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a © WASHINGTON. Passage of the Education Bill by the House, poe MERCHANT MARINE Plans for Its Revival—Bills To Be Intro- duced Providing Subsidies for Ship- builders—The China Mail—A Na- tional Shipping Registry. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY. Whe Republican Caucus and the * National Convention. WASHINGTON, Feb, 8, 1872, ‘Business in the House—Mr. Cox Expatiai ee a Boomerang—The House Comp! the Drawing for Seate—A Laugh at Mr. Randall, The Educational bill passed to-aay as amended esterday, and immediately upon its passage the Ronee of redrawing seats was brought up. With- ‘out much skirmishing the question was breught to Wvote and the drawing ordered. Mr. Cox, being entitled to an hour in wnich to close the debate, had @ccasion to make one of his very funny hes, which kept the House in a roar of jughter. The members all gathered around him, forming a “standing committee.’? Mr. Cox took exception to the word “boomerang,” which Mr, 'W. A. Roberts, of New York, had applied to him @uring this discussion, and, to show how unjust the application to him was, he sent Webster’s Una Dridged Dictionary to the Clerk’s desk to have the definition of that word read. This produced great merriment, especially that part which referred to the motion of the ‘missile, which is to fall near the place from which It 1s thrown, or even in the rear of it. He disclaimea ‘any thought or intention of bringing about this 1m- Mense excitement, but was influenced by a desire to facilitate the public business, This funny scene ‘was too much for the dignity of Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, who could not allow it to pass ‘Without @ protest. He rose to a point of order, and bulging in, as he al- ‘ways does, sald he failed to see in the farcical scene, any of the dignity or self-respect. ‘Which ought to clothe the House of Representatives of the United States. Mr. Cox promptly replied ‘that neither did he, when looking at the face of the member from Pennsyivania, This reply turned the faugh on Mr, Randall, who subsidea. The House ‘was evidently in a mood for fun, and Mr. Cox fur- Mished it for them. After making a few remarks in Fegard to the many reasons why the seat occupled by himself was not a desirable seat for himself he Mechined to use any more of the hour allotted to him, and me vote was taken. The greatest good Dature now prevailed, as members proceeded to the unpleasant duty of changing seats and asso- Ciates. Asis usual, the members took places out- Bide the last row of seats, and stood until their were called, Mr. Dawes being permitted Brat to take his seat, as a matter of courtesy to im as chairman of the Ways and Means Commit- tee. After the last seat was drawn, and compll- ments, congratulations and condolence exchanged, Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio, moved to adjourn, This ‘met with a faint protest. Mr. Garfield not being in his seat, and the demoralization complete, the Motion was promptly sustained. Itis confidently hoped Now that this question, seemingly of more bmportance than tariff, taxauion or revenue reform, being disposed of, the business of legislation, which bas been seriously interfered witn in staving off ction upon 1t go long, will be allowed to go on, Plans to Stimulate Shipbuilding. Secretaries Boutwell and Robeson were before the House Committee on Commerce, and presented Bheir views at length as to the measures they pavise for the revival of American maritime trade. Mr. Boutwell argues in support of bounties as set forth in ‘his annual report, He does not believe that a drawback on ship materials will revive com- merce, building or freighling, and suggests that all American iron steamships employed in the foreign trade should receive a bounty annually for five wears of $13 per ton, the vessels not to be less than 2,500 tons burden. The Secretary of the Navy @esires authority to build @ number of swift iron Bruisers at private yards, and thinks the stimulus thus given will do much to revive iron ship bulld- The bill presented by Secretary Boutwell author- Wes the Secretary of the Treasury to offer a bounty , Of not more than ten dollars per ton, to be paid each year for a period of five years, for vhe con- Btruction in the Cnited States of iron steamships of mot less than 1,000 tons each; the bounties to be paid for not exceeding 500,000 tons in the aggregate, mor for more than 100,000 tons In any one year; the paid vessela to be employed exclusively in foreign trade. The Secretary shall give public notice that Proposals will be recetved for the construction of $0,000 tons upon the Atlantic coast, 25,000 tons upon the great lakes and Mississippi River, and 26,000 tons upon the “acific coast. The vessels shall be first class, and be constructed after such plans, models and specifications as skall have been first approved by the Bureau of Construction and Re. pairs of the Navy Department; and the govern- Ment may at any time purchase or charter said vessels or require them to carry malls etween wne United States and any foreign coun- ‘try, and payment shall be made therefor of ‘any such sums as shall be ascertained and @etermied by five disinterested persons, three of ‘whom shali ve appointed py the President of the United states and two by the owner or owners of any vessel that may be #0 takon or employed, and the Secretary of the Navy may detail an officer of the navy, not above the rank of teuten- got, to serve a8 second officer, or oMcer of inferior position, on board of any vessel that may ‘be built under the authority of the first sections of this act, and upon the request of the owner of any such vessel he may detail an officer of the navy to gerve as commanding officer, if consistent with public interests. There shall be al- lowed and paid, under such regulations as shall be established by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury upon any first class sa‘ling vessel, if not Jess than 400 tons buruen, hereafter launched and Mnished and to be employed exclusively in the foreign trade, including the trade between At- Qantic and Pacifie ports of the United States, the gum of $8 for each and every ton of the registered tounage of such vessel, There shall be allowed and paid ander such regu- Aations as shall be established by tne Secretary of the ‘Treasury, upon every first class sailing vessel of not Jess than .0) tons ourden hereatter launched and Gnished and authorized to engage not moro than ‘ree months in any one calendar year in the coast- Ang trade of the United States, the sum of $6 for ach ton of the registered tonnage of any Such vessel If the owner of any ves- gel on which a bounty shall have been paid snall desire to have such vessel enrolled and licensed for coasting trade, such au- Abority may be granted by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury upon the repayment of the amount orig! Bally paid by government, after making a deduction Of ten per cent for each year that sach vessel may have been in service, provided that at least fifty per Cent of the amount originally paid shaii be refunded 80 government, For tne period of five years there shail be allowed and paid to the owner or owners Of any vessel engaged in the cod or mackerel pei mn the Atlantic Ocean or its sum or $6 ~~ per ton ot tue registered tonnage of such vessel, proyided that po payment shail be made on account of any vessel shat bas not been so employed for at least four months of the calendar year. Vessels of the United gates Employed in the foreign trade or in. the fish- @ries may purchase ship stores, supplies and outfit, Dot including articles tor the repair or running of such vessels, In bpud and without the payment of a. \ SEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET, Guties, uncer een regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. General Butier will to-morrow appear before the fame committee to urge his plans relative to dis- criminations in favor of American vessels, The committee is examining into our maritime rela- tions with other nations and the effect which they bave upon our material prosperity, A National Shipping Rectetry Pro Attorneys appeared before the Senate Committee on Commerce in order to be heard in support of & bill offered by Mr. Fenton to establish a national fegistry of shipping. The American Lioyas of New York was represented this morning. There are two other pills pending—one offerea by Mr. Conk- Ung and the other by Mr. Wilson—one being in the interests of the Shipmasters’ Association and the other in that of the American Untversal Register. ‘The committee had already submitted Mr. Wilson’s bill to the Secretary of the ‘Treasury for examination. Mr. Boutwell forwarded a report of Mr. Nimmo, Chief of the Tonnage Division, on the subject, Acting on the recommendations therein made, the committee declined to hear argument, declaring the whole subject was one belongitig to private en- terprise and to be made of value by commercial honor and interest. Mr. Nimmo sketched the his- tory of the Britist Lloyd’s and French Veritas bureau, and also referred vo the three Amencan registries that are at present maintained, ll these, he said, Were the result of private effort and the growth of the insurance business, A government register would, he argued, lack the most necessary element ‘masmuch as that its registration would afford no guarantee of correctness, Besides the bills proposed to make it obligawory on shipmasters to cali a board of survey upon arrival in port, thus creating & profitable business at tmeir expense and often in- volving them in great delay. The China Mail Service Subsidy. Mr. Cole made the report to-day from the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads accom- panying the bill authorizing an increase of mail service between San Francisco and China, The report reviews the entire subject, and says, taking the performance of past service and its results as & promise of the future, itis 1air to expect that the increased service now recommended «and pro- Posed will be followed by atill further de- velopment and augmentation of trade on the coast of China and Japan, and by the early establishment of first class American steamship lines to.Bombay, Calcutta, Java and Manila, as well as to other quarters, therepy divert. ing much of the trade that now seeks other and foreign channels, while developing, as the existing lines have done, new sources of business and wealth peculiarly their own. The Committee think the passage of the bill highly important, as neces- sary to maintain and control the commerce which the present line of steamships has opened, and as conducive to the interests of the great railroad toward the completion of which Congress has contributed so munificiently, and in which the government has so large an inter- est. To seoure its passage may also be considered asa measure of justice, since the inability of the company to help itself has arisen from the comple- tion of this railroad before the China line could be firmly established as it might have been had not the profits from the Panama line, which nad sustained the China enterprise in its origin, ceased to be avalla- ble. To see the deveiopment and control of the China trade, witn all its combined influences, now within our grasp, pass into foreign hands could scarcely be viewed in any other light than as a national disaster, Tho bill empowers the Postmaster General to con- tract with the Pacific Mall Steamship Company for carrying @ sem!-monthly mail on the preseut estab- lished route at a rate of compensation not to ex- ceed the rate now paid for the monthly service, and upon the same conditions and limitations as re- quirea by the existing acts of Congress in reference thereto and the contracts made in pursuance thereof, provided that all steamships hereafter ac- cepted for said several routes shall be of not less than 4,000 tons register each. The Surplus of the Chinese Indemnity to Increase International Comity. Hon. James Brooks has presented a memorial of the Committee of Twenty-five, appointed by the Meeting held at Cooper Institute, asking Congress to use the surplus of the Chinese Indemnity iund to educate Chinese and American interpreters and in other ways facilitate diplomatic and commercial intercourse with China, It was ordered to te printea, The memor, aliste show that at the Treaty of Shanghae, Nov. 8, rt9ftne American claims agatost Ohma aggregated $1,286,848; that neither party being willing to await legal adjudication of these demands Mr. Reed, our Minister, proposed to settie for 625,000 taels, with @ provision that the surplus, ifany, should be refunded; but the Uhinese pre- ferred their own proposition—500,000 taels or only $700,000, without this provision, and Mr. Reed as- sented, In 1862, after the payment of all the claims, over $200,000 remained, whico has accumu- lated to $421,000. The memortalista hold that the Chinese have an eqnity in this fund, fully justifying the recommendations of Presidents Buchanan and Lincoln that it be appro- priated for their benefit as well as ours in the pro- posed college, which, if rightly managed, would not only provide interpreters and assistants to enable both countries to discharge their treaty obligations more justly; but by exhibiting American science and inventions and removing msunderstandings and prejudices would greatly encourage commercial intercourse between the two nations, Ocoan Telegraph jes. ‘The House Committee on Foreign Affairs directed Mr. Wood to report his bul regulating ocean tele- graph cables to the House. This measure was be- fore the Fortieth Congress, and grew out of the diMculty relative to the landing of the French cable at Duxbury, Mass, It allows all foreign cables to land on our shores, provided the same privilege is accorded to our citizens In the country from which the cable starts. It provides rules for the general order of transmission of despatches, so as to enable government messages to receive aue precedence, The bili is designed to prevent monopoly and guard the public interests. The Republican National ( s—Preparing for the Presidential Nomination—No Defini- ton of Principles. The attendance on the republican caucus this evening was quite slim, @ masquerade ball and other festive scenes having more attractions, Senator Wilson presided. Reports of the work performed by the Congressional Republican Oom- mittee were read by the secretaries—Hon, J, H. Piatt, Jr., and R, J. Hinton, The interest manifested ‘Was but slight, and the only work done was to direct the formation of a new committee, ‘The old committee nave collected $54,516, chiefly from officeholders; distributed $2,734,400, ana two documents relating to finance, tariff, taxes, party politics, Tammany frauds and Ku Klux matters. ‘The cost of printing these documents and distribut- ing the same was stated at about twenty-four thou. sand dotlars. The balance the money was sent for use direct to the several States, ‘The new committee will be organized during the ensuing week and the preparatory work of the Presidential campaign will at once commence, During the caucus Mr. Snapp, of Illinols, was anxious to have the republican party define its principles, He was quietly informed that tnat was the work of the National Republican Convention, which meets in June, Mr. Snapp was restless and doubted the authority of that body. Charles Hale and His Hebrew Accuvers. The nomination of Mr. Charles Hale, of Boston, as Assistant Secretary of State, ts still suspended in the Committee on Foreign Relations, His ac- cuser-is @ Levantine Hebrew, who was at Alexan- dria, Egypt, acting as Vice Consul Genera: when Mr. Hale arrived there as Consul General, Mr, Danaise was removed. Hence, Mr. Hale's frienas assert, arise the present charges, Mr. Danaise has resided here at different times for the last twenty years, and had considerable notoriety at one time owing to @ connection he claimed with the famous Martin Kosia case. He wrote & book about that time, in which Senator Seward was bitterly as- sailed, Seerctary of the Indian Commiasion. ‘Thomas K. Creo, of Pittaburg, Pa., has been ap- pointed secretary of the Board of Indian Commis- stoners, vice Vincent Colyer, who has resigned and taken charge of (he Board iD Unis Citys THE DEAD PRIMATE. Archbishop Spalding’s Loss Mourned in Baltimore. "Fete (THE CATHEDRAL IN MOURNING GARB, The Remains Lying in State Robed and Decorated. THE PUBLIC TO VIEW THE BODY. Who Will Succeed to the Primacy ? BALTIMORE, Feb. 8, 1872. fhe remains of Martin John Spalding, late Arch- bishop of Baltimore, who died last night, alter a lingering illness, to-night lle in one of the parlors of the parsonage, adjoining the Cathedral. draped in all ‘the robes of his exalted position and adorned with the jewels of the Church, as if he were about to celebrate mass. His remains were this morning brought down from the chamber where he breathea his last into this room, and embalmed and shrouded for the grave. They were then placed in a beauti- ful burial casket, covered with rich black cloth, adorned with heavy silver platings, and they now remain in watting upon the last solemn rites of the Holy Church. A VISIT TO THE CATHEDRAL SURROUNDINGS to-night reveals evidences of heartfelt. sorrow such as have never before been given by this people. ‘The church is clothed in mourning, bovn inside and outside, and the residence adjoining 1t 1s its coun- terpart. In fact, the whole religious community is showing its appreciation of the good man who has passed from earth by unmistakable evidences of sorrow. The room in which the body hes is the general reception room of the mansion, and to- night it presents ascene most soiemn and impres- sive. THE COFFIN CONTAINING THE REMAINS stands near the centre of the room, and has burn- ing at each of its four corners large wax candles, held by church candlesticks of rich design. At the foot of the casket sit two candelabra, containing eight candles each, beneath which is placed a large crucifix. Around the walls are hung large portraits of distinguisned Catholic preiates and other sacred pletures. The body, as said before, is dressed as if tocelebrate high mass, and will thus be buried. Around tne neck Is a heavy gold chain, to which is attachea a rich gold cross beautifully studded with diamonds—a present from the Catholics of Louisville, Ky., where he was for a score of years an honored and beloved pastor. The hands are crossed oyer the breast, and upon the right gleams the official ring of his office. All the Jewels now with the body will be buried save the diamona cross, which will be removed when the tume for burial arrives and another substituted, LYING IN STATE. To-morrow morning, at eleven o'clock, the doors of the house will be opened and the body exposed to the view of the thousands who had known the Arenbishop in life, As yet scarcely any one has been allowed to see him, SPECULATION AS TO HIS SUCCESSOR. Hardly had the news of the Archbishop’s death been published when speculation became rife as to ‘who should be his successor. It 18 said in one quar- ter that Archbishop Spalding some time ago for- warded to Rome the names of two or three bishops of his arch-diocese, from which the Pontiff might choose his successor, 1n accordance with his right to name his successor. It 1s said that among the names gent were those of Bishop Bayley, of New Jersey; Bishop Kenrick, of Louisville, and Bishop Whelat of Wheeling. But in weil-informed circies it is served that there is not the slightest mea is of know- ing who will take his place. hile it i§ asserted by some that the dead Archbishop has named to the Pope his successor, others declare that it 18 not 80, ‘and that it will remain for the House of Bishops, com) of the eight who were under the jurisdic- diction of Archbisnop Spalding, to determine who Shall attain to this exalted position. HOW THE DECISION WILL BE MADE. If the successor has not yet bec& named 1t will be decided in the following manner:—Archbishop Spalding’s council, composed of ten priests of this dlocese, will, a8 soon as practicable, meet for the purpose of taking the initiatory steps for the elec- ion of his successor. h “one of these priests will write three names on a card of three other priests or bishops whom he wishes to elevate to the sition of Archbishop, sign his name to it, seal it in an envelope and deliver it to the Vicar General or administrator of the diocese. He will retain each of these ten envelopes unopened until THE COUNCIL OF BISHOIS meet, which is composed of tne Bishop of Rich- mond, Bishop of Wheeling, Bishop of Scranton, Bishop of Erie,{Bishop of Savannah, Bishop of Phila- deipbia, Bisnup of Florida and Bishop of Charles- ton, When they will be delivered to this Coun- cil. They wiil then be opened by them, and the person having the highest number of votes will be considered for nomination; but this body wil not be bound to nominate to the Pope the one having been named by the Council of Priests uniess they see fit. While there are many names mentioned ag the successor, not the remotest idea can be formed as to who it will be. BISHOP BAYLEY, OF NEW JER3EY, seems to have many friends here, and is. perhaps, more likely to be the successor of Archbishop Spalding than any one now named. ‘The Most Rev. John Carroll was appointed first Bishop of Balti- more in 1789, and was consecrated in England August 16, 1790. His diocese embraced the whole of the then United States. Four additional pcm a gees were en Ltn at Boston, iew York, Philadelphia and Bardstown, Ky.—in 1808; and the same decree that created these new sees erected Baltimore into @ metropolitan see and raised Dr. Carroll to the dignity of archbishop. That prelate expired December 3, 1815, at the age of eighty. The following isa LIST OF ARCHBISHOPS OF BALTIMORE. who have filled the duties of that sacred office since his time:—Most Rev. Leonard Neale, D. D., consecrated December, 1800, died in in 1817; Most D. D., consecrated De- cember 14, 1817, died in 1828; Most Rev. James _ Whitfleld, consecrated May, _ 1828, uted in 1834; Most Rev. Samuel Eccle- ston, D. D., consecrated September 14, 1834, died 1651; Most Rev. Francis Patrick Kenrick, D. D., transferred August 19, 1851, died in 1863, and now Most Rev. Martin John Spalding, D. D., who was transferred to this post May 19, 1864, has added to the list of dead prelates who have presided over the affairs of the Catholic Church in this dtocese, None nal more friends, and pone more widely known than him whose loss is now mourned by ail classes, and the very marked evidence of sorrow apparent among this people 1s a most Guing token Of respect to the good man who labored so long and Jaithiully im their behalf, On Sunday high mass will be said in all the Cathonc churcnes for the re- Pose of the spirit of the late Arcnbishop, THE LOUISIANA INVESTIGATION. * The Members of Congress Delayed=Whole- sale Charges of Corruption Agninst the Members of the Legisiature—A Creole Vole lector Causes Some Excitement—Packard, Casey and Warmoth to be Brought Agai Before the Committee. NEW ORLEANS, Feb, 8, 1872, The Congressional Commitiee of Investigation had another long siege of seven hours to-day, four witnesses testifying. The evidence was strongly in rebuttal of Governor Warmoth’s testimony of Mon- aay and Tuesday last, Mr. Jaubert, Collector of Internal Revenue, was first examined. He ig called a colored man here in the South, but his ap- pearance made the committee doubt that fact He 18 8 Creole, has lived in Paris for a number of years, speaks broken English, owned slaves before the war, is very rich and is What is denominated here an “aristocratic uegro.”” This 18 @ negro who has as Much contempt for freedom as the white aristoc- racy. He 18 strongiy anti-Warmoto, and gave his opinion that the colored ir ot Louisiana have no faith in his republicanism. United States District Attorney Beckwith testined to the fact that the arrest of Warmoth and some members of the Legisiature under the Enforcement act Was maticious and unwarranted, A Mr. Scott, @ prominent lobbyist, testified to ba paid anmumber of members of the Legisla- ture for votl for certain bigs. Among the Dumber were botn republicans: and democrata, He gave the es of Oarr, Ex-Speaker of the House; Senator Campbell and Lieutenant Governor Pinchback, all prominent Warmotn men in the Legisiature, a8 having been paid for voting for the Jackson Railroad bill, A steamboat man named Sinnott testified to the use of money in passing a bill. It was intendea to invoive Collector Casey in corruption and bl this. witness, but the attempt committee had arranged to leave for home on Saturday, out the wholesale charges of bribery against members of the Legislature will necessitate @ further welay. Mayor Flanders will be examined to-morrow. aim ‘al Vackard and Collector Casey are to be re- Governor Warmoth was present during the entire session to-day, and took an active part in prompting l the members of the committee in thelr crossexami- LATEST FROM ALBANY. Evening Session of the Assembly—The Fif- teenth Amepdment—Senator Hardenburgh’s Hlnese—Terwilliger in Self Detence. ALBANY, Feb. 8, 1872. ‘The bill to amend the charter of the General So- ciety of Mechanics and Tradesmen gf the city of New York was ordered to a third reading. In gommittee the amendment relative to the adop- tion of thé Afjeenth amenament was taken up and discussed, approval of the amend. ment was withdrawn in 1871, and a motion was now, by Mr. alvord, made to rescind the resoluuon of witharawal. A buncombe speech was made by Mr. Jacobs for the edification of the few democrats present. He insisted that honesty against corruption was the issue of the hour, and that it was to the Interest of the negro to vote and work with the democrats, He wasn't afraid of the n vote if cast intelligently. He voted cheerfully for the resolutions reafirming the filteenth amendment. Messrs. Moseley, Hill ana Alvord also spoke, and finally the resolutions were adopted—71 yeas to 13 nays—a strict party voie, The House then ad- Journed, Senator Hardedburgh remains very low, and his physicians entertaia serious doubts of his recovery ‘unless he gaius tn strength immediately, THE PRINTING JOB, At the investigation of the Terwilliger Commit- tee this afvernoon, Terwilliger, alter being sworn, read & written statement, in which he denies that he ever had any conversation with Mr. Parsons about any compensation or percentage for work he gave him; never made any demand for money on that account; never expected to receive any compensation for furnishing any work. He says the firm were his political fnends, and he felt lt to ve his duty to give them the work; that the money patd to bim (some $4,600) was for services rendered through a period covering some three yeurs, aud was paid to him after his term of office as Clerk of the Senate had expired. He also says that he never fixed the price for work or certified any bills except for work done for the Constitu- tional Conyentivn, and the price for that was fixed by law; aiff that the Secretary of State certified the other bills, Mr, HARRIS, Counsel for Terwilliger, said he would subinit his summing up in writing, ‘The committee then adjourned, THE SENATE RAILROAD COMMITTER. The Railroad Committee of the Senate to-day heard Colonel Vandenburgh in favor of the original Underground Ratiroad in New York, and then ad- Journed until next Tuesday afternoon. The Charges Against Mr. Terwilliger—His Statement and General Denial of the Alle- gntions. ALBANY, Feb, 8, 1872, ‘The Senate Committee to investigate the charges against Mr, Terwilliger, Clerk of the Senate, held a meeting to-night, when Terwilliger, under oath, read the following statemeut:— A never had any agreement or conversation with Mr. Pas sone or any member of the firm about any percentage on the work, or any of the printing or any of the items contained in the account; I never made any demand on Mr. Parsona or any member of the firm for any percentage or any pay or donation for work sent there: I never made any condition with him, or any member of the firm, tosend the printing there or get anything from them if they would pay a. reentage or gratuity. “Whatever received from em was given me, as I supposed, as a gratuity or under @ usage and custom of many years, not thinkin; there was any impropriety in it. As far aa services rendered, outside of my oficial duties, running through the summer in sunerintending the printing of the historical manu- id documents that were in course of publication for ree years or more, reading revised proofs of this and other legislative documents. ‘I should have sent the printing there and got what other things I did anyway, with- out any regard to any return of favors, as all the members of the firm were my strong political ‘and personal friends for years. As the resolutions were passed they were sent there as a matter of course. In securing them my action ‘was not affected In the Senate by any reward or hope of re- ward. The largest portion of the said account was furnished In obedience to the following resolntion, fixing the prices to be paid for the work therein ordered, as follows Resolved, if the Assemn!y concur, That the Clerk furnish each member and oflicer of the Legislature with one copy of each of the volumes of the journals, documents and de- bates of the Constitutional Convention, provided that the debates and documents shali not cost more than 82 50 per volume, and the journal not more than 48 per volume, Inever used my influence or attempted to use any influ- ence with any Senatori or asked any Senator to vote for any resolution for oraering this or eny other — printing; every Senctor "with whom. I have servéd will bear me out in the assertion that in no way did I ever influence or attempt to influence him to for any printing or extra printing; I never asked Mr. I sons or any member of the firm for any percentage or gr ity; whatever he yave me was at such times as he pleased and voluntarily; I always paid the firm the amounts in full for miscellaneous accounts, and took their receipted bills in full therefor, and’ no credits were at the time given me thereon, as all the credits are of one date. ‘The amounts charged’ in miscellgneous pilis were the fair, regular and uniform charges for (riuting and materials fur: nished. Most of th them wntil in 1870, » I never increased T never sna ested i that Ki I never altered any the increasing or altering any bill; was not a correct charge against the State; I never certified to any ball that 1 did not believe was in all things correct; there never, was any bill increased to my koowledge by any so as to make ft represent a larger amount than was actually due for work actually done. To Mr. Perry—I heard the testimony of Mr. Parsons as to the amount I received trom him and the time these amounts were received, Q. Was his testimony in that regard true? A. I don’t know but it was; I never kept any account of the amounts T received. Q. Did_ you receive the twenty per cent on the items be (Parsons) testified to? A. I received the money; there was nothing faid at the time about twenty per cent. Q. Was it received on account of the printing that he had dohe, ew charged in these accounts ? A. Ido ‘now anything to the contrary; no conversa- thon too! ween us on the subject; what I received was wt) Auccoment; 1took what he gave me asa guarantees, aX mes he saw fit to give it to me, By Mr. Perry—Were these bills that were made out by Mr. Parsons and paid by the Comptroller certified by you ? A. I only certified to one of these bills; the bill of the railroad compuny was the only one certified. by me, To Mr. HARRis—The only portion certified by me was ‘the 2,700 bill; Ido not know whether the historical papers were certilied by the secretary of State or not. ‘The Conati- tutional Convention accouut was certilied to by the Secretary of State to Mr. Perry; I am in doubt whether I certitied to the historical maps. Mr. Perky then sald there were no more wit- nesses to be examined. Mr. HARRIS sald he did not desire to address the committee as he would a jury, but would like to have the privilege to present in writing certain points and deductions from the evidence for the consideration of the committee, Mr. Pexry then, after consultation with Senator Lowery, announced that the investigation was closed and that Mr. Harris could hand in his papers by Saturday morning. THE ALTON HOLOCAUST, Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury—The Con- ductor Held Responsible for the Loss of Life—How One of the Passengers Died. Sr. Louts, Feb, 8, 1872, The Coroner’s jury sitting on the bodies of the persons killed by the raliroad accident near Alton yesterday, returned a verdict that death was caused by the criminal negligence’or Frederick Baker, the conductor of the freight train, as principal, and Patrick Halpine, engineer, as accessory. Apassenger who was on the train wrecked in the collision near Alton, Iil., yesterday morning, says that one man whose name is unknown was caught in the timbers of a car by one of his feet only, but all efforts to release him were unavailing, At his own request an axe was sent for in order to cut his foot off, but before the axe arrived the flames reached him and he was burned to death. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, The Rond Completely Blocked with Snow—Reports from Various Points=No Trains Looked for trom the East or West for Some Days. OMANA, Feb. 8, 1872, The following reporta were receivea here to- day:— at Cheyenne the weather is warm and the snow is melting fast. No trains have yet arrived from the West. No trains have arrived at Laramie from the West, There was snow last night and to-day, and it has drifted in the cuts east and west, There 1s poor prospect of a train this week from either way. ‘The road is still blockaded east and west of Rawlins. The weather is warmer, but there are prospects of a storm to-night. Medicine Bow reports that the trains remain near the place where they were last reported, A large force of men are trying to get over Simpson's Hill, Dut make but litte headway. ‘Tne wind 1s blowing conunuaily, and the snow is drifting, of men aré working in the cuts. At Lookout the snow is drifting in the cuts about 48 fast as it is shovelied out. + No trains are looked for irom the Bast or West for several days. A PHILADELPHIA FAILURE, A Lawyer Disappenrs, Leaving Liabilities of $75,000, and Starts for the French Capital. PILA DELPHIA, Pa., Feb, 8, 1872, Hugh W. Tener, a lawyer and Commissioner of Deeds on Third street, disappeared about ten days since. An investigation into bis affairs shows that his abilities will reach nearly $75,000, It 19 said he soil ail his property and went to Pans, The Court has deciarea o1m a. bankrupt, ORIO LEGISLATURE, Jurors May Read Newspapers in Criminal Cases—A Bonus of Tiree Million Dollars to Whoever Will Build the Southern Railroad. CoLuMBUS, UNio, Feb. 8, 1872, The Senate to-day after a protracted discussion passed the House bill providing that persons who read the newspaper reports of criminal transact i Gokecue ‘erve as jurors, : sewer ‘in the House a vill was introdnced to repeal Cincinnati Southern Ratiroad act and eucnerize the A large force the city to give a bonus not exceeding $3,000,000 to aay bersons Who will build the THE STEAMSHIP COLORADO. Collision with the Arabian in the Mersey ~ and Disabled, Panig on Board—Five Passengers Jump Into the Rivey and Supposed To Be Drowned— Deseription of the Colorado, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, LONDON, Feb. 8, 1872, The steamship Colorado, which sailed trom Liver- Dool yesterday, for New York, when just outside the Mersey, was run into with great violence by the steamer Arabian, inward bound. ‘The Colorado received severe damages and was run ashore to prevént her sinking in deep water With all on board, The Arabian, which was comparatively uninjured, rescued all the passengers of the Colorado except five in the steerage, who, it is supposed, jumped Overboard in the panic which followed the shock of the collision, and were lost. ‘The passengers were brought back to Liverpool, where they will be transferred to another steamer. The Colorado grounded off Crosby, at the mouth of the Mersey, where she lies full of water. The Steamships Colorado and Arabian. The following facts connected with the intended voyage of the steamship Colorado have been fur- nished to & HBKALD reporter:—The Colorado has ample accommodation for carrying 1,000 passen- gers, put she had not more than 800 on board leav- ing Liverpool this last trip. She had a very large and valuable cargo, consisting of the usual class of goods that steamships carry. The vessel is valued at $350,000, but in case of complete loss is only partiaily insured, The insurance 1s held in Eng- land, No American company has any risks. The Arabian, the vessel by which the Colorado was damaged, is a smaller vessel, of 2,000 tons bur- den, but she is longer and sharper in the bows and stern, The Arabian belongs to John Sibly & Co., of Liverpool, owners of the Liverpool and Mediterra- nean line of steamships. Mr. Williams is of opinion that the Colorado will be got off if the weather continues moderate, as the place where she is aground 1s only fifteen miles from Liverpool. THE JAPAN#SE CHIEFS. A Day Among the Salt Lake Courtea—Re- ception in the Snpreme Court—Sasnaki, Hiraka, Okauchi and Tasey Hunting for Law Organization and Methods of Proce- durce—Judge McKean Sits Them on the Bench—Speeches and Compliments. SaLr LAKE Ciry, Feb, 8, 1872. ‘The members of the Japanese Embassy were gen- erally quiet and retired to-day in consequence of the weather and frightful condition of the streets, which are seas of mud. The Assistant Minister of Justice of the Japanese empire, Sasaki, English in- terpreter Hiraka and Okauch! and Tasey, Secreta- ries, accompanied by Minister De Long, this morn- ing visited the Supreme Court room, at a public RECEPTION TENDERED BY THE SUPREME COURT and the members of the bar of the Territory, A large number of citizens were present. Deputy United States Attorney High introduced the visitors in some appropriate and happy remarks, saying that the object of the visit of the distinguished members of the bench of Japan was for the purpose of learning something of jurisprudence and the manner of conducting courts of justice in our country, They would find in Europe courts sur- rounded with more grandeur, but nowhere woulda they find the bar more courteous and the bench more dignttied and justthan here. He hoped that our system, which protected persons and property, would finally extend over the entire earth, CHIEF JUSTICE M’KEAN SAID he was very happy to meet and greet the Minister of Justice and his judicial associate of the ancient, populous and pecuitar empire of Japan. He onlv regretted that they did not understand each other’s language, so that they might converse together. He would like to talk concerning the laws and iawyers of their respective countries; for the laws of people, more than anything else, distinguish them in the family of nations, and the lawyers of a country are always among tts fore- most citizens in public or private life. He would like to ask them who were the Mansficlds and Marshalls, who the Blackstones and the Kents and who the Wilberforces and the" Our- rans and Wirts and Websters, and whether they have made any approach to the Anglo-Saxon jury system, He looked forwara to the time when the two nations would be bound by closer intimacy with each other, and each to adopt what it found to be good _m the other. He closed by expressing @ hearty welcome to them, and de- cending from the bench wok the Minister and his associate by the hands and led them to the bench and seated them by himself and Justices Hawley and Strickland, MINISTER DE LONG THEN ADDRESSED THE COURT, responding on behalf of the Japanese Judges at some length, pairiag the Court tor the courtesy and welcome extended to tnem and saying, tn brief, that these Judges nad come to America for the purpose of studying and familiarizing themselves with the laws and organization of the Courts, with the view, pleased = with them, of introducing our system of jurispru- dence into Japan. His speech produced @ marked effect on all present, and was doubly in- teresting by tts exposition of the MANNER OF ENFORCING THE LAWS IN JAPAN, The Japanese had been greatly interested in our law books, Governor Woods, Justices Hawley and Strickland, Judge’ Haydon ané Major Hempsteaa made apvropriate anc eloquent remarks, The re- ception was impressive and evidently very agreea- bie to our foreign visitors, who expressed great satisfaction at the event, AT A MASONIC SOCIAL. Minister De Long and wife, and many of the Em- bassy, including several of the Princesses, attended @ Masonic social, and dancea and enjoyed them- selves hugely last evening. A grand banquet which ts to be given by the citizens to De Long and the Embassy comes off next Monday. il the officials of the Territory are invited. A ball will close the entertamment- United States Attorney Bates’ denial of attempting to remove Judge McKean and the federal officials is not believed here, He asserted his in- tention, before many witnesses, of “bursting up” what he called the ‘‘oammers’ ” Court, referring to the United States Court here, and it 1s generally un- derstood that his expenses to Washington were id by the Mormon Church people here. No confidence is longer placed in him by the loyal people of Utah, who ask for a new and parler i istrict Attorney if the laws are to be en- forced. ‘A thousand names are already signed on the min- ing lists for the retention of Judge McKean. K straight Gentile city ticket was nominated last night, and a not contest ts expected next Monday, TELEGRAPHIO NEWS ITEMS, A heavy shock of earthquake was felt at Uairo, Ill, at five o'clock yesterday morning. It js understood tbat the Chicago Grand Jury have indicted ‘another Alderman, whose case will be presented to the Crim- {nal Court to-morrow. His name is withbeld to-day. ‘Aifrea Dana, who is a Methodist, in a religious quarrel wife, who is @ Catholic, beat her so seve WA, tth's brick tbat her ife ie despaired of. se ‘The clerk arrested in the Boston Post Office confesses to having committed heavy depredations upon the mail of E. = 4 Co., Augusta, Me. Their losses are estimated at e National Inventors’ Association closed {ts second an- nual exhibition, at Cleveland, Obio, yesterday, after six weeks’ session oard of” directors decided ‘to bold the next annual exhibition m Cineinnati, Dickson, one of the hackmen charged with outraging th person of ailtle gir) ina hack, in Market sureel, San Frans Cisco, has been sent to jail in default of 820,000 ball. Mur- my bis companion ‘and owner of a8 been held in of 8: the hack, Maine House yesterday passed the act incorporatin, the Lewision and Auburn Railroad, after a three days’ dig en by a vote of 71 to 64, Lucy Stone Black and husband argued before the Commuitee on Legal Reform this afternoon in favor of woman's suffrage. Afire broke outin Baltimore yesterday aftern: wholenale tobacco. house ofS Rosenfeld & Con Nor OF hee change plage, and the building and stock to the amount of $25,000. The insurance on the bullding ts $6,0U), ich, covers the damage, and the insurance on the stock is A ition was before the Louisville (Ky.) City Counclt to-niuht to loan the credit of the city. to ihe Loulzyiie and Nashville Ratiroad to raise 1,000,000, Co extend the Lebanon Branch Railroad to Cumberland paps to meet the Atlantic, Mississippi and Obio Raliroad at that point, There is a dele- gation of Virginians here to urge the matter on the city. Chicago, attempted to lay by min ‘ohlorororm and landanum. His condition was discovered in time to ad- minister successfully the necessary antidotes. He was taken to the hospital, where during the nlgnt he obtained more olson and was found dead in the moruing, with a bottle of jaudanum by his side. In the United States District Court, day morning, Io the case of H.C. and James Baltimore, Md., '. Grabenhorel, J. eer, Indicted for conspiring w Gogel to defraud the government of the ‘on 50,000 gallons of distilled spirits In he jury rendered a verdict of not guiity as to nd were unable to agree as to Grabepborst and ree ns 1 the Fat cet atten an ast the cron in Railroad, ‘aie Colleges ‘ice Presidents, Soe mas C, awk nlversity of Virgins By ' ‘Dart veralt f ja; Dr. Joba re nein cet ra ‘Lew! ia B. Par- Garlend, Harvard Univer- TE WAR IN MBO, Herald Special Report from Matamoros. Piedras “Negras Besieged by the Revolutionists. OUTRAGE ON AMERICAN PROPERTY TELEGRAM 1G THE NEW YORK HERALD The Hrratp correspondent at Matamoros has forwarded us the following special de- spatch :— Matamoros, Mexico, Feb, 8, Via BrownsvitLE, Texas, Feb. 8, 1872. A courier with dates from Piedras Negras up to January 23 has arrived here. The town is besieged by 1,000 revolution- ists, commanded by Falcon, the Military Gov- ernor of Coabuila, from whom an attack is hourly expected. ‘The male inhabitants have fled to the American side to avoid impress- ment into the ranks of the government force, which is demoralized. Valdese, the commander of the government troops in Piedras Negras, has broken the seals of the American Commercial Agency and ap- propriated goods belonging to Americans in disregard of the protest of the agents, FRANOE. The Orleans Princes Demand the Resto- ration of Their Commissions. A Chambord Manifesto at the Point of Publicas tion—The United States Legation and a Brief Ministerial Vacation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, Feb, 8, 1872, It 19 reported that the Dukes of Nemours and Aumale claim reinstatement in their former rank in the army, and the Prince de Joinville demands his coxumission in the navy. A CHAMBORD MANIFESTO EXPECTED, The Count de Chambord is about to leave Frohs- dorf. On his departure, it is expected, he will issue another manifesto. THE UNITED STATS EMBASSY. Mr. Washourne, the American Minister, is about to return to the Untted States on temporary leave of absence; he has transferred the Legation to Colonel Hoffman, the First Secretary, who was yesterday presented to M. de Remusat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, as Chargé a’ Affaires. ENGLAND. Parliamentary Thanks to the Retiring Speaker and His Prospect of a Peerage—Unanimous Compliment from the Legislative Leaders— The Vote by Ballot Bill at Its First Reading—Attempt at Legislative Su- pervision of Outdoor Politics— The Flow of Bullion Outward. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALG Lonpon, Feb. 8, 1872, In the House of Commons to-day Mr, Gladstone moved a vote of thanks to the Right Hon, Jol Evelyn Denison, the retiring Speaker of the House, and also resolution recommending his elevation to the peerage, Mr. Disraeli, who was present, seconded both mo tions and they were carried by acclamation. THE VOTE BY BALLOT BILL. Mr. Forster introduced the Electoral Secret Ballot Vote bill. Mr. Newdegate opposed It, arguing that it would lead to universal suffrage, ‘The bill passed tts first reading. FREEDOM OF POLITICAL OPINION MAINTAINED. In accordance with a notice given yesterday, Mr. Milbanke proposed to the House to call on Sit Charles Dilke to justify before the members his re- cent speeches against the Crown, but ne was dé clared out of order. CONDITION OF THE BANK. The bullion inthe Bank of England has aecreased £440,000 during the week. GERMANY. Relations Toward the Holy See in the Ceded French Territory--Emperor William Independent of Concordats. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Feb, 8, 1872, The Bishop of Strasbourg having notified the German Cabinet that the Holy See no longer recog- nizes the Concordat as applying to Alsace and Lor- raine, Prince Bismarck replied that ‘the Emperor of Germany will undertake, independently of such @ measure, the Church government of those pro- vinces.'"? AUSTRIA. Ministerial Plan of Concession to the Galicians. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, Feb, 8, 1972, The bases of a ministerial compromise have been agreed to vy which certain concessions towards self-govergment are granted the province of Galicia. GENERAL SHERMAN’S TOUR. American Escort for Lieutenant Grant to Rome TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Feb. 8, 1872 A number of Americans leave Paris to-night for Florence, there to join General Sherman and Lieu- venant Grant and accomcompany them to Rome. DEEP SEA TELEGRAPHS. A New Company for Transatlantic Communica- tion by Cable—The Toll on Despatches, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Feb. 8, 1872, A new company, which proposes to lay @ tele graph cable direct to New York, has been registered, One of the features of its prospectus 1s the promise to 1x tolls on despatchos at twenty shillings per ten words, ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF ROANOKE, WonrcrsteR, Mass. Feb. 8, 1872, ‘The tenth anniversary of the battle of Roanoke was celebrated in this city to-day by sine alas Twenty- a Twenty-flith regiments sey yolanLeers. The gathering of the Twenty- first regiment was held this afternoon at the Bay State House, and the Twenty-fitth held their reunion at the same Vg this evening. soth affairs were largely attended. GAVANA MARKETS, Exchange quiet and weak oa Untied Bisica dave eer ani an reak; ini reneys rae premium ; 00 days, ps 11% premium; short sight, Ll oad Sagar—No. LD. & ate lie nm ol