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7 ; 4 f ell ~ BISMARCK A} German Opinion of the American Press Enterpriss. COMMENTS ON VON ARNIM’S CASE ——-——_. ‘The American Organ of the Ultramontanes. Conspiracy and Slander Against the Kaiser’s Empire. {FROM THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION. ] Beni, Dee. 30, 1874, ‘The North German Gazette editorially praises ithe enterprise of the New Yoax Henarp in obtaiping and publishing its comprehensive veeports of the Kullman trial and ‘in other matters, but attacks it strongly as being the organ of the ultramontanists in America, THE HERALD DESCRIBED AS AN ULTRAMONTANE ORGAN. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Lonpox, Dec. 30, 1874. The Times this morning publishes a long ‘despatch from Berlin, the greater part of which is directed against the Herap's course in the Von Arnim affair. Quoting from the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of Augsburg, the - gorrespondent says the Hxraup is the Ameri- can organ of Ultramontanisin, which it spe- »eiglly favors, and that it has ‘entered into a conspiracy with the late German Ambassador, Count Von Arnim, to slander the German Empire. : BRITISH REGRETS AND CONSOLATION. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting edito- rialy upon the matter, says it deeply regrets that the late founder of the Heraxp did not live to see the new dignity which has been conferred upon his journal. Zt hopes the Chancellor will condescend to sexccept the consolation the Pall Mall Gazette thus tenders, and that after reflection he will sabmit. IRONY FOR THE MAN OF IRON, Tf all the newspapers took the right side, on their own statements it is proved that the German press bureau has revealed an im- menge amount of waste labor. But, fortu- mately, there are some journals which differ materially in respect to Bismarck’s efforts to allure them toward his kindly German heart. )SOUNT YON ARNIM AND THE PROSECUTOR AP- PEAL FROM THE SENTENCE OF THE COURT. Benny, Dec. 80, 1874, Count Von Arnim appealed yesterday to the Kammergericht from the sentence in his case. (THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR'S APPEAL. ‘The Public Prosecutor appealed before the ‘Count, SPAIN. «& MILITARY PRONOUNCEMENT IN FAVOR OF ISABELLA’S SON—REPUBLICAN ACTION AGAINST ‘THE CLAIMANT. Mapzr, Dec. 30, 1874. General Martinez Campos has pronounced in favor of Prince Alfonso, son of ex-Queen Isabella, and, with two battalions of soldiers, via at Murvidro, in the province of Valencia. Aportion of the republican army of the ~eentre has been withdrawn from the pursuit of the Carlists to march against him. ANTWERP. ‘THB PORT FEOZEN AND NAVIGATION SUSPENDED. _ [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CARLE.] Antwerp, Dec. 30, 1874. The port of Antwerp is frozen, and naviga- ‘Gion suspended in consequence of the ice. VENEZUELA. PANAMA, Dec, 20, 1874, The revolution in Venezuela ts in iuil operation. ‘On the 16th of November last the national forces left Caracas, under Generals Queredo and Pacheco. ‘General Farrer hid 500 men under arms. ‘There is great military activity at Caracas, mak- ‘ang uniforms and sandais‘or soluiers. ‘ne government has six steamers and some five ‘OF s1x armed schooners. THE STATE CAPITAL. ABRIVAL OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ELECT— EXTENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS YOR THE INAUGU- BAL CEREMONIES. Aupayy, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1874. Lieutenant Governor-eiect Dorshetmer arrived ‘at Congress Hall to-day from Buifalo. : At twelve -o'clock to-night he was serenaded by a number of diberal republicans of this city. He made ® short speech in response to the com- pliment, thanking those assembled. He pro- prophesied a vigorous and successful policy on the part of the democratic party, and re- marked that action was now required, not words, He also set forth the facts in relation to the all- ance between iiperal republicans and democrats, and asserted that nothing Whatever could prevent them acting in common in the tuture, He was loudly applauded at the conclusion of bis speecn, Governor Tilden ts expected here about five o'clock to-morrow, and exteusive arrangements are being made Jor the inaugural ceremoutes, THE BLACK HILLS INVADERS. SPOTTED TAIL'’s BAND MEET A COMPANY OF MINERS WESTWARD BOUND. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 1874 Agent Howard, of the Whetstone (Dakota) Agency, reports to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that some of Spotted Taii's band, on the Sth inst,, met @ party of twenty-one miners, with Qn outfit of ten horses, thirty-six oxen and sx ‘Wagons, on Rik Creek, at the east base of the Black Hills, They were irom the bast and bount ‘West to engage in mining Operations on the reser- ‘vation, Tne meeting Was iriendly and resulted in Soinet pupply Ol rations 10 tue sol.owers of JHE HOUSE COMMITTEE oN ALA- BAMA. “Mowtaomen, Dec. 30, 1874, Messrs, Coburn and Buckner, the Congres- ‘sional Investigating Committee, teuched here to- jay. The remainder of the comniutiee are still at ai Opelika, but will reach here to-worraw and re- ‘Wain several days. \ New NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1874.—-W D THE HERALD, ) MACMADON'S = ULTRAMONTANISM, The Republican Governmental Recep- tion at New Year. WHAT WILL BE SEEN AT THE ELYSEE The Archbishop of Paris to Take the Post of Honor. Citizen Comment—The Assembly Slighted. (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE.] Pants, Dec. 30, 1874. The published programme of the order which is to be observed on the occasion of President MacMahon’s New Year's reception at the Palace of the Elysée is much com- mented upon, because it is the first time since | the war with Germany of such an innovation, THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS IN THE POST OF HONOR. The Journal Qffciel announces that the President will be attended by the marshals and generals on duty, and also by Mgr. Guibert, Archbishop of Paris, who will stand beside the President. A NATIONAL SENSATION—THE ASSEMBLY SLIGHTED. This is the first time since the reign of Charles X. that a prelate of Paris has been so placed, and the fact of the leader of tho French ultramontanes holding the post of honor causes a great sensation. Marshal, MacMahon thus inflicts indirectly a slight on the prerogative of the National Assembly, although he possibly never intended to do so. THE FRENCH PRESIDENTS RELATIONS TO THE ASSEMBLY—A WARNING TO THE LEGISLATURE. Panis, Dec. 30, 1874, President of the Assembly Buffet, MM. Dufaure, Depeyre Leon Say, De Kerdril, Chesmelong and the Dukes de Broglie and d’Audiffret Pasquier, leaders of the various groups in the Assembly, met to-day at the Elysée, at the suggestion of President MacMahon, to endeavor to arrive at an understanding concerning the constitutional laws, The Ministry was represented by the Duke De- cazes, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Chabaud Latour, Minister of the Interior. HOPE OF CONCILIATION. Asettlement of the diserences upon these bills is hoped for, 4 SOLEMN WARNING, A significant note is published tn Le Francais warning the Assembly to fulfil ita engagements. PROFESSOR PROCTOR'S DEFENCE. —_—_——_—. AN UNJUST AND IMPARTIAL REVIEWER REPLIED : TO—AN APOLOGY THAT IS NOT AN APOLOGY. No. 2 NortH RoapD, CLarHaM crea LonvoN, Dec. 12, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I received so much kindness from American journalists during my stay in the United States that I am sure you will help todo me justice against an anonymous attack by publishing the enclosed letter in the columns of the New York HERALD. With warm recollections of my pleasant time in your country 1 am, sir, yours sincerely, RICHARD A, PROUTOR, THE PROFESSOR ON DISHONEST CRITICISM. J desire to bring before the bar of public opinion in America an offence recently committed against the morality of literature. A reviewer in the Adantic Monthly for Septem- ber last, after advancing the novel doctrine that to earn money by writing on popular science 13 dishonest (presenting the offence as aggravated im my case by the fact that 1 make original re- searches), denounced certain of my pvooks by name. Sofar he was within his right. But he specifically villified, as though read by him, a work on the stars which was announced two years ago, but is not yet, even, fully written (simply because to make it complete original researches are re- quired, which I have not yet fintsned). 1am satis- fied (trom interna) evidence in his review) that be has not read the other books any more than this work, But as to those books, | can prove nothing against him, As respects the unfinisned work, however, be has been de ected, fagrante delicto, He admits in the Aflantic Monthly tor December that that “was an undoubted slip, tur which Mr, Proctor has our apology,” and talks about a strik- ing peculiarity in my titles (which, 1t appears, are like parts of a Waltham watch), as though it had caused him to mistake an unpublished work for one he had read, There are cases where one has no right to ac- cept an apology. If a person detected in the act of stealing my purse were to offer an apology I could not accept it, even though he said “thau was an undoubted slip,” and explained that “a strk- ing resemblance had caused him to mistake my pocket for bis own.’? A good citizen would be bound, in the interests of the honest public, to reject such an explanation. The case of the Atiantic reviewer is similar. Detected in the commission of @ grave offence against literary morality he offers an apology whicn I cannot ac- cept and an explanation whico no man in his senses would believe. Lleave him to the judgment of his fellow coun- trymen, If, indeed, he is an American (which lam inclined to doubt, noving the aate of my le.ter, August 31, and of his reply). I bear no animosity toward him, He is unknown to me even by name, aud his name would doubtless be unfamil- far tome if made known; he has done me no barm, nor could he, even shough his dishonesty had remained undetected, and assuredly he has wronged the editor and publishers of the Atlantic Monthly much more seriously than he has even attempted to wrong me. 1 deem tt my duty, however, to bring his offence beiore the bar of public opinion, That duty discnarged, 1 shail take no further notice of bim. RICHARD A. PROCTOR, THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE. New Yor, Dec. 30, 1874, The Lyceum of Natural History, in the city of New York, desiring to record ana study the phe- nomena connected with the earthquake ot Decem- ber 10, 1874, has appointeé a committee to collect and arrange the ascertainable facts, As chalr- man of this committee the undersigned therefore requests that all persons who have precise knowl- edge relating to that event will please to in- form him by letter in regara to the following polnts, viz. :— 1, The place of observation. 2. The time ot the shock, 8. ‘The duration of the shock. 4. The uature of the imotioa felt, 6. The direction of the motion, 6. Any otner facts ouserved, Ali possibility of scientific knowledge or impor- tamt discovery as to tue Causes and laws of such events must depend upon the careiul collection and comparison of trustworthy observations. It 48 earnesily hoped, thereiore, that every person able to give any accurate iniormation will take the troubie to lorward it. Piease address Prolessor D. 5. MARTIN, Lot i Female College, No, 489 Fuyn avenue, qk city. TNE BALLOT SOUTH .The Congressional Investigating Com- mittee at Work. TAMMANY TACTICS ECLIPSED. Farce of Republican Govern- ment in Louisiana. EVIDENCE OF BOTH SIDES. The Returns of a Parish Find Their Way to a Bagnio. A Voter Registered in Fourteen Wards, New ORLEANS, Dec, 30, 1874, It is very evident that the troops in the city are Making complete preparations to preserve the Peace in case of any diMculty occurring upon Jan- vary 4. Upon vhe other hand, the White League are perfectly quiescent, and it 18 now generally bel.eved that, beyond a peaceable demonstration and solemn protest, the people will rely upon the justness of their cause for redress, THB INVESTIGATION. The Congressional Investigating Committee met at the Supreme Court room, in the Custom House, @t two o'clock to-day and remained in session un- tilfive P. M. to-night, They resumed the investt- gation at half-past seven o’clock in one of the bariors of the St. Charles Hotel, where it is now progressing. The proceedings were opened by an announce- ment by the Chairman ot the Committee that the first investigation would be the acts of the Re- turning Board, the next ita organization and tae third the conflict o! the citizens with the police, TESTIMONY OF A MEMBER OF THR RETURNING BOARD. T. J. Anderson, a citizen of East Feliclana anda Planter, was called and he exhibited a copy of the law governing elections and registration, and said:—We kept minutes of our proceedings and a statement of the returns after their ex- amination; they are in the possession of the Secretary of State; no printed copy of minutes was made. The witness then explained the appointment of arroyo after the resignation ot Longstreet. The Board was elected by the State Senate in 1873 and the members were chosen ‘rom all parties, 1t was composed of one democrat, Arroyo; one conservative, Anderson, and three straight republicans. The democrats were represented by one committeeman and the Tepublicans by auother; the course of procedure was first to take the returns of tne parish of Or. leans, next the First and Second Congressional districts, and aiterward the parishes in alpnabeti- cal order, except in cases of protested parishes, COUNTER EVIDENCE, F. C. Seacherie was then called and said he was selected to represent before the Board the conservative interests. General Anderson had claimed not to be a_ republican, but he acted with the Keilogg govern- ment. He haa large pecumary interests in the State—something like $119,000 in bonds— which he bad beep assured the witnéss had to work through the Funding Board. General Anderson, who was present, denied this statement, Seacherte replied:—“You are mistaken. You tojd me of this circumstance yourseil, ou had evidently just been dining at the time and may have been excited; but tne circumstance you nar- Tated to me yourself. You said you nad worked through the Legislature a claim for whicn yéa paid $10,000, I toid Mr. Arroyo of the circumstance three minutes afterward.” (Dihgent inquiry develops a report that a claim for removing snags from one of the navigabie rivers of Louisiana came into possession of Gen- eral Anderson and was passed by tue Legisia- ture.—HEBALD REPORTER.) TRANSPARENT FRAUDS DETECTED. The witness protested against certain ju- dicial authority assumed by the Board and its failure to give the demo- cratic party representation. Mr. Arroyo was not elected asa democrat. The Board first desired to take up the parish of Orleans, on the plea that the officers desired their seats, This was met by a resolution of the officers elect declining to accept their offices until a iull canvass had been made. The returns of Orleans were perfectly fair. ‘The tew votes excluded did not change the result, Some frauds were attempted in the First and Second Congressional districts, but were so bung- lingly done as to be easy of detection, Atter the two Congressional districts had been canvassed all the precedents which could have been estab- lished were decided, Upon that every possible contingency which could have arisen must have come up. Aijter this change occurred. When a country parish came | up for canvass all that was necessary was ora | | member of the Republican Committee to object, and the canvass was lIsid aside. The law requires that a protested return must be laid | aside and the protest examined. If the protest | is sustained the return cannot be counted, The Board, aiter entertaining the protests, proceeded to make the canvass. Waen objections wera | made they said ‘it was not acanvass or a compi- lation, although the vote was put down like the rest and they were actually compiled, EVIDENCES OF FRAUD ABSTRACTED. During this compiling irauds were discovered. | There were some in St. Helena, Sabine and As- sumption parishes. Some of the papers were made out anew, and many evidences of fraud were abstracted. The Supervisor of De Soto parish, with the re- turns giving a democratic majority of 1,000, tailed to pat in an appearance. Duplicate returns were obtained irom the Clerk of the Parish Court, | but the Board declined to receive them, The originals, it is said, were in the possession of a prostitute, who offered the to the Demo- cratic Committee for $1,000. A mandamus was taken belore Judge Hawkins, but ne declined to grant it. The box in the parish of Avoyelles was | stolen, The republicans claimed 125 majority. The democrats thought it about even. The Board | gave 150 republican majority. INTIMIDATION, After the Board canvassed and compiled the en- tire State it went into secret session, when were considered the general charges of intimidation, No opportunity for offering rebutting tes- timony was permitted. Affidavits were ab- stracted and they proceeded to throw our the largest democratic polls. By the democratic | returns we had a majority of only 31 in the House and 4,000 for Treasurer, By the returns there were 52 uemocrats, 54 republicans and 1 independent in the House. The witness referred to intimidation | and frand, in which conservative negroes were driven from the polls. ‘The votes thus cast lost were allowed for local oMices, bui | nos counted im aggregate. The United | States marshals, by threats of arrest, | drove many white men from the polls, when | protests were made and one case was given where colored republicans armed themselves and drove conservatives away, but the latter was not considered. Some of the parishes thrown owt were overwhelmingly democratic. In Natchitoches over fifty aMdavite DISPROVING INTIMIDATION were offered and rejected. Offers were made to prove that the partics swearing to intimidation did not reside in the parish, but tue evidence was not received. A REPUBLICAN ATTORNEY. John Kay, a republican attorney, was then sworn and sald the Raard followed what they coustrucd | it, and certainly no colored men, 1TH SUPPLEMENT. 5 to be the law. Groat informality was exhibited | laborers for voting the republican ticket, Has | miss'on to thi effect that the aforesaid Aeficiencies” in all the returas of the parish Orleans, If exceptions had been taken the entire vote would have been thrown out, A rule was adopted where no intimidation or fraud were used to waive informalities. There were no protests from tuis parish and but one charge which was not proved in ex- amining. In country parishes where there were objections to the polling places the returns were laid over for a final canvass, The object of the laws was to frst ascertain whether the protested polls would affect the ‘general result. all the aM@davits showed the Ever- green poll to be largely republican, The De Soto vote was not counted, because the Supervisor made no return, The Board declined to receive & duplicate, because it did not come through the proper channels the Supervisor retains other papers not intrusted to the clerk, This principle being settled, four returns from! Crenville were also refused; can’t say where the missing Super- visor 18 Or What became of him. Question by committee—Suppose that a major- ity or @ very large number of supervisors were to fat! to send in their returns, what would be the result? Answer—Under the precedent established the vote could not be counted. ‘the reason why the Court did not grant the mandamus:is becgnse there are but two modes of procedure here tn election cases unter the Intrusion act, in which the oertificate of the Board is prima facie evidence of authority and by Writ of quo warranto, in which testimony 1s taken Concerning the conduct of the election, A motion Was made, and unanimously adopted, to strike’ from the record that portion of the testi- mony relating to the status of General Ander- son, that gentleman admitung that for two years he had aMiiated with the Kellogg government. MR. ARROYO'S EVIDENCE. Oscar Arroya, being sworn, described bis con- necuon With the Board and the plan adopted up to the canvass ol the First and Second Congressional districts, 2 complained that protests were of fered by the republican counsel whica had never been thought of by registrars, many of these were Mnsupported by affidavit. At this Judge Dibble stated that their defence was made on the hy- pothesis tnat since the war and at the present time the republican party had @ majority o! irom 10,000 to 20,000; that by no possible means could that majority be overcome. bloodshed, traud and rascality has been im an at- tempt of the democrats to effect this. He prom- ised to establish this fact to the satisfaction of any Unree fair-minded men and upon this rest his cage. AFTER A SHORT DEBATE “ the committee took a recess. He offered to tele- graph when the 1eturns of De Soto were found missing, but the proposition was refused. When he to open them, the Supervisor and identical with the originals during the entire canvass not a protest was read alter the canvass was made. The President would say, “There is a protest; lay it aside.” And such was done. In executive session Wells was the most arbitrary man I ever saw in my life, I was browbeaten in the most outrageous manner. He would take off his coat and walk up and down the room, threatening; I heard nothing but white all the time. We were surrounded by police, and might bave been murdered without my friends knowing it. EVENING SESSION. 8. P. Packard, United States Marshal, sworn, said:—I am chairman of the Republican State Committee; I was a member of the Advisory Board organized by the two parties aiter September 14, which continued some time after the close of the registration; this Board bad charge of all matters of registration and election. We attempted to secure a fair registration and election, il possible. I heard sev- eral compiaints from different parts of the State. iknow that it was our endeavor to havea fair | registration, and the Governor agreed that the Opposition should have a clerk at each office. Certain parties were removed upon the com- plaint of the democrats. There were generally Ratisiactory reports from the republicans, The registration complaints came from St. Martins and the Rea River parishes. In the latter locality there were numerous compiaiuts. There were about 16,000 more black men registered. From St. Martins reports came to me that the parish was being patroiled by white men at night. One of my marshals with scme United States troops were met and halted by the patrol. It is claimed Red River parishes it can be shown that large numbers were prevented from voting through fear. In that locality there are four Congressional districts, The Fourth Congressional district in 1870 went about 6,090 republican majority, in 1872 the vote was about the same as at this time. Then there was not 80 much intimidation used as crait, ‘the tactics of the were entirely diferent. [ had a Marshal in Nachitoches for several alter the election. tion ofaffairs, Isent to these parishes—st. Mar- tins, Rapides and Nachitoches—some of my most trusted men. Af St. Martins one man was ar- rested, Express instructions were given that no ioterlerence should be made with their votes, but of course the deputies had NO CONTROL OVER THE -PARTIES who gave bail, The parties are all uoder bonds to appear before the United States Court, There deputy weeks | timidation, altbough the charge was very generally made, Complaints were made in the pariah of St. Martins because the registrar failed to confine himsel! to the white settlements. lam not aware that there were any general com- plaints; but there were some in Lincoln parish. I regard the marching and drilling of an organiza- tion known as the White League as being cause for | intimidation among both white and black repub- licans, For some time after the election it is impossible to form an accurate idea of the results, Republicans thought they had carried the State. A disagreement caused tne resignation or the umpire of the Advisory Board, who had charge over registration, the Governor agree- ing to act upon their suggestions, My im- Pression 18 there was a representative of the democratic party in every registration office in the State, and certainly at every polling place. Bienville, which in 1872 gave 400 republican votes, did not give one this year. My imforma- tion is that the blacks who Were reg. istered were airaid to vote. I have no doubt that some blacks voted the democratic ticket and some white republicans failed to vote, Previous to the late outbreak i} was piainly ap- parent that an organization, known as the White League, existed. They driliea the streets generally without arms, The attention of the Advisory Board was called to the fact, and, at tne suggestion of tue democratic members, the drilling ceased. The organization has never been disbanded, but very many more have joined it since September. Witness believes that no republicans belong to They DRILLED CONSIDERABLY. three regiments of federal troops in the State and three or jour troops o1 cavalry. There was a re- before the election, The White League occu- pied the State House after the Kellogg govern- ment got out of it. There was only one company here on the 14th, who came at my in- stance irom Jackson, Had tne troops now here in the government, Ii is reported that the White League exists throughout the State, and particu- larly im Caddo and St. Martin. It consists of companies, regiments, brigades and = di- visions. Some are organized as militia under the McBnery government. I stated betore a Con- gressional committee more than a year ago that in ail States wherein tho blacks were in the ma- jority It required the presence of troops to sustain them on election day. Troops were stationed At tho Marine Hospttals, at police stations and at the Custom House, The idea was to | keep the peaca, but prevent the soldiers irom | going near the polls. Affidavits were made agatnst parties at Shrevepurt threatenjag to discharge All violence | produced the dupiicate returns the Board refused | They were found to be signed by | that this diminished the registration 300. In the | two years | He reported a very bad condi- j were no arrests made for the purpose of in- | After the 14th day of September there were | view of the troops very early one Sunday morning | been here then there would have been no change | | Lalourche, Iberia and St. Mary's by threats of dis- charge. The press here advocated anything which would advance the interests of their party. A SENATOR'S BVIDENOE, 'W. G, White, recently elected Senator, from New Orleans, was then called, and said “During reg- | istration canvassers were placed at each registra- | tion office to follow persons home Taree hundred persons between Canai and | Esplanade streets were found to have given | clubs of 150 each voted the conservative and 1,600 colored men voted the conservative Ucket. One hundred and eighty white men in one | ward were arbitrarily stricken off the roll, all of whom were deprived of a vote, The witness’ testimony went to show that general dissatisiac- tion prevailed in the country parishes, BALLOT BOX STUFFING, Clay K. Noblock, a resident of Thibodeaux Parish, Lafourche, was then sworn, and said that at the election im bis parish a detachment of troops was within twelve yards of tne polling place, who remained during the whole day. The republicans stuffed the ballot boxes before six o’clock in the morning. He knew of over 120 colored men voting the conservative ticket. These frauds did not affect the local re- sult. Eight months ago the blacks armed them- selves, but two years before we had armed our- selves with Winchester rifles, A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD E. A. Burke, sworn, sald:—I was at one time a member of the Advisory Board. I remained until the frauds of registration compelled me to take charge of the other committee, [nad a plan pre- pared of every block in New Orleans, con- taining every house, church, schoolhouse and vacant lot. I1had a duplicate registration and 175 men constantly employed. I discovered 5,200 fraudulent votes registered. I found one man registered in fourteen wards, others in five and six wards, and in one case @ man was registered five times in one ward. | AMdavits were prepared and the registrars were requested to strike names from the list. They refused to do so, but I heard of the names of 1,800 white persons being stricken trom the list. It was agreed in the Advisory Board to have a revision of the registration, charges to be | preferred of fraud on either side, but no action was taken. The oniy cneck he had on the regis- tration was the presence of a democratic clerk to | every office, but none were put at work which | gaye them any insight into workings of tne registration. TEST CASES TO BE TAKEN. The committee then went into a discussion of a proposition before made, that two or more parishes be selected as test cases, Witnesses irom which would decide whether intimidation ex- isted or not. Rapides and Caddo parishes were | decided upon, The committee here went into ex- ecutive session. WASHINGTON. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 1874, THE PACIFIC MAIL DEVELOPMENTS, The Pacific Mail investigation attracts more and | more Interest here, and private despatches are | received giving the salient points of the day’s work. People who pretend to know wondered to-day why the committee limited their inquiries made of Mr. Roach so strictly to the year 1872, and why they did not require him to produce the | conditional contract to buiid two new steamers of 4,000 tons each, referred to in the testimony of | Hatch and Sage, the condition being either ex- pressed or implied that the subsidy should be | “saved.” It is said that the company claim that | this contract expired November 2, while Roach claims that it is absotute. THE FALSE SYNOPSIS OF THE PRESIDENT'S MES- SAGE GIVEN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS—A MYSTERY. Reuter's New York agent having justified him- self for his faise report of the paragraph in the Message relating to Cuban affairs, by showing that he took it irom the synopsis of the Message sent out by the Associated Press, @ gvod deal of curi- | osity is felt here to know how the head of the Associated Press was deceived. No one suspecis | him of doing wrong. Everybody is sorry that he was the victim of what proved to be a grand jraud. He will not give up his authority to in- quirers here, prelerring, it is supposed, to answer only to his employers, the members of the Asso- clated Press in New York. To those who question him here he replies that ne has friends; that the President speaks freely with his own intimate i friends, and that it was, on the whole, a very | successful synopsis of the Message. He adasa | solemn assurance that the Presilent did not superinduce the synopsis and did not ask to have it made; but when asked by a person who was strongiy desirous to have the President and his associates entirely cleared of suspicion to say | that he did not get his information from the | White House, the agent plumply refused to make | such a statement. It is uniortunate that he can- | | not or will not give a satisfactory assurance on | the agent of the Associated Press the contents of | | a forthcoming Message is not an unusual proceed- | ing. Such a thing has been done witn two pre- | vious annual Messages, and each time the synop- | sis was correct. Itis the more remarkable that this time the Ass.ciated Press agent shouid have beeu deceived and should nave been used to de- ceive the public, IMPROVEMENT IN THE MAIL SERVICE FOR NEW YORK CITY—ADDITIONAL TIMES OF DELIVERY AND COLLECTION OF LETTERS. Postmaster James, of New York, was here to- day, by order of the Postmaster General, to ar- range for the more frequent collection of letters from the m@l boxes in New York, and it bas been determined that there shall also be two more daily letter deitveries—at seven in the morning and seven in the evening. Besides these there wiil be, &8 soon as arrangements can be made, a Sunday morning delivery above Canal street, which will | bea great convenience to the residents and to | visitors at the hotels, The letters will be delivered | } about pine o’clock Sunday morning. There wiil also | be an additional Sunday collection in the aiternoon at toree o’clock. When these improvements are | made, which will be as soon as the additional | force can be put on, New York will enjoy a more | periect and thorough letter delivery system than even London. The Sunday afternoon collection of | letters will enabie ail letters then gatnered to go by the Sunday evening maus. THE NEWSPAPER POSTAGE REGULATION, Stamps for prepaying printed matter in bulk will | be sold to publishers and news agents, to be ap- | plied by them to the bags containing their mail | | Mhateer, under the new law. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. —-—__—_ WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 1874, PACIFIC RAILROAD LIABILITIES TO THE GOVERN- MENT, The respective dates of service of the demands made by the Treasury Department upon the vari- | | ous Pacitic railroad companics for payment to the United States of the five percent on their net : earnings, required by the act of July 1, 1862, were | as foliows:— On the central branch of the Union Pacific Com- pany, November 11, 1874; Sioux City an ovemver 12; Union Pacific, November 1 al Pacific, Novemver 14, and Central Pacific Railroad | Company, November 24, 1874, | ‘The companies have, respectively, sixty days | from these dates wituin which to comply with tae | | demands upon them, and non-compliance in any | case will then be reported by the Secretary of the { | Treasury to the Attorney General for his action under tne law of June 20, 1874, to compel the | | payment by legal proceedings. — Secretary | Bristow takes tue ground that the comple- | uon of each road, and, therefore, its | | lability to provide tor the sinking jund of five | per cent per annum on its net earnings, dates | | irom its reception of the Jast insgaiment of gov- j ernment subsidy bonds under the act of July 1, | 1962, which Were issued Upon affidavits of the com. | | pany’s officers setting orth the completioa in a | | Tirst class manner, accoraing to law, 0 the suc- cossive sectious. Having tins certitiée that their | rouds were properly completed, section by sec- tion, they are, Mm the Opinion of the Treasury De- jartment, estopped trom pleading the report o | the government commission oj cminent citizens in the year 1869 that further expenditures were necessary to place the road in @ first class Condi- tion, and cannot wnainiain the assertion that their jegai completion dates only from the recent jormal accentanca of the ranovt of GOLA year's Com. liver | same rule also applies to transient newspapers and their residences in vacant lots. Two colored | postal cards, | the this point. That the President should confide to | - of | #eard that intimidation had been used in Caddo, | 24d veen fully suppiied a few months ago. THE RECIPROCAL POSTAL ARRANGEMENT WITED CANADA PROCLAIMED BY OFFICIAL ORDER. ‘The following order to postmasiers has just bees issued :— On and after the Ist of January, 1875, all printea: matter of the second class destined Jor Canade wlii be treated as though it was destined ior the United States, the arrangement with the Canadian and | postal authorities velug ascertain if their statements were correct, | tere iree of charge, comin; that 1¢ snail be delivered All matters of this class into our offices from Canada will be de- by this department iree of charge. The On and after February 1, 1875, the single letter Tate to Vanada will be three cents, prepayment ticket. His information ts that between 1,500 | obligatory, and all letters received [rom Canada will be delivered tree of charge. MARSHALL JEWELL, Postmaster General. 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