The New York Herald Newspaper, January 6, 1875, Page 7

THR SPAN = MONARCHY. ‘National Preparation for the Recep- tion of Alfonso. Financial Aid to the New Regime. ‘The Great Powers Friendly to the Crown, ‘The King to Quit Paris This Evening. Mapam, Jan. 5, 1875. Preparations are being made at Barcelona ‘for the reception of King Alfonso. The city is to be illuminated and the troops ‘will be reviewed by His Majesty. ‘THE BANE OF SPAIN TO AID THE TREASURY. The Bank of Spain has advanced the gov- | ‘ernment Treasury 40,000,000 reals—about $5,000,000. ‘THE GREAT POWERS FRIENDLY TOWARD THE CROWN. Panis, Jan. 5, 1875, All the great Powers have authorized their Tepresentatives at Madrid to enter into semi- official relations with the new government, HIS MAJESTY ABOUT TO EMBARK, “The Spanish fleet, consisting of three iron- ‘clads, will arrive at Marseilles to-morrow to | meet King Alfonso, who will leave Paris at five o'clock in the evening. DYNASTIO UNION AGAINST DON CARLOS, The ex-King of the Two Sicilies hag visited Alfonso and assured him that the Counts Ca- serta and Bari will withdraw from the Carlist | cause, PRINCE DE RIVERA’S PROFESSIONS OF ALLE- GIANCE, = Lonpoy, Jan. 6—5:30 A. M. | em: imes spondent at jiarritz 4 ty i pee ae Gigi one seal cape Bnd ‘was sib and Killed. is authorized to. deny ‘the report of a conversation | between Prince de Rivera and Serrano, published in the Times of January 1, in which | ‘the former gave notice of his intention of | proclaiming Alfonso King. On the contrary Rivera, six weeks ago, gave pledges of loyalty to the administration of President Serrano. ' MACMAHON AND THE ASSEM- “telegraphs that he BLY. ‘THE FRENCH PRESIDENT ABOUT TO STIR UP THE NATIONAL LEGISLATORS. PARIS, Jan. 5, 1875, | Itis stated that another message from Prest- ‘dent MacMahon to the National Assembly, urging 4t to vote the constitutional laws, is about to be sent Jn. ENGLAND. Lonvon, Jan. 5, 1875. | The weather throughout England to-day is fair. Judgment has been rendered in the Ecclesiasti- <a! Court removing Bishop Martin from his See. ‘The Bishop is absent from Eugiand, EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY. Lonpon, Jan. 5, 1875. A despatch from Rotherham, Yorkshire, says that an explosion of fire-damp took place in a coal amine there this morning, killing eight persons, AN ALARMING REPORT FROM THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER. Lonnon, Jan. 5, 1875. Another despatcn from Rotherham reports that winety lives were lost by the colliery explosion at ‘that place to-day. This is probably an error. THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE. A BRILLIANT SCENE AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING—THEH EX-QUEEN OF SPAIN AND KING ALFONSO PRESENT. Pants, Jan. 5, 1875, ‘The new opera house was opened to-night with great ceremony and brilliant display, preparations for the event having been made for a long time | “past. | Among the distinguished porsons present were | President MacMahon, General Ladmirault, the | Lord Mayor of London, the Duke d’Aumale, King Alfonso and the ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, the ex-King of Hanover and all the members of the ¥rench Ministry and the entire diplomatic corps, CHRISTINE NILSSON ABSENT, Christine Nilsson, who was to have sung in vacts of “Hamlet” and “Faust,” was ill and unable to appear. THE PROGRAMME CHANGED. Changes were consequently made in the | programme, the fourth sct and the grand chorus srom “William Teil” and the fourth act of the | “Huguenots” being substituted for the selections | from “Hamlet” and “Faust.” A GRAND SUCCESS. The inauguration was a grand success. M. Garnier, the architect of the opera house, was TURKEY. eens CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan, 6, 1875. Several persons who took part in the disturb- ‘ances at Podgoritza, Albania, when a number of Montenegrins were killed, have been condemned to death by the Turkish authorities, THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATORSHIP. HARRISBURG, Jan. 5, 1875, The excitement of the past few days is abating, And although it looked to-day as if it would con- | tinue for some days to come, the action of the Democratic caucus to-night settles the fact that ‘by to-morrow Harrisburg will have assumed its wonted quiet, Both houses will then be fully organized, and the disappointed applicants for positions, as well as those who came to enjoy the Bight of the movelty of a democratic majority in either branch of the Legislatur have disap- peared. ‘The Governor’s Message, which is some- ‘what longer than the last one, will be read to- morrow, it has been matied to the various news- papers to-night. Senator Wallace took the oath with the other Senators to-day, showing that he placed very littie value upon the pronunciamento which, although Mr. Buckalew denies the authorship tnereoi, has been traced to his law ofice in Bloomspurg. In an interview had subsequently to the adjourn- ment Mr, Wallace stated that the constitutional provision upon which so much Importance has been placed could tn no manner apply to him, as the office of United States Senator wag not an ofMce of trust or profitnwithin the Common. Wealth, and also because that provision only applies In cases where an office is created by the Legislature of which the applicant was a member. He reterred, in answer to the extract from tne | New York constitution, to the case of Roscoe Conkling, Who was elected United States Senator while a member of the New York Assembly. Mr, Buckalew, on being questioned as to the Authorship of the pronunciamento refused to com. mit himself, althongh not denying that he bad &:.ven it bia indoraement ; had ever attempted to hurt him. THE VICKSBURG INQUIRY. THE NEGRO ATTACK ON THE FUNERAL OF ONE OF THE WHITE VICTIMS—GOVERNOR AMES ALLEGED TO HAVE JOINED CROSBY IN HIS PROCLAMATION CALLING THE BLACKS TO- GETHER. VICKSBURG, Miss., Jan. 5, 1875, The committee met at half-past nine o'clock. Henry Massey was the first witness examined. He detailed the meeting between Dr. Hunt, Colonel Miller and Owens’ men, which did not aiffer materially {rom the evidence of those gentlemen;—I did not see any colored men fire saw three dead negroes after the fight; just before the August election I had been stopped on Washington street by fifty or sixty cttt- zens and asked who | was going to vote for; told them this was.a free country and I wouid vote as I pleased; one of them said I was a suspicious character; Marshal Butcher came up and released me. Witness also testified that he had’been afraia to come in to vote and always carried arms and Was then armed with 4 loaded pistol. Dennis Barley (colored) testifled—He lived six miles out on the Jackson road; he joined Owens’ Party about seven o’clock on the morning of the fignt, and described the meeting with the whites substantially the same as Owens, and that he fled through cane and briers to his home after the Brig Depa he knew of three of these men being killes le also testified that Crosby’s order to come in was read at Mount Albon Church the day belore by preacher Nelson Miles, whose order was Jor all $0 come, and that it was their duty to come; he was armed with a revolver. He denied that the blacks had any idea of committing any violence in Vicksburg. Captain John E. Hogan, who commanded a com- pany in the fight, was examined next, and de- tailed the formation of bis company out of a ciab Similar to the Tax League, and their march to Vicksburg; was positive that his men wero fired on first from ambush, near the Shirley House.~ Jheir reason for coming was to help to defend Vicksburg, as it was believed that if the blacks carried the day they would drive all the whites out of the country. He said Andy Mack had left his neighborhood—Hayue’s Slug—the nigut before with a body. of armed ne- groes and had gone fo ae 18 description OF tile a8 similar to those already reported, He stated that Mack’s company, before leaving Hayne’s Bind, had gone to Burns’ store and, after Btriking him, took all the ammunition there was. | im the store and then left. Al THE ATTACK ON A FUNERAL When his command went to bury Mr. Brown, who was killed here, the funeral procession had scarcely leit the house of hjs father-in-law when he saw three negro videttes sitting in the road with guns resting on their hips; halted the procession, and cailed on three young men to go and see what the negroes wanted; the videttes heard me tell the young men, and when the party approached them they fred on my men, and at the same time about thirty shots were fired at them aud the procession from an ambuscade in the cane; Wiliam Vaughn, one o/ the young men sent Jorward, was shot through the body and died next day; my men returned the fire, but hit no one, as the negroes fed through the cane: the body of Brown was then taken back to the house and buried the next day; Andy Mack was alterward captured in Yazoo county and put iu jail; Wil- tgerson and A. A. Hager went after him rward reported that he attempted to es- Captain Hogan en gave the names of the three negroes reierrea is videttes, all of whom lived in the neighbor- hood and were known to him, GOVERNOR AMES’ AUTHORITY READ IN CHURCH. Emily Boyd, colored, swore as follows:—Lived eight miles out on the Jackson road; was at charch there the day before with my husband; beard a card read in church the day before the fight for all the colored men to come in to *‘sali- vate” Crosby. The men all got together next morning at Freetown, her husband along with the rest, and went; her husband was killed on Thursday; went and got his body and took 1s home, and saw three other dead bodies. To Mr, Speer—Sampson Gannin read the notice at the church; the names of Governor Ames ana Crosby were signed to it; he said he would ring the church bell at daylight for all to meet, A WibOW’S TALE. Louisa Bangs (colored) testified:—Between ten and eleven o’clock on the day of the fight five white men came to my house, three and a half miles out on the Jackson road, after the firing had ceased, and calling Wy husband out, told him to hold their horses; two of them dismounted and came in and asked my son, aged eighteen years, if there were any arms in the house; he | told them there was a pistol in the | lott; one of them got it down; tue other struck at my son with a gun; the latter ran out of the house and the men went atter him, They fired two shots. The men s00n came back and told my husband to slip out, and then one of them shot him through the neck, | kulling him instantly, Botn my son and husband were named Robert, I have six more children, the youngest six months old. Alter shooting my husoand the men leit. 1 went to look for my son and found him fiity yaras down the hili, lying dead by the side of » log. He had been shot in the back and breast. I asked the men before they tired not to kill my'poor husband, and they au- swered, ‘“They have killed our women’s husbands.” | 1 do not know who these men were. My husband | and son had been at home all day. ‘They said if they stayed at home nobody would troubie them. To Mr. Speer—Heara colored men read Crosby's card the day before on the road, and it said for all to come in; think Governor Ames’ hame was signed to it. Villiam Woods (colored) was the next witness, but he informed the commitiee in advance that he Wonid not swear to tell all he knew, as he did not feel safe in doing so. ‘The only part of any Interest in his testimony was that his ‘house had been searched three times for his needle gun, and as a matter of prudence he had aiterward given it up; that he had heard threats against him, bur no one He having de- clined to answer questions as to the threats fully, the room was cleared and he was examined pri- vately fora jew moments. When the doors were reopened Chairman Conger said the committee had notified Woods thut his testimony, even in secret, would be published at Washington and sent all over the country, and that Woods had jain declined to testily. : A PLAVOR OF GUY FAWKES. Charles Smith (colored) was then examined, the Principal point in his testimony being that half of a keg of powder nad been taken from his house by Dr. Pryor and others, The examination of this witness consumed the remainder of the session. He declined to give the history of the keg of pow- der, hinung at danger to bunseli. He told who bought and sent it to his house. His evidence was very contradictory. At hall-past five o’clock the committee ad- journed. THE ALABAMA INVESTIGATING COM- MITTEE. MOBILE, Jan. 5, 1875. The Congressional Committee for investigat- ing affairs in Alabama met here Saturday, the 2d inst. They divided into sub-commit- tees, consisting of Judge Buckner and General Albright, to investigate matters in the interior of the State, and Messrs, Coburn, Vapnon and Luttrell, to investigate matters tn the city Of Mobile, Messrs. Albright | and Buckner couciuied their inquiries in Monbile | last night and left for Livingston. The other sub- | committee close here to-night ard will proceed to Montgomery at once. The citi- zens of Mobiie, being very greatiy dis- satisfied with the course pursued by the majority of the committee in the investigation of the mat- ters committed to their charge, have this evening presented to Mr. Luttreli a protest against the course of investigation which has been thus far pursued, and which was signed by a very large number of the business men and firms of the city. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC CON- VENTION. ConcorD, Jan, 5, 1875. The Democratic State Convention was called to order at half-past eleven o’clock A. M. Tne Con- | vention is one of the largest ever held nere. The | delegates are crowding the hail. Committees on Organization and Resolutions and a State Com- mittee were appointed. The Committee on Organ- ization reported jor permanent Chairman A. H- Hatch, of Portamouth, three secretaries and eighteen vice presidents, r, Hatch made A BRIEF SPEECH congratulating the democrats of the State on being | the first to set in motion the great series of victo. ries which have since swept over the land and culminated in November. Tne party was to correct the results of a corrupt Executive and Congress. They de- manded reform tn all branches oj the government, aud the democrats of New aoe would be the first in tne battle. After deciding to ballot for Governor by counties and not tu wait for the Committee on Credentials, the Convention pro- ceeded to ballot. ON THE FIRST BALLOT 687 votes were cast—necessary to achoice 344, Hiram R. Roberts, of Koiliniord, receiving 347 votes, was declared the nominee for Governor on the first ballot. For Raliroad Commissioner, A. T. Pierce re- ceiving the highest vote, was nominated by acclu- mation, Mr. koberts’ nomination was made unanimous, A committee was appotnted to notify him. PERSONNEL OF THE GOVERNOK, Hiram R, Roberts, gavernatorial candidate of the New Hampsbire democrats, is a bative of Rotlinsiord and sixty-seven years of age. He is a larmer vy occupation, but has filled various polit- teal, judicial and financia: positions. He was at one time President of the ollinsford Bank and aiterwards President Of the Saimon Falis Bank. He was for many years Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas and alterwards Judge of Probate, and has been prominently identified with agricultural associations, head master and the boys. KALAKAUA AT THE HUB. HE INSPECTS THE SCHOOLS OF THE NEW ENG- LAND METROPOLIS—YANKEE CURIOSITY AND APPLAUSE IN THE STREETS—MILITARY RECEP- TION AT THE STATE HOUSE. Boston, Jan. 5, 1875. David. Kalakaua, the genial! monarch of the Hawatian Islands, ts becoming one of the instita- tions of “the modern Athens.” The weather has deen rather against him, but, notwithstanding, he seems bound to take in everything in the way of happy entertatnments and popular ltonizing. All | thia is very proper, for it ts as rare that a king hasan opportunity to visit Boston as itis that Boston has a chance toentertuin one. Demon- strations and courtesies in honor of the presence Of the royai guest have been more numerous to- day than any other since his arrival, and when he retired to-night he was probably weary with the almost endless round of festivities, VISITING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The King commenced in the morning by visiting some of the public schools, models of which were sent to the Paris Exposition, and wound up by attending the evening periormance at the Boston Theatre. The rat visited was the Appleton Primary School, which 18 spoken of by Bostonians as the crack educational institution of its kind in the worla, | The chairman of the District Committee welcomed the distinguished visitor and first showed nim the method of instruction in tne sixth, or lowest, class, where teaching 18 commenced on the Phonetic system, in which the elementary sounds of letters are taught. The children also went through their physical exercises. The princi- pal portion of the time was spent in the first and highest class of the school, where His Majesty listened with evident interest to exercises in reading, spelling and music, with which he appeared to be very much pleased. The King also visited the hall of the school, which is used a8 an art school for instruction im drawing, the walls being adorned with a great variety of specimens of drawing and models tor use ip teaching. : AN OVATION AT BOYLSTON HALL. From this school the party went to the Sherwin Tammagr School, in whica both sexes are taught. | éasual inspection was made, after which the King was conveyed to the Girls’ High and Normal School, ere he was again received by Mr. Funt, the chairman of the District ‘Committee, and introduced to the head master. Tne King was conducted to the musical instruction room, where a lesson was in progress, ‘The Method ot heating the building and fhe valuable and weil equipped laboratory Were als6 shown the King, who made the tour of the institution and finally ascended tothe large hall, where the entire school was assembled, His Majesty was presented to the 7oune eases by the Chairman of tne com- mittee and bowed his acknowledgments. A song was sung by the pupils, at the close of which the Visitors retired from the Girls’ High School. The King and his party proceeded directly to Boyis- ton Hall where, witaout much rear on ‘the members of the High and Latin School battalions were assembled. A great throng of people, the largest concourse that has greeted the King during his stay in Boston, was assembled about the mar- ket and watched his ingress and egress with na- | tive curiosity, The First and Second battalions of the Boston Scnool regiment, to the number of 600 muskets, were drawn up under command of Lieu- tenant Colonel North. Alter marching tn review, @ movement which in the limited space of the hall was attended with some difficulty, the bat- talons executed a dress parade in admirable style, The King was presented to the members of the battalions, and ag he leit the hall he was re- ceived with demonstrations of friendship by the crowd, He next proceeded to the Latin school, in Bedford street, where he was presented to the 4 MILITARY RECEPTION, The afternoon was characterized by a military reception at the State House, and nearly all of the officers of the State militia were pleased aud non- ored by @ personal introduction to the hero of the hour. THE KING AT THE BOSTON THEATRE. Later in the day, by invitation of Superinten- dent Folsom, the royal party were shown through the new depot of the Providence Railroad Com- | pavy. The lestivities and ovations will continue | until Friday afternoon, when the King and party Will leave for Albany and Niagara Falis, THE KING'S HOMEWARD CONVEYANCE, WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1875, The United States ship Pensacola, now at San | Francisco, has been detailea to carry King Kala- | kaua to his home. BURGLARS CAPTURED. A party of three skilful and, daring burglars Were checkmated last night and arrested through the bravery of two policemen of the Fifth pre- | cinct. One of the officers, Roundsman Patrick Byrnes, about ten o’clock noticed several men oitering about the vicinity of West Broad- way and Walker street, but, though he considered their actions somewhat suspicious, he passed by, intending to return immediately and watch their movements. When he did return the men had disappeared. Very soon after OMcer Carroll called for the roundsman, and told him | that the lock had been knocked off the door of the packing box manufactory in the basement of No. 8 Walker street, but that the door was still fast, Both oMicers went to it and tried the door, but it was firm. | This was evidence enough that it was barred on | tue inside, and that the persons who had secured | 1t were burglars, who were still within the shop. | Word was sent to the station house for | aid, but before Captain Caffrey and; several policemen arrived at the scene, Rounds- man Byrnes and Officer Carroi] burst in the base- | ment door and looked into the apartment. Byrnes | lighted a candle and entered the room, and OMcer | Carroll followed, They first saw several black bags | filled with plunder lying on the oor of the shop | near @ window which opens into Walkerstreet. | Just as Byrnes remarked to Carroll that the tuleves must be near at hand and were certain to be | caught, @ ponderous jimmy whizzed past him, touching his outstretched hand, Tne officers tien saw two men standing in a corner, each being armed with a jimmy. hey drew vheir revolvers and, covering the thieves, went forward to take them in hand. When Byrnes laid bis hand upon one the fellow struck at him with his jimmy, and the roundsman had to hit in return with his club, He struck with more effect than the burglar, and laid him low, with a bad scalp wound. Carroll had now secured | his prisoner, 80 that Byrnes undertook | to arrest the third burglar. who was in the store of lL, Haas, dealer in cloths, where he had ascended through a hole cut in the flooring oO! tne store. Captain Caffrey, with ofi- cers McCue and Jefferson, now arrived and helped to transport to the station house the large quantity of cloths, cassimeres, and jarmers’ satin which the 'burgiar nad passed from Mr. Haas’ store through the hole down to his companions, who were in the basement. The value of the goods ts avout $2,000. They were being packed away in bags, and some | of these were placed so that they could be readily Passed through the window ot the basement to the street. The names of the captured burglars are James Turner, Joseph Cro#by and Charles Schwartz. | Turner is well known as having veionged to Wes Allen's gang, inthe Eignth ward. The orner two | are skilled Knglish burglars. Ali three have lately belonged to ‘Cockey” Keelers gang. Schwartz is the man whom Roundsman Byrnes woundeu, Rounasinan Byrnes is the oMcer who was about @ year ago almost beaten to death by severai | prisoners whom he yet tuok to the Eighth precinct station house. For his gallant conduct then he was rewarded by the Riot Relief Fund Society. velvets | THE TYPHOID AT ST. MARY'S HALL, BURLINGTON, BURLINGTON, N. J., Jan. 5, 1875. There are but thirty young ladies leit am St. Mary’s Hall, in this town, which has been so dreadfully visited with typhoid fever, A montn | ago this most aristocratic of all the Episcopal | female seminaries in the Northern States had 149 young lady boarders and fifteen resident day | scholars, but parents of pupils ve been gu | irightened that all the echolars have been taken away excepting those whose parents or guar- dians Itve in foreign lands or on the Pacific siope. One of the victims—a beautiful and accom- plished’ young girl of eighteen—Miss Carrie Van Bergen, of Lyme, Conn,, is dead, having ended her life at the residence of Mr. Franklin Woodrult, No. 144 Joralemon street, Brooklyn, on New ve eve.’ Miss Louise Van Bergen, her sister, a cha ing young girl of fifteen, 18 said to be dangerousiy | ill at the residence of a relative on Staten Island, and tt is not Kuown how many more will die, The greatest consternation oxists among parents, and the rector of tae seminary, Bishop Scarbor- Successor to Bishop Ouenheimer, and the pr al of St. Mary’s is in constant receipt of telegrams from agonized relatives as to the satety of their charges, The funeral services of Miss Carrie Van Bergen took place the day alter New Year's Day at Grace church, Brooklyn Heignts. It 18 sald that parents and guardians of those dan- gerously lil Wil demand an immediate, jull and | complete investigation Into the cause of the ept- | damia | that very quickly. | tends to strengthen the chances of Mr. Kernan THE STATE CAPITAL Maguire Elected Speaker of the House. THE ORGANIZATION COMPLETED. Seymour’s Candidature for the Senate a Neces- sity to the Democrats. ALBany, Jan, 5, 1875, The organization of the Legislature being now completed we may expect to have comparative peace here for at least twenty- jour hours, As the contest was alone for officers of Assembly a fight of friends of Cab Kins and McGuire haa taken place to-day. Tne next immediate issue will be the fight over tne committees, Mr, McGuire hi bard card to play in this matter, in order to please certain elements. In committees must centre the hard work and patronage of legislation. A prominent element at work to gecure influential recognition on these commitees is that band of disinterested patriots known as THE CANAL RING. There seems to be a peculiar air of mystery as- sumed by politicians when this organization is hinted at. Neither are the public entirely fa, miliar witn the significance and import of this title. Here is their coalition in brief which will develop into a more elaborate bistory long before the present session is concluded. public should be made to understand what is meant by it. Previous to the assemblage of the recent democratic convention at Syracuse, a vig- orous attack was mude upon this interest by Mr. Jobn Kelly. It is no new phrase, but has tor a long term of years been applied toa body of men on the due of the State Canals, who have reduced the letting and obtaining of contracts for canai work to a science. They have controlled the action of canal boards, the letting of contracts for al! kinds of work, Manipulated the bids under lettings, dictated the appointments or superintendents and engineers, and have, in both parties, managed the nomina- tons and elections of Canal Commission- ers. The Ring has always had its headquarters at Syracuse, with a double head, consisting of one democrat and one republican, gentlemen and a number of contractors who have become millionnaires by their operations, and the institution has never been more active than at the present time. iment members are now in Albany actively at work to secure Speaker McGuire, and to- their Operations have commenced in earnest. The Legisiature end the Governor had better keep their eye on those gentlemen. THE IRONCLAD OATH. At tho organization to-day some considerable amusement was manifested at the expense of those gentiemen who had taken the old oath of office. availed themselves of the privilege with the ex- ception of Messrs. Daly, Waechner, Sniel, Gedney, Seward, Beach, T. J. Campbell, McAlee, Haun- acbel and Hess. A POSSIBLE EMERGENCY. Notwithstanding the opinion rendered by the Attorney General as to the validity of the position occupied by members in taking the old oath tt ts surmised that there may yet be a hitcn on this | point. It would ve a singular state of affairs if an attempt was made to unseat the gentlemen fall- ing to quality under the new vath. Then tne con- test for United States Senator would, indeed, be a Peculiar one. eae “= Mr. Thomas Costigan, one ot the New York dele- gation, wno had previously taker the old oath, to- day presented himself to Secretary of State Willers and offered to take the aftirmation pre- scribed under the constitutional amendments. He ‘was informed by Mr. Willers that it was not neces- sary, as he had already been sworn in, THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP, It now appears evident that the nomination for | United States Senator may ultimately ve forced upon Governor Seymour, if the discordant ele- ments at work here tn the interest of other candl- dates do not take their hands off. Tne candiiate of the democratic administration of this State just inaugurated, ts, no doubt, so far, Mr. Francis | Kernan, He is the tree choice of Tammany Hall and has a large delegation from the country. Tuk- ing this view of the case, all outside efforts in be- half o1 other gentlemen may be looked upon simply as guerilla wariare. qoumed to tail unless some new principle of strength is brought to bear in their favor, and This state of aifairs eminently every hour. He is looked upon as the democratic administration candidate pure and —_un- tarnished. Horatio Seymour out of the field ana tue guerillas scattered to the winds, Francis Kernan is sure to be next United States Senator in piace of Reuben £. Fenton. Tne viciory of Tammany im crushing out the feeble effort made by country foolhardiness in the receut anti-dictation movement streugthens Mr. Ker- nan’s prospects immensely, THE LEGISLATIVE RECESS. The proposed Legislative recess irom to-morrow | until next Tuesday will give the wire-pullers sufi- cient tfme to organize the committees and arrunge the United States Senatorship. The amount of buttons to be sewed on after the next ten days will necessarily be something extraordinary, THE SENATE. ALBANY, Jan. 5, 1875. The Senate was called to order at eleven o'clock bers being present excepting Senator Wellman, After prayer and the roii cail the President of the Senate said:—“I appear here to enter upon the duty which the law imposes upon me of presiding | over the sessions 01 the Senate. I am without tie training which legislative experience alone can give, and which most of my predecessors have had. 1 shall, therefore, need your indulgence and assist- ance, in return for which I assure you tuat I shall endeavor to do my duty without partialty or prejudice. Insomuch as it is only under special | and imirequent circumstances that 1 am called | upon to take part in your action, 1% would not be suitable for me to discuss any of the matters likely to engage your attention. but I will venture to express the hope, which I am confident will be fully realized, that your labors here may meet witb the approval of your several constituencies and tend to the prosperity | and advancement of the State.” Senator BRADLBY arose and said that owing to | some laws governing the matter, Senator Lan- ning, of Erie, had taken the oath of office shortly aiter nis election, but wnat he now desired to take the iron-clad oath. The President then administered the oath of office to Mr. Lanning. Senators Robertson and Lord were appointed a committee of two to wait upon the Governor and inform him that the Senate was ready to proceed with business, Senator KinG offered a resolution asking the | opinion of the Attorney General relative to we legality of the laws passed in 1863 and last year NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ¥, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. The term “canal ring” has been so frequently used that the | Spread and deep-rooted suspicion, if not an ab- There are some five or six of these | Its democratic head and prom- | Nearly all the New York delegation bad | Their efforts are | | by Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer, all the mem. | Jor the drainage of marsh jands on Staten Island | ano Long Isiand, Carried, Mr. WoopIN presented a petition relative to the boundary lines between Onondaga and Cayuga. A recess was then taken until twelve o'clock, THE ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, Jan. 5, 1875, The Assembly met at eleven o'clock A. M., and was called to order by John O'Donnell, Clerk of the last House. Aller prayer by Rev. D. M. Formes the list of members Was called, and those who had not already taken the oath appeared at the Clerk's vesk and*were sworn in by Mr. D. Willers, Sec retary of State. DID NOT TAKE THE OATH. ‘The following did not take tue oath as adminis. tered by the Secretary of Statc:—Messrs. Beards- ley, Bennett, Berry, Bishop. Bowen, Brogan, Brown, Calkins, T. J, Campbell, Cole, Comstock, Costigan, Dessar, Edson, Ely, Farrar, Faulkner, Fay, Fish, Gallagher, GriMn, Hinckley, Houghton, | Hussey, W. Jonnson, W. A. Johnson, Keenan, Kirk, Krack, Kshinga, Lawrence, Lawson, Me- Gowan, J. W. Miller, Muller. Ransom, Reilly, Rica, Schenck, Sudder, sherwood, Siingertand, Staut, @. | Taylor, ‘W. ¥. taylor, Veduer, Vospurgh, West, | Wicmore, Witdeck and Qurtz. The House then proceeded to the ELECTION OF A SPEAKER. JEREMIAN McGUikx, of Chemung, was elected, and on being conducted to tue chair addressed the Assembly as jollows :— SPEECH OF THE SPEAKER. GENTLEMEN OF THE ASSEMBLY—It is not affecta- tion when I say that it 18 with the greatest difll- dence that I accept and enter upon the per- formance of the duties of the position to which your partiality has assigned me. While fully S@ppreciating the honor of presiding over the delib- erations ol the popular branch of the Legisiature | of this great State and warmly tendering to you | my gratelul acknowledgment for this exhibition | of your confidence and esteem, ai the same ime L | am not unmindfal of the perplexing duues, the | | | harassing caies and the pecuiar responsioilinies of the place. Untried in the capacity uf presiding over a deiiberative body like this and with but limited experience in parliamentary pracuce or proceedings, I eel & misgiving, a distrust, a | Want 0! that intuitive tact, that quick percep- tion, that indescribable something 30 tndispens- | ably necessary to & proper and successiul dis- charge oj the duties of tue oMlce. Contessing and | admitting my inexperience, and it may ve a jack | of some Of the requisite qualifications, I have | NO MISGIVING OR DOUBT but that I can preside with the strictest impur- tality, ignoring all partisanship, administer your | Tules With the utmost fairness, recoguizing the right of the minority, respecting the privilezes of each individual member and regaraing and treat img each as the peer of nis fellow memv i would be presumption in me to imagine t er rors and mistakes will not unavoidadly occur in the administration of the complicated and ardu- ous duties of the Chair. Otten wall your indui- gence be invoked, aud when such errors proceed irom the understanding and not from the inten- ton, | realize that 1 can safely reiy upon your maghanimity to disarm all harsh and unjust criti- cis, Gentlemen, we have met uuuer pe- culiar and = delicate circumstances, at time when trade is struck with the biight of stagnation, when the business interest Of the State are in a measure prostrated, and 1 dustries are ina state of partial paralysis; at @ time when the public pulse is Jeverish and ¢x- | cited and the eyes of the people are turned vo | their servants; ata time when there isa wide- solute conviction, that tue government has been perverted trom its true ends, alms and purposes; Uhutit hasbeen administered in the interest of the few atthe O fet of the many; at a time when our proceedings will be by classes of our con- stituents closely watched, canvassed and criti- cised; ata time when there is a stern and inflexi- bie purpose being formed and mataringin tire public mind to hold officers toa strict accounta- bilivy for proper execution of the trust committed to them. With THE ARGUS BYES OF THE rnesg! Upon us ready to shoot irom its quiver the barbed arrows of censure and condemnation if we err, with & watchiul and vigilant people firmly re- Solving that hereafter their business, not ours, must be conscientiously performed, it behooves us to move and act with wisdom, prudence and cau- tion. aud, above all, with honesty, fairness and in- tegrity, and an eye single to the public good and welfare, resisting in legislation all evil or ap- pearance of evil. it is expected—nay, it is imperatively demanded of us—that we hold the keys of the public trea- | Sury; that we be prudent in appropriations and economical in expenditures; that all extravagant | | prodigality, that all excessively personal and se! list? schemes be ignored, scouted and condemne | that tue corner stone and | FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE of our action must be such legisiation as \shall couduce to good government aud in the interest | of the ‘people at large; recognizing, re- | specting und guaranteeing the rights of cor- | porations to manage their own affairs | and control their own proceedings and actions, whether such Corporation be moneyed or munici- pal, at the same time protecting the people against overshadowiug monopolies or the encroachments or large abd powertul associations. Heretoiore | much of the time of the Legisiature was con- | sumed in personal and speciai legislation, and | the belief was prevalent that this class of legisia- | Uon Was an ulcer, @ canker, eating out the vitals Of the body politic; that it was the SOURCE OF SHAMELESS. CORRUPTION and unblusbing bribery; tnat it turned this hall into the seat of the money changer aud the abode of wroug doing. So great was this belief, whetner | weil or ill founded, that the people, in their soves reign capacity, at the last election inhibited such | legislation, and directed us to pass general laws providing for vhe subjects so protibited. A great, Important and responsible duty, therefore, de- | volves upon us in the adaptation of statutes to the } requirements of the‘ organic iaw. I need not | | | | | | | Temind you that bis work demands the | best wisdom, judgment, care and laereton Ap | {ts performance and execution, doubt not, gentlemen, but that you will be fully equal to the emergency, and not disappoint the expectations of those Whom you serve and represent. ‘The ma- jority oi this koay 18 responsibie tor its legislation, For 9 fatiure to execute the wilj of the people, as | recently by them unmistakably expressed, for all bad and vicious enactments you, gentiemen oi the | majority, mass account tO your constituents. | Let there be ho shrinking, no evading of | responsibility. In view of the pledge that each of you gave when you accepted a | nomination for a seat in this body, that you would be 80 accountable and responsibie, let me entreat you to watch with more than ordiuary care aad vigilance to see that uo improper or questionable ; legislauon passes this body, vringing discredit upon us, and thus render our jprofessions a | sham and delusion, Our constant aim aod en- | deavor sbodid be to elevate the standard of official | lite. -It should be a high, proud and nonorable po- | sition to be a lawgiver of the State of New York, IN THE EARLY DAYS | 1% was so considered and regarded, Can we not, | by the practice of economy and retrenchment, | remembering that itis for the large body of the | people that we legisiate and not lor a iavored few, exacting bonesty and integrity in official Lie, | acting only jor the weltare of ail and the pros- | perity of the State, bring back our Legisiature to the high place it occupied when presided over by | a Spencer, a Livingston and our owa living and | houored statesman, Horatio Seymour, instead of allowing Wt to Sink, sink unt it becomes | @ byword and reproach, ‘he majority and minor- ity are alike Interested in good laws, carefui aud | prudent expenditures, an absence o! all suspicion or tulmt o! suspicion around this capital. in this | respect we can exclaim with one of the fathers of | the repuopitc, “We are all democrats; we are all republicans!’ In all such you will have the cor- dial aud active co-operauion and sympathy of the | Chair, trusting, hoping and believing that | | ail of our actions will tend to good | government, the prosperity of the people | and the weliare of the State; that our session will be harmonious, Iriendly and traternal relations prevail, and, when our labors here close, we can | retura to our homes, each and all of us, with the | Approval of our respective constituents and cone sciousness Of duty Well and honestly performed, TUE REPUBLICAN CHOICE. James W. Husted, Of Westchester county, re- i | ceived the full republican vote, while Mr. McGuire | | received that of the democrats. | |. When Mr, McGuire referred to Horatio Seymour | there was loud applause, and at the conclusion of bis address there was renewed applause. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS ELECTED. The House then proceeded to the election of a | Clerk, and Hiram Caikins, of New York, was elected; Hdward M, Johnson, of Utsego, receiving the republican vote. Mr. Calkins was then sworn in as Clerk. Edward A. Brown, of Otsego, was elected Ser- geanut-at-Arms; Frederick C, Fiske, of Madison, receiving the vote of the republicans. George W. | Irish was elected Doorkeeper; the republicans | votung tor Eugene L. Demers, of froy. William W, | McKilney was elected first Assistant Doorkeeper ; James Hogan receiving the republican vote. Charlies M. Johnson was elected second | Assistant Doorkeeper; Micnacl Mahar being | voted for by the republicans; Stephen G. Rodg- | ers was elected steuogrxpher, Warden E. Payn | being voted for by the republicans. On motion of Mr. Uakley, & concurrent resolution was adopted to adjourn from to-morrow until luesday next. THE USUAL COMMITTRES i | were appointed to wait on the Governor and the | ome wad iniorm them of the organizawon of the jouse, ! THR GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Charles Steobins, private secretary of the Gover- | nor, entered the Chamber at one P. M. aud pre- | sented the Governor's Message, the reading of which was commenced at once, and at its conclu- | sion the House adjourned, ART SALE. The large collection of paintings on view at Leavitt’s Art Room will be sold without reserve on | | | Thnrsday night, Some of the paintings have a | familiar aspect, but quite a number—a large num- ber—will be new to the public, visitant tor the year 7 Steinway Han on Thursday afternoon, giving public rehearsal of the concert which will taki Place on Saturday eveuing. The following pro- gramme will be presented vn both ovcasions + Paris and Helena” (first ime)... second Act, Euryanthe Wo berg’ Mr. Franz Remmertz. Symphony, No. 6, D minor, Op. 139 (new). 1. Allegro non troppo. Vv 3. Larghetto, qausi Marcia Punebre. 4. Allegro spirito, Wotan's Abschied und Fuerzauber (first tune), Waikuere......... althes anscarbasecrncneotll (First night of the Nibelungen-ing.’ ‘The yooal part by Mr. Franz Kemmerta. Symphony, No. 5, C minor, OP. 67............. Beethoven 1. Allegro von brio. 2 Andante con moto. 3. Me PLO. 4. Finale. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES. iss Cushman nas resumed her readings. Mi success in London, The Filth Avenue company, under Mr. Daly, is doing weil in the provinces. 3 Mr. W. J. Florence bas arrived in New York, He was very successiul in bis recent Western engage ment. Last Monday was the most crowded night a | Wallack’s since the production of “Tne Shaugh- raun,’? Paganini redivivus has dedicated his “Rondo deli Esercito Italiano” to Garipaldi, wita the old Geverai’s permission. Charles Caivert, who will superintend the pro- duction of “Henry V." at Booth’s Theatre, was tendered a banquet at Manchester. Tom Taylor had agreed to preside. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes ip the temperature during the past twenty-fou hours tn comparison with the corresponding date of last year, as recorded at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, Heracp Buidin: Yo 18 12 P.M. temperature yesterday Average temperatuie jor corres: ponding date jast year... pe MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Cnoa will leave this port on Wednesday tur Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post OMox at eleven o'clock A. M. THE NEw YORK HxeRxatp—Edition for Europe. will be ready at hali-past eigat o’ciock m the morning. 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