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y er, Which probably will be as crowded as first, But if the cars follow closely upon another thé passengers will take the car they can get a seat and be the least aod thus human aature will distri- the weight upon the horses and the suffo- Sation among themselves pretty equally, @ho Law of Libel Before the Legisia- ture. Home of our Albany legislators show their sense and appreciation of what reforms people need. Among several useful and measures introduced already in the we notice with satisfaction one by Mr. Nelson, relative to security Fr sna not rt ad loan Libel law. Tho existing law leads to great buses, and often subjects respectable busi- men to loss of nfoney and time and other onvenfences upon the most groundless of bel. Not unfrequently suits are tituted by worthless characters, and upon the merest pretext, for the purpose of extort- ing black mail, and there are plenty of shyster bwyers who aro always ready to aid the ras- Sometimes timid respectable people are posed to make a compromise rather than go the expenge anf submit to the annoyance pf a defence. Very often libel suits are insti- ated from mere malice and when there is no st all, Wecanse under the present law the ator can punish the defendant by ing him heavy costs, even though the goes against himself in the end. The letors and editors of newspapers are e subject than any other people to unjust, bostly and apnoying suits of this character. '@ hope the law will be amended so as to all the costs fall upon the prosecutor if should fail to substantiate the charge of and te hold him in bonds both to do this 4 to compensate the defendant, in case the ge should prove groundless or merely malicious. Mr. Nelson has introduced a fhuch needed measure, and we hope the Legis- ature will amend the Libel law. @atal Exwlosions in Coal Mines—Terrible Loss of Lite in England. ; The cable despatches dated in London repart another colliery explo- near Newcastle England, and the loss several lives, almost‘ twenty, as the It. Friday morning we published the sad telligence of an explosion in the Renshaw near Sheffield, by which twenty- ine =persens were killed and several ers’ wounded. Horrible disasters, such these by explosion, seem to happen in mines periodically, at certain seasons of year, and either contemporaneously as to te of incident or in very rapid succession. selence ever yet applied itself diligently an investigation of the cause? Is science versally philanthropic or are the literati ving their minds more to casuistry than to study of exact facts? The intense and un- ly sévere frost which has prevailed in land during some few Weeks past may have mething to do with the matter of these ters. New and unexpected cracks may ve been made in the pit seams, the air may we become more rarified, inflammable gis Jmay have been collected in places where it was at all expected, and the incautious or warned use of the open lamp exploded it. lence, which has already illumined the of the ocean, submerged the lightning ywn down from the clouds, and perfected almost sentient universalism for the world, Wpust not disdain to cast its clear eye into fhe dark chambers of the coalpit, where Bis struggles for life and toils that an fant posterity may live. Science should do at once; for although ‘‘galvanism has set 6 corpses grinning,” science has not yet a able to say to the dead miner, ‘Lazarus me forth,” with any chance of bekelding an 7 dan “He Coat Consprrators.—A Philadelphia paper has good authority for stating that the nt strike ameng the Pennsylvania coal ners will not be general throughout the coal intry, and that the strikers, instead of form- one vast and compact organization, as they id years ago, are divided into county organi- tions, each one of which is at liberty to fo euch terms as are acceptable to the iners of a single county. Besides, it is well fiom that there is an immense supply of coal on hand, both in Philadelphia and New York, gn aggregate excess of four million tons pver the demand in all the markets. Whata lagrant outrage it is, then, upon consumers for the coal conspirators in this city to increase their prices on the plea of miners’ strikes @ffecting a scarcity of supply. ‘Tae Fengy Toxrs.—Mr. Irving's bill in the sembly for a general reduction of ferry tolls altogether toe sweeping in its provisions. me of the ferries certainly could not exist at Bhe tariff he wishes to make them adopt. The Btaten Island Ferry Company, for instance, not carry passengers for one cent and live. ‘They have too long « route, and consequently ‘wannot make their trips frequently enough nor parry passengers enough to pay them at such grate. With the Fulton ferry and several ‘other East and North river ferries the case is rent, and Mr. Irving’s bill, if made to apply to them alone, will serve an excellent urpose. As he proposes to make it now the Jueasure defeats itself. * Frank Biam’s PLatrorm.—General Frank Blair, in accepting the democratic caucus pomination for United States Senator for Mis- Rouri, announces himeelf ‘‘a democrat anda sd General Blair does well in thus his back upon the anti-progressive Neaders of his party, who, forgetting the events of the last decade, think only of ‘the constitu- Hien as it was.” The olf traditions and dead Issues of polities are incapable of controlling the liberal, go-ahead democracy of the West. ‘A Baton oF TuiEves and garrotera were Gisposed of yesterday, Judge Bedford sending ‘one thief to Sing Sing and oblivion for fifteen and several others for shorter terme— and five years; while Judge Cardozo Sentenced two men, who had stolen forty @ollars, to the State Prison, one for fifteen nd the other for twenty years. At this rate New York will soon be entirely destitute of thieves, A dozen of old Fagin’s famous schools could not have supplied young rascals fast enough to replace the numbers that are being consnally swept away by our upright judges. NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1871.—TRIPLE, SHEET. Tho Lecture Season. It {s a gratifying feature of the present leo- ture egason that ao many of the most popular lectures are instructive as well as entertain- fing. Far preferable, even, to Miss Kate Field's charming eulogy on Dickens or Miss Anna Dickinson's eloquent tirade oa ‘Men's Rights” are the sclentifie lectures of Dr. Doremus, Dr. Flint and Dr, Waterhouse Hawkins, or the historical lectures of Dr. Lord. The provision by the trustees of the Cooper Union for a course of free lectures for the people is partic- ularly commendable. These lectures have been announced for the Saturday evenings during January, February, March and April, in the large hall at the Cooper Institute. The course was inangurated last Saturday, by a lecture from Professor Youmans on ‘The Dy- namics of Life.” The lecture of this evening will be delivered- by Major Powell, who will describe the ‘Great Canyon of the Colorado,” which he and his party were the first to ex- plore. On January 21 Mr. N. P. Langford, of Montana, will describe the first explorations of the Upper Yellowstone river, in Wyoming Ter- ritory, made by him and his party during the past summer, In addition to these special Saturday lectures two free lectures on science and art ere given every night in the lecture room, on the fourth floor. Dr. Rimmer’s lee- tures on anatomy, at the National Academy of Design, must not be forgotten in this brief enumeration of the most interesting end useful lectures of the season. - Tae Barrery Imrrovement.—The work on the Battery improvement is progressing finely. The stone sea wall is well nigh com- pleted, the grading of the avenues sufficiently advanced for the application of the concrete pavement; the curbing laid, and plots ar- ranged for the planting of hundreds of forest and other ornamental trees as soon as the weather will permit. By the firat of May next our old Knickerbocker citizens will rejoice in the revivification of their grand time-honored pleasurable summer resort. For the steady prosecution of this work our citizens are in- debted to the careful attention and steady energy of the President of the Board of Public Parks. ‘Tae CaorPennine Mart Contract Fraup, which has just been exposed. by Congressman Dawes’ investigating committee, presents a very ugly case for Postmaster General Cres- well to smooth over. It may be that his sub- ordinates have perpetrated the wrong without his knowledge; but in that case he shows a lack of attention to his duties that was not to be expected. Personal Intelligence. Generat Sanford, formeriy United States Minister to Brussels, arrived last evening from Europe by steamer Abyssinia and bas apartments at the Brevoort House, General A. W. Schmidt, of San Francisco, is quartered at the Metropolitan Hotel. Senator J, W. Paterson, from New Hampshtre, reached the city yesterday from Washington and Is now at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Calonel John A. Wright, of Philadelphia, is at the St, Denis Hotel on a brief visit. F. B. Hayward, from England, is sojourning at the Grand Central Hotel. Major General Sir Trevor Ohute, of the British Army, and Lady Chute returned yesterday from Washington to their apartmen’s at the Brevoort House. Lord John Hervey and Mr. Henry Strutt, memper of Parliament, from England, are occupying rooms at tho Hoffman House. Judge Comstock, of Syracuse, is among the recent arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Judge R. C. Parsons, of Cleveland, has artived at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Mr. W. Christian, Mayor of Houston, Texas, is stop- ping at the Metropolitan Hotol. : Mr. W. ©. Smith, member of Congress from Ver- mont, fs registered at the Brevoort House. Mr. A. H. Chaffee, of Providence, formerly of the House of Representatives, ts among the latest ar- rivals at the St. Denis Hotel. Mr. L. Pruyn, of Albany, came to the city yester- day and put up at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General Simoris, of Baltimore, has taken quar- ters at the Grand Central Hotel. Mr. James Tillinghast, of Albany, is at the St, Nicholas Hotel. CANADIAN ANNEXATION. Canada Marching on to Lite and Liberty to the Swelling Strains of the Violin acd Harpsichord—Vive In Canadienne! The fourth monthly meeting of the Canadian Union Club was heid at the Masonic Hall, last even- ing, when the following oMcers were installed be- fore a large audience of ladies and gentlemen:— President, Captain H. Goulet; “Treasurer, L. E. Demers; Secretary, Professor George Batchelor; Marshal, F. Moreau. The Secretary, after a short address introduced Colonel Boucher, who, in .a forcible and eloquent manner, made some touch- ing allusions to that eminent Canadian statesman, Monsieur Papineau, He expressed an unswerving belief in the right of every community to make its own laws and cneose its own form ef government, drawing @ vivid picture of the differences in the material and intellectual conditions of the United States and Canada, He showed the superiority of republican over monarchical institutions, and de- clared that “(TB ONLY SALVATION FOR CANADA exists in the American Union.” The speaker, after pointing out the objects of the club, paid a glowing tribute to “the glorious land which’ was ever ready to welcome with the open hand of hospitality the Stranger and the alien on its shores.” ‘The Seoretary then read a interesting letter one of Canada’s most hopored men—a pro- found thinker, and an eminent lawyer and poll- tician—M. Joseph Doutre. M. Doutre warmly * lauded the efforts now being made by countrymen in the United tates to unite the diferent parts of tne Northern Conti- nent under one flag. “For the past twenty years,’? the letter went on to say, “there have been two classes in the Dominion, ll in the governed, between whom a most bitter hatred has always existed—the strpngly devoted to The writer very clearly proves the spp FAILURE OF FEDBRATION SCHEM and says that the k Parliament aid government @re beneath even cout of thé municipal bong “lt eet ne M. Doutre, “the Ameri- rious idea, the falfliment or which wilt C4 the crowning of & most mobie ambition in of the country "are uch, he anguan. esas wich Sr ett Nhe Uataa Ela, hei could in time, with her man Tealise the of combining amusement with instru was iced “by the ‘Soorétary?’ 3 @ seat at tue ‘instrament, exécut oe oat made a renen Di ne was followed by Dr. sohet. The evening's reteee. ings were brought to a ‘clone with a grand chorus by some Canadian artists of merit—‘Vive la Cana: dienne,” one of the national songs of the country. THE SYBIL'S CAVE MYSTERY. Coroner Volhardt held an inquost at Hoboken last evening on the body of the woman who was found drowned near Sybil’s Cave a few days ago. The evidence showed that she was @ French woman named Marie Bauntn, who came not long ago to this untry from Paris, where she left ber husband, on Seuount of domestie troubles. Bhe resided in Frauke fort street, New York, for ® short time, but found few iriends, Fooling that she would be a burden to others, and life becoming tt le under her ing Insuppertab| trials, it w&bolieved she formed the desperate re- solve of ridding herself of @ weary life. Tne jury rendered a verdict that se came to her death by suicide whUe laboring under Mental abesration, FRANCE. A GREAT BATTLE AT LE MANS CHANZY UTTERLY ROUTED. Ten Thousand Prisoners Taken. Herald Special Report from Versailles. PARISON FIRE IN SEVERAL PLACES, Capture of a French Advanced Battery. The Bombardment Severe and Effective. General Won Werder on the Of fensive. Austria Programmes a Plan of Peace for the Belligerents. Goods of Neutrals in French Ships no Longer Protected. GENERAL CHANZY DEFEATED. . TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HEBALO, Townow, Jan. 13, 1871. The New York HeRaLD correspondent at Ver- saules telegraphs that General Chaazy has been utterly routed. The Germans took Le Mans by storm and 10,000 prisoners. Farther Details—Ohanzy Badly Beatea—Lo Mans Occupied—Freach Report of the Battle. Lonpon, Jan. 13, 1871, ‘The army under General Chanzy was completely defeated near Le Mans by the second German army, commanded by Prince Frederick Charles and the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg. The Germans have occupied Le Mans, capturing large quantities of supplies and war material. The French are being pursued. i FRENCH REPORT OF THE BATTLE. , A despatch fiom Bordeaux dated January 12 states that a gencral battle was fought on the 11th under the walls of Le Mans, The Germans attacked the French Army of the Loire along the whole line. General Janreziberry, who commanded the right wing of the French, held his position on the right bank of the Huisne, ana General Oolomb, on the left and centre, fought desperately for six hours. The French maintained most of their positions. The Prussian forces engaged are estimated at 180,000 men. The extent of the French loss is unknown, but ts serious. ‘The German Report of the’ Victory. VERSAILLES, Jan. 12, 1871. ‘There was fighting near Le Mans on Wednesday. The Germans captured the suburbs, Champagne and Chatean-Arche, with seven pieces of artillery. ‘The number of prisoners taken on the day before has swelled to 6,000, THE BESIEGED CAPITAL. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris on Fire—A French Battery Captared— Pressing the Siege—Reinforcemente—Gene- ral Matters. LONDON, Jan. 13, 1871. Ihave received the following despatch from the New Yorx H#RALD correspondent at Versailies, dated at five P. M. Tuesday, January 10. Your cor- Tespondent writes:— PARIB ON FIRE. Paris was on Gre in several places last night, breaking out at about ten o’olock. For about an hour after a brisk fire was maintained by the Ger- man batteries on the burning portions of the city, which proved an excellent mark for the gunners. On the southern and southwestern side the batteries recommenced at about midnight, and the bombard- ment was Kept up at intervals throughout the night. ‘The firing still continues at this writing, though not so heavily. A FRENCH BATTERY OAPTURED. On Sunday night the Germans captured the French battery at Notre Dame de Clamart, situated on the left bank of the river, on the raik road ine, seventeen hundred yards in advance of any former point of Prussian attack on the southwest. The guns were immediately turned against Fort Iasy, and much damage was sustained by the French. This ad- vanced battery is now one mile further and has complete range into the city. PRESSING THE SIEGE. It is determined to prosecate the siege actively, sbeolutely under the direction of the Ontef of Artil- lery, independent of the Field Marshal commanding tn chief. The supply of ammunition on hand now ‘will last for cighteen daya, and the fire will be kept up from day to day, although it is believed that the surrender 18 certain beforett gives out. OMINOUS. * Quite recently General Vinoy, of the French army, is said to have reviewed his troops outside ef the walls, The soldiers cried out “La patz /’ (Peace). Vinoy replied, “At cortratre fe vatsvou conauire au jeu.” REINFORCING AND CONCENTRATING. General Von Werder, tn the east, has beon largely reinforced, and there és 8 general concentratiop and fetnforcement of all the commands. It is evident that @ great effort ts making on the part of the Ger- mans to push matters toe climax. GENBRAL MATTERS, Prince Albrecht is seriously fil. General Man- teuéfel has been transferred from the command of the Fousth corps, and the chances are that he will be put in commana of the German Army of the Loire—the southeastern army—comprising the Fourteenth, Seventh and Second corps. Pashing the Stege—Prassian Batteries Ad- vanced. Lonpon, Jan. 13, 1871, The London 7imes this morning has a special despatch from Versailles, dated yosterday evenmg, which says:— RAISING THE SIEGE. ‘The bombardment was heavy up to thia afternoon, Several fires are seon within the French Unes. The Prussians are crowding in front of Clamart and Mendon. A picket of Bavarlans was surprised near Olamart by a sortie, The French have erected new batteries. OPERATIONS IN THE EAST. VTELEGRAM TO TWE NEW YORK WERALO. Von Werder Advancing—Mantoufel Eo Roate. Vursarties, Jan. 12, 1671. In the cast General Von Werder is folowing up his victory. After the battle of Vullersexel be con- Unued his movement on the left fank of the French, Meeting with no opposition. General Manterffel has passed through Versailles on nis way to his new command in tne east. AUSTRIA’S PEACE PROPOSAL. Austria Programmes a Plan ef Peaceo—The Apostolic Geverament Platform for France and Nerth Germany—@russia Ready to Lonpoy, Jan. 18, 1871. I received a special telegram report for the HERALD from Vienna this morning on the important subjects of the prospect of & peace arrange. ment between France and North Germany and the position of Austria as a mediatory Power in the interest of the belligerents, I proceed to transmit the contents of the despatch—which is dated in the Austrian capital on the 12th inst.—by epectal cable telegram to New York. The HERALD special correspondent telegraphs as foliows:—Austia initia's a now movement for peace in Europe, The government of his Apostolic Majesty the Emperor Francis Joseph has renewed the idea which it was said was to prevail in the European Conference with still more positive force, ‘The proposals of Austria, which are set forth as the basis for a peace arrangement between France and Prussia, are welcomed by Gount Bernstorff, tho Prussian Ambassador at the Court of Queen Victo- ma. Iam informed here in Vienna tyat such ts cer- tainly the case. Under this peace, if adopted, France surrenders all the forts now in arms and twenty war ships. France pays to Germany a war indemnity of a thousand mil- lions of thalers. France cedes to Prussia a stripot land four miles in breadth inward on the left bank of the Rhine and destroys all the forts of France now standing within twenty miles of the Rhine river. Prussia, under the same proposed plan, guaran- tees a supply of two millions of rations to the in- habitants of Paris daily pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace. WAR NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. arr Barren Circular from Ocunt Bismarck—Treatment of the German Navy—Retaliation. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 1871. The following telegram was received this evening at the Nortn German Legation from Count Bis- marck :— VERSAILLES, Jan. 13, 1871. The treatment of our merchant navy by France obliges us to withdraw our declaration made, at the beginning of the war, that French merchant ships which have no contraband of waron board shall be exempt from capture by our vessels of war. AS neutral vroperty may have been shipped on board French merchant ships in reitance of the above declaration, the aforesaid measure of withdrawal will not be carried out until four weeks after this date. ENGLAND. Another Fatal Colilery Explosion. Lonpon, Jan. 12, 1871. Another and most terribly fatal explosion has oc- curred ina coal mine near Newcastle, in Stafford- shire. ‘lwenty persons were killed and injured by the accident. Relief of the Steamer City of Brooklya. Lonpon, Jan. 12, 1671. The Inman Steamship Company direction has de- Bpatched the steamship City of Durham to the as- sistance of the City of Brooklyn. The Bank Retern and Condition in Threat. needle Street. Lonpow, Jan. 12, 1871. The offictal report of the condition of the Bank of England, made public to-day, shows that the specie in vault has decreased £211,000 since the last report. AUSTRIA. . Parliamentary Accord on the Army Bill. VIENNA, Jan. 12, 1871. The Austrian Parliamentary Delegates, assembled in full session, have passed the army eatimates and military requirements bill, presented by the Mints try, at the instance of Baron Beust. Soothing Advices from Pokin—Quict ta the Ports. Lonpon, Jan. 12, 1871, The British Foreign Office has received telegraph despatches from the Legation at Pekin to December 31. They report “that there have been no further troubles, and that advices from the Oninese ports are satisfactory.” THE PACIFIC COAST. Rapid Freight Transit Between Japan and New York—Supposed Suicide at Vancouver— Murdered by the Indians. 8aN FRANCISOO, Jan. 18, 1871. The Thoroughfare (railroad ferry steamer), & is expected, will be able to commence her trips across tho bay by the time the next steamer arrives from China. Cargoes can then be reshipped st the rate of from 4 thousand to fifteen hundred tons a day, and the freight time from Japan to Chicago will be reduced to thirty-four or thirty-six days; to New TT Gane ian or forty days, and to England tone bl Matoh resulted as follows:—@ion beat Deery ou the 185th inning, by & score ef 600 againss 478. @. M. Ford, of who was as Judge in vomine Teivary by Preatont Sonuson, 1s supposed to have co; ited suicide at Vancou- ver, ag Some papers which he left thas ho ete? aati matinee pe enaw Be had seared tat his fomly were on their way from the Eas' William Staxe was shot and killed in Weston, Umatilla county, last week, by A. 6. Clark. grew out of a horse race. Peter Muller waa found murdered near Ban in this State, Its supposed that he w: murdered by THE PLAINS, Destitation Among the Indians—Red Clond’s Tribe Gtarving—An Iren Mountain in Wyoming Territory. CHEYENNE, Wy. T., Jen. 18, 1871. A telegram frem Fort Fettermann states that Red Cloud there wants the Great Father to send provi- sions to Fort Laramte for his tribe. He reports his in @ starving condition and says that the Orows etole aixty herses from them last week. ‘The Crows also stole 200 horses from = but the latter recovered their stock 8 in 7 talists have jus oe ee make @ very repo! maines there are ne Anést ri Ameria WESTCHESTER ABNEXATIO Meeting of Freeholders of West Farms. Popular Sympathy Leaning Towards New York— Speeches in Favor of the Project by Wil- liam B. Ogden and Others—A Harmonious Assemblage. In pursuance of a call to that effect a considerable umber of freeholders living in the town of West Farms, Westchester county, and favorable to the project of annexation to New York, met at Ittner’s Hall, Trement, last evening for the purpose of dis- cussing such measures as might best tend to pro- mote the consummation of the scheme in- dicated. Among those present were Lewis G. Morris, William B, Ogden, Charles W. Bathgate, Frederick Grote, Morris Wilkins, James Lees, Ford- ham Morris, J. V. Traphagen, Wiliam Herring, Philp Duffy and many others whose interests are More or less prominently identified with the past progress ana future prosperity of the township. The meeting was called to erder by Supervisor Frederick Grote, who stated that they bad assem- bled in order to discuss the question whether an- nexation to New York would benefit them or other- wise. According to the recent treatment of the lower towns at the hands of the Committee on Equalszation of Assessments in the Board of Super- visors, he, for one, was fieartily IN FAVOR OF BRING ANNEXED, ‘and, a8 a member of the Board, he bad officially an- mounced that desire. He concluded by nominaung William B. Ogden for chairman of the meeting, ‘which nomination met with unanimous approval on the part of those present. On motion, a number of vice presidents were chosen, together with Fordham Morris and John Kirby, seoretaries. Mr. OgpgN, on taking the chair, after acknow- ledging the honor conferred on him, addressed the meeting at some length on the question at issue, which he said seriously involved the permanent in- terests of tne property owners in that town. Baving recapitulated the several measures which have been recently proposed, including the scheme for mcorporating the three lower towns into —— city, the 4; er said he was not in favor of the town remaining in its poet condition; he would rather make a respectable blunder occasion- ally than not to GO AHRAD. As far ag the proposed new city was concerned, he was decidedly opposed to the project, as it would get the taxpayers into an expensive and serious muddle. In regard to annexation, there are many who think that thelr taxes would be largely In- thereby, and he was disposed to think that the rate of taxation would be to some extent aug- mented; but, notwithstanding, he was in favor of annexation to New York. The people of this section are in A SUFFERING CONDITION for want of proper railroad facilities. Their most Renae. need was @ method of quick transit to and ym New York. The speaker here went into a de- tailed account of the efforts heretofore made to con- gtract an under; ind = railroad =from the Ciuy Hall to jariom, and pointed out some of the most serious objections to that pret! Picture of the arcade frizzle. He believed that the aunexation of a portion of Westchester oy Would assist in solving the “vapid transit” problem, which had become an in- Atspensaple necessity to the people of this section, Some men, he said, complained about the corrap- tion ray to be practised by the New York “‘ring,”” and led, if «Pad this locality are to be skinned he wen! SKINNED BY AN ARTIST than undergo the same operation at the hands of & set of bunglers. He concluded by saying that the benefits accraing from annexation would greatly exceed any disadvan it might bein WILLIAM HERRING, ha’ mm called on, ad- dressed the poe 3 and that owing to a lack of proper facilities Whereby they could abridge time in reaching the centre of the city they had be- come @ sort of collective Sleepy Hollow, and, Jf for no otuer reason than the attainment of this import- ant object, he was in favor of annexation. He cited the difference between New York city bonds, which were selling at par, and the present depreciated con- dition of their town bonds, the value of which was CONSTANTLY TENDING DOWNWARDS Tn order to be on a level, financially, with New York, they must be annexed, and then that financial level would be at once apparent. He explained the present unjust and inconsistent rates of taxa- tion in the town of West Farms, and en- deavored to show that the taxes there were pro- Portionately greater than they were in 1e city, where gaan owners had the benefit of Croton ter, poli fire department and all the other advantages which enhance the value of property. eir remedy lay in annexation. The speaker moved that a committeo be appointed to draft an address setting ferth the reasons why the people of West Farms should immediately apply for annexation to New York, and that the same should be printed and circulated among the mass of the tax- Payers. He urged that public meetings be called, oe oy that means obtain such @ strong and EXPRESSION OF THE PEOPLE & thot be heard and felt in the legislative halls of e State. Lewis G. Morris and John Savage also addressed the assemblage in a similar strain, both taking a decided stand in favor of annexation. Tbe meeting Was characterized by the most unexceptionable eo and hawnony throughout the entire proceed- ings. CUBA. Wreck of a Oclebrated Schooner. Havana, Jan. 13, 1871. The schooner Wanderer, bound to Philadelphia With a cargo of cocoanuts, oranges and other fruit, ‘was wotally wrecked on the Oolorado Reefs, north- west coast of Caba, at half-past one o’clock on the morning of the 28th ult. The captain and crew have arrived here by the schooner Manuelita. (The Wanderer was a vessel of some celebrity. She was originally a yaoht, then turned into a slaver, end brought a cargo of Africans to Savannah about the year 1859, which were sent back again in the United states steam frigate Niagara, She then was taken into the United States service, and for a long ume, while under the command of Lieutenant Com- mander, now Captain, J. H. Spotts, in the early part of the rebellion did guard duty in the harbor of Key West. Finally she wag sold, and above we have the closing chapter of her history.] THE INDIAN COMMISSION, Meeting of the Board ef Indian Commission- ers—Kespensibility otf Agents Explnined— The Indian Policy of the Administration Sustained. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 1870, The second important Indian council was held to-day and was called by the Board of the Indian Commission, now in session here. There were present all the members of the Board and the missionaries representing the various misston- ery socteties and religious sects under whom the Indian poticy ie being carried out. The chair. man opened the meeting by proposing the question, What measure of responsibility belongs vo the rall- gious body that nominates agents? General aiscus- @ion followed, and resuited inthe adoption of the eppended resolution — That, in the opinion of the Conference, ingen flew tSegcomnend dian agente ‘isa Se ot iat to 0 este Magee regen or wang bene, He fhopeball be resi ‘Positions for parti: ‘<a Movi smote Lapin n ot Sa that sted by the sbeecltion tnd ta ed invoked by procnoting mine sron of'a pers A Taalan it not to the or to the ‘be Sh ae ond ‘another person in the third questien | sccountabity to Christinatze thom, ft {s dentrable that wale Untary associations be formed in the larger commercial trea fn the country, as has niroady ‘eet dons In Now York, ‘Thal in the’ oplulon ot this Content Taal ta the’ opieion sa is Convention tt ts f that the military officers stationed in any comer * 4 in harmony with the policy of the President -tnas this cone ference freely sympathizes with the determination of the government to secure to the Indiana thelr reservations ad protect them from ments on thors lands THE ALABAMA CLAIms, Wasuinaron, Jan. 18, 1871. Mr. BuMnton, of Massachusetts, to-day introduced @ bill tn the Honse for the appointment of Commis- aloners to ascertain and determine the damages sus- talmed by American citizens or corporations by the depredations of the rebel cruisers Ala- bama, Georgia, Shenandoah and Florida, with their tenders, Clarence, Lapwing, Tacony and Tus- caloosa. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Af- fairs, The bill authorizes the President to appoint three commissioners, who shali meet at Washington on or before the 1stof April, 1871, but who may subsequently meet at New York, Boston or New Bedford, They shall examine claimanw and witnesses under oath. All claims must be Presented within ix months from the day of the first meeting, and ail claims must be decided within one year of that time, The decision of any two of the commissioners shall be final. The commission shall hear the coun- sel appointed by the government of Great Britain. The salary of the comuotastoners {s fixed at $8,000 per annum each, and $50,000 are appropriated by the bill to meet these salaries, and for cierk hire, &0, All sums awarded by the commission shall be paid by the United States within eighteen months after the first meeting of the commission in twenty year bonds, bearing five per cent interest. The Secre- tary of the Treasury is authorized to issue bonds amounting to $20,000,000 for the pay- ment ofthe clatuis which anall be known ag the British bonds. Upon the presentation at the ‘Treasury department of award by tne legal ndlder thereof; the secretary shall deliver bonds co cover the larger amounts and the balance shall be paid in the currency of the United States, whereupon the holder of the certuficate ehall sur- render the same. Tho Secretary of the Treasury it necessary to #hall sell at par such bonds as shall be pay the amounts in currency. copy of the bill, when tt passes, ts directed to js ful hed to the government of her Britannic Ma- Jeary. EUROPEAN MARKETS. Lonpow Monrt Marget.—Lonpon, Jan. 19—4:00 P. |-—Oonsole closed 93% @ us for money and the account. American closed irm. Fivetwenty bonds, 180%, securitics rt 00; 1805, 8995; 1887, 6894: tev-Corties, 68. toe Sriaot hen; trie, bie Tikinols Contral, 114; Atiaaiie sad Great Western, 88. Lonpon, Jan, 18—11 90 A.M. Consois opened at 9254 for money ‘and the account. Amert- Sore Tous, base WT OBEYS ten-Cortles, he "Giocks hea Bele, mH i jten-fo 0 i iaig Auanuld aud Groat Wesiers, 28 ” a anette YERPGO. Jan. 1, 11-90 A, Cotton steady and unchan @ nales of the day are estimated at 10,000 bales. The val ‘smownt wo eno 49.000 bales, of” which 7,000 were for export, abd 11,000 for speculation. LIVERPOOL BRRADSTUF! MARERT.—LIVEBPOOL, Jan, 18-1030 A. M.—Wheat California whi ‘ls. 8d. ; red Weate ern No.2 10s '64.; red Westera, \d. Corn—No. 2 mixe: POOL = PROVIGIONS P. M.—Beef, 12%. 6d. RPOOL PuODUCE MABKBT.—LIVERPOOL, Jan. 12 4:30 P, M.—Common roafn, 6s. 94.; refined petroleum, la, Jan. 12—4:30 MaRxrt.—Lonpow, Pe. yf at 298. Tallow firmer at fe. 8d, Common rosin, 66. }. 6d. Clover seed, 44s. 64, Loxpon Propuos Magxet.—Lonpom, Jan, 1B—1Lsd A. M.—Sugar to arrive firmer. TELEGRAPHIG WEWS ITEMS. Lew s Countryman, on trial at ¥. Y., for kit Augustus Sebooumaker In July lust, was yesterday guity of murder tn the second degree. McArthur, of the Sui Court of the Nussbiar waa miartiod ai" Mudaons Wiss on Wedneaday- last, to the widow of the late Congressman Hopkins, The public school building at Fort Dodge, Iowa, the fngat Iu the State, was destroyed by are ene noon. A bullding in Chelses, Boston, belonging to the Spring-Bed Company, and filled with mani R33 was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, : = Dillon, of the United States District Court, has (Fa2ies 22, Injunction ‘restrsint the city authorities of avenworth, Kansas, from further interruption Cy the Leavenworth, Atchison and Northwestern Railroad, and per- meee the railroad company to repair the track and requme operations. new, L MARKET.—LIVEBPOOL, Jaa, THE MISSOURI SENATORSHIP, 8r. Lous, Mo., Jan. 12, 1871. ‘The full vote in the democratic caucus here to-day was as follows:—Blair, 52; Glover, 16; Phelps, 18, and Woodson, 10. Blair made a brief speech, ree turning thanks and announcing himself a3 a demo- crat and a liberal, and pledging himself, if elected, to use his utmost ability for the interest of the pee- ple of Missourt, VIEWS OF THE PAST. In times of more widespread ignorance, when rev ligious truths were tmpresged upon the minds of the people vy means of theatrical representation, this day was celebrated as the anniversary of the fight of the holy family into Egypt. It was called the Festival of the Ass. Upon it au as3, with splen- didly decoratetl trappings, burdened with a beautt- fal young womamhgving 8 child at her breast, was, * after having been led in solemn procession through the city streets or country roads, taken into the chureh, where the people, in responding, and tite priest, in bestowing his benediction, brayed, and the choir hymned the excellences of the “broad, majestic eared” animal. 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