The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1872, Page 5

ypoa cil) yl see qainoles® ‘Hew York Unanimons : for ‘ ‘ mas Records ae ‘the ws one State. . ; spate Is Brown Running Together. wats #0081 & dori ‘NEW -YORK. | eyeth) ¢ ——_——_ — — ‘Me Entire Vote for Grant and Wilsen— é \Peqolutions « @ Regret Touching My. SFeslex, . wil |) Anawy, Dees'@, 1872, ole meoteral Colisge met tin and went ‘mengh hs form of casting the vogp of the see ‘ t and Vice President. ‘was organized on Tuesday by ‘the @lection of ex-Lientenant Go Stewart L. | Weodford as Preaident, which one on the mo- ‘tip of Frederick Dougiass, the rst of his race who ever been entitled to hing more than veda ians ‘tm any deliberagye body organized in ‘this State, oo 2m the. frst call of the roll every elector answered ‘ Henry Spicer, ef Jefferson county. Acom- Was appointed $@ select @ person to fill this , Which, after beration, reported the @ameof Senator Grakem, of Delaware. Before the yM@te: was declareg Mr. Spicer turned up, and so , @ayed his seat, and Bis name went upon the record, The College eded to yote for Président by wate, dl ya fond ire 8, Grant received Gent | was'then had, and Henry Wilson ‘was found, received all the tnirty-five votes. Hon. irew D. White, after alluding to the death of Horace Greeley and speaking of his ser- Vices, Bis high character and the loss the country experienced in his demise, proposed the follow: ing:— mt Electoral les 8 16 Bn hie 5% eee eee low York, re remember ated of the open) fonght its bat- ith reverence his faith m2} forte to give coraye to the condition of the te the and ma- country with the it body all varicties of opinion. hey wi one from whom ‘good was to be ted tn the nernoe this Blectoral Coy conviction that! in thi thelr of, of he hoice of a Chief oa ‘are acting. the highest good of or arty a Sederiy. ‘8 record of thi forwards rain copy ot criti. the Mr. BE Dodge, of New Cretan ‘nd Barney R, John- gon, of Binghamton, seconded the resointions in brief but feeling terms, when they were adopted. ‘The following messengers to convey the vote of the College were then appointed :—ToWashington, Frederick Douglass, of Monroe; to the District Judge of Buffalo, T. H. Palmer, of St. Lawrence. ‘The members were here callea upon to sign the re- sult of the vote in duplicate, which occupied con- aiderable time. After this duty was discharged the College ad- Joarned sine dic, ‘The old record book, in the office of the Secretary of State, of the meetings of the Electoral Colleges sa curiosity in its way. The first minutes are for the year 1792, The State government was then lo- cated at Poughkeepsie. Whoever kept the record evidently haa little thought for the information of posterity. The supply of stationery must have been very limited, for the entire journal of the proceedings of the College which met December 5, 1782, is crowded on a scrap of paper not more than half the size of a sheet of foolscap. It is signed, “De Witt Clinton, Clerk of the Council.” It does met state who were the eleetors nor for whom they voted, only that they met and cast the yote of the State, “the said vote being put in a package, which was sealed by the Secretary and directed to the President of the Benate, at the seat of government at Philadelphia, and deposited in the Post Office by the President Of the College, in the presence of the members.” ‘The electors were at that time appointed by the Senate and Assembly, the statute directing that “they shall be taken as near as may be from the four great districts of the State, in the proportions of four from the southern, three from the middle, three from the western and three from the east- ern.” As it was subsequently found that tne State ‘was entitled to but twelve votes, the southern dis- trict was deprived of its preponderance, ‘The record of 1796 is less in detail than that of 1702, and is not even attested by President or clerk. On the &th of November, 1900, Jehn Jay, as Gover- Ror, certifies to the appointment of twelve electors, who met at Hudson and voted. The minutes do not say for whom they voted, but the vote was “duly enclosed in a ger ts +o kage, @ pres- Which was delivered to a mease! ence of A. Spencer and De Witt ikton” to have been a better sup- the roll, and the 1804 there appears to paper, as each elector ment font is made that ‘Nineteen votes were mn for Mr. Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, for dent of these United States.” The same vote gr fen for George Clinton for Vice President. the first time that any mention is made of pnp regi of the persons for whom the vote of the State was given. on 1808 John C. Spencer was Secretary, but he re- cords not inten] more than that votes were sent to = Lge of the Senate at the seat of govern- =} ‘ie12 the electors met at Albany for the first time, and Archibald McIntyre, the Secretary, re- cords that they gave twenty-nine votes for De Witt ‘Otinton for Presiaent anda like number for Jared ll for Vice President. re is no certificate attached to the minutes of the of 1816. The vote was James Mon- roe and Dante! sf Hae D. Tompkins. The College met De- ember 2, 1816, and thet roll was One mem- ber was absent, and the College adjourned for the day without filling the vacancy. next day the was raised as to the right of the College elect in tn the of the absentee, and it was re- @olved to ask the opinion of the Attorney General, ‘which was promptly given, as follows :— lem a tot these Rds poagh that it will be in season for th tion of President and Vice Tresident ywacancy which may arise from the non-at- ‘of ‘the electors originally appointed at Smee vote ¥ ‘Bove. atiending is given. De- BUREN, Attorney General. Few will Tecomnize that ature as the name ofthe mam that succeeded Old Hickory as Presi- dent. This opinion’ is written on a small scrap of we which is pasted on the fly leafof a letter on which the minutes of the session were po abe Our modern lawyers would be puz; SBI i Pee ar Se Felt wens r, at jot answer Sod ah Reape iH and ¢ same way he Previous} a Bie. Cone In after years he wrote hint. Buren, od still later, when he be- come Vien President, hie oficial bon noon was M. Wetmore was ited @ mem- ber of she College, but declined t¢ to. serve, because at the time of appointment he held. the office of Postmaster. After oe for James Monroe and Danie) D. Tompkins the College thanked the Fresi- or Colone! Maenry an The Secre that “the venerable patriot rose an ad- dressed the Co! in terme at once so feelin go that i would be vain to attempt to hia interesting valedict ‘The College of 1824 was opencd ‘with Prayer by Rev. Dr. Sateen No mention is made Of such a of say previous College. It is memorable m io een for, ving divided its vote—the only occasion When such a division has been made, It & John Q. Adams 26, William H. Crawford 5 and Guinoun 3 votes for President; and for John 0. and Nathan Sanford 7 votes for Vice ren Teas until the present there is no variation the proceedings. The death of Mr. Greeiey, ihe official _- nr ai meets and the warm 4 Them fled upon Swe wilaane as asso seat ele eer OrnerirTh f of Indiana, and B. Grates. an fact tha little hopes of their imfuence with Dix. inside track To'men who ve hot lately been a8 leaders. Creag’ un ine of ge’ col- to } ie li Z the wi @ quarter of @ cen- tury we have. been pb one another, to relieve the Appeals; but Court. of) Appesis won't relieved.’ It | worse and worse. So many Want the unl opinion of the'court of last resort +m emg literally speake volumes. loners say they are going to to it anti they have _. comple: their work mitted it to this ja for spproval. As there are 0! tw there are not to exceed two fare ag empng, them, See eedtactaiy ahr tae te to their own edification more than my Bho ata Soe. pares are growing expectatl 8 Of | something ts being worked’ out members out ameng’ the the members 0! Col te Fepablloans on the ¢ Gonetiniona The formula is the fact'that of ‘the their votes for chairman of the to recommend. Fe Ms sated one is for Grant, the sailors say, iotiaat no Dearne 88 ‘Those who know members pote the x ghanag-phepepoom ma. cu were re, decidedly for Greeley. ‘Three o! fiom, they w as the most tonmserate co Robertson of tne 2 members, viz. :—Al tee aren Sil ; Harrower, of Steuben, and Palme: espoused the liberal sid Reverisen, : ue eps oad poe of Genese i Mon\ ery; At f Albany; Ames, of Clin- ton, and Foster, , Were known secretly to favor the suceess of Greeley, and Lowery, of Oneida, feels himself in the ‘condition, when Conk- ling’s re-election is talked about, of the fellow who col eat crow, bat haa no hankering for that specialty, of feast. It woul? seem from aul wi gamation of the liberal republicans and the demo- ot there isa herd Bh tet bape — there will be such @ com! d radicals as will force the Bour! a be tae republican take back seats for the next four years, death of Leti dy ed msy, therefore, prove the political salvation of the ttberals—his funeral pall the Moses that chy cind it Lge the gloom of the wilderness to the sunshine of official favor. THE OPFICE-SERKERS have not been slow to avail themselves of the ex- traor convocation of so many of their poten- tal men. e republican members of the Senate of the Court ot Appeals and of the Constitutional Com! ther with the Electoral College and the thousand and one local celebsities that always “come down to see things done right,” really ¢ constitute about the strength of the party. So far as I can see, every oficial comes down— signing indiscriminstely for every “‘fellah”’ that ats out his scroll. The last man that showed me “papers”? had Foe “peng good and true en- dorsers, He was going for a seventy-second, just Hahah tay oid ar 72, and then he was going play policy; “I Lrst out,” and felt sure. oe gestion that {t would be "78 before he could obta! Official consideration of his recommendations was answered that he wo would cover that by taking “a Tarder on the fly.” ARKANSAS. prc ners sane Grant and Wilson Fally Endorsed. Lit? gE Rock, Dec. 4, 1872. The Secretary of State to-day declared the Grant ponagyd chosen in Arkansas by majorities ranging m three thousand to four thousand. The elec- tore met in the State House and cast their votes for Grant and Wilson. CONNECTICUT. For Grant and Wilson. HarrrorD, Dec. 4, 1872, The Connecticut Presidential Eiectors met here ‘to-day and cast their six votes for Grant and Wil- son. Mr. E. A. Tucker, of New Haven, was appointed messenger to convey a certified copy of the votes to Washington. GEORGIA. Contusing Division of Electoral Opin- ion—The Vote Divided Among Five Persons. Ar Lanra, Dec, 4, 1872, The electoral vote ef Georgia was cast to-day, with the following result :—For President, B. Gratz Brown, 6; Horace Greeley, 3; Charles Jenkins, of Georgia, 2, wer Vice President, B. Gratz Brown, 55 Generai A. H. Cal sSiabec of Geornia, 6; General N. P. Banks, of INDIANA. Grant and Wilson Receive the Full Vote. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 4, 1872, The Presidential electors to-day cast the votes of the State for Grant and Wilson. An appropriate resolution on the death of Horace Greeley was adopted. MARYLAND. ‘Thom: . Hendricks Receives the Vote for President. ANNAPOLIS, Dec, 4, 1872. The Electoral College met at noon to-day at the Capitol. Mr. Frederick Raine was chosen Presi- dent and made an appropriate address. Ex-Gov- ernor Bradford, one of the electors at lar; Pm nated Thomas A. Hendricks, ot arate nt, and he received the unanimous Toe ot Aci ne College: Ex-Governor Bradford, Will James A. Buchanan were appointed = somminere PA Leg suitable resolutions to the memory of Horace Greeley. OHIO. The Entire Vote Cast for Grant and Wilson. Conumevs, Dec. 4, 1872. ‘The Presidential electors assembled to-day, and all cast their vote for 0. 8. Grant for President and Henry Wilson for Vice President. MASSACHUSETTS. ectncntenetdpenpreenein The Thirteen Votes Cast for Grant ‘Wilson. Boston, Dec, 4, 1872, The Electoral College of Massachusetts met to- a and, after the customary formaliti thelr caahilous vote for ‘Grant and Wison, dig NEW HAMPSHIRE. pe ite State for the Tam Cobbler. The Gri end Concord, Dec. 4, 1872. The Board of Electors met at the State House to-day and immediately proceeded to vote for President and President separate ballots. The result terutt walls tnnnineons volotor arnt Sritor preparing the certificates required by Jaw Seer eerie ary vecaaeee te | THR JERSEY RAILROAD. WAR, NEW JERSEY. Pa eter The Nine Votes Cast for Grant and Wil- sen. ‘Taawron, Dec. 4, 1872. The, Presidential electors met to-day and cast nine votes for U. 8, Grans for President and nine votes for Henry Wilson for Vice President of the United States, ae sae re ee Pe PENNSYLVANIA. The Keystone State Unanimous for the Republican Candidates. PaiLapeira, Dec. 4, 1872. ‘The Electoral College of Pennsyfvania met at PIRI aaa ostaa ene ve RHODE 1st ISLAND. decree stag PROVIDENCE, Dec. 4, 1872. The Presidential Electors met at Bristol this afternoon, and cast the vote of the State for Grant and Wilson.. Hon. Pardon W, Stevens was chosen messenger. : TENNESSEE, Hendricks and Grats Brown Voted For. Nasnvize, Dec. 4, 1872, neared ee roetsadl es the for Hendricks, of Indiana, for Spo a LJ ie deal Greeley ‘were ad opted. VIRGINIA. Rucwmonn, Dec. 4, 1872. ‘The Presidential electors met in the State Li- ee and all being present the full elec- ry SS of the State was cast for Grant and Wil- Ww, Focgiess, was elected messenger to convey the vote to Washington. Presiden Resolu of Horace ‘The Bushwick Car Stables Consumed—Seventy Horses Burned to Death—The Loss More than $56,000—A Brewery Destroyed and a Cana) Boat Ablaze—An Era of Incendiarism. The era of incendiarism hag begun in that sec- tion of Brooklyn, E. D., embraced in the Eightcenth |,and Twenty-first wards. A most disastrous fire occurred in the Bushwick car stables about half- past two o’ciock yesterday morning, involving the loss of seventy horses, twenty cars, an& the buildings ‘occupied by the Bushwick Avenue Railroad Company’s property. The stables had been closed for the night and everything about the premises was believed te be secure. A solitary ‘Watchman guarded the place. Suddenly flames Were observed to tssue from the southwestern corner of the carhouse, @ frame one-story build- ing, on the corner of Bushwick avenue and Mon- teith street. The fire was BURNING BOTH INSIDE AND OUT atthe time the discovery was made, The fire gained in volume with such rapidity that it was impossible to remove more than the two cars on the end nearest the door. The structure, which was 100x200, was speedily enveloped in flames, which element communicated to the stable building, a brick structure, 756x200 feet. In the gtalls at the time were 128 horses. The sec- ond floor of the stable was used as a place of storage for feed. Fifty of these horses were saved through *the exertions of the police and firemen; put the ar of the stock perished in the fire in their DELAY IN GETTING WATER, Considerable delay was occasioned in getting water, owing to the fact that the hydrant on Mon- teith street was broken, The company were just beginning to make their road pay, and they e| eply The pp, losers are Archibald M. Bliss, ident of the company; Frederick Cocheu, Frederick Kalbfieisch and Charles Godard. The loss on buildings amounts to $20,000; on ae $17,000; seventy-five horses, $15,000; ‘thirt, harness, $007 tools, hay, &c., $1, Total tos Joss, e Property is insured’ in the following jes for $20, pnow edey or | Ch Rutgers, fotman, Star, Brewers and Malt- OTHER BUILDINGS DAMAGED. Several small frame buildings in the rear of the stables were damaged to the amount of $500 and $1,000 each. FIRE—STORBY OF THE WATOH- oad zens’, asters’. THE CAUSE OE THE MAN. Fire Marshal Keady visited the scene of the fire | ae morning, and after inquiry as to the losses and insurance took the idavit of John Quigley, the watchman :— ¢ John ley, sworn, deposes and says—I live at the “cornet ot Bashwion venue and Debevoise street and work in the Bushwick avenue car stables as watchman; was on duty last night, and discovered fire in the premises about Halt-past two o'clock thig morning it house was corner on Monroe street, about twenty-five feet from the corner of Bushwick avenue; the weather boards on the side of the Pept ne te were on fire; I was the only hatha in the the time; the cars were all i house and the its were out; Idid not see any person about the pl but ome Bennett, of the Sixth I. did any suspicious Jookis men bait ee about *e ne place - fore fire; Ee. a a iginated abous ten maiaees before it Pearted re or lights used in that part of the uitding where fire occurred ; there wasa'lot of open cars there that We did not use: the fire was on the outside when I dis covered it; I ain satisfied that somebod; ber 7am Peace o pb {id not see anything that might have been nsed to set tha? etd fire—no rags, kerosene ay ry any ing | of tha nd IN QUIGLE fo before me this ¢th day of December, 1872—P, Kusby, Fire Marsial ANOTHER INCENDIARY FIRE. About hali-past eleven o’clock on Tuesday aight py afire broke out in the beer brewery rear of Lo ak owned by Jacob Klein. buildin; of wood, two oe ube; f fo fy Phebe consumed. tock, no insurance. "te? jean festined that there had not been any fire or lights in his brewery except a ight in @ lantern used while feeding the hor: the place, he said, must have been set on fire; tl brewery is only a few blocks from the Bushwick avenue car stables, burned down a few hours later. FIRE ON A CANAL BOAT. ‘The canal boat Mary Jane, Captain Glasser, lying at the foot of Washington avenue, Wallabout basin, caught fire in the after eabin about eight o'clock ro owing to an overheated stove. Loss e ian is owned by Stopenhagen & Glasser. ANOTHER CASE OF INCENDIARISM, An incendiary fire occurred on Wednesday night inthe stable rear of 426 Baltic street, owned by Thomas McDermot. Some persons broke into the cap from the rear of the stable and set the build- ing on fire. The fire was extinguished by people reniaing in the eee “WE'VE GOT HO ‘NO WORK.T0 TO DO.” Another Dismissal of of Men from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Brooklyn Navy Yard employés were thrown into a perfect furore of excitement yesterday by the knowledge that several handred la borers had been summarily discharged The men are naturally much exercised over what they consider the unjust action of the authorities in depriving them of a livelihood at. this season of the year, and even those who still re- tain their positions feel uncertain about their Christmas fare, deeming it not improbable that their turn may soon arrive. Since the November elections four batches laborers have been dismissed and th has been decreased nearly two thousand, a strong feeling of discontent prevails among the men is apparent from the fact that on several con- spicuous parts of the Navy Yard wall are posted notices to the effect that the establishment is to let, and would-be purchasers are directed to apply to Henry W. Slocum for particulars. A OORRECTION, A Card from the Watertown Fire In- ‘amce Company. WarsRTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1872, To THE Epitor OF THE HERALD:— Dgar Stn—In your's of the 34 you give the stand- ing ef the several insurance companies, also their portent ‘You note the Watertown as hav- which is an r, as said compas coumpeny ata not nos 1080 re. the’ lollar there. The Water- Maid an Matin et Cig Against Them ia the Court of Chancery. DENIAL OF ALL CHARGES. The Case To Be Continued To-Day and the Rest of the Papers Read—A Speech To Be Deliv- ered by Counsel of Complainants. ‘The great railroad injunction ease was again re- sumed in the Vice Chancellor's Court yesterday merning at Trenton, The whole day was occupied in the, reading of defendants’ answer; and a short time before adjournment Mr. Stockton, on the part of complainants, commenced to read the depen tions of the diferent witnesses examined on the behalf of complainants. It le expected that te reading of all the papers will be got through with this forenoon, when Mr. Williamson, it i# pre sumed, will commence to address the Court, large number of people throng the Court cach aay since the proceedings commenced, and mech tm terest seems to be manifested by them as the case progresses, The Court opens at hall-past ten and adjourns at # quarter to four o'clock each day. TUR DBPENDANTS’ ANSWER. In ye wy, ov New Junsuy :—The rn aah Prod Complaint of the Unite the Bit We Seems Hew sorted anak ad Canal ‘and the Penusyl- now and at. tall hereafter sa: and reserving to themselves all all manner of ber Polen imperfect aint containe. muol thercot as these defendants are advised it is mi Po ee eee = fern fendand Tanker answering, —That tion in Dill that the sald: lease was Soiged in the secretary of State's office for record within thirty atter the date ot ecution thereof; and furttier, that the said lease has ‘never in lodged in the Secretary of Biate's offi yh Ree! t by reason of not sequent invalidity of sald. sense aisd the apse sequen vi st lease a algae of waa sence of any ing of sad are for record as afore- the tote d pyaale Rallroad Comipany, have no ia right to lee the said Of to. penseonty ‘a stay of prevent ine acts of; these defendants pray the same benefit vantage Lor ale in this regard asif such ob- had been by plea or demurrer. defendants’ further answering say :—That a HAY sie H S38 £73, "i 33 io a8, ae E = 5 2, i i company has no right further to tage. of Ponection diy ard as if ol rd a8 Deen made by plea or demurrer. J and iby in the a fe muplaint, yo ea consolidat opti United ey cerpey Balls are ot in ; phen ene ‘nie are iat a ae vila campus fs or eek yop be, se Fale pent in thine Tigard as ft A pray the same it and adve of tection ia this roparé, ae WF pack had bee Ey ee guaran ‘i are duly inco Thetis New Jerse, by, the act comps ‘a copy by baat Bereto; chat by. first section of act the persons named in were thereby or- ited tobe a bear ste jexpeted wit with all Rope whet hoped Ea Koy ge Rog td incorporat of the ae said 9 rr ‘aa duly and in good faith ra the requirements of law, and the treetions of ‘of sal act, the various vections thereot; that bona subscriptions were first made in due form for more one fiousand Thares of the soleno said were chown, 5 ie = seared lon, te io sane cut te oolccks of tald ac dant ainex to this thelr answers true copy of said herd pot Len phaire! ‘approved and Pop pel I he jereot;, , approved and authe ated tr urolied in the oihce of the Beonetary of Bieter is State, and respec submit that the same can Relther be iinpescted or denied and that no evidence Whatever can be given to impugn or in anywise call in uestion | the, validity of the | said actor any part ereof, and that an exemplified aopy gonelusive evidence of tsexistence and Sontents and that cannot go behind the said attestation, or ad- Mitevidence to show that the sald act as voted on and passed and approved was variant from oe filed in the Office of the secretary of State afor and these de- fendants are advised by their counsel ‘ond insist that che act cannot, nor cal any part thereof, be impeached or attacked, or the validity of any part thereof be im- paired in. aly way by reason of fraud in the obtaining Sty si Fomngh it this Court will hear ne suc! And these defendants deny that the said act was passed through said Legislature in any fraudulent manner what- ever, or that oe is any truth in any or either of the ments re: ing the passage of the same contained in the Sty eieitine or twenty ninth page of the bill of i fled in this Getendants deny each and every of said these defetsianis allege that he urval 6 containing every cape: ot Bate, was printed and d the use of the of both houses of the Dassage was duly read, in con! re etively; that it wai rossed ‘as It now reads; that it was again re: by t Teadl be ee a an ue course and Y, resident of the Senate and the Speaker of a Given respec: pi was emervara duly signed b; Governor, after mparison for him and at his direc’ - with the rain ‘and without any fraud whatever prac upon And these defendants, as to the letters recited on pages 29,90 and 31 of said bill, submit that the same are not evideace the: wee an to” insert th in complaint. And these defendants say that they are informed by Many members thercof that said act was passed by the Legislature without, and uninfluenced by, any deception or BONA FIDE ORGANIZATION. And these defendants, further answering, say (protest Ing, nevertheless, that they are not bound to swer in this regard) that rantuation of their sald corporation was not & fraud, t that it was the bona fide intent of constructing the pai anid act described ; that such intent still existe; route therefor was surveyed on or bout heldthday of May Inat and duly adopted by the company « that it 8 untrue that the charter was acquired an ore organized only to use act of padi wid oy tor eH pu one ‘of the construction ofa line of ralirond between hiladelphia and New York, and. though ite true that it is proposed through said charter to effect such object, they insist that the same is not ilegal, nor is the manner by which waid object is proposed to’ be accomplished ither fraudulent or unlawt And these defendants, further answering say that cach of the directors of said company was, at the time of their election, and has been since, @ bond de stockholder in arg. oo ese defendants, further answering, ie nave after said organization said agreement consolidation set forth in said oil of com aint was duly made, executed and delivered between these eee 3 is | a holders in every one of the eaid o and dex 4 hey ri Led and deny each an pay Railwa; orn in inde set forth in in, 1 said na, yf com) and each of the stockholde! defendan organized, ‘and’ ite da livery ex: ‘ecordi Stat pot fit a ate ain ead bl Dill eee Shines ode ope ration “ ety ie thon witht Stecerione Company, ca pore et cheers tae ee oacheony Peay Sere ea acces bl aattad tt Fay Sanya ode a Sete eat to be lawful and auth: And as to the cl regard. to Trow Railway routes set nt in wal sald ese be ackadeuts aay that the Syserige is im said surveys manuenen are not false bona fide sa conta for; ny Ak a the in. ts ete funds are pro ornyenid vided a theretor: that said Snide a ee : acts, iustrul ats OF Pr ngs win tsos Sento, deny all and all peemver of ua: un- nd confederacy in said bill cl dutenten other ga or thing mentioned answer unto, ead sutclenly an ge cn ae versed OF ant, ane vtrue, fo the Dellef of these defendante, “amd “the ey brim in vigeve nonce cerangt wt thelr reason ARKBR & KEASBY, Bole and Associated Counsel with said Defendants, The answer of the defendants The Stanhope Railroad tty te Company, taken this 34 day of December, 1872, under the ee mn heal of said company, as by wie same hereto am ara before m OODBURY D. HOLT, Master in Chancery. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. IN EX-SENATOR BUCKALEW’S new book, ‘Pro- portional Representation,” Messrs. John Campbell & Son, of Philadelphia, have given to the public the first clear and comprehensive account of the various election schemes for the representation of minorities which has appeared in book form. The different reforms proposed for nomination of can- didates to supersede the,.caucus system are also discussed, and the “Crawford counting system” and “Columbia county system,” both of which originated in Pennsylvania, are defined, MR. JOHN RusKIN, Who fancies himself the auto- crat of English thought, says in the last number of his serial, “Fors Clavigera’’ :— Half of the poor gentlemen of England are fain nowadaye to live by selling their opinions about books, It is a bad trade, let me tellthem, In our company at Mouht Rose (Mr. Ruskin’s pet social Utopia) we will have no reviewers; we will have, once for all, our book Gazette, issued every Ist of January, naming under alphabetical list of authors and ol "titles, whatever serviceable or worthy Writings have been published during the past year. A brilliant idea, not original with Ruskin, but as old as Solomon. Literary censorshipe are fine in theory, but in practice we always want a censor censorum, THE Aquatic Monthly and Nautical Review, com- menced in June last, edited by Charles A. Pever- elly, and published by Cushing, Bardua & Oo., New York, bas reached its seventh number. It is full of yachting and rowing intelligence, and is hand- somely illustrated. Goon EpiTions of standard ‘authors are in greater demand with us from year to year, and the old- fashioned ‘‘annuals” are forever lost. Jamus RussELL LOWELL’s humorous poem, “The Courtin’,” has been illustrated in silhouette, by Winslow Homer, and will be issued asa gift book. Hurp & Hovonron, in “Songs from the Old Dramatists,” offer one of the most thoroughly tasteful volumes of the year. These are collected by Mrs. A. 8. Richardson, and for them La Farge nas made several of his suggestive, mystic designs. THe MANCHESTER Guardian says:—Within 80 short a time after Mr. Stanley's arrival in Europe astodo great credit to the activity of the Picca- dilly establishment, Mr. Hotten produced a cheap volume, described on its title page as ‘‘The Finding of Livingstone. By H. M. Stanley.” It was gene- Tally known that the successful travelling corre- spondent of the NEw YORK HERALD had @ book in Preparation for*the press, and Mr. Stanley com- plains that the title which we have quoted was cal- culated cleverly to convey the impression that he was the author and sanctioner of the production, which made so prompt an appearance in shops and book stalls. Mr. Hotten retorts that the bulk of the work consists of letters from Mr. Stanley published originally in the newspapers, and ap- pears to ask triumpbantly, Where is the unfair- ness of the terms in which it is described? We will not undertake the hopeless task of pointing out the unfairness to eyes to which it is not already perceptible. But justice is not even yet done to the resources and daring of Mr. Hot- ten’s enterprise. He has also given to the world @ book called ‘The Story of Henry M. Stanley’s Early Life,” the author of which claims to have |»proved, on the evidence of “parish registers, sis- ters, brothers and a mother,” that its hero ‘“‘was born in Denbigh,” and was assisted “in humble circumstances” by relatives who ‘think that at least atrife of nis lustre may fall upon them.” This scraping together of real or fancied particu- Jars respecting the private circumstances of a per- son who has had the misfortune to attain some celebrity is justified on the ground that ‘writing any man’s life is allowable.” Mr. Hotten con- ceives himself to have proved that Mr. Stanley is notan American. We are tempted to hope some- body may be equally successful in proving that Mr. Hotten is not an Englishman. AN OYSTER YACHT. A Handsome Schooner, With All the Style and Workmanship of a Yacht, Built for the Oyster Trade. The oyster trade of New York city employs a very large fleet ef schooners and sloops, that during the Winter season are sailing between Vir- ginia and this port. They are all good sea boats, built to stand weather, and also built for speed, as there is as much rivalry between the captains of these coasters as there is between the captains of two fast yachts. The new schooner W. H. VAN NAMB, now tying at the foot of West Tenth street, North River, owned by Van Name & Co., a firm doing a large oyster business and running some seven or eight schooners, was built py David Carll, of City Island, the builder of the famous schooner yachts Vesta, Resolute, &c, Mr. Carll has always had the reputation of finishing his boats in first class st _ but this fp he has surpassed if, a8 the John B. Hegemann and the schooner John K, shaw which were both recently launched from his yard, are co Hig proofs of the style and excellence o his wi ‘The schooner W. H. Van Name was launched ae week and towed down to her present moorings at the foot of West Tenth street. She is a very hand- some boat, painted white, with a clean looking bow something like that on the Lrenk Comer ath oe ror quite 80 hollow. sixteen feet Tour staterooms and two in constructed with a view speed, and her frame is com- oak, white ‘oak, hackmetack and me celling is eek tea Pine, with the outside let io Oak. The de hite — all oe ih cavils, cleats and jaws of boom, and gaff ar of either locust or wild cherry. She is fitted with @ patent steering ratus, patent rubber travel- lers and the other new inventions of the age. The finishings are in hard wood. Her dimensions are :- a Sa ay bably start for Vi Nae the tees of hundred Poors le ur. ‘Garll hopes to to build 8 2 = z fied i HE g ii i i stamp, “ euch # large wil make one, i i i es 5 CONGRESS. Meeting and Adjournment of the Senate. The Financial Condition of the District To Be Inquired Into. Further Debate in the House on the Ine erease of the Navy Bill. The Postal Telegraph Question Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. SENATE. WasHinaton, Dec. 4, 1872 On motion of Mr. Hamuin, (rep.) of Me., Mr. Anthony, (rep.) of R. 1, was elected President of the Senate pro (em.; then, on motion of Mr. UaM- ERON, (rep:) of Pa., im ‘Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 1872, Mr. Roosevert, (dem:) of N. Y., offered a resolu. tion instructing the Committee on the District of Coltimbia to ascertain and report the present debt of the District, including all abilities incarred by the Board of Public Works an@ what sum will be Tequired to finish the work undertaken by the Board, In the course of @ discussion on this’ sub- Ject Mr. Roosevelt declared his conviction that the work undertaken would not be completed for lesg than $20,000,000. Mr. STARKWEATHER, (rep.) of Conn, moved to refer the resolution to uhe Committee on the Diit- trict of Columbia, Mr. ROOSEVELT asserted that the effect of that reference would be to smother investigation. Mr. STARKWEATHER, Chairman of that commit. tee, denied the assertion, and said that the com- mittee would make a full and thorough inquiry into the wnole subject. ‘The motion to refer was rejected—yeas 74, nays 92—and the resolution was then adopted. THE SANDY HOOK OBSTRUCTIONS, , Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y., offered a resolution ime structing the Committee on Commerce to examine at once into the reasons why sunken wrecks in the channelway off Sandy Hook remain to impede and imperil navigation. Adopted. A NEW RULE. Mr. McCrary, (rep.) of lowa, offered a resolution for anew rule, providing that it shall not be in order at any time to move to suspend the ruie and Pass @ bill or resolution until at least three days’ notice of such motion has been given by a printed notice laid on the desk of the inembers, nor until three days after such bill or resolution has been printed, and that such rule shall in no case be suspended. Referred to the Committee on Rales, BILLS INTRODUCED. Bills were introduced and referred as follows:— By Mr. Harris, (dem,) of Va.—Authori: the Washington, Cincinnat! and St. Louis road Company to extend its road into the District of Columbia. By Mr. Donnan, (rep.) of lows—To iets for the speedy construction Of a ship canal, of large papecity, around the Falls of Niagara, on the Amer- ican side. By Mr. ARCHER, (dem.) of Md.—To amend the act of the 27th of May, 1872, for the abatement and re- payment of taxes on distilled spirits in bond de- stroyed by casualty. By Mr. Kerr, (dem.) of Ind.—To aathorime the construction of @ bridge across the Ohio River, peewee New Albany ana Louisville. TOWNSEND, ren) ot Pu To repeal the ta n bank checks, drafts and orders. By Mr. FINEBNBURG, (rep.) of Mo.—Toamend the act ofthe 8th of June, 18; States Circuit Court in the sourt, for bolaing a United ‘estern district of Mis- THE TEN STEAM SLOOP BILL, The House resumed the consideration of the bill to provide for the construction of ten steam sloops of war. Arguments were made by Messrs. Kelley & Townsend, of Pennsytvania, in support of the bilL and amendment, requiring five ef the vessels to be built in private shipyards by contract; and by Messrs. Pratt, Negley & Lynch in support of the bill and against the amendment. Mr. PLatr, (rep) of West Va., stated that the tn- phd of the javy Department was to divide ten vessels into throe classes; one class to cont t of vessels of from sixteen hundred to eighteen hundred tens, and to carry from twelve’ to fourteen gans; one from twelve hundred to fif-. teen hundred tons, with eight or nine guns, and’ one from eight hundred to one thousand with six of seven guns. Mr. NEGLEY (rep.), of Pa., remarked that so long as Spain maintained the curse of slavery in Ouba, the present brews relations of this country were: lable bd be dista at any moment. Mr, LyNcH, (rep.) of Me., advocated the coupling with this bill one introduced by him last session, and recommended by the Secretary of the Trea-| ry, to give the government aid towards the con- struction of mercantile steamers which could be! convemed to government purposes in time of war. : He did not favor the amendment, becanse he’ thought that private stip yards were not now in a condition to construct such vessels. Mr. TOWNSEND insisted that the iron or | yards! at Baltimore, Wilmi mm and Chester ample fag or ‘building ea vessels, Mr. , (dem.) of N. Y., while not opposing the bil criticised the injudicious use made by the. Secretary of the Navy of the vessels now in the service, alluding to the movements of the Medtter- ranean aguadron, and to the employment of ves- sels to aid In the scheme for the acquisition of St Domingo. He favored both the bill and amen ment, Mr. HALRB, (rep.) of Me., advocated his amend- ment, contrasting the merits ob public and private shipyards. He warned the House that if all these; vessels were built in the Navy yards, they would cost ten instead of tnree millions, and contend that better vessels could be built in private ship- yards in quicker time and with far greater economy than in the Navy yards. ‘The morning hour expired and the bill went over till to-morrow. ‘The House then, at twenty-minutes after two P. M., went into ‘Committee of the Whole, Mr.i Stevenson in the chair, and distributed the Presi- dent’s annual Message among the appropriate committees, THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH. The question of referring the subject of the telegraph Provoked some discussion, Mr. Wood, of New York, preferring to have it referred to a special committee, and Messrs, Dawes (rep.) of Mass., an Beck (dem.) of Ky., favoring its reference to “he: Committee on Apor tiki) it having been fore that commi' it sessl ni Mr. NIBLACK, (dem.) of ned ay ber of the; Appropriation y Sonata toe, regs @ postal tel-| egraph matter as one of the gra Saves uestions be- fore Congress. It hadalways been to him a start- ling Pate ce and although he was growin; accustomed to it he was still unreconciled it and desired to be classed as an opponent to the measure. While he favored leav-, ing the matter with the Committee on Appro; a tions this session he would be prepared next gress to advocate its reference either toa select committee orto some standing committee wh: would have more time at its disposal than the’ Committee on Abpeperie trees Finally the matter was referred to the Committee’ on Appropriations. RB CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION was, after ‘discussion, Teferred to @ select come mittee of nine. ‘The committee rose, and the House, at three o'clock, adjourned. CHALDEAN ACOOUNT OF THE DELUGE. The London Daily Telegraph says:—We have rew ceived from the accomplished discoverer, ar.! George Smith, of the British Museum, the sab-| joined miost interesting account of the record of thi Deluge, which, as we announced @ day or tw ago, he has lately deciphered from the Asayrt monuments :—"The cuneiform inscription which have recently found and translated gives lon; and full account of the Deluge. It contains version or tradition of this event, which existed ini the early Chaldean period at the city of Erech fond of the cities of Nimrod), now represented by tha ruins of Warka.. In this newly discovered in- scription the account of the Deluge is put as @ narrative into the mouth of haat ed or Noah. He relates the wickedness = world, the command to build the ark, 4 the filling of eS the Del the resting ot the, ark om @ mountain, sen out birds, and other matters. The narrative hans CI closer resemblance to the account Cpa by) the Greeks from Be the Chaldean than to the Biblical his Dut it doce not materially from either. principal diffe’ are as to the duration of the Deluae, the maaee 0 the moantain on which the ark rested, the sending out of the birds, &c, The cuneiform account !# much longer and fuller than that of Berosus, and nes several ‘actalls omitted both by the Bible and the Chaldean historian. This inscription opens up many questions of which we knew nothing yousy" L it is connected with a number of details of Chaidean history which will be rtant. This is the fires tim een found with an account « Genesis.” interesting and im any inscription has am event mentioned in Gene: