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WASHINGTON. Ku Klux Opposition to the Revenue Laws. Important Decision by Commis- sioner Pleasonton. ‘Bequests to Religious Associations Sub- ject to Taxation. The Spanish-American Claims Commission. WASHINGTON, May 6, 1871. Mu Klux Opposition to the Revenue Laws. Reports are continually received at the Internal Revenue Office of the efforts of orgauized parties in the Southern States to prevent the enforcement of the revenue laws. Among the latest 1s a report irom Supervisor McDonald asserting that there is much illicit distilling in the Second district ot Mis- wouri. In many instances, the Supervisor says, regular Ku Klux notices have been sent to officers of the Revenue Departinent. Coligctors of uternal Revenue report, in connec- Uon with this subject, that several officers of that bureau have been deterred from the proper perform- ance of their oficial 1unctions, and troops have Deen called on to prevent outrages upon the govern- ment Officers iu the performance of their duites, Bequests to KRehgious Associations Subject to Taxatiou. ‘The Commissioner of Internal Revenue to-day, in answer toa letter irom the Assessor of the First New Hampshire district, decided that bequests to religious institutions were not exempt Irom taxa- tion. He says:— In my opinion bequests and devises for uses of a distinctively religious character are not exempt from tax under the act of Congress of July 14, 1870, Such is the known prominence of religious societics in this country that it appears to this ofice, if it had been the intention of Congress to exempt from tax bequests and devises for uses of areligtous character, the word “rell- gious” would have been employed in the act. If it can be shown that bequests anu devises for the public uses of a nominal religious society are in Feality to be empioyed for literary, educational or charitable purposes, 1n the ordinary ucceptation of those teruis, the office will make decision upon tLe case presented accordingly. Tho Spanish-Americum Clainn Commission. The President has appointed Judge Otto, late As sistant Secretary of the Interior, a member of the United States and Spanish Mixed Commission for the settlement of claims of American citizen growing out of injuries and depredutions committed in the Island of Cuba, General Order by the War Department. The War Departinent has published as a general order the act of Congress ty enforce the provisions of the constitution of the United States and for other purposes. New Instructions for Liquor Dealers. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has so far Modified the instructions to liquor dealers for keep- ing the book form 52 as that spirits received on the same day, from the same source, in the same way, distilled or rectified by the same person, inspected by the same gauger ana of the same kind, may be entered in the aggregate when the numbers of packages and stamps are continuous. Tne same rule will apply to spirits disposed of, Reports o! the Nations! Banka, The reports of the national banks, in compliance With the last circular of the Comptroller of the Cur- rency, have been somewhat retarded in consequence of delay in the preparation of the blanks by the prinver and failure to furnish them to the banks at the time prescribed, but the general austract will be publisned without material delay. Indian Affairs. A letter has been received here from Fort Ar- buckle, in tho Indtan Territory, stating that the tribes in that vicinity, iucluding the Cheyennes, Comanches and Kiowas, were disposed to be very quiet, und that the settlers were pursuing their dally avocations with no apprehension of tronble— & fecling that was concurred in vy the government officials in that vicinity. The Indian Bureau has re- ports from many points throughout the indian Territory, and there are no apprehensions felt of any organized hostility during the season now opening. During the summer there will be m tus city representatives of different tribes, who feel aggrieved because of the laxity of certain oificials in Carrying out treacy stipulations, they having been invited to come here to procure an adjustment of their diMculties; but there is no reason whatever to anticipate concerted active hostilities on the part of the Inwans. Departure of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Judge Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who le/t Washington for his home last night, upon the return of Secretary Boutwell from his Western trip, will not take ts departure for Earope in connection with the new bonds for sev- eral weeks, He will return here for instructions before leaving the United States, It is considerea that the presence of Judge Richardson in Europe 1m his official capacity will condace very greatly to the interest of his government. By the time of his departure the newly cangraved bonds will be ready Jor distrivution to the subscribers, and it is believed in official and financial circles that this circum- stance itself will greatly augment the number of subscriptions, Movements of General Sherman. General Sherman 1s not expected to return from his tour of inspection throughout the Southern States for several weeks, ana it may be that, to comply with the programme which he had laid out before leaviug Washington, the middie of June will elapse before his return. His absence will, how- ever, not interfere with any orders of importance which it may be necessary to issue from the War Department, Personal. General Pleasonton will leave here to-night for Bos- ton to attend the Grand Army reunion, He will spend several days in New York. Commissioner Drummond, of the General Land ONice, leaves Washington to-night for McGregor, Jowa, his former home, for an absence of about three weeks, to attend to some old internal revenue cases with which he became connected when in the service «f tha: department of the government. During his absence W. W. Curtis will act as Com- missioner. Secretary Robeson ts still aosent from Washington, There 1s no matter.of special importance relating to the Navy Department under consideration. Several ‘vessels are undergoing repairs, but no orders of im- portant significance have recently been issued. The Sunken Steamer Hercules. The sunken steamship Hercules is still lying in the channel, off Georgetown. ‘Three strong tugs be- Jonging to the Reading Rallroad Company, pro- vided with powerful steam pumps, have arrived, and are ready to go to work pumping her out, but cannot do anything unless Were is a regular tide, as athe waves now aurge over ler bulwarks, The ven- Aipede, a similar vessel to the Hercules, is alongside to take out her cargo of coal. ‘The anticipated Areshet of the river will prevent operations of any kina for some time. The hands on the sunken steamship say that when she settled on the rocks they distinctiy heard the iron hull rip like so much Pasteboard, The recent heavy rains tiave caused a Tise in the Potomac already, owing partially to the east winds prevailing, and the merchants are telé- graphing to Harper's Ferry to ascertain the state of tings there. Fishermen's Lask~A Successful Senson. The fishing season now drawing to a close Is said ‘to have been one of the most successiul for 4 num- ‘ber of years. The average of the catcn has been high at most of the shores fished, and the quality has been generally good. From the overstock of herring they have been at times very cheap, selling occasionally as low as two dollars per thousand, Shad, on the contrary, have brought gvod figures, though the supply seems to have been tolerable. Tho Virginia Stave steamer Trodegar is cruising in NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1871—QUADKUPLE SHEET. the Potomac river te enforce the Fishing law. She will visit all the shores on the Virginta side of the river and furnish the proprietors with printed copies of the law, hear all complaints and redress them, and slop all seine hauling and gilling after the 1st of June, Cruisers for the Fishing Banks. ‘The usual summer cruises to the fishing banks will be ordered, and, as far as the allowance of seamen will permit, vessels will be sent to foreign stations; but up to this time there are no indications whatever of any detalls having been made for cruises of special signiticance, Treasury Balances. ‘The balances at the close of business to-day ‘were:— Currency, $3,389,000; cotn, $103,450,000; cer- Uticates, $21,340,000. Weekly Currency Statement. The receipts of fractional currency for the week ending to-day amount to $559,500, The shipments were—fractional currency, $461,520; Notes, $855,941, The Treasurer holds in trust as security tor national bank circulation, $356,191,000, and for pub- lic deposits $15,866,500; maional bank circulation outstanding at this date, $314,972,440; national gold bank notes issued to date, $440,000, Internal revenue receipts to-day, $461,426; grand total for fiscal year, $123,810,111; subscription to the new loan to-day, $115,000, Naval Orders. Chief Engineer W. W. Dungan 1s ordered to the Dictator. The Second Assistant Engineer of the Resaca has been detached and ordered home. Grand Musical Reception in Baltimore. On Monday evening next Wiiliam Prescott Smith, of Baltimore, will give a grand musical reception at his residence in that city. All the prominent government officials in Washington and a number of the leading merchants of Philadelphia and New York are among the invited guests. President Grant aud Mrs, Grant are expected to be present, The National Game. ‘The Olympic Base Ball Club of this city will leave Washington on Wednesday next for a tour through the Eastern and Western States. They will play the Boston club on the 24th inst, THE COAL TROUBLES. Reply to Herald Correspondents—The Net Earnings of Miners Under the Different Bosses—Wages of the Lehigh and Schu kilt Workmen, LuzeRNE County, Pa., May 6, 1871. About a week since one of your correspondents, writing over the name of “Justice,” asks F, B. Gowan and others several questions as regards the net earnings of miners working under the ‘three- dollar basis’? in Schuylkill county, and also at eighty-six cents and $1 31 per ‘diamond car” in Luzerne county, As I have not yet noticed a reply to the above and having been a ‘‘constant reader’’ of the HERRALD, as well as several other, both dally and weekly papers, since the “coal troubles” have occupied so large a portion of the public jour- uals, it has been my practice to make memoranda of such items as might be interesting to refer to in future; among them are some figures which, in the absence of any being furnished by the parties to whoin,the queries were addressed, may, perhaps, convey to ‘Justice’? the information tat he de- sires—that is, 11 you deem them worthy of an inser- tion in the widely appreciated HERALD. In the New YoRK HERALD of March 2, 1871, isa letter from your correspondent at Hazleton, dated February 28, 1871, in which he gives figures taken {rom the books of A. Pardee & Co., showing net earnings of thirty miners im 1870, and also a state- tment ia form required by ‘Justice’’ of the net earn- ings which would accrue to @ miner working on the “tive-dollar basis’ as proposed atthe meeting of Lehigh operators in Philadelphia, Febraary 24, 1871, the stavement is thus made:— Seven cars per day at $1 sroceccenceseee $7 00 Less expenses tor powder, oll, tools, &c. 2 bs — 291 One day’s wages of laborer......... Net one day 10r MINET.........eeeeeeeseceeeee $4 09 Tn the Scranton Lepudlican of March 6, 1871, 18 the following statement of mincrs’ earnings at rates of 4870 and proposed rates of 1871:— Seven diamond cars per day at $1 31. saves $9.17 Expenses for powder, oil, &c. $0 75 One day lavorer... Net for miner one day...........s0.00+ ry 87 Seven diamond cars at proposed rate of 86c.cach$6 02 Xpenses for powder, &¢. $0 15 Gne day laborer. 200 is Net for miner one day. a seeee$3 27 1 have been told by an ed au Scran- ton some years since that eight diamond cars were considered a day's work for a miner ana laborer at that me. I nave not seen any statement from schuyikill county in the same form, but in the Miers’ Journai of Fepruary 25, 1871, there are given the net earnings of mincrs at several colliertes last year, When the men were working below the three collar basis, as follows:— No. 1 h Broad Mountain basis, August, ptember and October, 50; Novem average net per da: $3 70 do... 3 06 do.. 3 0L $ asia, per day, 4 29 Average of three others on $2 50 basis, per day. 4 05 Average of one other on $2 25 basis, per day.. 3 81 Of course at basis of taree dollars the earnings would be greater. I will not attempt to answer the last question of “Justice; but, presuming he is a practical man, he can judge tor himself to the equity of the above, und whether they should be considered starvation rates, YOMING, Uneasy Feeling Prevailing in Scranton—Mass Meeting of Miaers at Hyde Park—Duplicity of the Monopolists Exposed—Miners Prefer Peace, but are Ready for War—Differences Between Miners and Laborers Settled. SCRANTON, May 6, 1871. A very uneasy feeling pervades the community to day, and a crisis in the coal troubles is evidently ap- proacning. That it will not include a resumption of work on the terms proposed by the companies is certain, The miners are as firm in their determina- tion not to yield as ever, if not more so. They are much more united, for they have been enabled to completely squeich out the Jaborers’ dodge started against them by the corporations. The leaders have comprehended the danger which might arise from the movement, and with infinite tact have abso- Jutely turned it to the advantage of the Miners’ This has been & busy day among the miners. ‘There was 4 meeting of delegates in the morning and a general meeting of the region at Hyde Park in \he afternoon. The latter has been the most im- portant gathering of miners and laborers since sus- pension took place, as it developed the sentiment of the men. Now that it is presumed tnat they have been nearly, if not quite, exhaustea by the bitter struggle, the situation becomes more exciting. The meeting this afternoon was as large and enthusiastic asany which has been held in this region. Over two thousand men employed by the Delawa Lackawanna and Western Railrond Company were in councll aud unanimously and nobly resolved to make no other pee to the repiesentatives of that corporation. r. Storrs exposed the duplicity Which it 18 thought has been shown towards the miners by the oiliclals of the three great companics of the county, ‘Their action was severely commented upon, and the deepest indignation expressed in relation to the curt ana undignified manner in which the jast fair and equitabie proposition by the miners was de- clined. The sentiment of the meeung was that ali honoravle means had been exnausted by whe Workinginen Lo bring about an amicable adjusiment oladificuities; but if the companies prefer red war to peace they could nave it on their own terms. Upou this point there was singgiar unanimity, aud tere is no possibility of mistaking the meaning of tie meeting and unbending temper of the men com- posing it, Jt Was also arranged to provide for the poorer miners, as the wounded are sent w the rear during @ engagewent, and the promised dilference between ube miners ‘and their laborers Was put to test by conceasions which are petter for each party. There 18 to be aa equal division of wages and if either miner or laborer ig unabie from any cause to do the allotted amount of work per pe there 18 to be mutual assistance. This wise _ ress aqaitn uit iter een the miners and avor 1. @ ual ot ae part of beh field. ‘ eer Ueenen ts te companies have signally failed t efforts to aistract workingmen, by unarural tom gg omy aud dissensious and it now remains to seen what will be the wature of the assaulis made by the corporations upon the bold and defiant attitude aseuimed by the insalted and vilified miners. mistake but the men can hold out far tntg tne gone mcr, und that they are stl.l masters ol une situation cannot be couvted, Judging from the indications of to-day. The men are in good spirits und encouraged by the demonstratio! — at Wilkesbarre, twill With double shttts for a time to como, (My "us rangement Will give work to @ large number of men belunging to large companies, It ts understood that work in Wyoming valley will be so divided as to YACHTING. Herald Special Report from London. Trial Race of Mr. Ashbury’s Yacht Livonia With the Guinevere. THE LIVONIA COMES IN FIRST. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. Our special correspondent in London sends us the following report of the trial trip of Commodore Ashbury’s new yacht Livonia:— Lonpon, May 6, 1871. Commodore Ashbury’s new yacht Livonia had a irial race to-day with the yacht Guinevere, over the Queen’s Course of the Victoria Yacht Club, starting from Ryde and thence to Yarmouth and back, round the Nab Light to Ryde. From Ryde to Yarmouth it was a beat to windward, the Livonia displaying weatherly qualities of a high order, gaining several minutes on her larger opponent. Off the wind, however, the Guinevere proved to be decidedly the best yacht, overhauling the Livonia hand over hand and passing her off the Quarantine. At the Nab Light the Guinevere led by one and a quarter minutes, The run home was a dead beat. The Guinevere, never very weatherly, made a long reach towards the mainland, but the Livonia held her course in mid-channel, and by a succession of short tacks arrived at Ryde ahead of her opponent by three minutes. The trip can scarcely be regarded as a trial of speed, as the Livonia was not in trim and the Guinevere was out of form, sailing in her ordinary cruizing canvas, ROYAL HARWICH YACHT CLUB. Speech of Mr. Ashbury—The Ocean Race— The America’s Cup. [From the London Field.) The annual mecting of this Club was held at the Great Eastern Hotel, Harwich. on Tuesday last, Among the members present were Mr. James Ash- bury, Commodore of the Club; Mr. E, Packard, Vice Commodore; Mr. P. 8. Brut, Rear Commodore; Captain Barnes, Mr. J. Richmond, Captain N. D. Garrett, Mr, Spencer King, Mr. E. Packard, Jr.; Mr. E. Chapman, Mr. Watts, Hon, H. G. Molyneux, Mr. B, P. Goodwin, honorable Treasurer and Secretary; Mr. F. G. Rouse, Mr. W. Groom, Mr. W. J. King, Mr. A. J. Barber, &c. After the usual routine business of the meeting Mr. James Ashbury was unanimously re-elected Commodore, Mr. P. Bruff, Rear Commodore, and Mr. E. Packard, Vice Commodore. Mr. W. F. Braff ‘was appointed chairman of the committee, Mr. Goodwin was re-elected honorable Secretary and Treasurer, and the general and sailing committces were reconstituted. The next matter for discussion was the question of the arrangements for the ocean match and the annual regatta. On this question the commodore Tread a letter he had received from Commodore Lee, of the New Thames Ciub, who said a meeting of the sailing committee of that club had taken into con- sideration the programme for the ocean matches, and had proposed alterations in the original fix- tures, so as to leave the days thus:—June 5th, ocean Tace from the Thames to Harwich; 6th or 7th, Har- wich regatta; 8th, ocean race from Harwich to the Thames. The yachts would thus get back to the Thames in time for the schooner and yawl races on the 12th, 13th and 14th, A short conversation followed, in course of which the very obliging manner in which the New Thames Club had ‘dealt with the suggestion of the commo- dore and secretary of the Royal Harwich to alter their programme 80 as to make the various events fit in was acknowledged, and the programme sug- gested met with universal approval. In the course of some remarks upon the manage- ment of the following matches Mr, Asbbury an- nounced his intention of sailing the new schooner, the Livonia, in the ocean race. The annual dinner of the clup took place in the evening, the commodore inthe chair. In respond- ing to the toast of his health Mr. Ashbury referred to his intention of presenting to the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, as a challenge prize, the piece of plate, value £250, which he had won in the ocean race with the Dauntleas. He said that it was only natural that in presenting a cup which had cost him s0 much trouble to win he should accompany the presentation with somewhat moro stringent conditions than the usual terms on which challenge cups were given. He proposed then that the cup should never become the absolute 1s oes of guy individual yacht owner, but should be heid ez oftcio by the Commodore of the club, the representa- tive of which had won it. A six months’ challenge must be given by some club, and atthe expiration of that time the representative vessel of the challenging club would sail against the vessel chosen by the club then holding the cup to represent it; the course being either triangular, each side of the triangle being fifteen miles long, or twenty to windward; the winner of the pest two out of three being the victor. He would hold the cup, as commodore of the R. H. Y¥.0., as long ashe remained commodore, and as long as its. pos- session by that club remained unchallenged. Then, say the Royal Thames challenged and named the Guinivere. If the Royal Harwich named the Livonia those two vessels would sail, and should the Guinivere be successful the cup would be oa by Lord Alfred Paget, as co! di Of. yho Ro¥al Thames, and it would be aa ine biyat Har- wich or any other British or French club to give a challenge. He excluded the Americans, for they had one cup now, and if this were open to them they would move heaven and earth to secure it, and once over the other mde of the Aulantic God knew when it would come back again, An erroneous idea which was abroad give assistance to the greatest number of and laborers in this county, and when work tance be aye money will be supplied. Itlooks to-night a8 ii honest, persevering effort 18 likely vail Over arrogant assumption in tue Ay wil be Tul of important events, SNe NOX+ Wook was that he was building the Livonia to beat the Sappho; that was not the case, for the Livonia was only about haif the size of the Amert- can yacht, but he might say his intention waa that the vessel should be one of the iastest of met size, He thought she would be a great success, but the proof of the pudding 18 in the eating, The chances were the month of May would settle that; but whether or not he intended to go over to America— not to contest a race across the Atlantic, because he had done it once and should not do it agaio—ana, as he tad said before, if ever he did ans more racing across the Atlantic it should be to « sicamey and not in a yacht, He was now engaged in friendly controversy with the Americans, the ques tion being whether tn the contest for the cup knov gy asthe American Cup he should sall against one vessel or against @ fleet. By a deed of gi athe New York Club were bound to 6 py g champion vessel and not a fleet, ¢ nis construction was supported by opinions t’ ven port im this country aud in the States, The Com modore of the New York Club took the opinion Of three eminent judges and the ’ savy surviving donor of the cup, ond their reply wr 48 that the in- tention was that the New York Clu @ should send a Single vessel and not @ fect, and 4+ was sala the ob Ject of inserting the clause requ’ ing g gx months’ notice in the deed was that, ' | ing event of their believing a foreign yacht w to powerful for pny veser 48 coming which was , 4; A.shey bad to compete | struck with, they might build a yacht on purpose. But tne lawyers differed on both sides of the water so that he should not go so much on the legal interpretation as the spirit and intention, and should request the New York Club to refer the point at issue to Judge So-and So and the surviving donor, and he would accept their decision, whatever it might be, If it should be decided that he had to sail against @ fleet, there was more reasonable probability of the cup coming back to England than there was last year, for then he was over in summer, when light winds prevailed in the inland waters in which the racing took place, and he had only one chance, being the representative of only one club—the Royal Thames. He was happy to say he had already received certificates from eight of the most important clubs in England ana Ireland, appointing him their representative in American waters, and the consequence would be that although a fleet would be sent against him he should have a more powerful vessel, and instead of one chance should have erght, and the time of year, instead of svmmer, when light winds prevailed, would be January, when the smal yachts would stand no chance; and ¢f the large vessels were out tt would be a time race,and the Livonia, though not coming in jirst, might win by time. He should not like to be too sanguine about bringing the cup home; but, barring accidents and ill health, he had made up his mind to go to New York, give’ the six months’ notice, send certificates from eight import- unt clubs, and leave no stone unturned to bring back the cup, which was held as a challenge, not against England, but tne world ‘at large. LAUNCHING OF THE SCEOONER AGNES. Her Dimensions, Spars and Canvas. After several disappointments, caused by the exceedingly unpleasant weather of the past few days, the centre-boara schooner yacht Agnes, owned by.Mr. Edward Harvey, of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, was launched from the yard of the Messrs, Poillon, foot of Bridge street, Brooklyn, yesterday morning, at ten o'clock. The event was successful in every particular, the handsome littie boat, after the word was given to knock away the blocks, moving off into her future element with consummate graceful- ness and without a single hitch. She was appro- priately decorated with the owner’a and the club signals, and, although there were but two or three strangers present to give her a pleasant send-off, the workmen In the shipyards cheered lustily as her bow touched the water. Although it ts declared that the Agnes was not built for a racing vessel her lines are such that she may, When in trim, have the right to dictate terms to many aquatic companions of her class. The dimensions of the Agnes are as follows:—Length on water Line, 54 feet; length over all, 60 1eet; breadth of beam, 17 feet 6 inches; depth of hold, 6 Jeet. Her frame Is of white oak, Kmatack and locust, which is fastened in tie most workmaniike manner, She will be fully rigged, excepting in the particular of a foretopmasi, being in this wise alike our pilot boats. Mer spars — foilowing cal "eet, re 54 Mainboom. 56 Foreboom.. Mainmast. Foremast. wee Bowsprit, outboard... 20 Fore and main gatfs Maintopmast..... 20 She will be fittea with matnsail, foresall, Jip, main- gat’ topsall and maintopmast staysail. The internal fittings of this yacht are nearly com- leted, and good taste 15 observable throughout, hite and guid is the cabin finish, So soon as her ballast can be placed in position Mr. Harvey will direct the Agnes to be taken to Gowanus Bay, where she will be repainted externally, her saily bent and otherwise put in order for the yachung events of the season, now 80 close at hand. LAUNCH OF THE LULU. A sloop yacht (Lulu), belonging to the Welch Point Oil Company, of Milford, Conn., was launched at the yard of A, IH. Bishop, Greenpoint, on Wednes- day. The following are her dimensions:—Length, 62 feet; breadth, 18 feet 4 inches; depth, 6 feet; 23 tons burden. A vessel of the same dimensions will be ‘auncled on Tuesday. YACHTING NOTES. Captain Lorillard has ordered a new suit of racing sails for the schooner Wanderer. The schooner Dreadnaught is still lying at the foot of Bridge street, Brookiyn. So soon as her cabin joiner work is completed she will go on a trial trip, The sloop Fiolic, Joseph Nobles, of the Columbia Club, was launched at Rahway, N. J., during the past week, where she had been sent for a thorough overhauling. This morning she wiil be brought to the city, the occasion being made a pleasant oue by the owner's yachting friends, as they will go down: the Bay in their own boats to meet him. Among the number in the little fleet of welcome will be the new sloop George E, Sheriman, owned by Mr, John S. Gage. The Brooklyn Clup has 191 active members and forty-three vessels on Its roll. Of the latter eleven are schooners, twenty-four cabin sloops, seven open boats and one steam yacht. ‘rhe Harlem Yacht Clab wi the 26th ins Y a s\weepstal boats, for The course will be from the Middie ground, outside the Kills, to Can Buoy; thence to College Point Buoy and return to Throg’s Point I jl + all a distance of about tweuty males, ‘There five open the season on race between simail participants—the Mary Euuna, Commo- Brinkerhof; Mary Louise, Dillon Ran- juits, Mr. Barnett; Gertrude, Joseph Le- josie J, J. T. Lockyer. ‘The steamboat Fort som; maire; Lee has been chartered to convey guests. * ‘The new schooner yacht building at New London, for Mr. James H. Banker, of New York, will s00u be ready for jaunching. SINGULAR SHOOTING ACCIDENT IN PATER- SON, Ne Je Early yesterday morning a gentleman named Mr. Hubbell, temporarily stopping @% his wife’s residence in Main street, Paterson, was putting on his coat when he was startled by the report of a pistol. Instantly a girl employed in the house fell to the floor, screaming that she wasshot. Mr. Hubbell gave the alarm that they were attacked by burglars, and all hands were placed as guards upon the goora and the pouse searched, but no intruders © Nee als nto g moce rset een w could be dissovered, and where the shot came from Surgical ald was immediate! was @ mystery. ay the injured girl’s wounds examined. summoned and {i 4, found the ballet nad passed through her side, inflicting @ painful and aly oun. but one that ‘was not Decesrarily Tatal, dnd te soctory think there is no posible doubt of ner speedy recovery. Subsequently Mr. Hubbell bethought him of a revolver he had in his pocket, and upon examina- tion it was discovered that it contained an empty curtridge — that had been ex ploded, and a hole in his coat through whicn the ball had passed, {tis supposed the cuat had struck against Leen that caused its dis- charge. But the most singular thing is, that Mr. Hubbell did not keep his revolver loaded, but kept vhe barrel separately in the same pocket with loose cartridges. It is supposed that one of the cartridges somehow or other worked Into the barrel, and then on by some such accidental concussion as stated. im 7 DROBABLE UNDER IN THE FIFTH WARD. A Negro Shot and Provably Fataliy Lojured. At eight o'vlock last night a dispute grose in the alleyway of 42 Thomas street between two negroes, named Georg: Brown and William Thomas, in reference to a white woman with whom Thomas had been living. After indulging in a war of words Thomas took his departure, but was met on the pavement by Thomas Brown, brother of the above, ye eliberately pointed a pistol at him and fired, he bi a engered, qhe right shoulder and passed downwazda into the vol’s Shenae Beg t9 Park GOsptiai man ambulance, ia in a critica mn a “ty ‘thomas Brown, wno resides at No, 38 street with his brother, Was arrested by an officer of the Filth precinct, and will be held to await the result of the injuries. wR. et. BURGLARY ON BROADWAY, On Friday night burglars entered the fancy goods store of Friend Pitts, No. 863 Broadway, and carried Awayadout $1,200 worth of goods, Word was given tote night watchman shortly after they eutered, bra he, instead of raising an alarm, started () 1 atormation to Mr. Pitts, who lived komé Ve Mocks from his store. Mr. Pitts not being in at the time, the watchman waited for lim, and by the time they reached the store the burglars had decamped. Mr. B. F. Palmer, Mr. Pitts’ clerk, When he entered the store yesterday moraing, found some $2,000 worth of goods strewn over the floor, Evideutiy the thieves had been frightened of. Mr. Pitts has only occupied this store two years, aud this is the fith tume it bas been broken into, FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENTS IN JERSEY. Yesterday morning 4 girl named Annie Lynch met @horrible death at New Brunswick, N.J. While playing near the lock of the Raritan and Delaware Canal there she was caught in the drum of the cable and literally cut in two. An inquest was ordered. On the Morris and xX Raiiroad, yesterday af- ternoon, an unknown five P. M. train, near Roseville, ai erman was struck by the | to show you that I am not 4 crushed to | that a very high state BCTICUT ELECTION, THE CON Things Becoming Badly Mixed All Round. DISCOVERIES THAT CUT BOTH WAYS. THE NEW HAVEN VOTE. How a Mistake Made a Hundred Votes and a Reversed Figure a Row. GOVERNOR ENGLISH ON THE SITUATION, WHAT MAY HAPPEN. New Haven, May 6, 1871. Poor Connecticut has been in a terrible way ever since the last election. The people of the State have @ sort of dreamy idea of having gone to the polls one day early in April, where they did their level best to vote just as they had a mind to, and that somebody in consequence was unavoidably mado Governor, at a salary of $2,000, for the ensuing year. But the politicians seemea all along to have had no idea that anything was settled by the people, no matter how good thelr itentions may have been. If any man of either party, any day atter the election, had got it into his head that something hud been settled by it, he felt pretty certain who ever was elected didn’t happen to be the man who. ought to have been elected. Hence the trouble and turmoil, the pulling one way and the hauling another which has been going on among the wirepuilers hereabouts for over @ month past, The fact of the matter is that the multipiication table has lost a great deal of its charms for manv people in these regions, and that it has been found A VERY DIFFICULT JOB by more than one patriot to prove that by adding one hundred to one hundred the natural result 18 not two hundred, look at it how you will. Just what the muddle about the election really was I guarantee that not one Nutmegger out of ten in the State was able to fathom before a day or two ago. Tobe sure, everybody has known, ever since the hue and cry about the Fourth ward's way or counting self were set up by the repubiicaus, that there was snag in the stream, and that the party in power could not exactly see their way straight. The facts of the trouble are briefly these:— That a charge was made that English was given 100 Votes more in the Fourth ward than he waa en- titled to, The election being so close and the charge once proved, the result would, all kuew, be disastrous ty the hopes of the democrats, When the General Assembly appointed thetr investigating committee a few duys ago these democrats were made tatls to the alx-facea radical kite, but they got on their dig. instauter and refused to fly an inch, To do sv would be countenancing what they con- sider an unjustifiable act on the part of the Legisia- ture, that of going behind the canvassers’ decision to ascertain what the vote in any locality had been, Well, the committee went to work and got hold of the Stata box of the Fourth ward. It will be remembered that it was claimed that 100 more votes were declared by the counters at the close of the polls than there were actually on the check list. So the committee felt confident trom the start that it had the other folks IN A TIGHT BOX, The ballots were taken out and carefully counted, and with che following result: James E, English 717 En Marshall Jewell. J. EB. Engltsh Total + +1198, Now, last mont the ‘count was returned as fol- lows:— Ch Part English.....718 English............... 1 Marshall Jewell.......579 _ Total...... see ceeeeeeeess hy 208 It will thus be seen tbat, instead of finding 100 buckram votes recorded in favor of English, the cominittee were astonished to learn that Jewell had been given 100 too much! Of course there Was @ good deal of surprise manifested upon all sides when the news Was Druited about, and the mat- ter has become the theme of general conversation about town. {t should be borne in mind that tus ballot box, out of which came this pre us revela- on, has been in the hands of the Town Clerk, or at least under his control, for nearly a mouth. Every- body who was examined testified thai the box had not been tampered with, so 1f any change took pl in the ballots since the last count the only ting peo- ple had to fall back upon Was that it ‘came abcut as some people believe the entire world did—by mere chance. [I doubt very much, howeve there must not have been something more than such a doubttul agency as that in thi for tne looked by the official canvassers, nistake” could scarcely have been over- ‘Th voles were counted by the committee in the ages found in the box. For English there were found five | es with 100 votes, one with ninety-three, aud h 112. For Jewell there were four packages, ne hundred? marked on each, one wiih After the scratched and other tickets were counted the vote was fouud to stand—English 719, Jewell 479. Had the packages been all taken for granted by the endorsements oa them made by the counters, Jewell would have been all right, buton opening and counting two of them containing votes cast for him marked ‘‘one hun- drea,’’ it was discovered that each package con- tained but fifty. This was just where THE DEMOCRATIO LAUGH came 1n; for the discovery helpea them, as far as it could, im two ways, It not only put English ahead 100 but apparently refuted the charge of the republicans that 100 votes more had been declared by the counters than there were voters on the tally book. Clearly a simple mistake of a careless counter writing “one hundred” in two places where he should have slowly spelled as he wrote the less valuable Word, filty. How the people wl look at this “discovery” is @ question, Sufiice it to gay that the committee went away from the count rather gut ff hat they drew a terrib.e bili ype oder thelr Sgures about the mistake I have not the slightest dowst But enough for the present of pode! Man ‘ ad coumMIig? wok hold of the jatield count, and made =" 23, yw, Ss A PALPABLE Hit nmepoc of it. They had the paliots counted, and the resuit stood—Jewell, 411, with a scattering of 15; English, 288, with @ scattering of 26. But, unfortunately for English, one Wes ag marked apparently 96, con- tataed only 76 votes. The “mistake” was, that the figure 9 had been made in such a bungling way that it looked like @ very bad 7, but by reversing the package on which it was written, 96 was there as plain asa pike staff—a reversed 6 always makes a good 9, you know, for as | who knows how to look atit in the ‘right way. It was claimed by the counters that by some extraordinary coincidence or other, whenever the package was looked at aad counted it always made certain to turn wrong side up, figure-atively speaking, and mgnt siae up, politically speaking. Now A’ gat of 100 votes for English in the Fourth ward, by this package mis- take business, against a loss of 20 in Enfleld, ought to have been sop enongh for the democrats, one AN tag AR le "eats Ee ox must have been tampered with by the republicans, who had the opportanity to do as they pleased with it. If they did, and on @ suspicion that they did, the twenty ¥: es gan ed to Jeweli by it should be thrown Cte ‘ von’ ual. ep ns worse ig him if the Legislature, takin, 0 pri t democrats had tampered witk the forth wih ts 4 shouid throw out the 100 votes gained fo Bnglish by 6 ‘new revelation: The next and last vote the committee investigated was that of Chesh- fre, ny republican counter returned as follows:— English 216, seve 233; the democratic counter vhus:—English 215, Jewell 210. The investigation | Tesulted in this, that the democrat, at the suggestion | of another, had not counted twenty-three of the Jeweil votes, on the ground that they were ilegul, Tne reputlican counter sticks to it that 233 votes nad been cast for Jewell. So just here comes in a ques- tion of twenty-three votes, and thus the matter stands. If the Legislature throws out Cheshire and Enfield and lets the Fourth ward vote stand, Eng- lish is safe. If they throw out that vote then he will go sllegtewr aie ye Nano Lae eH UP IN A BALLOON AS 7 certain, At least, according to the decision of the asiature, he will have to; but AS a matter of fact will be’ Now this is exactly the question which may give a good many peopie @ great deal of trouble if the preseat incumbent should follow the exaipie of Stanton and “stick”? despite the demands of lewell for his seat, ked ap by the decision of =the — Legislature, do hot mean YY that Gevernor English Las any mtention to resist an, may result from this election Investigation, But the democrats Irom the start have declared it to be an unjustifiable outtage on the part of the Legislature to have appointed the committee they have, and have reiused in any way to recognize ils authority, even going 80 far as to refuse to appear before it as witnesses When summoned; aud so it may happen that the present incumbent wit! go lnto the courts and have the Jeqauey of the saree sctiet Octet e a before giving Uy . ae von wat me aieag at random, and of fcellag prevails amon, od niavenigatiny tuat the investigation commilice death. Tho body was prought to Newark and & | democrats as to burial certificate granted, an inquest being deemed (oy oe sive, J the nag Kf ons 5 innecessary, It was the Bioomfleld tram winch 5-4 mm fe ¢ hae - S areeh 5 laughing heartily over a lerter he had jost received from a militia officer, who Wanted to know whether he would have his men ready to tara out for the in- fuguration on Wedoesday, Like @ sensible man pty ea kept himself posted as to the uncertain- 8 0 THE POLITICAL SITUATION, he simply mentioned “the inauguration of the Gov- erpor,” without adding what the Governor's name Would be on Wednesday night. Mr. English looked as happy and smiling as ever, apparently in no wise concerned about the result of the “smelling committee's" labors, After talking In a gemial Way about the situation of amairs and rehearsing the facts which | have already touched upon tn ielation to the Fourth ward dtiicuity, be spoke of the “probabilities” of the future. What do you think, Governor,” I asked, “the comiittee will do?” “Well, that would be hard to say,’’ he replied, langhingly; “they have the whole question to them- selves, for the democratic members have refused to Dave anything to do with the commilter.” “Why 60?” “They consider the Legislature has ro power to appoint a committee for such a purpose as this one ‘Was appointed lor."” Met the commitice have goue to work, for all what.” “They have, and they will do——” “Do what, do you think :’? “Again I must say I really cannot tell,” and the Governor siniled w dubious smilie, as though he knew right well that the committee had the power to do as it pleased, and that there Was no use of Kicking against tne pricks. “Do you think,’ I persisted, “that they will throw out the vote in the Fourth ward 1” “Throw it out,” exclatmed he, looking indignant, “now could they? Their own count shows thac Jewell got 100 more votes than he was entitled to. ‘Phere 1s no getting away from that”? ; “Well, then, even if they do not allow the Enfleld and Cheshire vote you are ahead —that 13, consider- ing the Fourth ward vote all right?” “Certainly.” “Have you any idea that the Legislature might throw out the Fourth ward vote, or, to put it mildly, consider things generally so douptful as to just them In taking the eieccion of a Governor into their own hands? * overnor looked steadily at the celling for @ and pursed up us lips in @ way that de- hat Lhe question had TOUCHED A DELICATE POINT which he would rather had been let alone, How. ever, resuming lis usual pleasant way of talking, he remarked: noted “Tt may b might do such a thing; and here he quic “1, “not because they would have any right to do so, as cts how are known about te election, but because desperate men will hesitate at ig Yes, § footsteps of t rty here are only following in the fellows at Washington, Eneroach- pon tie rights of the people and of the si ments malvidu States have been goimg on gradaahy unul We have reached a prospect that 14 anything The men who favor and toster these encroachments are bold m aud the ques> ton of th right of thing has no weight with them i it inter with their plans, e ho ainbition to be Governor fot the sake of the Governorship; but | have struggied against these encroachments of the radical party on our liberues on principle, und | will not give up the ight when the dangers seem thicker Lian ever. What would youdo if the Legislature should throw out the votes tu the Fourth ward in your lavor aud cl Jewell as Governor? 12 Governor evideully took this quesuon as ANOTHER STICKLER on a delicate point, and only made answer with a laugh, Wuich Was meant to satice lor everything that he didn’t want to speak about. Your corre- spondent, however, felt that the point might possibly next week turn out to be che turning polit of the Lion rumpus, only to be followed by a rumpus of grea extent, and 80 yed his question ip a duferent form, — Kither annoyed by iny persise tency, or having changed his mind as to what he ougit not lo be silent about, he fixed himself com- fortably back ia his ample chatr, folded his hands before him, and replied resiguedly and withal rather determined!) “If they should go so far as that, then it would be @ matter for the Courts to take consideration ot.” “And you meanwhile would’? — “I would proceed in regular form and have the necessary papers’'— “Bat you would remain Governor meanwhile.” Tals Was the old style of pommt agaia, and the Governor hesitated, Finally, conquered by his own good nature, le replied:— “Certainly L would refuse to give up my office to Mr. Jewell, under the circumstances, and would apide the deciaon of the Court, | speak now of what would be the case if the Legislaiure should go so far as to throw out, without any shadow of right, the votes which now show me to have been beyond all doubt elected.” “Well, now that all the allegea miscountings have been investigated, what can the comuniltee do further before the Legislature meets ?”” “They have gone to work to-day, I learn, to can- vass (he Fourth ward, to see if they can get MORE MEN TO SWEAR that they voted for Jewell than are accredited by the count of having done so on election day.” “And will they succeed?” “Luo not see how they can, in view of the facts of the case,” and the Goveraor simiied biand.y, a Leit d hay a “You didn’t get me there, old fel- jow.!? “As to the inauguration, Governor, | understand that according to the State Constitution a governor must be selected at all hazards on the second day of the session.” “That is a fact “Weil, pow, if the Legislature should not take action on Wednesday next, What would be the re- sult 1? “T could hold over for a year.” “Then there is but litte likelihood, if the Legisia- ture means to take all chinces and declare tor Jewell, that they will let Wednesday gu by wihout seitling the matter some way / “Very lite Indeed.” This end ation. Tt shoul! be stated that duriu, Ke Ol spatch ale been sent by tim to Tweed, it ts a Vullanous forgery. how The. Allen, the Sighth ward nm Lo tie clty a day or two belore election with a gang of his Eighth ward nonesties, and how they were received by the republican postmaster and were quartered at the hotels after reporting under ficti- and He also wold of riety, came up tous names; aiso of how it was given out by the ree puvlica for 1ntimidation’s sake, that these rowdies were tie United States supervisors of election. In conciusion & Word more about the Legisiauve Committee, This afternoon they were very busy, by means of twenty-tive persons employed for the purpose, in canvassing the Fourtn ward and making personal calls upon every man whom they had reason to believe or bope had voted for Jeweil. Several amusing incidents occurred during the canvass, some of the patriotic seckers alter light getting so much of it in some corners of the ward that they more than once found a democrat whom they hai all along thougut. a@republican. There was a tableau in each instance and a laugh only on one side of the house. There is. great excliement in the city as to what the upshot of the committee's labors will be, and the result la looked forward to with great anxiety, me ‘i THE NORTH CAROLINA KU K.UX. First Arrest Under the Ku Klux Law—White Woman urged aud Threatened with Assnesination—Popularity of the Herald’s Nominee for the Presideacy. Raetcu, May 6, 1871. Yesterday a squad of United States soldiers under the command of Major Cushing, Fourth United States Artillery, proceeded to Chatham county to ald the United States Marshal in arresting parties charged with the violation of the Ku Klux law. They returned this afternoon with three young men against whom there appears to be strong proofs of having been concerned in the following outrage on some white women :—One night last week a party of disguised men surrounded the log cabin in which these women lived, in Chatham county. They commenced hallooing and shooting at the house, completely peppering the door with birdshot and shooting several bullets into the one room of the house. They then burst in and severely beat two if not more of the women with sticks and threatened to kill them and a small child belonging to one of them. After raising ,the devil and whipping a negro, en passant, they started off, leaving the unfortunate women in such @ state of terror that they have stept out in the woods ever since. The Women can swear positively to the parties arrested, and there appears litte doubt but that they will be convicted, The parties arrested are looked upon as disreputable characters, This is the first arrest made under the Ku Klux bill. The United States Commissioner here las fore- stalled the Ku Kiux bill, which required the Presi- dent’s proclamation before it went into operation. He calied the troops into requisition under the Force Dill, and probably mistook the law. The whole proceeding is evidently done for political — bw 0) man says Mery gry ehou , Hagia ei i cvety Ps ere Hid a BL Atve order Wit ‘ah the interference of troops, while Graut is extremely unpopular as & soldier aad Statesman, Sherman is acceptable as both by the Regn hee RRs agkuowioage hum to be the lead- ng spirit of thé War, ie arr ia chatham and Ratherford ounie have been made by the Deputy United a ar- Shal, but effect had to be given to It. Other troops have been sent to Rutherford county to assist : United States Marsal in arresting the wilte radi- cals who assassinated a whole family last week, as read, ced in the HERALD, ao nomination of General Sherman by the Meravp for President 18 favorably received here. PRESIDENT GRANT. Social Vinit of the President to Jay Cooke, of Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 1871. President Grant arrived here this aiternoon, and is the guest of Mr. Jay Cooke, at Cheiton Hills, Bis visit is purely social and not connected with any political MOVE, +.