The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-23
WASHING ON.
Instructions to the Chinese
Minister.
Strict Enforcement of the Bur-
lingame Treaty.
SCANDAL AMONG THE DIPLOMATS
SUDDEN ILLNESS OF THOMAS EWING, SR.

WASHINGTON. Oct %, 1869.
The New Minister 10 Chinn-Enforcing tho
Burlingame Treaty.
Mr.. Low, the new Minister to China has informed
the government that he will arrive In this city
speedily. The gentleman Is now occupied in COM
pletng the disposition OF his private business. Upon
reaching here he will receive his instructions at the
earliest moment and will thence proceed to his dis
tant field OF duty by way OF Europe ana the Asiatic
route through Egypt. The object OF Mr.. Low taking
this route will be TO afford him an opportunity to
meet and consult with Mr.. Burlingame with view
to having the benefit OF his experience in the
affairs OF China and to set at work effectively
the practical operation OF the new relation
existing between that empire and the United States
1t Is understood that the instructions to the
new minister VIII be based upon the Burlingame
treaty and IL will be the object or this government
TO put that important instrument into force in every
particular and let the Chinese government see that
the treaty was something more than mere form.
disqualification of One OF the Virginia
Senators.
1t Is said TO have been discovered that the newly
elected Senator from Virginia, Mr.. Johnston as well
Mr.. Gibson, one OF the representatives from that
State. Is still laboring under the disabilities
imposed by the fourteenth amendment The
amendment was ratified after the passage OF the
Johnston and Gibson and 1t asserted that the act
Of Congress- approved April l. 1882 removing the dis
abilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment fails
embrace In its terms the cases OF Messrs Johnston
md Gibson.
Removal OF the Capital-Opposition to Fur
Their Appropriations for Washington Inn
prOvements.
The project OF removing the capital out West
you'd appear to have more strength than Washing
onians seem to believe The Western members
re pretty well united on the subject and in its
avor From all that can learn here this evening
Is very likely that trial OF strength between the
emovers and antiremovers Will come up al the next
esson of Congress- An appropriation OF So, 500 900
} to be asked for to put up new buildings for the
tate and War Departments and Western members
determined. 1t is said, TO fight the proposition at
very stage The western men assert that every ad-
itional dollar expended on federal works In Wash
ngton will be made an argument against removing
he capital, and they are determined to furnish no
more arguments on that SIDE Ben Butler said to-
night that sensible men would govern themselves as
b holding or selling out property here by the test
pte on the appropriations for the new War and
Sate Departments.
The Supreme Court.
In the Supreme Court OF the United States to-day
he case OF John Mcguire against Mary L. Tyler ct
a. was argued on motion 10 reform the Judgment
entry In the cause, the defendants in error claiming
that is In violation OF the powers and jurisdiction
q the court-the mandate commanding the Supreme
Court OF Missouri to affirm o judgment OF the Com
nonPleas OF St. Louis in respect to questions Of
loca law, which the Supreme Court had reversed
as N error.
illness of Ex-Secretary Ewing while Adj
dressing the Court.
There was scene OF much interest and alarm in
TIE Supreme Court room this forenoon Mr. Phil
LIS had opened the argument in o case in which
Tomas Ewing, ST., had been counsel Tor twenty
he years, and was followed by Mr.. Car
lise. Mr. Ewing had listened with more than
usual attention TO Mr.. Phillips, and seemed to be
inch excited by that gentleman's argument, and
NJ. Ewing, in reply to MIR. Phillips, spoke with
nDre energy than he had displayed for years.
Alter speaking twenty minutes he complained
OF indlsposition, and asked permission, which was
promptly granted, to Sit while continuing his argu-
ment. He attempted TO proceed with it, but fell
from hh chair unconscious. The court instantly
ADJOURNED The officers OF the court and counsellors
present hurried to his side. and the judges soon
approached with marked anxiety to ascer-
tain hs condition. Cushions were quickly
Drongh from the benches OF which bed
was mde for him on the floor. In the course OF
fifteen minutes his consciousness returned when ne
was removed to the OF the Clerk OF the Court.
Physicians were summoned, who pronounced the
amen to be exhaustion OF the vigor OF the heart.
Two Of three hours passed before that organ fully
resumd It's functions. In the meantime the men,
bers ohls family and other relatives apprised
OF his rtical condition, among them his two sons,
Thoms and Charles, and his daughter and General
Slermn, his son-in-law. His physician, DR.. MIL
ler, t'-nght pronounced MIR. Ewing in an
improved condition, and says that he will recover.
lie STILES at the Capitol. Judge Ewing will be
eighty ears of age next December.
At midnight tonight Judge Ewing was still at the
Capito, being too weak to be removed to his resi-
dsnce. His physicians say, however, tnat he is i'm.
proving, but his advanced age is against him, and
IL Is cared he cannot recover His family aud
f1enb are still around MIN.
Report the Pacific Railroad.
The commission, of which General wabridge is
Chairman appointed to examine the Pacific Rail
rad, meet in the Interior Department tomorrow to
pepare their report The report Will be submitted
4 the President early next month.
law Iessness i'm Florida-Armed Opposition to
the Internal Revenue Laws.
General Kryzanowsk Supervisor OF Georgia and
florida. reports, under date OF October II, that
Ackson and washington counties, in Florida, are
nder the control Of an armed mob, which has
sen to prevent the execution OF the revenue laws.
he leader OF this mob Is one James p. Cocker, who
represented to be wealthy and influential man.
L. has threatened Assistant Assessor Lowe, Of
hrana with personal violence, and has chal-
legged him to night, and that officer writes
e the Supervisor that he can only canvass his
d,trict at the hazard OF his life. Assessor
wilson writes corroborating his assistants state
mnt. The Collector OF Customs at Jacksonville
"a, ]. A. Dockery writes to Supervisor Kryza-
nwski that the State tax collector and his wife had
ben brutally murdered in Washington county,
ajoining Jackson, and that there HAD been seven
narders In Jackson county since the Sd inst. and
TIT the deputy collectors and assistant assessors
o internal revenue are IN imminent danger The
Supervisor has called for troops.
Clever Evasion OF the Internal Revenue
o,uarytoor NJ informal Rpvanua MonnnaId who