The New York Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1872, Page 3

WASHINGTON. Foreshadowings of Coming F Legislation. Official Recommendations, Suggestions and Statistics for Lawmakers. Text of the New Internal Revenue Bill. Proposed Abolition of the Offices of Assessor and Assistant Assessor. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM GAINING GROUND. Judge Richardson to Succeed Mr. Bout- " well as Secretary Ad Intetim. ‘THE WORK OF THE CENSUS COMPLETED A Session of the Forty-Third Congress in December Probable, GDR RELATIONS WITH TURKEY AND MEXICO. Hanging Not Played Out at the Capital—Naval Officers on Waiting Orders. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1872. The President Preparing His Message. The President has already commenced work upon his message, and therefore will receive but few vis- Stors before the meeting of Congress. The Work of the Coming Session of Con- gress—Probable Re-enactment of the Law of 1867, and a Short Session of the New House in December. There is every probability that the law of 1867, requiring each new Congress to meet for organiza- ‘ion on the 4th day of March instead of the first Monday in December, will have to be re-enacted. It was repealed last session by a majority of three ‘votes in the House, through the persistency of Mr, Dawes and the aid of the democratic members, ‘The coming session contains but fifty-five working @ays, of which the first half would be fully re- quired by the Appropriations Committee if the es- timates were now ready so tha t the bills could be fully prepared in advance of the meeting. But there will be unavoidable delay in this particular, and the days of the session before the holiday ad- journment will be wasted as before. There are eighty-three bills on the House docket alone, which are special orders and must come up, and all the important legistation arising from the Treaty of Washington has to be considered in committee and passed through each House, Nearly all the old re- publican members who are re-elected to the new Congress are writing to the committee men who are already here urging the necessity of a session of the new Congress immediately upon the expira- tion of the old, and those here concur in the views of their correspondents, Recommendations of the Comptroller of the Currency. ‘The Comptroller of the Currency will recommend in his report the repeal of section 6 of the act ap- proved July 12, 1870, requiring the circulation to be withdrawn to the amount of $25,000,000 in States having an excess and its redistribution in States having a deficiency. He will recommend the con- Mnuance of the present system of reserves with- out alteration. The Proposed New Revenue Law—Aboli- tion of the OMces of Assessors and Assistant Assessors—Fifty Revenue Agents Provided for in the Bill. At the last session of Congress a bill was passed requiring the consolidation of the internal revenue districts by the 1st of January, 1873, into eighty, with as many collectors and assessors. After the adjournment it was found that the plan, if carried into execution, would not be satisfactory. On the assembling of Congress a resolution will be offered Seferring the execution of the act until the pro- posed bill can be acted upon. It will provide for the reduction of the expenses and simplifying the mode of collecting the revenue by the abolition of assessors and assistant assessors, and the transfer of such of thcir present duties as are not abolished by the bill to the collectors and assistants. But the taxes upon spirits and tobacco and the banking taxes are to be assessed and re- ported to the district collectors by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. All special taxes, including the tax on worms and stills, are to be paid by stamps, which stamps the Commis- sioner is to prepare and furnish, All persons la- ble to special tax, except tobacco pediers, are to keep in conspicuous view the stamps denoting that such tax has been paid under penalty of $100, Such returns as are now required to be made by taxpayers to tie assessors are under this bill to Dg made semi-annually and in duplicate to col- Tecfors, ‘Who are to forward one copy to the Inter- nal Revenue Bureau. All the éxtra commission of One-half per cent on tobacco and distillation taxes 1a to go the collectors, The bill rovides for Sity special revenue agents in partial substitu. tion of the assessors to be abolished. Pedlers who refuge to show thelr certificates from the dis- Fie eclad at to forfeit their wares, The esti- mated yearly saving in the cost of collecting the revenue is fully a million and a hail, while farge Increases in collection are predicted by the authors Of the bill. The following is the text of the bill Fé- ferred to abovel— Be it enacied by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that on and after the —— of ——, 1873, the offices of Assessor and Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue shall cease to exist, and that thereafter all duties imposed by law on assessors and assistant assessors, except as hereinafter otherwise ha vided, be andthe same are hereby transierred to and ees rpon collectors of interal revenue, to be performed by themseives or by their deputies, and that all returns and reports required by law to be made to the said assessors and assistant as- gessors, shall be made to the said collectors or to their deputies; and that each of said assessors shall transfer to such enue oilicecr as may be _ designated by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for that arpose, all books, papers and the other property jonging to the government in his possession, or any of his assistant assessors, and shall Me with his final account an inventory thereof in detali, with the receipt of said revenue oMicer there- tor. Provided, that the Commissioner of Internal Revenue Is hereby authorized the ioquiris determinations of the following taxes, to wit:—For deficiencies, Po gel by the provisions of section 20 of “An act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco gnd for other purposes,” approved July 20, 1868, as amended by subsequent acts, semi-annually, ‘upon the deposits, capital and circulation of each Trev- person, bank, association, company or cor- py engaged in the business of king, imposed by the provisions of tection 110 of “Anact to provide internal reve- Bue to support the government and to inter- est on oe, Pablic dev, and for other purposes,” ) a8 amended by subsequent upon distitled irits, imposed” by the first ere, Of section 14 of “An act to amend existing wes relating to internal revenue, and for other pornos, approved March 2, 1867, Upon tobacco, uit and cigars, imposed by section 60 of “An act imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco, gud for other purposes; approved July 20, 1868, as amended by section 31 of “An act to reduce internal ag i for other purposes,” approved June 6, 1872. Provided further, that the ead Com- missioner shall certify such’ assessments when made to the proper collectors, respectively, who shall proceed to collect tixes'so certified in the ~~~ pada a8 Assessments on lists are now BEC. 2—And be it further enacted, That all 1 taxes imposed by Inw, inctuding the shite or worms, ‘shall be pala by stamps denoting NEW YORK. HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. ment of said tax; and SAY perseg shall vio- late this provision of law by negligence or refusal or othe! nalty Of $100, shall ica’ a Re Sxc, 3.—And be it further enacted, That section 110 of *‘An act to provide internal revenue to — rt the government, to pay interest on the publ ebt and for other purposes,” approved June 20, 1864, as subsequently amended, be so amended that the returns therein required to he made shall be made and ered _serui- seewally on the Ist day of mber and the 1st di of June, in duplicate, to the collectors of the proper district vely, one copy of which shall then be tranem: by the col- lector to the Commissioner of In’ Revenue. Src. 4.—And be it further enacte@, That the act entitled ‘‘An act imposing taxes on spirits and tobacco and for other purposes,” approved July 20, 1868, as amended by su! ent acts, be further amenaed as follows, to wit: that section 5 be amended so that the duplicate state- ment therein required) to be~ retained the assistant assessor of the district shail be hereafter transmitted by the collector tothe Commissioner of Internal ae years. That section 19 be amended so that one of duplicate returns therein required to be sent to the assist- ant assessor of the district shall be.hereafter trans- mitted by the collector to the Commigsioner of In- ternal Revenue. That section 28 be so amended that all of the additional commission of half of one of the tax spirits therein allowed shall hereafter be paid to the collector ee tae tax. ‘That section Su be so amended as to au! ize the appointment of fifty revenue agents, ‘That section 59 be so amended that in case any pedler refuses to exhibit a proper certificate from the collector of his or her district, and fails to show cause why the roperty seized shall not be forfeited, proceed jor Ris forfeiture shall be taken And nad under the provisions of the Inter Revenue lawa General That section 103 be so relating to forfeitures. amended that its provisions are extended and made applicable to the provisions of this act, A Cabinet Discussion on the Bill—The Objection to It. The subject has been freely discussed by the President, Secretary Boutwell and Commissioner Dougiass. and has the approval of them all. Senator Sherman, of the Finance Committee, arrived to- day, and had a consultation with Commissioner Douglass in regard to it. Objection is raised that it would centralize too much power in the hands of the Commissioner and is bound to mect with op- Position from the friends of assessors and assistant assessors in Congress, The Postal System—Recommendations in the Postmaster General’s Report. The Postmaster General’s report will be full of valuable data and bristling with recommendations, He renews his reference to the inadequate com- pensation for the railroad service, especially as the public convenience demands the use of postal cars. This branch of the postal service has, during the last fiscal year, beon extended over 8,174 miles additional. The entire postal service demands the employment of 254 clerks, 71 special agents, 760 route agents, 156 mail route Messengers and 98 local agents, while the rail- road branch alone employs 669 route clerks, There are also over 31,000 post ofices. During the last fiscal year the money order system hag been greatly extended, 376 offices having been established, The amount transmitted through money orders has been $48,515,532 against $42,161,118—an increase of $6,354,414, In this connection the international system {is also shown to be working well though slowly, and reference is made to a previous recommendation in relation to the establishment of a postal savings bank system. The English sta- tistics given show, it is claimed, thét no decrease in the deposits of ordinary savings banks has fol- lowed irom the organization of the postal bank system, but that, on the contrary, both increase. It is suggested that the government sav- ings deposit afford a better test.of what the wages class accumulate, as the ‘amount to be deposited is limited, and unlike the ordinary savings bank the depositor ca Atatsibute large amounts in different institutions in Srast to Heeure the better interest given to encourage thrift. Reference is made to the immediate popular de- mand for the penny postage cards, authorized by an act of the last session, but which could not be supplied because of the failure of Congress to ap- propriate any money to get them made, and the prohibition by general law of the former practice of entering into contracts in anticipation of ap- propriations to be made for their payment. The Work of the Signal Office—Progress Made Last Year and Promised for the Futare—How Canada is Benefited by the Weather Signals, The Chief Signal Oficer reports that instruction in military signalling ana telegraphing is still kept Up a8 indispensabie to a proper state of constant preparation for war. The telegrams and reports for the benefit of commerce and agriculture have been continued upon the plan elaborately de- scribed in last year’s report, the school of instruc- tion near Washington being maintained ina state of rigid efficiency as the only means of securing from the stations to which its graduates are ag- signed the accuracy absolutely essential to useful and reliable weather reports. The posting and Publication of dally bulletins, of reports of the rise and fall of rivers at river stations, the publica- tion of weather maps and the display of day and night danger signals have been extended and ten new stations established, making seventy- two observing and reporting stations in all, with constant applications from boards of trade and other oficial bodies for more. Reports are ex- changed with seven stations established In Canada by the Dominion government within the past year. The verification of the daily “probabilities,” which last ‘year reached sixty-nine Pek, cent, have this year reached nearly seventy-seven per gent, and Would have gone higher but for the deficiencies ia the telegraph service, Three hundred and fifty- four cautionary signals, indicating an expectation that the winds would biow as strongly as twenty- five miles an hour within a radius of @ hundred miles, have been displayed during the year, and seventy out of each hundred proved to have Deen hecessary. As an exceptional instance of accuracy it is mentioned that out of gix signals displayed at certain ports in anticipa- tion of the same number of storms, five were fol- lowed by destructive storms and one by a storm of little destructive force. As the result of the storm signalling the Signal Officer claims that no great and continuous storm has traversed the country or raged along the lakes without fair notice given at the endangered points to ail who chose to heed. There is a complete exchange with the Canadian signal service, each service collecting and tabulat- ing simultaneously, and both sharing the benefit or the enlarged area of observation. The great storm of the last three days of September was an- nounced to Canada from Washington with great advantage to the people of the Dominion. The bureau ts in correspondence with the Governor of Barbados, and is making other arrangements to establish telegraphic exchanges with the West In- dies, Blank forms, too, are to be furnished to the masters of all vessels who will furnish copies of their observations, and a syatem of exchanges with foreign societies has gone into operation. The daily river reports, when expanded to proper di- mensions, are expected to afford material protec- tion against damages resulting from ice and fresh- ets and the breaking and overfew of leveos. Bighty- nine agricultaral societies and thirty-two boards of trade and commerce are in regular communica- tion and co-operation with the Signal Bu- reau. Meteorie mape are traced at in- tervals of eight hours, and weekly and monthly summaries and abstracts are now publisiied. To remove an obstacle to the accurate reduction of observations, the elevation of the stations above the sea level is veing ascertained. Much embar- rassment has been caused by the refusal of the Western Union Company to transmit the signal messages on what were regarded as reasonable terms, As there ia not likely to be auch serious embarrassments in the future as have been en- countered this year, the Signal Officer promises a still better account in years to come, His labors haye been supporied by the press and public; the critics Have been helpful. He alludes to the growing necessity of Providing a suitable corps of assistants, into which his temporarily-employed civilians and detailed army oMcers may be transferred and thus re- tained, The Work of the Census Completed—A ‘Wonderfal Compilation of Valuable Information—Maps Lilustrative of Sta- tistics. General F. A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, has nnished his work, and it 1s all passing threugh the public printer’s hands. The first volume will be ready for distribution within a week alter Congress assembles, and the other two volumes will rapidly follow. Besides being in accuracy and ful- ness far more complete than those that have pre- ceded it, the last census will be made very valua- ble by aremarkable series of illustrative maps, which have been prepared and will be published in the report. The firet volume—that of population— will contain in all twelve of these maps, two of them being double pages, four of them single pages and the others having two on a page or the letter-press. No. 1 shows . the general density of population. It contains four shades of dark color, and illustrates in a strikingly objective fashion the condition of the several sec- tions im this regard, Two other maps show the density of the total colored and foreign popula- tions, each of which are colored in four or five shades. It is notable that they are almost the antithesis of each other, the colored predominating where the foreign born are fewest, In the colored population map the entire New England coast, a short distance above Boston, is uncolored, being below the average on which the shadings are indi- cated, while in the Northwest there are little dark Places indicated which show considerable settle- ments of this class, Four small maps in this di- vision indicate the locality and density of the Ger- man, Irish, British-American, English and Welsh, Scandinavian and Chinese populations. ‘Thege are instructive charts, Two other maps in this volume are of special value, especially that on illiteracy, which is delineated in five dark shades, ‘The other, that of wealth, illustrated by four shades of yellow or orange, is the antithesis of illiteracy, for the richest regions and localities are exactly those which dovetail with the highest in the illite- racy map. One of the most valuable maps is that termed the “Historical,” accompanicd, as it will be, with twenty-five pages of accurate statement re- lating to that to which it refers. This map, to the general reader and student, will be of great interest. A complete outline map of the United States is presented, defining State and Territorial lines, that of Alaska being on a small and separate diagram. By shading and figures the eye sees ata glance the original thirteen States and their whole boundaries; then the Northwest- ern Territory, marked as the cession of 1783. This again shows the territorial divisions made by Con- gress and their designations. The next division indicated saliently by a distinctive color shows the Louisiana cession, made in 1803—twenty years later. Then comes the Spanish cession, consumated in 1819. Nearly thirty years elapse and we leap to the Pacific and the lines of the Mexican cessions of 1848 are given. The Gadsden cession of 1853 is also defined, and the Russian of 1868 shows where we have temporarily stayed our flight among the ice- bergs. The second volume—that of vital statis- tica—will nave nine maps; one a gen- eral map on mortality and four . smaller ones, showing the density of mortality from con- sumption, intestinal diseases, those from malaria Proper, also typhoid and typhoid-malaria, There are curious evidences of general laws discernible ata glance in these charts—as, for instance, the fact indicated by the shading that malaria and consumption are locally the opposites of each other. A series.of very nicely defined maps, which will serve to illustrate the sanitary facts by the physical ones they illustrate, are aiso given. One is an excellent rain map or chart, by which it is easy to trace the malarial influences; another showing the isothermal lines, which illustrates con- sumption and similar disorders; while the others are @ physical map and the most complete geological map of the United States ever made #0 far. The third volume—that of agrieulture—will contain six maps, illustrating the growth and lécale of the chief products, as corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco and dairy or the grass re- gion. Altogether these maps are among the most valuable results of the genius, sagacity and industry which has presided over the taking and prepara- tion of the census of 1870, Assistant Secretary Richardson to Suc- ceed Mr. Boutwell. In regard to the appointment of a successor to Secretary Boutwell, his election to the Senate being considered certain, it is belicved that the President will confer the honor on Assistant Sec- retary Richardson, whose term of office will not be longer, perhaps, than that of Minister Washburne as Secrctary of State. It is well understood that Judge Richardson does not intend to remain in Oflice very long after Secretary Boutwell resigns. General Moade’s Successor. It is not probable that a successor will be ap- pointed to the late General Meade until the return to Washington of Secretary Belknap, which will be on Monday next, and very soon thereafter the President, General Sherman and Secretary Belknap will have a conference upon the subject. George B. McCartee, chief of the Bureau of En- graving and Printing of the Treasury Department, has deciined the position of private secretary to General Dix, Governor elect of New York, and will remain in the Treasury, Civil Service Workings—Mr. Fairman Appointed Postmaster of Philadelphia. Several members of Congress who have arrived in Washington have supplied themselves with copies of the civil service rules, and in answer to importunities for ofice from constituents mail a copy a8 @ substivute for further answer or explana- tion. It is understood that the President to-day ap- pointed Mr. George Fairman, of Philadelphia, the Fyeoemgr of Romimanter Pghawy 1p tas tty. Hanging Not Played Out in Washing. ton. Attorney General Williams to-day made his re- port to the President on the application of Barney Woods for commutation of sentence of death to im- prisonment for life in the Penitentiary, Woods was convicted at the present term of the Crimi Court for the murder of S. M. Cheeseman, of Few York, last Summer. The Attorney General says that for the protection of socicty it was necessary to show that the death penalty should follow certainly and quickly upon the commission of the crime, and that there was nothing in this case to justify the remission of the punishment awarded by the Court. On the contrary, it was a murder without the slightest excuse or palliation. The feeling generally in this community is that there should be no delay in the administration of justice, especially in cases of murder, and that the extreme penalty of the law shoula be visited upon all perpetrators of that crime. Wood will be hanged on the 26th inst. Charles Johnson, convicted of the murder of his wife, will be hanged or, the 10th of December. A motion for a new trial for Charlies H. O’Brien, the policeman recently convicted of murder, is now pending in Court, Should the motion be de- nied he will also be hanged. Ciaims om Account of the St. Albans Fad Raia. Leave has been granted by the Court of Claims to the counsel for the United States to file the report of Frederick W. Tarrence, of Canada, in the ease of the First National Bank of St. Albans against Great Britain, to be used as evidence in all the St. Albans ' . Naval Episooty for Turkey. Tnstractions hy cable have been sent to Rear Admiral Alden, commanding the European equad- ron, to immediately send two vessels-of-war to Constantinople, The purpose of their visit has pot transpired, Our Relations with Mexico, Minister Nelson had a long interview with the President to-day before his departure to Mexico. It is understood that the disagreement of the Mexican Commissioner, Leon Guzman, on the Mexican Claims Commission, was freely discussed, The Mexican government has not as yet given any evidence of displeasure with Gus- man’s action, although it is expected that he will id and the men of science | be recanted. on the other hand, it is said that tne action of the American Commissioner is not ac- ceptable to the Mexican government, and as the convention is mutual his retirement is expected, and a complete reorganization of the commission, with an extension of time for the settlement of ‘The Committee on Appropriations, at their meet- ing to-day, took up the Indian Appropriation bill and nearly completed action upon it. Naval Officers on Waiting Orders, The Secretary of the Navy has addressed the fol- lowing to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. It 18 of interest to every naval oMfcer:— Navy DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 1872. Six—In ordering oMicers to their domicile, or when relieving them from duty and placing them tail will be on “wieg ng orders,” the of det guided vy the following considerations :— An officer who has been under orders full three years from the date of issue to the date of detach- ment from a sea- veasel be given orders to return to his domicile. If sea duty for a less time, or if detailed after any length of service from other than sea duty, he will be placed on “waiting orders,” unless he be on & fore! station or at Key West, in which cases, if detached without ap- plication to be relieved before the usual period, he will be ordered to his domicile, An officer on duty Ordered hence tor examination—to a court martial or on other temporary duty—will, on its comple- tion, be ordered to return resume his duties, If on leave and ordered as above he will, when the temporary duty is performed, be placed on ‘‘wait- orders,’”? “Special ‘where it is thought travelling expenses should Bropert be allowed, will be referred by the Ofice of il to the Secre- tay of the bo EORGE M. KOBESON, pi gtd of the Navy. Commodore DaNikL AMMBN, Chicf of the Bureau of Navigation. The Horse Disease Causing a Short Sup- Ply of Cumberland Coal. ‘The prevalence of the horse disease among the towing animals of the canal from the Cumberland mines to the shipping port of Georgetown has caused a short supply of Cumberland coal. The companies shipping this coal are 100,000 tons behind their orders, and vessels are leaving lightly Jaden for want of coal to fill them, This drawback comes at a bad time, as an excellent foreign trade was springing up by transfer of orders from Eng- and. The lateness of the season requiring the Closing of the vanal in a few weeks the lost time cannot be recovered. A New National Bank. The Comptroller of the Currency to-day author- ized the State National Bank of Atlanta, Georgia, to commence business. Capital, $100,000, Conscience Moncy. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury to-day received a letter from Baltimore, signed “H. W.,” enclosing $100, which the writer says is due the government, being an error made by him in making bis returns to the assessor, THE WEATHER. Se WAR DEPARTMENT, | OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 21—1 A. M. Synopsis sor the Past Twenty-four Hours, On the Lower Lakes and thence over the Middie States and New England westerly to northerly winds, low temperatures and generally clear weather, with diminishing pressures; northerly to westerly winds, clear weather and high pres- sures in the Guifand South Atlantic States. The barometer is falling in the Northwest and on the Upper Lakes, with southerly winds and cloudy weather extending to the Lower Ohio Valley. Light snow is now falling in Minnesota, Probabilities, In the Northwest and on the Upper Lakes south- erly winds, falling barometers, threatening weather and snow will prevail and extend during the night to the lower Ohio valley. In Kentucky aud Tennessee northerly, veering to southerly winds and partly cloudy weather. In the Gulf and South Atlantic States northeasterly to southeast- erly winds and generally clear weather. On the Lower Lakes and thence over the Middle States fall- ing barometers, northwesterly to southeasterly winds and partly cloudy weather, with increasing cloudiness at night. In New England generally clear weather and northwesterly winds, veering at night to southeasterly. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phafaraoy, ‘Manat kahoing — 1871, ‘1871. 1872. 60 «641 8:30 P. M. 68 40 62 40 «6P.M 64 89 OP. M. 67 40 «12P.M. Average temperature yesterday Average temperature for corresponding last year....... econ Snow in Ohio, CLEVELAND, Nov, 20, 1872. Fourteen inches of snow fell here to-day, FUNERAL OF A. F, O'NEILL. ‘The faneral of Mr. Anthony F. O'Neill, who was, it is alleged, murdered on Monday last at 42 Pine street, by the lawyer, James C. King, took place yesterday morning from St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic church, Twenty-eighth street, near Third avenue, At ten o’clock A. M., the hour at which it was announced the obsequies would take place, the church was filled with a large congregation, drawn thither, doubtless, by the deep interest attached to all that related to the murdered man on account of the tragic and untimely manner of his “taking of.» Through some unexplained misunderstand- ing or other, however, the srrvices did not take place at that hour: but the large concourse of peo- le continued to wait very patiently nevertheless, leven o’clock came, but still no sign of any ser- vices, and quite @ number of spectators, grown tired of waiting, took their departure. 4 Precisely at twelve o’clock the cofn bearing the mortal remains of Mr. O'Neill was brought into hg church Tt was an elegant rosewood casket, unted with silver elaborately chased. On the Md was an extremely handsome plate, with the following inscription :— OOO NEOODE TENELLIOIOLOSEEDIEOLDOEDE LENE DOLE LODE ANTHONY F. O'NEILL, Died November 18, 1872. Aged 32 as i and 5 months, SMiiersdrssdtbeeseat weitestatceresoseevee secese The coffin was placed on a beautiful catafalque in the middle of the chancel and was covered with neatly arranged wreaths of immortelles. As the procession moved into the ¢! he @ solemn dirge ‘was executed by the choir, ¢ usual formality of pall-bearers was dispensed with, Among those present, and the observed of all observers, was the wid’ w of the ili-fated deceased, accompanied by her mother. They were com- pletely bowed down with grief and sorrow. Almost every tongue was occupied in whispers of the hero- ism and devotion exhibited by Mrs. O'Neill on the occasion of the fearful occurrence which left her fone and unprotected in the world; and the recol- lection of her presence of mind and thorough Catn. olic ag} in procuring the services of a clergyman of her faith to baptize her expiring husban: fake the communion of the Catholic Church earned for her the heartielt esteem and sympathy of the large os of her coreligioniste then assembled in the church, When the coffin was deposited on the catafalque & solemn requiem higii mass was offered by Father Lynch ascelebrant, Father Flynn as deacon and Father McCreedy as sub-deacon, the music bein most creditably rendered by the excellent choir ot St. Stephen’s, At the close of the services Father Flynn uttered a few remarks, offering words of consolation to the bereaved relatives and friends of the deceased, and baat all present of the briei tenure of human life and its great uncertainty even under the most favorable circumstances. After the conclusion of the sermon the coffin was removed and placed in the hearse, which was then driven off to Calvary Cemetery, followed by anout a dozen carri containing the mardered man’s Telatives and friends, DOCTOR GEORGE COCHRAN, Obsequies of the Late Health Officer of Brooklyn. There was br aan session of the membere of the Common Coincll of Brooklyn held at seven O'clock last evening, at the Aldermanic Chamber, City Hall, for the purpose of taking suitable action in respect to the memory of Health OMcer George Cochran. The chair was occupied by the President, Jacob 1. Resolutions were presented and Pea ng expressive of the feel sorrow entertained for the loss of 80 val a citizen and faithful sanitary guardian. The ser- vices of the deceased in guarding the city from ic upon different occasions were spoken in @ deservedly laudatory manner by Aldermen Bergen, Ropes and others, A committee of five ‘was appointed to perfect suitable arrangements for attending the eral of vr. Cochran, which will take take place from the residence of his brother, Alexander Cochran, M.D., Clinton street, near Atlantic, on Friday afternoon at two o'clock. The Aldermen will attend ina body. The flags of the oe will remain at half mast until after whe funeral, and the Pane oMice, which is under the charge of gel 4 alth OMcer Holly, will close at eleven A, M, until Saturday next, MISSING. A Wealthy Merchant Murdered and Robbed of About $10,000. DISAPPEARING INTO DARKNESS. From Louisville to New York and Thence to Death. Horror in the Hotele—Complete Description of the Man and the Money and Valuables He Carried About Him—Probing the Mys- tery—Another Tragedy Thrown Upon the Hands of the Police to Unravel, At half-past two o’clock on Thursday morning, the 14th instant, Mr. George M. Peoy, a merchant of Louisville, Ky., disappeared at the street door of the Brandreth House, on the corner of Canal street and Broadway, and has not since been seen or heard of, Mr. Peoy had been for a number of years engaged in the insurance business, but finding some time ago that it did not offer sum- cient scope for his talenta and desires he wished to get out of it, He accordingly communicated to his partner this desire to adopt some other line of commerce, and an arrangement was entered into by which Mr. Peoy was to be re- lieved of the interest he held in the insurance business at once, These matters were settled about a month ago, and Mr. Peoy had already de- cided upon the line of business he would next adopt. The time intervening between the giving up of the old trade and the taking up of the new one Mr. Peoy desired to spend in New York. Some friends of his in this city, hearing of his intended visit, requested Mr, Peoy to settle up the affairs of a house in Louisville that has just be- come bankrupt and transmit to them what he could recover from the'wreck, He delayed to at- tend to these matters, and, having satisfactorily despatched the business, started for New York. He left Louisville three weeks ago last Sat- urday and came directly to this city. Nothing unusual occurred on the passage as far as can be ascertained, nor did Mr. Peoy make any acquaintance on the way that after- wards troubled him. Upon arriving at New York he put up at the Brandreth House, because he hap- pened to know the night clerk, Mr. Martin, He re- mained there only a few days and went to the St. Nicholas, Still, though living at the latter hotel, he spent @ good deal of time, especially in the evening, at the Brandreth House. His liking for Mr. Martin appeared to be the cause for this, and no one who knew him seemed to think anything of it. During each day Mr. Peoy went about his business like MOST OF THE OTHER GUESTS of the hotel, returning cagh evening to supper and then frequently going to the Brandreth House to spend the eyening. He was remarked by the peo- ple of the hotel to be a quiet, easy-going gentle- man, with simple tastes and very refined, culti- vated manners. He was well known by many of the most prominent merchants in the city, and some of them calied upon him during his stay at the St. Nicholas. On Dnrecet evening, the 13th inst., Mr. Peoy left the St. Nicholas to go down to the Brandreth House, as usual. He got to the latter hotel somewhere about ten o'clock, and remained there until about half-past two o’clock on Thursday morning. He played bilhards the most of that time with Mr. Martin, the night clerk, and with & Mr. Lumley, to whom the night clerk introduced him. Mr. Lumley is an old and highly respectable merchant, and has lived av the Brandreth House for @ number of ae oe Between half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday evening and hall-past two on Thursday morning Mr. Peoy took three drinks. He was perfectly sober when he left the Brandreth House. Mr. Martin accompanied him to the street door, and bid him good night as he walked away. -Mr. Martin closed the door and saw no more of him. Mr. Peoy is known to have had on his person at the time about five thousand dollars, which he had drawn the day be- fore from the Nassau and National Bank of Brook- lyn. Inthebosom of his shirt were two mi - cent pearls valued at $300. He carried in his wi coat pocket an old-fashioned gold watch with a white dial, that his grandfather had given him. This watcn—which was of Liverpool make—was 1ast- ened to a heavy old-fashioned silver chain, also a relic in the family. The money Mr. Peoy drew from the bank was given to him ina ONE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR BILL, four five-hundred-dollar bills, four one-hundred- dollar bills and six fifty-dollar bills. It is very an Mr. Ploy had @ good deal more money han this about him, but this is all his friends know positively about just at present. He leit Louis- ville with a ijarge sum, and was paid considerable money since his arrival in New York, and as he had no debts to pay and has not banked any of the money the con- clusion is he had it about him, This was no un- common occurrence, however, for Mr. Peoy has frequently carried as much as twenty and thirty thousand dollars on him. His not returning to the hotel on Wednesday night, or even Thursday, caused no alarm in the minds of the people of the house. bt took it for granted he had gone to the residence of some friend or perhaps out of town for @ day or two. Guests at hotels frequently do these things without consulting the officials, and nothing was thought of the gentleman's disappearance. Mr. Van Ingen, however, amerchant doing business on Broadway, nearly opposite the St. Nicholas, became alarmed at the absence of Mr. Peoy, and telegraphed to Louisville for his brother, who Is a justice of the peace of that city. It then dawned upon the minds structed Detective Keeley, who is detailed from the detective office at the house, to look alter the missing gentleman. The detective went first to the Brandreth House to make inquiries. He was told there that Mr. Peoy had left the place at half- past two o'clock on Thursday morning, was es- corted to the door by Mr. Martin and had not since been seen Le any one mp ay) to the hotel. From there Detective Keeley went to Bellevue Hospital and examined that institution, in the hope Mr. Peo; = have been carried there. If any acci- dent had occurred to him in the street he would undoubtedly have been sent there; but, as Warden Brennan had heard nothing of the gentleman, he did not suffer any accident in the street. The hour, too, at which he left the Brandreth House ‘was not one at which a man was likely to be KNOCKED DOWN IN THE STREET by @ car or coach, From Bellevue Hospital the detective went to St. Luke’s and from there to all the other public institutions of the city into which eople hurt by accidents in the street are taken, but no trace could be found of Mr. Peoy. The Morgue was examined and has been watched every day since the disappearance, but nothin like the body of the missing gentleman has turne up. Brooklyn, Jersey City, Hoboken and al) the other suburbs of New York were searched, but to no purpose, The assistance of keveral of the other detectives from Police Headquarters was called in and they have been working assiduously in the case, but up toa late hour last night the answer AB “No intelligence yet.” Mr. ‘justice Peoy, UF Louisville, Ky., is now at the St. Nicholas hes He came on here in answer to the telegram, and he says :— Ly | came on here to find my brother’s body, quick or dead, and I shall not go back without it.’ The missing man was always known to be very quiet and steady. His brother says ne never saw him drunk in his life, and he doubts very much if any one else ever did. He has always been happy in his domestic relations, and nothing his occurred that could in any way disturb that Ln fm Mr. George Peoy was * ear el devoted to his wile and children, a it” was his invari- able rule when the business of the day was over we; directly to his home, which he was never known to leave of an evening uniess to go with his family to the house of a friend. He orth be- tween fifty and sixty thousand dollars, and had large expectations from his uncle, Mr. James Speed, who was Attorney General under the ad- ministration of President Lincoln. Mrs. Peoy is also wealthy in her own right, and from all. these circumstances it is clear Mr. Peoy could have no motive for either running away or doing away with himeelf, There is but one theory of the disappear- ance left, and that is that the gentleman has been wailing idea at Police Headquarters is that The pre a at Pol leadquarters is Mr. rey hae been hed for some time past by parties who knew he carried a good deal of wouey about him, When he left the Brandreth House on tLe fatal mot he was in all probability accosted in the street. ing & polite and educated gentie- man, he would naturally stop to reply to ques- tions put to him, and then, while he was talking to whoever might address him, he could have been pinioned and blindfolded from behind and car- ried of to some piace where he conid be easily despatched. As he could be shloroformed on the sidewalk, and as he became stupid from the effects of the drug he could have been flung back into a cab that would probably be wait- ing at the curb, and driven away. After the mur- der and robbery the body would no doubt be en- cased in some gort of box well riddied with holes and properly weighted with lead and sunk in the river; or itis just as likely the murderers would that trouble, but simply pat a heavy Weight around the ‘beck af the unfortunate of the hotel people that | they had better bestir themselves, and they in- | gentleman and sink the body at once. The supposition is that Mr. Peoy was watched by some one, and that party, whoever it was, knew him well and had means of ascertaining the time at which he would have most money about him. This person was in le: with the thieves and mur- derers, and it was his pet of the bloody work to point out Mr. Peoy at the proper moment to the devils who were to despatch be- trayal, murder, robbe and “<- away of the body were, the police think, the work of one night and did not occupy more than a few hours, in the execution. It isa terrible re- flection that a well known gnd wealthy merchant comes to New York, spends a few weeks in the city, leaves a hotel at lalf-past two o’clock in the morning and then DROPS OUT OF EXISTENCE 98 completely as if he never belonged to the world, The case is @ most extraordinary one, and has caused a great deal of excitement about town. ‘The police authorities will do well to devote all their energies to the matter. Here is regular police work, and the o) ey: ia. a good one for the authorities to show the people ifthey have really any policemen at command. There are similar cases in history, and the police can have the benefit of the work of the officers of other countries to guide them. This will probably be a great agsist- ance, for when their own theories are worn out and nothing is developed they can turn to the expe- rleace of others and adopt their methods in Tite hope of arriving at something. Joe Grimaldi’s brother disappeared in this way. The police hunted for him, and the manner in which they hunted may prove a lesson to some of the New York officials who will be sent to probe this mysterious case. No mere stripiings, who know as much about police matters as they do of of the ae i System, taken out of the streets and tacked on to the Department will do for this labor, and it is to be hoped the authorities will set their best. men atthe case and show the public what they can really do alter their long rest. There are several very distinctive clews attached to this case the police will find very prominent aids in getting at the truth, Mr. Peoy carried @ pecultarly made - bowie knite, with a ale that worked something like a to @ corkscrew. He had beside ao Derringer pistel, and if force was used in the kill- of him there ig no doubt he fought hard tor and very likely wounded some of his assail- Mr. Peoy stood over six feet high. He was stout and broad-shouldered, weighing about two hundred pounds, He wore dark clothes and a light overcoat, @ silk hat, and had a small mustache and long chin beard. Tne cheeks were bare, A full description of him will be scattered all over the city to-day. life, an ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. The Conservatives Masters of the Situae tien—A Quorum in Each House and Ready for Business=The Republicans. Meeting Elsewhere—Governor Lind< soy’s Letter Ignoring the United States Court House Gathering. MONTGOMERY, Nov. 20, 1872, The conservative members of the Legislature, who hold their sessions in the Capitol, met at eleven o’clock this morning with a quorum in each House. The Senate elected a chief secretary and Other officers, Lieutenant Governor Moran pre- sides until his successor is qualified. . In the House, L, M. Stone, of Pickens, was elected Speaker, and other officers were elected, The con- servative members from Marengo arrived last night and were qualified this morning. A com- mittee was appointed in each House to wait on Governor Lindsey and inform him of their organi- zation and that they were ready for business, In response to the committee from the Senate and House Governor Lindsay informed them that he would send in his message to-morrow. GOVERNOR LINDSAY REPUDIATES THE REPUBLICANS. In response to a committee from the body. meet- ing at the United States Court room the Governor sent the following :— Exrourive Drranturt, Montcomrry, Nov. 19, 1872. To rue Hon. Georce M. Duskin axp OTHKRS :— GENTLEMEN—On yesterday vou were pleased to visit the executive chamber, when and where you professed to be present as a committee to notity me of the organization of a legislative body, or the expresse it, and ‘to Lele at foran communication I might deem it proper to trans- mit. Tn answer I now beg leave to say that on Monday, 18th instant, the day provided by law for the annual meeting of the General Assembly, the Hon. E. H. Moran, the present Lieutenant Governor of the State, and, under the express provisions of the constitution, the officer also that is to preside atthe organization of the Senate, did repair to the Senate Chamber within the Capitol build- ing, and did then and there proceed in the organization of the Senate, and trom day today has continued to dis charge his duties as such presiding officer in eflecting such organization. On the same day—to wit, the Legislature, as you hi it was ready 18th instant—the Hon. John P. Hubbard,’ the proper officer also” by express constitutional requirements, did occupy the Speaker's chair in the hall of the House of Repre: {tol building, and proceede fect an organization of the said House, and as Speaker has trom day to day continued todo ko. ‘The Capitol of the State is lawful and usual place for the mecting of the Le; Legislation alone can change or transfer it. Sw insurmountable necessity must exist to justify its assem- bling at any other ae building. J am ignorant of the existence of such a necessity. The Lieutenant Governor is the officer prescribed and re- quired by the constitution to preside over the organization of the Senate, and the Speaker over the organization of the House of Representatives, if _—_ officers are present to discharge their respective luties, Jn this instance they are present, periorming etions, and. as the Executive of the Btate, FY “te take ‘notice tn: m it they are the proper officers, as wellas to know that the Capitol is the place for the organization of the General Assembly. Your communication contemplates that, as Governor, T should recognize and accept as the General Assembly of the Btate of Alabama f persons assembled together ina building other than and at some distance from the Capitol and not pretending be organ unde’ Presidency of el(her of the oficers designated by the constitution. _Abstain- Ing trom further multiplying reasons for my conclusions, permit me to say that my official oath and fidelity to the constitution and laws forbid my recognition of anybody asthe General Assembly of Alabama other than that which organizes under the forms of the constitution and the law¥ and in the Cepitol of the State. The body which constituted you the committee I do not recognize as the ral Assembly, and therefore have no official com- ication to transmit to it, Thaye the honor to be your obedi Mtatives, within the Cap- ture, it servant, TB, LINDSEY, SOUTH CAROLINA SENATORSHIP, - The Present Tussle Over the United States Secnatorship—Senator Sawyer Fears the Use of Money to Assist in His Defeat—Eltlott in the Ficld; Also “Hone est” John Patterson. COLUMBIA, 8. C., Nov. 20, 1872, The Legislature mects here on the 26th inst. The term of Senator Frederick A, Sawyer, one of the present United States Senators, expires on the 4th of March next. There are a number of candidates in the field for the position, and from the indica, tions there promises to be a lively fight. Most prominent among the candidates are Governor Scott, the present Goveruor of the State; John J. Patterson, of Pennsylvania, commonly known ag “Honest John,” who is a lobbyist and railroad speculator in the South. Then Scott, who has made his card, wants ‘to go to the Senate; and the list of candidates is completed by the addition of Congressman R. B, Elliott, perhaps the smartest negro Representative now in the South, As the game stands now Scott has the best chance, from the fact that he has the most money and in- fluence. “Honest John” has engaged the rooms near the Capitol, where Comptroller General Neagle and his cohorts held high carnival during the session of the nominating convention, when Orr, Sawyer and their friends bolted, The ad rl of the Legislature is, with regard to color, about ninety colored—a large majority— and tne remainder white. Political about one hundred and twenty repubi the 167 comprising the Senate and Hous “Honest John” and Governor Scott, it is said, are using their money freely; but repub- Hicans say that both of them are has ag John Patterson has not yet been able to get a favorable Ls ate este upon the two millions of Blue Ridge Railroad scrip. Scott, it is stated, has any amonnt of property, but no cash, and his financial circumstances are such, owing to a suit with a New York newspaper, that he is unable to negotiate or raise the stamps. Just now Elliott's chances seem the best, because of his color, as there is a suilictency of his “bredren” to elect him. Elliott, however, content with being a Congress- man, is waiting for something, wigch he will proba- bly get before the day of the election. Sawyer claims that he has two votes to one of either of the other candidates, if money is not used, But as {t is well known that the Senatorship is not altogether a gift for merit “Honest John” may yet supercede Sawyer in the Senate. NORTH CAROLINA. The Governor's Message to the sembled Legislature—His Views Government and the State Debt—He Rejects the I of Repaudiation—The Election for United States Senator on the 26th Inst. Rinmom, Rev..90, 1812 The Governor's message was read to-day in the House of Representatives. The message is devoted principally to our federal relations, and expresses the belie! that the State government should be in full accord with the federal administration. The Governor advises a careful consideration of ques- tions of State debt: He opposes in toto repudiation and favors the issue of a new class of bonds. He declares the present legislative apportionment of the State unfair, urgently advocates measures invit- ing immigration into the State and congratulates the people Span she greatly iinproved condition of the State since his last message. The returns of the ‘August election were opened in the House, but the result not declared, there are ns out of The Ue oie will go actively to work and session will be short, The election for United States Senator occurs next Tuesday to fill the place to be made vacané by the Hon, Jolin Pool next March> wer