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WASHINGTON The Haytian Minister on tl St. Domingo Enterprise. A POOR SPECULATION AT THE BES "Reflections en the Annexation Poli of the President. CAMERONIAN TACTICS IN LITTLE THING Mrs. Dahlgren's Claims on the Govtrnnu on Account of Gnm.

Political and Forward Femali and Cruel Man. Susan B. and Elisa 0. Batting Against the 1 justice and Tyranny of Terrible Time for the Shrill Botes and Items of General Interest Washington, Jan. lfl, 1873 Vise St.

Domingo Sclume President Grant Knte prise Has Bis Appraval. The views of the President about the lease of Bay or Samana to American citizens were brie expressed to your correspondent this evenii When he oommitted the subject of annexation the people of the United states he determined to deviate from that policy under any conaldei tion, believing that eventually the wisdom of 1 recommendation in favor of its acquisition wot he confirmed by American enterprise, lie was: vised of the project now consummated, but nt be knew the foil particulars of the scheme he woi sot care to express positive opinion in its From the standing of the gentlemen inauguratl the movement he felt confident nothing would done by them derogatory to the dignity of Anic can citizens. As an enterprise it had his unqui fled approval, for It in a measure vindicated stand taken by him in recommending the acqui tion of the territory of St. Domingo. He would better prepared to express hiB views after read! the treaty agreed upon between Dominica and company.

The Subject of tbe St. Domingo Acqnli tion Discussed in tbe Thought JVot Practical. The announcement that Samana Bay has be leased to a company of New Yorkers revives in Wai Ington the subject of annexation of St. Domingo tbe United States. The debate two years ago bo thorough in the Senate, the report of the co missioners sent oat to examine tbe country so haustivc, the correspondence from the special respondents so ample, that it seems like galvanizi a corpse to agitate a new policy of acquiring Ba and his dominion.

Yet to-day, at the Capitol, friends of the administration ogled each other mysterious ways, whispering the password of 1 White House, "St. Domingo," whenever they cai in contact. "This is the first step toward anne: Uon," said a member oi the Foreign Relations Co mittee. "The eyes of the American people a on Cuba," said another, "and this is beginning of our territorial acquisitions in West Indies." Among the thoughtful members both houses the Bcheme Is not considered prac cal. The history of every attempt to settle or onlze a country through organized companies 1 proved a failure.

It Is also considered a hoza sua undertaking for Americans to occupy forci territory, for In the event of trouble between I Dominicans and the company our govcrnmc could not be expected to Interfere, the relatic being those of agreement and not of treaty. It will be remembered that at the last session Congress Mr. Sumner Introduced a resoluth which was adopted, directing the Committee Investigation and Retrenchment to Inquire whetl any money had been paid by the Unit States or by private parties on account of 1 assertod lease of samaua Ray to I Dnited States. The Cnstom House invcstlgatl having uCcupicd all the time of the committee the last Session, this subject is still belore the with other unfinished business, and it is und Hood that an eiTort will be mode to have the ject Investigated. Opinions of the Haytlan Minister on St.

Domingo Thinks "Company" Will Ret Their b'ingi Your correspondent called on Mr. Stephen Pr ton, the Haytlan Minister, last evening to aacert; what were his sentiments, and those of his govc mcnt, with regard to the acquisition of damn Bay by an American company, and its proba annexation to the United States. Mr. Preston li gentleman of genial presence and affable manne In form he tall and robust; he has a handset Intelligent face, and enters into conversation wi out the customary reserve of diplomatas. Yc correspondent began by "What do yon think, Mr.

Preston, about I scheme to purchase Samana Bay by a party Americans?" The IIaytian believe it will provi bad speculation to the parties who are about engage in It, because Samana Bay Is of little va tor commercial purposes. It is a peninsula wit rcw inhabitants, wh? arc too ignorant a lacy to be of any use. No colored 'pie from this country could be to emigrate there. ffdytian government tr the experiment some years ago, but it found tl as soon as slavery was abolished these colored tm grants returned to this country, with bat few exc tions. I suppose the Intention of the Amerlc company Is to buy Samana Hay, and then sell It a good profit to the United States government, think after a lew years' possession the comm will Ond tiic peninsula to bo of llttlo vai and your government will probably hi tate to pay a large amount of moi for a piece or territory which can serve for other purpose than that of a naval station.

I no doubts that the company will find dlOlculty purchasing Samaria Hay from Uaez. not your government test against its acquisition by Americans? Haytian wc have no right to i test against its purchase by either an Ameri company or the American government. I received, as yet, no communication on that sui'J from my own government. In the last letter have there was no mention of the Samana I scheme, because the liayiian government probs then knew nothing about it. 1 have been i resented in some papers as being greatly exel about that project.

I can assure you I feel qi indifferent about It. You are the first person whom I have spoken of the matter. Correspondent? Has there been no convcrsat on the subject between yon and Mr. Fish Haytian at all, sir. i bell Itr.

Fish is not an annexationist. I do not tb be is in favor of acunlring St. Domingo. say, Mr. Preston, that government will not protest against the acqt tion ot Samana Hav.

Would It net raise objccti gainst the annexation ul the whole of St. Domini Haytian is a different mat If the tinned states annex Ht. Domingo they take Hayti also, lor part of the country of St. Dingo Is debatable land. It is claimed by Hi and partly held by Cabral's forces, who is i I ported by my government.

There has been fighting lately between Raes and Cabral. Tl battles are, as a rule, however, attended with li result and very small loss. There are gener fonr or five people killed, and both sides cl the victory with a great flourish. If the Cm Stales government were to annex St. Domi NEW YO I the present border tronbles would be kept up, and I ultimately lead to a war with llayti.

It its easily to be foreseen that the most adventurous and unscrupulous people from this country would go there tut settlers, and they would soon be involved in a 10 quarrel with their Haytlen neighbors. The consequence would be that the United States would have to take the whole island. Of course the Haytlens are too weak to prevent It, bat there would probably be a bloodv resistance. I believe, however, that It would be poor policy for the United States 1 to annex the island, because it could not be done on any other than the admission 01 the inhabitauts on equal footing with the people or the different Cjf States of the Union. The people of llayti and St.

Domingo are not yet ripe for the enjoyment of your free institutions. Hayti has been one of the possessions of Prance, and the Haytlens are French in their ideas. They could not appreciate tional liberty, having been educated in the French school of military despotism. There are public schools in Hayti which are maintained by the government, bnt out 1,000,000 inhabitants only 'At 15,000 frequent them, and the better class of Haytiens prefer to have their children educated in France, where there is no social prejudice against them. As for the people of St.

Domingo, they are still more ignorant and degraded than the lower orders BS Hayti. Yon can nee the evils that have arisen in the Southern States from giving the ballot to ignorant negroes. The same tnlng, and worse, would happen in St. Domiugo. the people of St Dollmiugo and Hayti will never be educated up to free 5 institutions unless tiie united states tano cnarge or them.

Haytibn would be better for the United States to wait until the people of the island are prepared for annexation. They are progressing, though slowly, and in twenty years or so they will probably be able to appreciate the vantages of free institutions. Having obtained the desired Information rrom Uc Mr. Preston yonr correspondent, after thanking him for his courtesy, retired. Custom House Affairs.

to The Committee of Ways and Means met this lQt morning and heard Messrs. James and Benedict, ra of the New York Custom House, and some other Customs officers from Philadelphia, Baltimore and St. Louis. The object of the New York officers is to obtain legal sanction and night permits to load steamers, and to pay the inspectors for this service. Tliev all desire an increase of salary and ur say it is indispensable for their proper mainte' nance.

The committee considered the bilt heretong tie fore introduced by Mr. Ellis II. Roberts, a member of the committee, fixing a new scale of fees for tl, registry records, manifests, clearances, but caruc to no conclusion thereon. The committee on next Tuesday will consider the subject of reiuudb0 iug the cotton lax. Cameron Using Hit Political Artillery.

he The snblimc spectacle of six Senators and live Representatives, inspired with the, dignity oi office, (J forming a syndicate to have removed lrotn a paltry position a worthy printer in the goverument printing office if the latest, feature In Washington. en It was alluded to weeks ago in this correspondence, but on account of the unexpected attack the assault was withheld: bnt since the Warwick of to Pennsylvania has unsheatned his sword and standB upon his native wit, to succeed himself to the United States has grown bold. The spirit of the War Department is upon him and he cannot resist. The offensive printer who susag pended the Lord's Prayer beside the picture of the deceased Greeley must be removed or civil service will prove a failure. The Grand Army of the public have united in remonstrating against this action, and will vindicate the rights of the menibers, or make a crusade against Camertn's re' election.

Mrs. Dahlgren's Claims Championed by Army and Navy Crusade Against Much Claims. The army and navy social rings here are in 0 tribnlation to-night over a debate in the Senate yesterday on a motion to reconsider a vote passed 0 after ten o'clock at night, at the heel of the last ma 0 session, to refer to the Court of Claims the lndefi1 nite claim of Mrs. Dahlgren lor the patents taken out by her hnsband lor improvements in great gnns while he was at the head of the Ordnance Bureau of the Navy. Never was a bill more D9 adroitly lobbied by "the United Service," and, although there was much sympathy lor the widow, 0 it was only passed by the small vote of three yeas to seven nays, when the names of 011 seventy-four Senators were called, the remaining forty-four either having been absent or dodged the vote.

Yesterday a motion to reconsider was cussed in the morning hour, and it was demonstrated by Logan that Dahlgren perfected his guns while at the head of the Ordnance Bureau, a at the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars for casting, boring and testing, and If his heirs are to be paid for the results thus attained so are tke heirs of Hodman and of Parrott and of James, besides Dyer and other living officers, who have perfected valuable inventions at governc ment expense while drawing government pay. If Mrs. Duhlgrcn, whose lather was Samuel P. Vinton, for a long time a representative from Ohio cs" here, had asked $50,000 for her maintenance, gress would have voted it; but this indeiinite claim rn" of hers, which Is the test claim of a dozen other of ina the same sort reaching into millions, can hardly 1)16 be lobbied through, even by the potent army and a navy rings. Our Organised Indian Policy.

th' At the meeting of the Board of Indian Commis)Qr sioncrs General Hazard commended the labors of the Board of Indian Commissioners, believing that during the past three years there had been estab" lished what never belore organized Indian that its continuance lor four a more years would settle finally the Indian question in a mannnr l.nfittlnir ft Christian nation to tue Tnere bad been some blunders by tbe army and much confusion resulted Irom the 'relations exist-1 iug between tbe civil and military arms; but, nevertheless, the army was to-day, almost without fert exception, in favor of peace. Mr. Brunot, Chairman of the Board, said that iu his travels of over forty thousand miles in the Indian mi country during the past three years on the service connected with the Board be had always met the greatest kindness and cotirlesy irom ftr'my ofllcers of every grade, and he Had never met with an efflj cer of rank in the army who, understanding the views of the Board and the policy of the President, ue did not heartily sympathize with it and express a E8j' desire to co-operate with It in its high alms and lev Tbe meeting to-day was principally occuno pled in interchanging views on the desirability of lve concerted action on the part of ail the in religious bodies in support of measures lor the general weirare of the Indians, and passed a resolution unanimously endorsing the sentiments of President Grant as expressed in a letter to Mr. Joe H. Stuart, ot Philadelphia, dated October 26, 1872, and a tee of five was appointed to lay it berore him.

iect which was accordingly done by Dr. Whipple, Mr Tatham, Mr. King, Dr. Dashlell and Dr. Lowrle' Messrs.

Branot, chairman; Campbell, Bishop," Tobey and Long, yie Board of Indian Commis.ep. sionera, accompanied by T. K. Cree, Secretary ted of the Board, paid an olBcial visit to President lite 0rantto The Ratioaal Wonts BnAagt Association ion commenced its session to-day at Lincoln Hall. Miss Anthony presided.

The audience was corneve posed largely of ladles. The scats In the rear part ink ol the stage were filled by prominent advocates of the cause. Among them were Elizabeth Cady our Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Liille 'Devereux iisi- Blake, of New York; LaiinaC. Bandore, of Baltlons more; Ellen C. Sargent, Mrs.

Henderson and Mrs. go Anna 8. Avery, of Iowa; Miss C. J. Bailey and Edter.

win M. Davis, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Lockwood, of lust Washington, and many others who were here a Do- year ago. Miss Anthony, in her speech, said she iytl stood here to-day by the kindness of the Marshal of tup- tbe Auburn Prison, to vindicate the rightsoi women, taie Mrs. Cady Stanton made a long speech, dwelling Heir on the rights and wrongs of the female sex, and ttle alluding 10 what she considered the outrage peraliy petrated on Miss Anthony by imprisoning her, thus aim depriving the friends of women's rights of the serted vices of a powerful advocate.

Alluding to the ngo great success of the republican party she said that KK HERALD, FRIDAY, only I the aid of women could that party continue its renown. She thought (leneiai llrant looted with lavor on the cause, and they felt great encouragement when each men as Senator Wilson espoused their cause. A series of resolutions were presented by this lady, declaring, among other things, that so long as women were denied the right oi sunrage they were politically, civilly, socially enslaved, and that it is the duty of Congress, by appropriate legislation, to protect women in the exercise of the right of suilrage under the fifteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States. These resolutions will be discussed during the session of the Convention. Letters were read Oram well known female advocates of the cause.

Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake made a speech, in which she said women were made to exercise political as well as other rights, anu win insist on naviug mem. Alter recess was taken Dr. Mary Walker was conspicuous in distributing printed copies of the memorial presented to-day to the senate by Senator Caldwell. Hi out 1 nations by the President.

The President to-day sent to the Senate the following Thomas 3. Smyth, J. W. Cangdon, Thomas Mason and (ieorge Williams, to be first lieutenants in the Revenue Marine service; Francis Tuttle, Thomas I). Walker, George H.

Gooding, Samuel K. Maguire and David A. Ilall, to be second lieutenants in the Revenue Marine service. 1 ron-clad The Committee of Claims of the llonse at its session to-day agreed to several bills allowing certain iron-clad contractors to Institute salt against government ioradditional compensation lor extra work on certain iron-clads constructed In 1802 and 1803. Six of these bills will be reported to the House under the call of the committee to-morrow? those in lavor of N.

McKay, of New York; Donald McKay, of Boston; l.arraboe A Allen, George W. Lawrence and the Portland Company, of Maine, and S. Snowden A Son, of Pennsylvania. Bugle Lieutenant Colonel ThomaH Duncan, of the Filth cavalry, having been found by a board of examin. atiou incapacitated for active service, by reason of injuries received during the engagement at Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 8, 1862, the President diroets that his name be placed an the list of retired officers of that clans In which disability results from long and faithful service.

Major Oscar Maca, of the First infantry, is ordered, in addition to his present duties, to inspect the various cemeteries containing the Union dead, and he will report their condition and requirements in accordaucc with the act of February 22, 1867. Captain R. H. Pond, of the Twelfth inlantry, has beeu accepted us Superintendent General ol the recruiting service, and ordered to send thirty-one recruits to Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, for Light battery Third artillery. They will be selected lrom men willing to serve with a mounted battery.

A Hospital tor the Marines. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent to the House of Representatives the draft of a bill which he recommends to be passed into a law him to purchase a site for a marine hospital at a point convenient to the port of New York, and erect thereon a pavilion hospital of two hundred bed capacity, with all necessary structures, the cost of the site ana building not to exceed $260,000. The Shipping Commlsiloners. The President to-duy signed the act to amend section 12 of an act entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of shipping commissioners, approved June 7,1872. The Inauguration Hullabaloo.

Work has been comuieneed on the Inauguration Bali building in Judiciary square. Treasury Balances. The balances in the Treasury at the close of business to-uay were? Currency $2,903,374 Special deposit of legal tenders tor the redemption ol certificates ol Colli $63,665,429 Com certificates. $26,670,500 A DARING BANK ROBBERY IN LANCASTER. PA.

PniLADELrrya, Jan. 16, 1878. The Mechanics' Bank of Lancaster, was robbed yesterday of $46,000 In convertible and registered bonds and securities. The robbery was eflected by the robber entering the rear of the hank while the cashier was engaged by two confederates iu front lu buying gold and silver coins. THE FRANCHISE IN ARKANSAS.

Little Rock, Jan. 16, 1873. A bill prescribing the manner of submitting the pending constitutional amendment restoring the franchise to tbe disfranchised to a vote or the people ou March 23 passed both houses to-day. Another ballot was had for United States Senator to-day, without any choice. The vote stood as 42; Bowcn, 23; Garland, 3d; scattering, 6.

B0T8 PLAYING WITH PI8T0LS. Ithaca, N. Jan. 16, 1873. At tbe Union school at Candor yesterday Charles Eastwood, of Bath, N.

aged sixteen, was accidentally shot by a boy named Smith, of Wiiseyville. Smith received the pistol from the hands of another boy and was not aw are It was loaded. The ball entered the lower part of Eastwood's stomach and his condition is critical. A DELINQUENT COMMON OOPNOILMAN. Philadelphia, Jan.

16,1873. At a meeting or the Common Council this alternoon a committee reported charges against William Sluer, a member or that body, who was arrested in a gambling house and aguinst whom a iilil of indictment was lound, charging him with being part owner ol the gambling concern. The report was received and a committee appointed to impeach him. Sincr cannot be lonnd. TEET01A1I8M IN MAINE.

AcarsTA, Jan. 16,1873. A State Temperance Convention convened here yesterday and continued to-day. Governor Pcrham was chosen President. The subject of temperance was fully discussed.

A State Committee was appointed and prohibitory resolutions adopted. A resolut.ou to repeal the cider clause was tabled. LONG I8LAND. The expert appointed by the Queens connty Board or Supervisors to examine the accounts of the retiring Treasurer, Charles A. Roe, whose accounts were reported in an unsatisfactory condition, has found everything correct, and the balance or 822,702 47 has been paid to the recently-elected Treasurer, Mr.

Bergen. It was rumored before the accounts were examined that a large deficiency existed, causing mnch uneasiness among the bondsmen. On Wednesday the bonds men were ormaliy released by the Supervisors. A contract is being prepared between the Board of Water of Long Island City and the Holly Water Works Company of Lockport for the erection of pumps, machinery and the introduction of the Holly system of water works into that city. It Is proposed to have the prefatory arrangements all perfected before Spring, and to commence work as soon as the frost is out of the ground.

The contract calls for a completion of the works aud the introduction of water before Autumn. Since the recent conflagrations in Flushing two narrow escapes from serious fires have occurred. The dwelling or Mr. John W. Lawrence was saved by the prompt exertions of Mr.

Lawrence and the male members of ills family, on Tuesday. A gas jet had swung against a curtain while the family were at supper, and when discovered nearly everything In tlic room was destroyed. The Fire Department were promptly on hand, but their services were not needed. The mansion owned and occupied by the editor of the Sckcttc Monthly, E. K.

relton, was also on fire a few days since, having caught from not ashes placed In a box. Mrs. Pel ton. with the assistance of the servants, put out the Are. There were no men on tbe premises at the time.

The Flushing Mutual Benevolent Burial Society will give a grand ball on the evening of St. Patrick's Dav. in the town liali ol that village. Another muddle seems to have occurred In the Board of Trustees of the village of Wintcstohe. The Board consists or six, and tbe charter provides that'a majority vote is necessary to legalise all transactions of that body.

At the election for President of the village two of the Board absented I themselves and continued to do so at all subseouent meetings. Of the four members present tnan a lor Colonel i). M. Talmage for Provident. Whereupon that gentleman that he la elected, and la executing the fuaotione of that office againat the protest of three ol the Board.

At the recent Are in Bpringfleld the Qlen Core Insurance Companv suffered a loss or $2,509. The hutiding was valued at I4.UQ9. AN UARY 17, FLIGHT OF JAIL BIRDS, ttl ai Another Batch of Convicts Escaped from Sing Sing Prison. 8 ni HU all The Fugitives Take to the Ice on the Hudson tri the Runaways Evaded a Volley of Chase on the Ice and Capture of One of the co of the te Men Who Are at Large. in The present management of Sing Sing Prison, which changed from democratic to republican rule on New ear'H Day, has thus far been singularly sc uufortunate.

Last Sunday, as already reported in the Hkhalu, three of the jail birds escaped under t(, circumstances which east doubtH on the integrity re of their keepers, and yesterday alternoon four jjf other desperadoes, in lull view of the armed In guards, counnitted themselves to the ice on the ce Hudson Hivcr, and were soon lost to view, one of them only having been recaptured up to a late hour last night. The lact that the river is au now frozen over, for the tlrst time in twelve yearn, explains, in a great measure, the daring feat ac- pu coiaplislicd yesterday; but, so lomr as the pronun- tw ciamento "To the victors belong the spoils" holds good, so long will the worst eueinlcs of the com- wt who have forfeited their liberty to hu outraged afforded ample opportunity of defying prison bolts and bars. In Sing Mug Prison ct especially a change of administration is always it. looked forward to with hopelul anxiety by the in- mates, who never lail to take advantage of the ct INXXriKIBNCB OK INCOMPBTENCK," as the case may he, or their new custodians. Again, jjj the site is altogether unsuitable for prison purposes, to as a glance at its contiguity to the river will suffice to convince the most unsophisticated that there is no such feature as security in its aspect.

Indeed, us the prison is situuted, the wonder is that escapes cl are not more frequent, especially since It would not be deemed lucrative to appoint a keeper for each re one or the 1,200 convicts. Ir' Owing to a dense log which prevailed yesterday, and which almost completely euvcloped the ice- covered bdsoui of the Hudson, Warden Uiibbcll kl took the precaution of keeping all or the convicts engaged at outdoor work in their cells. The only 101 men not locked up were those employed in the ne various wovkshops connected with the prison. As I the fog became more intense towards the alternoon 1 0i, the warden about two o'clock ordered the princi- pal keeper to have all the convicts who were not I jjr locked up, marched immediately to their cells. While 1 this mandate was being compiled with, four con- CI1 victs, named respectively uuniei mumi, ov Marlon, Andrew Keilly and Charles Wilson, all employed In the buckle shop, SPRUNG FROM THE HANKS, LI and, Jumping from the dock to the ice liclow, set ont, on a lively run toward the opposite shore, distance of, perhaps, two inlles.

Scarcely had til" fugitives regained their leet before a dozen loaded carbines were levelled and discharged at them, but without effect, however, as they continued their race FOR LIBERTY OR DEATH. One of the guards, Jeremiah Raymond, seeing the turn affairs had taken, threw off his coats, and, seizing his carbine, taking to the ice, singled out Sti Wilson for his man, and at once gave chase to that pj Individual. Having pursued turn to nearly the middle of the river Raymond fired at the llylng convict, which. Instead of bringing the latter sin to. only served to accelerate his speed.

After a pu chase of over two miles on the Ice, however, Ray- mond run down his man and escorted him back in 1 triumph to his old quarters. Those who were W. present when Wilson was returned say that lie presented A TRULY PITIABLE ASPECT, 1 With hardly a breath left in him, through i the superior enduraice of his captor, Wil- (or son wore an appearance of utter hopeless- WH ness, and thoroughly alarmed for the eonsequences or Ills rash act, gluuced uppealingly at those around him, in the hope tliut lie might re, dnd some one to befriend him. To Warden llubbell he said, in tones which indicated unalloyed despair, "I have been looilsh. sir, but it is tno late irl now for me to offer any excuse for ray conduct." un He was taken away to receive the punishment due tin for his offence.

JW It ought here to be stated that in the buckle shop Ul. where the four convicts named above worked are pn Manufactured so "ICE SPURS" OR "CREEPERS," til which all of the four, except Wilson, had fastened tie to their shoes, thus giving them a decided advan- tage over their pursuers. Wilson When captured was found having the "spurs" in lus pocket, the Hi close pursuit preventing him from using them. A large lorce of guards started alter Tli THE FLEEING CONVICTS, lie and telegrams were despatched to various points. 1 but owing tn the prevalence of the log and the up- l.u proacli of night the pursuit was not considered tin likely to prove successful in regard to the remain- wl ing three.

Among the additional precautions taken on by Warden Hnhbell to prevent further escapes on Dip ice are two extra iruard's costs, which will to. er day be stationed on the frozen surface of the river I Tli at aome distance from the prison. The guards in vii these will he armed with muskets containing buck- 101 Hliot; they will also be provided with carbines and su revolvers, with orderH to shoot down the first con- pc vlct who tlies 1,0 escape. te PESCRimON or THE FrOITlVES. to The following is the descriptive list of the con- oil vlcts who escaped yesterday, as obtained by a IlKBAt.n representative at the prison last wi Daniel Bland, five feet ten inches high; weight, in; 164 pounds; florid complexion, light brown hair, K' blue eves; has a slight scar over lelt eve; has on to inside or right forearm figures "63'' and inside or tli left "12" in Imjia ink; born in New York; aged Tt twenty and had a father living at 410 West Twentieth street.

New Y'ork; pleaded guilty to burglary in the first degree and sentenced January 12, 1871, wi to nine years' Imprisonment by Judge Bedford. i John Marion, live feet six anil one-hall Inches tlx high; weigut, 143 pounds; complexion florid, brown I th hair, blue eyes; has on lelt forearm indistinct "I1 marks in India ink, and a scar from a cut on left side of in Kngland; aged nineteen; at time of arrest lived on Forty-sixth street, near avenue New York; convicted of burglary Junuary 1, 1870, and sentenced by Recorder Ilackett to 1 five years' imprisonment. 1 bv Andrew Reilly, live feet seven and three-quarter inches iiigh weight, 147 pounds; florid complexion, th black hair, nine eyes; has a scar on right side of face, near nose; on inside of right forearm a cross and star; convicted of grand larceny, and sentenced April 6, 1871, by Recorder HaoKctt to lm- prisounieut for five years. (i, i Thrilling Sarralive of James Brady's Costless in Mid. pu From Cold and Starva- Recapture.

POUOBKEETSIR, Jan. 16, 1873. Cn The arrest of James Brady, the horse thief, who, with Wilson, the bank robber, and lie Leon, escaped from Sing Sing Prison last Sunday night, I was, as already atated, effected at two o'clock this morning. Brady's story of the escape is full of interest. He says that he accidentally stumbled into T( the information that Wilson and De Leon intended to leave the prison.

Wilson, seeing that Brady had pot into the secret, urged hlra to keep si quiet, saying it would do him no good tb to "squeal," and alterwurds urged Brady sii to join them. The latter very foolishly consented? a we say foolishly, because he had but about fourteen Jr months to serve, and possibly he mmht huve been hi free In a week or two, as application for his pardon tr had been made and the document was only waiting the Governor's signature. This fact, however, Sn Brady was not aware of, or he would not have l'" made his foolish "freak." However, he was in lor tll it, and, with the other two, crept through the th broken or sawed prison bars and started to leave. Ttiey had not proceeded fifty feet from the prison when they observed two uacn ahead of them, when they threw a blanket on trie snow near a clump ol bushes and all three laid down upon it. Brady had no coat on.

They laid there for Ave hours. Brady says they heard the alarm sounded snd heard guards and villagers hurrying along by their tll hiding place. Two ol the guard stopped within 111 five feet of their hiding place. One or them said to A1 the other, "There Is a footprint," his mate replying, th oh! that's nothing; they've got to New York by this time." While the alarm was being sounded 1,1 Wilson petulantly accosted De Leon with "1 la thought I told you to cut the bell rope." I)e Leon es replied, "Well. I did cut It hut a little strand." La At eleven o'clock P.

M. tiie three left tticir hiding place and stood upright and were thoroughly asoaked with the wet snow. Wilson had expected ci two horses and a sleigh to meet them near the pi prison, hut they failed to connect, which seemed to greatly exasperate him. Finally he told hi Brady ana De Leon that he would go in search of it them, and thai he would meet Uiem near the cenie- tery gate, at the northeastern end of the village, ol at a certain time. Then all three separated, uu- dcrstauding that that was to he the rendezvous, Brady says that he walked leisurely through the upper part or Ming sing village, wttli nothing on but his prison attire.

It was a moonlight night, and a man was standing in front of a hotel which ft he passed, but did not accoat him. He met De Leon at the cemetery gate, and the two again stowed themselves awayln the snow and waited for Wll- son several hours, but he did not come. Finally ti De Leou commenced to grumble, and he and a Brady quarrelled and separated for good, a each to take his chances. Brady's case was desperate Lie toed uothtqg on, as be- a SHEET. re stated, bur.

his prison shirt, pants HHf id had no coat. Daylight was coining 1J1 the roads were (tiled with men in search of aim, aud he had had uothlug to cat since dinner the prison on Sunday. Thfs was the situation daylight Monday morning. All that day he laid ml" the snow or clumps of hushes, nearly fa and the pangs of hunger coming on. Night and he started lor i'ouglikeopsie.

He avoided roadway as much as possible, and walked all ght, scaling fences and walls and through deep iow across lots. On Tuesday he laid still again I day and Tuesday night started oa another ampi making excellent headway till near of Wednesday, when he neared a barn on the shkill road. The gnawing pangs of hunger were ting away his vitals, and he was last becoming weak to proceed. His eyes fell upon a white Aim under a shed lying down. He crept up to the uual, ami, seizing one of her teats in his mouth.

mporurily relieved the fearful seusatiou tn his would auiacu and gained strength to move. All sberb Wednesday he laid still again, this time ervuu the snow alongside of a stone wall. Once more, nlglittall, he started out, and in the roadway his quenc ot accidentally hit an apple anil a piece of the ead which had apparently been dropped n.v some oa bool children. said Hrady, the ost joyTul sight my eyes ever rested upou, aud 1 ous iuld hardly wait to bite through thciu with my 1 him, a eth. I felt like swallowing ull of it He Drisij, uchcd Sylvester Warren's house, corner of Maple i 1 Id MiLfiKlon In (hlc uhnnt nriA I OfTlCd clock this morning.

At this house his wife for- I cemri erly lived. He entered the premises through the liar rapped at the room door where arren sleeps, and, alter making himself and fo lown, was admllted. He was nearly that tl ad with hunger, Both feet were frozen, id he sunk down completely exhausted in a chair, s. Warreu lit a lamp and got him something to ftlthou t. At this time the front window curtain was their hall way down, and while Brady was eating 0 eyes peered into the window full upon hlin.

ie race was tliat of Mai tin l.ougherman, a man While 10 was witness against Bvady when he paratl as convicted of horse theft. Louftherman Lstened to Police Headquarters and gave the iportaut news of Brady's arrival, when the fleers Doheuy, Ferguson and McCaun pro- leded to the house In question and surrounded Ottlcur Doheny knocked at the door and alter vplanutions was admitted. Search for llrady was prisoi once made, and he was found secreted in a street rner of the cellur and had a shovel in Ills hand. oheny drew Ills revolver and culled on Brady to Pi" op the shovel. Brady made a quick move to manj it Ida hand in his pocket, when Doheny told him rttge 1 take his hand away immediately or he would rnnll.

loot. Seeing that resistance would be useless ie convict, at last hunted down, gave up and and tl as tuken to jail. In nis pockets two large knives ero found. When arrested he had on citizeu's othes, having changed his convict stripes at ana arreu's. three 1 visited the latter place this morning.

Mrs. War- bcatlu n's statement and ol' Brady told her diners oui his statement to us In some respects. She i Ir ys he told her that lie left He Leon and Wilson at seemc shkill yesterday and that Wilson had pleuty of posset' ouey. He told her lie had to come to I'ough epsie. that it was lile or death with him and ut any report that he or his companions hail into olen a horse at Cruton Landing was without towun initiation.

Tin soles of his shoes were worn urly oil', and he showed them to Mrs. Wurren as TnF oof. But Brady's wile reached Mrs. Warren's at nine gscert dock this morning, and afterwards proceeded to juiI and had mi affecting Interview with lilm. BPruu' ady had money when he was arrested.

He was girl's I ken hack to sing Sing at one o'clock to-day, se- rely liaudeutrcd aud expressing great regrets 1 er liin foolish attempt, to escape. prison descet EEEAL REPUBLICAN GENERAL COM- of his MITTEE. reuHor raolutinna Compllmcaiftrjr to Mayor Daah at tUe Federal In tile City. the ci I'lie Liberal Republican General Committee met somc it night, in No. nil Hroadway, Mr.

Thomas E. Bwart in the etiair. Tlie Secretary, Mr. W. P.

would en aiukson, read the I he committee on Nominations of Officers resane a ectfully report recommend for afjditt rat Vice President Professor Theodore E. Glannsklee; Second ice Pi (indent, General her Palmer; Secretaries, George F. Coachman and A. Anderson; Treasurer, P. T.

Hoag. ireelv I'he nominations were approved with applause, will be motion to adopt the bylaws of the past year Judge the present year was carried. A committee is appointed to revise tlie constitution and by- to wh SJr. Charles T. Pom km i ollered the following huowi tpsolvcd.

That we canttratulnto the and taxvera New York oil tlie election ot tlie tried and isteti reformer, Hon. W. F. tluvciucrer, to the Mayor.y chair ol the Umpire City ol the ami An at we pledge hint our support ill Ilia efforts to stay the le of corruption that Iihn made the local trovei nrarnt ol city livworil 01 reproach throoirliout the Union. Mai Resolved, 'I hut the Interest- ot retorin require that the wera ol the May oralty which properly belong to It he Con tar rcatoreil to it ua to make the Mayor responsible tor arm good government of the city, und to that end that ehartrr lie so amended as to collier upon him the wcr to remove all lieiida of departnieiiLs for cause.

Uoni Mr. slionhl not onlygive Mayor tveme.ver it passive support, but we should confer St'PI'OBT KIM 11 LAKTILY ANII EARNESTLY. UOUtlC! ic Mayor should have the appointment of all the snain ads ol departments. Mr. Christopher PuLi.mann?i have supported tel and It would lie strange to congratulate of the citizens oi New York upon the election ol a man mc0 10m have pnhilcly opposed.

I move to strike the first resolution. MOJ' platform was gen- memo al reioriu. We tailed to elect our candidate. lOtigli not representing us in a political point of Mayor Uavenieyer undoabtedly means re- mi. i have great confidence in him.

on this 1 tijeet of reform he Is right. We should dismiss illtics and adhere to the right In regard to the in- rests of the city. Let us also send a committee Albany and ask the Legislature to give us a arter under winch honest men could live. would Mr. said he thought Mayor Huvemcyrr "acrei as a thoroughly honest, upright, conscientious an, but lie had supported a man who was Just as iod a reformer as Mayor Havemeyer.

He moved amend the first resolution by inserting, "Al- ough our candidate for Mayor was not elected." le resolntions us amended were carried. expec AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CHARTER. adopt Mr. also offered the following, which tne as le-olved, That a committee of seven be appointed bv cr i President lor the purpose ot urging amendments to charter before the la sWIalurc at Albany, am! to cocrate with the Mayor In promoting all meuaurua of re- claim rin. a very FEDERAL absoll Mr.

Christopher i'LLLMANN offered the follow- lnsuri Tne Itcsolveil. That the demand made through the press years certain federal for ol pay arc un- gover cessary and unjii-t toward the workiiigmcu ol the also I untry, I heir average pay now being one third more this un lliat ol men ol equal capacity engaged in employ- notwl lib. in private life, requiring quite as much skill arid 1 ttt 1( Ih more competition, and we hereby call upon such lllBl 1 Iclals arc not satisfied to let I lusurt i-ir places be tilled by tin hundreds ol life unemployed III adll ok keepers, salesmen and experts of the country. eruiiil uughter.) not Resolved, That what we need in onr civil service is not urease ol salaries, hut rather that the appointing power ir taken away irom the corrupt politicians who Inlest hlic life; thut men who are appointed to In the the CU HI service should he so appointed for a definite term ot to def ars, ith no power to remove them except tor mhcou- It is let or neglect of business. Resolved, That the business men of the cmnmnnlty are nn tilled to a larger share of politeness hiiiI prompt atten- in lo business than they are in the habit ol rtceiviug at SlmpK hands ol oltlee-hohlers.

(Laughter.) to dec Tlie resolutions were adopted, aud the meeting l'co hourned. these a wis THE MARKET 8AVIHGS BANE. whlcl tiie Editor of the natloi Sir? As one of the untortunate depositors of the arket savings Hank, to an amount of upwards of The hundred dollars, I have received a dividend of irty per cent. This was puid about seven mouths nee. There are plenty of funds in hund ta make We rurther dividend, the amount ol (M.uoo bciug yon.

iknowledged to be in tlio custody of the assignees, ho In costly officer, handsomely fitted, and at press gh salaries, are deaf to the almost dally en- for Hi eat lea of the needy depositors. I ask why are mcroi rther dividends withheld Why da aat these Paj larled officers more faithrul to their trust? itlsractory answers are dented to personal appllnts. We rely on the public press, coulideut that rough yeur powerful intervention these func- Orda viiuries may be urged ta a prompter discharge of eir duties. DEPOSITORS. THE HOME OF JEFFER80N.

A ontteello In torn pi tented th" Hotel the Lynchbnrg Republican, Jan. The former homo of Thomas Jctlersou, located on 1 At ml Moutlcello mountain, near Charlottesville, train. bemarle county, la In litigation at present belorc estlm Court of Virginia. It la well known at Mr. Jefferson expended a large fortune In a visa hospitality and died poor.

Monticello, his tale, was sold, and purchased by Commodore A ol the Lulled states Navy. Commodore Levy thirty ivised the estate at his death to the Lulled States, game i trustee, for the purpose of establishing an agn- UIiK(? iltural larui on winch to educate to agricultural tli? irsults children of the warrant officers of the aw wnose lathers were dead. In aid of this he alao devised (ituo.ooo worth of property i New York. In the event of the Lnitcd ut accepting the trust, he provided that the state Virginia should ar as the trustee for the purose named; and, in Uie event of the state of Vlr- day, una not accepting the trust, he devised the propriy to the Portuguese Hebrew congregations of an(. lew York, Philadelphia and Maltimore lor the to irneflt of the chiluien of those societies whose it hers were dead.

Hts legal heirs brought suit In lew York to set aside these provisions of the will, he Court in New York declared the charity too idefluite, and that the Lotted States could not ake the property as trustee. Virginia, aot being party to the suit, instituted a suit for Its recovery secondary trustee. The cut is at present being Ing I xbatisiively argued in the Mupreme Court of Vlr- and bow in session Ut Htctuuoud. brtdi 3 SHERBBRN-DREW TRAGEDY. Drew's Betrayer in tM Hands of thq horities of New Atjmpt of a Mob to Lynch the Prisoner? Mr.

Drew Deals a Few Eifeet of the Elopement and Death in the Family. Concord, N. Jan. 16. 1873.

oat a double tragedy occurred in tills city toThe report that Police officer C'hadwlcld I arrive here from Jersey City with lieorgq uru, the betrayer of Josephine Drew, of the oartlculars of whose death In of his desertion have been made public in( kkalu, caused a large assemblage at the raiN itatlon. The City Marshal, tearing some jmonstration, had a good police force witlh ind Instantly surrounded Chad wick and that ter as they stepped from the train. As tba a and the prisoners started lor the station in il block an immense ckowd 8vrkoitnoed lloweil them, so that It was with ley could make their way. There was no in nce made by the excited spectators, gli they muttered threats and deridedi would-be victim. Sherburn was terribly and begged the police to protect he remained In the station bouse until otis could be made to take him to the jail tha 1 remained outside, completely blocking up intranee to the headquarters.

The officers he temper of the crowd and were In strong; As they descended the stairs to convey ter to a team that was waiting on Warren to take him to the Jail, and as the forced 3d upon the sidewalk, a heavy, stout built( umped upon the prisoner with demonjacaf ind dealt heavy blows upon him whenever ha get a chance. This was the signal for le crowd Immediately shouted, "kill him "hano him ther significant threalH, and at the same ttma or lour other persons joined the first man irh ig the prisoner and In attempting to taka ora the hands of the officers. At one time Id as though the rioters might possibly get ision of the prisoner, but the officers were tntl at last succeeded In getting Sherburn he team, and he was quickly taken away Is the Jail. VICTIM'S FATHER HAS A snORT REVENGE. the saddest, part was learned when It was allied that the powerful man who first i upon the prisoner was the unrortnnate atlier.

who is naturally of a mild and most) ible disposition. lie was quiet when tho er was taken from the depot, but as hO' ided the stairs with the police, tne thought; sad home and dead child overcame hia i and he became Insane. Among those what the prisoner was ALSO AN UNCLE OF MISS DREW, some time after Sherburn was taken away rowd remained around the police station, of them lreely expressing their opinions thati urn ought to be hung and the hope that he be. Mr. Drew was taken to Carroll's saloon iost kindly cared for.

He is temporarily inind in a terrible state of agitation. When, in on to this, there comes the report that TIIE MOTHER IS DISTRACTED home at Flsherville it is not to be wondered it threats or vengeance upon Sherburn are uttered. It.is not thought that an attempt made to euiorce the sanguinary laws ol Lynch, although the temper ot the corner might not warrant such a supposition: rtalu it is that great leeling exists among all om the circumstances of the tragedy ara SPANISH SLAVES. Kloqaent Appeal to M. Zorilla by gllsh, Frrnrh, Dutch and Pol in her 9 the Purls i fere Absolute and Immediate ancipation Necessary.

Le Steele.) members of the International Anti-Slavery cnce sent to M. Zorllla, President of tha il of Ministers of His Majesty the King oi an address, in the most eloquent and rras, in favor ol an immediate emancipation slaves in the islands of Cuba and Porto The lollowiug is the hiei'R the the undersigned, ers or the International Anti-Slavery Conferwiiich met in Paris in is6T, who, to-day, friends of humanity, associated to take part work of abolishing slavery, sec. with sorrow, ills criminal institution still exists in the Cuba and I'orro Hico. in, In lsfjg, Hie provisional government dethe right ol the Spanish people to political we hud, lor the time being, tiie hope that It; recognize, at the same time, the still more I right of the slaves tri the Spanish colonies ta ml liberty, and that, following the nobla pie or the provisional government el in 1848, Immediate and absoluta cipatlon would be decreed. Ttiub bus not been realized.

Against oiic tut Ions in tilts respect, the new constitution eii by the Cortes in I8N completely Ignoreil xistenre ol slavery, and the government opposing the eilorts of the abollt party to do justice to the slave population He Spanish Antilles. In the meanwhile minor part or tie rorto means ed Immediate emancipation. There was also considerable number In Cuba in favor of he ite abolition ol slavery, without counting tlio tents, who had so decreed. Spanish people have also demanded for Ave past, In the most urgent manner, that the nment abolish slavery. The government lus recognized the necessity of considering reat question, the mancipation ol the slaves, thstandiiig this It has again recently declared i would not entertain the matter belore the ecflon In-Cuba was entirely put down.

Hut Dittmg that tills declaration has for the govmt some little rorce In regard to Cuba, It cani applied to Porto Rico, far there Is no tnsurn In the latter place, the authority of the Country is recognized and respected, and iloulsts have representatives in the Assembly end their Interests, not for us to point ont the probable results ecislon as opposed to iustlce and reason as It osed to wise policy. We come, friends ol ask the governments (roe iiiimediate emancipation as an act of juswlilch we owe to the slave population of two isles. Not only humanity, rellglou and le ftolley should dictate this act or justice, more the glory and the honor or the nation i Is at stake, hpain is the last Christian whose escutcheon Is stained by the emi of slavery. Is not the etracing of this taint iv of a great and supreme effort statesman who shall accomplish this will actor himself an Imperishable renown and rot ouutry a glory that shall never be effaced, sir, undertake thiH task and complete It I have the honor, sir, to respectfully salute zot, Martin, Laboalaye, Monod, Broglle, Pe erse, Julius H. Wobbers (I'trecnt), President iiliand; Joseph Cooper, London, and A.

Hecretarv of the Conference, us, Pec. 17, 187'i. A VILLAGE IN FLAMES. nville, Almost Reduced to Ashes. Clsvkland, Ohio, Jan.

16, 1873. lespatch from Greenville, at one o'clock morning sat extensive Ore la now here. It commenced in the St. Charted in the heart of the village, and several buildings and mills are already destroyed, dnight a general alarm was given, and Meadsent one of her lire companies by a special The fire is increasing. The loss cannot ba atcd at this Latth Ci.rvki.and, Ohio, Jan.

16,1873. iter ncwptir-cii iroiu urecuvme buddings have been burned down and the ure Htm raping. The origin of the Are is tern, and It la Impossible to get any details ol master." THE WESTERN 8N0W 8T0RM. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1873.

rate despatches from Cairo, received fo? report that Koley, McKsnny and Barnes, of igton, who went to hunting, were supposed to be the three men seen frozen ath in a skllT near Memphis, are alive and at Osceola. DEATH OF CLEVELAND. Ithaca, N. Jan. is, 1373.

lllam C. Cleveland. Professor of Civil Englneeaa Cornell University, died to-dap of pneumonia deina. lbs remains will be takeu to Caiu? ie for Interment..