The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1874, Page 7

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1874-TRIPLE SHEET. 7 EGYPT. Herald Special Report from Khartoom. The Territory Invaded by the Slave Hunters of Darfoor. Prompt Resistance and a San- guinary Battle. TEN THOUSAND ENSLAVERS DISPERSED. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Loxpon, Feb. 18, 1874. The following special despatch to the Hzratp thas been received here from your correspond- rent in the Soudan, Africa: — Kuartoom, Feb. 14, 1874. The Sultan of Darfoor, East Soudan, re- cently invaded Egyptian territory near the Bahr-el-Gazal on a hunting expedition for the capture of slaves. ®IERCE BATTLE, AND ROUT OF THE ENSLAVERS. ‘ The Egyptian, Governor, Zebia Bey, gave fpattle to the invader, the engagement lasting wix hours, and terminating in the utter gout of the Darfoor army—which was 10,000 Btrong—the capture of four guns and the kill- ing of the Vizier and many of the slave-hunt- fing chiefs. ASHANTEE, The Day of English Conquest at Coomassie, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, LONDON, Feb. 18, 1874, Despatches from the Gold Coast announce that Bir Garnet Wolseley entered Coomassie on Febru- LIVINGSTONE. Whe Report of His Death a Subject of Serious Doubt. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, t + LONDON, Feb, 18, 1874, Rev. Robert Moffatt, the celebrated English mis- Bionary to South Africa, is sull in doubt as to the correctness of the report of Dr. Livingstone’s | death. He thinks it hardly credible that Living- Btone could have reached the place where he is Raid to have died. He says also that the Doctor's Bupply of provisions was ample. The Foreign Oftice also entertains the same Gounts, SWITZERLAND. yAn American Lady at the Summit of the “Maiden Movntain.” TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. BERNE, Feb. 18, 1874. Miss Brewood, an American lady, has performed The perilous feat of attaining the summit of the Jungfrau mountain. “THE INDIANS. Komanches Shot by the Military and Horses and Stock Captured—The Irriga- tion at Verde. WaASUINGTON, Feb. 18, 1874. The following was received to-day ;— CuIcaGo, Feb, 17, 1874. Wolonel W. D. WHrrrLe, Washington, D. 0. :— General Augur, commanding the Department of Xas, telegraphs that Lieutenant volonel Buell, | vith a command consisting of parts of companies end G, Tenth cavalry, and fifteen Tonka scouts, Besant @ small camp of Comanches on Doubie ountain Fork on the 5th inst. and killed ten Indians and captured all their stock, consisting of ixty-four horses. He will report iully on his etura to Griffin. P. H. SHERIDAN, Lieutenant General. COST OF IRRIGATING THE LAND AT VERDE, 1 The following despatch has also been received bere to-day: HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA, Prescorr, A. 'I., Feb, 16, 1874. Woon. E. P. SuirH, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, | Washington, D. 0. :— It will take $25,000 to eventually complete the itch at Verde; but $5,000, if the work is com- | enced at once, will carry the diten sufficiently lar. 80 a3 to irrigate the land. ‘Tne [ndians can cul- vate the coming year. When the Indians raise | heir Own supplies it will be an annual saving to he government of over $50,000. GEORGE CROUK, Brigadier General. Whe Ogallalias the Allies of the Whites= ) ©he Minnecoujous and Sans-Ares Keep- ing Spies About the Agencie: OMANA, Ned, Feb, 18, 1874, The remains of Lieutenant Robinson passed iShrough here last evening. Thirty or forty Indians were seen on Monday afternoon, seven miles above the upper crossing Sof the Horseshoe, by Lieutenant Allen, who with i@ body of men was gathering up a beef herd at | ‘ort Fetterman which had been stampeded, He ‘did not dare leave the herd to attack them. Iniormation received to-day trom Agent Saville jays:—War parties of Minnecoujous have gone north and are burning the prairies behind them, ‘Red Cloud informs me that a messenger trom lack ‘I'wins has come in and that his party will ome in, but that Crazy Horse and his party will join the Minnecoujous. I have told the Ogallallas plainly that the army 1 strike these Indians, and they must choose be- Ween fighting them or us. ‘they have chosen to tand by their agency and us, and they can be de- plies on in this case, I am making efforts to nite the Ogallallas and Brules in delence of this art of the country. A SPY STARTED OUT. Flat Iron, relative of Biue Horse, started for lack Hills to-day to gather infermation of the jovements of the Northern Sioux. There are @ number of Ugallailas in the north fea and there are remaining a number of Minne- oujous and Sans-Arcs in the different camps about he agency—for what oad I do not know; not good -one, I think. Agent Saville says i@ supposes these Indians will be speedily junished, and requests to be Kept advised ‘of military movements, that he may be prepared to ive information and keep the Ogallallas out of ithe way. He is gotting all the property and the ‘white men inside the stockades. He also requests the commanding officer of Sidney Barracks to get ali the Ogallallas of the Kiosie band, who are sup- posed to be in that neighborhood together, and send them, under military escort, to North Platte River. General Ord has instructed the com- dandant there to do so. IMMEDIATE DANGER OVER. Agent Howard, of Whitestone agency, reports the immediate danger over. The Minnecoujou @re leaving quietly. Beef was issued on the ldth, Depredations by Indians in Texas. GALVESTON, Feb. 18, 1874, A special despatch from Anstin says six citizens of Beaver Creek, near Fort Sill, were robbed of all ee lorses by Kiowa Indians from the reserva- Forty head of horses and mules were stolen from ranches on the Rio Grande, thirty miles above Fort Quitman. THE SOUTHERN GRANGES, RALEIGH, N. 0., Feb, 18, 1874. The State Grange met here to-day, 130 Granges being represented. There are 235 Granges in the State, Greeting was received from and returned tu the State Granges of South Carolina and Ohia The election of oMcers to fill unexpired terms re- sulted tn Dr. Columbus Mills, of Cabarrus, bein; made Worthy Master, and Richard Willams, of Pitt, Worthy Overseer. About 300 Grangers are prevent. The body will be in sesston several days, ‘ne Order is represented as ep increasing tn this State, with already some 7,000 members, ENGLAND. Disraeli Accepts the Premiership—Court Audi- ence—Consultatin with His Party Supporters. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERAL. Lonvon, Feb. 18, 1874. Mr. Disraeli arrived at Windsor at noon to- day and immediately proceeded to the Castle. Large crowds gathered at all the stations on the route and warmly cheered him as he passed by. Acceptance of the ‘Premiership After Party Consultation, Lonpon, Feb. 18—Evening. Mr. Disraeli to-day held another conference with his supporters, He has formally accepted the Premiership. Health of the Archbishop ot Canterbury. LONDON, Feb, 18, 1874. The health of the Archbishop of Canterbury is | improving. Insurance Companies Working Ruins of the Pantechnicon. Lonpon, Feb, 18, 1874. The rains of the Pantechnicon, which was burned last Friday night, are still smouldering, but not- withstanding this the insurance companies have already set men to Work seeking salvage. A num- ber of racing cups and much jewelry, which were stored in the building, have been recovered unin- jured, Thousands of spectators watch the progress of the work. It is said the loss of one insurance company by the fire is so heavy that it is crippled. WEATHER REPORT, The weather throughout England to-day is fair. ” GERMANY. the National Unity Against French Provincialisms. TELEG TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Fob, 18, 1874. In the Reichstag to-day the Bishop of Metz, who is a member, asked the President for permis- sion to be accompanied by an interpreter during the sittings, His request was retused, The motion offered by an Alsatian Deputy that Alsace and Lorraine be permitted a plébiscite to decide their nationality, has been rejected by an overwhelming majority. DECLARATION OF THE FRENCH REPRESENTATIVE POSITION, During the debate on the proposition, M. Teutsch, an Alsatian delegate, supported the motion for a plébiscite, in & violent speech, in the course of which he said Germany nad overstepped the prin- ciples which should be binding upon civilized nations. He held that the annexation to Germany was illegal. ‘We are sent here,” he said, “to pro- claim our affection for our French fatherland, and your act of violence prevents us from regarding you as bretnren.”” SPAIN. Concentration of Army Commands in the Field. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Feb. 18, 1874. General Moriones and Prima de Rivera have Joined forces near Portugalete. BOSTON COLLECTORSHIP. Simmons Opposed by a Minority of the Board of Trade—Judge Russell With- draws His Resignation and “Bolts” the Butler Party. Boston, Feb. 18, 1874. The Boston collectorship still continues to be the chief topic of conversation here, and the in- terest seems to be nearly as absorbing in social as in business circles, Both the friends and oppo- nents of Mr. Simmons, the new nominee, are work- ing with a zeal and industry not unlike those char- acteristic of a close and bitter political campaign. As before intimated, the struggle is between the | Butler and anti-Butler wings of the party, the democratic influence and sympathy, of course, being thrown 1m favor of Simmons and Butler. The Beacon Hill element comprises the chief Opposition thus far against the nominee; but that opposition is of a magnitude not to be despised. What they require is a high-toned graduate of Har- vard, and as Mr. Simmons does not answer the re- quirements, and being a native and resident of the | North End besides, his lack of qualifications is par- ticularly conspicuous in their eyes, Such news- papers as opposed Butler oppose . Simmons, and they are filled this evening with denunctations of the appointment. The Herald declares the nomi- nation to be the worst blunder the President ever made, and the vournal's criticisms of the Execu- | tive are equally bitter. The opposition element attempted to lead of in @ public demonstration of indignation this alter- noon, under the auspices of the Board of Trade. In point of numbers aud enthusiasm the gather- ing Was a Jailure. Less than a dozen were present altogether, including such men as J. M. Forbes, Alpheus Hardy and Aiexander H. Rice. Alter dis- cussing the question in an informal man- ner the opinion was in favor of hav- ing Judge Russell withdraw his resigna- tion as the best means to keep Simmons out of the place. Collector Russell was therefore requested to attend the meeting, and, after his ar- rival, the sentiment of the meeting was made evi- | dent to him by many complimentary allusions to his past services, and an earnest request was made that he suould withdraw his resignation and con- tinue in the office. It was stipulated, however, tnat Coilector Russell was to desert Butler, and in return for such a new departure he was to receive the support in future of the anti-Butler party. The Judge, after considering the matter for a moment, concluded to leave the Butler ranks and hereafter become @ faithiul follower and worker on the other side. He then telegraphed the President the with- drawal of bis resignation, and Mr. Rice aiso sent the following despatch tu the President and the Massachusetts Congressmen. At an informal meeting of merchants and members of. the Board of Trade it was unanimously voted that the Hon. Thomas Russell be requested to withdraw hi ignation as Collector ot the Port of Boston, and that the resident of the United States be respectfully and earnestly requested to concur in such withdrawal. We are authorized to state that Collector Russell accedes to his request ALEXANDER H, RICE, Chairman of the Meeting. EUGENE H. SAMPSON’ Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board ot Trade. A petition is also in circulation throughout the’ different sections of the city, and ts receiving a few signatures, requesting the President to con- tinue Collector Russell in his position. Telegrams to the same effect have also been numerously for- warded to the Congressmen asking them to do all th their power to defeat the nomination of Mr. Simmons. On the other hand, the friends of the young nominee have been equally active. His su- Perior qualifications for the piace they assert, with- out fear of contradiction, and telegrams have gone forward by the hundred this afternoon Eas the President to “stand firm.” The members of the Legislature are arrayed almost unanimously on the Simmons side—a fact somewhat sig- nificant of the effect of Butler’s peregrinatuions around the State last fall. On the pubile surface the feeling seems to be decidedly in favor of Sim- mons, and it is not unlikely that the action of Judge Russell this afternoon will improve rather than injure the chances of the young candidate. His friends look upon this opposition movement ‘as too insignificant to demand a counter demon- stration, but it is not impossible, as there may be one of some sort. Mr. Simmons is in Washington himself, and it 1s telegraphed from there that he has urged everybody to Keep cool and challenged a full investigation into his personal character and business qualifications, ‘The question has been an exciting one tnis even- ing. Hotels, theatres and ali other piaces of pub- res- lic resort have been for the moment transferred | into a Custom House debating society, Anttcipat- ing that the Senate may act to-morrow on the nomination, the friends of Mr. Simmons ave rallied in large and influential num- ers, and telegrams and petitions fa voring the confirmation of the President's nomination continued to be sent over the wires No local political matter has ever attracted so much attention in Boston, and pene was ever fought more flercely. At this writing che chances are decidedly in favor of the confirma.ion o: Mr, Simmons’ nomination. His supporters are found @mong the active and young business men of the eriod, and the be ad comes from the venera- le survi of the old school, Inthe meantime Bostonians await the consequences with cousider- 1 able interest. ! | Signed | menced the raid on the gin mills, | this store they entered. | erly winds, | the employ of the ratiroad company fourteen THE MISSING DICTATOR. Crave Fears of the Loss of the Vessel. A SEARCH ON THE SEAS ORDERED. ee eee The Brooklyn and Wachusett De- spatched from Key West. No News at Washington—Confidence of Naval Officers in the Safety of the Ship. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. , ‘The following despatch has been received from our correspondent at Florida Bay :— FLoripa Bay, via Key West, Feb, 18, 1674. Admirat Case received orders from Washington ' this afternoon to send out two vessels in search of the monitor Dictator, The Juniata parted company with her on the 14th inst. SEAROH FOR THR MISSING VESSEL, The Brooklyn and Wachusett were at once de- tached from their divisions, and within half an hour were under way for the Florida coast, via Tortugas. NO SERIOUS APRREHENSION OF 108s. No serious apprehension is felt in the fleet, and the vessels are sent chiefly with a view to render assistance in case the Dictator runs out of coal. AFFAIRS IN HAVANA. The Dispatch was sent to Havana this morning, rand onher return the exact condition of affairs there will be fully known, THE NAVAL EVOLUTIONS. The evolutions today consisted chiefly of exer- cises in divisions. The Navy Department Without Tidings of the Vessel. WASHINGTON, Feb, 18, 1874. Nothing had been received at the Navy Depart- ment concerning the Dictator. Naval officers, however, generally, in speaking of her merits as a first class sea boat assert their confidence in her ability to keep afloat in any kind of weather. They believe that she will reach Key West safely. Others think that she will run tnto Savanuah or Charleston. Many telegrams are received at the Navy De- | partment to-night asking for information regard- ing the missing vessels. The Signal Office reported, upon inquiry to-day, that on the morning of the 16th the wind was light | off Savannat. No News of the Dictator at Savannah, Bite SAVANNAD, Ga,, Feb, 19, 1874, Nothing nas been heard here of the Dictator, and | some fears are entertained that she is lost, WEATHER REPORT, War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. ©., Feb. 19—1 A. M. Probabilities. On Thursday, in New England, falling barometer, easterly winds and cool, clear, followed by cloudy weather, FOR THR MIDDLE AND SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES, CONTINUED NORTHRASTERLY WINDS, WITH CLOUDY WEATHER AND FALLING BAROMETER. For the Gulf States, falling barometer, southeast | winds, rising temperature, increasing cloudiness | and possibly rain on the coast, For the Ohio Valley and lake region, falling | barometer, increasing southerly winds, cloudy | weather, and possibly rain or snow, followed in the Northwest by rising barometer and cold north- The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in | the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in | comparison with the corresponding day of last | year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's Pharmacy, HERALD Building :- 1 1873, 1874. » 40 34 873, 1874, 19 3:30 P.M. 18 6 P.M. 32 20 OP.M. 28 12M. 33 26 12 P. M. 26 Average temperature yesterday, 25% Average temperature jor corresponding d: last year. 34K MYSTERRIOUS MURDER. A Watchman at the Hudson River | Railroad Depot Shot by Thicves—No Trace of the Murderers. | was lost. THE STATE CAPITAL. —-———— DEFEAT OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. Concerted Action of Democrats and Republicans, A STRIKING RAILROAD BILL Ex-Governor Seymour Before the Committee of Ways and Means—The Conflict of Departments—A Rapid Transit Scheme—The Factory Children. ALBANY, Feb. 18, 1874. The amendment to the fifth article of the consti- tution was defeated to-day in the Assembly, and, therefore, cannot go before the people at the next State election, You are already aware of what this amendment consisted, and I shall merely indicate what its spirit was. It provided tor the breaking up of the Canal Ring, which has rubbed this State of fabulous sums of money. It provided against the plundering prison contract system, and it strengthened, while holding to a larger esponsibility, the Governor of tne State, by giving him the appointment of certain State officers, who are now regularly nominated by a ring and forced upon the people, It was a wise and well inten- tioned amendment, and was the joint product of a commission, consisting equally of democrats and repubiicans, to the number of thirty-two. It passed the last Legislature, and there was noreason what- ever why it should not pass this one, except that the politicians found out it did not agree with thetr interests, and so its total defeat was con- trived. Twelve o’clock had been appointed to take the vote, without debate, on the adoption of the amendment, A LARGE NUMBER OF LOBBYISTS stood behind the railing at the rear of the cham- ber, and when the event of the day was announced from the Chair as being in order a stir took place that showed something of unusual interest to be on hand, The democrats Were all pledged to vote against the amendment, under the pretence that it took power from the people, where it belonged, and lodged it in the Executive, though everybody knows that the people have as little voice in se lecting candidates for Attorney General, State Engineer and Surveyor, Superintendent of Prisons and Canal Commissioners as they have in regulating the planetary system; but suited the democrats to say so. The Treasurer of the Cana) Board, Mr. Raines, {s a liberal repuo- lican, friendly to the democrats, and he contrived to have an understanding with that side of the House to defeat the amendment, which imperilled the existence of the Canal Ring. THE DEMOCRATS, however, can shelter themselves under the plea that they followed a traditional principle, though even that excuse, considering the question at issue, Was nothing but the thinnest vell of nypoc- risy. But what excuse can the twenty-seven republicans give who helped the democrats to de- feat an amendment that aimed to stop the prunder of the Canal Ring and make the prisons of the state sell-supporting? The flimsy pretext that the people voted down the question of appointing judges is all they can offer in defence, while no parallel exists between the two cases, After the Clerk had read the amendment to article 5 silence ensued, and tke roll of members was then called. Mr. Alber- ger, Who ts chairman of the Canal Board, voted “yea;’’ but Mr. Alberger had already, with great zeal, Canvassed the Assembly, and knew almost to @ single vote what the result would be, so that he could afford to appear on the side of the reform element in the body. Quite a number o! inembers rose up te expiain their votes, which was evidence enough of the importance they attached to the question, and those republicans who went in the negative and had the capacity to explain them- selves were especially anxious to set themscives right. Speaker Husted made THE SPEECH OF THE DAY. Leaving the chair to explain his vote, he de- | Scended to the floor and made a vigorous and con- vineing address in behali oi the amendment. He warned members of the great importance of the question ; of the future benetits which the passage of the amendment would confer upon the State and the stop it would put to corruption in various forms. He was sorry to see that it had fallen into @ partisan dispute, because it was con & purely non-partisan spirit and for tne welfare of the whole people, whose voice at least should be respected and to whom this amendment should go for their verdict, The Assembiy elected by the people had no right to withhold ‘from the people for their decision @ question | that so vitally concerned their interests. OTHER EXPLANATIONS followed in rapid succession. Mr. Batcheller supple- mented the remarks ol Speaker Husted, and Mess! Beebe, Wright, Vedder, Weed, Fish and others ex- plained themselves on'one side or the other. The Then Mr. Spencer in one breath asked that the vote be reconsidered and moved the pre- vious question, This was striking while the iron was hot, so as to effectually kill the amendment while the majority was on the floorand in the humor. A vote was taken on the reconsideration, and then on the eee question, and the triumph of the canal ring was assured by a vote of 64 to 44. THE BLACK SHEEP. vote on the amendment to vhe fiith article of the constitution, and who helped to xillitin the As- sembly to-day :—Badger, Beecher, Bordwell, Car- penter, Clark, Comstock, Deane, Farrar, Foote, Houghton, Jones, Law, Mantey, McQueen, Parry, Persons, Phillips, Scherman, Schifferdecker, Sher- wood, H, Smith, C. S, Spencer, Stacy, Stover, At fifteen minutes past seven o'clock last even- ing Conductor Lane, of the Yonkers express train, | which was at the time standing in the depot, beard a pistol shot in the vicinity of the freight depot, in Thirtieth street, | near Tenth avenue. He at once gave the alarm, to which Officer Lover, of the Twentieth Precinct, responded. <A careful search of the ireight yard and depot was made, when the body | of Nicuolas A. Schwarch was found lying between two lines of ireight cars, which were about ready | to be taken out, He was a watchman in the em- | ploy of the railroad company, and it was a part of his duty to examine all cars previous to their departure, At the time | of his being found he was Just expiring from the | effects of a pistolshot wound two inches betow | the nipple of the right breast. Of course, the per- petrators of the foul deed had made good their | escape, but the supposition is that Schwarch sur- | prised some thieves who were in the act of rifling | acar and was shot by them. This belief Is well founded, trom the fact that one of the cars near where the shooting was done was found open. For years past the vicinity of this depot has been | infested by thieves, who obtain a living by making predatory raids upon freight trains and carrying | off valuable goods. Schwarch was a very peace- | able man, and is not known to have had any dim- culty with any one, and there can be no doubé but that his life was taken by some one of the gang of railroad thieves. There is, however, as yet not | the slightest trace which can possibly lead to the detection of the guilty party. The wall surround- ing the depot is but six feet high, and can, there- fore, readily be scaled by any one. Owing to the hard condition of the ground it is, of course, im- possible to track the murderer. Scebwarch was about thirty-four vears of age, lived at No, 783 Eleventh avenue, and had been in months, inthe capacity of watchman, @ wife and three children, WOMEN'S WAR ON WHISKEY. The Campaign Opened in New Jersey— The Sisterhood on the Warpath. The women of Jersey City have taken up the cry of thetr sisters of the West against intemperance. The first meeting was held in St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal church, on Tuesday night, entitled a | “Mother's Meeting,” for the salvation of the sons | and daughters of men. The latter word was ad- visedly substituted for that of women. ‘Mother’ Adams delivered an address to her sister members | against intemperance, and calied upon them to commence the good fight in deed and in truth, | She was in favor of fighting when intem- perance was her enemy, and she hoped her sisters would respond promptly and join the movement which she felt certain was to end at no distant day in a grand victory. Sixteen of the good, pious and noble sisters went forward and | the roll, Shortly afterwards they com- | Moving out of | the church in double file they proceeded up Grove | street to the store kept by the Post Brothers, and | One ot the proprietors received them, not with open arms, but with hat in hand. “Mother” Adams, on the part of the delegation, addressed him on the evils that re- sult from intoxication and the terrible responsi- bility of those engaved tn the liquor traMc, Her address was so touching that it not only touched the heart but the eyes of the ill-fated Post. The movement will be resumed within a few days and a@ combined assault will be made on the liquor stores in Newark avenue. He leaves L West, Whalen, Wright and Worth, It is no vague apprehension that the republican party in this | State is Jast going to pieces. A MOST IMPUDENT BILL was introduced in tne Assembly to-day by Mr. Ryan to build a horse car railroad through Canal street, up South Filth avenue and Fifth avenue to Twenty-third street, and then up Lexington ave- hue to Seventy-second street, and then again to Fiith avenue, und having for incorporators such names as Archie Bliss, Tom Creamer and the like. The horse ratiroads are a sufficient plague already where they are located, but to run them tn upon the few decent thoroughiares that have so far escaped desecration looks like a bid for purchase. INVESTIGATING NEW YORK CITY GOVERNMENT. A resoiution is being prepared calling tor a com- Mittee of the Legislature to investigate the work. Ings o1 all the departments of the New York city government. The departments of Public Works, Parks, Register’s, Surrogate’s, Sheriff's and Comp. trolier’s ofMfves are to be overhauled and their methods of doing business examined. COMPENSATION FOR THE TWEBKD PROSECUTING COUNSEL. Mr. Wagstai? presented a bill in Assembly to | make further provision for the audit and payment of the claims and _ expenses mentioned in an act, chapter 508 of the laws of 1872, being the expense of conducting civil and criminal suits and prosecutions growing out of irauds upon the treasury of the city and county of New York, which were brought to light in 1871. The Board of Supervisors is authorized to raise by tax upon real estate, $25,000, to be applied to the payment of counsel and Charles O’Conor. AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER. Mr. Healey proposes the iollowing amendment to the charter of New York:— No street, avenue or public place in the city of New York which has been once paved and the expenses thereot paid for by the owners of the property adjoin- ing by assessment shall hereafter be paved at their ex- Pele, Hor shall any assessment therefor be Imposed, unless the same shall be petitioned tor by a majority of the owners of the property, who shall also be the own- ers of a majority of the front feet, on the line of the pro- posed improvement, and any resolutions heretofore passed for any repavement, which has not been titioned for by @ majority of the owners of the adjoining no contract has roperty to be aifected and for which ntered into or award of contract declare! to be inoperative and void ; pr that when, in the judgment of the Common Counc te perement of any street, avenue or public pla shali be so much impaired by use and wear or from other causes as to render a repavement necessary for the pub- lic health or safety, such street, avenue of public place be repaved with stone pavement at the expense of owners ot adjowing Droperty without c= titioned for, and an assessment may be imposed therefor in the same manner as though such street, avenue or pu lic place had not before been paved. — Kxcept for r no patented pavement shail be laid, and no patented ar, Ucle shail be advertised tor, coniracted for or purchased except under such circumstances that there can be a talr ditions to secure which shall be peessribea ‘by tke Bose ( rt he ot Kstimate and Apportionment. if pe INSURANCE COMPANIES. There was a joint meeting this morning of the Insurance Committees of Senate and Assembly to consider two bills, authorizing insurance com- panies to accumulate a reserved capital, which shall be exempt from losses and used to repair the capital tn case it shall be impaired by extensive conflagrations, Further consideration of the bills will be made, THE RORAL RAILROAD COMMITTER. Considering that nine out of ten of the ratlroaa bills, introduced go far, have direct concern for New York city, it is singular that the Committee on Raiiroads of the Assembly should be composed of none but country members, nine in number. These gentlemen may be fit to comprehend the cauat aystem, which is such a puagie to people who live it’ ived in | vote resulted 42 yeas, 76 nays, and the amendment | The following are the names of the republicans | | who were against giving the people a chance to ther expenses which | | May be incurred by the Attorney Geueral and | ing this afternoon and heard ex-Governor Seymour in the metropolis; but they are not st ed to be as well acquainted with the necessity of rapid transit, the sort needed, and especially with the topography, as members who are citizens of New York city. SENATOR GROSS’ RAPID TRANSIT BILL. The Rapid Transit bill of Senator Gross, intro- duced to-day, provides that, if the people of New York shall so decide at the next general election, then the rere of New York, the President of the Board of Aldermen, the head of the Department of Public Works of said city, togetuer with six other freeholders to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice of the Senate, shail constitute a Board of Commissioners vo construct @ city railway for rapid transit in the city of New York, Said commissioners are to serve without compensation, except the chief offi who shall receive salaries not exceeding each, It shall be the duty of said Commissioners, in behalf of the Commonalty of the city of New York, (0 construct a line of railway for rapid tran- sit from the Battery to Harlem River, the road to have not less than four tracks. TRUST COMPANIES, Mr. Lowery introduced a bill in the Senate to- day providing that every trust company or other monied corporation which receives deposits or which makes loans upon pledges or deposits, ex- cepting banks, shall be placed under the super- vision of the Superintendent of the Banking De- partment, Such tnsututions shall deposit with the superintendent a sum equal to one-iourth its capital stock in bonds and mortgages worth double the amount secured thereby, which securities shall be held by the superintendent in trust for the creditors of such corporation. THE SARATOGA MONUMENT, The Committee on Ways and Means had a meet- in behalf of the Saratoga monument, to commem- orate the surrender of Burgoyne, The petitioners for the memorial ask for an appropriation of $100,000, Governor Seymour made a very eloquent appeal, and said tt was a reproach that the great State of New York should be so tndifferent to the commemoration of the many his!oricat deeds in- Scribed on the pages of her history. Not alone at Saratoga but at many other points in the State, monuments ought to be raised to hand down the gorlous episodes of the revolutionary war. Beautiful and patriouc as the Governor's senti- ments looked, the commit were but poorly im- pressed, and there is littie likelihood they will recommend the appropriation this year; at least, they say, with a bankrupt treasury anda state of [| Ghia distress, the poetry of patriotism is out of ace. The Senate Committee on Cities me a hearing to Dexter Hawkins, Commissioner Van Nort and Commissioner Wales, of the Central Park, tn re- gard to Daly’s bill authorizing the expenditure Of $2,000,000 in opening, extending and grading streets in the upper part of New York city. The Commissioners of the two de- partments are fighting over this question like cats and dogs. Hawkins said he repre- sented the citizens, but the committee were unable to tell which side he advocated. Commis- stoner Wales is working harder than Van Nort, but the odds are in favor of the latter. The com- mittee feel so bewildered by the contending trio that it is useless to predict what they may do. Daly, who introduced the bili, insists that the Common Council should have the determining of the question, as they represent the people of the city and know how to apply money where it will do most good, ‘The Senate, at its evening session, discussed the Factory Children’s bill, providing no chud under ten years shall be employed in factories, and those Over that age ana up to fourteen be allowed a cer- tain stated time in the year for attendance at day or night schools. Jt also provides —-—__ Another Mass Mecting at New Orleans. New ORLEANS, Feb. 18, 1874, A mass meeting of citizens opposed to the pres- ent usurpation of the government of the State was held at Exposition Hall this evening under the auspices of the Committee of Seventy. From 1,000 to 1,200 persons were present. Several addressea were delivered and resolutions adopted, The preamble recounts the election of 1872; the fameus Durell order and the subsequent action of the United States authorities there under an action taken by the people endeavoring to obtain their rights; the tolerance of the people under wrong and oppression, and declares that We repel with indignation and contempt the entirely false imputations that we acquiesce im op are content with the ignominious government which’ has been tile gally and wickedly set up to bear rule over us, therefc Resolved, That we shail continue our efforts to remove the intolerable burden, reproach and shame’ whieh have been put upon us by the violation of law and the consti- Susiog, end oa abuse of power, until the hope of success shall be wholiy destroye Kesolved, That we claim now at the hands of Con- gress, as we have in the past, the recognitiomof the gov- ernment elected in November, 1872, of which’ Governor Mo¥nery is the head, or, in default thereot, that the pres. ent government be ‘suspended by military pro’ al rule and a new election ordered under federal: at as the best that can be accorded us. 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Senator Booth’s amended bill for the consolidation of New York city and county, reported from the committee, is substantially the same as the one already published, only @ few minor alterations having been made. WESICHESTER JUSTICE. The Trial of “Patsy” Conway at White Piains Concluded—Desperate Efforts of the Defence to Prove an Alibi—No Merey for “Masked Burglars”--Tne Jury Promptly Render a Verdict of “Gailty” as Charged in the Indict- ment. The trial of “Patsy” Conway, alias Conroy, for burglary in the first degree and grand larceny at the residence of Miss Lydia H. Emmett, near New Rochelle, on the morning of December 23, 1873, was continued In the Court of Sessions at White " Plains, Westchester county, yesterday. The in- terest manifested in the case on the preceding day seemed, if anything, to have increased, as was evidenced by the rapt attention of the numerous auditory which remained in Cuurt throughout the proceedings and the excited manner in which men discussed the testimony, both on the street and in the places of public resort. The examination of witnesses on the part of the prosecution was re- | sumed. Morris Leviness, an oysterman, living at City Island, testified to having in connection with William Baxter (a witness who was examined on Tuesday), on the morning of December 23, ferried six or seven menitum City Island bridge across Long Island Sound to Great Neck dock. ‘he wituess tully corroborated qhe testimony of Baxter, aud positively IDENTIFIED THE PRISONER ag one of the parties inthe boat on that occasion, Detective Richard Fields deposed that he had as- sisted at the capture of Conway and others in a house on the corner of Washington. and Canal streets, New York. He identified the articles and implements secured in the place named, consisting ofdark lanterns, handcuffs, *‘jimmies”’ (‘‘sectional’’ and “prong"), bats, pistols, powder flasks, spatulas, masks, Valises, besides many other trities, doubt- less useful to the burglarious fraternity. Detective Elder aiso identified the articles above | enumerated as having been captured at the same time and place as the prisoner and his confed- erates. At the suggestion of District Attorney | Briggs the witness took one of the large ‘jimmies’? and found it to correspond precisely with a hole in | @ piece of wood cut out of a desk in the house of Miss Emmett, which had been broken open on the morning of the burglary. ‘The case for the people having here been closed, Mr. Townsend arose and stated that he would not make any opening address; that the defence pro- posed to prove an alibi, and he would at once pro- ceed to cail witnesses for that purpose, TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENCE. Margaret Constantine testified that she lived in Mott street, New York, and had Known the pris- oner for turee years; that be came to her house on Monday, December 22, and remained there, eating his meals every day and sleeping there every night, until the following Saturday; the prisoner slept | with her nepaew, and was complaining of rheu- | Inatism. In her cross-examination the witness contra- dicted herself more than once, and admitted that her son-in-law, William Brickley, through whom | she became acquainted with the ptisoner, is now in the Kings County Penitentiary, and had also been in Sing Sing Prison, where he was accused of killing another convict named Jefferds, for whose murder he Was alterwards tried and acquitted. William Constantine, husband of the last wit. ness, testified that he was a pedler by occupation, and knew tne prisoner ; that the latter had stopped ‘at his house in Mott street, day and night, during Christmas week. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AS A WITNESS. Counsel for the defence here requested District Attorney Briggs to take the witness stand, and that official, having been sworn, testified that he did not know the witness, Margaret Constantine, and had never, to his knowledge, seen her in New York or elsewhere, This action on the part of Mr. Townsend was evidently in retaliation for the line Ol cross-eXamination adopted by the prosecuting officer, who had questioned the witness closely as to whether she had not seen and conversed with | him betore. Margaret Constantine, alias Brickley, testified, as did the preceeding Witnesses, that she had never been accused of any offence; that she had known the prisoner for two or three years. She corroborated the statements of her parents regarc- ing Conway being at their house every day and hight during Christmas week, and that she walked out in his company on the evening of Monday, De- cember 22, and spent some time With him at the house of her friend Mary Anne McGowan. Mary Anne McGowan testified, in her cross examination, to seeing the prisoner at his own house on the evening of December 22, while she Was on a visit to his wile. In summing up to the jury Mr. Townsend made an earnest piea in behalf of bis cient, and, while admitting that Conway's character was bad, argued that as there was & reasonabie doubt of his. identity m this case the jury should give fim the benefit of that doubt, as the law merciully pro- vides, Distiict Attorney Briggs, tn his address to the jury, depicted vividly the enormity of the crime With which the prisoner was charged, and por- trayed the terribie consequences to society if jus tice was not promptly meted out to the PS onanen tors. He expatiated on the overwnelming ogg as to the guilt of the accused, and demanded, 2 behaif or the community at large, a conviction . their hands, His masterly and logical ftoned Which consumed nearly two hours, was listened to with excessive mterest by tue large audience present. concise and impartial charge Ltn? berord the jury retired, and, alter being e Gi romabour ave nunutes, returned into court with a of auilty.”? vertne request of counsal for the prisoner the Court consented to defer sentence until vo-mor- rome trial of the arch-felon, “Dan” Kelly," an ewer of the notorious masked barglars, Will be commence to-day. 7 WINSLOW'S THING SYRUP children with never failing success. of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bowels cures dysentery and diarrhea, whether arising from tecthing or other causes, An old and well tried remedy. 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