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WASHINGTON. Qakes Ames. Threatening to Expese ‘the Congressmen. LIVELY TIMES IN THE HOUSE. Repeal of the Bank- ‘ruptey Acct. inister Sickles’ Memorandum to Secretary Fish on the Porto Rico Reforms. THE. SPANISH CUBAN CENSUS. Thanks of Congress to the Captain and Crew of the Moccasin. A Suit. To Be Entered Against the Erie _ Raflroad to Recover $100,000 Unpaid Taxes. THE POLAND COMMITTEE IN SESSION. Phelps, Dodge & Co. Not Allowed to Compromise. ‘The Counsel for the Government, in the Credit Mobilier Scandal—National Bank Reports to the Comptroller—The Cadets and the Induguration Ball.’ WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1873. The Day in the House—Repeal of the Bankruptey Act—Excitement Over the Goat Island Job—Tampering with: the Army=The Appropriation ‘for the Vienna Exhibition. ‘The usual shower of petty bills poured in upon the Speaker's to-day. Among the resolutiofis that attracted attention was one providing that no army Officer should be a subject for promotion who is addicted to intoxicating liquors, The effect of this resolution may be to fill the vacancies in the army'by special appointment from temperance Organizations; and as the mamagers of these asso- ctations in, Washington have lately seen so much active service in belligerent attacks upon the Saloons here, carrying their misdirected energies even to the closing of the cigar and news stands on the Sabbath day, it is tobe presumed that their appointees will be particalarly cal- culated to perform the dutics of guardians of their ‘country, especially ‘in time “of peace, Early in thé afternoon the monotony of petty bills was,broken by a little breeze: caused by the resolution providing for the payment of the ex- penses of successful contestants and contestees for seatain this Congress. As the vote was being taken’ Governor Hawiey rose to a point of order, stating that several members interested in the pas- sage of the resolution had voted on it, He named several gentlemen, two of whom indignantly @is- claimed the charge, telling him tobe moré caréful as to his facts, From the democratic side of the house ‘there arose @ voice saying, “Be sure you are particular abont this rule when bills are up in relation to national banks, railroads and “steamships.” General Hawiey calmly replied, “That does not apply to me, sir.’ In consequence of General Hawley’s point of order four members had, however, te withdraw their votes. Sam Randall’s proposed resolution to re- consider the Goat Island: bill, the mfamous job of last year, which was passed in the House and is now pending in the Senate, also came up. He moved that, the Senate be asked to return the bill, and that there be a full debate on the subject. During the read- ing of Sam Randall’s resolution, which was a lengthy and elaborate one, EMfigy Sargent’s face was @ study, as it changed from the usual rosy hue to ashy pale, and then to purple rage. By what appears to have been @ preconcerted move Leonard Myers objected, while Sargent, whose efrontery only equals his ‘discourtesy, lost all control over himself when he saw that the inter- ests of the Central Pacific Railread—his grasping employers—were imperilled. He bawled out to Sam Randall, “This is meanly unfair!’’ Upon this Randall threw himselfinto a passion and demanded the floor for a personal explanation. But the Speaker pounded away at his desk for about thirty seconds, allowing no chance to the bellicose Ran- dall to make a@ reply to the Attorney of the Central Pacific Railroad. Great confusion arose; no mem- ber was allowed to say a word, although several grew exceedingly red in the face and threatened to burst blood-vessels in their attempt to get tm just one word above the diu. As the vote was taken Sargent and company triumphed in the calling of the yeas and nays, as the two-thirds majority required under suspension of the rules to carry Randail’s resolation was lacking. Sargent’s face at the result of the vote resumed its natural hue; his gray hair ceased to bristleand he sank back in his seat, satisfed that his employers’ in- terests were safe for the time being. The vote was 92:in favor of tne resolution against 76, showing a decided change in the opinion of the House, which will have a markea influence on the Senate's action in the matter. One of the most important bills of the afternoon passed under suspension of the rules, was the bill Tepealing the Bankruptcy act. It was intreduced by Hazleton, of Wisconsin. There was no debate on the sunject. It passed quickly, as if all thought the measure was one especially needed by the country at large. The House, just now, is a flercely economical body, and pounced upon the Senate amendment to the House appropriation for the Vienna Exhibition, changing the amount from $100,000 to $300,000, like @ pack of wolves upon a bone. Banks got the floor, and, as Chairman of the Committee on For- eign Relations, thought some attention would be given to him. He looked biandly toward the ex- cited crowd, maddened by a fever of economy, and, after the good old New England fashion tn horse trades, proposed to split the difference and call it $200,000, The response that the House might have given to this proposition is as yet uncertain, as Molman, who is the brake on the wheel of teo rap- idly revolving expenditure, propesed an adjourn- ment, which was carried, leaving Banks standing at his desk with the blankest face imaginable, Poland’s mittee im Session—Little Progress Made and Little Intended— Mr. Ham, the Wise Witness. The veucravie Polaud and his investigating com- mittee trotted down this morning to the committee room on the revision of laws to resume their arduous duties of befogging the witnesses and themselves with dreary and pointless questions. General Banks was present for the first time since dhe investigation isconducted in public. He seemed to have lost the thread of the Crédit Mobilicr story, and looked as tf he didn’t care to find it; for he gazed absent-mindedily through the Jwindow during the whoie sitting, as if he thought fhe whole thing a bore, Poor Brooks sat down at the end of the table and looked like aghost. It ‘was the ghost of the former Brooks, escaped from its political grave, to revisit its scene of torture. Everybody sympathized with him, and the ques- tion was asked by the spectators, “Has there not enough been said about him?” The committee in its wisdom seemed to think otherwise, as it spent the whole forenoon in exam- faing the white-headed Dillon, President of the Crédit Mobvilier, Who claimed not tobe a man of detail, and remembered little of any consequence. It was only putting the rack and thumbscrew on to keep the venerable Dillon nearly two ‘all asking, in tones of tatld absurdity, “How at those fMilty shares} ‘The broad face of MoCrary puckered over with shadows of cunning and petty conceit, lit up in 9 multitude of hazy His bine eyes discerned a point im the og, buf it always eluaed him, gpeanits ‘was closed, McCrary sat back with an air of taving done his whole duty by the.constitution and the State of Iowa. While the eMicial stenographer shoved over forty or fifty sheets of nonsense to be published by the govern- ment for the benefit of Congressional literature Brooks asked a few questions in a childishly absurd and weak mo way aid bis ease. Mr. Dillon, the witness, was aMficted with some mental hallucina- tion as regards past Orédit Mobilier transactions and the office of that corporation. Ham, thesubtle Ham, his secretary, was thrown at the head of the committee when any real information was desired of him. When the committee saw that they would have to seek their information from Ham they looked depressed, as they re- membered only too°'well their late dismal experience with -this getitleman, who séemed neither to have remeniered anything nor to have known’anything tofemémber. Every question of . depall as) Dillon ‘wis answered by “Ham ne ; attef the details.” So the in- genious Ham ts to be produced again. The Counsel for the Government in the Credit Mobiller Suit-The Mexican Com- mission. : The sppointment of J. Hubley Ashton, formerly Assistant Attorney General,.to be the associate of Aaron F. Perry in the prosecution of the Crédit Mobilier Company, has started anew the query, “What is to become of the Mexican Claims Com- mission’? Mr, Ashton has been for some time the agent on the part of the United States before this Commission, end, according to gossip in official circles, his occupation is gone, as the Commission will certainly expire before the ist of February, and its renewal cannot,be predicted. Attorneys having claime pending afe deeply distressed at the logs of prospective fees, Hoax Ames Threatens a Full Exposure— Rich Developments Expected. There promises to be some new disclosures in re- gard to the Urédit Mobilier scandal. Oakes Ames has said in confidence to his intimates that he has more secrets to tell im regard to. Congressmen who have been whitewashing themselves before the committee, and if he is pushed he will expose them. The.committee haa positive knowledge that Ames has in his possession receipts and other docn- ments which will more completely implicate the Congressmen whose plausibility nas thus far suc- ceeded in covering up, orat least palilating, in a measure, their connection with the Crédit Mo- bilier, The committee know only too well that Ames has not told half of what he’ knows. Now they have got him in # tight place and will force him te tell all. One need not'at- tribute too much praise to the committee on this account, as @ majerity of them are not anxious to Press the matter. But Niblack. and. Merrick insist upon it, and the pressure of public opinidn will force them tobe thorough im this matter. How- ever skilfully and elaborately recreant Congress- ™men may have used the purifying. whitewash, the committee dare not follow their example. The truth, it appears, willcome ont, and Oakes Ames, ‘when once he sees he cannot screen himself by screening others, will not be unwilling to yield and make a clean breast of its burden of wily schemes and troublesome secrets. Oakes Ames seemg bowed down with ‘the weight of woe to-day. Ho sat at his desk in the House completely absorbed in the proof sheets of the Crédit Mobilier testimony furnished him, as ifit were a most: thrilling novel. He studied ‘and scrutinized the hidcous truths before him in all their tantalizing attitudes of type. Ames appears to be pregnant with mysteries. He seems to be growing larger every day that some new disclosure is being brought against him. Some day this Samson of Congressional seduction will tise up in his might and pull down the pretty temple of testimony that thi reant Congressmen have been laboriously building for their own pro- tection. Phelps, Dodge & Co. Not Allowed to . Settle Up. The Solicitor of the Treasury to-day said that the present proposition of Phelps, Dodge & Co. to settle their little differences would not be accepted by the Treasury Desartment, The Tax on Dividends and Coupons of Raltlroads—Erie To Be Sued for One Hundred Thousand Dollars. The act of March 10, 1866, imposed a tax on divi- dends and coupons of railroads and certain cor- porations-when those dividends and coupons be- longed to non-resident aliens, Eighteen months ago it was first discovered that the New York and Erie Railroad Oompany had neglected to return their sterling interest and pay tax on the same. Assessment was at once ordered and made on all coupors falling due within fifteen months ofthe time of the assessment. Owing to a statutory limitation the assessment on the rest was barred. The Com- missioner of Internal Revenue has directed the District Atterney at New York to commence action against the company, im appropriate form, for the recovery of the amount, the assessment of which ‘was thus barred. The amount involved 1s nearly one hundreg thousand dollars, National Bank Reports to the Comp- troller. The New York city banks have reported their condition up to the 27th of December last, and the reports of the State banks, which were also called for by the Superintendent of the Bank Department at Albany on the same day, have also been re- ceived, This is the first time the condition of the national and State banks have been made at the game time, furnishing the exact condition of the banking capital of the States, Great Distress in the South in Conse- quence of the Repeal of the Bankrapt we The Virginians in Washingtom are demoralized over the action of the House to-day in repealing the Bankrupt act. If the bill introduced in the Senate should pass, or should the Senate concur with the House, great distress is antictpated in the Southern States, especially in Louisiana. No Vignettes of Living Persons Allowed on Checks, Drafts or Orders Used at the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day issued an order forbidding hereafter that vignettes of living persons shall be used on checks, drafts or orders used in the business transactions of the department. It was at first understood that all the vignettes of living persons were to be laid aside, inclading the picture of President Grant on the coin checks, Considerable anxiety was manifested by the friends of the American Eagle and the Geddess of Liberty te ascertain whether in the opinion of the depart- ment they were defunct; but the text of the order relteves them from further tribulation. Mr, Bout- well considers that the spirit of the act forbidding the use of pictures of living persons on bonds and currency extends to every evidence of indebted. ness issued by the government. Goat Island Job—An Argument Against It, When befere the Senate Military Committee, President Stanford, of the Central Pacific Raliroad Company, in response to questions: put to him, ad- mitted that of the hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat and of gold and silver ores delivered at the bay of San Framcisco by his road during the present sensor, neatly all had left the harbor on shipboard without any special port charges, wharfage or other tolls. This is claimed by the opponents of the Goat Isiand bill as practical and conclusive evidence that the cession of no part of the island to the railroad is essential in order to free commerce of onerous exactions at the hands of San Francisco wharf owners, as has been frequently alleged. The Cadets and the Inauguration Ball. The West Point cadets are somewhat demor: izea over the report that there are no funds out of which to defray the expenses of their visit to Washington on Inauguration Day. The Second Comptroller, however, says that under the act of July, 1870, if they are ordered here by the Secre- tary of War the’ expense can be defrayed ont of the money appropxiated for the transportation of troops. The Secretaty of the Navy is poring over the request of the ladies of Washington to allow the naval cadets to come here op the 4th of March next, The Ways and Means Committee. To-morrow was the day fixed by the Ways and Means Committee to consider the bill to retund the cotton tax; but as several prominent bankers here to be heard on the Syndicate question th Tax bill will be set aside and the statements of these gentlemen heard. Gold for American Seamen Discharged Abroad. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day sent to Con- gress @ bill providing that American seamen dis- chargea in foreign ports shall be paid in gold instead of currency. The Attorney General, a short time ago, gave an opinion that under existing lawa seamen could not claim payment in coin. The differ- ence in value between greenbacks and gold has been deducted, working great hardship to poor Jack, who finds himself in for¢ign lands with a very good flag to protect him, but a currency to pay his ex. Penges that does not command the same respect. ,The passage of the bill will be urged. a Open Session ef the Board of Steamboat Inspectors. The Board of Supervising Inspectors of Steam- boats has opened their doors to the public fom the first time, and all their transactions are free to the press. The Board to-day discussed the plans Offered for testing machines to determine the tensile strengthof boiler plates. A new pilot rule fequiring sailing vessels to observe and exchange signals with steamboats to prevent collision with the latter was also discussed. This was suggested by the'recent disaster to the steamboat Metis. Captain Ritechic and Officers and Men of the Moceaton Thanked by ‘Congress. In the House to-day William R. Roberts offered a joint resolution, which passed unanimously, extend- ing the thanks of Congress to Captain Ritchie, the officers and men of the steamer Moccason, for{sav- ing the lives of forty-two human beings and rescu- ing seventeen dead bodies from the wreck of the steamer Metis last August. No Comfort for the Alabamians. The visit of Panl Strobach, Sherif of Mont- gomery, Ala., to this city was to conciliate the President and Attorney General. The plan pro- posed by the latter was disregarded and the trouble still exists, preventing the Legislature pro- ceeding with its business. The President referred Mr. Strobach to the Attorney General, and the latter informed him that he had no word of com- fort to offer. The Sheriff returns at once to give ‘an account of his failure. Cigars Manufactured in the United States. From an official statement prepared at the In- ternal Revenue Office it appears that the whole number of cigar manufacturers in the United States ts 12,294, employing 71,491 men, and for Whom the whole amount of bonds given is $14,016,000, Mr. Wood’s Dinner to Judge Hunt. Mr. Fernando Wood gave the second of his grand dinner parties this evening in honor of Judge Hunt, the new Justice of the Supreme Court. Be- sides Judge Hunt there were present the other Justices of that Court, several Senators, the Speaker and several. members of the House and many other notabilities. The series of dinner par- ties given by Mr. Wood are among the most bril- lant in Washington. nm i The Officials at the Treasury find the task of signing their full name in franking envelopes greater than they are wiliing to sustain, and the practice has begun of omitting the initial letters of their given names. In course of time it is anticipated that there will be an aristocracy of Browns, Joneses and Smiths without handles to their names after thé fashion in old England, Ku-Kiux To Be Pardoned. The President will in a few days pardon twelve or fourteen Ko-Klux prisoners‘confined at Albany. The favored ones are those. who appear to havé been induced to join the order without knowing the real object of the klan. Health of the Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Boutwell still suffers from weakness of the eyes.and bis throat troubles him slightly. He was at the department to-day, remaining until the usual time. Treasury Balances. The following were the Treasury balances at the close of business to-aay:— QUITENCY.... 2c. .esceee ee ceseeece se ceee cos + $8,740,353 Special deposits of legal tenders tor the re- demption of certificates of deposit.... 28,880,000 Coin including coim certificates, ($25,152- Nominations by the President. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day:—Thomas Jernegan, te be Sur- veyor of Customs tor Michigan City, Ind. ; Isaac 8, Stewart, to be Collector of Customs for Alaska. Secretary Fish and the Spanish Govern- ment—Minister Sickles) Memorandum Despatch on the Porto Rico Reforms— The Census ef Cuba. The following memorandum of the Colonial policy of tne Spanish Cabinet, agreed upon about the middie of November last, was communicated by the Minister of State to General Sickles, with the request that it should be telegraphed to the Secre- tary of State of the United States. This was done, and Mr. Fish now gives it publicity. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. First—The military government in Porto Rico shall be replaced by civil authority, an important personage to be named Civil Governor, the Captain eneral confining himself te functiuns military. Second—A decree shall be issued establishing in Porto Rico the municipal law of Spain, with such Modifications as are indispensable; in conformity Me which free town councils and officers will be chosen. Third—The law establishing 2 Provincial Assem- bly, of which in. have a copy im my Ne. 158, shall be put in full and exact execution, Heretofore this act has remained inoperative for the lack of town officers. uv Fourth—Slavery shell be abolished in Porto Rico. To-day the question is decided in principle, and it only remains to be settled whether the emancipa- tion shall be immediate or gradual. This will be done by means of a bill itted to Congress, FUth—These reforms are the fulfilment of the eae made by the radical party to public opinion in Spi and will be immediately carried out in Porto Rico, where, happily, in the ances condi- tion of that island, they are practicable. And in 80 doing the radical party gives proof of what it will do in Cuba as soon as its ication cam be obtained. I am also autho: to state that the views expreased im your No. 270 concerning the decree of August last with reference to em! estates are accepted without reserve by the s- Ler of State. Tastructions in this sense will at once be sent to Cuba and to the Spanish Legation in pflered ‘with sincerity, imsbe Nope’ that, tc) Will ol ci 12 President, °% be satisfactory to the SICKLES, Madrid. The Secretary of State has also received, through General Sickles, the last census of Cuba, taken in obedience to an order from Madrid, The footings up are as follows:—White population, 763,176; free colored population, 258,927; slave pepulatio: 368,288; Asiatic population, 34,480. Total, 1,390,811. THE CALDWELL INVESTIGATION. Examination of Ex-Governor Carney, of Kansas, and Messrs. Len Smith and Sidney Clarke. WASHTNGTON, Jan. 20, 1873. The Caldwell investigating committee met at ten o'clock this morning. ‘THE EXAMINATION OF RX-GOVERNOR CARNEY, sre De pee cane pte ter written by Mr. Carney Sidney Clarke. Senator Trumbull : qeltran being investigated: aod’ Dot the. witnacoa He 70 THR INTRODUCTION OF PRIVATE LETTERS OBIKCTRD Bt: nat \y, concurred, but the mit _ pelied Mr. Clarke to produce ‘the letter, The ieiter in question stat thatif there ever wasa case which re- Sra jation it was this, It contained a state- A KNOW! OF anrarry, 7 haying been used by Mr. Caldwell To sesneé. his election. Cross-exaniined by Mr, Crosier—Saw Clarke in Cincin- nati during the Convention in May; think he stated he had shown that letter to one or two persons; saw him at Cincinnati after I had written that wetter; telegranned nim meet me; don't recollect wie was resent at Cincinnatl when the conversa: Ron occurred between Clarke and myself. <onre Caldwell matter; Byron Sherry was there; we Glarke mentioned what was contained In my letter of April 9: Mr. Clarke did not tell me then he had shown my letter to Senators Trumbull, Logan, Thurman and Hill, of this committee; I wrote to Mr. Clarke because of wade of my affairs all over Kansas hy Mr. Caldwell and ir. Smith; regarded it as sacred between us; my ob- ject was to PURIFY THE [ATH AND BE REVENGED on Mr. Caldwell; Mr. Clarke said nothing to me before or after writing the letter about endeavoring to obtain mot dye Mr, Calaweil; I repeat what I said the oiher day, that 1 saw no money paid at Topeka to an; for liis vote; in the irecdoa of Writing letters 1 wea ron ‘d the mouey wea paid; Mr. Olarke never informed me that he ) FRICKING MR. CALDWELL for his ‘at the election; he never anit Fun tee Te Teseaneres Bice for his expenses Te (Cald' ‘are Satie Se ae ‘that Caldwell had’ promised him wl romised mone} 2 cell owed me no money at the time 1 wrote the tee F of ‘ mn owed 000, did he not? A, Teither nai Y mia tor Sox hun money; Noott waa'a Yory Te *e. spe ai cuit Scott and Caldwell were in the ‘lor of the First National Banx, wi ‘first ag TA Raviaai ea eeacmen: prea rol i and devote my ime and service to veel meare there Tay when, the $18,000 was mentioned that Twoun ghee {wicp that amount if he would bial ed Teaid that ‘the nee there Wat for @ man north of the river was for gipiceme pak to get quarreling among themselves; in that care I would cheerfully give him a gum it he would get out of the way and would ask no service of him; Smith came to my room when I ar. rived at Topeka; Scott asked me If I wi ping and hoped pe aE Ey PR I wa A ee T told him to be careiul how he IPPOSE YOU DICTATE IT; ‘80; the it was sianed by myself; the conver- e $40,000 took place in Topeka, with Smith Rouserif don’ remember Setiges being with ie that ah eh Tuuse of witch, An- I event ‘on the comm! T have spoken Gerson’ business as ve e ‘K AROUND AND SEE what members could be induced to vote for Caldwell; I don’t think the Le rl bres jg A A “4 ‘vould vate for would len but Caldwell sald he had not the wer denator This committee had no charge of & fund to use nor any treasurer; it never passed upon the amonnt to be paid by any one for this vote; I some of saw iny friends in bel of Caldwell; Irevurned to Leaven- worth after the election, AND THERE WAR A BANQUET; ‘Lbresided at the bgmnsat and sent some of the invita- Mr, Olarke—Ye tome it I a cabaidate that ou woud support me, and ¢ haan nestion but w could secure, voies enough Mr. Seidel tala’ ine 8 the Fal of Us71, in his house in Leay- enworth, that UN KANMAS PACIFIC RAILROAD WOULD HAVE TO GIVE HUE MO) before they could any favorable leg! eres Thay So sook an ns reached Washington, be @ Koad care that got no legisiation until the ay pins my timbre at the sum Was ut I would bot that he named the sum; it either came from John Perry, President of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, or from soniebody else, 18 At what time did Smith tell you that he had got $10,000 in currency from the Kansas Pacific Company? A. Avery short time before the vote was taken in Legislature, Senator Qarpenter—I should think people out there would like to have Rpenaser, elected every ay. Wiiness—I know Mr. Len Smith told me he had pro- vided some money for members at the time of the ban- quet; that a good por 9 yA A coming there and expected some money; he said he had to MONEY FOR» to fc Fcertal rears it scarce ay for certain arrears; that currency was very and he did not know how to doe, and hie Was nfruid that he would nave to disappointcertain men; I don’t know that he mentioned any person. LEN 6MIPH, SWORE >— I never had such a conversation about currency as iF bert" by General Carney; I heard the Governor's state- sr CLARE ZXAMINED. By Senator Hill—I showed the letter to Senator Logan, but never to Senator Hill to my recollection, and Seva- tor Hill never spoke to me about the affair until I came to attend the present investigation. THE LOUISIANA MUDDLE. Explanatory Letters and Telegrams to the President and Attorney General. WASHINGTON, Jan, 20, 1873. The documents accompanying the President's Message, in response to @ resolution of the House relative to Louisiana affairs, have just been printed. In addition to f THE MEMORIALS AND TELEGRAMS heretofore publisted, there is a letter from 8. B. Packard to Attorney General Williams; a letter rom W. P. Kellogg to the same, dated 27th Novem- fher; the letter ofone B. H. Angomar in reply to thé memoriai of the. Citizens’ Committee; and an address of the republicans of ‘Louisiana to the people of the United States, signed by John Ray, M. F. Bonzeno and G, Cazenave. Among the telegrams is one from W. P. Kellogg and J. F. Casey to the President, stating the Fusion Legielature to be,composed mainly of persons never returned as elected; @ telegram from COLLECTOR CASEY TO PRESIDENT GRANT, dated December 6, says:— asesaion of the State House Pre ning at an early hour ith @ milita: oase, in obedfence tea maa of the Circuit Gauri. te prevent if inder guise of th authority of i Revirning Board, 1n violation of the of Circuit Court. A decree of the Searniuar rendered declares that Wa: "8 rning d is illegal, and orders the returns of the election to be forth: placed before the legal rd, This Board. wil ds it the election of etn tho Btate. House erga or the ee Bh yy by EE e 5 ve pa a republican Delature and state movern- ment and check Warm fi he neurpations, Watmoti’s mocratic suppor’ ming usted w: im, and charge that his usarpations are ruining their cause. A telegram frem MR, PACKARD TO MR. WILLIAMS, dated December 6, says the Board counted the ballots of persens wronglully voting, as filed with the Chief Su; GOVERNOR PINCHBACK TELEGRAPHS to the President, under date of Decetnber 10, that, Pursuant to advertisement, the democratic indization meeting was held at noon. “Inflammatory appeals were made in cfrenlars, and incendiary language was used b some ofthe speakers, but I donot regard any ouvbreal imminent, That my course is approved by the vast majority of the honest citizens is without doubt. A telegram from Es ' WEW "YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1873--TRIPLE SHEET. this Dfil it is answered thatthe constitution is an abiding command, and that nineteen violations of it will not justify a twentieth, and that, moreover, such bills of this character as have been passed here- tofore were not seriously opposed or fully considered with regard to constitutional questions, The Portland relief bill was passed without debate, and seemingly without consideration, The Chicago re- Nef bill wae reported by the Senate Committee on Finance, but was not considered by the Judiciary Committee, and it is said to be fair to presume that the sympathy of Senators for the sufferers in tnat. unperalieled Calamity contribyted more to the passage of the bill than the deliberate judgment of the Senate upon the constitutional question. The committee continue as follows:— ‘The importance Of the subject, and the fact that a calamt! fire cannot be distinguished trom one produced by a flood, a hurricane, an earthquake, or visitation outside of the ‘dinary course of things, and the fact that if Congress attempts to inaure against one it must nee ust all, not only justifies but calls for a recon- eration of the subject, and makes it nece! to. determine the principles to be applied in all auch cases. If, in view of ali these considerations, Congress 8! pags the bill, it is mot perceived by your committee upon what groundCongress could Teiuse relief to individual suferera, How many buildings must be destroyed to justily the interfer- ence of C 88? Must there be a thousand, or five hundred, or one hundred, or fifty or dive? Where is the line tobe drawn? Must not Congress become THE GREAT ALMONER OF THE NATION &@ great insurance company for forty millions of Paner Ta that this bill cannot be regarded as ty a drawback of duties, for the reasons that the bill relates merely to articles to be used in this country, and thatdrawbackg, like duties, must be uniform throughout the country, the committee continue :— “It it be said that billis in effect a mere Priatien of money out of the Treasury; that Con- ‘ress has the power of Lr sass poe ema Umited only yy the fact; that the app’ ion must be made tO pay ite debts and provide for the common 4 fence and general well ofthe Unitea States: the answer is plain—tl ill does not provide for paying any debt or for anything necessary to the || common welfare and defence; nor isitan appro- priation for the general weliare. is BSSENTIALLY A LOCAL MEASURE.” They quote from “Story’s Commentaries on the Constitution” to show that a power to lay taxes for the common delence and general welfare is not incommon sense @ general power, but limited to those objects, and conclude bed saying :—“‘It re- quires )no argument to show that the power of ap- propriadiy is ne broader than that of taxation, and, therejore, as Congress cannot levy taxes or @ merely local purpose as contra-distinguished from a national one, it’cannot appropriate money for such local purpose.” aida THE MINORITY OF TH ceninnewes, consisting of Senators Edmunds and ight, in the course of their beep tect report Ef 16 be bagel get ot Congress that the general wel- fare will be promoted by the free importation of pote to be used for a particular purpose in @ par- jicular place, not because itis a particular: place, or in a particular State, but because the object to which they are to be devoted happens by accident to be one to be effectuated in some one State or piace, there can be said to be ne preference to that tate or place as such, although the same goods and for the same purpose could not be used onthat occasion in any other State or place. Its real spirit and essence in such a case is not to interfere with uniformity or create a preference between States or parts, but it is vo accomplish the general wellare by aiding a particular olect er a special enter- prise, which must of necessity be located some- where and not everywhere in the country, While, as we have seen, therefore, such a law does not COLLECTOR CASEY TO THE PRESIDENT, dated December 11, says :— arty, icularly the New Orleans, Zimes are makin, Geapere efforts iJ array the boone against us, Old cite. assure is hour! ‘rowing. Our members are poor and our Mdverserion ate richeand at aro dificult tor that they will break our aeons The dela} 1 of Governor Pinchback, ing to our friends and chee! to our enemie: rojas 2 disel igtare saved and everythil cu cae i will go. om smoothly. ‘tr this is done the tide will be MR, KELLOGG TO ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS, says:— tion of Governor Pinchback and the Legislature it would settle everything. co! dated December 11:— ‘The democratic members of the few days. It isimportant that you immediately recog- nizo Governor Pinchback’s Legisiature in some manner, requisition from Governor Pinchback, or otherwise, This would quiet watters much. Iearnestly urge this, A telegram of December 12 from Casey to the President says:— ‘ there is no safety for the legal government without tho federal troops are given, in compliance with the requlsi- Parties interested in the success of the democratic dragooned into an opposition they do not feel them to withsta: at the disposa! sor with the joint resolution of Monday, te dishe aren. o f complied with all aifh y will be dissi tui 3 ‘A telegram of December, trom If the President in some way indicates his recogni- A telegram from LLEOTOR CASEY TO THE PRESIDENT, their seats. Most, if notall, will be in during the nex either by instructing General Emory to comply with any and ask a reply. Aconfiiet may occur at any hour, and, in my opinion, tion of the Legislature. ' The Supreme Court is known to be in sympathy with the republican State government, In a letter of December 15 to the Attorney Gen- eral MR, PACKARD SAYB:— Sotyianes any evidence thateven the smallest num- ber of blacks voted the tusion ticket. In the same letter, on cemparing the ratio of the total white population, comprising a large un- naturalized foreign element to the white vote, we porcen he itte pe cae i] Bide, 9nd by & similar com- yutation eve colo) rr, e volume lkewise contalia Nie dade ak deed telegrams of the citizens of New Orie: with the ments by the respective coun- sefin the dase berbre Judge ‘Durel eel le case before Ju urell, and the com- plaints, siswets, orders eo the decisions in the same, and the documents relating to the proceed- ings the State Courts terminate with the retire- of Judge Dibbie. WILLIAMS, ATTORNEY GENERAL in his account of the proceedings in the State Courts, saysi— On the morning of ¥ 2k cee an armed mob hd weap the igi, Buetot “Soar be. : vt and Sheriit were then foreibly”eiected Oy the mob, andes the direction of Elmore. Judge Dibble at all ti sequently claimed to be Jadge ot the Court ts #8 As the documents have now been printed, the House Committee on the Judiciary will’ proceéd to the consideration of the case. In a day or two the credentials of General McMillan, elected Senator for the short term, by the Fusion isiature, and of Mr. John r 4 elected by the Pinchback Legisla- poke will be referred to the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, and the determination of their rival claims will involve an examination into the whole subject, THE BOSTON FIRE. Refasal of the Judiciary Committee to Report the Relief Bill4The Majority and Migority Reports—Congress 1s Not the Great Almoner of the Nation, Nor an Insurance Company for Forty Mil- liens of People. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1873, The majority of the Senate Committee on the Judi- clary, in reporting adversely on the House bill for the relief of sufferers by the Boston fire, submit a long argument to show that, in view of the express constitutional provisions securing to all the States equal privileges and advantages in commerce and manufactures, CONGRESS HAS NO POWER TO PASS THE BILL. In reply to the argument that precedents support violate THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, it 1s equally clear that it does not violate its spirit, which, as we have seen, Was to prevent the Oppression of a particular State for the benefit of the others, and not to prevent be Fico when the general wellare required it, from allowing all the citizens of the pea te) bring in goods in aid of some special object which ha) pane to be attain- able by their use in a particular place.’ The minority cite many acts of Roneres relating to importduties in conformity with the Aorogoing con- struction of the constitution, the essential idea being that the te8t of untiormity id answered by the application of the rule to the particular thing upon which ; THE DUTY ON IMPORTS is laid in the given case named in the law, without looking to the fact that its ultimate use or destina- tion may happen to be one which, indirectly or in- eieatally, works @ benefit toa particular town or a particular State. The minority say the report of the majority treats the bill In question as if ft wero ‘a bill declaring that all goods used in Boston should have a drawback, which is not the case, and, there- fore, the argument directed against such a proyo- Sition has no application to the present bill. FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Second Sessi SENATE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1873. Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Maas., presented a peti- tion of Wendell Phillips and others for a prohibi- tory liquor law. Mr. CARPENTER, (rep.) from the Judiciary Com- mittee, submitted the majority report adverse to the bill for the relief of the sufferers by the Boston fire, and Mr. Edmunds, for himself and Mr. Wright, submitted the minority report in favor of the bill. Both reports were ordered to be printed. Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., offered @ resolution, which was agreed to, directing the Attorney Gen- eral to report to the Senate as early @ practicable the operations of the Department of Justice for the past fiscal year, together with such informa- tion touching the operations ef the present year as may be available. BILLS INTRODUCED. Bills were introduced fixing $2 50 as the mini- mum price at which the government shall sell all LANDS REMAINING TO THE UNITED STATES within the limits of grants for rail or wagon roads, excepting lands within indemnity limits and Claims of pre-emption settlers and privileges ac- be by existing homestead laws to soldiers and sailors. By Mr. CRAGIN, (rep) of N. H.—Making the pay of civil engineers in the navy the same as that now fixed by law for naval contractors, By Mr. Anruony, (rep.) of R. L—Directing the Postmaster General, with the consent of the Presi- dent, to contract with the lowest bidaer, within three months after sixty days’ public notice, for carrying the MAILS BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, touching at the Sandwich and Navigator Islands, the service to be pertormed monthly for ten years from Jely 1, 1874, in first class American built steamships of not less tham 2,000 tons burden, and ata compensation not exceeding $225,000 per annum. Referred to the Committee on Post Ofices and Post Roads, Mr. EpMUNDS, from the Judiciary Committee, re- ported adversely several bills to amend the Bank- rupt law, The commttee, he satd, did not mean to express any opinion upon the merits of these bills, but Ledge them adversely because they ‘ould probably be superseded by a new bill on the ree r. WRIGHT, (rep.) of lowa, from the majority of the Judiciary Committee, reported @ new bill in relation to the Bankrupt law. ‘The bill repeals ‘THR BANKUPTCY ACT of March 2, 1867, and all Lag tes and amendatory acts; said repeal to take effect on the lst day of next July; provided that this repeal tually without @ navy, and sald t Deuter to abolish the niivy alto ther than to alow conditu e1 coul peta ‘with the other navies of the world. gtiishins Mr, MORRILL, (rep.) Of Me., also advocated tha bill, « Mr. BAYARD, (dem.) of Del.,*also favored It, Pending action on the bill the Senate, at twenty minutes past four o'clock, adjourned. é HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WasHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1873, Under the call of States 4 large number of billy were introduced and referred, including the fol< lowing:— BILLS INTRODUCED, By Mr. Ery, (dem.) of N. ¥Y.—Providing that ang, person or corporation having a claim, either in law, or in equity, against the United States, may brin; suit to recover the same in the Circuit Court of th United States for the district in which such person resides or such corporation has its principal placa of business, the service of notice of the pendency of, such suit to be made as the Dis-( trict Attorney of the United States for the district m which suit is brougnty may direct, gnd a copy of such notice, with wf copy of the return of the marshal thereon, to ba sent by mail to the Attorney General of the Unite: States within two days after such service is mad and the Court, after the entry of such suit, may} order such further notice as justice shall require, and such further procecdings shall be haa in sucht suit in the same manner and to the same effect ie Dierlaneg had been brought against an vid By Mr. POLAND, (rep.) of Vt.—For the distribution of the Gent ‘ard. } eve AW (rep.) of Maas.—Grantin: By Mr. Twrrcuai the right of way to the Kansas and Colorado way Company. 3 Mr. Ea (rep) of R. I.—To repeal the lav by seg: tags nly in savings banks. By Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y., (by request)—To ald) in establisning a mail steamship line between the: United states and Venezuela, By Mr. Lamport, (rep.) of N. Y.—For @ come bein af on the subject of the suppression of intem< perance, By Mr. KrLuinGEr, (rep.) of Pa.—For the pro« tection of settlers on the public lands, By Mr. PEER (rep.) of Pa.—To fix the dates of the death of soldiers not heard from, By Mr. Duxz, (de of Va.—Making liquoriogy , used in the manufacture of tobacco and snul free of duty. By Mr. Porrar, (rep.) of Va.—Prohibiting Sta or Territorial o! 3 from holding offices unde: the United States. By Mr. PERcE, (ren) of Miss.—To refund the cot=« ton tax collected in 1865-66-67-63. By dem.) of Ind.—To organize By Mr. Bi 1 of Mich ae king tae: sy Mr. BLark, (rep.} of Mich.—Mal i tions for the pogiment of claims Teponien nna ale lowed by the Southern Claims Commission. The of States tor bills being concluded, Mr. POLAND offered a resolution to , PAY TO MEMBERS WHO HAVE GOT THEIR SEATS , the result of contested elections the suma necese sarily expended in the contest for the seats, whether they had been contestdnts or contestecsa Adopted—yeas 89, av 95, ‘A motion to reconsider the vote was laid on table, by 90 yeas to 88 nays, in the midst of som excitement arising out of the statement made by Mr. blab of Connecticut, that several membe: who were frectly interested had voted, It turne: out, however, that.all those members whom he al« luded to either had not voted or were not mme< diately interested, with the exception of two, wha thereupon withdrew their votes. Mr, Dawns, (rep.) of Massachusctts, meted & petition of the societies of the Sons oi Tempe: and Good Templars, of Springfield, Mass., signed b: their officers, asking: for tl prohibition of manufacture, importation and sale of all intoxicat~ ing liquors to be used as a beverage in the Territo< i add the United States and the District of Cox am ate were, further introduced and referred ag jows :— By Mr. AROHER, (dem.) of Md., to regulate pro- Motions in the active'list of the navy. By. Mr.* Potrer, (dem.) of N. Y., prevent the of Me., *to protect the ap- abuse of the franking RR te By Mr. Pets 5 proaches to the Custom House at Bangor, Me. pres ni (tep. By Mr, BurLen, (rep.) of Mass., to punish ha pid counterieiters of United States currency and coin, By Mr. BaNgs, (ltb.) of Mass., directing certain surveys on the Pacific coast. By Mr. Conurn,. (rep.) of Ind., to provide that na rson shall be promoted in the who is aa- Ricved to the intemperate use of toxicating o "Pa., tt w liquors or drugs. On motion of Mr, NeauEy, (rep.) of Pa., ordered by a vote of 146 to 50 that on the 13th o! February the Committee on Commerce snail ba authorized to report @ pill relating to LINES OF INTERNAL WATER COMMUNICATION, Mr. Young, (dem.) of Georgia, fhtroduced and the House passed, under suspension of the rules, 4 bill to. pay what is due to the census takers of the census of 1860 residing in the Southern State: whose payment was withheld on account ef th war, or on account of their disloyalty. Mr, RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa., moved to suspend the rules and adopt a resolution, alleging ina very long preamble that THE GOAT ISLAND BILL *, passed by the House last session was passed unde? various misrepresentations, and requesting the. Senate to return the bill to the House, Negatived— yeas, 94; nays, 76; less than two-thirds in the affirmative. Mr. WitttaM R, Roperts, (dem.) of New York, introduced a concurrent resolution giving the thanks of Congress to Captain David Ritchie, of the Revenue steamer Mocassin and the officers and men under his command, for their heroic and humane action in ae rachonies ieee lives and rez ceiving seventeen dead. bodies from the wreck of the steamer Metis, on Long Island Sound on the Silat of August, 1872. Passed. On motion of Mr. Cosurn, of Ind., the businesa of the Committee on Military Affairs, was made tha special order for the 19th ef Feoruary next. Mr. BINGHAM, (rep.) Of Ohio, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a bill defining the true intent and meaning of the act of 8th of June, 1872, amend- ing THE BANKRUPT ACT to make the exemptions under it tng same as are allowed in the various States, Mr. HAZLETON, (rep.) of Wis., moved as a substi- tute of Mr. Bingham’s bill, one repealing the Bank- rupt law entirely, which was carried by yeas 129 ta nays 60, So that under the suspension of the rules, the bill repealing the Bankruptcy act was passed. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal., presented a memorial from the National Women’s Suffrage Association shall not in any way atiect | ie ny in Kraptcy commenced before tho 1st day of next wt bp EBD IE DBE MIB I Meo THE TELEGRAPH LAWS. Mr. STEWART, (rep.) of Nevada, offered a resolu. tion insiructing tho Committee on Post Omices and Post Roads to inquire into and report to the Senate, as soon as practicable, the cost of construction and the present market value of the existing telegraph lines now in successiul operation wi the United States and the character of thé and specta) privileges connected with them. ‘Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., said he wished to offer an amendment to the resolution, and it was laid over. Mr. CORBETT, (rep.) of Oregon, offered a resolu- tion, which was agreed to, bak ag be the Secre- tary of the Treasury to furnish the Senate iniorma- tion as to the condition of the business of the De- partment of Customs, the amount of force em- loyed, and what increase is necessary to put the Business and accounts of the Department in proper condition, On motion of Mr. CARPENTER, (rep.) of Wis., the House amendment to the bill fixing the time for the beginning of the annual session of the United States Supreme Court was concurred in, The bill is therefore passed, THE NAVY CONSTRUCTION BILL Mr. CRAGIN called up the House bill to anthorize the construction of six steam vessols of war. The amendment reported by the Naval Committee is to increase the number to ten. Mr. Cragin stated briefly the condition of the navy and argued that more Ly) Bi vmned were required by the best i- terests of the country. ‘Mr. HaMIuTor, (dein) of Md., opposed the bill. He read a statement of the number of war vessels now in commission, and argued that there Was Lo necessity for an increase, Regarding armies and navies as dangerous to liberty, he was in favor of keeping them at the lowest point consistent with safety, and he thought they now were large enough. Mr. Nye, (rep.) of Nevada, advocated the bill and eulogized the navy, and predicted that WARN Tae Last SUN Segui (ay ft would go down upon the 0 ' Mr. COLE (rep.) of Cal., thought that six addi- tional vessels would be enough, and that there was greater need for legislation to promote our com- merce than to increase our navy. Mr. STEWART, (rep.) of Nevada, advocated the bill. Mr. STOCKTON said that the mation was now vir- containing the following resolution :— “Resolved, That we, the officers and members of the National Women's Suffrage Association in con- vention assembled, ata ask Congress to enact appropriate legislation during its presenti session to protect women citizens in the several States of the Union in theirright to vote.” He 0 presented a petition of 1,500 citizens for the same parpose, The House then, at ten minutes past four P. M., adjousned. “DEFENDAM.” Reception of the Twenty-second Regi« ment—A Brilliant Throng at the Acad<- emy of Masic. The citizen soldiery of this city numbers among its regiments many of the general complexton and bearing of which it may well be proud, but none, not even excepting the far-famed Seventh, the social status of which stands higher than that of the Twenty-second. The regiment may really bo said to be a young organization, and without any political prestige or official patronage it bad grown steadily and strongly in popular favor. Last night the regiment gave Its fifth annual re- ception at the Academy of Music and it proved to be one of the finest, if not the finest, affairs of the kind thathas vet taken pince in the city. As early as nine o'clock carriages began arriving and from that time till after midnight continued in @ steady line filing down Firteentt: street and Irvin; t and — depositin, their cargoes ol eat and prawe buttons at the door of the Academy. This portion of the arrange~ ti facilitatea very much by the admirable ianagement ot Captain Leary and the efictent services of his oflicers, and was rendered very bad by the sliortsightedness or parsimony of the man- agers of the Academy in negiecting to make a pas- sage for the carriages over he slippery pavement or provide @ gangway or piece of carpe’ from. the curb to the stoop, go that the little darlings in atin slippers would not be compelled to step out on the slippery porseaet or silmy sidewalk. Inside the building, however, all the @iscomforta consequent on the mismanagement ‘on the outside were fully offset. The decorations were few, but very appropriate. There was no carpet on the dancing floor, nor were there any other exhivi-+ tions of shoddy or vulgarity. At half-past ten o'clock 2 BALL WAS OPENED by a grand led’ by the gailant little Coloney (Porter) of the regiment, and in a few minutes the dancing floor was literally packed. The brilliang uniforms of representatives of almost all the regi. ments of the National Guard, members of the Gov. ernor’s staff and militia men trom other cities ant States en oa with the handsome toilets of the ladies, made a tout ensemdle whicn it would be almost impossible to deseribe. STABBING AFFRAY. James Conway, 466 West Twenty-stxth street, Was stabbed in the back last night by some un- known man on tne corner of ‘twenty-sixth street and Tenth avenue and dangerously younded. They had got into a dispute upon political topics and were’ fighting, when Conway was stabbed. He was removed to the Sixteenth precinct station house, where he was attended to by the poiice surs geon and them conveyed to his resicence