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g THE INDIAN QUESTION. Secretary Schurz in Reply to General Sheridan. CAUSTIC CRITICISM ON THE “ANNUAL REPORT.” o—iesnennene A Zeal Awakened Under the Present Administration. CHARGES OF MISMANAGEMENT ANSWERED. —— ° Wasuixoron, Jan. 9, 1879, Secretary Schurz, in his letter to the Secretary of ‘War in reply to the supplemental report of Licuten- ant General Sheridan on the subject of the misman- agement of Indian affairs, says that the statement in the Lieutenant General's annual report contuined the following distinct propositions:— First—That the amounts appropriated by €ongress for supplying the Indians seem to Lieutenant Gen- \ eral Sheridan “sufficient, if practically applied to the exact purposes specitied and regularly delivered.” ‘Second—That “the reports of the department dom- manders indicated a different result, except in the case of the Spotted Tail and Red Cloud bands of Sioux.” : Third—That the failure of the Indian Department ractically to apply the appropriations deemed by jeneral Sheridan sufficient, and to deliver the sup- plies regularly, except in the case of the Spotted ‘Tail and Red Cloud Sioux, “gave to the settlements in the Western country constant anxiety, and led in some places to loss of life and property, attended with dreadful crimes and cruelties, during the lust year.” Iso understand General Sheridan’s official state- ment, and I believe it can scarcely be construed other- wise. I then addressed, through you, to General Sheridan, a respectful request to furnish me with the specifications required to substantiate so grave and sweeping u charge, so that if really at all the Indian agencies in General Sheridan's military division e: cept two the appropriations made by Congres which to General Sheridan “seemed sufiicient,” had not been practically applied to the purposes speci- fied, or purtly diverted and not “regulurly delivered,” thereby causing such dreadful consequences, th: department might obtain the information necessary to enable it to hold the guilty parties to account and to remedy the evil. WHAT THE GENERAL DID NOT MEAN. I have carefully read General Sheridan's “supple mental” report made in response to that request. "Phere are, I think, forty-five Indian agencies in General Sheridan's military ‘division, His charge would seem to apply to all except two—that is to say, to forty-three. Hut I feel warranted in saying that General Sheridan, after an evidently most diligent search of the records of correspondence, has not be able to sustain his general charge with regard to a single one of those forty-three agencies during the period named in his annual report, aud I am confident every fair-minded man carefully read- ing his pplemental report” will agree with me in this conclusion. General Sheridan now says that he did not mean his statement as I, frgim a literal inter- pretation of his language, had’ cohstrued it. * This disclaimer must, of course, be accepted. But Gen- eral Sheridan seems to have in other instances used Janguage similarly liable to an interpretation now unacceptabie to him. In his annual report he said with regard to the removal of the Red Cloud and Spotted ‘Tail bands of Sioux from the Missouri River :—- i I had hoped that the agencies of these Indians would havo beon retained on the Missouri River, where they could, have been fod and looked after at comparatively small ex* pense; but this would not have suited the traders and con- tractors, who, I fear, labored wystematically last, summer and fali to work up the result which has been obtained. This statement, us it reads, means, if anything, that General Sheridan had reason to think that “the traders and contractors labored systematically last summer and fail to work up the result obtained,” and that “the result obtained”’—namely, the removal of the Spotted Tail and Red Cloud Sioux from the Missouri River to a location of their own choico—was owing to such “working up.” I replied that this measure had been ordered by the President, in ac- cordance with a promise made to the Indians at their request upon the urgent advice of General Crook. General Sheridan now says that he @id not mean in this instance what his language obviously implied, ,and the disclaimer must be accepted aguin. In another official document relating to consolida- tion of the Kiowa and Comanche and the Wichita agencies, ordered by the President upon the advice of this department, General Sheridan expressed nim- welt with regard to this measure as follows :— ¢ , 1 sm well satisfied, after an experience of more than twonty years, that the principal objection to troops at In- dian agencies und the removal of Indian agencies awny from military posts has for its main motive a desire to cheat and defraud the Indians by avoiding the presence of officers, who would naturally see and report is. Thus obviou indicating his opinion that this consoldation involving the removal of the agency from Fort Sill was prompted by sucli motives. Upon @ remonstrance by this department against so in- sulting an imputation General Sheridan replied that he did not mean in this fnstance what his language obviously indicated. The disclaimer must be accepted again. But I may be pardoned for saying, that if it is so difficult to draw correct conclusions from what Genvrai Sheridan says as to what he moans, it was certadnly unkind on his part to accuse me in an oflicial report of ‘disin- wenuousness” for assuming that he meant what he said. The word “disingenuous” would ordinarily be taken as an Offensive term. But the cases above ‘mentioned justify the supposition that in this in- stauce also General Sheridan did not mean it, and there let it rest. CHARACTER O¥ THR SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. These cases being thus disposed of, I may now turn to what General Sheridan further says in this “‘sup- pletpental report.” ‘Lhe sweeping assertion made in is “Annual Report’ led me to expect some new in- formation which m ght be turned to advan in improving theservice. But that expectation has been isuppointed. General Sheridan has collected from his files a number of extracts from letters and briefs of reports ot subordinate officers, * * The state- | ments made by him and the military officers | under his orders, as far as they are ‘at all substantiated, only contain complaints about | ents who have — been dismissed and about detects in the business method which have already been remedied by this department. The “supplemental report” comes, therefore, too Jate for | practical purposes, and is, in this respect, as much out of date as last year’s almanac. I append to this letter a statement made by the Commissioner of In- dian Affairs from the records of this department. it takes up one after auother all the charyes contained in the “supplemental report,” inclusive of the letters of Lieutenant Lee and Colonel Mizner, and it fully substantiates what I say, The Commissioner's com- ments on the letter of Lieutenant Lee, which was written about six weeks after the appearance of Lieu- tenant General Sheridan's annual report, and thus gives some color to the apprebension I expressed that the General had made the charyes first and might | have to look for the evidence afterward, is particu- larly interesting. It is also worthy of remark that Lieutenant Lee's letter refers to an Indian tribe | which was, sccordiag to Gencral Sheridan's annual | report, very well, porhapa even too well, supplied under the present adimiuistration, and which was, since I came into office, under Lievtenant Lee's nian- agement until recent]; it may have escaped General Sheridan's notice that in June, 1877, Tuppointed # commission to inquire into the condition of the Indian service. That in- quiry was very thorough and comprenentive, It laid open many abuses and detects anu led to impor tant changes in the personnel of the office as well as improvement in the business methods and the sys tems of supervision and accountability, These changes and improvements could, of course, not be effected in a day, but they have gone on aa rapidly, as possible, and have already taken a much wider Tenge than the complaints of military ofticers con- tained in General Sherman's “supplemental repor tvemed to call for. It is, perhaps, just to General Sheridan to assume that during the six weeks devoted to the search for oid evidence against the Indian Bureau and to ti paration of new testiuony he could not find time quire into ‘he in ts introduced by the presout alministratio: this departument, although ht have easily had the iuformation had he Had he beeu able to do so his sense of caggested to him the propriety of ouplaint in his “supplemental ‘ tot the action meanwhile t sreon by this department in punishing offen ing defects in business methods, in supplemental report” would have pre * sented a very diferent arpect. W BOWN ZEAL. General Sheridan had evideutly not informed him- these things, and ouly thus can it be ex- ul years previous to the in- coming of the present administration, When the large majority of the cases of traud and mismanagement alluded to in Li® “supplemental report’ occurred, | very many of which paxsed with impunity, and not | one of which Jed to @ criminal prosecution, he hud, although advocating the transter of the Indian ser- | Vice, hot a single word of denunciation for them in his annual reports; while now, under this adminis | tration, when the thieves are at last on their way to tho Penitentiary, when dishonest or incom. petent agents are vy held to wecount and dismissed | without mn whon the ring men and fraudulent claimants unite in a chorus of curses ayainst the In- | terior Departinent and struggle to get out of its clutches, when the leaks and opportunities for fraud and peculation are stopped one after another by eiective business peforms, and when every possible eifort is fearlessly made to raise the service to a proper level of honesty and eiliciency, now the Gen- eral does not hesitate to assail in his official report | this department of the government with unmeasured Allegations, the literal meaning of which he finds | himself compelled to disclaim as soon as he is con- fronted with it, and which he strives to support with an enumeration of delinquent officers who have | Already beeu punisied aud dismissed, and of abuses which have aiready beev corr OKIGIN OF INDIAN WARS. ‘There are many expressions in General Sheridan’s “pupplemental repurt” calculated Ww lewye the iu | to determine whether polygamy or monogamy shall aut urging him to continue it, pression that moat of the Indian wars originated in some mistaanayement of Indian affairs by civil oficers of the yoverument. Every student of the subject will agree with me iu saying that this is Distorically unfounded. While such in ment has undoubtedly taken place, it is an tori- cal fact that ay majority of the Indian wars were caused by the encroachments of white people upon the lands and tights of Indians, and that where one conflict can by any possibility be traced to the management of Indian affairs by the yovernmont or its civil employés at least three were owing to the indisereet rashuess of military officers in the uso of force. I state this merely to correct an erroncous impression which is widely imdulyed in. I desire to say in conclusign that this correspond. ence has not -been of my Sovking. It is expecially distasteful to me to have been forced into & con- troversy with a military officer whose services in the field are so conspicuously recorded in the history of this country, ® The Secretary then gives as the reason which im- pelled him to take up the controversy the fact that the mi it of ti it under his con- troi aud officials of the Indian service had been seriously attacked by General Sheridan in his annual report, and he falt it to be his duty to detend both, STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER HOYT, Indian Commissioner Hoyt, in hts reply to the ex- tracts furnished by General Sheridan trom tho ar- chives of the War Department, takes up those which relate to the period er time covered by the present administration and disproves from the record every charge of mismanagement He says the items referred to by General Sheridan, covering the reports of army officers from the year 1874 to 1877, furnish no facts not heretofore in the possession of this bureau, aud, pertaining'to previous administrations, are not relevaut to the issue raised by General Sheridan in his annual report, THE POLYGAMY CASE. DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF BEYNOLDS—WHAT CONSTITUTES RELIGIOUS LIBERTY—POLYGAMY AN OFFENCE UNDER THE Law. Wasninaton, Jan. 9, 1879. A decision was rendered in the Unitad States Su- preme Court on Monday last and briefly reported in the case of the polygamist George Reynolds against the United States, brought here by appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. The follow- ing is, with some unimportant exceptions, the full text of the opinion of the Court, delivered by Chief Justice Waite, so faras it relates to the prisoner’s plea of religious belicf and to the constitutional power of Congress to prohibit polygamy in the Ter- Titories :— The question is raised whether religious belief can ‘be accepted as a justification of an overt act made criminal by the law of the land, The inquiry is not as to the power of Congress to prescribe criminal laws for the Territories, but as to the guilt of one who knowingly violates law. which has been properly entertaining 3 religious belief law is wrong. Co! 88 cannot pass a law for the government of the Territories which shall prohibit the free exercise of religion. The first amendment to the constitu- tion expressly forbids such legislation. Religious freedom is guaranteed everywhere throughout the dominion of the United States so far as Congressional interference is concerned. The question to be deter- mined is whether the law now under consideration comes within this prohibition. RELIGIOUS FREKDOM DEFINED, The word religion is not detined in the constitu- tion, We must go elsewhere, therefore, to ascertain its meaning, and nowhere more appropriately, we think, than to the history of the times in the midst of which the provision was adopted. The precise point of the inquiry is, What is the religious freedom that has been guaranteed? In the preamble of an act introduced in the Virginia House of Delegates by Jef- ferson in 1785, us freedom is defined, and after reciting “that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion, and to restrain the profession or propeassoa of principles on the supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fal- lacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty.” It is declared ‘that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government for its officers to inter- fere when principles break out into overt acts against ace and good order.” In these two sentences is found the true distinction between what properly be- longs to the Church and what to the State. In Tittle more than a year atter the passage of this statute the conyention met which prepared the constitution of the United States. Five of the States, while adopting the constitution, roposed amendments. Three—New Hampshire, Kew York and Virginia—included in one form or another a declaration of religious freedom in the changes they to have as did also North Carolina, where the convention at first declined to ratify the constitution until the pr sed amend- ments were acted upon. Accordingly at the first ses- sion of the first Congress the amendment now consideration was proposed, with others, wd . Madison. It met the views of the advocates of relig- ious freedom and was adopted. MR. JEFYERSON'S VIEWS. Mr: Jefferson afterward, in reply to an address to him by'a committee of the Danbury Baptist Asso- ciation, took occasion to say: Believing with you that religion attor which Hes solely between man and his God; that he owes account, to none other for his faith or his worship: that the legis. lative powers of the governm reach actions only and not oplnious’ contemplate with sovereign revereuce that act of the whole Amertean people whiel declared that their legisiature should make no Foepecting. an estab- lishment of religion ot 1g tho free exercise thareof, thus pailding a waif of neparation between Church ering to. x] convinced th; tion to his social duties, Coming, as this does, from an acknowledged leader n right at he has no natural right in opposi- of the advocates of the measure it may be almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured. Congress was deprived of all legislative power over mere opin- ion, but was left free to reach actions which were in violation of social duties or subversive of good order. POLYGAMY AN OFFENCE. From that day to this, we think, it may safely be said there never has been # time in any State of the Union when polygamy has not been an offence against society Gon gene by the civil courts and punishable with more or less severity. In the face of all evidence it is impossi- ble to believe that the constitational guarantee of religious freedom “was int to prohibit legis tion in respect to this most important element of social life. Marriage, while from its very nature a sacred obligation, is, nevertheless, in most civilized nations 4 civil contract, and usually regulated by law. Upon it society may be said % be built, and out of its tits «pring social relations and social obligations d duties with which the government is necessarily required to deal. In fact, according a4 monogamous or polygamous inarriages ate allowed, do we tind the principles on which the government of the people to a greater or less extent rests. An exceptional colony of polygamists under an exceptional leadership may sometimes exist for a time without appearing to dis- turb the social condition of the people who surround it, but there cannot be a doubt that unless restricted by some form of constitution it is within the legiti- mate scope of the power of every civil government be the law of social life under its dominion. THE LAW CONSTITUTIONAL. In our opinion the statute immediately under con- sideration is within the legislative power of Congress, It is constitutional and valid as prescribing a rule of action for all those residing in the Territories and in places over which the United, States have exclusive control. ‘This being so the only question which remains is wliether those who make polygamy a part of their religion are excepted from the opera- tion of the statute. If they are, then those who do not make polygamy & part of their religious belief may be found guilty and punished, while those who do must be acquitted and go free, This would be introducing a new clement imto criminal law. Laws are nade for the wovernment of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and opinious they may with practices, suppose one re- ligiously believed that human sacrifices were a neces- ary port of religions worship. Wouid it be seriously contended that the civil government under which he ed could not interfere tw prevent a sacrifice? Or, ‘fo religiously beiieved it was her duty to burn herself upon the tuneral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to pre‘ ent her carrying her belief into practice ¢ So | here, society, under the exelusi dominion of the United States, prescribes as a law of its organization that plural marriay shall not be allowed. Can a mun excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belier? To permit thie would be to make the doctrines of religious belief superior to the law nd in effect td permit overy citizen to become @ unto himseli. Government could exist only in name under such circumstances. ‘THR CRIMINAL INTENT. A criminal intent is a necessary clement of crime, but every man ia presumed to intend the necess aud legitimate consequences of what he knowingly does. Here the accused knew he been ouce married and that his first wife was living. He also knew that his second was forbidden by law. When, therefore, he married the second time, he is presumed to have intended to break the law, wnd the breaking of the law is the crime, Every act necessary to constitute the crime was knowingly done, and the crime . was, therefore, kuowingly committed, IRgnorance of » fact may sometimes be taken us evidence of a want of criminal intent, but not ignorance of the aw. The only defence of the ace in this case is his belief that the law Ought not to have been enacted. It mat- ters not that his belief was « part of his religion, It ‘was still belief, aud belief only. Upon @ caretul consideration of the whole case we are satisfied that no error was committed by the court below, and the judgment is consequently gf- firaed, HELPING “NAN. ‘The subscriptions at the Produce Exchange yes- terday amounted to about $200, part in pledges, The Cotton Exchange contributed $100 and the Moritime Exchange $80. The Henan acknowledges the following private donations through this oifice:— D. M. Cumisky, three hammocks; K. E. Diet, six nickel plated patrol lamps; J. L. Berg, $1, and Biege & Berg, $1. The amount donated ap to yes terday aggregates $644. Captain Boyton received ® number of notes encouraging him in his noble work A meeting of the becribers will be held om Saturday attersoum, THE FITZ JOHN PORTER CASE. CONTINUATION OF MAJOR GARDNER'S ARGU- MENT. West Pornr, N. ¥., Jan. 9, 1879. Major Gardner resumed his address or argument this morning in behalf of the prosecution with & lengthy consideration of the ‘joint order’ to Porter and MeDowell of the 29th of August, and of Porter's conduct under it while bis corps lay idle al) day at Dawkins’ Branch, He claimed thatfrom the moment of his arrival General Porter's desire was to avoid an engagement, as his orders to Colonel Marshall, of the ‘Thirteenth New York volunteers, showed, and that he left the front, where he should -have been, and went more than two miles back. Ho said that the evidence would show that the attempt to put blame on McDowell was not success- ful, and that Porter knew what ho had todo and should have at least attempted to do it. Major Gardner then passed to the consideration of the testimony as to the time of the arrival of Long- street, and criticised thé new evidence of the Con- fedorate officers and others. He claimed a different Position for Longstreet from that which that Gef- eral has sworn he held, and which others who were on the ground have testified to. This part of the argument was rather surprising, in view of the evidence produced by Porter’s counsel, and at least showed great courage on the part ef the Recorder in insisting om it. General Longstreet, himself a trained and veteran soldier, gave his testimony very clearly last summer, and indicated on the map of the scene of operations the points he oc- cupied and the routes he marched over; but Major Gardner, after arguing in sup- port of his theory, said in conclusion:—“When Longstreet’ says he was not at Louis Leachman's house betweeneleven and twelve on the morning of the 29th of August, 1862, we must charitably con- clude that he has confounded the 29th and the 30th and the proceedings of those two days.” He rehcarsed the evidence at the first trial, which, however, is wearisome now in view of the new testimony of this investigation, which has let in a flood of light on these at Senecio and which was of necessity not avail ut that time. The itter of the half-past four P.M. order was the néxt subject of the: Re- corder’s address. The alleged disobedience of this order is the third specification of the first charge, and is the basis of the first specification of the second charge. The order, which has become of historical interest, is as follows :— pS JUARTERS IN THE Ragan ee TAOS LIP Mt Mason Genenat Porter—Your line of march brings yon on the enomy’s right flank. I desire you to push for into action at anon on the enemy's flahk, and, if possible, | on is roar, keeping your right In communication with, General Reynolds. The enemy is massed in the woods in front of us, but cau be shelled out as soon as yout en: their flank. Keep heavy reserves and use your batter keeping well closed to Your right al} tho thio In caso you ie are obi ‘to fall bi do so to yeGr right and rear, 60 as to keep you in close communication with the right wing. JOHN POPE, Major General Commanding. Major Gardner said that Captain Pope, knowing the importance of this order, hurried to deliver it, as the testimony of himself and two of his orderlies showed, The map prepared by General Warren did not indicate all the roads and paths which may have then existed and some of which the evidence of these three witnesses proves that they took, and he charged that it was mere guessing by Porter’s wit- nesses to say what route must have belt taken oF how long @ time was required to go from Pope’s headquarters to Porter’s. ‘‘The time of the despatch of the order is fixed by its date, half-past four P. M.,” said the Recorder, ignoring the evidence of General Ruggles, who wrote it from Pope's dictation. He testified that the date, “half- past four P. M,.” referred to the mo- ment when he jan to write it, and that to finish it, copy it and get the m ers to take it must have required twenty minutes. The accuracy of the petitioner’s witnesses was assailed in this.con- nection, particularly Mr. Leachmau, a resident for fifty years of the neighborhood, who- testified to his perfect familiarity with all the roads atthe time be- tween the ‘Matthews House” (Pope’s headquarters) and Bethlehem Church, where Porter was; that he had ridden over them and knew, their character, and that even with a good horse “I don’t think it could be done under an hour and a halt,” as he said. Major Gardner thought that the testim: of Captain Pope and the two orderlies had establis! the fact that Porter received the order by half-past five P.@i., aud he took no notice of the testimony of Generals Sykes, Locke, Weld, Captain Monteith and Lieutenant igham, that the time of its arrival was about halt- ‘He was eloquent onthe subject of the high chatacter of Captain Pope and the orderlies. The two latter he described as ‘neither bounty- jum] conscripts nor mendicarits,” and was wil to meet tho question with their testimony ag: General Porter's witnesses. The orderly, or,” he ssid; who fixed the time of» startin pin the order from Pope's beedquarters as rather before half-past four P. M., though he had no watch, was uccustomed to observing the sun, and had great experience in fixing time in that way. It is hardly necessary to discuss this point, he con- cluded, as these three witnesses say that, in their judgment, they were not an hour and not more than three-quarters of an hour in riding down to Porter's uarters. What did the petitioner do on receipt of tl half-past four P. M. order? was his next subject of inquiry. The order was imperative that be should “push forward at once ou the enemy's flank.” He received it at a quarter et five, or, with turther allowance, at half-past ive ., though he says it was half-past six. Did he do anythiug to carry out this urgent order? If he was, as he claims, apprehensive of attack and for defence, he must have also been ready for assault; but he made not even a feeble attempt and showed no desire or inten- tion to attack, or interest in the fact that the rest of Pope's army was engaged with the enemy. At this point the Recorder was eloquent, if not tae tive, and said that “when the rebel yells i1 ive of Confederate success rose on the evening air bed and indiguation filled the breasts of even the private soldiery at the head of that inactive column. They knew they had not dong their part, and when on the mext afternoon they were moved into action, altuough their numbers were reduced by the is Vat esgeree Grifin at Per rt — men, they stood up courageously st the enemy’s artillery, which mowed poe py ry aay tilt human nature could stand no more. Sullenly retir- ing, they felt they had vindicated the honor of their corps from the stain put ‘yor it by the conduct of General Porter the day before.” Mayor Gardner further claimed that he had proved the character of the fighting throughout the 2th of August to have | been continuous and severe, and passed to the ques- tion of whether Porter ‘did shamefully retreat,” as charged. ‘This, he said, tvas a vital issue of the case, for ne had been convicted of it and of “falling back without attempting to give the enemy battle.” “It was not necessary for Porter to fall back to Junction, or four, three or two niiles, in order to complete the offence of which he was convicted, If he retired even a hundred yards, with intent not to give battle, when other parts of the army were en- aged, and he knew assistance wus needed, he fmicd f Major Gariner declared that Porter iy his duty.” was pro’ to have moved back instead of “pushing forward,” as ordered, and “even his own witnesses," said he, “show that his movement was a good deal | in the nature of a retreat, and certainly was a fallin, back.” General Porter's despatches were next con. | widered at great length, and as a collateral question the animus of the petitioner, as © i hibited by his words and actions, were ‘severely | commented on. ‘ihe address, which is very long and full of citations from the evidence, will not be con cluded until to-mortow. Mr. Bullitt, of Porter's counsel, made an addition to his argument already submitted on the question of General Porter's des patches, which, with the evidence in conuection, quoted to show that McDowell's withdrawal of King division on the moreies the 29th of August made the inaction of the Fifth corps a matter of necessity ail that day, for which Porter could in no way be held responsible. FATHER WEED'S FUNERAL. ‘The funeral of Rev, Bartholomew Weed, the ven- erable patriarch of New Jersey Methodism, in Newark yesterday wns an exceedingly impressive ceremony. ‘The remains, encased in a handsome casket, were ex- posed to view, the features bearing the same sweet, , calm, benevolent and fatherly expression they bore in lite. After brief services at the house the remains were removed to the Ceutral Methodist Church, There a large congregation gathered and a goodly number of clergymen. The pallbearers were :—Hevs. Charles Lareer, A. D. Vail, C. 5. Coit, A. L. Bryce, De W. Bartine, J. M. Tuttle and James Ayers, “And lt this feeble body fall,” # hymn read, and two other selec- tions were made by this venerable nan of God be fore Be died, Rev. BK. Vanhorn i Rev. W. V. Keliy, the pastor of the church, delivered addresses. Pastor Kelly gave a vivid picture of the last days, hours and moments of Father Weed, moving the whole congregation to tears. The body was interred in Mount nt Cemetet . FUNERAL OF FIREMAN’ IRVING. The funeral of John M. Irving, of Engine No. 29, who lost his life at the disastrous fire in Vesey street on Tuesday morning while faithfully and heroically discharging his duty, took place yesterday from the rn 302° residence of his father, ex-Al mu Irving, No. Kast Twenty-firet street. The: was large at eu friends as well as sti ua drawn there through sympathy. The casket, which was sgrmounted, at its head, by ® sculptured eruci- fix, was covered with flowers, and around and near the coffin were numbers of floral emblems, At the foot ot the casket was a souvenir that attracted much attention—the broken hat worn by Fireman Irving when he was crushed to death. The remains were conveyed to Green wood Cemetery for interment, FUNERAL OF JOHN AITKEN, The funeral services over the remains of Mr. John Aitken, an old merchant of this city, were held yesterday at the Fourth Presvyterian Church, Thitt} tourth street and Broadway, the Rey. J. R. rt, D. D., olliciating, assisted by the ev, Jolu Hall, D, D. CORK’S. INSULT. ‘The sub committee of Irish-Americcn cil Pointed ‘to make arrangements for a mass meeting for the purpose of manifesting their disapproval of the recent sight offered tb General Grant by the city Council of Cork met yesterday at No, 150 Nassau street. here were present General ¥. F. Millem, General Patrick H, Jones, Gen- eral D. F. Burke and Mr. Patrick Walsh, ‘The committee were in favor of holding the meeting on-next Wednesday evening instead of Monday, as at first proposed. ‘The question of obtaining speakers for the occasion was also discussed, and the names, of Thomas Clark Luby, Congressman Cavanagh, of Montana, were mentioned. After delegating Mr. Walsh to-ascertain when the hall of the Cooper Union can be obtained for the purpose named, the sub-committee adjourned to meet at noon to-day at No. 150 Nassan street. FACTS PROVING GENERAL GRANT NO BIGOT. To tHe Eprrox or Tux HeraLp:— NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1879.-TRIPLE SHERT | NORTH CAROLINA, SENATORSHIP, Ambitious Politicians Strug- gling for Honor. VANCE AND MERRIMON. tions in Print. 4 RaxziaH, N. C., Jan. 7, 1879. The Logislature which will assemble in this city on the 13th of this manth will have to perform the important task of selecting a United States Senator In defence of my reputation from the attack of | to fill the place of Mr, Merrimon, whose term of writer signing himself “Irish Brigade,” and in syp- office expines on the 4th of March next. The regular port of my assertion that General Grant is no bigot, | democrats in the Legislature are largely in the ma- "I again beg the favor of tresspassing on the columns jority, and moreover there are ten independent dem- ofthe Heratp, In all fairness I think the writer | ocrats and one greenbacker of democratic antece- should have given his name, and not have used, or dents, who on any question of a political nature rather abused, the name of a noble brigade to which | would yote with regular and caucus-bound demo- Iam confident he never belonged, for I think I am | crats, hence there is no possible chance for the elec- safe in asserting that not a single officer of that gal- tion to the Senate of other than a democrat. North lant organization entertains his sentiments, and, as | Carolina has an abundant supply of patriote en- its historian, I think I had a good opportunity of dowed with suficient intelligence, ability and states- judging of their feelings. In regard to his charge | manship to make an average Senator, and enough that I am a federal office-holder I have only to say that I cannot see what that would prove to my detri- ment, as I am not aware of anything in tbe fact that would ignore my independence or self-respect, or why it should render me less capable of giving an honest opinion on a matter that totally concerns Irish-American citizens in general. I must state that Ihave never received, nordo I expect to receive, a single favor from General Grant, but I feel that the ingult offered to him in Cork tends to bring the reputation of Irishmen into disrepute. I have not made use of the assertion, as he states, that “all the Irish nationalists are poltroons or knaves,” for by so doing I would be impugning my own career and past history; but I fearlessly assert, though, that many of the men who set themselves up as advanced nation- alists, both in Ireland and America, have by their ac- tions rendered the cuuse of Ireland unpalatable not only to Americans but also to that class of Irishme: whose co-operation would make the cause tial and respected. In support of my professional and mili char-, acter eae my conduct in the field during the lat war, which he has assailed, I simply offer the follow- ing evidence from authorities likely to be well in- formed, I would beg to refer you to the file of the Henap of 1864,in which appears an editorial on my services, from which I tuke the following ex- tract:— services at the wuder a with- Captain D. P. Conyngham did such signal ing ds hes, eral Schoticld to Gen- battle of Resaca by con ing fire, across the field from (ir eral Judah, and subsequently guiding n division {ato ae- ton, that he was personally congratulated ou hiv gallantr General Schofield and received the following letter o thanks from General Judah. of them are ‘willing to assume the duties of the exalted position, but judging from the wordy warfare which has been for several months and is still being carried on in the newspapers and by the street corner and cross road politicians, it would seem that the contest for United States Sena- tor has narrowed down to a very small compass, and that the Legislature will have before it to select from only two names—those of the present Senator, Hon. A. S, Merrion and Governor Z, B. Vance, the pres- ent occupant of the executive chair of the State. ‘The war which has been carried on, much to the an- uoyance and agitation of the quiet people of the State, by the friends of these two aspir- ants, has been very bitter, and abuse, personal’ assaults, political invective anda general overhaul- ing ana airing of past records have been some of the |. results. * SENATOR MERRIMON, Tt is admitted by all that the record which Senator Merrimon has made during the six years he has been in the seat he is so anxious to refill has been as clear and unblemished as the most exacting democrat of the straitest creed conld wish, but his manner of reaching the Senate six years ago by making his friends bolt the caucus and then ciecting him by aid of republican votes does not agree so weil with the straitlaced democracy, Then, last summer, when a State canvass was being made, the Senator issued & circular to the people defending his record as = is I simply quote the following extract from General | bolter, saying some hard things about King Caucus, judah’s ‘The gallant manner under which you conveyed my or- dors under » heavy fire not only command my acknowledg- ment and admiration, but attest: my long confirmed opin- ion, that the Irish soldier fs the nonpariel of a soldier. General Meagher, in a congratulatory letter to me, says: tver, which I still retain in my possession. | also about Governor Vance and his friends, and finally intimating that he was a candidate for Senator regardless of party behests.and party caucus. This circular, it is charged by Merrimon’s enemies, had a demoralizing effect upon the democratic party, and many small politicians who had been rejected by the Captain Conyngham has served on my staff'as volunteer | party looked upon the circular as encouragement aid with the rank of captain. He was a brave, high! telligent and in every respect @ thoroughly reliable officer from high authority to disregard: the will ofcon- ‘The statements regarding General Grant appear to | Ventions and seok political preferment outside of be aboutas well founded as his attacks on me per- sonally. This assertion in connection with the up- pointment of General Meagher’s son I have to pro- nounce a falsehood in every sense; and in support of my assertion I beg to refer to the records “of West Point. In regard to his Des Moines speech, . which is made such a handle, in favor of non-sec- tarian education, some of the gblest Catholic clergy- men and laymen, too, “have gi ra pre to the same sentiments. It has been |, also, that he recklessly flung the Irish soldiers into the greatest danger. Though this might be taken as a compli- meut to their ‘fidelity bravery it has not @ par- ticle ot truth in it, for any military man knows that acomimander-in-chief his nothing to do in giving orders to regiments or brigades. With to his anti-Catholic tendencies, I will state a few facts that will, I think, disabuse all impartial minds of such a feeling. Inthe first ; Trt he did what no democratic % ever did— namely, to appoint Irish Catholics to the important offices of Postmaster and Collector of the port of New York, while under his administration f one-third of the intments in the government departments at Washington and New York were Irish Catholics, As an instance of his liberality I will state a little fact that came under my own observation. About six years since some missionary priests were labor- ing among the colored population at Washington, and Grant used to piooly eis: table with wine from ithe White House. When heart of America throbbed ‘with anxiety about the safety of the American pilgrims to Rome; when the wires flashed the glad news of their a in Liverpool, it also rejoi us with the news t General Grant had gone out from Liverpool to welcome them. Only a few months since our saintly Ci presented him to the Pope, and this is the » 80 honored by the Church, that a few extremists in Cork and their abet- tors in New York would fain brand as a cold blooded bigot and an enemy to Catholicity. D. P. CONYNGHAM. - PRESS OPINIONS. i Auburn Advertiser:—The Grant campaign in Eu- Tope seems to ‘loom up’ bravely.” Memphis 4; i—"Ever since Black Friday we have been suffering frour Graut’s Presidential career, We have had too much Grant and don’t want any more.” Cleveland (Ohio) Herald :—The Grant wave, when | they claim, successfully» however, it sweeps from West to Kast over the land, must not become monotonous, or the chief object of the jour- ney around the world would be lost.” Chicago Inter-Ocean:—“Whether the affront put ‘upon General Grant by the bigoted Corkonian Council is to be remembered against the Irish population of that city generally, depends upon the action of the latter regarding tho matter.” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:—“The dis- courtesy of the city of Cork willtend in the largest measure to increase the popularity of General Grant both at home and abroad, That which was int 46 an insult will remain as a crown.” % Washington Post :—*There is neither law nor pre- cedent for this sort of performance, aud it is an ex- hibiuon of very bad taste. We have no such official as ex-President. General Grant is simply # private citizen, representing hi and no one cise.” ‘Toronto Mail;—“General Grant has been received in Dublin in # manner worthy of the ex-Chief Magis trate of great people and worthy of the generor | nation whose guest he is, so many of whose sons have found home and fortune within the bosom of the Repubite.”” Cincinnati Gazetle:-—“General Grant was received at Londouderry yesterday with marks of special dis- tinction, It will probably occur to the Common Council of the city of Cork, in course of time, that 4s an houorable municipal body it has made » consum- mate donkey ot itse.t.”” Cincinnati Commercial: —“It General Grant's excur+ siou into Ireland Wis planned with the view of giving him an advertisement tor the Presidency betore lu sails for the East, the disturbers of tue peace at U 4 have playeti their part to help him admirably. ‘hey out not have done better it they had been paid for Detroit Post and Tribune:—"Phe reason of the ac- tion of the ‘boors and bigots’ of the Cork Council was that President Grant once made 4 remark thut he ia opposed to appropriations of public moneys for the support of sectarian schools. ais very remark General Grant showed himself ® representative American.” Washington Republican:—"We agree with the Phila deiphia Judean in the remark that ‘if General Grant wants to go to Cork he will go. He wanted to go to Vicksburg, and he went; he wanted to go to Richmond, aud be went there, or sent his suuliors whiie he attended to business at Appomattox, and the cicy councils uad nothing to say avout giving hin or refusing him @ reception.’ St. Louis Siar:—“General Grant's speech at Dublin, inspired, no doubt, by the genial and bibulous as+ sociations of the occasion, was the longest one he ever made in his life, excepting that unfortunate one wt Des Moines, and he deserves to be credited with saying several very sensible things. The ex-Presi« dent, however, is not master of rhetoric enough to make the third term movement bloom among the Irish-American voters of the United States,” NEWS FOR LOVERS OF PORK. Henry Snyder, of Wost Flushing, was yesterday arrested by Officer B@ans, of the Society for the Pre- vention of Crueity to, Animals, in East Kighty-fourth atreet, for torturing and tormenting a poor old crip- pled horse, which he was dragging along the street, Me said he had paid a dollar for the animal, and was on his way to West Flushing, where he had # number of hogs. He intended to fatten his with the body of the horse, after taking off its hide. ‘This, he said, was the cheapest food he could buy. While pest talking with the officer the miserable beast tell, from sheer exhaustion, and was shot to end its misery, Snyder was taken betore Judge Bixby, at the Harlem Police Court, and was discharged. Soon after this arrest August Keppel, ayother Long Isiand hog raiser, was alxo stupped an officer of society, having in bis ‘ion an old worn out and diseased horse, with which he was, by mvans of @ stout stick, ens deavoring to reach the Thirty-fourth street ferry 4 but, soonet than be arrested, the man readily ayroe to have the suffering auimal destroyed, aud hurried home, tniuus the food for his hogs. ! party lines. The result of this, it is claimed, in the last campaign in this State produced an unprecedented large crop of independent candidates for minor offices from legislator down to township constable, many of whom, by the aid of republican | support, were successful. To that extent, it is stated, the Senator has damaged the party in power, It has been avowed by numerous newspapers and correspondents friendly to Vance that Merrimon will not abide by the action of the democratic caucus: if it is unfavorable to him and he can or- ganize a respectable bolt. In order to refute this charge a large number of the Senator's friends ad- dressed him a note last fall plainly asking him if he ‘was willing tosubmit his claims to a properly con- stituted caucus ef the democratic members of the Legislature. In reply to this note Mcrrimon wrote @ very ingeniously ambignous lettor, and the cor- respondence being published certainly resulted in no improvement in his prospects. How- ever, Senator Merrimon has many friends in and out of the Legislature and will undoubtedly give Vance a warm fight even in caucus, and if his friends who stané by him in caucus will follow him into a bolt, then, with the sid of the republicans and independents in the Legisleture (if, perchance, they can be counted upon), Mr. Merrimon will, in all hu- man probability, be returned to his present seat in the Senate. even granting that he fails of o caticus nomination. GOVERNOR VANCE. While the most Laploar md subject to Merrimon’s friends is his non-commil attitude with reference to caucus action, it is well known and universally acknowledged that Vance is an old pry, man, and is and ever has been willing to abide by the action of » caucus.of the democratic members, even though that action shall cut him forever off from the long-coveted and much-sought-tor seat in the - Sena! Party fealty has always been the the nation. War Governor's trump card, and his friends are now playing it very dexterously and, they have many complaints to answer. It is chi that the Governor has used his executive influence too free}; in og his way to the Senate; that it is bad fait! in him, when the ple elected him to be Governor for four years, to #0 desirous at the end of two years to doff his gubernatorial robes and don those of the Senator; that he has neither the dignity nor the influence away from home #0 in the composition of an acceptable Senator, and that the action of his friends last spring and summer in i structing and pledging nominees of legislative co: ventions to vote for Vance in caucus in preference to Merrimon was an innovation upon the usages of the arty not to be submitted to. ese and kindred sub- jects have kept the editors and correspondents busy tor se" months, wntil the people generally have become heartily tired of the Senatorial contest, aud the ery, “Down with both Vance and Merrimon’ and bring in a dark horse!” has gone up from here and there ail over the’ State, and is making an impression. The fear that the bitter contest between the two distinguished aspirants named will careut | the party or do it lasting harm has given strength this cry, and it is uot only possibie but, in the opinion of your cor mt, highly pre that Vance and Merrimon will both meet their Sedan in the cattcus, and the democratic party will bring forth ) @ third man upon whom to bestow Senatorial honors, OTHER ASPLRANTS, It ie hard to predict who the “dark horse’ will be in such a contingency. The fact that Mr. Ransom, the other Senstorial representative from North Caro- , lina, ix from the eastern part of the State will, ac- cording to the usage of in the old North State, necessitate the selection of some oue who is so fortunate as to hail from the western section, General Thomas L. Cl » Who has Senatorial aspirations aud who is geographically all right, has been witnessing this Merrimon-Vance fight tor a long timc, and carefully — setting his pins to run in when both shall be Dehoaced, but “Old Granny Clingman,” as ho ia called, stands no! host of @ chance, for while he is in every way capable, and perhaps comes a little nearer up to the full measure of a real statesman than any public man iu North Carolina, yet tor some cause, or it may be a variety of causes, he has literally out and could not be elected to the office of @ Fe ice of the peace in any county in the State. Mr. A. M. Waddell, the it Representative in Congress from the Third district, who was defeated in the last election by & greenbacker, has spoken of, but he evidently thinks but little of his chauces, ror he is devoting his attention to other game in Washington. Mr. William M, Robbins, who. now Fepresent ir. jain M. Rol » who now nts the Seventh district in Congress, is prominentiy somes of, and will certainly be a strung candidate if ‘ance and Merrimon should cut each other's throats im caucus, 2 Robbins is a young man, com; ively, but ocen- pies a very exalted position in the affections of the people. He served severabterms in the State Legisla- ture, was twice elected to Congress, served most ac- ceptably to the ty at large and his immediate con- stituents, but was, it is claimed, choated ont of a re« nomination last year by a ere ‘ed convention and other political chicanery. iny and numerously signed were the petitions sent to him to bolt and make an independent run against the man who had taken the nomination from him wfairly, but #o great was his regard for party manly and 80 profound was his respect for the pronow verdict of a party con- vention, he declined to do so, and in the canvass he labored for the success of the democracy with an un- flagging weal. “Such heroic sacrifice for party,” aay his numerous friends, “deserves reward, it the caucus fiuds itself unable to choose between Merri- mon and Vance let the Senatorial mantle fall upou the aboaid ee marr — it will be Ween yen © to the State, the party will not suffer the shock which the quarrel butween two over-zealous — threatons it with,” Ita third tana Bae Yo taken up, your co! mndent is iy of a? aT theta, “ie o] triends of both Merrimon and Vance are engaged in an active and tic canvass, The contest between them promises to be « lo: bitter and acrimonious one, end there is no what it may end in. By the way, there is fact not generally known which add@ some to the Mertimon is Vance's brother-in-law, having the Gov ornor’s eldest sister, but such retattos as that uations but little when a seat in. the United Stator Seuate is the boue in the fight. ; THE SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION. REPLY OF CONGRESSMAN-ELECT O'CONNOR TO MR. % W. M. MACKEY—a CASH NOT 10 BE TRIED BY AFFIDAVITS OF INTERESTED PARTIES AND EX PARTE STATEMENTS—CONGRESS THE PROPER ARBITER, . Cuantesros, 8. C., Jan. 6, 1879, ‘To rue Eptror or THe HERALD :— . My attention has been drawn to a letter from Mr. E. W. M. Mackey, with regard to the late election, . ather Farrell. and ox | Bickerings and ACCuUsAc | Which has appeared in your istue of the 3d inst, My letter to Senator Butler, to which his purports to. b a reply, was written briefi¥ and was not intended foi publication, but it has furnished Mr. Mackey the opportunity to provoke, if he can, a newspaper cop- troversy about the merits of his contest with me for my seat in Congress, upon which the public can only be correctly enlightened when the facts with the testimony have been presented to Congress, the only proper tribunal for its determination. I have uo idea of following him in his attempt to transfer the discussion, to the prejudice of the truth, fro: the foram to whsch tt-properly Uelongs te canting a his own selection. . AFFIDAVITS MOT EVIDENCE. . Tam in possession of affidavits as well as he, which have been taken on the democratic side, but not a particle of competent ony has yet been taken by either of us to the conftest. statements made by Mr. Mackey are entirely ex parte, and the sources: trom which he derives hia information upon which to base his statements are mostly biassed and in- terested. There is no documentary evidence of an authentic character as yet extant which he can ad- duce as proofs, save and except the returns of the managers of eloction and the joint certificates of the : and republican supervisors ut the various polling precincts in the dist and these, I am sure, do not berr him out in the monstrous asaump- tions, baseless conclusions and unfounded imputa- tions of his letter. ‘The managers and commissioners of election of my district have returned and the Board of State Can- vyessers have determined that I was duly and \ gaily elected by the large majority of 7,386 votes, and J aun contident of ‘my ability to establish at the propor time betore Congress, the legal and final arbiter of the dispute, the reguiurity of my election, and I must decline to have my right to my seat tried more than once or by any other body than that which will ren- der a tinal judgment. meepeneniy P. O'CONNOR, LOCAL POLILICS. The German-American Independent Citizens’ Asso ciation met last evening in Recthoven “Hull, in Pitth “street, near the Bowery, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year:—Judge Marcus Otter- bourg, president; Oswald Ottendorfer, Edward ‘Tem- sen and W, F. Schneider, vice presidents; Charles E. Wendt, Charles J..Nehrbas and G. ©. Roedel, socre- taries.” A platform was ‘adopted which ‘favors payment of the national debt in gold, levying of cus- | tons for revenue only, abolition of taxation for the protection of monopolies, control of railroad, tele- yraph and other companies by the State, substitu- tion of fixed salaries in place of emolument by fees, municipal elections independent ot political parties, prohibition of the labor of children in factories, establishment of statistical bureaus accoxsible to all workingmen, and material aid to settlers in the West. 8; 8 were made by Coroner Ellinger, Oswald Ottendorfer and Judge Otterbourg. Tesolution from. the Independent German-Aluerican Association of the Twentieth As- sembly district advocating the aesignment of salaries to the Sheriff and his subordinates was received, together with an amendment extending its effect to _ | the County Clerk's and Register’s offices. . Both mat- ters were referred to the Executive Committee, The Executive Committee was instructed to draft an excise bill to be reported at the next meeting. FIVTEENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT REPUBHICANS. ‘The republicans of the Fifteenth Assembly district who protest against the alleged illegal and unfair actions‘of the regular Assembly Association met last evening at the corner of Thirty-fourth street and shth avenne. At nine o’cl the meeting was i to order by Mr. Moses Goodkind, and Mr. Henry G. Leask addressed those present on the | subject of their wrongs. On behalf of the committee appointed to inquire into tiie alleged frauds per- | petrated at the primary election he reported that amass of conclusive testimony had been collected and would be presented to the Central Committee at their first made rst meeting. Speeches were Messrs. James P. Robertson and Philip Backus, rind colored men, denouncitig the action of the regular’ asso- ciation, The paper ergs i ine names we aiready signi uew yoll, meeting then pretest: ‘Thursday, the 23d inst. i i fe . TAMMANY POLITICIANS UNSTING. There was s private meeting of the Tammany Hall General Committee of the Sixt Assembly district Jast evening at the residence of Mr. Jacob Seebacher, in Clinton street, for the election of officers for the current year and also of members for the Committee ization. The officers elected were President | John Kenny; Connor; Sergeant-at-Arms, Jacob hes For | mittee on Organization there was el Timothy J. | Campbell, Jacob Secbacher, Willam Clancy, James Carraher, Patrick Farley, Dennis Sullivan and Jacob Scherding. SOCIALISM AND SUFFRAGE. | LECTURE BY JOSEPH COOK IN ASSOCIATION HALL+-THE UNITY OF MANKIND. ‘Mr. Joseph Cook lectured in Association Hall last ' night on “Socialism and Universal Suffrage.” In his opening prayer he asked that this people be kept free from class prejudices and from mutual antegonism caused by the mistakes of either the rich or the poor, In @ prelude on current events the speaker ssid, “What is the modern unity of the world?” This week, Asia, Africa, Europe, America and the isles of the sea kneel down to pray for the ion of the world, and so near sre these great divisions that , their people not only shake bands but hear each | other’s voices. In olden times achariot driven around » | the outline of the Roman Empire could not make the | journey. in less than one hundred days, but now, with steambdht and steam car, the circuit of the world may be made in less than that ‘The world is | The lecturer began: the question of | Communiam by telling the story of the ‘who was taken before a Communist leader in in 1871, and when asked who he was, replied, ‘A servant ot God,” ‘Aud where does he live ?” asked the Gom- munist. venerable Everywhere,” respo the wT this man ta prison,” shouted the ndorder the arrest of one God, who lives everywhere.” This order, said the lecturer, was not executed, and until God is arrested, | Communism and socialism cannot succeed, It matters not so much whether England, France, Germany and America them, ss whether or no they are op} by the Supreme Power. Communism means the ition of fhherit- ance, of the family, of nationality, of religion and of property, and socialism in its extreme forms means all of these except the last. It is said that as there is ‘no Loy? ‘nO aristocracy, no privileged clasa whatever in the United States there need be no fear of socisl- ism and Communism becoming unduly strong. But remember a jew things. This will bs the Riwonget of natious. ag an vegare ways been the greatest in ities wit! to wealth, anc it will be so hate, ‘The ot anon strengthens capital, while the a kens labor. The’ tendency waa ber weakens labor. ‘Tl no’ a in toward s massing both of capital and. of " Uniyersal suftrage in the United States could not ful to 7 the que m of capital and peer css plition, It is said hw 2 ee voters in country ere members of Recret Cpe ge: the avow purpose both of socialism aud ‘of tra id exercise poli unions is to og bdo eae tee i as soctaliam, power 80 a8 to , trades unions ag is Gee | leading Stnerican ne | bond they are so closely allied eal. But, as I | throughout the land. ‘oughout t Mr. Cook spoke of the in part played by Communism at the late clections in Massa chusetis, and said that int people of that State had found Ki , or rather “Sitting Mull in diagtise,” notonly “4% t, but blasphemous, shallow and bloodthirsty. He formed,” suid the urer, “the tail of a iat colored, audacious kite, and when the tail was well wound it the pal rt there were not breezes enough from ive classes of Masagchusetts to keep it up.” lecturer said that some persons might think he was going out of his per bounds to speak on political Tieations, on Which ministers aru ppowed to fe ercsed, “uty, he explained Sam noe 6 mnie” foted, nover having beou otdaitied.” POSTMASTER GENERAL KEY. peemuaeg General Key, Postmaster General 6f the United States, was in the city yesterday and culled upon Postmaster James at his office, on his return from ho inauguration of the State Capitol at Albany, Judge Key was conducted all through the building on a tour of inspection. He expressed himself wel with the general management of the especially the manufacture and repairing of the bags and the new steam printing press, The Poat- master also visited the of Mr, R. 0. Jackson, Superintendent of Railway Mail Service, ho explained to him the enormous dificulties bis department labored under during the past week in receiving the mails during the snow blockade.