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vtuiu VOLU}lE XVII---NO. 3. BUFFALO. N. Y .. WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 5. 1876. PRICE 2 CENTS. THE COURIER COMPANY, P'CBLI<:.HERS AND PROPRIETORS'! DAlLY UOURIER $1u per annum EVENING REPUBLIC $5 per annum WEEKLY COURIER $100 per annum Rates of Advert smg made known at the t:ountmg Room Office Y PRICE TWO CENI'S' l'eroons purcb .. omg THE .1:;\ ENING REI Cll LIC will plelt-e notice that the 1 nee of a copy lS ONLY TWO CENTS :-.ew>hoys me expr ssl} for tndden to charge more EVENINh REPUBLIU. Wednesday EvCJung, .Jan li, 1816 Latest Local. ()ANAL ISDH i'1iEN'l'S. THE PEOPLE VS GEO D LORD Continuation of the Tnal in the Court of Oyer and TerDltner-Thc .Jury IDlpannelled-Opening of the Case for the Prosecutlon-rest•mo- ay or Ex-t:ommisstoner .John D FaJ 1 he trw.! ol Ilon Ge01ge J) Lotd ut Huch e~.;ter for IJnbery whtle m tlle official capacity of Member ot A>oemblv wtto rc,umer.l thr• mormn, Ill the Court ot Oy 01 m1d fcrmtnc Hon Charles Dameb, Juotrce fhe court till not open t1U ten o clock that sutlicwnt leeway nnght ue allow~tl ouch oJ the country JUfOJ o a~ hat! retmuetl home ruel!iday n1ght These, however we1e on hand before the boll! name I ready to Wle,t'c Wtth the mtncacteo of the ca,e anti } et tl! lJC>l of the <~IJc:ttc legal r o nundlllmo h)i.ely to anoe, Ill iaet m linm leatlt er than they may poooruly linrl themoelves he fore tltto unportant matte! of the 1 eu1lc an I J)lt Lou.t 1o rlt•po,ed ol tern pot tlll) 01 1 el!na nently, by then \ erthct The court room was earl} well tilled oe\enty addttronal tale,men 01 thereabout. IJerng 111 attendance to ~uppl.t the two t.:tttzen:-:.ncce::;~al \ to fill up the 1uota ot twelve JUrot\ flte J u t,e the Dt>tnct \ttutney tliC 11 oner, and has counsel, Jlle»I\ \\ m \ Co,> well, E C<U !ton :Sprague <tnd Hou A 1 Lanmg betng all present the Uw:nneB::; of com pletmg the JUIY was IHOceetlerl wrth fhl, p1oved a work ot l':imaH t1n1c hov..c'\.Cl 111-e lir,t two men c died IU thtied JACOB Hl!:l'l '\ a fat met re-1 lm, tn Elm' Ih h I h• \' I bome talk concmmn, !III Lord uo unp1ess on conccrmnt\o hl$ gmlt 01 1nno cence In f1ct he h td not heaJd 01 1e tll enough of the t!ase to orne to tnJ. opiniOn He \Va~ not ptejml!celi a,am't the pu•oner Ill an) waJ !\Ir Hetm was tbeu~tQw con 1 leu~ I ompetPnt anti wa:; \\'iorn Cl A{ DF. Ill ':\IA~ \ w tne ~ had \~cen Lord n Albany m the capacity of Member f As•embly n Jannary Fcbru an r ~far h 18 1 ww h ccted o by Mr spragu admlfted and c:x.ceptwu raken ) I am not clear about the sess ons saw him at Alhanj when he was u member of the Legislature re collect that be wa~; there one. term he was a member one year cat not sa.y whether he was two years do not recollect which year Aaw htm there often thmk w hoarded at th~..: s1mr. hot(' do not !mow hts signa t 1re wr ness show1 chapter 58;; of the lawH of 1871 nnd the act then r ad to the JUry by lion Mr llumph rey t bemgthc Act f r the Rel cf of John Hand ) the <.:anal Uomm1•s ouer. had th1s law before them do not rtcollcct wh tb~r the pnsoner was a member of Assembly tbP year th!:i- law was passed my attentwn wa first called to 1t n the summer of the year 1t was pllBfo'led 1t may have h~en n June my 1mpres swn lS that some appllcat on was sent to me not remember by v.;hom accordmg to my recollection SIJlllt.: ttme \\!a.B fixe lhy the Ctu al Board f r a heanng tbf' r \'~tom wo ld be to flx the t me to accommodate thf' thNr> th nk tl re wa~ ~ ffit; oLhr claim before the Board that of Clarl;;:, & Douglass and that abo tt hr~R.rnc ttm -.as f xcct 1 nsume the partico were no t th:d that the B 1ra wo hl meet at such a place or t-~urh ad y do 1 ot r collect having any talk w tb Hanel or Bcr nett m r fcrt:!I cc to the clatm pr or to the mak ug do t <' oU c ha n~ an.) t.alk w th J ord ubout 1t ajt r tl c atlJuurnment of tho Legislature m 187J I rmw 1 nr l f e:: tU ntly m Rochester he passed my nfllcc nlmar I v m gomg from hiB ho tsc to h ~ oflkt:! 1ue~twn 1f he would swear that ht:! ha l IW\ er ('OJ vcrf'ed With Lord ahout the claun 1 te 1<1'1 t the mcctu e of the Board ol J rted to t y Mr CogsueU at d ObJect on s stam-ed thmk J ne c haf.l any tall' wtth I ord about the clatm do not rcmembe the date the Board met m Buffalo th r k t wa~ n J I r A g t met at the J rtrt Hous~ Commu-~swl erfl \Vt ght and Chapman were w th me art m was had th c.: hum~ for drcdgmg the Ohm Bf\ n ar d aro t I the Enc Basn breakwater the final I raft had he \ e ou theBe contractti cannot H.'r :vh1ch c 1 tract was settled first have no recollectiOI cannot re oll ct the time \\hen the settleme t wc1 mad a 1 n CC'th ,.., a.t the r fft Hou.~ 1 think M1 I n ng M B n ctt and al!-10 other~ as w tnesscs Tit t f!H f (;Q lnHC} '\l vcre 1 :o;ent as commit:~ hoard nobody cl!:lc wa ..., IJ( 1 1 Albm y at that u f Sf' u..., h m there t1 r was the next mui t dlcU a fannm who ltah IC lommtti!:Holl r diSlOS l f he mattrrat thatttmc f:.Hled f01 the pa~t twenty .. tiv~ yeats Ill tlw th(>y ha 11 r rc th m the ('V uencc taker at B lflal town ot \.ill her t lie h tl Ue\er hc;ud Ol read a1 d 1lr Bem etls oitatcmc1 t from ht• boo~s that \\\ of the Lmd .ca:osc lie Uu.ln t lead t datly VBly ali a res Jut on waH d awt by Mr ( hai man the re often H1s people took some of the paper' 'ult of om del!bewtwns and om dec1sion was put n but sometimes they wet e not rea.d ~ ot know the form of a ef;ol t n do ot ecol!eL:t gn: ng notice 1 nrr anyth 1 n ... of the defendant 01 the case, he to anyt o ly of t1 e r~\ tl do t thmk r eomm mtcated 0 n th esull o Mr La n hFL e recollect od ahout had neithet opxnwn nm prrttuh t Mt I>u C:t mg\ not ucati many• W>t> acccptcll At tl!Iti pornt thr Comt took t rece's untrl THE Jt RY I two o dod wa, now com1lctc the twelve ,entlcmen \\ lectetl to stt upon this rmpot t mt ca•c l>emg the I 1 OIICF: Cut It' -01 the thn ty peison• ai followln~ reste t by the (JO!tcc lim m,., the twenty four Joseph\ Wolf Tonawanda farmer and mason J homo en hng this mot nmg, eleven wme John t:ichnerdu, West seneca l<ttmer at cnaiged Wllh \\\ault anti battery, eight with E.beneze1 By Telegraph. ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Daily Weather Repor&s-.Jannary li, T1mn ur ObSf\fVR 1~1 ~!!i 0 J\'.b\ 1~\'1 ~a @\\ ~:a :89 ~ S State or ~ o \* .!l S a; I< l,ll~ Weather *! t:~~~~-oi~'O 30 566fl7 67 E 17 Fair 30 586 18 5 68 E 4 J!'a1r 1 30 504!18 68 E It Uloudy 304719 69 E 12 !!'air 30 154 1 2.5 75 E I 4 Frur 30 Hi3 28 77 8 4 F8lr 29 95 M 36 SW 16 Fair Max:llilum Thermometer yesterday Mmrmum Thermometer yesterday *Ba.rometet' corrected for temperature !l.nd m8trumcntal enor l ROBABILITIE8 VVAR DBPAFTM~NT ~ OrFIC:& )~ \'IT& CHTEll\ 8 ol'fAL O?PTcca WASJITNQTON D C Jan 5-11 30 A M l 01 New England and Middle i:itates mcreasmg cloudmcss wmds shiftmg to northerly to tsouth.,~rly falling barometer statiOnary or slowly r siDg tempera ture and arcars of snow m the northern portiOn of New \York and New England Morning Report. FOREIGN NEWS. Ex-Queen :Isabella o:fSpain Dangerously Ill. De\elopments m tht• mtte Plot, Dyna· Fatal Boiler Explos1on---The Black Hills---Reduction of Force &c., &c. .FOREIGN. when the busmes.' and mdustnal mterests are commons at the close of recess mvanably taken prostratell would be unwrse, and a g1eat hard j at Easte1 when the attentiOn of the houoe will shrp, <tnd woultl JMstly meet w1th pul>he con be called to the seventy of the coercwn act, the demnatton The necesSity therefore ot a 1e queotion of taxatwn cattle trade and amne•tv d1stnbutwn of the 1 evenues IS obviOusly a duty bill that 1s urgent anti demands rmmedtatc atten twn The Govei nor, therefore, recommends that one thud ol the tevenues now assigned to the smlnng fund he tmnsfertcd to the genet at fund Thll governor reler• to the recent mmmg uots and says 1t mnst be understood, once foi all that any nolatwn of pnvate nghts or re s1stance to pubhc officers when in the drscharge of therr duty wrll be summarily dealt With, and 1f the clvrl a.uthontres and the power of the country cannot mamtam the supremacy of 1aw then the whole pewer of the common wealth shall be employed rf necessat} to com pel respect for uutbouty 'l'ENNESSEE. Organization of the Legl8latnre MKMPHIS Jan 4 The Appea/'8 Jackson, Mtss, specral says nearly every member IS present at the organ tzatton of the legtslatur e J l\1 Stone, of AI corn was elected presrdent pro tem of the senate and D Pnce Porter of H111ds, secre tary Counting I< urlong independent repub !wan, the senate has a two thrrds democratiC maJOllty In the house H M Street, ol Pren tJce, was elected speaker and George l\1 Goven of Marshall clerk The ofiice of preSident 1 ro tem of the senate becomes rmportant hom the fact that he wrll p!obably be governor, as the tndwattons ue that Governoi Ames and L1eut Gov Davts wrll he Impeached Col I ama1 Gens Lowery and I< eatherstono, aspt rants for the Umted t:Jtates senatorship are here Lamar Jo decrdedly ahead, but Lowery 1> tlevelopmg conslllerable st1 ength Feather· stone wrll get bout lu votes on the lirst nanot; nearlv all of whtch w1ll afterwards go to La mar fhe governm s message, whwh was read this attetnoon, grves consHletable offense and Ib spoken of as falsrtymg the conduct of c11Izens pllOI to the late e!ectwn and mltgmfy mg mctdents connected wtth the campargn of \bleb 1t1s l<trgely made up M:ISCELLAN EOUS. Boiler Explo .. ion I! ORT SCOT1 Kas Jan \ A large hotlet Ill Goodland or > mtll, thts city, e><J.lloded yesterday, kilhng mstautly the enl,'l neer Wm Babcock, and fatally lnJurtng the li1eman John West The engme room and a poi tton of the mill proper were totally de· mohshed Another hcnlet twenty feet long by four leet m drametm attached to the one that exploded was blown tully one hundred feet II om tne m1ll and a pot twn ol the shattered borler wetghmg sever <tl hundred pounds went through the rear end of a bakery on Wall street rome than two hundred feet away 1 he damage to the millis estimated at $10 000 The Navy Yard-Slx Hundred Men to be I'hro,vn Out of Work BOS10N, Jan u V!dtrs h <Ve lJeen received at the Charles town n \y yat I for the ~ener a! teductJon ol f01 ce to ,o mto eftect the fir.t of the week It thrO\\> out ot employment about SIX htm· thetl men I'lle Black Hills :SIOUX CITY Jan 5 A spemalll om F 01 t ~ully states that a pa1 ty ot mmcr s have formed a bUpply depot near Old st Prerre on the .MISSOUri ttvet and ate COil stantly m communieatwn wtth the camps 111 the Black Htlls They claim to have tound a new route by Which tht) hills are reached Ill one hundred mrles travel over an easy road Then messengers make the tup m two days Cable Broken LONDON, Jan 5 It 1s <tnnounced thrs mommg that a sectiOn ot the Brazrhan cable, between Lisbon and .Mad nd rs broken Arrived Ont QUEENSTOWN, Jan 5 The steamship Szbe1 za, from Boston, has ar rived Foreign Oecupatoon. LONDON, Jan il A Tzme~ letter from Raguse, says that all the mfor matton from offictal and unofiimal sources conlirms the opm1on that not only 10 the Austnan occupatwn ot the msurrectwnary provmces deterilllllell upon but that some forergn occupatiOn rs absolutely necessary as a precaution agamst the most probable massacre of Chnsttans wh~Iever they are unar met! <tnd helpless FROM NEW YORK. .t tnancial. NEW 1 mk Jan • Gold 112& Money 7 per cent Governments dull, and steady >ltate bonds qmet and nommal i!itocks dull and steady Exchange-Long 484, short 4b~j New York State Legislature. llENATE-ALBANY, Jan 5 llli Wagner presented the pet1twns of re~1 dents of Saratoga, relative to salane• of publtc officers Mr Selkteg presenter! the pet1tron ot Jas Cavanaugh clarming the seat held by .Mr J a- cobs Referred to commtttec on pnvlleges and electwns The pJestdent p1escnted the annua!Ieport ot the <tdJUtant-general, also the report of the board Of CommJSSIOneiS Of p!IOtS ~lr Brxby gave notwe that he woulcl at an early day mtroduce a bill IC orgamzmg the government of the c1ty of New York BILLS INTRODUCED ByMr persons By M.1 Hau\-.1! 01 contmum, work on the new capt to! bmldmg Mr Hams explained that $vOO,OOU were m the state treasury for contxnu1ng the wotk and rt the btU was passed at once 400 stone cutteio mrght be kept at \01 k J\1.1 .McCarthy obJectmg the htll w\ tc· fertcd oO the finance committee Aoi:iEMBL Y -ALBA)> v J m o I he assembly met at 11 A .III BILLS INT!-t.ODUCED By ~lr 8chreftlm-To exempt hon Is anrl mot tgageo I rom taxatton Also to repeal the act ptovrdm6 tor the pubhcatwn of JUdicial p!Oceedw,s 111 the ctt) of New York, which abolishes the pape1 !mown as th~crty record To compel railroad corporatwns to tile quarter ly Htatement\ of then earnmgs and dishmoe ments m the secretary ot states ofiice By llll.:Campbell to 1epeal the act ol 18,5 amendmg:the charter of the SI•tethood ot Grey Nuns By .Mt I< all on to amend the cha1 te1 of the Hebrew Benevolent Society of N ): By Mr B!ssel, authonzmg the common counml ot Lockpo1 t to pmchase ceJtam puvate property By .Mr Hess, amendmg the cha1 te1 ol the lire department of Syt acusc By Mr Hepbmn-Con!itmmg olfictal a ts of the commrsstoners of the town ol lltadnd i:it Lawrence co Second Edition 4 O'CLOCK P. lU. .Spectal D•spatoltes to the Cour~er & Republic Bork in Town! .1\Ir llork u.rnved fim town from (Jan· ada this afternoon and at this wnt!llg 1s at Pollee Headquarters under the protectiOn of the Police anthon ties nnttl hts bail IS arranged The Grand Ju1y IS understood to have had his ca'e • under consideratiOn tb1s mormng CONGRESSIONAL. The Question of a President Pro 'I em. of the Senate Consid- et•ed in Committee. DECISION IN THE TWEED CASE. Reported Failure of a Dry Goods F1rm m Boston---The St Albans Boy a Fraud. &c, &c. &c. FROM NEW YORK. Libel Suit. NEW\ YORK, Jan 5 A hbel •mt for one hundred thousand dollars was brought by George Watts agamst the propuetors of the Hudson C1ty evenmg Jour- nat, was comme11ced th1s mornmg m the sup reme court cncmt The Brooklyn plamttff has 17 cases agamst owners of this paper The plamtlll was connected With a coal company and was alleged to have sold shot t weight, for w h1ch the Jou1vnat began Its attacks on htm. JudK'e Westbrook's DeciSIOn NEw YORK, Jan 5 Judge Westbrook gave ht• dee!Slon to day on the challenge to the Tweed struck JUly Ou the litst pomt he holds that the complete h8t of all liable to jury duty Jo Imposstble and as tne JUlY were drawn I rom the list supplied to the county clerk by the mmmisstoner of the JUror~ and celttfietl by the la~ter)us om1ssron to make a copy for the clerk and keep the or Igmal hnnself was not lata! He sustams th~ challenge, however on the second pmnt name J y A pwcess to the she! iJf to summon a Jill y w '\ defecttve as rt c'Ontamed only twenty-three names ot those selected and anothm not chosen In other wo1 do drd not eon tam the twenty tour chooen fhc detect anscs 11om gJvmg the wrong tmttals to the twentv fourth man fi'ROM WASHINGTON. P.res1.dent of the Senat.e P.ro Tem W A!;HINGTON 1 Jan 5 who has caused such general comment In the newspapers, was fully identified to\day by the postmaster of :M:ilfo1'd, N R , l!.S Blanchard, He IS a complete fraud New York IU.&rkes • NBwYou, Jan. 8-<li> M COTTON-:I'lrm Sales at 131).16c for MiddJ!ne U]!lands FtoUB-Dull &Dd slightly m buyers Receipts 15 000 bbls Siiles IO 000 bb18 at @4 75 Superfine State and Westem, @5 90 for good to chmc<l' extra Welltem, @6 00 for common to llhmce extra Westent, S 6:m; @7 50 for choice extra round hoop Ohio RYE FLotm- Dull Sales 2011 bb!B at $4 40®5 110 ~ WmoA'I'-Qmet Receipte..2l!,OOO-buab. safes 40,(100 bush at $1 07@1 08 for No 3 Ohical!O tl W fOl No 3 Milwaukee $1 22 for No. !lcOiliC&gll; @1 24 for No 2 'Miiwnukee $1 SO@l 811 tor spnn<:; $1 1'1'@135 ror new and old wlilter em, $118@145 for do amber Westem, $ white Westem Rye-Qmet Rece1pts bush Salest>f Sltatll at 95c CoRN-Fll'll1 and moderately active R OQO bosb. Sales 88 000 bush at 59@67cc to~ em m1xed and yellow, 73@74e for nbml emm1xed BABLEY-ln moderate request liJld Wlthont decfded eb.antie m cesReeelpts 5 000 bush Sales none. OATS- et. Receipts 35,000 bush. Sales 31,000 bush at r new W elltem lliti:ed and St!ltil,. 46@00c for do Pomt-Qnlet Sales 100 bbl• at $20 75@!10 60f()r unlnspectell new mess BEEF-Qmet CUT JIIEATS- We stem qmet and heavy LARD-Sales 200 tres at 121li-16c for steam BUTTBn~'lO@si.:! for State and Pennsylvama. CREE!lE-,-Sales at 6@12%c for common to pnme WmsKY-Sales at $1 12 EG.,_Qmet. Sales at 30@3lc for State lllld Penn· sylvania l'ETROLII:UM-8ales at7Y.@7%c for erndb and 13~ @l3 3 8 c for refined FIN ANUIAJ. New 1Cork money and Stock JJiark'f!l, J!'LUOTUATION, NEW YORK, January 5, :MEssRS MosBs Slll'l'B & Co , Bankers, No l'W Mllln street furnishes the followmg telegraphic report to THE COURIBR of the New York Stock and Gold Ex change 10 11 1200 125 280 3 011 p IlL P. •• AM AI. II( FM N Y Central 105)( lOllY. Brle1!ailrood 16 16 16>0 Lake Sl\ore & M B 61)0 61 61% Chic & Rook Isl lMl<f: 10tX Chic & N We11t n 88% 381>1 381>1 ~c&&~.f;ffd og~ West Unton Tel 74N 14M 14% Harlam R R ll!o!o: 131 Ollio & Miselssip 16~ 16;.; 17 llmw & Bt l'anl 36% 35% 35% lllllw & St Paul ptd 68 67% Toledo & Wabasb 3 Umon PaciJic • 74 T3% 73% PaeiJic M&ll 38% 38% 38!0 St Joseph • • • 21}0; 21% St Jose=ptd •• 28]( Adams s~ I02Y. A.mencon rers.. 667i:i Umted St!ltes Ex 62'.i Wells, F & Co Ex 84% Panama Railro!ld 135 Jersey Southern 1 Canton 44 Atlantic & P ptd MiBsonrl Pac111.c Mariposa=--~---·-···· A &P, Tel )3);( 13 9h( 'llfich Central 59% 58% 5S)i GOVERNMEI:'ITS 10¥0A>Lll' M.lll' X 120% 120M GOLD 116h( 117M 119Jl< 120'>( usu ll6Y. 122~ 116M 111M 119% 120M llBU l16% 122M 105 103~ 100% 10 00 1U 30 lLOO Ill 00 12 30 ~ 00 Z 30 11.00 AX 4ll ,!.][ ll l'll I'll I'll P](, 112% 112% 112% llll% 1111% MONEY 10 00 J. II 711 eent 11110 P Ill 11 !lflllt. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. BuHalo-J.ANUARY 5 Sheep, Horses 2600 IS Charles.!! te\ch ot lolden \f<timet Gurh~:s LamU of 1\tanll t a tat mer Ue01ge C N uttmg of Wales a farmer \11 heuo lliiyeo Colden hiil neoo maket k retlerrck Bly le} Tuna wand 1 mahsewus mrschref tluec wrth vag1ancy two I w1th dmnkennes;, two With laJCeny one w1th t t m...,l3.J_y an llaHcn) u.n lone \Hth dibOidml) con luot Eighteen cabcs came before the Po Tile Centennial COLUMBUS 0, Jan o A Conspiracy at Beier The ~tate wool grower~ conventton demded M1 W F T ty!or presented the petttwn ot Samuel W Peri y contestmg the seat of W V Clemy for the first distnct of I.ensselaer co :Ceterred to commrttec on ptn tleges and electtons 1he ~enate commrttee on prrveleges and electiOns held a meetrng this mornmg to con- srder the Edmunrl• t esolutwn calhng for a new election on the Uth mst ol a pre&dent of the b\Cnate pro tem , and after an hours sesswn adJourned till to morrow without takmg final actiOn on the 1 esolutwn An expressiOn of opmwn was obtamed, however, by a vote questiOn whether or not the senate has a legal nght to elect a prestdmg officer at present On this Messrs .Mm ton Cameron of Wts and Wadleigh voted 111 tbe affil mat1ve Mes•r;; (Jooper and .Mernman m the negatiVe and lllr Jlhtchcll (liclnot vote !liiO 1,200 16011 Dudley Stevens Colden a Iarmer ;II W Perkms Colden a !at met Henry Lem, \Vest \Cneca Cen•Ic a fllmer J aeob Hetm, 1' lma a faunc r Claude Dumany s, Amherst t farme1 DISTRICT A'l10R)>EY LOCKWOOD then 1 roceeded to open tlte case for the pr O>e cutiOn wtth a bnef tnd formule atldre'\ to the JUry reCitmg the facts whtcb the people \\Ould endea\ or to suh.tanttate At the coneluswn of the D~>tuct Attorne} \ rema1 ks the first witnc>s f01 the p10seeutwn was caller! Hon Jame lll Humphre' con ductmg the exammatwn 'I ESTl!\fO:S Y OF lOH::\'i H Jo A Y I res1de at Roche~ter \\as Canal Commist:lmucr m 1870 and 1871 ha\c known the 1 r soner about fifteen \ears he re8Ide!S m Rochc;:.;ter he 1eS':idcd m 1870 and 18TI m the Thud ward m Rochester he was a cand date for member of Assembly but do uot tcmember the year (this (1uest10n \'illtS objeCted to by Mr Cog'8 well .a'd.nuttt:d and an except on take1 J 1 had been well acquar ted With :n.1r Lord he bad had transac twns With me m connectmn With my office I came mto office as Canal VomffilBSIOl cr Jannary tit 1868 contmuef.l m office e x j ears when I came mto office m 1~68 I do not recollect that l ord had any contracts think he first had a repau Rection on this port on of the ~,;anal 1 1\larch 18fj8 f'Xtcnd n,.., from PJckard ti Brtd,.,.c to Bolfalo tt was at out twcnt} miles long he contmucd II connection )\ th the- rc pw:rB etc of the canal I thml untd Juuc !8 2 the sectiOn I •voke of mcludes Black Ruck harbm and the t:lh£.1::. and ba.::~- 0!5 Ill Buffal the work ne had charge ~ under my guncral cu trol I had control of the WeKtcrn I>t lSIOn l e al~o had .t~omc work on the eanal bJ ast:n,,•,umcnt I have r5een Mr Johu liand know LcWls J Bennett '1.1 tl Andrew Spa 1ldm,!!; knc them m l86H the other (ana.l Comm sstoncrb m 18 were Itfessrs Hwght and Ba•com (par cr showR the WltnCS3) my sxgnatnre ltj attached to these flue~.: con traets think they have the Signatures of the other t::ommtssiOners and of Joh.n Hand so far as I know they were made by myself and :Mr Hand but were filled up by the Engmecr It wa. done under my gen ergl duection my best recollection IB they were Signed 1n Albany It was the cnetom to take them there they were Signed llrat by Mr lland cannot sa;y whether I saw Hand Sign them they \\'e not to my knowledge taken from my office until taken to :Albany Robert L Dom was Canal CommiSSioner m 1868 tb.mk the Signature on the 1868 contract liS tus after they were engned at Albany thn:e coptl~\ were ::::cnerally made the three were SI.,ncd the cnslom was to dcpss1t one m theAudttorsol!lce do not thinkl'sawMr Hand pnor to 1898 never dtd kuow h1m much the contract of 1868 was for dredgrng the Oh10Bastn m Buffalo the contract of 1869 \Vas for dredging the channel around the north end of the breakwater in the Ene Basm the third was for removmg depoSits from Blaek Rock harbor work was begun under the 1868 contract I thmk that fall they contmued l thmk nntll the summer or fall of 1860 work under the 1869 contract for removmg de pos118 from Black Rock harbor was I temk begun that year and completed durmg the snmmer of 187 3 the work on the contract for dredgmg aronnd the break water was I think begun m 1SS9 and completed m 187-0 esfunates were Jl).a.de monthly while the work was pro greasing estimates of the amo mt of work donc9 pay ments were made upon the ~tlmates as they were made from tlllle to ttme on the (baBJs of 15 per cent kept back when an catllllsts was made I gave a draft on the aud1tor this was the way these contracts were conducted a-ccordrng to my rccol le•tlon when the contract was completed a ftnal ac count was madt' hy the engmeer and the amount doe the contraetor ascertained and a draft gJ van th1a was the way these contracts were ser.tled m 1870 aud 1871 I was rn Albany once m ten days or two weeks d11)\llli the session of the Legislature was usually thl!re at the first meetmg of the Canal Board m Janllllry, general ly oaw Mr Lord at Albany (question liS to whether I f' lolllt ml tine:, unount nl? to tweut.r tivt..: loll;u, \\CIC 11nposc I b} the watch houoe JU> I tue fen Jorl,.,es wmc Jecerved at the vat1ous 1 >I !liOn hou,e> 1 ue>day n~ght Pur H 1 C JUI T -George \\Vtlhelm W<ts con- Hcted of an \\sault and battery m the Poh c Comt tl!Is mormng and lined live dollars lilt chael Garson \\as the complarnant -BenJamm Thomas the moke at rested f01 -tr \hng two w ttchcs I rom Ezekrel Allen\\' loon was tully committed lor tr1al DHOl PEIJ DEAD -About tout o clock ye~ terdaJ <tftemoon Wrlham M Gmham dwpped dead 111 hu; harUN ll011 near the Genet~ee street lmrlge He uved alone and was about lifty } ea1s of age Coronel Dav1~ \u.s notltim1 and wrll hold an lllf(Uest ,--- BIGAMY W lllchough was :ute>tell ;bout noon to rla} by specral> f{Ief and ·wiley on charge of lt,amy, the complmnant bemg Liz zte Mccue one ot the unfoi tun tte wtves He was locked up at staton No 1 to twtut exam m ttwn Vicinit~ Correspondence. EROM GIRARD Do'¥ the Ucntenrual Was Inaugn• rated-A ReDlarkable Observance of New Year's Day-Dahues and Dan• dehou~S, Stra\W Hatt~~ and L1ncn Dusters, Ett , E tt <r11 \Hll 1 ~ Jau v f'\ U I 1>11olt\ c n nun \\ htle~be ettll~n. ol Gum I 1 t. '' 1c nc thez l ackwattl nor nig .. gM<llJ m weJeommg tl!e bu th ol the Centen ntal 1iea1 wtth the mgiug o1 bell:s and bmn mg of powder hy ' happy msptratwn sug ~estell by the balmy 1 eauty ol the day they ar hteved L celebt LtlOil whwlt ts Without a pie cedent 111 th1' clune an<! was undoubtedly the most Ulli<JUe of all the ol seJVanr e\ m honor ot tbc mcmotablc oc~~.: \:SlOn \ BA:;KJ \1 llt;S!C which waM \ <.:omplete ~ut:c.es..\i- 1n ttten lance e><erclses tn t ~I hle> w ts bel t lD the pme g10v~ ot h \' R tttle' Es 1 a ]Jmmn~ the Vlllag~ llltl till< Un!J WhiCh lUllS the 42£1 puallel of n01tl! latJt!lde 1\lany ot the gen men \POtted Httaw hat• <tnt! !men coats, and nettber wme fount! unsea•onable, wtth the thermo-ructex 1 mg1ng ii om 67 to 70 In the shade W1th tlmost nmrvelow; ptecoctty, the dandelion, vwlet and datsy bloomed m the 01 eo mr an I lotmed by tau hands mto bon· <tUeto, completed the summer tiJUslOH comeJerl by the fervid sun untl festive >ccnc A !irst ot January picniC, under the METEOROLOGIC CffiCUMt:lTANCES mdtcated deserves a pmmanent place In the cbromclc> ol the Centenmal ~ear and for accomplishing 1t Gtrarll I\ entitled to carTy a lunch baoket at the !Ole (J t:l - W:t< flAVE JU•t recened the new Ink and copyrng Crayon w htch answers all the purposes of an ordinary lead pencd with ~he advantage of producmg a perfect copy When copwd1t IIlllt<mUy assumes the appearance of mk and Is Indehole Call and see 1t at THE COURIER CO ~~~- Jus 'I RECEIVED.- Reyno!~ Econolll!c Book Back and Books THE COURIER COMPANY • LONDO Jan 5 yesterday to be represented at the centenmal A •pee tal from\ tenna to the ,St ndaul say8 expo\'twn Each exh•lntor wtll be tequtretl news have been recerved there that a con to show lleeces.taken from one buck and th1ee sprracy has been drscovcrecl rn Belgrade to ewes to be accompamed wrth a statement glV made Karageorgewttch the tel mg prmce of j mg the number of days growth of each ~ervra Several arrests hav been made Prmce Mrlan does not ven re to leave hts house Afternoon I'oDl Hugh\ Report. NEW YORK Jan 5 A cable dispatch reports that Tom Hughs Is unable to accept the mvrtatwn to act as umpue m the mtematwnal collegi.ate boat race next 8Ummer 01 to be pre.ent at all owmg to nn per~t1 ve home dutres He sends hrs best Wishes Personal A l'ans dtspatch reports thwt ex Queen 2 O'CLOCK P M 'fHE LEGI~LATURE. IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED Isabella of Spam '' dange10usly rll ~nth the '.I'he M.iu.CriS S-trike at measle\' Ihe DiYUaDllte Plot The same dtspatch says the wtdow ot Thomas 01 Thomas~en of the Mosel dtsaster, has turned over to the Bet hu pohce her husband's volumt no us cor1 espondenee The Turki\\ ReforDlll LONDON, Jan ~ A Pans d!spatcb. to the 'lm~e8 sass It I> stated that the l!ench govemment has ex Jtessed a des1re to act m accmd wrth Eng land's leelmg on th.fl subJect of Count And1as sy s note proposmg Tut k1sh retorms 'I he co1 reBpondent adds I <lo not thmk, notw1th standmg the moderate tone of the note, that adheswn to Austna s propos1t10ns should be looked fo1 1 am assured that the note IS about to grve use to prolonged exchanges ot < ommuntc<ttions between the great powers FROM NEW \ORK. Arrived NEW YORK Jan D fhe steamship• G<lbm t trom Hamburg, the ll!Iaas fl om Rotterdam, the Atexand1 za from Mediterranean ports, and the Utty of Havana from Havan' have arrtved Tile Navy 1tard11 ¥ ou1 hundred and nmetv men have UIJen di•chruged !rom the Brooklyn navy yards m one lot The force m the constr uctwn depart- ment and m the ya.~ ds and doek> rs lower than 1t has beeu fot twenty years PENNSYLVANIA. Gov Hartranft's Message. HARRISBURG, Penn, Jan 5 -Gov Halt- ranft sent his annual message to the Iegxsla ture to-day The govemo1 states that dunng the fiscal year ending Nov 30 187a, the total amount of the debt Iedeemed 'Was $1,33o,· 4!1() 63 total reempts, $7,634,650 67, total dts· bm sements $6,541,448 40, balance 111 state !Ieasury, $993,207 27 It'\ estimated that the revenue of this year Will he $500,000 less than last year, which WOI!ld make the delimency at the end ot the current fiscal year about $1,- .\iiO Appropnations cannot .be matenally reduced, and the delictency must he proVIded tor erther by the rmpositlon of new taxes or the d1verston mto the general hmd of some of toe revenues now ftowing mto the smiting fUIId To levy new taxes at a tiine Brussels Ended. FINANCIAL---GOLD 112 5-S. &c. &c. &c ~OREIGN. Ftnaueial LONDON Jan 5-3 30 P ~~ 'I he amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance to day IS £63 000 Consols 9:! 11 16 lor money and 9., l ' 16 for the account Com.m.erct.al LIVERPOOL, J lll '3 Lard vVs pel cwt Pot k 80s per bbl tor me•' Tallow 48s per cwt LONDON, Jan 5-5 1' M Tallow 54s per cwt H.elined petroleum, ll,!d per gallon AN1 WELP, Jan 5 l'ettoleum clo etl acttve at 31! banes for line pale Amencan I'Jte Strikers BRUS~ELH, Jab 1i .M<tny ol the mmms who wore out on strtke have resumed wot k It 1s hoped that the strike is now endect The burgmaster of Lou- VJere demes that the btukera used fire a1'tll.s 111 the 1 ecent d1stur bances or that the disturb ance• were senous The troops a1e still pa· trollmg the dJ.Stnct, though rt h not likely theu serviCes Will be requrred Conference of' &he :IJ.Ie.JD.be.rs of t.he Honse of tCommoos. LONDON, Jan 5, Yesterday at Dublm there was a meetmg ot the members of the house of commons who belong to the \ Home Rule\ party m order to agree upon the course to be pursued dunng the eommg session ol parh&IDent They decrded to support the land bill which 1s to be mtnJ. duced bv Isaac Butt, the member for Ltmenek City The b3Sls of this bill Will be fixity of tenure and fair rents .Mr. !Jutt will also ask leave err the house to introduce a bill making better VlSion for univerSity education ln fullaJtd. The questmn of home rule will be 1rused M1 Foste1 called up h1s resolutton for a re cess and It was amended so as to ad]outn !I om to morrow to Wedneoday next It was then adopted and goes to the senate for concur Ience Mr We1ant offered a Iesolutwn tleclaime: It the duty ot the legi.slature to Inaugurate hon esty and economy m the management of gov ern men t affairs ll1r Strahan n\na; to debate the re>olutwn went ovei llr Sherman olleied coucmrent leoolutwns for the amendment of the constitution so a.s to provtde for the supermtendent of state pnsons wrth full power to manage the same and abo! Ishmg the office of m•pectm of state pnsons By consent the tesolutwns were Ieferretl to the committee of the whole house, and the speaker had consent to mtroduee a btlt to amend the mill ta1 y code 01 dered prmted t. <!MM.HRCIAL MATTERS OFFICE OF THE EVENING REPUBLW t Wednesday December 5 1876 S The only sales z:epotted thiS forenoon were 450 bbis of Flour at range I car new Corn on track on p t 2 cars do at 55c 8 ;!00 bush hard Mmnesota Wheat on p t 700 bush do at $1 OB and 500 bush Canada Peas at 85c Mlllfeed lower Other atitclea wrthoutcbange of consequence The followrug rs from thts mmnmg s COURIER Yesterday Flour qmet and wtthont~hange m pncc sales 620 bbls at annexed quotatrons Cornmeal Oat meal and M1llfeed qmet and steady Wheat macti\e holders firm Corn Wlth fa!r demand for new and 11 cars changed hands at 51i@57c aecordmg to eond1t•on, old 18 neglected Oats and Rye mactlve Barley held firm tendency upward no sales reported Malt q 1 et steady Peas and Beans moderately active at un changed rates l:leeds dull <.:lover tendmg upward Hay qutet Pork lower other Proviswns and Fish un changed Butter and Cheese dull llighwmes nommal Railroad Frerghts unsettled and lower Other articles unchanged The changes m the Liverpool market at fi ou P M yesterday from. 5 P M Monday were a declme of 2d on low grade red Wheat ld on wh1tc 'Wheat 4d on li1gll grade club Wheat 3d on old Uorn 6d on new and onPork green $1 60@200, o& tnd sellfug !illd sellnlg at ~~=rbl!$~2,:~2 '16 medium Clover ; ' $7 011@7 00 J FOREIGN. I'he Egyttan I'rouble LONDON Jan li fhe heuter Telegt am Company's corres- pondent at Cauo demes that there rs any foun datwn for the revorts ot trouble between Mr C we, the But1sh commtsSioner, and the khei· hve They are on the best of terms Neubar l'asha res1gned because he was dissatisfied wtth the separatwn ol the commerce and forergn portfolios, both of Whtch he had heretofore admmrotered The London stock exchange was seuously clisturbed vesterday on account ot these rumm s A heavy fall occurred n Egyptran sUiettes which howeve1 has been m great part recovered to day .I<'ORTY- l!'OURTH CONGRESS. SENATE-WASHINGTON, Jan 5 .lib Conklm presented a pehtwn from the citizens of New Yolk city askmg the passage of an amendment to the constrtutwn of the U mted States pmhtbttmg the appropuat1on ot money for an} I ehgwus sect Refeu ed to the JU lrc1ary committee HOU!:iE-WASUING10N, Jan 5 In the houo;e the \peaker occupted the ch:ur m appmcntly ,ood health an1 thete were but tew members absent fhe oath of offiee was atlmmt~teJe I to It I J{Jddle ot fenne .. ee eleclctl Lo !ill unexpaed' term ot M.1 I< rte, deceased A large number of executive commumca tions \hrch h<td accumulated durmg the 10. cess wete presented uy the speaker and re fcrrecl to appropnate commtttees The speaker then pwceeded to call comml t- tee• for 1eports but no commtttee had any busmess 1eady to 1ep01 t On motiOn ot 1111 Motuson, lllo , the bouse, at 12 <>0 went mto committee err thP whole on the state of the Umon Mr Wheelet, oi New York, 111 the chatr, and the usual J'lloolutrons diMtubutmg the presrdent s annual messa!l\e to avpropnacc commtttees wew offe1 ed by ~Ir .Moruson md adopted ------ M:lSCEJ,LANEOUS. Ltbel Snit BOSTON, J au D In the libel &UJt ot llletcalf vs The Boston Herala to ICCO\ e1 $10,000 damages, the JUry rettlmed a verdtct m favor ol the plamtiil for $1 Polib<'al. t:oNcoRo, N II, Jan 5 The repubhcan o-tate conventwn met to-day and elected Orrm E Moore, of Nashna, per· manent charrman A. Ji'i'and. Total ·~·-,·-··· Same time last week Same week last year 5593 2,80[j 48ll 9300 6,7011 12100 SHWMENTB .. 5600 3000 18,000 Sllllday l 9011 1,400 Monday I 7011 2 300 600 Tuesday. • I 1!72 1 000 1,200 Wednesday l 224 1 900 1,600 Total 4 8\6 7,100 4,800 •• 16 &! 16 Same time last week 8 000 6 600 ll 800 Same week last year 4575 10 100 10 4011 1)2 CATTLE-lteoetpta to-day 459 heod, making the total supply for the week thus far 5 698 .bead or 329 ears ( 168 cars of which were through conalgpments, the balance on sale here) against 2 805 head Ql' 185 cars tor the same tlllle last week-a dilferenc& m the recetpts for the week thus far of 164: ~ less--and 4 811 heod or 28ll cars for the ci>rrespondlng weell: 1111!t year The market yesterday late in the day continttod dull and slow at full weak opemng rates of the week The followmg transactwns were made about all stee111 Bold for eastern trade Sel'er No Av 11: Prfce. Hol!inrlsworth Induma steers 52 126'2 $6 20 Same do do 14 1382 5 60 Christie & Sparrow do do 18 1340 5 20 Same IllmoiH steers 68 1191 5 00 Same do and heifers 40 lOlli 4 65 Reynolds & Co llimolS steers 31 1279 5 011 Same do do 47 1399 5 25 l:lame, do do 85 1B20 5 2li Same <IQ <10 31 ll64 4 7o Same, '1 exas do 103 llliO 4 {if) Kerr Taylor & Co Ohw do 16 11911 5 20 Same do and hetfers 33 1072 4 25 Fayfield & Geiemcr Ill steers 20 1034, 4 liO Same do de 20 1079 4 50 Same do do 20 1118 4 50 Same do do 20 1110 4 50 Ramsey Ohio do 80 1141 4 711 M B Doty cows and steers 31 1121 4 !iii Drake Ohro steers (extra) 16 1509 6 2li Bradley Mieh gan steers 16 1072 4 &#i Cnttmg Ohw do 18 lltiO 5 00 ' Same do do 18 1000 4 liO Wtckham do do .... 20 1001 4 2{; Downey, 'llfichlg8n do 15 1647 4 25 ThlS mornrng the trallt'actions made were very few '1 here are still remaxmng unsold a few lots of g~ shtppmg stock The folloWing were all the sales.'fi<. ported for the day pnces nnchapged Seller Nu Smith & Stevenson • h1o steers 18 C Rosell81l Illinois do 2l Stac Ob1o do 20 Noe do do 17 Beck ayne cows 15 McDonougll & ens, MI<:blgan steers 19 *$10added A.v 1!. 1160 1!77 1627 1143 1646 1174 SHEEP AND LAMBS--Rece!pU!to-dayl OOOJzead, llllokmg the total supply for the week thua far 6,600 head agamst !1,000 head far the same tiJne last week. and 13 6\10 bead for the same week lMt year The' market yesterday late m the day was dllll and Sl!lW' and not onlficJeot sales made after our mommg report lor transactions The followmg were all the $Jl)es \~'< ported to day pnces rule at about openmg qllQtations, receipts light and demand slow Seiter No Av;20 Pnce Farnham to Abbey :Mieb sheep 180 1!7 $5 1{; Nanl<v>lle to Scott, Canada sheep and lambs ••• 71 123 Reynolds to same IllinoiS sheep, 77 !liS Buck to Burke, 'llfiehigan do 197 91 f; 25 HOG8-o-Recmpts to-day 2 800 head, .llll\king the totilil - supply far the week thus .tar 9;3011 head against 6 7® head for the same time last week, tnd '121011 bead (lit'• the same week last year; Market moderately active, demand fa~r Sales I 500 Yorkers at $7 116@7 lilt, few eastern selected at n 80, 000 head beavy hogo aj; $5 35@7 50 A:bout 4 cars remalniilg on sale St Albans dispatches of thiS mornmg =•mr .... thattbe lad.c!llliug himseH Oharlie Rosa -~::~~---~.