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tion of law, with the present fiscal year, June 30, 1671, and annoancing that the monthly rates of pay legally allowable to enlisted men of the army will De the same as fixed prior to the war. The. pay'of @ private of cavalry, artillery and infantry will, aiter that date, be thirteen dollars per month, a reduction of three dollars, The pay of hospital stewards, privates or engineers and ord- Dance (second class), artificers, blacksmiths, far- Tiersanu sergeants 1s also reduced three dollars by the act of June 30, 1854, and August 5, 1854. The pay of enlisted men in thé marine corps is asaimi- WASHINGTON. The Campaign Against the : Ku Klux. t \ Senatorial Attempt to Restrain Newspaper Enterprise. latea to that of the army, and @ corresponding re- shy duction Will, therefore, take place in the pay of that ; corps, The total reduction, it ts estimated, will ‘The Elective Franchise Not Wanted by | icctesse the Gusmursomenta of the Pay Department about $1,500,000 annually, Flagship of the Mediterranean Sqadren. Captain William G. Temple, late of the Tennessee, 1s ordered to command the Wabash, and orders for the fitting out of that vessel have been issued from the Navy Department. Jt ts understood that she Appointment of. Cadets at Large to th . ** Military Academy. “ | will go to the Mediterranean to relieve the Franklin s as flagship of the European squadron, as a Southers Tax Commigsiencrs Made to Settle ad 3 ‘“Wamumeron, May 17, 1871, Ue. ‘Tho Geuante Exercised Over a Small Matter— Senntarial Digttty Versus Newspaper En- * ‘The etinte wasted another day trying to discover ew the treaty found its way into tho newspapers, Afet one hour fu'secret session and four hours in ‘epen session the thing was postponed until 1o-mor- wow, when the indications are anotier day will bo ‘wamted, The proceeding 1s becoming ridiculous, nd nien like Sumner, Wilson, Schurz, Morton, Fen- tou and Trambull ere anxious to have it ended. Senator Conkling seems to be the chief mover in the Pasiness, and it is stated he is actuated by a desire to make an example of the newspaper correspond- ents generally, Who,\he Glieges, have hot treated Bim fairly.’ Senator Carpenter has been put. forwara’ by “Conkling as the spokes men im open session, while it is sald Conkling bimself takes charge of the matter in . wecret session. Both Senators sit close togetner, ‘and it was noticed to-day that Vonkling frequently Anterrupted Carpenter sub rosa to post him upon reat points of constivational law relating to the ‘Pudlication of information in the newspapers. Car- penter made a regular Western stump speech on his resolution to commit the newspaper men for con- ‘ tempt, bringing in the Ka Klux and other danger- us cath-bound organizations, to the great amuse- ment of the male spectators in the galleries and the utter consternation of the females, His authorities fmcinded nearly every work on constitutional law; for somehow Carpenter could not free himself from the idea that the publication of the treaty in ‘the newspapers was an infringement of the consti-- ° ‘ution. He read from that honored instrament and then from Story’a Commentaries upon it, then from the rules of the Senate, and all the laws passed with a view cf compelling contumacious , Witnesses to answer. Several small boys were kept ‘busy carrying books from the Iibrary to the desk of the Senatortrom Wigconsin, while Mr. Conkling had his hands full in finaing chapter and page from - ‘which to quote, But the speech of the day was de- liveredt by Tipton, of Nebraska, For about half an hour he kept the Senate in a continuous roar of jaughter. He ridiculed the idea of une Senate look. ang after its dignity, and intimated, rather broadly, that it hadno dignity to defend. He opposed the ‘whole proceeding, and said he honored the news- paper men for refusing to answer. Another Senatorial Excitement. ‘When the HBBALD arrived to-night witn the pro- tocols of the Joint High Commission there was a fresh sensation in, Senatorial circles, and threats ‘were made that the manner of its publication would ‘be thorouglily investigated, The Senate instead of a@tending to the legitimate business for which it ‘Was convened, seems disposed to devote its time to investigating the manner in which newspaper cor- respondents ontain their information. ~ The Campaign Against the Ka Klux. ‘The Secretary of War to-day issued a gencral order containing the President’s proclamation of the 94 inst, in regard to the alleged Ku Klux outrages ‘tm the Southern States, and published for the gene. fal unformation of officers of the army. The order @onciudes as follows:— ‘The President directs that whi fad" a described in the rn approved “ApH 20, 18717 may ‘be committed, shall, in strict accordance with the ions of the said act, be employed by the commanding officers in assis ie authorized civil authorities of the United States in making ‘arrests of persons accused under thé said act, in Eat the rescue of persons arrested for such in breaking up and dispersing bands of dis- Marauders and of armed organizations inst the peace and quiet of the lawful pursuits of citizens in any State. Whenever troops are employed in the manner In- |« dicated in tais order, the command officer will, at the earliest opportunity, mak a full report of his operation to the proper superior authority, The Attorney Gencral had a long toterview with ‘the Secretary of War this afternoon, when the sub- Sect of carrying into effect the provisions of the Ku Klux act was fally discussed. It is understood that fustructions wii at once be Issued to the United States District Attorneys and Marshals in the South- orn States, Calling their attention to the terms of the act, which will also be printed in document form for the benefit of the civil officers of the goy- ernment in that aection. War Claims Preterred by Foreigners. ‘The letter of the Secretary of State, transmitted with the brief message of the President to the Senate, together with a book written by Mr. Whiting, Yate Solicitor of the War Department, says that from time to time reports were made by Mr. Whiting on the claims preferred by toreign subjects against this government growing out of the war of insur- wection in 1861-65, 80 far re-examinations have been completed in nineteen cases and the points in the more important ones been made public, while many Others are contained in Whiting’s work on the “War Powers of the Government.” The Senate are Referred to casos printed im the designated pages of the book. The claims incinde some from British snd others from French subjects; as a-sample, A. Keraban, a Brith subject, preferred claims for Phe take by order of General Butler, Mr. Whiting, in his opinion, says:—“Thig claim was ‘teeated as all similar claims ought to be treated; the elaimant not acting the par} of a noutral British secs oud so oning ft es ered t of Cadets at Large to the Weit | Poimt Acndemy. u ‘The auditing oMficers of the Treasury Department ‘Will at once proceed to settle the accounts of the late United States Direct Tax Commissioners of the eleven insurrectionary States.. The Commissioners have been notified to forward all vouchers and documents that will facilitate in the closing up ot this business, ‘The Mexican Olalme Cematission. In the United states aud Mexican Claims Com- mission to-day, No. 490, “Raphael M. Miller vs. Mexico” came up. The Commission disagreed upon the question of the proof of American citizenship as well as upon the merits of she case, The whole case ‘was referred: to the umpire for final decision. No. 892, Mariano T. Gagga ve. hexico, An award in favor of the claimant wasannounced in this case; also in 478, Eugene Pigeor va. Mexico, and No. 82, ©. 0, Johnson vs, Mexieo, The claim of the town San Elizario vs. Mexico, No, 690, was rejected, , Persemal, —- , Simon T. Powell has beem sppotated Supervisor of the State of Indiana. EXTRA SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES SESATE. ‘Wasninoroy, D. 0., May 17, 1871. The Senate met at noon, The Vice President laid before that body an answer from the President to a former resolution calling for a copy of the report of Wilham Whiting, late Solicitor of the War Depart. ment, containg list of claims from foreign subjects Out of the transactions of the war of the The VICE PRESIDENT, in reply to Mr. Sumner, the repors was in @ printed volume transmitted, and two written from the Secre- tary of State accompanied ft. About, thirty-five es of the book related to those claims, ir, SUMNER, (rep.) Of Mags., thought as the infor- Matton was not now fae, accessible it ought to be printed, with tne lettey of the Secretary of State. ‘The printing was ordered, and then on motion of Mr. Cameron, the Senate wentinto executive ses- ‘slOn. TO WHOM 00 THE GOVERNMENT GROUNDS IN WASHINGTON BELONG?—MA, GRANT AS A HORSE TAKE. To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— For the information of those visiting the District of Columbie and to prevent American citizens the mortification of being”“ordered off the public parks, I bog leave, through your columns—the most potent method of righting grievances of this character—to state:—That the public grounds south of the White House, which, since my boyhood and continuing to the present administration, have been open to visi- tora, and im fact it has been the pleasure them, never probably thinking but have access t the ed, ito that I and after ‘fnlehing my contemey 8 were ol vo trespass upon the hoe grounds, and were in turn ordered of, evidently to a and ir Sa ea A sl LJ who ir i nebands tothe s Qt least permit property for which they now, in their misfortunes, are compelled to ply the needie with weary fingers and heavy hearts to help sapport.’’ Now, Mr. Editor, if these public grounds are to be dedicated by Mr. Grant to the trai ug of nis young horses, and to the exolusion of citizens who cannot reeive his right to this outrage, let all know the Fac, that they may not sutler the humiliacion of be- ing ordered off tneir rty and know that itis now the private horse ing establishinent of Mr. Grant whenever he chooses to. so appropriate it, and OO ro ne aS pss Cg ten) nite next election rpetuat ours, mar iB. W. WOOD, No, 80 East Tenth street, New York. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. Opposition of Arish Republicans to the New Treaty. PSILADELPHIA, May 17, 1871. ‘The President of the Irish Republican Association has issued a card, in which he states that ali Irish Citizens regret the terms of the treaty recently adopted at Washington by the Joint High Commis- sion, and that the American Commissioners atudi- ously ignored the settlement of the naturalization Jaws, which are an insult, a shame and a fraud, while they continue to coy aaemnste protection to adopted citizens outside of jurisdiction “of the United States, Senators are warned against ratify- ing the bag which will end, like the celebrated ‘Treaty of Limerick, in viola and perjury, and Which will consign fis supporters to cternal o ivion my. The ibiican pat to act consist- enuy with its principles, must iznoye the treaty, THE AMERICAN BIBLE UNION. OnIcago, May 17, 1871. The American Bible Union assembled to-night in the First Baptist church, Corresponding Secretary Wyckoff made a semi-annual report, detailing tho wor its Rabat Academie, Ot wrote CLE Seed te Froia The lato huinber of Applicants for Appoiyl- inlrtoed Sdok oF she Bit hve neen re mont as cadets at large to the Military Academy at ‘West Point the President yesterday made the fol- Diont vised, And most of the completed work has been ublished- ‘The Testament . Am Bible on this Continent and in foreign lands. The PE tp kigth atin URRGe taeaa Be meee ‘oas Dumber of thus circulated now reachos of ‘fon of Colonel Spic el, a distinguished hearly one million. Arrangements have been made @Micer of tho volunteer army; Join Pitcher, son of | t0 translate the Testament into Welsh. Thomas G. Pitcher, Colonel of the First in- broad mi one nero, of New York, and the ; Francls Preston Fremont, of the District of | Kev. Mr. Pentecost, Usa gg opt the ‘eon of Major Generai John U. Fremont, of | Union regarding, the importance of its work, and Eben Swift, son’ of Surgeon { Urged continued diligeace in missionary labors, army; Witilem Reeve Hamil- RR TOS OR ayy yf ‘gon of General Charles 8, Ham- THE PERSINS CLAIM, ‘Of the volunteers; Almer H. Weils, of Michit- — gan, & United States volunteer soldier, who distin- New Yonx, May 16, 1871, bg yg ag a Pyro Hamilton Rowan, | fo ram Epiton Or THE HERaLD:— Sictee Kavy; oun fh. sranam. of ichigat, sonot | Under your Washington correspondence of the Brigadicr Geuera of tue volunteers, | 14th inst, you call attention to certain private ‘illea at Baton q claims of Mrs, Anna B. Perkins against the Russian Weman’s i1rué Sphore—Opposition to the Ex- government, It seems that Minister Catacazy pro- tension of Surage: poses to place his aMdavite against Mre, Perkins’. ) ‘Mrs, Sherman, wife of General Sherman; Mrs. bate ww Dahiaren, Miss Catharine E, Beecher, and other | Russian Consul and of the Imperial of Bt. Indies of prominence, are industriously engaged, | Petersburg are pronouced false by th courts ‘Yarongh the proper agencies, in procuring signa, | of Europe, woud it hot Be, well te nave the present ‘fares to a petition to Congress protesting against an P. Smith, to aid the Minnister? ‘extension of suffrage to women. In furtherance of rkins 1s not claimant agaist Mra, Russia in this country, ment of the United the That frienaly atop the city of New York rave woussnd over fi doltars, and the writer of Soe pe halt of Gibcugtiehed fur ies Honesty, Dor ite Musteeere ee thelr veracity. ‘repre fam WTELENCE In conformity with section three of the act of Con- gree, approved March 8, 1861, Colonel Thomas G, Pitcher, of the First infantry, ls, on the tecommen- thelr object a monthly paper, called The True Woman, ie published at-Baltimore under their auspices, ‘Woman Suffrage in the Territory of Colum- : bin. A Dill has been introduced in the House of Dele- gates of the Territory of Columbia to extend to fe- males the right to vote and hold omce. me nominations :— dation of the Board of Commissioners 5 Rover H Milroy, to be United States Marshal for | iors! Holbe Siatled do the GoveauTentay Belgien’ . Tole Edwin Minion, Yo be Bearer) fon of the | some to relieve Colonel F. Lee, te order to take sitory of the ‘Colnmbia, entect ber, 11871, And by direction of the ee Seen PAP. that dave, acoording alt comin brgs- General B. W. Brice has issued a cir- Colonel euler calling the attention of officers of the Pay De- fie Ft Coronet Fi » Will be ag partment to the tact that the provisions of section 3 be ‘rst of the act of June 90, 1804, continued by enc. | Hom home, oonsive so ppuipyed at hig own Fonnegs Mansion yt ‘alter the fashion would TRE CABLE CONTROVERSY. Mr. Simenton’s Reply te the Directors. New Yorx, May 17, 1871. Messrs. PeTBR Coorg, Moers TAYLOR, MARSHALL O. Ronents and WILs0n G. HUNT: — GENTLEMMN—The letter of Mr. Cyrus W. Field, Which you joined him yesterday in signing, as Di- rectors of the New York, Newfoundiand’ and Lon- don Telegraph Company, avoids so completely the issue pending between the press and the cable com- panies that Iam eompelled to believe that you have Rot been permitted to know tne facts upon which the discussion ‘rests, The letter of Mr. Henry Weaver, so far from enlightening you, adroitly ‘evades the true issue, Its only apparent purpose 1s to divert attention from the truth vy answering & complaint which we never preferred, while the real grievance is totally ignored. Believing that you do Bot desire to lend your names to the support of eo transparent ‘a fraud, trated for the conceal- ment of a grave Trespectfully invite your attention to the real issue as it stands. ‘You say that “by law, by agreement between the different connecting telegraph lines, and by order of the directors * * © all messages arcand always have been forwarded, * * * in the exact order of their receipt;” and you add, “If any person in Europe or America knows of a single instance in which this regulation has ever been violated he will confer a favor by communicating the same in writing.” It would seem clear from the above that Mr. Field has failed to inform: you that we did, on the Sist of January last, present written and formal complaint, shi nine distinct and specific mn- stances in which law, a8 By present it, had 1D Viol ; that on the 7th of March we renewed the complaint and demand for explanation, in such form that there was no opportunity to inter- pose technical pret @68 & shicid to cover the ‘Wrong; that on or about wig 9 of March Mr. Hen! Weaver, general manager of. the cable busin London, Verbally confessed that he had deliberately law ag you t Mr. Weaver for his “formal reply”? to such eh your Mr. Kietd, to whom he had ting, and that to this hour we have failed to obtain irom either Mr. Weaver or Mr. Field the first written word of that formal reply. oned in this obntoverar: the reds aad the pose an to wil abs yout OS ‘pon you ‘aither to compel dis. closure by y Mice of Mr, Weaver's response to our dc complaint or to frankiy admit that our complaint was well founded and that an abuse has which shall be exposed and punished as an earnest that its repetition will not tolerated or Allow me to add afew words as to the letter of Mr. Weaver communicated by you to the press. and ‘which appears to have misied you, as it was evi- dently designed to befog the public. it utterly ig- nbres our specific complaiot of nine distinct in- stances in which were violated the act of Parila- ment, the rule of the cable companies, the rights of its patrons and the obligations of personal honor ‘aud commercial good faith. Thus arg! by. what ‘We did charge, it offers apology for the adoption by your companies ofa rule jtmit messages to fifty Words cach, Could subtertuge bo more transpa- Tent? We. never coinplained of that rule and do not complain of it now, It has not worked to our disadvantage except in a irifing pecuntary sense, We complain of no regulation that is gene- fal in its application, of which the public 1g nottfed and which 1s uniformly maintained, Our complains is only of surreptitious violation ot both the law and Leg ad in the face ot re- iterated aagurances from Mr. Field, Mr. Weaver and all others in authority, that the law is rigidly ob served, and that it is an insult worthy of indignant, rebuke to sup! ny variation from that law is possibio at the pands of such “honorable men.’? ‘The law as stated by yourselves has been violated to the public injury, and we have beca utterly un- able to obtain from your associates any explanation, apology or redress, or any guarantee that the cable service will not continue to be subject to malyrac- tices which must inevitably destroy public conf- dence in that means of communication between Bu- Tope and America. fatty inqui ain, We respect inquire whether you sus tain Mr. Weaver's infe: juggestion that halt rate business to the press is @ charity, and not en- Utled to protection by law? Certainly we never s0 Understood it, -Tne half rate on volitical news was of the various Presidents to invite all to*| Voluntarily offered by the cable companies, in their own ‘interest, as an inducement to tue press to do an increased over thoir lines, We never were asked and never agreed that any press mes- sage should be delayed an instant, because it came Baie saute hen ts gate chtlae ehcaa ni ve Inct notice that We did not wish bo avail ourscives ot the alt reve tit Would subject any part of our service to danger of a we were again assured that all business be transmitted in the order of filing. Just here, however, let me romind you that the 8 mesange vered to us on the 28th Janu- ary seventeen hours aftor delivery of anotner, over Sal tage eof ean Tay har nas on which we fall ra aud that 16 consisted of twenty-seven words ony, Of excuse for fis delay oan be preficated pon seo y upon even the inadmissible # that halt-rate L ness was an vutlaw, and ‘aot entitled to be treaied justly, In my letter to Mr. Field, dated. May 10, protesting against hrs failure to give me the facts in response to our specific complaints, as presented to him in a letter (rom Mr. Weaver, I i We are entitled to bave in writing the facts as informal ted by Mr. Weaver to our honton ny if on m4 juest for them until atier Mr. Weaver's ‘we sball naturally conclude that the delay had no other purpose thai able im to with draw the statement made te proses vestigation, and substitute some other that will be less ob- Noxious to eriticimm, only becanse less frank and full, ‘This anticipation seems to have been well-founded, for instead of peste) furnished with @.planation from London of specific instances of wrong, we are shown & copy Of a letter dated in New York on the 16th of May, which gays not a word about our com- plaint, but endeavors to evade it by subterfuge and bee Coote tfany en nally, gentlemen, we respect submit that Your request to be Informed of any violation of the cable law and regulations is quite useless so long as you have not the power (tor we assume your willingness) to compel the delivery to us of the “format han to our specific charges of January last, which 18, or ought to be, in the archives of your own boo Qud ‘which Mr. Field, while virtually adinttting the possession of it, refuses to place in our ban Of what utility 18-new complaint so long 88 complaints of the past are thus ignored? Very respectful?» v7, StMONTON, General Agent, THE NEW YORK STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION, rns ef the Cable Companies—Elec- tion of Officers. The New York State Press Association, at thelr an- nual meeting, held in this city yesterday, adoptea the following resolutiqns:— olved, That the press of the State and country, actin; fof the whole peopie, in prompt and ent frenmages are delayed, ‘sont out 9¢ Usse or i ‘ie are or fn any wa: Diaced'so as to delay thelr transmission is'a breach of felt, Molatign of contract and a great wrong to the pubic. Kesolved, That the detention of mesanges of Ausociated ‘Press in the London cable offlee, whereby smport- ant commercial and general ne hee were delivered from one to seventeen hours afler despat hour than those ad¢ressed to (he New York Associated Press were received, !s not only a violation of law and equity, but deserves » forteitare of the charter of the company. ‘Resolver, Tuat unless auch discrimination fs for- bidden, disavowed and punished the public cen have no con- fidence in any cable service where such wrongs are tolerated Denunciati pe reat Bare, $f Anotner rH snuirriynte advautage than a corporation fot ibe beuedt of ioe Pnolved ‘That we e: our pathy and earnest co- operation with the New York Avnoclaied Press in thelr efforts to expose ana retorm the abusesof the cable service, and that a copy of these resolutions be forwarded (o its members for + ¢ following ofMicera were elected for the ensuing ar yeprestdent—Joseph Warren, Buffalo Courter. Secretary and Treasurer—Eliia H. Roberts, Utica Herat. Executive Committee—J. ©. Cuyler, Albany pEx- press; Carroll E. Smith, Syracuse Journal; George G. Cooper. Rochester Union; Hi. O'R. Tucker, Troy ames; Onaries G. Fairman, Elmira Advert ser, JUDGE LYNCH IN CALIFORNIA. the Union to a wed, If one party or class of persons cay have thelr ¢ Union to dave, All of the New Teal | Oc sstii aeered ip ite if tex atch A Horrible Crime Expiated—An Invalid Child Gutraged—A Villnin’s Deom. SAN Francisco, May 16, 1871. The steamer Pelican, from~-Eureka, reports a frightfal aifair:—On the trip up the coast a family from Indiana, naving @ sick girl, eleven years of age, were passengers. In the night the steward, a Malay, married to # white woman in this city, @htered the sick child’s room, drugged and Tavished her. On the arrival of the steamer at Eureka the citizens formed a Line conrt tried and sentenced him todeath. He was thet ad and placed in the stern of a Wy Shortly jverwards a shot was heard and the ed without Smith and rer gone on a say gooy, he cluzens generally approved of EUROPEAN MARKETS. Manret.—LonpoN, May 17, 4:30 P. Seat onan Sa SS ay ee ie e borson Ere Ms nu “RAILROAD MATTERS. ‘The Camdca and Amboy Lease—The Reading Rallread Withdraws from the Fight—The Poansylvania Company Concede Certain Rights and Have the Ficld to Themeaeclves. PHILADELPHIA, May 17, 1871. Mr. Franklin B. Gowen, President of the Reading Railroad, informs me that bis company has with- @rawn from the compettion against the Pennsyl- vania Central in its efforts to lease the Cam- den and Amboy road, The Reading Company have alwi eh! their coal over the Raritan and Delaware Cake ‘This canal belongs to the Camden and Amboy 10ad ard wili be contemplated in the lease. To protect themselves and keep thetr coal tramc from getting into the hands of strangers they determined, if possible, to lease the road, and to ‘this end offored the bonus of ONE MILLION DOLLARS, an account of which has already been published in the HBRALD. Since the nezotiations have been in proerems the Reading and Pennsyivania Central ve come to an understanding. 6 Pennsylvania Railroad has pledged itself not to interiere with the Read Somreny ‘8 coal trafic and Mr Gowen has retired the fleld. The Pennsylvania road have nobody to contend with now and the whole quea- tion lies with themselves and the Camden and Amboy directors and owners, The Greatest Kailrond Combination tn the Werld—The Pennsylvania Central Railroad Reaching After the Pacific Trade—Consoli- dation of Pacific Const Lines. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16, 1871, Papers have been drawn up here to-day securing ‘the most extensive and powerful railroad combina- tlon ever attempted in the world. It includes the Pennsylvania Central and connections, from vhe seaboard to the Union Pacific terminus at Ogden, Utah, and on this side the Califfornia Pacific (not the Central Pacific,) but the Valicjc opposition line), which will be extended north to Goose Lake, Oregon, and connecting with the Ratlroad to Portland, possibly also to quack, und thence to Christmas Lakes; thence Wward along the south side of Snake river, in Southern Idaho, to a point in easy connection with the Union Pacific eastward of Ogden. This route Will avoid the heavy grade across the Sierra Nevada, and complete a continuous line from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It will be constructed im- mediately, all the capital having been secured in Ew for the entire work. No subsidies will be . The work will be commenced within two tng, wito ail the force which can be placed upon he line, This is not public here yet, bus it may be Telied upon ag substantially correct, This new railroad incorporation, under the name of the Eastern Extension California Pacific road, will start from Davisville, on’ the line of the Cale fornia Pacific road, twelve miles from Sacramento, nd terminate near Odgen. The road will be 1,000 miles long, and will run through @ country capable of furnishing extensive local trade, Railroad Enterprises Up the Hucson=Marked Activity Shown ia the River Counties—New Roads Built and Others Being Constructed— Their Coudition, Prospects and Progress. To @ young ana growing country such as ours, With its vast, uncultivated lands and undeveloped resources, there is probably no agency more ossen- tial than ratiroads, and none, perhaps, which of late years has played @ more important part in the development of the country. From every com- Mercial centre stretch forth these arteries of trade, annihilating distance, bringing the people in closer communion, adding to tho material wealth, and bearing to our doors the varicd products of the land. While the West has manifested great interest and activity in her railroad enterprises our own State has not been lacking in zeal, as «the §=6numerous railroads §=bulig within the past few years and others in process of construction fully attest. In the countles border- ing on the Hudson there has been « marked activity in this tespect, until now there 1s scarcely one but, has its railroad» projects. Dutchess county has about completed gne enterprise—the Dutchess and columbia Kal id has another, tho RHINEBECK AND CONNECTIOUT RAILROAD, under way. Orange county has constructed several lines of transportation, and boasts of a vcore of others in view. In Ulster the z WALLKILL VALLEY RAILROAD lerces @ rich and fertile section, and will shorti; com wl fh the entire county. A brancl of the Midiand is aiready in operation as lar as Ettenville, and ft ultimate extension to Kingston is aasured, “But Peobaty the most tmportant route in that section is thas of ine RONDOUT AND OSWEGO RAILROAD, having its western terminus at Onovnta, Otsero county, and its eastern at Rondout, dn the Hudson, the outlet of the trade of Uleter, Delaware and Sul- ivan counties, and at which place is located the coal depot of the Delaware Hudson Canal Com- hirty-elx any. Already ti Of road are in suc- Beust operation, about twenty-five miles more are led aud read; the leaving only thirty. eight ‘hen this snall have mies . been done, it will, with ite extend acrogs the entire State, from Oswego to New York, shortening by twenty-five miles the dietance between those places. With the completion of the Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad, only twenty miies, it will form the shortest and most direct route from the West to the Eastern States—to lar.ford, Boston, Providence, &c. Thus far the business of the road has surpassed all anticipations, and at umes its facilities have been overtaxed to meet the demands for transportation. Last September a change in the officers of the road was made and the following gentlemen clected:—Jolin ©. Broduead, President; 0. M. Allaben, Vice President; Anthony mn, Secretary and Treasurer, and F. J. Hecker, Kuperintendent. The new management have dis- Played commendable zeal in pushing forward the work of construction, and by their popular, eco- nomical and [gn ooeb policy have secured the confidence and esteem, not only of the stockhold- ers, but of the people of the towns which have s0 pene Degen hap an material a ae Inances of the company are managed with grea\ rudence @nd care, and are in @ healthtul and jourishing condition; and if the management con- tinue in their vigorous and energetic policy it will be but a fow months ere we can chronicle the suc- cessful completion of the work. The Albany and Westorn Railroad. ALBANY, May 11, 1871, A petition in favor of bonding tne city to a sum. lent amount to complete the construction of the rage! and Western Ralltoad is in circulation in this city. DOCTOR CUTTER’S CRUCIBLE, Newark’s Abortion Sensntion—ihe Accused Advised to Plead Guilty—The Professional Green-Eyed Monster. Next Monday, the 22d instant, was set down as the day on which Dr. James B, Cutter, of Newark, was to be tried in the Essex county, N.J., Oyer and Terminer on the charge of performing an abor- tion on the person of a young English girl named Maria Clark, who had been wronged by a jeweller named Wright, Inasmuch, however, as the doctor, by the advice of his counsel, has determined when the case Is called to putin a pea of guilty, those who antiolpated @ Art clnes trial gengation wil have tolook weentee ‘ier than in the Newark court house next Monday. The doetor agreed to the advice of his counsel with great re- ce, He is stiil a prisoner in the Essex county iar) ta likely pote remain until df ned of by the Court, It appears that in the matter of \pro- curing bail for his liberation there has beena lar series of blunders and misunderstanain; le has namerous hy fn fuguential Telations in New York, but each seems to have beeh fely! ng upon the other to attend to the matter, until th risoner has peen so long in jail that ho now thinks 4 yseless to go out on bail until the final di mig made. Some parties in Newark offered at firat to go his bail if they wore secured. The doc- tor’s friends offered the best of security, but on second consideration the parties in question would not be satisfied with anything except $5,000 in green! or ment ponds. Not & few of Dr. Catter’s friends maintain that he it not to plead guilty, for the reason, they urge, caer taal would undoubtedly dev the fact that he Is, and for years has been, the victim or the most on the part of mombers of his it 8 erga asserted bg aS promi, t oficial remark ® member of the press, soon Sher the first arrest of Cutter, that if the jatter had only spokea to the oficial in question the mat- ter would never have gone as far as it haa, In order to discover if there realiy did exist such bie reported among the medical profession accused @ HERALD reporter ty in~ terviewed one of the ieading physicians of Newark, & well known gentleman bet n proctest that er cen’ eet rqamnitted fat the was wo in among that jeaping up ‘tent Tepui ‘and a8 @ sur- ahead of in rphed Bracties | hy in,” case is just like that of the ead then all the asses came kicked him, but never while be ‘was alive.”” Inthe meantime the excitement in the case con- tinues, LYNCHING IN ARKANSAS, Attempted Outrage Upon a Child—A Negro Fiend Hung. BATRSVILLE, May 10, 1871. A negro named George Washington attempted to Outrage the person of @ little girl named Calvin, Paiste NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 18 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. RULLOFF’S LAST DAY. Preparations for the Execution of the Learned Murderer To-Day. AA How Hoe Passed His Last Nights—Growing Ex- citement in Binghgmton—Coolness of the Condemned Man—How His Body is to be Disposed of—He Guards Against Bogus Antobiographies—No Glergyman Wanted. Brnamamtoy, May 17, 1871, THR VIGIL OF THR DOOMRD. ‘This quiet city is growing bestdo itself as the pe- riod for putting an end to the life of the wretchea prisoner, Edward H, Ruiloff approaches, whose last hours are ebbing away, Rullof arose carly this morn- ing and ate heartily, showing that his coming fate has not interfered with his appetite, Visi tors from ,the outlying towns are coming in in conaliderable numbers, although it is well known that not many more than fifty can be accommodated in the narrow courtyard of the prison, and that the admission outside of the legal twelve necessary as witnesses extends only to deputy sheriffs, Quite @ considerable number of the latter have been appointed. THE FINISHING OF THE SCAFFOLD on which Ruiloff will expiate his manifold sins drew ® crowd of Idlers to the exterior of the prison, wheré, of course, nothing could be seen, Several persons were seen through the day mounting on the house and chimney tops near the prison, engaged in testing the possibility of getting a good view of the novel proceedings of the morrow, thia being the first Civilized execution in Broome county, As illustra- tive of the height to which anxiety to learn some fact in connection with the haugiog runs here, AN INCIDENT may be mentioned. While Sheriff Martin was in conversation with the HRRALD reporter this morn- ing, outside the jail, a respectable man approached and said, “Sheriff, 1s there any chance of my having @ look at the gallows to-day?’ The Sheriff replied, “It would be impossible to- day.” Said the citizen, “I would not care about it to. morrow. There will be too many there, drawn by ®@ morbid curiosity.” At the principal notels orders have been received through the railroad conductors tor beds, 40 that all are full to night, THE GALLOWS which is on the Tombs model—that ts, operated with & Welght—conslsts of 4 lon, ut beam Of hemlock, Tun through the wall of Sheria’s stable. ‘the weight will fail in the stable, Thus by an uninten- tonally bitter irony, the man who compares bunself to bocrates will taste Gcath also from the hemlock tree, Rulloif gave up lis writing to-day, after hay- ing written THE FOLLOWING DISOLAIMER, which he has sent forth in view of certain parues being engaged on a work which after his death would, it 14 sald, be sent forth with the announce- ment that it was furnisned by Rullof himself, ‘This setiies the question of authentic autoblographics of the criminal:— BINGHAMTON, May 17, 1871. This is to certify that I have never in any way contributed to the preparation of a work to be sold as my life, aud that Any such work purporting to be writen trom fuformation furnished by me will be fraudulent and untrue, EDWAKD H.-RULLOFF, His counsel calied on him to-day, and Ruilor abused him with all his strength of invective as in- competent and worse. Ruilot’s reasons for this are understood to be on matters connected with the above declaration. He emphatically denies nis guilt of murder, Sheriff Martin asked’ him thia morning if he had any wish regarding THE DISPOSAL OF HI8 BODY. Rullof inquired if his brother had asked for it. ‘The = beriff said he had not, “Then,” replied Rallom, “you can do what you d—n please with it.’? On further questioned whether in these his last hours. he would not have some religious ad. viser of any denomination to pray with him, he said, hte AA “No”? SHERIFF—Would you have ovjection to my having @ clergyman’ at the scaffold to-morrow wlo wouid offer up a Loin 3 for your ag tog soul ? RULLOF¥—I cannot dictate to you, Mr. Sheriff, but he will be no use to me. It is therefore understood that no clergyman will ‘be present at the execution, except perhaps ‘ag @ mere spectator. Rullot siept tor some two or three hours this afternoon. On awakening he seemed to have-again put on ‘HIS GHASTLY CHEBRYULNESS, which has, however, se )ittle appearance of bein; assumed that only his awful situation makes it 100 unnataral. He chatted ploanenllg. ein. @ few of his acquaiutances, made since nis incarcerauon. ‘To one of these he remarked, as the men eugaged in the, yard, which was uneven und overgrown With rank’ grass, were passing in and out, “I they're dotug @ little job there for my benefit.’’ con- dition up to this hour may he sald to be tranquil and cheerful. He evinces as yet no disposition to sleep, Many speculations are indulged In ag W tue manner in which he wu face the dread unknown to-morrow; but the ho cell paces lazily to ant fro, with the secrot of in the cell paces lazily to and with the secret o} his guilt hugged to his hardened heart and bexgar- lug Conjecture as to his firmness; with the compicte mastery over his feelings visible in every governed movenient and gesture, he seems a greater riddle than ever. Whether be will sustain this to the eud Will be told to-morrow at noon, It is now certain that, in spite of interested hints thrown out to the contrary, Rulloff has made no confession. Mr, H. L. Koot, Sherif of Tompkins county, Just haa AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRISONER, He evinced a desire to be talked tu, but moved away from any disposition to confess, Mr. Root informed tha HERALD feporter that in consideration of a confession Kullof! some time ago de- manded $5,000, to go to his brother in return for an authentic account of his (Rulloif’s) life, The Sherif was willing to pay this in view o! the bodies of the four persons previously made away with by Rulloff never having been discovered, It was a slender chance that the old criminal would tell the truth in the mattcr. On being made aware of this offer Rullof’s brother said he woula sooner pay ten thousand than accept one doliar tor such & history. In conversation Rulloff has just sald that he would like to do his talking to-night, there wiil be such a hurly-burly in the morning. He is buay with his dictionaries and books again. The Recent Med'cal Investigation—Wheroin the Doctors Made a Mistake. To Tae Eprror oF THe HeRALD:— T have read the whole published colloquy between the versatile Rulloff, whom one of his interlocutors regards as ‘one of the most learned men living,’ and the commission sent by Governor Hoffman to Inquire into his mental condition; and while I quite agree with you that the appointment of this com- mission “is creditable” to our most intelligent, humane and excellent Governor, I cannot but be- lieve that the report has as greatly disappointed his 3 —_ a and scientific ambition; or, such family being in the ‘Way of that or some other ambitious desire, whieh i ate ir than any natural or acquired affection ve for them, would such husband be justl- fed, by any human, divine or mathematical law, or by any prospective beneflia to the world, in remov- ing by death such obstacles to his ambitious pro- greas t What the answer of this remar! Philosopher might have been to this proviem tke Public will ever be curtous to kuow. I am quite mistaken if it is not w his Views of this problem that the people, as well ag the Governor, desired information—a desire which Kul- tog, i ene to grey, was the commss- unity, which we are me formed that they nitty However mad a man wey ject of pilot and few phi dou! criminal 1 wont Randip- Rapa, bevowee oan at ste me & r of Executive inveatigat! Aa this scems to have been the only subject—save some points of religious velief—which Was broached, the inquisition as failed to meet the reasouable ex} i Of the public, and, sume, of his kxcellency, not because this | criminal ts Or insane wu; pom sane eee but because Lis inquisitora w mend his intelect and sentiments on thos» fogard Cy a0; bul the members of this inquisitorial committee are too intelligent in this matyer not to weil undesstand that most lunaucs rd ven as wise and found io wind, and all the rest of the World as in- Oo ‘ 1t must, I think, be acceded that the style of the examination of Rulloff by the commussion, if it ve properly Teported, was unusual, and well calculated O miss the very objects 1t almed at—viz., to obtain the expressions of a vy 4 iugane criminal upon the general subject which his crime iuvulved, It ‘was, perbapa, @ model examination for an ilological and to theological bcos is dificult to comprehenit its adaptanon @ homr cide who has never been accused of 18 DORO> mania, The moral o: this curious aifair is Obvious. Commissions should perform this. class of at the time the crime is under trial bgiore the or prior to the trial; and whevher bel at the ume ol, or Aubsequent to tne trial, they should endeavor touch the perverted key whose disorder has Tested itself in the criminal act, - A Word for the Murderer. ‘ Naw York, May 16, 1871, ‘TO THE Epiror OF THE HERALD: — Dgar 81n—I have become very much interested, as no doubt many of your more intelligent readers have, in the work of the murderer Rallo#, and @é& aire to see him have the opportunity to complete it, Without wishing to have justice rovbed of her vic» tim or see him escape the peneies 0 his crime, 16 would be gratifying to me to see Governor Hoffmas Afford hin a respite of 8ix weeks or three’ months, that the world may have the benefits of this man’s efforts. CITIZEN. MURDER IN NEW JERSEY, A Jersey City Man Robbed, Mardered and Thrown into the Huckensack=Thie Bedy Recovered Yesterday. ‘Two weeks ago Thomas Mahoney, who resided at No, 18.Morris street, Jersey City, visited his brother in Newark for the purpose of purchasing barrels, His brother left him at midday on street in that city, and drove to Jersey City, leaving ‘Thomas to make further purchases and return home that night, But Thomas never returied, nor wasany tdings regelved of him. His relatives offered a re- ward for any information that would lead to nia whereabouts, butobtained none, As he was known to have a considerable sum of money with him the relatives became alarmed, Yesterday morning the body of the missing man was found lying perfectly nude onthe bank of the Hackensack, near Hast Newark. The legs and a portion of the body were attil lying in the water, aud the face was as black as that of any negro, it was evident the body was ‘Washed ashore. Anexamination of the remains re- vealed the SKULL HAD BEEN FRACTURED in two places with some heavy instrament, pro- Excellenc; it has the community generally. Queerly enough, the law prevents the hanging of a condemned criminal while he may be ina state of insanity, however sanc and brutal he may have been at the time the crimo was perpetrat- ed, and hence it wonld seem that this commission was charged with the in- vestigation of’ a question which morbid pbi- lanthropists had raised, as to whether Rulloif can be hanged without violating this jaw. From the tenor of the remarkable philo-theological in- quistuion to which he was subjected by the commis- sion one might infer that, instead of homicide, his murderous propensities had been displayed in the form of philolicide—a form of crime jo which tne public feel far lees interest than the membors of this commuasion. Society would much prefer to know how this malefactor applies bis mathematically pre- cise reasons to the justification of acts which by ordinary mortals are regarded as criminal. ‘The people, of course, are prepared to believe bara hp " that the two words, philgsophierave mven: Bim much troubles? but they are much more interested in knowing how this scientific criminal ranks murder, whether as a or a bad, than they are of learning what he thin A. the Greek or otuer origin of these two impertinen' “The public is not ar that this com mission was inted by to inquire mato the legahty of ng @ lduatic Whom a court and jury had not regarded a8 insane at the time of the commission of the crime or of his condemnation. The impression 1s ate general that the question is woe ne men SS the time of Bera, as hence there 1 m' ba jegire to see Ral- lof than t reas \ ‘Ratna Excellency bas babiy an axe. The eyes protra ed and the mouth was greatly ra ‘The body was conveyed to the office of Coroner Wandle, in Jersey City, where it was examined by County Physician Prendergast, who will make & it-mortem examination, From the wounds in- , the naked condition of the body, and the fact that tHe man had af loast sixty-five dollars in his ,Poassession when last secon alive there is no doubt ‘whatever that he was BRUTALLY WAYLAID AND MURDERED by some biood-thirsty footpad to secure of the money. He was in company with @ young man when his brocher lett hum in Broad street, New- beth that young man can be Identified, The scene that took place when the murdered man’s sister was udmill to view the remains at the Coroner’s office was harrowing beyond descrip» tion. Mahoney was only twenty-three years of age, peee mane and of eteady, temperate and thrifty a! ic GERMANIC JiM-JAMS, A Teutonic Tammany Hall—the “Dutch”? en @ Political Warpath. mis Third mectiug of the Gernan-Amertéan Natiovel Union was held at Licderoranz Hall last night and was atiendcu by @ jarge concourse of boty democratic and republican politicians who are seeking to give the movement a partisan bias, Ex- Governor Salomon, of Wisconsin, occapied the chair, and introduced Mr. J. B, Hodgakin, who made io substance the followitg remarks:—He objected to the clause in the coustitation presented for adop- tion which sets forth that the object of tne Union ‘was to procure for the Germans in America that influence tn political Ife to which they are entitled, He thought the political system of the present day was founded on one of plunder, and that “party!? had been buried Jong ago. He said tnat behind the wcrecy of party organization, on pretence of politl- cal prinvipies, ‘TWO GREAT RINGS two secret societies, two close corporations, sre op 1d to ene another, who number, all }, tess than one thonsand individuals, but who rule this country with an irrepressible tyranny, compared with which the power of a Russian Czar is buts feeble sham. The Germaus tn this political world had nv influence, and it was something to be thank fal for that they hud not that induence, The only German who ever came and aediee such infu. atrol ence was purd enough an enough to resist the seductive poison aud to > without infuence. Carl Schurz was wo good German to acquire what 1s only political corruption under another name. He sald it was because the Germans had heretofore held aloof from the political influence that many of the best amo can fellow citizens look despairingly to the republic from the political slavery ito Which it has failen, Not to galu influence in me political world as it now exists, but TO REMODEL THK POLITICAL LIFB of the State, should be the alm o/ the Union. The only corns It is ikeiy to tread on are those of the present rulers of the country, who, however, take care that the shoe shail never pinch them; therefore the wnole outcry about tender feet is je p= They were simply seeking to do for their adopted country what Prossia did for Fatherland—to form a centie round which may rally whatever of ‘ and pure and true is left within the State, y were not secking to build up @ Germany within the United States, but simply to build upon the German dea a denim’ centre for the scattered elements of new political iife, amid which the people may draw breath and gird their loins for the great strag- gle with the tyranny of political corruplion, They were alming et nothing in excess of the Lest rights, the noblest duties of American citizens; they desired to write oa on Lue constitution, THR OBS F THE GERMAN American National Union is the regeneration of our American commonweaith through the Germanic fdea that the purity of private Wie must be the guid- clpig of public life. OR Re ipeoh W 4 received with much enthusiasm, and after it the clauses of the constitution yee dia cussed with much vehemence. 1t was moved and ed that ail the clubs of tho city should be rep- Fosonted in this Union, and fifty members were en- titled toa delegate, the meeting adjourned at a lame hour subject to the call Of the chair. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE W FRANKLIN, W. J. A Large Frame Building Rased—Lesze About 918,000. Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Tuesday nights fire broke out in the large three story frame building owned by Mr. John W, Sttts, in the vil- lage of Erankiin, Easex county, N. J., aud, owing to Maren a oN ar en at oa yu joss Buyout gon ae W. B. Archer, ee. Occupied one of the Led ee Lp tamerg ho a stock, i Mr. °C Mteady, keeper of the other shop (a drug storey, loses about $4,100. viher parties sufier triding losses, the aeered ee Re Bika. ty Met eran ete tae condug! pored to be by those in that contagration Wes ap fully covered by insurances tm New York companies. ————— SCHOOL EXHIB.TION IN HOBOKEN. For the past two evenings the children Mary's schoo! have been giving a pubic entertain ment in their ass"iabling room, The place was ar- have Len ‘and dramatic ings Tha = manner in which a cretit 08 god Tee eee