The New York Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1873, Page 7

a NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1%, 1873.—TRIPIA SHEET, 7 flicted upon him will revert with terrific force spon the side which wrongs him. St. Valentine’s Day. It is a tradition that the original. St. Valen- tine, who was a bishop or presbyter or some- thing of that sort, was famous for his charity and loving kindness, and that the sending of valentines was grafted upon this fact. If so, it is interesting, seeing that to-morrow is St. Valentine's Day, to consider how widely we have departed from tho pristine spirit in which these trifles were posted. To be sure, a cer- tain percentage of kind and gencrous emotion survives, There is ascent of chivalry about many of the valentines which the young man of the period sends to the girl. The embossed paper, the cream-complexioned envelope, the dainty Cupids, the fastidious love-knots and the poetical couplets, embalm what remains of moedisval gallantry. But contrast the number of sentimental missives that are sent on the 14th of every February with the amount of grotesque caricature and disgusting doggerel. Whats satire upon human sweet- ness the preponderance of coarseness and impertinence becomes! Every ignorant mis- anthrope rejoices that St. Valentine's Day gives him an opportunity for venting his spleen once a year. Spite gloats over such an anniversary, and Malice throws up its cap in triumph. If we havea neighbor who drinks more than is good for him,. then is the time to post him a penny print repre. senting a red-nosed monster sitting de- jectedly before an empty bottle. If a friend who has cut us writhes under private mis- fortune or personal infirmity, the nearest sta- tioner’s store will furnish us cheaply with the means of grinding the agonizing sense of his sorrow more deeply intohim. Let us heap voals of fire, not upon his head alone, but upon every quivering and naked nerve. And the beauty of it is that all the time we may console ourself that the whole thing is perfectly iegitimate, and cloak our heartlessness under the sanction of tradition and the cant of hay- ing perpetrated a ‘‘devilish good joke.’’ The good Valentine whom the Church canonized would have turned in his coffin'could he have foreseen to what base uses the institution he is paid to have created would be put. On the other hand, let us be secretly thank- ful that the coarse and vulgar asperities of the anniversary are a little sweetened by the art- lessness of children and those gently amative feelings which glow in the breasts of young people who inherit fine natures and have been carefully broughtup. The sending of valen- tines is such an extremely old fashion that very likely it is dying out. Perhaps the nine- teenth century will see the last one posted. But every large stationer’s store presents pleasant evidence that graceful fancy and delicate feeling are still expressed to an appre- ciable extent by this means. The emotions of youth are often mild and milk-like contrasted with the bronze and crimson passions of ma- tarity. Hence well-nurtured youth pours its sweetest expressions and warmest fancies into the innocuous valentine, and imagines that the institution will last forever. Probably it will last until the end of the nineteenth cen- tury shall have been reached; but after that time few will regret that the hour has come to bid it goodby. Copa any tHE Spanse Repusiic.—The question of interest at this moment is, What will the Spanish Republic do with Cuba? The savage war against the Cubans, who are struggling for liberty, cannot consistently be continued by republican Spain. Slavery can no longer be tolerated on the island. Both sre relics of the bastard monarchy. President Rivero and Minister Caste- lar must set their faces firmly against op- pression in every form. The natural and politic course would be the immediate and unconditional abolition of slavery in all the Spanish possessions and an armistice in Cuba, acoompanied by an offer to the Cubans of recognition as an independent State, with representation in the Spanish Congress; the election of their own Governor and other State officers, and a local Legislature for home government. The young Republic can- not initiate its career by any nobler or wiser ects. Sounpmas ror Ocean Castes By Our Na- ronal Vessers.—In view of facilitating the great telegraphic enterprises of the age we have recommended the government to employ our national vessels and able scientific officers to make deep sea soundings for that purpose wherever they may be conveniently situated. The Narragansett, from the command of which Commander Meade is about to leave and Commander Dewey to take his place, being on service on the Pacific Ocean, would be the best vessel to employ to make soundings for the Pacific cable, and as the Juniata is to be on the Atlantic station, that vessel and her very competent commander, Commander D. L. Braine, might be employed to make sound- ings for the Atlantic cable between Gibraltar and the United States. Neono Surrracz ww Kentucxy.—Collector Robinson and eight democratic Judges, of Lexington, are under arrest in Kentucky by the United States Marshal for refusing to re- ceive the votes of colored men at the recent municipal election in said city. A committee of Kentucky citizens are at Washington on the subject in consultation with the govern- ment ; but what their explanation is against the charge for which they were aserested does not appear. Perhaps their plea is that they were ignorant of the ratification of the fifteenth amendment. If so they are in a fair way to learn that negro suffrage is the law, even for Kentucky. SznaTor Pomenoy’s Case is on the anvil of his Senatorial Investigating Committee, and that terrible man York, of the Kansas Legislature, is en route to Washington to tell what he knows about Senatorial bribery and corruption against the accused. We fear that Senator Pomeroy is in a bad way, and we have the same fear of his colleague, Caldwell. Tux Crry Prers—A Ricutxovs JupGMent.— In the case of Schuyler vs. The City, before Judge Barrett, of the Supreme Court, yester- day, for damages to a steamboat from running into a dismantled city pier, the jury awarded damages against the city in the sum of $2,350. ‘This means that the city must keep its old, rickety piers above water or take the con- sequences. THE LITTLE NECK MURDER. FLuswing, L. 1, Feb, 12, 1873. James McQuire, Thomas MeQuire and James ‘McConnell were arrested on the warrant of Coroner Rheimer late this afternoon for the murder of James Graham, ENGLAND. Marriage of a Rothschild to an Officer of the Court. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK RERALS. Lonpon, Feb. 12, 1873, Miss Rothsehild was to-day married with religious ceremonies, notwithstanding the opposition of the Ritnalists, to the Hon. Eliot Constantine Yorke, son of the Earl of Hardwicke and Equerry to His Royal Highness Duke of Edinburg). IRELAND. First Result of the Prosecutions Against the Priests—Rev, Mr. Loftus Acqnitted. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALA, Dus, Feb, 12, 1873. The trial of the Rev, Mr. Lottus, the first one of the Galway priests prought before the Court of Queen’s Bench in this city, on the charge of having iegally used spiritual influence to intimidate Voters and secure the election of Captain Nolan to Parliament, was brought to a conclusion to-day, and resulted in present acquittal, the jury having failed to agree, An immense crowd thronged the court room, and the announcement of the disagree- ment was received with tumultuous applause, which the Judge vainly endeavored to check, AUSTRIA. Imporial Advance Toward Electoral Reform. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, Feb, 12, 1878. A bill providing for ministerial electoral reform has received the approval of the Emperor, apd will soon be presented to the Reichsrath. SWITZERLAND. Council Action Against an Infallibilist Prelate— Governmental Inquiry to the Vatican. ‘TELEGRAM TO TEE NEW YORK HERALD. BERNE, Feb. 12, 1873, The Federal Council has decided to expel Bishop Mermillod irom the Canten of Geneva. QUERIES WHICH AWAIT A VATICAN REPLY, The Federal Council has addressed a letter to the Papal Chargé d’Affaires at Berne, denying in a sharp manner the right of the Pope to dismember the bishoprics of Switzerland. The Council also re- quires Bishop Mermillod to decide quickly whetber he intends to obey the Pope or the Swiss govern- ment, ° BRAZIL. Yellow Fever Still Raging Fearfully in Rio— Census of the People, Free and Bond. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lisson, Feb. 12, 1873. The mail steamship from Rio Janeiro has ar- rived here, bringing advices from that city to the 22d of January. The yellow fever was raging violently in Rio, The number of deaths from the scourge averaged forty per day. FREE AND BOND. The census of Brazil has just been completed, The population of the Empire is 10,000,000, includ, ing nearly 2,000,000 slaves and 250,000 aborigines. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, General L. Guzman, of Washington, is at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Congressman W. C. Smith, of Vermont, is at the Brevoort House. ‘ Ex-Mayor Geotge Innis, of Poughkeepsie, is at the Astor House, The Emperor William will visit the Vienna Exhi bition early in July. Ex-Governor J. Gregory Smith, of Vermont, is at the Brevoort House, ‘The Italign Consul, Ferdinand de Lucu, 1s residing at the Hoffman House. Ex-Congressman C. R. Griggs, of Illinois, is stay- ing at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General 0. M. Poe, of the United States Army, is in quarters at the Hoffman House. Ex-Congressman R. R. Bridges, of North Carolina, is stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Colonel Van Vliet, of the United States Army, has temporary quarters at the Sturtevant House. Senator Cameron, having recovered from his re- cent sickness, resumed his seat in the Senate yester- day. Admiral Alden is having a good time in Europe, He vibrates between Nice and Paris, petits d¢jeuners being the attracting forces. Colonel D. J. Williamson, our Consu! at Callao, Peru, yesterday arrived at the Siurtevant House. He is home on leave of absence. A marriage was recently celebrated atthe Church of the Madeieine, Paris, between M. de la Gueren- tonay and Mile. Mocquart, daughter of Louis Napo- leon’s notary. Three prominent citizens of Hartford died on the 10th inst., viz.:—Haynes L. Porter, Lucius Barbour and Rev. Ezekiel Williams. Ali three were members of the Centre church and all died within the same hour. ‘ It is stated that the physician of Senator Sumner is of opinion that if the Senator can be induced to keep from excitement he will be able to enter upon his Senatorial duties at the next session with much of his old vigor. Colonel Melchor Agttero denies that he was commander of the Edgar Stuart, as will be seen by his card in our advertising columns, and states that Captain Sommers was in command of the ves- sel and is entitied to the credit. Hotei keepers seem determined to advertise Fred. Donglass as a lecturer by refusing him ac- commodations in their houses. The latest case is that o* a hotel in St. Paul, which brought the whole Minnesota Legislature about the heads of the devoted landlords. The Boston Transcript thinks ‘‘Boutwell has much to fear at the State House (for United States Senator) from the dangerous friendship of General Butler.” Perhaps the General is disposed, like the old Puritan’s representative in a love affair, to do a litle courting bimself. Charles R. Buckalew, late democratic candidate for Goverpor of Pennsylvania, has been appointed attorney fora railroad company at a salary of $10,000, So far as money is concerned this is better than being Governor, and then he escapes all the mud of political opponents. Colonel Bogy, United States Senator elect from Missouri, and ule Bull—who sayshe is not ap- preciated in this country—were ameng the guests atagrand reception recently given by Governor Gratz Brown, in Jefferson City. “Bagatelle” Doris was also there—in fact, so was the cream of Mis- sourt ‘“‘society.”” Ithas been suggested thatin speaking of our nation the word should always begin with @ capital N. Upon this the Louisville Courier-Journal re- marks that “when ome looks at the peculation and perjury of the man who is its Vice President he feels, if not restrained by grace, a good deal like beginning it with d—n.” rlors ‘Troops. Killed by the United States SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 1873, Lieutenants Ross and Burke, of General Crook's staff, arrived at Camp Grant January 22, and re- ported that a battle had been fought with the Apaches, during which four warriors were nilled and twelve captured, General Crook is at the new post, near Mount Graham. His troops have killed over three hun, dred warriors since the opening of the campaign. ‘The General will continue to fight the Indians until they sue for peaces SPAIN. CONTINUED FROM THIRD PAGE. Would be to reduce temporarily the bud; 82,000,000 pasetas, limiti Rae actual seid to 553,000,000 pesetas—that is to say, equalizing Tevenue and expenditure within a trifle, which the Minister hoped would be wiped out by increased productiveness of the national taxes in Spain. OcTovkK 11,—Revolutionist risi of Spanish military in mn at of the navy lying off the port, against Amadeus. The Arsenal rebelled, with the of guardias de arsenales and marineria. A brigadier, not of the navy, and the retired captain of trigate Don Bran- lo Bontijo, at the hi of the movement, The Comandante General of the Arsenal prisoner in the parque. The rebels in possession of the re- motcadores and lanchas (despatch boats and launches). They perm t no vessel to ieave the Bay. ‘he telegraph interrupted. The people tranquil and in an | rently peaceful attitude. ‘The movement fede: republican, The rebels reckoned at 1,500 men. NOVEMBER 14.—Spain was made a perfect hotbed of political contest and intrigue by reason of the Cortes impeachment of the ita Cabinet. The opposition ny oy that Sagasta’s Ministry com- menced its rule by treason to their party and ended 44 in deception to the King, vy assuring him that they had succeeded in working the at miracle of uniting all the conservative fractions into one compact and solid party in a few hours, as His Majesty very properly desired to see done and gave them twenty-four hours to do, One day in the pre- vious Congress an republican deputy asked “i it was true tl vernment had taken & sum of manor {8 matter from one of: the ministe: departments and spent it in the elections?” ‘the Ministers gave a round Negative to the supicion. do, for some ene got at iacts and figures, and published them. was furious. He was ol but he pleaded the urgency of an expenditure of a secret chatacter, the exhaustion of the Treasury at the moment and also the extiaustion of the sum annually voted tothe Ministers for secret service money. The republicans reproduced the accusation in the shape of a proposition that the Congress should express its opinion that there is ground to summon the eight ex-Miniaters to the bar of the Senate to be tried and sentenced for illegal abuse oftheir ofices. Zorrilla set his face inst this; but. the matter was debated and the House voted for its being referred to a committee, Sefior Mo- reno Rodriguez introduced the motion. He quoted the law, and showed that the formalities it enjoing — not been fulfilled. The law quoted reads U8 — Anticux 41.—If the Cortes be not sitting, and a matter arixe requiring @n urgent credit, the government shall accord it on their own responsibility, observing the fol- lowing formali rt. 42. — The: remit their decree conceding the credit, with a statement in writing of the causes which render it necessary, to the Tribunal of Cuentas, for ex- amination and registration, and then it shall be published in the Gasette of Madrid. ° The government will incur responsibility if they execute such deerees without com- plying with there requisites, * Rr, 43.—The Ministers who order levies of money not authorized by law incur the penalties fixed in the Penal Gode for those who commit the fraud of assuming to themselves powers and taculties they do not possess. “Those who violate the law in the appl{cation and distri- bution of the public tunds shall be subject to the penalties prescribed mm the Penal Code tor those who divert money, effects, or any other thing received in deposit or admin: istration from their proper o! Sefior Moreno Rodriguez showed that the Sa- asta Cabinet had failed to comply with any of hese formalities and so nad incurred the penalties. The voting then began, and resulted in a resolution that the motion be taken into consideration by 124 to 104, thus rendering ail his appeals futile, as sixty- three of the government supporters, including Rivero, voted in the affirmative, alongside of the epublicans. ‘he eX-Ministers accused by Sefior Rodriguez were Sefiores Sagasta, De Blas, Romero Robledo, Rey, Comacho, Alonso Colmenares and Martin Her- rera, Soon alter the elections in May, which were held under the auspices of Sefior ‘asta, it was discovered that the sum of two million reales 000,060), were missing from the coffers of the peo of Ultramar, and the ex-oficials were charged with appropriating and using it for pur- poses of bribery and corruption. King Amadeus was deeply mortified and cha- ined by the occurrence of tl incident. His lather, the King of Italy, was equally so in Rome, and it was alleged that he ad Amadeus to resign. DECEMBER 24.—In the Spanish Congress to-day a bill for abolishing slavery immediately, for ever, in Porto Rico was read by the President. Section 1 provides that slavery is totally and for ever abol- ished in Porto Rico, the sla\ to become tree at the expiration of four mont! er the publication of the law in the official Gazette of Porto Rico. Sec- tion 2 provides that owners of emancipated slaves shall be indemnified within the period mentioned in the preceding section. Section 3 provides that the amount of such indemnity shall be fixed by the Spanish government, on the recommenda- tion of a commission, including three slave- owners. 4 provides that eighty per cent of the sum fixed as indemnity shall be pald to the slaveowners. Half of this amount will be paid on account of the State, the other half on account of the colony, the residue of twenty per cent re- maining at the charge of the slaveowners. Section S authorizes the Spanish government to arrange pA arbitration the settlement of questions that may arise. DECEMBER 27.—Slavery abolition question de- bated with great animation in the Spanish Cortes. Sefor Emilio Castelar delivered a powerlul address in support of the cause of emancipation. He dwelt much on the necessity for immediate abolition in Porto Rico. He said the republicans did not sus- tain this cause to make their names resound through the world, or from false sentimentalism, but a3an exigence of universal progress and an unavoidable duty to the country. Slavery origi- nated before all revolution, and was anterior to all Christianity. This crime ought to cease, and to cease Jor ever, and to cease to-day. Fears of danger to the country ought not to deter them from the strict fulfiment of duty and the pure realization of justice. They (the Be hae aeeel| lieved that what ‘Was just was also of high political convenience, and hence they desired immediate abolition, come what may. He described the duty and mission of Spain in the feliowing words :— Italy preserves the wsthetic education of mankind, for Italy is the mother of the Renaissance ; Germany’ the scientific education of mankind, tor Germany is the mother of retorm; the United States the political educa- tion of mankind, for the United States are the parents of the republican federation. France preserves in Western Europe the revolutionary initiative, for France is the mother of revolution; England preserves in the whole Continent the principle of constitutional stability, for England ts the enlightened mother of Parliaments. We, the Spaniards are, have been and ever will be the’ go-between, for ‘we, our heroes, our sailors, gur navigators, created rather of the Old and the New World, the Old’and the New Continent, than discovered the new land of America between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and in the very moment when the modern epoch commenced and the genius of civilization was born. It was dove as the living monument of liberty, to" be, with the splendors of its horizons and the beauties of its fertile soil, the fitting sanctuary of modern spirit 1873. JANUARY 31.—Spanish census retarn shows, oficially, the number of slaves in the island of Cuba to be 269,000, FesruaRY 8.—A commission from the Havana Casino went to Porto Rico, accompanying a dele- gation from that island on its return home. Many rumors in circulation as to the opject of the trip. The general supposition was that the mission was undertaken to prepare for joint action and union against reforms and radicalism. FEBRUARY 9%—Carlist rebellion against King Amadeus very formidable in the north of Spain. ‘The rovalist ‘generals were directing a general campaign against the Bourbonists. FEBRUARY 10,—His Majesty Amadeus announced to Sefior Zorrilla and the members o1 the Cabinet his intention to abdicate the throne and resign the crown of Spain. FEBRUARY 11.—Kin; the Amadeus resigned crown. At nine o'clock to-night the Spanish Cortes voted a republican form of government by the fol- lowing vote :— 256 32 BRIGHAM'S TRIBULATIONS. Mormons Blatant and Agitated—The Grinding Out Bitter st Congress: Sid- ing with the Government—A Younger Young Divorcing His Wives. SALT Lake Crry, Feb, 12, 1873. The Mormon community is still greatly agitated over the governmental movement in Washington. The Mormon papers are peculiarly bitter on Clag- gett, Merritt, Logan and others for advocating the the anti-Mormon bills. The general impression is that I ation will be had, and the Gentiles feel exceedingly happy. It is well understood that land sums of money have been sent to Washington to prevent legisia- tion, and the Gentiles wish a special committee of investigation to examine the Mormon tithing fund, Brigham Young's Crédit Mobilier. The general be- Hef ts that legislation is prevented by a very liberal expenditure. ‘Snow ts still falling in the mountains. It is stated that John W., one of the favorite ard most business like of Brigham Young's sons, now East on railroad business, has divorced two of bis three wives and wil hereafter reside in Philadel- hia, . Speaking of the mountain mission in Arizona the Tribune says:—“‘It is well known that for years a hiding p as been talked of, and that « safe retreat has always been a desideratum with the heads of the Mormon Church.” There 18 & weli-feunded rumor that Mormon po acto are negotiating for large tracts of jand in jexico. PROPOSED OOALITIUN OF THE LOUISIANA BIVAL LEGISLATURES, New ORLEANS, La., Feb. 12, 1873. Last evening at the Lyceum Hall meeting of members of both Legislatures, a proposition was by the fusionists that a Legislature com- rod ot members returned by both Boards be or. ganized. The Kellogg members took the propo- sition under considerations WASHINGTON. The Steamer Edgar Stuart Not To Be Inter- fered with by the Government, CUBA AND THE COLORED MEN. Vindication of the Oharacter of Thad Ste- vens by His Law Partner. THE SYNDICATE AND THE NEW LOAN, Scenes in the Senate and House During the Counting of the Electoral Votes. BUTLER AVOIDING BAD OOMPARY. WASHINGTON, Feb, 12, 1873. Roejotcings of the Syndicate—One Hun- dred Millions of the Bonds Already Subscribed For—How About the Three Sundred M#lions? If the statement of the Treasury oMcials were to be accepted as retiable, one might be led to believe that the .unding of the new bonds was a matter of little consequence. Although the Syndicate has had five days in which to sum up results, there is nothing definite yes known at the Treasury De- partment ag to how much has been taken of the five per cent bonds, Three days’ notice was censidered sufiicient to in- form the world: of what they wanted to do; but it will-take no one knows how tong to find out what has been done. The latest report this afternoon was that about twenty-five millions had been subscribed inthe United States and a littie over seventy-five millions in Europe; enough, anyhow, the Syndicate says, to authorize the call- ing in of $100,000,000 of the five-twenties. When Secretary Boutwell was:informed that the subscrip- tion to the new loan was made payable June 1, instead of May 1, as announced in the ciroular of the Syndicate, his attention was called to the pres- sure which might be brought upon the department to pay the five-twenties presented for redemption between the 7th of May and the 1st of June, if the call was allowed to stand. Hence the re- vocation of the order almost before his signature to the order was dry. He had no idea of being embarrassed or allowing his gold balance to be diminished for asingle day before the books were opened. The Shylocks of the Treasury Depart- ment rubbed blisters’on their hands over the thought that the entire three hundred millions would be promptly taken, amd that great would be the joy in financial heavens. Now it was never intended, never expected, never desired that more than one hundred millions should be placed at one time, “It is a tremendous victory” says one, “Incomprehensible,” says another, with that pecu- liar twang indicative of disappointment. “Impos- sible to adjust the interest, furnish the bonds, keep the books, transact the business and have time to eat and sleep over more than one hundred millions at a time,” chimes in a third, and soon. The five- twenties to be called in, interest on which will cease June 1, are held in Germany. That amount of capital, it is reported by those professing to un- derstand the exact condition of the stock market, will be diverted into other channéls rather than take bonds bearing a lower rate, and the Syndicate will be leit to the London market exclusively tor its operations, How the remainder of the $200,000,000 1s to be disposed of is a mystery which no one seems to care to discuss in the Treasury Department, The Government Not to Interfere with the Edgar Stuart—Spanish Agents on the Alert—Colored Petitioners for Cuba and the President. The Secretary of the Treasury has investigated the case of the steamer Edgar Stuart and reports to the Secretary of State that there was nothing irregular in her papers or anything justifying inter- ference with the vessel. The agents of the Spanish government are on the alert fer a swift-sailing schooner-rigged craft suspected of being fitted out for the Cuban cause. The friends of Cuban inde- pendence in this country are massing their ferces and preparing to move upon the White House in solid columns of signatures. A committee of col- ored men is expected here the latter part of the week with petitions, numerously signed, which will be presented to the President, urging the cause of not only free Cuba, but the emancipa- tion of five hundred thousand slaves in that island. They will ask justice and fair play for their. brothers in Cuba; for, having tasted the sweets of freedom themselves, they will urge that the same boon may, through the aid of this government, be bestowed upon the oppressed of that island. It is stated that the President will receive the com. mittee cordially, and, without directly committing himself in reply to their petition, he will have something important to sayon this subject in his next inaugural. Senate Louisiana Investigating mittee. The labors of the Senate Investigating Committee in the Lonisiana case are drawing to a close at last. It was announced to-day tnat but little more testimony will be taken, and all the witnesses were discharged. Warmoth and McMillan are to make their final statements before tne committee to- morrow. The testimony taken to-day was of the usual character. Thad. Stevens’ Repatation Vindicated— His Law Partner Before the Wilson Committee. The Wilson special Crédit Mobilier Committee met this morning, and Hon. 0. J. Dickey, of Pennsyl- vanid, one of the executors of the late Thaddeus Stevens, appeared and said:— He had learned that there had been some testi- mony before the committee reflecting upon the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, deceased. Witness was his law partner from 1846 to 1857; the law practice of Mr,. Stevens ylelded him from $8,500 to $17,500 per annum; witness had examined the bank account of Mr. Stevens carefully from 1841 up to the time of his death, and found no depositof $80,000; there was no deposit exceeding $10,000 with a single exception, and that was the. result of a mortgage he put upon some of his property in Frankiin county; there was no cash deposit (not the result of a discount or the money of clients) exceeding $7,280; Mr. Stevens was the owner of large tracts of land in Pennsylvania, known as the Caledonia and Maria furnace property, most of which he acquired prior to 1857; he also owned land in Luzerne and Wyo- ming counties, The witness produced an inventory of the per- sonal estate of Mr. Stevens, amounting to $48,616 85, against which the executors have paid $20,000 special legacies and debts, and there js an item tn litigation now ef $30,000. The newspaper rumor that Mr. Stevens sold the Caledonia property for $80,000 in Union Pacific Railroad bonds was with- out authority. Mr. Stevens always asked $160,000 for the property before it was burned by the rebels, and the executors are now negotiating for the sale of it for $130,000. There was nothing in the books or papers of Mr. Stevens indicat- ing that he ever held. bonds or stocks of the Untom .Pacific Raliroad, The only ponds were some Delaware, Leavenworth and Pawnee Railroad bonds, which he received from Mr. John F. Cowaii for the sale of two tracts of land im Luzerne county, whieh land was subsequently taken back by the executors, as there was somo dispute about the title, There was $14,600 realized out of the bonds, bat their par value was £24,000, Witness mever withheld or delayed the inven- tory of Mr. Stevens’ personal esiate for the p' Com- committee. Mr, Stevens was werth ices at tne day of his death than he was in 1832, vi Exposition Ap- Scene in the House During the Counting of the Electoral Vote—Butler Keeping Out of Bad Company. In compliance with the constitution of the United States the Senators and Representatives of this great Republic met in the Hall of the House of Rep- resentatives in joint convention to count the elec- toral votes of tne several States for President and Vice President, and te declare who shouid be the future rater of this migltty Republic for four years from the 4th of March, 1873, Both Houses met at the usual hour, each to transact its own business until one o'clock, the hour f#xed upon for the joint session, Iw the House Mr. Banks called up the bill making an appropriation for the Vienna Exposi- tion, as it came back for the second time from the Senate, and movod to concur im the Senate amend- ment fixing the Commissioner's salary at $5,000 and limiting the amount to be expended on salaries to $60,000} both of which elicited some remarks from William R. Roberts as to the extravagance of the amounts, when the bill was passed. Some other bills’ and resolutions of an unimportant charaster were allowed to be offered for reference until the hour of one had arrived, when the Senators, two abreast, ap- peared at the door of the House, where they halted about ten feet thside the door, directly in front of the Speaker, who immediately came down with ais gavel on the desk, whereupon the oflicers of the House, who were in front, with the Sergeant- at-Arms of the Senate, annoanced, in a loud voice, “he Senate of the United States!” The Speaker, tak! the words, called out, “The senate of the United States!” and immediately the memberg of the House rose to — their feet, and the Senators marched in solemn step down the middie aisle to the places assigned them on: the rigit of the Speaker. In front marched their Sergeant-at-Arms—a natty little dressed in the height of fashion, with a rose, fresh from the stem, in buttonhole. Nex? came the Vice President, with a face of ashen hue and a smile whose sweetness seems (ah forever, and that but too plainly reveals in ts sad expression the bitter thoughts and heart- burnings: which its owner but too plainly. en- deavors to hide. A sadder spectacle than the Vice President: presented, as he walked at the head of the United States Senate into the House of Representatives and ascended to the chair of’ the Speaker, could not well be imagined, All eyes in that vast hall, on the floor and in the densely packed galleries were turned on him. Ail minds seemed to have but one thought, and that one of sorrow at the terrible fate of one who had beet so° highly trusted and so highly honored. He seemed conscious of this, tor his voice lost its confident tone and his manner that easy assurance for which he was proverbial. He took his seat, with the Speaker on his left. Im- mediately tn front of him and a littie below sat the tellers, John Sherman, of the Senate, and Dawes and Beck, of the House. Dawes looked less artful and more anxious than usu; His fac> had lost its smirk, but his hair was ed in the centre and Was beautifully oiled and fattened down—a most unusual circumstance. Beck was dressed in the height of fashion, When all were seated the Vice President arose and stated that this being the day fixed by the constitution of the United States for count- ing the electoral votes for President and Vice President, the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, in joimt convention, would now pro- ceed to Uctrbet that duty. He then tore open an envelope and handed the enclosed paper to the tellers, saying, “I will now hand to the tellers the electoral vote of the State of Maine.’’ The tellers thereupon proceeded to open the papers and an- nounce the result. The proceedings of to-day, and the extraordinary powers asserted by Congress to judge whether the electoral vote of @ State shail be counted or thrown out, have called forth an unusual expres- sion of opinion here against the present system of electing the Chie! Magistrate. Another Veto Message from the Presi- dent—No Compensation To Be Allowed for Preperty Destroyed While in Pos- session of an Enemy. The President to-day sent the following message to the Senate :— To THK SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES :— Ireturn herewith, without my approval, Senate bill No. 161, entitled “An act for the relief of those suffering trom the destruction of salt works near Manchester, Ky., pursuant to the order of Major General Carlos Buell.”’ All the objections made by me to the bill for the relief of J. Milton Best and also of the East Tennessee University apply with equal force to this bill. According tothe oficial report of Brigadier General Craft, by whose imme- diate command the property in question was de- stroyed, there was &@ large rebel force in the neigh- borhood, who were using the salt works and had carried away a considerable quantity of salt, and were preparing to take more as soon as the neces- sary transportation could be procured; and he lurther states that the leaders of the rebellion cal- culated — their supply of salt to come from these works, and that, in his opinion, their de- struction was a military necessity. I understand him to say, in effect, that the salt works were cap- tured fre the rebels; that it was impracticable to hold them, and that they were demolished, 80 as to be of no further use to the enemy. I cannotagree that the owners of property destroyed under such cir- cumstafices are entitled to compensation therefor from the United States, Whatever other view may be taken of the subject it is incontrovertible that these salt works were destroved by the Union army while engaged in regular military operations and that the sole object of their destruction was to weaken, cripple or defeat the armies of the so- called Southern Confederacy, [am greatly appre- hensive that the allowance of this claim could and would be construed into the recognition of a prin- ciple binding the United states to pay for all prop- erty which their military forces destroyed in the late war for the Union. No liability by the govern- ment to pay for property destroyed by the Union. forces in conducting a battle or siege has yet been claimed, but the prececent proposed by {this bith leads a and strongly in ti direction, for it 19 dimicult upon any ground of reason or eae to distinguish between a case of that ind and the one under consideration, Had General Craft and his command destroyed the salt & works by shelling out the ae, found in their actual occupancy the case would not have been different in principle irom the one presented in this bill. What possible diflerence can jt make.in the rights of owners or the obligations of the gav- ernment whether the destruction was in driving the oe | out or in keeping them out of the salt works? This bill does not present a case where private property is taken for public use in. any sense of the constitution. It was not taken from the owners, but from the enemy, gnd_ it was. not then used by the government, but destroyed. Its destruction was one of the casualties of war,,and, though not happening in actual confiict, was,. per- haps, as disastrous to the rebels as would have been a victory in battle. Owners of property destroyed to prevent the spread of a conflagrarion, as a general rule, are not entitled to compensation therefor? and for reasons equally, strong the necessary destruction of property found in the hands of the public enemy, and constituting a part of their military supplies, does not entitle the owner to indemnity from the government for damages to him in that way, I faly Seprecinte, the hardship of the case, and would be glad if my convictions duty allowed me to join in the proposed relief. But I cannot consent to the doctrine. which is found in this bill, ag it seems,to me, by, which the national treasury is exposed to all claims for property, injured or destroyed by che armies of the United States in the late protracted Carving tive war in this country. . EXECUTIVE MANSION, Feb, 11, 1873, The Pomeroy Investigation. The select committee appotnted, by the senate to investigate the charge of bribery made against Senator Pomeroy have to-day received a despatch from Mr. York, of the Kansas Legislature, stating that he and two other witnesses against Mr. Pom- eroy would leave Topeka for Washington this. morning. They are expected to arrive here on Eri- day evening, and the. committee. will at once cpm- mence the tion. The Seni redit Mohilier Committee. The Senate Crédit Mobitter. Committee, of whieh Mr. Morrill, of Maine, is chajyman, held a meeting w-day and concluded the arrangements of the pre- liminaries for conducting the investigation. A public meeting will be held to-morrow marning, at Which the Senators implicated by the testimony taken before the House Committee ane expected Wo be present. The Wilson Committers ‘will to-morrow examine Qakes Ames and Colone) McComb, and then proceed to the preparation of their report. General Dodge’s presence as a wit- néss ig much desired by the committee, and measures have been taken to secure his atrendance if possible, - Ku Klux Pardened. Pardon was issuad to-day to, B. Brigerstom, of South Carolina, imprisoned for Ku Kjux crimes. BILLIARDS, Boston, Masa., Feb. 12, 1873. A game of billiards was played this afternoon at Bumstead Hall between Edward Daniels, ex-cham- pion of Massachusetts, and Melvin Foster, of Con- necticut, There were 31 innings, and the highest rin made by Foster was 163, and by Daniels 300 pose of concealing any fact which that inventory points, The game was 1,500 points, and Was won truthfully made wouid disclose from the know+ | by Daniels, The average number of points made Jedge of the public, and had no objection to the | each inuing was:—Daniels, 98.70; Foster, 33,67, 4 pudlic knowing all about Mr. Stevens’ affairs Witness expreased his willingness to produce the | po In the evening a French exhibition game of 50 tS vee play between Albert Garnier aud The former won by 254 points. ‘The Joseph Dion. papers of the deceased for the information of te | avgrages.each run Were :—Garnier, Uys: Dion. fp. WEATHER REPORT. War Derartuenr, OFFIC OF THE CHIRF SIGNAL OvFicun, Wasumnaton, D. ©., 13—1:10 A. M, Probabdtittes, For the Softhern States cast of the Missiastpy® westerly to northerly winds and clear weather. From Lake Erie to New Jersey, Maryland. and Vir- ginia winds shifting tomortherly and westerly, fall- ing temperature and clearing weather during the day. For New York and New England’ frost. an@ brisk winds, and igh aleng the cone eondy weather and snow, the winds backing to northerly and westerly during Thursday night, withe clearing weather and jaliing temperature. Prove tha Ohio Valley to the Upy r Lakes, winds veering to easterly and southerly, increasing cloudiness snd fowny slight snow over the Upper Lake region. r the Northwest, easterly to southerly wines andl cloudy weather, with probably. snow over loweand Minnesota. Cautionary signals continte at Norfolk, Onpe May, Baltimore, New York, New Lendoo,,bostom and Portiand, Me. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the’echangesin ther temperature for the past twenty-four hoars imcom~- parison with the corresponding day of last yet indicated by the thermometer at Mudnutts Pune macy, HERALD Building :— 1872. bt Average temperature Jor corres| last year. THE SNOW STORM YESTERD KY, Following closely upon the cold wavt thatha® swept over the country from the Northw tet during the past few days comes another snows term. At about a quarter to three o'clock yester day after- noon the sky became clouded and overca +, and im ashort time afterwards a light snow cor amencede falling. At five o’clock the streets were a ute cov- ered with a mantle of the “beautiful, ' as the Abruzzi hero would term it, and by midnigi \t #6 had begun to assume serious dimensions, severa dinches lying on the railroad tracks and sidewal! reas began to chase the feathery flake. direetions, rendering locomotion a pied de ‘dedly unpleasant. The railroad companies had to \resor6- o soapy ploughs in order to keep their track ¥opem for trattic, At one o’clock this morning it suddenly bk tame cold, und as the snow fell upon the street. \smpa and was thawed by the heat of the gas the water was almost immediately frozen again, large i cicles being appended to each corner of our publi: + ilu~ } minators. At two o'clock the storm was more severe it had been before. The wind rose, the atmosp ere seemed perfectly filled with snow, and form ‘arly an hour it snowed as fast as during the first by. Ove storm shortly after Christmas. THE STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 12, 1812 & It commenced snowing here’ at eleven o’cl c wi this morning and has continued ever since, ‘f be wind is blowing a gale, and the storm is increas 1 €& m.severity every hour. The streets are almost tk serted at this early hour—eight P.M.—and streo 6 car travel is stopped. All the trains coming inite & the city are delayed for hours. 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