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CENTRAL AMERICA. Political Complications Tending to an Inter- State and Exceutive Muddle. ——_.+—_——_ The Project of a Peace Conference Violated and a War Situation Initiated—Diplomatic In- volutions, with Actual Causes Terribly Complicated — Presidential Pipe-Lay- ing—Battle and Loss of Life, PANAMA, Dec, 21, 1873. The muddle in Central American politics con- tinues, if even the contusion previously existing is Rot getting worse confounded, Mr. Williamson, the United States Minister to entral America, and Mr. Corbett, the British Chargé d’Afaires, recently left Guatemala and paid a visit to Costa Rica, where they arranged ‘with Sefior Guardia, the President of the latter Re- public, for @ peace conierence to take place in February, at which representatives of the five Re- publics would be present, and measures should be adopted looking to a settlement of all boundary and other questions likely to cause disturbance between the diiferent States. Hardly, however, has the ink dried in which this peaceable intention ‘was proclaimed, when the sound of strife is again heard, dnd the contiict has been of such a character that, taken in connection with previous prepara- tions, itis more than probable the long expected general outpreak will occur. REVIEW OF THE EXISTING SITUATION. To attempt to keep track of the doublings and turnings of Central American politics and politi- cians is extremely difficult. Still, I will attempt to describe what has now happened, The defeat of the steamship General Sherman filibustering expe- @ition by Honduras, with the assistance of troops from San Salvador and Guatemala, had apparently killed all interior opposition to the government of the first-mentioned State; but it appears that there existed some latent public feeling against the administration of President Arias, a8 well as a want of entire confidence on the part of his two allies that he was treating them fairly and above board. Gradually these two sentiments have caused a combination on the part of numerous Hondurefios with the allied governments, and a Sefior Ponciano Letva has declared himseif President, and, with the assistance of Guatemalian and Salvadorian troops, he is now FIGHTING HIS WAY INTO THE PRESIDENCY. On the 12th President Gonzalez, of Salvador, crossed, with about 400 men, four Gatling guns and several small Krupps, from the Salvadorian port of La Union over to the Hondurian island of Amapala, situated about 12 miles from the latter, and ate tacked the forces of General arias which were there. They did not number over 200 men, but they had built breastworks, and, with the aid of cannon, were able to keep off the attacking party for about two hours. Over 60 men were killed and wounded in the fight, which was terminated by the capture of 70 Hondurianu prisoners—tne rest having dispersed— ‘and the occupation of the place by the Salvadorians, Some sacking is said to have occurred, a Mr. Denis, a Colombian, being among the sufferers. TRE MARCH TOWARDS NICARAGUA AND ITS AIM. While these operations were taking place on the coast the two revolutionary leaders, Medina and Tinoco, who had started originally with the inten- tion of assisting a revolution in Nicaragua, changed their minds, and, marching to the city of Tegu- cigalpa, declared in favor of Sefior Leiva as Pres- ident of Honduras. They subsequently joined their forces with an expeditionary force ‘of 1,000 men from Salvador, and at latest accounts were march- ing on the capital, Comayagua. It is more than robable that ere now Leiva has been installed as resident, The result of the combined action of Guatemaia and Salvador against the government of Honduras, without consultation with their ally, Nicaragua, caused the government of the latter, on receiving information, to immediately retire the troops they had in Honduras to prevent the spread, as it was supposed, of the revolution against Arias. A Minister was also despatched to Salvador ana Guatemala to attempt to arrange the diMculty threatened by these complications, It may be that if Leiva becomes President of Hon- duras, as he will merely be the instrument of Guat- emala and Salvador, he will receive such armed as- sistance from them as will enable him to hold his position. \ TURNABOUT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR. The promise of General Guardia to abstain from u acts tending to war may not be able to stand the bs dep brought to bear by a knowledge of What is occurring in the other republics. He had glready announced his intention of going to the front, and with that object in view had resigned in lavor of the Vice ee Seflor Salvador Gon- valez. Five days after the latter gentleman took office General Guardia returned to the capital and unceremoniously turned his successor out of office and took charge again. Sefor Gonzalez was con- sequently compelled, for the benefit of his health, to take a trip, and is now in Panama, On resum- ing office, President Guardia captured some three or four leading men and sent them to an out of the way town named Golfo Dulce. The prisoners were carried by sea on board the now notorious Montijo, which had gone to Punta Arenas to be sold to the Costa Kican government. WHAT MAY HAPPEN, There ts a strong anti-war feeling in Costa Rica, and if Guardia persists in attempting to carry out any of his bellicose ideas he will, in all probability, ‘pe forcibly ejectea from the Presidency. COLOMBIA, Conservative Movement Against Precon- certed Revolutions—Citizen Idea of a French National Protectorate. PANAMA, Dec. 21, 1873. Both the city and the State of Panama are quiet. There are rumors of an intended rising in {avor of the conservatives in the interior of the State, but as yet they are without confirmation. From reliable, and it may be said official, sources it has been communicated here that the recent revolutions in this State and their pernicious in- fence on the freedom of the interoceanic transit, have excited a considerable amount of discussion in Bogota as to what would ve the best measures to take for the future. The general opinion was that the Colombian government ought to declare the State of the Isthinus national territory and take the government of it direciiy into its own hands, It is also said that the government of the Union had made overtures to the French Minister in Bogota whether France would not agree to exer- cise a protectorate over the territory, to which the Minister replied that such a duty was more proper for the United States of America, On the whole, in view of the intention of the Constituent Assembly here in passing a law to de- fine & zone of territory some 20 miles in width, en- closing the line of ratiroad, with the object of excluding from it all armed revojutionary con- tests, there is every probability that some action will be taken to secure the immunity ol the transit from interruption and future embarrassment, and that could only be done by giving to the whole State a government adapted to ‘ts important posi- Vion. PERU. Prercenen ier aa eee Department Offic Strategy in Aid of the Republican Government—“Ring” Management Against an Opposition Electoral Candidate—The Home Na- tional Situation Becoming Compli- cated—Questions of Finance and the Labor Supply. LMA, Dee. 13, 1873. The little town of Abancay is situated far away over the Andes, near to the great interior city of Cuzco, It is an unimportant place, commercially speaking; but events have recently occurred there greatly tending towards a lowering of the popular appreciation of M. Pardo’s government. In a country like the United States, where election Schemes are almost a matter of school education, some interest will be attached to the following brief relation of the new wrinkle in political trickery attempted by the Prefect of the Department of the Apurimac, of which Abancay is a modest portion. The people were about to be cailed together for the purpose of choosing their Congressional representatives, when the Prefect suddenly dis- covered that an open enemy of the administra- tion, a son of Colonel Herencia Zevallos, who was killed by his escort in February last, was in the feld as an aspirant to a seat in the legislative body, and with excellent prospects of success, Fully aware of the dissatisfaction with which the victory of this malcontent would be viewed by the Lima Cabinet, the Prefect immediately cudgelled his brains to devise some method of obtaining the defeat of the dangerous candidate. The means were found, employed, and, instead of attaining the aim of the Prefect, have decidedly recoiled upon his devoted head, and, while bringing him before the courts as an unscrupulous despot, have placed him betore the people in that most dis- agreeable of all lighte—an unsuccessiub plotter. THE GROUNDS FOR THE POLICE CHARGR, From time ajmost immemorial a ouantity of NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. antiquated firearms had been kept in the hacienda of Zevallos, principally for the purpose of restrain- ing the somewhat Communtatical tendencies of the neighboring people. The existence of these Weapons, more dangerous to the employer than to the assailed, was no secret. But here the wily Prefect found his clew, Seizing the rusty fire, jocks apd worthless sapres, he had tnem carried in triumph to Abancay, calls his secretary and con- cocts & number of letters, apparently Proceeding from respectable persons, alleging that Zevallos had frequently expressed bis bitter hatred towards the present rulers of the destinies of Peru, and, hoping to meet the approba- tion’ of the President, declares Zevallos @ conspirator, and consequently disabled from further attempts to gain the election. Ail the documents were forwarded to the government, and publisned -by the ministerial organs with a Treat flourish of trumpets, regarding the wonder- ful sagacity and brilliant tact of the Prefect of the Apurimac. A day or two alterwaras the Nacional, @ journal warmly supporting the administration, recanted, and signified a mild distrust as to the authenticity of the complét so cleverly combined, In fact, its next number contained a letter from Abancay, laying open the motive for the con- spiracy and clearly proving the rascality of the Prelect, Down upon that officer came everybody, His guilt was established beyond @ doubt, and itis feared that Mr. Pardo, whose election was con- ducted on ‘comparatively clean princi ee. jor Peru, may prove to be implicated in this unwise attempt to exclude irom tie National Assembly a citizen whose only demerit consisted in his political creed, THE PUBLIC SITUATION—INDICATIONS OF A FINAN+ CIAL CRISIS. In the really serious crisis through which Peru is now passing these occurrences are dangerous in the extreme, The government is simply destitute of means. The widows, orphans and other innum- erable pensioners depending on the national treas- ury for support are reduced to the utmost straits. ‘rhe banks, moved by a spirit of charity, concede fo the government small sums to per Off its most presming emergencies, The deadlock between Mr. ardo and the financial agents of the Republic still continues, and the aspect of affairs, promising and Satisfactory a year ago, is now as Diack as Erebus and as gloomy as a Newfoundland fog. Fail- ures are irequent. The exceptional condition of financial matters in Europe contributes to the general misiortune. The cotton cro) has turned out badly, and, a word, we are im @ most dificult situation. When the first signs of the crisis appeared, three or four months ago, with the news of the state of Peru- Vian bonds abroad, and the impossipillity of foat- ing the new loan at other than ruinous rates, the hope was entertained that the danger might be tided over. But our expectations have proved to be unfounded. PUBLIC WORKS’ PROGRESS. Nevertheless, by dint o! great sacrifices and em- ploying means never before dreamt of, the public works are being prakod jorward trom the firm conviction that all hold of the positive link con- necting their successiul completion with the material interests of the Republic. The contrac- tors suffer while the country gains, and if any name Will preserve its lustre when the cloud which now hangs over us has passed away, it will be that of Henry Meiggs, whose indomitable energy and ride in the prosecution of enterprises intrusted to fis charge overbalance the serious pecumary losses which will reduce his profits to a most diminutive figure, IMMIGRATION FROM EUROPE. Ihave to add that the attempt made to inaugu- rate a system of European immigration has re- sulted unlavorably. The colony of 150 Italians, brought to Peru as an experimental tnstalment, were instantly made the object of attack by en- vious planters. The laborers, alter having entered into legal contracts, abandoned their employers, and agriculturists generally regard the new- comers with suspicion, en but little confidence im their good faith or reliability. In my next de- spatches I hope to be enabied to give more encour- aging reports regarding this interesting Republic, but, speaking frankly, the horizon’is sombre to an extreme. COMMERCE AND CUSTOMS INCOME, Guano is being again actively exported, and the house of Drefus has resumed payment of its obli- gations. The customs, however, are rapidly augmenting and the railroad works pushed onward, A commission will soon be named to receive the Arequipa and Puno line, which wiil establish steam cormmantension| between Lake Teticaca and the acific, EXPORTS, The government has placed an export duty on Nitrate of 15 cents per quintal, threatening to in- crease it to 25 cents. Cnile. ‘The House of Representatives was chiefly oc- cupied im discussing the bill relative to public in- struction. The conservative party are opposed to any bill which maintains the doctrine that the Commonwealth should be supreme in all matters relative to education. The bill put to vote passed by 28 yeas to 19 nays. ‘The Bishops have protested against making re- ligious instruction a matter of choice. A univer- sity is to be formed, responsibte to the Pope alone, Some $80,000 have been already subscribed towards it. ‘ Three of the Caracoles mines yielded in a few days $90,000. The vineyards promise an extraordinary rich crop, THE KILLING OF ALEXIS ANGELLOT, The Prisoner Held for Trial. Coroner Young yesterday held an inquest in the case of Alexis Angellot, the Frenchman, late of No, 34 Thompson street, who died from the effects of fracture of the skull, caused by being struck on the head with a stone, alleged to have been thrown at him by Thomas Corrigan, a man of bad reputation. Below will be found a synopsis of the testimony elicited :— Mary Angcellot, widow of deceased, living at No. 93 Greene street, deposed that on the evening of the 1st of October she had some aifMficulty with the prisoner in her front room, at No. 34 Thompson street; Corrigan alleged that she had a shirt for the wash that belonged to him, but she could not find it; he then wanted her to lend him a shirt, as he had to go in the country that night, and she replied that she did not lend other people’s clothes; Angellot then came from the back room and was abused by the prisoner, who applied some opprobrious epithet and then leit the house; soon afterward deceased went out on the stoop with his child when the witness saw aman on the strect have a stone in his hand, whereupon she called to her husband to come in, but in a moment he was struck on the head with a stone thrown bs 4 the man whom she saw; believe that man was the prisoner, Thomas Corrigan; the man ran away into Grand street pursued by the deceased, but the latter soon re- turned and had blood on his head; he was up the next morning and about at his work till a week before his death, which occurred on the 28th of the same month; deceased, after being injured on the head that night, had no trouble with any one else bvetore he died; deceased sprained his foot in run- ing after the man who struck bim with the stone. Charles H. Fassin, M. D., deposed that on the night of the occurrence he saw a man running up Grand street, closely pursued by the deceased; the prisoner looks like the man he saw running away; that man log ton pushed me into the gutter; subsequently attended deceased for a sprained ankle, bat for nothing else; two other physicians attended when he got bad. In the opinion of Dr, Fassin death ensued from compound tracture of wae as he discovered the fracture at his first vis Mrs, Louise Boier, of No, 159 Greene street, thought the prisoner looked Hke the one she saw in Mrs. Angellot’s room on the night deceased was injured, but she cannot positively identify him. Michael Brennan, of No. 35 Thompson street, tes- tifled that he saw @ man throw a stone at Mr. Angellot, but could not identify him; saw the man looking about for a stone, but did not see him pick Mia p; after throwing the stone the man ran away rapidly. Lizzie Poppe, of No. 40 Thompson street, saw a man pick up a stone and throw it at Angeliot, who was struck in the face; thinks the prisoner looks like the man who threw the stone; saw a woman pick up the stone afterwards. The Captain of the Eighth precinct, testified that on Christmas day, he arrested the prisoner in Vandam street, on @ warrant issued by Coroner Young, and ina conversation charged him with committing an offence in the ward, to which the prisoner replied that he nad done nothing in the ward since the trouble in Thompson street; the prisoner looked different two months ago from what he does now; he was stouter and he had a redder face. Y Deputy Coroner Marsh, whojmade a post-mortem examination, testified that meningitis, from com- pound fracture of the skull, was the cause of death. ‘The case was then given to the jury, who ren- dered the following VERDICT. “That Alexis Angellot came to his death by com- pound fracture of the scull by a stone thrown by some person unknown to us, in Thompson street, on the Ist day of October, 1873, but from evidence presented we think that Thomas Corrigan was con- hected with the same and should be held for trial.” ‘The prisoner is 24 years of age. born in thus city, and lived at the Westchester House. He has no occupation, and had nothing to say at present relative to the charge against him, A motion was made by the prisoner's counsel (Mr. Schwab), to admit him to bail, which was re- used, aud Coroner Young committed nim to the Tombs for trial. There is a much More serious charge against the prisoner and likely he wi’ plead guilty to man- slaughter, ‘BUICIDE IN BOSTON, Boston, Dee, 29, 1873, Douglas Davidson, aged 60 years, a native of Scot- land, cut his throat tn Hyde Park yesterday, He was recently employed in the dyeing department % ohana Brows silk factory at South Manohesven, THE BUCHU CHIEF JUSTICE. The Chicago Pridune (republican) takes another occasion to rap the President over the knuckles on account of his i] advised nomination of Secretary Williams to the office of Chief Justice. It says:— This carriage purchase ts certainly sufficient to Warrant the Senate in rejecting Williams, if tt chooses to do 80. Probably there are other rea- sons in addition to this. The Washington de- Spatches state that the feminine mind of the Capi- tal is agitated at the prospect of seeing Mrs. Williams promoted to the position of Onief Jus- ticess, and that Senators are confronted at every turn with the implacable opposition of the ladies to the confirmation o! Mrs. Willams’ husband, Whatever this may signi’y, we think there can be no doubt that Mr. Williams’ nomination will be withdrawn immediately upon the reas- sembling of the Senate. And the question will in- evitably arise whether a man who helps himself to $1,600 of the public money to buy a private car- riage is fit to hold the office of Attorney General. If the eyes of the Senate are reaily too pure to behold such iniquity, the proper thing to do will be to con- firm the nomination of Bristow as Attorney Gen- eral, which is now before them, and then let the President withdraw the nomination of Williams as Chie! Justice at his leisure, We had hoped, but not expected. that the Presi- dent would nominate some great lawyer, like Wil- liam M, Evarts or Benjamin R. Curtis, or some eminent Judge like Thomas Drummond or E. R, Roar to the vacant chatr of the Chief Justice. Now that he has failed to secure the confirmation of his first appointee, the opportunity 1s again offered him to signalize his administration by such an ap- pointment, A Prediction that No Bncha Chief Justice Can Ever Preside Over the Supreme Court. {From the Syracuse (N. Y.) Courier, Dee, 27.) There is but little doubt that Attorney Gen- eral Williams will never take his seat in the chair lately occupied by Chief Justice Chase. So great is the feeling of the country against him that it is the general opinion that not even a favorable report from the Committee on the Judiclary will save him. The leading radical organs of the country are “either lukewarm in his support or are openly against him. In this State the Albany Journal, the Rochester Democrat and Harpers Weekly have spoken against him. Grant.satd in his inaugural, “T have no policy to enforce against the will of the eople.”? Yet, while he knows that the people of the whole country and a majority of the public journals are opposed to the confirmation of Wil- liams, he doggealy refuses to withdraw the nomination, This is carrying out his promises with @ vengeance, Grant’s Obstinacy in Refusing to With- draw the Nomination of the Buchu Chief Justice. [From the Cincinnati Commercial, Dec. 26.] Grant’s obstinacy in pressing the appointment of Attorney General Williams for Chief Justice, though warned on all sides that the appointment is absolutely unfit tobe made and that the most respectabie Senators and the lawyers of high repu- tation are all against it, ts arousing the resent- ment and provoking the contempt of those who neo nimerto been his most influential and warm riends, The Buchu Chief Justice 2 Dummy. The Cincinnati Commercial says:—‘‘It is said of Williams that in great cases he is ‘reticent on the Jegal points,’ ? General Unfitmess of the Buchu Chicf Justice. [From the Palmer (Mass.) Journal, Dec. 27.] Attorney General Williams has not yet been con- firmed as Chief Justice by the Senate, and a good many stories are rife, showing his unfitness for the office. The lawyers of Hartford propose to petition against his appointment, on account of his bad luck and mismanagement in behalf of the govern- ment in the recent Crédit Mobilier trial in that city, and even the Washington ladies cry out inst his being confirmed, as it will thus elevate Mrs. Williams to the position of “first lady in the land,” and this they will not submit to. Bnt Gen- eral Grant sticks to his point that Willtams is the right man for the place, and he refuses to with- draw the nomination, The Buchu Chicf Justice a Failure as a Counsellor. [From the Hartford (Conn.) Post, Dec. 27.) The public 1s settling down to the belief that Mr. Williams will not be confirmed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or at least that he ought not to be. It is true there are some partisans who profess to believe that he is a man o! very respectable attain- ments, but the opinion is not based on his record at the bar and upon the bench. He acquitted him- self fairly in the Senate and upon the stump, but those who have met him before the Supreme Court are not enthusiastic for his confirmation. He came unexpectedly to Hartford to argue tne Crédit Mo- bilier suit in our court room. The occasion was one which warranted a journey from Washington by the first law oMicer of the government. The cause had obtained great notoriety, and a spe- cial and unusual act of Gongress had been pagsed to get the question before the courts. A large sum of money was involved, as well as prin- ciples of no little moment. For the respondents an unusual array of counrel appeared, including some of the foremost lawyers of the nation. Everything about the case was caiculated to in- duce the Attorney General to appear in person, and to pnt him upon his metal. He was certain to be widely reported, and a victory over the eminent ntlemen he was to contend with was sure to re- jound to his beer J credit. His “argument” was a Jailure so wretched as to be painfal to those who lis- tened to him, He seemed notonly poorly prepared for the great task he had undertaken, but to lack the mental ability to grasp the real pith and marrow of the case. The government could not have been worse served if it had resolved in advance to make a sham fight. But, aside from Williams’ intellectual feebleners, very serious charges have been preferred against him. It is not necessary to the purposes of this case that he should be declared guilty of the ir- regularities laid at his door. It may be admitted that possibly he could escape a conviction by a jury, and yet not stand acquitted at the bar of pub- lic opinion. To say the least, one whose moral elevation is so moderate that such complaints can be made against him by respectable men, and against whom a can stand in doubt for weeks, is not the man for Chief Justice of the United States. He should be above suspicion even—a man whose character is so far above reproach that no such charges as those preterred against Mr. Wil- hams would ve for @ moment entertained, The President is noted for a sturdy adherence to his friends, and we have had occasion to commend him for the courage of his opinions; but in this case he has unquestionably made a mistake, and the most seemly thing he can do under the circumstances is to withdraw the nomi- nation and send in a stronger name. There are half a dozen men in the country, the selection of either of whom would at once be re- cognized as fit and proper. For the credit of his administration, to say nothing of the interests of the country, the President cannot afford to make @ mistake in an appointment which may last, for good or evil, for a quarter of a century. We see it suggested in several journals out of the State that the Bar of Hartford should lead off with a remonstrance against this appointmen: and that it would be likely to boring out so general an expression of dissent from the legal profession of the country as to render confirmation morally impossible. We have expressed our own views with entire freedom, but we have no recommenda- tion to offer as to the course of others, Unques- tionably a vigorous protest from our Bar would ob- tain wide circulation, and have no little influence upon the case. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS IN WESTOHESTER, How the Board of Supervisors Attempted to Shield One of Their Members—A Sure prise in a Committee Room—An Offer Repeated to Save the County $30,000, The charges of alleged fraud against John Buss- ing, ex-Sheriff of Westchester county, as presented by Mr. John B, Haskin in his petition to the Board of Supervisors, although laid on the table at the time by that body, are not destined to be alto- gether forgotten. It will be remembered that in his petition, which was published in the Heratp at the time, Mr. Haskin, after detailing, with forcible minuteness, the alleged fraudulent transactions by which about $30,000 was drawn from the County Treasury, asked the Super- visors to invest him with authority to prosecute Bussing to the end that the amount mentioned might be recovered to the Petco This the petittoner offered to do, while providing suMctent guarantees, that the coanty should be indemnitied against any contingency which might follow. The petition was tabled on motion of a member, who Was the legal adviser of the ex-Sheriff during the latter’s term of office. The Board, of which Mr. Bussing is noW & member, subsequently re- ferred the petition of Mr. Haskin to @ select com- mittee to investigate and report thereon. It was understood yesterday that this committee intended to quietly submit their report in the premises, and in a@ manner notat all uncomplimentary to Mr. Bussing. Ere they had time, however, to consummate the! whitewashing intentions, Mr. Haskin quite unex- pecenay appeared before the committee, the mem- ers of Which could not bave been more surprised if Nemesis herself had interrupted their delibera- tions, Alter alluding in scathing terms to the un- fair action about to be taken by the commit- Mr. Haskin, in one of his eharacter- speeches, reiterated the charges set forth in his bal, ion, and further offered, if his action were legalized by the Board, to proae- cute Bi at his individual a and re- cover for the county the $30,000 which he ciaimed had been unlawfully taken from the taxpayers. Totally unprepared for this second Dombsnelly the committee seked the for adivional aeuberagion; and thus the matter at present remaina, SOCIAL CHIT-CHAT. pa En The New Library, 'Yhe w Plenipoten- tiary te Spain, Williams, Bristow, Mrs. Secretary Richardson and the Charlton Napiials. Wasnrneton, Dec. 28, 1873. At last we are thinking of the intellect, and are to have @ National Library, dedicated to learning. When any one in power or place here has sought information at any time during the past 10 years, the reply has been, “Ask Spofford.” And now that gentleman, by adroitly swelling the number of volumes in the Congressional Library, of whieh he is the Librarian, has compelied that institution to swarm, It must have more commodious quarters, and he avails himself of the occasion to strike for @ National Library, with himself as Librarian. The idea is @ good one, and he is “the right man in the right place.” Economists may raise their hands at the ex- pense, for it will cost $250,000 to commence the building, and at least $100,000 per annum for the hbrarian, books, &c. But what of that? The Con- gressional Library will remain as a store- house Of material for speeches, reports and other “pub. docs. ;” but the National Library, with Spofford as its Director, will prove of the highest utility to the advancement of litera- ture and civilization, Nothing but barbarism will prevent its establianment and endowment, re- gardless of expense, that we may at our metropolis rival the British Museum, and the Library at Paris, called in turn Royal, National, Imperial and Repub- lican, Iam happy to say that General Garfield, economist as he is, will recommend any desirable appropriation for the National Library. CALEB, THE PLENIPOTENTIARY, Some 40 or 50 years ago, when Caleb Cushing was an ambitious attorney at Newbury, Mass., & maiden poetess there, named Gould, wrote the following epitaph on him:— Lie aside all ye dead, For in the next bed Lies buried the body ot Cushing; Bince he, when alive, Wouid incessantly strive, And now he is dead may be pushing. Not bad, especially when we see how he is now pushed in nefore the republican place hunters and sent to Madrid to finish up the little job which Fish undertook to do himself, but soon got so snarled up that he found Oushing alone competent to smootn it out, Now that the venerable Caleb is to be thus cared ror, those who wanted him to be Chief Justice are expected TO HELP WILLIAMS, and thus secure the promotion of the Attorney General to the Bench. So with Bristow, who is waiting to step tuto the place of the Attorney General the moment itis vacated, But all this ald may not accomplish the desired object, for the op- ponents of Williams are hard at work and they have unearthed some ugly looking matters, hard to explain, if they are capable of any explanation. THE GREAT WEDDING. on Wednesday, in the true British style, you know, is an engrossing topic of conversation at the West End, you know. Young Chariton, the bridegroom expectant, is Sir Edward Thorpton’s pet attaché, and the British lion is to be dominant on the occa- sion. He is a Roman Catholic, but Archbishop Manning, of London, has granted him a spectal dispensation to enabie him to marry a Protestant, she pledging herself in writing that the future lit- tle Charitons shall be brought up in the true faitn of their father. There are to be eleven brides- maids; but he is only to be attended by his brother, anarmy swell, who has come over on leave to witness the ceremony. Who will be there and what will be worn are now the staple topics of saloon chat. MRS, SECRETARY RICHARDSON is doing much to make her husband popular, aided by a very clever daughter, both ladies having re- sided abroad. She has consented to matronize the next German, which her daughter is to lead with Mr. Totten, and she will soon give a party at ner own house, The Grants like her, as well as him, and if he has to leave the Treasury hs will be transplanted into the Interior or sent abroad, NEW BRUNSWICK’S BIG BANK TRIAL, Arraignment of an Alleged $500,000 Conspirator—The State Weakens on ‘Witnesses and Moves a Postponement. The Middlesex County Court, at New Brunswick, N. J., Was well filled with peopie yesterday in an- ticipation of witnessing the trial of one of the most important cases ever called im the same Court, that of Robert N. Woodworth, who, in con- junction with Greenleaf W. Appleton, late cashier of the ola State Bank, stands indicted for having, as alleged, conspired to defraud that instipution out of $500,000, The whole history of the case, to- gether with its effect in bringing to the verge of ruin the ancient bank, and with it hundreds of depositors, is already familiar to the readers the HERALD; but a brief summary will not be out ofplace. Woodworth was president of an extensive carpet manufacturing company in New Brunswick, the stockholders and officers of which were also intimately and materially associated with the bank. Between Appleton and Woodworth quite an intimacy existed. Large sums of money were advanced by Appleton to Woodworth on ac- count of the carpet company on security since proven to be worthless, It is said that Appleton made these advances by and with the advice and consent of some of the bank directors. The upshot ‘was the suspension in September last of the bank. Through the public spirit of well-to-do citizens it was placed on a sounder basis than ever. Mean- while Appleton and Woodworth took flight. The Grand Jury found against them voluminous indictments, These consist of five counts. The first of these sets fortn that the State Bank was chartered in 1551, with full power and authority to transact the general banking business. It is also declared that G. W. Appleton, cashier of the bank, and Robert N, Woodworth, being evil disposed and dishonest, did wickedly contrive to defraud the said institution of its money to the amount of $500,000, It further states taat G. W. Appleton, cashier, did, from time to time, fraudulently rep- resent to the directors of the institution that the moneys alleged to have been embezzled were loaned on good, sufficient and ample security; and he also did make faise statements and vouchers respecting the same and exhibited them to the directors, The second shows how the bank was defrauded of over $36,000 by worthless checks signed by Woodworth; the third alleges that the two deiendants did conspire on, before or after March 26, 1873, to deiraud the State Bank of $500,000, and to conceal such fraud did make false entries in the bank books; the fourth is based upon the alleged conspiracy of Appleton, Woodworth, and others unknown to the Grand Jury, to defraud the State Bank of $25,642 18 on, betore or after the 26th of December, 1872, by the same means as stated in the second count, and the last specifies fully the facts referred to inthe jourth count. ne abe is said to be in Europe. Woodworth was captured in New York and since has been in custody of the Middlesex Sheriff. In court yesterday he appeared tustily attired and wearing a look of confidence. The crowd in attendance were doomed to disap- pointment. The defence professed to be eager tor trial, but the State moved a Vell stata tah owing toa partially concluded civil trial then pending, and further owing to the present impossibility of procuring the attendance of material witnesses re- siding in New York and other places without the jurisdiction of the Court. Leon Abbott, Wood worth’s counsel, urged an immediate trial He could see no reason for postponing, as the evidence ought to be easily obtained where the crime was sard to have vbeencommutted, After further discussion between counsel Judge Scudder ruled the postponement, requiring, however, that the prosecutor shall give two days’ notice to de- fendant’s counsel of the day upon which he would be ready to proceed with the trial, if in this term, and in the event of the trial not being moved this term the Court would admit the defendant to bail, and in fixing the amount the action ot the State n refusing to answer certain questions of counsel for the defence regarding the alien witnesses would be Mg a with @ view of making the bail rea- sonable, Woodworth was then remanded to the custody of the Sheriff and the audience turned out, A WHOLESALE FUNERAL, One Handred and Seventy-four Toilers of the Sea Mourned Fér. GLOUCESTER, Mass., Dec. 29, 1873, Yesterday being the last Sunday of the year it Was deemed a fitting occasion for a religious ser- vice in remembrance of the 174 hardy mariners who helped to man the Gloucester fishing marine for the year 1873, and who were added to the long list of the victims of the sea. The several pastors and Ce} tions in the town joined in ® union e afternoon in the Town Hall, which wae filled m1,9 deeply go audience. The y tionalist, Baptist, Methodist and Universal: aaa took part in the ser- vices, Which were and interesting, { THE JAY COOKE FAILURE, Further Statements of the Assets of the Individual Members of the Firm. PuiLaperuia, Dec, 29, 1873. The statement of Mr. H. C. Fahnestock, the manager of the New York house of Jay Cooke & Co,, is herewith appended. It was filed to-day in the office of United States Marsnal Kerns, of this district :~ STATEMENT OF H. ©, FAHNESTOCK, OF THE NEW YORK HOUSE. Mr. H. C. Fahnestock has made before Edgar Ketchum, Register in Bankrupwy, New York, the following statement of his assets :— CREDITORS WHO ARK TO BR PAID IN FULL AND TO WHOM PRIORITY 18 SECURED, M. Dock, Harrisburg. W. Mckinley, liarrisburg . T. A. Hubbard, New York city. Charles H. Fahnestock, Harrisburg, ore. This money belonged to i V leftin my hands individually for safe keeping. XTEREST IN LANDS. THE MANAGER and was ‘Twenty lots in the city of Duluth, Minn. $2,000 0) St. Louis county, Minnesota, lands... 5 4,000 09 Louis county, Minnesota, 7,00) 00 lands, Bayfield, Wis. 7,000 00 puis county, Minnesota, ‘650 09 Minnesota lands held in trust. St. Louis county, Minnesota, lan CASH ON HAND, My cash balance was kept on deposit with Jay Cooke & Co., and 1s, therefore, unavailable. On September 18, 1873, it stood as follows:-— At my credit on g ount... ats ‘At my credit on ce Less my delat in gold ‘ To this should be added” in: rued but’ ine vidual profits in the several houses, estimated, Pepa ila +. 800,000 00 FROMISSORY NOTES OW SECURITIES OF ANY DESCRIPTION, Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Com- any first mortgage’bonds. ; is of the city 4,000 00 175 00 ‘of deposi at. BILLS OF EXCHANGE, Bight per cent bon Note of W. D. Col Note of W. Note of W. Note of A.M. Note of AM: H ote of William M. B. H. shares Compressed Safety War 125 00 Note of George O. Evans. 20) 00 Note of KW. Holbrook. 600 09 Note of R. W, Holbrook 200 00 Note of Alex. M. stanton. G. A. F. Van Rhyn. G. A. F, Van Rhy; 25 tons of coal... $26 pottles of wines and liquors, A Watch and chain, studs and sleeve butwins. orses r 822 shares First National Bank, Washington. 100 shares Sterling iron and Railway Company $8 shares Philadelphia and Erie Land Compan: 35) shares National Life Insurance Company 500 shares Pot ome Ferry Company. | Bank of Commerce, George- pany A Ce interest in Individual Underwriters’, 01 : as, veces 1,000.00 tes Lioyd’s, New York 1,0.0 00 ad ot Iowa . ‘Bu 00 y Construction 1,000 shares Rockland Oil Compan; Claim of L. E. Chittenden upon Treasury... res Iowa Valley 1 eptember, 1573, T, as one of the firm of Jay Cooke & Co., made an assignment to Joel Barlow Moorhead of certain property, which is recorded in the Recorder ot Deeds’ office, Néw York; and also, on the 28th of September, | assigned to Joel Barlow Moorhead all uid interest in the firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., London. Both assiguments were tor the benefit of all the creditors. H. C. FAHNESTOCK. * Mr. Fahnestock marks these notes, ‘Regarded of no value,” BROOKLYN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS, Meeting of the Board of Aldermen—Re- port of the Expert Accountant Touche ing the Old Street Department. The Common Council of Brooklyn held its last session for the year 1873 yesterday afternoon. President Clancy presided. Mayor Powell sent in the following report of Mr. C. G, Dahalgreen, the expert who was appointed a few weeks ago to in- vestigate the accounts of the Street Commission :— Sin—I beg leave to report that Ihave examined the Accounts ol the several improvements, as directed by You and with the following results, viz. :— . The accounts tor grading and pa of which pcs $38,176 there is yet due.. 2. Accounts for flagging, of which is yet due 436 8. Accounts for fencing, yet due.. =. ler 4. Account for filling lots, yet due. + 6,555 &. Accounts for crosswalks, yet due... 354, § Accounta for lamps and posta, yet duue 319 7. Accounts tor public cisterns, yet due 35 8 Accounts for wells and lampa yet due. Total amount. eee $46,127 —Of which accounts and ‘amounts are’ pledged toward the redemption of the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Local Improvement Loan, but all of which, us well as the two following, are upon the Comptroller's report, but not upon the abstract, vi Amounts for sewe: yetdue Making . And a grand total o . Tam free to say that’ in’ all of’ my experience in busi- ness or in accounts I have never seen nor met with such @ mass of contusion, error, intricacy and shortcoming as is presented in these accounts, and of every kind, manner, form and description, and running back through for @ period of thirty years. When data or entries exist, no matter how iaise, how errone- ous, how complicated or fraudulent, an’ accountant should be able to properly adjust th ut when— First, assessments cannot be found; "second, ab- stracts are missing; third, lots marked off on ab- stracis and not credited on the books of the Comptroller; fourth, entries made on the books of the Comptroller and not marked off on any abstract; fifth, large sums entered without statement of what composed; sixth, errors in placing to the wrong account, errors in thé accounts, errors in addition, errors in name: of persons, errors of numbers of lots; seventh, when money has been received and no entry made of such receipt, and neither books nor papers nor any person can be found to give any intormation regarding them, beside mixed up with lawsuits, injunctions and judgments, then the proper adjustment becomes one of serious difficulty, and calls for prompt and energetic rectification, to fully ac- complish which has been utterly beyond my power in the few weeks in which I have been engaged. But I lay betore you the proper mode, which, when suitably car- Tied out as per accompanying accom, I think will place the accounts upon a proper basis, and forever. As regards any amounts that may be dve upon lots, state trom long legal experience that they arc perfectly valid; tor ‘iret—If they were a lien upon the they 3 roperty, when first rtainly must remain so; becau e, Second—As no statutes of limitation can run, they are fully valid: and. Third—Convincing proof of this is shown in the fact that payments have been made In the last tew days upon assessments of November 27, 1343; and, Fourth—As the city will have done everything in her power to adjust the accounts properly, every person can do his duty and relieve himself by producing his receipt of paymelt, If he possesses one, which of couree would e conclusive. All the accounts upon which I have reported as stated above, are prior to 1871 inclusive. C. G, DAHALGREEN, The report was ordered on file. A communication was received from the Fire Commissioners, asking that $100 each be appro- priated for certain firemen who have performed mechanical labor in addition to their other duties. THE DEBT OF KINGS COUNTY. —-—__. $3,437,000 County Bonds Outstanding, At the meeting of the Board of Supervisors to- day the Chairman of the Law Committee of that body, Mr. George H. Fisher will present the follow- ing important statement concerning the debt of Kings county :— The Law Committee, to whom it was referred by reso- Intion, adopted October 28, to consult with the County ‘Treasurer and report to the Koard as to the proper time for maturity of county bonds to be issued pursuant to chapter 543 of the laws of 1873, respecttully report that they have consulted with the County Treasurer, and beg to submit the following statement of the time ot matu- rity of the present county deb: FU: ars. In 1875, in addition’ to the $665,000 of bonds falling due, there will mature certificates ot indebtedness amountin % $194,712, making in all falling due in that year $859,712. In view of the disproportionate amount of debt thus falling due in that year (1875) it is contemplated by the County Treasurer to cause an application to be made to the Legislature the coming year to throw a portion of this amount, say $600,000, into the years 1884 and 1585, being the next two years beyond the time when the last of the present debt matur And tor this reason it is deemed roper to fix the time for the maturity of the proposed nd beyond those years, say in 1886, 1887 and 1588. The amount to be provided for ander the resolution of the Board 1s $634,501 26. Upon consultation with the Count ‘Treasurer, we would recommend that the sum of $801 26 be provided for by transterring the same from the con- tingent fund to the State tax account, and that the re- mainder, be distributed equally as may be be- and and, accord: ingly ing Fesolution for Adoption :— ésolved, That in pursuance of authority vested in this Board by an act of the Legislature, passed February 10, 1873, entitled “An act to authorize the Board of Super- vitors of the several counties of the State to levy a tax to pay the three and one-half mills tax for canals and gen eral deficiencies, and to authorize a loan for that pur- pose,,and to ratity the acts ot any Board of Sunet visors in issuing bonds to meet said tax or im extending’an: loan to enable said Board’ of Supervisors to pay said tax,” the County ‘Treasurer ‘is hereby uthorized ard diréeted to borrow on the credit of the county an amount Not exceeding the sum of six hundred and thirty-four thou- sand dollars ($684,000, for the purpose mentioned. in the act reierred to; he 1 also authorized and directed to give his oMcial bonds in the usual loan for the payment of the same with interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum, payable on the first days of Ma: 4nd November each year, said bonds to be dated May 1874, and the principal thereot be made redeemable and avable to bearer as follows: two hundrep thousand dol- lars ($200,000) on the first day of May, 1886; two hundred dred and thirty four thousand dollars (823400) om May I ed al y four thousal }234,000) on May Spesolved, That ite Gounty 7 horized and solved, That the County Treasurer be authorized an directed to transter on Nhe Beet day of Ae , 4874, from the conth Ph Tund to the credit of the State accountthe sum of yh 26. FATAL USE OF MORPHINE, Danvam, Ooly Deo. 29, 197% H. B, Ring, a well known whotesale liquor dealer, died here on Saturday might from an overdose of juorphine, 6 —_—___- eS ry GERMAN EMIGRATION. Expulsion of an American Emigra- tion Agent from Saxony. SHALL THE TEUTONIC FLOOD STOP 9 HampBura, Dec, 6, 1873. A few days ago I received from 4 friend in Southy |*Germany some interesting documents relating to German emigration. It is known that several months ago the Prussian government issued an ordinance prohibiting American emigration agents to carry On business, In Prussia this ordinance has not yet taken effect. The government of Saxony has, however, taken an initiative step, aw the following letters will show, I will prefacé thenr With a few facts, kindly placed at my disposal. In the year 1863 a certain Mr. W. H. Allardt, of Saginaw, Mich., an American citizen, received tha appointment as Emigration Agent for the State of Michigan, at a salary of $2,000 a year, He first commenced operations at Frank/ort-on-the-Maing where he publisned a journal for emigrants, en- titled Der Michigan wegweiser, a weekly issue, in the German language, devoted to giving accounts of the climate, sotl and productions of the State of Michigan, and was distributed very largely. He likewise published a pamphict of some hundred and twenty pages on the same subject, which, pub« lished fora few cents, found @ large sale among the peasants, in the beerhouses, societies, &cv After remaining a year or two in Frankfort Mrd Allardt removed to Hamburg, and last July he res moved again to Leipsic, Saxony, from which coun. ty has just been expelled, as the following core respondence will show:— Lerpsic, Oct. 4, 1873. To TRE Hon. * * * ;— My Deak Str—Yours of September ‘20 was re~ received in due time, but I have postponed an answer until | could write to you something defi- nite, ‘the order of expelling me has been sus, tuined by the Saxon Ministry o1 the Interior, and received one week to leave the State. Hereupon addressed a note to Mr. Bancroft informing him o! He situation, and have received the following res ply:— “Upon receipt of yours I at once addressed a re- monstrance to the German government, and hava requested that a further delay be granted while the matter receives consideration, and that yo be permitted to remain as long as you obey the laws. Iam now awaiting the result.’” On October 26th Mr. Allardt again writes :— Ihave deferred writing until I could give you something new in the case, This morning I re~ ceived the following note from Mr. Bancroft:— The German government has replied to the re- monstrance made by me in your behalf and de- clines to take steps for the recall of the order of the Saxon government of which you complain. Before giving further consideration to your case I need to know your present address, and if you pass through Berlin I snouid be glad to show you the reply L have received and hear what you have to say thereto. 1 am now in daily expectation of the enforcement of the order of expelment. Will callon Mr. Ban- croft next Wednesday or Thursday, and see what the answer contains. My advocate shrugs his shoulders; he wanted me to petition the Saxon Ministry of the Interior, which I respectfully de- clined. If I haye no right to remain here I do not want to stay for God’s sake. Wili keep you iny formed in the matter. On November 5 he again writes from Lelpsic:— Abont to leave for a few days, I hasten to inform you of the situation. I called on Mr. Bancroft a tew days ago and saw the replyof theGerman government to Mr. Bancroft’s remonstrance. They claim that 1 do not directly but indirectly aC ORT ATS emigra- tion with my publications; that [have in severak instances libelied the Chancellor of State, and that therefore they do not feel authorized to interfere on my belialf with the Saxon government. In the meantime the order of my expulsion was made peremptory yesterday, and one week’s time was given me toleave. I have again written to Mr. Bancroit, as he promised to see Mr. Von Nostritz, the Saxon representative at the Court of Berlin. Law or no law, I suppose I wifi have to jeave. Iam cited to appear at Hamburg to-mor- row, for the purpose of answering to the charge of libel against the Chancellor for the article in No, 21 ofthe Wegweiser, entitled “An Explanation,’’ An official inquiry has also been set on foot by the Ministry of the Interior relating to Colony Sax. onia and my connection with it. Had a four hours” examination the other day. So you see things ara moving! On November 12 he again writes from Leipsic:— Your favor of the 6th received during my absence in Hamburg to answer to the charge of libelling the Chancelior. The Matter has been put in tho hands of one of the ablest attorneys. I will inform you of the result in due time, I also received a letter from Mr. Bancroft, dated November 6, where- in he informs me that he had seen Mr. Von Nos- tritz (representative of the Saxon Government at the Court of Berlin), who expressed his readiness to bring the matter before his government for fur ther consideration, and hopes you may encounter no immediate disturbance. In the meantime I have received @ written order from the police or- dering me to leave Leipsic positively on Monday next. I can for the present go into any other part of Germany, but of course must expect to be ex- pelled in course of time from any of the States. I think, however, Hamburg will be the safest, as that city nas quite a financial interest in the emt- gration business. Another letter is datea from Weimar on the 26tb of November :— Mr. Bancroft writes me as follows:— + “Nov, 25.—I regret very much the decided mea- sures which have been adopted, the more so as the. Legation is not able to prevent their taking effect,’* That virtually closes to me the whole of Ger- many, for, as soon as { locate in any of the smaller States, the order will follow me. It strikes mo that, under the treaty of 1828, a fair chance might have been offered me in the Kingdom of Prussia, These arbitrary measures on the part of the Saxon government have caused considerable ex- citement among emigration agents in all parts of the German Empire. This may be an individuak case in Saxony, and the Saxon government has, perhaps, some cause of complaint. Last spring a colony of several thousand Saxons was induced to emigrate to Lake Superior county, Michigan, which was represented as being a good farming country. It appears that the Saxon colony wrote home to the Saxon government complaining that they had been deceived as to the character of the land, TheSaxon government thinks Mr. Allardt has had something to do with this adair. He, how- ever, denies this charge. He 18 at present corre- sponding with the State Department on the Matter, WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, Serious Hitch in the Passage of the Ordinances for Relief. The Assistant Aldermen met yesterday for the purpose of facilitating the adoption of ordinances authorizing the prosecution of public improve. ments by day’s work, and resolved to meet again to-morrow for that purpose. When the ordinance for the paving of Eighth avenue by the Commis- sioner of Public Works, as amended by the erasure by the Aldermen of the words “or in such manner as the said Commissioner may deem expedient for the best interests of the city and the property owners,” came up, Mr, Simonson said that. Commissioner Van Nort had expressed the opinion that, with this expunged from the ordinances, he would be unaple to contract for ma- terial or tools, and therefore could not do the work. A discussion ensued as to the best course to pursue, Mr. Clancy favored any action that would enable the authorities to go on with the work, as did also Messrs, Strack and Simonson. The Board finally unanimously decided to adhere to their action retaining the above sentence in the ordi- nances. These words were expunged by the Alder. men at their last meeting, owing to an opinion of Assistant Corporation Counsel Andrews that under @ decision of the courts with the words retained the ordinances would be inoperative. This is a feature of the case that may make it necessary for @ committee of conference between the two branches of the Common Council to decide upon the proper phraseology Of all these ordinances looking to the imauguration of the day’s work system, THE “COMMITTEE OF SAFETY” IGNORED, It will be recollected that on Saturday the “Come mittee of Safety” of the workingmen presented written “demands” upon the heads of depart ments for work and the abrogation of all contracts, so.asto have public improvements done by the day’s work, Inqyiries made among the heads of departments yesfrday show the sense of the city authorities to be opposed to noticing the “de« mands” of the committee represented by “Dr.’? Palmer, of Groton, Conn., “whose diamonds,” one of the authorities remarked, “shone so brilliantiy on the occasion of the formal presentation of tha demands.” It is utterly beyond the power of the authorities to break contracts already made to please the Committee of Safety. THE CORNELL INVESTIGATION. ALBANY, N. Y., Deo, 29, 1873, The next meeting of the Cornell Investigating Committee will be held at the Treasurer's Ofice ig this city to-morrow. at ten o'clock 4. Me