The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1872, Page 3

AME HUB REDWIVE Pheenix-Like Recuperation of the Desolated District. RELIC HUNTERS IN THE RUINS. Significant Tales of Unsound Safes and Departed Treasures. ‘Millions of Property Consumed in “Fire and Burglar Proofs.” {RELIEVING TGE SUFFERING AND HOMELESS, Uncalled-For Comment on Home Bene- volence and Financial Integrity. 5 vianeleetiied eiel Noble Examples of Selt- Sacrifice. THE WOOL INTERESTS. The Board of Aldermen and Real Estate Owners Guarding Against Tinder Tops on Granite Walls. Boston, Nov, 15, 1872, ‘The wind and sunshine of to-day have dispelled alike, and to a cheering degree, the smoke from ‘the burnt district and the gloom which has borne heavily upon the community during the past week, and with this has come manifestations of courage, energy and enterprise, which it is natural to ex- pect from our merchants and property owners. Although the fires smoulder in various localities, the work of clearing away the dépris is being prose- cuted with vigor, and already piles of brick from the ruins are rising on the outskirts of the burnt district, while within the work of recovering safes is continued, with more or less satisfaction to the owners. Itis the very general sentiment of this community that it did not become Boston to accept in the present exigency outside aid for charitable purposes, The Relief Committee have chosen to think otherwise and to put a wontrary decision on record, They have taken this course on their own responsibility and in accord- ‘nce with their ideas of duty, but they have taken it against the wishes, as inquiry would have told them, of citizens solid and substantial, and ready to back up their views on a point on which they Bre very sensitive, feeling that their honor and manhood have been touched by hasty and in- judicious action. There are a great many protests, many of them from heavy losers by the fire, against the action of the committee, which has put Boston in a false attitude before the country—one not in harmony with its character for HOME BENEVOLENCE AND FINANCIAL INTEGRITY, The feeling of dissatisfaction amounts almost to Jndignation. This morning the “fire and burglar proof’ safe of Messrs. J. M. Beebe & Co., in Winthrop square, was opened, but nothing remained of the contents ex- jeept a few charred books and papers. Messrs. Herswell, Kinsley & French recovered from their safe a lot of silver ware ina damaged wondition and portions of family jewelry partially melted. The safe contained a small portion of gold coin, which was melted. The two vaults of J. R. Bigelow, formerly at 43 and 45 Federal street, preserved their coutents in Splendid shape, and some watches, which were @mong the contents, were only slightly scorched. Several steamers are still on duty among the fuins. Cataract No. 10 is stationed at the corner of Devonshire and Franklin streets, where the fire 4s still alive among a large quantity of woollen woods belonging to A. Hamilton. The steamer has two lines of hose, one leading into Winthrop Baquare, the other down Devonshire street. Steamer No. 18 is stationed in Franklin street, at the foot of the charred flag staf, which has been nearly CUT DOWN BY RELIC HUNTERS, The firemen have pitched a tent and bivouac in the Square day and night. Tne company of steamer No. 8 are on duty on Federal street, with relief engine Mazeppa; and No. 8 hose have established their headquarters in High street, in a tent made of scorched shoe linings. Many of the firemen have been on duty since Saturday night, and yet they are happy. This morning the safe of a merchant, ‘whose store was oy Summer street, was opened and $400,000 in bonds was found to be in good con- dition. THE SITE OF OLD FORT HILL fs the scene of active building operations, half a dozen wooden structures being already finished and in process of erection. The first store com- pleted is that of Abbott & Howard, agents for Thomas Firth & Sons, which has been erected by Holbrook & Harlow, on the corner of Oliver and High streets. The building is sixty by forty-four feet, with fourteen feet posts; the walls are covered with sheet-iron, and the roof tarred and gravelied, which is highly recommended as a fireproof com- position. Adjoining this, on High street, Miles Pratt & Uo. are putting up a temporary wooden structure, twenty-eight feet front and ninety-four feet deep. Jabez Sears, of Coliseum memory, is Gispiaying the same energy which characterized the erection of that mammoth structure, fn the building of a dozen wooden ‘warehouses on Washington square. He has already laid the sills of one for Sears & Warner, twenty-five by seventy-three feet, on the ground, and of another for Clapp « Billings of equal dimen- sions. James A. Roberts is putting up a similar structure on the corner opposite Abbott & How- ard. Judging from present prospectsa thriving business will soon be carried on in this section. Messrs. Cate & Nickerson, who were burned out bear the foot of Summer street, will at once erect B one story Gir... BRICK BUILDING WITH FLAT ROOF on thel old ‘site along the harbor front east of Broad street. The Prospect is cheering; the fire in the coal of Prescott & Chapin, on Prentice's wharf has been extinguished, and the firm have erected @ new office and are putting in new platform scales. Shepard Robbing, on Tileston’s wharf has erected a new office and is ready for business, Notwithstanding it will require three or four days to put out the fire in the pile of 15,000 tons of coal in their yard. THE BOSTON, HARTFORD AND ERIE Railroad Company have converted passenger car ‘No, 21 into a ladies’ waiting room, while a baggage ar serves the purpose of a baggage room. The burned sleepers have been replaced with new ones and workmen are building a platform on the site of the old passenger depot. The police and de- ‘ tectives are very active in the recovery of goods, Large quantities are turned up every day. It is estimated that since the night of the fire about five hundred thousand dollars have been recovered is e. The detectives regularly connected with the Chief's office have recovered since the ex- tinguishment of the fire $10,000 worth. THE CITIZENS’ RELIEF COMMITTEE. A Sete of the Citizens’ Relief Committee wi fheld at the large Committee Room in the A Hall at ten o'clock this morning. Hon. William Gray ear and Harvey Jewell was added to the committee by Mr. Gray's proposal. Mr. Gray read Jetters from Mrs. Ednah 8. Cheney, offering the benefit of the New England Hospital for Women and Children to any of the sufferers from the fire; arom Souernod Coolidge, enclosing $1,000 for the nd. Mr. Thomas GaMeld read the report of the com- mittee appointed to select a committee trom the different branches of trade to solicit subscriptions, The list, of some two hundred names, is headed qwith the mame of George B. Upton, as chair+ gman. A communication was read from the Western Union Telegraph Company tendering the free use of their wires to the Mayor, Council and Relicf Com mittee. ‘etter was read from William B, Slogper, Chair- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET, man of the Kellef Committee formed at Baltimore, asking what aid was needed, and the Secretary was directed to transmit a copy of the vote passed remenday in response to this and all similar ‘communications. Despatches from the Governor of Iowa, Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, Lieutenant Colovel Fletcher, of Ottawa, for THE GOVBRNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, enclosin, $6,008. and zobn ts are if London and Liverpool, enclosing @ check for £5,000 sterling, or 21,000, Which is supplemented with $5,000 from Mr. their nt. A communication was presented from Hon. William Gray, offering to give a lease, free of rent, for one year from December 1, 1872, of his estate, bordered on three sides by George, Gerard and Harvard streets, and on the fourth by the city school house, comprising 32,000 square feet, on which stands a brick factory building, four stories in height, con- taining a Corliss steam engine of 150 horse power. About three-fourths of the land is vacant, which may be covered with buildings of two stories at moderate cost, and ¢ power from the engines, ‘The offer is made with the hope and belief that ac- commodations can thereby be furnished to parties who employed men and women in saree numbers, to continue to give them employment. He sug- gests that they be let without rent, if thought proper, or at a moderate rent, which should be ap- plied to the comfort of the work people. Mr, Rice stated that the number of applicants for relief was increasing, and their resources were gradually melting away. They were adopting substantially the system in use by the overseers of the poor— make what investigation they can on the spot, and send an officer to and report. If the num- ber of applicants centinue to increase they will be obliged to make a much larger distribution than they had anticipated, They had NEED OF ABUNDANT SUPPLIES of clothing, beds and bedding immediately. Very litle had been sent to the committee, and they de- sired immediate contributions, Some would be able to care for themselves with the exception of paying their rents; some small merchants could take care of their families if they had a small amount to start them again in trade. He believed that every meritorious case had been relieved, and they were getting along very successfully with the work, On motion of Mr. Jostan Quincy it was voted to confer full powers on the Finance and Executive Committees as to the disposal of all funds, Mr, Claflin made a statement relative to the re- lief for working women, showing that relief had peek erred only in small amounts not exceeding each, Harvey Jewell was added to the Committce on Legislation. A suggestion was made that employ: ers could aid the committee by presenting a state- ment of tne condition of their Siyloy es: The General Committee was then adjourned. THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN IN SESSION. At the hall of the Executive Committee a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held to-day, Alderman Little in the chair. Among the concur- Tent matter disposed of was the order for the appointment of a scientific committee to investigate the cause of the fire and the refusal of permits for building until action shall have been taken relative to laying out the streets, A remonstrance was presented from James Lawrence and thirty-nine others, against the ‘illegal’ and, in their opinion, un- called for measures of authorizing the invasion of Boston Common for the purposes of trade by erecting shops or warehouses thereon. Eighty- four special police, without pay, were appointed for duty in different sections of the city, as a large pune of persons have lost considerable from the ire. TAKING NUMBERS OF BONDS—A GOOD IDEA. The following, from Judge Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, may be interesting:— “There are great advantages in holders carefully taking the numbers, dates, denominations, issues and series of their coupon bonds, and preserving in some place apart from the bonds themselves, because in case of destruction of the bonds, by fire or otherwise, duplicates may be obtained under a law of Congress passed June 1, 1772, and unless such memoranda are kept it is dificult, if not im- pose to describe coupon bonds which have een destroyed with suficient accuracy to obtain the benefits of law. The facts as to the title of registered stock, but not as to coupon bo: iy be gathered from tue records of the Department. ‘The loss of POSTAGE AND BEVENUE STAMPS in the burnt district will exceed the loss the gov- ernment sustained by the destruction of a portion of the Post OfMice and Sub-Treasury material, and therefore the government will not, in all proba- bility, be out a single dollar. The sale of stamps during the past four days has been in exceas of any sales for a& whole month. All the letters in boxes in the burnt district were collected by nine o'clock Saturday night, and itis not probable that a single letter was lost. All the wool warehouses and tneir offices in Boston were burned, though the stock of im- porters of foreign wool was in bonded warehouses, remote from the section burned. A few days be- fore the fire George W. Pond & Co., woul brokers, now at No. 104 State street, obtained their amount stock, and have issued a circular to the trade giving ESTIMATE OF LOSS IN WOOL AS3 FOLLOWS :— 150,000 pounds fine scoured, 45,000 pounds tub, 400,000 pounds fleece, 100,000 pounds pulled, 10,000 pounds Cape, 1,800,000 pounds California, 200,000 pounds South American, 150,000 pounds Australian, 500,000 pounds sundries, the total value bein; about four hundred and filty thousand dol- lars, As far as cau be learned the wool dealers were ‘Tully covered by in- surance. A_ great deal of wool is now en route for Boston, and the trade has already be- gun to brighten up: Quite a portion of Congress street is filled with bales of wool extricated froin the ruins. The outsides are, of course, burned black, but the inside is good. Lots of loose wool, partly burned and blackened, are also being pulle out of the debris. The NEW ENGLAND SHOE AND LEATHER ASSOCIATION and Bureau of Credits have secured rooms at 91 State street, over the Traders’ Bank, where a di- rectory of the trade will be kept. The rellef fand now reaches $32,696 95, dat yesterday's contri- butions was $5,000 from J. 8S, Morgan & Co., London. Few cases of extreme suf- ering have yet been reported to the Relief Bureau, though applications have been received from two or three hundred families, Some people have presented themselves with com- plete schedules of their losses, and expect a like number of bedsteads, mattresses, chairs, carpets, crockery, &c., to be forthcoming. One boarding oo Renee appeared to ask a restitution of his 2,500 loss, The People’s, of Worcester, has suspended, and hopes to pay ninety per cent. The Bay State Company, of Worcester, has de- cided to wind up, and expects to pay seventy-five cents. There is a good deal of hard feeling among the policy holders against the Boston compa- nies. kor years these companies have paid enor- mous dividends out of their receipts from the assured, and now when disaster comes they pay twenty-five to bt cents on a dollar, break to ieces and cheerfully organize for new business. t is felt that the stock should be liable to assess- ment, or that dividends should be limited until the companies have accumulated a large surplus. Our banks have generally insisted that property fed _to them should be imsured in home o/- fices; they will be likely to feel differently about it hereafter. Cyrus L. Haldeman, of the New England Passen- ger Agency, Pennsylvania Central Companys’ Office at 77 Washington street, writes as follows:— Hom Avexanper H. Rice, Chairman of the Relief Com- mittee :— Thave the honor to request your committee to devise some process for providing necessary transportation for persons rendered destitute by the fire whom it may be ex- pedient to forward to their friends. I have had several applications granted the facilities, but as have neither the means nor the time for proper investigation I prefer that hereafter all cases should pass through your bureau. If you will sce that I am protected against fraud or imposi- tion I will very cheerlully honor your requests for free transportation to any point reached by the Pennsylvania Railroad and those under its control. You will please bear in mind that as onr system commences at New York some arrangements must be made with the lines between Boston and that city. MILITARY ORDERS. ee orders issued from military headquarters to-day assign Major S. A. Bolster, on General Bur- rill’s staff, to have charge of the lines occupied by the First regiment of infantry till further notice. Commanding offiters of the First and Ninth regi- ments have been ordered to detail a certain num- ber of men frem their respective commands, so that the number of company officers and enlisted will number 250 in each regiment, Fae of the cavalry battalion, has been assigned as Act ng Aid-de-Camp on General Burrill’s stair during the present te of service. ® THE Bid BALLOON COLOBSUS AGAIN, Mr, Samuel King's pa. balloon, the Colossne, scems to be fated. First it was partially burned in Chelsea from Li ats combustion just revious to the 4th of July. On the 4th it was hadly damaged on the Coimmon by the gale. At the time of the fire Mr. King had a portion of a new netting at the store of Holden Bros., 64 Milk street, where it was burned, first having been sent up with the other contents of the place by the aid of gunpowder. Mr. King also lost some $50 worth of stereotype plates. REAL ESTATE OWNERS’ MEETING. An adjourned meeting of the real estate owners in the burned district was held this evening in the Council Chamber to hear the report of a committee on the best plan of laying out that territory anew. Hon, Alexander H. Rice presided, and the records of the previous meeting were read by Thomas Minns, the Secretary. The report of the committee ‘was presented by the chairman, Mr. Francis Jaques. It states that there is an imperative necessity for regrading, laying out and straightening the streets betore building operations are commenced, and it must be done speedily. Two p'ans are sug- gested—one, that the city petition the lature jor authority to take the territory under the right of eminent domain, and lay it out witnout refer- ence to its former location, and issue bonds to meet the expense and pay for the land taken; the other was, to take the land under the power they now have, witi some modifications in mt to the assessment of betterments. As it is for the benefit of the city at large it is suggested that the assessment shall be Ltd and compensation libe- ral. Inreference toa loan to assist the sufferers to rebuild they came to the conciusion that there is no necessity, and recommend that no applica- tion shall be made to the Legislature for the right to make such @ loan. They also propose that this organization retain their organization as per- manent. THEY APPEND RESOLVES, the first of which is to the effect that It is inex- pedient for the city to ask the Legislature for ower to take the burned district for the purpose of Fonrranging the gtreets, This was adopted with. out discussion, A resolution stating that as the propoped changés of street lines are for the beneft ot the whole city it is ex mt and proper that the city authorities should apply to the Legislature for power to exempt the abuttors and neighboring Proprietors from aseessment for betterments was otfered Moses Kimball, and favored by Nathan Matthews and Francis Jaques, and subsequently withdrawn by the committee. A resolution of general approval of the plan for widening the streets was also presented, matin features of the plan are the building of Wash- ington street on the easterly side to 80 feet between Milk and Summer streets; on Summer street on the northerly side to 56 feet; of Broad street, on the water side, 100 feet from Summer street to Atlantic avenue; of Milk street, on the southerly side, to 60 feet; of Water to 50 feet; of Federal, on the easterly side, to 70 feet; of Con- ress, on the easterly side, to 00 feet from Broad to ilk ‘streets, and to 80 feet from Milk to State street; of Devonshire, on the easterly side, to 60 feet between Milk and Franklin, the straightening of Devonshire and Otis, between Franklin and Summer, the widening of Purchase street on the southerly side to 50 feet between Federal and Pearl, the widening of High street to 80 feet between Congress and Pearl, the widening of Franklin at its foot to fifty feet, and its exten- sion to Pearl street, opposite Sturge’s, the exten- sion of Pearl and Milk to Congress, the extension of Oliver straight from Mik to Kilby, the extension and widening of Hawley street torty feet, the widening of Arch on the westerly side to forty feet, the whole plan subject to modi- fications be made herealter. In the dis- cussion which followed Postmaster Burt stated the general purpose of the plan, and raised the question whether it would not be desirable to have a broad avenue through the city, as a fire barrier, and on which large public buildings could be erected, and suggested the extension of Federal street 10 State street eighty feet wide. He would then open School, street to the Common tlhe same width, from Federal street, thus making a fire barrier in that direction. He thought Congress would allow them from three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand dollars to widen the streets around the new Post Office if such @ plan was adopted. Mr. Nathan Mathew deprecated the allusion to Schoo! street, Noe aia e hot oppose the extension of Federal strect. committee's plan was unanimously endorsed, ANOTHER RESOLUTION, Teading as follows, was included :— Resolved, That the proprietors of estates in the bui istrict, ro far as they are represented at this mee of opinion that the proposed application to the 14 ure to ize the city to issue @ loan on bond to proprietors, to enable them to rebuild, is unnecessary, and that It will he impossible for us to procure such aad, if any shoud need it, in the usual mode. When this was taken up, Alderman Clark pre- sented the following vote, passed by the Joint Committee on Streets :— * Voted—That, in the Judgment of this committee, it is expedient to ask for legisiation, authorizing the city to loan its credit upon suMcient authority and upon such terms as shall cover the interest and enses con- nected with said loan, to persons who shall rebuild upon the district recently covered by fire. Councilman WessTER moved to substitute this for the one reported by the committee. Mr. GEORGE C, RICHARDSON said it was impor- tant there should be no delay in rebuilding for want of means. FIFTY OR SEVENTY MILLIONS OF PROPERTY d gone out of existenc nd a temporary in- crease Oo! capital might be needed for the purpose of prompt action, Mr. FRANCIS JAQUES said there would be great responsibili resulting from a loan, as they did not wish to establish a land bank, Hon, WM. B. SPoongR said Boston was a centre of manufactures and trade; it was prosperous beyond precedent just before the fire. Its capital was $50,000,000 less than it was @ week ago; it had taken twenty-five years to build it and now it was proposed to rebuild it in twelve months, ‘The busi- ness wouid fly away unless the work was done quickly. There was no danger in such a loan. It would never be heard of in the taxes; the city could hire at six per cent and loan it at seven per cent. Nobody was obliged to take the money, and he hoped the resolutions would pass. The substituted resolution was then adopted, and acommittee of five appointed to attend the hear- ing at the State House to urge the matters voted upon at the meeting. The committee consisted of Mr. William B. Spooner, George C, Richardson, Moses Kimball, Francis Jaques and Harvey Jewell. Mr. Francis WELsit offered a resolution to the effect that the grade in the street should be relaid. It was ot the highest importance, and should be carefully considered by the city government. It was cartied, and Mr. Robert Gaine urged General Burt's scheme for the widening of Federal street. WENDELL PHILLIPS FAVORED GENERAL BURT'S PLAN and suggested the reliefof Washington street by widening Hawley and perhaps Kingston street, as nearly the whole of both streets was burned. General Burt offered a resolution embodying uy yer relative to the widening of Federal street. A motion to table it was lost by a vote of 60 to 40, and the resolution was subsequently lost. Mr. Pui.uirs spoke freely relative to the ab- surdity of constructing buildings four or five stories in height with a lumber-yard on the top, which was as far from the reach of engines as the cupola to the State House. The meeting resolved itselt into a permanent organization, and then adjouraed, THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF LOSSES, As the sufierers by the fire become better ac- aualnbed with the nature and extent of their losses the feeling of confidence among all classes interested in the matter seems to grow stronger that both home and foreign iusur- ance ofices, which have been brought to the verge of insolvency, will in time liquidate their entire debts. The salvage is found to vary from fiiteen to sixty per cent in proporti:n to the loss, and as schedules of saved property are being made out as rapidly as possible, and policies and proofs of losses are in some cases already sent in, the work of adjustment will be pushed forward with the utmost celerity. Large quantities of goods stoien at the fire have been recovered by the po- lice, the value being estimated at between three and four hundred thousand dollars, and a lot of un- claimed property now awalts identification at the City Hall. AID FROM PHILADELPHIA. The Quaker City Again to the Front— Meeting of the Special Committce ana Report of Those Who Visited the Hub—Subscriptions Being Collected to Assist the Poor and Homeles: PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15, 1872, Philadelphia, always charitable, always among the first toextend a helping hand to distressed humanity, wherever found, has been true to its past history in its action rygarding the Boston calamity. At an informal meet\ng of citizens, held at the Mayor's office a day or two since, a com- mittee was appointed to visit the scene of the calamity at once and report the result of their in- vestigations as soon as practicable. The com- mittee returned this afternoon and MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT. To rne Bostox Retire Comsirree of Purnapeurnia:— The undersigned, a committee appointed to visit Boston and ascertain if relief would be acceptable for the allevia- tion of personal suffering occasioned by the late feariul fire in that city, respectfully report thai upon their arrival had immediate and personal interviews with ex-Mayors Lincoln, Shurtliff and Rice, and also with the Committee on Public Charities, from whom your committee re- celved a cordial welcome, ad much information in respect to the personal sufferings of those who were de- prived of the opportunity of earning support for them. selves and families by labor. Your committee then called upon Mayor Gaston and presented their credentials. He expressed himselt earnestly in favor of wecept. Ing all the” pecuniary ald which might be tendered, and ‘depicted the suffering already existing and day by day increasing. He did not feel au- thorized to give official response to the committee, as the subject of accepting reliet was in the hands of the General Relief Committee, of Boston, then In session. Your com- mnittee was invitid to be present at the session of this Relief Committee, by whom they were kindly welcomed. ‘The present and {ature need of ald was fully discussed, a8 well as the ability of Boston to cope with all the dis- astrous consequences of the During the discussion it was stated and uncontradicted that many persons had been left houscless by the fire; that atleast ten thou- sand women and twice or thrice that number of men were utterly See of the means of procuring the Prceesarics of Ilfe by thelr labor: thal appeals for help ere Ini¢itas. if any ly day by day, and would so. in- crease during the Winter, ‘There were several members of the committee who believed that re. BOSTON COULD CARE FOR ALL and who conscientiously felt aid sh view of this belies, ‘Sheae utter were well worthy of the public spiri genilemen who made them, but the large majority of the committee did not concur in the idea that Boston was able, in the present emerge to respond to all a»peals for relict. They hed’ to the contrary, declaring proffered aid froin other — cities that, if th was’ declined, the committee would fail in_an importan duty, Mayor Gaston urged force and”eloquence the acceptance of aid, and many were the expressions of heartfelt gratitude which fell from him and others for the tenders of sympathy and pecuniary relief in the midst of their suffering. The following resolution wag unanimously adopted -— Resolved, That the Committee of Citizens of Boston re- turn their ‘most sincere thanks to their fellow citizens in Ail part.sof the Union for the warm expressions of sym- pathy which they have tendered at this time of calamity, and for the frienily offers of pecuniary aid which they have made, and that those friendly offers be and are hereby accepted. All of which 48 respectfully reported by EDWARD SHIPPEN, ) WILLIAM MASSEY,’ ( Committee. THOMAS F. ADAMS, § When this report had been read Mr. William N. McKean moved that the public press should notify the people of Philadelphia that subscriptions would now be received by the treasurer, Mr. A. J. Drexel. This motion was adopted. The following subscrip- tions were made on the spot :— A. J. Drexel, $1,000; George W. Childs, $1,000; McKean, Borie & Co., $1,000; J. C. D. Christman, $100, It was announced that collections from the importers of chemicals, wholesale Graggists, paint Manufacturers, manufacturing chemists, glass dealers and dry saiters wili be received by the tol- lowing committee, which is called to meet for or- anization to-morrow, at one P. M., at the Drug Exchange rooms :— Edward Browning, Samuel P. Wetherill, Robert Shoemaker, Christopher Wetherill, Edware H. Hance, Alexander C. Ferguson, H. 8, Rosengarten, Alexander H, Jones, William H. Lucas, Nicholas Lennig, Howard Stevenson,and William M, Wilson, President of the Exchange, By to-morrow ene it is expected Philadelphia Will have subscribed $25,000 for the relies of Boston. WASHINGTON. Resignation of Solicitor Gen- eral Bristow. Judge Samuel F. Phillips Appointed in His Place. The Contest for the Fhiladel- phia Post Office. Total Rout and Bomoralization of the Cameronians. The President Firm for Civil Service Reform. Important Discovery by ‘Old Probabilities’--- The Great Atmospheric Wave. a ele Selling Uncle Sam a Piece of the United States—A “Corner’’ in Quill Toothpicks—The Ala- bama Claims and the Lobby. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 1872. The First Change Aftcr Re-clection— Judge Phillips, of North Carolina, Ap- pointed Solicitor General. Judge Samuel F. Phillips, of Raleigh, N. C., having signified his readiness to accept the appoint- ment of Solicitor General, was telegraphed to-day by the Attorney General to come to Washington as soon as possible. General Bristow accordingly tendered his resignation, ‘The letter was as fol- lows :— D PARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Was INGTON, Nov, 15, 1872. THE PRESIDENT :— Pursuant tothe purpose communicated to you verbally some months ago, I now tender my resig- nation of the office of Solicitor General, to take effect upon the qualification of my successor, Be assured, Mr, President, that in retiring from the omMice to which I was called by your generous con- fidence I take with me a most grateful remem- brance of your personal and official kindness during my term of office. I beg to tender m: qretaiations upon your dency by so large ainajority of your fellow-citizens. I trust your administration for the next term may be free from many of the cares that 1 know have attended the first, and f have no doubt that its close will find the country satisfied with its results, Very sincerely, &c., B. H. BRISTOW, General Bristow left to-night for Philadelphia, and will in a few days euter upon the duties of Counsel to the Texas and Pacific Railroad Com- pany and President of the Board of Construction. Of Mr. Bristow’s successor but little is known in this city. At the Department of Justice he is said to ot be one of the ablest lawyers in North Carolina. He conducted the trial of the Ku Klux prisoners in that State, andis regarded as eminently quali- fied for the trust selected, General Bristow frst | filled the office of Solicitor General created in the reorganization of the Attorney General's ofiice, and he retires with the best wishes of the Presi- dent and members of the Cabinet, with whom he has been more or less associated during his term of oMcg He says that it is very gratifying to him to be succeeded by one so distinguished in the pro- fession. The Fight for the Philadclphia Post Office—Total Rout of General Camcron— Victory for Civil Service. The Philadelphians who arrived here last night moved in a body on the Executive Mansion at eleven o’clock to-day for the purpose of urging the President to appoint Gedrge Truman, of the firm of Seiter, Price & Co., of Philadelphia, successor to Postmaster Bingham, who has been elected Clerk to the Court of Quarter Sessions. A sub-commit- tee, consisting of Senator Cameron, General Hart- ranft and Sheriff Leeds, had previously called on the President to fix an hour for the interview and were informed that he would receive them at once. A | messenger was accordingly despatched toorder the army of politicians tomove. They were marched to the President's office and arranged themselves in the form of a hollow square about the table where Cabinet business is transacted, presenting the goodly array of thirty of the champions of the re- publican party in the Keystone State. Cameron introduced the gentlemen, aiter which Mayor Stokeley, on behalf of the delegation, an- nounced that they had called in the interest of Mr. Truman, and expressed their views when he said that his appointment would be eminently satis- factory to the merchants of Philadelphia, He then alluded to the recent victory in Pennsylvania, which he attributed mainly to effective organization, to preserve which was the desire of every republi- can in the State. The services of General Bingham had contributed largely to the good result, and he had no doubt but that the appoint- ment of Mr. Truman would tend to perpetuate the organization. It had been intimated to him that civil service reform would bein the way of the President's granting this favor. He hoped that where so much good for the party was tobe ac- complished the civil service rules would not be en- forced, During these remarks the President betrayed a little uneasiness, as he is not in the habit of listen- ing to lectures on political matters. As s800D as Mayor Stokeley concluded the Presi- dent elevated his head, and, scanning the delega- tion, sald, in a low tone, that it was his wish and desire to carry into practical effect civil ser- vice reform, and the republican party had adopted itasaplank in their platform. In the present case he felt disposed toenforce the rule, He had examined the recommendations of both Mr, Tru- man and Mr. Fairman. The latter had an excel- lent record, was recommended by those who were the best judges of his qualifications and he felt in duty bound to consider well his claims for promo- tion, Ifhe went outside the rules he would ap- point Mr. Truman, Adhering to them he should appoint Mr. Fairman, These remarks demoralized the politicians, and it was impressed on the mind of every one present that the President was in earnest, and Mr. Truman, notwithstanding the powerfal influence of so many distinguished poli- ticians, had no hope for the office, The President, by way of explanation, said that he did not wish them to understand that he was bound by the rules in all cases, Where there was a deserving and well endorsed public servant he should promote him whenever the opportunity offered, If the person in office in line of promotion ‘was not a proper party to appoint he would not adhere to the civil service rules, This ended the interview and the delegation withdrew, breaking Tanks under the portico of the Executive Mansion. In the corridors of the hotels this afternoon the President was abused by the disappointed vis- itors and remarks anything but complimen- tary to his administration or fitness for the ofMfce freely indulged in. They scemed to think him ungrateful for their services in re- electing him, and only wished they had known that this treatment was in store for them during the campaign. The result, they thought, would have been different. The friends of the President and advocates of civil service reform rejoice at the stand taken, and there are assurances that the highest offices in the civil service will be filled in this way. The Philadelphians left to-night for home, The President, aiter the interview, informed General Bingham that he would appoint Mr. Fair- man in due time. Mr. Bingham does not go out of office until the Ist of December, Return of J. Bancroft Davis~The Lobby and the Alabama Claimants. J. Bancroft Davis has returned and will assist the State Department in the preparation of a plan for disbursing the Geneva award, A powertul looby is expected here tis Winter ip the interest of the Senator | ; to a new reservation in the Indi Alabama claimants, and it 1s sald that it wil tare all their influence to move Congress to act upon the proposed plan of settling these claims. Important Discovery py “Old Probabili- tes”—A Great Atmospheric Wave Un- | dulating Across the Continent. The researches of the Signal Omice have just been rewarded by a beautiful and highly important me- teorological discovery. On the coast of England from time immemorial the phenomenon of the great November atmospheric wave has been the speculation of scientists and seamen, but Sir Jobn Herschel and others have supposed it was peculiar and confined to England and Western Europe, which it reaches from the South Atlantic, and over which it rolls in long-continued undulations from October to January, constituting | an important element in the phenomenal character of European Winter, On the 12th of November a similar atmospheric wave began to break over the shores of Oregon and British Columbia, as shown by the weather telegrams. By the evening of the 13th it had spread over nearly all of the Pacific States and Territories, Utah and Nevada, and at midnight was pouring through the passes of the Rocky Mountains. On Thursday, the 14th, it de- scended upon Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and the Indian Territory. On Friday morning it ex- tended in unbroken magnitude and magnificence from Oregon and Washington Territory eastward through the great trough or depression of the Rocky Mountain backbone in Idaho and Montana, end stretched thence to the Lower Missouri and Lower Mississippi valleys and over the western shores. of the Mexican Gulf. This discovery will enable meteorologists to anticipate by many days the approach of Winter, as it advances from the Pacific coast eastward in the great current of westerly winds. It serves to clear up the old) mystery of American Winter storms, showing that they originate in the Rocky Moun- tains, upon whose cold and loftiest summits in Nevada, Utah, Colorado and Southern Wyoming the vapor-laden air of this wave, coming over the warm Pacific, is now seen tobe condensed in the over- whelming snows of the forty-first parallel. As this Vast aerial wave is probably, !ike the English wave, continued in successive undulations for two or three months, it may assist in explaining the com- paratively nigh temperature and light precipitation in Winter aiong Paget Sound and eastward, Indians with a Country to Sell. A delegation of the Sacs and Foxes, of Missouri, | accompanied by Indian Agent Lightfoot and an interpreter, arrived here to-day. They came on to mike final arrangements for selling their present reservation of some sixteen thousand acres, located in Nebraska and Kansas, and removing thence n Territory—an act of Congress having authorized said purchase and removal, with their consent, which has been obtained, Spanish Pardon of Kryzwoszynski. Despatches recently received from General Sickies, the Minister of the United States at Mad- rid, report the pardon by the King of Spain of Julius Kryzwoszynski, sometimes written Kryke, who was undergoing a sentence of ten years’ im- prisonment in Cuba for his participation in the Ryan expedition from Colon to Punta Rosa in the early part of the year 1871, Kryke, who isa Pole by birth, rendered distinguished service as an officer in the volunteer ariny of the United States in the war of the rebellion, and was naturalized as a citizen of the United States, For his participation in the expedition against Cuba he was at first sentenced todeath, The sentence, on the intercession of Mr. Fitz, was commuted to ten years’ imprison- Ment, and this act of clemency has now been com- pleted by a full pardon accorded by the King. A Spanish Measure to Assist the Bank of Havana—The Embargoed Cuban Es- tates. The royal decree of Amadeus, dated August 9, 1872, has been officiaily published by the Captain General of Cuba, and will go into immediate effect. | This decree creates a Junta or committee of filteen persons, who are charged with the collection of the means of liquidating the Spanish war debt for the deience of the island and of administering the em- bargoed estates of insurgents and disaffected sub- jects, The administration ot embargoed property is done away with and the Junta established in its place, with powers much more exten- sive. It is well known in what a shaky condition the Spanish Bank of Ha- vana has been placed by the virtually compulsory loans for war purposes and by its forcibly extended circulation, This circulation has reached the amount of sixty millions, and is al- ready at nearly twenty per cent discount, and there are not a few who believe that its pretended specie reserve is a fiction, and what if the bank were to close to-day the notes would be subse- quently worthless, though they bear the govern- ment guaranty, But this decree is designed to sustain its waning fortunes, It first authorizes the ‘Treasury of Cuba to i sixty millions o1 bonds, bearing eight per cent interest, thirty millions of which shall be issued on January 1, 1873, with sev- enteen years torun. ‘These bonds are to be placed on the market simultaneously at Madrid, Paris, London and Havana, To meet the payment of interest and ultimately to redeem the loan are pledged the entire proceeds of the war subsidy, which is put down at not less than five millions annually, and any surplus from the ordinary and extraordinary budgets of Cuba, The bonds will be taken in payment of dues to the State arising prior to 187 ‘The proceeds of the thirty miilions are devoted, first, to the payment to the Spanish Bank of the | debt incurred with it for the expenses of the expe- ditions to Mexico and St, Domingo; but the bank is compelled to take them at a fixed rate; second, to reimburse the loan of eight millions made by the Bank to the Treasury of the island, the intention being to reduce the bank's circulation to thirty millions. It 1s provided, however, that the bank shall redeem its bills in coin in such a way that they shall replace the bills in the market; third, to the expenses of the Treasury for 1873, To provide for redeeming this outstauding circu- Jation of thirty millions the decree appropriates the proceeds of the government property in the is land, all taxts and dues and the proceeds of all property already or which may hereafter be embargocd. The Junta is charged with carrying out these mea- sures, The Captain General and Treasurer of the island are ex oficio its Pres.dent and Vice Presi- dent respectively. bondholders of the present Treasury debt, two are taken from the merchants and two from the manu- facturers in Havana, and are to #@ named by the Board of Trade; five proprietors, one stockholder of the Spavish Bank and two members ap- pointed by the Captain General. All books and records of the late administration of em- bargoed property are to be turned over to the Junta, and all such property is to be leased at arate depending upon its value and for a time not exceeding six years. It is not doubted that the ob- ject of the decree {fs to strengthen the Spanish Bank of Havana, from which 80 much of the ready capital for the prosecution of the war has been ob- tained. The sale of the thirty millions of bonds will not much more than reimburse the direct loans of the bank for war purposes, and to give all security that is possible in Cuba all the revenues of the island are pledged for their protection, The cam- paign against the insurgents is now opening, and should the means of sustaining it be wanting through the failure of the bank the favorable effect on the insurgent cause would hardly be over- timated, The James River and Kanawha Canal— The President Asked tor Government Aid. A delegation, composed of Judge Loughridge, member of Congress elect from Iowa, Senator Lewis, of Virginia, and Represeutatives elect J. Ambler Smith and J. B, Sener, with other gentle- men, called upon the President to-day, in order to lay before him the subject of the completion of the James River and Kanawha Canal, for which govern- ment aid is desired. The value of the proposed work in the interest of cheap and capacious transportae tion of the produce of the West to the seaboard, and in connection with the tender by the States of Virginia and West Virginia of their interests to the government, and after a return of the expenditure of completion that it be made @ highway free of all tolls except those necessary to keep it in repair, ‘was presented to the President, and will preben'= Two of its members must be | 3 atanearly day receive me attention or Congress. The President expressed himself sensible of the great importance of the work in its national aspects, and alter an informal interchange of opin- jon the delegation withdrew, much gratified with their interview, ’ Spanish Congratulations to the Presi- dent, TheSpanish Minister to-day, at the instance of his government, made an official call on President Grant to congratulate him on his re-electioy The President, accompanied by Secretary Fish, rétetved him in the private parlor at the Executive Mansion. Comptroller Knox on Boston Prospect: The Comptroller of the Currency Knox has re- | turned from Boston. He reports that the loans of the banks of that city are $87,000,000, surplus $20,000,000 and the loss only $1,500,000. He says the financial prospects, in view of the facts, are cheerful and business is fast resuming its usual channels, No Red Tape for Boston. The Secretary of the Treasury has directed that all cases of Boston merchants pending shall be taken up and disposed of without delay. A “Corner” in Quill Toothpicks. The Treasury Department anticipates a corner in quill toothpicks, Importers claim that under the new tariff law they are entitled to entry free and should be classed as prepared quills. The depart- ment, however, decides that they must pay a duty of twenty per cent ad valorem, The Projected Bermuda Cable. Itis probable that the United States steamer Wyoming will be ordered in a few days to make land soundings between our coast and Bermuda with the view of aiding any disposition to lay a cable between the United States and that Island. Manufactured Tobacco and Snuff Warc- houses. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, pre- pared instructions to be issued to the several Col- lectors in charge of bonded warehonses for the storage of manufactured tobacco and snuff for the sale, at public auction, for the benefit of the United States, of any tobacco or snui remaining in said bonded warehouses on and after the 6th of Decem- ber proximo, or remaining in warehouses for & period of not more than six months after the pas- sage of the act of June 6, 1872, with a view of the immediate ciosing up of all such warehouses, ac- cording to the terms and provisions of said act of June 6, 'The Interest on the Alaska Purchase in ou. The Alaska Seal Company has paid to the Treasury $52,281 as their tax on the catch of 1872. They are limited to 100,000, and the catch thisyear was within 4,000 of the maximum, The above amount represents our interest on the $7,000,000 paid for Alaska, Treasury Balances, The balances in the Treasury of the United States to-day are:—Currency, $8,744,199; coin, $71,700,866, including 545,500 in coin certificates, Special deposit of legal tenders for the redemp- tion of certiticates of deposit, $25,595,000, A Pennsylvania Convict Pardoned by the President. Percy B. Spear, who was convicted and sentenced f year ago to three years’ confinement in the Eastern Penitentiary, for forgery, has been par- doned by the President. THE HOUSE OF REFUGE. cut Distinguished Catholics Before the State Board of Public Charities—The Right to Worship and Freedom of Conscience Demanded tor the Inmates of the House of Refuge. ALBANY, Nov. 15, 1872. A delegation of influential Catholic gentlemen, consisting of C. 8S. Newell, F. H. Churchill, Fathers Renaud and Quinn, of New York city; William Cassidy and John Tracy, of Albany, accompanied by General M. T. McMahon and Joseph J. Mar- rin, representing a number of Catholic gentie- men of New York, appeared before the State Board of Public Charities this evening with reference to the religious training of Cath- olic children in the House of Refuge. Mr. V. L. Pruyn, President of the Board; Nathan Bishop, | Theodore W. Dwight, Samuel F. Miller and Martin B, Anderson, members of the Board, were present, The Secretary said he had informed the officers of the House of Refuge of the meeting, but no person was present to represent them. The testimony taken at the House of Refuge at the examination of the boys last August with reference to THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION given in the institution; a memorial signed by Charles O'Vonor, Eugene Kelly, John E. Devlin and others requesting that pricsts be allowed to attend to the spiritual welfare of the Catholic children in the House; the memorial of counsel and the report published by the Board of Managers, were all presented, Counsel present submitted that the Catholic children in the institution should be allowed to worship as thev might desire, and see their spiritual advisers at stated times, without in any way interfering with the general discipline of the institution, This course, it was argued, would best subserve the designs of the institution by providing the best means of reforming such inmates as were Catholics, and would also be in accordance with | the spirit of the constitution of the nation and its laws. Counsel regretted the managers were not represented, and would therefore refrain from commenting, as they had desired to do, upon cer- tain misstatements in the published report of the sub-committee of the Board, Counsel concluded by saying that the whole question resolves itscif into one— THE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE, The Commissioners received the memorial and evidence, ying they had no power to act in the matter, but would give It the serious consideration it deserves. This evening another meeting of the State Commissioners was held, when it was agreed they haa no power to act in the matter, The re- sults of the investigations, accompanied with re- commendations, would be submitted to the next Legislature for the action of that body, Some of the members of the delegation express the opinion that the Commissioners will report favorably on the request, SUSAN B, ANTHONY IN TROUBLE, Fifteen of the Strong Minded To Be Are rested for Voting at the Late Election— Action of the United States Authorities, ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1872, Warrants have been issued by United States Commissioner Storrs for the arrest of Susan B, Anthony and fourteen other females who voted at the late election, The partics will probably be brought into court next week. OONFLAGRATION IN PHILADELPHIA. Destruction of a Large Lumber Yard and Saw Mills—A Loss of $160,000. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15, 1872. A fire broke out in this city this morning at nine o'clock, at the Keystone Saw Works, one of the largest establishments of the kind in America, situated on Laurel, Front and Haydock streets. The fire originated in building No. 2, and was caused by a can containing some combustible material exploding near a burning match. Before the Fire Department could get on the spot, all the apparatus being drawn by hand, the fre had gotven fairly under way, and promised at one time to be a second Boston, or worse. The firemen, by dint of hard fighting, succeeded in controlling the lames before the works were completely destroyed. The loss will amount to about one hundred and sixty thousand dollars, fully insured. The insur- ance agents decline to give the names of the com- panies holding the insurances on the property. This firm has been doing a business of near! two miilion of dollars a year, The building wil soon be reconstructed and business resumed, A SUIT AGAINST THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OOMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov, 15, 1872. In the District Court to-day inthe case of Pass more vs. The Western Union Telegraph Company, for alleged negligent error in the transmission of a pgs whereby plaintitf lost an opportunity to sella tract of land in West Virginia, a verdict was given for the plaintif for $4,000, SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT REPORTED. Mewpnts, Noy. 15, 1872, A serions accident is reported on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad to-day, by which the engi- neer and several other persons were killed. The train was badly damaged. The accident occurred ar Duvall’s Blut, No particulars have vet been