The Portland daily press., 1872-03-30
NEW YORK.
Call for a Liberal Convention.
Horace Greeley wants Tariff
for Revenue Only.

GEN. BURBRIDGE IMPLICATED IN BOUNTY
FRAUDS.
NEW YORK. March GA letter from Gen
eral Howard, of January 21st, 1872, duplicates
Lieut.. Graham and Gen. Burbridge in frauds
in the payment of bounties in Kentucky, and
Gen. Howard recommends the Secretary of
War to arrest and court martial both.
JAPANESE PERSECUTION OF AMERICANS DENIED.
The japanese Minister, Mort, denies the
statement published of the persecution of
Americans in Japan. 1t appears that the
statement emanated from the Nagaski Gazette,
which is controlled by Catholic bishops.
VARIOUS MATTERS
The fact that the Irish cook of Mr.. Jacks
family in Brooklyn disappeared so suddenly
while all the family were sick, and as soon as it
was known that Miss Norton was dead, leads
to the belief that poison, and not coal gas, was
the cause of her sickness and death.
Mahoney, the river pirate, convicted of steal
ing five tons of iron from vessel in the har-
Dor, has been sent to the State Prison for five
years.
During the rehearsal last evening at Trinity,
OF Easter music, the musicians struck for back
pay due them. A new orchestra of non-society
men have been engaged.
Mrs. Walton, while en- route ON Wednesday,
in Broadway car to deposite some $1,000 in
the bank, was robbed of it by some adroit pick
pocket.
Francis Hem has been arrested on a charge
OF presenting false vouchers to the Second Au-
ditor of the Treasury for the purpose of de-
frauding the Government out of pension money
There were twelve cases of small pox and
three deaths reported to-day.
The police board has resolved to continue free
vaccination.
Gertrude Whitman, aged 16, who was en-
tced from Boston by woman named Smith,
was sent home to-day.
In Brooklyn the small pox hospital are crowd
ed to overlooking.
The supporters of Senator O. Brien organized
a central association tonight
PROF. MoRsE's CONDITION.
The condition of Prof. Morse is about the
same as last night. The statement that his
sickness was caused by his attendance at the
Inauguration of the Franklin statue in this civ
in January is unfounded, as he has been fire.
quently down town in business circles until
within week or ten days. He is not out of
danger.
LIBERAL REPUBLICAN CALL.
The Tribune tomorrow will publish the fol-
lowing Call for the Liberal Convention
To Col. VIM. Grosuener, chairman of the Erecu-
the Committee Of the Liberal Republican Con-
yention Of Missouri, Washington, D. c.:
Strive, Republicans of New York, wish to
express our concurrence in the principles lately
set forth by the Liberal Republicans of Mis-
souri,. We make this departure from the ordi-
nary methods of party action from deep con-
vlction that the organization to which belong is
uhuCA oho CoutIOl VI tuOoe WIN Will use Cllltl-
ly for personal purposes and to obstruct free
expression OF opinion upon important matters
which the gentlemen whom you represent have
laid before the people of the United States. We
believe the time has come when political
offences of the past should be pardoned; that
all citizens should be protected in the rights
guaranteed them by the Constitution; that fed
eral taxation should be imposed for revenue,
and so adjusted as to make the burden upon the
industry OF the country as light as possible;
that a reform in civil service should be made
which will relieve political action from the in
fuence of official patronage; that the right of
local self-govesnment, the foundation of Amer
lean freedom, should be reasserted and en-
croachments of federal power checked and and
we also believe that at this time special duty
rests upon the people to do away with corrup-
tod in office. The exposures recently made in
this State have brough to light evils which are
not confined to one party nor to single locali-
any which the Republic has yet encountered,
with the hope that the movement begun in
Missouri may spread through all the States and
influence every political duty. We accept the
invitation to meet the National Mass COnven-
ton at the city of Cincinnati on the LIST We'd
nesday in May next, and we invite all the Re-
pubcans of New York who agree with us to
cooperate in our action.
(Sigred)
Henry r. Selden, Horace Greeley, Fred'k A.
Conkling, VIM. DOrsheimer, Sinclair Toucey,
Sigismund Kauffmann E. Krackowizer, Ira o.
Miller, Edwin r. Reynolds, VIM. HI. Briggs,
Chas. w. Goddard, Henry d. Lloyd, VIM. w.
Goodwich, Waldo HucBins, Hiram Barney,
Freeman j. Fithian. Geo. p. Bradford, BENZ.
A. Willis, Horace Bemis, Louis Lowenthal.