The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1872, Page 7

soul and body, within its grasp; that we ‘are violators of law, and especially of moral daw; that we are obnoxious to the extremest penalties of the law, and can neither avert nor modify them, and that, so far as science dis- closed God, He never worked outside of law. And from these facts he showed the utter im- possibility of men being saved by the law and ithe necessity for salvation by faith in Jesns ‘Christ. 4 The Jesuit Fathers are carrying on an ex- ftensive “‘mission” in Brooklyn, as will be seen by our report to-day. The wealth of the oul, as contrasted with that of the body, and ‘the importance of s2ving the former, even at (the risk of wholly losing the latter, was urged upon @ large audience yesterday in St. Mary's ‘ehurch, Court street. f An over-zealous advocate may sometimes wpoil the case he seeks to defend by excessive sabuse of his opponents, This appears to be ‘Mr, Hugo's style in defending the use of the ‘ible in the public schools, He called upon e “twenty-seven millions of Protestants” in his county not to submit ‘‘to the whims of four ‘millions of Papists.” He would say to the priests and the grogshop keepers, “If you don’t like to have the Bible in the public schools pack your trunks and leave.” “Rather than let the opponents of the Bible ‘destroy this exponent of our freedom let us,” Baid he, “twenty-seven millions in all, rally under the standard of Christ and defy the Pope, the priests, the grogshop keeper, the devil or any other man to lay unholy jhands upon the printed word of God.” Such ntemperate language is certain to damage jthe cause in whose service it is used rather ‘than that to which it is opposed, and, uttered ‘by a Christian minister and before a Christian ‘congregation, it is doubly reprehensible. , a Mar Transcontinental Highways—An Im- : portant Suggestion. « The prolonged snow blockade on the {Rocky Mountains has practically divided the ‘country into two incommunicable parts. For several weeks we have had telegrams of the most painful detentions and dis- pppointments of hundred of passengers on the reat thoroughfare of transcontinental inter- wourse. The government was obliged to Intervene—as it did at Chicago—to relieve the wants of those snow-bound travellers, and accounts reach us of individuals on their way fo California seeking the slow route by ship to the Isthmus in preference to hazarding the rils of the Pacific Railroad. The latter idea is an excellent one, because tate the voyager by sea at one of the best d most tranquil seasons, in which the fropics are never invaded by the hurricane, nd when the balmy air through which he is peculiarly grateful. But all this will pot satisfy the country for the sad lure of its great railway to perform e mission originally assigned it, and ur late experience proves the necessity of Sele rapidly forward the construction of pene highways of traffic. History records me striking marvels of travel over the vast ' now-buried districts of the Old World, which surpass and eclipse the rapid transit by ! over our Western mountains. The United States needs at least one national highway to ithe Pacific, and if we cannot havea railroad a subject to interruptions all the winter let us have a good national turnpike ee the Rocky Mountains. It is useless yever to expect the present Union and Central acific Railroads, which cling with fatal tenacity to the forty-first parallel of latitude, tto meet the growing and tremendous require- Yments of the country in the winter and spring easons. Near the South Pass, on the Union acific Railroad, Colonel Fremont observed she formation of ice during almost every night the month of August. Twenty years ago lodget conclusively showed that along the bove-mentioned parallel on the Rocky ountains the snow fall reached the very high gure of sixty inches. ‘Below, or south of he forty-firat parallel,” he tells us, ‘“‘the jnows are extremely irregular, and yet often profuse and excessive, and moré likely to ccur in February and the spring months as raordinary phenomena than in the early of winter, and instances are frequent of fuse April snows.” The immense condensa- on on this parallel shows the presence of the rm and vapor-laden “air current from the ean, which is chilled against the high moun- tains over which the Union Pacific passes, but not condensed farther norih, where, accord- Ing to Guyot, Blodget and all our latest ypsometrical authorities, the elevations are and, consequently, comparatively The geysers of the far-famed Yellowstone, which flows to the northeast of this region, and empties into the Missouri, in orthern and Eastern Montana, are among he beautiful and picturesque characteris- los «=f §=6the)~§©6ccountry §=sloping towards -Phe latter river, and the thermic tare of the soil in Western Mon- bana, and thence to Oregon, due, perhaps in part to subterranean forces, ponds with the climate overhead. The hannel way of the great Missouri is evidently hat which nature has carved for the route of nscontinental intercourse, and, while waiting the completion of the Northern ‘acific Railway, it would be an excellent plan o construct a national turnpike, which sooner pr later must be made. Mr. Blodget tells us that the snow fall in the valley of the Upper and the Saskatchewan and north- e is so small that in the severest asons ever known travel in the ordinary now sled is uninterrupted. Insignificant as this jumble vehicle may seem to us who are accus- omed to our palace cars, it is ndt to be pised in our Western country. Peter the Great of Russia once made a journey in an pen sledge in midwinter from Moscow to Bt. Petersburg—n distance of four hundred 1d eighty-five miles—in forty-six hours, The Emperor Alexander more than once made tin forty-two hours under similar circum- ces, while ordinarily it takes an express llway train twenty-two hours to traverse he same route. Such travelling by sledge is ertainly far preferable to being snow-bound t Rawlins’ Station or on the mountain top; nd in the development of the new country xtending from Montana and Idaho to Wash- agton Territory and the Pacific it must prove the greatest utility. The necessities of the people at all seasons the year, but especially at this stormy and intry season. demand the immediate comple- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1872-TRIPLE SHEET. tion of other transcontinental highways to accommodate the expanding westward march of civilization and the swelling caravans of commerce. Tuost Desperate Bricanps or NogTa Cano.ina.—When reading the account of the proceedings of those North Carolina brigands and desperadoes, Lowry and his gang, we can hardly realize the fact that such prolonged deeds of blood and robbery continue to be uachecked and unpunished inthis civilized country and age, The cool and deliberate robbery of the bank and Sheriff's office at Lumberton, as reported in the HERALD yester- day, shows that these scoundrels are not afraid to emerge from their swamp and forest retreat to commit crime, Few as they are in number they dare to invade the towns, and, in this case, have invaded one successfully, Daring as this outrage is itis but one crime, and that not the worst, in their long catalogue of crimes. In their many murders and other fearful deeds they have shown themselves to be worse than many savages, Such a state of things in a civilized country would seem in- credible if the facts were not well known. Surely the auchorities of North Oarolina will wake up to their duty and either capture or kill these savages. If the State is powerless to protect its citizens the federal government will have to assume the authority, Personal Intelligence. General H. W. Carpenter, of San Francisco, is quartered at the St. James Hotel. Judge R. F. Catterson, of Little Rock, is among the recent arrivals at the St, Nicholas Hotel. Commoaore Emory, of the United States Navy, yesterday arrived at the Astor House, General M. Head, of New Hampshire, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. ‘ Judge H, A. Nelson, of Montreal, is stopping at the Grand Central Hotel. Dr. James Williams, of the United States Navy, is among the late arrivals at Earle’s Hotel. United States Senator A. H. Cragin, of New Hamp- Shire, 1s again at the Westmoreland Hotel. Colonel John Knapp, of the Missour: Repudtioan, ig at the Fiftn Avenue Hotel. Colonel C, A. Hutchins, of the British Army, ts domiciled at the Graud Central Hotel. John ©. Gault, General Superintendent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, is registered at the St, Nichoias Hotel. Alfred S, Tyler, of Charleston, Vice President of the south Carolina Railroad, 1s sojourning at the Albemarle Hotel, PERSONAL NOTES, Bishop Williams, Episcopai Bishop of Connecticut, 4s seriously 11, : Springtield, Mass., has distinguished itself by electing Miss Willlams to the respousiple office of City physician. ts Mr. William £. Robinson, of Brooklyn, N. Y., will lecture for the Catholic societies in Hartford, Conn., on the evening of St. Patrick’s day. Governor Jewell, of Connecticut, has gone to New Hampshire to settle the estate of a deceasea rela- tive, revurning to Hartford probably next ‘luesaay. Mr. Jerome L. Babe, of the South African dia- mond fields; Miss Anna Louise vary, Mme. Duval, Mule. Duval, of the Nuls#oo troupe; George T. Nut- ter and W. H. Parsons, of New York, are 1a Boston. Dr. J. F. Trowbridge, of Syracuse, ts dying from aralysis, with which he was attacked in Uctober last, fis age Is eighty years, He represeuied Oneida county tn the Assembly in 1931 and 184), and ‘Was once @ candidate for Congress, Mr. G. P. Willcox, who was recently appointed Professor of Modern Languages in the State Uni- versity of Georgta, 18 ason of Mr. 0. Willcox, of New Haven. He graduated irom Yale College in 1844, and alterwards passed a number of years in study in Furope. There are six Americans in the Canadian Parlia- ment—Messrs. J. M. Currier, Aquilla Walsh, Joseph Rymal, Joho H. Lope, J. Y. Bowr and L, H. Holton. Mr, Currier represents the capital of Canada; Mr. Waish 1s the Cutef Commissioner of the great Inter- colonial Railway; Mr. Pope is Minister of Agricul- ture and Statistics; Mr. Rymal is the wit of the House, and Mr. Holton has been Minister of Finance. Mr. W. P. Howi%ud, Governor of Ontario, is also an American. THE MUSEUM OF ART. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art have issued cards for their opening reception, to be given tothe subscribers to the fund on Tuesday evening next. As the accommodations at their dis- posal are somewhat limited they have, in order to avold too great a crowding of their rooms on that evening, and also to give those who prefer it an opportunity of viewing the pictures first vy day- light, arranged to have the gallery open on Wednes- day from nine A. M, to five P.M, only to tne holders of invitations to the reception. On Thura- day and daily rueeeariat exceut Sundays and Mon- days, the galler; open to tne holders of tiekets, obtainabie from subsoribers only, HOW THE GAS COMPANIES CHARGE, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— New Yor«,“Feb. 15, 1872, Yesterday the Metropolitan Gas Light Company sent their bill in for the last month, viz.—December 26 to January 27—and it is larger than that of tne month previous, while it should be less, As you ‘will see, this bill includes about half of the dark nights, which they require the consumers to pay for what could not be used—air—which was forced through the pipes from some source or other; for 1 tried the effect of applying @ lighted match to the burner, when cold air would rush through imme- diately, putting the light out. 1 tried this repeat- edly, with the same result. Now the December bill was @ great deal more than the November ill, I thought there was no need of saying anythi of course the next bill would be less; put then to have it more, Tsay 8 too much, and would add to the many complaints alreaagy made of being imposed on by an independent company. “If you complain or refuse to pay your bill when presented they will immediately stop your supply,” is a remark I have had made to me by parties who have been “nit,’? Now if that is the true verston of this company’s ealings, I would ask you, Mr. Editor, how true it is, and, if 80, which 1 am told for a certainty 1s not the case, 1s there no law to make the company no) the supply of gas on, providing the consumer is willing to pay his bill if@ reasonabie deduction 1s made from the exorbitant chai as rendered during the holiday week, when we (above Tbirty-fourth street) had to invest in a candie or lamp? Has there ever been @ “test case’ brought beiore any of our Courts where the ‘cut-off pian of this, or any other very liberal company like them, tried to see how far the consumer 1s protected, tf t 18 al protection? By the way, we reused @ lamp a good | ag of the time during the evening since vane uary As we find it @ great deal pleasanter to Tread or sew by, I suppose the gas company would make me pay extra for that if they knew what I did, For your liberal and fearless spirit in expos- ing any and everything tending to corruption, I would add to the many others my hearty approval and endorsement. A READER, WHOLESALE EJECTMENT SUITS, * St. Lours, Feb. 18, 1872, George Mackay, of New York, filed yesterday in the United States Court 110 ejectment suits against persons occupying lots in what as known as Stod- dard’s addition to this city, Mackay cl of ground in this sadision based iS sgrant Wecot by the government to J. Smith, in 1515 and con- firmed by Congress in 1864. ‘fhe tract 18 valued at $1,000,000. ‘There will be over two hundred suits in allineach of which Mackay claims $10,000 dam- ——______. ARREST OF AN ESOAPED OONVI:T IN BROOKLYN, An escaped convict, named Michael Hurley, alias John Raymond, was captured at a late hour last night by Roundsman Grant, of the Second Precinct, at his residence, corner of Washington and Water streets, Hurley was sentenced to the State Prison for four years and stx months for grand larceny by Recorder Hackett, and nad abbut eighteen montua to serve when he made his escape, TELEGRAPHIO NEWS ITEMS, Derr an eo ub MN ea . Yay Wi re on ‘Satur SHAY furivure was burned, Lose, $4,000; insurance no ascertained. in Mercantile AA grand poultry exhibition, will be in, Mercantile brary Hall, 8t. Louis, next Thursday, dred coopa from this city and State there will ve on exbibl- tion ten coops from New York, twe.ve from Connecticut, Afteen from Delaware, forty from Ohio, forty-five from Pennsylvania, ff Lili y from lowa, The Bouthern States wilt also be repr a) rll also be on exhibition a large number of pigeons, alnging birds, rab- bits aad other domestic animale, ‘ FRANOE The Reactionary Movement Toward Royalty and Aristocracy. Presidential Accusation Against Orleanism—Pro- gress of the Subscription for the Pay- ment of the Prussians. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD Panis, Feb, 18, 1872, The monarchists in the assembly are canvassing with great activity to obtain signatures to their forthcoming manifesto and organize a strong and compact party. Many members of the old French nobility have visited Antwerp to pay their respects to the Count ae Chambord. POPULAR ACCUSATION AGAINST ORLEANISM, The newspaper organs of President Thiers and of the legitimist party accuse the Orleanists “of in- trigae and bad faiun.” THE PAYMENTS TO THE PRUSSTANS. The committee on subscriptions have already re- celved 1,500,000 franca 1n contributions to the vol- untary fund forthe payment of the French war in- demnity to the Prussians, SPAIN. awe The Cabinet Crisis Continued—Personal Reclama- tion and Party Animosity. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALG MaADBID, Feb, 18, 1872. ‘The Ministerial crisis continues. It originated in the opposition of Admiral Topete to certain promotionsin the army and his demand for the dismissal of Sefior Gamindes from the Cabinet, GENERAL SHERMAN’S TOUR. From Rome to an American Reception in the Buins of Pompeii. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. ROME, Feb. 18, 1872, General Sherman leaves this city Tuesday for Naples. The Americans residing in Naples are preparing & Sete at Pompeli in his honor, THE UNPAID CITY CREDITORS. Who Are tl Men Who Are Clamoring for Their Payt—The Bad Effects of Recent Poe litical Management. The members of the Board of Audit have decided to expedite the payment of the non-pald city cred- tors by adding to the force, which is already very large, employed in the iuvestigation of cfy claims, Commissioner Van Nort will send over to the Comptrolier’s office to- day five of the best qualified clerks from the Department of Public Works to assist in this investigation, By this arrangement it is hoped that tne Board will be able to pass upon the claims of those laborers who stili remain unpaid. The clamor that was made at the last meeting of the Bora came for the most part from the axe-men, the Water police aud tue men who were em- ployed to p int the lamp posts, To a large extent those who are on the pay rolls for the alleged periormance of these duties are men who were placed there for political purposes, Mr. Tweed, when Commissioner of the Public Works, yielded to the pressure of prominent politicians to give ap- pointments to men at arate of remuneration that averaged $1,000 per year each, when he well knew hat there was no employment for them. Tuls was notably the case with the water police, Ninety-two men were placed upon the pay rolls, when thiriy were amply sufficient to perform the duty. Just before election all army would be appointed to the occupation of painting the lamp posts—an oceu- pation that haa only @ nominal exisience. It 1s Claims Of this character that the Comptrolier declines to place before the Board. With truthfulness be states that the service charged for has not been ren- dered. On the other hand, the men say that they were hired to work, and if the work was not ready for them it was not their fault. OBITUARY. Irish Veter: ot the British Army. ‘Thomas Grenan, a pensioner of the British Army, died in the town of Naas, county Kildare, Ireland, & few days since. He was eighty years of age. Grehan was porn in Naas. He joined the Kildare militia in June, 1813, He served three years in that regiment, when he volunteered to the Fifty-nintn regiment of British infantry in 1816, emvarked for India the same year, and served in that country for @ period ot tweuty-six years, He was present with the Fifty-ninth regiment at the siege and storm of Burtpvor in 1826, when he made a prisoner of Pri- vate Herbert, the gunner who fired at Lora Vomber- mere, for which he was afterwards hanged, Patrick Bourke, late of the Fulty seventh and For- teth regiments of English infantry, died lately at his residence, near Clones, Ireland, He was one of the few survivors ol the battle of Waterloo, having fought through the Peninsular campaign. He wore the medai of the closing fight. An Aged Servant of the Monarchs of Eng- land. From England is snnounced the death of Mrs, Brettell, of St. James’ Palace, in her ninetieth year, @ faithful servant for seventy years of the househoid of George IIL, George 1V., Wullam 1V., and Her Majesty Queen Victoria. ol les F. Ferte, “?Homme Rouge.” A very remarkable personage has just died in Paris. His name was Charles Frangois Ferté, and his business in life was to receive the bodies of per- sons whom crime, accident or suicide led to the Morgue. Ferté, by reason of his taste in dress vests popularly known as ‘‘’ Homme Rouge,” 1s de- scribed a8 @ man who, under a somewhat rough demeanor, hid @ kind heart, Many stories of his acts of humanity are current. He has left behind him a child which the double suicide of its parents nad left unprovided for, and whom ‘i’/Homme Rouge” took home with him, cared for and had properly educated. Day by day, during the twenty- 81x years of his service at the Morgue, Ferté was composing @ book to which he has given the sin- gular utle “Registre de Macabre,” The book, which extends to mauy volumes, is nothing more nor less than the register of the names and addreases—when known, otherwise of the descriptions—of the bodies received by him, which reach a@ total of 20,000, Ferté appears to have spent his leisure hours in making inquiries into the antecedents of the more interesting of his charges, and the results are given o yoluminous notes appended to the register of ea The Bavarian Minister in R: Advices from Rome, in speaking ot recent death of M. de Donninges, Bavarian Minister at the Court of Italy, state that his decease was caused by smallpox, Captain Arthur Ormaby. Captain Arthur Ormsby, British Waterloo officer, ‘whose death is announced from England, served in the Peninsula from March, 1809, until 1811, and was present at the crossing of the Douro and inthe lines of Torres Vedras. He served the campaign of 1815 with the Fourteenth regiment of infantry, and ‘was present at the battle of Waterloo and stormt of Cambray, at which last place he was wounded. He served aiterwards in the East Indies, and was present at the siege and capture of Hattrass, ulso im the Deccan campaign Of 1817-18, and the seige and capture of Bhurtpore, under Lord Comber- mere, ATTEMPTED ARSON, At about twelve o'clock yesterday the three story brick house corner of Lorimer and Meserole streeta, Williamsburg, was set on fire, a quantity of cotton saturated with kerosene oil being used by the incendiary, The building is owned“ by Henry Hoffman, and is occupied as @ grocery store by Henry Stemmerman, e the Fire Mar- shal caused the arrest of Miss ns, One of the tenants, to answer @ charge of arson. The same buliding had been set on fire five times previously. SUICIDE IN A GRAVEYARD, At about three o’clock yesterday afternoon Chris. vopher Kunzman, a native of Germany, fifty years of age, entered the Lutheran Cemetery in a state of intense excitement, and, throwii himeeif upon @ grave, he drew a razor and cut his throat in so de- Vermined @ manner that death resulted in a 1 moments, The unfortunate man resided North Second atreet, Williamsburg, where he leaves: * @ Widow and two children, UTAHK. Stories of the Snow-Blockade Runners. Sufferings of the Passengers—The Road Not Equipped for Winter Travel—Superintendent Sickles and His Assistant, Clark, to Blame—Threats of Lynching—The State Constitution Convention. Sarr Laks Crry, Feb. 18, 1872, STATE CONSTITUTION. The convention to frame a State constitution and apply for the admission of Utah meets in this city to-morrow. The Herald advocates the clause for minority representation. THE PASSENGERS’ STORIES. Thrilling narratives are given by passengers just through the snow blockade of the Union Pacific Rallroad. There Is said to nave been much suffer- ing among the passengers, mainly from want of food, and but for relief from Fort Steele the situa- tion would have been terrible, Many of the pas- sengers scathingly CONDEMN SUPERINTENDENT SICKLES and-his assistant, Clark, for mismanagement and neglect, Others throw all the blame on Clark and declare that the passengers, when lying near Creston, would have lynched him had he made his Appearance, The passengers are unanimous tn the opinion that the road 1s not at all equipped for winter travel, and that with PROPER APPRARANOES AND MANAGEMENT there would be no occasion for any serious inter- ruption, It is now reported that the blockado 18 more vigorous than ever, and that, altogether, there are not more than 200 men engaged in clear- ing the track. WEATHER REPORT. War D&PARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE Cuixe SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. U., Feb, 19~1 A. M, Sunopsis yor the Past Twenty-four Hours. ‘The barometer has varied but little during Saturday night and Sunday over the entire country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Threatening weather, with occasional light rain and snow, has been reported from Iilinoils to Pennsylvania and Georgia, but clear weather prevailed in New England and west of the Mississippi during Sunday, with Indications of a light disturbance in the Gulf or Mexico west of Florida in the afternoon, which have now entirely disappeared, and almost perfect calm prevails throughout the States east of the Rocky Mountains, Light northeast winds prevail in the Mississippi Valley only. The barometer has fallen somewhat, with rain, ta Utan, Frobabitites, The barometer will probably remain nearly uni- form on Monday. The lowest pressure develop in the extreme Northwest, with fresh winds and threatening weather on the upper lakes. A similar depression also prevail on the South Atlantic coast, Light locai winds prevail at most stations, With clear weatner in the Midale and Eastern states, Dangerous winds are not anticipated for Monday morning. Supplementary Weather Report. It has been snowing at Cincinnati, Ohio; Cleve- land, Ohio; Lynchburg, Va.; Pitisburg, Pa. ; Toledo, Ohio, and raining at Corinne, Utah; Memphis, Tenn,, and Savannah, Ga. Threatening Weather has been reported from Loulsville, Ky.; Augusta., Ga., and Wilmington, N. C. The temperature a¢ Burilngton, Vt., this morning was one degree below zero, The temperature this even- Ing at Cheyenne was 49 degrees; Corinne, Utah, 56; Denver, Uol., 64; Galveston, Texas, 71; Mobile, Ala, 55; New Oricans, La., 61; San Diego, Cal., 65; San Francisco, 60; Santa Fe, New Mexico, 59 above, ‘rhe Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for tue past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicatea by the thermometer at Hudaout’s Phar- macy, HERALD Building:— 137, 1872, 1871, 1872, 44 19 oL 38 45 19 «66 46 32 49 “a 9 39 28 53 33 36 27 erature yesterday 21 Average temperature for correspon jast year., GENERAL MAURY AND CONDUCTOR TRICE. A Truc Account of the Car Outrage— Letter from the General to the President of the Memphis and Chattanooga Rail- road—Dismissal of the Bellicose Con- ductor. HUNTSVILLE, Feb. 1, 1872, Major M. J. Wicks:~ DeEaR Sin—Last night I arrived in Chattanooga by the train from Virginia, naving been since Sun- day week travelling almost dally. I, therefore, ‘went into the sleeping car at Chattanooga to secure some hours of west. Tne conductor of the sleeping car met me and politely informed me that any of the berths would be at my service, as he had no other passengers, I laid my travelling bag and shawi upon @ seat and fell into acivil chat with the conductor, during which he informed me he was from Loutsa county, Virginia, the adjoming county to my own, Spottsylvania, lasked him lus name. He said his name was ‘irice, 1 turned from him, and, without @ word, took up my valise and shaw! and went out of the sleeping car and went into the next car in front, ad been in that car about five or ten minutes when I miased the cape of my overcoat, and think- ing I might have lett it in the restaurant of the depot went hastily im and asked the proprietor if 1 had left my cape there, He tod me no I then went into the sleeping car tolook for it, and found it in the seat where I had placed 1, took it up, aad was on my way out of the car with it when the same conductor confronted me and said to this effect:— “You leit this car very aoruptly just now, sir; why did you do so?” His manaer was aggressive. I re- Plied, “Because, sir, I chose to do so; and then, ‘with coarse language and insolent manner, he de- manded again my reasons. I replied, “1 leit the car because you are the author of a scandal upon the Southern people.”” He then ran to the stove, vook up an iron poker about eighteen inches Jong, and came quickly up to me with it, denouncing and _ threatenin, me in violent und foul terms, until I nad reached the door of the sieeping car, when, Po as 1 stepped out upon the he ae of the car, e suddenly caught me around the neck, with the arm holding his lantern, threw me down upon the latform and struck me rapidly and violently on he back of my head with the poker. He inflicted several cuts upon my head and several upon my arms before he was prevented by Mr. Peck, the brakeman, trom further violence. Thad no weapon upon my person nor anywhere within reach, and, having .been maimed in both my hands, was at his mercy trom the moment he threw me down. ‘These are the main facts known to me about this outrage. I lay them belore you, and am, respect- fully, yours, DABNEY H. MAU. case by the rallroad officials Conductor Trice has beem dismissed. SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN NEWARK, Terence Nugent, a boy fifteen years old, while playing in an unfinished building im Bergen street, Newark, fell irom the second story to the celler yesterday and sustained fatal injuries, His skull Was fractured, leg broken, both arms in like manner, and one eye knocked out. The unlor- tunate lad was stil alive last night, KANSAS LEGISLATORS “IN A STEW." " TorsKa, Kan., Feb, 17, 1872, The Apportionment bill passed the House to-day. ‘There was much excitement and @ good deal of bit terness displayed during the roll call, and many members explained their votes. There is no pros- pect of this bill passing the menate without various modifications, A new section hes been added to the Insurance bill, now belore the House, which forces insurance companies to pay losses on build. ings to the full amount insured, and stops them irom setting up any defence as Ww the value of prop- erty, except In the Cases of fraud, in suits lor the recovery Of loss. YACHTING, (From the Bristol (R, I.) Phenix, Feb, 17.] A large schooner yacht was launched from the yard of Mr. John B. Herreshoff Thursday afternoon. The yacht was built for Mr. George Pickman, of ay. ne and 1s intended for the Eastern Ya feo breadth of @ measured 61 leet in length by 18 length by WASHINGTON. THE FRENCH ARMS CHARGE DAMP. Schurz and Trumbull Do Not Think It Will Go Off. The Spanish Armistice with the Allied Republics. THE RUSSIAN MISSION. Proposed Increase of Pensions to Badly Maimed Soldiers. THE HYDROGRAPHIC BUREAU. WASHINGTON, Feb, 18, 1872. Senators Schurz and ‘Trumbull on Si en's Arms-Solling Resolution—The German Vote— Prospect tor an Inquiry. Senator Schurz ts reported to have expressed Dimself in friendly quarters to the effect that, in 80 far as he had any desires tn connection with Mr. Sumner’s resolution, the subject had gone far enough, and that he did not care whether the reso- lution was adopted or not. The interpretation put upon this guarded explanation ts that the German vote has been influenced to the required degree, and that the exculpatory offorts of tho administra- Uon will not now avail to overcome the mischief, Mr. Trumbull, however, does not believe his brother reformers are making @ winning fight, in spite of Schurz’s German victory, and not only 1s keeping out of the battie himself, but disparages Sumner’s tactics to the friends of Grant, It 1s thought by many Senators that Mr. Sumner’s French resolution will get through the Senate to- morrow, stripped of its objectionable and wordy preamble and the text so changed as to omit tne requirement for an inquiry into “the real parties in interest and the sums respectively patd and re- ceived by the real parties.” It is this clause that is depende upon by the Frenchmen to find out how far Remington, its agent, is representing the truth in his statement of the extra cost of buying United States arms and ammunition from or through other parties, after he and his dummy, Richardson, had been detected in violating the spirit of our neu- tratity laws and cut off by the War Deparrment from the privileges of proposal and purchase. This ig just the toformation that the War Vepartment could not supply if 1t were ever so willing to oblige Ue present government of France. A Congressional inquiry could bring it out by holding the terrors of fine and tmprisonment by act of Congress over the heads of parties disposed to be reticent about their private business afairs, and a convenient excuse for extorting it 1s found in the ready-made allega- tion that United States officers were concerned in irregularities touching these same business affairs. But the administration Senators say that, as the French government has seen fit to believe that our military authorities, even up to the hignest grade, are not to be trusted to furnish correct information except under the screws of a Congressional in- quisition, and that the hypocrisy and cunning of pri- vate agents are alone to be depended upon, they do notsee why American merchants and traders should be put upon compulsion to do ior Attorney Chambrun what the French Legation could have had done in @ proper manner, if a decent spirit of respect for the official representatives of the Amer- can people haa been shown, The Diplomatic Bill—froposed Elevation of the Kussian Mission to First Class Rank. On Tuesday next the Consular and Diplomatic bill will be called up in the House, and Representa- tive Swann, who has charge of it, will lead off in a | speech opening the way for general discussion When the House shall go into Committee of the Whole for the consideration of the bill, Our re- lations with Russia will especially be discussed on the proposition to raise that mission to the first rank, with Great Britain and France. The Foreign Afairs Commitvee has already agreed upon a bill for this; but the Appropriation Committee declined to recommend it or to make the increased appropria- tion, based, it 1s said, upon the diplomauc trouble growing out of Catacazy’s oficial relations, Gorts- chakoft’s offensive note having been withdrawn, and one of the most prominent o: the Russian statesmen being about to be appointed Minister to this country, @ fact not yet oMicially communicated to Congress, itis expected that the action of the Committee on Appropriations will be reconsidered and the mission elevated to the grade of first class, The Memphis National Bank of Tennessee. Mr. Rutter, President of the exploded Tennessee National Bank, whose history in relation to the ab- atracted schoo fund and Comptroller Hulburd, was given in the HERALD a week ago, 1s in the city, and appeared before the Banking and Currency Com- mittee yesterday. The committee having been fully prepared for Mr, Rutter by the eviuence of the ex-National Bank Examiner, who detected and reported the rotten condition of the bank, put the ex-President througn an examination of the most harrowing character, and was notified that he would be examined again, after certain persons now on their way from Memphis had been before the committee. Rutter, who now claims New York as his hailing place, is stopping at @ small retired hotel, and is doing his best to escape even casual observation. He seems to believe that the com- mittee either have, or may have, something more in view than an investigation of the oilicial doings of the Comptroller of the Currency. Charts of the Pacific Oceau—The Hydro- graphic Bure: The memorial of New York merchanis to Con- gress for the survey of such parts of the Pacific Ocean as require it has been referred to the Secre- tary ofthe Navy, who will recommend that the survey be made as soon as practicable and new plates for charts engraved by the Hydrographic Office to meet the wants of the mercantile marine, At present the law of Congress requires that all moneys recetved for the sale of charts shall be paid into the Treasury, rendering 1t necessary to make annual appropriations for the support of the Hydro- graphic OMice. Secretary Robeson will therefore recommend that all moneys received from the sale of charts shall be placed to the credit of the office for the reproduction of charts for general sale, with asmall profit above the actual cost of the labor end paper. The office in afew years would be self-sustaining, while its usefulness would be extended, to the great benefit of the merchants throughout the country, Increase of Pensio: for Disabled Soldiers and Sailors, The bill offered by Mr. Sessions, of New York, some time ago, to Increase the pensions of the fol- lowing classes of pensioners—viz., those who have lost total eyesight, those who have lost buth legs, those Who have lost both arms and those who have lost one leg and one arm—meets with approval, and, {t 18 expected, will be favorably reported, This class now receive but $25 per month, and the in- crease will not take more than $15,000 from the Treasury in addition to what 1s now paid for pen- sions. Of the navy pensioners there ts but one who Woula be benefited by the increase, Armistice Between Spain and the South American RepublicsThe Result of United Stntes’ Mediation. The following is the text of the armistice between Spain and the South American republics, which a cable telegram recently stated had been published in the offictal gazette at Madrid:— The Plenipotentiaries of Spain and of the allied republics of south America met at the Departmeat Sideetaed coon te : ce the 14th of April, 1871, an upon the followin, ARTIOLRS OF ARMISTICE BKIWRRN SPAIN ON THE ONB HAND AND THE ALLIED BI FORLIOS BOLIVIA, CHILI, KOUADOR AND PERU—ON The mediation of the United States having been offered and ac: towards reiteving Spain and the allied republics of the Pactfic from the spa state of war, Which has existed since the hostilities in ren iat ul pet for this purpose “he arrestee ee hag ts Cauuolie Malenty lag’ congested like ROWery od z Maaricto Lopez Kot Knight Grand Cross of the’ Royal Order of Isavel Catnolic, Kaignt ' on Cross of the Order of Christ of Portugal, Officer of House of the Concepuion of Pi and of Leopold of Beigium, Knight Commander of the Legion of Honor of France, Superior Chief of Aa- muinistrat Deputy in various Legisiatures, En- voy Ex! ry and Minister Pleuipotentiary. of His y Amadeus I., King of in, to the republic of Colonel Manuel Freyre, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru to the Unitea States of America. The President of the republic of Chile has conferred like powers on Joaquin Godoy, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotenuary of that republic to the United States of America. ‘The President of the republic of Ecuador has con- ferred like powers on Antonio Flores, a Senator of that republic and its Minister Plenipotentiary a@ And the President of the zepobe of Peru has conferred like powers on Colo! Manuel Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pient) of that republic to the United States of America. And the said pianipotensiaries baving exchanged their full powers, which were found in due and pro- per form, Dave agreed upon the following articles:— ARTICLE 1.—The suspension of hostilities exist- ing de sacto between Spain on the one hand and the allied republics of Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and on the other, ig converted intoa general armistice or truce, Agr. 2.—This amistice shall continue indefinitely, and cannot be broken by any of tne beliigerenw, Save in taree years after having expressly and ex- pitcttiy notified the other of ity intention to renew ostilities. In this case such notification must be Made through the government of the United States. AkT. 3.—Each of the belligerents during the coa- Unuance of this armistice shall be at liberty to carry on commerce with neutral nations in all articles in which trade is considered lawful in & State of peace; ail restriction on neutral commerce, therefore, ceasing. ART. 4.—The present agreement shall be ratified by the respective governments, and the instruments Of relificauions shail be exchanged at the Depart ment Oi State, at Washington, within four mons from date, . Arr. 5.—Those governments which shall not have sent their ratification within the time fixed in tire Preceding article may make the exchange separately in the two months following. ART. 6.—if any one of the governments, On ac- count of circumstances over which 16 fas 20 com- trol, shall not be able to effect the exchai of the Tatifications within the times fixed in the articles, such delay shall be granted it as ib may Tequest from the other party ‘without the necessity for a new agreement. ART. 7.—The proceedings for the ratification and exchange shall not interfere with the continuation of the conterences designed for tne negotiations of peace. In testimony of the sttpulations made in the fore- going several articles the undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, inthe character of diavor, and the Plentpotentiaries of Spain, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru have signed tne Genire4 agicement at the Department of State, at Wasi on tue Lith day of A) 1871, om ET AMILTON FISH. MAURICIO LOPEZ ROBEKTS, Pleaipotenciario de Espaaa, MANUEL FREYRE, Pienipotenciario del Peru. JOAQUIN GODOY, Plenipovenciario de Chile. ANTONIO FLORES, Pleniporenctario del Ecuadog- MANUEL FREYRE, Plenipotenciario de Bolivia, The American Tract Society’s Disiributions for One Year. The annual meeting of the American Tract Se ciety was held to-night in the Congregational church, Rev. Dr. Rankin presiding. The state ment of the society shows the benevolent re- ceipts were $109,821; expenditures, $113,068. pense for administrauon and collection i Met from other sources. One hundred and fifty. seven mil}ion tracts and 8,000,000 periodicals. were issued during the year, chiefly in the South and West. Two hundred and eighty-seven missionary colporteurs were employed, making 278,000 Christian family visits, above ouc-elghth of the families being without religious books. In connection with the Richmond Agency, over three thousand hopeful conver- sions are reported and eleven evangelical churches organized, Rev. F. E, Shearer, District Secretary at San Francisco, sald that in the United States there is one professing Uhristian to every eight per sons; in California one to every twenty-four, and in Nevada one in thirty-five. Addresses were also delivered by Representative Maynard, the Secretary of the Inverior and Kev. Dr, Atkins, of Georgetown, The Abbott Election Case. The friends of General Abbott do not believe that the decision of the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections 1s to be taken as evidence of the dis- posttion of the Senate, and announce their intes- tion of further contesting the case, in the expecta- | tion of overcoming the report of the committee on | legal considerations, The Western Kailroads Fight for Lands It13 understood there will be two reports from the House Judiciary Committee on the questions involved in the triangular fight between the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company, the Ven tral Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Com- panies concerning their respective land grants, The majority of tne committee will report a resolue tion referring the whole matter buck to the De- partment of the Interior, for the reason that the House did not authorize the com- mittee to send for persons and papers. The minority will recommend the passage of a@ resolu- tion that the assignment made by the Hannibal and St, Joseph Railroad Company to the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company 1s void an@ not binding on the United States; and that the latter Company Is not entitled to any of the land claimed by it, and also that the St. Joseph and Denver City Ratiroad Company 1s entitled to only a’fraction of the lands which it claims, The New York Eighth National Baok. A committee consisting of Archibald Johnstes. ana J. H. Stephenson, appointed by the: depositors of the Eighth National Bank, of New York, reached here yesterday for the purpose of procuring authority to examine into the affairs of the association at the time they were placed: in the hands of the receiver. The Comptroller of the Cur- rency, after hearing their statement, issued instruce. tions to A, Mann, receiver of that bank, to permit these gentlemen, with an accountant, to be employed by them, to have accesa to the books and records of the bank, and to tender them every facility in nis power to make thé investigation in order that they mag. procure the desired information. “ON, STANLEY, ON!” {From the Newark Journal, Feb, 17.] A fitting motto for the HERALD's Livingstone Search Expedition is found in “the iast words of Marmion”—“On, Stanley, on !’” ANOTHER THIEF IN JERSEY. Willlam Bowes, the man who, in company wit James Bell, robbed the till of a grocery store at the corner of Washington and Fifth streets, Hoboken, and effected Lis escape, was ped in Spring street, New York, on suiurday evening, by Officer SS the Hoboken police. He was canverea to Hoboken and committed to the county jall te await trial. Beil 1s already sojourning there. 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