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a) NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, WASHINGTON. Mr. Cox’s Speech on Secretary Boutwell and the Syndicate. Zachary Chandler in a Soaring Mood. The Amnesty Debate in the Senate. Passage of the Bill Requiring ti Re- - funding of the Dividend Tax. Mexican Outrages in Arizona and Texas. Awards by the United States and British Mixed Commission. WASHINGTON, D, C., Jan, 31, 1872, Debate on the Amnesty Gill—Ciandler as a Simon Pure Republican. The Senate was interesting to-day only to those Interested in “talk.” It degenerates: daily more and more into a mere speaking machine. Amnesty was, as usual, the only subject of debate or considera- ton after the morning hour, During that Mr. Scott procured the passage of his bill requiring the re- Tunding of the dividend tax collected contrary to Jaw, as now appears, during four months of last year. This pill has had a strong pressure brought im its favor, aa all the leading railroads are in- terested. Senator Chandler took the floor tn opposition to amnesty, As Mr. Saulsbury devoted yesterday in Part to an eulogy of the democracy, and Mr. Schurz to shaping a policy for the “liberal republicans,’ Mr. Chandler, in order to vindicate his right to the posi- tion of party “whip,” seems to have deemed it necessary that his time should be given to a vindl- cation and eulogy of the “Simon pures’ of repubii- canism; and it must be confessed, that, barring the sonnd and fury manner, the tearing of a passion to taviers, and the temper with which he goes ata thing, Mat the Michigan Senator performed his allotted task In @ very effective style. He marshalea the past work of nis party in a taking way, and con- srasted it with the democratic record and the prom- Ise of the “liberals.” Toward the close of his speech, which was evidently made for campaign purposes, the Senator seemed to recollect what the DU was before the Senate, and thereon proceeded to pronounce against 1t in a positive way. Mr. Sum- ner followed, chiefly in reply to Mr. Mor- ml, of Maine, who had made a legal argument against the civil rights amendment, ex- pressing the opinion that it was unconstituttonal, as embracing the idea of interference with the domicthary rights of the citizen, Mr. Sumner occu- pied an hour, and was answerea briefly, but with considerable power and effectiveness, by Mr. Mor- mill, When he closed the Senate adjourned, though Bome of the friends of the pending measure en- eavored to press it toa vote. Apparently there is little intention of doing this on the part of the mt- nority., The Secretary and the Syndicate=—8. 8. Cox on the Report of the Committce. ‘The most important question which has yet come up for discussion by the Forty-second Congress oc- cupied’ the attention of the House to-day. The report of the Committee on Ways and Means sustain- ing Mr. Boutwell’s Syndicate transactions coming up for action, the minority on the committee were so far from understanaing the question at issue that they vittually agreed to the whitewasn- ing Conclusions = of the majority, and only woke up to the opportunity they had lost after twas thrown away. But even Messrs. Kerr, Beck and Brooks insisted on ventilating views, which they only acquired after they nad been hoodwinked, In set speeches instead of a plain, concise ani straightforward report, No such tingular spectacle was ever presented in a Legisia- tive Assembly. The debate snowed what has often been conclusively proved in the HgraLp, that the Secretary of the Treasury failed uveriy in his interpretation of the Funding act of the last Congress, and that his negotiations with the Syndicate had proved a source of great profit to the persons composing it, but of positive loss to tne country, The original qhestions upon which Mr, Cox’s resolution were based and upon which the Committee on Ways and Means reported—namely, whether the act autiorizing the new loan had been misconstrued and whether the nattonal dept had been increased—were completely overshadowed by startling figures showtng the immense profits of the Syndicate, It appears that the gentle- men composing what Mr. Cox persisted in calling the stn de cat and defined as betng derived from sin and cat, made by commissions alone out of the part of the $200,000,000 loau taken by them—that is out of $130,000,000—not less than $773,000, Their whole profits, including the above commissions and the interest received oy them on the sums leit with them on deposit, amounted to not less than $3,659,250, The expenses’ are variously esti- mated at from $800,000 to $400,000, thus leaving a et profit on $120,000,000 of not less than $3,300,000, It is plain that if they made this immense sum of money somebody must have lost it; that if it was lost at all 1t was lost by the Treasury, and that cone sequently the law of Congress must have been vio- lated and the public debt permanently increased, Should the Syndicate be ailowed to place the Whole loan of $1,5.0,000,000, as Secretary Boutwell might well feel himself justified in asking them to do, 1f Congress sustains him in nis past transac tions, the little knot of foreign bankers who have been manipulating the pubiic creait of the United States may have the opportunity of earning the Meat vagatelle of $24,000,000, These facts are so Diain and the blunder of the minority on the Com- mittee on Ways and Means in not giving them in the shapo of @ clear and concise report Ws so patent, that the democratic truckling to the majority on tne one hand and the vanity of people like Beck and Kerr, who are Scarcely Known to the country, in insisting upon speechmaking instead of reporting from their com- Mittee, excites & good deai of comment among the members of the House who take an interest in the question. With Mr. Cox the case is different, It was through his resolution that the report of the Commitiee of Ways and Means was prompted. He ‘8 not @ member of that committee, anda conse- guently ne could not be heard on a mat ter which he bad mstigated except upon the floor of the House. All the speeches ‘wero well done; but ail of them were at variance on very essential points, and the only reaily bold ground taken by anybody was that taken by Mr. Cox. He represented the idea of all the leading merchants and bankers of the country when they asked Congress to pass such laws that hereafter all purchases or sales of the loans or bonds of the Dnited States shall be made by inviting public competition. This he sought to effect not ouly through his epeech, but by Introducing into the House prior to tus discussion the identical bill Which Mr. Boutwell himself had offered in the For- eth Congress, providing for exactly such a mode Of placing the loans of the United States, and de- Claring tas no percentage, reduction, commission orf compensation of any amount or kind, shall be allowed to any person for the negotiation, sale or exchange of any bonds or securities of the Unitea States. And herein was the whole force of tho de- bate and the gist of the whole discussion, If the minority of the Committee of Ways oui Means nad understood this the demo- cratic party could have gone into the next canvass with the warcry against syndicates upon their banners and have fonght the battle of the public credit and a wise fiscal management of the ‘Treasiry ina way more effectively than is now possible for them. Though no action has yet been taken the House will doubtless sustain the com- mittee’s vindication of Mr. Boutwell, and it will bear fruits, soit is said here to-night by more than one leading man, republicans as well as democrats, when the pretty speeches of Kerr, Beck and Brooks are forgotten. American Commerce. The House Committee on Commerce met this morning to discuss the policy that should be pur- sued to secure @ revival of American commerce. Tne only bills before it are those offered by Mr. Lynch, of Maine, and referred to this committee. ‘These bills provide, first, that all materials used in shipbuilding shall be free of duty, through 8 rebate or drawback; second, that use of American mate rials should be encouraged by a bounty equivalent to duty on similar imported materials; third, that all stp stores needed for oreign voyages shall be taken irom bond free of duty; fourth, that certain bounties be pald to steam and other vessels engaged in foreign com- merce, the amount varying with the points of usual trade; fifth, providing for a tonnage tax on ‘Vesseis in foreign trade, with which the proceeds of the bounties given are to be paid; sixth, provid- ing for the abolition of compulsory pilotage and other local and State dues, The committee discussed these and kindred propositions atlength, but reached no conclusions. Secretary Boutwell was present, but made no suggestions. He replied to questions put by members, and shpwed a lively interest in the purposes of the discussion, but had no propositions of his own to oifer. The Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury, charged with an investigation into its management, nad a long session this evening, examining Mr. Johnson, the defaultng clerk in the Treasurer’s office, now awaiting trial for his offence. The Revival of American Shipbuilding. ‘The committee appointed by the National Com- Mercial Convention, held at Baltimore in Octover last, had a Nearing pefore the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs to-day, and presented their theory for the building up of American snipping interests, They wiil to-morrow be heard by the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House. The sub-committee of the House Committee on Commerce, of which Mr. Conger 1s chairman, will report favorably on the bill for the better protection of immigrants and the establishment of a Bureau of Immigration. Terviterial Affairs in Committee. The Committee of Territorial Delegates held a reguiar meeting this morning. The following named delegateg were present:—McCormick, of Arizona; Garfleld, of Washington; Chaffee, of Colorado; Merritt, of Idaho; Hooper, of Utah; Clag- gett, of Montana; Armstrong, of Dakota, and Galli- gas, of New Mexico. The bills now beiore the Sen- ate and the House Uommittees on Territories fixing the pay of members of Territorial Legisia- tares, clerks, &c., providing for mileage and com- pensation of United States Judges, District Attor- neys, Marshals, Clerks of Courts, &c., were considered and amended, and a resolution was udopted to endeavor to have the bilis made general in their operation in the several Territories. The Education bill and its provisions for the application of the proceeds of the sale o1 pubic lands do the Territenes toward educational purposes in the several States ‘Was discussed; as was also the revision of the laws reported from General Butler’s committee affecting appeals from United States Courts to the Supreme Court, eS Mr. Garfield, of Washington Territory, called the particular attention of the Delegates to the Public Land law, which provides only for homesteads for actual settlers on surveyed public lands, ana re- ferred to the Injustice done to many of the settlers, who had in good faith made locations upon unsurveyed lands, and who were after- wards, when ‘the lands were surveyed, compelled to relinquish thelr houses and improvements when happening to be within the scope of railroad and other land grants covering surveyed Jands, Mr. Garfleld’s suggestions that homestead bills be sO amended that the date of settlement on unsurveyed lands may count after the survey as partof the period of five years’ actual occupation requisite towards establishing a homestead claim, was unanimously concurred in, and Messrs, Garfleld, Claggett and Merrett were gelected as a sub-committee of the delegates to confer with the Committees on the Ter- ritories and on Public Lands upon the subject. ‘The Territorial Delegates, now fully organized in committee, with ex-Governor McCormick, of Are- zona, as chairman, and J. H, Riley, of California, as clerk, will meet regularly hereafter during tne session on Monday, at half-past ten o’clock A. M., for the consideration and discussion of all matters pertaining to the Territories, Vbe Mexican Onattle Thicves—Cutthroats and Murderers—The Peopic Along the Kio Grande and on the Borders of Texas and Arizova Invaded by Bandits—Their Cattle Stolen and Sold. in the Face of Mexican Authorities. Yesterday Mr. Conner, tho young light-hatred, smooth-faced member from Texas, introduced in the House a resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, relative to the continued incursions and depredations of Mexican bandits and Indians into the frontiers of Texas bordering on Mexico. If favorably reported upon and adopted § this resolution may iead to vigorous action by our government for the suppression of the crying evils tho people of Texas and the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona have too long been forcea to quietly endure. No debate followed tne presenta- ton of the resolution, 80 that its author did not expiain the reasons governing him; but Mr. Conner, im conversation, shows con- clusively the necessity of the resolation, and for prompt corrective measures, So extensive and suc- cbsstul have been tbe depredations of Mexican bandits along the Texas side of the Upper R10 Grande that he says ‘Texas cattle, bearing Texas brands, are now selling in Mexican towns of the States of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila much cheaper than they can be bought Jn any part o1 Texas. Not having bought or raised them, but simply stolen them and then driven them to market, ‘The Mexican bandits can naturally enougn dispose of them at prices the Texan owners and raisers cannot afford to take, and yet realize very hand- some profits in the sales. Even as far in the interior of Mextco as the cities of Monterey and Saltillo, the capitals of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, Texas cattle have often been disposea of at the low rates mentioned. For hundreds of miles along the Rio Grande on the American side, and for a considerable distance from the banks of the river, countless herds of cattle are constantly pastured. This ts particularly true from a point 800 miles above Brownsville, as far up as Eagle Pass. ‘The owners of these cattle for the most part reside away from these pasture grounds, and but few men are left with the cattie, but few being needed to guard them. The Mexi- can bandits know this, and, profiting from tne abe sence of defenders of the cattle, cross the Kio Grande In bands, hastily gather together hundreds of head, recross, aud then quietly and at their ease and leisure, dispose of the booty upon Mexican soil they have obtained upon American soil. They are gen- erally guided in their rascally incarsions by Mexi- cans who have previously visited the Texas pasture grounds upon various pretexts—generally the feigned one of seeking for employment—ana thus, acting a8 spies, notice where the best nerds are lo- cated, and so are afterward enabled to taxe their fellows tn crime at once to cattie poorly guaraed or not guarded at all. The bandits = al- ways avoid encounters with the cattle owners a8 much as possible, robbery of the cattle and pot of money or persona) goods, or murder, being their object. Thoy are, however, invariably Weil armed, and if resisted or iterfered with, do not hesitate to shed blood, and guite a nomber of Texans have that way been Killed by them. Moon- light nights are generally selected for their incor- sions, and in consequence Texas cattle owners dread such nights now much more than those of complete darkness. Rempants of the Kickapoo and Semi- nole tribes of Indians, once domuodiliated in the United States, but now residing in the Mexi- can State of Coahuila, are specially noted for the number, bolaness and success of their incurstons, and live mostly from the proceeds of their sales of stolen Texas cattle, For years the people o1 Tex: have suffered from these depredations, As far back a 1860 they Were periodically robbed, but since the cloge of our clvi) war they have beep the woras de | polled, cattle ralsing having been largely increased since then, and of late months the robberies have more than doubled. The civil war to-day going on in Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, hav- ing given renewed impetus to Mexican rascality in those States, augmented the number of Mexican cattle thieves and caused a greater demand for cattle of all kinds, For years the people of Texas Bnve complained of these outrages to their own government and the Mexican authorities, The first has repeatedly remonstraved witn the govern- ment of Mexico, but thus far to no practical effect, the Mexican government veing either unwilling or unabvle—probably a little of both—to remedy the evils complained of, The Mexican authorities along the Rio Grande, at least, have been culpably unwilling to do their duty. Repeatedly have robberies been proven to them by despolled Texans, the robbers Potnted out and cattle identified, but to no avail The robbers were not arrested nor vhe cattle = returned. Mr. Conner, who 4s well informed as to what he says, having served immediately after our civil war along the Rio Grande for two years or more asa Captain of United States regulurs, believes these Mexican au- thorities are generally associates of the robbers and incerested in their illicit gaing, Occasionally, how- ever, they do pounce upon the rascals and take the stolen cattle away from them; but not for purposes of restitution, but simply for increased gain, selling the cattle and themselves pocketing che proceeds, The depredations having reached a point almost beyond endurance, the Texans affected by them have sent one of their number here—Colonel Willams, of San Antonio, to represent their augmenting wrongs to the government, and it was the presence of this commissioner in the city that principally led to the Presentation of Mr, Conner’s resolution. Colonel Willams will ere long be examined by the Com- mittee on Foreign Kelations, as provided by tho resolution, and the ead, starting tale he wilt unfola to the committeemen will, no doubt, satisfy them tbat vigorous actions by out government for the redress of the outrages committed and daily being committed by Mexican bandits and Indians slong the Rio Grande cannot be too soon or firmly taken. In this connection a reference to some wrongs inflicted by the Mexicans of Sonora upon citizens of the Ter- ritory of Arizona becomes appropriate, espectally as Governor Satfold, of that Territory, has, under date of wvecember 29, informed secretary Fish that the outrages have of late tn- creased in number instead of diminished, fhere the robberies are not so numerous or extensive, because of a smaller and less flourishing population, as in Texas; but they are more shock- ing and revolting, being always accompanied with the murder of oneor more Americans, The stage route from £) Paso, Texas, to San Diego, Cal., whictf 1s nearly identical throughout the whole distance as the route contemplated for the pro- posed Texas Pacific Railroad through Arizona, rans near the Mexican border, at times not more than ten miles distant and seldom over forty miles, The relay stations are far apart, settlements are few, and the means of mutnal assistance between the inhabitants for re- sistance to attacks very imited, all of which the many bandits of Sonora turn to good advantage for themselves in often repeated ‘raids into Sonora for robbing ana murdering purposes. Governor Saf- fold in his letter to Mr. Fish reports no less than three raids of the kind for December, in which as many relay stations were pillaged, the lives of six Americans sacrificed, and the booty en to Sonora, and there disposed of in broad day and without hindrance from the authorities, At one of the stations the keeper, named Wright, had his head chopped off, and at another station the keeper, J. W. Baker, was killed, together witn Is wife and an assistant, and his child was left to die from cold and starvation." These murders have caused great excitement in Arizona, and if redress is not afforded soon and security for the future guaranteed them the inhab- itants, Governor Saffold greatly fears, will take the matter into their own hands, organize an armed expedition, invade Sonora, and there seex and pun- ish tae robbers and murderers, That the redress wanted and due by Mexico will be given, and secu- rity for tne future furnishea is unfortunately hardly to be expected, so that the violent proceedings of the Arizonians apprehended by their Governor may as well occur as not, and thus cause very serious complications between our government and Mex- 1co. In past cases of-similar outrages, ali remon- strances with the Mexican authorities have invaria- bly done no good, and all demands for atonement and reparation proved worthless. Governor Pesquetra, of Sonora, and the other State oficers, have for sev- eral years been at loggerheads with President Juarez and the federal officers, and they lay all the blame for the outrages mutually upon each other. The town of Alta, situated about forty-five miles from the Arizona borders, is the principal headquarters of the Sonora bandits, and there these have often been traced by Arizonians, pointed out to the authorities, their crimes charged and proven, but never have any arrests followed, The Mexican authorities, both national and State, main- tain that the Extradition Treaty with the United States only provides for the giving up by Mexico of American fugitives from American justice, and not for Mexican (ugitives, and so refuse to give up their bandits ropbing Texas cattle owners, pillaging Arizon:an posts and stations and murdering Ameri- can citizens upon American soil, for trial by american Courts. And as for their Courts, they learnediy clatm that these are clearly incompetent for the trial of Mexican citi zens tor deeds committed beyond Mexican territory, and thus the Mexican bandits are left un- molested and unpunished. As the case stands, then, the people of Texas and Arizona have nore dress withio their reach, unless, ceasing to practice forbearance to unceasing wrongs, they now take the matter in thelr own hands, and in Mexico mete out justice to the offending Mexican bandits. The resolution of Mr. Connor, s0 well timed and appropriate, it 1s to be hoped will yet and promptly eventuate acts of redress and security that will place the said people out of the painful dilemma they are now in, of submitting to continued incursions, raids, depredations and mur- ders, or of becoming themselves law-breakers in order to end their wrongs, Awards by the United States and British Mixed Commission—Important Decisions. In the United States and British Mixed Commis- sion to-day, in the case of Thomas Ward vs, The United States, No. 1, the following award was made:— Without expressing any opinion upon the effect to be given to the evidence of Thomas Ward aod Sarah Ward, the Commissioners are of ‘We opinion that the receipts and vouchers given by acknowledged ofMicers of the army at the me show that the cotton was taken from the claimant for the use of the United States. ‘This we think sufficient in the absence of all countervailing proof to show the taking by the Unived States, Nothing appears to indicate that it was taken as enemies’ property, and the question of Tight 4o to take therefrom 1s not involved, It was taken nine days aiter the capture of Wilmington, N.C, the United States, and _ tne possession of the lace =was afterwards continued in the United States, upon the tacts before us, bre to that at tne time of the takitug of the property the place was ‘“eneintes’ territory.” We agree, there- fore, that the Claimant {3 entitled to compensation for the property, the amount being the average value of cotton usually produce? in that neighbor. hood, with interest at six per cent per annum until danuary 31, 1873, We therefore award that we gum of $620 44 be pald by the government of the United States to the government ot Her Britan- nic Majesty in respect to the claim of Thomas Ward. This award is Rif in gold, In the cases of George Adjam vs. The United States, No. 10; Francis Doyle vs, The United States, No. 46; David Robert vs. The United States, No. 47, and James Tongue vs. Tre United States, No. 49, tue baving been submitted om demurrer on prinie arguments, the bye a are of the opinion that in the cases of George Adlam, David Robert and James Tongue the question is raised as to whether, in consequaniee of the claimants having declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States and to renounce their allegiance to her Brivaunic Majesty, they have ce: to be British subjects within the meaning of the treaty. We are Of the opinion that, notwithstanding tne claimants having expressed this intention, they will remain British subjects until the necessary formalities have been completed in addition to the intentions so expremed, in all the cases there appeat to be statements in the memoriais which may possibly furnish ground for ability on the part of the United States. Tero are, however, many items of the claims for wnich, under no circumstances, can there be such jtabtiity. In the case of Chas, K. Cleworth, for instance, the United States cannot be liable for any injury caused by the shells thrown in the attack upon Vicksburg; aad in that of James Tongue there can be no lia bility except for the lumber, for which a receipt is said to have been given. Tne demurrers are over- A. D, Palmer vs, the United States, Moore vs. the United States, No. on printea arguments for the de- the claims are disallowed, adjourned until to-morrow. Manufacturers Before the Finance Com- mittee. Judge Comstock, of Onondaga, and Mr. Fitznugh, of Saginaw, had a hearing before the Senate Com- mittee on Finance this morning on the sub- Ject of salt, They argued against @ re duction of duty, The committee also re- ceived @ de'egation of manuiacturers of tron, woollens, &c. Joseph Wharton. of Philadelpma, made an address, favoring protection generally. ‘These manufacturers are {rom New York and Penn- sylvania, including a representative of the National Association of Bar Iron Manufacturers of Pittsburg. Senator Scott was with them, Currency Statement, ‘The following 1s the official statement of United States currency outstanding at this date;— The cases of No, 17, and 67, are submit fence onty, and The Old demand notes..... $92,681 Legal tenders, new issue. 146,627,447 Issue Of 1869....+++0+ 210,872,563 | One year notes of 1863. 118,187 Two year notes of 1863 87,762 Two coupon notes of 1863. 31,952 Compound interest notes...... 672,480 Fractional currency, first issue. 4,391,783 Fractional currency, second issue. 3,100,686 Fractional currency, third issue ......... 4,513,278 Fractional currency, fourth issue, first series .......... sreseesees ceoseeee 18,602,585 Fractional currency, fourth issue, second SETICB.....000056 + 9,920,682 ‘Toral.. fy «$399, 067,070 The Receipts trom Internal Revenue during the fiscal year to date are $76,549,676, The receipts during the month ended to-day were $11,040,036, The consolidation of revenue districts cannot be carried into effect until the close of the Present fiscal year, ending June 30 next. The Com- missioner must first be advised of the action of tne several States under the Apportionment bill before the number of collectors and assessors whose ser- vices may be dispensed with can be definitely ascer- tamed, Counterfeit Notes in Clrenletion. The Secret Service Bureau of the Treasury De- partment report that the only counterfeit twenties on the national banks of New York, known to the bureau, are on the National Bank of Commerce, Merchants’ National Bank, National Shoe and Leather Bank, Tradesmen’s National Bank and Oneida National Bank, of Utica, These counter- feits were all printed {rom the same plates, the only difference being in the name of the bank, printed on the face of the note. The plates are now in pos- session of the bureau, and it 13 supposed that moat of the Impressions were captured with the plates, Conscience Moncey. A letter to the Treasury Department, from an anonymous correspondent at New York, sends $100 ‘due the government,” the result of self- examination, A aespatch was received at the Internal Revenue office to-day from Austin, Texas, which announces the sudden death at Corsicano of Assistant Assessor Coyle Bagleys, on the 28th ult, The Department has reason to believe that there has been foul play, and awaits fuller particulars, . Additional Commissioners to tho Philadelphia Mint. The President has appointed as additional Com- missioners at the trialof the pyx, on the 12th of February, at the Philadelphia Mint, Professor George Davidson, of San Francisco, and R. W. Tayler, First Comptroller of the Treasury. Generals Horace Porter and 0. E, Babcock, of the | President's staff, leave here to-morrow evening for New York, in obedience to the summons received to Sppear before the investigating committee, A Contest for a Clerkship. To fill a vacancy in the Post Office Department, caused by the resignation of a first class clerk in the Money Order Division, twenty-two persons pre- sented wemselves and were examined, and of the three designated as most suitable the Postmaster General has appointed one to succeed to the vacancy. Nominations by the President. The following Nominations were sent tothe Senate to-day:— Postmasters—8. Cord, at Mason City, lowa; J. H. Allen,*at Maquaketa, Iowa; Lewis Lambright, at Middietown, Ohio; Baltzer Ss. Young, at New Lisbon; Qhio; Jeremiah Olark, at Leavenworth, Kansas, CALIFORNIA. The Japanese Arrived nt Sacramento—De- parture of the Japan and China Mails Post- poned—Auother Expedition in Search of the Treasures Supposed To Be inthe Sunken Frigate Lercadia. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 30, 1872, The Japanese party, numbering 106 persons, left for the East this morning in @ special train, con+ sisting of five palace cars, At Sacramento to-night the Embassy was received by the Legislature, The ship Valparaiso, from Newport, Wales, has arrived. ‘The Mariposa estate was sold to-day; it was pur- chasea by Judge Heydenteldt for $800,000, in the imterest of the Mariposa Land and Mining Com- pany of New York. The sailing of the steamship China for Japan and China has been postponed to Suniay, on account of the snow blockade on the Union Pacific Railroad delaying the mails. ‘The steamship Moses Taylor sailed this morning for Ecuador with divers and macninery for raising tne sesaeure sunk 10 the Spanish irigate Lercadia, Ly The California Senate refuses to pass to a third reading & resolution recommending the adoption of & government postal telegraph system. CENTENNIAL OF AMEBICAN INDEPENDENCE, TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 31, 1872, A meeting was held in the Assembly Room to-day to inaugurate a movement to give New Jersey her position in the great centennial of American inde- pendence to be held in Philadelphia, July 4, 1876. Governor Parker presided and made a speech, tracing the history of tne State in the struggles of the Revolution. Colonel Peyton, of Camden, offered a series of resolutions, and explained the object of the meet- ing. Mr. Orestes Cleveland then addressed the meeting, giving some further explanation of the grand design of this anniversary. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS, Witham Tarbox, a guard at the State Prison, Thomaston, Me., shot himself yesterday morning. ‘The house and barn of Zenas Cushman, an aged resident of Plympton, Mass,, were burned Ler Porubvea wins eames. eee oe: ae The Constitutional Convention at Charleston, W. Va., is holding short dally sessions, awaiting reports from com. mittees berore beginning active busiuess. Lucian J. Reynulds, brakeman on tne Providence and Worcester Railroad, fell from the freight train at Waterford, Tuesday night, and was fatally crushed. He leaves a family. The Massachusetts State Temperance Alliance, at their meeting in Boston yesterday, appointed a committee to make arrangements for a conference of all the temperance organizations in New England. New te iron piston rods have been put into the air chamber of the fitteen-inch gun carriage chasals, at Fortress Monroe, Va. The gun has been fired fiteen or twenty times, and everything now works admirabiy. ‘The special committee at Albany, ap] the charges made by the Working the Capitol Commission, neld a No testimony of importance was Governor Parker, of General G, Mott, ot Bordentown; General Frank Price, of Bergen county ; General Joon A. Wildrick, of Warren county, and Genera! William J. Sewall, of Camden, as bis staff. The raliway accident near Lock Haven Monday night hap- ned to & train on the branch road of the Pennsylvania Cen- ral Raliroad which runsto Erie, Pa., and not on the Erie Railway, as the despatch of yesterday seemed to convey. ‘The jury io the case of Montague, at Ayimer, Quebec, tried for the murder of Macauley in an election riot, have & verdict Of common assault, The evidence proved the deceased to have been the biow struck producin, The government cases aganst numerous apothecaries in Boston’for neglecting to mamp articies exposed. for sal were adjusted yesterday by the apothecaries paying into United States Court » compromised sum to cover the fi imposed by the statute, ‘The jury in the Marlow murder case, at Maysville, N. Y., ‘was completed yesterday morning, 825 talesmen having been examined, Tue jury te reported’ ag of an unusually Tovelll gentcharacter. District Attorney £. R. Beaty ed the case e part of the people, There is but itie excite- ment bere concerning the trial. The Trinity Episcopal church on Madison Coving tov, Kyo was gamaged by fite Tuesday evenitg to te amount of $4,000; insured ton Insurance Com- ington, Durin; tached inted to investigate Assembly agaivst yesterday moroing. ted. has appointed Mine “fren h i fire a horse toa ay and fatally injured a bi = ously iajuring Joan Kothott, etalon’. ee ‘he Chicago Sanitary Superinte: there were nineteen deaths trom Teport sbows that mali Wreck, ond declares that the disease ie ot theron” ere Are now twenty-six patients In the new, and eight in the old Dosptial. Mn, Vy Roace rosecuted for not er| cases. Dr. Rauch velfeves Fitensely cold weather bas increased ihe cpidemion be The Massachusetts Woman SufTrage Associ in session yesterday in Boston, and was pected y es an, William Lloyd Garrison, Lucy Stone Black well, Annie ©. Garlin, bed pad ‘W. Campbell, Elizabeth K. Churchill, Julla Ward ) Stephen Foster and other bm yg & the Sane Resolu: pol] embodying the de- oo geo Were adopied. The attendance JERSEY'S GREAT “LEAR” CASE. Second Day of the Trial at New Brunswick. Another Crowded Court and Another Eiition of the Strange Story—Old Whitehead Again on the Stand—He Raises a Laugh on Cortland Parker—A Fine Subject for Temperance Men's Interference—The Man Bax- tor in Court—The Details of His Own Alleged Villany— Increased Excitement. The interest deepens in the great Jersey ‘Lear’ case. The usually quiet town of New Brunswick is particularly excited over the matter. The court room yesterday was again crowded almost to sul- focation, The proceedings were contined to the continuation of the old man’s testimony and of Baxter's, the perfitious valet, The testimony of the latter, considering the witness’ had reputation and ita strongly positive character, 1s already discredited, while the easy, self-possessed } bearing of the accused enlists popular fecling in their behalf, The defendants watch the trial with care, Mr. Willetts and wife were attenced by the father of the former. There were other friends with them. The lady defenaants were attired in biack, and wore lace veils, save when the neat of the room became oppressive. They were devoid of jewelry except diamond earrings. When old Mr. Whitehead left the stand he saluted his daughters and they called him ‘ather’ while shaking his hand, THE TESTIMONY, The following testimony was taken:— Samuel Whitehead, Sr., was again called to the stand, Mr, Henry Gordon acting ay ear-trampeter. Mr. Whitehead continaed his direct examination as tollow: ‘The #x government vonds for 6,000, before refern he gave to Mra. Wiletts, as he was worth nothing; he them at the house at Will somewhere at the bank tor safe keepin that they would be returned after the tri PROBECUTOR—State what other bonds, mortgages or other securities, and what amount, yon placed in the possession of ‘Theodore Willetts and 8. J. Willetts, his wife or elther uf them prior to the tire? WITNESS—Close to $40,000, This last question was to show the motive, and the witness was passed over for cross-examination, Mr. Parker, with tne aid of a speaking tube, at- tempted to put the question. He tailed, however. On cross-examination witness swore that Mrs. Yates has two littie children—boys; they are five and ten years of Age, respectively ; they were in’ the house the nigit of the fire—up staira in the other side of the house; bave lived six or seven months in the ho lary Palmer kept house for him; had known her since 8 a little girt; sived all inst sunmer with the Willetts and Yateses; went to Williams. burg last December a year ago; during the summer and fall after the fire, was staving at Williamsburg ; left Washing- ton six or seven days after the fire and was there two or three days; before the fire Mra, Yates lived in the old house; don’t know whero the devil she lived for three years betore the fire; Mr, Willetts was backward and forward from Wil- Mameburg; when witness went to New York he would stop at Mrs, Willette’ ; from December, 1870, to April, 1871,_ realded with Mra, Willetts, at Williamsburg; didn’t remember Squire Dobbs serving a paper upon him requiring him to be exam- ined before him; never slept in the pottery; » friend told him that bis sons wanted to PUT HIM IN THE MADHOUBR, and he would run them to the devil before he would go; when the 40,000 in bonds were given there was a receipt for the same; when these defendants were indicted he went their bail, and at that time did not say the thing was a damned lie and bosh, Witness said to the lawyer Parker, “You had bet- ter stayed home.” This remark caused the greatest merriment at Parker's expense, On tho night of the fire, witness continued there was a colored girl in ‘the kitchen; didn’t know where this colored girl was; generally drank a bottle of rum a week; Baxter gave the rum to drink in a tumbier, but he (Baxter) didn’t drink; went up the stairs to his bed on his hangs and feet enerally went to bed about eight or nine oclock; jaxter followed witness to the bedroom and gave him more rum; he then set the bottle on the bureau and told Whitehead to drink freely and it would make him sleep sound; the lamp was set out at the head of the statra; did not know what ume he woke up, of his own knowledge, on the night of the fire; was nick four or five weeks after the fire; did not tell Dr. Morris at Williamsburg Shat hop se} firg vo bimeell did not tell a Mra. Christian either; after the fire there was NOTHING LEPT BUT THE BUTTONS on his clothes; atter he came ‘rom Wiilainsburg he went be- fore Squire Dobbs and made complaint against James Baxter; atthat time and before Squire Dovbs he did not charge the colored gir! with assisting Baxter ; William White head and Mr. Willetts went along; witness said he would put the whole of them ma line and punish them all; did not know when he came back from Wiliiamsburg; was on good terms with Willetts; employed counsel in thie case (James Whitehead went to this witness and spoke to him when the Court ordered him to desist); that person was his son; witness has five sons; John Whitehead brougtt him to New Brunswick ‘from Washington; only came to see Schenck when he came to New Brunswick; came tor that purpose alone; told Mr, Schenck the fee was not an every day one, and that he must work harder; had never talked with bis sons about the matter; if he could a morning Messra. Yates and Willetts came to Washington Saas to the Lo the noase Mr, Willetts sald io me, “Jimmy yoo, bave mi A VERY BAD JOB OF THIS,” T told him I could make it no better; Mrs. Yi the old man untill such time as he could do alone; after a time Mr. Willets came to me and wanted me to &, to New Brunswick and get ten cents worta of strys 3; he asked me if , and +handed me man's bureau; when be drank of itand he beca then I was to carry him’to the well and throw bim in, 60 that it would seem as if he had gone for water ana falien in; E told him T could not do this, as I coula not carry the old. man; nothing further was ‘sald until a few days after, when Willetts came to the stable and said, “Jimmy, now {t ts time this job was through:” he told me to get a heavy piece of iron and go to the loft of the stable; when ola Whitehead came to this loft I was to give bim a heavy blow on the head: Willetts said that C must hit lim hard, and if he the death would be attributed to an acci- dent; Wi said he could do the deed with his after this occurred we went to breakfast, when I went again to the stubles Willetts came and said f bad made a job ot {tin allowing the ol"! man to reach the brick yards; nothing more war done uatiljthe old man went to New York; Willetts then came to me and sald, “This job must be finished to-morrow night, aad the old man must fot come to the house:” then MRS. YASES HANDED MEA PISTOL; this occurred in the sitting room of the house at Washing. ton; the pistol was small; had seven barrels, all loaded could be put in ti iT put it in my pocket (pistol shown, and tuily nothing further was done at this time than I have detailed the next morning Mr, Willetts caine home and said he wanted me at the briex yard; Twent, and then he told me to go in the corn in tront of the house and wait unt)! the old mau came howe; aiter the old man passed I was t followhimto the gate; when I got there 1 was to hold the pistol two inches below the left ear and not Jeave the old man nutil dead; Lwas then to go to the house und remain witil called to suppers if any suspicion fell upon me he would see that £ would get to Brooklyn; that day I went to New Brunswick and then to New York; 1 slept at the Pickwick @House the next day went to Yonkers, and after remaining there @ day or two T caine to Paterson; Lieft Washington to save my own lite; AT PA’ I worked [for Mr. Hoxsie, wh Tout; moved from Paterson to South Beliville, to work; Jim Coaxton was boss; at Bellville T passed by the name of George Smith ; I procured three or four letters to be written to Mr, Yates, Counsel for State called upon the defendants to produce these letters, Mr. Parker desived him to prove the rece1y of tetters. ‘The counsel for the State was about to inquire into their convents when Mr. Parker objected, Prosecutor to Baxter—Did you receive any letter in reply? (Objected to and sustaine!.) At Betiville a man my boas; 30N ‘as acontractor for a raile came ww see me; he went first to the person that came was William Yates; Yates and 1 talked abous things at Wasiington, and money dve trom Willette; Yotes told me that | had better stop where T was until the old man was out ot the wa} wien T could work for himzafter this talk we nad dine Yates retired at the Mansion House; he wanted me o Washinuton on Saturday might, #0 a8 to arrive at Iwas to remain untti Monday; when ie to une he handed me a 84 bil to Y to as T crossed the being certain that I did tt, and 1 told him f was; t nad letters written to Mr, Charles White; had one under the as sumed name of Smith, while the other had no name signed 8 shown witness); these were received by me; they vero all jn envelopes when I revelved them; they were re- ceived after 1 had written to Yates (a piece was torn out of one of these letiers); that was torn out by a miller who wanted a piece of writing paper; there was no writing apon the piece, Papers were about to be offered in evidence, bat the Court would not permit tt Baxter was then passed over for cross-examina- tion to the defendants’ counsel. Cross-examined—Baxter Is the name I go by; was born in Lee, Essex, England, fifty years ago; my name ts James Baxter; have a mother; have a brother named Tom Ramp- ling; my name is James Rampling; worked in a was factory 5 didnot leave on account of # tre there; have a wife an eluldren, Baxter gave a nezative answer to all the questions put as to certain incredible events in his lite, The questions would seem to .ndicate that Baxter's life had been a bsit one. This closed the proceedings for the day, and the Court adjourned till this morning. NEW YORK CITY. The National Rifle Association has taken measures to secure grounis for a range for rifle practice within easy access of the city. A meeting of the directors of the association will be held at the First Headquarters on the oth inst, The petition prepared for the signature of dee positors, praying that the application of Mrs. Sarah Mackey, to throw the Market Savings Bank into bankruptcy may ve denied, on the ground that the legal expenses would swallow up whatever may be saved from he general wreck, has Only been signed by three or four persons, representing compara- tively insignificant amounts, Herman Stiffen, a German, sixty years of age, ree siding at 446 West Twenty-ninth street, was taken suddenly il and fell at the corner of Thirty-first street and Tout avenue iast night. Upon his bein removed to the othce of the Hudson River Rall he immediately expired, ‘The Coroner has been no- tufled and will aold an inquest to-day, ® Last night, as John Gaffney, of 37 West Thirteenth street, was driving down Seventh avenue, bis horse took fright neay the corner of Forty-fifth street and ran away. Gafiuey was thrown outof the wagon and severely injured about the head. He was re- moved to the Tweuty-sccond preciuct station house have "luck he would save more money and give to each of his children portions of ft; hold notes Against all the children, save Mrs. Yates; used to give the boys money and take notes in payment ; nai LOANED THE BOYS OVER SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR: had made advances to all the children out of his estate; had not yiven the bovs apy lands within three months; assigned A quit claimof clay iand across the river to the boys; ne also gave a quit claim deed of the island property; he used to charge nis sons $2,500 per year rent, but they didn’t pay ft. Counsel for the State objected to the cross-exami-+ nation as pursued by the counsel for the aerendants, ‘They were of the opinion that it should be a marter to pe introduced by the defence. The counsel then put no more questions of this kind, Witness continued :—Never told Thomas Crozier that the fire was accidental; he NEVER BET FIRE TO HIMBRLT; did not before going to the Squire's tell Martin Nevins, John Brown, Dr. Thompson, Robert L. Serviss or many ouhers that the colored girl helped to set fire to the place, This closed the old man’s testimony, and the Court took @ recess. At two P. M. James Baxter was brought into Court, sworn and piace:| upon the witness stand. Mr. Parker, counsel for the defence, took legal’ ex- ceptions to his being sworn, ‘The testimony of the witness was attentively lis- tened to by acrowded court room, It was as fol- lows:— I lived, in the month of July, 1670, with Mr. Whitehead, at Washington ; I bad lived with ‘them from the 5th of April before that; I was trst emploved by Mr Willetts, ut Castle Garden, to ‘work upon # farm and brick yard; it was anew yard; Mr, Willetts paid me for my services there; my duty was that of ® general character; had no charge Of anyvocy, but” 1 atiended to’ Mr. Whitehead ; bring im water and putting him to bed; waited on him woen Mr es was Tol at home: Mra. Yates was familiarly called ases” by the household; I can NEITHER READ NOR WRITE; Mr. Willetts in 1870 lived at Wiliamsburg; Mr. Willetts had a room in, the house at Washington; 1t was on the second floor, front; Mr. and Mrs. Yates bad the back part of the house; Mr. Whitehead hac a room nextto them; Mr. Willetts usuaily came to Washi “aert on Monday and returned to Brooklya on saturday; he superiutended the brick yard; about twonty-seven inen were employed in the yard: “Mr. Yates attended very little to the brick yard; he was a boatman, but did not then pursue his employment, for the reason that bis eyea bad been injured in burning brust Mrs. Wiiletts came to Washington but little; July, 1870, and stayed’ at Mre. Yate came there to fo to a picnic held the = evenin; the party that went were Mr. Whitehead ani myself; Mi wife and Mr. and Mrs, Yates walked; the pay remained until eleven o'clock ; after taking care of the r whole orse I went to the sitting room ana found all there and busy talking; they told me, as I had been out Jate I need not go to work next day he next day, after drenkfast, 1 went to Mrs, Yates’ roome; no one was there; Mra. Yates'then came in, sat down on the side of the bed where I was iying; shetoid ‘me about Mrs. Willetis faliing down the night before as she came from the picnic, and that Dr. Thom; been sent for; she told me that Mrs. Willetts was in # delicate situation; then in. me Mrs. Willetts, foliowea by her busband; Mr. Willetts said, “I wish the old b——r was out of the way, and then I cold carry on the business to (4 acy ” boy Mtge sali she “wouldn't begrudge $2, e Was Out of the way: she then ant down on another bed, and Mr. Willetts left. > WHAT JIMMY WAS TO GFT FOR “DOING” THE OLD MAN. ‘Sie said, “Jimmy, you are the only man we can trish to do this, as you Lave the whole care of the old mu you shall have $1,000, 2 per nd a bottle of the best Tum every week; I will go home to Brooklyn and telegraph to Mr. Willetts and Mrs. Yates to come to New York when I get home, and when you get tired living with us we will build you ® house, where you can live by yourse:’;” at {his time in came Dr. Thompson; alter consulting outside the door with Mra, Willetts tne doctor came in and asked what was the matter with me; Ltoid him I did not feel well ; he told me to take care of myself ; on the same day Mra. Wil: Jetts and Yates and Mr. Willetts left for Brooklyn ; they stayed away until the following Monday; during this time Mr. Whitebead was on bad ‘and AT MARY PALMER's; Mrs, Yates and Mr. Wiliettscame back on the Monday; Mrs. Yates on that aight gave mea bottle of rum, saying that was what Mrs, Willetts had ised me; on Wednesday a telegram came for Mr. Willett goto New Vork; after dinner Mr. Stee. (aod Mr. + Yates started for New York; ey ‘me jons to take care of the place and Mr. Whiteboad bis sup ir; berore they left they instructed ‘oom of Willetts what to do when the old man Willetts told me to fet A.quantity of kerosene phei of Whitehoad, give Whitehead a nd after he was gone to bed to set tne oll Iwas to go to New Brunswick me {n came home; ofl, spread if upon t and they would be home in a \d make A GOOD JOB OF IT; ola Whitehead came home at ten minutes past six, and asked where Anna was; I told him that she had been tele- Gite for, as Mre. Willets was fil; he said, Oy — = they better stop at home and mind their business," he sat down on the lounge in the altting room; J gave him a crink of brandy—Jamaica brandy; he slept ‘on the lounge untli after nine, when | awoke him and gave him bis supper; at past 'ten he went to ved; I carried water up and also ‘which I put on the bureau; I put bim to bed after undre: him; turned the lamp down and then went down stairs twenty-tive min- e th he floors f went out and pulled the door 10; Mr, Whitel then yelied “Fire;" I went down to the front of the house and yelled “Fire,” too; Mr. Caariee Whitebead Was the first to sated LI f oe! wae ose rection A i house, and went through oan old man coming in; the fre was extini Charles and the doctor wero in the room with U said, “THIS 18 A PUT UP JOB, T remained with old man Whitehead until morning i the Wim at Valeo" Guu Uoarpe wld me to. wal wali they iiletts an ut Charles came, but meantime I was to take care of the old man; night Mrs. C th juest of this lady D t wont to New. Brunswick and tele; hed for Mr. Yates Yates eo with the ol e home; Mrs. id tan’ all "bight; ihe meat and attepded by Dr. Roburg, after which oe was removed to the West Side Hospital. Ata special mecting of the pficers of the Twenty* gecond regiment, heid Tuesday evening, a resola- tion was passed tendering the thanks of the regl- mentto the members of the Fire Department who were present at tie fire in the armory. ‘The report that the turaiture of the armory Was fully msured 13 erroneous. ‘The uninsured ‘loss sustatued will amount to falty $4,000, ali of wuich will have to be borne by the regiment, OBITUARY. General William Thompson. General William Thompson, a veteran of the wat of 1812, died in this eity on Tuesday. He was eighty years of age. General Thompson served with Andrew Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, holding the commission of Quartermaster General under the hero of the fight. He resided in New Orleans. at one period of his life, and wielded con- siderable political power ta the Southera city. General Thompson expired in Bellevue llospital from the infirmitics aatural to the advanced age Which he nad attained. A Veteran of France and Celebrity of Paria. M. Fornicl, a very remarkable personage, has just diea in Paris. He was, during the laver years of hie hife, a dealer in walking sticks ; the dean, in fact, of that trade, and expired at the age of 102 years and three months. He lived in the Rue Pouer, where he was Kuown as the Boule @or, the golden ball, from the sign he had put up over his modest estabiisument. Fornicl began life under Louls XV., at the age of only four years, as @ pastry cook’s assistant. Under Louis rose to be an errand boy the offices of the Department During the first Revolution, reign of terror and reign of Napoleon the First, he was a soldier. At Lobau the Warrior-Linperor decorated nim with his own hands, When the french chieltain fell from ower, Fornici became successively sexton, travel- fing dentist and finally settled down to the quiet employment of vending walking-sticks, at of Finance. Count De Luredan, During the prevalence of the vioient storm of wind which swept over France and England on January 5 the Count de Larédan ventured into the street, but had not proceeded more than a fewsteps from his residence, in the Place Frochot, Paris, when @ chimney pot fell upon him and kuled him instantly. His father lost his life in precisely the same malner in the year 1850. TERRIFIC RAILROAD SMASH-UP AT NEWARK. A smash-up took place on the New Jersey Raile road at Newark last evening, about seven o’clock, which, happily, was unattended with loss of life or limb. The Phifadelphia train which leit New Yore at half-past six had just passed over the through train bridge across the Passaic, Simultaneously along came the Rahway train passing round the Gentfe Street curve. It was ten minutes belind time. The engine of the Pniladelpnia train struck tho third car of the other knocking it off the track. The only cars damaged were the third and fourth cars of the way traiu. The other was scarcely scratched. The wildest excitement prevailed among passen- gers and throughout the city of Newark, as the report spread that many lives were lost. Two ladies fainted, The escupe from a frightful catastrophe 19 properly regarded as the most miraculous on record. run NORTH CAROLIVA LEGISLATURE. Education and Prison Retorm=Tho State Prioting@AMrmat of General Ransom’s Election—The vebt of the State and New Apportionment. RALEIGH, N. C., Jan. 31, 1872, The Legislature is maturing an important educa tional bill. Acommittee of the Senate ts investigating the Penitentiary fraods, It condemns much of the work of the contractors and appoints an ¢ rienced civil engineer and stone mason to superin- tend the work. ‘The Committee on Printing has awarded the State printing to William A. Hearo, of the Daily Caroti- nian (democratic). ‘Tne General Assembly compared the United States Senatorial vote to-day, when General M, W, Ransom ‘was declared duly clected, The State debt and the redistricting of the State under the Apportionment act are the most impor tant matiers belore the Legislature,