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tm the division. This assured them of ‘the value of the speculation, and their con- ‘welences, no doubt, prompted them to favor such a magnificently successful scheme to the ‘extent of their power. The very head and front of their offending has this extent, no more; and Mr. Oakes Ames has distinctly ‘sworn that there was “no improper motive or Sorrupt understanding’ between himself and any of the Congressmen to whom he ‘‘placed’’ the stock. Of course there was not, The transactions were creditable to the business ‘enterprise of all concerned in them, and the only persons deserving censure are those timid individuals who gave up their shares ‘when impertinent inquiries into the matter were first started. Last Winter a similar unjustifiable investi- gation was made into the private affairs of a ‘Senator of the State of New York. Being a poor man this legislator had borrowed a few thousand dollars of the chief of the Tam- many braves and of the princes of the house of jErie. Impressed with the confiding generosity of \his liberal helpers, he voted for all their pills in the State Legislature. His conscience ‘told him that such noble spirits must be -deserving of and his vote was cast im mocordance with his conscience. The testi- mony of his creditors was positive that there thad been no * motive or corrupt understanding” between themselves and the ‘Benator, and the Senate decided that he had jpommitted no act to unfit him for a seat in its *irole or for the chairmanship of its Judiciary Committee. Judge Poland and his associates on the investigating committee now in session at Washington will, no doubt, arrive at a simi- Jar decision in regard to the Senators and Reg ves fo Whom the Crédit Mobilier stock was “‘placed.’’ At the same time we consider that it is none the lees our duty to ‘protest against this overhauling of the private financial transactions of our honorable Con- gressmen as an outrage upon personal liberty. ‘Marder and ite rumenumoms we wou don and New York. Our criminal code, which prescribes death by the halter as the Penalty for, murder, is, equally with the British rule, the direct descendant of the old common law. Here, ag -in England, ‘the slayer of a fellow man knows that the highest authority recognized in the ‘community has decreed that ks punishment for his crime, and to protect society against ita ‘Imitation, he shall die, ignominiously, by ferocious violence. In both instances a jury sof twelve reputable citizens, under the vargas of an oath, must unanimously find the prisoner positively proven to be ‘before the bench passes sentance, Pi «has a population of three and a half million every our number. Capital crip #1 the English city jg proportion to ite size by far so common as. in our > Our Tombs counts its unconvicted vurderers by the score. Here a conviction is 3B most rare occurrence, and even after a court thas doomed a culprit to the scaffold the NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. eagehope on the one side and this appro- henjng doubt on the other, adds the Albany repblican organ, ‘may as well bo dismissed at ace, There will be'no conflict. The full- estharmony will exist between those whom mlicious parties picture as arrayed against egh other.” Setherm Cotton Claims and the Move- nemt to Refund the Late Cotton fax. \mumber of cotton planters of Alabama haw petitioned Congress for indemnity in the mater of considerable stores of cotton, of which, it the close of our late civil war, they contend they were unjustly deprived by the governnent, They represent that during the war ther had agreed with agents of the then Confedeate States to ship their cotton to their own commission merchants in Mobile and to allow th proceeds to be invested in Confede- of the wir, although on their agreements to sell ther had, in many cases, received Confed- erate States bonds, which they held with the cotton. They claim that by the results of the war this cotton reverted to their individual possessiq, though seized by order of General Canby ai Confederate States cotton and ap- propriatéd by the Secretary of the Treasury as captured or abandoned, or surrendered, or confiscaHe property. The petitioners, con- tending that they were thus unlaw- fully deprived of their cotton in the prem- ises -by.the Secretary of the Treasury, ‘‘ask the passage of a law authorizing payment to be made to the owners of cotton thus unlaw- fully deized, to the extent of the market value of such cotton at the time of seizure, with interest thereon, or that the claimants may be allowed to sue in the Court of Olaims for their cottox, and that their cases may be tried upon their merits, without the embarrjssment of any statate of limitations.” iy Tha not cf Manner ns 7 sion, directing the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to pay “for all aotton seized after the 30th of Sune, 1865, by the agents of the government unlawfully and in violation of ‘his instruc- tions,” affords no relief to these claimants, because these very seizures of which they complain were made under the Secretary's instructions, The privilege which these claimants ask of suing in the Court of Olaims for their lost cotton is certainly not unreason- able, and as their suits would involve only the question of the legality of the Secretary's instructions on the subject, surely the two houses of Congress cannot refuse the refor- ence which these claimants ask. As for the direct indemnification of these peti- tigners, by the Secretary of the Treag Setting aside his instructions, we apprehend that itis out of the question. Mr. Boutwoll will adhere fo his position of sustaining Mr. McGulioch, ‘is predecessor. But an appeal to the Court of Claims cannot with justice be denied these petitioners, especially as in this lances are far more than even that he will Sie in his bed. English administration of justice shows a picture of far different tone. ; eaterday's issue of the London Times con- ‘tains the record of six murder trials in which ‘there were convictions and sentences, and those six culprits will be hanged on the day named. This latter fact marks the superiority ‘pf English public sentiment on this point over urs, Those six murders probably occurred 4m various counties of one judicial circuit, which may contain a population equal to this entire State. Suppose all the murderers in the jails of the State were on trial now, how many would probably be convicted? We all know the percentage would be wwery small, and less still ould b Yhe proportion of those convicted who would fail to evade or postpone execution. Tt is true this city is thronged by the vaga- bonds and scapegraces of Europe as well as America, and thus represents ¢he desperation pnd moral obliquity of the whole world. This makes it the more imperatively necessary, for the preservation of public security, that the w should be faithfully and fearlessly ex- | Jurors owe it to themselves, their families and the community to promptly con- sviot upon proved guilt, They have no respon- ‘sibility in regard to the penalty. Judges and district attomneys have there solemn duty in iis matter, and those whose votes have placed in - office will hold them responsible for ps won ion therein. New York can only redeemed from the terrorism of lawless, murderous violence which disgraces her by a |- thorough reformation in the method of treat- ing murderers. Let the red-handed assassin be punished as promptly and certainly as day follows night, then once again life will be secure against murderous assaults. Parnce Bumarck anv THE Prusstan Pre- wiersurp.—It is now authoritatively stated that the resignation of Prince Bismarck as Prime Minister of Prussia has been formally ‘necepted and that his successor has been ap- pointed. Recent complications in the Prus- sian Parliament may have made this change more or less desirable; but the change must be regarded as a gain to Germany and particu- Jarly to the cause of German unity. Prince Bismarck still remains Chancellor of the Ger- goan Empire and the chief adviser of Em- peror William. Released from the exhausting details inseparable from the office of President of the Prussian Council of Ministers, he will jhave the more time to devote to the more im- portant duties which devolve upon him as Chancellor of the Empire. The policy which wmade Prussia in 1866 mistress of Germany und later the dominant Power in Europe, will, ‘we may rest assured, bo maintained. Bis- marck more than ever remains master of the situation. Tax Arpany Journal (administration organ) thas no fears that the republicans will not have their proper share of influence in the incoming administration of Mayor Havemeyer, or that * there'will be a lack of harmony between them and the new Mayor. Democratic papers have already shown their solicitude for such dissen- sions and have betrayed their premature ex- altation at the assumed prospect, They judge of others by themselves, New York, in their eyes, is a great goose tobe plucked; Mr. Have- meyer is a gentleman of democratic antece, dents; tho republicans are in control; dis- trusting the independence of the former and dotermined to have this fat picking, the lat- ter, holding the power, will take the matter into their own hands. Such is the line of democratic ressoning. But this malign and Court the rights of the government are per- fectly safe. In the next place there is said to bea perfect lobby organization forming at Wash- ington to posh through a bill for the refunding of the tax on cotton—three cents a pound—collected in the years 1865, 1866 and 1867, while the law was in force. The amount: of the tax thus collected, it is estimated, exceeds seventy millions of dollars, and the lobby, with the receipts in its hands, rumor has it, can afford to pay ten or fifteen millions to push through the bill This tax, furthor- more, being'clearly unconstitutional, the lobby considers the movement for ding it a splendid speculation ; but as the question is before the Supreme Court Congress may wait for the decision of goal ood oe he pero of t s in Congress, the Court may await the action of the two houses for ten or twenty or forty or fifty years. Tho history of those French spoliation claims is very instructive in reference to any heavy bill upon the government, the payment of which is a dead loss to the Treasury ; and so we fear that if there is a man now living who will live to share in the cash of this cotton tax when refunded he will be too old to enjoy it or to remember anything about it. President Thiers and‘ the French Army. ‘ .One of our latest cable despatches informs us that the army corps of General Chanzy is being rapidly increased. to one hundred thou- sand men, while that of Ducrot amounts to only forty-eight thousand. The despatch adds that President Thiers has said that “he in- tends to keep the monarchists in awe.’’ It is quite clear from this that while the Assembly is debating about duties on raw materials and making preparations for an early adjourn- ment, and while the Committee of Thirty is occupied with the question of ministerial responsibility and a second Chamber, Presi- dent Thiers is thinking of himself and of France, and doing his best to make his posi- tion strong. Ducrot is a pronounced impe- rialist, and Chanzy is a well known republi- can, Chanzy has been faithful to the present government so far as we know the facts. Du- crot has made more than one mistake, if it is a mistake to reveal one’s convictions and hopes. It might be dangerous to take his command from Ducrot; but reasons may be easily found for weakening one command and strengthening another. The news is valuable mainly for the reason that it shows that Presi- dent Thiers is leaning more and more towards the Left in-the Chamber. The inference which we feel disposed to make is not, we think, unfair. It is this: that the President has some faith in the growing strength of the Republic. If any other inference is justifiable in the premises it is this: that he dreads revo- lation and wishes to prolong the present un- certainty. The situation, however, is still critical. ee MUSIOAL AND THEATRIOAL NOTES, Madame Camilla Urso ts announced to give a séries of classical concerts in Boston, after which she comes to this city. > After playing Juliet and Pauline in Brooklyn on Monday and Tuesday evenings of next week Miss Neilson goes to the larger cities in. Pennsylvania. ‘This fleid is a nearly untried one, but it has the ad- tage of being unoccupied. Mr. Edwin Booth goes West in January, playing in all the leading cities from Albany to St. Louis. The seats in the dress circle at Niblo’s are being raised 60 as to givea better view of the stage than could be had from the original elevation, Miss Kate Stanton, of Providence, will repeat her new lecture on the “Loves of Great Mon” in the free course at Unity chapel, Harlem, this evening. RIVER FLOODS IN EUROPE. Widespread and Disastrous Inundatioas in France and Belgium. The Seine in Overflow and Sweeping Its Banks on Both Sidee—The Quays of Paris Under ‘Water and Vacated—Bercy Dwellings Standing in an Impromptu Lake— The City of Ghent Par- * tially Submerged. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. ~~ paris, Dec. 19, 1872, ‘The river Seine continued to rise hourly during the past few days until it has just now completely overflowed its banks, producing the most serious consequences to the people resident within the more immediate neighborhood of the visitation, and with the waters still spreading. PARIS TRADE PARTIALLY PROSTRATED. In Paris the city quays are flooded, the stores near them are ciosed and all traffic in that quarter of the capital is carried on by boats. BEROY COVERED WITH WATER. Beyond Bercy, a suburo of Paris situated on the right bank of the Seine, the houses in the vicinity Of the river are standing in one vast lake of water. The Floods in Belgium—Ghent Partially Submerged. Brvssers, Dec. 19, 1872. Telegrams dated in Ghent, the ancient capital of East Flanders, report that the reverine streams which run in that section of the Kingdom of Bel- gium have risen above their embankments, and that the surrounding country is inundated in con- sequence. _ Tho city of Ghent ta fiooded, and in some of the streets of the ancio‘gt town the water ia eyreg feot ne ons se cit -* PF Aver tor the Re._ afferers in Teanees vee ~~ Panis, Dec. 19, 1872, “ational Legislative FRANCE. The Principle of Commercial Protection Sustained im the Parliament—Lay Vindication of the Divinity of God and the Dis- cipline of the Church. TELEGRAM TO THE EW YORK HERAL®. Paris, Dec. 19, 1872. During the session of the Legislative Assembly at Versailles to-day M. Bonnet’s motion against tariff duties on raw materials was, after further debate, rejected by a vote of 461 to 158, POPULAR REMONSTRANOK AGAINST THE RESTRICTIVE TRADE POLICY. The Parts Presse has just published the following remonstrance against the commercial protectionist policy of the French President in the Assembly :— The determination—whether oficially proclaimed or not—of the American government against im- ports of foreign products under the French fag ‘was a first warning which the French government! received upon the subject of the vexations which it may draw down upon itself from abroad by its [apes campaign against commercial freedom and its attemp' annul all that the Empire had done im favor of that freedom. It is curious that this ad- monition should come from a government which 13 juite a8 protectionist as itself. It is only our ‘tends who betray us. From this ning the Opinions of people at home were not withheld from the tllustrious President of the Republic. But he replied that he adhered to the opinions he had held tor forty years, and that nothing could make him renounce them, as if an arch restrictive sys- tem, of which the wall of China wag the ideal, had not become @ revolt againat reason and public ee since railways and steamboats have broken down the barriers which impeded commu. nication and exchange between nation and nation, nd since the commercial régime introduced by England in 1846, and adopted by continental Eu- Tope in 1860, being added to the effect of those wonderiul means of transport, has so widel, any the commercial relations between dil nations, ex~ rent ‘The President, therefore, persisted in surprising design of compelling France, and through it. all Europe, to retrograde towards pro- tectionism, He has been al to induce the National Assembly to. yield to his arguments. and bis pecesaxe in voting the law re-estab- lishing differential dues aud taxes. on raw ma- terials. He has. been, however, able to carry the tax upon raw Lapeer only by means of an ar- iy ment with the icals, who up to thac tine had been free traders—an arrangement inconvent- ent for himself, and ong not destined to long exist- ence. The Chinese wall which it is proposed to construct in the incerest of our manufa rs will really be a harrier to their extension. England, it is true, bes “eclared that, whatever protectionist moae"ros May be adopted by the French govern: ent, {t will not resort to reprisals on account of the injury which they may inflict upon the Enesn consumer, That isa gpe ‘and noble Philesup! but. the declaration is bin only Ur5n the ting Cabinet, Any other Cabinet wnich may govern in its Page| ‘1813 taay take a less philosophical view. i" Farwel forgive injuries and losses ro Rien. religion, boty: in but no one are Diplo ~awning tl nd ang During the session of the Nu. Maw) was Assembly to-day the privilege of “urgeni, Granted to a proposal to appropriate 200,000 franco for the relief of sufferers by the inundation in France, SHIPWRECK. The Ship Matchless, of Boston, Lost on the British Coast—All Hands Drowned. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 19, 1872, The American ship Matchless, belonging to the port of Boston, has been wrecked off the coast of Northamberiamd county. All on board were lost. THE SHIP MATCHLESS, ‘The Matchless arrived in port at London on the 15th November, under command of Captain J. H. Dawes, She was registered class Al at Lioyd’s. Her burden register was1,108tons. She wasatwo decker, and fastened with copper ahd irom She was built by Messrs. Curtis, Smith & Co., at East Boaton, in the year 1870, and pronounced, by sur- vey, a8 being well fashioned and likely to run pro- fitably during a space of nine years, without much repair, ENGLAND. Bowles, the Banker, Bailed—Convicticns for Mur- der, with Capital Sentence on the Criminals— Tho Relations and Rights of Capital and Labor—Bullion in Flow to the Bank—Horace Greeley’s Memory. TELCORAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 19, 1872. Mr, Robert Bowles, thé American banker, has Deen released from Newgaté prison, having se- cured bail in the sum of $20,000. CAPITAL CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES FOR MURDER. The London Times Assizes column of this morn- ing contains six verdicts of murder, with the sen- tences of death passed on the culprits, THE RELATIONS AND RIGHTS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR, Important action waa taken yesterday, which settles a long standing dispute with the operatives in the cotton mills of Blackburn. At a meeting of the masters of the cardroom hands a compromise ‘was effected whereby toree-quarters of the ad- vance in wages asked was conceded, Five men who were employed in the Beckton gas works have been: convicted of threatening the managers with violence and sentenced each toa year’s imprisonment at hard Jabor. BULLION IN HEAVY PLOW TO THE BANK. ‘The bullion in the Bank of England has increased £601,000 during the past week. HORACE GREELEY AS A REPRESENTATIVE AMERICAN. The London 7imes, eulogising Mr. Greeley, say: “He died in honor; the people of the United States felt that he was a most genuine American.” IRELAND. 4 A Peaceable Day of Political Party Demon- stration. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Dusutn, Dec. 19, 1872, The anniversary of tne closing of the gates of Londonderry passed off yesterday without dis- turbance, EGYPT AND TURKEY. Conclusion of an Imperial Cairo Loan in Constan- tinople—Previous Financiering of the Khedive's Treasury. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALB, ~~ carro, Deo. 19, 1872 His Highness the Khedive of Egypt has con: cluded a loan of the amount of $12,500,000 with the Bank of Constantinopl The Debts of Egypt and the Khedive’s Creditors. The total public indebtedness of Egypt—previous to the conclusion of the present loan of $12,500,000— was officially stated in Cairo at the close of the year 1870, This exhibit showed that the Treasury amount then due by the Viceroy was $236,048,000, or £47,200,600, Of this amount £32,037,767 was E jean italists, and the balance a = sented by tereeonet, bonds. The debt of the , amounting to £12,200,600, was in- cluded in the annual total of £47,209,000, The debt of the Daira dates from 1865, when the Vice- roy borrowed £3,387,300 im seven per cent tions, redeemable in fifteen years. At July 7, 1870, the amount remaining to be redeemed of this loan ‘was £2,703,340. ‘In the brother of the Viceroy abandon roperties to the Daira, in consider- ation of Boo, payable in fourteen years, with interest at the rate of nine ag cent per annum. An issue took place in 1867 this effect, with the assistance of the Imperial Ottoman Bank and Messrs. 0} eon & Finally, in 1870, the Egyptian Viceroy contracted on the security of his estates a fresh loan of £7,142,860 (925,714,000) with the Franco-Egyptian Bank.’ The rate of interest on this loan is seven ie cent per annum; the re- demption of the loan to be effected in twenty- five years feels boun e@av.~ ody Hament the amon ar international Prnmen “and a sense of SuOe nt int (hy ‘guich have so touch, {Bivens ik acorn De a n+ Mennnn withholding upow ba from the. favored nation Bh vacore oor bs treatment of the “most § ng, At to Prussia and t When they find that may . © £%P0sed to &.dangerous competition, it 1s not imp. ible that scme aay. they may think it not unreasou SB/¢ to pay ug jac in the same coin. > FOR GOD AND THE onurcn. M. Roein, @ distinguished member of (he tnst{- tute, has been struck trom the jury list because he acknowledged that he did not belteve in the exist. ence of a God. The Mayor of Nantes has been dismissed from oMce for not giving suMcient protection to the pilgrims of Lourdes, The motion introduced in the Assembly to in- quire into the responsibility of the government for the outrages suffered by the pilgrims has conse- quently been withdrawn. HAYTI AND FRANCE. Peaceful Intentions of the European Republic. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Paris, Deo. 19, 1872. The Journal des Débats says the French govern- ment has no intention of sending men-of-war to Hayti to support the demands of French citizens against the government of the smaller Republic. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ex-Governor Bigler, of Pennsylvania, has arrived at the St. Nicholas Botol. Ex-United States Senator Ira Harris, of Albany, ig at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General William D. Washburne, of Minnesota, ig stopping af the St, Nigholas Hotel. Sefioc Antonio Flores, Minister from Ecuador, is im town, stopping at the Westminster Hotel. E. C, Banfield, Solicitor of the Treasury Depart- ment.at Washington, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. General George N. Simpson, of the United States Army, has temporary quarters at the Metropolitan Hotel. Pullman City, with 10,000 .population, is to be lo- cated near St. Louis, on General Grant's farm, it is sald, The University of Zurich numbers between eighty and ninety matriculated female students of medicine, The Rhode Island Medical Society yesterday ad- mitted Miss Anita E. Tyng to membership. Miss Tyng is the first female member. A number of members of Congress intend to leave Washington to-day for their homes to spend the. Christmas holidays a day in advance of the taking of the usual recess, It is expected that Judge Alexander 8, Johnson, of Utica, will fill the vacancy in the Commission of Appeals caused by thé elevation of Judge Hunt to the United States Supreme Court. Pomeroy seems to be ahead in the race for the United States Senate from Kansas. He has a num- ber of competitors, however, and it may not be necessary to dam the Mississippi to secure his de- feat. General de Cissey, the French Minister of War, has just received from the Mikado, through the Japanese Ambassador, the Order of. the Tchet, which confers on him the title of Daimio, equivalent to Prince. Major General W. 8. Hancock, the new Com- mander of this military department, has taken apartments for himself and family at the West- moreland House, and will probably remain there through the Winter. The Mayor of Cincinnati being at this time ex- cessive in his personal attentians to saloon keep- ers, the Enquirer suggests to him that there are a few votes lying around loose at a certain billiard saloon kept by two of his policemen. The Washington correspondent (“Mack’’) of the St. Louls Democrat states that General Grant sald, afew days ago, that Frank Blair ought to be re. elected for the good he had done the administra- tion in the Senate and the late canvass, Another effort is to be made to raise funds for a statue to Stonewall Jackson. The New York Acad- emy of Design has been commissioned to paint three pictures of the General, and from tnese chromos will be made, in thc hope of an extensive sale. General D. L. Stanton, late Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fifth Maryland district, yesterday was acquitted of the charge of embezzling $19,000 of the government funds. The trial of the suit has been going on for the past eight days in the United States District Court in Baltimore. The Japanese students in St. Petersburg learn the Russian language very readily and several of them already speak it very well. They celebrated the late birthday of the Mixado and eulogized him for his progressive spirit. Operations have been performed upon their lower maxillaries. Lord Zetland is to succeed to the vacant place among'the Knights of the Garter, resigning the Order of the Thistle. No difference is, however. to be inferred as to rank between the two orders, the Queen considering the Thistle for Scotiand what the Garter is for England. As ® general thing mankind prefers the garter to the thistle, The report that Vice President Coltax had ac- cepted the editorship of the 7ridune has proven erroneous. He yesterday replied to many inquiries that the negotiations on the subject had not re- sulted in an agreement and that they had termi- nated. Mr. Colfax leaves Washington to-day to spend the holiday recesa with bis family in the West THE BOSTON FIRE BONDS. Boston, Dec. 19, 1872. The Board of Aldermen to-day accepted the legis- lative acts empowe! the city to issue Gre bonds to the amount of poty Ay, ¥ THE WEEKLY HERALD. Pes Man oh. aad ‘The Cheapest and Best Newspaper in the Country. 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