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WASHINGTON The Democratic Plan of Legislation. BUSINESS TO BEGIN AT ONCE. Federal Elestion Laws To Be Re- pealed or Modified, ATTITUDE OF THE REPUBLICANS. The Greenbackers’ Movement to Carry Out Their Idea. Andrew D. White Nominated To Be Minister to Berlin. niet FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wastnxaton, March 26, 1879. THE DEMOCRATIC PLAN OF LiGISLATION—RE- PUBLICANS PLAYING INTO THE HANDS OF ‘THEIR OPPONENTS BY THEIR POLICY OF OB- JECTING. : ‘The joint caucus of democrats this afternoon adopted the report on which the commitice yester- day agreod, and the prominent details of which wore sont you day before yesterday and full particulars to-day. Congress will therefore go to work atonce, the Army bill may be reported to-morrow in the House, and a notable debate may begin without further skirmishing. The republicans are reticent this evening about their course, as they Nave ot had opportunity to examine the democrafic plan. ‘They say, however, that the President ought to veto ‘ny appropriation bill which comes to him with po- litical legislation annexed. But the President, who is known to be opposed to such tacking on of meas- ures on appropriation bills, will hardly object to the democrats doing so in this case if the republicans in the House carry out their openly announced programme ‘of filibustering to prevent the introduction of other businogs than the appropriation bills, and it is plain that the republican leaders must back down from that foolish position, which they were in such haste to announce, or put themselves clearly in the wrong before the country. To continue to say, us they are mow practically saying, that the measures proposed by the democrats shall not come before the House in the regular and orderly way, because they will, by filibustering, prevent it, and yet that the President shall veto the appropriation bills if these measuros ure added to thom is absurd. It is for the minority to use the rules of the House to deny the commonest rights to the majority. ‘That the republican minority cau so use the rules if. they choose is true. A smaller number of mem- bers than they now havo for four months kept the Bland Silver bill from coming before the House, though it was moved at every opportunity by its friends. It was kept out simply because, under the rules, two-thirds vote is needed to got a vote on any measure unless it is reported in regular order of business from » committee. It is possible that the republicans may sco their Dlonder and hasten to back down from it to- morrow. If they #hould summarily choke off Mr, ‘Conger, their great objector, and make it known that they are willing to vote for the introduction of eparate ills, they, might even yet embarrass tho @emocrats, But oven in that case they would only bé prolonging the session for no good end, for the democratic plan has now been basod upon the pre- announced republican programme. ‘Tho democratic plan, which has been sent to you in full, allows the special right of challenge to supervi- sora, nukes them gilicial witnesses of the election and the counting of tho votes, and enables them to report to the court on the whole proceeding, It takes away their right to canvass the votes, and this was cer- tainly a very extraordinary privilege under the law. ‘The democrats assert they will make plain im debate that the changes proposed’ by them donot in the Yeast lesson the security of voters, but that the laws, as they will remain after their changes, give the fullest security for honest olections and for the punishment of frauds and other wrong doing. They say also that, with the oxception of prohibiting the use of troops at the polls, not a single change they Propose affects any part of the country except cities of over twenty thousand inhabitants; that the Elec- tion laws, so far as they affect the great body of the country, South and North, will remain precisely as they now stand on the statutes. THE GREENBACKERS ABOUT TO BEGIN. The greenbackers are, it seems, to begin to play their part to-morrow, by objecting to the introduc- tion of legislation of any kind, even appropriation bills, until after the Speaker has announced the com- mittees, In this movement they have the support of the republicans, who favor this means of indi- rectly prolonging the session of Congress. The reenbackers’ desire is to begin legislation at once, and they are ready with uumerous Propositions for more money, Their notion is that as there are fifty millions of people in the country if Congress will only issuo fifty millions of barrels of money every- body will yet a barrel as a matter of course. FROM OUR" REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Washtxetox, March 26, 1879. REPUBLICAN ATTITUDE ON THE PROPOSED RE- PEAL OF THE FEDERAL FLECTION LAWS. Tho action of the democratic caucus was generally anticipated among the republicans. The latter de- ¢lare that they will not yicld in thoir opposition to the repeal of tho laws concerning supervisors at ted- eral elections, but they cbutinue to bo disposed to interpose ho obstaclo to the provision preventing the presence of troops at the polis. When tho latter subject comes up the republicans ‘Will, it is said, offer the following amoudment:—- Any person found bearing.arms or detacted in car- Fying coucealed weapons upon his person on any day when un clection is being bold for federal olficess Shall be liabloto arrest, and, upon conviction, shall be subjected to a fino of not lows than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, and imprisonment for vot less than ve yours, in the discretion of the Court, i catenciee GENERAL * WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, | Wastinaton, March 26, 1879, PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCKATIC CAUCUS, ‘The democratic members of the Houso ant’ Senate assembled in the hall of the House this afternoon to Feeoive and take action upon the joint report of their committees concerning the order of business for the extra session, Reprosontative Clymer presided, Representative Chalmers, in behalf of the House Caneus Committee, explained the character of the Foport, and outlined the discussione which had taken placo during the joint sessions of the two committees, ‘The adoption ot the report was also advocated by Representative Carlisle and by Sena tors Salsbury, Voorhees and Lamar, Ml of them being members of the committees, Sonator Buiyard briefly expressed his opinion that the proper method of obtaining the repeal of the obnoxious laws aimed at by the joint committea'’s report woald bo by tho passage of a separate meus- ure or measures independent of the appropriation + ills. Senator Morgan, in a speech of considerable Jongth, maintained the constitutional propricty of Attaching the repealing clauses to yoneral appropria- tion bills. Representative Turner, of Kentucky, dolivered a Speech of much earnestness, insixting that the fed- eral Election law should be repealed totatly, Soveral members of the cormittoo briefly repliod. Senator Vourhocs eaid he hud himself been tn favor of sweeping that law from the statute book bodily, out hed yielded to the judymont of tho majority of NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. ° the committee and was now of the opinion that the | pose than to place possible imputation, direct or in- course recommended in regard to it is the most ox- pedient that can be pursued under oxisting circum- stances, Many questions were asked and answered, and after there had been a somewhut extended but collo- quial interchange of views Speaker Randall took the floor and expressed his opinion that the action recommended by the joint committec, both in its general scope and in its details, was such as to com- mend itself, not only to every member present, but to the country at large, He did not think it necessary to adopt a resolution binding every one present to the firm and lasting support of the caucus’ action, for he was satisfied from his knowledge of the senti- ment of the party and from the tenof of to-day's in- terchange of views that there would not be a single dissenting voice or vote in the ranks of the democ- racy in Congress against adhering to the action thus marked out through whatever contest might come until it should be crowned with success, These remarks were grocted with enthusiastic applanse, and after the closing debate, which had oceupied abont two hours and a half, it was almost unanimously agreed that the appropriation bills which failed of enactment at the leat session of Con- gress—namely, the Army and the Legislative, Execu- tive and Judicial, should be introduced and put on their passage immediately. . After it was determined that the Army bill should take precedence, Mr. Sparke, of Mlinois, was in- structed to introduce that measure to-morrow, and Mr, Atkins, chairman of the Appropriations Com- mitteeof the Forty-fitth Conyress, was requested to take charge of the introduction of the Legislative bill. ‘The provisions of the Army bill will be identical with those contained in the measure as it was passed by the last Congress, including the clause which pro- hibits the presence of troopa at the polls, The re- peal of the teat oath for jurors, the manner of draw- ing jurors and the law governing tho pay, us incor- porated in tho Legislative, Execu#ve and Judicial Appropriation bill of the last session, will be substan- tially the same; the exceptions being several unim: portant alterations in the phrasevlogy. Tt was agreed that sections Nos, 2,016, 2,018 and 2,020 of the Federal Election Laws of tye Revised Statutes, and all succeeding scctions, including Nos. 2,027, should be severally repealed, and that section No, 2,017 should be amended by striking out of the firat line the worda, “and required.” Section No. 2,019 will be amended by striking out the clause rela- tive to the canvassing of ballots. Section No. 2,028 will be amended so as to require Supervisors of Elec- tion to be residents of the precinct in which they perform such duties, Section 2,031, except so much thfreof as relates to the pay of supervisors of elections, and all sections or parts of sections which authorize the appointment of a Chief Supervisor of.Elections or deputy mar- shals, and all those descriptive of the power of such officers, will also be repealed. Tho effect of the repeal, if enacted, will be to provide for the appointment by the courts of two supervisors of elections, repre- senting the two ‘political parties, in every voting precinct throughout the United States, if request is made for the same by petition or otherwise of not less than ten citizens, voters of the precinct in which tho supervisors af to act in compliance with their request. * The supervisors of elections are given the power toact in their capacity not only in cities of more than 20,000 inhalitants, but in small towns irrespec- tive of population. The power of arrest now vested in the Chief Supervisor is to be abolished with that officer, and the functions and power of the two supervisors provided for, is to be restricted to that of wituesses and challengers only. i ‘The penal sections of the Revised Statutes—5,505 to 5,5%3—which provide for the punishment of illegal voting as may be reported, either by the Supervisors or citizens, are not to be interfered with, but will remain intact. At the last seasion the repealing clauses embraced section 2,011 and all succeeding sections, including 2,028, The programme agrecd upon to-day tleaves standing sections 2,011 to 2,015 inclusive, andallof 2,017 aud 2,019, excepting as indicated above, and is simply amendatory of section 2,028, requiring supervisors to be residents of the precinct in which they act. Sec- tion 5,522,'which prescribes penalties for the inter- ference of marshals, was not among the repealing clauses of tho bill of last session. ‘The subject of entering into general legislation during the present session was not discussed to-day ‘dnd only referred to by the report of the caucus com- mittees, which stated that they had been‘unable to reach any agreement whatever concerning this ques- tion, a majority of the Senate caucus being in favor of restricting the business of the éxtra session to the appropriation bills and to the bill to prevent the re- currence of epidemic diseases, and the House caucus committee being still more strongly in favor of im- proving every opportunity for transaction of gen- eral business when either house is not engaged upon ap appropriation bill. Aprominent member of the caucus is authority for the statement that that subject will not be de- termined by caucus action, there being in his opin- ion very few members on the democratic side who are in favor of such a course, and when the question comes before the House he is quite positive that it will be nogatived by a large majority. It in stated to-night, semi-officially, that objection will be made on the republican sido of the House to- morrow if ar attempt to introduce the Army bill is made, on the ground that such a proceeding is im- proper, pending the sppointment of the appropria- tion committes. ’ POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS—MR. GEORGE ©. GOR- HAM EXPLAINS HOW MONEY WAS RAISED FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND OF 1878. ‘The Sonate committee to inqnire into alleged frands in the late elections, of which Senator Wallace is chairman, met at ten o'clock, all the members being prosont, ‘The chairman offered in ovidence tho stat- ute relating to political assessments, and the Pres- ident's order of June, 1877, on the same subject. Mr. George C. Gorham, late Secretary of the Senate, ‘was sworn and examined as to his connection with the raising of money during the Congressional cam- paign of 1878. He said that about $106,000 in all was rained for the republican campaign purposes, of which $93,000 came from ftoderal officials and em ployés of all grades, the romainder being derived from friends of ‘the party uot holding office; of the $93,000 perhaps $7,000 of $8,000 camu from Sonators and Representatives; n> asuexsment was made; con- tributions in all cases woro voluntary. In reply to Senator McDonald, the witness stated that no contributions were asked for from tho national banks us sach. A canvass among wealthy friends of the causo in New York city resulted in obtathing about $13,000, ‘Tiere may have been some bankers among those contributing. No lady em- ployés of the yovernment were asked to subseribe; but some refused to be excepted, and insixted on contributing. ° Of the $106,000 abont $25,000 was expended for documents, including postago, &e. About $12,000 wan paid to employés of the committee and about $5,000 for furniture and qoneral expenses. Thin loft $56,600, of which $54,000 was sent to diflcront States and $1,500 paul to speakers for their expenses. Of the balance of $6,000 the sum of $5,700 was lost by tho failure of the German-American National Bank, and $300 romains on hand. A sub-committee of tive, consisting of Messrs. Wallace, Garlind, McDonald, Hoar and Cameron, was appointed to visit Philadelphia and take testimony there on Friday and Saturday. The committee then adjourned until to-morrow at half-past ton o'clock, when Marshal Korna, of Philadelphia, will bo ox- tin nod, SENATOR CONKLING'S LANGUAGE REGARDING THE ELECTION OF A NEW SECRETARY OF THK SENATE, * Tolegrama received hero to-day from Western sources show that an impression prevails in certain quarters that Mr. Conkling, during the debate in the Senate last Monday, assailed the character of the newly elected Seeretary of that body, This is a total misapprehension, Senator Conkling having explicitly stated before the debate closed that the sovero remarks which might seem to refer to Colonel Burech—and to which Senator Eaton called his atten- tion as likely to be misunderstood—bad no reference whatever to that goutloman, Mr. Conkling added ;— “Nothing could have been turther from my pur- direct, near or remote, upon him." NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT. ‘Tho President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day: “f Andrew D. White, of New York, to be Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Ger- many. Cornelius A. Logan, of Illinois, to be Minister Res- ident to the Central American Btates. ‘The nominee tor the Berlin mission’ is the well known president of Cornell University. Mr. Logan, nominated as Minister to Central Amer- ica, was tormerly United States Minister in Chili, to which position he was appointed when a resident of Kansas. He is a cousin oc Senator Logan. EXPENSES OF SUPERVISORS ELECTIONS. Wasutxcrox, March 26, 1879, The Vice Puestent laid before the Senate a com- manication from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to the resolution requesting him to furnish statement of the amount of moneys that have been drawn from the Treasury and paid to supervisors of elections, general and special, for the years 1976 and 1878, as compensation in excess of fees as allowed by law for the performance of any duty as Circuit Court Commissioners, and to state separately the amount of such compensation paid to supervisors of OF elections, general aud special, in: the cities of New York, Phi phia and Cinciunati tor the years aforesaid, ‘The Secretary transmits a statement prepared in the cfice of the First Comptroller of the Treasury. Acdounts, he says, have Leen received from the chief supervisurs of the following districts for services in 1878, but have not yet beon adjusted :— The amourts claimed are respectively as stated :— New York, Northern district. $11,573 80 New York, Eastern district. + To 38 New Jersey A + Late Pennsylvania, Eastern distric 5.8) BO, "The accounts ot the chief supervisors for tho Southern district of New York and the district of Massachusetts for 1576 have not yet been received, ‘The table accompanying the communication shows that there was paid to ‘chief supervisors in 1876 $59,383, and in 1878 $5,108, and to the other supers visors, in 1876, $110,914, and in 1o73, $110,009, These sums were expended in Alabuuma, Culitornia, Gooryia, Allinois, Indiaua, Kentucky, Maryliund, Massachu- setts, Michiyan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolima, Ohio, mapeerennen South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. joie Amount éxponded in those years was as fol- lows :—— ° In Louisiana. - $1: In Massachusetts. In New Jersey 1 In New York. o + 145,097 In Cincinnati, Ohio. . a + 1,620 In Peunsylvania— Eastern district of Philadelphi 58,289 Wosteru district of Philadelphia 5,290 In Ilinois,..... Dire neetesareag eee The communication was ordered to be printed. AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIC—LUCIA, Avery large and fashionable audience filled the Academy of Music last evening to enjoy what is likely to be Mme, Gerater’s last performance during tho present season of her favorite rdle of Lucia. ‘This opera is always popular in America, because there is scarcely a school girl who is not familiar with its charming melodies. They are the “stock in trade” of half of our social musical cirles, and therefore, when prima donna like Ger- ster gives to them their best interpretation, invests them with the individuality of a thoroughly trained artist, reveals new and cifects and exhibits the ease with which the technical ditliculties of the score are overcome, it is not # wonder that the opera is ut once’a lesson and w pleasure. Last night she was in superb voice, and there was scurcely an aria that did not call for repetition. ‘Perche nok ho del veuto;” “Che « dio,” the duet with Edgardo (Cumpanini), “Verranora a te sull aura,” were ad- murgbly rendered. “Chi mi frena,”’ with Gerster, Campanini, Gulassi and Foli in the quartet, was like- wise one of the features of the ovening that elicited the utmost enthusiasm. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC Noftd, It is said that Lotta will visit Australia in the fall. Miss Fanny Davenport opens at the Graud Opera House on the Mth of April in “Pique. Salyini will return to America, and probably ve one of the carly stars at Booth’s Theatre. Acablo despatch states that Colonel Mapleson has purchased Her Majesty’s Theatre from the Earl of Dudley. . It is estimated that upward of $60,000 will be sub- scribed to cover the expenses of the Suengertest in Cincinnati. Mr, A. P. Burbank, the dramatic reader, will give the first of bis recitals this atternoon. His subject is “Hip Van Wipkle.”” Mr. and Mrs, McKeo Rankin roturn with the “Dad letters. ites’’ to Colonel Sinn’s Theatre, Brooklyn, on the ith of April under the management of Mr. J. H. Haverly, ‘The directors and stockholders of the Academy of Music have signified their intention to tender to Colone! "Mapleson a testimonial! benefit prior to the departure of his company for Europe. he dute tixed ia Friday, April 25. “Whims,” a comedy by Mr. Stanley McKenna that has been played with considerable success in the West during the season, is announced at the Fitth Avenue Theatre'to-night. It is said to be replete with ettective and laughable situations, ‘The ninth symphony public rehearsal of the Sym- phony Society of New York, under the direction of Dr. Damrosch, will take place at Steinway Hall this afternoon. The concert will be given on Saturday evening.. Wagner's choral, {rom “‘Meistorsinger,”” will be among the classical musical attractions. Mrs. J. Kennedy Smyth ig giving a series of read- ings at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall every Thursday, in Which she illustrates the lives and writings of the British poets, from Moore to Tennyson. Her third reading takes place this atter- noon, when she will discourse of Keats, and, by spe- cial request, repeat Byron's “Prisoner of Chillon.” Mr. Denman Thompson has called upon all of his Canadian friends to whom he has been indebted in the past to present their bills, und is paying one hundred cents on the dollar. These debts were contracted more than cight years ago. He has set a yood example, {f some of the leet would pray loss and pay more it would have w. wholesome efect on public morality, At the Broadway Thoatre this afternoon a special Pinafore matings will be given by the Church Choir Company. This organization has become one of the musical features of the metropoljs, and is attracting largo wudiences Of our most fashionable citizous— people who do not often visit theatres, ‘Lhe object of the performance is to yive members of the theatrical protesion an opportunity of listening to the opere as rendered by Unis adinirable troupe. The German version of “Il, M. 8. Pinofore,” now veing performed at the Germania Theatre, on Four- teenth street, has proved # hit, and is well worth listening toeven by those who do not understand the language. ‘The scenery 18 novel and realistic, the action adinituble, because represented by thorouxply experienced artiste; the solos aud chorus, with ono or two exceptions, are well given; the orchestration, under Mr. Neuondorff, is not olsewhere surpassed, and in every way the amusing opera will bear favor" able comparison with its rivals on other boards, COLONEL MAPLESON CRITE THE AcapExy or Music, New Youx, 25, Aviv. To rue Eviton or Tux tenaty; In the Hxuatp's notice of “La Traviuta” your critic incntious “Penco” as having been the vfiginal of Verdi's heroine and that there have been scarcely w trio of Violettas worthy to be named to that gifted artist. Now “Le Traviata’ was produced in Venice and Mine. Salvini-Doustelli was the original Violetta, who also, in 1808, portormed it with great success in London with me, It is likewise mentioned that only “two Violettas can probably be recalled amoug thoms who have ever been in America—namely, La Grange aod Nilwon, But Mme. Penco has played the part on very few occasions and was » very poor Violeta, while La Grange was uot. much better (although sho excelled in nearly every other Nilsson was, of course, admirable; but what London and America to pertection, while the has never beun equalled by Nilssot one elxe ? Piccolomini played it at Her Ma- also at the Academy here, : woven’ performance of Mine. Gerster” the critic of the HknaLp 1s ureatly at variance with all its contemporaries, ag in the caso of the first pruduc- tion of “Lohengrin.” Yours tuthtully, J, M. MAPLESON, THE NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. ‘The first steamship of the now Merchants’ Express lino betwee New York and Havre left this port yesterday, ‘Tho line will carry rreight exclusively, and the pioneer steamship Volmer had on board forty-nine ton of agricultural imstruments, 264 hoysheads of tobaceo, suv tous of grain and 160 tons vf miscellaneous articles, WIDOW OLIVER'S FOES. The Mysterious Lady on the Witness Stand. A. AOONSLATE’S CONFIDENCE BETRAYED. How the Aged Senator Was} To Be Blackmailed. THE STORY OF THE WITNESS’ CAREER. Marriages and Divorces in ! Rapid Succession. La eo “OIL, LET ME OUT! LAM SICK.” Unpleasant Effects of a Severe Cross-Examination, SE (ey verrcuaru vo rive neRaup.) Wasitt ox, March 26, Wher the courtopencd this morning Ui More than one hnudred and seventy present, Mrs. Heuriques, of Suu Francisco, was carly in attendance, attired extravagantly, After thee had been called to order the room began to fill rapidly, and before the proceedings had progressed far every seatand all the standing room was occu- pied. Some delays were occasioned by the non- rival of General Butler, and when His Honor diréeted the case to go on Colonel Cook begged the indulyence of the Court for a few minutes, as he hoped General Butler would not be absent long. While the Colonel { was talfing Goneral Butler made his appearance, and at oneo called to the witness stand Congressman Killinger, of Pennsylvania, who was shown the Cam- eron letters. After « careful serutiny he pro- nounced thom slovenly counterfeits. General But- ler, turning to his counsel, said:— “That ts a good word, ‘slovenly.’ It suits me ex- actly. Remember the word ‘slovenly,’ ‘sloyenly.’” (Laughter.) Mr. Poters asked witness if he did not think opin- ions as to handwriting sometimes differ? to which Mr. Killinger roplied:— “They are questions for the jury.” (Laughter.) General Boule, ex-Minister to Austria, while giving his opinion of the genuineness of the Cameron let- ter caused General Butler and Mr. Peters to come to words. Mr. Peters stood in front of General Beale and prevented the General from seeing the witness. ‘The General requested Mr. Peters to step aside. Mr. Peter rseplied :-- “<1 will when I get through. General Butler (excitedly)—“I want to see what let- ters witness has.” Mr. Peters stepped aside and the General said, “That's right; you are not quite as trensparent as your case.” (Laughter.) AN EXPERT ON THE STAND. Mr. Saville, late chief clerk of the Treasury De- partment, who was called as an expert, created some sexcitement by pronouncing at first sight the letters dated September 5 and 25, 1875, bold forgeries. One was vory imperfectly done and boro evidence of having been done by tracing. Mrs. Oliver became: restless during Mr. Saville’s testimony, and it was with the greatest difficulty that her attorney could prevent her from.contradicting the witness. ‘Mrs. Oliver's restless and excited condition was ob- served by the ‘audience, and for some minntes there ‘was considerable commotion on account of the talk- ing and laughing, which became so great that Gen- eral Butler was compelled to ask Mr. Saville to stop until order was restored. After the stern voice of Fred Douglass had commanded silence the witness ery for fully an hour giving his views on the fs explanations as an expert were both curious and instructive. General Butler was most attentive listener to Mr. Saville, who, on the con- ‘clusion of his statement, received the thanks of the General. At this point of the proceedings the court room became crowded almost to suffocation. The Judge requested that order be preserved and laugh- ing be avoided as much as possible. ‘MRS. MARY HENRIQUES. General Butler stepped to the table occupied by his associate and in a loud tone requested Mrs. Mary Henriques to take the stand. Mrs. Henriques arose from her chair with much grace and proceeded to the witness stand, when she took a seat. This was the signal for another commotion and several min- utes expired before order was ‘sufficiently restored for her to begin her testimony. After she began her story, Mrs. Qriver suid in a tone loud envuyh to be heard by the witness :— “she % only put on for effect.” General Butler started to ask Mrs. Henriques a question, and had gotten as far as “Did she teli——"" when Mr, Peters objected to the question being asked. General Butler sarcastically answered by saying “Wait til I ask the question Letore you object (Laughter.) ‘As Mrs. Henriques progressed in her testimony Mrs, Oliver would frequently remark, “Listen to the stories she is telling.’ Mer couusei remonstrated with her and had much difficulty in keeping the Widow from speaking directly (o the witness. ‘A BOLD WITNESS. Mrs. Henriques at une point ot her testimony said when whe met Mra, Oliver tn this city she (witness) | was making her living by selling toilet soup, and said in connection that it wax an honorable mode of got- | ting a living. (Laughter), Ske continued to relate her story iu # bold manner, frequently looking ut Mrs. O.iver, Oveusionally she would say something that pleased the crowd and the room would ring wit! laughter, whieh secmed to delight (he wituega. Sho startled the Judge, counsel and jury by saying, Mrs, Oliver often ‘wrote letters on her (wituess’) private paper, General butler instantly caught tho | lea advanced by Mrs. Henriques and hauded the 1 Cameron letters to her. Mrs, Henriques ex amined them eoretully ar -_ L think 1 boayht that paper.” (Roary of laughter.) She continued ber testimony at length in # boasting manner, and Ler statement kept the room tu an up- rowr, The spectators crowded to the front toward the Judge's bench, aud the coutasion became wo great that the jury had to appeal for order, A recess Was taken at half-past tweive o'clock to enable platutiil’s counsel to procure the record of Mrs. Henrique's divorce from Mr. Josiah Sample. | During the recess the crowd remained in the court, tearing to leave test their places should be taken by those outeide anxious to obtain admission. On the wembling of the court Mrs, Ueur.quew walked ty the rovm tna hasty man and, removing her | | large fur ceat, took the stand, Shortly atter hb | arrival mr. Peters cntored, bewring under his arm a | large roil of documents, Mrs. tlenriqnes observed | it and became very re When Me. Peters begun | to crom-exatuine her sie became very nervous. SKORY OF five persons | | | Thave to ask to be exe ott. tera continued, and, after obtaining this in- on, allowed her to tell her history. which she expreaved @ perfect willingness to do, aud had pro- | | ceeded ae distance im that direction when sie | halted and said “Luo not dusire t reveal the secrots of my life. very meh dine hod wpolled ty reve! (Laughter. ne wext said whe had twarried whter)—bus her explanation of 1 drowned by the contusion, Une q! ther was put to her by M. in rapid succes sion, and when she was asked Making the her home she taltered, but again rallied and toid story. Dia you ever marry Heuriques?”’ she was asked. That 1s my business,’’ she replied, General Buller, who had returned, ubjected to the mode of cross-examiuation, as it was wot fair to wit- ness. Mr. Peters asked witness if she or Mr, Samo applied tor the divorce. Witness responded :— “i Lam allowed to explain I will answer the ques- tion to set myself right.’ * Mr, Peters—Some other time, madame, when the Court ig not #0 muck occupied. (Laughter.) His Honor—We will hear it now. Go on ‘Tais produced suother storm of laughter, and Mrs. Henriques, funding that sho was sustaincd by the Court, became more impertinent. A LITTLE OF THE DRAMATIC. She referred to the charge against her in the bill for iivorce, She prewnded to be deeply affectut and acted as though suo was crying. ‘Turowing her hands heaveuward, sho oxelstaned is “With God's help 1 am iunovent, I loft him blackened, but pure in heart.” ‘This demonstration created the wildest excitement in the room and before it subsided sho arose to her feet and exclaimed im a loud tone ‘L was pure of I got the name of Heuriques honorably.” the excitement to merease and fora while the builifis were kept busy endeavoring to. re+ store order. Looking Mr. Peters square in the face, she #aid:— : “IL have got a husband now by the name of Hen- riquex; Ido not know where he ix at present; we lived together as man aud wite a week or so—(langh- ter)—I found him to be poor and an invalid, and we parted by mutual agreement.” Mr. Peters inquired if it was his old age or poverty that caused her to lewe hy tor)—and she replied the latter principally, ty was rather uncomfortabl She started off again to tell of her troubles, as stopped by the Court telling her that he had heara o Sho referred to her hus- = band's sickness, and she said he hada cancer iu his | breast. The Cou wsrily)—We have had enough of the euncer, Stop right there. ‘ THE SCENE OF THE Day. Here followed the scene of tue day, Mr, Poters read the record of her divorce from Mr, Sample. Whe he produced it she became very much uxcited, and her large black eyes flashed like diamonds, She endeavored to prevent it from being read, and talked with the Court on the subject, but His Honor ordered her to keep quiet. General Butler came to her res- cue, but even the General was interrapted by her, and’ he was obhiyed tostell her to keep still, General Butler claimed that there was enough at issue in the case Without bringing in any more, but said, it they wuust comme in, that ho would bring in something for his side, “expect to be in the case until if dies.” ‘Mrs. Henriques at this poiut walked over to where the General was sittig and whispered in his ear. General Butles idently did not like it for he said: — “Go sit down,’ Soon after thix she arose and started to leave the room, but was stopped by General Butler. She cried at the top ot her voice, “Lain sick; let md out." General Butler—Sit’ down; V'Il take care of these follows. Mr. Poters asked hov if she know any person in the city having the title of General. (Laughter.) Goneral Butler said if she did not her acquaintance was very limited. Laughter.) In closings the examination, Mr, Peters inquired of witness if she came here on her own account, to which she replied that she did, and came for the pur- pose of keeping her promixe to appear against Mrs. Uliverit sae broujhs the suit ax She threatened to do, PROCKEDINGS OF THE TRIAL, ‘The first witnoss called was Mr, John W, Killinger, member of © 8 from the Harrisburg district, Va., who was ¢ med by Goueral Butler. He tes- tified that be had ocen in‘Congress nome ten years, and represented the Harrisburg: district. six years; he had known Mr, Cameron thirty years, aud in that time had a number of business trausuections with him, wrote, seut him letters and received letters from him, and was familiar with bis handwriting; (Secretary Brixtow’s letter shown) that was his hund- writing: (letter of September 25 exhibited) did not think thut General Camerou wrote it; his impression way very wttong that he did net; (the third letter, in which he says she will be hix wife, was shown) Mr, Caweron did not write that letter. sf-exumined.—He would have said that Mr. Cameron wrote the letter to ary Mristow, event if he had not seen his signature to it; tif: other two were, in his opinion, imitations or counterfeits; they were #0 siovenly done that the forgery was plain to his mind; they were attempts to reproduce General Cameron's handwriting, but did not simu- late it with any accuracy, Redirect. The date of one of the letters looks like it had been truced over the other, and that Doth might have been written on the same day. ¥. F. Beaile, late a lientcnant in the uavy, was ex- amined by Geueral Builer. He had known Mr. Cameron for thirty years, and Delieved himseif to be acquainted with his hundwriting. (Lhe Bristow let- ter was here shown.) He had uo doubt that General Cameron wrote the letter. (The other two letters were presented.) He did not think General Cameron wrote them; he was quite confident of here was & lack of regularity in them not perceptible in the Bristow letter. : Cros#-examined—He resided in this city and.was in friendly relations with Mr. Cameron; he had re- tired from .be navy; he never saw the letters before this morning; # man's hand might vary with aye Dut his style and composition would not, TRSTIMONY OF AN EXPERT, Mr. J. H. Suville, an expert, was examined by General Butler. For several years he was connected with the ‘Treasury Department, aud while there, he made the subject of handwriting a study; it became necessary in the discharge o: his dutics to-do so; he believed that he was competent to judge of the different handwritings; he had been called as an expert upon several occugions; the three letters had been shown him; assuming that the Bristow letter was the genuine handwriting ot Mr. Cameron, then the other two were, not only very bold, but very vulgar forgeries, and ought not to deceive anyone; in the Bristow letter the me- chanical feature of it is that the writer writes in a Jorty, scratchy way; the pen prints are very distinct on the right and but slightly seen on the lett side of the strokes; in the other two letters the method of lengthening is evidently done by tracing, as will be seen in the two words, “Mrs. Oliver;"’ he saw no evi- dence of pencil’ lines having’ been made, but by puttin the words “Mrs. Oliver” in each of the letters together it will be seen — that they are of the same length, which rarely occurs in writing, and the evidences upon examination strongly indicate that one had been traced over the other, The characteristics of these two letters were certainly different from the Bristow letter, both in the mechanical way of holding the pen making the strokes and the formation of the letters; the word “my” all the way through is made without lifting the pen; in his experience he had seen tracings done without pausing, but unless the tutor or counterfeiter is vxtromely skilful would leave earmarks of his work behind; he found all throngh the two letters evidences of the tremulous motion and it resembled a bungling at- tempt at copying or tracing; the most striking fea- ture in the matter of similitude about the whole letter was the “I;"" it was almost an imposmbility for the party that wrote the other two leiters to make an “I” like that in the Bristow letter, for his mechanical stroke is directly the opposite of that of the writer of the Bristow letter; in the letter dated Septemter 5 or 25 it was his opinion that the 2 hud been put in some time after the other figure had been made; it was written with more vim and power than the figure 5; in making the 5 the pen had Leen held periectly straight, while for the 2 it was pointed outward, He had examined the paper on which tho letters were written; the Bris:ow and other two letters were not written on the same paper; the latter was Amori- can and the other French p ; the former was made by machine and the latter by hand, Cross-examined by Mr, Toney :—In getting at the manual dexterity or mechanical method of\ any par- ticular writer the expert has to go beyond the mere way in which the pen is held; his judgment was not based so much upon the style of writing as it was upon the physical manner in which the pen was held j to the paper; a man might write in two dozen «it. terent ways, but the same mechanical indications of his hand would be observable, and it would be difll- cult to disyuise it beyond det “TMX MYSTERIOUS LADY" UNVEILS. Mrs. Mary A. Henriques was called and examined by General builer. Sue is the lady that has excited considerable curiosity for several days past on ac count of the mystery that seemed to surround her, She had been in attendance on the Court a short time each day ever since the uial started, seemed to know her or trom whenee she She 1s w lady of good appearance, und was nicoly attired, Mrs. Heuriques testitied that sho mot Mrs. Oliver at the boarding house of Mrs, Howell, on Pennayl- vania avenue, in the year 1: ¥ occupied the same room fur a short period; Mrs, Oliver ld pre- viously Doarledwt the house, and ou qoing South let @ large bill unp when spe returned the rooms were all oeeupiod, and the witness consented m with ber for a tive; while Mrs, Oliver gopteseuted that tily in the South hud of excetle the witness remained at the boarding house u tho bucember following; while rooming together she and Mra. O.iver became very contdential, aud from the conversations she soon believed that Mrs. Oliver was @ very deserving WouaN; af one timo she told the witness that she came to Washington to make herselt bette that she was not quite a politician, but intended to make wonoy; Mrs. Oliver fir rep: resented that «he had a cotton claim of considerable amount a qoveruiment that she proposed to collee' next be seid that she was grand- daughter of Commodore Stewart; that she had” many friends of prominence and influen under wax the lion. Simon khe marriod » gentleman by tho nate of Viiver, and at the coninoncement of the late war he left het in an clegaut bi ry and auaidst rect ine, Dut hw nover returned; later, one day when the nurse lad her child out, it was st thy made her franctt ching for the etild, to wer; Mes. Oliver t the acquaintance of Mr. Came: s4 that she made nin New Orleans, . Mr. Cameron 10) Washington and when she tokt him who she wi wail that it whe would would in fin for hor; in talking to the witn Little businyss transuctions Mra, Olive that sho was not smart aud that Khe would show the witness how ty inake 'y; before sie left the city, the witness would hear trom hor; after that Mrs, Oliver received the Bristow letter from Mr, Can aud showed it to the witness, and at the laughed and hopped arouud a little Nt Jee that she was glad to see her terested to know when the id be made; Mes, Oliver went out meron, * »w why she went there #0 , wd if her visits had anythigs to do with #e- the appointment. e wuswered, “Oh, ut she wanted the public to see het going there, and persons to see her there; thea they would think she was Mr. Cs he was compromised with her; it was not true, but she only wanted the public to think so; the Witness wished to know what she expected to yain by this, and Mrs. Oliver said thac sho would do the boldest thing A write letters and biackm eas Wanted to know how much uke by the proceeding, and Mrs. Oliver re- ) teplied thet she did have; “Mrs. Oliver wished to see him; as she was going to. see hing that day she invited the lady to accompany her; she told the witness that her object in consulting counsel was to obtain & divorcee from her husvand, ‘who had deserted her; they went to the office of Mr, ‘B.S. Davis, Where Mrs, Oliver related her story, and, 3 in said that she would cali again; while roo: hk the witness Mrs. Oliver was out @ great deal nights, but witness did not know where; in the conversation about the mode of operating with Mr. un Mre. Oliver spoke of the different phuw av: ie with different men The two forged letters were here shown. had paper like that, and it resembled some she 0 owned and which in the room when Mrs. Oliver occupied it with ber; at that time Mrs. Oliver did d deal of writing; she told Mrs, Oliver when » conversing Wpon this matter that it she did ‘Kuuasil Mr. Ci nd a trial resulted from it, | if she were anywhere near at the time the witue vould appear and testify to what she had said such au intention; she now resided in San Francisco, aud was in Springfield, Mass., when the trial was » in response to a telegram trom Gene eral Batle DR. JOWNSON'S TESTIMONY. ‘The cross-examination was temporarily postponed to permit Dr. W. W. Johnson tp testity.” He said he called to see Mrs. Oliver in Fesponse to a message and found her in fhe room lying in the bed; she told | him she was ill and losing 's large amount of blood, | which she suspected came from 4 miscarriage; he examined her, and there was nothing in her condi- tion to make him think that she either had or was likely to have a miscarriage, or that she had been or unt: it was simply a sowing and nothing his prescription was merely to check the He ‘had found cases where wo- when such was not the case; he did not ask her if she had taken any medicine to produce an abortion. MRM, HENRIQUES CROBS-EXAMINED. ‘The cross-examination of.Mys. Henriques was here taken up and conducted by Mr. Peters. She was born in the State of Maine; she was sixteen years old when rhe lett there and removed with her husband to Philadelphia; her first hua band’s . uame was George M. French; — they went to Philadelphia in tha fall and lett there in the following spring; her husband went j West and she back to her father; she joined her husband in Mississippi; they resided tor some years im that State; he failing in business there in 1857 they then moved to Lyons, Ohio, and afterward to Chicago; they wore in that city off and on for many years until 1879, her husband being there part of the time; ‘her maiden name was Mary Alice Pratt; ‘Mr. French is still living, but she was divorced some time since upon her own -upplication; she married next Mr. Goingdike, in Chicago, and he died in 1565; on January 18, 1868, she married Josiah A. Sample iu Chicago; they lived in that city until the January following, when he ! took her to Mobile on account of her health; she lived there uutil the last of April, 1874, when ‘they went to the Warm Springs, N.C.; from there she | went to Springficld, Mass., to get her mother, and | alter a flying trip to Chicayo returned to the Warm Springs; in October, i874, she came to this city aud rented house No, 1,321 New York avenue and lived in it until March, 1575, when she went to Hur- mon, Obio; she remained there some weeks and then returned to the Warm Springs; Mr, Sample is now living in New York; she was divorced trom him and came by the name of Henriqtes honorably; she ought to have in Ler possession the contract of sep- aration drawn between her aud her husband, made j at Warm Springs before the divorce was obtained, but had misiaid it; she finally went to Ra leigh and entered suit for divorce from him and he ran away; he came to this city, hired some negroes to testify against Ler in her absence on the churge of adultery, of which charge, as God was her judge, she was innoveut, and obtained a divoi married Mr. Henriques in Philadelphia in 1876 went to California und lived together for a few w and then separated; he was still her husband; he was poor, old and an invalid, and as he had deceived her ut the time of the marriage they mutually and calmly agreed to separate; she thought it rather a Litter pill to be compelled to live with another invalid when she had *just been treed by divorce; she first met Honriques during the Centennial; he roomed at her house iu Philadelphia at that time; whon she was in Springticid, Mass., with a little money left her she ‘went to San Francisco and bought herself a piece of land and built a house upon it. Mr. Poter—Well, madam, who did you get this money from? Witness—I shall not tell you; it is none of your business. . Mr. Peter—Do you object to telling? Witness—I came by it honorably, and did not blackmail anybody to get it. ‘The Court— Well, we will go no further in that direction. ‘This witness continued at some length, detailing ing events of her own history and declaring that qisfortunes had happened her by reason ot black- -mailfug operations, She told Mrs. Oliver that if sho (Oliver) carried out the thrests she had made, and i¢ it ever came to atrial witness would come into Court and testify against her, and she had done so. At she conclusion of her testimony the Court ad- journed until to~morrow. TAMMANY SOCIETY, he they 3 THE INJUNCTION PROHIBITING THE INITIATION, OF THE-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN‘ CANDIDATES FOR MEMBERSHIP—ARGUMENT ON: APPEAL FROM THE INJUNCTION BEFORE THB SUPREME COURT, GENERAL TERM. Politicians, principally of the Tammany and anti-. Tammany stripe, made up the major part of a large throng of spectators gathered in the Supreme Court, General Term, room on the reassembling of the court yesterday, at half-past one P. M., after recess, Judges Potter, Ingalls and Daniels being on the bench. Their desire was to hear the argument of. counsel on the appeal from the recent order of Judge’ Barrett granting an injunction restraining the Tam- many Society from initiating as members 147 persons: accepted as candidates for membership at « meeting held on the 3lst of December last. Mr. Hubert 0. Thompson, the present County Clerk, took the lead in preventing such initiation and brought the matter into court, The motions and counter motions and the multiplicity of arguments of which such motions formed the basis that have heretofore occupied the at- tention of the courts in the progress of thisanimated, and exciting legal political fight have served to make the facts of the controversy so widely familiar that it ix unnecessary to repeat them, but simply to give @ résumé of the poiuts of law submitted on both sides. Each side was well representedby counsel, the Tammany Society by Messrs, A. J. Vanderpoel, James C, Spencer, John D. Townsend and F. F. Van Derveer, and Mr, Thompson by ex-Judge Porter and Messrs. Alfison & Shaw. ARGUMENT FOR TAMMANY. The history of Tammany Society from its organ- ization in 1805, given in’ the opening of the argu- ment on behalf of the Tammany Society, proved | rather a pleasant preface to the ary and technical argument that followed. It was uryed, in the first place, that the plaintiff has mistaken his remedy, which should have been by quo warranto and vot by injunction. This was simply a controversy insti- tuted by the “oute’’ against the “ins,” and in every such case that has heretotore come before the courts the “outs,” it was claimed, have failed to obtain the injunction which they sought a4 a panacea for theit ills. The reason wus very plain, Whether the rights of the parties—the “outs”—have been violated or not their remedy was not by wn injunction, but re- et must be sought in another torm. The Court would not interpose by injunction unless some civil right or pecuniary mterest was imperilled, which it was claimed was not the case with the pisintif. ‘The second point was that the suit can- not be maintained on any allegation of fraud. A third point was that all mempora of the society should have been made parties plaintiff. The allega- tio that the notice of the meeting was not legal, in uot being published in a business newspaper, was amwered at ureat length. It was claimed that the | meeting was duly aod legally culled; that in this cane & legal quorum was assembled of the corporators, held iu pursuance of @ regular call authorized by | the bylaw, and that their acts must be deemed valid and binding upon the corporators. It was further | urged, this being the sixth poiut, that there is no! bylaw, sach as set forth in the complaint, thas @ notice of a special mecting must be published twice in one or more city daily papers. ‘The con- eluding points were that a court of equity has no jurisdiction in this case, and that the plaintif? hae luis complete remedy at law. WHY THE INJUNCTION KMOULD BE CONTINUED, 1t was urged in opposition that the plaintiff's right to notice of meetings and to vote and be heard on ; the question of admitting members is a common, law right, tneident to his membership, and that it t recognized but not created by the bylaws, and de- pends on the common law rile that “no power or function entrusted to a body consisting of a numbor of porsons can be legally cxereised without notice | to all the members composing such body. It wast claimed further that due notice of a meeting is es sential to its validity, or its power to do any act, which shall bind the corporation; that the acts done at the meeting of December 31, 187%, do not a wht not to vind the corporation; that these 14 ‘sons stand, theretore, as strangers to the corpora. tion, and the injunction asked tor is to restrain the corporation from initiating persons who have, a matter of la ver been voted upon; that the nieeting was technically and formally valid, and that the 8 remedy, and sole uate remedy, was by an action im bis own behalf in equity and not by quo warranto. * Atthe conclusion of the argument, which occu- pied all the atternoon, the counsel handed up t Tespective briefs for the more special examination of the Court, MAYOR COOP! R'S CHARGES. Mayor Cooper's charges against Police Commim sioners Smith, Erhardt and Nichols have not yet, it is belioved, been sent to the Governor, To all ine quiries on the subject the Mayor returned evasive anewers, It is the general sentiment that the Mayor is wavering under the sharp criticism that his coursy has given rise to, and this accounts for the delay im forwarding the documents to Albany, It was widely rumored, late in the afternoon, that the delay in sending up tho cha was due to am, entirely different cause than the one yeneratly im- plied. It was said that the Mayor bad sent charges to Washington againse Mr. Wheeler similar to those referred ayuinst his colleagues here, that Mr. ‘heoler had handed these charges to Senator Conkling and asked his advice ab: the preparation ot his de fence. The delay, in this view, was to be ascribed to the reason stated. Mayor Cooper was told of the rumor and asked to either confirm ordeny it. He dechned to do either, saying, “1 can't answer thas question.”