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ENGLAND. ‘Mr. Disrseli’s Address to His Constituents— Fiatform of Principles and a Direct Indict- ment of the Gladstone Policy—Honsehold Suffrage and Its Political Conse- quences—Foreign Diplomacy and Home’ Bule— “Europe More Deeply Stirred Than Since the Reformation.” TELEGEAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “Lonpox, Jan, 26, 1874, The Right Hon. Benjamin visraeli has issued an ‘Address to his constituents in Buckinghamshire Asking for a re-election to Parliament. PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES BY THE EBX-PREMIER, Mr. Disraeli says:—It is not necessary to con- #lder whether the dissolution of Parliament was resorted to to avoid the humbling confession that the Premier has violated the constitutional law by Persisting for several months in the occupatfon ofa seat to which he was no longer entitled, or Whether it was to evade the day of reckoning for a War conducted without communication with Par- Uament. It suMces to point out that if the unprecedented course of summoning and sub- sequently dissolving Parliament could be justified there is no reason why it was not adopted six ‘weeks earlier, The Premier has addressed a Prolix narrative to his constituents, in which I find nothing definite regarding the policy of the government, except that 1t intends to applya -large surplus to the remission of taxation, which ‘would be the course of any party or any ministry. What is remarkable ts the disquieting informa- tion that this surplus must be made adequate by adjastment, which must mean an increase in the ‘existing taxes, The principal measures of relief promised by Mr. Gladstone—diminution of local taxation and the @bolition of the income tax—are measures which the conservative party has always favored, and the Premier and his friends opposed, { will support all measures for the improvement Df the condition of the people, but this end cannot be attained by incessant harassing legislation. The English are governed by customs as much as by laws and dislike unnecessary interference by a meddling administration, THE FOREIGN POLICY. It would have been better for the country if, during the last five years, the foreign policy of the government haa been a little more energetic and its domestic policy a little less so. By an act of folly and ignorance rarely equalled the govern- ‘Ment has relinquished the treaty granting the freedom of the Straits of Malacca to our commerce nd has involved usin the Ashantee war. Honor “requires the vigorous prosecution of the latter, but it will be the duty of Parliament hereafter to in- quire into the origin of this costly and destructive contest. HOUSRHOLD. SUFFRAGE IN THE COUNTIES. (4 The argaient tor the extension of household Suffrage to the counties is fallacious, and no one das argued more strongly against the contem- Plated assimilation of the franchise than the Premier. Such a measure will involve the dis- franchisement of the smaller boroughs. The im- pending elections are most important tor the future of the kingdom. Thongh there 1s reason to hope that the Premier is not at present opposed to the national institutions, yet bis adherents in- clude the assailants of the Monarchy, those op- posed to the independence oj the House of Lords nd the partisans of Home Rule. Some even urge the disestablishment of the English Church. His most trusted colleagues openly concur in the de- Sire to thrust religion from national education. VITAL ISSUES AT A SOLEMN MOMENT. Mr. Disraeli concludes as follows:—“These are solemn issues, claiming a decision, when £urope is more deeply stirred than since the Reformation, when civil and religious liberty mainly depends ‘upon the strength and stability of England. Task @ re-election to resist the impairmeut of her ‘strength and to support her imperial sway.” The Writs of Election Issued. Loxpon, Jan, 27—4 A. M. Writs of election for the new House of Commons were promulgated last night, and orders were also Bent to Edinburgh for the election of the sixteen peers representing Scotland in the Upper House. Discount and Bullion. LONDON, Jan, 26, 1874. The rate of discount in the open market for three months bills is 3 1-16 per cent, which is 7-16 per cent below the Bank of England rate. The amount of bullion withdrawn" from the Bank of England on balance to-day 1s £45,000, THE ATTORNEY GBNERAL’S SUCCESS. The petition against Attorney General James, for ‘bribery in the ele:tion at Taunton, has been dis- missed, with cosis. Royal Proclumation of the Dissolation of Parliament. Lonpon, Jan. 26, 1874, The Queen held a council at Usborne to-day and Assued the proclamation ordering the dissolution of the present Pariiament. FROM WANT TO ORIME, Help for the Child Who Stole to Feed Her Parents. New Yorx, Jan. 26, 1874. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— May 1 ask that you will cause the enclosed $5 to ‘be conveyed to the chila (or her parents) whom ‘want drove to crime (Louisa Donenheimer) vide phe? issue yesterday? I regret to trouble you, ut do not know how else to reach the case. Very respectfully. E. A. F. Five Dollars and Five Meals, To THE EDITOR OF TRE HERALD:— May I trouble you to hand the enclosed five tickets, with the $5, to the poor little girl (Louise jonenheimer) who stole to save her parents from Seeyatlon. and oblige WOULD-BE DUTIFUL. (The tickets are for a meal each at the Bowery ‘branch of the Young Mens’ Christian Association.) IRELAND. A Native Candidate Against Premier Gladstone. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 27-4 A. M. Mr. Nolan, Secretary of the Irish Amnesty Asso- elation, annonnces his intention of contesting the election of Mr. Gladstone in Greenwich. ACHEEN. ae The Native Military Stronghold Captured by the Dutch. TELEGRAM TO THE NCW YORK HERALD. Tuk Hagvr, Jan. 26, 1874, Despatches from Padang, Sumatra, announce that Kraton, the principal stronghold of the Achenese, has been captured by the Dutch ex- peditionary forces with small loss, NEW YORK H CUBA. Battle Near the City of Manzanillo—Execution Against the Lottery—Press Pub- lication Restricted. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Jan. 26, Via Key West, Jan. 26, 1874, The Voz de Cuba says the aituation at Manzanillo is unsatisfactory. A fight had taken place on the outskirts of the city between a body of insurgents and some Spanish guerillas, General Esponda’s column has been reinforced by troops from Santiago de Cuba, and has arrived at Hoiguin. » THE LOTTERY IN BAD LUCK. The Director of the Havana Lottery was arrested yesterday by order of Captain General Jovellar, CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS. Captain General Jovellar has refused to allow the Gorro Frigto (newspaper) to reappear. He also refuses to give his permission for the publica- tion of two new journals, ACTIVE MOVEMENTS BY SEA AND IN THE FIELD. ‘The steamer Isabel la Catolica has gone to Gibara to embark troops for Guantanamo, which is threatened by the insurgents, General Portilla has ordered the removal of several detachments of troops which have for a long time been guarding the cultivated zone of Puerto Principe. It is expected that important orders will be issued by Captain Genera! Jovellar to-morrow. Insurgent prisoners report that Vincente Garcia has assumed the Ministry of War, and General Maceo has succeeded him in the command of his columns Some troops having leit Manzanillo for Bayamo, reinforcements are sadly needed at the former place, The troops in the jurisdiction of Trinidad have defeated a band of insurgents at Arroyo Pinas, The latter fled eastward, but were pursaed and @ number captured, Serious Conflagration in Shipyard. Havana, Jan, 26—Evening. A fire broke out to-day mm the foundry and ship- yards of Sefior Zulueta, at Casablanca, which are threatened with total destruction, A high wind prevails, and the wharves and shipping in the vicinity are in danger. The director of the Havana Lottery, Sefior Valero, remains in prison, THE BRITISH NAVAL FLAG. The British war steamer Cherub has arrived in this harbor, AUSTRALASIA. SE AS 2 Tribal Disputes on the East Coast of New Zealand—Railway and Commercial Progress in the Colony—Maori Royalty Mingling with the People—A Cabinet Mission to America, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 26, 1874. The steamship Macgregor brings Australian mail dates to December 20, and from Honolulu, Sana- wich Islands, to January 14, New Zealand. Auckland advices state that the local steam packet company, having a steam service to the Fij1 Isiands, wiil procure additional steamers to supply their increasing coasting trade. A steamer is also to be placed regularly on the passage be- tween Auckland and Poverty Bay, and the Napier, another steamer, purchased at London for a pri- vate owner, ison her way out to engage in the coasting trade. Continned disturbances are reported among the natives on the east coast o1 New Zealand. International cricket and rifle matches are the chief topics of excitement in Auckland, RAILWAY PROGRESS. There.are seventy miles ofrailyoad open. The first part of the auckland and Wakalo line was to be opened on the 24th of December. ROYAL VISITS. The Maori King and his son were paying friendly visits to the settlers, CROPS AND HARVEST. ‘rhe harvest promised to be abundant. Victoria and the Other Colonies. In the other colonies the wheat crop will show a falling off. There is a great demand for labor in various parts of the colonies. COMMERCIAL ADVANCE. Trade with the islands of Fiji and other groups in the South Sea is increasing. The sugar trade is to receive an impetus by the establishment of sugar refineries, The Union Steam Shipping Company, with a capital of $250,000, has been organized at Duneden to meet the growing requirements of the shipping trade of New Zealand, and the New Zealand Navi- gation Company Will enlarge 1ts capital in order to provide additional steamers to Fiji. CENTRALIZATION DEMANDED. The feeling is growing stronger in favor of the annexation of Fiji. The action of certain German residents at Leonkar, on a recent occasion, in pre- paring to resist the government by force o/ arms, and the proceedings at Nasooa, where about 100 unarmed white men were driven back and mal- treated by 1,200 Fijians, armed to the teeth, hag elicited a general feeling in the colonies that Eng- laud should at once assume the sovereignty of these isiands. It ig announced by the Ministry that one of Her Majesty’s Ministers will proceed under instruc- tions via Honolulu to Washington, and most likely to Europe, for the purpose of pressing upon tne great Powers the claims of the British to ruil recog- nition of their rights at Vita Levu. An INTERTRIBAL DISPUTE. had arisen between the natives of Nalawa and the Damarah people, resulting in a colusion, in which lives were lost. ‘This is a dispute of years’ standing. SANDWICH ISLANDS. The King’s Health Improved—Election Excitement and Political Agitation. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26, 1874. The health of King Lunaiilo is reported to be much improved. The approaching election excites much interest. Mr. Windeman has tendered his resignation as one of the justices of the Supreme Court. ‘The British gunboat Tenedos is at Honolulu, CALIFORNIA, A Murder Trial—T'axes of the Central Pacific Railroad Company Pronounced Void. _ SAN Francisco, Jan, 26, 1874. ‘The trial ef Charles Kinsey and his wife, W. W. Doe and James and Michael McLane for the mur- der of Harvey Green at Pescadero, Cal., last June, was commenced to-day in the Twelith District Court of this city. Judge Sawyer, of the Uni Circuit Court, has decided that the ass levied against vhe Central Pacific Kailroad Company for taxes in Alameda, Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Placer and Nevada counties were irregular, and, for that reason, void. The ge yo consisted in lumping the lands, road and rolling stock to- gether for valuation, instead of assessing them separately. Heavy Fire in East Eleventh Street— Loss trom $75,000 to $100,000. A fire was discovered at an early hour last even- ing in the brick building No, 477 East Eleventh street, and with wonderful rapidity spread to the adjoining bulidings, Nos. 473 and 475, occupied by the Quintard Iron Works. A second alarm was sounded, and with the force which responded to it the Chiei of the Department experienced littie dim- cuity in confining the fire to the property already mentioned, The 1088 could not be accurately as- certained Jast evening, but it was variously esti- mated at from 000 to $100,000. Insurance un- known. Fire in Wasnington Street. At half-past six o'clock last evening a fire broke out in the basement of the five story brick puild- ing No. 165 Washington street, and soon spread to the upper portion of the building. The structure extends around to Cortlandt street, and ts occu- ied by R. L. Gilbert & Co., manufacturers of candy. The damage will amount to about $20,000, A Fire in Broadway. The second floor of the five story marble front building No, 561 Broadway, occupied by Meyerson & Plant, lace goods importers, was discovered to n fire last night, The stock was damaged to the extent of $500, The Manulacturers and Mer. chants’ Bank occupied @ portion of the second rasan office. Their loss 1s. estimated at $500, The building was owned by B. H. Vanaken and was damaged $200; fully covered by insurance. Fire Marshal Sheldon will hold an investigation to- day as to the cause of the fire, WASHINGTON. Pinchback Abandoned by Morton and De- nounced by Me{reery. HIS FRIE} \DS SHOUT, “COURAGE!” The President’s Message layed Until To-Day. De- A Dozen New Bills for Payment of Southern Claims, Reductiog of the Army Dangerous to the Peace of the Frontier. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 1864. Pinchback Abandoned by Morton in the Senate—Exposure of the Alleged Method of His Election. The Senatorial mind was affected to disgust this morning by a reference of Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, to certain reporta that Senators were in the habit of being wrongfully supplied with gold toothpicks, visiting cards and otuer fancy articles from. the stationery room of the senate, ‘this he pro- nounced false, and it was treated with contempt by other Senators, as maniested in their remarks, resulting in the passage of a bill chat nothing be supplied in future except stationery articles, The long expected event of the day then came off im regard to the credentials of Pinchback, which Mr. McCreery moved to take up. However, Morton claimed and received attention in discuss- ing his former resolution, and stated that there were now strong reasons for investigating the case further, as he had received: iniormation which, if true, disqualified Pinchback from taking @ seat in the Senate, and he offered a resolution accordingly, authorizing the Committee on Elec tions to sead for persons and papers. Mr. Morton explained why his convictions in regard to the admission of Pinchback had changed, so that they were now opposed to it, and defended the admin- istration for its action in Louisiana, Mr, McCreery eventually got the floor, and, in a clever, weil- conceived speech of an hour anda half, he went over the whole ground of the disgraceful manner in which the Louisiana election had been managed, Mr. McCreery fully acquitted himseif as equal to the expectations had oi him. He held the crowded galleries in rapt attention, and most of the Sena- tors anxiously listened to the varying severity, humor and close analysis of his speech. Now Morton, when he is most unsparingly pitched into for his defence of Pimchback bereto- tore, reads a newspaper and anon walks round the chamber, treating the raps he gets with an as- sumed air of indifference. Conkling breaks out into a broad smile as McCreery makes occasionally a bitingly sarcastic description, verging on ridicule and wit. Boutwell bends forward with absorbed attention; Schurz and Oglesvy join in smiles, pro- voked by McCreery, and occasionaily Sumner un- bends his Senatorial gravity when something more remarkable 1s said, and he laughs heartily. Bar- rett, who has been guiding Morton 10 the matter, and 18 working to help Judge Durell out of his im- peachment trouble, is, by some inscrutable means or some unwarranted privilege of the Sergeant-at- Arms, allowed to have a seat on the floor of the Senate. Pincbback sits in Cragin's seat watcn- ing every move made and nervousiy pulling his short, black beard as McCreery 8 sometning touching his improper conduct; but he does not pay much attention to the claimant, seemingly thinking bim worthy of only passing remark, He attacks Durell with crushing force, however, and drives his rhetorical dagger into Packard and the instruments he used tor expulsion, aad character- izes the whole business they transacted as tne darkest and foulest which has been ever com- mitted in the history of this country. Mr. McCreery, proceeding, said that high repub- lican authority estimated the trauduleni voting at 6,000 in each parish, and he gave a lull description of all the nefarious circumstances which attended the election. He referred to Durell’s decision, and said if there were another man in history who had made & three days’ record like his, bis name was lost to history. The speech on the whole was well re- ceived, Atits close the Senate went into execu- tive session, after which it adjourned, Pinchback, in conversation with your correspondent ajlter- wards, said that if the object is to prove that the governmennt of Louisiana is not legally consti- tuted, there is an end of his being called on to fight for the Senatorship,* and this appears to be the way that the difficulty will be nandied, viz.:— Durell impeached, the Legislature by consequence illegal, a new election ordered, and Mr. Pinchback, if he wants to be Senator, to fight the battle over again. Thus the Senate is relieved as well ag the administration. Pinchback’s Claim to a Seat in the House. A motion was entered to-day before the House Committee on Elections providing that Mr. Pinch- back, & contestant for @ seat at large from the State of Louisiana, be stopped from iurther pro- ceedings. General Sheriden, of New Orleans, supported the motion in an argument, the main point of which was that the contestant having filled credentials in the Senate for a seatin that body, thereby waived a claim for «seat in the lower legislature. Mr. Pinchback rep.'*d, and the com- mittee decided to postpone action on the motion, with the understanding that the case would be taken up in regular order on its merits, but not until the committee shall dispose of all prima facie cases. Butler Awaiting the President's sage on Louis: Although General Butler has prepared a bill for @ new State election in Louisiana he has not yet decided to introduce it in the House, preferring to await the President’s message on Louisiana affairs, and not wishing to put himself in antagonism to the administration, of which he is a friend. Tho counsel of Pinchback says:—‘'Pinchback invites investigation by the Senate, and is determined to make every effort to obtain bis seat there.” The Message on Louisiana Affairs De- yed. The President will not send the Message to Con- gress on Louisiana affairs until to-morrow, alter submitting the same to the Cabinet on that day. The Mulatto Statesman Advised by His Friends to Fight lt Out—He Relies Upon an Investigation to Acquit Him. Pinchback has submitted to his friends in Louistana ten questions as to what line of action he shall pursue in the present complications of the Louisiana case, and has agreed to subordinate his course to their judgment in the party issue. He has received telegrams trom the Republican Cen- tral Committee and the State Senate and House caucuses urging him to oppase a new election, and to use every effort to secure his seat in the United States Senate, He invites a full investigation of the personal charges made against him, and _ believes he will be vindicated in the premises when the whole truth is known, He will not resign, and will rest his claim to his seat on his personal vindi- cation and the validity of the Kellogg government. He is willing to stand or fall on the merits of the case, personal and legal. Lieutenant General Sheridan Deprecates the Frequent Meddling of Congress With the Army—Reduction of the Force ‘Would Imperil the Peace of the Fron- tier. Lieutenant General Sheridan was before the House Committee on Military Affairs this morning, and, In the course of @ two hours’ consultation, gave his views in regard to the policy and feasi~ bility of a reduction of the army. He gave the extent of his command—the Division of the Mis- sourl, extending from the eastern boundary of Itnois to the eastern lines of California, Nevada Mes- and Arizona, and from British Columpta to the Gulf of Mexico—and stated that the aggregate military force in that vast area, containing nearly all the hostile Indians of tne Continent, was about 16,000 men. He considered that force quite sum- cient for the purpose, although the troops were worked harder than any other troops in the world; but he believed that to reduce it would be to im- peril the peace of the frontier settlements, As it was he was frequently compelled to re- Jase applications for the establishment of new military posts, partly because the force at his disposal ts so small and partly be- cause of there being no provision made to meet the expense of erecting barracks and quarters for the troops. He depre- cates the freyuent legislation of Congress in regard to the army, stating that its eifec: has been extremely demoraliding to officers and men, ‘and thinks that in proportion as the country is expanding the necessity for a body of neutral men like the army that will obey orders will become more and more apparent. He illuatrated this view by referring to the apprehensions of recent troubles in Chicago, when the property owners were anxious to find out how long it would take him to get troops. there, | In regard to Indian matters he recognizes the policy of the reservation system; but thinks that | one effect willbe to diminish the number of In- dians, the first process being the dying out of the Indians on the reservations, chiefly irom. con- sumption, superinduced by homesickness: The remnant that will be levt alter the dying out pro- cess will, he th.oks, take to agriculture and get mixed up with white blood, as io the case of the Cherokees and other semi-elvilized tribes in the Indian Territory, aud thus be gradu- ally eliminatea. He ridicules the idea. of .nfuenc- ing the Indian by moral suasion, and thinks that the present peace policy of the government can ERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. A PROFESSIONAL POISONER Pittsburg Citizens Drogged to Death by a Physician from the Penitentiary. | NAMES OF HIS ALLEGED VICTIMS. Arsenio Found in a Dead Patients Stomach and the Quack Sent to Jail. PrrrsBuRG, Pa., Jan, 26, 1674, In the mighty river of crime there ts every now and thep something foated to the surface so dreadius in its nature ag to interrupt its ordimary Steady current and caase mankind: to suffer a faint shudder bejore its disappearance and passage to forgetfulness, Something of this kind was brought to light in Soutt Pittsburg this afternoon, and which caused more than a ripple of excite- ment, The number of deaths ina particuiar portion of the city known as Temperanceville hasJed of late to much gossip among the residents; and soon there were whispers o! foul play, which by degrees assuined the: form of direct. charges; aad the per- son branded as being instrumental in hastening off the populatiwn was a well-known practising physician cailed. Dr, William Smith. SUSPICIOUS PREQUENOY OF DEATH. Two persons dying but two weeks apart. and exhibiting like syraptoms was the first substantial ground of suspicion, and which in the second In- | be most efMiciently and cheaply administered vy stance led to tho-apalysis of the stomach of the de- the War Department. The opinions elicited from Major Geneial McDowell on Saturday last were generally to this effect. The Government and the Centennial Exhibition—Presidential Order for Pre- paration. The iollowing has been issued to-da¥:— BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Whereas it has been brongiit to tue notice of the President of the United States that in tue interna. Uonal exhibiuion of arts, manuiactures and pro ducts of the soil and mine, to be held in the eity of Philadelphia, in the year 1876, or the purpose of celebrating tue one hundredth anniversary of tue independence of the United states, it 1s desirabie that irom the execut.ve ' depart ments of the government of the United States in wwich there may be — articles suitable for the purpose intended, there shouid ap- pear such articles and materials ag will, when pre- sented in a coliective exhibition, illustrate the funcuions and administrative faculties of the gov- erhment in time of peace and its resources as a war power, and thereby serve to demonstrate the nature of vur institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people, now, ior the purpose of securing a complete and harmonious arrangement of the articles and materials designed to be exhibited ‘rom the executive departments of the government, itis ordered that a board, tu be com- posed of one person to be named by the nead of each of the Executive departments which may have articles and materia to be exnivited, aud | alsoof one person to be naiwed in benalf of the Smithsonian Institution, and one to be named in the behalfof the Department of Agriculture, be charged with the preparation, arrangement and sate Keeping of such articls and materials as the heads oi the several depart ments and tne Commissioner of Agriculture and the Director of the smithsonian Insutation may respectively decide shau be embraced in tne coilection; that one o1 the persons thus named, to be designated by the President, shall be chairman of such Board, and that the Board appoint trom their own number such other oficers as they may th.nk necessary, and that the said Board when organized shall be authorized, under the direction of the President, to conier with the execu- tive officers of the Centennial Exhibition in relation to such matters connected with the subject as may pertain to the respective departments having articles and materials on ex- hibition, and that the names of the persons thus selected by the heads of the several departments, the Commissioner ol Agriculture and the Director of the Smithsonian Institution shall be submitted to the President for designation. By order of the President, HAMILION FISH, Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 1874. The Bill to Redeem Legal Tender Notes and to Regulate and Establish the National Currency. The bill to redeem legal tender notes and to regulate and establish the currency of. the United States, introduced into the House of Representa- tives to-day by Mr. Burleigh, of Maine, provides for reducing one half of the legal tender notes by issuing in their stead five per cent three year compound interest notes at the rata of $7,000,000 per montn, redeemaote in four and analf per cent thirty year gold bonds. The other half of the present legal tender notes are to be retired by issuing legal tender. “regulating cur- rency’? notes, redeemable on demand by inter- changeable 3 65-100 per cent gold bonds, the notes, so reaeemed to be held ta exchange for bonds, the bonds to be held to. radeem the notes and soon. Four and one-half pex cent forty year gold bonds are to be issued at par tor lawful money to banking associations in each. State and Terri- tory, until each shall have banking associations, with a circulation amounting te $2 Jor each in- havitant, and the money received to be used to purchase bonds bearing a higher rate of interest, these associations all to be.subject to the present banking laws. One-half of the interchangeable bonds may be held as a reserve whenever the com- pound interest notes first issued shall mature. The banks shall have one-third reserve in coin, The government may redeem the notes issued un_ der this act at any time with gold, The bill was reierred to the Committee on Banking and Cur- rency. Passage of the Bill for the Relief of Montana Settlers. The bill of Delegate Maginnis, for the relief of the settlers in the Bitter Root Valley, Montana, extending the time of payment for their lands and giving them the benefits of the Homestead law, passed the House to-day under a suspension of the rules, the Committee on Public Lands having unanimously reported in its favor. Provisions of the Proposed Bill Prohibit- ing the Importation of Coolie:. The bill of Representative Luttrell, of Calitornia, to prohibit coolie labor makes it a felony for any person to import coolie laborers, or contract in this country to deliver them, and, on conviction, imposes a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, with imprisonment of one or three years. Persons bringing Chinese women to the United States, un- less tne latter come with their husbands or fathers, are to de subject to the same penalties. The cap- tains of vessels must furnish due proof of such re- lationship of the women. The Alabama Senatorial Representation. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec tions to-day took up the case of the contest be- tween Messrs. Spencer aad Sykes, both claiming the same seat as Senator from Alabama, Mr. Spencer was attended by Representative White, of Alabama, and W. E, Chaadier as counsel, and Mr, Sykes by General Morgan, of Alabama, as counsel. The committee notified. the counsel to be prepared to apnounce next Thursday whas line o: argument they proposed to follow and the numbor of wit- nesses they propose cailing. The committee then adjourned till Thursday. Date of Mr. Cushing’s Departure. Mr. Caleb Cushing sald to-day that ho intends leaving for Madrid early in February. The Vice President at Boston. Vice President Wilson left here in the one o’clock train to-day for Boston, where he will remain three gb and Charles Sumner. Charles Bradiaugh was to have been here next week as the guest of Senator Sumner, but he has written him that he must hasten back to England, to take part in the coming contest, He will stand for Parliament at Northampton, where there are @ great number of newly enfranchised frecholders, who have for some time been raising a fund to secure his return. General Van Buren’s Appointment and John Jay's Tender Feelings. John Jay’s friends declare that if Genera) Van Buren 18 confirmed as Consul to Kanagawa Jay will feel compelled to resign, as the position will be given to Van Buren 4s an indemnity for his degradation. General Bristow will in this case be appointed to Vienna. Social Gayety of the Capital. There will be a succession of receptions anf js henceforward until the matin-bellayof at aummon the faithful ta their devotionss ceased, the result of which wae the discovery of arsenic in large quantities. Among those who are supposed to be victims of poisoning and have come to their death while at- tended by Dr. Smith are the following :— John Kenny, aged seventy-one, died November 3, 1873, He was reported as having died of pleurisy. Rebecca White, aged fiity-one, died November 20, 1873. Reported disease, pleuro pneumoni: James McDonald, aged sixcy-seven, died Decem- ber 24, 1873; reported disease, acute gastritis. Mary Ano Broad..aged eight, died about two weeks since, The causes of death assigned inathe cases men- tioned above are takem from the certificates of Dr. Smith, in his report of eases to the Board of Health. There are several other persons in reference to whose death there has arisen suspicion, but their names at this writing are not availavie, THE DEATHLY PHYSIC. Asa Broad, @ man about torty years of age, called on Dr. Smith, and summoned lis aid in the case of James McDonald, Mr, Broad’s father-in-law, who was taken ill with cholera morbus. Smith pre+ scribed for him, and, among other tuings, sent up some magnesia, Which, by the physician’s orders, was administered to him. This was about eleved o’ciock in the morning, and in six or seven hours thereafter Mr, Mcvonald died. He had all the symptoms of a person Who had been poisoned, @ burning sensation in the stomach, bus. sus- picions, if any existed, were considered not well ehough grounded to cause an investigation, A STOMACH ON FIRE. Subsequently a child of Mr. Broad took sick, and the doctor, being called im again, pronounced her ailment caused by worms. He yave three powders and a bottle, which he said contained Magnesia. The three powders were given to the chid first, at intervals o1 about three nours. There, seemed to be no perceptibie change in the con+ dition of the child from what it was that morning. A teaspoontul of the fuid containea in the magnesia bottle prescribed by Dr. smith was given to the little girl. She at once commencea vomiting violently and spitting blood, and com, plained of a painiul, burning. sensation in the Stomach, at one time saying to her mother, who was by ‘her side, “Mother, my littie stomach ia burning up.” The child conunued vomiung and coniplaining of her stomach burning until nine o'clock, an nour and a half alter the dose was given to her from tue magnesia bottle, when. she died. THE CHEMIST CALLED IN. Neighbors hinted that the child had been poi- soned and thought tbe best thing the father couid do would be to have the stomach anaiyzed, which he at length determined to do. The poor man was nearly crazed, and subsequently put the matter into the handa of three competent physicians, who Temoved the stomach and placed it in toe hands 0. Professor Wuth for analysis. Tne result was the finding of a large amount of arsenic, and, tn the Professor's own words, “there never Was a clearer case of poisoning.” THE PHYSICIAN FROM THE PENITENTIARY, Dr. Smith is a man quite well along in years.and commenced the practice of medicine many years ago. He was arrested for counterieiting in Law- renceville some years Since and sent to the peni- tentiary. He served there a term of five years, being released about one year ago, when he re signed the practice of the medical profession. Your correspondent visited him to-night in the private office o! the Mayor, where he lay on a red morocco covered lounge. apparently quite in- = different to the charges brought against him, He would. oni conyerse With a few persons, and. then very guardealy, He stated that the press was very severe on him, and asked your correspondent to do tim justice by stating that he was. imnocent of these crimes, and that if the riagnesia contained arsenic it was no fault of his;, that he did not prescribe it for the child, but that it was given her by the father, with- out instructions from him, and was out of a bottle prescribed for Mr. McDonald. Soon after he was taken to jail It ig understood tnat a brother of the deceased, Mr. McDonald, will prefer a second charge for murder against Smith te-morrow. THE SIAMESE TWINS, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26, 1874. Dr. Joseph Hollingsworth, of Mount Airy, N. C., is still in this city, and is very much indisposed, He bas had several conferences with prom- inent physicians here in regard to secur- ing the bodips of the Siamese Twins for examination Several days ago a letter, was sent to Dr. Wiliam Hollingsworth, of Mount Airy, asking what arrangements could be made, AS yet no anawer has been received, there being no railroad or telegraph line running to the town. When the answer 1s received it will then be known, definitely whaa can be done, It is understood that the physicians of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and other cities have combined ‘to, secure the bodies, at any price, for autopsy. It 18 asserted that irom $8,000. to $10,000 has. been. secured for the purchase. Dr. Joseph Hoilingswerth thinks that the latmilies of the twins, who are poor, will be willl to hand ovar the bodies, if @ suificient sum is. pai them, When an answer to the letter is received a conference of the physicians will be held and final arraggements completed. If the effort is suc- cessful the bodies will be brought to Philadelphia, where the autopsy will be made. BNA BERITH, Second Day of the Hebrew Convention. CHICAGO, Jan, 26, 1874, ‘The second session of Bnai Berith attracted even more attention than that of yesterday, and the atmost interest was taken in the pro- ceedings. Rules of order were adopted, that in reference to a daily prayer in the Conven- tion being sharply criticised, and passing by a bare majority. A number of important propositions were presented and referred to ap- propriate committees, including one to encourage ‘a Jewish seminary; one to recognize the Cincinnatt union of congregations; one to erect a home for aged brethrea, &c. The committees are officered as follows :—Constitution, Mr. Bien; Asylum, Mr. Frankland; Literar, jd Centennial, Mr. Sanger ;. Ritual, Mr. Moses; Finance, Mr. Adier; Territory, Mr, Lowenstein; Endowment, Mr,, Bush. ‘The committees are now in seaston and will re~ port to-morrow. The concert and reception ten- dered last night by the Chicago Israelites to the delegates was a great success, Eloquent speeches were made by President Wolfe and Mr. Frank- land, The presentation yesterday to Mr. Frank- id was made by Simon Wolle, not by Judge Koch, 8 reported, SQOAFFOLD ACOIDENT IN BROOKLYN. ——-+ Five Men Injured at Talmage’s New Tabernacle. A serious scaffold accident occurred at Talmage's new tabernacle, Schermerhorn street, about three clock yesterday afternoon, five men being in- jured. It seems that the workmen were engaged in putting up a chandelier in the centre of the building, wnen the great weight, coupled with an, unloreseen defect in the construction of the scatfold upon which they were standing caused the latver to give way, precipitating them to the floor, a distance,af iorty feet. George Binney, red twenty-eight yoars, residing at No. 1,! Third avenue, New York, was seriously wjured internally. John Heintz, twenty-six years old, re- siding in Tegth avenue, between Twenty-Qrst and Twenty-seeond streets, New York, was, badly in- jured about, the head and boay. These two men ‘were removed to the Ci ok orgy ec Oscar Seigel, residing /at No. 544 West Forty-second street, New York, John Flode, of Tenth street near Fourth avenue, and Patrick Hennessey, of Third avenue, were (i ae th ere pecan: to their iM omes er employe! Messrs. Mitchell ‘ance & Co, A lew weeks 8 ro man fell from a scaffold at the tabernacle, and died from the effects of hia iniuriaa @ few dava gitar, 7 ——————=» WEATHER REPORT, War DEranrurnn, , Orrice oF THY CuLEr SiGNat, Orricen, Wasuineton, D. C., Jan, 27-1 A. M, Probabilities, For NEW ENGLAND AND THE Mippre ATLANTIC STATES THE TEMPERATURE WILL BISE SLIGHTLY, WITH EASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY WINDS AND CLOUDY OR THREATENING’ WEATHER. For the South Atlantic States, rising temperas ture, falling barometer, fight to gentle variable winds and clear or fair weather. For the Gulf States and thence northward to the Ohio Valley and Missouri, generally cloudy weathers With falling barometer, sousheasterly to south- westerly winds and light rain, For the lake region, soutveasterly to southe westerly winds and rising temperature, with tn creasing cloudiness during the day, followed by lower temperature in the upper'lake region, and, possibly, light snow near Lake Ontario and thence northwestward to Lake Superior. For Wisconsin, Minnesota and Towa, generally cloudy weather and sontnerly winds, followed by lower temperature, risiag barometer and winds shifting to northwesterly, The Weather in This City Yesterday. The folowing record wit show tne changes im the temperature for the pas twenty-four hours im comparison with the corresponding day last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hy ’$ phar macy, HERALD Buildin ate. 1873. 187 87 3AM. 1873. 181g, 6A. M.. 3s 9a. M.. 6 2M. a 4 Average temperature aye Average temperature iast year. sok 2096 The Temperature in New England. . Boston, Jan. 20, 187% ~_At seven o’clock this-morning, the thermometer stood at zero in this eity. At Concord, XN, HL, 10 degrees below; at Lancaster, 38 below; at Lewiston, Me., 10 below; at Bath, Me., 11 below— the coldest of the season The Hudson Closed. POUGHKEEPSIE; Jan. 26,1874, Por the first time this winter the Hudsor ts now closed irom Newburg to Albany, and the Poughe RKeepsie aad New Hambusg Iceboat Associations are preparing for the winter regattas. The lce Business. Batu, Me., Jan, 26, 1874. The ice business has commenced here in earnest and is being prosecuted with unusual vigor. Ice of thirteen inches in thickness is being cut. A vessel sailed to-day for Phitadelphia with ice at $1 25 per von, and another is now loading for tha same place at the same prices INDEPENDENT GRANGERS, ALBANY, Jan. 26,.18T# The Preliminary Executive Commitee to-day decided to hold the meeting for perfecting the ore ganization of the American Order of Independen® Grangers in this city, on Tuesday, the 17th day of February, and the Secretary, Mr. A. S. Draper,, Was instructed to send invitations to such citizens: of the State ag the Convention may approve: of. The Order 1s intended to mect the present issues in relation to transportation and other questions relatiag to industrial interests, and is rendere@® necessary by the exclusion of all but farmers from the granges of the Patrons of Husbandry. It 18 uo derstood that some ol the most influential mem- bers of both branches of the Legistature will pare ticipate in the organization. PHILADELPHIA POLITIOS. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26, 187%. From present indications, tt. is thought I Alexander MoClure is sure to.be the neminee the Democratic Convention for the Mayoralty. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Java will. leave this. port om Wednesday. for Queenstown.and Liverpool. The mailafor Kurope wil close at the Post Office at cleven otelock A. M. Tuk New York HeRkaLD—Edition for Earope— will be ready at hali;past aight o’cicck in the morning. “ Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents, “Japenese Corn File.”—No More Paine fal Corus Sold at all drug and.shoe stores, at 25c. & Millions is thae demon »Catarrh.—WOLCOTT’S: CATARRE ANNIHILA, TOR, tor 13 years the standard positive remedy, A Sworn Cure Nearaigiaand Nervous Diseases. —Dr. FITUER'S ROED~ for Rheumatism, MATIC KEMEDY, Nocure no charge. Advice grat 21 Johar street. x eivine A.—The Wretched Fingerpad and Metal truss {mpostors that infest the city aro amenable to the laws against cruelty tq.aniinals. The ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, 653 Broadway, soon permsnantiy eure rups re. A.—Chocolat Menier—Menier’ Cocoa Defies sal honest competition. Awarded medal, Vienna Exhabition. Sold hyvall: grocers, druggists and contece tloners. Depot 45 Beaver street MENIER’S COCOA for breaktast. A.—Furs—Closing Gut Sale Fine Fara ak reduced price’: Call before purchasing. BURKE, 210, Broadway, corner Fulton street, Batechelor’s Hair Dye {s Splendid— Nevoe fails. Establishad 37 years Sold and proper! Rpniied at BATCILELOW'S Wis) Factory, 13 Bond ste Be 2 Coughs and Colds Are Often Overlooked. A cantinuance for any lenzth of time causes Lrritation the lungs or some chronic throat disease. BROWN"! BRONCHIAL TKOCHES are an effectual cough remedy. Dr. R. Fredericks, 25 West Twenty= gevond street.—Positive evidences. of spirit presenca™ Soecial and {nlallibe treatment of cancer. Dr. Newton's Medical and Surgical ine. STITUTE, 3 Bomd street.—Dyspepsi: Epilepsy Catarrh a specialty ; Electricity sclentifically applied. Giles & Co.’s Liniment Iodide of Ammo NIA cures Paralysis, Chilblains and Chronie or Inflam= matory Rhgumatism, &c. Best combination ever dis covered. Price $0 cents and $! a bottle, Depot 451 Sixth: avenue, Graefonherg Vegetable Pills.—Wondere fully effective. in cases of headache, biliousness and in- digestion, AL PENBERG COMPANY, 8 Reade st. Havana Bankers.—J. B. Martinez & Cos 10 Wall street, New York, will pay the highest rates for Spanisa, Dgabioons and Havaga Bank Bills, &c, If You Don’t Want to Disgust Bvery< body with your offensive breath cure your Caturrh Usilg De SAGES CATARRU REMEDS. bed Mrs. Shaw’s Moth and Freckle Lotion==. Warranted. AM drui 1. Depot, GILES & 00. Ui Ektavenue, New tore o DePO “Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sirup” for Children Teething. —[¢has stood the test of many yer Never Known to fail.” Gives to the mothe: Feilet (0 the ehild. Ciines Wind Colle and rayulates te, we The Best Elastic Truss, Warranted the past, Is sold at POMEROY'S, 744 Broadway, for $4. Wedding and B: 1 Cards. Monogram: Foreign Note Paper. Orders of Page yams EVERDALL, 902 Broadway. Establishe NRW A BRILLIAST ROVES, 3. W, DE’ FOREST, Aathor of “Overland’ Row rea THE wen eRED APPATR, rdened novel ut fresh. —Nation, New xp meats |, humorous, and prquaat love story." “He ta to day, perhaps, the ablest American novelist "— xy, Magasine, New York. ee by J. W. De Forest, places the author tt ST the ‘ank of American writers of fiction.” —Satur- day Beaning Gazette, Boston.” , RECENT PUBLICATIONS, ES teen oe orresier.. ae ni Either of the t ofibet ck the above sent by mall, post paid, om receln® SHELDON & COMPANY, mu No. 677 Broadway, York. 790 TO, $100 IN WALL, STREET OFTEN LEADS 10 & lortune, irty-two tree. VALENTINE. PUM DUS & 00. Bankers and Brokers, No, 89 Wall sireot. SQirewas rat ON CATARRH"—AN ABSTRACE N from a torthcoming wi Throat Diseases, by Ax B, Williamson, 4. D. inte Giihien Phymolaa “he Cake fe ‘ollege. Sent tree, reas, Wik pd TUR ainH te Enat davantaanth streets