The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1873, Page 4

4 NEW YOKK HEKALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1873—ThiPL# SHEET. THE STATE CAPITAL eerie The New Charter Introduced in the Assembly by the Speaker. The Work of Appointing the Committees and Who Are to Accomplish It. A Departure of the Leaders that Will Be Followed by ‘Quick Returns.” A Prospective Disaster to the Pres- ent Board of Education. The Rapid Transit Question and the Coroners’ Fees. Axpany, Jan. 9, 1873, The Senatorial question having been virtually de- sided by the action of the joint caucus last evening, the two houses had some justification for the four days’ recess they took to-day, To be sure, the real, ostensible object of the adjournment was to allow the Speaker to make up the committees, and while at work to dispense with the kind attentions and prolonged visits with which he would be favored dia he presume to MAKE UP THE COMMITTEES while all his numerous friends in the Assembly were im town; yet as there is to be a meeting here next Saturday of the leaders of the republican party who puli the wires in the metropolis, and as two or three of the country prominent men have been invited to be on hand, ic is more than likely that there is something important to be accom- plished besides the Jormation of the irrepressible committees. Mr. Cornel! will remain here all the time, and expects, so they say, todo all the work | alone. What seems to have given strength this afternoon to this idea is that Lafin and all the federal magnates who hadn’t it im their hearts to go away, once they had come ap for a patriotic work, upon the success of which depended not only their positions, but their po- litical strength in the future, leit by the fast train this aiternoon. Mr. Tom Murphy also went with the m, accompanied by a goodly crowd of LEGISLATIVE HANGERS-ON, who intend to stay in New York, and while there probably do all they can to make their visit proft- able in the eyes of the Custom House rulers, The departure of the federalites, who are looked upon | bere just now as indispensable engineers of the | aew machine, does not, however, indicate that they will not come back very soon again before the | Legislature reconvenes—probably to-morrow. The sudden going away along with the crowd is a de- | lightful little ruse which they know well low to | profit by, and Mr. Cornell will certainly not be in want of powerful advisers during the next four days. Murphy has to have his say, and Laflin and | Arthur, and it is even said that Conkling will, too, | dicate just exactiy WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE so make the committee serviceable in an adminis- swrative point of view in th: Legislature as well as eutolit. Mr, Cornell pretends that he has not as yet inace the first step to appoint anybody to any one of tre committees, This mnfermation may be gratifying to those patriots who have been dying oy inches during the past few days over the rumor circulated by @ Vile oppositionist tuat he had already SEEN THE SLATE as made out, and that although ail the commit- tees had uot been filled the chairmen had already deen selected. HE NEW YORK Ci\ARTER, which has already been published in full in the HERALD, was presented in the Assembly to-day by the Speaker. It will be taken up next week, and itis the intention of the majority, it is said, to have t rushed through both houses by next Thursday | week. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. In the hurry to get ay ‘ter the resolution to | adjourn had been passed, done, and only two bills of any amonat w duced. One was by Patterson, legislating the present Board of Education out of office, and Making tue school districts conform to the number i limits of the Congres- sional distri reapportioned last year oy , the Levis i ch of the seven listricts is to ‘cording to the new bill, three commissioy nod ti ure fo have the ap- | pointment of five trustees for each ward, The sommissions:s ure to bold oflice jor one, two and three years, Th bil ts similar to one intro- duced ‘iast year, which never saw the light of day after it had reterred to the Committee on kEAuca Patterson's may not meet with tt year, but if passed it will be either v changed fm many iin- portant respects or be merged into a more’ com- prehensive bill ¥ is being now pre dd by & member who is working on if, at the suggestion of those members of the majority who have the say as to whether it ought to pass or not. THE CORO Mr. Fish’s bill relative to he coroners in the | State is a rather fishy afar, It gives the | coroners, in cases of sudden death, &c., where | there is no wicion of jou! play, the option of holding an inquest or not, His lees are set | down as foll —Viewing a body wand holding an | inquest, $10 mmouing and swearing a jury, $5: | making and filing an inquest, $5. ‘il! wiil be seen | that aithough the fees of a coroner, Which are now, | ali told, $25, are reduced ¢5 by this bill, It gives | the coroner an opportunity to make $5 by sum- | mouing a jury. Ife having the option to cither | bold or not hold an Inquest unless some citizen for- | maily calls :pon him to do so, in nine cases out of ten would be certain co summon a@ jury, But at the same tine it gives az unscrupulous man power which he might use to mak: money in a corrupt | Way. Ifa family k a member of it by sudden death, ar spicious circumstances surround. ed it, they w adiy ¥ A ROUND SUM to the coroner to Induce him to ex favor his option aa to holding an mmquest and hav- ing an autopsy, There is one feature about the bil which wili doubtless create @ panic among the aty coroners. It does not provide lor any com- ton for an antops services of the deputy \ reise in their | This bemg the case the ult ha to be dispensed with, or the coroner, if he be not a pe cian, must pay his salary out of his | own pocket. ‘The deputies nowadays make rather @ good thing of the autopsy business, and if they can they will have Mr. Fish's Dull, at least as far a8 this negiect of them goes, put out of the way Of all successful bills. RAPID TRANSIT, Penny Purns has had the honor of being first In the feild in the matter of rapid travel. His bill, which he introduced to-day, creates a board of commissioners of city railways, consist- ing of the Maror of New York, the President of the Board of Aldermen, the head of the Departinent of Public Works, ex officio; Wm. B. Ogden, Rudolph A. Witthaus, Joseph W. Drexel, Dwight H. Olmstead, Simeon hureh and Edgar F. Brown. The road Is to be wader or over ground, elevated or any way it can be constructed, with the least possible obstruction to trav The people are to vote whether they are in favor of It or not, and if they vote againat it then the act shall not take effect immediately nor at any other time. THE SSNATE transacted a little routine business, among which there was nothing more interesting than the sec- ond reading of a ‘Sul to regulate the rates on ratl- roads, and areport from the Trustees cf Lennox Library, the handsome institution now in course of erection in Central Park. Lieutenant Governor Robinson was unusually slow in ¢: rrying oneven routine business, and, botwithsta! gz his study of the Manual, it seems likely that he will have to turn over his seat to Weodin, or the next President pro tem.. in order to facilitate the businesa auring & Lively session. The trial ef Judge Prindle was ree sumed. KEW YORK LEGISLATURE. ——___ Sei te. ALBANY, Jan. 9, 1873. BILLS NOTICRD, By Mr, BAKER—To provide for the enlargement of the Champlain Canal. By Mr. CHATFiRLD—To suppress gambling. By Mr. ApaMs—Regulating traMc on raiiroads, By Mr. Jounson—To prevent cruelty to animals, BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Lewis=To authorize the Bufalo City Cemetery to sell Innds. By Mr. Rovsx7soN—To repeal tho Usury law. By Mr. J. Woov—To confirm the acts of the Town Coumisstoners of York, Livingston county, rela- | tive to the wearing of bonds fer the Rochester and | Pepneyivasia Railroad Company; algo a similar bill for Chili, Monroe county; also relative to rail. road cousulidations, By Mr. Lowgny—To impose fines on Supervisors Who neglect to sttend ihe meetings of the boards, the best route, to be selecte! with the | aid of engiueers provided for. The plan shall mot exceed in estimated cost’ @ at the rate of fare prescribed by this act, added to its earnin, vy etd found againss any persons, it shall @ MO power to appropriate public money to be the duty of the Judge of Bald urt to fie a full vate or seoturtan institutions, Ordered to lie on record of the proce: with the Cierk of the | the table. Court of Appeals, who 8! bey, the proceedings In Committee of the Whole article 3 was taken before the Chiet Justice of said Court, whose duty | u it shall be to convene that Court at once and have it review the entire case, use} y be ent. This Court may affirm such for any error in law or upon the merits grant a new trial. ee, Mr, Augs—Amending the General Banking The Senate then went into private sesston on the case of Judge Prindic. Assembly. ALRANY, Jan, 9, 1873, BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. HerriNc—To exempt mortgages from taxation; also to confirm the action in dividing the towa of Yonkers. By Mr. CRAWroRD—To suppress lotteries, By Mr. Fisn—To amend the gharter of the Me- chanics’ Savings Bank of Rochester ; also to autho- rize the construction of nine steam dredges, to be used on the Erie Canal; also to regulate coroners’ inquests and 1x een, of coroners, by the SP#axeR—To amend the charter of New York. (This bill nas aiready been published ia the New York papers.) By Mr. WorrTH—To repeal the act to erect an armory at Greenpoint, By Mr. PaTreRsoN—Relative to public schools in the city of New York. It divides the city into seven school districts, provides ior A BOARD OF EDUCATION the same ag now, the terms oi office of the present commissioners to end on the expiration ot the present terms, and the Department of Public In- struction to be avolished, ‘ThapMayor siatl, within five days of the passugé of this act appoint three commissioners of common schools, whose term of office shall be determined by lot, The Mayor shall annually appoint a commissione: for three years. The Buard of Wducation shail appoint for each ward five trustees—one to hold oflice for four years, one for three, one for two and one for one year. The present trustees shall go out oi office on the appointment of their successors. RESOLUTIONS. By Mr. CarreNTER—That the Comptroller be re- quested to prepare a statement of the cost of each of the canals, tolls received, expense of maintain- ing them and the amount of'canal claims since 1846. Laid over. NEW YORK STREETS, ASSESSM! Mr. DEERING Offered the foilowing:- Resolved, That the Secretary of the Department of Public Works, in the city of New York, furnish to this House within’ twenty days after the adoption of this resolution, a statement, ‘in dotail: first, of strects and avenues north of Fifty-nintn strect in’ said city laid ae, out on the map or pian thereof prepared under and ursuant to chapter 115 of the Laws of for the of which | no ant opening application has been made as provided in chapter 85 of the Laws ot 1813, or the acts in addition thereto or amen- daiory thereof; second, of the streets or avenues openod Within the Jast five years in suid city, whether as laid out pursuant to safd laws of 1807 or any special law, the aggregate amount of damages estimated and allowed thereon, the amount of the expense of such opening and the’ dates of the application for the ap: pointment of Commissioners of — Estim: Assessment therefor, and of the final confirmation of the roport of said Commissioners; third, of the streots, ave- nuvs, roads or public places north of Fifty-ninth street, fi said city, for the open! mate have been appoint miasion ers hi ot yet made or prepared a report of estimate and assessment or of damage, &s the case may be, or in the proceedings tor the opening, of which the report of the Nommissioners has not yet been confirmed: by the Sue preme Court. RAPID TRANSIT, D. Burs introduced a bill to create @ Board of Commissioners of City Railways and to provide means of rapid transit in the city of New York, which constitutes the Mayor of the city, President of the Board of Aldermea, the head of the Denart- ment of Public Works (ex-oficto), together with William Bb. Ogden, Rudoiph A. Witihaus, Joseph Drexel, Dwight H. Olinstead, Simeon E. Church, Edgar F, Brown, Matthew S. Brennan, Charles | O’Conor, Samuel L. M. Barlow, Abra- ham 8S. Heartt, William B, Duncan and | their successor: a Board of Commissioners to construct a city railway for rapid psit In said city. The Governor is to ill vacanc: Commis- sioners are to serve without compensation, except the chief executive offi » Who shail receive such 8 ‘ies as the Boa.d may 1x, not exceeding 25,000 each, They shail construct a four-track railway from the Battery to Harlem River tunnel, and by sum, the annual interest of which, together with the estimated running expenses of the road, shall be covered by the estimated earnings of the road ie for freight, postal and all other service. Provision is made lor issuing stock by the Mayor, &c., to the amount of $20,000,000, to bear seven er cent interest. The Board of Public Works is Nee, BROOKS offered an dment, axing the age 1 ma! pres- | of Senators at not leas than twenty-five, whioh was conviction and | adopted, on a couat, by & vote of 15 to 7. Mr, Foster moved a8 an amendment that the House of Representatives shali consist of 256 members, and that they shall be annually elected by districts. Mr. DupLRY moved to farther amend by, substi- tuting the word “counties” for “districts.” ‘The PRESIDENT divided the question and put the amendment, whether the Assembly shall consist of 256 members, which was lost by a large majority. The question whether the election shall be an- nually by Gounties or districts elicited some de- bate, when it was decided to adopt the county sya- tem by @ vote of 17 to 5, The Commission then adjourned. ROSCOE CONKLING. Sketch of the Republican Candidate for United States Senator from New York. Hon, Roscoe Conkling, who has been nominated for @ second term to represent the State of New York in the Unitea States Senate, was born at Albany, in the year 1818, and is consequently in the ifty-fourth year of his age. His tamily is well known throughout the State, the male mem- bers having been prominent politicians, His father, the Hon, Alfred Conkling, was: a member of the House of Representatives in 1821, and was subse quently appointed a Judge of the United States Dis- trict Court jor New York, In 1852 he was appointed Minister to Mexico by President Fillmore, in which capacity he acquitted himself very ereditably. A brother of the subject of this sketch, Frederick A. Conkling, a merchant of New York city, was also & prominent politician, He was a member of the Assembly of New York in 1354, 1859, and 1560, In that year he was elected a Representative to Congress trom the city of New York, serving as a member of the Committee on Naval Afiairs, At the same time that he was a member Roscoe Gonk- ling represented another district, and, both being radically opposed to each other's politics (one pelng a democrat and the other a republican), the singular anomaly was observed of two brothers arrayed against each other as political enemics. Roscoe Conkling in 1849 was appointed District Attorney for One! county, In 1858 he became Mayor of the city of Utica, and at the close of his period of office, having governed the city to the satisfaction of his feliow citizens, was elected a Representative to the Thirt sixth Congress by a majority large enough to aigully Ha gras local popu- larity and personal worth. this Congress he served with credit as member of the Committee OD the District of Columbia; but after his re-eleo- tion to the succeeding Congress he became promi- nently known to the country as the chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia. He was re-elected to the Thirtyeninth Congress, wherein he acted with conspicuous vigor on most of the leading questions of the di is share in the work of the Committee on ys and Means was considerable, and his part in measures affect- ing reconstruction Is well known, { late years Senator Conkling has becn known as the particular friend and adviser of President Grant, the mortal foe of Senator Fenton, the patron of honest Tom Murphy and the conduit through which the federal Ma Dares 3 flows in and fertilizes the barren waste tot New York republi- can politics, Benatag, Conkling is &@ painstaking and able legislator. His rune is rathor irascible and he is capable of saying bitter things in debate thet are not readily by those against whom they are directed, In conjunction with Senator Morton he proved the main stay of the administration eleracnt in the Senate during the stormy session of last Spring, when the great intel- lectual lights oi the body—Schurz, Sumner, Trum- bull, &c.—arrayed themselves against jie Pol licy of the President and of the republican party. In nimble repartee anu scvpe of rhetoric he showed to disadvantage beside Schurz and allowed his feel- ings of earnest loyalty to the Executive to over- come the beunds of both good taste and calm judg- ment and carry him into a line of argament whic! Lad less of logic than of acrid erp HANEY: Senator Conkling is tall and lvosely jointed, His hair is flame color and curly, his eyes blue and his general repre dtstingué, ie wears fashionable clothes at all seasons of the year and is the cyno- sure of every lorgnette in the ladies’ gallery on fleld days in the Senate. He is never at a loss for a word in speaking. His speeches flow as smooth! anebb tide on a still Summer evening; but there is a de- gree of nasality in the tones of his full-vol- umned voice that make it somewhat less pleasant to hear than a songta by Nilsson. It is said he is ambitious to become President of the United States, and if the absence of all eccen- omake a schedule of freights, fares and other service. Before the act takes place it is to be sub- mitted to the electors of the city. MECHANIOS’ LIEN LAW, Mr. Deering’s bill, amending the New York City Mechanics’ Lien law, provides that whenever a suit is commenced to foreclose a lien it shall not be necessary to apply to any court for the extension | or continuance of the said Hen should the year during which the said lien is now vatid expire durmg the pending of the suit, ‘rhe House then adjourned until Tuesday even- ing, at 7:30 o'clock. THE PRINDLE AND CURTIS IM- PEACHMEN?. Three of the Charges Against Prindle Proven Yesterday and all the Others Voted Down—A Vote of 17 to 7 Against the Judge's Removal—The Curtis Case Opened. ALBANY, Jan. 9, 1873. The voting inthe Senate on the charges in the Prindle case to-day was as follows:— Charge 13—That the Judge entered into an agree- ment with Ray to do work as clerk and he, tne Judge, would give him practice as an attorney. Not proven—5 to 19, Charge 14—That he neglected to keep a book of fees. Provyen—I17 to 16, Charge 15—That he neglected and refused to make an itemized account of his fees to the Super- visors, Proven—17 to 7. Charge 16—That he did not render an itemized account to the Supervisors and that his fees were larger than reported, Proven—17 to 5. Charge 17—That he took Aes of the lady, Mrs. Kussell, in purchasing bonds of her. Not proven—10 to 13, Charge 1%—That he extorted from the executor, Ackermann, a larger sum than he was entitled to. Not proven—23 nays, Bo ‘head Charge 19—A similar charge in the Todd case, Not proven—4 to 1s. All the other charges were voted down except the forty-ninth, which was that he unlawfully charged $10 fur drawing an application for papers. This charge was sustained—20 to 3, The question was then put by the President :— “Senators, how say you, shall Horace G, Prindle be removed from his office of County Judge of Che- nango county for the cause stated in the articles ‘ou have found proven?” and the vote was as fol- LOWS i— Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Benedict, Chatfleld, Cock, Jobuson, Tiemann and Wagner—7. Nays—Messrs, Adams, Baker, Bowen. Foster, Graham, Harrower, Lewis, 1 Gowan, Paimer, Perry, Robertson, Winslow, J. Wood, Woodin—17, ‘The Court then took a recess. OPENING OF THE CURTIS CASE. At four P. M. the Senate reassembled and took up the Curtis case. Mr. Olney, of counsel for the rosecution, proceeded to sum up the testimony, Ke renewed each of the charges to the effect that Judge Curtis was a member of the firm of Pittinen, Gardner, Goodhart & Co.; that he gave business to the firm and pointed out testimony which he claimed proved the charges. Before concluding the Senate took a recess until half-past seven P. M. On reassembling Mr. Olney resumed his argu- ment and occupied the attention of the Senate all the session. Adjourned, THE NEW YORK CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION. Article Three Under Discussion—A Coun- cil of Revision—Election of Representa- tives to Take Place by Countie: ALBANY, Jan, 9, 1873, In the session of the Constitutional Commission to-day the Committee on Business reported recom- mending the Commission to take up articles 3, legislative power of the State; 4, executive power; 5, State officers; 7, rel: e to the selling of the canals, limitations of appropriations and the power of towns and counties to incur debt; 8, municipal reform, and 11, oficial corruption. Mr. BROOKS offered an amendment to article 3 relative to the formation of a Council of Revision. ‘The amendment provides for the formation of . ‘A COUNCIL OF REVISION, who-shall mcet from time to time while the Legis- lature is in session, No. bill pasaed by the Senate | and Assembly, untess by a two-thirds vote, shall be- | come & law unless with the approval of the Council of Kevision, The council should consist ef two Senators, the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals (or such other Justice as the Governor may ap- rove), the Attorney General and the Governor, in the States of Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode | Dickinson, Lowry, Me: Weismann, Island and others such councils existed and were found of GREAT ASSISTANCE TO THR GOVERNOR in determining tmportant matters. vasa He considered reat deal of spe legisivtion now hat properly belonged to Boards of Sy d he thought that the constitution shonid take It out of the power of the 1 lavure to legislate specially in cases where geveral laws would reach the Matter. Then, again, he thought THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THR PARDONING POWRR By Mr. Cock—For @ Board of Health in the city of Broome Ky Mr, Perey—Providing that all of records Gourta, wherg & verdist of gullty Of murder in the r shoul be thrown on tuts vouncii, The article was ordered to be privted. Mr. DUDLEY Offered an amendment to section 0, article L ta the affect that the Legisiagure pial tricity of thought, speech and action, together with Shed extensive knowledge of politics in all its branches, ee fit a man for that high posi- tion Mr. Conkling has aclaim. He is now the ad- ministration leader of the Senate, Morton, Cameron, Chandler and Carpenter having falten behind him, because they were leas earnest. President Grant is said to repose (Bis) confidence in his judgment, and especially relies upon him to polish otf, with a wire currycomb, those incorrigible rebels, Sum- ner, Schurz and Trumbull. It is suspected that this is beyond the capacity of our newly re-elected Senator, but he is not the man to be daunted by dificuities, and the effort expected from him by the Executive will be made in due season, REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. ALBANY, Jan 9, 1873, The Regents of the University met in the Senate Chamber this evening to hoid their annual session, but adjourned immediately upon organizing so that e the Senate could go on with the Curtis case. 1 Regents wiil continue their session in their rooms. THE MEMORY OF GREELEY. The Compositors of the Tribune Resoly- ing to Erect a Statue of Type Metal in His Honor, The compositors of the 7ribune held a meeting yesterday and adopted the following resolu- tions :— Whereas It has been proposed that the several print! offices in the United States give one or more pounds old type for the purpose of making a statue of Hora Greeley, to be erected in the lot in Greenwood where remains are Interred; and Whereas type metal is spe- cially adapted to reproduce sharp and dednite outl and peculiarly fitted to speak in the mute image to those who, in alter years, visi place, as it did beneath the training of his hand and the grandeur of his brain and the largeness of his heart; therefore Resolved, That we approve of the idea of erecting a f ty, statue of Horace Greeley in Greenwood, made ot metal, which has beon cast into type and worn out in service of teaching the people : and further, be it Resolved, That we ask ot our icllow-craftamen (many | of whom, now scattered over the country, have, like ouf- selves, either worked with or for him during the fort, | years gone ly), to set up, on Mon: February 3, 187; the sixty-second anniversary of Mr. Greeley's ‘birth, 1,000 ema, and give the receipts for the same to be ex: ended in making and erecting the statue. The money to be forwarded to the President of New York Typograph- | foal Union No, 6 22 Duane street, New York city, ot which Union Mr. Greeley was the first President, Resolved, That the above preamble and resolutions be iven to the vross of the United States, with a request that they be printed and circulated as widely ag possible, “PHI KAPPA SIGMA, PHILADELPATA, Pa., Jan. 9, 1873, The Grand Chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fra- ternity—one of the oldest and most extensive col- lege secret societies in this country—is now in session in this city. A full representation from all the chapters, including those in the South and West, is present. The annual address was deliv- ered this evening by L. W. Doty, of Mimlin, Pa., after which & grand banquet took place. A VIOLATION OF THE ENFORCEMENT ACT. WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 9, 1873, In the case of the United States vs. A. Given, Collector of County Taxes, who was convicted | In the United States Circuit Court, in October last, for a violation of the second section of the Enforce- ment act, in Aleepaiitying colored voters by throw- ing their names off the assessment lists, Justices Strong and Bradford this morning rendered a de- cision overruling the motion for arrest of judgment made by the defendant’s counsel on the ground that the act of Congress was unconstitutionai, thereby afirming the constitutionality of the iaw, The Court sentenced Given to pay a fine of $2,000 and cysts of prosecution, A SLEIGHING ACCIDENT, BANGOR, Me., Jan. 9, 1873, Abraham Stover, of Penobscot, age! sixty-two, was found to-day lying between the bars of his sled. His face had dragged upon the road until almost worn away when he was discovered, and his horses were jogging aleng briskly, ~ AQUATIO. The annual meeting for the election of oMcers of the Nautilus Boat Club was held last evening at No. 799 Lexington avenue, The gathering of mem- bers was large and their chotce of the following board of officers unanimous:—President, Dr. O'Dwyer; Vice President, Charlies Jenkins urer, L. Quinn; Recording Secretary, O'Dwyer; Corresponding Secretary, ‘Trustees, Messrs. Smith, Welch afd Christal. a8 A Gun ConTRact.—A very veeee story is told in Paris about the Bey of Tunis. He wished to have some rifled cannons and naturally addressed himself to a German, who hit upon some old ord- nance which had long been he on the ram- arts of Frankfort. The municipality were de- ighted to find a purchaser and seid the pieces at a low price. The it of course, were not rifled, but this did not hinder the contractor from buying them. He sent for a locksmith and ordered him to rifle them and then to forward them to Tunis, Three months afterwards the guns arrived, but what was the astonishment of the Rey and his artiligey cunvnittee to dad them rided yutside. “TOUCH NOT, TASTE NOT. Organization of a Temperance Political ecticut—“Intemperance” of a Dead Republican Party. A State Temperance Convention was held in New Haven, Conn., yesterday forenoon. About fifty delegates were present. The Convention was called to order by H. B. Brown, of New Haven, and Rev. Alpheus H. Winter was chosen temporary chairman and A. 8. Beardsley ‘temporary sec- retary. After the appointment of the usual committees Permanent oMcers were elected as follow: President, Rev, A. H. Winter; Vice President, Geerge R. Rogers, and Secretary, A. 8, Beardsley. After some discussion, in which is was claimed that the needed temperance legislation could not ‘be obtained ofeither the republican or democratic party, it was voted to nominate a State ticket, and the following was put in nomination :. -—Henry D, Smith, of Plainville. nt Governor- pe: —A. 8. Beardsley, of Plym- uth, ton of State—Hiram P. Lawrence, of Nor- Treastirer—George Groenman, of Stonington. Comptrouer—Dabney Carr, of Bridgeport The ticket is the same as last yoar, except the candidate for Governor, Mr. Gillette, the nominee of last year, being dropped because he voted for Grant last Fall, stead of for Black, the temper- ance candidate, ‘The following platform was adopted :— Resolved, That the great foo of modern Christinn civil- ization ram shop; that st violates tho law of dod fund is hostile to inter of mon, and there- fore is a thing to bo Gestroyved ; that to despair of {ne pos: sibility ofits destraction \s to lack faith in God and in the moral power of good men, Wo, therefore, believe that it can be deatroyet, and we are resolved, God help- ing us, thae it shall be déatroyed, wstvod, ‘that all experience shows, that the only of foctive ‘method of its destruction ts by force. of Iaw, backed ‘by the ‘Dower ol moral sentiment and sus- tained by ‘unintermitted moral effort, and that the only method of Iaw that has boen found to avail for this. fs thatot prohibition, enforced by the authority and cxe- guted by’ the officers olthe stata, ‘We therefore conden efte tot a soit ieeen the State, b; ot 10 the proltbitory Iawot the ‘state, ih lishment of A police torce fo Nd instead, ture in refusing to give r its execution, and instead, the Jaw and substituting in its place the tried- Kken-down oxperiment of license, and we <de- fring the renunciation of that principle and the re-estab- lishinent of a prohibitory law, bac! by a force ade- ite to its xeoution. qui ution. Kesolvod, ‘That such # law should make liquor hel ' alo ajeot ie artento aad ‘connor, purpobes ‘of ilegal ion, and this not onl, stored, but in transit, ae the there+ illegal grafic responsible for at damages resulting from, and the repute of such Bale should be valid Srcaslved, hat the Liner lara’ th. lagt seasion of th ly. 18 juor law of 1e ion 8 Legislature ls a public traud—frst, in that it professes to leave the question of the salevof liquor to be drank as a beverage to the free and unembarrassed decision of the citizens of the several towns, whereas it associates with and’ retuses “the. supply co tiguers. tet aneticial Of “liquors for medichy fud “mechanical ‘purposes. unless” with’ "this: the sale for common tppling purposes ix also author- ized, thus —_ patti the Rowne under bonds of their legitimate needs tu allow the illegitimate sale; second, in that while arateasing. to pve 6 towns the option of L wlan the trafic within thoir bounds, it furnishes thei no etfeotive means of enforcing their de- cision, thus leaving their vote an em| forma; third,’ in that tt virtually pledges licensed deal: ers protection ainst, 6 unl which pledge it leaves unfulfilled, ing no equivalent for the license money received; fourth, in it threatens the unlicensed dealers with penalties which it failx to visit on them, Thus everybody who trusta in it is cheated by it. and it is time thaé the coarse of this dishonesty were abandoned agunworthy the State, and that @ square and honest style of dealing with the ‘teamMo were inaugurated in ity plage, Resolved, That we endorse the bit now before Con- rohibiting the manufacture, Importation and sale of intoxicating Uquers tor drinking purposes within those parts of fhe country subject to the national control, and demand its enactment into law. Resolyed, That we belicye in all the which tl fpo8. things in other parties believe beiore clec- tion, and which the dominant party of the country shows such rare facility of forgetting as as the election fs over, viz. civil service reform, rity in the administration of public affairs, decen- alization in the national government, respect Tor, the rights of the States, nattonal reconciliation, labor retorm, &. id we pledge ourselves to enact them into law so fast and so far as we are entrusted with the power. soon intes NEW JERSEY TEMPERANCE ALLIANOE, TRENTON, Jon. 9, 1873. The annual meeting and State Convention of the New Jersey State Temperance Alliance will be held Thursday, January 23, in Taylor Hall, in this city. Business meetings will be held in the fore- noon and afternoon and a mass meeting im the evening. ‘The railroads will issue tickets at re- duced rates, good for four days. THE SHERMAN CASE. New Haves, Conn., Jan, 9%, 1873. It is now expected that Mrs. Lydia Sherman, con- victed of murdering her husband, by the Superior Court last Spring, in this city, will be sentenced to State Prison for life on Saturday, the llth inst. The announcement that she had made a confession has brought many newspaper representatives here, who have seught an tnter- view with her and have been denied. It appears that she gave the confession to the jailor and he sold it to parties who have ‘copy- righted it, the sale being on the express condition that the confession should not be printed until aiter the sentence. The parties who have ob- tained it so far refase to disciose its contents or part with their title. The jailor also remains mute and refuses all interviewer: SEVERE SNOW STORM. The Great Storm in Minnesota and the Northwest—Trains Blockaded and Pas- sengers Suffering from Cold—TIwo Seri- ous Accidents. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 9, 1873. The great snow storm in Minnesota did not cease until last night. The Iowa and Minnesota divisions of the Milwaukee and St, Paul Railroad have suf- fered greatly. Four or five freight trains and one enger train are blocked between Conover, jowa and Ridgeway. There are fifteen ladies on the passenger train. All the fuel and provisions for the passengers are brought from Ridgeway. The drifts in many places are reported to be as high as the cars. All the Minnesota railroads have suspended, and trains will probably not run before Saturday. Two accidents are reported on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Cyrus Libby, of Beloit, had his collar-bone broken. Mrs. Francis Cole, of | Erie county, N. Y., and Charles H. Reed, of Boston, were slightly inju TRAINS BLOCKADED IN NEW YORK. WATERTOWN, Jan. 9, 1873. A heavy snow storm has been prevailing in this region ail day. The railroad trains are very ir- reyular. No trains have moved north of this place since yesterday, THE MURDEROUS MODOOS. ter Cole’s Negative Reply Touching Captain Jack and His Fighting War- riors. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 9, 1873. Senator Cole has replied negatively to Governor Bootn’s inquiry whether a war with the Modocs cannot be averted by the government allotting them 3,000 acres on Lost River, instead of forcing them on a new reservation. Senator Cole says such action would be accepted by the Indians as a victory. Besides, any new location of the Mo- docs must be made ‘ough the Oregon Indian Superintendent. — AN ALLEGED FIENDISH ATTEMPT TO POISON, ArBany, N, Y., Jan. 9, 1873. A Man named Elias Houghtaling has been ar- rested in Coeymans on suspicion of poisoning tea and sugar, which he presented to a family in that piace named Hazleton. Mr. Hazleton, his wife and ‘one child partook of the tea and sugar, and the husband and child are yet sick, Itis said Hough- taling has tureatened to kill the family. THE LOST ONEIDA. Safety of the Capt: and Scven Men. Hauirax, N. S., Jan, 9, 1873, The steamship Merlin, from Sydney, arrived at this port last evening. She had on board the Cap- tain and seven of the crew of the ship Oneida, which was lost recently while on & voyage irom Quebec to Valparaiso. GRIST MILL AND MAOHINERY BUBNED, Lancaster, N. H., Jan. 9, 1873, About midnight a fire broke out in the machine shop of Alexauder Thompson, on Middle street, and before it Was discovered had made such pro- gress that nothing could be saved from the build- ing. The flames communieated with the grist mit joining, owned by Frank Smith and John P. Hodge, whi ich was also entirely consumed, Thomp- son's los# ia estimated at $16,000; no insurance, The loss of Smith & Hodge is $7,000; insured for 000, Mr. A. J. Marshall was’ seriously, if not injured by a chimney falling upon him ‘was attempting to set a fire pump in ope- fatally, wiule he ration. FIRE IN BOSTON, Bogron, Jan. 9, 1873. A fre last night at MoNutt's lumber mill, on Warebam street, destroyed @ large amount of stock and furniture. Pierce, Gilman & Tuttle lose $10,000, insured for $9,000; Sherman & Johnson Jose $7,000, insared for $20,000; Bossman & Box- Sauer lost $5,000, and are fully insured; J. J. Mo- Nutt owt $1,000, Lusaramge 10,000, THE STAR OF INDIA Scone at the Investiture of Native Princes hor daughter with the British Royal Order Insignia, Assembly of the Chapter and Lord Worthbrook’s Action—The Great Warriors and Their Uni- forms—Her Highness the Begum Madea Knight—Personal Appearance of the Asiatio Boauty—General Bril- liancy and Booming of Big Gons—The Men-at-Arms, Thoir March and Man- nor of Evolution. (Bomb: loy. 17) correspondence of Calcutta t ny. in grisiman} After such an exciting day Locould not well draw myself into form last night to give you adescrip- tion of the splendid ceremon!al of yesterday, but have risen with the sun this morning to get what 1 do write sent off bv the morning train, My tele- gram will have already informed you of the most gratifying success whieh attended the en- tire proceeding of yesterday, and tle mag- nificence of the ceremony was such that even were I to write at greater length than you can afford space ror I should, I fear, fail to give you auct a true idea of it as I should wish to. The unanimous verdict here-is thatit waa the most im- posing, stately and brilliant affair that Bombay has ever witnessed; and even men: who have seen many ofthe finest ceremonials in Europe declare that they never saw a more beautiful picture. THR ENCAMPMENT FOR INVRSTITURE, The Investiture being. te great event of Lord Northbrook’s visit to Bombay, you may imagine that everything was done to give to it the greatest possible gelat, The encampment I have alfeady described to you, and as the same _ tent was used at the Grand Chapter held at Calcutta on the occasion Prince _ Al- fred’s , visi I dare say it would probably look Much the same as the encampment on your race course on the occasion. The throne was draped in the beautiful blue sitk of the Order of the Star of India, and had, in Darbar fashion, seats on each side for the princes and notabilitics. From the dais along the whole length of the ground en- closed there was laid to the Eeeray, a stretch of scarlet carpet, and on each side flowering plants. haa been placed at intervals—a very happy ide; for without much cost or trouble it gave a finished and beautifai effect to the ground, The pod platforms ou each side of the throne and a small platform behind were covered with scarlet cloth, ‘The troops within the enclosure, bemg dressed in pain white uniform, did Dore must admit, Jend any brilliance to the scene; but outside, an hour before the opening of the Chapter, the troops were so arranged that His Excellency must have passed through a very pretty lane, ‘The marine battalion Imed the road from just below the Post Ofice, half-way down to Watson's Hotel, and then came the Nineteenth native in- fantry, the Seventeenth native infantry, and, last of all, the Eighty-third European regiment, ex- tending along the roadway specially made for this occasion on the Esplanade to the gateway of the Viceroy’s camp. ‘This was the road by which all the chiefs approached, and on their arrival at the gate they must have been astonished to sce a huge twelve-ton gun standing like @ mouster of destruction, flanked on each side by a@ neat little nine-pounder brass field gun. ‘There was, happily, no profusion of flags; the immense sweep of the huge Investiture tent ts too simply grand to have its effect marred by bunting, and the general appearance of the. grounds was quite in keeping with it, and the jour simple light. blue pennants had # charming effect. SCENE ON THE VICKREGAL PLATFORM, ‘The raised platform on one side of the throne had been reserved for natives, and, when filled, it pre- sented a pretty sight, as any place filled with well- dressed natives always does; but, even in respect of briiliance and variety of color, it had to give way to the opposite platiorm, tilled with Europeans, A large number of those on the“tatter platiorm were ladies, andi did not see a single lady present who was not beautifully dressed; and the varied colors of theit ses, the gorgeous uniforms of the officers and oflicials, with just a suiticient sprinkling of civilian dress coats against the scarlet carpeting, formed one of the most beautiful life- pictures I have ever seen. With these splendid parterres on either side of tne. throne, and the space close to the dias and in front of it filled with magnificently attired native princes and chiefs, the appearance of this noble tent can- not, 1 feel sure, be surpassed anywhere. It forms @ picture on which the eye delights to dweil and on which memory loves to linger, and which must remain fresh before the mind of any one who has an eye for the picturesque. Fortuiately I arrived early and obtained an excellent seat, and the gradual filling in of the picture could not have i led to interest me, even had the time been four mes as long. CONQUERED CHEBIFTAINS AND COLORS OF GOLD. To Jeave the general audience and devote our attention to the central figures:—Each prince, rajé, nawdb or chief, was, on his arrival, an ob- ject of interest, and was pecans ay or critically scanned by the spectators, especial y, by the ladies, The notables were led up separately on their ar- rival, protected from the sun by huge gold-cloth umbrellas, which vied in brilliance in the after. noon sun with the dresses worn by those whom they shaded. Their dresses and splendid jewels called forth what [ fear was in many cases the envious admiration of the la , and the name and qualities of each were eagerly discussed by the gentlemen. Sindbia and Sir Sdlar Jang, though dressed (es- pecially the latter, who always dresses plainly and neatly) in no way 80 gorgeously as the others, received of course the greatest share of attentien, and I could not but admire, more even than on the revious occasions on which | have seen him, the ne, quiet, gentlemanly appearance of the Prime Minister of the Nizim. Sindhia waiked in proudly and scarcely deigned to acknowledge the salims made to him. THE MOST NOBLE THE VICEROY AND WIS HENCHMEN VICTORS, This vast assemblage had had full time toexamine the dais, its silk canopy, its silver fringings and all else appertaining to it—to criticise those ciniels | and rdjis who were present and to remark the | splendid appearance which the whole tent wore— and perhaps they were just getting a little de- | sirous that the Viceroy and the Begam and all the rest of the personal parts of the coming ceremony should arrive, When, a few minutes after four o’clock, the band of the Kighty-third, which was drawn tp on the edge of the scarlet pathway fifty yards trom the pariion, began to play a masonic march, and all eyes were at once directed to the last of the Chapter tents.. Somethin, Moving could be discovered in the distance—it might have been Polomus’ whale at first for all that anybody could tell; but soon the shapely, and stood coniessed at last cent procession, With wefsured ste) roy’s body guard, looking splendidly ei their jac! ug the Vice- ctive with boots and lances, marched in front in Indian tile—one line on each side of the carpet, Then came the men with the maces, hind thesé Game Colonel Phayre, who was Marshal of the procession, Next to him came the Under Secretary in the Foreign Department and Mr. Aitchison, the Secretary of the Order. Then came the Companions of the Star of India, then the Knights Commanders of the Star of India, ; then the Knights Grand Commanders of the Star of India, whose silken banners, with the sun pour- a | on them, shone like pieces of painted steel, ach Knight Grand Commander was preceded by his standard bearer and followed by his pages and attendants, Then came the Military Secretary to the Viceroy, then the Private Secretary to the Viceroy, then the oflicer bearing the banner of the Grand Master, and then the Grand Master himself, His Excellency the aoeee followed by his pages and attendants. ‘The crowd in the pavilion, most of them belonging to Bombay, and therciore unacquainted with such spectacles, stood wrapped in admiration of the procession, and nothing but the ume and place could have prevented them trom mingling their cheers with the boom of the big guns which broke forth whenever His Excfiieuoy reached the dais. A BRILLIANT AUDIENCE BOWED DOWN BEYORE EUROPEAN MAJESTY, Lord Northbrook himself had never witnessed | such @ apectacie before. His face, as ine stood in front of the State chair, showed this. He looked in front and saw the red lang stretching along the rich green sward—splendid coutrast—the paie- blue pennants waving from higi masts, the pure white tents of the Chapter gieat in the sun, the military that lined the pathway; he looked to the flanks Of the pavilion snd saw a mass uf brown faces, white dresses, many-colored turbans and Europeans Uso, ainst the barriers which hedged them tn. jooked to the left of the dais, and there saw Parsis in their heavy white dresses, which were bound tightly by the still heavier folds of cloth thai Ro to make a fall-dressed fire-worshipper’s kammarband, Mussulmans in their picturesque garments, Hindoos and even Persians. He looked to his right, and there saw Rewa, his painted face surmounted by a crown of gold and jewels that looked like a Po; tiara; stately Sdlar Jang, with his little close- fitting white cap and his conspicuous lack of jew- eiry; Sindhia, haughty looking, and wearing the Travankor, With hia cout, not ef mail, but golden tissue; Katch, decked in jeweis aad massive chains. Then he looked to the right, and beheld a mass of his own country people—iadies and tle- mien, the former in gay Summer dress (as if any- thing else could be Worn in this lana of the sua), the latter in full evening coscume. Surely this was soneth: to be remembered; and Ide not wonder that His Exceilency wore the appearance = ® man gratified and amazed at one and the same tome. BRINGING IN TNE BEGAM AND HONOR TO THE LADY KNIGHT. When the formai dusiness of declaring the Cha: ter open, and of calling over the list of the Knight Grand Commanders, present ané absent, had been done, Golouel Phayro aad Afr. Aitchison their huge robe of the Star of India with natural dignity ; | the red dresses of the Mi uard and hoge um- which were used to jo the Begam and Tt was not untit:the tered the tent coud be discovered, and wheat chaplet of flowers, ing discoverable, that could not be made ‘The ladies cried, “She is veiled,” and the gentlemen echoed the ex) rt commentary, of consolation to abilities. I'think it is a pity the Begam did nos show herself, She has had @ great reputation for clvilization—at all events, for rising above the judices of her countrymen and coun! t the reputation was sullied on Sat When ladies oa — haces atch of inal on carry pul ul o with them ‘and therefore the Begam's athe for “civilization” may be fast on the road to being ridiculed, Even 23a matter of State policy, Her Highness should have thrown aside the vett. A civil war -was declared in pilus because one sect of the community preferred to cuip ite eggs in a way different from another, and the Begam’s veiling herself may perhaps lead to very important consequences. She was robed by the two youngest knights, Sir Richard Temple and Sir Edward Russell, and it was curious to notice how she stumbicd uP to the dais, enveloped in the long silk robe ot the ler. His pxrelente Yas the collar and badge upom her, and then artiliery banged its tion of the cerentony. She then took eer , after signing her name; and tis comple: the cere- ae far as Her Highness tho Begam was con- cerne THE CHAPTER DISSOLVED, Mr. Strachey: havi been invested with muck the same coremony, Secrotiry intimated thas there was no further business,beiore the Chapter, and, at tire command of the Grand Master, decla! the Chapter dissolved, A procession was them formed, and the audience stood while the proces- sion moved otf to the assem! tentto the same music as that which piayed themin. The Begam somehow got Lend out of her proper place, and had to run for & short distance In a rather undigni- fied manner, entangied with her Star of India robe, to get to it. SSCOMPULSORY EDUCATION.»> oe ty There was a small audience in attendance last evening at Association Hall, under the aus- plees of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation, to Isten to the lecture of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on “Compulsory Educa- tion.” Mr. .Beeoher referred to the rising feeling and growth of sentiment among all peoples in Europe and on the American Continent in favor of education, which should be compelled by a sys- tematic scheme, directed by the gov- ernments of countries in which educa tion was not diffused. England was moving for this system from top to bottom, and there was only one question in America, and that was, shall the State or the Church educate the masses? Education had raised Germany toa peerless position among the nations of the world. Great political wer could not be had without education in a na ion. Inthe German army ninety-eight per cent of the rank and file could read and write, but how did the case stand with the Fréhch army? At tae outside Gas al iy per cent of the army which marched on the nine could read and write only. The education of his people made a nation strong, and as well increased its wealth and power. No man, however lowly in birth, could be kept in the ranks roviding he had brains. That was God’s eternal law. ‘This mation was a heterogenous one, and ita safety would be impossible if its people were not educated. Mr, Beecher took occasion to de- clare himself in favor of woman suffrage if their votes were cast intelligently. Universal eda- cation was a foregone conclusion and it was not a material necessity that the State should enforce @ eneral tax for the education of its hho [he speaker wanted oreey boy an brought up so that they might earn their living, and he wanted to see the public free schools 80 high in their standard that no private or sectarian wale Gong find it possible to live in their neigh- borhvod, ¢ UNION LEAGUE CLUB. Annual Meeting and Election of Officers Last Night. The annual meeting of the members of the Unton League Club took place last evening at theiz house, Twenty-sixth street and Madison avenue. The business of the evening was to elect officers for the ensuing year. There was only one ticket in the ficld, and the following is the result, with the names of those elected :— For President—Joseph H. Choate. For Vice Presidents—Salem H. Waies, Luther R. Marsh, Henry G. Stepbins, John Armstrong, Wil- liam H. Guion, N. Pendieton Hosack, James Kmott, William M. Vermilye, Parke Godwin, Parker Handy, George C. Collins and homas Hillhouse. For Secretary—George H. 1, Hill. For Treasurer—George Uabot Ward. For Kxecutive CommitteeClass Qf 18173—Chark W. Griswold (to fll vacancy caused by death John F, Kensett). For Executive Committee—Class of 1875—Frederick D. Tappen, Joseph E. Gay, Carlisle Norwood, Jr., Edward H. Perkins, Jr., and Samuel C. Reed. For Committee on Admissions—Albon P. Man, Nathaniel P. Bailey, Charies G, Landon, Wm. H. Maxwell, Wm. H. man, H, Erskine Smith and ee aorackiegers Publications and Library—Qeo. r Committee on B, Butier, David G. Francis, T. M. Cheesman, Henry Whitin, Benj. Collins, Watson E. Case, James M. Varnum, Jeremiah Lothrop, Charlies McMillan, , Henry D. Sedgwick, Robert Biiss, John H. Piatt, Elwood E. Thorne and William ©. Gilman, For Committee on art—Richard Butler, John Q A. Ward, R. R. Hazard, Jr., Eastman Johanson, ike ak Brown, Thomas Hicks and Theodore eston, For Committee on Political Reform—Dorman B. Eaton, Samce! B, H. Vance, John A. Weeks, Jose} B. Varnum, Thomas ©. Acton, Charles E. Whit head, William Orton, Charles Watrous, Isaac T. Smith, 0. P. C. Sina Francis ©, Barlow, J. M. Bundy and Charles A. Srpody. For Auditors—George C. Magoun, Benjamin 8, Walcott and Justin A. Bliss. Two hundred and eighty-nine votes were cast. Several reports were read. That of the Treasurer showed that during the past year, with a member- ship of 974 resident and 435 non-resident, the re- ceipts exhibited a saving of $29,000 for the past twelve months, making # surplus of $106,000 cash, © which is in the hands of the Trustees of the Build- ing Fund, SUMNER’: BATTLE FLAG BESOLUTION. Boston, Jan. 9, 1678. The resolutions concerning Senator Sumner's Proposition regarding battle flags, which were assed at the extra session of the ure, have been transmitted to the Massachusetts Sena- tors and Representatives at Washington, NATIONAL IRON MANUFACTURERS’ A890. OLATION. PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 9, 1878. At a mecting of the National Association of Iron Manufacturers, held in this city to-day, & com- municatton was received relative to the importance ofan appointment by the Centennial Commission of a commission to collect, analyze and classify the iron ores of the country for exhibition {n 1876, The subject was decided to be of great importance, and ‘was ordered to be presented to the Centenatal Com- mission for consideration. IMPEAOHMENT OF A PHILADELPHIA COUR. OILMAN. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 9, 1878, In Common Council this afternoon a committee was appointed to inquire into charges, prepara tory to impeachment, made against a member of the body, William Liner, who, it is aileged, is the keeper Of & gainbling house. During a raid by the police on the gamblers last Sunday morning Liner was arrested, and a trne bill has been found against him by the Grana Jury. MEETING OF THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE, INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 9, 1973. The Legislature of this State convened thie morning. The House organized by the election of Hon. M. K. Edwards, of Vigo, as speaker. The Senate not having a quorum present, after the call of the rol!, adjourned tili this afternoon, BUN OVER AT PASsAIO. A [ollander named Winn, living in Linden street, Passaic, N. J., was killed by being run over Near that place yesterday morning bya train on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road. He was empleyod asa lavorer on the and failed to notice the train, whick backed him and killed bin, He leaves wie and children in destitute circumstances. STABBING AFFRAY, Ex-Sherif Henry Hopper, of Small Lots, Berges county, N. J., was driving home in his sleigh @ night or so since, when he was set upon by twe ruMans, who tried to hold him while they stele the horse. The fracas occurred so near Mr. Hopper'a house, however, as to attract the attention of hia son, and mS they succeeded in driving ti assailants off. They have been since arrested and committed to the Hackensack jail. In the meiée Mr. Hopper was stabbed in several places in tha up hat of the body; but, although severe and pelarul none of the wounds are of a acrious char three