The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1871, Page 5

? ‘Special York Herald. — ‘Government Commanders in League with tho Revolutionists. . oe ‘The Border To Bo Turned. Over to the Insurgents, TELEGRAM TO THE ew YORK HERALD. ‘The following special despatch to the Higearp has been received from our corre- - “epondent at Matamoras:— td : Monterey, Dec. 20, } - Via Matamoras, Deo. 26, 1871. face Rei be oe Despatches from Monterey state positively that certain government commanders in league ‘with revo utionigig will turn, the entire border ‘overto them, Trevino and Canales, Gover- Mor of Tamaulapas, are now consulting at siti tee lipwra * The attack on Mier is postponed. : fn Monterey, has his foros fur: Toughed for five days. Trevino's forces have mostly been given to Martines { fhe ovement on San Luis. canter dollars arrived here from ‘Yamploo ‘for the payment of the troops, but twenty-nine thousand are due, There is mach discontent. Btriot orders have been issued against any po0ds going free from the Zone to the interior, ROUM ARIA. Allied Imperialist Pressure on the Danubian Government. Foreign Interests in the Local Railway System and a “Daily Mail to India.” TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 26, 1871. ‘The Sublime Porte, backed by Russia and Aus- tla, ia anarply pressing the government of the Danubtaa Principalities for a settlement of ity rail- ‘Way obligations, The Vast Interests Inv«lved in the Project. The vast anu united imperialist pressure which is Just now being brought to bear on the government of the Danubian Principalities with the view of forcing the Exeoutive to a fulfilment of its railway ‘Obligations, appears, at first sight, to be a very waste of Cabinet strength on a subject which is relatively of minor itaportance. An inference in ms direction {fs an error. Not only are Tarxey, Russia pnd Austria Temonstrauing With the Danubian govoram=n’, but England stands behind their back, silent and wateh- ful of the result of their joint action, ‘Tho plan of @ through railway to iu‘lia ts involved in the “matter, Ta London, during the present month of Decem- ber, Mr. Hyde Clarke, late British Cotton Commis- sioner tm Turkey, delivered an address at the Society of Arteon the scheme for “a through railway to India,” to a large and highiy educated and wealthy audience. Mr. Clarke declared nis conviction that ®& vastly increased British trafic with all India, Geyion, the Netherlands and Spanish India, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand was ‘waiting for ua” (tho Baguen people) on the completion of a Proposea tae through Turkey—indeed, a datiy mail CT Tue proposed construction of the Turkish railways Aappeats Wo have produce? great alarm in Serviaand among the Osher Sclavonian nationalities. ‘fhe or- cespprtance paxane asserts that such an event would propadly bring about “the revival of tne Jaslera question, and that in @ more menacing form than ever.’’ According to report, the Servian ‘government has already addresyed an “extremely energetic Mote to Constantiuopie, m which it pro- teats against the Turkish line of railway passing through Bosnia.” This, says the note, can “only be regar by Servia as a direct menace, as the object of the proposed Bosnian raliway 1s, firss, to exolade Servia from the network of raliways; and, second, to serve as a line against Servia. ‘The Servian nation ful enough to recover her old frontiers, but all ie nations of the Hast to rise from their graves. We hn fora free Rast from the Save to the Pruth. This we must achieve, and we can achteve it with united forces. The present state of Kaurope permitg us to seize the moment for the noly work; but tue time before us is short, ana must be used earnestly and at once.” The article concludes by calling upon the “Greeks and Roumanians to join the Sclavonians against Turkey, and not to cease their exertions until they shalt obtain complete independence, ja the meantime we learn that the Servian gov- ernment is negotiating with financial houses in Pans and Vienna for o loan of 5,000,000 ducats {$12,000,000), for the special purpose of constructing {ta Own system of railways. RUSSIA. ‘The Army chasotigtion Levy Rate for the Year 1872, Topean es wow TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YOK HERALD. Sr. PerersaurG, Dec. 26, 1871. AM imperial decree appears in print to-day fixing «the consorsption forthe Russian army for the scar A672 Ob AX Mon Io every 1,000. FRANCE. President Thiers in Opposition to the Project of an Income Tax. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALO. VaRIs, Dec. 26, 1871. President Thiers delivered a powerful speech in ne National Assembly to-day, in opposition to the Aevyiag of an income tax. GERMANY AND FRANCE, Wressdan Military Pressure on the People of the Hostaged Territory. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK WERALO. Panis, Dec. 26, 1871. ‘The Germans have seized a prominent citizen of the town of Revin, in the department of Ardennes, ‘eonese Of a quatre! between the Bavarian troops «quartered there and the Frencn people. Tt ammoanced that the Germans are mehing & (060eus of the private fortunes of the wealthier citl- noma of tae lavaded departments. ENGLAND. ‘The Holiday Fetes Prolonged. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD Lonpon, Dec. 26, 1871. To-day being Observed as a holiday, the markets -are clonal, aad business ts wholly suspended. THE COTTON SUPPLY, Four thousand two hundred and thirty-six bales of American cotton were landed at Layerpool t0- den. , MEXICO. |WASHING Report to the New| How. the Bepublican Campaign cane? Committée Circulated Nearly a Million Documents. Solicitor General Bristow Induced to Remain in the Departmont of Justice. The Colombian Government, Its Debt and the Panama Railroad Subsidy. —. Wasutnaton, Deo. 26, 1871, Campaign Documouts and the Frauking PrivilogeHew tho Oracle is Worked in Washington—Neo Dearth of Applicasts for the Labor and Capital Inquiry Uommisaion. The recent political campaigns. were conduoted, 80 faras the republican party ts concerned, by a veaident executive committee, operating from this city. Iteppears tnat they distrivuted, from June until the 1st of December, a period of six months, 956,000 documents, specially prepared for partisan purposes. These documents included speeches of Senators Morton aod Sherman, Secretary Detang and Posimaster General Croswell, Cs phlets on nattonal finances, the Togtlathes et of the party, ita relations to tho labor and land grant questions, papers on the Ku Klux testimony, besides a variety of other matter, This docs cammaten hers Hea ae Go poge_eeeew Wun KentaoKy, ld Whicn State about Cighiy thvasand copies were distributed, North Oarolina received about ninety thousand, New York and Ohio about seventy-five thous- and each, Now Jersey the same, and Pennsyivania about one hundred thousand. The Whole operation 18 @ curious illustration of how political parties are managed, and it must not be forgotten that all of these documents were franked by patriotic Congressmen. Tne democrats were quite inactive, not distributing more than one-third the republican total, The democracy also indulged in the luxury of tue franking privilege. The President will need to apply the proposed Civil Service Keform and Rules to appiicants for the Lavor and Capital [nquiry Commission. The author of the bill has alone recetved over one hundred Qpplications for aid in securing appointments thereto. The Executive has had a game a appli; cations also, and there adoms no lack ol pe ts Willig 14 Seve the causo of labor at a salary of $5,000 per annum, Dispenging with Distillery Survey ors—Rush for Places in tho Civil Seryico—Vhe Syudl- Commissioner Douglass ia about 1 diapouse with the services of 360 surveyors of disuliertes, iid ex- Pects by this means to save not less than titty thous sand dollars to the government annually. The work of these oflcers will be devolved upon the as- sistant assessors of internal revenue, Congressmen and others are making strenuous efforts in the departments to bave persons ap- bointed to office before the Civil Service regulations go into eifect. The public offices are overrun with applications, but the disposition to toilow tne path marked out by the President makes most of these efforts result in bitter disappointments, In the Inter nal Revenue Bureau all the appointments recently made have been by promotion, and two ladies have been given $1,200 places, The highest pay of the just women employed in the departments bas nivherto been only $900, except tn one or two instances, and this apparent Intention to pay tiem a fair salary is much commended. Messra, King, Hate and Casilear, clerks of the Treasury Department and special bearers of Syudt- gate ponds to Loudon, kaye relyrmed to Wash. ingion. wae. een ere Assistaut Secretary Richardson aud Join P, Bige- low, of the Loan Branch, are to leave for this coun- try on the 30th December, and the American Sub- Treasury will be closed upon that date, in pursu- auce of orders, matiers betug a little hastened by a disposition towards unfrienily oriticism on tke part of various members of Congress over the manage- ment of the Syndicate business. Repudiatiag Income ‘fax on Bank Dividends. Several days before the adjournment of the Senate Senator Scott reported from the Committee on Finance an amendatory bill providing that ail taxes upon dividends, interest and undivided profits heretofore assessed or collected from corpo- rations, mentioned ta section 16 of tne act to reducs internal taxes, from the time between the Ist of Au- gust, 1870, and ist of January, 1871, shall be re- funded, upon claim being made therefor, by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Nothing in the act shall be a0 construed as to prevent the collection or authorize the return of any such taxes for that part of the year 1870 prior to the lat of August, and assessed or collected at the rate of five per cent.. The Committee, in their report, say it was not the tntention of the act of July, 1870, to levy and oollect any other or greater tax for the year 1870 upon the dividends of earnings, incomes or gains by banks, trust com- panies, savings institutions, insurance, railroad, canal, turnpike, navigation and slackwater com- panies, than was to be levied and collected for that year upon other incomes. The Commisstoner of Internat Revenue, In a com- municativn to the Secretary of the Treasury, says he is of the opinion that the amount of taxes paid or payable upon the earnings, &¢., of the cor- porations referred to for the last flve months of the calendar year of 1870 18 not far from $2,000,000, The solicitor Geueral Recousiders Hin Resig- nation. The efforts of the President to induce Solicitor General Bristow to withdraw tis resignation, alluded to in the HERALD some days ago, have proved suc- cessful, and General Bristow will remata in the second place in the Department of Juatice, under Attorney Genera! Williams, detween whom and him- seif the most friendly relations prev: Colombia Bankrupt. There ts due to this government by that of Co- lombia the sum of $107,000, being the balance of awards under the conventions of 1857 and 1864, No payment las been made since 1663. The Colombian Minister here wants an extension of me of four years, That goveroment is represented as bank- rupt. Ita whole available revenue ts $830,000. OF this $260,000 has been lost by the failure of tne Panama Railroad to pay theie subsidy. It bas, therefore, been compelled to suspend all works of internal improvement, cut down the army to 1,000 men, reduce all salaries ten per cent, and it is simply impossitle for it to pay as things now are. The failure of the Panama Railway Company above alluded to wasto pay the subsidy due by them to the Colombian government on the 15th August last and subsequently, white the abstract right of that government to hold the company accountable for any breach of the contract will not be questioned. Our own government will, however, according to the instractionsat Bogota, expect that if the Colombian gevernment should deem it advisable to hold the company to the literal performance of their part of the contract, that tt will itself be guided in forcing the penalty by strict observance of the terms, If, how- ever, that government should taxe a more liberal view of the contract, and shoud cancel the contract of 1867, a8 proposed by the company, this government, in view of the large interests of esteemed citizens embarked in the enterprise, would regard that course as @ proof of a friendly disposition on the part of Colombia. It is not usual for this government oMcially to interfere in macters of contracts between citizens Of the United States and foreign governments. There is nodeter- mination to dieregard the rule in this instance. The considerable pubiic Intoresta involved in the matter, may, however, be deemed to warrant our Minister in at least maktog such informal representations upon the subject a8 may induoe that government to pause in committing any harsh and premature act to the prejudice of the company. This course our Minister has been inatructed to pursue, ‘Th Tichborne Caso in the Treasury Depart. ment. A communication has been rocewed at tho Trea. sury Department from the counae for the defendant in the celebrated touborne cage, ta which the Beoretary Is anked 1@ turquek Rim all the lnlorgrhtion sco ~ Sie a in is ‘poskdiiod Sbaicéruing, the whercabouts, certain months tn 1854, of all registered vessels of fhe Qulted States bearing the name of “Osprey.” It will be recotiected that in the evidence in this case it waa shown that the contestant for the Tich- borae estates was @ passenger on an English vessel named the “Bella,” which foundered off Rio, on the South American coast, and that he was picked ap @mong others by the captain of an American veasel named the “Oaprey.'” ‘The Bowen and Do Large Race for a Seat. 0. 0. Bowen, of South Carolina, ts here looking after hia contested etection case, which will be taken up by the Committee on Klections direotly after the holidays. Alt of nls papers aro betore the committee, but those of De Large are not, the attorney of the latter declining to file them, be cause De Large failed to pay the expenses attead- Ing the taking of testimony, amounting to $1,600. ‘This attorney says that De Large has no prospect whatever for the retention of the seat now held by him, but that Bowen was olearly elcoted by the Deople of the Congressional district. BLACK KU ELUXZ. Outrages on a White Man by Negro Desperadoes. Foteonal Violence, Robbery and Wanton De- struction of Property—Fe ah Troops Rrao- sing Ku wk baat on Ne. groes—An Unoffending Negro Almost Duocked +9 Death. sea WERT Quantont, N. 0, Ded, 26, 1871. Intelligence received nere front York county, South Carolina, gives an alarming accotii: Qf out- rages committed by self-organized armed bands of negroes in that section, A few days since, a little after midnight, a band of eight negroes, armed with muskets and pistols, knocked at the door of one Henry Wiliams, the ierryman at Wright's ferry, On the right bank of the Catawba, tn York county, and demanded admittance. Williama had left home to avold arrest, and Claiborne Smith, a young man staytng at his house, was employed to attend the terry. Smith asked, “Whatdo you want?’ the negroes replied, “Open the door and we will show you, damned quick!’ He opened the door, and the oight negroes rushed to, ustu; rofAue, guq abusive language, They cocked thelr pistols at Smith, taade him go dut, ‘cut wooa anu bulla apa fire. Then they made him dance for them, hug them and acknowledge i THE DOGTRINE OF SOULAL EQUALITY, remataing tn the house about two hours, smoking, jancing and sioging obscene songs, They took money, clothing and everything thoy needed, and, on going away, compelled Smith to go with them. moun #e 9 As soon aa (he negrovs W fled, with her three litte daughters, to a neighbor's house and urged him to go back to her house, but he was afratd that the negroes would return. They did return and carried off more property, and then marched Smith on foot to the neighborhoud of Rock Hill, some fourteen miles, and marched him about all day Wednesday and Thursday, finally taking him to Yorkville on Kriday. They would not allow Smith to speak (0 any ono, and told those they met he was ou @ Christmas frolic with them. After staying some time in Yorkville they mado Smith follow them to the poortouse, where they released him, The same gang went to Sheriff Glenn’s farm and committed similar outrages, and from thence to the house of a tenant uamea Lovelac and arrested a young white man and carried him of with them. They tore up everything about the house, snapped & pistol five times at the breast of a young girl aud committed other outrages, , Later information states that the entire gang have neon aFfediéd and lodged in Jatt, FEDERAL SOLDIERS KU KLUXING NEGROES. In @leveland county, in the State of North Caro- lina, the federal troops quartered at Shelby are practtsing Ku Kiux outrages on the negroes, Wil- son Doggett, a quiet, inoffensive colored man, bought a still, of 165 gallons capacity, from three ot the solalers belonging to the command of Licutenant Howe. The still was taken from the depot building. occupiea by the troops, and delivered to Wilson about half a mile dtstant, Wilson was cau- tioned not to divulge (ho matter until the soldiers leit the town, and they carried the still to Jenkins’ mull pond, some distance from town, and sunk it in the pond. The still being missed from the depot search was made, and it was soon discovered that it wasin the pond. A sergeant, with a squad of soldiers, said to be acting under orders of the com- Manding Officer, arrested Wilson, carried him to the pond, and forced him to dive for the stiiL They kept him there for some time, forcing him to dive frequently, until he was almost frozen to death—the day being a very cold one—and finally toid nim if he did not leave tne county they would shoot him. Wilson has left the county, SOUTH CAROLINA. CoLumBia, Dec, 26, 1871. ‘The report of the Legislative Joint Investigating Committees, which has been sitting in New York during the summer, with B, F. Whittemore as chair- t man, bas appeared. It makes nearly three hun- dred printed pages, and gives an elaborate review of the adanaistration of State finances siace whe installation ot the present government. Regarding State debt, the commitice declare that they cannot believe other than the fearful truths that stare us in the face, that the bonds and storks printed by the American Bank Note Company— $22,540,000—represent the liabilities of the State, for which the faith or credit of the State, however un- lawrully presented, has been pledged for payment, The contingent lability incurred by railroad endorsements swells the total up to $20,000,000. In conclusion the report says;—"“The com- mittee, in view of the atroctiy of these disclosures, the work of tne present ad- ministration— or rather a ring, composed of the leading ofticers of the government of the State— unhes itatingly say that the republican party, Mae" ius itdehanadBeMor Aon “irenchery “and knavery by an Immediate and united effort vy legis- jative enactments as well as by every other de- berative measure, to bring ‘to justice those who tituted the authority with which they have been clothed, and so dagrantiy and criminally im- pertlied the trusts to them confided. MISSOURI KU\KLUX VIOLENCE, Outbreak of Klan at Marskall—Several Negroes Murdered and a Number Wounded— They Threaten to Exterminate the Latter. St. Louts, Mo., Dec. 26, 1871. A spectal despatch to the St. Louis Democrat from Sedaita, Mo., says that Ohrietmas Day witnessed a Preconcerted outrage of Ku Kiax at Marshall, Sa- lime county, Mo., and vicinity. A large number of armed men turned out in pursuit of the negroes in the district, Patrola were placed near the town, and every traveller was halted and ques. toned. All business was suspended, and mob vio- lence supreme. ft is ‘nown how many negroes were killed, but @ men who left Mersnal eleven o'clock P. M. saw the dead bodies of —two hanging by the neck and three Iving on the ground. also saw one terribly wounded, having his shoulder snot away. At,the latest accounts the crowd of armed men were starting out, and swearing they wouid clear out every negro in the county. THE FLORIDA. The Veasel Not Fired Into witha Blank Car tridge—The Spanish Squadron to Cease Anooying the Florida. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Dee. 26, 1871. A positive denial ts given to the report that the Spanish man-of-war Vasco de Nuiler fired a blank cartridge at the steamer Fiortda whoa she was THE WHARTON TRIAL, Appearance of the Prisoner After Christmas. Professor Toney and the Second Analysis of General Ketchum’s Stomach. Antimony and Arsenio Clearly Visible. Several Distinct Testa and All with About the Same Result. ANNAPOLIS, Dec, 26, 1871, The process of justice watts but little on the holiday festivities, and at half-pant one o'clock to-day, Wile the effects of the merry Christmas were atitt clinging to all those whose duties or desires called thein to an attendance upon the trial of Mra, E. G. Wharton for the murder of Generai W. Scott Ketohum, the Ugurt reassemble tor the eighteenth day's proceedings in the case. The Judges, all the attorneys, a great number o{ witnesqes and soveral spectators arrived ah the one o’ctock train, and upon thelr ir the venerable filer iat id rt in due form, aad the jury were brought to, looking as though they bad uot guferea Much from their Christmas service to the State. The prisonsi” and daughter had already arrived, and both seemea More socrow!ul than ever before, Pheu heavy black drapery brougat io them an air of deep melancholy not heretofore noticeable, heightened to our imagi- nation, perhaps, by tne bright and happy surround- ings of the (ew preceding hours. Mra, and Miss Nelson, the constant and devoted friends of the prisoner sud daughter, wero called home to spend thelr Christmas, but came down on the train with the Court and joined them in the court room, but Mra, Nugent, Mrs Wharton's brother's wife, remained witu her at Annapolis, and was, as usual, present ta the court room. When tne Court was opened the room was well filled with an audience of ladies ana gentle- men, among whom were several geutiemen of legal and polilicat prominence, showing that tnterest in, this important case had not diminished, as Pro- feasor W. P. Toney, the chemtoal expert to whom had een pea a ye of the re- mains of (he deceased ju a genre for Ny WAS to etna Ns toatlalanyy, Tae Re an o| seed Wil ue be’ Led, declared an hie ve sulphide of antimony in the liver of General Keich- um. mare was great interest manitested by th medical frateruity, & Ia fuinber oi itt iad come over from ailimo’s and Washington to hear the concinsiou of bis testimony. PROFKSZOR TONEY CONTINUING THR ANALYSIS, At twenty-five minutes of two, all tho attoraeys SKOOND | betny at. Cluef Justicg Ailey directed the prosecution 10" proceed, and Mr ‘Poveil ateacend Professor Toney to také the stand, As the l’roles- sor stepped forward to give ine resuits of his four days’ inbor upon the stomach or Geeral Ketchum every eye was fixed upon him and the mos. ager juterest was manifested in every word ne spoke. Beeitaiing where he lett of on last Thursday, he ald: ‘Taking the dark spots on the porcelain cover, the object waa to determine whether they were arsenic or anttmon: in one or two of the larger spots I tried their solubility im suk, phide of ammonium; the greater part of the spots dissolved Teadily ; tho ready solubility of the greater part would ao far lenote antimony ; the more dilticult solubiiity of the remain- ing speck would denote arsento; applying s very slight heat the solution was evaporated to’ dryness, giving on the outer edge of the evaporated apot the uomistakable color of antimony ; the centre of the spot was of a light yellow color, part of it heing inclined to white; this would Indicate au phur, probably from — evaporing down the sul- phide of ammonium or arsenic; adding now to this avot a drop or two of strong muriatic aoit, and then, ‘hans, a drop oF two of distilled water, I took : Hy evolving suiphureited hydrogen, = tube so as to lot the stream of sulp! on the solation of the spot, doing tl t the spot was dry; the centre’ or greater part of Salting holid gave the antimony color; now, then, view! the spot with the microscope 1 found around the edges of t spot the canary yellow coor of arsenic, in exceedingly amall Qlantities—too sali to be readily detected with the naked ey6. THM GPOT ON THR POKORLAIN OF ANTIMONY AND i ARSENIO Thus the 5 com ‘inctpally of antimony, with very probable trace mic stained arsenic; some of the spots { retained on the cover; that satisfied me as to the nature of the deposi ote or “two volver of 1 spots 1 tried mitrig the white oxide of oy he spot aa inished the examination of the Nt of the solution, Witness analysis. those notes at the time you is } While the exvertments were in pro- with the acid to see I r. STR id you make were making the WITN #68 —Yes, OMe, StERLR--Very well, We have no objections to your refreshing your memory {rom them; we may also waut 10 examiue them. WITNF89—I took part of the solution to see If I could ob- tain a metallic antimony precipitate first with satphuretved hy drogen ; 1 gt a precipitate o ‘sulphide; washing this with distillea water I transferred it to a porcelain evaporating dish ; T then wanted to see if this precipitate was soluble in ry potash, 80 strong solution ot and filtered it into evaporating dish; what was dissolved of the antimony by sulphuretted ig be volubie in potas; appiyig hi hydrogen would be soluble in potash; applying heat to this PRAded Wereatic: weld; that would ‘give’ tartrate, of” ant mony and potash, or leave the antimony of abou: the condi- tion’ of tartar emetic; dissolving ¥is, and. precipitating again with sulphuretted hydi ok this precipitate, mixed it with carbonate of soda and siencte of potassium, it ft on a piece of clean charcoal, never before used, ym spirit amp and bluwpipe, fused the mass on thea coal; by the naked eye f could detect no metal apots, but putting it under the microscope there’ appeared three or four spots which looked as if they might be metal; the reflections of light on some parts of the charcoal and some paris of the flux used would give a bright appearance under the microscope, but these spouts seemed different from those produced by either of those two causce; I put aside that test as of no particular value on ‘account of the exceedingly minnte results. MAKING ANOTHRR TEST. I now took ® very small portion of metallic antimony, tried it with the same flux ‘and readily obtained a metalic head; taking now a very small quantity of tartar emetic, which Thad bought for the purpose of seeing if that would gI¥0 @ head from a small quantity with the eame flux, T tried And obtained a head very distinct ; taking now a quantity of sulphide of antimony prepared trom tartar emetic, bonght from a drug store, and in quantity about the same, or, perhaps, «little more than the precipitate’ obtained trom pected solution Which 1 tried, I did not obtain a visible globue of metal (rom nat led me to infer that the quantity of material { bad en for this exverimeot was too small to Operate on for the production. of metalic antimony; now taking another part’ of the original solution whica I bad first obtained, I treated it with chiorate of potash, to sce if L could get rid of the color of the: solution, and obtained a Hzbt colored folntion, lighter than it had Been before; I pro- cipitated this with washed sulpburetted hydrogen, letting the gas pass slowly through for an hour of more, and let the recipitate stand irom Wednesday evening to Friday morn- Tog: 1 then decanted. off the grenter partof the liquid over the ‘precipitate, then washed it with distilied water and slis- dived It Ih muriatic acid, then transferred it to a porcelain Ish and evaporated it to dryne of the evaporated jon contained eliher organic mater or some coloring 18ON. @ salt; dissolvin, muriatic acid, ant 2 STILL. THE BAMR RESULT It, waes deposit something other thi all this evaporated residue with diluting "t with water, I gained ® precipitate of sulphide of ‘antimony, or what appeared to beso from its color; it wi not the bright color of tartar emetic which you would ges Teor ne ircrpte hitith 'b Gould wot get rid of; the color was moditied only sighty, and not enouga to cause any doubt In my mind that it was antimony; all (he colors produced (rom the sulphuretied bydrogen.trom metals are modited by clr. Cumnstencen, and the color. obtained in. this. precipitate was more like what I would expect to obtain from pare tartar emetic than any I had obtained #0 far. This precipiiate was ofessor Wilson, who did not hesttate—-— ~ We waut nothing about that. “Your own de i. iuction we want. Mr. REVELL—State no conversation with anybody. Professor TONKY—After decanting the liquid irom this precipitate and drying 1 io a broken glass, de- ducting the weight of from the total weight obtained by the broken g'ass wit prec weight was 26 100 of a iniilegramme; the q\ tion taken was about one-sixteenth of the whole solution; that would give fonr millegrammes of swphide ot antimony; of ter-sniphide, whieh wou.d have been obtained from ai! the sotution T bad to opera that would have been about sixtentie of « grain; thie Md Wou'd have been of « sulphide of antimony, equal to about three or four-tenths of a grain of metallic atimony. sODAR QUANTITY OF TARTAR EMRTIO DISCOVERED. ‘Ae l took n little more than half of the contents of the larger and {f the remaining portion ie’t in {t contains the same, ine’ total amount of antimony would have been io round numbers from one-balf to three-fourths of rain; another circumstance might modity this weg! ane that is that apy coloring mater which was in the solution from which the precipitate was found, might be expected to increase the weight slighty; taking this roto consideration 1 may be safe to say thai. about half qrain ot metalic antitony may be courdered resent, Leay ‘may be considered,” vecause the part in the jar may not contain as much ns the part 1 took, and may contain more; to this precipitate wnich 1 had weighed we broken os i added @ drop or altric acid; after stirring around the nitric Tod I obtained as result a white deposit; a reside insoluble in nilric acia; this would have given ceautt; I know of no other metal but this and aati- mony that woula give the result; would ‘white insoluble residue is soluble in not solable if it is this; 1 fret, before dissolving, to the white residue; | now prepared & ‘of tartaric acid. fn water ud waded ic to0im whit which it dissolved withont muck difichity ; now, a twee ‘anti~ oe. leaving St. Thomas, ‘The Constancia (Mewapaper Of this orty) says that, orders bad proviousiy Leen Issued to vouaels Of td Svaulsh squadron to coane sanoytug the Figrlda aud to retirg from we vit orn, POE | 4, NEW YURK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECIMBER 21, YBii. Of the tarrer iar T exami otter the solution ahtalnod wens recy inght ‘goto ool yond, whon tt Became much darker; the Tact would have ite bearing, if any, uj the absence oF preacace of antimony ; fe yn of liquid 1 i rater oroys ia added distilied wi my rei tt wpleh would be abpul ne: ounce or an oma wae oy took one-tenth or this by the samo Wd obtain spote on porcelain, tryit br he, same method se bate. obtaland vary le ae an the others. These spot seemed not readily prota fn sulpbide of to weigh! soluble by beat and readily solublo ammonium; as rom the looks of these ‘ar as looks go—t would say they were aatimony; there ls no doubt about thelr being arienio of autimony, but tt this caset would aay they were Gntimony; aiter obtaining these svote IL put a spirit Inmm; under the delivery tube; this gave me ari ar the end, ‘and inside the heated part of tho tube; that also would tadicate arsenic or timony; ‘then pre- ring the by was oy f oming from nitrate of silver, and to be » dark eoloration, which this Gark prectoitate: from th rd Seca dcetaadttr Sat Obtained what appeared round; this sulpherelted hyd ine oa, 1 Precipitate, of whal appeared last night a binck precipitate, ‘this black ‘would not indicate sugthing, but anti- be present mony, of a@ lighter color, my with’ the Black precipitate: “now “iin black “pres of was washed with dintilied. water and the strong muriatic acid was added, and the resulting solu- tion filtered; the Alter was washed, and all the solutions that passed throuch the ltering paper rotwined : any aatim present would be dissulved by the muriatic acid, through the filter paper, and of course would be in reauling solution; aow passing sulphuretted through thia resulting solution [ obtained the uumiatakable color of antimony—more so when the precipitate was firat found than afterwards; sees reaulte induced me tosay that antimony is present In the contents of the amailor jar; {hla gor apie {ny examttation (and ‘experiments with all, le the tube e ; Thad uot tine to examine. Lad area oy HANDING THE PROOFS TO TAR yORT. At the requost of Mr. Revell the witness, Bate took from hie ket a aunail red p Vookes tn dis ssecer, and dabibited ft fo the jure, It had Nee rownlsh y mp garg int rlala head, a fer show ity at nel Sts ede Pagsod nella NOM Salat eer cou ait erealtooh ha, thin wi Poh ‘on the audience becai considerably excited, and oy one jent was trving to Wl if ti Fedo OF the’ Protensor's analyais ot the stomach of Gen chum, ‘Keer the exhibition Chief Justice MiLLeR sated 1d with the witneas ? Ir res to make some further statement bors. at liberty to do a0, Chiet Juatics Mitt e Wityres—In reference to the appearance of the conteaty of the first jar, when Iv opened. it. there wi appeared the unmistakable color by sulphuretied hydrogen, arsenic appearance; lookt matter as I took ‘of antimony precipitate and also a slight canary yellow ing at ove particular, ploce of atruck me as if the sulph retted hydrogen from the decomposition of the mat tor had caused any antimony or arsenic present to have been precipitated; when receiving the sample I asked ‘ohe or the other of the gentlemen to come to the laborator: when I opened the sampl flor waiting for a time t asked Dr. Foster, a friead of mine, to come in and be pres- ent, as I proferred to have a protessor of medicine there when [ opened thom. Chiof Justice MILLER—Have you anything more to atate ? Wrrakss—I saw a statement in a newspaper. Some little contro here ogourred between counsel ax to whether the witness should state what he saw, when Mr, Revell vaid that he only wanted to correct a misstatement whioh bad no bearing on the case. 6 wfladte was allowed to go on, when he stuted that ho only desired to stats that he had not'been an analytical since 186}, aa sated, but had made tt a profestion since 1865, Tie, provecuticn “here, stated thal they | had’ con. clude wit the and as they tave eretorore © exception it out gaglarpa tele, oa closed with of this testimouy, it was supposed that the de- fenoe would begin its evidence to-morrow ; but it is rumored o-night that ro, witneages (or the State are on hand and and, Ri Wade pad tares € At threé Chief Justice Miller ordered the Court fo,be adjourned wotlt to-morrow morning at ten o'clock, when the cross-cxamination of Professor ‘Tonry will be bad and it we may judge from tadications, will be rigidly pur: d. OBITUARY. ees os Peon ae aide 779 TPES ESS Sey Jacob Barker, Beokei aud Fina ‘. 4acok barker, the woll known American fnan> cler and money broker died tn Patladeiphia yester- day” Mr. Barker was ninety-three yeard of age. fe ens joyed an alnioat world-wide reputation on accovat of his tact, skill and general judgment in the exér- clse of the peculiar professional ability which he possessed, Jacob Barker was born at Swan Island, Kennebec county, Matue, on the 7th of December, tu the year 1779, He descended, by his mother’s stde of the family, from the same stock as Doctor Franklin, to whom, in his very proudest moments, lie was ever glad to claim @certain family resembianee, Mrs, Barker, his mother, was of a Quaker family tn Nan- tucket. Young Jacop waa brought up in the com- munion of the Friends, to which, a3 to the unpre- vending styie of dress costume of the soviety, he adhered for very many yeara. When he wassiateen years old be was set adrift in the world; lett “ord of himself,” which has been to many of his age w “neritage Of woe.” Jaco came to Now York. He obtained empioy- meat witu Isaac Hicks, a commiaston merchaat in tunis city. He was bright, active, intelligent and venturesome tn speculation. Cummenciug to trade ‘on his own account, in a small way, he realized be- fore the aitainment of hig majority so much money that when he arrived at the age of twenty-one—a period of five years from his reaching New York— he was 1a possession of four ships aud a brig, and had hig notes reguiariy discounted at the United States Bank. Mr. Barker married Elizabeth, daugh. ter of Thomas Hazard, of New York, on the 27th of August, in che year 1801. Sitting at lus wedding dinner, in company with Mr.. Henry Dewees, for whom he had endorsed heavily, news was brought to Barker of the failure of botn. He passed the letter over to Dewees, had ‘the pleasure of wine with him,” and took no further notice of the matter. He goon afterwards entered intoa contract with the American goverament for a supply oi ofl, He was then doing # large shipping business. In thia line he received the consignment of the first steam eo- gine used on tae North River. The war with Great Britain breaking out Mr. Barker took the democratic side in politics, He pledged nimself to raise a loan of $5,000,000 for the use of the United States government. He made one of the Building Committee which was appoinied to super- vise tie erection of the old Tammany Hall, and took part in tae first meetings held witnm ite =Wwails. He iost many—ail, we be- Heve—of his suips during the progress of the war with England, lursuing his political ca- reer, he became State Senator from New York. Sitting this capacity in the Court of Errors, he delivered an opinion i opposition to that of Upan- cellor Kent in an insurance case, Chancellor Kent held that if ihe master of the vessel “intended” to deviate from che voyage as stated In the poitcy, the iusurance Was jorteited. Mr. Barker held that tor- feiture should only follow upon actual deviation. ‘The Court sustaiued Barker's view. Mr. barker established the Union newspaper to advocate the ejection of De Witt Clinton to tue onice Of Governor Of whe Stute of New York. He subsequeatly commenced to meditate deeply on the mysteries of national credits and expenditurez. Keeping up an immense outside business at the same moment he, in the year 1315, established the Exchange Bank im Wall street, His financial dealings with tie government were then exceedingly heavy. in the Exchange Bank be commenced his career as @ Specuiaior in stocks, and aspired, it was said, to become the regulator-in-chief and priucipal chaunel of the money dealings of the country. Circum- stances, the laws and the drift {pa itanuncroay ol A ay {azaned. dase ours OttHO nd, a8 a old specuiater, le came nearer <o Its absolute realiza- tion than. has occurred in the history of any one individual dependi on his own resources. ‘rhe Exchange Baok broke in 1419, Barker turned round and made adroth and active use of many other banking mstitutioas chartered in differ- ent States. He luus continuet bis business opera- tions and on such a large scale during many yeara of intellectaal tabor and tha Crsaray)<e ability o% doing many unportant (hings at the sauté Mune," JACOB BARKER AND GENERAL BUTLMK. ‘Phe following : cor ce with recall Co the minds of our readers che fervent tectings of the mao ment in the tate war for the Untou:— BANK ov Commenon, New ORGRANA, May 21, imia, In obedienos to the. order of Major General Buller, thie Dank will discontinue the receipt nase of Com federute States Treamury notes on and after the ¥7th ina With al! persons who have or may make te therein, Rader @ special written contract, gord faith will be kept and payments made as usual, pursuant to the term Of Huck contract. Since the disc of ahinplaaters this baw has isaucd to a very amall amount, notes of the denomb Ration of one, two, three and five dollars, more Cor conge nience ind will continue to do so ow General Butler in ole giving them out at par for olty und State note, and for current bank notes, redeemable in the samo description Of paper, when {t can bo procured. clause inserted on the face of the bills, “Payable be city bank notes nix montua atter the termination of tho . urs the public that tooy wilt uitien with gold and silver, which will asaurodty nerally resume spec against 4 scarcity of other amall small notes, Banknn, Eng. 1— w Siu—This will Introduce to your notios ward Poohe, the overneer of this piace, who vinits the our slaves who ran way teat euder im will be recipes: opportuntt New Onn W. ts ADAMA, Kaq,, at the Hope Piantal Dear Siz—In reply to your letter of to inform you that Mr. Pocho leaves thia day with a pase from the military. ities ou hia return with two of your boys. The other he could not Hud. (advanced him on your account $60 to pay expenses, which you will, when convont. cut, retur @ freedom with Thy porta are gran lok nce all of the good faith of General Buller. Aliow to soltait for those deluded boys your ol wuck better eifect on. the whole ry respeottully, your obedient wervaut, JACOB BAKKE. HIS NBWSPAPER SUPPRESSED. A Valon journat publishea the followlag remarks Qe Barker's noiltical nosttion: OA, BE SE yay Ue Sor me eee ee apt Soon ninety Da she take tee Banco amed eod tines ob “ie. Ballot mn article of a “Tf these reports be confirmed an armistice will soom follow. Ni neo commenced, there will not be ang more fightin, tice reault Crom the cratic success or from (oreign intvrvention, we auall hail Ie me ‘& peace measure to be weicomed by all parties, Jacob Barker subsequentiy published als remark- able letter on the subject of colton and gold, eat Ube relative relations of the two equivalents. “Pale death’? as beaten at his aoor. The ousy brain of Jacob Barker is at rest. Captain Benjamin Traste. Captain Benjamin Trask, one of the most eminem® and popular commanders of the old ling of Amore can packet sttps, died at fis residence, in Fort Greene place, Brooklyn, on Uhristmas eve, where he has itved for the last ten years in retirement. Oap- tain Trask was @ genuine sailor. Years ago he trod the quarter deck of one of tao crack ships of the old Collins ltue of Kota, running between tiis port and Liverpool. He commanded tne Yazoo, the Garrick, the James- town, Saratoga, Switzerland and Wm. F. Storer, first class ships, before the introduction of steamers, He was the favorite captain of the Dramatic une— feet composed of the Garrick, Siddons, Koscius aud Sheridan, He was about the last of tne od sea Kings of the past, and his memory bas been ap- propriately honored vy mourning display to the ckty ana (rora all our shipping houses. BUICID IS,» ; ide of du Aged Wealthy Ptiysioian. <- LOWSLE, Mass,, Deo, 26, 1874. Dr. Bbenezer Boyden, a wealthy retired phystctem, { , of Billerica, committed sitictds om meat Wee rf fle had atiempted 6 once be-~ Bonavy ‘ y hanging. foro, and olton expressed fears OF goulug Lo want, Sui Ad Unsuccessful Stock Broker Slot Himartt. Pirrssved, Dec. 2, 1871. James W. Kennedy, & stock broker, sob hintreté- yeaterday tn his oMce. He Jrad vectt uniguocessrat In stock operations, which i# supposed favo ua- nettle iwamund, His adairs were for to b2 now badly tnvotved. Votuatary Deatt from Landamuen, Coxconp, N. ff, Deo, 26, 1671. George W. Batchelder, of Laconts, commuted suicide there Inst might by taking taudaoum, No cause Ly assigueds A Scotchman Attempting Murder end Suicide. BindwAMTON, N, Y., Door 20, L8TL. A Scotchman named David Flucker attempted to murder his wife anid commis suicide in thisplace ow ‘Bunddy Mormng. She recerved three stab wounds in the breast. He stabbed himself once. Netthee ure lavally wounded. ‘tneir troubles were of a do- inestic nature. Flucket 13 aged iifty-seven, and was for twenty years @ 'longstoremen io New York, im the employ of Wiliams & Guo. He mas been ac Festeu. Shooting While of Unsount Mind. BosTorw, Dec. 23, 1871. Frederick Sanberg, aged filly-one, committed suicide this morning by shooung. The act was caused by sudden derangement, He’ leaves a wile and fanny, MURDERED ON CHRISTMAS DAY, Two Bloodthimty Suloon Keepevs Shootlig Eight Persons. RUTLAND, Vt., Des: 25, 1871. On Christmas Day a@ bloody afray took place at Kast Arlington, im @ drinking satooe. Farwell & Lawieuce, the keepers: of the salvon, shot five persons, two of whom have died since, ami two more are: mortally wounded, One ot the victims was Fi I's HOR, eight year's of age, The affair creates ui ex: citement. Farwell and Lawrence are uader arcent. THE YOUNGEST BURGLAR IN JERSEY. A youth, named William: Kurts, who balls (rom Dutch * Neck, near Trenton, was-caught on Christmas night attempt wig to enter Kane's cigar store in Perry street, Trenton. He had bored tweive holes in te floor with an auger whick ke hail stolen from James Meredith’s stop tn the same atrost, ‘The burelar, when taken to the poltce office, aud he meaat to get Inyo the store. He alleged that be had worked for Dr. Cooper, in Trenton, and titat gentleman testified, that after the theit of w coat and x horse brusts the young Jack, show herd, who only seventeen years.of left bis employ, he prisoner was fully committed: for uv A,—tor n Stylish and Elegant Holiday Hae go olrect to the manufacturer, ESP NSCMGED, 118'Naseau af, * A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES, ‘261 Broadway, corave Marvay street. -, An Excellent Holiday Preseut for a Lady.— A Grover & Baker SEWING MACEIRVE. Selesrooms M3: Broadway, 544 and 2,300 Third.avenu New York ; b4t Fultea, oteeet, Brooklyn, and 124 Washingtom street, Jorsoy Oity. A.—Winter Winds Suge Bes, and deseripiion of farat the stare. + . and Kroadway. His wiehee styles Ap Hats are taaporoachable, Govaud seo.” A.—Royal Havana Lottory —I. B. Martiaca , Bankers, Wal) st. ; bonASSS New Vor Post efice thle) Baths, 96. Re te ie & v7 suosequentiy that he was thought to. have control Of @ wreat amount ot capital. Lhe occurrence of. some transactions connected With the Norta River Bank subjected hum to open —— insult at the hands of one Davui Kogers. irker demanded an expianation, He «did not re- ceive any irom Rogers, but in its stead came an in- aicument tound by the Grand Jury, cuarging bun, with the offence of sending achalienge. Mr. Barker. took tus trial. He deiended hunself Letore the Court with great ingenuity and infiaite subiloty of arya ment. He denied the fact of the chauenge. ‘Tue Judges and jury did not coincide wm bis view of the points of law, uowever. He was. fngad sults and.sentenced to disiranchisement of Dis political nights. Governor Clinton. reiieved him of the pen- aity by execuuve action. On the: tallure ler- wards of the Lue aod kine losuzance Cony Mr. Barker was indicted, with 0) under charge of “conspiracy to, defraud.” The trigi. was Jeuthy. Cownsel required tue to study his noes beiore commencing the defence. Mr. Barker, ac- cording Lo a suggestion 0 his friends, began iam sel, He had not take the polpis in Wate OM, notwithstanding, his dort waa raed. a “prod; of ability.” even oF iawyer Em- mett. The.jury ai on the-ftst tolal. He was convicted on the second, dui Anew tral Was granted, ‘The incioiment was quashed ne? a third, Barker Qoatained, however, (rom personal @forts in We latest instance, leaving hia case ln the hands of hits advisers. The law proces his. ct in many ther suits distracted taon from his business. It may be saki ¢ ee Diu Dy coer ine, pubic coniuence iu in bis perations, He alleged the @Xistence ot a c c= "chia solution thevuh iter Paper into's clean véeaely f Acy agaipst ham. | Some of tue most Lofluential citl- king the precaution not to wash the filter paper, leas the | ene of New York water might carry away. something eise on it; now. to prove | fending; sO his all Sea rareeem, Pauti ite dapat | wattopaints Se ter’ SE Hen to Negro ing was antimony, a etropolts in the ‘aw Or- acideto the Kieced ‘solution, passed. washed sujpburetted na. pare he ‘Applied timself wo tne ot lan, hydrogen again through the solution and yot the precipitate *) He wag quunitied to the bar aud to practice in the OF sulphide ol antimety; now, having obtained the dark | H en char Extrem cine Gomes Spot on poreslap aud its subse vent reactions by sulvbide | Courts of that city after having success tn nen ‘and obtaining a precipitate by sulphuret his frst examipation. His nature remy ned restless: the ackdified at solution and the nts vital energy powertal. In New Oticans tie mix: a the white precipitate o by strong | himseil in matters of jurispradence, general society —_ tn tactarro acid and spoon’ ie, | and commerce to & very iaduential extent. Mauy Mpbiarsted ‘hy rogen In cans; | Momwosslon. ft was, neural concedsa, indeed, ‘yaat he had no equal among the clas4 oh nich he JAR CONTAINED, it, & Clasd peculiar to all vagy mercantile of 9 pert ot 4 fsdnen| oganmiuivies. ‘A 7 Jerse des | ro wl Iwan ata to |, tt Was sald Cg Barker that he posseaded Nscugtal Kevohuen, [treated them 9 “DOURIONA AMSAT pertsct pYweaaion of lus Ag A aid tuo uart ot the conten’ facuites, the power to pecioria gy samen AMOUDL nine in Kine Gold Jewelry. sins RESALE PRICKS. FINE, GOLD 03 AMD. CNN, ETRUSCAN CAMEO, GARNI CORA\, EARRINGS AN git ONYX “AND JEL BARRIN 'D GOLD BAN. > ND CHAIN BRACKLEM if sean Shee eee Ge Oe om If ‘4 DIAMOND, RINGS ‘hia stops ot CHILDBEN'S GOLD AMULI CHILDREN’S GOLD RINGS. ANO INGA Ln! GOLD WATCH CHAINS. ~~ GOLD THIMB! D BUYL watt AND JEWELRY WRPALRHD. GEOG. A aN [rekon neat Fogate treet, ’ Bargains (a Silver-War. WHOLESALE PRIO! GEO. ©. ALDEN, M1 Broadway, ngas oe Mamonds Bonglt and <old.—Goee. #41, Broudwag, near Fourioeath sigpct, Nis pata A Fer the Holidays+swins, Carvel Qoods.— ee Manufecttring ‘Compan, Lo) tea Rte H¥an Prenent f 4 Charicy.— Man’ aeih creme wan Mraretn kee rion ter it wite or a, Sake Cyr c Delt PepuneAlet ie oe eal ca Pie Drape” One Min. Sdoete = Ro: Havana Lottor’/—The Hl Raton paid all tin, 40 2 ant Sars ; TAYLOK & CO, Bank Jo5,14 Wall airae, Now Cary dears —_———_— AND SaUA Tce au pees, YATAE, AND GPRigit CTANOR, wg rn , yen Ore i saan a ur Hall, 10) and Ut Rast, Mourver aay Provont—A Suey. ka “I York; vornec cu {fe ullom aur’, por a nes 0 beat Vaion san notes New Gena te inte Hoven end Gaundcin Nara «aise fran: tag Oe