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SPAIN. "DOW CARLOS CAIZS THE NAVARRESE TO ARMA, BaYonne, March 2%, 1875. Don Carlos nas tesued a decree calling into mill- tary service a!l males in the Navarrese provinces ever eighteen years of age. GENERAL CABRERA. 4 SPANISH CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE LIFE OF THE SECESSIONIST CARLIST. Paris, March 24, 1875, Acouspiracy for the acsassination of General Cabrera, whe recently abandoned the Carlist cause, bas been frustrated. FRANCE, GABINET PROFESSION OF MINISTERIALIST CON-*; SERVATISM. i Panis, March 24, 1875, Minister Buffet to-day, in an address to the stafr of oMcials of the Department of the Interior, dwelt with emphasis on the fact that the present | Ministry is essentially conservative. ENGLAND. WAPITALISTS RESOLVE AGAINST OPERATIVES ON STRIKE, Lonpon, March 25—5 A. M. The cotton masters of North Lancashire held a meeting yesterday, and resolved on a general Jock-out unless the operatives of Pickering’s mill, jn Blackburn, who are now on strike, return to work unconditionally, SPECIE FROM EUROPE. i. & SHIPMENT AT SOUTHAMPTON FOR NEW YORE. Lonpon, March 24, 1875. Thirty-two thousand collars in specie were shipped to New York by the steamanip Neckar, ‘which sailed from Southampton yesterday. BELGIUM. FATAL EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINS, BRUSSELS, March 24, 1875, An explosion took place in @ coal mine near Charleroi to-day, causing the deatn ana injury of. many persons, BISMARCK. ERE GERMAN PREMIER TO BE CREATED A DUKE, Lonpon, March 25—6 :30 A, M. The Datly News’ special despatch ‘trom Berlin saya it is definitely settled that Prince Bismarck is 0 be made Duke of Lauenburg. HUNGARY. M KOSSUTH DEFEATED AT A PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION. PrstH, Maron 24, 1875. An election fer member of the Hungarian Diet was held in Debreczin to-day. The radicals had nommated M, K&sutn, but Minister Kisza was re-elected by an overwhelming majority. THE MOODY-SANKEY REVIVAL | Lonpoy, March 25—6 A. M, At Moody and Sankey’s meeting last night the Rey. Dr. Newman Hail occupied a seat on the platform. THE BLACK HILLS. Omawa, Neb., March 2%, 1875. Information has been telegraphed to General rd of several parties of miners leaving different | points for the Black Hills. In reply toa telegram | from a miner who recently came out of the nilis, whether he would be permitted to return with | reinforcements and provisions, General Ord says :— | “Troops from Fort Laramie and hostile Indians | have both gone for your miners. For their sakes | hope the troops will reach them first, as the | military orders are simply to bring in the party, | confine the leaders, burn the wagons and destroy | outfits.” General Ord has been authorized to put all his eavairy at once in the Sioux country, on waicn | miners are trespassing, and to empioy fitty Indian | Beouts to advise the cavulry of the advent of miners. His orders are to remove the parties, arrest and conmne the leaders at the nearest mili+ tary pied burn wagons and destroy outtits. A Black Hills transportation company, formed | where yesterday, propose to leave tue railroad at Bianey, Nev. INDIANS OUT TO PIECES. New ORLEANS, March 24, 1875. The San Antonio (Texas) Herala has informa- tion to the effect that tne Indians who captured | the stage near Laredo last Friday attacked Cachino Poncho, near Correze}, on the Texas side, They were driven off by rancheros, and were over- | taken by Captain benovid’s volunteer: company. Tbe Indians were almost entirely cat to pieces, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Advices from Yokohama, Japan, of the 26th of | February, scpply the following naval intelli- | gence:—The United States steamship Lacka- | wanna will start for San Francisco about two | weeks alter the departure of the steamship China. ‘The Lackawanna Will sati across the Facific, her | Doilers being in such @ Condition that steam can- Not be used. | The United States steamship Monocacy will be Btationed throughout the winter at Yokohama, HE ALASKA AT SPEZZIA. Loxpon, March 24, 1875, ‘The United States steamer Alaska has arrived Bt Spezzia, where she will remain some time for | vepairs. UNITED STATES TLAGSHIP AGROUND. PENSACOLA, Fia., Maroh 24, 1875. ‘The United States fagship Worcester, irom New jOrleans, is aground east of Pensacola Bar, Tugs ind lighters have gone to her assistance. WESPATCH FROM EFAR ADMIRAL WORDEN TO SECRETARY ROBESON—MOVEMENTS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON—CIVILITIES EX- CHANGED WITH THE NABOBS OF MOROCCO. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1875. The following despatch was received at the Navy Wepartment to-day :— UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP FRANKLIN, VILLE PRANCHE, March 2, 1875, Srm—I have the honor ¢o report wy arrivalin A@bis harbor on the 25in ult. Alter the departure of the Powhatan on tne sth or February | remained fe Lisbon unti! the 11th, and on that day led ior ‘angier, where 1 arrived on the ato. at ‘angier I made an official visit to the Minis- ber of State, temporarily residing there, im the absence of the Governor, and Was received by him with great courtesy and with many public ex- pressions of food will fowards the Untted States as a country which had always been in friendly re- lations with Morocco, | also visited the Shereef or ‘Wazon, a prince, and the hi dan Church in this country. Taiso called on the foreign Minister resiuing at Tangier. On the 17th | oi February I proceeded from Tangier to Gin) r, wrriving ‘there in the afternoon of the | fame day. On approaching the harbor of Gibraltar | met the British Channel squadron pass: ing out, bound for Madeira, aud exchanged salutes with Kear Admiral #, Beauchamp b. Seymour, tommanding. The squadron was composed of the following Damed tron-clad | ships:—Agineourt, Dagship, 23 guns, 6,628 tons; Northamieriand, 28 .621 {008} Monarch, 7 Kuns, 6102 tons; KR 16 guns, 3,710 guns, 6,23 Tramp, tons. ad of the Mohamm 4 \ On | the woth of Febrnary 1 sailed irom Gibraltar tor | guns, < Vilie Francie, where 1 arrived on the 26ta and | stil remain. At noon on the 22d of F ry, the | of Washington's birthday, © national | red atsea. fhe Congress and Juniata tu this port and the Alaska 18 at whole necessary repairs are being made | on her bowers Very respectfuily, ON Lb. WORDEN, ear Adoural Commanding, &e. Hon, Georae M. Ronkson, Secretary of (he Navy. | | A FIGHT FOR A RALLROAD. | Boston, Mase,, March 24, 1875. | At the annual meeting of the stockholders of | tho Maine Central Railroad, hela at Waterville | to-day, a fierce struggle between the Boston and Maine and the Kastern road for the control of the @irectory took place. The Eastern ticket was elected, and in ail probability the Maine Central ‘Wal now be run in the interest of that road. play. | lating ceremont CHINA AND JAPAN. Devastating Fires in Ja- panese Cities. THE OHINESE NAVY. The Pekin Dynasty in Danger—The Diplomatic Correspondence with the United States Published—Treaty Adjudications and Financial Projects. San Francisco, March 24, 1875. ‘The Pacific Mail steamsnip Chine arrived at this “port to-day. She brings the following news from CHINA. A Chinese naval reserve is in course of forma- tion. Each of the large provinces is to constract two steamers, and each of the smaller provinces one, making a feet of twenty-eight steamers tn all, These vessels will be used by the China mer- chants for steam navigation in time of peace, and turned over to the government in case cf wai A dockyard for building iron-ciads is to be estap- lisbed at Foo Choo, A proposition has peen made by the Chinese government that a small numberof cadets be allowed to enter and study in the British navy. A new arsenal is to be established at Foo Choo, ander English management, The present arsenal is under French management. THE DYNASTY IN DANGER, There are innumeruble political rumors from ‘Pekin, but the only important one that seems tolerably well substantiated ts that one of the late Emperor’s concubines has been discovered to be pregnant. If true, and tue child be a son, the present succession is tn danger of being set aside. BELATIONS TO THB UNITED STATES. The Unttea States diplomatic correspondence with China is received with great interest, and -universal acquiescence is expressed in the con- demnation of General Seward Jor the arbitrary arrest of General Legendre lu September last. Ap American named C, B. Hill was attacked and severely injured by Chinese at Snanghal, Several arrests have been made, and tie Case 1s to be in= Yestigated by the United States Consul General. FINANCIAL PROJEC The Viceroy of Cauton contemplaces a foreign | loan of thiee miilions of guels to Cover the ex~ penses of quelling the recent insurrections tn the southern provinces. ‘The confidence in the recent Chins Joan is shown vby the act tuat applications to supply six times the required amount were received by Hong Kong and Shanghai banks ATY ADJUDICATION. The treaty of fiemtsin provided jor the adjudt cation of cases between the British and Chinese bya mixed court under the Consul and Uninese Governors. Subsequently @ British order in coun- cil established a system of courts independent of the treaty arrangements, Both tribunals continue to exist, and au atrempt is to be made to use “the latter 28a court of appeals against the tor mer, Sir Kemund Hornoy, head of the british Supreme Court, will be asked to set aside judg- ments pronounced by the mixed court. The re- Bult is awaited witt interest, MANUFACTURE, A cotton spinning 1acwory ts projected in Shanghai. A SOVEREIGN’S TRIBUTE. The Pekin Gazette states that the King of Bur Mah offers to send tribute, iu acknowledgment of Chinese supremacy. ‘his ceremony was discon- tinued two centuries ayo. PROVINCIAL AGITATION. A renewal o! the rebellion in tne province of Yunnan 1s threatened. An insurrection broke out in Tten-Tar, near Ning-Po, in whicn 10,000 farmers were engaged, ‘The outbreak Was in consequence oF an increased, tax onrice, A body o! 5,000 troops failed to sub- due the rebellion, aud the increased tax was re- moved. INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE, ‘The lead ana coal miues in Kivan-lung province are apout to be worked by a Chinese company, TELEGRAPH Db On January 22a mod at the telegraph line from foo Choo to Amoy, at the town of Kwang-lao, and destroyed the poles, interrupting the work. It is generally admitted that the attack was In- cited by Une atithorives, Who have waited till tue line reached @& point where It would be at their | mercy. No red Deen commencea in defauce of the wishes aud without the fui! permission of the provincia! gove ernment. $18 possible, the Work having | | Court has exclusive jurisdiction over bankruptcy ‘the Governor of Amoy has refused permission | to jaya telegraph line between that town and the soreign seltiement on Kuiang Island, in the | harbor. BANKING. The Hong Kong and snangbat Bank 1s reported to have lost upward o1 $1,004,000 during 1874. PIRACY, Chinese pirates are becoming very active off the coast near Shanghai. JAPAN, San Francisco, Cal., March 24, 1875, Tho steamsfip China, from Yokohama February 26, brings the following Japanese advices:— POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS, The Japanese mauagement of postal communi cations with Americans thus far has given much satisiaction, excepting in regard to the payments for newspapers. At present two cents are re quired at each end forevery newspaper. Are quest goes by this mail to the Washington Post OMce aathorities that the full sum may be pre- paid hereatter. THE UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE PUBLIS The portion o1 the United States diplomatic cor- respondence relating to Japan has been trans- mitted and published im the Jeddo native news- papers, which criticise the fact, now made pubic, that Mr. Bingham actea in the Formosa affair upon an irresponsible rumor in the Yokonama | Journal, notwithstanding the promot denial of the truth of the rumor by the Japanese Foreign Secretury and every American oficer connected with the expeaition. The result proved that tue Tumor in question, Which deciared the premeaita- tion of Japan to make War upon Onina, was ent tirely without ioundation. The purpose of ine Japanese government torestore the coast fortif- cations, communicated through the Associated Press in a despatcn of November last, nas just been officially announced. As usual, renion- strances huve been made by the foreigners, but without effect. Alt important points are hereafter to be made | Teady for delence. PUBLIC EDUCATION. The Japanese educational und ts nearly doubled this year by the unanimons voice of the Imperial Council SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. The Mexican astronomers, who visited Japan to observe the trapsif of Venus, have satied for home via Kurupe. tor purposes of scientific tavestigatton, ‘rhe annaal expositio Kioto, the ancient capital, commences on the Istoi March. All for- eigners are Invited to contribute toward the dis_ PUBLIC HEALTH. The smalipox is gradually aisappearing in Jeddo and Yokohama, THE | officially } baa been postponed until Marc | sible, or else @ number of republican Senators | ment, have received enough republican votes to | secure their adoption. | and decided adversely, anese government, his attitude having been one of Uninterrupted aggression tor years, THB FOREIGN MILITARY OCOUPATION. The departure of the Kuglish and French troops 1, in consequence | of traces Of smallpox in the English cum) Ir is | Understood that the removal, up to the last mo- | Ment, Was strongly Opposed by the British Minis- | ter in Japan as calculated to weaken the power | he exer im dictating the course of the Japan- | ese government. The ground oceupied by the | English trooys ts in the centre of the most Vvalua- ble part of Yokohama, and ts outside of the district | granted ‘or foreizn residences, England has neve: paid due rent and has uo claim upon ‘The En lish pevertheless give notice that reserve | Ihe right to @iotate its future disposal, This right | Wil BOs be recognized, WASHINGTON FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. WASHINGTON, Mareh 24, 187% = | THE PRESIDENT'S EXPECTATIONS NOT REALIZED IN THE ADOPTION OF THE ANTHONY RESOLU- | TION—IHE PRIVILEGE OF MENTAL BESERVA- TION ITS ONLY SALVATION, | Tt has been known for several weeks that the | President was extremely soitcitous to have the | indorsemens of the Senate for wnat he had done | in Louisiana, and urged the matter with so much persistence that it was necessary for the repub- | ican Senators to agree upon something, The | Tesolution adopted yesterday does not, itis said, | give the President that happiness he was led to | believe would follow the approval of his acts. He | has learned to bis great sorrow that in the caucus of republican Senators which agreed to the sub- Stitute reported by the committee through Mr. Anthony it was made it as weak as pos- would not have voted torit. It was further re- garded necessary, to prevent any amendment to the caucus substitute, that the repubitcan Sen- ators should vote against every one offered by the democrats. This explains the party vote yester- day on the amendments proposed by Senator Thurman, all of which would, but for this agrec- Jt was on!y in considera, tion of this pro forma indorscment of the Presi- dent and tho liberty of mental reservation on the partof the leading administration Senators that the adoption of the caucus resolution was secured, CLOSE OF THE SENATE'S EXECUTIVE LABORS— BITTER DISCUSSION O¥ THE NOMINATION OF PARDEE TO SUCCEED JUDGE DURELI-—THE MATTER DETEREED TO DECEMBER. The Senate, after twenty days spent in extraor dinary session, adjourned to-day sine @’e, The nomination of Don A. Pardee to be Durell’s suc- cessor as United States District Judge for Loutsl- ana, had been before the Senate jor over three months, and the subterfugea heretofore used to prevent @ consideration of the nomination failed within the past few days. It was evident that there Was gome reason not of an honorable nature that protracted the fight. The Senate spent five hours in execntive session Itstening to malicious charges, when it was determined that it would be best forthe honor of the President to lay the Domination on the table, relieving Mr. Pardee of any dishonor which it was sought to fasten upon him, and leaving the President free to renominate him it he chooses, The nominee tn this instance occupied ® conspicuous position, as the President, with sincerity and steadfast- ness, declared ‘that it was his conviction that Mr. Pardee would serve the people of Louisiana in the most impartial manner. Lesides he said ne had investigated the charges alleged, and was satisfied there was no truth in them, The nomination was lata on the table by a party | yote, and when the committee appoluted to in- | form the President “tnat the Senate had finished | al! business before 1t, and was ready to adjourn,” | calied upon him, the President replied that he nad no further communication to make. LOUISIANA WITHOUT A UNITED STATES JUDGE— ACCUMULATION OF JUDICIAL BUSINESS. As during the debate on Pardee’s confirma- tion the question whether the office could be filled during the recess was discussed Senators were somewhat astonished thatthe President should leave the State without a judge so long. It is nearly a year since Durell stepped down and ont. Tne District and admiralty cases, There are now over $70,000 for disbursement awaiting the order of the Court, while there 18 @ Isrge amount of bankruptey property awaiting orders, as no sales can be made Until a judge takes his seat. ~ Jn admiralty there are a number of steamboats, seized belore Dureil's resignation, the cost of keeping belng now more than the property is worth, and no sales can be made until a judze ts appointed, The damage, therelore, to litigunts 1s Dnt another woe to the Louisiana people. Judge Woods, the Circuit Judge, has no jurisdiction except in cases of appeal and criminal matters, Uf a judge cannot be appointed, and the Attorney ¢ i eral has given an opinion to that effect, iederal persecution may be said to be triumphant. Agaia, there 18 a defatcation amounting to over {itty | thousand dollars, the defauiter having the tree- | dom o1 the world until the defaication can be vermined, THE DEFEATED NOMINEE’S PURSE TOO SHORT. if Senators had remained here who profess to | have so much love for downtrodden Louisiana there would not have been so much grouna for complaint, It is said that a number of poker | devts have been puid to-aay, and Juage Pardee, | When asked to what he attribute. his defeat sata | ‘They will stop at Asia Manor | AVY. } The Japanese naval station at Jeddo ts tobe | transferred to Yokohama, in consequence of the general inconvenience o1 the former. REL TIONS Te Messengers have teen ordered to China to in- vestigate the recent action ot the oMcials of Foo. choo in compelling Japanese to submit to @ humil- CHINA. The Japanese garrison in Foochoo 1s, to be rein- forced. AN AMERICAN MURDER: An American named Pease bas been murdered by nis companions in Bonin Island, southeast of 2dd0 Bay. Pease was reputed tobe little bet ter tnan a pird on the slave trade on astern isianas. ‘The gation by the United TRANSPORT OF THE The Japanese opposition t between Yokvouama and o and was koown to haye carried ul emong tne ing investi- eneral Scal ie sul MALL e Pacific Mail line er native ports and 18 Lol Shangral, went mlo operation February 3, ‘Tne Pacific Mail announced at once a reduction of Fates averaging six per cent, fhe Japanese nen annouL those of th company less than company cannot suce: as thirty per cent 4 The later as the gove Bt lives w as an alarming fire in Yokohama on February destroyed, and ihe foreign setilement was endan- gered, but escaped serious injury, Destractive lires 1n Jeddo are almost ol nightly occurrence, GERMAN DIPLOMACY, Herr Von Brinde, the German Minister, left non February 16 for Pekin, departure caused groat relief to the Jap- royed, inclading temples and scuools, Several | that his purse was not long enough, | GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, ee kee’ Washinaron, March 24, 1875. RUMORED INTENTION OF TREASURER SPINNER TO RESIGN. United States Treasurer Spinner had a long in- terview with the President to-day. There are rumors in circulation that unless certain contem- plated appointments in subordinate places in | General spinner’s Bureau ot the Treasnry are made in accordance with his views taat gente- man will feel it incumbent upon nim to resign his position, UNITED STATES SENATE. | CLOSE OF THE SPECIAL SESSION—ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1875, ‘The Senate, on motion of Mr. Howk, (rep.) of Wis,, Went into executive session immediately after the journal of yesterday’s proecedings was read. At five o'clock, while the Senate was still tn ex- ecutive session, Mr. Howe submitted the follow- ived, That a committee consisting. of two Sena- » appointed by the Chair to wait upoa the Pri dent of the United States and inform him that unless he may bave some further communication to make the Senate 1s ready to adjourn without day. Agreed to, and Messrs, Rowe and Bayard were appointed as committee, Mr. Cooren, (dem,) of Yenn., submitted the fol- lowing :— Senate are duo and homas W. Ferry, Pres: for the courtesy ahd im- jality With which he has presided over their delib- ations. Agreed to unanimonsty. Mr. RANSOM, (dem.) of N, C., submit! lowing Resolve t the thanks of the Senate are due to Hon. Henry Wilson for the courtesy and impartiality with which he has presided over their deliberations, ‘Agreed {o unanimously. At lalf-past five o'clock the committee ap- pointed to walt upon the President returvod and Mr. Hows reported that the President replied be hod no tarther communication to make to the | senate, tr. BOUTWELL, solution submitt hereby are to the Hon. adent pro tempore of the Sen: r tne fol- | (rep.) of Mas: d by him on X called wp the nday last, pro- r | Viding lor the foal adjournmen Senace, and moved to amend by im 524i DP. Mey Maren Which Was agreed 10, aud the resolus ernment ts pledged to 8) e new line, Pro- posals have heen made é saie of all Paciiic Mail shaps of the Shan braneh and (he tr fer of the business ts bot likely to be accepted, ax | Japane pal is already wbundautly supped. The fares from Yok. bama, t Nena are $30 by the Pactfic Mati and $20 by th ese ships. 1m ade | | dition there 18 @ suppleme y Japanese line, | still cheaper, to the nutive coast ports, TERRIBLE CONFLAGRATIONS, ‘There was 4 great fire In Osaka on the 7th of February. Twelve bundred buildings were a Three hundred Japanese nouses were | tion as amended was adopted. The hour of 5:46 P.M. having arrived, the Prest- dent pro (empore (Mir. i of Mucnig ts—in declaring the order of thank you “tor tue kt ve jormaily fendered me y« proval, Grave) jor your unvorm sup courtesy, nd hoping’ that you may ¢ your several homes in saioty and alt be pe return again tn J 3 healu and st sion of toe Senat ren adjouraed sine aie. | THE LAW THE LOBBY. | EME COURT AGAINST THE | DECISION OF THE St VALIDITY OF A CLAIM FOR SERVICES IN IN- FLUENCING LEGISLATION. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1875, In the United States Supreme Court on Monday | same thing ta less | Jur: | ainendmenty to ine peopie. Tne Legislature is | a reé onsidering bilis Vetued by the » tO amend them as to obv his ob | gorge. | crossed it to-day. dy Qn opinion was delivered, which was afterward withdrawn for perfection, in case No, 195, Burke Ys. Child, appeal from the Supreme Court of the District ot Columbia, The point decided ts that | claims ior lobby services are not founded in good | morais and cannot be maintamed in the courts, } The action was by Child to recover against the administrator of the late M. P. Trist for services rendered in procuring action by Vongress Jor nis reiief in the matter of his claim for compensation lor negotiating the treaty of Guacelupe Hidalgo. Yuere Was a recovery below, and the decree is bere reversed on the grouud stated, In the course of the opinion the Court says that the agreement im the case Was for the sale of the influence and exertions of the lobby ageut to bring abvut the passage of a law jor the payment oi & senate claim, Wiinout reiers ence tots merlis, by means Waich, if not cor- rapt, Were tilegitimaie, aud, considered tn connec- tion with the pecuniary loterest of the agent, contrary to the soundest principles of public poucy. No one has a right in Such elrcumstances $0 put Dimsell ina position ot tem: tation to do whatis regarded as so pernicious in its Character, The iaw iorbius the inchoate step and puis the seal of ifs reprobsation upon the undertaking, Ir any one of th Tt corporations of the country | | | | were to hire adventurers who make market ot themselves in this way to secure the passage of a | general law, with a view to proimovion of tu private interests, the E use of every right-minded man would de. | noulice the employer and the employed as steeped tn corruption and’ the employment a3 infamous, Il the instances Were numerous, open and toler ated, they would be regar as measuring the | decay of public morals and the degeneracy of the umes. No proplietic spirit would be needed to | foreteli the consequénces near at band. The | er lewtslation, if not so prolific | of alarming evils, is not s vicious Im itself nor less to be condemued. Tne virai principle of both ig the same. ‘The evils of the latter ure of sutt- clent magaitude to invite the most serious con- sideration, For all services in such matters as are purely Professional, sych as drafting petitions, making argumeuts belore committees, &c., an agreement he vad, Mr. Justice Swayne delivered the opin- on. LOUISIANA. New ORLEANS, March 24, 1875. Governor Kellogg to-night issued a call for an extra session of the Legislature, to meet in New Orleans, Wednesday, Apri! 14, to carry out the au- justment. The sudjects for legislation are limited by the call to six, viz. : Firet—Aajustment of political aimculties, Second-—ne venues of the state and modes of collection and disbursement Third—Amending of the Funding bill so @s to change the constitution of the Funding Board and prevent farting of illegal obligations. Fourth—The financial condition and government of the city of New Orleans. Fyth—The relict of the commerce of New Orleans from excessive port charges and lees. Sixth—By request of a delegaion of merchants to in- corporate a Board of Trade. General A. S. Badger has been appointed fiscal a@geat ol the Board of Police Commissioners. LEGISLATION IN TENNESSEE IMPORTANT ENACTMENTS PASSED—THE CONSTI- TUITION OF THE STATE AMENDED—ADJOURN- MENT OF THE LEGISLATURE. NASHVILLE, March 24, 1875. The Legislature has adjourned. A dozen or more bills were passed which will save the State annually millions of dollars, Bills were passed taxing rallroads one and one-half per cent on their gross earnings, ylelding a revenue to tne State of Irom $110,060 to $135,000; regulating trial by jury, | saving the State $100,000—making 1t optional with parties to have a jury or not, taxing losing litigants in civil cases witn costs, saving $200,000. One of the most important meas- ures passed was that embodying a number of amendments to the constitution by which the Governor is to hold office for four years, Judges o1 the Supreme Court twelve years, the Comptroller gud Treasurer four years each, and the General Assembly 1s to conyéne every four years, The clause exempting $1,000 worth. of property in the handg of each taxpayer from taxation Was stricken our. The clause piohipiting the State iron own. ing a State bank was stricken our. All judges | are to be elected by the Legislature. ‘ihe Legisiatare is to have power to create courts with both common liw and chancery diction and to antho misdemeanors 11 civil cunses to pe tried by ajury of less than twelve mien. ‘The poll tax qualification was stricken ont, The Judges of the Supreme Court are to be re- duced to three, as under the old constitution, ‘The Leg ure is to have power to pass fence, road und other local laws and make thei opera. ch CouNLES as Choose to adopithem. One | ikes Out the prohibition in the constitu. uuinst Clerzymen serving ia the Legisiature. ng esta olishinents are exempted trom period not exceeding six, years. | Future Legisiatures are to suomit constituuonal Jectious, ‘There will be no change in the yate of taxailon, Which remains at forty cents on $100, LAW AND LIQUOR. PROVIDENCE, R. L., March 24, 1875. In the General Assembly, to-day, @ report was made from the special committee on the recent | case, alter addresses by District Attorney Phelps | OL aby personal corru NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET, TWEEDS LST CHANCE, | —-—.+—___ The Argument in His Behalf Betee ihe Court of Appeals. EX-JUDGE COMSTOCK’S SPEECH. | The Habeas Corpus and Magna Charta Invoked for the Penitentiary Statesman, ALBANY, March 24, 1875. Im the Court of Appeals to-day, im the Tweed and Mr. Peck, Judge Comstock, of counsel sor the | relator, addressed the Court as follow May tt please the Court—In periorming the very responsible du i L now uuaerake, to assert the innocence oniess the vulit of William M. Tweed, the relator, m respect toa serious crime of w Q he 1s accused in pubic discussion aud provably in the pypular apprehension, itis quite material for meto say thatin bis, the prosecution now under w, he has not ‘been Indicted. arraigned, tried, convicted or sentenced for any sue ollence, ‘The accusation agalust nim, wh 1 1s Spread over a volume of nearly 1,000 pages, relates to only ope ot the lower grades of misdemeanor to be fouud in all crimimai law, as the neglect of official duty | or tne bad periorma of thas daty, In all ube Midictments there 1s no suggestion or imputation tom connected with this offence, or Of any seeking aiter personal advan- tage or gata. The great innumanity and the terrt- ble injustice of tho tence or consecusive sen- tences pronounced upon nim by the trial Cours, cannot but be felt, ana deeply telt by every right minded person. ‘hese accumulated penal- ues and punishments amount in their eg. gregate to more than twice the punist- qucut which the law would inflicts i ho had been gutity of the larceny of twenty million. I come to the discussion of the case, therefore, with a profound conviction that both justice .and law have been violated, aod my \obgue Will be paisied and my voce hushed for- ever belore | will retuse to tutti up In sven a case. The great proposition upon what i cali the merits of this Controversy 1s that the whoie law of pun- Isnment upon ulus indiccment, and upon the verdict found by the jury was exhausted by a@ singie sentence reaching the maxi- mum of punishment, and all tie consecunve enees Imposing upon the relator uprison- Ment and flbe are outside Of the imuictiment, verdict and law, end are therefore unautuorized and void. This ig the maim question on the relations o! the relator’s imprisonment. But we are told by the counsel on the otuer side thatno such question ia tobe reached in tus | case, because say thateven ti ine acenmu- | lated sentences are without the authority of the law tuey are, hevertheiess, ouly irregular and avoidable, and will justify the detention of tie Prisoner for the rest of his life, unless im some other lori and mode ne can release himseit; and they teil us, further, that evea ii the act of the Court in pronouncing the eeatences was without Jurisdiction and void the remedy by habeas corpus, Which in this State is so narrowed and so restricted, however it may be elsewhere, ts in- adequate Jor the prisoner. THE WHIT OF IABE4S CORPUS. They tellus that this great writ. whtch for 60 many generations has been the guardian angel keeping watch over the liberties of the people, cannot penetrate the recesses of the dungeon in Which a citizen 18 confined by the judzment or sentence Ol a court of justice, although that court, mM provouncing senten¢e, has transcended its authority. To these pr nary questions I shail | firsé address myse.f, First, then, assuming that | nolaw authorized the accumolated sentences, they ought to be treated as nullities, To afirnt | the contrary 18 to say that i! the judge of # crimi- nal court has jurisdiction to receive ah indictment aud to try tbe issue, and, haying once got the jurisdiction, he cannot alterWard make any invalid pclsiou, OY Order or pronousee any invalid judg- He may deny the rivatof trial by jury. el cy ment, | He may decide that a jury of ven men | be as good as a jury of twely He may override the cbailenge, He may direct the | clerk to enter a verdict when the jary reise to agree to it. He may himsei try the challenges when the law si noald be tried by fellow Jurymen, and af Gict, OF perhaps without alct at all, he may pronounce any sentence ‘ He is ouiy to say that what he 1s cording fo law, and there ts tue end to | Acis are Vulid Ou tHis theory until reversed | appeal or writ of error, Thut is, the pillory, ks and bastinado may be tnilicted for tie crime of petit larceny. He may pronounce th puntshmens for the offence o: Champerty, Ne may sentence to death ior the erime ol grand tar- ceuy. Ue may imprisou ior ite, or for twelve years when the law prescribes, a5 In this case, the punishment of ove year only. No authority, prope rly understood, is eited lof these posit We hav2 been hore told, without aw that the Jud makes up tn his OWN Way 1a UPPLsition to pos! thetess & We have been told pronounced a judgment cited, yetitisa valid ju cided in the very act confict of authority between the United States Mare | shalana the State cox over the wholesale stock of liquors attached by the Marshal and atter- | ward seized by the State constabies, because | sales Were made from the stock in violation o1 the ate law. The committee say that the liquors | attached by the marshal were lei almost as tully | and freely at tue disposal of the aciendant in the suit as if no attachment had becn made; that he did so dispose | them, and ‘that witiont incurring any binty to ti Karshat or suojecting the | Marshal to any Lanility the piattuil! ne found ready m oO: evading the laws the The Stace con acted only in the parge of a lawinl duty in making the zare, in reiust recognize the arsnal as boing IM possess: ynors which toc owner | was seling im fiagrant violation of law and in Hing for atd trom police of Providence, The mittee censure the Chief of Police of Provie Img to obey the Stat d, the United St recommend the dence ior re but ataime, ist @ constab! es Mars jollowing reso. and the committee jution lved, ‘That Tis Exeellency the Governor be re- 1 to'eause to be prepared and transmitted to the ent of the United stetee a statement of the facts fo the interterence of the L tates Marshal bistrie! of Rhotl nd w tile consti the dise ty, enty of Brovi+ dence, on the pruar ’ ‘rhe minority of the committee recommended no legislation. THE WILKESBARRE GORGE. WILKESbARRE, Pa., March 24, 1875, There 1s no change in either this or the Ransom Ancnor ice has accumulated at the north- ern end of the latter, making it nearly twenty | miles in length, At Tunkhannock the river is open almost irom shore to shore, while at Pitta. | ton itis frozen so solid that hundreds of people | AT the tormer place the current | 18 swift, while at Pittston the water is still being | dammed up by the Wilkesbarre gorae. The Tunkhannock bridge narrowly escaped de- | struction, One of the piers 18 badly shattered, | the ice breakers all torn away, and when the big island ice comes down 16 ts jeared that the struc- ture must go. The Wiikesbarre Company have had men at work to-dayin strengthen.ng the piers and abutments of their bridge by trons and other means. ‘The water bas receded trom tho fats so muca that the Kingston Street Railway | oud ran ss r ars were iw nov for the ice boulders piled upon tf to a great | height. No eifort wi be made to remove them until aiter all danger of mrther floocs ts | he Delaware and Hudson Company, winen | d bridge three miles be.ow here; e Company, and tne City Counen pave ur not blast | ing the loot of the gc ae engineer of the Delaware and Hudson Company will examine into the matter to-morrow, when definite action Will ee reliro; be token one way or the other. The sto holders of this bridge are not very san- guine of saving it, and have arrangements | made to start’ two rope ferries at once, | suould tt be swept away. Ii it 18 destroyed they willat oace begin the erection of » magnificent | trou bridge. It began to snow early this morn. the storm raged iurtousiy for several sub in the miditie of the astornoon It becoming warmer and t d rapidly. | is more moderate than tt has been aweek. Persons residing bac e reported to-day that there wa over ic of snow on the ground. Bowman's and several ower large cre drain the aystriet e the snow 18 $0 deep and empty Into the § north oF | the laveness of th a8 asudden thaw. When tt | docs come, by til me of water poured inte | the river by these str there wil arapid | | if nov unprecedented nse NAVIGATION OF THE ST, LAWRENCE. MONTREAL, March 24, 1875. Navigation is not expected to open beiore the 10th of May.. The canals are solid in many places nd the ice on the St. Lawrence River is unusually | uick and frm, A flood is considered almost a ertainty, and parties located along the water's dge are moving their goods from cellars, r t ry e | upon | self, | this iS tuat having once gos of the diction ta any stage close 0) possible ugaimst tose ac doctrm| VHE MAGNA CHARTA, Tinvoke the aut ne Magna Charta, whien in its lo ty declaraiton that no shail be deprived oi ite, liberty or prope pt by the ju nent of his peers, on the laws of we land, has been t iON Of hberty jor nearly & thousand y myvoke the great writ of habeas corpus, Waicd, during the same period of time bas teen the attendant or a parta, and er which has and fo the print therein sefore proceeding to the nd analysis fow of ine cases bi @ great questions T submit a tew pon the origin, butare and the Yhis Writ 18 not tion un ring ay statute. Ibis he origin of which 18 iost Mm ub charter deciares, tn the thas no person stall be th prisoned exeept by the Jawiti judgment of bi peers or toe law of the land, This great principle 18 enthroned m= all our Arner a institutions and in the exquisite decia- ration that novoay shal. deprived ot life or property without due process of law. ‘The his- tory of tits writ ioforn us t it wns used oy the judges o: Engiand, Mf not before, yet immed. ately a.t a Chatta, [as the remeqil pr ate the rignt ch Mazna the great charter It-etl ne means of the practical s nles Which It ordained. d the writ of ch of Caaries nothing without tion or the prin iges juve ‘The commonly Known as the as corpus nct,’? was enacted only. to prevent invention p the Writ more eMcactous, Such and ma the leading purpese of our statute. It Jates, bat shot originate the writ. It see i A Writ of Absolute Tizll every day in the year every hour inthe day. There is no dungeon which nnoL pt te, NO unlawiui imprisonment case. \ LAWFUL EMPRISONME Thus the I race have unuerstood for sev- | eral hand We are toid that imprison- mentis| final judgment o! the court of compe 100. SO Says our statute. But in this was the 1a ¢ 1s nothing new. Such alw ich Was the common law. is The judgment of a court of competent juris’ tion, and @ void judgment is no judgment in any court Which is not competent to do anything be- yona its jurisdiction, The proposition 1s gelf- evidently true that courts may have @ general competency, even in a particular case, and yet that they can err, and sometimes do err, on juris- dichonal questions, and that such an error 13 jatal in all modes of inquiring into it. The highest criminal court can- not lawfully pronounce sentence of death where the law prescribes imprisonment or | fine, and ti it does 80 pronounce who will say that its Sentence is not vold? ‘the error here asserted is one of remarkable simplicity, altnouga itis wonderfuily misconceived and incapable of Logical thought. There 1s no judicial act and in the nature Ol the law there can be none which 1s not open to collateral inquiry, ‘lo assert that @ court can render & judgment not open to sach inquiry is asserting simply universal despotism residing in the person Who possesses that supreme power, | | The inquiry, therefore, isalways open. We can suppose an action pending In the lowest court of this Stare, im wuich the tite ta @ personal chattel bears on the validity of the judgme) of this Court of Ap- peal Such @ case 18 not iMconceivavie, althouga unlikely to occur, If the decision of the magistrate should be against the judgment of this Court in such a case and the case should eome nere tor Fr yiew, waat would be done with 10? Lanswer the inquiry before this Court would be whether the point h been properly decided in the cour We you o find 18 judgment of the magistrate would vud you would hold your own ju void Hf you louna it so. gment I Otherwise <0 11, not because the m rate ting @8 ho did, but ¢ on ined the question, nd £0 te pect legisiative acts. Inquiry 13 aiw yon. | inblest court sitting a of ihe jour core i State may ti Wtive act tobe Void in a case Which actaaily Involves tae question, OGIGAL RESULT. result ol the vi position OF all judy ordinys to the ba is whe law of the therelore no tril to foilow a lawor rule ivon, 18 found to be m conflict wi Tuse to make ihe comparison in deere: lower ruling, Walch is alleged to. be with it, 18 ly to rej the Most ¢ ly we admit that when & court eects within its jurisdiction | its decision is Val until reversed. Waen so acting intallibilily 48 Not required from the judges, hor is the writ of haveas corpus @ eubstituie for the | ‘This ta the eleme who mi The co courts simple and 1 tribunals, of the land ual on t HHbUtLO? { lew, and to some im conic! law it | nmited jurisdiction | only tii | is vhat the | Do resistance was offered, a ; dames McCater, | No. I a 7T writ of error, But would it bat be sttenee st eg course of this Writ, which for so many cenr bas gaarded Engiso and American liberty, | Shonid be obstructed by a pretended jndicial act, which In every aspect and relation is void? The ‘imprisoned person mav bring is action for false sonment. and uo imvalid sentence can be ded in justification, Is the writ of liberty useless’ Itsurely is not, The law is settled by authority that the writ of haveas corpus will ree lease the person falsely imprisoned, although hig action lor damages May be deieated on the ground at the custodian 1s protected by the apparens Tegularity of the process on 1s face. (Hurd om babeas corpus, pages 243 and 544.) BREAKING THROUGH THE WALLS, So also the prisover imay break through bit prison walis and escape and no invalid sentence | can be interposed between bim and his itberty, And now If he can law/ully escape by lorce aud speed of foot, cun he not, I ask, ivoke for his de liverance the peaceful remedy of babeas corpus? A crimmal court of Oyer aad Terminer w said to be the court of general jurisatctto: but courts of general as weil a8 courts may exceed their powers We way examine the cases, and they are many, on this subject, and will tind the difference to b¢ —-When the inquiry relates to the acts of the Court of general jurisdiction the presump4tior cts are witoin it, If the tepunal i al or limited no such presumption arises; but no Court exists whose jurisdiction 18 con. ively presumed. But ‘by @ faise and exceedlugiy attenuated criticism on — out written statutes, regulating proceeding under this writ, it stands deprived of the power and efficacy imputed to it for sd many ages. We say the statutes bear no such im terpretation, put if they do, then we say eithet that no judicial act can be a constitutional aci whea a judgment rendered without Jurisaiction shall interfere when the right to liberty is thes asserted, for the constitution says, repeat, “No person sbail be deprived of life, berty or property without due process of faw,’? and the ‘side of this-is the turther provision t he writ of habeas corpus shall not be suse pended.” ‘The old Englisu writ and the old Eng lish remedy are thus imoedded tn the constitution, No act of legisiation can impair the writor onteee ble the remedy. Juoginens witrout jurisdiction 1s not “due process of law.” But if the remedy be destroyea, what becomes of the writ? Here the Court adjourned. REDUCTION OF PA! SENGER RATES. CHICAGO, March 24, 1875, Passenger rates from Buffalo to Chicago nava Deen reduced from $14 to $9. » “MORGUE NO. 2.” A NOTORIOUS RESORT OF THIEVES BROKEN UP BY THE POLICE, Last night Captain McDonnell, of the Eights precinct, accompanied by Sergeant Robb of hig ; command and a section of policemen, made & de« scent upon the notorious den known as “Morgue No. 2,7 at No, 122 Bleecker strect, and arrested nine persons, six of whom are males and three females, ail alleged to be thieves. For some time past this place has been a nuisance to the people living in the victnity, as it was frequented by criminals of ail grades. A short time ago tne off cers of the Secret Service Bureau learued that it was the Irequent resort of a gavg of counterieite ers, and in the netghboruood they succeeded in arresting some of them, and also in breaking up the gang to which they were attached, The place has likewise gained fame ior Inystertous dis: pearances, and rumor has tt that a murder taken pluce init. No later than yesterday a Mgnt occuried Ubere, and the resuit was thar one of the participants bad one of lis ears bitten off, When Captain McDonnell presented nimself at the bay and declared the piice “pulled,” the excliement became grea’, but on tue entrance of the ofiicers 1 the prisoners were ect station nouse, as Frauk King, Tenry Watson, Allred Bilings, Minnie Enwig, Nellie MeCluskey, Josephine Alian and Michael Tobin, the bate keeper. The proprietor, Who was not ia atthe ume of the arrests, supposed to be Thomas Ryan, also keeps the notorious distillery in Mott street, Known as the “Morgue No. 1,” deriving ite name irom the number of persons that nave died suddenly in it from the eifects of liquor. TWO DISORDERLY HOUSES CLOSED, Two disorderly houses in Wooster street, which have become @ pest to tie neignboring dwellings, were closed by the police, and a large nume ber of'iemales were arrested, ‘The houses thas were closea by the pouce in Wooster street are Nos, 151 and 1 e prisoners Will be arraigned before a police magistrate at the Jefferson Marke’ Police Court this morning. LYCEUM TH As the engagement of this very distinguished tragedienne draws to acloso the averest of the public seems to increase. After the periormance of “varie Antoinette” last evening, which play will also be given at the Saturday matinée, there ree mains but one more night (Good Friday) to wite quietly taken to the Prince Where they gave their nam Jono Hienry, ness Une Queen of the Stace. On this farewell occasion, Which Will be devoted to the beuellt of the italian Sehool Building fund, Mme. 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