The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1875, Page 3

Correspondence Between the United States and Spain on the Indemnity Question. TE rte Pry OF ghty Thousand Doilars To Be Paid in Satisfaction of Reclamations. Vigorous Language of the Ameri- can Secretary of State. SPAIN. E WASHINGTON, March 15, 1875. The Secretary of State to-day communicated to the Senate, in accordance with a resolution of that body, the correspondence between the United States and the Spanish government in relation to the claim for indemnity trom Spain for the execu- Won at Santiago de Cuba of Americans who were on board the Virginins. The Secretary reports that the claim has been disposed of by an ayree- Spanish Minister for Foreign, Affairs, ‘The correspondence dates as far back 28% No- vember 29, 1573, giving the origin of the Virginius diMcnity and includes the Fish-Polo Protocol; alao the report of the naval Court of In- quity, convened by Secretary Robeson January 3, 1874, which shows the remote causes of the loss of the Virginius were tho woakness of the hail, re- sulting (rom age and neglect, and the deteriora. tion of the boilers irom the same causes, which deterioration was not fully appreciable when the examination was made of them at the Tortugas. The Board say that the conduc: of the ollicers in enarge was praisewortny and becommg to thor- ough seamen, In July, 1874, Minister Cushing wrote to Secre- tary Fish, among other tuings:— Lentertain a confident veliel that with a steady, but patient persistence of reciamation we shall, in govd tine, reach a satisiactory solution o! most, IL not all, 0: the unsetticd questions growing cat of the capture of the Virginius. Ia November, 1874, Secretary Fish communicated to the President tne infermation which came into bis possession confidentially, showing what Spain proposed to do for Great Sritain. From tnis tt | Fopean Powers bave recognized | mieadly r | the gover appears the number of British unfortunates was | nineteen—ten white and nine colored. Five bun- dred pounds sterling were to be given for each white and £300 sterling for each coiored person, she whole sum being £7,700 steriing. Minister Cushing on Noveinber 25 informed the Secretary ol State that the Spanish government would do the same for the Uni:ed States as it would for Great Brivain, the United States would not take less. Secretary Fisn’s instructions to Minister Cusning are as fol, | lows. They are dated November 28, 1874 INSTRUCTIONS TO MINISTER CUSHING. In setuiement of all the crew not claimed by | G:eat Britain, and for whom she aid not receive | indemnity, ana who must he treated as | American seamen, uv less Bum can be re- peived for any than that patd Eugiand, for white persons—nameiy, Dot less than $2,500. Lhe captam, mate, engiveers, pursers and doctor | sbould be allowea more. Three of the passengers slain are unverstood to have been American citi- tens and must be allowed for the same as the prisoning and for losses sustained by those of the crew and passengers who are American citizens who were not executed. We understand the Dumber tobe fliteen ol the crew, including two engineers and one assistant and four of tné pas- sengers—ninetecn in all. During the correspondence between Minister Cushing and Minister of State Ulloa, Novemver 4, the latter says:— 1 believe that in these lines I have fully demon- Srated to how high a point the Spanish govern. Ment carries its conciliatory sentiments and its Geaire to maintain, with that of President Grant's, @ worthy and cordial understanding tounded io ci progal- cateem. On the 80th of December, 1874,, Secretary Fish Wrove to Minister Cushing as follow BBORRTARY FISH TO MINISTER CUSBING. Siz—Your despatcn, No, 177, with which was en- Closed @ copy of the elaborate note of Mr. Ulloa 0M the question o! the Virginius in reply to your Commpnications, and a copy of his private note, lorwarded at the same time, has beea received. i have read the note of Mr. Ulloa with interest Bud careiulattention. While Icannotagree with Maby of his assumptions and arguments 1 must express satistaction with its general tone and Yendency, und with i118 temper and conciliatory | expressions, Jn this view it 1s in marked contrast Witt some of the papers which have in the past emanated irom tue ofticiuls in Spain. So far as the questions in difference are concerned, the weneral correspondence oi this department with Aumiral Polo, and of yourself with the Minister of Stute, inily present the views of this government. Further argument would amount toa repetition. Jn iact, Mr. Ulioa’s uote is to be taken as an wuswer to your communication, so as to complete tue record. | must, however, express my regret that Mr. Uiloa should have deemed it neces. wary, even U im delerence to public Jeeling Jn spain, to reier to the executions at Santlage us “the strict tuifiiment of the laws in spectal sk indemnity for detention and im- | | shal have ment entered Into by Minister Cushing and the | | the form and manver which ti Mr, Cusbing, as soom as he received and presented his credentials, to sigm the Onal agreement and | telegraph the fact. | On the 24 of March, 1875, Mr. Cushing telegraphed to Secretary Fish as follow: ! credeatiuis bave arrived, but wiil mot be deliv- ered unti alter hearimg irom you. All the Eu- Alonso. j 2 DRaYT OF THE AGREEMENT v is as lollow In consi nauioas ISON set Jorth a Hy am varions to that eifec ad xceleney audre Castro, 3 er of te, and Hos Mr. Caleb Cushing, representative of ex, as also Oo; the notes whieh bave passed between them, and desiring, at the same time, to put an end, by means of wn equitable and sored, Lo the reclamauions presented by ment of the United States in cou gard fo the pe gers of the sieame loat trom these r » tO be excluded | ju so far ag respe S company all indi- | viduals indeumifiea as British subjects, and with resp to passengers, incinding only certain American citizens, they lave agreea :— First—The Spavisih governme: ngages to de- liver to that of the United States the sum of $50,000, oF 400,000 pesetas, lor the purpose of re- lie! Of the families or rsvns Of the sbip’s com- sengers aboard of the steamer Vir- —The government of the United States engages to accept the suai mentioned in satisfac: tion of reclamations of any sort which in the sense of pecuniary incemnification in this behalf might otherwise be advanced against the Spanisu gov- ernient, Third- jen the sum reierred to in articie 1 peen raceived the President of the United statee will proceed to distribute the same among the famliies or the persous interested in may judge most equitable, Without being obliged to give an ac- count of this distribution to ive Spanish govern- ment. Fourth—Tne payment of the $100,000 or 400,009 peseiaa suail be effected by the Spanisn government Gi Madrid inspecte and in three pe- Tiods vf LWo INODtNS each, $30,000 OF 150,000 pesetas Jor each of the first two instalments and $20,600 or 100,000 pesetas in the last, Fijth—ihe present agreement will be ratified by | both of the undersigned as soon as His Excellency tie representative of the United States shall have presented tis credential letters which accredit Nim as Minister Pien:potentisry near His Majesty the King of Spato, Secretary Fish telegrapned Minister Cushing, March 3, 1874:— You are authorized to present credentials if an Meulately thereaiter Mnal agreement will signed, Minister Cushing telegraphed Secretary Fish, March 9:-- Oficial agreement bas been signed, substan- tially as telegraphed on the 2d, Credentials to be presented on the 10th, Miuister Cushicg again telegraphed, March 12:— | Oredentials presented the 10th, Ratification signed the 11th and sent the same day by express, EW “YORK CITY. N ‘vhe annual ball of the Parim jociation ta an- | nounced Jor this evening at the Academy of Music, | | give at Associ Secretary Fish informed Minister Cushiog that us circumstances,” or as called lor by “the imperi- | ous voiwe of duty; or to take from the moral en of the indemnity proposed by characterizing {he reparation as “actuated by sentiments of pity consequent on a duty Inifliled and es caused b. Gesire 10 alleviate (he wiusiortunes of tuose who suffer trough punishment imposed on otners by the law.’ 1 could have hoped that # review of all tne facts attendini the executions, and a consideration at this late day ol tose barvarous aud — eruel ¢ acts, happily without @ paralicl, would bave de- verred the accomplished Minister 0; State trom the use of himsell to be cou.mutted to any views tending (0 justily those executions. While such expressions accompanying an offer oi settlement may nos any eXpregsions, and trom aliowing | prevent the acceptance ot the offer, this govern- | ment Would fatl tn its duty did it pot sigoily its dissent !rom expressions tending to justily or apologize for tne acts, and tnis may be done, 48 suszested by you and approved 1a omy telegram of December 11, by wo counter protest or jomt memorandum prectuding why inierenees gaverse tu the position oF this Royer in regard to the acts complained of. Without Considering what suppused necessity may demand sich au apparent justification, 1 cannot but believe that World in u dcnunciation ol wese executions, and hud she jong since visited prompt and effective puuishment vn the guilty parties, the moral sup- ee she would nave guined therevy would bave jargely exceeded any corresponding detriment. had Spain joimed tue civilized | On tue ith of February, 1875, Mr. Cushing | Wrove to Seilor Castro, the Spanish Minister of State, expressing his views as to the precise som 01 ipdermpity proper to be ullowed to the United States in the matter of the Virginius, and io the course of this communication said:— MK. CUSHING TO SENOR VASTRO. Your Hxcollcucy will observe, in reading the mote o! Mr. Uliou to Mr. McDonnell of August 9, Beat the sum paid to Great Britain io this vbehail Urpurts to be an advauce or partial payment, caving - the total amount to be fixed by future negotiation. Now, as Your Kx- Induced by & jaudavie cellency Bas already, desire Of concord, agreed that the sum allowed to Dited States shall be unconditional, I pro- WM the sane desire of conoura, that tt shail vpen for further reciagiation io the bremlacs, waich Propowal cannot but oe acceptadie to the Spanian koverninoaos, With Great Britaii comprohetided anotier condi Vow, which, as Lwin. Ui is ior the interest born 1 Spaia and the Uuitod States io protermits vues Me the engagement of Great britain to acconat to Bpuln for tho uintripation of she sum in the first Mistence accorded, Condition wigs igad to alg ) Which Lt word be Some workmen discovered the body of a new- boru infant in a closet, at No. 253 Delancey street, | yesterday morning. Proiessor K. Ogden Doremus will this evening ion Hall the first or bis three lec: | tures on the crentific History of the Creation.’? On Saturday last sneak thieves entered the apartments of Mr. M. G. Friend, at No, 313 East Fitty-second street, and succeeded in carrying off property valued at $200. Tne police have no clew to the thieves, Mr. David Dudley Field repeated his capital lectnre on “Voyaging Around the World” before a large and appreciative audience last evening, at Association Hall, for the benefit of the Home for Christian Care, Jonn Hannegan, residing at No. 1,213 Third avi nue, while working in the stone quarry, Fifty- ninth street and the East River, was sertously in- jiten on the head and back by a stove Jailing upon im. Lie was removed to Bellevue Hospital. Dr. J. S. Newberry read a paper on fossil fishes last evening before the Lyceum of Natural History, | and Mr. Freeman described the great silurian axis of Northern Lijinois, the entertainment attracting an intelligent, though not a crowded, audience, The Woman’s Social Education Society will meet at No. 44 Union square (Fourteenth street), to- day at tnree o'clock P. M. Mrs, Dr. fale A of a Bricksburg, N. J., will read an y et, “Woman and her Duties.” Ladies are especially Invited to attend. James Willams, a boy aine years of age, acci- dentally fell through a hatchwayto the floor be- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. UNITED STATES SENATE. Effects of the Military Expedition | to the Black Hills. i FEARS OF ANOTHER INDIAN WAR. The Discussion on the Admission of Pinchback. a WASHINGTON, March 15, 1875, Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R.J., from the Commit- tee on Prir*tig, reported back a resolution to print 60° «ultional copies of the third annual re- Port of Professor Spencer F. Baird, United States Fish Commissioner, for the use of the Senate. Agreed to, He also reported back from the same committee | a@resolution of Mr. Alcorn to print 5,000 copies of | the report of the Commission of Engineers upon | the subject of the reclamation or the alluvial basin | of the Mississippi River, with an amendment re- ducing the copies to 2,000, and, as amended, it was | agreed to, | Mr. INGALLS, (rep.) of Kansas, submitted a reso- lution requesting the President to transmit to the | Senate, if not incompatible with the public in- | terest, any information iu nis possession in regard | to the proposed emigration to the Black Hills | country in the Sioux Indian Reservation; whether | said emigration is with the consent of, the Indians holding said country under the treaty of February 24, 1869, and if not, what measures will be taken with reference to the same, Mr. EaTon, (dem.) of Conn., inquired If that reso- | lution did not come within tne objection raised | by his colleague (Mr. Ferry) against the resolu- ton submitted by Mr. Clayton @ few days since in | regard to the appointment of a committee to visit the Indian Territory during the recess. Mr, INGaLLs replied he thought not, This reso- lution proposed no legislation. ifanything was to be done in regard to this expedition it must be Gone speedily. it was well known that the Sioux Indians were the most bloodthirsty of all the Indians in our country; they numbered about 50,000, of whom 40,000 had been receiving rations from the governnient. He reaa trom the treaty between tbese Indians and the government, in which the latter promisca that no wiiite people shuuld be permitted to iu- | vade the territory, and the Ladiaos promised to withdraw all opposition to the Pacitic Railroad. For some time past there had been rumors that gold existed in the Black Hilla region, ana it was { said @ party Was now organizing to go there, Ii | this was merely a question between the gold j hunters and the Inataus he would look upon the but the Indians were | result with indiftcrence, Irritated by the imilitery expeaition which visited the Black Hills ‘last summer, aud the danger now was toat if this proposed expedition shuuld be permitted to go there the ludiaos wonld regard themselves a8 relieved from the requirements of the treaty Nebraska, and another bloody Indian war woula ensue this summer. li gold extsted in that coun- try some time 1: would be occupied by white pev- ple. He thought it best to advise the people who proposed yoing there now of toe dangers and per- us they would incur. Mr. baron said be had no doubt the President of the United States would Jo his entire dutv in this | Matter and take such steps as might be necessary to carry Out the requirements of the treaty. He (Mr. Baton) did not see whut good would ve ac- complished by the passage of this resolution, Mr. INGALLS said he had every coctidence in the President duing his duty. But by passing this resolution the people would be iniormeu of tne circumstances uoder which this region was held by the Indians, as many were ignorant of the true conaltion of affairs now, Everything indicated that the country was on the verge of one of the subtle contagions calied a gold fever, which would result in the ruin of many, The resolution was agreed to. THE LOUISIANA SENATORSHIP. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the untinished business, being the resolution for the admission of P. 8B, 8, Pinchback a8 a United States Senator from Louisiana, Mr. Feuery, (rep.) of Conn., sald the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton) @ jow days ago argue that when tbe President was called upon 10 sup- press domestic violence, under the act low while playing, at No, 53 Warren street, sus- taiping @ fracture of the skuli and breaking his coliar bone, Ile was conveyed by the ambulance to the Park Hospital. Obarles Winne, living at No. 332 Front street, ‘Was run over by car No, 9 01 tne Belt line, while | attempting to get on the platiorm, sustaining o | compound fracture of the right leg. Police Sur. | geon Powell attended the injured boy and nad him | Temoved to his home, | The association tor the relief of tne poor of the | Tenth ward distributed rations to 250 destitute | families, in their store, No, 104 Allen street, yester- | day. They nope to keep their store open until the 1st of April. The Singing Soctety, Wolfsscniuscht, | will give a grand performance at the New York Stadt Theatre, on the 24¢n inst., lor the benefis of the association. At the general election of oMecers for Commence- ment, which was held last Wednesday, the stu- dents of Columbia College Law School fatled to come to a satisiactory conclusion as to t Marsbaiship, A majority vore was nee elect that ofiicer, but there being 1our candidates In the Geld the vote Was scattered. Two of the andidates withdrew and another election was or- aered, which resiited jast uightin the election of Mr. William D, Alien as Grand Marsnal. ‘ne resaic Was made te 0 on Of tendering to Mr, Ailen, who Is Very popular, the Warm congratulations of Dis many triends LONG ISLAND. —e The breakwater or basin constructed at Say- ville, on the Great South Bay, last iall, bas proved of great benefit to shipping during the winter. Smallpox has again broken out to an alarming extent in Greenpoint, and it is feared will make its appearapco m Hunter's Point. Ihe Voard of Health of Long Island City are using every endea- vor to prevent its spread in that city, The Arlingtoa Boat Club, of which the son of the Jate Mayor Havemeyer is President, bave decided to build a new ciuv house on Newtown Creek. It Wiil be buut upon piles three leet above high wa- ter mark, Mr. G. Englebarat, the celebrated oars- man, Wiil take charge o! the crew, THE FREEHOLDERS’ FRAUDS. SPICY REVELATIONS REGARDING THE TBANSAC- TIONS AT SNAKE HILL, The trial of Joseph Black and John H. Garretson | | for conspiracy to Jeirand tue county of Hadson | examined, and it was found that muny of the HaiLive und Without having tne door remain | Moreovoy, the arraugemonts muda | J¢ oems 10 mie that sen a: pe beter fay our Gwo raspcotive governments to prey | Vent and avoid, Aster iudulging in aome atgumont ou thoae points Nr, Cashing won! on to propose thar 6 Paid by Spain to cover All claims or the Vol Stave for pecuniary incomulty in tha mattor, ond bat this sum should ve vonsderod fowl aod vo Wwtrasted as regards its diatrivution to the Aiwecetion uf the Mutiod States, said he f yoar Exvellency snail ve pleased to signify Resent to these views it Wil be Miy most ayrec- abi duty to reieurupa nome that tae paigiul cone troversy, trausiatited to you by previcus aduigla: tailons, hae by our Jory eferts Seen as leagen couviaded in a Manet honorabie to both vations | Kol etoiueutiy conducive to 4 permanent andere sanding between the respective yovernments, Ou the loth o tepled to Mr, © ing coucerning the Spaaish geverument’s iui acceptanec of the propositions Stated. On the ith idea Mr, Cushing telegraphed to Secretary Fish ‘he poiuts of the convention greed Qpor. Us the 24th idem Secretary F wlegrapoed to Mr, Cusling that the President eanraved of the proposed agreement, and directed | oh Wa nove U 4 the vase moots iieteter Gaetro | W2ici wee approved ut by Nv toox place at Jersty City yesterday. In the montn of October last Black was authorized by Free- holders Freeman and Coyle to do some plumbing ana gasiitiing af Snake Hill, A bill of $127 11 for the work was rendered by Joseph Black and | sworn.to by Justice William Alien, This bill was examined, but some mistakes being discovered {¢ ‘was hot When Another bill Was then rendered | foe $341 Gl fur toe same Work, Tuls Lill was also articies churged for in the bills Were taken from the county sforehuuse aud were not luroished by those eudants, and bence this indictment, Mr. ‘Lurockmortou, chairman of the Woard of Freebotlora, tostified that the bills in this case Were presented to aim, but be refased to sign thew decuuse they Were exorbitant and Garrot- gon refused to receive a lesser sum, Freeholder Wienges testi t—L Was appointed one O1 the sub-commitioe With Messrs, Coykeudall und Joyce to examine the ill of $427 11, and re- paired to Snoko fi!) and examined what work bad 1 dohe eDd what material had been delivered, aul sound articles charged for that wore Dot there; twelve poumda ol wire were charged Jor and only ove pound delivered; six pounds of ‘aiow chargoa and three do- liverea, charged lor ats forty = cents per PuUNA, Wortil ten ceuth; three euiigns of ven vive onarged tor wore Used; Jouud eight straps TWwed; foUNd Obteen Coupliugs, seven pounds al rapber packing justead of seventeen, soursuch | #iLOG Voived, one hunured and fiity pipe Nolaera, ClpUtOun three-quarter couplings, thirty-s1xX EW woh pipe Oks taree halfineh angle valves, Bame os Charged; nO Obe-inoh Caps, three dozeo burners, our Gozeo Charged; ave ihree-quarier caps, 16 Charged; LoTee leer brass coin, MIX leet charged; Jeuud po solder, jour pounds charged; | threo pounds of raboer pueking. in OF BX pounds charged; two busiings, 81x chuveeds two | pouaus of red lead, ix pounds charged. IT ase certained these itcts irom my own examing- | ton, once With the other two or the commit. tee und ones alone; { Made a report te the Board, Joyce; $140 27 Was dedieted irom the bill ol $427 11; retson suid Lo Utt thatene did not know why the director | made a scarecrow of bim in refasing to sign his | told him J knew noting aout that; 1 now Black. i stimony Comprised the ist of the indict. | Ment, ‘The case was given to the jury, wh dored # Veruict of wequitt TH toruey intends to bring tue oa Grong Jury, oO ran | | the action of the President, | MOt concur in that argument, | terms an | tne applicant needed to change their base. | onus Were in the Majoriy ia Louisiana 1D 187%, ot 1795, big compilancs §=with t call involved the determination of tho lawiul- ness of the authority making the call, and that the Senate was conclusively bound by He (Mr, Ferry) dia the proposition Was Topagnant to the coustitution in its plainest destructive to tue independence of both Houses of Uongress, The Senate derived 18 powers from the constitution. legisiation, no act of Congress to define the mode by which the Senate should exercise its powers. Tne President derived his authority from the act | Of 1705; but the Senate had the power to {uquire into the election of any of its members betore the act of 1795 was passed. Was to conier upon the President power to detere mine concivsively upon the legitimacy ot tr Legisiature electing a Senator or the Executive of the state signing DIS credentials so as to control the Senate when making inguiry as to the election of & member, then the act was void, He (Mr, Ferry) did not, however, give to the ac’ FY 1795 any such Constraction as that placed upon it by the Senator from ludiaua (Mr. Morton). Mr. Ferry then argued that tie Senate, in judging of the election of 118 Members, Was uot bound by any decision of the President which mignt be made m- cidentaly by him solely ior tbe purpose o1 pre- serving the peace, and suid ali the President doing 1a Louisian’ was to keep the pa 3 from flying at one another's throats; and in the mean. tune the suange assertion Was set up here by the ‘ or from indiana that tne Senate or House of ‘esentatives Was bound by this meiwental di If this proposiiion were true, then even ‘sn signing the pn. Senate should ind that the credentials of the applicant was not the lawiul Governor ol Lousiana = and the Legisiature which elected tim was not tne legal Legislature, yet the ‘Senate must accept them botn sulely vecause the Pres- ident hasso decidel He, (Mr. ‘y) knew Was propused to argue belore this debate was finished tbat the report ol the Senate Committee vestigated Luuisisna matters in 1 sein pornt Of fact. 1b was too late now to te thatreport, whic Was based upon s: udred pages oi tescamony open to examination of that testimony would Fis Was against the legality oi the Kel- logg government—-eveu Worse tian the report of the Committee, ‘That report Was agatost tbe per- sonal poutical wishes of the very geutiemen wuo signed um The Senate kuew trom the great volume of testimony belore thut the Legislature in Lou! in 18738, which elected Mr. Pincaback, was uot legai Legisiature oO: the Stute. ime Senate knew that Win, P. Kellogg, whose signed to the certificate o. election, Was not the legal Governor of tne Stute, Tne Senate, inud- | mitting Mr. Pincnback, would adinit the PKRSONIFICATION OP FALSKHOOD AND FORGERY, Such claims us those put jorth by tne Senator irom Indiana only indicated the desperate character of | the cage. He (Mr. Ferry) Was not surprised thav al the last moment the Senate shouid have a new version of the Louisiana trouble. When all the | 600 pages of testimony before the Senate showed that Keliogg’s authority was alla sham; that toe | Legisiature which elected tr, Pincaback was nov the legul Legislature of the State, the aL | The proposivion of the Seuator irom Inaiang (Mr, Mor- | Wun} Was that the Senate was buuud to fad a | falsehood the truro, Mr. MonToN (rep.) sald the Senate did not know | that Kellogg was uot Govornor and that the Leg | islature Which eiccied Pinchback Was uot the Leg: | iviature of Lousiana, a8 nad been ted by the | Senator from Connecticut. ‘That Senior did not | know nimsel, and @ carelul soulyzation of the | testimony, he (Mr. Morton) thought, would con- | tradict the statement o1 the Senator irom Uon- | necticut, He then quoted from the decision in the case of Lather vs, Boyden, and argued thas tle Supreme Court of the United States must Fecognizg the yovernment recognized by the | President, wud that tie power to reverse too | recoguition of the President was only to be found | Mr. WxST, (re) Said the Senator ir Connecticut (ar, Ferry) liad claimed thas the res | publican government of Louslan ad po basis | 12 the Jolut action oi the cwo houses of Cougre: vuUt Jalrehood and lurgery, ‘Lhis charge bad beeo | | made bere for mouths, abd he (Mr, West) thought | Le ime tat it should be met. Lie fraud wad fore | gery in Loulsiany originated with the opposition purty, und Was carried out oy tuem ana not by the Pepuolican parry, HO Atgucd that the repad- Bud Were ib the mujority lo-day; thas Kellogg wan levally ciected Governor and that the claim of Pinon. back Low betovo tue Senate Was jugs that he Was legally @leciod Sonator, wod outside of all party conmuderations slould be admisted CO Mis seat, Then the vexed qnestion in regard to Loulmiaga world Le setiled and peace in that State wound prevail again. Tee democrats had ciaimed that the culored registration in | Lousiana Waa greater tuan the colored voting popalation, ond that the white registration Was | 10,0uv LVeiow We White Yoling population, accord. ing to the ceasus of isiv. ‘This was easily ae counted lor in some Of tue States Lear Louis and, Where the democrats had opiained coutiol, the coured men bad left snd emigrated to Lou. Isiana since the jast census Was taken, Whea tie democratic Senators argued that tae white regis. tration Was beow the number of white mules | over twenty-one years 01 awe, they seemed to nave | Jorgotten that there were 4 uunaetl my res toraignors the State Ot entitled re to | | pemate adjourned, | Hon, and descend upon the settlements in Kansas and | ro 3 it required no | If the effect of that act | i | islana | h name was | | vote. Re ¢id not mean to say that all | the irauds in Louisiana originated witn the demo- | They were originated and | perpetrated by a tew adventurers, through whom | cratic party there, the democratic m. to believe that they were Stes in the State nad been led outraged. Mr. West then quoted at some bk b frou vesumony betore the Senate Committee to s that Kel- logy was legally Iso from the report made to the EH talives by Messrs, a. F. Hoar, W a Witel tik pressed the received a ma onthe vor ng to IMIS re he said those ad invesigate matter, » DAWES, ep. he had private BD, and het te lac endbors, k fo the countr government Was a more Uh Crime abd Violence Would wave full sway in the State again, and the W League would muster aud there would ve no peac My. SAULsBURY, (deni.) of Del, presented at- ditional evidence in tie case of Wiiham | bustan, im support of the claim of ms heir have the resolution expelling him trom the Senate in Isel, rescinded, Keierred to the Committee on nG Elections. rep.) of Mich.. preseated a letter of Washburn on the same subject, red to the same committee, C which was rei ‘The Senate then, at twenty minutes pass two o’ciock, ON Motion Of Mr. Mor » proceeded to the consideration of executive business, and alter @ short time the doors were reopened and the THE METHODIST MINISTERS. PREACHERS EXPERIENCES WITH LITTLE HYMN BOOKS AND UNSUITABLE TUNES. The subject of bymnology was discussed yester- | Gay in the Methodist Preachers’ meeting by Rev. Dr. Botiome, Mr. browning, o1 Brooklyn; Dr. ; James Porter, Dr, True, Dr, Crook and Rey. W. P. Corbitt. These speakers took strong ground against any change in the preseat hymn book, except to re-arrange and improve its classifica- which, it is generally conceded, is as | wretched aa it could well be, and to supstitute tor a few non-rythmical hymns which it contains now some of those mocern hymns ex: pressive of the religious awakenings of ghe pres- ent. Dr. Boftome insisted that the hywn book ts | tne liturgy of the Methodist Episcopal Church, | that it is based very largely on the articles of re- doctrinal statements. Hence if the hymn book shall not be enlarged, neither should it be reduced | in size to 260 or 350 hymns, as proposed last | week by Dr. Warreu, of Brooklyn. Dr. Porter | gave some humorous liustrations of the puzzle | and troubie he uad veen put to several times ts | winter wie preaching in churches in Brooklyn and on Long Island wuere little hymn books were used whi dd not contain apytuing that he re- quired a: propriate to his subjects. Dr. ‘True did not like to have the same hymn sung to the me tune Over and Over again, and described the mental agouy that Cowper's veaatiful hbyma There iy a fountain filled with blood, &e. | gave Dim when sung tothe tune “fountain,” to | Whict it almost invariably 13 sung. Dr. Crook thoagne it highly important that the right theol- oxy Should be taugnt to the eniidren in the Sabvath | schools and to the people iu the class and prayer | Mneetiugs as well as in the preaching services, and | hence he favored the hymns of tne Wesleys and | Of those associated with them father than the ght songs of the present day. | THE HYMNS OF THE CHURCH as often hinder ag help the preaching, and as much care should be shown in the selection o1 the | bymuns to be sung as 0! the lesson read or the text and sermon. He instanced a cass in which he went to achureh to preach a series of sermons in hymn book in use m the church there were but three hymns that suited his theme. These ne gave out to be sung on three successive Saobaths, Snd then the church oiicials called on him to know why he select these 80 olten, He told them that their book contatned none others to suit, and as he had other sermons iu the same course still to preach he should use the same hymns. ‘this was too much for.them, and at his next visit the old hymn book was reinstalled in 1ts place in the pulpit and in the pews. Mr. Cor- bitt was describing “THE CONSKOUTIVE CONCATENATION” of something connected witn the hymn book, when his brethien laughed outright at the absurd qexteposition ol the words, He took it good | Rumoredly, however, and cxcased himsell by say- ing that he nad very. Uttle brains leit on Monday ater is Sunday labors, He had enough Iecit, however, to insti tute @ comparison between modern hymn writers and the Wesieys as about the same proportion as @ Gickering dip light bas to God’s great sunilght, | or as the sermons Of the present day compare with Ule sermons of the fathers. To suow tho beauty and symmetry of the hymns o! the Methodist Hpis- copal church Mr, Corbitt cited @ 1} made by a brother with whom h fret hymn was | O, where shall reat be found; | the second— | Lord, I believe a rost remains; and the third— Now Uhave found the ground whervin | ‘My soul's anchor may remain. | And these were used as appropriate to a sermon on holiness, Next Mouday Mr. Lyford, of Utan, | will entertain tne meeting witn sume remarks on Mormonism 4s he sees it inits native nideousness, The sudden death on Saturday of Rev. Mr. Scnwarz, of Melrose, was appropriately remem- | bered, and Presiding Eider Lutz and Rey. M Doenioger were appointed & co.wmittee to drait a | Intnute concerning the deceased, who was buried yesterday. Mr. S DWarg was a missionary in Ger- Inany jor thirteen years, and went as chaplain with lus countrymen aginst France, entered | Paris with the German army and remained in toat city during the reign of terror of the Commune and for some ume ater, About a year ago he was transferred to America und appointed to the charge tu wich he died, He was a strong preacher and a good man. ‘THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION. The Monthly mecting of the Sunday School As- sociation was held last night at the Broadway | Tabernacte, Thirty-fourth sir aud Broadway, Addresses were made by Rev. Charles H. Everest, of Brookiyn, ant Mr. Heury Varley, of Loncon. ‘the iormer gentleman took for tis subject “A christian Home as an Auxtiary to Successful bbath School Teaching.” Tue minister are gued that without good Coristian homes it Was Jmpossibie to bring up chiidren in the right path. He pointed the difference ve ween the little strees Araos ana the cnilaren of parents who taugat to xo to Christ eariy. Pious people wuo heid prayer at home and Wuo set an example to their children by reguiar attendance at church need never fear that their gray valrs would be brought | down in sorrow to we grave, lor godly children lnude godly men and women. He hoped the time would yet come waen ali large cities ana towns would be tui of places wuere pour little wails could be induced to come and near the Word of Gud preached, and be taugat to lean on Him for Whose Dame's sake tue Siu Of litte children are formiven, Mr. Varley thea gave an exposition of the lesson ; “Joshua's Warning.” ‘ihe lecturer hardly toucned on the sudject, vowever, merely stating thas Joshua Was warned to seek « godly lie, vut at once branched oif to the subject of the eurly trains ing of children. He spoke 01 tne necessity 01 early fting them, while their minds were )oung and eusily moulded, jor useiuiuess in aiter ile, That | was the time to suw tue good seed, and if | this Was dove, and their minds properiy | cared for, the impression would rarely eradicaced in atteriuc. Mr. Varley spoke of nis own /umily as an evidence of the fact, and stated that be thanked God that his children had sought Clirist in early ilie, and he advised all those present who were blessed with cuildren to try hisexample una to use every exertion to | bring their chiidren to a Knowledge of the tact that Christ died for them, and that it was cay i The through Him that they could oe saved. church Was crowded to its utmost capacity, many standing during the entire service, 1 was baodsomely decorated with flowers, centre piece Laving, ia small red flowers, on o white backgrouad, the nume “Christ.” An up- propriate hymn wie then sung by the choir. GENERAL GRANI AS A PRESBY- TERIAN PREACHER, Rev, Dr, Wills, of Georgia, has given to an At- Janta Herald reporter tue following account of an Interview with President Granti—"l called at noon and nad & pieasaat interviow with the Chler Magistrate, who 1s enjoying fine bealth and looks as grave a8 an Old-lusmioned Presbytenan preacher, in Georgia, aud spoke Brown, ghd ia the course of aguutly of Governor conversation we | agswered dim that our present Governor was o May oO! bigh character aud decided apility, and Thus WO Was executing tho laws iuituiuily, with. Ont regard to race, color or previous condition, + He said tuat Louisville and A a Were (he (WO most prosperous clues in th x-rebel states,’ He hopes to visit Georgia ac sume iuture day. He Was iu Ativuta ind, Lob bed not time tu remain but w few hours,’ PISTOL ACCIDENT IN BROOKLY: Thomas Ryan, Willtam Collins, Joseph Tower and Richard Daviason, atl boys of 15 years, became engaged 1 an altercation last evening at the cor- | her of Columbia and Bush streets, Brookign. Alter | lively exenange of blows, Davidson drew a sipvil pocket pistol and fired, The builet struc! fareeed are aud severed eas Lin Duy A he 0, il Wes 0 tu the Coie; joaphi ead the Other boys wore arrested, ee ™ | igion and these aro believed to be Bibitcal in their | which he used the same text, but in the Itttie | be | he inquired wvout the stare ol things | PORT JERVIS. Excitement and Alarm Among the Villagers. NO CAUSE FOR > we FEA? The Effect of Weather. the Chang in the NEW EXPERIMENTS WITH NITRO-GLYCERINE Porr JERVIS, March 15, 1875. Intense excitement was created in this place late last nignt by the report that the river was rising rapidly above Ngrrowsburg, thirty miles above here, and that Big Eday ice bad gone out | | and was pusbing "he great jam between that place | and Halbert’s Bend. According to the report the water was dainming back 'roin Halbert’s Bond and the whole of the extensive fat on the Pennsyi- vanis side of the river was flooded. The ice dam in the bend was momentarily expected to break, when tue whole mass of ice and water would soon | at tuis place, | town were wild with excitement ior some time, and active preparations were making for re- movals, when an answer was received to a tele- gram, which kad been sent to Narrowsburg, Stating that the ice was etiil solid in the Eddy, and no break-up was possible under the then state of the water. This had the effect of qu et- ing the imminent panic. Toe circumstance shows, however, that beneath the teeling of security tuat the people now profess to enjoy there 13 @ still stronger sense of uneasiness and apprehension for the result of the ice-jam, THE RAIN STORM, A rain storm—cold, trom the northeast—has prevailed a great part of the day; but the body of Water that has falleo is inconsiderable, To-night the appearances are that the weather will clear during tne night. The river shows no sign of rising; indeed, all the thaw of last week has not added a fous to the hetgut of the stream at this place, The vast body Oo: snow along the streams Nas absorbed the great body of water, which ac- counts for their unchanged condirion, This fact increases the propability that when the water does come it Will cone With @ rush and at an un- expected hour. \U7RO-GLYCERINE EXPERIMENTS. The new supply of nitro-glycerine having ar- rived, the operations on the ice were renewed tnis jorenoon and the large blast in the terminal wail o1 the gorge was made. Tis wall it twelve leet thick above the water and ten leet beiow, formed of layers of ice thirty Inches thick, The blast tore up a ijarge of tie wall, but the excavation rec charge having been made too the channel already — tacoverea, | the broken ice ~ reached — the and iv required three smaller blasts to | throw the débris_ in the cuannel, = The Work is to be continued on toward the bridge, the | N jar none water, | President ot that company, not so certain ashe | Was a Week ago that toe danger 18 all past, lay- ing consented to contribute toward purchasing nitro-giycerine, the Erie Railway Company having furaished all tha: nas beed used thus lar, PRAYERS AY THE CHURCH ‘The ice gorge Was mentored In all the chai ches here yesterday, In the Methodist chureh, Rev. A. R. shaw preached on ‘Prayer,’ and sald wnat the arts of man had been employed Jor weeks in combating the toroatening forces of nature, and the aid of God had not once been asked, “The hand of mao has failed to remove the tbreatening gorge. Now use prayer— pray to God, with faita, and all will be well.” The Rev. Mr. cKinney, of the Baptist church, preached on the overtiow of the Jordan, and in- cidentally touched upon the danger that menaced Port Jervis from probable flood. “We are,’’ he said, “inthe hands of the Great Ruler, It (the gorge) is a trial of our faith, ‘Ihe trae Christian sees but the hand of God, and knows that with Him ail things are well.” Adespatch received to-night says that tt is rain- ing very hara along the upper waters of tne Dela- Ware and has been since noon, this wil un- doubtedly raise the river quite rapidly, and 1 it continues raining througt the night @ food will ve the ri THE FOG. THE DELAY TO TRAVEL AND TRAFTIC. From anearly hour yesterday morning it became &@ problem with the people who desired to reacu Manhattan Island from eltner the New Jersey or | the Long Islana shore whether they should take the chance of reaching their deatination by means of ferry travel or enjoy a quict hour or two at home with the family, The fog was so dense and the outlook was so undesirabic that it resolved itself into a question were delayed on account of the fog or tuke the | chance of making an explanation in the morning. | Aer all, but little dimiculty was perienced in the morning. Business men Who were anxious to be ut the “ollice’ at nine o’clock were not seriously delayed. Hut laters | “thick gloom settled over all,’ aad then there was trouble. Almost any number of narrow | escapes were resorted, but the danger existed | more in the imayinations of the passengers than anything eise. siderable anxiety Was occa- ; Sloned during tne day by the repore that the steamer Shady Side, on the fHaurlem line, had been | unlorrunate enough to run down @ tug, but the Tumor could not ve authenticated, Last mit the boats were much detayed and travel greatly impeded. THE WEATHER YE ° ‘TERDAY. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by tie thermometer at Hudnu’s Pharmacy, HeraLp Buildin; 1 corresponding Average temperature date last year. tor WINTER BREAKING UP. LIGHTNING, THUNDER AND RAIN IN CONNEC- ‘rIcuT. New Haven, Maren 15, 1875. The rain which bas failen nere all day began at about siX o'clock last eventug. It stili contunues with a prospect of dispelling the present heavy covering of snow and making havoc of the icein tne harbor. Early this morning a rain storm, ac- companied with lightning aud very heavy thunder, Brew over the Weatern portion of the Stat hough it did not reach tis city a rising temper- ature indicates an early disappearance of the show, which has been With us upluterruptedly ior more than three months, A protracted rain at thts ume would sweli the streams everywhere in the State and be the means o1 destroying 4 Vast amount o/ property, From all quarters reports of ice ou the streams very much ticker than in any previous years | are received, and tho impression prevails that when the ice becomes 1oosened an she torrents towurds the sea everything in ite path will 0¢ carried to destruction. THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER. CoLumuta, Pa., March 16, 1875. The Susquehanna ia rising very slowly. The ice fees rotten, but tuere ure no signs Of its break- ig UD HAIL STORM AND FLOODS. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 14, 1875, A special despaten to the Commercial from Mon+ teith, Mich., saya @ hall storm of great severity | raged there lor Hiteen minutes yesterday, demol- waning everything that came tu its way, Twenty: soUr hour's alter it (ell stoves were found measur. tog tweive inoies in circumierence, | ‘The country in the neigubornood of Mendon, | Mic! Z reported overvowing with water, with the bridg: the railroad track submerged, ‘rhe Wabash River at Decatur, Ind., is reported | | | very high and the destruction of the bridges immi- | nen ine The rouds are impasaapie trom goods and mers loar great damage irom high water. At Terre Haute the Wabvash is reported bank full and still rising, A bridge plone | Indianapolis, Lioomington aod Westera Raiiroa over (ne liitgois River, at Peoria, bas been cw | ried away by the food, interrupung travel over wat ine. At McUonnellsvilie, Obto, this morning struck the cupola of the Universalist ‘ch, hurling heavy tiubers a distance vf 200 chur | feet and demolishing the capola SPRING FRESHETS. CINCINNATI, Onto, March 16, 1875. A special to the Gazette from Fort Wayne says | she recent warm Woatuer and hoavy rains Dave | be sent crashing upon the upper end of the gorge | People in the lower part of the | 18 found ts | to whether one sheuld | telegraph to the bank or the store that the boats | rusnes With | over St, Joseph River in denger aad i to the lightwing | caused the heavy snow which sccumulated thera to melt rapidly, swelling all the streams. The St. Joseph and Mautee rivers are very high. Anew iron bridge over the latter stream, flireen miles trom Fort Wayne, Was swept away by the ice tats morning and other bridges are reported danger, A FATAL TORNADO. RAIN AND HAIL, STORM LN MISSISSIPPL—-FOUR PERSONS KILLED AT RIENZIL. CorINtH, Miss, March 15, 1575, A rerri tornado of rain ald hat! passes over this part of the country about three o'¢ MS morning, doing great damage, especially at Kienzi, ten miles south of here, where the whole toWn Was nearly destroyed, four persons killed und ovhers seriously injured. Railroad and teis biculion are eut off tn nearly every The follow are those reported krlieg Miss Matue Palmer, at Rienzi:—Porter Walker, and Jordan Reese and daugater. TROTTING AT THE HIPPODROME, LONGFELLOW AND HELEN THE WINNERS. The trotting events at the Hippodrome continue nightly to draw together large audiences, all of Whom are exceedingly well pleased with the several contests, When the heats are closely con- tested, asisofien the case, the pieasure of the spectators is frequently attested by genuine eo. thusiasm, and irom one end of the immenae enclosure to the other there are clapping of hands, waving of hand«erchieis and hearty cheers. No pleasanter picture can be imagined than 13 thus presented, Mothers, | daughters, sisters, fathers, sons and brothers | are often in groups in all portions of the house ana very often contribute to the excitement of the occasion by speculating on the winners, while in the “bettimg corner” there are to be seen tne fraternity who, in the summer months, do bus little else than attend turf reunions. ‘There were three events on the programme last evening, the first being a purse Of $225, mile heats, best three in five, between Vandewater’s sorrel gelding Tony Pastor, Hynard’s bay gelding Frank, Dan Mace’s bay gelding Boston, Ben Mace’s bay welding Dick and Manee’s roan gelding Copper- bottom, Boston was the favorite, with Copper- bottom selling as second choice, Tony Pastor proved the winner, to the bitter disappoimtmeat of those who think they are usually sufficiently TONY PASTOR, ) Well posted to make up the slate.” ‘the second contest was a purse Of $250, twu mies and repeat. i which there were Ben Mace’s bay gelding Longiellow, Rogers’ bay mare Bessie, Dan Mace’s bay gelding Browu Prince and Nodine’s bay mare Belle. Longlellow won the race without dificuity, The last event ou the programme was a purse Of $200, mile and re- peat, im which there Were turce starters, these being Rogers’ vay mare Heien, Dun Mace’s browu mare Josie and Nodine’s biack gelding General. dosie Was first choice in the few pools sold, vut she huan’t foot cnough to goto the iront, Helen winning the race m style, this result bemg broughs abour, perhaps, more vy Rogers? riding tian the mare’s speed, SUMMARY. um's Hipropromr, NEW ROTTING.—PUurse OF in five, under sudai Bar 1875 —' Yous, March 1 mnie hears, bes: 100 to the first, 4 $25 Lo the $ e second, $40 to the wird an $00 to | fourth norse, | Geo, Vandewater's 8, g. Tony Pastor... 1 | H. Hynard’s b, g. Frank a Dan Mace’s 0, g. Boston. 4 | Ben Mace’s b. g. Dick. o | Pever Manee’s i. g. Copperbottom, 4 Time, 2:67—2 5635 —2 :49—2 2514, Me SAME EVENING.—Porse of $250, two iniles aad | repeat, under saddie; $100 to the first, $75 to ie secund, $60 to the third and $25 to the lourthy Loree. Ben Mace’s b, g. Longfellow. John Rogers’ b, m. Begsie........ Dan Mace’s b. g. Brown Prince. Alonzo Nedine’s b. m. Belle. TIME. First heat. A Second heat. 2 3:00 214034 Same EVENING.—lurse of $200, mile and repea: under saddle; $100 to the first, $60 to the secun and $40 to the rhird horse. John Rogers’ b, m, Helen. Dan Mace’s br. m. Josie. Alonzo Nodine’s bik. Time, 2 DEATH OF A NOTED HORSE. Thormanby, another of the fashionable racing stallions of England, it is learned by recent ad- | vices, died very suddenly at Newmarket on Satur: day, Febraary 27, The cause of death was apo plexy, induced by over excitement. Thormanby Was purchased privately for £350 in 1868 by Mr. Merry at Doncaster, having been returned unsold from the yearling sales. Ass two-year-old he hag @lot of work to perform, running on no fewer than fourteen occasions, and winning nine times, Alter bis briluant form as a two-y Id came @ prominent favorite for the Derby in and though there were thirty starters ior t event, Thormanby won easily by a length and o half, ‘nis victury gavo Mr. Merry upward of £80,000 in bets, which with the Stake, worth that season £6,200, and over £3,500, won by Thormanby as a two-year-old, mada up anice little fortune, The nest of Thomanby’s early stock Was Plauait, Who was the first con- queror of Achievement, but doubtiess the finest sou o({the horse was Atiaotic, the wioner of the Twa Ynousand Guineas of last year. The followin; description of Thormanby was written some tm before his death. ‘Thormanby is a golden chesiaut, with a narrow blaze in his face, which extends to the border ot his upper lap. He has a white uear hind heel. and his mane and tatt (the latter reaebing nearly to the ground) slightly par< take of the color known as flaxen. be stands sixteey remarkable for his exquisita imaty power at first sight, dand well put together that s strength roperly dis In short, ha With Not an ounce of supertiious it his entire trame, Thormanby’s his beautunl, arched Joins, and great hip to hock, and in this part ot his contor+ ft d mely like hin. He has a ine temper and ia sound and clean on his legs, except # slight thickenli | on the sheath of the back tendon of his off fore leg. bu gument itself is sound and intact as on the day be was foaled. THE YACHT TIDAL WAVE. COMMODORE VYOORHIS’ EXCURSION IN THE WESI INDIA WATERS. {From the Nassau (Bahamas) Guardian, March 6.) Yesterday Commodore W. Voorhis invited be- _ tween thirty and forty of our Jellow citizens and others to take @ cruise with 11m in his fine Ameri. can yacht Tidal Wave. The party were on board by ten A. M., and at the report of @ brass guu up Went the sails, Afresh southerly breeze car- Ted us over tue bar in a twinkling, and Mr. Kemp, tue pilot, Was requested to take Ihe iairy-like scagoner through Douglas Channel to Cochrane’ anchorage; thence, passing along the southeru shore oi Rose Isiund, she entered the eastern pas. sage of our haroor and anchored of Rawseu square berore sunset. Nothing could exceed the kind attention of the Commodore, Mrs. Voorais and their family to the guests, among whom were His Excellency the Lientenant Governor, Mrs. Robinson and sister, Lady Anderson and’ daughters, Hon. Mahiod Chance, United States Consul; Coionel Thompking United States Army; Surgeon Major Jameson, M. D.; Lieatenant Commander Hamuiton, R. N. and two officers of Her Majesty’s ship Zephyr A. King Harman, Esq., the Governor's Priva Secretary, a number 0: the members of the boay clubs of St. George and St. Andrew, &c. The rec ireshments were ad (/bitum, aud of the best kind, During the trip several amateurs some popular songs aod choruses, one of the dore’s sons playing the accompaniments. Alto- toe day was a mo: jaye le one, and 16 will lope membered with most pleasing rem- inisceaces, THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE. There was ® meeting of the East River Bridge Girectors held yesterday afternoon. Ex-Senator Henry 0. Murphy presided. A resolution waa No officer of the Board anali be allowed to have any pereaieey, loterest tm contracts or inateriai, The bylawa were 80 amended that ¢ Shall be composed of part New Brooklyn mea, 8T, DAVID'S SOCIETY. ‘The annual meeting of the St. David's Society Was held last evening in the church in Chryatie streat, near Delancey street, John L. Davis presiding, The Treasarer reported @ permanent fund of 500; distributed to aeedy members daring the bead $ivl, and balance in the ireasury oF $85, passed authorizing the Executive Committee to borrow $300,000 for sixty days or | rw pay tor the landa which are heoeasary the of the oridge ou the New York also resolved to proceed with the | ‘ear a8 laid out by the Chief Engi | Boer, with the exception of making contracts, | Which action is to be leit to the Board of Directors, | ‘The society 0 Jourteen lots im cyprus Tiitis emetery ed at $2,800, The | Secretary reported ¢ PI ry the society a8 180. 1 following oficers were tben elected lor the ens year :—President, William Miles; First Vice sident, Johu ‘Ty Davis; Second Vice President, D. L. J cerding Secretary, W. | Secretary, John bvans Chaplain, Rev. W. R. Williams, aad Paysiciam, W, Owens,