The New York Herald Newspaper, January 11, 1873, Page 3

s Sl ¥ WASHINGTON. The Persecutions of the Israei- ites in Roumania. Correspondence Between the United States and Austrian Governments. THE ATTITUDE OF TURKEY. The Beard of Engineers on the Value of Goat Island for Defensive Purposes. APPROPRIATION BILLS IN CONGRESS. Five Inspecting Qommissioncrs To Be Appointed to Look After Our Red Brethren. THE COTTON TAX REFUNDING SCHEME, Wilson’s Credit Mobilier Inves- tigating Committee. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1873. The Outrages on the Israclites in Rou- manin—Remonstrance of the United States Government—Austria and Tur- key Asked to Interfere. During last Summer Secretary Fish suggested to our Minister at Vienna that if the sympathy which we entertain for the inhumanly persecuted Hebrews in the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia were made known to Austria it might quicken and encourage the efforts of that govern- ment to discharge its duty as a protect- tmg Power, pursuant to the obligations of the treaty between certain European States. Mr. Gay subsequently informed Mr, Fish of the result of his interview with the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, the latter informing him that a joint note bad been addressed to the Roumanian government on the treatment of the Jews, in which Austria had united with the other Powers, and that such an expression of opinion, whether on the part of Europe or America, would be proper and would undoubtedly have an influence; but in view of the actual state of the Roumanian government, ef the attitude of opposing parties and of the prejudices of the people, which neutralized in such cases the powers of the government by the right of trial by jury, the question of foreign intervention wasone of extreme delicacy, and so far from ac- tomplishing the desired object an intervention might result in diminishing the ability of the gov- ernment, and in subjecting the Israclites to in- treased prejudice and further persecution. The Prince of Roumania was known to be in favor of securing to them protection, and every effort of his government in that direction would be rather pampered than assisted by foreign intervention, for the reaso that such intervention would give ew strength to the opposition and enable them to faise the cry that the government was administered by foreign influence and had ceased to deserve the tonfidence of the people; and while the government was thus thwarted in its efforts to protect the {sraelites they would be more than ever exposed to tasult and abuse as the indirect cause of foreign interference in the affairs of the nation. Such was the prejudice against them in parts of tie country that, as a general thing, juries would not convict the perpetrators of outrages against them, how- ever clear the evidence, and when the crimes were thus ignored'by juries the government was power- teas to punish. At the present time it was the dis- positios of the government to deal justly by she Israelites as far as they could accom- plish it, and with the idea now beginning to prevail that the attention of the civilized world Was aroused, and that any recurrence of I treat- ment of the Israelites would be viewed with dis- pleasure and might result in foreign dimMicuities, shere was reason to hope they would not be re- peated, and that there would be a gradual amelio- fation of their condition. In addition to the good pMices of the United States in behalf of the Jews, ur Minister to Constantinople has informed our government that he was assured at the Turkish Foreign Office that on the Grst remonstrance made by the Great Powers of Europe strong representations were made by the Ottoman to the Roumanian government, and that all which the former could do had already been done to prevent a recurrence of the disgrace- ful popular outbreaks, The President Off for Annepolis, ‘The President and family eave Washington for Annapolis this afternoon to attend the ball at the Naval Academy to-night. Whe Goat Island Job—Report of the En- gincers on the Propriety of Its Reiin-~ quishment—It Should Be Held for the Defence of San Francisco. The Secretary of War yesterday transmitted to the Senate the following letter and the papers referred to therein, from Gencral Humphrey and the Board of Engineers :— Sir—-In answer to the resolution of the Senate + Of the United States catlmg jor any inlormation relating to the expediency of reserving the island of Yerba Buena, or Goat Island, for military pur- and also relating to the effects, if any, upon arbor of San Francisco in approaching said island from the mainiand with railroad structures, ihave the honor to transmit herewith a report upon these matters by the Board of Enginecrs for Fortifications, and also a report upon the same sub- jects by the Boards of Engineers tor Fortifications for the Pacific coast, together with severai tracings and rate to illustrate these reports. These re- rts substantially agree that certain portions of ¢ island may be relinquished to accommodate the wants of commerce without materially impairing the power of tlie plan of defence projected for that island. After a careful review of the subject I con- cur in this conclusion. The portions of the island that may thus be ocenpied by commerce include twenty-eight acres of the northern portion of the taland, together with the northern, eastern and southern portions of the shores, reserving sufficient space on the eastern shore for two government wharves. Respecting the effects upon the harbor of San Francisco of ratiroad or other structure ex- tending from the Oakiand shore to or towards the island of Yerba Buena, it is to be remarked ‘that Bo material injury to the harbor or to the channel ieading to it will be caused by such atractures, provided they be built upon piers of ‘minimum dimensions placed in the direction of ‘the currents. The letter of instructions from this amice to the two boards, their reports in reply and the drawings accompanying them are transmitted Aerewith, the payers being numbered from one to dive. ; Tie Board of Engineers for Fortifications, headed 4 sGenerai Barnard, in their report to General Mapnreys, gay :— fe deem it indispensable for the proper defence of the gity and harbor of San Francisco that the Isiand. of Yerba Buena should be strongly fortified, and we consider that its joint occupation by the government and any company or individual is very objectionable. But, upon the supposition that the ‘wants af commerce require the construction of a railroad from thé eastern shore of San Francisco Bay to the Island of Yerba Buena, and the occupa- tion of a considerable portion of the isiand and its @hore Hne with raiire depots, wharves, piers, ‘warehouses and the appurtenances of a large instructions, the Board iP trade, ag nted in y report tit ‘portions Fine isan may be re- Jinquighed hout materially impairing its de- , Sences. ‘The Board also atate thatthe filing in of ‘the shoal Waters on the Oakland shore to the jine deep water would injure the harber, but that a ge rs] brid; ly built would not, The Puctne Coast Board of Engtneera, headed by General Alexander, say in their report to General jumphreys that the whole of the Yerba Kuene lang should be retained by the government for the defence of the harbor and city of San Fran- ciaco, agd that the effect of approaching the isiand bri of piles or by a causeway would work gerious age to the harbor of San Francisco, The Board also say, if @ portion of this island must be sarrendered to railroud purposes, t ie govern- ment will sacrifice a part of the security of the city * of Sgn Francisco in fine of war to supposed com- merefai advantages in time of peace. They further express their belief that if a portion of the inland “. $s thns given op the cession will resnit in the building of & commercial town in the middle of the bay, winch in time of war might casily be set on fire, and thns necessitate the abandonment of the Joriilications pa top of the jelaud aud jyad to the NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. OUTRAGING A FEMALE. Craig, the Colored Fiend, Pays the Last | foe then in nngiug and'praying reauensy., Ho Penalty at Cumberland, Md. pd Se capture, of of Ban Francisco. there- fore rarongiy eoudeiah the Sropeved relloquigh- 4, Bill for the Appointment of a Com- mission on the Liquor Traffic. Senator Wilson to-day introduced a bill, in re- sponse to numerons memorials issued by the Na- tional Temperance Society, which provides for the appointment of a commission of inquiry concerning the results ef the legalized traMe in intoxicating liquors, of restrictive and prohibitory legislation for the suppression of intemperance in Maine, Massa- chusetts and other States, and to recommend what additional legislation, if any, by Congress, would be beneficial to prohibit in the sphere of national authority all intoxicating liquors as a beverage. The commission is to consist of five gentlemen, whe shall serve without salary, but be authorized to employ a secretary and report the result of their investigation to the President to be by him transmitted to Congress, The Hon. Wil. Mam E. Dodge, A. M. Powell and others are to have @ committee hearing in behalf of the proposed commission, probably on Thu: next, The Senate Finish the Indian Appropri- ation Bill—Five Inspecting Commis- sloners Appointed. The Senate finally waded through the Indian Ap. propriation bill this afternoon, and adjourned over till Monday. The appointment of five new commis- sioners was authorized, who are to receive $3,000 each per annum and expenses, to say nothing of the small percentage presents which they will re- ceive from the Indian traders. The Senate Committee on Privilege Elections commenced examining its elephants to-day. They are the witnesses summoned from Kansas to tell what they know about bribery by Senator Caldwell, and a more precious set of know-nothings than the two examined thus far have rarely been seen at the Capitol, The mileage from Kangas here and back varies from two hundred and eighty to three hundred dollars, with $2 a day for expenses; so that the witnesses find coming here rather a profit- able job, The Wilson Credit Mobilicr Committce, The Wilson Crédit Mobilier Committee to exam- ine into the relationship between the Crédit Mobi- lier and the Pacific Railroad Company and ascer- tain whether there is any moncy in those corpora- tions with which to pay the indebtedness of the road to the government, &c., met to-day and ex- amined John B, Alley to ascertain where the books @na papers of the Crédit Mobilier are to be found, in order that they may have all the evidence pro- duced and proceed in the examination as soon as Possible. It is the intention of the committee to use the testimony taken before the committee of which Mr. Poland is chairman, so far as the same May be applicable to the case. The committee will meet again on Monday, when they will ask the House for leave to sit during the sessions of the House. The House Cheeseparing—Cutting Down the Appropriations—Blasts Against Centralization=Southern Claims. In the House to-day the dials of the clock seemed to travel at an exceeding lazy pace, for the pro- ceedings were unusually dull, and dragged out their weary length with but few enlivening inci- dents. During the morning hour private bills poured in as thick as hail, and were all disposed of in @ routine, matter-of-course fashion. The con- sideration of the Legislative Appropriation bill was resumed in Committee of the Whole. An amend- ment increasing the appropriation of the Bureau of Education by the trifing sum of $7,000 was defeated after a desuitory dis- cussion, during which that bureau was handied without gloves, Several democrats, who attacked it withoat stint, dilated on the evils of centralization and showed the various stages by which little “one horse” bureaus creep up until they blossom out into full fledged departments. Another amendment to increase the salary of the Commissioner of Agriculture from $3,000 to $5,000, gave the little joker of the House an opportunity to make some very funny remarks on the etymology of the Latin names for buge.end plants, which are published with designs in the reports of the Com- missioner of Agriculture, fer the edification of honest, simple-minded farmers. The amendment was killed by ridicule. General Young, of Georgia, proposed to raise the appropriation for seeds from $5,000 to $75,000. The proposition met with strong opposition. It was advocated by another Southern member, who threw out a bait to the radicals by saying that the colored men in the South were hard up for seed. There was no sym- pathy for the white man; but it was evident that the man and brother must be provided for. So Generali Young carried his amendment triumph- aptly. Au appropriation of $400,000, for the pay- ment of the judgments of the Court of Claims, pro- voked a lively debate, Boardman Smith said that in ono case the Court of Claims awarded over one milion dollars to a Southern claimadt, althongh it had no satisfactory evidence of his loyalty. He also snowed that twice the amount appropriated had been paid out for the judgment of that Court. He proposed an amendment that no judgment shall in future be paid except by speciai appropriation, The subject went over and the House adjourned at @ quarter to five o’clock. The Cotton Tax Refunding Scheme. ‘The friends of the cotton tax refunding scheme are making a powerful and what they think will prove a successful movement in furtherance of their object. A ciroular, accompanied by the argu- ments of Judge B. R. Curtis, Messrs. Hughes and Sharkey and Herschel V. Johnson, as well as the memorials and resolutions of nearly all the South- erp States and cities, has been signed by all the Members faom the cotton States present. This circular, which, with the accompanying papers, will be laid on the desk of every member, is a declara- tion that they intend to press the passage of an act at this session to refund the tax collected by the general government alter the close of the late war, They set forth that, in their belief, the law impos- ing the cotton tax was unconstitutional; that it was unjust and oppressive in its operations; that it fell essentially upon producers, and was passed when their States were wholiy unrepre- sented under the mistaken idea that it would fall upon consumers, They ask of Congress a fair ex- amination of the arguments submitted, which they claim demonstrate the correctness of their positions and the reasonableness of their demand, It 18 stated that this paper ts signed unanimously by all the members of the House of Representatives now present from the cotton States, irrespective of politics or color, and it is expected that this will have a powerful effect and give dignity and force to the movement, na | & Spirited Delegation at the Internal Revenue Bureau. A delegation of distillers from Pittsburg, accom- panied by Representative Kelley, was at the In- ternal Revenue Bureau to-day in relation to the question of the liability of spirits to seizure for discrepancy between marks on the barrel and the actual proof therein, when such proof has been raised by the heating process. Ten barrels were recently seized by an oficial of the Internal Rev- enue at Pittsburg. The question will be farther argued and submitted to the Commissioners in writing. The Military Escort on & Day will be a magnificent display, as there will be in the column several crack volunteer organizations, fourcompanies of regulars, the Marines and the West Point Cadets, commanded by General Upton, ‘with their fine band. The Mystic TiemAn Imposing Lodge of Sorrow. The Freemasons here of the Scottish Rite had an imposing Lodge of Sorrow to-night at the Masonic Temple. Albert Pike, Dr. Mackey and the other lead- ing isembers of the order were present, wearing thair full regalia, with some twenty members of Congress, who are brethren of the mystic tie. The music was remarkably fine and the -ceremonies passed off very well, the oration being celivered by Ben Perley Poore, who gave a biographical sketch of the late General St. John Skinner, in whose honor the lodge was held, Strike of the Govermment Bookbinders. The bookbinder#at the Government Printing. Office don’t want ty do as much work per day as their foreman thinks they should, with the ma- chinery they have to aid them, So they have un- dertaken $0 srike, and each man who has uuit guration | Work has been promptly paid off and discharged. Congress will sustain the Congressional Printer against the combinations of any class of his work- men, and .those who have struck will find them- selves out in the cold. Admiral Polo, the Spanish Minister, on Mr. Secretary Fish’s Despatch—The Re- lations of the Governments Friendly. Your correspondent called at a late hour this evening on Admiral Polo, the Spanish Minister, to ask his opinion regarding the letter addressed by Secretary Fish on the 29th October last to the American Minister at Madrid on the subject of slavery in Cuba, and other questions pending between the two governments, Admiral Polo was just reading the letter in question in to-day’s HenaLp when your correspondent was shown into hia presence, After stating the object of his visit, your correspondent inquired, “What in your opinion Admiral will be the effect of this letter upon the relations between Spain and the United States?” To this the Spanish Minister, who appeared to look at the matter as one of remote interest, re- plied coolly, pointing to the despatch in the HERALD:—‘I suppose this is a correct extract from the letter in question. If ever sent, it is now only @ reminiscence of the past. You see, by the date, it was written October 29 last, and of course it applied to a state of affairs which is now mate- rially changed. The misunderstanding’ to which reference is made in the letter has been remoyed, and the relations between the two governments ore quite triendly. By the law of gradual emanci- pation 50,000 slaves have already been liberated in Cuba, and the law is now being carried out promptly and faithfully, This is all 1 have to say on the subject.” Seeing that Admiral Polo was not inclined to make further communication, or, perhaps, had none to make, your correspondent took his leave. Secretary Fish Declares That the Pub- lished Despatch to Madrid is a Forgery. f Secretary Fish being asked to-night what he thouglit would be the consequences of the publica- tion of his letter sent to Minister Sickies on Octo- ber 20 last, replied :— “We do not publish official despatches that might disturb the relations of our government with a friendly Power until they are only of retrospective importance.’”” Members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs approached him to-day as to the reliability of the despatches sent to New York yesterday with regard to Spain and Cuba, and he said:—“They are wholly fictitious. No such letter was ever sent by me to the American Minis- ter at Madrid. It appears to have been manufac- tured by parties interested in disturbing the rela- tions of the two governments.”* Count Corti’s Troubles. In reference to the late rumor of a duel between Count Corti and Donn Piatt, the latter will say in his paper of Sunday :—“There was no truth in the report whatever. We did hear that the Count had indicted a note on Monday and given it toa friend; but the friend, instead of de- livering it to us, went to bank and had it discounted, So it was not a challenge, but a promise to pay at ninety days. That's all.”? Cabinct Stability—Evarts, Fish and Boutwell, In reference to the rumors concerning a change in the State Department it is now known that about the time the HeRaLp despatch regarding Mr. Fish’s successor appeared, Mr. Evarts made no less than three mysteri- ous visits to Washington, and was each time in close consultation with the Secretary of State and the President. He had no cases in the Supreme Court calling him here, and dropped im- portant business in New York when he came. An intimate friend asked him this question—‘‘Is ihere any chance, Mr. Evarta, of your being called to the State Department?’ He responded by another question, ‘Is thsre any chance of Fish’s going out?’ Since then the President, as well known, has made ita point that Mr. Fish should remain, and the probability is now that he will. The President said a few days ago that his Cabi- net would not be changed. This, of course, does not include Boutwell, who, it is expected, will be elected to the Senate, and must be taken with a proviso that Secretary Fish cannot find a better diplomat than himself to administer the afairs of State. The Western Calendar Adopted by the Japanese. Mr. Mori, the Japanese Minister, is in receipt of information from his government to the effect that the Western Calendar has been adopted in Japan, beginning with the Ist of January, Though tie naines of the months and days are changed to cor- respond with those of the Western Calcndar, the government adheres to their old names for the years, the present year being known 4s the sixth year of Meidi. SHIPWRECK IN THE GULF. Loss of the Schooner Congress--Rescue of Two of the Crew After Drifting six Days. NEw ORLEANS, La., Jan. 10, 1873, The schooner Congress, from Pensacola, Decem- ber 3, for Rockport, Texas, foundered at sea in a gale sixty miles southeast of the latter port. When the schooner commenced sinking @ boat was lowered, and two seamen, Alexander King and John Riley, were in it; but a sudden lurch of the schooner broke the painter holding tie boat, which was swept away. The schooner immediately sunk, and it is suppose all were lost. King and Riely were rescued six days after by a Mexican, at Carizal Island, near San Fernando, and bronght here in a destitute con- dition, The United States Consul promptly fur- Ear them with relief and transportation to Gal- veston. THE WEATHER IN THE WEST. Dreadfal Weather in Minnesota—Whole Trains Snowed Up=—Relief Tcams Scent to Rescue the Passengers, Mitwavkeg, Wis., Jan. 10, 1873, Reports from the Iowa Division of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Ratlroad say that sleighs have snc- ceeded in reaching a snowbound train between Conover and Ridgeway, and have rescued the assengers. Eight freight trains are snowed in etween McGregor and Austin, The snow is packed so tight that the snow ploughs nave no effect on it, and it will have to be shovelled out. All that can be seen of some trains is here and there the top of @ brake protruding above the snow, and nothing but the smoke sta of the en- | gine marks the whereabouts of the same, The thermometer ranged from twenty to twenty-five degrees below zero, the wind biowing a periect gale. The drivers of the relief teams were badly frozen, The ratiroad company is doing ail that is possi- ble to relieve the delayed passengers and reopen the road, & * Intensely Cold in Northwestern Iown— The Snow Blockade. CHICAGO, Jan. 10, 1873. The weather here to-night has moderated some- what, but is still very cold, Despatches from Northwestern Iowa to-day state that the snow blockade on railroads is not yet raised. The weather continues intensely cold aud there are high drifts of snow in the cuts and ra- vines, while the cold renders t dificult for engines to make steain. FIRE IN ILLINOIS, The Home Mills at Jacksonville De- stroyed—Loss $100,000. CHicaao, Jan. 10, 1873, The Home Woollen Mills at Jacksonville, Ill., were destroyed by fire early this morning. The ioss is estimated at $100,000. The insurance is $12,000, a8 follows :—North sanerioae Of Philadelphia, $3,000; Home of New York, $3,000; tna of Hartiord, $3,000, and ee in an English company, name not stated. Eighty persens were thrown out of em- ployment, About sixty thousand dollars’ worth of woul, manufactured goods, &¢., Were saved [roni the fuctory. ANOTHER BROXEN RAIL, A Passenger Train Thrown Into a DiteL and Several Persona Wounded. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1373. The passenger train on the Columbus, indiana and Central Kailroad was thrown imto a ditch to- day near ie < ‘The accident was caused by a broken rail. ‘The conductor and severa) of the passengers were injured, but none of them seri- ously. THE PHILADELPUIA EUROPEAN STEAMBEIPS. ‘ PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 10, 1873, The Pennsylvania, of the American Steamship line, will be ready, for the trial trip by the ist of April, and tie Ohio will be ready soon after. The Indiana will be launched about tie 1st oi February and tug Illinois three months after. HISTORY OF THE CRIME. replaced b; thes hundreds, although Schau Goekd Ne tetaley eakee eutene t walls, CRAIG THIS MORNING parent filled With & degree ‘of religious Nervor whieh pe to serve him well through the trying 01 His le his seaffol window of the corri- dor, and remarked that he would soon bid all fare- weil from it. He said he had had bag for the hour, although it was hard to come to this, Revs.Nice and Leec! him until the irons were removed by the Sheriff, when Craig arose, walked into his cell for his hat, which he placed upon his head and announced him- self ag ready to proceed. At half-past twelve the colored ministers took him by the arm, one on Violating the Person of a Lady Seventy-Four Years Old. + RECOGNIZED BY MIS VICTIM. Ser He Becomes Pious and Dies on the Scaffold “in Peace with God.” CUMBERLAND, Md., Jan. 10, 1873, The case of the colorea man, William Craig, who was committed at the October term of the Circuit Court for Allegany county, Md., of having perpe- trated am outrage upon the person of an aged jon the church; you don’t know how good a thing white woman, has occupied much of the attention of the citizens of Cumberland, as well as other parts of the State, for several weeks past, William Craig ts a young colored man, about twenty-three years of age, short of stature and stout of build, and weighs about one hundred and fifty pounds. He is of dark complexion, evidently quite ignorant, but possessed of a face which bears no indication of extraordinary animal pro- pensities. His head is well shaped and features good for an Airican, while bis countenance has rather a kind and gentle expression. He was BORN IN SOUTH CAROLINA, and lived there until after the war had well nigh closed, when he went to Richmond, Va,, as a serv- ant of an officer in the United States Army. After the close of the war he moved about to various places, wherever he could find employment, until he reached Allegany county, He was employed for a short time as a servant by W, W. McKaig, in Cum- berland, and atterward went to live with Henry M, Hutson, on that gentleman’s farm, some seven miles west of Cumberland, at Rawling’s station, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. While here he on frequent occasions made himself very obnoxious by taking indecent liberties with a white servant girl, and eventually the girl appealed to Mr. Hutson for protection, avowing that she was in constant fear of him. Mr. Hutson discharged him and ad- vised him to leave the neighborhood, which he did at once, Craig then went to live with Mr. John F, Dayton, | near New Creek, West Virginia, but on the Mary- land side of the Potomac River, He had been in Mr. Dayton’s service some ten mouths at the time | of his arrest. MRS. LOTTIE DAYTON is the grandmofier of John F. Dayton, with whom Craig was living. Mrs, Dayton is an aged woman being some seventy-four years old, and lived all alone in a sm il one story house, some two miles distant from her grandson. She retired at an early honr on the night of the 25th of August last, as was usual with her, and some time during the night was aroused by the barking of a little dog, which she kept on the premises, She called the dog in and quieted him, and was soon sleeping soundly in the quictude of her country home. At about eleven | o’clock She was aroused and felt something on her leg. She was much frightened, and was under the impression that a@ snake had crawled into her bed. Pntting her hand down it came in contact with the hand of aman. Upon discovering this she was ele alarmed, und made & motion to rise, wien a black man, who had been ina crouching position beside her bed, stood up and seized her person. The moon was shining brightly through the uncurtained windows and the open door, and she testifies that she DISTINCTLY RECOGNIZED CRAIG, who was well known to her. He had aes raised a window and stepped into her bedrooni, alter which he opened the decor in order that he migit easily effect his escape should fight become necessary. In spite of the exertions of the old lady her assailant, who was strong and lusty, easily accomplished his object and violated her person, after which he fled from the scene of his diabolical crime, On the foJowing morning Craig was arrested at the instance of Mrs, Dayton, and on the preliwl- nary examination it was proved that he was at church in New Creek on the night previous, but after that hour he could give no satisfactory ac- count of his whereabouts. Upon the testimony of the injured woman he was committed to the Alle- ghany county jail to await the action of the Grand Jury. THE TRIAL. On the 25th of October, the Grand Jury having | indicted him upon the charge, Craig was brought into Court and arraigned jor trial, Judges Pearre and Molter on the bench, The prisoner entered a plea of “Not guilty.” There were but two wit- esses in the case—Mrs, Lottie Dayton, the victim of the outrage, and John F. Dayton, her grandson, with whom the accused was living at the time the crime was committed. The substance of MRS. DAYTON’S TESTIMONY was to the effect that Craig had silently entered her house and committed the outrage; t! wa ie moon was shining brightly, and that she dis- tinctly recognized the prisoucr. A lengthy crogs- examination failed to elicit any new fact or to weaken her evidence in any way whatever. John F. Dayton testified that the prisoner had worked on his farm for ten months; he did not know Cralg’s general character, but he had always benaved himself well while in lis employ. The de- fence le an earnest appeal in belialf of the prisoner; but the jury, after an absence of a half hour, returned @ verilict of ‘ “GUILTY.” The Court then remanded the prisoner to jail, and the day following Judge Pearre pronounced the sentence of death by hanging, The prisoner did not appear to realize his desperate condition, and was apparently but little moved after his re- turn to jail; however, he wept bitterly, and tor many days would at times mourniuily deptare his fate and cry like @ child. His spiritual advisers have been constant in their attendance upon him, and he has tog several weeks past professed to be resigned to his fate, and ready to meet death. He has, however, steadily persisted in deciaring his innocence, AN EFFORT FOR COMMUTATION of bis sentence to imprisonment for life was made some two weeks since, as many persons were doubtful as to bis guilt. An appeal was made to the Governor in his behalf, but he declined wo do anything, unless the Court which sentenced him should 80 advise, as they had originally been pos- ses of his punishment—imprisoninent or death. A committee of prominent citizens waited upon Judge Pearre and made an appeai for mercy. ‘he | Judge was deeply moved by the appeal and prom- | ised to take the case under consideration, and to do whatever could be done consistently with lis duty. Aiter conferring with Judge Molter he visited the old lady at the scene of the crime, and closely investigated the whole matter, He then deciared that the case had not been mane by the State so clear and conclusive as it might have been; that there was no room to doubt the | guilt of the prisoner, and that the prisoner him- | self was unable to say a word in his own defence; and farther that the public safety demanded that the law should be carried into etfect, A HABBAS CORPUS APPLIED FOR. On Wednesday it was rumored that Sheriff Gross had failed to bond, according to law, and several of the younger lawyers Applied for a writ of habeas corpus to secure Craig’s release, alleging that he would not be legally held, as the Sherif! was no longer an Officer, and alleging further technical objections. The Court, however, dismissed the case and pronounced the allegations of no weight. THE LORD'S SUPPER ADMINISTRRED. Last evening the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was administered to the condemned man, Kevs, Lecch and Nice (white), and Watson and Lawsun (colored) oMciating, Beveral members of the ress and others were present. The Sheriff has been very kind to the prisoner, and brought him into @ comfortable reception room of the jail, where the impressive ceremony was performed, On entering the room Craig looked about and, with @ smile and a bow, said, “Good evening, gentlemen,” and then was seated, after singing and praying, in which Craig joined, the sacrament was adiministered. The white minis- ters then bade him farewell, and Craig, with vears in his eyes and faitering voice, clung to the hand of Rev. Nice for several minutes. He, however, clared that he was ready to dig, and after bowing politely to those present, he said, “Goodby, gen- tlemen; 1 never expect to see you any more, but I hope to meet you im Heaven,” aud was then re- turned to his cell. The execution of Howard, two years ago, was a disgraceful public demonstration which shocked the entire community, Sheriff Gross avoided this demoralizing exhibiiion by conducting the affair privately. either side, and passed down stairs, wiiere they | example has been made, and we trust society may | mechanic. sed of discretionary power as to the character | jacket, other in the world, and I fully—ali of them. ments substantiated Mr. McSpedon’s A violent discussion then arose with Mr. Baker, ta in * heat ofthe same the meeting was ad- journe’ the ai stopped, and Craig bade “GOODBY”? in cheerful tone to all, to the prisoners in the lower corridor. They soon followed the Sherif into the yard, where the persons who had been invited were assembled, As the prisoner passed through the crowd he looked about and spoke to several, and then ascended the steps of the scaf- fold ina light and rather jaunty manner, seemingly braved up by some invisible power, and took a seat between the ministers, Prayer was offered by the Rev. Waters, in which the prisoner joined heartily. After the prayer was concluded the Sherif bound the prisoner’s feet and arms with a rope. He main- tained perfect composure. He then moved forward on the drop, and, having shaken hands with Revs. Waters and Lawson, saying “Goodby, friends! Don’t grieve after me. Iam golng toa better world; don’t grieve after me.” ‘Then, turning to the assembly, he said:— “MY HOME 18 IN HEAVEN; it 1s a better place than this. Goodby, Johnny!" to an acquaintance in the crowd. “Oh! for my sake tis to feel the love of God.” The Sheriff was then pidcin the rope about his neck, and the prisoner turned his head and said, “Don't make it so tight, Sherif; T want to talk a little.” The Sheriff then loosed the cord a litte, and Craig then repeated aloud the twenty-third Psalm, He then said, “Goodby, gentlemen! I hope to meet you all in heaven. Twish you would all speak vo me.”” Those assembled called out, Several said, “God bless you,’? ‘The prisoner said:—“Oh, that pleases me; don’t weep alter me. Weep tor yourselves and your children, and think on Him who reigns in heaven.” THR CULPRIT’S GRATITUDE. Rev. Mr. Lawson then read the following state- ment, at tne prisoner’s request :—‘‘Belore I leave this world I wish to thank ‘the Sheriff, Mr. Gross, hus family and the oficers of the jail for their unt- form kindness tome; also the ministers of the Gospel under whose mstructions 1 have been led to Jesus. I thank Revs. Holliday, Nice, Leech and Colonel Johnson for their efforts to have my sentence commuted from death to imprison- ment. Tentertain no unkind feeling toward any person. I die at peace with God and all mankind.” ‘The Sheriff then asked Craig it he wished to con- fess the crime, as he only had a minute longer to tye. Craig responded by saying, “I have sald all I have to say.” ‘The cap was drawn over his face, the Shoriff and Deputy Sheriff bade him goodby and the Shertit turned to walk down the steps. Craig said, “J will never see you again; the cap is before my face. I pray the Lord have mercy on my soul, ’ere °—— IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS MAKER. ‘The doomed man did not live to finish te sen- tence. When the Sheriff stepped upon the bot- tom step of the scaffold, in his descent, his foot pressed upon the chisel, which severed the rope that held the trap. A quick drop of the body, a dull thud, and the soul of William Craig was in the presence of his Maker, at just twelve minutes to one P, M. The fall was three feet four inches, and death was instantancous, the neck having been broken. For two minutes aiter falling the body was motionless, then came in slow succession a dozen slight, pee es contortions, aiter which all was quiet again, The body was cut down in just fifteen minutes from the time the drop fell, “Goodby, William !?? UPON REMOVING THE CAP the face of the dead convict was quite placid and even pleasant in its expression. ‘ihe eyes were closed, the lips slightly parted, and no indication ofastruggle. The county physician and the Cor- oner were present, id the body was placed ina plain cofin and interred on the Almshouse farm. ‘The outraged law has been vindicated, a terrible bg penedited, ‘hé ¢diiiiiunity may congratulate itself that Sherif! Gross conducted the execution privatel, and gave no opportunity for the enactment of suc! disgraceful scenes as Characterized the execution of Howard two years eince. May there never again be a public execution, and may all private ones be aa seemingly and humanely conducted as was that of William Cratg. SUPERHEATED STEAM. A Discourse Before the Polytechnic In- stitute. NEW ORLEANS. Address of the Fusion Sena, tors to the People. Alleged Bargains with( Herron’s Board. PINCHBACK A REVOLUTIONARY USURPER: Embers of Discontent and Diffi-, culty Still Smouldering. NEW ORLEANS, Jan, 10, 1873, The fusion Legislature fully organized at two o’clock P, M. Senator MeMillan, accompanied by, Senators Jenks, Nolan, Swords, Todd, Warrill and Hunsacker, who to-day withdrew from Kelloge’@ Senate, took their seats in the fusion Senate and issued the following address :— New Orn,eays, Jan, 10, 1873. To OvR FELLOW CrrizENs, THE PEOPLE OF LOUISI< ANAI— We deem tt our duty in the present anomaloug condition of affairs to place before our constituent’ and the country the reasons that actuate us im the course of conduct we have deters mined to pursue, We are republican and believe in a republican form of government. We have acted with the national republica: parts but we cannot sanction the course tha bas been pursued in this State by the Custom House portion of our party, and by the Pinch- back government, and believe no right think- ing person or class, no matter of what politi- cal shade or conviction, can sustain them i the gross violation of the rights of the peopl and their reckless and intolerant course, he. organization of the Senate and House we conside as revolutionary. Senators notoriously elected have been displaced and those whom they defeated put in their places. Members of the Legisiature returned by both boarda have been ignored, and their piaces filed by defeated candidates, Proseriptive legislation’ has been rushed hurriedly through. Proclamationa, have been made Peers. the peaceful assem~ blage of citizens by an Executive who holds offe without the color of right and law; and the populai will has been so defied and outraged that we fee! we cannot longer act with a body or support ar Executive who, for party ends, would SINK EVERY VESTIGE OF LIBERTY in its final grave, The question who constitute: the legal returning board is subordinate to th question, what are returns? Returning oficer: may count in or count out persons with or without returns, but the returns will show for themselves. We ascertain that Dynch, Hawkins and Long< street and Herren entered into a con< spiracy to declare Mr. Kellogg and his ticke'! re-elected, and that they do so without having th official returns of the election, and admit tat thei action was basedon data and memorada and afi< davits entirely unknown to law; and when we sed such violations of law perpetrated by these pre: tended returning officers, and when we see tha Longstreet is immediately appointed to an offica worth $6,000 salary per annum ; that Herron is give: the office of Recorder of Mortgages of the parish o! Orleans, which he demanded trom McEnery as com< ensation in advance for counting the réturns im is interest, which monstrous proposition was req fused; when we sce that Hawkins ts forth with appointed to a judgeship of a Court with a salary of $6,000 per annum; whew we sce that a minor son of Lynch was at once ap- pointed to the office of Inspector of Live Stock, estimated to be worth at least $12,000 per annum, it ts painfully manifest that the action of the Board was the result of A CORRUPT BARGAIN and that these appointments were given in com-)/ ensation for oficial prostitution, the Senate hav. hg been illegally organized by revolutionary andl vidlent usurpations of P. B. 8. Pinchback, who waa, not President of the Senate, or a member of if, and who called up and swore as Senator persons who were notoriously defeated, against and in contempt of the protests of a large majority of the Senators holding over, and who sione ha the right to organize the Senate, and tn the face of the rule established two years before the organizi tion of the Senate, on motion of said Pinehbackey himself then a Senator; and considering the pubii ood and the interests of our constituents, we ave withdrawn irom the body with which we havé been acting, and will hereafter take our seats int the Senate which we believe truly represents tha people of the State, SAMUEL D. TODD, 6th Senatorial district, V. H, L. SWORDS, 8th Senatorial district. A paper by Professor J. W. Whitney was last night read before the Polytechnic branch of the American Institute, Professor Tilman presiding. NORMAN WIARD, the cannon maker, then opened the ball by a dissertation on steam. He said that steam could be heated to @ gaseous point, and then, like other gaseous matter, it could be heated to a great intensity. He drew a diagram on the plack- board showing the effects of superheated steam, and showed how steam was superheated in all boilers, especially Baker's. He also showed how steam was especially heated at night when the fires had been banked and the business was suspended. During the day, and while in operation, the steam is called “saturated,” other- wise it is “moist” steam, when at night opera- tions are suspended. Then no steam is gencrated, but there is usually a quantity of steam on when the engine ceases operation: The steam remain- ing in the boiler is then heated by tbe tase heat remaining tn th bgiler from its opera’ ou daring Feo aes BARKER RISES TO BXPLAIN. Mr. Baker said the Fire Marshal had tried to damage his (Baker's) heating apparatus, and added that he (the said Fire Marshal) was a prac- tical man who knew nothing of theory. Professor Wiard’s theory was very nice, but he (Mr. Baker) had never seen superheated steam aiter the fire was banked, and he didn’t believe any one ever saw it or could see it. ‘This brought the Fire Marshal, M’SPEDON, TO THE FRONT, who said:—One evening this week, after people had gone to bed, a fire broke out at Van Valken- burgh’s, 384 Broadway. The felt jacket was burned off the pipes. It was stated by Mr. Baker that it was reprehensible to scare people who had steam heaters, Mr. Baker has told you that there could be no superheated steam when the fires were banked, Isay there can be superheated steam wien the lires are drawn. 1 say this after a study of twenty days, while Mr. Baker has studied the subject for twenty years. Many @ man has studied mechanics for twenty years, yet failed to be a Marshal McSpedon here drew on the blackboard a diagram of a boiler and its brick “At night,’ said he, “the fire is with- drawn and the steain which has been gen- erated up to that moment remains above the water in the bouler. It becomes superheated by the heat remaining in the brick jacket. Per- haps some of you have seen A BAKER'S OVEN, It is built upon the same pian as a | the day, (Laughter) jacketed botler; yet after the baker has with- | drawn his last fire he bakes bread by the heat re- maining in the bricks,’ Then the Fire Marshal cited @ case occurring on the 12th of March last, in which steam pipes containing superheated steam conimunicated fire to lard tanks. Voices—“‘Hlow do you know??? count.” “Don’t prove anything.’ Marshal McSrepon—It don’t prove ce, Well, I have the record of these cases, taken like that of the Kidd case—in the same manner as be- fore a Court and upon carefully sitted evidence, [ say that [ know, at least more about these parti “It's of no ac- ous lar cases than any man upon earth. The New York Fire Department has more of them than any xamine them very care- (Applause.) here came torward and b; ir, Wiard e: ri toment. THE MODOC WAR. Captain Jack’s Warriors Show Fight a Fire Upon Uncle Sam’s Boys in Blue. SAN Francisco, Jan, 10, 1873, The following news hag been received here from scene of operations against the Modoc In- 3 — ptain Kelly, commanding a party of twelve C Soldiers, was sent to reconnoitre Captain Jack's camp, and was met by a number of Indians, ensued On both sides, but without effect, dians engaged were reinforced from the main body of Modocs, who occupy ments, and succeeded in driving the soldiers from the field, without loss on either side, are working to get howitzers in position, pre; tory to storming the Modoc camp. They have bee! Piri ‘the ne @ position behind intrench- The troops ry THE SCAFFOLD about two weeks i ‘was erected inside the walls of the jailyard, and | operations. neering ap Benes ohare se br ar were | neage'd eine age Cray, p ysiclang, A FATAL BOILER BaPios aud @ number of citizens, ut sixty persons EXPLOSIO: whom were ‘the members os is. were present, among of the Bavarian King’s band, now spending a por- tion of their farlor here. The morning opened clear and bright, the atmosphere crisp and sea 8 ‘with a cutting wind blowing from the north. At an early hour hundreds of persons gathered about the jail walls; the nipping atmosphere drove them ner, the owner of t CHICAGO, Jan, 10, 1873, ‘The boiler ofa steam mill, at Huntly, Mcllenry county, Hil., exploded this morning, killing William Benedict, engineer, and badly injuring Philip Shar ° fie malll, Lowa Om the mill $12,000. T.. B. JE 12th Senatorial district. ‘THOMAS H. NOLAN, 14th Senatorial district, ROBERT WORRELL, 16th Senatorial district. 0. F. HUNSACKER, 17th Senatorial district. The Picayune, on the situation and relief re« quired, says :— Let it be determined that the assumption of United States Judge of jurisdiction over the lawa of Louisiana was unconstitutional and therefor void in all its consequences, and that the use of tha, military of the United States to uphold the uncon. suitutional action of the Judge was unconstitue tional and therefore to he retracted, and th United States soldiery be withdrawa from contro! over the people of Louisiana, The withdrawal of six Senators to-day trom tha Pinchback Legislature created a lively stir ij political quarters. It is asserted by the fusionist to-night that other Senators will leave the Pincin back Legislature to-morrow, breaking a quorum. The Authorities in the Capiial Duly °" Béiited. r Wasuineton, D. C., Jan. 10, 1873; A private telegram received here frow New Orleans to-day says that Messrs. Moe Millan, Todd, Worrall, Jenks, Nolan, Swordg and Hunsacker, republican Senators, ae taken seats in 5 the fusion Senate, whi makes @ quorum in that body. They publish address showing the influences erples to sec Messrs. Herron and Lynch, members of the turning Board, to the Kellogg side of the questi and denounce Pinchback a8 @ usurper, and Senate as illegally organized. GEORGIA. pd Inauguration of Governor S8mith—Pa< tience, Self-Denial and Zeal Reeem« mendcd=The State Will Perform Hes Part in Good Faith, ATLANTA, Jan, 10, 1873. The Hon. James M. Smith was inaugurated Gov~ ernor of Georgia to-day. An immense crowd wit< nessed the ceremony. He spoke as follows:— The times in which we live call for patience, selfy denial and zeal in the public service. We have nothing to regret tor the part we bore in the re< cent liberal movement. We supported it with tha firm purpose to resume our piace in the Unton an@ obey the laws. Having submitted to both tha sword and the jaw, and having granted impartial suffrage to ail classes of our people, wa had hoped to obtain in return universal amnesty, the right of local sel!-govermament, and that bulwarig of personal liberty, the writ of habeas corpus, Wet Jailed to elect our candidates, and the responsi- bility for the contimuation of the deplorablg, condition of the Southern States must rest now! and in history upon those who will neither forgive nor forget. ‘orgia will continue to perform her part in Pen faith as @ member of the federal, Union, We should send the wisest and most discreet men to the federal Legisiature, and be thankful tha’ the evil brood, mative and imported, spawne upon our State by retiring armies, have disap- peared trom our high places, He alluded to ti Vast mineral wealth and the advantage of climat and soil possessed by Georgia, and closed with a1 eloquent allusion {o their ability to restore th State to her proper position as the Empire slate the South, Organization of the Legislature=Sta: Ofiicers. OmanA, Jan, 10, 1873, The Legislature completed its organization to-' day. The Governor's Message was read. It re« pat nearly two hundred thousand dollars in tha tpg | the greater part of which belongs to the nd, and it recommends several reforms. New State officers will be Inaugurated on Monday. + THE LATE MRS. SEEMULLER BaLtimone, Md., Jan, 10, 1873. The remains of Mrs. Annie Seemuller, former! Miss Crane, of Baltimore, who died at Stattgardt, Germany, December 10, arrived here on Wedness day by the steamship Leipzig, The deceased wa the author of “ctemilly. Che: or,” “Reginald Archer," and other popular novels, and was well kuown as ‘writer of romance and poetry. pura, . Boston, Mass., Jan. 10, 18738, ‘The benefit for the widow and children of late Robert Craig, which took place a¢ the Theatre this afternoon, actted nearly $1,! While the performance Was yusped against @ gasiigh' fire but the fames were immediately extinguishes mi way into the auditorium and a panic was imminent, but fortunately was prevented,