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8 a - NORTH CAROLINA, * The Impekchment Trial of Covernor Holden. Arrival ef Counsel, Visitors: We.—Great Ine terest in the Approaching State Trinlk-A Uorps pt Sterographers Reployed—Review of Gevernor Holden's Answer and His Ale~ @ations Covsidered-Rare Chence fer tho Congressional Outrage Gommittce—A Thor~ ough luvestigation of the Alieged No Caroling Outrnges #0 be Had—The Ku Klux Binn and the vyal League © Triat—Alleged Operations of the Lattare Mievervér Holden as a Keligtous-Polnico Advevturer—The People and the Triak—No Kxecitement—Ssketeh of the ScnutesHew Tr Stands Poelitically—Seme Democrats Sap. woned to be Deoabifel—The Chief Justice— Expense of the Convention=skeich ef the Managers and Counsel on Both Sidon. RALBIGB, Jan. 27, 1871. On Monéay next, the Soth inst, the trial of Gov- ernor Holden on the articles of impeachment will commence, aud the high position of the alleged criminal, the exalted character of boty his prine cipal 2 aud defenders, as well as the august tribunal before which he has to be tried, render this event one of the most imposing in the history of the State. Judging from present indications, too, the trial whi be as full of interest as ib 1s possible such a trial could be, | for a corps of witnesses will be examined on both | ides that will occupy fully @ month, and a mass of testimony, at once peculiar and relative only to the reconstructed siate of North Carolina, will be eeited. Already a large number of visitors are crowding here, among whom are several newspaper editors and correspondents, and besides tne latter, * corps of s'enographers and amanuenses have been engaged by the General Assembly to report fuily the proceedings of this great State trial. ‘The answer filed by the Governor {a reply to the articles of impeachment preferred against him are but a reiieration of his proclamations for the last two years, setting forth tle outrages and wrongs per- petrated in the State against citizens, as he alleges, solely because of their political opinions. But no Ouirages agains! whites by negroes are mentioned, while one class can be found as frequently on the records of courts as the other. ‘These outrages and the alleged existence of secret political organi- sations are the principal grounds of the Governor's @efence, and which he piously pleads in justifica- on of his conduct. While the Ku Kiux Klan is the burden of the answer, the Loyal League, equally as Infamons an organization in this State is not once re- ferred te. He asserts the doctrine that the SAFETY OP YHE STATE IS TUE SUPREME LAW oF THE LAND, or, In other words, that he was unable to enforce the civil law without violating the express provisions of the constitution of the State. The answer then goes forther, and asserts that the condition of the country such thar the perpetrators of these out- rages could t be indicted—that the grand juries were generally composed of members of these secret poittical organizations, who Would ignore bills of indictment sent before them against these offenders. wns is the basis of the Governor's defeuce, which he proposes to Subsiantiate by witaesses who were the victims of the veritable Ka Kiax. however, so far as they are material have again in tarn been denied by t House of Representatives, 60 Liat now the issues are fairiy and squarely made Ali of the allegations, up before the highest judicial tribunal of the State. And this, | (hink, is @ great po.nt gained, for the | investigation that must ensue will most undoubtedly | deveiop the tratn or falsity of the greater part of | the ALLEGED SOUTRE 2 | so often and 80 tualiy detailed to Congress hy | quasi Union men and seli-extolied loyalists, If the outrage committee of that body would but pause in their one-sided investigation Until this trial ends they would have a far better means of aceoanting for the rep feats tn the south than by any tes- tmony they adduce. Let Congress but await the result of this great cause beiore the Senate of North Carolina and fl then know to what ex- tent reports avd allegations of | outrs Cs a have been true. | There is no possily of an escape | from the inevitable truth of either party to the | Justice presides over the 4 large minority of intelli- S jurors and the most eml- lave been employed on “gard to political prociivities, ist be searchiny, thorough and cause, A repudl Court of Impeach NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31. 1871+TRIPLE SHEET, —— anotner Westerm member, from Buncombe county, but is by no means addicted to bancombe, He 18 considered o%e of the most talented young men in the House, % a lawyer, and was elected to lis pre- sent and first public position by an overwhelming majority 16 Se county, G, , Gregory, of Martin county, in eastern part of the State, ts another onwg lawyer of large practice and great popular~ ty, John W. Donham, of Wilson county, is a law- Ye, Was & gallant Confederate oitcer, and was ‘ebocted by @ large majority over his republican op- ponent, “C. W. Broadfoot is from the town of Fa! etievive, @ young maa who ts serving his first term 2 Legislature, THB COUNSRL FOR THB MANAGERS i are ex-Governor Bragg and ex-Governor W, A. Gra- ham, both ot whom are well known to the public a8 ex-Governors and Congressmen, and the lutter as emce Secretary of the Navy, and aiso the whig can- adate for Vice President ‘mM 1552. Associated with them ts Judge 4. 8. Merriman, who was a promi nent member of the tature of 1860-61, and was then considered the leader of the party here op- posed to secession. Shertly after the purrende re Wes placed upon the Supertor Court bev in which postion he became distinguished far legal | Ability. Since the close of the war he has takei a | prominent part as a conservative In politics. GOVERNON HOLDEN’S COUNBEL are five in number, Hon, William A, 5 leading lawyer and prominent whig pollu the eastern portion of the State before the was elected to the United States House of I talives in 1859 and came within @ few votes oi boing Speaker of that body. He was a member of the Johnson Legislature of 1865-66, and has been & pro- minent conservative leader sitce, Hon Nathamiot Bovden is an old and eading lawyer mm the wesiern section of the State, He was a member of Congress | several sessions prior to the war, and served ove term there since its close, J. M, MeCorkie 18 a gen- tieman in the prime of iife, Who bas distinguished himseif tn the 'egal profession, He nas persistently refased to ente rpabils life and has always adhered to the law. Edward Conigland ts from halifax | county, an able lawyer, of great mm fluence to his sec tion: has flied but few public offices, and was a member of the convention of 1965, Richard Badger a8 quite a young, but a promising lawyer. Opening of the Trial—Proposed Amendment of One of the Articles of Impeachment. Ravereu, N. C., Jan, 30, 1871. ‘The impeachment trial of Governor Hoiden was formally commenced to-day, Chief Justice Pearson presiding, The counsel for both managers and the respondent were present. The managers requested that the eighth article of the Impeachment be amended go as to sub- stitute “of Neothery” for “of Barry.” ‘The defence onjected, but the Chief Justice decided ARMY INTELLIGENCE, ive Rank of Field Officeram Recent Promotious. In ere: to obviate any question of rank between omMeers who have been recently tramaferred from one arm of the service to another the Adjutant General wilPshortly publish @ roster of regimented oftteers as they stood on the 1st of January, giving taeir relauve rank and the date-of their commis- stons. We append a list of the feldeMicers of the army, ‘and give, in addition to the information the Adjutant General's circular will contain, the length of service of each ofiicer, by which 1t will be seen that some oiMcers who have served from ten to thirty years are junior to others Who have not heou five years in the regular army. In the cavalry and imfantry there are elght colonels of less than five years’ service each, White egiateen heutenant colonels and tweive majors have served ever twenty years each. This appareat anomaly 1s the result of the various addi- tions Lo and reorgamizations of tue army during the fast ten years, the original vacancies having been fied. not by promouon, but by selection. in ihe artillery the ouly noticeable variation from the Nie of seniority is the case of Lieutenant Colonel Em- ory Upton, the tacucian, whose record 18:—Appointed secoud Heutenant, Fourth artillery, 6th May, 1861; vst Heutenant, Filth artillery, 14th May, 1861; cap- tai, 220 February, 1865; heutenant coionel, Twenty- fiith infantry, 28th July, 1866; transferred to Eighteenth infantry, Sth March, 1869; transferred to First artillery, 15th December, 1870, Alter jess than ten years’ service ne ranks One Meutenant colonel of twenty-seven years, avd Mftcen majors of from thirteen to thirty years’ service, while the senior captain of his regiment has served over twenty-one years, Since January 1 the resignation of Colone! Steven- son, I'wenty-fith mantry, has carried up Lieutenant Colonei George L. Andrews, Twenty-fifth infantry, to be colonel same regiment; Major James Van Voast, Fighteenth infantry, to be leutenant colonel Twenty-fifto, and Captain William H. Brown, ‘Twenty-first, to be major Eighteenth infantry. ‘The following 13 the ROSTER OF FIELD OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, JANU- ARY 26, 1871:— Name, Ran’, Regiment and Dateoy Commission, i No. 1 in favor of the managers. Whereupon the defence asked until Thursday to amend their response in accordance with the change of the eighth article. Time Was granted until Wednesday. and the court adjourned until twelve M, on that day. THE LECTURE SEASON. Physiology and Hygiene—Lecture by Dr. O'Leary. Atthe Cooper Institate last evening Dr. O'Leary delivered a very amasing discourse preparatory to the opening of hia lectureson the above subjects. The results of the loose education of our children, be said, is that very few of them succeed In life, Very few AMERICAN MOTHERS know how to train a boy from the simple act that few American mothers are properly trained them- selves, The great fault of our common school system was that every child read the same book. They are all treated alike. Our system of education is become stereotyped, fixed, mstead of being adapted to the capabilities of the student. In showing how entirely useless in the ordinary struggle of life the classics were, he said the men who are wield- ing the great busmess of this country are unedu- cated men, We do not get our great men ont of colleges. No, college has taken the backbone out of them. It was not the college graduate in this coun- try Who goided the ship of State through her dark- est hour. No; we tooka man of a fatboat ott West—a rail splitter. In the OLDEN DAYS OF LETTERS scholars were taught the classics because these were the languages of the time; there was no German, no English, no French—nothing put Greek and Latin. The Doctor said he did notknow a dis. Unguised surgeon in this country who was a classical scholar, An eminent professor, a friend of his, had told him that when young men came to him Who had studied the classics he found that they were unfit to investigate nature. Latin was very good 10 write doctors’ prescriptions with that no one could understand, but for nothing else, Shakspeare did not Know Latin, except what he learned at a grammar school in one term, and most of the time he was flirting with Ann Hathaway and poaching in his neighbors’ preserves. Snakspeare used Latin only to pat 1t into the months of his clowns. Dickens speke no Latin. Demosthenes spoke Greek; Jean Jacques Rousseau nothing bat French; Patrick Henry only English, and some doubt, clear up all extst.ng alleged Ku Klux and | aiso it will be found | ague Has been the iniquitous | engine of political mischief and outrage that tne democrati Wspapers o' South so frequentiy it will be atiempted to be preven iz as not only been mis- | AS TO THE TF f the State seem to pe purpose to ned jor hi co adventur ecute @ nan Who self the titie of a reiigt- | 0 for, besides being a mem- Wer of all the pofitical parties, he has, at one time or | another, been also a member of every religions de- | ation—at last becoming a Baptist—vut for how | long it is Impossivie to say. rst a whig, | Uren & Gemocrat—a_secessionist—and now a repub- | lican and a *oyalist,” as that term is understood at | the South. He was a member of the secession Con- vention of 1861, and has since then become ovions to the people of the State in consequence of his many political changes. But the crowning act of his “infamy” in tie eyes of the people was his course dast summer, which alone justifies his impeachment. He usurped his executive funcuons, and flagrantly disregarded the rights and liberties of the citizens by such evident partisansh!p that nothing short of his conviction or acquittal will satisfy the demands of justice or appease the outspoken will of the peo- . But with all the intensity and feeling over the jai, Tain giad to say there 18 no éxeltement, and | fl Parnes express a desire that it should ve fair and | impartial. } Thi THE COURT OF IMPEACHMENT | is composed of the Senate as jurors, with the Chief | Justice as presiding officer, seven managers of the | House ot Representatives as prosecutors, and coun- | sel for beth the accusers and respondent. The | Senate 1s composed of men who are said to be mode- rate in their sentiments and opinions, and who will, ho doubt, render a verdict in accordance with the Jaw and the evidence, It 1s respectable, decorous and highly dignified as a vody, and when organized as a Court of impeachment looks quite imposing | and grave. The leading spirit of the body of is E, J. Warren, 01 Beaufort, an ex-Judge, wid, upon the impeachment of the Governor 2ad the retirement of | Lieutenant Governor Caldwell Irom the Presideacy of the Senate, was elected President pro tem. | of the boay. Among others neted in the | nators Robbins, Durgan, Graham, | son 24 Brogden. There are four S yote witn the aimed Eppes, of the most repubilcans—one of th ordinary inteliige even for au ignorant negro— and if the ned in the making up of their Votes, A8 they gi ‘ally are in their politics, they will certainly vote for acquittal. In the wag ot poit- ties the Sen: nds thirty-six conservatives and fourteen republ.cans, which 3 Ue Jormer two giv over the two-thirds mia) it @ party way. | am cre that some of the democrat and may, possibly, prove r¢ known to be alioget but, whether on ihe am unabie to sa CHIE who presides ov Jedged abiiity through vote were cast m however, eachinent, | pohey, 1 | ice or VBARSON, 18 a man of ackuow- Jor over turty years a Superior, or a su ta accused by the extr ing just as guiity as trial “he now presides, | now clamor for bis i wial proceeds. He “sub tha e| mer, Mr. Pear of low stature, und sights Governor in ts course Jat 4s about sixty years of ag: slight but) keen, pie markable. or 7nF RIAL, enuse ef procuring witnesses, fees of of corps of stenographers, | its that the impeachment trial wil cost tie | Btate of North Carolina the snug ut | $30,000. The trial will eceupy two how | unul concluaed, sum of each day THE MANAGERS engaged in the impeachment trial are seven in num- | ber, all young men, except the chatruan, Mr. Spar- W, and most of them jawyers. Thomas Sparrow, “be chairman, ts avout fifty years of age, a lawyer by prefession; was a leading member of the Legts- jature of 1868-69, mt the close of which he retired to private Hfe untth August last, when he was again sent to the General Assembiy. He Was ape potnied by the Speaker of the House chairman of | ibe Board of Managers. James G. Scout, represen. Tat ve from Onslow county, was a leading member of the Senate in 1868-60. Tie was again re-elecied to the Bouse last August, W. P. Weich 18 trom Hay- ward county, in the western section of the Btate, ‘and is & young wan of great promise, besides being o the toust | niiments among the mnervactves. Th cond ap] ce ID public fife, haying been a member of the Legislature of )66-00) Ne maison a laws T. D, Johnston jg | men who knew nothing of the ciassics. | ilustratea nis arguments by anecdotes of people | brain work. | gg hut there is proof of plan in the organic growth | str Waiter Scott. | tracing the first beginnings of his marvellous ge- | cal and prose romances aud his numerous other people said, not very Classical English either. There Was no roow 12 ANY MAN’S HEAD or Two tongues, though there might in a woman's, he worla’s best work in literature was done by The Doctor who had come under his own experience, and con- tioued to show that many men dic of over indul- nence of their pastions. He particularly attacked the habit of taking strong drinks as@ stimuiant and then attributing the decay of the body to hard Charles Dickens was a man whose memery he revered and whom he admired for the great good he had done; but Charles Dickens might have doue more good than he did if he had lived as he ought—he was too fond of good living. The Crentor’s Hand—Eviderces of Design in | Nature—Dr. McCosb’s Lecture. Dr. McCosh delivered the third of his course of lectures last night at Association Hall. The veteran theologian began by saying that the world has never been at peace ; there has always been diaturbance and discord; yet we see everywhere evidences that things are made to fit into each other. In our day there have veen, first in the West and then mthe East, two of THE WORST WARS | that have ever been seen;-but the world is a pro- bation and a battle fleld, and after the long struggle there will be triumph and then peace, ‘The fool may say in his heart, ‘There is no God,” but he who has eyes to see can discover that we live in a time when geod and evil are striving for the mastery, apd that good will gain the vietory. The lecturer went on to say that Christ 1s to be tie harmonizing power. A new clement was lutroduced with him, hints of which bad been hes from the nie No doubt the work of ‘he spirit in the seul has its jaws. The dispensation under witich we live 1s one of spirit, The contest is ‘between THE SPIRITCAL AND THE ANIMAL, sin and holiness; but there is a power that is sure to prevall. Darwin, while he accounts for so many things by natural laws, does not attempt 10 account Tor nerve wer or the origin of ife, If we resolve vitality into chemicais, which has not been done, and chemicais into mechanical forces, Which bas mot been done, the urgament of design would not be invalidated. Because we can- Dot see all the design does not prove that there 13 none. Wallace thinks that if the doctrine of final cause be true everything would have been createa beauuful. But it is not reckoned the highest taste to make every part of the scene beautiful, and God has digher ends in view than wsthetic taste. The Doctor thought that no person of good taste conid call the camel ngiy, though he might not be as gracefnl as the horse or the deer, and closed his lecture by say- of the worid, in (he whole stracture of the cosimos. Lecture on Sr Walter Se Bart. Last night a large audience met at the Canal street Presbyterian church to listen to a lecture by the pas- tor, Rev. David Mitchell, on the life and writings of The lectarer followed Scott's life hrough infancy, beytood, youth and manhood, nius, wud accounting for his triumphant career, A careful and eloquent analysis of this author's poeti- Writings Was given, Scott's benevolence, high moral tone and religious character afforded both amase- ment and instruction. A number of capital ane doves gave polut and life to the lecture. Mr. Mitch. ell, referring to the centenary of Scott, said, in the course of an eloquent peroration, ‘in this age of terial wealth, when the spirit of poetry 1% worn wo by the ceaseless activities of money making— when the soul of honor and truth has sunk down to dying eubers—when religion strats about in the gay attire of the world—we have need to ponder weil and deeply the lives of the good and great who have gone belore us. And we shall be satisfied If this evening we have succeeded in ringing in your ears with @ vowwe that will never die, those, noble lines of Sir Waiter, so descriptive of nls own life, crowded with brilliant deed Poona evand the ¢! ‘0 all the sensual wor! ‘atm — One crowded hour of wortesiie: is worth an age without a name.” On motion of Mr. Jonn L. Wilson, of the HERALD, @ hearty vote of thanks was given to the lecturer. — Over 40,000 bushels of potatoes have passed down. the And: ‘in (Me.) Railroad the present season. The prices it the Station are Dew from seventy- Hye to eienty centr rion; fi! the fife; Colonels of Ci Wiliam H. Emory, Fifth cavalry, Oct, 27, 1863. john J. Gregg, ighth cavalry, J 1866. Edward Hatch, Ninth cavalry, July Benjamin H. Grieraou, Tenth cava b—Josenh J, Reynolds, Third cavalry, July S—Aivan ¢ ‘Gillen, First cavalry, swly 7—Jamos Oakes, Rixth cavalry, July 31, 1986 8—Ravald 8. Mackenzie, Fourth cavalry, 9— Innis N. Palmer, Second cavairy, June 9, 1558. uel D. Sturgis, Seventh cavalry, May 6, 1 Colon ela of Cavalry. 1—Thomas Duncan, Fifth cavalry, July 28 1888, 3— Wesley Merritt, Ninth cavalry, July 28, 1886, 8—George A. © nth cavalry, July 24, 1368. & J rge A. Custer, ‘Thomas ©. Devin, Eighth cavalry, Cuvier Grover, Third cavalry, July 28, 1846. james Hi. Carleton, Fourth cavalry, July 81, i808, 31 aaniogion L. Elliot, Firat cavalry, August 3), 1858.. 24 8—Jonn W: Davidson, Tenth cavalry, Bec. £, 1563....-.. 23 Brackett, Second cavalry, June % I ‘Thomas H. Nelil, Sixth Feb. 23, 1 Moyjors of Ca alry. J—Engene A. Carr, Fifth cavalry, July 17, 1862. 2" Robert M Morris, Sixth cavalry, March 11, 1-83. Fy) 3—Joun P. Hatch, bh 363. Fy 4—William B. Royat 1b 5—Elmer (us, First cavairy, May 9, 1864. seen 6—Nathan A. M. Dudiey, Ibird cavalry, Shee it vee 1S 7—Nelson B. Sweitzer, Second cavalry, July 28, 1866. Ww s— Crittenden, Filth cavalry, Juiy 23, Incé b 9—Ja Forayth, Tenth eavalry, July 28: 1560) 14 mes W. 10—Jamen F. Wade, Ninth cava'ry, July 25, 1838, —Anarew J, Alexander, Eighth cava ry, July 23, 12—Wilham K&. Price, Eighth cavalry, July 28) 186 13—-George A. Forsyth, Ninth cai uly 28, 1568, 14—Charles E. Compton, Sixtn c1 —George W, Schotield, Tenth cavalry, July 23, 1 16—David R, Clendenin, Eighth Caval 22, V—Albert FM ‘ jorrow, Ninth cavairy, 61 Kvans, Third cavalry, May 10, 1887 . Latimer, Fourth cavalry, June 25, 1 20—David B. McKibben, Tenth cavalry, Sept 21—Joseph G. Tilford, Seventh cavalry, Nov. ty 22—James 8. Briabin, Second cavairy, Jan. 1, 10 | 23—John Green, First cavalry, Juve 9, 1863. 15 24—Lewis Merrill, Seventh cavairy, Nov. 27, 1! 15 25—Marcus A. Keno, Seventh cavalry, Dec. 26, 1563.. 13 26—John K. Mizner, Fourth cavalry, Jan. 28, 14} Eugene M. Bak 10 —| . Second cavairy, Set 8, 1889. 28—Join V. Duviots, Third cavalry. May 6, 1962 29—Abraham K. Arnold, Sixth cavalry, June 2 30—George K. Hunt, Firet cavalry, Jai. 10, 1810 lone'a os Artilery. 1- Horace Brooks, Fourth ariiery, August 1 2—Iaracl Voxdes, Firat art 3—Wualiam F. Barry, Seco 4—George W. Getty, Third as b—Henry J. Hunt, Fitih artivery, April 4, 150).. Lieutenant Colonels of Artitery. 1—Joseph Roberts, Fourth artillery, August 11, 18 2—William H. French, Second artillery, Feb. 8, 1864 %—Romeyn B. Ayres, Third artilery, Juiy 28, 1508. 4—Lmory Upton, Firet _arvilery, Jaly 98, De Frederick T. Dent, Fifth artilery, Dee. al, b ery, & SE Majors of Artile y. ' 1—William Haves, Firth arullers, Aucust 1, 1863. 80 | 2—Jobn M. Brannon, First artillery, Au; tl, S—Harvey A. Allen, Second artillery, August I, 1868 9 4—Albion P. Howe, Fourth artillery, Auzust 11, 1983.... 29 | 5—Edward G. Beckwith, Second astiliery, Feb. &, 3 | 6—Joseph Stewart, Fourth artil Dee. 11, 1963. a | 7—Gustavus A. De Ruasy, Third aruilery, 8—George P, Andrew, [ilth artillery, Jul 9—Traman Seymour, F: artillery, W—Jobn Hamiiton, Firet J1—Clermont L. Bi 12— Horatio G, John C. Tidh: 14—Charies H. Mor, 15—Robert V. W. ifor 1—James V. Bonford, 2—John King, | 3—Thomas G- Pitcher 4—Gordon Granger, Fifteenth Infantry, George Stoneman, Twenty-first iniantrs, July 25, john Gibbon, Seventh infantry, Ju'y 28, 186s, '—Jetferson ©. vis, Twenty-third infantry. July 8—*Orlando B, Willcox, Twelfth Infantry, 9—Davia 8. 6. Nelson A. Miles, Fifth infantry, Jay 25, 1866. 15—Philip R. De Trobriand, Thirteenth infan' i . Nineteenth infan as L. Crittenden, Seventeenth 18—De Lancey Fioyd Jones, + Jane 19—Abner Donbleaay, Twenty-tourth infantry, Sept. 20. George Sykes, Twentieth infantry, Ju 1668 Franklin P. Flint, Fourth intantry, July 8, 1888. 22—Benry B, Cittz, Tenth infantry, Feb. 22, 1 28-William H. Wood, Eleventh Yetentry, Feb, 2%4-—-Samuel W. Crawford, Second infantry, Fe cor ‘Andrews, Twenty-fitth { 7 i Inyantry. 1--Robert 8. Granger, Sixteenth infantry, June 19, 1865. 2—Henry D. Wallen, Eighth Infantry, July, 65, 3—Altred Sully, Nineteenth infantry, Jul 3a ly, We 1 Ju 4—Joseph H. Potter, Fourth infantry, July 2 Charles R. Woods, Fifth iatantryy uly-a8 1866. Aust Ve kate Fitteenta inrantey Soho Lae . Kautz nth infantry, " fo frane ‘Wieaton, Twenty-irat Infantry, July 28, 1865, rr oan A. Woodward, Fourteenth infantry, July 28, ‘Th try, i Ninth tutaniry, Jui 8, 1 Eleventh lafantey, July 2 1966 , July M—El 8. Otis, Twenty-second infantry, 1s—Heory A. Morrow, Thirteenth infantry, Juiy. re ‘1866. 16—Alexander McD. ‘NeCook, ‘Tenth Infantry, Maren 8, 17—Pinckuey Lugenbeel, First infantry, June 95, 1867, 1s—Bamuel 'B. Hayman, Seventeenth infautry, Sept. 15, jon, Twelfth intantry, Jan, 13, 1668, ‘wentieth tnfautry, March 29, 1868, ‘Char! fibert, Seventh fnfantry, July 8 1868 22—Henry M, Black, Fig nueenth infantry, Oct, 4, 1808 2%8—Daniei Huston, Jr., -txth Infantry, Teh, ‘22, et 2%4—Thomas C. English, Second infaniry, Keb. 25—James V1 Voast, ‘Tweoty-fth Infantry, Mejors of dryentry. 1—William P, Carlin, Sixteenth Infantry, Feb, &, 1 2—John D. Wilkins, Lighth Infantry, May 6, 1884 $—Riohard J. Dodge, Third infantry, June 21, 1884 4—Wiillam H. Lewis, Seventh infantry, July’ 14, 1864. Tilton Cogswell, wen ty-firat infantry, Oct, &. 186d 6-Joho 8, Mason, Fifteenth infantry, Oct. 14, 1864, Twenty-secoud Infauiry, 7-Soseph N. G. Whistier, 8-Janies P. 9—Mattbew M. Bunt, For 10—Peter T. Swain 11—Oscar A. Mack, ra 16, venth infantry, J Second infantry, Dec.'3, 1868: infantry, dune 19, 1 12-Henry Dougiass, Eleventh infantry, July 2, 1838, 13—Heary Je s i 4 ierriam, Twenty-fourth’ infantry, July 28, ambers, Fourth infantry, March 6, twentieth infantry, Mateh 7, ae 8, Twenty-ffth in 17—George Gibson, Fiftn ters Sana Tee 4 i-gomes M. Anderron, Tenth infantry, March 18—Edwin F. Townsend, Ninth intantry, June 22, 1! 20-—Robert E. A. Crofton, Seventeenth infantry, Rept. “Robert &. Lx Motte; Thir'eenth infantry, Des. 2i-fenry A. Hambright, Nineteenth infantry, iia, Jan. 27, 24 —Henry | izner, Tw Feb. 92, 1869...... 9 26 Witham H. Brown, Eighteenth infantry, Jun. —. Vi, 9 Gregg, Wiltcox and Ruger en the actual service, Pay of the Army—Sintement Showing the Old and New Rates of Pay. A tabular statement of the pay and allowances of officers of the army under the act of suly 15, 1870, as compared with the pay and allowances immediately prior to that date, will be transmitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of the Treasury @8 S000 as It can be compiled, in response to a reso- Jation ef the 25th Inst. As it 18 a matter of geveral interest to know whether the act referred to Increases or decreases the public expenditure we have prepared a state- ment embodying the infermation required. Its, however, almost impossivie to give within reasonable limits the various rates of pay and emolu- ments which obtatned under the old laws, there being some twenty-five acts of Vongress from 1793 To 1870 affecting oMcers’ pay, besides several vol- umes of “decisions,” “general orders.” and £0 forth. An officer's “allowances” were subject to great va- riation. Tile unt allewed for commutation of fuel, when not furnished in kind by we Quartermas- ter’s Department, was governed by the seasons, the terion of Die station and the market wree of hard wood, Under the now law there is no diMeulty in ascertaining the amount of an officer's pay. Com- Tautauion of quarters and fuel 1s done away with: ‘OmMcers, however, may be furnished with fuel, quar- ters and forage in kind by the Quartermaster’s De- partment, In the subjoined statement we have added to the old rate of pay of general officers the amounts they were allowed for commutation of fuel and quar- ters, at the rate of eighteen dollars per room and ten dollars per cord, without reckoning any increase on account of latitude, It will be seen that the only oMcers whose pay is decreased are the general, the lieutenant general and the major ana brigadier generals commanding military divisions and departments, As all the oficers of the last two grades, except Genera! Howard, hold commands entiting them to the highest rate of pay under the old Jaw, and as they were also entitled to an additional ration for every five years’ service, Uneir pay has been reduced to a greater exient than the figures in our table tn- dicate, We give the actual decrease in each case;— General Halleck ...%2,077 00 General Pope... General Meads + 2158 60 Genera: Howard. General Hancocic.... 2186 69 General Terry. General Schotieid. ... 1,967 60 General Ord. General McDowell. 1%! Geueral Canby. General Cook 2,040 60 General Augur. 1,783 00 The decrease in the allowance to aldes-de-camp to brigadier generals 1s more than counterbalanced by Ube increase in their pay as line Oficers, Jt will be observed also that suvaltern officers, and junior captains do nos gain much under the pew law. A second leutenant (not mounted) is benefited to the extent of $42 50 per annum, and a captain of less than five years’ service, $262'50. Surgeons and as- sistant surgeons of ten years’ standing ranking with majors and captains respectively, were en- titied to double rations under the law of June 30, 1884, which acceunts for the increase in thelr pay being less than tie increase in the pay of the grades to which they belong. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TRE PAY OF OFFICERS Grade. General of the Ai Lientenant Gener: Major, div —{1,629 00 4) a 6,664 50] 5,500 =| 1,164 50 6,850 60) 5,500) 149 50) - 2,736 00| 8,500] 764 v0} 2.345 60) 8,850'1,0.4 60) 2,955 00) 4,200/1,245 0o| 4,064 Bo! 4,600/1,435 By) B,174 0) 4,50011,848 00) 8,283 G0} 4,600/1,216 | 3,898 00} 4,500/1,107 Ou) -| 2.448 50) 8.000) 558 50} 2,556 F 8,800] 744 00} Ten years’ service. 2865 Hal 8.800) 984 5o| ¥ r) 2.775 00} 8,900/1,125 00) - ‘Twenty toni service ..| 3,884 60/ 4,0.0/1'115 50} =- Twenty-live years’ service} 2964 00] 4,000|1,008 00 = Thirty years‘ service......| 3,103 50 4,000) "896 50) a Major—Lens than five years’ rT +} 2,157 00] 2,500] 843 00| er 2,268 50) 2,750) 488 5y) - 2,876 00} 8,000] 624 ou - ie 8) ee 2,704 50} 81540} 796 0! 2,814 00} 3,500] 686 v0 ;->1 2,814 00] 8,000] 186 00! = stant," surgeon — Ten) ‘years’ rervice (cavtain)| 2,814 50] 9,400 60 Mi Capiain — (mounted)—Less than five years’ service.| 1,657 50] 2,000] 342 60; a Five years’ servic 1,787 00} 21200) 433 00) Ten years’ servic 6 6) 2,400) S25 Captain (not mou Less than five years’ ser-| vice... 1,537 50) - Five years’ service. 1,647 00) 2 ‘Ten years’ servic 2} 1,758 50] rz Fifteen years’ service. 1886 00, peg ‘Twenty years’ service.....| 1,975 50] Adjutant and quartermaster] 11577 0 S First Neutenants (moun | ed— ti service 50) we Five ves oy Ten yeurs’ se bo = First “ Nentenants mounted)—Less than five! years’ servic 1,417 50) ra Five year’ service. 1,027 00) S ‘Ten years’ servic’ +| 1,888 60) = Second Heutenanw (mount- | ed)—Lesa than tive | years’ xerviet 0} 1,500) 42 89) Five years’ 00} 2'850) 83.00) 4 cy 130) z Ten years’ servic Second Hentenant: amounted) —Less five years’ service. Five years’ service. ‘Ten years’ service. 2 Chaplain—Less than” five years’ service. 233 ou] Bu 150) siatence “0% The pay of the WEST POINT PROFESSORS | is very properly increased under the act of July 15. ‘The oid laws gave a professor only eighty-three dol- lars per annum more than a major, “Lney are now paid as follows: — After thirty-five years’ service, colons From twenty-five to thirty-live year Meutenant colonel’s pay. All otter professors major’s pay. ‘The present professors have been at the “Point” from ten to ioriy-si pay 13 shown by the following table: i Oud ‘Ss pay. vice, inthe army or Xx years. Their New Rate.| Taey 205 cals $1,274 50 v of “Natural and Philo mental Philosophy. #116 00) 4,500) 1,824 00 Professor of Matheinatic: 3)116 60) 4,600! 1,384 00 Professor of Drawing. 8,008 60] 4:50] 1/493 50 Professor of French. 2,297 00} 4,000! 1,103 60 Chaplain and Professor phy. History and Ethic 2,459 00] 3,000) 541 00 Professer of Chi / gy and Geology. | 3,006 60} 4,800] 1,498 50 Professor of Spai {3,459 00] 3,000] "S41 09 The pay of efMicers on : THE RETIRED LIST is seventy-five per centum of the pay of the rank upon which they were retired. Army Personals. By direction of the President the Board to retire disabled officers convened at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., by special order August 9, 1370, has been dis- solved, and the officers composing it have been ordered to join their stations, ey ety G. Perin has been ordered to relieve Sur- on i as Medical Director at hcadquarters of the url First Lientenant C. M. Edwards has been placed on the retired list because of incapacity from wounds received in the line of active duty. NAVAL AFFAIRS. The Line and Staff Controversy—Memorial to Congreas on the Sabject~Communication from “Justice.” New York, Jan. 30, 1871. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— “Equal Service, Equal Honors,” 1s the title of a pamphlet recently published by some staff oMicer of the navy. Sea service, of course, is the only service to be considered in the record of a naval oMicer, and the only service regarded by the department in the detull of oMcers for shore duty or leave of absence. Upon that basis it can be shown that the oldest staff officer in the service ts only entitled to rank with a commander, and the juniors or the staf corps have many of them not seen a day’s sea service. Take for example the surgeons who en- tered the service between and including the years 1841 and 1851. By the register of 1870 we find Uhat there are 17, with an aggregate of sea service of 215 years, which gives an average of 12 years, 7 months and 23 days, or 12 years and 8 months to each, Now take the commanders between the same years (1841 and 1851), There are 68 oMicers, with 1,094 years’ sea service, which gives an average of 16 years and 1 month sea service to each, or about 3 years and 5 menits more to the line than to the sur- geons. The paymasters average nearly the same ag surgeons do, but the engineers a little less, owing to the fact that the corps of engineers commenced its existence long after other stait corps. These are plato facts deduced from figures, and figares are truthful. If equal service deserves equal hon- ors, and actual sea service 1s taken ag the basis and standard, no line oMcer will object vo sharing honors with the staf. The present of the Burean of Medicine and Surgery nas seen less sea service than nineteen out of tlie ninety com- manders, He entered the pavy in 1829, and the old- est commander In 1840, eleven years later. When Congress gives more rank to the staf corps It would be well first to tuquire into their service afloat, ana see if fewer stat oMicers could not do the duty, In making this inquiry the war record shoul’ ve also cc sidered, for 1t 18 a recorded fact that i (he stair corps few oilicers of the regular service did Mauch quty afloat during the rebelilon. JUSTICE. NEMORIL TO THE BENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA TIVES OF THK UNITED BAERS OF AMEMICA LN GON- ORES ABSEMELED. ‘The undersigned crtizens of New York and vicinity, being deeply interested in the commercial prosperity of the coun- and believing that any change which tay lower the nndard of discipive in the uavy must necessarily and 10- ct upon the merchant service; believing also any equality of rank with the captain of & vessel, oF any denice of his control, on the part of apy ether persoe 1s subversive Tuitfaljeource of a and disaster, and understanding the “stall officers” of the navy (viz., tie surgeons, pay- masters and engineers) are endeavoring to obtain for them- Aelves such rights and privileges as geem calculated to prove detrimental to proper discipline, aud that they are enlisting the ayinpathy and assistance of thelr professional brethren vbroughout the country, we, therefore, deem it incumbent upon-us, In bebalf of th tonal hon e safety and prosperity of oat os to most respect! 7 je bony will excetiae the greatest cautiog ja the lutre- of beineinias into Marine aes iee whieh we appre. hend may be franght with eo much danger to the pubtio . Van Alen, Charles B. ki Ben) Collina’ Bdward Mintarns Wm, Hore wi 0} wi invurn, Wm, & Goo Brome Broihacs Coe Weston foray: Wi, Fores & Co., Edward Henry Anderson, Wil ~_R. Vermi Hail,Wm, La anon, lam ia. Fo, L.A. Dowley, R. B. Hizard, Jr; Jonn He ‘©. Baldwin, Henry F. Hitch, J.J. ‘ater, BR. Oa ‘ing Duer, Gearge W. Blunt, Davt Hoadley, A. A. Low, Chaties H. Marshall, Russel Sturgis, Wm. ©. ‘Thompson,’ R. . C. R. Robert, Ambrose Snow, J. D. Jones, 8am Sion, Moses Taylor, Howland & As- nwally A. Gracie King, Allen McLane, William Ioppit, Rovert Case, Henry 'A. Gadsen Martin, W. M. Vermilye, Henry Clews, Wm. A, Hall, W. B. Aator, Fabbri'& Chauneey. John P, Tappan, Vi den Unto Mutual Insurance Company ; ‘P. B. Bleecker, Jt. Vice Presi tent New York Mutual Insurance Company. Nkw Yong, Nov. 16, 1869, Naval Eulistment+, The Secretary of the Navy has addressed a letter to the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs asking the passage of a special act authorizing the enlisting ot 800 men for service at the Naval Academy, to con- stitute a permanent crew for manning the practice ship. If, he says, the crew of the practice ship could be of picked men, and permanent, the ship would always be in order, the midshipmen would fall tn at once with the well cd system of & vessel in discipline, and these advantages, with that of being freed from the immoral influences of bad associates, can scarcely be overestimated. Naval Person: Naval Constructor Davidson has been detached from spectat duty in the Bureau of Construction and ordered to the Boston Navy Yara. The orders of Chief Engineer Luckey to the Ticon- deroga are revoked. Captain George H, Preble has been ordered to command the naval rendezvous at Boston, | Commander Stempel, who is ordered to comman the North squadron of the Pacific fleet, from which compmaand iliam R. Taylor ts detached aud awaits orders, Third Assistant Engineer Clark Fisher has been detached trom special duty at New York and ordered to the Ticonderoga. THE RECENT TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SU i, Success of the American Astronomers Who Went to Sicily to Observe It. The total eclipse of the Sun which occurred on the 22d of December last had long been looked forward to by astronomers of all countries with intense Interest, as {twas almost certain that all the phe- BANKPUPTCY. The Rapacity of Registers in Bankruptcy. How the Law Wo-ks and Sugges> tions for Its Amendment. A vers considerable portion of the administrative Quties arising under the Bankruptcy law is dis- charged by the registers. The act fully and clearly sets out what their rights, duties and powers are, They are well paid by fees—too well paid, in fact, as will be demonstrated in this article, it being penned and registered for their special benefit, For the services they are required to render compensation 1s fixed by the act, and SECTION 45 STATES That if any juge, register, cies, marshal, messenger, as- signee or any ollier ‘of the ‘several. courts of bank- ruptey shall for anything done or preveaded to be done under this act, or under color ot doing any ting thereunder, wil- fully demand oF take, ot appolat or allow any person what- ever to take for him or on his account, or for oF on account of any other person, or in trast (or him or for anv other per- aon, any fee, emolament, its or any- Shang of vale whatover Sti: fs act, or which shall be allowed anu. ority: thereof, such erson, When convicted theres: ul pay the sum of pot less fan three hundred doliars, aint) nut exceeding’ five hundred dollars, and be impriaoned noi en ling three years, HOW RBGISTERS LIVE Uv TO THE Law. Notwithstanding the existe clause of the Bankruptcy |, complained that regis! ce of the foregoing v it is. very generally iu hankraptcy do this etty ond district, and in many parts of the conntry, are in the habit of demanding and do receive fees not sanctioned by law; that they charge for “per- sonal services’ and claim otiter Items in violation of the statute of Congress, Tiere 18 no single pas- sage in the law giving them power to demand fees for “personal services.” Does not the lodgment of Ofty dollars in court or tie the filing of a voluntary petition to secure the registers costs cover his “personal expenses?” for what purpose is that money paid before even the legister hasdone a single act to entitle him to 1 In this case he runs no risk. A workman ora clerk, alaborer of any kind or craft is not paid his wages nomena attenaing a total echpse would then be dis- covered. ‘The total eclipses of the Sun in 1851 and 1360 were largely observed by the European astronomers—the former in the north of Europe and the latter in Spain. This eclipse (1860), being the only total one visible in Europe for ten years, was well observed by the savans of nearly every country in Kurope, and the results of the observations were of far more value than all other total eclipses ever observed. Mr, De La Rue, an English amateur astronomer, suc- ceeded in obtaining fine photographs at tne time of totality, showing plainly the mysterious “red flames” and the “corona.” Photographs of partiat echipses of the Sun had long before been made by our countrymen; but until Augnst, 1869, they had had no opportunity to witness a total eclipse in their own country. THE ECLIPSE OF AUGUST, 1869. In May, 1869, the Navy Department, at the request ef Commodore B. F. Sands, Superintendent of the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, ordered Professor A. Hall, United States Navy, and Mr. Joseph A. Rogers, of the Hydrographic OMice, to Plover Bay, Eastern Siberia, to observe the eclipse, it being central there, and another party, consisting of Professors Newcomb, Eastman and Harkness, to Des Moines, lowa, the most favorable place east of the Plains. With the exception of the party sent to Eastern Siberia, who, unfortunately, had bad weather, all the observa. tions were a success beyond expectation. i Splendid photographs were made by Brevet Major Curtis, United States Army, who was sent out by order of the War Departient and joined the parties at Des Momes, There were several otuer volunteer observers under the auspices of the Naval Observa- tory. In the photographs taken by Major Curtis, copies of which are now before us, the protabe- rances and corona are disqucuy shown—far better than they could have been 0 a mere hand sketch. In November last the Navy Department, at the request of Commedore Sands, directed Professors Newcomb, Hail, Harkness and Eastinan to proceed to Europe for the purpose of observing the coming eclipse. They took with them all the iustrumenis necessary for making observations on the corena n@ protuberances. They sailed from New York 1n the first week la Noyember and arrived at Gibraltar early in December. Three of these gentiemen—Pro‘essors Wall, Hark. ness and Eastmau—proceeded direct to Sic! Protessor Newcomb) remained at dit eclipse being central there. Re in the papers extracts of ietter men to Commodore Sands, in whitch it appears that they have met with great snecess, although the say was not perfectly Clear at either place. The British aud ltalian governments sent ont ships-of-war to Sicily with scientific men of all na- ons to observe the eclipse, 118 estimated that at least 100 Savans observed the eclipse in and around Syracuse, all provided with tue vest ustraments tue skill of man could produce, At Gibraltar there was a large party of astrono- mers, and another at Or Algeria, At this place the party were sadly disappomtei—a hurricane the day before the eclipse and a rain storm the day after. THE CENTRAL LINE OF ECLIPSE commenced on the Karth in the Atlanue Ocean, south of Greenland, and, moving southeast, crossed a hittle to the Northward of Cape St. Vincent, Portu- gal; thence over Spain, and a little north of Gibral- tar, to Oran, Algeria. From this place it went east- ward (graaually curviug towards the north) to Sicily ; then ever @ part ot Turkey and the Black Sea, and finally leaving the Earth near the northeastern Pe of the Sea of Azof. The time of totality at Tacuse Was about two minutes, and it was during this limited time that all the important observations had to be made. ns THE RED FLAMES AND PROTUBERANCES. From time immemorial there has been observed aronnd the Sun during a total eclipse a pale, sickl; Hap gua in various places around the edge of nig Sun flery tongues of a it have been ob- served on the corona, These flames have ex- cited intense interest up to within the past few years; but recently that wonderful instrument, the told us that these red flames are noth- ing but hydrogen gas in a state of combustion. Now ‘we need not wait for a total eclipse in order to see these protuberances, for the. per Sets will show them to us on any clear day. ‘These hames some- times rise to a height of 30,000 miles in a few sec- onds, and as quickly subside to appear in a new ace. The corona is by far the most interesting object observed during a total eclipse. Until very recently astronomers were uncertain as to whether it was occasioned by the Earth’s atmosphere, an atmos- phere-of the Moon, or some substance ‘st the Sun itself; but the observations of the American astronomers in 1869 and 1810 Rave. demonstrated almost beyond a doubt that the corona is something belonging to the Sun itself, AN ANCIENT ECLIPSE OBSERVED IN SYRACUSE. In the month of August of the year 309 B.C. @ total eclipse of the Sun occurfed at Syracuse, which cansed terror and consternation among the inhabitants. On the day previous the Greek and Carthaginian fleets had jeft the harbor of Syracuse and were Deeering for battle when the eclipse occurred, Alter a lapse of nearly twenty-two centuries we see men from @ country four thousand miles away from this ancient city going to observe @ like phenomenon, fearing neither the sword of the Carthaginian nor the spear of Agathocies. TEDIOUS DEATH. An Old Lady Dies Two Years After Being Ine jured by a Railroad Car. On the 24th of Aprti, 1869, Mrs. Delia Dickson, a lady wIXty years of age, late of 145 West-T'wenty- fourth street, entered one of the Seventh avenue cars to ride to Central Park, On reaching Fifty- third strect the ¢ stepped. and, as it was in the act of starting in, Mrs. Dickson, believing that was Ww taken down, attempted to Jeave, and, in dong so, stumbled and feil against the rear dashboard, from which she repoun:ed and fell forward into the car, fraciur- ing her ankle, wrist ana several ribs. Mrs. Dickson never recovered from the effects of the injuries, and sank gradually till the 21st inst.. when death ensaed. The phystclan who attended Mra, Dickson is of the Opinion that death resulted from softening of the brain, caused by the tnjuries received. In consequence of the absence of several jurors who had been previously summoned to attend, the further Investigation of the cage was postpoved till ‘Thursday uext. © JOUBNALISTIC. NOTES. Colonel F. G. Yor & member of the Ohio House of Representatives, from Columbiana county, and editor of the Buckeye Suate, 1s dead. Major H. A. Kimball, of St. Paul, Minn.. died in California on tae 12th, of hemorrhage of the lungs. ‘The deceased was well known tn the State, having been editor Of the Northtield Recorder for two years. James Lick, the miliionaire, sned the San José (Cal.) Mercury for libel, and has been muleted in costs for his trouble. The Kentuckian is the name of a newspaper whiten Js to be issned at Springfeld, Kentucky, in a few days and edited by Mr. John W. ery _ John Wyeth was the editor of the first paper pub- lished in ilarrtsburg, Pa, It was called the Oracte Dauphin, and was first issued in 1791. Among r. Wyeth’s apprentices were Mr. Ellis Lewts, lato Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, and Hon, Simon Cam eron. Tintted States Senator till the end of a Week or a moath; but before a re- gister im bankruptcy writes a single Itne or word in 8 bankruptcy proceeding Nis costs are secured by a deposit of fifty dollars in the ofice of the Clerk of the County’s OMice, and this money frequently comes. into his hands ere @ single step has been taken in the Initiation of the case belore him. ENORMITY OF THE BVIL—ENORMOUS FEES. Many of the registers in the Southern alstrict have by fees alone netted from $15,000 to $20,000 im one year—a sum nearly equal to thut allowed by the nation to the Chief Magistrate, four times as much ag is fixed fer annual salary to judges of the United Staves District Courte—a sum altogecter in excess or the value of the services rendered by these sub- ordinate ofitcers of the court. HOW THESE ANCILLARY QUALITIES OUGHT TO BE REMUNERATED. A thorongh study of the subject suggests but one reformatory idea—that ts, that registers of bank- ruptcy should be patd by stated salaries. If the janes of the District Court, of higher unetliary quali- es, 1s satisiled with a salary of $4,000 a year surely regiaters in bankruptcy, who can oniy be regarded 98 subordinates to such judge, ought to be well re- munerated with @ smilar amount, RAPACIOUS REUISTERS. But it seems that registers are rapacioug and de- mand more and more. The more they get the more they want—in fact, “they grow by what they feed upon.” Payment by fees to registers obstructs the proper administration of the Bankruptcy law. Tails law Was not intended by Congress for the protection of swindlers—of men who celiberately plan to cheat and rob their creditors. It was specially designed to come to the assistance of parties who had been unfortunate in trade and woose reverses in business had not been of their own making. The forty-fourth section makes special provision tor the PUNISHMENT OF FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTS, and our late law reports show that this secuon 13 being enforced against certain alleged offenders. A poor, bul honest trader, who has had the band of misfortune jaid beavily upon him, finds it next to an impossibility to avail himself of the benedt of the law because he cannot pay the EXORBITANT AND UNJUST DEMANDS of the registers, Who would seem to spend much of their time in doing nothing but making “fees” and finding out occasions for the imposition of “sees.” ‘The public wust take note of all thls, and our legis- jators be called upon to remedy the evil. itis high tune t should do so, Latterly Congress bas been making some amend- ments in the iaw. One 1s that tor all debts con- tracted prior to the ist of Jdmuary, 1869, a party may go Into bankruptcy on his own petition, as it What is called the iifty per cent clause, the meanmg of which ts well understood by tie legal proiession, were no longer in existence. But here comes in THE EXCESSIVE COSTS and fees of the registers, of whom there are too inany in tas district, Their appointment, in tie first instance, would seem to have been A HUGE POLITICAL JOB, and it was @ great oversight in the lawmakers to 6x their payment by fees, whicn affords some ovscure lawyer the opportunity of living more expensively han the President or a member of mis Cabinet. ‘This, however, is not the principal point of oojec- tion, The great objection 1s that the teey are so ex- cessive as to-operate against A USEFUL ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW. If the law is to be put in operation as a. mere ma- chine to enable registers to accamulate fortunes in the course of a few years, why, tuen, it is a farce anda humbug. If the fee system 1s to prevail the registers ought to be compelled .to lodge their fees ju court and receive a iiberal but not excessive stated salary out of the amount so lodged. Tms would meet the justice and requirements of the case and be productive of Immense good to the gen- eral community. I¢ is a well known fact that in many cases of VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY, where there has peen little or no opposition on ths part of creditors, the fees the registers have amounted from $150 to $175, and, in some inatances, to $200, all coming out of the pocket of some im- poverished bankrupt, The Nationa Bankruptey Register has an article in a late Dumber which bears out the views we here express. Itsaya :— We have just. ived a tel from a Clerk of a United sintea “Tnetel Coen athe a oe ee ae es eee fn each bankruptcy case in hin din- I fo gQuirageons, | ani prevents the | com- mencement of many Cases in Salaried registers are not only advisable but necessary. In England ban! es do not on the abiuity of the bankrupt or the willingness of his creditors to fees to judges or thelr assistants; and what isa in P bus an Aseistent United States Disirict Judge, clothed wi oe tliters shouldbe well pata and should nok be, dopesseat ers 6 wel , and shouid/no on Conta in particiler casey, Dut thelr salaries should be. fiana costs and payable regularly by the government. Again we ask Congress to take dso amend it that Ameri- yan caus sual! be abi to a polnt to the United States Bankry Jaw with as much’ ce and pride as do Englisbinen to their Bankrupt act of 1369, NO FULLER JURISDICTION TO REGISTERS. Tt has been recommended in some quarters that registers pphneld Dave original jurisdiction in vank- a ruptey, with of appeal to suitors from their courts to the District Court. We are certainly 0 posed to this, especially if the registers, under suc! an arral should be paid, as at present, by enormous fees. It is essential in the administration of a Jaw which deeply and vitally concerns the gravest interests of a community, that the judicial exposition of the principles designed to control that adininistration be left to a clear-headed, able, non- est. judge, and not to pettifoggi attor- neys and political aspirants; and this view it world appear to have been A MISTAKE OF CONGRESS m the first dees that they ald not‘create a sepa- rate and distinct department of the judiciary in connection with bankruptcy, as there ts in England. However, we must now dothe best we can the law, such as it Congress bearing in mind, when itis about to make amendments, that the best im- provements will be those which facilitate THE POOR, HONEST TRADER in getting from-under the burden of his debts as ex- itiously and cheaply as possible, and expose the swindler and the cheat to prompt punishment when- ever he attempts to obtain a fraudulent discharge from iis debts under cover of the act. HINTS FOR AMENDMENT. The foregoing review of the pankrop iy law and. its operation deserves the caret! consideration of our legislators, and the hints we have thrown out May be judicionsiy reflected upon in the amendment ofa jaw which so directly alfects the commercial interests of the country SUICIDES IN BRICKLY, Last evening & young mau named Louts Oligh, re» siding at No. 104 Debevoise street, Brooklyn, com- mitted suicile by shooting himself in the mouth with a pistol. The cause assigned for the act is that the man hed been Jaboring for some time under ‘a fit of despondency because of his Ingbility to ob- tam Lael Meta ‘The coroner was nétided and an inquest will be hela. A young woman, Named Ellen King, last evening attempted to commit suicides by jumping off the terry slip at the foot of Fulton street, She was rescued by officer of Le Secoud precinct, but re~ fused to give any laformation as to her residence or motives for attempting to destroy herself. DEATH OF OETECTIVE_ STAFFORD, OF JERSEY CITY. ‘The people of Jersey city will learn with surprise this morning that detecttve George Stafford died suddenly jastevening. He 3 On duty up to the hour of noon on Sunday, and no person who saw him could imagine thac his last hour was Approaching. He contracted a severe coid two wecks Ago, and the immediate cause of death was coi Hon of the lungs. Mr. Stratford, who was only thirty years afage, was one ofthe most efficient, zealous ice 0. 238 and gentlemanly officers on the Jersey force. He leaves 2 wile und two children al Baw Ktraar tare If not, Bee ey ACS EE ee ee