The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1876, Page 5

per, oe CHAMBERLAIN'S: ciROBADE, Remarkable Sumptuary Achievements of Congressional Prisoner. GOVERNO BABCOCK’S UNPLEASANT POSITION. The: President Speaks Signiiicantly of the Bell Expose. Continuation of the Emma Mine Inquiry. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ‘Wasuixctox, Aprils, 1876, WORTON'S PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EN- FORCEMENT ACT. ‘The actio® of the Supreme Conrt on the Enforcoment ect has caused a good aeal of excitement among re- publicans, especially Senators, and the anendments ‘effered to-day by Sepator Morton arc intended to show this feeling. Mr. Morton does not, of course, expect a flemocratic House to pass his bill, but he says he means, if possible, to get it through the Senate, so as bo have it discussed in the House and let the democrats go on the record against it, This they will readily ao; but it}s doubtful if amendments to the Enforcement ‘act can be made inierosting to the public. Tho neces- sity for that kind of legislation has passed by. The dill introduced® by Senator Morton provides that all porsons and officers charged with the duty of furnishing to citizens an opportunity to perform any ‘act which a State or Torritory may prescribe as a pro- Fequisite for voting shall give all citizens equal oppor- tunities without distinction of race, color or previous condition of servitude, and fuil- ing to do this they shall forfoit for each Offence to the person aggrieved $500, together with fosts and such counsel foes as the.Court may deem Just, Such offences are also to be punished oxf convic- Mom by a fine of not less than $500, and by imprison- ment from one month to one year, or by both, in the discretion of the Court, The second ‘sec- hon prescribes the same penalties for any per- ton who by force, bribery, intimidation or other un- lawful means shall hinder, delay, prevent, or combine 4o hinder, &c., any citizen from doing tho act required to qualify him to vote. The third section pre- scribes a fize not less than, $500 and imprisonment of from one month toa year, or both, for obstructing on account of race, color, &c,, the exercise of the right of suflrage by any person ontitled to It under the fiftceatp amendment, by means of bribery, or threats of depriv- \ng any such person of employment, or of ejecting him from houses, or lands, or by threats of refusing to Fenew leages or contracts for labor, or by threats of wiolence.to himself or tamily. ‘SHE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL 48 CUT DOWN— EIGHT MILLIONS LESS THAN THE XESTI- MATES. ‘The River and Harbor bill has been completed and passed-on by the committee, Mr, Hereford, the chair- man, has brought down the appropriation to ‘$6,877,000, a reduction of nearly $1,000,000 trom last year’s appropriation and nearly $8,000,000 less than ~ the estimates made for the present year. He thinks in its present shape it can pass the House, and that it ho had made greater reductions there would have been very great opposition. The appropriation ought not Feally to be greater than $2,000,000, or at the most $3,000,000, but almost every Congressman has some local improvement to advocate, and it has for many years been as difficult to cut down this appropriation ‘te proper dimensions as to make tha Indian service dct Be FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasursarom, April 3, 1876, GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN ASKS THE MORAL SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT IN HIS WAR ON MOSES AND WHIPPER—STRONG APPEAL FOR ‘THE INTEGRITY AND SELF-RESPECT OF THE PARTY—ITS YRIGID RECEPTION. ‘The following letter was addressed to President Grant some time ago by Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, South Carolina republicans there eomplain that it nas received neither reply nor atten- tion from the President, and that the organs continue to abuse Governor Chamborlain and misrepresent his political aims, A copy of the letter is given for pub- Wecation now. The lotter uses some strong language, {t ts as follows:— fo His Exceuiexcy rum Prestpext:— Sin—I am induced by recont extraordinary circum- stances occurring in this State to address you by this communication, a8 the bead, in a certain sense, of the republican party. Th2 General Assembly of this State ou the 16th inst. elected W. J. Whipper and F. J. Moses, Jr., a8 Judges of the Circuit Court of this State, | the former for the Circuit embracing the Sbarleston and constituting by far the most important ureuit of the State in powt of population, wealth and susiness. The character of F. J. Moses, Jr., is known w you and to the world. Unless the entirely uni- | real opimion of all who are familiar with he career is bar sgt be is as infamoug aracter ay ever in any age disgraced and prosi. suted public pee jon, The character ot Ww. J. Winpper, aceording to my belief and the belief of men tn thig State, so far as | am informed, differs oem that of Moses only in extent to which opportunity has allowed him to exhibit it. The election of thesetwo men to judicial offices sonds a thrill of horror through the It compels men of all parties who respect de- vency, virtue or civilization to utter their loudest protests against the outrage of their elec. tion. They have not even the qualiti- cation of such ‘The least of ali the evils inflicted people of this State by their election is ‘the fact that 1¢ compels all republicans who love or honor the es pg of their oan dy to rofase to countenance or republican, of just as many yeurs’ standing as | {have seen years of discreuon. { have beou a strict omg me adhering to my party bere in South Caro- na thi 1 ga aging evil report, never jor duce quitting its rauks am: sgreaiest discourage- tg arising from the bed conduct and suicidal | poly of many of its most promi members; but | time bas now come when no ‘respecting repub- | Ncan can tolerate the ascendancy of such men as, in this instance, have been forced upon For you or me, as republicans, to countenance the election of Moses and pper is as impossible as tt would be tor Governor Tilden, as a democ to countenance the election of Wilham M. Tweed and George G. Barnard to , Judicial tions in New York. 1 cannot and will not | the convequences what they may po- 1 know there are men who mm ths = crisis as y have charged me hitherto with treachery to the repub- can party, because I cannot keep silent and still sup- port a party loaded down with such men. The pews- paper im Washington which has sometimes been ca led ronevusly, will quite likely de- ed vigor for what simple self- will compel ime to do in view of this outrage. I Mr. President, no act of mine, if I were the tw my party, could be so fatal party as the election of Whipper and Moves been and will be. 1 want above all things save South Carolina for the ey yearn party Wa the coming Presidential struggle, but 1 cannot save | chy of t and we bid us ry bd ream er @xciting debate and on the eve of Chairman of the Committee offered a resolution to the had been living in an ex- offer (hat Haitet Kt travagant and luxurious manner at the expense of Congress in the jail where he 1s confined, by order of the House, for contempt, his bill of fare being 10 marked contrast with that of the other prisoners, ‘The resolution asked that the prisoner be put on the ordinary fare of other immates, and it directed the Soergeant-at-Arms to make a contract with the jailer for that purpose. As the clerk finished the last line many members jumped to their feet and objected, and it was apparent that the object of the resolution was not understood. It appears that when Kilbourne was consigned to the jail there was no up- propriation connected with the support in the jail of Congressional prisoners, and the House is obliged to pay the expenses necessary for the support of the prisoner, Mr. Freund, the House caterer, was accord- ingly ordered to furnish the necessary meals. Hence the objection to Mr. Glover to paying $18 a day, as shown by Mr. Freund’s bil. Mr. Glover asked a suspension of the rules in order to pass the resolution, but not receiving a two-thirds vote it was not carried, Theyeasand nays were called and there was much excitement during the valloting. Fround stood near the Speakor’s desk, and when the preamble of the resolution was read and received with shouts of laughter his chim dropped down and he looked imploringly atthe determined Chairman. The resolution did not pass because only a few of the demo- cratic members understood why it was introduced, but it will be again offered to-morrow, with the bill, which is ten feet long, attached, and the Chairman and bis friends say that they will have no difficulty in getting it passed. Tho following is an abstract of Mr. Kil- Dourne’s little bill for provisions:— March 15.—Breaktast, lunch and dinner, $12 60. March 16.—Lunch and dinuer, $15 March 17.—Breakfast, supper, dinner and lunch, 16 05, a 18—Breakiast, supper, dinner and lunch, ———_ Frypidtys oy gg ee soe ten- loin, $2; potatoes, : } Cream, H cream, 5c. ; stewed peuches, 60c. ; baked spp $, 40c.; voni- son steak, $1; currant jelly, 26c. ; coffee, 50c. Dinner— Soup, 0c, ; birds, $1; ee en T5e, ; green corn, 50c.; ice cream, $1; cakes, $1; lettuce, 50c,; tenderloin, $2; mushrooms, $1; potato salad, 40c. ; cucumbers and toma $l—total, $16 75. March 20.—Breakiast, loneb and supper, $13 50. March 21,—Ureukiast dinner and supper, $13 75. March 2—Breaktast—Sirloin steak, $1; potatoes, 40c, ; bacon, 30c. ; cee, S0c.; coffee, 50c.; shad, $1; 3 wate 01 il bre ma eae sags oy steuk, Hi Hade! as bq! Hi > cream, Boe water cfenies, be ehleked ) $l 8; baked apples, ; Sew, ; apples, ; potat This is for Dreaktasé and lunch alone. Added to this is dinner, as follows:— i Mock turtle soup, 76c.; stewed terrapin, $250; oa tato salad, 400. ; lettuce salad, 50c. ; asparagus, $1 50; French green peas, $1; stewed peaches, $1; spring chicken, $150; croam, 50; Charlotte Russe, $1 50; mutton chops, b0c, Total for the day, $25 40. poprtingr eestor tio Gel supper, $15 70, March 25.—Broakiast, ‘and supper, $15 60. March 26.—Breakfast, dinner aud supper, 55. Among the luxuries served to the prisoner on this day were:—Conserved fruits, ‘$2; raw tomatoes, $1; smelts, $1 50; French asparagus, $1 50, and stowed terrapin, $2 50. Murch'27.—Breakfast, dinner and supper, $12 60. March 28. —Breaktast, dinner and supper, $14 60. March 29.—Bi dinner and supper, $13 70. March 30.—Breuk/fast, dinner and supper, id 10, March 1% —Breakfast, dinner and supper, $15 30. April 1.—The prisoner’s fare did not amount to much mouey om that day, but among the delicacies appear the iollowing on Mr. Freuad’s bill:—French green See $1 25; the total for the day nD} oaneayi April 2.—Breakfast and lunch—lamb chop, ‘TSc. ; shad, $1; chickens’ jueits, 40c. ; raw tomatoes, $1; cream, 50c.; Neuchtelle cheese, lic.; stewed kid- neys, 60c. ; chicken salad, $1 0; sardines, 50c.; con- served iruits, $2; potted fru } oranges, 50c. ; milk, 250. ; chocolate, 25c. ; ice, Dinacr—Tender- loin steans, $2; French green peas, $1; sweet bread, 1 50; ico cream, §0c.; tomatoes, $1; cake, 50c.; cellery, Se. ; stewed terrapio, $260; birds, $1; green Total amount for the prisoner's fare on this fifth Sun- day in Lent, $21 20, 0 serve these viands two men were sent over to carriage which Mr. Freund itemizes ns HN per day, amounting to $57. grand Socal. tans the Sue oars. 1a sas ng anaverage per day of $18. or per meal This accou: the wines, When Mr, Glover, Chairman of the Real Estate Pool Committee, sent to the restaurant the last time ior the expense account, Mr. Freund looked anxiously at ‘the messenger and said, ‘Do you write for any news- paper?” “I do,” was the reply, wherew the Butorer threw up bis hands and exclaimed, “Mein Gott! Meim Gott! I’m rain’s,” THE STRUGGLE OVER THE APPOINTMENT OF MINISTER TO ENGLAND—DETERMINATION OF THE NEW ENGLAND SENATORS. From two o’clock until after five this afternoon the Senate held another absorbing executivo session on the question of the confirmation of Mr. Dana No result ‘was reached, though the manifest disposition was to settle it one way or the other, The majority of the Republican Senators are tired of it and wish that tho President would withdraw the nomination, and it is freely said that it is a little strange that he does not in view of the manifest strong opposition to it It is suid that the President is annoyed that tw Senate, which was so prompt to coniirm any om whom he might send in when the state of patronage ‘Was being made up at the commencement of his present term, should now oppose the most important and special nominations which he sends in. He has not got over the effect of this disaffection, notably in the'case of Mr. Shepherd when he was nominated as one of the Commussiouers of the district. He has, it {2 said, observed this opposition growing up against him, and iu some cases he resents it, as he did in se- Jecting the appointecs for federal officos—notably in Ihnois—witbout consulting the Senators or delegates of the State in whicb the parties are to be appointed. The Senate proposes, some Senators say, to show him that they can exercise check on his way- wardness. Some of the Iilinow nominees have not yet heen confirmed, and it is not impossible that the Senate may have a rupture with hun, aiter the manner of Mr. Sumner with the sate ex. President Johnson, The Senators, in talking among themseives, manifest spleen against President Grant on this account, though it does net appear on the sur- face, During the discussion in executive session to- day Senator Wadioigh, of New Hampsture, delivered a Pphilippic against General butler, and called him plainly by some very severo namos, He does not disguise his utter dislike and opposition to him, and arraigned hin before the Senate in terms uot altogether complimen- tary. Me was in favor of the confirmation ot Mr. Dana, and scouted the idea of the Senate being affected by such a man as Butler. The whole of New Ei od is aroused on this point, They are determined to show that the Senate cannot be controlled or affected by Butler; hence the republicans trom the East want to soe Mr. Dana confirmed, and will strain every puint to accomp!: 4, But the nomination will not be con- firmed in the end, there being a vote of more than three majority to reject him on an average Senate at- tendauce. The Senators leit the chamber looking moody and disgusted. Senator Wadleigh is reported to have said tu the President at the White House that Genera) Butler wis not the kind of man who should have influence in appointments. Well posted Sena- tors, but who are indifferent to the contest, say, how- ever, that Mr. Dana will not be contirmed. THE PRESIDENT ON THE BELL EXPOSURE— BABCOCK SHOULD CLEAR HIMSELF, During the jiluess of President Grant, trom which he Wy, bobody can save it, if the pa ere or the party at ‘ashington or in the North do jess tuan denounce tht ‘hing upsparingly, and jom tucir cforts to those of | the honest republicaus here in ou effort to overthrow | the power of such mea as Whipper and Moses and their | aiders and abottors. al Our only salvation is in cuttmy loose trom all con. | tamination with these men, und requiring ail who are | amenable to our rnituenee 10 do the same. To iy 10 | save the feven electoral votes of South Carolina at the | F this wmilietion will cust us, in my | Hember of vutes ise- | puinical supportin tia | vrei iorais, It os | | struggle with ns suicidal to here us it woul mat @ : tug but A republican antl | to Ue SoMELHiNE else, } ou have given if ‘reputivean | a Wetpropone | cnsion: is not, In the opinion of his friends, entirely recovered as yet, he expressed himself as Womowhat surprised at the evidouce given by Detective aud said that be ; thought General Babcock ought now to ask to go be- fore the Congressional investigating committee, Be- sides this, army oilicers now here teel that he ought also to purge bimselt betore the Court of Inquiry which was granted at lis request pending the preliminaries im the mdictinent and subsequent trial at St. Lous. General Babeook, on vetug askul if he invented to apply to the committee to be sunimaped, said he would not think of dowg auything of the kind, but tatimaied | that be had beou summoned by the Sergeant-ut-Arme He says, sncermgly, that the wuote statement of Bell is « string of live, wud exbibited two letters irom Belt | asking bim vor money in Various ainvants on two oe! once for $4), ant agam sor 380, whicu he | agteed Lo return ws 090 as bis MoMbny poy shuuKt be received. He says Haat h has aise we wlfltavet by Bell to | fu bis possessiuu whic Witt suoW Liue tu big true b ght | ready over the vauks, age seerari aceon vty aga be bas so freely 4 NEW BLOW FOR BABCOCK. General Babcock begins to exhibit signs of the wear and tear of anxiety. 1t ts ramored that he is to be re- moved~ from the place of Superintendent of Public Buildings and Engineer of the Aqueduct. The House Committee of Appropriations, in discussing the pro- visions of the sppropriation required for the completion of the Navy and War Departments, Proposed to make it with the stipulation that General Babcock shall not have anything to do with the expenditure of the money, nor with any other to be made in the District, as heretofore, under the Super- ‘endent ot Public Buildings and Grounas, and will » provide that it shall be taken in charge and disbursed | by the Secretary of the Treasury, through the Super. Vising Architect, QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED SECRETARY CHANDLER ABOUT BELL. When Secretary Chandler goes before Clymer’s com- mittee on Wednesday he will be asked to explain for what purpose Bell, while employed in the Interior De- partment, was sent to New York and St. Louis, and in whose interest. Vouchers in tho department show that Bell received $16 for expenses to New York in January and $30 for expenses to St. Louis in February. He also received $135 salary for bis services for those Months, making a total of $304 GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasaixaros, April 3, 1876, THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD PROPOSI- ‘TION—SUBSTANCE OF THE BILL. The bill introduced to-day by Senator Edmunds to crea.e a sinking fund for the liquidation of government bonds advanced to the Central Pacific Railroad Com- pany embodies a proposition submitted to him as chair- | man of the Judiciary Committee by Vice-President Huntington in vebalf of that company, substantially as follows :— ‘The company is to convey and release to tho United ‘States all the unsold lands hitherto granted to it in the State of Nevadaand in Utah Territory, and phe Secte- tary of the Troasury is thereupon to place to the credit of a sinking fund for the company the value of these lands computed at $2 50 per acre. Tho company will also pay into the Treasury for account of this tund the proceeds of any such lands hitherto sold by it to the extent of the excess it may bave received over and above $2 50 per sere and the costs of surveying. The third section of the bill directs the Secretary of ‘tho Treasury to carry to the credit of this sinking fund ail amounts due the company for government transportation up to the let day of last January, which if not amounting at said date to $1,000,000 shall be made up to that sum by the company. The fourth section requires the company to pay semi-an- naally into the United States Treasury such a sum in money or in any United States bonds or securities at par as shall, with interest thereon as hergatter pro- vided, bo sufficient when added to the other sums to the credit of said sinking fund to pay off the govern- ment subsidy bonds, with six per cent interest thereon from their respective dates up to maturity. Interest on all sums placed to the credit of said sinking tnnd must be credited and added thereto semi-annually at tho rate of six per ceut per annum. The payments thus made are in leu of all payments or other require- ments from the Central Pacific Railroad Company under any act of Congress in relation to the reim- bursement to the government of the bonds issued to it and to the Western Pacific Railroad. THE EMMA MINE INVESTIGATION—LYON 8E- VERELY OATECHIZED. The cross-examination of James E. Lyon was con- tinued before the Committee of Foreign Affairs to-day. ie desired to make an explanation concerning his testimony on Saturday. Instead of visiting Salt Lake in the spring of 1870, it was about the 1st of September or the lastof August subsequent to the preliminary examination before Judge Brady, which was in July, 1870; therefore he did not Know tho value of the mine until he visited Salt Lake, and saw the working of the lode in which he previously claimed an interest, This explanation, he said, made his testimony perfectly consistent, Mr. Chittenden, of counsel for Schenck, said that since Saturday they had communicated with Salt Lake and received a telegram in reply that Lyon arrived there the 22d of May, 1870, Mr. Chittenden asked whether this information was correct, Mr, Lyon answered that ho had telegraphed to the ‘St, Nicholas Hotel as to the time he left there to go to ‘Salt Laxe, and was informed that it was the 11th day of August. Mr. Chittenden—Have you any recollection that you arrived at Salt Lake on or about the 22d day of May, 1870? A. 1 donot know. Q Then you will not answer that you were in Salt Lake as carly as May, 1870? A. 1 think I was there in the spring, but I do not know positively. Mr. Lyon, im the coarse of the cross-examination, ‘was interrogated at length about what he had horeto- fore stated concerning transactions in Emma mine shares in London by Genoral Schenck, Park and others. Ho believed the Emma mine business was a fraud on the British public; but he took no means to inform them of the fact, as that was not his business. @ Did you swear before this committee that Park ever told you of bis giving shares or anything else to General Schenck to induce him to become officially as- sociated with the Emma Mine Company? A. I never stated that Park said to me that he had given Schence shares to become a director; I do not ‘think he used that language to me. @ Did you at any timo have @ conversation with Park, and, it #0, when, on the subject of the ‘‘arrange- ment" with Schenck? You having testified beforo the New York Court that Stewart told you that such an arrangement had been made and your answer then was “No, sir; I don’t think I had.” Do you repeat that answer now? A. | have 20 recollection of bis tellung me so plainly. Mr. Chittenden asked Mr. hyon, who had referred to conversations with Colonel Baxter, whether he ever had one word of conversation with Baxter in his life, Mr. Lyon replied he bad had more than one conversa- tion with him. On one occasion it was about the patent of the Emma mine. He wanted to know of Mr. Chittenden what the “catch” or “trick”? was, Mr Chittenden replied the patent was nover there. Mr. Lyon said ho believed he saw it there. He called to satisfy his curlosity as to the way the oro carried out, Mr. Chittenden asked Lyon whether any other person than himself wag present when Park, as allecea, spoke to him adversely of the Emma mine. Mr. Lyon answered he believed that both Stewart and Park woro present when the question arose about satisfying the English shareholders why no ore was taken out of the mine, Stewart, on that occasion, said they could represent that work could not be prosecuted during the winter on account of heavy snows and that there ‘was money enough in hand to pay dividends for seven mouths, Park intended to sell out on the strength of that. @ Did you not positively swear in New York that BO one was present during that conversation but Mr. Park and yourse.f, A. I believe both Park and Stewart was present, but four years having passed I could not be certain. The cross-examination was further continued and ended. EK. J, Hillyer, who was attorney with ex- Senator Stewart for Mr. Lyon in his litiga- tion concerning the Emma mine im the spring of 1871, was examined by Mr. Phelps, and testified that when im Utab the more they learned about the min: the more they became convinced of its value up to tho time the stock was placed on tho English market, When Stewart wrote a letter t6 Mr, Lyon saying that in a certain contingency they would not be fighting tor a worked-out mine ho did not, as Lyon interpreted it, meau that the mine was worked out, ‘The cominittee adjourned till vo-morrow. THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE INDIAN BU- REAU. The House Committee on Military Affairs un: mously adopted the report this morning transierring the Indian Bureau from the Interior Department to | the War Depurtinent, CREVASSE ON THE MISSISSIPPI. Mxuruis, Tevn., April 3, 1876. The ofieors of the steamer A. J. White report a large crevasse ut Dayis’ Landing Saturday night aud yoster- day. mtat.vas were alieady submerged. abe } ‘Lue water was pouring through, and some three Dav’ halla » Napoieon, ob ihe Misaissippt sida The U 4h this crevesse will rou the old river. River is ui- wate | The Wace in the lower portion of SPORTSMEN KILLED, FATAL AND EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT TO A DUCK SHOOTING PABTY—THE STOBY OF THE BESCUING OF ONE OF THE SURVIVORS. ° Ping Grove, Pa, April 8, 1876. Three young men, named Warren Scully, George Frink and George Ball, on Saturday morning last, went to Little Long Pond, three miles from this place, hunting wild ducks. They did not return Saturday uight, and not having appeared up to yesterday noon ‘& party started for the pond to see if anything had bo- fallen them, On reaching the spot, which is in the bollow of a mountain, and a place only frequented by fisnermen and hunters, nothing could be seen of the men, and the bout that was usually kept on the pond was not in its accustomed place. A search was made around the lake, and against a small island about 300 yards trom shore, near the outlet of the pond, the boat was discovered bottom up. This island ie of a marshy nature and is covered with a thick growth of busbea peculiar to soll of that kind, On the tallest of one of these bushes a white cloth or handkerchief was displayed. While the party was discussing how to reach the island and investigate the matter a man rose partially erect from the bushes, and, secing the others on tho shore, waved his hand, and then sauk back to the ground. Although the pond was considerably jamm: on that side with ico, it having broken up last week, two hardy woodsmen, named Charles Conly and Jones Overbaugh, took off their boots and coats, and, Plunging into the pond, ewam out to the island. They righted the boat with great difficulty, and in half an hour after leaving the shore were, with the boat and the nila, seen on the island. ‘THIS WAS WARREN SCULLY, who was nearly dead with the loss of blood from an ugly wound in the fleshy part of the thigh, which’ was almost entirely torn away. He wes unable to converse, and it was not until be was carried to the cabin of Ga- briet Sloat, a bark peeler and hunter, a mile and a-half from the pond, and his wounds were cared for and stimulanis administered, that he was permitted to give an explanation of bis condition and the mysterious disappearance of his companions. It seems that they baa dritted about the pond all day, with in- Gifferont success, when, toward evening, a largo flock vf ducks rested in the pond a bundred yards or 80 above the island. George Frink, who was seated in. the stern, piloted the boat cautiously toward the spot. Scully had charge of the swivel gua, and when the boat hud floated sufficiently near the ducks ho got range and fired, A feartul report followed, and Scully felt Bimeolf thrown violently trom the boat and aig! some feet away in the pond. It was some tame before he could bring his mind to understand tho situation, but supported himself in the water mechan- BURSTING OF 4 GUN. It finally broke upon his mind that the gun must have burst, and by tho concussion thrown bim out, He thereupou looked about for his companions. Nota sign of thom could oo seen anywhere, The boat was drifting toward the island, bottom up, twenty-five {cet away. He attempted to swim to it, and for the first time realized the fact that hp was burt. His right leg felt pumb, and he could not move it, He with great difficulty managed to reach the boat, on which he sup- Ere himself, ava as it struck against tho island e crawled off into the bushes. With remarkable presence of mind he tore the lining from his coat and making a bandage or it smeared his wound, which was almost as large ax his two bi and open to the bone, with the black mud found on the island, and then bound the cloth around it as tightly as he could. FATE OF IIs COMPANIONS. This he believes saved him from bleeding to death Defore he was rescued, although he could foel his strength gradually falling and would have died before t. He rightly conjectured that there would be trends out to look for them, and he tied his band- Kerchief to the bush to attract attentior lay all might in mud and water of the island, and besides the pain from his wound suf- fered ealy from the cold. He thinks his two com. Trades must have been killed by i oot ke prem of the gan. one of which had torn his thigh. If the two had not been killed or badiy wounded before reaching the Water, it is the unanimous opinion that they would have’ saved themselves, as they were both expert swimmers. Their bodies have not yet been found, a! vigilant search bas been made for them. ‘The sad affair has created a profound sense of gloom in this community, The parties were promising and exemplary young men—all carpenters. Frink was twenty-three and Ball twenty-five, Tho latter was soon to have becn married, A GHASTLY MYSTERY, MUTILATED HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN A BOX— 4 BODY BADLY CUT UP—IDENTIFICATION SaID TO BE IMPOSSIBLE, Srorvesant Laxpina, N. ¥., April 3, 1876, »The people of this pleasant little village on the Hudson were thrown into a great state of excitement to-day by the announcement that a wooden box, con- taining human remains, had beenffound on the banks of the “fiver,” The body had been cut into small pieces, but tho remains were evidently those of a person recently murdered. The box was about five feet long and two feet wide, and was made of rough boards, fastened together with largo nails. On one side were the words ‘College place,” painted witha marking brush and black ink. A name had been painted above the words College place, but it had been so badly obliterated that it could not be deci- pherod. David McAllister, who found the box, isa mere lad. He is tho son of the keopor of the little light- house on the banks of the Hudson to guide the river craft on dark and foggy nights. As soon as be discovered the ghastly nature of the coutents of the box he callod his tather, and the two carried it up the ‘bak and placed it out of the reach of the water. The cover was loose when the boy found the box, and was partly open, so that ho could ascer: tain by a glance what was inside. The news of the horrivie discovery spread like wildfire among the villagers and farmers in the neighborhood. Coro- ners Holsapple and Ball wero immediately notified, and one Of the village physicians was ullowed by Coro- Holsapple, who iirst ‘ived the scene, to take river and examine em. The physician said that ¢l ‘emains were prob- ably those of a young girl The body had, however, been cut up so much, ted por being missing, he could not definitely tellwhether the remains were those of a ‘l or a boy, of, perhaps, ‘oars of A jury was summoned by ‘oroner Holsapple, and an inquest will be held to-mor- row, City of Hudsou is here and doing all in his power NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1876—TRIPLE %EET. A detective belonging to the police force of the | to solve the mystery, but thus far nothing bas been | learned indicating who the murdered person was or trom whence the box came. It is conjectured that the words ‘College place’ on the box had nothing to do with the remains of the body, as the box was similar to those used by manulacturers of lead water traps in which to puck the traps for shipment. Toall appearances it had boen used be- fore. So farasis known, no person ts missing from any family in this vicinity; and inquiries have been made, at the instance of Coroner Holsappile, in all parts of the country hereabouts, but withont result, LOVE AND PISTOLS. TWO YOUNG MEN OF VIRGINIA KILL EACH OTHER ABOUT A WOMAN. Ricuwoxp, Va., April 3, 1876. Clayton T, Robinson and Jesse Mitchell, young men highly connected in Campbell county, Virginia, met to-day at New Providence Church, near Rustburg, in that county, to settle an old toud with pistols. Robin- cf was shot in the abdomen and the other received one shot in the haud, which, glancing, went through his check and lodged 1 Another shot took effect in east. Th st report states that Robinson ts dead, and Mitchel could not survive. The difticuity is understood to have been on account of u woman. A DESCENT OF FLIES. STRANGE APPEARANCE OF A MYRIAD OF LARGE FLIES ON THE SNOW IM CANADA—SPECIMENS COLLECTED AND SENT TO A SCIENTIST. Ortawa, Ont, April 3, 1876. The late wonderful shower of flesh which fell in Ken- tueky a short time ago has bad its equal in an immense shower of flies which fellon Monday last at Riviére du Loup. Professor Herbert Larue, M. D., of Laval Uni- versity, Quebec, has received specimens of the insects which had been rained down upon the surface of tho snow. These strange visitors were forwarded to the Doctor in a bottle by Judge W. E. Taschereau, of Ri- viére du Loup, accompanied by the foliowing letter :— Rivierx vu Lover xy Bas, March 29, 1876. My Dean Docron—A very singular phenomenon oc- curred here during thy northeast tempest of Monday, A shower of thes tell with the suow over a space of several acres, They are by the million waiking over NOW, Without appearing to be able to fly. I send you « few Tt . You will be able to judge whether it is worth while to Sey them. ln haste, yours truly. W. E. TASCHEREAU, The speciinens appear to be of the mosquito h gene though apparentiv about tarce times tne size of thoxe lively insects. The phonumenon of insects and suow mingled together in a temperate clime and falling im the sume shower 1s Indeed a most remarkable one, and dy likely to be soon forgotten by those who witnessed it. The provatlin, seems ty be that by « whirlwind in some tropical the neighborhood of the West Ii he back of his bead. | JAPAN | National Rejoicement Over the Peaceful Result | of the Negotiations with Corea. THE LE ON FROM FORMOSA. Return of the Mikado’s Am- bassadors to Tokio. POINTS OF THE REPORT. Special Information for the Governing Powers of Europe and America. THE TREATY. Toxto (Jeddo), Japan, March 10, 1876, All Japan is glow of excitement over the peace- ful and successful result of the negotiations in Corea, Tho satisfaction is not so clamorously expresso as that which followed the settlement of the Formosa affuir, but it appears to be quite as general and pro- found. Victories of diplomacy are not so capitvating to the popular mind as those which involve more or less of physical contest and warlike demonstration, and it is not to be wondered at that the achievement is less noisily welcomed than {fit had been accomplished by more violent methods, There is no doubt that tho vast majority of the Japanese hold the view that a triumph obtained in this way is the best posstble event: that could have happened for the country. Even those who were most resolutely bent upon a conflict are silenced, if not wholly convinced. The govern- ment has gained @ strength with the masses that it never beiore possessed. Foreign observers, including the envoys, are almost enthusiastic in declaring their surprise and admiration. It comes a little hard upon some of the official representatives from abroad to have to acknowledge that Japan has again carried through @ work which more than one Western Power | had undertaken in vain, Two or three of the most prominent among them withheld their encouragement from the beginning, and prognosticated nothing but humiliation and defeat for the enterprise. They would have contributed a more active opposition but for the severe lesson of the Formosa experience, when they were taught for the first timo that their persistent policy of interference was becoming too common a scandal to be persevered in without danger to themselves. Now that the dificult part of the task is finished, thoy join, though somewhat Jaintly, in tho general congratulations. Some of them still find consolation in reiterating the old ery that “luck” and “chance”? havo more to do with it than anything else. ‘nis makes even the Jupaneso laugh. According to those sceptical theorists, luck helped the country through the business of the Maria Luz, in which Japan gave the death blow to the Macao Coolie trade; chanco enabled the ambassador Soyeztna to settle the audience question in China, which all other ministers had been unabie to adjust; accident sup ported Saigo in the campaign against the savage tribes of Formosa; the caprice of fortune sustained Okubo in the diplomatic struggle at Pekin, and now, once more, circumstances over which nobody could possibly have had control, have combined to make the government and their representative, Kuroda, famous by throwing open Corea without the exercise of any ingenuity or energy on the part of the organizers of tho mission. But, in fact, excepting with those who are determined | to remain blinded by prejudice and conceit, this sort of reasoning is now recognized as too extremely thin to be effective. It is falling into discredit here, and is not likely to find much favor hereafter in the estima- tion of the Western world, RETURN OF THE EMDASSY. The Embassy returned to this city only five days ago, and few details cf tho expedition have yet been divulged. Only the general fact.of the successful issue has been officially communicated, Innumerable ro- ports are prevaient, but hardly any of them rest upon a@ substantial foundation, The circumstances which I shall presently recount will be concisely imparted, by to-day’s mail, to the Japanese Diplomatic aud Consular agents in America and Europe, WIS REPORT. Ho reports that ho arrived, with his fleet, at Fuson, the old Japanese station in the southeast of Corea, on the 15th of January. On the 23d he sailed for the mouth of the river, on which the capital, Seoul, is sit- uated. Tho progress was necessarily slow, \+ being considered of importance that the ships should all keep together, the rate of advance being thus deter. mined by the slowest. They met in rendezvous on the 26th at tho island of Kualio (Japanese pronuncia- tion) and on the 29th at tho island of Taiiu. From this point the walls of tne capital were plainly visible, ‘and hero a delay of several days took place for the ar- rangement of the final preparations One other island (Chosan) was visited before the place of debark- ation was reached. On the 10th of February tne Kn- voy aud his suite landed upon Kokwa, near the scene of the rocent skirmish between tho Corcan soldiers and the crew of the Japanese man-of-war Unyokuan, and at once proceeded to a distance of about two miles toward the centre of the island, where they es- tablished themselves in the chief town of the neigh- borhood, occupying the premises usually in the pos- session of the military ruler of that district. The en- trance was made as effective as possible by the aid of detachments of marines and sailors from tho various ships, who acted as escort and whose movements ap- peared to excite the greatest astonishment on the part of all who saw them, The members of the commis- sion, drossed in full uniform, reached their quarters iu the middie of theafternoon. With very little delay they were visited by two officers appuiuted to receive them and their attendants, These delegates, named Ji Shinken and Injisho, aged respectively abvut sixty-five and titty years, represented themselves as having full power to treat with the visitors upon all sulyects, The former was announced as holding the highest rank in Corea, the equivalent of ‘Ip-pon’’? in Jupan, a fact of which it was thought desirable to obtain evidence be- fore entering upon discussions. Formal salutations were exchanged, and the remainder of the day was oc- cupied in ceremonies of courtesy and such offerings of hospitality as the Corean dignitaries were ablo to sup- ply. A simple feast was prepared, und THM ENTERTAINMENT was enlivened by the performance of specimens of an- cient Chinese music, During the evening the Japanese despatched @ messenger requesting that the work in hand be entered upon the next day. Accordingly, on the 11th, the subject of a treaty for the maintenance of friendly relations was taken up, not without manifest reluctance on the side of tite Coreans. It was earnestly | debated for three days, at the end of which am interval of ten days was requestod, in order that the matter be reterred for consideration. To THE COURT AT SEOUL ‘This appeal was urgently combated by the Envoy, who represented that as the capital was only twenty or twen- ty-flve miles distant, the demand was unreasonable, He proposed that the answer should be returned withii re days, but he Coreans expressed great anxiety to secure a jonger time, it was Onally agreed that ten days should be conceded, but only upon condition that there should then be no further conferences, and that at the expiration of the term allowed the treaty should be returned signed and approved by the King. With this understanding the native officials took leave and departed for the seat of government. During their and may be uttered a dozen or more ways by Chinese, according to the dialects of their various provinces. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. At the expiration of the ten days agreed upon the Rative officials presented themselves, Lut only to an nounce their inability to full the conditions to which they bad pledged themsvives, The envoys at onc: adopted a very short method of dealing with them They declared they could now listen to no arguments oF remonstrances, and that nothing but a positive promise to produce the treaty, signed and ratifiea, within a specified time, shou'd iduce them to re: main a day longer on shore, This having been met with an apparett attempt at evasion the eutire Japanese party abandoned their quarters and went on board the ships, excepting only two subordinate officers, who remained to collect baggage, &c. The Coreans, thus fally persuaded that their visitors wero not to be trifled with, besought these two attach’s to carry to the envoy their entreaties that he would re- turn and their assurances that no further cause of reasonable complaint should be given, Upon the Strength of these protestations the communications were renewed, but in @ spirit, on the Japanese side, that plainly demonstrated the inexpediency of furthe! efforts to protract the settlement, It was umidly in- timated by the Coreans that the main obstacle to a Prompt conclusion was the requirement, by the Kuroda and his party, that the actual signature of the King should be alfixed to the document as a guarantee of fidelity in {ts execution. Then came a flood of assev- erations that such a thing had never been done or even heard of in Corea; that the mouarch nover attached his name to anything; that to ask him to append it with bis own hand would be an act of temerity they could never venture upon, and much more of the same sort, All this was cut short by the curt announcement of A NRW DEPARTCRE, from which there would bo no recall. Messra. J? Shinken and Injisho then surrendered without further struggle, and asked only for suilicient time to go Seoul for tho ratification and return. After this al | wont smoothly. The two additional days required were passed in amicable intercourse, exchanges of presents and consultations respecting the probabl¢ course of future relations between tho two countries. The gilts offered by the Japanese were in some instances looked upon with grave suspicion. Some of them-were of European or American manu facture, and the inscriptions or trade marks upon thems were recognized and regarded ag carrying with them some direful influence of Western blight and destruo tion, In regard to the methods of conducting a diplo matic connection they seemed greatly at a loss, and, no doubt, they sincerely felt so, The treaty provided for the visit of a Corean ambassador to Japan at an early date, They frankly admitted that they knew nothing about such usages, and that they had no means of sending a representative, being without suitable ships or the means of buying them. The Japanese set aside this obstacle by undertaking to supply transpor- tation for all that might be appointed to come. A par- tial understanaing followed, to the effect that much good might be accomplished by selocting young men from Corean families known to be the most hostile to the idea of foreign associations and sending them ta Japan for education in the national schools. Ample apologies were offered for the discourteous responses given in late years to messages from the Court of Tokio, and also for the attack upon the gunboat Unyokuap, the nationality of which vessel, tt was protested, was entirely unknown to the assailants, The objections of tho Coreans to all other outside nations, excepting Japan, presented themselves ip a very strong light. ‘They pleaded that the Japanese should do all that they could to ent strangers from a distance attempting to visit them, and, above all, they wanted Christians to be kept away. To appeals of this kind nu response was given, although an erroneous impression hag gained currency among foreigners in Japan to the effect that stipulations have been made subjecting Europeans and Americans to Japanese rule in case they should go to the newly opened land, and requiring Japan to be responsible for their behavior. No such thing has boon done or even remotely thought of THE TREATY SIGNED. On the 27th of February the treaty was brought t¢ Kokwa (or Kanfa), duly signed and attested tue affirmed by the King’s autograph—all as required, HOMEWARD, Early on the 28th the Embassy started homeward, arriving on the 1st of March at Simonoseki, whence ‘an outline of tne proceedings was telegraphed to the capital, On the Sth Kuroda and his companions landed at Sinagawa, near Tokio, whither they proceeded by railroad, They were received with great distinction ia ‘the hall of the Dai jo Kuan by the Emperor and the highest oflicials of tho State, The treaty which they brought has not yet boen seen by any person outside of the Sei In, or Imperial Council. 1¢ consists of only ‘twelve articles, and its brevity is explained by the faci that it Is intended only asa prelimmary paper, upos which the more permanent agreement will subse. quently be based. Tne following are the principal pro- visions :—Corea ceases to be regarded as tributary ta “Japan, and takes an independent position, The port of Fusan, for many centuries accessible to Japaness inhabitants of the island of Tsu and to meesengera especially commissioned by the government, becomes immediately free to all natives of this Empire; more- over, the barriers preventing access to the interioi from Fusan will be removed, and Japanoso may go te any part of the peninsula It ts, however, understood, though not expressly set down tn the convention, that Jupan will take measures to prevent needless and un- timely intrusions and that travellers shall be held in due restraint by their own officials stationed there until unimpeded intercourse be found practicable, Two OTHER PORTS, to be herealter chosen by Japan, will be opened ro spectively in fifteen and twenty months, In order that they may be judiciously selected Japanesy ships bavi permission to survey every part of the Coreau coast ‘This 18 found necessary on account of the danger sur. rounding many of the towns along the shore, the ap- proaches to which have never been thoroughly ex- amined, Kokwa had been thought of by the Japanese asa suit- able commercial station, but the late visit has proved that the powerful outpouring current of the Seoul River renders it too difficult of access to be available. Japanese wrecked ships are to be assisted aud their crews humanely treated, ‘The troaty ratification on the part of the Mikado ie to be sent back in the hands of a permanent representa- tive at the end of six months, when trade regulations will bo definitely agreed upon, Tne understanding will be that Corcan officials shail in no case interfere to pre. vent free commercial transactions between the twe countries, One of the most dificult and delicate subjects con sidered in the treaty is that of jurisdiction, With the feelings ef the Japaneso upon this head, so far as thei own nation is concerned, they would willingly haw strained a point to avoid imterference with a neigh boring government. But on investigation it became: clear that they could not commit thetr citizens to the chances of such treatment as native Coreans aro com. pelled to undergo, They therefore stipulated, as West. ern Powers bave done in Japan, that their people | should be subject to trial and pumishment only by their own deputed authorities, Having demanded this, they felt bound to accord the same privilege to Corea, This part of the treaty will probably be open w more criti- cism than any other, It bas already become a ques- tien of digcussion among officials of the inner circles, and there is a prospect that it will not stand without alteration when the final international compact adopted, Peace. It now appears that, in spite of the almost universal expectation of one period not long past, and the avowed desire of an tnfluential party in Japan, peace is to be — maiutained, and the vast preparations for hostilities are to be turned to no immediate use, Bul, neverthe less, they have not been without their indirect advan. tage, It was the knowledge of the readiness of Japan te cuter upon a conilict, in case of need, that most deeply iy Corea with the necessity of abandoning her prowusioes, Exactly the same result came trom the absence opportunity was taken to examine the locality with some minuteness, THE PEOPLE appeared to be in @ state of abject degradation, and ono close observer declares that he never saw a smile upon any face during the whole of tho sojourn, In speaking of the names of Corean places and persons I ought to mention that there is, and probably will be for along time, much difficulty in representing them Japanese demonstrations in respect to China a yea cahabetons It seems to be @ pri with ‘thie tlre) e caunee fi no dispute the result ot whi 1s douvttal without simultaneously providing the worst emergencies thet may arise, THR AMKRICAN AND YRENCH BXPRDITIONS aon aoe on z a8 ef B 3 # i i accurately by Roman letters, Everything there is written in Chinose characters, which dro used alike in Corea, China and Japan, but are spoken differently in each country, Thus the naine of this particular town, properiy Kanfa, is pronounced Kokwa by Japanese, F 43