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The New York herald., 1872-01-10
General sherman with King Amadeus.

General Sherman with King Amadeus.
The arrival of General Sherman and Lieu
tenant Grant In Madrid Is announced
by our special despatch from the Spanish
capital. The manner In which our re-
preventative General and the young
scion of our Chief Magistrate were received
bv King Amadeus must be alike graft
fying to them and to the American people,
for whom His Majesty expressed his ''sin-
cere friendship and admiration" These
fair words acquire special slgnif-
canoe at the present aspect of difficulties
between the United States and Spain, and may
be intended to smooth the ruffled spirit Of the
American government and people. The King
was polite, if not sincere, in saying what he
did. We have no cause TO doubt his sincerity
and good intentions but much as the Amer-
can people appreciate these courtesies, 1t will
take more than fair words and good intentions
to secure durable peace between the two
countries.
At the banquet which took place on the
same evening at the American Legation the
Spanish Ministers for the Colonies and Foreign
Affairs and the Minister of Marine were pre-
sent. Toasts and speeches complimentary to
the representatives Of both nations were
made. Again the desirability of peaceful
relations between the United States and Spain
was dwelt upon. Admiral Topete aud
Senor dc Bias spoke in the same stra n
as the King, taking, no doubt, the cue
from their royal master. Professions
of peace and amity, when engendered
under the genial warmth of the banqueting
room, ore apt to have aeeting existence
But, coupled with the reception Of the King,
much importance may be attached to the fact
that those three members Of the Ministry who
are charged with the direction Of affairs which
bring them into contact with the government
of the United States were present AZ the
banquet Of the American LEGATION
The New York herald., 1872-01-10
TRIP L E SH E EFT
CONTENTS OF TO.DAY,s HERALD.


1-Advertisements.
1-AdvertisementS.
S-washlnaton: The Charges Against Senator
Kansas; The Coinage Bill IN the House;
sas sSaases wS wHale the New Assistant Secretary Of
Recognition and spanish slavery uH' IN inc VVa Wsst
T5ss;say q James Fisk, ir.; the obsssuies al az
rIa rTamnm,a1y n,n socletymTclegraph!c News Items.
4-Tne FISK Inquest: The Coroner's Jury Find tnat
SIo.a,. ey q Pistol "a the Hands Of Edward s.
Issss No
BY the Police; stoses Committed BY the sCos Coro.
Mayor Thinks the Police Have % No Right to ias IN.
teriere-The National Academy OF Design-Tar.
get shooting and Cannon Firing-Mysterious
Death-Scotla's National Game: The Grand
curling Contest at Cen raj park-Suicide In q
station tro nouse0F!re IN Gatharine Street.-The
Election Law; the Remedy Of the Radical Re-
Ct Elections; New Election for Mayor and
Aldermen to Take Place Next April and
Would Have voring and Canvassing Done in
New York; Complete System OF Police
Espionage 70 be Established Throughout the
Take Charge OF the Bureau OF Elections and
Appoint Inspectors, Poll Clerks and Other
Election 0nicers; Extraordinary Powers to he
Conferred on inspectors; How Fraud ana
False Counting are TO ba Enectually Rem
dered lmnossible-Emigrant Swindlers-Mys.
teriOus Disappearance
e-Edltorials: Leading ..rtlcle, scuba and Mexico,
OF Eitner-General Grants Great Oppoitu.
Interview Of General sherman and Lieu.
United states and spain-News from
s %ske Esnss Sna #oo%s
Message Read TO Rebelous Legslature-
Tue Revolution In Mexico-Louisana: The
First Blood Dlawn In the Quarrel; Action OF
the Rival Houses; President Grant Unable to
SEQ His Way Out or the Difficulty
0-Municpal Developments: General Cochrane
as Acting Malor; Mayor Hall Takes Weeks
Rest-Tne Committee Of Seventy: Address Of
saiei The Unprecedented Run on the Third
Avenue savings Bank-New jersey Legisla.
Proceedings in Both Houses; the Governors
Message-Ohlo and Wisconsin Legisatures-
BROOKLYN Navy YsriRccsless 81 TracH ti Driver +; se
Brooklyn Adars-Sale OF Pews at Plymouth
Onureh-Ths Franklin Statue-Burgary on
Crushed by Rail- Fatal Coslon-A Fractured
6kull-Pugilistic-Th Newark Murderer-The
fitzpatrick Homicide-Burgiary in Bleecker
0-Tns Custom House Committee: "fnformers'
Coming 10 the Front; How the elghers DO
Party-The New York Printing Company-A
yillanous Outrage-The Museum Casualty
Financial and Commercial Reports-Domestic
Markets-Marrtages. Birth and Deaths.
1O-The Stale Capital: Proceedings OF tine Legisla-
ture; Appointment OF standing Committees in
the Assembly-Mrs. wharton: Current OF
Public Opinion-shipping Tnlelligence-Ad
tisements.
l1-The Courts: Interesting Proceedings in the
United States Supreme Court and In the New
York and BROOKLYN Courts; Cases IN Rank.
ruptcy and Admraty-The Calender Trial
Postponed-Tho Central Savings Bank in
Court-YOrkville Police Justice Case-Acluit-
tai OF Parties Charged With Violations of the
Election Iaw-The Old Uackley Contract Liti.
CATION Rcvlvcd-lmportant Trials In the
General sessions-A Diamond Thiei-Advcr.
tlsements.
lQ-Adyertisements.
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are promised from the scratch Of a pen from
General Grant at this time in reference to Mex
leo. He has only to say the word, in order to
secure the annexation of that magnificent
country, with all its incalculable mineral and
agricultural resources. And with Mexico Sc
cured, the States of Central America next,
and then the West India Islands fall in under
the natural laws of attraction and gravitation.
If you cannot bring Mr.. Fish to make an issue
upon Cuba of decisive character, Mr.. Presi-
dent, you can surely bring him to the mark
upon Mexico; and you have only to bring for
ward the Mexican annexation question in a
positive shape In order to walk over the Prssi-
Dental course next November.
There is now no great political question or
grand idea before the country. All the issues
of the war and Of reconstruction are settled,
and upon the money question, in all Its
adrift. The ''sounding brass and the tink-
ling cymbal" of civil service reform, revenue
reform, Custom House reform, and all sorts of
reforms, are heard on every side, but they are
all ''mere sound and fury slgnifying nothing"
Personal grievances and personal cliques and
factions are cropping out here and there,
and party landmarks and party principles are
becoming dim and confused in the absence Of
any great issue or grand idea. Nor, under
these conditions, can we tell where even the
republican party will be next fall. 1t will,
perhaps, be controlled more or less by some
nattv local issua in every Congressional dis
trict, or the shortcomings of Congress may
neutralize the popularity of the President.
Let General Grant, however, bring about
sharp and decisive issue involving the anpex-
alton of Cuba or Mexico, and all the paltry
party claptrap Of the day on these small-fry
questions of civil service reform and such
will be swept off In the general uprising of the
people on the grand idea of manifest des-
tiny"
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this the Speaker has acted wisely, and, what
ever the test and experience Of time may
bring forth, he is to be applauded for having
discharged difficult and most important duty
in an honest, straightforward and independent
manner. The lobby can scarcely hope to ac-
complish their ends through the committees OF
the Assembly, however successfully they may
work upon the floor.
The New York herald., 1872-01-10
Burial OF Fisk In vormOnt-verdict Of tho
CorOner's Jury In New York.


Fisk was buried yesterday outside the pic
turesque town of Brattleboro, away among
the Green Mountains, followed to his grave
by the comrades of his youth and his COM
rades in arms. and with quietude strangely
in contrast with the hustle of his life and the
hurry of his death. A funeral sermon
was preached by Chaplain o. Flagg, Of
the Ninth regiment. The earth was heaped
over the costly coffin and the mourners
slowly departed. Ashes had returned to
ashes and dust to dust, and the Prince of
Erie henceforth is only name to be men
toned in passing-a memory to smile at or
be sad about. as the comedy of his life or the
tragedy of his death may present themselves.
In New York the assassin was again brought
before the Coroner, and after the examining
of some witnesses the Jug of prominent citi-
zens retired to deliberate. For three hours
they wrestled with the simple facts and came
forth in the end with curious verdict, which
is simple statement, duplicating Stokes only
in the following words, speaking Of the pistol
discharged by him in deliberate manner at
the person of the aforesaid Fisk" An indict-
ment by the Grand Jury will be the next step
undertaken by the law officers Of the people.
And 80 for few days we shall hear no more
of him. The grave has closed on the victim
the prison gate on the assassin.
The New York herald., 1872-01-10

SAVED THE TRouBLE.-Alderman Falconer
said on Monday, in the Board OF Aldermen,
that IL Shannon were elected Clerk he would
deem IL his duty to 60 to Albany and have the
Board legialated out Of once.
The New York herald., 1872-01-10

TIE NEW ORLEANs MIDDLE. The trouble
In the Louisiana Legislature yesterday resulted
in scufle, 10 which one Of the members
Walter A. Whayland-was shot. The un-
fortunate legislator subsequently, died.
The New York herald., 1872-01-10


Congress Yesterday-A Senator and Menu
ber Implicated In IN Election Fraud
Revision OF tho Coinage LAWS.
The Ku Klux Joint Committee, in pursuing
its investigations into outrages In the Southern
States, seems to have unearthed q fraudulent
transaction which, though not coming exactly
within its Jurisdiction, could not be passed by
unnoticed. 1t appears that the subcommittee
which had charge of the State Of Arkansas
had testimony brought before 1t which i'm
peached the conduct and character of Sen
ator from that State (Mr. Clayton), and af
fected the right TO his seat of Representative
from the same State (Mr. Edwards). The
story testified to is to the effect that Clayton,
while Governor, made q corrupt bar
gain with the democratic members
Of the Legislature, that If they would
support his candidacy for the Senate he
would give the certificate Of election TO the
House to the democratic candidate (Mr. Ed
wards), by throwing out of the count, for
technical Irregularities, the votes Of several
counties which had been largely in favor of
the republican candidate (Mr. Bolles). The
contract was faithfully carried out on both
sides, and the republican majority in the
Senate of the United States was needessy,
if not questionably, strengthened by the ac-
QUESTION of Mr.. Clayton, and the democratic
minority in the House by that of Mr. Ed
wards. At least, such is the story told and
presented yesterday in both Houses. Mr..
Clayton denounced it as a falsehood and
courted further investigation, which was ac-
corded in the shape Of special committee.
The case of MIR. Edwards in the House was
simply referred to the Committee on Elec-
tions. We hope that impartial justice will be
done, and that when Edwards is sent back to
his constituency he will be accompanied by
his partner in fraud 1t Is full time that all
tampering with the purity Of elections,
whether by Tammany roughs or by carpet
bag Governors, should be e6fectually put
stop to.
As an Offset to the acquisition of Clayton
under such circumstances, the Senate yester-
day admitted to seat democratic Senator
from Alabama, Mr.. Goldthwaite, who has
been playing in the ante-chamber for quite a
long while; and then it rewarded Mr.. Foster
Blodgett, of Georgia, with pay and mileage
for having laid claim to seat to which he
had no sort of decent pretension.
The proceedings In the House were of very
little public interest. The whole days session
was occupied in the reading aud discussion of
bill codifying, revising and amending the
existing laws relating to coinage and the mint.
The question of salaries, connected so closely
with the movement for civil service reform,
came up In the course of the consideration of
the bill and effectuslly blocked its progress,
for Mr.. Dawes, who has so distinguished him
self heretofore by his efforts at enforcing
economy on all departments of the govern
ment, moved an adjournment, In order to
give members an opportunity to examine the
bill more attentively, and that motion pre-
vailed.
The New York herald., 1872-01-10

MAYOR HALL has taken weeks vacation
from the duties Of his Office, and has appointed
General Cochrane, the republican President of
the Board of Aldermen, his locum tenens
during that period.
The New York herald., 1872-01-10

BOwERY THEATRE, Bowery.-Housr Doa-THr
WAIFs OF NEW YORK.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE, Broadway.-THE BALLET PAN.
TONNE OF HUMPrY DUMPTy. Matinee at g.
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ADJUSTMENTS THIS AfTsaSo)S AND EVENING

NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway, between Pr,n,s an
Houston strcets.-BLAoK CROOK.
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the most wonderful and the most important In
the whole history Of the United States as an
independent nation. Had Captain Tyler left
the alternative of annexation to his successor,
Polk, to whom 1t properly belonged, it was
understood that the peace alternative would
have been adopted, and that this annexation
business would have stopped by treaty at the
Rio Grande, we paying Mexico the difference
| for the disputed territory 10 the Nueces. But
Tyler, in assuming the responsibility of the
war policy, upset the democratic programme
and spoiled the calculations Of Calhoun, who
foresaw the danger to Southern slavery from
o war with Mexico, and fought to the last mo-
ment In the Senate to avoid IL.
But the grim joke perpetrated by Captain
Tyler, on bis last night in the White House,
turned out, we say, In Its results, to be the
greatest and grandest measure in the history
Of the government. The annexation alterna-
tive he adopted gave US the war with Mexico,
and the war gave us not only Texas to the Rio
Grande, but all that vast region now comprised
In the Territories Of New Mexico, Colorado.
Utah and Arizona, and the States of Nevada
and California; and these have given US the
boundlcss wealth Of all their gold and silver
mines, the Pacific Railroad, and incidentally
they brought about the war Of our Southern
rebellion, the abolition Of Southern slavery,
the establishment Of negro civil equality and
negro suffrage, national debt of twenty five
: hundred millions our present heavy national
taxes, and o uniform national paper currency
meeting all demands even In the way Of small
change beyond our famous nickel five cen,
coin. All these grand results are due to the
scratch Of pen by Captain John Tyler on The
night of the third Of March, lS45, intended al
Joke upon his democratic successor coming
into Office next day.
But great grand and glorious as are al
these results from the scratch Of a pen by Cap.
tain TyleE stil gzeater ard GgsRasE Esaults
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31
The President and his Opponents.

The opponents of President Grant,
within the Republican party, now con-
cede that they cannot prevent his nomi-
nation by the National Convention,
and that fact apparent, many of them
will no longer oppose him, as it is no
pary of their purpose to wea ken the
Republican party. Others, and among
these are Gen. Schurz, aud possibly
Mr. Greeley and Mr.. Sumner, are com
mitted to the rule or-ruin" policy, and
knowing that they can do nothing in
the party councils, they propose to act
independently. Their present plan
seems to be, to wait until after the Re-
publican Convention, and then call a
convention of Unaffected Republicans
and others who will CO operate with
them, and nominate and independent
ticket, in the hope that the Democrats
will abandon their organization, and
with one accord support these caDdl-
dates But there are some obstacles
in the way of success for this scheme.
In the first place the Democrats are
not likely to make such an open an
open confession of their party weakness
and lack Of principles as would involve
in the proposed programme. And
a consent to do this by the party lead
ers would not bind the body of the
great Democratic party, and wess should
see thousands of the Democracy sup
porting Grant in preference to any
other Republican candidate. The only
possible chance of defeating President
Grant is to 60 over TO the Democratic
party, and vote for the regular candi-
dates OF that party along with the
Tammanyites of New York and the
Ku-Klux of the South. The prospect
of success, even at this sacrifice, would
be very small Carl Schurz may be
desperate enough to make the venture
but the philosopher of the Tribune
will not thus risk the circulation of
that paper, and the contemplation of
such step would break the heart of
Senator Sumner, who. whatever his
faults, has never been false to his prin-
eiples.-BostOn Traueler
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31
THE SIAMESE TWINS.

These twins, Eng and Chang, who
are now living in the western portion
of North Carolina, and one of whom is ly-
ing dangerously i'll at the present time
were born at small village on the
coast of Siam, i'll the year 1911. We
are in possession of some particular s
concerning them which may be of in
terest to our readers. Their parents
got their living by fishing, and until
1929, when Eng and Chang were
brought to the United States they made
their living by selling shell6sh. Their
mother bore seventeen children. At
one time she gave birth to three, and
never less than two. But none of
these children were deformed They
are united at the anterior part Of the
chest by prolongation of a kind of
heshy band, the size of the hand. This
band of flesh is about two inches broad
and four inches thick. The whole mass
is tough and capable of being consider
able extended. While you may whis-
per in the ear of one without the other
hearing while volatile salts applied to
the nostrils of one has no effect upon
the other, and while pinching the arm
Of one excitcs no sensation in the other
still if you but stick pin in the exact
vertical center of this connecting link
both will finch from the hurt. These
twins are seldom observed to converse
with each other. They play good
game of draughts, make pretty much
the same moves and at the same time,
and frequently play against each other.
They are both married AID have grown
children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31

THE RAILROAD BRIDGE AT WI
MONA. = The Winona Republican
gives the following description of the
new iron railroad bridge at that point:
The new draw is what is known as
Posts patent diagonal truss. 1t is 800
feet long; SO feet high at the middle
and 20 feet high at the ends; 49, feet
W de from center to center of the cords.
The center posts-four in all-each
weigh S 600 pounds, and the first struts
or braces, from the posts weigh $500
pounds each. The entire draw uses up
800 tons of iron exclusive of the turn
table, which has about 10 tons, the
whole forming bridge both graceful,
substantial, anl-in view of the severe
test to which it has been subjected to-
day-one tina may be pronounced per,
fectly safe. 1t will be operated by a
small upright engine double cylinder
to admit of reversing, which is now
making at Chicago and which will be
ready for use in a short time. Mean
while, the same old muscle power that
has been in vogue since the DAYS of
Adam, will manipulate the bridge
when necessary"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31

The new Russian Minister to this
country, Baron Henry Nichols DOE
fenberg, is about 40 years of age, and
is regarded as one of the ablest Russian
diplomatists. His career is thus
sketched:
He is graduate of tie Military
Academy at St. Petersburg, and bis
writings on military affairs procured
him place in the general staff Of the
Russian army, and some time after an
appointment in the War Department
where he remained during The CrimeaD
war. He was then attached to the
Imperial household as AdjutaDt to the
Emperor, and for several years directed
the military students of the two eldest
sons Of the Gar Tn his thitty-sixth
year he joined the Russian Legation at
Constantinople, and thenceforth in the
diplomatic service of Russia. The sue
cess with which he performed number
of difficult missions procured him rapid
promotion. He was successfully Sec
rotary of Legation in Vienna. Diploma
tie Agent to Paris and Berlin and
finally Consul General at Bucharest aud
Political Agent of Russia in the Danu-
ban Principallties, where be performed
difficult duties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31
4 CORPSE BEHEADED AND IT'S
BLOOD.USED FOR MEDICINE.

On Friday last gentleman who re-
sides in this city related to us strange
story of superstition and barbarity
which he claimed had happened in
this city recent y.
About the first of December, or last
Of November, young Polish woman
gave birth to a child About two days
afterwa.d she died and was buried in
the city cemetery. After about five
weeks the wife of the brother of the
dead woman was taken very sick and
it was thought she would die
1t appears that there is supersti
tious idea among the Polanders that if
one of family dies, unless the head of
the corpse is cut off, the whole family
will be likely to follow in rapid sue
cession. However, if, after one has
died, another is taken sick some of the
blood is procured from the dead body
and administered to the patti he
will recover
In accordance with this superstition,
our informant alleges, the husband of
the sick woman went to the buryiug
grouad on the night of January I'd,
five weeks after interment, dur up the
body, cut off the head and took from il
the blood and other liquid which he
administered to his wife as a medicine.
That shortly after this the s ck woman S
maIady assumed the form Of small pox
from which she recovered, and she is
now entirely well.
Onr informant claimed that many
witnesses could be brought to corrobo-
rate this stoty.-BerIin Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-31
FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS.

Our opponents do not hesitate to
charge the administration Of President
Grant, with corruption and profigacy,
and an utter disregard OF all that tends
to honesty III conducting the affairs Of
the nation. To prove the total falsity
of these statements, it need only be
shown with what strict accountability
the present administration has held its
officers, and the rigidness with which it
has enforced the laws for securing hon.
esty in the public servants. 1t has
brought to account, for default or en-
bezzlement, forty Internal Revenue
officers, fifteen Custom officers, thirteen
ofisers of the Interior Department, one
hundred and FIVE Postmasters, sixteen
Money-order officers, five officers of the
Navy aud two of the Army-making a
sum total, of one hundred and ninety
eight, involving an actual, or possible
loss to the Government of 81 ,30l ,621
But the Grant administration is not
accountable for the wrong-doing of all
these, for of this list one-hundred and
ffty-nine were appointed by previous
administrations, and thirty-nins By the
present one the loss accruing from the
former, being 1881, 513., from the
latter, only s320,1O8 Quite differ
ence you see.
These facts are stubborn things, and
tell their own story. The people of
the country will not be slow to under
stand that. the Grant administration
has faithfully executed the public laws,
and held strict and honest guardian
ship of the peoples treasure, regardless
of the base and lying SANDERS to the
contrary, which are spread broadcast
throughout the country for political
effect.