The New York Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1874, Page 4

4 NEW YORK ‘EXECUTIONS. Hanging of Three Murderers in South Carolina. Vincent and Furmar De- spatched at Sumter. SCENES ON THE SCARPFOLD. Both Colored Culprits Proclaim Their Innocence. A White Man Suffers the Extreme Pen- alty at Abbeville. Scmren, 8. C., March 27, 1974, Just six weeks and two days ago a most daring, cold-blooded and deliberate murder was commit- ted im the streets of this town, which to day was explated on the gallows in the death, by hanging, of Asron Purman aud Sam Vincent, both negroes. The crime was terrible and atrocious, retribution Was sure and swiit, Never in the an- unerring certainty pursue, arrest, arraign, try, convict, condemn and execute wretches in human form who 80 Wantonly and dastardly took the lune of ag innocent and unoffending fellow being. HISTORY OF THE CRIME, On the night of Monday, the 9th of February last, three negroes, named respectively Aaron Furman, Samuel Vincent and Spencer Bradford, met here and held a consultation, the subject of which was plunder and robvery, but which, however, were to be preceded by the still greater crime of mar- eer. With remarkable unanimity they agreed as to their purpose, and beiore they sepa- rated that night their plans were perfected and arranged even to the miputest detail and in the most systematic order. The store of Messrs. Kicker & Feriter was selected as the one to be plundered, and their clerk, Mr. Henry Wide- Kind, a young German, was marked as the victim of their contemplated bioody deed. Tuesday, the night following the preliminary meeting, was set Apart as the time when their plans were to be carried out; but, well matured as they were, the murderers were frustraied in their first attempt, and Tuesday night passed off without the stain of a horrible crime. It was the custom of Mr. Widekind to close the store of bis em- ployers every night at eight o’clock, to take the cash out of the drawer, place it in his breast- pocket, extinguish the lignts, lock the front door, take the key with him and go home, where he was welcomed by a young wife and two handsome little children, With all these habits, and his route down Main street two squares and ap Cal- houn to his house, the murderers were familiar, and they counted with certainty upon their vice tim and the booty that was to follow. Unfortu. uateiy for them on Tuesday might Mr. Widekind Was accompanied on bis way heme by an old col- ered porter named Linias Carter, whose presence deterred the concealed assassins trom Making their bloody assault. THE MURDER. Twenty-four hours passe d that fatal Wednes- day night had arrived, The assassins were posied, two of them bebind trees oa Calhoun street and one of them on a crogs street, whose duty it was to Keep watch and signal the murderers if any one approached while they were engaged in their mur- derous work. Oue of them, Vincent, was armed with a blunt hatchet, stolen from the store which they intended torob. Poor Widekind tor the last time took the money, iocked the store, and, piacing the key im his pocket, proceeded home wards, Little did he dream that three biack fiends were then lying in wait for him. Tne night was dark, the streets deserted, though the hour was ouly about seven o’clock, but hid by two trees on Calhoun street were two cowardiy assassins. Leisurely home- ward strolled the young German. Ne companion was with lim that night, who unconsciously might have saved his le, Tne coruer of Mai and Cal- houn Streets is reached, and he turns up the latter. Suddenly there sprang irom behind a tree a black form. Widekind saw it jor an instant, with its uplifted arm against the dark sky, and thena terrific blow was dealt him on the leit side of the forehead, Blood spurted from his wound in every direction, bat he started to run back, when from another tree there sprang another assassin, Who caught the poor Gerinan by ois arms benind his back, and heid him asi ina vice. Then up came assassin No.1 with nis bloody hatchet, and he dealt plow after blow, with all the brutal force his African arm was capa- bie o1, until eleven imghtiul gashes were made upon the head (any one of which was sufticient to Case death) of the unfortanate young man. over the second assassin then let go his hold of Widekine, and he sei to the ground a bloody and mutilated corpse. At this moment the tuird of the murderers, Bradiord, who had been on watch, came up. He found Vincent still with the hatchet tm front of the corpse, and Furman belind it. PLUNDER, With ali possible haste the roll of money, amount. ing Co about $75, was taken irom an inner pocket ol the vest. The other pockets were then rifled of their contents; a pistol, Which the murdered man carried, his watch, chain and several oter articles bemg quickly appropriated, and the murderers fed irom the scene o1 their bloody deed, ihey did not stop until they reached a vacant jot upon tne opposite side of the town, where the money aud articles were exhibited; but, owing to their immediate fears, no division o1 the spolls was mrade, an ad- journment to the followmg might being agreea upon ior that parpose, Bradford at that meeting was promised an equal share with the two princi- pal assassins; but that division was never made, nor Was tie money, Watch or pistol ever seen to this Gay. Bradiord repaired to his home, while the other two went to the kitchen oi a eitizen here, where they spent tae night with a woman of tueir own color. DISCOVERY OF THE MURDER. Ahalf an hour had elapsed and the murdered man Jay on tue sidewalk, vot 300 yards from his own home, almost in the shadow ol two temples of divine worship, within easy hearing of the clock of the county Court House, and surrounded by the dweilivgs of his iriends, his biood saturating the sand, tus body growtng cold and stlif in deatu, and yet no one save uis rea-tanded assassins knew that this foul dced had been committed. At jast there came by @ colored man named Louis Darr, who nearly stumbied over the body before he saw it. He frst imaginec it to be some druuken man who had jalien on the sandy sidewalk and went to sleep; but a closer examination revealed to him that the man was bloody, that his face was so covered with gore he could not tell whether he was 4 biack or a white man, that his limbs were rigid, that he was dead, and that a terrible mur- der had recently been committed. Startled, as he was at first, by his discovery, he now be- came irightened, and, running down town, ne gave the alarm in a bal) iranuc manner to such of Wwe citizens as were still at their stores or about the streets, and soon the whole town was aroused. The hour was then ouly a Uttie past eignt o'clock. Whites and blacks tarned ont alike, torches and lanterns flashed upon the steeets uurrying along to the scene of the murder, where the body was soon surrounded by a large crowd of excited aud alarmed people. The sigit that met their gaze was appailing. The ie 3 of poor Widekiud were undistinguishabie, the skull was crushed in several places, the brain oozing from the ghastly wounds; the scalp hung in iarge pieces from is head; the hair was matted with blood and brains; his clothes were torn aud bespattered with gore, and even the adjoining wooden tence was {rescoed over With splashes of tus lifeblood. The body Was then removed to the hall of @ fire com- any of which he had been a member. This was dove ecause his wife was enceinte at the time, physi- clans declaring that the sight of his corpse as it Was thes might result fatally to her. Throughout the whole of that night scarcely anybody slept, and on the succeeding day the excitement in- creased more than ever. No one felt safe in a community where such a daring outrage bad been commitied, Every citizen went armed, and when night came each tian and boy carried a pistol, aud ready, looking out ior an asassin at every step. Never in the history of the quiet and orderly county of Sumter was there such a scene of excite- ment and actum terror, and it is to be hoped there never will be again. To their credit ‘be it said, the pegroes evinced a tuorough sense of the enormity of this crime, and were loud in their expressions of indignation. They even went beyond their white fellow citizens in deciarmg that Uf they knew who the actual murderers were they would lynch them on the spot, without the Ollatory and often uncertain form of a trial by law. THE ARRESTS. On the following day, upon the testimony of Limas Carter, the colored porter, whose suspi- cions had been excited by the conduct of Furman, ‘Vimcent and Bradiord, they were arrested. when coupe to niluisteret by Sam Vincent, and that a Bradiord were accessories before the fact. Upon this the accused were committed for mdictment by the Grand Jury, | “this body, tour-fitths of whom are colored, found | true bills against all three of the prisoners, and at — tue March term Of the Circuit Court Vincent and | Furman were tried. Nearly the whole week was taken up With this remarkable case, the people of | both races manifesting the greatest inserest 1p its progress, aud the court room being deiisely packed eacn day. a Mackay presided. Vincent was | first arraigned, His Jury was composed eX: | clusively of men of “nis own race and | color, and be was ably defended by Mr. Joseph EH. Earle, a young lawyer o! great ability, who was tie counsel assigued lum by the Court. Tne cause Was argued on both sides with decided legal tact and astuceness; but all the facts, given substan tially above, Were establisied by a chai Of evi- dence in which not a defective link could be found. 1a fact, the prosecution built up such an edifice of corroborating testimony that when the case Was given to the colored jury that body, atter a brief absence, returned a verdict of “GUILTY OF MURDER LN THE FIRST DEGREE,’’ Furman was then placed on trial, the same evi- dence convicting bim and the same verdict being | rendered im tis case, On Saturday, the 7th ol | March, Judge Mackay, in @ very solemn and tu- pressive Manner, sentenced the two men to the | doom which they met to-day, invoking at the same | tume the mercy of God upon their souls. Nether | of them evinced the slightest visibie emotion when | the awiul Gat was pronounced. The jail nere having | but the | | either. His only exclamation was “0 God!’? | | Commit the murder, that he was not present when | until hy been ri cently burned, the prisoners were placed | it wooden butlding in rear of tue market | » Which is Kuown as the “Guard house,” | where they have since been closely guarded day | bo gaia Spencer Bradiord has nut yet been | tried, house SPIRITUAL CONSOLATION. Besides the constant and regular visits of clergy+ meu of both races and all religious denominations, the condemu 3 men have been tor several days nals of jurisprudence did stern justice with such | Past the recipients of a nightly religious serenade and prayer oifering {rom a large crowd of colored syMpatuizers. This began on Monday night last, abd bas been kept up without intermission ever | since, At about eight o’clock the colored brothers and sisters assembied in trout of the small editice in which the condemned men were confined, fire of light Wood being made, round witick the crowd gathered, Like all negroes who are found guilty of great crimes in South Uarolina, and some of whoui be- heve they can plunder and murder with impunity, the doomed man had until Weduesday a lingering hope Of receiving either a respite ora commutatton of sentence from that apostle of their race, Governor Moses, though no one had made an application for Tue Governor, however, knowing that Ubey wonld certainly look to him ‘or sometuing, on Wednesday gratuitously telegraphed the Sherul that he would not intertere; that the law must take its course; that there was no lope. ‘This de- spatch surprised the Sherif and, in fact, everybody else, a8 nobody expected had it; but, as it had come, the Sheriff wok 10 to the prisoners aud read it sor them. Furman burst into a ioud laugn, and said he did not look for auy reprieve; he had made Ms peace with God and was ready to go, remarking, “The sooner the better.” Vincent Was not so en- thusiastic; but he, too, said he was prepared to die, and he hoped to be forgiven. AN EYE TO ESS, On Tuesday last Furman’s brother calied on the Sherig, and, alter introduciug himseli, asked:— “ster, can l have Aaron’s body When de havgin’ is ober ¢”” “Yes,” replied the Sheriff. “Wil you aliow me to put it in de coffin?” asked the visitor. “Yes,” said the Sheriff, “I will.” “Well, den, can 1 diz de grave “Yes, you can dig the grave too.” “How much is you payin’ for dat This ended the conversation, which proved to be a pure pe gee op the part ol Furman’s brother. He did not boldly ask ior the job of dig- ging the grave, but that being his sole vbject, th Sheriff dismissed him without lurther cereaouy, THE SCAFFOLD was situated in an old field on the western side of the cown. It was the ordinary rurai structure, with two heavy posts, a crossbeum and swinging | doors, the latter being supported by a post in the centre. The crossbeam was fourteen Jeet high from the ground, the drop seven, allowing a fall of | about five leet. To the post supporting the drop a | rope was attached, and this hitched to ammule, At a signal the wule was driven oi, the post came out and tue drop iel, This was tue operation o1 the Scatfo.d, THE MORNING OF EXECUTION. The population of this county is some 20,000, over Oue-ourth of which, 1t is estumated, exciu- sive of the townspeople, were here to-day to wit- hess the execution, The visiting crowd were ex- clusively negroes, of every age, sex, shade aud compjeXion. The streets were so jammed that it | wus difficult to even elbow one’s way through them, aud, as the sun poured down his rays with the tntensity of midsummer, the odor trom this mass Of concentrated African humanity was any- tung but pleasant to the oliactories, Under the | combined supervision of A. W. Suder, the Intendaut | O| the town, and Sherif! Lyndal, of the county, the preparations for the tragedy were compiete at an early hour. Immediately im the vicinity of the guardhouse ali the available space was densely | packed uy ten A. M. Carts, Wagons, feuces, house- tops and trees were thronged Wiih negroes, eagerly watcbing the advent of the condemned men. “At eleven o'clock a wagon, c roughly made coffins, painted biack, drove up to the door of the guardhouse, The Sherif and depu- ties then entered the respective cells of the crim- | nals and arrayed them im long white flowing shrouds, girded at the waist by a band. Soon afterwards the two condemned men | emerged from tue guardhouse. Vincent, who | Was the tallest, came firtt, and, stepping | into the rear oi the wagon, took his seat on one of the black coMns. He ri his head, took a survey Of the vast multitude, and the shuck to his nerves Was so great that he covered tus face with his ds aug began crying. Furman sulleoly and doggedly jumped into the Wagon, seated elf on tue other coffin, rested his elbows on his kuees and calmly viewed the crowd. A guard, com- posed of twelve men, mostly the police of the town, surroanoded the wagou with its deatnireight ; the Sherig, wearing a ponderous sword, with an enormous brass hilt, which in this county is his insignia of office, mounted a horse, and the order, “korward!” being given, the solemn procession moved ott, OFF TO THE GALLOWS. ‘The route was first to Main street, down Main to | Liberty, out of Liverty to the place oi execution, the great mass of .uman beings twcreasing as tle tragte cort¢ge moved on, Arrived at the scaffold, which Was euciosed by @ square of stakes witn ropes passing round, the condemned men were | conducted to u teps leading to the drop. The guard was posted within tie square, tue crowd pressing up to the ropes on ell sides. A most earnest and impr ve appeal for mercy ou the soui 01 the owered by a colored clergyman, tol- lowed by several hymus and @ closing prayer, which evoked religious ejaculations and numerous r vis of pity Irom tue negroes. The scene suaily Solemn at this stage of the pro- e criminals kneeling, tue crowd with uncovered heads, the mourniul wailing of the wo- en, the chorus of responsive “amens’? which came | Swelling up from a thousand bosoms and the armed oificers o! the law standing rigidly, with bowed heads, at tueir respective posts. SCENES ON THE PLATFORM, At the couclusion of the religious ceremonies | the clergyiman and iriends of the condemned meu | took a larewell and they ascended to the | drop, Vincent taking his position on the leit and Furman on the night, Vincent stood erect, but was | very much agitated, while Furman cooliy ieaned | his shou.der against the post of the scatiold and | threw his ieit leg across the right in the most care- | less manner. Ine Sherif? then miormed them they had thirty minutes in which to address the people if they thought proper. Vincent was tie | first ‘to speak, which he did for ten | minutes in a very confused and almost unintel- ligabie iaanner, wringing bis manacied hands and gesticulang with bis arms, Substantially he said | he was an innocent man, that be not only did not | it Was committed, nor did he know anything about it | e Was arrested. He irequentiy appealed to tne | crowd, crying as le spoke to them, to take notice he was innocent, which brought forth such responses | as :—‘“De good Lord here dat, Lor’ a mercy!” | “Did you ever?” and “Aint dat a pity?’ When | Vincent bad finished Furman, moving trom his | leaning posture and standing upon both Jeet. stated © in his ordinary tone of voice, and in a cool, seli- | possessed manner, that ne was innocent, also | that be was not present when the murder | took place, but had been entrapped into tne ter- | ible position ne occupied to-day by a colored man named Singleton, who had by repeated and artful inducements to “confess what I knowed nothing | about, brought me to dis.” In reply to @ question from a colored clergyman whether he knew auy- | thing about it, be suid, “1 was not dar,’ repeat- ing it two or three times, and evading a direct auswer—continuing lis remarks, aud when again | pressed upon the suoject he fastened the guiit of the murder upon a brother of bis named Jake Baker, who soon afterwards fled the country, and has not since been heard of, intimating also that otuers Were connected with it. THE DEATH SCENE. § Over, the Sheriff handcutted their hands be- cir Lacks, pintoned them at the elbows aud ankles and placed white caps over their heads, and they had taken the last look at the faces of | living humanity, the blossoming trees and the | bright, glorious sunshine. wo halters which | hung dangling at their heads in the balmy breeze | were placed round their necks, that on Furman being drawn tigttly, aud, by accident, properly adjusted, The noose on Vincent was leit ioose, the knot being so placed asto make it certain slip to the front, At fifteen minutes past twel the drop fell, and there was a cry ot horror and a wail when the two ghastly tgu were sus- pended by the necks. Furmwan’s irame was convulsed for @ moment, and ali was over. The knot on Vincent came close to the chin, turning his head back and jeaving a Clear passage trough the windpipe for respiration. His body remained sull for nearly a moment and then began strugg! and contortions of the most Violent cuaracter, terrible were they that le kicked both the shoes Off Ms feet, twisted his hands, though manacied and pinioned, nearly to his shoulders behind nis | back, while there was a loud gurgling ratule in his throat which was distinctly heard by every one in that vast multitude, Ima vain effort a negro, at the instance of the Sherii!, ran up the steps, seized the knot and pressed feavily down upon it im order to lessen the feariul agony of stranguiation, but wihout success. A more awiul death cannot be imagined, as was attested | | ment and a shame.—OnaRLES SUMNER | He spoke for twelve minutes on the causes leading | penses, so that tt would read—“but no part of the | dren. | their loud laugbter and ignorant jeers were in »ad | continually tearing up the streets, and to no other | meyer from Mr. Edward §, Benson, Municipal Me Pw » by the many ui! of geoaped the crowd. the y to be lifted and but an effort to do this tunate wretch’s ~ : strangitag process done work, Furman Was dead in six minutes trom the time of his tall. Vincent was alive for over twenty. Alter hangin forty minutes the bodies were cut down and turned over to their tive friends for interment. The widow of Henry Widekind, the murdered man, who has been in delicate health since the coinmission of the deed, yesterday gave birth to Sein. Tue mother aud children are doing weil to-day. The possibility af a new tasue of inconvertidie paper I regard with amazement and anxiety, and, in mu judgment, such an issue would be a detri- Execution of a White Man at Abbeville— Affecting Scenes at the Gallows. ABBBVILLE, S. C., March 27, 1874. Samuel Banks was hung here to-day at twelve o'clock, in the jail yard, for the murder of Thomas Shedd at Dorn’s mine, in this county, on the 15th of November last. He was lodged im jail the next day, where he has since been confined, He was convicted at the last (January) term of the court before Judge Cook, Efforts were made for his commutation, but the Governor refused to inter- fere. When confined be was very hard to please, but confessed with much repentance and embraced religion. The clergy were with him constantly and exerted themselves to make him resign himsell to hus doom. Revs, W. T. Capers, of the Methodist, and R, N. Pratt, of the Baptist church, were with bin last night, and went with him to the gallows. He was taken from his ceil in jailto the scaffold | at @ quarter to twelve. On the scafiold ne con- ducted himself calmly, and was firm to the last. to nis fate, and attributed his end to the immod- | erate use of whiskey. He warned his friends of the use of whiskey, and detailed in a few brief and pares sentences the disgrace and ruin it bad rought on him. He proiessed to have placed his | hopes in God, and bade farewell to his friends and | his religious supporters with unaffected simplicity. | His last words Were “Lord, take charge of me, OL our heavenly Father !”’ SENT INTO ETERNITY. The trap Was sprung at twelve o’clock precisely, When bis body teil with a deep, heavy thud. Aiter | three agonizing shudders Bauks passed {nto eter- | nity. His neck was completely broken, and he | died without the slightest pain. After hanging | niuetecn minutes he Was pronounced dead, placed in 8 cotin and conveyed to bis home for burial. He would have been twenty-three years old to- morrow. He leaves a wife, mother and three chil- More than 4,000 people, mostly negroes, | Witnessed the execution. The begroes appeared | to gloat over the misfortunes of the man, and Keeping with the occasion. Sheriff putin per- Jormed his duties Kindly and expeditiously. The rope used for the occasion was | hempen, three-quarters of au inch in diam- eter, The scauold consisted of two upright posts, crossbeam and trapdoor, with a fall of 1our | and a hal eet. The day was beautiful, and the sun shone brightly on the deed of horror, Banks | claimed that he knew hothmg of the murder for | which he paid his lise; that he was so full of | liquor as to take away the power of sense or feel- | ing. He claimed on the gallows that he would | have died jor Shedd, and that they were good | Iriends, He was an engineer by trade, and when | sober was @ kind, gentlemanly man. He is the trst white man hanged in Abbeville county for | twenty-eight years. Banks was tried at the Feb- ruary term of court last year for Killing Jake Brown, colored, but was acquitted, ‘Two negroes, now in jail under sentence of death, | groaped aioud as they saw their fellow criminal | fall trom the scaffold, They saw in hima similar penaity allotted lor their bloody deeds, THE ROSE OROP, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, | Morrill, ee. | fp Ae . ty AE th FREE BANKING. The Task of Satisfying the Growlers of the South and West. REDEMPTION OF UNITED STATES NOTES, Shall the Public Debt Be Further Increased? WASHINGTON, March 27, 1874, The Senate resumed the consideration of the blll to provide ior the redemption and reissue of United States notes and for free banking, the pending question being on the amendment of Mr. (rep.) Of Vt., to tho first section of the bill, prohibiting the use of any portion of the $400,000,000 authorized by that section, as amended by Mr. Wright, for the purchase of bonds of the United States above par or for the current expenses oi the government, Mr. Logan, (rep.) of Ill, oppposed the amend- ment, and said it meant simply that none of the money authorized by the section could be issued. lt bonds could not be purchased with it, ana it could not be used for the current expenses of the government, how was it to be put tn circulation? Mr. MORRILL modified his amendment by strik- ing out the latter part, relating to current ex- same shall be used in the purchase of bonds of the United States.” Mr. PERRY, (rep.) of Mich., gatd he was in favor of leaving the section as it passed yesterday. He had every confidence tn the Secretary of the Trea- sury, and thought that officer could distribute the money in his discretion. Mr. Morrox, (rep.) of Ind., sala the amend- ment of the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Morrill) was calculated to defeat the action of the Senate of yesterday. It reminded tim of the man who was in favor of the Maine Liquor law, but opposed to its execution. It had been said that the money would be all paid out and stayin Wall street. He denied that it would do so, and he hoped the amendment would be voted down, Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont, asked if the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton) favored the Secretary of the Treasury increasing the public debt by pur- chasing bonds above par’ Me (Mr. Morrill) would now withdraw his amendment and see what kind of a bill the majority would get up. Mr. LoGan said he did not like such insinuations as were thrown out by the gentleman from Ver- mont (Mr. Morrill) that be would withdraw his amendment to see what kind of a bill the majority would get up. Did the Senator (Mr. Morrill) think there were no brains in the Senate except in his own head? His action only showed a determina- tion on the part of certain Senators to defeat the will of the majority in the Senate When Senators iusinuated that none were able to perfect a bill besides themselves they arrogated a good deal. A QUESTION OF POLITENESS. Mr. Scuvnz, (lib.) of Mo., said he wanted to give the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Logan) to under- stand that the language he had been using towards | [From Land aud Water.] The Adrianople rose crop for 1873 is reported | to have been on the whole @ good one, and — consequently the manuiacture of otiar of | roses, for which this district 1s so cele- | brated, has been fairly remunerative. is- | tilation, however, owing to the excessive wet weather, being protuse, the produce was not of the | best quality. sbout 938,000 ounces were the resuit, | and as the price, which, of course, Varies with tne | quality, rauges from 13s. 14, to 168, 10d. per ounce the whole is valued at about £70,000, The German | Merchants are the principal customers jor this ar- ticle of 1uxury, and annually purchase over 60,000 ounces, the remainder generally going to tuc East- | ern Markets. The possibtlity af a new issue of tnconvertidle paper Lregard with amazement and anzviely, and, in iy judgment, such an issue would be a detri- ment and a shame.—CHARLES SUMNER. | FIFTO AVENUE PAVENIENT. a Mr. Gergh’s Views on Our City Pave-e ments. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY 10 ANIMALS, FOURTH AVENUE, CORNER OF TWENTY-SECOND STRLET, March 26, 1874. ‘To Tux Eprtor or tHE HERALD:— In your late editorials on the repaving of Fifth avenue you are good enough to intimate that I possess a certain influence, by reason of my rela- tionbs with the cause of humanity to animals, whieh should be exercised on behalf of the toiling horse. ‘This I would gladly do if I shared your flattering opinion as to said influence; but the truth {s, our ili-governed city is so burdened with debt that the Department of Public Works has scarcely the meaus Of repairing the wretched pavements whicd already so crueliy disfigure the metropolis, and Ido not believe that itis a question of influ- euce at all, but simply one of money. I, however, do not like to rest under the charge ot indifference to the important subject, so I venture to express an opinion of it. Our views generally, I regret to Say, are so viten in conflict tuat it affords me & peculiar pleasure to fnd that im the present mat- ter We are quite in accord. I regard the Macadam pavement as infinitely | best suited for streets and highways, and I reacl this Conciusion alter having examined all others in use at howe and abroad; but even this has @ delect which perhaps you are familiar with. | Water permeates the roadved, and, in our severe | climate, freezes ana its it out of place. An indl- | Vidual in New Jersey, personally unknown to me, | has succeeded in remedying the defect by mixing a vitummous substance with the broken stones, | and the streets thus laid are reported to be a per- perfect success. Another advantage the Macadam possesses over all other pavements is the tacility and mexpen- siveness of laying it and keeping it in repair. Curiosity or necessity prompts our cltizeus to be pavement is so little lnjury done by the indulgence ot this perennial taste as tu the Macadam} tor. so soon as their taste or requirement is sat- isfled by merely shovelling thé débris back into | the hole again, the first passing vehicle begins | the process of restoration. it is true that in all other couutries but ours the pavements are only disturbed by authority and the employment of ex- perts; but in our /aissez saire sort of government the citizen generally divests himseif of such Wholesome restraint, and hence you observe everywhere about our cities depressions and ele- vations, suggesting a miniature Switzerland. The absence of noise is another agreeabie ieature of it. Why progressive civilization bas not long ago | Silenced the uproar of the street has always been | a surprise to me; for I firmiy believe that human | lile 1s materially shortened therevy. Conversation | Out doors at times 1s almost impossible, while the | citizen within his sick chamber is not permitted to expire in peace until he bas frst buried the pavement in front of lis mansion with tan or saw- ust. In short, there is but one objection ever offered to the Macadam pavement, and that is dust. Well, suppose we concede this. Do we not | already Day $1,000,000 to have the strects swept— or, more properly speaking, not swept? And could | not the macadamized street be kept clean with one quarter the trouble and expense, especially if itbe the Telford-Macadam belore reserred to ¥ lask your Indulgence a moment jonger, while I make'a leeble effort to be tunuy, in deierence to a complaint of me, more than once uttered in your columns, “that 1 am tually too grave in the prosecution of the wor' have in charge.” [ should teel mortified it you tatled to recognize the humor contained in this concluding remark, “that the very Dame Of Macadam has tately endeared itself to me by the most tender and dovelike associations. Ihave the honor to be your obedient servant, BERGH, JAPANESE MUNICIPAL REFORM. The practical endeavor of Japan to adopt West- ern civilization is illustrated by the annexed letter, received yesterday by liis Honor Mayor Have- Director of Yokohama, in which he requests copies of the laws governing and incorporating tuis Mu- nicipality — [xo, 88, Mosrerpan Ovrree, Yououama, Japan, Keb. 21, iva. Witasam F, Havemnven, Mayor ot tow York cry ot) Sin—As 1 am desirous of introducing such reiorms re- lating to. municipal government as wil be eraliy benetcial to this mmunity, I shall teel obliged if you will transmit to n the text of the Code of Muntel pal Regulations and Bylaws ot the city of New York, to: gether with such pamphiets or printed forms as embody. ‘un 1A oa mi cl eg city is governed, 1 shall be also if you will send a copy of the articles of incor+ poration from the State. Your obedient servant E. & BENSON, Municipal Diteetor. | polite. Any member of the Senate had the right | If he (Mr. Logan) at any time made use of any dis- the minority in this body was very tar from being to offerany amendiment he pleased, No Senator enjoyed a higher reputation for fairness and | honesty than the Senator irom Vermont (Mr. Mor- rill) and When that Senator uscd his privilege of | submitting amendments he should not be criti- | cised. He (Mr. Schurz) could not submit to such language were it applied to him, Mr. Li NN said he was replying to the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Morrill). The Senator trom Missouri (Mr. Schurz) said he would not submit to it. If he MGs churz) should repeat the remark made by the Senator from Vermont it woud be seen whether he would submit to it. He (Mr. Logan) did not attempt to bully any man; neither would he aliow any man to buily him. The Senator from Vermont was fully able to defena himselt without the aid of the Senator {rom Missouri. Was the Senator (Mr. Schurz) the champion here: | Who made him the ceusor of this Senate Chamber ? | courteous language no man in the Seuate would be | | quicker to take it back. Mr. Morrity said they all understood the man- ner of Senator Logan, and that manner he proba- bly could not help. Tite Senator did make some remarks that were rather peevish. He (Mr. Mor- | rill) did not intend to reflect on the majority, but | | merely withdrew his amendment to allow the ma- | jority to perfect the bill. Mr. LoGaN said his manner was his own, and not subject to criticism, Sometimes he might be wild | and sometimes otherwise, but he Was in carnest | in what he said, Mr. Scuvrz said he entirely agreed with the | Senator from Vermont and with the Senator from | Iilmois that the manner of the latter was his own, | and he assured the gentleman (Mr. Logan) tnat | he had the most profound respect for the iaajority. | Mr. Lo: You are satisiied now, are you? Mr. Sciitrz—Oh, yes. Mr. Logan—Well, so am I, Mr. Morrill’s amendment having been with- drawn, the question recurred on tie ainendment of Mr. Logan to the substitute of dir. Merrimon, submitred last evening. FREE BANKING NOT SATISFACTORY FOR THE SOUTH AND WEST, Mr. SHERMAN, feb) of Ohio, said the amend- ment of Senator Logan presented the simpie ques- tion whether the Senate was in favor oi free bank- ing or uot. If free banking should be established banking capital would all concentrate within 100 miles of New York city, and the West and South would be more digsatisfed than ever, Mr, CONKLING, (tep.) of N. Y., saia the second Section of the substitute submitted by the gentie- moan from North Carolina (Mr. Merrimon) provided Jor an increase of $46,000,000 in the national bank circulation, while the very next section, submitted by the gentleman from Illinois, provided for ali the circuiation which could be obtained, Mr. Gorpon, (dem.) of Ga.. asked Mr, Logan to accept the third section of the committee's pill. He (Mr. Gordon) believed with the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. sherman) tnat if free banking was authorized the national banking capital would concentrate within one hundred miles of New York ‘city, The committee's bill would better somewhat the South and the West. Mr. LouaN said his purpose was to offer his amendment to the first section of the bill of the | gentleman irom North Carolina in place of the sec- | ond section of that bill. {t was offered yesterday ss the hour of adjournment after a brief examina- jon. Mr. Mortoy, of Indiana, thought the argument | of the gentleman from Onio (Mr. Sherman), that iree banking was established the national banking | Capital would concenirate within 100 miles of New York city, was erroneous. ‘The national banks | Were not profitable without deposits, and there | were already enough in the East to absorb all the deposits offered, while hundreds of towns have no | banks at all, and if banks be estabiished there they would have suilicient deposits to make them profitable. Mr. Scort, (rep,) of Pa.. said he wouid be glad to see all our national indebtedness now held abroad brought home for the purpose of establishing na- | tional banks. He did not understand the amend- ment Of the Senator from [linvis (Mr. Logan). It } repealed the twenty-seventh section of the Na- | tional Banking law, whicn referred to penalties to be imposed upon officers of the Treasury and na- tional banks for issuing notes not authorized; 30 that, i! the section was repealed notes might be issued always, whether government bonds be de- posited or not . Mr, LOGAN said it was not proposed to repeal the whoie 01 the section, only such part of it as limited the circulation, The amendment had been pre- pared by the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron), but as this gentleman was absent yes- terday he (Mr, Logan), by request, offered it for him and would stand by it. Mr. CAMERON (rep.) Moved to strike out in Mr. Logan’s amendment “twenty-seven” and insert “twenty-two,” which amendment was accepted by Mr. Logan. Mr. Morton moved to strike out the second sec- tion of the bill as reported py the committee, which provides for the redemption of United States notes on January 1, 1576. ‘The Cuaik ruled that motion out of order at this me. Mr. LOGAN satd, to test the sense of the Senate on this second section, he would withdraw his | amendment, In order that the Senator (Mr, Mor- ba might move to strike out the second section, T. SHERMAN said this to nim was a vital point in the bill, and he hoped it would not be stricken out. | Mr. CAMERON moved that the Senate go into ex- ecutive session. THE TIME OF REDEMPTION, Mr. HAMLIN moved to strike Out in the second | section of the Financial bill “January, 1576,” as the time when United States notes should be re- | deemed in coin or interest bearing bonds, and in- | sert the “Ist of January, 1877,” pending which Mr. Cameron renewed his motion for an executive session, Which was agreed to, The Pantie Caused by Too Much Cur- | rency—Contraction the Only Menns of | Bringing Legal Tenders To Par—Ki- fect of Free Banking. WASHINGTON, March 27, 1574, The House, at twenty minutes to one o'clock P, M., resumed the consideration of the bill to amend the several acts providing @ nationa) currency and Mayor Feanaed ch has requested his private sec- retary to iorward the information thus requested, which will embrace a copy of the churter and a compilation of the city ordinances, } to establish free banking. 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, __ | possibly, to prejudice his case, | amination. Mr. PoLanp. (rev. of Vt. indicated an amend x ‘ot ment whieh he destred to offer, making it the duty Of the Secretary of the Treasury to retire and can- cel, as fast as practicable, United States notes tilt their amount ts reduced to $338,000,000, and then to allow to the national banks circulating notes Without any limit to their circulation. Mr. MITCHELL, (dem.) of Wis., a member of the Banking Committee, addressed the House, Ho took the ground that tne recent fnancial troubles Were not caused by an insufficiency of currency, but, on the contrary, that they would not have oc- curred if the currency had been on a specie basis. ‘The fact that the currency was not at par with gold showed thatthe currency was not only not too small, but was excessive. Ho gave it as his conviction that, instead of increasing the issues of legal tender notes, the true remedy was to be found in the adoption by Congress 01 a fixed policy for the gradual withdrawal of those notes by fund- ing them into bonds, or by otherwise paying and cancelling them. For these and otter reasons, set out in & and caretuily prepared speech, he opores the bill, ir, MERRIAM, (rep.) of N, Y, (another member Of the Banking Commitice), addressed the House in advocacy Of the "bill, particularly of tne free banking features of it, In reply to a remark made by Mr. Archer he said the republican majority in Congress had done something in relation to the currency which it ought mot to have done, but that {it was going to cor- rect all that and make all people bappy. He argued that the spirit of American institutions was antagonistic to mo- nopones, and hence the almost auiversal demand for free banking. Free banking would be the op- portunity of the West, whose enterprises hitnerto had been carried on under the disadvantages of Gear money borrowed irom the East. With free banking the West would be saved from THE SHYLOCKS OF THE BART. He contended, contrary to the position taken by Mr. Mitchell, that the panic 01 1873 was caused by the contraction of the currency, Mr. HUNTER, (rep.), of Ind., another member of the Banking Committee, next addressed the House. He favored five sections of the bulland was opposed to three of them. He advocated the first section to make banking iree, and proposed to have the present law amended in several particu- lars, one of which was to allow national banks to pay interest on deposits only when deposits were mnade for a fixed period. He contended that the recent panic was caused by the ACCUMULATION OF MONEY AT NEW YORK and not by the superabundance of money in the country; that it was accelerated by the failure of Jay Cooke, and that that failure grew out of the hostility 01 the people to railroads on account of their oppressive freight tarifs, He quoted Daniel Webster to prove that whatever was a legal ten- der was a constitutional standard of value; that it was established and could not be overthrown, and that to overthrow it would shake the whole system. He gave notice that he woutd offer amendments to carry ous his views. The possibility of a new tssue of inconvertidle paper [regard with amazement and anxiety, and, ia my judgment, such an issue would be a detré ment and a shanve,—CHARLES SUMNER. SANBORN “STEALS AWAY.” The Great Revenue Informer Suddenly Finds Reasons for Not Testifying Be- fore the Committee of Ways and Means—A Double Game of Hoodwink- ing—Departure for New York—He is To Be Again Called April 6. Wasuineton, March 27, 1874, The Committee on Ways and Means again met this morning to proceed with the investigation of the Sanborn cise, the arrangement being that Mr. Sanborn should appear and make bis statement, suvjecting himself afterwards to the cross-examl- nation of the committee. As soon as the commie tee’ met, however, Mr. Woodbridge, of Vermont, Mr. Sanborn’s counsel, apologized for the non-at- tendance of his client, and said that when he (Mr. Woodbridge) intormed the committee yesterday that Mr. Sanborn would present himself this morning he had made that statement hon- estly and in good faith, but that after he had left the committee room yesterday he had met Mr. Sanborn in consultation and had learned that he was now under ao third indictment for the same offence, and that the case Was set ior trial on Monday next. He beheved his client to be innocent, and to be the subject of something very much akin to a conspiracy against him. Mr, Sanborn’s counsel m New York had sent him word yesterday that he ought not to ap- pear before the committee prior :o his trial, and he (Mr. Woodbridge) had advised him to the same effect. Ifhe was to appear and be subjected to the rigid questioning of the committee he would be placed in a very trying and dificult position, | and then the newspaper reporters were present to give their construction to the testimony, and, Mr. Woodbridge thought that the committee themselves would see the impropriety of Mr. Sanborn’s appearing under such circumstances; but as Mr. Sanborn had no wish to keep anything from the committee he had prepared a little paper and had signed it, and he (Mr. Wooobriage) would read it to the committee if the committee saw lt to hear it, TBE LITTLE PAPER, The CHAIRMAN asked whether it was a statement in reference to the matter generally, or in reler- ence to the propriety of Mr. Sanborn’s appearing before the committee. Mr. WoopbBRIDGE replied that there were state- ments in it upon both points. Mr. FosTeR objected to any statement on the part of Mr. Harlan, unless that gentleman himself could be brought as a witness, Mr. WoopskIDGE remarked that Mr. Sanborn had no desire to shirk any responsibility or to absent himself from the committee, but he be- leved under the advice of eminent counsel in Now York that it was not proper for him under the cir- cumstances to appear belore the committee. A DOUBLE GAME, Mr. BECK—Will you tell us why he had it an- nounced to the country that this committee liad summoned him here, and why be gave that as a reason jor his nou-appearance at the trial in Brooklyn ¢ Mr. WoopBRIDGE—I was not aware he had so antouuced, Mr. Beck—Do you think this committee ought to hear a partial statement from your client when he himself applied ior permission to come here; when every Witness who las been before the committee since Tuesday last has appeared at his instance | and in his beralf, and when the committee had re- ported a bili to repeal the law and would have pro- ceeded wita it but tor the request of your client to be heard? Do you think that is proper treatment of the committee ¢ Mr. Woopskipge—Under such circumstances I | Wil concede that lf Lwas a member of the commit- teg I should desire to get all the formation | pos- sibly could in view of the condition of things. Mr. BECK—We made no inquiry. We reported & bill to repeal the law and we callea upon the Treasury Department ior information to lay before the House—that was the extent ot our action until Mr. Sanborn came himself and requested us to hear him. We granved that request. He came and tendered Witness after witness for examina- tion, and the committee jas been occupied for three whole days in hearing witnesses in his be- half, and now he declines to sabmit himself to ex- Do you think that 1s treating the com- mittee fairiy? Mr. Woopsripge—After knowing what I know from Mr. Sanborn in relerence to the indictments aginst him, and in view of a speedy trial which he 1s presumed to have, | should certainly say thatit | would not be safe for him to appear before this committee, ‘hi SELF-CRIMINATION, Q Mr. WooppxiduE—1 think tt might aitect public sentiment very materially. Mr. FosrEx—Can he testify without criminating himseli ? Mr. WoopBRIDGE—My opinion is that he could make a thoroughly clean breast of the matter, and if he could be a witness in his own case on trial, then 1 should not consider hijin in any danger. Mr. NIBLACK said he did not think it unreasona- ble, in view OI! all tue circumstances, that Mr. San- born should hesitate to make a statement beiore the committee. Mr, BxCK remarked also that if he was Mr. San- born’s jJawyer he shouid advise him to the saie course, and he did not object to his lawyer giving lim the best advice under the circumstances, Mr, RoBenTS asked Mr, Woodbridge whether he thought that the fact of Mr. Sanborn’s making a full statement would atfect his trial, and would al- ject public sentiment, Mr. WooDBKIDGE replied in the aMrmative. UBLIC SENTIMENT. Mr. Ropenrs then asked whether he thought tt fair, on the other side, to have @ partial statement submited to the committee, which might also aifect public sentiment and affect the triai? Mr, WoopsRIDGE admitted that he did not Mr. Roverts inquired whether if the trial in Brooklyn was postponed or i: no result was reached immediately Mr. Woodbridge would ad- vise Mr, sanbora to come before the committee. Mr. Woopsrivek replied that he should yield his opiion in that matter to that of Sanborn’s counsel in New York. ‘The CHAIRMAN—Let me understand exactly what you desire. Do you desire that this cage should be postponed to some inture day, or is it your desire tat Sanborn should make @ partial state- ment through you without submitting oimself to a cross-examination? Mr. Woopsripgr—All I can say ts that Sanboro States In his paper that he does not desire to sub- iit Mimself to a cross-examination before his trial. ‘The CHAIRMAN submitted the question to the committee. mr. Woop remarked thatin view of all the circum- stances it would be obviously improper to let Mr. Sanborn present his own statement in writing without the committes having @0 opportunity to FosTER—Do you say 1t would affect his case? | lic opinion was concerned, Mr. Foster asked Mr. Wi sateen ie closures whic! e. committee would not injurio' affect him. ECCENTRIOITY ‘oodbridge whether he his Soa that any dis. t make before the M Woobanibae replied that lawye Ts D) sw were ver: apt to consider their clients innocent anvil rored guilty. He believed Mr. Sanborn innocent, but that might be because he was his lawyer and en- thusias' Mr. Would the statements that might be brought out here injure him or tuemselves ? Mr. WoopbRIDGE—I do not Know whether they would or not. I donot know what use would be made of them. Ido not know how they would be presented before the public, FINAL DECISION, ‘The CuarRMAN (to Mr. Woodbridge)—Let me re- mind you ofa statement which you and Mr. San- born mnade tn the beginning, that ifthe newspa- per press were excluded you were Me he should make a@ full statement, which might taken down in shorthand for the use of the colt. mittee solely. Mr. WoopskIpGR—I think that that was said. ‘The CHAIRMAN—Are you still of that opinion ? Mr. WoopbripGe—I should have no objection at all, but I cannot get Mr, Sanborn now, because ust before midnight last night he had @ telegram ‘om his counsel in New York, telling bim that ne must go on immediately, as ts was necessary for him to be there to prepare tor hs trial on Monday, and I should judge it was necessary. ‘fhe CialnMaN—Has he gone t Mr. Woopsripee—I do not tinnk he has gone; I do not know whether he has or not. He was to have gone this morning if possible; if not he was to leave in the aiternoon train. After some further discussion the committee directed the room to be cleared in order to con- sult as to the course to be pursued. The conclu- sion arrived at was that Sanborn should be sum- moned to appear as a witness on #e 6th of April pema.ce eariier 11 his trial shall be previously ender The possiditiiy af a new issue Qf inconvertible paper Iregara with amazement and anxiety, and, in my judgment, such an tasue would be a deirt ment and a shame,—CHARLES SUMNER, THE DISTRICT INVESTIGATION. Tangible Testimony at Last—Ugly Alle. gation Against the Treasurer of the Board of Public Works—He Is Accused of Soliciting a Heavy Bribe. WASHINGTON, March 27, 1874, {At the meeting of the District of Columbia Inves- tigating Committee this morning counsel for the memor:alists took up the list of contracts of pub- Me works and criticised the figures of estimate and actual cost of work thereunder. Governor Shepherd occupied considerable time in explaining the points raised, The inquiry of counsel for the memoriaiists was extended to em- brace the eXamination of statements for the measurement of work done around Reservation No. 17, southeast of the Capitol building, and W. T. Riley was placed on the stand by them to show that the Board had measured up and charged for work not done by the District government. Governor Shepherd stated im explanation that this was true, but calied attention to the bills ren- dered against the United States py the Board, showing that the bills put in by the Board for a large portion of this work were due by the federal government to tne corporation, and had never been liquidated; and that the act of Congress aj ropriated sufficient money to cover these old bills jong due. ‘The money thus appropriated was used by the Board under this act in further prosecution of the work around the government Lalas J. G. Bigelow testified with reference the damage to property held by him on Fourteenth street by reason of defective sewerage in front thereof, It was shown in the cross-examination that the sewerreierred to was a blind sewer con- structed to connect with a matin sewer discharging into Rock Creek, but tuat the connection not been made by reason of winter coming on and in- terrupting the prosecution of the work; also that the houses alleged to have been damaged wera constructed alter this blind sewer had been commenced. AN UGLY ALLEGATION. After @ recess Patrick Cullinane, an old con- tractor, was sworn for the memorialists. This wit- ness, in the course of his examination in chiel, testified that on a given. date he went to James A. Magruder, the ‘freasurer of the Board of Public Works, to obtain payment of a certifivate for $20,000 due bim be the Board, and that der refused to fay him unless he (the witness) would pay him (Magruder) the sum of $5,000; tnat Qt @ subsequent date, also given, he called again on Magruder, who paid him the $20,000, but again asked him for $5,000, and as be handew him the checks tor his $20,000 suggested that if the witness felt any delicacy about giving the $5,000 to him he might goeto Georgetown, the residence of the Treasurer, and leave the amount with Mrs, Magruder, The wit- ness was closely cross-questioned about this ailegea transaction, as also in relation to hig Four-and-a-half street contract. During his exam- ination it transpired that Collinane tad not per- formed the work on Four-and-a-aaif street in any | respect in accordance with {the terms of the contract with the Board, neither a3 to quantity or qnality, and that when final settlement was made with him the sum of $15,000 was retained to | cover the cost of making his work good; also that on examination of his work by order o1 the Board evidence was disclosed to justify the suspicion of collusion between Cullinane and a street superin- tendent, whose duty it was to certify to the Board as to whether the contract had been pertormed according to specification. DENIAL OF THE CHARGE. Colonel James A. Magruder, Treasurer of the Board, asked leave to make 4 statement, and said, | in order to make that statement more positive, he | desired to be sworn, which was done, Colonel Magruder then said tiat there was not one wi of truth m the testimony of Cullinane so far as re- lated to any demand, Og tye or suggestion made by him to Cullinane jor tue payment of money as an inducement to the Settlement of any claim, Such statement was absolutely and utterly false, not only in regard to Cullinane, but also to any and all contractors under the Board. He said he never heard the least hint ot this charge now made by Cullinane until since this investigation began, Colonel pte pro- ceeded at some length to expiain particularly in relation to the manner in which Cullinane’s con- tract on Four-and-a-half street had been per. formed, and how and under what condition of facts the final settlement was made with him. He concluded this branch of his statement by assert- | ing his willingness to put his word against that ot Cullinane in this community, where he had resided the best part of his life. He then tes- | tifled at some length regarding hei oe made by | Dum on certain work done by the Board and charged to the tederai government, particularly with ref- erence to B street sewer; also im reiation to the disposition made of the $75,000 appropriation by Congress for compensation for a share in the old City Hall, owned by the District government and tor the construction of the pew District Office | Building. He said, in relation to the latter point, that the said money was made a special deposit in the bank, where it remained two or three months, and was then, by a vote of the entire Board, in- vested in eight per cent securities, and that sald eight per cent securities are now on deposit in the vault of the bank in the name of the Disurict of Columbia, and drawing interest. The possidility of a new issue af inconvertibla paper Iregard with amazement and ansiety, and | in my judgment, such an’ issue would ve a detrt- ment and a shame.—CHARLES SUMNER, DR, LIVINGSTONE AND THE OAMEROS EXPEDITION, {From the London Nature.] With the concurrence of the 1amily of Dr. Liv ingstone the Earl of Derby has sent a telegram ordering the body of the Ulustrious traveller to be sent to England. ‘The melancaoly death of Dr. Dillon and the return of Lieutenant highs 8 leave Lieutenant Cameron alone to proceed to Ujijt to recover the box of papers lett there by Living- stone, and to prosecute further geograp’ ical eX- ploratton, Heavy unforeseen expenses obligea Lieutenant Cameron, who has proved himsel! to be a resolute and observant explorer, to purchase stores at exorbitant rates at Unyanyembe. The necessity for providing for the march of Murphy and Dillon to the coast with Livingstone’s body and most of his followers 18 his compiete justifica- tion for incurring this unauthorized expense, and there can be no doubt that the Geographical So- ctety will treat its gallant emissary in a generous and liberal spirit. meron has suffered cruelly 1rom fever and ophthaimta, and he is now tesolutely pressing onwards 1M toe periormance of his work— the Society's work—in the face ol greater diticuitica than were encountered by any previous expedi- tion, He carries with him our warmest wishes for his success and the sympathy of every true geog- rapber in England, A MONUMENT TO SENATOR SUMNER. The committee of sixty, appointed at the me morial services to the memory of Charles Sumner, held in Bridge street churca, Brooklyn, on the 19th inst., to secure means to piace a monument to the Memory of Charles Summer in Washington, D. C., as from the colored citizens of this country, organ: ized last evening by the election of the ‘paar sd ofticers:—Peter W. President; J. W. Bowers, J. R. Portor, Vice Presidents; KE. B. Bundick, Treasurer; W. C. H, Curtiss, Alex Powel aud J. N. Gloucester, Secretaries; Kev. B. fF. Porter, R, Vosvurgh, Rev. Wiliam T. Dixon, 0, Hesdran, C. Harris, Thomas Grifin, 4. P, Laundera, Finance Committed