The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Jan. 17. —On motion of Mr. Schenck, the Senate
amendments to the Anti-Contraction Bill were
taken up and read, when he proceeded to explain
what he conceived to be the difference between the
two Houses upon this bill. The House Bill, he said,
was short and easy enough to understand, and he
recommended that the House non-concur the Senate
amendment, which was agreed to. The House re-
sumed the consideration of the Reconstruction Bill,
and Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, observed he should say
nothing about the first section, for that section was
affirmed by the 39th Congress, and the people en-
doised it when they elected the members of the 40th
Congress. For all political purposes, therefore, the
principle of the first section of the bill is settled
and closed. But he wanted to refer especially to
the second section of the bill, for it was claimed by
the other side of the House that this clause would de-
prive the President of some of his constitutional
prerogatives, and vest them in the General of the
army. The Constitution made the President Com-
mander-in-Chief of the army, but it threw
.guards
around him ; and Mr. Garfield claimed that it was
in the power of Congress to-day to vest the ap-
pointment of all officers of the army in the Secre-
tary of War, and take it from the President. Mr.
Dotwell, of Massachusetts, Mr. Peters, of Maine,
Mr. Jencks, of Rhode Island, and Mr. Ross, of
Illinois, addressed the House, and after some
further business it adjourned at 5-30.
Jan. rB.—Mr. Mallory introduced a bill to aid
in the construction of a railroad and telegraph
line from Portland, Oregon, to connect with the
Pacific Railroad at the northern bend of the Hum-
boldt, in Nevada.—Referred to the committee on
Pacific Railroad. Mr. Ross, of Illinois, rose to a
personal explanation with reference to his remarks
yesterday regarding Mr. Farnsworth, one of his
colleagues, who he then insinuated had drawn the
double pay of a brigadier-general, and a member
of Congress, and which he nuw retracted. This led
to a dispute and recriminations between himself and
Mr. Farnsworth, till the House went into Com-
mittee of the Whole—Mr. Dawes in the Chair—for
general debate on the President's annual Message,
and adjourned at 4 30.

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BULLION STATISTICS. —A. comparative estimate of
the yield of the leading claims on the Comstock during the
first six months of 1866 and of 1867 will prove of interest,
and valuable for reference to our readers. In January,
1866, the bullion product of the leading mines on the
Comstock lode was $671,555 41. Same month this year,..
the yield was $1,022,377 57. February, 1866, the yield
was $803,160 72. Same month this year, the yield
amounted to $1,014,238 10. March, 1866, $817,1_7_8,9
7151
while in March, 1867, it rolls out a less figure, biz
6
41. In April, 1866, the bullion yield was
09. sln 781,3313e1y,
the yield was $852 538 5 1866 April, 1867, the yield was $10,262,93
In May, 1867, the bullion
,
yield was $1,599,796 66. In June, 1866,81 w taheesbl,u43lli373By7ieBlld.
was $1,000,b83 88. Last month they'd
The total bullion yield for the first six swixaemosult,b92B6,i7no7lB3666.
of the leading Comstock lode mines
For the present year tdhv:nbeteultleionthieyiyeelder
'shacsredir
$7,064,653 67, making an a
of
$2,137,946 31. The ahoy!),
leadingunts, it will be borne in
mind, only include the
leading claims," so-called and
known, on the Comstock lode. The richest mines of
Gold Hill proper are left out of the calculation. Storey
county bullion yield will undoubtedly reach $20,000,000
this year.—Gold Hill Vews.
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The correspondent of the Daily News, writing from
Cork, describes the capture of Mackay as a most impor-
tant one. "It was only within the past fortnight the
police had certain information of Mackay's presence in
this city. They then learned that for the past two years
Cork had been his headquarters, from which he made
periodical visits to the various other localities in the south
in which branches of the organisation were. On receipt
of this intelligence searches were made in different parts
of the city where it was expected he or some trace
of his presence would he found, but without effect.
The capture made last week seems to have been for
the police the proof of their fortunes. With that
they got a clue to the whole organisation of the
late raids, and, better still, the lurking place of the leader.
The searches were repeated, this time on surer informa-
tion, and on Wednesday morning the police visited and
examined the houses in an entire street next to that in
which Mackay was arrested. But Mackay had got scent,
and had changed his quarters. It may be mentioned here
that when this search was made Mackay had only just
returned from Macroom, whither he had gone to
organise the most daring feat he had yet attempted,
by which he hoped to make a profound impression
on the public mind. This was the seizure of
Macroom Castle, to which I have alluded in a previous
letter as the subject of an apparently authentic rumour.
The castle is the headquarters of the West Cork Artillery
Militia, as well as the residence of Colonel White-Hedges,
and the Fenians supposed that it contained the arms of
the regiment. Mackay's design, we are informed, was
to-collect a party of fifty men armed with revolvers, to
surprise the castle, overpower the militia staff, and select
cad carry off as many of the arms as he could. He
managed to collect his men for the purpose, but at the last
noment they quarrelled, and the enterprise was
abandoned. Mackay, disgusted at their cowardice,
walked back to Cork the same night, the distance being
about twenty-four miles. The police at length got
certain and definite information as tc where he was to be
found, and arrangements for his capture were made on a
very extensive and complete scale. Knowing their man,
the police determined to spread a net through which ho
would have little chance of escape. The plan of opera-
tions was kept secret until a late hour of the even-
ing, when instructions were issued for several parties of
men from the city stations—numbering in"all upwards
)f a hundred—to take up positions at the further
extremity of every avenue leading from Market-
atreet, so that it would be impossible for any one
Go leave it unobserved. The street communicates by
everal narrow lanes with the North Main-street on one
side, and with the quays and a quarter inhabited by very
poor people on the other. At the end, near Patrick-street,
it forms a narrow neck easily guarded, and at the other
extremity the Bridewell commands the approaches. Every
one of these points was closely guarded. Most of the
policemen employed were fully armed a rescue
being apprehended and with them were a large
number of detectives. At nine o'clock, when the
cordon had been drawn, Head-constables Geale and
Walsh and Constable Casey, all dressed in plain
clothes, walked carelessly up to a public-house owned
by a man named Cronin, in Market-street, close to
Portney's-lane, entered, and at once shut the door ; at
the same moment three other constables in plain clothes
issued from the lane and stood before the house. The head-
constables inside walked straight into a parlour behind the
shop, in which there were four men—Captain Mackay,
Cronin, the owner of the house, Mannix, a fisherman,
and a man named Walsh or Laxter. Geale produced a
revolver and seized Mackay. The other constables, who
were also armed, arrested his three companions.
Mackay stood for a moment overwhelmed with
surprise ; then, recovering himself, he wrenched
iimself from the grasp of the head-constable, and made
dash for the stairs. Geale rushed after him, and caught
aim in his arms as be had reached the hall. Both were
muscular men, and a desperate struggle ensued. Geale,
though advanced in years, was the more vigorous of the
two, and pinned his prisoner against the wall. Casey then
came to Geale's aid, and Mackay, seeing the odds against
'him, contrived by a desperate effort to get his hands free,
and drew from his breast a revolver. Geale caught the
pistol, and, whirling the prisoner round, they both fell on
the ground. Mackay struggled to regain control of the
weapon, and in the struggle it went off, having either
lien fired by him at Geale, or exploded accidentally. The
oall, missing Geale, struck Constable Casey in the calf of
the leg, inflicting a severe wound. Geale then mastered
As man, wrenched the revolver from him, and held him
aelpless on his back. The detectives outside hearing the
struggle rushed in, and Mackay and the three others whom
Walsh had held quiet under the point of his pistol, were
secured. In the meantime the police had been closing
n on the house, and a party of upwards of fifty men were
lrawn up outside the bona:. A large crowd had also
;ollected, and from all the locality people were flocking
aurriedly in until the street was crammed with people
erofoundly excited. Cries were raised that the police were
uurdering a Fenian ; and the people pressing in on the
)olive, it was thought prudent to drive there back. A charge
was accordingly made, and one man received a bayonet
dab in the hip, which necessitated his removal to the in-
irmary. After this the crowd kept at a respectful dis-
tance. Mackay and his companions were then brought
out, closely guarded by police. Mackay was greatly agi-
tated, breathing heavily from the distress of his struggle,
and casting quick glances at every side to see whether
there was any hope of escape or rescue : looking also to his
guards at each side as if meditating a spring for liberty.
But the circle of men about him, and the gleam of the
revolvers, spewed the hopeleseness of further resistance.
The crowd was only curious; and there was no disturb-
ance. When taken into the Bridewell Mackay's passion
overpowered his discretion. He gave his name as Marply;
but began immediately after to taunt the police, and boast
of what he had done to annoy and perplex them. 'I did
lead you a dance, governor,' be said to the head constable;
and if I had half the money you have, you darned sneaks,
I would have gived you something to do that would sur-
prise you.' He was very anxious to know who sold him,
and cursed bitterly at the traitor. After a while he cooled
Sown into a vein of mild chaff; the other men said nothing.
Mackay's loss to the Fenians is said to be irreparable. Ile
has been identified as the leader of the attack on the mar
tello tower, and on Messrs. Alports' gunshop.

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THE LIVERPOOL CAB STRTKE. —This strike con-
Auded on Saturday, having lasted just a week. Both sides
nave made concessions. The charge for licenses is to be
3onsiderably reduced, and each cab is to have a small flag,
stating the rate of fares charged for it, instead of the rates
being painted on the cab itself, as proposed by the Watch
Committee. The committee insist on the cab proprietors
;barging for thirds of miles only when those distances are
run, and the proprietors have consented to give this a six
mouths' trial.