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. CABLE NEWS From All Parts of the Old World. SNOW AND SEVERE STORMS. Mercantile Marine in a Magnificent procession irom the Mersey. WINSLOW WAITING. Alfonsist Adoration by the Spanish Multitude in Madrid. PREFECTISM PURIFIED. % A Refractory Asiatio Khan Hanged by the Russians. BA-DEBBORISr. The German Exiled Prelate Seeks Safety and Shelter in England. .JOAN OF ARC. The Servian-Montenegrin Alliance Likely To Be Severed. ENGLAND. COLD WEATHER IN THE CAPITAL AND A SNOWSTORM IN THE SOUTH. London, March 31, 1876. The weather to-day la dull and cold. snow in the south. Snow has fallen quite generally in the south of England today. MAGNIFICENT SCENE IN THE MERSEY?TOUR HUNDRED VESSELS MOVING OUT IN PROCESSION. Liverpool, March 21, 1878. A fleet of 400 windhound vessels left the River Mersey yesterday. Of these 193 were bound to foreign ports. The sight was magnificent in the last degree and altogether nnpreocdentod. The vessels formed a procession, sometimes ten abreast, and occupied two hours In passing a given point. BOMB BAILWAT8 EXCITED ON 'CHANGE?WINS LOW STILL WAITING. London, March 21?2 P. M. Homo railways on the Stock Exchange aro panicky. Sales are heavily pressed and prices are declining rapidly under tbo forced sales. There Is much anxiety. Foreign securities are also flat in sympathy, but the downward movement is inconsiderable. cooling down AT TUK closk. The Stock Exchange at tbo close?lour o'clock P. II.? shows a slight recovery in prices. There is less excitement. winslow KEPT WAITING. The warrant for the extradition of Winslow, the Boston forger, had not reached the American Embassy St noon, and it is not likely It will come to day. It will, therelore, be impossible for Winslow to get ?IT in the Cunard steamer Siberia, which sails for Boston for Liverpool this afternoon. WHAT'S THE MATTER??I.KGAI. READINGS AT A I.ATS nOlTR. The papers in tho Winslow matter aro probably delayed by the discussion progressing between the United States and England retarding the offences for which aprls'lier may be tried alter extradition. The discussion grows out of the Lawronee case, which, while It has no connection with the Winslow natter, may a floe; It. FRANCE. exciting scenes in the legislative aprem- | blt?tiie motion fob amnesty?m. tictob Hugo's proposition?political arguments and party recrimination?the interests OP the republic jealously ouarded. Vrrsaillks, March 21, 1878. The floor and galleries of the Senate Chamber were crowded to-day by member* and spectators In anticipation ol an exciting *cene on the presentation of the amnesty proposition. m. victor nroo's hotion. Toward tbe close of the sitting Victor Hugo read a motion proposing a general amnesty for all acts committed during the reign of the Commune. Ho made Bo speech. There was considerable tumult among tbo members of tbo Right. M. Pari*, of tne Right shonted :?"Do yon propose amnesty eren for the murderers of the hostages?" M. Hugo did not reply. tiik dkratb. M. Dufaure proposed that tbe motion be declared "urgent." He said:?"Among those to whom the pro- j posnl applies arc some who regret the excesses Into which circumstances led them. Ry their tons and i Ibelr regrets they have merited clemency. The President will exercise tne right of pardon In their faror. But for those who committed crime*, and wno, while remaining enemies to society, employ upon tho frontiers the most Ingenious mrnos for Introducing la Prance writings which calumniate society and the government, amnesty is impossible, and the Ministry will Vfl'UBU I"Urgency" wis voted unanimously. Ttl K SITT1XO amocrxis. The President of the Senate, the Doe d'AudlffretPaaquier. announced the death ol M. Maurice, Senator lor the Department of the Nord, and the tltMng ?aa adjourned. tx mi chamhicr or duttiss. In the Chamber el Deputtee M. Rasnatl read a motion (or general amnesty, similar to that offered by Victor JBugo in the Senate. M. Marque, of the Left, proposed an amneaty for political press offences. M. Rouvler, ol the Left, Introduced a motion similar to that of M. Marque, but giving Kt detail the categories of offences to which the amnesty Is to be applied, box a r ARTIST rROTRST. The Bonaparttsts protested against M. Raspail's motion and demanded the names of the deputies who signed it. RBcaiMIXATIOX. M. I'aul de Cassagnac raid:?" We wish to know the i memners who compote the pantheon of assassins." j M. Pcrln, of the Left, replied" The assassins of . the coup 4'Mal owe some indnlgence to the asaesslns ol I the Commune." r.or*Rx*txT orrosiTio*. M. Kienrd, Minister of the Interior, prnpoeed that the amnesty motions be declared urgent, bnt added ? j "The government opposes all proportions for amnesty. It firmly Intends to cause the decisions of the tribunals to be respected. It would be dishonoring the :o>iniry to treat the criminals of the Common* m vie- | lints of political discord." MM. Raspald and Brisaon, of the Left, opposed tba motives for declaring urgency advanced by the govern ' meet. Tliey claimed urgency solely in the name of humanity. M. Kleard asked whether It would be humane to ralae false hopes iu the minds of relative* of the prisoners. j Be aaid the President would reconcile bla duties to the estintry with the rights ol humanity. Urgency waa anally voted unanimously. KLKCTOKAL IMQCIRV. Ths Chsmbsr before sdjourmng adopted a rsselutios NEW YOI Instituting an Inquiry Into tb? flection of the Cotopte d'Aygueevives, formerly chamberlain of tbe Emperor. cactio* agaisst ixscrrira rowan. M. Raapail, Jr.,-introduced a bill depriving tbe government of the right to nominate mayors. Tbe committee on tbe amnesty motions will bo appointed to-morrow. POLITICAL AVENOEMENTS. Losdos, March tl, 18TB. Tna Timet' Paris telegram aays It Is stated that the amnesty proposal only obtained the adhesion of eight Senators and twenty-seven Deputies. Of 360 provincial papers only three approve of unqualified amnesty. PBEJECTS TO lobe theib local political POWER. Paris, March 31, 187ft, President IlacMihon has signed decrees malting changes among the prefects. They will be published officially to-morrow. AS UJCCTtOX ASSrt.I.ED. The Chamber or Deputies hat annulled the election ofM. Malarte, from the Department of Hante Loire, because of the miscount or the returning officer. This Is the first election that has been annulled. a pressman plundered. The office of the Repuhlique t'ran^aiie has been broken Into by burglars and robbed of |1,100. against JOAN. It is stated that the Papal Congregation of Rites has reported against tbe eanonixation ot Joan of Arc. SWEEP or A 6XVERE STORM. London, March 21, 1878. A fearful hurricane has occurred In Provence and along the coast of tbe Mediterranean. A great amoent of damage has been done. SPAIN. THE ALFONSIST EXCEPTION PETES A ORAKD RATIONAL SUCCESS. CHURCHISM. London, March 21,1878. The Daily .Yew* this morning has tbe following de- . tails from Madrid:? King Alfonso was received with real enthusiasm. ; On leaving the church of Atoeha he revlewod the troops. The "march past" occupied six hours. A procession with banners Inscribed "Catholic Unity," was prevented Irom entering the Puerta del Sol. This prohibition waa much applauded. dkvratbd casxists courting death The Morning rntt learns that the Carllst refngeos In France will posalbly form a foreign logion for service 1 in Algeria. SEVERE SNOW STORM. London, Marcn 21,1878. Advices from San Sebastian, Spain, announco that a ; heavy snow storm has occurred there. THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE NATION ENCOUBAOE THE CROWN. Madrid, March 21?Night. Two thousand delegates from tbe municipalities of nearly all the provinces of Spain have arrived here to present homage to King Alfonso. ITALY. A NEW CABINET IN PROCESS OP FORMATION. Rome, March 21, 1870. It is bettered that the following have accepted portfolios In tho new Cabinet:?Martini, Minister of Foreign Allaire; Xatorana, Minister of Agriculturo; Coppino, Minister of Education; Nlcotcra, Minister of 1 the Interior. I A SEVERE STORM IN THE CAPITAL. London, March 21, 1878. A heavy snow storm occurred at Rome yesterday. ROYAL CARE FOR THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF EGYPT. The Italian ogvernment has appointed Slgnor Baravelli, a financial officer of high rank, as delegate to i superintend the administration of Egyptian finances. GERMANY. DOW AN EXILED BISHOP WAS DBIYEN FROM HOLLAND?A DEMAND FOR EXTRADITION? SEEKS SAFETY IN ENGLAND. London, March 21, 1878. The Pall Mali GattlWt Berlin special has tlio follow- 1 Ing details in ino matter of the Bishop of Paderborn:? ' The Bishop's unexpected departure front Holland was occasioned by the demand from the Prussian government to tho Dutch government lor either his extradition or expulsion. The demand was promptly acted upon, the Dutch Minister of Justico giving ihe nccrs- i gary orders at once to the State Procurator, who called upon the Bislipp, without stating any reason, to quit the kingdom within a fortnight, and threatening extradition If he failed to comply. The Bishop lett on Saturday and proceeded to Kngland, whence ho has already formally declared that he Intends continuing to conduct the administration of bis diocese." TURKEY. , RXBTIA LIKELY TO RETIRE FROM THE WAR ! ALLIANCE WITH MOKTEXKORO. Loxdox, March 21, 1878. The TYmer' Vienna speelal says the Joint action or the Powers seems to have produced Its effoct at Belgrade. Olimplcs, the Servian negotiator, has been recalled | from Montenegro. CENTRAL ASIA. A RUSSIAN ROrB FOR A PRETENDER KHAN. St. Petshsbcro, March 21. 1878. The Invalid? Huttf says that the pretender Khan, Fulate Beg, has been banged at Marghilan. AX AMKKR VASTLT ALARMED. An envoy from tho Ameer ot Kashgar Is on his way to Kbokand. CHINA. A BRITISH SQUADRON MAKING FOR THE COAHT. I Sixoapouk, E. L, March 21, 1878. The British flying squadron has sailed for China BRAZIL. Rio Jaxsixo, March 21, 187(1 There haa been no change in the coffee market unco . last report. Saxtos, March 21, 1878. Coffee market unchanged since Saturday. MEXICO. I | Galvbstox, March 21, 1878. I The Atari' BrowntTlllo special contains the follow^ Ing:? noitvixo in naxica A despatch received to day from Rio Grande City alatea that news bad been recelred there of a battle at 1 Vaxeca, In Mexico, In which the government forces 1 were defeated, with the loss of 1,400 men and all their artillery and wagooa. So further particulars were to ' hand. ' The news comes over the Mexican government wires ' to Camargo, and may be coneldered reliable. I xor cxiran. The revointien in this section progresses slowly. ' Gonsales and I'ena are still near Matareoros, and Iss- ' barra, with his small force, remains In tt\e city, bat is 1 ehort of ammunition, baring yesterday requested of , Colonel Potter n loan of 800 pounds of powder, which wae refused. I mix's ciAxras. ; ( It Is aald that Labarra has been ordered to nrooecd , with all hts men to Monterey to Jola Fucro, which will ( leave Calpo in charge of the National Guard, who will doubtless pronounce in favor ol t)laz as soon as the regular troops leave, and Diaz will take quiet pos- . session. It Is dnobtlul if l.aberra will reach Monterey with any pari of fcia forces, aa the revolntlonista have atrong bodies of men, well oilleered, on all the road* leading to Moniarey. lirdo b official acts IVrAtfelXO his fowls. | The nnnonulitrttr of President I.erdo's official sets I tnik^t ib? overthrow of the government party on ibt frontier nlmoet a certainty. \ IK HERALD, WEDNESDi WASHINGTON. A Curious Statement Regarding the Letter to the District Attorneys. A MUDDLE FOR THE QUIDNUNCS. Flat Denial of Attorney General Pierrepont's Explanation. ADVERSE REPORT ON DANA'S NOMINATION. A Distinenished Republican Lawyer on the Pendleton Scandal. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. ? Washington, March 21, 1878. THE LETTBB TO THE WESTERN DISTRICT ATTOB or THE PRESIDENT AUTHORITATIVELY DENIED?A STATEMENT NOT RECONCILABLE WITH THAT OP THE ATTORNEY OENERAL. A singular announcement was mado in double-leaded type this morning in tho Republican, which is generally regarded as tho President's organ. The following aro the material points of ibis statement:? Tho President, as we aro reliably Informed, ncror saw the now somewhat famous letter of Instructions to tho I'nilcd Stales District Attorneys Irotn Attorney General Picrropont until after it appeared <n print. It seems probable, in the light of this explanation, that somu one not altogether disinterested may hare temporarily abstracted it Irotn the official records and secured Its publication. However this may be, it Is certain that tho President did not know of lis existence until after it lud hern published, and it in not certain that he would have approved of it if it ha<l been eubmitted to him. As If to make aeaurance doubly sure, the Information Is repeated on the first page of the same Journal In these words:? The letter to District Attorneys from the Attorney General, abont which the detective press has mado such a fuss, and which it hat stated, with so much circumstantiality, that the President dictated to Mr. Piericpont, for iho purpose of restraining witnesses from testifying agntnsl General Hahcock, It Is now ascertained was simply a conlldennal letter written by tho Attorney General, without the. knowledge of the I'reeiilent and In the Interest of Justice. * It was not intended for publication, bnt it was abstracted and printed, w hen ibe President for the first time became aware of Its existence. Had it been presented to him bolore It was mailed there is no certainty that he would have approved it. These are the simplo facts In the caso, which tho detective press is expected to Ignore without apology or amende, either to the President or the Attorney General. Finally, the Star this afternoon has this paragraph:? It having been charged that the confidential letter of the Attorney General to District Attorneys, pending the whiskey trials, met with the approval ol tho President, it Is authoritativoly domed that tho President ever saw the letter until it appeared in print Tho letter to District Attorneys had been so nearly forgotten that these statements would have attracted little attention wero It not that they so flatly contradict Mr. Plerrepont's own official history ot the origin of the letter and the manner of Its becoming public, which he made In those words In a letter to the Judiciary Committee, which was published on the Tth of March:? About the middle of January and subsequent thereto, various newspaper slips, private lotters and personal statements came to the President, and in a lesser degree to tlie Attorney General, that bargains were being made or were about to bo made with criminals, whose testimony was not in the slightest degreo needed, by which a largo number of criminals wero to be let off from any kind of punishment; to be relieved of pornccution in a manner likely to bring scandal upon the administration of justice and quite at variance with the policy expressed ov the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by the Attorney Gonoral. These 'statements were, In a large measure, affirmed to tho President, end subsequently to tho Attorney General, by one ol the oldest and most trusted supervisors in the service, and who elaimed to know, Irocn personal knowledge upon iho subject, and especially In relation to criminals In Chicago, Tho President was groetly disturbed by these varlod and repeated representations of a course fo at variance with the policy beforo indicated, anil lie brought It 10 the attention of the Attorney General, and tinally suggested that. In view of the repeated statements, it would be well lor the Attorney General to let the district attorneys reeeive some caution upon th's subject, and therefore a letter was despatched by tho Attorney General. * * A few days later, the President being still further pressed about tho matter.sent for the Attorney General to learn whether ho had taken any action In the case. Whoroupon Mr. Pierrepont aays he sent a copy of the letter to tho President. Being "amaxed" afterwards at the publication of the letter, he adds that ha "set himself to work to discover how the letter found its way Into print, and Dually came to tho conclusion that It must have got out through the copy sent to iho President, and he received Information which con* vlnced him that It was so." And Anally be says:? 1 waited for the opportunity and have now ascertained that General Dnbcock, or some one lor him who liail ucce?8 lo the President's papers, obtained a copv ?f the letter without any knowledge on the part ol the President, and that the same wus used In the manner now known lo all, but under whoso advice the Attorney General does not know. General Babcock, being asked by a Hkrald reporter about the grave charge brought against him by tho Attorney General, aald on the 8th of March:? That lie bad nothing to fay In regard to the eharge made against him by Attorney General Pierrepont. But so far as any impropriety is concerned, there was nothing of the kind, he declared, In the whole affair. In my position, said he. I came honestly and propnrlv hv it At tho tt'hlfr HritiRA Th?rn wna nn coal .,f Heresy about the Attorney General's loiter. It >h not even marked private or confidential, and there wan no bar to my being Informed on il and. If ll interested me, to knowing and using the purport of Ik It la a curious muddle wblch l? puzzling people hero and has been much discussed to-day, but the Attorney G.-neral appears before the Judiciary Committee tomorrow and will probably be asked to explain the whole matter. The general opinion here to night m that, lor some unknown reason, tho I'resldent has thought It expedient to deny tho share m the letter Impnicd to htm by the Attorney Uenerak FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, j Washi.xoto*, March 21, 187ft. Tire TREARCRT DEPARTMENT TO BE INVESTIGATED. The Committee on Expenditures of the Treasury De- I parttneni has been enlnrged to nine members, an addition of four, by resolution of the House to-day. j This means an overhauling of the doings and records of the department attar the manner or the investigations ot tho War and Navy depalmenia, the chief subject of inquiry to be tho Human of Captured and Abandoned Property, in which rumor puts a bonanza of developments, particularly for the few years succeeding tbe close of the war. ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY KBGABDINO THE POST TBADER8HIPS?DAMAGING EVIDENCE AGAINST BELKNAP. General Fietcber, who wan subpoenaed by Mr. Cly- : mer'n committee, arrived this evening from tne West. Ho Is a large and experienced contractor, and is said to know a great deal al>oni tbe Inside workings of the War Department rings In tbe far West. His testimony mil be in relation to some large comrade alleged to be 'raurtulcnt, and he will go on tbe stand early lonorrow. Mr. Fisher, partner olPost Trader Evans at Fort Sill, a before the Judielaify Committee at Proctor Knott's louse to-ntgbk The new evidence against Belknap ts lamsglng. MB. AND MBS. MABSH EXPECTED. Advices from New Vork to-night say that Mr. and Mrs. Marsh would leave there for Washington on tba line o'clock train, which la due hers to-morrow mornng a little after all o'clock. IENERAL 8CIIF.NCE NOT TET ARRIVED?EXSENATOR STEWARTS DENIAL OF THE FIVE HTTSDJUD-BHAREH STOBT. ^ KvMlnister Schenck had not reached Washington ip to a late hoar ibli evening, and no engagement of oom* for htin had been made at any of tho hotel*, a cl which gave riie to a surgestion that daring hi* tajr in Washington he would he the gnest of General iarffeld nt the latter'* residence on Franklin square. Meantime the Committee on Forelgh Affair* ban been ngsged In hearing the leatimon/ of en-Senator Slew { lY, MARCH 22. 1876.?TRI Art en Ibe subject of the Emma Mine scandal. In the course of hit examination to da* Stewart swore that be bad not said that A00 shares of the stock bad been glrea to General Schenek, contradicting point blank the statement to that effect of too previous witness, Lyon. Stewart's examination will be continued, and probably occupy all of to-morrow, so that General Scbcnck will nardly go on (he stand before Tbnrsdny. DATA'S NOMINATION REPORTED ON ADVEIlfiELY BT THE SENATE COMMITTEE?BAD EFFECT OF HIS LETTER. The Comrnltteo on Foreign Relations reported against the confirmation of Mr. Hunan* successor to Mr. j Schcnck at the executive session of the Senate to day. It is said by loading Senators that If Mr. Dana hud not written his letter to the commitiee he might liavo received a majority vote. The democrats would bnvo | gone solid for him, which, with the votes of his repnb! Ilcan Senatorial friends, would have continued him. As it is, there Is no hope ol his representing the United Stales at the Court ol St. James lor some tiino to come. TREASURES NEW TO RETIRE FROM OFFICE?HIS SUCCESSOR. Mr. New, United States Trensurer, has arranged to | retire from tbo Treasury with the close of this month, I which ends tho current quarter. His resignation Is wholly voluntary. It Is about determined that Assist| ant Treasurer Wyman, long coouoctcd with the ofllce, i will succeed Mr. New. ! THE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT?A POSSIBLE RECESS DURING DOO DAYS. The subject of the adjournment, or more propably a : recess of Congress, is again discussed in view of the I certainly that it will require more than three months | of active work to get through with tho business on I hand and to arise within tliat time. This would throw I the session over into llie beginning of the dog days, and . as Washington, and particularly the ball of tho House j of Representatives arc sacritlelal ol health In tlio warm ; season, a proposition Is under discussion to take a recess from somo time in June, early enough probably to uiiun hip iiicmuvia in i?? wiu vnu iim-iuutu cunvcntloDSf over to the Drst week in Septcmbor. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. , WAemxoTos, March 21, 187(1 THE WAB DEPARTMENT INVK8TIOATION?EYAN8* VERSION OP THE PURCHASE OP THE FORT BILL TIUDEHSnirS. John S. Evans testified at length conceriPng his tradcrshlp *i fort Sill. Having>rcceived a number of reeommendntlons of officers of the post bo nmt 10 ; Washington for the purpose ot obtaining the place. | Ho was introduced to the Secretary of War by General Rice, of lowo, and subsequently the Secretary Informed him mat he bad promisod Fori Sill to a Iriend of his, C. P. Marsh. Tho witness laid his recommendations beloro the Secretary, who staled thoro was a great number of j applicants, none of whom ho knew personally. He j mentioned to the Secrotary that all bis interests were at Fort Sill, having previously been engaged In trading there, and ho naked the Secretary whether thoro was any possibility of making an arrangement for a copart nershlp with Marsh, when the Secretary said Marsh would bo in Washington tho next day. He afterward saw Mr. Marsh, who said ho preferred to sell out rather than enter Into a copartnership, charging (20,000 a year for the trading privileges at Fort Sill. Tho witness objected to so large a sum, when Marsh reduced It to (15,000. They went to Now York togcthor. Subsequently the amount was reduced to (12,000 a year. Tito witness, to proton his Iniorests In a country far remote from the States, was compelled to agree to Marsh's terms. The witness showed General Orlerson nl tho post his agreement with Marsh, and he also I showed it In Cunlnln Walsh snil F.iiMitenunt I'mit Thi? wus In the fall of 1870. The witness said he paid General lllce, of Iowa, $1,000 for Introducing him to tho Secretary of War. Ho thought this wns enough, though Klee wanted $1,500. In making tho contract Marsh told the witnoss bo would bo tho only trader at the post, and that all others would bo removed. Ono ol the Inducements offered by Marsh for entering luto tho contract was that the witness should bo protected, bo supposed through tho Influence of tho Secretary of War, and he hart been protected ever sinco. The witness wished to deny a published statement of Captain Robinson that he paid $15,000 to tho Secretary of Wan and that Dent and he connived at tho mattor. There was no foundation for tho report. J. C. Dent was the I brother-in-law of the President. M. W. Chollar said that be had introduced General K. i W. Rice to Mr. Kvans In 1870. lie did so because ho ; believed Rice to lie a friend of tho Secretary of War, ! the two being from tho same town and having servod In the army together. Rice's reputation was good. The witness received no money for tho Introduction. The Chairman of the committee having roceived a letter front a man named Ed. McCoy, residing at McCoy'a Station, Ohio, preferring a charge against Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska. In relntion to post tradorshlps, Senator Hitchcock was Invited to appenr before the committee, but it appeared from hm answers nndcr oath that be never promised a tradersbtp to B. D. franklin, whom he did not know, or to anybody | else, and that the charge was entirely false. WHAT THK DISTINGUISHED REPUBLICAN UffTEIl, BENJAMIN T. BUTLER, XNOW8 OF THE rXNDLETON SCANDAL?W1TNESRE8 THAT HAVE GONE TO SEW ORLEANS. General R. f. Iiotler was before the Committee on ' Expenditures In tho War Department this morning, In obedience to summons. The chairman of the oommittee called attention to tho telegram In the New York j Evening Pott of Friday last, In which It Is stated that a prominent republican lawyer had taken much Inter] est In what was known as the Belknap scandal, to lar as it related to Mr. Pendleton. He asked General Bntler whether he was the gentleman to whom allusion was made. The General replied ho coald not tell. The chairman asked blm whether he had any information . relating to Mr. Pendleton, and whether he had com| mimicaied with any one on the subject. Tbc General | replied he had only hearsay Information. lie bud spoken principally to a member of this eoinmtlleo (Mr. Paniord), thinking that what ho told htm might : be of use. The chairman raid it was alleged in tbo telegram that a Treasury drati for $-".0,000, made payable at the National Park Hank of New York. was endorsed by Pendleton, and tbo money, after panning through the hnnda of two persona, was paid ovor to Mrs. Bowers in person in that cur. The General repiled he had a gcntloman making some investigation as 10 tbo tacts in New York, to bo used In a law suit in which the General was counsel. After the Investigation the gentleman came to bint and informed hnn ihai he was told by one person that another person knew about the payment of money, and tbat alio wns present when the $.10,000 was pnld to Mrs Powers, said to rem* from Mr. Pendleton. The General aald to his Informant:? "C?n you get at the persons f" The snswes was "Yes " This was s week ago Saturday. The General left for I Washington on Saturday night. Tbo General farther said to him:? "Yon had better probe the matter to the bottom. If what you state Is a fact, It ought to be known. This Informant made an arrangement to meet the party supposod to postoss the information. This was on the next Wednesday. The General told hint that if there was anything lo require bis prosenee In New York he would go thither on being telegraphed. On Thursday hia Informant telegraphed In cipher that the party whom he was to meet had loft New York for New Orleans on the previous Tuesday night, fogeiner'j with tha other persona possessed of the Information. I'nder these circumstances, knowing that Mr. Bass, a ' member of the committee, was III, and not being 1 well acquainted with ait the members of the Committee, and be eommunlcatod such Information as he had to Mr. Danford, of the committee, perhaps mors in ezltnto than on tbo present occasion. Tha General said to Mr. Danford, it was evident that somebody had been tampering with the parties by sending them to New Orleans so suddenly, and ho also said to I Mr. Banford:? "If you ran get a snhpeena from your committee in j blank, lo be filled up privately?without namea getting into newspapers?and to be served by a confidential deputy of the Sergeant at-Arms, whom I should name, I thought the |Hirtie?, who were well kuown to me, could be caught. I retrained from telling namea. Im> cauee twelve or Ofteen gentlemen connected with tbo pre?? wouif hare publielud them all orer the United Hunt" I). Rare 70a any objection to elate to the committee the namea of the portteef A. Not at all. y Hare yon any objection to ttattng the name of tha per eon who |atl /on tho nantoe of the m. PLE SHEET. ' raced of tho information ? A. The name of my Inform ini is 0. O. Jayno, who was hunting up testimony for mo In New York in a revenue case. The (ieaoral, in reply to a question, said he mot Mr. Smith, the correspondent of the A'remng I'ntt, at the Attorney General's o(lice, anil remarked to him that bis attention bad been particularly called to the testimony of Mr. Wanneil, a clerk to the Treasury Department, showing the amount paid on arcouul of the Kenj tucky Central Kailroad was divided into tnree parts? $5S,500 going to a bank In Kenturky, and separalo drafts lor $1)0,000 and $.'>0,000 being taken by l'ondleton. lie was curious to seo tho testimony, because bo had beard something about the $:)0,000. Mr. Smith sought to Intervlow him after the manner of | newspaper correspondents. Tho next time the General saw Mr. Smith was at tho tliuo he had the interview with Mr. Dauford. The General was asked whether he supposed that i Mr. Smith was going to publish what he said to bun. The General replied that, nut wishing to throw any Imputation on Mr. Smith, bo would merely remark that he never said anything to a corrcsjiondent that 1 was not published. (Laughter.) He would trust thorn with untold gold, but ho would not trust tbcin with a i bit of news. The General replied to a question of Mr. Haas that ho : knew nothing of the payment of money by Mr. Pendleton, further thau what ho saw in the newspapers and J knew from hearsay. The General said, in reply to a question, that he had 1 Investigated the Pendleton matter a littlo on bis own aecounl, and had ascertained that the draft lor $30,000 was not deposited in the Park Hank, ns heretofore i stated. Mr. Scott Smith, the Poit'l correspondent, appeared | and answered tho question asked him yesterday | as to the name of a prominent republican lawyer who I gave information on which he founded his despatch, j Mr. Smith answered, tho nauto ot his informant was I General Ilntlcr. General Ilutler privately, at the request of tho eom; mtttce, wrote on a piece of paper the names of tho parlies who had fled from New York to New Orleans, and the committee will send a aubpa-na aft or them. HOSTILE INDIANS. THE PBOORESS OF EXTERMINATION. Washington, March 21, 1S78. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs has received a | despatch lrom John I*. Cltim, United Slates Indian J Agent at San Carlos, Arizona Territory, in which he says:? (Imde Ruford mado a senut Into Tnnto Basin, with flliron Indian police, and on March ti killed sixtoen and ! captured twenty-one renegade Indians. AMUSEMENTS. "FEBBEOI." AT THE UNION SQUARE THEATRE. 'Fermi," Victorien Sardou's latest drama, Was produced last night at this theatre. As already announced in the Hkrald, it was postponed on Monday night owing to the illness of Miss Kale Claxton, who was last night sufficiently recovered to be able to tako her part in tho near play. A largo and appreciative audienco, nothing deterred by tho disappointment of tho night before, was assembled, and from tho frequent applause with which each actor was greeted and the general signs of appreciation of the play, "Kerrcol" seems likely to prove another of the now proverbial successes of this theatre. The curtain rlsea on a drawing room in the bouse of Mine. D'Orbesson, at Alx, where tho company are discussing the chances of life that remain to a young roan on trial for murder. Tho evidenco against the prisoner Is purely circumstantial, but tho obaln is sltnost perfect Kerrcol, a young officer, s friend ol tho prisoner, who is betrothed to his sister, arrives In great agitation. lie knows that the prisoner is innocent; and ho tries, but without success, to pcrsuune a member of the Court of bis innocence. Kerrcol, who hud beou engaged in un Intrigue with tho wlfo of tho President 61 the Court, upon whose balcony he had been at tho tltno of the murder, had while there witnessed the crime and know that t lie roul murderer was the gamekeeper of the President. Tho wife of the President, had promised him admittance to her chamber upou tho night o( the murder, but, alarmed by the illness of I her littio daughter, she hnd at tbe last moment resolved not to bring aisgraco upon hor husband and ' children. Under tlieso IIHIIMf CM. Kerreol, not j knowing how to savo his trlend and nt tho same time guard the wife irom tho dishonor consequent on an avowal of the place lrom which lie had seen the murder | committed, appeals to the real murderer. Hut the boor, ! seeing r'orreol's dilemma, refuses to stir in the matter, | and tbroatens to expose Kerri-oi's inirigue should he say .tilling iimuuv mill, iinvcn 10 uisiracuon, no resolvos | to accnsu himself of tho murder, and lie Is brought be| lore the 1'rcsldenl of the court, Iho husband of the ( woman whose honor he would save at the price evon | ol Ilia own life. Hut tho President, with calm legal I acumen, re I uses to boliove the soil-accusing Kerrcol, I and the latter, becoming nervous under the sharp tire ol interrogation, lrr<|ucntly contradicts binisoll. At this point the gatnekeeper is sont for to assist m clearing up the story. The rent murderer thus brought into court, and thinking that ho has been brought there at Ferreol's request and that the I'reaideut has been made awaro ot his guilt, so implicates himself while under examination thut nc is obliged to confess i bis crime. This plot, alKMindlng as It does with strong sltnn- I Hons, is admirably adapted for dramatic represoula- ! I lion, but the three first acts were for the most part ! ' weak in construction, and it was not until the last art I that tho full strength of the pteco was apparent Eveu j tho last act would hardly be successful without such I excellent and powerlul acting as that of Misa Kato Claxton and Mr. Charles Thorne. The latter < gentleman, who undertook tho tale tOle, mndo ! a most decided success. Terror for the late of his friend suffering under an unjust accusation, remorse lor his intended but frustrated crime in attempting the seduction ol Mine. Dumartel, anger at the base conduct of the gamekeeper, Martial, and ] sincere repentance, were one alter i-nollier portrayed with admirable skill. In his scenes with Miss Claxton, ; who personated the almost emng wile, Mr. Thome carried the audience with lam by his strength and energy of purpose, while In tho last scene, during Ins examination, his heartfelt penitence and self-sacriflcing resolve, were sketched with masterly skill ami quiet dignity. Almost the only fault that can be lound with his performance la a lack of rest and repose, his gestures and movements are ofion abrupt and his volco unmodulated. The Madame Dumartel ot Mtaa Claxton Is a most finished portraiture. laboring under the disadvantage ot the effects of ber late Illness, Miss Claxton was of course not seen at hor best; but even under such adverse circumstances she achieved a marked success. I'ndcetded whether sho shall allow Forroof to confess the ol renin-it a noes under which ho witnessed the murder slid thus bring dishonor opoti herself and be, perhaps, driven from her husband's house and deprived of her child, or, on the other hand, allow an Innocent man to suffer the penalty justly duo to another His* Claxton .1 HIV- IMIUIMITI -IIVVWVM- 'I lit J til I I R| 11K Willi cxcrileni ta->tc anil ability tho love of the mother anil tho wenkneas of tho woman. In the Inal act, when she ik < (impelled to confers tho eircum?tinrei< under which Kerreol ?u hidden on the balcony, her acting wns replete with truth and feeling. If Mm* Clazton could rid herself of n few mannerisms winch now and then mow themselves in her acting alio would add to the soccers of a part in which lier conception tr most true 10 nature and lier performance marked with Intelligence and ability. Mr. Stuart Kobsou ar a recalcitrant Jnrymnn anil eccentric breeder of silkworms provoked much merriment by his grotorque makeup and comic discontent. Mr. Tarselle as the t'reKloent of iliu Court mid iho hushand of Mine. Dumariel Was dignified, and gave a good t representation of llic injured hut lorgtvtng husband Among the minor parts wero two that were entrusted to debutantes. The mora Important? ' that of Tliereae?was played hy Miar Maude Harrison, a young lady who has already woij golden opinions tn Brooklyn, but last night her performance war scarcely what might have been expected from a | lady of whom fame hna spoken ao highly. The other debutante war Mirs Ida Jeffries, who made her Am appearance on any stage and who, if she succeeds in < winning such favor Irom the public as she seems al- I ready 10 have done from her friends, will have no reason to regret her adoption of the theatrical profession. Mis* Jelfrlee l< prepossessing In appear* ance and graceful in manner and gesture, and she will, no doubt, prove with prartice a useful and acceptable addition to tho DIM Square rotr.pat.y. The piece was well mounted, and tho play may fair*y be added to the already numerous successes of thta charming theatre. TtlTT THF.ATR*. n-Anl* lilt la an.I kl_ ik. - - a* a I VI<I<<MT<4 IUD IUVT< IHfllTI j last night to witness tbo performance of "Die Mlipu- 1 taner" (The Mliputians), given by the pupil* of the j Boethoven Marnnnrchor Slnciog School for the benefit of the director, Karl Traegcr. The benefit wa* tendered to the above gentleman by lit* pupila, whom be gratuitously instruct* In the school of the society on Sunday*. The piece played is entitled a Juvenile operetta, and I* performed exclusively by children under the age of fourieen. The number on the singe, as ell* and gnomes, wa* about onn hundred The plot of tho little play t* very simple. A little orphan maiden, in order to escape the workhouae, trust* In Providence and seeks her lortunc on the wiuc wurid. The King has been twice nniortunste in love, but I* 1 directed by the Queen m tbo Fairle* where to seek her who alone ran heal the wound* of hi* heart lie disguises himself as a peasant and, of eourae, erentually find* her In the wandering orphan. The piece A Intersperaed throughout with mime of an exceptionally good character by Karl Traeger. It wa* rendered la*t night by ihe little people with greet precision Amnl mocb excellsnre, It ?s but proper to single out for especial remark the singing of the Queen Mia* Kitty Suffer, of the King, Helnrtch Kronlald; o O. S.I.. ?. w... I *I?I*? m The Wild we. 7 | headed by tho pretty little dot. Martlnetti, whose assumption of the part of a premiers Uanirute was exevasively anin-ine. Altogether lite performance wag one such as is seldom seen in this city. Tho audience | was very enthusiastic. The performance la to be rejieaied on Tuesday, March tor the benefit of thf , children of the singing school. ACADEMY OF MrsiC. The brilliant French coraodv company Introduced to 1 American audiences by Mr. Maurice Orau over six : months ago appeared last evening at tho Academy of Music for the first time since their return from New Orleans, the mmn object being to give a few farewell performances prior to their departure lor Europe. It ' lias been generally conceded that a stronger cotublna i tion ol artists lias never been presented to the public, or, at least, (hat French comedy ho* never been moro I faithfully interpreted in this ctlv than in the hand* of those who won so many laurel* at the I-vconm Th-atro not very long since. Individually and collectively tho members ot the company were worthy all the high encomium* bestowed upon lliem, and their repented successes endorse the opinion expres-cd shortly alter their debut here. A large and cnthu: iiasttc audteneo welcomed tho company Inst oveninc, the piece selected lor tho occasion lieing the amusing comedy, *'1.0 I'laucho," a production which ha.* hitherto mot with considerable success. M Me/ieres, a cotnndlsit of rare powors, snslaiued the i rdfe of I'onterisson with his usual ability, M. M. Jaeger (Horromee), lielorine (Oscar de Vllleorssns), Ulchoa i (Kirochcl), Gennollcr (Alarlc dc Fauquenibergtier) and I others contribuiing each a good share toward the sno] cess of the performance. Mmes. Oooymsrd, Kenard. ; Helcour. itoulcier, iu their respective parts, nc(|UllteJ i lliem.-elves w uh credit, and it is almost needless to j add that with such talent as the foregoing names rep. I resent, the many humorous situations with which ths comedy abounds was done every justice to Tho audience, an intelligent and lasluon.ihlo one, seemed highly delighted with the nrtistlc entertainment, which cerainly merited all tho approbation bestowed upon it. t,Moti9. Alphonso" is announced lor to-morrow even A PAPPF.N II KIM MYSTFKY. To m? Editor or Tn? Hkksid:? It having beon long previously announced with most precise definition of rulr and opera that title. 1'appenheim, late of the Wachlet Herman Opera Company, would mako her ddbul in grand Italian opora last Friday evening under the brilliant auspices of Mr. Strv kosch at tho Now York Academy, tho fallnro to permit thai di'but nniuniliy excited much question na to its cause, flint eatim.ihlo urilBt nnd most deserving laily had t>eon hardly treated In German opera, uiul tlioeo tt ho sympathized with her unmerltod distress Hoped that some atonement for unworthy tretitmenl ol a distinguished stranger to our favorlto stylo of grand opera would be allorded by that debut at iho Academy. The cause assigned would seem, If never explained, to be Insincere, as the singers whose indisposition excused Mile, Psppcnheim's debut on Friday ovoning appeared the next afternoon with Tttions iu as lull command ol voice ami dramatic energy as they bare over vet presented to admiring dilettanti in New York'i pet operatic Icmple. Can you or some one in the secret (now invoiced) through your widely circulating Journal elucidate this mysturv to ONE WHO DOUBTS! DELAYING AN ANNOUNCEMENT. Nsw York, March 21, 1878. To thk Editor or tub Hkkai.d:? Mr. A. M. Palmer's card Is not an explanation of why the announcement of "No Performance" at Iho Unlox Square Theatre was not made until eight o'clock ? N? doubt others have suffered Irom the unnecessary exposure to iho Inclemency of the weather as well as SEVERE COLD. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Sir Hugh Allan, of Montreal, arrived In tho city yesterday, and is at the Brevoort Hnuso. Ex-Congressman Norman B. 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