The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1871, Page 4

4 CONGRESS. THE WiNTER’S WORK. A General Survey of the Important Measures Claiming Attention. Constitutional Amendments and Enforcements. Taxation, the Tariff, Internal Revenue and the Revival of American Commerce. THE INDIANS. Land Grabs and Other Jobs, Big and Little. Wasurneron, Nov. 20, 1871. Tue avidity with which a certain class of Con- gressmen begin the work of Jegisiation is ulustrated by the fact that at the first session of the Forty- second Vougress not fewer than 440 bills were intro. Quced into the House, and, except In the few instances where they were taken up and passed, re- ferred to committees which had no existence. The Senate almost vied with the House in the tatroduo- tion of bills, 19 jobs of different kinds Ainding a Place on the calendar. The whole number of bills introduced during this short session of three wecks was 759, Looking over the printed files of the two Houses one 1s unpreased with the wonderful siml- lartiy of American legtslaucn. Not only are many of the bills almost tdentical 1a substance, if not in phraseology—seven arc for the repeal of the income tax—but the whole collection can be grouped in a few striking divisions, which might be called THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONGRESS. One would naturally suppose that among 800 bills and joint resolutions, the diversity would be so great as to prevent anything like classtiication, and yet our national history includes only turee distinct Classes of legislation and these, with their natural subdivisions, give a clear understanding of every- thing now before Congress. They are as follows:— First—Provisions affecting the organic law and the political ngiits of individuals, 1, Constitutional amendments, 2, The organization of pew States and Territories. 8. The removal of political disabilities, Seoond—Provisions touching the questions of tax- Kos industry aud commerce, 1. The tari 2 Internal revenue. & The revival of American shipping and ship- ‘vuilding. 4 Ocean telegraphy. Third—Provisions which come under the general SaMEand grabe for Pallroads and other purposes ind grabs for railroads and other pu: 2 The Indians. “ 8 Privato bulls, These can only be considered ander the subdivi- sions already indicated, the frst in orderbeing the proposed CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, Some time ago the HERALD announced that the tadies opposed to woman’s suffrage had an amend- ment for a general divorce iaw, which was to take the place of the famous sixteenth amendment of the suffragisis, This ts not included in the consti- tutional amendments now before Congress, but there ts no lack of sixteenth amendments for all thar f One of these was introduced into the House by Mr. Potter, of New York, and ia as follows:— ‘That the Congress shall make no law impairing the obligations of contracts, nor shall tt hereafter Oharter private corporations to carry ou business Within the States. Another, which is also designated asthe mxteenth amendment, is in relation to the election and ap- Pointment of officers, and was offercd in the House by Mr. Coburn, of Indiana. it is as follows:— Congresa may by law vest the clection of all officers of the United States whose duties require taem to reside in the several States, except Judges and omi- cers of the Courts of the United States, in the peop! Of the several States, districts and localtt jes therein in which they are by law required to perform their duties, subject to the directions and regulauons of the President of the United Stutes and the heads of deparcments, and to arrest, suspension, or removal by the i’resilent of the Ucited States, The third and last of these sixteenth amendments springs from the giant intellect of Mr. Garrett Da- vis, of Kentucky, and provides for a constitutional tribunal, which ts to open and count the votes of the electors of President and Vice President of the ‘gmifea Srates. and to take the place of the Supreme Court tn tne decision of all questions of conflict of larisdiction or power between the United States and the States, or any of them; all questions of the con- stdtutionality of bills passed by Congress, or of acts ofevery kind done and performed by any depart- ment or oficer or other person, under the authority of the government of the United States. This tribunal is to be composed of one member from each of the States, but how they are to be chosen bas not been vouchsafed us by the wisdom of Mr. Garrett Davis; neither has that astute gentie- man given us any idea what the Supreme Coart is to do after nis tribunal bas been estabiished. NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES. We are promised three new States and two new Territorics, exclusive of the Territory of St. Do mingo—a job whict ts not dead, but sleepeth. For the most important of the new Stutes—the State of ‘Utah—no bill has yét been introduced; but it 18 gen~ erally understood that the admission of the Territory into the Union as a Stave under the terms indicated by Delegate Hooper through the Heap some time ago, will come up early iu the session. The other Territories secking admission are Volorado and New Mexico. In the latter case the title of the bill now before the House declares that tho new State ts to be called the State of Lincoin, whitle tn the bill itself At la designated asthe State of New Mexico, Stutcs of late years have been #0 frequently added to that Galaxy of stars of which we hear s0 mach that he must Indeed be a sufficiently wise man to kuow lus own father who can tell to a certainty the number of States in the Uniun. Almost avy one who ts in- vested with the birthright of American oltizensnip sap remember when they countea only twenty. seven, and now the number ts thirty-seven, with a chance of being increased to forty before the end of te year. Then there are t be the new Territories of Pem- bina and Oklanoma, besides nobody knows how many similar schemes before the session shall have dragged its long length along to a close, Mr. Arm- strong, the delegate from Dakota, has bethought uiraself of the necessity Of introducing *‘a bill to establish the Territory of Pembina and provide a temporary government therefor.”’ Pembina is, or is to be, a ad, on tho Red River of the North, to extend trom Minnesota to Montana, end from the forty-sixth to the forty-ninth degree of north lau. tude, The Pembioa business seems fair enough, and the new Territorial government, it 18 said, 18 desired by the people of that part of Dakota, while the Red River people are equally anxious for it, because they think it will give the United States an oppor- tunity to ‘slop over” into the British possessions, Tho proposed new Territory of Okiahoma will be only @ reorganization of the Indian saad fo AS the Indiau possessions between Kansas aod Texas are at present constituted there is @ want of gov- ernmeutal machinery for the assistance and gutd- ance of the native races, and as the tribal relation has been aimost obliterated the ordinary territorial form of government cam be applied = with profit to this as well ag the other ‘Territories, Oklahoma is bavea Governor, to be appointed py the Presi- dentin the customary way, aid to bé allowed & pelogate 18 Congress and the other adjuncts of a ‘erritory. Ifthe bill passes we may svon see the Spectacie of an Indian member taking as active a part in the speechmaking of the House as is now exhibited by his whive aud biack bretnren. There 1s one littie job in the bill; but ag itis speclousiy set out that the proceeds of the sales of certain lauds are to oe at the disposal of the Secretary of the In- terior for the education of the tribe to Which such lands belong {tis tw be hoped it will not grow into & very great abuse, notwitustanding the Tact that tue Luterior Department needs watching. REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABILITIES, Political disabilities under the fourteenth amena- ment to the constitution is one of the prinuiple sub- which engages the attention of Southera ‘slatesinen.” Mr, Beck, Mr. Sypher, Mr. Barry ana Mr. Turner have each @ bili before the House sweep. ing away political disabilities altogether, Mr. Bievenson's vill, Which excepta memvers of Con- who withdrew to aid the rebellion, officers ot fio ary and navy who resigned for the same purpose, and inemLers of secession conventions, the House on the 11th of April and is now Le- Dire the Seusia. ‘Thero are other Dills of a like char acter before both branches of Congress, and any number o! proposed acts for the relies of tndividuals tin the Southern States, In e cases the bills are for only a@ single vernon while others contain latter class 18 a btil In- troduced by Mr. Join ‘T, Harris, of Vi.ginuai, which comprises probably 1 returning proligals. Besides als this the Klax aud over leyisiation for tne enforcement of the laws properly comes un- der the same head, nator colt, Who 1s now (he radicai leader on the Ku Klux question, is not sure that any additional acts of Congress wiil be required this winter to enable the ee to carry out VeASUTCB, ‘has wili come [rom any legislation remains 10 be scen; bat it uge has been.done in th's direction already to induce Senaters and. Representatives as well a8 tho hu Klux to let us havo peace. ARMY LR ISLATION AND PEACE ASPIRATIONS. Closely allied with this legislation to secure every- his rights uuder the con-tituuod, is the army tinkering of the Congressional soldiers. Itis understood that General Logan is to introduce into the Senate a General bill for the army, the Main object of which si be the consolidation of the Quartermaster’s, Subsistence and Fay Depart- Ments, This is legisiation in & practioal direction, | even though it should fail to be practical legislation; but the aticntion of Congress will also be called to Schemes as utopian as would be @ proposition for the iniroduction into the military and naval service ‘of the nation of the vril staff instead of breoch- loading muskets and rifed cannon. Mr. Storms, of | Pennayivania, has one of these remarkablo bila ready for the Committee on ‘Vays and sieans, its tue being “A bill to reduce iaxation, promote peace, and for other purposes.” Singularly caough, it has nut a word on the tariff or internal revenuo, and fails to advert to the fourteenth amendment or anvboy’s “rights,” out goes on to direct that alt studies Which directly tend to teach the art of war to the ca‘lets in the Military and Naval Academics shall be discontinued and the academies abolished; that all reeruiting for the army and navy shal! fortnwith be uiscontinucd and the military and naval forces of the country ve disbanded; and those important functionaries 1m times past the Secretary of War and the secretary of the Navy are requested to retire to private life, the property im their pusses- Sion to be handed over to Mr. Columbus Deiano and his successors. This is a beautiful scheme, compre- hensive euoug' to disregard the possidie aggressions of other nations which have not yet learned that the es of woris a relic of bal to say nothing of Indian hostilities or Ka Kiux festivities, and tt can only be matched by the famous bill of Mr. Alling, of Tennessee, “to remove unconstitutional vce holders and to prevent violations of the same.” TAXATION, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCK—TOR TARIFF, There wu be a many schemes before Con- @reas this winter, having in view a reduction of tax- ation and the foster of American dustry apd commerce, The tari question will receive, of course, the greatest attention f1om our sapient legis- ee The Finance Committee of tne Senaw is Siready tinkering at it, but has not as yet agreed id: for the conside: ation of Congress, AD effort will ve made to put salt, coffee, coal and a few other articles of daily use and prime necessity upon the free list, and Dilla are before Congress for tus UE POSE ; but tt is not likely important modi Ln re will b© made. The people are hardly ready yet to demand absolute troe and nothing better can be expected of Senator Sherman and Mr, Dawes than a repetition of tari? tinkering. General Schenck’s absence from the House, and the wautof a tive polic, on the part of the administration, will give some ad- yantago to the revenue rejormers, bat Secretary Boutwell’s demand for beavy taxation will probably Dullify these advantages. INTERNAL REVENUB Secretary Boutweil’s policy is ukely to govern the action of Congress in all matters pertaining w the internal revenue, Notwithstanding the fact tat the income tax expires by limitaiion in 1872, there are now not iewer (than seven bills before Congress for its repeal, an oiminous sign theta strong efort will be i@ to continoe it. All the talk about the reduction of taxation is likely to prove @ delusion, a3 is evident from the re- arks of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury im New York some time ago. But the ques- tion in both its branches—that 1s to say, by a tanif upon imporiations @ direct tax upon home tadus'ry—involves so many interests, and is s0 hedged about by conditions and necessities ‘which canuot safely bo overlooked, that neuriy ull the time which can be saved irom political chicanery this winter will be given to tue consideration of orude bills and the delivery of crude speeches on Totection to Ataerican indusiry, revenue reform, anking and currency, the rev!val of American ship- ping aud shipbullding, and the thousand aud one SI jhings which force themselves to the surface under | eS general head Of provisions touching taxation, dustry and commerce. Involved with this great subject 1s the labor ques- tion pees the wonderin) schemes of men like Sprague and Butler to make every man rich oui of the public treasury. If Sprague had received that which ho claims to have recelyed. rd) to the ‘‘Congres- sional Directory,” aa academic education, he would not be @ great m: bat he ight even now have a bill before Congress not like General But- ler's wonderful bill ‘to make the volume of the cur- rency self-adjusung, according {0 the wants of the people.” Sprague’s bill ngtaraily enough would be called “a bill to enable every man to borrow moncy ashe needs it,” But when the Representative's bill becomes @ law tnere will be a chance of the Senator’s measure delay considered, AMERICAN SHIPPING AND MARITME RECIPROCITY— MR. BOUTWELL’S NEW DEPARTURE, In Mr, Boutweil’s recent lecture before the Mer- cantile Lintary tere was a single sentence whick seemed to indicate Mand would be the policy of the administration in seel my to revive the shipptag in- terests of the country. The Secretary of the Trea- Bury LOOK No pains CO Coluccal the purpose of the arty in power to retain the high protective duties iron, abd whue admitting that “somo relief might be adorde: by relunding to shipbuilders the qguites thai ses be paid vo English fron imported for sulpbullding, of enabliu procuy american tron as cneaply if if Wa Ye goite: abroad,’’ he did not indicate a purpose to procure @ relaxation of the tariif even this extent, but added to the agony of our ship owners and com- mercial marine by remarking that ‘if the money now paid to foreign ship ownora for freighis coutd be pait to American owners the eifect would Fo far toward turning the balance of trade in our favor.” To make this latter ftgponition mean any- thing it must be construed to have a significance apart from the mere suip)uiiding intorests of. the country. Mr, Boutwell first refuses to assist by the necessary recommendations im promoting the con- ructicn of American ships, and then apparently stultifies himself by declaring that if we bad ships and freights wo would be in @ tair way of securing the balance of trade of the world, It is not likely that @ man of Mr. Boutwell’s acknowledged reilcence was only indulging in idle talk. What, then, can this apparent stuitification mean? it must have some: very profound signitl- cance, or atleast be indicative of some newly con- ceived policy on the part of the govertment, Such as they are there are schemes Enough before Con- gress io put American commorce in hearly a8 gooa ition as It held before the revolution in shipbuud- ing, but the mere nurober of panaceas regardless of Ueir qualities, is not likely to scoure a revival of American shipping and shipbuilding. Among these are bills grauunz subsidies to American lincs of steamers to Europe, to the Mediterranean, to the Mexican Gulf pots, to Brazil and other places, bills reducing the duty on iron and otuer material for bullding steamsh!ps, and bills quite as chimevical as the schemes o; Onaticiers like LDutier and Sprague. The scheme or what ts undeistoud tu be the scheme, of Secretary Boutwell and that set out tn the HetaLD a lew clays ago, it being nothing jess than the paftial repeal of the American doctrine of maritime reciprocity and tue giving to American vessels trading beiween our own and foreign ports superior advantages over the vessels of any Otuer country. Tals doctrine, it 13 likely, will be urged both tn the report of the Secretary of the Treasury aud the President’s message, aud ils discussiou will be the subject Of much luterest during tue session. OCBAN TELEGRAPHY, The binding link between all these great questions 01 taxation, imlustry and commerce, as well as their udjunct, a sound curreucy, is ocean telegraphy. Without the telegraph ali foancial schemes would come to naught. Wiihout ocean cables there can be no reviv@l of American sipping. As it ts begin- nh to be generatiy felt that the Pacific is wo the great highway of American com- merce and tho nations of the East the cbie! commercial allies of the American people there are even now threo bills belwre Congress asking for subsidies tor submatine cabies, to Japan, China, the Sandwich Islands aud Australia, These and the subsidies asked for by the proposed America: steamship companies, as well as tno additional Jaud grants demanded by infantile aud impecunious ratl- Toads, are likeiy to revive tne question of giving sway money or land for the purpose of promoting | the means of lana and water commun cation, 6 uestion has two sides, and both wili be pretty thoroughly ventilated ibis winter, aa is evident from what bas jus: been tudicated of the demands of ca- bie and sicamsiip companies aud a glance at THE RAILROAD LAND GRABS which are already betore Congress. On the adjournment of the Porty-first Congress there were more than fifty railroad and other land grant bills on the Speaker's table and some thirt, On the Senate caiendar which thus received thet death blow. It was estimated that these bills, with those referred to commitsees abd never reported back, asked for not leas than one Lundred and eiglty milion acres of the public lands, in the House a hostility to the subsidy system was org: ‘he increased grant to the North. orn Pacific and the thirty million acres bestowed on the Suuthern route were given on the general un- derstanding that they should close up The first session of the present Congress tothe coasiderauon of Ku Kiux legislation. ym the 4th of March to the 17th of April, how- ever, there were Introduced into tho House & large Bamber of railroad and other land it schemes, t appears that the land grant lobby hawe organ- © administra'ion is | a | tary service, rendered undera necessarily complex land grants, three bills asking tne rieht of way and five with no grants, having Only certian corporate rights and pri es. The new grants are jor the Hastings and Dakota katiroad Company, Wwenty alternate sections on either side per miles; the Kansas City ana Memphis Raitroud, to can from the frst named point througa Missouri and Arkan- Pas, and asking ten alternate sections per mile. Scima (Ala,) and Gulf Railroad with a branch to Mo- bile, asks six sections, The Savannah aad Mem- phis road wants tae privilege of purchasmy ail un- occupied puvlic lands withta Afteen miles of either side of the road, between Opelika aud Tuscumbia, Ala., at $i per acre, if it has been in market tea ears, at sevent cents if tiltevu years, at itty if twenty years, at twenty-five if twea.y-live yeara and at twelve cents if if nas been im the market thirty years or more, The Great Nemaha Valley, Lineola City and Loupe Ratiroad (Nebraska} Wants twenty sections per mile on einer side. The Milwaukee and lake Superior rowl, via Green ov. wants ten sections, One projected from Peshtezo St, Croix hiver (through the burned district) Wants the sume, A road from the Missourt River, via Yankton, through northwest, wants tweuty alternate sections on eltner side, The Cheyenne, Mountain andi Heleus Railroad, from Wyoming to Montana, wants tye same, while the Church Buttes 5ta- tion and Unita Mountains road, in Wyoming, asks but five alternate aeotions per mile ou ctther side. The Kansas Pacidc Railway wants to build a braneh from Eilsworth, to the southern boundary of New Mexico, about ve hundred miles, and asks twenty allernate seécilons on ettiter side r mile ‘Three short narrow gauge roaas in Jolorado ask right of way. The Oregon Branch Pacific road wants ten alternate sectious on either side per mile for a road from the Humboldt Valley, Nevada, to logues’ River Valiey, Oregon. Twenty sections Counted im the same way are asked for & toad from Salt Lake to Portland. ‘Tue Green bay god Pepin (Wis.) road wants itteen sections per mile in the usual way. Florida wants tweuty such seclions on e.ther side for @ road trom dt. River to Tarte Bay, and Dakota wauts onl, ten similar sections for a road from the Big Sioux mouth tothe north boundary of the Terriwory. A broveoted road and telegraph enterprise, the luget Sound and Idaho mpany, are tao modest to | name the acreage they need. The New Orleans nd Northeastern Railroad to Meridian, Miss, With two branches, ask ten alternate gections ou elther side per mile. Besides these there are bills reviving smai! grants in Alabama (‘Tennessee and Coosa Kavroad); in Louisiana (North Louisiana aud ‘Texas) running to Vicksburg, and one also for @ pro,ected road from Brandon, Mis3., to the Gulf. ‘rhe grants proposed for canals are for ine Sacra- mento Imuigravon and Navigaiion Company, which asks lor twenty sections ‘a the usual way; | the Pecos and Placer Canal Company (New ilexico), gakiag for five sections; the Atlantic and Great estern Cauai (Georgia), which wants interest guar- teed on bonds to the amount of $50,000 per mile; | tne Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay (Wisconsin) Harbor apd Smp Caual, asking for 200,000 acres; aud the | Colorado Vanal Company, asking for ten sections | per milein the usual way. Besides these subsidies, 2! | the proprictors of a from Charlotte, N. 0., to ‘Allauta, Ga, ask to have bonds of the Unite States issued to them at the rate of $8,0 per mile, bearing, wx per ceut interest, fo be paid by the company on maturity. The schemes not asking for subsidies are three ents, through the Indian Territory, and the | Cinclunat Southero Air line, about wiich such row has been had in Kentucky. ‘Tuo first three ex- | anny to obtain xrants [tom the Indians, Two other ills ask for Autuority to consiruct tauneis for malls a a pemeoete under the Bast Kiver, between Brooklyn and New York, and under the Onio and Mississippi Kivers, probably at Cincinnati and St. Louts, Lt ts roughly estimated that tue land asked | for by the twenty-three land graut buiis-before the House will amount to betiveen loriy and tity mil- ; Hons of acres, THR INDIANS AND THE INDIAN QUESTION. Unfortunately tor the praiee spi designs of Mr. Storms—a man of peace iu spl'e of mis nauie—t bolish the Miltary Academy and disband the army, he Indians are still troublesome, both to che peop'd Of the Plains and to Congress. General Crook sull Onds it necessary to ight the Apaches 1 Arizona, even while Mr, Vincent Collyer 1s | gathering the savages on reservations and | Seaareng: them that thelr Great Fatner will {cars for them. Dunog the session there will be @ grout deal of sparring over the in- dians and the ludlan question, Mr. McCormick, of Arizona, leading oT aga nat the peace poiicy. Al- realy there are a number Of bills before Congress of Various kinds, among them one to provide for the sale of certain lands {a Kansas known as the Cherokee strip, one Jor the saie of the Black Bob mot u ansas tribe of Indians to ine Indian Territory and the disposal of their lands to actual settlers only, Lhe whole subject is ove of the great = importance, involving, as it does, the opening of resh homesteads in the West, the sale of tue In- dian lands on terms equitable boin to the natives and the nation, tne success of the peace policy of the administration ana tho gathering togetner of the red mien in the reservations as the first step toward the obliteration of the tribal autnority. Condicting interests will mako it interesting, as weil as important, and in the discussion witich is likely to ensuc ihe Mavagement of We latertor Depart ment will not go uureproved. War will be made on this department from auo'her quarter in re- gard to THE PENSION BUREAU, No pension defaicatioas have been made publi¢e within a day or two, but Whisperings that cannot long be neid back are heard about the Pension Bu- Teau and the Auditor’s office, im the Treasury, where the accounts of peusion agents are gomg through a geueral investigation. ‘The whole vusi- | ness of graniing and paying tavalid aud ower war \ pensions has grown so unsatisiactory that if the | attention of Congress can be obtained for a sufil- cient time this coming busy seasion radical chan, | im the existing legislation will be put tarough vy | te commitices. Senator Edmunds, ot Vermont, | Whose ambition fora higher place than the chair- | maustip of tie Fenarg Vepsign Comunitwe has to } go over to auothe® Congkess in consequence gt party exigencies, is. not of a temper to rust ia id/e- ness in bis present position, and he will un-- | doubdtedly find verge and scope enough to | keep his activity alive against tho ont of desired | promotion. ‘There are many reasons for believing that any amendanents to the existing laws will reach | prety close to the botiom Of the present system and | bulld it up anew, ‘lhe whole business may even be given back to the War Department, where it was always well managed till taken away to ald in founding that inper temple of jovvery Known as the epartment of the luterior. Among numerous rea- sons why this return to former principles ought to ‘ve made is the One that tie connection between mil- itary service, imilitary custom aad regulation and Military records, and the subject of considering pen- sion clams and granting pension allowances, ts 80 inUmate and constant Liat any separation of them 1s incouvenient and unnatural. Every claim re- quires such thorough examination in the War De- partment, for a proper determination of the rights Of the claimant and the labillty of the government under its pension laws, tuat the now in- dependent work of tne Pension office, aone by a comuissioner, chief clerk, several caiefs of uivision and numerous subordimate clerks, could be periormed in the War Department in a much speedicr and simpler manner and gi a tthe of the present cost to the ‘Treasury and to claimants. It could be done in the Adjutant General's office ovtie Surgeon Generai’s ofiice, in wich the whole record of service on Wich army pensions are granted is on file, and neither of those branches of the military depatument would presume to demand, or could desire to receive, anything further than a few additional clerks and # litle More root uf required to Dhdertake the eniire pension business, Tne ex- isting division of the territory of the country into | military departments affords admirable facilities tor | the medical examination of invalid pensioners | ana the Rae of \heir stipends, The army hecessarily has surgeons and paymasters all over the country, all with leisure enough in those portions where the greater number of pen- sioners dwell to undertake the examinacions aad | payments without expense and trouble to the pen- money by the politicians appointed to disburse it the crying evils are the expeuse and delay in get- ting @ Claim allowed aad the soup-house style of making the stated payments at the Jarger agencies, Department usage anid etiquette reduce ail mter- course between independent government bureaus to formal written communications, and under such @ system, Which is, porliaps, unavoidable, much of the Peopio’s time #nd money are unnecessarily spent. The investigation of aciatm based on mili- nuiltary systew, by an oilictal ignorant of that sys- tem and separated from its traditions and archives ig not only @ needless complication, but soch a con- tradiction of sound business sense as to Le its own condemnauon. jt is dinicult to believe that a Widow's claim was “hung up’ two years in the Pension Oftice because one of its autocrats deciued without fmyuiry that West Polnt, where ber | buspand died from causes ineldent to the service, was not @ miiftary post. But an army officer found it so suspended and oniy got it througn at last by convincing the civil authorities that West Point was one of the chief military stations and garrisons in the country, ‘hen it is considered that more than $30.000,000 a year is being paid to nearly two hundred thousand ersons, wilaout Including the late additions of the Var of 1812, ani that the existing state of things is decidedly unsatisfactory, tlio subject becomes one Which cannot much longer be neglected. These are the general features of the legislation of the coming winter, there being besides many pubic and private measures before Congress and to come before Congress which cannot be alluded to 1p A GENERAL SURVEY Of the winter’s work, ‘The jobs will prove to be Without number, and, “as a rule, they will not show in their titles, as does at least one now on the Speaker's table that they are “for the benefit” of | storrs has been appointed Deputy Vomptrolicr.’? Stoners, Next to the stealing of tue pensioner’s | yee or some corporation. But it is donbtful if an earpest attempt at legisiating for the benefit of the country will be made at all. Congressmen are dg on which they hope to cary some of these bills, which is @ great modification of the wholesale subsidizing hitherto im vogue, It is un- derstood this pian proposes that the proceeds of ® cermin number of acres shall be given to any projected railroad that may be before Congress‘ for ry bat, instead of giving the cor- poration lands direct, settlers are wo be ailowed goon as under the pre-emption law. As each twenty miles of subsitized road is completed and accepted | Nod States Land OMice for tat dis- trict 1s to give public notification thereof to settlers, who are then to have twelve montha’ time to pay for their land, the price being that chai for govern. Meut sections—$2 60 per acre. This process is to be repeated until the road is comp! and the company is to be allowed to raise on mortgage Upon such grant. This is substantially the plan ofeed a8 an amendment to the Norwern Pacific additional grant by Kepreseatative Sidney Clarke, of Kansas. There are now before ot Honse nineteen bilis asking for new land grants for railroads, four for Caual purposes, [qur reviving or wauslerting old nerally better politicians than Jawmakers; and ine second session of the Forty-second Congress, in spite of the many important measures which claim Pub.ic attention, 18 to be the poilticians’ caruival. AN UNKNOWN MAN KILLED, Coroner Bathgate held an tnqnest at Tremont, Westchester county, yesterday, on the remains of fn unknown man, Wlio was struck by the locomo- tive of @ Harlem Railroad train near Fordbam on the Previous evening. Jt is believed that tne unfortunate man was leaning againsta wooden fence which Tons Close to tie tack at the place indicated, whea ho Wasstruck, Although a@ portion o ‘was scatiered ou the wack, deceased In nine hours before he expired. The ill-fated man hoy evidently @ laborer, but nothing was found on which might lead to its id 5 y ig ei identification, A NEW YORK H#KALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. MUMCIPAL RECONSTRUCTION, The Appointment, Acceptance and Swearing In of New City Commissioners. A Delegation of Coroners at the Department of Finance. What Comptroller Green Has to Say About Unpaid City Salaries. Legislativo Action Nesded to Au- thorize the Payment of City Creditors. The Mayors Office. ‘There 18 very little change in the situation around the City Hall and in the departments since yeater- @ay. At the Mayor’s oflice tnere were the ordinary loungers and seekers of “news.” Their industry was more largely rewarded than on the previous day; for the Mayor had something to communicate, althougt it did not amount to very much. With reference to the new appointments yester- day may be considered as a day of acceptance. Mr, Stebbins was sworn in as Park Commissioner, and Mr. Frederick E., Church has siguiiied his intention to accept the other vacant Park Comialssionership. The Mayor said that he had expected that Mr, Church woald have pre- sented himself to be sworn tn yesterday, but when Uis Worship left Mr. Church had not paid his re- a ts tothe Mayor, “When Mr. Church 1s sworo if?’ said the Mayor, ‘I think the agony will be com- plete for some time. Mr. England has accepted the Commisstonership of Public Education. ‘the following correspond- ence relating Wereto will be read wito interest:— TRY MAYOR TO WR, ENGLAND. Mayon’s Orrroe, Nov. 20, 1871. My Dean 3rn—Yon have long taken practical interest fm the cause of public education, As m journaltat, you have long been, and are, an educator of the peopic. aay T beg our acceptance of the office of Commissioner of Public ools in the City Department of Public Instruction, made ‘vacant by the resignation of Isaac Bell, Iaq., and continuing vacant fn consequence of Mr. Gerard, to whom it was offered, declining it, because be, preferred to Ai ie prosens olice of ool Juspector. your obedivnt servant oe eT OAKKY HALL. Teaac W. ENGLAND, Esq. MR, ENGLAND TO THE MAYOR, Vd Kasr Turery-Nivru StRRRT, New You, Nov. i, 18/1. ry ent the office of Commis. stoner of Public Schools in the ety Department of Public instraction, It is a useful and honorable pos tun which bes rior might feel prond to fill. Having earnestly labored to ring about « reform in our municipal atfairs, and be- neving It to be the dmy of every citizen to do what he can for the puotic welfare, | could not without inconsistency deciine the duties and responsibiiities which you invite me to assume. I therefore accept the appoiatment. Very re spectfully, 1. W. ENGLAND, RUMORED RESIGNATIO: There were rumors of several resignations in the Various city commissions, one of which relatea to Mr. Agnew, the Dock Commissioner, who, it was stated, nad resigned his position. ‘The Mayor, how- ever, had nothing to communicate in this regard, though the rumor is so curreot that there 1s no doubt a substratum of fact ufderiying this general Spy yg end humanity t—commereial Adi . RELIEF FOR THE FIRE VICTIMS. Acknowledgment of Contributions Through This Offico—How the Poor Are Fed—Further Donations—Robert Collyer and the Newsboys. The pubitc who kave contributed to the reitef of the Chicago sufferers will be enabied, from the fol- lowing letter, to judge how it 1s being disbursea:— Cuicago baw a5 AID eae} To THR Eprtor oF Tae AxEALi Petes Ta accordance with your tele Di— f Ospcar amnion of the Mth inst, I have ht thousand dollars who hat tion the by the above sovtety, showing the td ahd what they hope yet to beable to xecomplish for the Tes lef oF thoge reudered entirely deativats by the iate fire; but I Deed not assure you how they would have sirauk from the Tesponaibs {ty of the administratian of dented charity were they not supported by the ad co-operation of yousseif and trieuds, in oo! our bretiren in humanity tn all parts of the civilized worid. ‘Yours very tra'y, RB, HESON, Mayor of Clicayo. The $8,000 acknowledged above makes a total of $21,600 paid the Mayor of Chicago, whois also ad- vised to draw for $635, making a total of $22,235 re- ceived at this office im ald of Chicago and turued over to tbe Chicago Relief and Aid Society. Maxon’s Orriux, MILWAUKER, WI, To Tur Epivog oF tue TMBALOE i iv Your telegram of the’ 14th tat, ts recetved, and { have drawn on you in aid of the sulferers by forest fives in Wi cousin and Michigan for $40, Piewse accopt my that Yours respectfully, H, LUDINGION, May: ‘vhe above remittance makes $4,400 paid by this ofiice to the Mayor of Milwaukee tn aid of the sui- ferers by Ore in Wisconsin and Michigan. Also ad- vised to draw for $53 more. oe lady writes as follows to @ gentleman in this city — Thad almost forgotten to tell you about the way {a which the fanda nre distributed aod bow we (ared at te cburch. The committee hud they can give no money, as it will re- quiro ail the Cunds they Rave In their possession to keep the People in fuel, food und clothing. We yet food froin the chareh once a week—three loaves of bread, fifteen pounds our, fitteen pounda corned bee! or salt pork, part of a cod- , aaited; quarter pound tea, two pounds sagur, two bars Soap, one peck swoel potatoes, one and a baif peok Irish potatoes and one pound dried apples, which comprise the rations for one week. The first day or two— wg) I might the frat wee! the ire, every- ‘thin, was excellent ‘the food was sent in cooked. rer. wards they sent us strong coffee, without either milk i sugar, aud dry bread, ty crackers ‘aud raw ham. Boneh engur sain am atlas (or any acivane ton "Thad uiin ten Of my own, but, unfortunately, no stove te cook on, ‘The Hour that is given l@asdarc as bran, but very sweet and wrod; the sugar; algo, 18 of the darkest quality, but au- awers all our purposes. ‘The lady has a family of six children, and her letter, which 1s too long tor publication, is filed throughout with expressions of praise to those who Dave the manageinent and distribution of the funds 80 generously subscribed at ae Europe and Anucrica tor the relief of the unfortunate sufferers, Kountze Brothers, bankers. of 61 Wail strect, have sent $3,000 to Chicago suifercra. ‘The Principal of the Rockland Female Institate has received Miss Nellie Ricumond, a victtin of the fire, ag one Of Hye pupiis ne offers to educate free of expense. +. - Mr. A, A. Low, Treasurer of the commiittee ap- pointed by the Chamber of Commerce to collect money for the reliel of the suiferers by the fires at Chicago and m the Northwest, reports the following additional subscriptions received for this object from At the Comptrollor’s OM:e. As stated in the HERALD yesterday tne Coroners carried out their intention of waiting upon Comp- troller Green respecting the payment of fees due to them for the past nine months. The delegation con- sisted of Coroners Young, Sclurmer and Herrman. The latter gentleman stated the grievances or him- selfand associates, settlag forth the facts snbstan- tially ag given in the HERALD, Mr. Green listened to the statement with considerable attention, but said that he very much regretted that he was un- able to pay them uny of the arrears which were un- questionably due_to them. When the Legtsiature met he would take the necessary steps to secure them prompt payment, A HERA reporter subsequently called upon Mr. Green at his office, and in the course of tue conver- sation the subject of unpaid salaries was. re- ferred to. “Mr. Green,” said the reporter, “I have cailed upon yon to ask you If there is anything new in your department.” “No, sir; 1 don’t know of anything that Is new to- ” day. “You haye not male any appointments, Mr, Green, have you?? “No; not any yet.” “I see some of the papers, not the grap, cer- tainly, bus the other city papers, state that Mr. “Mr, Btorrs Pp? not been appointed, and if the papers aay $0 1 alse Mi “You have had a visit lromt he Coronersto-day. 1 have heard thé result. It seems a very hard case that the mon who have honestly earned they money cannot get it.’ “1 quite agree with you; it 1s a hard case, but what amItodo? I have no money forthe. There is not a dollar in the Treasury tu pay tiem,” “Phere 18 @ rumor in the city—! don't know whetner 1¢ is well founded or not—thai there is $10,090,000 to the credit of the city in tho bank,” “Saypposing that 1s So, it will ve all wanted vo pay the interest on the city bonds, But it It were not wanted I cannot take from one fund to pay to another, The appropriation for the Coroners was exhausted about rine months ago, and I have no guthority to pay them frou any other source,” The Suprome Court Juuges have been paid their salaries, | believe, Mr. Green, and the humbier Oilicials secm 10 think that too Judges could have better afforded to wait than Coroners and tne Clerks of the EL Departments.” “The Judges of the Spee Court were paid up tothe Ist of October, I think, but their appropria- tion Was not exhausted. When that payment was made it was exhausted, and they cannot be paid any more until the ist of January.” “L presume you don’t care about pledging your own personal credit to meet this exigency. You could have any money you wished for the purpose Of paying salaries or any other iegitimaie city in- debtedness.”? “No doubt; but] have no legal right todoit. 1 ought not to doit. Iam obliged to run my ofice within the clauses of the law, and I have no legal authority to appropriate one single dollar of te city’s fund to any other parpose than that tor whica it has been appropriated,” “You would ot like to seli city bonds to the city broker for (nis purpose 7” “1 could place bonds on the market in certain exigencies; for instance, if an epidemic were to break out, and the Lealth Board required money, and the sale of bonds were necessary, then 1 could do tt, bat only m critical circumstances of that character, “Your desire, Mr, Green, to proceed with regu- larity, and be hag it may be a very severe hardship to the mep who have no private funus to fall back on, stil 1 presume it must be borne until the Legis: lature mecis,?? “Yes, 1618 highly necessary that these irregulari- tles of payment and irregular disposition of city funds should cease, Walle { am m my present oMice I will take care that they shall cease, too, 1 have promised the Coroners, as I have other om- cials Who have honestly earned every cent that is the 14th Inst. up vo and inclusive of the 20th inst:— oH. 8, tt eeteeeescesesegeneesecssesee Inhabitants of Ox Bow and vicinity for Michigan and Wisconsin, half each.... Patrick Play:air, Chairman of Giaszow (Scotland) Feliet fund, throngh E. D. Morgan & Co, for Mich: in and Minnesota. Thomas F. Jer: 35 BR. V, McKim.. 50 OU Received through 38. G. Buriage, Consul (encral of the Netherlands, collected Ly Hope &Ce., Bunge & Con Werthelni & Gunperts, bankers, of ‘Atmater- dam, trom forty-eight fh for Chicago, 87,518 37, itd, at LDS 8,854 73 Attorney si Wiscona 60. Thaddeus Hy 100 00 F Au 600 00 Co. 50 00 aivalae sir 134 ales, through Phe "4 ©, F, Schall, Frankenanm oes $0 oy Whitman & hiips, for Mich ain. 250 00 Irvin Sornons, Verviers, Belgium, tor the West, prong vhories Nail, +e. ‘2u0 00 OU, Fal: or 6 West 800 - wR 25 00 100 00 180 09 #5 00 48 Ww 1 00 20 2 vo 6 00 . wings Contribution to the sufferers by fire at Chicago made by the congregation (colored) of Zicn Methodist gone chureh, New York, and pal by James . Pierce to the cormmittee appointed by the Ne York Chamber of Commerce to receive and 1 burse funds given tor the above purp 200 00 Total...... 16,701 77 Previously reported ies 90 Grand total hy the Chamber of Co: it. tee. $208,310 67 Robert Collyer and the Newsboys, The newsboys, boowblacks and other Nomeless lads who are provided for by the Ciildrea’s aid octey t, at their xXivington street lodging nonse, contributed $16 in aid of the suiferers from the Chi- cago fre, The money was sent to Mr. Williams, President of the Metropolitan Bank, who forwarded it to the Rev. Mr. Collyer, who acknowledges its re- Ceipt in the following characteristic letter:— CHIOAGO, Nov. 17, 1871, XS AT THR RIVINGTON STREET LODGING My Dran FELLOWS—Your great friend aud mine, Mr. Williams, bas sent me a letter from br, Calder, with one from himself and tho £16 you gave to heln Chicago through this hard pinch. { write this to thank yon for what you have done, right out of my heart—to tell’ you that I think your subscription is one of the grandest that was ever innde fc anylhing, because you must have so very liitie to aparo; ‘Whenever yon got into a tight place this winter I waut yo feel you have helpot some poor fellow ont of 2 tighter. Now I wil tell you ‘what 1 mean to do with thie money, I mean to Keep if all to ftsclf, and whenever, as long asit lasta, I see any boy or girl I think nveds a dollar T will take one of yours to give them. 1 Lope 1 make no mistake and give ft to the right sort, just to thore who really need it, ‘and not to those wo ming, Tahould late to be taken in, but sf iam I want you all to try aud remember if you have ever taken any fellow in, and if yon have Jou ABR consider my mistake as’ your punisdment And never do it again. And a0, boys, God bless you for your kind hearis and the way you put your hands Jeep down pockets, alt per an aways YOROBERT COLLYER, “the very same chap that was preaching beside a burned ehnreh in Hu per’e Werk!y, Tam." The reading of this letter to the boys by their Superintendent gratified them immensely, One boy, an authority in the house, asked io have it read a second ume in order that he might form an intelli- gent opinion upon is. Wien this was done he said it was ‘‘a bully epistic.”” “Another one said he liked it because there was “no humbug about it.) Most ce Sem said they had seen the “chap” in Harpers CONT Venezuel: to the Ald of Calcage. A meeting was called by tho American Minister at seg due to them, tbat immedtutely the Legisiature 13 organized | will jay their Claims before tt.!” “That seems all that can be done, Mr. Green, and 1am mach obliged w you for this candid talk, Good day, sir.” The Board of Canvassers. Tne elegant room of the Board of Supervisors was well attended yesterday by parties interested in the canvass of the Aldermanic vote. There was a large attendance of the Board, nearly all the members of which seemed to regard the apartment as a bar par- lor, for they lay ack in the luxurious chairs with an inelegant case pulling gee aye! at cigars and sending forth a cloud of smoke that cecasionally hid the benign aldermanic presence from the common crowd of spectators without tne barrier. The Board sat late, but is not expected that the canvass will be completed before Friday. Several alleged discrepancies nave been discovered, and it was generally thought by those who wero watching the canvass that an endeavor will bo made by the Board to count out some of tie elected Aldermen whose return was considered by the present incumbents undesiravie, The Suretics of Tweed, Garvey and Iuger- ALBANY, Nov. 22, 1871, In the Supreme Court, before Judge Learned, to- day, counsel for Tweed moyeda to extend the time twenty days for the sureties to Justify in the sum of $1,000,000 in the case of Tweal, Ingersoll, Gar vey etal. ‘The moifon was granted. GREELEY. TWEED AND HIS BONDSMEN, When the head of the Ring, Mr. William M. Tweed, is arrested, the frat man to step forward for his bail, merely im order that the thief may bo kept from going to jail, is another of (he same crowd. — Tribune, Becoming one of Tweed's bondsmen Is ao maitter,| entirely personal... If every one of our citizens who become bondsmen for criminals should be held as endorsing or sympathizing in their criminaiities, many good men would be harshly misjudged, Oye os Tweed's Oondsmen con GAY be has Revor Caracas, Venezuela, on November 8 for the purpose of obtaining sympathy and ald for the Chicago suf- ferera, A numerous assemblage of Venezuelans and foreigners was present, among others the dipio- matic and Consular body and the Ministers of the Venezuelan government. Sefor Antonio L. Guz. man, father of the President of Venezuela, presided. A committee was appointed to raise subscriptions and to remit the money collected to the sufferers. ‘The Results of a Dranken Brawl. On the corner of Sixtieth street and Tenth avenue siands-a hali-finished house, intended to be the prt- vate residence of a genticiian living up town. In consequence of a lawsuit as to the proprietorship of the house the building has remained in its pres. sent condition for some time past. For several Weeks ® number of Swedes, Norwegians and others have made this house their home, | These people, who are mostly composed of mechanica, do their own cooking ana wasiinu, and, in fact, have there a kind of bachelor’s hall, On Mon- day evening last the occupants had @ spree, and several of them became intoxicated. During the evening John Woisey and Andrew Neilson quar- relied, and while cineched on the floor Wolsey stabbed Neilson beneati the lower rib, on the right side, cansing @ wound of a very danger- ous nature, Nellson was attended by 8 alin after which be was sent to the Roosevelt ‘ospital, where he now Hes in @ precarious con- dition, Wolsey was arrested in nig and taken to the Yorkville Police Court before Alderman Plunkitt, who held him to await the result of Neil- son's Injuries. There are but slight hopes expressed of the wounded man’s recovery by (he physicians who attend him; but a few ays will determine whether he will recover or not. A meeting of Nonconformists of Cambridgeshire sud Huntingionshire was held at vambridge, at which the conduct of the Englsh government in carrying out the Education pill was condemned in Do Very measured terms, Some of the leading Speakers threatened that, If the government does not sfminister tho Education pes nore 1m con- formity with religions ‘quality, they will do 2 4 oy to turn ont tho government and replace tt by AAA Te OR. BROOKLYN'S BOTHER. Another Missing Return Turns Up in an Unaccountable Manner. THE WINNING COUNTY CANDIDATES. One of the Council of Seventy-five on “Doctoring” Returns. An Alleged Repeater Held for the Grand Jury. The County Canvass. The Board of Supervisors of Kings county pees again yesterday a8 a Board of Canvasvers, at almost completed their labors before adjourning, Shortly alter assembling the Clerk announced thas he had found a sealed package, which he handed tn, in the ofiice of the County Clerk, addressed to Su pervisor s:urphy, of tue Fourteenth ward. Tne package, upon belng opened, was found tobe no more por i¢cs3 thay the long-lookeu-for election returns of the First district of the Four teenth ward, Eastern District, which should have been in their possession before the canvass opened last week, The law requires that ali returus shall be in thetr handa before the work.of canvassing commences. On Wednesday of last week the can- vassers reaches? the Fourteeatn ward and opened the package, which, to their surprise, instead Of contain ing the returns, was simply the poll list and nothing more, Search and inquiry were made, but to 0 avail; the figures were not to behad. The Board Proceeded with its labors and completed the ca2- vass of the twenty-two wards and county towns, and now, at the eleveath hour, the missing returns havo thus mysterloualy been brought to the surface. Tae following 1s the result of the canvass of the county ticket, although no oficial report has: yet been sub- mitted by the Board:— Secretary of Siate.—Willers (dem.), 39,411; Scrib- }, 31,041. Willers? majority, 8,370. “sy ¥ 2,367. Th! Second disirict—Verry (rep.), ( ), 13,646, Perry's majority, 2 district—Murphy (dem.), 21,659; Van Sickle (vep.), 26,162. Murphy's majority, 6,348, ssembit fev Sat gery Ts (rep. 30. jacobs! JO: 1, (The result of the canvass bagi opher districts was given yester:'ay, isiriot Aliorney,— Britton (dem.), 85,121; Daley (rep) 29,827. Brittou’s majority, iy Judges— 8 Coit 4 ade ee ae coe om, Gounty Audilor.— Fitzgerald (dem, 217; Fett (rep.), 3%,001. Fitzgerald’s majority, 1,2 County Treasurer.—Gardiner (d0UL), 81,098; Biggs (rep.), 80,305. Gardiner’s majority, 1,227. Supervisor at Large.—Osporue (dem.), 38,167, Jobnson (rep,), 82,787. Usvorne’s majority, 5,830, Considerable opposition was raised by tue repuoli- Cans against the Canvass of the returned “returas? of the First aistrict of the Fourteenth ward. Supervisor HowkL1, democrat, moved that the return be canvassed, to which Supervisor JONSON, republican, objected, claiming that the counting of 1t would vitiate the election. Supervisor HARMAN (of the Council of Seventy. five) averred on ols honor that the envelope con- taining the returns of the district named was not in the safe when he and» the Clerk, Previous meeting of tne Board, searched the In the County Clerk's oMfce for it. He underst the whole game, There was fraud comioitted in this district, by which oae man got 100 more votes than he was cntitled to. They got trightened by the —. meeting at the Academy of Music and kept it back to cover theirerime, and where this return liad since nobody knew. In toe meantime it bad “doctored.” Supervisor Cog inquired . whether Supervisor Murphy had brought the retava m question with other returns when he brought them to the Bot if rai Supervisor of the Fourteeuth replied that be a E Supervisor FLeTcngr could not see anything to the law which prevented this Board from canvass lug any returns which come in after the canvass. bupervisor MILNE said that the ground taken was that the retury Was irreguiar, and was, tieresore, not arimissible, " Supervisor JorNson sald it was argued in favor of the canvessing of tac return that by declining do so tive or #1x Bundred people would be disiran- to send the Supervisor who kept the retura to sing Sing tor four or five years, Sart ofa motion to open tho return was eventually ried, Supervisor SCHENCK said that he would vow “aye,” on the ground that the Supervisor of the Fourteenth has stated that the retarn was brougat here by him in preper time. Supervisor HARMAN Insisicd that it was not there, and that he would not vore “aye” unicss Bir, Murphy would take an oath that it Was there at the proper time, ‘The return was then canvassed. A Repeater Ucld for the Grand Jury. The case of James Kenny, the bill poster, whe ‘Was arrested for illegal voting in the Fifth district of the Fourth ward on election day, was examined | before Justice Walsh yesterday. The complainant in the case was Assistant Assessor 8. DU. Mulenburg, who challenged tho right of the accused to vote in taat disirict while Kenny was endeav to have bis ballot accepted, Mr, E. B Wr lock, of the Committee of Seventy-tive, testided that the accused sad given his residence as 10 Nassan ‘stgpet; an investigation, however, showed that the™man Fesided at 26 Nassau street On the cross-examination it was shown that the business of bil post was carrie’ on at 10 Nassaa Street, and that pr le were wont to. Logged also. The District Attorney appoared for the peo be Kenny was required to give bail in a 1,000 to appear the Grand Jury. now In session. THE SAVINGS BANKS, Abatement of the Excitememt—The Guardias Bowling Green Sill) Ulesed—The Na tional Out of the Wilderness. : Inquiries. made yesterday about the savings banks of the city give the gratifying fact that the poor who have aeposited in them are not likely te lose their savings, except, perhaps, 10 tho Guardian and the Bowling Green banks, sod even from thesé many will draw out nearly ati possibly. itis very certain that nothing like a run bas been made apo any institution with the exception of the three above named. Atthe Bowling Green yesterday there was very little excitement and few clamorera for entrance ‘The oMce is still kept closed, and yestern day afternoon President Henry Smith, Re ceiver Knapp, the directors and Juuge Hogan were for some hours busily employed im sounding 1t8 ailairs with a view of get @t an actual idea of its condition, Mr. Kuapp sured @ HERALD reporter, who calicd for the Jatest facts, that no statement of its affaira would be compieted before Friday, when tt would ven to the puvile, yet so far as had exam! the » ubject the condition of the bank is better thaa was supposed, and the officers hope to pay in dae time a hundred cents on the dollar, Judge Hogan, who has taken an active part on behalf of the pro- tection of the depositors, has called a meeting the oflicers aud creditors at No, 122 Green’ street to-day, when the directors may make some overtures to their depositors, Mr. Knapp says there 18 no serious cause ior alarm, and he hopes the press will assist in allaying the excitement, sae Pe one of rae street roadway, the excitement has e1 ceased, when a reporter visited it seusrene afternoon clerk was suiicient to attend to business, and Hi Smith, the president, considers the run at an The clerk reports that he received more money yes terday on deposit than was called for on check. He e sausiactorily, It appears that the insti! pended active business for & time, bus kept enougu on deposit to enable 18 to ropors = and — avoi a forfeiture of the charter, ‘They resumed business oe or the deposits nave largely increased, but etme: rousgh uo declined to state how high they range now. ‘The office furniture 1s much more valuable ae Frage} ogy pss “ae oa Mom jem: ete Guardian Institution ett disregards publie opinion, and not only keeps ite doors locked \ Te fusing al! admission vo the ogg the press, bat sofar has publish no intimation of ‘What the depositors may expect to realize from their investments, Outside rumor says it iw in such ® condition that the directory have no hope of being able and do not contemplate @ resumption of bus~ ness. VIEWS OF THE PAST. NOVEMBER 23, 1870—Bavaria concluded a@ treaty of union with tae sss Bs Get ae ar natant 0 fore Generat Thomas’ forces victorious, 1918—Kilbridge Gerry, Vioo President of the United chised. ‘there wos a remedy for this, and that was’ “ de