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

4 SPAIN AND CUBA, How the Troubles in the Island Are Viewed in Madrid. COMMISSIONER RUBI'S WORK Election of a New President in “Cuba | Libre.” | THE CASE OF THE OCTAVIA «irid (April 18) Correspondence of London Standard.) For several days past we have heard of fresh diffieut- hes in Cuba, and the most conilicting rumors have yone round the Ministerial papers, though as stoutly ts usual denied by the seimi-official Correspondencia de | Evpana, It was reported on pretty good uuthority that the two highest officials in the colony had offered | © resign their posts because the home gov- troment had declined to support their reforms. lt must be borne in mind that Sefer Rubi, the Royal and Civil Commissioner, had gone out to Havana | with extraordinary powers, under a royal order in | council, to carry out such changes as he wouid think | Becessary 1m the civil and financial administrations of | Cuba. Now, we heard last week that Sefier Rubi was | on hia way home on the ples of ill-health, as usual tn such cases, whereas the Captain General himself bad also expressed the desire to give ip a very hopeless task, Of course, with these rumors came BAD News, such a8 arise in the premium on gold and fresh raids of the Creoles into districts where bitberto the plan- Jations had not suffered the much dreaded pillage and tncendiarism of the Autonomists. Another favor- able season for active operations has passed away, | despite the 20,000 men sent out last autumn. General Tovellar seems to nave done little more than his prede | tessor, Valmuseda, toward repressing the | FORMIDABLE REBELLION which has now lasted more than eight years since the rising of Yara. There must have arisen some se- mous cause of dissent between the chiefs of the colony and the home government, as the Min, isterial papers were privately admonished last might mot to examine the Cuban question. Tne warn. ing came rather late, as several papers had men- | tioned these matters and published interesting docu- ents, with a view to sending them by the mail which aves to-night for the West Indies. { csnnot yet as- Fert that the resignation of General Jovellar or that of | Seiior Kubi will be accepted, but we cannot bave bet. | ter data, or a better occasion for a glimpse into the | slate of Cuba, than THE RRPORMS proposed on the 10th of March, 1876. When the nows cume across the Athintic that the Cryil Commissioner had proposed to the Governor General a series of re- | forms and reductions to face the dilliculties of the situation the people had almost got tired of waiting for any result from the mission of | Senor Rubi. He had gone out in October, end his first’ circular, dated November 20, had deciared to the chiets of various departments that “though the state of the Cubun exchequer was not cheeriul, still it was not quite desperate.” Months passed, however, beiore the former Minister of the colonies, even with al! his experience, could sufficient! toaster the details of tbe very worst administration Which ever helped to ruin a country. According to his own officml circular, he founda dally increasing do- Heit; an unlimited issue of unguaranteed paper money jailing weekly on the market; a civil war which re. quired immense sacrifices of money nnd lives; a country OVERRURDENED WITH TAXES; and, finally, though his report does not mention It, a subsequent decree proves beyoud doubt that Sefor | Rubs tound prevarication, corruption and even worse, in the admimstration, He, thereiore, suggested vbanges in a circular, which 1s a very remarkable docu- ment, as it reveals, besides the actual evils of the resent, aso the calm and determined appreciation of sary reiorms, He first of ull advocated economy snd retrenchment in every branch of the service. He recommended a plan for unilying the debt and tor giving the public crediiors something more than promissory notes which can never be dis- counted, He urged the necessity of uniting all the innumerable and vexatious imposts which “worry, disbesrien and exasperate the taxpayers into one large inpost, which each and all will pay according to bis powers to do so for the common weal.” 1 must quote trom Sefior Rubi’s cireular the following striking prophecy :—“‘It these retorms are not soon and at once establisiied, and they have been repeatedly demanded | for the public prosperity, it will be positively impos sible im avery short time to maintain in this island any government, any acministration, any commerce or indusiry, even property itself,” THIS KEMARKABLE DOCUMENT winds up with a declaration to the effect that, in com- pliance With the instructions and powers vested in him by His Majesty’s government, the Special Commis woner submits to the Captain General of the island several decrees to carry out the reiorms which he thinks botn urgent and necessary, On March 10, 1876, General Jovellar and his staff were first astounded at the relorms submitted to his signature, and all th parties interested in keeping up the old abu: ot the administration brought their influence to bear upon the Governor Gencral. It must be remembered that there exists In Cuba a party, both powerful and rich, who have thwarted the re- forms and changes attempted by every Governor Gen- erai tor the last thirty years atleast, The men who the snggestions of Seftor Rubi ure the same used the recall or the disgrace of Concha, of Joveliar once before, and im older times of Serrano aud Lersunedir. They will only graat thor support to such of the home officials as forward the aims of their policy, and behind the scenes they want to govern isrule Cuba. They compete with other “coveries”’ @ all powerful Casino ax well as at Government ‘They grant or withdraw pecuniary support to impoverished exchequer according to the iniluence ‘hey are allowed in the colonial affairs, They Lave at their bid the 180, MOST LAWLESS MILITIA, under the name of volunwers, and in the administration they do not object to wink at such abuses as public opinion dares not always unmask or denounce in the town of Havana itselt. Cuba is by such people con- | fidered us arich prize and an mexhaustibie mine, which must be turned to good account, even il afterward cu great evils, Spait ts the least object of their egotistical Views, and the rejorms of Sefur Rubi came down like au earthquake upon the Caciques, who do not care whether King Alionso’s best and richest colony be lust on account of an unprincipled aud foolish poiicy, tis | much to the credit of Sefior Joveliar that be counter: signed the reforms proposed by Sefior Rubi, and that ihey have been published im the Madrid papers THE DECK&KS are four in number, The first reduces considerably the sinceares aud uselessly namerous staf! ot colonial ew- ployés, thereby dismissing about uve hundred civil ser- | Vants whose duties can easily be perforaied by existing | departments, such as the public works, law courts, ex- chequer, post ofliece, &c. fhe second decree provides for the consolidation of the Hoating debt of the colony by the creation of two series of Cuban bonds. ‘The first series would be cow- | posed of five hundred dollar bonds and the second of oue hundred doliar bonds. kuch series would include yuu, 000 bonds bearing eight per cent interest in goid five huudred bonds of eacn series would be reimb every six ntbs A special com: would liquidate and determine the claims of ail of the floating debt exchanging their deeds for shares of the new emiesiow. Special reserve in the anunal budget would be nade for the payment of tue coupons and bonds of this debt. The third decree establishes a radical reform in the taxation by suppressivg the extraordinary imposts on agricultural, manuiacturing and realized properties, the extracrdipary taxes ou town property aad oa household slaves, the duties on bank notes abd on pro- Jessional patents. In lieu thereot a fixed contribation of $36,000,000 18 imposed on the forty ive districts of the wland, Anwexed to che decree is the share of each district is precisely determined, and | seo that, for instance, Havana would lave to pay $12,000,000, Cardenus, Colon and Matanzas each more than $2,000,000, The singular part of Sefor Rubs's pian is that the town and provincial councils will be held responsible for the payment oi their share m this impost und the town councils would also cevermine the Sbare each individual would have to pay. Senator Robi came to the conclusion that this heavy and un- usual contribution was less vexatious to the taxpayer | ipiended & than the imposis it is other band, be bas ‘of the budget which proves that, despite ali his reform, | be must flud some means of tacing a clearly FROVED DEFICIT OF THIRTY-SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS for the bext iinaucial year, His budget is very clearly laid before the public, and the expenses are $81. 3 whereas the receipts (minus te relorimed wax only $46,990,012 The net defleit to be made up by the forty-tive districts is thus $36,000,000, unless, indeed, people wish Cuba to xo on increasing bor debt at the tate of $4,000,000 a month and allowing ber bank, with $8,000,000 of reserve and b , to issue more than $00,000,000 in paper. in the Cuban budget that the War estimates aloue amount to 000,000, wnd still we wust recollect tuat Very large reimtorcements und eupphes will have to be sent ont thie autumn to meet tue demande of the Straggle now about to come to a staudstil during the summer season. In the shape of reductions we only fee $1,715,004, bewring on ev Clon Of the budget, execpt the war estimates This plan of reform would begin to be carried out at once it Seior Rabi's and General Joveiiar's decrees had met the approbation of the Peninsular authorities, TM applies to the year be- gon July 1 next, and the old taxes would con to rule the present year aud the term cnding in replace. Ot ve an esti ‘That opposition, if not worse, was expected by the chiefs of the colony may be argued trom AN ORDER IN COUNCIL iaeued at Havana by the Gover eral of Cuba on i, 1876 = This o1 that im fatere all Geaeds aud deliets commiited agwiwst (he Treasury, both | fore which a dozen successive governors had recoiled | ) or thrown up their command in disgust. | gress. All present arose upon his approach. The in- | treachery, aga Ng { wpsidered and punished like “en verdadero delito de | a’’—a real crime of disloyalty to the State. The | persons guilty of concealing their wealth with premedi- | tution, all frauds against the Treasury, all prevarication Husion in public officials will be punistied as "and the courts martial will jadge the culprits | ard the punishment. This stern decision was ly approved by all who know to whata state the Cuban Gaances and administrations have cot and military men in general praised the energy of General Jovellar, iready hear that six raons of some position in the island had been Desed uotor arrest on these grounds, whiles others had bolted to the United States. We cannot make out yet whetber the new reforms were very well received in the island, as no one, here dares to publish conidential intel- | hgence;, but I can safely assert that the do- cree’ were very unpalatable to many powerful interests in the colony, Their influence has caused the retorms to be very coldly received ut the Colonial Office | and in high quarters, Every organ of the liberal and | conservative press bas expressed its surprise at so | sweeping a plan of reform, but only one paper so far— | the mipisterial Politica—has dared to say that even if Spaniards do not approve the reforms of Seior Rubi, | even if he is sacriticed for having been too bold a re- | former, they ought not to forget that the evils and the abuses which have suggested these retorms stand out glaring to the face of the world. WHAT TUK MADRID PRESS SAYS, in a remarkable leader, with the title of ‘The Rubi- con,’’ the Politica points out that General Concha was recalled owing to the same tendencies which are now threatening both General Jovellar and Commis- sioner Rubi. The question is now fairly set before the | public opinion in Spain and abroad by the facts which are laid bare in the report and in the decrees of the two highest officials in Cuba. They have dared to face difficulties and to remedy evils be- in the collecting of public moneys and in conti i It remains to be seen what middie course the Madrid government will adopt, because the rising of the Creoles cannot be | quelled, the hostility of the islanders cannot be pacified, | unless reforms eradicate the causes of both rebellion | and discontent, and at the same time unless money be found to prosecute the struggle under the eyes of the | United States. “CUBA LIBRE.” PRESIDENT PALMA INAUGURATED CHIEF MAGIS- TRATE OF THE REPUBLIC--ALL CUBAN OFFI- CIALS TO RETURN HOME WITHIN FOUR MONTHS. ° Intenso excitement prevailed among the Cubans in New York yesterday respecting news from the island | to the effect that a new Prosident had been elected. | The tidings were first recetved by the editor of La Inde- | pendencia, who immediately issued an ‘extra’? with the lollowing line: ‘Free Cuba—Important News— | Citizen C, Tomas Estrada Palma Appointed President— | Radical and Energetic Decrees of ex-President Spo- tarno—Organization of the Now Legislature—Inaugura- tion of the President—Speeches on the Occasion.’’ DETAILS OF THE RVENT. Below will be found details of the induction into office of President Palma and the retirement of ex- President ad interim Spoturno, THE NRW PRESIDENT is a lawyor by profession, a native of Bayamo, who has fought 1p the revolution since 1868. He was a bosom friend of the late President Cespedes snd is a wari friend ot General F, V. Aguilera. THE PRESIDENTIAL RLECTION. - The Cuban Chamber of Representatives, at Los | Nuevo, on the 29th of March adopted the following | resolution :— Whereas upon the death of President Carlos Manuel do Cospedes the succession of the office of Chief Mayistrate feil to Vice President General Francisco V, Aguilera, and whereas the smd Vice President Aguilera has becn called to fill this post since the Bist of Octuber, 1873, and hus not yet arrived on Cuban territory, It is Resolved, therefore, That tke Houso of Representa- tives, in conformity with the act of April 13, 1872, and in behuif of the well being of the Kepublic, elect ‘a pormanent President, EDUARDO MACHADO, Presiaent, | Francisco La Rvx, Socretary. Say Jose pe Guatcaxaman, the 20th of March, THR RLECTORAL COLLEGE. The Chambers then, at night, formed themselves into an electoral college and e.ected Estrada Palma President, | ‘They passed a vote of thanks to ex-President Colonel | Juan B. Spoturno for hs efficiency and patriotism while temporarily filling the post of President. INAUGURATION OF PALMA, As soon as the appointment was made a committee was sent to conduct the President-clect to the Cou augural ceremonies wero very simple, and consisted of the President-elect placing his right hand on the Cuban coustitution and awoaring to obey and execute it honestly and truly and, likewise, the otber laws of thecountry. This being accompiished, he took a seat on the right hand of the President of the Represenia- tives, Eduardo Machado, who addressed him as fol- lows :— Tits SPEECH, Paxsipext Patwa—Lour name ag been so intimately connected with our struggles fer lberty from Spani tyranny that the people of treo Cubs have conferre {wil the honor of betug thelr Chief Magistrate, indefatigable laborer in the cause of building up rty. In your havds we place the key of he I K, sure that trom our experience of your honorable conduet yoa will zealously guard that treasure of a tree peopl PRESIDRNT PALMA’S REPLY. Crmzexs—Onr revolution commenced on the 10th of Octo- | ber, 1868, put an equally importaut date in the history of our struggle for freedom was the 1Uth day of April. when we | mare the constitution of the Republic. u that I possess the secret of carrying | out & democratic tipi iomeyass 2 are deeply imbedded iu my heart. lin | erty, cquality and fraternity, for this is the basis my olit- is eard Chief Magistrate, I will end ¢ that our constitution und of the universal Kepublie. You Uave now Your assistance not viol you hi food will undies fon, nnd hy tho ala of Almighty God will and co-operation, and hy tho ald of Almigi 5 Se shall yet bring the ship of Stats safely Into harbor. ADVICE TO THK PRESIDENT. | Deputy La Rue made a brief speech, reviewing the history of the revolution. He was followed by Deputy | Luis Betancourt, who said:— Mn. Puxsipext, you ure galled to the bead of the government, becuuse you are honored, you ate patriotic and because you aro republican, Fort these reasons you are connded’ with the trust of the preseut and future desti- nies of our well loved O Do not forget that our army hus fought seven years without payment, and | not forget that an army cannot exist without discipline. | Do not forget that although our f government is mili- tar} the elvi ount. Do not let us forget thi f we live in a revolution, Hed as soon ny u posible. Tm our war with to be clement when opportu your post is not without sur elm in carrying out your duty, will gain ni oternal crown of glory. CITIAKN ENTHUSIASM, At the conclusion ot this appeal the President re- ceived the enthusiastic congratulation of the military and civil officials present in the Council Chamber. NEW NEWSPAPERS, La Republica is the new official organ of the Re public, and takes the place of the War Buletin. Tho first issue was made on the lst of April, and copies of it Teached this city yesterday. A second paper ts also now being published called La Hstrella Solitaria (the Lone Star). Copies of it are to be sent regularly to the | Hexap Bureau at Paris, OFPICIAL PROCLAMATIONS. Before Acting President Colonel Juan B. Spoturno vacated bis office in favor of President Palma, he made the following proclamation :— Whereas certain Cabans residing into bave helt int se with Spanish officials peace With Spain, bus not on Prndence. it isdecteod that xuch condnet ts distonorabie, {suid Cubans were found here they would be charged with d if ullty sentenced to death. by virtue of the alar of Fevroary 15, 1871, and June 30, he Spaniard let ty offers. Do not forget that ; nding thorns. Be firm aud nil for your good deeds you | that Cubans residing abroad, who are in nee with Spanish officials respecting basis of Cuban o their country. f 2 that due publicasi 1876. SPOTURNO. The first part of the above is understood to have ref renee to negotiations opened at Paris recently. BANS TO RETURN HOME. Another and important decree of the same date orders ail officials of the Cuban army, who have been sent abroad on missions or other governiuent business, to retura within four months to Cuba to assume theit posts in the army. Foreigners who have ja triotieally toaghi for Cuban liberty are not com- manded, like the Cubans, to return. The law of November, 1873, prescribes that all Caban officers not obeying (he present order shail lose their raak if not on Cuban soil at the expiration of four months the 20th, of March, 1876. This order shall be publie by zh agents of the Republic, Foreigners are not included in this order, JUAN B. SPUTURNO, President, ad interim. Sao Newvo Cawaovey, Mareh 16, 1876. MONEY AID, President Paima bas addressed an appeal to Cubans abroad, requesting them to do all in their power to help their struggling brethren, fighting for mdepen- dence, wen to these « Given at the tive Residence. Mareh JUAN B THE OOCTAVIA. ENGLISH REFLECTIONS ON THE OCTAVIA CAsE— | THE BRITISH FLAG DOFS NOT COVER ALL UNFORTUNATES. Posen, april 11, 1876. ‘The position of Britisl subjects in this country ts daily becoming more uncomfortable and unsatistactor It ts not surprising that it snould be so. Several casos have unfortunately occurred here lately by winch their interests have been seriously affected, and jo the right settiement of which the credit of Groat Briain has consequently been concerned. A fresh illustration of this has just been wit- nessed here in the case of the stcamship Ovta- via This is lawfully a British ship, sailing law. fully under the fritivh flag, lawlally owned by a British subject, and was upon ® lawtul voyage. She had complied strictly with every form required by law and practice, Her papers were im every respect in perfect order, and in no way whatsoever bad sbip or crew committed any act by which ‘they could have forfeited thew right to the protection of the nation whose flag they bore, This sup, #0 cifcamstanced, has Leon fired at upon the high seas by a Spanish vesco of war, nto the barber of St. Jobes, Porto Rico, This was no suditen act of aggres- sion, no effect of hasty impulse or of rash seal, no tom. | Sir Graham Briggs and Colonel Porter. * present. | plot was out. | distribution from the office of the porary arrest uader suspicious circumstances. The Octavia was watched for a weck together at 8t. Thomas by the Spanish sioop-of-war Hernan Cortés, ye eg there expressly on that service. Whea the Bri steamer put to sea BLe was at once PURSUED, and was no sooner clear of Danish waters than she was pounced upon by the man-of-war. The howl of exulta- {ion raised over this gallant exploit would be incon- ccivable to any but those w aoquainted with the Spanish character. The vessel was on every side, offi- cially and otherwise, described as a FILIBUSTER AND A PIRATE, marched, bound, between bayonets through th and thrown into the prisons of the Morro Castle, An intention was declared of removing ‘at least a portion of the people she had on board to the Havana, in which case we should, without doubt, have witnessed a repetition of the Virginius massacre. CONSUL, iON. This consequence has, however, been happily averted by the able management of Her British Majesty's Con- sul at this port, whose exertions and most courteous but firm deme: dealing with the difficulties and dangers of this affair have commanded the admiration of all classes. He succeeded in obtaining access to the captain and crew, who wore incomminiqués. He was the means of imsuring to them proper treatment. He warded off the threatened danger of having the men sent away to Havanato be murdered there. He had already achieved the delivery to hiraself of seven- teen of the Octavia’s crew, and the matter was in a fuir way to a peaceable and satisfactory settiement, without any concessions inconsistent with right and justice or derogatory to Evgiish honor. THE SIGHT OF THE UNION JACK ‘RXCITES THE DONS. Unfortunately the British war steamer Eclipse mado her appearance on ti jcene, and the expeetations raised by her advent have been signaliy disappointed. After some incomprehensible vacillation her com- mander came, apparently, to the conclusion that the object of his mission would be effectually fulfilled by his demanding the surrender to him of four more of the crew, being British subjects, who were still held prisoners, but he declined in any way whatever to in- terfere on behalf of the captain of the Octavi Prussian—or ot three puhapey. Cubans who were on board of that ship. The authorities here, of course, caught eagerly at the unexpected chance and readily ac- cepted a solution on such easy terms, The English man- ol-war immediately steamed away with the conscious pride of having achieved a grand soccess and fitly vin- dicated the rights of the flag. She took with her twenty-one British subjects, composing the chief por- tiou of the Octavia’s crew, but left behind her, without support or protection, the captain and the three Cubans, the only ones, in fact, thut were in any roal danger, and the only ones that the Spanish au- thorities were at all anxious to keep a hold upon, THE FLAG DORK NOT COVER ALL. Upon what principle and by what train of reasoning founded upon law, logic or common sense Captain Erekine, of Her eens ane Eclipse, arrived at the conclusion stated, that he ought to make a DISTINCTION. BXTWEEN THE PRRSONS sailing under the flag of the Octavia, and how far he 1s justitied by bis instructions in the course pursued, 1s a mystery. ‘The crew BARBADOS. THE CONFEDERATION SCHEME THE WHOLE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE—GOVERNOR HEN- NESSY ANSWERED BY THE COUNCIL HEADED BY SIR JOHN SEALY, Kinastoy, Jam., April 24, 1876. The whole truth of the recent disturbance at Barba- dos can be very briefly told, Mr. Hennessy, the Gov- | ernor, has attempted to force his scheme for the con- federation of the Windward Islands through the Legis- Jature against the positive instructions of Lord Car- narvon, the population and the members of the Council, headed by Sir Jobn Sealy. His principal champions have been They have ex- cited the ignorant negroes by holding out to them the possibility of their owning land and sitting as legislators | ifall having influence will uso it in behalf of the Gover- nor’s plans, The Governor desires to destroy the pres- ent form of representative government and have sim- ply a council, composed of men appointed by the gov- ernment. The people of Barbados have for upward of 200 years onjoyed the privilege of electing their own lawmakers, and aro naturally averse to having that privilege abolished and the introduction of a despotic system of government such as has been ungenerously imposed upon this island, Governor Eyre and Gover- nor Hennessy may have had excellent ideas, but | neither has shown the first qualification for acaling | offectively wich West Indian difliculties. DETAILS OF THE FIRST FIGHT. As the Barbados Globe remarks:—*'The country con- tinues to be stirred to its contre by political agitation, | Which has been set on foot by the agents of confedera- tion, not working openly, but by secretly sowing sedi- tion and dissension among the agricultural laborers. Of course the government epdeavors to throw the blame of the agitation on uthers. It is pretended, that the meetings that have been heid by the inhabitants to protest against the machinations of the Governor's emissaries have produced this feolmg of discontent, Nothing can be moro absolutely false, fur these meet- | iygs wero never set on fvot until the people were roused to the necessity of making some attempt to counteract this growing restlessness inthe country. 1 | And this fact remained—that in the districts of Bridge- town, St. Michael’s and elsewhere, where those meet- Governor bas been residing, sich as Biackmang and Long Bay, the peopie aro im the most dangerous state of excitement. Moreover it is no secret, the laborers say openly, that | the Governor has promised them land; that the Gover- | bor has told them that they are oppressed; that the Governor says that they should have so and so. It is | a notorious fact that so tirmly are these ignorant peo- ple deluded with the idea that through the medium of the Governor they are to become possessors of the | soil that at Biackmans, since the Governor has left it, ore than one quarrel has ensued between these people as to the contemplated possession of particular spots of Jand, Nay, more, Is it not a fact that among the low- est class of the ulace the impression provaiis that they have a carte blanche for the comission of crime, Decause the sentence of the law will not be carried out ? We challenge avy one to say that this agitation pre- vailed on the arrival of the Governor. We challenge any one to deny that the country is in a periious state ol excitement; aud we ask what reasouable conclusion can be drawn but that some DANGEROUS AGITATION HAS EREN SET.ON POOT? “We will give @ briet statement of the facts. Two Meetings had been urranged for the day in question. | One of these was held at Speightstown, ut which the Hon, N. Fodringham, FE. P. Maric aud a most intl ental gatuering of proprictors aud their families were ‘At wus here after a loyal and most enthu- Siastic meeting that the speakers were to have pro- ainst the wishes of tho most intelligent of | ceeded to Mount Prospect. Owing to the sudden in- | timation of the tines of a relation of one gentleman, and from information recetved otherwise, it was finally resolved that the party from town should not proceed to Mount Prospect, Wuere, in anticipation of the pro- osed meeting, several gentlemen were assembied. r. Peddar, the manager of Mount lrozpect, proceeded homeward to anpounce that meeting would nt tuke place. No sooner ouncement mado than a portion of the people became unaccountably ex. | cited, aod commenced an assau't on the party. Tho Incited by on: they had iutended an assault on the speakers from town, but their prey hud escaped. A mélée ensued; tie sinal! party of gentlemen were driven to the house, a pistol shot i# heard and a mau is wounded in th tingh. Then comes arush, the bouse is sacked, U defendants driven trom ebamber to cham FALL UNDER THY ond other weapons coming away tn the clotht this conflict tw poticed—most of dante are stran heighborhood and wit- vases hear over aud over again and again the name of Sir Graham Briggs coupled with certam instructions that they profess to have received, At mnidmght a cor- don of policemen ts drawn wround the counting house ot Mossrs Lowe, Son & Ce id these gentlemen avowed to give the ollicers of the law entrance to search for Mr. K. Parris, one of the gentiomen who had the honor of verng almost murdered. At in early hour next morning the town is placarded with a reward of $100 for the capture of Edward Parris, absconded, in language which does howor to the dramatic power of Mr. Willtamn GriMth, Acting Colonial secretary, The Confederate press is busy tor (wo hours afterward, and their placard is tn course of preparation increasing the reward to $500, woen It is announced that Mr, Parris has quietly surrendered himself, and we tearn that the other gentlemen have been arrested, those whe are too jl! trom the wounds to move having guards placed im their bedchamber, Up to this moment nota shiliing has been oflered by the government tor the apprenen- sion of Asingie roter, DISGRACEVEL SCENES. “From an early hour in the morning a crowd of huck- sters, boitmen and the idle and ragged population of Bridgetown were enticed to assembie in the court yard of the public buildings, and the excitement fed by a ‘olonial Secretary of copies of the Official Gazette, contamning the-speech with the now celebrated ‘extract’ trom the West Indian appended to 1. Among this crowd of an exe citable people laughing and gesticuiating being grad- ually rrpened for some mischiet, copies of this docu. ment were thrown by officials with the most shameful indecency, We ask if Lord Carnarvon is w of this fuct, whieh we open! ge Mr. Hennessy Ht *s Sanction, and pr that the first government ice in the colomy should m open day, and on the oceasion of the meeting of the Legislature, be converted ito a hotbed of sedition, aud the Governor of the colony should approve and the first off. cials im the country openly encourage, and jead on a mob to break the peace, and let loose their unbridled passions on the countr; did Uhis ogitmipal attempt cease here. guard on duty on these oced to take possession of tho legisiative balls, tors elbowed their way to their places amid cal porters and ragged boys who crowded the ve the Council Chamber, Placards for and agaist con- federstion aderned tae hats and personas of this motley crew, and one man iv the pay of the Contederate clique perpetrated the wudacious act of sticking one such on the coltimas of the corridors. “The reply of Sir Jopn Sealy and bis colleagues of the Connell to Governor Hennessy 's speech seems unanswer- able, B “Barbados, it 18 trae, ic a small colony, but It bas for upward of 200 years—as tho House of Assombly must ve excased for again reminding Your Excelleucy—en- joyed representative government, and on that aecount | forward he was greeted with tumultuous cheering, | sido ; ensued between citizen: NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. alone it 1s entitled to the same consideration and the same respect for their see's the Crown, Barbadians the Crown from the first settlement of the colony up to the present time, they feel that on the grounds stated above Lord Carnarvon bas alike done honor to bis position, to bis name and untarn! reputation, tae doos in ihe third paragraph of bs daspatoh, that, ag he docs in para is although he feels strongly on the question of confed- erating the Windward Co! yes the people of Bar- Dados are to understand that Her Majesty's govern- ment could “not proceed with any measure of conted- eration except on the spontaneous request of each Legislature concerned.” And the House of Assembly entertain a solemn conviction that the Secretary of State and the English people would strongly deprecate any attempt to carry a measure of confederation in these islands by setting class inst class, oF by arous- ing a spirit of discontent or schiam in this ancient aud loyal and withal peacctul and contented colony.’”’ “THE LOSS AND ‘THE GAIN.” LECTURE BY REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER IN AID OF THE PROJECT FOR FOUNDING A 6OL- DIERS’ HOME FOR NEW YORK STATE. Last night the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher lectured ‘upon the above subject to an immense and enthusiastic audience, inthe Academy of Music, Brooklyn. The lecture was a review of the losses and the gaifis to all sections of the United States caused by the late war. In the way of losses the chief dwelt upon by the speaker were the enormous loss of hife, the destruction of property; vast social disorganization; prejudices envenomed, and certain grave evils of more subtle character. The gains summarized were:— The recovery of the nation’s moral senso; the death of sectional legislation; the establishment of mutual respect between the contending sections; the distri- bution of wealth in the South; the removal of a grave danger to the manhood of the North; the better understanding of the feeling and patriotism of the im- migrants. For some time previous to the lecturer’s appearance the house was crowded in every part. Upon ccming Al apart from tl rey, which ochie themeison for having evinced toward again and again renewed. He was introducea, if such a term be proper in the case, to the audience by Captain Tanner, of the committee, who stated that there was no fear of the results of their efforts now that Hercules had put bis shoul to the wheel. They bad determined that the soldiers of the Grand Army should not be abliged to live in homes out- this State, and as their repeated appeals to the Legislaturo had been in vain, the officers of the Grand Army had determined to go about the matter in another way. An offer of 188 acres of land bad been tendered them near Montauk Point. There they would build a soidier’s home, On behalf of Brooklyn they had promised $10,000; but be should be surprised it this night they were not able to piedge her for $20,000. After a briet but stirrin; \dress, Captain Tanner tntro- duced the Rev. Heary Ward Beecher, who was received with tremendous applause, THE LROTURE, The reverend gentleman opened his remarks by say- ing that from the outset of his public lite it had always ‘veen bis privilege and his joy vw raise bis voice and use whatever talents God might have given him in favor of the needy and the helpiess, He remembered the time whon there was more excitement than was evinced there that evening, when the great tide of popular feel- ing swept everything before it, but his heart was never more in earnest than on that occasion when they were met together for the purpose of succoring those whose poverty and helplessness were largely due to the service they had done the country. ‘that night reminded him somewhat of the scenes which immediately followed the fring on Sumter; and the scenes of those days naturally recailed the days of the war, just as the bringing back of the maimed and invalided heroes of the struggle prompted him to ask tho question what hud been the loss and what the gain caused to the nation by that terrible contest, and whether these men had achieved anything which constituted the nation, and more especially the State of New York, their debtors. He would answer that there were many lessons taught by the war which it would be a great loss both to us and to posterity not to ponder over. The war bad, indeed, imflicteu tremendous losses, us is always the case with it. War, even when most just and in- evitable, is a terrible calamity, an awiul remedy, and betokens, whatever the glitter and show accompanying it, a low state of civilization. In contempiat- ing the subject the mind naturally adverted first to the prodigious loss of life, a loss which statistics im- perfectly represent, inasmuch as they left it of the account all the Ingering sickness which evextually ended in death. The loss of a mullion of men from a beaters like ours i enormous one, The loss of fe itself but represented a portion of the real loss in- volved, where such a muititndcof beads and arms were withdrawaj from the avocations ef peace. This point was dwelt upon at some length, . THR LOS, Tne second loss consisted of the almost inconcelva- ble destruction wrought by the struggle. The very ex- pense of the material required for carrying on the con- test was enormous. Then came the utter ruin brought. upon industry of every descriptio: the poftions of the South where the armies operated. In caloulating he loss wo must not merely count that incarred bj tthe North. The South, which to-day was ong witl us, had lost and spent amount equal to our own debt, so that it might be fairly stated that the cost of the war was at leust eight thousand mil- Hons of dollars. In this would uot be included the ut- ter desolation and destruction of the vast estates of the South and all they contained that could be destroyed. No States in the world were ever nearer absolute bank- ruptcy and ruin than those of the South. Next came the vast social disorganization engendered by the strife; the bitter and envenomed hatred which and same family. Add to this the lo: of view, which can hardly be o1 Beyond these there were certain grave evils of a more subtle character which had boen gradually per- vading the country ever since the strug which m ight be cnumerated the expansion of the cur-, rency, the stimulation of avarice, the creation of fic- titious values, the disease of disordered hope, the unsettlement of the country’s industry by the feverish overproduction of all the commodities of life. Apropos of this, it should be remarked that, instead of being bad signs, the present stagnation oi trade and the universal pres- sure, the period of distress through which we ure going are realiy signs of the nation’s convalescence after a long and acute fever. The present inaction is there- fore good us necessary to & pei restoration of the | patient to health. These evils are obvious, but they are not any greater than are usually imeurred by na tions in such an upheaval as accompanied the destruc. tion of slavery, ‘The first victory, which was the fruit of this porien- tous struggle, was the restoration of the woral sense of the nation.’ The North had, im a large measure, pandered to the pro-slavery feelings apd ideas of the | South, because of the great business interests which were at stake, Here the lecturer graphically depicted the — condition of things during his youth and early manho when one an, in the North favoring liberty, cepoiati in the case of the negro, was tabooed and made un out. cast, He exvatiated at length upon the damaging char- | acter and effects of legislation where the interests of atrocivus scoundrel | | cent language. | martyrs; the mothers, wives and si { oue section, aud not of the whole country, were con- sulted, Selfish legislation, he contended, would even- tually defeat itself and ruia its promoters. ‘This doc- very pointedly applied to New York. The second gain to the country was the inauguration | of an era of mutual respect. The contempt of the North for the South, and reciprocally, had given way Jing of mutual respect, masmuch as each had what the other could do. A splendid tribute was paid by the speaker to the ability of the Southern generals and the indomitable valor of the Southern soldiers, (These remarks were received by the xudience with great cheering.) Further, the war had, it 1 true, destroyed =a rich, but small clase, but tn its place had distributed the wealth of the country among those whoxe condition previous to it had been one of poverty, Woualth was hike suow; in great drifts 1 was a great hindrance; eveuly distributed it was » great bewetit. ‘The war had further removed trom the North the temptation of being morally emasculated to which the youth of the country had be hot now selling their convictions at a prieo, as they did previous (o the war, This point was dwelt apon atcon- siderable length, and young men without convictions, fire, ambition, qenerouiey, courage, &c., were very roughly handied by the leeiarer, A glowing tribute was ne: who, having adopted th their country, had Uelped to preserve its unity at the price of their bi 1 Vouring and behavior of the negroes wi feoling terns, The army of surgeons, nurses, chap. is, &c., whovhad gone under tre, and many of whom had sacriliced their lives, was alluded to in magni Next came the invincible army of rs who had given what their heart beld dearest to save the country. A stirring appeal ended the lecture. At its termination & subseription was opened at the Academy, and sums ranging trom $500 to $4 were promised, uimounting in ali to several thousand dollars. puld to the foreigners VICTORIA IN ARMS AGAIN. Vietoria C, Woodhull will lecture to-night at the Cooper Institute. Her subject is not exactly described fm thecirculars, but it Ie taken from the words:—“The heel of ‘he woman shall bruive the soryent’s heaul, aud thereby the last enemy, which is death, shali be con- quered."" Mra Woodhull’s daughter will give a Shakespearian reading. THE MARINE COURT CLERKSHIP. Mr. John Savage, appuinted by the Judges of the Marine Court to succeed J. D. Coughlin as Chief Clerk, was yesterday sworn into office in open court All the Judges were present. Chief Jusuce Shea adminis- tered the oath of office. Mr. Savage will periect his bonds to-day, when be wii at jes of his office. BAD FOR ‘LONGSHOREMEN. For the past year ‘the “majority of the European | steamship companies have been paying their laborers | weekiy wages on an averago of $16 week. Yesterday om account of the the German lines at Hoboken, ing scarcity of work, reverted to tho old system of pay’ their men twenty-five cents for each hour’s work. | certain that the Court would sit | of the go | wise lim: / ‘woe Were at hand when not only the guilty but the in- once enter upon the | BELKNAP. Proceedings Before the High Court of Impeachment. THE QUESTION OF JURISDICTION. Argument of Mr. Blair, of Counsel for the Respondent. AN 4NVASION ON MAGNA CHARTA. Response of Mr. Lord on the Part of the Managers of the House. Wasuinotos, May 4, 1876. ‘The Senate resumed to-day the consideration of the | articles of impeachment against W. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War. The respondent, with bis counsel, Messrs. Carpenter, Black and Blair, and the managers ou the part of the House of Representatives being present proclamation im the usual form was made by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and the minutes of the Senate, sitting as a court of im- peachment on Monday last, were read and approved. Senator Johnston, of Virginia, who was absent when the other Senators were sworn, being present to-day was called, and the oath was administered to him by Mr. Ferry, President pro tem, The order recently adopted ‘that the Senate proceed | first to hear and determine the question whether W. W. Belknap, the respondent, was amenable to trial by | impeachment for acts done as Secretary of War, not- | withstanding his resignation of sald office, and that the managers and counsel in such argument discuss the question whether the issues of fact are material, and whether the matters in support of the jurisdiction | alleged by tho House of Representatives in the plead. ings subsequent to the articles of impeachment can be | ‘thus alleged if the sameare not averred in sald arti- cles,” was read by the Secretary. Mr. CaRPENTER, of counsel for the accused, said he wished to suggest thatif it was the intention of the | Court to adjourn over next week it would be agreeable | to the counsel, and he had no doubt to the Board of | Managers also, to have the adjournment take place | now, so that arguments could take place alter rens- | sembling without interruption. If the argument | should be proceeded with now the adjournment next | week would come in the middle of it. Nobod, - | posed that the arguments could be finished by Monday next. Mr, Manager Lop said the rs preferred to go on with the argument if there could be'a consecutive | hearing, but if it was to be broken by an adjournment next week they would prefer not to go on now, His experience here had taught him that in a session of Saturday and Monday little could be done. On behalf of the managers he desired to say thut unless it was om day to day until the arguments were all in they preferred to have them postponed until after the reassembling of the Sena Mr. CarventeR submitted an order tnat the further | mt ot the cause be postponed until Monday, the 16.h | ot May. Mr, Suzrwax, af Ohio, submitted an order that this Court adjourn until half-past twelve o'clock P. M. Mon- | day, May 15, and that the arguments on the question of Jurisdiction be confined to eight hours on each side. Mr. Sanoxnt, of California, moved to strike out the clause limiting the time for argument. Agreed to. The order was then rejected—yeas 21, nays 40, ‘The question then being on the motion submitted by Mr. Carpenter to adjourn to the 1éth iust. it was witn- drawn, being the samo as the proposition of Mr, Sher- man. Mr. Biack, of counsel for the respondent, said he sted by counsel for tue respondent and the managers to say that if the extension of time until the 15th inet, asked for snould be granted the arguments would then be concluded as soon as if they were to zo on now, as counsel would have more time to prepare and could make their argument more couoise. Mr. Suxraay, of Obio, then renewed his motion that | the Senate sitting as a court Of impeachment adjourn » ‘until the 15th inst., and that arguments on the ques- | tion of fe konposar be confined to nine hours on cach ; side, jected—yeas 22, nays 38. 1 The argument on the question of jurisdiction was | then commenced. | a } Mr, Bian, of counsel for the question before the Court was, first, whether a private citizen was habie to impeachment, either without re- gard to the time or manner of bia loaving office, or | when he might have resigned to avoid impeachment | ‘upon an assurance from the chairman -of the prose- | cuting committee that he would, in such case, not be | prosecuted; and, second, whether the ations of | cr neoeasury to maintain juriediction must be al- | | ‘ged iu the articles, or whether they could be sup- plied in subsequout proceedings. Upon the first que: tion he thought the managers could only msintain the jurisaiotion of the Senute upon the ame principle as sertod by the prosecution in the Blount case in 1797, which was that all persons wero liable to impeachment, | because in Eagland, the country trom which were bor- | rowed the proceedings, and whose laws and usages must be looked to to discover the extent of its applica- | ton, all persons were so liable. But the Court on that occasion overruled that doctrine, and alter that deci- sion had been acquiesced im for seventy-eight years be thought the mavagers ought wot to expect that the Senate should pow reverse it the Blount case it was pl by the prosecution, a3 it was now in this case, that, although the defendant was Senator at the various | perious reterred that he was not at the time of impeachmel ! or officer of the United States, and the here ‘upon | demurrer, held that plea to be sufficient. In his (Biair’s) opinion, therefore, this question bad been Boaily adjudicated and was not an open question. Im- Peachment, ug a proceouing against a private citizen, ‘Was Opposed to the policy of the English government. It was also opposed to the policy of own jovernment, and it was opposed to the pos- itive leer of the law which regulated , the proceeding. All the bes writers and accepted authorities who spoke of this proceeding in Kogland said that its proper sphere was aguinst great offenders who possessed the power of the government, and whom it was necessary to potty She buy by the or- | uses of | | ganized power of the peopie in their mmons and Representatives. linpeachment, as a mode of en- foreing penal law, stood onavery different footing | from trial by jury. 1t was ao invasion upon the Magna Charta, which ad provided that no man snould be ad- | Judged except by his peers or by the laws of the land. | Impeachment was introduced long after tho Magna | Charts, and was desigued oniy for the punishment of great offenders. Blackstone expressly said that it was | uot tor ordinary cases, | Mr. Biaim quoted several cases in New York, includ- ing the Fuller, Barnard and Cardozo cases, where judges and others had resigned to avoid impeachment, | and where it had been held that im ent would — only be aguinst persons actually holding otfice. All the constitutions of all the States, with exception | of Vermont and Georgia, correspond with the national constitution, Mr. Blair then read at length from the debates of the Convention which framed the constitu. tion, and showed that Goveraeur Morris and Viuckney and othe:# were opposed to tue incorporation of im Peachment in the constituvon at all, and that it incorporated only as a moans of punishing great offe: ers. He did not think, therefore, that this Was a c where the accused should properly be exposed to the Jucy of the House, with its seven managers aud 240 able and violent men behind them, or that they should | be permitted to drag in this way one helpless individ- | ual to dishonor. Was this reasonable, when tuts pro- | ceeding, by the hag Maeane he great wuthorities who had sustained itm Kugland, which was a government of unhmited power, was justifiable there only in cases where oue power of the government was, in fact, to be arrayed against the other? The are if tm peuchment was a place m which & controversy took place between the high powers of the government, aad ‘Unis was the only theory on which it could be justified. It was to be reserved tor cases where the people as- sailed theit oppressors, armed with the power of the Executive, avd with the patronage and prestige which that power gave them. Way this the ume or place when it would be tolerated that such a proceeding should be sunk and prostituted to the oppression of an individual, and to the wasting away of ti had’ Where was this proceeding of im siup? Tt was one of the saddest commentaries on bhu- nature to sce how ready the subservient syco- who basked im the smiles of power waa to rush phi | to the enemies of lis patron and prostrate himeelt be- fore them and make terms for himself by betrayal and falsehood. How eagerly such creatures come here now! Those who had any grievances against the jallen man, bow they pressed forward to make themselves glory out of hie fal, If this prose- cution of private men was to be invited we had not yet parsed the days of tyranay. it only ‘by tue limitation of the powers of government that check wae put upon Malignant passions, and if the authorites ‘ninent in moments tke this cast aside the ons which our fathers impused, the days of nocent could be proscribed at the will of a political ma- | jority. and although they could not take away the hfo | | Of the accused, they could take from him what was | dearer—bis honor. Suppose Andrew Johnson instead of pleading to the articles of impeachment had re- | signed and appealed to the people? The whole country , knew that he was not prosecuted for crime, but simply because in bis honest judgment he adhered to what be thought was the law and the constitution us laid down by our fathers. Under the doctrine now sought to be established, the Senate could have gune onand dis- | qualified him and thus taken away from bim the power | of making an appeal to the people, and frustrat: ed in the purpose of the framers of the constitu- | Gon. i gap in the constitution was left | Open. It was now asserted here asa reason why this Jurisdiction sbould exist, that if a resignation ‘were permitted under such circumstances the Senate | and people would be defrauded out of their right to | that ig | respondent, sald the | ceed! | that he had resigned office, because he i i 173 a : i iB peach right to avoid a lawsuit if he cou! ight, however innocent he was, to which invariably attended the prosecution person by this overwhelming power, Ny would ee undertake a conflict of if he cout avoid it; and he bad enough to stand before the country and his action, The Supreme Court of the United States had settled again and again the question that a person residing in one state could con- vey his property to another person residing outside th qood faith Was lt pretended. that this resignation in Ht ‘as It preten fon of the accused was not made in good faith? Was it pretended that as soon as th ‘tion closed he would return to his duties as Secretary of War? Inre- gard to THE THIRD QUESTION which the Senate bad instructed the FEEE 4 2 H | justify i counsel to argue, he would nothing at peeaas he Soo that the matter was plain on the very of 11 Nobody ever heard an indictment bein, amended, and the Court in this New York case Barnard had expressly held that articles of im} ment were not amendable. Mr. Blair closed by ex. ressing a rogret that the shortness of the time allowed Fim for preparation had prevented bis making as ex. haustive an argument on the issues raised ashe bt due to the dignity ot the Senate, The Senate then, at twenty-five minutes to three o'clock, on motion of Mr. Wut, of Maryland, took a recess for fifteen minutes, ARGUMENT OF MANAGER LORD, Upon reassenibling, at ten minutes to three P. M., Mr. Manager Lonp said if he had any personal desire beyond the wish that this argument should not be di- vided in twain by an adjournment, it was that the | managers might have time to condense their argu- ments and authorities, As it was, ho would be com- pelied to read from books more than he intended. First—He deeired to reply to argument of the coum sel as to the Cardozo case, It occurred in the State is which he (Mr. Lord) resides, and the report of the Ju diciary Committee in t case was not conclusive on the question of jurisdiction. counsel for the accused bad argued that impeachment was ruinous to a private citizen. He (Mr. Lord) failed to seo what that had to do with the jurisdiction of the Senate. He then read from the articles of impeach- ment and replication filed by the respondent, and urgued that the iasue hud been jomed and it was too Inte now to raise a question of jurisdiction, He contended that the House of Representatives could introduce n matter to explamand fortily its o1 in the articles of impeachment, The defence had raised the question of jurisdiction, and in uid of that jurisdiction, the managers brought ‘m certain facts, They simply did what they did in aid of the jurisdiction, and this they could ai- ways do. In regard to the term, “late Sccretury,” ha | argued that this wasimmaterial, The proscention had the right to state tho, state of facts, and if it appeared that the law took no notice of tractiuns of a y, as ve thought he should show, the defendant ould have resigned fore he was impeached sn order to evade im pt, Was there anything unintelligible in these articles? Could English 'an- guage charge more distinctly bribery and crime than was done in these articles? Were not all facts in the papers distinctly and fuirly before this tribunai? And was this tribunal in the presence of the nation and the world on ground pleadings when all parties*had come yr | before it and waived any technical objection which might have been stated in an inferior court toend the case? There never had yet been ar:icles of impeach- Ment drawn that ho could discover without the reser- vation of the right to present such further articles the House might see fit to preseut. He assumed, thero- fore, that 1t would be held by the Senate that the managers could have presented turther les, aud into another offence the matter would have been be- fore the court. If they had charged a violation of duty in regurd to some other post tradershi or some other high crime or misdemeanor, and the defendant, instead of objecting, had secn fit to join isaue upon it, ‘shat question would be formally before the just ag though it had been presented by an additional arti- cle. Still, this was not the point insisted upon by tha managers. They claimed that the defendant, having challenged the jurisdiction of the court, the managera had wright to state any facts whatever in support of the Jurisdiction. s Mr, MitcnguL, of Oregon, inquired whether the man- agers claimed the doctrine of the law that the prosecu- tien might introduce new matter to explain and fortify fhe position taken and to support the jon ap- plied in criminal cases, Mr. Manager Loxp had said that it applied in cases of Mmpeachment. Impeachment was partly a civil and to the attitude partly a criminal proceeding. In ~— of the defenda ee might perhups a criminal although somé writers denied eve Whet he was = im| ed «6 the = consti! thrust bim out, and when he was shows to be uilty of crimes and misdemeanord and to be dishonest and polluted, the constitution per mitted the Senate to say that he was disqualified, but inasmuch as replications and rejoinders and surre- joinder were concerned this was a civil proceeding. jesides, much more latitude was allowed tn regard ta pleadings in a court of impeachment than in’ any lower court, [he manegers would not stop to discuss at length the statement that the chairman of a committee bad made a contract with the accused to get out of the office before he was impcached for crimes which made him the most unfit man in the country to hold office, He was astonished that coungel of respectability and high standing should assume a right the part of chairman o! a committee to make such an infamous contract, and he was the more surprised because it was one of the issues, That Bie f issue was denied by the surrejoinder, and the other side had noticed it by tiling their similitur. Tue House did not claim that a mere citizen could be impeached ; but there were cases where @ man who was in office showed such depravity that he OUGHT TO for all the days of his life from again holding office. Mr. Lorp closed by saying that in that if was due to the defendant and to the dead, whom he claimed ta represent, that it he were innocent he should establish his imuocence before the present tribanai. For Senate to hold that they had jurisdiction would | him this opportunity to clear bimseif, or, on the other hand, give tfc House an opportunity to establish his guilt in furtherance of justice, The managers thooght that the defendant was iinpeachable, notwithstandi had once hel the office of Secretary of War. They affirmed that no- where 1p the constitution was thero any inhibition against his impeachment, and that the whole scope and intent of tho constitution pointed toward his impeach. ment. The House, therefore, had impeached the de fendant, and through their managers demanded his ttn Cant said ipposed another 'T, CARPENTER ‘$U] a manager would now open; it would not be fair to pile the whole three emp managers upon the one remaining counsel Mr. Loxp said it would be unjust and unfair to com- pel two mauagers to go on, having only heard one gentleman on the other side. He believed tt had been the understanding that another counsel should now go on, Mr. Canrexter denied all knowledge of such an understanding. The /air way to do would be tor two managers to speak now, and two managers belore the case closed for the defendant, Mr. Incatts, of California, moved that the court should take a recess until seven o'clock this evening. Mr. Caurextxn sald ualess one of the managers went on this would be impossible, as the duty devolved on him of speaking next on the side of the defence, and he was physically unable to proceed. Mr. Ivca.ts withdrew his motion fora recess, The Senate then, on wotied St Mr. Coorgr, Siicurecd Ten- nessee, sitting asa rt of Impeachment, until half past two o'clock to-morrow afternoon, and the consideration of legislative business was resumed. MASS MEETING OF CARPENTERS. A inass meeting of carpenters was beld last night in Masonic Hall, Thirteenth street, with R. Williams in the chair. A resolution was read by the secretary set- | ting forth that, whereas the employing carpenters of this city bave takem advantage of the duluess of busi- hess to increase the hours of work and reduce the pay. Resolved, therefore, that we take every fair and lawful ineans for resisting such action, and that we bind our- selves together for that purpose; and resolved, that on and after the 15th hada Aemrty om yd $3a day for at least twelve moaths, A good of discussion ensued over the resort which was taken part in by Mr, O'Neill, D. S. Gril Mr. Busbee and others, Mr. O'Neill stated that the bosses intended making the men work ten hours on Satarday, instead of eight hours as heretofore. Many of the were of the opini that the carpenters were in no position to make any de- mands on the bosses at present, and shat the $3 question ju the resolutions was absurd. The resol abridgement: x gut hours on Saturday, or any re- ductido of wages below $3 per day by the bosses.” Ou motion P, H. Cosgrove and E. J. Corbett, of Em- pire Lodge; E. B. Doscher and P. Brady, of the Amal- xumated Society, and C. J. Nolan and B McAuley, of New York Lodge, were appointed a committee on the better organization of the Carpenters’ Society. “TLL SWING FOR THIS” ‘The trial of John Smith, who is charged with causin; the death of Emma McCarthy, was continued in the | Court of Oyer and Termiuer at Jersey City yesterday. Eliza Grabam, sister of the deceased, gtestified that Smith was in the babit of visiting Emma, and on the pay pod ler sryster: ion Afton Persons were in the house nul ly in iiquor. Officer Gallagher, wha arrested Smith vestifled that om the way to the Jail Smith remarked, I'll swing for this;1 omg to have done tt for she did a favor for my ' The testimony of the other witnesses was te on effect Fong the deceased ordered Smith to leave her ouse, When be was obstroperous and intoxicated, that he refused to go, and sho siruck him. Inthe quarrel which followed, ’Smith, it is alleged struck ber blows which proved fatal, case ves | tengery toy ar The willl be we