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WASHINGTON. A Special Message. from the President on U:ah Affairs To-Day. WHAT WILL BE PROPOSED. Delegates Merritt and Claggett Again at the White House. ‘ OUR COMMERCE WITH CUBA. More Developments of Congressional Tat naga Corruption. oe E CONGRATULATING THE SPANISH REPUBLIC. The Poland Committeo's Repert—Caldwell To Be Whitewashed—Defeat of the Board of Com- merée Scheme—Repudiation by Con- gress of Government Vouchers, ‘WasHInaron, ‘Feb. 13, 1873, A Special Message from the President on Utah To Be Sent to Congress To-Day— What It Will 8: jest—Claggett To Be Governor of Utah—How the Mormons Will Take It, . A few days since Premdent. Grant went down to the Capitol and called out, certain prominent mem- bers of the Judiciary Committees, of the two houses, He told them that he desired some practi- cal legislation ‘before the adjournment with re- gard to Utah matters, He intimated pretty clearly that he was tired of the contest ous th ree en the federal officials and those claiming eee under the; Territorial laws; that what he wished Was such laws enacted ag would at once quiet the Gisturbandé by’ aklig’ the federal authority su- reme, It'bad been ‘going on singe the org: ty of the Territory Ty the Tnditerénse of Con. gress, and it was quite time that it was put a stop to, It i# understood that, in accordance with the views he then expressed, he will pend to-morrow special message to Con- gress calling the attention of the Senate and House of Representatives to Utah affairs, recommending, among other matters, more espe- cially the selection of jurors in the federal courts im such manner as will take that powet out of the hands of the Mormon authorities, who, it fs claimed, render the laws entirely inoperative by so constituting the juries as to make it impos- sible to obtain a conviction where it may be against the interests of the Mormon leaders or the teach- ings of the Church authorities; also advising that the United States Attorney be made the prosecut- ing officer in all Territorial cases as well as those of the United States; the United States Marshal in the'same manner to be the officer serving pro- cesses as well in Territorial cases; the pro- bate courts to be prohibited from exercising either common law or chancery jurisdiction and con- fined to their legitimate duties, If these Suggestions are carried out’ it places in the Courts held ty the federal judges the settlement ofall the civil and criminal suite of the Territory, a8 is the case in ali the other Territories but Utab. In vhe latter: the prohate courts of each county bave been invested by the Mormon Legislature ‘with all the powers of the district courts, and they. have exercised it to the fullest extent, even at times in defiance of the mandates of the superior courts, a8 was shown recently when @ probate Judge liberated on @ habeas corpus a person re- manded to jail by order of Chief Justice McKean, It is rumored that should the required legiala- tion be obtained the President will appoint Dele- gate Claggett, of Montana, Governor of the Terri- tory, in place of Woods, the present occupant, with the assurance that if meeded he shall have the whole power of the government to sustain him. Those here conversant with Utah affairs appear to be much gratified with the action of the President, ‘and say that so far from causing trouble it will endit, There will, of course, be bluster on the part of the Mormon leadera and papers; but there is much greater dissatisfaction among Brigham’s foliowers than is generally known, and as soon as the mass of the people see the workings of the courts free from the interference of Church leaders, and feel sure of protection there will be a very general revolt. Delegates Merritt and Claggett in Inter. view with the President on Utah Affairs. Delegates Merritt, of Idaho, and Claggett, of Mon- tana, accompanied by @ HERALD correspondent, bad another interview yesterday with the Presi- dent in regard to the state of affairs in Utah. The President was not in a communicative mood, but listened with great attention tothe remarss of Messrs. Merritt and Claggett, now and then replying in his laconic manner. Utah is now evi- dently uppermost in the mind of the President, and he intends to send a special message te Con- gress on that subject in a few days, as may be seen by the following conversation :— Mr. MERRITT—Mr. President, I have come again to speak about the vexed question as to whether Mormon despotism or the law of the land shall have supremacy in Utah. Owing to the shortness of the present session and the impracticability of there being an extra session it is absolutely neces- sary that there should be some Congressional legis- lation for Utah, and very speedily. The PRESIDENT—I fully appreciate the situation of affairs, and have given the subject much con- sideration, Mr. CLaGGETT—It is very evident, from the ap- Pearance Of things, that the Mormons are fighting for delay, in order to defeat action by Congress this session. I therefore respectfally suggest to you, sir, that yon send a special message to Con- gress requesting that body to devise measures to remedy the dangerous and anomalous condition of things in one of the Jaizest parts of our great coun- try, which is disgraced by constant criminal prac- tices too revolting to mention, The PRESIDENT—I have already had under con- sideration the preparing of a special message, and ‘Will have It delivered to voth Houses of Congress in a day or two, I am much pressed for time by wy official duties; but 1 shall give the matter imme- diate attention, Mr. MeRRITT—In view of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court im the case of En- glebrecht vs, Clinton, it is totally impossible for the United States courts in Utah to obtain & jury with- Out the action Of the Mormon authorities, and they have determiped not to summon any more juries ‘to serve in the Unitea States courts. ‘The PResipexT—I am fally aware of that decision and of the necessity of Congressional legislation for Utah to obviate that dificulty, and I will suvmit to Congress a8 8008 as possibie a special message upon the subject of the necessity of legislation in Utah to compel obedience to the laws and bring that Territory into harmenious relations with the fed- eral government, The Report of the Poland Committec— Republican Pressure for a Modified Report, Polana’s committee had another secret session ‘to-day to consider their report, which is already half finished, The committee has not yet fully de- cided the Knotty question as to whether the juris- diction of the present House extends to acts com- mitted by members in a former Congress. No clear precedent can be found to guide the action of the committee, and this question will probably call forth a lively controversy in the House when the report is submétted. There is'still avery wide differ- ence of opinion between Judge Merrick and McCrary as to the light im which the offences of the implicated Congressmen should be considered. ‘The fact that so many of the recreant Congressnien sre from Iowa preys upon the mind of poor » McCrary. It having become known from the despatches of the HERALD that the report of the } committee wil probably be very nevere, s great mills, and their innocent protestations were duly ground over again. Patterson wanted a little more time, but he wil! show how he was entrapped and inveigied into Union Pacific operations by Ames, and virtuously demand a whitewashing. Vexzatious Interference of Spanish Of- Scials With Our Caban Commerce. Mr. Waydell, of New York, and Congressman Lynch appeared before the Honse Foreign Affairs Committee to-day, and presented arguments in favor of taking action with reference to the inter- ference with onr commerce in Ggpsby the Custom House authorities of that islame, The committee adopted and will report the acy ct dad Pecan Whereas the Custom prevail ing in the island of cub ae Pernt ae the Custom House hori ying $0: perehan gen ands powers ot ited f States ¢1 freee ie trade ani merce With that islana, sul jecting them tothe judginent @f unjust fines and eres del That the President be requested to call the attention of the 8} ve overnment to ane he evans complained of, @ auch action remises as be may eee expedient to femedy the same, Fernande Wood “Sympathiscs” With the Spanish Republicans, Fernando Wood offered the following resolution to-day in the House and asked Unanimous consent Jor its passage :— Resolved, That this House hi pe pith satisfaction the progress of republic ona: in: Burope and tenders to the sympathics and good wishes in meow, ‘ sto establish throughout the a free representative form of p Which shall secure to all men equality Political, ge grin and social righta the” "tall Provectisa life, liberty and Se Butler objected on the sroapa tha g resolution ‘Was 80 important that there should @ debate upen tt, Jt will probably be presented again to- morrow. The Pomeroy Investigation. Adespatch received to-day from Kansas states that about twenty witnesses are now on their way m, Ten of them, It is understood, @gainst Senator Pomeroy and the others in his behalf, The Senate Committee ex- pect to commence their investigation on Monday. Caldwell To Be Whitewashed. The Committee on Privileges and Elections will submit their report relative to the election of Sena- tor Caldwell to-morrow. It is belleved the com- mittee will say, in effect, that the evidence adduced is not sufficient to gustain the charge; that the Senator procured his election by corrup taeana, but that it has been proved that practices were re- sorted to which the committee cannot approve. It ig understood that the report will be unanimous. Pardon of Seth Johnson, the Embezzler. The President granted an unconditional pardon to Seth Johnson, who had eight mere days to serve out on a term of one year in the District Jail, and who was sentenced to pay a fine of $40,000 for embezzlement from the United States Treasury, The President’s reasons are that the accused is unable to pay the fine, and his further imprison- ment in the face of that fact would be preposterous, Serious Char; Against Judge Sherman, Garfield and the Clerk of the Ways and Means Committee. On motion of Mr, Dawes the Committee on Ways and Means to-day were authorized to send for per- sons and papers in the examination of the business referred to them by the House. The authorization is especially Intended to give the committee facili- ties for obtaining informatien concerning the assertions of Mr. Clinton ©. Colgate, who rep- resents the New York Stock Exchange, with regard to Senator Sherman and Representative Garfield. Colgate hae testified be- fore the Ways and Means Committee that he holds letters from Judge Sherman, eayifg. that he haa influenced his brother, Senator Sherman, and Mr. Garfield, forthe purpose ef securing the passage of an amendment in last year’s Tax bill to exempt borrowed money in the hands of brokers from the tax levied on capita). Judge Sherman, says Col- gate, claimed $10,000 for his services in the way of influencing those two gentlemen. It remains now to be found out what manner of influence was exercised on Senator Sherman and Representative Garfield. Was the potent influence of money, stocks and dividends brought into play? Gar- field denies the charge; bat sweeping denials have lately been used so unsparingly, both by himself and several of his colleagues, that they have lost their savor, and are no longer swallowed, even by credulous marines. Mr, Colgate makes, however, a more specific accusation against Goorge A. Bassett, the clerk of the Ways and Means Committee. Mr. Bas- sett, he says, submitted to him a proposition to take care of the bill in question in that committee for $250 a month until it became a law, when $5,000 caeh was to be paid. Colgate says he has Bassett’s Proposition upon ® card in his own handwriting, and that he peremptorily rejected it after having reported the matter to his empleyers—the New York Stock Exchange. Bassett denies Volgate's assertion in an unqualified manner. He B he had only a slight acquaintance with Colgate, and had never made the remotest allusion to him on any subject relating to legislation, If Colgate says he has @ card in his (Bassett’s) handwriting, he must have manufactured it. Colgate will go before the Ways and Means Committee to-morrow to be examined on the subject, Repudiation by Congress of Government Vouchers. The House bill appropriating half a million to pay the Montana claims of 1867, amounting to a miltion, has a proviso that payment shall only be made to the persons who furnished supplies, thus repudiating the regular vouchers issued by the Territorial authorities in payment for the supplies when purchased. These vouchers are held in large ameunt by Eastern merchants and bankers, who received them as government vouchers. They have always been received in due course of busi- ness at various rates of discount, The original owners disclaim any obligation of redemption from the present appropriation, on the ground that Congress virtually repudiates the vouchers by re- ducing the appropriation one-half, Mr. Holman, of Indiana, @ treaghant reformer, is responsible for the amendment cutting off the Vouchers from rec- ognition at the Treasury. Harrying Up the Work of the House. ‘The House to-day agreed to meet for. the balance of the session at eleven A, M. in order to pass the various appropriation bills, two of which only have ‘thus far been carried in both houses, The Case of Phelps, Dodge & Co. The Secretary of the Treasury is not disposed to accept the last offer of Phelps, Dodge & Oo, te com- promise their case for $271,000, ‘The New York Central’s Little Account. No change has been made in the peremptory order issued by the Commissioner of Interna) Rev- enue to collect from the New York Central Rail- road Company the scrip dividend tax, amounting to $456,000, Defeat of the “Board of Commissioners of Commerce” Scheme. Mr. Shellabarger’s pet scheme for establish- ing ® Board of Commissioners of Commerce occupied the House to-day for two hours previous to the adjournment, Mr. Shellabarger himself made an able speech in defence of it, and Mr. Kerr a Still more effective one in opposition. Various other members spoke for and against the measure. When General Morgan moved to lay the bill on the table to test the course of the House, the motion was carried by 99 yeas to 85 nays, Mr, Shellabar- ger then subsided, a sorely disappointed map. The Murderer O’Brien To Be Hanged. The President has refused to pardon O'Brien, under sentence of death, to be hanged here on the 27th inst. ABMY ORDERS, The Seventh regiment of cavalry, distributed through the Southern states, have been ordered to Dakota, and the Fourt& cavalry, stationed in Texas, Will concentrate pn the Rio Grande for patrol duty,” CREDIT MOBILIER. Hoax Ames Again Before the Wilson Committee. BEN BUTLER IN A RAGE. The Essex Statesman Acensed by “John P, Randolph” of Buying Carpen- i ter’s Election, A How the Bold Ben was Tempted by James Fisk, Jr. Ree eee Examination of Witnesses Concerning Moneys Alleged to Have Been Paid to Elect Members of Congress. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 1873, The Wilson Committee met this morning wt eleven o’clock, when Oakes Ames was recalled, ‘The Chairman said he tound by referring innate hoe mates ot the nginecr add lee ull high veers were “forty: leg charged) up to the Union paell ic Relea and pate under ved Kes ane contract, The rae Ang. oe asked whether-he knew how that appe to done SGosarat floctan: said he saw by the rs that Gov- ernor had dei the trath of moviiones af. fecth im before this onan ec. He thor ernor Dix ‘wong be rant tor ® summons him an 0, INV: ae if ty arid n SEN EN adh ittete ne evide re 8 meen mete he had aurendy cal caused Mr, ergation the sommittee requested wes Are, te yam rand Swann to inquire and report, at on gariiess jest convenience, what laws may exist.on the subject MONING A GOVERNOR OF A STATE to appear verore investigatii Peo ener, Tn reply to Che askes General Slosum th witness said salary of i resident ot i, Union Pe elfic Railroas was $8,000; he could Sot tell how it was aid ; his impr nD Wag that General Dix wasa stock: older and 500 shares; he did not know how Dix roe by the stock ; heard ‘ore, letter written by Dix de- man Bg Son 007 from the company, Prahared y his son- pane he anderstood the company paid the money to get rid of the claim or threat; witness was not a director se that tae Pa ut obtained his information from directors; THE LARGEsT BrocKn and, of course, must viave kuows of rid 6 payment ti , Tecover . fromm Dix was Teeit i f4 ins wanty per cent; there was no eale fo aswer witness BA. Tie ans' General ania init shares o ‘Oredit Mobili i yen to Mr. ‘Palate was on his own individual account; Painter paid for them; Durant and penne: ry sed {0 igh a Painter ‘Save the stock out of what wi to A, What induced "you to ict him have ‘the stock? A.I had the stock and TI" let erverrbedy, have it at the same price re paid; I never asked anybody more than I myself rioor.”” on The Chairinan a naked Want do ya "you. Eng about any roposea payment of an, mone, . ir i+ wtorney, fa the ‘Onion Paciie road? es - BOLD BEN BUTLER LOOKS IN, ‘At this point General B. F. Butler entered the room and alluded 40 & letter having boon erie to this cominitteey purportingto “John P. Randolph, Mine Btrect, New York.” "ie dh mihed theca there was guch a person in existence. He wish ‘committee to Ask the Sergeant-at-Arms whether, alter his diligent poarch. he had found such a person, who . peared submit whether such a forged commu- Hicatot ah should enter ter JAta, this investigation. Siis ques: 8 morning he received by mia A er ehnee aay me from Jon t, ane jh. In the absence ‘of the chairman he thought the peter way to deal = we bsg et waa to summon the Person who wrote ranged ‘with the Scryonne at Aims to searel h. ing Mr. Shellabarger afterw: as 4 member of the ye has done, Mr. Hoar sought Genei Fr and thought it ‘was proper to inform him of facts just Mated, as the names of Messrs. Butler and Carptater oad mentioned im the letter in a disreputable counec- The following is a ‘etter P Press cop: copy 7 of the letter == Naw Yor, Feb. 4, 1873. Hon, Groner T. Hoar :— a ee It ie due alike to truth and Justice eet ne Buiter gould infamous parpeces of your colleague, B. F. Butler, should be ex; by your compen ytiee and it Jaling committee, fo°expsee i momberg i avon Weston Pastas Chee tieaeeerrsre | mane onsin, Tei Oakes Ai 4 (al should give ty bt weneral Wasnburrh, Wio had ropoved i ordieiegation that tie road mast defeat ME Wadhbarn and elect Mr. Mr. Ames refused, and then Mr. a wseaire eM ais sis ate his nomination in the re publican J Weanvarn Mr. Sines tnat he hind done this wi penter was able to fo srenme ee Rgainst of Perry Hi, Bmilti, of Cnicage, an extra train of raat Oh noago and t dred men to Madiso , to buy, threatem and overat Members of the Taginsatise m oat ae Mr. Pe All'this could not have been dane hind not Mr, ro: cured this money to bribe legisiatora. What willthe coun: {ay jhink of aman who made himsel{ the nt of & sorperation oie, ii etre ae oe bef tures and deteat the will of ere facta Delng proved, ag they ‘can be by Oak Oakes Aine, will your com have the Fesolution Yoexpel Mr, Butler for the 6 ime pt bribing the clection of a United states Senator Fe terest of 1¢ corporation oul mR JOHN P. RANDOLPH, Gedar street. Batl id General Butler said there “hited tty Not very 38 gaccessiul atiempt to connect matter in some form, but whenever desired to con- suit him he ‘would tell all het ry with [od On pag Me ep Abe nted to show that every man Who took a de- nd om, paplle Hic questions Wis aaaailed by some un- fatwa scoundrel, backed by ovandrela in anonymous ee eaaed AN UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR RANDOLPH. Mr. Lebarnes, Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, was called at the request of General Butler, and, eircumstantially stated the result of his nas ecesstul search for Joho P. Randolph in the elty of New, York. He, however, found ‘a colored man in Brooklyn, formeriy a slave in Virginia, who kept 4 kind of intelligence ho possessed 4 similar name, but who knew nothing ‘avout railroads; never had heard of the Credit Mobilier or of this investi- gation, John B. Alley; letter from Alley see the witness about his contract; id talked over the subject asa friend. Witness then related the character of the contract. Mr. Alley stated to him the Union Pacifle Railroad Com- pany would employ him as counsel. with regard to arranging the contract, and also on the question of holding the annual meeting; he poe time over the contract; Mr. Black represented Mr. McComb, Mr, Tracy ‘represented Mr. Durant’ and Mr: Tilden was on the same side as the witness; he spent three or five days in New York and then returned home. He sean went toNew Lica under B retter of the President and Board of Directers, m4 of the interest of whe stockholders. He she oe, his legal services and $1,000 for ee enses. cy sent him $3,000 at that time, but he quently ob- ined the remainder, James Wisk vont to him by messenger a check for Reyryg to. pckae rane! for him as spernst the Union Paciiic Railroad CATA Beein) fiat to a °C aa involve him in inco1 incy, he seni eo LOY RY: ing he could not take it unless the lease him being its counsel. Oliver fon hap ela nore int rg ‘this, said the company con- faving been asked a9 estlon in regard to Mr. Carpen- ter, azine Hinees aaid. thet, ne te company wanted cotinsel, he stated to Mr, Aines t fgment, it were better te retain Carpenter, iN ‘was an eminen: @ tongue in liis head and who coul he. was a Mo for Senator and a sir re th me Court; he never miter on that subject from hat day to this ¢ anonymous urportl woiph nh; witness fever riage hienard Franchot ect Wa id that he is connected pass] the Soc rhe: mapeny as its agent haa no spesit Ape Aub where, Keer Lote esos se cesbocs abe not x8 comrevenion OF Tam 804i BOAO saa ne cliciting no responses of consoque! h sweriie quemion by General ‘aeckon that he had'no Knowi nage ofthat company ever having paid money 74 the election ie nator or Representative in to secure peo y for the Union Pacific road Cony ce eDereatber 1, 1863, tes- tifled that he resided &and_was then jnterro- fied as tor Sheet freight at Omaha Bridge and the road, No given forte ‘nim 'b; wy a My company to in- Huence the election of membersof Congress or for any like purpose. The committee then adjourned until to-morrow morning. ERIE RAILWAY RECEIPTS. The following 1s the oMicial retarn of estimated ‘weekly earnings of the Erie Railway Company, commencing November 1, 1872:— eet, 1878, For week ending Feb. 7. $823,614 aaa Previously reported.... Picante 4,418,820 Total earnings since Nov, 1.$4,566,405 $4,716,662 + $20,672 Decrease fOr WeOK....+.sssseessevecseers Increase for three months and one week to seseees 160,167 OLE. . ee sees GAFFNEY’S LAST HOPE GONE. The Condemned Man Gives Up All Hope of LifemActive Preparations fer His Execution, Burra, N. Y.. Feb, 1, 1878, The preparations for hanging Gaffney to-morrow have been completed. The execution will be con- ducted as privately aa the requirements of the law will permit, ‘The prisoner is perfectly sane and quiet, Ho eats heartily and sleeps well, but is more reticent. le has been visited by his spirivqel advisers, and . be has abandoned al pove of life. HONORS 10 EY-JUDGE NELSON, |§ Judges and Lawyers Land the Life and Ser- Vices of the Venerable Jurist. Judge Nelson's Home—The Scene at the Presenta- tion of the Address—Remarks by Mr. Btough- ton and Judge Woodraff—Judge Nel- son’s Reply—Close of the Proceedings. Coorsnstown, N. ¥., Feb, 13, 1873, The honors paid to Judge Nelson to-day on his retirement from the bench of the Supreme Court of the United State were of achsracter never before known in Americh, and notin England since Lord Mansfield was the recipient of similar honors at the hands of Erskine and the other lights of the British bar. The geuvilemen who paid the venerable ex-Judge these last HONORS OF A LONG LIFE OF HONOR comprised some of the notable men of the New York bar. In the drawingroom car which left Albany for Cooperstown this morning were Judges Woodrof, Blatchford and Benedict, who had ac- the invitation mittee to be present at the ceremony, and following committee, the meeting of January 18:—k. W. ton, Chairman, in place of Judge Edwards Pierrepont, who wag too ill to come; E, H. Owen, C. W. Keller, Clarence A. Seward, James Thomp- T. ©, Buckley and Sidney Accompanying these also were Kenneth G. White, a son-in-law of Judge Nelson and Clerk of. the Circuit Court; Mr. 8. N. White ana Mr. Brandt, oemtly made @ very a3 appointed at son, A. J. Vanderpoel, the artist, who hai legal lights thus had stopved over night at Albany, and had been: so judicial and decorous under the weight of the sad, and yet agreeable, duty that devolved upéi them that, evon Albany could not win them from their propriety, and the bill at the Delavan, which amounted in all to $108, contained no more suspicious item that $1 for Congress water, said to be due especially by the Notwithstanding these un- judicial jokea the party behayed 9 decoroasly as its weighty substance would dictate. - ANNA DICKINSON Yentared into the drawing-room car as it was about leaving Albany, but was politely shown out by the conductor, and sat through the trip to Cooperstown in the car to which she was told to re- tire, wrapped in her own strong-minded solitude. The handsome village Of Cooperstown was quite alive to the honor intended its most distinguished mn. The oad glistening in the snow were careering wae dane Judiciary delegation, citizel filled with people sieighs, and the American fi breeze from a tall liverty pol event. There was a horse race before sle go Lake, to take place in the afternoon, it drew none of the crowd that were to wait upon ished jurist, At about two o'clock the legal and judicial DELEGATION WALKED QUIETLY zr, BY TWO TO THE rab-colored f two story brick, n the Judge and almost as Here the eet had force in the parlors ladies Dredomingted, them were three daughters er, whoae home was in ut whose neighborhood ih none of the ne of Judge Nelson which BY Older eve on eeeset yee. the this romantic borough, al he laid the scenes of some ofhis finest oh eng The retired Judge sat in his armchair, arrayed in hand- Diack, ei Paes neo We walle Be his as fresh at seventy aeasunuer rain, sutperted herself merely on the arm of the . chair. judicial delegation came into ho) Woodruff and Benedict and Blatchford, while Seward, Webst and were | Sore Nelson’ retained @ silence fon; ‘as chairman of the com- a address :— IN. # Committee of the ot in the ity ‘of New Yor! d service In encouraging and, in. mm to the bench, because it is yo ance example you have recorded juous and the most use!ul which man can perform for fellow man, Thas distinguished members ot the bench re, these | sentiments fore, 8 Woodruff, Bilal n this oc hford and Benedicts ns have already become national, and Ia yaa aside other pressing ave come to you from ai season of the year to manifest ys their presence the in which yeu 80 "to also been here hi this committee will wa 1d be coe ee the sudden ihigaftendanee cart eens sure: mn a) ace, ant now, ai ischarge 0 ;! ihe aut) fhe committee, we read to you wwe are instructed to present. Mr, Stoughton here read the address, which was ublished in the HERALD on January 1%,. Mr. jtoughton then resumed :— Indelivering this to you, as we now do, we at the same time tender to you our most heartfelt respect and rever- ce. This speech was delivered with impressive ear- nestness, and during most of the time the ladics and some of the Sa composing the delega- Ben. aes strong): then spoke as follows :— JUDGE WOODRUFF’S REMARKS. The members of the bench of the circuit over which, honored sr, you have so long presided, desire to express to you their Cordial concurrence in the sentiments of the address tendered to you by the bar of that circult. So trathfully ye well those sentiments are expressed Grace! re of this occasion that vour long experience and that the wisdom you have brought to th Oryour high position have lessened our labo ened our understandings, eased the burden ‘of our re- nig of the nisl performance of the duties Wwe have yet $e discharg which we have discharged, I regret out the counsel and advice which we shoul from you had you deemed p.' re wise to continue hag” instracted ; ample “hag, stimulated and me ae several duties oy ri to oman, a Kindred, sihough itmay be a ‘apprec! example ‘Our f bat athway made luminous and the and dignity wilich aderbed the judicial ice are presented to us—a judicial marked all along its array of days and by learning, Integrity and pure comectemee, atsd by the and confidence of your fellow men. Our sincerest vist can offer to you no higher or eo ex. pression of our admiration and regard than the prayer that we negpart able in our stat some reasonable pro) = no cordially Welt tor you, yet many in which petore ea ie reverence and x st days be your best days, an and may they be crowned min at rows ue aspiration and leased hope of a Cfiristias fe. be the conclusion Ju ectacles and read wit trembied bi are emotion, the lam speech :— stations to fenerve je esteem ee! yh} just honors may your Nelson drew out his @ strong voice, which ed nis honor, some of whom ‘are hot een orth r the safest were gentlemen who love to keep and representing prominent sections of New labor and resp ner Jersey, thus came together to test them, and to a? unfini pth cal calender, entlonn the ene ie aT aunt to thelr clients whose lear gy tte preparation Greatly relieved the Judge o1 ‘whose ssioual de portme ct ih A room, eee disturbing ele free the full and undivided’ exercise Court.and counsel in their inquit afer the trathand Jin airman of the meet tte ie age Bef for ji ry ig : uses arte era andi io ae Falta: ler a et the a cums eve, ia ne Vf Beet ona rear mini ‘exception i cor joeterale ie saint mitts ir mpathles incline! towards the youd cir members a ot upward. and coward’ in the able an aga and ad Rind Ne x wand, 1 ticaet tA tion ness, ‘ice to my, y ele ana. convictions if Tel ‘vations wi vont tt maxi may acknowled mente to tie bar ro tof my great indebtedness to them for Hany sone standing to which I may be entitled Since my frat advancement to the bench, nearly half a century ago, 1 bave had their uniform, good. willand friendship, Baye Deen instructed by their learning and gncouraged by the ic oxpression of thelr favorable opinions, hey have ever been not omy ready but torward to econ- omize and lighten the lahore of the Court. wien the are ofthe business es pressed the hardest even at the mpenve of ved own personal: ¢ venience, | Bo uniform ee: ery respect and triend- ip tha es Men fn Court ni elgane in the admin- istration of the law that Iwas surrounded, not in courtesy Dut in reality, by professional: brothers, and that every error would aritably considered’ and every act Worthy of commendation would Zecolve ite full reward, ‘This address of the Bar of New York on the termination of my judicial labors ‘and in. approbation of them T ook Upon as the crowning reward, which will be ‘a source of tual consolation in the’ decline of life, and so long ind Providence shal! permit the speaker to lin oncarth in the enjoyment of faculties unimp CONGRATULATIONS AND RECEPTION, When the venerable Justice had concluded he Tose slowly and recetved the personal congratula- tlons of the delegation and of the village friends assembled. in the evening Mrs, Nelson enter- tained the company at the house, and to-morrow they return to New York, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. Consolidation of the Central and the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroads—The Great Railroad Fight Resumed—A Truce Till Next Week—Bumated and the Jersey City Commissions. The railroad companies have taken sole posses- sion of the Legislature at Trenton. The bill validating the agreement of the New Jersey Cen- tral with the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad ‘was passed in the House yesterday by a vote of 42 to12, The bill is virtually @ consolidation of the two companies and the business of the two roads shall be managed by a joint committee of five from each company. The object of this consoli- ation is “to effect an equal and perpetual union of interests between the parties hereto,” and it is contemplated to make the consolidation complete @tan early day. The articles are signed by John Taylor Johnston and Samuel Sloan. ‘The New York and Philadelphia Railroad bill, the great bugbear of Tom Scott, was taken up in the House, and as the Clerk proceeded to read it the Sriends of the bill kept their eyes wide open to de- tect chicanery, having the recollection of the Stan- hope bill fresh in their memories, Suspicion was aroused, and not withqut good reason. When the Clerk read the sixth section as far as the words, “location and construction,” he was brought to a full stop. The simple and apparentiy in- significant conjunction “and” was interpolated in- stead of the important conjunction “or,” and the commotion . which followed stopped further again for several minutes, The in- Eon inst ee the engrossing clerk, was intense, an ression 1s all but universal that the ruse. was tended cpoetnope the “aed sideration of the bilk and enabie the Tom Scott brigade to muster in sum \t force to kill it. That indeed, the effect of the little for the ‘ill had to be laid over for correction till after- noon session. But here, again, the friends of the measure were bamMled, for a motion to urn till Monday was carried by a vote of 29 to 2—a vote that ae on the strength of the . monopoly the free rail- road combination rad bectively: Next week, therefore will come the tug of war, and the very important issue whether tl ture of New Jerse; rea the people of t State on the one hand 0 Tom Scott on the other will be de- cided, Never were the Pre ped more in earnest. Committees of citizens from every quarter of the State in favor of free railroad competition and cheap fares crowd the gallery and the lobby. aie bers of the Legislature are warned that a list will be prepared and sent throughout the state and that political death wiil be the fate of every man who sells out his constituents for any con- sideration whatsoever to the Pennsylvania Central. There has been no such excitement in Trenton since the war. Another source of comment durin; Sn ast few days is the reappearance in the lobby of Bumsted, ofversey City, over whose recent hetory people would fain throw the mantle of charity, He per- sista, however, in reappearing in his former rdle ag a lobbyist, ‘and the startling rumor is abroad that he is again legislated into one of the Boards of Commissioners that have Peed ad Jersey City pa the past two years, Honest Henry Gaede— and the epitnet has a real signification here—is so disgusted when speaking on this subject that he says she will offer his resignation to the House if men with such a record be tolerated on the floor of the House. The republican caucus have not yet fixed upon the new Commissioners for Jersey City. Ex-Mayors Harrison and Cor- nelison, of Bergen, and Frederick T. Farrier, of Jerse hg 0 are mentioned for vacancies in'the Board of Public Works, and any of them would be @great improvement on two members at least of the ‘Teepe Board. The Police Commissioners’ muddie is @ source of some eee to the Ring. It is not generally known, but qt it 1g a fact, that one of the objects of the bili restoring the con- victed Commissioners to the franchise is to render them e! pagibie for reappeintment to the offices they now hold, ~The passage of this bill, however, is not by any means certain, When it goes to the Senate it will encounter @ desperate Ae er bat and will, in all probability, be returned to the House. “If it reaches there again,” exclaims W. Patterson, the invincible veteran of old Monmouth, “I will have something to say about the attack on the judiciary in the person of Judge Bedle, my old fellow towns- man.’ George in this matter is desperate, and he will keep his word. He succeeds A. H. Patterson, the great democratic leader of the Assembly, and a man against whose reputation the breath of sus- icion was never directed. Another fact worth nowing in this connection is that Ryder, who made the attack on the judiciary, is a candidate for = | anions Judge to succeed Mr. Sturges in Hodson county. The bilyto create Commissioners of Jurors in Hudson cOunty was made the mngitel ig ead for next eee. im the Senate. It will be opposed by raster cPhersen on several groan is. In the AB ed if it be wholesome jor one county it Sah to be made applicable to the whole State. Tu the second piace, as has been repeatedly stated in the HERALD, it is designed as an act of revenge on Sheriff Reinhardt, who empanelied the famous Grand Jury that brought tne Ring to grief. In the third place, the Ring would have ceunted out Sheri? Reinhardt at the late election but for the interference of the Supreme Court, and if they had introduced. The empanelling of the Grand Ji ‘at least should be left with the Sheriff. ae. There are rumors of still more ‘commiistons for Jersey City. ty A Halstead,’ of Kearney, and James M. eichg Pad Jersey City, are in Trenton endeavoring to lobby th n a Dill which would virtually make the rie of Chosen Freeholders of Hudson county commission. Unfortunate Jersey City has not fet seen the last of her miser- Jen; new chains are being forged for her. Nothing has been recently heard of the other Ring bill—the ;| fice Tor aspiring pou iamyers adore cape offices for asi ler the cay tion of @ * Court oF Critninal Jurisdiction. a paces 6s Carrramca hint wv COOK FIGHTING, Pamrapo vs. Orange—Thirteen Battles, 950 Each, and $500 the Odd Fight Pamrapo Victorious, Twenty minutes on the Central Raliroad from Jersey City there was fought, yesterday afternoon, very interesting main of cocks. The principals me birds, e the sport more exciting, decided Ld fer fo Led m $50 abattle and $500 the deciding con’ pany showed seventeen birds, wel 41 oo sein e Ibs, to $ Ibs, 60z., and upon mat thirteen couple were found to have betting was in favor of Pamrapo. fig ting was very creditable, a greatly sty pleased e 1 veterans present. rapo won the main on a tenth battie, “Andy” handled for Pamrapo aud Clacker for Orange. pe8 following is a 4 “t S Tes ec eae a DOUF aud ie mnnavem, a? A DAY OF HORRORS, Death and Disasters Over. awing Richmond. TWO MEN RUSH TO DESTRUCTII A-Span of a New Bridge Falls Into the James River. Twelve Men Thrown Into the Current. FOUR WORKMEN PERISH. + Herofe and Successful Efforts to Save One of the Submerged Mechanies. RicHMOND, Va., Feb, 18, 1873. Another appating @isasteris to be added to ~ Richmond's long and terrible list, While her citi zens are even now rejoicing over the completion of & great line of railroad connecting the waters of the Chesapeake Bay with those of the Ohio River, while 15,000 are in glad procession, while the be! ring the joyful tidings and artillery thunders the news of the great triamph of engineering skill and commercial enterprise, a number of farhilies, both in this and other States, are called upon to mourn the logs, by @ painful death, of some one of their THE FIRST LIVES. SACRIFICED, ‘The sad catastrophe of the day began this morn- ing at seven o'clock, when two men, who were working on the Free, bridge over the James River, now in course of construction between this city and Manchester, attempted to cross from this side in @ small boat to their work. The undertaking was @ ras one, owing to the swollen state of the river and the terrible rapidity of the current, The unfortunate men, however, launched tneir frail boat, and, striking out boldly, were soon struggling with the madly rushing waters of the James: had scarcely gone thirty yards irom the shore when the boat was swamped, turned bottom upwards and the two ogcupants were swailowed up in the turbulent waters. These men were named T. C, Henden (white), of Carrington, Md., and. Philip Hampton (colored), of Virginia, Their bodies have not been recovered. A BRIDGE FALLS, This was but the beginning of the sad events of the day. Noon had nearly arrived, and the city _ ‘was thrown into a terrible state of excitement by the announcement that a span of the same Free bridge had fallen, and that a large number of work- men were either drowned or killed. reporter at once set out for the scene of the disas- ter, where a fearful sight was presented. On the bank of the river, on the Manchester side, crowds of excited people, mostly women, were rushing frantically to and fro, wringing their hands and weeping bitterly. The same scenes were being enacted’ on the Richmond side, while on the Petersburg Ratlroad bridge, running parallel with the Free bridge and close to it, were large numbers of men vainly en- deavoring to rescue A MAN WHO WAS HEROICALLY CLINGING to the timbers of the fifteenth span of the Free bridge, which but a short time before had been swept down, precipitating twelve men into the de- Every eye on either shore was fastened on the man clinging to the broken timber, with the waters beating against him, sometimes covering him entirely, and each moment expecting Ropes were thrown him from the railroad bridge, and, catching one of them, he succeeded by mo: lashing himself to the timber. weather were both intensely cold, but still the An hour had passed and still he was bravely beating his hands on his body, to preven('tiem becoming benumbed. Now they lowered a boat from which when vouring element. to see him swept away. juperhaman efforts in The water and man struggled for Iife, the rallrosd bridge, it reached the nearly turned bottom upwards before it was allowed siowly to drift to the heroic man, A BOAT CANNOT ASSIST HIM. Again and again he attempted to get into the boat, but failed, and at this time the excitemegt on shore was so intense that it was with difficulty some could be restrained“ from making the fool- hardy attempt to rescue him by endeavoring to A disinterested gentleman on the Richmond side at this juncture cried ovg, “Five hundred dollars to anybo¢y who will though many were willing, none were permitted to make the at- At last, by the sheer force of despera- tion, the man succeeded in getting into the boat; but now his danger became greater than ever. he cut loose the rope by which he was lashed to the timbers and the boat swamped he was lost, and every effort to either raise it out of the river or tow it across was unavailing. SAVED—MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE. At this time, nearly two hours since the span fell, the crowd gave him up for lost, and numbers of women had fallen on their knees praying for him, when succor appeared from another source. Mr, D. 8. Cofrode, of Phitadelphia, came to the last pier of the bridge just where the fatal span had fallen, and by dint of great exertion threw @ rope to the lashed man in the boat. to seize, and with an undaunted bravery and cool- ness vhat elicited the admiration of the spectators, he tied it firmly around his body. stood up in the boat, and, giving a signal, Mr. Cofrode and party began to pull him in, pulled from the boat he was swept down the stream witli terrible velocity, and for a time dis- Steadily the rope waa hauled in, and while the excited crowds beld their breath he was drawn to the pier, and in a moment or two more he was on the plier, nearly lifeless, but saved. Then for the first time loud and hearty cheers went up from both sides of the river and from the men on the bridge, and everybody thanked God that one more was saved. Ten of the workmen went down with the span; three of these never were seen to rise again, aud are supposed to have been crushed by the falling timbers. Another drifted a be river and soon sunk forever, Which fills tne Satal list. NAMES OF THE DEAD AND INJURED. Their names are as be Oy lage David Hanley, of Medta, John rhe of Clover Hi, Va. J. C, Haddon, of Dina Va. £. Shaw, of New Y R. Cook, of New Ham broken and right leg badly Jessic coment? Philadelphia, was swept halfa 7% oo the river with another man, or cling- ye be f - pee me ere thrown te them, one of be re ge ou ied up's ‘distance of swim to him. This he was seen After this he appeared from sight, rt distance down hire, had his arnr ured, which was the Zampee. he rcs the boats, while two eters te man, were swept thre down the river, and were rescu: t by some veo his employés, who ho was rescued @t the scene et the disaster. LI SASTER, pon the calamity cannot be leseness of = thrown tie rg weigh ent of Fhe ona” on a Ln tne toate orks pong 4 wi ve mint rood os