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NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1876.-WITH SUPPLEMENT, INTERNATIONAL SPORTS: a The Oxford Boat Club Cannot Accept the University Challenge. WHAT MAY BE DONE. Danger of the English Rifle Association Withdrawing Their Team. (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE, ] * Oxvorp, England, Feb. 2, 1876. The captains of the Oxford University boat clubs met ‘this morning. ¢ THE AMERICAN ROWING INVITATION DECLINED. After discussion it was, regretful'y, decided that the Honley annual amateur regatta, being a fixture in June, would leave no time to prepare for the intercol- degiate meeting in America, ‘THANKS FOR THE HONOR, The captains expressed their great appreciation of ‘the honor done to Oxford, and their regret at their in- ability to respond is the deeper because the coming bere of an American crew tn 1869 binds them to return the courtesy at some time. WILL DO ITS BEST. Oxford will do its best to send representatives in response to the Philadelphia challenge, in which case it ‘hopes to meet the Intercollegiate Association men. PRESIDENT STAYNER’S OPINION, Mr, Stayner, President of the Oxford University ‘crew, says he cannot yet promise positively, especially as there are evidences of a decreasing interest in boat- ing matters in Oxford and a difficulty to keep the best men together. MAY MEET NEXT YEAR, Lively hopes are indulged in that a transatlantic meeting may be effected next year. DISAPPOINTED. }tayner, Edwardes and Moss are, ‘of the members, ‘the most disappointed at the present determination. CAMBRIDGE DOUBTFUL OF A PARTICIPATION IN THE RACE AT PHILADELPHIA. Loxpon, Feb. 2, 1876, Cambridge has not finally decided whether it will participate in the international boat race at Philadel- phia the coming summer, but the President has ex- pressed his belief that the match could not come off. The matter will probably be detinitely decided to- morrow. © ‘THE ANGLO-A! vA RIFLE CONTEST—BRITISH RIFLEMEN | THE SOLE HONOR OF THE HAZARD IN AMERICA, Lonpon, Feb. 2, 1876, ‘The Liverpool Post’s London letter says the detatls of the proposed international rifle contest are not capable of so easy an arrangement as was at first sup- “posed, ‘THE GRAND POINT oF DIFFICULTY. There was an implied understinding when the National Association accepted the American challenge that the team selected would be the only one from ‘Great Britain. The attempt of the Americans to in- dace teams from Sco-land and Ireland to go out will lead to a reopening of the whole question, if not the ‘withdrawal of the Rifle Association from the field alto- gether, HELD POR RECONSIDERATION. A meeting will be held shortly to reconsider the ‘matter, and unless the team is strong enough to satisfy Sir Henry Halford it can be relied on that the associa- tion will certainly not send any representatives, ENGLAND. THE FISHERIES QUESTION A CAUSE OF IRRITA- TION TO FRANCE—HONOR TO PALMERSTON’S MEMORY—INDIAN LITERATURE IN OXFORD. Loxpon, Feb. 2, 1876. The Manchester Guardian’s Lonaon letter says that ‘Sir John Glover has returned from Paris. His proposi- tion to buy the French4ishery rights in Newfoundiand was declined. He stated that the French authorities show considerable resentment at the discussion of the @ubject by the English press, . PALMERSTON’S STATUE. ‘The statue of Lord Palmerston, in Palace Yard, noar she Parliament House, Westminster, was unveiled to- ‘tay. There was no ceremony. MAX MULLER AND OxPORD, The Oxford University authorities have resolved not ‘o accept Max Muller’s resignation, but to appoint a fleputy and divide the salary equally between him and ‘Max Maller, who will be allowed upinterruptedly to prosecute his stadies of Indian literature. a NEW FOR NORTH SHROPSHIRE. Loxvox, Fob. 8, 1876 Mr. Stanley Leighton bas been returned to Parlia- ment from North Shropshire, in place of Mr. Ormsby Sore, who was created a peer. GERMANY. ‘PENAL ACTION AGAINST CARDINAL LEDOCH- OWSKI—THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATE AND THR CATHOLICS CONTINUED. Brnirs, Feb. 2, 1876. The Posen Courier says that Cardinal Ledochowski varill be interned at the fortress of Torgau, because he eefuses to obey the government’s order prohibiting him from residing in his diocese, LTRAMONTANIST OPPOSITION TO THE CHURCH AND STATE NEGOTIATIONS. Lonvon, Feb. 2, 1876. The Morning Post's Berlin special says that the Megotiations for a compromise between Church and State have come to a complete standstill. The ultra- montanes are again disposed to show their old bitter. . ness tn their opposition to the present government, Herr Reichensperger’s pamphlet, which was belteved to be conciliatory, the Post is informed, will urge the - Church to insist, as a condition of compromise, upon the deposition of Dr. Falk, the Prussian Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Instruction. A GERMAN SCHOONER SAVED BY UNITED STATES SAILORS. Sovraamurtox, Feb, 2, 1876, The Brazi! mai! steamer Minho, which arrived here to-day from Rio Janeiro and Lisbon, brought five of the crew of the American man-of-war Juniata, from St Vineent, whither they had brought the schooner Ad- vance, of Hamburg, which the Juniata bad encountered off Madeira, with the captain and crew all sick. PRINCE HOHENLOHE AT AUDIENCE WITH AN- ‘ TONELLI. ~ Lospos, Feb, 8, 1876. The Standard’s special despateh from Berlin says Hohentobe has had a conference with ‘Antonelli, and it ts stated that he bas requested an audience with the Pope. CHANCELLOR BISMARCK fTILL TROUBLED CON- CERNING YON ARNIM, Loxpox, Feb, 8, 1876. It ig thought that Bismarck will demand SPAIN. ALFONSIST ARMY SUCCESSES NEAR ESTELLA— CARLISTS BETREATING IN BISCAY. Miapam, Feb. 2, 1876. General Rivera has captured a Carlist position a short distance from Estella. ‘The Carlists in the province of Biscay are retreating upon Zormza. General Martinez Campos is at Elizondo. GENERAL TRISTANY DEFENDS HIS HONOR. Henpare, Feb. 2, 1876, General Tristany denies the reports of his defection from the Carlist cause. CONTBADICTORY REPORT FROM THE FIELD OF BATTLE, Baronna, Feb. 2, 1878. Accounts of the fighting are contradictory. The Carlists continue to shell San Sebastian. CITIZENS Uf FLIGHT TO FRANOM. Many Spanish families are fleeing to France. THE TROOPS UNDER QUESADA AND LOMA UNITED—THE CARLISTS MASSING IN FRONT OF SAN SEBASTIAN. Saytanper, Feb, 3, 1876. Generals Quesada and Loma nave united their forces near Bilbao and are advancing into the interior of Biscay. CARLIST ACTION, Santas and the River Nervion have been freed ot the Carlists, . Thore is great activity and excitement in Bilbao. The Carlist forces are being massed between Bilbao and Durango and in front of San Sebastian. VERA IN DANGER OF CAPTURE. Lonpon, Feb. 3, 1876. A telegram from Iran to the Post says the capture of Vera by Blanco’s division is tmminent, PORTUGAL. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE COLONIES. Loxpon, Feb. 3, 1876. A special despatch to the Daily News from Lisbon announces that the Chamber of Peers has voted the abolition of slavery in St. Thomas and Gulf of Guinea. TIAL Ye CARNIVAL FETE PREPARATIONS IN NAPLES— THE FIRST SINCE THE FALL OF THE BOUR- BONS, Napuxs, Feb. 2, 1876 Great preparations are making here for the Carnival, which will last from the 20th to the 28th of February— the first since the overthrow of the Bourbons. SPECULATION AND SPORT. The sum of $20,000 has been subscribed, and the names of the members of the leading families and no_ bility are on the Committee of Arrangements. Seats on the platforms in the Place du Plebiscite are held at $30 for the week, Windows in the Via Roma: bring from $80 to $240, THE MASKED RALr.. It fs believed that the Chief of Police will prohibit the masked bull at the San Carlo Theatre on account of the danger to the theatre and the adjacent palace from Gre, VESUVIUS. VOICANIC SYMPTOMS OF AN ERUPTION—THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PHENOMENON NOT SO ATTRACTIVE AS USUAL, 1 Napies, Feb. 2, 1876. The indications of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius are steadily increasing. Professor Palmieri announces that the instruments at the Observatory for indicating and measuring the eruptions are disturbed, and the activity of the crater is becoming daily more apparent. A speedy cruption is generally expected. NAPLES NOT LARGELY PATRONIZED BY TOURISTS. Toe number of strangers is increasing here, though the city is not crowded. English and American patron- age bas been much less than usual this winter. Many of the hotels have not paid expenses, TURKEY. AN IMPERIALIST MESSAGE COLDLY RECEIVED BY THE PRINCE OF MONTENEGRO. Racesa, Feb. 2, 1876. Slavonic advices announce that Ali Pacha sent an envoy to Cettinge, requesting the Prince of Montenegro to recall Peko Paulovieh, the insurgent commander, and to prevent the Montenegrins from joining the in- surgents. 4 The Prince received the envoy coldly and declined to interfere. JOINT REMONSTRANCE BY THE GREAT POWERS TO MONTENEGRO-—-RUSSIAN ADVICE TO THE SULTAN, Loxpow, Feb. 3, 1876. ‘The Post's Berlin despatch states that the Northern Powers have again jointly remonstrated with the Prince of Montenegro tor countenancing the insurrection and for allowing an indiscreet address, threatening war with Turkey, to appear in his official journal. ADVICE PROM AN ANCIENT RNEMY, ‘The special despatch of the Times from Berlin says Russia has cautioned fhe Sultan against going to war with Montenegro. THR PORTE DIS! TO SETTLE WITH THR INSURGENTS, ‘The Russian Telegraphic Agency has special advices from Constantinople that the Porte, in order to eradi. cate the insurrection, is disposed to recognize the inde- pendence of Montenegro and cede to it @ port on the Adriatic. , SERVIA. Beroraps, Feb, 2, 1876. ‘The Skuptachina closed Ite sittings to-day. FRANCE. PROTESTS AGAINST ILLEGAL ACTS IN THE SEN- ATORIAL ELECTIONS. Loxnon, Feb. 3, 1876. The Paris correspondent of the News intimates that the protests which have been filed against illegal acts in the Senatorial elections are more.namerous and im- portant than they were at first reported to be. AUSTRO-HUNGARY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VIEW THE REMAINS OF DEAK. Lonvon, Feb. 3, 1876. A despatch from Pesth tothe News says the people by thousands are flocking to take a last view of the remains of M. Deak. Members of the Hungarian Diet take turns in watch- Ing the body. CENTRAL ASIA. THE EMIR OF BOKHARA EXPLAINS TO THE BUSSIANS, Tasuxenn, Feb. 2, 1876. A special envoy from the Emir of Bokhara bas ar- rived here to explain the recent armaments of Bok- AFRICA. Lonpox, Feb. 3, 1876. Advices from the Cape of Good Hope report that the Zambest mission have succeeded in placing a steamer on Lake Niyanza, SATIVE HELP, Seven hundred natives were employed to carry the vessel past the Murchison cataracts, THE SHIP HARVEST QUEEN. | INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE MYSTERIOUS 1088 OF THE AMERICAN VESSEL, 4 “ Lonpom, feb, 2, 1876. An inquiry Into the matter of the American ship Harvest Queen, which was lost with all hands so mys- teriously, on the Slat of December, off Tuskar, Ireland, was opened in Liverpool yesterday. The Court was in session to-day and stands adjourned ‘ll to-morrow. THE DIRECT CABLE. . Loxpvon, Feb. 2, 1876, The telegraph cable steamship Faraday bas cleared from this port tor the North Atlantic and will probably repair the direct cable. TROUBLED LOUISIANA. THE ABOLITION OF THE RETURNING BOARD— PINCHBACK AND THE WHEELER COMPROMISE— THREATENED IMPEACHMENT OF THE STATE AUTHORITIES. New Oceans, Feb. 2, 1876. Appearances indicate serious trouble about the 15th in case the radical members persist in their present determination not to pass a bill abolishing the Return- ing Board. in the Logislature affairs are at a deadlock in consequence, In case Pinchback is seated the House of Representatives will make 4 FORMAL PROTEST, denouncing it as a virtaal repudiation of the Wheeler compromise, This will be followed about the middle of the month by THE IMPEACHMENT s of the present State authorities, The conservatives ap} pear- determined and belligerent in tone, and, as ¢: pressed by one of the leaders to your correspondent, “New Orleans is now standing on 4 POWDBR MAGAZINE.’” It {8 understood that Governor Kellogg favors the repeal, but the radical party leaders so far show no signs of yielding. THE LANDIS TRIAL. SPEECH OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE PROPLE—THE CASE TO GO TO THE JURY TO- DAY—-DEATH OF ONE OF THE WITNESSES. Brivextow, N. J., Feb. 2, 1876, ‘The trial of Landis was resumed this morning before Judge Reed, with associate Judges Whitaker, Harris and Woodruff on the bench. A very large audience was present, One of the jurors was quite sick yesterday, but is better to-day, Ex-Chancelior Willidmson continued his address to the jury in behalf of the prisoner, claiming that the evidence of malpractice acquitted the prisoner. He further argued that it had been conclusively shown that the prisoner was not of sound mind and memory when ho fired the fatal shot, and, therefore, ought not to be held responsible, because he was not a reasonable being. Attorney General Vanatta then arose to close the case for the State, Addressing the jury, he said:— The service you have been so long and so faithfully performing on your part is an involuntary service, You are not in your positions from choice, but rather in obedience to the requirements of law. Nor am I hore as a volunteer, but rather in obedience to the re- bye pe of law, and to do my duty honestly and irly as required by law. My duty has been to present to you the legal evidence adduced to sustain the tn- dictment found by the Grand Jury, My remaining duty is to present to you the law and construction placed on it by the State. He asked the Jury to rise above persona: considerations; above what ihe com- munity would say and do right, and all other conse- quences would come rightafterward. There aro in this case two principal questions :— First, was there a murder perpetrated by the pris- oner at the bar? At the risk of being tedious I will go over thé evidence with care, step by step, and! want ou to go with me and see whether each step along the Tine of ‘argument is placed on a firm foundation, After ‘we inquire whether there was a murder committed, the next question is, was there a lawful excuse for that marder? The question of fnurder divides itself into four parts. The first 1s, Carruth’s death. The second, What was the cause of his death? The third, Who inflicted the wound which caused his death ? and the fourth, What is the degree of his crime—mur- der in the first or second degree, or was tt man- slaughter? These are the points to be considered in order to determine -whether a murder has been committed, and if we show there has been one committed the defendant must give a lawfal excuse for committing that murder. The first question is, Is Mr. Carruth dead? This question had been answered by the dissecting knife. He then pro- ceeded to argue that the death was caused by a bullet, fired by the defendant, with premeditation and mali- cious intent; that the bullet caused abscesses and the abscesses caused his death. He denied that the prob- ing ofthe physicians had caused it. But even if it bad, that would not excuse the prisoner, who was respon- sible for the wound, probing the abscesses and all the train of evils which followed the shooting. He denied discharged, and that the abscesses could have been quoted from the evidence to show that no witness had testified that an abscess projected throagh the orifice of the wound. This being the case, he questioned how could the abscess have been opened wit Girst pene- bor a dura mater, and next the healthy brain sub- stance Before Mr. Vanatta reached the insanity portion of the case the Court adjourned. ~ The caso will probably go to the jury to-morrow af- ternoon. A WITNESS DRAD. Samuel Gaston, one of the witnesses on the part of the defence, is dead. Gaston was a resident of Newark, N. It will be remembered that in his testimony he e his belief ~— that ng was somethii that he met Landis on the morning of the shooting, and was made very indignant by the treatment he recerved. Austin Sanaerson contradicted this testimony flatly. In a conversation with Gaston, deceased expressed his belief in the sanity of Landis, This conversation oc- curred upon or soon after the day of the shooting. Ever since this testimony was given Gaston has re- mained in Bridgeton. He was almost wild about his reputation, seemed to feel that his character was sworn away and talked incessantly about it. He boarded at the City Hotel, and was taken sick last Thursday. On Saturday he was present in the courtroom. At one o’clock this afternoon he died. His ee say that his disease was congestion of the bowel REFORM SCHOOL CRUELTIES. AN INVESTIGATION BY A LEGISLATIVE COMMIT- TEE aS TO ALLEGED CRUELTIES IN THE RE- FORMATORY SCHOOL OF WESTERN PENNSYL- VANIA. Pirrspuna, Feb. 2, 1876. The committee appointed by the Legisiature to in- vestigate charges against the management of the Re- formatory School in Western Pennsylvania continued at work today. The evidence adduced is of a dam- aging character to the institation, and it would seem a prosecution might substantiate all it proposes to show. In substance the charges are that the inmates— some of them, at least—have been cruelly whipped ‘until the flesh has been ploughed off and blood has been drawn, and until, on the backs of many of them, there bas scarcely been a spot large mae to place your finger that was not black, and that the food furnished in the male department had been wholly unfit for hu- man use; that the meat has been so tainted at times that the very cooking of it bas produced so offensive a stench as to sicken those preparing it, and that, as the resalt of the eating of it, many of the inmates havo died; that not long ago, within five brief months, 235 of the inmates of this institation were down with fever and other diseases; that the treatment was ,such as could on'y be compared to the miseries of Anderson- ville, and the idea of the Black Hole of Cal- attention to the children under these cruel in the extreme. It irs from the testimony of the thet ‘hey were leuffed and their hair ero close to their heads, this cruelty was per- petrated for slight offences. House committee promises to ventilate this entire business, NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. - THE CLATM OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN UNDER COMMODORE PORTER AGAINST THE GOVERN- MENT—TESTIMONY TAKEN IN RICHMOND CON- CERNING REBEL IRON-CLADS, Ricuwonp, Va, Feb, 2, 1876. iver since the close of the war the officers and men | of the North Atlantic Squadron, which was commanded | by Commodore Porter, have been seeking to recover | from the United States government some $700,000 or | $900,000, alleged to be due them for prize money, for | the capture of the confederate tron-clads Texas and | Beaufort. The case js now beiore the Court of Claims and Commissioner Pleasants hero is taking testimony. vessels built at Richmond and short); — nisl | mittee on Commerce, Including the chairman, were WASHINGTON. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. . Wasurnorom, Feb. 2, 1876. ‘THE TROUBLES OF BOTH PARTIES ON THE CUR- RENCY QUESTION—-DEMOCRATIC LEADERS BID- ING THER TOE, They have # joke flying about the House to-day that ./ the democratic caucus last night wag held ‘for discus sion only, no measures to be proposed or adopted." It does not come very far {rom the truth. Whatever the caucus did it did not produce unanimity in the Party, and there are men to-day who do not care much whether the mackive bursts or not. The great question which troubles the more peace- ably inclined democrats is how to contract without o tracting. Atone time during (he caucus there was a momentary belief that Mr, Payne, of Ohio, had made the grand discovery. He has a Persuasive manner, and his speech seemed to tend toward a harmonious settlement of differences, but tho anti-contractionists, who have their eyes very wide open. presently ‘saw that he had really no practical proposition to make which would cover their demands. What they want, so far as they know, is to “eat their cake and keep it,”” The differences in both parties, on both the currency and revenue questions, are entirely irreconcilable. The republicans are no more united than their opponents, 4 whatever measure is adopted by either house on either of these questions must be carried by a majority composed of men of both parties, Not even the disci- pline under which the minority act would prevent many republicans from voting with the democrats for infla- lion, ifan inflation measure should be produced by them. One hopeful sign for currency reform just now in the House is that everybody, with few exceptions, believes that the people demand something, and that, therefore, todo nothing and let things drift would be a mistake, and it begins also tobe seen, by those who watch closely, that the Speaker is a strong man and that he bas with him anumber of other strong men who do not mean that their party shall be dragged away into inflation follies, and whose influence and power grows slowly but continually. These men have courage and patience, and they know that the session must be a long one They are not in a hurry, nor are they mach alarmed about small blunders. It looks as though they would get the control by and by. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasurnoton, Feb, 2, 1876, THE DEBATE IN THE SENATE ON THR QUES- TION OF PAYING THE INTEREST ON THE 3.65 BONDS. The question of the interest on the 3.65 District bonds constituted the main feature of the proceedings in. the Senate to-day, the debate upon which culmi- nated ina rather acrimonious contest for the title of reformers par excellence between the respective par- tisans. As usual on such occasions, the ex-Boss of New York was called in to “point a moral and adorn a tale’’ by the republicans, which called forth a happy retort from Senator Kernan, who stated that he was not familiar with the affairs of the District, but if fraud bad been committed it should be followed uv and the men sent to prison, as they were in New York. Pend- ing the discussion the Senate adjourned. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wasuinctox, Feb. 2, 1876, HE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT— LIMITING THE PRESIDENTIAL TERM—THE ALLUREMENTS OF THE OF¥ICE—PAILURE TO PASS THE HOUSE. The debate on the proposed constitutional amend- ment Nmiting the Presidential term was continued in the House to-day. lt was closed by Mr. Knott, Chair- man of the Judiciary Committee, who, in the course of his remarks, thus pictured the allurements of tho Presidential office :— A salary of $50,000, a mansion sustained in a style of luxury that few persons dreamed of, furnished, re- paired and heated at an annual expense of $26,000, | with the very air breathed there perfumed by rare exotics, propagated in a $65,000 garden house, main- tained at an apnual expense of $5,000; a private secre- tary at $3,000 a year to do the Presideut’s writing; two assisiant secretaries, at $2,500 a year, to do the work of the private secretary; two clerks at $2,250 to do the work of the assistant secre- taries (laughter); a steward at $2,000 to supply the President's table with the choicest wines and the rich- est viands that could Hap ov Satiate bis appetite; with $6,000 a year for books, periodicals, stationery, telegrams and (a comical pause) other contingencies. What that meant be did not know, but he thanked God for the “contingencies.” (Laughter) If the children of Israel sighed for the fleshpots ot ‘eyph, what must be the anguish of asensitive soul when taking a last long farewell of such salary and luxuries. Several unimportant amendments were offered and the vote was taken on the passage of the bill, which was lost by 144 yeas to 106 nays. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE SHIPPING LAW—CHARGES AGAINST THE SHIPPING COM- MISSIONER—PARTIZS INTERESTED BEFORE THE COMMITTER ON COMMERCE. Tho Sub-Committee of the Committee on Commerce met to-day at ten o'clock, in private session, to hear statements from Messrs, G@: A, Brett, John Zittlosen, Dr. Norvell, Hon. W. R. Beebe and Colonel Hencker, representing the New York Sbipowners’ Association; | from James J. Ferris, representing the seamen in favor of the Ward amenament, and from ©, C Duncan, Shipping Commissioner; R. P. Buck, Rev. Samuel H. Hall and William Booth in favor of the present Shipping act, and representing the Seamen's Friend Society, Nearly all of those gentlemen made speeches, Those of the Snipowners’ Association and the repre- sentative of the seamen charged improper administra- tion of the law, and that tne Shipping Commissioner had applied to his own use the moneys that should have been paid into the Treasury of the United States, The Commissioner had reovived from $60,000 to $100,000 a year, and some ot this money had been paid as salaries to officers of the Seamen’s Friend Soetety, | the Rev. 8. H. Hall receiving $3,000 ® year. They charged further that the office of the Commissioner was too far from the Custom House, and that the law was unconstitutional, because ite administration was Jeft to the Judiciary instead of the Executive Depart- | Senator, |A PRESIDENTIAL INTRIGUE Machinations of the Bristow-Jewell Forces in the South. — THE TREASURY AND POST OFFICE TICKET. The following extracts from a private letter, written official positions in the manner and on behalf of the parties below described. The value of the communica. tion, however, hes outside of the mere interests of coatending factions and shows the reality of the dan. whieh federal patronage cap be put in pushing tho claims of candidates “by order” from Washington or ter is dated Atlanta, in the last days of January. The extracts are as folluws:— MORTON AND THE THIRD TERMERS. “You needn't be afraid that Grant is going to carry this State or the solid South in the National Conven- tion, It looked so a while ago, and there are still plenty of third termers; but Senator Morton, of In- diana, is at work very busily in some quarters. In Mississippi he has the promise of Governor Ames’ sup- port if he can, for his part, keop Ames at the head of the party, and he has zealous friends and agents in other States, You probably saw the eflect of their efforts in the way which the National Committee was swayed the other day in Washington, A LOSING HORSE. “But even Morton is only @ ‘losing horse. If zeal and pertinacity aud considerable opportunity can do anything, it begins to be clear that the Bristow and Jewell ticket will carry a considerable Southern force to the convention—so considerable, indeed, that the Southern third termers will make but a moderate array, Marshal Packard, of Louisiana, the head of the Southern third term movement, 1s an adroit and able wire puller and he is working in every direction and in every way, and it is said he is not averse to an alliance with the Morton forces, considering that Mor- ton has no chance, and that he may safely promise tuem his aid if they will help him first, THE BRISTOW-JRWRLL INTRIGUE. “But the most notable phenomenon in our politics— not only in Georgia, but all through the Southern States at prosent—is the effort in progress to secure dolegates to the Republican National Convention for the joint ticket of Bristow and Jewell, gentlemen are themselves cognizant of all that is going on, certain it is that the subordinates in the Treasury and Post Office departments are working for this partic- ular end. A HISTORIC PARALLEL, 1am old in my knowledge of Southern politics, and I well remember that Peter G. Washington, as early as 1858-9, when ho was Assistant Secretary of the Troas- ury, began to peregrinate and calculate for the nomina- tion of Mr. Secretary Guthrie as the democratic Prosi- dential candidate in 1860. He was aided by all that the Post Office Department could then do, under Aaron V, Brown. History repeats itself. Again a Kentucky aspirant to the Presidency has the patronage of the Treasury Department in his hands—tenfold as greatas in Guthrie’s day—and again he has tho Post Office ‘De- partment as @ corps de réserve, aud both departments are flung into the contest ina way which Guthrie and Brown, with their old fashioned democratic notions, would never have permitted. WOW IT 18 WORKED, “Jadging by the general experience about here, no revenue officer visits Washington in these days from the Southern States without being interviewed. In- structions have been given to all the internal revenue officers of this State. Isham 8, Fanning, Collector of the Augusta district, boasts quite openly, I am told, that they (& @, revenue officers) havo set this State for Bristow and Jewell, and that nothing can undo the work. Jewell’s intorests for the Vice Presidency are being carefully guarded by Chamberlain, the Revenue Supervisor of this ais- trict, comprising several States. It is said that Jewell insisted on having some one in the Revenue Depart- ment on whom he could personally depend, and so, by some shiftings of supervisors last year, Chamberlain, formerly a special agent of the Post Office Department, ‘was appointed Supervisor, and, gossip hereabout says, for the special benefit of the Postmaster General first and for the interests ot the revenue second. ‘THR POST OFFICK OFFICIALS. the South are busy in their manipulation, and, with that happy accord which should always characterize the different departments of a great government, they are in absolute harmony with the Treasury agents, In all my political life, now a long one, I have never known any such attempt as is now being made to place officials over the heads of the people and to dictate delegates to a nominating convention through the in- fluence of kxecutive patronage. WORKING UP THR SUPPORT. “One little incident which was related to me recently, however, has a bad significance. A gentleman from the South happened in one of the Washington hotels to ex- press a preference for Mr. Bristow, and he was at once cordially seized by one of his hearers and taken to Mr. Burnham, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Ho afterward said that be understood Mr. Burnham, in his own vernacular, to be the ‘Cheerman’ of the private and confidential committee of the Treasury Depart- ment that is running the Bristow machine" A GOOD CANDIDATE. {From the New York Commercial Advertiser. } The Sun and HeRaxp see no good reason why Roscoe | Conkling should not be a good candidate for the repub- lican party for the Presidency. The country is begin- ning to be of the same opinion as the great levers of public thought. Woe bave yet to learn why be is not the best man for the place tn the country. He isa thoroughly trained statesman He has filled with ability and credit many important pablic offices—Dis. trict Attorney of Oneida county, Mayor of the city of Utica, Member of Congress for several years, and All concede his ability as a lawyer and his ment of the government, They urged that the law be so changed that the Commissioner may be @ salaried | officer; that ali fees be turned into the Treasury; that | the appointment of Commissioner be giv to the Secretary of the Treasury, instead of vesting the ap- pointment with the Judge of the United States Circuit Court; that the fees of shipmasters be reduced from $2 to fifty cents, and that the foes collected ; be abolished altogether, This is substantially proposed | by General Ward’s amendatory bill. Mr. Duncan took the ground that it was impossible | for him to carry on the business of the office ons | cheaper scale, and, notwithstanding the collection of a | large amount of money, he had for some years been in | debt for expenses, The law, he contended, was a good ° one and should not be amended. It had stopped the | extortion of sailor boarding house men; the crews of | vessels had been put aboard sober in évery instance; many difficulties between shipowners and sailors had been adjusted by bim free of cost, thus doing away with expensive litigation. . ‘There was a good deal of earnest fecling expressed on bo! ides, and not only the sub-committee—Mesers. Ward, Piper and Ross—bi@ opher members of the Com- | neither coer Hendricks, Thurmas nor Bayard muck interested im the proceedings. vANcoU VER ISLAND. Sax Francisco, Cal., Feb, 2, 1876. A despatch from Victoria says the new Ministry of Vancouver Island is as follows Mr. Elliott, Attorney General and Provincial Secre- tary; Mr. Vernon, Commissioner of Lands and Works; Mr. Humphreys, Finance Minister; Mr. Ebenezer Brown, President of the Executive Council. The Mintsters were sworn in yesterday, and the Canal. | House adjourned until April 6 purity of character as aman. No public man since the organization of the government who has been as long in active life as Mr. Conkling and mingled so mach in heated political strife has escaped with fewer stains on bis character, We join with the Heratp and Sun, and say that Mr. Conkling is a good candidate for the re- pablicans THR DEMOCRATIO PRESIDENTIAL HOROSCOPE. | ‘The Ludianapolis Journal (Senator Morton's organ— rep.) casts the democratic Presidential horoscope | with the following resulte:—“Mr. Hendricks will go into the Convention with a pretty strong vote, bat falling far short of the requisite two-thirds, Tilden will bo the next strongest man—perhaps stronger from the start than Hendricks, but equally unable to touch the thirds point Per- haps Thurman, of Ohio, ana Bayard, of Delaware, may divide the votes with them, thus forming a protty | strong quadrangle. The Convention ean easily spena twenty-tour or forty-eight hours balloting on these i candidates without a choice. Pendleton and bi can prevent @ choice and prolong the game indefinitely. At the proper time, when it has become evident that ean ie ex. resented f im the be nomina' and when the Convention hansted, Pendleton’s name will be in avery effective and dramatic manner. chair be will be hustied off the platform, as Seymour | was in 1868, und 4 Vice President put in his piace who | | is favorable to his nomination. 'y preconeerted ar- rangement his nomination will be received with en thusiastic cheers by his friends, and the tired Conven- tion will see in him the only man who ean cut the gordian knot in which it is @ptangled, the eoming maa of the futare."* THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL HOROSCOPE. The Toledo (Ohio) Commercial casts the republican bo Presidential horoscope and discovers that ‘Governor | Hayes will appear in the National Convention backed | by the delegation of his own State, and favorably ro- | miring visitors flied tm and out of the dining hall, ger to which the people are exposed by the use to | | ing to the musi the other headquarters of daring intriguers. The let- | below came up to Whéther these | a resident of Washington seventy-five at one time Congressional printer, an “But the whole corps of Post Office special agents in | rated *, rush offictal corruption and elevate the tone of the administration.” All of which may be taken for what the reader ma} think they are worth. " r, THE FRENCH COOKS’ BALL. ‘The tenth annual ball of the Saciété Culinaire Philams thropique was given at Irving Hall last night. The growing popularity of the ball was manifested by the numbers which crowded the hall. The tables, which have been in former years marvels of culinary art, were, if possible, more artistic and tempting than ever last night. Long before eleven o'clock, the hour appointed for the destruction of the good by & prominent Georgia republican, have been banded | things, the crowd was very great. The tables groaned tothe Hxraxp by parties in this city interosted in | pushing the claims of an aspirant to Prosidential | Ferdinand. Tere, of the Astor; Gustave Morel, of honors having much to fear from the use of federal | = Hoffman; August Bertholon, of the St James; under the weight of the handiwork of such artists as elix Déliée, of the Manhatian Club; Charies Lallow | ette, of Delmonico’s; George Conrad, Union Club; Eu- gene Mei, of the Windsor, and Joseph Peyroux.’ For two hours’ before supper time an incessant line of ad. Specting as they went the many dishes. While the in- Spection was in progreas below the hall above pre- seuted a lively seene, A hundred couples were danc- Max Schwab, aod as the waitzers ade in the dining Rall others from - take their places, The dinner was one ot the finest given) ia New York for many years, as ail the chefs@iaxed to the utmost the almost inexhaustible resources ‘The ball did not break up until the “wee sma’ hours, On the whole the Culinaire Bull of 1876 was @ groaver success thad any of its predecessors filed out to pro: peir cammand, OBITUARY. REY. CHARLES ©. Kurs, Rey, Charies C. Keys, of the Now York Methodist Conference, died of Bright's disease of (uo kidneys, ab his residence No, 154 East Soventy-cighth street, om Tuesday last, in the sixty-first year of his age. Mr. Keys was born in the westera part of this State, and at an early age made up bis mind to enter the ministry. His family were strict methodists, and their sou was educated by them for that church. His Grst cal! was to acharch in Tarrytown, where he remained for some time, and afterward came to this city, where for four years he preached the Gospel. He was then removed to the western part of this State, but shortly re- turned here, A fow years ago Mr. Keys’ honith began to fail, and he was put on the superannuated list of Methodist ministers, Mr. Koys waa the author of a vory valuable book on the subject of class meetings, and he also contributed a number of articles to the different religious papers throughout the State. Mr. Keys was aman of fine mind, very consci- entious in the discharge of his duty, and an eloquent pulpit orator, After his retirement from active life ho removed to Mount Vernon, where he resided until re- cently, when he removed to his late residence im Seventy-eighth street. Besides a host of warm perso! friends, deceased leaves a wife and family to mourn bia loon Mr Keys was a veep frapel tue ana Inabes handsome fortune, The (uneral services will take place at eleven o'clock to-day, from the Eighty-sixth street. "Methodist Episcopal church. REV. STEPHEN H. MEEKER. Yosterday morning, after a most successful pastorate - of nearly fifty-one years, Rev. Stephen H. Meeker, of the old Bushwick Reformed church, in Williamsburg, died suddenly at his residence. Ho arose at his usuat hour, but after being up ashort time he said he felt faint. He then laid down, and died in perfect peace about fifteen minutes later. Mr. Meeker was born im Elizabeth, N. J., October 17, 1799, graduated at Co- lumbta College in 1821, entered the ministry in 1824, and was installed pastor of the old Bushwick church, then the only church, save one, in Kings county, on the last Sunday in February, 1825, and for the past fifty years has been the faithful friend and pastor of four generations, He founded the first day school in what is now Brooklyn, on Sunday, Aprit 27, 1827. During the fifty years of his pastorate hi never missed but one Suaday, by sickness, from pulpit; and throughout the entire time has kept hum. self “tree from blame and reproach. "” GENERAL ROGER 0, WEIGHTMAN, General Roger C. Weightman died in Washingtom, D. C., yesterday, aged eighty-nine years. Ho had becom ears. He was afterward, im. 1524, Mayor of the city of Washington, HOTEL ARRIVALS. Professor D. C. Gilman, President of the Johns Hop kins University, is sojourning at the St, James Hotel. . General E, C, Walthall, of Mi S. McComb, of Delaware, aro at the New York Hotel. Paymaster Francis T. Gillett, United States Navy, i= ippi, amd Colonel HL quartered at the Metropolitan Hotel. Ex-Congress- men Theodore M. Pomeroy, of Auvurn, N, ¥., and Norman B, Judd, of Chicago, are staying at the Wind- sor Hotel. Benson J. Lossing, of Chestnut Ridge, N. Y., is residing at the Coleman House, General William . G. Bly, of Connecticut, is registered at the Fifth Ave- nue Hotel, C. B. Wright, President of the Northera Pacific Railroad Company, has arrived at tue Brevoort House, DIED. Maynory.—In Brooklyn, February 2, 1876, Wirtrase . Hexey Maynvry, son of Henry and Ellen A. Maybury, Notice of funeral hereafter, [Wor Other Deaths See Second Page. SCALPS TORMENTED WITH DANDRUFF OR scald head aro made boalthy with Guaxs's SuLenuK Soar. SHiuw's Ham and Wuisker Dyk,” black or brown, 06. BUCKINGHAM HOTEL, 6th ay, and 0th at., Now York. Tris new and ‘ologantiy farniatiod house is now the reception of guests, either permanent or t f Ttslocation is que of the finest in the city, ‘operthe. Grand Central Depot, the Central Park, aad ia fmity to many of the prominent churchos amd It 1s conducted on the European plan, with » of un gurpaned exosilence, nud at charges aa ‘aa at any first class hotel in the city. To families or single gentlemen desiring the comforts of an eloyunt home it offers unusual attractions, Parties of the win! Tod Gon 3009 oes reasonable terms by lying, either personally or by letter. applying, either DerePRCIAL NOTICE, Guests of this house are carried {ree of change to. treet station, Eli d Railway, connecting. foawi Sand 10 A. M., 12:16 and 3 leaving betw ing up trains leaving Liberty street at same ie meeting up trains leaving Liberty street from 3:16 to * Railroad Wiokets snd time tables furnished to. guests at ailro. ets im hotel office. Time occupied between Hotel and Liberty street etation, 30 minute FULLER & CO., Proprietors. A.—BENNETT BUILDING, FIRE P' . LOCATED ON NASSAU, ANN AND PULTON STR. NDSOMELY AND WELL-HEATED OFFICES Me Ler ON VERY REASONABLE TERMS, iN SUITABLE FOR bag eh os ae BANKERS AND INSURANCE OFFICES APPLY ON T E PREMISES. A NEEDED REFORM—THE SILK ELASTIO Truss supplied by ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, 688 Broadway, everywhere sunersedes the antiquated metal trusses in teeating rupture; sold cheap. —ONE BOTTLE OF WISTAR'S BALSAM OF Was Gouske sil sten ontd the eoverenh cough of bobd 600. and $1. SHOKS, IES, SNOW, RAIN, BOO" eank eae ee, patroalse MILLER &CO., No.3 Union square. sal ISAAO A. SING 694 BROADWAY, MANUFAC- puarTep Ouxst asp Lone Pao- LEE & PERRINS! is the only GENTINE Worcestens: Save FERED FROM NEURALGIA K su know { Rev, WM. P. CORBITT, Chairman Methodist Churen Ex! Sold by all druggists. pot, No. 451 6th av., New Yort, SODA WATER APPARATUS FOR MAKING ALL i JOHN. MATTHEWS, Ist av. and or LITTLE, BROWN & CO, 254 Washington st,»Boston, publish shisdey REMEDIES AND REMEDIAL RIGHTS BY THB CIVIL, ACTION, ACCORDING TO THB REFORMED AMERI+ CAN PROCEDURE. A Treatise adapted to use in alt the States and Territorias where that system provaile, By John Norton Pomeroy, LL.D, 8vo, Law sheep, 9% When Lee started on bis retreat to Appot garded in general because Ohio is an important point | THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL. der of Count Von Arnim from Italy unaer the Extradi- Court House \t was, according to the s1 it of . 0 the campaign, and he can carry Ohio. Mortom will | ‘of the ceases, tion treaty, prominrat confederney tom tp to Grarys Bhue A BANK ROBBERY. sansa ceenlone ee iapsiae of tows wma | fel ramet AE ‘Thy alienate Wesirtehien: vieten thes Biemaree tes FRASER ATION FOR AN RXTENRIVE wA- | The interim obably. prevened thi After abe was Sr. Lovin, Mo., Fob. 2, 1876 | and with the general feeling that he can carry such | hog: prlay Soc, address the ‘ked, through the Foreign Office, the opinion of the TIONAL REPRESENTATION. aanel Hoated aninjured down the river and was ae v States in the West a8 can reasonably be reckoned for | 207 Woe 22d st.. New York, prem He e | rus, F deserves by the federal Nock, ‘The Boautort, 9 Con: ,| 4 sPecial despatch from Kansas City to the Repubis. | biican candidate’ spd that he has much | pry Cine, COMTATIOR, COLNAGO COMPANIONS OUT FODAY y epoornibel ee o dass fargo v abel waa 8 the ways at Richmond at the jail | ean says the banking heuse of Northrup & Sons at | strength with the colored republicans of the South, T Past at story, ees Davee: question raised by the publication of official documents This city will send a large quantity of coral and other | “ inten #0. aes Brea sad Daan) Wanted Oh. Sean Wan entered. by barghare last aighe,,| Biotne will eomse booked by New England, and be may pie fires oy a Petes, Arai goods to the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The | 1{ "ie wineases yot 10 be examined corroborase | W7endote, Kan., hoe nights | have strong support from New York and Pennsylva. Jar Giriee Ball Ook extent shasta a= sroeeiinial OF MORSES FROM THR KMPIRE sveamer Dorian, of the Anchor Mediterranean line, hah oalonests ihe case will be made out for the gov- | the safe blown open with powder, and the contents, | pia, if these States do not throw cuaasanton of their canes for 0 Our Girls” Ball Goings . rT age on d Ould, federate ounting to about carried of A oom im the mélés, to Be treated to the the Ladies.” © ‘The Standard’s Berlin despatch reports that the Fed- | wili take several packages from tnis and other Italian | ¢roimen!. | Judge, Kitery ee ee Soranres | Specees $2 om Pann < fovidentiy expected to ee. | complimentary vote. Bristow wilt b tals week's number ts “Hrupt oa Se ‘ eral Council to-day resolved to annul the decree of last | ports about the end of Februasy. faimants and General Teo! ry Weits and Mr. ¢. 3. | cure, was fortunately sent by express to New York | of his own State and Ls py egg oor We | kore well worth reading. In the answers to sorrexpondenys, epring probibiting the exportation of horses: Tho exhibit of Lsaly will be nearly 400 tons, Bundy, of Washington, for tae goverumenk ee yesterday moruing, There is no clew te thqresbers, | and prestige ho has gained by his determined labors hore ly amusement and teevewntion for eyeryuedge: ce \