The New York Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1875, Page 3

WASHINGTON. The President Recommends Preparation for War. RETALIATION ON THE SOUTH. Effect of the Election of a Confederate Senator from Missouri. RECIPROCITY WITH HAWAIL ‘Passage of Annual Appropriations in the Senate. Another Congressional Witness Incarcerated. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1875, ‘ERE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE URGING PREPARA- TIONS FOR WAR—ITS EFFECT ON POLITICAL SPECULATORS, The special Message from the President which -Weached the House o! Representatives this after- . Boon, just before the adjournment, asking for appropriations tor the sea coast delences, has @xcited a good deal of comment, and is con- strued by the iriends of Cuban independence to Mean war, 1t means, of course, preparations jor War, but it does not mean actual hostilities and there is no immediate danger of war with Spain. “We are’not now prepared for war,” said ® prominent republican to-night. ‘I'he Spanish fron-clads are more than a mateh for ours. They fre well built and are the most formidable of vheir class in the world. They could play havoc with our coast, and would soon make the war unpopular, What would be the use of our ravaging or capturing Cuba if the Spaniards should meantime blockade our porte, bombard those cities which they could Teach and dv more damage in a month than would * pay twice over forCuba.” “The President is too shrewd to play Dis Cuban card now,’ said another. ‘Hoe will reserve it until he gets a @emocratic Congress before him, and then put the democrats im the fatal position of Peace party in time to catch them tripping in the next election’? “It means really Mo-hing” said a third, “and is mischievous only because it willexcite the hopes of Cuban bond gamblers. If the appropriation asked for had not been brought before the country in a special mes- sage fromthe President, but had been quietly suggested and putin the appropriation bills, no fuss would have been made and the money Would have been given; for it is neces- @ary, even if we did not have a war for twenty years. Bat in its present shape tt will ap- pear an extraordinary and threatening measore, nd may be used for stockjobbing purposes both here or abroad.” “We shall have no war with Spain tor a year at least,’? was a remark which Cluged the conversation. The Message was relerred to the Committee on Military Af- fairs in the House, end the Chairmen of that committee said he had long known that what the President now recommended was absolutely necessary. Uur heavy seacoast guns @re not fitto meet modern armaments, and the | Message, so far from being a threatening doca- ment, is really a confession of our weakness and inabiilty, for some time to come, to defend our- selves against foreiga attacks. 4 RETALIATORY POLICY TOWARD THE WHITE LEAGUERS INDICATED—QUIET IN THE SOUTH FATAL TO REPUBLICAN HOPES, Asuggestion made in the New Orleans tele- @Taphic correspondence of the Chicago Inter. Ocean, and sent here to-day, attracts some atten- tlon, and 1s believed to {indicate the next step in the Louisiana troubles. The correspondent, who is @ strong admiaistration man, writes:—“ White Leaguers who participated in the Septem- , ber massacre in this city will be called as wit- Resses before the Congressional Committee by the Tepubiteans, and if they admit that they firea a shor, their admission and tried. These men are Aullty of murder, and the republican members Will take the offensive and have them punished.” they will be arrested on | Ofcourse if Louisiana were governed by law this | Would be an idie rumor; for a witness before an Investigating committee cannot be held for his testimony or admission there. But it ts feared here that the attempt to make whoiessle arrests of White Leaguers on the charge of murder muy bring on violent resistance and trouble, wnich is probably what ts wanted by the Kellogg people, who would thus secure a longer or permanent guardiansnip of the army. ‘There 1s Do doubt that the continued peacetul Gttitude of the New Urleans conservatives is em- barrassing the extreme men here, who anticipated the occurrence of & riot down there beiore this, to help them in bringing forward and punishing them by retaliatory legislation. It has been discovered by the frtends of whatiscalied a “vigorous policy” here that they cannot carry out their designs unless they have the help of violent commotions and Outbreakings, no matter how temporarily, in some part of the South. The bloody shirt has been hung Out so often that people no longer heed /t, Actual bloodshed of & kind whicn can be construed into Fevolation is needed to excite the pabiic and help to push through Congress extreme and retaliatory Measures. Quiet in the South is fatal to all their Plans and hopes. UNFAVORABLE EFFECT OF MISSOURI'S SENA- TORIAL CHOICE UPON THE DEMOCRATIC ¥U- TURE—THE Issvz oF 1876 UNCERTAIN. ‘The result of the Missouri Senatorial election is Giscussed here by leading democrats with a good Geal of disappointment. It 1s said that the wisest course for the Missourl democrats would have been to re-elect Senator Schurz; but if they would not do this it was @ pecuuarly Ungracious and stupid act in them to replace bim by @ Coniederate General; jor they ought to have remembered that the enfranchisement in Missouri of the men who had served in the Vonlederate army, the very act, that 1s to say, which enables General Cockrell to be elected, was due to the vigorous efforts and arguments of Senator Schurz and bis friends, The old Confederates who have Just elected Cockrell to the United States Senate could not have held seats in the Missouri Legiala- ture had not the labors of Senator Schurz secured them equal politicul rights im their Stave. There ls no doubt shat the resuit of tne Missouri and Pennsylvania Seuatorial elections is feit here by the leading democrats to weaken them, and it is a surious fact that, while many, or, indeed, most fepudlicans are despondent about toe iuture of the party, the leading and shrewdest democrats are not at ail jubilant or even hopeful of their own fuvre, They begin tosee that they have to deal with many discordant and perhaps irreconcilable elements Within their own party lines, and that, if the re- pubiicans should sow @ firm, and united iroat in 1876, the democratic party might easily be beaten. Leading democrats count upon the third term designs of the President and his adherents to help them and reckon this one of the most im- portant elements in tae political ba: They ad- mult pretty Ireely that 1! the President should make Qu open and decided deciaration againat a third term this wouid be « blow to the demooratic pros- Dects of considerable moment. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. —- WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1875, THE WAWAUAN RECIPROCITY TREATY NBARLY COMPLETED-~ITS GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADVANTAGES, The Hawation Reciprocity Treaty 19 almost com- Diated, and Will be ready for signature in A lew | cons disturbances | proving ground, with all the 1acilities and conven- | submitted with the hope that the consideration it NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1875-TRIPLE SHEET. days. It admits {ree to our ports sugar, rice, tropical fruits, pulse, undressed hides and fancy Woods, the product of the isiands, but not cofee or wool; and on the omer hand it | admits free nto Hawaiian ports our owa products, | except spirits, wines, tobacco and cigars. 11 will be submitted to the Senate probably within a | week, and there is @ {air prospect that it will be approved. There is mo doubt that the treaty will be of great advantage to the people of the Pacifico coast, who will gain by the extension of our commerce with the islands, notin the greater de- mand for our products alone, our in the extension of our carrying trade and in the employment of their capital in the islands, Its political result | will be to bind the isiands to us and prevent en- | tirely the diversion Of their interests or political affections toward England or Australia. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. pe AS WasHINGron, Jan. 20, 1875, MESGAGE BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE NECKS- SITY OF PREPARATION FOR NATIONAL DE- | FENCK—APPROPRIATIONS STRONGLY URGED FOR IMPROVING AND TESTING ORDNANCE. The President seat the following Message to Congress to-day:— To THE SkNaTR aND Hovusk OF REPRESENTA- TIVES— in my annual Message of December 1, 1873, | While inviting general attention to all the recom- | mendations made by the Secretary of War, your | special attention was invited to the importance of | preparation for war i the armament of our sea- | coast defences, Proper armament is of vastly | more importance tian jortifications. The latter | can be supplied very speedily for temporary pur- | poses when needed. The former cannot. These views gain increased strength and pertinence as | the years roll by. I bave now again the honor to call special atten- tion to the condition of the armament of our forti- fications and the absolute necessity for immedi- ate provision by Congress for the procurement of heavy cannon. The large expenditures required to supply the number of guns for our ports is the strongest argument that can be adduced for a liberal annual appropriation for their gradual ac- cumulation. In time of war such preparations | cannot be made. Cannon cannot be purchased in | open market nor manuiactured at snort notice, | They must be the product of years of experienced | labor. I herewith enciose copies of a report of the Chief of Ordnance and of a board of ordnance oft. | cers, on the trial of an eight-incn rifle converted | trom a ten-inch smootn-vore, which shows very conclumvely an economical means of utilizing these useless smovoth-bores and making them tnto eignt-inca rifles, capable of piercing seven inches of iron, The 1,204 ten-inch Rodman guns should, in my opinion, be so utilized, and the appropria- tion requested by the Obie! of Ordnance of $250,000 | to commence these eonversious is earnestly re-- commended. Waile convinced of the economy and necessity of these conversions the determina | tion of the best and most economical method of | providing guns of still larger calibre shoald no longer be delayed. Tue experience of other na- tions, based on the mew conditions of deience, brought prominently forward by the in- troduction of irom-clads into every navy | afloat, demanas heavier metal and rife | guns of not less than twelve inches in cahbre. These e@Mormous masses hurling @ snot of seven hundred pounds, can alone meet many of the requirements of the national defences, They must be provided, and expeliments on a large scale can alone give the data necessary for the determination of the question. A suitable tences referred to by the Chie oi Ordnance, with & liberal annual appropriation, 1s an undoubted necessity. Tue guns now ready for trial cannot be experimented with without funds, and the esti- mate of $250,000 for the purpose is deemed rea- sonable and is strongly recommended. The con- wtant appeals ior legislation on the “Armament of Fortifications” ought no louger to be disre- garded 1f Congress desires, in peace, to prepare the important material without which fature wars must inevitably lead to disaster, This subject is deserves may be given it at the present session. U. 8 GRANT, EXxucuriva Mansion, Jan. 20, 1875. 4 BILL TO PREVENT INVASION OF A STATE OB CONSPIRACY AGAINST ITS LAWS. Mr, Olayton‘s bill"w protect each State of the Union from invaston and for other purposes, intro- daced into the Senate to-day, provides that who- soever shall invade any State for the purpose of violating the laws of said State or of the United States, or for the purpose of interfering in any | manner with the execution of said laws, or who- soever shall wilfully and corruptly conspire, com- bine and confederate with any otner person for any of the purposes above indicated, shall on con- viction thereot be deemed guilty of ielony, and be punished by a fine not exceeding $10,000 and by imprisonment at hara labow not exceeding ten years. Tne United Statea Districts and Circuit courts are to have jurisdiction of these offences. District attorneys, United States marshals and deputy marshals, United States commissioners and all other officers who may be specially em- powered by the President of the United States | are, by this bill especially, required to institute | proceedings against all persons who may violate the foregoing provisions, and arrest | them, to be iniprisoned or bailed, as the case may be, for trial betore a proper coart, United States Commissioners are empowered, | their respective districts, to appoint suit- able persons to execute the warrants or other lawful process issued by bill to execute warrants, &c., a8 aforesaid, shall | have authority to summon and call to their aid tue bystanders, oF posse comitatus, or such por- tion of the land and naval forces of the United | States or of the militia, as may be necessary to | the performance of the duty with which they are charged. THE NEW YORE NATIONAL BANKS AT THE CLOSE oF 1874—RESOURCES AND LIABILITIES. ‘The following is an abstract of the report made | to the Comptroller of the Currency, showing the condition of the nationul banks in the city of New | York atthe close of business on Thursday, the 81st day of December, 1874:— RESOURCES, Loans and dyscounts Overdraits..... 202,226,235 482, 505 United States bonds to secure circula- | Senate procee them, | Ser, and all persons oF ofticers authorized by the | J! the Legislature. Ordered to be printed and refer. red to the Committee on Priviieges and Elections. Mr. CLayTON, (rep.) of Ark., introduced a bill to protect each State of the Union agaiust invasion and for other purposes, Reierred to the Committee on Military Affairs. THE OBIO LEGISLATURE ON LOUISIANA. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Obio, presented a joint sresolution of the Onto Legisiature condemning the expulsion of oMcers and members o! the Louisiana Legislature by the military power. Ordered to be printed and lie on the table. Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, said he had also received a copy of the resolution, together with a copy of the protest signed vy the republican members of the House and entered upon the journal of that body. Ordered to be printed and ae on the table. The House bill to constitute Patchogue, on the south side of Long Island, in the State of New York, a port of delivery, was passed, Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R. L, irom the Commit- tee on Printing, reported favorably on the resoiu- tions submitted yesterday by Mr. Morton, to print 8,000 additional copies of the proposed amend- ments to tue constitution in relation to the elec- tion of the President and Vice President sub- mitted by the Committee on Privileges and Elec- ons. Passed. THE OMNIBUS BILL. The Senate then resumed the consiieration of ee Tarisiative, Judicial and Executive Appropria- jon bill, The following amendments were adopted :— Authorizing the Adjutant General of the army, With the approval of tue Secretary of War, to con- tinue the services of sixty-seven enlisted clerks and sixty enlisted men as copyists, messengers | and watchmen in ais ofiice. Appropriating $80,000, instead of $165,000, for Miscellaueous articles for tue Senate. Reducing the rent paid by the Post OMice De- partment jor @ house on E street from $2,200 to 800. Providing for the appointment of a draughts. man in the Signal Office, at a salary of $1,800. Appropriatiog $5,400 tor the Assay Office at Chariotte, N, C. Appropnating $9,560 for the office of Assistant Treasurer at Charleston, 3. C. Striking out the clause abolishing the office of Surveyor General of Kansas. Increasing the appropriation for miscellaneous items in the oMce of Commisgury General from $7,000 to $8,000, A section relating to the sittings of the Circuit Court of the United Staves ior lowa was stricken out. ‘Tne bill was then read @ third time and passed. THE FORTIFICATION BILL. Mr. Davis, (pem-) of W. Va., moved that the to the consideration of the bill making appropriations for fortifications and other works of deience tor the fiscal year ending Jume 90, 1876. Agreed to. He siated that for several years the ave Tag ameunt appropriated for this bill was $1,500,000 ubtil last year, when the amount was only $900,000, ‘The ’ present bill appropriated but $750,000, & less amount than for any year since tne | beginning of the war. We iad about 6,500 miles of sea coast and about 100 fortifications, of which about one-third were provided ior in tnis bill. The bill Was then 1ead # third time and passed as it came Irom the House o! Kepresentatives. THE CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC BILL, Mr. MORRILL, bs) of Me., moved to take up the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation . bill, Agreed to. The only amendment of importance reported by the committee was one appropriating $28,700 for tue salaries and expenses 01 the United States and Mexican Claims Comission, which was agreed to. ‘The bil! was then read a third time and passed, THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., moved to take up the proposed umendment to the constitution sup- | Mitied by the Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions. Agreed to. Mr. SIERMAN sald he had yielded to the Senator | from Indiana (Mr. Morton) to have the proposed amendment acted upon, and gave notice that atter 1t should be disposed oj he would claim the floor to fipish his remarks in regard to the Loulsi- ana trouble, Mr. MoxTON then had the proposed amendment read, as Jollows:— Resolyed, by the Senate and House of Representatives in Copgress assembled (two-thirds of each House con- curring therein), That the following article 1s hereby pro- josed us an amendment to the constitution of the United Rtates and when ratitied by the Legisiatures of three- fourths of the States shall be valid to all intents and pur poses as part of tne constitution, to witz— Axticie l.—: he President and Vice President shall be elocted by the direct vote of the people, in the manaer following ch State shail be di: 1 into distri equalin number to the number of which the Sta.e may be entitled in Cougross, to be com. osed of contiguous territory and to be as nearly equal in population as may id the person having ine highest number of votes in each district for President shall receive the yote of that aistrict, which shall be counted one Presidential vote, 2—the person it Akt. 4.—It two persons have the same number of votes in any State, it being the hi.hest number, they shall re- ceive each one Presidential vote trom the state at large, and if more than two persons shali have each the sanie'uumber of votes in any State. it veing the highest number, no Presidential vote shali be counted trom the State at large. J! more persons than one shall have the seme nuinber of votes, it being the highest uumber, in ped atoty no Presidential vote shall be counted from a es ho foregoing provisions shail apply to the Pea, TEA 22. 6 —The Congr for iding and conducting the elections of Prosident and Vice Premdent and tor estabuan ttiuunals tor the dest sion of such elections as may be contested, Art. 7,—The States shall be divided into districts by the jacures thereof; but Congress may at amy time, by law, make or alter the same. LOUISIANA AGAIN, Mr. West, (rep.) of La., presented a memorial of the General Assembly o/ Louisiana in regard to the receut disturbances in that State. Reierred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. A motion of Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont, to go into executive session, was agceed to, aud at ten min- utes past three P. M. the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business, At hali-past three P, M. the doors were reopened and the Sen- ate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WasHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1876, The Speaker presented a letter from Richard B, Irwin, the recusant witness in the Pacific Mail in- vestigation, stating that tue time having arrived when he can, without breach of confidence, an- ewer the questions which Le had heretofore re- fused to answer, he was now ready to do so, and to purge nimselr of his alloged contempt; also stating thathe has been suffering ‘rom malerial fever, and that unless be is soon rejeased his te timony would be lost forever. The letter having been read, & resolution was adopted, on motion of Mr. Dawns, (rep.) of Mass, rescinding 60 much of the resolution of January 6 as requires the Mt-at-Arms to keep Irwin in the District jail. Mr. CO: (ae) ol Y., presented a petition of 100 importers and dealersin foreign wines, protest. ing agaiust the increase of tax on low grades of wines to forty cents per gallon as exorbitant Unjust, as restricling the importation o: the wines ‘and thereby lessening the revenue receipts and working great injury to the large majority of the trade, The rollowing measures were passed :— AD appropriation of $160,000 ior continuing the construction of the St. Louis Post Office bullding. AD appropriation of $30,000 lor a special distri- button of seeds to the occupants of the grasshopper regions in the West. THE VICKSBURG DISTURBANCE. Mr. O'BRIEN, (dem.) of Md., asked leave to offer a resolution, calling on the President to state by what authority the courts and officers of the State Ol Mississippi at Vicksburg nave been interiered ‘with by tue military, Mr. L¥Ncu, (rep.) of Mtss., objected to the res- olution in that shape. MI. SHELDON, (rep.) of La., presented the memu- rial oi the conservative membors of the Louisiana tion.. toeeee wees 799, 100 United Srates bonds to secure deposit: 650,000 United States bonds on liand....... 8,516,200 | Other stocks, buuds and mortgages 7,111,669 Due from otuer national banks. | 16,066,199 | Due irom State bavks and bankers. 1,759,263 | Real estate, iurniture and fixtures, 9,048,931 | Current expenses 623,955 | Premiums vald,.... oo 1,669,512 | Checks and other cuso items: 2,807,459 | Exchanges tor Clearing House. 91,554,125 | Bilis of other national banks, 8,120,830 | Bills of state banks, 832 | Fractional currency 278,387 | Specie..........+ 15,854,155 Legal tender note: sesseve 20,804,300 United States certilicates of deposit jor legal tender potes........... . 490,000 Five per cent redemption fund 1,856,063 Due from United States Treasurer ovher than five per cent redemption fund., 476,878 TOtAL....csscssseeceseeesee sereeecese ce $437) 700, 703 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in. oo $68,502,000 Surplus tund.. 22,730,893 Undiviaed protu +e ).746, 621 Natiooul bank notes outstanding... 24,846,251 State bank notes outstanding. 98,632 | 1,601,341 214,611,075 612,206 ottice Due to national banks: Due to S'ate bank Bulls payabie,... TOLAL sseesssesevseeseee Number of banks, 48, PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. /437 , 760,702 SENATE. WaSHINGTON, Jan, 90, 1875, The Vice President iuia beiore the senate a Memorisl of the conservative members o. tho Lowsians Legisiature, giving their view of the rer aseondis the organization of | Legislature relating to the «iflicuities concerning the organization 01 that Legislature. , Relerred to the Judiciary Comnnttee, THE INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS, The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Indian appropriation bill, Mr. Poland, of Vermont, in the chatr. The bill having been cOmpleted in committee was reported io the House, ‘The Amendment to pay $2,981,247 to the Choc taw Nation (being the only important amenament to the bill) was further discussed 1a the House, and Was amended by reducing the amount to $600,000, tm accordance with the reports of previous com- miltees, aud the admendment, as thus amended, Was agreed to—Yeas 139, nays 98. The bill was then rejected —Yeas 111, nays 120. MESSAGE FROM THE RXECUTIVE. The Speaker presented a message from the President calling special attention to the absolute necessity of ORE agg ee armament for the sea coast delences, ferred tothe Committee on Military Aifuirs, THE CONTUMACIOUS WETMORE. The recusant witness in the Pacific Mall investi. gation, Coarles A. Wetmore, Was again brought efore the House and asked by the 8} whether he was now prepared to answer the questions propounded to him, He could not answer toe question ani fied, und he proceeded to read gatatement to show why he could not anawer it Mr. Dawss, (rep.) of Mass., thought that the statement last read by the witness was such an arraignment Of tne committee that it 1s proper tor the Ho: and not for the committee to tuke notice of it, He moved the ordinary resolation that Carles A. Wetmore be considered in con- tempt of the Mouse, Mr, HAL, (rep.) Of N, Y., moved (as a substitute for Mr. Duwes’ resolution) that Charies A, Wet more, h.ving, Under the guise anu pretence of to a Charge of contempt, been guilty of Toss and Wantan iDsuits to toe House, - i 0 0 TMs, to be detained in ine com- mon jall of the District until the further order of the House. ‘as adopted, and the wit. wergeantat-attae end I. adjourned, \ PACIFIC MAIL. PBESIDENT STOCKWELL BRIBES WITH ‘“‘PUTS AND CALLS"”—BEELZEBUB AS 4 PRECEDENT OF FALSITY—A CONGRESSMAN SAID TO THREATEN THE ASSASSINATION OF A WITNESS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1875, {p the Ways and Means Committee itnvestiga- tion of the Paciic Mail suysidy matter this morn- ing George W. Wylie testified that Stockwell promised to give him certain “puts and calls’ tf he could influence Congressman Beck to favor the subsidy; he came to Wasiingtoa with a letter of introduction to Mr. Beck from Charles a, Harney, and tried to argue Mr. Beck into supporting the measure, but wholly faited; witness never offered Mr. Beck any pecuniary consideratiou whatever, @nd concealed irom him all knowledge that he (Wylie) had any pecuniary interest contingent on securing Mr. Beck’s support. Mr. Harney being sworn, corroborated Mr. Wryhie’s testimony. AN EMPHATIC WITNESS. Commodore C, K. Garrison, of New York, was then sworn, and Mr. Beck, after calling his atten- tion to the testimony given by him last February, said :—Continuous rumors have reached the com- mittee that youhave been saying in New York that you knew some of the names upon the list shown to you by Mr. Sypher. Witness—In tie frst piace, having sworn when examined by the committee laet year, wheD my memory was fresh, that I did not know any of these Names, common senso would teach the com- mitiee that f would not perjure myseit; but 1 wish now to state unequivocally that auy rumois to that effect are false as hell, if I may use that ex- pression. Mr. Beck—I want it just that way, if that’s your opinion, and I don’t object toa mun’s cursing, and using adjectives in a case of this kind. Mr o—That’s right; put it strong. (Laugh- ter.) Mr. Niblack also remarked that he approved of jectives and emphasis on certain occdsions, Ltness repeated that he could not recollect a single name on the list to which his attention had been called, but coula say positively that it con- sisted entirely of Soutuern members and did not contain the name of any member of this commit- tee. He further testifies tuat he had no koowl- edge of any Congressman’s having received money or anything of value, or baving stocks carried ior him to iufluence his vote, nor did he kuow any tact bearing on the matter. DANGER TO DEPONENT’S HEAD, In response to a question put by Ar, Roberts as to whether he had spoken of being threatened with violence or assassination 1 he shouid give the names o: persons on that list, Mr. Garrison said @ statement had come to him trom mr. McKay, 01 Boston, that Mr. sypher had said ue would blow the top of his (Mr. Garrison’s) head of if he reiterated ceriain statements or if be caught bhimin Washington, Witness said he aid not ciedit this assertion; he did not think any one wouid expect to frighten bim by toreats of this kind or prevertt his coming to Wasaington if he wanted to. ‘in fact,” sald he, “I have been hore now for two days.” Mr. Kasson—And the top of your head 1s still on. (Laughter.) SUBSIDIES EXPENSIVE. Mr. Garrison, in response to iurther questions, sald he was advised by Mr. Irwin not to attempt to get bis Braziuan sr bagy bill through without money, and that he (Mr. Irwia) was using large sums of money, and that every time Mr. Stockwell came down here it cost nim $100,000 more. (Laughter, ) {n reply to an interrogation by Mr. Sheldon, Witness stated that his couierence with Mr, Sypuer had relerence solely to the Brazilian line of Steamers and had nothing to do with the Pacitic Mali project. He did not understand Mr. Syphi to intimate that he (Mr. Sypher) wanted moue: but tuat he expected if the Braziian bill was sup ported by the members named on the list that | support would be givea by Mr. Garrison and his Iriends to the pending proposition in ald of one or Uo lines frum New Orleaus to Mexico, Witness was certain that Sheldon’s name was | Ot on the List. at the conclusion of Commodore Garrison’s e. amination and referring to his statement that he knew nothing of lobby operations, Mr, Nidlack re- marked, “Tinter that you understand vetter running a steamsaip tine than a lobby.’” Witness—Yes; it was the first time I ever tried $0. get @ bill through, and probably it wil be the DENIALS OF TALE-BEARING. a telegram wasreceived irom A. Oakey Hall to | the effect that he never said to any one that a member of the committee was impilcated, and never heard any one say 80; but he would come | over aud teutti, if the committee go desired. bi E. Miles, a law reporter of the New York foune, testified thay it was not be thac carried to the odice any rumors concerning mem- bers of this committee, and that ne did not know ‘who did. The committee then adjourned, TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS EASILY RARNED, AsBud-committee took this morning the testl- mony of schuyler R. Ingham at nis roomon @ street, he being too tll irom rheumatism to avsena in the commitiee room. Inghaui’s name was ou Abert’s list tor $5,000, He stated very :rankiy he Knew of the transaction. He bad been in Wash- ington im the sammer of 1872, trying to get 2 bill passed tor the irrigation of a tract of lana in Utah in which he wus interested; Irwin had sent ior him,” asked him toaid bim in avy way be could in the Pacific Mall subsidy, promising, 1! guc- cosaful, to do what was fair with him; witness nad only spoken casually to members and others, pre- senting tue Same reason for the subsidy as hud been presented on the floor, and had also en- deavored to moiiuy the opposition comimg from “bears” of Wall street; he did uot know whether he bad really Washington $5,000, and atterward irom Irwin in San Francisco another $5,000; none of the money had ever gone for the beneilt of ony member or ofiicer of the House or of any person but himself, THE NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. In the New Jersey Senate yesterday a suppie- ment to the act to regulate tne salaries of the ofi- cere of the Senate and Assembiy was introduced, ‘which provides that the officers of the Senate shall be paid the following salaries for each session:— Secretary, $2,000; Assistant Secretary, $1,400; Journal Clerk, $1,400; Engrossing Clerk, $1,500; Sergeant-at-Arms, $1,800; Assistant Sergeant-at- Arms, $800; each doorkeeper, $250; each Calendar Clerk, $600; Clerk of Committee on Engrossed Bilig, $600; Premdent’s page, $1,600, and each Senate page, $200. A resolution was adopted requesting the Com- Missioners on the Revision of the Statutes to make @ final report on or before the 15th February next. The subject of the revision of the laws was made o special order for next Tuesday moruing. In the House the following preamble and resolu. lution, when introduced by Mr, Morrow, created quite a ripple of excitement :— Whereas it is alleged in the public prints that certain subordinate clerkships of this H 1 | ae the entrance to the house of bis victim. ercised uly influence, but alter | the hill passed he had received from Abert in , THE DEATH PENALTY. Beighley and Heidenblut Hanged. | Confession of the Greensburg Murder by Beighley. ——_-—__. A REMARKABLE PROPHECY EXECUTION OF BEIGHLEY. GREENSBURG, Pa., Jan, 20, 1875, On Sunday night, November 30, 1878, occurred @ tragedy within the quiet and over sober pre- Which caused the peaceable and honest yeomanry of the place to lit up their hands in absolute hor- | creep upon the recital of the details. On this par- ticular November night, Josepn Kerr, sixty-five | years of age, feeble and gray headed, and a shoe- | Maaker by trade was in nis shop, making prepara- tions for resuming work on the morning 1olow- | est, industrious and hardworking old fellow | despite of his years, and who by lodustry and close application to business had accumulated sumMeient of this worla’s goods to enaole bim toilve im real comfort, anyway, a8 bo | looked upon it, with bis careful, abstemious ways both as regards diet and apparel. In the winter Ume he worked at shoemaking, and in the proper season cultivated the jarm on which he lived. His shop—a suall, unpretentious wooden afair—was situated some eight or ten rods irom the dwelling house, where his family, consisting of eight or Nine children, resided. Kerr preferred to sleep alone, and for this purpose had a bed piaced in ap upper room of the shop, to whicn he retired with @ regularity in keeping with the custom of /arm- | ers generally. ‘To assist nim in nis farm lavors he had employea in the summer time Samuel Beigh- | | ley, @ distant relative; but, as tae season | for help was now over, Kerr called | Beighiey to him one day and informed bim thatas he bad no more work it would be fit and proper jor him to seek other employment, and | thereupon the assistant was paid off in full and 8000 alter be took his depurture and put up at tae house of David Stout, which was situated a mile | or so from the residence of the Kerrs, | HOW THE MURDER WAS DISCOVERED, ‘The frst inumation the family had of the crime Was between nine and ten o’clock that Sunday night, alter the arrival home of Jobn Kerr, a son | Of the murdered man. John was returning home from @ neighboring farmer's house, and while passing the shop ooserved a bright light in the | window. It struck him at the time as being | strange,*inasmuch as usually his father was aved and {ast asleep at tnat hour, He went to the door, knocked lightly at first, but on receiving no response gave | the knob a vigorous suake, the noise there- from sounding in the stillness of the night. No one came; no one responded, and tnere was | Maugnt to indicate the presence of a humana being within, Toe young man now became thoroughly alarmed, and with hurried footsteps wended bis Way home, aroused the family, and, procuring a lantern, retraced his steps in the direction of the | shop. The door was still fastened on the inside, but, on investigation, he discovered that during bis absence the window nearest the ground nad Deen hoisted, and scratcies on the wooden work would indicate that a person somewhat clumsy in from the house. younger brotner, Handing tne lantern to a he crépt through the open | window, and, proceeding up the stairs leading | to the second story, was appalled to benold | the mangled and lifeless body of his father, | Rear the bed and near by a great pile of unhusked | corm, The poor old man’s skull was crushea with | @ ragged Diack oak bludgeon, and his throat was cut with his own suoe Knife. ‘nis room did not | present the appearance of a scutiie having taken piace, lor it was neat and tidy. Tne presumption | then was that the muraerer lay concealed, watcu- fben, | Creeping iu ulter nim, he sceaithuy followed up stairs, Knocked him down witb nis club, and cac would siaughter a bog. Under tne bed was found }@ coat dyed crimson with the. blood of be murdered man, and sticking out of the stove was a comiorter, also deeply | stained with blood. ‘The coat ana comforter were Withone the least effort identified ay those belong. log to samuel Beighiey, and search was tmmedi- ately made lor this persou. His abiding place, a9 beiore stated, was Ot the house of Mr. Stout, and thither the grief-stricken members of the iamuy and neighbors, aroused by the screams and lamen- tations of the offspring of the victim, repaired. Beighiey Was iound in bed, apparently in a pro- the intrusion. Notwitnstanding au examination of his cluthes and of the premises wus aecided upon, and it was not long veiore nis boots revealed grim and ghastly evidence of bis jate handiwork, and near by the bed was found old Mr. Kerr's ‘coat, which, like the boots, was beapattered with blood. THE MURDERER COFESSES HIS ORIME. Young Kerr thereupon charged Beighley with the murger of his tather, and the latter, seeing the evidénce was so conclusive, at once admitted the trutn oi the charge. A rope was put around bis neck and Judge Lynch launched his sentence forthwith, but the guilty man prayed so tervently and begwed 80 plteously jor his life that it was spared. He then admitted his guilt. BEIGHLEY, THE MURDERER, Samuel Beighiey is @ very youny man, just hav- ing passed his twenty-Orst birthday. He is stoutly built, With poweriul shoulders and thick limba Jor one so young in years. His face 18 not by any means a repulsive one, and yet ir 1s not one that a girl with @ taste of her own would {ail in love with, Beighley’s life from the time ne was the beight of his father’s knee has been a vaga- | bond oue, He was represented asa hard charuc- ter, lazy, indolent and of thieving propensities, | Heald odd jobs of work wnen he was in the nu- | mor, whico was seldom; but preferred to lounge | ebout, glad to get enough to eat and drink aad | giad when this necessity Of an approaca to toll ‘Was over. 4 REMARKABLE PROPHECY FULFILLED, | Singular, yet it is true, that though there have been at least a quarter of a hundred murders com- mitted in Westmoreland county since the year 1830 yet not one vi the perpetrators has suffered ate olerkaps 0 Ouse been made | the extreme penalty. In this connection 1b may arter and sale, un ai least one of | not prove remiss to mention a prophecy, singu- been peas as for a pecuniary Soteaseae | lar in ite character and Hmarentls aoe Or Governor Bode That there cheats | its fulfilment, made on the scaffold on solid putishinent against any oitoot being ditecuy oF | the occasion of the last execution in the indirectly interested in any contract connected with his | County. This was Joseph Evans, who office, or in the range of Dis officialduty;” therefore, | was tried, convicted an executed for Kesoived, That a committee of tive appointed by | the murder of Joun Cissler by striking him over the Speaker to inquire into the charges aforesaid, wita power to send for persons and papel Upon the same to this house within six days. Mr. CaRY made a motion to lay the resolution on the table, which was lost, Mr, Cary only voting in the affirmative. Mr. T. S. HENRY then moved to refer the matter to the Judiciary Committee, which was aso lost, ouly ten member: ing to Sustain bin. ‘The resolution was adopted by a viva voce vote, no one dissenting, and Messrs, Morrow, McGuil, | Hendrickson, Moffat and Wilson appointed as tae committeo. ‘Toe following is a verbatim copy of MR. CARPENTERS EXPLANATION, “In the contest for the appointment of Journal Clerk | told the candidates pressed by strong aele- gations irom diferent parts of the State thac I would try in tne position one of them provided tuey could agree on him. !nls tuey did, and so injormed me aiterward. As a iavor they asked on eer amy | me they had agreed and ope had withdrawn, lindorsed the note of ove giveu the other (Who is publisher 0. & party pape, in Sussex county), and which I understood wus desired by the democrats there to be helped vy the oifice, alterward [ found, on _resurn- ing to Trenton, that the matter ad been publicly talked of, to my discredit, and | promptly reiused to appoint either and pel sisted in it When | found them disposed to use as @ meune Of coercion or blackmailing, what I Dad in bo way intended other thun to satisfy and bene- Ot th Hence the scandal,’! @ the suarp practice of Mr, Morrow, wxo 18 a repubve lic Hy in bringing the matter beiore the House, aa the, herd thou to take the inittatury ia bring. lovestigation. ‘This ia the first blow e democrat, “and we'll bv lucky WU we get over it wale.” ad iotended (so one of their leaders toid o ALD ing on the ot th 100," guid 4 prominent Hudson county mu Mr, FRENCH Offered a TROUBLE, oluNon {or the appoiat- ournmnittee of five to ine Of certain official positions Teport at their earliest Ce, ‘ed @ resolution that @ printing | firm in Hoboken be autboriaed to print 1,600 Get- mun copies ol Governor Kedie's tuaugural, which wae adopied, Augtier, reso! on, wae adopted Ol copies of that document PRP aeS Mts wu neneayevnmngo jourked nn adi the House wold tis morning, we bd and toreport | | the nead with a shovel. This ovcurrea on the last day of Decemver, in the year 1829, Evaus was tried at the Feoruary term, 1830, of the Court of Oyer aud Terminer, and the jury, after being out oue hour, returned a verdict of murder in tue first Gegree. It appears Evans, Cissier and two otner men, pamed Linsibiger and Ball, were ail fellow laborers on the Canali and occupied the same Shaoty, A quarrel arose, and on the trial the wit- nesses, Ball and Lingibiger, swore that Evaus | struck Cissier with @ snovel, oi whica biow he died, An extraordinary | part of the trial was the charge o1 the | Judge. He explained the law, and commented | Upon the testimony in such a manner that if was | Impossible ior the jury to do orherwise than render | | | | ! } &@ Verdict 01 guilty uDless they had disoveyed tue Virtuai instructions of tue Court, Tae Governor designated Tuesday, the 10th of April, ag the day upou which Evans should be executed. Upon the margin of auotner world and wign all the horrors of death beiore him he asseverated that the testimony of Bali and Linsibiger was false, And that tue killing o! Cissier was accidental. He aumitted that ue had lived a wicked lie, and ad- Vised ali present to reirain trom gambling, pro- tanity aud intemperance, and uscribed his prema- ture and ignominious death to his addiction to these vices, He then, in the most soleimn wauner, stated that, a3 be was to be hung for a crime wach he had never committed, no other persons would be executed in Westmoreland county lor @ period OLorty years; and furtuermore, that several wit nesses—names them—thut bad sworn falsely against him could not die @ natural death, aa the Almighty knew of their sip, and would wot let toem die natu. Tally, Singular ag it may appear, there las Dot been an execution in ine county since that of | Evans over torty-lour years ago, and, what 1s still | the more singuiar, oi the witnesses he mentioned one was drowned, one was kicked by a horse, and, | trom the injuries received, dieu; one was hung in | Ohio, ior horse steaiiug, by a mob, one was struck by lightning und killed, and the last one was killed 00 the vid postage road, standing on or near a Water tank, when @ train of cara rolled nim over | and leit the lieless iemains of the witness w | Found mass ol human fest. Those arrested and tied jor murder have either been sencenced to | Various periods in the Penitentiary or nave | escaped the horrors of tne gibbet by swallowing | pulson on the near approach Oo! the fatal day. | Many oi the good poopie of Westmoreland, hon- | @8t, Industilous larners, remeber toe iaat words | Of Vans on the scaifold, add Wonder at the reason 01 the Verification of tue Wicked man’s prophecy. TAR EXECUTION. ‘The sdattold was erected at the ea M4) Drover, in & BOOK Jeet olg enouga | ee of dor te a cinct of Franklin township, Westmoreland county, | Tor atthe very announcement, and their flesh to | ing the ordained day of rest. Kerr was an hon- | his | Dis movements hag made his exit in this way | | his throat with a knite as deliverately as a butcuer | | tound sieep, and appeared decidediy provoked at from the effect | 3 and no more. It consisted of two white pine uprights, with a cross beam ontop. On & raised platiorm there was @ trap door, waich was held tn position by un upright; to this npright @ rope was fastened, leading to a slanting beam, and still another rope trom the slanting beam to the trigger at the {oot of the steps ol the scaffold. The foot vouching this trigger set free a rope ta the beam, which fell, dragging out the uoright from underneath the trap door, allowing the cule prit ro ial. The drop method of strangling 1s still rigidly adhered to in Pennsylvania. ‘At two o’clocs the doomed man slept, but awoke atiourand did notrise until hall-past six. fis spiritual comiorters, Rev, Messrs. 5. Moortead and Love, of the Reiormed Chureh, were with iim and did all in their power to prepare the unhappy man for his journey to eternity. AS | o'clock the country people commenc | into the town, and soon the street im the front of the was black with spe | necessary to stretch a rope across leading to the entrance of the jal. space im the laterior o! the prison was becessarily limited; but a few persons outside of the members of the press aud jurymen were admitted to witness the execution. Among the spectators from choice were Mrs. Kerr, wile of the murdered man, and his two duugiters, girls scarcely out of their teens, WhO Were pretty and mod and yet me place seemed uniltting etther to modesty oF | beauty, Such @ revolting spectacle as @ legal strangiing one would think 9 to the delicate sense of pure wom: they remained and looked at the cul be came down out of his cell on Ut and, with the assistance of two waiked up the scaffold to take a se. chairs placed directly over the t neat suit of black clothing. wit low cut vest, white shirt and dark scarf; mis were eucased in White stockings aod low cut shippers, embroide } bis legs Were now bound with broad bands watching the proceedings with much interest, never once raised his eyes irom the groundwork of the gibbet. When tais was done the Kev. Mr. Love toox from a pocker of his coat a long document, which was a confession of the condemned, ia which he admitted the mur- der of Kerr, and that ne (Beighiey) richly deserved togie. He planned the murcer a week belore, and to help bim through tm the deed he bought and drank thut nignt a quart of whiskey. He was so drunk that be took old Kerr’s coat instead of is own, This led to Ms arrest and conviction. Dur- ing the reading of tue coulession, at that point where he said that he could have ‘excaped the ars “rest if he hadn’t drank so much whiskey, the eyes of one of the Kerr giris flashed tre, and, lips tightly compressed, she elevated her nose Lo Ine | dicate the contempt she teit tor some ot his asser- | tions; put Belghley never once raised ms eyes | from the door, Upon the conclusion or tie read~ ing of the conjession prayer was offered up and ail then leit the scaffold. Tné noose was then ad- justed and the biack cap drawn over his lace. At @ight minutes past one Sheriff Gufey toucned the wooden trigger and tue trap was sprung. Beigh- ley fell like a lump of pig lead, and the snap of the breaking of bis neck could be beard distinclly by | those near the scafiold, He dled within two mine utes, Alter hanging twenty-five minutes the body Was cui down and given into tae hands of tae exe press company, who forwarded it to Apollo, where the grandiather of the dead murderer lived, EXECUTION OF HEIDENBLUT. PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 20, 1875, Frederick Heidenbiut was hauged this morning for the murder of Godfrey Kuhute on the 3ist of December, 1873. He passed last night im prayer and reading the Scriptures, retiring at two o’clock this morning. From that time until flve o’clocs | ne enjoyed a sound sieep. He then breaktasted | and after that remained in prayer for at least am hour and a halt, His spiritual adviser reached the cell about hali-past seven o'clock and re- Mained with him up to the time of tue execution, which took place precisely at @ quarter to eleven | o'clock A. M. It was not until seventeen minutes r the drop sell that bis heart ceased to pulsate, alt The execution was conducted in as private & manuer us possible. THE STATE CAPITAL. a { Ou Oue of the p. He wore a BILL FOR REGULATING NEW YORK AND BROOK« LXN FERRIES—AN ATTACK ON THE CANAL BING—THE STATIONERY ALLOWANCE CUT OFF BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. ALBANY, Jan. 20, 1875, There was a large crowd in the Capitol building to-day in anticipation of the election of United States Senator and the formalities in connection therewith, The business of tne session has now Teally commenced in earnest, and the wheels of machinery may be considered as fairly in motion, PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES, The bill providing necessary junds for salaries of members and other officiaig, and the means of dis | bursing the same, was brought up to-day in the Ase sembly, pat to its third reading and passed. Ituws surprising with what unanimity our legislators vote where a question of emolument to themselves 4s concerned. THE FERRY COMPANIES. Mr. Worth, of Kings, to-day introduced a bill which wil materially affect the various ferries be- tween New York and Brooklyn, 1! passed 1n its pre» ent shape. But like all similar enactments, when reported trom the committees, 1{ ever reported at all, they are perfectly unrecognizable as com pared with the original document. There are some good features about this bill which oaght to be retained. [ts leading points are as 10llows:— The act, im its title, proposes to regulate the running of all ferries between New York and Brooklyn, and to establish rates of ferriage. | The rates specified are—oacn foot passenger, twa cents; two-horse coach, twenty ceuts; one horse light wagon, twelve cents; Dbuainess or | or oad wagon, twelve cents; the same oaded, fiteen cents; two-horae track, thirty cents; same loaded, orty cents ‘The Brooklyn Ferry Compaay are to be compelled torun their boats ail night, apd every balf nour after twelve o'clock, Bach ferryboat must be cop- structed with @ passage way, Of suitable widta, connecting cabins at respective ends, 80 88 to @ne able passengers to pass convenmientiy through irom oue end tu the olner. No boats to be run exe cept thus provided. Every year, on or before the 16tn of enUaey, ee ts Ri) made by euan company, veritied by oath, si amoun' ceived and expended, amount of widenda paid aud other matters relative to financial ig A penalty or $600 1s attached to each violation any Oi the provisions oi the act. FIRST BATTERY OPENED ON THR CANAL RING, Mr. Davis, of Washington, to-day introduced @ Tesoiution asking that the Co! ttee on Canals be instructed to make an examination of theae counts and vouchers filed in the Canal Depark ment by the Superintendent of Canal Repairs for the year i874 ‘The committee are also requested to report to the House, at the earilesi day practise cable, whether any legislation is ni ry OF @Dy action of the Canal Board should be taken to ree duce expenses a.d secure @ more efficient and economical administration of the affairs Management of the ordinary repaire about the canals of this State, 1 have aiready called attention to the mine Which probably lies bere to be unearthed should the Canal Committee only helf periorm their duty, THE INSURANOR COMPANIES, Mr. Staul’s bill in relation to the insurance com panies was handed tu to-day. Lhe act sets forth that it bail be the duty of the Superintenaent oF the Insurance Department, wit! thirty daya aiter the passage of the act, to notify every fire stock insurance cumpany doing business in this State that they must comply with the provisions within thirty days after receiving a notice of ite passage, and tie charter will ve revoked of all companies tailing to comply. They are not mitted to do any insurance business until comp! ing with the toillowing provistons:—Thev shall di posit cwenty-five per cent in United Stases or State bonds of their capital stock with the Bupere intendent of the insarance Deparimont, to be kept by uim for the purpose of redeeming all unexpired policies in case Of a iallure of the comeanee alea all companies or corporations trom ovher withiu the Unired States voing tusurance pu in this Stave shall deposit $50,000 wich the Super inteudent of the Insurance Lepartwent 9.8 se curity for the policy holders, and they shall also compiy with the same terms and conditions as companies chartered in this State. Mr, Staul aiso imtroduced a resolution upon the Superiprendent of lusurance to fu @ report within ten dayy of all insurance com) Dies in the State and their standing, toget With @ list of those that have faiied, STATIONERY ALLOWANCE CUP OFF, For years it has been the custom to allow sta tlonery to cach member and reporter during the session to the amount Of $30. The matier ome up yesterday in au inquiry made vy Mr. T. Campbell as to the appropriation. Ar. Husted explained that by an old law of 1938 the allowance was entirely proper; but by the action of the amendments, according to au opinion of tne Attor- ney General, tie supply was dispensed with, Thus endeth toe frst lesaun in the chapter of constitue tional reiorm. Sume ingenuous iegisiator will, n@ doubt, soon get over this disturbing tecunioallty, ‘THE PREVENTION OP CRUELTY TO OMILDREN. Mr. Bergh having tull charge of matters appar taining to prevention of crueity to animals, lt is te be hoped that children Will not be Jorgotten, AD exceiient bili is here providing Jor the incorpora tiun Of w society Whose duty 18 specially set dowa to look alter the punishinent of those woo mak treat innocent children, Mr. &. T. Gerry 1s here in the interest oi the bill, He descrives the society as entirely Loa-seciariao lo Character, being com> posed of wealthy geutiemen or all religious denoms Inations. The business oiMce will be located in New York city. The principal object sevens tor ip the enactment is to give the society ® proper standing in Court ip tae punishment of those iwhuwan persoos Who persecute innocent and harmless children. THR NRW CAPITOL APPROPRIATI The bill appropriatiog immediately $160,000 fer the completion of the New Ospito! was made the spectal order jor to-day, when It will probauly be passed, Then it goes to the Senate ior concur renos. A latyo humber of jaborers are anxiol watching the progress iy . a! I at ploy en on ihe