, 1878-04-13

times in SO loud key that his voice
penetrated to the adjoining chamber.
the language of Wells being. as one
listener described it. freely interspersed
with "cuss words.'
A writ of habeas corpus returnable to-
morrcx, has been granted in the case
of ex- governor Moses, of South Carroll
ma. The petition states Moses was ar>
rested on requisitior purporting to be
from Wade Hampton. governor OF
South Carolina, ON the governor OF
New York for the body OF said Moses.
charged with forgery; that no warrant
from the governor of New York accom-
panies said requisition and that the al
legged forgery is that of name upon
usurious and void promissory note.
There was no crime, or no pecuniary
obligation was created.
WAsHINGToN, April 9.--'Secretary
Thompson to day issued his o.der to
commanders of U. s. men-of-war in
the South Pacific waters concerning the
coolie trade. The order, after citing
the laws upon which it Is based, says:
Whereas information has been comma
nicate1 to the navy department by the
officers in command of the North Paci
ic station that American ships and
American masters of ships are now en>
gagged in the coolie trade in violation Of
the laws quoted; that the wrecked
American vessel II. N. Carlton has
been recently discovered on the Island
of Molokoi in the Pacific Ocean with
about fifty Chinese on board over and
above the number testified to by the U.
S. consul at the port of her departure,
and tha. two other American ships are
expected to reach Honolulu with car
goes os Chinese under such circumstan>
ces as are calculated to create reason-
able belief that they are engaged in the
coolie trade; therefore, by direction of
the president. you are hereby instructed
70 employ any and all ships, officers,
marines and seamen under your COM
mand to keep watch upon all vessels
navig gated or owned in whole or in part
by citizens of the United States, or by
foreigners residing in the United States,
as YOU may have reasonable cause to
believe to have on board any subjects Of
China, Japan or other Oriental country
known as coolies; and if, therefore, you
shall find sufficient proof that such ves-
sci or vessels so employed, you will
canse her to be carried, with her Off i
| GERS and crew, to the most convenient
| port or district in the United States,
and delivered to tho Q. S. marshal of
said district, to be dealt with according
to law.
The house committee on Pacific rails
roads to>day directed Representative
Chalmers to report to the house, with
favorable recommendation, a Pacific
railroad funding bill, identical in its
provisions with Thurman's bill, now
pending before the senate.
Wood, in his speech on the tariff bill.
presented the objections to the present
tariff law and said the committee had
not attempted to radically reform the
manifold abuses of the existing system.
but to simplif; the methods of assessing
duties, avoiding antiquities, ETC.. look
ing to more liberal foreign commercial
intercourse. The changes prcposedlwere
designed to found q permanent measure
which should lop off complications ex-
isting in the present laws. All duties
are made either ad ralorem or specific,
and the compound list is dropped. The
bill comprises $40 articles, has no free
list as such. and levies an additional
discriminating duty of 10 per cent upon
merchandise coming from countries
which discriminate against United
States products. He believed an op-
portunity alone was necessary to show
foreign nations that we can compete
with them. The bill will reduce tie
cost Of collecting the revenue Is per
cent. Another saving will be effected
by consolidating collection districts; the
saving in these two items is estimated
at 90 per cent, or 1,3OO. 600, the re-.
moval of the antiquities Of the present
tariff and the easy and speedy liquida>
ton OF entries which will follow will
increase importatiors so that the redu-
ced rates will not caase loss of reve-
nue.. Litigation in collecting duties
will be averted, and the consequent loss
which is estimated now at Is per cent.
will no longer be sustained. Losses by
collusion and smuggling will materially
decrease with the proposed forms.
New YoIK, April o. Ex Governor
Moses of South Carolina, arrested in
this city on a charge of forgery, was
before the supreme court to>day on a
writ OF habeas corpus and the case ad-
| journed till Tomorrow to give the dis
trict attorney time to make returns to
the writ. The district attorney receiv-
ed dispatch from Albany stating that
Governor Robinson had granted 1equi>