The New York Herald Newspaper, January 24, 1871, Page 3

THE INDIANS, iho Sioux Tndians on the W pan_mney At tack the Indians of th, pushoa Agency— Cirgular Regat’ime Lawyers Acting as Atportweys for Indian Tribes, foud. Lieuienant Qulonel Seventeen ing post. Wasnixaron, D. 0., Jam, 28, 1971, |} ‘The following tciegram has been forwarded by ‘Me War Department to the Secretary of the Inte ey tiger Wyoming Territory, Jan. 14, 1871. General C. 0. AUR, Commenting the Depart- f Pitre, Omuha:— Meu 0: the ees he Gey ennes #ays the report MOUEING 0. tnd Cheyenues 13 untrue, the Chows siealims rou tue Lace peers ari, ‘He says cis pearly two hundred lodxes OL ov? Cheyonres vow 1s itis country wish Very moh to go on their oWa reservation, @ Wishes to accome them, i they are so permitted, to get bis two Joung brower., “Guli-dear’’ claims Ulat he was Bent iio the country to induce the Cheyennes to go Bonth, aud thinks vsivange he is not periitcted to wetarn. AL ANDER YU LAMUERS, Major beurth lnaniry, commanding, The following correspondeuce has also reached the War Deparimeut:— MEADQUARTERS, FORT LEAVENWORTH, D, T., Nov. 22, 1870, Major 0. D. GuEENE, A. A. @,, Deparment of Da- Boia, 82. Paul, wo.i— Ma.on—i bave the honor to inform you thata war , party Of S10US Indians from the lower agencies at. | cked some ot tie indians beionging to tue Bere Beoll ageucy, Wo Were hunting, as tiey were re- q@ared vy their agent to Go, for their cupport, in ‘WA.CN attack one of We Arickarecs was kitied, The ageat 18 mormed by imendiy ididus thve tt is ane Tended by ue lower ci0ux (odo ull the injury pos Bibie to the Mgeucy, and he las asked ior uly AswiBt ce, Lave sent bia iield foice of arullery with Swimuhition and a detaciinent competent serve 2, composed oi one sergeuutand iour privates, I Shad regard any Sioux Lod.aus iro. below Who May | @ppear in this Vicinity a8 Bustle, aud treat them wuinsiy. They wally disregaru ther treaw zations, thoush their Wants are libersliy sup. | pice dy tue yovermincatl, Wile the Indians ot the | erthold agency are periectly loyal, notwithstand- dng they ireyuentiy suiler ior want of necessary S.B. WAYMAN, Un iniantry, command- HEADQUARTERS DEPARSMENT OF DAKora, bi. PAUL, Mi0D., VOC. 27, 1010, OOMMANDING OFF OF LOUT STEVENSON, D, T.:— Sik—Your cowiaunicaion of the 2.d ur, relating to an aliack of a War puriy Of Sioux upon a bunting party o1 Ludiaus belouging to the Lerioid agency, wikig one of the Aricaarcea, &c., Was Lorwarded to the Major General cmmanding for instruc. tions, aud returaed with the jollowing re- Marks:—"“it 13 hot’ weil to treat the | dang Irom below as nose ualess they curmit acts of hostility, i the Nondaus, Gros Ventres and Arickarees shouldbe attacked in their villages they must be deieuded by tie assistance of troops if mecessary. It can o ly be necessury wheu au ate tack 18 Wade Whiie we Indiaus are oul hanung and Rave out lew warriors wid Many Wowen end chile dren, not suiicieutuy deiended, arias and ammuni- tion having been ;rovkicd them for that purpose. It 18 not vurtdesive to commence hestilities, nor to ‘bring about inuian Wars unuece-sarily.”” OD. GREBSE, Assibiaut Adjutant General, Becretary Delano has ordered, with the approval ef the President, that no person clatming to act as atvoruey on benail of any Judian tribe, or any mem- ber or members thereof, will be recognized as such by the Interior Vepariment or Indian Office unless said person 13 possessed of a duiy executed power of attorney irom tue ciueis of the tribe or pation Acknowledged beivre the agent of the United States for such tribe or nation, the agen, beiore taking gen ackhowledgmeut, fo be sausiied by personal nvestigation that -uch power was fairly ana duly obtained, and ae shail iuily explaia ute contents end purports thggeot to the party acknowledging the execution oi We same. This vrder applies to all pemcns claiming to act as attorneys ior indians, hetuer by power heretoiore given or oinerwise, A NEW IND'AN SCHERE, An Indian Treaty, Claimed by the Senato Committee on Todiau Affairs to be Ample Authority for the Ineuc United States Bonds-The Choctaw Claim—Attempts to flave It Twice Paid~Tho Great Cherokee Treaty—lis Provisions=Ten Million Dollars More United States Bonde Wanted. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 1971, Ihave just uncarthed ascheme for an additional issue of Untied States bonds without the authority of Cougress, or, indeed, without any authority what- ever except a secret treaty between the Senate and certain alleged representatives of certata tribes of Indians, 2 ‘On the 22d day of June, 1865, the Senate m secret session made a treaty with certain alleged represen: tatives of sie Choctaw Indians, by which the United States was bound to pay the Choctaw representa- tives the sum of $500,00), one-half in money and one-half in United States bonds issued for tae pur- pose to the aforesaid Choctaw representatives, By act making appropriations for the year end- ing Juno 00, 1862, Congress appropriated, and the proper oficer of the government paid, the required amount of money called for in the treaty—viz., $260,000, Upon application of the Choctaw representatives Congress, by act of March 3, 1865, appropriated, and the proper oficer paid, in lieu of the bonds, an Additional eum of $250,000, in full satisfaction of the claims under the treaty. ~ In books of the Treasury Department, under tho Qead of “Payment to Choctaw nation for their claim for lands under eleventh and twelfth articies of treaty of June 22, 1865, act of March 2, 1861, per act March 2, 1841, and March 8, 1866,” may be found the following charges:— March 23, 1861 April ibe 0. Aprii 13, 1801, No, March 28, 1865, Ni March Fi 1885, Noe? Total Tne Accounting Officer of the Treasury, Hon. E. B, French, Second Auditor, who has the matter in charge, states in an oficial letter to the Secretary of the Treasury that the eutire sum demanded by the treaty, $500,000, has been paid to the properly accredited representatives uf the Choctaw tribe; among whom were Douglass H. Cooper, Indian Agent; P. P, Pitchlyn, principal Chief; Atfred Wade, foun Page, James Kiley, Choctaw Gommisstoners; israel Folsom and Peter Folsom, Choctaw delegates, A QUESTION. Now if the Choctaw Indians are, as is claimed, an independent nation, ic 18 none of our busivess what their accredited representatives have done with this $500,000 paid from our Treasury. If, on the other hand, the ‘Choctaws are, as 18 clauned, wards or paupers of the United States, tho matter may be well worth looking after. Af all one the claim has been once paid, to the last are WHERK THR FRAUD COMES IN. Now, thougii the whole claim as been paid, tho Choctaw delegates come forward with a demand for $260,000 United States bonds, ‘They claim that “tho treaty 1s the supreme law of the land,’’ ond that it requires the issne of $260,000 United States bonds to the Choctaw nation, which manifestly have not been issued. Therefore they claim that the Presi- Jent ‘has full authority to execute tmat law by the making and delivery of those bonds,” aud that “no dther legislation by Congress 18 necessary to that end.” Preposterous and wicked as this claim 14, there is no troubie In getting it endorsed oF the SENATE COMMIUTBE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS. Onthe dtn lust, Mr. Senator Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, submlited to the Senate a report from the Committce on Indian Affairs, which was con- sidered and agreed to, The concluding portion only is impor‘ant, It is a3 follows: © ‘There dna sudpleting ir between the United States and the Choctaw nation of Indians which entities auld nation te 250,000 of bonds of the States of America, and if hen a which requires the Yreai eat ty = a ec Tair mount of bonds to "Thi the supreme law of the id the President fs chai with its execution mit jal tunction. He has tuil authority to execute and deitvery of w by the makin, those bonce, in compliance with the treaty authorities of the Choctaw nation. Where! this reaolution:-~ Re:olved, That the Prestdent, having full authority under fxlsting Isw to issue and deilver to tne Choctaw nation of Andians $350,00 of United Stutes bouds, no other legislation ‘by Congrecs In necessary. to that cial a ay . 1» Sec 5 W. J. McDoxaup, Chiet Clerk. mpitemyrit It is stoutly maintained by the originators of this Fn bay that an Indian treaty needs no sanctions other or different frem those inherent in iis own Stipulations, and requtres no ald from Congress, and that the Sccretary of the Treasury needs no other authority for the issue of bonds of the United States to the amount stated in the treaty authorizing nem. With a dishonest man at the head of the Treasu: Department thero would be no end to the {ncre: of our national debt uniess this pernicious plan 18 right speedily knocked in the head. Secretary Bout- Well interposes & cautious but, so far as it goes, p very commendable opposition. In his letter of the as ulumo to ‘he Speaker of the House he jays:— I foresoe that bonds issued under such circumstances won! Paquomioned, and their value Gonseuentiy depreciated tn Congress for auch action as Way de Yaought preven ne © The advocates of this atrocious fraud ui asa blind, that United States bonds, issued without ‘any ‘other authority than on Indian treaty, cannot be pati QD appropriation be first made by Con- FN] piece dodge will deceive noone, ll they Th ‘Want is ESTABLISH A PRECED! any which United Staten bonds may be iasued without to the proper fore thoy Feport NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY. JANUARY 24, 1871.—WITH SUPPLEMENT; authority than an Indian treaty, Give bonds may take care of self, - the ponds aid bill for the ment of gud interest can be 10b! througa ‘The Mttle two hundred aad fly thousand dottar jobis put forward at the preseut time, not with a View of securing an tumelia e issue of bonds, but to get commitice reports and other oMcial docu. ments into agape favurabie to active operations at gome future time, when we.may have mother Pres dent better disposed towards such joba, | If this ttle Choctaw job cau only be worked hrough by buok or by croo< the jobbers will nave. & a ch «1 other Indian treaty supiiations all rea iy to authorize the addiuonal issue of United Suates bonds by the tens of uailions, THE GREAT CHESOKER TREATY. A large lovvy is now herve endeavoring to get the Senate to raufy the treaty made by Mr. President Audrew Johuson with the Oherokee tr.be on ihe 9th ol July, 1864, The rattication will, according to law, a8 ex- pounded vy tie Scnule Ladiau Commitiee, authorize | @Udience, The richness and the variety of the _ heen indic! ihe tssue OF BDYUE $400,000 United States bonds Without any action of Congress wnuvever. Aracls sour of the Join ou-Cheroxee Treaty pro- vides that the Cuited states suai pay the Cherokee tribe of Indians $360,000 iram certain laads— | 13,768,000 acres altugetier—in Texas, New slexico and invian Territor;, woicn lands, by tne way, some of the best lawyers in Congress say plready are Ls property of the Uunted ptater the same article contalus provisions excluding white persons and yegroes trom scttlemeu upon tie bulk of the lands In question even afver tucy are bought anc pata for by the Uuired States. Article five provides that the United States shall ay the Cheroxes “nation” $609,000, Wit thirty> mht years’ miere-t at five per cent, about $526,000 1p atl, on account of :he Cueroxee neural la ids, { Argcle 81x prov.des that the Secretary of the Inte. | Flor shail purchase of tae Cherokee “nation,” wt 16 Oppraised valuy, iheir lanis in Arkunsas ana iu the bates east 01 the Aisslssippl river. Lue proceeds arising irom ‘he sales mentioneu 10 this arucle to be invested in United States regisiered stocks, the interest of Wh.ch to be paid semi-annually to the Onerokee “nation,’? Article seven states that the United States, being in arroars to the Cheroxev “nation? for severai years Ot its annuity funds jac‘Tulus while hail he auie- bodied Cherokees were In te reoel army), they must Dow be puld ap, ve tue same more or lesa. Article nue ip ouiden. jor the pay.aent of certain Tosses sustained by certain Cher kee speculators in town lots near of at Fort Gibson, Article eleven provides for a board to audit claims of todividual Cherokee against tie United otates, | Arucles tweive aud thirteen provide for iuser | payments to citizens of the Cherokee ‘vation’ for | losses sustained while said citizens were tn the rebel army. Article fourteen provides that tull faith and credit | Shall be giyen by the Umted States to records uxed up by the Chervkees, Arucics fifteen and sixteen exempt Cherokees from all imierual revenue or other United States taxes that bear so hard upon ihe poor whites and negroes, Articie seventeen aproprias 28 $50,000 to pay the Cherokee delegation for services tu negotliting we L v. ‘There are twenty-one articles in all, The above gives a fair idea of ihe whole, SENATOR ANTHONY once said in debate that he had known Indtan trea- (es to be ratifled When there were only three Sena- tors present. At the lowest estimate the Cherokee treaty calls for fully $10,000,09) from the Unite | States; and io view of the new doctrine put forth by the Senule In- dian Commnitte I submit tat its ratification should. be mdefint.ely postponed, INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. Antoinette Lix, the Heroine of Lamarche, “I heard at Colmar,’? writes a London Times core respondent, “the story of a local heroine, at the monient in command of the Francs-tireurs of La- marche, in the Vosges, Mile. Antoinette Lix, daugh- ter of an old sergeant of the Royal Guard, an orphan left to ran wild in childnood. To rescue her an admission was obtained In a convent boarding school, but it was founa tmpossibie to create in her any Interest in the usual feminine accomplishments, Quitting the convent, she jolned ner. i-ter in Poland, and there in the Jast outvreak, disguised in untform, entered @ baud of gueriiias under the name of Pastmaty ie Sombre, Grievuusly wounded he was fvansported to Warsaw, Wheks the Afchb shog Felimski placed her under the shelter of a convent. Again donning tne uniform, she tollowed the dc bris of the Polish army to Dresden, thence to Pgris and to Nantes, She returned to Alsace, whére the story of her adventurous career had preceded hei, and where her photograph in hussar unilorm filled the shop windows. Later, for several ye rs, she re- sided ab Paris, engaged in o magasin, buat her health gave way under the exposure and hardships MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Miss Laura Keene, after some years’ absence from the metropolis, makes her bow on Wednesday at Lina Edwio’s ittie theatre, Boucicault’s play, “Hunted Down, or the Two Lives of Mary Leigh,” will be then preseated for the first time, Miss Keeno’s engagement Is limited to a short time, ‘The gieat musical event of the week will be the return and reappearance, for two gignta only, of Theodore Thomas’ magnificent orciestra, This eminent musician, Who has no superior in America a8 a couductor, and whose orchestra sarpasses even Steinway Hall on Friday sud Saturday evenings, , The frac 18 for the benefit of Miss Auna Meilig, ohe the greatest pianisis that ever charmed an American rogrammes fori & striking contrast with the ngage’ attempty of the Philuarmyaic Society, as | may be seen from the follows ry | First Concert—Part 1.—overture, ycnuhauser, | Wagner; Adagio, rroueweas, Beethoven, With harp, violoucello, viarouet, save and vassoon opit- LO; Scher, Ope iv (ueW), Goliuaik, Convert Hee Banc List’ Nis Aung Meany and orcued- | a var’ 2—Introduction, ‘Whird Act ea, Cueravial; preuue and iugug. yon orgall ; oe by Liszt), aon, Misa i nd mel14; Quar- u8, NO, 5, A, Op. 1s, Beethoven; theme aud Varia | tious, Bining Orchestra; Loloauise briilante, op. 1, Weber (Dstrumcntation vy Lagz), Miss Anna Mehiig and orchestva; cavalry warch, Schuperi (in. Btruueutadon vy List). : Secoud and ast coucert— Part I.—Symphony—No. 6, nf, Op. U8, Pasioraie, Kee.loven; 1. Allegro ma | Don vreppu—AWaaeung'o. c.certar feelings on atrl- Ving 10 hecouniry; 2 Andaute Mo.to Muw—Sceae by cue bruvk; J. Scuerzo—Merry Weeung Of pedeauts, | iMterrupted by (Allegro) » Wunder giormn; 4, Alle- giettu—onepherd’s pong; glad aad giaeiul leel.og Qter che Bwrdd. CouverWw—i mind op. 11, Tus Manze and ronue, Chopin, Miss Auua Meniiy oud vrcnesira, Vart [.—ine Faust Overture, Waxner; Bepieite, Op. .v, Byetnuven; treme und Varladons, Bener40 aud Guale, fur clarioncts, DasdsOous, horns Qud the evlire strlug orchesira, graad duet tor two piaios, dexains.on, Liszt, aAliss Auna Meals and Mr. o, B. Muis, symypivnic poem—Les Pre- tudes, Liszt. ‘Thomas’ orchestra has made @ success through the country which tg unexampled, and a fitting uri- bute to art of the highest order. Were such a body | of musicians to locace themselves in the metropolis, there is ue dvdve vl We. idstans and pecufunent | Popularity, We ure sadly in need of ciassical in- strumenta! music, a3 We Have nO organizalin here willing of Capable OL presenting 1b1u @ prover man- ner. Lhe last nignts of Fox’. glorious pantomime at the Wiyimpiw are aaaoutved, aud “Wee Wilde cessur Will be “Kicdeued,” an elaporale burlesque, Wine promises to rival ‘he “daniel” o1 fast season, The uusivailed comic Powers of £OX Will have & boundless te.d for uispiay ia the charagier of the great Carainal, Hooley’s aod Kelly & Leon's Minstrels appear at Hovley’s Brook.yn, in the “Granu Duch 5. Maver Barry Janvier, the youtitul iuusical pro- digy, 13 stil tue feature at tue Brookiyn Opera house, Messts, Butier & Gilmore, the managers of the Covutque, have ior this Week one of the vest varleiy bills Of ue season. ‘Tue clever Lau puntomiue coulpany, the unequaled baller truape, bwo daring: trapezicts and a number of we. Known favo. 1ie3 In thely spechiuties Jorm the stapie attractions o1 the bil. ‘The house ts a charming iitde boudoir, tue company and stars always uf & uigh slaldard 0. ex- ceuenee, alu tie manage ne of Lue geuuine, wide- aWane, progressive oracr, Un intisday uexXt Miss Jenny Busk, the talented Youug Amert.w. prema dons, Wul treat the peupis ot Newark to some a. her birdike Warulugs. She MED BLUst, ALL POssessos a Vuice OL Tare bile Will be assistea by Messrs. Lotti, Werner, Herunanns wud Voa Luten, Pauny Juuaascues, tue eelebrated tragd- dieun., plays “vedorsh” lo-might ia Cleveland, ‘The pieseut sensation of Ceutrat Iuroye sees to be Mie, Hedwig Kaabe, the Listie come decane uf Ger Many. aabe nas just rewurned to the Fatherland frou St. reterspurg, where ner success echpsod tnai ol any otucr artist in aay line of ari that ever beiore visited the City Of the Great Peter, She came home loaded witn raise, tha- {ey and jewels, and made her renirde in ié qi.et capital of Saxony. vresden has a large tucate, but the maguet.c attraction of Raabe, it seems, 18 Lob tO be measured by space, She crowded and crowded the vasi audiiorm night Alter night, ain ~~ ae ee now ee CL ti i ud ord. Kanhe 18 pet yet quity Meaty, ifute in figure, witd & face ne ‘of espe glerie, and breathing with reunved wit and humor, ‘Lhe success ol UWens au Ue Park, Brooklyii, last Week, Was such that he tus been aged ior six sie had undergone, she was ordered nome and her friends obtained for her the situation of post. mistre s of Lamureche, which she has quitted to re- sume her guerilla career.” Tho Austrian Embassy in France. Ata recent sitting of the Austro-Hungarian dele- gations at Pesth one of the delegates proposed to reduce the embassy in France to @ second class mis. aton, on the ground that the expense of the embassy (100,000 florins a year) 1s unusually great, and that it is not necessary to maintain it now that the govern- ment of France isa republic, To this Count Beust replied that Austria nas always had an Amb: dor in France, whether under @ republic or 1: evep Switzerland has an Ambassador at Vienna, and that the cost of the Austrian representative in France does not depend on his rank, but on the ree lntions existing between the two governments. He therefore considered that the alteration of the form of government in France was not a suMcient reason for making any change in the rank of the Austrian representative. Asfoen as affairs in that country become settled, the question whether Austria is to bo represented in France by an Ambassador or a Chargé d’Affaires will depend on such arrangements as the two governments may make on the subject, but the maintenance of a republic would have no efect whatever in preventing an ambassador from being credited to the French government. s The Germans in France. The Germans are assuming, in an increasing de- gree, the functions of government in the occupied French territory. Lieutenans General Fabrice has Just been appointed Governor General of Versailles, He ts the Saxon Mini-ter of State and War. At Delle & Prussian mayor has been appointed, and the every school. management both of the Post Office and the toil house has been assumed by the German officials, nights more, “solon Sningie’ au “.he Live Winkie ? will soun be @ to.ug of the padi. Its suc | MINNIE DAVIS. Temporary Acquittal of Minnie Davis on a Charge of Arson Through a Technicality—Ihe Case to Bo Be Submitted to the Grand Jury—Scones in the Court of General Sessions, The sensational arson case, in which Minnie Davis stands charged vith having attempted to burn her travk, having insured tt for $2,000 in the Park In- surance Company, was called on yesterday before ' the vaunted Philnarmonic, will give two concerts gt Judge Beoford, in the Court of Special Seasions, ough the burnips of the yrunk was the only ob in Which iho prisoner coula have been Inte rested, yet, by resson of the consequences, she has ted on the charge of arson tn the firs’ de- gree. It will bo t-membéred that when the prt Ney, ‘Was committed on tne caargé, witle Faeyr in her ceil, she attempted to hang hersel ‘, but was discov- ered in time to save her life. Her appearance in court ty-day was thay éf ono : , VPTRRLY WHARIED OUP by excitevient or sutermg, and, except on a few Qodesions, during the trial she manifested the most complete indifference to everything that was pass- ing around her, Whilst the jury was being em- pane.led she looked on languidly, ana even when the charge was read to them she did not display ihe slightest sympiom of interest, She ts an exveed> ingly pretty girl, with large, dark eyes full of ox- Dreasion. Her hair is dark brown and clusters over her sorehead and shoulders in rich tresses, Her nose is slightly retroussé and periaps @ shade too large, but, with this exception, irom her mouth upwards tt woud be hard to picture a prettier or MORE PIQUANTE PACE, ‘The mouth is her worst feature, being large and sensual looking. The lps are thick and utterly Mar what wouid otherwise have been a beautiful face, The Impression left on the mid of the be- holder is that she is & Woman who would little heed conacqueuces in the purauit of pleasure or the gratl- fication of her desites, Yesterday she was extremely Daliid and every feature looked dragged, Her large chair with the air of one utteriy wea.ted out She ‘Was most becomingly, Not to Bay FASHIONALLY DRESSED, and even to her iuce nandkerchiel everything was comme it faut, she wore & siave Colored dress, fashionably cnt, with a large black bow in tront, and @ bu hat wilh & coquettiosh white ieather, All eyes were turned (oward er us aie entered, put sue did nov seem ve feel their acrauny, and quicty Look her piace veside her counsel, Wav had vuiunwered to doend her, as she stated thar she was NOURBLY WILHOUT MBANS Boon after tue case was calle! a large number of young ladies entered the court, aud ina few uunutes abower batcn came iv end look ther seats in the . They were al most ‘ly alk were good lvok- led LO smali sensa- enclosure allotted wo cou Jashionably dresxed aad ing, and their appearance cr tion amoug the spectaors. THE TESTIMONY. The tirat witness culled was M secretary o1 the Park insurance Compaiy, used that in October last the prisouer, Minie George Alder, the Company and sad that she wished to msure acr trunks and wardrobe for the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, The policy was not edected on that occasion and she came ase ond tine and stated taat sie had iaken rooms at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-niuth street, and that she now would only isure r properiy for 100, That policy § oi itnaurance was ted in the Purk Fire Insurance Company afwr tue ‘usual preliuatary inquiries, TESMIMONY O8 Mitse HAGEDORN. The next witness was Mrs. Rachel Hagedorn. This laay was rich y dressed and co..es under thal category Which hus been so we.l deserived as “GAT, FAIR AND FORTY.” She gave herevidence with wonderful clearness and precision, but it was quite evident from her Manner that she had pot the highest possivie re- spect of irienasnip jor Mindie, When she got on the stand the latter's face lit up and her bright eyes sparkled, but ber iace soon re- sumed its lormer imdifierent express'on. ‘Two or tbres umes during her examinuiton tne prisouer suggested questions by her counsel, and on these oc vaslons also ber face became FU and wonderfuliy |. ‘Tne witness deposed that her husband leased the house af the corner of Twenty-ninth sirect und Sixth avenue; the ground Indiap,” Lis best characters, Will be given every evening. urday next a grand complimentary benefit Uendered to Prolessor kusley at the Academy of Music. floor was a grocery store, which her husband occupied; she ocovpigd phe pemainder of the house; she knew Mit..e Davia; ‘sno wired @ p ar- Jor bedroom in Octover last, towards the latter part of the month, which she occupied with a man which she tien stated was her husband, This man ‘The two greatest successes in the dramatic world | was not there always; he used to come off and on; through the country tuis season are Ouver Doud | he was not there ou Christinas day or on Christmas Byrou’s “Across the Continent” and Stetson’s | Eve; she was there on doth of those days and slept ‘Neck and Neck.’? in the house on the nightot Christmas Eve, the 240i in Siugs Us week in Cincinnati. of December; she discovered tire about hail-past ie, Kosettt (Mis8 Koea Cooke) 13 one of the stare of tue Getman Opera Cowpyuy in Boston. Ail the Boston papers speak Nigily of the soprano, Madame Lichtmnay, and the contralto, Miss Clara veri. dignora Kullna, prema donna ot the Italian Opera Compauy at Havana, died a few days ago of yeiluw fever, the troupe has now Signore Ida nae and Fredericks, Kate Morensl and Signor Hw, Mr. and Mra, Florence are great favorites in Ipany. ‘They play there this week. UV’ Ataile, the man with the iron jaw, Was arrested lately 1 Philadelphia for Lnauman treatment of his young p/ olege, Zephyr. Miss Nininger, a promising pupil of Signor Ettore Barili, Wil, We unders:and, shordy appear in Traian opera at the Unjou League theatre, Signor Antonio Baril, the eminent maestro, will give wo amateur representations of ‘Maria di Rohau” at the Union League theatre early next month, ‘These will be followcd by other operas, all being preparatory to the estab'ishment of a perma- neat organization for the encouragement of Ameri- can talent in the lyric art. MUSICAL REVIEW. Ernst Reinking, or Sixth street, has a new cata- logue of classical muste which comprises the pest of The renowned publishing house of 0, F. Peters, which 1s represented in every capital of Europe, and whose puoitcations surpass all others Tho German garrison in Alsace are also entrusted in the richness and artustic taste displayed in their with the enforcement of precautions against the cattle plagne, which Las broken out in the neighbor- hood of Monthéliard. At Rheims an order has been issued imposing a fixed excise duty on champagne, and excisemen from Beriin have been sent for, In the Ardennes the invaders are cutting down the timber and disposing of it ata large price. It is said that a great part of the mi have already disap; purchaser was an inhabitant of outward appearance, and which are the cheapest in one; 8 mebody HALLOARD OUT “FIRE;"? she jumped out of bed, and threw open the fold- ing doors of her bedroom; irom this she ©. uid see Ino the bedroom of Minale Davis; she saw a blaze in the trunk and over it; the trunk was within the bedroom, near the window, in the corner; she went back and got a pail of water; she saw Minnie Davis in bed, and the latter said, “On, Mrs, Hagedorn, I DIDN'T IN'E\D TO SET YOUR HOUSE ON FrRm;’? there were some clothes hanging over the trunk, ®& wrapper und @ coupie o1 skirts; these took fire; her brother came tn and she told him to pul down the skirts and the curtain; the clothes set the cur- tains on fire; they managed to put out the flaines, however; Minnie bavis said to witness’ brotuer, “Where is my husband?’ the biaze burned the woodwork just a little, and “KIND OF SCORCHED” the wall; there was nothing but ap old calico skirt, a few stockings and paper rags iu the trunk; the olice sergeant pulled them out next morn ng, but he did not touch the trunk that prenine, we took Minnie Davis away to the station for the night. He came in the evening of that day. ‘The firemen came just as ihey got the girlout. The witness didn’t seem wi.ling to state what Minnie Davis sald wnen she was leaving with the oficer, when the counsel for the prisouer ob- jected to the question, The Judge, however, de- cided that she should answer it and she stated ‘that le put up her finger and said, “YOU'LL BE BORRY FOR THIS, © very sorry,” and going out the door she said laugh: ingly, “she will be sorry for this.” This concluded the direct examination. The defendant’s counsel cross-examined the wit- the market, havo selected Mr. Reinking as their rep- | Mess at length as to whether her husband's name was resentative in New York. The best musical talent in Germany has been employed upon this world-re- nowued edition of the works of tie great masters, nuificent forests | and it obtains preference over all olbers in Europe jared, According to a Belgian | OF America. J. Scouberth & Co,, New York and Leipsic, pub- er the principal Pikze, and vhe buyers had already paid over 50,000 | lish the following:— francs, haagisshy dee be able to convey it into Bel- ium, when the Belgian government prohibited its importation, The Franes-tireurs, moreover, are keeping up ® guerilla war in the forests, and are determined that the work of destruction shall not go on, The Chatean of Bellevue. The following 18 an extract from @ letter written toa friend in England by a person who had lately patd a visit to the town of Sedan:—“About a mile | Work, which may be from the town, on the road to Paris, is situated the Chateau of Bellevue, now known to fame as the “The Little Recruit Galop.’’ Weingarten, This has become a deserved favorite in the ballroom. I¢ is very simpie, but no less interesting. “La Rose des Alpes.” D, King. <A very charming work, full of poetry and genuine tenderness, Un- happily they do not compose days, ds we have met it fore under @ different Dame (opus 34, Chopin. Mr. King’s lagi 1s commendable, as long as he steals from source, ‘The same house pubtiishes a very fine and valuable known; from its title alone, Without need of analyzation—‘‘Beethoven's Studies in Thorough Bass, gues ped and the Art of |. Sctentific Composiiton’”—collected from the auto- place where the Emperor and King met to arrange | graph posthumous manuscripis of the great com- the terms of capitulation. This 1s a modern man- Bion, built in imitation of an old chateau, but having | t oser, und firat published, with btographical notes, yy Ignauus Von Seytried. The intrinsic value of modern glass conservatories on either side of the | misnomer. ‘Ihe art of scientific composition” 1s entrance. It is very pleasantly situated on nising ground, & little to the right of the road, and com- inands an extensive view over the valley the Meuso, overlooking she town of dan and the woods beyond. The proprieter, M. Amour, and bs wife, who speak English fluently, entertained us for about an hour, They were strong in their complaints soldigrs, Who, atyor thd {amis intervie’ sce ie oF ae the Ting, siitsted tht’ pigce aid | dir hands ee Sine, clotheé—in fact, every thing ky ands mot content wit van eer h age roperty general The family Dortralts were orto shreds, the windows wore broken, the china smashed, the mirrors shattered and a great part of the furniture destroyed. | The tavle upon which the capitulation itselt was signed was fortunatelf preserved amid the general ruin, On leaving the chateau we pro- ceeded Iu the direction of Donchery, in order to get 8 sight of the other house which has beon rendered famous by this war and will probably be known to osterity by the iitle of ‘Bismarsk’s house,’ Two | the name of “Universal Library.” rman weavers aud their families occupy the cottage, ‘The two families are at enmity now, BLCD the honor of having entertained the illustrious per- sonages 1s dispute? by cach weaver. The one de- olares that nls room waa occupied, the other that his chairs were made use of, All the chairs in the house of Stemen have been sold at the rate of twenty francs each, and no doubt each one of the Will be exuibited t6 the public as the identical chart | Brigands" aro the kK sat. The other | scel. in which the Emperor of Biamare! man (Fournts) has kept hie chat be con- sidered prebably to Ler have shown the ter wisdom, as he charges so much per hi éach_ visitor who desires the honor of fled our curiosity and then proceeded on our way, leaving the rival disputants to settle the question o! recedence as bost they might. The village of enchery affords more matter for reflection. The ap? ‘of the people 18 most intenso, and disease EBA cle forms Made its appearance among of | school: 8e- d of the conduct of the Prussian | of ly. Mr. Schuberth’s Musical Lexicon ts @ pithy com- not to be learned from Beethoven. tor says “his creative spirit carried hb: the prejudices of the past” (and veyond tié iy’, of too). To say that Beethoven coul nA lown rules for the divine art is preposterous, Ris genius was of that order woloh sets aside all schools and shines forever as an example of what naire Gan do when 8.ie touches the mind ~ in the Wand Of fmmorautty Whilé Pet Mkt possessor 13 1p pe sae Mishomer aside, the work 18 a vallablo BaEZGook to tne wayfarer in the regions of tho divine art, and young composers can glean many a good hint from it. As the transla. wie of everything relating to the divine art ith the sole exception of Verdi, whose name is w accountably Jeft out among the composers. W, A. Pond & Co. publish the following:— “The Young Uhians.”” Polka duet. Jean Manns. A piece designed for pupils; of mediocre merit, “In the Moonlight.” Reverte. G. Reynold. We are sorry to find such a trashy piece among the bril- ant works that are published by this house under “Golden Batterfies."" Morccan, worth speaking of, and commonplace in every sense of the word, “Lord of Lorne Lancers.’ Dan Godfrey. Evidently & facsimile of an English publication. A lot of stratispeys and reels, fitter for the the plano. ‘Tom Baker's brilliant arrangements from “Les best and most taking we have Without making them dificult the arranger has preserved all the sparkle and champagne spirit of the original in his transcriptions, and has proved himself us adie & composer the piano as he ls a pose! sitting on them. Wesatis. | director of one of the most enjoyable orchestras in the city. lolenhauer & Hiss, Jersey Ci! as ry polka—‘‘Happy thought" W. E. Miller. Ditson & Co, New York and Boston, have no Beh tanow bind Latta One would expect m such & large house, es Pattison & Co. publish “The Balloon Polka’ PDE SSA UO oe ‘The Montpelier (Vt.) Argus says that C. E. Stowe, | and “Vivandicre March,” by Henry Maylath, two & young man belonging im Barre, who (served in tho Vermont cavairy it during the late war, has recently recet 10,000 in United States bonds from Mr. Peter Thompson, of Hagerstown, Md., tor yaluable services rendered that tleman Pro- fecting hia property from the a 3 brilliant, taking works, which cannot fail to make tt. LY? This house is also importing the choicest European ive of Wiliam Hall & Som such waltves nowa- | ment set forth he work is unquestionable, but we think the title a | witnesses far beyond | ment wags Oesten. Nothing | him, believin; yudlish @ rather | render a verdict of not guilty. e subjects are taking and the treatment artistic, | to have a-court roova Garret Heary Hagedorn, or merely Henry Hagedorn. Witness stated that the former was his real name, but he was well known a Henry Hagedorn: there was no name over the store, out G. H. Hagedorn was on thelr wagon; he was married before a good many Witnesses as Garrett Henry; ne some times signed contracts as G, |. Hagedorn; he was in business before, and thé same took placo; she did not know what name Was on the icage of their house, but she could get it. THE INDICTMENT QUASHED. Counsel submitted that there were two serious laws in the indictment. One was that the indict. “The Park Insurance Company,” When it ought to have been “The vark Fire insur- jarism | ance Company;” the other error being that the full juch a | Dame of the lessee ot the premises Was not givex. MINNIE REMANDED TO THE TOMBS, Judge Bedford directed the jury to render a yer- dict of not guilty on the ground of variance be- tween the proof and tne indictment. The accused Was remanded to the ‘tombs. Judge Bedford then Suggested to Assistant Disirict Attorney Sullivan that the witnesses could appear beiore the Grand Jury to-morrow, and tne case mighc be set down for another on fs The prosecuting owicer requested the ‘o appear before the Grand Jury, and an- nounced that Miss avis would be tried on Thursday, The irregularity in the growing up o the indict ase by the Firo Mi jal’a clerk who took the statements of the w. tnes: ag TYR LAW OV SELF-PRESERVATION JU! 1, COONTZRD—-THR WANTON USE OF THe PISTOL RBP- POBATED. "4 the nex! C86 pon which the jury were called to as* Was an indictment against James P. Winters, who keeps @ liquor stere at the corner of Thirty- filth streef and Tenth avenue. The complainant, dames Gafagher, testified that while in there on Sunday, tho 28th of last August, Winters had a diff. culty with @ man named Devaney, who, with two mea, accompanied him into the store to drink, and that, without any provocation, he (Winters) fired loaded revolver at him (Gallagher. The ¢ dence of the other witnesses, mciuding the state- ment of Winters, establisaed a very different State of facta. It appears that the party were in Winters’ place in the morning, and because be re- fused to give Gallagher a drink they all left, threat- ening that, hey would “got clear’ with him. Upon returning in the evening Devaney and callegher struck Winters, and when they ali made a rush at his life to be in danger, he (Winters) iired a loaded revolver at them from behind the bar. Fortunately tor the crowd none of the shots took ettect. The police sergeant of the precinct gave Mr, Winters an excelient character for peace, while he bagpipes than wecnrT Gallagher and his friends as belug a rough wel JUDGE BEDFORD DIRECTS A VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL. Judge Bedford, in charging the jury, made use of the following Janguage:—“While I never will fora single mstant countenance the wanton use of the istol still J will over uphold the citizen when I be- eve he acta in defence of his person aud property. T beuleve on the testimony the Epricnes. was justified in his action, and therefore as vise you Promptly to acquitted Winters, who seemed att of friends to testify to bia reputation for peace aud quietuess, ALLEGED OUTRAGE BY & COLORED COOK UPON A WHITE GIRL, Alfred Davis, © gentleman of color, was placed upon trial char; with outraging the person of lary Clark on the 18th of November. The parties servants in the Big a wghr in complaining witness alleged that on Question Al ‘i entered her chamber uninvited ant committed a gross outrage upon her. She admitted ‘to the prisoner's counsel that she had been toa The Jury promptly eyes had @ leaden hue. and sie leaned back in her | He de- | Davis, came to the oilices of the Park lasurance | fortune teller in Twonty-A be sty io ity-aixth street in reference to BAD FOR MARY, Argh, 4 nurse in the house, who occupied & Toom next to Mary Clark, whose sense of hearing | Was very acuto, informed the court and jury that | abe haa to be up several times in the nightand heard No noise in Mary's room. she gave the colored man, Who bad lived in the house +4 avier, jouse tWO Years, @ good char. Mary mn Acqvirrnn. Judge Bedford said that the prosecution fatled to estubilsh the crime of rape, and that tnasinuch as the comp:ainant was in the babit of Vv ing fortune tellers he guessed it was more of a species of night- mare than of rape. It would not be mght to ran bli Tivk Ol sending Auy man to the Stave Prison for te pe Si tg rhea The jury fully con- 1 is Houor aad promptly rend | Verdict of not guilty, ve meer L 7 THE HOLDEN IMPEACUMENT, the Charges Against Hnn—His Administration iu North Carolina Viudicated=His Trial to Commence Next Tarsday. Rae N. ©., Jan. 23, 1871, The articles of impeachment against Governor Holden are eight in number, but embody three main charzes: First—That he declared Alamance and Caswell couniles in @ state of insurrection, enrolled troops and arrested citizens without warrant of law, Seoond—That he reiused obedience to the writ of habeas LORpUte Ti d—(hat he appited puodlic money vo the pay- Mont of his (roops Wade an injunction was pending ty restram bhi. The Court of Impeachment met to-day, and the answer, woich i long and exbanstive, was read, It conmences by referring to the protest of Jona- than Worth, bis immediate predecessor, against the | sts of his clection under the Reconstruction acts, and traces thereto the formation through- out” the secret political —combina- tions, the purpose of reudering _prac- tewily uot the Recousruction acts and the nait of gsuitrage conerred on the colored peuple. It detais the outrages perpetrated Ly said combinations mm scourgiug, Whipying, mutilating and muruering colored people und white persons of ObAvxtoas ~ poltival seuthacars., It" suows Wherein und how, by prociainations and otherwise, + he used ana exnaustes all peaceful ways and means State with of to protect society irom twe paid outrages | and to sustain tho civil autuorities in repressing crue, It gives & fistory of the legit iation Having the same purpose tn view, and quotes the Jaw wathoriving the Governor to declare any county | 1D a state oO: insurrection Whenever, In his judgiment, the civil aninorwies tuere had become ‘unavie ty rotect its citizens in the enjoyment of Ife and Abory. of ouirages; declares that in no one instance had (he perpetrators been brought to jusuice, as the | Ku xlux Klan had conwol of the grand and petit Juries in those counties and thac the sald counties declared by hin in a state of insurrection hen tue civil aw had, been wholly unpeied, | when & reign of terror exisied, wien murder stalked | about in the land, and pernens Whose hands Were | red with the biood of their vicdms remained un- noliced and Unpuulshed, it justifies the arrest of various citizens se they were suspected ).e | Sons belie to be me rs of the Ku Kiux aud belie to be ged 1m tho erlmes detatled = o¢ ms thereof, i admis that he refused obedience tu the Pus and justifies Muself on the ground of public | Necessity, and insists Unat Ci Justice Pearson sus- ued the legaitty of Dis a Wop upon the pringipie— siiety 01 the Siate is the supreme law,’ and leaves it to his own judgment to decide whether we exig ney had arisen to wiicn the principle applied, } The aiiegation that he appropriated money whea an Injunction was pending to tue conirary he meets Wii a general dental, The auswer fully satisfies Governor Holden's frieniis, and 14 generally regarded as a vindication, though the other sid au appeal to No. thern and Congr . W. N. i. Governor Holden J. M. MeCorkle, Edward Smith wnd Hon. N, Boyd Coniglana aud J. ‘Tae response vver 209 pages, and recite s most of Holden's proclamations, ‘The wial commences on the sist inst, A RIVER MYSTERY, writ of habeas cor- Accidental Drowning or Murder=Sullors on a Spree—Death ot an Unfortunate Girl—Ar- rested on Suspicion, The body of the young woman found drowned at the foot of picr No. 37 Kast river, near Market street, on Sunday morning, was yesterday identified as that of Bella Mina, allas “Scotty,” an abandoned girl, attached to the house of a Mrs. Gill, In Cherry street, near Oliver, On Saturday nigit she had been drinking with a sailor named Wijjiam Wilson, a Norwegian, belonging to the ship Ukraine, with some others, at the Fourth Ward Touse, and as they were going out of the place, about twelve o'clock, “Scotty,” who was in advance, was accosted by a young man, with whom she walked towards Catharine street. The latter, who gives his name as Delos Smith, of Watking, Schuylkill County, a boatman on board the canal boat Andrew Sinisky, Was arrested yesierday 6n suspicion of HAVING THROWN THE GIRL INTO THE WATER. His statement is that on Saturday night he was carousing witn two “boys,’? Isaac Ward and Wil- liam Woolley, on board the boat, and at the sugges tion of & woman, who Was of the party, he had foue ashore, and invited deceased to accompany him. Arrived atthe plier she refused to cross the gangplank, and, to reassure ier, Smith called aloud to the woman, who he asserted, was on board. The next moment he heard a splash, and, tarning, saw her struggling in the water. nd hls companions tried to rescue her, but the strong tide curried the woman beneath the pier. ith leaped into the water, but having a heavy overcoat and boots on, Was unable to place a rope round her body. He Bup- Ported her for @ time, clinging to oue of tho spiles, aud avlength, EXHAUSTED LY THE INTENSE COLD, begged his friends to throw him another rope to save himself {rom drowning. With a good deal of effors he was drawn out, and the un‘ortunate woman, unable any longer to sustain herself, sank. War and Woolley kindled a fire, and for & time mints. tered to the wants of their iriend Smith, Alarmed at the terrible nature of the accident they refused to stay any longer and went away. On Sunday he pos most of the day and did not know that the body had been recovered. He had made up his mind that if it were found he would make a state. ment and if not to LET THE MATTER Rest, Isaac Ward, engineer on board the grain elevator Daphne, and William Woolley, weigher on the barge attached to it, were arrested later in the after- noon and corroborated the statement of Smith. They would have given an alarm at the time, but were afraid of the consequences. Coroner Keenan he charge of the case and will hold an inquest to- ay. BREAKING A BALL, A Gang of Roughs Want to “Clean Out” an Eatabiishment—Arreat of the Ringleader Attack on the Police, and Attempt to Rescue the Prisoner. E, About two o’cloek yesterday morning, aud while the German Terpsichorean Ciuv, an organi gation compesed principally of young men, were having a sort of party at Lincoln Hall, corner of Allen and East Houston streets, a gang of roughs broke in among thém and tried to freak up the fs. tivities. Up to this time everything had gone on very smoothly with the Terpsichoreans, and all hands were congratulating themzelves upon the success of the might’a entertain- mont, Tho rigleadé® of thé Intruder? was ong William Bolte, of No. 7% Norfolk sirect, and when Mr. Frank ©. Lang, whe has charge of the hall, ordered him out be most ¢raphatically declined to obey, and quietly intimated that he would, as sisted by Ms ‘9 lowérs, "Cican out the whole estabs lishment in short order.” Mr. Lang called his brother-in-law, Joseph Belcher, to assist him in forcibly ejecting the intruaers, whereupon a general scuMe ensued, during which Belcher was severely stabbed with a villanous lookiug knife in the hands of Bolte. The cry of “Police”? was at once raised, and was responded to by officer Dickson, of the Tenth precinct, who immediatcly arrested the would-be murderer, and was about to pra: ceed to the ‘iock-up? with him, when the prisoner’s brother and ao Martin Schneider interfered tor. the purpose e perenne oie niogiey baw the oMecer, by a most iberai application of his clul craniums, soon put them to Might, Another attack was soon made. This me with renewed strength; but assistance having also come to the officer, he not only retained his prisoner, but captured two others, all of whom he marched off in triumph and locked up. Yesterday morning all the parties were arratgned deforé Justice Leawith, at the Essex Mar- ket Police Court, whe committed Bolte for felonious assault and the other two for disorderly couduct. NOT A MUsD The Trenton, N. J Mystery Cleared Up— Bled to Doath by Falling on Ginss. ‘The inquest on the body of Asa Downes took place at Trenton yesterday before Coroner Parsons, The result of the investigation shows that the murder theory was based upon no evidence to warrant the suspicion of foulplay. It was proved that Downes left lis watch at a watchinaker’s and Mt ke hig | Paget in charge of afriond. On Satu night e wandered in an intoxicated condition to the Sand Town road, and fell on some pieces of igo ‘which cat his hand so severely that the loss of bi! and exposure to the cold caused death, The jury, after hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of “Accidental death,” Tue city was much excited lence wag given before the Coroner's relief 1s felt that there Was no reason = the evid ry, and ga ‘deceased had beon murdered, the answer then gives a horrid caiqiogue | fellow named | Lawrence, President of the National Tobacco Asso b to the region of their | Sorrow at bis sudden aud unexpected death, whict SST ‘ JERSEYS BiG RAILROAD The Transfer Negotia‘ions of the Po: neylvanie and United Companies of New Jersey—Preal- dent Deanis in ths Hands of a Herald In- terviewer—His Opinions on tha Situa- tion—That $500,000 State Tax— Interesting Facts and Figures, Scarcely any subject 19 of ao much general interest and importance to the travelling pubiic ef a very large section of this Continent as the giganuc tran® fer negotiations which are now going on between thé Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the united companies of New Jersey, the tormer having @ controling operating interest tn netween 9,000 and 4,000 miles of railroad, and the latter owning and operating about 450 miles, running through seventeen out of the twenty-one counties compris ing the State of New Jersey and completely gridiron: | Ing it. These negotiations have been under con- sideration for the last three or four weeks and are looking to a lease for ONE THOUSAND YEARS, loss 365 days, of the smaller to the larger company, | y | Some considerable time ago the Pennsylvania people found thelr business increasing to auch an extent that ere long they must needs have a much more extended connecting outlet with the great commer. Clal entrepot of the Contineni—New York —than was aiforded by the United Railway Company of New | Jersey. Overtures were made to the latter to en large their depot and other accommodations ia wersey City, chiefly on the strength of which the HARSIMUS COVE PROPERTY Was purchased at a cost, including right of way pur- | chase, of about two muilion dollars, This property | when entirely filled tn will cover about seventy acres, and has 4 frontage on the cove of about 1,300 | feet. A large portion of the property ls under water, | and cousequently @ bone of contention under the ripartan. controversy, The intenven was to build canis, dosks, warehouses and a depot on an im- mense scale. The docks were to have @ guficient depth to float the largest vessel } go that merchaudise could be shipped direct to any | Dart of the world without transsbippmg trom the | cars to lighters, and from the latter to the sitps i | New York, a3 13 now the case. By this plan tia | freigntage would become very materiail harp te | forasmuch as a great saving Wonld be accoms1.s In Lusurance rates, lighterage and many other inet- | dental expenses now necessary, Tue work went bravely on, at least fora while, HOW CAMDEN AND AMHOY WAS EUCHRED, % Of course, in order to carry out these improve- men's, some legisiatton was necessary. The State, } under’ the ripariaa act, claimed ownership of cer: tain lands under water whic the reilroad people needed and regarded a3 thelr own, ‘The “mo. nopoly” conceived a pro,eck to TAKS THR STATS IN AS A PARTNER and pay over certain percentages in hea of the lat fer’s interest. ‘The matter was rei rred to the Legislature and the Legislature referred the inatter | © @ commission. ‘The “monopoly? was delighted With this, conceiving, probabiy, that two or three or more persons Were much easier to “manage’? than as many dozen. Judge of tuew amazement, however, whea, instead ol paying twenty-live or thirty thousand dollars, they were ORDERED TO FORK OVEX $509,000 for the privuege of using the Harsimus Cove sur- | merged lani. This, to, in view ot the fact, as they believed, tuat fhe matior could be 1xed just as tne! | wanted tt for $69,/00—-Just one-ienth the money. This 1s how the Cauden and Amboy monopoly was euchered. The Stare held the right aad leit vowers, the ace, the king and the queen, and tuere was no use playing aainst such a hand as that. What was inost homilianng in the matier, too, was the reflection that the Central Ra. Jroad nat held and Was Using Acros upon acres of the same kind of property witout paying a cent for it, And so, like- Wise with the Newark and New York Railroad. This, towebber with other matters, caused @ cessa- tion of active work in the cove improvementa, which would tavoilve an outliy of about ix mil- lions of dollars, Meanwinie the Pennsylvania people kept Knocking at the door, demand- ia¢ more room and accommodations, Not seeing the way exactly clear, inten and Amboy”? de- cded to work slowly, and this 1s what led to the negotiations now under consideration. The pubilo are ulready aware Usat the Pennsylvania roat hag now come forward aud offered to take a lease, ag good az perpetual, of the Jersey roads, agreeing to pay tea per cent on the capital stock, in ix monthly ayments. Several meetings of the directors and leadiug stockuolders hive already been held, but wiihoat coming Wo avy final setiement. In order to discover the hitest phase of the situation a HERALD repreaentative CAPTURED MR. A, L. DENNIS, president of the “monopoly,” at the laiter’s elegant Fesidence in Newark, N. J., yesterday. Mr. benold expressed himself averse to appearing in print, but happy to afford any information tn nis power to the New York HERALD’S representative. in reply toa question whether it Was likely the proposed lease would be evected Mr. Dennis sald that nnder thé present state of adaira he could not positively say. ‘There were several ropositious under consideration. Ono was the lease, another was the Marsimus Cove outiay for the faaprovemenut and another to allow the V’ennsyiva- nia road to use their tracks. Thé latter, in his eati- mation, was utterly impracticable, us had been serl- ously demoustrated recently at the Kergen tunnel. It was just as impossible, he thought, to success. ' muy ron two powerful corporations in tis way as lor i TWO WASHERWOMEN to wash in the same tub, There were some of the stockholders opposed to the lease, but they generaily knew bat ilttle about railroad bastuess. fe leading stockholders, he thought, were favorable to the pro- position, the Pennsyivania having Odered to step right Into the consolidated companies’ shoes and go on with the Harsimus Cove improvement. Another meeting of the leading of ers of the two rouds will be hela im a few days lor the purpose of further discussing the matter. On the suject of the State's right to lands under water Mr. Denuis 18 of opinion that the Stace has none whatever, at least above low water mark. Lf the State bas really such @ right then will it make NEW JERSEY THE RICHEST STATE IN THE UNION, Tu connection with his road Mr. Dennis said thas there wag run over it daily 103 regu'ar trains, Dur- ing the thirty-two years {t had been running be- tween sixty and seventy millions of people had been transported over its Ine. As the Most extra- ordinary fact in the history of rallroading here or in any other country, he sald that during that whole period not a single passenger i ever had even 4 limb broken while siting in his seat in the car. Accidents had occurred to passenzers, but neve hen they haa not expcsed their persong to danger. Sepa A THE DERBY COLLLCTIDY, This exceptionally fine collection of paintings, on the merits of which the press has fully expatiated, ig stillon free exhibition at the elegant roums of Messrs, Leavitt & Strebeigh in Cilnton Hall, Astor place. Conspicuous among the additions to these Pictures, already admired by the public at the ational Academy of Design, are exquisite replica or copies feats, by the artists themselves of Kaul- bach's celebrated “Chayty” ually celebrated ‘Birth rg Van 71 These two works alone would attract and dellgit @ host of vistors, The exhibition asa whole is the best and the most skilfully arranged which has been seen for @ long ime in New York. Flowers and canary binis and a fashionavie throng of spectators enhance ite attrace tions, The sale, which will begin at hulf-past seven o'clock this (Tuesday) evening, has brougnt to town @ larg? number of connolssenrs fram Boston, Phila- delplia, Chicago, Otncinnati, St. Lonts and New Or- leans, But it is to be hoped that bidders from these and other clites will not be permitted to carry away fhe cho:cest gems from Ne! ort The collection { Hiteludes several paintings that might weil form a Rocleud for thé great free gallery which this me tropolis ought to possess. DEATA OF WILLIAM E. LAWRENCL, Resolutions of the Assoctation of the Tobacce Trade of Cinciunati. CINCINNATI, Jan. 20, 1871, Ata meeting of the Association of the Tobacco Trade of Cincinnati, called for the purpose of express- ing to the family and friends of the late William By ciation of the United States, their deep and heartfelt occurred, afer @ short and painful filness, at home on Staten Island, N. Y., on the 19th inst., the} following preamble and resolutions were unans mously adopted:. Whereas {t has pleased the All-wise Ruler of the Univers: to Temove from one midst our much ved friend, Willian E. Lawrence. who for the, past two vears presided with 8 bur Natonal Aescelatous- aud Wheress thie death tet Sacco trade of the United States has lost its none came on, his country one of ita best citizens, his ¢ a fon Rnd indaigent father and we a true aud Firiend, ther re Resol Th dee 4 truly mourn tne loas of o+ A Rin ane ten William is. Lawrence, at aoe eae ieee i aitetioa, abd thak we oa frese resolutions, to be pubabed ‘And a copy of samese to the family of order of the Board, Rrontee Of 'T, R. SPENCE, President, W. J. Dunnam, Secretary. FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. : + Yesterday morning @ shocking accident oceurn on the Soutaside Ratiroad, at Bayport, by wi young man named Mawkins lost: Bis life, He caught between @ trait end the and Ri bly mangled. An inquest was neld yesterday ae hoon ‘and the 00; exonerated irom blame