The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1869, Page 9

atonce were he to wait for the namber of egiisyie to the standard of twenty-five ts by Lhe slow process of death and resigua- all the enlisted men would be by ‘expiration of their terms of service, and we ia be compelied to abaudon many of the forts in tne Indian country. He therefore very her ved to make tue consolidation at once, so th: - could be made to replace the men Aisoharged ty, expiration of their terms of entist- * ment. His orders prescribing the mode and manner consolidation were made on the 10th of March, aed have been carried into effect as fast as possible Considering the scattered condition of the troops. Tne coloncis and weld Officers were chosen Bere, and announced in General Orders from These headquarters. The captains and heu- the comma: departments in which the Bew regiments were .to serve, AS @ general rule, all other things being equal, tne senior of each je was retained, provided he was deemed qualt- and Was aciually present for duty. fhe recrult- service was resumed on the 28h of April, and supphed about 1,000 recruis a month—varely enough to replace discharges in the more exposed 8 Of Lhe Indian country, ‘The consolidation has thas been effected at as little cost as possible and on principles as fair and just as ‘the case admitted. By this consolidation were rendered supernu- merary (officers). . assigned fo ui ya tenants were selected by ull vaci ‘Transferred to dll vacancie ry. Seanniorrea, to Gil vacancies in aruiler; es Balance of unatiached officers No vember 1... Aocounted for as 10llows;— recruiting service. Tadian An aid oa S8 S EFnnsSs Serceres iy reau of Freedmen, Lanas. ma. engineer duty. yn ordnance duty 1. . manding military My wh rm eS stricts—recousiruc. Pp General Sickles, Veins s & Ou duty Tol Balance ‘awaiting Orders”.........ceceseceerees 168 ‘O1 this latter number there are reported physically Misqualified, twenty; imtemperate, seven; under suspension, three; in arrest, turee; ineficient, two; ‘aU home at their own request, ninety-six. it als- bandment must come—and 1 suppose it is tnevita- bie—it is but fair that, the blow should first fall on these lastnamed. But the 353 unattached oficers are among our very best, who have in batte earned their commissions, and who are tily qualitied to be thrown out of their chosen profession to begin life ‘anew. Their claims are entitied to the genervus con- sideration of the government, and | ieei assured they will receive it, and to this eud will endeavor vo munmit all the facts of the case, with such sugges- tions as seem appropriate aud likely to facilitate ‘their retention in the wilitary service. dn the first place, in the reorganization of the army tn 1866 the law provided for tour regiments of Veteran reserve troops, the oficers of which were ohusen because they had vecome disabied by wounds in the war of the rebellion. In the consolidauon these regiments were put on a par with the others, aud several of the oiticers, though wounded and disabled, are provided for in the new organizadon; pti the great majority have been lest out and in fact are disqualified, by the loss of limbs or other physical disability, for the exposure and activily of our in- faniry regiments. ‘uey would be entitled to be retired under existing laws were {it not for the tact that the number of oilicers to be retired is limited ‘by the sixteenta section of tif act approved Mi 8, 1861, to seven per ceut of the oillcers of the whole aimy. This limit of seven per cent of officvera in gervice was fixed when the army was very Jarge; and now that itis reduced the number that can be ‘Fetired by reason of age or infirmity, or by reason of ‘wounds, is comparatively smail. 1 earnestly recom- Mont that this limit be removed, and that the Presi- ent be allowed to reure any nuiuber for cause, viz: for wounds in battle, or age; or if it be deemed pru- dent to 1x a Amit, that it be fixed at some speclic amumber, say 250. The number now retired is 177. By the present organization of the army the arttl- lery anu cavairy lave to eacu regiment ove colonel, one lieutenant colonel, threo majors and twelve ‘companies, whereas the iniantry regiments have one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, oue major and ten companies. I am satistied tiat all regiments should have the same organization, viz: ove colonel, one Meutenant colonel, two majors and twelve compa- nies, tor this organizauon admits of a subdivision Auto three battalions of four companies each, com- manded by a hentenant colonel or major. Moreover, the artillery companies have each two first lieuten- nts, Whereas the Cavalry and lasantry have but one. All compauics should have the same organization, ‘viz.:—One captain, two first Heutenants and one second lieutenant. If ail the ofiicers could ve Kept Witu their companies, one captain and two jicuten- ants would be suiiicient, but the army organization mever did provide for detachments and details, ‘whiol are tnevityble from the nature of ourservice— guch as lor recrui:ing service, for the Indian service, for duty at West Point and civil colleges, for details 28 aides to general officers, &c. It is Jor this reason, Piel wee t ae for rn rime lieutenant to the We3 Of cavalry an fantry, the same as already exist in theartiliery. The exira lieutenants now allowed by law as regimental adjutants, quartermasters and commissaries could then be eee aud detailed from the list of first lieutea- Lherewith submit a table showing the organiza- tion as proposed; and assuming tae number oi regi- ments to remain unchanged (viz: forty), and allow- ang a maxtnum of seventy-five privates each company, it would give us tor tho lune of the arm: 2,136 commismissioned officers, and 42,490 men. It is well known that no army can be kept up to its legal stanaard, and that two-thirds {8 as large a proportion as can be relied on for actual service. Applying this ratio, ‘We will have for actual service about 29,750 officers gud men—a number that no one acquainted with the subject can declare to be above the necessities of the country. It also seems unjust to permit the whole blow of eduction to fall upon the infantry arm of service alone, The cavalry and artiliery should share in the cousequences; and I therefore recommend, after Congress has enacted the necessary laws, that the Pres.dent aseemble a board of disinierested general oiticers, to Whom shal) be committed the whole matcer of redaction aud reorganization, with au- thority to transier unuttached infantry officers to ‘Vucancies that exist or inay be created in the regi- menis of cavairy, artillery and infantry alike, after Which to recommend for actual disbandment the officers found in excess of the new organization. In apie of whatever may be done there will bacases hardsiiy and seeming tojustice; but it fa all-im- portant tiat tie rule that cuts oi ail promotion Should be removed as soon as possibile, for no army oan be efictent without Lolding out to the junior Ollicers the hope of promotion. STAPF OF THE ARMY, This term applies to those officers aud men who administer to the wants of every military esrablish- ment, and are in our service classified as adjaiants general, inspectors general, bureau of military jus- fice, quarteimasicrs, commissaries, surgeons, pay- master's and ordsance departments, corps of engt- neers, chief signal officer and post chaplaina.” The Names Wuply thei respeciive duties and the organic law of 1s6¢ limits and prescribes their number. The heads of these departments reside in Washington Bnd submit annually @ writien report of their opera- tions for the past year. Itso happened that 1 was Secretary of War during the month of October, when ‘by law these reports were made in order to reach the Public Printer by the ist of November, and I Tequired aii the annual reports to be addressed, like ail other military reports, to the Adjutant General for the perusal of the General of the Army, who could make use of such information ag they contained and then lay them before the Secre- tary ot War. ‘This 1s, im iy judgment, the course thatshould always be pursucd—though a different one has heretofore prevatied—for otherwise we ‘should have the absurdity of a general comman ing the With bis ciel staff ofiicers re: “4 7 b “sporting tO RET Ge AP ee ett oe. wave iio objeowon ang imposed soe aoe ensserenane ve, “ies Ww ti * _ saepitimcne yy OabET PY the Kreaident oF Boore” tary of War; but all orders and instrucuvus wu... ing army movements by law musi pass through tie General of the Army, tat he may know what 18 transpiring. (See secon 2, act of Congress approved March 2, 1867.) ‘This matter has al- ready attracted the atintion of Congress, for 1 find a printed report on army organization was made on the 26th of February, 1869, by Mr, Garfleld, trom tue Committee on Military Affairs, to te House of Representatives. Tula report, with the testimony of the severai officers therewith, contains much matter thav is wortiy of the most serious con- sideration. Jneed only refer to some of {ts con- clusions:—The staf departments or corps are, in the opinion of the commuiitee, too large in propor- tion to tie line of tue army. Thore hag been for long time @ tendency \oward the muitiplication ot departments, increase of rank and independence of control in the statt thay ought ‘o be checked, “The stat departinents, by custom rather than by Jegisiation, have become aimost absulutely inde- pendent of generals commanding military depart- ments and districts, and even Of the General-in- Chief of the army. “In the opinion of the committee, all oMcers of tho staff departments should be directly under the coutrol and supervision of the Generai and the de- partment commanders, as oficors of the line now are. This reform can be effected better by adminis. tration than by legisiation, for this Independence of ‘the siad departments finds no Wwarrayt mm law ex cept in regard to engineer ofMicers Who are, by a clause in one of the Articles of War, made subject + Only to the orders of their superiors in thelr own “The and to the President." T heartily concur in these views, and, so far as my Quthority goes, will carry them out, Lt Would be ab- poe to hold General Schofleid, or General Augur, or General Hancock responsible for attairs in thelr Peony hahennd departinonta if they have not the po lute command of their troops and of tho stat cers who minister to their necessities. If Con- Saritul ave only enact the new Articles of War, ail uinctioga Nerekaiors tatauloy wal BS Gage NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEBT. cease and all parts of the army wilt be put on the game honorabie - ‘The marked mane te ret. the oft. cers of e the sixty-t Article of War has the of & great deal of mischief; but when taken in connection with the piospainh Sao Lac etebeset tree at oem as ar in” they to orders as the olficera of the Quartermaster’s ‘To place them on a outside of their professional ities, 4 all that was id int which engineers, olficers themselves, have usually placed cate law, and for this reason in the new Aricies of War the one in question 18 omitted alvo- ther. For my part! have no wish to command je engineer corps or any other corps, but if it forms @ part of the regular army of the United States tt is ull-importapt that the generals who command the military departments, and are charged eral supervision of all army matters within thelr limits, should be able to avail themselves of this most important branch of the army, receive from them the usual roports of the state Af the national defences, &c., wituout asking it as a lal favor or applying to the President for his per tt case. Some of the other “retorms’’ suggested in this Con- gressional report have aiready been made. ‘The President has, by an executive order, recuced the civilian employés of the Quartermaster’s e- partinént from 14,672 men to 4,000, and these are not subject to the personal command of the Quarter- master General, but are, im fact, insters end jaborers, hired tn the distant Territories under tae supervision of the local quartermasters, and under the control of the military department commanders, In like manner the number of ordnance enlisted workmen has been reduced from 1,101 to 745, and to departinent commaadera has oeen given the super- vision of the recruiting depots In ail easentis) mat- ters, except the final ent of recruits to regi- ments, which 13 contro! here by the General-in- Onjet, peg can best jut where the recruits are most n¢ ‘Aa to the consolidation of tho staff corps and departiaents, discussed in this report T fee) dixposea to concur with General Thomas in his opinion poke in evidence on page thirteen of this “Keport on Army nization,” that it would hardly be wise tomake change Lo the extent which the commiites seems to favor. ‘The Chief Signal Oficer aL be attached to the eugineer corps or to one Of the stail depart- ments, and the forty post chaplains now in ser- Vice might be assigued one to each of the forty regi- ments which now compose the army. I would deem it advisable to allow the ovher corps and departments toremaln unchanged, except with auch limits as to the number aud rank of officers as Con- hips may adjudge proper. In numbers and rank they jo seem disproportioned to the line of the army, but Unis bas been the case for @ number of years, and the experience of the war of the rebellion demon- strated its wisdom. A staf system that has admit ted an increase of the line of the army trom the mere nucleus of 1860 to @ million of men, aud the reduction back to the present standard without con- fusion and with the most perfect accountability as to propert? and money—at all times providing for the army abundautiy—is entitied to our respect. T have therefore Jaid before you the annual reports ‘of the heads of all the staff corps and departments, but have noted certain matters In them especially effecting the army itself that I now beg icave to fer to. The Quartermaster General shows that the dis- bursements of his department have fallen $14,500,000 below tuose of the previous year. This departiuent 1s more afiected by the scattered condition of the troops and the peculiar sterle character of the coun- try tu Which tuey are kept than any other, if the army could be concentrated and quartered in the region of supplies the expenses could de kept down to a comparatively smail sum; orif we had, as in former years, u singic line of [rontier a littie in ad- vance of the seuicments, the same or similar would be the result: but now, from the nature of the case, our troops are scatjered by companies to posts in the most inhospitable parts of the Continent, to which every article of food, forage, clothing, ammu- nition, é&c., muss be hauled in wagons hundreds of mules at greac cost. Kor the same reason this de- partment 18 heavily taxed by the cost of fuel and materiais for Making huts, sometimes at a distance of i00 or 200 miles froma piace where a growmg twig as large as a walking stick can be found. Whiie the pay and allowances of a soidier remain the same in all parts of the country the cost of his mauiteuance in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Ne- vada, Idaho, Montana and Alaska 13 two sud thiee ties as great as on the Kanyas and Nebraska tron- tier. Af, therefore, tie estiinates must be made to approximate those of the ante-war period, we may be forced to withdraw our troops from all or a large part of the ‘Territories named. I have personal owledge that the huts m which our troops are forced to live are in some places inferior to what horses usually bave in this city. Neariy ail of these posts are temporary in their nature aid characier; but ag time progresses aud roads become estabiisued, we Can choose the real sirategic points, and at these we should have good quarters lor troops, and I hope the Secretary Wili ask a liberal appropriaiion, sub- ect to his control, for the erection of the necessary racks. In reference to the report of the Commissary General, General Eaton, it is proper that I should say tuat the army bas been well supplied with good heaithy (God, auc at all the posts are kept suppies of articies not embraced in tie ration, for sale to the companies and the officers’ famaiies at a price suill- cient to reimburse the department, This ooviates the necessity far Butlers, Which are now prohibited by law, except as mere iraders, having no lien whac- ever on the soldier’s pay. The ofiicers of the Sub- sistence Dopartmené are at depots, and ¢he actual issues to thy troops are made by Line oilicers, styled acting commissaries Of subsistence, Who receive an extra compensation of twenty dollars a mouth, less the vaiue ofa ration. (See section two, act of Con- gress approved March 2, 182%) From per. sonal experience 1 doubt if be practi- cable to commission theso officers specially a3 such, of to appoint permanent comuis- saly sergeants, because of the Constant changes of stations of our smail army; but I thiukthey should have a fair compensation jor the extra labor aud risk imposed of them by these duwes, 1 recom. mend tie repeal of the provisy oF the second secuon heveinpetore referred to, and that the olicers acting a3 quartermasters and comimissaries of posis re- ceive ten dollars a monti where there are two com- panies or jess, and twenty dollars a month where the garrison 13 more than (wo companies. The Hngineer Department ias charge of the con- struction of the permanent forts, the Improve ment of rivers, harbors, and various other duties imposed by special laws, So much as refers co the forts con- cerns the army that must live in them and fighs them, and therefore falls within my oficial province, All else noc directly allecting the army is none of my business. Generali Humphreys gives in great detail the con- dinon of the various forts with whose construction, alteration and repair his department bas been en- gaged. Nearly all the seacoust forts were planned Qt a time wien the eight-inch gun was the heaviest afloat, and befure rifled gans came into use, Now, however, that ordnance of the filteen and twenty- iueh calibres, throwing a shot over 1,000 pounds in weight, witi @ Ve.ocity of 1,500 feet per second, have come into general use, tue problem OT resisiance is entirely changed. It 19 beli¢ved tnat casemate foris, no matter how reinfoiced with tron, are not able to resist these shot, and changes must be made to meet tis change of Jucts. The engineer ofiicers have carermully studied this subject and have made many most Vaiuable experiments; and im connection wita the officers of ordn. apd aruilery, they should continue these ex; ments. ‘he Board of Engi- neers in New York has laid down five general proyo- sittons for application to all modifications ef the sea- coast fort, Whice I hearuly approve, viz.:— First —The use of darbetie batteries of earth, with deep parapet, and a jtberal number of bombproof and magazine traverses, ‘The use of the heaviest guns practicadle, with cartilages admitting of the gun boing depressed below the parapet for loading. Third.—AN abundant supply of heavy mortars. Fourth.—The use of torpedoes. Fiyin.—Entang.ements to hold a fleet log enough for desiruction. ‘Taking the new “Fort Winthrop” in Boston har- bor as a sample, Lam satisfied that these proposi- Uons fulfli all the conditions of the problem. No Toreigh army wil be likely to attempt a lauding on ony coast, and all that a hostile fleet can at- tempt will be to run by tho forts and lay the cities under contribution. On firm land we can han- dle guos of heavier cailbre and with more accuracy of aim than any enemy can bis afloat; and in my Judgment no armored sip as yet built can loag exist within the range Of our twety-inch guns, or even Of the Mtteei-Inch guas, If skiltuily handied, I there- forg recommend that the forts covering the cities of Fortiand, Boston, New York, Phiadeipiia, sald move, New Oricans and San Francisco, siould be pusned to completion as scon as practicable. All other points might be neglected for the present. bore cast guns for the great mass of fire, with mortars or tas same calibre and using the same Seoaiioel shat. ‘The ten-inch gun has been thoroughly tested, the ffteen-inch ally, ae 1, and h, are m™ he inch tems ade with the twenty: id be sap- we nye, aly two is use, Bact fort ants Plied w very accural here em = of as heavy @ calibre as can be used wi Tesouable safety. Of these a great variety are belug pressed on the attention of the depariinent, and I recom. mend that further experiments be authorized until the best model 1s recured. Teoncur with General perfeci\y in his recom- mendations that yar jus arsenals at a e, N. Y.; Champlain, Vi.; Mor Vernon, Ala; Apalachicola, Fia., and Fayetteville, N. U., be ‘sold, as well as the captured establishments at Shreve- re Ba Marshall and Jeifersun, Texas, and in jarion and Davis counties, Texas, Other smail ar- senals might in due course of time be sold, unttl we have, at central points, but a few great arsenals and depots of powder, and tiese should be of the most perfect kind on the most extensive scale. Our rail- Toads can rapidly transfer from these arsenals the requisite atores at the times und to the places: On short noitce, Jn conciusion I will invite the attention of the pro- F authorities to the earnest recommendation of jeneral Thomas, made in his report, and repeated to me eneorendt bined the seal islands of Alaska, St. Paul and St. rge be sold, alter due advertise- ment, to the highest bidder. From the nature of tho fur seal either of these islands, neid by @ single owner, will be @ most valuabie property; but if thrown open to the world they will soon become valueless, because the seals will not resort to those isla are hunted and killed witout due re- nds gard to their habits. General Thomas informed me that there were par- ties in San cisco ready to bid for them several millions of doliurs, Which would go: far toward in- dewnilying the government for ab otherwise poor and costiy country. Ihave the honor to be, your obedient servant, W. T. SHERMAN, General. Geneval W, W, BEKLNAP, Scoretary of War. THAT CARDIFF GIANT. The Boundless West Claims Him—He Comes from an Iowa Gypsum Quaarry—“‘Myste- rious Changes” at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Fort Dopax, Iowa, Dec. 1, 1869, The citizens of thia place believe that tho giant, said to be found in Onondagua county, N. Y., and hundreds of years old, was made from an immense block of gypsum, eleven to twelve feet long, four to five feet wide and two to three feet thick, taken from here a year ago last June or July, for the following reasons:—First, the gypsum ia of that peculiar kipd which is @ marked characterlatic of our gypsua, as shown in the analysis of Dr. » glven in the newspapers; second, the unexplained and mysterious character of the doings and objects of the “party” when here, and who obtained and took away the “great block of gypsum;” third, that after gypsum had laid in the water three months, being avery great absorbent of water, you or a geologist Could not tell whether it had been there three years or 300 years; fourth, being familiar with gypsum matfestations and peculiarities, they know, from their familiarity witn gypsum, that the gypsum quarries, in the vicinity where the glaut was sup- posed to be found, did not furnish the gypsum block for making it, because ifs quaitly 18 ditfrent, and those quarries could not (uruish a block large enough. Iwill give you an outline sketch of the “party” that’ obtained the ‘great block of gypsum” and shipped it irom here, via Montana, by railroad to Chicago and New York ‘city’ (%), in July of last year, : Early in the spring of 1868 two men (the larger one passed by the nawe of Hull) came to Fort Dodge claiming to be anxtous to get into the “gypsum bust- ness,” and that they desired to obtain a very large block of it, take 1t to New York, get up a stock com- pany and “make a good thing of it.” Shortly after their arrival cae rather a stylish man and wife, who boarded tn a privace family. ‘ihe man soon be- came intimate with the men of whom I have been speaking. He passed by the name of Glass, He came from Syracuse, N. Y., and 1s believed by the people of this town to be the artist who made the “giant” out of tue big biock. The move- ments of strangers, especially peculiar, are watched py the vank oicers to guard against bank robbers; hence the movements of the party were closely scanneu, After jooking around muck they Mnaliy bought one acre of gypsum quarry, pay- ing for it $100, nominaily to obtain specimens to show the public what exiraordinary tine gypsum Fort Dodge produced, then Ret up @ stock company and “go for them” in New York. Tbe biock when they started trou here with it for Boone, to take we railroad to Cuicago, weighed nearly or quite elgiit tons. It took tiem about a month to get ll to Boone, forty miles from here, on account of the roads and the heavy weight of the biock. From fhe tine it left Montana by railroad unul now we have been looking in the papers to see whav became of our “big block of gypsum. We thmk we “smell something” in the ‘“wouderfal stone giant.” ‘rhe city of Fort Dodge is situated on the cast bank of the Des Moines river, Webster county, lowa, aud has about 3,000 mbavitants. The Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad runs through the ety, the Des Moines Valley Katiroad ts complete to withtn six teen miles o1 here, and is being pushed on. A rai road from Fort Lorige to the lumber regions of Mii- nesota is being actively canvassed. About $100,000 stock Was subscribed at one meeting of the cluzens, called for the purpose of talaing over the question. ‘They in Mimnesota want our coal, Wich 1s Inex- hausiible, and of the best quality of bituminous coal, which we can deliver at the rairoad At three dollars per ton, and pay us; it cosis them now eighteen dollars per ton; wiaile lumber wich them 13 only worth from tweive to thirteen dollars per thousand, 1i 18 worth thirty-tive dollars per thou- sand here. So you see the cars would have full freight both ways; there would be no ‘dead cars’? either way. Our gypsam 18 equal fo any in tie world, and our lime rock makes a firm quality of lime, and will last until burning lime will be done on a large scale in common with things in general. We have eight churcnes, tree school houses, tie “High Scboo!,” tive doctors, nine lawyers, and one of the best buildings in the State. We are willing to compare our young ladies with those of the Atiantic States. We have lots of fun, and govd feeling pre- vails. The people are mostly from the Eastern aud Middle States, but tne West improves them, They are not cramped up, breathe free, have iarge ideas and large hearts. They propose to furnish “stone giants” at $25,000 a parr to aby extent. SINGULAR PARTNERSHIP CONROY The Supercedure of Preceodings In the State Courts by an Order Issued in Bankruptey— Bighly Interesting Opinion by Judge ice Cann. Judge Mcvunn, sitting at special term of the Su- perior’ Court, yesterday rendered the following opinion In the case of Clark va. Bininger:— This { an application for an order to preserve the partn shi, property Lromn waste, for the purpose uf testing the rl as to whether ono partner can throw the other into ainst the wish and will of the other partaer, v ety as they both cleariy show, the assets of the concern are worth between dvo and six hundred thousand dollars, and the in dobtodness of the firm amounts only to about two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Mr. Olatk, one of the partners, states that after being over forty year} in the frm, And seeing that the courae of the other partner was about to Tender sli his labors for years past fruitless, he sought the intereossion of this “Court, ond yed that tho partnership aifaira should be wound up, that a receiver Should be appoiated, that such recelver should pay all just detis of thedirm, and afterward divide assets or property left between the partners, ‘This waa grauted. Mr, Liningers hot being satisited with this course, moved before Juage Fithlan to vacate tho order appoiuiing the receiver, wiegiag thas Clark was not A. per, but merely had an tnter. Finding the Court was ‘about to, or bad, decided inst him, he (Hintoger) then, ag in alleged by Mr. Clark, fraudulently procured the Bank of Amerioa (to whom Bin- Inger alioges a cleby-aras owing, but whioh Clark doules) to apply, under the bankrupt la have the firm declared bankrupt. Under that appiloattgn deputy marshes heve udenyorad to t 1603, proporty or tho concern, ar ter (Clark) alleges that the try 4% Sd Font, having at least 3/0000 mox> ‘than its ‘dobia, which allegations aso “yartially A not denied, dy Hintnger, 149 6” nor'partner, Fieretofore in the, construction of onr sea coast h dissolve the injynct var vary pro- jyres tne Fassaeatiy |} at Ifthe iain a dig 9g icon sho bank: quarters Tor mén atid OMééer havé 7 | rupte Sai we Cae senna in age ees oi ow solvent tu firm ty tow, it tou auromocs 22 S38éifiates, and in many Instances | ean. no wee LRT, satimnad ‘aans Ht on these have been fivisusd at a cost exceeding what would have bullt élsewhere good healtny houses, heat never have been and never wilt a abode 10 wens aud with every care they can hardly me ry enough for the storago of powder and be vistons, In time of wat soldiers can and will endure anytiing, but in time of peace they should hot bo doomed to the damp, coid, prison-lke case- mate, Tue quarters for the garrison of a fort are as much @ part of the fort as the emorasures for the guns, and should be bails by the Kngineer Depart- ment, permanent when the site will permis, or tem- porary, to be destroyed when the occasion arises, ‘hese Quarters should be constructed In advance of the completion of the fort when needed, and paid for out of the appropriations for the Engineer De- artment, natead of the quartermaster’s funds, The former are usually liberal, whereas the latter are always taxed beyond their means by the unforeseen demand of the inland foris and military stations, ae prosqit stronger claims for immediate assist- The report of General Dyer, Onief of Ordnan containg uch that is of the greatest interest to nt army, All our troops are Low supplied with breech. loadmg smail arms of the best Kind, fully equal to auy Im use by foreign armies. Yet, as inventions and 80-calied improvements are all the time bet pressed by inventors, I have committed to a boar: of experienced and Pegg” officers in St. Louis, With Goneral Schofeld at its head, the task of mak- lng @ practical test of all small arms and ammuni- tion thai may be submitted prior to March 1, 1870, In feld guns the experience of our lato war monstrates that we have in the Napoleon tweive. pounder smooth-bore, And in the turee-inch ord. nance rifled gun, all that is to be desired in tnis line, In the matter of heavy seacoast ordnance there is @ wider range of Rae n that 1do not propose to discuss in this r further than to say that [ am ia thivinol, Miteetrinad and twoutrcingn einoots and betore we image. sald a, nutoniy ruptey got through, to , wa, Clark also aoe ivent Sb "OC ait to the deoi- fnwolvent and Clark be le’t ponuliess. that If the question of the fasolvency hopough ex. aion of the State Court he is apprehensive thata. —“"#e, be amiuation will not Le exhibited to his affairs, Leon * says, marshals and assigueos and other oMeers in baa an honest and He, therefore, such & ruptey will hiadey and delay bis efforts to hy prompt adjudication of the affairs of tho frm. Invokes the power of this court to protect hirn agals conspiracy, After ful examination of all the apers i the case—siich as wero used on tlie Fret application for tho injunction and _ receiver, and such as were used upon the motion to vacate the sxine, and upon tho alidavite now presented, we have no @owbi that this Court has the power to compel States Deputy Marahals to surrender ail thelr usury ‘over the property of the concern wutita fair anu impartial investigation be bad, aad the standin of the firm be piaced tn a position of cleat solvency or undiapated Insolvency. Ti+ decd, if the theory sct up by Bininger and the bank be the senior ora junlor, or any member of a firm, private malice agalaat his late copariners by doclaring his house wankrnpt and placing ta assota the fangs of the law, then there 1s not TD pingle howe” in our whole mercantile comm Rity fiat is safe, Wo apprebend this cannot he done, The rule of law applicabdie to and controlling this con- tro etween this Court and the federal Court of Bank- Fuj x and well settied for candid controversy. red by proceedings inn Jen has been acy he jnrisdiction of nix notdivested nor and ousted by sudsequent pro- { Bankruptey (Lowry va, “Morrison, M'Paige, 7; Matter of Alien, Law, Hep. B61; Storm ve id, Che ; Stewart ve. Isidore, 5. eed kaaeeu’ in' 3 Lander’ and 0, and numerous’ authoritias cit Jaw preserves: property. The fon in this court, operates a Hien on property for the benest of the Plaintid's partoer and of ‘the social creditors, and that Hen Pannot be disturbed or destroyed by tho subsequent fiat of & bankruptey court in after-inailtutel proceedings. The order of the court must be thas the Sceri take and remain in pos- the pro) of the late firm of A. Binii 10, eet the roe er Age oo uh cd ‘Temove forthwith all parties whorasoove: is ) slaluaing posseesion of the samo, until the further ue FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Monpay, Dec, '—6 P. M. ‘The speculative feeling at the begining of busi- ness this morning was almost wholly concentrated upon the gold market, where, despite the opposition of the “bears,” tha price was run up from 122% to 123%. The strength put forth on either side was aot of gdecided character, both parties seeming desir- ous of waiting for the President's Message and the reports of his Cabinet officers. The earliest tele- grams from Washington were very positive in pre- dicting that there would be no quorum of Congress, owing to the detention of members by tho storm. ‘This inteiligence was succeeded by the heavy snow storm here, and many of the chief operators left the street and went home, so that the subsequent publi- cation of the tenor or the Message and reports fell upon @ thin market, The announcement of the President’s position on the question of resumption turned the speculative feeling tn the Gola Room, though for what reason it fs dificult to conjecture, as Lis plan of a graaual approach to specie payments 1s exactly the policy which tne gold “bulla” would have him pursue, Every business man in the coun- try will read with profound satisfaction the recommendation of General Grant on this timn- portant subject, His clear, common nse view of the situation is in keeping with the man, and will render him popular with the entire mercantile community, The cliques in Wall street can derive little comfort from what be proposes, In fact, the halting speculation 10 gold to-day was the result of a second sober thought on the part of the same parties who began last week to lay their plans for @ bold movement. Alter the price had becn pushed to 123% they seemod to lack the courage of sustaining the effort, especially aa their numbers were already thinned by the storm. It 1s brue the subsequent deciine to 122% was par- tially the result of the advance of our bonds in London, which had the effect of weakening exchange, but the fact remains what the cliques were nonpiussed at the situation, and, after making @ ratuer briliiant sortie, have fallen back for council of war. The money market was casy at seven per cent to borrowers on call with pledge of stock collaterals, but in most in- stances the leading government dealers were ac- commodated at six. ‘There is very litile anxiety as to the immediate future of the money market, and ule impression seems general tirat at tnis late sea- son, When the cotton crop has taken all the money that ts necessary to Ita movement, and with little or no demand from the West, the local supply will be more than ample for the balance of the winter. In commercial paper there Was no change, despite tho announcement of the suspension of a couple of dry goods jobbing houses, The stock market was strong at the opening, and prices were gouerally in aavance of the closing quo- tations of Saturday. Toward noon it became weak aud fell off at the last board, 1a sympathy with the decitne in gold, The fluctuations were not wide, as tue market has ranged of late days, and were made upon a limited amount of business, the chief opera- tors seeming to await the effect of the Congressional documents. The dealings after the board showed an improvement, and the latest pricesin the Long Room were almost up to the best of the day for the leading speculative favorites. In the railways there ‘was & spirited “near'’ attack on Lake Shore, and the price went off to 8534, the other Western shares going off at the same time. In Chicago and Alton there was a sharp decline to 141, the stock being under the manipulation of parties coming from St. Louis. In the miscellaneous list Pccific Mail was feverish, and after falling to 49/4 raliled to 50%. The announce- ment of a semi-annual dividend of only two per cent on Western Union produced no effect, as the “inside” party who manazed to work the stock up to 45 last spring by a quarterly dividend of the same figure ure now on tie outside oud would like to get the stock back again, of which they are, further- more, reported to be largely short. ‘The government market was excited, particularly at the noon board, in consequence of an advance of one to one and a half per cent in the London quota- tions of this morning as compared with Saturday. The foreign bankers were large buyers on foreign account, which fact and the simultaneous advance in gold led to sales of 67's at as igh ad 116%. In the subsequent transactions at the board, as well ss on the street, tho Market lost its strength and yielded to the following closing prices:—United Statea cur- reacy sixes, 1075; @ 10774; do. sixes, 1881, regis- tefed, 113 a 11344; do., coupon, 317% a 11819; do., five-twenties, registered, May and November, 112%; a 11244; do., 1862, coupon, do., 11544 & 11634; do., 1864, coupon, do., 1125¢ @ 112%;, do., 1865, coupon, do., 11344 a 1134s; do., registered, January and July, 111 a 111%; do, 1865, coupon, do., 11634 a 115%); do. 1867, coupon, do., 1155 @ 115%¢; do., 1868, coupon,, do, 115% @ 116%; do, ten-forties, registered, 103 a 10844; do., coupon, 108% @ 109. The making of bills against the bonds purchased for export by the foreign bankers weakened the foreign exchanges, while the strength of tg gold market in the earlier hours of business checked the usual demand from the importers, The Southern State bonds were feverish and irregular in the Tennessees, which opened heavy and weak, and after declining to 40% for the new issues, rallied to 424¢ for the same securities. The North Carolinas were firmer and advanced a half to one per cent, The general list was steady and dull, Tue following were the closing prices of stocks at the last session of the Stock Exchange:—Can- ton, 50 a 6074; Cumberland, 244 a 26; Westen Unton, 347¢ a 35; Quicksilver, 15 @ 154; Maripos: 7% a 8%; do, preierred, 15 @ 1544; Paciic Mail, 504 @ 6034; Boston Water Power, 153, a 15; Adams Express, 6734 a 53; Wells-Fargo Express, 48 @ 18%; American Express, 39 a 894; United States Express, 51 3 New York Central .consolidated, 90'y a 9034; do. scrip, 8176 a 82; Harlem, 190 bid; Erie, 26), a 27; Reading, 094% a 99%; Michigan Cent 4 bid; Lake Shore, 85% a 85. Tilinois Central, 184)g bid; Cleveland and Pittsburg, $244 a 83; Chicago and Northwestern, 74 a 743g; do. preferred, Mf 2885 Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinuati, 74),; Rock Island, 107}4 @ 1072; Milwaukee and St. Paul, 70 a 701; do. preferred, 845 a 843g; Toledo and Wabash, 553g O57; do. preterved, 7275; Fort Wayne, 86 a 87; Alton and Terre Haute, 2734; do. preferred, 63; Ohio and Mississippi, 251; a 26%; New Jersoy Coen- tral, 8844 & 8814; Chicago and Alton, 129 a 141}¢; do. preferred, 137 @ 142; Morris and Nsaex, 87% a $3; Co- lumbus, Chicago and Indiana Central, 21) a 22, The following shows the rauge of the principal stocks to-day :— 204, Tghest, Lowest. ‘5 : The folowing Were [he Closina atreat Heian ia the leading &Tthe 48.061; do, new, a hp Yorgi harris eXx-coupon, sii We 420 4295 Virginia, ex-coupon, 49 emai taara = : 64; Georgia sixes, Sue; do. i fe bey 5; Norta Carolina, ex-coupon, 43 Pa do, LiF, 53 B33; mssourl sixes, 90 a 01; Louisions “X08, 07 @ 69; do. Levee sixes, 59 a 60; do. do, eights, A 78} Alabama eights, 95 a 97; do. fives, 61 a 63; South Card!iMa sixes, 70.471; do., new, 67 a 68; City Memphis sixes, 48 a 49, The foreiyn exchange market was quoted as fo l- lows at the close of business:—Sierling sixty days, commercial, 103 & 108}4; good to primo bankers’, 108 3g & 108%; Short sight, 100'¢ a 109%; Paris, sixty days, 5.23% & 6.18%; slort sight, 6. @ 6.164; An- tworp, 6.25% a 6.15%; Switverland, 6.23% a 5.15\; Hamburg, 36% @& 85%; Amsterdam, 404% a 403%; Frankiort, 40)¢ a 40%; Bremen, 78)¢ a 79; russian thalers, 704s & TL‘. ‘The range of tho gold market 1s ext{bited in the following record of the chief fluctuatioas:— 10 A. Me. 23 10:08 A, M. 11 A. M 12M. . 12:30 P.M... 239% OP. +e 8 1P.M.. + 123% 6:80 P, M....122% @ 123 Holders of cash gold paid seven to six per cent, and, oxceptionally, three per cent to have ther balances carried over. The operations of the Gold Exchange Bank Were a3 follows:— Gold cleared $23,991,000 Gold balances... 1,042,008 1 Currency balances, soon 1,940,646 ‘The imports of specie at this port last week were a4 follot Wa: Nov, 29—Steamer Porto Plata—Golr Dee gba Onell Re Cros Shoo Dec, $—steamer Fahkee, Hamilton—Goid, 4,000 - Total for the week.... Previously reported. .. Total since January 1, 1869. Same tine 1363 . $6,100 + 14,870,752 $14,876,862 6,701,115 3,032,610 9,421,309 ‘The earnings of the Marietta and Cincinnatt Rail- road for the expired portion of the year were $1,251,193, against $1,172,687 during the correspona- ing period of 1363, ‘The imports from Canada to the United States for tue year ending June 30, 1869, were as foillows:— Subject to duty . + $25,466,321 Bree of di + 4,886,689 ‘Tue exports from the United States to Canada for the same time were $18,154,613. The imports from other British North American provinces amounted to $1,785,146; the exports amounted to $2,703,173. ‘The fohowing was to-day’a business at the office of the Untted States Assistant ‘ General balance yesterday Gold receipts. . Gold pay ments. Gold balance +. Currency receipts. Currency pay nen Currency ba ance. 186,050,874 270,068 ets Howl Ord A, Me U0 ohs 4 Mer U x,.v eB 0 2000, 0,0 & 100 To, Wab & West... ‘s Ws BUR, Pe we cht gta i 1000 Brooklyn 6's, wis. 92g B000 Cen PRR g dds... 93. 8000 do. Yo aeue si’ tat as: im a: be 1000 Del,Lack&W,latm 99 10 do.. Ey ClevesTo af bas. 3.68 Cbs, Bur & Qy RR. 100 Lot Peo W Late jel, Lack & 10000 WU Yel 7 bes BA “0 : do. 12 M. and 2:15 o’ Clock P. M. 810000 US 6's, "Bi, re; 11000 US 6-20, ry 165, n. 1G 10000 US o's, "81, S700 US mgt "7. 43500 do. 12400 US O's, do. 500 do! 10000 7500 do, 60000 US 6-90, 6," *87 185000 do. x 100) UB 5-20, ¢ 1400) US“, 6,18 400) " ie OB Bate. iy $1000 Tenn 6's, new. TM do. oe 8000 Va 68, ox’ 4000 N Car 6" 8000 do. 1000 Missor 5000 Cen Pac RE 10000 Mor & Es 2d m. 1G do. 4 iy WH 1 MH g St Paul pt 8454 100 Pac M SS: 5034 100 NJ Central RK. 89 10 do. ee i Bg 19 Adam 100 P.PeW & Gul RE. 87 8 100 Weils-Fargo Ex. 25 Chic & Alton... Wert OnTel..., 8430 85 i Bg Pacihe Ma: bu'sa GL 5 Wa 7446 NYCentralcon 8:40 9) Bq a BSG NY Cen scrip. ga 8S X 1 Ene. Da 26% i) Roading. a 99's Biga Bg St Poul pret COMMERCIAL REPORT. MONDAY, Doo, 6-6 P. M. Covrur.-The market for Rio was quiet, the demand being light, and we heard of no szies of moment. Prices, however, wore steady at former quotations. Of Laguayra 875 bags wero sold on private terms. Other kinds were dull but un- changed. Corron.—There was a good demand for export anda fair inquiry for spinning, and, with only moderate offerings, prices advanced fully 3c. per tb. the market closing strong at the improvement. ‘The business was good, the sales being 2,667 bales (including 270 to arrive), of which 1,864 wore for ‘export, $48 for spinning and 185 on ulation, Considerable business in was consumniate | average low middling, for February, at 2434¢.; 160 low ‘iniddling, for December, on private terins; 30 December at’ Sige. ; 400 do.’ January at 2410 February. on. private terms; 100 do. for do. at 2 middling for March at 253%c. jow middling, for Marebs at 2ig.; 100 do. do. tor Apri, ‘and £00 do.» Ired.on board, at Ne@ Orleaus, for December, on private terms. We append the closing quotations: — Cplands and Mobileant = N. Orleans Florida,” M: and Tera. Ordinary. Middling.. 4 Good midd: 3m 25°, FLOUR AN) eceipts, 18,945 bila. fi corn meal, 184852 bushela wheat, 62,259 rya, 300 do. mak and 10,00) co. bariey. ‘the duil and beavy for all except low grades of State, w. ly held. “California tour was dil and nomina 4 were 900 bbis. Sonthern flour was duil, but Bales 500 bbls. Rye flour was moce: ‘ales $75 Ube. Corn meal w 1258 ¢ Cholce do Suiperiine V Extra do..... Extra Minueso Roun’ hoop Ohio, Round hoop Ohio, trace brand St. Louis low extra... St. Lous straight extra St. Louts choice double extra. St. Louis choice family. Southern choice and family. Southern superfine and ext California tour (sacks d Rye liour.. Cova meal, city Corn meal, Brandywine. ders generaliy lemand anc the market abo E 9, spring, #1 26 a for red. and amber winter, 81 27.0 1 98 for red weste: I 50 a #1 00 for white Michigan—tho latier price for chofce— £4),000, bushe' aud #170 for “Debi.” Corn was firm, with sas of 45,000 bushels at 1 09 a &1 12 for mixed We the latter peice for prime afloat BL 8 fo: oats were in demand, but ac th ‘he aten wore 254.00 Gumlicls, at Oe. adie yellow Western close rather heavy, Bic. a 60 '4e.--the latter price for oboice wihite—and New York Cen. and Find. consol, 91 8054 | for Jersey and Southern. was dail and heavy, at 41 wa New York Ven. and Hud. serip 83. 8.'g | 81 Of for Western and HL ia $l 16 for "Baton “Hariey. was 133, 10 tirm. “fh a fair demand, the sales being 30,000 bushels, at 2 ‘2g | #. 05 for two-rowed State, #1 12 for four-rowed do, and 3125 Of sect | «RL 80 for Canada West- the inside price for common. “Tho 0046 O87, { frock of grain inthe New York and Brookiyn warehouses 80% é cember 4, 1669, was as follows 0,662. bn wheat, 15 19 bushels corny 1,886,094 bus 0,043 bushels rye, Poth '05 ushela barley, 77,007 bushels malt, 11,554 vuslels -) Wit 6 | 'SAkrxorre.—The market was dull and rates favored the Milwaukee BE Oe 10 4 | shipper. ‘The demand for vessels for oh=~* re aud St, =cut preferred... 85 and rt - re , -~ wae - . POGOe itt ct. Resdvasievessesencs | OLM | poo parycaes onary, 7a Gnenphindae eee! a, and 750 do. four re Phe at Adley 2,699 bb ~ “alitax al BAe, rr DOB Wy spirits tnepentine, a. to Melbourne, Austral bark, #3 tons, to Genoa and back, brig to Bilboa, with 1,800 bbls, petrdien to the Mediterranean, with 2:20 bbia, with 14d brig for same voyage, tering ; also a brig, rt Tromthe Médiu pean b 1,90, gold, nnd a schooner, 1,000 db eTAL cargo; a Swedish am; an Anstrian brig etroleun York, with fruit Hayt! and back, at oF about ¥1,250, hall gold, port char paid. fi 6 Were quoted 6c, a 1 ithout sales of moment, here prevalie! # moderately active demand at, full rices. Shipping was quoted tie, reiuil lots, Sc. a gt 13; jong rye straw, aa and short do,, Se. a & Hip was dull aad prices were entirely uoinina: a quotations. and cloth, 19}s0. » former fiors.—The demand was very light, but full pri were demanded, especially for the etter graces. Smeal sai Dew were made at from L5e.-to Qo, for com MOLASE™S.— The market wag dul), the and we heard of no sales of moment. our last quotations, NAVAL Svoges,—For aptria of turpentine the market gontinned to rule dull, the demand bejny ony Dut prices were steady at Saturday's quotatio Were sold 100 barrels in merchatabio order at 43)cc. chiefly at the latter price, Lots, in shipping order, quoted at 4c. a doc. Rowin-The low grades w detter demand, but at eamer prices, whlio the etl ahenvy. | The mmon strained on pri $25 1,000 do. good strained and low Ne Prices wer torus, 2 at #3 lv a common do, at $3; 250 do, Jow pale and No. Lat $3 find 100 doe Not ‘ant ho, Bud Ba Som BN BW Stranet, Bla Bl 0; No. 2, 42 20 4 #310; pale, #8 76.0 #4 75: extra pale wnd window gl 889. Tar was dull; M1 bvia. Wilmington 26234. Washington was quoted at 82 60, without O1L8,—Linsoed was dull and nominal at Yo, a 9 and bbis, Other kinds were also dull, but unchanged in value. 0 were reported, 308 Dols, do, beet, 437 fork, 1,698 Ado, and 60 kegs lar ho market till dull, there being Ho demand ex- hiichesold at’ Saturday About No eaiea of conse PROVISIONS. 20 vita, were disposed of ‘or old mess, #92 25 a $53 60 for uvinepected nog do., and P82 60 for city mens, re dglivery Ui et wvas dul but eather heater. For future delivery the | condition at the City Hospital. Live were quoted Fades, with arrivals of G07 by ressed hogs were dull Ubjqe. for city and 13'gc. siow of sale, but held prices ; 50 bbla, were: for Western. Beef, though ia ‘light demand, was steady hi Inyalue, ‘The sales wre 75 bbls. at $4.0 Bid for plain, mene and #11 4 817 for exira do. ‘Tierce beef was quiet butficm at former prices, Srnail salea were made at 56 a $23 for prime mess and #30 a 831 for India do, Bacon was inactive at pre- vious figures. Of long clear small sales wore made at 17)<0, For cut meats the market was dull, there being no demand of consequence, and pr ntirely nominal. Small lots sposed of at Le, r pickled shoulders and Vigo.» tac. for do, hams. The business in lard was litt but prices were without change, 200 packages were Aol, Yeiio. a 1dige. for No.1 to primo steam wad 19340, 6 200, for ettie rendered, Perec bulls, was held at 19¢., but buyers refused to pai cept for #mall lots, and we heard alva of consequ ‘or crude, in bbls, 2c. was caer were reported, For refined there was no demand of con: ce, and the sales were cou- fined to 1,500 bble., {n lots, at vbich price was de- ed for eangcvas and tl in bulky at 27746. do Philaceiphia fostag prices, and the spol, at BL half of December, at ago. clot t, the demand being Nght, bus W) Uerces, at 750. a 7340. for com- 4 was allm, but prices were un- sold at 17/9¢, a 183jo. for common iy in better demand at about former figures, and guics were made ta Roston of 500 bagsat 83 20, gold, dinty pald, ant to arrive there 35,00 bags and 3600 pockets at $2 116 do., sixty days’ time, witout Interest, and 1,500 baws at $2 15 do., cash. Grass were dull and nomiual at our inst quota tions SuGga.—Raw was in better demand, but the business was Night, being restricted by the increaced firma who demanded ‘ye. higher prices or ile. a li good reined € The sales ‘or Cuba and Lorto Rico aad 2 Aned was seliing at te folowing prices ed, yolk white, Me. @ 14ige.; yellow, Live. @ Vic. i The riing bo quality, ricet was dull, ‘The sales were 2 cenes at steady prices. a vd bbls. oe 1 bout Bl U5. By WHISKEY. heavy avd uns Pes, eal, ‘clos 500 bbis. at from ol bios Lo BRO URLEY iy PROBABLE Honicipk.—Michael Adims, who was violently assaulted on Saturday night oy some cow- ardly ruffians as he was passing through Flusning avenue on his way home, is now inavery critical ‘The unfortunate nag Las Dot becn able to make any statement to the Coroner Since the assauit, He “was struck on the bead with a club and bis skull was fractaced, ‘Three Parties have been arresicd on suspicion of being concerned in the asssuli. Their names are John Mathews, Eugene McCarthy aud Arclubald mcDon- ald. These parues have deen locked up to await tue result of the tmjifvies indicted, Univep Sravas Disrercer Court.—At noon on Wednesday the Admiralty calendar will be called in the United States District Court by Judge Benedict. There are between thirty and forty case3 on the” calendar awaiting trial, in addition to which there are number of crimioal cases to be tred during the preseut month. Of these the inmost importaut are nose of Captain Bartlett of the steamsmp San Francisco, on a charge of smuggiing; R. ). Bogart, the young man who is charged with having stolen alarge amount of money from tue Navy ¥ OChar'es R. Linc has been indict the charge of si strom the Post O Plus LL, where he r ce at was eaployed as a clerk. Alder- tbe adoption of the reso- minutes of the previous meeting, providing that tne Mayor offer @ re ward of $1,000 for the apprehension of any person guilty of alterfhg the vote qnd wmpering with the returns of the late election, Alderman Bergen opposed its adoption on the ground thas there waa no money in the city treasury applicable for that purpose, and for the reasons oifered by im two weeks ago. Alderman McGroarty said that the resolution was simply a plece of “bunkum"” of the Alderman of the Twentioth. That it was the duty of every ciuzen (o make known fraud wherever 1% exists. He had been about the polling places of his ward during the canvass and was satisfied Mat there Was 00 attempt at fraud there. The Diserich Attorney he did not think had so much evidence of iraud as was stated, and if he had he woald like to see him prosecute the guilty persons, Several other inem~- bers voted against the resolution, on the grouad that there Was not money enough in the treasury avatiable to such purposes. Alderman Whiting said he would yote ay: use the Common Councti was im the habit of offering rewards, aad the Prosecuting Attorney (a democratic offic had prociaimed to the people of this cit, ensive frauds have been perpetrate: who have received certificates of 5 cea, Were not elected by the people, as the District Attorney Had stated that he bad proof that in one instance a candidate declared elected by the Com- mon Council was not clected. This measure of offering areward was in unison with public opl- nton, and it was the duty of the Board to do every- thing to ferret out the evil-doers and bring them to justice. In the past resolutions had been overed for the apprenension of murderers, a comparatively in- significant matter commpareu with frauds at the clec- ten, but now when elfort was made to reach the The Board of Aldermen met yesterday. Thorn moyed found in the man lution perpetrators of this crime a remarkable devouon to the charter was exhibited by the dominant party of the Board, The resolution was fnaily voted down & @ vove of 13 in the negative and 7 ip the aflirma- ve. FATAL RESULT OF AN AFFRAY. Arrest of the Alleged Assailant. An inquest was held by Coroner Jones yesterday, over the body of James BE. A. Westbrooke, who died at his residence, No. 140 Johuson street, on Satur- day, as alleged from the result of injuries recetved during an affray at the corner of Gold and Johnson streets, on the night of the 22d of November. Is appears from the evidence elicited, the deceased, in company with several others, was {ua grocery store asthe above corner. The proprietor of the place requested them to leave, but they refused to do so, Ayounpg Man named Albert Lewis thea appeared and aided in the ejectment of the parties, fight then occurred, during which the deceased, as alleged, was beaten and Kicked by Lewis. Mary Boulser testiiied to having seen the fight on the nigit in question; that she heard some oue say “don’t hick aman when i@ 1s down; sie saw the deceased witerwards, and bellevea he had been kicked in the head, because his head was all blood, Alter listening vo the evulence of and several others the jury returmed the following verdict:—"'We ind that tie deceased came to his deatu from er 143 and pneumocia, brought on by wounds received oa the night of tne 22d of Novembe at the Lands of Albert Lewis.” Lewis sied and locked up to await trial. Lectnre by Dr. MeCosh. ‘oab, D. » LLD., of Princeton Coll ow Jersey, delivered a lecture on the above subject last evening in the Westminster Presby- terian church, in Twenty-second street, betwoon Sixth and Sevenii avenues, It is scarcely necessary to gay that the audience on the o on Wha sparse, owing, no doubt, to the boisterousness of the night outside, . ‘The lecturer, on being introduced by the pastor ot the church, proceeded to say that our experience showed that our ideas, le/t to thelr leisure, wan- dered very Tar. If we took pains to follow our Ideas we could easily trace thetr direction. Ordipary con- versation was sometimes desultory, bub yes we could discover the thread of the whole thing ia & moment. But who should say whence are these thoughts and whither did they tend? ‘There aro certain laws that our thoughts bore, namely, primary and secondsry laws. The first law waa the law of rene''* that the hes Rey. Join Lee espevee 26 WAS thus ” =v. vuulmitted a ploce of poety to memory. ‘Thus {t was thet things betug associated once, twice, oF thtice m our minds, thought followed thought until @ lasting hmpression Was seit Thus i Was that certain localities suggested great events, Marathon and Waterloo and Trenton suggested great batvefle! while Nazareth vivid memories ot y x then gave illustrations of his subject, both in & religions and soctal point of view. he recommended every youag man aud woman to study everything they could in the way of science and Mstory. Of all tiles youthful habs of @ usefui Kind Were the most Important in ths life, ie next aliuded to the jaw of coexissonce, or a vamber of ideas in tie mind at one time Sir Wiliam Hamilton Rad sai that it was only possible fo liave six ideas in one’s mind at a time, By tae law of repetition our thoughts were connected as the link: 4 long chain, bac by the law of co- existence we had @ larger range aud might travet by various roads. Because there was such a wide range there was & wide scope for our thoughts to wander into forbidden regions. He corclused by recommending young men and Women to cherish ® high aud névic ampition, aud to surround themselves with generous sentiments. A LOUISIMWA TRAGIOY, A Shori® Killed by @ Privoner—Tho Mure dever Hang by a (From the New Orleans Repubiica: o. 1.) We iearn irom brivare sources that George M. Stubloger, Sherlif of [beria parish, wes murder Sataragy night by @ prisoner whom he arrestod at a ball, The murderer was ® colored man, agsinat whom the Sheritr nad a writ, whion he attempted to execute at @ ball, given that pigi While the Sherif? was going out of the bail the prisoner drew @ revolver and shot tho former, cansing his death Alinost Instantly, ‘Sho murderer then escaped, bub great excitement was created, which led to the «dis. covery and arrest of the murderer-by & Mob the Next day, by whom he was suinmarily hung. Mr, Stauine gor Was appouted by Goveruor Wargioth,