The New York Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1875, Page 3

COUNT ARNIM. Closing Scenes of the Great Trial. The Diplomatic and Liter- arv Revelations. —— BISMARCK’S RANCIES. | How the Herald Obtained the Sentence in Advance. BERLIN, Dec. 20, 1874. ' Yesterday evening, precisely at six o’clock, the / trial of Count Harry Von Arnim, the ex-Ambassa- dor of tbe German Empire, noble and peer of | Prussia, was brought to aclose by the College of Judges, who have for the last ten days been trying the case in the Criminal Court of Berlin, and a sentence of three months’ imprisonment, deduct- | tng the four weeks already spent in confinement, | Was passed upon the venerable Count. It was a @cene in court and outside, on the Molkenmarkt, and in the streets of Berlin, such as had not been ‘witnessed since the year 1849, when, in the very Bame court room, Waldeck was tried for high treason and acquitted. The present case was, however, of greater and far-reaching Interest, and the excitement produced extended much higher inwo the aristocratic circles of the country. “‘No trial,” said President Keich, in delivering typ sen- | tence, “bas for @ long time past created ha vast sensation as this. Inno case has the waves of passion ran higher; they swept up into posi- } tions which were always thought to he, proof against them. The reasons for this vast excite- | Ment, and the arousing of the passions of men and | parties, lie in!the high position occupied by the } accused, in the extraordinary circumstances ‘ ‘ander which the trial was called tnto life and in the matter mself, On the one side, personal in- terests of the most varied kind were engaged in | the process—interests which could be designated ‘under the one word, Ehre (honor); on the other, Were public interests—interests connected with ‘he foreign and home politics of Germany.” And the Judge might have added, no case in which so many and important revelations have } been made connected with the inner workings of a State government, so many revelations of a character to make a German patriot blush for the Teputation of his country. The verdict passed by the judges upon Count Arnim is indeed con- sidered here tantamount to an acquittal, Itisa Romina! punishment for offences scarcely asserted 4m the indictment, and not for any crime of em- bezzlement of State papers for which the State At- torney had demanded a sentence of two years and six months’ imprisonment. Count Arnim comes forth from the trial with bis honor untarnished. This the Judge asserted in other words; but the | World wiil'ask, Does THE STATE ATTORNEY, ALIAS PRINCE BISMARCK, come forth trom the conflict in so very brilliant a light? Once upon 4 timé it was insinuated that the Count had been guilty of crimes which might be brought under the head of treason. These in- ginnations have not been proved. We are ata Joss to see the réasons that have instigated Prince Bismarck to insticute the trial; at least the reasons Dave not been made apparent inthe evidence adauced at the trial, and we can accept in this respect but one supposition— that it was instituted from motives of personal spite, from the endeavor to crush a powertul rival, whose chances of suc- | ceeding to the Chancellorship of the Empire were very great. And as evidence upon evidence ‘was adduced in the court, and the charges Made by the State Attorney in the sndict. ment were quashed one after the other, ail Impartial «jurmss in Berlin tnought that the Count would be declared not guilty; but a verdict of guilty was necessary to enable Prince Bismarck to maintain his position aud his influence. There are people in Berlin who | whisper that Prince Bismarck’s threatened resigna- tion, which was withdrawn three days before the close of this trial, was simply & bint to the Crimt- nal Court. “The Chancellor’s position is untena- bie,” said a Berlin Deputy to me, “if the Court acquit Count Arnim. There was not the least oc- casion for his threatened demission after the ad- verse vote on the Majunke question.” And yet, with the sentence of guilty pronounced on Count Arnim, the trial has undoubtedly left tne Chan- cellor’s position terribly shaken; his policy and his method of conducung the business of the Em- pire do not stand in such a halo of lightas here- tofore. And then, ae you are aware, and as Count Arnim expressed to me in the brief interview I had with him afew days ago, we have only one side of the evidence to judge by. The ecclesiasti- cal despatches of Prince Bismarck were read in fecret session; they were brougut into the court sculed, and they were returned therefrom sealed, Made public they would stir up the RELIGIOUS PASSIONS OF TEN MILLIONS OF CATHOLIC GERMANS | toan extent that mignt prove frightiul tn their consequences, There are, we know, documents ‘Btill missing. Public ramor tn Berlin says they are \ jm the possession of the Empress of Ger- {| many; but they are not—they are weapons which may yet pave to be used by Count Count Arnim would be soolish to give up so long as he stands in his present position, The case is not yet ended, and unless the Emperor steps in ‘with a pardon, then it will be brought belore the higher courts and we shall anticipate revelations compared with which tuose that have beea made are as the burning Of a peasant’s hut to a prairie tre. THE REPTILE FUNDS. Among the many revelations made daring the | ‘course of the trial those connected with the press Sre pervaps the most interesting to us and the most degrading. For Prince Bismarck they must be especially unwelcome. ection with the press, with tne cho du Parla- ment, the Vienna Presse, and the various literary people whose names have become prominent dur- ing the trial, is simpiy child’s piay when cumpared ‘with the part which the Chancellor carries on with the “Repiile Funds.” A tew words on this pecu- Mar fund, When blind King George of Hanover ‘Was driven from his throne, in tne year 1866, the | | Prussian government in taking possession oj Han- over offered the dethroned monarch the sum of for the loss of his crown anu dignitics, But King George made one day @ speech in which he vowed ‘to fignt for his lost cause, and tne Prussian goy- ‘ernment resolved not to pay out the mililons already granted, but to Keep them until the King should give up his opposition. This immense sum of money was placed at interest and returns a sum of some seven hundred thousand thalers annu- ally, Tols 6um then hasbeen styled the “Reptile Funds.” It was piaced at the free and privy dis- position of Prince Bismarck, chicfy for the pur- pose of influencing the press—about whicn jthe Prince Chancellor has such very curious views. How this sum 18 spent is not known, of course; but it is distributed with a very ounteous hand in Germany, Austria and Eng- and, Large sums have been spent during this ‘trial. Advocate Dockhorn mentioned in his speech the fact of a certain baron having entered the edl- torial rooms of the Vienna Presse and there offer- dng a sum Of 30,000 thalers for the assurance that - Count Arnim had sent the “Revelations” to sala paper. He did not gain his end, however, though ‘he went very cunningly to work. And what a pitifal figure cute that Herr Von Holstein, the press agent sent by Bismarck to Paris in order to keep watch of the movements of bis ambassa- or! Holstein was ONE OF PRINCE BISMARCK’S PRESS COSBACKS, & man of mean appearance, who while eating at «+ the Count’s table was writing in an underhand manner to Berlin against his superior. Arnim ‘would not agree with the policy of Prince Bis- -| roundabout way to .the Chancellor. but we know that ii these documents were to be | Arnim in self-defence—weapons which | Count Arnim’s con- _ Afteen millions of thalers asa slight recompense | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1875.—WITH SUPPLEMENT: bring about a better feeling between tne two countries. This was the Ambassacor’s duty, as it was of Baron Stoffel when he reported to Paris the true state of military affairs in Germany. The question naturally arises here, Snould an ambas- sador use bis brains in order to point out the dan- gers ofa policy which he is convinced is danger- ous, or should he be condemned to be simply a corporal ambassador to write his reports in the style dictated to him by his master? Apparently Prince Bismarck only wishes to have very docile gentlemen in bis embassies. He cannot use diplo- matists who venture to contest @ policy they fore- bode will work out danger. In Paris, nowever, Bismarck had two smbassadors—one, Count Aruim, whose reports he found too con- troversial, whose conduct he found almost “trea- sonable ;” and another, this press Cossack, Herr Von Holstein, whose reports were sent in a “Wheo I came to Paris,’ said this witness, *'l found that Count Arnim’s political views did not at all agree with those expressed by Prince Bismarck.” Bis- marck thought that the Thiers government was the best security tor the payinent of the German indemnity. Arnim considered Thiers himself to be weak, but was of the opinion that, no matter what the character of the government, France would pay her debts. Says Herr Von Holstein, frequently contested the views of Count Arnim. Ihad then the impression that the final question would be WHICH OF THE TWO, BISMARCK OR ARNTM, should be the Chancellor.” Then he wrote his views to Berlin that “Thiers was the best man tor France, that Arnim bad a policy totally at variance with that which he knew was taken by Prince Bismarck.” Here we see an insignificant journal- ist, or something of the sort, attached by Bis- marck to the Paris Embassy, and playing & diplomatic rdle himself behind Count Arnim’s back, and finding a more considerate hearing at Bertin than the imperial Ambassador himselr! And with the advent of this creature tn Paris the differences between Arnim and Bismarck con- stantly grew, and Arnim, foreboding the catas- trophe, gathered together the correspondence re- lating to the misunderstanding, and styled them | “Conflict Documents,’? or papers relating to his conflict with the Chancellor, and which, as the Judge admitted, the accused Count had so beanti- fuily descrived as ‘the grave of his long friendship with the Chancellor.” All these Papers relating to French politics have therefore a personal as well as official character, and tne Court freed the Count of the charge of embezzlement of State papers, and de- clared its conviction that there was no proof of Arnim having had the intention of making mali- clous use of them. In regard to the ecclesiastical documents, most of which had been returned to | the Court under protest, the judges awarded the panishment of imprisonment, not because the Count had any intention of embezzling the papers, but because he had failed to give them up when requested by the Foreign Omice, through Mr. Btlow. And even on this point, for which THE THREE MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT WAS IMPOSED, there were many mitigating circumstances. The Count had taken the papers because he did not wish them to be seem by his successor, Prince Hohen- lohe, a Catholic, and these despatches contained deep insults against the Catholics and the Pope. He had the intention to give them up, but bis feel- ings of dignity were hurt when Herr Von Btllow that he must send back the papers at once, or he would be dragged before the criminal courts. In regard to the papers still missing, the Court was of the opinion that there were no proois that the Count had taken them. But the motives which led the Court to mete out punishment you will sentence, embezzlement of offictal papers, not for misde meanor in office, but sor the offence against public | order (in not returning the documents when sug- gested by the Foreign Office) was Arnim declared guilty and sentenced, in the name of the King, to three months’ imprisonment, deducting the four ‘weeks’ incarceration already undergone, and the | payments of the costs of the trial.’ | THE CLOSING SCENB3 OF THE TRIAL | Were in the highest degree interesting. The sen- | tence was to have been delivered exactly at tour, at which time the court room was crowded to ex- cess, while outside, on the Molkenmarkt, a vast crowd of people awaited the announcement ol the verdict, regardless of the snow that feil and cov- ered the streets and houses. The advocates Muncket and Dochhorn were thers; the State At- torney, the three judges, the fifty correspondents | Were there; but the central figure wis wanting; | Count Arnim was said to be so ill and exhausted that the Court was asked to dispense with his at- | tendance. There were moments of mysterious | whispering between Judges and advocates, the silent hurrying away of messengers, and your correspondent fancied in his guilty conscience that the judges gazed at him in a@ stern and ap- palling manner, as i! they had something very im- portant to communicate to him. He expected every moment that tbe Court would be called to or- der and the President would stand up in all his dig- nity and begin in some such a strain as the follow- | ing :—*‘It has come to the knowledge of this ven- erable Court that yesterday evening some foreign | correspondent or correspondents, whose names | are known to this high Court, have sent the sen- | tence which is about to be delivered by telegraph | across the ocean. This is a misdemeanor accord- ing to such and such @ paragraph, and the Court will immediately order the criminai’s arrest.’ But the Court nad evidently no such intention. Young Count Arnim hastened from the court room, and it was whispered that the accused Count was to be summoned and brought to the Court. | YOUR CORRESPONDENT FELT DEEPLY RELIEVED when the excitement subsided and the au- dience began to chatter and speculate as to the | probable sentence. Some said stx months; others were sure that it would de acquittal; only the readers of the HeRaLp in New York knew—if the telegrams sent arrived sajely at their destination— that the sentence would be three months’ im- prisonment, Does the AERALD reader ever im- agine the danger at which that news was acquirea? | The penalty the correspondent incurred might be a request from the police to leave the country; per- haps @ summons to say how he got his informa- tion, The Berlin College of Judges took three days to deciue and compose the sentence. The sentence and the motives thereto were written by President Reich apon twenty foolscap sheets of | paper, and these were lithograpned in two han- dred copies only the night preceding the judg- ment; but these twenty pages did not contain the | Judgment, There were still two pages wanting, ana these were lithographed an hour before the | sentence was spoken. Up to that time the Judge would keep them in his own possession, 1 hardly | remember how the news came to me. I knew tnat | the judges had discussed for some hours whether | phe four weeks’ imprisonment already suffered by | rhe Count should be deducted from the term of the | ' sentence, but { had no idea of the award, It seers to me & dream now—those wanderings among the low beer cellars of Berlin, the promise that the sentence would be in my hanas at ten, the dreary waiting hour after hour and no results, the fears that I was betrayed, and the final suc- cess. I bave a faint recollection of six or seven Aights of stairs, mysterious passages and a large room, wherein sat one man, & Turk, like our- self waiting for his messenger. Then the arrival of a drosky, the alighting of a woman clad in deep black, my being ushered into the next apartment, wherein @ beautiful young laay lay in ber bed, She was told not to fear, and I was leit todarknoss, It was half-past two. I was sleepy and tired, yet the novelty of the situa- tiou attracted me, The reflection from the snowy roof cast @ slight ight into the room. I saw my fair companton’s eyes gazing full at me in a fear- ful, timid manner, as if she could not comprehend the scene; as if she wondered what it all meant. I heard the woman in black leave the house, The secret was mine and the world’s, At five o’clock Count Arnim arrived in the Court. He looked terribly ili and exbausted, and leaned for support on the arm of his son. The Judge asked the bigh accused to be seated, and then he commenced the delivery of the sentence, occupy- ing just an hour, during which time the andience sat in deep stience, The Count seeined very ear- marck. In his reports he attempted to show the ‘Way in Which France shonid be treated sn order to nest as he listened, but not inteilectually de- vressed, At the concinsion of the sentence the have @ clearer idea from a perusal ot the entira | which I enclose herewith:—‘Nos for | | Section, | fatled to notify the authorities of the crime ere the wrote to him, at the dictation of the Chancellor, | | found wound as described, Judge announced that henceforth, until the ex- pitation of the six weeks’ grace, all restrictions to the condemned Count’s freedom would be re_ moved. The Count bowed his thanks to the Judge for this courtesy, and then lett the Court and waa driven in his own carriage to bis mansion on the Pariser Platz, And thus ended the trial. Subse- quently there was the usua! geat rush of tne corre- spondents to secure lithographed copies of the judgment, which, however, was not published in full in the Berlin papers until Sunday morning, and tnen without any comments, In my next I will give you the opinions of the.German press. THE MURDERED WATCHMAN. WHAT THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION RE- VEALED—NO CLEW AS YET TO THE GUILTY PARTIES, The dastardly murder of William McMullen, while guarding the property of hts employer, near Tarrytown, Westchester county, on Tuesday even- ing (full particulars of which appeared exclusively in the HERALD of yesterday), has occasioned con- sideravle excitement among the residents of that Public opinion still condemns those who murderers had been allowed ample time to make good their escape. Having impanelled a jury yesterday, Coroner Bassett proceeded to the residence of Captain Herron, where the body lay, and took the follow- ing testimony :— THE INQUEST. Eaward Humphreys, a stable man in the employ of Mr. William Hoge, deposed that at about a quarter to eight o’clock on Tuesday evening de- ceased came from the resid2nce of that gentieman the stable where the wit- ness was, and said to the latter, ‘I am shot;” witness asked him who did it, to which deceased replied that he did not know; deceased then begged bim to run over and ask Captain Herron to send fora doctor as quickly as possible; deceased then set out for tne latter place himself and reached there before the wiie of the witness arrived; the witness, accom- panied by Captain Herron anda Mr. Lockhart, subsequently proceeded to the house of Mr. Hoge, where they discovered tracks of two persons lead- ing from the house toward the Hudson River Rail- road, Gotheb Kissling testified that he was acquainted With deceased, and had slept with him last Satur- day night; deceased came up to the stable of Mr. Scott, where wituess was employed, on Monday, and to ASKED LU TO SLEEP WITH HI on Tuesday night; witness told him that he would not be able to get through his work beiore eight o’clock, when deceased replied that that would be time enougn; witness did not go, how- ever, as he had promised; next morning wit- ness heard that deceased bad been shot: the latter was in the habit of sleeping in the laun- dry, which is in the basement of Mr. Hoge’s house; leading from that place the witness, with others, found the footprints of a man; he never knew that deceased had any enemtes. Dr. Thomas K. Cruse testified:—I first saw de- ceased professionally at hal!-past ten o’clock on Tuesday night, at which time he was suffering from a pistol shot wound in the abdomen; the wound Was situated on the right side, its entry being one and a half inches avove the umbilicus and one and a_ half inches to the right of the median line, its exit being situated pos- veriorly about four inches to the right side of the meulan line; the exit point was situated on a line @ little below the entrance point; the patient, when first seen by me, was in ‘ate Of collapse Jrom sa0cK in consequence of thé wound; he sub- sequently rallied, but again relapsed, and was 1N A DYING CONDITION on the morning of the 7th imst.; for the shock deceased was treated with tood and small doses Of Stimulants; morphia was administered hypodermically for the pain and to quiet. the intestines; made post-mortem examination of the body, assisted by Drs, Scribner’ and Linson; @od on opening tne ab- clotted and fiaid blood domen a large quantity of was secn in the cavity; the ball nad passed through the abdomen in 4 liae airectly connectin| the points of entry and exit; the cause ot! deat! Was Internal Demorrhage irom the pistol shot de- scribed. Drs. Scribner and Linsou fully concurred with the above testimony, testityinz, in addition, that the wound was mortal and that no mode ot surgi- cal treatment could have prevented death. ‘hey also expressed the opinion that deceased could not have inflicted the wound on himself, The testimony of Captain Herron corroborated that of the former witnesses in ail material points, He narrated the circumstances of the shooting as related by the deceased. The witness testified to finding tracks of human iteet leading from the ; house of Mr. Hoge. Deceased was about twenty-five years old, and was @ native of St. Lawrence county, in this State. He had been in the emp.oy of Mr. Hoge since June last. The bullet, which embedded itseif in the casing alter passing through his boay. is now in the possession of Coroner Bassett. It 1s much flattened. In regard to the empty barrel of the six-shooter carried by de- ceased, it now appears that Captain Herron aischarged it bimself some days ago beiore giving Une weapon 'o McMuiJen. A despatch was received by Constable Lawrence yesterday from mr. John T. Terry, setting forth that the reports of two shots, fired near Mr. Hoge’s house, were dis- tinctly heard at nis residence on Tuesday even- ing. ir. Terry lives about three hundred yards irom the scene of the tragedy. In justice to Dr. Furman, of larrytown, it should be stated that his name was inadvertently mentioned in yester- day’s report as having fatied to notty the authori- ties after being called to attend the wounded mao. He has had no connection with the case in any manner whatever, The inquest stunds adjourned, in order, if possi- ble, to procure additional testimony bearing on the crime. CORONERS’ CASES. Coroner Kessler was yesterday called to No. 345 East 113th street to hold an inquest on the body of Raphael Baldossini, an Italian lad, eight years of age, wio was almost instantly killed by being shot in the stomach by the prematare explosion of a pistol belonging to bis 1ather with woich be Was playing. Charies H. Stephenson, a colorea child, three years of age, whore parents live at No. 2,129 First avenue, was fatally burned on Thursduy afternoon by his clothes accidentally taking fre !rom a stove during the temporary absence of his mother trom the room. Coroner Kessler was notified to, hold an inquest. Catherine Earl, @ woman thirty-four years of age, and born in Ireland, wno lived at No. 116 Madison street, was drowned on Thursday alter- dooa by accidentally ialling into the dock from pier 35% East River. ‘I'he body was recovered and Uoroner Kessler notified. The dead body of a male child was yesterday morning jound lying in the alleyway of premises No, 75 Elizabeth street and taken to the Four- teenth precinct station house, from which it was gout totne Morgue. Coroner Kessler was noti- je MUNICIPAL NOTES. There were many visitors at the Mayor's Ufice yesterday, several of the State Senators and As- semblymen being of the number. Mayor Wickham was busily engaged most of the day signing war- rants, but he did not see fit to make out any cer- tificates for any new commissioners. No charges were preferred against Comptroller Green. Among the applications for office was one from & man named Holdredge. The applicant’s manner of seeking office was rather peculiar, and in- dicated that he was not anxious to bothér the Mayor personally, like the majority of the ap- Plicants of the day. It seems that a good sized package Was received at the Mayor's Office early in the morning, addressed to the Onief Magistrate. On one corner was a one cent stamp and the words “U. O. D., $1 30.” The Mayor's secretary promptly handed over $1 30. ‘The package was then opened and was iound to contain a letter trom William Hoidredge, who said that the city had owed him $10,000 since 1840, and what he wanted was an appointment to some city position, where he could get back even some of his long lost currency. His application was ac- companied with letters of recommendation as to character, &c., some of Which were dated as fur back as 1830, Tho Committee on Salaries of the Board of Al- dermen heid a bevebatr | yestertay to consider the proper rates to ve paid the Sheriff for transporta- tion of prisoners, &c., but came to no conclusion. The chamber Oo! the late Assistant Bourd of Al- dermen is to be fixed up for the new Aldermen, the Aldermanic chamber not being roomy enough to accommodace the extra Aldermen elected under the new charter and Consolidation act, ‘THE COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION. The Board of Emigration Commissioners yester- day convened in special session for the purpose of considering and adoptng fsheir annual report, which the law provides they shall make to the re. The report was read by the Secre- tan te Jackson, and adopted, ‘All. the material covered by the document have already ap- The report, the Secretary TY) nts ed in the HERALD, ‘states, will pe formally presented to Governor ‘Tuden avout Tuesday n- xt for presentation vo the Legisiature, No otner business of importance was transacted, THE NEW SENATE. Twenty-five Senatorial Vacancies To Be Filled March 4. PROGRESS OF THE WORK. The Prospects in Massachusetts, Missouri, Michigan, Nebraska and Tennessee. On the 4th of March the terms of twenty-five Senators expire. It will be of interest in view of the present state of parties and the approach of the Presidential election year to see what the prospects are Jor the two great political organiza- tion in the upper house of Congress. Seventeen republican Senators retire on the 4th, three inde- pendents ana five democrats. So tar eight elec- tions have been held, resulting in the election of five democrats, two republicans and one inde- pendent. Seventeen States remam to be heard from, From these it is expected there wil be a return of nine democrats and eight republicans, showing in the entire field a republican loss of nine and a democratic gain of eight votes, The following tabie exhibits the situation :— Present Senator. New Senator. ohn S. Hagar. Newton Booth. Wm. A. Bucking- hat William W. Baton. ‘Thomas F. Bayard. -Abiiah Gilbert, Danie! D. Pratt. jannibal Hamlin. Maryla m. Tt. Hamilton, W. Pinckney Whyte Massachusetts. ....Win. B, Washburn. = Michigan. -Zach. Chaniler, Minnesota .Alex. Ramsey. = Mississippi R. Pease. Branch K. Bruce. Missouri - Nebrask: - Nevadi - New J - New York, = Onlo.. -Alien G. Thurman, Allen G. Tharman. Pennsyl: ‘John Scott, =_ Rhode ;Willlam Sprague. - ‘Tenne! Wm. G. Brownlow. - Texas. fohn W. Flanagan. Samuel B. Maxey. Vermot Geo. F, Edmunds. Geo. F. Edmunds. Virginia John F. Lewis. " Kobert E. Withers. West Virgiuii -Arthur L Boreman. = Wisconsi Matt P. Carpenter. - THE MEETINGS OF THE LEGISLATURES that have as yet to act on candidates are as fol- lows:— Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maine, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Day of bal- loting for Senator, January 19. New Jersey and West Virginia, January 26, Nevada ana Tennessee met Monday, January 4, and the Senatorial election begins January 12. Missouri began balloting January 5, but the re sult has not yet transpired, Rhode Island 1s engaged in her election, but a choice has not yet been effected, : Bayard is sure of re-election in Delaware and Hamlin in Maine. Chandler in Michigan, Ramsey in Minnesota and Carpenter in Wisconsin are tolerably certain of being returned, though there is much opposition to Chandler in his own party. ‘ripton’s successor trom Nebraska, it is thought, will be John M. Thayer, William Sharon, the wealthy miner, will be returned from Nevada. Indiana and the other States named are uncer- tain, Ex-Governor Randolph has (next to John P. Stockton, perhaps) the best chance in New Jersey; Thomas Allen, a railroad king, in Mis- souri; Francis Kernan in New York, Judge Black in Pennsylvania, Henry 8. Walker in Weat Vir- ginia and Governor Brown in Tennessee. MISSOURL THE SENATORIAL CONTEST WAXING WARM—THE CANDIDATES AND THEIR CHANCES. — Sr. Louis, Jan. 5, 1875, The contest for the United States Senatorship here 1s getting hotter every day. Fully a score of names are mentioned in connection with 1t, and among the most prominent are those of General F. M. Cockerell, George G. Vest, ex-Governor Thomas Q, Reynolds, ex-Governor B. Gratz Brown, Stilson Hutchins, ex-Congressman John T. Phelps and Thomas Allen. In conversation with a prominent politician and a State repre- sentative to-day, your correspondent learned that Stilson Hutchins had aoandoned all idea of reach- ing the Senate. His seat in the Legislature is con- tested, and the investigation, which bas since the election been going on, bas not in the least degree advanced his interests. Of the others, with the exception of Thomas Allen, Woodson and Rey- nolds probably have the best chance, Cockereil 18 strong only in a small portion of the State, and Phelps, althougn he will carry the southwestern part of the State and receive the sapport of the Re- publican, will be at most third best in the race, Vest will carry a strong PARTY OF PERSONAL FRIENDS, who are prominent men, but the odds are greatly against him. Brown is believed to be already ‘dis- — and it is doubtful if his name is presented a t This exhausts the list, with the exception of one man, Thomas Allen, the Western railroad king, Who, it is believed, has determined to secure ,the position, although he has not as yet advanced his claums. Mr. Allen is a popular man, immensel rich, and when once entered in the contest will spure no trouble or expense. The politician men- tioned above stated that one of the men in the list would spend $50,000 if necessary to secure bi election, but when asked to name the man d clined to d> so, Mr. Allen is possessed Of unusual energy and sagacity, and ts a shrewd judge of human nature. He also-knows Where to put nis influence when he is advancing his own or his iriends’ interests, and there is scarcely a doubt of his success ti he enters the field. The republican party vote will probably be cast for John B. Henderson as a compliment. MICHIGAN. THE GREAT SENATOR ZACH CHANDLER NOT SO SURE OF BEING RETURNED. LANSING, Jan. 7, 1875, The repnolican members of the Michigan Legis- lature held a caucus to-night to nominate a can- didate for United States Senator, The republican strength in both houses is seventy-one, giving a majority often. The call for tue caucus was signed by filty-nine members, twelve refused to sign the call, and fourteen actually reirained from par- ticipating in the caucus. There was but one ballot taken :—Zach Unandier, 52; G. Webster Cailds, 3; Governor Jonn Bagley, 1; James V. Campbell, Judge ofthe Supreme Court, 1. Those who reiused to sign the call declare that they will not support Chandler under any circumstances, and have thus far held out ipa against the blandishments of a powerlul lobby. They hope to unite the democrats with them 10 choosing @ moderate republican. The election takes place onthe 19th. Tne demo- crats will hold no caucus, NEBRASKA. CANDIDATES ADVANCED TO COMPETE FOR THE SENATORSHIP—THE RESULT UNCERTAIN—FEA- TURES OF THE COMING CONTEST. LINCOLN, Jan. 2, 1875, The election for United States Senator is attract- ing the greatest attention among our State politi- cians of any question now belore them, as a matter of course. The three most prominent candidates at the present time are United States District Judge E. 8. Dunay, ex-United States Senator Jobn M, Thayer and ex-Governor A. S. Paddock. Our present Governor (Furnas) was supposed to have @ good chance until within the last few months, when he was entirely dropped out of the ring. Colonel A. J. Cropsey, of Lincoln; Auditor Weston, of Beatrice; ex-Governor Saunders, of Omaha, and several others may be named among the re- mote contingencies. GBNERAL JOHN M. THAYER 1s supposed at present to have the bess chance for ‘the position, General Thayer served in the Sen- ate from the admission of the State, in 1867, to 1871, drawing the four years’ term, a3 a colleague of Senator Tipton, whose seat be desires to take on the 4tn of March next. Four years ago General Thayer's re-election was defeated oy the present Senator, Hitchcock. The General was tnen a “south Platte” man, residing at Omaha. Desiring to warm Senator Tipton’s seat, he removed to Lincoin, south of the River Platte, two years ago, and since that time has been actively engaged in pushing his chanees for the coveted position. * A few weeks ago the success of Mr. Thayer was considered insured without a doabt. He is backed by W. H. B. Stout and Thomas P, Kennard, the boss and steward of Nevraska politics, aud had laid his plaus so well that he was considered in- vincible. Within the last two or three weeks, however, hew complications have arisen and new pools have been formed, which make itappear that indy and Paddock have both been ining on nim, Whether or not those candidates will con- Unuge to gain sivengto until they sion whe roarir~ = 3 ° of the “Royal Bengal Tiger” (as Thayer is called), three weeks longer of active canvass wilt show, JUDGE £, 8. DUNDY is an old resident of South Platte, and bas long been Known as one of the most active work- ing ana shrewdest politicians in the State, He ied several prominent positions, and in his y of United States Judge has given univer- | sausfaction. He is mainly championea by United States Marshal Datly and Surveyor General Cunningham, two earpest workers, who early | stripped ior the fight and have been untiring in their efforts. ‘Tpeir fignt has been made priuct- | Daily against Thayer, on account o/ his being the Most prominent candidate at the start. They bave been unsparing in their attacks upon that gentleman, and the contest was made more lively a few days ago by Hon. S. 8, Cox, of your city, introducing into the House of Kepresentatives a Tesoiution (0 Investigate tne proceedings o! Judge Dundy’s Court at Umaba. This was anderstood to be the answer back o! General Thayer to Judge Dundy, District Attorney Neville and Marshar Daily. Of course it caused an immense sensation in political circles throughout tuis Stace, and | Dundy’s triends were highiy indignant at what they supposed was the wartare of hayer. Thayer, however, comes out in @ card in which he pos: tvely denies having had anything to do with M: Cox's shot at Dundy, and the General’s opponents | are forced to believe nis deaial, ‘pon honor.’ ‘The affair thus remains a sublime mystery, and it 1s not probable that Dundy's chances for the Sen- a@torsnip will be impaired by it. EX-GOVERNOR A. 8, PADDOCK 1s @ young man, who, while Territorial Secretary, acted for @ time as Governor, and hence his title. He bas served the people acceptably in several ottices, and has for years had an itching for the Office of United States Senator. He was & candi- date four years ago, and, like Thayer, two years since removed to the South Platte from Omaha, that his chances for preferment might then be made better. He has been actively employed in distributing supplies among the grasshopper vic- tims, giving freely irom his own pocket as well, and it ts insinuated, theretore, that while he fed | grasshopper sufferers with one’ hand he was steal- ing votes for Senator with the other. He is an active worker, and depends more upon his per- sonal influence than that of any right and left bowers, And it 1s said, with probable truth, that his chances are rapidiy fooking up, CHANCES OF THE CONTINGENTS. The Leg'slature assembles on the 7th of January, and balloting for Senator will take piace twelve days later. Itis thought that things can be ‘‘fixea”’ by that time so that one ballot will decide the ra- sult, and it is hinted that the Legislature is, or by that time will be, evenly divided petween the tnree men above named, that all will be dropped and some one of the numerous contingencies taken up. The democrats will support either J. Sterling Morton, Dr. Miller, H. C. or Colonel Savage— ail prominent “old-timers” and all good mep. There are but seven straight-out democrats on joint ballot, however, and it is hinted that two of them are Thayer men on account of State polity. We may safely expect some lively work in this fight within the next three weeks, and the result cannot be predicted, MASSACHUSETTS. THE CAUCUSING, CANVASSING AND CHANCES OF THE CANDIDATES—DAWES, BULLOCK, HOAR, ABBOTT AND BANKS. Boston, Jan, 7, 1875. Masgachusetts, too, as well as a score of other States, 1s on the eve of an entertaining Senatorial war. The Legislature only met yesterday, ana already the counting of noses haa begun, but with a@result that up to this moment fails to indicate anything specially definite. The fact tnat such dis- tinguished statesmen as Wilson and Sumner have illuminated the fame of the Pilgrim Common- wealth has left such a sentimentai feeling tn the community that one almost gives up in despair in casting around for fitting successors, In supplying Mr. Wilson’s place the party selected @man whom it has since honored more by ignor- ing than eulogizing, and the Senator himself has wisely maintained a silence that is hignly gratify- ing to bis friends, As a Governor anda repre- sentative in Congress Mr. Boutwell was an average success; but as a Secretary of the Treasury and a Senator he seems to have been a lamentable failure. This, at least, isthe popular feeling in Massachusetts. Then there is Washburn, who has also been Governor and Representative and is now a Senator, His Statesmanship, too, dwindles into insignificance when compared with the lamented Sumner, whose place ne is permitted to fill under the em- hatic protest of a strong minority of the Legis- ature which elected him. But it mast be remem- bered that such statesmen as Mr. Sumner are not numerous—not even here in Massachusetts—and hence it is that the people are so much at sea | concerning whom his official mantle shall tall upon. MR. DAWES AND JUDGE HOAR. . Those able lawyers and time-honored politi- cians- Henry L. Dawes, of Pittsfield, and E. Rockwood Hoar, of Concord—are probably the most anxious caudidates in the field. In the elec. “tion to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Sumner, last winter, these gentlemen were the leading candi- dates, and, after some 1o. ballots, there was a compromise, by which Mr. Washburn was elected. It wus then generally understood that when the election for the long term came around this winter the Senatorial ambition of Mr. Dawes would be gratified, and that Mr. Hoar, of all others, would not contest the place with him. So certain was Mr. Dawes of party faith in this particular that he gave up his seat in the House—whict was as good as secured it he had been @ candidate for re-election—ior the higher honor of a desk im the Scnate chamber, As between Mr. Hoar and Mr. Dawes the talk now indicates their chances as about even. Outside of them, however, there 1s 4 POWERFUL ELEMENT in favor of ex-Governor Bullock, of Worcester, but his supporters are not yet organized. In point of Intellect and statesmanship he 1s reckoned as the giant to the lillputian compared with the other candidates mentioned, and personally he 1s the most popular man in tne State, If this was an era in the affairs of the nation when the | office sought the man instead of the man the office tae election of Mr. Builock might be sately re- garded as a /oregone conclusion. But, alas! sucn days only adorn the pages of. history. THE CANDIDATE FROM QUINCY, A short time ago there was a iaint spasm of an eflort to get up some enthusiasm in behalf of Charles Francis Adams, but it proved unsuccess- tul, and since the members assembled here his name ts lightly mentioned. As a compromise con- servative candidate he is rejected on aecount of aristocracy and blue blood, and as either a demo- cratic or republican member of humanity ne is not regarded as reliable. A TERRIBLE SUSPICION. There is @ rumor, woich was at first comical, but now becoming serious, that Ben Butler has | that weatner eye of his on the Senatorship. He had a very handsome banquet by some Of his polit- ical friends the other day, and as there ts usually | some significance attached to anything that Butler | 1s mixed up tn, it is leared that he is now going to worry another Congressional career out Oi Massa- chuse.t The best evidence of the /aisity of this rumor cat I have heard yes was from General | Butier himself, He repeats emphatically that he is going entirely out of politics. THE DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS, The most probable candidate o1 the liberals and democrats is Judge Josiah G. Abbott, of Boston, although there has veen no organized movement of the members yet. General Banks 1s also men- tioned, and upon caucus consultation he may be selected as their champion. ‘A NOVELTY IN A MASSACHUSETTS CAMPAIGN. ~One of the noveities of this coming Senatorial campaign will be the absence of Simmonsism. He has lost his grip on the masses he used to control, and his fall may in a miniature way be likened to the tumbling of some of the Tammany sachems ot New York. His achievements in the Fourth Con- gressionai district last tall were too vast for even his own kindred in political inirignes to epprece, ate, and henceforth be will wisely confine himself to the duties of the Collectorship. Still the Legis- lature will endeavor to elect a Senator, TENNESSEE. THE SENATORIAL HURLY BURLY—GOVERNOR BROWN AND ANDY JOHNSON CLOSE RIVAL CAN- DIDATES—A LARGE FIELD. . t NASHVILLE, Jan. 6, 187: ‘The Senatorial question will be the most absorb- ing. Itis to be hoped the democratic members will save the State from a disgraceful contest by quietly settling the question in caucus, It mat- ters little who may be the fortunate man provided he be able, liberal and honest. The entire popula- tion of the State, from Johnson to Shelby, from Doe River to the Big Fiery Gizzurd and from the Big Fiery Gizzard to the Forked Deer, from Ed. shore to A. J., from Nelson Walker. to Willham G, Browniow, from the constable of Grundy county to the Governor are ready and willing to serve their country in that capacity. Since the old whig element is represented in the Senate by Cooper, at the capital by Governor Brown and Governor Porter, it may fall out that the old whig element may insist upon seuding an old liberal and conservative democrat. The ques- tion of union or digunion, old whig or old demo- crat, caunot, however, be raised. GOVERNOR BROWN has, perhaps, increased his strength by his able delence of Bis administration, and by bringing himself upon every potnt directly in opposition to toe distinguished light of Tennessee politics. He deserves credit not only for bis skiliul puncturing of this ancient bubbie who still seeks to float in the popular current, and his exposure of the du- foo of this constitutional quack, Dut aiso for 18 prudent and carelul administration. It cunnot be disguised, however, that, his administration was not and is not yet popular, and the strength he has gained will not be likely to grow. WEST TENNESSER has a score of candidates, prominent amon; whom ac Mr, William . Stephens, @ pure an upright man, a clear and cogent reasoner informed, learned and industrious .awyer; and ex-Governor Isham G. Harris, whom every Tennes- as & man of incorruptible integrity, bitter as gall in his personal enmities, and yet lineral and conservative in brs views Of public policy. These are the chief aspirants. Ah! | had almost forgot- ten Judge Thomas Brown, whom to have lorgot- ten would have been to omit Agamemnon from the enumeration of the Grecian berves, here are said to be numerous lesser lighis who expect to rise and shine, dragged forth trom their quiet homes as compromise candidates. It is generally beueved throughout the State that West rennes~ see will not furnish the Senator. There are said to be Various {weds and cliques, political, persoual’ and locai, which wili prevent the uvited action of Weat Tennessee, MIDDLE TENNESSEE, it 1s generally conceded, will furnish the Senator. The gentie Savage, of Warren, in his. war paint, bas sounded his war wboop, and, taking ‘Tennessee for another lava bed, Jeaped jortn with tomahawk and scatping knife to camp on the trati of Jonnson. It ls now many moons since Savage pitched his wigwam at the city of the Great Fatuer, and the political world has gone on by him while he was engaged in the quiet vocations of a peacesul ile, He is a man of native vigor and large political in- formation, but the sional Globe is now large enough to make one wish life were jonger. General William B. Bae, of Davidson, the chivairic gentieman, the flery and impetuous orator, the valiant soldier, 18 in the lists with his. “lance” im rest, to be shivered against the frat comer. He will be found a brave, open toeman, aud bis very manliness will insure him respect in any fleld. He bas perhaps drawn first blood in | beating Andy at his chosen game in two of the five counties where a primary election was held lor United States senator. General William A. Quarles {s a prominent can- didate and one of the most lideral and conserva- te of those mentioued. He was an old demoerat, @ rebel general, twice wounded and captured at’ the battle of Franklin. He has lately written anj able and conservative address, which has made quite a noise in the State. On @ somewhat novel. presentation of the question of State rights he says:—I would hold iu equal oonor State rights. and federal rights.” His long career in politics, without ever seeking office, except in 1570, when he withdrew in javor of Governor Brown for the purpose of preserving harmony tn the party, his intimate knowledge of the politics of the country, and bis ability asa lawyer aad a statesman have given him a large strength all over the State, Mr. G. A. Henry, of Montgomery, the “eagle orator,” who ‘‘starred it’ in the North in 1860 during the Bell canvass, defeated by Andrew Johnson jor Governor in 1855, is spoken of, and aiso Judge Kobert L. Carruthers, of Lebanon, elected peripatetic Governor during the war to ed isbam G. Harris. Edwin H. Ewing, of Rutherford, an- nounced himself @ candidate in a speech maae alter the election. He is a man of great learning, large 1iormation, a great chancery lawyer, but personaily unpopular, or rather, perhaps, not ppnulet He has been devoted almost entirely to his protession, and has never engaged in politics. His brother, Andrew Ewing, was @ prominent democratic politician. To nim, 1¢ Was said, Andrew Johnson owed nis elevatiun to the Sena’ Ke was in the way in the state, and Ewing said:— “Damo him, we must snelve him in the Senate or he will ruin the party.” Edwin Ewing has always been @ wig, and has never entirely given in his adhesion to the democracy. EAST TENNESSEE furnishes the peerless, the illustrious, the never- to-be-excelled, constitution-encrusted champion of tue working man, > ——Sore labor's bath, Balm of burt minds, great nature's second course, . Andrew Johnsou, whom North Carolina come posed and Tennessee nurtured and reared to his gigantic stature. He stands alone as au aspirant Jrom that quarter, towering above the mists of bis mountain home in solitary grandeur, like the Brocken Mountain spectre, and all as unsubstan- tlal—thin as air—too thin, He is either the only sti that bag arisen in the East or else all others have either hid their diminished heads or paled their ineffectual fires before his far-shining efful- gence. While he occupies the field alone, so far as ast Tennessee is concerned, there is a morbid aisposition to leave him alone in his glory, as one who can more calmly than any one else gaze upon the misty blue of his native mountains from his own quiet back door and meditate with phiiosopni- cal calmness upon the general dulness and decline of the statesman market and sad lack of demand for @ good article of sartor constitutionis. It is sad, for Mr. Jonnson has threaded his biggest needie, intent upon putting a patch upon the seas of the constitu THE RECENT FATAL COLLISION. INVESTIGATION BEFORE CORONER EICKHOFR—~ SEVERAL WITNESSES EXAMINED. The investigaitor into the circumstances at- tending the collision between the Roosevelt street jerryboat Alaska and the cattle transport Volaen, which ocearred off plier 48 East River during the dark fog which prevailed on the evening of the 28th uilt., by woich Mr. Jonn Kullmanacher and Charles Neuhring lost their lives, was commenced yesterday afternoon, before Coroner Etckhof, at his office 10 East Houston street. The first witness called was Mr, Edward D. Chap, pell, Superintendent of the New York and Brook- iyn Ferry Company—Knew nothing from observa- tion about the collision, but submitted plans showing the condition of the two boats at the time oO! the collision; assisted in separating the boats soon alter the collision; it was ebb tide at the ume, when the boats going to the East always keep on the New York side; the bow of the Culden Was over the Alaska, crushing in about nine leet. Jacob Lockwood, pilot of the Alaska at the time of tne collision, said there was fog, bat could see nearly across the river; was ranning at less than hal speed—three or jour kn ts an hour; was blow- ing two whistles all the time aiter leaving the slip. on the New York side of tne river; had two deck hands on the lookout on the hurricane deck ; saw the Colden on the starooard side beiore the col sion; sbe was coming very fast; immediately rang three bells to back; made three revolutions back before the collision ; was making no beadway attne tume of the collision; the Colden struck us on the starboard side, crushing itim; there was no way for me to avotd the collision; saw no differ- ence in the speed of the Colden up to the time she struck me; heard no fogor signal whistles from the Colden; cried to the passeagers and told them to get out of the way; was avout Loree lengths of the Alaska away from the Culden at the time ne first saw her; tne boats were fast together after the collisio! Jured aboard the bos ferry lor seven years: never before met witha bad accident; the boats were aragged apart by the steamer Superior. James McNeill, engineer of the ferryboat Alaska. at the time of the accident :—Heard tue tog whistie blow once in every ten seconds; the tide was run- ning Ont strong ebb; were runuing slow aiter leaving the sitp; on full speed make about twen y- nine revolutions @ minute; received three bells.to stop and back, and obeyed the Order; telt the | shock of the coilision; had made three revolutions | back at the time o! tue collision after recetvin, the bells to stop; saw a& man who ni been injured lying under toe guard of the Colden; Jonn Winness is a deck hand aboard the ferry- boat Alaska; was on the lookout at the time of the collision; it was togzy, and could not see acrogs the river; Were runing slow aud hugging the New York shure; saw the Oolden before the collision; she was heading directly toward us and quite 1ast; saw no diminution of speed before she struck us; the Alaska Was backing when the Col- den struck us; the pilot blew whistles eve: few seconds; heard no whisties irom the Coldeu, and think she made none. Jacob Goodrich, also a deck hand on the Alaska, corroborated the testimony of the previous wit ness in every important particular. Several passengers were sworn ond examined, but without ehrowing any additional ligat of im- portance on the subject. The case was adjourned until Monday next,, when the other side of the story will be beard, The transport Coiden belongs to the Pennsyiva- nia Railroad Company. Ex-Judge Beebe appeared for the ferry company. THE CITY OF VERA CRUZ. A NEW AND HANDSOME STEAMER ADDED TO ALEX~ ANDRE'S HAVANA LINE, The steamer City of Vera Cruz, the latest ad, dition to the Havana line of Messrs. F. Alexandre & Sons, will be open for public inspection to-day at pier No.3 North River, between the hours of twelve M. and one P, M., and at three P. M, she will leave port on her initial trip. This vessel was launched from the yard of Messrs, John Engles & Son, Greenpoint, L. 1, on the 26th of October Jast,, and ts iM every respect a superior steamer. Her registered dimensivns are as {ollows:—Length on deck, 262 feet; breadth of beam, 87 feet; depth of hoid'to spar deck, 26 feet 2 inches; draagnt of water, 16 1eet 6 incnes; tonnage, 1,874 tons. Sne is of white oak, locust and nackmatack, and fastened with iro! copper and treenails, Iron straps, four inches wide and five-eighths of an inch, in thickness, double, ani diagonaily lal strengthen the vessel very materially, machinery of the City of Vera Cruz was construc: by Messrs. Mareny Co., of New York. Sue one vertical direct scting engine, 48 in i Rad bg a pened ston, Steam w: upplied wi wo verti ular bolle: 20 leet bigh, 13 feet diameter and havin, si naces. The ep obaiee has @ diameter‘of 16 feet i schooner. In her engine she is supplied with Tadependents fre bilge pumps, and the securi provisions 1M against fire are deemed very sai % The accommodations of the of Vera Crus are of @ superior character. y convenience of passenge! Rave recet muca atiention in her fi ap. Thei are roomy staterooms éui 1or persons, Each of ti are wen uished and so located jain deck that on mo. the ventilation ts perfect. Take. rooms open into tbe saloon, which ie superbly fitted, aud from latter the sittung and smoking rooms can reached without going on deck. Forward ts the dining room—a large and extremely pieasant por- tion of the steamer—which is fitted tn the same rich ang thorough mayner as the saloon. Hard- wood finish is observed very part of the vessel, and electric bells conn eact room with secan Who respects himselt must reapect and honor it steward’s The gailey is very commo- sual OAHU ted ine? aia “Saiane Deaken Is the commauding Officeia