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THE SYNDICATE UNDER REVIEW, Constructed by Seere- tary Boutwell. 4N OPEN DEFIANCE OF LAW. ¥tself a Fraud and Its Executor Deserving of Censure. Blavish Dependence on Europeans—The Com- mission and Agency Fees Entirely Iegal. Debate on the Amnesty Bill in the Senate, OPPOSITION OF SENATOR CHANDLER. He Never Will Forgive an Unre- pentant Rebe Longstreet’s Repentance Evineed by His Joining the Republican Party. SENATE, WASHINGTON, Jan, 81, 1873, OURAP TRANSIT 10 THE WEST, Mr. PomEnoy, (rep.) of Kansas, presented the preamble nd resolution of the Kansas Legislature urging upon Con- gveas such action as will secure a cheap means of transit from the agricultural States of the West to the seaboard, BILLS INTRODUCED. Bilis were introduced and referred as follows :— By Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn.—Allowing settlers on the fe. Sioux Indian reservation in Minnesota uuttl 1874 to pay ir claims. by Mr. FLANAGAN, (rep.) of Texas—Providing for the by the Btate of Texas of certain territory to the Jnited States for Indian reservations, and for a repeal of the w providing for the formation of four new States out of foxaa. By Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y.—To establish a tional registry of perp to afford protection to ford bi ‘ive rebate in the damaged on shipboard imported into ‘engers and seamen, and to prevent es on merchand! United States. The regisiry isto be made and Board of Survey of the Universa! Standard society on ® board of survey and direotion. By Mr. Kamsgy—In relation to the settlers on the late Committee 0} 2 Falis Cavsl, ree authorizing ‘arto purchase buen land ae’ maybe necessary” at ive apprased, valuation amend- mmployment of surfmen Feservation in Minnesota. MILLS REPORTED. By Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mich., from For the enlargement of St ie Secretary on of State officers; also, with ‘authorizing th saving stations on the New Jerse eos ee ‘ment, the House bill eb th coast, uthorizing the F disabled fro ON, (Fep.) OF efficient duty. WwW: Affairs—The Mi @lains for additional bounty under the act of July 2%, INTERPRETATION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUR AOT, Mr. SvoTr, (rep.) of Pa., called up ihe Dill to declare the meabing of the Internal Revenue act of Jul, ad one-half Be germen of the tax of of earnings, income ‘any bank, trust company, anal navigation company ‘slack agauon company declared or made, or which Or were earned and added to any surplus, contingent oF ty October, November cases where such corporations Other fund during, August, Septem 1d December, 1870, in al alread: id or would thereafter pay upon the dividen rolits of the erent Months of that year, a tax equal to at least two and half per cent per anuum. ‘The substitute also directs the ner of Internal Revenue to remit or revund the such carrying, ly ef earnings, incomes, or gains and undivided Com oias! tax actessed and levied or paid upon the said Inet 6 months of 1870 to ail corporations of 1870 and 1671 ‘The substitute was adopted and pas 8. S. Cox Shattering the Fabric kept by Reoord of zed and existing iu New York city of vessels, three members of which, together ‘with three oflcers of the Navy Department, are to constitute TRUMBULL, (rep.) of Ill, from the Judiciary Com- resident to accept the resignation Hire on full pay, judges of any United States Court ly from the Committee on Ouse bill extending the time for olin 14, 1870, and from the Finance Committee a substitute declarin, t the intent and meaning of the act was to exempt fro: cent all divi- gains apd undivided profits of ings bank, Insurance compan: water oo ke, that a tax of two anda half per cent upon NEW “YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. of be employed; and if Secretary outsiders “he tras to the Syndicate was at least $3,350, would exceed his lawful authority.” ig my colleague would be borne in mind that the sam was made by i. Wood) ded, “The Secretary does not always wait a et ehson geiunding of lesa than foram aupropration by lbw: when he wants to carry out an ‘to | objec be refunded, and that mt of the r HOW PROPHETIO AND SIGNIFICANT! Ticcnse, but aa sider, co tbe Seorbreey of the ne one | She Noose to obberts tee val ie Tentares of thls plata = 3 ¢ 1e honor to ol ceed to re‘und the other $1 $00,000,000 on ite renee wor Kind Tealled upon General Schenck for reliable rer cent loan, and called upon Geaeral Sore four per th 5 0 whether 1 cents could be ne apnounced in response bis confident expt tions from communications in possession from Danks and bunkers in France that this loan would be taken, and that, too, without the intervention of agents or jobbers, While anzfous | o reduce in 1 ied that there wae Ot “probiv itt lost the ent in ing in the ab mere ents to ill thelr ) through the same agents, whereby they would pocket at tures per cent ot the whole amouut, as they had already done ob a ~ Vongress mnight just as well, by a direct vot ub $Ha‘obu-000 into the pockets Ht Jay Cooke & Cor me Mr. BROOKS, (dem.) of N, another minority member of the Committee of Ways and Means, auked Mr. Dawes if the ponging. resolutions were adopted by the House the Sec- retary of the would regard it as authority for him to go on in the saine way with the rest of the loan F, DAWES replied that the Secretary of tne Treasury would be assured by the adoption of the resolution that uo use heretotore practised of em] loying aie own pockets out of the sale. of the bonda.® Further, to iliustrate the history of this eine ber of the Ways and Means Committee (Mr. respect bad he violated the law. Indeed, he (eit so now; and | the House, from men who kn by the passage of the resoluticn he would feel that he bad | of the | Syndicate. that the opinion of the House bucking him. He did not think | the country ready for the four per cents, an that anv gentl ‘was authorized to state what was the dis- | or balf of t in the Treasury, ‘we could reaem inafew position af the Secretary in regard to his future operations in| monthe every overdue five-twenty bond. unding the loan, No ‘arrangements, 80 fur a he knew, had’ | experienced colleague (Mr. Wood) cautioned th been entered into, and there was not'any likeliood of any | wulle the Ways and Means Committee might haye oppor- arrangement being made on such terms as be bad seen stated | tunities to know much, they were in the position of * havi practised on them the grossest deceptions for intereste purposes.” (G@/ol-, 6,068) Then YE GODS! THERE WAS A FLURRY AND 4 FIGHT! ‘The gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Maynard), of t! In other words, if the resolution be adopted the Secretary will regard it as an approval of bis past course, and, to that extent, an authority for him to go on In the same way. Ways and Means, fiercely called my colleague to order, He Mir, DAWES repented that the adoption of the resolution | was in auch tructilence and spleen at this truthful and pro- would only be phetic remark that my colleague barely missed being bon- cours ored by his second censure, Still he refterated that there Rot always wise, and it might be the opinion of some gentie- | were “tricks” to be guarded against from a class of seltish men that that was we one. and adventurous bankers, was before the “Syn- Mr, Bnooxs nad no doubt that the Secretary of the | dicate” had been baptised, though it was | doubt ry had, to the best of his knowledge and xbility, nego- | leas born and active at that time. On of he loan in good faith; but the House ought to indicate | July, 1870, that Dill passed our House. I was one of honld stop there and give him no encourage- | those who did not vote for it nor against it: I reared the ment to go any further in that way. In his (Mr, Brooks’) | Greeks, As my, colleague's amendment against employing judgment auch a course would be an utter and profigate | agents had been votod down, T was fearful such agencies wasie of the public money. He thought It would’ be | would be used, as it were, constructively; for the very voting the worst of statesmanship and the worst of inanciering for | down of the amendment would have been made, as we can the House to. approve of what the Secretary bad | now see, a pretext for the employment of such suspicious done. It ft did go the European bankers would continue to | agencies outside ot ‘reasury. ‘The bill, however, was not a bad one. it was ill for re. keep up the same terms; but otherwise they would come down in their demand, Besides, there was no hurry ab ematier, The credit of the United States was higher than it wi ears ago, when it could raise a four per cent loan, and he believed that it would er financial policy not to press this tunding wt so high » rate of interest at present, Mr, Cox, who offered the resolution on which the Inveat!- ation was based, argued against the position taken by the Kecretary of the ‘Treasury aod. by the Committee on Ways rightly called’ bi funding and consolidating” ‘the debt. If squarely executed it would have ded | the I ques. tionable transaction as to the “Syndicate,” “and it would bave enabled the taxpayer to save the two per cent which it was claimed would have been saved by the issuance Of an untaxed long bond of four per cent. I regret now that Tdid not vote for that bill, We got someibiny, worse in the Subsequent study and retiection have convinced me that by joe management, and without the agencies of #0 pecuilar and caciusive a nature as this ‘Synili- and Means. He characterized the Syndicate as a pack of cormorants, whose operations should be stopped atonce. | cate,” such @ consol could im a reasonable time—at ‘There suould be no more dickering with them. The peo least before 187%—have been advantageously p'aced upon the market, and @ great saving made to the ovorbur- dened people. ‘Time, energy and reduced taxation would have enabled a akiiful government to fund their great debt ‘VI8SH DEPENDENOE ON FOREIGN OREDITORS, Our enterprise and surplus expital would have prevented ths proiongation and increase of the unmitigable calamity of forelyn indebtedness, With borrower and lender voth bere, with prine?pal aud interest located at home, with our money supplies oa the ground, would we not have retained those easily earned profits or futerest which are now carried out of the conniry, on over. $1,200,000,000 of our securities ? Would we not have avoided the slavish dependence upon the mercy of a forelgn creditor? Wouid we not have avoided Mr. KELLEY, rep.) of Pa., wanted to Inquire from Mr. Cox as to where a four per cent Joan could be negotiated. Mr. Cox declined to allow Mr. Kelley to interrupt him, Mr. Dawes interfered to prevent the interruption, an he put it, to call the gentleman from New Yori off hils fr from Pennsylvania, Mr. RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa., described Mr. Dawes’ re- marks as hypocrisy and cant, Mr. DAWES said that no remarks of hin could justify such an Impertinence on the part of the gentleman from Fenuayl- | giving away the command of our resources, the vania, Payment of interes: and redemption of money Mr. RANDALL said thathe had regarded Mr. Dawes’ re- | abroad, and the regulation of rates of exchange which ” infallibly follow such slavish dependence ¥ marks as not sincere, but rather as caiculated to aggravate the disturbance, and be had simply described it in what he thought terse aid proper language, Mr. DAWES suid he had 20 words to exchange with the gentleman from Pennsylvania, who was the keeper of his Why should we go over Europe with our five per cents and our one-half percent commissions and other losses, and by Juggling Syndicates seex in vain for the prompt and proper Tecognition Of our resources and our credit ? Is there an. ‘own conscience as he (Mr. Dawes) was of bis. reason why this country, 80 ailuent in weaitl After this little flurry Mr. Cox went on with bisapeech and | and so grand in destiny, the young giant of denounced the Syndicate ns corrupt and corrupting, He de: | the globe, | just putting on ite imperial purple of clared that a representative who was true to his trusts and | power should not have the same credit as other countries ne of the most careful writers—I mean Fenn in his work on “Kunds" (1867), London edition—estimates the aver annual rate of interest of Great Britain and her colonies at four per cent; the interest, as we know of the public debt of Great Britain alone, on most of her debt, to wit, her consols, {a but three per cent; that ia, on about £700,000,000 out ot her £781,500,000, the interest ts but three per cent, who would stop double interest could not do his duty without voting against the resolution of the majonty and in favor of the bill which Mr. Cox had introduced forbidding all commis- sions and all dedactionsin the sale, negotiation or exchange of, United States securities, Y., a majority member of ued in defonce of the r. E, He RTS, the Committee of Wa: course pursued by the See the Treasury, and of the PARVFNUE WANKERS AND GOL-DISANT BYNDIGATES. resolution reported by committee,” He did In a time like this when scientific and mechanical agencies not know nor care uch the Syndicate | are cumulating means; when-the gold and silver of the moun. made by the transaction; but he did know and did care | tains are being delved after peraistancy and what the people of the United States had made by it, With- | reward; only since ‘ngiish home nl when out compounding interest there was a saying of $19,000,000 | debt has diminished £100,000,000, and when, as we have interest tn fen years compounding interest there wasa | boasted, we pay the same per year; when money saving of $26,400,000. The saving In twenty years, com- | 1s #0 Jenuiful that = in 2 ounding interest, — was 875,000,000. Ho understood to, 18st, the word’ national debt je Jess than 5,0, 000,000, no3 counting the enormo way debts of the world—81,500,000,000 more; at such an epoch of the world—when credit, once a pizmy, has become tic wouder—our nation, under its boas‘ed rule of men, ‘ound’ the world dickering with par: ‘isnt “Syndicates,” at the rate of 0 only, and ne debe with fa anterest Ot BT SGUD or the debt, with a savin, in interest o! At a year, of, without compounding interest, of Grstcb.ooe ie ten years.’ He was not ready to say that the offer should be accepted, but he did feel proud to say that the administration had brouzht the country to the point‘ where such an offer ‘was brought to it trom Europe. Mr. KERR offered an amendment—“That in the opinion of the House the Secretary of the Treasury, in negotiating the Joan, had increased the bonded debt more than was neces- sary or prope id had incurred expenses contrary to law.” sthout the debate coming to @ close, the House at tive journed, venus, Seven millions a8 commfasions on $1,500, that, too, at an interest or premium one per cent reater than the average rate of all other nations, Fepeak in no party sense, but in a patriotic sense, when T way that we are humiliated by such Sacal failures and acan- dals, But this House was not originally responsible. Bi aloo! woris were spoken here by republican leaders against passe mesiahs : per ra Ing under the Senatorial and Byndieate yoke: bat the vote shows a we passed under, and the facts show that we are under THE SYNDICATE SPRCIAL AGENT AND COMMISBIONE. . But this is not. the exact grievance which is complained of Mr. Cox Overhauling the Syndicate—Secretary Boutwell Charged with Openly Defying the Law—What About the Twenty-five Mil- lions for Commissions !—Definition of the Negotiating Bund—Skin-die- cat, a Monster with a Head of {ust now, and which 1 brougbt to the attention of the House y my origin: I resolution. “The Globe recorda of the 12th of July. 1620 in, 6461), show how hard it was to eat the leeks tendered to the House by the Senate and Syndicate; bi there was one consolation General Schenck gave to the House, and that fs that the Senate ed to the House demand againat using special agent, This ts bis remark, and it ita remarkable statement, In view of recent events “We objected to the employing’ of agents, ani that part of the section was abandoned by the Senate ; but we agreed the Secretury might use a sum not exceeding one-half of one per for the purpose of engraving, ‘printing, iasuing, ndver- ting and disposing of the bonds. In doing this it is wit the assurance and understanding that there will be “1 ‘bo attempt to exercise the power not given to appoint special Iron, Eyes of Nickel, Legs of is: pat hey will eo, on employing and commissioning, d those who do the business, whoever th may who Copper and Heart of Stone. any acency in putting ius bonds on the marker, Wil receive their commission, In other words, it will open the bonds to everybody, but there can be no special agente.” ‘And yet the honorable Secretary, in the face of this of- ‘aya and Means," hag knowledge of’ what in placing” the bonds To be sure he did employ In the House of Representatives yesterday, the re- port of the Committee on Ways and Means on the Syndicate matvers and the relations of the Secretary yeial statement from the head of the the effrontery to pretend that he had was desired by the “Ways and Mean on the market’ in the way he did. BEGULATION OF CRIMINAL TRACIIOR IN FEDERAL | of the Treasury thereto being under consideration, oficers of the ‘Treasury—Judge — Richard- COURTS. 5 ‘ son and General Spinner—and perhaps the banks Mr. THURMAN, (dem., of Obio,) calted up the bill to regulate | Mr. 8. S. Cox, of New York city, made the following | which took over sixty millions might be cailed eriminal practice in the federal Courts. It provides that 12 | remarks: — Ma ‘scents in "a general sense, but not. “special every case where a demurrer 1s interposed to an Indictment, or to any information in such demurrer shall be Hidgment therenpon shail be not have the effect to en- ance of the cause beyond the er Wany count or counts thereof, ny Court of the United States, and @verruied by the Court, the respondent ouster; but t et shal: jitle the defendant to a coutii at which such demurrer sha!! be overruled. THE AMNYSTY Bi At the expiration of the ‘Was taken up, end Mr, Cu. red bi jorning hour the Amnest y Dill DLEK addressed the Senate at agents.” Not only was the spirit of the law, as thus ambigu- ously defined on tis passage through the House, defied by the Secretary, but, Mr. Speater, tt 18 done in defiance of the very understanding of Congress, The Senate had agreed to abandon the corrupting and partial system of pets for the apectal greed and glory of such pets, ana the House had not au bed to the Senate when they both limited the Seere- tary tw his one-half of one per cent. So, says General Scliench, when it was before us on the 12th of July, I re- marked On this juggle as follow: Mr, SPRAKER—The question of funding or refunding a public debt 1s something more than a problem of commerce ora scheme of tinance or taxation. It is connectea with economy, but its 1als0.a sociai and moral as well ag an econo- mic problem. The poorest nations have at times the greatest facilities for obtaining money, wile the richest, like our aud own, from bad ‘financial’ government, droop die In the confiience ot mankind. Con! guard of credit, private and public. | Po) F energy. domes. Jength. He decla inself agaiust universal amnesty, | tie economy, prosperity Jn trade and tranquillity in the State BUT THE SECOND SECTION OF THE BILL Amnesty was » boon, ans they who propored to grant it had | contribute w confidence. They contribute stewdy ate embraced in this rep. aference Commlitee pro- @erainiy a right to impose condiuons, and I | into the reservoirs of the public resources, These revenues | poses to appropriate eding one nalf of one per Ma very mild and reasonable condition to require the " the foundauion | Gent ot tue bonds herein authorized. to pay the expenses of the revels to cease their infernal outrages upon loyal men Mexico and Pera ttle credit, reparing, fasuing, advertising and dlaposing of the same, before civing them wmueaty. Ue was opposed, 100, to forcing THE “BYRONG HOX" OF THE NATION, Now, Ido not see any special limitation to that clause, Who amnesty upon them. If they would not condescend to ask | located by the President in our Sierras, tor years ‘has fatled | are to be the aeuts. to be selected? Low are. the ‘& they ought not to cet it, was repentance. Dut he (Mr, Chandler) never would. The first condition of forgiveness God might forgive an unrepentant rebel, The caue of Gener street had been cited as a precedent for amneatying to make our bonds above those of Turkey. | From 1403 up to 1843 the product of the precious metais was an averaze of Ha,0,0% annually. then came California and Australia, in ‘1700 the stock of precious to dispose of these bonds at home or abroad? All of these matters should be iixed in some definite way, with proper restrictions. Aiready our Secretary of the Treasury, and I may say the Executive Department, have aggrandized metals was swollen 10 ing rebels; but Lougatreet had furnished the highest pos: 1,885,000,000. After Russia and Siberia began their gold | power enough tn connection with our fiscal aystem. One- evidence of repentance, loyalty and general good char- | yield | there was counted in 1853 v0.00, | half of one per cent on %1,600,000,00 worth of bonds will eeter by joining the republican party. The Ku Kiux rebels | From 1848 to 1868 the gros yield waa $: amount, accoriing to my caicilation, to 7,500,000, Of the South seemed to forget paroled prison- | and the miraculous average This is the sum which in to iven out in some ars of war, liabie to be shot y time for violation of their our own land this increment | way or other to the special favorites of the administration parole; and he thought that if two or three huadred of them ‘due; et we are the scorn of the world for our | for the time T would set no such precedent, G . Chandler then turned to the CIVIL SERVIOR REFORM. He said it bad been going on very effectively for the Inst taken out and shot it would do a great deal more good na our miserable currency. Bad adminia- ted as well in Spain as in our late insurree- tionary SI The quotations of the exchange are more certain indices ot re ic virtue and just government than the What the whole amount of compensation the Syndicate will on the whole $1,500,000,000 will be, my friend (Mr shows, It will be somewhere Ifke $25,00,000—a pret What it actually costs us to place the tration is Liiust rece! Bec doucear t gleven years by reforming traitors out of otlice and replact Iaudations of partisan orators or the military antecedents | five ver cents on the market I will not now say. — I suppose ‘them with good, ioyal men, and expressed the opinion and demonstrations of civil rulers. The historian, in com- | the Syndicate will fe for the. portion they took at We bad never had so honest and oflicient a civil service as | paring the skilful management of the funds of other nations | least %5,00,000. The national banks took 65,775,500 ‘wader the present administration. Still there were wndoabt- | witu our own, will only cease to wonder at the contetnpt of | before the ist of August. They got one-quarter per @dly other reforms required, and they would be made as | the worli for our credit when be reads the history uf our | csnt commissions; but the national banks proper’ outaide of s00n as pointed out. He then drew at length a parallel be- ‘administration. the Syndicate, only took 14,177,300. The First National ‘tween the republican and democratic parties, greatly to the M. GEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC FUNDS. Bank, here in Washington, took $117,518,930. ‘This bank {6 disadvantage of the latter, and warned the ‘ilberal” rpubli- | With an eatimated wealth of $86,000,000,000- in the Syndicate. On the portion the national banks took ans of the character of ty into whose arms they were | and precious public domain and they got $225,500 commissions, while the Syndicate got Yushing. There were always republican “soreheads” going | from immigration beyoni the e 7 ‘The mmority of the Comimittee will show ‘over to the cemocracy, but tor every such one there were ten | management of our public funds bas that’ the Syndicate got the use of 135,000,000 @emocrats joining the republican party, and if the cemocrate | always by blunders. Th for four months, and made 5,000,000 on their hose to keep up the exchange on these terms he had noob- | creased taxation continued without reason, to the absorption | part of the trans including" tueir percentages, Jection. of both energy and resources; second, irregularity in the dis- | We in this House assed no such propraition. “the ‘ME. BUMNER ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass, will's argument «ace last wee slavery, this legisiation bein, tion complete. ‘The Senator ( strtatio: Old rule of interpreting the coustitution in Morr replied to Mr. Lot M. Mos the constitutionality ¢ Soppiementary Civil Kigute bill, The power to pase ‘the bill, be sald, was given in the grant of power to abolish gg ir to make the aboli- i!) had found con- al diiticulties in the way, because he adhered to the diaregard of ave ‘onference Committee have not, in my judgment, repre- ented the views of the House of Representatives in cor senting to give this power to the Secretary of t tribution of the fortunes of the people, not only by unjust jon, but by the spectal enrichment of favorites with Jarcesses, as in the case of the “Syndicate,” and third, in the reat 6 lack of the rec.procal contidence beiweea the | Treasury, which may ve exercised for the advantage of individual and the government, whereby funding and | favorites.” ae eet refunding seek a foreign market under enormous outiays of While it was by the merest catch phir that the bill was exyense, Is lt, ineretore; a wonder that our own people are | passed for the expenditure of the one-halt per cent, and that loathe to contribute for the relief of the government? Is it | its execution was restricted to the oflicers of the ‘Treasury, wonderful that it is #0, even 16 the premium or inter- | neverineless T distrusted the law. It might be construed 12 he Rew rule, which conquered at Appuinattox—the rule that | est and at which other'aatious have funded? In itu wonuer | the interest of “special” agente and. faveritess aud #0 Nha every. word, clause and sentence must be interproted | hat the Recretary of the Treasury has been compelicd to | been, Tue minoriiy of the ‘aad Means have presented for “human’ righta. “He read” letters from. colored | bowk over Kurope our recently authorized bonds, or that he | im this conuection the facts and figures, which Atow: just eno Aeaiiying tothe neces for“ aush | report hie Inability to place any aun, except about one: | How much above ihe bait ver cent these Vapecial ageata® pro them = in e authorized amount on the market’ or tuat, / have been enabled to make by the equivoque of the bill and their rights, and sf bis bil should he rejectot and the fied to shatter the law, and allowex: | the achauce of its provisions nod Amnesty bill there bo danger that the colored MR. OOX'S CHARGES AGAINST THE BYNDIOA’ ‘ote would be so divided as to defeat In Pennsylvania there were more (han fo turn the acale ina State election, ai ty tl were @ential election. ue republican party, oueb colored voters the whole coun- Bumerous enough to do the kame fn a Prost TE, Mr, Speaker, it wan because of this remarkabie condition of the case that J introduced my resolution of inquiry, charg. ing, first, illegal expenditures, and, second, an increase o| the dept. Public morality, the law-abiding irit and the The funding syatem which England carried to such perfeo, tion, vy which old debts were relieved by a new one, with leas interest, and by which credit was made steady by “‘na- The colored voters were « new power in | tional books with sinking funds and by relief from | meaning of the law as Interpreted by our Snancie fhe land and must be conside Uniair taxation, should Bave been adopted in this | Gemaudedan investigation, Men and journais of both par- Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., said be denied that the close | country Why was if not done at once after the | ties, and of no partisan bias, demanded explanation, the war brought any pew ruie of interpreting the cousti- | wart Who are reapousible? Why was not @ consoli- | Have we had it? I not complain that tution, and charged Mr. Sumo: baring advocated this | dated boud issued at four per cent, and the heterogeneous | the inquiry has been defeated roposed. = It Bil by using the colored vor coercive power, instead | medley oi incomprehensible beper 8 urities retired to the | was the duty of the Ways and Means to Of by reasons addressedio the judgment of the Senate. limbo of tevarted devices and frauds? Tura to any report | have reported back my resolution for the action of the At the conclusion of Mr. Morril’s remarks Mr. Wrisox | of our Exchequer, and see the multifarious aud incongruous | Ho! But they seem to think that by making a few | character 9” our securities— if 18 of 1847, Texas in- | inquiries of the Secretary .and of Jay Cooke that it is th Of Md., demanded the yeas and nays, | demnity, Treasury notes, loans of 1868, of 1860, Oregon debts, | their province to report @ resolution screening the Secretary, , And by bl yeas to 25 nave 5 seveu-thirtie, twenty year sizes, five-twenties, United States | If the resolution was worth their imperféci inquiry for the past four o'clesk P. M., adjourned. hows, temporary ‘loans, ten-forties, certificates of | purpose of endorsing the Secretary, it was worth a more -- a ogee postal bared Libera erenay, complete tayenianioa (es by materia Re fs Gores wilroad ponds, even an ree-tenths Treasury | and the reat of the mystic brotherhood of the Snydi HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. over, nickel meial, creenbacks, bank notes, and later ihess | might have been compelled, under a proper Investigatio Wasiinoton, Jan, 21, 1872 APPEALS TO THE SUPREME CouRT, ‘The Dill reported yesterday from the Committee on Re- Wision of the Laws, in reference to appeal to the Supreme Court, was taken up, and after considerable discussion of « tecbnical character was passed substantially as reported. ‘The point on which the discussion principally termed was the section allowing writs of error io criminal cases from the Mr. BiInonaM, (rep.) of Onvo, striving to have that ro modified as to restrict it to capital offence ‘elaiming that {f it applied to mere penitentiary cases it would delay and impede justice in the case of the Mormon prosecu- tens for polygamy. His amendment. uowever, was rejocved. IMPORTED MACHINERY FRE" OF DUT’ » (rep.) of Tenn, Tres ot duty for sulpbur miniog to Lo manufactures gonerally, made a report. agreed to strike out the section for ebiery. The report was agreed to. lowing certain inachinery to be imported wigoa, and for plate ‘The commit- plate glase ma like ‘the Ku Klux witnesses —to answer on oath, | [ie might then have told us what he did make, and not evaded or failed to answer. That he did maxe more inan the half of one per cent is clear. The Secretary himself confesses that while the banks only got one-fourth at tirst and afterwards oue- eighth of the one per cent ‘the Syndicate got the one-baif ‘one per cent, plus all that remained of the one-haif of one per cent after paying the banks their commissions and the expenses. T truction of the Treasury, my four, four and bait and. ti T cenis—a promisewous amt incomprehensible muddle, oniy illustrative of our contempt of experience atd our tghorance of finance. Scarcely an effort has been mate tora consolidated debt at less ex- peuse ; onl. eflert to change from bad to worse and worse to ‘9 wic harpies aud speculators at ibe expense or our co’ » The last Funding olil of July, 1810, te the climax to aseriesof designed and chaotic schemes, In- tended to enrich the few and despoll the many, , Butin Justice to this House, rief by ar the whol f the 37,600,000 ; ‘@ brief history ‘of it lows the expenditure o! whole ot 00,000 on an, Inst Congress will how that ‘a vainavle measure was pron suner proportion of the loan, ‘This the Secretary did not posed and advocated. it was, howe ignominiously | deny, He only acted on it with reference to the Syndicate crusbed vy our Conference Committ r five trials, The | andthe {$120,000.00 which they took. But who ever heard ‘Treasury Department and the Senatorial nd Whelmed the House, Our proposition fo of such presumptive stretehes of arbitrary power? Who nAbOLS Over ever belleved that the law which, as General Scheuck said, imple Funding Dill of four per cent was thrust aside. There was eaternon bad “gpectal agente” could be tortured into their for tt the ambiguous and now broken law of Jal: tA en pi “* rues 4 their payment of any sum up to $7,600,000 By a vows of 13 10 04, almosta party vow” Wnwapcatrigd te | fenpes ha Fry ine 81,610,000,000 ‘ot the’ loan? will be imereating to trace thesteps leading to eeu GENPRAL KCURNCE’RYUMDING MEASURE The first bill reported by Gene henck, on June 90, 1670 (Globe, 6,015), provided for the funding of omly $1,00¥,000,000, With gold, eeuil-annual interest at four per cent So care: ful were the committee to guara against the nore of the ine for any proportion oO! Thave shown brietiy how much money waa made out of the deposit of money with the banks, The minority of the com- mittee have ciphered this carefully, It runs into militons, tor the money was practically Kepi, by them four or five months. The Secretary could not tell how much the Synd or can we learn how much the expenses were. cate mas ‘THR SYNDICATE. debt that to one simple section only of that bill thes 1 Coo! ewer Mr, DAWES, (rep.) of Mast., proposca to call np for ac- | served the 90, ever after Kept in all the Gills, | wide esse SMO OO ae cere a banks made by , thon the of the Committee of Ware and Means on the | that ‘nothing tn this act, or in any other law now | the use of this money which belonged to the go Setion of the Secratary of the Treasury in wegotiating the | in force, sball be construed to authorize any | “Some would make more and some would inake less,” Rew loan. He was willing to suvmut the question without | increase whatever of the funied debt of the Unied ) he naively said, e jon. Mr. KERR, (dem.) of Ind., mittee, declined to couse! without discussion. war. BARGENT, (rep.) of Cal., derired the House to proceed the Ini pill; but finally ft was decided Indian Appropriation bill ‘the report on the Syndicate mavers, on resolution reported by the committee was read, justi- the Secretary of the Treasury in the matler of the | p: ation, ir. Cox (dem.) of N. ¥., proposed as an amendment a re- solutign directing the Committee of Ways and Means to re- the House the bill introduced by him forbidding the a of commissivos ou the sale of the United States prom an Lod bm and of Waye an jeans. Mr. KRrx, of the minority of the commitwe, contested ‘He cinimed that three months’ interest, which port to. a. Mr, Dawns briefly recapiualated t! ded the report of the Commi resenting the minority of the to having the matter voted Is there no need of an Jquiry to asce! States.” As the bonds were payable after thirty < rere entirely reigwed from taxation, and ine bil hauno Job | aid'not get raed ine eymdieese Sid. get the exten, wa ex . i Schenck, the Bead ef the Ways aza Meats, said that ke ta, ee ave the hall per cent; here Cid Come from? I answer, d the time had.come for us to challenge the worla's at. ous oeeni THE OVERTAXED PEOPLE. ition and credit, aod be assured us th: ponee would be taken, even without commissions, or bm Ks in ‘Ob! but the governm ing {t idle in the Tre the interest jisyable abroad or the principal | Cooke, “we ES beaded ty pay toro colleagues, Woot att Brow rea Bet sore ae, eet yf ‘ap- 6 of * Some te es damian Ciniebaaie of oe steoee n thing is clear: somebody has ‘been Wioued at toe exrente of mn, The form somebody, and that, too, by the use of public funds and ents. If that is’ not a breach of the law then it is \ew was purposely framed with an ambiguous itwelf a frend; an Secretary who woud ex: '» banking bund and cent loan, as taxi verted the idea of his colleag Wood) thar tt foreign loan, Both were measurably right, 28 the neq shows, A motion to make it « foreign joan with interest paravie abroad and in a foreign currency failed. During debate the gentleman from fadiana (Mr. Coburp) thought the Syndicate had reestved on the bonds, without paying any | we Would derive great advantages “by placing the loan in ered it woul: p feonaidoratlan for ty wax $3,125,000, wasch sum added to ite | Hurope, without the intervention of bound to the Syndicate und ar that tbe tony haa oj omuniasions mi i Ne compeowation 2 452,500, BANKERS, LROKERS AND SHAVER Treasury. Why did tbe government agree to pay for any to the remainder of the Bag ibe to ew d the magniucent harvest fed woat no such expenditure wre Y., also of the minorit wes unable to agree vine ee He araued contrags entered ntieman from Indiana (Mr Holman), more con- aiepe offered to amend 40 as to lime double interest—eleven per cent in all—on « lar; ny pronioit any agencies in amount? Is the taxpayer or the country in a better condition an the States or elsewhere for the exchan, this exceptional negotiation had tsar eekeee How wuoh extra tax 8 laid upon the Marbonee Awe ot nesoenary, meaning toat nothing of the a pirtpestire saving whieh could not have been templated. colleague (Mr. Wood), a made better in [8737 Other sueszions require solution, The {the ipinat atoiigman team Peunaphyanle’ Fgaawsy Fevoried MINOW 50d Veo ia bang of As manipulation of our funds and coin it would how ‘much fs saved—not as Mr, Boutwell 000, leas fees $1,625,000 on the 1 re. e beuey ‘gone tren than 18 tuat the Syndicate should hold the new bonds ninety days, drawing inierest, before being obliged 10 Id or the if so, ie it wo e Cineinnatt speech—: wi00 "oat ia the'next three ch co old bonds? Ii transactions? But it {said that the Secretar: is myself, but give Mr, Bout well the answer of the Boston Advertiser of eoaabes weil to boasted ere is something very curious in the know in his 4%, It4a-8 paper in his interest and of his party. | It aye:— AAs to the point which haa been “moat criticized, the Loss of three months’ interest, Mr, Boutwell argues that he was obliged to give three moathsi notice on the six per cents, and ‘that as he couid not do so till the five per cents were placed and paid for, so much loss of futerest was of necessity involved. He qi, the r cents were paid for, and it m: joss of interest by ht have stipulated that ued only as the six that the the ‘Treasury ou gold lying idle is be fairly ‘means the same thing asthe actual payment of intes three months on a double amount of loan \ ia rit which the new as honest as may has made a good thstanding; but this us, of the law di bargain is not should be taken on conditions Mare ourwelt sald debt. more, but in any that “ the for the whi no for ‘The manner in negotiated involved an ted by th perhaps, rms case it is hough tn the hands of a it may have worked Secretar; the country noi neation now: before Neither are we called upon to decide whether the spirit not restrict within too narrow limits the au- thority of the Secretary, and thus rejuire that the loan complied MF strlotiy with, would have rendered it of no avail to appeal to foreign capitaliats, WHY DID MB. BOUTWELL ay bidding the merease of the debt, temporary increase. INCREASE THE DEBT? in It is sald that be could not comply with the law for- and that ‘there had to be I will not answer that further than to say that ii the Secretary could increase the debt for three months ge he could increase it ti | ae apr lor three years jut it is said the law is impossible of execu- ion. ‘Let another republican paper dispose of thi» defence, P| ‘pe a for it gives tho’ ‘ne Evening Po iJ “She Committee of, Wi Boutwell dies or by incurring an illegal funding wet forbids nor that the Secretary mi: whole amount of the loan, They act limits the commission on tue loan to one-half of o1 h the Syndicate that percentage, d for about ninety cent, nor that he the use of the whol mor penditure. The increase of the princi a temporary increase of it to the do not deny that the same r and Means have reported on Mr. yndicate’ business, acquitting him of the char; that he exceeded his powers by increasing the funded debt do not deny that construction to this transaction. debt, yun ad v8 besides. In each respect, therefore, there was an apparent violation of the act, of can be acquitted only the law itseif or in his acts. by pleading The act did not contemplate which the Secret ambiguity such a negotiation as he made, The terms of that negotia- tion wer the words its own inoo foct of its xpreasly contrived to THE Tam wiliin, did 40 when complain of th he confesses thet expression and further avoid ie has no Fi; authority, # le irect conflict with RORETARY NOT A CUSTOM HOUSE MOIRTY-MONGER, Secretary good intentions. I olfered the resolution. But h criticism of the country on his acts, when doubtful legality by askin ight to ig, Congressional ‘Mr. Boutwell is no vulgar Custom House molety-monger. is no spoliator on honest commerce or mercantile enterprise. resolution implied no such thing. If I Brutus and he had been illustratin; and my biow had made a vecaney, | le his place could not. have be 80 goed and little unit his financial M, had been a fis Cwsarism, should regret it, because this year, perhaps, by a man. remember much’ to to hig dispraise. The arrow I aimed at praise him was not that of Jonathan. 1t was not intended go much to hit to Indi Custom Hous my colleag 1,000,000 of commerce) that the Secre' ordered investigation, while answering the resolutl ever forget that when I here urged, three & prompt response to the ‘general order” frauds of when I procured a pay here from our merchant F to bi lary years icate his surroundings and vindieate the law. i a horrible marine monster, ante tentact Mas oaliga by tenures, ‘tr Thekrmfced fang tags 0 cato; but the real Syndi the land, thou.) ren id ‘books, Iwas not entirely satistied unill summoned before the Ways y researches into science an Means to put questions to my honorable triepa the Sec- ry. I received his answer. I Mind in the do you mean by the Syndicate ? ‘WELL—I mean Jay Cooke ana Co, and others in this and in Europe, 1 don't Atlintic Monthly says it means “the European by mie lent of the American word ring,” and it copfersesthat by its operations fortuoes are made and laws broken, But no one Knows who the Syndicate are or is; or we know only “ia Now I submit, Mr. Speaker, did you ever hear of an officer making jas involving hundreds of millions with un- known “pome are 10 this country and some are to Burope.” — Who are mysterious partics in Europe ? ‘hoever are and whatever they do the re is responsible, and this Con; 1s responsible for their acts; for they are irrespo forbidden by Jaw and paid in defiance o! iis nsiona, In this time of Executive usurpation, when even e supreme judicial tribunal is reorganized and appointed to reverse @ decision in the interesis of ulators and favorites, it 1s high time that the law makers of the land «ld their duty by just legislation and fearless criticlam. I have done mine, THE KILIAN-FREAR CONTEST. Ninety-two Votes Sworn in for Kilian Where He Was Given Sixty Ouly—His Total Ma- Jority Twenty-One—The Defence Hope to Impeach His Witnesses—An Adjournment Until Monday. The Committee on Privileges and Election met at the Sturtevant House yesterday, to take further testimony in the contest between Frederick Kilian nad Alexander Frear for the seat in the Assembly for the Fourteenth district, The only members present were Messrs, Strahan, Springsted and Marcy. Alderman Alexander Wilder was called to testify as to propositions made by Frear’s agents to induce Kilian to drop the con- test. He stated that Mr. Green, one of Frear’s counsel, had approached him with assur- ances that Mr, Frear did nct desire to be put to the trouble of a contest, and if Killan would abandon it Mr. Frear would at Albany vote in @ manner satis- factory to Wilder’s party. Mr. Kilian was called and sworn to cenfirm these propositions, He stated that a geutleman, wao claimed to represent Mr. Frear, left his card at his office by @ messenger, with a request to have him call at his office. He called as requested, when the agent said, ‘Mr. Frear feels very sorry, and wants you to withdraw.” ‘Witness refused, on the ground that Frear had run in the Tammany interest. On another occasion the agent cailed at witness’ oMice when his counsel, Mr. Lapaugh, was present, and stated that if witness would give up his claim Mr. Frear would promise to vote nothing but reform im Albany, and he would give that promise in writing. He further said that Frear would be at witness! disposition at any timo for anything that witness might want, and ne would rather pay $10,000 to avoid the trouble of a contest betore the committee, Previous to this wit. ness’ counsel had informed him that he (counsel) had been offered money to induce Kilian to withdraw nis claim Lo the seat. Witness on every occasion when approached to abandon tne prosecution Pomerat relused to compromise on auy terms, On motion ago, the ned by representing rom! jan wick I procured to be passed ty this House? Shall I forget, to that he wrote to the C ‘ollector to xuspend his praise, the swindie—and put it on right grounds,too? But why dia he not abdicate when his order was contemned? Is power 80 sweet or honors so full plumed in these degenerate days that he could afford to obey the dictate of men {n high places, on tl a own, I hold in my drawing, while a member January, 1869, It forbids any “percent: mission or compensation of any amount or’ kiad to any son for the negotiation of any securities or coin.” band of House, ot All gaged less in the glory of equitable rule than ‘in the nobling pursuits of avarice 7” Nor ean 1 forget that my subject of the Synulcate have been colored by bill of his own mn ist e, deduction, com- per- onor to the Congressman! That bili was petitioned for by all the great bankers of the United States—many hunareds of them— Lhoid their petition in my hand. New York, Boston, Phila- delphia, Chicago, all demanded competition and pu ilcity 1p these matters; and he then heedea them. *c But he turns trom their prayer and hands over his principles and his practice to the Syndicate. THE BYNDICATE DRAD--NO MORE BYNDICATES, Although my resolution is ignored of investigats yn b; committee, it has been productive of good, Syndicate,” The cry 18, f it has done no -oiber good it has proclaimed the glaring defects of construed should be thankful that the enough. 1 has killed 1 Syndicates.” Qonstrued, even | if ‘The count the law, 80 for the It has developed ‘No more at least. loosely go purposes. attention of Con- grrese is callod not only to. the exceptional and juggling legis. lation of last Congress with view to its Tepeal or a a remedy, but aiso to the fact that one of the best af the C&ble net has fallen into the practice of the head of the overnment in assuming authority never confer: Besides it becomes indipensible— Surely we hay the ight of free journalism and Congressional criti- that our credit should not be further tem of pete and favorites, who have the monopoly in the public securities. honored by ve had enough of these manipulations and mutations of our Invest- ments, Their effect reaches every industry of our land ai have an extract here which markable way :— e illus ry element of our wealth, wery dollar of our capital. 1 strates what I say in are- THE TREASURY RING—EXTENT OF THE RING OPERATIONS, “Though the Treasury Riug rarely uses a doliar of its own money, 18 financial operations count up amon, sands of millions. The contents of our national ever at its command, and at times it a the thou. jury ie ontrols and manipulates for its own benefit the entire bonded debt of the nation. Able at any time to secretly lock up or unlock one or more hundred million dollars ot the people's money, it controln the value of th @ merchant's Wares and the products of our manufacturers, farmers, me- chanics and day breadth .of the land. our national debt by with and if not wholly, 10 its control. “Counting Mr. Boutwell’s laborers throughout the length’ and ing the power to manipulate irawing bonds from the market etly oF openly putting them afloat agai " overnment expenae, the Ring bas our money market aioe, Syndicate operatio! debt has heen large __ portio our — national manipulated into and out of the market not less than thirteen times during the last ten years, Any one at all familiar with the King's operations can trace these astounding financial jobs tor himself. $200,000, Treasury Department, in the Take « portion form of Tres of the of the new tive per cents recently put w market, for example, ‘This Is the way it was manipulated i “Firs.—It was pat in the market ten yi ry warrants, certificates of indebtedness, quartermaster’s vouchers, 40. “Serond—Next withdrawn or purchased in by Ring brokers ‘at a heavy discount, “Thi It then appeared in the market in the form of greenback: “Fourth Greenbacks drawn out by secret sale of Treasury Ring commission brokers, “Fiyth—The seven-thirty Treasury note makes its appear- ance. “Sieh—The seven-thirty note is withdrawn by Ring bro- ighth—The greenback vn(h--Finds the honest greenback again in its place. in withdrawn by the King. “Ninth—Shows the five-twenty bonds to have taken np a appear Syndicateward i". *£leveneh—The long lost gold coin apy “Twrlsth—-Gold coin disappear— what n. ‘enth—The five-twenties, or & small portion of them, dis- itate Shere wot it. ; “Thirteenth—Alter @ sojourn of ninety days in the Byndicate the new five per cents make their appearance in market, A portion of the five per cents were exchanged directly for five- twenties, thus reducing allghtly the number of manipuiations of the portion directly converted; the bal as above stated, making thirteen manipulations in all by y the maoner in which this rms; but it js by jut Biddle the pent no means dis- United ‘stem of thirty Ke ears co i yiney were as mole hills to these mountains of WHAT 18 A BYNDIOATR? favoritism. And all these remarkal parallel in the sieights of transmutations, Which have no 6 Oriental juggler, are dot what?—a Syndicate! And what, in the name of the common people, is « Syndicate? Now, Mr. Speaker, Iam @ little reluctant to trouble the House with mv researches into this nondescript. My reluct- ance from orable a chronic vi aprin; ther of Dawes.) 1 the remarks made by the bon- the House (Mr, eneration for his paternal ponderosity. Ido not wish him to understand that I felt the unkindness of hw me tne other me out of lor chastisin; chasten abi mean to Knowledge on that eat to thi fore, the gentieman would Means, as on fluids. saying Mr. nothing can pay leas the gentleman from Mi ‘ana mate that the ) when urging prompt action by the man, det 8 frova House that water, mixed or unmixed, ask it to be referred to the committee bas ch If I should proponnd Lincoln—tnat than one who bas something— that Pater ipei colendiy &e. (He Nor did I the other day, louse on free m him and & man who others rogat while I seemed to arrogate to myself competent legisiative int Tam aware thatif I should weeks its would refer it to his sub- committee on the income, ItI should in @ modest way int!- 10 go to the Committee of the Whole, OUR VENERADLE FATHER OF THE would, by some ways and divers mean mittee. by this ‘When I venture to her made by peanuts or reterred for {ue consideration o} that, atter bis reproof, I am fe: knowledge I hat say that the me that it 1s better to buy things cheap a nOUSR divert it to his all man ore of salt or a ship; wi e Ws by the them, one of them asked me what a Syndicate was. not want to disturb the mop A of the father of the House ve it referred, Th anda idea is n race. f from Ve Dest answer that question, nessee (Mr. yard) has si intelligent and fean meaning has no Ku Klux secrecy Some have supposed it was 6 LAND ANIMAL OF TH! was Ged when our planet ie connected ‘Trav, as 3 6 House ought A colored citizen of South Caroline writes to know PRA-RIBTORIO TINE, monsters, than di hort male, black or white, aman abroad or at whether the purchase was a peck ig ion, the honorable gentleman would have it ion. jays and Means, yy Sortiori, to allude to ‘as lo what is @ Syndicate, But 1 have bad #0 many Syndicate that I am anxious have heard, the unsophisticated. In fact, when, the Ways and Means, I was honored by being called greater contained the less, and should desire it louse ougist to know rhether of before I did bat if be will it 1 ie will ‘oF OUT will do #0, and are, Mr. Speaker, various ideas in the public mind Syndicate is. Most of these ideas as ‘of the Smithsonian I repudiate. ‘one pon which this refi lentist val to em- with the Ka Klux. My friends fermont and Ohio (Mr. Poland and Mr, Stevenson) cat ‘my friend from Te hown here, tbat the Ku Klux olafly and use learned words of Pythago- but the Syndicate is nots political term, It or disguise. It is purely mercenary. ws of Frear’s counsel all tne above evidence except about Killan’s interviews with Frear’s agent was stricken out. Tho evidence did not show that Mr. Frear had empowered any one to speak for nim. Mr. Southeriand, of 451 Eighth avenue, a chal- lenger at the Seventh district oi tne Twentieth ward, testified that he saw @ man on election day in charge of the boxes; that the man had no olficial status there, yet he was receiving aud depositiu; ballots in the boxes during the absence of one o! ihe mspectors, named Fitzpatrick. He also saw two lawy crs assist the inspectors in the canvass in open ing and counting tickets. Frederick Roy, of 404 West ‘Twenty-ninth street, testified that at the Eiguth district pollin; jace, he not being an Officer of election, assisted in depositing voles in the box, but he perpetrated no irauds. The following gen- tlemen testified that they voted in the Twenty-filth district of the ward for Killan:—Natnantet E. Corn- Wall, 152 West Thirty-seventh street; Peter Doro- mus, 343 Sixth avenue; E. W. Baker, 113 West ‘Thirty-eighth street; N. W. Somers, 549 Seveuth avenue; William Cohen, 139 West Thirty-sixtn street; Wiliam ©, Jackson, 1383 West tnirty- sixth street; B. ©. Baker, 113 West Thirty- eighth street; Charles Lloyd, 149 West Thirty-ninth street; Heury Keyser, 115 West Thirty- seventh street; Henry Feather, 498 Seventh avenue; Timothy Murphy, 154 West ‘Lhiry-seventh street. Mr. Murphy swore positively that he saw his son, Thomas B, Murphy, vote for Kilian. Mr. Springsted, accompanied by Mr. Lapaugh, counsel for Kilian, and Mr. Dessar, associate counsel for Frear, pro- ceeded to the houses of Messrs, Nathan W. Somers, No, 549 Seventh avenue, and Antoaie Lecrez, of 1,827 Broadway, Who aiso swore that they voted for Kilian in the Twenty-fi(th district. Robert Gibson sWore that he voted an Assembly ticket waich bad neither the names of Harris, Logan or Frear upon it; bat wouldn't swear he voted for Kilian, So fur in the investiga- uon ninety persons have testified tuat they votea for Kilian in the twe ty-filth Klection district, and the Jact that two others who could not attend voted for him was establisned by creditabie Witnesses, making ninety-two votes sworn in in @ district where Kilian was given but a votes on the canvass. ‘The result so far shown will make tne votes lor the candidates in the Assembly district as follows:— Kilian, omcial canvasse. Kihan’s vote over 60 swor! Killan’s total vote...... Frear’s vote, a8 canvassed Less carried to Killan’s vote, Kilian’s majority............. Mr. Frear’s counsel claims that he will be impeach the testimony of several of these witnesses and prove they voted for Frear, They instance two who were suspected oi being Kilian men who were controlled by Frear’s friends when they voted ara seen to deposit ballots for him, ‘The committee adjourned until Monday, at one o'clock, when, by consent of counsel, the evidence of Messrs. Montgomery, Foster and Palmer, ior whom the Assembly will be asked to issue attacn- Ments, and two others will be taken, and the case closed for Kilian. THE HOFFMAN LUNACY OAS8B. The Hoffman lunacy case, whick nas been before commissioners composed of the surrogate of the county, Dr. Baylis, Mr. Robinson and a sherif's jury of eighteen men, has summarily been brought toaclose by the sudden death of one of the jury- men, Mr. Bastrop. The complainant ts Drill Cap- tain Copeland, of the New York Police Department, and the defendant is his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hoffman, a resident of Ravenswood. The trial commenced July 29, and tinued until the preseut time, interval of a few weeks, during the necessary al sence of one of the jury. Great interest bas been taken in the case by residents of Queens county, a large number of whom are acquainted with Mrs. Hoffman. A large number of witnesses have becn examined on the part of the defence, none of whom, although intimate with Mrs. Hofman, suspected that her mind was aifected. On the part of the com- plainant. Captain Copeland, only two material wit- hesses have been examined, one the Captain him. self ana the other his physician. There have been twenty-seven sessions, Mrs. Hoffman’s estate is estimated at about five thousand doliars, which will come into the possession of Captain Copeland should she be declared insane, DARING SNEAK THIEVES IN HOBOKEN, Yesterday morning two men, named O. Begiem and John Gray, were brought before Recorder Bonnsted and charged with having stolen $60 worth of iron from the Morria and Essex Railroad, On the night previous these men coolly drove a horse and Wagon near the depot aud loaded the vehicle with the stolen metal, covering their plunder with bDiankets. Sergeant Eumonston was standing near the ferry as the wagon was being riven on board the boat, and, ee that all was not right, seized the horse, No one appeared to claim the wagon, but the owners were soon identified, They gav ‘their residence as 428 East Elghteenin street, New York. They were committed to the Coan Jail, in default of bail, a, AOOIDENT AT THE HOBOKEN FERRY. On Tuesday afternoon one of the men employed as bridge tender on the Hoboken side of the Christo- pher street ferry, while attempting to fasten the nain to the boat, sil between the bridge and the boat, and the fase? Mornsning agaiost the bridge crushed his foot very severely. He was taken to lis ome where, he must remain for many weeks. He ay probably have to sufler amputation of te mangied foot. THE SHIP ALMORA. Sr. Jou, N. B., Jan. $1, 1872, The ship Almora, reported burned at sea, is thought to be the Almira, which satled from Bruns- tok, Ga., Se} ber jor Liverpoo), and has not pe fey payee! 16, f es CONNOLLY’ LEGAL CONTESTS 4. The Board of Supervisors’ Suit in Its Relae tions to the Albany Suit, More Time to Answer the Supervisory Complaint Granted—Counsel on Public Clamor and Newspaper Criticism and Judge Barnard on the Merits of the Question. The argament upon the application for tithe td answer the complaint of the Board of against ex-Comptrolier Connolly was heard day before Jadge Barnard, of the Supreme sitting in the Board of Supervisors’ chamber. Therd ‘were very few persons in attendance. The ing counsel—Mr. S. G. Courtney appearing for tnd ex-Comptroller and Mr. Richard O'Gorman, Counsell to the Corporation; George Ticknor Curtis and ex Judge Porter representing the Supervisors—wered of course, promptly on hand. WHAT CONNOLLY’S COUNSEL SAID. Mr. COURTNEY opposed the argument, He stated that the object of the application was to await tha decision of the appeal in the Albany smut of The People vs, Connolly—this appeal being from order oi the Special ‘term at Albany denying & motion to vacate tne order of arrest against Mr. Connolly. The main question on tnis appeal, he ine sisted, was whether the albany suit could be maine tained by the people, or whether the Supervisord were not the only proper plaintiffs, The two auiteg he further urged, were substantially the same, to ceive some six millions of dollars allowed by as one of the Auditing Board, In his view the Super), visors were the only proper plaintiffs. He could not, however, interpose the proper answer for Mr. Connolly until the Court of Appeals decided the other suit was or was not proper. If the peo~ ple’s suit were properly brought, its pendency’ would be a bar tothe present suit, If it were nol for popular clamor and a sort of fear on the part offivers of presenting anything for newspaper erithe cism this extension of time would be granted by the’ opposing counsel, since it was an equitable right of the defendant and no harm could come to the pubé lic by the delay. REPLY OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEI. Mr. O'Gorman said in reply that he was here perform an official duty as counsel for the Sapervi sors, without any regard whatever to public clamor and from no wish to court newspaper favor. brought the present suit on the 19th of October, and an answer should have been made the complaint by the sth of ver. ‘Two extensions of time had counsel, Further delay was not asked on grouna of the pendency of The defendant’s counsel did not believe this other sult Ris Honor opinion. had intimated sin been granted on account of the engagements another bot had been properly brought/ a sumailag, He did not himself think that it had peem roperly brought. nor his associates, Judge Porter ina Mr. ed to haver and Mr. Curtis, For all this 1t was asi the present suit stayed till after the 15th of March, when the argument on the appeal referred to wi to be heard in the Court of motion, if granted, would be practically a .ppeals, The present ad There was another matter to which he thought proper to call the attention of vhe Court. It was charged that this suit, together with five cope | were brought collusively and under the direction the Mayor, who had complete CONTROL OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL. One of tae counsel—the late Attorney General—it., ‘was true, Was reporteu to have said that there was" no intention to assail the personal or Pee | sional honor of tne Corporation Coun the allegation could be construed to mean that Mayor had by law control over the actions of the law officer it was a mistake ol law. Tf it meant ang, other control he had merely to say that nosach in- fluence nad ever been, was not and never would be attempted. The suits once commenced were und the controi of the law officer; and as to the stat ment that they were collusively brought he simply to say that it was complet and entirely untrue, To Generat he imputed no improper motives, He the late Attorn not think it advantageous to the public to impul wrong to public officers, He had said this wit anger or desire to give offence, but as due to Court, to the profession ana to bis clients, ANOTHER LAWYER TAKES UP THE ARGUMENT. Mr. Curtis followed, and began with allusion the political excitement under which the people's suit was, served its purpose. had been brougnt, and of whic! he sald, an tastrument. But excitement He bad nothing to say of i political relations, but merely to state a fact which attention should be drawn. He could scarcely, imagine that the Court of Appeals should sustai! this action in the name of the people. Such a cou of litigation, 1f sustained and carried through,’ would BANKRUPT THE STATE. The Gel was pressed, avoided deciding it, Term had not decided it, and probably the Court Appeals would not decide it ull the case cam directly before them on demurrer or fnal The excitement bad now passed away, and it wi evident to ail that they must now come down to: lie trasted His Hono! ursue a simple, straightforward action, an deny the present motion, without any reference the hard-pan of the law. would the Albany suit. A REJOINDER. The Justice at Albany, before whom the question; ni Mr. Courtney, in reply, said he was glad to find one oMcer unterrified by public clamor. He had applied to his learned friend for this extension, Who referred the application should be made to thé Court. the people to bring an action, The question here was not as to tne right of, but whether thelr ac~ tion actually existed, and whether they wereto be put to the trouble and hazard of TWO JUDGMENTS, The fact that in that suit two orders of: ad been granted was an evidence that it did exist. H@ had yet to learn that the Court of Appeals would shirk its duty, and equity demandei—that He asked what he insisted justice they have time to answer until tne decision of the Court ot Appeals. He was glad nis friend, the Corporation Counsel, had had the opportunity to present his denial of tl charges in the complaint, which he had himeel never believed and w a pe cetit had CoA put in on the theory that the State might rect wrongs where the injured party did not com: The question was whether the defendant was CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO SUITS, be If the Court of Appeals rendered an opinion that the people's suit was right that would be the end isors. the suit brouglit by the Super THE JUDGE ON TH og ve y The Judge said he saw no reason for going out of the ordinary line of action. Such appiications were, granted every day. No lajury ing the motion in this case. issue to-day, it would be at least a year and a before it could be tried, INTERRUPTIONS OF COUNSEL. Mr. Courtney said this was an equity suit. could arise by grant- if the case bid a Sr Mr. O'Gorman said he considered it had a prefer» ence under the Jaw Of 1870. CLINCHING THB NATIT. The Judge, after this tnterruption, went on to say that he would give Mr. Courtne; March to putin his answer, but the date of must be as of the 18th of December. ing was gained and nothing lost, since the equity term of the Court was im April next which this case could be reached, SUICIDE BY SHOOTING, Poverty and Poor Health the Cause. till the 16th % issue, By this noth.’ fires) mm For the last four weeks Join Dewald, a quiet an@ inoffensive German, nearly forty years of age, by trade a tinsmith, las occupied a small room on the top floor of the premises No, 63 Grand street, but took his meals out of the house, vewald usually nad little to say, gong quietly about his business and interfering with no one. His health seemed to pe poor, and of late he has had littie or no work to 0, poems. terday was payday with Dewald, and 16 is ved: his demands, of the sensi- ing which he patd his room he had not the money to meet which circumstance, to @ man live nature he 1s represented to have possessed, Pi may have reduced him todesperation, On Py nignt Dewald retired to rest as us ie by o'clock ‘om whom he hirea the room, heard the report pistol in his room. Detective Fess A Aah Ing prom, n Dewald, Fad found = = him _Iyin, bed insensible, bdlee 41 ual, and at [~ yesterday morning the ears a Eighth precinct, be- feted toe soule, Oe the from & wound in the head, and an ordinary single-barrelled pistol firmly clenched in his right hand. He had shot ean the right temple, the bullet passing in upwards and | removed to the wards ing in the brain. Dewaid was ‘voster street police station, and from thence to Bellevue Hospital, where he died soon after admission. Coroner Young was notified. and will Dold an inquest over the remains, THAT SET OF PALSE TEETH. It will be remembered that a week or two since ® rather curious charge was made against Dr. Brigt- Ott, @ dentist of Sixth avenue, of taking from a wo- man named Brennan a set of false teeth which the Doctor himself had made for her. The case came up before Justice Bixby, and a dey was set down for the hearin; The woman Brennan alleged that in consequence of a dispure the but that ne Doctor asked her to open her mouth, so that n might make an examination of a suppositious d fect, took the teeth from her while making the examination and refused to return them. According to adjournment the case came up- for a hearing, when the rather singular cha waa proved to be without foundation, and Dr. brigtottl, ou motion Of bie Counsel. was honorably acquitteds.