The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1870, Page 4

we See 4 CONGRESS. Progress of Organization in the Two Houses. Bills to Repeal the Income Tax Already Tntrodaced. TURER NEW MEMBERS IN THE HOUSE. Lively Debate on a Proposed Railroad Grant. LOGAN OPENS WAR ON PORTER. Proposed Abolition of the Offices of Admiral and Vice Admiral of the Navy, Mr. Lynch's Shipping Interest Bill Reintroduced. The Abolition of the Franking Privilege to Be Again Pressed. FORTY-FIRS? CONGRESS. Third Session. SENATE. WASHINGTON, Dec, 6, 1870. Bilis were introduced as fellows:— By Mr. Hannan, (rep.) of lowa—To anthorize the election of a delegate to Congress from the Indian ‘Territory. By Mr. Scorr, (rep.) Of Pa.—To repeal so much of the act of July 14, 1570, as continues the income tax arter December 31, 1869, By Me. Fx , (rep.) of N. Y.—Authorizing the Postmaster General to continue in use in the postal service a pateuted device for post-marking and for the more effectual cancellation of postal stamps. TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS IN BOND, A resolution, offered by Mr. SHENMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, was adopted, cailing upon the Secretary of the Treasury for copies of the regulations presenbed by him for the transportauen ef goods in bond from foreign counties through the United States to Canada, THE STANDING COMMITTEES. In order to complete informally the reviston of the stand tiees the Senate, at thirty-five minutes past p, adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHING TON, Dec, 6, 1870, NEW MEMBERS. Mesars, Frank Morey, of Loutstana; Charies H. Holmes, of New York, and William P. Wolf, of Iowa, members elected to tll vacanctes, presented them- selves and took the oath of office. Mr. Hint, (rep.) of N. d., introdaced a bill to res peal the income tax. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, Jar bills were introduced by Messrs, Kellogy and Myers. A resolution for a new drawing for seats was offered by Mr. Sri.es, (dem.} of Pa., and laid on the tabie by a vote of 99 to 82. THE ST. CROIX UAILROAD GRANT, The bill passed by the Senate at the last session extending the time for the copstruction of @rail- road from St. Creix river or lake to the west end of Lake Superior and to Bayfield came up as the regue jar order of business in the morning hour. tends the term of ihe yiant ior seven yea’ the Ist of May, 1°¢9, provided that thirty m completed Wiuiin eisuleen mentis, aud ility miles every year thereatier. The bul Was explained and advocated by Mr. Win- Won, (dew) of ML he bill was further explained Mr. and advocated by Was@ouRs, (rep.) of Wis., who stated in reply to questions by Mr. Welker that the length oi the yas three hauared and flity miles earl) ired miles ard aiready completed and yn running order; that the remaiider is wider contract, and thatthe quaniuty Of land required wilt be about one milion acres. Mr. Woop, (d «+» opposed the” bil, declaring it io be but a coutinuatien of the swindling system of wich the public iands have Leen giveo away 10 privute corpo . The pretended renewal was simply an iy new grant, having been for-eited by non-action. ir. ELA, (rep.) of . H., desired to offer an amend- ming & grant for railroads In New Hamp- but Mr. Wilson, of Minn., whojhad charge of | the bill declined to admit it Mr. JULIAN, (rep.) of Ind., desired to have the pill amended so as to exclude tuubered lana frem the & Mr, LAWRENCE, (rep.) of Ohio, also desired to have the coal and trou lands excluded from the grant, and torequire tae railroad company to seil the land to actual getters oniy, and in qaantiues Hol exceed- a quarier secon, ab not exceeding $250 an argued that fifty. f mr; VAN WYCK, (rep.) of N. Y. five miles of the ratiroad con plated by the bill Was a ney stant, not the renewal of an old Mr. Wingd. “tented thatat was so to the extent of more than twenty-five miles, In reply to Mr. Weod he argued Chat, as I» Was Dew addiilted that the public lands should go tu fhe actual seitiers, Co gress should adept that pollcy which would proy mivst advantageous to the setders? ana opening up of commun y vulireads, After further discussion by Messrs. Wilson, Julian, Clarke, (rep) of Kansas, amd Washburn, of Wis., Mr. Ela moved that (he bill be laid on ihe table; wiich was agteeu to Ly a vete of 89 to 80. » A motion to reconsider the vote Was made, and the House having refused to lay that motion on the table by a Vote of 82to 83, Was Postpoued th Tuesday u x 1 LANEOUS BILES INTRODUCED. Bills were introduced and referred as follows:— By Mr. PERKY, ( p of Mich., making appropria- tons for certain Harbors in Michigan. By Mr, JONES, (te ) of K, For the erection of Uniied States court rooms, revenue oMces anda pest office ln Covington, Ky. By Mr. Ly Non, (1ep.) of Me.—To revive the naviga- tion and commercial interests of the Uniled States, remitting duules on ali shipputding materials used for vessels 4 foreign trade, By Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y.—To enable United clizous ty register foreign built vessels, vis, (dem) of N. Y.—Adualtting to re- the United States certain iron and olle vesse Jt provides that from 1870, t9 Jqnuary 1, 1881, citizens oi the vily fthethsé and import into the ports theree!, on certain copdly won. Aug composite foreign bull vessels Yea foreign carrying — trade, ling such Vessels to the © following Suling vessels te be wholly of iren, and to be less than 1,500 tons, new mecasureme posite sailing vessels to be noi les8 than 1,500 tons; steam vessels to be wholly of iron, and net less than 2,000 tons; composite steam vessels 10 be not less than 2,500 tebe, Owners of all such vessels be required to give a bond, to be approved by the Secreiary of the Treasury, with sureties in double the amount of sworn cost, that tiey shall not engage in the coastwise trade between ports of the United States; aiso to cause to be employed on Buch vessels as Appreamtices to learn the art of na gation and seamansinp, American boys, between twelye and twenty yeors ef age, as lollowe:—On vessels over 1,500 and uuder 1,800 tons, three boys; over 1,800 and under 2,000 tons, five boys: over 2,000 and ander 2,600 tons, seven boys, 2,400 tons and up- wards, ten boys Io lefault of compli- ance with the regulations the owners of the yessels are ilable to f penalty of $1,000, one-half of which sum is to go to the Informer and one-nalf to the appropriation for lighthouses; and tn case of War or insurrection the United States ts to have the right to take possession by purchase or charter of such vessela. Second two provides for the placing of suc! ss sels on a footing of entire equality with American bulit vessels in respect of rights, immunit es, yprivi- leges and obligations, iu s0 far as they may be adected by the provisions of any Uniied Siates or State law, or of any treaty. rection three repeais ay acts or parts of acts In- consistent With this act. By dir. SARGENT, (rep.) Of Cal.--Making appropria- ‘ion for a government building im San Francisco. Also, authorizing the transier of valid pre-emption Claims to actual settiers, Also, amendatory of the y 28, 1868, Lo quiet land tttles in Calitornia, conferring jurisdiction op local lana officers, Also, amendatory of the pre-emption laws, allowing joint entry by coterminous proprictors. By Mr. CoLLuM, (rep.) Of Lii.—Amendatory of the organic act ef Idaho. By Mr. ARMSTRONG, (rep.) Of Pa.—Teo authorize the Jersey Shore National Bauk of Penusyivania to change its location. te ha By Mr. Cuurcnin1, (rep.) of N. Y.—To exempt cer- tain boats from the payment ef Matias Hospital dues. Also amendatory of the act of the oth ef July, 1870, relating to boats carrying passengers be- tween American ports aud Lak: PEriors By Mr. ba ig (re! hie ee rhode gaia of the appropriation for pubic lmproyv y tr as, Cuan, (rep.) of Texus—Tv indemnify cit { was the | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, , bY fre wl e, al hands of United ‘States soidiers, itty Ky Mr. CONNOR, (dem) of ‘texas—Repealing the duty on sugar, tea and coffee, By Mr, GAkFLELD, (rep.) of Onto—Granting con- demned ordnance for @ soldiers’ monument ut Youngstown, Ohio, By Mr. Porrer, (dew.) of N. ¥.—For the abolition of the frank: privil and to provide for the Heanacaannasyo oMcial documents and other public matter, By Mr. ones (ek) or ‘Vt.—To amend tho act of July 18, 1866, “further to prevent smuggiing."? Ky dir, FARNSWORTH, (rep,) of Ll,—To authorize and promote telegraphic communication between America, Asta and Europe, By Mr. Keu.oaa, rep.) of Conn.—For improve- meant of the harbor ef New Haven, Conn. y a Mr. JULIAN—Auiendatory of the pre-emption aw PROPOSED ADROGATION OF TRE OFFICES OF ADMIRAL AND ViOR ADMIRAL. Mr, Logan, (rep.) of IIL, asked leave to introduce and put upon iis passage a bill abolishing the offices of Admirul aud Vice Admiral of the navy—the former at once and the Jatler when @ vacancy occoura, Mr. HALE, (rep,) of Mo., objected, Mr, LOGAN thereupon gave notice that he would mayen oh Monday neXt to suspend the rules und pass ie . MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS. Resolutions were offered as loiluws:— By Mr. CoNcgr, (rep.) of Mich.—Cailing for the an- nual report for 1870 of the Olief of Engineers on Harbor aud River Improvements. Adopted. THE LATE CENSUS, By Mr, Havpeman, (dem.) of Pa.—Inscructing the Census Committees to inguire Into theceinpialits as to the accuracy of the late census, aud whether the reliability of the basis of representation 1s thereby affected. Adopted, By Mr. BUPANTON, (rep.) of Mass.—Calling on the Secietary of the Treasury for a report a3 to the suavility of the building at Fall Liver, Mass., used for a Custom io, Post Oflice and Internal Keve- nue Otlice, Adopted, By Mr. ARCHER, (dem.) of Md,—Directing the Secretary of the a to furnish copies of all deeds on file th the Navy Department for the laud occu- pied by the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Adopted, by Mr. ELpxwGe, (dem.) of Wis.—Oalling on the President for information ag to the stationing of federal troops at Montgomery, Ala., to prevent the Gevernor elect (rom taking possession and eutertn; on the duties of hla office, and as vo the stationing 6! troops at other | laces without the request of the Legisiature or Executive tor the purpose of sup- pressing domestic violence, Mr. SHELDON, (rep.) of La., objected, By Mr. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass.—Calling for the cor- respondence between the Navy Department and Rear Admiral Poor trom January to June, 1870, Telative to the search of American vessels by the Spanish authorities. Adopted, By Mr. WILKINSON, (rep.) of Minn.—Calling for informatien as to whether any of the Paciil road Cunpanies have made default in the payment of the Interest on their guaranteed bonds, and what ote thereof had been paid by the government, opt . by Mr, Cox—Rese'nding the resolution cansing the Committee on Reconstruction, aud discharging that committee ferever, Objected to. ‘The House then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr, Cullom in the chair, and distributed the Prest- dent’s Message among the varions commitices, ‘That portion recree to American commerce and Yhe revival of the shipping interesis was referred to the Committee on Commerce, not to the special commitiee on navigation interests, The committee then rose, and the House, at® quarter past tbree P. M., adjourned, CATASTROPHE AT SEA. Collision Between Two Steamers ina Fog Of Long Brauch—The Isaac Bell Disabled and Towed Back into Port—Ose Man Killed— Inquest the Body. Another accident has now to be added to the already lengthy list of casualties to steamships at sea during the past two months, and this, like most accidents occurring oa the mighty deep, 1s attended With loss of life, At about twelve o’clock on Mon- day night the steamer Champion, of the Charleston line, and the steamer Isaac Bell, of the Old Dominion lune, came tn collision off Long Branch, resulting in A TERRIFIO CRASH and great injury to the latter vessel. ‘The Champion was returning to New York from a trip to Charleston, and when off the Woodlands a dense fog arose, #0 that it was inpossible to see distinctly more than ten or twelve feet ahead, Thg Isaac Bell was going on a voyage to Norfolk. ¢ Champion strack her starboard wheel, crushing it and the wheecl- honse, while half the fron work of the wheel was deubled up a8 though 1 had been apiece of bell wire, the paddies being turned first away from the ship's side and then twisted up again in hall a cirele toward the wheel box, and presenting the ap- pearance of a A VIOLENT COLLISION. Her bulwarks were stove in, and, from the force Wil) which the vessels collided, the cathead and a number ef wooden and iron fragments were strewp upon the deck and on the side rigging of the Isaac Bell. The captain of the latter makes the following re- port of the disaster:—The Isaac Bell left New York ob Monday evening, 65th inst., at eight o'clock, bound for Norfolk, After passing Sandy Hook and the Highland lightship we ENCOUNTERED A DENSE FOG. While off the Woodlands he heard a steam whistle, | to which he made the usual signal to “go te port,” and slackened the engine to one bell, then stopped altogether, He next made the steamer’s light about one point and a half on the starboard bow, and made | every effort to avoid a collision, put without avail, for | im almost an instant after he had stopped the Champion came up and struck his vessel forward | On the starboard paddle wheel, and, in addition to | the damage atove mentioned, broke the starboard engine suaft, Subsequently lis ship was towed back to New York by the Champion. There was no personal injury to either the crew or passengers of the Champion; but John James, an oller on voard the Isaac Bell, was KILLED ON THE SPOT, Jeaving & widow and two orphans to mourn his loss. At three o'clock yesterday afternoon Coroner Flynn heid an inquest on board the steamer Isaac Bell, lying at pier No. 37 North river, ow the body of John lames, Who was killed during thejcollision. One of the arms of deceased was severed from his body and was jost overboard, Evidence was adduced to show that death resulted almost instantaneously, A verdict of accidental death was returned, and the remains were taken to his late residence, Mount Vernon, Westchester county, for interment, GERMAN SANITARY FAIR. Tue treasurer, Mr. Frederick Kahne, reports the following as the total receipts of the recent fair:— For cash donations For season tickets. . For admission tothe hail, picture gallery a curlosity cabinet, For goods, &.... Net proceeds ......... ee $73,690 The drawing of the pianos, organ and shawl will take place this evening at eight o'clock at the Lied- erkyanz Hall, The génefal committee wil meet te-morrow | Stall'to PeteAe therbh ies Pep oee THE VABIETIES THEATRE RECENTLY BURNED IN KEW LEA OR- The New O: leans Picayune gives the following re- miniscences of the Variefled theatre wae was destroyed by fire in that city on the ist instant: ‘The butiding which has just been consumed by the | flames was built upon the site of the old Gatety | theatre, which was erected November 7, 1849, by the Varieties Association, and was algo burned to the | | ground in March, 1854. The ol@ theatre was very successfully managed by Tom Placide, and was no sooner destroyed than tho association took steps to eréct the build ic vpick has just been swept away. It was commehced in 1864 and finished in time for season, however, was poor, abd Mr. Boucicanult broke down atter a few months, Mr. Crisp taki charge and ranoing the theatre till 1867, whe ‘Tom Piacide toek it for the season of 1867-8, He was follewed by Jobn Owen, who retained the management till 1861. The companies engaged by Placide and Owen will long be remembered here. They embraced many of the finest actors and ac- tresses that have ever appeared upon the American stage, and shed lustre upon the profession—such men a8 the Placides (Tom and Harry) themselves, John Owen himself, Mrs, John Wood, Mrs. Charlies Howard, George Jordan, Couldock, Sothern, Sara Stevens, Mark Smith, Chariotte Thompson, Mr, Bass, Mr. Henry Farren, Mr. and Mrs. John Sefton, George Holland, and others of equal talent, Messrs, Lewis Baker & Lawrence Barrett tollowed Mr.Owea, and in @season of twenty seven weeks netted the snug sum of $40,000, Messrs. Floyd & King then took the Va- rieties, and Kept it until 1368, when Mr. Floyd as- sumed charge. His lease expired in May, 1370, Mr. Orickard became the lessee, securing Mr. manager. ‘The Varieties has ever been a favorite and fash- tonable resort, the various managements having made it thetr special endeavor to elevate the popular taste by producing the standard dramas and beauti- dul English comedies, the influences of which are refining aud ennobling., Many of the first stars in the theatrical firmament have appeared upon its boards, and intelligent audiences have watched with breathiess interest within its wails the unfold- ing ioe ei) matchiess tragedies, when nearly every role was in the hands of a master, ‘The 108s of such an edifice is @ public calamity, and we cpectaly condole with Manager Baker and the artists of his company in the calamity which has 80 suddenly betallon themy of ay Steinway | the fall business of 1855, ynder Boucicault, The | Baker as | STATE AFFAIRS. The Approaching Session of the Legislature. A Sober Glance at What May b> Expected— Tho Govornor’s Mezsage—House Commit- teos—The Auditor to be Set Baok— Filibustering Anticipated. ALBANY, Dec. 1, 1870, PREPARING FOR THH SESSION, Our people are beginning to make preparations for the approaching nincty-fourth session of the Legislature. The public buildings are being put in order aud the hotels and private boarding houses are already entering upon the business of assigning quar- ters to the more or less distinguished, In the matter of boarding and lodging it ts pretty certain thas wuits of apartments in private houses rather than in public hotels will be the fashion the coming sesston, Tuls is a good idea, The old fashion of hotel lodg- ings, with their fascinating surroundings end facill- tes for dissipation, together with the objectionable feature of excessive publicity, or, if 1t may be 60 termed, ‘extreme accessibility,” has had a damag- ing effect upon many pleasant-minded men, who, although they have brains and influence, have not had the resolution to resist the blandisiments of pretended friends, Thus have a number of Intelll- gent men, all goou representatives, been brought to the verge of political ruin, Indeed, it 1s @ miracie that so few have been plunged into tne sea of irre- claimable political obscurity, A SOBER SESSION AND A SOBER SOCIETY, We are anticipating a sober seasion—at least one that will net be marked by so many reckless scenes of dissipation as characterized the last, Men who have heretofore been distinguished as free livers and gencrous imbibers have formed an odd association, known as the “Society of Single Drinkers,” no member of which 1s allowed to take more than one drink at a time tn the same piace. The moral influ- ence of such an association in a-city ike Albany during the sitting of the Legtslature may be well imagined, if not feelingly described, WHAT GOSSIP HAs TO SAY; Gossip, with ber many tongues, is already busy with the affairs of the approaching session. It ts conceded that the Legisiature will be democratic sage will be a strong campaigning doct “by @ throat-latch,” aa the jockeys would say, “Enough to swear by” is all any good Tammany demecrat neea require. There need be no fear of “Calucoting,” with the mournful spectacle of a cer- tain unfortunate and persecuted individual before theireyes. The officers of the Senate and heads of committeea in that body will probably remain as at last session. In the House there may be some changes in minor ofices, but Hitchman will be re- elected Speaker, Armstrong re-elected Clerk, and Rhoads re-elected Sergeaut-at-Arms, The House beiumg democratic, the following gentlemen, all demecrats, Gossip says, may be appointed chairmen of the several cominittees, viz.:— CHAIRMEN OF STANDING COMMITTERS. Ways and #eans—Johu C. Jacobs, of Kings. Judictary—Thomas VU. Fields, of New York. Raiiroads—James M. Nelson, of Rockland. AInsurance—Weed, of Clinton, Bankes—Coon, of Steuben. Eaucation—Filagg, of Troy. commerce and Navigatton—Mosely, of Kings, Priviteces and Elections Lord, of Monroe, Cities—Frear, of New York. : Chartiatle and keligious Societies—Denis Burns, of New York. B Joint Committee on Rules—Timothy J. Campbell, of New York, koads and Bridge — Benjamin Ray, of Columbia, Federal Relations—Wn. H, Murphy, of Albany. Salt—Howe, of Oswego. Indian Apairs—W agaer. Canais—Randall. ate Prisons—Edunnd Connolly, of New York. wrossed Bilis—Decker, of Richmond, THE GOVERNOR'S MBS3AGE. It is expected that Governor Hoffman's mes- ent for futare service. It may almost be cgnsidered as fore. shadowing the platform of the Hoffman wing of thé democracy In 172, m which the principles of letting “bygones be bygones,” the burial of dead isenes and the necessity of the democracy once more tak- ing the lead in the affairs of the nation wiil be urgently edyocaicd. The old hunkers may be startled at the grounds the Governor may assume in relation to the negro ainendments to tho constitu- tion; but there is no doubt the policy he advocates Wil be the policy of the party in the future. THE AUDITOR SET BACK. Among the acts of the approaching session will be the setiing back ef the Auditor's bureau into the Comptrelier’s Department, where it formerly was, This will be a mild rebnke to the amiable gentleman who officiates as State Auditer, and who, it seems, has been altogether too amiable to the opponents of the powers that be. “He hath done those things which he should not have done, and left undone those things which he shoula have done.” There- fore the edict has gone forth, ‘Let him be set back.’”’ FILIBUSTERING ON THE ORGANIZATION, Gossip is also busy with a report that the repub- licans will attempt to defeat the organization of the House by the tricks usual to party managers—tricks that In this case are tike those of the “heathen Chinee’’—likely to prove vain. There is no signas | yet of disaffection among the democrats, and if they all hang together they will have everything thelr own way. A JOURNALIST FOR CLERK. Among the candidates for a clerkship in the House 1s Colonel Northrop, @ well Known attaché of the Syracuse Journal, ATTEMPT AY MURSER, A Discharged Employe Shoots a Foreman at Trenton, N. J. Yesterday morning the inhabitants of Trenton were startled with a report that Mr. Joseph Little, foreman of the weaving department of 8. K. Wilson’s woollen mill, had been shot at by a weaver. For the last three months an Englishman named James Thompson, about fifty-five years of age, has been working at the mill, and his manners have at times been 80 strange asto lead toa doubt of his sanity. Yesterday morning Mr. Little discharged Thompson, who waited at the doorway of the weaving room for the weaver to come out. Thompson drew a pistol from his pocket, aimed at Mr. Little and fired. Mr. Littie im- mediately grappled with the man, who was thus EPR AHR AML, a and mea employed fu the mili were in great commotion, Some of the women weavers fainted. Search was made for the bullet, but it. could not be found. Thompson coolly remarked that it was not necessary to look for the ball, ag there was nothing but pewder in the pisfol. The accused was at once taken before Mayox Napoleon, who committed him to tall jn default of bau, When before the Mayor the defendant Rave jhe naiié Of games Marsh. Tne belief is gen hat the man is Tikahe, ana > from his past conduct it 18 Inferred that those’ who have come in coutact with him at work have had arrow § escapes previously. Despite the protestations of the ac- oused that there was nothing but powder tn the pis- tol, an examination of the weapon showed an ex- ploded bullet sane, 80 that the ball must have gone somewhere, The prstol is a single-chambered one, with power anfficient to Kill a man at Alty paces, THE STEAMER MARIPOSA. Report of the Safety of the Entire Crew. Messrs, H. B. Cromwell & Co., to whose line the lost steamer Mariposa belonged, report the receipt by them of a despatch from theiragents at New Orleans, conveying the following intelligence of the safety of the wrecked steamer:— Naw Ontrans, Deo Captam of General Meade reports that, off Key instant, he was spoken by pilot boat Invincible, re ported that the crew of the Mariposa liad been picked up. No further despatches tiave as yet been received, but this will restore lost hopes to many, ANY INTELLIGENCE, — Captain ©, A, Hartwell is ordered to report to the Superintendent Genoral of the Recruiting Service in New York city, to accompany recruits to the Twenty-fifth infantry. Captain E.R. Ames 1 or- dered to report to the same post, to accompany re- cruite to the Twentieth infantry, At his own request, Virst Lieatenant Whorton White ia honorably discharged, Second Lieutendut Alfred M. Rothall, Eleventh in- fantry, 1s ordered Lo proceed to rort Concho, Texas, or ty The Superintendent General of the Recruiting Service at New York is ordered to ferward all the disposable colored recruits at that depot to Galves- von, to be oys.cucd to tue Twenty-th Iaaptry, J MA§ BATE FIELD’S LECTURE ON DICKENS. Miss Kate Field repeated last evening, at Associa, tion Hall, before a large and appreciative audience, the lecture on Charles Dickens which she first read at the Globe theatre in Boston, It was then ‘unauimously pronoadced to be “a brilliant success,” and this favoraple verdict of Boston has now been heartily endorsed by New York, The Young Men's Universalist Association of this city made @ fortu- Nate selection of it as the fifth lecture 1m thetr course Of 1870, It has ulroady been Well described as short and crisp, brimful of Dickens bimself, and bringing the man and the author before the listeners by keen flashes of description, passages from this novel and that, bits from letters and fragments of conversation, and anecdotes from every quarter, most skilfully combined to make an artistic an@ agreeable whole. The an- ecdotes interspersed throughout the lecture deserv- edly won special applause. They were all put to the purpose, as well as told with a neatness of finish which would have delighted the poet Rogers, who spared no pains to make tho anecaotes which enrich bis “notes? marvels of conciseness and point. The allusions to tho familiar pages of Dickens were no less happy and effective thun ingenious. Mr. David Masson, in one of his lectures on “british Novelists,” delivered to. the members of the hilosophical .Instivation of Edin- burg, in 1558, aliuded to @ true ebjection to Dickens that his idealisin tends too much to extravagance and caricatore, and toa certain mannerism or trick in labeling his characters with distinguishing p! of which, for instance, Mr, Micawber, Mark Tapiey, Toots and many others are generalizations, The incessant repetitionof the latter invective process, openly and without variation, had occasioned a cer- tain recotl irom tus later Writings among the cuiti- vated and fastidious, “But,” added Mr. Masson, “let any one: observe our current table-talk or our current literature, and, despite this profession Of dissatisfaction, and to the very circle where 1t most abounds, let hin nove how gladly Dickens ts used, nd how frequently his phrases, in faucies, and the james of his characters come in, as filustration, mbeilishment, proverb and seasoning. Take any eriodicai tn Wuich there 18 a severe criticism of ickens’ last publication, |, ‘ten to one, in the same perlodical, aud Perhaps by the same hand, there will be @ leading article, setting out with a notation trom Dickens that flashes ou tho mind of the reader the thought which the whole article 18 meant to convey, or containing some allusion to one of Dickens’ characters which -enriches the text in the middle and foods it an inch round with color aud humor’? If this be true in such @ case it can easily be imagined how much more true it is of so enthusiastic a eulogy of Dickcns as that eloquently delivered last evening by Miss Kate Field. Perhaps Migs Field may have derived her impressions ot Dickens too exolusively from his writings and from the necessarily Wreie views of his intimate associates; but, after all, may not an author of his stamp have bequeathed to the world his true, inmost character as a man in his works? Mss Field’s indignant protest aguinst tie charge that Dickens “was no Christian” might well smite a puritanical Fulton with conviction as well ag remorse. DEATH OF A DOCTOR, dd =Homeopathy —Morphine and Mystery. The Board of Health yesterday requested Coroner tchirmer to investigate the causes of death of the late George G. Lambertson, who departed this life at 222 West Nineteenth street. Dr, Stein, of 582 Seventh avenue, had certified that Mr. Lambertson DIED FROM THE INORDINATE USE OF MORPHINE, and this the Healtn Board refused to consider for & moment. The Coroner repaired to the house of the deceased and interviewed the widow, who related the following touching story:—Mr. Lambertson, born in Europe, immigrated to this country with many others, He was a Methodist, and became A CLERGYMAN OF CINOINNATI. When the war broke out sontd of Cincinnatl ho abandoned the Bible fora cage of surgical instra- ments and went down to the scene of operations, with many others, to assist in cutting the men lo pieces. Ile did this as AN ASSISTANT SURGEON, U. 8. A, When the war ended Mr, Lambertson, with many others, came to New York, and, opening an office, began to treat diseases of nearly every nature while he was ina clairvoyant state, In this last profes- sion, more than in Any other, be thrived, doing a very extensive business as A SLEEPER, both at home and abroad. The widow also stated that he often held intercourse with the spirits of de- parted friends. She adda:—“He had long been ac- eustomed to allay both mms mental and physical sufferings by the use of morphine,’’ and that ‘he often kK twenty-five centa worth twice # day.” He often wandered in his mind, and when Dr. Stein was called that gentieman advised him to discon- tinue the use of sulphate of morphine and gave him instead beliadona and aconite IN HOMG@OPATRIO DOSES. After a careful examination Dr. Stein announced to the deceased that it was bis opinion that he (the patient) was suilerlag trom A DISEASE IN WIS HEAD, Mr. Lambertson, however, ved this, and never could prog himself for a moment to believe that Dr. Stein’s diagnosis of his case Was a correct one, He was, blinself, firmly convinced that he was suifering from A DISEASE IN THE ABDOMEN, and never lost faith in his opinion till he died on Sunday Jast. Deputy Coroner Cushman’s examina- tion of the body revealed the fact that Mr. Lambert- son died from ‘A DISEASK OF THE HEART, and that this only was the cause of his untimely end. The verdict of the Coroner's jury agreed with Unis last statement and establishes Dr. Cushman as “the wisest of the three wise doctors.” Deceased was only thirty-seven years of age. Clairvoyance ry BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Standing Committees—Jack Reynolds Redivivus, The Board of Supervisors held a meeting yester- day afternoon, the President in the chair. The following were announced as the STANDING COMMITTEES. Annugl Taxes and Finance—Supervisors Hart, Mitchell and McKiever, Ctwil Courts—O'Neill, Hart, McKiever and Wolt- man. County Ofices—Coman, Reilly, Woltman and addy, Criminal Courts and fPolice—Jerome, Irving, Schlicting and Plunktit, Public Charities and Correction—Piunkitt, O'Neill, Oharioc ana Schlichting. Printing anda Stationery—Hackett, Welch, Coman and Dimond, Armortes and Drill Rooms—Ouddy, Hackett, Reilly, Mitchell, Jerome and Dimond. Fuel—Reilly, Weich, O'Nelil and Irving. Salaries—Woltman, Plunkitt, Welch and Hart. Bridgea—Mitchell, © THE QROST OF A MURDERER. A petition was banded tn on behalf of Mr. Howe, the lawyer who defended Jack Reynolds, in which he requested the Board to “come down’) hand- somely to him in the matter of a fee for taking the part, legally, ofthe defunct bummer. The President remarked that he could not understand how the Board could pay Mr. Howe, as they had no power to The Toot “bills,” After a little discussion, § resolution giving the petitioner $1,000 for his ser. vices. as ceunsel for Reynolds was effered and re. ferred to a committee, who will try their best * find out whether or not tnere is any law whio% autho- rizes them to pay the meney. Of course, hmong the advisers they will consult upon th® subject will nob be the petitioner himself, % ‘The Board adjourned, atter transacting Its routine business, to Tuesday next, POLITICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS; —.. a ET te Fompome tee ray Went A AEN The pai feal fasue in Georgia 18 simply this:— jocfacy Means constitutional liberty and oppo- sition to the Mght conferring suffrage upon the negro and his right te hold oftce, An election will be held in Mississippi on the 20tn 1nst, to fil eleven vacnacies in the Stdte Legisiature. Six of the vacancies occurred by resignation and five from death. ‘The following named distinguished individuals are aspirants for the seat in the United States Senate which will be vacated on the 4th of March next by Hon, W. T. Willey, of West Virginia:—O. J, Faulkner, A. R. Boteler, Colonel H. B. Smith, Daniel Lamb, H. G. Davis, Judge J. J. Jacksen, Judge J. H. Ferguson, 0. 8. Lewis, Colonel Benjamin Wilson, A, 3. Sweeney, F. Hereford, Join Hall and W. H. ‘Travers. The negroes constitute about nine-tenths of the radical voters in Georgia, but the white radicais want to monopolize the oflices. The negroes appear to be kicking up at this, whereupon the Macon American Unton, & radical organ, says to \hem:. If the colored people persist in forcing themselves before the people for high offices, they will not only aefeat their prospects for such positions for all time, but will blest the hepes of the republican party— their only friend, The Hartford Evening Post, heretofore a steady radical paper, has run up the revenue reform flag. General Grant, tis job and jobbing friends are too heavy lead to carry. A Democratic State Convention of Texas will be held In Austin on the 23d ef J. nuary for the purpose of promoting harmony, to effect the consolidation of the democratic party of the State; all of which 1s Tory DAMS REALA, harlock, McKiever and Irving. | THE CRUSADE ON THE CRISPINS. Who Will Sthk Out to the “Last Prices in New York aud Elsewhere—Large Stock on Hand—Wioter Coming and oth Parties Confident. A HERALD reporter succeeded In passing the lines, and had a short and pleasant interview with some of the besieged shoe capitalists, The leader of tne bossea 1s Mr. John M. Burt, ® gentieman blessed with a “smile that is chid-like and biand” and a world of keen calculation behind it, He claims to have lost $25,000 in the shoe business some time ago, though not in it at present, and is, on compe- tent authority, pronounced to be the veritable ‘head centre” of a SECRET ORDER OF BOOT BOSSES, which turns out to be a wheel within the wheel of the New York Boot and Shoe Board, ‘This organiza- tion has its headquarters at No. 4 Warren street, and 1n its constitution declares its objects to be tofoster aud promote the general welfare ot the trade b; Lap factlities for frequent meeting and exchange of Sonia fer rT srs0D8 €D; therein, and for general co-operae Among its various committees is one “labor,’” who matters aifecting its varied 1 shall have charge of all questions and matters of labor aris- jog een the meravers of the association and their em- V6 This committee, {t was explained to the reporter, isa “dead”? one, for, BHOK JOBBERS BEING ADMIESIBLE to members \lp, 1t was thought best that “‘manufac- Vurers” alone should belong to it, and from this fact and, as they allege, the pressure of the Crispins, it put on @ mask and adopted prips and passwords in imiation of its brawny and myrtad.fisted opponent. In other words, ONB SEGRET SOCIETY HAS CREATED AN The bosses iningle an esthetic hungering after intellectual communion witt the stern necessities of their Case, and @ sympathising world 18 called on to PITY THE BOSSES’ MAGNIFICRYT MISERY when it reads from their report of the “incessant application” which they “treat themselves to.” No wonder that, in @ tone of lofty hoping after better things to follow, they write as follow: Buch persistent confinement, without the opportunity of occasionally enjoying unrestrained freedom with brethren in the trade or others, away from the aight of boots, and ‘shoes, must, in nearly allcases, beittle the mind aud tne better foelings of our nature. ‘The reporter could now no longer restrain his de- sire to see one of the msthetic “bo rd.” He selected the princip:1 *“bosa’’ in the venerable person of Mr. Edwin v, Burt, ot 27 Park row. A number of flerce- looking Crispins stood gesticulating upon thé side- walk, and hear by were some listless Crispin's look- ing silent and doleful as if they nad LITTLE ONES AT HOME to be fed through the bitter days of winter. Mr. Burt has a frank, kindly face, and seemed deeply interested in the question. He evidenced quite a paternal /celing for nis hands, and said that previous to the formation of the Crispins ne never had any difficulty with his men. He paia the best prices aud undertook none but tirst class work. On belt Dreoeed as to the cause of the proposed reduction of {teen per cent on the present wages, Mr. Burt sald the causes were many. that at Newark THE CRISPINS WERE CONTENT TO WORK at wages varying from eighteen to twenty dollars @ week, while the society wages in the city were twenty-four dollars, He showed the reporter his boeks and they exnibited an average of twenty-five dollars. The trade in Newark, Rochester and Syracuse and other places, . obtaining — their work at lower rates, were gradually takin; their business away from them. ‘This, combine: ‘with the dulness of the late season, caused a loss to the manufacturers, and tuey had resolved to APPEAL TO THE MEN to help their employers out of their diMculties by consenting to a reduction of wages; otherwise HE WOULD BE OBLIGED TO CLOSE for the winter. Last year, in the slack season, he offered them the alternutive of reducing the hands or working on short me, The men creattably chose the latter. In answer to a question as to whether any compromise bad been agreed on he said his hauds had met him about half an hour previous, but only offered a trifling reduction, while, on ac- count of the high quality of bis work, they were charging in excess of ty rates, This was only on one branch of work. Ih reply t0 @ query whether he would back down if the Crispins showed a strong frent, he sala:— “No. Ihave plenty of stock on haud, and, alihough I wish to employ the hands during the dull time at terms which would serve both, Ido not take a post. Uon to recede trom it afterwards.” If, a3 if looks ne Present, tne crispins are obstl- nate and still dely the Nemesis of tie “heathen Chinee,”’ it will then be a question Which will stick to the last. of flve on He first insianced the fact A DIAMOND RAE. PRESS. bk GLUES ES Mre. Lynch’s Briiliants on Their Travels An Affair Not Quite Plumb. Mrs. Teresa Lynch, of No, 721 Broadway, appeared before Justice Cox, at Jeiferson Marke, yesterday morning, and preferred a complaint against Will am J. Rae, of the Park Avenue Hotel, and George Ra- phael, of No. 95 Church street, charging them with conspiring to defraud her out of a diamond cross, ring and broach on the 29th of November last, val- ued at $1,500, Mrs. Lynch testificd that on the above date a per- son with whom she had formerly dealt, named B, W. Plamb, called upon her and siated he had a cus- tomer who would purchase the above pro- perty, and if she would entrust it to him he would return either the money or the diamonds. Plumb after receiving the property proceeded to the office of Raphael, where he was to meet Rae by appointment. The latter informed him that ne had a customer for the diamonds at the oftice of Lockwood & Co,, No. 92 Broadway, and if he would accompany him and give him the property he would dispose of them and they would receive a handsome percentaze, which was to be divided. Plumb and Raphael accompanied Rae to the office on Broadway and remained outside while the jat- | ter entered the butlding to dispose of the property to his frend. After WAITING NEARLY AN HOUR AND A HALF for Rae to make his appearance they visited the office and ascertained he had not been there and po such person as he represented was going to purchase the diamonds was employed there, Rae had entered the front door of the buliding ‘with the diamonds and gone out at the back to the loan office of Hazman Leopold, No. 49 Nassan street, where he obtained $800 on thei, representing that the property was his, Mrs, Lynch, ascertaining where her diamonds were, on Saturday last appeared before Justice Shandley at Jeiferson Market, and procured @ search warrant, which wa; placed in the | hands of officer Brennan, of the Court squad, who recovered the property, and restored them to Mrs. Lynch by order of the Justice, Lucilla Carrere, of 107 Amity street, testified that on the Sunday night previous to the day Mrs. Lynch entrusted the property to Plumb she heard Rae and Raphael in her house, conspiring together to de- fraud Mrs. Lynch out of the Rear A warrant was issued and placed in the hands of officer Brennan, who yesterday afternoon arrested Rae and arraigned him betore Justice Cox. Rae, whe has oeen arrested sveral times for passing bogus che denied the charge preterred against him, but was held for examination. Raphael bas not yet been arrested. A DARING BURGLARY, Thyse Thousand Dollars in Gold Bonds and ‘Money Stolen from a Cutholic Publishing House. On Saturday night last burglars secreted them- selves in the second story of No. 4 Dey street, which 1g occupied by various firms as offices. During the night they went out through the scuttle, carrying the ladder with them, by means of which they ascended to the roof of No. 6. Here they found it necessary to call the ladder again inte requisition is one story higher. No. 16 they forced open ang to reach the roof of No. 8, whic! Proceeding along the roofs.to qs gonttle by means of & was 5 Serres traucé. Mhef ACOHt8 nite their way ond floor, occupied by Turgis & Catholig Works, who oocup: jl the second gained an en- oy a 18 5OCs publishers of the second and third oor is @ large sale in im gold bearing bonds payable $250 in currency and $300 «worth of gold medals, The frent and rear were darkened by means of iron shut- ters, but bythe aid of lanterns they removed the safe to the rear some time during Sunday, smashed it ty pieces with wedg*s and jimmies and effected an entrance te the contents. The bonds and other pro- verty were carried of. They must have made their exit In the way they extered. The robbery was discovered on Monday morning on opening No. 16. Officer Dutcher found the doer of No, 4open some time during Monday night and had it secured. The sufferers of the burglary posl- tively refuse to give particulars as to their loss, stating that the police oficials at headquarters had instrueted them to refer all reporters of the press to that office; but Chtef Irving denies this statement, and the books show that the robbery was not re- orted In the detective’s office. The numbers of the nds, which are of the issue of 1665, are 1,973, 46,791, 47,205, 42,871, 82,286 and 0,684, ‘The firm ad vertise them ag “lost or stolen.” GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The census shows 689 colored persons in New- Hampshire, eighty-five mere than in 1860. The horse that carried the mail between Jefferson and Quitman, in Texas, haying died, the mail service has stopped, Two Arabs who entered Mexico in the French army are in Brownsville seeking employment as farm laborers. Mayor Horr, of Brookhaven, Miss., Who was struck on tne head with a brickbat by an assassin several weeks since, bas died from the effects of his wound. A negro ts acting Mayor, ‘The official revurns of the census of Pennsylvania show an inoréase of population in the State of 586,388, Tho increase between 1340 and 1590 was 68% 1b Ud LelYCGR 1800 AAG AGG) 604,82 = - | (ee REAL ESTATE MATTERS, View: of Experts Upon the President's Mossage and 8 cretary Boutweli’s Report— Bales Yesterday, Real estate circles were mostly ¢: day by the President’s Message ‘and eccasaes Doar well's report, The general feeling in regard to these is that they are unsatisfactory. ‘The President's ref erence to the Alabama claims was ‘te, as emimently peaceful, and his Proposition to purchase these olaime generally regardea as “buneombe,” Congress being extremely unlikely: to accept any such suggestion. ‘The fact 1s, thas although people talk largely about the Alabams claims, they generally havo very little confidence in their legitimacy, The popular feeling in respect to this matter 18 scarcely iikely, however, to reach the point of consenting to tho purchase of these claims by the. American goverument, THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THR SECRETARY in respect to its influenco upon real estate was re- garded as opposed to the improvement of the real estate market, owing to the repressing influence of the proposition that the appropriations for the cure rent year should be continued for next year #0 a8 to include the means of purchasing a large amo2ns of bonds during next year similar to his policy during the present year. Watking in the course of his daily tour into the ofice of a real estate dealer near the Exchange Salesroom the write. im- a WRITER.—What do you think will be the effect of bl Becrotary of the Treatury’s report upon real THE INTERVIEWED.—Well, sir, candidly, I pia 0 ye bin Secretary ‘is ry oftor rien calung for the continued imposition of upon us e order i ay oir us deh " ae a RITER.—Tihen you nN r——, tl taxes ought to be reduced? ; mat. THE INTERVIEWED.—Yes; to use a homely express sion, posterity never did anything for us, why should we do so much for posterity + WRITER.—You don't helieve, then, in the immediate Payinent of the public debut ‘THR INTERVIEWED.—Certainly not. This debt was incurred for the preservation of the Union. That end is of greater importance to our children than to us. To secure it we gave our ~ lives and those of our dearest and fondesi; we have suf- fered grief, anxiety, trouble und ruin; our business has Leen destroyed and the competence we once en- Joyed reduced to straggling. Ail Uns we have done for the Union. It is not, therefore, too much to ex- pect that our children should bear thelr share of the great struggie. WRiTER.—You believe, then, that A MORE LIBERAL POLICY in respect to the financial administration of the government would be beneiicial to tne country? ‘Tae INTERVIEWRD—Undoubdtedly, 1t would stimu. late enterprise by holding out @ reasonable prospect of protit. Just consider, the Secretary claims credit Jor the purchase of $60,000,000 of bonds. That 18, $60,000,000 withdrawn from the le gitimate profit of business througkout the country. That $60,000,000 might have been tnvested in realestate. It certainly, if not absorbed in that way, Would have by ity movement Imparved ani- mation in some department of trade. WriTsk,—You are not, then, an advocate of Sec- Tetary Boutwell’s policy? Tab INreERvVIEWED.—No, sir, The country is groaning under a burden of taxation whic! presses industry, cramps enterprise, checks Specwation, and is eaung up the proiits of all our merenants, While state of things last’ there is no hope for real estate. If Congress could be only sénsible enough to rebuke this Secretary, who appears to act as though he were merely a receiver, ihere would be an Immediate reavtiou, and a very quick recoy ty might bo looked 01 r. Leaving this gentleman, whose views deserve con- sideration from his position in the very centre of a large financial and real estate connection, the writer Visited others, and met with SIMILAR SENTIMENTS, t ‘The general feeling inthe real estate market, as Weill a5 in the stuck exchange and tn the commer- cial circles, seems Lo be in favor of a reduction of taxation. ‘The following article, cut from THE BVENING TELEGRAM, ‘was shown to the writer a3 an argument tn this con- nection 3 Neither in the President's Message nor in the report of the Secretary of the treasury is there much that is grati- fying respecting our national finances, Tho President says:— “The average value of gold as compared with national cur- rency for the whole of the year 189 was about 164, and {0 seven mouths of 1870 the same relative value has been nbouh 11d. ‘The approach to a upecte basis is very gratitying; bi the fact cannot be denied that the instability of the value of our currency 1s prejudicial to our prosperity, and tends to Kecp up prices, tu the detriment of trade, Te evils of a de- preciated and fluctuating currency are #0 great that now, when the premium on gold has fallen so much, it wot seem that the time hag arrived when, by wise aud prudent legislation, Congress td look to 'a policy wich would piace our currency at par with gold at no distant day.” ‘This {s not very profound, and lacks the one great essential of recommending any poicy calculated to bring about the result so much desired, ‘The Secretary, without offering any greater encourage- ment, takes more decided ground. Be recommends a con Hnuatce of the present high, revenue, in order to furnish w sorplus for the purchase of bonds at ‘the rate of $5U,000,000 year, or, in other words, a perpetuation of the present reaaury policy. ‘The Secretary appears to bave no other appreciation of hia duties thaa (us, He seems to regard the country in a bankrapt condition ‘and he mrecelver ap- pointed in the interest of the creditors to collect as muck revenue as possible and discharge their claims with the ut- moat di ich, In doing this the future interests of the country ace to be entirely Iznored, itis Lala “one idea” prestling over the national financial policy that has worked ineaiculable evila during the past Year, The Secretary argues that we are prosperous because His revenue is great. be loses sight of the tact that he gets neariy ail the profit. Business during the year has undoubt- ediy expanded, but the yearly balance-shecis already begin to iniicate that the profits have been email, Taxes in one form or other have eaten up all the dividends, and man; men seeming to be doing an extensive trade bave found {& diliouit to pay current expenses. ‘The prosperity of, the country is thus tilusory. | The business, itis eald, waa never more act sment of those engaged in it never greater, the reason why, and are mormed—taxes, Cannot some one in Congress give us some new system of financial policy ? ‘THIS FEELING of a desire for a reduction of the taxes 1s not pay- usan, but pervades all classes, and it is signitic: that it is accompanied with @ general conviction that Congress will in some way accede to the popu- lar desire, THE SALES YESTERDAY. The opening sles of the week took place yester- day at the change,” with the following attrac- tions:—Six lots, south side Sixty-eigath strset, west of Sixth avenue, sold by order of the Supreme Court, under the direction of T. G. Lane, referee, by Messrs, V. K. Stevenson, Son & Co.; @ four story brick house and lot, No. 318 Thirty-ninth street, by Mr. Wm. Kennelly; a plot of ground on the north- ‘west corner of Elm street and Catharine lane, by Mr. D. M, Seaman, and the leasehold premises known as No. 304 Kast Houston street, by James M. Miller—lease from the Wynkoop estate for twenty- one years from May 1, 1809—ground rent $160 per annum. Annexed are the full particulars:— 5 PROPERTY —BY V. K. STEVENSON, 80N AND 00. Slots aca, Beth wi., 000 ftw. of 8th av., each 26x100.5, James Reed.. we BY WILLIAM KENNELLY, 4. b, house and lot, No. 318 39th f° eth 2x08.8. Edward Burl BY A plot of gerd. n. corner Elm st. and Cathart B. Gurney... Houston - 4,125 lane, 41.5x39.2144x20, 14 premises known ax No. oe East ‘The leaseho! . Mind 285 24 ste, OL WxIU.2. We Alphonse. ..» BY A. J, BLEECKER, BON AND © At private sale 4 lots ne. er 7th ay. Bot ard ‘aud Lith ats e100 BY {ON, BON AND CO. te nal fest front and rear by 100m hy with the brick dwelling thereon, and knowa as No. Featltiin atreet, for $30,000, “through ‘Cornelius Westervelt, r. eeettheast corner of the Grand Boulevard and 82d atreet, fonr full, to Mr. James Wilson for 855,00). ‘The high stoop brown atone dwelling (to be altered for store marposes) No, #44 Went 23d street, between the Grand Opera Youse and Booth’s Theatre, price $35,0W; purchased by Francis Martin, e At privat the lot %5 SMIPQBNERS ANS0OIITION, Petition to Congress to Abolish Pilot Fees Important to Domestic Shipowners. The member® of {his association held a meeting searerday at No. §g Pind atest, Mr. James A, Van Brunt in the chair. ee i i After the usual preliminary business had been concluded the secretary read the report of the com- mittee that had been appointed to inquire into the collection of demurrage dues from consignees of vessels Jaden with ice or lumber, A resolution was offered to the effect that ‘VESSELS LOADED WITH ICE should allow the consignee twenty-four hours “lay time,”? and afterwards a 100 tons a day must be unloaded by consignee or the captain of the vessel to claim demurrage at the rate of ten cents per day perton. Lumber vessels should also allow twenty- four hours “ lay time,” but if the consignee does not unload 25,000 feet per day, captains of said vessels to claim twenty cents per 1,000 feet of lumber per day. A test case was recommended to be tried a6 an early day, and the resolutions were adopted. The chairman next offered the following resolu- tion in relation to THE COASTING TRADE:— Whereas the coasting trade of the United States is heavilg burdened with taxes and fees, for which it receiv equivalent in services, among which are compulsory pilet- age and pilot li es, amounting toe large sum per Lory annually on vessels making from twenty to thirty ports per year ouiward and inward, and for which pay is compelled by said Inw; everywhere services are refused; and wheream public opinion is fa favor of fostering in every logal and pradent ner the commercial marine of our country; and whereas our represcatatives in Congress have shown a de- aire to relieve sald interests from ail oppression and unfair burdens; therefore be ft Rescived, That this nssociation do most respectfully peti- tion that all compulaory pilotage and pilot itcense fees be abohsled, and that no charge of any kind shall be collected from any vessel engaged in the cousting trade of the United States except for services accepted and rendered. This lution was adopted, and the secretary in- structed to engross ft and forward it to the chair men of Comumittecd on Commerce in Congress at nee,