The Sun (New York) Newspaper, April 29, 1872, Page 2

teen cen- Prior to the 2th of August in the year of our Lord 79, the ancient world ap- wholly ignorant of the ivius was a voted 0 had perecived that its structure yrous to that of the active vol- which he was aequainted. very stiggestion of the mighty fires slum- seath was hidden by the luxw riant vegetation In the vineyard vated flelds w from base to summit. ent irregular peak mounted the depression dicated th into the crater. ralded by shocks of earthquake; eruption commenced flame and emoke enwrapped the mountal “the people of the true Inks only seven vears of pear to have be fact that Ves The MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1872. The eviden which was published in Tir ecting the part Academy of Munte Sie Grant's brother-in-law, in the recent con- throw the State Govern- ment of Louisiana, agrees perfectly with statements published in Tie Sun at the time of the ocourrence vantage of being all under oath, and having been taken by a committee of Con- spirucy to ove Mowery Theatra ser hi tie Depibe Cooper Tnstttute ich clothed the mountain In place of the pres- 1 plateau sure nitre alight wn with wild vines, in spot which was subsequently he catastrophe He Lalla Kook Kibto » Theatre th Oly mole Theatre towpty f Han Prancteco att but it has the ad- one, and in its c As Collector of Now Orleans, Casry has trol of the revenue cutter Wilderness, longing to the Government, rly in January last, he took on board this vessel fourteen or fifteen Senators of Louisana and kept thom there, moving up and down the Missiseippt river, so that they t not be arrested by th Artsand brought back into the Senate to The following are among and the an- Theatre Comlan Union Kquare Theatre The Vokes Familys but when th Wood's Muscusm thon, Matinee The Cincinnati Convention—Can it Go | top, so unaware w nature of the phenomenon, that th Piiny—who, as Admiral of the Roman fleet, endeavored with his ships to afford ', and thereby lost his life—accounted for the burning light by snying that ‘some of the country houses in the neighborhood, which ad by their inhabitants, had No lava flowed on this ocea= sion nor in any of the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius earlier than that in 1036, whieh he seventh of which w: Everybody knows who are the men from ati Convention candidate for President. Ifere is a list of them all in alphabetical orgeant-at- among whom the will choose succor to the suffe form a quorum, the questions of the committ swers of Caspy, as given in the official res port of the evidence: How many Senators went aboard? A. irteen oF fifteen TLRS FRANCIS ADAMS of Maasachasette, been dese WG. CULTLY of Pennaylvaate, caught fire NOt Positive as to RY of New York. PMHUEL of LIN These are all the names that have yet deen mentioned in connection with nomination, and it ew that thelr purpose was toavold Pa i UUme to avoid being Did you not know th: it was a violation of your duty ofthe United S anization of a State sldid; Edid not think of is certain that one of jeht gentlemen will be selected, Is there one of them who make a good riotic men would eupport in opposition to ¢ tystem of prose and military re iy question is whether the y of the United 8: the power of ¢ fem permane neath a torrent of mud, aud a xd Pompeti. sist, says (hut thought the pr or faction and boon discove unts transtuitted to us of their tragicnl cud might well have been discredited by the majority. The theory quakes and vole W. Trnsenen w cities never Tthouelt, | corruption, ne= usefulness of of which the tn s £0 cousplenous ics desire to lly wish to | and states. | their ancient Coverniuent, h their object by vot: d ceht gonth Cincinnati Convention may (ix men of seinee, What explanation did you give? and control in Hos be asked any explanation of you? the detreetive and | by the never-ceas ug aetion of the oecan In regard to the loss of human life which they oceasion, that distingui ed scientifie write ese occurren months ng time, and th took place nearl hey were notorious at th facts were # the other hond, Grant and his system, they can refuse non nition, and other candidates, and om, thus allow= ing Grant to gain an easy victory. In that event the result will uot be due to any Cincinnati Convention, but the people people like aks very justly, “It ' hesays, *nodoubt, terrible, awful, perhaps harsh, thousand lives should be swept away ina Cincinnati y are given he} oath by Casey himself, loss, his brother-in-law, the President, has any explanation of him, nor wused any other officer to require Aud Casey remains divide thet votes among t one of those lives t beenlled for, and it is by no means mistake of (hy to the preference of 1 office as Cole nistration than Drought upon therm. Gnast's, such an deceney would 1 . but it is sound philosophy. a visited with the prompt removal of the ofender from the which he had disgrac body imagine any r Gross Impropriety Among our Foreicn Ministers. urs suiledou Saturday for Ma Ministerto Spain. The Degrees of Marder in Connecticut. of Lypra Si y poisoning ter- Friday last verdict of guilty of murder in the pauit saves her from ; but since it must son for Casey's re- n in power, except that he is the brother-in-law of the «ume his posta nt from it mor Heeame home in De fin agent for certain English stock! ay, and has sine geod in the'r s second degre: death on the allow: rtainly be admitted t Simran, the fact that sh conviction of a capital offence naturally State of Con- We are inforn jection was ex- w York Cuse Gray, in a recent The annual election in th out wason April. itical assessn in the Eric ent for that has escaped | t of unlawful vic tient, how. | hy sne or the gr » statutes of Counc iis the diife ined And tost, was robbed of m poinved to Ma preventative of th was passed in the yoar 1st holders; and ib was suill | LecIs a Comma te y ended to leaye Londor consent toh 1LES COLEMAN, tl teame tohis knowl | doubt whet! Cof mrrors hei that un- nentfor murder perpetrated of poison, th acoal shop at St. D per as the re Minister to | in phice as 1803, at each of s evidently en= ad finally left Where she was are om Madame tint to much as the statute provi in any person inv shall, if they had stopped London in the bu voring by elude r ig Company, u the intuence of his official dignity to put nn eUilty, ascer be murder in the first luables, the greater i n¢ been found in ‘of Beleiun frieuds of the murder- whe is twenty-lve years of purder, and declared that represents that she struggle with her victim, lasting Finally she got the nalls of Among all editable acts of the present Administration, this was one of the himself received a Iny ares in consider the belief widely entertained that Pr dent Grant also received a present of a degree, althous right of the jury i establish the the SHERMAN case to e quantity of those tion of such s had a terrily! ich led them to the ¢ was the proper verdict are believ have been based upon a clause in the ¢ eral Statutes of the State, und ninal procedure, the lan- h is as follows: nelusion that this her right hand In addition to Man bs Were arrested as ac eivers; but they As the principal is to be prosecuted in Eugiand, the Fr incompetent to try treaty does not apply to their case, murder was first @lscovered, it was reported that ANC was a Frenchwoman, and had taken the acts of the Communists the disgrace which DIX uLanc, flye and the countr ade punishment m is needed everywhere in our Na- ny and ia ow ite as much asin other depart. tional Adm of any ertine them, and the extradition by law punishable by death, with Tucnts of the pub This provision was referi by the Judge: a prominent part | who presided at the , who also suid to the jury, in con- cluding his remarks: ‘ You will, th rdict of guilty of murder in the murder in the second degree, They adopted the e' Court that if they decided proof hardly fultilled the requirements of the statute above quoted, and hence that they ought to find f the inferior degree This they did, and she now g508 State Prison, there to The News from Vesuvius. report of a terrible disaster Mount Vesuvius, wher sons were killed and wounded by Hesloulated to arous foundation for this she had told a fellow tered some Communist ppears to have been that ervant that she had shel- ellar, and on one mn had given some wine to the destitute wife of a Communtot off sby some sixty per- of lava, was Ww little auxiety among t Americans Who have friends now trayel- The account, as it came to us by telegraph from London, conveyed the idea that a large party of pleasure would of course be com- of foreigners in Italy, had visited an exposed situation for the pur- se of obtaining a good view of the erup- and were overwhelmed or acquit her {atement has that at the recent GRANT titute, out of Mit ficial hist, (ine fl banking hous beautiful manifestation of public been denied ling in Europe, to convict at all, th les on the « t twenty were all clerks in the Henny Cuews, the prisoner guilty oplaton such pored main to the Conne remain for life, A Dill has b whusetts Legislature n arrested, tr any offence shall be paid a certain eu. n introduced Nonsense. ish rumor is goin wont that Ge to be nowis The rumor is supported by a statement published in Cincinnati by Deacon Richanp Sain, that truly good Deacon Riciarp reports that with- last few days, in conversation with of Congress, President Grant he bad had about all the in civil office, ond fire from t so fully in ae Philadelphia vuld be caleulated to work the public at lary Buch a law w injury to the luterests « & porvon of respectability a tmuneradion would be no adequate compensation annoyance of prosecution, trymen to rik dang this sort, that who were in Naples at this Rettson wou London Daily News © he wanted nd and seoun >to have arisen from the | view of the great gathe He knows enough to un the ticket nominated th ported by the vehteh he could retit the eruption, inhabitants of the should be sup- ss of voters why him and his ly and military government, he must ten out of » also, that in view of such a possibility b uperior Com PANDIAIT too! earthquakes convulse the wrragansett St pany for Now Yor elther lost bi company; ata round inthe vielnity. ‘The people have Ninn Government for 1 lof the Army which he held befor the candidate of But for ail that upplied to th tepublican party in 1868, he has no id Tho machinery is fixed for his nomination, a ticket, and refu sof the com them with provi vention, and the company h roly for the pure by Lo pay Lin far, i were destr Which has elapsed et siygtostions » that event now 4 that are falke on th THE SUN, MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1872. will have a full opportunity of deciding in November next whether they wish the one term rule to be applied to Grant THE REFORM LEGISLATURE, THR IMPOITANT BILY THAT WAS PEOCUUARLY REFERRED. Ronse Tweed tabe Fonght to the Bitter Bad —Things Géting Hot and Interesting—A Cofin Propring for the S Vanderbilt “ompornrily Checked. ALnany, Aqril 27.—There was a slim at- tendance In bots Houses to-day, Evidently the epring weather the demoralized condition of the political sitiation, as the day of hold: the Cineinnati Convention draws nearer, and the tide of corruption against which even the brave Col. Hawkins could not stand up, are having thelr effect upon members. In the Senate Mr. Allen, who was ono of the committes that In- ated the changes against Senator Jim Wood, and couldn't make up his mind what to do avOUL He but anbsequently came out strong supporter of the wrestling % Chattle expulsion resolution, offered n resolution em. powering the Committee on Privileges and F tions, of which he ts the Chatman, to sit during. the recess and Investigate the charges of fraud in the election of Boss Tweed made by O'Dono- van Rossa and others, and to report at the next seaston. Senator Madden opposed these roving Investigating committees, who generally mado so much fuss without accomplishing any good results, Mr. D. F, Wood wanted the resolution framed «o that itwonld Include everything that might tend to unit Mr, Tweed to associate with the immaculate gentlemen who now compose the Senate, Mears, Benedict and Madden op- posed this, and contended that the only ques tlon the Sei ad to deal with was whether Mr. Tweed was ected by fraud or not. Mr. Allen contended that 10,000 fraudulent votes were cast In Tweel's district at the last election, according to the memorials presented. ‘The resolution was than adopted. This will give Mr. Allon and his eemmittee an opportunity te spend several weers in the city next fa at the expense of the Stete. Ia said that they wil occupy a suite of ome in the Metropolitan Ho- tel while conducting thelr faq We TAX LEVY The New York Tax Levy bil Water bury amendments” atri ip from the Asse Paline and WAS J Me an explan i Seni stairs ina Way not at all complinenta responsible therefor. On the Mt failed to pase, several Senaors t and three=3 voting against it, Me. Lewis wio secnis te have a wholesome ‘dread of tas levies sinee voted for the Boss's two per coat. one of bist ir, sald he could hot consent to vote for one is'yeur authorizing a tax of two riers per cent. Notwithstandt easity of the paste of tl May. and the earnest ng absent, vaste, Lewis, Bowen, and Winslow and the atlemen Ww inorning. STILL APTER THE TAMMANY RING. Dill which had already passed the pviding for the holding of Courts of Over ‘erminer for tho trial of carcain caren by Justices of the Supreme Court (o be for the purpose passed the Senate t rovides that the Attorney-General inay at any time apply to the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals to assign a Justice of the Supreme Court to hold a Court ‘of Oyer and Terminer in county of the State, the Justice so assigned be elected from some other judicial district than the one where the case ta to be tried. It is intended to apply to cases where any public croperty, funds, or ereditsof any kind baye been Wfully taken, converted, or paid, and tune yo intended to reach the bill of pe spect was Introduced in the As ‘Tilden on the 1th of Mare! referred to the © Attire Instead of the Judle ported favor ably by that committes, and xent to the Sat Comrlttee of the Whe who also repe ab tt favorab! osition of Mr. Moseley, who thought ito ucht be considered In Committee of the Wh House, was last evening ordered bird re fhe flost section is as follows: Ni. The people of thin state lave a naiit of Shall wrongfully Gbtaln, ney, feed ty, Loh ily OF tourer * i tind: F Raaprot tinanyactiont dus @epectal Wwrin of the Sopreme Court fur tie trial of nce ls Which actions Way Lereafier or may hee tartare have been brought In Of be state for auy of the by mim uly. TERY rant yy mle Med tn lie omice i county in which the trial is take Le tach trausterred from tay al term to th to be Held for their trial; the speck held for trial of such Causes, notwith: # been appointed 01 1 it shall Juries to nerve in the Justice 60. as: omit to hold the Court, that tie pla Au ter shall) be assigned hertion wx kivewe they Atte neral power to bring ouactionin betalt of th nouewer he ts stishiwt that eatse therefor torsed by tie written requ nto | tt nd Way t ort p ) the Gene Spr art he taken tu aay auch Urtof Appeals shall, on motion of the At for.ty General, Wilch Motion nay be made at aay Ulmer if the Coure be bot im session, then the Chict ‘ the WE Hof the At ting Kone d he appeal is ied with the motion of the uty of the General inwhict the appeal te pend: val to be tears! iv the desighated ection eight fixes the expenses of the Justice as alened to Hold any such special term, ¢., 9C§10 a dn durlng the sesh tne ad re Pald by the Cou) Line h section is intended to p ) public oillcials in the futur a props: restraint iss Colle Ske. 10, y persom who, with intent, to di shall obtain, receive, converts pay out, or dispose (ent, ahallatd or abet uverting, p Aieporting funds, oreuits, erty, whe uy city ty, tow OF local, oF payhicnt on trausfer co Hun or for Tle wee Denostyof who, with the like Intent, shall ald or abet In Hotatulhge the payment oF transfer €o othe ay a posits oncredtia with a bank or banke depo ory, or any delta, mh action. ela tthe puittey w Lowi 40a iepochrory, or, with the like iutent, shall ald. abet, frohefer Any eM Hh publlé moneys, fads, € r i a cog: shall, with Intent to defraud, ob: property, whether belonging to We State, or to any city, Count Village, OF oltier departinent, oF OMe yee! af oye chinead, state or local, shall on cons tes 4 bt i the State Prise nore than seven ¥ the amonnt of the Pubite 1 have been lost by tile loss to whieh fis fraudu: and tt Duted, or by both euch hw t Halweys, at if upon the trial Of ay por Whder (alk wet tt stall be proved hy rea rect be eutitied to at hor this wet ehall by to i aft Fi 1 for uuy other ernie Nira VAsbEunE PHS MLACK BYR, Thi the Assent b. Husted made an effort to nderbilts Cadergroind Raptd ‘transit lL pushed a dc of ts order, by moving riake itt in th frat Cominitte of the Me. As there was a slim attendances and it quired a tw motion falled, to the astonishimer r aa lt had coino to be the Coun want witheuw that the majority haentoes were ‘ ralircad ki n they got back the me Will go through without * delay, debate or amendment.” Another effort woul have been made subseque had noe Mr. M choked Itoff by aiuving an adjodrniment antil Monday evening, which was carried. ‘Tho bal waa reported favorably from (he Ralroad Come= mittee to-day, Messra, Whitbeck, aid G. WL gforthe voasa that tho Underground whi propos to bud delay, and) an amond Ment La whose Claclor piowed tl bibly bas Wook, Gd bv byliug bold la the Bevate by Van dorbilt's tools until this eohame ta 4 They also objected to the manner in S. parks, aad public would have done tl © Rush” Hawkins good tobe there and see th $90,600,000 worsted just once. pen again, 8 cay tho Vanderbilt lobby. RIPE RANGE. Fish a rifle range fo Ings ta the str The bill to ea! jd appropriating pose, Which thirds bill, and was lost because it ceived eighty-six vo" Atha bill, requiring but soy ivou eliehty-fly Speaker to-day di of the squirt 8, Curtis out t when on its passage, the Sponcer rite, and and canister atong way ahowdl of tho enate, where it will probe Alled with grape It goes to the ably roeet with little or 1 MAY SOON Expect to KE ican Wimbledon. THF CARTER. bed an Amer- n why OTe Olse Is, Wha © charter and wh nor do about And singularly dy w answer his own conundrum, to bea foregone conclusion. Chat hi lay ia to be the da pet of he seventy wise men of Gotham will be It is conceded that if the ru veto it there is not the slightest probability of passing it over hie veto. grounds on which the Governor will of course, Uharoughly canvassed. int will be the unco: teveryburdy ix on which the yut in its Httle grave, bum! at the Gov holds that the Legislature cannot Le posed in the case of the that this will be anotl erable to judge than Go} the entire charter is impracticabh fleet would lead by Hite in administe: There are a few, however, whe that the Governor Will sign it ne alaw under the tet Wis experience in the ba Albany chart onfusion and p ng the affains me WAGE Chiat we lan or to veto. nt him by the by one who kno oat Old Scotel resents Thi from any exposur a these facts, and deinandineg that ¢ wht to the baref the House to ane swer for bis slanders o of certain pers 1 fora few days ant Colonel will not; wif Months in the Now York L whether the » his history ‘The Judictary Committee will report on Tu wae of the Judges, an y¢ House will go inte z eby get their 83 day. ushon that they will th A Partisna nud Catuir Apportios We have given th fnto Congre: apportionment of the Committee on F sis. Husted 4 from the re- “¥, of the committee Hofman to yeto Us upon Gov dQ notwithstanding the strenuous | samen go Over LO NeXt year, the State « f Congress, by the House by th to the props population of 1,547. iuiiean distri fate populatiou of % to each membe oorats to elect a representative than blicans to do thon of but ¢ when It take «MUSEMBPENTS, » Farewell, Il will nol be forgotren that this evening the fairest and most accompii-hed prima donn: who bas graced our stage | hor leave of us, country has been one of unequ She has taught the publi clute the beauty, purity, and voice, and the reflaement of he prima donna has ever accom) with so little outlay of appa dd of economi and attatning stren sth of lun, ppleat Hustretion, Tho programme for this including acts from" Tra. ire and nppre- and | effort ant not viata,” * Lucia, view to presenting Misa Nii Miss Cary an nrand vo from the Miss Cyey Is a sin made a very secure place for b m in her most Hit quality of her of hor lutonatie ita pleasure to listen to her. mance tf not Nilsson’s last appearance here for an Inde casion of hor benefit time, but also the doubtedly b and we may look for yt flowers without end, noes AS AN Klement of nvention Wa most enthusiast ‘Ton minutes afterward that ¢ was totally unre anil that he was * thie COMEDY. urrowinled by Use w Joined In by ns of another held recent tod # resolution formed the writer Uha hoive for Pic 4 ieading political paper In an Is now Uader, tha cone ONLY $138,000,000. The Unagrounted for Receipts of the War Department $105,300,000 Expended by a Mingle Burcan in Excess of all Approprine tions-A Coll tor the Vonchers, Wasiivoros, April 2%—In the Mouse yesterday Mr. Bock (Dem., Ky.) reiterated the statement so frequently $199,000,000 had by ado by him, that on recolved by the War De- partment from the aale of property during tho last flo years, and that the Socretary of War had failed to tell the House and country what had been done with tt, and he had reliable ieforu tion that ft could not be accounted for. Mr. Garfleld (Rep., Ohio) sald he would take an carly occasion to make @ epociite roply to Mr. Beck's points. Mr. Keck gave noticn to Mr. Garfiold that he would Insist onthe Becretary of the Treasury showing what sums had been patd by the War Department, and how they wore drawn « Mr. Dawes (Rep., Mass.) sent to the Clerk's desk and had read a communication from Gen, Meigs, Quartermastor-General, stating that all imonoys recetved by the War Department from the rales of property had been paid | the ‘Troasury ; but that to supply the vouchers called for by Mr. Beck would require a whole fretyht rain. Mr. Beck said he did not make any personal charge, but oven Gen. Metin, in the lottce jist read, stated that the amount received by the riment sinee June 3, 1865, In excess of ay propriattons, was $107,000.00), ahd that all. that had been used in the payment of th eas Of the Department except $2.277,000, What he (Bock) charged was that $10,500,000 had been d spent by a singlg bu partment in excess of all apy made for it in the last six y country ought to k J called on the Secret for that fnformation, and by the f rk of ‘Treasury that it had be Departinent f. not yet before the E Mr. Dawes —The hat it has not be Mr. Bock--Noy not know whether tt bas been orn Twanttne facts, You have often told the House that the whole of the De parcinents Were fun upol priations made by Congress, white the aster Gene tells us that hi rddition t sorted ¢ atuination, and it wa united for floor time a rverumn living ns matte by Congress; House, until Fdragzed ft out, tha taster-General had spent to appropriations ¢ Tic House then disewesed the Tar bill, watit | adjournment. a ROBLSON'S NAVE PRAUDS, —_ Forthcoming Reports trom the Lnventt fag From the Wasttnaron, Ap Chaivmon of the Robeson Investigating Committee will begin the preparation of bis report withina day or two, ‘There will be two, and perhaps three, reports. Goy Blair and Warren and Archer will unite tn a majoriiy report, while Messrs, Bargent and Peters will present their views either jointly or separately, It being understood that Sarvent te ready to go further In Robeson's defence than any other member of the conimittee, ho two principal points in the snajority re- port wili he the action of the Secretary in allow- ing and paying the Secor and >— vernor claim Robeson i: Own Worst Enemy. From y Breuning Times. Mr, Robeson’s reluctance to have his pre- decossor, Mr. Welles, brought pon the stand Jn regard 10 the Secor claims was (he dictate rare personal prudence. If be had (hat wise disinelination with which h the entrance of such a witness into thy uunination, he would have shown oul nd natural caution, But he » dened his care When Mr ee had dnully brousht M nd, and di the commit ex F of th y Was. Robeson and lis particular friend Sargent made tt dail Worse by supplementary quest! Mr. Welles s twatimouy establ 1 the payments of $6,000) atone ti wok nse on the iron-clads they. con str not only without warrant of, but entirely against, law or precedent, Invelying t rey of chiinis ed upon \ foprlaton iuade: by ner ual f Welles had. a to by eopen their eceount, and. had vextraordinary pr athiing In the face of an act of Congress itn On. this point Mr. Robeson and Sargent’ made the era take of ejuestioning Mr Well 1 inewe ’ wanted to. know whether the partt i by the various Boards. Mr. Welles answered (hat he dd tot know what the 1 Any pretence on whieh to pay them ered: then Itis a fact th Not suficiently w nt attack he same question a ved the conclusive reply ts and all other ers shad booa closed Twettled by the departm at long before f fl. Luad veen appealed to to reopen them, and hast Fefiised They then apy toc for relief feret ari the petted Hi ed by | iD a been the encablished Tule of the Gov eroment trom tts fowud Intermediately, | Mr. Archer's questtons brought out several items of interest. One w about experfiaents made during. th team bollers, corain engineers having to give thetr time and attention free, ifthe Gove t ernpjent would Cruish (he means to ¢ such experiments, Phe ex hits were 1 and then these disinterest nilementput in a HhLof something th 2,000, which Mr, Welles rejected, referring them to their written offer of thei This claim, als item was a elal the trans} war, Wh expiann vices wit! was paid by R BM) fort 1 ship Governor, al ent by Me, Rt her tlem was the pa how tof Forbes. for uscloas. ¢ mental enginos In’ two iron-clads, which, Mr, Welles’s management of t were ordered removed and th i tefunded, but whieh. It is alle, paid for by Con, eeount ofa fetter Hobeson. rep hat the half million wa ' ede on contract.” Stil a Twit tho elaiin L, Savaze for extras on eontrict Tieate wdditional viola faw and precedent Wat thew rota, due solely (Robe nose, Th trapernd then delils Liisitive about wh SUN's fnformation | Welles, Robeson wanted to know (in regard t the illegal Recor payment) whe Mr. Welles writing to Mr. Dana, "sald any th # surprising fatuous ly put his head in it portion of the N been obtained f » Mr body recelying a Christmas prosent— the sccie- tary oralady?’ ‘This was the answer Tiearned that vy was called for on the Mist « order froin y eanie wfter the ¢ ative order ute on the wex ard. eoiethi r in ped as easily, it will dem ud to know who this miysterior lady Waa, Wie it one of potent female members of toe third ! vent was under Ande \ public WHE Know: the Lhe prot indebted- of the ars; that Congress: weeks azo, and turned over to the withdniw the charge nuinued thy {the venerable war on vder » department, money paid re singular part of the Investigation hus fur was certainly a semi-revelation of se= shallow Secretary baited his owe Youw about any- as premelug, inelned to go t desire to have A Nearer (¢ tot if © specular hold, and which without fa i 1 frou ry THE LOCAL OPTION LIQUOR Law, A Mautamns ¢ reotn bi aw Cy tothe PHtLapenriia, April 22.—The question of th onstitutionality of the “local option® Hquor law of Pennsylvania has boon brought ap In the Court of Common Pleas in this city, The City Commissioners having declined to grant a@ license to a tavern keeper in Germantowng named MeClain, on the ground that the vote taken In the Twonty-third Ward in pursu the local op nh law forbids the Inene of euch license, & mandamus was sought against the Commissioners, by the applicant, to compel them to issue the desired licens. ‘Tse caso wom heard on Friday and Satrrday last, when all the Judges wore present, as tie case was doomed one of great importa THE ATEMET TO DELEGATE POWER. The counsel for the applicant based thelr argue Menta onthe ground Cit the Logistature in passe ytlon Law oversiopped thomselved In attempting to delegate power, which belonged to themselves alone, to a body of porous Une known in the Constitution. Goo, W. Biddle, Esq. the plaintiff, said the simple proposition under consideration was, whether the Government we live under was still to continue one of reproe sentation by the people, or was to be subverted Into one whose ends and purposes were to be determined by popular acclamation. He sald the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania have decided rality cannot shall be ypressed ¢ ourae the free. locality cannot determing lar Heonse shall be granted, Wi been tried in other States, uirta of these States bad all it a, The Lewtal jathnation of lew njly sald that the Hanes cor Wrong, hal Ty over nore te lity af ate bis t Pow vesistaror De statares © of th neol fom men of a partly whether a partic e thing b by another Hwhtont ¢ Hd they license ene to (he majority ofa vit to them al DECISIONS. On the other hand, it was argued y the coune Who appeaied for the City Cut re that in cht 1 have aud Heal rights whe, they vome fn coniliet with equlations. Jevied without sol the poopl sidered: prope citizens m " it thied As to precedents, there was no Incl ol authority on either side Decisions to fourteen: Ales been cited. In three of these the question had not been determined, wht thers It had been decided by divided ¢ In Ove Courts a decision had been 1 ‘and fr Oourts in atether way. in Ws the Suptene no right to dishacure, with other statute constitutlonal. ‘The act of 1810 left it to the people to say whether Hquor should be sold. This is not similar to the act now v consids eration, If the act of 18i1 bh tbsen voted on at all It would still rematn tn force ae am excise law, imposing certain penaliies. Vacious fv ly Were cited in Which citizens were portultted ty decide by popular vote whether they should ho carried Into effect. a4 in sehool, poor ty and vamo laws, and their constitutionality bad been sustained, UNCONSTITUTIONALUTY OF THT ACT nta in this case were el: by L. Hirst, Esq, for the pinintifl, who said tthe cases'cited by the other slde. were of os of grants, which were not} me 1 itories that hadno cons Uibulion, pp ly to this question. [ere was a trad das lawful some time before Pear wincevattached. net by the cook jature, | the a bt the The the polls. purpose of the To suppress th 4 et. Tt was ne business, “Fhe tmportant « er the peopls can by thelr! was whet eal the statutes that wers, anil the deposits : ir votes, the Hyingiaw of Pennsylvania, rit. KO DECISION. T! f summary of thearmimente pte ated for anit against the law. Nod a heen rendered yet, the case being held under fon fn th tostan t tos bncot netititionslity WAL ne: be dofialtely sevced holbrethte The statement that Mr. Jasaom Py of Cinconatl, who bh nomployed Veanexpert to Investigate the accounts of the y dist Hook Concern, has d i port, W is to be lald bet General Cone forence ut lyn,on Wednesday nest, that there is no evidence of wrong doing, Irr or fraud in the Cor is Lreth expressly st th iment in that | of pape re were repeated inate the Concern was made by Me. Porter, the pure chasing agent, to pay fur nore than the market Value of the paper bought, and far more Uhag Mr. Porvor bit id for it. Yours re s purchase Mernonist. The Priat of 1 Murder—Ti «Worth of Arsenic. ‘The trial of Libble Garrabrant for the murder of Ransom F, Burroughs, was coutinucd in Paterson om Saturday, Among the witnesses examiued sere Janier Morrinsey, who hy ives wuslie OO cupied to tlm, and Dr, Blundedt The Court then aunouneed the aru the quew tion of proving the writing of Libbte Gormbrant by companion on the opinion of J nton Charge off ale 4 the Louse wh aatitig ttl noon Jusige Hedle decided to allow the leiter £ te person of Burr then aleckde whet + Gero. tue carmiture fron birrougheeiiouns aud #96 eit. od todos by Liste Garrabrant. Libbte and Van Winkle Uogert helped bun to load tue Wagon, TL Was removed 1 thet he bad © trial la to be resumed this morning —— at Billiard M Play with Cyrille BP Wiliam Goldthwaite,who proved such a forte table antagonist against Dudley Kavanagh, John Moe itt, and other players for the champlonsh|p of ilk ards in America, {# now in this elty, and prop contest for the chant hip ene and #1,00) wit Dion, who now holds tt, The up, to be played on & four-pocketed table of weed tae, pose and er barred, The time of the mated has not been poritively faxed, but it wall 1 « within thirty day from the date of t The ¢ Mthwaite te Ons thong be le allowed four wouths fron challenges maten wi be played be Goldthw 0 he best , bg Goldthw i 4 Reformers at Work. The Reform Assoelathon, of w 1" f Seventy. They any that honesty en $ Weide of he yt ‘ Well of the | \ The Ulster County, Woods Sova » Piowoias Povonennrsrs, April 1 " ’