs there the de- mocrats are certain to carry every State south of the ancient Mason and Dixon's ine, except, perhaps, South Carolina. This is a disappointment to those who have been engaged im reconstructing the late rebel States in the interest of the republican party, and the question now is how to bring them back and keep them under the repub- ican panner. Just before the holiday recess Senator Morton introduced a resolution calling upon the President for information concerning the recent disturbances in North Carolina and other tates, where it is alleged the laws of the United States have been defied and resisted. This resolntion was so worded as to allow the answer to embrace ail the Southern States, It is understood that some time this week the answer to the resolution will be sent to the Senate, Tois 13 the special message on the condiuon of the Southern States which it has been stated the Presi- dent would send to Congress. This answer from the Executive will show that the Southern people are far from being in a condition to deserve or appreciate amnesty, It will further show that a feeling of opposition to the government exists which has not been equalled since the close of the rebellion. This information will probably be made to serve two purposes—first, to silence those Whoare demanding general amnesty, and second, to afford an excuse for something like a fresh reconstruction of the Southern States. The Presi- dent's reply will likely be referred to a sp€cial com- mittee, which will be instructed to tmvestigate the facts and report what legislation 1s necessary to secure the enforcement of the laws and the protec- tion of life and property. In the meantime, several prominent republicans from the South are here, and others are expected, to co-operate with the recon- structionists.in Congress, Attempt to Force the St. Domingo lation Through the House. An effort will be made in the House to-morrow to take up and pass the St. Domingo resolution, which is upon the Speaker’s table. Unfortunately it is at the foot ef the calendar, and should the House get to business on the Speaker's table it must take ita turn like any other measure. The proposition of its friends is to move to proceed to business on the Speaker’s table, which only Tequires a majority vote, and then to lay aside, by a similar vote, all other bills until itis reached. The Opponents of St. Domingo will fight this, and, if necessary, Will filibuster to secure delay. Should they succeed in defeating action an effort will be made next Monday to pass the resolution under suspension of the rules by a two-thirds vote. The administration people claim that they have strength enough to pass it in this way. In the meantime the Tennessee, which is to carry the commissioners down to St. Domingo, has been ordered to be reaay for sea on the 5th, in case the resolution should pass the House to-morrow. The Hatchet Burie?—Horace Greeley at the Wh te House—The President Lectured. Horace Greeley and Postmaster Jones, of New York, are among the latest arrivals here. It is understvod that Greeley was sent for by the Prest- dent to talk over the postal telegraph and steamship matters, and the prospects of the republican party in the Presidential succession in 1872, The philose- pher had a leng interview with the President to-day, and to-night Postmaster General Cres- well, whose guest he is, gave a dinner party for him, at which the President, Sema- tor Morton and other prominent friends of the administration were present. In bis interview with the President to-day Greeley told him that the Western Union Telegraph Company would sell out to the government for $30,000,000. If this did not suit, the company was willing, if the government wanted their lines, to have the terms decided by an arbitration, composed of five gentie- men, two to be selected by the company, two by the government, and these four to select a fifth. Greeley told the Presiaenc that he did not favor the idea of the government managing the telegraph business of the country, He has an idea that it will be better to allow it to re- main in the hands of a private company. He thinks it might, like the Post Office Department, not be self-sustaining, and be a burden upon the public Treasury. In addition to this, he fears it might tend to centralization, to which he is opposed. With regard to the steamship question Greeley urged the President to recommend that a number of the useless vessels of the navy be sold and the proceeds devoted to aiding responsible companies in ouilding lines of steamships of the style and capa- city of the English and French lines. His plan is that the government shall be part owners of these vessels, that they shall be commanded by officers of the United States Navy, and partially controlled by the Postmaster General, something after the manner of the English and French steamship companies, and that the government shall have the right to seize and use them in case of war. Greeley thinks this would be better than granting private companies subsidies for carrying the mails. He also urged the President to recommend Congress to take measures to increase our trade with the South American republics and if possible to secure the commerce in that part of the world, now monopolized by the English and the French. He holds that this trade naturally and properiy be- longs to us, and that with wise legislation it could be secured and the English and French driven of. The converdition about the prospects of the republican party and the Presidential succession in 1872 was strictly private and its nature has not been divulged. Some time ago the President addressed a letter to a personal friend in New York, complaining that the Tribune was not as cordial in its support of the administration as it might be. This letter was shown Greeley, and the President was advised to send for him and talk the matter over. frankly. It is probable that they had an understand- ing to-fay. Grant has been doubtful whether Greeley would ‘support him for renomination, and it was perhaps with a view of learning his tntentions in this respect that he was invited to come to Wash- ington, The Colored Cadet in Trouble Again. The Secretary of War has appointed a court mar- tlal to meet at West Point to-morrow, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the trial of James W. Smith, the colored cadet at the United States Mull- tary Academy. The detail for the court 1s Captain Alexander Piper, Third artillery; Captain H, M. La- zelle, Bighth infantry; Captain R. T. Frank, First’ artillery; Captain H. A. Hascall, Fitth artillery; Captain H. A. Dupont, = Fith artillery; First Lieutenant E. H. Totten, Thirteemth infantry; First Lieutenant E. K. Russell, First artil- lery; and First Lieutenant Asa 2 Gardner, FUrst Reso- artillery, Judge Advocate of thecourt, This tine he is charged with making fatse statements in order to shield his own conduct, and the testimony, it is sald, iy conclusive of his guilt. If found guilty yby the court martial he will probably be dismissed from the Academy, It ts understood that the Secre of War was disposed to aismiss him on the former trial, but yielded to the earnest solicita- tion of members of Congress, who, without distinc- tion of party, asked that Smith have an opportunity of redeeming himself, and tnat if he misbehaved again they would not interpose in his behalf. Reassembling of Congres. Nearly all the Congressmen who went home to spend the holiday recess have returned, and both houses will open with more than a quoruin to- morrow. Little business of importance will be tran- sacted this week, but it ts expected that next week the work of the session will begin in earnest. among the new measures to be introduced Wil be a bill embodying the views of tne President's Message about the government assuming and paying the demands of the Alabama claims, Mr. Sumner Will to-morrow offer his resolution calling for the Motley letter. He will also call up his resolution calling upon the President for all information on tile in the department: about St. Domingo. ‘The New Minister to England. Generali Schenck, the new Minister to England, ar- rived last night and was at the State Department to-day looking after his instructions, He will not sail for his new post of duty until the 25th of this month. He will not take any further part in the proceedings of the House, nor will he return again to Ohio before his departure for Europe. The New Commissioner of Internal Revenue. This morning General Alfred Pleasonton, the new Commissioner of Internal Revenue, took the re- quired oath of office and at once entered upon the discharge of his duties. Deputy Commissioner Douglass will hereafter have more of the details of the bureau confided to his charge, the Commissioner reserving to himseif the consideration of ques- tions of importance. General Pieasonton being very well acquainted with the heads of dtvisions there were no formal introductions. A number of. Senators and Representatives who visfted the Trea- sury building during the day called upon the new Commissioner to pay their respects. The General commenced soctal life in Washington yesterday by calling upon over one hundred of his political and personal friends, Cabinet Meeting. A mecting of the Cabinet was held to-day. members, except Akerman, were present, routine business was done, however. Minister Sickles’? Lasiructions. Some time agothe government was advised oM- clally of the election of Prince Amadeus King ot Spain, and instructions were immediately sent to All the Only | General Dante! E. Sickles, United States Minister at Madrid, for the government of his action on the sub- Ject, Reorganization of the War Department. A prominent member of one of the committees on military affairs says tnat Congress will do. noth- ing with the agmy at the present session further than to make an appropriation for its support. Gentlemen connected with this branch of the public service, however, are of opinion that the next Con- gress will consolidate the Commissary, Quarter- master’s amd Paymaster General’s Departments, and thereby save a large amount of money. the New Orleans Custom House. Mr. Mullett, the supervising architect of the Treasury Department, expects to leave here to-mor- row for New Orleans, whither he goes at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury to examine the con- dition of the Custom House building in that city, and wnich has been in an unfinished condition for many years. The foundation of the structure has sunk considerably, and it is a question whether it can be completed according to the originat plan. Ejforts have becn myade since the close or the war to have the building finished as designed, but itis urged that the addl- tonal weight of the roof proposed would make the entire edifice unsafe. Mr. Mullett will, therefore, examine the work, with the view of recommending such change in the plan as may be suggested by a careful inspection of the foundation and superatruc, ture, The Value of Whiskey Meters. Ever since the passage of the act of July 20, 863, requiring the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to enforce the law in tWference to the use of meters in distiferies the whiskey ring has peen unceasing in its efforts to have the law repealed, It has been already stated in these despatches that it was an issue in the West during the last political campaign, and that whiskey distillers and dealers were clamoring to have the law repealed. For the information of Congress, elaborate report on tests made with the three Kinds of meters now in use wii! be presented next week, showing that the meters are saler and more accurate than the gaugers themselves. This report {s now oeing prepared at the Internal Revenue Bureau, and will when finished cover one hundred pages of letter paper, entering into all the details of distillation and aiming to prove that it is for the protection of the revenue that meters should be continued in use, Publication of the Public Debt Statement. The public debt statement was published to-day for the first time on a double sheet, the aaditional page having a statement of bonds purchased by tne Treasury Department for the sinking and special funds. It was at first proposed to print the latter statement on the back of the public debt state- ment, but when the proof was handed Secretary Boutwell he decided to incur an additional expense Oo! $15,000 per annum in issuing the double statement in a neater and more conventent form for reference and in which it will appear hereafter. Auother of King Alcohol’s Victims. An Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue, named Bullock, employed in the Seventh Tennessee dis- trict, has been dismissed on the charge of too great intumacy with whiskey and tobacco dealers. Stolen Funds Recovered. Ex-Collector of Internal Revenue Tutlis, of Texas, recently arrested on the charge of having embezzlea, while in office, $30,000 of government funds, has handed $17,000 of the amount to the officials at Gal} veston, and wil be tried the latter partof this month for the offence named. New Spanieh Customs Regulations. ‘the Secretary of State has sent to the Treasury Department a despatch received from our Consul at Malaga relating to the Spanish customs regulations which are to be enforced from the 1stinstant. They require the master of a vessel, on entering Spanish waters, to have @ manifest ready to exhibit to the customs officer first coming on beard—the manifest to contain the name of the vessel, nationality, number and names of the passengers, character of goods, where from, to whom consigned, &c., by whom shipped, &c. Fines are to be imposed for non-compliance with these requirements. The Cen- sul says that after most attentively examining the rules and regulations he is satisfied they do not affect the commerce with the United States; but this view is not concurred in by the Treasury Depart- Ment jacerments in National Cemeteries. The War Department has just issued rolls of honor No. 25, containing the records of the graves of of 25,766 Union soldiers interred in national ceme- teries at Fredericksburg, Va.; Hampton, Va.; Me- bile, Ala.; Barrancas, ; Alexandria, La., and Fort Gibson, Indlan_ Territory. The publica- tion 1s for the information of their surviving comrades and friends. The total number interred in the Fredericksburg National Cemetery is 15,068, of which there are known, 2,467, and unknown, 12,601, The vodies were collected from the battle fields of the Wilderness, Spottsylvanta, Chancellors- ville and Fredericksburg. The total expense of con- struction and imterment is reported at about $180,000. EUROPEAN MARKETS. LONDON MONRY MARKET.—LONDON, Jan, 3—4:3) P. M.— Consois closed at 9g fe securities quiet and stea: twenties, 1862, 89 igsnen, BOea i 1860, 884: rites, B74. Stocks Erie Railway shares, 194»; Tilnois Central shares, 1 lantic and Great W ‘Bip. LIVERPOOL COTTON "MAKKET.—LrveRrooL, Jan. 3 tendency. lands, Sid. a 8d; middling Orleans, 54d. a 4:30 P. M.—The market closed with a downwai Midling tj . a 8 Sid. Sales ouly'reached 10,000" bales, of whieh 1,0 bales were for speculation and export, LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFYS. eee icine Jan. 30—1:80 P. M.—Wheat—10s. 1d. a 10s. 6d. per quarter for the highest grades of No. 1 to the lowest gradva of No. 2 new red Western spring. Corn, 8%. per quarter for new. the stock of wheat Lrerpoot 383,000 quarters. against 815,000 Lash year. The market closed unchanged. Keceipts of wheat for three days last past, 17,40) quarters, of which 16,000 are meriean. LIVERPOOL Provisions Las a iby ei es hemo ALSOP. M.—Lard, b0e, per ewt, “Pork, Wie. and deciiaing. eel, LIVERPOOL PRODUCR MARXET.--LIVRRPOOL, Jan. 3— 3:30 P. M.—Refined petroteum, ks. 7d, LONDON PRropuck MARRET.—LONDON, J: M. ‘allow, 468. 6d. 9d. St ) Sha. a an oe No Duigh sypedacd, ‘Clover aved: iv Gqmer and CUBA. Effects of Prim’s Assassination in Mavi HAVANA, Jam 3, 1871. The death of General Prim causes profound tn- dignation here. ‘The news of Aosta’s arrival in Spain ts received quietly. STATE LEGISLATURES. Pennsylvania Legislature. TIARRISBURG, Jan. 3, 1871. The House was organized to-day at twelve M. and the Senate at three P.M. In the former James H. Webb (republican) was elected Speaker and General James L, Selfridge Chief Clerk. In the latter body William A. Wallace (democrat), of Charfield county, was cnosen Speaker, and Jacob Zeigler, of Butler county, Clerk.. The other candidates placed in Romanos by the democrats in caucus were also elect Delaware Legislature. Dover, Jan 3, 1871. The Legislature elected the following oftcers:— Senate—Speaker, Charles Gooding, of Newcastle; Clerk, James R. Mitchell, of Kent; Sergeant-at-Arms, Henry Skidmore, of Susse House—Speaker, Sewell C. Bi of Newcastle; Clerk, John B, Pen- nington, of Kent; Sergeant-at-Arms, J. B. Wingate, Ob Sussex, Ohio Legislature. CoLumbus, 0., Jan. 3, 1971. The Legislature met at three o'clock this after. noon. Both Houses adjourned after the reading of Governor Hayes’ message. The Governor discusses enly local matters, and says that the increase of local taxation has been far greater than the growth of the State in business, population or wealth, and usks the Legislature, by a wise legisiation, to do all in its power to check the evil, He also thinks that the power of cities, counties and other local authori- tes to create public debts opens the door to waste- fulness, extravagance and corruption. He recom- mends that all the State, county and municipal ofticers be patd fixed salaries, and not recompensed by fees, The classification of convicts in the Pent- tentlary and other prison reforms are urged. He also asks that additional legislation to promote the \nterests of the soldiers orphans’ home at Xenia be enacted. The report of the Secretary of State is just printed, He gives the population of sixty- seven cities and villages in Onio having over 1,500 inhabitants each, the total being 697,000, bemg an Increase of 249,096 in ten years, or fifty-flve per cent. ‘The merease in the population of Ohio eutside of these cities and villages 4s only abeut 70,000 in the last decade, Arkansas Legislature. LITTLE Rook, Jan, 3, 1871. The Arkansas Legislature organized yesterday. Governor Clayton’s nominee for Speaker of the House, Saukusly, was elected by a vote of fifty-one to twenty-one. The Senate is composed almost en- tively of Clayton n This is a great triumph for the Governor, and settles the Senatorial question in lus favor. All the members of the Legisliture were present at the opening of the session but ten, Louisiana Legislature. New ORLEANS, Jan, 3, 1871, In the Legislature to-day J, Pinkney Smith, demo- crat, was elected Warrant Clerk. There was quite acontest for this position, and the election of a democrat was the result of a combination of the democrats with Governur Warmoth’s party, which, itis believed, will secure the election of General J. R. West to the United States Senate, to succeed Mr. Harris, MURDER IN CHICAGO. ' The Body of a Murdered Bostonian Found Floating in the Lake. CuicaGo, Jan, 3, 1871, Yesterday morning the body of a dead man was found floating in the lake basin. To-days investiga- tion renders it pretty certain that it is the body of Willlam Gumbleton, from 154 Lom- bard street, Boston. In his pocket was’ found a letter addressed to William Gumbleton, by Blake Brothers & Co., bankers, 52 Wall street, New York. Tne remaing present a shocking appear- ance. Itis badly bruised and a rope ts tied tightly over Bis moutu, gag fashion, and fastened at the back of the head. The deceased has black hair and chin whiskers. He had on a gray tweed coat, black pants, drab shirt and high boots. POLITICAL, Attempt to Harmonize the Republican Fac- tions in Missouri—No Fusion With the De- mocracy Against the Administration. Sr. Louis, Jan, 1, 1871. The members of the Missouri Legislawure nave nearly all arrived at Jefferson City. Several of the more prominent candidates for United States Sena tor are also in the city and working energetically. A republican caueus was held to-night, and a special despatch to the Democrat says that several speeches were made advising harmony and a union by both wings in the organization of tie Legislature and the election of a United States Senator. These sentiments were applauded loudly. Resolutions were then offered pledging such action, pending which a committee from a democratic caucus entered with a proposition inviting the republicans to act with the democrats In the organization of the house and the election of a Senator. The proposition was received with silence aad a motion made to lay it on the table, but no action was taken. Other speeches were made favoring unity and harmony between the two republican wings which were ap- plauded. The caucus then adjourned until to-mor- row. There 13 @ fair prospect of uniting two wings of the repuviican part y. New Hampshire Republican State Convention. CONCORD, Jan, 3, 1871. The Republican State Central Committee met this evening and agreed upoa an organization to be recom mended to the State Convention to-morrow. W.H Y. Hackett, of Portsmouth, was chosen president with a vice president from each county. Committees on credentials and resolutions were also selected. There are eight or ten candidates for nomination in the field, and their friends are actively at work can- vassing. The Convention meets to-morrow morn- ing st eleven o'clock, and the chief Interest is in the nomination of Governor. Excitement in Michigan Over the Senators. ship—Republican Caucus Nominations. LANSING, Jan. 3, 1871, The town is overflowing with politicians from all portions of the State. The senatoriai question ab- sorbs the attention of all. Messrs, Jacob M. Howard, William Howard, Austin Blair aud Thomas W. Ferry are here, each supported by a powerful and active lobby. At present. Ferry is decidedly ahead of all. A Senatorial caucus will be held to- morrow night. ‘The republican legislative causey was held to- night, which make the foawing nominations:— Senate—Secretary, Henry S, Sleeper; Sergeant-at- Arms, Henry Seymour; Eurollimg Clerk, V. W. Brace. Rouse—Speaker, J. J. Vioodman; Clerk, N. B. Jones; Enrolling Clerk, H. ¥. Lawrence. KINGS COUNTY. REF 'UBLICANS. Meeting of the General Ce mmittee—No Fight. A row was anticipated: at ‘the organization of the Kings County Republican / General Committee last night, but contrary to (he expectations of a large number of politicians, *® 0 were anxleus to see a scrimmage, the meeting: y ,assed off quietly. Ex-Judge Reynoids wf \s called to the chair, and after the selection of 8@ cretaries they proeeeded to ballot for PERMAN ENT OFFICERS for the ensuing year. Silas B. Dutcner was elected chairman, A. G. Willig .ms first vice president, A. B. Thorne second vice? president, and A. H. W. Van- sicklen, secretary. Mr. Dutcher made a short speech, speaking of his five years’ experiety se as a presiding officer and of the necessity of ha ying the unanimous support of the members of Wie comimittee, He trusted they would work zealo isly, shoulder to shoulder, to give the administrano a of General Grant that earnest, cordial support ¥ hich it su richly merited for his fidelity to the p¥ itform upon which he was elected, for his honesty ’ 0 the people of this country and to those great pr¥ ictples which underile constitutional government, ‘The committee then adjourned, / GEORGIA ELECTION. ATLANTA, Jan, 3, 1871, The oMW-1al election returns are not fully in, Enough ly ive been received to show the election of General ¥ oung in the Seventh Congressional district by nearly, 9,000 majority. Messrs, Bigby and Bethune have be/ +n elected in the Third district by 700 or 800 majori¥y, Messrs. Long and Speer have been elected. in the Fourth district by about 500 majority, ole Fir. Litt in the Second district by about 300 uy. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The gteamship Colorado will leave this port on Wedngsday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Odice at éwelve o'clock M. ‘Tae New York HeRALD—Eilition for Europe— ‘Will be ready at haif-past ten o'clock tn the morning. Single copies. in wrappers (or mailing, SLX cents» 1 A TENNESSEE RAILROAD HORROR Passenger Carson the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad Break Through a Bridge and are Burned—Five Negroes Killed. Memriis, Jan. 3, 137 An accident occurred at ten o'clock this morning on the tron bridge over the Nonconnah creek, about ten miles below this place, en the Mississippt and Tennessee Railroad, supposed to have been caused by the breaking of an axle of the front Passenger car. The forward and the second cars were precipitated over the bridge and tovk fire, One car was entirely deatroyea by fire and the otner broke to pleces. The rear cara Were uninjured, though severely shaken, Tne loco motive and tender passed safely over the bridge, It {8 supposed that five persons, all negroes, were killed. A young man named Davis is, perhaps, fatally injured. Several other persons gustalned slight injuries. Further Accounts from ¢ Scenes ac the Burai sons Fatally Injured. MEmMPuis, Tenn., Jan. 8, 1871, The accident which occurred this morning on the Mississippl and Tennessee Ratlroad was more tern- ble in its results than at frsc reported. I6 seems that as the train was crossing an tron bridge tn Nonconnah Bottom, five miles sotth Of this place, the axles of & baggage car broke and @ second class passenger car was dashed down am embankment, and taking fire was soon burnea, Peter Kirby, conductor of the train, at the time of accident was standing by the siove in fthe passenger car, and as if went over the qm- bankment he was burned badly by the ste ve, which was thrown on top of him. He m an- aged, however, to extricate himself, and clibmea@ ont of a window ana then worked heroically with ot! :ers to save the poor negroes who filled the car; buf the flames spread with such rapidity that nearly al ithe Wounded were burned to death. Another passa ager car was dashed through a bridge and lite rally smashed to pieces, though very few of the occup ants were seriously Injured, A number of surgeons and others went from thia city to the scene, and had everything done to o lieve the sufferers, most of whom were brought her to the hospital. No accurate report can be giv en of the number of the lost and killed, Sallie , Ames, Mary Docherta and four colored persons were} fatally injured; a youth named Davis, of Horn Lake, Miss., White, omnibus agent, was severely injure¢ |, and three colored persons were slightly injured. Peter Kinley, conductor; ©. C, Thompson, of Ghuld houla, Miss.; Felix Deney, of Korn Lake, Miss; W. B. Wallin, Mr. Sam River, Horn fake; William White and Charles Ecole, were taken out of the tourrmng car by the conductor and escaped being burt ied, but their injuries are so serious that little hopes aro en- tertained of their recovery. Disaster—Fearfal Car—Thirteen Pers THE BERGEN FUNERAL LITIGAD iGN,.- Judge Beasley’s Decision in the C ‘ns, Chief Justice Beasley yesterday gave wa cpinion deciding the two suits at Trenton, N. J., involving the mghts of the Erie and Delaware, Livcmwana and Western Railroads to make us¢ of the Bergen tunnel. The questions arose #irply on preliminary motions tor mjunction. ‘The Chief Justice reserves until the final hearing of the cause, decision on question as tofw sesher or not the Morris and Essex shail pay tolls, ‘rsdecides for the present tt the connection mn tbe made between the Boonton Branch and the tum @l.tracks, leaving it an open question also as to wh¢t ser, Boon- ton Branch shal! not aiso pay toll. He say 2a— Ihave said that the complainants claiw a right to the casementin controversy by the force #f she con- tract dated November 1, 1869. The pares to this contract are the Long Dock Company, of. the first part, and the Hoboken Land and Emprovemens, Company, of the second part, the righto cme former being now in the Erie Company and thor eof the ki bey ter in the Delaware, Lackawanna cad Wate :n/ Company. A right of way for a railroad with a Ceuble tre ck prod oor by this instrument te the Hodoken La ynde and Improvement Company over certein land the property of the Long Dock Company, .and ma 9 to. the use of the Bergen tunnel, but suk rig ig, I think, are very clearly subordinated ta the @ guta. reserved to the Erie Company. Such sabordia quon. Was, it 18 true, drawn in question on tumargw nent, but the language of this instrument is enurely clear, at least to this extent. ‘The Chief Justice refuges to appoint a ree# ver for the tunnel, asked for by the Deluware, Lacy jwanna and Western, and further holds thatthe} srie has the exclusive right of making regulations gy verning traMc, and that the Erie time table trains 8 ust have precedence. He says:-—‘The right to.nr ecedence for the time table trains being clear, 30 fa r as these new regulations enforce that precedeng » 1 snall hold them to be legal, and they musth submitted to accordingly.” . The frst and principal sult between, tir Was not before the Court. This suit asts to hold that the Delaware, Lackawaapa ern cannot run their trains through exer meat of tolls, and subject to such regnla ions as Erie may adopt. Evidence 1s being takem jin this sult, and it will be brought to a hearing im! gebruary. sse parties i the Court and Weat- spt_on pay- The Erie Suits in Pater jon, The indictments for alleged overciv irges on freight found @zainst the Erie Ratlroad Cow pany at Pater- son, on motion of J. W. Bonga »® nd Low Abbott, counsel for the defence, the pro# ecution ng, have been postponed tH apd — VIEWS OF THE’ PAST, JANUARY 4. 1870—The Prim Muniktry of pain resigned...... Cuban steam yacht Anna ’ seized by the United States authorities at OD arleston, 3. 9,..... James B. Pell committ.d suicide at No. 218 Fitth avenue..,,..Mré..'0r. Charlotte D. Lozler died, 1864—Boller of steamer Harry Dean explod Obto river and killed. ten persons. sions ese 1863—Thirty-seven Sioux 'ndians executed, for mur- ders, in Minnesota, Penn C. Vander dilt wrecked on Long Island ‘oul 1864—Steamer General Bem snagged and sunk on the, Mississippi, river and eight lives lost...... 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