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PHILADELPHIA, SAT U I DAY, JANUARY 1, 1870.
DOUBLE SHEET THREE CENTS.
JL. XI. NO. 1.
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litikJ JL JJ 1 A A X V H
TEUE BATE MAN.
Quarrel In a New York Paahlonable Club
Manaitcr Bateman Publicly Christine One of
the dab IlttiinT.
Tho New York Tribune of this morning has
Ibis report:
Tbe most exciting Incident of New Year s eve
was undoubtedly tho chastisement, at the Man-
v.k., ll, n nnn nf Mm Miinnrrlnir Committee
of that Institution by nn irate and revengeful
memiier. Tho circumstances, which are sulll
clcntly entertaining in one sense, are likely to
produce a more serious effect in calling atten
tion to tho manner in which club discipline
should properly be maintained, and in deter
mining tho precise relations between oflleers
and members, which at present are too fre
quently forgotten or disregarded.
We learn that tho dlUlculty originated in a
circumstance which, apparently, would bo con
sidered trivial among ordinary associations of
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Itappeart that Mr. II. L. Bateman, well known
as an operatic manager, committed the mistake,
a few nights atro, of inviting soino guests-to
dine in a rooni which is reserved exclusively for
members. Having been connected with the
ManLattan Club but a very short time, Mr.
Hatcmau was wholly unconscious of this reser-
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vatlOIl, UIIU lie WU1J Uliuiu vi iv M.lw u.o
party were seated at table, and the dinner had
'been ordered, by tho abrupt announcement that
lie could not. bo fcrved au announcement mado
by order of Mr. Illram Cranston, a member of
the House Committee.
Deeply indignant at the manner in which this
Intelligence was conveyed, and smarting under
the insult not only to himself, as he states in
the letter below, but also to those ho had in
vited, he sought an explanation from Mr. Crans
tone bnt was repulsed with the extraordinary in
sinuation that, in violating a club regulation, lie
had proved himself no gentleman, and was not
entitled to the consideration duo a gentleman.
It is almost needless to sny that the usage in all
civilized clubs, iu similar cases, is to abstain
from.calling attention to tho transgression until
a private opportunity offers itself, both for the
gakc of tho member, of whom it is to bo pre
' Burned, in the absence of evidence, that he has
erred in ignorance, and of his guests, who cer
tainly can have no share in the basiness. Mr.
v.nninn liAirAvnr nhrtfiA tn nTA( 'PP (1 in ft dif
ferent manner, and the first result of his action
was the following note, addressed to him by Mr.
Bateman on the same evening:
Vf.yT Youk Hotel, Dec. 2T, 1859. Sir: This even
Inn 1 requested three gentlemen to dine with me at
the Manhattan Club. One was a member of the
clnb; the other two I considered I had the privilege
of Inviting.
1 am but a new member of the club, and may un
consciously have violated some ruie. naa i dccu
Informed of any breach of the lnws in a gentle
manly imunpr, I should at once havo accepted and
obeyed the admonition; but 3 ou directed the stew
ard of tho club to refuse, withotiT any explanation,
to serve dinner to me and my friends, and tuns, la
the presence of other ccntlcmen, oilered an insult
tomei and, what I feel fur more, to the guests 1 had
invited, on leavlns tho club, you culminated this
Insult by asking, when I sought an explanation, if I
was a gentleman. Under these circumstances, it
becomes a duty I owe myself to demand of yon an
apology for what 1 deem a most unwarranted Insult
to a member of the same club as yourself.
1 -remain your obedient servant,
II. L. Bateman.
To this no Miswer was vouchsafed until the
followlnir Wednesday afternoon, when tho sub
orned missive was received ty Mr. uatcman:
The Manhattan Cl.rn. No. 98 Fifth avenue.
Kaw Youk, Deo. 2S, 169.-11. L. Bateman, Ksq.,
New York Hotel. Sir: I have your note of yester
day. In our conversation of last evening I addressed
yon as a member of His House Committee of this
Club, If you are aggrieved (f) your remedy Is an
appeal to trie Managing Committee, by whom tho
House Committee Is aiwointcd. They ueet the first
1'JHiw In luniinrv Afv fmiinl'lo mnv lifii-.t ln.mt
poblttyo, bnt were made In reply to yon, who sought
tlje dlscusblon in the public hall of the Club, and iu
tie presence of one of your gnests, which As to be
Irrtgretted. You state thut I then asked you If you
were a gentleman. . Burely your memory Is at fault;
I could have asked uo such useless question. Your
oliedieut servant. IIikam Ckanston.
Jttcioro trio delivery 01 tue aoovc, jur. rans
tdii suddenly left the city, called away, it was
.wlnrutrtnl ln'fliA illnnsqnf . rd.tlv'A lT,mi
juib return, ycttcruay anernoon, mo louowiug
rejoinder was handed him at the club:
New Yoke Hotel, Dee. 28, 1869 Hiram Cranston,
Esq. Sir : Yours of this date, In answer to my uote of
last night, demanding an explanation of your con
duct and language at the Manhattan Club, is re
ceivtiil. You state that you addressed mo as a member of
the House coiiunliU'o of the club, and that my
remedy. If aggrieved, 13 an appeul to the Managing
Committee. You also deny having asked the oii'eu
Biviu.'Mlnn for which 1 remtested uu apology.
Iu reply, 1 have to Buy tli ix to the courteous en
forcement of a rule which it appears I had uncou
acloiisly Infringed, I should certainly have ottered
no objection; but (he manner In which you asserted
your authority a manner uuparalleled In any club
of gentlemen compelled me, both on my own ac
count and on tnar, or my mends, wno were grossly
insulted by your action, to protest, on meeting you,
against so grave an aiiront.
I have furthermore to say that your offensive nties-
u was neuru by outers nesuto mysen, una mat 1
cliue to accept your denial.
ur note is wnoiiy evasive and unsansiaetory,
an only be cousldered as an aggravation of the
ai insult.
w insist on on Immediate aud unconditional
logy, t our oueuieui servant,
II. L. Bateman.
After carefully reading this epistle. Mr.
Cranstou stated that he decliued receiving any
further commuuicatlous from Mr. Bateman,
arid, upon being ached if ho reused to receive
this particular note, answered that he du'.
This aocbion having Veen reported te Mr. I!f
Tjjsn. ttit gintltmnn prcreeJ-vl tlrta totki
MDtit' Club, and flidhif lit. QrailUn ft
dlniicr la the restaurant, with a party of Mend..-,
informed him that sinco he (.Cranston) had du--dined
to explain, apologl.e, or receive his note,
enly one course, was left hlin. lie then struck
his adversary a light Idow on tho face, aud
withdrew from the room. Mr. Cranstou cried
loudly for the police, and waiters were despatched
in various directions in quest of otliccrs; but
none appeared iu time to participate in the
action.
Having accomplished his purpose, Mr. Bate
man serenely and smilingly departed from tho
club, which was, throughout tho evening, tho
scene of tho greatest ngitatioa und excitement.
Nothing, however, of further interest occurred
beyond the circulation of a report that Mr. Crans
ton bud sent a challenge to his indignant assail
ant. Club opinion wus, as inuy bo imagined,
widely divided as to the merits of tho case, but
tho general judgment appeared to be that, while
Mr. iialeman had unquestionably violated a posi
tive regulation, ho had doncsfl In ignorance, and
that Mr. Craustou's mannor of calling ids atten
tion to it was indecorous and uujustillable.
Upon tho fpiestlou of tho Infliction of personal
punlfcbment there appeared to be but 0110 ver
dict that it was a matter to be deeply regretted,
but that Mr. Cranston's repeated refusals to ex
plain ltis conduct of offer redress made it Impe
rative for Mr. liuteman to take some such de
cisive step in his own behalf.
. AN OLD - ACQUAINTANCE.
.
One of Ike Surviving John II r own Haider In a
1'rrMli I atletianiue.
The Augusta (la ) Chroninle says:
On Saturday a man aud u womau appeared before
the Chief of Police, win 11 the former suued that his
ramo was Kealfe; that he was an assistant asses ior
of Internal revenue for Kdgelleld county, Koitlh
Carolina, and that twenty-two dollars and sixty-two
........ i I'.iitafl UlutuU faVJJPIIl.iit
hhd been taken from him by the woman with htm,
who was his wife. He wanted to know what he had
led do. Tile o."'.:r reIiuJ. that 11 siio really
bis wife tut vebi tliug u couia i wva:a ui w i
v
piece the money and let the matter drop.
Ha said
no. ntin must itivb it nn. or he would nroseeute her
fur .larceny. The Chief of I'ollre thereupon told him
he would tlmn have to take her to !outh Carolina,
where the theft was committed. When charged
with the larceny tho woman endeavored to Interrupt
him, but he stopped her. saying to the ollleer, In a
commiserating way, "Poor girl, she Is an Irish
woman, and has got her Irish up.'' "And If I am an
Irish woman," she replied, "yon are an Englishman,
a carpet-bagger, and a John llrown raider." Tho
creature seemed disconcerted by this rejoinder but
when he finished his statement, went otr, us he said,
in search of tho United States Commissioner.
The woman then told her story. Originally from
Ireland, nhe went to South Carolina In 1SU7, met
Hcalfe, who was teaching a negro school at, Gran
ville, In that Rate, aud married her. Healfe, sho
fluid, was an Knglishman by birth, but came away
Iroru 1 11 tit country many years ago, and hud lived in
one of the Northern Htates prior to the late war. In
18M he fell In with John Brown, and took part with
him In the Harper's Ferry raid. Whou the plot
fell through he escaped. During the war ho was in
the 1'ntted States army, and at Its close took up
school-teaching for a livelihood. Homo months ago
he was uppoluted AssistanIievenuo Assessor, and
when the money came In, made long and freqticnt
visits to Columbia, where, she ascertained, he had
three or four negro mistresses, upon whom he
squandered his salary.
Adalrs culminated In a big quarrel on last Fri
day, at the conclusion of which he ordered her to
leave his house forever. As soon as she got his back
turned she bugged I22 G7, and took t he train for Au
gusta. To her surprise she found him on Urn ears,
and they travelled together. After Ins n-rlval nt
Augusta, he-discovered that she h id this money,
and, ou.hcr refusing to give It up, had her arrested.
JOHN IN TUE SOUTil.
The ltiiNh orCblneio to ihn ;hInIhhi!I Valley
V hut Ihe.v Think and WI11U lin y tut.
Tho St. Louis Jtejtubliean of the 80th ult. has the
following:
The steamer Mississippi, lying at the foot of W'jl
nnt street, which leaves for New Orleans at 10
o'clock A. M. to-day, whs thror.gcd from morning
till night yesterday by citizens who were curious to
get a sight of tho Chineso passengers on board. The
novelty of the importation of a type of mankind,
inhabiting a dlilerent side of the globe; natives of
the "Flowery Kingdom," of which so much, half
fabulous and half foot, has been written was such
as to Inspire a natural desire to see them and exa
mine their appearance, manner, and behavior.
It is possible, however, that within a very short
period the importation of Chineso into the Missis
sippi Valley will be frequent enough to render their
appearance on the streets as little remarkable a3
thut of negroes or of emigrants from European
countries. Yesterday the throng of visitors seemed
to find an Inexhaustible fun d of amusement watch
ing the vurlous groups of Celestials as they were
scattered about the boat, chattering together In a
boisterous, earnest, good-humored wuy, In a jargon
as barbarous in sound as unintelligible.
One fellow, with a white hat, who sat with his long
black braided queue dropping down to the centre of
IiIb back, with all the dignity of a Mundariu, was
constantly questioned by t he torrent of visitors. He
had acquired some words of broken English, and
made a desperate endeavor to satisfy all who made
Inquiries, lie said he was going to "Teescs," for
Texas, and wanted to get oil", because the bout was
J'shakee to muts." Tho reason why their women
were not brought along, because "ho too far oir."
During the day considerable exchange was carried
on by those who possessed Chinese coin, a copper
medal the size of a button, with a square hole In the
centre, bringing from live to twenty-live ceuls just
as they could find purchasers. A singular-looking
gold coin, worth about f 4 -so, brought ten dollars iu
trreenbacks.
imfibi? the day several squads of Chinese salliel
out and walked up Fourth street aud examined the
city with apparently some interest and curiosity.
They made uo purchases, which it is said they are
not fond of doing under any circumstances. They
are frugal in their habits, aud would uot be disposed,
if they had the money, to go Into any extravagant
outlays. In their own country It Js stated a labor
ing man Is contented with wuges at eight dollars a
year, of our money. Board aud lodging can be hnd
in China for a dollar a month, but it would require
Chlucse habits to be satisfied v.-lih the fare set forth.
" As to the religious Impressions of John, Major
lihea gave us the following Instance: He was told
before he left tSau Francisco, by Captain Hudson,
who brought a load of Chinese irom Hong Kong la
the steamer Continental, thut when a furious storm
arose tho Chinese were alarmed. They set up their
god Joss, with a sack around Its neck, and eii"h
man put a Spanish dollar into the suck to appease
the wrath of their angry deity.
The next day tne wind abated, rue sea oecamo
calm, and each man immediately divested Ills god
of tho dollar and pocketed It arain. Their god, it
seems, Is a god for stormy weather. Major Hliea
met with an Intelligent and learned Chinese doctor,
and In conversation, wanted to know in what the
Chinese were superior over the Americans. The
doctor reflected a while and unirined that after close
observation of the peculiar characteristics of both
mttions, he found that tho Chinese excelled only Iu
one thing they cleaned their cars twleo a week.
With regard to food and stationery the followlux
lit-t of goods, which have been procured to start
store In tbe vicinity of their place of labor, will allurd
a good idea:
Narrow leaves, K0O pounds: bamboo brushes, ri
dozen; foo chuck, or bean curd stick, 10 boxes or 400
pounds; 10 boxes vermicelli, BUD pounds; 'Ml pounds
Singer root ; W) pounds orange peel; not! pounds cut
tle l!sh; 10 boxes sov; It) jars ketchup; 20 reuiin chi
neso writing ptiper; 200 Chinese pencils; 10 dally
account books; foo(i Chinese vl.iltiug card papers; h
nieces paper (for lights) ; i(0(i pounds California a In
tones; 40 pounds red melon seed; i dozen frying pan
shovels; 4 dozen copper spoons (large) ; His pounds
yukko; 10 pairs crape suspenders; DO pounds smiar
candv; r.o pounds red dates: ti counting
boards; 1 pound Chinese Ink; lot) Chi
nese pens; 10 paper boxes pills; 10 bottles
medicine powders; 10 boxes (loo gallons) China
nut oil; to jars or Too pounds salt turnip; 40 sets
bowls; 40 sets chop sticks; 1 dozen knives; 2000
pounds suit shrimps; 16 bagsorl9;0 pounds salt llsli;
200 bug's iungus; fsi Chinese pass-books ; 60 Chinese
general ledgtr books; 4 bokes or W.000 U re-crackers;
2 boxes lire-enickers; jos paper; jos sticks: 1 box,
or fits pounds dried oysters; S mats or 2;i0 pounds
black peas; 2 muts or 100 pounds red peas; B mats
or 2-10 pr.unils green peas; is large kettles; IKbiiMll
kettles; 2 dozeu frying pans; shovels; 2 boxes or
I2t) palm Chinese common shoes; 20 Chinese purses;
10 buckskin purses.
EEBEL VENOM.
Posiiri ld from Ibe 'KrrlnK Mlstem" TTow the
J'rreioiiH NlNierhood Tnlk ot one of the .Ueu
who Kuved the t'oimtry.
Frtm thl Zfnrij-M: Ata'.w:i.t.
AkHMlXSi tcf4ii OS's lap siiccnt, A vii'sii
I as tU3il 0.1 nit etti.te. 0,0, t-unat 114
tlv.i.tii m Vilest a' rtJoWlaj K
Pandemonium yesterday. Since mat eveutlul day
when Adam and Kve manulactured clothes out of
Ug leaves there luive been many large gatherings in
toll and ou earth. But the cavalcade that itiraed
out in the infernal regions to greet E. M. Btauton,
who died yesterduy, was, In all probability, the
lartst that ever paid tribute to a congenial spirit.
StevenB had been awarded tbe premium for being
the biggest sinner iu nil purgatory, aud ho W uo
doubt now jealous of Stanton, who ho knows will
put in for tho medal, with a prospect of winning It.
That mawkish sentimentality which would throw the
tniiUtle of oblivion over the misdeeds of dead ras
cals cunnot be observed in chronicling tho death of
1C M. Stuiiton. The most exquisite tortures served
Stanton enjoyment. The tyranny of Tiberius was
forgotten In Ills enormities. He revelled for several
years In tormenting all over whom he had power;
but w hen he offended beuven mid earth by hanging
nn innocent woman like a dog, liod visited him with
His righteous unger, und since the consummation
of this utroeious deed Htauiou's physical system
commenced decay lug and breaking up; and without
a single tin on eart it, destitute of all belief In tho
Christian religion, ho died, and u little soul Bleeped
iu sin weut to the devil, in nature he wus revenge
ful and Uiullgnunt, and so stubborn in opinion tliut
he rurely changed his views or relinquished a pur
pose. He was lis remorseless and cruel in disposi
tion us u Cumunclto luiliun, uud joyously and wl li
mit a shudder would have turned the Southern
people over to massacre, and th-ir homes to desola
tion. He wus serene, not from philosophy, bin from
temperament und torpor. He belonged eminently
to the animals known as cold-bloods. No impulses
ever stirred tho feeble and sluggish currents of
his moral r mental nature. To cull him a brute
would be a libel upon the dog. Of huinaulty he wag
destitute. Ho wus servile; ho was cowardly.
Tho manner of his death shows the linger of retri
bution. He hungered for blood for a position
that would enable him to bedevil a defenseless peo
ple. A President as mean und mallgusnt us him
self appointed liim 1'iiltcd States Supremo Court
Judge. This power caused the fiend to burst luto
wild, demoniac laughs. But thut Clod who would
not permit the builders to occupy the Impious tower
on the plains of Shluar, smoto the unctuous scoun
drel so that he died. Nearly a'.i the conspirators
Htfulnst. the Hie of Mrs. Hurrutt liuve leen blotted
ii.lu lue ttOiid 1Ucyt.ia4ru-.j1i. i'ouuici' Un ftjut
to the pculttiituiry, and Aurir Jobuiion waa cou
s'gned to private life, llolt still lives, bnt still prays
for death. Stanton has gone, and Holt will anon
follow, for not more certainly Is he burned who puts
hi, hand lu the flames, than Is he punished who
commits a moral wrong. Tho wicked man's "sins
will find him out," It is not an agreeable duty to
Inscribe the true character of an Infamous public
man on his tomb; but it is an imperative duty.
Stanton, the infamous, is drinking molten Iron,
trading In pyrotechnics, and broiling in a heated fur
nace, and the people rejoice.
MINING DANGERS.
Nnrrow Fsrnpe of Flfiy-flve Men from Being
ItonMrrt Alive In a Coal Mine Almost a Ke
lirtltlon of the Avondnlo Horror.
Plymouth, l'a., Dec. 31. There was nearly a
repetition of tbe Avondale horror at this place
yesterday. At about 10 30 A. M, tho breakor of
tho Nottingham mine, situated at tho southern
end of tho town, was discovered to bo on fire.
There were fifty-five men in tho mine at tho
time, which is one of tho man-traps liko the
Avondale one with but ono outlet yet, not
withstanding this, no notice was given to tho
men below that tho building above was on fire.
Fortunately, it was discovered soon after it
broke out, and, with great exertion, was not
only prevented from spreading, but was extin
guished, the men below remaining all tho while
in ignorance of their danger. The fire was the
result of gross carelessness on the part of the
company working it. It appears that twostoves
were kept in tho breaker to give heat to the
boys employed thcro to pick out the slate from
the coal as it goes in the brenker, and the pipes
from these stoves wore run directly through the
woodwork of the building, without any protec
tion. The result was what any sane man might
have expected. Tho woodwork heated until
it became of the consistency of tinder, and then
ignited.
At Boon some of the men came up to dinner,
and, although every exertion was made to keep
tho fire from their knowledge, the fact leaked
out, and they became aware for the first time of
the terrible fate they had escaped. When they
went down again they informed the Jest of the
men in the mine, and they at once got together
and held nn indignation meeting, and resolved
ut once to go up out of the mine. When they
got up they assembled the rest of the men be
longing to the mine in all about seventy-flvo
and held unothcr meeting, resolving that they
would not again go down into tho
mine until thcro was built two brick
chimneys for tho stove-pipes, a watchman
placed In tho building night aud day, and a bell
at the bottom of the shaft, so that they should
have a sigual when there was danger at tho sur
fuce. Since that time the mine has not been
worked, aud tho men still remain firm. Tho
proprietors, Mcs6rs. Thomas lirodriek & Co.,
not being able to get any men to supply the
places of their old hands, ha' e yielded to their
demands so far ns tho two chimneys are con
cerned, and their construction has commenced;
but they think one watchman in the night is
sufficient, and decline to place one there in the
day time. The men say that this only shows a
willingness to protect their own property, and
as their lives are exposed in tho day time they
say they shall insist on the two watchmen, and
also on the alarm bell.
THE LATEST EKIE DILEMMA.
The Arrest of Itecelvcr Bolierty All the
Hooka nnd Papcra Kcmoved to the (Mrnnd
Opera House.
The onices of the Atlantic and GrcatWestern Rail
road Co., at 40 Broadway, New York, consist of three
rooms, two composing the onices proper, and the
third room, en the upper floor of the building, being
used as a kind or store-room for books, pa
pers, etc At 12 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr.
William A. Dogherty, the receiver nppolutea by
Jndge Barnard, accompanied by bis attorney,
Mr. Sherman, and a dozen members of the Erie de
tective force, entered the otllce and proceeded to
make preparations for the removal of tho books,
papers, etc. A policeman who entered the ottlee
said that nothing could be removed, and Mr. Iee,
the janitor of the building, said he would not allow
Mr. Dogherty to remove anything until he was satis
tied that the rcmovul was legal.
And so Mr. Doherty waited till nearly twelve
o'clock, when a message arrived from Captain (iar
land, of the First Precinct, stating thut the romoval
might be made, and that if necessary a force of
police would be sent to prevent a breach of the
peace. The hooks and papers were then nulled up
in packing boxes, placed lu a large Erie wagon
drawn by two horses, which wus at tho door, nnd
driven awny to tho Grand Opera House. Mr. Dog
herty soon followed them, leaving the oiilcc In
chuigc of three of the detectives, named John
Clurke, Janus Browne, aud A. O. Sisson.
wnT int. dootiertv says.
A reporter of the World saw Mr. Dogherty In
tho Giand Opera IIouso, when Mr. Dogherty
made the following statement: "The removal
of those books and papers was on account
of the surreptitious abstraction ot other books from
the odlces of the company by parties connected with
the Atlantic and Creat est?rn Hallway In violation
of a solemn pledge. The Erie Hnilroad Company
liive nothing whatever to do with this ail'alr, further
than lending a vehicle for the removal aud a proper
receptacle for tho books and papers which are
now and will remain In the custody of Mr.
Jay Gould and myself as receivers of the road, ap
pointed by Judge Barnard's order of Mareb last.
And as I sec that a morning paper has published an
inaccurate aud highly-colored report this morning, I
will slate that 1 never sent auy telegram to Mr.
(iurduer, and that if such a telegram was sent It was
fraudulent. And further, that 1 never met with the
railway accident alluded to. I do not know who It
is that stole the books and papers; If I Old I would
certainly apply to havo them arrested."
IIR. (IOVI.D'8 statement.
Mr. Conld said that valuable record-books had
been removed from the olllce, and that the supposi
tion was thut Mr. James Mcllenry had them lu UU
possession.
A SINGULAR, CASE.
A Life Saved bv 11 n Arbltrnrv Warn Value of a
Court KteuoMraphci'.
Iu the Supremo Court, at General Term,
in Mw York; on Thursday, befo.-n Clerk,
F. 0., Ml ButUerlan ant Oanlon, J, J,,'
i Heuatf Join Ileal vs. Tni l'e't. e n., wi j
kc rd. i.l tlis onenins ot tin Cojiti .)i jrlt t
Attc-my ra:it.!, turiuait to his prsiicuTly
pressed Intention, Mr. Kobort Bonvnge, the steno
grapher who took the minutes at the trial of lteal,
lost February, to the stand. M r. Bouynge produced
the stenographic notes taken at the time, aud
read from them the commencement of
the cross-examination of Henry Real,
showing that the exception was taken as claimed by
Keats counsel. In reply to Mr. Urahain. he testltied
he bad been a stenographer since 1S5S; the sign
which he used for 'defendant excepts" was the
phonographic "d s k :'' it was an arbitrary sign used
liy him, but ho believed used' by several other
stenographers; his notes were In the same
coDiUtlou as when be took them; there had
been no alteration since, lu reply to Mr. Garvin,
he Bit lit he hud furulshed him two tran
scripts of tho evidence, one for himself and
one for Governor lfoil'mau, aud had also furnished a
transcript to the prisoner's counsel. On Monday last
Mr. Gurvln bud sent for him; had showed him the
transcript, and asked him if it wus correct; he had
said he was confident It was correct, aud when Mr.
Garvin had asked him to make ufllduvtt to It he had
gone to his oillee and examined his notes, aud on
returning pointed out the error to Judge Garvin.
Judge Garvin Thut is exactly at I stated it.
Mr. Bonynge stated that tho transcript was made
by a clerk.
Mr. Crosby, the stenographer of tho Supreme
Court, Circuit, Tart 111, wus culled up, aud read the
line In question, "Objected to, overruled, defend
ant's counsel excepts.'' He had no doubt that it
wus k written at the time of thetrl il. He did not
use the same sign, but this would be readily under
stood. Judge Garvin said he would insert the exception
In the error book.
Mr. Graham said, as .the public took so great an
Interest in tins cuse, and was kept so coastautly in
formed through tho press, he desired to show that
this constituted no exception to general rules, and
read ut some length from au opinion of Judge John
W. Brown, In which he decides to insert au excep
tion, and says thut when an objection was taken,
Ids practice wus to presume the exception taken.
Mr. btuort then spoke of the truthful report made
by Mr. Bouynge, or Its correctness In every word,
even to the "little cureless expressions of counsel
and the court, and to Inelegaucies of witnesses."
Mr. Gnrvln then nresented the formal order for
i Slluu.ulice.
The cider was thereupon signed.
THE ItOCKVILLE ROBBEtiV.
Over 010,000 HUn-The Kern Taken front
tho Trensarer'a Uonne.
We find details of the late daring bank robbery
in Connecticut in the Hartford C'oirnnf of De
cember 30:
During Tuesday night the savings bank in
Itockville was entered by burglars. Tho rob
bery was unusually bold and daring. A visit
was first mado to the residence ef Mr. L. liisscll,
Treasurer of the bank, and from his pocket
keys were taken which gave the scamps ready
admission to the bank building and safe.
Though the burglars entered the sleeping apart
ment of Mr. Bisscll, they n roused no ono in the
family, and it was not till morning that the
Treasurer knew anything of the ail'alr, bis at
tention being first attracted by tho removal of
his pants into another room. Upon going to the
bank, it was found that tho burglars had done
their work in passably good order, aud bad left
of their tools only a crowbar as a souvenir of
their visit. Trocceding from the bank with
their booty, they stole a hand-car belonging to
the llockvillo Brunch Road, and rode upon it as
ir as tho North Meadows, this side of tho
bridge, where it was found dropped from tho
track yestcrday forcnoon.
Investigation shows that the loss to tho bank
is $10,200, the securities taken being as fol
lows: (W00 Five twenty bonds; two 10 K)
Indinna Central Railroad bonds; and two $1000
Springfield, 111., City bonds. A reward of 5X)
has been offered by the Treasurer of tho bank
for the recovery of the property, or a propor
tional part of the reward will be paid for any
part returned.
It hns been ascertained that tho burglars
three in number first went to tho shops of the
railroad company, where a hand car was placed
in rendincss, nnd after robbing the bank re
turned there nnd assorted the papers they had
secured. They reached Vernon at about 4 o'clock,
and were seen by tho depot agent there, but he
supposed they were employes of .ho road. In
getting from the branch track on to the main
track leading to this city, tbe car was carried
across just cast of the depot. At 4-30 o'clock tho
depot agent in Burnside, who was up, heard but
did net see tho car pass, and noticed that" it
was being driven at a rapid rate, Every morn
ing at 5'00 o'clock a road watchman leaves East
Hartford ou a hand-car, and, knowing this fact
probably, tho bunrlars timed their movements
to avoid him. It is not certain, as at first sup
posed, that the thieves took the southerly train
lrom this city; they may have gone north at 0
o'clock, or, as some suppose, have taken the
Providence train over tho same ground of their
retreat, supposing that to bo the safest route to
avoid suspicion and mislead.
IIAYTI.
Fell of Port-au-I'rlnce Capture of the Algon
qnlu Nnlnave Takes Kefuge la Fort Na
llonel. By the arrival of a schooner from St. Marc we
are in possession of Important news from Hayti
to the 19th ult.
The war steamers In possession of the revolu
tionists, having accomplished their object in
transporting troops to the Petit Goavo nnd
Grand Goave, immediately returned to Port-au-Prince,
and blockaded thut port, acting iu co
operation with tbo forces on land that had in
vested the city. The attack by sea and land was
made simultaneously, iu the night, between tho
16th and 10th hist. The land force entered the
city, driving tho different pickets before them,
and taking every post of advantage, until the city
was in their possession.
lu the meantime tho rcvolutirnnry war vessels
were doing their part to support the force on
land. Tho Algonquin, Salnuve's vessel, was
boarded and taken possession of without blood
shed, the entire crew being asleep at the time.
The city and the Algonquin were captured with
out the revolutionists firing a shot. Salnave
mado his escape from tho city and took refuge
in Fort Nationel. commonly called Fort Alex
andre, which is' situated on one of tho highest
f oints overlooking the city on the northwest
side.
Salnavo Is in Imminent peril, hut it is supposed
the foreign consuls will interfere and secure his
safety.
Sngetand his staff had left St. Marc for Port-au-Prince,
and were heard from at Arcahlo.
Tbe entire population of the city are rejoiced
at this isuo of things, and are heart aud soul iu
favor of the revolution.
AN INSOLVENT RAILWAY.
The Atlantic and Great Western Itallwny
Company to be Wound Up A ltecelver An-
iiointed.
A suit has been brought in the Supreme Court
by the people of tho State of New ork, against
the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, under
the statute which provides for the dissolution of
insolvent corporations. It is alleged that the
corporation had been insolvent and had ne
glected and refused the payment of its notes and
debts for over a year; that the liabilities of the
company are many millions of dollars, aud that
all of its assets are Insufficient to pay tho same.
A motion was heard yesterday in tho suit at
Special Term, in New York, to appoint a re
ceiver to wina up its aituirs as provided by
tho company's counsel. Messrs. Abbott fe Fuller,
of this city, who insisted ou an adjournment on
account ot tbe shortness ot tbo notice.
Tho Court refused to adjourn the hearing,
stating that it was not a proper caso for adjourn
ment; the Court having judicial knowledge of
the utter and hopeless insolvency of the com
pany, several tecnnicat objections were also
uuavailingly urged by the counsel for tho com
panv, and the case was then argued on its
merits by S. II. Hammond, Esq., Deputy Attor-
rtfly-uencral, tortne motion, and W. J. A. Fuller.
Ita.I m osptitln thrrclo. At the conclusion
of th arc ruiut, tfco Court took the parerc, and
subf,eqt.cnt? graut'jd the mctlou, ana appointed
Addison G. Kico receiver.
Incidental.
A young Kentucklan has distinguished him'
self by marrying his grandmother's sister.
Chicago has manufactured this year 5,4 12,3'27
gallons of high wines. Lust year it manufactured
only 2,082,034 gallons.
The Louisiana planters have used up nil
New Oi lcans' supply of small bills and currency
to pay their hands, and the city mcrchauts are
inucu lucommouea oy tue iacK ot small cuaugo.
Prince Arthur is returning from his inooso
hunting expedition dejected, as ho has beou un
successful in shDotiug any mooso "iu conse
quence of the weather."
-A clergyman iu Lewlston, Me., married a
couple some time ago, and was asked to wait for
his fee until "pay day." Pay day has not yet
come to him.
Visitors to Htrtford comnlaiu that they
can't move there without running against a
prct-ldcnt, secretary, or agent ot au lusurance
company.
The frlonds of Women's Suffrage in Califor
nla are to hold a State Convention iu San Fran
clsco ou Wednesday. January UU. It will assem
ble in Uusliuway Hail. Apt name!
A ludy who is cauvasslnir for a book la
Vlninnnn. Tud tnnlf llmhrufTA af nn nrlb.lA In
one of the papers there, anil interviewed tho
editor with a revolver. He said ho didu't
mean it.
At the special election the Domocraey of
Champaign county, Ohio, ran a negro for State
Senator on a ticket declaring that "if bo is white
enough to vote, he is white enough to bo voted
for."
A letter from England is waiting in Toron
to for n laborer named Robert Harding, who
removed to tbe Mates about six months ago.
Robert would do well to apply for it, s it con
veys inTormntWu im P9 A'3 Wtt. iV-U v.'Vl'V -'J
relative.
SECOND EDITION
Celebration of New Year's Da7 Re
ception of Southern Newspaper
Men in Washington.
iuc, i:tc, Etc., i;t.
i:tc
FROM WASHING TOX.
Nonthern Press Reception.
Dutytttch to the Associated Press.
Washington, Jan. 1. A number of gentle
men connected with tho newspaper pross of
Richmond and Petersburg, Va., arrived here to
day nt the invitation of the journalist of Wash
ington. The visit has been in contemplation for
Ecvcral weeks, and every preparation has bocn
mado for extending to them a cordial reception.
The visitors upon their arrival were escorted by
a committee of geutlcmen, belonging to the
press of this city, to tho Arlington Hotel, and at
9 A. M. were met by tho entire number of their
guests, in ono of tho parlors of the hotel, when
Mr. Forney, In behalf of the Washington press,
delivered a speech of wclconle, which was re
sponded to by Mr. Gilman, of tho Richmond
Whig. A banquet will he given to the guests at
5 o'clock this afternoon.
FROM MEW IORK.
New Year's Buy In New York The Suniue-
naniia jcaiirona i njie.
Ai.bant, Jan. 1. With beautiful,rnlld weather,
the day is being universally obsorved. Tho
Governor receives calls at tho Executive
Chamber.
The Jackson Corps paraded this morning,
making a fine appearance. Nearly every hoiue
is entertaining callcrs.and festivity prevails every
where. The New Trimble Opera House was
opened last night, to one of the finest audiences
ever assembled in this city.
The Governor has not, as yet, turned over the
Susquehanna Road to the Ramsay directors.
He is awaiting an official copy of tho decision
from Justice Smith. It is understood that fur
ther legal proceedings will follow tho decision.
FROM BALTIMORE.
Ularrlnsrrs for XStt'i In Baltimore The State
l.cttlMnmre newnpnper enlargement.
IJAiriMOitE, Jan. 1. During tho past year
20 marriage licenses wero issued iu this city.
The regular session of tho Maryland Legisla
ture will convene at Annapolis on Monday mest,
The Baltimore .American, now in its sixty-
ninth year, enlarged to-day by tho addition of
four columns.
FROM THE STA TE.
(Strike In the Iron Region.
Sjiecial Despatch to The Evening Telegraph,
Catasu'qva, Jan. 1. The furnace men
in the employ of the Lehigh Crane Iron Com
pany, to the number of about 150, commence the
new year by striking for higher wages. 1 here
are six furnaces, with twenty-five men to each.
Work is entirely suspended.
THE (ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.
DlNCordln the assembly How the First .fleet
InK was lirolieii I .
A correspondent of the London limes writing
from Rome Dec. 14, savs:
Tito truth ubout the first meeting with closed
doors (that Is, the loth), is coming out. It was a
scene of tbe greatest confusion. I am now told that
tho minority was 130. It was the Archbishop of
Temscvur. in Croatia, it Is now said, who
wus making a Latin speech, protesting
against the forms and arrangements us
lutcriering with the independence of the
bishops, when the bell rang and he was called to
order. Thereupon, It Is added, tho Primate of Hun
gary came to his rescue, and lu his turn was called
to order iu like manner. I'pou t his Dupunlotip made
a strong observation In good French and left tho
II all, with tlie Archbishop or Paris and a hundred
others, iu fact, breaking up the meeting. All the
bishops complain that they are powerless; that they
have had no timo to know what they are wanted to
do ; that they have only been allowed eight days to
make one another's acquaintance: finally, tint the
Hull Is Intolerable. They are dying of cold and
they cannot hear one another. They Bay the pre
sent aceommoeatieu is utterly Inadequate; that they
require muny more rooms, and thosa larger
than what have been Improvised lu and about St.
Peter's. I hear that some of them say tho Council
oiiuht to have been held at the Laterau or the Cuirl
nal, where they might have had a whole palace for
tho work, and rooms for conversation and other bu
siness. They are now obliged to find opportunities
for mutual Information and conference where they
can, and curdlunls aud others who happen to have
palaces at their command, are holding nightly
large reunions. Very late ones, too, I suspect,
for tho streets are getting noisy at mlduignt,
more so than when I came. Thus the first meet
ing on the loth ended with au abrupt adjourn
ment; aud I cannot doubt that of to-day has
done also. This is not very promising for the
presumed object of thn Council, which every day
recedes further into the limbo of vain aspirations, if
the dogum or infaUihlllty is adopted, It is now said
positively the French concordat will bo at once
withdrawn, and Plus IX will llud that with a new
position new relations also will have to be arranged.
80 ttroitclvl n this intention announced taut tin
Pepc's frisnds accuso France or dictating, an
t reneninen no not deny tne imputation. 1 ne situa
tion Is described on both sides as pravuiHiina; and
nobody sees the way out or it, except by continual
adjournments, till time Itself may bring some sort
or escape.- Hut as rir any conclusions Iwlng come
to and proclaimed by January ti, that is pronounced
impossible.
PoNltlon of the American Bishops.
The Papal authorities have housed tho
Hlshops with careful and discriminating hospitality.
Those who could not be absolutely trusted have
been lodged with safe companions, lu tbe proportion
of 0110 weak brother to hair a dozeu strong, in one
palace, two or three known to waat their faith con
lirmee, are in churge of ten stout believers The
Jesuits buvo had the manipulation or
tho nock, and have done it well. There is not
ono or them who has not his reelings sounded and
reported upon daily; and the common study or tho
printed papers compels all to speak. In this way It
will be ascertained what points cun be pressed sup-
rosing It desirable to press them and what not.
lut the Pope will probably not propose at all what
bo would have to withdraw. The American bishops,
1 hear it said, plead their diillcultles at home. The
fjyllabus bas excited a good deal or attention there,
and has been denounced us au attack upon civil
society, putting everybody pledged to it In autagou
Ism to his follow-citUcus. At first sight it might
seem that, under a constitution rounded
on the right or privato Judgment and the
will or tho majority, there would be uo great reason
to tear an external claim to entire spiritual and
social submission. Hut it Is plain the Americans
entertain a strong dislike to the kind or thing alto-
? ether, aud that any malutalner or the Pope's lufal
ibllity and supreme authority in tho chief ailalrs of
life will of tea bud himself at a disadvantage. Mo
the American Hisuops would ruther be out of
It, ludeed, they say they cannot help them
selves ; the new converts stipulate for their lib
erty, ir this bo the case In the United States it
cannot bo otherwise In all the (States or the Old
World where religion is at all a matter or con
troversy, ami where there are such things as
converts from one communion or one school to
another. The objections to infallibility are said to
take a great variety or forms, but thut must be only
a variety ot language, expression, and clreum
fttuiiTB. There Is ono nvi'cr ahjMi-tt'm a the roi.
cf all cbjecUouB, ami that la the individuality aud
the ielf-corisclousness which make every man, who
thinks at all, think for himself by laws and roles ot
his own. and from his own imlntuf view. TIih 111 An
who thinks Is already on a throne, and he does not
even Vacate it when he has solemnly accepted the
Pope for bla lord paramount. He still bold it in
tbat See.
THE DEATHBED MARRIAGE.
Interesting Corrrspondcnre Between a New
Jersey l.ndr and Horace Ureelcy on tbe Klcli-nrrtson-MrFarland
Marriage.
The rollowinir corresnoi deuce between Vr. (iron.
leyandMrc. Amelia Helover concerning the "mar-
riuge ceremony wnicn wok place at tno deathbed
of Albert I). Itlehardson will be found or Interest to
all those who havo paid any stfntlon whatever to
wiiai gcera 10 do me real merits of the case. Mrs.
Selover's solo object In wilting to the venerable
philanthropist was, as she savs, to "serve the cause
or truth." Whether she has attained that object by
her correspondence with Mr. Oreeley the reader can
be left safely to Judge for himself.
MRS. SKI.OVKR TO MR. GREEI.KV.
EM7.ABBTH, N. J., Deo. 16, 1963. Hon. Horace
Greeley fc Ir : At a meeting or our social Ircle held
lust evening, for the ptirpotte or disseminating truth
and elevating woman In all that pertains to her ad
vancement, politically and morally, It was resolved
that in view of the part which you took at the bed
side of Mr. KlchardHon, aud the crlttcl-m of the
press In charging you with drawing there the ltev.
Mr. Beecher aud the ltev. Mr. Krothlngham to minis
ter the holy rites of matrimony, etc., that if such
was tho tact, It wns presumed that you acted In the
spirit or Christ Ian charity and true benevolence, and
from no unkind or angenerous reeling towards
McKarland.
H not inconsistent and tlmo will permit, please
famish a line or two on that all-absorbing and pain
ful topic Very truly your friend,
Amelia Sbi.ovbr.
mr. gkermsy to mrs. beix)vkh.
TmnrKB Oi-FicR, Dec. 19, 1.869. My Friend: I
have yours of the 1Gth to-dav, Possibly your clrele
is belter Informed In the matter propounded In your
letter than I oin. If I knew all the tacts I might
form a sorrect judgment thereon. I am quite aware
that a verv cowardly murder was perpetrated, since
that was done In my otllce and near where I now sit ;
but with regard to tho incitement or protext there
for I hear contradictory stories, and havo formed no
conclusive Judgment. When the facts shall be fully
developed 1 shall be Satisfied. At present I wait. I
do not know that I cherish unklud feelings towards
murderers, though your letter suggests them. I
only feel certain that they should be put aad kept
where they may not havo opportunity to commit
more murders. I presume you do not dissent from
this opinion. Horace UitKKUty.
Mrs. Amelia Selover, Elizabeth, N. J.
MBS. SEI.OVKR WANTS HORACE TO COMB TO TUB T01NT.
Elizabeth, N. J., Iieo. ), 189 Hon.- Horace
Greeley Sir: I regret extremely that you should
have mistaken the tenor of my note or tho likh lnst,
so as to draw the inference that our littlo circle
would sustain the unlawful acts of any man, and
particularly ono who violated tho commandments.
We fully believe It Is not in your heart to cherish an
unkind feeling toward any one. It was simply de
sired to know how tar the criticisms or tho press
were at rault in charging yon with Introducing the
reverend gentlemen to the bed-chamber to minister
the rites or matrimony. Your opinions on this and
oil other snbjcets are all potent and receive our
highest regard. Kespectfully your rrlend.
Amelia Selover.
horace grbklet comes to an awful point.
TBrncNB Office, Dec 21, lso. Mrs. Selover:
Mr. Beecher. has already publicly contradicted the
Btory that I asked him to marry the parties in ques
tion. I lntrodnccd no one to tbe bedside or my
dying rrlend Klchardson, and did not myself arrive
till the marriage had taken place and the persons
who performed and witnessed the ceremony hud left
the room. But I do not wish to be understood as
condemning the marriage, and havo already said
what 1 think on thut subject, lours,
H. Greeley.
THE CATTLE OF THE BLONDES.
Another NklrnilMh-Bnller Captareil.
Application was made a lew days Bince by John 1).
Townseud, Esq., on be Half r Mr. Alexander Hen
derson, ono of the proprietors or tho Lyditt Thomp
son Troupe, before Judge Loew,, of the Court or
Common Pleas, ror an order or arrest against tieorge
H. Butler, receutly appointed Consnl-Gencral of tho
1 Hi ted Stutcsto Calcutta, In an action for au assault
and buttery committed on Mr. Henderson at Nlblo's
Garden on the evening of the JiTth or Mav last. Mr.
Henderson's having been obliged to be absent with
his troupe is stated as the reason tor the application
not having been made at an eurlier day.
Mr. Murray, the gasman or the theatre, mde affi
davit to having witnessed the assault, and that it
was without provocation on the part or Mr. Hender
son Dr. Young made allldavit ns to the extent or
the injury sustained by Mr. Henderson, stating that
ono side or his race was paralyzed therefrom, ami
would continue so to be.
Mr. Henderson asks damages to the extent 01
$10,000 in his complaint.
Judge Loew granted the order, and fixed the bail
at t'JM'0. Mr. Butler was taken into custody by the
sheriff yesterduy, and gave bail in the required
amount, Hugh J. Hastings, of tho Commercial Ad
rertiser, and Krastus 1). Webster, editor, being his
bondsmen. X. 1'. Time to-day. '
Mr. Thomas Haskell has returned to ParK
Me., nftcr an absence of seventeen years, and
has greatly incommoded his "heirs" by demand
ing a return of his property, which they divided
anions them long ayo, supposing him to be
dead.
itly
other with a heavy hickory stick having harr
steel points driven near each other down about
half Its length, and a long steel blade lu its end,
was bound over in the sum of 430O for simple
assault and battery.
The Clnciunatl Gazette reports that Chief
Justice Carter, who is a stockholder in the
Second Natio ial Bml . of Oiic, which iont over
ttf0, kyU iiulut CEoJ the conhisr, Mr.
ISoiill arnoui tea h i it aUon o held tlx Direc
tors personally responsible for his share of the
losses, under section 53 of the National Banking
act.
A Cleveland clergyman last Sunday, after
reading an announcement of a social gathering:
to be held during tho week, said that he had
been led into advertising dancing parties, Invol
untarily, in this way several times, and that he
had concluded, if he ascertained that there was a
dance after this particular party, that he would
never again read an unnouncemcut handed him,
by the person from whom ho recelved this.
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ARRIVED THIS MORNING.
Rteamer J. H. Hliriver, llor, 13 houre from BaJtimoro,
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PASSKNOKUS 8AILKD.
Per Btcnmnhll) Tonuwnnda, for haaooill, to-day: Miss
A nm Homer aud maid, J. it. tin.toa, Mian A. L. Koevea,
J. 1). Kitpainck, 11. Kirk, wile, and dauiibtor, U. K'in.
yon, A. 'i'Uieriuann and wifi, John I ozard. IK-rnard Bon
ner. Cliurlea T. Uavi, Mra. tranoea llerndon, Prof. O. U.
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, . MEMORANDA.
6hip Wyomlnft, Juliua, uud Caninn, Thtlrltoo, for Ptii
ladellih'a, clwarrd at Liverpool IHa ult.
tSlntj Ttaoinat Harwaid. Strickland, at Havre ldtu ult.,
from New Urloana. '
bbip Carl AiiKUt, St e wart u, for Philadelphia, entered
out at Liverpool Isth ult.
bliip Viaiou, Tuoraeu, for Philadelphia, cleared at Lon
don 2uth uit.
fetoamahip Ariel, Wikty, henoe, at Boaton yeatorday.
liarqim Hiiro, Unudy, lienoe, at Hrt ninrhnon liiUi ult.
liriK Richmond, Powura, for Philadelphia, aatled from
lIi'Boina btu ulr
llriK Iila M. Oomerr, Nordea, cleared at Pansaoola SUtb
ult., for Mktany.ua.
ISchr D. 8. Kiner, Huntley, lor Philadelphia, claared At
Portland imh all.
Hclir My, Carter, hence, at Provldenee 30tb nit.
Bcbr (Jlentiarry, Yatea, cleared at New York jeat-erday
for MatanEaa.
Bohr N. W. Uagee, hence for Portsmouth, at Boknos
Hole t'b nit.
Kcur On. an Wave, Bryan, for Philadelphia, aailed ' r J m
Newport P. H. i'Mh ult.
butireCliaa. K. Jackaon, Onllen, and Jane Ponder, U 1 1
ton. for Philadelphia, aailed from Sulomtotti nil.
Kchr Thoiuaa M. btone, Pitcher, heuoe, at Nw3;laial
27th nit.
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