The New York Herald Newspaper, December 17, 1872, Page 3

WASHINGTON. Trepidation of Accused Credit Mobi- liere—Cakes Ames Threatens to Tell All Ee Knows. A Flood of New Bills Introduced in the House. WTERVIEW WITH A RELEASED. KU KLUX. Senator Sumner Snubbed by Hale, of Maine. Small Chance for Spoliation Claimants. Texas Frontier Commissioners and the President. The Boutwell’s Syndicate Scheme—A Bill for the Relief of Assistant Treasurer Hillhouse— The Embellishment of the Capito) Grounds—Naval Changes. WASHINGTON, Dee, 16, 1872, The Credit Mobilier Excitement Imercas- ing—Trepidation of the Implicated— The Seope of the Investigaticn To Be ‘Widened—Oakes Ames to Make a Full Confession. The feeling manifested by the members of the Credit Mobilier investigating committee on Satur- day, when Oakes Ames’ lawyer, Mr. McMurtie, be- gam tO read @ personal attack on McComb, showed that the injured innocence and virtuous indignation dodge would not pay. Judge Black's guiet protest against raking up the personal Distory of MoComb, instead of disproving his posi- tive statements, had their effect, and it was also ‘apparent to.all present that the wholesale denial dy Alley of those statements was taken at just ‘What subsequent proof would show that it was worth, It waa evident to Ames, who is a rather slaggish, but clear-headed business man, that he must switch off on to another track and change his engineer or his train would soon be smashed, His announcement that he proposed to do that created quite a panic among those implicated, but he told them that he had made up his mind and should act Becordingly. Alley tried to make him change his mind, but without success. To-day, after the Com- gaittee had heard Mr. Colfax make his little state, Fens, Mr. Ames told them that hé had resolved to Alspense with the further services of Mr. McMurtie as lite legal adviser, and that he desired Sime to consult with a profefsional gentle- man whose services he had just retained a @aleb Cushing. This made the benign judge Poland brighten up at the prospect of hav- ing the veteran diplomatist, just from the Geneva Conference, appear before him, while Judge Black chuckled over the idea that the republicans had been forced to get his old democratic crony, Cush- Ing, to help them get out of their scrape, The Committee gave Ames the desired time, and since then there has been @ grand and grave council of war, at which divers and sundry persons have participated. Ames desires to make a clean breast of it, and to tell who bave re- veived shares in the Credit Mobilier, who have Feceived the enormous dividends on the same, and who have returned the money which they thus re- veived. Whether Alley will permit any revelation to be made that will conflict with ‘is ‘testimony before the committee remains to be seen; but there is a terrible shaking and quaking on both sides of the House, with a deter- mination among those not implicated to learn the truth, The venerable Poland cannot keep his in- Qguisitorial edict mm force much longer. Truth is mighty, &c., as the Mobilier ring will ascertain to their cost. When it was proposed to examine Mr. Alley to- day the committee passed a resolution limiting the examination of all the witnesses to the charges of McComb. They want to avoid overhauling the whole Credit Mobilier career, because it would drag out the proceedings to a considerab!e length. Another reason assigned for this decision is that the committee has no desire to hurt the feel- ings of several leading Congressmen and gentlemen of still more elevated position who Gave been more or less connected with Oaks Ames éransactions. Mr. P. M. B. Young, a member from Georgia, attempted to propose a resolution to-day with regard to the Credit Mobilier, but could not wet the floor. He wants to have the affairs of that company thoroughly investigated from the begin Hing up to the present, and to give full publicity to the procecdings of the investigating commit™ tee. It appears that several members heard of Mr. Young's imtention and are making efforts to prevent it from being carried out. He will, however, press his resolution to- biorrow. It is as follows :— Whereas it is alleged that the President and directors ty the Union Pacific Railroad Company, chartered by the Congress of the United States, or some of the said Board of Directors, have perpetrated Sigansic frauds pon the government and people of the United States rou f 0 jigation called the Credit Mobilier of and whereas the committee appointed under a solution of is House of the eevond day of cember, 1872, is of opinion that its ow ersof inves ation are limited to the charge of bribery made again members of this House in connection wit! the said Union Pacific Railroad and said ‘Credit Mo- 1 of America;” therefore be it Resolved, That the said committee 1s hereby author- ized and directed to investigate fully and report in full to this House the history of the said so- d Credit Mobi- lier of America, and whether auy tra as been prac: fused through it on the government or people of the United States or on any citizen of the United States. And be it further resolved, that during said investi- gation the session of said committee shall be open to any citizen or citizens of the Umited States, and that eal eee shall have power to send for persons and papel An Avalanche of Bills in the House—A Snub for Senator Samner=Defeat of the Adopted Citizens Bill. As usual on Monday there wasan avalanche of bills in the House to-day, the presentation of which lasted for nearly two hours. They were referred to the several committees, where many of them Will sleep in oblivion, There was a suggestive bill re for the release of Treasurer Spinner from the pay- | ment of $61,000, the loss by divers defalcations for qhich he is personally responsible, This sum in- cludes Johnson's steal of $51,000. Mr. Spinner has Ho contro} over the apponintments in his depart- ment, yet his bond is made to cover the acts of sli employés under him, whichis considered scarcely fair to Mr. Spinner, The bil was referred to @ committee, ard wiil probably pass, Mr, Hale, from Maine. has undertaken to admin- ister a rebuke to Senator Sumner in the shape of a resolution to the effect that no measures be taken to remove from the army register and the regimental colors the names of the batties of the rebellion, Ur. Hale insisted that the yeas and nays be taken by roll call, 80 that every member's vote might he om record for the beueft of his constitaents. The Aemocrats were divided upon this resolution, and the result was ite passage by 115 to 53, Mr. Morgan, from Ohio, for the third or feurth time, introduced a resolution to make naturalized eitizens who have resided in this country for fourteen years eligible to the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States, The resolution was defeated, though it obtained a majority vote of 84 to 71, for it required a two- thirds Majority to pass it, This looks, however, en- couraging for the future, AJ] the democrats were {a favor @f the resolution. The three colored mem- vers voted against it, The Mouse then went into Committee of the Whole upon the Deficiencies Ap- propriation bill, reported by Genera) Garfield. The bil was discussed at considerable jength. Ite pass: age was, however; postponed until to-morrow. The Vexan Frontier Commie! were to-day requested to appear belore the House Vommmitsee On Appropr ations and were interno — gated at length on the present and future condition Of their important werk. Jt ie thought an early ap- Propriation will be made to enable the Commission to resume its labors, The Commission sieo bad an interview with the President, who to-day sent to Congress their report relative to depredations on the Texan fronuer, The President makes no re- commendation, but Jeaves the entire matter to the determination of Congress. Nominations by the Prevident. The President sent to the Senate to-cay the Domination of A. W. Hawkins to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the Seventh district of ‘Ten- nessee, and C. M. Hamiiton to be Colector of Cus- toms at Key West, Fia, A Bill for the Relief of Assistant Treas- wrer Hilihouse, The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent to the House @ draft of @ bill for the yellef of Thomas Hill- house, the Assistant Treasurer at New York. It appropriates $100,000, this amount being equal to the proceeds of the sale of stamps embezzled by JamesJ. Johuson, a clerk in his office, without the fault or negligence of Mr. Hi})house, Mr. Boutwell’s Syndicate. The Committee ou Ways and Means wii! to-mor- row hear Secretayy Boutwell and Mr. Jay Cooke on the Syndicate buriness, Senatar Pomeroy and His Friends. Pomerey, of Kaneas, it to be pitied. On ome hand he is bespattered with praise by his hypocritical friends, wile on the other he is abased by disap- Pointed oMice-seekers, Who can no longer be bene- fited by him, 80 they Dow seek his downfall, All this wil} make the coming Senatorial contest in tne Kabsas Legislature very musieai, and doubiless a source of pecuniary profit to some, Vickers on tig French Claim: Vickers, of Maryland, whose Senatorial existence Wil now end, read @ long argament this afternoon in favor of adjusting the French Spojiation Claims. Sherman intends to reply, and although the Senate may pase the biil there is not the gnost of @ chance ofits enactment. Twenty-five Spoliation Expectant Ofmice-Holders Disappointed, The Senators had to agree to the report of the Committee of Conference on the Amended Internal Revenue bill, by which they sacrifice the hopes of twenty-five assessors who had expected to be ro- tated in the pew berths of special agents, The House did not see any necessity for these five-and. twenty feeders at the public crib, and the Senate had to give them up. A New Library Buliding Asked For. Spofford, the Congressional librarian, who crams ignoramuses with facts asa cook stuffs turkeys, now asks for a new building in which to keep his books, which already number over a quarter of a million of volumes. If Congressmen are not un- grateful they will give Spotford ai! desired facilities for his idea warehouse, Naval Changes. Commander Edward BE. Potter has been detached from the command ot the Shawmut and ordered to return home. Commander. Henry L Howison has been detached from the Naval Academy and or- dered to the command of the Shawmut, ... CONTRABAND DISTILLATION. licaiee ves Fat = STRAT he a Daring Capiate © @ Large Mitcit Dic- titlery—The Watchword “Claud Duval” Discloses the Presence of the Officers The Contents of the Shop Ripped Out and Securely Landed by the Revenue Men—The Proceeds Over Onc Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. For several days past @ strict watch was kept on the block bounded by Thirty-ninth street, Tenth and Eleventh avenues, by officers connected with the officer of Mr. Lucian Hawley, Supervisor of In- ternal Revenue, it being surmised that illicit whiskey was hbelng manufactured in that classic locality. The fact that this mefa- rious trade had been altogether attributed to Irishtown, im Brooklyn, made the officers devote their whole attention to this case, In Sun- day’s HERALD the action of ike Supervisors’ Department in relation to &' contemplated raid on illicit distilleries was foreshadowed, and, sure enough, on me pets ! before daybreak one of the largest of the kind in the trade was taken possession of, notwithstanding great opposition. During Sunday night and early yesterday morn- ing @ party of seven, under charge of Assistant Assessors Robert Hunt and John Sanger, of Super- visor Hawley’s office, gained an entrance, by way of a fence, into one of the stores in Atbatoir place, West Thirty-ninth street, between Tenth and Elev- enth avenues. Finding A MAGNIFICENT DISTILLERY fitted up with all modern appliances, but not a nn- man being, however, anywhere about the estab- lishment, the government officers hid away and awaited developments. At about two o'clock yes- terday morning a latch key opened the door anda man entered the distillery without suspecting any foul play. As quick as thought a bull's eye lantern flashed a ray of light in his face, and ere he could utter a cry for help his hanas were well shackled, and the bright muzzle of a revolver admonished him of the risk he would incur by giving an alarm. The prisoner very judiciously kept quiet. The offi- cials now set to work in good earnest In demolish- ing the fixtures and prepared to remove the portable portion of the distillery. A HUGE COPPER STILL of about twenty barrels capacity was dug out of massive brick setting, which was by no means an easy task, While thus employed a knock was heard on the door. Assessor Hunt answered the summons, and to his question, “Who is there’? received the answer, “Claude Duval.” The door ‘was opened, but the man became alarmed and ran away, not even heeding ashot fired after him by the officer. The sound of the bullet disclosed the raid. The rif-raff of this festive neighborhood, comprising soap boilers, fat melters and pig butchers, rallied around the distillery, impelled there as much by mischief as uy Cee ‘The officers were rein- forced by policemen from Captain NcElvaine’s station house, in West Thirty-seventh street, who Kept the crowd at bay, while the revenue officials, who had by this time secured a two-borse truck, loaded thereon the copper still, TWO BARRELS OF FINE RUM and all the tools, besides several hogsheads of mo- lasses. The officers surrounded the truck and walked with drawn revolvers, followed by a hoot- ing crowd eager to rescue the captured property. The prisoner, who gave his name as Patrick Boyle, was cen hotine lodged in the Twentieth precinct station house until later in the day, when the United States Marshal brought him on a warrant before the United States Commissioner, who held The officers seized him in $5,000 bau to answer, altogether A copper still, valued at least at.. Two barrels, about 120 gallons, ru’ Bix hogsh is molasses, about 800 Tools, &c . ‘ TOAD. .csceesveeroeeereens This seizure, pene the first since Mr. Hawiey took possession of his new office, reflects great credit upon him as well as upon his oMeers for the skilful planning and able execution. This is only acommencement. There are several more of the game sort jeit, which the Supervisor intends to psa @ raid OD, With every prospect of a successful jsuue, A SCHOONER SEIZED. The Government Orders the Seizure of | the Pioneer on a Charge of Smuggling @ Hundred Thousand Cigars Into the Port of Montville. Newrorr, R, J., Dec. 16, 1872, ‘The schooner Pioneer, Captain C, G. Rogers, of New London, Conn., was seized on Saturday lant at Montville by Collector Marshall, of that port, for alleged violations of the revenue laws. It wiil be remembered that in October last some of the officers of the revenue cutter Moccasin ascertained that upwards of one hundred thousand cigars had deen smuggled into Montville, and subsequentiy sold to parties in Newport. Suspicion pointed to the Pioneer, and the officers stated it as their be- lief that the satd cigars had been brougkt in under the cargo of this vessel, and, moreover, that the Unlawful trade had been practiced for more than a year previously, It wae alleged that these cigars were landed at Night avd duly transported to purchasers by the parties chiefly interested. The officers, after hay- ing tracked 9p individual on whom suspicion rested for several days, finally seized about twenty thousand of the cigars at Newport, which were duly 801d by the government on the 12th of Novem- ber last, realizing at auction about $2 50 per 100, At the time of the discovery and sale of the cigars the achooncr was sway On @ cruise. A warrant was heid in the hande of the Marshal, and on her return she was immediately taken in charge by the goy- ernment sui will be held until the case {8 fnaily disposed of by the Courts. TEB CAR-EOOK MURDER Application for a New Trial for Foster, ALDANY, N. Y., Dee, 16, 1872. ‘The case ef Foster, the car-hook murderer, on appeal for @ pew trial, came before the Coort of Appeals today. The Hon, Joun K. Porter appeared for Foster and District Atsorney Garvin opposed the appeal, Whe arguiens was made pre aud con to days THE NEW DOMINION. Important Explorations by Members of San- ford Fleming’s Party—The Foster Extradi- tfon Case—No Confirmation of the Re- ported Loss of Anticosti Lightship and Eight Persons on Board. ‘Toronto, Canada, Dec. 16, 1872, The following special despateh frem Victoria, Vancouver's Island, has been received here :— Professor F. Macruom, attached to Mr. Sanford Fieming’s party as botanist for the Dominion gov- ernment, has just arrived, after an extensive tour throngh the most northeasterly portion of British Columbia, ‘he traveller branched off from the Engineer-in-Chiefs party at Fort Edmonton, with Mr. Havetzhy, and proceeded to Peace River by Way of the Siave Lake. He described this section Of country as most beautiful, consisting of open prairie labd, interspersed with poplars and is well watered, Mr. Havetzky leit Professor Macruom at Stuart's Lake and will prospect the couptry by way oO! the Skeena and Nass rivers. The thermometer was 26 degrees below zero when he reached the Quesnelie River, and the Jakes he crossed were ail frozen over, whe snow being several inehes deep on the ground. ‘The Pro- fessor has made colicctions of botanic specimens, and bas sent five large boxes of them to Ottawa. Among other phenomena the Professor noticed that the eastern vegetation ceased east of the Cas- cade range, Captain Houghton has three dia- monds which were discovered OD the mainiand of British Columbia. ‘The joval Legislature meets on next Tuerday, ‘The Fester Extradition Case in Mon- treal. Monrrear, Dec. 16, 18%; The Commissioner was engaged all day on Satu Gay hearing argoments in the Foster extradition case, but no deci#ion was reached, Proceedings have been commenced againat Sa- valle by two more prosecutors, viz:—The Ontario Bank aud the Merchants’ Bank, Ata meeting ofthe Angiican Synod of Quebec, Rev. Mr. Dumoutin, of Hamilton, wes elected Mis- sionary Bishop of Algowa, The Anticosti Disaster Not Confirmed. Orrawa, Dec. 16, 1872. ‘The Department of Marine has received a tele- gram from Gaspe, stating that no communication had been had with Anticosti for some wecks, and the rumors that were started by an American newspaper, that a lighthouse on that island had been recently destroyed and the inmates killed, never even reached Gaspe. A® the letter giving the rumor was dated from Gaspe, it is clear that the whole thing is a pure invention, No Communication Had with Anticosti. GasvE Bay, Dee. 16, 1872. A report, dated from this place December 6, was recently published in New York of the destruction by storm and flood of the lighthouse at Anticosti and the drowning of an entire family of eight per- sons. The report was said to have been brought here by the captain of the Oshing schooncr Jane Merriam. ‘There bas been no communication with Anticosti since the date of the above publication; but no fishing schooner of the name of Jane Merriam has been here, and the report of the deetraction of the Anticosti lighthouse is not known here or credited at any of the stations along the coast, Se ae se - FUNERAL OF EDWIN FORREST. vue PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 16, 1872, The remains of Kawin Forrest were interred in the family vault at St. Paul's this afternoon, the cortége arriving there at haif-past three, Rev. Dr, Joseph D, Newland, accompanied by Dr. Quacken- boss, physician to the deceased, headed the pro- cession that entered the church gate, the pall bearers following. ‘The coitin was decorated With a floral cross and wyeath. Rey. Dr. Newland read the funeral service, while the surrounding friends bowed in silence with uncovered heads, Upon the conclusion of prayers the cofin was lowered into the vault, and the last scene in the solemn act being finished the assemblage slowly retired. At the yault, in addition to the distinguished pall bearers, were several prominent in the theatrical profession and a delegation 6! the Lotus Club, from New York, headed by Mayor Hall. Mr. Forrest’s Will—A Home 1 Deeayed and Disabled Actors, PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16, 1872. The will of Edwin Forrest 18 dated April 41866, and contains provisions for his sisters, which have become inoperative by their death, It appoints as trustees James Oakes, of Boston; James Samson, of New York, and Daniel Dougherty, of Philadel- phia, It directs the sale of all his property ex- cept Spring Brook, in Philadelphia, which he fixed as the location of the “Edwin Forrest Home,” which institution sball be jor tue support and maintenance of actors and actresses decayed by age or disabled by infirmities, who, if natives of the United States, shall have served at least five years in the theatrical profession, and if of foreign birth, shall have served in that profession ten years, whereof three years next previous to application for admission into the Home ehail have been spent iu the United States; and who shail in ail things comply with the laws and regulations of the Home, otherwise to be discharged by the mauagers, whose decision shall be final. The number of inmates shall never exceed the annualnet rent and revenue of the institution, and after the number of inmates shall exceed twelve others to be admitted shall be such only as shall receive the approval of the majority of the inmates as well as of the managers. Said corporation shall be managed by a board of seven managers, chosen by the trustees, and shall include themselves as long a8 any of them are living, and also the Mayor of Philadelphia for the time being, and as vacan- cies occur the managers shall fill them so that Gar one vacancy shall ever exist at a time. The managers shall elect one of tneir number as president and appoint a secretary, stew- ard, matron, and, if needed, a clerk. Except the treasurer paid officers shall be chosen from among the inmates. The treasurer and sureties shall not be man: rs. Provision is made to remedy any failure to fill vacancies and correct any failure or breach of trust by application to the Orphan’s Court, The purposes of said Home are intended to be partly educational and self-sustaining as well as eleemosynary, and never to encourage idleness or thriftleseness in any who are capable of useful exertion, It pro- vides that his library shall be located at the Home, which shall also contain a picture gailery for the reservation of his collection and a neat theatre for private exhibition and histrionic culture, to which pupils shall be admitted. Lectures on sci- ence, literature and the arts are also provided for, as well as celebrations on the Fourth of July an Shakspeare’s Birthday. It directs that a charter for the institution be obtained from the State Legislature. The codicils of the will give an annuity of $2,500 to James Oakes and bequests of $5,000 each to James Lawson and Daniel Dougherty; $10,000 to Miss Elizabeth Welsh, daughter of John RK. Welsh; $2,000 to S, 8. Smith, of Cincinnati, and $2,000 to the Actors’ Order of Friendship, of Philadelphia. Now that the sisters are dead, all the proceeds of the sale of the property go to the Home, with the exceptions of the special bequests, Edwin Forrest's Last Letter, The last business acts of Mr. Forrest indicated his belief that he had many years to live. They were all deliberately looking to his own affairs, ‘The following remarkable letter—the last he ever wrote—written on the 11th, the day before his death, is full of his peculiar ideas and characteristic style. Mr, Oakes, one of the executors, was called to Phila- delphia on Thursday, the 12th, and this letter was sent to him and received here from Boston on Saturday. Mr. Oakes had sent Mr. Forrest the car- jcature of a clergyman who had go many ca‘ls tor lock# of his hair that he was almost shorn bare by his admirers, “Kate and “Lizzie” are his two | faithful drish servants :— Daan Faikyy Oarvsnl have received your three letters | Paivapenrita, Dec. 11, 1872. ATSOD. Wi with the enclosures. ‘That poot devil ‘of a hurber-ousiy treated by his congregation. L have known todo what he thought only con ne can't serve God wid Mammon, too, sheet of ap with water mark of 1871 is w rare thin thanks tor it. F got to New York on Sunday, Rix A went to the Metropolitan dered a and # fire and went to bed, avd y thinking wi son here, and Tf hance of Miss Georgie « ~% me girls, ‘were delighted to receive your kind remer ve of them and kK you very inuch., The article from the Traveller ‘ts good, und vows nothing but trath, and if it does blow, so does Gabriel's horn, aud at the right time, too, is something to wake the dead. I hope you have inated, as you promised mie, for t! is a hideous and fearful this duty, which you owe to all who love you. Remeiniber me io your sisier, to Mrs Lane and to Misa Georgie, and alse io Mr. Lane, with whom Iwas much terrible pest—the amailpox— Don't neglect yourselt in a pleased God blest ou ever, my dear and m oh valued friend. IN FORK BSP Jawes Osner, Beq., Boston. ASSAULT ON A CONDUCTOR, Nathan Raymond, a conductor on car 68 of the Eighth avenue line, Was assaulted jast night and thrown over the dashboard by James Conroy, of 166 Mulberry street. Raymond was severely cut about the head. He was attended to by Dr. Stecie, of the Righth precinct station house, and removed to hie home at 691 Bighth avenue. The row occurred at the corner of Canal ane Thamyson atrects, } without any warrants of law, four polis w NEW ORLEANS President Grant’s Position in the Louisi- ana Imbroglio Explained. The Government Forces Will Sustain the Courts. Statement from the Attorney General. THE SUPREME COURT DECISION. Warmoth’s Application for a Writ of Prohibition Denicd. THE MATTER IN CONGRESS. + A Resolution Demanding an FExplana- tion from the Executive. Movements of the Kelloggites in the Creseent City, NEW ORLEANS, Deo, 16, 1872, Mr. B.S, Lyneh, @ republican, was installed as Judge of the Fourth District Court, Mr. Bonner, the fusionist, being forcibly ejected, Mr. Bonner held his commission from Governor Warmoth; Mr. Lynch holds his commission from Acting Governor Pinchback, upon the returns of the Bovee Board, In the Warmoth contempt case before the United States District Court to-day several witnesses were examined, but there were no new develop- ments. The case was taken under advisement, In the Legislature the impeachment proceedings Were postponed till Wednesday, It is stated that Governor Warmoth will not answer the citation. The Legislature wii ballot for United States Sena- tor to-morrow. Messrs, Billings, Casey and Durell, Pinchback and ex-Governor Hahn wil] probably be nominated as candidates. Mr. Pinchhack is re- garded as being the strongest candidate, nearly tbree-fourths of the Legislature being colored, JUDG BONNER’S STATEMENT. Judge Bonner makes the following statement :— Before I took my seat I was informed by General Longstreet that 1 had been elected. Since then TI have learned that, by some arbitrary ruling, an NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. Louisiana brigade, bat that Genera) Grant was ac- customed to deal with upstartish gentlemen like Dimself, The hero of Mansfield was quickly made to understand his true position, and that nothing he could say would induce the President to re- examine the Louisiana question, General Graut declared that he was fully conversant with the | composition of the circle in which General Dick | ‘Taylor moves in New Orleans, and that he knew } that ho was an aspirant for the Governorship of thrown ont, and in that way the Bovee Returning Board made out that} was hot elected, RESOLUTIONS OF THE SENATE. The Senate this evening adopted the following :— Whereas there is a@ conflict between the constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana and the act ot Congress relating | to the election of United States Senators; and whereas @ reasonable interpretation of the | Congressional law justifies delay on the part of the General Assembly in the election of a United States | Senator until the second day after the commence- ment of the next regular session; therefore Resolved by the Senate, That it will not proceed to the election of an United States Senator before the second ‘luesday after the organization of the regular session of the Legistature in July next. The President's Position in Regard to | Louisiana Defined=Why He Recog- nized PinchbackeHow tie Son of an | Ex-President was Politely Instructed | to Attend to Hi fn irs, TON, Dec. 16, 1872. The emissaries and supporters of Governor War Moth in Louisiana are not yet disposed to give up the game. They refuse to believe that the Presi- dent, alter due delieration, has dnally and irre- versibly deterndned to employ the forces of the government, as authorized by the acts of Congress, in compelling obedience to the decrees and orders of the United States Courts at New Orleans. These decrees and orders restrain Governor War- moth in his late revolutionary course and recognize the Returning Board of Elec- tions constituted under the State law in existence at the date of the election. ‘he Presi- dent declares therefore that he must follow the action of the Judiciary Department of the govern- ment and @8 chief executive give full effect to its Mandates, He says he has not stepped aside and exerted any extraordinary power not warranted by law. Everything he has done is in strict pur- suance of the constitution and statute law. On Friday Jast Mr. H. N. Ogden, claiming to have been elected Attorney General of Louisiana on the War- Moth ticket, and Mr. Aleck Boarman, claiming to have been elected as a member of Congress from the Shreveport district, called to see | the President and Attorney General Wil- jama on this subject. The former pre- sented to the Attorney General a written statement protesting against the action of the gov- ernment in recognizing Mr. Pinchback as the Act- ing Govergor of Louisiana, and asked for a moditi- cation of the policy adopted in that report. This statement of Mr. Ogden has been published. It was received by the Attorney General in a respect. | ful manner, but the author of it was informed in decided terms that the policy of the government | ‘was fixed and would not be departed from, Not- withstanding this and .the Attorney General's de- gpatch to Mr. McEnery at New Orleans, itis re- ported that thirty-seven citizens of that place | legislation started for Washington yesterday morning as a@ delegation from certain bankers, money brokers, capitalists, property-holders and traders of New Orleans, who are commissioned to present a statement of what they call “the true status’ of affairs in New Orleans, and to protest against the interference of the President in the government of their State, This delegation is composed of gen- tlemen of the highest respectability in Louisiana, among whom are found such names as Hon. Jon A. Campbell, an ex-Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and General Richard Taylor, son of the late President of the United States and @ brother-in-law of Jefferson Davis, They will be courteously received by the President, no doubt, but their mission will be unavailing. The President says he is already fully and accurately informed as to the condition of affairs in Louisiana, and is quite well satisfied therewith since the over- throw ofits late Governor, The most distinguished citizens of Louisiana urgently desired the Presi- | dent to do this last January; but it was not pos- sible at that time to comply with their wishes, ‘There had been no judictal action against Warmoth | in January, and the President did not think it proper to interfere; but now, since the Courts have been moved to take action and have decided | against Warmoth, the President regarded it as his duty to respond to the request made to him for a military force to aid in the exevution of these judi | cial orders, There have been #0 many misstatements made in the press with regard to Presientia) action in this Louisiana matter that Attcrnoy Generai Wil- Name to-day prepared and gave to the public a brief statement thereof, as published below, em- bodying the facts as they are understood by the administration. The decision of the Supreme Court in this matter has been foreshadowed by your | correspondent, Jt refuses Governor Warmoth’s application on the ground that any errors com- mitted by Judge Durell can be corrected when the case ghali come up on appeal, The Pxecutive and | Judicial departments of the government are, there- | fore, in complete unison touching this Louisiana imbroglio. It remains for Congress to act, if it shall think it advisable, and that seems to be the aim and object of the Louisiana deiegation of citi- zens, who are expected to arrive in Washington to- | morrow night. An important visitor appeured at the White Rouse to-day—a gentieman who is quite familiar with the Interior and exterior of that attractive establishment, and who at one time was aninmate thereof, I refer to Genera: Dick Taylor, of Louisi- aba, Who, with bis ueual haughtiness and air of authority, upderwok to dictate to the President and the Attorney Generali what sould be their #ollOD abd policy in the attaire of his State. Gen. orp! Lieb found that he war not ab the lead of @ | perio Court had orginal WECICHOD OF & cause | section was exclusive there was no need for his State, It is no secret in Washington that this gentleman is president of a social club known as “the Boston Club” in New Orleans, and that there the spirit of reveliion is kept alive by such men as General Taylor ant his brother-in-law, the famous horse jockey and racer, Duncan F, Ken- ner, who are surrounded by the bankers, money brokers, cotton buyers, planters and decayed Con- federate generals, who, over nightly potations of the ardent, recount the victories they might have won had they known how. What must have veen the feelings of General Dick Taylor as he ap- | proached the White House and mounted its steps | to-day? What changes have taken place since the | time when he acted as Private Secretary for his hon- ored father, who never drew his sword but in the deience of the Union! General Dick is said to be ex- Dert at cards, but his skill at that pleasant pastime was unavailable when he undertook to play his hand against that of the present occupant of the White House, The Boston Club has been the headquarters of that class of men in New Orleans who clinked their glasses nightly to the sentiment “Anything to beat Grant,” and how did they pro- pose to do it? Why, by enteriug against him Henry C. Warmoth. The race has been run, the game has been played, and the stakes belong to United States Grant, and yet Dick Taylor wants the winner to surrender them. This was the soliloquy of a reconstructed South- erner in the barroom of Wallard’s to-night. The | interview between Dick Taylor, the President and | Attorney General Williams is the talk of the city to-night, and itis said that the confederate com- mander encountered a very different man from him whom he chased down Red River in 1864, The likelihood is that the hero of Mansflekl wil return home with fewer paper collars and other spoils on this occasion than he gathered at tuat famous battle ground some eight years ago, In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. 8. 8, Cox, of New York, offered the foliowing resolu- tion :— That the President of the United States be requested to inform the House at the earliest poe date why the Executive of the United tates interferes in the affatrs of Louisiana, giving all the facts, and that he be further requested to give the House all the information he has relative to the conduct of Judge Durell, one of the Judges o! the United States Court in Louisiana, that the House may determine what steps, ifany, ought to be taken in consequence of his interference in the political affairs of said State. This resolution produced an outburst of indig- nation On the republican side, one member deny- ing that the President had interfered, Mr. H, Boardman Smith, of New York, offered a resolu- tion to the eflect that the President should be called upon for information whether additional was necessary to guarantee to the Southern States a republican form of government, j which was referred to the Judiciary Committee. THE DECISION OF THE SUPREMK COURT AGAINST WARMOLH, The following decision was to-day announced in the case ex parte H.C, Warmoth to restrain Judge Durell, of the Distriet Court of Louisiana, in the | matter affecting the Returning Board:— We are allof opinion that when a final decree shall be rendered in the Circuit Court in this case an appeal will lie to this Court. We are also of | opinion that this Court has no jurisdiction in this case to Issue a writ of prohibition until an appeal is taken, A STATEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Attorney Genera! Williams to-day made the fol- lowing statement relative to affairs in Louistana:— | ee Rte to the laws of Louisiana Governor Warmoth, Lieutenant Governor Pinchback, Se | tary of State Herron and Messrs. Lynch aud An- | derson constituted, at the late election in that State, a Returning Board, with power to canvass the votes for Presidential electors, members of Congress, State officers and members of the Legislature. Pinchback and Anderson were can- didates upon the republican ticket, and therefore resigned their seata upon the Board; and to fill the vacancies thus created Longstreet and Hawkins were elected by the remaining members, a3 pro- vided by law. Warmoth then pretended to re- move the Secretary of State from office and ap- pointed in his piace a fellow by the name of Jack Wharton, Warmoth and Wharton then re- puiiated the election of Longstreet and Hawkins, and appointed in their places Hatch and Depont. This Board so constituted were proceeding to can- vass the votes, when, upon due application, their proceedings were perpetually enjoined by the Judge of the Eighth District State Court, whose Jurisdiction in the case was unquestioned. War- moth, thereupon, forcibly ejected the Judge, grant- ing said injunction from his office, and installed in his place, before the votes were canvassed or it was legally known who was elected, the demo- cratic candidate for the judgeship in that dis- trict at that election. Proceedings were then had in the Supreme Court of the State by which the validity of this change of Judges was brought in question and the Court held it invalid, and, in effect, decided that Warmoth’s Board of Canvass- ers was illegal and its acts void. THESE DECISIONS OF THE STATE COURT were treated by Warmoth with perfect contempt. Suit was commenced on the equity side of the | United States District Court, in) which an injunction was asked and obtained against Warmoth’s Board of Canv: rs’ and this injunction Was also treated by Wa th’s Board with con- tempt. Instructions were then given to the Mar- sha] to enforce the orders of this Court, and troops were placed at his service for that purpose. Mean- while the oard of Canvassers organized according to law, or a majority of them, canvassed the votes and returned that the republican candidates for Presidential electors and State officers were elected, and that certain persons were elected to the Legislature. Warmoth having called an extra- ordinary session of the Legislature, the persons returned as elected by the regular Board assembied at the State House, and after organization made a formal requisition, under section 4 of article 4 of the constitution of the United States, upon the President to protect the State from domestic violence. Reso- lutions of impeachment were also preterred by this body against Warmoth, and under the consti- tution of the State the Lieutenant Governor be- come Acting Governor, ANOTHER BODY assembled at Lyceum Hail, in New Orleans, claiming to be the Legislature of the State and was recog- nized by Warmoth, Two organizations were thus made, promising nothing to the State but discord and anarchy. Not doubting that irregularities had occurred on both sides, but believing that the republican ticket had received a ma- jority of the votes of Loulsiana, and acting in ‘conformity, to the returns of the regular Board of Canvassers and tne decisions of the State and federal Courts, the President decided to answer the resolution of the State House Legis- lature by recognizing the organization with which it is connected as the lawful government of the State. THE QUESTION TREATED BY A MEMBER OF THE BAR. A distinguished practitioner at the Bar of the Supreme Court has by request furnished the fol- lowing paper for pubdlication:— The question of general interest involved in the argument was this:—The thirtecuth section of the Judiciary act autnorized the Court to issue the writ of prohibition to the District Courts when proceeding as courts of aamiralty and maritime jarisdiction. Did this express authority to ex- clude the power to iseue the writ en any other ease and to any other than the District Courts? ‘Khe a@irmative has been held in ex parte Christy, 3 Howard; ex parte Gordon, 1 Black, and Graham, 10 Wallace. The argument of Mr. Phillips insisted that the express delegation of authority in the | thirteenth section was not intended to be ex- | jusive, but was inserted for the purpose of pre- ting a controversy which had jong existed in | England between the common law and admiralty jurisdiction, in which the right of the former | to issue the writ was denied; that in ail | three of the cases in which it had been | held that the grant in the thirteenth the determination of the question, as in all the cases the Court found that there was jurisdiction in the courts Whose proceedings were sought to be prohibited, and therefore the Court should not fee! itself bound by those decisions. The Court might iusue the writ under the fourteenth section, which authorizes it to issue all other writs | not specially provided for and necessary to the exercise of its jurisdiction, Om the otber hand Messrs, Cushing and Carpenter main- tained that the juriediction was regulated by statute, and that the revisory power could only be exerciscd by statutory direction; and that, as au- thority was given oniy in apecitied case, the re- visory power was confined to the case, The “ concluding words of the — opinion now delivered, that the Court has no jurisdiction = in thia = case = tos issue |= ok writ of prohibition until an appeal is taken, neces- sarily tinply (hat there are cases not provided for in the thirteenth section, in which the writ may be issued, What the clags of cases isin which the power will be exercised 1s not |. In the pres- ent case it is supposed to be intended that after the Court had obtained jurisdiction by appeal they would use the Writ to prevent any further proceedings so a8 to preserve the yights of parties pendmg the appeal, Another cage may be supposed—when the Sn- and an attempt should be made by an inferior Court to entertain jurisdiction of it; in other words, the Court wouki use the writ whenever it was neeessary for the exercise of its jurii diction, This, therefore, would seem to put an end to the assertion that the thirteenth section limita the writ to the Court and jurisdiction thereim named. The decision, however, affords no relief to the applicant, for before a final decree can be made the controversy must find a solution in soma ovher quarter. BANK SWINDLERS. ——- Futile Attempts of the Bank Swindling Gang to Rob the First National Bank of Memphis. Mempnis, Dec, 16, 1872, Several weeks ago F. 8, Davis, President of tha First National Bank, Memphis, received from a@ printing and engraving house in Philadelphia a letter, with bill enclosed, purporting to be for let« ter heads and draft blanks furnished said bank As no such work had been ordered of received by | the bank, and thinking provably the letter was in+ tended for F. S, Davis, a banker of Boston, Mr. Davis returned letter and bill with explanation) | and thought no more of the matter. Several dayd | after the First National Bank received from J. Miliken & Co., bankers, of Decatur, Dh, @ note for $4,300, signed by F. H. Clark & Coy and payable to the order of T. H, Allen & Co., both of this city, to be collected, On presentation of the note to these parties it was declared a forgery, and was, a8 before, returned. To-day a letter wan received from Millikin & Co. by the First National Bank, which enclosed a draft for $3,000, purporting to have been drawn by the latter on the Park National Bank, and which, it appears, @ party rep- resenting himself to be ©. J. Moore, a very re- spectable workingman of aboot fiity years, bad presented with a letter purporting to be trom W, W. Hatcher, Cashier First National Bank of Mem- pis. in which 1t was stated that on payment ol rat MOORE WOULD SURRENDER A COLLATERAL note for $4,300, the same as described above. It turns out that both the letter and draft, aa Well as the note, are forgeries. This explains the letter from Philadelphia, with bill for printing, originally received by Mr. Davis. The dratt form is from &@ common woodcut, whereas genuine drafts of the First National Bank are engraved by the American Bank Note Company, and the cashier's name is erroneously spelle: Thatcher, instead of Thacher, e letter, ig also poorly executed, and there was the same error in the name, besides which Davis\ name is printed at the top “Frank S., mstead of 8., as in the genuine, } Another forged dra(t, calling for $5,600, that haa’ been passed off on some bank in Utica, N. Y., haa been received and bears evidences of having come from the same source. It is likely that others are afloat and there is no doubt that Moore, whoever he may be, is the party who got the printing done in Philadelphia, ' WEATHER REPORT. Pees ® DEPARTMENT, OFTICE OF TH TEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 17—1 A. M. Synopsis Jor the Past Twenty-four Hours. In the extreme Northwest and on the Western. Lake Superior the pressure has decreased, with, southerly winds and clear, very cold weather; but southward to the Lower Missouri Valiey and south¢ eastward over Lake Michigan and _ thence to Tennessee northwesterly winds, cold andi clear weather prevail; in the Lower Lake and Canadian regions northwesterly winds, occasional snow and partly cloudy weather, with low barometers, In the Eastern and Middle Stated the barometer has risen, with northwesterly and northeasterly winds, snow and rain. In the Gui and South Atlantic States northerly winds, increas« ing pressure, cloudy weather and occasional rain have prevailed, Probabilities. For the Northwest and Upper Lake regiong soutl ly winds, decreasing pressures, higher tem- peratures and partly cloudy weather will prevaik and extend southward to the Ohio River, For Tennessee, the Gulf and South Atlantic Statea higher pressares, colder, partly cloudy. and clearing weather, with northerly winds. For the Lower Jakes and Canada north- westerly winds, partly cloudy, cold and cleare ing weather: for the Middle and Eastern States, northwesterly winds, higher pressures, lower tem- peratures, clearing and ciear weather, Lake navigation having closed the display of warning signals at the lake ports has been sus- pended for the Winter. The Weather in T City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes im the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as Indicated by the thermometer at Hudpul’a, Pharmacy, HERALD Building :— ; 18) 1 1871, ee 4 3 P ‘age temp last year. A BRONZE STATUE OF HORACE GREELEY. In pursuance of the purpose to raise a fund for’ the erection of a bronze statue of our late distin- guished citizen, Horace Greeley, and also of a monument over his grave, the following committee | has been named :— Andrew H. Gr Comptroller of the city of Ne York, who has conseiited t easurer of the fan John'E, Williams, Willia n, Samuel J. Tiden, Augustis Schell, Marsha erts, Frank Leslie, Py T. Barnum, Manton Marble, James’ Gordon Bennet Parke Godwin, an on. John 0, White: W. Palmer, of wn; 0,0. B, bey Mass of Brook lying mes Brooks, w York; Ho Whitelaw Reid, Hon. J Charles A, Dana. of house, of Poughkeepsie; Hon. John Anderson, of Tarr: rrytown; Geor rich, of Brook, Ks, i . White, of Livings’on county; Carl Schurz, of Mo.; Governor Austin Blair, of Michigan; mas A. Hendricks, of Indiana; Governor m Bross, of Chicago; William Macta kers; Governor Theodore F, Randolph, of William ©, Wetmore and William W, Niles, E The committee may be enlarged to embrace all Sections of the country. Most of these gentlemen have expressed their willingness to serve on the committee, and notifications have been sent to the others, and their answer will be duly communi- cated. In case any decline to act others equally. well known will be substituted from their locali« ties. In the meantime contrivutions are solicited, which may be forwarded through any member of the committee or to the Treasurer direct, Ail contributions wili be duly publicly ac- kKnowledged, and a careful record will be kept for. publication in @ memorial volume or otherwise, if 80 determined, It ishoped that those who wish to unite in thie testimonial to the worth and services of the dis- tinguished dead will do 80 promptly, so that whatever is done may not seem to be, as it cer- tainly will not be, grudgingly done, and in order: be) all may kuew at once the disposition of the nd, are the touching delicacy and noble eelt-res liance of Mr. Greeley’s daughters (ag well as by an examination whicl seems to indicate the suf- ficiency of his estate), the committee is relieved from any responsibility except that of a grateful recognition of his services aud @ suitavie me- morial of their worth, W. W. NILES, Secretary pro tem, “THE LONG STRIKE" IN PARIS. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— SiR—Allow me to correct an error of the Pariq journals, which I perceive found its way into tha HERALD of Saturday. My drama, “The Long Strike,” now in rebearsal at the Ambigu Comique Theatre, under the title of “La Greve,” was not emasculated by the French government, Im translating the pieve for the French stage } omitted all the political parts; therefore the dificulty state@ to have arisen could not have done so, A similar report was circulated concerning song of mine, called “The Wearing of the Green,'§ It Was stated that the Way oe Pad sie prohib- ited this song during the enian rising. Thiet is not true, I sang it every night in “Arrab va ue.’? No notice whatever was taken of it by the Englitsh government By the way, I find that three of my dramas are ij Preparation at three different theatres in Paris :-= ‘Phe Long Strike,” “Hunted Down” and econ olf Scud,” Halfa dozen others are stock pieces o1 the French stage. May I be permitted to ask if am, a8 many lively American journals allege, oni, an adapter of French dramas’ How comes it tha lam the only English dramatist that ever lived whose works have been constantly selected for transtation into French? (Boston doce please copy.) Yours, truly, DION BOUCICAULT. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS’ CONVENTION. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1872 The commercial travellers of this city, ata meets ing to-night, endorsed the call made at Quincy, Il, for @ national convention of commers travellers to be heid in Cinguupall @n the secon Wednesday in July next,