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i CONGR mocratie Denunciation of the Caucus System. D Continuation of the St. Demingo Discus- sion in the Sena‘e. Carl Schurz Showing Up Domi- nican Jobbery. PRACTICAL TEST OF BAzZ’S PATRIOTISM. SUMNEL’S RESOLU!ION TABLED, n Re Debate in the Heuse Over the Ku Klux Bill. ATE. WAsrtneton, March 29, 1871. ‘THE CAVOUS SYSTEM. = The Senate took up in the morning hour Mr. Anthony's resolution to amend the order of business, 60 that any bill.on the South passed by the Houses of Representatives may be cwonsitered at n Mr, Oassiwty, (dem.) of Cal., in dental of Mr. Anthony's assertion of yesterday, quoted from various Senate debates ‘to show that certain legislation of the Senate, particularly the reconsiruction measure, bad been dictated and pre- Jared by, repablican caucuses. Ie road from speeches by csers, Sumer, Sherman and Stewart in confirmation of this. Le wonld ask what were these caucuses held for if not to whip in the more independent andjeonaclentions x rity, and Weat on to enumerate some angers to the conairy trom biint odelfence any. Toe Enforcement bil and similar meas. ures bad been Juisbe Vurough by the amaiocity by all might Bessions, aud the physical exiaustjon of their opponenta, Mr. ASTUONY, 1 ep.) of R. 1, rererated 1.15 assertion that fo repub'ican cancus bad ever sous) solence or juigmentof a member, and aofenied the caucus system as Au Jodispensabie and time-honored expedient for ascertaining the sentiments of members of the same party upon a civen sdject, Mr. WIL3 N ‘rop.), of Mass., corroboratel Mr. Antho- hie was here for six years when there was sing democratic majority, and the majorl- canvassed the Senate upon pendtinz legislation, ad been sald by the Sevator from California ir. criy), complaining that the minority had been com- pelled to stay up ali night; but there were not now near 80 many bight ® in the great struggle of 1857 and 1858, fyhen the repuiican minority bad lide success becauré vey were sober men. ‘The majorjty towaras morning were eceruly found stretched oul du he sotus. — ‘TUK ST. DOMINGO DISCUSSION ERSUMED. After further’ discussion the subject went over without action by tue expiration of the morning hour, and the St, Do- minzo discussion was resumed. - Mr. SORURZ. of Mo., resumed the floor and proceeded to argue that the annexation of Texas furnished no precedent Or juativ'cation for the beliigerext interference of the Pres!- dent to protect Dominica against Haytl. One of the leading phiecta of che St. Domingo expedition seemed to have been 0 protect Haez from his own subjects. In tlie connection he was reminded of the statement made yeaterd: by the ner, Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Howe), Yo the matter of — annexation, by purely patriotic and unselfish’ motives, believing pd would bring peace to his countrymen, He (Mr. ura) had read a newspaper abi Feport of the Commission, and he there exuibition of the sublime want of sclishness of that pure atriot, Racx. He there found, among other items in the bill lo be paid by the United States, seventy thousand dollars for property uestroyed by the Spaniards and s!x hundred thou- }and dollars for back salaries. How the heart of that patriot hehed to sacrifice its possessor for the welfare of his feliow sittzens witn the snuz sum of seventy thousand doliars in his pocket and six hundredt thousand dollars to be divided hmong his Urothers and relatives, who mainly consti.uted the Dominican police force! In re; to the retary of the Navy, the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Frelinghuysen) had asked for the reading yester- of the iemarkable despatch of that otelal fo Ad- ral Lee, with ap air that seemed to say that it eomplete'y isposed of te whole subject. In that deppatch the Secre- ary had the effrentery tu put over his own signature tho wlatement that the Executive Department bad not chosen to Jake @ part in the internal affairs the Do- minican sepublic. This Jostructions issued by Department, and der which our naval commanders at Dominica ad acted in upholding and protecting Baez, not only against Hayti, but again t bis own subjects. It was known that a United States vesse. of war conveyed the troops ef Baez rom Azua to St. Domingo. ‘The Tennessee heree'f had exr- fied Bae? anc bis personal staff from one point to another, seed he m ght take personal command of nis troops. What 01 nave thought if duriag tue rebellion an English war vessel had transported rebel troops from Charleston to Mobile? Would not that have been tought an act of war? ‘he sed States tlag bad been carried at the he: t ropa of Baez when advanciag against Cabral's forces, jn order to deceive the letter into the belief that st the troops of the United States. { the company that d States Commissionera to. St. Doini k by Luyeron upon a he latt-r from a nied to signal to that ebipfor ralict The Domimeans were afraid of nye and set one of them off 10 see what it would do, boat load of men armed with muskets put off ht to bind the eon- from the Congress for the fuore. Whether they landed oF not he did not know, but ¢ ry of the Nayy wis probably by this time in rec whole 'y z n of @ profound con- wyer among sailors, and of @ mighty sallor nal lawyers. (Great langhter.. fo Tusther the White House, in which ce of the Unitet States bad khown the least Interest, the war powerr had been uturped ; e tion invaded in one oi its most essenti and vital features; the cignity of the country put (on jeopardy in ‘the reck'ess manner he’ (Mr. Beburz) bad described. would say to the Senators who had unJertaken the task of defend: hese things, they bad undertaken an utterly hopeless task, and, to all ap- pearances, au impoxsible one. However deeply the Senator rom Wisconsin (Mr. Howe) might dive {nto ancient ore, and Lowever trequeutly the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton) cui’ despatch in the case of Texas, they Justify what was wrong, nor defend what was in- defensible. Gentlemen should give it up, and let the case sland or tall upon {ts own merits. Others might follow in {ue footsteps of those who had spoken, and abuse the Sena- tor from Massachusetts more biiterly than had yet been done, but their abuse would not alter a single fact in the case, no: «lose the eye of @ s'ngle honest or patriotic man in this country. He (Mr. Schurz) disciaimed any ill feedng President; but he had some feelings for the fun- jaw. The’ administration world not be broken down uniess it broke itself dowa, and ft was not for bim, but for the country to say, how far it had gone in that direction. Tt was ‘ow to dispel that confuston of ideas which could een the authority of the United States u of the President, und to arrest that usurpa- er which was gradually and with catltke step creeping upon the ecuntry. Congress had never been called to confront a stronger attempt at personal governmen . We were reminded of Loufa the Fourteenth, with bis riding boots op and wliy 1 hand, entering the Paris Parliament and pro- dam eladtn “Lam the State! Here we saw the President Stepping before the people and declaring “I am the war- making power.” Recently he (Mr. Schtirz) had expressed some an xioty lest anvexation tn the tropics shouta lead to mullftary usurpation, there any one on the floor who Senators had spokel of extending the blese- ican government to omingo, He wonid to those Senators ft was time to see to it, arity of republican government be preserved at . Potting the most charitable construction upon the course of the President, calling 1 not acrime ora mis demeanor, but an involuntary mistake, still the yreat ty vindicate the “con- tates. Hat the President mit, or hat Congress grown fare 10 Protest? ‘The Senator (Mr. Howe) had likened the Senator from Mr. Sumner) to Bratns; but he have od that the dagger of Bratus ‘was not levelled at his party, but that the weapon went straight into the heart F cunarien; and the Sevator would remember that. the itigce agceed to call Brutus “the noblest Roman who voted to impeacl Johnson on testimony vagie and une now co less than vote for thest Fesolu, tocheck Grant? Referring to var:ous histor] fastances in which distlogulahed military onlefialne. bad PioTeR nmentabie failures in civil administration, he sald be milftary exploits of the Duke of Wellington did not save Lis dweliiag ata later day from being pelted with stones by the populace because of bis ministerial. pollcy. ‘Though % Ejeet geveral Wellington turned out a plun tering Minster. imilar instances of ‘military incowmpeteney fn civil affairs, and the sti ry punishment in} for such a cause in ére referred to, He Mr, MORTON, (rep.) of Ind. aaid he had referred yesterday to the fact that'whfle negotfatlons were pending for the an- nexation of Texas Mexico been notified by the United States that oo bostile demonstration op her part would be permitted toward Texas. ThesSenator (afr. Sentire) hae dented phat aby threat of war was then uttered ing Mexico, He (Mr. Moron) vow refterated that the whole tenor of the de- #patches at that time wasa plain intimation to Mext on any demonstracion on her part against Texas wou viewed as an act of war, In support of this construction he read from the despatches referred to end aleo from onfirmatory remarks made why, Kenton in the Senate many years ister. le then quoted from Texan history to the effect that in a revly to @ confidential question Mr. Upsbur, aiden oat of State, said that so soon as the treat; ts an- jexation was sine’ the United States would pend tout: jcjesit force to protect Texas from any aggression, Mr. Bou vy said the difference between the eases of Texas and Bt. Domingo was that inthe former a mere diplomatic threat was addressea to Mexico, a thing destitute of special significance, butJn the case of '6t. Domingo a military order was tswue Mr. MoByON replied that that was a distinction without a Aiiference, because in the case of Texas the United States forces bad been promptly Texan coust to there fact as the emergency might reamre. further controversy ensued between Me-srs. Morton and chart as to the analogy between the two cases, ‘The Vior, PResipEN? here informed the Senate that he pad recelved a letter from General Cabral in reference to a Valement rm: by the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr, Bumyner), He lad shown the letter to that Senator, but had pot id it before the Senate. r. MoRTON—Let us have it read. a HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me.—I don’t think it ought to be ree ogtuwen, rep.) of Mass.—I would be glad to have it ad bere, andi Uujnk the petinon presented the other day rom fear extied Dominica wufering from the tyranny of id re L Tue Vicor PRESENT stated he had declined to lay the Jeltor be'ore the Senste for the kame reason that he had ex- pluded the poémorial of the Senator from Massachusetts— oth belng frou persons not American citizens Mr Hak am, (rep.) of then addressed + Senati iD ply to the specs beadory tise of rate #p' the whole foundauion for the grave arral age peg a ftructions to our naval commanders in the vicinity of Do- en, cireoting thes &> pryserr® the peace during f the pegotia.jons between Dominica a tated Not ous belligerent fet had boon commited, not tia fired, not oa€ drop of biood shed. i “Ge avangs bere Tomarked that, by bis reading of the the U pen= ed NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. conferred exclusive- the President had usurped ‘power 0! lot out the records of tho Navy Department. | The fact that no blood bad been sued in this unlawful despotism did not lessen the enormity of its guilt. Mr, HARLAN continued; he said we had always treated with the Indians as independent nations and had carried on humerous wars against thom, yet Congress had never for- mally declared war against any of these Indian tribes, Then, too. the first le of the Mexican war was fought before Congress took any noticg of @ condition of war between Mexico and the United St q a fy “2 Mr, TRUBMAN, (dem.) of Obio, remarked that the reason was because Mexico page the war. os tas daeteias eens carta 0 by the combined ¢ Japanese ports several years a Ne, in Raval powers ‘ot Engian’, Franke nud the Unied and taken our ahare of proces: te of that foray. Pony stitution, the war-making power was E § Ss if ‘upon Confreas. The Sonator (Mr. Harlan) must elther admit a . i. But bj had gen ‘Miaso' § re Schurz) and the Senatoi Massachu: bh Sumner) been silens their —wholesal deunnelations in, the St, Domingo what was the solu Mon of it? The Senator from Misgourt shown it. He hag emperor General Grant to Weill mn, who was a at soldier, but a vory poor minister. Therefore, wo ‘enators thought Bat neral Grant was a goo’ pold ut but not They were willing honors should be showered bin as a soldier but none aaa civilian. They wanted to break down the hold of the Prest to defeat his renoml: for one of themeelves or one of their friends, a fow had been ostmasters of Missouri, friends of Senator Sebi smissed. Mr, ScHURZ (Interrupting) here stated, with much and cmphasis, hes this was tne first time, to bis noma Such an imputation of his motives had been attemptei. He desired to say the charge was absolutely wi The for human nature must be very Senator's (Harlan’s) meagre when he believes that « man holding the hon and respanatole position of a Sonator of the ‘United States could ve Inijuenced {a bie oficial course by motives ao mlae- rable. (Murmu:s of les. conclustons Spproval in the gals Mr, HARLAN replied that be had not stated on ine premises he was laying down whea interrupled that the Senator from Missourl bad too hastily jum the conclusion that the integrity of motives Was as- sated. ‘But why did the enater deay such a charge in ed Fance of Its Delag made ? Mir. SoU that his conoluston es the Senator pretend ‘Was not that which I have stated > It be of it 1 witi give him the caporrmaity, ‘The VICE-PRESTDENT—Tke Chair desires to say to the Senator from Missouri that to impute tos member @ desire to craw! ont of a statement is not parliamentary. Mr. SCAU RZ was understood to say he cheerfully supmitted to the judgment of the Chair. Mr, HARLAN preferred that the Senator should use the language that suited bis taste. He had not charged that the Senator's judgment was in- tentionaity warped such considerations, but the point he was aboat, making was country ad a right to judge of the sincerity of the Senator's course and deter 0 for themselves how far he was influenced by Be The Senators from Missouri and Massa- chusetts claimed to be friends of General Gran! yi President might well say 7 for hac been charged by these pretended friends with offences misdemeanors of Andy John- in comparison with which gon were as white as snow. (Mr. Harlan then read from Mr, wants to crawl out Suaper’s speech, characterizing President Grant as the head of the Dominican Ku Klux, during which Mr. 8 Claimed approvingly, “That (Mr. is sol") ‘The Senator so!” nator Sumner) had described the President as worse than omocratic Ku Klux, who assassinate under cover of the to devise some means for whose suppression Con- was now rtaying here for days and weeks; yet the or called himself a friend of the administration. Ad- miiting the Senator's . ‘made out, the whole burden of President Grant's ollence was that he would not permit the black republic of Hayti to cut the throats of the Domini- cans during the pro; of treaty negotiations with the UtiteaStatéa, Was dhere any crime tn ie? ir. SUERMAN, (rej iC le) —! plated oie fo? Gren) OL Ohlp feshde) — fie any on Mr. SUMNeR to Mr. Shefiméd—Ican answer that. ~~ fF. HARLAN denied that any one had aps, Cabral. Referring to the precedent Sited for the President's ac that, fa Texas, a solemn promise was given to the ‘Texan, that the moment they sf the treaty it was, ratified, they be protected by United States. Calhoun, thor Peer authority on the ques- tion of State rights, was a ¥ vb] and hi frit was to-day the very soul of the democratic party, and I~ boun’s argument on the despatch to Mexico, already potas was that we had such an inchoate right that we would” nol ermit Texas to Le invaded while negotiatio r. Harlin contended there w: eacal ositiou—that the argument on point was ie then quoted from “Benton's Thirty Years" on the point, and concluded by moving to lay the Fesolutions of Mr. Sum: *Gie MULS FECT hope the Secalor will allow oppor ir. SUNNEB—I hope wi mean tunity of being heard fa reply. BEVERAL 5 faous.—Gutitton estion ! The Vick PRESIDENT here stated the motion, and then asked the Senator {rom Iowa (Mr. Harlan) wheter be in- sisted upon it. Mr, Hanian—I must insist on the motion. The honorable Senator (Mr. Sumner) has been heard all the way through my speech. "I nave not objected to his ting any tion, and I have attempted to answer all he paore Messrs. Conk Renewed calls for the question Ed munds and others, during which Mr. Sumner strove ect the floor and continued to address the chair. ‘Mr. SUMNER—The Senator knows— The Vick PREstDENT—The motion is not debatable. Tne Senator from lowa insists upon it and has resumed. his scat. ‘The question must be decided by the Senate. ‘The question being here put, the Chair declared that the ayes avpenred to have ft. ‘Mr. SUMNER—I call for the yeas and nays, Mr. EvMunns, (rep.) of Vt.--Yes, let us have the yeas and nays by all means, “ he seus and nays were then ordered, and the Secretary being directed by the Vice President to call the roll, promptly called the name of Mr. Ames, who answered in tie adirma- ve. Mr. THURMAS—Mr. President — SEVERAL SEYATORS—Question! Question! Mr. Tug 2MAN—I ask consent to put one question. Ories or +No, no. Mr. SurnwaN—T object. The Viok PRESIDENT here rapped to order with his gavel, but above the noise and confusion Mr, Thu voice was indistinctly heard. He wanted to know if there was a case in the Senate before where the mover of a resolution was not allowed to close the debate upon it, Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. ¥., objected to Mr. Thurman's proceedin ze. fot Vice PResipENtT—The rules prohibit debate on this motion. M ‘UMNER—Well, Mr. President— 8 Vice PRESIDENT—The Senator from Massachusetts ts no! in orver. Object‘on has been made by several Sena- tors to any debate, anJ the roil cal has commenced, and the epator from Mississippl has an@wered to his name. ‘Mr. SUMNER (il on bis feet—1 did ngt know that the Senstor-— eh aobee at Mr. EDMUNDS—I object to debate of any kind. Nr. M B (ropeee —{ did not know. Tue Vieg Prtsibest—The Senator from Massachusetts is aware of the rule, andthe Chair trusts the Senator will not inftict upon the Chair the palntul duty of reminding him of it. q Mr. SUMNER at id not know but that the Senator might w his motion. Mr. CONKLING (interrupting)—L object to this. ‘The \ 10k PEESIDENT—The Chair asked the Senator from Towa expressly whether he would withdraw the motion, and he said he would not. He said this to the Chair in the hear- ing of the Senator from Massachusetts. The roll call will Le resumed. ‘The Clerk then proceeded with the roll call, when Mr. Har- Jan's motion to lay it on the table was carried—yeas 99, nays 16. ‘The only republicans voting no were Messra. Patterson, Robertson, Schurz and Sumner. The negative vote in detail was as follows :— Nays—Blair, Casserly, Cooper, Davis of Ky. Davis of West Va., Hamilton of Md., Johnsion, Kelley, Patterson, Roberison, Saulsbury, Schurz, Stevenson, Stockton, Sumner and Thurman. Mr. BAYAED, (dem.) of Del. opposed to laying on the table, was paired to Mr. Carpenter on the other side, who Was absent. Absent oF not voting Messrs, Bayard,, Caldwell, Carpen- ter, Fenton, Ferry of Conn. Flanigan, ‘Lewis, Logan, Mor- Hil of Me.) Morrill of Vt, Scott, ‘Spencer, Tipton, Vickers ang Wiison— Mr. SUFRMAN’S resolution instructing the Judiciary Com- mittee to report a bill to repress disorders in the South was taken up and the Senate then, at forty minutes past four, adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, March 29, 1871. BULL TO ENFOROR THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT. ‘The House resumed the consideration of the pill reported from the select committee. Mr. MonGAn, (dem.) of Ohfo, a member of the committee, commenced bis speech by saying that he was no apologist for crime, whether commited in the North or inthe South. He trusted that all criminals would be brought to speedy justice and tried by the proper jurisdiction; for if criminals be not t by the jurisdiction then the aét of condemnation {rely serkne? He denounced as an siroclous calumny the charge of Mr, Butler, of Massachusetts, that the democrats encouraged murder and outrage against Southern repubii- to help them in the pext Presidential ciection. With arge before them, deliberately made, t ought to tlemen to be more cautious of the truthfulness of any cb: or wild ramor with reference to the people of the South. Tho gentleman from Massachussetts cave us 9 reason for not serving on the select committee to examine the affairs of that section, that the investigation would do an good. Why did be decline? Because the and the country Knew tnat the atrocious calum- nies st the South were manufactured, and the trouble at the South was, for the ater part, owing to the mistaken legislation of Cou 0 passed awa on despotic prin- ciples, torgeiting that this 1s @ republican government. He jseried as his belief that the majority of the He bate members are Jn their hearts and judgments agaiust the pend- ing bil. When they record their votes in its favor ret. give Vee ler or peerrgeen me gon Ag y Vi 3. not only in ial ez Pork “and in every ot Yor the Union.” The bill in every other Btate of oll & e She ident of the United States with unlimited ,owet without any check whatever, On his own view er de- rmination of facts he was autborized to employ the army and navy to invade the su) the courts, try and ver {ue lito, Liberty and. property of the citizens. fare arch mati aie ie en oe Cae ot eee ip mite tho onirit of repwoliead i ‘iene It vested the President with despotic power, Mr. ‘organ proclaime as to the truth of the assertion id and challe cont at when the war clos Maine to the Grande, tm proof from the reports of Generals Grant and in March, 1837, the South was, by Oon- onal legislation, divi into military | district, ‘and the lives, lit an of” that os tion subjected’ to military rule, bis message of December, 1870, that a year of peace and ty nd otwritislanding this it was now proposed to slothe ine dent with unlimited mili 7 further re. marks be said:—"It Testore peace and tranquility tothe South and the whole country change your policy to- rd the South. | kostead id i Foard Pants people. 3 ¥ from many States, in 5 and faery pulsation “Ot. the tele- came comp! that a large number of our fellow citizens are deprived of the ‘of citizensh{p, and that their hves are not secure; thai their property does not ré- jual protection of the law. not * that ey are in imminent danger ture worse than death. If nyt on iy of the American the House to @ brief co American constitution to citizen. Lie had long been of the opinion, of quiet after much conscientious study, that the and Jeading purpose of the framers of our constitution was to ince the fundamental elvil rights of the people under the rotection of the strongest and sublimest power known to Our laws—namely, the general government. While we leave local wer to State Sovecnments, this does pot im- air OF imperil the right and dul tect Ing the fundamental ‘human righis ‘ot people, In this connection © calle: attention to the eclaration of Independence to show the objects for which jovernments Were institated amoag men; but while he did not pretend that this declaration was a grant of power, he maintained that those who pledged their lives, fortunes and a ked the attention of fon of the of the rypaamental civil rights of the ted in times: sacred bonor to fie support, did not aiterward set up a fov- ernment which ald not edcure the end of protecting life, fiverty and the pursuit of bapoiness. ‘Tue Declaration of In: ras the sublime interpreter of the constitution, Over Svery tibe u ition shed its blazing light. The powers of the Executive, the Judiciary and the Legisiatare ferred only to secure those rights. This principie, Bowever, was long apterior to the ‘gonstituiion gud the Declaration of Independence. It was embodied in M: cot The preamble to the constitution declare: urposes for which it was ordained—namely, to establ lustice, insure do: tranquillty, provide for tne gommo: fence, promote the general welfare and secure the bleas- Ings of liverty to ourselves and posterity. Anyth the exercise of this power was contradicted by tothe constitution, The principal dan, to-day waa the effort to deny the rig of Bhcse rights ue bound to protect, 1D For t vos: M a were oa two omen ane hos shed i ihe Se Mdbpollaim “the ‘ous by the Fuslive Slave las the ether by Ereaudent Bi ho, sought to force a pro-sla stitution ‘ansas. failures, abort hation, branslag abGut in the cad ihe destruction of slavery. hia is'a part of history. A Mr. WHITEHORNE, (dem.) of Tenn., a member of the com- malttee, sald it was not true that there is in the South an organized opposition to the constitution and laws of the to life. and property, which, of yw! of esienie ae hecin ae mn ment, an idatt ti Strioiion of civil liberty? andin' the course of eald that the disturbances in certain of the originated ‘and dishonest Eoppelis Tepublican rule. Tn conclusion, he made of the South for kindness toward them, ® j ment and a removal of the causes of irri. tation, and they would show to the world that they are proper curtodians of ‘and forerer, Mr, KELLY, (ep. of Pa, afver Seeking the yen for his allusion to the industries of the South, sald the condi. tion would have been much better if, after the termination of the war, the people had accepted the mtuation and invited tg tape North and other parts world, With all their delightful elimate and jourcea—unknown to the North—| The laborers are unfamillar with the comforts enjoyed by the the North, and this state of things in. tho tion of laboring men of Bouth ts to be, attributed to the system of slarery, whlch denied yr labor and robbed capital of its reward. Speaking of 1 to which republicans are subject in the South, he nd ‘his friends contemplated no re- tracing of thelr steps, ‘They meant togo right onward under God til they had given full force and power to every pro- os eee are een aoe in law, but in ly of the people the great prophecy made {n the Declaration of Independence, until erat fe, liber within our broad limi ts free in the pursult of and happiness. He attnitted thas there. might be tions of tne South where Good 0 lied, but there is no general domestis trangei ity in that pars of the oountry. Organized ‘bance pervaded tho Boull, receiving Tevalv- ere and disguises, from, tho North, murdering and, out- Faging citizens. This is, war; aud Congress. could. de- clare a. cel of “Boith Caroliaa and” other State and order the use 1s in’ suppressing armed rebellion and reduce the people order. The bill under consideration propored ‘no’ such method. “It only proposed to force obedience to the laws, It proposed no more than he would desire for his own State, It proposed to do no more than Congress did: when some of the Citizens of Pennsylvania, ‘the United States laws, When Washington marched his troops into that State and Te: - wien poco sisonger than ihe Btate. it fa. tho Y 7 Ze a q dear 8 ep 32, Oae Fortore, pease and ‘Mr, ELDRIDGE, (dem.) Wis. Will the geulietmaspermit mato make an inquiry? p <1 Will answer it if pertinent. , Mr. KiEInGE—I understand you to deny the assertions. of Bout men as to the condition of that part of the country. I should like the to tell tm his Judgment, {s the cause of such things as he says ‘exist— ether {18 not the fact of the legislation of Congress anc the gen government toward the wi course pursued by the people of the Southern States, which are repugnant to their Mr. KELLEY—I decline to yield for such a I didatthe ontbreak of the re! some sec- Tat lion, to the tribute tt, as Southeru’ people misled by the democracy of the North tnto the beliet’ that the cowardly peopte of the North would acquiesce and there would beno war. I attr bute the present state 6 sympathetic 8] of Northern the support of democratic presses. ‘Those who argue that there is uo power to suppress jhese great wrongs are hissing the lawiess bands on to slaughter. Mr. ELburpox sald the gentleman had not answered the eat in Mr. KRLURy ted that we are in war, and read from the testimony of Senate Comm! on Southern ‘Outrages to show the extent of the lawless combinations, Mr. Kelley having concluded bis speech, Mr. BEOK, (dem.) of Ky., obtained the floor. STANDING OOMMITTRES. _ Speaker announced the following standing commit- Ox “Acgounrs Messrs, Bulinton, Sawyer, Harris of Misatas} Archer and Lewis. ‘ON PRUINTING—Mesers, Beatty, Elis H. Roberts and ee. ‘The House, at four o'clock, adjourned, NEWARK METHODIST CONFERENCE. Additiona) Appointments. JERSEY CITY DISTRICT—A, L, BRICE, P. £. Jersey City—Trinity, D. W. Bartine; St, Paul's, C. Larew; Hedding, J. M. Freeman; Centenary, J. B. Faulks; Emory, J. Atkinson; Lafayette, W. L. Hoag- land; Simpson, R. B. Lockwood; Palisade, J. 8. Porter; West End, ©. R. Barnes; Janes, T. Hall; Waverly, to be supphed; Clairmont, H. M. Simpson; Greenville, E. Clement, Bayonne and Bergen Point, A, J. Palmer; Hoboken, W. Tunison; Hackensack, Warten ‘street, A. S. Compton; Asbury, A. H. Tut: tle; Arcola, to be supplied by 8. F. Paliner; Ruther- furd Park, 5,P. Hammond; Passaic, First church, G. H. ay ey; Wesley, to be supplied; Clifton, to be supplied by J. A. Irwin; Paterson, Cross street, D. R. Lowrie; Prospect street, T. E. Gordon; Market street, J. I. Hurlburt; Paterson avemue, 8. B. Jones; Grace, J. N. be UA Bloomingdale, W. C. Read; New Prospect Jolins; Godwinyilie, to be sup- plied by R. Butn; Campgaw, to be supplied; Suffern and Wesley, W. H. Dickerson; Spring Valley, T. H. Jacobus; Mechanicsville, to be supped; New City, tobe supplied; Stony Point, J. W. Cole; Caldwell, to be og eon Haverstraw, T. H. Smith; Rockland Lake, W. Stout; Nyack, 8. B. Rooney; Piermont, to be supplied; Palisade, to be supplied by G. W. Lamb; Alpine, 8. K. Doolittle; Englewood, £, W. pare Leonta, to be supplied; Buil’s Ferry, to be supplied. TW. Wiley, editor of the Ladies’ Repository. J. A. Munree, Principal of Passaic Collegiate Inst!- tule, J.D. Blain, agent Centenary Collegiate Institute, Hackettstown. ELIZABHTA DISTRICT—JAMES AYARS, P, BE. E\izabeto—Elizabeth avenue, R, 8. Arndt; Fulton street, G. Winser; St. Paul's, L. R. Dunn. Rah- way—First Church, H. D. lyke; Second do., B. 0. Parvin. Cranford, J. L. Harris; Westield, J. J. Reed; Wooabridge, E. MM. Grifith; Perth Amboy, 8. W. Hilnard; New Providence, A. M. Palmer; Plainfield, J. R. Bryan, J. A. Kingsbury; New Mar- ket to be ag re by G. W. Gilson; New Dover, T. D. Frazee; Metuchin, to be supplied by E. Wilson; Mount Horeb, J. Dally; Boundbrook, E. V. King; Somerville, R. Thomas; Milistone, to be le by 8. D. Decker; Centreville, to be supplied by J. Davis; Mount Zion, E. Grant; Seargeantsville, A. Van Deusen; Kingwood, to be supplied by E. S. Jamisson; Fie: n, A. H. Brown; adington and Allen- town, to be Ge by G. P. Apgar. Staten Island— St. Paul's, G. F. Dickensen; Bethel, I. N. Vansant; Woodrow, J. Cowins; Ashbury, J. M. ‘#uttle; Sum- merfeld, R. Harcourt; Grace, J. Coyle; Trmty, J. O. Rogers; Stapieton, H. Speilmeyer. MORRISTOWN DISTRICT—M. B. ELLISON, P. F. Morristown, J. K. Burr; Rockaway, A. Craig; Dover and Millbrook, ©. & Coit; Port Oram, J. Thomas; Mount Hope, J. Mead; Succasunna, J. P. Fort; Flanders and Drakestowa, T. Rawlings; Hack- eutstown, U. EB. Littie; Vienna and Janes’ Chapel, J. H. Runyon; Buttsville, C. A. Wambaugh; Oxford and Mount Bethel, 8. K. Russell; Anderson and Mount Lebanon, J. L. Hays; Wa hington, R. B. Yard; Broad- Way and Springville, to be supplied; Belvidere, B. Kelley; Harmony, to be supplied; ight ote JW. Seran; Bloomsbury and Fipesvitie, W. C. Nelson ; Frenchtown, ©. Clark, Jr.; Everetistown, Litue York and Milford, w be supplied by W. H. Ruth; Asbury and Bethlehem, J. N. Keys; Quakertown, P. D, Day; Clarksville and Hampton Junction, W. Chamberlin; Union and Pattenburg, T. T. Camficld; High Bridge and Lebanon, W. N. Searles and J. Hartpence; Cokesbury and California, A. H. Belles Mechanicsville, 8. P. Lacy; New Germantown an Fairmount, M. F. Swaim; Peapack and Chester, W. H. Hagerty; Cross Roads, to be supplied; Ber- nardsville, H. J. Hayter; Baskingriage ‘and Plains, ©. 8. Woodruff; Mendham ana Walnut Grove, T. R. Stratton; New Vernon, to be supplicd by G. Wilson. H. A. Buttz, Professor in Drew Theological Seml- nary. 3 itanton, Professor in Pennington Seminary. NEWTON DISTRIOT—N. VANSANT, P. EB. Newton, 0. U. Winans; Andover and Roseville, G. BH. Winans; Stanhope and Waterloo, T. 8. Haggeriy; Tranquility, W. E. Biakeslee; Mount Hermon, W. Hi. McCormick; Columbia and Hatnesborough, H. Littz; Hope, J. B. Heward; Blairstown, W. W. Voor- hees; Johnsonsburg, to be ‘supplied by W. A. Chadwick; Stillwater and Swartswood, J. H. Tin- Gail; Walipack Center and Millbrook, J. B. Mathis; hatnesvilie, G. 0. Carmichael ; Mi 81 field, to be supplied by J. T. strook; DI Ferry, J. irvine; Miulford, J. P. ley; ‘port Jervis, J.'I. Morrow; 8; arrowoush, 8. 'N. Bebout; Barryvitie and Pon Eady, 6 be supplied by J. Weber; Forestburg, A. L. Smith; Otisville, J. B. Brady; Oakland, to be sup- ne by 8. Martemas; Centerville and Greenville, . G Ruckman; Unionville and Westtown, U. B. Walton; Vernon and Glenwood, W. R. origin Milford, to be supplied by W, W. Eakins; Liberty- ille and Coleville, to be creas by W. B. Barlew; ertown and Wantage, G. W. Horton; Branch- ville and Frankfort Plains, W. H. McBride; Frank- lin, to be supplied by G. Johns; Lafayette, J. F. Dodd; Newfoundland, to be supplied; Sparta, W. Wie: Hurdtown and Milton, to be supplied by W. Gehrett, Rev. Dr, R. R. Meredith, transferred to the Cincin- nati Conference; Hu Sing Mi, transferred to the California Conference. BROOKLYN'S DEATH AECORD. ‘There were 157 deaths recorded at the Brooklyn Bureau of Vital Statistics during the past week, being twenty less than the week ending Saturday, March 17. Of the deceased, 32 were infants under twelve months; 15 were persons between the ages of sixty and elghty yeal and four were more than fourscore years; 104 were natives of the United stat of ireland, 10 of Germany, 5 of England, 8 of Scotland, and 2 were respectively natives ef Switzerland and Sweden. Consumption, as nsual, carried off the ged namber of victims, 24; pneumonia claimed 18; smallpox, 10; disease of brain, 19; apoplexy, heart, 5; bronchitis, paralysis and Cancer, 8 each; diphtheria and§ croup, 4eacn. The highest rate of mertality was reached in the Sixch ward, where nineteen deaths occurred, In the First ward there Dut two deathly ROMANCE OF CRIME. Curious Sequel to the Brock- way Forgery. : Tho Exploits of Mr. fohn Pike, of Toronto—Forg- by fa, Name to Steal Stolen Money— Trial in Toronto—Protty Women in the Dook—A Mixed Case—A Lover Dies of Grief—The Idol Shattered—New Yorkers in the New Dominion. Toronto, Canada, March 28, 1871. If it be a crime for A to steal money from B through # forgéry, is i¢ @ criminal or a meritorious act for C to ateal B’s money from A by forging A’s name ft Do your readers follow me? The above compll- cated case has been on trial, or, rather, under in- vestigation, at the Police Qourt here, and the “worthy magistrate’ has decided that in his opinion forgery on @ forger and the embezzlement ofa thief’s money are matters of sufficient interest to deserve the attention of twelve good men and The facts are these:—Oharles Brockway, alias Vanderpool, alias Seymour, alias Trowbridge, alias Dinsmore, aitas Waterman, committed a forgery on the North American Bank in New York and FLED TO CANADA, the clty of refuge for the police-pursued thief and the persecated burglar. He was accompanied by “Mrs.” Seymour, or Mrs. Dinsmore, as she was known here, a pretty, sparkling blonde. They boarded with Mr. Joun Pike at a very comfortable mansion on Bay street. Mr. Pike was married, and his wife's sister, Etta Tackney, was also of the house- hold. Pike isan American by birth, about forty or forty-five years of age, and his name—or several of his names, fer he has as many titles as an Infant of Spain—is said to be written in the annals of his country—to wit, at Sing Sing and at Mulberry street neadquarters. He came to Canada in 1863 or 1869, and has been ever since his arrival, but no opportunity of captur- ing him has ever presented itself till last week. He has employed his leisure moments, it is alleged, in selling county rights for patent churns to confiding buocolics. It need not be said that the rights are counterfeit, Iwas saying, Mr. Seymour came to live with Pike shortly after his exploitsin New York. Early in January he and Pike went to Detroit on apleas- ure trip. Theend of this “lark” was the “beak,” fot Mr. Brockway was “brought to rights by the cops,”’ was called to the bar at New York and then took upon himself the vows of the Order of La Trappe in the MONASTERY AT SING SING. “Mrs.” Brockway, or Dinsmore, was in Toronto ‘when the escaped Pike returned to tell her that her Mege was in the hands of the Philistines. It isa moot- ed point whether or not Pike “gave away’ Brock- way at Detroit for ulterior purposes. Perhaps he did, Any way, when Brockway had frst found re- fuge in Toronto he had deposited his ill-gotven gains in the Canada Bank of Commerce to the extent of some $6,500, Pike, on his return from Detroit, told Mrs, Seymour that the detectives would probably be after her, and that it would be acrime to leave so much money in the bank where thieves might break through and steal, He urged that the money should be drawn out at once. Mrs, Seymour acqut- esced in this view, and said that sne had her hus- band’s bank book amd check book. Pike, the WIDOW’S FRIEND, asked how much Mr. Seymour had drawn. Mrs. Seymour knew of one cheok for $400. Pike said another check had been drawn for $2,500, which would leave about $3,500 at the credit of the absent forger. Mr. Pike, to b2 on the safe side, considered 1t advisable to draw only $3,000, and filled up one of the blank checks for that amount, payable to Bell Seymour, and signed tt Charles Seymour, with a fair imitation of Brockway’s signature. This business transaction took place on the last Sunday in Janu- ary. Mrs, Pike was present. Mr. Pike asked Mrs. Seymour ‘at THAT SIGNATURE WOULD PASS,"? and Mrs. Seymour said she thought it would. Mrs. Seymour took the check and kept it till next day, Monday, when Immediately aiter breakiast sne and Mrs. Pike went to the bank. Mr. Pike, I should say, cautioned her not to tell ner husband about the forgery, because “Brockway was of an impulsive na- pore Ane lah at gone. ae) ae eee Pye P: ie giso expressed a mode: bt of jis own Tbntied ag a Fis Wi and thought ira. Seymour could do it better, but Mrs. Seymour let well alone. This attempt of Pike's to make Mrs. Seymour do tie forgery was perfectly of a picce with bis conduct throughout—mean ‘and cowardly. The two fair dames went to the bank, where, of course, the gen- temanly cashier wanted Bell Seymour identified. Mrs. Pike promptly introduced Mrs. Seymour to Mr. Lash, @ partner in the firm of J. G, Joseph & Co., as her eousin. Mr. Lash, dazzled by the beauteous ap- parition of AN ANGEL IN A PANIER with a $3,000 check in her hand, promptly endersed the check and it was as promptly cashed, Home went the ladies to the exultant Pike, who ripped up a hassock and concealed within it $2,500 of the money and a diamend cross ef Mrs. Sey- mour’s, who had retained the other $500 for her own uses. Shortly after Mrs. Seymour left for New York, when Pike handed her $2,000, but did not account for the other $500 nor for a considerable amount of Mrs. Seymour’s jeweiry. When she was in New York she called on Mr. J. J. Donaldson, the manager of the bank en which the forgery had been commit- ted. One result ofthe interview was Mr. Donald- son’s speedy advent in Toronte, where warrants were obtained against Pike for forgery and embez- zlement, to press which charges appeared 7 THE BANKER AND THE ¥ORGER’S BRIDE, Warrants were also taken out for the arrest of Mrs. Pike and her sister, Etta Taekney. The detectives found the ladies at home, but as for Pike—tne bird, or fisn, had flown. Butwhile the fair Etta was doing up her back hair, under the disadvantages of two gentlemen in biue in her beudoir, a mud lark ‘With @ flag of truce peydant irom the SEAT OF HIS TROUSERS gave a signal whistle. Miss Tackney rushed to tho window and shrieked, “Go way, go ’way; we don't want you.” One of the locust brigade ran after the boy and captared him, with a note from the absent Pike, aud guided by that note the detectives found their man in hiding en Berkeley street. Next day the Pikes and Miss Tackney were ar- raigned before the police magistrate. Mr. Donald- son deposed to the origmal forgery. Mrs, Seymour, BROCKWAY’S BRIDE, pretty and vivacious blonde, gave evidence as to Pike's forging the signature of Charles Seymour. She said frankly that the mosey was arawn lest the detectives should seize it, When pressed in cross- exainibation, she admitted that sae was not Brock. way’s wife, although she had lived with him, and that they had passed under various aliases. She knew that her “husband” was a forger; net that he was a counterfeiter. Counsel for the defence cross-que: tioned her sharply as to her own name and previou! history. She stubbornly refused, WITH TEARS IN HER EYES, to give her real name; because, as she sald, her parents and friends were respectably connected, and she did not wish to shame them by the dis- covery tnat their once beloved and innocent daugh- ter was THE MISTRESS OF A FORGER. The examination ended in Mr. Pike’s being com- mitted for trial on both charges—forgery and em- bezzlement—and Mrs. Pike shares his fate as an ac- Censory. And Etta Tackney ! Not all the dainty high-heeled boots and bright plaid shawl and natty hat and trim, gloves in the world, nay, not all the pretty ankles, pouting lps, black tresses and blacker eyes, suMfic secure her acquittal, aud she has to stand her trial—although released on ball—for stealing a pawn ticket from Mrs. Seymour, getting a gold watch on it and converting the watch to her own use. But sadder remains to be told—fitung dénouement to this ROMANCE OF BIN and crime, wherein figured two fair women. One, still young and beautiful, had linked her fortunes with those of e thief, while her fond parents were ignorant of her shame, The other was inthe full flush of maidenhood, dasningly beautiful. To one person she was the dearest thing that earth held. A young man of good position in this city had met her and became ent oe tes, RETTY Indeed, if report speaks true, they were betrothed. Un the day of her arrest he had gone to pay hera visit as usaal, when he found the house in mie poe. session of the officers of the law, and learned the fatal tidings that the idol of his heart had been cous yeyed to a prison cell, charged with the Seurading crime of theft, ‘The shock Was a terrible one, to fin so damning a blot on the brow of the maiden whom he had fondly believed pure as one of GOD'S ANGELS, and whom he had hoped soon to call his own till death should them part. He went home a blighted man, took to his bed, refased food or comfort and on the fourth moraing after her arrest was foand dead—a real case of a broken heart. Such 1g the romance of crime recorded in the HERALD. If novelists and dramatists are in want of eensations, of truths stranger than fiction, they have but to seek them in sts pages, which are—alas ! that it should be so—but too often fled with such records , of crime, of blighted lives and of squandered heart, treasures, ; Cukar WHISKEY.—Indiana whiskey 18 being sold in Cincinnat! at seventy-five cents % gallon, which ts aLout seven and one-half cents below government charges, Insuranoe, freight! ‘ut tal into account the cost of Droductions -in the case will warrant their re) THE INCOME TAX. Formation ef an Organization to Abolish tho Income Tax. Under the name of the Anti-Income-Tax Associa- tion of New York a body of citizens has combined to overthrow this exceptional revenue raiser. The following are the officers elected at a meeting re- cently held:—President, Henry E. Davies; Vice Presidents, Jonathan Sturges, John Jacob Astor, Peter Cooper, Edward Mathews, Isaac Sherman, William A. Booth, August Belmont, William Astor, James M. Brown, Stewart Brown, James Brown, Samuel Sloan, William Alexander Smith, Seth B. Hunt, Henry G. Stebbins. Willlam E, Dodge, Jr., James Stokes, William M. Vermilye, Courtiandt Pal- mer, William C. Bryant;, Exegutive Committee, Natnaniel Sands, Benjamin B. Sherman, Paul N. Spoffora, William H. Guion, Anson Phelps Stokes; Treasurer, Paul N. Spofford; Secretary, Miron Winslow. ‘The following is the address adopted by the organ- izatton:— To THE CirizENS OF NEw * ‘The Anti-Income-Tax New York desires to Wie attention of thecitixens of ‘New York lo the object for whi @ asociation is organized, the results which it Ropes, "to accomplish and the means to be employed to ‘The tn tax bas, since the time that it was first levied It isa burden felt tax ‘until and inol the g Con, advocating period during wuld it was to, U6 remonstrances were ne consi ‘as tantamount to a promise tl posed after 1870. Yet Co: ‘act, which, while ft modiled law, still left the ol tion to wei boavily a “peers tha pra deri so great that the ‘This was the very small, with the tax just and opp! large Class of citizens, expense of collecting this tax fs from it to the government when the tax was tive per ers and half that amount, as it by the acts of 1870, and the ‘of persons paving tax being reduced more than o1 by the increased amount alowed for deducti th the government is a rtlonately reduced, the expent ‘assessing and collect ing the tax remaining the same as under the former act. 7! Commissioner of Internal Keveuue has himself stated that the expense of assessing and collecting the tax throughout the country is nearly equal to the amount collected, aud in somo <iistricts ft exceeds tt, Yet the tax is continued under these disadvantage, only that a multitude of government em- ployes may be kept in oitice. But the most important objection tothe act imposing this tax is that it {s unconstitutional, As free citizens we Oaght not to suffer a tax to be Imposed upon us which the coi lon does not authorize. ‘ihe constitution is the bulwark of our liberties, the pirong foundation of our free government, and by {ts provisions alone we should conseat to be ruled, 6 constitution presoribes two rules governing the power of ate levy and collect taxes—the rule of uaitonnity o the case reduced ni as follows:— duties, imposts and excises sbali be uniform through- ‘out the United States.” Capitation and other direst taxes, a Lng repecyee ph 4 of the constitut were to be laid according to tue rule of a tlonment is, in proportion to the census or enumeration of inbabitants in the several States, Mr. &. Spencer Miller and Mr. W. M. Evarts, 1u the opinion which they rendered at the requost of gentlemen interested in this matter and which ‘was published some time since in our daily pay “We have considered with great care the ques:ious which ou the resulte which we v8 ‘a taxon the ‘come of an individual is em! by the words or other ‘the constitution, and should be assessed ‘and cotlected on the principle of apportionment and not of uniformity, and that the asveral sections of the Ii Revenue act erefore, Revenge such tax are, th isa In the case of Hylton against the United States, reported in the thira of Delia Hepat VAL, cited by Obancelior Kent in the second volume of his Commentaries, p: the Court held that the constitution } ‘no taxes as direct taxes but such as Co: ‘could lay in proportion to the d that. direct tares contemplated 3; and. th the constitution were only two—viz. a capita- taxoaland. As the income tax is em- “capitation. or other direct tax,’ if at all, uccording to the rule of ‘tionment, as prescribed by the constitution, which is as LE 1, section 2, paragraph &.—Representative and di- root taxes shill be, apportioned among the several States. which may be included within this Union according to their ay rite ri, sect 9, paragraph 4.—N. tate other TAOLE 1, 1 —No ion OF direct tex shall be laid, ualest in, proportion to the census oF enumeration lu! directed to be taken. But it is plain to every mind that the income tax could not, without working great injustice, be laid according to: this rule, Two States, equal in namber of inhabit»uts, might | yet difier vastly in| the nroportion of the respective ticomes of those {onabitants, and thus, the tax beng ladon both Btates equally the citizens of one State would be bearing » much heavier burden of taxation In on tothe amount of their incomes than the citizens of the other State. i ‘The income tag, therefore, could not with justice be lald according to therule of apportionment, aud to lay according | to the rule of uniformity, as it is now laid, is unconetitu- | Yional, because only duties, imposts and excises can be laid according to that rule. ‘Congress Las no power to depart from the rule lad down imthe constitution. All its powers are derived from the con- | stitution and its legislation is governed by it. Every act which it passes repugnant to the constitution ia null and void, | and where the power Is not given to lay atax Ike this in: come tax, the act of Congress laying suca tax 1s unconstitu- tional and vold. If is to support the principles here expresse that this as- sociation is organized. The ovyect of the association is to bring the question before the courts, so as to test the const tutionaiity of the act imposing this tax, the ig od of Con- | ha tax, and the authority of the assessors | levy and coliect it. 1 ‘The members of the association purpose to make thelr | return of groas income as ihe law requires, but to do so under protest that they do not by making ‘such return, | waive any right to take any proceedings which they shail deem expedient to try the authority of the assessors to d mand the return or of the collectors to collect the tax. | Forms of this protest have been printed and may be obtained | by applying to the secretary of the association. Proceedings to enjoin the assessors and coliectors will be taken in the Proper courts and emlent counsel will be retained to con- aiuct these proceediny e result which the association confidently hope to aitain will be to move the act imposing | the tax unconstitutional, and to prevent the tax {rom being collected. All who are interested to have this result accom- | plished are invited to join the association and co-operate in | carrying ont its objects, Thcy can do 0 by calling at the oflice of the secretary of the association, No. 27 Chambers | street, and signing the rolls, Some may urge as a reason for not taking any steps in this matter that the tax js now to be imposed only for short period; but we have no guaranty that the act will not be re- newed after the period fixed for {ts imitation has expired. It was first as clearly provided in the previous act that the tax should be levied and imposed until 1870, and no long yet in 1870 it was renewed. If the act is proved to be unco! stitutional we escape the payment of the tax for the period that it nas now to last and prevent its renewal. Atl who are | desirous, therefore, to see the tax removed should join the association. ‘The farge numbers uniting in this movement wilr make the expense to onch merely nominal. IRON WINSLOW, Secretary, 27 Chatnbers street, New Youk, March 29, 18/1. GUL OF THE DEPTHS, a by the t tohave been Finding of the Body of Mr. Edward Fitz- patrick—Two Monthe in the Water and Buried in Tar—The Body Fully Identified. | On Monday evening the employés of the gas house at the foot of Eighteenth street, North river, were dredging the slip near the gas house, where ‘the tar accumulates, | This work 1s done every few weeks and from time to time something strange ts found. On Monday the body of @ manrather neatly dressed was picked up by the dredgers. It was blackened with tar and mud and was supposed to be that of a negro. Closer observation, however, showed that @ spot on the face and another on one of tie hands had been washed off, showing white skin. The police were notified, and from the description of a missing man which has been posted in the station houses for more than two months the body was supposed to be that of Mr. Edward Fitzpatrick, formerly cashier in the bank- ing house of Eugene Kelly & Co., of Nassau street. Much has been said at intervals during the last three months concerning the mysterious disappear- ance of Mr. Fitzpatrick. Notices of the matter have appeared in the Heratp. The relatives-and friends of the missing gentleman have epent a great deal of lume and considerabie money to find him, but without avail. THE CIRCUMSTANCES attending the disappearance of Mr. Fitzpatrick have already been published, but the Up ad felt 101 On the evening of the 2ist of January last Mr. Fitzpatrick, with four or five young pee. employed in the banking house with him, decidéd upon giving to one of their number avout to leave for, Virgin: complimentary supper, and for that purpose paired to a weil known chop house in Thomas street. About half-past seven o'clock the festivities were brought to a close and the friends left. tne place tor the purpose of proceeding to their respective homes, but on reachi ng the street the rain was falling slightly, and while peeing with & coachman to |, go to Brooklyn Mi ‘itzpatrick. disappeared and |/ ‘Was seén no more all 4 AS before stated, man was instituted ai when, as before stated, the duck foot of Eighteenth street, | } wh for the bee tit gentle- id continued until Tuesd: was found in forth river, and! REMOVED TO THB. MORGU! ; for identification and inguisition. Mr. Francis 8. Coghian, brother-inlaw of Mr. Fitzpatrick, pro+: ceeded to. Bellevue Hospital and identified the re= mains as those of his long-lost relative. At the time tof deceasei’s mysterious disappear- snot idacvede’ and. about twenty-dve or tity chain al hed, and al Wenty- dollars in his possession; but when the body was found the MONEY AND GOLD CHAIN WERE MISSING, pee watch was in the fob, where he usually car~ Tied it. ~ Goroner Keenan was notified of the case, 4 ‘Woster Beach, M. D., subsequently made a paztial ‘xamination of the body, on which he Giscoyered sno marks of violence. At the request of sume of the relatives of deceased, Dr. Beach and other medical gentlemen oxtem eX: will make a post-m¢ amination of the remaine, wilh the view of deter- mining the cause of death. As soon as the attendance or the nocessary wit- —— Nae peste Corouer Keenan will proceed ‘With the Investigation. Pity atrick was about forty-three years of age ‘and commissions, with-, ] and a native of Ireland, He nas lett an interesting Tamily to lament hig death, i j the smoke room. MONARCH OF THE SEA. THE NEW STEAMSHIP OCEANIC, “Pioneer Vessel of the White Star Line—The Largest Transatlantic Passenger Steamer Afloat—Magnificent Accommodations, , Contly Fittings and Appointments— Hor Arrival at This Port Tuesday night, at filne o'clock, there arrived im the lower bay from Liverpool and Queenstown, the new steamship Oceanic, the pioneer vossel ef the White Star line, the latest addition to the grand host of transatlantic steamship companies. This Vessel i @ masterpiece of naval architecture, and in every particuliar of size and workmanship of 8 char- acter that astonishes the most sanguine believer im this age of MECHANICAL MIRACLES. Early yesterday morning the Oceaaic came up to the city, and for several nours was anchored oppo- site the company’s wharves, {oot of Pavonia avenue, Jersey City; but about noon she was successfully docked, in the presence of several hundred gentie- Men and laborera, who, from motives of curtosity or interest, gathered at the apot. Next to the Gress Eastern this splendid steamship 1s the largest pas- senger Vessel atloat, and perhaps one of the first im every particular of safety, comfor: and conve- Bience. She has been in course of construction for @ year or more, along with designed sister ships, and this, her initial voyage, nas demonstrated thas sue 18 A SUCCESS, The Oceanic. was constructed in hull by Messrs. Harian & Wolff, of Belfast, her model, although ot peculiarly novel, possesses yery fine limes, denoting much specd, which her butiders assume that she will show before she has crossed the ecean half a dozen times. Her stem 18 straight and not unlike many of the re cent larger Kuglish steamships. The dimensions of this mammoth are:—Length on deck, 482 teet; breadth of beam, 41 feet; depth of hola, 36 feet; load draught, 24 feet; tonnage, British measurement, 2,349 tons net, and 4,350 tons gross, frames of angle iron, and double riveting 13 noticeable throughout the vessel, There are three decks of iron, the height between which is eight feet, and these are covered, with wood. . Plate stringers are eon each of these, Herrig Is somewhat novel, as te fitted WITH FOUR MASTS, three of which are snip-r! ‘Toese masts ares single iron cylinder with a wooden pole above for the colors. ‘fhe height of truck above water 1s 150 feet, There are six water compartments in thé vessel, and this~part of her construction is of the most approved character. Her upper deck presents the opportunity of a grand promenade, and on every hand there are so many improvements en the ‘old style of ocean, steamers that are suggestive of comfort that the beholder is lost in admirat and astonishment. The T accommodations of this monarch of the seas are of the MOST AMPLE NATURE, and approvea description. From the staterooms to the si juarters there seems to have been an aim to make-the guests of this pioneer craft very comfortaple and to give them plenty of room, siaterooms, which will hide away over 100 first lass gers, are exceedingly large and far- ished ina serie which commans " of \ \cquainted i words from those a with matters of ite 'ting. There COMFORT, LIGHT, CONVENIENCE and luxury everywhere, A supply of water, both fresh and salt, in these rooms 13 constant, and elec- tric bells, connecting with the steward’s. Cepart- ment, are above every berth. This innovation is worthy of notice. A patent indicator, lke those in hotels, notes the portion of tue ship a waiter ts re- quired, and his presence 13 obtained without the least trouble. Jt is but the touch of your finger, and the‘loud tingling of the’ bell beyond summong assistance, The grand saloon is a feature worthy of extended reference, because of its IOENT PROPORTION! MAGNIE! 8, excellent locations and handsome finish and fit- lings. It is on the main deck, 1s the comfort to the passe: chat a pease Nie bein, irifea es in one’s own a in Jength by rey feet breadtie Y whole widen of the ship. Jt is heated by steam, in additiom w egitchs there are two fireplaces that when necéssar'y may contain cheer‘ul coal fires. The finish 1s In teak and gold, with papier maché panels. Handsome carpets cover the floor, and gigantic mirrors are pul in every available spot. A grand plano and a beautifal bookcase are also noted, and Une sofas and chairs are upholstered IN CRIMSON VELVET. Electric bells are also provided here, as they are im Then there are the ladies private cabin on the starboard side of the ship, furnished in gieen and sup plied with mirrors and broad solas; a gentiemen’s | like apartment on the port side, bath rooms, re- tiring rooms and ail else that experience could sug- | gest and money supply tending to make an ocean voyage pleasant, ‘ihe accommodations for steerage rae are on the largest scale. Une thousand can find ample room and the strictest privacy in roomy quarters, while the light and ventilation they receive 18 not surpassed in any ocean steamship afloat. The arrangement is such that the sieepmg apartments of these ENGERS ARE SEPARATE. PASS! | 1ron bulkheads dividing the single men, the married. People and the single womer from each other. This innovation ts of the most commendable char- acter. Every berth 1s provided with life belts and ten huge lifevoatscan be got ready in case of emergency at @ moment's notice. The pantry ts very large and convenient. It is provided with steam tables and dumb waiters, THE MACHINERY of the Oceanic was constructed by Messrs. Mandslay, Sen & FiclJs, of London, and {s of the most ap- proved character, with all the modern improve- ments that the age of steam has suggested. 1 gines—four in number—are of the com- pressed descri) with two cylinders, sev- enty-eight in diameter, and two of gs ed inches, with a stroke of piston of five feet. Her boilers are ten in number, of the tubular style which are placed athwartships, and in adal- tion, to these there 1s an auxiliary ‘boiler of very large size. ‘The engines, which wake up to a prea~ sure of iene ht pounds, have an effective horse power T™ ter, whieh is or otectand has four biades, 8 jer, whic! steel_anc four is the Fireeat screw ever fitted to a steamer, tang a diameter of twenty-three feet and a pitch of thirty- one feet. Under ordinary running the screw performs about fifty minute. The “extreme consamption of is sixty-four tons, but yas | the S— sage across her average was but fifty-two tons. The ii alone cost over £80,000, and the total steam winches, a steam windlass, steam steerin; gear, two main bilge pumps, donkey pump everything else of like nature which such a grand and mammoth requires, THR OFFICERS, ‘The Oceanic safled her first voyage under Ca} Digby Murray, an old officer not unknown to Amer- ican ocean travellers, a8 he was in the employ of the Coilins line as chief aficer of ono of the steam- snips, He reels prond of his vessel, and well he may,’ The first officer 18 Mr. W. H. Thom) an old satlor, though still ayoung man, The ofMicer 18 Mr. Hamilton Perry, formerly of the Na- tional ine. The third officer, Mr. Richardson, was lately in the Cunard line, and the tourth officer, Mr. Mines, was an old China sea captain pefore entering this service. Mr. Thomas Sanderson is the purser, Jolin Howson assistant purser and Dr. J. 8.. Finne~ pei The chief engineer is Mr. Henry ‘Thomas Read, and his assistants Pair, Jona McAllister, John Matthews, Thomas Collie, Yames Black and Robert Smith. A large number of yisitors inspected the Oceante esterday, and all were kindly received by. Captain ‘urray and first officer Thompson, ‘The Vessels that wiil follow the Occanic are the Atlantic, Arctic, Baltic, Pacific and Adriutic. wilh be of the same enormous size and, el appointments. ~ SMALLPOX AT PRINCETON COLLEGE, Mr. Todd, of Pennsylvania, m student of Princeton College, while in New York last week, caught the smallpox, and on retarning to his quarters im the college was prostrated with it. Hoping that it might be of a mild type precau- tons were at once taken to guard against its spread, it soon assumed a violent character, and the patient was removed to the country. A large numoer of the students at once telegraphed to.their homes for permrssion to leave, and a great excitement was created, particularly am those. who had been 1m, personal contact with Todd. The facuity after consultation dcemed it best to allow the students to go home, an@ accordingly Dz McQosh on Tucsday gave them leave of absence for three weeks, in ‘which tune it 8 hoped tne disease will have disap- ared. Mr. Todd was a junior orator last year, and one ef the most promising members of the class. Hopes are entertained of his recovery, although he 48 very seriously ill, The examinations, which wer@ to have taken place next week, have been postponed tala the 198k proxim rE THE CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL THIS EVENING, ‘The third ana last Obildren’s Festival will be given: at Association Hall this evening. These festivals ave been very pleasany affairs, and considered from the true standpoint, aad not from high art standard, they havg been, asuccess, ‘The music sung haa peen f goog Character, and the fine arrangement of the Shittren has clicited mucn praise. The cordial pubs lic @ndorsement of the festivals aud of Mr, New: gomb, the director, by Many, prominent citizens faust be to him a gratity ing evidence that ke has not tolled in vain, No doubt eyery seat in the ball will be occupied this evening,