The New York Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1871, Page 4

4 THE PRINCE OF WALES. Pistory of the Inception and Pro- gress of the Fever Which Subdued Him. of the Disease and the Physiology . Place of Infection. Hereditary Predisposition to the Development of the Poison. How His Mother and Family Sym- pathize with the Sufferer. Mhe People Generous Toward His Faults Loyal to the Monarchy. ‘What Is Said of a_ British Republic. THE HEIR APPARENT TO THE THRONE, The following résumé of the origin and pro- of the disease which has prostrated the ince of Wales, as well as the exhibit of his posi- lon—social and royalist—in Engiand will claim the Bympathetio interest of the readers of the HERALD ‘to-day, more particularly as itis accompanied by a ‘Statement of the consequences—actual as regards athe throne and probable as to the coming of a re- public—wnich would arise in Britain from his death, Beveral Persons Coutract the Disease at the Same Time—The Prince’s Visit to Lord Londesborough’s Mansion. A leading London journal, in Its issue of tne 29ih f November, made the following statement relative fone place where and the mode and manner how he Prince of Wales contracted the fever:— The ulness of His Royal Highness the Prince of {Wales is understood to date from_ nis recent visit to Lord Londesborough. ‘Typhoid fever is known to be @ zymotic fever arising usually Irom a poison gene- ‘ated by sewage. The more severe effects of this o1s0n are LO produce the fever; its minor effects re to induce less serious jorms of constitutional ‘aisturbance. Several of the members o! the dis- inguished party assembled at Lord Londesbor- ugh’s house, which is in the neighborhood of Scar- orough, have euffered more or less severely from such symptoms, Lord Chesterveld, we regret to Jearn, has since his return home been attacked with ‘typhoid fever in a very severe (orm. The symptoms ‘declared themselves somewhut later than was the ease with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, jput the attack t+ apparently more severe. A London paper of the same day, speaking on the Bame subject, sald :— As we yesterday stated, Lord Chesterfield, who ‘Was, at the same time as the Prince or Wales, a es at Lord Londesborough’s house, near scar- rough, has been attacked with typhoid fever. Whis fact has given rise to the impression that the Beeds of the Prince’s maiady were sown during his recent visit to Yorkshire. It ia fair to sav, as We are enabled on the best authority to do, that a Week belore the Prince’s arrival, the drains at Londesborough Loage had been exatnined and put §nto periect order, and that a turncock was in the house to keep them constantly fushed. The water jupply was derived from the waterworks in Scar- ih. The fact that four young children of rd Londesborougn’s had been staying in the jouse for three months previous to the visit of the Prince of Wales, and that they have been and are \n perfect health, gives some reason to suppose that tbe Prince’s illness is not due to any defect in the banitary arrangements at Londesborough Loge. The Fever—Typhoid or Typbus? A London journal of the 29th of Novemper dis- bussed the physioiogy of the case in an article on the subject of the ditference—if there is any—be- tween the typhold and typhus fevers. The writer pal Read by the light of the previous bulletins, the | gepep ome which we have the pleasure of put ishing to-day concerning the progress of the ili- ess Of His Koyal Highness the Prince of Wales— pres announcement reads thus:i—‘The happy im. ovement in the condition of His Royal Highness ndicaied in the teiegram this morning continues, Jilearn that the Prince nas been able Lo take more nourisbment than for some Ume previously. The favorable change occurred yesterday (Monday) on the cessation of severe diarrhoea. A state of re- pose ensued, Which had a most denefictal effect."’) - May be pronounces tobe in all respects most en- couraging. Jn oraer to appreciate their full im- portance we must remember that the stage of Il- bess has now been reached when compll- cations are most likely to occur and when toelr occurence 1s most to be deprecated. It is extremely satisfactory, therefore, to Ond that no such complications are present. The term typhoid, commonly employed in 3} ing of this fever, and used in the bulletins of the Prince's physictans, is one which 1s, in many respects, open to objection, aud which has been abandoned in the momenciature of disease recently Lormally pro- mulgated by tne Royal College of Physicians of udon, and now oOiiicially adopted in their Classification and returns of disease by the Ke- ‘istrar General, the Director General of the ledical Department or the Army, and the Naval and other paniie medical servioes. It 1s no doubt used by the Prince's medical attendants as being the term best known to tne public, and still so far from being superseded ttat its employment was convenient, But the disadvantages which nave ied to the oiticial disuse of the ttie have a still greater | significance in relation to its uso in public docu- menis addressed to general readers. It conveys very false ideas, and to 1t, no doubt, are due many of the erroneous impressions which generally pre- Vall at tis moment coucerming the nature, causes, course and provavle duration of the Prince's iliness. ‘Typhoid ilterally means like typhus, and is gene- rally taken to imply that this affection ts merely a variety of typhus. Again, it 18 term frequently used to characterize a group ol symptoms, indicative Ol extreme prostration, which are liable to occar In the course of almost any zymotic disease or acute jocal tufammation. ‘Mus we are all familiar with what physicians call a typhoid condaluon in inflam- mation of the lungs, or @ typhold siate in scarlet fever, and such other diseases; and we know that they are then of the most serious character, and that the term 1s used to designate the icast promising forms of disease. Typhus and typhoid dufer essen- NEW YOKK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. to learn, improvin, nourishment satis: fake Sir William Jen Theory and Experience. The London Medica! Press and Owcular of Novem- ber 28 said:— If the disease runs a most favorable course it will et last another week, and the debility it leaves pon gph) profound and prongs. Then many hg anes rom which suc! tien! too often suffer. and to which not a few succumb. We cannot then but regard the case with anxiety. In these of foolish speeches about 1 uses of royalty the country is a8 profoundly anxious asever, and the serious illness of the heir to the Crown excites tons in all directions, 1s the Water at fault? is the trst thought of all imbued ‘with modern doctrines, and if others were simul- taneously selzea, wno were supplied from the same would be most important. It will be re- farded in all medical circles as satisfactory that Sir illiam Jenner has been calledia. As long ago as 1846 Sir William, then Dr. Jenner, began a series of investigations into this disease which have greatly contributed to the exact knowledge we now possess and with which his name will be always most hon- orably associated. No living physician has a greater claim to the confidence the fession reposes in him in reference to his int acquaintance with fever, and all will, we are sure, find comfort in the thought that the heir apparent has the benefit of his care, Young Persons More Liable to the Disense. The predisposition of this pythogenic fever to attack young persons has been distinctly recognized since it was first distingaished as a special and characteristic disorder. It is, indeed, obiefy met with in youth and adolescence. Thus, for a long Series of tabulated cases from the London Fever Hospital, it appears that more than one-half of the sufferers were between tifveen and twenty-five ears of age, and one-fifth were under fifteen. Less than one-seventh were above thirty and only one in sixty-eight exceeded fifty, lt may be ob- served, too, that, as to sex, there fa in the pub- _— tabies a general predominance of males over ales, and, indeed, statistical data from several reliable authorities show that pythogenic fever occurs more than twice as often in boys as in girls, There is, however, good reason to believe that this preponderance of males 1s due to accidental circam- stances, and enteric fever probably attacks one sex as readily as the other. and the Prince 1 able to torily. Family Predisposition to Fever. There seems to be a liability to this kind of attack in the present branch of the royal family of Eng- land, which cails for great care on their part. The Duke of Kent—Queen Victoria's tather—died from cold and fever, sald to have been produced by sit- {ing in dainp boots afer returning from shooting: Prince Alveri—tne Queen's husband—died from we Consequences of a hegiected cold; and the present iliness of the Prinoe of Wales is said to have been produced by a chill following excessive heat and exertion in sporting. In all three cases the origin Of the disease was the same or very similar. The Queen's Visit to Sandringham. A letter dated in Lynn, near Sandringham, on the night of Wednesday, the 29tn of November, says:— ‘The Queen arrived at Sandringham to-day and is expected to remain till Friday. Her Majesty, who travelled by special train, reached Wolferton, the station on the Lynn and Hunstanton Kailway nearest to Sandringham, at seven minutes past three o'clock. Shortly before that time the Duke of Edinburg had ridden over from the hall, attended by Captain Ellis, and General Knollys had also reac! the station before the hour of Her Majesty's arrival. The fact that she was coming at all had been kept as secret as possible, and there were not more than @ couple of dozen people assembled at the station when the royal train arrived, Her Majesty was atteaaed by the Duchess of Rox: burghe and Colonel Ponsonby. She seemed some- what fatigued by the journey, as well as anxious and depressed, Notwithstanding this she chose an open rather than a close carriage, and as she drove out of the station yard acknowledged the courteous salutauons of the few spectators assembled outside the gate. From London to Wolferton, Mr. Ligntly Simpson, Deputy Chairman; Mr. Swarbrick, Secre- tary, and Mr. Robinson, Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Eastern Railway Company, travelled in the royal train. A Sister as Nurse. Her Royal Highness the Princeas Louts of Hesse, who it may be remembered gained the onaracter of being an excelient nurse when attending upon the late Prince Consort. ts in constant attendance upon her brother, the Prince of Wales. Fricnds from Germany. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, hus- band of the Princess nurse, has returned to Ger- many on the expiration of his leave of absence. Tho Priuce as a Citizen, Parent and Adminis- trator. The consequences of an unfavorable termination Of the Illness of the Prince of Wales, says an Eng- lsh journal, would be 80 injurious, as well as 80 melancholy, that the whole British people will join tally in origin. Typhus springs up from want, on aae and sonal coutagiou. Typhoid 18 a “hightsoil ever,’ according to Brown. “pytho- genic lever,” according to Murchison; a ‘‘cess-pool fever,” im the words of other authors. It 1s inde- pendent of want or overcrowding, and it is not contagious from person to person. 1tis truly what its new official name, enteric fever, indicates, It 18 an euteric disease, a fever especially charac- terized by imtestinal disorder, It has nothing in common with typhus fever in its origin, its clinical history or duratioo; and in many cases it pre sents none of those symptoms of extreme depres- sion to Which in Other diseases the term typhoid is commonly appiled, and with which, therefore, it is, in the popular and even in the medical mind, closely associated. Enteric fever is happily by no means always “typhoid” in its type, if it be so in its name, It is, however, always associated witn disorder of the intestine, which in the majority of- cases certainly goes on to uiceration of the taner coat of the bowel, Together with the intestinal de rangements which accompany and indicate this local disorder, other symptoms occur whose more or less of severity atdord the means of prognosis, A brief summary of the ordinary course of typhold tever will mae intelligible the deductions which may fairly be drawn from the general facts of the Prinee’s case. Tho approacn of the fever is in moat instances slow and insidior As Was the case with the pti A the patient 18 able to foliow his in sincere hopes and prayers that his life may be Preserved, not only now, but for many years to come. The son of such excellent parents, the husband of so cbarming a wife, the youth. ful tather of so tateresting a family, he seems to combine in himself everything that can make life happy or desirabie. Nor 1s there reason to believe that he 1s in any respect un- worthy of bis positiqp, either by his private or public character. On the only occasion on which the voice of slander was openly raised against him he came forward, denied on his oath, in a court of Justice, the charge made against him, aod tous created a general belief that he was an innocent and @siandered man. He hae never shrunk from any kind of public occupation that he bas been allowed to undertake under the Constitution of this country, whicn 80 tly pri vides that the kings and princes of do everything in their oficial and not! personal character. If these duties have at any time appeared tv be small it has been no fault of his, As @ speaker and presider over puviic meetings he has show! share of that strong sense and pression for which his father was 80 remarkable; and should he ascend the throne—as we all hope that he will do at some distant time— there 1s every reason to trust that he will prove thoronghty coustituttonal sovereign, like tne excel- lent Queen who now occupies that distinguished po- ition. The Government of Britain—Personality of the Queen with the People. The London Globe, of Nov. 80, after detailiag the condition of the Prince of Wales on the afternoon of that day, said:— Yesterday Her Majesty visited the sick bed of her Niustrious son, The keen and personal sympat which the public feels with its sovereign 1s but o proof Of the intensity of the loyalty which charac- terizes the entire nation of England. And this loy- pity is someting more than a vague and Traditional sentiment. The Queen has secured the respectin! attachment of her people, not merely because she sits upon the throne, but be.ause her subjects are 80 bp onsa acquainted with the en- ire course of her private life, The sovereign, there- fore, 18 not with us ol the nature of a mere abdstrac- tion. We have followed Her Majesty through all her vicissitudes, we Lave been admitted to the secret alike of her sorrows and her joys. We will venture to say that the Highland diary gave new si! ‘> and reality, new form ana substance, to the loyai instincts of Eugitshmen and Engitshwomen, because tt appealed to the strongest synipathies and instincts of Eng- lish domestic life, it 18, therefore, needless to say that Her Majesty has, in the trial which has now befallen her, the fervent sympathy of all her sub- Jects. she has the loyal aifection of all Englishmen ‘as their Queen; she has from each of us the full meed of respect!ul and personal regard not merely as one who has discharged the high duties of her om- cla station without reproach, but who, as wile ana mother, is endeared to us by her sufferings and her true womanly love The Monarchy Du a Long Minority. Although the British monarchy is strong enough to stand the test of a long minority, yet that is one Of the tests to which the British peopie woulu ve most unwilling to see it exposed, Regencies are usually troublesome times, seldom possessing the stability which belongs to a firmly established monarchy in the bands of a _ heredt- tary sovereign. Under the present circum. stances of the Prince of Wales’ family a regency, if it occurred at all, would probably last for many ears, and it would not be very easy to say in what ands it should be placed or how it should be ad- ministered. The Princess of Wales is young, and a foreigner, and there 1s no other member of the royal family who {s clearly marked by talents or by position for the office of Regent if the throne should at any usual amusement and Mag sy'n Mf with somethin, jess than his usual zest. The actnal imbibition o1 the poison must be carried back Lo @ date not later than the beginning of this month. Duri me whole of the first 1ortuight the Prince shot and rode a6 usual, shoot at Sandringham, and subse. quentiy ‘at Lord Carington’s preserves, and was sufliclently Well Lo spend an active day in town two days Uefore the fortnight’s period of incuba- tion of the poison was complete and the symp- toms of typhoid deciared themselves. His ouly previous troublesome symptom—a slight whitiow— was apparent, merely temporary incon- venience, and his first actual day of severe malaise was last wer fortnight, wuen be had @ alight wering and fejt indisposed for outdoor exer: Then foliowed the usual symptoms—tirregular chilis, loss of appetite, headache, intestinal de- rangement, rose-colored eruption and considerable amount of febrile heat. Some of these symptoms have been very sharply cerenees In thé case of the Prince, It is known that the fever has gone on to delirium, and that, at a jeter stage than was compaubie with a thoroughiy orabie premise, there was more than one Olher symptom of some lite gravity, Hence the honest p™e Var bulletins which have been issued by his —“edical attendants, read by the interpretation of competent knowledge, have lnspired a ven natural goo Tt is at this stago a matrer of the highest satisfaction that the Prince is maimtaining his strength, that he is less “restiess,” that the fever is abating and that the ordinary cai of exhaustion in typhoid fever ts javorably au The appetite, too, is, we are future time become vacant, Under these circum- stances both the life of the Queen and that of the Prince of Wales are higbiy Pod ebro to the English nation, as well as to the royal family. Should either one or both of them be spared for even @ dozen of years longer the country Will escape all the dangers Of a regency ata time when it would be very incon. venient, though we hope uot at all dangerous, to the monarchy, The Plan of a Republic. The English people, says one of their home jour- nals, are by habit and conviction thorough sup- porters of the monarchy, and there 1s certainly nothing in the state and prospects of republicanism in the old countries of Europe that is likely to in- nceany one totry that form of government in ‘Dgland 80 long as there are 80 many representa- ives ieft of the ancient royal house which has ruled for so many hundred years, and under which Eng- Soore: become the freest and happiest country in A Liverpool paper—publisned in the mtdst of the aggregated democracy of the great Bngiish seaport— treated the prospect of a British repupitc in the following language:— We may well smile at the possibility of the Britian Eas being disturbed vy the outcries pf a few janiscent and intemperate repuolican fanatics, yublication of her | There isno harm in republicans, There is great good in republicanism. Muoh that is best in our Own constitution 13 furely republican in spirit, and our institutions in th Lory form would not work Unless they were practically republican in method. But to clamor for @ republic, which could add little to our liberties and could oniy be gained by revolution, ts to risk the loss of all the advantages we derive from the most settled government in the ‘world, 1t 18 unnecessary, however, to argue the question. In England, royalty—uniess deformed by vice or misrepresented by slander—capnot appear ving the most abundant and vivid pular attachment; and whenever real is upon the reyal family or serious peril overnaae it, a deep and genuine demonstration of solicitude proves beyond question how firmly mei ts the mon: 4m the attachment of the peop! Plain Words for Meddling Moralists. A Liverpool paper of the 29th of November gave expression to the following manly, an‘, perhaps, Well timed words, with regard to the conduct of the volunteer homily critics of the course of life and every day conduct of the Prince of Wales :— Some of our contemporaries, and even some eminent London newspapers, have thought the Prince of Wales’ innees & Mtting opportunity to preach at A writer of un- limited eloquence has observed in the columns of one journai that “neither to Drinces nor to peasants are pain and malady sent vainly, and both are blessed if they know how to make their sufferings the bridge to a renewed, & more thoughtful aud earnest life.” And the hope is expressed by (he same writer that when the Prince “peaizes, 1 convalescence, the immense anxiety of his mother’s lags cee during this interval, with the added cares of that sovereign iady hersell, and sees, On recovering, bis own position in the new light of that anxiety and those cares, he will take a grand and princely resolution.’ He is to do this, not “only for his own sake and for the sake of his litue chud@ren,”’ but as **having upon his forehead the shadow of the mightlest crown still extant among tbe nations;”’ and the grand and princely resolution he is to make is that “ne will put aside whatever in old days has given cause for disappointment, and WHI with all his might work for the love and respect of his future liege men.” We should have thought that @ prince was as much entitled to endure the agonies of fever without the tntrasion of impertinent moralizings aa any meaner mortal; and the breach of delicacy involved in such ill-timed reproofs 1s ail the more gross because it can only have the effect of wounding those who hang around the ed of the sufferer with @ keener and more personal anxiety than that which prevatis throu; ut the nation, For the beautiful and gracious Princess of Wales and her chilareu—for the Queen, tn trouble for her Qrst-born son—for his brathers and sisters, between whom and himseif there has always reigned un- broken a atlection, there prevails throughout the country the most unfeigned sympathy. To be- hold them relieved of their sorrow and assured ot the Prince’s safety will be joy enough for the loyal people of this country, THE HEIR APPARENT. Should the Prince of Wales die the heir apparent to the throne of England, after Queen Victorta, will be his eldest son. This child is named Albert Victor Ohristian Edward, He will be eight years old on the 8th of January, 1872 The question of his title as King of Great Britain has been already canvassed by the members of the royal family, his father and grandmother taking an animated part in the discussion, The Prince of Wales wished that his son, in the event of his own death, should be proclaimed as Edward VII., Eaward the Biack Prince having been killed in battle, but Queen Victoria wished that he should have the title of Albert 1., should he come to power. This matronly proposition was not by any means agreeable to the Prince of Wales notwith- standing the fact that it was made in compliment to her father. Ouring his collegiace career the Prince Imbibed a dislike to the idea of “Germanizing Eng- land,” asit was termed by his classmates of the native aristocracy, and hence his objection to the Queen’s suggestion with Tespect to the new mon- Qrchical title for his son should he come to the throne. BIRTH OF THE CHILD. Prince Albert Victor, the heir apparent, was born unexpectedly on Friday, January 8, at Frogmore House. The Princess, his mother, had been on the ice during the afternoon watching a game of “hockey,” In which the Prince of Wales took part. In the evening at nine o'clock the Prince was born. He was a remarkably vigorous and well formed in- fant, although bis uterine age was estimated at but seven months, He was christened March 10, 1864, in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace, and the names given him were Albert Victor Christian Edward, as already stated. The London Times, speaking of his birth, sald:— The Princess of Wales has Peet the country with a New Year's gift, all the more welcome be: cause it fulilis the promise of the oid year and holds out the brightest prospects for the future. The Christmas and New Year’s rejoicings will be renewed with @ heartier enthusiasm, and the nation will banish the gloomy forevodings of the last few days in unrestrained delight and universal congratulations, We have all been settling down into a temper of anxious reso- lution, watching with care and dread the tnreaten- ing signs of the times, determined, 1f possible, to keep ourselves free from the quatrels and wars which surround us, but yet with @ painful expecta- tion that we shall, somehow or Other, sooner or later, share them. But this event suddenly breaks on our view with an _ aspect of hope and promise. It reminas us that wea are @ united and prosperous nation; that if the new year has dificulues and dangers in store for us, it has its supports and oncouragements as Well; and as we are made conscious how firmly the whole nation is pound together to the throne and beats with one pulse of mutual trast and sympathy at the hay of the sovereign as at the suifer* ings of Poor, we feel that we are strong enough to meet any shock that the ordinary destiny of nations may bring. And now that we have run the round of all other congratulations, we must recur to the first fecling symp With the throne, and utter the hope ‘that the charm of a new life may wean the Queen from the sadness of the past and dissipate the sorrow of the past two years. Tne London Telegraph said:— There are Many causes to make the birtn of the Prince more joyful than similar occurrences must glways be when the reigning house 18 betoved by those over whom it rules. This 1s the third time that sovereigns of the House of Hanover have seen a@ grandchiid born to succeed to their house. But on both the previous occasions there have been family circumstances which marred the happiness alike of the monarch and of bis people. The dissensicns between George IV. and father, and the notorious unhappiness of the married life of the then Prince of Wales, were bad omene for the future of Princess Charlotte, whose life ended amid @ nation’s — sor- row, Nor were the circumstance attend- ing the birth of George IIJ. more bright with romise; the _— between the infanv’s father and grandfather, which came 10 an open Tupture on the occasion of his baptism, might not unjustly be regarded as presages of a iife which terminated in such bitter gloom, There is no biemish of this kind on the natal prospects of our Queen’s heir and grandchild. If im our royal gouse the sins of the fathers have been visited acing <i upon their children, we may hope that his parents’ virtues will in like manner bequeath aato tuis royal infant an in- heritance of blessings. He comes of a good stock, he cau boast of a noble lineage. The grandiather whose memory he will be taught to honor, the grandmother he will learn to love, have set unto their people an example of what ought to be the life of pure and spotiess household. 4t_ would be little less than sycophancy to assert that the nation can as yet have the same per- fect confidence in the youthful father and mother of the infant Prince, which it has in the widowed Queen, whose Consort's loss we still so bitteriy de- lore. But this much can be truiy said, that our Prince of Wales is the first Hanoverian bearer of that nobie ttle who has given no cause of trouble to his people or his parents, A life so well begun inspires a confidence it would re- quire much to shake. The mission of the uncon. scious babe may be, indeed, to heal the sorrows of @ royai mourner; but it is not to bring together heurta whose love should never have been sun- dered, For this mission there is, we may thank » MO occasion now Apart too from family feelings, it is food for the Country that an heir should have been born thus pe) the son of our beloved suvereign. It 18 well that children should be reareu and trained by parents themselves young enough to know the feel- 3 Of youthful hearis. Jt is right that one to whom is committed the welfare of England should know the loity happiness of a husband and father in the first unsullied bloom of life, A fresh pledge has just been given us of a future as bright as the past. Men stillin their prime remember the day when the Princess Victoria was born into the world, and without presumption they may hope still to. the day when the Queen shall rejoice at the birth of the children of ber children’s children, NEWARK'S SAORIFIOED SERGEANT, In the case of Sergeant Benedict, of the Newark Police Court, the details of which were published In yesterday's HeRaLp, Aldermen Baker and Littell of the Police Committee, and Mayor Ricord went through the form of another consideration. Ben- edict was on hand with nine witnesses, but was not called until the council of three had examined their own witnesses. In the meantime Benedict's witnesses went off. The result was that the sus- pension of Benedict was sustained. It is openly my that this disposal of Benedict ia nothing more or Jess than a triumph for the genteel gam- blers, some of whom, It ts alleged, declared tnat they would spend three thousand dollars to get square with tho Sergeant. The patroimen almost to aman sustain Benedict and declare he id Ho more than his duty, They are utterly at a 40 know how to act themselves now. The case excites Much comment and public sympathy ts mropgly with the sacrificed Sergeant ry BROOKLYN REFORM. THE CITIZENS’ REFORM COMMITTEE. Mr. Chittenden Opposes Executive Ses- sions—The New City Charter. The Citizens’ Reform Committee met last night at their rooms in Montague street, Mr. Franklin Wood- roff in the chair, The reports of committees being in order, Mr. Hunter, the Treasurer, reported the amount re- ceived and heretofore reportea was $8,450. Since then they had received $100 from Mr. Henry ©. Bowen, and $25 from Mr. James Bradley. Mr. WHITLOCK offered the following:. Resolved, That when the duties which this committee were ted to pertorm have been completed ae a “Democratic Tax Committee.” — That each re yomnmit orgai invitations to their party friends in Cee o the ‘ay to fo in them. When thelr nurabers shall reach one hundred, that each committee shall ‘await the nominations for city and ward officers Of the republican and democrauc parties, Finally, that each tauperes party, shall gpcoly & committee of five, whose duty ft shall be to nominate a ticket selected from tickets already nominated. ‘That the ticket selected shall called tne ‘taxpayers’ ticket," and that it sual be anestiy iwported ul axpayers. 16 re} wi al fald'on the Cable for future action. Ex-Alderman WHITING sald that, in his opinion, it would be very much betier to have these matters go before the public only after they had been properly matured and thocoaahix. disci The committee at large comid not know whether it was better for them to into executive session or not, until the question ad been di . and he thought it better for them to have their discussions 1n private. THE EXECUTIVE SESSION QUESTION. Mr, S. B. CHITTENDEN was Of a contrary opinion. At the last meeting of the Committee he said it was agreed that they should not have any more execu- tive sessions unless it was the special desire of the members and wisdom required them to pursue that course, ‘hey had already proved one thing. If any important question comes be- fore them in executive session in the shape of a fragmentary or partial report, 1t would find its way into the papersin aworse shape than it would be itthey haa open doors. He was content with the use which had been made of him, Ata meeting of the committee two weeks ago, when the report of the Prosecuting Committee was discussed, he was the fonrth or fiith speaker on that occasion; some of the arguments were in regard to THE STUFFING OF THE BALLOT BOXES, in the first district of the sixth ward, and the fear that the parties who were charged witn the fraud would not be prosecuted properly by the District Attorney. The returns had been stolen from the office of the District At- torney or some of his subordinates and were not to be found. If they nad not been stolen there would have been no disagreement of the jury. But he had been maae the packhorse of all that had been said, ana there was not citizen in Brooklyn, or those connected with the newspapers in New York, who could be BROUGHT TO PUBLISH SUCH THINGS as had been said avout him, but should go to jail at ounce. They were here asa reform comuinittee, and as such they should do their work in open Board, They understood very well that they could not always agree, but it would be better for them to commence 1n open court. The question was as lo whether this was to be a secret commit. tee, or whether their meetings were to be with open doors. He was informed that he Was mistaken in regard to the place irom which the returns had been stolen. They had, he understood, been stolen from the City and County Clerk's offices, and he hoped the reporters woula make the correc- ae The motion to go into executive session was lost. 1 two be NEW CITY CHARTER. Mr. W. W. Gooprica then stated that the Legis- lative Committee had partially prepared a report ‘upon the new charter, and read the 1ojlowing:— The Committee on Legislation report that they have par- tially considered the subject of changes in the cl arter, and other laws relative to the oy and county, and tor the pur- of bringing the general subject before the Reform m mittee, make the following partial report :-— ‘The charter of 1854, with the subsequent amendments, shall torm the basis of the new charter. The elective city officers shall be a Mayor, Comptroller, Au- ditor and Board of Aldermen, ‘The Board of Aldermen shall consist of twenty-two mem- bers. hay analy be elected for two years, on the city ticket; no elector to vote for more than twelve, and the twenty-two the highest number of votes to be declared They shail have been residents of the city for the three years next preceding the dav of election, The Board snail be the supreme legislative body of the city, and possess fe. under the charter not therein bituheld from tt. it shall, with the M: determine the compensation of city ‘officers; but such compensation shi! not be changed during the term for which officers shall have been elected or vol aphee Tt shall, subject tothe laws of the State, have full control of excise matters, with power to reg- ulate and license the sale of liquors, andto provide for the collection of fees and penalties. The Aldermen shall be the Supervisors of the city, and with the town Supervisors shal! constitute the Board of Supervi- sors. Said Board spall determine the compensation of the county officers; but such Sarapereation, shall not be changed during the term for which officers shall have been elected or appointed. It shall determine all questions rela- tive to raising revenue for the county by tax. It shall con: trol and regulate all county expenditures. ‘It shall have charge of the Jail and the Penitentiary. The De} ent of Charities and Correction sball be subject to its control. N Supervisor, or otner City or County officer, jo Alderma: orolerk in any department of the. City oF Couaiy ment, sbali bold any other ofce, except that of Public or Commissioner of Deeds, ‘Allfees of publlc oficers, shall be paid monthly into the city or county treasury, under oath as to items and amounts, and the persons receiying the same, joard of Aldermen shall, upon the petition of a majority of the property owners, or upon the petition of the owners of a majority of the property’ affected thereby, have the to open, close or widen _atree| appointment of commissioners by the Suore Court. without, the Intervention of the Legislature. And three-fourths of the Board, with the consent of the Mayor, may do th ‘upon their own motion, 1° by m as the report the same to the Board Aldermen at their next meeting, who. shall have power, bya Liable to remove such head for cause, ere a 1. A Department of Assessment, which shall. consist dus, with the powers and’ duules of the presea ol A Department of Collection, which shall receive all due cit from all sources and pay over the same nance. partment of Finance, the bead of which shall be the Comptrolier, which aball disburse all city funds, A Department of Law, with the powers aud duties of the present Corporation Counsel. 6. A Department of Fire, with the powers and duties of the present Fire Commissioners. BA iment of Police, with the powers and duties of the present Police Commissioners. 7. A Depariment of Health, the head of which, with the Mayor and the head of the Police Department, shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the present Board of of in ith. 8 A Department of Sti shall have the management syatem of sewerage, and the supervision of opening, Ing, paving, repaving, repairing, cleaning and streets. Feet Respectfully submit r Wr GoubiICH, ad Water and Sewerage, which the Waler Works and of the ting A, OUNNINGHAM, WM, RICHARDSON, ARTHUR W. BENSON, EDMUND DRIGGs, The report was accepted as a partial report of the committee. Mr. Davis asked whether this repor/ was perfect 80 far as It Went, Mr. GOODRICH sald no, that it was merely a skele- ton for the different departments. Mr. BARNS Wanted to know il it was Fomaet wo slate any of the present boards out of office, ir. GOODRICH said It was not. Ex-Alderman WHITING moved to abolish the Auditor's omee. Mr, GoopRICH moved as an amendmeut to strike out the the Comptroiler’s office instead. Mr. HODGSKIN moved to take both off. The first Ging © be decided was what officer should be elected. After some further discussion the Convention Went into executive session. le The Work of the Sub-Committees, The sun-committees of the Committee of Fifty were at work yesterday in the various departments, They called upon the Excise Commissioners and asked to be furnished witn copies of all the records of their department, in order that they might pro- ceed with the investigation. As the Excise Commissioners were perfectly will- ing that they should proceed with the investigation, & copyist was at once set to work to make the neces- sary transcripts, In connection with their invest gations in this department the committee have sub- mitted tne followiug questions to the Corporation Counsel :— Will the Corporation Counsel mform tho public by what authority the Exce Board employs Joba C. ‘Sheobs as coun win ’the chaner, of the clty of Brooklyn the Corporation Jaw officer of the city and all the depart. ments, t understood by you and agreed before tl passed that Sncoba waato be and should be the. aworney in case he bad the law ed making places for three Commis- sioners of Excise and «host of hangers-on or employes for Parlitthe Cor) u law was oration Counsel inform the pubito if he ad- vised the ‘employment of Jacobs by the Excise Board, and does he atill sanotiom thas v n ota hat the lawmaker viol ia consented to by him? VISIT TO THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF THE POOR Messrs, Backhouse, Boettcher and Uammeyer, the sub-committee on the oitice of juperin- tendents of the Poor, visited depart- ment yesterday with @ secretary, and were J celved. They remarked that they simp! inledio wet A ‘gunetal idea of the 6: atemn ris workings of the Board, in order to aee if they could not be mproved on, They did not expect tw dis- cover any frauds, ‘The committee was informed that tne majority of the books ene would have to be examined, were t +. ats Bocuaer, upon being handed the annual report of the Commissioners of Charities for the year ending Juty $1, 1871, sald that he thought it Would be a good idea to commence business by getting at the names and residence of persons who Feceivea temporary relief from the 18 of August, 1870, to July 31, 1871. He asked if these names could be had. Su wendent Cork replied that he could have all the information tbat he wanted on that subject, and Immediately sent for the books containing the names required, ‘The secretary commenced to copy the names, of which there were 35,658, ‘Tia will probably occupy him for several da; KINGS COUNTY MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. Meeting of the Board of Aldermen—Brooklyn City Canvass. ‘The Board of Aldermen met at three o'clock yes- terday and organized frst as a Board of City Can- vassers, Alderman Clancy in the chair. The Committee on Rules and Election Returns presented their report of the votes cast for city om- cers at the last election, and attached to it was the followipg:— The Common Council of the city of Brook! votes given rary tal election iweia Tuesaay, Novem: Bert ist atter & careful canvass and estimate of d Votes, do hereby determine and declare that lyn, act- in the follow! named persons have recetved the highest number of votes for the several Offices here- inafter named :— For Mayor—Samuel 8. Powell. For Comptroller—Frederick A. Schroeder. For city urer—Courtland A. Sprague. For Auditor—Nelson Shaurman. For Collector of Taxes and Assessments—Lemuel wa, e Justices of the Peace—Third district, Thomas M. Riley; Fourth austrict, Charles B. Eiliott; Fifth dis- trict, Thomas Eames; Sixth district, James Cassidy. and, Ripley Ropesy"Fitth, ward, Jou Ht Cuancy wai ; ward, John ancy ; Seventh Ward, Chaties B. Wylie; Ninth ward, Jonn MoGroarty; Eleventh ward, Andrew J. Foster; Thirteenth ward, Joho A, Taylor; Fifteenth ward, ‘Thomas Macpherson; Seventeenth ward, John A. Connolly; Nineteenth ward, Joseph P. ‘Walter; ‘Twenty-frat ward, George Brown. na Wi Owen Murphy; Fourth ward, erick J, Hosford; Sixth ward. james W. Naughton; Eighth ward, Charles H. foley; Tenth ward, Samuel Frost; Twelfth ward, Thomas Sheridan; Fourteenth ward, Jonn Carroll; Sixteenth ward, Mathias J. Petry; Eignteenth ward, James Fletcher; Twentieth ward, Joun W. Harman; Twenty-secoud ward, George W. Richards, Alderman RicHARDSON offered the following:— For the reason that the evidence given in the City Court of Brooklyn last week, in the case ef the Inspectors of Election in the First Districtof the sixth wi Proved such unlaw!ul and fraudulent action on the part of said Inspectors, as to that the returns from said district were ultierly unreliable and untrue in their statements, Resolved, That the returns of the First district of the ‘Sixth ward be and they are hereby rejected from the can- vass of the votes for city and ward ofiicers. After considerable debate the resolution was voted down and the report adopted, The committee then adjourned sine die, COMMON COUNCIL PROUKEDINGS. The Board then organized for Aldermanic bust- ness, Alderman Bergen in the chair. A protest was received irom a number of pro) bf owners eongg the extension of the Middle Village and Nurtu Second Street Ratlroaa line through North First and Little Water streets. ‘The resolution adopted at a previous meeting of the board was ered, and referred back to the Committee on Railroads. ‘ane Lamp and Gas Committee submitted their re- port and offered a resolution to the effect that the proposals of the different gas companies to turnish gas for tae use of the city at $2 75 per 1,00 feet be acceptet ‘Alderman RICHARDSON wanted to amend by Ine serting the proposals of the company to light and extinguish the lamps at one cent each, Alderman CLaNcy, chairman of the Committee on Lamps and Gas, sala, after the report and resolu. tion was adopted, he would offer a document relat- ing to the ee Alderman Richarason supposing that It was the same as his amendment withdrew his motion, ‘nne report and resolution Were then adopted, and Alderman Clancy’s report was simply to the effect that the committee had examined the proposal of the companies to light and put out the lamps at one cent each, deemed it inexpedient to accept them, ‘rhs was also adopted, Alderman RIcHARDSON then introduced a resolu- tion to the effect that the Street Commissioner be directed Lo advertise for proposals to do the work; but that was also voted down, A petition was received from the hackmen of Brooklyn asking tne Common Council to adopt an ordinance preventing any persons, except by its regularly licensed cabmen of owners of vehicles, from driving through the streets of Brooklyn with ngers. keterred to the Law Committee. ‘The Board then adjourned, DISINFECTANTS, Lecture by Dr. Endemann—A Weapon Against Disease for the Common People. Dr. P. Scnweitzer lectured last evening before the Lyceum of Natural History on the “Constitution and Analysis of Milk,” od Dr. UW, Ende- mann read a paper on “Disinfectants.” The Enspecial disinfectants touched upon by Dr. demann were the Girondin, chloride of aluminium and bromo chioralum. Of these futds ouly the girondin possessed really disinfectant properties, the others having that character only iz a certain degree, The reason for this was the fact that the girondin not only will arres: fermentation, but aiso will neutralize the proaucts of the decomposti- Yon of fecund matter, The main substance Tormed by the process of ee tT of animal matter generally is sulphuretted hydro- gen gas, 8 most ous compound. It must be yherefore the object of a proper disinfectant to de- resid or neutralize this gas, This is easily done by the Gironain fuid, while it cannot pe accom- plished with the other disimiectants. It ig gener: stated that the chloride of aluminium and bromo chioralum are not but this is only teue to a certain degree. ‘Th in 18 polsonous, ho Its the nature of a true disinfectant to & poison, The Girondin disinfectant consists of zinc and cop+ r salts. For this reason and for the reason that cheapest of disinfectants—the one for tne common People. Its cheapness fits it more for tne accom- Plishment of the object of @ disinfectant—to come within the reach of the poorest families, The Gi- Tondia fluid is manufactured in France, and was first imported into this comnts fast summer, when it was su used by the Health Department of New York. THE OOLORED ORPHANS, ial Meeting of the Associ: Officers. The annual meeting of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans was held yesterday at the residence of Mrs. Landon, at Fourteenth street, The report of the Superintendent showed that, since the opening of the institution, June 9, 1837, the totat number of admisstons were 1,782, The total number of children admit. ted during the year was 827, Uf those 20 were released by indenture, 9 taken on tial for indenture, 83 were returned to friends, 1 le't the Home without permission, 2 were transferred ;to Bellevue Hospital, 7 died. There are at present in the institution 166 boys and 91 girls, of ayes vary- ing from two to twelve, Special admissions were also made during the year, with a view to affording olaer children the advantages of the schools, Those of the children old enough to work were sovee various pursuits; the Sabbath exercises formed @ prominent teature in the train- ing during the year, and, he physicians have de- clared the health of the children generally good, The Treasurer’s réport was as follo ‘Bal in haad lass re 5 cash rece! its from legacies, 4 trom bonds, $89,218, pid Balance brought forward December 1, 12,263, Tne expenses were—cash, $26,545; cash bond and mortgage, $35,000; Union Trunk Com- pany, 6,000; balance to new account, $3,263,— ‘otal 0,808. OMicers for the ensuing year were elected as fol- lows:—Mrsa. Augusta Vaber, Firat Directress; Mrs. William H, Onderdonk, Second Directress; Mise Sarah 8. Murray, Secrétary; Mrs, Oharies H. Lan- don, Treasurer. FOREIGN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Election of A Magnificent statue of the Virgin, in massive silver, valued at $6,000, has just been sent to the Pope by the Spanish Catholics, ‘Tourists and travellers will be glad to know that the ratiroad of La Corniche, from Nice to Uenoa, will be opened on er about December 5, The newly installed Turkish Ministry are steadily Marching on jn the path of economic reform, The savings aire: ta are said to amount to up- wards of half @ million sterling, and further re- trenchments are promised. The French Society of Dramatic Authors having requested the Prefect of the Seine to have one of the Paris streets called Rue @’Alexandre Dumas, M. Say repited that the affair did not depend on him, but that he would as soon as bie submit the proposition to the Municipal Vouncil and give it his support, Holland has led the ae, among the European Powers in deciding that 1} will not maintain two diplomatic representatives in Rome—one accredited to the Pope and the other tothe King of Italy. By thirty-nine votes against thirty-three the Chamber has decided that the post of Envoy to the Holy Seo shall be abolished. The subscription for the rebuilding of the Palace of the on of Honor continues to yield excellent results, Thé sum collected nas beén so consider avle that the works have beom undertaken on & large ponies more than @ hundred men being em- ployed, Snould the weather prove favorable all the external worg will be finisned, tt is by the Lat of next January sad. the whole of nee an m"0,00 ‘There are still 46, trom (hese assistance La Boliciteds a LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Meeting of the Board of Ap» Pportionment. Issuing Bonds for the Croton Acqueduct Works<- Contractor Brown and the Cloan Streets— Comptroller Connolly’s Case. —— At the various public offices yesterday little or no excitement, except at the of Finance, where the crowds of impecunious exe office-holers, laborers and othess calied from time to time to get their pay, or some encouragement, if possible, in regard to what was due them. Comp- troller Green neld his usual levee, and, after dispos- ing of almost innumerable questions, he attended the meeting of THE BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT, which for the first time under the new regime was held at the Controller's oMice, At the time for call- ing the meeting to order there was present Mayor * Hall, Colonel Stebbins, President of the Department of Parks and Mr. Green, Gontrolier, The pleasant looking (?) blonde, Mr, Cornelius Vorson, Ohief of the Bureau of Elections and several other places was not in his accustomed place aa Secretary of the Board, which was formerly “the Ring,” and bis place was occupied by the more massive of the Storrs brothers, of the Comptroller's office. Mr. Storrs worried through the minutes of the last meetmg as printed under Mr, Corson’s direction, during which me Mayor Hall stared out at the heavy columns which, as was demonstrated in the HERALD of yesterday, may fall at any moment during a storm. Colonel Stebbins gazed at the pipe frem, which kg chandelter fell some months since, an Mr. Green's eyes were fixed in the direction of the poor acrives who were seated in a row as if for examination by a village schoolboard. When Mr. Storrs had com- pleted the minutes, bee Hall read a letter, ad- dressed to him as President of the Board, which showed that THE CONSIDERATE CORSON RESIGNS as Secretary of the Board. Mr. Corson only resigned because he thought that somevody in the Comptrol- ler’s oMce should act as Secretary, Inasmuch as thd. bonds to be issued under direction of the Tust be done under the eye of the Comp troller, The resignation was accepted, and then the Mayor, aithough in the chair ag President, moved that Mr. Storrs be made sec! protem. The question was put; the Mayor vol for it; it was declared carried, and Mr, Storrs went on with the work ne had in hand. The special business before the Board was then dis) of, and consisted of a resolu. tion authorizing the Comptroller to issue bonds at such times as he may deem proper, and at suoh Fate of interest not exceeding seven per cent per annum for Croton water stock to the amount of $500,000, and Croton Reservoir bonds to the Amount of $90,000, to be used as re uired by tne Vepartment of Public Works, This done, the Board, on motion, adjourned. In a few moments the foor of the office was felt tq trembie, the private door was quickly opened in Tesponse to @ nervous double rap and THE MASSIVE FIGUKE OF “THE Boss” entered the room. He spoke to Mayor Hall, who ‘Was conversing with Colonel Stebbins, and being tn- formed that the meeting was over he turned around and went out the way he came, Colonel Stebbins rushed into Comptroller Green’s private room and ‘The Mayor, nodding to every one as he went along, half strolled through from one bureau to anotier, lool ing for the exit, which he found after making a circuit of the entire department, (THE STREET CLEANING COMMISSION. held a meeting early yesterday afternoon at which there was @ full altendance of members with Mayor Halli the chair, Judge Bosworth, President of the Board of Health stated in a lengthy report that alarge number of the streets in the Fourth and other wards had Bee nee cleaned at ali betweem the 12th and 26th of November. This piece of news pectnens by herr she memes Of ne Board by surprise, although almosi ery boay else in the room could bave told them the same story, and perhaps a worse story, without vio- lating truth in any partioular. On motion of Mayor fall, the ofices of Street plesnine, Inspectors ag appointea by the Board were abolished, and the duties transferred to the Board of Health, A communication was received from the weighty Mr. Brown, who helds tbe office of street cleaning contractor, denying (of course) the charges of neé- lect made by the police, and claiming that his la- borers must have their money or the work () must be stop) His bill was referred to the Presideng of the Board of Health toexamiue and take testi- mony op both sides, after which the board ad journed to meet again at the request of the gentle man appointed reieree, COMPTROLLER CONNOLLY'S CASE has assumed no new phases, He still occupies his quarters in Ludlow Street Jali, and ts as happy as could be expected. He was visited yesterday by @ large number of friends and by his counsel, who seem quite confident that in aday or two at tl furthest they will receive news of the Issuance an order by Judge Learned reducing the amount of vail to a respectable figure. > THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY. Meeting at tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel Lact Evening—Nomisation of Officers for the Ensuing Year. ‘The New England Society held a meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last eventng, which was more largely attended than any previous meeting held during the last fifteen years. The occasion of thig, Meeting was to prepare a ticket for officers for the next year. Heretofore it las been the invarjable custom of the officers of the association to select their own officers. This custom seems to have cre- f&ted no inconsiderable amount of 1!1 feeling on the part of many members and consequently a change ‘was determined upon. William M. Evarts was chosen to fill the position of chairman of the meeting and Mr. Locke W. Win- chester was chosen secretary. The committee to whom was accorded the duty of nominating officera for the cnsuing year reported that in view of the expressions of the society at the last annual meeti And In conformity with the wish of the Board the! hud decided to nominate one-tnird of the Board, ex- ¢lusive of the treasurer and secretary, of new mem- bers, and they recommended that this course should be hereafter pursued annually by the Board. They further reported that they had divided the fifteea members 0! the Board (exclusive of the offices of treasurer and secretary) by lot into classes of five each, of which the five first drawn have been omitted from. the resent ticket, ‘The gentlemen so omitted are . & Cowdin, 8S. H, Wales, 8. N. Stebbins, C. EB. Beebe and James M. Fish. The five names next drawn—J. H. Bailey, Charles 8. Smith, W. H. Fogg, Joseph H. Choate and W. ‘I. Blodgett—1t was,recom- mended be omitted from the ucket of 1872-3; and the five names next drawno—Frank E, Howe, Borden, D. F. Appleton, W. A. Lee aud John G, Ward—Iit_ was recommended’ be omitted trom thé ticket of 187-4, and that thereafter the dve mem- bers who represent the class who have been three years in the Board be omitted from the tcket of the following year. “It 1s intended and under- stood In the above classification that in no case is @ retiring member to be renominated until one year Irom the time of service on the Board has expired.’ The committee also recommended that the “com. servative policy of keeping the nomination of offt cers in the hands of the Hoard be maintained.” Before this report could be acted upon Governor Woodford moved that a committee of seven be ap- pointed by the chair to prepare a ticket. 'phis motion occasioned a vast deal of sharp talk on the part of many of the gentlemen, chief among whom Were Frank E. Howe, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Carter and the mover of the resolution. It was, however, finally adopted almost rg there bet) but one dissenting voice, The Ohalr appointed such committee vernor Woodford, Thomas A. Peabody, Alvan P. Nan, Kye P, Putnam, J. H. Foster, Sinclair Tousey and Locke W. Winchester. A recess of twenty minutes was now taken, at the expiration of which the committee came tn and re- eu the following, which was received with lause-—For President » ©, Cowden; First vice resident, Isaac H. Bailey; Second Vico President, 8. H, Wales; Counsellors, William 7, Blodgett, 8. B. Chittenden, William H. Lee and Oharies 5. Smith. Cant ack ‘panier F, Apoleton, Josep eW. Calbot Ward, Daniel F, App! fi Charles 1. ‘itany, Parker Handy, Nathantel Hay- den and James Darter, oe presenters. Lutuer B, Wyman; for Secretary, Hubbard. te ae appointing a committee of five to have ttle ticket printed the meeting adjourned. ranrtbcoeetatnee tian OO PERSONAL NOTES. . M. , Ammember of Congress from North Odie cieegen with being a Ku Klux, and he ann: rset f Kansas, 18 about startingya a of Kai eee eee ‘at Coffeysvilie, In that State, to Seer conten foriher -wkate ‘printer of. Todt jor, former State printer of Indiana, nineaioed | Yo Foturn the State $18,000 in setilement of an overdrawn account. Uharies H. Porter and family ana fom, {ne Platt, of Me and Senator vsbvora, of Florida, are in Washington, Mrs, Colt, the widow of the man who Invented Colt’s revolver, is Lace & $60,000 school-house im which to educate the children of her workmen. — Hon. Reverdy Johnson and ex-Attorney Gent Stansbury left Washington on Friday for eid 8. 0., to conduct the detence of persons chat with offences under the Ky Klux act Mr. Seward is preparing @ sketch of nis recent {rip around the world for publication, ana contem- plates also writiag an account of the public men ba ‘das been associated wita aul Kaowms Department 4 t + ? 4 ae ad a) & ry