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eulty is that even if simultaneous disarmament of Russia and Turkey be proposed the Porte, with tho Montenegrim negotiations unsettled and insurrection in Bosnia ekowing signs of revival, may not tbivk Mtaelf in a position to disarm immediately. All these *pprehensions way, after all, be but a temporary reac- tion after the dete sanguine hopes. SWE POPK BELLIGERENT. A later version of the Pope's utterances at the Con Hstory on Turviay ts that, while inveighing against the desire to deprive him of the tiberty ot speech, he encouraged resistance thereto, saying = that =the time —ihad come to employ force, A special despatch trom Rome says. ‘A full report of the sitting of the Reichstag on the 88th ult., at Berlin, has been sent to the Vatican that the Pope may see the conciliatory spirit entertained toward the Holy Sce and be induced to take the initiative toward conciliation.” FRANCE AND GERMANY. The Paris Devats of this morning publishes a com- munique in which it is stated that the relations be- tween Franco and Germany were nevor better than now, 18 IT THE RFFRCT OF BLUE GLAS? As we forsiold yesterday the Cambridge crew is Papidly becoming the favorito among tho betting men. The quotation was 11 to 10 Jast night, but some large bets were made at 6 to 5 in favor of tho crow from the Cam. SMALLPOX IN LONDON, One hundred deaths from smallpox occurred !n this city last week. LEIeziG’s NEW LIFK, In the German Reichstag yesterday the bill fixing Leipzig as the seat of the Imperial Court of Germany ‘was adopted, DYING. : A special despatch from Rome announces that Mon signor Nardig, Auditor of the Sacred Rota, is dying, RACING IN ENGLAND. FOOTSTEP THE WINNER OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP, Lonpox, March 21, 1877. To-day was the third day of the Lincoln Spring Meeting, and the great event, the Lincolnshire Handi- cap, was won by Lord Wilion’s chestnut filly Footatep, by See-Saw, dam Sandal, 4 years old, carrying 101 Ibs, The betting against the filly previous to the start was 16to1, Sho was trained vy T. Wadlow. There were thirty starters, Sir F. Jonnstone’s brown horse Pour- suivant, by Lord Lyon, dam Editha, 6 years old, with 10 to 1 against him, was second, and Sir G, Chetwynd’s chestout cols Lord Lincoln, by Newcastle, dain Donna del Lago, 4 years old, with 10to1 against him, was third, Lord Roseberry’s brown colt Touchet, by Lord Lyons, dam Lady Audley, 3 years old, who started tho favorite at 9 to 2, but was not with the leaders at the finish, The following is the SUMMARY, Tax LINCOLNSHIRE HANpicar, of 1,000 sovs., added toa sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 1t., for three- year-olds and upward; the winner of any race alter Ube weights are puvlished to carry 7 lus, ; of two, or ne Vaiue 200 sovs., 12 Ibs. extra; tho second to re- ceive 60 nove out of the stakes, the third to save hi stake, and the winner to pay 100 toward ex- enses ; entrance, Ssove., the only I ty it fortert declared, Oue mile (122 subscribers), rd Walton’s ch, f. Footstep, by Sce-Saw, out of Sundal, 4 yeare.. ane err TG Sir F. Jobnstone’s br. b. Poursuivant, by Lord Lyon, vut of Rditha, 5 years... ee seo 2 Bir G.'Chetwynd’s ch. °c, Lord Lincoin, by New- castle, our of Donna dol Lugo, 4 years , - 3 PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES OF THK WINNER, As atwo-year-old Footstep ran but twice—tho first time in tho Levant Stakes at Goodwood, July 27, the distance four furlongs, carrying 118 1bs., and ridden by F. Archer, she secured third place, At the Novem- ber meeting at Liverpool she won the Knowsley Nursery Stukes of £375, four furlongs, beating Lady Agnes, Antelope aud pine others, She was ogain rid- den by F. Archer, carrying 110 Ibs, Last year, in her three-year-old form, sho ran six times, the first for tho Coronation Stakes at Ascot, June 13, for £1,100, ono mile. Sbo was riddon by Custance, who won by a neck, Appeal and Arena making a dead heat for second ‘place, Footstep’s next appearance was ‘at the samo Meeting, three days afterward, when she ran for the Ascot Plate, valued at £1,145, the distance ono mile and aquarter, In this race she did not secure a place. Her next appearance was at Doncaster, on the the 14th of September, when she ran tor the Park Hill Stakes of £500, tbe St. Leger Course. Tho race was ‘won by Twine the Piaiden, Zee second, Footstep a bad third, At the Newmarket second October meeting she ran for the Newmarket Oaks, one mile, seven furlongs, 158 yards. She was uupiaced in this race, Lina winning, Augusta second, Basquine third. At the Newmarket Houghton, in the Cambridgo- shire Stakes, one mile and a furlong, she ‘Was again unplaced, coming in ninth in a fleld of thirty- two starters. Roseberry won, Footstep, however, closed her three-year-old career by a win, This was the Liverpool Autumn Cup (handicap) of £1,180, about amile anda baif, Sho was ridden by Hopkins, and carried only 83 Ibs. Spe beat Woodland secona, Lord Gowran third, Thorn, Munaen, Activity, Tam O'Shanter, Whitebait, Kineton, Julius Cuesar, Polonaise, Innishowen Herbertstown, Berryficld, Ag- lethorpe, Merry Duchess, Omega, Ebor, Newport* George, Herald, Lottery and stamfordham, Footstep won by halfa length, three lengths botween second and third. Thorn was fourth, Munden fifth, and Whitebait sixth. MEXICO, MAJOR GENERAL JOSE CEBALLOS RETURNIN TO RECEIVE NEW HoNons, San Fraycisco, Cal., March 21, 1877. Major General José Ceballos, late commander-in- chief of the Fourth Territorial division of the Mexican Republic, comprising tbe Northwestern and Pacific States, starts this morning overland to New Orleans, whence he will proceed to the Rio Grande and thenco into Mexico, He returns by the special invitation of President Diaz, by whom it is expected he will ve ap- pointed Secretary o1 Wur as a reward tor past military Bervices, CUBA. ANOTHER PRIVATEER TO.BE FITTED UP BY THE NEW YORKERS, ‘ Havana, March 20, 1877. ‘The South Pacific Times, of Callao, Peru, vays:—"'A subscription has been opened in New York for the purpose of obtaining funas with which to purchase an armed vessel to be presentod to Lieutenant Prado and to serve as a Cuban cruiser. JAPAN, 4& BATTLE FOUGHT IN WHICH THE IMPERIAL FORCES WERE VICTORIOUS, San Francisco, Cal., March 21, 1677. A private letter from the Governor of Yokohama, fecoived in the City of Peking mail by a resident of Ohis city, reports that a sharp battle was fought at Ko- gosbina, the capital of Satsuma, u few days betore the sailing of the steamer, the news being received at Yo- kohama on sailing day. The reports represent that the imperial forces captured the town after a sharp and see vere conflict, The conspirators were routed at every potot, THE NEW DOMINION. BREW PROVINCIAL SECRETARY FOR ONTARIO, Tonoxto, March 21, 1877. Hon, A. 8, Hordy was sworn in to-day as a member of the Ontario government, with the portiolio of Pro- vincial Secrotary. DECLINE IN PUBLIC SECURITIES, Moxrnnat, March 21, 1877, Nothing very exciting on our Stock Exchange to-day, Tho whole list of securities are weak in sympathy with the bank shares, whick have been aftectod by @ heavy decline in the city passenger railroad, the stocy, of which several of ibem hold largely, RETRENCHMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA, Hauivax, March 21, 1877, Mr. Holmes, leader of the opposition in the Assembly, has introduced a resolution censuring the government for having increased tho exe enditure whe the revenuc has decreased, in 1870 the expenditures were $609,266, and in 1870. they were $789,671. Several days will probably bo oc- cupied in discuvsing the resolution, All parties seem agreed that retrenchment will have to ve made in the expenses of the lucal goverument THE RUSSIAN FLEET, Fortress Monror, Va,, March 21, 1877, ‘The Ruesian ficet, consisting of the flagship Svetland anG steamers Hogatyr and Askold, sailed from tho at nine o'clock shia morning for New York, | the Southern democrats once more, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, WASHINGTON. Self-Government in the South to Await an Investigation. A’ COMMISSION FOR LOUISIANA. Boasted Success and Exuberance of the Carpet-Baggers. EXTREMISTS OF BOTH PARTIES DELIGHTED, The Cohorts of the Unterrified Consolidating. An Early Outbreak in Louisiana Promised. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasiinctox, March 21, 1877. THE POLICY OF DEL‘Y IN THE SOUTHERN QUES- TION AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE VARIOUS PARTIES. There are well informed people here who soe in the sending of a commission to Louisiana a check’ to Packard, who has been collecting a force of negroos with the evident intention to get up a little bloodshed to “fre the Northern heart.’’ If, as is geuerally be- Heved here, Packard meant mischief of this kind, he will hardly dare to begin it now that a com- mission is to be sent to examine his condition and claims, Those who hold to this theory add that Cham- berlain and Packard having both positively refused to abandon their pretensions, and having throatened vio- lent and revolutionary procecdings under the advice, as there is roagon to believe, of their Northern repub- Hiean allies, the commission will tio their bunds and Jorce upon them a peaceable and or ‘erly surrender, for if they should resist this would placo them clearly in the wrong before the Northern public. 1t {s in favor of this view that those members of the Cabinet who are generally believed to be most earnestly and positively determined upon a proper and speedy solution of the Southern question are this evening reported to be entirely satisfied with the de- cision to send a commission South. 1t is also in favor of this view that the President is undoubtedly and firmly determined on the recognition of Govornors Nicholls and Hampton, On the other hand, it is undeniable that the decision to send a commission to the Louth gave a shock to all here, Northorn as well as Southern men, who hopea to see the Southern question quickly put of the way, and that it has revived the drooping hopes of the carpet- baggers and their alles. Those have made the most desperate and unceasing efforts for delay. They becamo satisfied soon after President Hayes came in that he had determined that the Hampton ana Nicholls govern. ments alone could stand, and bad made up his mind to recognize thom. From this no arguments or threats ot Packard’s and Chamberlain’s emissaries wero able to move bim, and thoy thereforo ten days ago aban- doned that ground, and thereafter industriousily pre- sonted pretexts for delay. Thoy alarmod tho Presi- dent, for instance, by assurances that if Hampton and Nicholis camo in the carpet-bag leaders would be murdered, But he communicated his fears on this head to Southern men, and received in reply the most positive guaranteos trom Governors Hampton and Nicholls that they would maintain peace and protect everybody. ‘They then brought forward ingenious plaus for a settlement by somo sort of inquiry and numerous schemes about the Southern Senator- ships, meantime acting, as thero is reason to believe, on the advice of some Northern republicans who have determined to break down the President. They got Packard and Chamberlain to refuse positively to give way. They brought all manner of: influences to bear on the White Housé and the new Cabinet, made proinises of a peace- ful retirement if a littio time was granted and workod incessantly for a commission, and now at jast they have got it, The commission itself thay do not care about, but its appointment puts off still further tho day of settlo- ment, and they boast this evening that they havo carried the day, that the President has at last given way to pressure and in short they are not without hope in the future. Ho has given way in this thing, prob- ably ho can bo managed hereafter. That is their theory. Until to-day the President had really beaten them at every point. They intended to seat Packard and Chamberlain by getting the republican Senate to seat Kellogg and Corbin, but the President caused it to be known to republicac Senators that in hia judg- mont the Kellogg caso ought not to come op, and to Kellogg’s bitter disappointment it was never reported from the committee, They sent almost | daily delegations to him to give him what they called information, but they found to their disgust that he talked freely avd welcomed to the White House frankly men like General Gordon, Ben Hill, Lamar and Randall Gibson and that he was not easily misled. But now they fancy thoy have at last forced him to give way. Thero aro Northern and Western democratic politicians whom all this delay is not unwelcore. These dread tho effect of a just and constitutional policy on tho Southern demo- cratic party, They acknowledge that if tho President had promptly withdrawn the troops and thus freed South Carolina and Louisiana there would have been an immense and immediate seces- sion from the Southern domocratic party and aon enthusiastic rally to the President’s side by a largo part of the intelligent and property owning class in all the Southern States, The long delay, followed now by the commission and further delay, will, they be- Neve, check this movement and tend to consolidate A gift ungra- ciously made gets no thanks, they say, and they think tne President has, by bis hesitation, perilled a great opportunity, for which of course they are not sorry. Finally, the best friends of the President’s policy begin to be seriously uneasy at all this delay, They seo that until the Southern question {s settled no other reform can bo prosecuted to advantage. Thoy begin to dread the combination of the forces within the party which are quietly arraying themselves against the Prosident, and to whom a mischance of any kind in the South would be a Godsend, They see that so far the President’s success 18, by a surprise, very clever and brilliant, but needing to be followed up with ao eisive action, In short, they wish he had withdrawn tho troops a fortnight ago instead of sending a com- mission now, and see plainly that if a commission is necessary at this time that it is because delay has om- barrassed the situation and made Packard and Cham- verlain formidable, where two weeks ago they were weak and rendy to get out of the way, The pames of the commissioners to go Sonth are not finally determined, Judge Davig Davis, Judge Hoar, Mr. Brown, of Tennessee, and Kenneth Rayner aro mentioned, and tho last two aro constdered certain, Tho instructions under which they will act will bo made public beforo they start. It is understood that they are notto attempt an invostigation of election matters, but to report the actual condition of the State, whether Governor Nicholls can maintain order and general security and whether Packard could main- tain himself without tho aid of federal troops, It is possible, though not certsin, that acommission may be sent also 10 South Crrotipa, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY MUST BR DivIpDED, Thomas W. Conway, formerly of Louisiana, went to the President to-day to urge him to recognizo the Packard government, but mot with no great success, He finally said that “nm apy event he hoped the freed. men, 80 many of whom had been murdered by demo- to crats since the emancipation proclamation, would flod in the President a firm (rend Jike Lincoln’? To which tho Presttent replied:-—-“fhey will find me their friend, but we need to win other friends for them from among men who, becauso of the color line, aro now fogarded as their enemics, and we must in some Judictous way divide tho democratic party of tho South and mako the republican party better than it ia.” EX-SECRETARY FISH NOT A CANDIDATE FOR ANY POSITION. The reports circulated in some quarters and printed im some journals that ex-Secretary Fish 1s *candi- date” for the English mission are ridiculously untrue. Mr. Fish is not the kind of man who is a “‘cundidato”” for place, and he is not now, nor has he been, nor will he be a candidate for the English or any other mis- sion. 1t is, however, known here thatif he had been willing to accept the Engtish mission the President would have offered it to him; but it 1s understood that he does not desire to go abroad, and that he believes himself to have earned a rest {rom public service. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasnixctox, March 21, 1877. THE NAMES* MENTIONED FOR THE LOUISIANA COMMISSION —A GENERAL DISPOSITION TO DE- CLINE. Most of the gentiomen whose names are mentioned as likely to constitute the commission to go to Louisi- ana and South Carolina aro absent from Washington. The excoptions aro Judge Kenneth Rayoer and senator David Davie, Judge Rayner, when waited upon at his residenco, informed the Hxnaup representative that he had re- ceived no notification whatever of an official nature that the President had selected him to be one of the com- mission, This wasall he could say about the matter, Judge Rayner was one of the judges of the recently dissolved court of Alabama Claims Commissioners and {gan old line whig, the flag of which party he fought under 1m North Carolina betore and up to tho breaking out of the war, when he co-operated with the republi- cans, Of the other gentlemen sald to be selected or con- templated by the President, it is believed that, on ac- count of the delicate duties to be performed and their peculiar positions, soveral will not accept. Unless Vice Presidont Wheeler bas changed his mind during the past twenty-four hours, there is good rea- son for saying that he will decline the invitation because it is mot in the line of his duties and bo does not theretore fee! called upon to undertake the task, He toels, be- sides, that in bis position of presiding officer of the Senate, which body is so closely divided between tho democrats and republicans, there may be brought up hereafter some question which would impugn tho propriety of his action in having gono upon such a mission, Senator Davis, it is thought, will also decline because he will compose one of the body who may be called to pass upon the question At issuo in regard to the State government. These objections may also apply to some others said to have been selected, Late this atternoon the name of Roger A. Pryor, it is roported, will be substituted for that of Mr, Foster, of Ohio, because he represents the extreme Southern opinion held upon the subject of the State governments in dispate and will thus complete the representation of all parties, The extreme republicans aro severe in their ex. Presstons, on the other hand, about the ‘deferring policy,” by which they characterize the action of President Hayes in carrying out his treatment of the Southern question. Those who are here from the States in dispute say that there will be armed trouble thero within the next week, THE SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT TAXES OF THE DISTRICT--IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE 8U- PREME COURT-~THE CERTIFICATES NOT A LIEN UPON THE REAL ESTATE OF THE DISTRICT. A docision was rendered by tho Supremo Court of the District of Columbia to-day, under which, it is al- leged, tho First National Bank ut New York may possi- bly lose a largo amount of money. The sum involved is variously estimated, some placing it at $800,000, and. others at as high us $1,000,000, The suit was brought last. year by Columbus Alexander, a property owner of this city, for the purpose of enjoining the bank ogainst the sale of his property for what are known as special improvement taxes, ‘Tho litigation grows out of the late ring management in this city. Whea the Territorial form of government was in existence the Legislaturo of 1871 passed an act authorizing the issue of special improvement certf- cates, making them alien upon the property. ‘Tneso certificates were negotiated by the late Board of Pub- Ne Works through the First National Bank, tho bunk becoming, according to the official reports, the owner at ono time of $1,042,000 worth of them. They bore interest at the rato of ten per cent, and in addition the bank was allowedtwo and one-half per cent com- mission for discounting them. The bill charges that the United States government had reimbursed the Board of Public Works for all ox- penditures on the improvements for which tho ass ments were made, The decision to-day was in favor of the complamaut and the Injunction was made per- petual Judgo McArthur, who deiivered the opinion, in speaking ot the legality of the cortificate, says the question of public policy no longer cxists, and the cir- cumstances existing authorize the Court to interfere to prevent acloud upon the pilaintifl’s title, Alter dis- cussing the act of tho Assembly the opinion reads:— ‘rhe manner of enforcing the payment of theso taxes, provided by the act, was wholly unknown to the law of the District, and therefore in direct violation of tho act of Congress. To that extent, therefore, 1 is null and void, as are all tho proceedings under it,”* The remedy pointed out to the bank in the opinion, 1s as follows ;— ‘The First National Bank should therefore present their certificate to tho District. So far us the lot is concerned, the lien no longer exists. To allow the land to be sold fora tax that hus voen collected, or, where the public policy of allowing the Government to collect lis revenue 18 not involved, upon a void tax would bo to cast a cloud upon the title to real estato, which is the very case in which all the authorities agree that tho Chancery jurisdiction may be invoked, ‘The case will be appealod to the supreme Court of the United States, and it is probable that Congress will be asked to legislate in the matter next session so ag to remoay the technical defects in tho law and on- able tho bauk to recover what is due it, THE CHARGES AGAINST ASSISTANT SECRETARY CONANT. Assistant Solicitor Robinson, of the Treasury Depart- ment, was ongaged to-day in making an examination into the alleged inalicious charges preferred against Assistant Secretary Conant, of whom some questions were asked in order to complete the record, This was done in compliance with the directions of Secrotary Sherman and the wish of Mr. Conant. The Troasury Department is solicitous lest the reports cir- culated may affect the credit of government bonds on account of suspicions aroused and wrong impressions formea, Assoon as the investigation Is over in the Department a full statement will be made, LOOKING FOR HIS REWARD, Malachi Martin, who figured so conspicuously in tho Presidential dispute as chairman of tho Florida Repub. lican State Executive Committee, bas been recom. mended to the Secretary of the Treasury tor appoint- ment as Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Florida, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, WasuinGrox, March 21, 1874, THY SUIT AGAINST EX-PRESTDENT GRANT. The summons to answer in the case entered yester- day for Thomas Biggins against ex-Presidont Grant ‘was served to-day on General Grant at the residence of ox-Secretary Fish, Goneral Grant regards the entor- Ing of this cave as a kind of blackmailing operation on the part of Biggins, and although the Statute of Limi- tations clearly bers this action, ho will not avail himeolf of it For the — purposo of having all the facts brought out and of vindicating the aspersions cast upon his character by tho plain. tif, he will put the detence in the hands of attorneys with instructions to have the case brought to trial at a8 carly a day a8 possible, A COLORED DELEGATION AT THE WHITE novusr, A dologation of prominent colored men, consisting of Robert Purvis, of Phitadetphia; Frederick Douglass, Jonn F, Cook, Dr. Charles B. Purvis, Charles u. Poters and others, of Washington, calied upon the Prosidons this afternoon to tender their thanks for the apport ment of Mr. Douglass as Marshal of the District. Mr, Porvis, the chairman, in a brief address, oxplainéd the object of the visit, and said the appointment was gratifying to tho colored people, be- cause by it the President not only recognized their claims but strack a blow at tho prejudice of caste, and they wished gin success in his policy of reconciliation, The President in reply said, in appointing Mr. Douglass his object was to show to tho country that it was bis purpose to fully carry gut the deciaration of his maugural, The amendments to the constitution must bo strictly adherea to, and all citizens Protected in their rights, He referred to tho “ppointment of colored persons, and said that no dis- crimination must be made on account of color, Should any public officer having positions to be bestowed make any ‘h discrimination he would consider it Sufficient cause for his removal, In conclusion he re- ferred to his policy of reconciliation and expressed bia confidence in its success, JUDGE CLIFFORD'S ALLEGED RESIGNATION. Statements bave recently been published\that Asso- ciate Justice Cliflord will soon resign his position on the bench of the Supreme Court, But that gentleman having been questioned on the subject to-day said ho had no such intention, THE LOUISIANA COMMISSION. AN APPOINTMENT TENDERED TO EX-GOVERNOR BROWN, OF TENNESSEE. [sx TeLEGrarn Tro THe HERALD.) Nasuvicie, Tenn., March 21, 1877. Ex-Governor John C. Brown received information that if he would accept ho would be mado one of the Louisana Commission, He asked by despatch of Gov. ernor Porter whother h@should accept tho position, and What be thought about it, Governor Porter responded that he should accept and go by all means for the good of the people, In response to a doxpateh trom tho Nashvillo American to-night Mr, Brown stated that he had not yet determined to accept. LOUISIANA. DISASTROUS EFFECT OF THE POLICY OF DE- LAY—PACKARD'’S PROPOSITION FOR AN AT- TACK—ANTAGONISM OF THE PEOPLE TO THE PROPOSED COMMISSION—THE STATE SECURI- TIES FALLING, (BY TELEGRAPH To THE WERALD.1 New On.gays, March 21, 1877. Tho political situation has to-day grown more com- plicated, and possibly more threatening, The poople have bad such implicit confidence in Mr, Haye: recent promises to immediately withdraw the troops that the news of the Cabinet’s adverse decision to-day 18 received with constornation, An unpleasant conviction is growing in the community that tho so-called ‘Sonthern policy’? announced by tho administration was a delusion and @ snare con- cocted by Morton and others to trick them out of what they esteem tho legitimate resuits of the election. TUE COMSSSION. The proposed visiting commission is viewed with gen- eral disfavor as an effort to compromise whero no basis for any compromise exists, and the old manifest ae- termination to resist a longer imposition of rackard and curpet-bag rule to the last extremity is boing re- kindiod in all its bitter intensity. MAYES’ POPULARITY WANING, The growing popularity of Hayes, which might have won for him the almost undivided support of the peo, ple of Louisiana, is consequently rapidly vanishing, while all the old tssues again Troassert themselves, Governor Nicholls and bis irleads appear to be ma gloomy state of mind. Telegraphic despatches ree ceived to-day from the Louisiana delegation at Wash. ington being far from reassuring in announcing that thoir protests against tho proposed commission were entirely and summarily ignore SECHSSION OF A COLORED SENATOR. 1n addition to this Demas, the only colored Senator inthe Nicholls Legislature, led this morning and went down tothe Packard Senate, thus giving that body a working quorum, It met about three P. M. and speodily went to work completing the Jegisiation enacted he the House while in session and until now delayed for want of a quorum, ‘This defection of Demas was the result of constant and per- sistent effort upon tho part of tho republican leaders, and Wus only accomplished after getting us wife to separate trom him and to write him a letter to that eflect. Av loxst such is the story; but there were doubtless financial reasons of equal woight (rocly used in addition, Wells, Anderson, Hunt and Pitkin all arrived today and were severally closeted with Pack. ard, This afternoon Anderson was sworn in a8 a Senator, subject to contest. THE STATE MOUSE. The Stato House now wears all tho appearance of a regularly garrisoned fortress, About 500 men are con- stantly on duty and several hundred more have been enrolied, for which arms have not yet been provided, Several loads of ammunition were carriod in yestor- day. About twe-thirds of the force consists of nogroes, the balance of whites, agree tbat tho latter are nearly trangers, brought here {from abroad for the purpoi The strictest military discipline 18 preserved with guard mounting, &c., and squads ure incessantly drilling in the rotunda and the corridors of the Senate chamber, Packard appears much elated to-day, and says in any ovent Nicholls 13 an .impossibility; that Louisiana will have either his own or a military gov- ernment; that with sufficient arms at bis disposition he can establish nis government without tho aid of United States troops. AN OUTBREAK IMMINENT, An attempt upon the part of tho Packard force to re- take the Supreme Court, or, at Joust, bring on a conilict, ig not by apy means an’ wnhkely event, aud shoulu it be made the results would prove m Jamentuble, The only safeguard lies in both sides knowing and fully appbeeiating this fact, SECURITIES FALLING. State ols deciiued one anda half points to-day under this depressing nows and closed at sixty-two. #rom very good authority itappears that the pro- Jected commission emanaicd trom Warmoth, who ts an aspirant for Senatorial honors, During his recent visit to Washington he bad several interviews with Hayes, to whom he propounded the idea, and at the latter's request subsequently reduced it to writing for submission to the Cabinet, with the assurance that it would be perfectly acceptable to the Nicholls govern- ment, On the contrary it is received with the most dignant antagonism, and is viewed merely as a schome to secure two republican Senators and a sub- stantial sharo of spoils in the way of place and por- quisites for the old ring of republican politicians the peau had determined and still hope to bo effectually rid of, Visitors generally Ht EFFECT OF SENATOR DEMAS’ WITHDRAWAL New On.eans, March 21, 1877, The democrats claim that the defection of State Sen- ator Demas from the Nichole Legislature docs not break tho Returning Board quorum of that body; nineteen Is a quorum, and tho Nichols Senate now consists of nineteen Returning Board members and two elected according to the returns, The Packard Senate consists of seventeen Returning Board mem- bers, two less than a quorum, and two members who were seated subject to contest. After obtaining a quorum of the Senate the Pack- ard Legisiature passed through both houses a general appropriation bill and a mileage and per diem bill for themselves. Thoy also adoptea a concurrent resolu. tion, quoting section 4, article 4, of the constitution of the United States, and sections 5,297, 5,299 and 5,000 of the United States Revised Statutes, and setting forth that there existed in New Orlcans, the capital of the State, domestic violence and iliegal con- spiracles and combinations to obstruct the execution of tho laws, ns evidenced by the seizure by armed and lawless bands of the State arsenals and the Supreme Court of the State, aud calling upon the President, under the constitution and laws, ior atd to suppress the same, ‘The sessions of both the Packard and Nicholls Legis. latures have been extended to March 30, MR, BEECHER'S STANDING. THE ANDOVER PROPOSITION YOR ANOTHER IN- VESTIGATION DROPPED BY A DECIDED VOTE Of THE CHURCH. [Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE nERaLy.] ANbvoven, Maas., March 1877. The church in Andover Seminary has been again agitated over tho standing of Mr, Beecher. A church meeting, attended by nearly all the mate resident members, was recently held to determine whether another invitation should be extended to Plymouth Church to unite with the Andover Church in call- ing & mutual council to investigate the churges against the Plymouth pastor. A long and exciting dis- cussion ensued, The main question was taken upon a motion to postpone the whole matter, postponement being regarded as equivalent to a defeat of the propo- sition. TWO TO ONE TOR PROVPING IT, The vote stood more than two to one in favor of post- ponement, the three senior proiessors and one of t 4 alinost all of the mature Jay membe: voted iu the als firmative, Throe of the jantor s80rs, SUPportod by a minority of the members, voted in the negative PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE, PASSAGE OF THE BILL CURTAILING THE POWER OF THE PHILADELPHIA SHERIFE, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. Marnisnura, March 21, 1877. The democratic members of the State Senate fought against timo to-night to prevent the republicans from ronching the bill intended to wrest irom the Sheriff ot Vbiladelphia the power to appoint deputies at elec. Hons. sion was convened and resolved to pass the bill at all bazards, The democrats had previously decided that they would exhaust every pariamentary ex pedient to delay action on the measure until it should be too late to put it through the requisite number cf Teadings. When the senat to-night the Chamber Was crowded With people anxious to witness the politi- cal batve in the first two hours, but two bills ont of over thirty on the calendar had been passed, and the defeat of the Sherif bill was rendered certain unless the programme was changed, Tho republicans uccordingly parsed a resolation for tho consideration of tuo measure at a special session to held after w brief rocess. On reconvening tney sod the bill, no vote being recorded ngaimat it, All mocrats had retired to hold a cancus, at which ccede trom tho dotormination propriation bills, to defoat all privat Tho republicans held a caucus belore the sos. | 1877—TRIPLE SHEET. THE COAL MINE TROUBLES. END OF THE STRIKE AT WILKESBARRE—RE- FUSAL OF OPERATIVES IN OTHER LOCALITIES TO JOIN—IHE HUNGRY NOLDES ABOUT SCBAN- TON. (bY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Witxxspanns, Pa, March 21, 1877. An immense meeting of toivers, representing those who bave been employed tu the collieries of the Lo- high and Wilkesbarre Coai Company, was held in this city this morning. Over 1,000 men wero in council and the several committees appointed to walt upon those employed in the mines of other companies in this locality were on hand to report, Tho statements made by them were adverse to the hopes of the striking miners here, for, without excep- tion, the brethren elsewhere refused to join in the strike, Many speeches wero made, some temperate and others the opposite, At the last the sesembly re- solved itself into a sort of indignation meeting against Mr. Charles Parrish, the lessee of the mines, for hav- ing reduced the wages of tho men. Before the meet- ipg adjourned the jollowing resolution was passed :— Resolved, That if we have to work fur the reduction we will jor the receivers, and not for Mr, Charles Varrisl coutracto But iis quite certain that when the miners resuino work they wil do sy vader Mr, Parrish. REASON OF DISSATISFACTION WITH MI. PARRISH, The minors appear to be particularly incensed ogainst Mr. Parrish for withholding certain money coliccted for tho family of a miner Who was Killed ast December in the mines, Mr. Parrish states that be will give up tho money to his family in Ireland, or to Father O'Hara, of this city, to send to the Uid Country to his friends; but he reluses to pay it wo any irresponsible here. The refusal of Mr. Parrish to give up thi formed the basis of the miners’ action in p: Tesdlution set forth ubove, as they wish to make it appear that Mr. Parrish is not trastworthy, Tho strike here is virtually at an end, FEEDIN THE HUNGRY, [BY TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD.) Scrantox, Pa, March 21, 1877. The work of relieving tho destitute of this city turns out to be one of greater magnitude than bad been an- | ticipated. The store of tho General Reliet Committeo was besieged by a host of applicants tor assistance to- day, apd for six hours a regular procession of poverty stricken people poured in and out of the bulld- ing. No fewer than 1,000 needy men and women, bearing tho unmistakable evidence of want, applied for help, and the committee were fairly over run. A large bumber were turned away, under the impression that they were impostors and until such time as their cages could be investigated. It is yener- ally conceded that if the ormy of indigent persons con- tinues to swell as rapidly as it has within the past two days, the work of affording them aid will exceed the ability of the Reliot Assocwtion, Owing to the immense number of applicants to-day t committes have been forced to the conclusion that must close tho relief room to-morrow to devise © thorough scheme of tuvestigauon, They are surprised by the extent ot poverty that conironts them at the outset, and they can scarcely believe it is all real, FIVE THOUSAND SUFFERERS. It seems as if the statement of W, RK. Storrs, gen- eral coal superintendent of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Company, Was correct, that there are in the city alone 5,000 persons who are in neva ot | bread, Untortunately, every man who seeks ald 18 re- garded as an imposior, and in this way there isa stigma attached to the relief movement which makes the sensitive shrink from it and preter to autfor in silence. THE GRASSHOP. tR BURDEN. A COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE HABITS AND CHARACTER OF THE DEVASTATING IN- SROT—THE WORK LAID OUT, Wasuxaton, D. C., March 21, 187 In the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill a clause was inserted providing for the organization of a com- mission to tnvestigate tho character and habita of the grasshoppors and other destructive insects which have made for several years so much ravage in tho agricultural districts of tne West, and making an ap- propriation of $18,000 for that purpose. Under tho authority conferred in the provision aforesaid tho Secretary of the Interior to-day appointed the tollow- ing gentlemen to constitute the commission, which will be known 8 tho “United States Entomological Commission” :—Profeasor C. A Riley, State Entomologist ot Missouri; Protessor Cyrus Thomas, State Entomologist of Lilinois, and Ur. A. 8, Packard, editor of tho American Naturatut, Salem, Mi All tho mombers of the commission are now 1 Washington, and will remain here tor several days to pertect thoit plan of operations before starting on their labors, which aro designed to include a visit to every Western State and Lerritory. HARACTRI OF THK APPOINTEES, Tho appointments on tho Entomological Commis- sion seem to give universal satisfaction to scientitic men and to Western Senators yet remaining bere, Protessor Kiley 18 designated as chiet of the commis- sion, and his name is looked upon as a gaarantee ot the practical usefulness of tho work to be done, while Professor Packard will act as secretary, and 1s con- ceded to have special scientific fitness second to none in thecountry. Professor Thomas, who is designated as disbursing agent, is well and favorably kuown both here and in the West. LABORS OF TILE COMMISSION, ‘yhe commission will havo its headquarters at Pro- fessor Hayden's olfive, m Washington, und their Weat- erp office, in which the larger part of the indoor work isto be done, wul bo abst. Louis. They expect to got into the field ina few days, Protessor Riley will oc- cupy himself more particularly with the whole country east of the mountains and south of the forty-eighth parallel; alto the west hall of Iowa and the whole of Briush America, Professor Thomas takes Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota aud Kast Wyoming, while rofessor Packard will make Montana, Idabo, West Wyoming and the Pacite siope his espocial fold. Tuo natural history, remedies, preven- live measures, the meteorological and geographical Dearings of the subject, &c., will also be divided and allotted to facilitate the work of the commission, [py TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Newrort, R. 1, March 21, 1877, Tho romains of William H, Russell of New York, brother-in-law of the now French Minister, Max Outrey, and who died in Paris last month, are rived hero to-day, and were placed in a tomb to await tho arrival of bis relatives, When tho tuneral services will bo held. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT, War Drvartwxst, Orrict ov Tx CuK StGNaL Orricer, Wasitxerox, March 22—1 A. M. Indications. For Now Englandand the Middlo Siates, clearing and slightly cooler weather, with southwest to northwest winds and rising, followed by failing baromoter, For the South Atlantic States, light rains near the const, followed by cloaring weather, northeast to northwest winds, rising barometer and slight changes iu temperature. For the Guilt States, slightly warmer, clour or fair weathor, with east to south winds and falling barome- ter during the day, For rennessee and the Ohio valley, slightly warmer, partly cloudy weather, with southerly to westerly winds and falling barometer, For the Lower Lake region, partly cloudy and slightly warmer weather, with southeast to southwest winds and ristog, followed by failing barometer, For the upper Inke region, increasing cloudiness, followed by light rain or sow in the northern portion, northerly to easterly winds, slight changes in tempera- ture aud falling, followed by rising barometer. For the Upper Missivsipp: and Lower Missouri val- | loys, warmer southerly to westerly winds, with partly cloudy weather and failing barometer in the southern portions, and northerly tw westerly winds with lower temperature, cloudy weather and arcas of light snow north of Missourt, The Central Mississippt River will continue to rise slowly and the Onio will fal Cautionary signals continue at Wilmington, Smith. ville, Cape Lookout, Cape Hatteras, Kitty Hawk, Norfolk, Capo Henry, Cupe May, Atlantic City, Barnegat, Sandy Hook, New York, New London, New Haven, Newport, Wood's Hole, Boston, Thatcher's Isiand, Portland and Eastport, The d.splay of cautionary signals will bo rrsamed at the Inke ports on April 1. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes In the temperature for tho past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding dato of In indicated by the thermometer at Haduut’s pharmacy, Hynanp Building :— 1876, 1877, 29) 3.50P 29 6PM. oT M. 43 1 M. nperacuro yesterday Average temperature "for cc your. he boy ck on o'clock last might the Roose ia er elt street ferry boats wore year, as | A BELLIGERENT MATE. DESPERATE FIGHT WITH A BAND OF SAILORS’ BOARDING HOUSE RUNNERS—ONE OF THF IATTER PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED. On Tuesday afternoon the ship Princeport, of Livere pool, Captain Brown, reached this purt. She came from Antwerp aad was to ship a cargo here, When off Staten Islund sho was boarded by @ im ver of sailors’ boarding house runners, who at once beset the crew with importunities and hindered the performance of their duties, The mate, Willism Thompson, finding thdt his men wore peg- Jecting their work, remonstrated with tho Rewcomers, and that being useless, ordered them to leave the vessel. They refused and Thompson laid hold of a belsying pin and siruck one of them, John Collins, a biow that knocked the fellow over- board, His companions suddenly withdrew, and whem they had picked up their wounded mute they made @ eat demonstration of hostility, At balf-past seven o'clock the vessel was moored atpier3 North River, when a balf dozen evil-looking characters came lounging about the end of the whart, Presently they mounted the side of the Princes port and asked to seo the mate, Thomp- son was alt with Captain Brown, and thither the party went and commenced a desperate onslaught that Would huve taken by surprise any Os aiuary wan, Tho rst of Thompson's adversaries was koocked buckward. —Yhe others closed upoa him, a one ot the party rushed at him with @ knife, There was no escaping this, and Thompson, driven to desperation, snatchea’ « pistol from his belt and fired i full in the face of bis axsailuut The bullet struck the latter straight ia the forehead d down he fel!, while the others scampered off and gave both tield aud victor a wide berth. The news of this alfray reached tho police voat Seneca, and Olficers Dougherty and Law- ler visited the Princeport, Here they arrested Thompson and lodged him in the Eighteenth Precinct station house last night. His assailant, Joseph Flanagan vy name, was removed to his home, at No. 10 Hamilton street, and it 18 the opinion of tbo physician who attended him that ns skull is fractured, The mate of the Princeport is a bluff, preposseseing looking fellow of rather ordinary build, but with a bold, self-reliant look that marks him as a man notto be trifled with, It18 gen- erally thougbt that he has taught the sailors’ boarding houso gentry # lesson they sadly needed and {rom which they may roap some profit, OBITUARY, P. 2, GUINEY, General P. R. Guiney, Register of Probate tor Suf- folk county, died ut bis residence in Boston last night, SAMUEL VANN, Samuel Vann, aged 104 years, died at Tramavsburg, Tompkins county, N. Y., on Monday, and was buried yesterday afternoon. HOTEL ARRIVALS. 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