The New York Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1875, Page 6

( 6 THE SHACKLED STATE. Tammany Hall Denounces the Louisiana Outrage. THE PRESS ON THE INFAMY. ACTION OF TAMMANY GEN- ERAL COMMITTEE. After the transaction of the regular business of semporary organization at the meeting of the Tammany General Committee last night, the fol- Jowing resolution was passed on the motion of Mr. Jobn Kelly:— THE RESOLUTION. To-day, in violation of law and deflance of the sacred rights guaranteed by the comstitution of the United States, an armed band of men, under the so-called authority of the President, nave out- | raged the laws and trampied upon the rigats and privileges of the people of 4 sovereign State. ‘The Legislature of the State of Louisiana, lawfully ehosen by the people, peaceably assembied at the lime and in the place designated by law and for the discharge of the duties imeumbent upon them by the laws of that State, when Bgeneral of the army of the United States entered the hall and demanded, under instructions from his superior officers, that certain of the members there rightfully assembied should leave the hall, In the presence of a superior force of armed men they entered their solemn protest agaiust this outrageous infraction of their rights aud obeyed. + Now, tneretore, we, the Democratic General Com. mittee of Tammany Hall, desire to enter our | polemn and earnest protest against this out Fageous and flagrant violation of law, believing the words of Governor McEnery, “that such action Is subversive of the republican institutions of ths | free conntry.”” We denounce the language of that partisan general (I. H. Sheridan) who despite the unanimous protes: of the clergy, the entire business interests of that State, as represented by the Board of Underwriters and the Board of Trade. the representative people of other States temporarily residents of that city, termed and denounced a {ree people, in tne exer- cise of their most sacred right, “assassins and banditti.”” We tender the people of that State our entire sympathy ; and we pledge them our carnest co-operation in measares that will law/ully and thoroughly free them from the terrible bondage with woleb they are ailicted. At the conclusion of the reaafig of the above by the secretary there was a striking manifestation of earnest and determined applause. The chair- man statea that the resolution was before the committee for debate, but no speecn was volua- | teered. The resolution was then put, and a anan- {mous and demonstrative ‘aye’ was given by the @udience that, despite of the heavy storm, crowded every part of the room. A SOUTHERNER’S VIEWS. Judge W. J. Cahoon, of Louisiana, who is now on a visit to this city, was yesterday visited by a representative of the HERALD to obtain bis opin- fon of the existing difficulties in New Orleans and the action of the federal authorities. Judge Ca- hoon, who has always taken an active part in | Louisiana politics, thought there could be but one | opinion in the minds of all honest men—viz., that tke action of General Sheridan and of Governor NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. tme documents thas he will sena to Congress to show that Louisiana was in a state of actual re- bellion, and that himself and Sheridan together were the ready-handed patriots who crushed this hew rebellion, even before the country heard of its existence. This is the exact size of the col- ored boy im shat fence. PARAMUS, VOICE OF THE PRESS. THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. (yrom the Providence Journal—Senator An- thony’s organ—Jan, 6.) If the democrats refuse to participate in the legislation that is their business; bus tae atutuae of General Sheridan promises that they will not be permitted to interfere violently. As to the moral condition of the White League, comment is unnecessary. {it has shown that it wil dare a oe | ‘but the general goverament, and it 18 ot al things, there are but two ways out of 1! mn the part of Le ue pecovecament of Luuisiana by ity Vested in the President. The brief message of Genera! Sheridan discloses a coudi- | tion of society which is disgraceful, unnecessary, unsale, and which cannot be ailowed im a Civil- ized, not to say repubilcan, nation, | [From the Boston Advertiser, Jan. 6.) There seems to us no reasonable doubt that a majority of the people who voted at the November election voted the democratic ticket, or thata have we any doubt tuat there were actually irreguiarities and illegal votes in the parishes Whose returns were not accepted by the Return- ing Board, Butto refuse to admit democratic among them, by so doing to cause a tie in the | House, and then to refer the case of the retarns | to a Legislature which 18 made republican on joint | ballot, all this ts a transparent trick and an insup- gore outrage on the people. We cannot won- | jer at the anger of the democrats or at their ap- | prehension that they were to be cheated out of the fruits of their victory by the political cheap jacks who are republican leaders in their State. {From the Uhicago Tribune, Jan. 6) Itis perfectly evident, from the refusal of the | temporary Chairman to order the yeas aud nays, | | that the House was about evenly divided, and that the votes of the members irregularly seated | Were the means of democratic success. The House | had, in tact, become a revolutionary body. 1t had | come to @ ‘condition when interierence was de- Mmanded, if ever; but we deeply depiore that in- terference actually did take piace through the | United States army. [From the Baltimore American, Jan. 6.} We do not think that the sensible, redecting and fair-minded people of the country are likely to be thrown off their palance by what is now going | forward in New Orleans or by the flaming nead | | lines by which it 1s attempted to create tne im- | pression that the country, its constitution and everything in the shape ot liberty has been utterly | outraged, if not annihilated. The one thing for congratulation 18 that riot, disorder and biood- shed have been prevented. So long as peace is | thns maintained there will be opportunity ior in- | vestigation, decision and settlement. Woat the | people of Louisiana, and especiaily of New Ore leans, most need just nowls to be saved I7om | themselves. {From the Utica Herald, Jan. 6.) It was a strange and shocking sight to find the | army of the Unitea States compelling the partisan organization of a State Legislature at the point of the bayonet, * * * Thus another biunder, eatest of all, has been added to the series of iunders— blunders divided about equally between both political parties that have well nigh ruined | Louisiana. will inevitably be visited nant people, (From the Philadelphia Press, Jan. 7.) To-day, to put it very temperately, it is a matter of doubt whether any use of the military has been made to which a good citizen can take exception, (From the Springtiela Repubiican.) y aN aroused and indig- hon- | the majority Of democrats were jegaliy elected to the | House oi Representatives by legal votes. Neither | Representatives who were really elected bv legal | votes, because there were some irregular votes | ‘the republican party must either dis- | own this blunder or Lonnie the consequences that | | the trans practiced upon them and the terrible re- verse which has come over their liberty, trade and industry, they have refrained irom any act of violence against the United States. Tney have suffered and been strong. A confiict with the national forces could only have brought upon them agein worse horror of war than they ever yet endured, have given their oppressors auother pretext for tyranny, wud ex- cited Northern sentient against ticse how known and admitted to have been treated with shameless aud tpjustice, At worst they can bow ly have to wait for relief until soon aiter the assembling of the Forty-lourth Congress. * * * ‘Phe country regards Saeridan as a very damin; sword of valor, but just now it sees him wielde by hands joul wito the Vilest of crimes and ior the | jurtber oppression of a deeply wronged commu- | pity, The sympathies of the loyal pegpie suoyid | gO orto 1D this case, Weil were it 1 Sheridan were—not twenty—but twenty thousand miles— “away” from suca a post of dubious duty! {From the Hartiord Courant—Conogreasman Haw- ley's paper), Jan. 6) The question which is of chief interest to all g0oa citizens is how far this remarkabie imter- ference of United States oMcers and troops in the adfaira or a State was justified, No right-minded Person can fall to condema the outrage attempted by the demoorass. Even if isis proven that the rejurns were laisified by @ parusan Returning Board there was bo excuse lor the tilegal manner in which the control of the House was sought, ‘But, so Jar as tue Jacts are yet known, we believe it wouid bave been better Jor the republicans to have submitted with a protest, and carricd the matter to the courts, than for the resort to have been made to the general government. There ts no doubt that General Sheridan 1s correct in his an nouncement to the President that a spirit of de- flance to ail lawiul authority and great insecurity Oo! tile exist tn the South. Neither can there be reasonable dvabt that but for the presence of United States troops in New Orleans there would have been the usaal slaughter of colored peopie to mark tne opening of the Legislature. So Jar the action of the President was commendable and necessary, but it will require a juller statement than has yet veen given to inake the arbitrary in- terence With the Legislature appear entirely Justiiaole. THE INDEPENDENT PRESS, [From the Baltimore Sun, Jan. 6.) The fact that the people of Louisiana do not defy even uolawfal authority 1s strikingly evinced by the profound quiet with which they nave sub- mitted to the most palpable subversion of civil by military power ever witnessed in the United States, and is the suilicient answer to Sherivan’s slanderous and malignant allegations. From all that has occurred up to this time itis clear that the only “spirit of defiance to all lawfal autbor- ity” in New Orleans is that which the military have exhibited in taking possession of a State Legislature and its members, and that the only | ‘ansecurity of life” is from the man whose up- ponacat to his present position was bailed by ‘is special admurers on the ground that “someboay might be hurt.’” {From the Philadelphia Telegraph, Jan. 6.) It 1s not necessary, perhaps, to mention that the Lieutenant General has been excited to the pitch of writing execrabie English by the White Leaguers, | and that the obnoxious mdividuais whom he | suspects of being banditti are “the ringleaders of the armed White Leagues,” What Sheridan will unink of the merchants of New Orieans now that they have branded him as @ ii@r, or, to use their very courteous words, »ccused him ot giving **1t- terance to statements singularly at variance with the condition of things,”’ we cannot imagine aud Will Rot attempt to predict. OBITUARY. FREDERICK WILLIAM, ELECTOR OF HESSE. A cable report from Berlin, under date of yester- day, the 7th inst., announces the death of Fred- erick Williara, Elector of Hesse. The Elector and Landegrave of Hesse, Frederick William, was born onthe 20th of August, in the year 1802. He was, consequently, seventy-two years of age at the time of his decease—five years younger than Kaiser William, with whom he has witnessed many tin- ‘The question 1s not at all whether the proceed- | portant changes In the governments of Europe, | ings of the conservatives in the Louisiana Legis- ; and shared the excitements of some of the most lature were regular and legal. Thatis a side ts- | stirring phases tn the history of Prussia, Having sue, and it has been dwarfed into insignificance. | servedas co-regent in the Electorate of Hesse he Accepting every statement Kellogg, bis fellow | succeeded to full power on the 20th November. 1847. Kellogg was the most infamous and outrageous that bad ever been perpetrated upon any com- munity. General Sheridan had actea upon bis own | responsibility 1p interfering with the organization | of the government of the State, predicated upon conspimsers and their apologists maxe as gospel instructions received from the Executive at | truth, the American people will still find them- Washington, knowing, as he does, the desire of | President Grant to make it appear that the South- ern States, especidily Louisiana, are republican. Another reason tor Grant’s action in upholding | the ijlegal use of the United States Army! the Kellogg government and thrusting the con- | hooves American citizens in all the States not to vervative members from their rightful seats in the | UNderrate the gravity of this question, Legislatnre is to be found in his prejudice against {From the Cleveland Herald—repubiican.) the people of that State, evidenced by the fact | The situation in the South is grave enough, but that he derives all nis information trom nis | We hope it has not come to that pass. We are not brother-in-law, J. N. Casey, who is used as anin- | Teady for it. The people of the North, republicans strument in the hands of unscrupulous politicians. | O*@eMocrats, are not prepared ior the re-estab- - General Sheridan was instructed to bend the peo- | fashion which General Sheridan suggests. There ple to his will and he has not been slow tocarry | are ruiians among the White League, there is a out bis orders. | rampant rebelliuus spirit amoug @& class of Southern people who would not like to be classed FEDEBAL AUTHORITY WILL BE RESPECTED. ong the ruManiy element, and it may be that ‘The peopie, for ail they feel most strongly upon | strong eet bot Beer yee necessary BJ keep the subject, will maintain an attitude of quietade, | oe age ee ee ae aaa ae ee recog but if McEnery, Penn and Ogden are arrested it | measures as are suggesied in General Steridan’s will be @ sorry thing for those who do 1. Our | despatcn. citizens will bow to the authority of the United | THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE. States, but there 1s no military organization which | [From the Boston Post, Jan. 6.] i can intimidate them. They willin no case rise | | It is plain to see that no majority whatever gg government but they may against in- Rabat toe. Tale OF eltee x08 tose wie send | benind him would have made the least difference cisely where they woulda have been had no such statements been heard of. The question 1s, Shall the President of tbe United s:ates be permitted | to organize State Legislatures to suit himsell py GRANT’S DEATH KNELL. The result of this antagonism of Grant to all the | Cal power that has its seat and centre at Washing. proper feelings of humanity and justice is bound | ton. No sorms of law, no evidences of the popular to keep Louisiana in subjection jor the time being; | Will, no circumstances O1 sufering and wrong, f | would have moved the cold military spirit waica but 16 has aiready sounded his death knell and | nay tastened itseli on the South, and has for years that of republicanism, not only in the Souvh Sut | been making @ once prosperous State like Loui- all over the Union. ‘rhe best men belcnging tothe slanaits prey. Ot course this plot against local . | government could never be consummated without republican party bave already expressed their dis- | tne active co-operation o! the iederal Executive. gust at Grant’s action and their intention to se- | Tne despatch of General Sheriaan to New Orieans cede from the party, ifsuch diabolical outrages are | snows the headquarters of the wicked design. to become party measures. The conservatives | {From the Harrisburg Patriot, Jan. 6.) pelieve that they have found friends in the North | Bltnd asthe republican party has been to the and in Congress who wiil approve their action | drift of its insane attempt to substitute at the and take steps to compel justice to be doneand | South a government of iorce for a government of Bee to it that the rights of all the peoples of the | law, we koow right well that an instinctive man- hood will rally 18 members against this last in- South, trrespective of color or condition, are | stance of despotism. ‘fhe soldiers Were ashamed Tespected. | of their work. The mass ot the people will brook ie AR oto | no further delay on the part of Congress in stamp- NEW ORLEANS—GRANT AND | [ns out this monstrous injustice, With tuis prece- BLAINE. | all restraint and a military despotism bas replaced | a constitu 1onal government, | [From the Baltimore Gazette, Jan. 6.] | We have now come to that point when every member of the opposition, in both houses of Con- gress, must take united action. It is incumbent on them to meet at once and demand of the Presi- dent the immediate recall of Sheridan and tne dismissal of Wiliams irom the Attorvey General- ship. Ii thisis cenied they should draw up art- cles of impeachmest against Grant and issue an appeai to the country. If we have not mistaken the temper of the people—not only in the Middie fo THe EpiTor or THE HERALD :— Your suggestion that the remarkable course taken by the President in Loursiana is perhaps due to the fact that he sees in the diMculties there something not apparent to the general public, and that he therefore acts with ah eXtravagance not justifed by what is apparent to the people at large, is liable to several interpretations, and one of them is certainly worthy the consideration of Selves, $0 lar ag the Main issue is concerned, pre- | It be. | lishment of military rule 10 the south aiter toe | | with the course of the selfish, sullen and tyranni- | | dent standing executive authority has transcended | Bll those who would not like to see a State trampled under foot in the sctamb.e for political | | wrecedency. Grant does see in New Orleans more than ts seen by the people generaliy, and what he sees is part | of the game for the next nomination for the Presi- dency. He is not fighting tae White League nour the Southern people. He is coe fighting Mr. Blaine, And the true objective point in his military operations against the Legislature is the special committee on the condition of the South. It may be remembered that this committee was ordered by the House “upon that portion of the President's message relating to the condition of the South.” It was appointed December 15, and is conrposed of Mr. G. I’. Hoar, of Massachusetts; Mr. William A. Wheeler, of New York; Mr. William I’. Frye, of Maine; Mr. Charles Foster, of Obio; Mr. William Waiter Phelps, of New Jersey; Mr. James ©. Rov- inson, of llinois, and Mr. Clarkson N. Potter. of New York, Now this is not preciseiy the commit- tee that General Batier or Attorney General Williams would have sent on the same’ errand. No man, indeed, who wants to have Grant “toc ten terms, if be can get him,” would have trusted more than one or two of these men within 500 miles of New Orieans at the present time. For shese men will investigate the case honestly and teport it in plain terms,\and their report will lay General Grant out cold, so far as relates to his candidacy before the next republican Convention. Indeed, that document may be the formal repudiation of Grafitism on the part of the Fepudlican party. That is what Mr. Blaine prob- ably intended in the composition of that commit. tee. They will strike at Grant, not certainly tn the interest of Blaine, but of truth and the coun- wry; but if they destroy Grant as a candidate Biaine will reap the advantage. All that possibility General Grant saw, and he pelieved that by vigorous measures, by “pushing things,” he could head of the committee, and get an effect upon the country that would drown any mere party manwuvre. He apparently relies upon States, but at the North and West—the response would be prompt and tve support overwhelming, (From the Worcester (Mass.) Press, Jan. 6.) | Grant is at the bottom of this outrage. It ts the boldest step he has yet taken toward the consum- mation of that scheme which 1s now uppermost in his ignorant bead and traitorous hearit—a scheme 1o make himself the live ruler of this land, with almost absolute coutrol of its destinies, Toms Outrageous act, a little bolder than any heretolore, committed, is a ‘feeier” thrown out to test the temper of the peupie. He 18 now waiting to learn how it is re- ceived. If the people of the North quietly submit to this act of treason and usurpation his next act will be a little bolder; he will attempt something a | little bigher in the scale that leads to absolute power, | {From the Chicago Times, Jan. 6.) | What the next movement will be no one can | foretell. Nothing can be expected from Congress, which is the only power capable of affording re- let. Investigating the condition of affairs, bac 1618 composed of partisans of Kellogg and Grant who wiil not dare to run counter to their party. Con- wress, too, is interested in maintaining the pres- ent usurpation. he republican pariy is on iis jast legs, ana Louisiana Casts a few votes in ifs avor. sooner than jose these votes the repub- iu party will abet any imiquity, ho iatter how great. But the peopie of the state will not submit To being thus oppressed. Like tae worm trodden upon they will turn upon their oppressors and Teak such & Vengeance aS may seem to them fit. What form that retribution will take the tuture alone can develop. (From the Newark (N. J.) Journal, Jan. 6.) | The third term got @ bad shaking up last No- | ares nothing for popular | opinion, nothing tor the true meaning of the elec: | vember; but Grant ions, His will is paramount to everything. He Stl has tie third term jum-jam. By day and nignt it haunts him. How can the coveted object be Teacned ’ We see no way under heaven except by his overthrowing (he government of the United | States—doing for bimeell in New York, New Je} | sey. New England and all the States what ne has done with so hign and iron-ioved a hand for Kel- | ogg @ud brovher-in law Casey in Louisiana, {From the Buffalo Courter, Jan. 6.) | We congratulate the peopie of Louisiana and the friends of liverty that, smarting under the sting of A Congressional Committee i at present | | a8 @ puolic loss in The Elector contracted a morganatic marriage with Gertrude Faikenstein, created Princess de | Hanau and Countess de Schumbcurg in the year | 1831: but was again married toa Princess of the | royal house of Prussia. The first nawea lady was the divorced wife of a Prussian officer. He had | many children born to nim. He descended in a | direc line from Henry I., the common ancestor of | the three families of Hesse. His successor is | Prince Frederick, one of bis cousins. The Elector | distinguished himself by bis reactionary ardor tn | 1849, during the Ministry of the notorious Has- | senppfug. ‘The country of the Electorate of Hesse | was mvaded by the Prussian troops in the | month of June, 1866, Bismarck then sus- | pecting that the Elector was endeavor- | ing to stand on the “fence” with Hesse | between Prussia and Austria. The Extzlish | people approved of the act at the moment, The | Berlia correspondent of the London Times, writ- | ing on the 17th of June, 1866, said:—“Tne Elec- | torate of Hesse has been invaded vn account of | its sovereign having made no answer at all to the | Prussian summons. The Elector was packing up | his plate and preparing to leave jor Frankfort, | put the people showed that they did not intend to | les bim of fant 80 easily. Crowds assembled, raising revolutionary cries, and vowing they would meke nim share in the sufferings he had entailed upon chem by meddling witu the war. This 17th | or June may prove to be the last day of his reign. | Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Vassel, his | nephew and heir presumptive, was yester- | day summonea to Beriin and offere the | regency of the Electorate, after the | anticipated flight or expulsion of .his royal | uncle. The Prince, Whose wile is sister of Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia, the Com- | Manaer-in-Chief in Saxeny, is said to nave as- | sented, and as the peopie oi Hesse-Cassel are sure | to welcome to the throne any successor of the | despicable tyrant now trembling in nis paiace, the | change of sovereign contemplated by Count Bise marck is jikely to take place within a few days. | | The old Elector, whose character is a moral enormity in this nipeteenti century of ours, bas | | hot only violated tor years every clause of the | constitution he had taken the oath to observe, but by the crying Immordlity of his family life be- come the horror and abomination of a) Germany. Some six years ago Count Bernstorg, then Prus- sian Minister of Foreign Affairs, compeiled him to restore the consutution, which at that ume he na resumed to abolish altogether. He | yieide to force, recognized the charter | airesh, but, being by the change of government in this country § allowed to indulge bis evil propensities once more, his revenge in a way unprecedented in the annals even of German royalty, He struck, if not tor wages, at least for absolutism. For years past-ne has neither sanctioned any of the laws proposed by his Chamber nor allowed his government to in- troduce any bills. While thus endeavoring to rum | that pont. THE STATE CAPITAL | Committee Appointments Up- permost. The Governor Expected to Speak on Louisiana. j WHO WILL BE SENATOR? Close Race Between Murphy and Kernan. ALBANY, Jan 7, 1875 There was a geners! clearing out here last night and this morning of members of Assembly, lobby- ists and others interested in legislative matters, Speaker McGuire left on the nine o’clock train for New York to-day, and of course the canvass for positions op committees will be transferred to that city. It is the merest specuiation, so far, as to the names of the gentlemen slated for the cuair- manships of the more important committees, People who scem to know more than anybody else, and who whisper mysteriously through the corridors of hotels and around the balls of the Capitol bulldiag prophesy the mame of this gentleman and that, but nothing in this direction has yet taken any definite shape. Mr. Maguire having put his foot down emphatically op preliminary pledges in the contest for the Speaxership, {@ entirely untram- melied, and wiilappoint none but the best men for the various positions. If Mr. Davis goes on the Canal Committee we may hear of some rich and rare developments from that quarter. There isa nest of corruption and robbery to be un- earthed, recalling the most palmy days of the New York Ring. THE LOUISIANA TROUBLES. Among the tew leading politicians who congre- gate here to-day the subject of the troubles in Louisiana ts vigorously canvassed, Democrats claim the outrage one as of a character to sink for- ever any attempt at resurrection of tue republican party. General Sheridan’s conduct is looked upon as the emanation o/ a diseased vrain—thas of a military tyrant who jooks upon everything in a despotic lignt peculiar to his training. If the de- spatches from New Orleans are a true reflex of the condition of affairs there, then the democrats claim that an opportunity has arisen for their party which will imgure certain victory in the campaign ot 1876. Moderation and well digested action, however, ts advised. Hasty condemnation and sensational preambles and resolations are de- cried. GOVERNOR TILDEN’S POSITION, The sentiments of Governor Tilden on the alleged outrages have not yet transpired. [o an offictal sense be is still thoronghly non-committal. some say that the controversy will ve tue occasion of a special message to the Legislature at its as- sembiing on Tuesday next. As I stated in my de- spatches of yesterday, the New York delegation wil, through their chairman, dir. James Daley, in- troduce condemnatory resolutions into the As sembly on Tuesday. "Those resolutions will em- brace im unmistakable phraseology the strongest censure of she administration policy in New Or- leans. THE UNITRD STATES SENATORSHIP. ‘rhis is the main topic of discussion here now among the few politicians that remain. ‘he Kings county men, headed by Mr. William A, Fowler and Mr. William ©. Kingsley, are stili on hand at the Delavan House. Congressman Bliss returned Dome this alternoon, having received news of the serious iliness of bis brother. ‘Ine claims of Mr. Henry C. Murphy are pressed with all the vebemence that argument and philosopuy can pring to bear upou them. In conversation With one of the Kings county leaders to-day he expressed himself as confident o1 the election ot Mr. Nurphy. Of course the iriends of Mr. Kernan ure equally sanguine, They say that Mr. Seymour | 1s out of the field without doubt, and that the in- fluence of the genticman will be most effectually thrown 1m the balance for Mr. Kernan, Mr, Mur- phy’s Iriends, op the other hand, assert that Gov- campaign. They seem to think thata greai change has come over the prospects of the Various can- didates within the past weeks. The prestige and importance attached to the name of Governor Seymour cannot be transferred by him to Francis Kernan. A number of politicians throughout tne State, and members of tne Legisiature are said to be bere with letters in their pockets trom Governor Seymour deciariog, in most emphatic terms, his unalterabie determination not to enter the fleld or have auything to do with the office o1 Senator, and vhat, so tar as he 18 concerned, he will not ac- cept the position. ‘the country opposition to Tammany Hall is still | no doubt lateuse. gation, Who seem very quiet on the subject, and some few others, the Kernan strength, su tar as I can judge at present, seems to be rather icebie. The iriends of Mr. Murphy, and those of Judge Wheaton, of Pougnkeepsie, jointly controlling tie } Tiver counties, seem to be acting together in sup- port of the ijormer gentleman. ‘he caudi- date, taking this view of the case, then comes to Albany with the consolidated strength of the river counties and both these elements behind, ‘This gives bin, taking the vote of the Second Judi- cial district, comprising the river counues, to- gether witn Kings, votes as Mr. it Is, therefore, to be fought out in the intertor ol the State. If there is to be a iree flela and no javor the Kings county men claim that they can win easily. elly brings trom New York tor COMING EVENTS, As this must become one of the most important sessious of the Legisiature held for many years siderable inierest. In committees, of course, the great work of the Legislature centres, Here many @ bill is smornered, many «a scheme hatched and many a dollar changes hands, lobby, gracefully, aroitly and systematically, are already in tow! ‘They are somewhat at sea as to | the particuiar class of legis!ation where their tender eforts will be most needed. But time will shortiy develop the necessary imiormation on THE INSURANCE INTEREST. One of the most important comuitttees of the House will be that appoiuted to iook alter insur- ance matters. ‘here are now a number of com- panies in New York city rotteu to the core, and which ought to have been in the bands of are- ceiver log since, Their names and sianding must appear in proper time. When the craso comes, if the committee does its duty, a good wany wiil oe surprised. THE BATTLE OF NEW OBLEANS. THE MANNER IN WHICH OLD NEW YORK CELE- BRATED THE ANNIVERSARY. Sixty years ago to-day a memorable battle in | his subjects, whom he bitteriy tates r vaving repeatedly restrained bis innate depravity, be was known to beat his wile and servants, and in a number of well authenticated instances to have been subjected to acts of retributive justice by nis impatient Victims. Nay, the very streets of Cassel and Frankiort have wii nessed personal encounters between the stammering, squinting holder of arbi- | trary power and his #utjects, who, by the combined pressure of Austria, Prussia and the Bund, were prevented ‘rom ousting him from his dominions. How he came by ms wile, a morganatic lady, and how he behaved to his fatner and his sons, and now his sons requitea his many acts of paternal teudernovss | wil not here detail, Suttice tt to say that his Court has been a standing scandal in tois part of the world; that both he and his have long been cut off from all intercourse with their equais and that ms reign has, more than anything else, contributed to lower the Institution of royalty m tue eyes of the nation.’ ot Germany has since settled the scandals and the properties of the Elector, and now he has gone to his account at tne great tribunal of ail. | REV. ALEXANDER NESBITT. This most promising and popular young pastor, who was only in the commencement o1 his clerical career, died yesterday at his residence in Tremont, N.Y, He ministered to the congregation of the First Presbyterian church in that place with 80 much zeal and efficiency that his congregation became warmly attached to him. It was in tue discharge of hi rical duties that he contracted toe disease which led to his eariy demise whtie just in the Nusa of manhood, AS preacher he Was earnest, forcible and eloquent. His sermons aitracted to his church many who were not communicants, but who were deeply impres: Tremont, where he leaves a large circle of warm friends, DR. JOSIAH CROSBY. Dr. Josiah Crosby, one of the ablest physicians and surgeons of New Hampshire, and for many years the leader of tne prowssion at Manchester, died in that city, of paralysis, at four o'clock yes- | terday morning. | W. 8 PIKE, | W.S, Pike, a well known banker of New Orleans, | died in that city yesterday. He was carried from lite by the effects of a stroke of paralysis, Mr, Pike was widely Known in the financial world, and Was greatiy respected by ins iellow citiweas and the Mercantile community at large. sed, tis death 1s regarded | the history of the Unived States took place within | ernor seymour Will take no part whatever in the | jueens and Richmond, iuiy as | the puviic eye will watcn Its operations witt con- | The | Outside of the New York dele- | a tew miles of New Orleans, in which a veteran English army, the pick of troops who had earned renown during the Napoleonic wars, was deieated and their experienced and gallant commander slain by @ devoted band of Americans, much inferior in numvers, but led by a general who united the indomitabie will of the natural commander with toe genius of the backwood’s | busnfighter, ready to make the most of every available means of offence and deieace of which the situation was susceptible, New Orieans is ai this moment the name of a city on every tongue. It 1s very true that the con- | fliet in 1315 was unnecessury to settle any point, lor a lew days before a treaty of peace Was signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and Great Britain at Gaent; but still it must be remembered that if the resuit of the | engagement had been different the Mississippi | Taigat possibly be now the western boundary of | the Republic. At all events the credit of American arms Was wen finally estabdlisned, and American prowess in tue fleid has remained since i815 up to this time unquestioned, ‘The anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans for many years aiter its occurrence was celebracea in New York by civic and military displays, in which the ‘Taumany Society wok a proginent Part. Going vack not much over thirty years it Will be iound tiat the State troops in this city were paraded under orders from tie major gen- eral commanding, toe national flag was hoisted at tne Battery, and salutes fired In wonor oi the day. In later years the recoilections of the anniversary seem to have grown faint. Still the Tammany So- cie.y by its iestive gatherings commemorates the eventtul day on which Andrew Jacksun’s lite army before the Crescent City hambled the flower Of the British veterans under Pakennam, Alter the commencement oi tne lace civil war the popular practice of celebrating the victory in this city iell almost into disuse, and it bas so continued up to the present ume. THE CARPET-MAKERS' STRIKE. The carpet operators in Higgins & Co.’« carpet factory, who struck some weeks ago on accountof | the reduction of wages from ten to fifteen per cent, hela their final meeting yesterday to deter- mine upon a compromise the firm had offered to make. Alter A humber of speeches pro and con., the workmen finally consented to return vo work on Monday morning next at a reduction of five per cent jor frst cliss workmen, the other reduc: tions ta be graded down according to wages, ‘Tue firm accepted the terms, DEMOCRATIC MASSACHUSETTS pao Feta cay INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR GASTON—THE MESSAGE. Boston, Jan, 7, 1875. The rare spectacle of the inauguration of & democratic Governor in Massachusetts was wit- nessed bere to-day. No such event having oc- curred for nearly a generation the occasion was fraught with considerable interest, and the at- tendance of visitors was unusually large. Both galleries of the House of Representatives were filled with ladies and gentlemen, and very many who came were unable to gain admittance, In the body of the House there were tho Justices of the Supreme Court and various other civil as well as military dignitaries, It was expected that King Kalakaua and hts sutte would be present, but a previous engagement to visit Lowell inter- fered. The oath of office having been adminis- tered Governor Gaston proceeded with his ipaugural address, an abstract of which is appended. In commencing his address to the Legislature the Governor remarked that the legislators entered upon their auties at a time when the people were more anxious for honest and intelligent leg! tion and for prompt and faithful execution of the laws than they were for politicat victory or party supremacy. He recognized the fact that the War was ended and that we should now direct our energies to the interes’s of the present and /utare, and seek by prudent measures to give vigor to the industries, trade and commerce of the people. He.denounced inflation, insisted upon ability and @bsolute purity in the public service, and opposed the encroachments of federal power and the ten- dencies toward centraiization, and resistance to all toe claims and exactions of an unprin, cipled partisanship. He also favored the pro- tection of the negro, and opposed (ederal inter- lerence with the elections. THE STATE DEBT. In alluding to the State finances, he reported the debt at $29,500,000, one-half of which has been con- tracted Jor the purpose of assisting raliroad enter- prises, The sinking fund, crested for its redemp- tion, 18 $11,000,000, so that the net debt 1s about $19,000,000, Economy was urged in the expendi. tures of the future. ART EDUCATION, In his remarks on education the Governor said:—“There 18 & form of education which is rapidly gaining favor elsewhere, and which 1 re- joice to know has pot been neglected here, I re- jer to what Is ordinarily called art education. This is not confined to instruction im that kind of art which simply gratifies the taste. Although the possession of the products of this form ol art has been largely confined to those who have private wealth, and although tts cultivation has-been supposed to be intended largely for their gratii- canon, yet, ifthe time ever existed, it has cer- tulnly long since passed when the love olart and the taste lor lt were the exclusive possessions of the rich or the highly cultivated. I regard the legis- jJation already adopted on tis subject as of great iipportance to the moral ‘and material interests of the people of Massachusetts, Tnere is no stronger { sesegniew lor the protection and preservation of the high character ofa people than the full em. ployment ot their powers on objects worthy of pursuit, and thelr menitness ana independence have no greater security than & well-founded con- sciousness of their ability to meet with credit and success all honorable competi- tion and rivalry. The prominent position ot the French nation in manufactures re- quiring the highest taste and skill was nade Most apparent at the Exposition in Lon- don in 1851, At tbat time Great Britain, in her own capital, in this class of manufactures waa found among the great nations to be below all other exhibitors except tue United States of America. ‘his disclosure stimulated the pride and courage of the English government and peo- ple and iuduced them tv start art schools, the Tesult of Whose training was manifest at the Ex- po-ition in Paris in 1867, when Great Britain was laced among the first of her distinguished rivals. ith Germany and many other countries of Conti- neutal Europe the same spirit prevails, and to-uay we are fur behind all of these countries in the de- velopment of tue skill which commands the mar- kets of tue world by its tavrics of taste and beauty.” YROHIBITORY LIQUOR LAW AND STATE CONSTABU- Lary. The Governor denounced the Prohibitory Liquor law as a tailure, alter twenty years’ experience, and recommended its repeal aud the enactment of a stringent license law, He also iavored the abo- litton of the State constabulary and the creation Of @ police detective force. THE HOUSAC TUNNEL. He believed tne poiicy of the state in the mat- ter of tne Hoosac tunnel should be to connect the tanne) and the railroaa, wach belongs to it, to other tmporiant railroads, and make the property owned by the State partofa through line. The Governor and Council have made a settlement witu W. & F. Shanly, the contractors for the com- jetion of the tunnel, and it bas been surren- ered by them to the state, Toe entire amount of the contract was $4,594,248. In the settlement a Aeduction was made ou account of railway track not laid and on account of the unfinished condition Of the central drain. ‘fhis deduction amounted to $36,547. Tue previous paymenis nad amounted to $4,101,705, The balance of $456,014 was paid on the 22d day of December last. Ihe contractors pre- sented @ claim for extra work amounting to $70,404, upon which the sum of $27,115 was alowed and paid. They have given notice that they shail make application to the Legisiature for the pay- meant of the balance of this claim and for the pay- Ment of certain other claims which they re- gard as equitable. The whole amount ofthe claim which they intend to present js, as 1 have been in- formed, about $126,000, The total amount of pay- ments irom the Treasury on account of the rail road and tunnel up to January 1, 1875, including interest paid on scrip issued, was, alter deducting receipts for rents, &¢., $12,973,822, CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS. The year upon which we are pow entering will be one of pecuitar interest to tue American peo- | ple, and especially to the peuple of our own Com- | Monwealtn, as 1+ completes the century irom the Openiby scenes of the war of the Revolution, To the ceievration of this great event, which will occur in Philadelpbia in the year 1876 I invite the attention of the Legislature. As we are passing irom the trst century ol our existence as Irge and independent States, and are about rep ping upon the threshoid ot the second, it certainly appropriate time for us to look back 10 our early listory and seek trom it, a6 We Weil may, a guide tor the futare. This centennial anniversary Will be of tnealculavie benefit if it shall recall to our winds that primitive time when tign ofice was held as a great and sacred trust, and when Oitictal position was sought tor the opportunity which it furmisned jor honest and taithiul public service and not as & means of personal emolument or gain. MAINE LEGISLATURE. INAUGURATION AND MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR DINGLEY. AUGUSTA, Jan. 7, 1875. Governor Dingley was inaugurated to-day. His Message piaces the receipts of the State during the past year at $1,853,904, and disbursements $1,537,719. Of this amount $714,426 was on ac- count of the war debt, and $407,477 on account of schools, The ordinary expenditures, therefore, during the past year have been $320,694, or a little legs than one and a half mills on the dollar ot State valuation. The debt is now, aiter deaucting sink- Ing funds, $5,561,076—a reduction of $321,575 during the past year. In ten years pearly $7,000,000 has heen paid by the people 0! Maine on account of the State debt, nearly $3,000,000 being for the reduction of principal, and $4,000,000 on account of interest. Should the Present rate of taxation be continued the balance of this deot will be extinguished in 1388. ‘The Governor favors equalization of taxation on ratl- roads, banks and corporations, 30 that all ex- be met without assessing @ dollar a cities, he eniorcement of the collection of 90,000 rematn- ing unpaid out of $105,060 assessed last year; ia- vors the increase o1 the licen of insurance companies doing business ja the State. If these suggestions are entorced a State tax oi three and one hal! mills on the dollar tastead of four, would be sufliciest to meet all State expenditures, He suggests that the divorce laws be retorme: ; the adoption o! a0 enabling act recognizing the eligibility of women to office and @ revision of the State constitution. The educational affairs of the State are in a most prosperous condition, He deplores the tact that the trustees of savings institutions have thought it necessary or advisabie to invest out ol the State $11,500,000, or more than one-ihird of the deposits o1 the people ol Maine— capital which 13 needea at bome Jor the develop- ment of the abandant resources of tne State. (NoTe.—The apparent diserepancy in figures in the above is explained by the fact that $95,122 in expenditures 18 covered by special and exce)- tional appropriations, not ordiuary expenses, The body of the Message did MO account tor this, —ASS. PRESS.) MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE. GOVERNOR BAYLEY'S MESSAGE, LANSING, Jan. 7, 1875. Governor Bayley read bis Message to the Legis- lature this morning, It is @ lengthy and tmpor- tant paper, devoted entirely to State affairs with the exception of a statement that an invitation has been received to participate tm the Cen‘enniat Exhibition at Philadeipnia. is gratiiving, taithiaily tuifiiiing every requirement of the organic law, paying every ObiIga\ton as Hh matures, providing in adyance for every appro- | priation, Creatiuy no new debt and renewing no old one. ‘The Anancial exhibit | A WESTCHESTER TRAGEDY. Murder of a Night Watchman by Bur. glars Near Tarrytown. Footprints Found in the Snow—Singular Diree tion of a Bullet Through the Body, The circumstances of & somewhat mysterious shooting affray, attended with fatal consequences, and which will in all probability prove to be an atrocious murder, wanspired near Tarrytown, Westchester county, yesterday alternoon. Green- burg, the town ta which the village above named ts located, has, as is well known, been the scene of Bumerous burglaries during the past few weeks. In short, 1t may be stated that these fclonies are of almost nightly occurrence, and, as a consequence, all those who can afford it, have their premises guarded by private watchmen while the inmates slumber. Situated on the bank of the Hudson River, about a mile south of Tarrytown, and perhaps thesame distance from Sunnyside, the home ot the late Washington Irving, is the country seat of Mr. Wilham Hoge, President of the St. Louts, Kansas City and Northern Missouri Railroad. The house has been closed for some months past, owing to the absence of the owner and his family. A servant man, named William McMullen, aged about twenty-eight, and who is sald to have been @ Canadian by birth, was left in charge of the place, and slept there every night for the purpose of watching thé prop. erty. Me was armed with a six-barelled revolver, given him when he undertook the duty of night watchman by Captain Herring, a brother-in-law of Mr. Hoge, and who resides about a quarter of a mile distant from the house of the last named gen- tleman. HOW THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. © Shortly alter elght o’clock on Tuesday evening McMullen suddenly entered the residence of Cap- tain Herring in 8 state of great terror and phys cal exhaustion, crying wildly that be had been shot bya burglar at the house of bis employer. A the unfortunate man appeared to be suffering in- tensely trom his injuries, a physician named Fur+ man was hastily summoned from Tarrytown, and he, upon examination, found that McMullen had ‘been shot, the ball entering the rignt sido of the abdomen, near the groin, and, alter passing through the body, had emerged from the back, near the hip bone, some three or jour mches above the point 1t had entered. If has not transpired what course of treatment the pnysician adopted, but from the fact that he failed to nottly either a coroner or a justice of the peace, to the end that the auve-morteim statement of THE WOUNDED MAN might be formally taken, it is presumed that he failed to comprenend the fact that his patient was mortally injured, The physician named, however, it 1s satd, called in two of his professional breth- ren, and there 1s little doubt that the Man had the advsntazes of skillul surgical treatment. This availed but littic, as McMullen lngered in great agony until yesterday afteruoon, when he expired. Many of the intelligent resi- dents of Tarrytown expressed tneir surprise to the H&RALD representative that none of the physicians.who attended the dying man made the case known to the authorities, asit is now not improbable that through their omission tne ends 01 justice may be aeieated. In regard to the manner in which he was shot, the deceasea stated in substance that a liitle ve fore eigh: o’clock on ‘Tuesday evening, he, as was his custom, went over to tne résidence ol Mr. Hoge, and having let hiniself in, be proceeded down stairs to the apartment in which he usually siepi. Alter lighting bis candle he heard a noise as though some person or persons were walking on the piazza above him. At first supposing tnat it was a@young man named Goodlet, 4 coacnman in the neighverhood, who had promised to come aud sleep with him that nigot, acMulien went out and walked toward that portion of the piazza where he had heard the footsteps. He at once perceived, in toe dim mooniight, @ tail man standing against the house, close to the door, as though he Was endeavoring to screen himself from obscrva- tion. A BURGLAR’S ADM, Almost at the same instang McMullen said, he observed anotner and a shorter man on the purce @ little distance off. Totally Unsparebensive of an attack, McMullen walked briskly toward the first mentioned individual jor tue purpose of seeing Whether he could recognize him, and nad approached within two feet of him when the latver fired and snot him, with the effect already stated, Utterly terrified, McMullen, on receiving his death wound, turned and fled precipitately irom the spot, suouting ior assistance, until he reached the house of Captain Herring. On Wednesday morning Constable Alfred Law- Tence, of Tarrytown, happening to be in the nelghborhood of Irving. first heard of the pre- carious condition of McMullen, and at once en- deavored to see the injured man, but was rae hivited irom so doing on the ground that the doc. tor said it would injore the patient to talk. Learn- ing the circumstances as reiated by McMullen, however. the constable proceeded to the residence of Mr. Hoge in the hope or discovering some clew which might lead to the discovery oi the perpe- trators. On examining that portion of the piazza which McMuilen had indicated as THE SCENB OF THE SHOOTING he found that a bullet had imbedded Itself in a column supporting the rou! of the veranda and at @ distgnce ot five or six feet trom the door, plainly showing that the muzzie of the weapon must nave been pointed in a@ horizontal direction. ‘his, taken in connection with the fact ihat the bullet passed out of tie man’s back some three or four inches goove the point where it had entered the aodomen, Js & matter which should receive a thorough investigation. ‘The bail penetrated so far into the wood as to be invisinie, its presence there having only been determined by teeling with the blade of a pocket xnile, Upon turtuer examination Constabie Lawience plainly observed the TRACKS OF TWO PERSONS in the snow and going in a contrary direction from the house. The distance from the ptazza of the first tracks made by the parties leaving the house warranted the be hef that as soon a8 McMullen was shot the would-be burgiars bounded away with rapid and lengthy strides. One of these tracks Jed directly dowh the hill toward the ratlroad, while the other was tn @ southerly direction and was ultimately lost sightot ina ravine. It also appeared us taough one of the parties wore large, cogrse ghoes or boots, while the impression made by the other was snen as ‘could only be produced by @ small, neat lvot coverng. The same tracks, it shoula be stated, were also observed jeading directly irom tne railroad to tre house of Mr. Hoge. It is @ strange feature of tie cage that one barrel of the revolver carried by Mc- Mullen was found to have been discharged, and, although the circumstances at first led: to a surmise that he Might have shot him- self accidentally or otherwise, it was quickly dispelled in view ot the char- acter of the wound and the subsequent dis coveries, Waich appeared to corroborate his state. ment of the affair. Deceased is described ag baving been a most peaceabie and tnoffensive man and was much thought of by lis employer. He has relatives in Canada, but none in the United States. Coroner Bassett was notified yesterday after- noon, and will commence a thorough investigation of the affair to-day. THE PHYSICIANS’ PLUNDERER. The thief, of whese doings medical men have been complaining to the police tor several weeks past, was captured yesterday merning and locked upin Police Headquarters. His name is James Williams. That of his captor ts Richard King, ao officer of the Central OMce Devective Squad. On the 16th of December tast Williams procured ad- mission into the office of Dr. Corradin, at No. 103 West Thirteenth street, by representing that he wisned the physician to treat him ior some ail ment and would await his return from its round of visits. The Doctor’s servant permitted him to re main alone and went to anotoer part of the house, When he returned to tne office the bogus sich man was gone, and with him property o! Dr. Corradm, valued at $400. A deseripuon of tne thiet given by the Doctor's servant tallied wits | accounts given by tue servants of other physt | clans who lad been robbed in the same manner as Dr. Corradin. This description was given to Detective King. Yesterday morning tne oficer saw the man whom it flited at the corner of Canal and bhzabeth streets and arresied him, At the same time he 1ecognized wis prisoner as a man whom he arrested about tour years ago for ropbiung Dr. Dorsey, O1 Filth avenue, ot $260 worth of property. Wuiliams’ rial 10t that offence resulted in his being sent to the State Prison jor three years and siX Months. Itis evident from this fact that he again Cook to 1s pecuilar system of tieving os | BOUND &s he Was released irom iniprisonment. His method was to station himself gear tho oMce of a puysictan Ana note the departure of tae moult: cal man towake a visit, fie would tucn enter tre office and tell the attendant m it thac he was til | and woulda await the physician's retura. While the servant remamed near him he would glauce about the apartment for articies oO: valde, and when tue lormer lett tim lor & moment he would rapidly seize the best portable items and hurry away witi them. After he was locked up Dr Gorradin called at Police Headqu ers and idem | tiled the overcoat which Williams wore as up J proverty.