The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1871, Page 8

8 THE ARM Ye Annual Report of Secretary Bellmap. eae The Operations of the War De- | ye". partment for 1871. ‘Mr. PRESIDENT—The reorganization of*the army, required by the act of daly 16, 1870, the provisions of ‘whtch were allaged te in my last annnal report, has Deen accomplished. The enforeement of that por- Won relating to a reduction of commissioned of cers @emaniied strict investigation of tue records of the military conduct-ana service of supernumerary offi- ers, and forced mpon the department an unpleasant | @uty. It 1s beWeved, nowever, that the decisions | ‘Gnally reached were fair, imparual and for the good | f the service. In accordance with the same act the | mumber of entisted men was on July 1 reduced to , 30,000; indifferent soldiers were discharged, the Standard of recruits was raised with a view to im- Proving the character of the rank and file, and the following table of organization vas established :— Enhsted men of engineers. Enlisced men of ordnance @ en sied men per com; artiliery. imfantry.... os tte tees ‘Won-commussioned staf of regiments. Lie RAC aa ERE ER +++ + 680,000 | ‘The staf of general officers was also reduced to | the simple requirements of the army in time of | peace, and the line officers thus relieved from de- tached duty were ordered to their regiments, where ‘Wey could be of more benefit to she service. THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, were $80,644,042 ; the expenditures tor the year ending June 30, 1870, were $57,655,675, which sum in- Cludes $3,697,500 for river and harbor tmprove- ments. The expenditures for the year ending June ‘B0, 1871, were about $40,000,000, including, for river and narbor improvements, $3,915,900, Thus, dur- amg the year 1869-70, the reduction in expenses In the War Depariment amounted to $22,958,367 36, and, during tne year 1870-71, a tur:her reduction of | $17,655 .675 40 was made. For the nexi fiscal year 487-72 ihere 18 appropriated $36,530,776, incinding, for riyer.and harbor improvements, $4,497,500. ESTIMATE FOR 1873, The total estimate for military appropriations for | priation was mauve of $10,00u for purchasing, wall- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 187].—TRIPLE SHEET. LIGHT AND IMPERFECT COW. | COMPTROLLER CONNOLLN'S. CASE. = cases be given only stimulates the ap- pheant to obtain renewed poy from pers sons of “nfucnce and character, who willingly ly to the department, wich a request for aasist: te,” "without py the embarrassment ¥ 48 given, or upon the cost of a resuit so casily reoy.nmended and so diMocul. to justify, The en- lishment of each recruit and the cost of transporta~ ‘Mon vo his regiment involves an average expense ‘Of $80 In each case, By his discharge this amount is a total loss to the government. on eater number of those for whom this costly or and in this counection | recommend tit the regarding eniistments be amended, and that Ho recruit be permitted to enter the service whose by, his own oath, is not shown to be over twenty-one years—the oath, as now, to be taken as conclusive. Expertence shows that the age of enlistment for music boys can, with advantage, be redi and it Js advised that the law be so amended that hereaf- ter enlistments In that class of recruits may be made at the age of Uweive years, It was found impossivle to pre] in time for submisston to Congress at tts last session, a system of regula‘ions ior the adiainistration of the affairs of the army, a8 contemplated by toe act of July 15, 1870, A board of competent and experienced oml- cers has been for some montis diligently engaged | in the compllation-ot a code of regula tous, and the work 1s rapidly approaching completion, DESERTIONS dnring the past few months have largely increased. The reports received at the department indicate that the reduction of the pay of soldiers from si teen to thirteen dollars per month has contribuied greatly to: this result, as far xs those men are con- cerned who entisted prior to July 1, 18/1, the date of reduction, MILITARY PRISONS, The board of oficers directed to investigate the British army visited, last summer, the onty Miliary prison bow in Canada, viz., the one at uebec, and through the courtesy of tue Inspector, lonel H. I’. Willams, were enabled to wituess its practical workings. The board were very Lavor- ably impressed with the good results obtamed from this system, which has now deen fifteen years mn Operation in the British setvice, and recommend its adoption in our own, Linyne the atiention of Con- gress to tits saiject, believing It to he of great importance to the eMiciency of our army, which is greatly impaired by the inadequate and imperiect cg of punishment now practised, By e pay bat litte, if any, additional means would be re- quired to sapport tuem after they were pué in oper. ation. ‘the report of the Board 1s full of interest aud will hereatter be trausmitved to Congress. THE REAIRED LIST of the army is now limited to 300. The endeavor has been to equalize the seiecivous for that list from both the higher and lower grades of the offic-rs en- filled to an unreasonable extent by officers oi high Tank, and consequeutly greater compensation, There have been sixteen deatiis of retired oMeers, during the past year, THE CEMETERY IN MEXICO. By the act approved September 28, 1850, appro- ing and ditching a piece of land near the city of Mexico, for a cemetery for such of the officers and around that cliy during the Mexican war, and jor there. in December, 1869, a report was made by the Vice Consul of the United States at tae cily of Mexico, lo the effect tuat 1u consequence Of neglect and the Want of means for repairs, many depredations were being committed, and that tue cemetery presented. ‘he fiscal year ending June 30, 1873, is $32,416,472. Of this estimate the sum of $1,153,607 1s ‘hecessi- tated by the probibition of the use of unexpended baiances of former years, thus requiring estimates | for reappropriatiod of such sums as nave re- | verted Lo the Treasury under the fifth section of the | act ol July 12, 1870. The estimate ot tue Chict of Engineers for fortifications, improvement of rivers and harbors, pub: vee and grounds and Waslungton Aqueduct are submitted separately, aga | presented by that officer, as follows:—Fortiiicattons @nd other works of defence, $3,255,500; for river | and harbor improvements, $9,93),.00, and for pub- | Ne buildings aud grounds abd Washington Aque- | duct, $446,704, Up to this date, during the current fiscal year, there | Bas been pasa into the Treasury, as realized from ‘the sale of arms and from other sources, during the Current fiscal year, $21,766,403, Under the act of July 27, 1x61, providing for the nt and payment of the CLALIS OF THE SEVERAL STATES for enrolling, subsisting and other expenses in- curred by them for troops cajied into the service of | ‘the United States, the claims were pald out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. ‘The act of July 12, 1810, repeals the appropriation Glause of the uct Of July 27, 1561, ana reqnires the proper department to subtait estimates for these cx- enses in the usual manner. I have accordingly Submitted an estimate o! $3,000,000 for this purpose, ‘that betug the amount designaicd by the rh Au- See cso poaaing i'M oe ta ing in or MOXt fiscal year. x ppc SERVICES OF THE TROOPS. The reports of the Generai of the Army and of the @ivision and department commanders, herewith Submitted, will convince the country that the ofMicers and men of the army have performed the ities devolving upon them faithiuily and well. these duues, resulting {rom the determina: tion of the | po earned to enorce the laws for the eoliection of the revenue and for the snppression gf armed insurrection, have few agreeabie feavures, wey are performed with that cheerful energy hich is the resuit oi discipune. The records of the deparument show that 100 applications for troops for various purposes and for military protec- Won have been made since January 1, 1871, all of which, where the necessity required it, have been promptly responded 10, 11 is with great embarrassment and diMculty that the appropriations made at the last session of Con- gress—reduced as tney were below ihe estimates of the acpartmenni—can be so economized as to wer the pressing requirements oi tue service. i operauions of active wariare in Arizona, in con- ection with Indian alfiiculties there, are such a3 necessarily require large expenditures, and the causes which have produced tunis necessity were not = anticipate: by Congress when fae appropriations were made. ‘The om. cers in charge of these operations—General Behotield, commanding the P1vixion of the Pacific, and Colonel Crook, in immediate command of the tment of Arizona—have united with this tment in endeavoring to ret:in the expenses “a lowest possible limit, aud have used the most Se ~*agig iD this: direction, and the conduct Ja: pris tg his adminisiration of the affairs of mel Croos. “ea pecelved my full approval. OT his department” eA gopropriations. axked While, thereiore, the 1. eavor will be made should be given, continued eh." i ‘those gig to prevent any expenditures beyv.. BLBO- | vately essential. RECOMMENDATION. Irecommend that the extra lieutenants now arr thorized by law to serve as regimental adjutants and i ntry | i quartermasters in tne artillery, cavalry and infal Fegiments, a8 provided by seetions 2, 3 and 4 01 the act of July 23, 1866, be discontinued as vacancies occur in those grades. This would effect an ultimate Feducton of eighty Heutenants; would result in A yearly saving, Mf the reduction should be completed, ‘of nearly $160,000, and Would be of no detriment to ‘the service, it is further recommended that the grade of quar- wermacter-sergeant for the companies of cavalry, tifantry and heavy artillery be abolisned. Tne @uties of this non-commissioned officer vefore the late war were usually discharged by the first ser- weant, and ihe present sire of a company 1s guch thata return to the old system in this respect | can well be made. With regard to the grades of enlisted men known #8 company artificer and company wagoner, the state of the service 18 now such 43 to jusilly the recoinineniation that they, too, be discontinued, A. their doties devolved upon a smaller numper of private soldiers, detatied for extra duly service and employed under direction of the Quartermaster Department. Should this recommendation be adopted 1,165 enlisted men would he dispensed with, at @ gros yeariy saving of $412,740. From fais deduct the probable A of extra duty men, esumated at birds the number of artilicers 40—and the wet saving will be over $240,000, By the act of March 5, 1863, the first six regi. mente of cavairy are each allo one veterinary surgeon at a compensation of $75 per month, Hy Mie act of July 23, 1596, the four other cavalry regi- ments are provided with the same organization, wilh the additional allowance of one vyelerinary wurgeon to each, at & compensation of $100 per Month; that is lo say, two Veterinary eurgeons are allowed to each of the latter regiments, one at a salary of $75 per month and the other at $100. To Temedy this defective organization | recommend that two veterimary surgeons be authorized for euch cavairy regiment. at @ compensation of $100 per month, ana that the provisions of the acts above cited be repeaied, In the general revulations of the army ot 1869 4 Plan 18 presented by # hich soldiers who are fragal to Save their pay shall have @ safe deposit for it. The outiine is simply this:—Not less than $6 may be deposiied at any one time with the Paymaster at pay day, when a check Hook will be wiven tie idier in which the amonnt of deposit ‘Wil ve entered. ‘These deposits cannot be drawn ll the discharge of the soldier. They are not sub- 1 to forfeiture by sentense of court martial, but Jong Lo the personal estate of the soldier, vol farily coufidea by him vo the trust of the Uns States uniii he recetves tinal payment on discharge. ‘The benefits of this pian are various, It prevents | act be passed placing tals cemetery upon the same @ lamentable appearance of dvapidatioa, An ap- peal was made to this department for funds to the amount of anout one thousaud one hundred and filty doliars to be sent to the Cunsul to enavie him to ; restore the cemetery to @ conditioa creditable to the | United States government. The War Department was. fortunately abie to meet the temporary demand, but could not compiy with a turther snggestion for the employment of @ superiptendent at asaiary of $50 per month instead of $2), tae rate hereiofore paid, and which is deemed insatticient. By the act Ot July 2, 1862, there was appropriated $1,412 34, | and by the act of Augu® 31, 1852, $3,v0u for the pur- | chase of the cemetery, under the direction of the ; President, and these sums were all disbursed by the | Department of State. It is recommended that, | as the general subject of nauonal cemeteries 13 | now administered by the War Deparrment, a special | footing as other ceimeieries, with a regularly ap- inted superintendent, aud that a sufficient por- | ion of the appropriations for national cemeteries be made applicable to the repair and preservation | Of the one mm question. The latest report of the condi- on of the cemetery shows that, with the temporary ra illness! MA Te = soe its condition was ery mal iy improve: appropriation of $1,200 1s asked by the { United States Consul to com- plete the repairs and to coustruct ap artesian weil for irrigation to preserve the shrubvery and save the annual tax for water. THE MONTANA INDIAN WAR CLAIMS, By the tenth section of the act of July 15, 1870, the ‘y of War Was required to investigate mto ‘Whatare known asthe Montana indian war claims 01 1867, and to report to s§ the names of the persons entitied to relief, together with a stavement of the tacts and sums which such report may be based. The investig tion was conided to an Inspector General of the army, whose report, seiting torih the nature and amount of tie claims and the | amount required for an equitable settiement of | them, was submitted to Congress at the last session and commended to favorable consideration, To compiete the investigation, there remained vo be submitted a list of tue persons entitled to relief and a statement of the awara equitably due to et claimant. The list, when nearly flaished, was, with most of the papers connected with the case, de- stroyed in the jate fire at Chicago. <A greater part of the omginal vouchers, however, had been re- | turned to their owners after certified copies had been taken, and new copies can consequently be obtained, lle claimanis have been calicd upon ! by advertisement to iurnich such copies, or, m default thereof, -to fie statements ol weir ciaims, and in this way the lost evidence willbe measurably renewed, With tnese papers and such data as survived, a new report of awards can be made which will probably prove as retiable a8 the one destroyed. ‘nis report wail be laid, be- fore Congress without material deiay, its early prep- aration depending wholly upon the promptness With which claimants respond to the invitation to Tepiace their evidence. MLL\TARY POST AT FORT SNELLING, Under the joint resolution approved May 7, 1870, authorizing and empowering t! secretary of War to select aud set a, Jor @ permanent military post so much of the miittary reservauon of Fort Snelling (not less than 1,000 s) @3 Lhe public in- terests might require for that purpore, ere quiet the utle to said réservaiion, and to settle Ali clans in relation thereto, and lor the use and occupation esreot upon principles of equity, I have selected hud Ree apart for a permanent military post at Fort | Sat ge-109 gore. emvracing the fort and , Sad in full settlement and re- hereto, and for the conveyel to the the re- Snelling “10> bullduigs pertainiiig, Jease of all claims in relation tise and occnpation thereof have purchasers of the proverty the remainder of BeLVALIOG, amounting Lo 6.304 80-100 acres. SALES OF CLOTHING, The proceeds of sales of ciothing from June 20, 1870, to the present date amount to the sum o} $1,875,723 54, ali of which, as collected, is turne tuto the Treasury and cannot be used by the depart ment. Some of the purchasers have not been apie, on account of the disastrous effects of the Chicago fire, to meet their engagements promptiy, but whe time of payment has been extended. A great amount of ‘old clothing and equipage is undt for army use, and hence larger appropriations will be- come necessary, The cost of transportation ior this year has been’ about $1,500,000, which 13 but little Jess than for the previous year, The reduced ariny 1s compelied to mereased activity to compensate for itg lose iu numbers, ‘he appropriation for BARRACKS AND QUARTERS has not been sufiictent to shelter the army in a man- ner essential to its comfort and health, aud hence i 18 earnestly desired that the appropriation asked for that purpose may not be reduced, THE SOUTHERN RAILROADS, Of the Southern railroads wiich were allowed to purchase roliing stock and other ratiroad supplies trom the United States twenty-seven have paid in Muli, and twenty-four are stll in dept to the depart- ment in Ube eum of $4,724,; In the oMce of the Qnartermaster General LARGK NUMBEKS OF MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS for transporiation and for stores taken and used by the army in certain states and Territories, under the act of July 4, 1864, have been filed and Mnal ac- Uon bad as far as possible, These claims amount to ma millions of dollars and the large uterests in- vol require that there should be more care taken of these important records than be given them in the present builutmg, In which o fire would be disastrous, The number of GRAVES 1S NATIONAL CEMETERIES iS asked are under the age of tweaty-one | subject of milttary prisons and prison discipline im | soldiers of our army as fell in battle or died in and | the interment of American citizens who have died | to he diverted from Mts legitima: . 9 bo diverted. tise legitimate use witnout em BOK CAL MATTERS, Owmg to the deficiency existing In the clerical force of the Surgeon Genera!'s Office, a large num- ber of official demands for information irom the records 0 the office for the setuement of pension and. other cmims lave remained unanswered. Uuder the act of Congress aatnorizing the appoint- ment of hospital stewards, that force has been strengtvened, and it is hoped that the accumulated ‘work Will be rapidiy disposed ot. There were 206 military posts requiring attendance on Jaly 1, 1870, The number of medical officers is in- sufiicient for the service, and I renew the recom- mendation that the law prohfbiting promotions and appointments in that corps be repealea. Part first of the Medical and Sar ical History of | ad we ee completion and be me nets iy wi It is hoped, sufficient appropriation will a con- Unue the pubiicauon of une ee. The report of the Metical Staustics of the Provost Mar- shat General’s Bureau, the compilation of which Was authorized by the act of July 28, 1866, is also nearly completed and is in process of being printed at the government oMice. itis expected that the entire reporc will be printed anid ready for distrioution during the a) c session. The Corps of Engineers during tho past year has been actively engayed upon the works for THE DBFBNOR OF OUR SKA COASTS, on river and haroor improvemenis, and in surveys and recomnoissances. and..constraction houses, With tne Seprepriations granted for forti- fleauions in our principal harbors, these works along the Northern Aulantic and Pacific ooasts have been pushed forward in their modifications as rapidiy as whe circumstances would permit, and already the batt-ries are beginning to assume the character needed by the requirements of modern | Wariare, The modifications reierred to look tothe strengtuening 01 our Works by the introduction of j Reavy earthen battertes tor tne largest guns and mortars. THE ENGINEERS. Since the last report the bvattalton of engineers has been reduced to 354 enlisted men, and consti- tutes an efficient body of troops, and. is carelully Instructed and driled to its dunes, The engineer | posts and depots of Jefferson Barracks and Yerva ' Buena Island have been broken up aud tie | troops are now concentrated ab Willeit’s | , Point and West Point, New York. Bestues | | assisting im the instruction of the cadets of for the defence of our harbors, and takes charge of | the depots jor the bridge trains and equipage and engineer tools for the use of the army in general. ‘Yhe appropriation asked {m torpedoes and otner purposes at the engineer depot at Willett’s Point and recommended to A visit made to Willet’s Point in September last gave me an opportunity for mspecting closely the tilled to be placed upon it, so inat it may now be , management of the post and for observing tne ad- | the vantages offered the men In drill xnd discipline, and ; im the education necessary for that-arm of ihe ser- vice, The result was very gratifying. ‘The thorough Mode of instruction anit the pertected drill of the battalion deserve commendation. dactory progress has been made in the prose- cution of works for the 1mprovement of rivers and j harvors and of the surveys connected therewith, ‘The anoua. report of tne Cmef ot Eugineers coa- tains a detailed account of tne progress and condi- | thon of these works and of the results of the surveys oraered by Congress. This report also contailis ihe formation concerning the public budaings and grounds and the Washington Aqueduct. Proper ineasures have een taken to carry ont the | Jomt resolution of February) 21, 1371, 1n relation to the e-tabusument of water gauges, and maaing | dauy observations of the rise and ,ali of the Lower | Mississippi and its ciitet tributaries. Under the act of Aprit 4, 1871. forthe appointment by the President ol a commission to exauine and report on THE SUTRO TUNNEL, Tientenant Coloneis H. G. Wright and Jobn G. Fos- ter, of the Corps of Engineers, and Professor Wesley Newcomb, a mining engineer, were thus appointed, and Captata W. R. King, Corps of Engineers, was Gitected to act as secretary to the commission. The , commission has completed the investigation at the tunnel and the mines of the Comstock lode, and is now preparing to report. In the SURVEY OF THE LAKES, operations were carried on 1a Lakes Superior, Micht- gan, *t. Clairand Champlain. and the progress of the work ta the fleid and office has been lighiy satis. factory. ‘The geological survey along ihe central route of commupication to the Pacific coast nas been actively continued, and the publication of the resul's, already begua, is looked for with much in- terest, THE ARSENALS, During the fiscal year small-arms and ordnance stores to the amount of $10,099,000 have been soid, and, the entire proceeds, except ® small sum re- tained to meet expense of prepariug other siores fur salé, have passed into the Trea-ury beyond the Contro} of this department. The operations at tbe arsenals have been confined to the manutacture of suppites required by the troops, to the care of or two experimental gun carriages. It 1s hoped that Congress wall grant the appropriations asked for to carry out the plans tor the continuance of the Work atthe great arsenal of construction for the Mississippi Valley at Rock Jsiand. Several kinds of experimental rifles and carbines, as re- commended by the St. Louis board, have been Manofactured at Springfield Armory for compara- tive trial in the field. Au inspection of tnat ar- mory not Jong since satisfies me of the necessity for ‘continuing tne appropriations for tts main- tenance and suppori, The ability of its present aduumistration especially comucuds this Weil-ap- potted armory to (ie attention of Congress, Sanictent taformation will doubtless be derived from the use of the experimental ai in the field to enable @ board to recommead a breech-loading system for adoption. The armament of State troops should be like that of tue nattonal forces, Who now ase breech-loading smail arms. ‘The re- serve of 10,000 arms of that kind now on hand 1a not half suiticient to supply tne States upon quotas now due. Attention is called to the recommendation of the Chief of Ordnance concerning the repeal of tne act prohibiting promotions and appointments in the ‘Ordnance corps. An increase of the ahnual appropriations under the law of 1508, providing io! ming and equipping the militia, ts urgently requir A ‘The sinall clerical iorce allow VHE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL of the army is not suilicient to perfurm tne great amount of labor required to copy, on the demand of persons who have been tried, the voluininous pro- ceedings of the courts martial in thew cases. ‘Lhe duty i3 an imperative oue unier the law, but the force ts inadequate to its aceumpiishment, as May easily be seen upon un snspection of tne record of The vast amount of work periormed ln that, offic Lrecommend tie conunuance uf the appropriation by which special cupyists could be employed or this purpose. OPRRATIONS AT THE SIGNAL STATIONS. At Port Whipple, Va., instruction has been ‘give! in the meteorological daties and studies required al the signal stations ior observations and reporis of storma throughout the Untied States, and i mille tary signaling and telegraphy ‘to — oMicere gf the army and navy. During the year tne observation and report of storms has been neces- sarily ravner in the process ture success thai As Completely digamzod, withont precedent has iad to be originated in all ita details of plaus and disctpline—the ovservation, Teports and mode of making public the necessary deductions and reporis. ‘The progress made has been fully as great as could have been anticipated, and bas secured valuable resuits and gives promise Ol extended uselulness, By & comprehensive telegraphic organization cach of the signal stations is In telegraphic communica- Von Wii the Signal OMice at Washingto: na irom each of tiem dally and nightiy weatcer receivet at the Department. Taese reports are siuded, bulletined and charted at the ofice of the Chiet Signal OMicer, aud are jurnished at the same time to most of the principal cities and ports of the country, The deductions from the stuay of the re- ports are instantly telegraphed to the press and bulletined as son as practicable at the observing changes, and other prominent places, and during the past year there have issued tn this manner from the Chief Signal Office and the ovserving stations aly thousand charts, fb the month of October the display of ¢ utionary signals, announcing the probavie approach of storms, was commenced, for the first tme in the United States, at twenty ports upon the takes and Atlantic and Gulf coasts. ‘These signals are ar- night, upon the receipt of teiegraphic orders [rom Washington. SWhile the service bas been rapidly organized and esved to these results each step has been taken only when the pubiic mind seemed to he educated and prepared for it and the ft lic necessity de- anued it, The average time of the receipt by tele- raph ot the reports aud observations made simul. taneousiy from all the stations throughout tue United 18 317,860, including 2,265 added during the year. ‘The cemeteries cover an area, in tne aggregate, of abont 1,800 acres of land, acquired at a cost of $170,000, The attention of Congress is asked to the loss and embarrassment resulting from the conditiou oF the ulie to sites of MITITARY POSTS IN TEXAS. The law forbids the purchase by the Secretary of rol any lands without special authority of Con- New posts on the remote and unsettied Trontier of that State have generally been located on the public Jands belonging to tne State, as tnere are no public lands avatlable owned by the United States in Texas. States has been forty-five minutes. The average time elapsing between the moment at which tele- ‘Trams were sent to the office at Washington from he most distant stations to that at which the do- ductions are inade, published and tasued to the press has been ninety minutes, Of the deducuons published from the office sixty- mune per cent are, titer a careful examination of the statistics, cousidered to have been fully verifi This percentage, mereased by those regarded as partialiy verified, will make an aggregate of ninety per cent of average Verifications, it has been tne policy of the department to diffase ag widely as possible, for the use of co operating in- As | stitutions and for actentific stuty everywhere, the ‘the Vicious practice of contiding money to commis | soon as this department begins to erect shelter for | meteorological information collected at its stations Sioned oMicers for safe keeping, wich injures dis- clpline by the invariaole disputes engendered, and it avoids the lumbering of the vayroiis by constant entry Of pay not drawa. By the restriction contained in section 7, act of July 12, 1870, Which Was inierpreted by the 1reas ary Department to appiy to those deposiis, it be- came necessary to issue an order for rescinding this Feguiation, and to cause ali Whe deposits to be drawn from the Treasury by soldvers holding check books. The amount was considerable, and it is feared men were induced to desert by ty coming of unusually large sums daring their of service instead of receiving them when discharged. Jt js recommended that ay ve made Lo meet wis unexpected applica. its of pipe be restored to the sold “Tne aw anLhOriseA the enlist ment of men who are eiguteen years of and by its langu: “ne vath of enlistinent taken by ihe Seer Shall be cone Cluaive as to is age.” the depart ment for the dischar; are almost nam- beriesa. The force of cleras ed upon this Branch of office duty is not sui to suswer Lhe Tepeated applications for diac! whic fll the department masls, aud We stereotype refusal whtch the troops, speculators enter these lands, and hence claims arise for rent and timber to an amount far beyond their value, An act authorizing the depart- and upon its records. It 1s believed that the ‘United States now possesses a service more exten- sive and better organtced for these purposes than ment to quiet title to sites already occupied, and to | that of any other country. purchase such 43 may hereatter be required, is necessary to remedy the evil, TNE COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT, ‘The report of the Com ence shows that the ai has been well supplied during the past year, I agree with Lim that accord. Ing to the varying necessities of troops stationed in the digerent climates of the country, there should be aathorived for tasue substitute articles, so that the food of the soldier may be at times varied from the regular ration. Since the last annual report @ detailed statement has been furnisned the De; Mentot the Internor of the ex, fiscal year of 1769-70 by the Subsistence Department Jn turnishing sapplies for Inaians, which shows the amount to have been over $1,600,000, of which $1,200,000 has been repaid by transfer at the Treas- ury. 1t 1s desirable that appropriations for the sub- giatence of Indians when necessary be made disposition of the Interior Department, as the sub- sistence fund of this Department, based sppropeienon actually necessary for the support of the army, if not large cnough ty allow any portion nses incurred in the | and to secure to for the | economy to the signal service. upon the | ‘The steadiness, regularity and promptness with which the varied labors incident to a work co- naive with the United States, ang which exte! General of Subsist- | requires in its detaila a vigilance reaching through Doth night and day, have deen accomplished, illus trate the advantages gainea vy placing these duties Stee te aces aie are eens cure the acc and strict obedience to orders which have been necessary. Under the second section of the act of sou 1866, to aid in the construction of telegraph lines, the government tne use of the same for postal, military and other purposes the Postmaster General has fixed the rates at which telegrapnic communications for the shail be sent. The plan and method of compensa- weil, and are 1ound to be of much Tne wisaom of Congress in affording facilities for its prosecution is daily exemplitied, ‘The la this branch of the Deparunent, undertaken with some hesiiation #6 W the resull, aud received at Of light | ‘stores on hand, and to the manufactare of one | Cleerully sabmts 60 any examination oO! lis public organization jor fu- ; A duty | ports are offices, in board of trade rcoms, merchants’ ex- , ranged to be displayed at any hour of the day or | vernment bors of doubt In many quarters, have, ually tnt. ular favor, aud by Farresutta abconpushea in this new field lave com- manded te aitention aud approval of the senate ‘Tue iact that the reports daily issued find in cases full confirmation, impresses Itself on the minds of the peopie, and men o/ all calling especialy | ngaged in commerce and agri evince’ ihe greatest terest in this important Full recognition of its value has neea given‘by the press) | and by the gcientific men of other countries, ag well | gs of Our own, and the resuits attained so clearly | indicate i's nnportance that I can, without hestta- | thon, rely upon Congress for an appropriation for the prosecution and eXtension of its duties to the | qull exient of the estimate submitted, By law the control of THE MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT is devolved upon the Secretary of War. For some i poten iba ite Immediate mavagement had deen en- | panigent “who faustolly’ dwcharged ‘tis duties, | Feet ation, ling, however, that, for his better inform: Wat he might more eficiently periorm the duues that this responsibility placed upon him, there should be a more direct communication be- tween the Secretary of War and the Acadetwy, the | system was changed, and now ail reports are made directly to this oftice. ‘The present strength of the corps of c adets at the Academy is 229, Several instances of improper m- terverence by cadets with their fellows have oc- | cured, but the offenders have been summarily deals with, and strenuous exertions have been made by tne Deparcment to prevent the recurrence of such disorders and to improve gel the tone of milt- tary discipline. Legislation on the subject of the expenses of the Board of Visitors ts desirable, as ‘under extstiog laws for the payment of ihe board and lodging of the members doubts arise as to what | is properly .o be included under the nead of board, A per dicm allowance Would remove ttis uncer. tatniy, and it is recommended tiat such an allow- , ance be made In the next appropriation. By the fire at the cadet barracks last winter many | cadets, who were engaged, under the direction of their oMicers, im extingulsiung ioe Dames, sullered the loss of cicthing, bovks, &¢., Aud a0 appropria- tion 18 recommended to compensate them ior such losses, The sum necessary for this purpose will not exceed six Uiousand dollars, aud suou.d be contined to compensation ior their clothing aud books, THK WESTERN FIRES The intelligence of the great fire of October in Chicago reached the Depariment while the flames aving | the Military Academy, the battalion of engineers Were in progress, and orders were at once tele- ay of the convicts forfeited to the prisons, | papers te Seoul for the trials with torpedoes graphed to oilicers in charge of army depots to jor- ward to that cily supplies ior the homeless aud des- titute. The promptness with which the wisnes of the Department were carried out merits high com- | mendaiion. Jn afew hours clothing, blankets, tents ‘and provisions were on their way to the | stricken city, and this immediate action | relieved much distress, The records and property in the buikting occupied for headquarters of Military Division of the Missouri were totaily | destroyed, but the greater portion of the most valu- apie can be duplicated from the War Department, Several comvanies of troops were ordered to the ity by General Sneridan, under whose supervision | ch | they assisted tn prese:viug order during the trying | | days which succeeded the conflagration. The olle.al | | amet personal couduct of General Sheriaan, while entrusted, by common couseat, Wilk the manaze- meni of affairs in the city, receives the emphatic | approval of this department, Stuuar issues of sapplies of various kinds were mace to the Governor ot Wisconsiu for une relief of the sutferersin that State, an retiel was also afforded | to those im Micmigan, Weshout lurther applicanon Cougress will, Wilheut douut, record its sanction of | this aciion, | A perfect system of | FINANCIAL DISBURSEMENTS isa subject wnich, trom the beginnipg of the gov- ernment, bus commanded tne attention of all tue | deparcments; | and the discovery of tie astounding j frauds, wien nave slartied the country vy their ; Magnitude, has recalled attention anew to the causes | Which have combined to permit these dishonest | actions tO go So ioag undeteciel. No sysiemul re- gations can be devised which will make emvezzie- Ment, under ali circumstauces, tmpossivle, Tue rogue 18 always vigtiant. Counter-vigilance alone | can thwart his schemes, Lhe reguiations now goverping Gisbursemeuts appear to be ampie for the prevention of fraud, The failure to eniorce them makes & path to fraud an easy ove, the daring deceptions lately practiced provoke an inquiry as to some mode for tne pre- vention thelr recurrence. Relvxea duty, 1 ug vigilance, and excessive cuatiuence sus- pen:l all checks on dishonesty aud render regaia- uons a farce, A careful scrutiny, by Ire tment ins Specuous of the accounts of disbursing oilicers and Of (neir cash balances, foliuwed up without less of time by a comparison of the result of this searching inspection with the officer's valance at the piace of aeposit, learly the only safe resort. ‘The ovjec- | Mon that @ sentinel is therebyaplaced at the disburs- | ing olficer’s door 1s not entitled to cousideration, Integrity does not object to test. It invites scruuny, An honest public officer preiers taat his discretion siould be limited. He ac- cepts responsiuility when 16 comes, bul he conduct, dveming it no reproi that he is sub- to the operation of au inflexibie ruie, which the awhoncst acts of others have made a necessity. ‘: large experience as disbarsing Olticers have ‘Voll me tuat taey do not r-momver # sinsle defaica- tion which mtzht not have been prevented or. | Speedity detected by the exercise ol proper vigil- ance On the part of the supervising ofticer, Ia ths | he does not transcend bis duty. He only per- forms it, Why tie necessity of furnishing duplicate state- | Meats wo diferens departments Hf no comparison 1s made? When the snock of discovery comes und a great fraud 1s mamifest it 1s civar that there is pegiect somewhere. 1s it in the regulaions orders aud circulars issued for the prevenito of supervising oiticers of vheir provisious. ‘tae Vigilance witch these circulars prom)t, would, if ; exercised, farnfsh #& diferent resait. Holding these viows as to the necessity for frequent Inspection anl reorganizi.g their great ad- vantages, 1 propose, in’ tars department, to test Wheir eviicacy m the Most thotough manner. In as- | Signing Lispectors to districts, 1 shail deem it my | duty to hold each one of them responsibie lor every misdemeanor Which occurs in connection with the accounts of any disbursing oficer in his districi Wich due diligence on is part would nave pre- vented, 50 uhal he wii feel that he has @ truse with wWaien he dare not trile, A pian of taspection can, an my judgment, be establisned, which wit be simp.e aud direct, and I shail eudeavor to show by its operation that 101s emineuily practicable, With detection mave morally certain, and wih puntish- montanes, wQu speedy, there can be no safety for fraud. TAOOPS IN THE SOUIH—THE KU KLUX. The prociamation of the President of May 3, 1871, cainng! attention to the act of Congress en- i Uiled “Au acy to enforce the provisious of the fourteenth amendmeat to tie Constitution of the United states, aud for other purpuses,” approved April 20, 1871, Devesstiated orders for the enloree- ment of the same by tus depariment, and conse: quenily 11 was directed— \ ‘That whenever occ sion shall arise the recuiar forces of the Unites Slates stationed. in. the vicinity oF iocanty ‘where oifences described by the aioresatd act, approved Apri! 20, 187i, may be itted, shall, in strict accoriance With toe provisions of saidact. bo cmployed by thelr com: maudin. ocicers in assisting the aathorfzed ctvil authorities of the United states in inaking arresis of persons secused uncer the satd act; in preven.ing the rescue oi persons are Tested lor stich cause; iM Liewking op and dispersing bands of disguised maragiers ani of urued orauizaiions against the pence and quiet or tne lawiu: pursuits of the citizens 10 any state, | if has been absolutely necessary to retain about | ONne-sixih of the army in those States of the South, east Of the Mississippi, which Were engaged 1 ihe | War of the rebellion, Numerous applications ior troops {0 ald in tue enforcement of (ne iaws were | recetved from United States marsiais, ofcers | of internal revenue and State oJicials; wmgent appeals ior assistauce crowued iu irom pri we citizens, and it 800n became evident that ie Bec | Presence of the rea which merits serious consideration, tat im some portions of the South freedom of opinion 18 not tolerated, if that opiuton is expressed In opposition to te docirines which origmated the late rebellion. Indisputabie evidence — establisies the fact, Which is proven, too, by the experience of numerous sufferers, that an arined rebellion of regular organizauon &nd great Strength now exists iu parts of tuose states. The fre- quent reports by army oflicers of perfect reilabilily, made after mature ovservation and judgment, con+ clusively show that the ramitications of this org: ized body are extensive; that its system 1s arrang: ‘with great care and shrewdness; that tts persecu- tions extend tm the dark nours of the night and im cowardy disguise, to persons of age, sex anu condition who dare to @: com of conduct, aciion or speech whici disagrees with the political docirines of these marauders, ‘This boay of conspirators, constitued for the pur- pose of crushing out many of the tuherent liverties Of the defenceless peopie of those Staves, deites the law and spuras the authority of tue government, | and, so long as it Cxisis, so ioug will it be necessary | to aid the civit autuorities with the armed force of the nation in putting down this second revellion and in bringing iis leaders to speedy puuisumeat. NEW BUILDING FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. The atteniton of Congress has been repeatedly called 10 the necessity of Spproyeiations tor tne speedy erection of a substantial fireproof building for the War Department, and 1 cangot close this re- Port without agam alluding io the savject Tie rented build xeattered all over the , are remote from HY main ofMice and ridiculously un sale, Many tons of ty which the pubitc business: juires daily reference, are stored iu these buildings, Besides them historical in- tereat, these papers are of immense yaiue for the protection of the goverument a fraud, comprimng all the muster roils o! Feguiir ‘aud volunteer erent Sank, cor iL y records, rope: ‘ana, Infact, the ‘accumulated records of the depart- ment ior roy! years, and are acatiere:t here and there in such buildings 28 can be @ecured py rent irom private parties, and utterly unsuited to the purposes for wich tuey must Le used, very con. seca oh Ketone ak peop pre T upon the atte! Gree srere ats tesa as ion BW tiie records whose value cannot be told in Agures, CIVIL SERVIOR REFORM, Reflection on the mode of clerical ang Appointmencs sugwests the hope that & system may be devised by the civil service commission which may extend ite beneficial ree PT ot lh ae dno who. nave, Watch ith Interest the Work- hose who have watched wi ings q Jn Ici inner wassed. and business de ling attention delayed by the consiant occur under present laws and customs A judicious reiorm Womld soon exhibit the grest advantage of Prove WILLIAM W. BELKNAP, sooretary of War. j: Anos ie c those very drauusy Notat all; but in tie disregard | : the New Orleans Times, Nov. 23.) Having been anprised tnat there had been some | correspondence between Messrs. Townsend, Lyman & Co., bankers’ aad’ brokers, and Mr. Charles‘Clin- ton, United States Assistant Treasurer at this port, relative to the rejection by Custom House oflicers of slightly worn and imperfect United States coin, Weapphed to Mr. Clinton for information on the subject, when he kindly submitted to us the follow: ing:— New ORLEANS, Nov. 4, 1851. CHARLES CrinToN, Esq., Assistant Treasurer, United States, New Orleaus:— Dgae Sin—In our of cotn recently we hay' expe! great unnoyance by the retura to Ui from buyers of slightly worn coms, which, We are informed by the Custom House oficers, are rejected by them because of recent orders from you. Coins sligutly: discolored or covered more or less with Tust are rejected both by our banks and tne Custom House ior similar reasons, For so lony a titne these coins have been ipterch: without trouble that anew order of things calis for some ex; luuauon | from your office, in order to satisiy the business community, Coins punctured, shaye.! or otuerwise | mutilated nave been for years commonty rejected, | but. those to which we reier are pieces which, } through ordinary Wear and tear—caiural attri- Uon—have s.ightly lost th weignt. Tie rasty and discolored coins, we understuud, are rejected simply because they are such, without any clatm to | 1088 1n weight or value, More recentiy we have "ad Several coins returned to us periect in appearanc evidently little used since being issued, but sill cratined: to ce “short.” These we have examined carefuily, and are convinced that, if the weight is Wrong, 48 lt appears to be, the mint which issued | the coin is at fauit, In such a case, where the coin | bears no evidence of having been tampered wiih, aud is not worn, can the Treasury vepartment properly disown its own cnild? Again, Where appa- reully NO provision ts made for retirement of worn or discolored coius, or, rather, no effort made by the general government to reure such upon tirst appearance of Wear, ought the general government, througti its ury oilcers, to reiuse thei for dus of the gevernment stamp, and who may, 51x months | ago, have received them im tne same condition from j the government itselt? Piease throw some light | Upon this Matter and answer for us the many com. piaints made daily av our counter, and oblige, very respectfully your obedient servaats, TOWNSEND, LYMAN & CO, UNITED STaTEs TIEASURY, NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15, 1871. cara: TOWNSEND, LYMAN & Co., New Orieans, GENTLEMEN—I have received your letter of the 4th inst. in relation to recent rejections of light, this pore, for the alleged reason tnat this office de- | clines to receive such coin from them, As iL uas been Jor years aad still is the acknowledged custom of the communtity to reject com which has been niuiliated either by — punching. soldering, fing or sweating, your reicrence to such coin will need uo reply from me. In re- gard to genuine coms’ which have become light through ordimary wear in handllug, 1 would state that this office does not reject for “slight” loss as you seem to believe, unless the loss of irom one to three per cent on the iace value of the coin 1s cone sidered sight, Pieces which bear uo evidence of having been tampered with, and do not show a loss IM weight ol more than one per cent, are received as current, and this standacd wil exclude bat very Jew coins Wuich have not been reduced by some un- Jawiul means, such as (urning, fing or sweating. ‘The appearance of coin alter Huviug been submitted to the sweating process, being so very slmlar to Ulat oflegitimately worn coin, it becomes necessary to exclude such coin when it shall fail beiow a cer- tain standaid, therefore the weight test becomes an important one in determining the value o/ ali coin. As the law does not detine how much @ coin may lose in weight and sul be a legal tender tor the value expressed upon is face—which from tie mature of the case 13 a very dillicult proviem to solve, Masmuch a3 any speciiied wliowance might, and provabiy wouid, simulate unlawial practices in the debasement of new and full weight com, and as each Treasury oitice is in & measure Tesponsivie for its oWn transactions the avove luntt nas been fixed ag at ouce tne most just and eqult- anole of any that can ve estavlisued beiweea the government, its agents and those who hold its issues of com. In relauion to discolored and rusty coins, 1 would say taere can be no question as to the propriety and jusiice of rejecting them as un- merchantable, thus placing the expense of cleaa-° ius them ani of any 10s8 incident thereto upon tivge who have been the cause of such deiacement. dor imsiance, if, for the sake of satety, Unwed States cotn is buried and thereby becomes discol- ored by rust or corrosion, or, uf, for the suxe of de- basement, experiment or other reason, it Is ex- to the action o1 acids and thereby its appear- ed, 1 see no reason why the govern- Ment should at tts own expense Clean such coin. I cannos comcide Witt your suggestion taat some coins found to be considerably light, although ap- pareatly nos imu worn, were. tssued by the Mint that condition, and I tiink you have but to ac- quaint yourselves with the many effective means there used to detect even the slightest variation in the Weight of any single plece or box ol pieces io dispel aby such impressivn you may now have, By Jaw an allowauce of one-half grain (avout two cents) is made for variation in the issue of doubie eazies and eagles, and of one-quarter grain in the issue of half eagies, quarter eagles, three and one dollar pieces, and ] venture ibe assertion that never wiil a greater deviation Irom the standard weigit ne found Trusting 1 will appear to you that this ofice nas and wiil, as iar as it consistently can, adopt such measures as shall best serve the interests. of the goverument.and Uns community, aud at the same ume protect itself, 1 remain, yery respectiully, CHARLES. CLINTON, Assistant ‘Ireasurer United States, TREASURY DRPARTMENT, ut WASHINGTON, D. C., NOV. 21, 1871. Str—Yours of the 15th istant in reply to that of Messrs. Townsend, Lymun & Co., on the sudject of ibe. rejection, by you, of counterfeit, light and de- faced gold coin, is approved. With ard to coun. terfeit and such of the light and deiaced coin as owes its diminution or de.acement to filing, sweat- ing, or any other niegal practice, you correctly state {but there can be no question as to the.rigut or pro- ‘priety of the goverment to refuse to receive it. As w such of the light and detaced coln, however, as owes its diminution or defacement to natural wear duarmg the process of prolonged circulation, the question very properly arises whether or uot the sovernment 13 bound by any principle of law or justice to redeem it, regardiess of extent of abrasion or diminution. it 18 the practice, and, as far as I know, has always been, of the Uniteu States | Assistant Treasurer at New York city, through wiiose | oftice the bulk of Our coinage passes, to reject no coin, however light, if the diminution 1s the result of natural wear and use; in some ol the other iu.te- pendent Treasury offices a different practice has obtained, but bo general rule on the sunject has as yet been adopted and the preponderance oi the evidence ag to past practice seems to be in favor of that in vorue in the New York oilice. O/ late, how- ever, so much hight com nas mad appearance and been presented to our independent treasury otlicers, and the loss resulting trom its recuunage has been 80 great, while the practice of sweating anc that of filing and re-reechng the pectvhery, Lave been reduced to such a science as to aimost dety detection, that a different and general ruie seems to be demanded, both for the purpose of purtiying onr coin circulation and for the protection of the government, An investigation of the miat Jaws of almost ali the principal Powers of Europe wil dem- oustrate that they have by law fixed a limit, be- Yond which no aliowunce 1s made for natural avra- Sion, and 1caunot doubt vbat among some at least of these Powers the subject was iully considered with a view to the justice of the limit prescribed. both as to the government and the private citizen, Moreover, | believe Congress would long since have made @ similar provision if the suoject nad been properly brought vefore it. This I propose to do at its coming session, The intimation on tue part of Mess:s. Townsend, Lyman & Co, that some ol the coins in qaestion must have been light at the time of thetr comage, or that the mint at which they were coimed 1s responsivie for their light weight, 1s untenable, as the law provides ample and sufficient safeguards for tho specay deveciion and punisa- Ment of the coming aud issuing by officers of the Mint or any of its branches of any light pieces. Supposing, then, that ail the United states coluage is originally of standard vores may not the departmensv with eq' propriety prescribe regulations for its re ception and redemption, as it now does for the reception and redemption of its currency. It has jong since been a rnie to dednct a proportionate amount irom vadly mutiiated notes, and who ques- tions eliner the propriety or the right? These regu- tations are necessary boin for the maintenance of & clean and proper circulating medium and the provec- Mon of the government Against iraud and imposition, Were the department to redeein wil notes no matter how badly mutilated, it will readily be scen What Qn opportunity such @ practise would open for design persons to destrey whole notes, and present them in {ractional ts. So aiso if tne government will reeetve and redeem at their full ‘| Value, coins, no matter how light, even on account of natural wear, it would open @ way Jor deception and fraud by the sweating, and filing, and Te-reeding processes, which, a8 alreatly stated, oiten defy detection. ‘The rejection of light coins may for @ time ani in certain instances operate harably, and seemingly unjust; but a lar and general compliance with sach @ regulation would purily oar coin e:rculation and ge 16 10 the condl- Hon in waich it ought to be. If the several Assist- ant re and United States di tories no longer receive light com their sales will not contain any, and inasmuch as the Mint and its branches are not permitted to issue any all light pieces will soon find their way to the Mint for re Of course for ‘the present, and until a proper legal limit shall be es- tablished, you should be guided in your of anh Oe ieee ey. to the general public inter- ery respecttully, GEORGE'S. BOUTWELL, Secretary. CHARLES CLINTON, Esq. United Staves Assistant Treasurer, New Urieans, A SUDDEN DEATH. Yesterday morning James MoGrath, a man eixty- five years of age, who had long been in pos id ged left his home, 2634 Hamilyon street, for, arch, an tell to the pave at a later bey A pile sevaea es, ‘ “Ay os pired in rt ‘The remai: was notified to hold an in wife and deughicr of deveaped Were With wile tune of bis corner of O11 ns Rr umieraay ae, Gok ea eas | \ ties {rom tne people, who are holders upon the fa th | rusty and discolored coin by the cusioms oficers of | jm atthe His First Sabbath Common Jail. How the Day Was Passsd—Friends and Sympe- thizers in Number—The Mis:ionaries end the Magician—The Frightensd Wardens. t ry “tt The gloomy, nasty weather of yesterday might naturally be supposed to have exerted a most de- pressing influence on those coutined within the Iumits of a jail, and more especially so to one whio, but a few days since, en oved most luxesious sar. Toundings in a home fitted with everything that wealth could procure and taste and comfort sng- gest. Such a one 1s the late Comptroller Connoliy, who enjoyed yesterday his first Sunday behind the. barsofa common jail. Yet he was not, by any means, inordinately gloomy. He rose early; and. after the ordinary morning daties he read the daily: papers, enjoying meanwhile a flagrant Havana, until nine o'clock, at which time he took breakfase. | He ate sparingly. and immediately tacreafcer’be ; Adjourned to ihe Court yard and parteok ‘of A “CONSTITUTIONAL! WALK for some ten or iiiteen m.nutes. From this ume ‘unttl late im the evening he was oceuptei in recelv- ing the visits of his friends and relatives. Shortly after noon a James Kite, who sume forty years ago was & compagnon de voyage with alr. Connolly from Ireland to this country, called and patd hia respects, Thus it went on uutil dinuer time, when the tlustrious captive eat a hearty meal. THE QUESTION OF BALL : was discussed by those who waite:t on Mr. Cone nolly; but whether any aetinite arrangement was made did not transpire, In tne afternoon several of the leaders of the rising party in the persons or Alderman Van Shanick, ‘Judge Barrett, Sevator O’Brien, W. H. Wickham and others arrived and had @ consultation with the prisoner of ,some fifteen minutes’ duration. Shortly before four o'clock the kecpers heard 4 voice exclaiming “Well, good-by; cheer uy,” and ay they were sare it was Mr, Connolly's voice, the iea of His ESCAPE FROM THE SAIL immediately fasued through their minds, or three sprang toward the room door, and there they found the jolly-faccd Edward A. Moore, the “ola stager,”’ a irm iriend oi tue captive Connolly, and the possessor o. a voice aud style of speed very much like bim. ‘The keepers laughed at tuemselves, but said ROPRInE. Shortly aver this occurrence the internal gong bell sounced with a double bang. Depuy Warden Gardner grasped the massive key, rattied ft agalast the tron door, then, with @ mus- ular twist, shot the bolt ratuing back im the leck and opened the door a short \ustance, A massive mustache appeared at the entrance. Gardner's Mustache was outdone. He stazgered back, and immediately tue stately form of Captain Jack Dolan entered tie portals of tue prison, and, after the usual formanues, was ushered mto the room occupied by the friend to sympathize with whom. ‘ne had calicd, ’ RELIGIOUS SERVICES were to have been held by some eaterprising mem- bers of the Youns Mea's Chrisuian Association tor the benefit of the prisoners at large, but for some Teason unknown they did net fulfill their engage-. ment, and the time allotted ior services was o¢cn- pee by Mr. Willis, who was incarcerated for sat- empting to break an engugemeut at the Olympic theatre. Mr. Willis warbied itke a bird, grunted like a pig, barked ke a dog and performed tricks of legerdemein which woul baie and astonish many of the oll theatre-goers and wizards who have astonished the people hereavouts. The poor prisoners enjoyed his services as well, 1f not’ det- ter, than they would those of the Young Men’s Christian Associauon missionaries, anv applauded him to the echo, ‘ To return to the case of Mr. Connolly, there is really nothing new that can be suid of it. He ap- peared las? cvening to be guite cheeriul, yew ne anxiously awaits the resnis of his counsel’s' trip ta Aloany for the purpose of secariug a diminuwon in the amount of bail. RUNNING NOTES—POLITICAL AND GENERAL. The National Bear Garden opens to-day. The Land Grabbing Legion will meet in the ro tunda of the Capitol at Washington at noon. Gentlemen interested in the defeat of the Clvit Rights Reform bri wit! meet in the lobby of the House of Representatives to-morrow. The Cundurango Committee will hold a special meeting at the State Department ag scon as the con- tents of the President's Message are ascertained. 5 All lobbyists, wirepuliers, butiouholers, ¢laim cracksmen, jobbers and Camarilia agents in Wash-' ington are expected to be well supplied with mate- rial this winter, Jt will be a long session, The presence of Lores will not be desirable at the White House te f H Clerks of Congressional committees with sive, trouble by having programmes of fees ready for Jobmongers upon application. No case of negro-mancy, luke that of Bowen’s, we, believe, 18 to come before Congress this winter, It will be a matter o! ledger-de-main, provaviy, wilh’ members ail throush the session, The Raleigh (N, C.) Ara says general amnesty, shvuld be granted (his winter, So be ti Is not the Baltimore American a little too candi when It says John Quincy Adams ‘1s celebrated fol his name, and for not much eige except a proclivity towards long-winded letters on political topics,” The Mobile Heyrster 1s gevting up a vew edition of the Book Of Proverbs, Here is a samyple:— Blessed is the woman who compoundeth a pud-| ding in silence, for she 18 more to be envied, thanshe who maketh a tari reply. Some oid Conicds, says tue Mobile Register, who ‘Visited the St, Charles, im “New Orleans, the other night, to see “Richelieu,” were told that the princl- Pal actor was Forrest; but they could not. be seld— they said they had served under Forrest and knew bewter, In announcing tat it would observe Thanksgiving Day by suspending publication, the Macon (Ga. Telegraph comiorts its readers in tue following Job-’ like style:— i Let us maintain a cheerful composure and grate- ful hearts that affairs are no worse with ‘us than they are. Some cid grumpier will ask, how could they be worse; Stut up, you old Lurk, and we will tell you. Ii you were im one ol those Northwestern States—with your shops, milis, house, furniture,’ clothing, provisions, all. burned up—uait of your family destroyed, and you with your hair singed, ofi—your right arm burned toacrisp—your back m a blister, and lying on the snow without blankets ana the mercury thirty degrees below zero, you woula be in a worse condition than you are now. The Georgia democrats hold their convention for nominating a candidate for Governor on Wednesday, December 6, General Wofford, Speaker J. Milton’ Smith and Colonel Herbert Fielder are among those mentioned for the nomination, The Albany Journal (Pepublican) says Senator An , thony, editor of tne Providence Journal, is spoken of fg the repubican candidate for Vice President. An- thony says he has another vice in his eyo and his name is Colfax. A Boston paper has dwcovered that there 1s but little difference between John 0, Caihoun’s ‘‘mas- terly mactivityisis” and Frank Blair's ‘passive’ pouiticians. } “A. H.S.,” in the Atlanta Sun, invites attention to an article comed irom the Charleston courier. “although 1t 1s a long one." it is a fortunate sign when Mr, A. H. 8, excuses the length of newspaper, articles. ) An English paper refers to the grizzly bears of. the Alleghany Mountatns, ‘That, story wil bardly bear scrutiny tis side of the Alleghantes. . Mr, Brown docs not déclitie s re-election as Mayor Of Salem, Massachusetts. 1t was only @ canard of the Boston Journa!, Theretore let the men of the land of witchorait “stick to Brown.” nee DESPERATE SALOON AFFRAY. About five o'clock in Newark yesterday Nicholas Holzer, keeper ofa saloon at 218 Springfield ave- nue, became involved in @ quarrel with John Stra- ser, a neighbor, which resulted in tho former dread- folly beating the jatter and aicking him ima dan- rous part of thé body, 40 that he is now confined Bi eta a wns its atin ae ari iy 0-day, wane 1s implicated. ADVANCE Iw Rattwar Frerants.—The Now York and Hudson River, Pennsylvania Central and Ei oly sya net a sorte bad Ln nections, - pied 16 followin arg Imoreased rates for freight for all Clase OF mer oe a New York, Boston and Philadeiphia Cleveland, Ohic,., 660, perowt Old rate, 200, To Vorum! Onto... le, Der owt. Old rate, 230, To Cincinnati, Oni, . percwt, Ola rate, 280. To Loutaville, Ky. 114 percwt. Old rate, 8c. R Nashville, Tenn,, 1 15 cwt, Uld rate, Shc. Bt. aah MO..... 1 20 perewt. Old rate, 40c. To Chicago, Iits...... 1 00 CWh Old Tate, 300