The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1875, Page 10

10, . TRUTH AT LAST Report of the Congressional Investi- gation at New Orleans. The Allegations of the Presi- dent Contradicted. | THE RETURNING BOARD'S INFAMY, | Their Acts Declared “Arbitrary, Un- | just and Illegal.” The November Election “Free, | Full and Peaceable.” CONSERVATIVES CHOSEN IN MAJORITY | Kellogg Supported Only by the Federal Army. WasHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1875. Representative George F. Hoar, in behalf of the Bpecial Committee on that portion of the Prest- @eat’s Message relative to the condition of te — Bopth, reported to-day as follows:— | pursuance of the order of the full committee of December 22, a special commuttee of toree Vi ited New Orieaus #ud proceeded with an luvesti- | gation, the result of Whicu tuey report to the Gea- | eral Committee, as iollows:— THE INVESTIGATION. Im pursuance of the order ef the General Com- | Mittee of Vecember 22, the undersigned visited | New Orleans, and there proceeded with ali aili- | gence 'o the eXauitnation directed by the commit- tee. During the elgot days they remained-there | they were attended throughout tueir sessions, | which were public, by the counsel of the | republican and conservative State commit- tees. im that period they examined over minety-Ove witnesses, besides takiug @ large amount of documentary evidence, amounting in @il, it 1s estimated, to more than 1,500 printed | pages, In view ol the exigency that RoW exists | tm the affairs of tuat State, aud of the delay of | weeks which must elapse before that testimony can | be written out and printed, your committee has de- termined to state the conclusions at which they have arrived, so far as they are unanimous in Teaching these conclusions. “fhe cemmittee un- | dertook ho invesugalion of the electiou of 1872, Much evidence has already been taken by other committees of Congress upon that question, and | the time allowed both for their action and lor tne seasion of Cougress seemed to be tou short to call | aor their extering on that investigation. | | THE RETURNING BOARD, They announced this conclusion, and that there- fore they Would first proceed to al examination of | the acts"o! tue Returning Gourd of tue State in ree | Spect to the late election, and then to an inquiry | in reference to the Witte League. The law pro- | Viues tuat the Board shali consist of five persons | Fepresenting all parties. 1t consisted at the open- | mg of their last session of tive republicans, upon the resignation of one of whom (Geueral Long- gtreet) Mr. Arrayo, @ conservative, Was takeu to Dil tue vacancy. THE LAW NOT FULFILLED. After protesting agaiust tue action of the Board im sec.et session Mr. Arroyo resigned betore the conclusion of the labors of tie Board, and ms place Was not fied; so that, as your comumitree thik, the law as to the constitution of whe Board was not complied with. Tne ciection laws of Louisiana provide Jor & Supervisor of registration, woo appoints his own deputies for cach ward in New Orieans, and for one supervisor of registration tor each parish in the State. The officers were all appointed vy Governor Kellogg. in addition to those super- visors the police jurors, the tocal authorities of the parishes, appointed turee cowmisstoners of elec- tion foreach poll in the parish, and there were also two United States supervisors appointed by the District Judge of the Luited states lor each oll. The law lurther provided toat in case of guch vivlence, intimidation or corruption at or bear either ‘poll, either during registration or election, preventing a fair, iree, peaceable and iuil vote, the commissioners of election, if the occurrence was on election day, the super- ‘visors O1 registration if on the day 01 registration, shouid make a juli, verified statement of the oc- currence, jorward ‘the same wits aud annexed to | the returns; and, further provided, that when tie Returning board in canvassing the returns should | come to &ny poll where the returns were accom- panied by such a procest they siould not canvass, | Count or compile tne statement of voters trom such poil until the statements irom all otuer polls | bad been canvassed and coa:pill PROTESTED RETU: The conservative counse! cbjected that the, | Board, on reaching the returns irom such pro- tested poils, read and became informed of these returns belore laying them aside to take up the otuer polls, They insisted that the purpose or the law was to prevent the commissioners from Knowing what the results at the polls protested against were, in order that wuen t! came to examine the polls protested against they might do 80 without Leing biassed by knowing what Was tue Tesult returned; and they objected that im these ases 0; protest the Board haa proceeded to reaa the returas, add up ana compue them, and then defer their determination of the case until atier having acquirea Knowledge of now the returns protested against would alfect ‘whe elections. On the other hand, the re- publican counsel insisted vhat ' such @ course was impracticable; tuet the object of the daw in deierriug any determination of the results oftne polls protested against until the retarns frbm the other polis wer nvassed, Was mereiy to enavie the Board to ascertain whetner the re- @ult Of the dispated returns would affect the elec tion, however decided, so that if they would r the board might be spared the labor of considering ‘his protest. Your conn e have pot iound it Decessary to comie to aly devermination upon tat question. THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION. The election embraced butone State officer. The chief! struggie was over the election oi members of the Stace Legislature and parish officers, and in Shese elections local and personal considerations, as well as national and State politics, entered. Tue returny by tne commissioners of election, complied and forwarded by the supervisors of registration, gave the conservatives a majority of 29 members out of a total of 111 members. In only three instances were there any protests accom- nying the returns. ‘ne Returning Board was session for many weeks. AS fvaily announced thelr findings gave, as Kellogg reckoned it, filty- three members to the republicans aad fifty mem- bers to the democrats, of whom, how- ever, one was regarded as not @ staying democrat. The Board made no decisiwwn as to the remaining five seats, ‘Ihe public situngs OI the Returning Board were attended by tue counsel of the republican and conservative State committees, Odjectious were received irom the counsel of the res; sto the returns from different polls. T ting party was generally allowed to produce evideace to support the objection, ald the otuer party to reply by ami- davits. THE RAPIDES Ps ALSITY. A day Was fixed when thes 0018 were to be closed. After these p sevssous the Board ‘Went in private, or, y Wore called, execauve where the proois and maviersin dispute cussed, ad 4 decision arrived at Tne Minutes of t y meagre, They contain little 1 meeting, going into executs * i ernie @nd some formal pablic orders. y contain no Minutes whavever of the pr ugs in exeentt session, th chy id furnis! e findiugs of tae & aree mem ignt upe Feturos elected ali three conservatives, Whea the proota ciosed the only paper fied with the Returning Board was the afidavit of the United States Supervisor thar the jon Was in ail respects full, fair and f It was not Bnown in the parisn tha @ny cont existed against those members. ~The their homes and proceeded wo New Oricans be present at the opening of the Legislat no fotrmation of contesting their seats or objection to their election having been given by their op- ponents. At one of vheir last sessions the f turning Board declared ail the repupiican mem- bers elected trom that parish. When the papers oi toe Returning Board Were produced before your coumitiee there Was lound along them an aflida- vit by dir. Weils, the President of the Board, declaring that intimidation had existed at certain pols i that parish, and that the returns from | those polis should, therefore, be rejected, The counsel for the democratic committee testified that they had no opportunity to contradict the state- | ments of thfs paper; that they bad never seen | or known of ii before, and that upon an | examination of the papers vefore the Board. ‘When the proofs closed it was not among them, =| YUR ACIION OF THE BOARD CONDEMNED, The counsel for the Republican Committee re- gerved the right to make explanation upon thia point, but offered none; the aildavit was daved “= aay of December, 1574; it appeared that Gov- ernor Wells was not himself in the partsh on whe day of the election, and though at the opening of their first session your committee declared their in- tention to examine into the action of the Returniog Moard, Governor Wells never came forward 48 & witness. At the close of our preceedings leave was asked that bis deposition might be given i; | ‘pus was decliued, and Mr, Weils was invited to + ppear bevore the committee, but be never came; | eave Was also given for taking his testimony by & | awiiawoner al be declined Wo abuear. but bik | before the Boardand consider the alleged charge | fusal to employ was produced. | another of the counsel, General Campbel. The | the reverse. (in the State that the. returns were not NEW YORK ‘wus NOt ‘avatied of Your committee are there- fore constramed to declare that the action of the Revurning Board in the rejection o! these retur: CONSERVATIVE BLACKS LN DANGER, in the patish of Rapides, abd giving the seats lor On the other nand, It wasin evidence that the that parish to the republican candidates are arbi- | Dlacks Who sought to act with the conservative ‘ary, aDfair and without warrant o! law. party were, on their part, sometimes exposed to THE CHARGES OF INTIMIDATION UNSUSTAINED. enmity and aouse. in the interior ove colored If the committee were to go behind the papers | man was slot ior making a conservative speech, and in New Orleans tt appeared trom the test- mony that colored men who sought to co-operate with the Conservatives were subject to so much abuse ‘rom the police and otherwise that an asso- ciation of lawyers volunteered to protect tuem, tion of quiet and order, take sometimes an e turely different view of the situation. of intimidation upon the prools belore the com- mittee, their fiuding would necessarily be the same, It was asserted in Governor Weils’ aml- davit that the McEnery ofMicials had usurped the HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET, ‘tole has expressed his willingness to accede to the ar- Pirnyement. THE DISPERSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. As to the proceeding on the 4:h of January, about which the commutes desired a statement, we Mow Hid that your suv-vomuittee, on the invitation of the Dé- mocratic Conservative Commitiee of the State of Louie na, visited the hall of the House of Representative and witnessed the convening of the Lonisiana House o Representatives. Mr. Potter, refusing to go inside the bar, remained oatside while Me'sra. Foster and Phelps were | Seated insite and near to the speaker's cha Ir. Potter remained ouiy unul Mr. Wiltz was elected Speaker, and states nothing as to what subsequent! occurred. Me. Fos‘er remained perhaps an hour, an Mr. Phelps remained about an hour longer, until he oices of the parisn, aud thereby intim- | but with iittie effect. du t t ter under dated voters, Immediately alter the 14th of | THE STORY OF DESPOTISM REVIEWKD, Uovernor Retlogy Pordars Me “doings in. the sate Seplember, when the Kellogg authorities in- | The genera! cond: ion o! affairs in the State of | House on the 4th oft January, as seen by the committe New Orleans were put out by the Penn authori- | Louisiana seems to be as follows ties, certain changes took piace iu some of tne parishes,’ When tne news irom New Orleans reached these parishes the McEnery oificers de- manded their places of the Kellogg officials, The conviction has been general among the Whites since 1872 that the Kellogg government was a usurpation. THis conviction among them hag been strengthened by the acts of the Kellogg Legislature, abo.fsning ex- | They were at once given up. When the tederal | isting courts and jndges and substituting others government intervened and unseated the Mc- | presided over by Judes appointed by Kellogg, Enery @uthorities, the Kellogg oificlals de- | and having extraordiuary and exclusive jurisdic | manded nd received back their places, | tion over poiit cal questions, By changes in the but some tme seems to have elapsed be- | law centralizing in the Governor every form of fore tue Kellogg ofmictals took their places, political control, in-luding the suspension of the back; Indeed, the McEnery Register of Deeds was elections; by continuing the Returning Board Still acting as such when your committee were in | With ausolute power over the returns oi elections; New Orieans, the Kellogg Register never having by the extraordinary provisions enacted for the come to reclaim the piuce, Which was sald tobe trial of titles and ciaims tb office; vy the con worth nothing now. In Rapides parish the Kel- | version o! the police jorce, maintained at tne ex. logg Clerk was Mr. Wells’ son, who, having | pense of the city of New Orieans, into an armed yielded bis place to the McEnery competitor in | brigade of State militia, subject to the command September, does not appear to aave reclaimed it, | of the Governor; by the creation, in some places, and he was accordingly sent tor alter the election | of monopoles in markets, gas makiug, water to come from his residence, some miles distant, to | works and Jer/1es, cleanigg vauita, removing filth sigu the returns of the elections, which he did. | and doing work as whartfingers; by the aboiliion Your committee are at a loss to see in their action | of courts with election judges and the substitu. any intimidation of Mr. Wells, still less of the | tion of other courts with judges appointed by electors of the parish. It so happens that this | Keliogg in evasion of the constitution of the parish Was taken as @ sample parish of intimida- | State; by enactments punishing criminally all tion, Many witnesses Irom which, Of both parties, | persous who attempted to fi! official positions were examined with reierence to it, They show | uuless returued by the Keturning Board; by un- beyond question that there was limited appropriations for the payment of militia A FREE, YULL, FAIR AND PEACEABLE ELECTION | expenses, and for the payment o! legislative war- and registration there; there was no evidenee of | any intimidation of voters practised on the day of | 1870 to 1872; by laws declaring that Do person election, although it was asserted that intimida- | in arrears for taxes after default puvlished. shall bring ton of colored men before the.election had been | &My suitin any court of the state or be allowed to be a | witness in’ his own vehalf—measares which, when effected by threats of refusal to employ them, or — led with the extracr to vischarge them uf they voted the republican | fayh'Stemed to vest, im the language of Governor tucket, No evidence, eituer of discharge oF re- | jogg's counsel, “a desree of power in the Governor of Certain Witnesses | Staie scarcely reised by ®uy sovereign in the world.” Orally Er SeOR Saclay Tara aia Gane wy eens | the lucegrity of the existing State ‘and. focal offieinis, ‘& r ye ci . Tally to suelt action ; but hardly any oug Was Able | re conadence equally in their persons aid in UHOit pect ng . Y | pernnel, which is accompanied by the varalyzation of employer so threaten or discharge any voter or | ineas and destruction of values, knew of any employé being so threatened or dis- LOULSA: ry DEVOLD OF PROSPERITY. charged, ot one single colored man turoughout The most hopeful witness produced by the Kellogg the enure paris Was produced fo testuy clther | party, While he deciared that business was in a sounder tosuch athreat or to the execution of such g | comittion than ever before, pecause there was less credit, has since declared that there was no prosperity. The securities of the state have failen in two years trom 70 or 80 to 25, of the city of New Orleans fromm 50 or 9) to 30 or 40, while the fall im bank shares, railroad shares, city and other corporate companies has in a degree corresponded. (hrowshout the rural districts purpose, whether before or after the election, ILLEGAL ACTION OF SUPERVISORS, The action of the Returning Board in the parish of Kapides alone changed the political compiexion BEE Si cine inne ether of the State, the negroes, reared in habits of reliance 1a parish it wus claimed before your com- | Which the members are always ready to, divide> the mittee that the vote of Poll No.1 in that parisn | hecessar had been rejected on account of intimidation, but | accion as 8 of liteAvith each other, not regarding such ery evil, and having immunity irom punish the papers produced by the Clerk of the Board | ment trom the nature of the local offtciais, had come to shewed no sucn proof whatever. One of the coun- | fiching and stealing fruit, vegetables and poul- | sei—Mr. Ray—produced some afMdavits, whicn he | #Y, $0 generally that Bishop — Witmer stated, | without contradiciion trom aby source, that the ralsing Of these articies had, to be entirely abandoned: to tie reat distress of the white people, while within the par- hes, a8 Well as in New Orleans, the taxation had been carried almost literally to. th n | In New Orleans the assessors are paid a commission on the amount appraised, and houses and stores are to be had there for the taxes. In Natchitoches parish the xation reached about eight per cent of the assessed ue on property. OFFICES MADE CONGENITAL. It was then asserted that the returns were re- Tn many parishes all the white republicans and all jectea oecause the accounts of the election were | ta bein oe ee AR Ripe hgrts mere ire hot weilvered to the Supervisor of Keglstration | tS ven of the Route i office inthe parish OF Nats election, which was six o'clock on the 3d day of | Wott Ae fine, PaOPle, SAW, uxation, Increase and November; whereas it appeared that both in the | the officials grew rich, they became vaturally sore. declared had been submitted to the Board by conservative counsel insisted that these papers | had never been before the Board, when opportu- nity was given to the republican counsel to show that te paper had been submitted, but the testi- | mony offered for that purpose by them. so far, | however, irom establishing that fact established | morning and aiternoon ot the 3d day of November, | ‘ihat they love their rulers cannot be pretended, Tha search Was made Jor this Supervisor of Regis- | Kellogg government claims to have reduced taxation, tration for that parish im order to de- | This has been cifected in part by establishing @ bourd to. | liver to him these retarns and he wag | [Md the debtot the State at sixty per cent of ats tace e. neasure aronsed great hostility, not s0 not to be found until after six o'clock; but that Rade Neesan tite reduction ofitpacknowie ged debe, as soon as he could be found on the evening of | as because it gave to the Funding Board, whose powers shat day they were offered to him aud again reap- | seem to, be abolute aud without Feview, | dis: 2 | cretior orl ty. some peared the next morning, but were reluged to be | srtne or debt alleeed to be fraudulent, so that received. Yet this ame Supervisor of Registration | tyuer the guise of reducing the acknowledged received other republican returns alter he had re- | geht it gave opportunity to swell the fraudulent dept lused to receive these conservative ones, On the | against the state. This nominal reauction of the state ground that they Were too late, and the Returning | taxes has been accompanied by @ provision that the Board, altnougn it had held as to other polls arishes taxed shall nolexceed the State, but parishes 0 | hayes ween received va them the courts have airectsd be rejected merely because they were sent too | Having doen re hetr pay: late, rejecting the returns from ihis poll, thereby | {xes to De lavied (or ttt ty a ay te autuoris changed the representation of the parish trom | rates. conservative to republican, So, in the parish of De soto the returns siowed a conservative elected by over one thousand majority. It was alleged that the Supervisor of Registration had brought the returns to New Orleans and haa leit 1 id GRINDING THE PEOPLE. parish offi@ers, their relatives and ot co-operating demo- rats, Who Would buy up these obligatiot juigment and cause'them to be entor distress of the neighborhood, a distress put them in |, 10 the great great that the them with | salex of lund, for taxes, have become, almost ab. niutcly — imposstbie. u e reduction 0 eee ae Cue rne | wages, the -tulfiliment of personal or who offered to produce them on parment ot $1,000, The Conservative Committee took legal proceedings to compei their production, but the Court held it had no jurisdiction to that end, ‘They then caused to be produced belore tue | Board the duplicates of those returns irom the office of the Secretary .of State, together | with the tally sheetg, poll lists, <&c., filed there according to law. These dupiicates | corresponaed exactiy with the alleged resuit of | ‘ne compiled returus which the said woman nad | intimidation or threats of non-employment and the ap, Brodpess, PA horte tie tec hee count ou: their men It an excuse tor such a course were D A Sah 3 less, | offered; al! combined, especially atter the Lith septem- tue Board reiused to count the vote for that,’ ber, wo put the conservatives on their good behavior, parish. “| and the result was that in November, 1871, the people of ARBITRARY REJECTION OF HEAVY CONSERVATIVE | the ~tate of Louisiana did fairly have a free, peaceable MAJORITIES. | and full registration and election in which a clear con- s r is | servative majority was elected to the lower House of the So, in Winn parish, where 404 conservative and | Tvistarure, ot which majority the conservatives were | politica! pleds malteasance of home and local ofti- cluls, disputes among the leading colored persons, in otaer locaitiies the 103s or embezzlement in some cases of the school funds and the tatlure of the F Bank—ail combined to divide the views of co! voters during the late campaign. An effort was accord- ingly made by the conservatives to acquire a part ot the negro vote With that view it was sougnt in many quar- ters to propitiate them. THE CONSKKVATIVES THR REAL MAJORITY. The frequent arrests by the United States marshals for intimidation or threats of non-employment and the ape 164 repubilcan votes were cast, upon a verbal | gepriy: , illes 1 , a prived by the unjust, illegal and arvitrary aetion of Protest that the Kegistrar of Elections”) the Returning Board, "inat there were turbulent spirits Was not properly qualified, of whicn tue cannot be dened. those returned to office by the Re- | only proot was that he bad failed turning Board in violation of the wishes of the peope to forward his oath of office to the Secretary of | are especially odious. In one Instance, the edi. State. : tor of the ‘Shreceport Ners, In anticipation of Although there was no, pretence that the ‘i i ; shana the frustration by the iteturninz Board ot the will lection was hot a iair representation of the will | of tne peopie openly declared :hat the only remedy was O1 the peopie the whole vote of the parish was re- “to ill tue usurpers,” and declared this to be the seatl- jected and the case referred to toe Legisiature. | ments of the conservatives of his Siate; but beyond a So in lerrevoune parish, Where there wag | newspaper editor or two, no decla: ation, even ot that @ conservative majority, it was proved ‘rt, Was brouzht to our own notice, although it was ad- that the Commissioners of Election, through | Mitredon all hands that the waite people of the whole misapprehension of tueir duties, | enclosed | ROS Crmemennn Foe a Uy OF Oe eae all the returns in the ballot boxes and ; KELLOGG PROPPED UP BY THE MILITARY ALONE. deposited them with the Clerk of the Court, wiin whom the law required the boxes to be leit, The Judge vi the Court thereupon ixsued a mandamus commanding the Clerk to take the returos from the boxes and forward them to the Secretary of Stare, which was done. Nevertheiess the Board Tejected the retarbs [rom these pols, thereby giv- img the paris to tue republicans with (he resuit 0j choosing a republican Senator, two repubiican members of the Legislature and the republican parish officers, Indeed, it is conceded by all parties that the Kellogg government is only ugteld by the federal military. Withdraw the military and that government will go jown. as now. Governor Kellogg says this is owing to the his go The conservatives say that this isnot only be nment, ause his goverament 1s ili u it has been abusive and corrupt. in this connection we reier to the White League mentioned in the message of the Vresident, in the iast camps go in Louisiana the sition Was’ composed of Varions evements, demo- ners, dissatustied republicas Wit.out now referring to other instances We | licans, old wiixs, and, in order ‘to induce the co-opera- are consirained to declare that the action of the | tion of ail, sume of whom refused to unite with an or. | Returning Board op the whole was arbitrary, un- cy rag oe mgs | demue ade og g Rtas. 7 d " 4 ihe People’s Pa calle some loc just, and, in our opinion, illegal, and thas tus neervative part in others ‘the white man's arbitrary, unjust aud illegal action alone pre- verted the return by the Board of a majority of conservative members to the lower house, NO OPPRESSION OF NEGRO VOTERS. When the generai subject o| the state of affairs in the South aud as to whether tue alleged wrougs to colored Citizens jor poliucal offences are real or y.” ino hers ‘the White League,” and bad ordinary al clubs under these names throughout the rural which were ordiaary tical clubs and | nothing more—neither secret difereyt from usual political organizauons. These must hot, howe be coutounded from the similarity of naimes with the WHITE LEAGUE OF THE CITY OF New ORLEANS.” Were asserted without due toundation your com- | That league is an organization comprised of different mittee took such proof as the opportunity offered. | clubs, numbering in ail between 2,40 and 2.50), the mera- Both parties agreed upon four parishes as sam- | bers ot which have vovided arms for themselves, and ples of the condition of affairs im that gespect in | With or without arms engage in military drill, "They tue State. Ol tuese, OWINg Lo The Impossibility of | and the arms are the ‘property of the hte “ not of prgauizaions. ‘They com. Pr curiug Wiinesses from the locality in time, | number reputable citizens and | your committee were obliged to conflue their ew Orieans Their purpose especial examination to two parishes. They re- ¥ protection—a necessiiy occa- ceived aij the testimony that Was offered, ana in leagues ainong the blacks, by addition they received ali the testimouy that was h the Keliogy government ar- then on hand in New Orleans offered by either eee ecoedble veitianne een party as to the condition.of affairs in otuer parts whieh existed’ for. thoes. taxeotia of the Siate, As a whoie, they are constrained to ‘also of the peculiar formation of Say that the inteation Charged is not borne outby On the other haud, the republicans the facts beiore us. No generai intimid nteers, existing tion of repubiican voters wi establisie: Be ae a ig No colored man was produced who had {bromine tl ot How OF been tureatened or ‘assaulted by any + Dhak tt wan Witer Ry Wey 0 IIRREEES conservative because Of political opinion, or dis- charged Irom employment or refused em ployment. O; all Waose Who tesiiled to intimidation there its of the colored citizens, did not appear. ad, did it appear that there was league among the biuck of aay . on the other extensive se: king? Was hardiy one who of his own knowledge could apecily a reliable instance of such acts; and of the | _,, THE OVERTHROW OF KELLOC Wille men who Were produced to testiiy gen- | , That the White League would readily co-operate in any scheme for overthrowing the Kellogg govern eraily On such subjects very nearly ali, if notevery siugie one, was the holder of an of | ert citizens of Louisiana.” Buch OF: KELLOGG SUPPORTED MAINLY BY OFFICE-HOLDERS. gan. ons tnmay be dangerous, and are ve; rarely to Throughout the rurai districts of the State the | ve i 4. ‘the affair of the Ith of September number of white repubileans is very few; it hardy | is. illustration of this The members of the extends beyoud those holding office and those con- | White League had purchased arins, | The police had nected With them. , No witnesses, we belie ceeded in naming: 1 any parish five republicans | eee ee oa trae ee eee aenment oF who supported the Kellogg government who were arrive by ite steamer Mississippi. The not themselves office-holuers or related to office bers of the league wei put on tle morning holders, or those having omiciai empioymeat, | of the Léth to go aud take t the police bodies came into undertook to seize the arms FEDERAL AND MILITARY ARKESTS. On the other hand, applications to Corp ieee Os Soe Wheel, Soe SOrscal Basen eres United States Commissioners in the var! pops ans, and the disintegration of the parisaes not only for aliewed crimes, but because of alleged threats of discharge and non-employ- ment orovher interierence with political preier Kellogg party was such that be ore might Penn and his Associa ad only to take possession of the executive offices ut a strugvie. The the whites throughout pled by ence were irequeat. Upon these applications | Were 4 4 : the State until the federal government interfered, when warrants Were olten issued and white citizens ar- no aod Ris Aepoetaten Bt Ones parrenes if ‘Lous rested and bound over for trial. In many jocali- a Was a country by itvelf Mcenery and nis associates ties the iederal troops were detained jor service | would at once be installed in power, but the conserva under Me marshals and deputy marshals, and Hot | tives of Louisiana do not propose wo fight tue federal guv- only made many arrests immediately vetore the | ernment election, but the reports taat they Were coming to particular neighborhoods about the time of the ion ior the purpose of making such arrests ved, a8 the conservatives Claimed, to intimi- DISPOSITION OF TITe wir: They snbmit, not because they want to, bat because they ‘musi, not because they prociaim'any enmity tie flag, not because free labor hes not been isubmit to question of the late ele any fair date, A b@, Not because of any bostility to tho | » and sometiines even to produce @ stampede because they are < 4, but | among the wuite voters. How differently the (Wo | pecause rt uded Parties jook upon the same fact will appear | out of y more, out ee testimony of Mr. Kiadie. He was | of Bs bored ssi au 3 Commissioner in the parish | weir vernit mento the last degt . of Iberia. rtly before th ection, upon the | stuctty A corrupt, | Ludeed, in our judgment ne substantia dete application of colored persons, he issued a large number of warrai minat he cousiderec it mis duty, | anythins by ey can secure a firm and ¢ Ubow the arrest of the persous charged, to require | ernment. What they seex ts peace and an opvort ball from sureties wio possessed landed estates | for prosperity. Yo that end they, will support within the paris, certified to by tue assessor of | form of government that will afford them just pro the pariah to ve of sunic in thei distress they have got beyond any tere t value, and of which | t approved by {ist r : fon of political party. After your committee had the title waa approved by the registrar of deeds; | nounced these intention not to investigate the election Is Fale nevessarily produced delay in procuring they recetved a letter trom Governor Kellogg ex- bail for persons arrested, and he was waited wad y snould investigate that subject, op in one case by a procession of cit | y om Meknery and Pennand who offered him @ boud signed by every t their claims to the state rators., In view of the Tan in the processiot This he arded 9 ’ Dd retaset (o Eeoelt was desired on the part derision of his proceedinus, and refused w subi the bond. He was called as a witness to prove | o,erttk Aes ko oegh oc thats waneaieh the iutimitdution tnat existed in that parish. we | desiring ton ki piicitly whether each gae would had himsel! no Knowledge of any act oF the «ind, | submitto the cet ination of the committee, and it except this procession, which he thought was cai. | they found he was not duly elected he would resign his culated to lntimidate the colored voters. He had | i iwring the torn fot erat ke etd Bot enter upon ao Mba. tant the arrests tuade upon, fis ware ur e term tor wuich he claimed to have beeo ranté and the proceedings under them had | “To this communication they received a reply trom Mr. any effect in interjering with the conservative | Moor nd ry asvootsted with hit, assonting to voters. On the other hand, the conservatives in | {ie subrnission; and in t6 IPHe Of his exaroination pe that neighborhood thougat about this just tne re- | fore the commitwe, Gevernor Kellogy Usp wed the verse. Indeed, the reports of tne military officers | Sve, Imtention and Bis opiniou Shag. hore "asso in command of the orces of the United States in | grrangement. His tormal centy fas hecn eeetieed wines tie couBLrY. thongh generally jodicating & Coudl- | ous revurh. and we see by Lae DUllic Dress that Mr. An rants, Vouchers and checks tssued during the years | mary burdens of taxation, | extent of contiscation. | while | Rings haze been lormed 10 parishes, composed of the | This was (rue before the 4th of January as well | doubt that Congress has permiited about the legality of | 1, but because | hiberal’ repub- | or armed, nor otherwise | movement was every- | or subsequently, in evideoce, were suvstantiaily as fol jows:— | At twelve o'clock noon William Vigers, the Clerk of | the last House, cailed the Assembly to orter and pro- ceeded to call the roll of members as made up from the returns of the Keturning Board. naines of 108 members, cla ay ieee republicans But it sed by Governor Kellogg ai and fiity-three democrata. ‘9 [claamed that one of ,the democrats was not a staying lemocrat. The republicans claimed that one ‘of ‘their number, Mr. A. G. Cousin, | Rad been kidnapped and forcibly ‘taken to a distant | par'eh to prevent his presence at the organization of the Use. ‘our committee Were about to investigate this | charge when in puplic session, It was claimed by the | democratic counsel, and admitted by the republican | counsel, that the arrest was under legal process, and by | the hanis of the Sheri, it was further claimed, and | i | not denied, that the privilege of his office did not shield him from arres*. ihe charge was em- bezzlement, The tuil hous would contain ITl members, of which fifty six would form a quorum. On the first | Call of the ‘roil 102 answered to their names. It is | claimed by the republicans, and we believe conceded | by the democrats, st fifty of (hose answering to their | Rames@ere de:nocrats ELECTION OF TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN, | The instant the clerk finished the roll call, seve members rose to their feet, but the floor was succes | fully held by Mr. Bilheu, who said that he nominated L. | ' | ad fifty-two were republicans, A. Wiitz as temporary Chairman. The Clerk suggested that the legal motion was to elect a speaker. Mr. Billieu, himself, paying no attention to’ the Clerk,’ proceeded hurriedly t which was received by loud yeas and followed by low nays, and declared it carried. Mr. Wiltz sprung in- stantly to the platform, took from the Clerk the gavel, was quickly sworn in by Justice touston, who followed him to the platform, anu then rapped the House, which during this time h into @ cemporary quiet. Mr. el put his own motton, d been in great contusion, temporary Witz, airinan, administered the oath to th masse, Who Yose to receive It, rome member made a motion to elect Mr. Trezevant Clerk. Mr. Wiltz put the motion and declared it carried. Irezevant at once came forward and took the clerk's chair. Immediately after, and with the same haste, Mr. Flood was elected Sergeunt-al-Arms, and at once, whether on motion or not your committee do not remember, a number of as- sistant sergeants-al-arms Were appointed who prompty appeared, wearing badges, on which was printed “As, sistant Sergeant-at-Arms.” ‘While the above mentioned motions were being put, members objected and called tor the yeas afd nays, all of which was disregarded and pronounced out ot order by the acting chairman, Colonel Lowell. A republican made the point of order that the constitution of the State allowed any two mem. | bers to call for the yeas and nays on any motion; but the temporary eaairman decided the point not weil taken until a motion for permanent organization was made. ELECTION OF CONTESTING MEMBERS. Next. a motion to go into election for a permanent or: ganization was offered and declared premature. Against this ruling the republicans protested. A motion to seat the democratic members, alieged to be elected In the four parishes, whase election wa lature, was immediately made and carried, this Stage there was much disorder. “Darin Theres | publican” members protested, but their protests were | | | disregarded, ‘These gentlemen then appeared and | were Sworn in. A motion to adjourn was then put and | declared lost. Mr. Lowell, (rep.) then moved that the House proceed to a permanent organization, and that the vote be taken upon the roll of the Returning Board. This motion was declared lost, Mir. Lowell pro- testing. Mr. Matthews (rep.) then nominated Mr. Lowell as temporary chairman, and put she motion, amid great confusion and disorder, and declared it passed. Mr, Lowell declined to serve. ELECTION ON SPEAKER WILTZ, ‘Tne Hons then proceeded to elect a Speaker. The roll was called by Clerk Trezevant, who reported 55 votes for Wiltz, 2 for Hahn and 1, Mr.Wiltz’s own, blink. This resuit was ascertaimed by the Cierk by’ simpl keeping a tally of the members voting as they answered to their names. No roll ot members voring was kept, nei- ther were tellers oriered or any such other meand em- ployed than calling the roil to ascertain the nainber vor- ing. ‘This vo'e mciudes the five members wuo had been sworn i to fill vac: During this roll call, when Mr. Hahn's name, wi Hed he rose aad asked to be excused from voting and to be allowed to state his rea- sons. Objection was made, and then tne speaker pro tem. asked for unanimous Consent to his explanations, Consent’ was given, and Mr. Hahn spoke at some engi. * Alte, the. aunouncement by tho Clerk of the yore, Mr. Wiltz was sworn in as Speaker. and proceeded to swear in others present so fur as they came forward to be sworn. 'hose sworn tn were said tonumber six y in all, mad: up of fiity conservatives and five republicans who were d | returned by the Keturning Board and the five demo. cratic members who had just Leen admitted. GENERAL DE TROBKIAND PRESERVES ORDER, Outside of the bar of the legisiative hall in the State House there were a large number ot police. supported by the feueral troops. Ao person was permitted to the State House, except titrough the orders oi Governor Kellogg. Within — the the “House were ermitied only the gentlemen rcturnd by the Keturning Board and the Clerk aud sergeant-at- arins of the former Legislature, ten persons allowed to bar of the conservatives aw messengers, Who suddenly became | their assistant sergeants-at-arms, and a few other per sons, such as were adimitted by courtesy to the floor. Without the bar, m_ the public part of the hall, stood the contestants und other person: They numbered, by actual count, 127, Besides these the door ot the hali was Kept, by twenty-seven police- Wiltz maintained control of the Assembly until some | tame atter he was chosen Speaker. When the repubii- cans undertook to withdraw trom the hall Mr. Wiltz gave insiructions to the Sergeant-at-Arms not to allow any one, to pass out or enter the hall ‘Then “the disturbance without the bar ‘once increas:d and pistols were displayed, | when, at this lancture, a conservative member moved | that the Speaker be requested to ask Colonel de ‘trobri- ani to preserve order a committee, was appointed to wait on Colonel de Trobriand and request his cam- pliance. Colonel de Trovriand soon came to the bar. un- accompanied, except by one aid, whom he left there and then aloue approached the Speaker, him to & robriand did Speaker thansed hii, in the naine of the house, for his | courtesy and he withdrew. EXPULSION OF THE CONTESTING MEMBERS. The action of the boly proceeded for an nour oF so without interruption, during which time a committae on coutested seats Was appointed, minor officers elected and debate had; but no message was sent to the Se or to the Governor noiilying them was organized and ready to proceed to busine s, when at length Colonel de Trobriand returne: and stated he had oraers to remove the five members for order in the lobby. Colonel, de and order was then restored. The Boara: and, after the protest and resistance og Mr. Wiitz to the persons referred to, and uiter Generai Campbell had been sent ior to point them oui, they were removed by the United “staies soldiers: Mr. Wiltz then left the chuir as Mr, Vigers, to organize the House. began to call the roll m@de ‘ont by the Returning Board, and | two democratic members had answered to their names when Mr. Wiltz interrupted the Clerk and caied upon the couservative members to refuse to answer and to leave the hail. The interruption | over, Mr. Vigers began anew his roll call. end obtained only" fifty responses, but as the two democratic memvers had j"tst beiore auswered on the roli cal which was in- terrupted, he assumed it right to announce that fitty- four members hud auswered to their naines, THR REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION, | withdrew elected Hahn Speaker by procecded to the business of the Legislature. ho subsequent roll call by waich the number of th members whose haines were returned by the Returnin; | Board and who still remained present at these delibera- | tious could rinined. Your comimitiee have not been able to agree uj any mmendation: but upon the situation in Louisiana as peared betore us we are all agre | CHARLES FOSTER, WILLIAM WALKER PHELPS, CLARKSON N, POITER, | Jaxvany 14, 1875. The evidence upon which the sub-committee base their conclusions has not yet being written vut It will be submitted hereatter if It shail be deemed desirable. | ‘The committee themselves voted to adopt the report, | | and also to report the same to the House, with the ree: | | Cumendation that the same be printed dud recomumit- “For the committee, GEORGE F. HOAR, Chairman, A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1875. Acaacus of republican Senators was held this Mmoruing, Mr. Anthony presiding. The order of business under” discussion was wiih especial reference to the Louisiana ques- tion, It was decided, with aimost com- plete unanimity, that the Louisiana case | @hould be disposed of first, and that the President hould be sustained in wis recognition of the Kei- | logg administration as the legal government of that State. [tis understood that a resolution to that effect will be introduced within a day or two and passed With as little debate as possible. ECE DATES OF DEPARTURE FROM NEW YORK FOR THE | } OCEAN STEAMERS. | MONTUS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, | Steawer. Baits, | Destination. Ofice. | City of Brooklyn. 16.1 Livernoole 135 Broadway Ceitic., eve 16. | Liverpool. |19 Broadwa Depmurk.... 1.| London... |69 Broadway. Hohenstauften 16.| fremen....|2 Bowung Green | Rouvin. 16.| Glasgow. 17 Bowlinz Green Parting wW.|Liverpool../$ Bowling Green State of Indiana .|Glasvow...|72 Broadway. | Pommerania.. ambure, .|61 Broadway. Kotierdain | Broaaway. Liverpool.../69 Broad way. ity of New York 3. | Liverpool. 115 Broadway | Oceanic. 25. | Liverpool. |19 Broadways i B. 7 Bowling Green 5b Broad wa} ie Green Way. .|15 Broadway, 7 Bowling Green 2Kowling Green wing Ur 72 Broadwa, 61 Brosdawa. 4) Broad wa 69 Broad wa’ 15 Broadway 19 Broad Way. 7 Bowling Green ‘&% Broadway. 1 Breme: |2 Bowsing Green .(Hambure. }61 broadway. Holmat P Cal | Spain Deuteohiand, Cimbri | | ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK—THIS DAY. | SUN A¥D MOOK, aion Water. Sun rises. o- 7 92)|Gov. Island..morn 2 56 Sun sets. . @69;Sandy Hook..morn 2 11 Moon sets,,,.morn 1 45| Hell Gate..,.morm 4 41 PORT OF NEW YORK, JAN, 15, 187° Steamer elie (Br), Pari Liverpool via Queens | town J Cortis. This roll contained the | eferred to the Legis: — thas | admitted. | The Speaker re- | re that the House | sworn in who had not been returne! by the seturning | Those who remained atter Mr. Wiltz and his friends | acclamation and There was e SHIPPING NEWS. poteamer Bolivia (Br), Mall, Glasgow—Henderson FOR. Steamer Fanita, Hawe;Pnitadeiphia—/ ames Hand. Ship JacoD A Stages sores tavreswoyd & lilnck- en, nlp Sekar Menke, Beals Montevideo and Buenos n. Jr, & Sou. sare Juanita (Br), Brown, The Downs—George P “ne Merlo (Ital), Bozzano, Cork or Falmouth—Sloco- ‘ vee Three Brothers, Edwards, Rio Janeiro—James E ard & Co. Bark Siomanden (Nor), Hansen, Baltimore—Tetens & Bockmann, Brig Lily (Br), Passiful, Stranraer (Scotland)—Geo F Bylay. on, Sagua la Grande—Simpson, | brig Harry, Rol Clapp & Co. Brig Hattie Raton, Cook, St Thomas—Penistoni # Co. Sehr Joshua Grindle, Freethy, Indianola—Evaus, Ball £60. { peanr A H Hurlbut, Griffin, Norfolk, Va—Slaght & retty. at Edward Everett, Gray, Gloucester—R J Godwin n a Sch Piscataqua, Welsh, Gloucester=R J Godwin & on. Cleared 14th—Schr Kocheko, Johnson, Barcelona—Jas -Henry, ARRIVALS. REPORTED BY THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS AND HERALD WHITESTONE TELEGRAPH LINE. Steamer Carondelet, McCreary, New Orleans Jan 7 | and Southwest t’ase 8th, with mdse and passengers to C H_ Mallory & Co. Steamer Gulf Stream, Faircloth, Savannah Jan 9, with mdse and passengers to R Lowden. Steamer Cleopatra, Bulkley, Savannah van 12, with | mdse end passenyers to Murray, Ferris & Co. Steamer Ellen 3 ‘verry, Salyear, Newbern, NC, with mdse to Murray, Ferris & Uo. Steamer Vindicator, Morton, Philadeiphia, with mdso and passengers to Jas Han Riguimer Perkiomen, Flurce, Philadelphia, with coal to master. Ship Rhine, Stetson, London via Isle of Wight 47 days, | with mdse to'Grinnell, Minturn & Co. Came the south; | ern passage and had fine weather to Hatteras; was 12 days north of do. hip Caicutta (of Portsmouth), Tauton, Hollo Aug 12, with sugar to Peabody, Wiitis & Co: vessel to Vernon H Brown. Had light winds and calins to Anjier. which Was passed Sept 20, and the Cape o! Good Hope. Nov 14; crossed the Equator Vec 13, in lon 36; had light Sts trades in the Indian, and NE trades in the At! 11 days north of Hatteras, with strong » ‘The C ts anchored on the bar and has received orders to | proceed to Boston, — Ship Whittier (of Newburyport), Swass, Tquique Aug 21 and Catlao Oct 9 with nitrate of soda, to Cnarleg Lu ling & Co, Passed Cape orn Nov 9dnd crossed the | Kquator Dec 18, in ion 3411 Wi bad fine weather vo Hatteras: thence 8 days with strong NE and NW gales Noy 2, iat 35128, lon 24.0 W. spoke bark Varuna (G from Hamburg tor Hong Kong, oi days outs Sith lat 26, lon 25, ship Hougoumont (Br), @rbin. Liverpool for | Sydney, NSW; Dec 3, lat 22 45, lon 2645, brig Petronella (Ger), trom Amsterdam for Macassar, ship Marianna VI (ort), Santos, Lisbon 37 days, with cork and salt toG Amsinck & Co. Bark Joshua (of Liverpool), Mouat, Calcutta April 29, and Mauritius Oct 11, with jute to order. Passed Cape of Good Hope Nov 15, and crossed the Equator in lon 30 W. | Had moderate weather, Dec 13. lat 65. lon Zi 23 W, spoke bark Mary, (Br), from Mauritius for London, 43 jays out, * Bark Traveller (of Yarmouth, NS), Ferguson, Liverpool | 60. days, with mdse to Boyd & Hincken. | Burk ‘Lochee (of Annapolis, Ns), McLoughlin, Fowey 53 days, with china clay to Heney'& Parker. Took the southern passage and had fine weather to Hatteras; | thence 14 days, with strong N, NE and NW gales. Brig Kebecca A Page \of Boston), Mill, Montevideo 50 days, with hides and 1 passenwer to order; vessel to mas- | ter. Crossed the Equator Dee 16, in ion 33 Was 10 days N of Hatteras, with strong NE and NW winds. Brig Lady Mary (ot Quebec), Rex, Pernaigouco 29 | days, with sugar to Bowring & Archibald. Crossed the Equitor Dee 17, in lon 37 W. Had strong SE trade: | making the passage to Hatteras in 20 days; thenco. days, with heavy ules from Nand NW; Jan 10, had a | heavy gale troin NW and very coid weather; three of the crew were badly frostbitten, and vessel was so badly i iced up was obliged te run into the Gult Stream to free | of ice. Schr Island City (of Boston), Smith, Montevideo 54 days, with hides to Vernon & Brown & Co. Urossed the Equator Dec 22, in lon 37 W. chr N Hand; Doherty, Para 24 days, with rubber to F Moran; vessel to R Hand, Schr Bagaduce (of Castine), Lox, Old Harbor. Ja, via Delaware Breakwater 24 days, with logwood, &¢, ‘to G Wessels: vessel to H W Loud & Uo. Had strong N and E, gales; sprung foremasthead. Jan 11,6) miles ksi of | Assuteague, passed a vesvel of about 600 or 70) tons, with copper bottom, bottom up, apparently buta short time in that situation, | | Schr Thomas 'P Ball, Ryder, Indianola via Tlampton | Roads % days, with hides, cotton, &c, to order; vessel to Evans, Ball & Co. | “Schr Vineyard, Rosebrook, Charleston 8 days, with na- val stores to order, clir Win Mazeke, Freeman, Virginia. chr Chas Lawrence, Adams, Virginia chr H D Brewster, Gilson, Virgima Sehr k T Smith, Duail, Virginia. Schr AJ Simonton, Hall. Baltimore. Sloop Commodore, Pearsall, Virginia. Sloop Capuin, Price, Virginia, Sloop Mary Diston, Robinson, Virginia. Sloop Isaac Comstock, Jonson, Virginia, « PASSED THROUGH HELL GATE, BOUND SOUTH, Steamer Gen Whitney, Hallett, Boston for New York, with mdse and passengers to HF Dimock. Steamer City of Fitchburg, Springer, New Bedlora tor New York. with mdse and passengers. " Steamer’ Bolivar, Lawson, New Bedfora for York. with mdse and vassenzera Steamer Klectra, Young, Providence tor New York, | with mdse and passengers. Schr Hattie, Davis, Port Jefferson for New York. BOUND EAST. | See City of #itchburg, Baker, New York for New | Bedford. Steamer Hlectra, Youn”. New York tor Frovidence. Steamer Delaware, smith. New York tor Norwich. ,gohr Mary Lizzie (br), Downs, ‘New York for St Johns, Schr Etta BE Sylvester, Sylvester, Virginia tor Fairha- ven. a Schr E A Cheseboro, Foster, Port Johnson for Provi- ence. Bes Robert Palmer, Dennison, New York for Fall ver, Sehr Orion, Smith, Elizabethport for Norwich. Schr Challenge, Howard, Port Jolinson for Providence Schr Lucian, bowen, Port vohngen tor Providence. New ships Helicon, San Francisco; Arundel Castle (Br), London. barks Friedhef | Nor). Bristol: Lizzie Merry. Kingston, Ja; Flora \Nor), | Be Northern Queen (Br), Antwerp: Canada (Br), Havana: brigs Matilda seilagamba (Ital), Dundalk; D | F Brown (Br). Halitax, Fido (Ger).’ Rio Grande; | Julia (Br), stJohns. NF; schrs Mary Jdezie (Br), do | Wm Fregerick, Liverpool; Mercy T Trundy, Ponce, PK; | Phebe, Havana. Wind at sunset NW, fresh. | OUR MARINE CORRESPONDENCE. | Newront, RI, Jan 15, 1875. | Schr Laura E Messer, bound from Boson to Baltimore, | before reported ashore on Sandy Point, Block Island, is high and dry on the beach, and ft will be impossible ever to get her off without an extra high tide. Wreckers | offered assistance when she first went ashore, but her captain refused it, believiug he could get her off himseif. Suosequently a contract was made for $1,000, but the attempt proved fruitless and the contract was given up. It ig now reported that both the island wercking com- panies have inade a contract conjomtly to get her oft, sh aera of apples, rates 700 tous anu is nearly MARITIME MISCELLANY. | Seamer Crry or New Yors, which sailed on the lth | inst tor Havana, carried out a duplicate of the vroken machinery ol steamer City of Vera Cruz, which put into iybee aiter breaking down. Phe Oity of New fork will leave the above proceed with the passengers of the Ciry of Vera Cruz to Havana. STEAMER NoRMANTON (Br), Leach, at Portland 12th from St John, NB, reports during a gale Was blowa 3) iniles to sea. Ste got into South west Harbor by the aid of a pi lot In the gale she Jost tore and main sails, and cargo was slighily damaged, | SreaweR Geo snatruck, for Halifax, while getting | under way at St Pierre, Miq, Jan 8 strack on a shoal | near her Wharf, but has since come off, and 8 Mot se riousty damayed, Snap St Nicnoras. Williams, Franeiseo, Previously geported #& Callao on fire, was semttied in sou waidr, and wall né doubt be saved’with. | Oucmuen damage io the lull ‘the vesse! had been on | lire for several days previous to reaching port Baux Coxsvt PLarex (Ger), trom New York tor Rotter. dam (betore reported), arrived at Gravesend Dec 23 wa erlogged, having deen in co.lision of ~outh sand | Head. ‘Five'of ber crew were letvon board the ligt ship. | _ Bank Diana (Ital), Rollo, from New York, at Falmouth | Dee 26, tad toremast iicad carried away. Ban« Witte S Tuomsox (Br), Chapmar, before report. ed burned off Cape Horn, sailed from shields July 13 tor | Iquique, Vessel and cargo are tully covered by insure ance, The tire is supposed to have originated trom spon- taneous combustion. | Bric Atraa of Lunenburg), Rhodentzer. from Inagua, | wiih @ cargo of salt tor Haliax, put into Moser's Harbor, | atthe mouth of La Have River, Jan 1, im distress. she | made Iron Hound hight Dee 28, and off account of bein bav'ly teed up and having some sails blown away, drifte off, and did not reach port unul the Ist | Brig J Bickmore, of Portiand, before reported con- | demned and sold at Salt Cay, ball loaded with salt for New York, and was reaty for sea, when she comsenced | to leak seriously. {he crew retused to go to sea in the vessel, alieying that she was unseaworthy. On their application to the Ainerican Consular Agent an inquiry as made into the matter, and asurvey called, wnich regulied in the vessel being condemned as unsea worthy. Bue Misstssivet (Ital), Fizario, from New Orleans tor Havre, before reported taken into Key West Dec 3), leaking bad!y after being ashore, was discharging car go Jan 7 for repairs. BuiG Fi.omexa (Aus), from New York for Giasson Dock, before reported as arrived at, Liverpool, hud put into Holyhead with joss ot boats and sais, and partof cargo | jertasonea. i from, Liverpool for San | ported tor “America sander. Buic AGxes Rarwoxn (Br), from Inagua for Halifax, betore reporied wrecked near the latter port, was 15 | tons register, tour vears oid and owned by Mr Joseph & | Raymond, of Beaver River, Digby. go was (ne | sured. Three bodies trom the wreck have been picked | up. Brio Votan, betore reported wrecked at Sydney, CB, | was in ballast, trom st Johns, NF Seur Cant D Larunor, McAllep, from St Jonn, NB, for | Mavana, before reported ag ashore at st Mary's Point, 5, was got off and towed to st Jonn, NB, Jun 14, con- sderably damaged. Sonn Comer (Br), Reeves, parted her big chain Dec 29, and was driven ashore oy the gale at the head of Port Hawkesbury, Where she hes armly imbedded in the ice | for the winter. She has a cargo of oats, butter, & posed w be al. night. Senn FLora Connon, Contom, vember for Boon Bay, Nv, for a cargo of nerry ter trom Uapt Condon, dated at Litde Gut of Ca 2, stntes that he had experienced very bad weather thus tar on his return ; had lost boat and Jey, and had one man (Charles thompson, of Stockton) Washed overbourd from the wheel, ann (of Camden, from Newonstle for Hyannin in. port Warbor thursday yanni in going outoft Ne bar! Morning grodudod on the fate in the lower arbor, hear the’ Little Lime Rocks, and remained there at 6 PM: Bhe es easy. aud would ‘probably gome off without Brig Ascenctoy (Sp), from Santander, with flour, re- | in putting DAK to port vee 17, | was stranded at Los Quebrantws, of the portof san- — — inst, will repaired there. The cargo may probab!; Be apeacd of there. 7 f 4 Sour Macare H (Br) was driven ashore on the souttr side of Port Hastings du the gale ot Deo 29, where Rare dattus ats WOLairent Dat ase ‘Vessel at'the time avout is wl is a total loss. Nonroux, Jan 14—Steamer “an Marcus has completed. discharging cargo, and will be towed to the governme n? dry dock at the Navy Yard this morning. NOTICE TO MARINERS. The Cross Ledge lightboat arrived at Philadelphia evening of 4th inst in tow of Iceboats. SPOKEN. Ship Matilda, Carver, from Cardiff e hark Brine tGer, Gehatte from Bremen for New Or- veHank Harodtr| bist, trom Neweastle, for Oar Oni Turk Metta fee, Dublin (Now 8, for Ran- 098, Fars eae "for Vorbach, on arespsie Ga (Oct 16) tor Montevideo, Nov 27. lat 9 36 N, lon 35 30 WW. Hark Icomum, Malgraim trom Val iy San Francisco, Dec 4 lat 1625.3; lon Or Wee NOY OF, Bark Howard (Br), O'Ne! jark PHGB (Dutch), from Padang te : e “REND” (Ger), from New York toi Nov 18, lat 13 N, lon 34 W. yr Maulmain, NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CAPTAINS. . Merchants, shipping agents and ship captains aro informed that by telegraphing to the Hegauo London Bureau, No 46 Fleet street, the arrivals at and depart- ures from European ports, and othee ports abroad, of” American and all foreign vessels trading with tho United States, the same’ will be cabled to this country” tree of charge and published. OUR CABLE SHIPPING NEWS. Antwerp, Jan 13—Arrived, barks Eolus (Ger), Bording,’ New York; Mth, Maggie Chapman (Br), Dermier, Phila. delphia; Hebe (Ger), Bohm, New York. ALicante—Arrived, brig Hermanos (Nor), Larsen, New York, Cavcutra, Jan 14—Arrived, ship B P Cheney, Starkey, Boston via Madras. Gnoa—Arrived, brig Nellie (Ital), Capelo, New York. GrprattaR—Sailed, brig R M Heslen, Gould (trom Mes- sina), Boston; schr Minnie G Loud, Holt (trom Palermo), Baltimore. Havre, Jan U—Arrived, ships Borneo, Shaw, Mobil Norris, Barstow, New Orlea Sailed 13th, ship Reynard, Classon, United States; bars Maggie McNeil, Heron, do. Hong Kona, Jan 13—Sailed, steamer Alaska, Van Sice> San Francisco via Yokoham: Liverroot, Jan 15—Arrived, barks Golden Sheaf, Thompson, Portland, Me; © E Jayne, Hawkins, Gal ~ veston. Also arrived 15th, steamer Siberia (Br), Harrison, Bos- ton; barks Alice Roy (Br), Douglass, Savannah; Rosca’ (or), Stoesen, Darien. Sailed 1th, ship Thorndean (Br), Harvey, San Fran- cisco. Sailed 14th, ship Golden Rule, Hall, New Orleans (seo below); barks Nor (Nor), Randvig, Baltimore; Aurora. Mta!), Pelazzo, Philadelphia. Lizarp, Jar 15,5 AM—Off, steamer Holland (Br), Stmp- son, from New York for London. Losxponperry, van 14—Sailed, barks Village Belle (Br), Little, /mited States; Harvester (Br), Peterson, do. Lissoy, Jan 13—arrivea, ship Marianna V Wort), Fer- reira, New York. Merssina—Sailed, bark Saga (Nor), Olsen, New Orleansy brig Stephen Bishop, Gilkey, New York. Prymoutn, Jan 15—Arrived, brig Almon Rowell (Br), Moon, Buenos Ayres. PERNAMBUCO, Drior to Dec 22—Arrived, brigsO C Clary, Ryder, and Bertha (Ger), Kuhn, Richmond. Queenstown, Jan 10—Arrived, bark CO Whitmore, Peabody, Iquique (not arrived at Fa!mouth—see below). Arrived 15th, ships Jubilee (Br), Langlois, San Fran~ cisco; Louise (for), trom Hull for Pensacola (see below), Also arrived 15th, steamer France (Br), Altree, Boston: for Liverpool. Sailed 15th, 1:30 PM, steamer Republic (Br), Gleadeld (from Liverpooi), New York. Rro Janerno, Jan 12—Sailed, brig D C Chapman, Knight, Baltimore. Sypyey, NSW, Jan l4—Arrived, steamer McGregor (Br), Granger, San Francisco, &c. Lonvox, Jan 15—The vessel ashore at Carnsore Point ia not the British steamer City of London, incorrectlg cabled, but the British ship of that name, Capt Brown, from San Francisco Aug 31 tor Liverpool. The sea is making a clean breach over her, and she will break up if the weather continues bad. An effortto land hen cargo will be made if the weather moderates. Crew all sate. Ship Golden Rule, Hall, from Liverpool for New Or= Jeans, which put back to L Dec7to repair damages: received in collision with the Tintern Abbey, resumed. her voyage Jan 14, Ship Louise (for), from Hull for Pensacola, has put into Queenstown in a damaged condition, Barz O O Whitmore, Peaboty, from Iquique, wasin. collision to-day at Queenstown with the Kagle, and lost vowsprit and forerigging. ‘A telegram trom Vigo says the schr Wm Starrett (Br), Dexter, from New York lec 7 for Oporto, has foundered atsea. Crewsaved. Another account says the W 8 was wrecked near Oporto. and that the cargo was lost. (The W 8 was 212 tons register, but at Rainey’s Cove, NS, in 1873, and hailed trom Halifax. Her cargo consisted of 8285 bushels of wheat, 400 bbis of flour and 6000 staves.) FOREIGN PORTS. Ancona, Dec %4—Arrived, brig Emilia (Ital), Ruggiero, New York. 6 Saeed Nov 23—Sailed, bark Henry Buck, Field, joural Komsay, Dec 28—Sailed, ship Cora, Cooms, Burmah. Dunttx,’ Dec 2'—Cleared, bark Auguste Tietge, Dieck~ feldt, Wilmington, N Moyrevipko, Nov 15—Arrived, brig Spring Bira (Br), Hassel. Rio Grande. OLp Hanson, Ja, Dec 21—In port schr C C Stone, Cross, | for Boston goth. AROEANG, Nov 14—Arrived, bark Atalanta, Davis, Batavia. : Sailed Nov 15, bork Metis, Kent, New Yorx. Quurxstows, Dec 20—Sailed, bark Elpt (Aus), Maregila, Baltimore. SaMakaNa, Nov 20—Sgilea, brig H © Sibley, Colson, Engiand. é Bin garone Jan 4—Arrived, ship Wm Woodbury, Curtis, fardim. St Jous, NP, Dec 21—Cleared, brig Pride ot the West CaLahan, st Jay Sonn, NB, Jen 14—Towed back, schr Carl D La~ throp, MeAllep for Havana (see Miscellany). ‘Trieste, Dec 2—Sailed, steamer Dewick (Br), Ward, New York. ‘TunKS IsLaxns, bee 5—Arrived, schrs 8 T Baker, Davi New York for Greytown. Nic (pat in to obtain medical i eiptaii,would proceed in a day or two); 12h, Sraig, Woodbury, Portiand (and sailed 12th for Ja= vay. 19th. brig M T Towner, Wright, Porto Rico tiled 2ist tor New Havea. e.8, brig Alice (Bri, Montwomery, (from New. Yor); Zlst, brig Magee Wood (Br), New Haven; schre Gertride Pluininer, Plummer, Porto, Rico; 244, Ella ¥ Trefethen, Beers, Jamaica, Passed by Dec 12, chr Minnie Cronan (Br), Collins, from Nova scotia fow St Domingo, seekint, TuiNtpad, Jan S—Arrived, bark Shawmut, Tneker, Buenos Ayres via St Thomas; schr Jonathan May, Neal, Puiladelphia, AMERICAN RORTS. BOSTON, Jan 14—Cieared, bark Algoa Hay) schrs Fmma LG Winsor. Henry Norweli, Burgess, Mobile (latter two before incor- rectly printed). 1oth—arrived, 81 more :schr Hattie mer Wm Lawrence. Howes, Baltt- 18, Smiths Grand Menan. —Below. st ental, Savannah, Cleared—steamer Wm Crane, Baltimore and Norfolk; bark Olustee, New York; schr Pansy 4 Johnson, Rich- mond, Va, via Wood's Hol BALTIMORE, Jau M—Arrived bark Countess of Duf+ terin (Br), McDonald, Londonderry; brig KC Wright, Boyle, Rio Janeiro; schr Rebecca M Smith, Grace, Som- it orth—Cleare 1, steamer gong. Hopkins, Boston; ship Eunliy K Farniiam, san Francisco: schr Hatue 1 age, SUIXRLESTON, Jan 12—Cleared, schrs Frances (Br). Smith, Baltimore; Chas H Dow, Chiids, Long Isiand, Ba- hamas, ‘Saied—Schr Mark Pendleton, Thomas. St Marys. Ga. Isth—Arrived, barks M Wood, St Thomas; Jardine Bros (Br), Liverpool; sehr Carrie § Webb, New York, Bajled—vark Mdderkirk (Ger), Cork tor orders, PHILADELPULA, Jan 15—Arrived, steamer Pottsville, Winnett, New York; schr Joseph A Clark, Mcintyre, Bridgeton, ne Hed-iteamer Kenilworth, Liverpool; schr Belle ussell, Clentuegos Nuwcastie, cl, Jan 15, AM—Passed down, schra Mary 6 Collins, for the West Indies; Herbert J Olive, Jr, tor Cardenas; N W Magee, for Cie} a Steamer Allentown, for Boston, passed down yester- any jone-tee quite heavy; fwes, Dok Jun 1s, AM—Arrived yesterday, schrs Cat ivom St Johns, FR; Nada, trom Boston} tadelphia. ) ta went to sea yesterday, and brig C Neu- mann Guedbehn (Ger), at 6 PM. Schr Kate Komme!! passed out last night, A shij id at $ last evening in tow of Iceboat. City {cevoats Nos 2 and S lett for Philadeloiia at 7 AM,, and steamer Albemarle arrived trom New York. 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