The New York Herald Newspaper, December 5, 1871, Page 8

ME INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. CONTINUED FROM FIFTH PAGE @fhew wou'd release from Indian ocoupancy #5.692,781 acres @f lan} and throw lt open to whive seatiement and cultivar Ton, This gathering together oF all tbe out yiag trives int) « ativey ema teiriory is the problem now befo-e 1s, ‘Oper solution of it mi 2 ‘measure, deci Wee eo unas race, If thes can, be Erowzht to realfte thelr conditi nm as we see It, they will recognize the fact that if ‘do not xpeediiy mocept the friendly Ofices of the govern and cnceayor in good faith to work out their part of the policy ne dificulties mad dan) of their past and resent concivion will be incressed by the increastug demand lands pow oceuplel \y them es bunting as and reservations made by out rapidly grow! Many of the tribes recoculze the comdition co pels the conclusions and sugyestions Deretn made, and are willing to co-operate cheer! uiy an the wm asiros set on foot in their veh With a Judicious man: f nee of treaty sitpuiat the pianof yauseine ainine trices into 2 smaliey aren can be successfully accom] Accordingly he earnestly recomments that the tory be organized under a Territorial cevernment, with the evn:t tution adopted oy a council of the Indian nations of She Territory in Ocmulsee, in December last. Daring the year a number of citizens of the United States Moved upon tue lands of the Indiau Territory adjacent to ot the Kansas Doundary, evidest'y for (he purpose of effecting ‘hey erected improve- trespasses yave ® permanent settlement thereo yornts and began to vil ihe soll ood uneasiness to the owners ot the lands, wao nacurally Inierred that they were bus the begimuing of an organ zed Movement to deprive them of ir Territory. poe deiny informed of this condition of things’ the Tetary issued @ proclamation to tue trespassers, orJering Gem 19 wathdrew at once from she Terrliory, aud notliying them that unless they did so promplly ‘orcs would be & secure their ry removal. Tuis #vems to have been geo- erally eifective, and hntfow of the trespassers remain, ‘Tres. pasnes of another characier are siti being however, ‘upon these lands by c.tizens of Kaneas, and m tual 13 being cut dowa aad carned away. The effort of the de; ‘Will be to prevent these spoltations in the fucure, a8 they do inuch to render, the Indians asto the tenure it the good faith of the govern: ment towards them is seriously dor the snsious for an enlarged, grant of ety Tying adjacent to thet roady wwich ‘are ein the, Territory, bond s qi careful atieuton of Congress, and ‘9 full cousideration of the rights of the Indians, as guaran- of the government, not only to deal 5 them, Pic secures as far an possible, thelr eaucdilon, cvilisatios ‘anc genera! prosperity. ‘The massacre pt Camp Grant, in Arizo; rences preceding and subsequent to tbat tory, have corabined to prodiuc> a, general fecling of it was represented LOLS (11 the *t sume mer tbat Cochise, the Apache’ oaiete wea pgre§ eiliog to ese bie de na, and would use bisinfiuence witn his poopie te ‘and other occur. fair io that Terri nosiiity: them upon @ reservotion if they cou! be oy to such reservation or while remaicin yt Tee hey rie ind me ja maki ench offers, Ligp. Vimcect Co-yer, Secretar of the Poard of Tadian Commissioners was directed to visit the Territory of Arizona, anu to offer Cochise the protection of the government, while be should enJeavor to bring bis peovle upon a reservation. Air. Colyer set aside throe tem- porary reservations tor the purpose ‘pro: jarean, mm the reservati live thereon iy protection of the government, ni 'f they do not do so, and evinoe any disposition to renew goer redations, will be Lorie of punished. The lasiao agents have been instru: to acquaint the cians with the cesizns of the zovernment conceraig them. it 1s sincerely hoped that these efforts wi ve successful in the early accomptishment of the purpose der:gned. It isa subject of profound regret that 80 great micunderstanding of ‘he ‘emper and dspogs.ton of the Indians in Arizona should exist, and it {s oped that both the Indians and the white set- tiers will so act jn (uture as so give ue ground for complaint, ‘ue Flatheads and Jend d’Urcilies are to be removed from their location in Bitter Root Valley, Montana, to the general Yeservation at Jocko Lake, after paying them’ for thelr im- provements, This will open up the valuable lands in the Wier Koot Valley ta white settiement. W ith reference to the proposition to sel! portions of reser. ‘vations which contain more land than the Indians need and epply the proceeds to improvemen‘s it has Boenasceriained tbat whose reservation contains 25,000 acres, have, by petition expressed a wish to sell 6000; the Otices end hissouris, whose reservation contain 160,000, have ex- Pressed a cesire to acl! about W000 acres, ur the western half i tt, and the Pawnees, whose reservation contains 28%,000 exes, would sell 50,000 acrea, but tue location of the part to be dispores ot has not yet been determined, PUBLIC LANDS, From the of the Commissioner of the General Land Olice it appeara that during.the fisea! year ending Juve 3), the trameactious of that branch otf the public service were as f0::0ws :— tue Apaches that ii they wii enter a Acres. Disposal of pablic lands for cash....-.-. sees 1,989,932.87 By miltary dounty laud warrant locations under” ‘acts of 1847, I ‘1852 and 1455. ~ 25,990.09 iy homes tri de ‘amesdmeni By acricultars By approvais to railroads 3y approvals to wagon rouda. By approvals to States as awarap iands ‘?wamp land tndemnity.... a By Chippewa and Sioux indian Making a total of .. Siidbaetebed ‘Thie statement shows an iDereased di ‘With the precessinz year, of 2,511,879.08 acres, yoo ‘The cash receipts during the past fiscal fees ase ‘to local officers, &c., amount to oi0,008 wires’ whichs wis the area a\teady survcTed ‘over 22,016,608 a-res, which, wi area al ‘surre' make an ‘Of 550,899,089 acres, leaviug an estimat ‘area yet to ve earveyed equal to 1,264,119,381 acres. In ad- dition to this the eagtern boundary tine of Nevada has been eompleted and veribed in the field by astronomical obecrea- ons and determinations, and @ contract bas since been en- tered into fcr the survey’ of the Utab-Idaho boundary line, which surrey i now being uted, ‘The estimates aubmitted by the Commissioner for the astronomical surveys of boundaries bet and Territories are recommended to the favorable ation of Congress, In view of their importance as coutrolling questions of juriaiiction and title. ‘The Commussto contains a very full repart synopais of fhe lawe governing ‘ue adjustment of privats land claims ta 4 ‘Calfforni cial attention ie {nvited to that part of the report malat- oye sin ine Terpuories of New Mexico, tug to private land ci Arizona and Colorado, setiing forsh the necessity for further ims. conse- legis!ation in she goed to such Increase’) vatue of ignds ia deme Terrterion, , Ne upon the extension Tailroa raph ac: settlers, and it 15 ter of the greatest importance to tbalf ma! fature prosperity that the year, under various rivate lands should be separated from the puulic comatn xt the earliest possible period, to ag compligh Which result existing Jeglslatfon ts Ly mn made by the ‘The Secretary jolos in the recommen Commissioner for the appojatment of a commission similar to that created by the act of 34 March, 1891, for the adjust- ‘ment of tities of the same kind in California, and tur the enactment of a slatute explanatory of the inient of Congress as lo whether the provialons of the second section of tue act of March 3, 1859 (United States Statutes, vol. 1 5 Felating to the issuing of patente, applies only to claima con- firmed by said act, of also to claitps the tities to which were gonfirmed by previous act, but wiich eontained no provision for the tasuing of pabeots law, as now administered, ts no longer provisions of the homestead act da complete unification of the law of seitiement rights is recounmonded, It is sng: tht acrcultural college scrip be by legisiation asslanl mublary land warrants to the extent that they may be re- omestead entries, and that lute war Cor the 1ull term of n® war, by deducting the same years required by law to « pervect bome- ‘stead. also regowameuda the conirmation of all entries iy ‘made under the graauation acis of Au- £244 18H chow repealed), a9 tar an tae tand may be sho bave been uctualiy seflleJ upon or substantially improve by the original purchasers, or their ansiznees, to the end that this class of anomalous eniries may be inally disposed 1d to ceivable in commutation of service rendered by thera in t from the terin of De The ne under the mining statate of 1863 and sub- sequent amendmenis have shown a steady increase in the ‘work of this important branch of the serrice. Owing, how- measure, to the diliculues which gfe en. c.nitered iu properly notifying the parvies ioverested in ary wine for which an application for patent las beem made, She work bus been somewhat retarded, Therecore the Secre: tary concirs in the recommendation of the Commissiouer that, 10 order to properly notify all parties whose satercats may be alected by an application for tne exact. ground ii to be patente, a eurvey of the claim shoud be first io, and ‘ihe required notice be thereatter gives for the yreacribed vy law, ab that at the expiravion of waid fariligr salverse fling be received. VATENTS. There were fled in the Patent Oilice daring the year end- Hy 871, 10.424 applications for patents tn. ‘abd designs; 3,54 caveats, and 161 applic 6 extension of patents, Twelve thousand ning hundred and'ofiy patems, \neluding reraten and design Mi exten ted; bid applications for trade: ‘the fees 7 amouat to HP7LE83, and the expeus a $960,041, Itaving a surplus eautares, Fs ime no @xuures for the aaure v eculpts over €x) ace The apprepriation nest fiscal year strat ¥ ef 664 Widows of folliers in the Keyolutionary war, a ce- wety-threc since. the last auual TeLort. Porty- arried prior io January 1, 1600, and UBb Were mat. went to ‘that Sate. ere on the rolie the names of 1.214 widows and enl- dren of soldiers who odin the wars subsequent to the es Lear | that of the rebellion, 1g seventy- two jens he pr ing year. Daring. the past seal “sear there were examinot! dowed 1807 original 8 for invalid pe rr ier, at et 9 applica aed “gale yearly rate of #170. ‘igibal pensions to widows, orphans and depend egof noldiers were ali aa rr nonl rate of $1,116,155, and 1 #16 a merease cf &. ns1on8 §YX06,7%6. On iho uth day of June, 1871, there were on the ro! 691,20) tovalld military pemuoners, whose pensions Snotaily aggregated; @8,141;,3h, and. 113,408. witows, or- 4 depensent relatives of soldiers, whose yearly mounted 0 $14,.12,991, making ao eggredace of GIS army pensiovers, aunust rate of $2104.87. “The who'e winount pald during the isi tiscal ZlAL Wo lovatnt mittary peasiouers was, #19.304,680,, and to juows, orphans and depenient relatt 920, 182, mance a grand total of 2,492,990, which incluaes th peers of disbursement. Hince she pastage of the act of February 14, 1871, eranting pension tot tera of the war of 1812, and to their widows, 727 claime tor veneion thereunder hare been al: Jowed, at a voval anoual rate of 467,79. There has been pald during the inst iieal yoar Lo peusionera oi thls claas W200 Onving the plica Hons for invalid hary pensions, at al aDuual rate of wil,Bo4; aiziy-reven applications of the saree class for ons, at ef annnal ageregate 995 5 4 feations of widows, erphans and’ ae those who diet im the ame year there wore aimiited 127 new saand rate of * agere- ene of ‘and 1,673 widows, orplapa and dependent Friatives, al an aggregate annual’ rate of $207,602, making Che number ef auch pensioners, 203, a: « total annual rate of total amount paid durmy eald year lo navy, hovallds was ® hans and de and to widows, ‘orp! pendent relatives $201, total amount of $681,387, The number of pensions of all cl vear was 17,60. Durin, lasses gravted during the pact Re the same period there saewand bald antag Eau fons tor pecatons of si cares, 10" Being $8.00 61 fy excons of the amoust ere: year, ones fw chiedy owing to the operation of ecding year. Thia the sctof July 5 i840, making payable quegterly> whereby the Whole Amount of pensions poeruing between NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. new cost bat little more than open cuts, The total vice admiral, next value that belongs to m0 other’ Sareh 4 THM, and June 4.1871, became éue and payable THE NA VTYT cost of such @ work to this counity is liberally the Hest of the service cunt alsee Tenino ‘They not wone jurawh Us with » ‘There were land warrants issned daring the 2 estimated ab $95,000,000, wiuch, adding twenty at this time, ‘The number of officers the condiston of art in thelr masons ‘acres—an excess 0° 640 over the aumber five per cent contingencies, ‘makes @ wtal of ‘Cf Saie grade ioAzed by law os twenty-five. As oUF andi ney soeene EE mes | pnieht thousand atne ‘bundred and Persons avafiea | - XPEDITION TOWARD THE NORTH a a yaery Fequired a one eositee tls eenamene of exchange and arepaning Retnane ye Si 15, proving Graiiica tnbesniaypurnce or | ANNUAL Report of Secretary | , ,By the ninth section of an act avproved Jhly 12 | io the emicteacy of the service and for tne dignity, lization in witering of mouuying se ‘and apparatus for ‘aon therefor, of whom 7,7? preferred the latter. There are now on file, unadjusted, 83,183 claims for invalid hana and depeni- the ath ultimo urviv. ‘war of 1812 had been received and 7,101 claiina of widows of auch soi liers, Makiog a towl of E106 applications of this class, 7,871 of which have besn al of, Toe Commissioner estimates the umber of those now living who are entitle/ to the bene- fite of said act to 3 thelr averaye age seventy-nine i thelr average duration of life less than six years; and ‘the amount that whi be required 1o pay, during the life of the ae es are 63, api a“ pie make a “s che for pen to the porto | ofioers of the nat ‘acta i subsequentiy to that ‘service, their ranks haying been create: vice admuira}, res acmiral, commodore, ensicn and secretary to ‘of 1862, viz, :—Admiral ecom cended that the , orphens and dependent ‘provision. ATION, ‘may be noted :— ‘nuaral, the workings of the Bureau fog ihe Muvuraiion of a ayaten of direct exchange of documen's and iaformation w.th foreign Ministers of Pubic 5 its by the Commissioner to the whols educe- tonal fleld in this country, especially Jn the South anton the Packie coast, for the purpose of personally acquainting bm. se with proiiuent educators and tae demands of ihe work W be done. Tri-c—A great variety of orginal investigation, respecting anaze, pauperism, crime, iusanity, &c., im ineir reiations to educalion. ’AThe papers accompanying the repors of the Com meteor comet ap absiract of State and city reports for the whole Union; @ r/-wm. of the progress of education in Europe Asia and Afrion a rroat number of statistical tavles Tespecting paviic sygiens of mt 1 pro- feanional schoo.s ab other. inatitutions, and original articles on various educational subjects by unn acknowledged authorities ‘The hi abown by those Many interesting and valuable tmprovements ia Classification and arranzement over any preceding report, and the con \itiou of the general work of the Uensus Bureau {9.20 well advavoed that the full reports of the census wii be given to the pablic at's much eariver day than ever befors, are for @ general and complete revision of the Consus law, based oa facie and consid-ratioas sented by the Suparintendsat from the work of compiling the last oeusus. @ROLOGIOAL SURVEY. In with the act of the tnird session of the Congress making priations for the contina- ation of the geological survey of the Lerrituries of the United tates, under the direction of thiw Department, Protessor Hayden was nareye Chief ist. He was fi ‘to alrect bis a:tenuon to the little kaown but interesting re- about the source of the Yellowstone and Missouri up of mountains, canyons, fails, bot shy ig geysers, with t remarkable on, A Carecni topographical and pictorial chart, with soundings of the lake which forma tLe sources of the Yellow- stone was made, Numerous maps, charts, s<etchea, photo- graphs, xc., of the entire route explored were obtained, and are now In ion of the department. The geologist was attention tothe economical re- Ponsess! also instructed to direct hit miveral, zooiozical and botanical est, was secured. The continuance of this ayatem of geo.ozical eur- Veys {8 recowmended, BAILWAYTs. The subscriptions to the stock of the Union Pacific Rat'road Company amount to $36,753,00, of which 24,763,300 has been Ra The receipts irom the transporiation of passen- 07%, eget and miscellaneous sources, for the year ending func 30, Ts71, were #7,862,015. The extiye cost of the road.to said date (unadjusted balances with contractors not in- cluded) was, including dxtures, $112,7,3,618. The mdebied- ness of the company amount ai the time above mentiones, to 474,663,512, of which $27,235,012 ia due to the Uniel Stock of the Central Pacific Railfoai Company to the amount of $69,644,000 has been subscrine |, ant $04,233,190 Pais, Tho recempts fram transportation of’ passages aad ireight for the year ending June, L971, were $7,398,3:7, and the expeuses D,2éd, leaving net’ earninzs to the amount of $3,580,06). "At the close of anid year the indebted- ompany amounted to 971,430,751, ef wilch 1,851,000 was to the United States. Ths Westera Paciic, ¢ California and Oregon, the San Francieco and Uakiand, and the Bas Francisco and Alameda Rallroad Companies have been consolida‘ed wit the Central Pacitio, as shown by its last annual revort, ji The stock subscription of the Central Branch Union Pacific Railway Je 81,000,00), of which $980,500 bas beea paid. Tue Teoeipts for traasvortation of passengers (or the year ending Sane 30, 18:1, were $07,071. and (or frctzht $18i,635. The ox. ses on account of the road and fixtures have been 700, und the indebtedness of the company (exclusiva 1,60,000, and the government ioan, $1,600,000) ts 2205,078, the z7th ultimo the department Tecetved a map of ‘the continuauon of tae road from Fort Riley to a junction with the Union Pac.fic Railroad at the one hundréuta meridian of lonzitude west (rom Greenwica, < of the Kansca Pacis Railway company tosthe amount of $8,972,5.0 bas been sabscrived and paid in. The Tecenpte for tue transportation of passencers, frelght, &c. 0 of the Kansas River to Denver, Col, of 68% miles. It was regularly opensd for the Ist of Sepiember, 151, and since been in operation in connection with as the Denver Pacific Raflroad (103 miles), to Cheyenne, Wyoming, on the Union Pactiic Rat'road. The to'al funded oe pei teers pinnae ee) amount to 3,5¢, maxing a Lota of $29,194,604, oi ich so ob0 ie atte to tae Unite 1 Staves. The amount of stock of the Rioux City and Pacific Rat!- road Company subscribed ws €4,47%,500, of which $1,791.40) has been ‘The receipts from the transportation of pas- tea: 75, rel &c., fortue Cs cpeirig Bd erg 30, Is7L, wero 288, and the expenses during period were le thenet earnings bei: Feng’ my that ported ware S36 88, the ft have recent! purchased uf the orporatios which bas munteation ‘all other irprovemi and Missouri Valley Railrond, where it connects with this com: ‘with the Union Pacific Railroad, has Ofty-one miles northwest of by sald Sioux City and Pactic been surveyed and explored, Of ‘work hus beon on that portion of h the aifferent ‘Compasy. This line was ‘open North- Nebraska an business tor the last wamed com- Bay, the intention being to consolidate the two tines by A page At the close of the Iact fiscal year, Jane 30, 1867, the amount Of subscribed stoce of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com- ‘was 5,224,000, and the amonut actuaily paid in oi Bh ts of last annual report of the this passes.orer the Joxquia Valley, The cost of The amount received for 1 trans, ion assengers is § ay That ‘received for the "transportation of freight. 1s 14d 444. on account of ths ‘and fixtures are $222,4:7. The principal of the company’s Indebte.iness on acconnt of their bouds issued $n $480,000, and op account of the assumption of the bonded Indebtedness of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company, $740,004, possession having been taken of the late ter company's road, &e., on the 13:h of Uc lh Wwe been com; ane ry yor The secoad, Mira and fourth ‘sections, of twenty miles each, of the Oregon and California Kallroad were accepted on the 28th February last. This portion, with the section pre. viously ted, makes @ length of ifav already reported Upon and accepted of eighty miles, ranning trom. Bast Port. land, Multnoma county, Oregon, to abvut hal! a mile beyond the st Jon of the city of Albany, rock of the Northern Pacitic Railroad Company to the amount of B10), has , of which 600 a. "Tue expenses OF tu bas been paid. The expenses of the company to 1S7i, were as (ollows:--Sarveys, 479,600; consirae- 083,815; rolling stock, $89,034; general’ expen: ‘The indebtedness of the compa: 996, follows:—First mortgage bonds issue rial in from is OW; bi! yayable for mate! 3 gue cbpiractora, AIT 746; total, Ba the Minnesota division, itth instant, then locaied and completed, veginniag junction with the Lake Superior and Mississ:pp! ro the Dalies of the St Louis River, in Cariion count, running in a nearly westward course to Sandy River ina general southwesterly direction to the crossing of the asissippl River, at Brainard, in Crow Wing eouuty ¢ thence arly westward course to the crossing of Crow Wing River; thence ina general northwesterly course to the cross: Ing of the Bultalo River, 12, Clay county, and thence in 8 Rearly ‘westeriy course’ to the Red’ River, a tow Riles’ from "Georgetown, Min of, 234 mites. ‘Three nes. bave been Dakota, The one extending from the ‘point 163, filed im ‘this ‘de- tins 80 tite ows the sursered im where the forty. seventh parallel of latitude crosses the Red River and thence io a general westerly direction to the mouth of Heart River, been adopted as the line of location, and has ontract, The work on ft Las been vigorously coutractora binasng themselves to ha eo Ho» completed to the Missoan by the Ist of July next, A reltminary ling has also been run irom tue mouth of Heart point to Bozeman's Pass; end from thence revere! linss have been run, testing the various passes of the Rocky Mountains, through to the Coinm- bia River. On the Pacific coast tines have beer rua testing &1 the passes throug the Cascade rangs between the Coum- bia River ani the boundary line, The line from Puget’s Bound bas been located, following the val Co.ambia River frown Portiand to Kalama crossi 84 Gat point; theace following the val. of the Cowiltz Kiver to the mouth of the Skookumohuck iver, Washington Territory. From thence several lines bave pear on both the stern ana weatern tes of pon the lines as located the work of eunstruetion een commenced, and twenty-five miica will becompleted ja operation by the Ast of January next, ae required by ¢ company's charter. ‘The Mi url, Kansas and Texas Pacific Rafiway Com; y formerly Union Jaciio failroad Com southera branch), having been authorized ta extend thelr fine through the Indian Te ory, the vice president thereof repo: an der date of the 1th instant, that the extension of the road had been completed, and was then to operation from the fouthern bounvary line of Kansas to the Arkansas River, about ninety miles, He states that the piesa for she brid over salariver are all built, and tot it will be finished by the end of the present month. 4 ig graded from the Ar the Canadian mites Te is ‘The roa: grades River, a distance of furtyturee deinitely located to Red River, anu.the com: ny intend to bare it in ronuinz order to that polnt by the ist or July next, at whieh time the Texas Ceuiral Company ‘omige 10 have their road constructed to the same poiot, Whon the counestion Is tuade there will be one contiguous line of rail from New York city to Galvestoa, ‘The mitial int of this road is at Junction City, Ki: Fort ttiey, and 1 runs theace dows River vo ke sontnerm line of the ae ve stated. ‘THE CAPITOL, The report of the architect furnishes detal!s of varfous im Provementy avd repairs made upon the Capliyi extens.oa during the p’ pi THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OVTIER, ‘The extensi: Governinent Printing Ufice building, ‘an act of Cone and is pow ot the located on North Capitol street, authorized b Brews approved March & Isi1, hae been oveupie INEVOLENT INSTITUTION ‘Tho report reters to the condition of 1 District of Columb! ‘com inatitutions fn the ital for the Insans he Horpital for and Lyivg-in Asylum at and Reform Schoo}, and closes with some remarks concern. ing the Metropolitam Police force of the district agi ferri- torial Penitentiar! -s. id Dumb, the jail Reverend Father Able, Louisvilie, Ky., 18 eighty ears old, and is still in toe enjoyment of | heaith. He ts the odes: priest in the diocese, hav- {jog served jn the cause for @ity-two years, Robeson. Operations of the Department i for 1871, Navy DErarrvenr, WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 1871. Srr—! respectfully submit the following report of the Navy Department and the haval service for the past year:— ‘The Navy of the United States now consists of 179 » ships of all classes aad im all conditions, These are calculated to carry, when in comunission for service, 1,89 guns, exclasive of howitzers and small carro- nades, Since the date of the last report the news of the loss of the Saginaw, on the 29tn day of October, 1870, at Ocean Island, in the Pacific, was received at tne Department, and in May last the tug Primrose ‘Was sold at the Navy Yard tn tis city. Of the 170 ships rematning oa ths navy Ist twenty-nine are sailing ships and the remainder sidewheel steamers, or sailing ve2sela with auxiliary screvs; fifty-tnres of them, armed with 61 guns, aro im service, attached to the various flecta gad stations as regu- lar crhisers, despatch boats, hospital, store, receiv- ing and practice snips. These, with the tugs ana sinall versels in use at the various navy yards and Stations, make theforce in commussion for all the purposes of naval service. Of the remainder, six are nearly ready for sea, and will jola the various squadrons a3 80un .as their crews can be enustel] and orgauized; fifty-two are monitors, only one of which 18 now in commission, the valance being iaid up at the various stations, bat principally at League Island, where, in the fresh water of the Delaware, their tron bottoms deteriorate with far less rapidity than inthe salt waver of the other atations; seveateen are under re- pair at tae Various yards; toirieen are on the stocks, never having veen completed and launched, and tae balauce of taoze Wise DAWES Bre On the List are laid ‘uy in ordinary, ‘O: toese iasi a very large proportion, including, a3 -@ general proposition, almost all tuvse built of un- sSeasvged White Oak, are anilt ior use, and cannos ve repaired with advantage, THE ORUISING STATIONS, The limits anu duues assigucd co the various cruising s.ations have not beea cuanyged since my Jas: report, Bau the Daval force eiven to each has not 0ecn imaierialiy Ciauged. Tue vesseis actually iu commission on g0me of tile stations are less 1n number tnau formerly; but tits deciease is rather @pparent than real, for in ali si all there Nas pecan au actual increase of tue active force, This has beeu done by pucting out of commission tne uo- W.eldy iron-ciads, waich could ouly lie inactive in barvor or were towed slowiy and at great expense frow poct to port, aud savscitutiug for tem, as (ar as tue Departuseat Bas becn uvie, simall and active cruisers, conuaually & targer extent of craising ground and visit more irequeuatly the ports assigaed to eaca sta- on, and generaliy to reader mure eifective service in every ucpartmeat of pavuc aiairs where the pre- seuce ani aid of the avy are necessary, Wilhout gceater expeuse Of wen wa. money. ‘Khe force on the North Atiantic station is still un- der comuaud of Rear Admiral s. P. Lee, wno held that position at fue maxing of the last report = ‘The force on this Siation consists of the Severn, tac Swatura, tie Nagcasket, the Nipsic, the Kansas, the Pawnee, the lerior, with tue Worcester and Canaa- aig ua just fitted Lor the station, and the Shawmut now ou duly there, but ultimately destined for tue South Attantic—in ail tea ships, monating seveniy gans, all active cruisers, except tie Terror, which 18 40 iroa-ciad of the Monitor class. ibe Soutu Atlantic station remains, as at the date of tue last report, under command of Rear Admiral Laumau, with @ feet cousisting of the Lancaster Hagsnip}, tae ‘ficonderoga and the Wasp, wiin tho yomibg already dtted tor the station—four ships, mounting torty guna, besides the Shawmut de- tained ior the preseuson duty on the Norta Auantic ‘Buation. ‘ne feet on the Pacific station, still commanded by Kear Admiral Jonu A. Wiasiow, consists of the Cillforma, the Peasacola, tae Narragansets, tie Saranac, the Mohican, the Resaca, tiie Ossipee, the Ouward and tue St, Mary’s—in all nine snips, mountiag ninety-nine guns, and divided into two squadrons, viz, the Norto Pacific aud the Souta Paciic, commanded respectively by Commodore f N. Svembel and Commodore David MoDougal. ‘Toe European station Admirai Cuaries 8. snips Delonging to this feet are the Brooklyn, the ‘lymouth, the Guerriere, the Wacnusett, the She- Dauadoan, the Juataia aod thes Wabash, with tue Congress avout to sail—in all elgat sdips, with 139 us, = Ou the Astatic station, of which Rear Admiral Jona Rodgers 1s stiit tae commandant, we have the Cotvrado, the Benicta, the Alaska, the Asouelot, the Monocacy, the Jdano aud the Palos, wich the Saco, now ou ner way through the Suez Canal, and the Jroquow, under orders io join the sguadron—in all Dine saps, Mounting nineiy-seven guus, MIDWAY ISLANDS. In my last annual report it was stated that the work of deepening the Duroor of Midway Isianus, prosecuted unser the guvhority of an act of Con- gress approved March 1, 1632, gould of necessity Cease In Uctober, 1870, on accouat of the exhaustion Of the 1and appropriated for the purpose. Accord. ingly work Oa the cul was discontinned on the zist of the mouti named, and the working party em- barced on the Saginaw Uciover 28, for San Francisco, Commodore Sicard estimates t to compiete the canal to a width of 175 feet will require avout torty- @1x months’ work, at a cost of $187,000, without counting the cost of removing tne debris or “smail atuif.”? Suca would, ne tninks, costas much more, TEHUANTEVEO UANAL. The Department is in receipt of the report and accompanylug maps of the fehuantepec surveying expedition, under tae command of Captain le. W. dhafcidt, United Staves Navy. ‘This expedition was authorized by act of Con- gres3, and an appropriation made theretor, A small Corps of naval vilicers was detalles for the work, aud tue steamer alaydower placed at tho disposal of Captata Suuteldt. Tne Kausas was ordered to ac- company the expedition for the purpose of survey- jag vue river Coaizacoaicos and lis var. The Cyano Was ordered to assist tue expedition in the survey of tae harvors and lagouns on the Pacitls coast. ‘The patty was joined, on the 10th of January, by by three Mexican commissioners, who workéd in perfect accord with our own force, Tae season of the year prevented the running of a line to the Atiantic; yet, from the thorouzu surveys previously made fur railway purposes, aud the geao- eral taformaton gathered on ihe frequeat jouracys of the party, it ls assamed that the canal can start at the uead waters of ship navigaiten of the river Coatzacoaicas and run thence along ts right bank and the valiey of a tribatary to tue atviding ridge at ‘Tarifa, descending tiroaza the Tarifa Pass, across ihe piatns, to its Pacific terminus, The total length of such ® canal will pe 172 miles, inciad- ing river navigation, It will require locks to overcome a& nt =6of §6=— 742 feet. je ‘The Coatzacoalcos River, torming the harbor at the Atiantic side, 14 weil sheltered and will require dredging at only a iew poimis. Tue Salina Cras Harvor, om the Pacitic, is exposed to the sonth Winds, and @ breakwater 18 proposed, to convert tnis roadstead into a safe harbor. No estimates have been made as to the cost of the work, since a minut3 survey of the whole region would have re- quired rv means and more time than were at tue disposal of the officer in charge, DARIEN CANALs The survey of the Isthmus of Darien, under Vom- mander Tf. VU. Selfridge, which had veen iaterrapced by the advent of the rainy season last year, has been successfully conducted in_ spite of the great obstacles met in making way throagi @ dense and almost impenetrable wiideraess, Ine Guard and Nipsto were detatle’ for this service upon the Atlanilc coast and the Resaca upon the Pactiic. Commander Selirtige sailed from New York ia Decemoer last, His attention for the past year hus been directed mainly to that portion Ol the Isthinus bordering upon ‘the valley of the —_ known properly a8 tue Tuyra and Napipi r ‘The route of the Tayra and Atrato Rivers had been Teported upon most favoraviy by former explorers, and Hopes were entertained that these reporis might prove true, Five moutns were spent in tie examination of (his route, a line of jevels 12) miles jong was run from Ocean to ocean, and though the divide in one portion was found to be not over 400 feet in height, the very broken nature of the country Which was developed seems to render this portion Of the isthinus Limpracticavle for this enterprise, ‘The survey of the Lf route has been produ ive of far more favorable results, and has tilustvated the possivility of @ sip canal between the two oceans, The line adopted by Commander Selfriage com- menoes at the mouth of the Atrato, in the Gull of Darien, ascends that river for 150 miles to the month of the Nasipt aud thence across, in tne valley of the latter, to the Pacific Ocean, at Cupica Bay. ‘The Atrato 3 navigable tho whole of this distant for ships of the largest size, having a Width oF 1,500 feet and a depth nowhere less than tuirty feet, ‘The actiml length of tne neoessary canal i3 thirty-one aud two-tenths miles, the distance from the Atrato River to Cupica Bay, of which twenty-three miles 13 a flat plain, with @ rise Of ninety feet, and no dificulues of construction. ‘The remaint miles biped the only engineering ovetac the hills rise to @ heigit of 60. Tuost precipitously to tng Pactto. Commander Selfriage’s estimates of cost are based ‘upon a canal 120 feet wide aud 26 feet deep. tis proposed to lock up to & summit level of 90 feet, At which point the canal ts fed by the Napipt River wiih & volume, at its lowest stage, of over five hundred thousand cubic feet per hour—a quantity whica can be dowwled by afeeaer three miles long. The eight miles beyond the summit level include acut averaging 126 feet deep and a tunnel five miles long, ‘The successiul Operations at the Mont Cenis and Hoosa* tunnels, with the modern improvements in drilling machines and explosives, seem to xolvo successiully vbe proviem OF great tunnels, wich ; here band desvend air 187), “the President of the United States wae author- ized 'to organize and send out one or more expedi- tions toward the North Pole, and to pppoint such person or persons a8 he May deem most fitted to the command tnereof; to detail any oMicer of the public service to take part fa tie same, and to pee any pubic vessel that be suitable for the purpose; the setentific operations of the expedition to be ee amonienee with tae aivice of the jatioual Academy of Scieuces.” ‘Mr. Coaries F. Hall, a traveller of great exps- nence 1 that locality, Was appointed by your order to command the expeditiuu dited out under tis authority. ‘Tue Verciwinkle, now called the Palaris, a smut steamer of 387 tons, Was selected for the service, and tuoroughiy prepared aud strengthened at che Washtagton navy = 4 eucouaier the perils of poiar navigation. Mr, Hall himself was permiitet to suggest and supervise the preparatioa of the vessel, and ~ recomunend tie persona selected to accompany bum. ; the Polaris left. Washinston June 10, arrived at New York the 14th, comp.eted tuere her ctew and outit and sailed the 20th. Touching at New Loa- don, 5t. Jonns, and Holsteinberg, in Greenland, she reached Godbaven on the 4ta of Auzust, Tne United States steamer Congress, detailed to convey to Greeniand such stores of the expedition as the Polaris could not cacry, sailed from New York oa the 2oth of July, and came up with the Polaris at Godh iven on the 10th of Augass, ‘the Polaris took her departure from Godhavea August (7, and rea¢hed Upernavik the next day, Whence her adventurous crew nas galled into we unknown Northern Ocean, OURBAN BXPEDITION. Our Minister to Uinina having been instructed to arrange wud conclude, if possivie, a Convention with the peuple who occupy the peutnsula of Corea, be- tween the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan, tor tne proiection of sailors aud other strangers sillp- wrecked on their coast it became necessary to twat end that he snould vistt capi- tal of the country or at least put himself im direct communication with the autiori- ties, With this wew, and with the assent of -the autuorities of China, to which coautry the gov. ernment of frases tributary, our ymcynres ene in May last, rom Nagasaki vo the Saie River in Cures, in the Culorady, tae fag- smp ot Rear Admira: Rodgers, commauding our Asianc feet. The aera rer horeqremyne raced Alaska, the Benicia, jonocacy an ¥ ‘Aiter the airival Ot the fleet at, the anchor. and aiter communication with and’ visits frum the local authorities, aad) the gusurance of our part, and wadersianding on thelra, that the expedition was not only peacefai but inendly in its onjects, a surveying party, engagea m the peaceial occupa- tion 01 making surveys und soundings, 1n the Late- reat of scieace and for the satety of commerce, alter haying beea allowed, With tbe Understood ouvaseat of the uthoriucs, and without protest ur chalienge by any one, to pass up the channet to @ point past the Lorean lorts, far separated from, and veyoud tue reaca Of, assistance from the muin bouy of tie fleet, was suddenly and treacher- ously attacked whtlo in tue dificult navigation of an unknown passage swept by sirong udes aud dilied with niddea rocks, Tae surveying boats were obliged to repaa3 tie forts under a flerce tire of cannou suddeniy opened upon them, and main- tained wita vindictive spimtandenergy. ‘The smail vessels Walch #24 accompaated the party, hurrying into action, auswered the fire of tie forts, aud, driv ing the Coreans (rom their Works, rescued tae aur. Veying boats Irom dauger, wit only Lwo of our men wounded, di was determined by the concurrent judgment of our Miniswer and Admiral Rodgers, that an expiana- tion should be atcnce demanded, aud tost amole Ume should be yiven che Coreans to uaderstaud the situation and make prover reparation. ‘This was doue, aud ten days were allowed to pasa, during Walch nu movement was made by Aduural Kougers, hor wa3 amy expianadon offered vy we Corean3. An attack Was Lien pidaned aud carried out upon the forts aud citadel from which tie out. rage nad been committel, A party of sailors aad marines were landed, and, after a dificuit march over an #lMost tmpassable country, the forts were assailied aud captured June 9 and 19, The officers aud men engaged in fnis attack displayed persever- ance, steadiness and couraze highly creditavie to the country aud the service, Five furts were captured aud destroyed, fifty bat- Ue flags taken, anu 451 pieces of artillery teil zat our nands, Upward of two hundred and forty Co- reans were killed and a few captured, Finding it impossiaie to couciude the peaceful treaty, aud noi autnorized to conunue nosiiities, except to repel and panisa attack, the tect leit tae ancuoraze of Bois-e on tae sd of July, and arrived at Cheloo on the st of the same mouth, ‘the latest aespatches indicate that thougn the direct opject of the expedition has iaued, yet the punisimeat waica Was intucted upou our treacherous assailants, aud tne gallant couduct of our torces, nas not failed to Make au 1m@pressioa UpOA LHe people ol the Cinese Coast, and Co contribute materially in its effects Wo tne consideration and comiort, and perhaps to the saiety, of our citizens locaved there, NAVY YARDS, Lagain call attenuon to the necessity of develop- —— most important navy yards, ‘he commercial Dauons of Europe, from their en- ormous arsenals, are abie to suike our soores sharply and suddenty. ° vur own yards are generally small in area and very deficient in water troat; deveioped on no weil- considered plan, they are lnperiectly adapted to the changed condition of construction aud equip- ment. At Mare Island, in California, we have ample space, abundant water iront and nappily ail the jairements of a great naval arsenal. tts Unnecessary to dwell upon our great naval Interests in the Paciic, or upon the immense im- portance of improving the invaluaole naval site in Ube Immediate vietmity of our great Pactuc city. At League Island we have had tee same apie area and Water front, and tue means of easily cou verting its back chanrel into an admirable wet basin, like those in Horope, while the excavation thus Made will raise the island to a requisite height. Tho uepartment nas been abie, vr tuSappropria- tion made last year for this purpose, to con With responsible parties for the Ouuding of a co odious Whari and for the dredging of a consid je basia in toe pack Channel aud the filling 1n to & proper level of ao0ut ten acres of the Island. or nearly Nali the area of the present working yard at Philadelphia, A navy yard so ample in its proportions, in the midsi Of our great coa! and iron region, easy of ac- cess to Our Own ships, but readily mate macceseidie to a hostile feet, with tres water lor tae preserva- ton of the iron vessels 80 rapidly growimz into favor, surrounded py the skilled lapor of one of our chief manutacturing centrss, will be lavaluable to our country. With the resources of Mare island on the Pacific an. League {sland on the Atiaatic shore, fal.y devewped on 4 well constdered pian, the coan- try would recelve a great accession of sirength aad find new Dulwarks agawst foreign aggrosstun, At New London, itlso, tae appropriatoa of $10,099 made by Congress has been Jound suaicient for the building of a smalt but conveninent dock, and chat station is now in use for laying up ships in ordinar,, as @ point conveutent to our repairing yards ai New York gud Boston, IRON SHIP BULLDING YARNS. In March last I fad the honor to make @ report to the Senate, in ovedience to @ resolution of that body, upon the subject of the proposals mada to the department “for estaglisning iroa-ship build. jug yards and docks to eccuomize expenditure in the Navy, and to aid iu restoring commerce.” This subject 19 Much too compretensive for car- sory discussion tn this report, but 1 have already, in my first aunuat report, spoxeu of ts great import ance to every interest of this country, aud L hope to be able hereafter to present som3 system to ve matured auder the deilozrations of Congress, NAVAL PENSION FUND. The penston roll ow the 1st of November, 1871, Was as 1ollows:— 1,430 invatids, annually receiving...........$139,654 1,703 widows and ren, aunually receiv ing. seeceeeseroees 260,544 3,133 persons, receiving & total Of...+..++ 91,298 EXPENSES AND ESTUMATRS. The whole expenditure of the department and the service since tne date of the iast report is $19,265,24, lucludiag UNS paymeast of invaild pen- sions and @ljadicated prize money, and the appro- priations of Vongress for the payment of bounties and cla ms of Various Kinds to the ist of the present month. Tho appropriations for the current fiscal year amount in the Whole to $20,964,717, and the expen- ditures iron these appropriations are considerably withia the proportion app.icavie to the period Waicit has elapsed since its commeacement, ‘The estimates for the general expenses of the ser- vice jor che fiseal year cuding June 30, 1873, amount to $19,925,507, These estimates, it Wiil be percetved, are in the aggremate more than $1,209,000 less than the este mutes made for the current year, REDUCTION OF THE NAVY. The eubject of the reduction of the personne! of the navy has been mncn discussed, Thoagh 1¢ 18 sometimes alieged, as a matter of complaint, that Were are more Officers of the navy, especially of the higher Srades, than are required for the service, yet it Is a tact that, notwithstanding the promotions so hardly earned by mauy gallant omcers Auring the Jate war, notwitnstanding we admiration which they conquered and the high con- sideration which they deserve at tne hands of a gov- ernment which owes its preservation as much to thea as to apy other class of its servants or peo- le, still the Whole numner of active officers in the igher ranks of the navy is considerably less now than 1b Was before tho war. As a matter of fact the whole number of officers of the three he arr grades of the navy (including Heutenants and those above them) on the active List im 1899 was 635, wolle on the ist of Jaty, 1971, he namber of oMvers on the active list in the ent ighes} grades (inciuding liettenants ana tnose above them) was 488, or 47 less than before the war, Notwitustanding this condit Lam of the opmon that there are some grades in our navy now estab- lished by law which may be safely and properly re- duced or disponsed with in time o1 peace, The grades of admiral and vice admiral, assiml- lating Lo those of general and lieatenant general in the army, were Foner, estavlished as the recogal- tion and roward ot priliiant sereioe in. the lato wat. ‘These conditions have beer fully met by the char- acter and services of the very distmguished oMcers who have flied, and now fill, these grades But the grades themselves are not required for the ordi- nary service of our navy in time of pee and they would lose their peculiar significance of nonor it influence aud success of our naval representation abroad that our fleets on foreign stations should be commanded by olticers of the rank of rear admi- Tal at least. This is- the low rade of officers to whom ie fal iy naval Power are committed, and it 13 with this grade, or wit those of er rapk, that contact, in every country, and betore every peuple ef the world, im the discharge of every duty which May devolve on them, relating either to the policy, interest, infuence ‘or honor of our country. The number o: rear admirais is jmited by tho general provisions of the iaw to ten. These are now temporarily increased by two, who are retained on the active ist because they nave received tne ex- press tanks of Congress for distinguished services. With five cruising stations, and a pressing necessity for a sixth by @ division of the Pacific station, ts mumber of rear ad‘uirais tx only suficient to adord comnandants aad relief for our fleeis abroad, aud that without takiug into Consideration any ditminas ‘on In the number. avi by reason of accident or sickness, Our fleets abroat are, however, generally too small to time o1 peace to be advantageously divided Into squadrons, ‘1nis leaves the grade of commo- dore ta suca times without appropriate command at sea, and withont duties on siore which may not be discharged. by ojleers of other grades. 1 tnere- Jore suggest that no more promutions be made to thts grade alier a date to be tixed by law, and that afver this grade shail have lapsed by the ' death, re- tirement or promotion of the present incumbents Promut.ens be made to the grade of rear admiral by selection -as Vacancies occur from the list of ¢ap- taina, 1 would further suggest, in accordance with the spirit of tae recommendation made vhis year by te Vice Admiral, a3 a member of the Board of Visitors to tue Naval, Academy, that the term of cadeiship for midsaipmen be increased by law Jrom four years to six, two of which, at least, shall be spent at sea, By thts means the num- ber of officers annually entering the naval ser. vice will be reduced by on2-third, We may add to these reductions by dropping the mates now employed on hempocary guty, except those who abl oF ene claims’ by reason of war gervice or sper fimess, Waen these reductions are con- summated we will, besides reducing by one-third the number of oficers annually eutering the ser- vice, have accomplished, sinca the 15th of July, 1870' (including the reductions made by the act of that date), @ reduciion of near thres hundred in the number of line officers now anthorized by law, with AN annual saving to the public treasury of near a hall million of dollara, GEORGE M, ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy. The PRESIDENT. DISTRICT ATTORNEY MORRIS ON SLANDER sg He Replies to a Reported Attacc Upon Him by One of tho Citizens’ Reform As:ociation— Mr. $B. Chittenden Soathingly De- nounced by the Prosecuting Officer. Ata recent secret session of the Citizens’ Reform Association during a discussion which arose as tO the cause of tne delay in the prosecution of the parties indicted for violation of the election laws, Mr. S. B, Chittenden was reported to have expressed the belief that District Attorn2y 8S, D. Morris would “never commit @ man for fraud on. the ballot box.’? ‘The gauntlet thus turowa down has been taken up by the party most concerned, who has caused to be published tn one of the Brooklyn local journals the following scathing reply to Mr. Chittenden, which is decidedly expressive, though somewnat inele. gant, perhaps:— Mr, 8, B, CuLITRNDEN:— Sim—1 alander a man behind bis back has always been considered by honorable man as mearandeowardly. To slander # man not onty bohind his bacc, hut before a large number of reapectable men in secret seasion, under the ex- Pectation that the slandcrer may be able to steak off undia- covered, is a species of meanneas that but n are ca- pable 0%, and you, sir, belong to th Tris pertectiy ‘to treat ‘all each creat contempt, yet a1 metimes tempted to RIOX THE SNARLENG LITTLE OUR shat fa continually marolng: ot one’s heels, and it is with somewhat similar feainzs that I uonor you with the pres- eutnotics. That you are a se:f-important, puffed up, windy little hambug I tain will be generally couceled. at least by hose. who have ths distinguished houor of your acquaint- ance. Yet, I hardiy thiak you are to blame, You don'’s know any better. Mea of swail brains, a paucity of ideas, large f-coneelt, patted up vanity, devoi of all manly attributes mean, cowardly and hypocfiticst, mast be allowed on all Proper occasions to make fools of themselves. And since you must exhib. your bantani-like pomposty and listloness oC soul, itis well per. eps, that you occaslomully do so in se- ret, a8 tne puolié hare vaca entertained by aueh exhioitions ad nuts eam Having thus brefy introduced you, sir, to the public (» work of supererogation on my part), I prénose to deal with you as ‘Ate mecting of the Committee of Seventy, composed mostly of gentlemen and men Of character, heli'ou the 26k ‘ult,, you took occasion to denounee me, to the extent of your Mmitea capacity. Your contemptible aitack would mot elicited a reply from me, except for the BNFAKING AND COWARDLY MANNER Jo which it was made. I take the rt of your effortasT find it, presuming it be correct, ae I have not seca it contra- dicted by you, ‘Tbe report says! “Mr, 3. B. Chittenden sprang to his feet ‘considering the quantity of brains a feat casily accomplished) and: 10 & speech of great earnestness, denounced Mr. Morris as un- worthy of coniidence,”” Now, sir, I have heid my present office for three success- the terms; 1 have dischar, ot ee faithfully (with one which will be hereat ki 4 ; 4s it with you? ‘Offered yoursel€ for thelr sudeages they granted) you learo (quite magnanimonsiz) to slay ab home, But 1am reminded by a friend that 1 am wron, iq at.ributine your unanimous atay-a-bome-rote to a wane of coniidence in you. On the contrary, quite tbe reverss, Sif aays he, “wo had sent ‘Little Chil. to Washington Brooklyn would bave gune to destruction. He did not go to Washington, and you ves that our national affairs are aw/ull mired. “Iw mag fer, and you gee the result, Brookiyn is things at Washington are all out of joint” by way of consolation, without the € ecds done. report pro- in bat been ¢ nothing but MOUTHING A LOT OF BENGELESS GAB and rantirg nonsense, [ have been busy at work in investt- gating frande, and the bigzest fraud I the ject isthe one Tam now dissecting. It ina tine specimen of article, and after I am through with it it will be a nt sao; for the Historical Society. “i don't want to go java bis el acter.” Don't you? Lhen you are a mean, dastardly coward to throw oat your base insinuations, A sucak I despise; the ‘who speaks out, although ms, 1 reg You ay “It you were a gambling man you would bet 100 to one that I will never commit a man for fraud on the ballot box.” Couldn't you ag notomit the word “if” a§ the jauing of that sentence? I pimply ak for information, OM ag) Lieve im in fe we in full accor: lon’t aes think so? Plain talk isa ood thingy istnos 7 IC did not talk plain some people would not know what a tittle foo! you are. I like plata talk, don't you? Itissohandy. Jt enables one to eall a fool a fool hypocrite, a hypocri mean feliow, mean fel- low; a cowar.l, a soward, It is real handy—sick to it, You go on to say, “We are here as . PRACTICAL PATRIOTS.” Bosh! You don't know what tho article 1s, Yow haven't ‘braiasenonga to comprehend tho meaning of the word. Patriotism and manhood go tozether. A mean, cowardiy heart never yet had m patriotic fmpulse, and neve? will—aad of such stuff is your heart maie. Yon closed by saying that “this man Morris once charged me with giving a bribe of $10,000 to a certain man. [asked hin aaern aite his statement, fle said be would, but he never ‘Now we como to business. I did not charge thal you gave acertain man a bribe of #10900, but I did say, and wow re- t, that you gave a very large sum, I understand It to be 10,000, to a certain man, whose name I will not now mea- yn, but of 1 have cecanion again to allude to the snoject, ball to be used for corrapt purposca, and it waeso used. YOU DID GIVE THE MONTY, Iam prepared to prove in a, court of justice at any time, After you have communicated with this man and Mr, G, B, incolo, Mr. D—-~ and others, whose names I have no doubt will rea‘tily occur to you, I apprehend that even your dimtnativs inteliect will readily comprehend the situation. Don't flatter yourself that by such hypucritical exhibitions ot honesty you can deceive the public. Let me commend you to “sop ;” you will there see what a ridiculous figure a cer- tain animal cut by assuming ® false garb. I leave you to make the ajplication, ¢ point, T have sold aan one occasion I act of omission, as it i# the o1 yas of ever having committe’. The facts can be. briefly and are as follows: ‘ou were a ox for oe you spent a large sum of mo: 0 secure the ti. Complaint’ was made ween ‘tury for political eogruption, The witnesses to prove the charge were subpanand. Hefore the case was examined by the Grand Jury. the persou to whon you palt the money came to mee that I would not press the charge, as it would put pleasant position. I listened to his appenis and the ot pressed, but was allowed to fail an un- case was Had I dooe my duty, as L enonld have done, I firmly believe that al id ve been went to eniveniiary, I believed thea, ‘and be- Heve now, that the EVIDENOR OF YO! GUILT W48 AMPLE. Through kind feelings. 1 believe, Lsuved you (rom the pune mhment you descrved, and 1 have learned, to. my sorrow, that you ware not worth the saving, You aro an ingrate, ag well.as a base, cowardiy slanderer,. At the time of which T speak you were denounced by lend an dishonest trickster, aa the vorily, ant the rebuke you recelved at the hands o Pe was Just and deserved. | And now, sir, to view of the yaat you have the unparaileied alander a pub- officer, who is trying to do hi under the vell of sesrecy, 1 no longer remata silent those with T need. the advice, but Should fou again. offer yourself for iiascction T abalt adopt peas we will have a littie “plain talk” to- With distinguished cosstderation, Iam your very ohediont servant, 7A by MORRIS, SALE OF OLD COINS, A sale, full of interest to collectors of brie & brao, will commence to-morrow at Leavitt's auction rooms, in Astor place, The curious collections of oid American coins, dating pack to tho colonial times, include very rare 4) mens of the sliver and copper currencies which were used in ‘the infancy of the American nation. Some of the coins and medals are anique, or are claimed to bo 40. The rago for the collection of coms which has ag gr 48 very this research ine ives ofits mort gomapicunns actors.” t tharefore | a novuys bat xe tne paarenpMte rind fe Reonesses 8 el m that these two grades be allowed to lapae Tacou ddener interest. Coins nave always been intt- with {he lives of those wile now hold them, mately connected with the social and political his. ‘The grale of commodore, “after the Japse of the } tory of the times iy Which thoy are current, and Felation of diferent values, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Marriei. BuRT—LyYNow.—On Wedneslay, November the residence of the bride's mother, b: the won James D. Wi Agraor W. Burt to ‘Ast Sanghier of tae late Thomas W. Lyneh, all of this, CLauxe—HUGHES.—On Wednesday, November 29, by the Rev, 0. M. A, Hewes, HUDSON CLaRee, Jersey City, Area only daughter: of P| uzhes, o rson, N, Je HiLLteR—MAYNARD, —un Wednesday, November 29, abit, Peter's church, by the Rev. Dr. SPENCER 1. HILLIER 10 Miss HELEN MAYNARD, ’ H.LL—Prrnig.--On Wedavsday, November ia Funt, Mich, by the Rev. Dr, Florence FRANK B,, eg of Fint, to Macaia W. PIBNi®, 0! ‘New York; city. ‘ POULSON—COSTELLO.—On Wednesday, Novem! 29, 1871, at the Churen of St, Joseph. by the Revs Father Damphy, EuLMgr Poutsoy, Esq, to Misa KATE COSTELLO, botn of this city. ‘ WHITE GIBBS. ‘Thursday ho Novem. ber 30, atthe residence of the bride's father, 147) East 111th street, by Rev. ''. Bratnerd Ray, af Grace; cnapel, JERAULD N, WHI'E to M. JOSEPHINE, 6€CO! daughter of J. B. Ginb3, Esq, all of thts city. x Died, BRAIDWwoop.—At Mount Vernon, W ror one GEORGE BaaIDwooD, aged 26 an in ihe retatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend tne funeral, from the resis dence of his father, First avenue and Third street, berenenh Sie on Wednesday next, éthinat., ot two! CHAMPAgNe.—On Monaay, December 4, Gronata } » youngest daughier of Paul and Etisapeth TPunbee will take piace on Tuesday, Sth inst, a8. wi No. 7 Jones street, Relatives and frends are invited: CUNNION.—On Monday, December youngest dangnter of Pattiek aad Bora Cannon, The tre 13 an soqaait tances are respectfally tne! 4 ni rn vited to attend e thueral trom the residence of her parcnts, 176 Urchard street, on Tuosday, De, cember 5, at half-past one P, M. ; ‘CLARKE.—OD Saturday. December 2, Chany Louisk, wile of James W, Clark, and daughter Ellen CG. and the late Augusius Denton, aged 22 Years and 14 days, ; Tue relatives and friends ot both families are re-/ spectiully invited to attend the tuneral, on Tuesday, December 6, at two o’ciock P. M., from the resis, dence of her mother, 163 Perry street. ConsELL.—In Brooklyn, on Sunday, December 3, ; Auy CORNELI, in the $5th yeor of ner ‘The relatives and friends of vhe family are in« vited to attend the funeral, Irom her late residen: 1:0 Monroe street, Brooklyn, tois (Tuesday) afte BON, at one o'clock, } G00n.-Oe Bese ts paownlet 4, Mrs, Sanan L. X, In the 75th year of hor age, ‘The relauves and frien:l3 are respectfally invited ; to attend the iuneral, from the residence of Richard . J. Holmes, 94 South Oxiord street, Banolee ms on; Weduesday, December 6, at two o’ciock P, Me 4 EstBeBRoox.—At New Brighton, Ss. L, on Monday, December 4, EVANS ESTERBROOK, aged 24 years, Funeral from tae resiuence of his mother, corner, of Westervelé and Seventa avenues, on ‘Tuesday, December 6, at two P. M. + ‘ BANtis.— BiCeae “yal native of Sligo, = land, in tie 5% ear Of bis age. The retatives ‘and friends oF the family are mvited, to aitend the taneral, from his late residence, 82 bea atreet, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at one o’clcok. Law papers please copy, f GILLEN.—On Sunday, December 3, BERNARD Gi1~. Ly, in the Goth year of his age. His Iriends are respectiuily invited to attend hia daneral, on Tuesday, at two o'clock, trom his late Tesidence, 14 Spencer street, Brookiyn. \ HARRINGTON.—Oo Sunday, December 3, 1871, , CATHERINE HARRINGTON, ‘The retatives and friends are respectfully invited: oe the fuueral on Tuesday, December 5, at wo P. M,. HaRveTr.—On Bunday, Decomber 3, at 91 Clinton place, bhp ee! street, of ODEs Leet] JATHARINE BIT, age: years, y daughter of the late Wiiltam Harnett, formerly Mos nsha, county Kerry, Ireland, The friends of the amily are invited to attend funeral, this (Tuesday) morning, at half-past nin o'clock, from Epiphany church, Second avenue,, near Twenty-first sireet, where a solemn. requiem mass Will be celebrated, HoLMEs.—Suddenly oa Sunday, December 3, LUEN H, HoLmes, in the 7uth year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends of the are fully invited to atvena the tuueral, from his late res! dence, 83 East Twenty-first street, on Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, without iurther invitation. ‘Tne rerpains wilt be take interment, by the 225¢ P. JupGx.—at Hobokei ber 3, EUcENs, iniant Judge, aged 3 months and iy 7 ‘The retatives and iriends of ihe family are respect: , pr ome to rina 70 Bi <r oe bw Tesie Ce OF Fy joomfield street, Hoboken, , on Tuesday ‘aierseon. December , at two o'clock. No carriages allowed. KELLOGG.—On ree ge December 4, S. T. KEL- ‘ 18 ae Carriages will meet the 9:16 train -second street, New York, at the Yonkere., leper. OBBE.—At Hoboken, on Sunday, Decemper3, = / Friends and acquaintances, also Jersey schutzen’ , Captaiu Raschen, are 1nvited £0 attend the Tunerai, from his late residence, 154 Meadow street, on Wednesday, at half-past one o’ciock P. M. ) MAGRATH,—Suaddenly, on Sanday, December 3, JaMBS MAGRATH, native of Moulestown, county Limerick, Ireland, aged 65 years. ‘ Friends of the deceased and of his son, Jam Tespecifully invited to attend tne funeral, on i day next, mer 6, from the, residence of his Gon, 19 Pike street, at ten o'clock, to St, James’: church, Jumes street, thence, alter solemn requiem minss, to Calvary Cemetery. MILLARD. —In Brooklyn, N. ¥., on Friday, Decem- ber 1, Joserm 'T. M(LLAR! 0 65 years. ‘ Lendon (fugtand) pape! lease copy. ‘ Mos8.—iha members of tho Mutual Benefit and Burtal Society, couge ‘Gates of Prayer,” are dereby notified to attend the funeral of Aaron Moss, which Will take place stom Mount Sinat Hospital, on Tuesday, 6tn inst., at ten o'clock A, M. ‘ HENRY DAVISON, President. , Mookg.—On Sunday, Decemver 3, ALFRED MOORK, aged 23 years, 7 months and 10 days, ‘ ‘The roaee, ot are spe ko, his se! ra rest- lenge, 538 West Fifty-firet street, on Wedn December 6, at eleven A. M. noe MULHALLAND.—Oa Saturday, December 2, at the Festdence of his brother-:-law, Patrick Downey), , 444 East Nineteenth street, JOHN MULHALLAND, eer years, bora i Ahascragn, county Galway, Zhe remains were taken to Port Henry, Essex’ county, for interment, ‘ MoUxumM.—Oa Monday morning, December 4, WIL- / LIAM HaRveY, infant son of John J. and Mary L.. Moiram, 3 months aud 17 days, Tne relatives and friends of the family are respecte fally invited vo attend tue faneral, this day (iues- aay, December 4, at two o'clock 'P, M., from the resi pen of his parents, 17 Jederson street, Brook- ay) J } OMoYLe.—Bancer O'BOYLE, & native of Castie ag ag Kilkenny, Ireland, im the 40th year. of her aj ' The relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Juneral, from her late residence, 17 feta street, this (‘Tuesuay) alternoon, at one \ oe - Pitr.—CORINTHIAN L.onGk, No, 488, F. AND A. M.—’ Brernrgx—You are hereby summoned to meet at the lodze room, on Wednesday, the 6th instant, at half-past tweive o'clock P. M., for the Cp atiending the funeral of our late brocuer, Thomas Israel Pitt, EDWIN LEACH, Master. \ Sanrcon.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, December 4, , JOUN SAMPSON, io the s6th year of his The relatives and friends of the family are r it * fully invited to attend the funeral, from tus late: residence, No. 21 Strong place, on Wednesday, Oly Anst., at two o'clock P.M. ) Surrm.—On Saturday, December 2, after @ shore iluess, ISAAC H. SmrvH, tn the 61st year Of his age. } ‘The relatives and friends of the family are re- Spectiulty invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, No. 34 East Thirty-sixtn’ street, on Toestay morning, Sth inst., at ten o’clock, 6 forasiee: will be taken to Flushing Cemetery fur in- rmen STUYVESANT.—Suddenly, on Monday, December 4, of scarlet fever, AUGUSTA U., only child of Henry, and Carrie Stuyvesant, aged 3 vears and 8 months. ‘The funeral service Will take place om Wednesuay See Ge ton 6, al ten o'clock A. M., from St- Mark’s church, corner Tenth street and Second ave- nue. THISTLE —On Saturday, December % Born. THISTLE, in the 351m year of his Aue. The relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the tuneral, from nis late renia nce, 469 West Fightéentt stroet, near Tenth bit movng on Wednesday morning, 6a » Ob Dime "lock. M Voo! tate Gig A eyeing eae, 3, after a lingering tlInes: ny Ki, Ww. ‘oornees and only danger, ‘of ames and to, y aw, 5 offne relatives And “Riends'of the ramily and thoxe of her brother, John J. ay ee vVited to attend the fune! evening, Decem! at o'clock, without further notice. The remains wilt be taken to Green- bu 4 Westchester county, © Thursday morning, ig? 50 years, verment. WATSON.—ELIZA WATSON, ce, 590 [fonts oud relatives are invited toattenc. WATERS.—On sulday, Deceiver 4, FRANCIS H. BRS, aged 23 yeurs. Wine relatives auld fricnds of the family arc mvitod attend the funeral, from his late residence, 124 vewa beet on Tuesday December 6, at hall-past one 0’ . M Yound.—On Saturday, December 2, 1871, Wit- 14am H. YOUNG, aged ears and 2 months, Relatives and triends Invited to attend the fanoral, this {facsdayy fternoon, Decemver 6, at Dink » at Dr. Porter's Bedford avenue Reformed e Newburg and California papers please copy.