The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1875, Page 8

g ALABAMA. REPUBLICAN ELECTION FRAUDS. Sham Elections and Train- ing Repeaters. ——--——— Totimidation of Whites and Goverment | Bacon for the Negroes. | oo REMARKABLE TESTIMON ¥: | i SELMA, May 13, 1875. | The Alabama Registration and Filection laws, | Wade ih 1656-0, and unchanged until last winter, Yormed one of the most perfect machines for iraud thartbave cver heard of it is amazing to ine ‘that the decen! people of the State, of poth parties, ic not cnanimousiy and loudly protest against them long age. | HOW TREY REGISTERED VOTERS, | A complete registration of the State was made i 1868-0, The lists then made were, by law, Placed in charge of the Probate Judges in the counties, and these were obifged thenceforth to place every one’s kame op the registry who | Bpplied for the purpose and took oath that he was a citizen of the State and county and had the requisite qualifestions; ana euch application might be made at any time. No provision was made for any revision of these Yegieiration lists, to strike off the names of voters who haa died or removed; new ames were added trom year to year, or rather from day to day; it was possible even for a man to register under severa) diferent ames, Moreover, lest any voter should neglect | Tegistration, 1t was provided that an inspector of election must register him, if reqitirea, on the | Day of election, and the wames so registered were afterwards sent to the Probate Jndge, It is easy enough to see that registration lists so prepared and never revised were Mere instruments to con- ceal fraud, HOW THRY HELD AN ELECSION, That ta to say they would have deen the cloak for frauds ateloction, tit were not shat these reg- | istration lista were never used, For fear that — they might, ander some conceivable ctr- eumstance, be used to detect fraudulent Voting, an amendment to the Registration act, Passed by the Legislature, March 3, 1870, enacts ‘this astounding provision, “That It is the intent aud meaning of this act (namely the Registra- tion act) that no registration lists shall be nsed by | any tnspector or other officer of election on the @ay of election for the purpose of determining ‘who may or who may nos vote: ard any person attempting to interfere nm any manner with any | other person who may desire to vote shall be Meemed guiity of a misdemeanor aad punished in the same manner as now provided for in the Eiet- tion laws,” Lest you skould think, ag I confess I @id, that this was only a bad joke ors blender of the Legimiature, [show you here that it was a law actually obeyed. Tue Clerk of the Cirewit Court of Whicox county, one o: three oMcers who officially count the vote of the county aud make the certifieates of election to the Secretary of State, Was asked, a few weeks ago, “As Supervisor of Elections, wowld you count a vote that you knew ‘Was not ‘properly registered‘ and answered, “Without any further knowledge of \he law than J now bave | would.” Again, “Are the names appearing Im the poll lists daly registered accord- jog to law?’ He replied, “I do not know.” ADovber returning officer of the same county being asked how long it would take to eompare the poll Mats of the coanty with the registration liste thought it would take at least six months, “Poll lists” were lists made at the polis of the | Names of those who had vete’. Now mark! The voter in Alabama could, until the present year, ‘vote at any poll in nis coun’ As he was not re- qnired to show a registration certificate, ax it was impossible to tell whether or not he hac registerea, 86 ON act Of the Legislature expresely prohibited any one from preventing bis voting, even if he ‘Was not registered, and as he mignt vote at any one Of a score of polling places in the cousty, and evi. Gently under any name he chose to give, it quite clear that the Election Jaw was aa great a sham asthe Registration law, The whole taing ‘Was simpiy @ huge practical joke, or would have been had not the consequences been too serious, 1 can imagine Warmoth, Packard and the other louisiana Worthies gritting their teeth at the thought that they were not up to such a trick as tas. VOTE RARLY AND VOTE OFTEN. Of coarse “repeating” was carried on on a scale Whieh would make evea a New YorR political manager blush. In the Congressional dissrict + which includes Mobile amd Selma an Investigation Ras Deen golng On for some time jatq franda Which involve the seat in Congress ciaimed by FP. G. Bromberg, against a colored man, Jeremiah Haralson, Such an investigation is a formal | Affair, Due notice is given of the witnesses to be heard by each elde, each candidate is repre- + cented by counsel, and the witnesses are subjected to a severe crosé-eXamination. Maralson had for his counsel the republican candidate for Attoruey Generai of the State, an abie lawyer. The testi- Mony will be laid pefore Congress. Now, then, #iNee the recent democratic success in this State Snamber o! the republican leaders and managers have quarrelied among themseives, and some oy; west Rave, $9 $9 speak, (yrned States’ evidence. SHAM RLECT ONS—DNILLING REPEATERS, ATaong others, one Sy 4 politteal manager In Mobile, was brought up, snd, wader oath, testi. | fled that he was chairmon of the Repubitean Umon Cimb In Mobile; (be clu» met aimost every night for some time before the election; it had about 200 members, ‘Jia object,” he testified, “wag to increase the republican yote of the county— first, by foting themscives; second, byJnducin« — their friends to vote; third, by vo' te ee their 4 sent friends, those Wh" Lee aend, and others who Reve, nad aty @xistenee,” The club ras divided into squads of ten men, for each of which a trusty leader was sélected., They were regulerly in- structed how to evade the Election laws: “ex. planations were given bow persons Who repea' qould escape the consequences.” Finally, sham elections were actually held m the cinb room, “in | which,” said this witness, who was confirmed, by the way, by ovber Witnesses, “members were dried ia the actual business of election day; eome were Judgea of elections, some inspectors, others deputy sheriffs and deputy marshals. The Members were divided into the crowds represent. ing republicaus and democrats. Some were quict eitizens, standing around tue polis; others were holy and disorderly, and were arrested; otnera, yet, were quietly putting in their work, They would come up, vote, pars away, retire, change thetr clothes, return and vote again.’ Observe, fii this Was not real; it Wasa sham election—a ‘taining school for repeating, and lam quoting sworn testimony, all the essential points of which fect on the Indeptudcat evidence of several per: eons. - | | A ECHOOL OF FRAUDS | ‘Tf aman was challenged and objected to and | Was fearial of arrest he wowid retire withont voting and forthwith assume some other and better disguise. Each crowd was shown how they might deceive the members of the other by | Sretending that they were voting tickets when 1a | yy they were not, For jmstance, repuviicans receive thelr tickets from those represent- ing democrats, and while pretending to deposit ench ticket? in the Daliot bom really deposited them ja their pocket*, or in the tining of their ‘pata, dudeuitnting thétefor republican tickets. They were taught that those who go quietly about om election day are very jitile Boticed ; and that wale one party wae certain that suck were votng for them and the other more certain that the sa ee for them they need fear Bo interrup- tion, This fact had been thoroughly proves by the personal experience of many there preeens St Wat sham electom A majority of Abe, SDE Is } been fed, should proceed, on previously desiguated i | change their personal appearance by various | each squad from poil to pol Was designated before + had | Overfow of the Alabama River, NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, I875~TRiFL& SHEET, Tad been admitted on accounr or wer well known repubicaniem—pby their zeal displayed ft previous wel! fought campaigns, and their enthusiasm and determination that the repuvli- can party should triamph in the eleotions of 1874, FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION LISTS, In addition to these sham elections, arrange- | ments were made for preparing lists of registered | names for use on the election day. the majority of | these names, though properly registered, were only | creatious Of the fancy. The persone for whom these names appeared on the registration ists Bever had existence, Some tnree tnousand Dames Were thus prepared, 1t was proposed that he squads before mentioned, uuder the control of | corapétent and energetic idaders, should assem- | ble on the election morning early, and, having 8, from poll to poll, voting as often ag possi- ie. They were instructed to avold detection and ' ‘prreat bY varlotis means:—Kirst, to Vole names “that were properly registered; second, to route disguises, and as there was but little danger of | thelr arrest by republicans, that, if {t should ap- pear expedient, they should deceive the demo- cratic Managers at (tne polis into belleving that is Bacon was confided, caused the negroes who applied for 1s to make affidavit that they had been overfiowed, and for witseseitig these papers he charged each twenty-five cents. He gave to cach man abdous two pounds of bacon, and he coula have bonght nearly three pounds for a quarter of adollar. He really “made a good thing” out of the negroes, and could Save afforded to go mio the bacon business on Ils Owm account. INTIMIDATION BY NEGRO LEADERS, Datias is one of the heaviest negro counties in the State. It has suffered’ from the contro! of low white and black demagogtes; and in thts county vhere Is the most positive and abundant testi- pony, of intimidation of black voters by the ‘coldred repabitcan leaders, both before and on clection day. At one precinet, Orviiie, Alaralson, the republican candidate for Congress, a colored man, said, iff a speech, that any negro who Voted the democratic ticket ought to be swung (vom the limb of a tree, and called on the men and women present to hold up their bands in approval of this sentiment. He then appealed to the women in the audience, demanding if any ofthem would live with a husband or have a sweetheart who would vote with the democrats. Forze, a colored man of remarkable ability, wao they were voling the straight democratic ticket, | while in fact they were industriously engaged in | voting the straight republican ucket. ‘These m- | Stractions were given In such a way that no mem- ber could fuithiully gay that he was advised, com- manded or instracted directly to vote more than once, Nevertheless, the leaders of the squad and | men in whom confidence Was reposed understood | the Whole matter, FOUR VOTES TO BACH VOTER. “Tt was farther suggested thar tt might ne exped- Jeut lor some members to carry democratic ickets in thelr hands, and tous appear to be voung such | tickets while thelr pockets were staffed with an | ample supply of republican uckets, which they | were rapidly depositing In the ballot boxes, Also the leaders were privately Instracted to keep a | carefui record of the number of republican tickets | deposited by these squaas, so a8 to get an ap- preximate estimate of the vote, On the night before election, at the clay room, after the mem- | bers had gone and when only the leaders of the squads remained, 2,000 republican tickets were laid owt and folded, Persons were appointed to distrivute tiekets, = &lso | food, and seme to keep account of the reports | made by squads, AS far as posible the route of | and, so that there might be no confusion and no assembly Of several squads around one poli on | election day. Instructions were aiso given by | which reports were exchanged from time to time | ofthe progress of the work, $0 that the precise jo- | cality of each squad at any time andaiso the num- ber of votes up to that time deposited by each | squaG migtt? be known. * * * No regular ac- count of the number of voves polled was Kept after one o’ciock om election aay, The aggre- gate returos, afer making all aillow- ances, was over 1,000 votes east, About 200 Members went out on this work on election mornirg. * * [saw all the squads at work on election day—some voting; others were wait- Hi ing for thelr tura to vote; others passing Tapidiy | from one poll to another. They reported up to | one o'clock that the work was going on with vigor. Afcer that time, as we found we were | beaten, no farther accounts were kept.’? Sqotres’ testimony was fully corroborated by a number of witnesses, members of his club. One testified thatif the plan had been cacried out fatty 200 men could have east 1,59¢ votes. Another, after speaking of the “drill? and sham election, sald aaé he thought the club polied about 1,000 votes, and that they did this “for the promotion of the interests of the republican party by voting early | and often.” Another testified that they “were | drilled to repeat, then change hats and go back am, bat be smart enough not to be caaght.? Anotuer testified Unat 2,000 Bames were written tor dhe use of the repeating squad, ten names on a slip, and $0 on. FEDERAL BACON AND REPUBLICAN VOTES. This was one Of the districts in which bacon | Was distributed by order of Congress and at the expense of tne federal goverament, ostensibly for | the benefit of suderers by the overflow of tne Alabama River im 1874. This bacon was made a means of securing republican votes; the negroes | were told, im some instan ihat it was sent | them <irect from General Grant, and It was re- | ported and understood that she receiver of gov- | ernment bacon must vote the republican tieket, | ubder penalty of losing all his “rights in jaw.” | 4. 8. Pervim 16 @ republican politiclan, In tae canvas of 1si4 Ne was republican candidate for | tne Legisiature, Depnty Uolsed States Marshal, | Chatrman of the Republican County Committee, | United States Supervisor of Election, and be- | sides this had charge of the distribution of bacon | appropriaied by Congress for sufferers by the | He w the same | person who recentty confetsed be’ore the Spencer | Investigal.on Committee taat m the canvases of 1872, being then Deputy United States Marshal, | be shot 4 hole through bis own bat, and there- wpon immedialely called for iederd! trgopy to pro- i an yoters seaings Ku Kinx, ’ MIDATION BY UNDTRD STATES MARSMALS, | Perrin was made Deputy United States Marshal again on the ith of October, 1974, at tne request | Of the Chairman of the Republican Stote Executive | Committee, and on the 27ta of Uetover he called | for United States troops, The use he made of | them sppeara in bis testimony thus:—Tare osten- sible object was to enforce write of the United States Courts, but, says Perrin, “said write had no existence.” He adds, under oath :—“The real object of these troops was to quarter them im the | moat central portion of the district and Imtimidate | democratic vorers by causing reports to be cir- culated that the deponent bad warrants for tne arrest of a large nomber oF whites for alleged | viola‘ loffof the Eniorcemert acts aad National Blection law} aiso for persond Wo ad faijed t4 | pay colorei men their full wages Many persons who had taken an active part im we Democratic Nominatin contention, and some WhO r nad personal diffeuttion witty nored mép, were led to believe the report was | correct, and rather than bé arrested and arraigned | before a United Staves Commissioner's Court, with | unscrupulous witnesses vo testify against them, | and in order to avoid the expense and trouble or | a trial, preparea to leave and did leave the county. This actiomfneited and encouraged tue | more partisan and tarbalent negroes to unite the | colore 1 crowd against the Whites aud ¢nabicd me to vote them as I chose.’ FEDERAL BACON. As to the use made of government bacon Perrin testided:—"I issued the bacon for Monroe | couuty. Previous to doing #0 @ report | was cireaiated among the megrocs that | in oycer fog thent, to oltain, bacou | they would have to vote the straight republican ticket, and if thoy received bacon and afterwards reiused or neglected to vote said repabitcan | ticket tney would forfeit their rights inlaw, As 1} was a candidate for the Legistatare apon sala | ticket I did mot consider {t necessary to correct | (his report. Other witgeuses swore that Perrin was tho author of the report.) it wea exten- sively circulated through Monroe, Conecuh, Clarke and Wilcox counties that ® barbecue | woul’ be held at Moproeville on election dey ana | that all negroes Who would stiend and vote the | | they would rents and himself manages 1,400 acres of land, teatified that the negroes were put under a general apprehension that if-the demoorats succeeded lose their right to vote; and tne more ignorant, he says, believed that they woud bo re-enslaved. At Bellevue pre- cinet @ republican candidate openly threatened all blacké who should attempt to vote the demo- cratic ticket, and a number of colored men tewti- fied that those Who were suspected of such an in- tention were driven away from the poll, At War- renton precinet a colored man who had been de- tected voting a democratic ticket was seized by a negro mob, wno dragged him of, and from whom he escaped only by the intervention of white men, “who concealed him, and later set him on a horse, on which he escaped. At Pleasant Hull just before the election Walker, candidate for Clerk of the Cireuft Court, violently denounced all negroes who should vote with the democrats, and de- elared they should be killed, At Portiand a large number of colored men complained after the election that they were In- dividuaily threatened if they should vote with the democrats, and Cyrus B. Warner, o colored justice of the peace, elected by the demo- crats, testified that the fact that he had been mobbed and nearly killed, in 1872, by megroes, for supporting the democratic ticket was re- membered, and prevented, to bis knowledge, @ number of colorea men from voting with the democrats, 1 could go on at great length with such and even more forcible evidence, but this is moagh. In this county Haralson, the republican candidate for Congress had, in writing, postrvely charged Intimidation by tke democrats, but the testimony of republican violence and mtimida- tion was'so overwhelming, that before the Com- mission he confined himself to efforts to prove that there was no intimidation on eitner side, but a fair and peaceabie election, Nor @id the candidates confine themselves to verbal totimidauion. Une circulased an “order’’ to the colored people to vote for him, signed “UT, rant, President.’ Auother, J, 8, Diggs, now and at that time Comnty Solicitor, and now ar- reated under ¢riminal indictment by the Grand | Jary for embezzlement and bribery, circulated through te county a printed werning against | his opposent:— REPUBLICANS, BEWAHE, Any one found wito tickets witn tae BOLTER SILSBY'S NAME on it will be prosecuted aud sent fo the Peniten- tary. J, & DIGGS, Solicitor, Datiaa county. The Solicitor is the prosecuting attorney, who represents to the colored man the majesty and | terror of the law; and this threat was so eflective tat. Silsby recetVed but 155 votes in the county. I reserve for another letter some further ac- count of Alabama politica. CHARLES NORDHOF?, OCEAN TELLGRAPH. SUCCESS OF THE UNITED STATES OCKAN CaBLE ASSOCIATION. The direct cable between America and Ireland, independent of tmat aiready in existence, aud whieb 1s a new American enterprise, yesterday THE BLACK HILLS. The Surveying and Geological Ex- pedition on Its Way. DETAILS OF THE MARCH, Peculiarities of the Country Travelled Over. A GALLOP THROUGH A MOUNTALN PASS, Camp No, 3, BLACK HILLS EXPEDirion, Ow Rawsiwk CreeKk, Wyoming, May 26, 1s At six o'clock on the.morning of the 2th tne fovernment surveying and geoiogical expedition for the Black Hills of Dakota started forth from camp, on the east hank of the North Platte River, opposite Fort Laramie, where the body had been collected the day before to be In readiness for the march. Lieutenant Colonel R. J. Dodge, of the Twenty-third infantry, assumed command on the 24th of the military escort, and, of course, is the virtaal leader of the expedition, It seems, al- though Mr. Jenney and his assistants are thorough sclentists, as tf they would be overshadowed in popular estimation by the miners who have been selected to go with the expedition. Their practi. cal experience will have mere force upon the Ininds of the people most interested in the qnes- tion of mineral wealth ig the Sieux country than that of A whole college of professional scholars, The old habitus of gold and sliver mines whom one meets in this part of the world laugh at the idea of the assumed ability of @ geologist to | determine whether a deposit of precious metal will yield sufficient profit to be of great vaiue when tested, But, although this is the tenor of opinion among the rough frontieramen who some- times are met at settlements and ranches by the traveller, educated and intelligent persons, of course, approve of a’ scientific investigation ef a question of so much importance, What we have a'ready named the ‘‘Scientide Corps” of the marching column, and especialiy Dr. T. V. MeGillycuddy, the chief topograpser, began TAKING OBSERVATIONS of the country, its products, flowers, animals, formation, elevations, &¢, from the moment Cheyenne was left benind, and the result stouid besa very good and reliable map of the road which we are making to the Biack Hills. Dr. MeGillyenday 18 of an indusirious dispo tion, bright and enterprising, ® good |; rider, and may be seem during each day galloping alony the column as it 18 Moving, and from adjacent ridges and rocks noting pecuilar feavures with @ prismatic com- pass, Captain Tuttle, official astronomer of the expedition, isa well known scientist and the dis- coverer of @ number of stars and a lesser comet. He is assisted in his observations by Dr. McGilly- cuddy, and has utilized the clear mghts from the bilitops with telescope and barometer. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COUNTRY. The country which we bave traversed in coming to this camp is of an interesting character, marked by traces of a diferent formation which | existed ages ago, probably prior to a period when this partof the earth's surface, even at a hieher elevation than most of Wyoming Territory now, was covered by a great sea of fresh water. Cone- Mke hills aud knolis, with fac summils, meet the view, showing fragments of the former | surface of the viain before the intervening hol- lows and guickes were wrought out wy the action of the water, Ihe rock I8 of a croamy color ana compoved of sand and time. The ridges, which bound the vision in many directions, are some- | times thinly covered by stunted cedars, and some- times very bare and brown. But the rocky butts which come up ever the horizon, such as Laramio | Peak and the Rawhide Peak, appear majestic and beautiful in the distance, invested with a hazy hue of biae or purpie, according to tho species of rock of which they are composed, On Tuesday the expedition proceeded about was In active working order and transmitted tele- | eighteen miles, from the North Platte River to (grams to and from the old country in regard to the business of the company and the workings thereof, but no public business, however, has beep done. . The foiowing letter bears upon the matter:~— To rar Eprrok oF THE HERAL Your reference to the new the project as altogether Hngilsh, whevens it is the reaait of American enterprise, I desire my- self no credit, however, for the direct means (ov thas securing t cable be- i inde) tween America and Ireland, That credit belongs | altogether to tne American Atlantic Cabie Tele- a Company of New York—Eaward H for- ter Pres jent; A. I. Wilmarth, present Prdsident, and to Colonel Arthur M, East New Hamp. | shire, who individually vegotiated for the cable in Engiand, whit for conneet 45 an associate, negotiated 8 from the Contin ude: mbstantial operation irom the gov were e chad ag a to secure the c p- proachibg $7,000,000, currency, Was turnisned 0; 2 syndicate of lisb, belgian, Holland and Gersag | ral interests. Mesera. Siemius Brothétsy of Loiidon, the covstruc- tors of the cable and owners of tie Faraday subacribing largely. The public will ba pleased fo learn that my Continentai negutiatio romise two Oosan cables from the Continent of Rnrope, one to New Hampshire and one to New York atrect, to connect with a proposed cable from California (o Asia, all of which cables are to prove a substantial opposition to the Auglo Cable Company of Bagiaad aud the Western Union qe, graph Co nes or gt ie Cee 4 monopoly has been practical 8) “Direct Caived States taule? é as? e938 the tariff ocean rates bave been reduced oue-half, and on the cofapletion of tke caies from tue Con- tinent will be reduced to one-quarter, 1 not lower, while Franee, Germany, Holland, Spain and other nations, With America, Will enjoy @ cabie telegraph communication with the world independent of é com : W. CORNELL sSEWETT, vaone Tasted States Yoeun Cabie A<soctation $I. BARNABAS’ DAY, ERENCISES AT TROSITY CHURCH AND ST. Bane rasan’ ‘The semi-annual reunion of the Trinity Sunday school chiudten took place yestertay afternoon, about 360 scholars participating. The day is a red jeter one on the church calendar, belpg the feast of St. Barnabas. Twenty years ago St, Bar- yas’ Day was decided upon by the vestrymen of Trinity cho as the occasion of celebrating the semi-annual rewnion of the Sunday schools, At three o'clock yesterday, the time avpointea for the eervices im the chureh, the children entered the church with theif banner#, secompanied by the teachers, As the head of the procession passed into the church the organ sounded, and to its ae cowpauiment the young processionists sung Brichtly gieame our banner, Poiating to the sky, de. Aiter the childrem Were seated tn tre middie aisle another hYMM was sudg and a lesson read from the Bioie. Another bymu was chanted, and the children baving resumed their sea'« Rev, Mor- gan Dix came forward to the steps of the chancel gud delivered wnat might be called an address. He told the children how bappy tue other ciergy- men and himeelf were at seeing s» large a gather- te Curistmas gathering, for om that day they Came to get their Christmas presents; pow there wa reward and iniocement heid vut, and suil they came, The address continued in a pleasant, eimple vein aie concluded with the expression of hope % Christmas ail Would agam a republican ticket would receive bacun enough to bw ne ol enuren, As Dr. Dix Was about last whem @ year. This induced many to | ff rotise Dr oglishy cailed hint wside and \otd come {rom ad, ing counties to Monroeville | gomething regarding the a pe | ple x! ja tO conveyed to the chil- and vote on said day, The barbecua was | Putseltm the avaurance that they would have & pela and largely attended. I could not prevent | icgic tuts sum the liad im former these lilegail votes had I been diapoa A! strangers were challenged, and, haying taken the oath, were permitted to vote, THIS WAS THE LAW OF Tilt StATR. At least $0 Megai yotew Were care there for the republican ticket.” The federal soldiers were on election day “stationed @irectiy at the polls under arms,” Perrin tostilios positively that of the goo legitimate vores cast a8 Monrueville for the republican site, #00 would have voted the democratic ticket bot for tWesé trick# and prot- ) | \ persons iss#, “as the colored people were getting slong #0 | gx p, yeurs. nded the celenration, and the cwild hed out of the cuurca im the order ia Which they had enrered, AT 87. BARNABAS’ HORE. ‘The ‘aniversary exercmes of St. Barnavas’ House, No. 206 Mulberry street, were held yex- terday atterooon. The | tastelully decorated, | moraing commenion ol nd inthe chapes in the wae held, At four ser was he | P Moa er meetin tl, afler whieh th | Faperintenvent rewd the annual ‘The ite Messrs. Woodrad, nlipad suort addresses on the needs o! {ng room, Xe. 4 festival of the Sunday school teok piace at wi | well with the whites!” im their business aud plaut- ing relations. | Jn Dallas county, where bacon was also distrib- | Wied sutoveuious republivan BuMWelin bo Whom Me 8 AS y attended, The asnal nual excursion of the sexiaol wi) ia ec ¢ latter part of Jnly, those iifend to give donations ro the affair are req nested toeom- Taunicate forrhwith ty wag Rey, 3 Fy Moiges, No, Wa Mulversy Frey It was more grati(ying and as-uring than | rooms of the House were | | | | | Rawhide Creek, following the trat! which leads to the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies, The bardens imposed upom the wagonteams are al- ways heaviest on the firet day of a march, because the forage brought aloug for the animals is light- ened at every camping place thereafter, The sap- ply and baggage train of this expedition ts one of the heaviest ever sent out with a similar party, and jong morches Will Bot be practicavie until after several days have passed and the loads have ween considerably depleted, Oa Tuesday, THE ORDER OP MARCH ‘was broken aud irregular, )nt to-day the colama has moved With more symmetry, and, asit wound slowly over the country, presented an imposing appearance. , Cavalry form the edvance and rear guarcs, With the train are two companies of in; fantry, and @ herd of beef eattlenumbering several hundred are driven collaterally with the move- ment of the colamn and guarded by a detachment of cavalry. the periormance of its duties the expedition will enjoy the luxury of fresh beef, and it is hoped that the game in tbe Black Hills will prove sudicient to replace it when it gives ont. OLD JOSE MERRYVILLE Goigne] Dodge's guide, vid ts assisted by one or wWoscouts, To-day was tne firet day of his ser- viee, We left the road to the agencies and made & new trail over the routo of an old one wutcl 19 Now almost effuced. At the poimt where we are now cauping José displayed a singular ignorauce During © part of the time occupied tu | brook at the bese of the burre on the earvern the comtug of the White man's expedition. Tho hootprints were only a fow hours olf, Im the middie of the valley w truck again | the cid teint tra Which we traversed morn and pene Hele = with’ fleshened pepe tors oh | CAME Ot this Spot Were Dumereas, aod upon Pay Lay 5 well protected aves, We should have fot ny eurprine, conmme ri currant Duehes ip full bioom wore BOmMerou and the ep Ct briliien!, gold-b flowers was ae ‘1 At the lowor point of tho valley, being unable to the come, We again over upon our a the column jet ¢ day to enter the dry bed of ‘The body bad been for tow Tou! The Rranitic. Quartz ts enle fe ments around their bases, tt green tiuge. = Be THE SEIZURE OF THE OCTAVIA, oth / & FORMAL DEMAND FOR MER RELDACE— THE | DECISION EXPECTED TO-DAY FROM WarHTe- | TON—A GRAY-HAINUD CUBAN PROM LIMERICK. The Cubans of this city were yesterday alt on the qui vive, Dozens and doxens of these who read | | the acconnt of the seizure of the Mngtien yaent Octavia by Collector Arthur rushed over to the foot of Van Brunt street, South Brook!yn, to see the craft that was to. have brought aid and comfort to their wi ppy country’ Collector Arthur said that it was a Milsweke to suppose that the yacht had been seized, she haa simply been searched for the purpose of an- certaining whether there were any grounds for seizing her. The clearance papers bea been re. | fased to ber commander, Captein Somers, ent explicit Instructions shy | Washington, whither an oficial repert on thie | case had been depatched on the previews Guy, | ‘The Collector sald that he had a right to canse this searen and detention under the following section of the Revised statutes :— | 718 Law SPAR Sreviow 5,200—The #v shall detain any verse! maniteet! pases and about to depar the U of whieh prluctpally consists of ar | War. when the number of men shipped other circumstances reuder it probable tle is intended to be employed byt ore te CrUtee OF | commuit hostilities upon the subjects, eitize ar or property | Of any foreign prince or State. « atrtct, or people with whem the Uid pense, | untilthe decision of the President is tad thereon, oF | WMO the owner givey such Dowd ur ber erity ae iene” pO of the owners of armed vessels by the preceding | seetion, | MER RELEASE DEMANDED, General Arthur was called upon yeeterday by | Hon. Algernon L, Sullivan, who reprosented owner o! the Octavia, air, kichard B. Maimbudge. Mr. Sullivan made a formal demand jor the imme- diate issue of the clearance papers of the Octavia. General Arthur said that he could do nothing until he had received metructions from Washing. ton, but promised to telegraph al once to the cap. | ial im order to be abie to communicate his de- cision this morning. A represeutative of Mr. sul | | Ivan called subsequently upon the British Consal | General, who was net a littie indignant at what he deemed an aavpaes tention Of an English | yacht. There tsnodoubs that if General Arthor pee in. ba om dy at he Britian Con- sul will make a for ema her surrende: and immediate clearance. 9 HASTY ACTION OF THE ACrMonrrura, If seems to be the generai opinion of stipping erchants ahd Otbers interested in tue detention — Of this craft that the anthorivies have been onee mors duped by the over-eager Spanise wao | want to cara a reward from the Spanish govern- went by a show of great activ-ty and vigilance, The oMlcers who searched her adialt that BO arms | or ammunition were discovered-om board the | yaeht, and that there ia not the ee. proof! on —_ ee ooinet. Mr. Bainbridge, the ner, Pnagusaman irom Manobester, complained biiterly about this uniawmi detenucn, | | } | which ee ee ane with bis plana, cer. | sacaly aia ne .Jp0k hike ayoung Cavan chief in | ui ving, Jol! | fire, "ie eupbatitaly alstintined ait vii | ‘or Spanish diood, aud appeared to be more eager | to attack a suceulvnt piece of porterhuuse steak | Seco aetnc eee Bees | “Cublan,” bus 8 good Jorn-ond beanee: sa amar. jc | A CUBAN FROM LIMERICK. The officers who mads the se: ported that | & “gray-haired Cuban” was ia command, an as- Tiop Which has caused immense merriment ail who know that this “sray-haired Cuban’ bails direct from the romantic town of Limerick. Mr. Bainbridge postiively = that | there has not bees a Cuban on board the Octavia. | Hon, a rnon 5. Suivaa states that tae po: of ihe Collector are simply confined tospartey, | and it he determines upon her doreu:ion he must | take at once legal proceedini a tt owner of the yacht, A that the cha d | for @ professional guide and led the way, wail ob @ pleasare pay | nto the dry ved of & stream where to-day will admit heir error in | the wagons sunk ipio the sand up to. to be made {ho tools of the | the hubs of the wheels. To travel by this route q 8 O by to goveroment and release the would have led direct!y away from water, over an | (onwui will interpose om tho uly Ap ud irregular surface, _ n ye frequent and deop | meat, ana a the ~ Jasver wil demand and Anaist | arroyos, of guiches, dug out of the soft sand, and | SP: e Cubans mean are de- | around many of Which the train Would be obliged | wus pot vy poet — to make loog a ie i cane cae Lieuten- - perstettyie ant Morton, of Captat jam Hawiey’s com- pany, Tuird cavalry, your correspondent rode a MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. long distance in advance of the column int Ie ea rection selected py old José, We followeg the MARRIED. ridges and crosred several @/royos wilh great dift- | , BAckts—Tayior.—On yeangatay, June % at fenity, making frequent halts to wait for the ap- St. Barthotomew's choreh, by the dy, Cornelius | pearance of the colump, which had dropped benind out of sight, At the base of the Rawhide buttes, whither we went at length im search of water, we rested about an hour, and were reinforced by a hunter and a Miner attached to the expedition, who had strayed from the main body. In the rocky Dilis on both sides of ua—for we were ticw in the broad eBtratice of & pass between ile buttes~ihere Were undoubteay INDIANS LURKING tee eapedition from the eile vated rocky ledges, whieh serve them a @tservation points and means of conceal- ment. it waa avoot four o'clock when we egain ried, consideratiy pizaied as to the and = watcning this time Dad gone into camp. We were, moreover, not a liitic apprekensive of a descent from the Aidden savager, Who in all probability were watcn- ing our movements, and, jealous of what they would naturally regard as au éncrovenmeat o their territory, Would certainly ta any oppurtauity to gather @ few scalps from the wespas-ers, THE SENSE OF DANGER lent & charm to an experience which the scenery surroandiug us had rendered interesting, and we determined not to turn back of our trail at any hazard, We accordifigly proceeded up the pass to the vase of the fock, whieh seemed omt- honey frowning aliove ud, amt tience te ifs som- Mit, from which we cOald gage backward over w wide panorama of broken and sandy plala, cov- ered with heavy, wut dry, brown gras#, and dotted | with white epote, where tie entta was bare, No no column Was visible, Moving over evation between the mountains, the Valley on the western Fide Was tevealed and our hearts lightened, for it wae gteen and beaatiful, with etately trees scattered over the purface at JOP Later Vaid and » Bir ¢eM Ju Ihe Middle, fina Tocation of the main boay, which we supposed by | advantage of | B. Smith, Rey. Beapy BE. Backvs, of Cooperstown, i Bs fo ANNIE, only daughter oi the late Joan ES CARPRNTER—ROBINSOY, Hi Wagan, by the fev. Dre slinnegerod . Haxatl, by the Rev, lr. stim | J. CAwPENrHR, Of New Branawiek, N, B., danghter of late Edwia Robin Covover—KkAD.—Jane 10, — 18756, New y, in St. andrew's Episcopal | py Rev. Mr. Porkime, Dr. WILLIAM An- THUR CONOVER, late surgeon and medical direc.or | J. 8. ¥. A, of Newark, NS. J., to Hove®, daughter of Joseya Samuel Monnt Holly. Fannixg ton—Witerry.—At Ranbsviile, Pa, om Wednesday, June 2, by the Rev. Mr. Heilex, Dr. 1, Eeq., } W. H. Fanninoros, of New York, to Lizzie Wit | HELM. No cards, } Kive—Serr On Jane 10, 1876, by Rev. M. FP, Warner, Hesry Kine to Miss SYLVIA Sarit, No card*. Ricirahocoxe—Hoey.—on 7 June 10, at | St. Ann's cwurch, Feet Twoittt street, by hey, | Thomes he Lyuch, Henpy Hane TaCHABDSON WO | | ELLes CRCRLIA HORY, ali of thts ety. ! STEAD—DUUKPTL.—At Philadelphia, March 20, By | Ri W. C, Robingom, Wittiam D, Sreap, of | New lork, to Lizzie F. Deore, daughter vf | Washington Duckett, Philadelphia, | j DIED. ANDERSON. —Tharsday, JUD6 10, MARY ANNE AN- DERSON, neralon Saturday, at four o'clock, from St, i Jersey City | Pa church, Duncan avenue, ry | _ANDS on Jane 11, Dannie, young: eat and ouly sow ick and ML A. M, Amiter~ son. | May 24, RInCN, #ON of | Jate Captain B. H, arthor, United States A) the sub year OF His age, | Baker. —Suddenty, on Wi tf mor) oth of mion | . Hon, Sternmy inst. of heart Givease, on tne Pacilic Retirona, near Oxden, | BARDS, of Poughkeepsie, N. ¥., 1h the 66th yewr of | BATES,—At Or Jonetion, N. J., om ‘Thurs. day, Jane 16, of a of ratn, iB of Brookiga, N. Frida: of Patt fer, Montana Territory, | inet, at three o'civek I. a Thirty-seeo! og sand 3 ! ‘Ine funeral ton : On ming, Jane 10, TAR ‘BLoH, widow late Isaac B. Berrian; “HMve'relatives and friends of the ‘amity are be wo eo the be riy-second street, on Su i u o'clock P.M. Interment nL IgS, on Monday, Barsren.—Oa Thareday, June 10, By, a wife of John W. Brister, 1M the 37th year of ner The relatives and friends are respectfully ine Vited to attend the funeral on Sunday, at two’ o'clock, from No. 403 Van Buren street, Brooklyn, Beown.—On Wednesday; June 9, 1875, Joga Brown, i 66th year. . Kelatives end friends are cordially Invited to at tend his fenera!, on Sunday next, Jone 13, att PY, M., from Lis late residence, No, 86 Luquee! street, Soutn Brooklyn, L. L, without furthe not a Yreerrr.—vn Wednesday, June 9, 1875, AN Bunker, wife of Henry Burkett. tli take place from her late residenc ita street, on Sunday, the 12th inst., at! ‘clock P. M. mxes.—Members of the Independent Mowat Assoctanion ate hereby Notified to pay tm amoese rn due In consequence of the death o member John J. Carnes, to tue Secretary, within) Shirty days from tris date. June 11, 1875. THOMAS BRUCE, Secretary, o i ‘istopner BSE Crange.—In Jersey City, June 9%, Jaucs C., In) only chia of James C. and Emily Clarke, im the’ sum year of bis } and of the family are invited: attend the moerai, from tho residence of his i4, Pime elreet, Lafayette, on Sunday, Jung y (N. 4) papers pl copy. $ Cor.—At two ofeibok this ‘pornisg, Jane 1; LY Qorr, wife of Wm. A. Coit. “ Fonera) serviess oa Sunday, 13th inst., at two o'clock P. M., at O68 Atlantic avenue, Brookiyns near & etrert, ei relatives and friends are! respectully laviled to attend wituout farther’ notice. ien.—On Thursday, June 10, 1875, at nev’ emdence, 217 York street, Jersey City, Mrs.) MA@ AWkT CORMICK, Kelatives an fpende invited to attend her, it are Th funeral, at te mains Will be takem to St. Perer’s charen, thence to Bordentown, N, 4... for inter OnerToN.—Om Friday, Jano 11, Jomn CRortor, aged ss pears. fae relatives f the family are in~ ‘Vited to atteud tie fun from his jate resl- dencé, 414 Lawt Pifty-ninth street, on Sunday, lsth met., at two o'clock P. Dacrox.—Om Tuureday, Jane 10, 1875, JOsEr A, Daron, im the 24:b year of his age. Reiauves and are requested to atrond the funeral, from nis late residence, 197 Varick « tes (Saturday) moruing, at Dul-past Ming pe DecaTeR.—tn this city, on Friday, June 11th. atera ‘Riu! Lipess, ANDREW J4CBSON year of bis age. vet and irends of the famity are re- *peetfully invited to*atteng the funeral, at his ae reatence, No, 187 West Porty-fourth street, on Suaday, at two P, M, Prowr.—a Tanned 10, James BL Poy younger: gon of W and Heurietia B, Prost, Funera’ trom residence of bia grandmother, Mrs. UA. Datiey, No LOT venty-minth etrett, on Saturday, 1 inst, at two o'clock P, A = oud iriends are respectfully anvited ty ation Grxmon.—On Friday, June 1, Evrme Loz, tore Sam@ue. aad Bk b uiberwon, ‘etal on Sunday, June 12, at four o'ctoer, Stree, Brook ber late rewdence, 285 Ademt . on Thursday evening, AxNa, wile Oo! Edward K. Chilespie. irieuds, #ia0 members of Kuleke an lay. June No. 2, 1,0, 0. F ho her Gusmawrs—On Friday, Jane Il, Many, wife ee lave William Gumareia, in the ia year Of ‘avivOs amd friends are respectially invited ta attend the feveral, O@ Sund.y, (3th last, at tw o'clock, irom her late we, 29% itovert —On Therefay, Jase 10, Freninaxe Inasec ead Blea , io the tl of Bio age, Funeral Sunday, June 15, at hail from the residence of bis pare) past Dim & ©, 109 Kai ete street. are Fequestes to attend (ae (une ‘eral ud, son of Mr, isaac Haber, on bun morn- 3 past Dine O'clock, from his .ate Feel- 0, No. 16) Bast eventioth street, M. SUTRAS BU Kh, President, KAMMERER. —After tong #udering, ya hou is D., 58 years oi, fo sake place o8 Saturday, June 18, 06 one o'clock P. M., Trom the Festaouse of We ee Coared, 107 Bast Twenty-third «trent, On Thateda: ue 10, after a whore iil> AY, Youngest daughter of Jarvia and Kate Kaapp, aged ¢ years, § moaths anc Telatives and friends of the famély are in- Vited to attend the funeral, at the resiteace of the parents, No, 28 erry strec:, ou Sunday afterneon, at une o'clock. Laxe—Om Jane 1 Lash, only sons of od 4 years amd Thomae? years war § monthe. takes pete wom the Fr f 23 Scanimel street, this Lawnexce—At ner residence ureday evening, ids of Joseph La day. So. 150 Mado 16, Rogers ia the friends Of the family are wreh, Stu romat s ae | = riz: € Oi , jouday, 1 atten a, M. res3t sls id Linviey.—At Egg street, Jersey city, Jone 11, 3 antes LOUIS LINDLEY, aged 2 years and onths, pees will be given Kony my pers. ACDONALD, . dame 10, A) Wile of Peter Macdometl, in the Dat year of. age. iitne funoras yal tere place from her late nee, No Bast Twenty-@ith street by eal ’ rook aa aw + Oe e AR a at rome Suit, tn the is “ee a pastivent aL) parien Ana county of Honshan, ireland, a The relatives and iriends of the family: ako those of her son, Berwarc Markey, Ww ationd the funeral, vited to atven 4 se rete one o' ue to erat eel, oe ARTIN. —t jorning, met. of pacnwonte, Exvina Wanvante, only ‘Sagned oF ry P. aud M, Aptoinetic 4 ™* rel an! friends of the are re fy ly Invited to attend the fanerai irom vse a ‘ratty. pa re ‘On the 10th inst., Antnen, ¥ end Auuic MeCourt, aged 1 year, 16 days, on © thm day at one f. M., sharp, pares 5 adios street. Relatives Paar June 10, 1875, Ax” Mellvem, aged feiatives and friends, also her son-tn-inw, Mr, John Conway, are reapectiully Invitet te attend her tune from ner late residence, 222 Wert street, at one o'clock. MeMsvON.—On Toureday, June 10, Wiittam, com of Andrew and Jane McMahon, aged © yerrs Relatives and friends of the family are respect- Tally invited 19 attend the fuaeral, on tae Saturday), at two P, M., irom the residence 1 South Stree Srv y daughter of ROES, On! Us bO} 200 lust, a8 tga O'clock. Ja Friday, dune 1, 1875, It dons, intant son of Hearman aad Johann haber, aged | month and ¢ days, Relatives aud frie also the members of Wer- odge, NO, 6, A. M., are mvited » the ral, ow Sunday, the ete » et theif revidence, 6 Minto street, Brookiya, F. 1, Rows,-00 Friday morbiog, same 1), Rows, in the 29th year Puaeral trom J. Brown, N der 1 At roo 14, at ome o'clock P.M. Tespectiully invited to SAveR.—At 266 Kast THirtiers Mra, WILLIAM SAGe® (teaiden Bem O'Donowue), of Killersey, ireland, year of ber age. relatives and fri vt { Past one o'es SARADY.- une 10, JOnM Sime! Hy take piace on Sup Years and 13 day His funeral wi dence, 38 montas, and friends Are reaper! wliy meee trend p. 3 gg” apg ghey ithe ewe, vd College avenue, Mott ttaven, ¥ awe + Vaegune, aged from his tate revi rect, on Sundar, ‘ends s1@ at eleven ‘1é6th street an VALANTINE.—Om June 11, of e bled of Themes nail take I Ld ace Tory 4 Jog) Bast Suicty Sine ta oreloe eee ity requested ft wedneaaay evening m inst, Jn ie 40th yes rd ‘Phe rela’ to attend bis sun Westchester, om Jonx WiLamnwun,' | H. Barns, formeri Relatives and nds are invited te attend the residence, Buiuigit ) tomaral services, equa pis jase two o’clock P.M. from Bronrdalo, ony