The New York Herald Newspaper, January 10, 1873, Page 7

ENGLAND. ‘The Ministerial Position Towards the Treaty af Washington Outlined to the People. Sorrowfal Homes After a Sweeping Storm—Sud- den and Fatal Aocident—Rates for Money; Discount and the Stock of Bullion—Fail- ure in the Silk Trade and Heavy Losses—Legal Application for Restoration to the Bar. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. Lonpon, Jan. 9, 1878. Ata meeting of the Devonshire Chamber of Ag- riculture yesterday Sir Stafford Northcote made a speech, in the course of which, while declining to discuss the merits of the Treaty of Washington, he declared that tbe intended to support the govern- ment's policy with regard to it. He urged the Bpeedy payment of the damages awarded by the Geneva Board. SORROW IN THE HOMES OF THE FISHERMEN. Fifty-nine fishermen of Yarmouth were drowned {nthe recent gale. . SUDDEN AND PATAL ACCIDENT, ‘The upper floors of the granary of the Lion Brew- ery, a¢ Lambeth, fell to-day. ‘The manager of the establishment, tye clerks and other employés were buried in the ruins, The Fire Brigade is at work trying to rescue the vio- tims of the disaster, but there ts little hope that Any one of them will be saved. BATE OF DISCOUNT AT THE BANK AND IN OPEN , MARKET. The rate of discount of the Bank of England has been reduced one-half per cent, and is now four And a halt per cent. | The rate of discount for three months bills in the ppen market is one-quarter per cent below the Bank of England rate. ) The rate for money at the Stock Exchange on Bovernment securities islower than the Bank of ngiand rate by one per cent. BULLION IN FLOW TO THE BANK. The ballion in the Bank of Engiand has increased. 37,000 during the past week. . HEAVY FAILURE IN THE SILK TRADE. , Deakeford Brothera, silk merchants of this city, have suspended payment. Their liabilities are 16500,000. A LAWYER'S APPLICATION FOR HIS WIG AND GOWN, | Edwin James has appealed to the Courts against the Benchers’ decree by which he was expelled Jrom the Bar in 1861 while he was absent in \America. He states that want of funds alone pre- wented him from making this application seven roars ago. THE MINERS! STRIKE ENDANGERING THB PRACE, Disturbances are feared tn South Wales in con- Requence of the strike of the miners. FRANCE. M. Rochefort to Return to His Convict Cell— Prince Napoleon’s Suit Against the Ministry. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, Jan. 9, 1878, M. Rochefort will soon return to prison to serve put the term of sentence, his health having been partially restored by his residence in Versailles, 2 PRINCE NAPOLEON'S SUIT AGAINST THR REPUBLIC. ” Prince Napoleon’s action against ex-Minister Le- franc and the Prefect of Police, for illegal expul- Bion from France, came up fora hearing to-day. After preliminary proceedings the further hearing DI the case was postponed one week. * The Priuce was interdicted from pleading in person. GERMANY.’ Prussian Parliamentary Anxiety for the Rights of the Press—General Von Boon Still YORK HERALB. BERLIN, Jan. 9, 1873, During the session of the Prussian Diet to-day an Ynterpeliation, signed by a large number of mem- bers, was introduced, asking the government by Avhat authority of law public journals Bad been Prosecuted for publishing the Papal Allocation. GENERAL VON ROON AND THE MINISTRY, General Von Roon délivered a speech to the leg- Islative body relative to his position towards the German Ministry. He had some time ago requested permission to Fetire from the Ministry, solely because he desired Ko be released of the burdens of office, of which he | fhad become weary, but by the especial desire of the Emperor he had withdrawn his application and svould continue to perform the dutics of the de- at. SPAIN. ‘The Army and the Telegraphs. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “4 Manni, Jan. 9, 1873, General Moriones has been appointed Com- mander-in-Chief of the forces in the North. The Bilbao Cable Company have obtained @ con- cession for constructing a special line of telegraph from Bilbao to Madrid for the transmission exclu- sively of despatches to be received from abroad over their cable. WEST INDIES. pe aa Whe Sugar Fields and Harvest Pros- pectea—The Labor Supply Dimculty— Murder an: Decapitation of the Victim. Krnasron, Jam., Jan. 2, 1873. ‘There has been an abundant supply of rain, Which, though tate in the season, will yet save the sugar crop, but the harvest will be delayed three months. : pat at SUPPLY QUESTION, “An agitation beige” got up against the Costa Rica Railroad Company for sending their steamers ‘here to draw off labor, while large sums of money ‘re annually expended by this colony in the impor- ‘ation of laborers from Calcutta, MURDER, WITH DECAPITATION. ‘A murder was committed on a bypath leading to-“Seven Plantations” estate, in the parish of Clarendon. A son of the overseer, carrying money, ‘was wuylatd, his head cut off with a razor, and the murderer escaped with the money. FIRE IN OENTRE STREET, Loss $5,500 At five minutes past eleven o’clock last night fre was discovered on the sourth floor of the five story brick building No. 178 Centre street, The alarm ‘was promptly given by an officer of the Fourteenth precinct, and without & moment’s delay the en- gines were on the spot and at work with a will and energy characteristic of the New York Fire De- partment. The floor on which the fire ort hated, together with the third and ai, to which it rapidly extended, were eccupie by B. Flack, whose loss will foot up to $4,000, The first and second floors were pg by Howes & Graham, who also occupy the first and second floors of the adjoiming building, No. 176, Their loss, principally by water, will amount to $2,000; fully insured, a8 was aiso the property of Mr. Flack. The third and fourth floors of 176 were oc- ecupied by F. Bonn Jr., Whose damage by water ‘will be about $1,000; insured. The loss on the two buildi will amount to $1,400, which is fully wovered by insurance, THE FIGHTING APAOHES. The Pierna a: Gila Settlements im Ari- zona Invaded and Robbed. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 1883, Advives from Arizona state that the Apaches made a raid on the Pierna and Gila settlements, driving of a large number of stock belonging to the whites and Pierna Indians, The latter raised a jarge party and went in pursuit. They came tothe Apache camp in the mountains, attacked it, cap- tured & number of souaws and retook most of tho etalon BiQcke (attempting 9 SPPRTOMR Jt aud. to che posahuity of A CRdeavarinR te (UTOW ail LUA QdiUm CQMMeCted L RackAKEE GombALY ko JAN, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. JANUARY 10, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. WAS Surprising Manifestation of Backbone on the Part of Secretary Fish. “OUR STRAINED WATCHFULNESS.” A Plain Hint that a New Line of Action Toward Spain Will Be Adopted. THE EAST AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE. Correspondence Between tke Gov- ernments of Great Britain and the United States. THE CREDIT MOBILIER SCANDAL, WASHINGTON, Jan, 9, 1873. How the Death of Louis Napoleon is Re- garded at the Capitat-What the French Minister Says. . The death of the ex-Emperor Napoleon has pro- duced the impression of a startling event upon the Diplomatic Corps in this city. The Marquis de Noailles, the French Minister, remarked to your correspendent this evening, “The Empire is dead, now the man has died.” The Marquis does not think that his death will make any change in the situation in France. The Emperor, he says, has been forgome time politically defunct. There was no chance for his return, and his death will only destroy the fallacious hopes of his few personal adherents who still cherished the idea of restora- tion. Tho Marquis added, “I had no love for him living, and have no tll word against him now that he is dead.” “ A Sharp Despateh from Secretary Fish tothe Spanish Government—Uncle Sam ‘Wearied of His Strained Watchfalness —“A Change in Our Line of Action” Threatened. On the 20th of October last Secretary Fish, in addressing an elaborate letter to Minister Sickles, alluded to the fact that the present Ministry of Spain nad given assurances to the public, through their organs of the presi, and had confirmed the assurance to General Sickles personally, of their intention to put into operation a series of exten- sive reforms, embracing among them some of those which this government has been earnest in urging upon their cons‘deration in relation to the colonies which are our near neighbors. The Span- ish government, partly at our instance, passed a law providing for the gradual emancipation of the slaves in the West Indian colonies. Ths law, so far as the State Department ts aware, remains unexecuted, and itis feared that the recently issued regula- tions, professedly for its execution, are wholly imadequate to any practical result in favor of emancipation, if they be not really in the interest of the slaveholder and of the continuance of the institution of slavery. While the United States fally acknowledge their obligation to the general rule which requires a nation to abstain from interference in the domestic concerns of others, circumstances warrant partial excop- tions to this rule, to the support of which the Secretary enters into an argument, and says all who countenance lukewarmness, or neglest, in carrying emancipation into effect must more or leas be liable to the charge of duplicity or bad faith, a charge which every man of honor in high station Ought to endeavor to avoid. General Sickles is instracted, in decisive but respectful terms, to remonstrate egainst the appa- rent failure of Spain to carry into effect the Eman- cipation act, to which she is committed, If Spain Permits her authority to be virtually and practi- cally defiled in Cuba by a refusal or neglect to carry into efiect acts of the home govern- ment of a humane tendency it is tantamount to an acknowledgment of inability to control the insurrection in Cuba. Mr. Fish says it has now lasted four years. At- tempts to suppress it—so far futile—have beea made, probably at a sacrifice of more than @ hundred thousand lives and an incal- culable amount of property. Our commercial and other connections with that island compel us to take a warm interest in its peaceful and orderly condition, without which there cannot be prosperity. Cuba being separated from this country by @ narrow passage, the temptations for reckless adventurers here to violate our law and embark in hostile expeditions thither is great. Despite the unquestioned vigilance of this govern- ment to maintain its duty. and the efforts with which the approaches te the island have been guarded by the Spanish cruisers, the said proximity have led Cuban and other partisans of the insurgents to take up their abode in the United States, actuated by the hope that that proximity would enable them advantageously to plot and act for the advance- ment of their cause in the island, The Secretary says we certainly kave reason to expect that the great strain upon our watchfulness to thwart those schemes, occasioned by the long duration of hostilities in Cuba, should have some termination through a cessation of the cause which hitherto has been supposed to make it necessary for the discharge of our duties as @ neutral. Ever since the insurrection began we have, he says, repeat- edly been called upon to discharge those duties. In the performance of them we are conscious of no neglect, but the trial to our impartiality by the ‘want of success on the part of Spain in suppress- ing the revolt is necessarily so severe that unless she shall soon be more successful it will force upon this government the consideration of the question whether duty to itself and to the commercial in- terests of citizens may not demand some change in the. line of action it has thug far pursued. The Luggesite re! 8. Geporal Sickles of | anos respecting citizens of this country, yf causeless§ seizures of estates, which have beel! referred backward and forward between Madrid and Havana to the very verge of the exhaustion ef all patience. in the meantime the property of citizens of the United States has been held in violation of the treaty be- tween this country and Spain.”’ The Secretary further says to General Sickles:— “It is hoped that you will present the views above | set forth and the present grievances of which this government so justly complains to the government to which you are accredited in a way which, without giving offence, will leave a conviction that we are im earnest in the expres- sion of these views and that we expect redress, and that, if it should not soon be afforded, Spain must not be surprised to find, as the inevitable result of the delay, a marked change in the feeling and in the temper of the people and of the government of the United States. Believing that the present Ministry of Spain ts in a suf. ficiently confirmed position of power to carry out the measures which it announces and the reforms which have been promised, and to do justice by the removal of the causes of our Wellfounded complaints, and not doubting HINGTON.| the sincerity of the assurances which have been | given, the United States look confidently for the realization of those hopes which have been en- couraged by repeated promises that all causes of estrangement, or for the interruption of those fiendly feeiings which are traditional as they are sincere on the part of this government towards Spain, will be speedily and forever removed.” The ippression of the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa—Correspon. dence Between the British and Ameri- can Governments. A& late as March last the British government represented to our own that its attention had been particularly directed to the slave trade on the east coast of Africa, to the system hitherto pursued and the sacrifices made by Great Britain in ‘his unfathomable gulf of guile. devising more effectual measures to attain that ob- ject, and that the subject had also been inquired into by a Parliamentary committee. Upon mature conajderation of the entire question Her Majeaty’s government has come to the conclusion that alone and unsupported it could not confidently hope to extinguish the slave trade, but with the co- operation of the other great Powers interested in the pfosperity of East Africa 4t was thouglit the Object might be attained Orst by inducing the Suitan of Zanzibar to surrender nis reserved treaty privilege to transport slaves by sea within his own dominions for domestic labor. This privi- lege had only served as a cloak for the foreign slave trade, and under ita protection the foreign Arabs export their slave cargoes from Zanzibar, or from ports on the coast, ostensibly for Places within the limits open to the recognized tramic, but really for foreign ports on the coast of Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Second—By opening up the trade of the coast by the establishment of more regular steam and postal communication, with the countenance and assistance of the governments interested in the commerce of the country, Secretary Fish, in reply, said that the United States have a troaty with the Imaum of Muscat, whose dominions are understood toinclude tho Island of Zanibar. They, however, have not and never had any regular diplomatic representative in that quarter, and may not deem it advisable to send one thither for the special purpose mentioned by Her Britannic Majesty’s government. No objection, however, Was entertained to directing, as would be done, the Consul of the United States at Zanzibar to inti- mate to.the sovercign of that country that we Would be glad to sec that provision of the treaty between him and Great Britain terminated which reserved the right of transportation by sea, between certain limits of his own territory, of domestic slaves, as there was reason to believe that the right reserved under that treaty ‘was a principal cause of the evil complained of and that it also had been abused. Minister Thornton thanked our government for having acceded to the wishes of Her Majesty, Secretary Robeson, in pursuance of the sugges- tion of Secretary Fish, gave instructions to the first vessel of the United States Navy proceeding to or returning from the Asiatic station to touch at Zanzibar or Muscat and inform the Sulten or Imaam or his authorities that the United States gov. ernment looks with solicitude to the abrogation of the clause of the treaty referred to, and to express the hope that his enlightened government would consider seriously the propriety and advantage of doing so, or, if the clause sheuld ve abrogated before such visit, to express the satisfaction the United States government has in congratulating the Imaum on his humane and statesmanlike conduct in suppressing what has been converted, or is sup" posed to have been copverted, into an abuse. Instructions were gn the 30th of October last ac- cordingly sent to Commander Byron Wilson, com- manding the Yantic, to co-operate with Sir H. B. E. Frere, the agent of Her Britannic Majesty's gov- ernment, in any proper way to secure the success of his mission to Muscat. The Credit Mobilier Investigators in Session—Startling Developments Ex- pected—Who fs the Chief of Sinners? ‘The Crédit Mobilier investigation was resumed to-day. <A few facts have been elicited which ail but strike guilt home to onc member of the House, There were present the much-abused Oakes Ames, whose lamb-like countenance wore a Placid, baby smile, and his devoted friend and admirer, whose face is an index to Alley, who wants to have a stone monument erected to Oakes Ames, ought to be himself perpetuated iu brass, There was also visible the well-shaped head of McComb, whose unctious face would seem the very Picture of massive virtue but for the hard lines in it, which tell stories of cunning and tron will. Beside him sat Judge Black, whose face suggests Mephistopheles, but in truth the satanic countenance of the Judge beiies his character, for he is the most amiable old gentleman that one can méet on along Summer's day. In the absence of Mr. Ham, the secretary of the Crédit Mobiller, who was called to testify, but will not put in an appearance until next weck, Colonel McOdmb was asked to say something. From his testimony it appears that there 18 more p! direct against Mr. James Brooks than any other accused member of the House. In view Of this fact it is said that Mr. Brooks was somewhat too rash in making his late speech when he swore “before his God and his country” that he was not interested in any way in Orédit Mobilier stock. The Investigating Committee appear to feel the weight of their great responsibility. After all this testimony they cannot go before the country with a@ report justifying those involved, yet at the same time they will quite as much hesitate to give a condemnatory report, which would render impera- tive the expulsion of leading members of the House. It is stated on the best authority that when the books are produced some startling facts as yet unsuspected will come to light, showing that a former member of the House, whose name has not even yet been hinted, was the chief offender. It will be well forthe committee to demand of Oakes Ames that he give the names of all Congress- men who received stock in the Crédit Mobilier, as it is evident that the list so far published is incom plete. The affairs of the Crédit Mobilier and Union Pacific Railroad are still uppermost in the minds of the House. Mr. Wilson, from Indiana, intro- duced another resolution to instruct the select committee appointed by the House to inquire into the relations of the Crédit Mobilier and Union Pacific Ratiroad to the government; also whether any person or corporation have received property which ought to be applied to the reimbursement of the United States for any claim against the Union Pacific Railroad. This resolution was passed, and its effect, should the committee probe to the bot- tom this cesspool of corruption, will be to drag to | light a rare chapter of folly and rascality. The House is becoming very sensitive to the public cen- gure passed upon so many leading members and shows an honest deaire to weed out the tainted element. Secretary Boutwell After *\.¢ Pacific Railroad Company, i Sete 48 Boutwell continues to nove 6 Paciic Ratlroad people with a sharp stick, and he has now obtained from Whiting, who used to keep on hand ready- made opinions for Stanton’s use, @ legal argument, undertaking to prove that he can retain one- half of the telegraphic bills of the United States over the lines built upon the Pacific railroads which received subsidies from government. ing’s legal point is that the transfer by the railroad companies to the telegraph companies of the right | to put up wires also transferred the obligations of the railroads as laid down in their charters, Congressman must now show that he is not a paid retainer of anything connected with the Pacific roads, and thus Wniting’s opinion will be sustained, whether just or unjust. Adjournment of the Committee—Oakes Ames Disgusted With His Pals. It is reported to-night that the venerable Poland has adjourned the sessions of his committee until Monday that Chaplain Newman may preach a ser- mon before Congress on Sunday from the text— “And they all with one consent began to make ex- cuse."’ There cannot be any other excuse for the delay, a8 Dawes has his statement all ready, after much consultation and deliberation, and could have read it to-morrow, that that highly respect- able solid man of Boston, Sam Hooper, might have Saturday allotted to him for confession, and if either or both of these recipients of the coveted stock could not occupy ali the time Alley and McComb might get up a little skrimmage to enliven the proceedings. But the whole concern, from Alley down to Polana, mean to procrastinate and to postpone, 80 that it will be so near the end of the session when the report 1s made that the “good old man” Ames Will not be disturbed, Who would molest him of the large majority of the House who have received from him free passes over his road, which a respectable number have profited by ¥ “Excuses and delays” should be the Motto of Poland's investigators. Oakes Ames is disgusted with the manner in which several of his Congressional associates are Whit- | Such | is the scare about the Crédit Mobilier that every | | sota in the Senate, and who is the right bower of | person specially interested in its passage appears with the Crédit Mobiller transaction upon his shoulders. He threatens that if they go too far he will produce the vouchers proving their un- righteous ownership of tne stock. He says it is not fair, after their compelling him to guarantee certain profits on the stock and in every case re- ceiving the benefit of it, to turn around now and compel him to take the stock back and make a scapegoat of him and force him to father all their gins. Oakes Ames is exceedingly wrathy at the ingratitude of colleagues, and vows vengeance if they do not shoulder their own loads, Visitors at the White House. There were a large number of visitors at the Executive Mansion to-day, including many gentile- men prominent in oMciai position. were General Sherman, Secretary Belknap, Gen- eral Butler, of Massachusetts; Senators Stevenson, Cameron, Sawyer and others, nesides a large num- ber of strangers who desired to pay their respects to the President. The Abolition and Reduction of Taxes. The Ways and Means Cemmittee had under con- sideration to-day bills relative to the abolition and reduction of taxes. All bills to abolish stamps were referred to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Kerr, Ellis, Roberts and Dawes. The com- taittee is in favor of doing away with stamps on matches, checks and proprictory medicines, but the increase of the national debt this year renders further reduction impracticable. Another sub- committee, consisting of Beck and Finkeinburg, has been appointed to take charge ofthe billa relating to taxes on leaf tobacco. The committee will probably Propose to allow producers to sell $50 worth of leaf tobacco without tax; but it has reported adversely Several bilis to abolish taxes on tobacco, liquors: and beer. There were also bills to refund duties to certain churches for clocks and other articles imported for their use, but the committee had the profanity to scout the proposition, Next Tuesday the committee will decide on the merits of the bills offered by Messrs, Hale and Lynch relative to draw- backs on ships and shipping materials. Defeat of the Emigration Bill. The most important subject of the day in the House was the discussion of the Emigration bill taking the contro! of immigrants out of the nands of the State authorities. It creates a Bureau of Immigration and transfers its control to the fed- eral government. Tiis bill was introduced by Mr. Conger, of Michigan, at the last session, and post- ponead on various occasions, but, being made the special order for to-day, it came up at last for discussion. The proposed measure being another step toward centralization, it was vigorously opposed by the democrats. Ajl the members from New York, without distinction of party, were unanimously against it. It is most glaringly unjust to the Empire State, being as she is the channel of nearly the whole tide of immigra” tion. Messrs. Congei$ Shellabarger, Finkelnburg and Coburn spoke in favor of the bill; but Messrs. Potter, Wood and W. R. Roberts dealt it such vig- orous blows that a motion to refer it to the Com- mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union was carried by over thirty majority, which is tanta- mount to a defeat of the bill for this session. Relief Asked for Tolegraph Companies on the Line of the Pacific Railroad, Mr, Whiting, Attorney of the Government and General Manager of the Signal Service, was before the Appropriations Committee to-day asking that | the telegraph companies along the line of the Pacific Railroad shall be released from the operation of the law which authorizes the general government to retain one half the amount for services rendered to the government by the telegraph companies, | as an offset toward the indebtedness of the rail- | road companies to the government. The committee Was not favorably inclined to this proposition. If it should be carried the Western Union Telegraph Company would also come in for a share of the benefit, as it now operates one telegraph on the line of the Kansas Pacific. Postmaster General Creswell also appeared before the committee. He expatiated at length on the merits of the postal cars, explained the working of the system and the relief it affords to large central offices, and favored | the extension of it, The burden of his song was | that the committee should propose an increased appropriation of half a million dollars. Cole, of California, an Obstinate Chair- man. The absolute incompetency of Cole, of California, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appro- priations has been glaringly manifest since he be- gan to secure the passage of the Indian Appropria- | tion bill. Obstinately refusing to yield to requests | for trifing amendments and persistently rising to | explain what nobody objects to, he worries the | Senators beyond measure, and this afternoon in- stead of waiting to pass the bili they gradually | “petered” out, asthe Californians say, until there | was no quorum. To-morrow Cole will try it again, | and the only consolation of Senators is that his | Senatorial term will expire in less than eight weeks, The Southern Roving Commission. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- | tions had a long powwow to-day over the expedi. | ency of sending commissioners to Louisiana and Arkansas to take testimony concerning the recent | elections there, as was authorized by the Senate yesterday, with an appropriation of $20,000 to pay the bills. This tempting sum has aroused the noble army ofmartyrs here, known as Southern loyalists, | apd their clamor for appointment has made the | committee pause to inquire what will be the effect of these roving commissioners going prowling about at great expense to investigate old troubles, | The Screaming Farce of the Franking | Privilege. That phiegmatic Pennsylvania Dutchman, Gov- ernor Ramsey, who now so well represents Minne- the Postmaster Gencral, had the audacity to report to-day the House bill abolishing franking, and to biandly request that it be put on its passage. As every politician isin favor of this abolition, while no Congressman would part with this precious privilege, there was a general looking around to | see who would stop the nonsense. After a pause, little Mr. Vickers, of Maryland, the sands of whose Senatorial life have about run out, arose and piped forth plaintiv: So the bill went to ek Sah hw ls LA, tne sépuichral pages of the calendar. Check on the Cupidity of Territorial Delegates. The Senate passed a House, pall today yun ps nittis Territorial Délegates fom Yeceiving any compensation for services rendered in trans- acting bnsiness before a department or for acting | as counsel before a court martial. This is a sequel to an act excluding Congressmen from similar | action, But yet a Senator or Representative can go befriend or praise a Cabinet officer as to elicit a fee of thousands of dollars for professional services | inacourt. Why this difference, and why should not Congressmen be forbidden te accept fees for legal services in any case in which the United States is either plaintif? or defendant ? Admission of Colorado Into the Union The subject of the admission of Colorade asa State was again brought before the House in the shape of a bill by Mr. Tatfe, from Nebraska; buta majority is strongly opposed to it; in fact the only to be Delegate Chaffee, who wants to be made United States Senator from the new State. The ir- repressible Hooper, from Utah, offered an amend- ment to admit Utah also, under the title of “the State of Deseret.” To this an amendment was proposed that Utah should only be admitted on con- | dition that the citizens of the new State shall not | induige in bigamy or polygamy, but, in fact, should be limited to one wiie, At the expiration of the morning hour the bill went over to Tuesday, when Mr. Ellis H. Roberts, from New York, will have the floor for debate on the subject. He will oppose it on the simple ground that it would be unrair that a Territory with scarcely enough in- | habitants to make a Congressional district in a State like New York should be entitled to the same representation in the Senate as a great State with millions of inhabitants. An Important Internal Revenue De- cision. ‘The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made a decision which is of great interest to manufac- turers and dealers in tobacco, prohibiting the sale of cavendish tobacco in packages larger than two, NEW ORLEANS. Pinchback Rises to Explain His Explanations. What He Did Not Say About the President, The Carpet-Bag Prince Files a Long Bill of Exceptions. THE CITIZENS’ MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS. New ORLEANS, Jan. 9, 1873. The Picayune of to-day contains along letter from Acting Governor Pinchback, in which sur- prise is expressed that a conversation, casual and desuitory in its character, should have been heralded as a formal utterance of his upon the con- dition of Louisiana politics, and claiming that both the tenor and purport of his remarks were mis- represented, The Picayune states editorially that the interview was reported correctly and published by consent of Pinchback. The following is Pinchback's explanation of what he said about the President :— I expressed the opinion that President Grant had taken General Washington as his model and examplar. Both were great military chieftains in revolutionary periods. Both had been elected to a second term, and that the President’s ambition was fully satisfied in emulating the example of the Father of His Country. I could not conceive that the President had any personal feeling in this contest, unless so far as it might arise from the fact that Warmoth, his public traducer, was leading the opposition. But a per- sonal motive under circumstances of this sort could reasonably be supposed to exist and in- fluence the conduct of the President in the pre- mises, With his highest ambition satisfied, I did not believe the Presiaent intended to go outside the law and the duties of his ofice to subserve, in this case, either @ personal or a party end, and that no sober-minded American either desired or contem- plated the establishment of an empire in the United States. Governor Warmoth to-day, by his attorney, Judge Howe, presented exceptions to the Impeach- ment Court. The following is a synopisis:— Exception first details the circumstances of the midnight order of Durell and the forcible seizere thereunder of the State House at two o'clock, on the morning of December 5, by a United States Marshal, with soldiery; that they still retain pos- session thereot, excluding and admitting such per- sons as they choose; that sinve the meeting of the Legislature on the 9th of December such unlawful possession has been maintained, and a large number of persons, duly elected members, have been excluded therefrom; that every accused person is entitled toa public and impartial trial, which cannot be had in the State House of a State which is under the unlawtul custody and control of such Marshal and soldiery. The second exce;tion protests against and ob- jects to the body now assembled in the State House Styling itself the Senate of Louisiana, for the reason that it was organized by fraud, force and violence under cover of the said midnight order; that P, 3B. Pincnback, whose term of office expired Nover 4, an who held no office under the State, usurped the seat of presiding officer of a body assembied, with violence and fraud, and with the countenance and assistance of the said United States Marshal and soldiery, refused to recognize all our lawful Senators who held over to organize ita body, and Proceeds to recite that if the organization there- | of which it states was effected with the connivance and assistance ot the said marshal and soldiery without exception shows that he is entitled toa Pane and impartial trial by a properly constituted Jourt of Impeachment, and has the hi to challenge for cause such pretended mem- bers of said cours as are not legal members thereof; that the following named ersons who have been admitted into the Senate haber by the United States’ Marsnal and soldiery, were never elected, but were defeated by Ja} majorities as shown by the sworn and legal returns. W. Gasper Blackburn | defeated by G. Wesley McDonald; Allen Green defeated by E. M. Graham and Hodge, each of whom received a large Mmunsker of votes; J. R. Alexander, defeated by J. F. Kelly; J. Henry Burch, defeated by J. G. White; William Harker, | defeated by A. P. Leonard; A. J. Sypher, defeated by B. C. White; Thomas A. Cage, defeated by Dw can L, Cage; J. A. Massiott, defeated by A. J. Lewis; C. F. Harrison, defeated by G. M. Thompson. That the exceptor cannot lawfully be required to to make answer or submit to trin! until said de- feated persons are removed and the daly elected | Senators seated. Thirdly—In the revised statutes of 1870 it is pro- vided that ifany person whatever, whether he be a member of the Legislature or any other person, de- sires to make any charge against a | looking to impeachment, said | fe must be specially set forth and .d by the oath of said accuser; that so vert- ey must be submitted to the House of Rep- | resentatives and duly referred to the committee | thereof; that the accused officer must thereupon be duly cited to appear before the said com- mittee’ and attend the investigation of said | charges; that he shall have an opportunity | before said committee of confronting and cross-examining the witnesses against him and of himself producing witnesses to refute such charges; that in case the committee entertained such charges as in their belief established, they shall duly report the same to the House of ‘Representa- | tives, and then, and not till then, it shall be lawlul for said House to adopt resolutions of impeachment; that, in defiance of said statute, the resolutions of impeachment directed against this exceptor were adopted without any of the | necessary preliminaries. Fourth—The exceptor shows that even if said resolution had been i Sg adopted, the said body was not a legal House of Representatives, but a body of men assembled under cover of tne mid- night order mentioned tn the first exception, ‘These exceptions were rejected by the Court upon the ground that they were disrespectful to the Senate. ie The Troubled Waters Still Agitated— The Citizens’ Committee Forward Their Memorial to Congress Through the Attorney General—$tron Argue ment Against Darells ‘an EE Wasttinarow, Jan. 9, 1873, ‘sella Martin (colored), now here, has resigned pubiic oficer, ¢ his seat in the fusion Leglafatare of Youlsiana™ “| The Louisiana delegation have prepared an ar- gunlept addressed te Attorney General Williams to be forwarded to Congress with their memorial, Referring to the Antoine case, they say of Judge Durell's order :— “It came before the people of the State by sur- prise. The impression made by the order ts sim- | ply one of amazement. It is a sounding cataract. | Mandate after mandate rushes along breaking the barriers of constitution, law, judicial practice and procedure and the ancient landmarks of jurisdic- | tion in the Courts of the United States, “The traditional stagnation of the waters of a Chancery Court has been disturbed ina manner never heard of before this date. We hold, Mr. At- torney General, that the American States and jJederal constitutions without an i aoe give to the respective houses that compose the General Assembly the entire and exclusive jurisdiction over questions relating to their organization, Each House decides upon its rules of proceeding and upon the election and qualifications of its members. Unless the constitution provides other- wise they select their own oficers and contro) them. “It is entirely beyond the power of the imagina- tion of this committee to conceive that there is any constitution, law, custom, rule, precedent or otier form in which authority if manifested to justify this order of the Circuit Court of the United States. The adjudged cases with | which our intelligence has had connection joel a| seal of emphatic condemnation upon it as ‘ond the judicial power, however large under our insti. tutions, Such an order from the Circuit Court of the United States, under the presidency of the Associate Justice and the Judge of the Circuit Court, would fill the country with dismay—if the country happened to be weak with determination and energy, and requiring indemnity if strong. “This committee and their constituents supposed that froma Court thus composed such an order was a far distant possipility, and the committee therefore made an appitcation that the Judges who consititute that Court in its supertor condition should inquire into the validity of these orders.” UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR NEVADA. Vinetnta CITY, Jan. 9, 1873, ‘The Legisiative caucus to-night nominated Mr. four, eight and sixteen ounces, whereas they are now put upin ten-pound and otber large size \ sority Jones to succeed Mr. Nye in the United States Senate by a vote which gives hum thirtecg wa- 02 alia ballot 7 WHILE INTOXICATED: A Party of Irish Railroad Laborers on a Spree— A Determined Drank—One of the Party Crushes in the Skull of a Com- panion with a Club. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 9, 1878. At Marshal's Corner, eleven miles north of Tren- ton, Patrick Maher nit John St. John with @ club at eleven o'clock last Tuesday night and knoeked him insensible. He died from its effects last night. Among them WARMOTH’S IMPEACHMENT. | A party of railresd laborers of the Mercer and Somerset Railread, including St. John and Mahon, onthe night ofthe occurrence went to serenade: George Hill, who had been lately married. They were half intoxicated on starting, and then im- bibed cider, mixed with whiskey, at Hill's. After being three hours at Hill's they re turned to Marshal's Corner perfectly crazy from the effects of liquor. Maher and St. John wrangled; St. John attempted to hit Maher with two stones, weighing three pounds each, but missed him. This aroused Maher's anger, and hence the result. Coroner Britton, of Trenton, was notified to hola an inquest. He went to-day at three o'clock and examined five witnesses and then adjourned untit one o'clock on Saturday afternoon. After some heavy evidence, lasting six hours, Dr. Walling testified that St. John died from con- cussion and compression of the brain, brought om by @ blow of the club; that if deceased was drunk, death was speedier. Peter Carroll deposed to Maher getting a club and that he struck him; St. John threatened the witness, when-he remonstrated ; the deceased was wee drunk ;”" St. John frst threw the weights at er, John Daley testified to taking the “billy” from from the deceased; he (witness) was so drunk that he did not remember much, Fanny Kirvin, boarding mistress, testified to see- ing the deceased throw something at Maher; the latter then t a club; she was so frightened; had an indistinct recollection that all were drunk. Peter Ferris, store keeper, testified that the deceased was a dangerous character ; was afraid of him; nine months back both men had a sci im his store; the deceased was “crazy drunk;” the murder took place at Kirvin’s boarding house; there was no fll-feeling between them previously; ike worked together two years, and were “chums, | The deceased was thirty-five years of See; Maher is eighteen; Maher was never intoxicat before; both are Irishmen. The billy was produced, also the Nes tur) and are al! dangerous looking weapons, The elub could not be found. The de- ceased was a fine looking man. Maher was not arrested in the neighborhood. St. John said be- fore the occurrence that he had a six-shooter that would kilt seven men. The inquest was held s& Marshal's Corner and adjourned at eleven o'clock to-night. There is much excitement and bh a chrie a, Maher grieved at the death of leceased. GEORGIA. The Message of the Governor—A Full Re= view of the State Finances—The Ques tion of the State National Bank Re- turning the Money of Small Depoe itors. ATLANTA, Jan. 9, 1878. The Governor's message was delivered to-daye It shows the receipts for 1872 to be $2,101,340 645 disbursements, $1,335,207 14; public debt, $8,186,- 500; gold bonds of 1870, due 1890, $2,598,000. The amount needed for 1873 will be $1,418,935; esti- mated receipts, $2,085,939. The valuation of State taxable property is put down at $334,492,468. The assets of the Georgia National Bank will not amount in real value te more than one’half of the State’s claim of $12,250,359, The resolution to return their money to private depositors the Governor has deferred executing, on account of the vague- ness of its provisions, until the General Assembiy pasa acta particularly relieving depositors, The State's endorsements of the Alabama and Chat tanooga Railroad is called to the Legislature's attention, and that body recommended—if it con- siders the State bound by the endorsement—te resume possession of the road, now in the hi os an Alabama receiver, as the State’s tenant at will, and dispose of it. ‘The report of the Treasurer shows the amount af State bonds issued and of railroad bends endor during the administration of Governor Bullock, $3,000,000 of gold bonds issued under authority of the act of bod piaee 15, 1870, $300,000 have beem returned to the Treasury and cancelled. Certaim others of the same series, the numbers of which are specified in the act approved August, 23, 18' and amounting to $102,000, have been declared voi by legislative enactments. The balance of the series, amounting to $2,598,000, are recognized as oust and are included iu the amoung or public debt already stated. ‘The gold bonds issued under the act of October 18, 1870, amounting to $2,760,000, have been dis- d of as follows:—Eight hundred and eighty housand dollars have been returned to the Treas- ury and cancelled; the balance, amounting, te $1,880,000, has been declared void by legislative en- actment. Of the issue of currency bonds under the act of Pt feed 29, 1870, $500,000 have been re- turned to the Treasury and cancelled, and the bal- ance, amounting to $150,000, have been declared void by Legislative enactment. The state cur- rency bonds issued under the act of September 16, 1868, amounting to $600,000, have been returned ta the Treasury and cancelled. The endorsements on bonds.of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Company, amounting to 194,000, have not been declared invalid. The en- lorsements of the bonds of the South Geo: and Florida Railroad Company, amounting to, $464,000, and the endorsements of the bonds of the Macon and Brunswick Rallroad conten smounting to $25,600,000 (?) are admitted to nding upon ‘the State. The endorsements of the bonds of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company, amount- ing to $3,300,000; alse the endorsements of the bonds of the Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Railroad Company. amounting to $600,000, and of the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad Leth fa ainounting to $275,000, and of the Cherokee Ri road Company, amounting to $300,000, have all been declared void by legislative enactmenta, iniature Toilets.—Kleg: Burnett’s M ASSORTED COLORED BOXES, containing « com Toilet Appendage, admirably adapted to the Toilet and traveller's portmanteau, ACCEPTABLE HOLIDA PRESENTS. 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