The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1874, Page 4

A WASHINGTON. The House About. to Investigate Polygamy in Utah. A Deathblow Aimed at the “Twin Relic.” RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA. Scneeicereied A Currency Report from the Treasury Department. Passage of the Geneva Award Bill in the Senate. INSURANCE CLAIMS EXCLUDED. WASHINGTON, May 12, 1874, | Pelygamy 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- elaring that Maxwell was not elected and that Cannon 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, the sitting member. The large majority by which this resolution was adopted is a fine indica- tion of the fecling in the Honse with regard to polygamy in Utah and places Mr, Cannon’s expul- sion beyond a doubt when the report in his case ts | 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, $16,000,000 of which have been distributed among banks organized prior to July, 1570, aud $33,000,000 | tobanks organized since that time. The whole nuniber 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, Dut the applicants never completed their organi- vations, Eighty-three applications, representing $6,000,000 were filed for future consideration. Two hundred and nine informal letters of inquiry, rep- Fesenting $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of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode } Island, Vermont and Maryland, from which the $25,000,000 will be withdrawn wnder the operation of section 6 of the act of July 12, 1870.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 Comptroller 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 so far exhausted the apportionmeat that 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 Tequired that a new apportionment should be Made of the $54,000,000 on the basis of the census of 1870, but tnat the census returns were not re- ceived until late in the summer of 1872 and many applications were deferred until such apportionment could be made; that previous. to November, 1872, the entire amount of circulation had been assigned and additional applications could not ve granted, ex eept upon the failure of parties to whom the Privilege had been given to perfect their organiza- tions; that, under section 14 of the National*Cur- | Fency act, banks organized are entitled to six | months ip which to pay up the full 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 provision, and also | 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 ending 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 aslis opinion that the whole of the remaining circulation would have been iscued dur- mg that year except for the monetary crims of 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 of cir- culation had been issued it would not have been in bis power without supplementary legislatoin to | withdraw circulation jrom 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 such redistribution, Canadian Reciprocity with the United States. There seems to be some prospect that the nego- tiations now going on with a view to a new treaty i commercial reciprocity witn 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 | resulted 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 Great Britain. The negotiations have been going on for some months, and it is un- derstood that a rough outline of a new treaty is now the subject of investigation and discussion. Mr. Rothery, the English law agent in the fishery arbitration, has gone to the Pacific until the result Of the latter negotiation is determined, but should the treaty fail, 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 yearaby our own and the French governments in the shape of bounties to maintain their St. Lawrence fishing trades, as an invaluable training school for their respective navies, They produce statistics of all in proof of the great value of the fish and Osh products annually drawn from the great deep along their shores, and they show extracts from oMcial reports of successive Minis- ters and special commissioners of the United states ‘Treasury in proof of the large annual cash value of their fisheries to our country, Some of these ox. tracts show that in 1862 we had over 203,000 tons of shipaang, Susser in the St. Lawrence fishertes, and 28, seamen; that the returns considerably exceeded $14,000,000; that at least 5,000 new sea- men age annually broken ip for our Marine service; | but Fete leaving @ cash ba.au or | Rothing; to the use of thetr | tion a fisheries sea Taian Sanh Sue Setgtenty eet ro) men deprived our Gshermen of whore pret leges they had enjoyed under the treaty our ton- nage tn the trade had fallen trem ges,000 | 5 1842, to 62,000 tons in 186% —a i the year 1842, to 62, SUS we nty per cent, They further Feconoestion of these shore privt! to us under the Washington Treaty has aire doubled (he shing Meet from what it was of our Isee, nd Ml soon exceed the tonnage of 1868, and that it 1s6z. They insist that the result of arbitr-tion thelr tavor equal toa very ve AD tn " ot mast be an award large rental for tw gentieman from one mantime provinces, woo has been ap ev ce lor the arbitration, i wil be estab. lished by irresistible evidence, on the advantages accruing Mm t years vo the United States, that the fair rental we out to pay 16 $5,000,000 per annum, He etter, in sup. POrt Of this Modest estimate, the Vast sums now paid in various parts of the world for smail grounes of no Moment Im comparison With Lhe st, wrence fisheries, The Canadians contend that It very grestous thing on their part to propose the merg! commercial arr ment, the chief ady, from which must necessarily acerue im the as it always has m the past, to the United States. They totally deny the correctness of the general impression here that they had the beat of the bargain under the Treaty of 1654, and insist that the contrary was the iact. They show from our official returns that from 1820 to 1854, in which latter year the treaty went into operation, the provinces bought from us merchandise to the Value Of $167,216, while we boug' ly $100,000,000, They fur the following years trom 1864 to which the treaty Was im operation, the vinces purchased from ns to the extent Sf 22, us, while we purciiased from them but $193,209,163, leaving again a cash balance in our favor of $62,000,000, In the traMc of the foilowing three years— namely, from 1st of July, 1863, to the 50th of June, 18¢6, there is a great discrepancy between our public accounts and those of the provinces, Our returns show that we imported irom them in these three years articies to the value of pte] while their returns show 01 $51,000,000 ex porte to ns, or @ discrepancy of 17,000,000, The dlans allege that this discrepancy in value m have mainly arisen from the war prices and 1 ed currency then existing in this co ally as there were no duties to be paid on ¢ articles and every temptation on the part of the importers to state their valuations in cur- rency prices. If the United States returns were correct the provinces during these turee years had a large balance of trade in their tavor, and, if the provincial returns were correct, the balance was in our favor, Our revurns 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 m our favor of over $20,000,000, ‘The Can- adian accounts show @ gross traffic of $623,000,000, and a balance in our favor of $96,000,000, The Canadians ‘think that this tramec could stand very well on its own merits, and that any country tn the world would give a large consideration to have the Snare in such a trade tuat we enjoyed, but they Point to the vast carrying traMc from Canada to our ocean ports, 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 als on the rs ment of tolls that barely paid cost, wages an¢ pairs, ana to the iree navigation of th La rence River without consideration, as giving an overwielming preponderance of advantages im ta- 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 United States think it their interest to merge the fishery question und all other troablesome ques-. tions in a comprehensive treaty, they wiil cor- dially agree to any eqnitable settlement calcu. lated to place the commercial relations of the two countries on a friendly and uniettered and 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 needa absolute rest from all labor and excitement, which he will obtain at the asy- lum. His friends 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 :—Steptien H. Brown, to be Post- master at Woonsocket, R. t.; David J, Williamson, of California, tobe Consul at Valparaiso; Philip Clayton, of Georgia, to be Consul at Callao; Joseph C, Abbott, to be Collector’ ai Castoms at Wilming- ton, N, U.; James B. Bedford, to be Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court for Volorado Territory; A. McClurg and Ernest Norflect, to be Assistant Surgeons in the Navy; Assistant Engineer 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. Important Discussions—The New Finance Measure—Pasuage of the Geneva Award Bitl—Action Asked im Reference to Ar- kansas. WASHINGTON, May 12, 1874. THE BANKING AND CURRENCY BILL. Mr. Scorr, (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 48 a part of its reserve one-fourth part of the coin received by it as interest om the bonds of the United States deposited as security tor circulat- ing notes or government deposits,’ and to insert in jieu thereot 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 a8 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 thereirom 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 holuer thereof, and the remaining two per cent shall be retained by the Secretary of the Treasury, and the whole amount of goid thus received shall be applied by him exclusively to the payment of pee per cent five-twenty bonds of the United States.’ Ordered that the amendment Ile 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- terest to carry owt the spirit of that tribunal and caretuly guard against any vague notions of national losses or national indemnity. If such @ precedent should be establisied as the bill pro- posed it might be troublesome to us if we should ever a8 & eutral Power become involyed in # similar diMcuity. Mr. CONKLING, (tep.) of N. ¥., 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 involved in it. The distribution of the Geneva award concerned the dignity, the reputa- the discretion of the American nation. The affair had become memorable throughout the world, He did not consider the pending bill as wise as it Might have been made. It was not nec- essary to create @ special court in this matter to invent laws of its own, but it would be far better to go through the regular judicial process with the rignt of saree ‘To consider the details of the bill he thought that the same rule that ap- piled to insurance companies should be applied to all others, If, as claimed, the money belonged to the Treasury, no one bad apy claim upon it—un- 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 goy- ernment presented the claims of these insurance companies at Geneva when it presented and vonched for its case, Could this fifteen and a half millions of money have ever been recovered without these claims’ Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N.J., said as he had voted Jor the bill in committee he esteemed it proper to state his reasons uow for so doing, He regaraed this claim as @ material one. The lia- bility was to this government on account of the English government having violated the neutrality laws. Alter cacti from various legal decisions In support of his argament, he said in the distri- button of this reliel fund the money should go to indemnify those who lost by the war. ‘Mr. STOCRTON, (d¢m.) Of N, J, Zave notice that ing of this great interest in a general | ane | ure, | | take the piace of the bond tor the wu he would offer an amendment to tne twelfth rec- tion rt the allowance of ciaims where the party injarec had received indemnity irom any in- surance company, s0 as to provide that no claim shaadi be allowed m behaif of any claimant uniess such claimant shall show to the satisiaction of the Court that during the late rebellion the sum of his losses exceeded the sam of nis gains, ME. BOUTWELLS VIEWS. Mr. Bovrweit, (rep.) Of Masa, seid insurance Wass diatinet business a8 Weill as commerce; and Wf Congress compelled the tpsurance company to exbioit 4 balance sheet, upon the same principie it should compel the merciaut to exhitit his, and see li bis profits were augmented or diminished, The Was then taken on the amendment of Mr. Thurman to strike out the clause excluding the clams of Mmeurance companies, and it was agreed to—yeas Ji, nays 27—as tollows:— Messrs. Aloorn, Allison, Bayard, Bogy, Boutwell, ver, Cooper, in, Davi . Gordon, mm’ Morrill om, Kebertson, Saulsbury. schurz, Sherman, kton, Thurman. Tipton, aud Washburn. Thotiaag® yuthouy boreman, Carpenter, Ci Miehigan, Frelinghuysen, ton of Ti MeCreery, Mitehell, Prati, Ramey. Margemt, Seat, prague, Stewart. Wad- Jewb, West, Windom, and Wright. Pay THE MS IN GOLD. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) Of Vio, offered an amend- Ment that a! claims provable or to be allowed weder the act snail 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 this amendment should be debated, and that ade yesterday shouid be laid aside Se that these vessels weas anu all the lore! rte of the world where gold was the standard, Toe claimants might Mle their claim at a Cyt Vaiue and chey might then amount to OF $20,000,000. rman’s amendment was agreed to--yeas 31, nays 21. Mr. SHERMAN offered an amendment authorizing re destroyed upon the high the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the judgments | of the Court created by the till in coin and, for | | the purpose of raising such corn, directing him to issue and sell bouds of a similar character to the jue of any bonds, the Treasury. tt tion of the public been used In the cancel debt, aud the committee had supposed the judg- ments could be pald in cnrrency out of the current revenues of tue government. Mr. SHERMAN said one bond had neen issued for the whole amount when the award was received, and the issue of smatier bonds now as he proposed would hot therease the public debt any, but would amount ‘The amendment was agreed to, said the first ten sections of the jon of & special machinery \or its oVved to strike out a thereof the already tesued, . CONKLING provided necessal Maoagement. He, thereior c\l0n4 aad meert int riot the United States be selected by the President withm sixty days aster the passage of ihe act. Mr. Koons no) the amendment would not be adopted and sai. its eTeet would be to turn the whole thing Into a grand “hoven poten.” ‘The amendinent Was rejecved—yeus 23, nays 34— Routwell, Conkling: Goldthwaite, Wagers on, Jones, Loran Sargent, Seott, Nays Anthony, Bayard, Boreman, Buckingham, Carpenter, Chandier, Ciny 4 Cragin, Davis, ndmunds Ferry of Mic Gordon, q MeCreery, Mitehe! ie Ogiesby, Pratt, Ratsey, Kobermon, Saulsbury, Sher Swewart, Wadeigh, Wasubura, West and Wright —4 ARGENT, (rep.) of Cal, moved to strike out In the first section of the bul in the clause authorizing the appoinument of five # ole per- sous to constitute Lhe court, And imsert Rejected—yeas 22, nays 28. Mr. Strwanr, (rep.) of Nev,, offered an amend. that all expenses imeurred in negotiating the award. an and distribution betore any pri 21, nays 20, Mr, MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., submitted an amend- Inent to section cieven, so as lo provide that the court shail exemine all ciaimes, melding war premiums. Rejected, The bili Was taen reported to the Senate, and the amendments made in Committee were agreed to, with the exception of that of Mr, Thurman to strike out the clause excluding tae claims of insurance companies irom being consid- ered, Which was rejecteec—Yeas 21, nay: Mr. THURMAN moved that tue Senate adjourn, Rejected—yeas 9, nays 40. THE ARKANSAS REDRLLION, Mr. CLayiox, by unanimous consent, offered the following resolation :— Sprague al in the care the same, snall be reimbursed te claim is paid, Agreed to—Yeas Whereas there is a condition of ot pirs in the State of mandant could carry out his ate Arkansas that inay invoke iederal Whereas, Joseph Brooks and Plisha suming to exercise the office of G euch having called on the rresident of the U for aid to suppress domestic violence, aud the Legislature of that hav Det rierencs and as: ter are ©: ed an forces; and whe in se 1) counties: a has been suspended im Little kook, tal of the State, and t iights of ps property are jeopardized, and whereas, in Of the foregoing, It is the'du United stains to be ti formed ot t affairs in sald su ait A180, as LO Wi Staie has a govermthent republican in be i Kesolved, That a committee of three members of this body be appotn of the State son a ideration T OF not the orm; therefore, the disturbance in ‘he affairs therein, and also to inqaire as towho is the lawful Governor ot the said Simte, by reason of having been elected to said office by the legal vo.ers thereot, and that said committee be authorized to send for persons aud papers. ‘ Laid over and ordered to be printed. Mr. CLAYTON aiso submitted @ resolution re- questing the President of the United States to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatibie with the public imterest, ail papers and corre- spondence relating to the troubles in the State of Arkansas that may be iu his possession, Laid over and ordered to be printed, THE GENRVA AWARDS DISCUSSION RESUMED. Mr. THURMAN mo’ to lay the bill on the table, which was lost by a vote of 13 yeas to 36 nays. ; A number of amendments were offered and re- jected. ‘the bill was then passed. Yeas, 26; nays, 17, as Sollows :— Mesure, Anthony, Chandler, Conover, Kamunds, Frelinghuysen, Glibert, Hager, Hervey Hitchcock, Kel- ichell, Morrilt ine, Ogiesby, Pease, naey, Robertson, sargent, Scott. Sprague, adieigh, West, Windom and Wright— rs. Bayard, Bogy, Buckingham, Corkling Navs.—-se: Cooper, Davis, Dennis, Fenton, Gordon, Hamlin, Howe, Ingalls, Merrinon, Ransom, sehurz, Stockton and Thar: man—I Messrs, Ferry of Michigan, Hamilton of Texas enter, who would Lave voted for the bill, were paired with Messra, Washburn, Boutwell and Saulsbury, Who would have voted against it. The Senate then, at a quarter pas: seven P. M., adjourned, s THE MURDER OF M’OOOK. Trial of the Alleged Murderer—Efforts to Empanel a Jury—The Prosecution ty Defence. Yankron, 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 throe | motions the work of empaneliing a jury began, Up to the time of adjournment this evening. thire | ve 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 defence insisted peremptorily that charges must first come from the prosecution in- stead of the deience, and ajter an extended argu- ment the Court adjourned tili morning with the question still pending, ‘The proceedings to-day indicate that there wiil be Rice dificulty in obtaining a jury. Chief Justice Shannon presides. The prosecu- 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 1s felt in the trial, and the court room was crowded during the day, several ladies being present. BAR ASSOOLATION, ‘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 street, 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 $18,579 60. ‘The following were cicc members of the association:—Thomas A. tart- well, Edward H. Schell, Charles A, Hamilton and Manning C. Wells. Mr. Henry Nicoll offered the following resolution, which was adopted :— Resolved, That the standing committee on the amend- ments to the law be and they are hereby directed to re Port to this association, at its next stated meeting, what action shall be taken by thi association in relation to the amendments to the constitution of this Stat 7. tbe voted upon by the people at the next general lection. Mr. Nicoll, on behalf of a number of the mem- bers of the association, presented to the associa tion an elegant medallion likeness of the Prest- dent, Mr. William the parlor. 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 t6 Bhdergo ete change. Dr. , THE pris , Ce sates Bale ea recep resi of late been fully set forth in the Hera: his position yesterday, as did also Mr. George T. Kaye, the chaplain, who, it 18 said, exceeded his Sacerdotal functions by endeavoring to sow the cl ww A ot disaffection among the jail birds, It is un- a other vacancies among the higher officials are hourly expected, " . ur commercial relations were with | cu erring jurisdiction | “taree’’ in | vy the United | of the Whole | | oVernor of that state, | 1 4 to forthwith proceed to the state of fire upom Mr. M: Arkaisas Wil power (o fMlly investigate tte the cause of whieh | Evarts, which was bung in | YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. INSULT 10 THE BRITISH LION, See aaa 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 a3 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, Moncrieffe, agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and Mr. Jolin Magee, Her Britannic Majesty’s Vice Consul, had peen 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 respecting 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, | then sent to bring him, ‘dead or alive.» | pues on @ car—being unable to walk—and | brought to the Muella. On arriving there the | Commandant attempted to shoot him, but was | prevented by the fatercession of friends. He, how- | ever, struck him in 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 conflnement and prepara- tion to be made fur administering “400 paios,”’ or Jasues, | Mr. Magee, as Her Britannic Majesty’s Vice Con- | snl, invoked the protection of his Nug, but without | eect, Mr. James, the Consular Ageat of the United States, tuen prepared a@ protest in the name the consular seal, ding, and at four | protesting avainst the proc | o'clock, just as Mr. Magee Was about to receive | | the lasves, he formaily 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 cight A. M. the iollowing 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 mortal could bear, and would certainly kill Mr. | Magee. His reply, coupled with a vile epithe low jet him ie then,” and ordered the soldier | to commence, “Mr. Magee was then partially | stripped and laid on the foor—three men beng | seated on iis head and shoulders and four upon | hes feet, wine $Wo heid each arm, and the tog- | ‘ ging commenced, It was continued by four soldiers relieving each other at every fifty lashes— the Commandant keeping the i By | the time thas 200 were administered Mr. Magee be- came insensiblg. The order was then given to | place huw on a Sed in an adjoining room and “let im revive, so Boat the other 200 might be admin- | istered m ft mormng before shooting him.” | During the ni he was Visited repeate by the , Commandant, Who placed the cold m le of his | Fevolver ready fo discharge at his tempies during each visit, acgompanyiug the act with such re- marks as “DOP you think you have lived long enongh?? ‘Weauidn’t you thank me to put you our | of your misergy | have ruined myseli, and Vi | put you under, ne Sands beiore Lam.” LUCKY ESCAPE, | During the night, aided by tus soldiers, he broke | into the business nouse of Mr. Magee and removed | ail the moneys from the ‘safe and other valuabies, | A Visit was 1 ney of the Pacific h the intention of . Moucriefe; but that gentleman, | being forewarned, es d with his valuables to | the wooas, Mr. Moucriefe, after effecting his escape, ied towards the capital with the | hope of intercepting and hastening relief. A pri- | Vate courier Was de-patched early in the day. Av | near morning he met General Solano, with about | 100 men, #iX miles from san José. All eyed | haste was made to reach the port before the Com- lesigns. 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 bai- copy saw approacainy iorce of General Solano, Company wi wunded himself with large armed | aud noted tae Commandant, Mr, Magee, sce ry jarge as i , } Kee, ing & gleam of hops, escape begged (he Commandant to desist on board tie Arizona, promising business | gad to ine, abl | hum Jetters of introduction that would’ insure his saiety in Salvedor, ihe United States Consular of the governwentofthe | Agent, Mr, James, echoed Mr. Magee’s advice, e trae situation of | promising to place him on board. The proj sition Was eee vo the letter written by r. Magee and handed to the Commandant, who, as | soon as he received it, ordered his soldiers to jageos bat his soidiers, knowing downfall to certain, retused’ to obey the order, He then made ail haste to reach the Arizona, and as he left the Mucila ina small boat, accom 1 by the United States Con- suiar agent, General Solano entered the town, | On arriving alongside of the Arizona Mr. James came on board. He was followed by the Com- mandant, who oniy reached about the middle of the goer, ladder, When he Was shot oy some unseen an ad | ducing @ morta! wound. He, however, managed | to reach his boat aud escape towards the shore, | Two other shots were fred by parties unknown, | one of which took effect in bis 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 tully recover from bis physical injuries; | Dut his nervous system has received a shock that Wili require many years to efface, COL OMBIA. The Republic at Peace=—The Gettysburg at Aspinwall—Commercial Arrange- with Creditors. PANAMA, May 3, 1874, Although rumors of coming revolutions are sel- | bian Union, the country in general is actually at peace. The new President of the Union at Bogota, Sefor Perez, took possession of his post without | any trouble, and Congress continues to labor for | the better organization of the republic, The bill | on public order has met with a good deal of oppo- sition from several quarters, any attempt to | authorize the Execative to interiere in State sedi- tions being considered unconstitutional, CAPTAIN SELFRIDGES MOVEMENTS, | The United States steamer Gettysvur Canal Commission on board, returned to Aspin- | wail from the Atrato River on the 26th tnst., and | sailed again on the 24th for Havana, Captain | eelfruige does not retarn home in the Gettysburg | with the Commission, but goes by the Acapulco to- day. ARRANGEMENT WITH CREDITORS. Messrs, Field, Penso & Co., tue Aspinwall bank- ors, have made an arrangement with their credi- tors. The matter was settied 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 Ficid, | Penso & Co,, who are one and the same firm, TACTICS EXTRAORDINARY. ‘What the Committee of the Board of Aldermen to Investigate Police Commissioners Heard Yesterday—A Valuable Printed Report Missing— Tweed's Old Game. The special 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 & sufficient evidence | of the necessity ior @ thorough investiga- | tion and of the aiMenities which will be thrown in the way of max it searching. ‘This committee consists of Alderman Ottendorier, chairman, and Aldermen Gilon and Cooper. These | gentlemen couated a great deal on the testimony which was taken by the Legisiative committee which was sent from Albany, and whose sessions were held at the Fifth Avenue Motel. This testl- Albany irom 4 sworn steuogrepher’s notes. The committec—which wae ene anni t —' wae Committee on Cities of the Asse + bed ry 4 report to the Hogeg, rt whieh 5, as stricken jouse on the by the Hi A.J ‘ard to the Police an order ‘was yrasced that reporis of the evidence ict Gotinwe pattet ike praiaest aN a Hotel should be | prin pre 4 evidenee taken vevore im 4 eatnmtitecs 8 the Rouse 5 o ry » Touting, kei pad An armed guard was | He was | the matter, as 400 stripes was more tuan any | |, the ball taking efiect in the abdomen, pro- | | dom wanting in some State or other of the Colom. | , with the | mony Was taken by Attorney General Barlow, who | was counsel jor the committee, and was takem to | uence to the report of the committee to Houses. ‘The committee appointed by the Board of Aldermen sent through their clerk, General Pinck- hey, a communication to Mr. Diedrich Willers, the Secretary of State, | ASKING FOR THE PRINTED REPORT | of the evidence taken besore the Jegilative Invest. gating committee, which should have been lodged | tn hig office. An answer was received from Ar. Withers yesterday, which was shown to @ HERALD | reporter yesterday afternoon by Alderman Gijon at sno former’s request, The answer was as Jol- lows: To Tw CLERK OF THe Boann oF ALDrnwEN oF THe CIT or New Yor« :— Sin—I have received your communication requesting « r form of the evidence taken betore the Assembly | T'nae to inform you'no. seb printed evidence isin 10 slic! evid | this office. f have the honor, ‘ ™ DIEVRICH WILLERS, Secretary of State. REPORTER—Do you think the evidence was ever printed, Alderman ? Alderman G1LoN—I do not think it was, and I be- | Heve that it is the intention that it never should be. RePrORTER—Was it ever ordered to be printed im the Assembly ? Alderman GILON—I have asked several members of the Legisla‘ure about the matter, and they ali agree in saying that it was Ordered to be printed. | REPORTER—How do you purpose to get your evi- | dence against the Police Cominissioners now ¢ | Alderman GiroN—We must take it from the newspapers, as tar as they published it, if w I~ | 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 is sufficient 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 ib asking the Mayor to re- move the Police Commissioners, | ‘The Aldermanic committee cannot now meet until they have consuited with General Bariow as to how they can get the evidence together, BATTLE FOR PATRONAGE. | | 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 buiiding. } These gentlemen were nominated to their present | positions nearly a year ago by Mayor Mavemeyer, | | 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, | Jatd the nominations on tne table. where they | remained until within the lust few days, when {| Mayor Havemeyer appointed them in virtue of the | special! act rushed through in the last days of tne | Legislature which has just adjourned, giving him power to fill all vacant places in the local commis: sions independently of tue Aldermen, in virtue | | of the 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 alter | 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 new Commissioners were acting entirely under | the directions of Comptroller 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 comwittee 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 smart 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 forma! possession ol the | ; only rooms now occupied by the Supervisors in the | | County Court House since the room ol the “old | | Board” of Supervisors, of infamous memory, on | | the first floor, was given up to the General ‘term | of the Supreme Court. | IT 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 admit no | one who applied for admission on the part of the | County Court House Commissioners. After the | | meeting of the latcer had adjourned they pro- | ceeded up stairs in a body to carry out their pro- gramme. To their astonishment tiey found them- selves locked out, and were informed that if i 4 wisned for admission they must communicate wit! mittee on County Oflcers of the Board ot ‘Super- en put under their care by our venerable Mayor was too affectitig a spectacie for some of tite, 80! | hearted among the aldermen, and a messenger was sent to the chairman of the county oftices at huis private office in Broad street. OUT IN THE COLD. Mr. Van Schaick sent up a note to the Commis- sioners, informing them that they could have a room temporarily at the top of the building until their authority im the County Court House was | | finaily decided. The Commissioners went sorrow- | fully up stairs to “take possession,” evidently ; under the impression that when heads of depart- ments are by the ears in a fight for patronage the — way of the lesser politicians is correspondingly ard, Alter the settlement of this matter it was re- soived to call a special mecting of the Board of | Aldermen for ihursday aiternoon next to consider | the question o1 the right of the County Court | House Commissioners, A prominent member of | the Board informed a HERALD reporter yester- day aiternoon that the Aldermen will decide at their special meeting to apply to the courts for | an injunction restraiuing the mewly appointed | oficiais irom interiering with them in their man- | agement oi the County Court House pending a final, decision on the constitutionaiity of the Con- | 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 repealing clause, | which usually accompany statutes reiating to | municipal matters. Under chapter 438, section 28, | ttle us 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 sut- | ficient for the transaction of thelr business. It the saper- | visors neglect the Court may order the Sheriff to do so, and the expense Incurred by him in carrying the order into effect, when certified by the Court, shall be a county charge. On the other hand, the County Court House Com- missioners are appointed under the Tweed Charter of 1870, under the lollowing section, chapter 382:— To provide tor the final completion of the purt House in New York the Mayor of said hereby authorized and empowered to appoint inmissioners, and Mpon the ap tment of said Commissioners all powers of (he Board ot Supervisors of the county of New York over the erection of said Court | House shail cease, The said Commissioners shall have | power to expend, and shall complete. said Court | louse for, & sum not exceeding $60.00), which amornt | | 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 stock to be in the | | Usnal” form and payable within twenty-five sears | from the passage of this act, and bear in- terest at A rate not exceeding seven | per annum. The said stock shall be design: | “New York County Court House Stock, id the | {seutng of the same shall coniorm, so far as applicable, | | to the provisions of this act, to chapter 177, Laws of 18 | | relative to said Court House, The money so raised shall paid by the Comptroller, on vouchers approved. by | the Commlssioners herein authorized, and to be filed i his office. The Board of Supervisors ot the county of | New York are hereby authorized and directed to order | and cause to be raised, by tax, upon the estates by law gubject to taxation within the city and county of New | | York an amount sufficient in each year to pay the inter- | est on the stock herein authorized 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 maturity. | 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 a labor of love for some time, consid. | ering the conaition in which their predecessors— Messra, Norton, Welch, Coman and Ingersoll—left | the treasury. Ifthe Supervisors had lost their | rights through the passage ot the Consolidation fact the patronage avtached 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, Delafleld Smith and Jonn H. Strahan, who have been requested by the Hoard of Aldermen to tnform them what rights they now possess, if any, in virtue of their ola of fice a# Supervisors under the Consolidation act, | | gna whether they are entitled to any smary, | will report to the Board at their meeting on Mon- day next, when this fight, which is “a pretty quar- rei a8 it stands,” will probably be Onally settled, | ——— THE TAMMANY SACHEMS. ‘The newly elected Tammany Sachems were duly and solemnly installed into office last evening vy the Cotambian Order in the Wigwam. The impos- ing but somewhat ridiculous features of the in- stallation were gone thronga with from beginning toend. A HRRALD reporter obtained but a very momentary view of the august procee just as the, Grand Sachem, ont Kelly moot M mnge throne, * 8 an reath Was said of Major ‘Goneral “ymqéld Scola ee tatene nner. All tne ‘other hol ft similar at any feathers. The fed ag the | show that the relief | we | of minority representation, ev | were reported by the Railway | manb | may not be transte | tore during the past legi per cent |) | could not relieve the accumulating 8 THE TRANSPORTATION. BATTLE. Meeting of the Cheap Transportation Amocia, tion—The Widening of the Erie Canaj— Canals vs Railways—Rapid Transit ‘The directors of the Cheap Transportation Asag. ciation met yesterday afternoon at No. 110 Pear! street, Mr. Benjamin P. Baker tn the chair. Mr. F, B. Tbyrber acted as Secretary. Mr. 8. B. Ruggies, of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the Directors, thanking them for their aid in defeating the “Hatch amendments” in the Legisiature. The abeard proposition of pre- venting the enlargement of the most !mportant. canal of t tate alarmed the Chamber so that tu; sent up siX of Ite most prominent members to Al- bany to protest against the proposed action. With the aid the association had rendered this perni- cious measure hal 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’ remarka were applauded, and the President acknowledged the Matiering sentiments which they contained. The assoctation, he said, hoped sincerely that the Chamber would co-oper= of the city and State. A resolution was passed appointing a committee of three to conter with other leading commercial bodies of the city with a view to the attainment of cheap transportation. Along list of new members was read and ap* proved, Mr. John H. Kemp, of the Committee on Claime and Grievances, submitted a report showiog th nuinher of grievances against railway companies had been brought before them, He recommended: that the funds of the association be mereased so that the committee might be enabled to employ regular counse!. ‘The complaints of merchants om the score of excessive transportation chargea were very frequent, audit would require oner and means to effect the desired retoriu. The report Was accepted, Mr. read & lengthy report of the Com- mittee on Raliway Transportation, mtended w proposed in the report of the nate Committee on fransporta- United States i tion wou'd not be adequate, They did not clam 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 treight and passenger traMe would mark a new era in that kine of transportagion. | ate with them also in the future ior the advantage “We claim,” says the report, “that a vast majority ” of the arucies waich the nation consumes wilt always be carried by rail, and that the ume has come when the great mass of the people of th United States and all her material interests shou" not be jurther taxed to perpetuate the delects and abuses of our present ratiway system. managers 01 railways Wul loudly dissent trom this view of the question, and their views will be sup- ported by many honored and respected merchant whose railway interests overbalance their come mercial interests; but we think that the ine terest of existing railways will be pro- moted by the tucreased growth and prod perity of our commerce, which will surely | Tesult from the elimination of the defects of our eae railway system; and, even allowing that it would have an opposite effect, it becomes @ question whether our entire producing, commer- cial and reai estate interests shall be made sub- 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 tha ethod, The conciusions arrived at by the > committee ave not surprising, but for the reasous given iM this paper ib is our judgment, as merchants whose business depends largely upon transportation facilities, that ed system which wili remedy the evils ander whic! the people now suffer must embrace one or more, exclosive freigit ratiroads, with proper safeguards against consolidation with existing lines. While not wholly endorse the plan of the House Committee on Railways and Canals for building a freight railway between the West and the seabord, as set forth in their recent re-~ port, we are convinced that such a road, properly constructed and guarded agaiust 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, wi | would have a practical and permanent so.ution the probiem ot cheap transportation, The report was adopted, The Legisiative Committee reported on the de+ 1 two bills w th ) Alderman Van Schaick, the Chairman of the Com. | (8% Of fhe two hills which they prepared, one to create a Board of Raltway Conimissioners for tha | State and the other to insure complete represent vigors.” A body of Commissioners standing non- | ton of Palit 4 7 ic “on lussed in the corridors of the building which had | of the stockholding interest of railway cor- porations in the Boards ot Direction by a scheme Neither of the biil# Committee of tle | Legislature. The following portion of the report is of particular interest: During a portion of the time, while the Legislatare was sitting, your Cominittee availed itselt af the oppor- tunity afforded by the pr of its chairman, Ke Al any, to aseat in furthering, as correct in principle and, unobjectionable irom every’ point of view, the raising of the commission t» be appointed by the Gévernor tor thi consideration and solution of the Pee of rapid trau- in the eity of New York. Buteven here, notwith- standing your Cominittes’s endeavor spirited ‘¢tturty of ier, Blumenthal and Prince and others ih the Assemblye Hhrongh whore zeal the Wight substitute tor the Kast pill, creating such & commission passed the Hou ata late stage in the session, the Railroad Comnilttee of the Senate, by 1 the ani ublie Messra. bastan, Wight, t ising Upon #mendinents of minor importance’ delayed its passage in that chamber and thus prevented its becoming a law. Amt yet inexpedi- eut as it was supposed to be to give to those rapid transit commissioners tall” power to _consiler the ques tior_and make contracts which were mtended on the one hand to protect the State and city of New York, and @n the other the corporations with which they propose to, deal, it was deemed expeaiont by the Legislature, without restraint, without safeguard for the public in terest, to grant a charter to Mr. Gardiner and others, giving them control o( the whole river tront of the city, of New York for a quick transit railway, which may of red to one of the inain trunk lines to e the city of New York, its commerce and its wealth, still more than at the Present, at the mercy and at the feet ot @ gigantic mo- nopoly.” None can deny that rapid transit tor passengers and freight is a great necessity for the people and the commerce of New York; and yet, perhaps, it wauld have been far better that we should, for a year or more, con- tinue to suffer th methods of con with the facilities Is of our barbarous and inadequate ing persons and ey as compared forded in other large cities, rather than that one corporation should, without prover safeguards to protect, the public’ interest, obtai control for ever—taking futare probabilities nw | Consideration--of the tnost important water front in the may pay tow is very ques- tionable, indeed, whether fn passing the Gardiner bill the Stato or New York has not paid very tar ‘oo muck of the properties and interests of the city o: New York for the facilities of rapia transportation for ils anhabic tants. Your loyislatr committee respectfully submit that they had but litle, if any, hope of exercising ang very strong and humediaie indnence upon the Legisia~ tive session. They were cou- firmed in their views that the railway power ip the State of New York had already become sumeciontly great that without an active, persistent and enereode war- fare, a creulion of publié opinion and making of direes political issues upon the question, no progress can be entrenched position of our rail: world. Communities, like individuais, much for advantages and pleasures, and hoped. for nist ways in the Legislatuay Alter transacting some mithor business the mee} ing adjourned. GANADA 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 iis resolntion in favor of improved water communicu» ton, with special reference to the Georgian Bag Canal. The motion brought up the whole question of inland water communication, and be entere® into an elaborate statistical statement of the grain producing capacity of the American continent an@ its effect upon the markets of the world. He ex« amined the question of tretght and the cost of water carriage by existing routes. The tendency of trade was io 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 ot the St, Law= rence from the West and Northwest, There would be alarge saving too by using ships of greater’ capacity than those now passing throagh existin canals. At present there were millions of dollars worth of grain wasted annually owing merely ta | the want of the means of transportation to market, while the people of the cities of Rurope were pas ing exorbitantly tor the necessaries of life, je believed the Suez Ganal was an unimportant work compared with the Huron and Ontario canals, 1 completed by constructing the latter we should COMMAND THE EXPORT TRADE of the continent. The present camels He Pernahe work Was a national one and deserving of fu attention and consideration. AN engineer of t highest standing in England had pro favorably upon tle scheme, and the atd asked for the work was bat i trifle compared with the bene. 3 fits that would a e irom: ry large number of aie spoke for and U . Mr. McKenzie, the ner, aa tue ‘could not commit iteeli to the Mycol, nor was hath w Kes steps I favor of the schem re wn ne es ‘a in the Northwest under the I soqirol of the government, and he did not thine in appro. that the government would be jus! priating apy of those lands for such & UrpOHe The to view. ‘The ceremontes lasted | some What an hour and passed of to the satie- | faction of evervoody, coumry Was ent at it in vi ~ 9, iS notecedl Same ne motion wae accordingly Of course