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WASHINGTON. The House About. to. Investigate Polygamy in Utah. A Deathblow Aimed at the “Dwi Relic.” RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. A Currency Report from the Treasury epartment. Passage of the Geneva Award Bill in the Senate. INSURANCE CLAIMS EXCLUDED. WASHINGTON, May 12, 1874, y in Utah To Be Investigated. ‘The action of the House to-day on the Utah con- tested election case wil! bring about a direct issue im Congress on the Mormon question. After de- @laring that Maxwell was not elected and that Canpon was elected and was entitled to the seat, ‘the House, by a vote of more than two to one, adopted a resolution ordering an investigation into the alleged polygamous practices of Mr. Can- non, tne siting member. The large majority by which this resolution was adopted is a fine indlca- tion of the fecling in tne Honse with regard to polygamy in Utah and places Mr. Cannon’s expul- sion beyond a doubt when the report in his case is submitted. The proposed investigation will open ‘anew here the contest between the Gentile and Mormon elements in Utah, and the case will be a very interesting and important one. Report of the Comptroller of the Cur- rency. The Secretary of the Treasury sent to the House ef Representatives. to-day a comprehensive report from the Comptroller of the Currency in reply to Mr. Merriam’s resolution. It appears from this report that the circulation has been distributed among 671 banks in thirty different States, $16,090,000 of which have been distributed among banks organized prior to July, 1570, and $33,000,000 tobanks organized since that time. The whole muniber of applications received for the organiza- tion of national banks is 670, representing about $40,000,000 capital. Of these applications 179, rep- Fesenting $12,000,000 capital, were granted, but the applicants never completed ther organi- zations. Eighty-three applications, representing $6,000,000 were filed for future consideration. Two hundred and nine informal letters of inquiry, rep- Tesenting $19,000,000, and 208 applications, which stated neither the amount of capital nor of cir- calation desired, are at present on file. He also encloses a list of banks in the States of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Istana, Vermont and Maryland, from which the $25,000,000 will be withdrawn wnder the. operation of section 6 of the act of July 12, 1870. The Comptrolier states that within the year following the passage of the act an amount of circulation had been assigned to Ohio, Indiana and Kansas and other States which had go far exhausted the apportionment thas it became his duty to decline. many applications from these States and to give Preference to other States which had a greater deficiency, as required by law, and the act required that a new apportionment should be Made of the $54,000,000 on the basis of the census of 1870, but that the census returns were not re- ceived until late in the summer of 1872 and = matiy applications were deferred until such apportionment conld be made; that Previous to November, 1872, the entire amount of circulation had been assigned and additional applications could not be granted, ex cept upon the fatlure of parties to whom the privilege had been given to perfect their organiza- tons; that, under section 14 of the National*Cur- Fency act, banks organized are entitled to six months in which to pay up the fall amount of capital stock, consequently they are also entitled to six months in which to deposit the bonds as security for circulation. Owing to this provisivn, and aiso on account of the high prive of bonds, the banks’ were slow to avail themselves of the privilege of circulation, Of the $54,000,000 authorized by the act of July 12, 1870, $24,773,260 had been | issued on November 4, 1871; $16,220,210 during the | year endiog November 1, 1872; $7,367,479 in the | year ending November 1, 1873, leaving at that date $5,649,051 unissued; and the Comptroller gives it | ashis opinion that the whole of the remaining circulation would have been iszued dur- mg that year except for the monetary crims 01 1873. He also quotes from his reports of | 1872 and 1873, statements of the impracticability of the law requiring the withdrawal of circulation | from the East and its distribution in the South and ‘West, and recommending the repeal thereof, He farther states that even if the whole amount ofcir- | culation had been issued it would not have been | im bis power without supplementary legislatoin to | withdraw circulation from the States in excess in | time to supply the demands !rom the States which | were deficient, and calls attention to the bill now pending giving him the necessary authority for sack redistribution, Canadian Reciprocity with the United States. There seems to be some prospect that the nego- tations now going on with a view to a new treaty of commercial reciprocity with the Dominion of Canada may terminate successfully. Under the | ‘Washington Treaty the enjoyment of the shore fish- eries of the St. Lawrence were leased to the United States for twelve years on condition that | their cash value during that term should be deter- | mined by arbitrators and the amount paid over to Canada, Afew Months ago Mr. Rothery, an eminent English joris-consult, was sent out by the British government tomake the necessary arrangements for giving effect to this arbitration, and he was busy getting up facts and evidence when the Canadian government suggested how much more reasonable and profitable to’ both countries it would be were the war of their fisheries merged, as formerly, in ® treaty of commercial reciprocity. Com- Wunications between our government and | that of Great Britain on this suggestion Fesuited in the present effort to ascertain if the substitution can be made on terms satisfactory to both parties, Mr. Fisb, Secretary of State, con- ducts the negotiations on behalf of our govern- ment, and Sir Edward Thornton, British Minister here, and the Hon. George Brown, Senator of the Canadian Dominion, act as joint plenipotentiaries on the part of Greut Britain. The negotiations have been going on for some months, and it is un- derstood that a rough outiine of a new treaty is now the subject of investigation and discussion. Mr. Rothery, the English law agentin the fishery arbitration, has gone to the Pacific until the result of the latter negotiation is determined, but should ‘the treaty fall, the fishery arbitration will be at once proceeded with. The Canadians put what is deemed a most ex- orbitant value on their fisheries. They quote the ‘words of eminent American statesmen from Benja- min Frankin downwards in Support of their pre- tensions, and they cite the great sums annually paid for many yearsby our own and the French governments in the shape of bounties to maintain thelr St. Lawrence fishing trades, as an invainable training sohool for their respective navies, They produce statistics of all in proof of the great value of the fish and sh products annually drawn from. the great deep along their shores, and they show extracts from oficial reports of successive Minis- ters and special commissioners of the United states reasusy in proof of the lai annual cash vaiue of ries toour country, Some of i. tracts show th t in 1862 we nad over 203,000 tons at shippin engaged in the St. Lawrence fisherie: 28, teas that gre oo ecerany exceeded at least new nea- men age annually broken ip Jor our marine service ; . NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. fished for mack- wet Sane Sas phen tes Sas $200 216 ct ost toning Geek worth fro $6,000,000 test, 00 ‘annually. Beh’ near. the tarce-mile ia support of this, the iat ate ces pare the ote Treasury, that wi 8 access our de: Bea’ Asheries’'in- that. region will become valueiess. They also assert that within three years irom the repeal of tue Rectprocity Treat, ‘Which deprived our fishermen of leges they had enjoyed under the treaty nage in the trade hed fallen from 203,000 tons, in the year 1862, to 62,000 tons In 1869—a lalling of of seventy per cent. They further aseert that the reconcession of these shore privileges to us under the Washington Treaty has alre: doubied the tonnage of our fishing fleet from what it was in 1868, and that it will oon . ex the tonnage of 1862. They insist that the result of arbitration mast be an award in their tavor equal toa very large rental for twelve Ap enthusiastic gentleman from one otf maritime provinces, who has been hunting up _ evidence tor the arbitration, declares it will be estab- irresistible evidence, based on the ages accruing im past years to the United States, that the fair rental we ought to pay 16 $5,000,000 per annum, He cites, in sup- port of this modest estimate, the vast sums now paid in various parts of the world for smail fishing grounds of no moment in comparison with the St. wrence fisheries, The Canadians contend that It is @ very senerons thing on their part to propose the merging of this great interest in a general commercial arrangement, the chief advantage from which must necessarily accrue in the tuture, as it always nas in the past, to the Unites States. They totally deny the correctness of the fiction impression here that they had the best of the bargain under the Treaty of 1854, and insist that the contrary was the lact. They show from our official returns that from 1820 to i854, in which latter year the treaty went into operation, the provinces bought from as merchandise to the Value of $167,216,709, while we boughi trom them but $67,794,426, leaving a cask baance in our javor or-nearly $100,000,000, They further show that in the following years trom 1864 to 1663, in all of which the treaty was in operation, the provinces purchased from us to the extent Of $255,262,698, while we purchased from them but $193,269,153, leaving again a cash balance in our favor of In the traMo of the following three years— namely, from ist of July, 1863, to the 30th of June, 1866, there is a great discrepaucy between our public accounts and those of. the provinces, Our returns show that we imported irom them in these three years articles to the Value of $132,000,000, while their returns show a ee 000,000 exported tons, or a discrepancy of $51,006,000. The Cana- dians allege that this discrepancy in value must have mainly arisen from the war prices apd in- fated currency then existing in this country, es- pecially as there were no duties to be paid on the articles and every temptationon the part of the importers to state their valuations in cur- rency prices, If the United States returns were correct the provinces during these three years had a large balance Of trade in their tavor, and, it the provincial returns were correct, the balance was in our favor. Our returns of the en- tire traffic between the countries during the thir- teen years’ existence of the treaty show a volume of trade of no less than $071,000,000, with a cash balance in our favor of over $20,000,000. The Can- adian accounts show a gross trafic of $623,000,000, and a balance in our favor of $96,000,000, The Canadians ‘think that this traffic could stand very Well on its own merits, and that any country in the world would give a large consideration to have the Share in such a trade that we enjoyed, but they Point to the vast eat hel! tramic from Canada to our ocean porte, and vice versa, which we also enjoyed during the operation of the treaty; to the free use of their inshore fisheries, which we got tor nothing; to the use of their canals on the pay- ment of tolls that barely paid cost, wages and re- pairs, ana to the iree navigation of the St. Law- Tence River witnout consideration, as giving an overwhelming preponderance of advantages in fa- vor of the United States from the treaty of 1854. They say they have no need to ask favors from anybody and ao not want any now; but, if the Unitea States think it their interest to merge the fishery question und all other troublesome ques-. tions in a comprehensive treaty, they will cor- dially agree to any equitable settlement calcu- lated to place the commercial relations ot the two | countries on a friendly and uniettered ana mutu- | ally advantageous basis, Congressman Mellish To Be Placed in an Asylum. This afternoon, after consultation with physi- cians, it was decided to piace Representative Mellish temporarily in the National Asylum, near this city. He needs absolnte rest trom all labor and excitement, which he willobtain at the asy- lum. His iriends confidently expect that he will soon be restored to his usual health, Nominations by the President. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day :—Steptren H. Brown, to be Post- master at Woonsocket, R. 1.; David J. Williamson, of California, tobe Conswi at Valparaiso; Philip Clayton, of Georgia, to be. a il at Callao; Joseph | C. Abbott, - be Cotiector astoms at Wilming- ton, N, .; James 8. Bedford, to be Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court for Colorado Territory; A. McClurg and Ernest Norflect, to Assistant Surgeons in the Navy; Assistant ‘Engimeer D, M. Fulmer, tobe Passed Assistant Engineer in the Navy; First Lieutenant Joseph K. Hyer, to be Captain, and Second Lieutenant ©. B. Hinton, to be First Lieutenant in the army. SENATE. oF LE RE Important Discussions—The New Finance Measure—Passage of the Geneva Award Bill—Action Asked in Reference to Ar- kansas. statement of @ WASHINGTON, May 12, 1874, THE BANKING AND CURRENCY BILL, Mr. ScoTt, (rep.) of Pa., from the Committee on Fimanee, reported an amendment to the Finance bill, which proposes to strike out the following words in the second section of the Dill:—‘-And each | national banking association now organized or | hereafter to be organized shall keep and maintain as @ part of its reserve one-lourth part of the coin | received by it as interest om the bonds of the United States deposited as security for circulat- ing notes or government deposits,” and to insert in lieu thereof the toliowing:—“And each of said associations shall keep and maintain as part of its lawful money reserve one-third of the coin received by it as interest on bonds of | the United States deposited as security for circulating notes or government deposits, unless such associations shall elect to exchange such pro- portion of coin for bonds of the United States of the character herein, provided for, which shall theretrom until the 1st day of January, 1878, be de- livered to them by the Secretary of the Treasury, and which may afterwards be held by such asso- ciation and considered as part of its reserve, ‘Three per cent only of the interest upon which bonds shall be paid to such association or to any holoer thereof, and the remaining two r cent shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the whole amount of gold thus received shall be applied by him RSL hs HAL the payment of ea per cent five-twenty bonds of the United tates,”? Ordered that the amendment lle on the table and be printed, THE GENEVA AWARD BILL, The Senate then resumed consideration of the Geneva Award bill, the pending question being on the amendment of Mr. Thurman to strike out the clauses excluding Claims of insurance companies, Mr. SCHURZ said the dealings of this government |, With the money derived from the Geneva Tribunal ‘should be marked by strict fairness, and every effort should be made to carry out the spirit. of that tribunal. The situation and policy of the United States was such that it might be expected this country would remain neutral in the great conflicts of the world, and it would be to our in- verest to carry ont the spirit of that tribunal and carefully guard against any vague notions of national losses or national indemnity. If such a precedent should be established as the bill pro- posed it might be troublesome to us if we should éver a8 & neutral Power become involved in a similar dimculty. Mr. CONKLING, (fep.) of N. Y., said the bill de- served much more consideration than it was re- ceiving. It involved nearly $17,000,000 in money, but matters beyond mere money considerations were invulved in it. The distribution of the Geneva award concerned the dignity, the reputa- tion and the discretion of the American nation. ‘The affair had become memorable throughout the world, He did not consider the yes bill as wise as it might have been made. It was not nec- essary to create @ special Court tn this matter to invent laws of its own, but it would be far better to go through the regular judicial process with the Tight of appeal. To consider the details of the bill he thought that the same rule that a pited to insurance companies should be applied all others, If, as claimed, the money belonged to the Treasury, no one had any claim upon it—an- derwriters or any one else. It could be applied to building lighthouses, to the relief of the widows or orphans of the late war, or to any purpose which suited Congress. If the use of the money was not to follow the line marked by the arbitration, then Congress ought to listen to the claim of him whose vessel was burned or sunk by the Shenandoah prior to her departure from Melbourne. The gov- ernment presented the claims of these insurance companies at Geneva when it presented and vouched for its case. Could this fifteen and a half miilions of money have ever been recovered without these claims? Mr. FRELINGHUYSRN, (rep.) of N.J., said as he had voted for the bill in committee he esteemed it proper to state his reasons uow for so doing, He Tegaraed this claim as a material one. The lia- bility was to this government on account of the English government having violated the neutrality laws, Alter quoting from various legal decisions 1m support of his argament, he said in the distri- bution of this reliet fund the money should go to indemnify those who lost by the war. Mr. STOCKTON, (agm.) Of N, J. Rave notice’ that he would offer an amendment to the twelfth rec- tion forbidding the allowance of ciaims where the party injared nad received indemnity irom any tn- surance company, 80 a8 to provide that no claim shail be allowed in behaif of any claimant uniess such claimant shall show to the satisiaction of the Court that during the late rebellion the sum of his 8 exceeded sum of his gains, MR. BOUTWRLL’S VIEWS. Mr. BOUTWELL, (reb,. if Mass., seid inaurance was a distinct busme: Weill as commerce; and uf Congress compelled the tpsurance company to exhivit a balance sheet, u] the same principle it should compel the merchaut to exhibit his, and see |i Dis profits were augmented or diminished. ‘The question was then taken on the amendment of Mr. Thurman to strike out the clause excluding the claims of insurance companies, and it was agreed to—yeas 3}, nays 27—as follows :— Yxas—Messrs. Alcorn, Allison, Bayard. Boy, Boutwell, Buekingham, Conkling, Conover, Cooper, Cragin, Davis, Dennis, Fenton, Goldihwaite, Gordon, Howe, Ingalls, Jonnston, Jones, Merrimon,' Morrill of Vermont, Nor: wood, Kansom, Kobertson, Saulsbury, Schurz, sherman, kton, Thurman, Tipton, and Washburn. Nars—Mess:s, Anthony, Noreman, Carpenter, Chand- ler, Edmunds, Ferry of Michigan,’ Frelinghuysen, Gil- bert, Hager, Texas Harvey, | Hitchcoe! Kelly, MeCreery, Mitchell, Morrill of Maine, Oglesb: Pratt, Sameey. Bargent, Scott, Sprague, Stewart. Wade leigh, West, Window, and Wright. TO PAY THE CLAIMS IN GOLD. Mr, SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, offered an amend. Ment that ail claims provable or to be allowed under the act shall be estimated and adjudged upon the basis of United States gold com at the time of the loss, At the request of several Senators tt was agreed that this amendment should be debated, and that | the agreement made yesterday shouid be lald aside jor the present. Mr. SHERMAN, in support of his amendment, said that these vessels were destroyed upon the high Seas and all their commercial relations were with the loreign marts of the world where gold was the standard. Tne claimants might file their claim at @ currency value and whey might then amount to $20,000,000 or $30,000,000. pe Sherman's amendment was agreed to--yeas nays 21. - lar, SHERMAN offered an amendment authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the judgments of the Court created by the bull in coin and, for | the purpose of raising such coin, directing him to issue and sell bouds of a similar character to the new five per cent bonds, Mr. EDMUNDS Opposed the issue of any bonds. Government had the money in the Treasury. 1t had been used in the cancellation of the public debt, and the committee had supposed the judg- ments coutd be paid in currency out of the current revenues of the government. Mr. SHERMAN said one bond had peen issued for the whole amount when the award was received, and the issue of smalier bonds now as he proposed would not increase the public debt any, but would take the place of the bond for the wuole amount already issued. ‘The amendment was agreed to. Mr. CONKLING said the first ten sections of the bill related entirely to the organization of a special court and provided necessary machinery jor its management. He, therefore. moved to strike out those secitops and imsert in lieu thereof the pro- visions of the House bill cun.erring jurisdiction upon @ regular Circuit Court of the United States to be selected by the President with sixty days after the passage of the act. Mr. EDMUNDS hoped the amendment would not be adopted and said its effect would be to turn the whole thing into a grand “hoten poten.” The amendment Was rejected—yeas 23, nays 4— as follows :— Yxas.—Messra, Alcorn, Boge, Boutwell, Conkling» Goope=, Dennis, Kenton, Gilbert Goldthwaite, agers Hamnilton of Texas, Howe. Johnston, Jones, Logan Merrimon,’ Norwood, Pease, Kavsom, Sargent, Scott, Sprague and Stockton—23, Nays.—Messra. Allison, Anthony, Bayard, Boreman, Buckingham, Carpenter, Chandler, Clayton, Conover, Cragin, Davis, sdmunds, Ferry of Michigan, Freling: huysen, Gordon, Hamlin, Hiichcock, Ingalls, Keily, McCreery, Mitchell, Morrill of Saine, Morrill of Vermont, Oglesby, Pratt, Ramsey, Kobertson, Saulsbury, Sherman, Stewart, Wadieigh, Wasuburn, West and Wright—34 Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal., moved to strike out “five” im the first section of the bill in the clause authorizing the appointment of five suitaole per- s0u8 to constitute the court, and insert ‘three’? in lieu thereol!. Rejected—yeas 22, nays 28, Mr. STewaRt, (rep.) of Nev., offered an amend. ment, that all expenses incurred ‘y the United States in negotiating the award, and in the care and distribution of the same; snall be reimbursed belore any private claim is paid, Agreed to—Yeas 21, nays 20, Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., submitted an amend- ment to section cleven, so a8 to provide that the court shall examine all claims, mcluding war premiums. Rejected. ‘The bill was then reported to the Senate, and the amendments made in Committee of the Whole were agreed to, with the exception of that of Mr. Thurman to strike out the clause excluding the claims of insurance companies irom being consid- ered, which was rejected—Yeas 21, nays 29. Mr. THURMAN moved tnat the Senate adjourn. Rejected—yeas 9, nays 40, ‘THE ARKANSAS REBELLION. Mr. CLAYTON, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolution :— Whereas there is a condition of af Arkansas that may invoke iederal ‘irs in the State of a suming to exercise the office of Governor of that State, each having called on the rresident of the United states for aid to suppress domestic violence, and have called the Legislature of that State to ieet'in extra session, and have each surrounded himself with large armed forces; and whereas, martial law has been proclaimed in veral counties of the State and business has been “suspended Little Kock, tal of the State, and the iichts of ' person and property are jeopardized, and whereas, in consideration of the foregoing, it is the duiy of the government of the United states to'be tully informed of the true situation of affairs in said State, and aiso, as to whether or not the Staie has a government republican in form; therefore, ‘1 Kesolved, That a committee of three members of this body be appointed to forthwith proceed to the State of Arkansas with power to fully investigate into the cause of the disturbance in ihe affairs therein, and also to inquire as to who is the lawful Governor ot’ the said State, by reason of having been elected to said office by the legal vo.ers thereof, and that said committee be authorized to send for persons aud papers. . Laid over and ordered to be printed. Mr. CLAYTON also submitted @ resolution re- questing the President of the United States to | communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible | with the public interest, all papers and corre- spondence relating to the troubles in the State of Arkansas that may be iu bis possession, Laid over and ordered to be printed. THE GENEVA AWARDS DISCUSSION RESUMED. Mr. THURMAN Moved to lay the bill on the table, which was lost by a vote of 13 yeas to 36 nays. j A number of amendments were offered and re- je cted. ‘The bill was then passed. Yeas, 26; nays, 17, ag follows :— Y¥xAs.—Mesars. Anthony, Chandler, Conover, Kdmunds, Frelinghuysen, Glibert, Hager, Harvey, Hitchcock, Kel- ley, Logan, Mitchell, Morrill of Maine, Oglesby, Peaso, Scott, Bb Pratt. Rainsey, Robertson, Sargent, rague, Wadleigh, West, Windom and Wrigh Messrs. Bayard, Bogy, Buckingham, Corkling Cooper, Davis, Dennis, Fenton, Gordon, Hamlin, Howe, Ingalls, Merrimon, Ransom, schurz, Stockton anid Thur: man— Messrs. Ferry of Michigan, Hamilton of Texas and Carpenter, who would have voted for the bill, were paired with Messrs. Washburn, Boutwell an Sauisbury, who would have voted against it. The Senate then, at a quarter pass seven P. M., adjourned, THE MURDER OF M’OOOK. Trial of the Alleged Murderer—Efforts to Funpanel a Jury—The Prosecution and Defence. Yankton, Dakota, May 11, 1874. The case against Wintermute, charged with the murder of Secretary McCook, was called jor trial this morning, and after disposing of two or three motions the work of empanelling a jury began, Up to the time of adjournment this Ripken, % thir. teen jurors nad been called. Of these twelve de- clared they had formed an opinion and were ex- cused, The thirteenth having beep passed for cause the deience insiste ida lasds that charges must first come from the prosecution in- stead of the deience, and aster an, extended argu- ment the Court adjourned tll morning with the question still pending, The proceedings to-day indicate that there wiil be great, difficulty in obtaining a jury. Chief Justice Shannon presides. The tion is under the chief management of Mr, Jason B.-Brown, Secretary of Wyoming Territory, and the defence of Mr. Leonard Sweet, of Chicago, with local attorneys on either side, Very great interest is felt in the trial, and the court room was crowded during the day, several ladies being present, BAR ASSOOIATION, The regular monthly meeting of the Bar Associa- tion was held last evening at the rooms of the as- sociation, No. 20 West Twenty-seventh streot, Mr, Charles N. Sandford in the chair. The Treasurer reported that the sum to the credit of the general fund was $12,705 07, and to the credit of the library fund $824 60, making a total of $18,570 60. ‘The following were ciected members of the association:—Thomas H. tt well, Edward H. Schell, Charles A. Hamilton and Manning ©. Wells. Mr. Henry Nicoll offered the following resolution, which was adopted :— Resolved, That the standing committeo on the amend- ments to the law be and they are hereby directed to re- Port to this association, at its next stated meeting, whnt action shall be taxen by this association in relation to the amendments to the constitution of this State, whict Edy voted upon by the people at the next general el . Mr. Nicoll, on behalf of a number of the mem- bere of the association, presented to the associa- tion an elegant medailion itkeness of the Prest- dent, . William .M. Evarts, which was hung in the parior. CHANGES AT SING SING PRISON. Owing, doubtless, to the unsatisfactory state of affairs which has existed at Sing Sing Prison for some time past, the management .of that institu: tion appears as though it were about dergo & complete change. Dr. Pryne, thé prison a woke pecullut method of Panenine pe of late been fully set forth in the Haran, resigned his position yesterday, as did also Mr. George T. Kaye, the chaplain, who, it is said, exceeded his sacerdotal functions by endeavoring tosow the seeds of disafection among ue Jail birds, It is un- derstood that other vacanct emong her officials are hourly expected, rude ‘osect- | mandant, who only reached about the middie of the INSULT 10 THE BRITISH LION, An English Consular Agent Publicly ' Flogged in Central America. Guatemalan Outrage—The Perpetrator of the Deed Assassinated. [San Jos¢ de Guatemala (April 25) correspondence of Panama Star.) Thave before me the painful task of recording one of the most unprovoked acts of brutality it has ever been my misfortune to chronicle, and as the circumstances are of such a revolting nature I shall be aa brief as possible in the recital. DARING AND AGGRAVATED OUTRAGE. Soon after the arrival of the steamship Arizona at San José de Guatemala on April 24, news reached us that Mr, Monerieffe, agent of tne Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and Mr. John Magee, Her Britanutc Majesty’s Vice Consul, had been arrested | by order of the Commandant, Colonel Gonzales, and that Mr. Magee had been sentenced to receive ‘400 palos” (lashes) at four P, M. As it was known ‘that Mr. Magee represented the British govern- ment the statement was scarcely credited; but about two hours later Mr. Moncrieffe was released and came on board. He confirmed the report and gave us details reepécting the arrest. The only known cause, aside from a strong personal dislike, for the arrest of Magee was a failure to appear on the Muella before the Commandant when sum- | moned, on the groumd that an injured foot made walking extremely painful. An armed guard was then sent to bring him, ‘dead or alive.” He was laced on @& Car—being unable to walk—and rought to the Muella. On arriving there the Commandant attempted to shoot him, but was prevented by the tatercession of friends. He, how- ever, struck him tn the face with the butt of his pistol, also several times with his fists, using the vilest epithets known to the Spanish tongue. PREPARED FOR PUNISHMENT AND PUNISHED. He then ordered his confinement and prepara- | po to be made fur admunistering “400 paios,” or | ashes, Mr. Magee, as Her Britannic Majesty’s Vice Con- sul, invoked the protection oi his lug, but without effect, Mr. James, the Consular Agent of the United States, tuen prepared a protest iu the name ol his government, and under the consular seal, protesting @rainst the proceeding, and at four o'clock, just as Mr. Magee was about to receive | the lasies, he formally presented it; but the Com- mandant refused to receive it, and announced that he would not only flog Mr. Magee, but would shoot bim at elght A.M. the jollowing day, and that he would then serve tne representative of the United States and every foreigner in like Manner. At this point the surgeon of the port | begged that the Commandant would reconsider the matter, as 400 stripes was more than any mortal could bear, and would certainly kill Mr. Magee. His reply, coupled with a vile epithet, was “let bim di@ then,” aud ordered the soldiers to commence, “Mr. Magee was then partially stripped and laid on the floor—three men being seated on liis hgad and shoulders and four upon his feet, while (wo held each arm, and the fog- ging commenced. It was continued by four | soldiers relievirg each other at every fifty lashes— the Commandant keeping the tally nimseif, By the time that 200 were administered Mr. Magee be- came insensibly. The order was then given to pies him on @ ed in an adjoining room and “let jim revive, 80 Enat the other 200 might be admin- | istered in thd mormug before shooting him.’ | During the nig#t he was visited Repeatedly by the Commandant, Who placed the cold muzzle of his revolver ready £0 discharge at his tempies during | each visit, ac¢ompanying the act with such re- | marks as “Dow’t you think you have lived long enough?’ ‘Weuidn’t vou thank me to put you our | of your miserg? I have ruined mysell, and Vil put you underfne sands beiore [am."? _. LUCKY ESCAPE, During the night, aided by his. soldiers, he broke into tne business nouse of Mr, Magee and removed | all the moneys from the ‘safe and other valuabies, A visit was then paid to the agency of the ee | Mail Steamship Company with the intention of | seizing upon . Moncrieffe; but that gentleman, being forewarned, escaped with his valuables to the woods. Mr. Moucrieffe, after eigen 4 his escape, procetded towards the capital with the hope of intervepting and hastening relief. A pri- vate courier was de-patched carly in the day. At near morning he met General Solano, with about 100 men, siX miles from San Jos¢. Atl possible haste was made to reach the port before the Com- mandant codld carry out his designs. ‘AVENGEMENT AND DEATH, At eight o’clock Mr. Magee was again prepared to receive the Other 200 stripes, and just as ihe | order was given to commence a soldier on the bal- copy Saw the approaciing iorce of General Solano, and notified Commandant, Mr. Magee, seeing @ gleam of the Commandant to desis! and to escape on board tie Arizona, promising him letters of introduction that would insure his saiety in Salvador. ihe United States Consular Agent, Mr, Jameé, echoed Mr. Magee’s advice, promising to place him on board. The propo- sition was accepted, the letter written b; ir. Magee and handed to the Commandant, who, as soon as he received it, orderea his soldiers to fire upon Mr. Magoo; but his soldiers, knowing | his downfall to certain, refused to obey | the order. He then made all haste to reach the Arizona, and as he left the Muellaina small boat, accompapied by the United States Con- sular Agent, General Solano entered the town, On arriving alongside of the Arizona Mr. James came on board. He was followed by the Vom- gangway ladder, when he was shot by some unseen | and, the ball taking effect in the abdomen, pro- | ducing @ mortal wound. He, however, managed to reach his boat and escape towards the shore, Two other shots were fired by parties unknown, | one of which took effect in his shoulder, One or | two shots were returned irom the boat, but with- out effect. I have now only to add that Mr. Magee will | doubtiess iully recover from bis physical injuries; but his nervous system has received a shock that ‘Will require many years t COL OMBIA. The Republic at Peace—The Gettysburg at Aspinwall—Commercial Arrange- ment with Creditors. PANAMA, May 3, 1874, Although rumors of coming revolutions are sel- dom wanting in some State or other of the Colom- bian Union, the country in general ts actually at | peace. The new President of the Union at Bogota, | Sefior Perez, took possession of his post without | Ruy trouble, and Congress continues to labor for the better organization of the republic. The bill on public order has met with © good deal of oppo- | sition from several quarters, any attempt to | authorize the Executive to interiere in State sedi- tions being considered unconstitutional. CAPTAIN SELFRIDGH’S MOVEMENTS, The United States steamer bade ah with the Canal Commission on board, returned to Aspin- wail from the Atrato River on the 26th inst., and | sailed again on the 29th for Havana, Captain | Selfridge does not return home in the Gettysburg | with the Commission, but goes by the Acapulco to- day. ARRANGEMENT WITH CREDITORS. Messrs. Field, Penso & Co., the Aspinwall bank- ers, have made an arrangement with their credi- tors, The matter was settled on the 27th ult., when the representatives of Mr. Pedro N. Merino | and Moses Levy & Co., both of London, who are the | chief and almost only creditors, signed the neces- | sary document with Waiter Field, Sr., and Ficld, Penso & Co., who are one and the same firm, TACTICS EXTRAORDINARY. selene What the Committee of the Board of Aldermen to Investigate the Police Commissioners Heard Yesterday—A Valuable Printed Report Missing— ‘Tweed’s Old Me. The spectal committee of the Board of Alder. | men appointed to investigate the alleged frauds in the Street Cleaning Bureau yesterday made a somewhat startling discovery which, though it may interfere with their labors in convicting the Police Commissioners of malfeasance in office, ought in itself to be a sufilcient evidence of the necessity jor @ thorough investiga- tion and of the diMcuities which will be thrown in the way of making it searching. This committee consists of Alderman Ottendorfer, chairman, and Aldermen Gilon and Cooper. These gentlemen couated @ great deal on the testimony which was taken by the Legislative committee which was sent from Albany, and whose sessions were held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. This testt- mony was taken by Attorney General Barlow, who ‘was counsel for the committee, and was taken to Albany irom a sworn stenographer’g notes. TACTICS EXTRAORDINARY, The committee—which wag <né entire Committee on Cities of the A: y—made a lengthened report to the Ho: ne portion of this re- ort which Tecoiiimendted inne the city should be elmpurseg by Police Vommisstoner Clrarlick tor the street dirt used in filling in his Ra 4 Qt Hunter's Point was stricken out; a though no action was taken by the House on the other Oot teoat made by the investigating com- mittee with regard to the Police Commis: secs @n order was passed that reports of the evidence taken before tne committee at the Fifth Mad Hotel should be printed. The printing of etteon | mee to the report of the committee to the jouse. The committee appointed by the Board of Aldermen sent through their clerk, General Pinck- bey, a communication to hr. Diedrich Willers, the Secretary of State, ASKING fOR THE PRINTED REPORT of the evidence taken besore the legislative inve! ating committee, which should have been lodged in hig office. An answer was received from Mr, Willers yesterday, which was shown to a HERALD reporter yesterday afternoon by Alderman Gilon at former’s request. The answer was as {ol- lows :— To rue Cianx oy tmz Boaup of Auprnuny ov tux Cirr RK i Sin—I have received your communication requesting & rinied orin of the evidence taken belore the Assembly ‘nate to inform you 'no mich printed evidence isin this ofee: have the honor, 4c.” DIEVRICH WILLERS, Secretary of State. ReporTge—Do you think the evidence was ever | rinted, Alderman ? Alderman GILON—I do not think it was, and I be- eve that it is the intention that it never should be. Rerorrer—Was it ever ordered to be printed in the Assembly ? Alderman Gi1oN—I have asked several members of the Legisia‘ure about the matter, and they ali = = agree in maine that 1t was ordered to be printed. RerorteR—How do you purpose to get your evi- dence it the Police Cominissioners now ? aga! Alderman GiLoN—We must take it from the newspapers, as lar as they published it, if we can- not get the notes of the sworn stenographer who took the testimony at the Fiith Avenue Hotel, be- fore the assembly investigating committee. We think that the testimony as printed in the news- Papers ts suMicient to warrant us, together with the testimony taken in the Supreme Court, beiore Judge Donohue, with regard to the inspectors of election, to warrant us io asking the Mayor to re- move the Police Commissioners, The Aldermanic committee cannot now meet until bei ale consuited with General Bariow as to how they can get the evidence together, BATTLE FOR PATRONAGE. PARES S| A Coup @Etat at the County Court House Yesterday—The Green-Van Nort | Aldermanic Court House Commissioners | Fight—A Smart Lockout. The new County Court House Commissioners | held their first meeting yesterday aiternoon in Comptroller Green’s private office, in that buniding. These gentiemen were nominated to their present positious nearly a year ago by Mayor Havemeyer, | under the republican charter passed by the Legis- lature of 1873, and their nominations went to the Board of Aldermen for confirmation, in accordance | with the terms of the charter. That body, however, Jaid the nominations on tne table, where they remained until within the last few days, when Mayor Havemeyer appointed them in virtue of the special! act rushed through in the last days of the Legislature which has just adjourned, giving him power to fill all vacant places in the local commis-. sions independently of the Aldermen. in virtue of tie appointment they are the successors to Messrs, Ingersoll, Welch, Coman and Norton in the charge of completing the County Court House; but in what the precise nature of their duties, if any, | as Commissioners consist will only, it seems, be determined aiter A BITTER FIGHT between the heads of departments and Aldermen and perhaps in the courts, Yesterday’s session was secret, and it was rumored around the County Court House that the 8 THE TRANSPORTATION. BATTLE. Meeting of the Cheap Transportation Assosia, tion—The Widening of the Erie Canal Canals vs. Railways—Rapid Transit The directors of the Cheap Transportation Asso. clation met yesterday afternoon at No. 110 Peart street, Mr. Benjamin P. Baker in the chair. Mr, F, B, Thurber acted as Secretary. Mr. 8. B, Raggles, of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Directors, thanking them for their aid in defeating the “Hatch amendments” in the Legisiature. The absurd proposition of pre- venting the enlargement of the most important. | canal of the State alarmed the Chamber so that is sent up six of its most prominent members to Al- bany to protest against the proposed action. With the ald the association had rehdered this perni- cious measure had been decisively defeated. The Chamber had discovered the value of the co-operas tion of this association, and would solicit it also im the future. Mr. Ruggles’ remarks were applauded, and the President acknowledged the flattering sentiments’ which they contained. The association, he said, hoped sincerely that the Chamber would co-oper= ate with them also in the future tor the advantage © of the city and State. " if A resolution was passed appointing a committee of three to conter with other leading commercial bodies of the city with a view tothe attainment of cheap transportation. Along list of new mombers was read and ap proved, Mr. John H. Kemp, of the Committee on Clarmg* and Grievances, submitted a report showing that & number of grievances against railway companies. had been brought before them. He recommended: that the junds of the association be tncreaséd sa that the committee might be enabled to employ regular counse}. The complaints of merchants on — the score of excessive transportation charged ‘ were very frequent, audit would require cnergy , and means to effect the desired retorm. report was accepted, * Mr. Thurber read a lengthy report of the Com- - mittee on Railway Transportation, intended ve , show that the relief proposed in the report of the United States Senate Committee on ransporta- tion wou'd pot be adequate. They did not claim that there should be no water routes, but they did claim that the experience of the past lew years had demonstrated that great improvements had been made in rail transportation, and that the separation of freight am assenger tramec would mark a new era in that kinc of transportagion. *, “We claim,” says the report, “that a vast majort! of the aruicies waich the nation consumes wilt ’ always be carried by rail, and that the ume haa - come when the great mass of the people of the United States and all her material interests should * not be jurther taxed to perpetuate the defects and - abuses of our present ratiway system. Of course |, managers 01 railways will loudly dissent trom this view of the question, and their views will be ported by many honored and respected merchant® whose railway re ee overbalance their come , mercial interests; but we think that the in- _ terest of existing railways will be pro- moted by the increased growth and pros perity of our commerce, which will surely result from the elimination of the defects of our — resent railway system; and, even allowing that new Commissioners were acting entirely under | the directions of Comptrofiler Green, It was re- | solved at the meeting to take Jormal possession at | once of the room now occupied, on the second | floor, by the clerks of the Board of ‘Supervisors,’ | and of the comwwittee room of that Board, on the same floor. By this move they hoped to gain the | “nine points of the law’ on the Aldermen, but the | latter were too smurt for them. A committee of | the Aldermen had been in session up stairs in the County Court House when the report reached | them that the Commissioners had been in session | and had resolved to take formal possession o1 the | only rooms now occupied by the Supervisors in the | Jounty Court House since the room o! the “old | Board” of Supervisors, of infamous memory, on | the first floor, was given up to the General ‘Term | of the Supreme Court. { If, WAS DECIDED TO RESIST | any attempt at ousting them from their quarters | by the newly appointed officials, Orders were | given at once to the clerks of the Supervisors to | lock all the doors of their rooms, and to admtt no | one who applied for admission on the part of the | County Court House Commissioners. After the meeting of the latter had adjourned they pro- ceeded up stairs in a body to carry out their pro- gramme. To their astonishment they found them- selves locked out, and were informed that If the: wished for admission they must communica Alderman Van Schatck, the Chairman of 1] mittee on County Oflicers of the Board of ‘Super- visors.” A body of Commissioners standing non- Inased in the corridors of the, building which had en put under their care by our venerable or was too affecting @ spectacle for some of tie,softer hearted among the aldermen, and a messenger was sent to the chairman of the county offices at us private office in Broad street. OUT IN THE COLD, sioners, informing them that they could hi a room temporarily at the top of the building until | their authority in the County Court House was | finally decided. The Commissioners went sorrow- | ua! up under the stairs to “take possession,’ evidently | impression that when heads of depart- | ments are by the ears in a fight for patronage the | Ade of the lesser politicians is correspondingly | ard. Alter the settlement of this matter it was re- | solved to call a special mecting of the Board of | Aldermen for Thursday aiternoon next to consider the question o: the right of the County Court | House Commissioners, A prominent member of | | the Board informed & HERALD reporter yester- day atternoon that the Aldermen will decide at their special meeting to apply to the courts for | an injunction restraining the aewly appointed officiais irom interiering with them in their man- agement of the County Court House pending a | solidation act, The reporter was supplied with the following extracts from the laws relating to this | subject — WHO HAS THE PATRONAGE ? | The fourth section of the new Consolidation act | transfers all the rights, privileges, &c., to the | Board of Aldermen which have been heretoiore conferred on the Board of Supervisors by law. The Consolidation act has no repeoling clause, which usually accompany statutes ating to municipal matters. Under chapter 438, section 28, title 3, of the Laws of 1849, the Supervisors are in- vested with the following powers :— | The Supervisors of the several counties shall provide the courts appointed to be held therein with rooms, | Attendants, fuel, lights and stationery suitable and sur ficient for the transaction of thelr business. It the, Super- visors neglect the Court may order the Sheriff todo so, | and the expense Incurred by him in carrying the order into effect, when certified by the Court, shall be & county | charge. On the other hand, the County Court House Com- missioners are appointed under the Tweed Charter | of 1870, under the following section, chapter 382:— | Sretion Hato provide tor the final completion of the new County Court House in New York the Mayor of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to appoint | four Commissioners, and upon the appointment of said Commissioners all powers of the Board ot Supervisors of the county of New York over the erection of said Court | House shail cease. ‘The said Commissioners shall have | fhe Bower to expend, and shall complete eald Court ouse for, a aum not exceeding $60,000, which amomt | the Comptroller of the city of New York is hereby authorized and directed to raise on the stock of the county of New York, said 5 be in usual’ form and payable withi from. the of. this act, and bear terest at A rate not exceeding seven per cent er annum. The said stock shall be designated as the “New York County Court House Stock, issuing ot the same shall coniorm, so to the provisions of this act. to chapter I relative to said Court House. The mon be pald by the Comptroller, on vouchers approved, by the Commissioners herein authorized, and to be filed in his office. The Board of Supervisors of the county of | New York are hereby authorized and directed to order and cause to be raised, by tax, upon the estates bY, law ject to taxation within the city and county of New | ‘ork an amount sufficient in each year to pay the inter- est on the stock herein duthorized and that issued by pre- | vious authority, and also an amount sufficient to pay | and redeem the stock hereby and heretofore authorized | for the atoresaid purposes at its opting PEN | The Aldermen and Commissioner Van Nort con- | tend that under this act the entire duty of the County Court House Commissioners is to look after the completion of the building—a duty likely to be simply @ labor of love for some time, consid- ering the conaition in which their predeceasors— Messrs, Norton, Welch, Coman and Ingersoll—le(t the treasury. ‘Ifthe Supervisors had lost their rights through the passage of the Consolidation act the patronage attached to the County Court House would have fallen to the Commissioner of Public Works; bat to prevent this Comptroller Green asked Mayer Havemeyer to appoint the Court House Commissioners whose nominations were tabled by the Aldermen. Messrs. John K. | Porter, Corporation Counsel, Delafield Smith and | John H. Strahan, who have been requested by the Board of Aldermen to inform them what rights they now possess, if any, in virtue of their old of fice as Supervisors under the Consolidation act, and whether they are titled tO any saary, | will report to the Board at their meeting on Mon- day next, when this fight, which is “a myn quar- rei as it stands,” will probabiy be Anaily settiod. ” toc! to the in twenty-five years iy in- ‘The newly elected Tammany Sachems were duly and solemnly installed into office last evening vy the Columbian Order in the Wigwam. The impos- ing but somewhat ridiculous features of the in- stallation were gone through with from beginning toend. A HERALD reporter obtained but a very momentary view of the august pro just as the Grand Sachem, John Keliy, st gingerbread throne, ‘‘all fuss and 4 Eerie" ge Baaie y's it nme routing. ar Be Stet e+ Mr. Van Schaick sent up a note to the Commis- | final, decision on the constitutionality of the Con- | ° t would have an opposite effect, it becomes @ question whether our entire producing, commer= cial and real estate Interests shall be made subd- servient to that of thegrailways. The statistics; of the grain trade for th® decade previous to 1870 are largely in javor of canal transportation, and many of our oldest grain merchants are still im favor of that method. The conclusions arrived at by the Senate committee are uot surprising, » but for the reasous given in this paper it is our judgment, as merchants whose business depends largely upon transportation facilities, that system which will remedy the evils ander whi the people now suffer must embrace one or more, exclasive freight rauroads, with proper safeguards against consolidation with existing lines. While we cannot wholly endorse the plan of the House Committee on Railways and Cana | for building a ireight railway between the West and the seabord, as set forth in their recent re~ port, we are convinced that auch a road, properly constructed und guarded against combinations, would be of inestimable benefit to the whole coun- try; and, with the improvement of the Mississipp& River and the enlargement of tue Erie Canal, w | would have a practical and permanent so.ution the probiem of cheap transportation, The report was adopted, The Legislative Committee reported on the des. feat of the two bills which they prepared, one ta | create a Board of Railway Commissioners for tha State and the other to insure complete representa« tion of the stockholding interest of railway cor. , porations in the Boards ot Direction by sonoma of minority representation. Neither of the bil were reported by the Ratlway Committee of tue | Legislature. The following portion of the report is of particular interest: — During a portion of the time, while the Legislatare was sitting, your Vomuittee availed itselt of the tunity afforded by the presence of its chairman, Dany; to assist in furthering, as correct in principle ang unobjectionable trom every’ point of view, the. ralsii the commission to be appointed by the Governor for the consideration and soluilon of the question of rapid trau- ait in the eity of New York. Buteven here, notwith- sanding your Committee's endeavors and the publie spirited ‘etforts of Messra. bastman, Wight, Miller, lumenthal and Prince and. others in the Aisemblys through whose zeal the Wight substitute tor the Kast man bill, creating such @ commission passed the House, ata late stage in the session, the Raitroad Committee of mate, by Insisiing upou #mendieuts of minor the Se 5 importance’ delayed its passage in that chamber and thus prevented its becoming # law. And yetinexpedi- ent as it was supposed to be to give to those rapid transit commissioners tall power to consider the ques. tion and make contracts which were intended on the one hand to protect the State and ctty of New York, and en the other the corporations with which they pro to deal, it was deemed expedient by the Legislature, without restraint, without Ce se: for the public in- terest, to grant a charter to Mr. Gardiner and others, giving them control of the whole river tront of the city f New York for a quick transit railway. which may or May not be transterred to one ot the main trank lines to the exclusion of its rivals, and will place the city of New York, its commerce and its wealth, shill more than at the present, at the mercy and at the feet ot a gigantic mo- Ropoly.’ None can deny that rapid transit for passengers and. freight is a great’ necessity for the people and the commerce of New York; and yet, perhaps, it would bi been far better that we ‘should, tor a year or more, tinue to suffer the evils of our barbarous and inadequate | Methods of conveying persous and goods, ax compared with the facilities afforded in other large’ cities, rather | than that one corporation. should, with safeguards to protect the public’ interest, obtain control tor ever—taking future probabilities inw consideration—ot the most important water front in the world. Communities, like individuals, may pay too | much for advantages ‘and plessares, and it is very ques- tlonable, indeed, whether {n passing the Gardiner bill the State of New York t paid very tar too much | of the properties and interests of the city oi New York for the facilitie rapia al gee for ils ambabi« tants. Your legislative committee respectfully submit that they had but little, if any, hope of exerci very strong and fumediate influence upon the turé during the past legislative session. They we! firmed in their views that the railway power in the State of New York had already become sumeiontly areat that without un active, persistent and enerectic war- fare, a creation of public opinion and making of direst political issues upon the question, no progress can be. ped for against the entrenched position of oor rail- | ways in the Legisinture, Alter transacting some minor business the meet ing adjourned. QANADA AND THE GRAIN TRADE. Proceedings in Parliament—The Grain Producing Capacities of the American. Continent—The Means of Transporta- tion—Action of the House on the Hurom and Ontario Canals. OrraWa, May 12, 1874, In Parliament last. night Mr. Blain moved Di@ resolution in favor of improved water. comm ve tion, with special reference to the ceurgiany Sa Canal.. The motion brought up the whole question ) of inland water communication, and he entered into an elaborate statistical statement of the graim producing capacity of the American continent and its effect upon the markets of the world. He ex- amined the question of tretght ana the vost of water carriage by existing routes. The tendency of trade was to come by more northerly routes, He argued that there was a large saving of dis- tance by using Canadian routes, and that a further large economy of time and distance would be secured by the construction and adoption of THE HURON AND ONTARIO CANALS as a means of reaching the waters of the St. Law= rence from the West and Northwest. There would be alarge saving too by using ships of greate' capacity than those now jing through exiati! | canals, At present there wore millions of dolla! worth of grain wasted anouall ow! merely ta ly owing the want of the means of transportation to a while the people of the cities of Rurope were . ing exorbitantly ior the necessaries of life. He belleved the Suez Qanal was an unimportant work compared with the Huron and Ontario canals, 1 completed by constructing the latter we should COMMAND. THE EXPORT TRADR of the continent. The present canals, he argaedt. Could uot roleve the accumulating trame, Th work Wasa national one and deserving of ful attention and consideration. An engineer of th Englan pro nohome, and the atd asked for trifle compared with the bene. the fits that would e Brace etait hd Eee rem sat bs could 20% commit perce g Fretuare a tho soncrol of the government, and he not thine was said of Major General ‘yinqgid ment would be Justived An eld “aloft @ Very Oe aghngre ean see and | Tat the Boy cr evoee Lands for sacl @ othe Rechome send 180 holding aloft simiar | coumry was J os Lanndrs, ba ok and the = ‘any ers. The 5 ne Het Closed to view. ‘The ceremonies lasted | time aegom ; somewhat over an hour and passed off to the satie- | hoped Mr. Bieta faction of everybody, motion wae