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'WASHINGTON
*m? Credit MoMlier Partisans
In Congress.
MB DEFEICE CAUCUS D SESSION.
Brooks and Oakes Ames Give
MoComb a Flat Denial.
Alleged Attempts at Compromise
and Pacification.
nmcnov to immigrants.
Changing the Lights on Sandy
Hook Lightship.
Washington, Deo. 15,1873.
Yfeo Credit Mobllier Scandal?MeComb'i
CoucnlB| Brook* Vl|*i?
?ily D?l?d. ?
The Credit Mobllier excitement baa reached Ita
th?.t aii thoae implicated go about with
anxiety depicted in their faces; the/ congregate
la secret conclave* at the Arlington. Yesterday
Oliver Ames, brother of Oakes Ames, was tele
graphed for to attend a secret conference last
evening. Among those present were Oakes Ames,
his brother Oliver, MoMnrtrls, ex-Congress
man John B. Alley and four or five
other gentlemen supposed to he implicated In
the affair, whoso names it Is not necessary to
?Motion at present. To-night they met again in
parlor O at the Arlington. Ail except Oliver
Asms, who left to-night for the Worth, wen pres
ent The purpose of the conference was to pre
pare an answer to the testimony of McComb.
Mr. Alley, who will be examined to-morrow, will
meet all the speclllo charges against him by an
absolute denial. He says be never gave
Sty shares of the Credit Mobllier to Mr. James
Brooks, nor had the latter any interest In the
Credit MoblUer stock. McComb, he says, made a
deliberate misstatement when he asserted beiere
the committee that those shares were given to Mr.
BlCSisTn'KTs (Mcdomb's) prewn^e^nother partjr
Vfrfr ts accused with navfng been bribed with
Credit Mobllier shares states that Oakes Ames will
deny that he dictated to McComb the Ust
of Congressmen among whom the stock was
to be distributed, as McComb has alleged
hefhre the committee. There is not a particle ol
truth In It,, says Oakes Ames; the whole story Is
an invention of MoComb. When the Presidential
election was in doubt McComb, It Is alleged,
thought to scare pakes Ames Into settling the
claim be had against the latter by Implicating
leading repubUcan members of Congress. For this
purpose he bad a statement published, with the
letters of Oakes Ames In his possession. Be mode
op a list or the most prominent members and added
them to Vie correspondence. Falling to roallze his
object he Is said to have been determined at least
to vent his enmity against Congressman Brooks,
who was Instrumental In having MoOomb dis
placed from the Union Pacific Railroad. It appears
that two auits were Instigated in I860 against the
Union Pacific Railroad?one by Flak, before Judge
Barnard, in New York, and the other by McComb, In
Pennsylvania. This was apparently a preconcerted
movement between Fisk and McComb to black
mail the road, for both swore to the same thing in
substance and at the same time. There was a fight
tbea between the Boston and New York parties
owning the stock as to who should be the govern
ment director of the road. This was under Presi
dent Johnsou's administration. Johnson would
?et appoint either of the nominees of the two par
ties, but he appointed Mr. James Brooks
to the position. At the advent of Presi
dent Grant all the democrats were turned
out of the government board, which was
made up anew exclusively of repubUcans.
Fhe stockholders, who did not want the road made
% political machine, insisted on Mr. BrooVs remain
ing In as their director, In which position he stlU
continues. McComb is very bitter against him for
the above reason. But Mr. Brooks will not rest
tranquil under this Imputation. Be will
probably bring the matter up to-morrow before
the House and ask for an Investigation.
It la understood that McComb offered, through
his counsel, a compromise before the Investigation
commenced, to the effect that if Oakes Ames would
?ettle his claim he would not appear or give
adverse testimony against him. This proposition
waa rejected. The above is the statement of some
of the parties Implicated, and gives their version
Of the story as It will be given to the committee.
On the other hand, it is alleged that
the: fear of exciting popular indignation Is
inch that It has been determined by
Ames and his friends that he will make
an attempt at pacification by an honest and Ingenu
oua confession that he did sell shares or the profit
able stock to certain Representatives, who paid
him therefor, and who pocketed the fabulous
profits. He will seek to conceal the names of those
members of Congress who were thus enriched by
his benevolence, that, had he^ ever needed their
votes in return, nothing but a high-toned sense of
public duty would have enabled them to refuse.
But this will be carrying oat the veil of secrecy
a Uttle too far, and making It, as the
popular phrase goss, "a little too thln.'j
This Congress may not have the time In which to
overhaul these benevolent railroad operations,
but If they don't the next Congress will. It will be
pleasant to learn who has had stock, not only In
the Credit Mobllier, but in the Union Pacific, the
gmana pacific, the Central Pacific and the
Northern Pacific. Politics wUl be Ignored
In these researches Into the frater
nal philanthropy of certain Congressmen
tor certain other Congressmen, and disclosures
will be made without distinction of party or of
color. Whether McComb is entitled to canoniza
tion can be judged better alter his business trans
actions iu' Ms
previous relation! with the War Dtpartment are
fully investigated. As already asserted In these
despatches, all of the accused will get the benefit of
a doubt, whatever may be the suspicion of their
guUt.
fir. Conger's Immigrant Bill?The
? Amendments to the Old Law?The
Honest Bone aud Sinew To Be Cared
For.
Mr. Conger, of Michigan, author or the bill for
tbe bettar protection of Immigrants, will endeavor
to place it npon Its passage on Wednesday next.
Tills bill has been recently revised and more than
ordinary pains have been taken to perfect the sys
tem. It provides for the orgauizatlou of a bureau,
having all tbe usual powers of such an organiza
tion, and provides further that the Commissioner
ol Immigration shall havo no pecuniary luterest,
directly or Indirectly, in any railway, steamship or
transportation company, nor In the settlement of
tracts or wild land, the expenses of the bureau to
to* aeirnyed by tax Imposed on the steamship com
IMtales. The Commissioner of Immigration is au
thorized to contract with any existing state com
mission for the care of immigrants at any particu
lar port, for if; for instance, the castle Garden com
mission is placed in proper hands, there Is no dis
position to supersede It as a local
Institution. Courts of summary jurisdiction to the
amount or a fine or $100 are provided for.
Steerage passengers are to be entitled to sixteen
superficial square feet wuen carried on the main
deck, and eighteen when two decks are used and
the lower one occupied. Proper ventilation, pre
cautious Against carrying combustible and malari
ous substances as cargo and the establishment or
proper landing depots are included. Express pro
vision is made to prevent the landing of notorl
criminal* or paupers. The jaw la verv similar
to the one MV existing tn GreM Britain, and,
should K h?i will M Hi UM beota of Inter
national tmttot with an European Powers wtoN
subjects emigrate la large numbers to the United
Mate*.
B*?r|?alala| UU Department of the
latwtav*
A subcommittee of the committee on Appro
priation* bu been examining into the affairs of the
Department of the Interior, with a view to ita re
organization.
TKo BlMteral Collage.
All the list* of the electoral colleges of the sev
eral States for President and Vice President, ex
ceptlag throe, have hoea sent to the President of the
Senate by mall, though not more than one-third of
the entire lists required by law to be delivered to
him by messengers have yet been received. Louis
iana sends lists from two different electoral col
logos. The two hosms of Congress, In joint con
vention, will determine which list shall be oounted,
on the second Wednesday of February, the time of
counting all the electoral votes.
Collfcx's Cause Ho* Yet Mapped Ost.
Mr. Coltax has informed his mends here that It
Is not certala whether be shall vacate the chair
of President of the Senate for the editorial chair of
the moune, hut it is the general opinion that be
will. If he should resign by letter, Anthony, of
Rhode Island, who was elected President of the
Senate pro tempore oa Friday morning, will vir
tually be Vice President until noon on the 4th of
March next. But tf Oeifax presides again, and
takes leave of the Senate la a brief speech, as be
probabty will, then it will be necessary to again
elect a President pro tempore for the remainder
of the session. 6f course, in ease the President or
the United States should die during that time, the
President of the Senate pro tempore would be
come his successor until Congress should, by law,
deiare what officer should act or should order a
new election.
Speaker Blaine'e Talk lag Msshine.
Speaker Blaine has been applied to tor permis
sion to exhibit a talk lag machine, which a mechan
ical German has brought here, tn the hall of the
House during the coming recess. The Speaker has
it under consideration, and the Globe phonogra
pbers are urging this continuation of the debates
through the tioUdays, as it will keep them at work.
Christian Endorsement or Senator Pome*
/ my.
The Rev. General Howard, forgetting how Rev.
Dr. Newman injured Senator Harlan's chances for
re-election, has printed a letter vouching for the
Christianity, philanthropy and ability of Senator
Pomeroy, who is now a candidate for re-election.
The Western people don't fancy these pious Wash
ington endorsements, which promise neither In
dian contraots, post routes nor river and harbor
Improvements,
n*?k Mgfctehlp.
The frequent complaints made_ recently in re
gard to the confusion mariners" "experience in
thick weather In distinguishing between the lights
at the Neversink and the Sandy Hook lightship
has induced the Lighthouse Board to order a
change in the color of the latter. The notioe has
been prepared and trill he published in a few days,
announcing that the Sandy Hook lightship lights
will be changed from white to red.
The New Marshal of the Supreme Court.
The resignation of R. a Parsons as Marshal of
the United States Supreme Court takes effect to
morrow. He will be snoeeeded by Mr. John G.
Ntcolay, of Illinois, who was private secretary un
der President Lincoln. The contest for the office
was narrowed down to Nlcolay and Mr. D. R.
McKee, and on a number of ballots the vote stood
three and, with a complimentary vote for ex
Governor Kirk, of Ohio, and Frederick Schley, of
Maryland. The latter was supported by Chief Jus
tice Chase. Nioolay finally received the two scat
tering votes, and was declared the choice of the
Bench.
Increased Pressure an River Steamboat
Boilers.
Near the close of the last session of Congress a
bill passed the Senate allowing an increased pres
sure or steam to be used on the towing and freight
boats on the Mississippi River and its tributaries
from no to 150 pounds to the square inch for boil
ers forty-two inches in diameter, and in the pro
portion for all other boilerfe* The bill reached tha
House too late for final action. Amendments were
mooted suspending for one year on all steamboats
the requirements as to registering steam gauges,
lock-up sarety valves, low water indicators, testing
pumps and one or two other appliances or ques>
tlonable utility. The orginal bill is again before
the Senate, strongly recommended oy the Secre
tary or the Treasury, either with or without the
Honse amendments. It will undoubtedly become
a law at the present session or Congress.
Ex-Mayor Berret's Appointment as Police
Commissioner.
The ultra republicans hereabouts are much ex
cited bj the President's appointment or ex-Mayor
James Q. Berret as a Police Commissioner. They
charge that Mr. Berret was imprmonedin Port Dela
ware during the war for positive disloyalty, and his
course while mauager or the democratic organ in
this city displayed his persistent opposition to the
republican party. The opposition is so marked that
his confirms lion by the Senate is doubtful.
The Cuban Claims Not Yet Awarded.
The United States and Spanish Commission to
adjust the claims or American citizens on account
or damages sustained in Cuba during the present
rebellion have not yet made any awards. About
one hundred claims have been filed. There has
been difficulty about taking testimony in the
? island, but as a remedy it is proposed by our gov
ernment to unite with Spain in appointing a Joint
commission for that purpose.
Heavy Cotton Claims bp the Douglas
Family.
Robert M. and Stephen A Douglas, sons of the
late Senator Douglas, have prepared and will pre
sent to Congress on Monday a claim for f250,000
for their private cotton and other property taken,
used and appropriated tn March, 1863. in Missis
slppl, by a portion or the army or the United States.
The Vienna Exposition.
The House Committee on Foreign Affarta will on
Tuesday report a bill appropriating 1100,000 toward
defraying the expenses attending the exposition
or United States productions at the Vienna World
Fair. This amount is regarded as insufficient lor
the purpose, |240,000 having been appropriated for
the Paris Interaattonai Exposition, and, therefore,
a motion to amend the bill may be made in the
Senate. There is no doubt that two national ships
will be detailed to carry American productions to
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tieliucb. _
The Last of the John Vrovrn Raiders.
The funeral of Mr. Osborne P. Anderson, colored,
the last of the John Brown raiders, took place on
Saturday afternoon.
BOWIE KNIFE PRACTICE IB TRENTON.
Thinton, N. J., Dcc. 16, 1873.
W. Phillips and Theodore Weagand were stabbed
by a New York rowdy named James Price at this
place early this morning. Weagand is tn a pre
I cartons condition, being stabbed in the abdomen.
I Price lias been held to answer in the sum of $1,600
I to await th? result of the injuries. The fljrht was
the culmination of an old grudge. Each of the par
! ties had been drinking heavily.
OLD 80PTH CHUR01L
The Old and Historical Edifice to Serve
the "Bsk Usee" of a Mall Depot.
Bostos, Dec. 16, 187X
A vote has been taken by the Old South Church
pew proprietors which resulted 28 to '^2 in favor of
leasing the building for a Post Office. This vote
indicates the final disposition of the matter,
although another vote is to be taken Friday next.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A DEPUTY P08T
MASTER.
Cincinnati, Dec. 16, 1872.
Thomas Sannderson, Deputy Postmaster of
Springfield, Ohio, who ia charged with robbing
money-order letters of $.l,ooo, waived an examina
tion before the 1'nited States Commissioner yester
day and was held in |e,ooo bail for trial.
MORE DEFAULTING P08TMASTER8.
Nkw ORIGANS, Dec. 16. 1872.
Postmaster Barnes and Deputy Postmaster
Bracey, of Bolton, Miss., have been arrested,
charged wttn robbing the malls. They failed to.
procure ball in $6,000 each, and were sent to prison
THE PLUNDERED PUBLIC.
A Retiring Alderman "Rises
to Explain."
The City a Creditor and the Erie Com
pany the Long-Time Bebtor.
An Untold Chapter of Municipal
Corruption.
A Railroad That Payt Wo Beat tor the Um of
Public Property and Another That Payt lo
Tax**?Comptroller Green'* "lingular Soon*
omy"?What He HaaYotto "Collect"
The following motion, Introduced by Assistant
Alderman Gels, has been made a "special order of
tbe day" for the session of the Board of Assistant
Aldermen this afternoon
neiolved, That the Comptroller be and It hereby di
rected to report to this Board at lta next stated meeting
the amoont now due the city for rent of land, wharves,
pier*, slips and ferry purchases, and the names of par
ties or persona In arrears; as alio tbe amount due (Tom
Conds and h?? nam JoV Ulc 1Sterc#t 00 their
rinsoxs so iiir iaataast
also by what authority the New York ana Brie Railroad
Company have been allowed to hold possession of the
block of gro und bounded by Duane, Washington, Bead*
and West streets without paying rent for the sauie since
the year 1868.
With tbe idea that there waa an African of the
largest dimension! in this wood pile, a H""" re
porter yesterday called an Assistant Alderman
QelB to get from him, if possible, a detailed atate
ment of the wrongs perpetrated in the city and
indicated in his motion which is to come np this
afternoon.
THE SABBATH WORK
of the reporter waa not without its reward, $a the
Herald will have the opportunity of laying before
the public
AN UNTOLD CHAPTHR 0? MUNICIPAL FRAUDS.
The reporter found Mr. Gels at hts home in Bast
Eighteenth street and alter stating that he had
called in reference to the motion to be considered
to-day, Mr. dels invited him into his library and ex
pressed his willingness to give the Hbbald any
information in his power.
"I have called on you, Mr. Gels, in reference to
the resolution which I understand you are to move
to-day. Aa 1 take it your resolution attacks, in the
Jlrst placej the Department of Docks, and, in the
second clause, the Directors of the Erie Railroad
Company."
"I don't want to be understood aa entering on
A CRUSADE AGAIN .ST THE ERIE RAILROAD D1RECTOR8
or anybody else. I merely made my motion In the
Interest of the city."
"Well, Mr. Gels, I am prepared to receive any
statement you have to make In regard to this
resolution. In the first place I want to hear all
you can tell me about the first clause in your reso
lution, which relates to the Department of Docks."
"it doesn't reflect on the Department of Docks;
it reflects on the Comptroller,"
"How so f"
"In this way, that the Comptroller Is responsible
for all the arrears of rent, leases, Ac., which have
not been paid to the city."
"Do yon mean to say that the city has been tbe
creditor of the Department of Docks or of private
individuals In this connection t"
? the COMPTROLLER AND THE CITT'8 DEBTORS.
"1 mean to say this, that if all that haa been due
the city or New York had been collected, It would
amount to 93,000,000."
"Can you give me any figures to prove the truth
of what you say t"
"Yes, sir; in May of this year the following
moneys were due to the city?
For gronnd rent $82,J98
For house rent 18,248
For ferry fees 299,250
For dock and slip rent 131,127
For water lot 3,304
For common land rent 107
Fur market and etllar rent 17,W
Total $171,7(8
"Do you believe that this money is still due tbe
city*"
"I have no reason to believe to the contrary. I
have never seen any return of the money, nor has
there been any public record of It coming from the
Department of Finance. I do not believe that one
dollar of this money lias been paid to the city,
though I cannot be certain or it."
"1 would be happy to get some further figures
from you In relation to this matter."
"You can say on my authority that when I first
took hold of ibis matter last year the tallowing
sums were due to the city" (refers to some official
document)
Due from Henry Smith on lease of pier No. 40 an
unpaid balance $50,500
Due lrom J. <1. Uaverland lor piers Nos. 6S and 54.. 12,047
Due from William Bradley for piers at the loot ot
Thirty-seventh and Fourteenth streets 4,150
Due from Cieorge Brown tor pier foot ot East Fltth
street 77. 2,075
Resides these items a large sum of money was
then due from the Society for tbe Reformation of
Juvenile Delinquents.
"I will ask you again, Mr. Gels, has any action
been taken In reference to these ma iters since
May?"
"No, sir. I do not believe there has. A motion
was made some months ago in the Common Coun
cil to have
THE RETURNS OF ARREAR8
made, but the only thing we heard was that
Messrs. Harcland A Smith had contested the bill
brought by the city against them'"
"Might I ask over wbat time these arreara ex
tended?"
"From 1869 to 1871. Sir, all these amounts were
due to the city last March, when first that resolu
tion 1 spoke or was abandoned."
"Now, Mr. Gels, In reference to the latter part or
your resolution which reflects on the directors of
the Erie Railroad Company."
"You probably have read the resolution which I
introduced, which is under the 'special order' for
to-morrow?"
*1 want the facts which led to that resolution."
"Well, I must go back as far as
THE YEAR 1848
to commence my story. At that time a lease was
entered Into by the city with the Erie Railroad
company to lease this block of which we speak for'
the annual rent of $l,2oo. In 1868 this lease was
renewed, but the rent was Increased to $2,ooo.
Meanwhile, in the year I860, a new contract was
entered into by which the municipality of New
letjhe same Mock, bounded by DuaBe, Wash
ington, Re ale &na West streets, for twenty years,
the lease to come Into execution on the 1st ol
January, 1868, and to conclude 1884, for a consider
ation oi five per cent on the present appraised
valuation of the property. This lease, as you see,
was to come into execution in January, iso?, but
we have
NOT HEARD OR ONE DOLLAR
of taxes paid to tbe city siuce that time."
"Was the property appraised 7"
"Yes, by -bogus* appraisers. It is valued at
present at f226,wv a year."
"is that & lair valuation ?"_
"No, sir, I do not believe it is, inasmuch as a
railroad man, who ought to know, has told iue
that the property ought, at the very least, be
valued at hall a million a year."
"Might 1 ask your authority's name ?"
"lie is a man connected with the Kew Haven
Railroad Companv to whom I was at one time
'pitching lc,' when he made the remark that the
Erie Railroad Company were
STEALING HALF A MILLION DOLLARS A YEaB
from the city ol New York."
"When was this ptoperty appraised f"
"Very lately. I inquired some time ago and
Comptroller Green told me that the appraisement
had been made of $226,000. Now this Is only half the
value of the property, according to a raliroad
man's estimate; but outside that the Erie Rail
road Company has not paid one cent of
rent for that property since the year
1868. According to the appraisement the rent
or that property at the rate of five per cent on
$226,000 would be (li.ooo a year In round numbers.
Not a dollar of this percentage in a small valuation
has been paid to the city, and It has amounted to a
big sum, as you will see by thla table
Interest at Ave otr cent on $225,000 lor four years. .$46,000
"Do you mean to say, Mr. Gels, that no rent has
been paid ror this property for lour years since tbe
lease of i860 came into execution ?"
"Yes, sir. The appralsment was made, aa I un
derstand, recently, and the public ought to know
who the appraisers were. When I first introduced
the resolution Assistant Alderman Connor sprung
from his seat and said that my resolution was a
COVERT INSULT TO GENERAL DIX,
the Governor elect,and the late President or the Erie
Railway Company. He added that since 1868 that
tlii? property of the Erie Railway Company has
been transferred, and that a man named Mcintosh
Is at present the responsible party. Lowry was
made recently the receiver or the road. I contend
that the very fact of a private individual having
been made receiver invalidates the contract of
1850, which expressly provides that the municipal
authorities must first be consulted before any
change is made or a receiver appointed, and In the
next place the city has anyhow been swindled out
of nearly fifty thousand dollars since 1H68."
"Do you believe that this came about through
THE OLD EKIK KINM V"
"Wby, ccrtaUiiy. Tbey all had a rake, and It
W?if?nMHl OIII that Mr. Oreen, who
la so ecoaooaicalaad so stash of a reformer, should
mi strike thistelle vela. V be wants to econo
mise let him ooMeet tie arrears due to tie city,
aad h? can AM the tnawry."
How, Mr. Gela I da not aak the qaestlon la any
Mpiillaont sense, m how !? that you hare not
pretested agaiaal those matters before t You are
go** oat or the Board on the lit of January, 70a
iMW.n
"My dear Mr. I have introduced resolutions of
this tenor right throngh the year. This matter
has occupied a good deal of my time. Notwith
staadtag that the terms of the contract provided
thai the appratoement should be made before the
bargain came too execution in IMS, nothing was
doaa until the Mth of November of this year.
More than that, I will tire you one startlmgltem
of aows, aasaotr, taat the Third Avenue Railroad
Company has never paid one dollar of personal or
other taxes staoo the company was first inaugur
ated, that la, from i?M to this day."
The reporter here took his leave.
W1ATHEB REPORT.
Wab Dbpabtmknt, )
Omcm or ram Caisr signal Okkiobb, }
Wahbinoton, D. 0., Dec. is?1 A. M. )
Synopsis ftrr Me Pant Twcnty-Jtnir Hours.
The barometer Is slowly falling in the Northwest
and eastward to the Western Lakes, with south
westerly wtnda and partly cloudy weather; In
Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky, and thence to the
Gulf; northeasterly to southeasterly winds, cloudy
weather, with occasional light rain; In the Lower
Lakes and Canadian regions southwesterly winds,
generally clear, cold weather and high pressure;
in the Middle and Eastern States northwesterly
winds, fair, moderate weather and high pressures,
extending to the South Atlantic States, with light
southerly winds.
FrobabiHtteg.
The pressure will decrease In the Northwest,
with partly cloudy and warmer weather, and south
erly winds extending over the Upper Lakes and to
Misspuri and the Lower Ohio Valley; from the Ohio
Biver to the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts varia
ble northeasterly and southerly winds, partly
cloudy and clearing weather and lower tempera
ture, with occasional light rain; in the Lower Lake
region and Canada southerly winds, diminishing
pressures, warmer and generally clear weather; in
the Middle and Eastern States northwesterly
winds, veering to southwesterly, and clear
weather.
Tho navigation of the lakes having closed the
display of warning signals at the lake ports has
been suspended during the Winter.
The Weather la This City Yesterday.
The following record will show the changes in
the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in
comparison with the corresponding day cf last
year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's
Pharmacy, Hkrald Building:?
18?L 187a. 1871. 1872.
8 A. M SO 83 8:80 P. M 26 42
0 A. M 0 83 S P. M 25 36
9 A. M 31 36 9 P. M 24 32
12 M 48 40 12 P. M 20 30
Average temperature yesterday 35'?
Average temperature for corresponding date
last year 28?
ICE OH THE HUD80J.
Kinqstok N. Y., Dec. IS, 1872.
The steamer Norwich, of Cornell's towing line,
reached here from New York last evening and re
ports very heavy ice from Poughkeepsle here.
Very few boats would be able to force their way
through. It is rumored that the Norwich will en
deavor to take tow down to New York to-morrow
morning, but as the weather has changed and is
Intensely cold again it is likely the attempt will
not be made. The Norwich is known as the ice
breaker of the Hudson, and if she cannot force
her way through the river may be considered as
frozen over. The ice here is from four to six inches
thick in the river and the ferryboat makes very ir
regular'trips, causing great delay in the arrival
and departure of mails.
THE DIAMOND "8ALTERS."
Arnold Vehemently Denies ??Salting/*
and Claims tho "Find" a Bona Fide
Affair.
Louisyillf, Ky., Dec. 15, 1872.
Philip Arnold, whose property was recently
attached at the Instance of William Lent, on
account of the recent California diamond
swindle, publishes a long derence in
the ComrUo-Jowmalf in which he denies
the charges made against him, Baying that
he never sold a dollar's worth of property to Lent,
or bad anv contract with or received any money
from Lent at any time. He denies that the fields
were salted by him, but alleges that the discovery
was honestly made, and that the transactions in
regard to it were all between himself, Slack, Harp
ending and G. D. Roberts, and were all fair, and
after full Investigation by all parties.
He charges Lent with being in a powerful and un
scrupulous ring and gnilty of many swindling min
ing transactions privately. Arnold says that he
has discovered a silver mine in Kentucky worth
$300,000,000 and has bought for $?,ooo,oou all the
pnmerty in the locality of the mine.
William Wilson, a prominent lawyer In Hardin
county, where Arnold resides, passed through the
city yesterday en route to California, to bring a
libel suit in behalf of Arnold against the parties
connected with the charges of swindling made
against him. Wilson says he has been prospecting
with Arnold and knows he has made the discovery
of the silver mine and purchased the property.
THE WBECK OF THE GUATEMALA.
No Newi of tlte Missing Boat.
The following despatch to the Ukkald has been
received from Panama
Panama, Dec. 4, 1872.
No news lias yet been received here of the
missing boat of the wrecked steamship Guatemala,
and hopes are entertained of Its safety.
MUBDER OF A SHIP CAPTAIN.
Bloody Deed on the Deck of the Bark
Core*.
The following despatch to the Herald has been
received from oar correspondent in Pern:?
Lima, Nov. 28, 1872.
Captain Phlnney, of the American bark Corea,
was murdered by one of his sailors on the loth
Instant while on shore In the port of Molendo.
No cause is given for the mnrder.
The Corea was brought to Callao by the first
officer.
NEW YORK CITY.
~r- i'- ?? T+*
Annie Higglns was remandea from the Essex
Market Police Court yesterday to the station house
to answer a charge of stealing t300 worth of dia
monds. The complainant's name was Nellie Welshe.
The palace ferryboat Garden City, owned by the
East River Ferry Company, was placed on the
route between James slip, New York and Hunter's
Point, on Saturday. She Is built on the same
model as the Southampton, and la valued at
$100,000.
Coroner SchirM6f was yesterday called to No. 422
East Eleventh street to hold an inquest on the
body of Annie Dunphy, a child one year old, who
was drowned by accidentally falling Into a boiler of
cold water which stood on the door where de
ceased wu at play.
The American Geographical Society will hold
their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday evening
next, at the hall of the New York Historical So
ciety. Professor J. T. Rothrock, M. D., now a resi
dent of Wilkesbarre, Pa., who explored the region
lying between the Fraser River and the Arctic
Ocean, will read a very Interesting paper on the
resources and the manners and customs of the
inhabitants, among whom he has spent consider
able time.
Mary Sherwood, aged thirty, of 140 Sixth avenue,
waa fatally burned last night by the explosion of
a kerosene lamp at her residence. Officer Laird,
of the Ninth precinct, heard the woman's screams
as he was passing the house and hurried to her
assistance. The policeman found her writhing on
the floor, frantically endeavoring to quench her
flaming garments. With the asslhtance of tne offi
cer the woman was removed from the honae, but
not until she was bnrned in a manner that will
Erevent her recovery. George Melson, of the same
ouse, waa alao bnrned about the lacc and hands.
CRIMINAL PRECOCITY IN JERSEY.
Abont a year ago Patrick nackett, a youngster
from Eighty-third street, New York city, was found
guilty of lurceny In the Newark (N. J.) Courts, and
was sentenced to the Reform School at Jamesburg.
Here he remained until a short time since, when
he succeeded in escaping, first having robbed one
of the two officers of a One overcoat and the
matron of her spare change, which he found In her
trunk. Last night he was again caught in Newark
by detective McManus and lodged in the lock-np.
He will be returned to the Reform School. His
friends live in Eighty-thud street, New York.
THE ASIATIC COOLIE TRADE.
?Hliik Cetoatol Patronage of the lfcw
llATt TraSe?itra|(l?i for Right ?n?l
IKrom the Georgetown (Demerara) Colonist, Mot.
28.J
On Prlday, 33d November, the ahip Gainsborough,
Charlton master, ninety-live daya oat from Cal
cutta, arrived off the bar. This vessel la of 073 tons
burden, with a crew of thirty men, and la consigned
to Messrs. A. W. Perot * Co. She brings 236 men,
ninety-three women, twenty-one boys, twelve
girls and twelve infants?In all 373 immigrants.
There were twenty deaths on the voyage, the
last of which occurred on the 14th Inst.
There also arrived the ship Golden Fleece, Jyfee,
master, seventy-nine days rrom Calcutta, 1,237
tons burden, with a crew of flity-seven men, and
consigned to Messrs. Samuel Barber A Co.; ar
rived off the bar on the 33d. She brings 493 Immi
grants. There were fifteen deaths on the voyage.
On the passage from Calcutta to St. Helena the
Immigrants complained of their lood being Insuf
ficient and commenced to break open the lockers
and to steal rice, Ac. The captain, fearing lest the
disturbance should turn Into a mutiny, placed the
ringleaders in lrous, and, arriving at St. Helena,
represented the matter to the Governor, wbo
caused an addition of fllteen men to be made to
the crew. The surgeon also died on the passuge
from Calcutta to Ht. Helena, and his place was
filled by a uillltury doctor, Mr. Cotter.
When the immigrants arrived here they were
perfectly quiet, and showed no signs of dissatis
faction.
"MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" AND ITS CONSE
QUENCES.
[From the Georgetown Colonist, Nov. 27.j
The Demerara THtncs ol the 5th Inst. bus an
article on the recent disturbances In Esse que bo
which, although ostensibly fair, 1b really written
in an anti-planter vein. The Times says" >\ e
must assume that the Guiana government con
siders the coolie population so dangerous that the
deadliest weapons may be used agdinst them."
This assumes that the military rifles llred on the
turbulent coolies were lnt?utionally discharged?
(,? by order. If the writer in the Times
knew any thing of the subject he would
be aware tnat the Demerara ? government?
considers the coolie un animal hardly less
sacred than the Ilrahmln bull, and woold as
soon think of "catting" a bishop as of Interlerlng
with a coolie. The Times goes on:?"it may be that
the coolies, by their numbers and turbulence, ex
cite a reasonable fear, it Is only those on the spot
who can know all the grounds of their fears, and
we have no hesitation in saying that the residents
In Esseanebo had very reasonable grounds for fear
ing that they might be subjected to horrors only
equalled In India during the mutiny. It ought
never to be forgotten that there are in this colony
many of the old Indian inullneers." The writer adds
that "neither Indian uor Chinese are naturally
turbulent." This may be so In their own countries,
but the question as regards this colony is what
are they here. As to the coolies only one answer can
be given, that they are easily led Into the commis
sion of all sorts of turbulence and violence by any.
body who manages to acquire their confidence. If
the truth were known It would be found that a very
few Individuals are at the bottom of all the disturb
ances that have occurred lu this colony.
80UTH SEAS SLAV EE Y.
British Naval Search for ??Kidnappers"
In the Islands Group?Bishop Patter
son's Murder and Why.
Sydnkv, Australia, Oct. 25, 1872.
ncr British Majesty's ship Cossack has returned
from a cruise among the South Sea Islands, bring
ing as prisoners Captain McLlver and two sailors
of the British brig Nukulu, charged with kidnap
ping.
McLlver is said to be th* person who success
fully personated a missionary during his slaving
expeditions, thereby disarming the suspicions of
the Kanakas and decoying them aboard a supposed
mlMfon ship, when they would not go within
miles of a "labor" vessel. If the allegation is true
he is responsible for the murder of the Right Itev.
Bishop l'atteson, as the Wesleyan Mission at Fiji
lias cleared up some of the mystsry connected with
that sad event. Their published stutemcnt, based
on what they call good authority, Is to tho effect
that a few months prior to his ratal visit a slave
schooner stopped off Esplrltu Sanctu aud was
boarded by the crew of a large canoe, to whom It
was represented that the Bishop was on board.
Five of them were decoyed Into the hold and
secured, the remainder escaping a similar fate by
swimming ashore. ^ .
The five men thus stolen were represented by
the five pieces of palm iound Inserted in the
Bishop's body. , .
McLlver Is also charged with six murders.
DESTRUCTIVE FIEE IH JAMAICA.
Seventeen Thousand Dollars' Worth of
Property Burned In Half an Hour.
About twelve o'clock on Saturday night fire was
discovered in the planing, saw aud grist mill of
Peterson A Co., on Puutine street, in the village
of Jamaica. The alarm, though promptly sounded,
was not as promptly responded to by the Fire De
partment, and the fire had made consider
able progress In the planing room, a small
wooden structure, before engines got to
work. The main building, which was of
brick, two stories high, soon caught Are,
and the supply of water running short, the build
ing, with its machinery, wus totally destroyed.
The loss on building and machinery will reach
#17.000, upon which there is au Insurance of
tii 600 The sash and blind manufactory of Mr. Henry
Marvin, adjoining the mill, was destroyed by the
hooK and ladder company, to prevent the further
spread of the tlaines. Mr. Marvin a loss Is $1,000
on building and stock, upon which there was no
insurance. The Are was undoubtedly the work of
an incendiary, as the liremen were In and about
t ie boiler ro6m of the mill alter the tire had been
burning some time aud could find no signs of lire
there.
CONFLAGRATION IN OHIO.
?1 an,000 Worth of Property Dutroyfrt?
One Fireman Killed and Other* In
jured by Falling Walls.
TOI.EDO, Dec. 16, 1872.
Earl; this morning a Arc broke out in the block
corner of Lafayette and Ottawa streets, occupied
by Warren k Beawell'a coffee and spice mill,
which, with the contents, was entirely destroyed.
Crossing the street the Are spread to a block of
four stores, occupied by Walker, Halstead A Co.,
tobacconists, and to the Ohio stove works, which
were also destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$i2.r>,000, which is covered by $200,000 insurance,
mostly in Eastern companies.
The buildings were all owned by Mrs. J. C. Hall,
and were Insured for $22,000.
A fireman named James Welch while attempting
to escape Irom the third story, bv sliding down a
line of hose, lost his hold anil Ml to the ground
and was killed. John Koel, another fireman, had
an arm broken, and several others received slight
bruises by the walls falling on them.
FIRE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Half of the Business Portion of the
Town of ChestervlUe Destroyed.
Columbia. 8. C., Dec. 15, 1872.
At about two o'clock tins morning a lire
broke out in the town of Chesterville, usu
ally called Chester, the scat of Chester county,
in this .State. Shortly alter the alarm
was given the Ore apparatus hud reached the
spot, but the flames spread with such alarming
rapidity that, notwithstanding the most strenuous
exertions on the part of the firemen, ab'ed by the
citizens, who had turned out In large numbers,
one half the business portion of the town wan
completely destroyed.
The total loss Is estimated at $ iss.ooo, about, half 1
of which Is insured. The origin of the fire is not !
positively known, but is universally believed to be i
work of an Incendiary.
A TERRIFIC EIFL03I0N.
A Saw Mill Blown to Atom*?Fonr Men
Killed and Three Others Dangerously
Wounded*
St. Locis, Dec. 1ft, 1872.
On Friday morning last the boiler in Waugh'a
saw mill, on Itlack Klver, Wayne county, Missouri,
exploded with terrific force. The mill was literally
blown to atoms. Pieces or the boiler were hurled
a great distance. Fragments were found nearly a
quarter of a mile from the mill, and what was left
of the boiler was rolled out fiat. Four or the em
ployes were killed outright, and three others dan
gerously wonnded. Their names are not yet ascer
tained. The clogging of the boiler fines with mud
is supposed to have been the cause oi the ex
plosion.
DEATH IN A DITCH.
St. Locis, Mo., Dec. 1ft, 1872.
A ditch, thirty feet deep, which was being dug
on the premises of tlic Insane Asylum for the pur- 1
pose of having water pipes laid to that institution, ;
caved in yesterday afternoon, burying five work
men, two of whom, named Patrick Hannon ana
Austin Varnum, were taken out dead. The bodies of
James O'Donnell and Nicholas Kraus still remain
In the trench and will be taken out to-morrow.
James Small was rescued alive and unhurt, having
been protected by some shovels and boulders at
the bottom ol the diteff.
The accident was caused by an absence of bracea.
NEW ORLEANS
The Prohibition Decision Ex*
pected To-Day.
MR. OGDEN'S PROTEST
The President's Action Considered Im
perious and Premature.
Pinrhbaek Wai Not Lieutenant Governor
and Therefore Ineligible.
J
A RECONSIDERATION ASKED FOR.
The Citizens' Delegation En Route
for Washington.
Departure of the Citizens' Delegation
for Washington.
. New Oki.kans, La., Dec. 16, 1872. f
The citizens' committee leit for Washington*
this evening. Although a drizzling rain bad(
get in, a crowd of at leant five thousand!
people had collected about the depot to
nee them depart. Gloom and BadneBS was plc^
tured upon every face, and It looked as If the peo
pie were following the corpse of some beloved'
citizen. i
As the train moved off, at twenty minutes past
five, cheer upon cheer rent the air, whieh waai
kept up until tne curs were out of Bight Judga*
John A. Campbell Is Chairman of the committee.
Prayers were offered in the churches of alii
denominations to-day for the downtrodden
people of Louisiana, lllshop Wllmar, of Lou
isiana, will issue a letter to-morrow
announcing that the church of his dio
cese will be open during the whole of next weele
to offer prayers for the people of unfortunates
Louisiana.
The feeling Is Intense, and the Northern press do
not understand the situation. The fight is not for
Warmoth, but for the people against corruption.
Warmoth was not a candidate for any office.
The Decision of the Supreme Court 1?
the Prohibition Suit Expected To-Dajr.
Washington, Dec. 16, 1872.
It is expected that the Supreme Court will to?
morrow, through Justices Miller or Bradley, an
nounce the opinion of the Court against the ap
plication or Governor Warmoth lor a writ of pro
hibition against Judge Durell. The impression
now prevails here that the delegation of New Or"
leans citizens wlil not visit Washington, as th<*
despatch of the Attorney General, in reply to tho
one for McEnery, Is kwown to reflect the final
determination of the administration. Warmoth'S
flrlends in Washington are Bald to have given up
all hope of success.
ATTORNEY UENERAL ODGEN'8 LAST APTEAL.
The following letter from H. N. ogden, Attorney
General of Louisiana, has just been made public:-*
Wasjiinoton, Dec. 14, 1872.
Hon. G. H. Williams, Attorney General or tti*
My*Dba**'suf-l'beg leave to submit through yotj
to the President the following points:?1The action of
the Executive In recognizing the assemblage a*
Mechanics' Institute lu New Orleanslas the .Legis
lature of Louisiana aud P. B.s. Pinch bock aa
Governor was certainly premature. 1
was never lieutenant Governor of the state, and
his term as a Senator expired under the constitu
tion or that state on the 4th day ol November.
last. The assemblage at Mechanics institute was
notoriously returned and seated by a deput#
United States Marshal under the order or an infe
rior formal Court. This luct can be ascertained by
reference tothe papers filed l?y me lu the Supremo
Court of the United States in the matter of ex parte
Warmoth applying for a writ of prohibition. These
are circumstances of which the government must
take notice. . .
Without dlscnssingt who was or who was not
elected 1 respectfully suggest that before the Presi
dent undertook to settle the controversy and to
pledge the great power of his office to either side
much deliberation and a full hearing should have
been accorded. The election was
quiet and orderly ever held in the State,
not a svmptoin of riotous disposition,
not even a' personal quarrel or encounter con
nected with politics, whs reported by the police
authorities in any direction. The machinery or the
State government was In perfect order after tlio
election and entirely competent to manage its own
aflalrs, and with Courts ol Justice ready 10 Pfotec*
the rights or every citizen. By a sudden action of
an Interior federal Court, which was abso
lutely coram rum jiutive, the State gov
ernment is completely overset, the State
House seized and a government enacted
wuose officers the people have never chosen.
It cannot, sir, have escaped your attention that in
pursuing this course a federal Court has been
bled. by the assistance of tiie army of the United
States, to subvert the state government aud ti?
construct one lu Its place; for It was well known,
that the Board of Returning Officers, recognized
bv Judge Durell. has not acted upon the sworn re
turns ol the regular election officers of the state,
from which alone the) could have, under the law,
declared the result, hut profess to nave been guided
by the returns of I nited States inspectors, office n
entirely unknown to the laws of Louisiana, so that
the case stands plainly thus :?A federal Judge,
absolutely without jurisdiction, seizes a State
House and seats a Legislature, the members o?
which have no other claim to their stats than the
finding of a returning hoard, whose sole authority
Is the recognition of this usurping federal Court,
and which professes to act solely upon the state
ment or returns made by certain Lnited Statea
officers who are entirely unknown to the luws of
LTheseaxe facts known now by every Intelligent
man in this country, but, of course, uot had Irom
the Chief Magistrate. The Legislature thus assem
bled Is recognized by the Executive or this great
nation, ana you telegraph upon his authority to
our people commanding them to submit. M the*
were an uncivilized people, accustomed to the
shackles or a despotism, that submission which
you command would bean ewsy matter; but, sir,
they are Americans, like yourseir, born and raised
under the rree Institutions of this great country.
They are suffering the most grievous wrong that
could be done a people, and are conscious that
their government has ?? ted without proper delib
eration and upon an partr showing of the case.
can you blame them tor not yielding tamely to
this opprestlng and for miking another appeal,
which 1 now do in their name to tLe President, for
an investigation ot this matter 1 1 am not pre
senting to vou tl.e case of Henry C. Warmotn or
that of William ritt Kellogg in this appeal; they
are both strangers to us, and our people have sut
fered long and patiently under the mismanagement,
of such men, as is known to the whole countr^^
I am sneaking in the name and a* the representa
tive of the best people or Louisiana, who are firmly
convinced that in the recent election they carried
most of the important offices ol tlvelr State, and
that ir effect shall be given to the real popular ver
dict or November the government will pass into
the hands or honest and capable men. lhey feel
that In this they have a right to expect the sympa
thy of the federal Executive, who has recently re
ceived from the people ?f his country such dis
tinguished evidence ol their confidence.
The course of the Executive In this matter is, I
fear, calculated to alienate the affections of he
boet people aud weaken their confidence In the
protection of the government and their love ol
our institutions. 1 am persuaded that, lrtha
government should at this juncture pursue a wise,
magnanimous and impartial course. let the tesu
wnai it mav. the confidence aud affewon or tne
?outh would tie promptly restored in the national
government aud all trouble in that direction lor*
* The8eacUou heretofore taken can ^ rancelled of
modi fled so as to give effect to these views, au?i
in a verv short time the true case can be placed
LnIhil .overument, as a committee trom
Louisiana Is now on Its wayio ^'"J^PjKStnamtet
?it the racts to the President, and this cotmniiiea
is. according to my understanding, non-partisan.
*?UH.' N?t>GDEN,^Attorney General or Louisiana.
TEE I1D1AH WAB.
General Crook Vlgoroueljr Pursuing the
Apaches on the W ar Path-4>ne Hun
dred Kedsklue Killed lu Arlaoua.
San Francisco, Dec. 16, 1872.
The latost advices from Prescott, Arizona, staf?
that General Crook is prosecuting the campaign
vigorously against the hostile Apaches in the
northern part of the Territory. Five expedition J
are operating in the mouutaiua east of the Kivct
N General Crook was last heard from c^t ?f tlia
Mogoeeon Mountains. During the .^"l^&inanj
one hundred Apaches have been killed and many
wounded. Their stores and J. "policy is
points were destroyed. General uft,m
to follow the Indians constantly and
down in every direction.