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4 CONGRESS. The $50,000 Civil Service Reform Ap- propriation Passed in the Senate. TRUMBULL AND HIS PATRONAGE. A Navy Department Investigation Ordered by the House, SAVE THE PUBLIC LANDS. SENATE. WASHINGTON, March 11, 1872. THB CHICAGO RELIEF BILL. Mr, OBANDLER, (rep.) of Mich., presented several Yemonstrances against the Chicago Reef bill. He also stated that there was a committee of nine, representing the Jumber interests of the Saginaw Valley, on the way to Washington to protest against the bill, and moved inat it be referred back to the committee to give them an opportunity to be heard; but Messrs. Logan and Trumbuil being absent he did not press the motion. yy Mr La (rep. bg RI, Leen the Com ile Print! @, resolution, wiic! adopted, toot forint 12,000 additional copies of the Census Report. Mr. COUR (rep.) of Cal., introduced a bill to pro- vide for mail service between San Francisco, Tahitt and the Marquesas Islands. ‘Mr, HaRLAy, (rep.) of lowa, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reportea, with amendment, the Dill for the appraisement and sale of Kansas Lodian lands in the state of Kansas. ‘Bill were introduced and referred as follows: — By Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) Of Ohio—To provide for completing the collection of the United States direct tax of 1861, Also to provide for the redemption and sale of lands under the several acts levying direct taxes. By Mr, CoLz—Authorizing the establishment of mail service between the United States ana Tahiti and the Marquesas islands in sailing vessels. By Mr. Ng, (rev.) of Nev.—Appropriating $100,000 ernment building in Carson, Nev. By Mr. Kicx, (rep.) of Ark.—For the improvement Of ine Wasuita River, Arkansas. By Mr. HakLaN—For the relief of Red sear, a chief of the Pembina tribe of the Chippewa Indians, By Mr. KELLOGG, (rep.) of La,—Amendatory of the Enforcement act. By Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vi.—Relating to re- movals of causes {rom State courts, Mr. POMEROY, (rep.) ot Kansas, called up the rule reported from the Committee on Rules some days ago, providu that hereafter petitions and memorials or State Legisiatures shall be presented to tne Secretary, and shall be entered on the journal and reierred or laid on the table, as the nator presenting them may request; and it was discussed until the expirailon of the moraing hour, when THE APPROPHIATION BILL came up as the unfinished business, Mr. SHERMAN Treminded the Senate that the Tariff bill bad been set down for to-day, and said that he ‘would insist on going on with it as soon as the pend- Ang bill should be disposed of. q pending question on the Appropriation bill ‘was on the amendment appropriating $50,000 to be pxpended by the President for the promotion of CIVIL SBRVICE REFORM. Mr, TRUMBULL, (rep.) of I!l., addressed the Senate on otvil service reform. In reply to aremark made by Mr. Howe on Friday, he deuied that he bad ever forged tical auathemas against the President of the United States or spoken disrespectfully of him. He had neither abused the President nor fawned He then spoke in generalterms of the corrupt condition of the civil service, and argued that the bill introduced by him last year, prohibiting recommendations to office by members of Congress, would be onc important measure of reform. ‘Mr. CARPENTER, (rep.) ot Wis., asked him to leave gloomy generalities and come down to details, Mr. TRUMBULL replied that there was no lack of competent witnessés on the sudject. He cited George Willam Curtis as an influential friend of the administration, and read at length from the testimony of ex-Secretary Cox as to civil service abuses, specifying among other things the appoint- ment of iucompetent and Immoral persons through the influence of members of Congress, the difficulty of getting such persons removed and the levying of assessinents for political purposes. Mr. Pomeroy said that Secretary Cox professed to have found great difliculty in removing incompe- tent employes in his department, but is successor turned out sixty-eigtt in four months, Mr. TRUMBULL then replied to Mr, Morton's Btatement, made some weeks since, that he (Mr. Trumbull) had recommended 103 persons for ap- ointments to office since the advent of the present ee having often been complained recommend worthy persons for appointment, and knowing that since the frst year of Mr. Lincoln’s Buy Way 1m reference to ollice; he had been sur- rised aod somewhat indignant at hearing Mr, t HANGING AROUND THE DEPARTMENTS poke appomatments, Even if the statement were true, o} Bat it was not true, After hearing Mr. Morton’s statement he had written to recommendations made by him, and the replies Bhowed that nis name did not appear at all in con- awe appeared ‘oftener in the Post pare De- b re It ap eared only tuirty times, although there were about wo thousand postmasters in his State; and in most cants, but had merely endorsed -their applicatio: “Respectiuily referred to the Posimaster General,’ REFERRED FOR FAVORABLB CONSIDERATION," In reference to appolotments Mr. CARPENTER sald Just like his own, and asked whether he (Mr. Trum- Dull) thought there Was anything wroDg or corrupt At, wrong iu what 1 did in reference to those papers, but tuis is not wnat I referred to, I referred to gud, by importunity, getung persons appoited to office, anything of that kind ? Mr. ['KUMBULL—NO, SIT, Senator did. Mr. TRUMBULL said that there was not a clerk muent, the State Depurtment, the War Department, the Navy Department, or (he Department o1 Justice, ‘those in the departments with whom his name was connected in any Way there was no blood relation him 10 @uy way except a pension agent, who was a brovner of his deceased wife, and a cousin of hers ‘wearying the departments with applications for appointments ne nad written a letter more than a of by constituents for refusing to administration he had very seldom iuterfered in os ergo Naa Trumbull) was chief among poe gp! pie tenses oot be no argument against pach of the departments asking copies of all the mection with such pumber a8 103, He artinent than in any other, but even ther Of these cases he had not recommended the aoa or ‘Respectfully that Mr. Trambull’s conduct seemed to have been Mr. TRUMRULL—I do not think there is anything Members of Congress going to the departments, Mr. CaRPENTER—DId the Senator himself ever do Mr. CARPENTER—Nor did 1; nor do I believe any appointed at bis request in the Treasury Depart- god only one 10 the Interior Department, and of of his, though he had many, and no one related to In the Agricultural Department, So far from year and a hall ago, 1u which he vad given express hotice that he never asked an appointment asa personal favor, Mr. TRUMBULL then discussed the question of how the eivil service could be reformed, and advo- cated the clection of postmasters by the people, the prohibition of iuterference with appointments by Inembers of Congress and the profivition of inter- ference in politics by government oficers and em- pioyes. ‘The President bad power to introduce any reform in the civil service he pleased—the power to elevate patrioursm above party and PURITY ABOVE PLUNDER, Mr. Pratt, (rep.) of Ind., said he would vote for the pending appropriation because the President asked for it, and because it was proper that the scheme adopted should have a fair irial. But ne doubted the wisdom of the scheme aud criticised it in many respects. Mr. Scorr, (rep.) of Pa., read from the constita- tion as to appoimtinent to ofice, to show that Con gress has the power to prescribe tie method of appointing all Officers, except diplomatic and con- ular oMcers and the judges of the Supreme Court. It appeared from the blue Book that there were about three thousand oficers appointed wiin the consent of the Senate and 60,000 appointed abso- jurely at the pleasure of the Executive, It would ave been in tae power of Congress to prescribe that, with the exception of diplomatic and consu- lar officers and judges of the Supreme Court, the appointment of ail these Ml FIFTY THOUSAND OFFICERS Bhould be dependent upon the consent of the Senate and House of Representatives, If they wished to control these appointmenis they could do it better through their senavors than through te Executive. But tuis had not been done, and in view of the limited number of officers over wi election Congress had assumed to exercise Auy power, it would appear that the evil was not eo great as om imagined, then argued at_ the idea that take pi in politics are necessarily of pad charac- ver, or unfit to serve the government in oficial positions, That was a Vicious fallacy, and the peo- ple must be educated up to the very opposite idea— hamely, that it 1s aot only ie right but the duty of Citizens to take part 10 politics, and that a good man’s charac- ler ought to be #0 that he woula Dot be airaid to take it into politics with him, ‘The evils resulting from the neglect or refusal of good citizens to take part in politics had re- cently been strikingly shown in two very differeat and separate communities, the Southern States and the ctty of New York. When the peopie shall have Jearued that they were themseives responsible for having bad men in office then civil reform would Peis rene part per u + MORTON, (rep.) Of lied to Mr. Tram. bull,” He sala'thae to mentioning Mr. ‘Trumibull's recommendations to office he had not said or tm- lied viat there Was ony Wrong in making them. pd Wrong was not in making recommendations, ut in first making them and then denouncing others for doing the same thing. ‘The Senator dr, Trumoull) “had impeached the acta and NEW YORK HEKALD, UESDAY, MARUH 12, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET, motives of his fellow Senators in relation co ap- pointments; therefore it was proper that his own record should be referred to. He (Mr. Morton) had also heard that Mr. Trumbull had personally urged upon the President the appointment of bis wrother- in-law, Dr. Jayne, as @ pension: agent fn Illinois, al- though it could omy be made-by removing General Bloomield, a Union soldier. 4 Me. alla Would like to know the Senator’s uthority. Mr. MoRTON—Does the Senator deny it? Mr. TRUMBULL—L{ the Senator makes the state- Ment on his own authority I will answer it very romptly. - Mr. MoRTON—I was not there and did not hear the recommendation, but I heard that he had made it ‘from authority that I believed was to be Lppliciay ee aed and now if itis not true the Senator can deny it. Mr. TRUMBULL—Does the Senator su} he can come into this body retailing what been told him by irresponsible parti put in a position to deny? If upon his own responsibil! answer from me he wilt it very prompt Ur. Morton said he Rot believe Mr. would deny this, either here or elsewhere, not impute wrong to him for making the recom- mendaiion, He had as much right to recommend his own brother-in-law as anybody else, if he was competent to flil the office. The wrong was in cast- ment ing imputations upon others tor doll the same thing. Mr. Morton then read several of the en- dorsements made by Mr. ‘frumbuil upon the ap- pilessicns, tor ounce, to show that he had recogaized he propriety of appointing men for party reasons. Mr. TRUMBULL denied that it would be incon- sistent for him to advocate a reform and yei con. form to the prevailing practice while it existed, but he denied jo that he had conformed to that practice any considerable extent. As to Mt, Morton's account of @ conversation between him (Mr. Trumbull) and the President, if that Senator would make the state- -ment on higowa responsibility, or, if he preferred, on the authority of the President, he would be promptly answered; but ne (Mr. Trumbull) could not condescend to answer a statement for which he who ee would neither vouch himself nor give his authority. Mr. Monvos, in reply to a remark implying that he controlled a great deal of patronage, sald that in proportion to the population there were one-half More people appointed to federal offices from Ilil- nols than from Indiana. The question was taken on concurring in the amendment pled in Committee of the Whole, appropriati 90,000 for civil service reform; an iv was agreed to—yeas 25, nays 21, ‘Bas—Messra, Ames, Anthony, Blair, Cole, Cooper, Cor- ett, Davis of W. Va., Edmunds, Ferry'of Mich., Flanagan, Frefinghuysen, Hamilton of Md., Johnson, Kellogg, Kelly, ory Sa. Ic) maga Nive Mestre hte Caldwell, Chandler, rs lessra, Alcorn, u Idihwaite, ‘iton of “fexas, Hill, Wiohooeks arian, Howes. ‘Lewis, Usborn,. Pomeroy, Ramsey, Spencer, Sprague, West, Windom and Wright—2l. ‘The question was on concurring in the amend ment repealing the law for the publication of the Ws in the newspapers, ee oe moved to lay the amendment on tne table, t—yeus 21; Days ‘Mr. West, (rep.) of La., moved to adjourn, but jelded to Mr. SHERMAN, Who said that the Senate ad spent three weeke in debating a resolution for & committee of investigation and retrenchment, three weeks in deoating an Amnesty bill and three weeks in debating the resolution to investigate the sate of arms, and had passed no important bill but the Apportionment bill; while, on tne other hand, the House had provided for the two investigations provided for by the Senate, had also passed eight ‘Appropriation bills and an Amnesty bil: and Tarift bill, and was nearly ready to propose a Revenue bill, and was now holding the resolution fixing the day for final adjournment until the Senate should have Hnished 1is debates. ‘At ten minutes past six, without further debate, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. zi WASHINGTON, March 11, 1872, BILLS WERE INTRODUCED and referred as follows:— By Mr. STARKWEATHER, (rep.) of Conn.—For the relier of the oMcers and crew of the United States steamer Wyoming. By Mr. Morgan, (dem.) of Ohio—To abolish the grades of admiral, vice admi.al audrear admiral, and to correct other abuses in the navy. By Mr, CROSSLAND, (dem.) of Ky.—Authorizing ‘the construciion of a bridge over the Ohio River at Henderson, Ky. By Mr. Ricx, (dem.) of Ky.—For a tax on incomes of over $2,000, By Mr. PALMER, (rep.) Of Iowa—To connect the telegraph system with the postal system. ‘I’nis is the Hubbard postal telegraph bill, as introduced by Mr. Ramsey in the Senate, with some modifications. ‘Various railroad land grant bills weré also intro- duced and referred. THE SUPPLEMENTARY CIVIL RIGHTS bi'l introduced by Mr. Hooper, of Massachusett: two or three Mondays since, came up after the call of States for bills, out no action was taken on it, Whe remainder of tho morning hour was consumed by taking Votes on dilatory motions, 'r. Lows, (rep.) of Kansas, moved to suspend the rules in order to introduce and nave considered a bill extending to March 3, 1877, the provisions of @ land grant vill for Kansas, On a division by tellers there was no quorum Vot- ing, and Mr. Lowe withdrew his motion, SECKETARY ROBESON’S DEFAMERS. Mr, BLair, rep.) of Mich., offered a resolution, Teciting that certain charges haa appeared in various newspavers of large cliculation in New York and elsewhere calculated to affect tation of the Secretary of the Nai cast doubts on the integrity of the adminisiration of the Navy Department, and providing for a select com- mittee of five to investigate an: charged, aud to inguire generally ini tration of the afluirs of the Navy Department dur- the incumbency or the present secretary. Ir. BANKS, (rep.) of Mass., presented 1a that con- nection a letter to himself irom Secretary Robeson, asking Pats to withdraw all objections to the pro- quirye The resolution was adopted without opposition, MEXIOAN ANARCHY, Mr. Brooks, (dem.); of N. Y., moved to suspend the rules and adopt his resolution in regard to Mexico, as iollows:— Whereas Mexico, igudoring and coterminous territory, fo and has been in'a state of revolution now for half a cen: fury; and whereas on our borders there are constant ralde and inroads, more or less destructive to life and to the prop- grty of the people of these United States, thus demandi from our government protection and {nterpoation; an whereas philanthropy, humanity and Christianity, thus thocked, revoit from’ this continuous shedding of human blood 1m endless civil wars, which are depopulating the country aud reducing the people thereof to barbarisin; there- fore, be 1 Resolved, the Senate concu That the President of ‘the Benate and the Speaker of the House of Representativ Appoint a joint committee of three from each body to devi the bey and best policy to be in relation to Mi eo and for the est, ers. ursued jabiishment of law and order on our bor- ‘The motion was rejected—yeas 72, nay 90. Mr. HALSEY, (rep.) of N. J., moved to suspend the rules and hen the Senate bill limiting cne ex) diture for the government building at Trenton, to $250,000, Agreed to. Mr. STARKWEATHER presented @ petition of the residents of Norwich, Conn., asking for a general reduction of the tariff dates to & revenue basis and @ repeal of all duties on salt, coal and pig iron, MIXED SCHOOLS AND DRINKS. Mr. HEREFORD, (dem.) of W. Va., moved to sus. pend the rules and adopt the resolution yee it to be unconstitutional and a tyranuical usurpation of power for Congress to attempt to force mixed schools on the States or to pass any law interfering with churches, public Carriers or innkeepers, Re- jected— Yeas 50, nays 87. Mr. E. H, ROBERTS, (rep.) of N, Y., moved to sus end the rules and pass the senate bill be 4 Fh) alg Ing $200,000 for &@ government building at Utica, N. Y. Jected—61 to 51—not two-thirds in the aflirm- ative, The Senate amendment to the House bill fora overnment building at St. Louis was, on motion of ir. WELLS, (dem.) of Mo., non-concurred in, and a committee of conference was ordered. ROBESON’S COMMITTEE. The SPEAKER announced as the select committee on the charges agains the Secretary of the Navy Messrs. Blair, of Michigan; Sargent, Peters, Voore hees and Warren. Mr. GErz, (dem.) of Pa., offered a resolution in- structing the Committee on Ways and Means to report on the propriety of abolishing all internal revenue laws aud imposing taxes on the States In proportion to the population, wich was agreea to. A number of amnesty bills were presented and passed by unanimous consent, and without being rea A CRECK ON THE LOBBY. Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) Of Obiq, asked and obtained consent to have an amendment to the Post Office bili considered in order, prohibiting all persons wno have heid oilice in any department of the govern- ment which required confirmation by the Senate from acting as agents or attorueys for the proseca- Non of claims before such department lor two years alter they have leit the government employment. Mr. FARNSWORTH, (rep.) Of Jil, from the Post Oftice Committee, reported @ bili to suppress the system of “straw bids” for carrying the mail, aud providing that any person who has put in a bid and Who then fails to enter into @ contract and to per- form the service shall pe deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and be liable to a penalty of $6,000 tine and OnG year's imprisonment, Mr, Porrrn, (!em.) of N, Y., offered an amend- Ment authorizing the Postmaster General to accept now sureties trom contractors In place of existin| sureties. Agreed to, . ‘The bill as amended was then passed, . BUTLER, (rep.) Of Mass., moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill atrecting the Secretary of the Treasury after the 1st of April, 1872, to collect and receive one-third of the amount of castoms duties on Leda United States legal tender notes. 5 y Mr. BOTLER then moved that the rules be sus pended and the bill brought beiore the Louse for consideration now. The motion was rejected—yeas 89, nays 68, less than two-thirds in the affirmative, Mr. Buck, (dem,) of Ky., offered a resolution call. ing on tne Scorevary of War for a detailed state. ment as to the sales of arms aud ordnance stores siuce June, 1865. Agreed to, SAVE THE PUBLIC LANDS. Mr. Ler ee ST) of Pa., offered a resolution declaring that t y of granting subsidies in public lands to road and other corporations ought to be Cg od ana that every considera- ‘of public policy and equal justice to the whole requires the public lands to be held for home- Posen “Agreed to withonsn divisions nS 0 a ‘The House then, at Lour o'clock, adiourmeds and-that Tam tobe — —$—$—$— —$——— THE $10,000,000 OIL MONOPOLISTS. Oi Dealers im Council—The Effort ef the Monopelista to Control Transportation and Price of Oil. A large meeting of the New York Petroleum Asso- ciation, composed of persons interested in the sale of petroleum, was held yesterday at 62 Fine street, to counsel as to the best meaus to combat the schemes of ‘The Southern {mprovement Company,” @n association formed to purchase all the oll lands, refineries, &c., 80 a8 to control the trade in oi, H. H. Rodgers acted as chairman, and J. H. Wickes as secretary. Mr. Rop@ers called for R. W. Burke, chairman of & committee of conference with the Southern Im- provement Company, to state the result of the inter- view. Mr. Burge stated in substance that tne oMicers declared vhat the company originated in & desire of the railroad companies to increase the freights; that to avcomplish 1 tbe railroad | companies put tho matter in the hands | of Mr. Watson, who consulted producers and receivers, and. that the company thus sprung into life, with the object of uniting all the refining interests of the country and give the railway com~- panies paying rates. They declare there will be no rebates; that if the refiners all join them all parties 5 br Mieke reluortes_ aud pay. for then ata falc value tion, either in cash or stock of the pompany.. They said’ the refiners of Cleveland and Pittsburg had em, chairman of acommittee to confer ‘With the refiners and producers gt Oil Creek, re- ported that they seemed to be heartily against apy monopoly; they believe that they should ae the whole world @ cnance to come and buy. They asked tor the appolmtment of a com- mittee to meet them, and this committee leave to- night. We believe tiat this system of rebate should be abolished. 1t 13 unjust to give arebate in favor of other places. ‘There is in the oil business a great tendency toward New York, which is a distriputing point lor exportation, and the producers seem aux- ous to continue thisas the centre for transporta- uon. WILLIAM BYERS, recently from Oll City, reported that the people in the oll regions were very enthu- lastic and determined if possible to prevent the usiness being diverted to Pitisburg and Cleveland instead or New York. They had organized an asso- Ciation, with $1,000,000 capital, to hold their oil for sale to the trade, and seemed determined that the monopoly should not control them, The also propose to control a large supply of oil, and then demand rebates and reasonable rate of eral from raliroad companies, It is understood, 6 said, that the refluing capacities of Oil Creek an New York were amply sufticient Jor all purposes, and if they were not it couid be soon incre: Mr. BURTON stated that his company—the Ren- farm Weil Company—were opposed to the monopo- ly, and had notided their agents to hold the oll. Mr. MCGEE, of the Southern Improvement Com- Pany, addressed the meeting, making a lengthy @rgumeni in favor of the company, which, he de- Clared, intended to place all tae refineries on the one platform and uot to benefit any one. It is the intention of the company to sell oil, aud not paper, at the lowest possibile rates, The company will en- deavor to keep petroleum at a fair price, and thus the producer .will ve benefited as well as the com- pauy and the refiner. CHARLES Pratt, a New York refiner, declared that the company had formed a combination with Western retiners, and now wanted to take in the New York retiners, He could see no good likely to result from connection with this large combination, which ‘would prevent open combination, If he wanted to go out of the business he mught unite with the com- any; but he wanted to conduct his own business, e offered a resolution, which was discussed, and, ending Its adoption, the association adjourned and immediately reorganized us an open meeting of all persons engaged 1 the oll trade. Mr. OC, W. BURTON Was called to the chair, when the resolution was again read. + Mr. MCGEE spoke against It, Mr. RopGErRs denounced the monopoly, ana sald it was preposterous to take crude oll 160 miles west of the wells, reine it and expect to convey 1 to this city as cheap asitcan be refined ac the well or in New York. There was @ refining capacity of 6,000 barrels in New York and 10,000 on Oil Creek—suil- gient for the whole business, . C, MCKay ably argued agialnst the monopoly, which has a capital of $10,00v,000 and in time could control the whole oil interests cf the country, and, possibly, eventually establish refineries in Kuropean Cities and completely abolish the refineries of this country. Mr. ABBOTT sald there were in the oil regions 80,000 proaucers up In arms against the monopoly. The resolution was Carried, $1 being for and 7 against 1 ‘The meeting then adjourped and the Refiners’ As- sociation Was again called to order to instruct ita committee as 10 what proposition to make to the traue at Ou Creek. The resolutions referred to above, and which are as follows, were unauimousiy adopted:— Resolved, That the interest of the New York refiners and dealers is not in sympathy or interest with the Southérn Im- Rrovement Company OF any systein ot railroad oF trauspor- tion rebate in treights or carrying charges. Resolved, That tho only sound and permanent base upon which to establish trae is by open competition, and to this end this meeting pledges its co-operation. The committee—composed of H. H. Rodgers, M. N. Day, Jacob Goldsmith, —— Fiemming and —— Brown—at once left for Tivusvilie on the adjoura- ment of the meeting. QUARANTINE INVESTIGATION, The Sub-Committee on Commerce and Navigation resumed the investigation into the Management of Quarantine affairs, at the St, Nicholas Hotel, yester- day. Captain O’Rorke, Superintendent of the West Bank Hospital, examined:—Have been Superin- tendent of the West Bark Hospital since 1859; my salary 18 $166 67; Know Commissioner Bell; cannot say how often he visited the Hospital this year, but he was a constant visitor last year; the material for the building of the Hospital was furnished by Frank Swift; do not know how much stone was delivered; had no reason to find fault with tne material fur- nished; It was not practicable to board the Lower Quarantine at all seasons; Tompkinsviile is the easiest place to board along the harbor; the treatment of smallpox patients in the lower bay Was very successful; the patients are now sent to Blackwell's Island. Some memoranda were here called for and witness left to get them, N. B. Sinclair, stevedore, examined:—Have been fifteen years in the stevedore business; became con- nected with Quarantine In 1870; by ‘arrangement with the New York Stevedore andLichierahip com. pany we received seventy-five per cent of the gross earnings; after Mr. White and his company leit we continued to do the work for the Quaranune Com- missioners; paid no bonus to anybody; our bil were paid without reduction; Mr. Louer, my part- ner, Made all tie arrangements; do not kaow that he paid any percentage; my impression is that no money was paid for the business, but 1 do not know positively; we did the work for 1871; I never spoke to the Doctor about the business; im regard to the business tnis year I think my partner told me that something’ must be paid, but not Lo the Doctor; I could not state what per- centage was paid for the business; it was thought to be a0 Important contract, but it did not turn out 80; I do not know where tie money went to—that is, if any was paid; our receipts for the last year were $20,000, Which was much less tnan was antt- cipated; the men were obligea to remain at Quaran- lune, and stayea in a barge anchored there; we la- bored under great expense—as much as $24 per hour being paid; we had nothing to do witn the towing; I was down tne bay all the time; I never made out a bill or paid a cent, Captain O’Rorke having returned his examina: tion Was resumed :—I was directed by the 1ate vom. missioners to Keep an account of the stone ae- livered; Dr, Beil told me to seep an account; I made reports to Mr. Rich previous to nls resigna- tion; I then made my reports to the Commission- ers’ secretary; do not know that there was claimed to be a discrepancy between your reports and those of the contractor; dou’t remember having bad any conversation with the contractor about discrepan- cles; nor with the engineers or the secretary; haye never heard of any complaints about the manner in which my accounts were kept. The committee then adjourned, to meet at Albany some day this week, wuen further testimony will be taken. TAMMANY SOCIETY, Tho Committee of Seven. The Commitiee of Seven, appointed at the meet ing of Tammany Society on Saturday evening to decide upon the proper persons to be inspeciors of election, commenced its labors last evening at | Tammany Hall The committee consisis of Augustus Schell, John Kelly, Jonu W. Chanler, | William (, Conner, Edward L, Donnelly, Joun Fox and Andrus Connor, Over three hundred adherents of Tammany were Dresent in the miostrei ball, Among these were Larry Kiernan, Michael Norton, Alexander Frear, Thomas Coman, Judges Shandley, Fowler, Scott, Cox ané Dowling, Charles G, Cornell, John D. Newman, Jhomas Dunlap, Henry Woltman, William filtchman, aod many other repre- sentative leaders. The session of the committee was of a private nature, and the representation from each Assembly district was admitted in nu- merical order, beginning with the First aistrict. Each Assembly district was called and the names of suitable parties for mspectors of election were resented, alter which the delegation with- rew from the room. In nearly all of the Assembly districts there were more than one set of names presented, some of them being from other organizations, including the German Democratic Union, tae Democratic Reform organization, and from the German Democratic Union, The committee merely received the names submitted, but deferred action upon them until alter the meeting on Wednesday eventug, When ad- ditional names will be received, and the final an- nou will be made through the press yp | Mistress, but as an honest, ing | tothe THE METHODIST PREACHERS. Ne Extension of the Ministerial Term of Omee—The Itineracy the Fundamental Principle of Mcthodisu—Superseding Secta- viaa Appropriations. ‘The q uestion of the pastoral term, so impo'tant at all times to Methodist ministers, but more espe- cially so at the present time, in view of the ap- proaoping session of the General Conference, which 1s tu be held in Brooklyn in May, was yesterday dis- cussed at considerable length and in ite various bearings by Rev. Messrs, Taylor, King, Curry, Buck- ley and others, Mr. Taylor led the discussion, earnestly and eloquentiy advocating a reduction rather than an extension of the pastoral term of office. He thought the eMciency of the Ohurch hed been injured by the present extension from two to threa years, The itineracy is the great democratic leveller of Methodism, and iu the limit 1s removed this peculiar feature will be broken and destroyed, he believed, within ten years, and perhaps 1n five years. He compared tt to the eylinder of a printing press—if it be arrested In one point all the machinery must stop. If the term of one man is extended CONFUSION IS INTRODUCED and around of ministers is stopped. He believed the experience of the Church would sustain his statement that the third year of the present term of the majority of ministers is @ practical failure, and that if the question was put to a vote of the churches thi f back to the old't arms of une er wo, yours, fnew the General Conference, eight years agu, passed this rule ex- tending the time tne thira year was le{t excep- tonal, He also favored a reduction or @ close limita- tion of the presiding eldership term and preferred that the appointments should be left to the bisnops lone. Dr. Kix@ read from the journal of the General Conlerence to show that the extension of the time trom two to three years was regular and not excep- tional He was chairman of the committee to whom the subject was referred, and the committee pre- sented a minority and majority report. The former opposed the extension, but the latter approved, and the Comadsn Conference adopted the majority's re- ort : Dr. CURRY, Who was & member of that commit- tee, also denied that the three years rule Was de- signed to apply generally, Jt was to be discretion. ary with the bishops, and was passed to enable them to do legaily what through Outward pressure they had been obliged todo in many cases before the rule was adopted, And he believed a greater presaure was brought to bear at present upon the Superintendents than had ever veen before. And VARIOUS SUBTERFUGES HAD BEEN RESORTED TO to compel the reappoinument of some ministers to | esieiey charges beyond the regular term, and e could Dame some men who had hrought such pressure to bear. Mr, BUCKLEY dissented from Mr, Taylor’s state- Ment that the tnird year of most miuisters i: failure, it 1s no more @ failure than the first year of some men, And ic had gathered some statuslics of three year men in the New York Kast, the New England, the Providence and the Onto Lonterences, and had found that in twenty-lour cases out of twenty-seven which he had inquired into the re- vivals and conversions during the third year were Jarger and more numerous than during either of the previous years, He aiso dissented from Dr. Uurry’s view that the pressure upon the bishops tor a further extension of the pastoral term had in- creased since the adoption of the three years rule, and he challenged bin to name four instances in his own (New York East) Couierence. He thought the present term was a8 much as the iumeracy Would salely bear, but that a snorcer tern: was too litue to enaple the ministers to do eflicient work in the churches, Dr. True and others wanted to speak on the question, and it was, \uerelore, conunued over till next week. Dr, Curry then reported for the special committee previcusly appointed ro conier with the managers of the Vid Ladies’ Home, in regard to superseding by voluntary contribuuons the annual appropriations heretotore made by the State Legislature to this | charity. 1t will be remembered that a year ago the preachers very warmly discussed tnis matter of Goatees ABFEDESEATIONS, ‘ and passed resolutions strong!y condemngtory the anaeee accéptaicd of either thuiiey or ie irom the cily or State Im future, At that time a committee was appointed to devise a plan to supply the deficiency thus caused by a relusal to accept the State's aid. This committee, as its report yester- day showed, favored the pian of securing 1,000 annual subscribers of $10 each to run on for five years, and the preachers were invited to co-operate by subscribing themselves and by getting as many of their church members as tuey could todo like- wise. The society had not had @ singie dollar irom the city or State last year or this, and there is im- merase need that prompt acuion be taken in tnis matter. By unanimous request vr. Eggleston was invited to adaress tue preachers’ meeting next Monday morning ummedtately after the opening of the dis- cussion on the extension Of the ministerial term by Dr. frue, Adjourned, THE ATIEMP IED BLACKMAIL CASE The Case Again Up Before Judge Dowling— The Prisover’s Counsel Appeal to Mr. Carter’s Chri ity, and Emma ita Ale lowed to Go Home. Yesterday morning the room of the Court of Special Sessions was filled tos it utmost capacity by @ large throng of persons eager vo hear the exami- nation of the Carter-Couch blackmail case, which was set down for hearing, beiore Judge Dowling, at ten o'clock. Promptly at tnis hour all the parties to the case put in an appearance with the exception of the fair defendant herself, who was too ill to attend in person. Accompanying Mr. Delafleld Smith, coun- sel for the defence, was Mr. Daniel H. Couch, father of the unfortunate girl. He is a very respectable appearing person, apparently about forty years of é, and when he entered the court room’ seemed tly careworn and sorrow-stricken. He says he lives in Dutchess county and first heard of his un- ppy child's dilemma through the newspapers, and, ofconrse, hastened to her side, District Attorney Sullivan, on behalf of the peo- ple, when the Justice had announced himselt ina condition to hear the case, said he was ready to go on with the examiuation, and hoped matters would be expedited as much as possible, At this point Mr. Delafield Smith arose, and, after stating thatthe papers were at fault in asserting on the occasion of the first hearing that he ap- peared as the irlend and counsel for the defend: ant, urged that the complaint be withdrawn. Dr. Carter, he asserted, as a minister of Christ could not certainly take delight 1n prosecuting the unfor- tunate girl, who had, perhaps, been too rash in the Matter of letter writing, Herfather was present, bowed down with sorrow and Erich and only asked tobe allowed to take his child home with him, where, he assured the Court, she would be kept | from any further designs upon the complainant, Mr. Gerry declared that such a course of proceed. ing could not under and circumstances be allowed, Dr. Carter did not appear as @ rash, dissolute Lothario, who was desirous of ridding himself of a uprigat gentieman, & minister of the gospel of Jesus Chiist, who has always occupied the first rank in religion as welt as 1 society, and who has been greatly-wronged by the detendant, Miss Couch. If he were to con- sent to the withdrawal of the complaint it would seriously compromise aim, and therefore, while ne id not and would not prosecute the unhappy girl through @ spirit of revenge, he was nevertheless Boake to protect himself and his cherished reputa- tion. . Juage Dowling said he could not consider the motion to have the charge withdrawn. The de- fendant was charged with a felony, and, therefore, it was beyond the power of the magistrate to allow seld charge to be withdrawn, Mr. Sniith, however, still persisted in his motion. He thought the ends of justice morally, if not legally, would be attained quite as well by allowing the defendant to go home to her family as by prosecuting her and possibly opening the doors of the State Prison toher, He admitted Miss Couch was a fallen wo- man, but thought that Wf the reverend complainant ‘Was (lesirous of saving souls her sual was as well worth saving as that of any one else. He thought vhe doctor had already vindicated Ins character vy the course he had taken tn not paying the money she demanded, bui, on the contrary, turning her ver to the police wuthorities and then facing her in open court, quite 1s much as he could were he to convict her and send her to prison. The counsel said that as Miss Couch was unable, through sickness, to attend, he would suggest that carriages be procured, and the Judge, togeiher with the counsel on both sides, go to her hotel, where the form of watving an examination could be gone through with, and the unlortunate iauy then be allowed vo go home wit her tather. ‘This was finally agreed to, and tue carriages hav- been ordered the party drove up Libby House, corner of Twenty-seventh street and Fourth avenue, where, in Miss Conch’s’ room, court was formally opened. ‘The lady, of course, waived an exanination, and after the necessary | questions bad been asked and answered she Was leit at liberty to return home with her father, who be- Came personally responsible for her apearance when- ever wanted by the Grand Jury. A BOARDING HOUSE THIEF. On Saturday last Jonn Wright engaged board at the house No. 774 Second avenue, and last night leit the house, carrying with him a quantity of clouhning valued at $60, the Fatu Kane, who subsequently found Wright on a ‘Third avenue car with one of his coats on his back, Kane attempted to take the coat from huw, which resulted in Wright's attacking him ana severely cut. tng his head. Wright was arrested by Oficer Mcdenly and locked up In the station house, NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT CALENDAR RociesteR, N. Yo. March 11, 1872, 6, 6%) 60, 60) Si, vera gfe MURDER AND ROBBERY. A Nobleman Burned in Bed in Brussels. FLIGHT OF THE CRIMINALS. TRACKING THE STOLEN PROPERTY. LIGHT FROM THE ATLANTIC. Arrest of an Extravagant Belgian in Philadelphia. AN INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTY. On Saturday night last Detective Farley, of the Central Office, arrested a Belgian calling himself Charles Volt, at the Petry Hotel, in Philadelphia, chargea with having in his possession and putting into circulation certain bonds and shares that had been stolen from Le Chevalier Dubois Bianco, of Brussels, who was murdered in that city on the 2d of October, 1871, According to informa- tion forwarded to Superintendent Kelso on the subject, Monsieur Le Chevalier Dubois Bianco lived a short distance out from the city of Brussels, on the road to Malines. He was & man well past the prime of life, and lived almost retired upon his estates, The house in which the Chevalier resided aiffered but little from the ordinary country villas that surround the city, and was always re- markable in the neignborhood for the extreme attention paid to its entourage by the retainers of the Chevalier. On the night of the 2d of October, when THAT GENTLEMAN WAS MURDERED and his house set on fire there were but two per- sons in the builaing beside the proprietor, These were two servants, named Jean Louis Grooten and Joseph Vianden, both Prussian subjects, and na- tives of a village mear Cologne. Groo- ten was in the employ of the Chevalier about two months and Vianden six weeks. They remained at Brussels sometime alter the murder, at the house of the Count Dh du Val de Beauluew, the son-in-law of the Chevailer, and then went back to thelr own country (about the end of November, 1871), since which time nothing has been heard of them. On the morning of the 3d of Octo- ber the inhabitants of the neighborhood of Bianco Villa were thrown into a wild state of excitement by the news of the horrible event that had just taken place in their midst. The body of the old gentioman was found In his bed terribly mangled, with the flesh almost COMPLETELY BURNED FROM THE BONES. The room gdjoining that jn which the nobleman slept had beea entered, the safe broken open and papers Valued at £10,000 carned off, The local Police authorities were quickly on the spot to examine the scene of the crime minutely, but could not fasten the guilt upon any of ‘ the parties in the district, The servants were put through a rigid inquiry, but nothing definite could be discovered against them, A woman, who lived In the town aud with whom the Chevalier was known to have had intimate relations, extending over a period of twenty : years, was exam- ined, but nothing defnite could be elicited trom her. She, however, contradicted the first story she told the police so many rimes that a good deal of suspicion attached to her until more recent events turned the doubt another way. The Count Dh Du Val de Beaulieu states that in her interroga- tion belore one of ie local judges this woman stated that of late years the Chevalier had formed an intimacy with a girl of low lie, who was known as Hainaut. Upon this information the Magistrate caused 9 strict search to be made for the giri Hainaut, but she could not be found: and Whether she is an invention on the par: of the Chevatier’s old iriend or nas escaped from the city after THE MURDER AND ROBBERY remains yet a mystery. The Count further adds, in his correspondence with Superintendent Kelso, that, ths older Woman, whose name he does not give, was on @ footing of the most perfect under- standing with the servants of the Cheva- her, and they were in the habit rendering each other such services as came in the way of people in their condition of life. She has had im her possession for a considerable ume an open will, in wiich a life pens:on of $600 was be- queathed to her besides a number of other Brubeels aa eagh the Ral cltared nerse t Brussels, érsele of every suspicion of complicity in the crime the con. tradictory statements made to the investigating magistrate at the time of tne first examination have created an unfavorable impression against her. All search éor the criminals proving { a} HY authorities at Brussels were compelled 8 rob + matter Where they had take it ap, with the ‘sterious murder and robbery of the Bhevalier ees had resumed their ordinary routine, when ' a ray of light stole in upon the darkness from across the Atlantic. On the 7th or 8th of last February ope of the stolen shares—No, ee of the Commercial Bank of Delhorpe, ‘iber- gmon & Co, of Brussels—was presented negotiation by M. Letsen, @ banker of Amiens, The payment of the bond was imme- diately stopped, and M. Leisen was asked how the paper came into his possession, He miformed the Police that the security came to him in the Tegular course of business from @ mer- chant In London named Cowston, <A tangible clue to some of the stolen property having been dis- covered, the Count de Beaulieu immediately started for London, accompanied by the Uhief of Police of Brussels, and they at once put themselves in com- sit With Superintendent Williamson, Chief o THE LONDON DETECTIVE POLICE. That gentleman found the share in question had been Jorwarded to the Union Bank of London, from Whom Mr, Crowston had recetved it, by Messrs, Duncan, Sherman & Co., of New York, with a secu- rity of the Belgian debt of 434 per cents, that the Count de Beautieu also believes to be part of the booty carried off by the murderers, Having traced the matter to New York, and no doubt being under the impression that the criminals nad escaped to this country, Superintendent Williamson tele- Kelso, and the Count de Beaulteu put himseif in direct communication with that gentle- man. superintendent Kelso placed the matter in the hands of Detective Phil Faricy, who set to work to unravel tho mystery, He tirst possession of that house. ‘These gentlemen in- formed Mr. Farley they had received the paper | — cree tr tbl See in Broadway, ho nad le: share W! em for collection, Mcllve Hike} thoxt Wout to Estes’ who told hin the paper had been given to him im tie usual ble—by a German who had beea PLAYING FARO left the paper in he had lost, and all such Farley the back omens 48 security for the amount it had passed out of his hands hke securities Mr. Myles told Detective that at tne time the man left paper with him he promised to call for it am @ couple of days; but as he had not resurned according 10 | promise Mr, Myles said ne did not feel bound to retain it any longer. He addea that at the time the man seemed very anxtous that the check should not pass out of the hands of Myles, for he re- peated to him several times: ke would cer tamly go back to redeem i. At the gam- bling house ali trace of the man was lost and for several days Detective Fariey was searching for him fn the Various German resorts of the city before he again got a clue io his whereabouts, The information this time came from a young lady in an east side lager beer saloon, who told, Nr Farley she had been royally treated some weeks before by A MAGNIFICENT BELGIAN, Who was living at the Prescow House, on Broads way. ‘To tat caravansera the detective bent his mysterious steps, only to find, .m is arrival, that the Belgian bird had fown. He had fived av the hotel several weeks, tne proprietors told ; | Mr. Farley, with bis wife, a common-iooking Woman, evidently of the lowest order of German peasants, and had gone onto Puiladelphia trom there. ‘The detective went to Superiniendent Kelso | to report progress and the Superinieadent in- structed his detective to go on to Phiadeiphia | and endeavor to capture the much-desired Mr. | Charlies Volt. On ‘thursday last Mr, Farley went to Philadelphia, accompanied by @ | gentieman who had met Volt in this city, and after @ rigorous search Mr, Voit was found by the aetec- tive in bed at the Petry House, After complying | with the necessary formalities Detective Fariey ar- rested Volt and brought him on to New York on | Saturday night last and locked him up at Police | me Yesterday mormng Superintendent e180 TELEGRAPHED TO THR BELGIAN CONSUL in Brooklyn, and after a consultation with that gen- tleman an thquiry was made among the various banking institutions in the elt doing business With Belgium to find if any more of te stolen bonds had been ais of vy Volt. U oe of (ris inquiry Messrs, Kawinski & Hegerield, of 147 Tormed Min that Vorb nad ee Cena, On 20: ormed him that Volt ha _ uary 19, some securities and shares in the Altsbadcn Stock Suoiety (Alisvaden Agiien i graphed the jacts in the case to Superintendent | called upon the firm of Duncan, Sherman & Co,, to | ascertain how the bond in question came into the ' routine of his business—stakes at the gaming ta- | there one night, and who, having ran out of money, | 307, 806, 306 and 407, each of them of the value areinell ot tares, Nos, 2.558, 5300, gy yt for 81,000; 4.108 4.805, Goal, 6.52% Eiabllssmenis de Jonn Cockers sereuy @ Liege; maxing & total value of $11,500," v Devective Farley that a she Vail id toute aah papers or the same ae would call” again to Gn she ugnt them in Reess’ Hotel, This not know even his name, He had ji him at the hotel and bought the When asked how long he don Volt said only a counle of weeks, rived there on the 1st of Octover, and was joiued by his wile, ABOUT TEN DAYS AFTER, and then they came on to New York. Detective Farley examined the trunks belonging to Volt and his companion at tne Petry House, in. Pbil and he found that the clothing of the pair was English and new. Not a single articie aid = they but id. A reporter of the HERALD called last o' | at the Prescott House to make some inquiries about ; the style of ya of Mr, Volt while he- imhap- ‘fled that establishment, The cterk told him that Volt seemet to have plenty of money, | With an — insatiable for champagne and other expensive luxuries, He conducted him- Self in @ most outlandish manner, often going down | stairs 1m the middle of the night, and demanding to be served with extravi it suapen and wi These were invanably refused, then Mr. Volt ‘would storm and demand why A MAN OF HIS WEALTH AND STANDING in the Old Country should be treated in such @ matte ner. He frequently flung tive doliar bills at the servants and proved @ moat deligntiully docile and fruittul pigeon to the sharks who roam about hotels looking out for such prey. At several well known restaurants and wine houses on tne east side of town Mr, Volt is said to have conaucted himself 1n @ similar manner. He pretended to be a gentte- man irom Belgium travelling in America for the benefit of his heaith, in some pi god in others he told the people he had only just come from California, and he had brought back with him bags of goid,. Hé peyeloned @ strong appetite for ex- pensive wines during stay in New York, and Trequented all the houses in town that were famous for the quality of their vin Detective Farley Bhedgetrnd took the prisoner United States Commissioner Osborn, bat that gentleman could not hold him, as there is no extradition treaty between Belgium and rayne Mr. Farley then took him before Judge Hogan, who committed him, upon affidavit of Detectuve Fariey, for having brought stoien property into the State of New York. ‘fhe police are under the impression that Volt is now im league with some MORE ACCOMPLISHED ARTISTS than himself, wuo have thejremaider of the stolen bonds and securities hidden away, and Detective Farley bas undertaken the task of hunting up the remainder of the property. There is no doubt, he thinks, that all the valuables detailed in the list sent on to Superintendent Kelso by the Count de Beauliew have found their way to this country, and his tind- ing them is only a question of time. it is to be regretted that uo treaty exists between the two “countries, for the information now going abroad will point out to criminals in this country A FINE FIELD toescape toin the event of trouple. If this case should be the means of getting an extradition treaty, and there is very little doubt it will {rom what the Belgian Consul says, Detective Farley will have contributed an ba sion point towards that result in the arrest of Volt. The folowing 1s a list_of the bonds and shares stolen from the safe of Le Chevalier Dubois dé Becenco:— One hundred and twenty-five shares Alstoden of tray Nos. 225 to 409. : . me PGasuthes of Mulhes of 260 franca, Nos. Figh' 42 to 49, PC Ge securities of Mulhein of 500 francs, Nos, ink Fifty-five shares Commerctal Bank, Delhoye & Tebershier, Nos, 1,001 to 1,046, 1,097 to 1,100; 1,539, 1,340, ees 1,987, 2,233, Twenty-three shates Mareenelle et Coullieb, Nos. 2,246 to 2,263 inclusive. Thirty-two railroad bonds (Everard), Nos, 1,216 to 1,222; 1,242, 1,243; 2,908 to 2,924, 2,960 to 2,964. Tuirty-one shares d’Ongrie, *Two securities, *Ten shares of the Bank of Belgium, a securities, 4'¢ per cent Belgian, of 1,000f, each, *Vorty securities of tne Department of tue Seine. *Nine securities of peraing. *fwo securities of Caraoerries. Forty ee peer of the Department of the Sein 4 | France, Nos. 164,056, 195,528, 195,520, 195, 196,531, 195,534, 195,535, 195,638, 195,538, 195,530, 105,542, 195,54: 196,295, 196,299, 198,207, _ 196,298, 194, 2» 196,301, 196,392, 106,701, 196,706, 196,709, 196,710, 196,711, 196,712, 196,713, 190,715, 196,717, 194,719, 196,721, 196,722, 196,723, 196,724, 196.725, 196,726, 196,727, 196,729, 196,730, 199,857, 216,203, Volt Nili will be brought up for examination on Saturday next, and Detective Farley expects by ihat time to have such information as will warrant the authorities in taking some decisive action in the matier. * Numbers not designat : BR tin THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN BROOKLYN. ‘That dread and fearfully disfiguring malady—the smallpox—which has clung so tenaciously to the ‘ts of the Qburchly Uity, refusing to be shaken off by tne efforts of the sanitary guar- dlans, is now reported to be on the increase. The remedies suggestea by Health Oficer Cochran, M. D., last December, as essential to guard against the disease becoming epidemic, were two-fold, viz, :—First, the exercise of a rigid system of clean- liness on the part of the authorities in keeping the streets cleaned, and on thé part of housekeepers in aintaining scrupulous order apout COED. 3 ses. Second, the employment of a corps vac-" cinetony, WEES duty it should be vo visit each house in the city and vaccinate or revaccinate the neo- ple. The first condition was not complied with, ‘The streets are dirty. Hpassxecnens, as a general thing, are cleanly m Brooklyn. The vaccinators were employed for the brief space of one month—January—and during that period performed exceilent service, doubt- less preventing great havoc among the community. But the period was insufficient to complete the work of vaccmation, and this . useful auxiliary of the Sanitary Department was dispensed with on the Cn that there were no more funds applicable for the purpose. This week the Health Omcer reports that 104 fresh cases of smallpox have been recorded, and forty-two deaths nave occurred. Comment is unnecessary, as the danger is painfully apparent. i | 1 ! THE P.O OFS A. The State Camp of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America of New York will meet in semi-annual session in this city to-day. The order has been in existence abont thirty years, but during the great war of the rebellion it became almost extinct, the members rallying to the service of their country, as bound both by obligation and | desire, Since the war it has been gaining strength very fast, and on the 6th of this month, at @ convention held in Allentown, Pa., a Na- tional Camp was formed by delegates from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Onto, Maryland, Delaware aud Missouri. ‘The officers elect to the new Natioual Camp were:— J, K. Heims, of Pennsylvania, National President; H. Hi, Holl, of Pennsylvania, National Vice Prest- dent; E. Z C. Indson, of New Jersey, Master of F, and C.; H. J. Stager, of Pennsylvania, National Secretary; L. H. Quay, of Delaware, Nailonal Treas- urer; M. Coachman, of New York, Inspector; Mr Miller, of Maryland, Sergeant-at-Arins; Kev, H. Ae Nell, of Pennsylvania, Chaplam. The order 1s strictly American In membership, atriotic and benevolent in its principles and oD- ects, and aistinctiy separate from political in- trigues, In its constitutton State and subordinate cainps are enjolmed against the use of the Urder for any partisan political purpose, the penalty of dis- ovedience in this respect being the revocation of therr charters, 1ts matn object Is the union of americans, the perpetuation of free education aud a war agalust ait sectarian interference with State rights or Save moneys. In Pennsyivanta alone there are over two eanree camps of this Order ip active operation; about eighty in the State of New York, some in this elt, eckang Ing between three hundred aud four ag i. bers, while New Jersey and other on te ly large representations, ‘The recent general ol Sace ce OF Washington's Birthday throughout the ta ry may be mainly atuributed to the exertions of this Order. Every camp in tne United States is known as Wasiington Camp, and designated from the others only by iis number and Braye, Vent FIRE IN PRANKLIN STREET. At ten minutes past six o'clock last night a dre on the second floor of the butld- broke out ing 49 Franklin street, occupled by Kolasky | & Obor, manufacturers of chignons, | caus ing & loss tO stock of $600: insured for $500 In the Andes Company oi Cincinnati. The building is owned by Jolin Goshan and damaged $350; insured, The fire Was caused by one of the empioyés lertiag her chignon fall on tae stove. ROW IN A LAGER BEER Sai0oN. At eight o'clock last night an altercation took place in the lager becr saloon on ‘4hird avenue, near Seventy-fourth street, between Jacob khembardt and Henry Miller, both residents of Mount Vernon, during which Miller received @ dangerous wound i the bead by some instrument (a ibe lauds of Kelme Gesellechaps), DUM | Rardt. who male lis excave.