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. WASHINGTON. | real Action of the | Returning Board. , proceedings Louisiana — Ie iawtally entitied to vote AN EFFORT IN FAVQR OF PACKARD. The Uses and Purposes of Federal Troops in’ the South. A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasnixerox, Jan, 22, 1877. PRE LEGALITY OF THE ACTS OF THE LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD—WHAT THE REPORT OF ‘TEE COMMITTEE WILL SHOW. Is te mot believed that the papers of the Louisiana Returning Board will throw much lighton the secret the Board on manipulating the vote. From the timo these papers were demanded the Doard had opportunity Straighten its work and make ite figures add up, The Louisiana report will show, aside trom these pupers, that parishes were thrown out without warrant of law, 04 (bat the Board in various ways violated the law ‘under which it acted, The republicans claim that the Reversing Boara, acting under a State law, with ‘whieh Congress hes no right to interfere, actually cus =the we 3 vwte i precisely whee such extraordinary powers are granted, they | ‘must be Consireed strictiy, and that if the Returning | Board is to declare the vote of the State 1t must at least be lawfully constituted. The law requires that the Board shall cousst of five in fact, Shosen from ali parties; It is probable that every section of the law constitut- | ing tue Board and defining its powers will be taken up | ‘© tare, and facts will be vrought up to show in what | JOHN RODERICK M’PHERSON NOMINATED AT vote of Lovwisiana, and what that the Board declares it (0 be, To this the democratic reply is that, members, the Board tensivved of bat four members, all republicans, who Fetused constantly to allow a democrat to fill the va- ancy, evidently because they could not afford to have 8 democrat privy to the work of their secret seasions, the mystery of which they have so jealously guarded. mapoer the Board violate? the sery law of its exist- ence, Such on examination ts likely to be damaging. 46 EFFORT TO OBTAIN 4 LITTLE MORE kECOO- MITION §6FOR WITH GENERAL aveUR. PACKARD — DISSATISFACTION (A renewed effort is preparing bere to zet the Presi- dent te counten nce in some way the Packard govorn- Ment and atiompts will also be wade to procure the | Joel Parker, 2 for Jacob Vanatta. removal of Gefera! Augur, who does not seem to suit | Me. Packard General Augur bas been, for some years, im command iv the South. He anderstands the | Satare of the political tricks which have been played there by bovb partics, and the Peckard- Keliogg people cannot deceive him, as they | mihar with the political straggle there. Agents of \ coeld an officer arriving tresh on the scene and Packard and Kellogg, now here, are very busy try: tosccure influence which they hope wit! euable them | caucus adjourned without making a nomination. F. to give Packard “a tittle | T. @ tailed, and itis | Haley not now at all probable that they will eucceed either in this or in getting General Augur removed. -——o——- — GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCH. Wasmixortos, Jan. 22, 1877. TRE USE OF TROOPS AT ELLECTIONS-—ANSWEB OF PRESIDENT GRANT TO THE RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE ASKING INFORMATION—HIS VIEWS ON THE DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION ASD THE LAWS. To reply to the resulation of the House of Represen- Jatives, passed eariy in December, 1876, requesting the Prosident to transmit to that body copies of all orders or directions emanating from him or from either of the execative departments to any military commander of civil oficcr relating to the service of the army in Virginia, South Caroiima and Florida since the Ist of August last, together with all reports from any of said military or civil officers, the President to-day sent to the House of Represeutatives the foliow- ’ ing meesage, After stating that tbe House resolution reached him on tho 9th of December, the l’remdent ways: Ut was immediately or soon thercafter referred ‘he Secretary of War and the Attorpey General, directions’ given by the Executive Departinent rvineut, Penrice ov ce yd inquiry | ther with ail formation wu wi! such “or | bs god c the taformation, to custod:ans of sil retwmed the gers or directions” were given, copies to the or of will be observed, 1s voluminous, and with the limited Clerical furce in the Department of Justice bas con- Many of the com- sumed the time up to the present. ications — ne fom the Governor ot this have been al- | connection with mes. to Congresa Thw ath Caroiina, and class sent to Congress with my message un the subject of Hamburg massacre; aiso the documents xecom. — ae rt the resolution of the House | ives in regard to soldiers stationed at Tesponse ‘ing my Lng few d ‘There have aleo come to me and to the lepartment of ‘astice, from time to time, vther earnest writtes 8 holding public trusts wi person: ers residing in the South, some of which | wppend herety | as barring apon the prevarious cond: (ion uf the bose States. These communications nd Ot- bite have je Petersburg, Vv., where disturbances were No tr were stationed at the votnc places ordwmary course of irene proceedings,” or “aomestic violence 1a tion of ‘the laws therco! and us to. ueprive any portion of the people of such ¢ their civil or political rights, is ploy. such parts of the Iand me deem necessury to enforce U1 and preserve the pence and sastan wage ti ‘States, 1 to South Carolina The ie therein we eer er Suue umd of the r ths title 69 of the aecumpamed the with @ Unied = § “0 Statur bm A impeachment : [ i i | men, the young politicians, almost without exception, | | we. Toombs by «a Ben Hil! member, because Mr. | | eloquent and aggressive speech oo Saturday wight, in F NEW YORK HERALD. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1877—WITH SUPPLEMENT. part of the land or naval forces of the United States” as shall be necessury so prevent the vielatios and to entorce the due execution of the ae ae “of titie 24 of the Revised Statutes the United miates enang grmimenen of the civil rights of among which is the provision against covspiracies, 10 intimidation, or threat = hoy 4 irom a his support or advocacy in a legal man- per toward or in {u' of the election otapy bhi d qualifiea perso: an elector for Presi- dent or Vice Nd or as a member ot Congress of the United States ( . 1789.)"” this title I bave not considered ation to precede or romete ployment of such of the army as seemed to sery. Incase of insurrection against a St: ment, or against goveroment of the Uni @ proclamation issappropriate, but in keeping the peace of the United States at an ciection, at which members of Congress are elected, no such call trom the State Or proclamation irom the President is preserved by statute or required by precedent. In the case of South Carolina insurrection and do- mestic violence were go clearly shown and the applica- tion of the Governor thereof was duly presented, that 1 could not deny his constitutional request with- out abandoning my duty as the Executive of the Bational government, The companies stationed in tho other states have been employed to secure the better execution of the laws of the United Btates and to preserve the ot the United States. Alter the election had held and where violence was apprehended by which the returns from the counties and precincts might be destroyed, troops were ordered to the State of Florida, and those already in Louisiana were ordered to the points iv greatest danger of violence. I have not employed troops on slight occasions vor in } any case where it bas not been necessufy to the en- forcement of the laws of the Unitea States. In this I Dave been guided by the constitution and the laws which have been enacted and the precedents whico have been formed under it. It has been necessary to employ troops occasionally to overcome resistence to the internal revenue lawa, from the time of the resistance to the collection of the | whiskey tax in Pennsylvania, under Washington, to | the present time, i | In1854, when it was apprehended that resistance | would be made in Boston to the seizure and return to hia mast fuguive slave, the troops there sta- j tioned were empioyed to enlorce the master’s right under th: titution, and troops stationed at New York were ordered to be in roaviuess to go to Boston if it should prove to be necessary, In 1859, when John Brown, wiih a small number of men, made his atiack on Harper's Forry, the Presl- | deut ordered United States troops to assist in thi prebonsion and suppression of him and his party, without a formal cail of tho Legisiaturo or Governor of Virginia and without proclamation of the Presi- dent. Without recalling further instances in which the Executive has exercised his powers as commander of | the army and navy to prevont or suppress resistance to | the laws of tho United States, or where he has cxer- | like authority in obedience to a call trom a State ppress insurrection, | desire to assure both Con- | ountry that it bas been my purpose to administer the executive powers of the government fairly, and ip no instance to disregard or transcend the limits of the constitution. U. 8. GRANT, Exxcetive Mansion, Jan. 22, 1877. ot THE NEW JERSEY SENATOR. THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS—-THE REPUBLICANS TO MAKE THEIR NOMINATION TO-DAY. Trexton, Jan. 22, 1877, The democratic caucus met at nine o'clock to-night and nomiuated Jobp R. McPherson, of Jersey City, for | United States Senator. On the first ballot the vote | | stood 23 for MePherson, 11 for Ashbei Greon, 5 for Mr, dicPherson was serenaded at the Trenton House, Betore the result was announced Senators Dayton Mackey and Assemblyman Egan changed votes to McPherson, and the nomination was then mado unapi- mous, The republican Senators were aiso in caucus, bat with no prospect of agreement, Howell, Vatl, Van Rensselacr and Wightman bolted Frelinghuysen, the only candidate mentioned. Georgo A. Halsey refused to allow his name to go before the couvention, so the | T, Frelinghuysen, Willian Walter Phelpsg George a. alse, 4 Cortiandt Parkerare proposed for nomina- other effort will be made to-morrow forenoon to nommate a candidate. tthe de ratic caucus J. J, Bergen presided, and John in Was secretary. Tho session lasted ball ao hou! ourg was open and five candidates were now: yiz,.:—Jobn K. McPherson, ex-Governor ) Jacob Vanatta and Leon Abvott, Baliot resulted as follows:—Those voung for MvPher- gon were Messrs. Abbew, Bonnett, Britton, Campbell, Dewitt, Dro Gomer, Hackett, Hannon, Harris, Malone, Mathews, Paxton, Pidcock, Rabe, Sanderson, Sitverthorn, Stevens and Waldron—20. | For Green were Mesvrs, Bergen, Blackwell, Day- ton, Eagan, Elwell, Ferdon, Grecr, Mad- den, eee Sykes, Ward, Winant aod Yara— ma Parker were Hendrickson, Krucger, Moore, | Ridgeway and Rue—5, For Vavatta, Garrabrant ana | Ludiow—2, For Abbett, Mackey—I. Before the result | was anpeaneed Dayton, Egan and Maekey changed to McPherson, giving him one more than necessary for a nomination, John Roderick McPherson was born in Livi coumy, Now Y: and has been for many years idea- tied with com: ial interests in New Jerscy, being a@ very heavy stock dealer and trading extensively | im real ostate, ides being owner of one of the | largest atattoirs iv (h@ world. He: was a momber phe, | of tne Board of Aldermén of Hudson City tor six ears trom 1862 to 188, and president of that boay jaring three years of that time. Mr. McPherson was ‘strumental in forming and was president of tne Peopie’s Gua Light Company of Hadson City, and a d:- rector in the savings vank of thatcity, He served a term of three years in the New Jersey State Senate, commencing 1m 1872, and was a Presidential clector on the democratic ticket at the Inst clection, and voted last December for ‘iden ang Hendricks. His grandparents came irom ety yearsago, | parents pan repay I Livingston county, New York. was cduvated at Genesee College, haviug formerly died under Hon. Angus Cameron, now Sevator trom Wisconsin. [fn the Legislature ho was distin. guished for bis great abilities as a debater, and at the Close of the term he retired to privute lite, When Mr. Tilden was nominated for the Presidency, Mr. McPher- son took the ficid, and to him more than to any other man in New Jersey was due the victory which gave a democratic majority in the Legislature. Through his individual exertions two republican districts in Hud. | fon county were carried by the democrats. Mr. Mc- Pherson 18 forty-three years of age. THE GEORGIA SENATORSHIP. THR CONTEST WAXING HOT AND A DUEL SAID TO BE CONTEMPLATED—BEN HILL AND JUDGE SCHLEY AT SWORDS’ POINTS. (SY TZLRGRAPH TO THE HERALD. } Attaxta, Ga, Jan. 22, 1877. The city te crowded with Georgia politicians, brought here to watch the Scpatorial race, which opens to- morrow. There is scarcety a politicinn in Georgia whe % not on the ground and active in thecontest. The main purpose of the fight is to beat Bon Hill. The anti-Ben Hill lobby, headed by Herschel Jobn- son «and Bob Toombs and a hundred lesser politicians, i boiling with activity, but the Beo Hill are holding their ground squarely and making no con- cessious, A petronal assagit was yesterday made on Toombs exserted that the Legislature would be damned scoundrels it they elected Ben Hill, The intervention of the crowd prevented xerions resnits, Mr Hill mado an which he exposed and denounced the conspiracy that had beew organized to ernsh him. He put the oppost- Hon ot the Cimermnat! Le peiter to the account of a trawd alent cotton clam (nat be detested just , Wash Metewn being interested in 1 4 have been accurately report to see the menographic report of whieh | understand will appear in to-mor- S43 - i, : i i i i ! i Ti; i i i on. THE KANSAS SENATORSHIP., (ey TELEORAPE TO THR HERALD.) ‘Leavenworth, Jen, 22, 1877, Votted states Sepatorial election takes place to- i» thie State, The principal candidates are ‘nor Osborn, Judge Sears and the prevent incum- Senator Harvey. The convest will probably nar- to the farmer and latter, cer sume Line, at Topeka and Jobeonn, Wslee Sones ts alao a candi- ‘TRE OPPOSITION, ‘express their determination to vote | Tir g i # fhe ow ‘ys | Was suspended Jor the present, only who is money, and the eighteen | pA RB Afb their party wath they | ean throw their strength somew bere to advantage. ' ILLINOLS SENATORSHIP. / Breuer, Jam. 22, 1877. The following is the result of the twenty-eigath bal. 7 = Tramboll. Si Stephe: 5 Marshall, reer WEST VIRGINIA SENATORS. BALLOTING FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES, Waerune, Jan, 22, 1 The democratic members of the Legislature went into caucus to-night, prior to the commencoment of the bals Jot at noon to-morrow, to select two candidates for tho United States Senate—ove to fill the vacancy created by the aeath of Senator Caperton, the other to succeed Senator Davis, whose term expires on the 4th of March next. Three ballots were taken in caucus, and on the third if, 19%. for the short term :— Governor Price, 21; H. 8. Walker, rank Hereford, 18; scattering, 10, Another session will be held to-morrow SOUTH CAROLINA. THE QUESTION OF THE LEGAL GOVERNMENT INCIDENTALLY BEFORE THE COURTS, (BY TILEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Couumata, Jan, 22, 1877. Indications to-night point to the solution of the problem of the dual governments in thie State at an early day, It will be remembered that very soon after his inauguration by the Mackey House Governor Chamn- berlain issued pardons to two convicts in the Peniten- ight, tiary. These pardons Colonel Parmele, the Superinten- dent, refused to recognize, whereupon the counsel of Peter Smith, ono of the convicts, applied for his release on a writ of habeas corpus, BEFORE THE COvRT. ‘The case was brought before Judge R. B. Carpenter, | | | of this judicial lreuit, and, as it involved the entire | question as to which was the legal government of the State, the most eminent counsel in the State wel gaged upon it, and the argument lasted over a wee Judge Carpenter took the papers m the case under ad- visement, reserving his decision, and saadenly Jevanted to Washington, where he bas since remained, it is said consulting legal authorities which were not available a ANOTHER CASE. pany being dangerous and tho time precious the counsel for the other convict, Joun Fulton, will to- morrow bring his case promimently before the Supreme Court on application for release on a writ of tiabeas corpus, claiming that, being pardoned by Govern: Chamberiaiy, he ty illegally detained in custouy by t Superintendent. By this move Judge Carpenter bi lost his grand opportunity to decide and solve the dual governmental provi THE FLORIDA ELECTORAL VOTE, Savannag, Ga,, Jan, 22, 1877. ATallahassee despatch says the Florida House has passed, under a suspebsion of the rules, an act to declare and establisi the en by the Stat pe Florida of electors for President and Vice Presi jent. A MOLLY MAGUIRE’S DEATH SEN- TENCE. THOMAS DUFFY, THE MURDERER OF OFFICER YOsT, TO BE HANGED. [DY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) PottsvittE, Pa., Jan, 22, 1877. Thomas Duffy, who was convicted in September last of the murder of Officer Yost, of Tamaqua, was this morning sentenced to be hanged, the motion for a new trial having been denied, Duffy was the Molly who procured the murder of Yost for having beem arrested and roughly bundled by that officer, He appeared before the Court with an air of the most perfect indiflerence, and while Judge Walker, who pronounced his doom, was much moved he only looked bored. When asked if he had anything to say why seatenco should not be pro- nounced he replied, with a curl of his lip, “Well, I’ve got this much to say—my life kas been sworn away by perjury, and I got no justice in this court, ‘Ihatis ail,” Judge Walker, awid the most profound silence, and before a jurge audience, proceeded to pronounce the death sentence in cirefuily selected worus, In allusion to the crime itwelf he said:—“You caused your victim to be shot down by hired assassins and precipitated into eternity within sight of bis house and within bearing of bis wife. The spot was selected by you and your comrades in crime, who aro now waiting the just retribution of their acts, and their horrible deed was portormed alter mature deliberation and thought. At your mstance your so- ciety decreed the death of Mr. Yost without cause, | and your assassins were swift in the execution | of the sentence. You had no pity for his family, svop to become bereaved and over- whelmed with grief With bratal jest somo of your companions laaghed ut tho dying agony of the deceased and boasted that your crime would never be found out. But tho eve, that never sleeps was upon you andan invisible Providence bas made ali things clear.” Then, as if recognizing and correcting the nin+ | Pression thai Mollies bus not obtuined justice, the Judge a bave hud a fair trial by an intelligent jury. Every doubt has been cast in your iavor. The has cautiously guarded every privilege and ight conferred upon you by the coustitation and the law. You been dolended by able, lenrned end cloqueut el, All the commor, law forms, which are the | shield ot liberty and the substance ot justice, nave oven closely followed for protection; for theso forms | have been found in all ag where lnw is properly | sure barrier und perfect aguinst the | end rulers and against the desput- Duffy's hardened bearing seemed to impress thi Judge, and as i! suspecting that the murdere: very earnestly, pes of Executive clemency must from “above.” tion fo turn to God for future hope, Ji cluded by pronouncing the death rent form. Dufly walked your After on exhurta- Walker con- ee in the usual ily to one side ond sat down. " A REPENTANT DELYNQUENT. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) PeTzxseune, Jan. 22, 1877. ‘The trial of Samucl H. Thorburn, charged with the Jarceny of $16,700 from the Bank of I’etersburg and with making a talse ontry in the books of the Citizens’ Bauk in tevor of Richara Bagby, wheroby said bank was deirauded out of $10,000, took pluce in the Hust ings Court of this city to-day. The appeal of counsel to the mercy of the jury moved every one present, and there was soprocly a dry cye im the court; even the jurors thomeetves seemed overwhelmed. After a brict absence the jury returned verdicts of guilty in both caxcs, and fixed bis tworlvunnent in the Penitennary at tive years—two for the lurceny and three years for the false Ty—the shortest period atiowed by the law. also presented =o with = thoir verdict eu Tecommvndation for prompt cx~ nd On Motion of counsel jadgment The petition bas been 6 oficors of the vity government, and will ed by the Judgg, Commonweattn Attorney of tne Court, Petitions are being circulated y ry ward of the city. The Grand Jury winch tn- dioted Ihorburn will, if desired, visit (be Governor in | & body and present the application for pardon, The sympathies of the President of the Bank ot Petersburg are strongly enlisted in behalf of the prisouer and bo will use iis best efforts to secure executive clemency tor him, Thorburn, tofore, the confidence of the community, and his ed confession and restitution of tue money still retain for bins hundreds of trends. The provailing sentiment fs that bis complications with und desire to scive Bagby, in whom he had the most tmp fideueo und who alone profited by tho transactions, involved him in crime. sizned by SUSPECLED ATTEMPT TO POISON. (BY TRLFGRAVA TO THR HenALD.1 Harnisnvna, Pa, Jan. 22, 1877. Op Satarday Mrs. Joho Stemler and her jour chil- “dren, of this city, were seived with sudden tilnees, which 1s supposed to have been caused by cating oys- ter soup which was impregnated with arson.eal por. fon, ‘the vietims suffered greatly and fevrs of their were entertained. To-day the condition of th m Kl caildren in favorable to recovery, As relations: have been very unpleasant, aod a ported to bave made threuts on th motner she was arrested to-day on porsoned soup. t* said that one of her brothers informed a physician that ho observed his sister put- something in the hn and that he reiraimed trom eat va he dad Because he noticed that she aid not i The woman arrested is about ainctcen years old and bas veon addicted to strong drink, She protgsts her ingoce: many of her belghbora cotortaift strong Wt. The motive uscribed tor the al- er Jeged crime is 4 desire 10 get early possession of the stp a property which, it is saul, her jather, who be 10 between Mrs. Stomler ant a stepdaughter the latter Mie of her st rion of hay woeks go, ati fo bis will shi ‘neil the youngest child should oiiain its ma: bey Ee pent 9 of the Wes y of the i or accused agitated, ol as. | dren iu this ety, ANOTHER FIENDISH OUTRAGE. A BOY KILLED BY STARVATION, COLD AND BEATING--THE ALLEGED MURDERER A LAM- BERTVILLE SIGN PAINTER—THE POLICE AFTER MIM, Punapauraia, Jap. 22, 1877. Through the instrumentality of the newly formed Philadelphia Socicty for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Cuildren, a case has lately come to light which ap- pears to demonstrate that their socicty was not organ- | ‘zed @ day too soon, although the case alluded ,o re- suited ia the painful death of the victim, who was unfortunately beyond the ministrations of the officers } of this benevolence betore his condition was discov. ered. “CORONER WANTSD,"? Op Saturday last Coroner Goddard was notilled of the death of a boy named William B. Harvey, sixteon years of age, who had been removed in adying con- dition to the ‘ersity Hospital, West Philadelphia, on the 12th inst., and had died on tho 17th, The case was reported to th Coroner for investigation because Of the fact, evident to the physicians at the hospital, that the young patient had died from neglect and ex. posure about the time the case was brought to the Botice of the Society tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and the offical wquiry before the Coroner and a jury (which took place to-day), nas been assisted by the officers of this organiganion, with a view ot brinj peers to have beon ihe cause vl the boy's death, A SOLDIER'S ORPHAN, From tho testimony tuken before the Coroner to-day 1t seems that the boy was a soldier's orphan, formerly ng about the punishment of the wretch who ap- | a inmate Of the Northern Home for Friendiess Chil- | His mother, who is stilt living, mar- ried again, and her name is now Martha M. Englemao, of No, 921 North Fiith street. The mother testitle ‘that in September lust she was informed by the matrol of the institution that she hnd tound an opportunity of Recuring her boy a good home at Lambertville, N. J, with a sigh poiter, {ho mother gaye her conseut to his going, althongh she had not seen the man to whom he was to be bound out, and did not know anything ot him or herown knowledge. Young Harvey was ac cordingly eent sown into Jersey to the house of H Van Bids, lis new master, the mother understandin, that her buy was to do hight work and lowrn ida hived on a farm aud worked os a sig present month hoard from her son, On the Lith up to her residence in this city, gh ooking wan got out who introduced bit: Mr Van KE: He sad tbat v son and that he was in the cartia: Van Rida’s » On going 10 und her son a perfect wreck of his bromed und utterly wik and could not Mis leet were greatly swollen, Ik trom the carriage to the id gone ana the boy was given able to talk a iit ne sald tbat farm he was » wood, he futied to optaina certain amount in a ed of his breukfast, and meals on nine different 10 stated that about two weeks Lefore coming home ho had been severely beaten, and that feet became frozen from b ing compelied to work out tn thecold, From what litte th able to say It was evident that he elly and brutally treated, and had be BRATKN, STARVED AXD EXPOSKD TO THE COLD uatil both feet and bands were frozen, He was covered with sores and dirt, and his feet were so badly frozen that they had become gangrenous und three of nis toes had actually retied and dropped of He said that when bis persecutors were bringing bim home on the ¢ars they had threatened to leave bim to perish if he even 50 much as groanou aloud. They nad so suc ceeded in frightening the poor iad by their inhuman threats that be was in great lear of them, and dia not divulge the brutality of their treatment of him antil they had driven off in tho carriage 19 which they bad brought him home to die. The mother further testi. fled that on the 12th inst, the day after bis arrival, ho was conveyed -to the University Hospital, where ho died on the 17th. DIRD FROM CRURLTY, The Corover’s physician, Dr. Chapman. deposed that he mado a post mortem examination of the body of bie deceased, at No. 1,228 Ridge avenue, on Saturday ast broken down. @ Without assistanc house, After Van Testoratives he w during the time t ders; the tocs uppearod as it they bad been severely frozen; two toes on the right foot and one on the lett were missing; they were ina gangrenous con- ditton; on making ah examination of the internal or- gans I found them in a healthy condition. Dr, John P. Betler, residing at No, 112 Brown street, tostified that ho had been c.iled in to attend bim atter he bad been brought home from Lambertville, and found his feet very badly trozen and his limbs up to his knees much swollen; be told me that he had rot slept fur five days and nights, and that he bad iad but ry little to eut during that ume. The boy in a terrible condition and very’ weak. A num f other witnesses were examined in cor- rovoration of the above, and then, at the request of vhe Suctety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the conclusion. of the case wax postponed nuit Tuck the 20th inst. In the meantime efforts will be nd nis wite, a Coroner's war- for them this afternoon, FATAL SLEIGHING ACCIDENT. Provinexce, R. I., Jan. 22, 1877, While sliding down hill this evening a “doubler,” carrying a dozen or fifteen persons, ran into a large party § sicigh which came around & corner, and th siiders were all thrown under the borses, Martlu Boyle, aged forty-foor, had his bowels ripped open and died in- stantly. Mra Boyle was s-verely injured and several others slightly. Those tn the sleigh esoaped unburt, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan 2 Jrrick oF Tur CuiKe Wasnisetos, Jai Indications, Daring Tuesday in the South Atlantic and Gulf Ststes, rising burometer, stationary or falling tem, peratare Northeast to northwest winds, cloudy and threatening weather will prevail, with frequent rains, In Tennessee and the Ohio Valley rising barometer, | north to west winds, colder, partly oloudy weather and possibly in the former oceusional rein or snow, suc. | ceeded by falling barometer and winds shifting to | easterly or southerly, In the Upper Mississipp! and Lower Missouri vatleys falling barometer, southerly to oastorly winds, cold and generally clear weather, succeeded by rising tem. perature, In the lake region, falling barometer afier a tem- | porary rise off Lake Michigan, westerly winds backing to southerly, cold and clear or partly cloudy weatner, succeeded in the upper lake region by rising tem. perature, In the Middio States and New Englaud, rising baromoier, northwest or westerly winds and clear or partly clondy weather, suceecded by falling tempera- t aud, in the former, winds backing to south- westerly. The Lower Mississipp! River will continue slowly rising and the Ohio falling. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following record will show the changes in tho | temperature for the past twenty-four hours, im com- parigon with the corresponaing date of last year, as he found several bruises on the back between the , | tions, indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Herawy Building: 1878, 1377. 18 Averago tet YOM eoee THE ASTORIA MASKED BURGLARS, | € aieesince THEIR TRIAL, CONVICTION YESTERDAY. The January Term of the Queens County Court of Oyer at North Hempstead yesterday. Jon dames, one of the alt AND SENTENCE od Astoria masked vd Terminer conyoned in the old Court House | burglire, Was arraigned to plead tatnree Indictmenty— | one for breaking into and robbing the house of Mr. Hillyer, tue second jor committing the sam at Mr. Green's, andthe other: tor uighway His counsel, George A, Mou, elected that his , should have a separate trial, and questioned the jarors very closely ag to bis. ‘The jury im James’ case was obtained at three o'clock wou the trial proceeded, Judge Pratt proceedud tv charge VW fall-past four ove bat WEES Wi Verdict of guitly fiver dey ‘Tho Instriet Attorn counsel what he des dasired to know of pri to do with the Hilton ew Alter consultayion with the prevner Mr. M swered that he pleaded guilty, The District Av then moved tor judgment, In answer to usaal questivns Janes ead he was forty-four years old and born in England, ‘The sentence, pronounced by Judge Arrastrong, w: that James be imprisoned at sing Sing at hard labor for (wenty yeurs, and at the expiration of this term a Juriher imprisonment of fiiieen years op the Hillyer ind ciment. Jeremiah McCorthy and James Riiey were arraigned On Fintan indictments, and, pleading gaiiy, were sentenced, They aro bos under twenty-one years of age aod born in New York. McCarthy was sentor on the Green indictment to ten years at Sing Sing and ten yearsior the Hillyer burgiary, twenty years in all. Riley was sentenced to ten Phage on the first indict. Ra ht years on the second, eighteen years in al AMUSEMENTS. ‘ “ALL FOR BER” AT WALLACK'S. ‘There was scarcely stan: room at Wallack’s last Bight—on the aouble event of the reappearance of Mr Wallack and the tirst performance in this city of the mew play of “All tor Her,”” written by Palgrave Simp- sop and Herman Merivale. The play was enthusiast- cally received and seomed to ploase the galleries guite as much as the lower part of the house. Mr, Wallack was called. before the curtain at the end of every act, and at the close of the second act Migs Ada Dyas, Miss Rose Wood and Mr, Steole Mackaye wero summoned in tarn by hearty applause, The play is decided succoss, deserved not only by ite merit, bot by tho excellence of the’ acting and the beauty of the scenery. ‘The plot of “All for Her’ is effective, aud full of situations, Dut by no means new, Much of it, 1 fact, is very old, The wicked steward, who gets possession of the family seeret; the bastard son, who Is really legi- timate, but docs not know it; the fugitive Jacobite; the mysterious marriage certtti sage, are tamila: lays ana novels can make thet The | aM the plot is taken trom Diek “A Tale of two ¥ and strength, central idea of 81 Digh, herote spirit of seti-sucriil much pathos and dnev Carton, repeated im that of Hugh Trevor, in each ewse the raded drunken gentleman ia redeemed by a hope- which gives 20 ices his ite, ‘The authors conveae th portance of this conception of the play when they closely follow in thy Ack the strongest situations | ut the end of +A Tale of Two Cities” and place im the mouth of Trevor as ho 13 led to the xeulloia tho tb big of Sydney Carton, “It is a iar, lar better Ung that do, than L have ever done; it is a tar, far better rest that! go to than | have ever known,’® ‘The dialogue of the play is as wucqual f some of the sc dulland stupa, Altogether the drama stage contrivance rather than a! Hugh Trev biter irony w aud the reckless iy whieh assumes prevent =the — part tram be coming — melodramatic; — his roady invention, hu superior intolhgence are developed in the second Act, and in the thira the Hiss of the here ts st peroly rendered. It there be some inconsistency in the ireatmont of the character by the dramatists Mr, Wallack nas concealed it by the resources of bis art, There is plenty of opportunity for that grimy humor wm which Mr. Wathick is aimost without amival, and this | is blended with cloments of teader pathos and same. times of intense passion, Mr. Steele Mackaye made more ot Richard Radford, the villain of the jue the part supplied, by the subtlety of jis Mr, Stevenson as 1 Edendaly was admirabl Miss Ada Dyas in the of tho herome, Lady Mavaden, had several dificult phases of emonon to reveal, and was especially ine in the secne with Colonel Vamer (well rendered by Mr. Arnott) io the secon} ack Miss Rowe Wood had weharming part in Mary Rivers, and it was cbarmibaly performed. an old fashioned ho: Johan Sefton, THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE. At the Grand Opera House last evening the play presented was Mr. Augustin Daly’s dramatization of Wilkie Collins’ “Man and Wife.” This proce, with which {metropolitan audiences are comparatively familiar, reflects the peculiar entanglements and un- certuinties of the marriage law in Scotland in the progress of tts development, while 10 ulso bis at tne physical dangors hikely to arise from the over ‘training’ | considered necessary by young college athletes tor Successful participation in therr favorite exer. | ciaes. AR) our OWN natriage law very closely resombles the Seottish Inw, and us our ve of late given little attention to what may be tormed their physical departinent, the piay bil intimation that 11 is a drama of “contempornn: ous interest” may be accepted, But for complete enjoy ment rather a better representation might in all fairness be demanded than was offered Inst evening, Notall of tho periormers wore to be commended even for a tamil jarity with the hnes assigned to them for delivery, But then this was probably a first night's crudeness, and the acting will doubticss improve with age, The cast is very fair, including Mossrs, Harkina, Lamb, Ringgold and Davidge, aud Misses Mury Wells, lua Jeffreys, May Nunez and Lalu Jordan, UERMANIA THEATBE, A comical, old-fashvoned Borlin farce, by Kalisch, | whose title is as untranslatable as its peculiar fun, ‘was presented last evening at the Germauia Theatre, A Berlin farce by Kalisch is as different from a Vienna grotesquerie by Nestroy o# au Irish play by Bouct- cault im from a comedy by tho younger Dumas, woald be hard to tell which is the funniest of the two. Mr. Neuendorf certainly hits upon a ession of faroes aud comedies which keop bis aud in roars of merriment, and the Wo wera pleased to meek with anew and agreeable ace quisition to the Germania Company, Fruulein Sohmitt, of Berlin, a young bruaetie, who appeared, bowev in this periormance in a cloud of volden curls. The remainder of the vast—Herr Witt, Herr Freeman and Fraulein Cottre! ‘were as good, aud Fraulein Ketiro ana Fraulein H. were as poor as usual, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, Miss Marie Gordon is seriously ill. Miss Emma Abbott has recovered from her recent iMness and will shortly appear under the management Mr. Do Vivo, i The Aimée Opéra Bouffe Company will begin a sea- son of several weeks next Monday night. The follow- ing operas will be performed :—''La Petite Maride,” by. Leeocq; “Ln Boulangire,” by Offenbach; a new opera by Straues, ‘Queen Ludigo;"? “La Jolie Pariumeuso”’ (1m which Aimée sings tho English song, “I’retty as a Pieture);” “La Vie Parisienne” and ‘La Fille do Madame Angot.’’ CEICLE FRANCAIS DE L'MARMONIE, ‘The twelith anoual ball of the Cercle Francais de PHarmonie took ploce lsat night at the Academy oF Music, The costumes were fine, and about 100 couples jomed in the grand procession with which the ball was opened and which was soon rapidly recruited trom the occupanta of the parquot circle seats. There was almoata total absence of page's costumes, Jt 18 to the credit of the committee in charge of the floor and the Fecoption that the entire ball was marked by good order, and that there was scarcely a bomterous demonstration, the men who play at ba'tiedvor and Wali street were eecn in th conium boxes ai an early hou The introduction of the grotesque always a feature of the Cercie Fran tar 10 the famous Clodiche troup: dancers in the “interne! quadriie’ by Caron” revived the remembrance of the time when the c Lu rdin Mubiile electrified New York cancun into the list or the if sbuttlecock in dancers, which is opportunities, The “day. light was ap ry morning's chanticleer had crowed veers lott the Academy to their car- rages. BAL FRANCAIS DE L/OPRRA, Notwithstanding the many balls io the eity Inst even- ing the Bal Franguie a ere at Irving Hall was the bali of the atthe Acudemy of Musio pal vail of the day the attendance at f the evening was rapidiy, anvil ent briti ngs and priners, tn feet may be y eco sstal REEMANN Lobo ‘The ball be lodge of Hei n'a Sots as Ferrero's Assembly Rooms was a pleasant and spirited afwir, The Assembly Rooms were handsomely decorated and Well iiled with members of the louge und their friends, The aviencance Wus good, and to excellent music tho merry dauce went ou wutil the wee sia’ hours, OBITUARY. 1 WORRELT. Rev. J. Hgen Burrell, pastor of St Matthew's Evan: gelical Lotheran ehureh, io State street, Brooklyn, died on Sanday, Jet toet. The deceusea elergyman cam reorved and accepted hy him from xt. Hatt very energetically was hore in 1820, ' ho peadu: Ollege, we Get Mess von ‘enire comnty, heraw sont Joun T. NeNally, for proprietor of one of the © Island road, J, i residence on saturua: M'NALLY, jowg tiwe ka ot hostesies o@ tue departed (his CAPTAIN LUTHER Lee, Jn. Captain Lather Lee, Jr., Votiector of the Port of Nortolk, Va, whose death at that city is announced egraphie despatch, was bern Jamestown, ¥., i INS Hie father, the Rev, Luther Lee, Mt the seoersien of the Kpiscopal (vareh, and ieyet alive tn the town of Miiturd, Wayne county, Micb. At the break it Of the late war Cape: but returned to his native State and assisted in raising the Twentieth teciment of New York cavalry. in 05 ;"" und this alone gives it eokemon | love for a woman, for whose sake le finally sacri | absolute im | A reatistic portrait of | usekeeper was presented by Mra, hl obbies and in the pros. | evening at | to Brooklyn about two years ago, in pursaanes | churel, with whem ne | ag 0, Broaden: Lee, the sabdject of this notive, resided ip Ualiforoi, | which regiment he was @ captain at the close of Subsequently tied in Norfolx coanty, vie GIDEON WALTS, A telegram from Middletown, N. Y., under date e? | Festerday, announces the occurrence of the death of Mr. Gideon Wales, a promi citizen of Sullivan county, tn this State. He expired at his residence as Pike Pond, on the 20th inst. at the age of sixty-ergnt years, Mr. Wales waa a delogate to the last Constitu- (onal Couvention, He was an abolitionist from the commencement of his pablic life, CHARLES V. LYONS. One of the oldest residents of the Teuth ward, Mr, | Charles V. died of consumption yesterday | morning at his residence, No 117 Canal street, He was forty-three Ps of age, and had all his lite been | # resident of the ward tn whieh he died, | teen years marshal and coostabl connceted with the Sherifs offic | pei HON. EMENEZ ROBBINS, Ebenozer Robbins, of Lee, Oneida county, N. ¥., am Assemblyman from the F | died yesterday, aged eighty THE GALLOWS, Tannoroven, N. C., Jan, 22 187% | The vievnity of Whittakers, im Edgecomb county, N | C., has achieved a bad celebrity for the murders and | other casital crimes since the emancipation of the blacks, One of the most revolting of its many cases of | criminal assault bas been expiaved to-day, The vie- | um was Miss Cornelia Bulgood, a beautiful and bighly accomplished young lady, vecapying the very trst sootal position and universally admired ana beloved, She resided about tour miles from the Wilmington and Weldva Kail j, and while she waa returning alone and on foot one alteruoon about eighteen months ago (rom a Visit toa meighbormg plantation, 6he was attacked in a pteee of woods by a wart mulatto, hamed Sinon Ragland, who, after « desperate bub Driot struggle, b to the earth, yacgea her, and comantted a bratat assault apon her, He lett her nearly inseasible, She at lengtn gevived auMclenty or way home. Ragta a eae puree akea His wris | fatal noose down over bus fave, | oud a rope whieh held the trap. | one-half leet, and the ie cap drawe Sherif! William J, Hardison then ‘Tho tail was two and TH LAW 8a In eleven minutes 4 hue Taylor and Alonzo Hassell prononnced ite extinet, ~The death was by strangulation, The body was cut down, pliced in a black cofin, and carried to the pablic cemetery in the town eub- urbe, wi Rov. Mr. Houghton read the Episcopal | burial service at the grave, This is the only expiation ¢ law can prow blighted life, nied forever all io tender, diving arnings of womanhood and cloaded by the momory | of a black, rntinite horror, THE HEBREW WIDOW. jay, Jan, 22, 187%. Mapmiox Avexek, Mot To tue Epiror or the Hera Permit me to request ‘1, M. MoCaffrey, rector," te furnish me, through the Heaate, with the name and dross of the Hobrew widow mentioned io yesterday's er, in order that retief may be extended to her ana jer three children, Vory ban ys ADISON AVENUE, HOTEL ARRIVALS, it, Viee President of the Pennsylvania e St. James's, Captain Jobn L, Davia, ted States Navy, i at the Astor, | KL. Davenport ie at the Sturtevant, F. B. Judson, of Syracuse, mm at the Windsor, Lieutenant Com- mander F, W, Dickins, United States Novy, = at the Hoffman, Stanton Blake, of Boston, 1s at the rans. wick, Harvey G. Eastman, of Poughkeepsie, iat the Fitth Avenue, MAILS FOR EUROPE, The steamship Bu leave this port on | Wednesday for Queonstowa and Liverpool. ‘The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at nine o'clock A. M. | * Toe New You Herato—Kdition for Kurope—will | be reatiy at hall-past eight o'clock in the morning Single copies, in \ pers for mating, ate THE The Against Messrs Kna Court of Maltin “mitnont we y might have made on the subject, but the aprearanes certain local notices of the fact in the various marn~ ing papors at renders it roper that we i ‘ the false | imprensi whiel ey ‘on whieh the teinway & Se ther representatives, Inasmuch as peor eae the reasons o¢ those gentiomen for dismisaing the bill; ‘ae liy ot all the notices referred ' it wae inet telnw. anked far tor the purpowe, ae he stated, of devermimng wi wr he would ge te @ hearmg uyen the bi and re we he pres of 1, that Mess, elnway ns desteod wad it Athdenw the suit: that tt had been broasht by thele withou. thelr sheir a they. hud ANT ra M he effeet repo oud feeling to ourselves p yy whi | dicated, wewere then requested und | Mosara.'8. € Sons, to join thent in. ® mit’ had been rr uri jo, on Jeuere 8. & Sous had Knowinaty, . without withdrawing Jt, antl the answer lod by ts had made ft mn mt that thetrense should not be niaintaine withdeaw I now they must do so on thelr own rexponribility We further stated that we should Lago the suit to goon, inorder that an op; tunity might be afforded fora more public exporute oft protonces under whieh our Inteyrity nad been assalle | that we would de nothing whatever to sive room t on oF suggestion that any comproniixe had been mad The agent of Stofeway & ing that YY om any’ y. wo hud determined fecting whieh the Mensr hould probad! | controtted by the wu | & Sons professed, « tion orat erred. which they contxin substantiaily is, that we admit our untwer that we had no other certiticate te than the official award the mission, and that our | our own tement of whi effect of the award, the & Bo ad | know as well before as after the fled. and ¥ ttorth im the bill, whieh was not sworn by and which Ix not false in fact. ‘et to be compelled to make this stutement. having been nway & Ni i as thoy maid to, is ped that Messrs, into w false position aval heir would have veen willing quietly to withdraw irom it, We ven to suppose that they would have tormge which we have been compelled WILLIAM RNABE & 00 Bartitons, Jac. 20, 1877. 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