The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1870, Page 4

CONGRESS. Important Proceedings in Both Houses. Proposed Suspension of Bonded Transpor- tation Intercourse with Canada. SCHURZ FAVORING AMNESTY. The South Carolina Colored Members Sworn in in the House. \ BANKS’ ST. DOMIN GO RESOLUTION. Stirring Discussion on Admiral Porter’s Case, Mr. Logan’s Bill Abolishing the Office of Admiral Adopted. The New Party Revenuc * Reforms. Cox and Kelley Trying to Take the Wind Out of Each Other's Sails. ABER, dommes the romoral of those diaqualifications and Mr, MORTON introduced the following joint reselu- tion, aut! the appointment ef commission- ers in relation to the republic ef Dominica:-— Resolved, &6., That the President of the United States be thorized'to appoint three commissioners, and also a secra- the latter to be versed in. the. Hnglisu’ and Spanish ian gMAges, to proceed to the island of St. Domingo and to quire Into and agcertain, first, the political state and con tion of the republic of Dominica; second, the desire and dis- position of the people of the sald republic to vecome an- nexed to and to form a part of the people of the United States; third, the physical, mental and moral con dition of said people, and their geuoral condition ax to mate, jal wealth and industrial capacity; fourth, the resources of e country, its mineral and agricultural products, the pro; of its waters and forests, the goncral character of u d_preportion thereof capable of culti- vation, the climate and wealth of the country, its bays, har- bora and rivers, its general meteorological character and the existence and trequenoy of remarkable meterological pheno- mena; fifth, the debt of the government and its obligations, whother funded and ascertained and admitted, or unad: justed and under discussion; sixth, treaties and engage. | mente with other Powews; seventh, extent of Loundaries and territortes, what proportion ta covered by granta or conces- sion, and generally what concessious or franchises have been granted; eighth, t ditions on which the Do- minican government may desire to he annexed and become » part of the United States as one of the territories thereol; ulnth, such other information with respect to said govern: | ment’ or its territories as to the sald commissioners shail seem desirable or important with reference to the future in- corporation of the seid Dominican republic Into the United States as one of ite territories. SOtION 9. That the said commissioners shall, as soon as convenient, report to ident of the United States, w io ahal ned aint exeevt the payment of com jon exoent the pa; cui retary shall be ving of State, with the proval of the President. Ordered te lie on the tabie and to be printed. 2 rect nuly adopted the Semate took 7 6 rule recontly adep! wee Be r ef peony amd special orders, the rst bill belog the act to abolish the frank! privi- lege, which was passed ever at the instance of bir. Drake. A large number of bills were then cousidered in their order, these to which any objection was made being at once laid aside, The Heuse bill repealing certain acts relating to the tenure of civil Officers was rece ved froin the House and referred te the Judiciary Committees, f EXECUTIVE SESSION, At tea minutes afver three o'clock the Senate went into oxecilive S@ssiom, aad seme time afterwards adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, Deo, 12, 1870, NRW MEMBER QUALIFIED, JosePH H. RAINEY, the colored member elect from the Fourth district ef South Carolina, appeared and Abolition of the Whole Internal Revenue Sys- tem Uxeept as to Whiskey and Tobuceo. : WASHINGTON, Dec, 12, 1870, MEMORIALS PRESENTED. By Mr. Strwanr, (rep.) ef Ney.—From the Iron Moulders’ National Union, held at Philadciphia last | July, protesting against the Importatien of coohes into the United States. red to the Comimittee | on the Judiciary. By Mr. Sco, (rep.) of Pu.—From the American Medical Association, asking the appeiutment of a scientific commission relative to the cultivation of | the cinchona plant. Referred to the Committee on | Agriculture. | BILLS INTRODUCED. | By Mr. Drakx, (rep.) of Mo.—To provide a ret | fand for the empioyés im the exeentive departments | of the governthent. Mr. Drake explained that the fund was to be made up from the pay of employes, with & view Lo relleving their personal necessities in certain cases, In the event of the death ef an em- ployé, the existence of such a fund would obviaie the y ef appeals by his frienas fer tunds ta pay tuneral expenses. Referred to the Comuities on Financ By Mr. SUMNER, (rep) of M peals from the District Cou in certain causes of adm diction. Referred to the ¢ ciary. By Mr. McDONALD, Of Ark.—Te ald the Meriter. ranean 2nd Oriental Steam Navigation Company of New York to eatablish an American lime of ron steamships ler openin t trade between the United States and Southern Earope, for carrying the muils of the United Sta end for promoting immigration iuto the Souluern Staies of the Union, eerred te Committee on Post Ofices and Post is, The bill directs the Post with the said company *s,—-To regalate sp- of tae United stat d maritime ju iamities On wwe “Judi- ter General to contract ing the Untied rs from New este aud the Suez Canal, for the sele and | ation of matter thus transmitted. ean osta 3 ULOU The steamships ave required to be first clas vessels, of not less than three thousa tons regisiry, b can sulpyards rt and manned by ett i States, Pro- proper accommodation of upprei x by pe suid vessels and the ment in time of war. By Mr. CuANDLan, (rep) of Mich,—A bill in reia- tien te commercial intercourse between the United States and t t erican Pes- SOSSLONS It authorize ment the jut proclamation or Territeries rin his jadg- re, to issue i ne Provinces the opera- y the rigut eign traus regulaions Wi u ts allowe Nene such a ingasure edient, to deciave the similar suspension Vessels of the Dominion of i i 3 m North | waters of the | + fer stich vessels | y treaty petween the B. Reterrea to the | nada, or any America, are Uatted Sta snen rights United stares ana supply ocean | jon of ule matis pd rope. rt the Atnerican and Steamship Company, with a capital of $: provides for the constrnetio: lines of steamships Let Stutes abd Atiantic and Europe, and d tr h ihe said co iran ton of bee from and to whieh it m: European | 10,000, and | i tenance a | peris in the United | ditervanean ports im | master General to ¢ for fifteen years for the hited States 1 joint res universt R a riving the appoint. | ve Tepublic of | rdered vo be | which read. i provides for the appointment of a joint commit- | {real estate, if any, » he ente: the he held the land he had Arhington [ reason of his | rthe Arlington | thereto on in the reveilion; suet the pra ofan? the tiie Lin \irs, Lee and ber calldrsn, and inherited | mn her anvestors; aise whether General hy right thereto property was sel rected to rept nd who | whol: nds of of we ovalties, anc Saloon: tty taper it t uy ° to The amon onal property maken fro General Lee by vernment or is agen whether any me- i ence) ington or itis | i¢ and subse- Lees loss mn ng, the resolution SDS (rep.) of Vt., ob win not receiven, one day's previous notice being | necessary under the ric. REGOLI 10S INTRODUCE Ry Mr, WILLIAM, rep.) of Oregan—Lnstructing the Commitiee on the Pacity watiread to uire into the expeliency of allewing the line of ibe mau ad, along ihe jontana to be i lulitude if Pactic trunk, ov westerit Jecated sout deemed advisal : construction © ae oer Mr. Savisevry, (dem.) of Déely—Inquiring whether the militery Were present at the election polls in Delaware ut the late eiections tn obedience to orders: if so, by what anthority and by virme of what necessity. Lait over, Mr. Eduunds object mee Sonvez, (rep.) of Mo., effered the fellewing, upen whick he stated he worl make some remarks in @ few days, to Which time its consiaeration was deferred:— Resolved, That the © tho ¢ posed me Lat eveilion against the govern- vent of the United States 4 Pencovssities, and not by a spivit of hatred or d that ag soon as such vegard tor the fundamental prineip af our aystem of Zo 70 Ok aevind KIRIed “nn gers in steamships, | pay t Messrs ' with the subject may en | wast | ee en ngaed in the | qualifications and disabilities im- | took the ath of oitice, BILLS INTRODUCED. Under the call of the Statea for bilis for reference bills were introduced and referred as follows:— ty Mr. BOFFINTON, (rep.) of Mass.—Reialive to a harbor of refuge at the entrance of the Cape Cod ship canal. by Mr. Burner, rep.) of Mass.—To amend the act | of Mareh 3, 1855, regulating the carrying of passen- By Mr. STRONG, (rep.) ef Conn.—Providing fora building for a Post Ollice, United States Courts, &o., at Hartford, Conn. iy Mr. KeTOMAM, (rep.) Of N. Y,-—To repeal the in- i come ti By Mr. 'Tannrr, (rep.) of N. Y.—To amend the law r the collection of duties on imports Mr. Scusxcx, (rep.) of Ov -To establish etween the United States and Kurope; incor- ing the American and Kurepean Steamship | Oumpany, with a capital stock of $5,000,000, wh a lnay be increased to $20,000,000, aud directing the Postmaster General to make contracts for the con- Bostua, New eof the mails from Portland, , Philadelphia, ports of the Chesapeat: A and on the southern Atlantic coast of the United States, to the ports of Liverpool, Southampton, Havre, Antwerp, Hamburg, Bremen, Cadiz vad other ports of the Atlantic coast of Barope, and Marseilies, Genoa, and other ports on’ the | Mediterranean, at tho following of | compensatlor ‘or sewi-monthly service, per annum; for weekly service, $00 for seml-weekly service, $900,000, und tor tri- weekly, daily aud other service ia this proportion. ‘The steamasiups are to be of tron, @ nol less than 3,000 tongs burden, with ali the modern improve: | ments, The company isto have the right to pur- chase, at $125 per acre, eigaty acres of the public land for every fon of irom shipping built by it under this law, provided that the lands selected shall bein | tracts not exceeding 12,000 acres exch, and shall be located at least in alternate townships apart from | each ober, j By Mr. Ferris, (rep.) of N. ¥Y.—To create a Mineral Land un By Mr. CUUROHILL, (rep.) of N. Y.. 2 the Secretary of tue Interior to increase the compen- sation of assistant marshals for taking the census of 1870. | hr Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y.— Relative t» repealing 0 distributing szares. 1.) of Pa.—To encourage marl | sree under the American fag. by Mr. Upsos, (vep,) ef Ouio—To reueve internal commerce f} ertaln duties, By M ATTY, (Lep.) OL Ohio—To extend the pro- vistons ef the twenty-fifth section ef tie Army Ap- progriation bili of the 16th ef July, 1870, to relatives of deceased oilicers and soldiers, By Mr. STEVENSON, (rep.) of Ohio—Appropriating $250,000 for the falls of (he Obio and the Louisyiile and Portland canal. | By Mr. MuN@eEN, (dem.) of OGhio—Relative to the ten per cent aduitional ef the isth of June, isi0, on merchandise, Aigo, in regard te the purchase ot persons as chat- tels, whether under the head of territorial purchase or othe (An allusion te San Domingo.) By Mr. JoNgs, (dem.) of Ky.—To provide for the | seltlemert of claims of ofiicers and soldiers of the revelut euary army. By Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of Tenn.—Appropriating | old and condemned caunon to the National Ceme- lery at Knoxville, Tenn, Vo authori by Mr. JULIAN, (rep.) of Ind.—To amend the act of | the sth of June, 1803, for the reilef ef tue inhabl- tants of cities and tows on the public lands. LOGAN, (rep.) of Ill.—To facilitate the se- | g of homesteads on the public demain by | erably discharged soldiers, Y Mr. MCCORMICK, (dem.) of Mo.—To extend the time for ihe completion of the Missourl and {ren Mountain Railroad. | ho By Mr. Aspen, (tep.) of Mo.—To divide Missourt iuco three judiersi districts, By M cOnary, (rep.) of lowa—In regard to the Bounty law By Mr. Posteroy, (rep.) of fowa—To secure the govern nf against tue improper certification of public tand: | By Mr, WiLsoN, (dem.) of Minn.—To amend the act 1885, granting lands for the improvement esota river | SMT! em.) of Ovegen—Appropriating | eds Of Saies of public lands in Oregon (0 te Support ef common schools there. y Mr. AxTeLL, (dem.) ot Oal.—Relating to a reak water at Wituington, California. Several bills relat to Territerial matters were troduced by the delegates from Colorade, Dakota | and Idahe, Of OFFICE LAWS. M r a 1867, Bnd April ne ten of certain civil olcers and ioved the previous ques- | wher it was an unconditional the tenure of onice acts. “LER replied In the ailirmative and was in- iis provist but was laformed i rihal debate was not in order. | ‘The bill was passed by a vole of 157 to 25. i PAY OF MEMBERS FROM LOUISIANA. Mr. Dawes, of Mass., orfered a resolution to Sypher and Marey, inembers from Louisiaga. the salary and mileage from the opening | of the present Gorgre dedécting | the amount | pais to thelr comtestauis lor Seats at theiast session, | Aylopted, paing to ANNEXATION OF ST. DOMINGO. Mr. BANKS, ) of Ma: introduced a joint | sgelution autharizing the President to appoint a | conunission, cousisung of tive persons,, to inquire | iio the expedicucy of negotiating & treaty with | the authorities of St. Domingo tor the acquisition ef The ‘erriiory of that government, with iustrnctions | rt stich information as a full and complete i. | ution of all the various questiens connected | ble them to present to the | le moved the previous | © heuses of Cong N. Y., objected to the reso- | Woop, (dem.) of HARVIEDD, © the Commitiee on Foreign Aifairs, | r. BANKS said thal the object of its reference | a! it would not be called for several weeks; that consequently its reference would be equivalent 0 defeat. Phe Hous tion by Mr. ‘Cox moved to lay the resolution on the table. | Negitiverd by 67 le Liz. ‘The resolution was then referred to the Commit- preign Adairs, with leave terepork at amy alter five days’ notice to the Rouse, RECESS OF CONG rep.) of Ohio, suggested its refer- | refused to second the grevious ques- | tno jution for ccenuber 22 are lo Wednesday, Junnary }. Adopten. INDIAN AMPALKS. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) Of Cal, offered 4 ucting the Conmmitice on Approp port What efect had been givea to we of the last imdiaa Appropriation bili investigat.on of ¢ with Indian afairs. requiring ain abeged Lauds im connecten He explained the resolcion, and said that the President desired io have the Vie t Investigation of the charges ae had called tention of the Seerctary ef tie Lnterter te them murpose of having them fully Yenuiated. ‘The resalutien Was adepted. ABOLISHING OFRICES IN THE NAVY. r. LOGAN Introduced 4 bill lo abolish the oftte tival and vice admiral in the navy, the form ence, and the latter whenever 4 yacuncy it th omice should oceur, i | Mr. Seorienn, rep.) of Pa., chairman of the Com- mutteeon Naval Affaia, said he would obje@. unless | the bill was referred to that commiitee, Mr. LouaN moved to suspend the voles, in order to introduce and pass the bil. My. SCOFIELD Said he did not think tt becoming | the Honse to pe in haste ia passing suet a bill, It saould go to a commitice, like other bills. He did not want to be always kicking a man who happened wo be down, (Laughter.) My. Logan digstaimedt Intending any discourtesy fy N steamship linea for the transporiation of the | Bay, | hugged his commander, | paintea, neble, brav | his commander and at another moment malign him; | the to | bea | were anxious for the House to pass judgment upen | flon of the law. | Jaw or of | would aliow | to pass it. | expenses—and the continuanc | ployment, at the cost of millions of dollars annual army of’ ass | oth re NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1870.—TRI or wrong to any individual. He had no al feeling whatever in the matter. He wished mere: to extend to the navy the same principle that ha been extended te the army in the abolishment of the ranks of general and lieutenant gonerel, when- ever vacanoles occurred, With # personne! of only eight thousand in the navy, there were now one hundred and sixteen officers corresponding with those of general, lieutenaut goneral, major general and brigadier general. No such thing exists in any other navy. Be introduced the bill as @ move in the right direction ana in the interest of economy, Mr. HALE (rep.) of Me., a member of the Commit. tee on Naval Affairs, Ov] the bull ag Insking an unfair distiactian between the armyand navy. The rank of general been created for General Grant, as that ef admiral had been fer Admi Farragut, and as one had been filled when a va- caney occurred by the promotion of General Sher- man, ce the otver should be by the premotion of Vice-Admiral Porter, Everybody had read Admiral Ps ers letter, amd he thought that it was incousi:- | arrvith the ‘dignity of the House to snare in any eg at might be produced by that leiter, remarked that he had said nothing ter. Mr. ScorteLp remarked that the estimates last year from the army were greater after the passage of the Army Reform bill of last session than they were belore; also that many of the naval oflcers re- | ferred to by the gentleman from Illinois were reti on half pay, whereas the retired army officers w drawing their active service pay; alse that the om- cers of the army received twenty-five to fifty per cent mere pay than officers of cartyapanding rank in the navy. He knew very we that Admiral Perter had written a not very wise letter; but Gemeral Scott haa written Jetvers that were not vory wise, and a great many other men lad made the mistake of eng foolish lotters, and they were never a8 gallant an Qonorable men as Admiral Porter. All he (Mr. Soo- field) asked was that the bill sheuld be referred to the Committee on Naval Atfairs, t and a reasonable sum for the reduction of the ‘we shoud not exceed $100,000,000 a year; that the money ratsed by taxation should not exceed $260,000,000 a yoar—$125,000,000 to meet the interest and $125,009,000 to go to liquidate the principal of the public debt; that the existing internal revenue s\ tem aiould be abolished and the sum deemed proper to be raised by internal taxation assigned in just proportions to the several , to be collected by the authorities taercof und paid into the mational ‘Treasury; that inport dutles should be levied with a view to revenue only, not for the purpose and with nary of the government, exclustve of inte- rest on the public ‘dent the effect of protecting particular clagses, trades and individuals at the expense of the pi that there @re many dutiabie articles, as galt, coal, &c., which — should be entirely free; and others, auch as jumber, pig iron, leather, &0., on which the duty should be atly reduced; and instructing the Committee of ays and Means to inquire into the expediency ef embodying these principles in a bill te be reported to the House, ‘the resolution was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, The SPEAKER amueunced the following appoint- ments fo ill vacancies in the varlons committees:— On Public Lands, Mr, Strickland; on Postal Tele- graph, Mr. Ferris, The House then, at three minutes past five P, M., adjourned, THE PAPACY. The Papal Enoyclical—Protests Against Victor Emmanuel—Abuse of Pewer—The Pope's Rights—Rou'ine Life of His Holi- ness-Life at the Vatican. Mr. FERRISS, (rep.) of N. Y., said he wonld be glad to know which ef Admiral Porter's letters the cen- Ueman was referring te. Mr. SCOFIELD, without answering the question, said ho knew that when aman committed some foliy all the wits of the country tried to put him down. In that way they had laughed General Sceut eut of the Presidency, Members of Congress once in a while sata foolish things, (Laughter.) In fact, tt had been well satd that every man had bis fool’s day, and with some it lasted mere thun a day, he sup- posed. (Langhter.) Mr. DaWus inquired of Mr. Soofleld what the du- ties of admiral were, z Mr. SCOFIELD declined to answer, exeept to say at they were the same duties that Admiral Farra- gut performed, Mr, Dawks remarked that the Admiral had no duties to perfo.m that were known to the law. Mr. ScorreLp said that the question whether there should be sucha rank ithe navy was not the question at issue, but whether this bill sheuid not be referred to the appropr.ate cemmittee, Mr. Dawes said that the necessity fer continuing the rank was the very question at issue, ‘The eftice was created for a great and glorioua purpos o} ‘testily to the great service rendered by a great | | captam, and it was a fair question whether tuat ofice should be comferred en another. [t was 4 wierary and Honorary position and that only. Mr. Bu ft, of Mass., Said that an allusion had been made vo a letter of Admiral Porter, it wus | Notimpreper that he should refer to it a moment, | If gratitude were to eontrol his vote he should give it in faver of Admtral Porter for the writing of that letter. It had put before the country a piece of evidence for which he (Mr. Butler) was deeply grateful. I¢ showed that the army commander of the Fort Fisher expedition was never to succeed. Stil, he ceuld not believe that it was the duty of me 5 to keep open the grade of admiral, even ke of having such good letters written as | the two to which reference had been made. (Laugh- ter.) He desired to Knew whether it was worth ihe | while toh an actmivalof the navy who eould not, | fortwo days tegether, utter the same sentiments; | whetner it was worth the while te have an admiral | of the navy who ene day maligned and another day He could easily unier- | stand why the Presideni had taken no notice ef Ad- | | mivai Porter's letters. They Were persoual te him, too. But was that the man te putin the place of the Farragal? Was that the man as an example before the youth of Were they to be told that a could at ene moment praise to put the navy? naval officer that he might at ene gry re write a sycophantic letter to the Secretary of the Navy, to get premotion und power, and at the same time abuse a man not thea tn power, and when that letter was brought jorward to turn around and abuse the poor Secre- tary, who was not now in pewer, so as io gain the favor of tae person (the President) who was in power? Was that why men sheuld be premeted In. wavy? Was that the example they were set hefore the youth of the ceuntry? The frank, opon-hearted sailer who had just died (veierring to Admiral Farragut) had, with nis 1y said to bis attendants, **Never raise that carry it before my ceifin; thai lag which been imposed upon by the man who ex- pects te be my snecesso: As a friend and associ- ale ot Farragut he (Butler) pretested, ip the face of the country, that Couvress shovid not step out ot its way to tux ihe peeple fer the pnrpose of putting houor Upon the man wo had dishenered the Presi- dent and had dishonored th te citement.) Banks said he s or the bill, be- , as he understood ii, it plced the navy ch the army had been Congre: eacy passed a bill that, when @ yacanc n the offices of Gene- ral and Lieutenant General, they should be diseontinued, = te trusted that masmuch as the ottice of Admirat aud as the House was ask net te consider for ® moment’ the acts of the nominee for this oMce because it would prejudice his ease, the Heuso should now act upon the merits of the question and place the oflice of Admiral where Congress had placed that of General and Lieutenant General of the army. There was now a vacancy tu the @fice of Adnural. If tie office was extended to the person who had been nome@aated for it there was no reason why it should not be continued till the end of time; and he knew that these wio were cailed upon (oO pass judgment on thit nomination the bse whether the office 1tself should be con- tinued, a Mr. Cox called the attention of the House to an orde: of the Navy Department, issued on the 2th of March, 1869, directing that all matters relating to the navy coming under the cognizance of the diferent bareaus should be submitted to Vice Ad- miral Porter before being transmitted te the Secre- tary of the Navy, and said it that order was an upturning of the whole savy business and a viola- Rome, Nov, 27, 1870. ‘This decument has proved to be a dexterons fire- brand launched by the Supreme Pontiff, at the sug- gestion of the Jesuits, into the hostile eamp of the Italian Ministry, The republican as Well as clerical subjects of Victor Emmanuel have protested, from one end of the peninsula to the other, against what they consider an abuse ef power on the part of the gevernment in sequestrating all the journals which reproduced the Pope's apostolic circular of the 1st of November, dated from St. Peter's, but only pre- sented to the cognizance of the faithful on the 22d inst., through the medinin of Measrs, Pfeffer & Puky, printers, of Geneva, to whom it was doubt- less communicated by that fearless par- tisan of infallibiiity, Monsignor Mermillod, As- sistant Bishop of Geneva, For a papal bull of excommunication to be fulminated in the first in- stance from @ Calvanistle capital is certainly a noveity. But it has afforded the Italian govern- ment an excuse for preventing a too free cirdula- uon of the objectionable document on the ground of its being apochryphal. The line taken up by the government is that his Holiness ts free to print and publish in Rome whatever edicts, circulars or notifl- cations he may consider necessary 1n the exercise of his supreme spiritual authority; and since the occu- pation of Rome by tie Italian troops we have seen Papal protests, such as that proroguing the Ecu- menical Council, axed to the principal churehes of the city and reproduced by the daily papers without any let or hindrance; but whatever ecclesiastical publication of an offensive nature appears without. thesstamp of authenticity communicated by the im- mediate emanation from the Vatican 1s lable to be seized as much as any ether defamatory libel. On the whole the government had far better have left tho Encyclical aloue and maintained Cavour’s programme of “free Church in free State,” always admitting that the present bull, which solemnly ex- communicates all the authors and agents of the aggressions complained of by his Holiness, be an ecclesiastical rather than a political document, Meanwhile let us give a glance at the Pope's daily routine of life, The Holy Father rises very early, celebrates mass and recites the ollice of the day, in company with the prelates, cameriert segrett, on duty. A frugal breakfast, of which coffee forms the chiet efoment, is then partaken of. Tewards nine o'clock A. M. the ope receives bis several ministers and efficial chiefs, On Monday and Friday Cardinal Monaco La Valletta nas his audieuce to report on the affairs of religious congregations. On Taesday aud Friday it ts the turn ot Cardinals Clarelli, Sec- retary of Briefs, and Vaunicelli, Secretary of Me- moriais—but the latter being absent just now is repiaced by bis substitute prelate, as also for tie busmess of the Dateria, Mon- signor Gort, Pro-Datario—refers to the Pope instead of the Cardinal at the head of that aepart- meat. On Wednesday and Saturday at nie A. M. the Holy Father receives the representatives of for. eign Powers in ordinary audience. Every morning the Pope receives Cardinal Artonelli’s report as Sec- retary of Stale, except on Tuesday and cer fl wheii the report is presented by the Cardinal's sub- stitute, Monsignor Marinl, his Eminence being oc- cupied with the congregation of the Sacred Apos- telic Palaces. Cardinal Patrigi, Vicar oi his holi- negs for the city of Rome, has an audience almost every day. Cardinal Amat, the Apostolic Chancellor, goes so rarely to the Vatican now that the Pope only recetves the reports of nis departinent through some substitute, or through tue Dateria office, The day service of the Pontifical antechamber is per- formed by gendarmes, Swiss and Platine guards, und eight noble guaras, of whom two iave the rauk of exempt and cadet. Nearer the person of the Holy Father are the prelates on duty, cam- eriert segrett, and Monsignors Negretto, Sammunta- telli and Casall, with whom his Holiness passes an hour from eleven A. M. to twelve in pacing up and down te galleries, called Raphael's loggie. On Specified days, in the afternoon, Monsignor Ricci, Maestro di Camera, presents to his Holiness the foreigners and ladies who have duly applied for the honor of an interview. On these occasions the’Pope, after permitting the strangers to kiss his feot, enters mto conversation with them, with an unreserve bordering on famuiarity, questioning them upon the habits and custems ef their respective countries, and disiribuling to them blessed chapiets, crosses and medais. His Holiness frequently puts an end to the audienoe with some of the Yons sols, of Which There bad never been any rule of departinent, previously, which Vice Admiral Porter ‘to take charge of ¥ department, to the dishonor of the Secretary of the Navy aud to the dtsuonor of the administration. it never had been allowed tm any other adniinisivation and shouia not be allowed im Us administration. He Knew very well that a av Many irregularities bad taken piace under ius adminisiranen. le knew very weil that Admi- ral Porter bad in one sense played the sycoplant and disgraced nis high position, He was willing to allow to Admiral Porter bravery as a seaman and Skill as @ Captain in every relation in whici he bad served during the war; but he woud Vote toginaxe void tue office of Admiral because he was in favor of good administration, and responsie bility too, at tue head of the Navy Depavtment, condition of things In the Navy Department had been such that the man who lad the power was not Accouniedle and tovk Ro responsibility. He would voie for tue bill, Not on personal grounds, vot bee cause of tie shameful letiers of Adtmural Porter, not because of the humilation of the navy avd of the ion by hts (Porier's) s¥cophaney, but he would vie to vacate this Office because it would be wreform in ihe administration of the government, aud especially in regard te naval affairs, Mr. LOGAN said that what le asd dene tn this mat- ter he Lad done because he had theugat it to the ad-* Vaniage of the Country amd of the nation, aad not from avy feeling of 3 personal Characier tewards aay individual. Of the gentleman affected by it (meaning Admiral Rowan) ue had never met and cud net know, but he theagat iy rigai that this bill should pass, and he trougit that now was the time The rank of wemirai was one that had bever been Conferr-d in Uits country belore, and one Which never ougot Lo be coulerred nereaiter, He moved that the rwes be suspended and that the Dill be put on 8 pussage, The motien was agreed to by a two-thirds vove, withont division, and the bill was passed. THE REGULATION OF RANK IN THE NAVY. G. W. SCOFIELD, (rep.) Of Pa., intreduced a bill to regulate the rank in the navy, INTER(OR TRANSPORTATION, Mr. NIBLACK, (dem.) of Ind., offered @ resolu- | tion instructing the Committee en Commerce to inquire what additional legislation was necessary to give increased eiliciency of usefulness to the ex- the | isting provisions of law for the transportation of imported merchandise to certain taterior pots of the United Siaies. Adopted, THE REVEN REFORMS. Mr. KELLEY, (rep.) of Pa., offered the fellowing Tesoluulon:— Resolved, That the true principle of revenue reform points he avolition of the in'ernal revenuo system, whic ated a# a war measure to provide for extraordinary of. which involves the em- rs, collectors, supdevisors, det officers previously unknown—and’ requires 1 of ft wt the exrivest day consistent with te faith and credit of the government, and of ail stamp and other spiernal taxes, and that properly adjusted rates shall be retained on distilled spirits, tobacco and malt liquors, so Jong as the legitimate expenses of the governinent require the coliection ef any sum frotm internal tac: ‘The resolution was adopted by 164 te 6, these voung in the negative being Mesays. Asper, Ayer, ; Benjamin, Vox, Finkelmburg and Suith of ‘Ten- | nessee, MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, Mr. ERSOLL, ep et Ti intreduced a blil te authorize tie bulidiog of a military and pestal rat! way between Washington and New York; also the bill making no Treasury netes receivable im part | Payment of customs duties. Referred. On motion of Mr. ScHENCK, the Cemmittee of Ways and Means was discharged from the further vonsideration of the two bills of last session:--“*To epabie United Siat izens to register foreign built vessels," aud ‘le admit to registry in the port ef be Unived States certain tron and composite tor- | ein built vessels," aud they were referred to the Caminiites on Commeree, Mr MBRCUR, (rep.) Of Pa, introduced a bill to amend tie General Bankruptey act, Mr. LAW (vep.) @f Olio, entered a resolution Calling Upon the Seer for copies Of the he ig so fond, and dismisses the visitors with b blessing. ‘The Pontificial dinner comes next in tne order of the day, & modest and sover ropast. Generally the Holy Father eats but little, and his table presents no great variety of dishes, as he 18 accustomed to viands neither very exquisite or récherché. Alter cenversing with the few members of his household who atiend during his meal, the Pope retires to pra and take a little repose, (owards three or four P.M. His Holiness used wtake a long drive, lighting sometimes te waik, attended by Monsignors Ne- grotto Casali, or other household prelates; but con- sidering himseli now asa prisoner, his promenade 18 limited to a few turns in the long alleys of the Ponttiicial dens, Towards evening the Holy Father retires to his aparcments, where, after a litte more conversation, he sups, not forgetting the usual zuppa. After thls meal ins Holiness dismisses his guards, the inembers of his aniechamber and all his daily court, and withdraws to his bedroom to study, work and pray. At ten o'clock silence reigns in the Vatican Palace, and only the great fountains on the piazza are to be heard, the striking of theelock belis wnd tke measured tread of (he Swiss guards, waich- ing for the defence of ateeble old man, whose re pose nobody las any ideaol disturbing. ' Besides the members of the fontiical jtecham- here live at the Vatican the Generai-in-Chief, Kauzie nd the Major of Gensdarmes, Ottin, now invested with the supreme command of the Pontit- cal t(reups in the palace; Monsignor Ricci, Maestro di Camera; Monsignor Negroni, Minster of tue lo- tertor, and the Commendatore, Ispagna, Maestro at Casa, recently expulsed from tue Quirinaj. ‘The Nuova Rome gives this account, which. trent gene- ral report and confirmed rouine, | uilok may be received as correct. This morning the delinitive bailotage for the menibers of Parliament for Rome and the Pontitical provinces took place. It 1s too Koon to Know the result, butit 1s more easy to fore- see the triumph of the mederate party im the capital than the provinces. The Ministers intend to present to the new Parlia- ment on the earliest occasien the project of law re- lating to the Roman question. One single law will comprise in several clauses the sanciton of the Bo- man pleviseie, the retktions between Church aud State, the extension to Rome of the Italian code of laws and the transfer of the ar tl it is hoped that thislaw can be examined in committee, dis- cussed and voted before Ohristinas. The King will then come to Kome for the New Year's Day festivi- tues, the diplomatic body being simply informed of hs gaged ee with liberty of accompanying hint if agreeanle. Count eGnatelienge and General Cugia, atd-de- camps of the King, and Prince Humbert are now in Rome to superintend the arrangements of the Qui. rinal and Consalia palaces, but it 1s satd that the latter locality is unsuited for the hospitable inten- tious of the Prince, The Temporal Power. Sr. Josera’s CHuUreH, ) Sixra AVENUE, Dec. 12, 1810.) To THE Evrtor OF THE HERALD:— The wrong impression created in certain circles by an incomplete report of seme remarks made by me at a late weeting in this church has cempelled me, in self-defence, te make ® statement which I have thus far delayed publishing, in the hope that tt might possibly ve avoided. The meeting referred to was that which was called for the purpose of pro- testing against the invasion of Rome by the Italians. 1am sure that any ene of the large audience which ‘Was present upon that oecasten will bear me out in the statement that I expressed my sentiments openly and at some length i favor of the address which was then submitied fer endersement, The alinple remark which was reperted, and which was made incidentally at the end of my address, had a hearing entirely different from that which was given to it in the report, and was certainly wuderstood by the audience in the sense in which it was given, ‘Taken in connection with what preceded it it wag clearly understoed to signify that sympathy and moral support for the Holy Father, and not yvelun- y, rregponden Mr. Sheilabarger, Mintster to ror ty relating te public documents in the libra- res Of Tereiga Ministers. MORK Wi NUK REFORM MBASURRS, Mr. SOx @ffo) “La resolution reciting that the ordt- teers or suppites, were lutended a8 the main objects of the meeting. ‘The foregoing particulars may be testified to by Sy O18 Who Was present gpon the occasion. EDWARD A, DUNPAY. PLE SHEET eters estenstsneenseserenenovenpsinesneeeorneseeeneneeeee THE NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. Tnland Water Communioation—Postal Steam Servico—Subsidies to Pacific Railronds— Revision of the Tariff. Burraso, Deo, 12, 1870, ‘Tne National Board of Trade was called to order at nine A, M. to-day, and immediately engaged in a discussion of inland water communication, but the subject was finally referred to the Executive Coun- ctl, which bedy was instrueted to report at the next meeting of the Board. The committee to whom was referred the propo- sitions on the official programme, numbeerd re- spectively twenty-two, twenty-tiree and twenty- four, submitted the follgwing for the action of the Board:— Whereas the free and unrestricted navigation of the rivers of the country is the right of all of its citizens, and in iudix- ensable to the cheap transportation of its varie! products; erefore, 4 Resolved, That Congress be again requested to mnke such appropriations as may be necessary for the early completion the work now in progress under the direction of tne, United States engineers at the Des Moines aud Rock Island Rapids, of the Ohio and at the mouth of and for the maintenance of the sna; government and employed on the rivera. Resolved, That Congress will be requested to enact such tows as will eflectually provent individuals or corporations from unnecessarily ot ering the naviga- Mion of the rivers by that, where tor the use o! Hh e Migwisai ppt, boats owned by the ‘extern and Southern located w the direction and States engineer, or corps of eng! Secretary of Renal, 1 railrond bridges across navigable waters shouid be regarded and treated in legislation as public high- ways for railroad transit; that each of them be mace to ac- commodate the cars and the transportation of the machivery of all or any of the railrouds or transportation companies that may desire to use them on the payment of fair and rea- sonable tolls, and that future grants of chariers Zor the on. struction of such bridges and existing charters for th already built or to be built should, va the ae logis tion, both State and national, embody provisions to secure the objects ubore set forth. i Resolved, That the Executive Councf of the National joard of Trade be directed to take such steps as may be ne- cessary to make effective the principles embodied “1m these propositions, ‘The resolutions were adopted. A preambie, with the following resolutions rela- tive to posial steam service, was next considered and adopted:— Resolved, That the National Board of Trade would re- specttully "urge upon the attention of the Postinus- ter General the desirableness tion between the governments of the Unlied States and Great Britain, wherein {t shall be provided that no further subsidies shall be paid by efther, during a certain specited time, to any steamship line plying between the two countries, and wherein also it shall be stipulated f the postages earned by the steam vessels pe palit to thom as a com- 40 that the poliey of both ve delinite, wulform and ers, to selected by the of securing 2 conven- Ving governments henceforward sha! Irlendiy. Kesolved, That until such a convention as is snggested in the foregoing resolution shall have been entered into any tem porary assistance which it may be thought desirable by the Congreas of the United States to aiford to our citizens in their endeavors to establish oceau steam lines should be under a ere bill which will place upon an equitable footing all on chief ports on the coast between Portland, Me., and New leans. Resolved, That as regards those ocean routes to which capital, whether foreign or otherwise, may not readily be drawn, as from Atlantic and Gulf ports to the West Indie: Centrai America and North America, and from the Pac! Re to Australia and the Last Indies, judicious subsidies by he general government, for a limited time and uucer astrin- gent restrictions, would prove useful for the protection of our foreign trade, Resolved, That the speediest aud most economical method for establishing steamship lines in our trade with underthe American flag would be to so modify our viga- tion laws as to permit, temporarily at least, the registration of veavela built abroad, and that Congress be and is kereby: in the present session giving to our o) y aiready enjoyed by the poo- ple of every other commercial nation on the globe. Propesitions relative to subsidies to the Pacific railroads were submitted by the St. Louis oard of ‘Trade, and after debate were referred to the Execu- tive Council, with instructions to memorialize Con- gress to i Itheral subsidies aud to give sucit other needed legislation as will secure the earliest construction of more national, central Paettic rail- roads to Calitornia. ‘The Board, by an overwhelming vote, adepted the Joong, roposition, submitted by the Cincinnatt Board ot dra je. in reference to the revision of the taritf:—The desirableness of efferts to secure such a revision of the existing tariff laws of the United States as shall result—First, in making them more simple and more uniform; second, in making them productive or the largest revenue; third, in making them least burdensome to the whole people; fourth, in making such protection as may result purely in- cidental, Without discriminations in favor ef any interest. Several matters were then laid over for considera- tion next year, after which the delegates returned thanks to the Associated Press and leeal press, to the members of the Buifaio Board of Trade ana citt- zens generally for courtesies extended, and then listened to a parting address by President Fariey, and the National Board of Trade was adjourred ein die, respectfully urged to COLORED ORPHAN As LUM. Annual Mectirg of the Maungers. The thirty-fourtn annual meeting of the managers of this institution was held yesterday, at the house ot Mrs. O. H. Lander, No, 7 Kast Fourteenth street. Mrs. Augustus Faber, First Directress, presided. Previous to proceeding with the regular business a resolution was adopted to apply to the Legislature to amend the charter of the association, so that it may hold realestate bequeathed te it, and also to authorize it to receive destitute as well as orphan children. rs ‘The annual report states that not so many children had been received last as tle previous year. Situa- tions had been obtained for several, who were 1m- mediately received as indentured apprentices; the den.and for girls far exceeds the supply. ‘The nursery Was much crowded, there being about thirty 1 it at the present time. ‘There had been much sickness during the year, but me epidemic. Klementary education is all that 18 attempted at the institution. Seine 300 nad received instruction during the year and five teach- ers were employed, and many of the pupusa, it | was stated, gave evidence of capability for high mental training. The work of the thirty-four years of the existence of the instution afforded no cause | for discouragement, and the managers belieVe that the cause of the celored people had prospered in their hands, . There are at present 270 children fn the instita- tion; five have been returned to their parents and | twe had been returned by their masters. { The medical report showed the mortality for tne | year to have been ten beys and tree girls, and about 160 had been under treatment. lulmonary consumption appeared to be the prevailing disease, and it was suggested that arrangements should be made for the remeval of those cases to a greater dis- lance from the salt water. Newburg was ine cd as being an excellent location, ‘The treasurer's report showed :—- Dhelmvsenenti. Augreyata of exponscs.$58, 2,019 Balance on wand Total... Reoeiptes Balance on hand Dec 2 te of N Commiasiouers of ities | { neseteee i Other sources. | { Total .... ... 364,235 Balance on hand......2. 39,60 | AGITATION AN WESTOHMS 1 ER. fhe Anvexation Project as Viewed by the In- habitants—Vroposed Boundary Lines of the MotropolisCenflicting Opinions—What Tame. many Intends to Do, In view of a contemplated project to annex a por- | tion of Westchester county to New York considera- ble agiiation at present exists among property ; holders in the lower towns, whose opinions are as diversified as their interests are varied. Ths the residents iu the extreme seutheru portion of the | county regard with unlimited approbation the pro- posed measure whereby they are to be made part and pareel of the metropolis, while their neighbors living a few ratles distant from the city limits are loud in DENUNCIATION OF THE SCHEME, i: A bill has already been drawn up for presentation | to the Legisiature at 8 approaching session which | seeks to incorporate the tewns of Merrisania, West | Farms, Westchester, Yonkers, Kastchester, Pelham | and New lochelle as part of New York, the pro- posed boundary line commencing at the northwest corner of the town of Yenkers, on the Hudsen river, and running thence along the northern line of ihe last-named town te the Bronx river, thence cou. tinuing in @ northerly direction to Long fsland Sound and tak! in the towns of Eastchester New Rechelle. DECIDED OPPOSITION N in the towns of New Rochelle, Yonkers and Kast- chester, Where 1t3 opponents contend that if an- nexation must be resorted te the projectors thereof ought te centent themselves with the absorption of the three lower towns first, and, in suehi event, run- ning the Jine along Spnyten Duyvil creek, frem the Hudaon river fo the present nerthwestera paundary of the town of West Farms, at Kingsbridge, thence along the northern line te the Bronx river, and along the course of that stream to the mnerthern line of the town of Westchester, thence along the easterly line of that town to Fastchester Bay and Loug Island Sound. In the three towns nomed there are about $2,000 Imnabitants, A large number of THE YONKERS PEOPLE ARB ESPECIALLY HOSTILE to the proposed measure, preferring to be incorpo: rated Qs a separate city, retaining control ever the entire township rather than risk the tate of an- nexation. ‘ho local press has been aglilating the | Rified to. look after these worthies, momentous subject for some weeks, and it Is ex- peoted that public meetings for full and free discus- sion of the project wiil shertly become epidemic in the territory around whieh the Tammany leaders End resolved to throw the wgis of their benign UC jour. BROOKLYN'S BAD BUYERS. What the Kings County Supervisors Pay for Shoddy tioods, an nnnnae The Law Committee Continue Their Investiga- tions—Messrs, Chittenden and Ulaflin on the Stand. ‘The Law Committee of the Kings county Beard of Supervisors yesterday afternoon concluded their investigatton in regard to exorbi- tant prices patd by the Jail Committee in the purchase of supplies for that instttutren and the Morgue. Aé the former meeting of the Board the Jail Committee, as stated in the MERALp, ro. signed, having been requested to de 80 by a resoin- tion adopted by that body, The examination was conducted by Supervisor Crook, chairman of the Law Committee. He calted Mr. Isaac Levison wo the stand to testify, but this gentleman seemed to be rather AN UNWILLING WITNESS, and very litule information could be obtained trom him. He testified that he had sold Messrs, Kerrigan & Few three bales of blankets, 150 pairs, and that he had charged four dollars per pair. (Kerrigan & Few are the second hand dealers, who bargained with the Jait Committee and charged the county seven dollars per pair for them.) Supervisor Crook—What did these blankets cost? Witness—I can’t tell; some 1 had on hand a long time; I think some cost three dollars and some four dollars per pair; I told Kerrigan & Few they could have them for four dollars per pair. Supervis or Crook—Now, what did you give for them? A. L don’t recollect, Supervisor Crook—You must recollect; ‘I gsay you must recollect. Witness—I shall have to look over my hooks; one bale, 1 think, cost two dollars and twenty cents or two dollars and fifty cents per palr. Supervisor Crook—You were summoned to appear here on the 12th day of December to be examined 4+ a Witness, and to bring all books, papers and docu- ments having anything in reference to this county. Mr. Britton (connsel)—'that is not so. Supervisor Crook—Yes, it 1a, Mr. Crook then read the paper TO CONVINCE HIM. Witness—I don’t see why I should be compeliea to come here and bring wy books, I didn’t sell any- thing to the county. Supervisor Crook—Yon will be arrested if you do not, The Cray Judge will compel you, Where did you buy this last bale of biankets? A. I cannot say where | bought the last bate, Supervisor Crook—Mr, kew stated on the former examination that you charged him more for the blankets because you was lis landiord, Mr, Britton (counsel)—That’s not so, Superviser Crook—Weli, Mr. Britton, you are very gub. There must be A HEAD AND A TAIL to everything, and 1 am going to be the head of this examination. Q. Are you a judge of blankets? A. I cannot say. Supervisor Harmon inquired ban he cut the bales open before he sent them to the jail. Witness replied that he did not send the bales to the jal. MR. S. B. CHITTENDEN SWORN. Q. What is your business? A. Dry goods bust- ess is Q. Where is your place of business? A, No. 328 Broadway. Q. How long have yon been in business’ A. Twenty-six years, Q. Are tgs acquainted with the value of biankets ? si es, Sir. Q. Have you seen any of these biankets whieh have been furnished to the jail? A. I saw one at Leowas & Thorne’s, Q. in October last what would be the value of such blankets? A, Thirty-seven and a bait cents per pound, 2 Q How much do these blankets weigh? A. L wWaderstood that these blankets weighed tive pounds. Tt is THE MEANEST BLANKET MADE; the worst blanket there 13 in the market, and now they are ot worth over $1 25 per pair. Q. Did you see the calico? A, Yes, sir, Q, What is that worth? A. That 1s worth five and a half cents; in October it was worth aix conts, with tive per cent oif; 1t would be five cents and seventy-one hundredths; (licking shown by Super- visor Harman) that ucking 18 worth to-day from ten to eleven cents per yard. @ carpets, such as put down in the Morgue, Mr. Chittenden vestiged could be purchased for $1 25 per yard last spring, and $1 10 at the present time. The county paid $2. ‘There were 149 yards of matting put down in the Morgue, Mr. Harman’ sald, and tue bil Was made out for 150 yards, Supervisor Harman asked about the MODE OF MAKING OUT BILLS, . no yards given or anything else, Ask if an honest genme make eut such a billas this, (2xhibiw Supervisor Crook—It 13 not necessary to ask that question, we all have our opinion, Mr. Chittenden (taking the bill)\—It looks as if 1¢ was made out lor the purpose of concealing the or- dinary invoice, i MK HORACE B. (LAPLIN SWORN, Mr. Claflin testified to having been in the dry goods business for the last twenty-six years, and | Knew something of the value of blankets; had seen the biankets in question; they were not over $1 37 per pa here would be no difieuity in buying them at that »; they were the poorest nade; examined the calico; 1¢ was the Atlantic print and THE POOREST PRINT MADE; it was worth six cents per yard, five per cent off; (ticking shown) that was Worth nine and a half and ten cents per yard, This testimony was corroborated by other wit- nesses. Mr. B. C. Riley, whois in the carpet business, tes- tifled that he measured the carpet at the Mergue and found 140 yards in it. ‘The matting was worth by the quantity from seventy to eighty-fve cents a square yard. Superintendent Harman then testified to having visited the jail and found the worthless supplies; tho articles furnished by the cominittee were not fit to ase and the Sheriff'asked why the Supervisors: sent sach things. ‘The further tuvestigation was aujournea. DARKYESS SUPR Failare of the Gas Supply in the Ninch and Fifteenth Wards Lust Evening. A few evenings ago Professor Chuudler told seme two thousand people, who had assembled to hear ins lecture on gasligits, that in order te make them appreciate our gas accommodation it was nevessary for them to do without Itfora time. if there were any residents from the Ninth and Fif- teenth wards among his hearers they probably agreed jast eveuing that this assertion was founded on fact. From some unexplained reason the gaa supply failed last night in these wards, and it was hyghly amusing to witness the strange and almost gro- jesque appearance of some portions of the Futh and Sixth avenues—Bedford, Beecker and other sweets 1n the neighborhood, as they were presented Without gaalights, ‘he stores had MOST PECULIAR ASPE Here in Sixth avenue was a magnificent fancy store, with an elaborate cut gaselier aud all the ap- pendages, got up in the first style, lit up vy the Hickering Wax candles, which the wind cange to sputter until thesplendid ftungs were fatriy covered with “coid wax.” Further on was 2 large drag store, Where heretofore a grand display of gas has alwaye been observable, simply lighted by a miserabie apology of a kerosene lamp; in smaller store aiso “DIPS” DID DU j and were in great demand; while io many of the public barrooms the tallow candles were pre-eml- nent for casting the establishments completely in the shade. it was a strange and novel sight for the pedestrian, passing from some of the brilliantly lighted streets into these quarters of gloom, or as some facetionsly called them, the “candle districts.” it was supposed that ene of the supply mains had burst during the day, and as the gas company could not repair the damage in time fer lighting up as usual they allewed their customers: the privilege ot “golng to bed without lights.” An explanatien Will probably be givem te-day by the yas company. “BIG-NOSED SCOTTY." “Scotty” Goes to Church—Eustace “tives For” “Scotty”—The Latter in the “Leather” Trade. James Day, alias “Big-nosed Scotty,” an old pro- fessional, who has on several occasions enjoyed the hespitaltiies of the “‘big hotel up the river,” has turned up again under the garb of a reapecta- ble church-goer, This wolf in sheep's clothing had been for several years absent from the city, 4 the recoilection of his past misdeeds as wel a : picture in the Rogues’ Gallery had well nigh faded into oblivion, Two months age, hewever, he was | Seen on Broadway, and the myrmidons of lynx-eyed. ens spotted cel ie conseauence of mi ok ‘ etective Hustace was de- pockets in churches, Di ne bustage went Si the Roman: Catholic church of St. pete ae the corner of Fifty-sixth street and Lex- compiaints of thefts by 7 enue, where be discovered ty retry athe worsuippers. Little aia thie latter think that the steut, benevolent looking ‘at his elbow was @ poiice oillee, At the ecunon of the service Eustace, however, ‘‘went'’ for Scotty, and upen searching him he nd six pocketbooks containing various suma of money tn his jon, He was provided with safe quarters, and yesterday taken before Justice Bixby, at the Yorkville Police Court, ana comayttted for trial a the Court ef General Seacians. ; § |