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= ee CONGRESS. The House Adjournment Resolution | Rejected by the Senate. A Dominican Protest Against | Annexation. Mr. Beck’s Bill for. the Removal of | Disabilities Defeated. ANOTHER RADICAL INNOVATION. The First Speech in the House by a Colored Representative. SENATE, WaAsninaron, March 14, 1871. THE HOUSE ADJOURNMENT RESOLWTION, Immediately after the reading of the journal the Senate took up the regolation from the House fora Smal adjoura- ment to-morrew, the 1ith inat. Mr, MORTON, (rep.) of Ind., moved to lay the resolution on the table. Carried—yeas 82, nays 13. The negative vole was made up of the democrats and one republican—Mr, Trum- bull, PROTEST AGAINST THE ANNEXATION OF ST. DOMINGO. Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., presented an addret Senate of the United Staces of North America, remonstrating againat the proposed annexation of St, Domingo, signed by tothe | ‘Thomas Bobadilia, late President of the Central Junta of the | government of the Dominican republic, late President of the Supreme Court, late Minister of State and Senator of the said republic sident of the army, late r late Attorney of the Supreme Congress; Carlos Nouce, Court of Justice, late Secretary of Btate and Foreign Affaire and Member of Congress; Luzbrlo Pereira, Brigadier Gene- rai of the national armies; Jose A. Boullla y Espana, Counsellor af the Cow the repubiic and ex-Atuche 10 the Department of Justice; Felix Charles and Augustin Heltial, colon ¢ army ; Manuel Per te official of the repablic, and Jose Tenst!ianos, merchant of St. Do- tmango, actualy residing abroad. ‘The paper isin the Spantsh language, and bears date of San Carlos de Aguadilia, Island of Porto Rico, January 16, 1871. Tc alleges that President Baez, for the purpose of ac- compiishing the annexation of St, Domingo to the United Stater—a deed forbidden by the constitution of the republic of Dominica -has caused many patriots opposed to the pro- Jeet to, (be sentenced to deatn and "executed put sins, imprisoned many ‘mi nna a “"vigetous ostracism "upon the majority of the mst infuential and notable citizens of the country ; that for the ame object of realising his intentions und in order to deceive the government and the people of the United States with an appearance of legality, he has forced the Dominicans to assemble for siection, and com with threats, the greatest part of the citizens to vote for an- nexation against thelr convietions and, the Interests of the jority of the people are opposed to nt tue objeot of Bes in the project ts je large amounts of bills agatust the to convert {nto spect Yreasury of the republic; that theanneration of would result in grave complications for the government of Dominica the United States, and in fatal consequence for the sons of the soil, and that it would be @ violation of international iaw; thereiore, the memortalists, in the name of themsclves and their couatrymen, solemnly protest against the treaty of annexation whicn Presented by the government of Presideut Baez vo the Cabinet at Washington. Daring the reaiing ot the paper by Mr. Sumner Mr. SnER- MAN submitted the it that the memorial was uot in order, as under the estab ished usage and rules of the Senate peti- tions from foreigners were not ailowed to be preeented to the exclusion of the business of the country. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, thought Mr, Sumner was = vo read the paper as partof any remarks he desired » make. Tue Vick PREStDENT sustained the point of order, the efleet of which was to prevent the further reading of the anemorial. Mr. SUMNER then proceeded to state the substants of the memorial. He said the position of the remonstrance was peculiar. They were exiied by the usurper Baez, who was how engaged, with the ald of American guns, tn the work of ne!ling bis country. tgs rotested against is ns an outrage and a wrong, because thelr country was about to be sacri- heed pth ee pow was whetber upon the simple prin- ciples of justice they were not eptitied to be heard here. After some informa! remarks as to the right of Mr. Sumner to proceed when no quesiion was before Benate that ‘Senator was about to contiaue when . Mr. MORTON, \rep.) of Ind., inquired whether, tf it was in order for Mr, Sumner to make a speech at this time against St. Domingo, a reply would beim order. If so, be wasin favor of letting the gentleman go on. The Voz PRESIDENY said if the question of order was raised he should have to decide against the Senator's right to proceed, as he hac already decided in the case of the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr, SUMNER went on to say that fn ruling the memortal out of order the Obair bad not acted upon any rale, as there was nove on the subject and that the so-called usage had chal d from that of former days. The Vick PRFSIDED nally reminded Mr. Sumner that the point of order against bis further proceedings bud aready been made three times, and unless an appeal from ceed. the decision of the Chair was made be could not ‘Mr. Sumner declined to appeal, and resumed his seat, H AMENDMENT. THE FIFTERN Mr. FRELINGBUYBEN, (rey ling on the Secretary ’o States, if any, have ratified Constiiution of the | nited 8 h 30, 1 THE DUTY ON COAT. ‘The House bill to repeal the duty on coal was read the first me. Mr. HAMILTON, (rep.) of Md., objected to the second read- ing, and it laid over. BELGBUE OF NATIONAL BANK NOTES. Mr. SUPRMAN, rep.) of Ohio, from the Committeee on Finance, reported bill to authorize the reissue of national bank notes in exchange for muttiated bills, Passed. BILLS INTRODUCED. Mr. SAWYER, (rep.) of 8. ©., Introduced a bill appropriat- ing $20,000 to aid in rebuilding the Urphave’ Asyinm in Charieston, under charge of the Sisters of Mercy. Referred to she Committee on Nilitary Atlairs, Ry Mr. How?, (rep.) of Wis., to amend the Bankruptcy act of March 2, 1837. By Mr. CaLDWEL1, (rep.) of Kan., to amend the National Currency act by striking out Leavenworth from the list of cities where national bavk circulation may be redeem By Mr. L0OAN, (rep.) of Illy to enable honorably dis- charged soldiers anid saliors, their widows and orphaus to ac- quifre homesteads on public lands. By Mr. HAMILTON~To amend the act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on steam vessels, Referred to the Committee on Commerce. PROTECTION OF SETTLERS ON PUBLIO LANDS. Mr, PRATT, (rep.) of Ind., called up bis bill for the protec. tion Of settlers on public lands and read a length; argument in its advocacy, reviewing tes wince the issue of bis pro. & clamation on Mare! th the government. Under the recent judicial decisions, upon the conatraction of id great injury would be visited upon many settlers, thousands of whom in Californm would be disporsessed of their lands. The bill he bad iptrodaced was designed to remedy the injustice in this, ‘The bill was laid aside, and Mr. Anthouy‘y resolution con- fining the business to legislation upon the Ku Kiux outrages take up, pending ‘which, at three o'clock, the Senate ad- Jourae HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasiitncton, Mareh 14, 1871. © G THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TREASURY DEPART- MENT. Mr, DAWES, (rep.) of Mass,, desired to state to the House that at the late session there was prepared by the accom- plished chief clerk of the Treasury Department bili regu- ‘ating the method of presenting the estimates and keeping the accounts of the Treasury Department. If worth passing the bill should be passed gow, so that Coneross may hereafter have more intellizentiy arranged estimates, The late Com- mittee on Appropriations gave this bill thelr endorsement. ihe bill after explanation was. . REVISION OF TNE UNITED OTATES STATUTES. betore the adjournment of this Congress lt te revision of the laws. He thought all the the country would be compreased into two of treaties, ‘The joint resolution was REVENUE REFORM, Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. ¥., offered the following, and de- mauded the previous question :— Resolved, That ecopumy requires that the annual taxation should not exceed $2104 0,00) including %$126,00,000 prin ‘of the public debt, Resolved, chat the tariff should be for revenue only, and not for the protection of class interests at tae general ex- pense, Resolved, That in case this session adjourns without the appointment of the Committee of Ways and Means spe- cis! committee of seven be appointed to consider and report noon the reform of our revenue, and such bill or bills em- bocying areveuue tari ou the foregoing principles as will best carry the same into practical effect; and in case said Committee of Ways and Means be appointed at this session, that then the said committee shall periorm the duties re- quired by this resolution, Xr. K¥LLRY, (rep.) of Pa., objected to the resolutions, and theretore they were not entertained. They were, bowever, ordered te be printed, REMOVAL OF DISABILITIFS. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill, here- totore sntroduced by Nr. Beek, to remove all poltticdl dis- ab Mr. BeOR, (dem.) of Ky., said after consultation with the members he was thoroughly eonvinced that « bill remov- ing disabilities from all men could not obtain the requisite fe of two-thirus, He was therefore disposed to admit the endment of Mr. Poland, making excepuons, believing, as a wiser mab than ‘biweclf'bad suid, “it wa settled Tule to make most of an actual situation, and never hesitate to do a proper tbing because be could not'do all be desired.” ir. STEVENSON, (rep.) of Unio, said we must have peace and order before amnesty. Mr, ELt4o7T, (colored, rep.), of S. C., sald he believed he ded as entertaining liberal vie he turned th and saw the losai men of that section suffering at the of the very class of men whom it was now proposed to eof their political disabilities, he must now and here enter bis solemn protest agatust this proposition, It was nothiug but paying a premium on disloyalty and treason at sie expense of loyaity. He was not surprised that the gentie- inan irom Kentucky (Mr. Beck) sbould introduce such a» Will, Me sppreciated the feelings of sympathy which the entertained for those men in the South who are How prohibited irem holding olice. They were the gen- Ucnian’s allies and compatriots. They are diafranchised simply becaused they rusued into, rebellion against the best erament auder heaven, with the advice and consent of ‘gentioman from Kentucky, He regretted that ne gentieman from lliinois (Mr. Farnsworth) on Friday took the condition of the men whe are ais- franchised with those who are allowed to hold office in the South, Me took occasion to draw & ween an oid man and bis former servant who beld oitice, and bad made au appeal !n favor of the former. But why was this so? Because the oid man with whom tbe gentlewan from ilinois aympathized in hie heart joined the rebeltion, wie the was * ela loyal to the government. Tne ove despised the flag, while the other loved tt. ‘The diference was the poor man would only ene the goveruameut abs! maltreat and murders loyal man * the slave Wan bis proveetor, Instead of the removal o poutionl ong pod, it wonld be taken ee an evi- Uesires to hand over the government Yai men, v0 wre respons.ble fat he south. Ly their dewun- cistion Of Congress ana abuse of the Vrosideut end ail coo ected WK tue Goverament. they are the men who | raise his NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. the deeds, Thoy contribute to theac deeds by thetr aectal in- fuonoe and with the money furnished by Tammany Hail to Keop up the outrages in order to insure democratic triumph fa the South, He (Mr, Eiliott) was here in behalf of the Joyal men t tell these faots. The number ot arms shipped to'the South on ty! Meamer was an eviience that the dis- loyal men at the South are the instruments for carrying Out desizrs of ther Northern ailles, He represented waite men as well as meu of bis own complexion. His conatity gacy were as loyel a8 that of any other man on this flo: ‘Tha: constituency appeal to Congress to do justice and pro- tect thon 7 fogiaiaion, imatead of them under the heel of those who ruled’ with an Iron hand Mr, MUCKLRY, (rep.) of Ala. sald he should vote for the bill, ae it was in harmony with the feelings of the party to whom he owed his election, In giving his asseat to the Di't he didn't intend to admit there wore no murders or otber crimes fn the South, and he expressed a hope that before the adjournment of © ‘an act would be passed for the rotection of life and property in that aeotion, without regard fo race or clor, They bad a right to demand the ‘exooution Of the Iawa tn the South. Mr. BLAIR, (Ind,) of ‘Mo., said he should vote for the bill. The men whore political disabilities tt was proposed to re- move hid been humbled and degraded tor years, and yet murder and arson run riot. The coatinuance of te disa- bilities was no remedy for these wrongs. If withholding the Femoval of disabilities would stop murders and outrages he ould not vote for i. Mr. DE LA2aR, (colored, rep.) of 8. 0., wished to inquire of the gentieman whether, after the passage of this bill, he would use his beat efforts to secure, by legislation, the pro tection of the loyat men of the South. Mr, BLAIR replied if he could he would pass a law to hang every Ku Klux, but when @ constitutional question was oon- cerned he had his judgment to consult, Mr. Pua: 'Va., sald, in voting for the removal of 9 was oatrying out the fustructions of he repub! arty and the platiorm on whic! nominated for ‘congress, and carrying out not only the feel- {nas of the white men but of almost every colored man tn his district. He would say to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Kiltott) that (¢ he would adopt the same plat- form in bis wing of the party that bad been adopted in Vir- finia be would tind it to be Tt was too late how to punish nen for what they did durin the rebellion. If Congress intended to unisl these men it should havo oltcy. polloy. 20D exer to lose of tue war. ‘The true to exten South the rights of citizenship, if it should take us large foice aa it did to put down the rebellion. | He should vote for such a messure a8 ‘be necessary for the protection of persons and property in the South. In conclusion Mr. Piatt aid that 1D his vote he waoted to give tranquillity and Peace 10 the South and not to keep up atrlte, Mr. PoLaNy safd if he could have had bis own way the secessionists would baye been punished to the full extent; Dut inasmuch as punishment was not inflicted the question was—what 4 | ‘ext to be done tor the peace of the country ? As alateamen thoy | must consider | what abguid be done to maintain peace and iranduillity in the country. He thought disabilities and test oaths were only sources of irritation to keep up the diswurbances of which complaint was made. But he knew the sentiment of the people of the North. He knew that they, including his own constituents, had an fdea that the leaders of the rebel- Ion ought to be punished, and that the only remedy was to perpetuate the disabilities on them, moved an amena- ment, because nothing short would satis’y thom, that Jeff Davis and other leaders of the rebellion should ‘not be re- Heved of thelr disabilities. He did not, however, bellere that longress was doing any good by keeping up disabilities, be- cause thove who suffered under them were regarded by a certain class as martyrs, dir. HOAR, (rep,) of Mnes., remarked that just in propor- tion as disabilities have been removed have dinerders in the South increased, It was said that the distranchised ons were not responsible for them, but every citizen who did not Yolce against those violations of the law was an accomplice before or after the fact. When a murder was cormmitted at am, Fisher Ames sald no g should sleep while the murderer was alive. There would be no dificulty with any Southern man who would change his mind, It was sald the men who sought to be relieved were miaguide|, but a large number of them resided in Ken- tucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware, and who never went into the rebellion with their States, ‘Their Rtates made no attempt to secede, and they raised their hands against the overnin use they hated Hberty. This, ho repeated, fey ata from no love oF devotion to their States, bat would destroy everything of which our fag was the a} ant Bech said that some thought tat thie il ‘ied, tne lemocratic party In some way, but such wasnot the design. He introduced i becauso be thought the removal of disaMili- ties would do more to restore harmony than anything else that could be done. He had been on the Commitee on Ke- construction tor four years and knew that members had made individual promises they could not fuldl. The removal Of political disabilities would injure no party. Congress had sed separate bills from time to time relieving one, ten or fwenty. his showed that twas right to be done.” Crimi: nation and recrimination was not the mode to restore peace. ‘Mr. Beck's bill is as follows :— “Be it enacted, &c. That all legal ana political disabi.ities | imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of the ‘amendment to the constitution of the United States on per- fons therein mentioned, because of their having engaged in fsurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid and comfort to enemies thereof, be and the same are, hereby remove: ‘Mr. POLASD moved to amend by adding:— “Proviced, this act shall not apply to oF in any way affect | or remove the disabilities of any persons included in eitner of | the following classes:—First, members of Congress of the | United States who withdrew ‘therefrom and alded the rebel- | lion; second, olllcers of the army or navy of the United States, above the age of twenty-o id army or navy and aided the rebellion; third, members of | State conventions which adopted. the pretended ordinances | of secession, and who voted forthe adoption of such ordt- | ances." 4 ‘The amendment, under the operation of the previous ques- tion, was agreed to as follows ‘\ese-Mevars. Acker, Ambler, Archer, Barber, Beatty, b Biair’ of ham, Bird, Bair of ‘Mich. jrooks of N. ¥., Buckley jutler of Tena, Ci ‘Cook, Cotten, chard, Burdett, Comingo, Conger, Durnell,’ Eames, ' Finkeinbur; rett, Gritith, Haldeman, H. Harris of Miss., Hay, Kerr,” Ketch: , Lewis, Lowe MeCiellan ep rt fanson, May: McCsrmack, MoCrory, McH by ed Mitchels, Morey, Mi MeKloney, Packard, ¥ L letor Randall, Rice ve Sawyer, Scofield, Seel eldon, Bhober, Shoemaker, Slater, Slocum, Stith of N. Y., Smith of Ohio, Smith of Vt, | Sa ot Pa., Speer of Ga., Sprague, Stevens, Stone, Stowell, j St. John, Sypher, Thomas, Townsend of Pa., Tuthili, | Wakeman, Walden, Wal- | \ iehell,, Tyner, Upson, Waddell, arom, Warren Well nite: ‘Willard, Williams of nd., Walliams of Wiison of Ohlo~ fo a er of N 76 n'ler Mase, Creeley Large, Diekey, Duel, y, Crossland, Daw Eudrldge, Euliout, Farwell, Foster, Getz, Golladay, Handley, Hanks, Harmer, Havens, Hawley,Hazellon of N.J,, Hereford, Kendall, ‘Lansing, McGrew, MeJunkin, Mer- Orr, er; Porter, Price, Grass, ae jeeter—57. The question was then taken on the passage Of the bill as ended and resulted as follows: — Mestre Acker, Adame, Archer, Arthur, eck, am, Bird, Biair of Mo. Braxton, Bright, of » Buckle: rehard, Caldwell, Cimpbell, Comingo, Cox, ‘Crebs, Critcher, Crosland, Ely, Farns: Vook, Carroll Davie, bela getDox, Dubest,” Duke,’ Eldridge rth, Farwell, Finkelnburg, ‘Forker, Foster, Frye, Garrett, Gets Golladay, Gritith, Haldeman, Hale, Halsey,’ Haruble- ton, 3 arris of ‘Handley,’ Hanks, » Harrie of Bis 01 Va, Hay, ‘Hereford, Hill, endall, Kerr, King, Kinsella,” Latalson ch,” Lewis, Manson, Marshall, McClelland, McCormick, McGrew,’ McHenry, | Melaiyre, McKenny, Merrick, Benj F. Meyers, Mitche! Moor forey, Morgan, Morphis, jacl ree, Perry, Moore clue Potters Price, Randall, tend, Hlice of {iy Hie of Ky., Richae, Wm.’ R. Roberis, Robinson, Roose- velt, Sheldon, 'Shober, Shoemaker, Slater, Slocum, Sioss, Smith ot Vi, Spear of Pa., Spear, of Ga,, ‘Stevens, toi Sutherland, Bryhn terry: thomas, Tuthitt, | Vauyhan, Voorbees,' Waddell, Wakeman, Warren, Wells, Whiteley, Whiteborne, Williams of N. Y., Wood, Young — Naye—Messrs. Ambler, Averill, Barber, Beat of Mich. of Mass., Bufinton, Burdett, jutler of | os arg Me ge Tg ter, Garfel Havens, Hawley, Hazleton of’ Wis, Hazleton of Hoover, Kelley, Ketcham, Killen: rer, Lansing, LO ch, May’ Crary, McJunkin, Sretriam, Mi eit, OFT, Packay . Parker, Porter, 'Prindle, Ratney, Ellis H. Rol Rusk, Sawyer, Scofield, Seeley, Seasions, Shanks, She ger, Smiib of N. Y., Smith of Ohio, Boregne, Sarensae, stouriion,, Sorel Joh tase. wi d a. er, Upson, Walden, Waldren, v1 wi Willard, Willtains of tnd, Wilsot Wallace, Walls, Wheeler, orind. and ‘Wilson. of Ohio—82. Tworibirds not having vowed for the bil, the Speaker de- cline House at four o'clock adjonrned until to-morrow. INCENDIARY FIRE (N WILLIAMSBURG, The Grand Street and Newtown Railroad Companys Stables Fired=Fitty-three Horses Perish—Loss $18,000. i The stables of the Grand Street ana Newtown Rallread Company, situated on Meeker avenue, near William street, Williamsbug, were discovered to be on fire at about half-past three o'clock yester- day morning by the night watchman when he entered the stables at that hour to feed the horses. There were over one hundred horses and a large number of cara in the stable when the fire was dis- goyered, gud but for its timely discovery all, would undoubtedly have been destroyed. The prompt are Tival of a large force o1 police, under Captain Mul- len, and the available force of the Fire Department, under Chief Smith, enabled the employés of the company, with their timely assistance, to save half the horses and all the cars, the firemen succeeddi in confluing the flames to the newly constructe: portion of the stables, where they were tirst discov. ered by whe watchman. THE RELEASED HORSES, terrified by the fire and -moke and the neighing and sporting of their burning companions, galloped off in all directions, some of them going far into Queens county, others making off tothe river front, bat they were nearly all secured during the day aud brought back to the stables, THE BURNED HORSES presented a sickenin; ht when the fire was sub- dued, and were found 1; im various contorted shapes. The great bulk of those that perished, hewever, were suffocated by the smoke, and several we were badly burued were slot for humanity’s sake. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. Capiain Cochen, the president of the road, is so Tally convinced that the fire was the work of incen- diaries that he has offered a reward of $1,000 for their apprenension. The night watchman, who was the first vo discover the fire and give ine alarm, says that just previous to his entering the stable he saw three persons, who appeared to be intoxicated, pass the front stable door on Meeker avenue and disa| pear round tle corner of William street, but he paid no further attention to them, For several months past there has been considerable trouble among the stockholders of this road, and the present president and board of directors came into power after a Iitigation in the Supreme Court. On coming into power they removed a large number of the employés of the Toad, and suspicion rests upon some of them, Whether jusdy or unjustly remains to be seen. LOSSES AND INSURANCES. The losses on idings aud.horses will reach $15,000, covered by insurance, as follows: Fulton Fire 1s, Co. $5,000 National.. Cituzens’ Total.......++ «+ $40,000 Bernard Aronson and Jacob, his son, who are ac- cused of having set fire to thetr stere No. 218 East Houston street, on the 4th inst., were brought before Juage Koch yesterday morning for examin: . The tute boy who siated that he saw the aovese lighting some paper behind the counter was examined; bat his evidence could not ve shaken. ‘The case Was then adjourned, ET OPEN WAR. The Radical Fight Against the President. Wendell Phillips and the New Radical Depar- ture-Southern Millionnaires Must be Shot at the Drum Head—“A Democratic President May be Impessible’— A Radical Gap for Blood. (From the National Stanaard (anttadministration), this week.] Ablow sometimes stuus @ drunkard into sobri- ety. Possibly tho insult offered and the peril brought to the republican party by the removal of Mr. Sumner may have this effect en the nation, We may see the loyal men of the North rally to the defence of the Union, If not, then tuere is but one thing more for Congress to do in order to sign the death warrant of the ropublican party, and possibly of the Union, Let Congress now adjourn without authorizing martial law at the South to curb the Ku Klux, and they have assured the election of a demo- crat to the Presidency. Indeed, the mood of Washington in regard to the anarchy of the South 1s such that we consider the matter about settled, ‘The thirty-throd repuditcans Wio last week removed Mr, Sumner from his post elected a democratic Pre- sident for 1872, Whether Grant will consent to run on a democratic ticket is of course uncertain, Pro: bavly he does not hunself know yet, But evidently But er’s bill on the ku Klux is not likely to become alaw. The same subserviency that ate dirt im the Sumner matter siands ready to deeut that, Any substitute that seuds Southern assassins to be tried by o jury 0! Jellow assa-sins is a mockery. Nothing short of shooting hala dozen Southern miliionnaires at the drum head will awe the Ku Kiuz into submis ston. There seems no fikelihood of such vigor either in Congress or atthe White House, The St. Domingo collar on Senatorial necks shows that they belong to @ man who has entered on the course where Andrew Johnson perisued. How far he intends to advance on that pathway he does not himself now Know. But the descent 18 tatally eaay. We did not expeet much from General Grant, But whens he so unex- pectedly rose to the level of statesmauship in the matter of the fifteenth amendment and of vue Indians we smothered all our doubts and gave him large contidence. The last few months, cap) ‘by this insolent interference ef Con- gress, reveals the man. We persisted in beileving that Mr. Motley was removed for adequate cause ‘until Mr. Secretary Fish’s clumsy letter dispelled the illusion. That aci, seen in the light of this attack on Mr. Sumner, was evidently dictated simply and solely by spite toward the great Massachuse.ts Sena- tor. James the First sald, when he came to Lendon to mount his throne and found only blundering ofli- cialis, “They bave given me a secretary who cannot write and a speaker who cannot speak." Grant 1g w.ders.ood to be in the same amiiction. And the Massachusetts pamaences who heiped Mr. Fish to his boyish rhetoric, did bis work so poorly that he betrayed the secret, and let the world see that, after six months’ incubation, the department could not hatch a decent excuse, Just as that dis- creditabie act was floating away into oblivion comes this usurpation, which puts the present Executive into the company of Jackson’s bank intrigues and Johnsoa’s attack on Stauton, The revelation it makes of the servility of the Senate 1s disheartening to all lovers of free government. Every man knows that each Senator who voted yor Mr. Sumner 3 removal did so solely because the Prestdent had let him understand that only on that condition could he hope to have any tnytuence at the Departments in securing office for his friends. We tel only what is an open secret at Washington. Poitticians there, attitudiizing on the floors of Congress, use words in @ Pickwickian sense and varnish base acts with comely phrases, Butit is it the ple should kuow the plain truth. Tne Pi lent has bought of his opponents by refusing all winter to listen, in the matter of appointments, to the recommendations of any member of Congress who voted with Mr, Sum- ner, The only excuse individual Congressmen make lor changing their votes is taat to be ored at the departments, when asking offices for heir support- ers, 18 death to their political hopes, If St. Do- Mingo 18 annexed Grant secures it by threats and brives. The poorest memory will need but litte effort to recali the very embassy that bought a Key- stone vote—the judgeship which won a Wolverine— atx] the herring post that made another Senator put on the Domingo collar. Of course when a party becomes merely a “rng” to divide the spoils, it touches its downfall. It is sad to think that the power of a Great party should Dave fallen into the hands of such low, mercenary selfishness. It 13 said that we can oppose to outlaw assassins at the South, banded togetier, mercilessly and at every sacrifice, for at least a great object— Becess on—that we cau oppose to them only a gang of Swiss shamelessly exhibiting themselves ior sale to the highest bidder. And se cneated of half our gains, betrayed in the house of our friends, we must rally for another such fight as that which crashed Davis and bauiked Jehnson. To prevent the choice of a democratic President may be impossible. Kut our effort must go deeper than that. We must begin to educate the people into the determination that, if encouraged by a rebel President, secession ever lifts its head again at the South, the North will sweep rebeldom with the besom of utter destruction and leave it no ruler but the swerd until every now living white man is in his grave, WENDELL PA#ILLIPS, A STRANGE SUICIDE, How a Wealthy, Penurions Resident of Flat- bush Shuffled off This Mortal Coll. Coroner Jones, of Brookiyn, repaired to Flatbush, one of the county towns of that city yesterday, for the purpose of nolding an inquestover the body ofasingular and weaithy resivent of the later place, named Ditmas Duryea. The deceased, who was fifty-five years of age, was a native of Long Is- land, and boasted that his progenitors were among the earliest sevtlers of that sandy tract of our Contl- nent. His ancestors came from Holland, and his father and grandfather fought in the revolutionary war for the independence of the United States of America. Ditmas inherited a fine farm at Flatbush from his father and cultivated | the land, with fair profit to himself, until within the past few years, when he found that the investments which his judgment and knowledge of real estate and ceftain siocks enabled him to make was more remunerative than agricultural pursuits, Arriving at this sage conclusion he HUNG UP THE SHOVEL AXD THE HoR and latinched his bark upon the sea of financial speculation. His treasure throve handsomely, His coffers were filling yearly, and economy, amounting to almost miserly mi is said to have char- acterized his manner and metnod of living and dealing with his fellow men. Neighbors were heard to say that Ditmas eften felt agrieved to think that | he could not charge board to his shadow for follow- ing into his house and seating itself near the dianer table, But apitorty Ditmas took to making too ~ FREE US8 OF ALCHOLIC STIMULANTS. Six weeks ago his wife died, In her own right Mrs. Duryea pessessed a piece of property valued at $6,000 or $7,000, woich she leit entipely to a relative of her’s who was in more héed of assistance thai her huspand. Mr, Duryea, being worth about 175,000, in bonds, stock and real estate, and child- jess, {t Was natural to supposé that ne would not be lkely, with his Tegal habits of living, to run shert of change during his natural life. Those who wero acquainted with the deceased say that this cruel neglect of him in the will of his bie pete heavily upon his mind. His sister appealed te him and urged him to be& man once more and give up drinking. He promised to do so, and latterly did attempt to overcome his propensity for liquor, but as he Was subject to severe nervous attacks he took By and opiates, and at times became despond- EXHIBITED SUICIDAL TENDENCTES. His friends and relatives did not suppose, how- ever, that he would carry into effect any attempt at suicide, He had said frequently tnat he couid swal- Jow half @ tumbler of laudanum without injury. For the past few weeks he has been at the Jarm house of Peter Williamson, an old acquaintance of his, On Monday morning last he was seen to swallow something outof a tumbler glass, standing by the sink in the kitchen, and subsequently AN EMPTY TWO OUNCE ae labelled laudanum, was found there. ased left the house and visited a store alter this, where he re- Mained from about eleven o'clock until nalf-past twelve, conversing rationally. Suddenly he Ww drowsy and dizzy, and the storekeeper ‘asmisted him to the house at which he was boarding. Here he lay down on the bed, and, when asked f ne wanted a doctor, replied in the negative, sayiug that he would cake @ sleep. Medical men were summoned, and everything possible for skill to devise was done to grouse the unfortunate man, but to no purpose. Ho breathed his last at _half-past two o'clock. His pro- perty will go to his sisters. ‘The verdict of the Coroner's jury was in accord- a@uce with the above facts, THE COTTON MOVEMENT. List of American Cotton Cargoes Arrived at Liverpool March 13 and 14. LIVERPOOL, March 14, 1871, The fol'ewing is a list of cargoes of American cot- ton which reached this pert yesterday evening and during to-day, viz.:— Verse! Steamship Sibert: Ship ro Russel! Bap Stanley. Bark Emerald. Bark Albina... Bark Sabra M Bark Glen Nevis, Totalrevreers. METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ARTY. The Committee and the Contributors. This noble enterprise, to which we referred edi- torially several days ago, ia progressing with every prospect of success. The committee having the matter in charge make @ report of the growth of the project, in which they say:— ‘Tho want of such a museum is not the wamt of a place of amusement, hor even of a new adornment of our city and attraction to strangers, [tis the ‘want of an essential means of high cultivation. The need of such a museum and the lack of it are felt by every cultivated man and woman, and are bitter- ly regretted by ali those whose studies lead them into the dominion of the beautiful arts, Permanent pubtic collections of works of art are hardly known America; chosen and carefully arranged collections are unknown—while even ¢ rate cities on the Continent oft urope have museums which students come from afar to inspect. Such means Of artistical cultivation are being provided in England, also, with great diligence and lavish outlay. America has been too long unprovided with works of art for the study and enjoyment of all, The fact that our country has no monuments of the noble architecture of the past, and that we have no monue mental works of paintings and of sculpture of the great times of art, should lead us to even greater eflorts than are made in the cities of Europe to es- tablish iree museums of fine art. ‘The chef purpose of the museum is, of course, to tustrate the of or 18 progress and decay, and the mony changes of style spiric it has undergone, It is thought that it 1s betier to concen- trate the resources of the museum and to make the collections toerably complete tn one airectien or in another, rather than less representative in mai B a ee pe pectin po cepernenyy ig yi q fol Rows urchase the most largely at first bei Toben rt much upon the opportunities offered, and so much upon the amount of money that may be at the disposal of Lhe trustees, that the officers of the museum are unable to define ciosely their proposed course. But one object they have in view, which they think will be recognized as a most important one by all classes of the community, is the formation of a cemplete cdllection of industrial art of all styles and eras illustrating the application of ornamental design to all classes or workmausiup and manufacture. A bill is now pending before the Legislature to empower the Commissioners of Public Parks to ex- pend $1,000,000 in erecting buildings for the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History and the Metropoll- tan Museum of Art, The location of these upon ground now belon: to the city is left to the dis- cretion of the Commissioners, who have assured the oMicers of the museum of their support and asslst- ance, Private subscriptions are asked for the pur- chase of works of art. Those already made are iven below, and those made im tuture will be ac- nowledged from time to time, Subscriptions may be sent to any officer of the museum, When the subscription list shall amount to $250,000 the money Will be called in and immeiiate steps will be taken to make purchases judiciously, and to bring the works of art brought to this city as soon a8 a fire-proef place of keeping shall be pro- vided for them, An important purchase has already been made for the museum—namely, that of a collection of 174 pictures, chiefy of the Flemish and Dutch Schoels, made up ef two private gallertes of great merit and celebrity in Pans and Brussels respectively. These pictures were bought im Europe at the breaki out of the war between France and Prussia. They were offered to the Mu- geum at thelr cost, the authenticity of each picture being guaranteed, and the expense and trouble of carrying them until bought by the Museum provided for. By a recent vote of the trustees, the pictures fre purchased for the Museum on the conaition of the rai-ing of the quarter of a million of dollars spectfied above. Orders have been sent to bring the pictures to New York at once. SUBSORIPTION TO THE FUND OF $250,000 FOR THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, John Taylor Jobn- Christian E, Det- BtOD....++ -++.++$10,000 mold.. Wn. T. Blodget 6,000 Richard M. Robert Gordon.... 2,500 Wm. Cullen Bryant 1,000 Wh. B. Astor...... 2,500 Henry Chauncey 1,009 Miss Catharine L. Howard Potter. 1,000 Wolfe.... ...-++» 2500 Jonathan Edgar.. 1,000 Wm, ©. Rhineland- Jas. H. Van Alen. 1,000 er. H’y G, Marquand. 1,000 J. B Cornell .. 00 Ei ation L. Win- Lucius Tuckerman 2,000 | throp....... 1,000 Rutherfurd Stuy- Theo. Roosevelt... 1,000 vesant.......... 2,000 Robert Hoe, Jr.... 1,000 Robert L. Stewart, 2,000 D.Jackson Steward 1,000 Samuel G. Ward.. r Hoag.... 1, Samuel L, M. Bar- » 1,000 1OW.....seeeeee 1,000 Charles L. Tiffany. 1,000 Samuel Wetmore.. 1,000 Benjamin H, Field. 1,000 J. Gordon Bennett, John Jacdb Astor. 1,000 Ir, wee ++ 1,000 Josiah M. Fiske... 1,000 E. L, Suydaw. 1,000 Abram S. Hewitt., 1,000 Jobn Auchincloss.. 1,000 Morris K.Jesup... 1,000 James W. Pinchot. 1,000 Charles S. Smith.. 1,000 William H. Raynor 1,000 Saiem H. Wales. 1,000 Levi P. Morton.... 1,000 Jolin S. Kennedy. 1,000 J.Pierpont Morgan 1,000 John A. C. Gray. 1,000 Witham Paton. 1,000 James B. Colgute.. 1,000 D. Willis-James,.. 1,000 A. Van Rensselaer 1,000 Samuel J. Tilden.. 1,009 Joh H. Sherwood 1,000 Wm, E. Dodge, Jr. 1,000 JamesTincker..... 60 Robert Colgate.... 1,000 Henry Dexter..... 500 Alexander Stuart. 1,000 William J, Hoppin 600 John. B, Trevor... 1,000 Theodore Weston.. — 500 William H. Fegg.. 1,000 Geo. W. Curtis..... 500 H.C. Fahnestock,. 1, id John F. Kensett... 600 Henry Clewes. x, Frederiox W. Khine- ‘Anson P. Stokes.. 1,000 _ lanaer........... 600 D, F, Appleton, 1,000 Russell Sturgis, Jr. 600 Edwin D. Morgan. 1,000 Richard Butier.... 600 Grifith Thomas... 1,000 Edw. A. Ludiow.. 600 Francis & Loutrel. 1,000 StephenC.Williams 500 George Opdyke.... 1,000 500 Marcellus Hartley. 1,000 500 A. H. Barney... 1,000 600 Edward © 1,000 600 Martin Zborowgki. 1,000 Edward 8. Jaffray, 1,000 non....... . 600 Wm. H. Aspinwall 1,000 Sinclair Tousey... 600 Henry G. Deforest. 500 NathanielP. Bailey 250 Charies H. Isham. 600 JohnE. Parsons... 250 J. Henderson...... 600 250 John H, Hall. 600 250 George W. Folsom 600 200 Mahlon Sands..... 500 JamesC. Carier... 200 L. M. Rutherfurd. 600 rgeP.Putnam. 200 dames Renwick. 600 William Schaus... 200 Henry B, Hyde 600 George F. Comfort 200 W. ©. Churen 600 8. D, Haten.. 200 Berge C. Ward. 600 R. Upjohn. 200 Ed. M. Townsend. 600 Herman Knapp. 100 ‘The officers of the association are:— President—Joun Taylor Jonnston. Vice Prestdents—William Cullen Bryant and Gene- ral John A. Dix, Trustees—William H. Aspinwall, Christian E. Det- mold, Andrew H. Green, William J. Hoppin, Join “¢ poe wetter D. Morgan, Howard Pewer and jenry G. Executive Committee—William T. Blodgett, S. L. M. Barlow, George F. Comfort, Joseph H. Choate, F. E. Church, Robert Gordon, R. M. Hunt, Robert Hoe, Jr., Eastman Johnson, F. L. Oimstead, G. P. Put- nam, Lucius Tuckerman and J. Q, A. Ward. Treasurer—Samuel G. Ward, Recording Secretary—Theodore Weston. Con ling Secrevary—Russell Sturgis, Jr. The following gentlemen form a committee, whe ‘Will act in concert with the trustees:— W. L. Andrews, Charles H. Isham, W. 8. Andrews, Herman Knapp, Daniel F. Appleton, H. G, Marquand, Otis, M. D. Samuel P. Avery, Ne 5 Richard Butler, dames W. Pinchot, W. ©, Church, William H, Raynor, Smith Cl James Renwick, Jonathan Edgar, Jonn H. Sherwood, H. (, Fahnestock, Josiah M. Fiske, John A. C. Gray, Marcellus Hartley, Charles Stewart Smith, Anson Phelps Stokes, Salem H. Wal Stephen 0. Willams, WINNIPEG. Another Military Outbroak= Volunteers in Open Revolt—' ment in the Hands of the Insurgente—Out- rages Upon American Soil. CHICAGO, March 14, 1871. Advices from Pembina to the 28th ultimo repre- Sent that another outbreak had occurred on the Reserve, The First battalion ef Canadian Volun- teers are In open revolt, and hold at deflance their officers and tne civil authorities, The present indi- cations are that the government is defunct, and that all authority has passed inte the hands of the Cana- Gian treops stationed at Upper Fort Garry. Dr. Schultz is the recognized head and leader of the in- surgents, Within a few days nominations will be made and elections held for four members of the Dominion House of Commons. A rising of soldiers and of a mob is apprehended. All law-abiding citizens look forward with dread to the 4th of March, when the soldiers and Schultz party propose to celebrate the anniversary of Scott's execution. “We are absolutely without law, as the volunteers bave taken the authority into their own hands.’ Another letter says:—‘'The country people cannot visit Winnipeg without danger of being insulted and abused by lawless soldiers, and unless an im- mediate improvement is made in the condition of affairs many of the people will abandon their farms and fly for refuge to the American side of the boundary. The village of Pembina is fre- quently visited by parties of drunken volun- teers, who terrify and frequently abuse the citizens. On the night of the 24th ao American citi- ven, pamed Andrew It, was chased across the interuational vound: by @ party of infuriated sol- ters, and who, some distance this side of the line, was knocked down and savagely beaten by them and left for dead. Nault was one of the suppurters ef Riel’s provisional government of last winter, which is the reagon of the assault.” A meeting was held last night, of prominent citl- zens, to take into consideration the expediency of in- viting the Legislature to nold its next session in this city. Acommittee of nine was appointed to carry into effect the wishes o1 the meeting. A RépeL Grant IN TROUBLE.—A man named James L. Elmer was arrested lust wock in Keokuk, Towa, for eloping with bis sister’s daughter, He 1s represented as being six feet six luches in Lelght, a resident of Virgiuia and jormeriy asoldicr ui the rebel army, THE FLAG OF THE UNION. George Washington's Memory in Europe—Celo- bration of the Anniversary of His Birthday in Vienna--Entertainment by the United Stites Minister—Patriot- ism aad Good Foeling. Vianna, Feb. 22, 1871. This evening the Averican Miulster aud Mrs. Jay Teceived at their resience in this city an American Party, residents and iravellers, representing all sec- tions of the Union, Alter supper Mr. Jay ina neat speech expressed his pleasure at meeting such an assemblage of his countrymen and fair country women on the 130th Snniversary of the birt of Washington. Gradually, Said he, our young country, as we were accustomed to call it—although it was perhaps doubtful if it Were not peopled at asearly a period as any other— began to count by centuries. It is now believed, and with reason, that our Pacifico coast was visited by the Chinese nearly a thousand years ogo, as the Chinese records allude to their visit, and Mexico in our own day, and Still more in that of Cortes, exhibited signs of the idolatry which the Chinese had left behind them. But counting simply fom Columbus, we number some 380 years, and preiently, in 1876, our republic will have completed het first century. That annt- versary will be celebrated over all the world, Ihad & visit, added Mr, Jay, tis morning from Mr. Auer- bach, the celebrated Geman autnor, so well known and so justly admired {n tho United States for his “Country Home on the Rhine” and other of his works, and Mr, Auerbach said dat anniversary would be an event of universal interest, and that all Germany &nd her untversities would join in its celebratioa. Let uwhope, my countrymen, that Europe, while as- sisting te honor the birtaday of our republic, will do practical homage to theprecepts of Ws ton and the truth of our Declaration, Kor all that our re- ublio ts, for all that we hope it may become, we are largely indebted to this great man, Who while he lived was first in war aad first in peace, and whose memory, at the close of this nineteenth century, 1s sul the rst in the hearts of his countrymen. ‘The company then drank, standing ana in silence, the toast “he Memory of Washiugton.”” ‘The next toast, it was remarked, required neithee speech nor preface. it was greeted with the en- Vhusiasm with which Americans in @ foreign land ever hail the sight of their national lag, ‘Three cheers hailed tue health of “Lhe President of the United States.” 3 Iu introducing the toast to the Sovereign of Aus- tria the Minister remarked that an inquiry had been recently addressed to him concerning Baron de Bielen Berthod, whe was referred to as the first Minister from Austria w the United States, and that, at bis request, the Austrian Foreigu Oifice courteously searched tieir archives aud had tound in the Belgian department several volumes contaia- ing the correspondence of Baron de Bielen Berthorf, dated at Pailadelphia acd New York, irom August, 1784, to January, 1789, and the Austrian Chancellor de Beust, with characteristic cuurtesy, bad oilered to allow Copies of the correspondence to ve made. He had the bonoy to propose the health ef ‘itis Imperial Majesty France Joseph, Emperor of Aus- tria and King of Hungary.” The toast was drunk standing, with cordial ap- plause. The Minister ssid there Was a third toast, always dear to Americans and never omitted when a representative of either branch of the service was present to acknowledge it, To-night they were doubly fortunate in thepresence of General Post, of tae army, and Dr, Marmion, of the Navy. He gave them—“She Army and ar of the United States.”? ‘The toast was received with cheers, General P. Sidney Post responded in an interesting and amusing 8] hb, im Which, after returning thanks for the army, he alluded to the peppiar. tuea oi the youth of America and said;—'We always speak of America as & yo , in spité of the fact that its antiquity Is s0 great taat we have not even a tradition of the history or origin of the seve- ral races by Which it has been inhabited. In re- ferring to the past we may rather point to our country as affording the most 8 riking examples of the rise, progress and fall of nations. Ihe evidences are abundant in America that it has been the abode of many civilized races. ‘The Aztécs are loug since extinct, but recent discoveries show that before the Aziecs occupied the or a people leaving statuary, pouery and utensils similar of the ancient Egyptians, had occupied tt, although no living evidence of taat race now exists there. ‘These people lived in America, bullt cities and per- haps made constitutions, revolutions, treaties and conquests a such @ remote period that not even tradition telis tn what manner they disappeared. We are assembled to-night, citizens, frem every sec- tion of our land—some from the North, some from tne South. who trom their homes 100k out upon the Atlantic gi as it is against the rocks of New Engiand, and some who may from tneifs hear the ying of the waves which wash the golden sands ot the Pacific; but we ali belong to the new civilization and to the rising nation which has sprung up asif by magic and taken its place in the family of nations. 1n conclusion I have the leasure Of proposing the ‘‘Heaitn of His Excellency . day,”’ the able representative of our common country at this ancient capital, about whose nospita- ble table we are gatnered on this festal eccasion, and also the health of the members of his family, ‘The toasts having been cordially hovored Wiliam V. Maraion, United States Navy, was called upon, and responded happily for thé American Navy, alluding ‘to whavit had accomplished and to the fact that it Was as ready to do its duty in the future as in the past.’ ‘the company separated soon after midnight. M SCELLANEOUS FOREIGN ITEMS. Ali the colleges in Paris are reopened. The theatres in Paris have opened at reduced prices. The uniforms of the Prussian military will be changed. The spiked helmets are, however, to re- main. The Empress of Germany attended on the 28th February the readings of the Berlin Scientific Assu- clation. The editor of a Roman Catholic paper in Munich has been committed for trial for a libel on the Kiug of Italy. The Fancy Fair in the Botanical Gardens of Brus- sels was oponed by the Queen of Belgium on the 1st of March. The Firty-fourth birthday of William {1L, Xing of Holland, was celebrated atthe Hague on the 20th of February. The Germans are rapidly introducing their posta: system into the conquered provinces of Alsace and German Lorraine. The valuable books of the National Library in Paris, which were stowed away in a cellar, have been returned to them former places, Victor Hugo 1s said to have made the following remark before the conclusion of peace:—“I am for peace, but a8 @ party measure I shall vote for war.’’ The Emperor of Germany was present on the 284 February at @ horse race at Versailles, ip which several ofMicers of the Brandenburg Unlans took part, Rate ke ee dura, Curtia, wife, and Miss Garvin, dangnter of the American Minister to St, Petersburg, were pre- sented on February 1 to the Grand Duchess Alexan- dra Petrowna, ‘Three soldiers and two women were killed in the Hospital of la Salpétricre in Puris by the explosion of a Prussian shell which had been thrown io during the bombardment, Bishop Monrad, formerly Prime Minister of Den- mark, who left for Australia after the Schleswig- Holstein war in 1864, has been reinstated in the Bishopric of Laaland. The Pre ect of Aisne, who was charged with com- plicity in blowing up the fortress of Laon, nas been liberated by order of Emperor William from the cita- del of Ehrenbreltatein, where he was detained. ‘The railway carriages now running between Paris and Orleans have all been transported from Ger- many and are marked with the names of the differ- ent German lines for which they were formerly used, The Preussische Kreuz Zetiung has tt that after the conclusion of the armistice two members of the French Ministry obtained by some means or other a knowledge of Count Moltke’s plan for the con- tinuation of the war, which induced them at once to vote for peace at any price. The Crown Prince of Germany and his cousin the Red Prince spent the interval between the armistice and tae evacuation of Versailles in excursions to ‘the castles on the banks of the Loire. Among others they visited the Castle of Chambord, tie property of the present Bourbon Pretender. The Parisians were much alspleased with that Part of President Grant’s message in wiiich itis said that Germany resembled the United States. The Journal des Débats was especially severe on the President, and satd that he did it to catch the Ger- man vote at the next elections, ‘The revolver which was fired at Sefior Rulz Zor- nila, the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, contained fourteen balls, He was wounded in the right hand side, while bis friend, Sefor Hernandez, had his overcoat riddled by several shots. Seflor Zorrilla had, however, recelved timely warning of @ pre- Meutiated attempt against his life SPAIN’S TROUBLES. Particulars of the Attempted Assas- sination of Senor Zorilla, Narrow Escape of the Minister—Tracked for Some Time—The Assassins Still at Large— Suspected Parties Arrested. MADRID, Feb, 20, 1871. Yesterday this city was thrown Into a state of ex- citement; for at a very early hour—two A, M.—an attempt had been mado to assassinate Seilor Ruiz Zoriila, ex-Prosiaent of Cortes, now Altnister of Pub- No Works. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER. From the facts I have been able to gather, and Upon which every reliance can be placed, 1t appears that Seilor Zorijla was revarning home on foot, in company with a friend, and when passing through the Calle del Pez, opposite. Oalle San Roque, two meu, hidden in a dark corner formed by the projec- tion of tue Mrst house on the left side of the street, stepped forward into tho road. Oue of them levelled a bluuderbuss aud fired at Zorilla justas he was crossing. NARROW ESCAPR, The contents of the piece passed within a lew inches of the intended victim and lodged in the front ef a shop opposite. It will, no doubt, be won- dered what brought such an important personage as Ruiz Zortlla out on foot in the small hours of the morning. It appears that in the afternoon of tho day previous the ex-Prosident of Cor ez received advice of a “rendezvous” where he would be putin possession of very important revel ations respecting a certain MATTER OF GREAT IMPORTANCR which had for some time occupied the public atten- ton, andwhich the tribunals had not been able to clear up. (This undonbtedty refers to the assassination of Prim.) Zerrilla, anxlons to de aii in his power to aid the judicial anthorities in their work of investl- gation, did not seem inclined to go to the place ap- pointed; for he said that at ten P. M, the pariies could see im at the house of a coniideudal fiend iu the Calle del Pez, and so ti was arranged, TRE UNKNOWN PARTIBS did not Keep their appointment, and the Minister, after waiting nearly four hours, took his departure in company With ihe sume irlend, aud was proceeding home when the atiack Was made. As soon as the un Was discharged the assassins took to ther heels. Zorilla’s friend, Who carried a revoiver, gave clase and tired twice at the fugitives, who, nevertheless, made good them escape. IT IS: SUPPOSED that they must have entezed some house in the same street, and that the door of the house was purposely lett ajar. Wheu the assassins were clean Ous of sight both watchmen and policemen, a3 usual, made their appearance and gave hot pursuit to in- visibie assassins in all directions, and sforciy after returued to report that they Lad not been able to ind anyone. it is said that Zorilla, whea be saw the — sins, exclaimed, “lexpecied a3 much. We are sold |" RECKLESSNESS OF THE MINISTER. It seems remarkably strauge that a man of Zorll- la’s stamp tn the political world, and surrouaded, as he 1s, by innumerable enemies, should not have taken the precaution of placing detectives on tne lookout for any premeditated attack, aud more 80 as it is said that he bad a presentiment of what was likely to take place, ZORILLA TRACKED FOR SOME TIMR. af One of the miuisteriai papers states that there ts no doubt that Ruiz Zora has been toilowed for some time past, and the assassins had previously laken steps to make their escape good, adding that he has miraculeusly escaped an albuscade such as was prepared for the unfortunate General Prim, and that there is no deubt that there exists in Madrid 8 permanent conspiration against the lives of the pridGyal personages of the revolution, and Who are resolve) to desiroy all those who contribute to the support of Use new order‘of things. Viscount del Bruch, son of the-snfortunate General Prim, was one of the first of the distinguisued personages who Nocked to the residefice 0: Zorilla to congratulate him on his escape. PARTIES ARRESTsn, ‘The oMcers of justice at ouce Wve measures for the apprehension of the assassins—surimaynded and eurched the houses close to where the avack was made—and have taken four men and @ Womim into custody on suspicion of being concerned in tne attempt to assassinate the Minister of Public Workn, The New King’s D!M-ulties=Tho Refusal of the Duke of Montyensior and O:hers to Swear Allegiance=The Prim Murder. News from Madrid gives the information that the new Spanish Cortes has been summoned to meet on April 8, and the elections are to take place on March 8. The members of the Senate will be elected on the same day by the provincial depatation, as the Crown bas no longer the right to appoint Senators. There is great excitement about the refusal of several generals to swear allegiance to the new King. They are not only the adherents of the Bourbons, such as Captain General Don Juan Pezuela, Count de Cheste, Don Eugenio Pavia y Lacy, Marguis of Novaiiches, and General Calogne, but also many of the advanced liberals, such ag General Contreras Sanz and Nouvilas. The Duke of Montpensier, Captain General of the army, and his Adjutant General, Solis, have resigned, in order to avoid the oath of allegiance. The journal £t aie Stated semi-oficially that the Minisiry wil banish all those rebellious generals, including the Duke of Montpensier, to the island of Minorca, On the other hand it ig reported that Don Francis de Bourbon, husband of Queen Isabella, nas tendered nis submission to King Amadeus, » The murder of Prim ts still surrounded with great mystery. Many arrests of suspected persons, in- cludi the republican Claré, have taken place, but no adaitional light has as yet been thrown upon this dark deed. The Ministry has issued a circular relating to the elections. The re-establishment of the movarcny is especially mentioned, and all republican tendencies are severely condemned. “THE LAWYER,’ TRADE.” New York, March 13, 1871. To THk Epitor oF THE HEKALD:— In your issue of March 10 a paragraph appeared, headed “The Lawyers’ Trade,” &c., reflecting se- verely upon my character and seriously affecting my Teputation, Tne article referred to my arrest by or- der of Police Justice Coulter, for having directed one James Ryan to seize or take property without color of law, belonging to one Figuero. The facts in the case are as follows:—Aboat eighteen months ago I was retained by one James Ryan to commence an action senlns one we a Oseron Fo xpoores possession 0! fain store property and f Bniawipiiy wuehhed iy v'Brfoa trom Ayes. edt meféea the Zctidh in the Court of Common Pleas, and in April last recoverdd {udgment in favor of my client for the recovery of the possession of ns pip: perty. mn this judgment J issued 20 execution the Sheriff of this county, a him f6 take the property and deliver it to my cient, Kyan. The heriit took possession, but his further proceedingy were stayed by an appeal. The appeai was heard at arecent general term of the Court of Common Pleas, and the cers aforesaid wasafirmed, I then direoted the Sheritf-to seize the property under the execution and deliver it as therein directed. ‘This he proceeded to do, by going to the store on Forty. second street, where the property then was. Arrived there he found Figuero, who claimed to have bought the property and store from O’Bryon, The Sherif explained to him that O’Bryon had no title tothe pro- jas and could not sell it; that the property een In litigation, and the possession and owners! thereof has been decided adversely to O’B: Figuero then consented to the Py rly being by the Sheriff and delivered saying he would hold O’Bryon responsibie for loss. The Sheri? remained io lon over @ week and notified me he was ready to deliver the propel and to have it taken away. I told Ryan to get from the Sheriff and he weut direct to the store and took it, advertising it for sale and selling it at puplio juction, as he had no further use for tt. This ue had @ perfect right todo. The net proceeds of the sale, about $39, Were paid to me a3 attorney for Ryan, and I paid out of 1t sundry disbursements, Sherit’s and referee's fees, paid part to O’Bryon and retained some $20 for my services. I also receipted to the Sheriff for the property, paying his fees. The judgment, in addition to directing @ return of the property, awarded $194'for costs, aud the costs of appeal amounted to about $122 additional, in all about $316, No part of this has yet been paid. Peliee Justice Coulter, O’Bryon and one William U. Jardine are lable for the payment of these costs, and proceedings are about to be instituted against them for the collection thereof, One of the sureties upon O'Bryoa’s first bond in the case to deliver the preperty to Ryan in case a judgment thereof should be recovered was Police Justice Coulter, One of the sureties tpon the undertaking an Senin from the judgment was Police Justice joulter, It was Police Justice Coulter who issued the war- rant for my arrest. The pubiic can draw its own inference from the above. I ae that mam oy The w quite un- necessary. Very respec! lity "JOHN'L. LINDSAY, hip On. en. A Covsin ov MARTIN VAN BUREN IN LovIs IANIA.—An old gentleman named Jacob eis full cousin of Martin Van Buren, resides with Mr. A. ©. Bernard, seven miles. below New Iberia, La. Although his brothers and sisters, who reside in New York, are all in good circumstances and offer him a home In his old age, yet he prefers remainin; = the South, althoned he hag to work for @ livel