The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1873, Page 5

LOUISIANA RECONSTRUCTION. Debate in the Senate on the Bill to Reorganize Louisiana. VIEWS OF THE LEADING SENATORS. Morton in Favor of the Kellogg Gov- ernment, Carpenter of the McEn- * ery and Conkling of Neither. THE DANGER OF CIVIL WAR. Urgent Necessity for Legislation in the Case and a Solution of the Difficulty. . Wasnincton, Feb, 27, 1873. Wasnincrtor, Feb. 27, 1873, ‘The Committee on Printing reported in favor of print- ing the memorial of Allen Rutherford and J. J. Hasler, of New York, asking recognition by Congress as the first to organize volunteers for the defence of the Union against the rebellion. Mr, Logan, (rep.) of Il)., presented the credentials of R. J, Oglesby, Senator elect from Ilinois. The calendar being the regular order Mr. CarrEnteR, of ‘Wis., moved to lay the calendar on the table for the pi pose of taking up the bill reported from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, providing for 4 — ALNEW ELECTION IN LOUISIANA. It was absolutely necessary, he said, that this should be acted upon in order to avert the bloodshed, shown by the morning papers to be imminent in Louisiana, Messrs. Suxnman, (rep.) of Ohio, aud Morton, (rep.) of Ind., also urged immediate action upon the bill, and it ‘was taken up, Mr. Hitt, trep.) of Ga., offered a substitute embodying his views in favor of forming a Legislature out ot the legally elected members of both the bodies now claiming tobe the Legislatnre of Louisiana, and authorizing this new Legislature, so formed, to count the returns of the last election, and declare who are the legally elected Btate officers. Mr. Carrenter, (rep.) of Wis, addressed the Senate briefly in support of the bill reported by the majority of the committee. The views of the committee, he said, ‘were fully set forth in the majority report, and as this bill had been submitted to persons representing all sides of the controversy he supposed that if such a bill were to be passed at all this one would be satisfactory in its details. He had just been banded by Mr, McMillan, claiming to be a Senator elect trom Louisiana, a telegram addressed to himself (McMillan) and Governor Warmoth, which was read at the desk, as follows :— m 7 “To Wx. L. McMILLAN axD GoveRxor H. “Itis mot true that country parishes are rapidiy a Knowledging their allegiance to the Kellogg governinent. The people in the country, like the people in the city, will never yield obedience’ to that government. It can Never coliéct taxes, and itcan only be maintained by force: that force will have to be United States troops stationed in every parish to enforce the authority of his government. His government can only be sustained by ‘an actual conquest of the people, and ihat by the kind of force which the people would subinit to rather than have Ha am ‘This despatch was signed by a large number of citizens who, according to McMillan, are leading men in the ae parishes. ‘Mr. Morton, of Indians, said it woula be a vast na- tional misfortune, and a great misfortune to Louisiana - that this bill should pass. A small faction in that State having set up the so-called McEnery government, with- out a shadow of title under the law, was now endeavor- i to stir up resistance to the actual government, the Kellogg government, resistance which must iead to STRIFE AND BLOODSHED, McEnery,a so-called Governor, without any aushoriy ‘whatever was now doing all he could to desiroy the efti- and doing this as he o Proclamations of MeEnery, concluding with the one published this morning. But McEnery ang. his p friends were now getting into rather deep water. Upon attempting to carry out this last proclamation they. would be mere on refusing rioters, and, to “disperse, they would be ‘liable to be shot. Telegrams had been received from Governor Kellogg showing what Mcknery was doing and under what intia- ence he wayacting, ‘In one telegram Kellogg saysi— “Governor Warmoth telegraphs, urging collision. I dont think the opposition can get strength enough; they are fast losing the confidence of the community. ' Their Le- sislature yesterday had no quorum.” In another telegram, dated on the 20th, Kellogg says:— “Governor Warmoth ‘has telegraphed McEncry as fol- lows —'If you are a government do something to show it mow. Action! action!! action!!!” Mr. TRUMBULL, (rep.) of I1—I am authorized by Gover- nor Warmoth to say that both of those despatches stat- ing that such despatches ever came from him are utterly Mr. Morton—I have nothing to say upon that question. Ihave read the despatches as they. have been sent bere’ But there is one tact that we cannot overlook, that since ts were made from the Committee on Privileges and Elections attempts have been made to create dis- turbance and resistance to the law and to bring on civil war in Louisiana, and that rday this attempt was made, not onty by that pretended Legislature, but by that pretended Governor. It is now a desperate attempt on the part of a small faction to seize upon the State gov- ernment of Louisiana. Mr. Suen d I ask the Senator (Mr. Morton) whether I am right in supposing that the election re- jan ad were made show that McEnery had a ma- jo! Mr Morton—The returns have never been canvassed by any officer or any official person. Two persons came before the cominittee and said that they had gone through them—persons who had mo more right to go $hrough them than two of these pages would have—and feos ¢ returns elected McEnery by some five thqusand votes, Mr. Tavurman—If that be the fact that those returns show a majority for McEnery what does the Senator me: calling his supporters a small iaction? ‘Mr. Morton—t call his supporters now who are trying to force him into power a small faction. The great body of those who voted for him are not now supporting him, Dut are standing and looking on. I believe THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE in Louisiana are to-day desiring that the Kellogg govern- ment should be sustained, including many who voted tor the opposition ticket, Mr. Scuunz, (lib.) of Mo., said that as Mr. Morton seemed 80 positive that those who opposed the paloey govern- ment were only a small faction, hg would ask him to give the Senate some definite information on the subject; to state, fordnstance, whether the people of Louisiana or a large majority of them were now paying taxes to the Ke overnment. : Mr. ToN—The evidence that a arge majority of that people Aenerally e acquiescing in the Ke! Hoag govern. meat is in the fact that they are actually submitting; that there is actual peace all over the State, and that up ta this time no resistance hasbeen offered to that govern- ment in any part of the State. ‘Mr, Scuurz—It is not only passive submission that ‘Would be an indication of support, and I think active submission would §°, agreat deal farther to yw that they are really inclined to stand by the Kelloy ment, and in no way could it shew itself bette: the payment of taxes. It is for that rea: westion, whether the people of Louisiana ai the Kells ene at the same time re- ir. Packard testified before the com- wat if the people of that State would pay taxes at would rather pay them to the McEnery govern- lato the other, and Packard, being the United States Marshal, cannot be supposed to be on the McEnery le, Mr. Morror—IfI had time to read all that Marshal ackard said, the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Schurz) ‘would not have-occasion to saya word about his testi- mony in regard to the payment of taxes. This ix not the time for the collection of taxes, and it does not take very much doubt upon the subject of authority to collect taxes. er very much encouragement to induce people not to pay their taxes. This McEnery has issu proclamation eee his friends Louisiana to pay no taxes, and | believe that this is not the exact season for collect- ing taxes there; but if we refuse to set aside "THR KELLOGG GOVERNMENT and give it our sup that govermment will go on and collect the taxes Without any trouble. ‘Mr. Carranter, of Wiscot , made an elaborate argu- ment sustaining the major! ort ody could exag- 0. gerate the importance of thi isiana question. . gress was called aire, to exercise its high power of teeing to a State a republican forin of govern- fuse to act when the case demanded it ‘would be just as¢reata dereliction of duty as it would to interfere unwa! tably with a State government. le then reviewed at great length THE HISTORY OF BOTH THE SO-CALLED GOVERNMENTS of Louisi pregented in ior gua: ine jana, and came to the conclusions the report of the Committee on Privileges an ns, Wat the McEnery government rests on iraud and the I on usurpation, and that it is the duty of Congress ‘to set aside and provide for a fair and free election, thus giving th: ing on the will o: tate areal republican government rest- 1 the people. A PICTURE OF WARWOTR. ‘is remarks Mr. Carpenter drew the ictare of Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana, at in the Senate near Mr. Carpenter here isin the State of Louisiana, and for several years has be most remarkeble young man—a man Ce te and fascinating mi man of very great acuteness and intellec od a m ‘whom in general it may be said that his intellectual ca- ity seems to have been developed far above his moral i (arsanin Ganee aa ould have, rie tp the Faring by ‘man & wae mi ne | volution, just such completely ed'ana the powers of ite overnment until no men, an tll ead led or tail to-an; ym. Hi appointes moved them at leasure. He has packed courts, ‘spproved laws, repealed laws—been Legislature, judges, Governor. er friiaione, hag been the ds Yach governing peter nd the State of Louisiana. He wished to per; uate that ine in and when his pire he knew that the retarna would be made, wicdee e to the nalomabe and be counted by the y lerably sure thing of re-elec- tion—a contingency that has troubled many a man beside Governor Warmoth and Sev, o2 officer beside tte Gov- ernor of a State—he gets his Legislature. which tie testi- pm p35) sho’ ¢ moved like as many men on achess- board at bis will and pleasure, to pass this law. Mr. Canrenter hi vine Geogribed both the Louisiana Py bg as traudulent, Mr. Moxton remarked that Sel from Wisconsin (Mr. Carpenter) seemed to ‘armoth fraud to the Kellogg tri Ir. Cari 1 ee. use it is rone. In pome things I like greatness, but when it comes to choos- tween two evils, or frauds, I prefer the smaller. ” In that I know my honorable iriend does not agree with me. “Laugiter.)” My friend is be POLITICIAN; ‘AN ORIGINAL AND ASTUTE ‘but let me tell him that the republicans have reached a int where we must be honest whether we are inclined be so or not. Our interests ete us to be honest. It is of no importance to us whether Louisiana is republican or democratic; but it is of the utmost importance that it shall be either the one or the other, in accordance with w. 1 would like to see anybody stamp through Wiscon- sin in the next canvass if we staid by this Kellogg gov- ermment 11 this 19 19 be done by the republican party in | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. TOM SCOTT'S WRATH. / 4 “CHRISTIAN” CONSTITUTIO Pe seagee we ear I want to letthe job of stumping Wisconsin next Fait'to the honorable Senator frou ine diana. (Laughter.) I don't want to face the honest ple ot Wisconsin with such -a record. I do not want go betore stimony of these Louisiana repubil their frauds in settling up this vernment, and with our Votes here ning acknowledged fraud and usurpation—a usurpation finally executed and accem- pied by the military force of the government of the nited States. 1 cannot answer for the people ot Indiana Ui th 1 wiil leave them ti nid ~ circumstances. io be managed by the homorable Senator from Indiana, and if he em I beg him to come over . We shall need pore aid to satisfy our unsophisticated that such’ a thing is honest, (Laughter.) ir. CanrEntxx, in conclusion, argued that if Congress did not order a new election it was bound to RECOGNIZE THE M’KNERY GOVERNMENT as the less fraudulent of the two. ir. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, argued that there was nothing in the case go justify Congress in ordering a new election even if it had the power, and that the proper "McEnery governinent, Col of course, ingress hi ‘a Tight { doy ‘notwith manding the contrary action of the President.” ‘La., said he thought Mr, Hill’s eab- be so amended to meet the views of the i of the bill until the even- ‘the motion was lost, and advocated his substitute until recess was Evening Session. Mr. Parr, Sep. of Ind., called up the House bill authorizing a certain award to the Vincennes University, which was passed. The Senate resumed the consideration of the Loui- siana dill, and Mr. Wear addressed the Senate. The re- suit of adopting Mr. Hill's proposition, ne said, would be to set up @ democratic Legislature ‘in Louisiana, and, consequently, a democratic Governer. The Legislature would be democratic not because a democratic majority had been fairly elected, but because the Warmoth Re- turning Boards bad fraudulently excluded the republican a rey ae ‘on the other hand, the Lynch Board acted fairly. Mr. Contin, rep.) N. Y., said that Mr. Hill's substitute Foposes Propow ay MOST MUDDY SOLUTION OF THE DIFFICULTY yet offered. On the other band, the measure reported by ihe majority of the Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions could be justified pny by such necessity as had not been showd to exist in ana. He would not venture Propose any reinedy for the difficulties existing there, nor would he vote for any measure which aid not offer a better prospect of settling those difficulties than was geared by either of the two,upom which he had com- ment CONTINUED ON TE}.TH PAGE. THE BROKEN JAW TRAGEDY. The Inquest on the Body of Henry Jones—One of the Empancelied Juries Dismissed—A Lively Day in the Hicks- ville Hotel=The Testimony of a Com- mittee of Doctors—Death Caused by Fracture, Exhaustion, Poisonous In. flammation and Starvation. ‘There was, as anticipated, an exceedingly lively time yesterday at the inquest held at Hicksville, L. 1, on the death of Henry Jones, the victim of the South Oyster Bay tragedy. The investigation into the particulars of the homicide was held ina second story room of the principal village hotel, within a few hundred paccs of the disagreeable Long Island Railroad depot. A large number of the surrounding inhabitants, among whom were some curious specimens of human intelligence, had congregated in and around the hotel as early ag ten o'clock A. M., and did not quit the scene nor relax their anxiety and intense interest during the whole proceedings of the day. Coroner Baylis arrived at a quarter past eleven o'clock, at- tended by his counsel, ex-Chancellor McCunn, a rustic-looking middle-aged gentleman, with much gravity and wit in his physique. The District At- torney of Queens county, Mr. Benjamin W. Down- ing, was present, and Messrs. Mott & Fleming appeared as counsel for the prisoner.’ The prisoner himself remained sitting silently by, with all the manifestations of indifference stamped upon his unwrinkled brow. THE FIRST AND SECOND JURIES. At eleven o’clock the following jurymen answered to their names:—Edgar Davis, Joseph McGringle, John T. Underhill, E..H. de Langelittle, William Freytagh, Edmond Jarvis, Richard Lewis and Jehn Colger. After the calling of the roll a lively discus- sion ensued as to the dismissal or continuance of the former jury empanelled by the Coroner when Jones’ ante-mortem @tatement was taken. At the desire of the District Attorney, on behalf of the Coroner, and as the last jury had not viewed the dead body, it was resolved that the views of the said jury on the ante-mortem examination should be taken. The following incomplete decision or verdict was then handed in by the foreman ot igi jury empaneiled on the ante-mortem examina- tion:— We, the ante-mortem jury, saw Henry Jones before he died, and we found him in 4 critical state, which he said was trom wounds received at the hands of William Howard, and we (the jury) fiad the same. THE DEAD MAN’S STORY. The ante-mortem statement of Bey Jones was then submitted by the Coroner for the information of the second jury, of which the following is ® copy :— . The examination of Henry Jones, taken by and before me, Valentine Bayles, one of the Coroners of the said county, this 17th day of Mebruary, 1873, is as follows :— That on the &th day of February he went to the house of William Howard, in the town of Hempst said county, and drove into Howard's yard, tied his horse, went ‘near to the barn where Howard’ then was, and requested him to pay a little bill due for the services of one of his children; Howard answered thai He had nothing to do with him; l asked him when he could pay the money, and he then erdered me off the premises; he (Jones) then returned to lis house, and while in the of notying his horse Howard ¢ up behind him and struck him a very hard blow on the side of the face; then said to him, “You are a very nice man,” he then said, “You drew a knife on me.” and then struck me two more very hard blows on the side of the nd neck, which blows then and there received from him have caused the injury from which I am now suffering; I did not draw any knife, had none inmy hand and had no such thoughts; had a small knife in my al 8 HENRY X JON) mark. The District Attorney objected to counsel for the risoner unless they acted through the Corener, ‘is being agreed to the testimony of Dr. Webb was then taken. He said THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF HENRY JONES’ DEATH was the fracturos received ; the actual causes of his death arose from these fractures trom the condition of the man’s weakened constitution, the poisonous intlammatory ex- crescences of the wound being swallowed and absorbed with the saliva, causing diarrhea and subsequently death; he thought the case might have been called pyemia or blood poison. OPINION OF ANOTHER DOCTOR. Dr. George B. Richmond was next called of to give his opinion as to the cause of death. He said he agreed entirely with Dr. Webb, except that the body seemed drained of ali fluids and the blood ves- sels empty ; the cendition of the body indicated that death ensued from exhaustion as a consequence of the trac- tures; deceased had no inflammation either of the chest, bowels, lungs or liver: the fracture was on the transverse maxillary bone, between the first and second; the ends of the. bone were ununited and a collection of pus was found immediately under and communicating with the fracture to the amount of three ounces. STILL ANOTHER. Dr. Hegeman, the next witness, read his notes on the ante-mortem examination, which showed that the -wounds were not very carefully strapped :— The only ones spoken of being adhesive straps of stick- ing plaster and outer bindings of cloth; death, he thought, resulted primarily from the fracture and subse- Quentiy’ from pyemia and complete prostration on ac- count of deceased being unable to take the requisi nourishment, he administered to him stimulants ot nds, such as milk punch and rectified spiri \d brandy, chloride of potassium as a mouth wash, and put water, mixed with iodine and alcohol, on thé cloths. b- AND ANOTHER, The testimony of Dr. George W. Bell followed, and was entirely in accordance with that of the preceding witnesses. He thought that death re- suited from a prostration ef the system, and satd a8 a splinter in the finger may be sometimes the cause of death, so also may the fracture in a case like the present one. THE LAST. Dr. Henry L. Van Zandt said death was occa- sioned by exhaustion, followed by diarrhea and inability to take nourishment, primarily caused by the fracture. He gave the various symptoms of deceased during bis iliness, THE PRISONER TESTIFIES, William Howard, the prisoner, then gave the werds of Henry Jones, aiter being struck. They corroborated in all the respects the ante-mortem statement of the deceased. After some further testimony of an unimportant kind from the last witness and the doctors indis- criminately and collectively, and a racy and curious tirade of elequent 4 or irom the ceunsel on both sides, interrupted in its warmest moment by authoritative and sensible interposition from District Attorney Dewning, the Coroner finally de- clared the inquest adjourned until Wednesday, the 4th of March, when it would be resumed under similar circumstances at ten o'clock A. M. The res- tive crowd then throngea the stairway down to the hall and made the snow-stuffed air resound with their laughter, while the county officials, lawyers and reporters repaired tothe miserable railread depot, full of many curious thoughts about the Hicksville inquest and its intereste ‘sonages. WHY ADAM COULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN IRISHMAN, To THE EpIToR OF THE HERALD:— In looking over the columns of the HERALD of Tuesday, the 26th, my attention was attracted to @ part where a person styling himself “A Reader” Tequests you to decide a wager by asking if Adam was an Irishman. The gentleman, so styling him- self, cannot be much of a reader, of the HERALD at bag te! he would know that you devote no part of it to eer tie cae ondents. Permit me, therefore, to answer the gentleman, by informing him that I am certain Adam was not an Irishman, for this simple reason—that I never heard, and’ I wouid wager the gentleman that he never read of, an Irishman that lived with his wile after her fall, Thereiore he mugt be some other countryman. QP t He Dismisses His Lobby at Trenton. a The Meanest Device Yet Attempted—Hiding Away the People’s Railroad Bill—Hewitt on the Warpath—Secretary Babcovk Won't Surrender the Bill, Though the Senate Calls for It—Jarrard Hides Again. “Don’t swap horses crossing a stream,” was an old proverb which the sagacious Lincoln observed when urged to change generals at a critical period of the late war. Tom Scott does not see quite so much force in the adage. His recent defeats in the New Jersey Legislature have so exasperated him that his better judgment gives place to a peevish- ness created by disappointment, and he visits his wrath on some of his unlucky, though by no means derelict, lobbyists. No order ever issued by Super- intendent of Police Kennedy was more categorical than the order from headquarters at Philadelphia on Wednesday, removing two of the oldest mem- bers of the “Third House” for alleged dereliction of duty. In the same order J. G, Stevens and R. F. Stockton were notified that the weighty interests of the Pennsylvania Railroad require that the lobby delegation must be reconstructed, as no more games of chance can be played in the business of legislation. Henceforward every general who loses a battle will be decapitated. The Legislature at Trenton must be kept in hand as adroitly as that at Harrisburg. This order explains the ner- vous movements of Stevens, alluded to in yester- @ay’s HERALD, he Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany can afforéto suifer a defeat, but the prestige of the Stevenses and the Stocktons as manipula- tors of the Legislature must not be tarnished, The galleries of the Senate chamger were crowded yesterday morning. The Committee on Railroads and Canals was expected to report As- sembly bill No. 3—the great bone of contention. This committee consists of Hopkins, Jarrard and Edsall, three firm supporters of Tom Scott, Not a single triend of the people's raliroad bill is on the committee. Business was rushed through rapidly. Hopkins was not in his seat, neither was Jarrar?, - Here was a device of the enemy, thought everywne in the gallery as well as on the floor. Yet on in- quiry it was ascertained that Hopkins, chair- man of the committee, had gone home to attend the funeral of a relative; but where was Jarrard? He has gained for himself some reputation for hidin; when public interests demand his presence, and the first thought in the minds of many Senators was that he was indulging his old propensity on this occa- sion, Only Kdsall was present on the part of the committee, but Hewitt was determined that no snap game should be played. He arose and offered a reso.ution instructing the committee, or any member thereof present, to report Assembly Dill No. 3 immediately. McPherson (Tom Scott's ad- jutant general) was on his feet in an instant, The resolution tovk him by surprise. He implored, protested, appealed, and was evidently in a state of digtress for an argument. He insisted that it was unprecedented, unparliamentary, uncour- teous and so on, to call for a report in the absence of the chairman of the committee, Sewell fol- lowed and adopted the same line of deience, Hewitt, Havens, Stone and Cutler enforced the resolution, Which was finally amended by putting it in the form of a request, and it was adopted by the following vote (Edsall not voting) :—Yeas— Banghart, Cornish, - Cutler, Havens, Hendrickson, Hewitt, Stone, Taylor (resident), Williams, Wood—10, Nays—Beesley, Irick, Lydecker, Mc- Pherson, Newkirk, Sewell, Sheppard—7. Imme- diately before the vote was taken the President announced that the bill was in the possession of Mr. Babcock, the Secretary, to whom it had been entrusted for safe keeping by the Chairman of the committee, and the Secretary did not feel justified in delivering it ue any one Without an order irom said Chairman, Edsall declared his willingness to report the bill forthwith in accordance with the re- quest of the Senate, but the action of the Secretary wasaclincher. It was a new system of tactivs and It Was successful, Sewell and McPherson walked over to Edsall aud whispered something; Irick tapped Sewell on the back, whispered and gave vent to a hearty chuckle; Cutier looked crestfallep, Havens blushed, Hewett turned pale, Stone was disgusted, Wood was disappointed, Hendrickson was indignant, while Williams looked on the result as if he had foreseen it. All this time the specta- tors in the gallery were taking in the scene and discussing lhe trick in whispers, but the greatest decorum was observed. The President hammered with his gavel somewhat unexpectedly, announced a bill and miscellaneous business was resumed, ‘There was a rush from the galleries, and the usual buzz reigned again in the hall. The stratagem was perhaps the only one that could stave oif the bill, for the Scott contingent were not numerous enough to defeat it so long as Moore, Hopkins and Jarrard were absent. Lydecker treated the demand of his constituents, in mass meeting assembled at Hackensack last Saturday night, with contempt, for he has made up his mind to follow the fortunes of Tom Scott auring the ses- sion. Another Senator, who sits near him and who betrayed his constituency in like manner, had been down to Philadelphia during the night to take counsel with Tom scott in regard to the approach- ing contest. He was mufied up, and he stole away; yet his movements in coming out and com- ing in’ Were watched, though he knew it not. fi was stated by an oficer of the Senate that Jarrard had gone to Washington, but ‘how much truth was in the statment: may be gleaned from | the fact that he turned upin the alternoon session, less than two hours after the adjournment for dinner. He was stowed away in a room in ‘irenton, and the Pennsylvanians, fearing another attack im the afternoon session, drew him from his hiding- place, fer his vote was all important to them. Soon after the Senate was calied to order in the afternoon a communication from Mr. Babceck, the Secretary, was read, setting forth that a arcel was committed to his charge by Mr. Hopkins, chairman of the Committee on Railroads, and as he did not know what the parcel contained he declined to deliver it up to any other member of the committee. The Scott men had been in council during the recess, and, aiter hatching the dilemma for two hours, this full-fledged subter- fuge was brought forth. As the Senate adjourned soon alter for the week the people’s Railroad bill cannot come up before Monday night. Tom Scott will have, therefore, ample time to consult with his henchmen and adopt a new line of defence, It would not be surprising if it were reported to the Senate that the bill was stolen. The general railroad law, another excellent measure, was ordered to a third reading in the As- sembly, after a few amendments, It was warmly supported by Canfield and Lee, while Ward, of Sussex, offered most of the amendments. The passage of this bill will be a great blow to the mo- nopoly. Letson, who introduced Assembly bill No. 8, showed a weak vein during the debate, as if he were jealous of the success of the general railroad scheme. It cannot affect his bill in any sense. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, The Lackawanna at Calcutta—Showing American Courtesy to the Nabobs. Caxcorta, Jan. 10, 1873. The United States steamer Lackawanna arrived at Calcutta December 21. Rear Admiral Jenkins made the Lackawanna his flagship at Singapore, December 1, transferring his flag from the Colorado. The Colorado, whieh sailed via Cape Town Decem- ber 1, is expected to arrive in New York March 1. The Lackawanna was well received by the Eng- lish people at this favorite Pastern Oriental metropolis, Receptions have been held in her honer by the Viceroy and Governor General, civil and tary authorities, and the residents gen- erally. In Tne midst of these festivities the cholera broke out on the Lackawanna. The Admiral was obliged to sail immediately to sea. The Lacka- wanna left on the 6th, leaving several of her offi. cers, who were on @ tour to Lucknow, Delhi and the Himalayas. The following is a list of the officers attached to the flagship Lackawanna:—Rear Admiral Jenkins, Captain Paul Shirley, Fleet Paymaster Stevenson, Fleet Engineer Fitch, Fleet Lieutenants Amory, Converse and Fisher; Fleet Surgeon Bloodgood, Surgeon Scefield, Passed Assistant Surgeen Tryon, Assistant Surgeon Black, Lieutenant Commander Kellogg, Lieutenants Schenck, Nichols, ten, Lisle, Selfridge and Field; Midshipmen Foster, Nebor and McIntosh. Naval Orders. WASHINGTON, Feb, 27, 1873. Lientenant Commander Benjamin P. Lamberton has been ordered to the Naval Academy. Lieuten- ant John R, Winn has been detached from the Ohio and ordered to. the ‘Wromine, First Assistant Engineer E. A, Magee, from special duty at the Treasury Department to the Wasp. ARMY OHANGES AND ORDERS, Major W. A. Rucker, paymaster, has been re- lieved from duty in the Department of Missouri, and will report for duty in the Department of Columbia, Major P. 8. Hall, paymaster, has been relieved from duty in the Department of Texas and ordered to the Department of the East. The resig- nation of Major Edward Wright, paymaster, has been accepted, to take effect October 1 next. The Superintendent of the Mounted Recruiting Service has been ordered to send 100 recruits to Austin, Texas, for nment to the Fourth cav- alry, and ninety to Fort Riley, Kansas, or the sixth scayalry Second and Last Day’s Labor of the Religio-Political Convention. TALK AND TRAVAIL. Much Ado with Nothing Done. be A SCEPTIC SPEAKS. Onslaught of an Orator Upon Jews, Jesuits, Infidels, Atheists and Pagans Alike— Lady Jane Grey Resurrected. “The Religious Constitutional Convention reas- sembied yesterday morning at nine o’clock in the great hall of the Cooper Institute. Mr. Felix Brunot presided. About two hundred delegates were present, and @ large number of curiosity seck- ers, whose conduct during the proceedings, ex- pressive of approval or disapproval, showed a strong sentiment of agepticism and infidelity to exist among them. The session was opened with prayer, by the Rev. Dr, ‘tyng, and the resolutions read on the previous even- ing, after a brief discussion, were adopted without alteration. Protessor Hays moved a reso- lution to the effect that all antagonistic opinions be excluded from expression in the Convention. Some remarks were made intended io refect upon the newspapers which have most faithfully reported the proceedings of the body thus far, but they were speedily suppressed, and the resolution was lost. THE PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT. The report of the General Secretary, Dr. Mc- Allister, was then presented and-adopted without debate. It is @ lengthy document, containing more words than facts. It states in the com- mencement that the movement has met a success during the past year far. beyond its expectation, ‘The Convention at Cincinnati served to call public attention much more fully and pomtedly than ever before and created a wide demand for informa- tion. To meet this demand a weekly paper became necessary and was started last September (the Christian Weekly), and is on a good financial basis, Other documents were also necded, and the report of the Convention and severai tracts on the subject were published in pamphlet form, and many thousands have been distributed, Several hundred public meetings have been held in the interest of the cause. Little, however, has been done to organize local auxiliary associations, only fifteen or twenty having been formed, The subject in agitation was now being discussed generaily in the newspapers, and a re- ward of $100 had been offered tor the best tracts discussing the question, The great success of the present Convention was taken as an earnest of the success that awaited the movement during the’ coming year. The report concludes by naming the following points as worthy the attention of the meeting :—First, organization as an imperative ne- Congress to take the matter into consideration; third, many lecturers should take the field at once in behalf of the cause ; fourth, liberal contributions were necessary. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE then presented its report, from which it appeared that 2,000 copies of the proceedingsof the National Convention at Cincinnati had been published and distributed. ceipts during the year of $4,046 and expenditures to the amount of $4,002, leaving a balance of $44, The committee recommended that this Convention should request the Constitutional Convention now in session in Philadelphia ‘to place suitable re- ligious acknowledgments in the tution to be submitted to the people of that State for sheir adoption, and that the delegates from Pennsylvania in this Convention be appointed to bear this request to that body. We also recom- mend that the Executive Committee to be ap- pointed at this Convention be charged to present milar request, on behalf of the National Asso- ciation, to the Constitutional Cenvention of Ohio and to other similar conventions which may meet during the year.” The report contained a form of petition to Con- gress, which was objected to by several delegates, and accordingly referred back to the committee. It closes with a recommendation that the inevit- able collection should be “taken up” for the benefit of the treasury of the National Association. This significant language sent a shiver through the Convention. WHERE THE LADIES STAND. The following resolution was presented by a Mrs, Jane Grey Swisshelm, a lady delegate, who intro- duced itin a very pointea speech, making a deep impression on the masculine members of the Con- vention :— Resolved, That the cause for which this Convention hi met is one that commends itselt to the special sympa and concern of the Christian women of our land, they are confidently relied upon for their earnest co- operation in giving it final success. THE SOCIAL SINS OF CONGRESSMEN. Mrs. JANE GREY SWISSHELM dresses in the style of the period in which her noble namesake lived, wear- ing black alpaca and velvet, with a white ’kerchief and asmailround bonnet. She carries a mascu- line umbrella. She is not now, as she may once have been once, in the bloomo! her youth, and her speech, therefore, did not create much amazement, in which she declared that she could not understand why Congressmen should be at- tracted to the lobbying women at Washington, the hems of whose garments she herself would not touch, She dwelt long and peste poate upon the neroism of her noble namesake, Lady Jane Grey, “and herexample of strength of principle. The reso- lution was adopted with applause, and the Con- vention then adjourmed until the afternoon. Afternoon Session. In the afternoon there was a somewhat larger gathering in the Cooper Institute hall than there had been in the morning. At hall-past two Mr. John Alexander, one of the Vice Presidents, called the Conventien to order, and the proceedings were opened with Le bs by the Rev. Dr. Sloane. The Rev. J. P. MicH AKL then addressed the Con- vention in advocacy of the by this time well-worn subject of the present movement, and was listened to wits marked attention. He did not, however, utter anything either new or startling. ‘The Convention was next addressed by the Rev. John Hobb. The pagan religiou of old Rome, he said, was sufficient to carry it for a certain period. Tt kept up the balance between the conscience and the intellect, but it was not strong enough to establish Rome forever, and Rome went down, ‘the only religion which could sustain a nation and bind it tegether forever was the religion ef Jesus Christ. (Applause.) Thongh there be wickedness in a nation, if that nation had Jaid hold of the strong arm of Omnipo- tence it should never be permitted to go down to death. He believed that the people of the United States were Christians. The question that was to be asked was, ‘Is our nation to live er is it te die?” ‘The hisses which were made at this movement were but the watchwords of increasing licentious- ness— THE DEATH KNELL OF THE NATION'S LIFE. Nothing could express tne dark ct of public affairs now as regards corruption. What was our nation? New born; cast orth among the world of nations by God’s hand te manifest at some time some bread problem that God had to work out. She was without @ father, unless man be one without an acknowledgment of her Creator. 1f God was the author of nations and if a nation was ever to live it must in some way take hold upon Christianity. (Applause.) He believed that infidelity and nothing else was the element which caused that lack in the constitution which they deplored, and nothing else could lead to such utter ignoring of the Father of nations, (Applause.) It was SCEPTICISM TRANSPORTED ACROSS THE OCEAN from Framce which caused this fatal deiect and so affected the framers of that instrument, wise though they were, that they could not even have prayers said to ask God to sanction what they did. (Applause.) The whole American nation was im- plicated in that animus, and we cut ourselves adrift among nations from God. And what could it be but @ sinful and bitter thing te seek to exist independant of the Father of nations? (agnees) hen we had placed him at the head of the nation we would have done our duty, and until then he could see nothing but chastisement and repeated blows ef the rod until our misfor- cessity; second, the circulating of petitions to | The repert of the Treasurer, which | was incorporated in this document, showed re- | ratt of the consti- | 4 and read. It asking for th To te HonoRAuLe THe SkNATe AND Hou: SRNTATIVES ‘The Undersigned citizens of the United States petition your honorable bodies for such an amendment to the Constitution of the United States as shall suitably express our national acknowledgment of Alinighty God as the source ot all authority in civil government, of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Ruler of nations, and his revealed will as of supreme authority; and thus indicate that this isa Christian nation, and place alb the Christian laws, in- stitutions and usages of the government on an undeni- able legal basis in the fundamental law of the land. LADY JANE GRAY AGAIN. Lady JANE GRAY SWISSHELM here arose, and ina falsetto tone addressed the Convention. She sug- gested that they ought to have lawyers instead of clergymen to prepare the amendment and to figkt for it. She had thought over the matter, and now wished to offer an amendment to the form of petition, prescribing a preamble to the national constitution committee. It, however, was rejected by a jarge vote, which did not do.honor to the sus- ceptibilities of the delegates. AN INFIDEL REMONSTRANCE. A report of the Executive Committee on a re- monstrance against the object of the Convention irom the citizens of Vineland, N. J., was read by the secretary, to the effect that ten minutes be ai- lowed each bearer of @ protest to read it to the body. (Applause). Dr. TREAT, irom Vineland, was introduced anp applauded, he sald there were two protests which he had to read—one that of unbelievers, and the other that of believers in God and Christ. ‘The first remonstrance was read at length, and expressed the most thoroughly infidel sentiments, but was frequently applauded by that portion of the assem- blage which, apparently, was not composed of delegates, The plaudits, however, were drowned by hisses, Dr. Treat commenced also to read a re- | ply to the addresses already delivered before the Convention, when he was called to order, as hav- ing exceeded the time given him. A motion was Made to permit him to proceed,- Jt was first ap- Plauded, then hissed and finally passed. : A REPUBLIC VS. A THEOCRACY, The paper ridiculed, with startling animosity, the Bible, and questioned its source o1 inspiration. He protested against destroying the Republic and establishing a theocracy. Conscience annihilated the inspiratton of the Bible. A reference was made to George Francis Train, in which the speaker said that that martyr had been punished for showing that there were passages in the Scriptures 80 ob- scene and indecet that they could not be read to the members of a family. At this point Dr. Treat Was interrupted by a storm of hisses and shouts of “That do; that'll do!” “Put ‘im out!” “No; go on!” &¢., and applause. A motion was made that he be permitted to proceed, and was hissed. It was put to a vote and lost, NO FREE SPERCH IN REFORM, : It was then moved by Dr. Epwarps that the other delegate from Vineland be excluded from the benefit of the permission to present his re- monstrance, for the reason that that privilege had already been abused by the gentlemen who had just spoken, The motion was carried with loud applause, ‘wo other gentlemen who wished to present re- monstrances felt very much hurt at this measure, ‘nee the form of petition to Congress changing of the constitution :— ov Repre- had no connection or sympathy with Dr. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE CAUSE, The General Secretary, Dr. MCALLISTER, reported that subscriptions had been received to the amount ol $1,113 50, An annuity of $500 wus donated to the National Association by Mr. Joim Alexander, of Philadelphia, (Applause.) Mr. W. 'T. Miller, of New York, said that he would give one-twentieth ol the total amount subscribed by others, and he thought that that should not be less than $20,000, ‘Treat. ond report to the effect that there were 465 mem. vers in attendance in the Convention, 358 of whom. had certificates, and that nineteen States were | represented by them and one Territory. (Applause.) THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. President H. H. GkoRGE, of Geneva College, Ohio, Was the next speaker, and stood up for the use of tne Bible in the common schools. He advo- cated moral education, What woulu we have if we educated only the intellect and the physical nature’ We might have men of mighty minds and splendid thought, but they would be corrupt and diseased and puny in their morals—pests upon the face of the earti, The attempt to exclude the Bible from the public schools;swas not only un- philosophical, but it was irrational. The moment you entered the domain of education you entered that of morals. THE STANDARD OF MORALITY must be attained by education. What was right according to the morals of one country, for exam- ple, was often found to be wrong according to those of another. INTOLERANCE TOWARDS OPPONENTS. The heart purpose of the opponents of this move- ment was not written on their ioreheads, he said. ‘Their opposition was sneaking and mean. The Jew would not oppose the Bible in the schools if it were his part of the Bible that was used. The Jesuit has never said that he was opposed to the Bible in pub- lic schools, If he did he wouid deny the tradition | of the Roman Catholic Church for sixteen nundred years. It was not a Bible that he hated so much in the public schools as the Bible. It was net religion that he opposed, it was Protestantism, and it was | this particular form oi religion which he sought | so much to put down. (A ptacee Banded to- gether—vew, Jesuit, infidel and atheist—they had made the attack. They had opposed the Bible in tne public schools as net in accordance with our institutions and our Constitution, They have entered into a confederacy to banish it. Sad say, in that imstrument there could not be found one guarantee of the moral rights of the parent in the education of his children. What were they then to do? He gathered from the faces of the members of ‘the Convention that they never would relinquish the fight tor the pre- servation of the Christian feature of our public edu- cation, and not til tiey were overpowered by su- perior force would they give up the main- tenance of the Bible in the schools. (Ap- plause.) Into the vocabulary of this movement the word “retreut” had never come and never would come. (Appiause.) They never could go back, and if they could God forbid that they would! Their banner would wave in the face of every oppo- sition, in the firm faith that a grand triumph should be felt in this country and go to the ends oi the earth, when every nation should bow to its Author, and every tongue on the face of this wide | earth confess that He was Lord. (Applause.) The Convention adjourned untti hali-past seven | in the evening. Before the adjournment was de- clared one of the bearers of remonstrances against the principles of the body asked for five minutes in which to present his ideas, but was reiused by the President, Evening Session. The Convention reassembled at half-past seven | o'clock, Whether owing to the inclemency o! the night, or from other causes, there Was a very slim attendance, the hall looking cold and dreary with | #0 Many unoccupied seats. Evidentiy the intoler- ant amendment which the Convention wish to introduce into the constitution does not meet with general __ favor, the great mass of the people regarding the proceedings of the religious cenclave which for two whole days has debated and resolved on their peculiar crotchet with the most profound indifference. After prayer had been offered up an address was made by Prefessor JoNaTHAN EpWakps. The Pro- fessor isa very able speaker, but it isa pity he should waste his talents upon THE VERY QUIXOTIG UNDERTAKING in which he is engaged. In his address he urged Bpon those present the necessity that existed for the proposed change inthe constitution. This was @ Chri: country projessediy, aud yet the God of Christianity was not alluded to in her laws. The growing irreligion of the age, and THE TENDENCY TO INFIDELITY that was everywhere springing up, called for a national protest, and the best way to utter that rotest was to adopt the religious amendment to he constitution which they were ali so anxious to promote. The speech was continued for some time in this vein, and addresses embodying the same spirit were subsequestly made by Protesser Sloane and the Rev. Dr. Milligan. The benediction was then pronounced, and the deliberations and pro- ceedings of the Convention came to a close. LOOK OUT FOR THEN. Villains Under the Guise of Officers Rob » and Ill-Treat an Aged Couple. SavGERTIES, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1873, As Mr. Cornelius Legg, an old and wealthy citizen of the northeastern part of this town, was dozing by his stove on Monday night, about eight o'clock, he was aroused by a knock at the door. He is an unmarried man, having an elderly female living with him as housekeeper. She answered the rap at the door, and two men, apparentiy disguised, entered the house. They stated to Mr. Legg that they had a warrant for him, for the allegedoffence of having bends in his possession which he had not returned te the Assessor. Mr. Legg as- serted his innocence, but tae men said that they had authority to search the house and must pro- ceed todeso, Mr. Legg, who is known to have considerable money in different shapes stowed away in trunks and chesta about his house, now became jarmed, a8 he was convinced the men were robbers. He attempted to get out of the house to ye an alarm, when he was stopped by one of the men, who placed a revolver at head and told him to rémain.where he was or he would biow his brains out. The ether fellow then seized the irightened old woman and forced her into the hail, threatening her with death If she did not show him where Legg kept his money. She made an effert to get out of doors, when the ruffian felled her to the floor with a blow of his fist. When she arose to her feet he held a pistol to her head and forced her to conduct him to the trunks and chests con- tunes compelled us to do it. In the civil contest when the rebellion burst upon us calamity upon calamity followed until our late and jamented «President drew his pen through that vile blot on the page of our history, and in abolishing slavery— ‘applause)—rendered that acknowledgment to which won His blessing and turned the tide of battle in favor of the right, which finally was won and saved the nation. La anal So it still must be. The nation would endure much trouble until God was given His might and acknowledged as its head, pplause.) PETITION TO CONGRESS, ‘The portion of the report of the Executive Com- mittce Which was referred back to it in the morn. ing segsiog for modification Wag again reported taining her master’s treasure. In one chest he found and took over five hundred dollars in goid and silver coin; in other yiscos several rolls of bank notes were found and @ great many gold foreign rings, earrings and jewelry of differ- | aud coming upon the platiorm deciared that they | The Committee on Enrolments presented a sec- | COCK FIGHTING. New York and New Jersey Measure Gaffs in a Rattling All-Night Main. Eleven Battles, $60 Each and $500 the Cdd Fight—Confident Gotham Cleaned Out in Clever Style. “Over the river and far away” during the night of Wednesday there assembled at the old and well known pit, where many important battles have been decided, a large number of spectators to wit- ness the long-talked-of main between representa tives frem New York and New Jersey. The articles of agreement called for seventeen birds on either side, weighing from 4 lbs. 4 0z. to 5 tba, 12 02., and that gj) that fell in should be tought for, $60 a bat- tle and $500 the odd fight. Eleven couples were only matched, owing to the unusually iarge num- ber of “heavy weights” the Metropolitans pre- sented, but, as the sequel proved, the list was quite lengthy enough for their comfort and their pockets, as Getham was badly cleaned out, notwithstanding the aid received from kindly disposed friends hail- ing from Philadelphia. First Fight.—The lightest on the list, two 4 Ibs. 4oz, The Jersey bird was a. brown-red, nice look- ing and well stationed, and the Yorker a big framed brown pyle. ‘They went off with @ will and evidently meant business, when the pretty pyle got a slash in the throttle that sickened him, and Jersey had the call, ten to fotr. The red now hud a chance to give him his death, but he was “‘a jumper” and a cur, The pyle came again and was gétting square for that sabre slash in the throat ana the betting men giving long odds+ when the red shot him in the beak and he went squalking for his mother—a dirty, cowardly beg- gar. Gotham disgusted and sick. This fight lasted 36m. Second Fignt.—New York showed a light gray and Jersey sent to the front another brown-red, with hackle cutting out agrayish hue, Gotham, mean- ing to get even on Mheir defeat in the first battle, gave odds of ten to sixon the gray. Neither one was of much account, as they went off withoutany vim, and the first smash in the body the red re- ceived he lay down like a duffer and wouldn’t move. The gray stood over him and at last got him in the throat, when Jersey went singing tor his friends, the second runaway. This tight occu- pled just 19m, They were the heavy weights— 5 lbs. 12 02, Third Fight.—Two 5 Ibs. 2 0z. The Empire City lads hung their stamps on a bright-eyed, white hackle biack-red, and Jersey “saw tuem” with one of the same color. cutting out a black hackle. Much excitement and a good deal of betting, New York the favorite, At the third buckle Jersey had the best of it, and the odds changed to that side of the house. But they were not much good, and only when Gotham had an eye ripped out, which woke him up, were there any demonstrations of favor. Then the Yorker again became the favorite, and, hitting Jersey“one or two stunners in the body, knocked all the heart out of him, and tne poor Jerseymen were disgusted at this, the third runaway. ‘This fight was ended in scant 11m., and the losers and winners went for “spiritual” conso- lation into the adjoining room. Fourth Fight.—Iwo battles for New York and one for Jersey. Betting on the iain in favor of Gotham, 100 to 80. New Jersey showed a black-red and the other side a blue pyle, a fine-looking bird, loaned by Philadelphia iriends itor the occasion. Much excitement, They went off with a shuffle and with two buckles; @second shumMe, when Gotham received death wounds in the body and neck, and in 6m. it was ‘Po’kepsie odds” that Jersey was the victor. New York was picked up dead, and the boys who had obtained the “tip” felt badly. These 0%, Fisth Fight.—New York sent ina white hackled black-red and Jersey @ black-red muff, The Yorker kicked like a Pennsylvania imuie, and Jersey met him in the air every fy high. Give and take all around, First class top-sawyers. At last tne Yorker was kicked over, and he itelt sick, Betting by every spectator and all kinds of odds, Then Jersey got a shot that hurt him, but he came again and poured the steel into the white hackle with such fury that ‘ten to two was offered on him. Along fight was decided in the muffs favor. It took Sim. to de- cide it, when there was more raiding on the “little old hot Scotch.” These 6 lbs. 1 oz. Sixth Fight.—Jersey one ahead and the Newark boys jubilant. Two 4 lbs. 100%. ‘The Metropoli- tans showed a white hadkled black-red, an old fighter, and one that it was given out could be de- pended upon. Jersey presented a brown-red, a nice-looking bird, Nobody's fight for a time, when the Jersey shot the Yorker's leg away, yet the lat- ter fought on. From this time thev slashed each other into pieces, until Gotham’s strength gave out, when Jersey knocked him stiff as a stick. This was finished in 31m. andthe Gothamiies were looking blue. Seventh Fight.—Both pulled the scale down at 4lps. 5 oz.—New Yerk a pretty lemon-pyle and New Jersey a white “henney,” so near alike it was difficult to tell “who was who.” Gotham a grand favorite. They led each other a merry dance, until the Yorker’s steel found a soft spot in Jersey, whea the “henney” went down. But she “up and at it” again, aud spread the pyle all over the pit by a kick through the brain. Another smash in his body and Gotham went looking for a hole, a dirty duffer, Grief all over the Metropoli- tans’ faces, and “brandy witha dash of seltzer’? frequently asked for. This lasted 9m. Eighth Fight.—Jersey a black-red, 5 Ibs, 8 02., and New York of the same color, one ounce heavier. A pair of rapers. First one and then the other, and the betting even, when New York gotin a strke that let out the heart of Jersey, and he was pounded, ‘This rattling affray was all over in 2m. Ninth Fight.—Only one more battle to decide the Iain in favor of Jersey. New York hung her stamps on a black-red, and Jersey the same color, distingaishable by its white hackle. Gotham the call in the betting, and much money invested. ‘Twas a funny fight. They ripped each other terri- bly at first, when Jersey stopped and commenced @ circus that continued half an hour, Around and around the pit he trotted and paced until every- body put him down for a runa' , and Gotham’s chasing him excited much sport. “Go it, old Dex- ter, |? “‘Two-forty on the plank road!” and such cries resounded from every part of the room. Twenty to five were the ruling figures on the Metro- olitan’s victory, but the betters were again taken in and done for, as the sneaking Jersey cuss sud- denly stopped his didos, and, ing at Gotham, kicked him dead asa stone. Forty-nine minutes were required to do this, and it decided the main in favor of Jersey, whose iriends were delirious with success, and sppleleck. Was in constant de- mand. These weights, New York, 6 lbs. 3 0z., and Jersey one ounce less, Tenth Fight.—New York handed in a straw pyle and New Jerséy a black-hackled red, Gotham the ite. Jersey was a rank duffer and the Metro- litan found the white feather in 17m. Weights— jew York 4 Ibs. 7 02. and New Jersey 41bs. 9 o7. Eleventh Fight.—New York a black-gray, 5 lbs. 6 oz. and Jersey a black-red,6 lbs. 2 oz. Though fighting four ounces uphill Jersey found a soft spot in the gray and the. latter went looking for corn. The “congregation” separated at four o'clock Thursday morning. SUMMARY. rs —New York Lhe. Color. bbe. Ox. Min. Wonby. 4 4... :99...N. Je 5 12.0219. 5 S.: H...8 ¥. ‘4 2B N. J. 5 1 v 4 10 a 4 5... z 5 9.0 ¥ 5 3. J: : 4 7. ¥. M—Black-red.....5 2. 6. a Won by New Jersey—acore 7 to 4. TROTTING IN CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL PaRK, SAN FRaNncisco, February 11.—Trotting; half-mile heats, three in five, in hare ness. Stakes, $200. Se ete ot rsagers. Thad 2 Time, 1:30—1 al —1 22134. ~~ AQUATICS. Lally and Winship. On Monday, February 10, the fourth deposit (£10 aside) in the scullers’ match between James Lally and Thomas Winship was made at Mr. Thomas Sayer’s, the Golden Tiger Inn, Newcastle-Upon- Tyne. There was a large attendance of the friends of both men, but no speculation worth noting took place. It may be mentioned, however, that a sup- porter of Winship has laid £60 to £6 that Lally is not champion this year, and £60 to £6 more that the winner of this match is not champion this year. Both Lally and Winship have active training. The former is loc: h geant Penn, of the Royal Artillery, at the cow Inn, and Win: does his from his own house, the Duke of Cumberland loa, with Hymes, of Stockton. A NOTORIOUS BOARDING HOUSE THIEF. Yesterday afternoon a German, giving his name as Joln Foster, was arrested in Hoboken after an ent kinds. The ag Ne haga , vo to bottom, bu ie pe ol man was not thought of. He had in his pockets several thousand dollars in bills. After the search was completed the audacious robbers van off as fast as they could, and “0 trace of them has since been seen, Mr. Legg offers a reward of $200 for the capture of the thieves and return of the property. . This is the second robbery oi the kind that hag been perpetrated ip this town Within a few weeks, exciting chase by a Mr. Western, for decamping with @ valuable overcoat from Busche’s Hotel. Chief Donavan recognized him as the same gentle man who on the Tecommenda Hn of a broker, im- posed on Mrs. Pejersdh, Of Hudsdn street, and robbed her 9 yeWelry and clothin last Fall. He is Wall dressed, of dark complexion, thirty years ol Wha is said to be a professional thie, la desmuit bail he was committed Jur Uridle