The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1872, Page 5

CONGRESS. Standing and Select Committees of the Senate Appointed. RESTORATION OF RANK iW THE RAVY A Financial Towaian Anxious to Pry Into Wall Street. Saas: Bee ARKANSAS’ ILIAD BEFORE THE SENATE. ‘fhe Interior Ship Canal Project—Passage of ‘the Internal Revenue Offices Reduction Bill. SENATE. Waswinanom, De. 6, 1872. Commarrens. the Senate ‘the rue tion of the ehrmes of te ‘by. dallot, and the ‘were then clected as follows:— ; Pagar alc ied Carpenter, song aM yeork, and Trambull, Fgats sac Paliongobs Hela ff aaa Finance.—Mr. 8) an; Meésaré. of Yt, Seotf, ‘asses, Wri ory of Mich: D1 eat Cole, chi ; Mesa y Sawyer, forrill’ of Me., Windorn, Wes! engon. wie chingbaun Go cea, command in aman: chairman; nter, Frelinghuysen, Pool, and, Post Roads.—Mr. Ramsey, C Cole, Hamlip, Ferry of . Pomeroy, hairman ; Messra, Windom, Stewart, Casserly, Tip- Land Clatme.—M¥. Thurman, chairman; ‘of Connecticut, Caldwell, Bayard, ire—Mr. Harlan, chairman ; Messrs, Ingham, Frelinghuysen, Caldweli, - Pratt, chairman; Mess poe i of Connecticut; HD, O i Pool, chairman; ) and Norwood. —Mr. rman ; Messrs. Scott, Wright, Davie ot ‘or West, Virginia, On the ‘District ef Columbia.—Mr. Patterson, Lewis, r, Sawyer, Hitch- ebaitman; Messrs. herr GaP eock, lg igen, Bn ‘icker' mm : aa eite ae a, iH Connecticut, chiair- , \ Mesera. tanoom Windom, Hamilton of »—Mr, Morrill of iad Cameron, acateaes res are regime rs. Cra- cock, tone modoeene ‘and Fen- he elapse beep trae Stewart, ee n, Scott, Kell tohcooky, Beer th eet and Cas. | ee aoe Mery SOP te Siok hand, their oe no ge aie iy threatened that’ cM eno pa rere ta mney swere to ne tones Mr, was beta was tee ie ve purpore for or which there. ‘as it to prevent the ke even if he been e! » CLAYTON thi Jhon tends im aenerting that ed. that, had been eleoted: apa that would Fete tied m due tit pun, whore de- ne bot op ot Sain @ bill to re- Biopted 1o'ta the eo btates notes, ABOLITION OF The ‘amount on Tagore sis Pam TT SS is far in ‘Treasury to | excess ef the estimates of Secretary of the the Comuussioner haa J israel ars ou wths pee law, er and © thirty De, ies uct ant Tareas ‘hall ‘conse ate ‘Of Ohi | ERT the ae a par Washingsan t ane, crectan of 1 eauhe at LD Fe Ht ben ne Dad put bie mame ine Obmmittee on Pabile | guestio ‘Commissioner, and’ ex and Nath: re Dua, (dem) (om) of etal fave notice of an a which Bris he expense Of the govern- dat lpsion potent guctete fee inent sor Fag k xpeol ws 10) iis nel ania! Weal emer pole a ot fat pare te na sollented, under it was y 5 the President for infor- iB 3 wichjand "munificent be recnsiies 1 oan Spe ioetne ines te cates open; Dae made modded the phraseology of the resoin- aces pane oe ig an pe be ev the tax, but had to pay hun- but moved the previous question OD. Fat at ahi bos tps ne ce er soon solr bonad ¥/ be eir new du as LAYTON, Ned to take iosue with is-ebile : cbse v wolnone and he he bite! Celebrat oy sale Lig be feasibility yi the ren rat Ce mig wou Wwoud oh announced aa a n vesomimen! ‘ and threats ae Or tne whole |. THE GREELEY PRESS FUND. ‘that ie his ag Heol 4 Ark were to cammuiog 6 whieh iy | lication: of the: following| cominunications from iné ‘that he tne Ee ie elevte pea anece the | oficial expression. ‘The public have premptly ex- Bow it only remaine with the immediate relatives on the Bulye. st culled, Withe Rrompt sue grace! ana, under the ¢ir- of sate ierea feacaa dreams sec | Be Tprromade'| maken ‘Treasury, and exee' pt the government ex- g into eiace th ee RS u nite Ba ba ay at irom sty t's ne ti ‘miiiol ions. ot iter Beers ere : aleees ‘that if this Dit it was arg Rcoreas, ot was no eductton propane forthe ee cal free oF the Tovarbal foveune Sanaten ¥ wi Scat tee the abo! ets ot 8. i, introgpcsd bills for ‘would nipose additional cetidannat ‘kw Of the ‘McKay. Referred nn, wma pyc STE ue snow. | a perme offered jow- ‘agreed to ves wits sani aoe to Mr. “Duke to abolwn sare hares ny Bey dine riety Member OF the Committee on Ways ‘Dtberwige at as carly uraaay Xs anni Dracticable. ae ta favor‘ar the misernal sets tiene” tebe) VE Atk moved to tako np) his fala bow uve sper n ‘egard to an Spuleation | LTA the sending taken thergon. bea in coud me, Mr. poser el (rep.) of Vt., moved to refer the “a the-Comulttes de ali Anica. It ita tho system of taxation for Tederst ite rete to che cominitts e, taxation a customs the people 4 in the aggregation of i prcen a of all haliclapelle Dawes to foliow Mr. Kerr in bis had ade the -applice, to fixing the time for he grounds on which. it had ‘been OIE an Avner ei ror which the Weve tobe seat if S| aera Wye to oe het atlon on, on the st of July 1883, wi dare (rep.) of Ark. mk com 4 oe existence oi Mr. H LpmMai, (dem.) of offered a reso)it- collision m Ar! uon instractin; ine Belect ‘oniuiutee on the Gen- knew of pid reason on why sere whould be one, Ar- 0 fi kansas, like nity had ao pena he popu pulation “th Mited eitees os he Ist of in due time, ing to the lat hounecarent of the eval by tte a a that ‘ae 7 Sertain "dag" 0 a Fate pa yaa an pts mfr pf Ga ‘axle Semaeeees. Pat soa ‘ll’ Mensa . A matter would, iPeeeane bythe prope aan ede APF Msg Towaht Gat i hie and qguictness in The numerous ery Rnoldaing subseriptions re Was ali the more-reason for patie. towards the Greeley Press Fand induced the pute Bice) war a@memier of the iar ead That committee congratu- | dividuals 3nd ap extract from a contemporary a ‘the electi geo 8 25 | journal which may in this case be considered an he aye — et identufiea had pressed their willingness to contribute to a memo- Trang fo gids a Hal in honor of the Geecased ‘philosopher, and of the late Mr. Horace Greeley to decide as to the best ai Siposition of the amount subsexibea, Subdjoin is an editor from the colimns of yesterday's 7ridune:— TO THE rat cummtances, we At a chivalrous gene! of whieh we can hardly (fut ourselves £0 spent, prope’ en. Dr d by @.liberal money ft weomid. di cabs 1; rried into one Bat, before the ne eee kan | ely os £0" show sed aabgtem of i Arde certain person: candidate ould be installed aa | thoughyfut onton ai sgt og ‘obehage HERALD. ei bor ie 8 of men | of that fourniat te ten fered My solereaaize ox. Sia large, bat understood, to he cons sa pak TEE -) Eth ey ied ved at this office letter wl Of any tae nah oe en received, » | pablie A mand cevorded | tO the is announcedsthat tic: ‘ated et was ge 1 Bre my partisans had tothe capital ash re ohne lose | Mr, Kennett really desires co, at giye. nt it was & of i ito, ‘aak ‘sald the e fam Bo tlons were announced, and “is say that the Misses Greeley are unw! pe- under Mob oa bed DMUNDS asked Mr. Tnattna whether he naa (See nee revise that Mr pete morn T said he did not reeollec' not tncom- Mr. EDMUNDS said it was a very delicate matter for the Senate to call upon the President to state Now he had exercised or was going to exercise his CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS 48 COMMANDER-IN-CTIEI and Ke eect it could not be proper to demand publicity where a prudent secrecy might be one of the potent means Oo! preserving the peac' Mr. URMAN said it was not an inquiry as to how the Present was going to act, but an inquiry Whether application had been made by some au- thor rity tn Arkansas for United States troops. Fesolution was referred to the Comuuittee on Affairs by a vote of 23 to 18. ) of Pa., calied up his resolution je Committees of Conferenee of last session, and, at the suggestion of Mr. Conkling, of New York, modified it 80 as to apply only to the Committee of Conference on the bili regulating the Senatraction of bridges across the Ohio, and it wa: ed to. Mr. Scorr then presented the report of the Con mittee of Conference on that bill, and it was laid over. The Senate then, at twenty minutes past one o'clock P. M., on motion of Mr. EpMUNDs, of V went into executive session, and at ferty minutes past one o’clock adjourned till Monday. y, Har Bees. Jotorma an, Cragin, Cooper, f Mr. Gi Basta, eat many, Been impaired by a ibe , i, Caldwell, dor, Kel aloan or his own credit to ty n| worthy of it, or by an ‘overweening confidence in promises, ther it is probaole, enough 1 maining to quiet ail tl geucrous apprehensions of the communit; even It the provision were less, we must be allowed to say*that the Misses Greeley are ip the hands. of immediate friends who will care for them with assidu- ous fidelity and «@nremitting tenderness, and = who will ognize. and repay debt of grateful honor ‘aac to their father—a debt which itis strongly felt cau never be adequately discharged, A sympathizing public may confide in our assurance that the young ladies are now the wards of those who will be glad as weil as able to care for thelr every want and comfort, and to see toit that the death of their father shail mai no change in their methods of life and their re- sources, We announce the ladies at their own urgent reque: they are anxious not to be regarded as w ing in a gratejul sense of the great kindness which prompted the subscription, they must be allowed w take the kindly Wwiil for the kindly decd. With a thoasand heartfelt thanks the proffered bounty is declined.’ There m other methods of exhibiting the public liber methods by which the metory of Mi reeley iy be perpetilated, abd which would be grate, not merely to his children, bat to the who'e broad chr. cle of his admirers. Ii these should commend themseives to the public approbation they would certainly be regarded by his daughters with a wratitude equal £o that which so much kindne has already inspired. CUBANS IN SYMPATHY. ihe chairman; Messrs. Lewis and og ¥ On Baucation and .—Mr. Sawyer, chair- tered ad Jonna Morrill, of Vermont; Flanagan, Pat- D. and Johusto! and Retrenchment.—Mr. Buck- sateen, chairman; Messrs. Pratt, Howe, Harlan, evar Bavard an ana ‘Trumbull. trol the Contingent Expenses of wesennie ie. Caxpeaber chairman; Messrs. Mor- ton and Saulsbur’ On Printing.—Myr. Anthony, Chairman; Messrs. Bowe and Casserly. On the Library.—Mr. Morrill of Maine, chairman; bares Howe and lone aed C i i18.—Mr. Casserly, Messrs. Clayton ‘and Cooper. t SELECT COMMITTEES. On, of Rules.—Mr. Pomeroy, chair- man; ‘8. Edmunds and Stevenson. On Removat of Political Disabditities.—Mr. pesmet? chairman; Messrs. Ames, Clayton, yecxers, Ransom and Tipton, ‘On the Leoves of the ‘Misstssippl River.—Mr. Kel- } Chairman; Messrs. Alcorn, Clayton, Blair zo ire Into Certain Allegations Against Hon. Claylon.—Mr. P, Wright, chairman, Messrs. ii of Maine, and Norwood in the Southern States.—Mr. chairman ; Peszrs. Chandler, Bayard, Pool, Spencer and Blai chairman; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Dee. 6, 187: Mr. Harris, (dem.) of Va., Introdnced a bill for Mr. SumMNER, (rcp.) of ite: at his own request, | the payment of claimants jor property destroyed es Ser ene one Ae mK, Dee. 5, 1872. it. seis 5 ie: e 0 EDITOR OF ALD — was excused from further service on the Commit- | during the war of the rebellion by the authority of R—La Revolucion de Cuba, organ of the free ee On Military Affairs. THE INDIANA JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., presented a joint reso- tution of the Legislature of Indiana Instructing the Senators and Representatives from that State to yote against any measure dividing the State into or more Judicial districts, Kelerred to the Commitvee on the Judiciary. THE PROWIBITORY LAW. Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (e p.) of Conn.,. presented a ne for a pronibi ry siaoor law in the District of Columbia and the Territorie: Messi#. LOGAN, (rep.) Of Ill.; VicKERS, (dem.) of Md., and SuMNER, (rep.) Of Mass., presented peti- ‘tions in reference to the French Spoliation Claims, Mr. SUMNER presented a petition of colored cill- gens of Newport, R. L., complaining of outrages, RESTORATION OF NAVAL RANK. Mr. Ham tt (rep) of cafes we tant @ memorial of George Preble, asking to be restored to his rank in the navy, and said that having examined the case carefully he was satisfied that the peti- | toner had been treated with great harshness, and | he hoped the Committee on Naval Affairs wonld psa the matter early and full consideration. Ke- red to Committee on Naval Alfairs, THE GENEVA AWARD. Mr. Moron, (rep.) of Ind., introduced a }il! cre- | tung a commirsion to adjust the claims under the Geneva Award. ‘The bill authorizes the President to appoint three eommissioners to adjust and determine the amount of compensation due to the several claimants for @amages arising from the depredations of revel eruisers to be dischurged out of the indemnit fand awarded by the Tribunal of Arbitration at Ge eva to be paid by Great Britain, said commission- ta to confine their allowance of compensation to guch cases of depredation as were committed by such revel eruisers, for the acts of which Great Britain was found to be liable by said tribunal. The pinball are empowered to send for persons papers, rs, and the decision of two of them is to tee binding. the United States, BOBBING FOR THE CANAL GUDGEON. Mr. Mors&y, (rep.) of La., offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for information as to the probable cost of a ship canal from the Mis- sissippi River, near its mouth, to deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, &e. Adopted. Mr. Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill abolishing the oflices of | ASSESSOR AND ASSISTANT ASSESSOR uba government and of the exiled patriots, con- tributes the enclosed $10 for the daughters of the great journalist, Horace Greele in contormity With your philanthropic suggestions in your issue of yesterday. Please accept this poor bat sincere donation in the name ot the above-named community, and | re- main respectiully, I. ARNAS, Kaitor of La Revolucion de Guta, STAR IN THE E FFICE OF THE Eas RTLAND, Me., Dee } THE HERALD:— our, n of erein 1 Yours truly, JOHN M. ADAMS, vA » Oy 1 of internal revenue, and transferring their duties | Propo: ton for a press iund for the ch Horace Grecley, and heaitily concurring tie to collectors and deputy collectors, | herewith enclose my mite—$25. After the bill, which is voluminous in its details, | was read, Mr. DAWEs offered an amendment, fixing the time | for it to go into operation on the Ist of July next, | and proceeded to explain the bill, He said that the law of the Oth of January, 1872, directed the | Created under cs Commissioner of Internal Revenue to reduce, on | very picks, ns SOnN ¢ eeiey or before the ist of January next, the whole num- | PUILADELPHIA'S PHILANTHROPY. ver of collection districts to eighty, and to dis- OFrICk OF THE PUBLIC Leporn, charge all the collectors and assessors except one PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 5, 1872. in each of the eighty districts. The bill now pro- My Dear Mr. Bennert—t hope the stigzestion of | posed was a substitute for that provision, becuuse | the HenaLpin regard to a fund for tae benchit of | it was evident that the reduction of collection dis. | Mr. Greeley’s daughters may be carried out, and | tricts to one-third of the existing number would | gladly subscribe $1,000 for the purpose. enlarge the area of the districts threefold, and | | Enclosed you will find a notice of what we have would, with the diminisned number of the officers, | Teeently been doing in & somewhat similar case in | present too great temptation to frauds upon the | !’niladelphia, Very truly, your Iriend revenue, GEORGE W. He yielded to Mr. Sawyer, who offered a resolu- J. G. BENNETT, Es tion reciting the telegraphic account of the acci- | dent on the Pennsylvania ‘oad last evening, among the victims of which were W. W. Dantz, an | employé of the House, his wife and ‘child, and | GRATITUDE TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL directing that arrangements be made to transport | | Some of the personal friends of the late Gen their bodies back to their ate home at Princeton, | Meade, acting upon their belief that the coun Wis., and have them interred at the expens¢ | and especially the city of Philadelphia, w ofthe House. Adopted. largely his debtors for invaluable service to both, and that the debt remained undischarged at the A A Sir—Herewith you wiil $25, which please find my check for you will add to the tund w: sich is belt dle ices for the | CHILDS, Childs :— The President is further authorized to dl two persons as counsel for said commia- pe hg whose duty it shall be to examine all claims presented for compensation and protect Mr. Dawes resumed his remarks, and stated that | such indemnity fund and the United States | by the passage of this bill the saving which would | time of his death, undertook to make such from false or extravagant claims, A secretary | ve effected over the plin provided by the law of | inadequate reparation as remained in their fe also tobe appointed by the Presiden June last would be $1,700,000, and over the existi ng | power. It was their desire and their purpose that system of $3,000,000, | nothing should ever be known of this outside of Mr. L. MAYERS, (rep.) of Pa, catied atten- | the strictly private meetings that were held for tion to the fact tat this bill would turn ont | comference on the subject. But, without their of office all the sssessors—men wio had the most | knowledge, what they were doing was very soon administrative experience in connection wita the | Made public through the press, internal revenue—and retain ail the collectors, He | be accomplished now by withholiing knowledge of thought the government should bo authorized to | the fact that what has been done reflects higi select from both classes of officials; and therefore, | credit npon the city and upon the devoted affection he gave notice of an amendment which he would \ of his iriends, It also speaks eloquently of the su- offer, legislating out of office all the assessors and | preme regard in which the services and the character collectors, aud providing for the subsequent ap- | of General Meade were held in the city of his home. pointment of men as collectors, This, he said, would | In@ few days, in the quictest possible way, the give the department the chance to select its best | Meade fund, which was intended to be $50,00), has officials. mounted up to $104,000, Philadelphia may well Mr, Woop, (dem.) of N. Y., satd that on examina- | feel gratified at this demonstration of what she can tion of the billand after Nstening attentively to | do, in her quiet way, for a noble object. This is not the remarks of Mr’ Dawes he was really puzzled to one Eiths fun, but is to be devoted to the know where the economy and reform came in. It | ose Which the dead soldier always had near- seems that assessors were to be discontinued tat 0 his heart. whem their terms of office shail have expired, Some of them had been appointed within the last sixty days, and if they were entitled to a four | years’ ter oan of vem might continue in oflice | 108 over three y his. . BECK, (dem.) of Ky., explained that ali the oflices of assessors and assistont assessors were to be discontinued on the ist of July, 1873, but that the Commissioner might discontinue some of them before that tine. It was to meet that contingency that the language referréd to waa etnpfoved. Mr. Woop—in other words, the power to dismiss these officers is jcit entirely fo the discretion of the Ce missioner, Mr. Broe—Yes, np to the iat of July next, but he Sistant sccretari rh joners are to organize in Washington city, but | immediately afterwards shall hold their sessions in | Such places in the United States as may be most convenient for the performance of their duties, and their functions shall not extend beyond two years from the date of their organization. The commissioners are to be paid $4,500 per year, the | Secretary $3,000 per year, his assistants such ) compensation as may be xed by the commission- | ers, The pay ofthe counsel will be fixed by the Secretary of state. The orders and processes of ‘the commissioners will be executed by the United States Marshals of the various districts im which the sessionsare held. Judgments in favor of claim- apis shall be paid by the Treasury Department Within sixty days alter presentation, THE INDEMNITY FUND, when paid by the British government, shall be set @part jor the payment of damages awarded as aioresald. Itis further provided that in estimat- ing the compensation to claimants interest shall be calculated upon the amount 4 lowed af the pate of six per cent per annum from the date of the to the date of the judgment, and the amount ‘thereof shall be entered Up 1n @ separate judgment apart from the principal. The payment of these judgments for interest shall not be made until all claims for compensation have been passed upon; and then if, upon computation, said indemnity | fand shall be found sunicient to y all judgments for pribcipal and interest the said judgment for Seema woneee paid in full, otherwise they shall be paid pro raia as far as said fund shall go after ¢ commissioner: rs by tl THE WALLEILE BANK DEFALCATION, “winirero N, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1872, The stock-holders of the Wallkill ‘National Bank and the citizens of Middletown are determined to make good the capital stock and reconstruct the bank, providing the banking officers at Washington grant sum samc! le, ume, DEATH “OF JUDE JORNEON, entof the principal, must dismiss them al that @ Ce JRNING N Dee. ¢, 18 MORTON, from Indiana, introduced a bili Mr. Woop. is a ver singura 80 i dF Jus or D— singular fact that tt Thomas A, Johnse Just e Su to refund to the States the'interest on moucy bor- | amount propoved to We appropriated forthe Ih OTS 2 JOSE ae vourer r thle gah preme Court of the State of New York, died here jastevening. The funeral will take place on Mon- ». } day, December 9, at half part twe oe ook P, AL rowed to equip, pay, supply and transport troops the service Of the United Stiwes in tie date war. Mr. FERVY, (Yep) OF ComD., Wtroduced @ bil 10 ternal Revenue Bureau for the next fieeal year is meater than We amount appropriated tor ie prosent year, Mus ycay The AMOULE War $%,000,6 me metre a sevecomer | “yUDeE baa tearte = the | determination of these | Wh ‘The following is the extract alluded to by Mr. | No useful end can | | ance of Inc eee Seed The Labors of the * THE CASE “ RESTED. 4! ogee as Closing Remarks cf Refutation in Be- half of the Respondent. ae, The Final Arguments To Be Be: fore the Whole Senate. ate ADJOURNMENT UNTIL JANUARY 9. ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1872, ‘The Senate met atten A. M. Mr. Townsend, of the coaneeh for the prosecution, anounced the close of their cage; with the under- standing that should have the privilege of putting in rebutting evidence. OTRNING THE CASE FOR THR RESPONDENT. FH, ©. Donntson, on thé part @f the respondent, Procceded to open iis case, Be commenced by calling aticntion to the r Of these pro- ceedings, saying that the nt here was about to go forth from this Se: @ man or to be ieprived of the asseéiation of alf honorable men, YF the past two years; hewaid, we have been Iiy- ing in stirring umes. Persons high in oMce have, been 4wplaced amd stripped of the power an Position they posseused. ‘This body has engaged in a very ol bil work, and hag ver oe we the a he =~ seruuiny and in veabibtitD iy partisiicad nd nothing an be ownd against him, Nevertheless, ifyou ab find anything we willbe content, He palicd attention to the firet, the initiato y step in this proceeding, which emanated trom the very man now before the Reoate charged with crime. ‘A letter appeared in'a New York journal making charges, against the Judges of the Marine Court, That letter was written, signed and published by the respondent, who had been a Justice in that Court since the year 1867, It was bold, pubiid, direct, and teft no@oudt iff the public mind as to what was charged) It lef the impression that there was something in thatCourt to investigate. What was the next sicp? ‘fie respondent made peal to the Bar Association, He made his ap- peal to the people at largé. Counse] said he re+ Mmemmpered wel! th time the Jnitiatory step was taNen'tor thé formation 6 this Bat Asdociation. ‘hee or four of om, he said, Met 1p a small rooin ‘anu there laid the foundation for this organra- tion. 1 well. Pemember the soiemn words Bitercd by one of those present, a @istinguished forey his ability and mepee m the Bar He mn arc engagingiim Mo boye#’ play,’ ana we od him, knew the yisk and danger 0: were al th ‘Up against certain Judg ‘@ha. jerined our bar Assov ea en |Aps—immediately an we ation. ‘This crime; bot he 18 i Tan sinaline=$ 0} Investigation hi wecuton, ‘hose gentlemen came here charg, RECEIVING REFERENCE FEES; ship with certain parties. That he was a partver the 6th of May, 1870—the partnership ceased, It hibiting Judges from practising tn thelr own the purpose of aiding three or four yi attention iniormed bis partners of bis showing that he participated in the carnings of the i to take—the risk and du ho liad ali the power, cou the Supreme Court. Never wax the result of tus letter — tog Immediately on its ot the Marine vg Peay, not deere, Bar Association and and finally sent bi this mndent has been ly: tion have bis conduct astonished at the witch, is only equalled by the magnificence of the promise nade at the outse counrel for the 0 ing the respondent with conspiracy and violating eight statotes. The main charge was that of but there is not one particle of proo: justifying the charge. It was charged that he was in partner. from the 1st of Janvary till the oth of 7, 18%, is not denied, We adm: t. But at that time— ceased by Judge Curtis writing a letter, in which ne said the Legisiature having passed an aet pro- Courts, he could not remain longer a partner in the firm, Tius partnership had been fo On the first day dadge Curtis’ was called to thi statute Bui counsel say that was a mere trap to get rid of Cushing, and yet there is not a particle of evidence firm alter the 6th day of May, 1870, the date of his withdrawal. AS to reference fees, there was Lot On the face of the record any evidence of the re- spondent’s recciving apy such fees, We will show, said the counsel, that there are express stipula- tions in the articles o: the copartnership that Judge Curtis was not to receive anything from this busi- ness; that all the carnings jrom this business were to go to Thomas Bl. Pitty: he came to this city that was in the habit of s¢ uses before him Court to himself red 11 the particular attention of the Senate to the fact that there Was not a single case of reference sent to Pittman in whieh Cushing, Gardiner or Goodhart. was counsel on either side, and he would tin alisuch cases not one cent went into rtis’ po that there was an © xpress ation in the partnership to t o) then briefly reviewed the ¢ testimony iakea tuereon, showiug th wi been proved but the innocence of th ent, and allow it he A. 1 TE A, Loring Cush ed by the Ue: sworn, He testified that in the Pp par 1869 he was applied to by Meserk. Goodhart and Vittman to form a copartne with Judge Curtis; he inquired into the standing, &c., of the parties; te copartnersbip was formed; athe finally came to tie there were too many men notified the othe | written letter, | he had come to th ook no interest in afierwards: Juage Curtis had withdrawn ve- ter was wr , but Hot beioie to draw; there never tanding in the partnership Curtis that we wer any benefit trom him as a j ould have been, because that would not have been honest; mor was tuere any such agreement with Judge Cutis concerning re‘e: neces; nor that Judge Curtis was to derive any nefit: Hor that he was to make any reiei- firm, nor derive any benefit trom bis ual relation with the Marir r E * form; f took no interest in ‘the acco! mt of the tirm; IT soon saw there was not busi- enough to make it teresting. mined by Mr. Townsend—The Bn Judge Curtis was to periorm in the partner: tosend us al! the business he could a8 wcitiae Dy | but not as a Judge. | To Senator J. W Judge di was any with dnoge od—The fact that Curtis was a ot induce me to enter the partnership. THOMAS W. PITTMAN'S EVIDENCE. Thomas W. Pittman, one of the frm, was cain and sworn. He said:—Cojouel Gardiner propose: the gonnern erat ], being an old acqua: proposed it to hin; ve de- clined: L was orged by Gardiner to go to him again Tdid so; he then, wit!i my urging, consented; vut he said if lie entered wie firm he did not want to have to do with anything brought into the Marine Court; we never had a case there but once; that was an old case of Tr wrainet the Railroad | aN ny Ravout to Gardiner and told bim that | it should be his indivicual case; 1 also told him that Whatever he got ont of it he could keep tor hims alter we had been going a few we Mr. Cushing retired from the firm; we all regarded that as a DISSOLUTION OF IRM 5 ew articles of copartnership were drawn up; We ook a lease of the office, signed by Goodnart, Gardiner and myself; Judge Curtis had nothing to do with it; he had, about the time Cushing retired, informed me he desired to withdraw, and asked me to have bis name taken out of the sign: there wai tg Gy ate ¥. orsianding trat the firm was fo bé henefiled by id is being a Judge of Marine Court; the reference fees were mine in vidually; that was understood; the firm noi to have anything to do with reference case told any one that Judge Curtis was wi main ip the firm after the withdrawal of Cushing; never told any one that the withdrawal of Curtis was to got rid of Cushing. The cross-examinat nothing new or material, Mr. Dotigiass Camphei) nse) for Clark in the he vs. Clark, bint 24 the progged ings in the case, showing re Was bo coliu- £10b on the part o' ze ihe Stn ye (hep took a recess till hal-past three o'clo! of the witness elic.ted Afie on Session. The Senate reasgeinhied at half-past three o'clock P. M., When the witnes® Campbe.) resumed the stand aud continued the history of the Beane va, Clark Case, He aito explained the eare of Beli vs. Phe Alpha Bliss Mabulactunig Company, Which A BLOODY DEED. Brutal Massacre of an Oid: Man complained that he had in Pennsylvania. stness c rrectly he had awe upon the re- - argo ea : The Most Infernal of Infernal Machines Employed. as the time, most as- iclensinapilaaiaeal A Gas Pipe Loaded with Powder and Slugw Fired by a Fuse at the Sleeping Victim. ween ithesa ‘cautioned the reporter two 80, and finally tod ne the weit popes va. The’ Alpba Bliss Mann- Lentified that Judge Curtis was pe time O'Dowd testified that enyry bee hg po a time; the couns to Doma’ ‘and. toni him what , ca the witness complained re cautioned the r r 7 told him that unless he eine 0 pet the. eitnene sa he (the Judge it one how | wa threw down hin peneld and suid he’ might doo, and leit the ar ‘Smith tiere eaid they would rest the case for the defence. The announced they had no further e to int ce, and the case 5" unsel : tation, when Mr. wheend, on the See prosecnton aaid they feitat Lo be test dugy, to argue the onan before & spit Senate, and therefore ifit shoul 1 meet with convenience of the Senate they would be will- popceenns the argument unti the Sepate met y. » Smith said so ta hs him side were concerned oe MIRACULOUS E ESCAPE OF MRS, ALLINGHAME Prrrsnura, Dee. 6, 187 Raral districts have of late vied with each other” in the enormity of the crime perpetrated withim their borders, From time to time deeds have been committed so shocking in every characteristic that ® municipality seems a periect paradise in compar- ison. Murder and suicide, in their most revolting{ ‘forms, have startled the community tar and near,, and instead of examples being made by the en | foreement of the ultimate penalty, the opposite’ course has been too frequently pursued, THR LATEST ATROCITY. The lst of fearfal crimes Is increased by one thatt was perpetrated at a very early hour this morning, at the quiet village of Eldersville, in Washington county, on the line of the Pan Handle Railroad. The victim of the crime is an old man, upwards ot! seventy years of age, named John Allingham, whol with his old wife have lived for many a year im contentment and in happiness in Bidersville. Het kept a small grocery and from his sales realizedl suflicient to maintain him and his aged “pkg in comiort. Last night he closed up his store at an early hour, as is the custom in a quit village a) as this is, and retired to bed. Some time gitei midnight Mrs. Allingham was awakened by a dreadful shock, which caused the plastering to fail from the eciling on to the bed in which she and he husband were slecping. It was like the report 0! an old and rusty musket overloaded ana which had been completely shattered by the discharged Her hand her intense pain at thet momenr,; and she disvovered at once that one of hey Ongers had been shot away and that STREAMS OF BLOOD were dyeing her white nigntclothes, The terrifies woman jumped from her bed, and, eating om her husband and receiving no response, Was ale ere willing to have the case ended now, re not particularly anxious to make any id DOL HOt think really that any Marphy sed the Senate had better go vy privat ene: they wong then be able etd wtiat ibe dove, The Senate then nt into pri? The doors. bein, reir the President an- ounced that the farther consideration of the cas Of Judge Curtis had bee postponed till the th of bee A also that the inal hearing of the case of ie would take Place on the sth of Jan- that two counsel be the defence, second the mee, and the prosecu- ton ae time, which erry offered the following? — slved, That it ix the ‘sentiment of the Senate hs distin ae the eb io i ‘t etn 4 arn emer Ta an ALT hinent, — to the confide: je of the ved, That he isentitled to te eeknow! the Uae civea tor the courts hinaners which have une formly character Antercourse with us. Resolved, That these rogolutions, ater beiny appro. priately engrossed, r the direction of the Kk, i mined by each member of the Benate, be pr sshustera Benedict and Lewis endorsed the reso- Jations ln remax oe oe they ay ppoined x a gma as m7 Peniy complimentary to Mr. adopted wnanimousiv. and Murphy were, 6 inform the Governor saunas a its business and ra Short recess ras nol ready, gd ourm ‘and: need that the | Most distracted with fright. She edlied again, Governor “ no jurther | getting no reply, again approached the bed,and, “ent eat then adhoure bag placing her injured Land upon nis head, found that only portion of it remained, ana that his BRAINS AND BLOOD WERE SCATTERED over the bed jothing and upon the éeiing., AN NEW YORK CITY. mereey ae alarm was at once given, and the peighvor Wuliain Sinith, of 357 Weel Suxteenth street, and | who had nob been roused jrom theit Newton H. Sauisbury, of 160 West Thirteth str slumber by the terrific report of the weapon gathered in brief time into the apartment of A light Jed a scene caleninted toe blood. There, on the bed, which now wite crimson, iy old ‘Ailingh umn, a corpse. Halt of his skuil was carved away and & the 6th William Johnston | piece of it was buried in the opposite wail, while | his brains were scooped out as cleverly and si jully as if it were the work oi an experiene geon, The room, Which was sual, was strewn with his brains, and blood was sjoaried high on the wal! opposite to the bed. HOW BE MAD BEEN KiLLED. By this time t-e neighborhood had been com- rievely alarined, and the excited peovle were seem bearing lamps from one howse to the orher, ap- tue scene of the murder. An exuuina- were brought up yesterday at Jefferson Market Police Court, charged with violation of the lottery | law. They were held to bail in the sum of $500 each to answer. Op the morning o1 vurst open the door of the premises 304 Seventh avenue, a boot and shoe shop, occupied by Hugh Douche, and: stole a pair of boots, for which he was held to apswer in the sum af $2,500 at the Jetierson Market Police Court. Avtated meeting of the Public Health Associa- tion of New York will beheld this evening at eight | ae O'clock, in the 1eoture room of the Reformed Dutch | Hon of. the eS Tevedied the most mgenious charch, comer ot Fil le nd Twenty-nivth | instrument of death m the shape ofa piece o: gas yegt, Mr. Dorman B. Teac a paper on | or water pipe, avout tive Teck iu iengih and with & “afiitary Legwiation in England and in New | bore of two incucs. ‘The talbitian wretches, whos York,” stating historically the peeuiiar legisiation | ever they were, deliverttely filled this pipe sboub of both countries. | halt tuli of powder and slugs of Got deadly description, and, thug pre Lueir das 10 old tnan’s uct location of Barney Muiien is 2 young man from the country, | tardly deed, wended there wa and, coming on @ visit to the city fell inamong | home, Kvidently they ot local o the thieves of Greene street, who reheved bim of | Ms ved, witch dar tne hease was smulll, its a nd that where what money le had. Daniel McLanghlin was yes- | the old couple slept. Was on the ground oor, ad- terday brotght up as the Jefferson Market Police | joining the room devoted t) Wie purposes of ‘he court, charged with the offence. ‘Te evidence | yrog showed that he took the money from M ft Pig KA FOR THE MURDEROUS WEALON. pocket and spent a | The deed was most celiberu and fuil stows and otber deli beow mad A preparations default of $2,500 bail. | window, without shutters and with a comin leo blind, was aiixed in the Wall directly opposite was ar- | the bed. Ti fiend or fiends reared a platiorm in the yard to the heizit of the window, end upon this they placed the instrument of destruction. It 19 | possible the exact Whercubouts of the head of their On Thursday atternoom he met William Tucker, of | intended victim had been precisely ascertained, 42 Baxter street,on the corner of Franklin and | and the unique w i Wus elevated aud Jevencd Baxter streets, After some desultory conversa- | witha keen eyc. tion @ row ensued about some old transaction in | A SLOW MAtEH which both were interested and Cesar a & | was then placed to it, and alter th knife into the leit arm of Tucker. ito | minutes the instrument was d answer under $1,000 bail, | itself back on the instant ai | if ashamed of the shock: ng formed. “It was a feavinl d as they lung about the spot unt dayliant toi TAOPIOg being unable tos) all mele e9g3, had met such a spectacle a3 Was presented, Baward Cesar, of 1 Leonara street, raigned before Judge Hogan at the Tombs yesier day, charged with felonious assault and battery. e lapse of afew harged, burhing a dozen yards, aa it had just per- ed,” said every one, Dr. Pinney, who has uring forty years visited Africa five times, will lecture on “The Progress of Christian Missions in Africa’ Sabbath evening, December 8, at eight o'clock, in Dr. Crosby's | On the approach of morning Kev, W. E. Wilsor church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-sec- | Sent @ despa! Mi luckmore, of tng ond street. Egypt, Madagascar, Zula, Cape | city, requesting tive be sent Good Hope, Gaboon, Yoraba, Liberia and sier once, and on this afternoon's train Leone will be pointed out on & large loap of Airica | Officers were despatched to the scene. ‘The murder | evidently was not commited for the purpose of robbery, for the doors of the butiding were lockca | and everything «bout the premises was in the same i = orderly condition 25 the night previous. Nothing A large and lively meeting of the New York Ath- | was broxen but the sash of the window, whieh was ¢ Club took place last night at their club vooins | literally de pears bs by the hi avs stugs Which were and gymnasium, Nos, 4and6 East Twenty-cignth | Peltauor of Mt. ens hNe eo. street, President Colonel) William E, Van Wyck in | ing, that ce ge of Eide the chair.‘ 1business being finished, new | ville bore account of some candidates were elected to the club, Subsequontly | petty transact aracter. Sus+ and a special reference made to the work of Dr. Living one—"Ishe alive? Did Mr, Stanley moet him 1 ad | the club ratified che seedings of the National picion rests on par as the prob; dit murder, Amateur Oarsmen’s Convent.on, and elected P. A. | ble perpetrators of this dre: No Curtis, Willlam E, Mi and Charles H. Cone | rests have been made up to this evening, and delegates to the Harlem Navy; also decided to have | there is no positive clew to the guilty party a new four-oared sheliboat built and be in readi- | parties. ‘Ihe oid wife of the deeeased is almo ness for the Spring regattas, and appoint at captaln | antic through grief and seems. periectiy aucou- Henry G. Meeker, D. Harry Knowlton and ?. A, | solable. Tuat Curtis a committee to purchase the same tor the | had travelled t cinb, On Tuesday evening an attractive ¢ shibitte yn | trials and a will take place at the gymnasium, at eight o'clock, | such an uni: and on the evening of the 17th a ‘special mecting | bear. Of the club will be held at the club rooms. REAL ESTATE MATIERS, | Yesterday's transactions at the Real Estate Ex | change were extremely tame and without the | slightest interest. Beyond @ few legal sales no- thing was done. ‘The following transactions took piace at the reguiar hour designated for sales :— Benjamin P. Fairchild sold at auction the plot | No, 104 of the Dye r aged partner, with whom sie with nin its ad yrom ber by her lite und bi hould be s , is too much for tw sbeen prolu by a mutiny of workmen € other day in a private factory at Krenho!m, in onia. According to the counts diven by tie Russian papers of this event, the superintendents of the fuctory, in winch ups wards of seven tho tsand workmen are employed, are practically remo from all State contre ich took piace th jan estate, on the east side of Broadway, between Hawthorne street and Nagle lice ane et avenue, Koxse feet, to W. M. Martin for $9, 200, | hr mr Lise end x pusierivies B. H. Ludlow & Co. disposed of a five story brick | belmg fi'ty-three versts oi the factory be house and lot, No. 605 Water street, be- | regulations are made by the proprietor, aud tween Montgomery and Gouverneur, 23x70, 0G. | bear very haidly on the men, ‘fhe slight- oy for $13,000, | est neglect on the part of a workman is pun. H. N. Camp, auctioneer, the five story ond ished by a reduc in his 8, and i Psu Tes tentarne brick store and tenement hou: | ductions are efiected in a ver manner Canal street, northeast corner | many of the laborers are icit without sificient ing covering the entire lot, $24,050. This last mentioned sale was H. B. Davies, Jr., reieree, William H. Raynor reports at private sale three | full lots on the north side of Fiity-eighti: street, | 176 feet west of Fifth avenue plaza, for $7,000, | meaus to procure the most ordina For more serious otfences th hecessaries. ent ix a flog- being Irequently ad- ministered. or are from hve in the morning till eight tu the e lug, and an interval of filty-five minutes only is allowed for dinner, rhe | sanitary condition of the factory, tov, is 4 ALLEGED “HEAVY EXTORTIC le | lve that illuess is frequent and the cholera hos made great rav, he Kined—-220 of MRcacer nos or cpio | them having died from this mie in two Yesterday afternoon Charles H. Rertiand, @ | months. At lengtl the workmen | decided , ‘ , aa ae Oo leave the factory in a body; bat this lawyer, and BE. M. Cooke were arrested in Hoboken | qetermination having come to the’ ears of the ob a Warrant issued by Recorder Bohnstedt, at the sult of Gilbert T. Raisbeck, a gentleman residing in Garden street, Hovoken. The charge preierred | against the captives 1s as follows:—Upwards of a year ago Mr, Raisbeck purchased trom orge W, Gardiner five bonds and mortgages cn rea! estate authorities the to, and he ef concessi prietor of the f old regulations, agitate among the ‘This SO provoked tue Workmen generally that they | attacked the superintendents, and, aiter doing w rhor of Esthonia was appealea & compromise by Which several te to the labovers. ‘The pro- desiring 10 re-establish thy ek two at the workmen ta others tora revival of them. in Brooklyn, for the sum of €25,500. Shorily | good deal of damage to the tactory, struck work, alter this purchase Gardiner's pbrovher in. | Thirty- Bt aut dake Swen this tried by the $ * sit | provincial tribuns t “seven were ‘ound Stituted @ suit ayainst Raisbeck to recover puiity, Four were comdemued to elght years’ the property (which by that time was heid | imprisonment with hard jabor im the imines, One to six years’, oue to four years’, and the rest to less severe pubishinents of various kinds, PI3E IN WATER | STBEET, | BROOKLYN. Destruction of the Averill Paint Worky Loss $28,500. About halt-past five o'clock last evening a fra in fee simple by Raiebeck) on technical grounds. Judge Pratt decided in favor of Raisbeck. For some reason or other C. M. Bertrand, the attor- ney for Gardiner, procured trom Raisbeck, ag wl- leged, the sum of $5,000, thereupon promising hi that He wouid restrain Uardiner from iastivuti: any further go with a view to get the property back from iim, Sabsequentiy the men | cook and Bertrand, gs alleged, — vlacke ‘ hn Ms at mailed Raisbock tu. Ne. Turther, extent | CocUrred sn the “exteusion’? of, the paint works of nd $6,000, Taking $9,000 in ut. ‘These | Stephen &. Seely & Co. } Water street, uns were procured, as aJeged, through | thteats | Brooklyn, ‘fhe buildings, which were one swiy THT abiges the mon y were giveh suits to recover | high, were destroyed, invulyine a 1oxs Of $8,000. He Joss sustained On machinery, paints, ot, &e., amounts to about $26,000, Tue buildings, whiciy were owned by the firm, were msured in eighteem the property shoald be Immediately made against | Raisbeck, and a charge of forgery should be pie- feyred against him £0 ay to ruin him finanelmly and defame his character. Raisbeck determined to | companies for the sum of & Lae The machinery accede to no further demands, and accordingly | and stock were neural jor principally tm mace a lengthy afficavit before the Recorder ch the Ett: orth oy TH Cory 1, opyiitan cl ing Bertrand and Cook with conspiracy to extort Exghange : ud Youre pants, money, ‘They were committed to the county 1 | The Origin of the Are could hot be ascertained detault Of bail, A civi euit to recover €11, om | by the Fire hal; but itis beneved V0 have Ie thew 1s also Fo Le Gommienoed by Kawleck. \ ceeded om spoutancous combustion, ;