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“TNE SUBSIDY. SXARE Money tn your hands? A. A number of checks for large amounts were Ip my bands and some money; | portion of taem pad been used, Q Did your understanding with Mr. Stockwell imciude étock operations’ A. Stockwell offerea ; berore we made the arrangement to carry for me How Irwin was Aided in His | Lobbying Operations. “INFLUENCE” care IN THE sah aide! MARKET. | : : “Opportunities of Buying Congress in the Lump.” eM dt: oe Schumaker’s Testimony Unimteiligible to His Employer. pat” Me Se ES THE PECULIAR VALUE OF HIS SERVICES, His Prophetic Power Superior to | His Retrospective. Wasmnoron, Jam, 25, 1875. | Richard B. Irwin again appeared belore the | ‘Ways and Means Committee to-day, { Having been asked what was tue understanding with Mr. Fant when he placed money with him the witness replied that it was the same general understanding a8 wilh others—that be should tse ‘bis inditence and render the best service he could, HOW IRWIN WAS AIDED. Irwin then, at the request of the committee, took up the list of those who had received money and explained tle nature of the services they rene a@ered, He said Sherill, Moran and Ingham be- | longed to the’ same class of cases, Their services were substantially as follows:—At | the time the Pacife Mail snbsidy was pending m the House, alter it had passed the Senate, it became exceedingly Im-.| Portant for him to know how large the majority | would be for or against the measure, If they had ® majority they could reasonably count on the passage of the bill, It was a matter of policy to pass directly on ihe amenament im the way of | concurrence. On the other hand, if it was known | that the majority was against them it was to allow te Senate amendment to be non-concurred in without unnecessary discussion and let It go to & committee of conlercnee. The ourside opponents were representing the company as being desirous of having the amendment non-concarred in as @ | trick, and this report tbe witness wished to Silence. He came to the conclusion above stated Biter Sheriil, at his request, bad seen a few of the members to ascertain the condition of things. THE LEGALITY OF THE ADDITIONAL SUBSIDY. Mr. Garfieid, chairman of the Committee on Ap- Propriations, stated to the Committee on Ways and Means that his committee had finished the | Post Office Appropriation bill, with one excep. | tion—namely, an appropriation for the Pacific Mail | Company. His committee wanted the heip or sug- | gestion of the Committee on Ways and Means be- | tore they reported the bill to the House, He did not know whether there woula be any question or | dispute about paying the $500,000 on the o!d con- tract, but as to the additional subsidy nothing was done. Last year the Attorney General nad given an opinion that the Pacifig Mail Steamship Com- pany wis entitled to tneir subsidy. Mr, Dawes iniormed Mr. Garfield that the com- mittee would consider the matter. Mr. Irwin, resuming his Shert!!, Moran and in cauve they could obtain information regarding tle - optvions and probable action of certain menmvers belore those 1m charge of the bil could go on with the mavier; witn regard to-vormick, he and Stockwell had been engaged in correspondence; this man had been so troublesome that witness told ptock Well to nay him and keep him out of tae Way, whiclf was done; A. W. Randall kept him ‘iniormed oO: everything; he was told to goon and Use big influence’ with his personal ana poittical Irtends, and Was not supposed to be actively ub | Work ob the duor of tne House, COLONEL FOKNEY’S SERVICES. Jonn W. Forney was absent irom the country, | and, tuerefore, wae not abie to speak jor himsell; | witness Was Instructed by Stockwell to empioy | Foruev; witness did not nL to do so, because he thought 11 to be unnecessary ai the time; he | Sound Forney exceediagly reluctant to enter into | @n arrangement; Forney said it was upuecessary | to empioy bim, Lecause lie did not Know of thing to Go; but Forney asked jor $25,000, and for | this be was not to render any particuiar service; witness, at Forney’s request, showeu biin whe lise Of Dames canvassed, when Forney said he did not think he coud do auythiog with it; witness re- peated tq Forney that stockwei directed tm wemploy tim. Stockwell supposed there was a large Pennsy!vania interest against the substdy; ‘Withers told Stockwell taat was not 80; one of the things Witich Stockwell expected Forney tg do | Wus to kecp Sam Raudail quiet; witness did’ not | think there was any use to make such an effort, | Decvause Kancail was an active and consistent op- | ponent of the Sul augaued ut what Stockwell said about Sain Raudali; he only Wanted to Siow What Stockweil’s idea was—in short, iImpugnine Randal W. B. Shaw | was employed by Stockwell’s order on the recom- meudat.on of one of the most ignorant members of the board oi Directors, Henry Clews, Mr Kasson reminded the witness that it was | ty to make commenis on imdividual | said:—The nature of the been correctly service rene hit stated by aseli; A. B. Corwine was aiso em- ployed by Stock weil’s order; witness did not tink Corwine rendered any*spectal service; witness never expected that he would ; Corwine had a loug correspondence with the Pac: ic Mall Stearsmp Company, and te re: ic was that witness was ordered (o employ hin . Berrett and Sam Ward were employed by 5 well’s orde these gentlemen had concisely and accurately ssuted the nature of their services; Mr. Averili Was also | employed by Stockweil’s order on the recommen- j dation of Rulus Hatch; Mi. Abert had concisely | slated the character of bis own servi Mr. | Chitienden came here while the bill was pending belore the Senate und periormed the same char- Acter of service aS #thers, canvassing members, &c.; he rendered n& service that Was not honor- able and proper, HE TWO DOORKEEPERS, Boyd and Hersey, received large sums of money; | provabiy tueir servic valuable than | hey 1uumated, as it was important to have tue frienes Of a bill present when the vote was taken; in March the Subsidy bill was defeated by one Member going oui and oringing In two others to Make a te vore, and, with several others, Lins de- feating 1%. Witness said it was not uncommon tor Members themseives to-send for absent friends as enemies of a measure. ‘Tne amounts paid to | these duorkeepers were fixed on the recommend- atton of one of his subordinates. As to Join M. Morris, the witness had alrcady stated the amount paid to him was jor printing. ‘the witness here corrected a mistake in his revious testimony. Instead of paying A. H. Vhiting $100,000 Le patd him $65,000; with regard to his lormer remark, he had now to say he sent to the Sunday Herald $200 with a communication, ‘but according to the statement of Captain Burritt and the proprietor of that paper he did pot receive the money, and witness did not believe ne did; as to the late Daily Patriot, he patd that establish. | ment $200 tor the printing of an advertisement | correcting errors which had appeared in an edti- that paper was consistently opposed to the ly to interrogatories by Mr. Roberts the ‘Witness said that Abert’s services were almost entirely oj a clerical churacter; he was not ex- cled to use luis influence with members because 15 acquaintance and influence were Itmited; he belonged to the party then in @ very small minority ; the services rendered by Abert Were in ‘witness’ house; he wrote letters, carried messages to Stockwell, &c.; Abert would have received She monef he did whether the bill passed or not. WHAT SCHUMAKER’S WORK WAS WORTH. He paid Schumaker in accordance with his agree- ment with him; he did not consider the sum ex- travagant, considering the character of his ser- vices; he asked Schumaker what he demanded for his services, and Schumaker said $300,000, This Was as near te conversation as the witness coujd TFemember, Witness had been three times offered three sums excecding $100,000 for his services in other directions, which he deciine is his ser- vices were worth $100,000 sSchumaker’s were cer tainly worth $500,000; he considered Schumaker a man of inteliect and influence, and with policy to carry the sudsicy through the House. Q. Did not Mr. Schumaker belong to the same party us Mr. Abert? You stated that Abert pos- sessed no influevce with bis ery. A. Mr. Scnu- maker was differently sitaated ; he possessed large anfuence in and outside of bis party. Witness aurther stated that Schumaker was # man or so much tact and abtiity that there was no one who gould replace bim in bis business on the floor of the Louse; witnoss did not suggest any disburse- ments; the only imformauion be had upon that BuvjeCt Was iroin Schumaker’s testimony, tf the committee could make head or tail of 1t; the wit- fess could not; not one dollar he gave Schumaker ever came back to him; Mr. Stockwell told wit+ ness he understood Schumaker had $400,000, but witness said no, - THE STOCK JOBBING RUMORS. Q. You sent in your resignation, severing your connection with the Pacific Mall Steamship Com. pany; atthe time you had a larce amount of | Senator Cole ? | tien told Che | close their names? Why did ya. say so? 10,000 shares of stock, and guaranteed to me not less than $10 a snare; Witness told him ne Mad uot time hor inclination Lo Watch the stock murket; he was not cognizant of any stock operations affecting the sudject of the subsidy, not from his own knowiedge, but outy irom repost, Q. You sav you disbursed $750,000 total amount disbursed by you! cannot say what is the total umoun is thar the . Ibisnot; I till 1 ee the original cauceiled checks; [assume that the ad- ditionai amount of $140,000 is correct; J presented the accoung of the money to Stockwell; I made up # statement »nd account jor the whole sum ex- cept $65,000, Which remained in my bands ip July, and which he ussumed [should keep; | account for $805,000 in this Way; the gross amount was $590,000; passed through my hands, «Q, Was any more Money expended? A. | know that Parsons received $13,500 from Stockwell. Q. Have you point? A. Only from hearsay, In further testimony the witness spoke of Stock: well’s statement with the Pacific Mail Company, receiving & lai] discharge on payment oi” 10,000 shares o1 the company’s stock; this included everything; Witness had now, so far a8 he could recollect, slated the names of every man to whom money was given, CONGRESS TO BE BOUONT IN THE LUMP, By Mr. NibLack—He: au assistant door- Keeper, received $11,000 18 represented that Hersey c.aimed he could control three members of Congress, and $9,000 Of thut amonnt was given to hin for that purpoge; 2 member of the House told me tuis; 1 ne heard of it before; if this were so | presume thé members would have gone alter the money. Q. There are always men here who claim fora consideration to influence the votes of members of Congress? A, No doubt; 1 have had the oppor | tunity in the way of offers to buy Congress in the lumy if the article could be delivered. é Q. Lunderstand that members are oiten sola out without their own knowledge when there ts no ground or reason ior doing 39, but simpiv as a part of the plan adopted by the lobby? MR, SCHUMAKER’S MEMORY. Mr. Foster—What did Mr. Scuuinaker represent he could do? A, He made no representation at all; 1 had known him 2s @ member of Congress; he was retuctant to come into this ousiness, put I employed Mr, Schumaker because he could make the canvass of the wndle House and was the vest man to take hotd of Our business and to show ex- actly how 1¢ stood, Q. How was his memory at the time? A. I re- Hee on his propuettc power and not on his recol- jection. In reply to Mr. Wood the witness said he was | mever enzaged in lobby schemes in Caltiornia, never having been at Sacramento. fe considered himself virtually in charge of the subsidy about the ist of February; that was before tne lailure of vhe bill in the House, which was on the 2ist of March. Q Did you give the amount stated to Mr. Whiting for himself, not to de divided with any- this is the entire amount which has | any more information on thia | body else? A, I did not understand the mouey | was to be divided; my opinion is he kept ifali; he Was a stroug jriend oi Senator Cole, “of Calitornia. THE EFFECY OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, Q. You gave him the inonevy because he was a strony friend of that Senator? A. Because being a fviend 01 Mr. Cole he would be able to get the earnest support of Senator Cole to the measure; I knew that Mr. Cole wouid take an active part if his friends were interested, but would not if his enemies only were interested; Mr. Cole regarded the Pacific Mail Stgamanlp Company as opposed to uae and Mr, Cole knew Mr. Whiting to de his intend. Q. What was the effect of the arrangement with Mr. Cole? A. When the bill came up in the Senate 1 found Mr, Cole took a leading part in the matter, | and Was satisfied Mr, Wuiting had maue a satis- jactory arrangement, Q. You don’t kyow of any members who changed their votes aftertne suvsidy measure came back irom the Senate? A. The first vote inthe House Was In cominitiee, where there were no yeas and nays, The yeas and nays were taken the last time when the number in the Degative was about the same ag belure. Q. Notwithstanding there were no yeas and nays in the first instance you vnink In probable some gentlemen changed their votes? A. I heard it so said, but L do not know. | the steamboat from | And any steamboat havirg any pipe or opening so con- | On the police force must have resided at least one NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1875.—TRIPLE THE STATE CAPITAL. PROCEERINGS INTHE LEGISLATURE LAST NIGHT— MEMORIAL FROM MAYOR WICKHAM—NON-RESI- DENTS INELIGIBLE FOR POLICEMEN—PREVENT- ING THE DESTRUCTION OF NAVIGATION IN THE PORT OF NEW YORK. ALBANY, Jan, 25, 1875. The Senate and Assembly came together, alter recess, this evening, at hali-past seven o'clock, and continued their session ouly for half an hour. Speaker McGuire Was vot present in the Assembly and the chair Was taken by Mr, Alvord, MAYOR WICKHAM’S MEMORIAL, Mr. Daly, of New York, presented a memorial | from Mayor Wickham and Chamberlain Lane set- | ung forth that the banks of deposit of the city Moneys were required by law to pay nov less interest than four per cent perannum. These instivutions bad given notice that they could not receive any more deposits at such terms in conse- quence of the low rate of interest, the same not | being more than two and a hal! to three pagcent per annum on loxns on cails, the city deposits being regarded of that character, and they being | required vy law to keep a reserve of twenty-five per cent and to pay a government tax of one-nall of one per cent on ail deposits, Mr, Daly introduced a bill in connection with the memortal which will | empower the Mayor and, Chamberlain to make the best arrangements possible with those banks, The bill will probably receive @ third reading to morrow and pass the Assembly. THE POLICE FORCE. Mr. Waehner, of New York, introduced a bill providing that all persons receiving appointments year in the city. This measure will prevent Strangers being appointed, it 1s sald, by outside influence. BONDS AND MORTGAGES. Mr. Schieffeltn, of Westchester, handed in a bill to exempt bonds and mor'gages from taxation. HALLS OF AMUSEMENT. Mr. Beach, of New York. proposed a measure to exempt all butldings and nails of amusement used by amateurs from paying a license to the city, thy receipts of which Were intended to go toward | charitable purposes. fi THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS. When the Senate met to-night only nine Senators were present, Mr. Rovertson, from the Judiciary Committee, reported (avorably the bill to amenu the code of procedure. Tne President presented the report of the New York Iniants’ Asylum. Also the fifth annual report of the managers of the ‘9 ety ior the Reiormation of Juvenile Delin- quents. Mr. Laning presented reports of the managers of che Buifalo Insane Asylum. a bill relative to the Mr. Rovertson introduces arty Court.of Bs we A i ahaehon The Senate, in co) ee of the le, COs sidered the folowina nee = For the appointment of a stenographer for the Superior Court of Bufalo. Third reading. Kelative to Judges of the Superior Court of Builalo. Third reading. THE PORT OF NEW YORK, To amend the laws relative to tue York. Third reading. ‘This bill reads as follows :— Section 1 of the law passed 1857 is hereby amended so sto read as follows:— ort of New a) THE TRANSIT OF VENUS. THE OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMERS-—-INTERESTING REPORT FROM ‘THE EAST—SCIENTIFIC SUCCESSES. A very curious and interesting despatch bas been received im Washington frem Cairo, Egypt, ‘rom the Kuedivial Observatory. It is authenticated »y the minister of War of the Khedive, and signed vy the dtrector of the ob servatory, Mahmoud, ‘The document is accom- panied by a lithograph of fonro the gpservations taken at the government observatory at Cairo. The second internal contact and the second ex- ternal contact are beautifully sbown by the photographs. Sh, 12m. 18,78, and the second external contact at Sh, 39m, 34.43,, Cairo mean time. The despatch ig headed “Ovservatotre Khedivial, Mintstere de la Guerre,” joliowed by a@ double caption, in Turkish and French, the latter of which reads:— “Opservation du passage de Venus le 9 Decembre, 1874, correspondant an 29 Chawal 1291 de vHegire.”” ‘ itis marked with notes also in Arabic, OBSERVATIONS a? BEYROUT. The same oMcial-peper gives notice that at Bey- Trout, Syria, the second contact at 8h. 59m. 48, Beyrout mean time, were English observations. ‘These der Captain C, 0. Broune, Royal Astronomers, and | Captain Abuey, Royai Engineer, and their assist- ants, whose district assigned by the English com muiss10n Was Egypt. THE CAIRO OBSERVATORY was located on the top of the Moquaitam Hills, a distance Of three mules, in a direct line, irom Shephera’s Hotel, ‘The elevation was about 09 feet. It 18 anteresting to ‘earn the prompt and valuable assistance reudered by the Egyptian government to this purely -cienulic expedition. The Khedive 18 reported by the Engisa parties as jurnishing guards, tents aud equipments, and as having seut his OWN LOats to LOW Up tue parties Of Observers to Cutro, TUB TRANSIT AS OBSERVED AT RODRIGUEZ ISLAND, INDIAN OCEAN, LATITUDE 19 DEG. 41 MIN. SOUTH, LONGITUDE 63 DEG. 10 MIN. BAST. . The telegram received by Professor Henry at the Smithsonian institute this morning, from the As- | tronomer Royal, at Greenwich, is aiso particularly | favorabie, Livutenaut Neate, Royal Navy, and his assistants, Wharton and Burvon, Royal Navy, took siXty-Beven pictures of pot Ingress and egress, ‘They had three stations, ‘The British astronomical party bere must be elated, for they had been warned at Mauritiu that they could scarcely, by any possibil'ty, lan: on Rodriguez Island, owing to the coral reeis and column or masses of the granite cliff lines; and that if they efected @ landing they could get neither laborers tor aid nor anything jor their to hear from some o! our American astronomers by their iull reports or appearauce in ‘person. Some of the Swatara party expected to be in San Francisco on thé 20th tmst.; nor shail we be surprised if Professor Hall, from Veadivos- tok, escaped the ice biockade.aud got away by the Kearsarge vefore Decemoer jd. THE AMERIQAN SCTRNTISTS. Our American astronomers, Wwe observe, are complimented by the English for choosing as “posts of importance places given up as too nope- Section 1.—It shall not be lawful to throw or cause to be thrown into the waters of tae port ot New, York, | within the city and county of New York or any point opposite to or adjacent to the shores of the city and county of New York, on the Hudson River or below | ‘Throg’s Point on the’ Last River, nor the bay inside of | Sandy Hook, any cinders or astes from any steamboat, under the penalty ot $100 for each and every offence, re: coverable by the Commissioners, and tor such penalty | which ‘such cinders or ashes | its awner and master shall be liable. were thrown, structed as to admit of passing ‘ashes or cinders through the same into\the water shall be liable to a fine of $5) tor } each and every day such pipe or opening shail exist, to be Q. Was tt not indicated to you that some mem- | bers would change tueir votes? A. No; I could not have listened to such representations, * Q. Were there no members o1 the House who could have been applied to in like manner with A, There were no men in the House who had real or fancied wrongs to resent. Q. It was to convert Cole irom a lukewarm to an | active advocate of tie subsidy? 1 hope you will endeavor to make clear the real and true reason Why tuese men charged such large sums of money. The witness in answer to Mr, Beck said he knew B, ©. Whiting; he knew Mrs. Cole and Mrs. B.C. Whiting, bui he never Knew the two Whitings to have married two sisters; he did not know A. Hl. Whiting to de @ brotner-in-law o1 Mrs, Cole, but ne had heard that A. H. Whiting was a brother or cousin of B.C, Whiting, At the imstance of Mr. Bock the witness said he would make up a con- | densed statement of ail the amounts expended by him and to whom. By Mr. Beck—Was Mr. Shaw to keep all the $15,000 given him for himself? A. Shaw was employed by Stock welis I yfeided to bis directions; 1 reported the amount he was to be paid; let everyvody skin bis own skunk; | unders\ood that Shaw had informution trom Mr. Clews that he was to be employed and Stockwell said he was em- ployed. SUSCEPTIBLE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. By Mr. Wood—Did Samuel A. Hatch, Schumaker or Whiting furnish you with lists of members of the House whom they could influence? A. Mr. Hatch was tite only vse who svowed a list of any Kind containing the names of memvers he couid intluence; he Wanted to show who his acquaint- tances were; if Was a manuscript list or roll call; there were about twenty marked names on it} that is my impression. Q. Who were they? A. I cannot recal! them. Two or three were from Missouri and several irom the Louisiana delegation, whom he kuew person- ally. | did not give him money to influence them, Q Did any of your agents report to you ti they had paid money to any members or olficers ol the House? A. No; except us to the duorkeepers Boyd and Hersey. THE DIRECT QUESTION, By Mr. Kasson—An impression seems to exist that the testimony before this committee would aifect some members of Congress. Do you know of any posstiie. unk of evidence that would jead us to trace any member or oiicer of tue House partaking Oi aby part of the subsidy? It so, Lasik you to state it.” A, I know of none. I have en- deavored to state every fac. L think 1 have ee my Memory pretty dry, . Cheever was employed by Stockwell on Mr. ws? recommendation; Clews wrote a number of letters Irom Washington to New York pending the subsidy question; he asked Stockwell to stop this letter writing, and calied Cheever into Stock Weil’s room asd wave him a check for $5,000; ne er to go and walt tili he seut for here, and, veing fluent, ;Jonn Roach was not em: ployed to work for the subsidy; but it was prom- ised by Stockwell, if the subsily was voted, that Reach should build the ships for the company. Mr, Dawes closely interrogate! the witness, slim what reason he nad lor keeping concealed names of thoge he bad employed to obtain the sttusidy if, a3 the witness had said, there were no arrangements but what wer¢ honorable. The wWiiness answered because persons thus employed are sensitive, and because an impression pre- vatied that men who received lirge sums for tueir services were doing something yrong. Q. Wus there avy arrangemert that their names ehould be kept secret? A, No. y. Then why snould you hav¢ concealed their poi A. [regardea it as confidential employ ment, Q. Did you not say at a former stage of the investigation that you could net nonorably dis. AL could not reveal their names because it would have subjected them to scandal ind torture. Q. If they were employed fa legitimate and | honorable purposes how could itt have been als- honorable to disclose their hamesy A. It has al- ways been considered dishonorale to disciose the names of Persone ky employed: Q. Did they understand it wasdishonoraple? A. It was inherent in the nature of our engagement; | a disclosure of thtir uames woull subject them to @ rigorous cross-examtnation ; tleir motives would be suspected, and it seems tone I would be vio- lating comfaence to give their names tor any pur- ase. The further examination of the witness was Postponed until Wednesday, A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR RAIL- ROAD SUIT. WHAT MR. SQUIERS, OF BIOKLYN, FROM THE PENNSYLVANM ROAD. An important sult was begui in the Essex County Court, in Newark, yesteriay—that of Mr, Albert C, Squiers, of Brooklyi, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Compaty, to recover $50,000 damages for life injuries mstained by the Plaintiff through the alleged ne&ligence of the company. The facts, as alleged inthe opening of the case yesterday by Mr. Paker, plaintit’s counsel, are identically as stated inthe HERALD at the time the injuries were recetwd, and, epito- mized, are as follows:—On the ewning of 26, 1874, Mr. Squiers, accompanied Pius tingor Aan another young Mady, left Brooaly\ to visit Mr. Squiers’ brother, who resides in Newark, and Whose house was to be that ight tle scene of a family party. They arrived safe at the Chestnut street depot. Through the darknessat the place and because of t osence Of proer railings, guards, &c., Mr, ers failed to observe that he was crossing the off-track ati that an- other train was coming down on him at lightning speed. He could not excapi and he was struck j the locomotive and hurlid some dis- tance, His sister and lady itiend dr@vy back just in time to avoid being killed, as he Ws supposed to have been killed, Mr. Se Patt hiwever, was not; bis skull Was fractured and he hung for a time between lite and death. At tle time and since there has been @ Vigorous eft made by agitation to compel tne company to renove mautraps in Newark as Well #9 1D Obne) cities, WANTS e withess stated during his examination that | | recoverable by said Commissioners in an action against | the owners ot such steamboat, and such steamboat shall | also be liable therefor. “it shall be lawful for either of | said Commissioners of Pulots or agent of said Board of Commissioners 01 Pilots at avy tue in the daytime to | go on hoary of and examine any steamboat in the | harbor ot New York for the purpose of gscertaining whether any such pipe or opening exists oufuch steam- | st, out. Suc, 2—Tho port of New York, wherever the same is | mentioned or reierred to In said act. to catablish reguia- tions tor the port of New York, or any act relating to the vers of the said port, shalt be decmed and taken to 3h vt the Norto diver or East wiver Fr opposite to the shore of the city and wy as the boundaries of said city and w Y are now fixed by law. “SRC ie various scows eimploved by the cities of New York 2nd Brooklyn, by contractors, for remov- ing the ashes, garbage ane se of said cities, while moored ut the various dumping boards ot said cities, are hereby designat quired to receive directly all ashes, gurbae or rubbish trom any steamtug or ves- ‘ harbor of New York; and in additon to the * hrovisions two or more scows shall be located more ot said cumping boards on the Kast and Noruh rivers respectively, or at such other points as the Commissioners or P| pecial use Ol boats and vessels, eurb= age or rubbish; and the ashes, garbage or rubbish re ceived by altof the said scows shall be disposed of as refuse of and at the expeusé of sabi cities, apter 409 of the Laws of 1872 ig hereby re- The Senate then adjourned, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. NOMINATION TO THE BENCH OF SUPREME COURT— COMMITTEE FOR REVISION OF TAXATION—A NEW FERRY FROM HOBOKEN TO NEW YORK. TRENTON, N. J., Jan, 25, 1875, Both honses of the Legislature met to-night. | The Senate held a short session. business was transacted;— The following Governor Bedte sent In the nomination of Man. | ning W. Krapp, of Bergen county, to succeed him (Governor Bedle) on the Bench of the Supreme Court. Referred to the Judiciary Committee, 2 bill authorizing the Belvidere and Delaware oad Company to borrow $5,000,000 was Dussed. IN THR HOUSE. In the House bills were introduced as follows:— By Mr, Ri ¢ gas Companies irom collecting 1 By Mr. nald—!o incorporate the People’s Ferry Company, to run from n Fiiteenth street, Hoboken, to New York city, with a capital of $300,000, By Mr. Patterson—To make a salaried office of Prosecutor of ileas of Monmoutn county. By. J. 5. Ben ke bill in reiation to Essex and Hudson counties. Resolutions were adopted to appoint special comtuissioners on Morristown Lunatic Asylum to inspect the working, &c, By Mr. MecDonnelt—Resolutions calling for a n jrom both houses to bring ina jon oF iaws governing taxation, irregularities in assessment ces having been discovered tn Various parts of the State, with attempts at fraud and successful evasion of the tax laws, A NEW CITY IN JERSEY, A PROJECE TO DIVIDE HUDSON COUNTY—OPPO- SITION TO IT EAST OF THE HACKENSACK. Aldermen Riordan, O’Suilivan and Kennedy, of & (Harrison townsnip), and Aldermen Jonnson, Randall and Greenfield, of Kearney, met in jomt meeting last evening at East Newark to further the project of consolidating the two town- ships into a city, There is connected with this roject a plan to eliminate from Hudson county that portion of it lying west of the Hackensack River and to consolidate that territory with Es- sex county. It was resolved to divide the two townsiips into six wards—four in Harrison and two in Kearney. ‘Ihe movement will be strongly opposed in the Legisiature by the residents of tne eastern section of Hudson county. (TAMMANY COMMITTEE ON ORGAN- IZATION. The Tammany Hall Committee on Organization held a meeting yesterday aiternoon, at the Wig- wam, Mr. Gross in the chair, Mr. John Kelly was Nominated and enthustastically elected as chair- man for tne ensuing year, alter which Mr. George W. Morton and Mr, H, D, Purroy were elected secre- tarles. George W. Gale Was made corresponding secretary. A committee of three was appointed to act in concert with # committee of three of the General Committee in the work of revising the by-laws. CONTESTING POLITICIANS. The Committee on Contested Seats of the Re- publican General Committee held a meeting last Bight at Republican Hall, in Thirty-third street, ‘The contests in the Fourth and Eighth districts were the bone of contention of the evening. There was @ lively time all round and charges and countercnarges of repeating and faise count. ing were ireely made. No decision was arrived at by the committee In either of the two cases, pabaceeneatahtal, Sneeneneneey THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following recora will show the changes in the temperature during the past twenty-four hours, in comparison with the corresponding date ¥ last ty big tig 8 LJ Hudnut’s Pharmacy, LD ing, New York: nee i ba 1875. 1si4, 1875, 2 82-8330 P, M. 30 lessly miserable even for our enthusiastic astrono- mers.” We await Irequent despatenes and reports from the nuinerous observers, some of whom have Dot at all yet responded. And we rejoice in the aid of the ligotning wires by which “the whole earth has been turned into one huge observatory.” By the Cable stations have been selected, longt- tudes determined and results recorded. The | scientific world owes to it the news OI @ grand triumpd. ICE IN THE RIVERS. NAVIGATION CONSTANTLY INTERRUPTED YESTER- DAY AND LAST NIGHT. Although there was much ice floating in the East and North rivers yesterday there was dur- | | ing the day tew of the vexatious delays in navi- gating these streams which were experienced on Saturday and Sunday, The solid and massive cakes which presented such insurmountable bar | riers on those days have become rotten under the combined influence of the sun and late rain, so that the heavy timbered ferryboats found but little trouble in crushing through the large quantities of small fragments. Much of this ice had been carried out to sea by the late northeast winds, and being brought back .by the returning tides in the afternoon ac- i cumulated in the slips ina manner to interfere | somewhat with the regular trips of the ferryboats, but the detention did not cail jorth much com- ment. In the East River the New York side was qnite free all day, the strong westerly wind carrying the foating mass toward the Brooklyn shore. To look atthe white Meld of ice running there along the piers like a sheet, the spectator would conclude it offered serious obstacies to navigation, but the hummocks were so rotten they yielded easily to the pressure brought against them, while in the channel that was open a small fleet of tugs and all manner of crait were constantly passiug | to and iro, At the South and Hamilton avenue ferries the boats were not greatly delayed, for the same reasog a8 above given, nor did the Staten Isiand boats experience much trouble. True, they seldom reached their slips either way on time, but they made the usual trips with commendable promptness under the circumstances, In the North River vavigation was not seriously interrapted, The large ierryboats found nume- rous Channels which afforded passage, and when the pilots desired to crush through a snail field of the floating ice it was readily done. Several of these boats have been slightly damaged during the week past, but tne companies have been ena- bied to Keep them in that repair necessary to ac- commodate the exteusive travel. More annoyance was experienced by the fleet of Harlem steamers that dart up and down the Kast River with so much rapidity when there 1s no ice than by any other of the Jerryboats. Their trips | Were somewhat irregular, owing to the narrow | channels oneither side of the islands being filled With the tragments that find a lodging place at every flood tide. The ptiots exercised. much care in avoiding thes@ragged edged obstructions, and the time lost im thus going around them caused much delay. . The pilot boat Widgeon was on the screw dock yesterday, under repairs from injuries received by | the neavy ice in the lower bay on Saturday. AFTER NIGHTFALL the flelds of ice came up the Kast River with the full tide, aud were in such volume that the chan- nel became choked up to such an exvent that the pilots of the jerryboats running fronysRooseveit Street to South Seventh street, Brooklyn, E. D., soon found tt dificult to force a passage. Every slip on this side of the river was aimost sold with the jammed masses of ice, whitch, by the force of the current were pushed up against the guards, and consequentty rose and fell i huge blocks until the suriace of the water was almost solid, At uine o’clock the last boat went out at the Roosevelt slip, and the trip occupied nearly an hour. From that time no boats were sent Out, consequently ali the passengers who ar- rived Were compelled to go up to the Grand street route. Even there the trips were irregular, owing to the presence of so mucn tce, thereby delaying the large number of people crossing. Wail street ferry Was early closed; a boat which left tne New York side about nine o’clock, aiter | battling for a passage through the heavy tce lor an hour, was obliged to return, bringing ter com- pany oO! passengers back to seek other routes of transit to their homes in the City of Churches, Fulton ierry aid a little better, two boats uaving crossed from each side alter eight o’clock. Leav- ing this side @ littie alter nine o’clock, thronged withimpatient dwellers over the river, a boat made half a dozen ineffectual attempts to pound her way through the solid ice mass which the ris- mg tide had brought up into gthe narrow channel. A like experience atichded tne com- panion boat from Brooklyn. Neither of them were able to force a passage through the broud fields of cakes, whose white, smooth surface gleamed tn the bright moonlight irom shore to shore, Meanwhile every moment brought addi- tions to the company of waiters upon Providence and the yl steam propulsion assembied in the ferry ho At midnight fully 2,000 people of all sorts, sizes and sexes thronged the waiting rooms and passage ways and longed for the completion of the bridge, the return of summer or @ chance arrival of a boat after the turn of the tide, which was ex- pected to carry back again downthe vay the icy banner which kept them from their beds in New York's eastern sleeping apartments. Meanwhile chatted, laughed or sulked and scolded, ac- cording to th several temperaments, but none of them had power to hasteu the tcebound voats, THE SWISS SOCIETY. The Swiss Benevolent Society held a meeting last night. Previous to the opening of the pro- ceedings the members of a Swiss choral society | ang a national hymn. Since the consolidation of the old societies $1,954 has been expended in ald of the poor and destitute of Swiss nationality the receipts being $3,846, ‘The expenditures in aid of the poor since the consolidation in March amounted to $3,084 93, including cash donations to 715 destitute persons, amounting to $1,518 85; $433 05 was expenaed for board and todging, ‘The election of officers ior the ensuing year resulted as 1oliows:—President, LC. 4. Keller; Vice Presidents, Charles Taller, August Average temperature yesterday. + +. OT Average temperature for corresponding Gave lagt year. 20, PA rig aly geet easurer, Alfred Merian; , Jol . Helin, Henr, mbelet, Leon Perrelct; Agent, G, de Cranzag vi The first of these took place at | internal contact took | Place at sh, 29m, 17.108., and the second internal | They were made an- | support, But our English “friends knew well enough what naval officers could overcome. It 18 close op time, by the way, for us } PIEROLA The Revolution Stamped Out by the Govern- ment Troops Under Pardo, ESCOBAR DIES ON THE FIELD. Lima, Jan, 5, 1875. The ‘ast news from the South 13 interesting, but does not give us yet the desired imteiigence of | | the dnal disappearance of the rebeia. On the ad- | } vance from Tacna of Rivarola’s division and the | | fying squadron under the direct command of | | General Buenuia, Plerola left bis camp at Tdrdtd— | | a place that must not be confounded with his first | | Position at Tordta—a miserable village twenty | | leagues to the southeast of Tacua, and continued | | his retreat in the direction of the Bolivian fron- tier, It was supposed that he would attempt to | move down toward the town of Tarapacd, where | Colonel Albarracip had established himselr with a | | Strong body of monconeros, or irregular troops, | | Swaiting an opportunity to jom the revo- | lutionary chieftain, But the prefect of | Tarapacd had taken excellent eae measures, and, marching on that town with | @ brigade of National Guards trom Iquique, forced | the rebels to leave without even exchanging | shots. Several days previously one of the prefect’s | advanced guards, composea of twenty or thirty | cavalrymen, were surprised by Albarracin and | captured. Pierola, evidently having knowledge | of the flight of his heutenant, then departed from | Tdrdtd, The President, who had been sojourning | in Tacna, considered the game as up, and ordered the National Guard battalions Nos. 7 and 11, of Lima, and No. 4, of Callao, to return to their re- spective homes, to be followed immediately by the other volunteer regiments in the campaign, ana | merely retaining the regular troops in the South for any emergency. ‘ THE GOVERNMENT FORCES IN PURSUIT. The Second de Mayo regiment, under Colonel Smith, remains garrisoning Moquegua; the Pichin- cha ana Zepita regiments, commanded by Colonels Rivarola and Caceres, are pursuing Pterola, and Arequipa is gratified with the presence of the | splendid regiment Ayacucho, 550 strong. THE SITUATION IN THE PROVID All the departments of the South are perfectly tranquil and in Lima the general opinion ts that | the trouble is over. Pierola has lost neariy all his | arms and has spent all of bis money. He has met | | With no sympathy on the scale expected and ts re- | ported to be immensely disgusted witn the char- | acter of his reception. The President left Tacna and onthe 24th was in Arequipa, from whence he would proses, to Puno ona visit of only afew days, He will then return to Lima, ud ‘om the North we learn that Iglesias, who pro- posed marching down on Lambayeque and Oni- clayo from his estate of Udima, speedily dis- covered that the force in front was too powerful for nim, and retreated. His followers are dispers- ing in ail directions, CITIZEN HONORS TO THE TROOPS. The welcome given by the people 01 Lima to the | National Guards returning from the seat of war Was enthusiastic in the extreme. The battalion No. 7, which alone had had a “baptism of tire,” | was made the object of especial attention. Great baskets of Nowers were emptied on their heads by po girls in the balconies; at every corner itles containing liquor, more or less palatable, were thrust into their open hands; fire-crackers exploded briskly and incessantly under their tee and their bearing was as proud as that of the Ol Guard in the morning at Waterloo. A GENERAL WHO DESPISES POLITICIANS AND 4 COUP. AD unexampled incident bas occurred in Bolivia, | which speaks well for the progress of that Repub- | lic. A battalion of the line, marching trom tne | | capital to another garrison town, revolted and | juintin Quevedo as President. | | proclaimed General admivistration, declined the honor, and declared | that if he cvuld not obtain the Presidency through | the medium of the ballot box he preierred to re- | main tn private life, The regiment was induced | | to reconsider its action and returned to ove- , dience. THE LATEST BATTLE FIELD—DEATH OF ESCOBAR, The details of the operations of President Par- do’s troops in the fleld, previous to the rout of | Pierola, are quite Interesting, aud supply a narra- | tive of some exciting inciaents. There 1s a little valley about fourteen Jeagues southeast of Are- quipa called Puquina. ground, surrounded by this desolate place is hemmed tn by »mountaini | and defended by deflies that would even cause ® member of the Alpine Club to grasp his iron-sbod stick with a firmer hand. erola with his men, tired out and exhausted by their severe toil over the rugged passes of the Andes, were resting at Puquina when Suarez, of Pardo’s army, with his division, ap- eared on the heights above nim. What was to be Rone? Escobar, & brave colonel of the Peravian army and the military leader of the insurrec- trees laden with snow, tionary troops, counseled patience. But tience is @ Virtue at times and others it becomes a dangerous luxury. Matters were becoming somewhat entangled. Su- arez evideutly was bent on descending the moun- tain and attacking the invader in bis camp—i can- not say tents, for no Capua has ever yet been discovered in the Andean chain of Pern. Just at - this critical instant *two unexpected auxiliaries presented themseives, First a dense fog and heavy rainstorm, hiding the pursued from the pursuers, and second, an experienced guide, who was ready to lead the rebels over hill aud dale to the very gates of—Arequipa! Animated by the boid coun- . sel and example of Coionel Escobar, who quickly maxing + A FINAL EFFORT 10 REACH AREQUIPA. Parag, after an unquiet night, was startied by the arrival of @ solitary horseman, who hurriedly told him that Pierola, with bis men, had reached & point within a sy Neg of the city. This was at hali-past seven A, on the 30th of December. The activity of the President must be commended. In a few moments the church towers and principal | square were filled with National Guards. ‘he scanty number of reguiars at M. Pardo’s disposal were Capitally stationed, Tbree or Jour companies of the First regiment of the line, the samous “Pi- chincha,” ander Colonel! Rivarola, started our to meet the enemy. At a short distance trom the | town—indeed, in the immediate suburbs—Rivarola | Was surprised by a vigorous fire from the followers of Pierola, about 300 strong, posted behind walis | and in houses. For a few instants the attacking | party was thrown into semi-disorder; but the ex- cellent discipline of the regulars prevatied, and, once gaining the open, they jormed in skirmishing order, and in twenty minutes drove their adver- saries far before them, ihe enemy breaking and fly- ing in all directions. The brave Escovar was killed | on the battle ground. The respect shown to his | remains by the conquerors was worthy of them. | His ly Was careiully taken up ana de- | posited in the cathedral church, where, afier tne | last rités were pertormed, it was decently buried. | Pierola, during this time, was regarding the struggle from a height some distance off. As soon as the result of tue battle was evident he escaped, [~ has been chronicled in the first portion of my etter. THE DEAD AND WOUNDED on both sides amount to nearly forty, but Escobar was the only prominent mau who fell. Although M. Pardo had no available cavairy at his di posal, all the troops of that arm being on scout- ing duty throughout the department, he mounted a few infantry, and sent them-post baste alter the Ingitives. No news has been received of the fate of the vanquished but fying party. During the fight Arequipa remained as quiet as the grave. No | mantestation was made by the peopte, upon whose support Pierola counted, and the President, in nie despatch, congratulates the country on the fact that “at the gates of Arequipa the revolution has received its deathblow.”” SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA, PANAMA, Jan. 16,’ 1875, The news from South America to the 16th inst. reports that the modifications introduced into fhe original treaty with Bolivia, arranged by '§ DEFEAT IN PERU! | tt was dimicult to get rhe members toger | meaus were necessary | the Winchester from Sap José de Guatem: ‘This gentleman, although at variance with te | & Like a winter apple on the | ¥ General | perceived the advantages, Pierola determined upon | 3 the streets fring at random right and left. Several young gentlewen were killec in their vouses and & young lady wad shot through the luugs. Every house closed tts street doors, an’ such a state of terror was never before seen in the city. SAN BALVADOR, Salvador continues tn peace and progress, Agri. cniture 18 being actively carried on, and Indigo 18 s0ld at the !airs at §% reais per pound. NICARAGUA. Congress was to have inet on the 1st inst., bup The Department of Segovia had become quiet and orderiy. ; The recent \ainy weatner had acted upfavorably on toe coffee crop; the trait was rotung on the branches and (ailiug to the ground, Phe question of Dounduries with Costa Rica it is feared may lead to trouble between the tw@ countries. PATEMALA. to progress, aud the rela- nent With all the otuer States of Cent are friendly, Th telegraph is completed from the capital to Quezaltenungo, the iargest city in the north of the Kepubdlic, and wit!! soon be extended thence to the Pacific. This State conti the govern ue MONDURAS. ‘The President of this Republic and that of Sal- vador nad an interview, and decided on what for the triendship and progress of both countries, a3 Weil 4s the peace of Central America in general. COSTA RICA, By the Pacific Mail steamer Winchester, from Centra! American ports, it 1s lear Sefior Fernande, the revolutionist icader, just that me i ala and landed at Corinto, in prosecution Of his design ta foment a rebellion in Costa Rica, COLUMBIA, Nothing new has occurred in the Isthmas or the Republic in general, ISTHMUS CANAL PROJECTS. The news that the King of the Mosquitoes was about to protest against @ canal throug’ Nicara~ gua passing through bis territory without ois consent nas excited much interest here. The United States surveying patty to explore the nature of the ronte between Panama and As~ pinwali for a canal, arrived at the latter post om the 14th, per steamstip Acapulco, aud wil come mence their labors in a few days. THE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, RESULTS OF THE LAST YEAR'S WORK—THE TREASURER'S REPORT—ADDERESS BY VICE PRESIDENT HENRY WILSON. The twenty-second anniversary of the Young / Men’s Christian Association was held last even- ing in Association Hall, Hundreds of ladies and gentlemen had to be turned away after every availabl8 inch of space was occupied. On the platform were Mr. Morris K. Jesup, one of the directors; Vice President Wilson, Rev. Dry Schenck, Rev. Dr. Taylor, and other well known gentlemen, The following are the officers of the association for 1875:—Board of Trustees, Stew- art Brown, Charies C. Colgate, Robert L. Stuart, James Stokes, Frederick Marquand, R. L. Ken- nedy and Percy RK. Pyne. President, Wiluam E. Dodge; Vice President, Elbert B. Monroe; Core responding secretary, R. R, McBurney, and Res cording Secretary, James A, Bennett. Mr. Jesup presided last evening. After the usual devotional exercises Mr. J. FP. Wyckof read the report, which showed the follow ing facts:—Balance from 1873, $414 26; members? dues, $9,158 77; donations, $10,794 70; interest on Stokes fund, $300; net mcome from building, $9,816 50; army and navy account, $1,275 67; des posit on keys of gymnasium boxes, $241 95; total, $31,501 85; disbursements, aside from those charged to rents, directly, $31,350 02; valance ip the hands of the Treasurer, $157 83. ANNUAL REPORT. The Secretary read the annual report, which sets forth the advantages of the gymnasium, em- ployment, boarding houses, ana relief provided by the association. Tne Bowery branch supplied 166,000 meals during the year to poor young men, | 62,000 of them Without charge. Good lodgings were given, and 2,000 situations procured, Tue cheerful and lappy influences of the parlors of the association over those who are strange were then alluded to. The tea om Sunday evening, and the moutbly receptions fos- tered ‘3 happy spirit in the association. The reading rooms, with their 13,000 books, were greatly used; 1,003 religious meetings were held during the year at the central building. The Sec- retary recommended that the sexes be kept apart in the tuture in the religious meetings, which will increase their effectiveness. Large num- bers of svidiers and sailors were cheered with pleasant reading matter, tracts, prayer books, &c., Which the association sent to them. ‘The association now entered upon a new year | without uebt, with the exception of a morigage of 150,000. Tuere was urgent cause for donors be- ing more liberal during the present year. The Secretary. in concluston, invoked the blessing of God upon the work of the association. | VICE PRESIDENT WILSON’S ADDRESS was as follows :—God in His snes magi has given | you, young men of this Christian Association, | your being in this age and in this land of grand | opportunities and of grave responsibilities. You | are now In the imorning of life—of consctot proud life, In the vigor and strength of youthful manhood the world is to you Tadiant with light and beauty. The skies seem to look down upon you with glorious | greetings and the earth to throb at the touch of | your footsteps. Hopes, aspirations and ambitions | thrill and inspire you. You feel the wild pulsa- | tions of the days before you, hear the tumults of | the confict und “cherisa noble longings for the atrite. | But do not fail, young men, to remember thas, | this grand battle of Lite is no brilliant parade, na holiday warfare. It is no march down Broadway, | nor up Fifth avenue with burnished arms, flasning banners and glad music cheered by tne greetings o& admiring thousands und the smiles of beauty, friendship and love. It is a stern conflict. nm this battle you are not volunteers, but conscripts. rather. Never be jwustered oat, pay commuta- | tion, furnish substitutes, desert your nals nor leave your sirugglivg, perishing rank! GOOD aDvic) beat upon you and The storms of battle may | Sweep over you, The snares of the tempter may, | entangle your lootsteps, ana appetites and pag réar. sions may beleaguer you on flank and | Before you the embattled hosts of ambition, of avarice and of adverse and mighty interests will contest and dispute every step of your advance. Comrades “weary with the marcn of - life’ will fall and perish round you. You must brush away the tears of iriendship, bid them a hasty Jarewell, close your thinning ranks and hurry on. Loved Ones, bound to you by sacred tes and endeariny associations, and those who inherit your blood aud bear your names, to Whom you cling with the tenacity of deathiess love, will pass from your firny. clasp on to the unseen shores, saddening your lives with the sorrows of wounded affections. Wearied with never-ceasing conflicts by disappomtments and losses, the harmonies of your Jeeliugs will ve rudely jarred and your natures grow sterner anw# harder. The confident hopes and high raised ex- pectations thats now make the suiling future glean and glitter before you may yield perplexin; jouvdts ai cnilling distrosts. Even the greates' of eartu’s losses, a belleving heart, may pass Irom you. KREP THR HEART TRUSTFU!. But whatever fate may tetide you, whether victory or deteat, success or failure, in your hopes and aspirations you should ever strive to keep the heart trustiul, fresh and tender, quick to respond to the appeal of want, the cry of pain and the moan of sorrow. Turn you then, Youag men, while the music and the bloom of the world giad- den you to the teachings of philosophy and to the examples of the grand an noble souls of the ages for inspiration and guidance. Above all and over all, the lessons of experience and the teachings and examples of the wise and good Wil be to you, in coming conflicts, an abide ing trust in God and @ subiime faith in the doc: trines and teachings of the Divine Master. That trust and that saith which look up to the Heav- enly Father when the rt throbs heavily with sorrows and disappointments, deleaws and losses, or with victories tnat turn to ashes on the lips, are the surest forces that can sustain the drooping spirit, the weary brain and saddenea soul. You, young men of this Christian Associa- lion, profess to accept that trust and that faith, In that faith which sees inal things the guiding and chastening hand of a loving Father, and in that trust which leans confidingly upon t! arm, yon can go forth to the conflicts of the future inspired by the immortal hopes of everlasting life. Messrs. Martinez and Baptista, are not at ail likely to be accepted by Chill, the modifica- tons introduced, being considered by the latter highly disadvantageous, inasmuch as Chili would lose @ great portion of her territory without any eompensation from Bolivia. POLITICAL, REFUGEES, Large numbers of poiitical retugees are dally arriving in Ohilt from the Argentine Republic, most of them compromised in the revolution which 1s raging there, and who are compelled to flee their country after the defeat of the revo- lutionists, THR CROPS. The wheat crop presents an appearance above fhe average, BOLIVIA. The news from La Paz to the 2sth of December was thata dreadful thunder storm had broken over that city. The Church of the Merced, thee Government House and many private buildings had been injured by the lightning aad many per- sons killed, A REVOLUTION had also taken place, which frightened the people of La Paz mach more than the storm. The mili- tary pronounced in favor of*Sefor Quentin, at THE CAITHNESS ASSOCIATION. The members of the Caithness Association of New York met last evening at Major Manson’s on the corner of Ann and Nassau streets, in order to give ® compiimentary reception to the Kari of Caithness, their honorary President. Mr. Miller, the president of the association, addressed she Society and gave a brief sketch of their financial Condition, showing the assistance they bad been Able to render their suffering countrymen. Mr. Miller concli by proposing the health of th guest of tn evening, The Earl Caithness in response said;—“It gives me great pleasure to be present once more among you and to see wow your numbers bas increased during the past two years. ‘he mi of, Caituness are scattered all over the world a everywh the: ke bold they Be rise in strength and wealth, I hope and trust that this society will grow in strength and pros I have only just returned ‘rum the Isle of Cuba, and. left a very different temperature to what I found but not different to what 1 feei toward this asso. ciation, Wishing you ali every happiness, I wil goodny, hoping to See you next year.” jajor Mauson then proposed tne ith of Cap- Keith, tie business manager of the Bari of thuess. Captain Keith responded pleasantly, and aiter drinking the health of Burns, several, were made and the company ie jew xood Scotch songs irom Mr. Mo~ speec! livened b; which the chiefs and employés of the government ‘ed, The troops all got drunk agd went through