The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1872, Page 3

RLEANS AUnceremonions Meetings cf the Kellogg and Fusion Legislatures. _—— NEW O a The Custom House Party Triumphant. —_—_+-—- Mellogg Declared Hlected Gover- nor and Victory of the Republican Ticket. ——_—_+— JUDGE ELLMORE IMPRISONED AND FINED. Warmoth Impeached and Pinchback De- clared Governor Pro Tem. The Supreme Court Applied to for a Writ of Prohibition. 5 ee Mhe State Government Com- pletely Overturned, New ORLEANS, Dec. 9, 1872, , Governor Warmoth, ever fertile of resource and Aptin meeting exigencies the most troublesome ith ready expedients, formed a novel plan to Mofeat the Kelioggites on tneir own ground last ht, Of the fourteen State Senators holding pver for contingencies he won over eight to his Bide to act for him in the Legislature. These were Ao vote in the friend!y Senators and keep out all Bhose antagonistic to the views of the Governor, mhe scheme was discovered, however, by Bome Means, and frustrated by Lieutenaim Governor Pinchback, who ordered the entire roll) to be called and immediately @wore in the new Senators returned accord- Ang to the last election papers. Pinchback created ® furore of excitement. After the roll had been jealied he made a statement to the effect thai at a jlate hour on Sunday night he was visited by War- ‘Jooth and offered the sum of $50,000 and a large ighare of appointing patronage to revolutionize the Renate. How far the scheme had been carried be- fore Pinchback was entrusted with the secret can- Wot be ascertained now, but from the fact that eight of the “fencemen” had gone straight into jthe Warmoth fold before Saturday proves that the ‘gubernatorial party had been uncommonly active. THE WARMOTR LEGISLATURE, — .' When the Warmoth Legislature met at the City Yau thia morning, for the purpose of holding a Pecret session, they were somewhat surprised to Dn that the United States authorities were in ful; ‘Poseesslon of all their plans, as two United States ‘deputy Marshals were stationed at the principal entrance and served each member with a copy of dudge Durell’s injunction, This action, of course, tended to increase the general il} humor. ’ JUDGE ELMORE SENT YO PRISON, ‘Yhe Untied States District Court was opened for Wusiness at eleven o'clock, Judge Elmore, of the ‘Fighth District Court, who was cited to appear be- fore Judge Durell at this hour, failed to put in an @ppearance, This was construed by the officials &s another case of contempt, and he was promptly fined in the sum of $60 and ordered to be arrested and detained in prison for the space of ten days, ‘Here, again, Warmoth interposed, and, as your Correspondent was subsequently informed, imme- diately pardoned him. The Court then took a Ce eek " Yévess until two P.M. fatal cs jyily inereasing, and from the vague hints thrown Sout by federal ofice-holders, it was stated the mu- Ok TR Se. ee Hic was to begin by arresting Warmoth for con- tempt of Court, a an “ DEEP INDIGNATION OF THE PEOPLE. / There is no doubt that a deep and pittey feeling ‘Of indignation pervades ali classes of geciety, but ‘+1 is repressed from expression by “the conscions- ‘hess of being helpless in face of the United States ‘troops. The people seem paralyzed, and, when Teproached with supineness by some of the more excitable, smile ina vague way that looks any- ‘thing but encouraging for their political pros- “pects, There is no disguising the fact that, what- ‘ever may be the merit of the contest, a govern- ment has been overturned by force of arms ‘ WARMOTH IMPEACHED, The triumph of the Kellogg party has been com- s iete. Warmoth was impeached on a simple reso- ‘Jntionon a vote resulting yeas 58, pays 6, without j@ny bearing, and on the subsequent elevation of Pinchback to the gubernatorial chair, a party of @runkep negroes, Nushed with triumph, broke open nd took possession of the Executive oMce. Wor- “moth subsequently obtained an injunction from jthe State Courts against Pinchback, but backed up j by the troops the latter will certainly ignore it, “The Warmoth Legislature has been in infor- ‘final ression several times during the day, but re- rain from organizing in face of Durell’s injunc- / tion, A WRIT OF PROHIBITION NOT TO HAND. It i# now generaliy believed, and a fact admitted fey Governor Warmoth in conversation with your ‘reporter, that the only hope remaining to his side ©! the House isin awrit of prohibition trom the Hupreme Court at Washington, which has been ap- /phed for. He farther admits that his hopes of this @re not very strong, and that in event of its being ‘Fefused nothing will be left but for the City Hail ‘Legistature to disperse and go home, thus aban- doning the field, THE KELLOGG PEOPLE Sre in jubilant spirits over their victory, and scout Jane idea of a writ of prohibition. A SINGULAR RESOLUTION, The Kellogg ‘Legislature, alter organizing with Bixty-four members present, unanimously adopted “the following :— Whereas the General Assembly is now convened {n compliance with the call of the Governor, and evil persons are reported to be forming combina- tions to disturb public peace, defy lawful authority and the State is threatened with violence, { Therefore, be it resolved by the House of Rep- tesentatives of the General Assembly of Louisiana, the Senate concurring, that the President of the United States be requested to afford the protection Rese ee each State by the constitution of the Vnited States where ttireatened with domestic violence, and that the presiding oficers of the General Assembly transmit this resoiution im- mediately, by teleyraph and otherwise, to the resident of the United States, ‘ CITIZENS’ MASS MEETING CALLED, A very large number of citizens have called a mass Meeting at the City Hall to-morrow at twelve prolock, for the purpore vf taking into considera- NEW YORK HERALD, TUE SDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. tion the gravity of the situation. In the call, which is signed by the best citizens, they recommend the closing of all places of business during the proceed- ings and adopting other signs of general mourn- ing. The resolution has had a very de- pressing effect on State securities, and al work on the projected Texas railroad has been stopped in consequence, Nearly all the people threaten to unite in refusing further payment of taxes or receiving State warrants, Taken al! in all, the prospects of Louisiana are most deplorable. ‘The military still keep possession of the State House, and the radical leaders entertain their body guards, but for all practical purposes, ana in de- fault of a writ of prohibition being received to- morrow, the Louisiana muddie may now be con- sidered virtually at an end, Congressman Darrall and ex-Mayor Flandert were on the floor of the House at Mechanics’ Jnsti- tute. Both sides claim @ quorum in the House. ‘The Senate quorum Is doubtfal, AN ADROIT MOVE, Vigers, the clerk of the preceding House of Rep- resentatives, whose duty it is to call the roll, was arrested yesterday by a Deputy United States Mar- shal, and has since been held a prisoner at Me. chanics’ Institute, This move was made to prevent him from calling the roll of the “fusion”? House, C. W. Lowell was elected apeaker of the House by acclamation. The Senators holding over entered a written protest against the manner in which the Senate had been organized, THE COMMITTEE TO WAIT UPON WARMOTH. In the House to-day the joint committee ap- pointed to wait upon the Governor reported that they had called at the Executive office and were informed by @ messenger that the Governor was not in and had not been at the office during the day. The committee then asked to sec the Gover- nor’s secretary, but were informed that he was too busily engaged to see them. The committee left a written communication for the Governor, inform- ing him that both Houses of the General Assembly had assembled in pursuance of his proclamation, and, having organized, were ready to receive any communication he might be pleased tosubmit. The Governor's private secretary after- wards sent to the House a note stating that the Governor would communicate to the General As” sembly at noon to-morrow. ‘The Speaker then proceeded to read the following, which he stated was an important matter, and asked the attention and consideration of members :— THE RESOLUTION OF IMPEACHMENT. Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, that Henry C. Warmoth, Gov- ernor of Louisiana, be, and he is hereby, impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, com- mitted against the constitution and Jaws of the State of Louisiana, £peaker LOWELL sald :— It becomes my solemn duty to announce to the House and to the people of Louisiana that the Governor of Louisiana stands impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors. A committee was ap- pointed to notify the Senate. The following was also adopted :— mnie Oe me Be it résolved by the House, the Senate concur- ring, that whereas the House of Representatives has formally presented and approved articles of impeachment against Henry C. Warmoth, and pre- sented the same for action of the Senate, and Whereas, Under the constitution the impeach- ment of the Governor operates the suspension of office pending trial, the General Assembly in the premises considered do now declare H. C. Warmoth 1s suspended from the office of Governor of the State of Louisiana until such time as the Senate shall try and decide upon the charges preferred against him. In the Senate Generals Hugh G. Campbell and W. L. McMillan and Messré. Hunsacker and Jenks were the Senators holding over from the list term who entered a protest again the illegal and tnconstitu- tional manner in which the Senate was organized, General Campbell protested against the illegal and precipitate organization of the Senate, stating his reasons and citing prece- | d that the | Pts ee He state: dent ip support of his views, MeL we pet! Senate was the sole judge of its returns; no Court, even of the United States, can decide for the Senate the question of its returns, He, therefore, _ protésts s ———- too against the present gzgsilgation of the Senate as illegal and ‘anéoustitutional. ‘The protests of the others Were © fhe same import, Debate fol- lowe’ 3 lowed. before the Senate and report as follows :— In obedience to the order of the House of Repre- sentatives we appear before you, and in the name otthe Houee of Representatives impeach H. Clay Warmouth, Governor of the State of Louisiana, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office, and we further inform the Senate that the House of Representatives will, in due time, exhibit par- ticular articles of impeachment against him and make good the same, and in their name we de- mand that the Senate take order tor the appear- ance of the said H.C. Warmoth to answer said im- peachment, Mr. Ingraham offered the following:— Whereas articles of impeachment havs been pre- sented to-the Senate alleging that Henry Clay War- moth, Governor of- Louisiana, is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors in office. Therefore be it reeolved by the Senate of the | | i | State of Louisiana—the Senate having resolved | itself into a igh court of impeachment—that the presiding officer of the Senate notify the Chief sane of the supreme Court of the action of the enate, Mr. Ingraham stated that by the resolution im- peaching Governor Warmoth Lieutenant Governor Pinchback became Governor of Louisiana, and moved that Senator A. B. Harris, of Concordia, take the chair as President of the Senate, which | was adopted. TUR OFFERS TO PINCHMACK. In the Senate this afternoon Lieutenant Gover- nor Pinchback, upon reading in the Evening Times editorials flatly contradicting the statements made by him this morning that Mr. C. A. Weed and Governor Warmoth had offered him $50,000 and as many offices as he wanted to help them in their measures, sald :— lowe it to myrelfand Mr. Weed to state that he Was not present at the mutiny as, in my heat, | had first stated, He was in an entirely ditferent room, and the doors were closed between us. He came to the house with Mr. Warmotn, but was not present at the time the offer was made. | owe this to Mr. Weed as a gentieman whom I know and to my own dignity and feelings. ORGANIZING THE COURT OF IMPEACHMENT, At the evening session of the Senate Chief Jus- tice Ludling appeared and was sworn in as pre- siding Judge of the High Court by Justice Taliaferro, He then swore in twenty Senators who were pres- ent, and declared the Court of Impeachment or- ganized and ready to proceed. The Court then adjourned till Mon lay, 16th inst. Lieutenant-Governor Pinchback qualified as Governor, took possession of the office, and re- ceived the congratulations of his friends, The fusion members of the Legislature in session at Lyceum Hall adjourned at nine P, M., until to-morrow. A meeting of bank presidents and presidents of insurance companies is called to meet to-morrow, At ten A. N., to take action regarding the political muddie. Judge Darell Action Condemned. Snureverort, La., Dec. 9, 1872, The Shrieveport 7imes of this morning says of the situation in New Orleans:—“The best class of people in this State bad become perfectly recon- ig | boat Thomas H. he Huse Committee on impeament appeared | ciled to the election of General Grant, thinking after all it would result im more good to the South than the election of Greeley; but the action of Judge Durell has made them despair of relief from earpet- bag rule, and profound despondency has taken the place of hope of better times. Asa friend of Gen- eral Grant, we yet trust that the administration Will pot sustain that decision,”” REPORTS FROM WASHINGTON. SS Se A Writ of Prohibition tor Louisiana Applied For from the Supreme Court— Not Granted—Governor Warmoth’s Impeachment Foreshadowed—Pack- ard’s Latest Bulletin to the Attorney General, Wasninoton, Dec. 9, 1872. Attorney General Ogden, of Louisiana, appeared before the Supreme Court this morning and asked for a writ of prohibition against Judge Durell, re- atraining him from proceeding further In the case of Kellogg vs, Warmoth, in the Circuit Court for Louisiana, Mr. Ogden asked for the imme- diate consideration of the motion, remark- ing that the very life of the State was imvolved in the controversy. Mr. P. Phillips, now of Washington, apd before the war a member of Congress from Alabama, is associated with Mr. Ogden in the case, He made a few remarks in- tended to satisfy the Court that it was a proper case for the issue of the writ. how it could be a proper case when the constitu- ton of the United States expressly provided that" @ cuse wherein a citizen was a party should not be @ case for its issuance? The Court took the mo- tion under advisement, WARMOTH TO BE IMPEACHED. Representative Morey to-night received a de- spatch from a prominent republican at New Orleana, saying that the impeachment of Governor Warmoth by the House of Representatives of Loul- siana is almost certain in any contingency, even thongh he should offer to resign. MARSHAL PACKARD’S LATEST DESPATCH. The following despatch was also received here this evening :— NeW ORLEANS, La, To Hon. GEORGE H. WILLIAMS, orney General: The General Assembly returned by the legal board is now organized at the State House, ie Senate has present twenty republicans and eight democrats. The House has fifty republicans and fourteen democrats, about halfof Warmoth’s mem- bers participating. The State Suprenae. Court has sent Ellmore, Warmoth’s usurping Judge of the Eighth District Court, to jatl for ten days and his clerk for five days and fined them $50 each. All quiet, SB, PACKARD, United States Marshal, DISASTER AT SEA. Loss of the Pacific Mail ship Sacramento. Dee. 9, 187: Steam- es Wrecked on a Reef Off San Antonio— Safety of the Passengers. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 9, 1872. This afternoon the second officer of the Pacific | Mail Company's steamship Sacramento, due here | from Panama on Wednesday, arrived at San Diego in an open boat, with the news that the steamship had struck a reef two hun- dred miles southeast of that port, og San Antonio, Lower California. When the officer left the ship the captain was making preparations to land, The passengers were all safe by that time. The Montana leaves San Diego at daylight to-mor row, with orders to proceed to the wreck and re- lveve the passengers and then return to San Diego if it_does not succeed in getting the Sacramento off the reef, The Sacramento had $0 Passengerg and 200 tons of freight. Tha agent of the ¢om- pany at San Diego will go to the wreck and do all in his power to relieve the passengers, 2 the disaster is not given, ‘ RY TM, ye ER ow MISSISSIPPI RIVER DISASTERS, ‘Sinuing of the Steamer Thomas H. Alien and Loss of Two Men—The Cargo Valued at $50,000—The Frank P. Gracy Goes Down with 400 Bales of Cotton on Board. MeEmpPuis, Tenn., Dec. 9, 1872. A despatch from Duvall’s Bluff says the steam- Allen, hence for Jacksonport, struck a snag at nine o'clock last night, five miles above there, and sunk to her hurricane roof. The second cook and pastry cook were lost. Their names are unknown. Captain Ashlan, her com- mander, thinks she can be raised. The Allen’s cargo is valued at about fifty thou- sand dollars, and consisted of supplies for the Cairo and Fuiton Railroad and plantation supplies. ‘The latter is covered by insurance in local ofices here and the former in Eastern offices, The boat is valued at $16,000, and is owned by the Memphis and Arkansas Packet Company. She isnot insured. Steamer Frank P. Gracy Sunk. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dee, 9, 1872. A special despatch says the steamer Frank P. Gracy, chartered by the Memphis Packet Company, struck a log last night opposite Slim Island, and sunk in five feet of water. She had a cargo of 400 bales of cotton. The steamer is owned by Captain Simms and James Bennett, of Nashville, and was valued at $15,000, She is insuredfor $10,000, ARMY INTELLIGENCE. General Meade’s last oficial report recommended the erection of officers’ quarters and barracks on David's Island, in New York Harbor, which he re- garded as an admirable location supplied and from a sanitary point of view. General Meigs had had transferred from the Quartermaster’s Department to the Ordnance Department the supplying of belts, knapsacks and cartridge pouches, which are hencefort! tirely made of leather, The new knapsacks are to be made of sealskin, dressed with the fur on, Army Orders. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 1872. Captain C. D. Emery, of the Ninth infantry, has been ordered to report for duty as Acting Judge Advocate of the Department of Texas, NAVAL ORDER. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 1872, Master Edwin H. Wiley has been ordered to the Portsmouth; Passed Assistant Paymaster Rufus S. McConnell ordered to the receiving ship Sabine; Lieutenant Willlam G. Moore has been detached from the St. Mary’s and ordered to return home; Paymaster K. W. Allen from the Sabine, and ordered to the Idaho at Yokohama, Japan, vice W. F, A. Torbert, detached and ordered to return home. ¥ ul erie THE NEW DOMINION. A Large, Destructive Fire in Ottawa—A New Lieutenant Governor of Mani- | tob: OTTAWA, Dec. 9, 1872, A large fire occurred here last night, which de- stroyed Hadder’s clothing store, Fitzmaurice’s drug store, Wood's dry goods store, Tremain's dry goods store, Dean's drug store, Dickie's dry goods store, Wilcox’s book store, McChesney's confec- tionery establishment, Johnson's jewelry store, Barnard’s dry goods store, Henry's photograph gallery and Fitchett’s tobacco store. ‘The loss is about forty thousand dollars, and is well covered by insurance. Hon. Alexander Morris has been gazetted Lieu- tenant Governor of Manitoba and Northwest Terri- tories, “OBITUARY, Jesse Hunt, Jesse Hunt, a much esteemed citizen of Balti- more, died in that city on the sth instant, at the age of eighty years, Mr. Hunt served as Mayor of Baltimore on two occasions; in the year 1832, and again in 1834. He filled the office of City Register tor five terms, was several years a member ol the State Legislature, and officiated as President of the Eutaw Savings Bank from 1847 until the day of his death, Judge Miller asked | The datg | to be en- | HORACE GREELEY. pie ha The Colored Citizens of New York Join in a Tribute to the Dead Journalist, Poe ek Eloquent Addresses by Henry H. Garnet and Alexander Crammeli—Horace Greeley as the Emancipator of the Colored Kace— “Greater Than Franklin’—The Colored Race Mourn the Loss of Their Truest Friend. The colored citizens of New York held a meeting last night in Shiloh Presbyterian chureh, corner of Prince and Marion strects, to pay their tribute of respect to Horace Greeley. The meeting was largely attended, and included almost ali the promi- nent colored citizens of the city, Many brought their wives, sisters and mothers, so that BOTH SEXES JOINED IN THIS THIBUTE to the illustrious dead, Mr. CHARLES B, Ray called the meeting to order and proposed Henry H, rnet as Ciairman. Mr, Garnet was elected and took the chair, He said: FRIENDS AND BRETHREN—We have assembled to- night, without respect to party or sex, to pay tribute to the memory of Horace Greeley. There were four men whose names loomed up In the last forty or fifty years and who reared up the temple of our liberties, The first of these four men was John Brown, the trae hero; the second was Abraham Lincoln, who was a martyr to the principies of liberty; another was William UL. Seward, the great statesman, and the one of whom I shall now speak wae Horace Grecley. We are not here to-night to examine for one moment the political relations of Horace Greeley to the country. He was a friend of the young, he was A LOVER OF UNIVERSAL LIBERTY. No matter if @ man were white or black, ifhe found him oppressed or down-trodden he always sought to liberate him or at least to raise him up. I re- member in 1863 that the mob which threatened to kill Horace Greeley did so because he was our friend, (Applause.) Wecome to-night to throw our chaplets upon the grave of the greatand hon- ored dead. He was great indeed, He was a friend of everything that wax noble and good. He was a fmend of universal suffrage. His life was one great sacrifice to the great principles of liberty and humanity. Bo ameliorate the con- dition of his fellow men and of our race—this was his great aim in life. He never swerved trom his noble course; he was always the truest and kindest friend of the poor, the young, the oppress are here toexpress our sympathy with bis ted family. MILLIONS OF HEARTS mourn with them, How much has the country not lost in him | 1 shall ask the Secretary to read the resolutions. The Secretary read the following :— Whereas it has pleased the Almighty Disposer events to take from among the living the t Greeley, and to remove him to his eternal rest, und whereas we deem It to be our melancholy duty to ex press in this public manner our sincere s¥mpathy with the tamily and friends of the departed reformer and phi lanthropist, therefore be it Resolved, That in death of Horace Greeley the cause of universal freedom and equal rights to al! men has lost an earnest and able advocate, and the temper. ance movement one of its most ardent and consistent supporters, solved, That it shall ever be to us a cause of gratitnde to God for giving to the present age such a man, who tor 80 long @ period stood fort | A FRARLESS CHAMPION OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE, social and political retorm and sound morality. Resolved, That we tender to his afflicted family our sin cere sympathy in their sorrowtul bereavement, together with the assurance that we mourn with them in common With millions throughout our country. solved, That @ copy of these resolutions be pt to the family of the deceased, signed by the Chair and Secretary, The resolutions were received with Applause. resolutions, sald:—It is with satisiaction, min- | gled with melancholy, that I rise to second the resolutions which have just been offered for adop- tion. Lam indeed giad of the opportunity to come forward and express my admiration of the very many sterling qualities which went to make up the great character who has been recently removed trom the streets, the charities, the earnest politi- cal life of this city. Ihave not had to wait until | his death to find out that he was a true friend of man, a great advocate of the negro, one of the fore- most humanitarians of the age, a great seeker after excellence, A MAN WITH A LARGE AND MIGHTY SOUL, the possessor Of @ prodigious brain. Mr. Greeley if hulp ee ot ae aera Gee ot elements, wi NABE a MyM Of fhe superfluous; a mai Of fibre, full of muscle, ‘with rent senisithent of soul, whese nature yearned for everything real, grand and good. enue) Horace Greeley was fereatgiman than Franklin. Horace Greeley was less Tide “thé guidance of monetary infu. ences, His nature was more stimulated by moral | and spiritual principles. He lived morg entirely Jor general good ane ver- | bal ioral Petr bi he only man ih Wistory who could be compared with Horace Greeley is | Socrates, the Grecian Sage. I know of but one | dictator this country ever had, and that was Horace Greeley. There were two or three critical periods in the later history of this country when r. Greeley spoke out, not so much a8 a prophet, | but almost like a sovereign; and when Senates and evena President had to give way to him, and when the people followed implicitly his downright utterances. One of these periods was when he wrote his celebrated letter to President Lincoln | demanding immediate emancipation—a letter which was | |THE BATTLE AXE THAT CLEFT SLAVERY IN TWO. Believe me, that achievement was as much Horace | Greeley’s as it was Abraham Lincolu's, if not more. Iam sure you all remember how often he saved our people by his protection and advocacy from many a murderous riot. The colored people of this city and of this country will be the most The Rev. Alexander Crummell, in seconding the | | ungrateful of people if they can ever forget the | rendered our without doubt, an yearning for that , Doble services has (Applause.) He was, | idewiist. He was aiways which seemed perfect, ideal, Most men say “Let well enough alone.’ But, my friends, where can we find the wellenough? Mr. Greeley never found it. He declared warfare against lewdness, intemperance, dishonesty. I do not hesitate to he race. | say that his lie was as chaste as that of the purest | | matden. How he labored for his convictions! | What a life of toll, of incessant struggling! Where sone find another man like him, who always } fonght YOR THE GOOD, FOR THE PUR, FOR THE NOBLE? He taught legislatures their duties, taught parties their policies, Surely he was a great man. It was fit and proper that so noble and good a man should have ambition, Many of the best and | greatest men have died in agony, but one great lesson comes from the grave of Horace Greeley, | that it 1s good to be one of the benefactors of man- kind, Their faults are buried with them, their virtues must needs beimmortal, (Applause.) Mr. Charles B. Ray also delivered an address, He said:—A great man has fallen, The man whose memory we commemorate to-night was indeed @ great man. In intellect there were few or none in this country who surpassed him. Once when he was a boy sitting in a tavern he was called upon to decide a dispute in regard to the date of a Congressional act. The boy said both men were wrong, and toid them the date and purport of the act. No man has surpassed him IN HIS ARDENT LOVE FOR HUMANITY, in his deep-felt sympathies for every race and every man. He was great also asa journalist. In the Tribune we see the man, and the man we see | in the Trivune, GREELEY IN 1840, He was great in his regard for God and his good- ness to man. Has he done anything for our race ? It is here that his memory has @ special claim upon us. 1 have known Mr. Greeley, perhaps, as | long as any of us. My recollections of him date back as far as 1840, At that time I published a ' paper and exchanged my paper with his New Yorker, a sterling literary paper. There are some of us here who took the first copy of his Tribune. lam one of them, and I knew already then what he | thought about us, Whenever the question of | emancipation came within his reach he insisted upon our ireedom and THE EQUALITY OF OUR RACE BEFORE THE LAW. The whig party was prosperous aud Mr. Greeley | was one of its advocates. In pursuing Lis course | he leavened it until the whig party became an | anti-slavery party; until it dissolved and became | the republican party, whose corner-stone was the emancipation of our race. and equal before the law. | was to be amended, There w clause eniran- chising the negro which was specially voted for, | There are men here who will remember how he stood all day long at the polls asking the people to | vote for this clause. This is only one instance out of a great many which J might mention. J think I | hare sald oll 1 push id to Bay. —— PgR eR ee | r. Joun ‘oullle said that perhaps since the days of Wi m Leggett no man had had the daring | to come out against slavery in a journal as Horace Greeley did, All others wanted to have us sent to Airica in case we should be emancipated. William , Leggett, in the Evening Post, and Horace were the only men who dared to come out une- quivocally for the emancipation of our race, I second the resolutions, The resolutions were carried by acclamation, and | the meeting then, after listening to a pocm, read by Mr. Thomas, of Kentucky, adjourned, THE ORERLEY FUND. Asciles Wager fon. | To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL I would like to make a suggestion in reference to the Greeley tund which the IRALD #0 nobly be- gn in aid of the late Horace Greeley's tamily, 1 see that Mies Ida Greeley and pister decline to take eley | | 1 here | estate between the Children’s Our race became free | ‘In 1847 the constitution | Of the deceased, living in Pen the money subseribed for thetr ald. Now, why not Kend the money subscribed to Mrs, Marga Gree- ley Bush, who is a sister of the late Horace Greeley, She lives in Clymer, Chautauqua county, N. ¥. fhe is very poor imdeed. Her Norace Greeley, has supported her e she became a’ widow (over fifteen years ago). Now he is dead she has no one to look to for aid. I see by the HBKALD to-day that some of the sub- you think best, de, Mrs, “Kush is a very worthy lady and I think the family wouid accept the money to aid her. Yours, truly, ONE WHO KNOWS, THE FAMILY WEL! 80 NASSAU STREET, New York, Dee. 9, 1872. ‘To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD You will please apply the amount of my subcrip- tion to the tund Jer the children of the late Mr. Greeley to sueh purpose as they may indicate to you, abd oblige, yours, very truly, JOUN A. HAT To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— CINCINNATT, 0., Di ‘The Misses Greeley having declined the prop testimonial to the memory of their father, | suggest that the proposed amount (or a sufficient sum) be contributed for the endowment of a home for dis- abled printers, or for the widows and orphans of printers, a8 may be thought most desirable, In ths way an appropriate and — memorial may be established, which will credit to the trade through which Mr. Greeley found his success and the means of bringing Joy and comfort to many a@ sad and homeless heart. This would be a worthy expression from the press of New York and of the whole country, Allow me to commend the enterprise to your favor, with the kugyestion that the $1,000 offered to the previous fund would be a worthy commencement for anew subscription, Lam, very respectiully, ARTHUR HURBURT, MR. GREELEY’S WILL. The Testamentary Document Offered for Probate in the Surrogate Court of Westchester County—It and Another Will Prodaced—Copics of Both Instruaments—Prospects of Pro- tracted Litigation, Tn the Surrogate Court of Westchester county, at White Plams, yesterday, ex-Judge Robert L Hart formally offered the last will and testament of the late Mr. Horace Greeley for probate, The document bears date November 9, 1872, and was executed in the county above named. While the motion of Judge Hart was pend- | Ing Surrogate CofMin received a telegram from Isaiah 7. Williams, late counsel for the deceased journalist, setting forth that he was on the way to White Plains for the purpose of contesting the will bearing date November 9, 1872, and would offer for admission to probate another testamentary docu- Ment executed by the deceased on January 9, 1871. Mr. Willams arrived subsequently and j Sented the second will, After considerale legal sparring it was decided that the subscribing wit- nesses to the will last executed be placed on the stand, in order to verify its entire validity and consequent precedence over any other which had heen or might be produced, The examination of Mrs. Lamson, one of the subscribing witnesses, Was ultimately commenced, but as the afte noon was then far advanced, the witnes was not mined at any length, and the further hearing testimony in the case adjourned un hext Friday. tf “coming events cast their shado before” it is but reasonable to infer from what transpired in the Surrogate Court yesterday that @ protracted litigation will ensue before the final or ton of the lamented philosopher's woridly ene: The following is a copy of Mr, Greeley's will, exe- cuted January 9, 1871:— jroeley, being near! th, bit? admonishe of life, do mak stament, y recent i nd’ publish th ag and revoking all of 00 exist. laugh , requesting her to # proceeds the with her sister, Gabrielle Miriam Greeley, all: my b copyrights and’sums which may be due’ and ow my hare an from publishers at the time of my decease, naming espe 4 ¥ “American Conflict,” “Recollections of @ Busy Politicn! Economy” and “What [ Know of Farni me Income may accrue froin or to my two daughters ato id all Whereot I may die possessed, 0 enti the farm on which my brother Nathan y lives In Wayne township, Drie county, Pa., directing that ‘my daughter Ida Lilfan aforesaid be and he eby is authorized and empowered, during the her sitter Gabriel Miriam to manage, let, sell the whole or any part of the sume, expedient and advantageous to hersell the same to be subiect to the ng inmy wite, Mary Young G: il she shall see fitto release the same to iny di ath to my: brother, S nd his wite Ru: terrupted use life of either of in the towaship of Wayne, Erie and J turiher bequeath to whichever of ‘his sons the sai Nathan Barnes Creeley may designate the reversion 0 der of one-hail of said fam, it being my under- gay nose that said sou’ shall five with a fake dare is ast BU shit Nathan Barnes and Rub the end of their several lives. —“p =775" Ttem—1 dirget that it any share or shares in Association shall remain to me at my di them shall be sold, under i ter'and th paid ever as jety, whe: ley afor i hem of my ounty, Fi aforesaid: hequest to the Ch ’ ‘ork city is the focns ed or disbursed as its authori ati ofeach remaining share of stock in lien of all I hereby renounce and disclaim in favor, on my part, or on thatot my heirs, to the real estate once mine, but now wholly has near the village of qua, in the township of Neweastle, Westchester c as also to the two’ shares of standing in her name, and which were never mine, but wholly ed by her money; and 1 turther and favor alt Tight to the dd funds of orthern Pacific Rnitroud, have pail for with her money, and which now stands in her name on the books of the company ; au give and bequeath unto my said wife all the animals, itn: plements, machinery, crops products and materials fmy death exist upon or pertain sin Newcastle township afure- the 7 y at the time o to her farm and building: said. Itm.—1 direct that whatever stock elation may remain to ine at 19 and dollars to my sister Margaret t—Two t | Greeley Bush, in case she survive me; and in case she | should not, bither daughter Evangeline Bush shall sur vive ine, the said sum of $2,000 shall be paid to her, ny | said sister's daughter, Evangeline Bus Serond—One thousand dollars each to m: | minda, wife of Lovewell Greeley, and Esth F. Cleveland, or to the surviving’ childre incase they or either of them shall die bet do. I give and bequeath all the residue or remainder of my property, of whatever name or nature, to nv daughters Ida L. Greeley and Gabrielle Grecle. to the survivor, sisters, Ar 60 ctivel Tris ies Storrs, merchant, now street, New York chard H. M. siding in Clinton avenue. Brooklyn, or a Who may survive me and accept the trust, this my Jast will and testamen n witness whereof I have hereunto set my h seal this 9th day of January, in the one thousand eight hundred and sevent HORACE GREELEY. (L. 8.] se, sizned by Isaiah T. Williams of the Je; county of Westchest John ©. Ferguson, of the town of North Castle Westchester, N. ¥’ The following is @ copy of the last will of Mr. Greeley, written by himself November 9, 1872, on two pages of a sheet of note paper: ley, of the town of New ‘ate of New York, aged six! wing in fair nealth and fuil possession of my revoking all former wills, do make this my lust ‘will and testament. Nem 1,—I give and bequeath all the property of which I may die possessed, including lands, mortgages, b: notes of hand, debts, stoc ues and obligations, eldest daughter, Ida’ L. Greeley. one-halt te be used at her own discretion to the education and support of her sister, Gabrielle M. Greeley, the other moiety to be her own In every right, Attestation cl; town of New: queath my gold watch usually nd daughter, Gabricile Miriam wand and seal, this 9th day of eight hundred ‘and eventy-two. HORAC November, The above instrument, consistin this 29th day of November, 1872, de: to us by Horave Greeley, the testator therein mentioned, to be his last will and testament; ana he atthe same time acknowledged J each of us, that he had signed and ame, and we thereupon, at his request h presence, ‘and in the presence of each other, signed our Hames thereto as attesting witnesses, REGINALD HART, residence Mt. Kisco, N. Y. SUBAN H. LAMPSON, residence East Poulincy, Vt. property to his two surviving daughters, while that made in 1871 divides a considerable portion of the i Society, a brother yivania, and three married sisters of the testator. A good deal of in- dignation is f it at ry ia regarded as a heartless attempt to deprive twO doubly-orphaned cnildren of their inherita: * Re ln THE PACIFICO COAST. The Creek Indians on a Reservation and Quilet—Arrest of a Forger. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec, 9, 1872, A derpatch from Yreka states that the Creek In- dians have been got into their reservation and are now quiet, and that no more assistance is needed to watch them at present, The roving bands will be pursued, and a number of Indians on the reser- vation have volunteered to ald the settlers. John W, Southwell was arrested to-night on a charge of altering two checks of the First National Bank of this city—one from to $46,000, and the other from $35 to $35,000, in favor of J. C. Spence The drafts were forwarded to the National Bank of Chicago, where the forgery was discovered. The prisoner at one Ume was in the insurance business in Chicago, was elected Mayor of 4 total Mr. Clarke Jillson, re Woreester, M. yesterday by vote of 6,227 rt inajority of the members of the Commer ‘aud School Committee, acribers have authorized you to use the money as | ermanent | be also a | is Contested | pre- | | | | verely wounded. If mgre: of stoek in the Tridune Assogia- | ion, shall re e atiny death, and ifmy wife, Young Gre i survive me. Tt bequeath to her | other dower except those reserved to her as aforesaid, and | | | Bijari and Jorron gives form to this belief. It appears that the document executed in No- | vember of this year bequeaths all of the testator's | | with a con: 3 STRUGGLE POR FREEDOM. eee CUBA'S Reports from the Various Commanding Officers in Siguani and Holguin—A Series of En- gagements—A Hopeful Communication from Generals Jesus Ferria and Peralto—ihe Spaniards Aban- doning Their Positions. The flowing despatches were received in this city yealerday from the headquarters of the liber- ating army in Cuba. Their tone was decidedly hopeful, and show that Spain has 8 herculean task before her to overcome the determination of these Spartan defenders of their country, fighting for life and liberty and the suppression of slavery. honor to report to P i ot our military operations, which Were at a standstill at my last report. On the doth of June the Commandant Amabile reported the destruction of the telegraphic commu- nication between Cuba and the city of Bayamo. Lieutenant Colonel Ramirez told me on the 22d of June that an engagement ocenrred in the neighborhood of Hato” Swamps, causing serious loss to the enemy. Our losses consisted of three men, On the 24th of tis month Captain Saturino Venero, in his encampment at Pozo Blanco, retired after having exchanged fire with the enemy for hair an hour at Pozo Blanco. According to the traces of pod afterwards seen by our men it would appear as if the enemy had suffered greatly, VOLUNTEERS JOININ On this day seven well-armed volunteers, all married men, came to us from the village of Guisa HOLGUIN. Brigadier General Manuel Calvar has banded mo a comm tion from Colonel Varona, dated the Ist of A , in which he gays that he had sent two guerilla corps under the commands of Lien- spas ts Modesto Fornaris and Justine Garvayalde 0 fit defen 1 rst village was captured and the advanced posts of the enemy were driven back, regret to say with the loss of some of our brave men. A rich booty of stores and provisions was captnred. The other Village, with two prisoners armed with Remington rifles, also a large amount of provisions, were sub- sequently captured. ‘The guerilla corps since their incorporation, on July 18, have suffered greatly, having been attacked in the Randal by a strong column of infantry and artillery, but which was eventually forced to retreat by the heroic cow of the Second company of the Second Holguin bat- talion, As the action of Las Tufas the losses of the | guertiias were fur from light. On the 27th a forag- | Ing party, while engaged at El Rosario, under the ; orders of Licutenant Modesto Fornaris, had @ skir- Mish with the enemy, but sustained no loss. On the 28th a Spanish guerilla party appeared in the Neighborhood of the encampment of Colonel Va- rona, and returned after losing several men. of August Colonel Juan Ruz, chief of yamo forces, was attacked in the nheighbor- 1 of Cuatro Veredas by a Spanish force of at | least 600 strong. After half an hour's tiring the | patriots retired with the loss of one man, The enemy, it is reported, lost several men, SIGUANL, On the 14th of August Commandant Swadrigas | commenced to harass the enemy in the deighbor- ; hood of the hospital at Bajaru and destroyed several houses, On the 17th an engagement took place with the enemy at Canto and the enemy was routed and put to flight. On the 13th Lieutenant Blanco led an exploring party to Sindero and fell back upon El Aguacate, where he was joined by Captain M They then attacked the enemy ‘able number of men and put them, ngagement, to Might. The enemy , While we lost but one man, CUBA. The forces at Bayamo, Tiguant, Holguin and Cuba, amounting in the aggregate to 480 men, made an attack on the 26th upon the village of Baire, which was captured, and then returned to Vijagual, distant nine miles. , held and a plan for A reunion of the officers was surprising the enemy was devised. Somehow or other the Spaniards became aware of our where- abouts and were on the alert. Commandant Saladrigas it was then agreed should attack the enemy with the Bayamo forces, Colonel Juan kus with adetachment of those from Cuba, under the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Aguilera and Com- mander José Medina. The combined forces moved in lateral columns, while a small reserve accom- panied them, led by Colonei Vidal. After the forces had started they marched rapidly and soon came up near to the enemy, while the reserve was engaved in drawing otf its atten- tion from the main body. The enemy, seeing them, outflanked, retired, after having made a somewhat determined resistance. Our loss was four men, in- cluding Sub-Lieutenant Pedro Conde, who was se- ‘The enemy lett twelve corpses Weltering in their gore, and removed several of their wounded, A heavy captare of provisions alter a short lost seven me’ was made by us. The next morning, betore day- light, the enemy returned to the attack, with the intention of surprising us in our encampment at ereda de ja Torcaza. Shortly after they broke ers, but, reise erp «> MEN StOOD THEIR GROUND BRAVELY. ‘he engagement lasted two hours, and the firing was constant. At last they retreated on the double quick, followed by some of our guerillas, who harassed their rear. Our losses were Sub-Lieutenant Roberto teral'a and Sergeant Cumplidos (dead), while Lieutenant Colone) Viaal, an heroic soldier, received severe wounds, The leaders and the soldiers are enthusiastic, and want to meet the enemy again shortly, Colonel Juan Ruz, Colonel L, Vidal, Francisco Aguilera and Count Wenceslas Saladrigas, have been detailed on aspecial mission, of which we shall speak in our next. With the highest respect, your obedient servant, CALIXTO G, ENIGUE eneral. on the 25th of this month w upied the en- trenchinent of Barajagua, recently abandoned by the enemy. ‘The evacuationo/ this most important base of military operation, when eight Spanish | steamers are situated in the Bay of Nipe, is a most | fortuitous circumstance, It appears almost as if ; | the Spaniards are about retreating to the coast, y | changing their tacti 8 and beating a retreat Their abandonment of What- | ever may be the tdea of the Spanish in this matter, | it is certain to work favorably for us by giving us | towards the large towns. larger scope and resources, will enable | us moreover to establish hospitals and outposts, and will facilitate the matter of | transporting our troops from one end of the department to the other. [send you a communi- cation from the President of the Republic. Ishall be obliged by your transmitting to me the commis- | sions for the officers about which I spoke to you in | my last communication, With feelings of the highest consideration, CALIXTO G, INIGUEZ, To the SECRETARY OF Wak, HEADQUARTERS LIBERATING FORCES IN CUBA, EASTERN DEPARTMENT, Aug, 27, 1872, Miguel Macio makes the following r date of August:—According to in- ‘eived to command a party of guerillas | from Innas, San Antonio and Tobito, for the pur- | pose of harassing the enemy and capturing cattle, | L started on my mission, and captured several pris- oners, two in the Curtal and two tn Brazos, who | were immediately executed. The Spaniards | placed men tn ambush to pick my men off at several places, bat were unsuccessful. A skirmish, lasting an hour, took place with the enemy at Guanta- namo, where they lost several men and I was . | wounded in the arm. menial | ANOTHER REPORT. | Lieutenant Colonel Teodoro Lafitt made the fol- lowing report on 25th of July :— | According to orders from headquarters to recon- noitre in the neighborhood of Monte Rus and cap- | ture provisions, I started with a detachment of | Men. Arriving at Santa Maria, I found the enemy in force, and they opened such a murderous fre | upon us that we Were forced to retreat, but not until we had made @ second attack, We lost one man, and while retiring captured some provisions, SMALL SKIRMISHES. Commander ©. José Macco, on 3d of August, re- ports having attacked the enemy at El yO, and that his men had fought with courage until forced to cease firing through their ammunition giving out. Result of the action, one dead and two | yoo on our side. The loss of the enemy is un- | known. Lieutenant Manuel Romero, under date 18th of August, reports going out in search of provisions and having had several slight encounters with the enemy at Vegas de Sagua. BUTCHERING A WOUNDED MAN, Captain C. Miguel Maceo reports that on the 25th | July the Spaniards surrounded the cottage, under | the command of Santos Perez, and found there | Commandante Jos¢ Diaz, who had received a bullet. in his chest at the battle of Sopo. Diaz used his rifle upon his capturers, but they dred upon him till he was dead. | THE ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER FANNY, On the 9th August the Fanny arrived id the goods and ammunition she brought were carefully brought ashore and secreted for future use. HEAVY CAPTURES FROM THE SPANIARDS, On the 10th August Mee piace at Rio Rico, und some, desperate hand-to-hand fight- ing with some finety mounted areca took | place, the patriots being commanded by Prado and Andes Mira! The Spaniards beat a cowardly re- treat, leav thirty-four horses, with accoutre- ments, 6,000 cartridges, Remington rifles, over- | coats, provisions, &c, Our losses were three men, | Firmin, Vera and Arcadia; Betancourt wounded | and Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Maria dead, having | fallen in the heat of the action, Among those who | distinguished themseives in the fight were Com- Manders Mirabal and Balvosa, Captain Martip | Fraba and the private soldier Patrocino Peredo, Of the nineteen prisoners we had at Cassanov: found with arms, nine were shot; four, on accoun' | of thetr advanced age, were sent home, and the remainder were sent into our lines. The Spaniards have, Of late, shot forty-one of our number whem captured, Kespectfull; “ JESUS FERRIA Xx GENERAL PERALTO, J a esterd: mitted for trial at | en in North Providence,