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NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. one killed, and had he been shrewd enough to exti WASHINGTON. THE TREATY ON ITS LAST LEGS. AP teat A Cincinnati Sinners and the Republican Bosom of Abraham. eS Passage of the Pacific Mail Job -in the Senate. ——- HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD. Kelley’s Pig Iron Coup de Main and Dawes’ Artful Dodge. af THE TREATIES WITH THE CHEROKEES, WASHINGTON, May 7, 1872, in the Washington Treaty. im the Cabinet session to-day the resolve of the The Deadlock President to rest our case as it stands before the | to seek | Acvemnfodation, came under | tribumal at Geneva, nor alloy farther aeans of formal discussion, and was sustained by all the Members present. Under the instructions now in his possession Minister Schenck has nothing fur- ther to ask or propose at London, and only in the event of the British Ministry desiring additional information of our intentions is he to tell Lord Granville that all the American claims understood to be within the treaty are before the tribunal, and are to remain til! they are disposed of in the man- her proposed in their presentation, or the arbitra- tion itself is terminated by the act of the British government. This determination is jooked upon almost uni- versally as involving the total failure of the treaty with all its subordinate and dependent provisions asit 18 not possible for the Gladstone Cabinet to offer such a voluntary and promise as alone will now be considered here, Opening the Door for the Cincinnati Prodigals. There is a better feeling in administration circles respecting the political situation. ‘The demand for an independent democratic ticket comes loudly from the West, and the weakness of the Cincinnati ticket and platform among the republicans and conservatives of that section, and especially in the Southwest, can no longer be concealed. The free traders and incidental protectionists of the West allege that they have more to hope for by fighting for their principles within rather than without the regular party precincts, and if the Way is left open for reconciliation, as to all present appearances seems likely to be the case, all of the malcontents and reformers, whom it is an object to win back, are expected to be within the party fold, or nearly so, by the time the Philadelphia Conven- tion meets. Inthe republican conference at the Capitol to- day Colonel Forney, who was present, advocated the leaving of the door wide open for the return of the prodigals till November, against the propost- tion of Senator Chandler to lock them out for starvation. It is admitted by many friends of General Grant that the ne: cessity of doing something towards heal- ing the party wounds and strengthening the administration position is recognized ‘at headquarters, and that though, for cogent rea- sons, the contemplated changes may not be made before the Convention, those who desire and have reason to know the fact may take the assurance to Philadelphia that the new policy by which the future is to be distinguished will committed to other hands than those that now wield the executive power. A complete reformation of the Cabinet is but a partof the programme between this and Novem- ber, and it is predicted, upon authority of unde- niable weight, that of the present Cabinet officers Mr. Boutwell alone will retain his place, and that the colleagues whom Mr. Forney will meet in the future Cabinet sessions will be men who will bring a name and a following to the support of the Presi- dent and his policy. Secretary Boutwell returned this evening, after an absence of over two weeks. Mr. Fish The Cotton Claims Amendment in the House—Dawes’ Tactics om the Tariff Bill. it has been a lively day in the House to-day, and one somewhat remarkable in its legislative action. First the discussion of what is called the Morriil amendment to the House Deficiency Appropriation bill, which has reference to a large class of claims for private property illegally taken after June 20, 1865, by the government, claims tor cotton taken and sold and the money covered into the Treasury, and which, in many cases, has been proved to belong to private citizens, and for it they now demand payment. The Court of Claims has hitherto had jurisdiction in such cases, The Drake amend- ment which has been decided by the Supreme Court te be unconstitutional, decided that when a person had been pardoned the fact of the pardon was evi- ence of guilt, and debarred a claimant from receiv- ing pay for his property thus illegally taken. The Morrijl amendment decides that the Court of Claims has no jurisdiction in cases where a pardon has been granted. One strangles a rule of evidence by which these people shall get their rights, the other strangles the Court by destroying its jurisdic- tion. The amendment offered by the Committee on Appropriations provides that the Secretary of the ‘Treasury shall pay to the owners, or their legal representatives, the property seized since June 30, 1865, and appropriates a sufficient sum to pay such claims. Mr. Bingham opposed giving this authority to the Secretary of the Treasury; thought the matter shonld be carefully looked over by a competent committee, well considered and weighed. He feared thus opening the door to easy adjustment would be fruitfal of great evils. Mr. Peters, of Maine, said, in his opinion, the withholding of this payment to loyal citizens of money belonging to them was no more than theft, and expressed surprised ‘at the action of Mr. Bing- ham, who, he said, had offered a bill last year ananimousiy reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, of which this was an exact copy, was, in fact, borrowed from them, and he sent to the Clerk's desk the proceed- ings upon the bill so reported and had it read, This seemed a surprise to Mr. Bingham and very funny to all who could see. the countenance of the upholder of the constitution, as he sat convicted out of hisown mouth, Mr. Blair, of Michigan, thought the claims, if just, shouid be paid; but decidediy objected to 30 many tribunals, and advocated giv- ing them to the Court of Claims. Mr. Butler also favored this view of settlement. Mr. Marris, of Vir- Finia, thought it wrong to compel claimants to pay half of their pittance to prosecute in the courts for what they should have without expense attending the collection, TI Substitute offered by the committee was adopted, The Indian “ppropriation bill was then taken up and passed; when the House, on motion of Mr, Dawes, went into Committee of the Whole on the Tariff bill, and at once moved to strike out the first two lines, including the tax on tea and contee. Mr. Kelley immediately arose, with the air of A conquering hero on victory intent, and moved to strike out the enacting clause, and, to the surprise of all, it was carried by a vote of 9 to %. It was evident that a trade had been made between the free trade demo- crate and Mr. Kelley, the former agreeing that if he would agree to reduce the tax on tobacco to six. teen cents per pound they would help him kill the Tarif? bill, jority. ‘Thus far the game was successfal, ‘The committee rose and reported action to the House, Mr, Kebey they moved to yepoyt bis bill in place of the unconditional com- | be | He, therefore, moved to strike out the | enacting clause, which was carried by twenty ma: | the previous question he could have held the free traders; but Mr. Dawes moved an amendment, sub- stituting in place of the first section of the comumit- tee bill a general reduction of ten per cent on the cluding twenty pages of the bill, striking out all the tariff reductions except coal, salt aud ieather and the free list section, This was offered in the shape | of instructions to the committee, who were ordered | to report forthwith, This motion prevailed, as the free traders did not dare to vote against a squa proposal to reduce the tariff While the vote wa being taken Mr. Keiley went over to the democratic side to see What was the matter, Furious with de- feat, he charged his allies with acting in bad faith, and declared to the Chair that they were voting under a misapprehension. « ? called out Mr. Garfleld, “the trade is broken; the coalitioy can't work. That's all.” So what promised a brilliant victory for Mr. Kelley was turned into a signal one for Mr. Dawes, whe succeeded in having his substi- tute accepted by the House, and which he reported Wack from the committee as directed forthwith. Schools—The Pacitic Mail Job Passed in the Senate, Mr. Sumner succecded in getting his District Mixed School bill before the Senate during the morning hour to-day, but not without serious op- position from Mr. Trumbull and others, who ex- pressed a desire to devote their time to matters of national rather than local importance, Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut, Whose amendment submitting the question to the voters of the District is pending, | made a speech, announcing that hood sat side by side with colored children in the public. schools of that State, without tamination, he thought. The law there opened the schools to black and white alike; but it was the resnit of the expression of public opinion, and not such a measure as Mr. Sum- ner was inclined to impose upon the people of this District. Senator Kellogg denounced the bill as a Utopian scheme, whereupon Mr. Sumner desired the colored people of Louisiana to have their eyes upon Kellogg. The discussion outlasted the morn- ing hour, and the bill went over, Mr. Sumner finaily { consideration of it on Tharsday nex he Pacific Mail subsidy was carried in the Se} to-day by a small majority, and the Brazilian and Australian subsidies were defeated, It will be re- membered that they were offered as amendments to | the Postal Appropriation bill, the consideration of which occupied the time of the Senate up to the hour of adjournment. Itis probable that final action will be reached to-morrow, and the bill, like all other perfection at the hands of a conference committee. The Cherokees and the United States Au- thoritics. ‘The President to-day, in response to the Senate resolution of the 23d ultimo, communicated to the Senate a report from the Acting Secretary of the Interior giving information relative to the affray at the Court Mouse in the Snake District, Indian Ter- ritory. The President says, in view of the feeling of hos- tility which exists between the Ch Kees and the United States authorities of the Western district of Arkansas, it seems to be necessary that Congress should adopt such measures a3 will tend to allay | that feeling, and at the same time secure the en- forcement of the laws in that Territory. I there- fore concur with the Secretary of the Interior in suggesting the adoption of a pending bill for the erection of a judicial district within the Indian Territory, a3 @ measure which will afford the most immediate remedy for the existing troubles, Acting Secretary of the Interior Cowan when transmitting to the President copies of all the papers received by the department, said:— It will be observed that there isa wide disfer- | ence in the detalls of the circumstances attending | the riot, as stated by the United States Marshal and | by the reports of the Cher authorith The feeling between the United States oficers and the citizens of the Indian Territory is very bit- ter, growing out of the anomalous ndition of | things tu that Territory. ‘This unto! te occur rence ts but the natural result of the hostile feeling: which has existed for some time between the resi- dents of the Indian Territory and the United States: | anthorit in the Western district of Arkansas, Many whites have been adopted into the Cherokee nation, and» the Indian authorities claim the same jurisdiction over such adopted citizens as | is accorded by our laws to _ persons of Indian blood. This right seems to be denied by the United States Court having jurisdiction over the Territory, and, on account of such difference, questions of jurisdiction are continually arising of violence, and harmonize differences between them. Mr. Cowan therefore recommends the passage of the bill referred to by the President,which, he says, is authorized by the treaty with the Cherokees of July 19, 1868. | The International Statistical Congress. Hon, Edward Young, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, was to-day appointed by the President to represent the United States in the International Statistical Congress, which is to assemble at St. Petersburg on the 20th of August next. The Secre- tary of State, in his letter of instruction, says:—“It will be desirable that you should provide your- self with such statistical documents and ta- | bles as in your judgment will best promote the purpose of your mission, and as will contribute to the formation of a perfect understanding abroad of the resources and prosperity of the United States and to just views of their relative position among the family of nations.” Young will accept the appointment, and leave for England about the middle of July. The Soldiers, the Public Lands and Pen- sions. * A Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Convention was held here last night, the delegates representing various posts of the Grand Army of the Republic. Their business was to take action against certain legislation of Congress affecting their interests, particularly the recently passed Bounty Land Act, which requires occupancy and cultivation to secure possession. ‘This, they say, is a delusion to soldiers and sailors, | especially those suffering from or disabled by wounds or other causes; or other casualties; and they also protest against the system of pensions, saying pensions should commence from the time of disability, instead of the period of filing proofs; and besides making pensions more equitabie they want an advan addition of twenty per cent. A Lobby on Guns. A patent gun lobby has developed itself here in opposition to the proposition now pending in Con- gress appropriating $200,000 for the use of the War Department in the manufacture of arms. The lobby, with customary disinterestedness, insists that the government ought to buy arms of ap- proved and reliable patterns, instead of wasting its money in experiments. Natnralization Treaty. A naturalization treaty has been concluded be tween the United States and Ecuador, and was to-day sent by the President to the Senate for rati- fication, Customs and Treasury Balances. ‘The receipts of customs at New York for the week ending April 30 were $4,102,104, ‘The balances in the ‘Treasury of the United States at the close of busi- ness last evening were:—Currency, $15,603,133; coin, $105,469,110; coin certificates, $26,089, Presidential Nominations. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day :—William M. Kilgour, to be Sec- ond Lieutenant of the Twenty-fourth infantry, and Second Lieutenant David Robinson, to be First Lieutenant of the Seventh infantry, Kevenue Appointments. ‘The following revenue appointments were made to-day :— 0. G. Schofield, ganger for the First district of West Virginia; G. M. Jennings, gauger for the Fourth district of Virginia; Lemuel G. Bowden, Assistant Assessor for the Third district of Vir- ginia; George K. Gilmer ganger for the Third dis- trict of Virginia. dla! oe Ascension Day services will be held to-morrow in St. Aun’s Free church, Kighteenth street, near Fifth avenue, at half-past seven and half-past ten | A Mi; at four P.M. for deaf mutes, and at three quarters past se P.M. At the latter the sermon, ed q by the Rev, H. ©, Potter, D. D., will be interpret for deal mutes, tari, commencing at the twentieth line and in- | The Colored Children and Washington | he had in child | con- | giving notice that he would call it up and urge final | appropriation bills, will find its perfection or im- | | which engender bitter feciings. Some such aie | tion seems to have been at the foundation of the | | recent riot. ‘The unrortunate occurrence at Going | fe Court Hous | feeling which has been re isting be | tween the anthorities of Indian Territory and | of the United States, would seem to call for some | action by Congress to prevent a repetition of acts | It is understood that Dr. | POLITICAL. eons THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE. Its Meeting in This City To-Day—A List of the Members, ‘The National Executive Committee of the demo- | eratic party meets in this city to-day. This com- | mittee was created by the National Convention which met at Tammany Hall on the 4th of July, 1868. Some of the members, among whom are Governor | Bragg, of North Carolina, and Governor Bigler, of | California, have since died, and some have notified | their State organizations that they cannot attend— Mr. Bingham, of New Hampshire, for instance, whose | piace is filled by Mr, William Burns, In all such | cases, the vacancies are filled by the State com- mittees, ‘The following is the list of 1868 :— August Belmout, of New York. .Jobn Forsyth.... Mobile. Little Rock. ramMento, F, Storey. iblack.. Vincennes. -Daniel Finch . Des Moines, od .Isaac E. Eaton. ..Leavenworth, Kentucky. T. C. MeCreery...Owensboro. Louisiana. james McClosky. New Orleans. . R. Lyman.....Portland. y Prince George, + Boston, Detroit. st. Paul, Jackson. Mississippi, Mixsow thas. E. Hooke tharies A. Mantz.St. Louis. . Miller..... Omaha, ‘J. W. MoCorkie. . Virginia City. | larry Bingham. . Littleton, Jon’ McGregor. .Newark. | North Carolina. . Thomas Bragg... Raleigh. | Onto, eed. G. Thompson. .Columbus, | Oregon ©, Hawthorn, .Portlana, | Penusyiva aae Helster,... Lancaster, Rhode fsiand....Gideon Bradford, Providence, South Co .©, H. Simonton, .Charleston, JohnW, Leitwick,Memplis. Texas... c.. AUSTIN, Vermont, - Milton. Virginia... Norfolk. Y Virginia, isconsin. Fred W. Hor GREELEY AND THE DEMOCRACY. Democrats Falling Into Line for Horace Grecicy. ‘The National Democratic Committee, composed | of delegates trom the various Assembly districts, | met last evening at Cooper Institute, ex-Recorder Smith presiding. ‘There was a very large attend- ance, Mr, Benjamin Wood offered the following resolution | . Whereas the orrupt course pursued by the presént na- tional administra tion has ¢ ed alarge and influential portion of the republican party to abandon the admini tration, and ina national convention to select can present the principles of reform that ai sary for the perpetuity of our institu reas the candidates so selected: are w ory Is a xuarantee for‘their honest mtegrity, and that they will, it elected, carry out the expressed Will of the pie, Resoived, That unless a National Democ tion shall, in their wisdom, deem it advisab | other candidates for Pi | will support the nominees ¢ believing that by so doing we will country from an wu) and dissatistuction and serious wl x created distrust ted our prestige ‘his resolutions was thusiasin. A resolution was offered that a mass meeting of the democracy be held for the purpose of obtaining an expression of public opinion, with a view of in- Muencing the National Democratic Convention. While this resolution was under discussion a Ger- man delegate suggested that the position of the democracy, after endorsing Grecley, would be rather unpleasant were the Philadetptia Convention to discard Grant and nominate Blaine and Greeley for Vice President, a course which he | heard was contemplated, In reply, Mr. We terview with Mr. there was any po! y of his withdrawing, reeley, in answer, declared that no action the Republican Convention would cause his adopted amid much en- Mr. ken | withdrawal, but that the failure of the Democratic Jonvention to endorse him might. ix-Recorder Smith supported a resolniion fevor- ing a mass meeting in an bh, in the course of which he eulc py, amd said that the obvious ¢ py to pur- " achieve suce man to the x ublican party. Finally, after some objections trom delegates who thought fhe action proposed to be taken premature, | the resolution to hold a mass meeting passed, and & | comunittee of arrangements Was appointed, the Presidency A Democratic Journal Endorsing Horace | Greeley for President. Syracuse, N. Y., May 7, 1872. The Syracuse Courier (democratic) will to- | morrow morning place at the head of its columns the names of Greeley and Brown for President and | Vice President subject to the approval of the Demo- | cratic National Convention. In giving its reasons | at length for taking this course the Courier si We have carefully wa the utters the leading democratic pa | and cannot but ched | the nominations of Greeley and Brown, and see in it, ) and in it only, a way to hurl from power Grant and the inntimerable leeches who are fatten- ing on the life blood of the count The sentiment of the democrats of Onondaga cotinty, we are © dent, is substantially the sentiment of the ¢ ri of the country. A majority of the demo party of the nation having endorsed the nomination of Mr, Greeley, avowedly or tacitly, the sentiments | of the democrats of this State and section being | strongly in favor of the ratification of his nomination by the the nation, we are forced to t our National Convention will, if it obeys the wishes of the nation, unite with the liberal republicans in putting an’ end to the extravagance, corruption and frauds that have characterized the administra- tion of Grant, by defeating his re-election, on the living, vital issues of this campaign, and the pre- sent day. Horace Greeley is as sound a democrat as one could meet. The question now before the country shall Grant be ag | President? A majority of the peopl ‘They can defeat Grant by uniting to elec ley. Can they do so in any other manne the end that sucha grand result’ may be obtained as the ov are willing, forgetting the past, which with its as desire the overthrow of the present ring in the Presidential chair Hor xecutive | The Pending Presidential Campaign and the Cincinnati Nomination. ‘The Utica Herald (democratic) says: The democrats expect to make their regular nomivations, as usual, and to ha only President Grant in the field against them, They do not even count on Greeley as an ally. His chances are so totally mythical that they expect the ticket bearing his name to be withdrawn. | The Cincinnati Commercial (anti-administration) | 8 Mr. Greeley is in many ways worthy high omice, | He is unimpeachably honest; he is candid and sti | perience and know! invaluable to an Executive. He and affairs are has, too, a8 many elements of personal strength as any man who could be put before the country, He is the friend of the farmer,-and a better exponent of the workingman’s interests than any man who could have been named. He would largely secure the colored vote. He is the representative of the most generous policy of re- conciliation, North and South, for he was the first to demand amnesty and equal rights for ali. Yet it may be necessary—and it is for the democrats to say whether the necessity shall be upon the coun- try--to set aside the ticket made in this city and urge the election of the nominees of the Philadelphia Convention The Cincinnati Enquirer (democratic) asserts that there is a hearty disposition to co-operate | with the liberal movement and a willingness to ac- cept Greeley and Brown, with the proviso that the liberal republicans display strength enough to in- sure success when backed by the democratic party. The majority of them indicate a desire to await the action of a Democratic National Convention, but we are certain that when the liberal movement de- velops into the great political power that it will in a few weeks these journals will urge upon the Na- tional Convention the prgatiets, and policy of en- dorsing the Cincinnati platform und pominees, Says the Cincinnati Gazette:— In Horace Greeley it is only honest simplicity. While he has the fame of a leading champion of the republican cause in the work of rescuing the coun- try from democratic treason, it is also found that his record is full of acts which have procured the rebel sympathies. In others this would be called duplicity and unfaithfulness, but in bim it is only honest simplicity. For the future safety of the country, with Horace Gréeley for President, it has the evidence that if his advice had been taken at 1 any time during the last twelve years, when he has dictated a public policy, it would have brought immeasurable calamities. His character is to the country a suMcient guarantee that although an unprincipled party coalition shall elect him, and the most unscrupulous feeders of his weaknesses shall use him, and although his idiosyn- cracies and rash experiments in fluance may be | more calamitons than war, pestilence and famine, and although we may have the most corrupt ad- ministration that dared to exist on earth, yet | we shali have an honest, simple-minded President in Horace Greeley. The St. Louis Dispatch concludes that, while any | ticket the Convention might have nominated would | hove been guite acceptable, the ove which was #o for President | d stated that he had had an in- | y, and asked him whether | hrow of Grant and his corrupt ring we | issues is buried, to join heart and hand with such | Gree. | fortunately adopted by that body will be hailed with enthusiisin throughout the South, The Detroit Pree Press (democratic) touches on the meeting of the Democratic National Committ in this city to-day as follow Next week the National Democratic Committe is to meet, On the Sth of June the National Republi Convention is to meet. After that lines wi drawn. It will be known whether we have 0: two tickets to run against. It will be better to hay this knowledge and all the discussion attending it | before we hold our Convention, In fact we think that time should be given to elect delegetes after that information has been spread over the country ‘Then the Convention will be a representative oti on those issucs to govern the fall campaign, and cannot fail to be a better posted body, We trust, therefore, that it will not be called too early to give | this opportunity for the States to act advisedly, With wise and judicious action, absence of trickery, | | Keeping the Convention out of the hands of starve- lings and those who would sell their prin mess Of pottage, the pros; he party this fall will be better for success than they | have been since 1866, Mecting of the Kings County Republican Committee, ‘The regular monthly meeting of the Republican General Committee of Kings county was A ast | evening in the hall over the Post Office, Silas B. Duteher in the chair. ‘The first business of the meeting was the receipt of the resignations of ex- Assemblyman W. W, Goodrich and two other mem- hers of the Republican Committee, who have gone over to the “liberal” side of the house and are word reerniting for the Greeley column. Mr, Lorin Palmer offered a resolution to the effect that the conventions to be held at Elmira and Phi and pledging the support of the ~General Committee to. the candidates of said convention ‘The resolution aiso strongly endorsed the admin | tration and the enforcement of the eight-hour | The Sixth ward delegates to the committee r quested that they be excused from voting upon this question, on the ground that they would not like to endorae “1 uncertain candidate, Pending the motion to vxcuse the Sixty ward members Supervisor Harman, one of tue signers of the | nati Convention, arose and spoke on the impropriety of endorsing a candidate when it 3 not certain who nominee Would be. Mise McLean spoke in i of the adoption of resolutions, which were adopted. J REFORM Gi > on Resolitions, declaring their by the detiber i yet heartily vey and resolutions, ts lo abide tions of the Rochester Convention, | endorsing the nominations of He Gratz Brown for the Presidency and “ney of the United States. Chee » given for these gentiemen and speecke: ’ by Mr. Robinson, W. | L. Davis and G vas also resolved to send delega hester Convention, and Brooklyn now enjoys the huxury of three democratic committees—viz » Reform,” “The Regular’ } and “The Je: iad Election of Delegutes to the Rechester Convention. Elections for delegates to the Democratic State Convention, to be held at Rochester on the 16th of May, tookiplace last evening in the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Fifteenth and Twen- tieth Assembly districts, with the following:re- sults :— Dist. Delegate. Altevivite. 2—Joseph Dowling . 3—Joseph Shannor 4—A. B, Caldweil. 6—Joln C. Rapp 7—Jenking Vat §—John R. Voorhis -Thomas Con yun. H. Rooney. orge W. Allen. Otto H. Corp. ‘Hugh L. Cole. .. Morris Duckworth. 15—George W. MceGlyni award Rogers, 20—George W. Van Slyck. . Philip F. Smit In the Second Assembly district the Brennan men will hold a convention also to elect delegates to nd will contest for the in the ¢ on the ground of being the regular district tion. fu the Fifteenth district two tickets were run— one called the Murray Ucket, which won, and the other the Bon Wood ticket, on which were Sanne! G. Courtney and Seti Harris, which lost. fon Was held in the Eleventh district for delegates to a convention to! the loth inst, at Milli all, im) Twenty-six | street, the follo’ 1, Deforest, Asscimbly t Jeet deleg: ing were RO. sd. HL Pore sy. J. Mulligan, A,B a, William H. Mel olin Tousey. ray, ntyre, w Hampshire Republican State Con- ion Coxcorp, N. HL, M A large number of delegates to the Kepuly " State Copvention, which takes place to-morrow to elect delezdtes to the Convention at Philadelphia ure in town to-nigh he views of th sof the party differ somewhat on Gr ect and the probabiliti nd against Most of for the representative men of the party in the St wre he: ention promises to be a la! one. The delegates selected will unquestionably be ant. | South Carolina Democrats | for Greeley. CHARLESTON, M. ‘The following will appear Os a leading the Charleston News to TOW :— | ‘The Democratic National Committee New York to-day, aud we trust that in its de tons due weight will be ac sentiment and reasonable section, which in the and so powertui an ally onth the | either brix speedy Unanimous 1s72. «titorial in meets of that of the party. of the ction of the National Democracy must joy and contidence and assurance of relief from the worst’ of — our | troubles, or else prolong indefinitely the reign If of anxious doubt and flagrant misgoverniment, | there be any portion of the democ | right to object to Mr, Gree ist of their cherished politic the white people of the Southern Sti If there wrong and relentiess Oo & hearing when the cir fate upon the doubtful for. tis raised it is this same nse cut Agon: certainly tunes ofat riangular ec | people, and we but. giv sion to the unani- | Inous sentiment in South Carolina, and as tar as we an judge in the entire Sonth, when we urge and reat our democratic friends throughout the North to sink for a moment all personal -prejadice and party pride, and give the death blow to na- tional corruption and sectional hy generous and hearty endorsemen tion of honest Horace Greeley. e hy th prompt, of the oimina- a Labor Convention in Ses= sion. ‘ WILLiAMeronr, Pa., May 7, 187 ‘The State Labor Convention organized to-day by electing Richard Williams, of Luzerne county, tem- porary chairman, A committee on credentials was appointed and reported fifty delegates present. A | committee on permanent organization and plat- m Was appointed and the convention took a re- s till two o'clock P.M. A great pressure is being made in favor of candidates who can be endors by the coming Democratic e Convention Convention met this afternoon, at two" | o'clock, and heard the report of the Committee on organization, with John Liney for President, and I vice presidents. ‘The ‘platform is substan- jally the same as that adopted at Columbus, Armstrong, of Alleghany county, offered a J tari? resolution as. the se Reform Convention, and defended it with great vehemence. The resolution created great excite- ment, and was defeated by the adoption of one substituted by Mr. Johnston. Mr. Armstrong re- sy defeat the nominees of this Convention on this platform. An informal ballot w: hen taken, which resulted in favor of Buckalew, of Columbia county, and Schell, of Bedford county, as candidates for the Governor- ship. A letter was read from Buckalew, who agreed | to stand as candidate provided th | vention endorsed him. rm ited as follows:—Charles A. Buekalew, 20; W. P. Schell, 29. Schell was declared the nominee, with great applause, He was introduced, and ac- cepted the nomination in a short speech, udge James Thomson was nominated by acclama- tion for the Supreme Court. The candidates for Auditor General were Messrs. ‘. Billingtelt, of Lancaster; ©. B. Brockway, of olumbia, and M. B. Massey, of Huntington. Mr. Brockway's name was withdrawn, and the vote stood :—Billingfelt, 28; Massey, 6. The committee adjourned until eight A, M. to- morrow. Mississippi Would Wait for the Phila- delphia Convention. JACKSON, Miss., May 7, 1872, Colonel C, C, Hooker, member of the Democratic National Executive Committee, has telegraphed to the committee suggesting that it postpone action until after the meeting of the Philadelphia Conven- tion, and says that it isthe wish of the people of Mississippi that such @ course should be pursued, eee Greeley Club has been organized Indianapolis Charter Elections. INDIANAPOLIS, May 7, 1872. The election for Councilmen in this city to-day re- sulted In the election of seven republicans and two democrats. The republicans gain in the aggregate. Republican majority, 1,615. Republican gain over last city clection, #00, In Crawfordsbille the republicans elected a Mayer by 130 majority; republican gain, 56, Ju Terre Haute the r “bligans carried every | men, a Clerk, Treast delphia would be the proper nominating bodies, | a to the public | e of the Labor | gretted this, and pledged the Western counties to | Reading ‘Con- | A ballot was taken, which | ward in the city, making again of three council. men. In Lafayette the republicans gain one council- man. ‘The Muncie republicans eiéoted the fall ticket by increased majorities. The Franklin republicans elected two Conne Marshal aud Assesso ng one Conneitinan, Columbus republicans 100 majority, and all the Coune In Kockville the entire re elected by a large majorit Salem the republicons elected four councilmen «i the democrats + In South Bend the repu was 530—being a gain of 412 In Shelbyville four republican Conngilmen were elected, making the entire municipal government republican for the first time, THE CONNECTICUT SENATORSIEP, ted a City Clerk b« ublican ticket was an majority for Mayor |THE FERRY STOCK RISING. * Alarm of the Hawleyites at the Proposed Fusion of Ferry's Supporters with the Demo- crate—Activity in the Can- vass Yesterday. New HAVEN, May 7, 1872. ‘The Senatorial question, as the time for the cau- | cus draws near, is attracting still greater attention to-day than yesterday. ‘The wire pullers, while I write, are energetically at work for their respective | favorites, button-holing members of the Legislature, } with a view of intuencing their action in the | caucus that, it is now believed, will take place to- morrow night. Yesterday the Hawley men were rather inactive, believing that the election of the Governor was rtain, and that there was no occ ston for lobbying; but the arrival of the HERA here to-day. in which the proposed combination be- tween Ferry’s republican supporters and the demo- crats is referred to, has given a new impulse to the anys this afternoon en- feated, ‘They busy at work deavoring to checkmate THE SUPPOSED COALITION MOVEMENT. Ferry isin Washington, bat he has earnest work- ers here in the ranks of the federal oMleers. ernor Hawley is in Hartford, but | will come up immediately after the cli his opportunities. His friends seem greatly rned over the proposed fusion ofa few Repub- ns with the Democrats, and fear that the caucus I learn to-day n favor of ry, conscions of the importance of the Cincinnati ent, are anxious to remain non-committed to their party until the party lines are more clearly drawn, and that they will not go into the caucus, THE PROGRA rems to be for a number of the Ferryites to remain ont of the caucus until after the ‘nomination is made, and then, if Ferry will pledge himself to the support of the Cincinnati nominees, his republiean supporters will join the democrats in securing his election. If they go into the neus they will be bound by its action, but by remaining away they will be tree to ac espective ofits wishes. It is believed that Ferry can rally to his standard fully ixty meinbers ont of 146 republicans, and if the lition with 17 democrats be effected he could winand # vote of 177, or a majority of thirty-oue votes on joint bajlot, and thus secure his election. Itis for this his friends here, who see no chance for his election by the republicans, are now bend- ing their efforts. Whether or not it will be a su 3 | depends entirely upon Mr. Ferry. Ihave conversed ) With many democrats, and am assured that if he | comes out squarely ON THE CONSERVATIVE CINCINNATT PLATFORM. Gov- a and lie | will be anything but harmonious, that a number of republicans who ar | he secure nearly all the democratic vote and be | eh triamphantiy for another term of six years, are some, however, who still insist that is an erent of G ‘ant, and that he will feat than risk further honors under de ‘8 for etire to private Li Marity and chane hands of bis constituents; than his chances upon an election on a platform = that to-d: is enthusiastically —en- dorsed all over the West and South, bat’ wi meets with but lite encouragement in New Eng- land, From present indications there is no prob- ability ofa third candidate coming to the surface. ‘The battle seems to be between Hawley and Ferry alone, and it is pretty certain that one or the other | will be the choice, \ THE CITY PRESS has not recently diseussed the subject. to any great from the tenor of the editoriais it ap- is the favorite of the Jowrnat former is pa VY, und this, doubtless, accounts, | during the absence in Europe of the other principal | owner, Mr, Coddington, for the tone of its articles. | [thas been long suspected that the Palladium, the | other republican organ, would support Hawley, | and Con | Pos | but its recent comments indicate that It gives its | support | Registe rty to . ‘The democratic organ, the so far his not committed itself to éither Dut its directing mind, Mr. Osborn, Tam | assured, is rather disposed to Ferry, if his. position | is properly detir Of course {t will not, being the | organ of the minority, commit itself at once, but in | its inns I think F detect a leaning towards the { Senator and the Cincinnati nominees. The y editorial that has appeared this week is the | follow tye morceaus— | We were greatly used this morning at a colloquy be- Thapel street, r ddan't y Taugbed and tin run with the ox? asked a bystand to tell the truth,’ said he, ‘I didn’t know what U ox night de!" | ‘The Legislature met this afternoon and held a session of half an hour, and adjourned until to. morrow, It.is Very probable tha | Will more fully develop their strength to-morrow, | The Caucus to Adjourn Until To-Morrow. EWHAVEN, Conn., May 7—Evening. bg caucus willadjourn from Wednes- | ‘a rs ening, for the purpose, it is un- | derstood, of enabling both parties to more fully | canvass the views of their representatives and | marshal their forces, Unanimity in the republican ranks is not looked for, THE BAR ASSOCIATION. | The Report of the Committee on the | Marine Court—A Cominittee to Request | move Judge George M. Curtis. Aspecial meeting of the Bar Association was | held last evening to hear the report. of the Special Committee upon the Marine Court. Mr. Van | Winkle presided, After the meeting was calied | to order and the reading of the minutes dispensed with on motion, Judge Davis stated that he was | Chairman of the Committee and their report would | be read by M ‘ownsend, Mr. Tow report, whi agaiust Indge report explained how the Judge had been nership with a I and received $12 out of 3 the Judge ap- 8 in different appeared as a detailed ac ‘The t pointed 1 and for his partners either plaintiff or were tried before him without a he report then cited extracts from the sta- ring upon this misdemeanour, The case of | Beam. against Clarke was also fully explained in the report, and the action of Judge Curtis in the matter | severely censured. The report also cited extracts from a number of aMdavits, instancing the habit of | dudge Curtis of using abusive language to parties appearing before him, and also in jury ea: of running down the character of witnesses while a to members of the jury. he would judge a man’s veracity by the color of his hair and another time by the color of his eyes. He appears to have a special objection to the colored how ment witnesses. In conclusion, the committee deemed the evidence fully suMcient to warrant the impeachment of Judge Curtis. he report was adopted and the following resolu- tion then offered by Mr. Townsend Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed on be- half of the Bar Association, to lay before the Governor the aMfdavits and other documentary ovidence presented by the special committee of the Bar Association, with the request that he recommend to the Senate Jot sald George M. Curtis trom the position of Justice of tho Marine Court, with power to the said committee to take such other legal measures as may be necessary to secure the removal of said Justice, The resolution was adopted and the Chair ap- pointed Messrs. M. L. Townsend, P. B. Olney, J. Beall, G. H. Starr and Ch. Price on the committ ‘They will probably proceed to Albany to-day, The meeting then adjourned, THE CAISSON-IERS’ STRIKE. The strike among the men employed at the Brook- lyn Bridge caisson has fairly begun, The men seem to have legitimate grounds for discontent. At the depth at which they are now working Lattin daily been cases of perilous exhaustion, and thou the: vompany finds a physician he only strands once a day, and then writes a prescription wile the men have to pay for themselves out of their hardly. earned wages. Hitherto. the mien have only received $2 43 for fonr and @ half hones labor, and they are now wurginge the justice of getting three dol. | Jars for four hours’ work. Just, Loais mea engaged | inthe same toil re » a dolar an tour. ‘The prospects of the success of the sirike are very good, ae pew banus arc absolutely useless ss, and visibly alarmed those who believed that | | in no case was it likely that Hawley could be de- 1 understand he | tially owned by | val factions | the Governor to Urge the Senate to Re- | defendant | Sometimes | race, whom he invariably terms fifteenth amend. | 3 | AFTER THE FIRE. | The Ruins of Niblo’s Garden—Examination Inte the Cause of the Disaster—Meeting of Pro- fessionals—Aid for the Victims—The Metropolitan Theatres Combin- ing for a Grand Benefit. The terrible fire which destroyed the once beauti- ful theatre known as Niblo’s Garden has left behind it a scene of unmitigated chaos and disorder. Where the stage stood a mass of burned timbers, ivons and dresses are tossed in the wildest con. fusion, mixed with the ruined paraphernalia of dramatic accoutrements. The auditorium presents a picture of dilapidated rows of broken and burned’ chairs, swords, scimetars, helmets, the remnants of armor and fragments of the stage furniture that was stowed away in the loft above the dome. During) the afternoon of Monday @ couple of engines werd kept at work upon the debris to drive out any re- maining elements of the fire. ‘This was also kept up during the night, and at & late hour yesterday morning the workmen were able to begin to remove some of the rubbish at the: Crosby street end of the building, The walls be-~ tween which the dressing rooms stood are stilk standing, but they will have to be pulled down for! several reasons. It Is now expected that a large quantity of valuable property will be saved, as it is said that when the back wall fell it buried beneath the crumbled bricks and mor< tur machinery and costumes that may yet be made useful. ‘The new theatre which it 1s the intentiont of Mr, Stewart to build will be A GOOD DEAL LARGER than the one just burned down. The rear wall wilt be run up from Crosby street, and space hithertor ocenpied by the dressing room at the back will be! thrown tnto the give ampler room for y other r the ar. : will be just the} sim the new will be lighted from the dome by a of the Chate | ane tending tom iter the manner! modern appli- the theatre a comfortable, kind of drama the man-| intend to represent there will be used. Fire. 1 McSpedon held an investigation yesterday! Into the causes that led to the fre. Beu-} Wood and # number of other witnesses were} Mr. Sherwood said he was not in the time o the fire. He had left thet ke one and effective for the | nine on the previous pning.’ BHEARS(L OF “LALLA ROORH? was going on when he left the theatre; it wasy finished about midnight; he got to the theatre om the morning of the fire at five minutes past eight! o'clock ; the dome was then on fire over the gallery: “its, in the small hatchway; he did not see it hing in any other place at t time: the dom {ell in about fifteen minutes after he got there; tw } Men were in the theatre when Mr. Sherwood got, | there, who told him they discov the tire firat. on the opposite side of the dome, just over the ¢ in; the entire space between the dome and Si outer roof was open; there Were no partitions in the place and only a temporary floor, so that thet ple could get about: properties of Various kinds in there, some of which hads been there for a number of years; it Is usually con- sidered the most dangerous part of the theatre om: account of the materials kept thore; no light of; | any kind is ever allowed up there; some six or, | eight skylights were broken throngh the roof; the space between the temporary roof and the outer | dome was about three feet at the lowesté point and nine feet at the highest 5, it was alw as hot as ano’ he had men ut work until about seve » even-t ing before the fire; during was a number of supernumeraries up there, He did* not know of anything in the loft that would ignite spontaneously; no explosion took place to hist knowledge; there were three gasometers ine the house, rone of which were injured; there were! two fire plugs in the stage and one in the front, con- nected with the Crosby street main, but there wa@ force enough to the water to enable us to reach the: Names; there was no FIRE ALARM SIGNAL BOX in the theatre, He thought if there had Leen the alarm could have been given in time to enable tho firemen to save the theatre. All places of amuse- ment and public hatis should be provided with at least two fire alarm boxes—one on the stage and’ one in the fr of th ding. Ther fire extinguishers on t tage, bu be used on the fire on xecount of thi Paul Serena, the assistant gas man, said he slept in the theatre the night before the fire, and the first thing he saw of the fire was a piece of burning wood falling on the stage, Edward Planagan, the janitor of the theatre, said. he was on duty all night. He was wp in the dome’ | at one o'clock on the morning of the fire with alan- Leverything was safe there as far as he In the opinion of the Fire Marshal the originated in either spontaneous combus- from sparks from the hotel chimney falling through some broken glass in the skylight, The ¢x- amination willbe resumed this morning. The esti- mated losses are $105,000 on the theatre, $5,000 on’ the hotel and about $10,000 on the neighboring prop-! erty. ‘The attachés of the theatre have lost about $7,000, none of whom are insured. U HE ACTORS. - AID FOR T A meeting of mbers of the theatriest profession was held yesterday morning in the Neiropolitan Hotel, Its object was to make ar- rangemcnts for giving a series of benefit perform. | ances in aid of those who have suffered by the late | conflagration at Niblo’s Theatre. Soon after the! appointed hour one of the large apartments in the’ hotel was filled with representatives of the “sock and buskin,” and, by universal acclamation, Mr. Henry Drayton was voted to the presidential chair. In a brief speech he stated the object for which the! meeting had been convened, spoke feelingly of the severe losses many of their profession had sus- | tained, and the evident willingness their brethren had shown to afford them assistance. He thought it advisable to appoint officers to superintend affairs | at once. Mr. Jake Zimmerman was then appointed | Treasurer, and Mr. L, J. Vincent Secretary. | On the recommendation of the chairman | the following gentlemen were elected as a commit- | tee to organize programmes of plays to be per- formed at a series of ts and select casts Colonel T. Allston Brown, Signor Operti, Mexsrs. Ben Lowell, John Jack, B. Borum, Mark Bates and ington. 8 norerary then read communications re- Mr. Morris Simmonds sent his sympathy, of his services in any capacity and a check Mr. Mat Morgan volunteered to paint a any aid in his power, The manager | scene a of the San Francisco Minstrels tendered the re- | ceipts of next Saturday's matinée performance for the benefit of the gasmen, scene shifters and work- | ing department of the burned theatre, Mr, William | Corbyn wrote that, with the consent of Mr. R. W. | the Vokes family would be happy to give a performance in aid of the sufferers. The managers. nion Square, Wallack’s, Booth’s, the Olym- pic, Fifth Avenue and Comique theatres reported, | that their establishments and the services of the | corps attached to them were at the disposal of the | committee, and the following ladles and gentlemen wrote to offer to enact any part assigned them Miss Jane Burnside, Laura Keene, Lizzie. | Bertine, Albert Gilbert and Albert We- ber, Signor Qpertt volunteered to furnish the orchestra at the matinée «beneilt perform. ance at the Grand Opera House on Thursday next, wud Mr, Tiasington to supply, one for the en- ‘tal entin the evening. On that oceasion the full company, ballet and double quartet of “ Lalla | Rookh” will appear, Rollin Howard and Charlie Sturges sent word that Mr. Geory Wood had al- | lowed them to offer to play in the cause; and M., | Paul Juignet, of the French Theatre, pla the | services of his whole company at the disposai of the | officers of the fund, The following Thespians then enrolled their hames upon the volunteer service list—the names of “sufterers’? hy | to perform are omitted :— Lucy Rushton, Ida Vernon, Annie Firmin, Mary Stewart, Alice Harrison, Bertha Morris, Laura Keene, Lizzie Bertine, Mesdames Michels, Bolar, Hail, Drayton; Messrs. Edwin Adams, Dolly Daven- port, Vining Bowers, Mark Smith, Oliver Dowd Kyron, Lawrence Barrett, John Allen, Conny Player,, Hudson Liston, Edward Butler, H. Drayton, Sunon Weinberg, J. A. Meade, Jolin I. Hall, J. Rey Thora Harry Pearson, Willlam H. Pope, Pe Williams, Tom Owens, J. H. Anderson, A of Moreland, Jobn Harry Duiield, Harry’. Langdon, donn O'Neil, | Fred larsden, |. G. Clarke, B. FE. Loweil, J. Finlayson, Allsto1 | Brown, J. W. Carroll, J. R, Carrolaine, Brookline), Kolar, Hagan, Norticote, Morris, Kelleher an Mark Bates. y te Cushman, unfortunately, chance: eee Seat thors town, but it is within the bound: | of possibility that she will volunteer to lend he valuable aid to the good cause. ‘At a second meeting of the Committee of Arrange. ments, held in the afternoon at the Metropolitar Hotei, @ number of names were chosen from th list of volunteers and the programme selected for the afternoon and evening performances to ven atthe Grand be House on Thursday nextJ- in addition to this the committee were informe: that the principal theatres in the city would combin: to give @ Wo rformance for the benefit of the sufferers by the fire. At the even: ing performance on Thursday Edwin Adams, Lawrence P. Barrett, Mark Bates, John Jac! and a number of otier well known Metropolis, tan favorites will appear, supported by a strong corps, gathered from the various provincial theatres. The ballet corps of “Lalla Rookh’? will be broughs Into requisition, and Will probably wind ap thst entertainment. [tts to be hoped that at each per- formance the houses will be crowded, and that td public will show in a substantial manner there svmpatuy jor the suddenly impoverished Theapignay “Sh