The New York Herald Newspaper, January 23, 1873, Page 3

WASHINGTON. A Sad Day in the United States Senate. DULNESS IN THE HOUSE Poland’s Committee Directed to Fish Deeper in tie Pool of Corruption. 7 APPROPRIATION BILL. THE Text of the Bill to Repeal the Tax on Deposits in Savings Banks. NO INCREASE IN M. C.’8 SALARIES. eee Nominations and Confirmations—The St. Mary's Canal—Acts of Congress Signed by the President—C. K. Garrison on Oongrese sional Virtue—A Good Order by Secretary Boutwell—The Con- gressional Reporting. WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 1873. The Senate Sad and Unhappy—Colfax Virtuously Indignant—Appearance of the Injured Innocent: The Senate was not in a happy frame of mind this morning when Colfax, with a look of grim despair in the ptace of his old smile, rapped to order and then made his exit to talk to-night on tem- perance at Trenton. The seat of Patterson, the other forgetful speculator in Crédit Mobilier, was vacant, while Wilson looked anxiously around, as if in search of some man who doubts his pleasant little history of his transactions with Ames and Alley. Harlan appeared like an itinerant preacher whose Senatorial sands of life had nearly run out. Trumbull evidently felt that he also must soon leave the seat which ne has occupied since 1858. Hill, of Georgia, tried to look martyr-like, and 80 did Sawyer, of South Carolina, with half @ dozen other carpet-baggers, who must march forth in a few weeks. It was a doleful spectacle, and such funeral solemnity prevailed that permission was refused Nye to have ah even_ ing session, when he could humorously illustrate the glories attendant on the grant of an additional subsidy to the Webb Pacific lines. Nye pleaded pathetically that it would be his last appearance as ® heavy comedian on the Senatorial stage; but those who had often laughed at his jokes re- fused to give him a chance to repeat them, Colfax is rather a pet with the Senators, although he talks too much in the chair, and the prospect o¢ having to give him up for Wilson has not been plea- sant, But tosee him go forth into the cold warld deprived of his good name will be a melancholy spectacle. He professes virtuous ind'gnation at the statements of Ames, and pronounces them ‘in- famous.” But it is known that to-morrow a re- spectable cashier in the office of the Sergeant-at- Arms—Moses Dillon is his name—will swear that he paid the check made payable to Schuyler Colfax. Had it been a member, Dillon says, he might have forgotten about it; but when the Speaker came into the cashroom to present such a check, and pocketed the money (or it, an impression was made on his memory. Who wonders? And why has Schuyler thus saddened the hearts of his friends in the Senate by going out like a piece of damp fire- works, with a few feeble sputterings and avery bad smell? Who wonders that the Senate ts sad ? A Dull Day in the House—Only $200,000 for the Vienna Exposition—The Du- buque and Sioux City Railroad To Be {Inquired Into. _. ‘The House wae dull to-day. The mutual admira- ration society, which consists of about half a dozen members on both sides, having exploded their windy ammunition on Shellabarger’s bill, the House was permitted to transact considerable busi- ness in Committee of the Whole. The Diplomatic Appropriation bill was discussed and passed. There was also a debate on the Naval Sh AW thea bill, but the House adjourned without voting on it. Banks called up the Senate bill appropriating $300,000 for the Vienna Exposition, which was reduced to $200,000 and passed. In the morning heur Mr. Stevenson offered a resolution of inquiry into che interest which it was alleged members of Congress had in the stock of the Dubuque and #loux City Railroad. Randall offered an amend- ment including the Central Pacific, which was ac- cepted, and the resolution passed. Bombardier General Butler Reminded of Something. _ As General Butler, the valiant bombardier of past beiligerent scenes. was passing through a corridor * of the House of Representatives this aiternoon, he was accosted by Mrs. Bowen, of South Varolina, @ Pettigrew by birth, who has stood by her husband in his various troub!es:— “General,” said she, “can I say a word to you ?”” “Madame,” responded the bombardier, in aloud, gruff tone, “I have always made it a rule never to speak to a woman in the Capitol.” “And I,” retorted Mrs, Bowen, ina shrill, clear voice, “have always made itarule never to speak to & man that I knew was not a gentleman. I re- gret that lhave departed from it in the present case.” Exit the bombardier, very red in the face. A Blundering Proposition to Raise the Pay of Members of Congress—The Gov- ernment and the Pacific Railroad. ¢“The venérable Mr. Donald, whg wad % tlerk of the old Saxon Witenagoi6t, and has been at the desk of the Senate since the days of Washington, ambled through the Legislative Appropriation Din this afternoon, mumbling sentences togethery like the links of sausages turned out from a machine. Sherman made a move to raise the salaries of a few of the Treasury pets, but whenyhe found that it was proposed to raise other,“salaries he backed square out, to the disgust,6f the expect- ant beneficiaries who were in th gallery, Then Hull, 0! Georgia, moved an ame'sdment raising the pay df Congressmen from *5."40 to $8,000, but _stu- pidly called tor the yeas an’, nays, as tf any virtu- ous Senator could record ais vote in favor of rais- ing his own salary, ‘and, the proposition was beaten, But the tug of war WAli come to-morrow, when the ‘Senate will vote On the amendment repealing that section of the act of 1871 which commanded Bout- well to pay in can for one-half of the government transportation over the Paciilc railroads. Patter- gon and Wilson voted for this section in 1 did Cameron, Cragin, Harlan, Nye, Pomerey and the carpet-baggers. How will they vote now ? Public Buildings—$2,000,000 for the New York Post Office. ‘The House Committee on Appropriations this morning heard Mr. Mullett, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, in relation to his es- timates for public byildings throughout the coun. try under control of the Treastiry. They agreed to allow nearly two million dollars for the con- tinuation of the work upon the Court House and Post Ofice in New York, $2,000,000 for the Uhicago ‘and $1,000,000 for the St. Louis Post office. The Savings Banks Deposits Tax Repeal Bill ‘The following 1s the text of the bill recently in- troduced in the House by Mr, Eames, of Rhode Island, to repeal taxes imposed upon deposits in savings banks and institutions for savings :— Be it enacted, &c.—That all taxes imposed upon cepts jm associations or companies known as provident institutions, savings banks, savings juuds or sayings institutions, having no cap: tal, whose business is confined to receiving deposits and loaning the same on interest for the benefit of depositors only, and which do no other busi- ness vi baking, be and the same are hereby re- peaied. Mr. Kames also introduced the following bill in That the returns required b ws oF colnpanies knowi the lat duy of January, 1873, shall be made in same manuer, and the ‘tax imposed upon such deposits for said period of six months ha.) be the e as if the act entitled ‘Act to re- juce du d to reduce internal taxes and for ‘omher approved June 6, 1872, had, exce ere othe! therein provided, taken effect on the 1-t day of July, 1872, e Both these bills and & number of others, merely duplicaces, are before the Ways and Means Com- mittee, which as yet has not considered them. Phe Fight for the Congressional Report- img and Printing. The Printing Committees of the two houses met in joint session to-day to discuss who shall report and print the deWates tor the coming three Con- gresses. Government Printer Clapp, who is one of Fenton's protegés, wants to carry this great job to his establishment, as it will give him the employ- ment of tity or sixty hands as patronage where- with to secure his retention inoMece. But it is well known here that if this isdone the expense will be enormons, while the work cannot be so faithfully executed as by private persons. W. J. Murtagh, proprietor of the Republican, is the lowest bona fide bidder, and is backed by Mr, Shep- perd, Governor, Cooke and other rich men, Mean- while, Bailey & Rives want to extend their con- tract and go on with the work. The Cotton Tax. The Ways and Means Committee this morning postponed thé subject of refunding the cotton tax until after Mre Béck’s bill is printed. This bill em- bodies the views of the sub-committee appointed by the Ways and Means Committee to consider the subject. The United States and Vénezuela Steam- ship Subsidy. The Senate Committee on Commerce gave & special hearing today to the parties interested in the United States and Venezuela Steamship Company bill, providing for @ subsidy of $200,000 per year. Samuel H. Randall, ef New York, attorney for the company, addressed the committee, furnishing Statistics in reference to our commerce with Vene- zuela and the adjoining republics. The Tithe to the St. Mary’s Canal, ‘rhe Senate Committee on Commerce to-day voted to report a bill providing for a transfer of the title to the St. Mary’s Fall Cang from the State of Michigan to the United Sthtes as soon as the tolls of the said canal shall have reimbursed the State for its expenditures thereon. It is under- stood to be the purpose of the government to enlarge and otherwise improve this canal aiter acquiring possession, The Louisiana Investigation. In the Committee on Privileges and Elections the investigation into the Louisiana contested Sen- atorship commenced. Mr, Ray was sworn and ex- amined by the committee and was cross-examined by Mr. McMillan as to” the manner and date of returns, commissions, decisions of the Courts, &c. Messrs. Ray and McMillan will consult friends re- spectively and name representatives to-morrow, ‘The committee then adjourned until eleven o'clock to-morrow. The Geneva Award. The House Judiciary Committee to-day consid- ered General Butler’s bill to distribute the Geneva award, and agreed upon the principal features thereof, The bill will be reported to the House now by Generat Butler, who will ask that 1t be recommitted to the cemmittee to be perfected. Acts of Congress Signed by the President, The President to-day signed the following acts of Congress :—An act authorizing the First National Bank of Newnan, Georgia, to change its name and location; an act authorizing the removal of restric- tions upon the alienation of the Miami Indian lands in the State of Kansas; an act regulating the compensation of the members and ofMieers of the legislative assemblies of the several Territories of the United States, and limiting the duration of the session of said assemblies; an act providing for the payment of loyal citizens of Loudon county, Vir. ginia, herein named, for their property taken by the military authorities of the United States. Cc. K. Garrison and His Opinion of Con- gressional Virtue. The statement in these columns a few days ago, to the effect that C.K. Garrison in his testimony before Poland's committee had asserted that he believed every other Congressman was a scoundrel: 1s calculated to misrepresent the testimony of that gentleman. In justice to him it shonid be said, that when Poland asked him what was his opinion, he merely remarked, ‘Well, gentlemen, you know I cannot give an opinion in the matter, for I know nothing about it, except from hearsay or what is in the newspapers, and if I should believe half that appears in the newspapers I would have to believe one-haif of you gentlemen to be scoundrels.” This remark was made in a piayful way, and places his statement in a very different light. Lighthouse Keepers To Be Appointed by ‘the Board Hereafter. Secretary Boutwell to-day.informed the Secre- tary of the Lighthouse Board that hereafter the Board should have control of thé appointment of lightouse keepers. These appointments have been controlled by political influence. Burnside and His Australian Line of petit a Cteambin So -General Burnside appeared to-day before the Senate Postal Committee and opened his‘batteries squarely on the Webb line of steamers, between San Francisco, Honolulu, Australia and New Zea- land, It is understood that Colonel Tom Scott is allied with Burnside, and fhe two make a strong team. Day. A Hint for the Marine Insurance Com- panies. Why don’t the insurance companies who list by the depredations of the Alabame, and other Con- federate cruisers senda confidential man here to retain as counsel some of tho; legal Congressmen who are now making a show of fight against awarding those cofipanies anything? Why not retain them ?,¢ 6nce ? GilmorgOrrering to Blow at the Inau- - guration Ball. Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, having blown out Bos- ton at his grand Coliseum festivals, now wants to bring his band bere and furnish the music for the inauguration ball, which the local toot horns don’t fancy and against which they protest, The Albany Burgess Corps at the White House. A delegation of the Albany Burgess Corps was in this city to-day and paid its respects to Presi- dent Grant and Governor Cooke. This military organization will take active part in the forth- coming Presidential inauguration exercises. Visitors at the White House. The White Honse to-day was visited by a large number of persons, many of whom had interviews with the President. Among the distinguisned callers was Secretary Delano, who had just reached Washington from his trip to Cuba, ana who called to pay his respects'to the President, Mr, Delano was congratulated by many friends upon his re- turn, and on the apparent improved condition of his health, Among other visitors who had inter- views with the President were the Secretaries of War, the Navy and the Treasury; Senators Sher- man, Wilson, Boreman, and several members of the Rouse of Representatives, Ex-Governor Pinch- back, accompanied by Attorney General Williams, also had an interview with the President. The visit was formal, and of no significance beyond that of courtesy to the Executive. Arrival of Ex-Governor Warmoth. Ex-Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana, arrived here to-day, and will testify before the Senate Committee on Privileges and Eleections concern- ing the Louisiana troubles, Nominations Confirmed. The Senate, in executive session to-day, con- firmed the following nominations :— Indian Agents—B, H, Miles, for the Kickapoo agency, Kansas; J. M. Hawarth, for the Kiowa and Comanche agency, Indian Territory; J. D. Miles, for the Upper Arkansas agency, Indian Territory; V. H. Newlin, Potawatomie agency, Kansas, WTreasary Balances. jances in the Treasury at the close of busi- - The bi ness to-day were :— currency $3,251,795 COM. vee nee + 64,496,462 Coin certificates. 25,288,000 Special depomts of legal tenders tor the redemption of coin certificates,....... 20,330,000 | casket, C. M. | Ravages of the Great Wash- ington Plague. Terrible Mortality at the Capitol. LIST OF THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD. Melting and Metrical Tributes to Their Memory. “THE EVIL MEN DO LIVES AFTER THEM.” ‘The terrible and widespread ravages of that ex- traordinary disease called Crédit Mobilier are alarming the whole nation, The epizootic was as mild as the measles compared to it. It has already carried off many most distinguished victims. It did not come from Canada like the epizootic, nor from Asia like the cholera, nor from the West Inaies like the yellow fever. It is believed to have started somewhere in Pennsylvania, and, meeting with @ favorable condition of the atmosphere in Washington, Distiict of Columbia, stayed there, and was developed by reason of the defective sant- tary arrangements in the political system of the capital Great sympathy is felt for Massachusetts, so many of her distinguished citizens have been swept off. The subjoined list of deaths will be read «with painful interest by the public. The notices are inserted (contrary to our usual custom) free of charge :— " HOAX, of Massachusetts.—Died of Crédit AMEs, Mobilier (lor \d lingering illness), aged 69, |- Oloity worth, whose virtues were unknown; O shining ght, whose glamor was unseen ; Whose latest of godlike work has shown What men were not, but what they might , dave been, Thoti ioldst the truth, tho’ hid’ neath many cloaks, eer O concentrated essence of a Hoax. All stockholders of the Union Pacific Ratiroad who received a higher dividend than 750 per cent are cord.aily invited to attend the funeral, Massachusetts papers please copy. ALLEY, JouN B., of Massachusetis.—Died of C. M. not cholera morbus—was discovered with the isease’ too late ior, the physic), aged about a century. O’er this sad wreck let mankind never dally ; Fraud knocked down every ninepin in this Alley. ‘This is nobody’s funeral. ALLISON, JouN B., of Iowa, died of C. M. (an over- dose of dividend hastened his departure), aged 50 years, Long dead to us, sweet Allison, The Hoax thou couldst not rally; Ifso scon done, why wer’t begun, Thowtragrant son of Alley? Remains will be embalmed, Bineuam, Joun A., of Ohio, died of C, M. (sup- josed to have caught the fatal infection from awes), aged 62 years. Moan for him, welkin, he'll wake’you no more With shouts against theft, Buckeye Bingham. The death bells shall boom how he garnered his store, And gentle Ben Butler will ring ’em, Announcement of funeral hereafter. Ohio papers please copy. Brooks, Jim, of New York, died of ©. M. (pro- testing to the lasé that he was well in health, no remedies were administered), aged 62, He chattered, chattered as he went To join the great Sait River; Hoax might threat or Hoax relent, But he’d deny jorever. Mong well-filled “banks’’ hts way he picked, - Wath watered “Credits,” ever McComb might ‘‘dam,’’ McComb convict, Jim Brooks denied forever. His funeral will have no political significance, CoLFax, SMILER, of Indiana, died of C. M. (the agonies of this poor victim were intense; to the last he insisted that it wus something else besides Credit Mobilier), aged 42. A beautttul smiler came in our midst, Too lively and fair to remain ; They stretched him on racks till the soul of Colfax Flapped up into Heaven again. May the fate of poor Schuyler warn.men of @ smiler, Who dividends gets on the brain! Indiana papers please copy. Dawes, Henry L., of Massachusetts, died, of C. M. (he had the reputation of having a powerful constitution, but it was evidently # delusion), aged 57. Retrencher! Leader! Thou hast left us; Plymouth Rock thy loss wiil feel; For a pottage-mess bere({t us. Old Honesty is ausgespielt. Funeral strictly private. No wake. GARFIELD, JAMES of Ohio., died of C. M. (struggled hard against the dreadful epidemic, but it was no use, He caved in unexpectedly), aged only 42. Here rests his head upon its lap of earth, A youth to fortune and misfortune known; Mobilier irowned upon his humble berth, bee Hoax Ames henceforth marked him. for his own, Will be buried at Congressional Cemetery, Wash- ington, D.C. No cards, KELLEY, WILLIaM D., of Pennsylvania, died of C. M. (too much iron in his blood and too little protec- ‘ton of himself made him an easy victim to the fell destroyer), aged 6, s eo - Weep not “pig tron,” public dear, Hie if not dead, tho? sleeping heres His thunder’s hushed, his eye is dim, Mobilier put a head on him. 4 His remains will be “protected’’ in a metallic A one-horse funeral announced hereafter. PATTERSON, JAMES W., of New Hampshire, died of C. M. (his sufferings drew tears from his friends; he persisted tothe end in supposing it was a dil- ferent complaint), aged 60 years. Peaceful be Uriah’s slumber, - eep-ed he is in burial low; ¢ Thirty shares his coffin cumber, __..- How it is yourself you know. “* Mourning by Senators for thirty days, A granite sarcophagus will enclose the mummy. SCOFIELD, GLENNI W., of Pennsylvania, died of C. M ra off quietly), aged 53. joax Ames, the Ancient Mariner, Stopped Navy Scofield bland, He held him with his glittering eye And with his skinny hand, Then Scofield aid a hellish thing And it did work him wo. ‘Mis ten shares clipped him on the wing ‘And laid the Quaker low, Pennsylvania papers piease copy. early day. Music by the band: mine.” WILSON, HENRY, of Massachusetts, died of (great hopes were entertained of his recove —o Funeral at an “Down in a coal aged 61. His sinnings sore long time he bore, Like martyr on a rock, ‘Till bad Hoax Ames, of staful games, Had eased him of his stock, His “sole” had ne'er into the void been cast Had he “waxed” firm and stuck unto his “last.” Natick (Mass.) Pepa please copy. Memorial services at Faneuil Hall, No Irish need apply. WiLson—J ames F.,.of Iowa, died of ©, M. (aston- ished everyvody, he had hitherto enjoyed such ex- cellent health), aged 45, Tears, idie tears! he knew not what they meant, ut counted them three dolors for a share; They blotted out a iife we thought well spent— Ah! was his sweetness nothing but a snare ¢ Rev, Dr. Newman will conduct the services and reach the-panegyric from his campaign notes. ‘ree list entirely suspended, HUNKY OLIVER AMES, tattle What He Knows About the Dividend- Giving Union Pacific and the Credit Mobilier—His Statement ta the Wilson Investigating Committee, WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 1873. The Wilson Investigating Committee met at one o'clock. Oliver Ames was sworn—Witness has been connected with the Union Pacitic Railroad; was @ stockholder late in 1865; afterwards a direc- tor, and was made President im 1866; was now & stockholder and director; was connected with the Crédit Mobilier, and had knowledge of the contract with Oakes Ames; no work was done gn the road under that contract until after its assignment to a board of trustees, of which witness was one; was the President of the road when he executed the contract on behalf of the company; was President when the Davis contract was assigned to the same Board of Trustees; has the books aud papers show- ing the broceenings of the Board of Trustees under these contracts; he had brought them here with him. The Chairman—Will you show what it cost the trustees to build that portion of the road embraced in the OAKES AMES CONTRACT? AT not familiar with the books .and would refer to wait until the gentlemen ig better Rhowledge of them than myself shall arrive. ‘The witness, however, examined the booksof the Crédit Mobilier, with the view of answering the quest but was not able to readily turmsh the n. Witness was examined at h ag to subscrt tions to the capital stock of the iuion Pacific alle road, Among the subscribérs in 1856 Was JAMES FISK, J} for 5,000 shares; Fisk and aasocia subscribed tor 5,000 additional them were ever paid Jor. The terrogated relative to be made by the trustees of stock of Durt jes also shares, but none of witness was also ie ° Credit iol bilier to 0) @ Union Pacific Railroad. Ing the exam nation, the witness said that one a eonsrack, ay not have been ob- was if the completed portion of the road had not been incinded imthe contract, The Chairman—Did B be not, by virtue of the, contract with Oakes es, which included 138 miles ot road already completed, derive a large profit irom the Union Pacific Katlroad Company, and was not the profit made the very instant the contract was ui ed to the trustees? A. It was, Q. Did not the Crédit Mobilier, a tew mouths after, deciare a large dividend’ A. We did. 5. Were not all the assets out of which the Crédit Mobilier made a dividend obtained from the time of the assignment until the dividends were made? A. They were. Q. Was nota large portion of the dividend de: rived from the extension of the contract over that part of the road already built and accepted by the government? A, It probably was. Q. What did the 133 miles 0’ completed road in- cluded in the Oakes Ames contract cost? A. Ido not know. Question by Mr. Swan—Did you represent to the government parties in authority that the portion of the road referred to was a. finished road and fully equipped, and did you not receive your bonds accerdingly in conformity with the law? A. The government commissioners inspected every twenty miles of the road and reported its completion to the government; the road was equipped tor run- ning purposes, but not to che extent of accommo- dating travel; the government accepted the road as finished and the bonds Were paid. Q. Do you know how mucu money was spent for engine houses, engines, & {ter the road was ac- fentee? A. good many hundred thousand dol- Mr. Hoar—Did the contract with Oakes Ames bind him to do the portion of the road already accepted anything more than to take an additional sum of money in payment for it? A. The contract. bound Oakes Ames to \urnish a certain number of engines and cars, which he did. Shellabarger—Were not all the machinery and rolling stock at the rate of $7,500 a mile in- cluded in the Oakes Ames contract already included in the preceding contract ? A. 1 think the required amount of roiling stock had not been put on the road at the time of concluding the Oakes Ames contract. ‘rhe committee then adjourned until to-morrow, at twelve o’clock, pias THE WHARTON ‘RIAL. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan, 23, 187: At the Wharton trial to-day several witnesses were examined for the defence, among whom weye Gorham Moale, Mrs. General Chilton, Ellen Deder- ick, a colored servant of Mrs. Wharton, and Miss Nellie Wharton. The latter testified that after Mr. Van Ness had partaken of claret at her mother's and pronounced it bitter, the residue in the bot- tle was poured into a glass, which she drank, and observed nothing peculiar about the taste; when Mr. Van Ness left the house she accompanied him to the door; on her return her mother took up Mr. Van Ness’ glags and drank from it more than he had; neither of them experienced any ill effects. Dr. Horatio G. Wood, of Philadelphia, testified that he held the chair of clinical lectures on the diseases of the nervous system of the University of Pennsylvania; I have made toxicology a Special study, and am now engaged in preparing an elaborate work on toxicology, in connection with other branches of medicine; Iam also a pro- fessor of medicat botany; I have heard the iesti- mony of Mr. Van Ness and Drs. Williams and Chew; Tam fully of the opinion that the attack of Mr. Van Ness on tie 19th June was a@ very simple form of a natural disorder, and that no person in exist- ence could have caused the symptoms observed; I am positive that the attack of Tuesday was not due to poison and am_= equally positive that no erson and no compound of poisons could have occasioned the attack of the 24th June; the first attack could mot have been due to stryclinia, becanse that could not have been administered without giving a most intense bitter taste to the vehicle through which it is conveyed, ‘The witness then described the symptoms of poison- mg, by strychnia. he cross-examination @f Dr. Wood was com- menced but not concluded when the Court ad- journed, a BALL OF THE HEAVY WEIGHTS. This weighty affair came off last evening at Irving Hall witheut any serious accident. There might have beef a larger attendance if the street cars could have hauled down town all the heavy fellows on the Supper Committee, but the snow storm interfered, and there was insufficient horse power to bring the fall complement of members to the scene of festivity. There was a paintul rumor started about midnight that a party of three heavy weights trying to reach Irving Hall on foot were buried in @ snow drift and unable to stir, It was evident this was 4 hoax, as the quantity of snow that fell would be insufficient to cover Sam McGraw's 450 pounds, The floor committee of fourtcen members weighed an enormous figure, the average of each man eee § 300 pounds. Jacob Eberhead alone kicks the beam at 400, Busch stayed at home in Jersey with his 487 pounds, which was a slight dimi- nution in the aggregate weigit of the Association, Pete Braisted put himself in training on mush and ep but could only swear to 250 pounds avoirdu- pois. The dances were very lively under the circum- stances, and the lookers on enjoyed all the pleasant. excitement of speculating on the floor giving way when it shook to the elephantine capers of the tip- top heavy iellows. The ball was, on the whole, a success, A BIG BREWERY BURNED. g inseer Gaadae + Fire in Fifty-fifth Street Last Night= Lom About $25,000. A fire occurred last evening in the Oriental Brewery building, on’ Fifty-fifth street, between Second and Third avenues, It was first noted by passers-by,. who gave the alarm to the persons in the ‘oMce. ss the workmen had stopped their labor m motion cam be had as to the cause of tle fire, It ig believed to have begunnear the gain mill, on the second floor of the building, The firemen arrived at the scene very quickly, thtugh the storm greatly impeded the progress of the engines. By the time they had got to vork the flames had a good headway. The gain burned with @ fierce heat and gave out a wry tnick smoke, that greatly re- tarded them in teir labors. The building, which was thirty feet h depth and covered three lots, ‘was set some distance back irom the street, and in front of it @ irick structure intended to be used as a part of he brewery, is being built. The brewery itself wis thus protected from the gusts that swept through the streets, and this circum- stance aided the firemen in confining the flames. The brewery wascompletety gutted, and the aam- age to it is estimited at abont $12,000, The damage to the stock could not be estimated as it was not known whether tae beer contained in the vats in the vaults had ben injured by the water, Messrs. Hoffman & Mer&le, the proprietors, dd their “las follows: solute Company, $2) dd Mutual, $2,500; Empire, of New York, $2,500 Standard, $2,500, Fi IN AVENUE A. A fire discoverid and put out by officer Dunn, of the Twenty-thirdprecinet, yesterday, caused a loss to the proprietor Joseph Hildebrandt, in avenue A, between Eighty+ighth and Kighty-ninth st 8, ef g50, It was cased by an overheated iurnace, =; ARMY ORDER, i WASHINGTON, Ja. 23, 1873, The superintelent of the mounted recruiting service has beenlirected to forward 100 recruits to umaha for as4znment to the Third cavalry, also 100 to Taylor baracks at Louisville for assignment to the Seventh civalry. ~TAVAL ORDERS, — WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 1873. Surgeon D. Kanedy has been detached from the F, Gibbs from duy at New Orleans and ordered to the Richmond, aiKey West ; Paymaster 8. T, Brown detached as Navi Storekeeper at Kio de Janeiro on the seperent of his relief; Passed Assistant Paymaster A, N.jacon detached from the Bureau passage in the stamer of the 3d of April next tor that duty, Js GR NOTED BUR(LARS CAGED IN BUFFALO, Burrs, N. Y., Jan. 23, 1873, Detectives Ctack and Maron arrested two noted burglars lat night in this city. They had in their possession jlurge amount of jewelry, sup- posed to have beh stolen, and a full kit of burg- lars’ tools, Mostof the jewelry is marked and is supposed to hav@een stolen irom’ private houses or hotels. Among the artiles are a valuable gold huantin case chronometewatch, No, 23,492; a lady's gol hunting case tonne the name partly erased, but supposed to Annie or Alice Funk; a heavy ay cross, set w! — marked R, M. Burton, ie police autbrities désire owners for property so as tchold the Fe Part of the Jewelry 18 markedonly,with initial Richmond and p\ced on waiting orders ; Surgeon B, | of Provisions an) Clothing and ordered to take a+ THE STATE CAPITAL. The Custom House Republicans Becoming Magnanimous. How by Concessions They Intend to Win the Charter Victory. Havemeyer Democrats vs. the Re- publicans All Round. The Ius and Outs of the New Policy and Its Probable Results, SEE ELE OE TURNING THE TABLES ON THE ENEMY, —o——_——_ That Old Underground Railway and the Rights of the Minority. ALBANY, Jan. 23, 1873, The discussion over the, new charter which was had yesterday afternoon before the Joint Commit- tee on Cities does not seem, after all, to have con- vinced everybody that the Custom House republi- cans the reformers who are not republicans in New York city are willing to pull together for what is commonly called the public weal. There is evi- dently a guif between them that cannot be easily bridged, and if there ever wasa doubt about the existence of absolute warfare between the two parties, the way in which George Bliss and his confréres, during the session of the two committees, pitched into these republican members of the Com- mittee of Seventy, who professed to be more inter- ented ine) te ee THE WELI-BEING OF ALL CITIZENS, regardless of their political faith, than they were to further the aims of any particular clique, ought to be sufficient to set the question at rest. There are those, indeed, who believe that as between the two there is no room for compromise, but I have come into the possession of certain facts during the past few days which show cenclusively that the leaders on the majority side of the House are by no means so stiffnecked now as they were a week ago, It is only natural, after all, that they should have started out as they did, with the determina- tion tomake everybody and everything on their part submit to their wishes, But this determina- tion was suddenly made and was only given posi- tive force by the action of MEN HIGH IN OFFICE, whose motives were above reproach, and which action, the organization of the House once ac- complished, served in a great measure to bring about, strange as’ it may seem, the very concilia- tory spirit which is beginning to crop out unmis- takably among the chief backers of the new char- ter. Itiscertain that they will not regret their implied, if not expressed, willingness to hear all the “inside” opposition have to say snd be heard as to what kind of a charter New York must have, and atthe same time to give all outsiders of both political sides who have anything good to offer an opportunity to present thejr claims, Yet itis ap- parent that while they are at present in favor of allowing the widest latitude of discussion, even among theirown rank and file, as regards the merits and demerits of the bill, they have PUT THEIR FO@T DOWN as to the thing, viz. :—That while everybody's views, be he democrat or republican, are to be treated with respect in committee or in the House, the fact should not be lost sight of that Havemeyer is Mayor of New York, and that he 1s a pronounced democrat. This is the real rub, Apparaatiy now, and ivis pretty certain that it will be the only real mot @orare hereafter during the session by which the republicans can be made to anderstand that, so far as city matters are concerned, they must’ stand shoulder to shoulder, no matter what patriotic inducements may be offered by the other party to turn them aside from THE PATH OF VIRTUR. This difference between Havemeyer and the re- pabitcans, as I have already intiniated, the leaders In power ‘are quite willing to smooth over by proper compromises, but, a8 neither side is willing to yield to the other every pet idea It has conceived on the subject of city reform, it may be that actual reform will fall to the grcund altogether. The struggle is now a plain one, and although the ins and outs and the would-be independents on both gides are trying hard to convince the unsophisti- cated that_ ‘VIRTUE 18 ITS OWN REWARD, , always, even in legislative matters, the fact remains that over and above all ideas of reform for the city 18 the question of the sucgess of the republicans on the one side, who, made Victorious by the late elec- tions, and, therefore, by all the rules of war fair winners of the spotla, are actuated by the best of party motives to reign supreme; and on the other side, of the success of the reform democrats, who, under Havemeyer, Green, Tilden and John Kelly, are seeking to rofit by the stand Havemeyer has already taken in city matters to strengthen the democratic party, aud at the same time, while they | | make it THE REAL PARTY OF REFORM are trying to place it so far above the chances of defeat inthe future that the present schemes of the republicans to get absulute control of the city will jall to naught. The struggle will be made more and more manifest as the session wears on, and as it will doubtless make cach party husband its strength for the greater emergencies of the occa- sion @s well as to endeavor to outdo the other in good works that may be, if not meet for repent- ance at least WORTHY OF POPULAR APPROVAT, the people in the long run may be greatly the gain- ers. The prespects now are that the republicans, by backing down a little from their previously con- ceived strict charter views, will gain a great deal, and that they are willing to concede much, but not to the extent the reform democrats are anxious they should. By refusing all concessions it is evi- dent that, in the present temper Of the two hous they would injure themselves. By being concilia- tory, as the: be intend to be, from this out they will rob the opposition of its own thunder and in the end gain the supremacy. THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS were opened to-day by the reading ofa telegraphic despatch from Roscoe Conkling expressing his thanks for his re-election. There were various bills of various degrees of importance brought forward, among them the old Vanderbilt Underground Rail- way and a bill to regulate gasin New York and Brooklyn and to onl int a Gas Inspector. The Un- derground is an old stager, and, although it was introduced by Senator Murphy, he disclaims father- img it altogether. It takes possession of most of the Battery jor its depots, and runs under Broad- way to kighth avenue, where it connects with the Hudson River Railroad track. It has also a branch on the east side to connect with the Harlem and New Haven tracks. Taken all in allit isa very magnificent and hopeless proposition, THE GAS REGULATION BILL is presented by Mr. Perry of Brooklyn, and pro- vides for brighter lights at cheaper rates than the two cities have received heretofore. It provides also a gas inspector and two assistants at au ag- gregate salary of ten thousand a year, to see by photometres and other mechanical and chemical apphances that the citizens are not cheated of their life, and that its price is not “stuck on” too high, ALITTLE COUNTRY BILL, introduced by Senator Allen, of Chautaugna, pro- viding that the viliage of Jamestown may take stock ina manufacturing project, was the subject of much very sensible and spirited debate. Senators Tiemann, Madden and Lewis denounced it as the possible pioneer of a new and very dan- erous method of dive % the public funds and its somewhat mandatory provisions as a blow even at the liberties of the people. It was doubtless an astonisher to the Senator from Chautanqua to find what a monster he had fathered, but he tended the child as carefully as he could and finally succeeded in having it recommitted for a future hearing to the Committee of the Whole. If, the debate had continued much lenger in the acrid style in which Mr. Madden carried it on I donbt not Mr, Allen would have come out of it convinced that he had committed some out poet iiony. At one time during the discussion Mr. Maiden, in showing that the minority who might vote against taking the stock proposed would nevertheless have to invest in the manufaetory res, said, “Will the Senator tell me the minority have any rights that the majority is bound to respect ? Allen, in his long, drawiing way, replied very quietly (he {8 a liberal republican und knows what @ minority ‘), “1 thought so until the last clec- tion——" e hearty laughter of the Senate drowned the conclusion of his remarks, Coy Kame f cover of the good humor thus elicited, the % ay t Allen jound a chance to withdraw from the ho war and have his bill recommit ted. ‘TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM CASSIDY. At the close of Legislative business Senator Woodin moved to adjourn in respect to the memory of William Cassidy, Who died this morning. He hich he paid @ very touching tribute io the tenor on the dead democratic list. Senators Murphy and Benedict followed {n'a similar vein, and the Senate adjourned, THE NEW YORK COMMON SCHOOL ACT. The Committee of Literature of the Senate and the Committee of Public kducation will hold @ Joint session in the Assembly chamber on Tuesday ext, at four o'clock P.M., for a hi New York Common Schoo! eee eee NEW YORK LEGISLATURE, Axuasy, Jan, 28, 1873, . NOTICES OF BILLS, By Mr. Patwxn—Relative to commercial paper; also to allow municipal corporations to aid in the construction of railroads, By Mr. B “{telative ta the adoption of ch y Mr. Beweptor—Ke lative to the adoption of childre: pa Me, Bob Moonie auinuriae the authorities sy Oo pay im Burke for le construction of a fewer from St. Joseph's Hospital to Willow street, By Mr. Tixwanx—Directing the Supervisors of New York to raise by tax $1 50 per annum ‘or every child sun- ported by the “Union Home and School for the Mainte- hance of Children of Volunteers.” nator Paauy od a suuator Fawur introduced « bill providing that the THE ILLUMINATING POWER OF THE GAS Sereaened by ba tfod ware or Brooklyn com} be, when burning thr F burner at the rate of yo cunts eet ehr Ronee Hehe. of sixteen of twenty grains shall reand five cubic feet per hour, equal to the rm candies burning each at the rate hour, and + THK PRICK of such gas shall not exceed $3 er 1,000 feet. The Gove ernor may nominate and the Senat Inspector of Gas, Who shall, hold” “office thre yeurs, and .receive un annuat sulary of $5,000 nd” also two assistants, one “At a ‘salary 08 £00 per annum and another at $2,500; the inspecto) to’make monthly-teste of the gas furnished tor use in the cities named, and report the same through the daily press. Each company shall fit up a photometer at their works to adinit of the tests required as above; the sala- ries of the inspectors to be paid pro rata by the various companies. Senator Morruy introduced a bill to incorporate AN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY Company in New York city, It provides that Origen Vandenbergh and his associates may c an r= ground railway under the following avenue: Streets :—Commencing at Battery place, southwesterly from Bowling Green, thence uvder Broadway to Four- tconth street, Union square, under, the southwesterly. side of Madison square, thenco from Broadway to Right avenue by the most advantageous lines, to connect Wi the Hudson River Railroad. Also ig A MMANCH LINK ON THE RAST STOR to connect with the New York and Harlem Ratlroad, shall not be under Fourth avenue without the consent ot the Harlem Railroad Company. ‘The capital stock to. ba Sin sono, patie, Governor to nominate elgbt additional! 10 be the first associates in the enterprise ofice for one Year, , ny enator in offered a resolution that the - ceive with regret the information of sas THE DEATH OF Wil so long adistingulshed conductor of a leating press at the seat of government; and that in testimony of their sense of the public loss the Senate do now adjourn, Remarks expressing THE REGRET OF THE PUBLIC generally at the loss of the great journalist were made by Senators Woodin, Murphy and Benedict, when the Senate adjourned, Assembly. , Avsany, Jan. 23, 1873, GENERAL ORDENS, The House, in Committee of the Whole, disposed of tha following bills, as note Authorizing the Supervisors of Datchess county 10 BORROW MONEY to pay the tax on account of the canal and general fund deficiency, : Attention was called to the fact that there Were several counties in the same dilemma, and with a view to hav: ae general bill prepared progress was reportedin the » B i Cantante moved that the bill be ordered toa th'rd’ the notion to order the bill toa third reading waa ‘The resolution amending the constitution #0 as to EXCLUDE FROM THK RIGHT OF SUPPRAGE persons convicted of bribery or other infamous crime,, ‘was ordered to a third readlii Sm BROOKLYS Perit Mr. Cocnvr presented the petition ON, of 9,000 taxpayers off Brooklyn fo increase the pay of roundsmen and patrol men and others of the Policé Department. REPORTS OF COMMITTEKS. By Mr, Prixce,from the Judiciary Comimittee—To amend ih vised statutes relative to the tees of appraise ; also authorizing the te) of the Court of Appeals to t also extendiny ¢ term of the Commission of Appeals and increasing the salaries of th Commissioners. By Mr. Pixrson—Amending the charter of Schenec« tady. * THE SEWARD MEMORIAL LUTION, ‘The House concurred in the Senate resolution for th eprointment of a joint committee on the death of Willian H. Seward. ) The Cuam announced the following committee on thi Seward memorial resolution ; jessrs. Clapp, Van Cott, Blackie, Beebe and MeGuirs P, -ASSED. The bill extending the time tor the,collection of assess ments for the linprovement. of Atintic avenue itr Uo town of New Lots, Kings county, was passed, } MILLS INTRODUCED. ] Mr, Cocume—Amending the Brooklyn Police act o granting additional privileges to the Broadway Rail2 Company of brooklyn; also to regulate elections ing Commission of Appea r Brooklyn. A By Mr. Jacons—To empower the Courts of Sessions o' i cages of misdemeanor in tha coun 1 Evergreen, n to ac: arrsand held ye Authorizing the Sixth Avenve s ir, HeALRY—AU! ¢ Sixth Ave Company to extend itm tracks in. New Work. By Mr. Peu.—To charter the Loan aud Security Com: ir. Crany—To provide for the Eastern Boulevar in the city of New York. The bill provides that the fol lowing streets and avenues shall hereaiter be known P. E t, from Fifth avenue to avenue A , venty second street to Eighty-sixt +; Seventy-ninth street, from avenue A to avenue B B, from Seventy-ninth to Mae fortes strect: th street, from avenue to. avenu B ety-sixth street, trom Filth avenue to Thir avenue, and Eleventh street, from Filth avenue to avenni A, and ‘also avenue A, from the vicini street to Harlem River. The Department Parks shall forthwith lay out and establish, of of 100 feet, a street or avenue, algo to be known as th Eastern Boulevard, extending from the intersection o avenue A and Elghty-sixth street diagonally across th blocks and streets and avenues or through the streets a avenues now laid out, or partly through the same, as sai Department shall deem expedient, to Ninety-sixth street and Third avenue, and thence through various streets ta the East River. eat Mr. McGurre—Relating to wills, which provides WHEN A WILL 18 REGARDED AS UNJUST it shall be regarded as having been made under the ins fluence of an unsound mind, and shall be held as void un< less the contrary is proven, By Mr, Patccies—Authorizing Borough Supervisors ta levy the tax for canal and general tund deficiency. By Mr. Vax Cotr—Amending the act relative to JURORS in the city and county of New York, which simply dee fines the amount to be paid and by whom. By Mr. Van Corr—Concerning actions against sheri which simply requires when a sheriff shall have receives ndeninity, against consequences the party on wh behalf such indemnity shall be given shall have the bl to appoint the attorney and counsel to defend the actiom in the name of the Sheriff. Mr. Cocnur’s bill provides that the salaries of ser« geunts of THR BROOKLYN POLICE shall be $1,500 each ar ly; roundsmen, $1,300 eachg patrolmen, $1,200 cach, and doormen $900 cach. OLUTION. < Mr, Rose—That t et hee be requested to fur‘ the House a statement of nisl ‘THE WHOLK AMOUNT OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CANALS 7} ‘to! of eve from the commencement of the year 1845; amount paid py the State for canitl name and nature since thatdate, and also the indeb' ness of the canals at thistime. Also all funds received) by the State from said canals, except for canal purposes. Adopted. THE INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, Mr. Bancock said he held tn hix hand @ prea and concurrent resolution in relation to the last empual re= port of the Superintendent of the Insurance Departmen ‘9 far as he knew, no previous Legisiature found it necessary to censure in a public manner the official an nual report of any ofticer of the State in high position. A sense of self-respect and a regard for the rights and) dignity of the Legislature alone impelled hun to pers form . THE UNPLRASANT DOTY. of presenting the preambie and resolutions, He them offered the jollowing :-— Ww s the Assembly, after a full investigation as ta the offi: duct of George W. Miller a8 Superintenden $f a Insurance Department, did on the 7th day of May, 872, pass MMESOLUTION THAT THE SAID MILLER BE REMOVED from that the same to the Senate for ity concurren did while said resolution w ay on thhe-— day of ni Wherea: equired by law that the annual report sit is re of the Insurance Department shall be made by the first day of April, in each year, and the said Miller did make what purported to be the annual report of that departe ment, on the Ist day of Aprilof that year; nevertnele: ¢ has, after his forced resigna . Composed and d by that department to have-printed and a partof said annual report, matter that was not ct partot jt, but which relates to proceedings that transpired alter the making of said report, devoting over filly primted pages thereot to an attempt to justity Giragelt nag to personal attacks upon others, toa direct charge of z ub INTENTION, RERTRATED BY THE ASSEMBLY, and avowed Senate; to acharce that the Spe pitted a man who ppoin, Ly removal to control the pent of ¢ on Insurance, and to succeed in king ¢ host offensive language against the inteurity and i fiygence of the Committee on Insurance: and where publication was wholly unauthorized and ile, and is believed to be un‘ruthiul and unjust, therefore. Resolved (if the Senate concur), that all of the matter introduced in said report in relation to gecurrences: Cry rocecdings alter the Ist day or April, 187% and printed erein, entitied, “Thirteenth Annual Report o Superintendent of the Insurance Department, State of New York, Part Il. Life and Casualty Insurance,” from pace | to 30 ineia ve, yuaes F at aoe eport, Part If, bilé, Insur ere eT tie of “Apoendix, Life Insurance,” from page B92 to $10 inclusiy ‘sal rinted repr ee and that no parts of eaactions after the'latday nip ts hal hereatter be published or distributed by th: riment or any officer of the State having ‘on A committee to, sult hls purposea,! and to & ¢ t nee De In charge there vc the several matters referred to in tha camble hereof, relaling to the Legislature of 1872, of Brean anch thereot, OF © any officer oF commmittea thereot, is UNTRUE, UNJUST, ler any circumstauces, in that respect, and aq aan eal attacks upon individ Is, improper maven c fo appear as the report of @ Stnte 6 Revolve fo the Ruperiotenient oF the, Mesrance Dee "ried ty the Supe Pree: traiiant, and ahat he be in-traceed to ‘and. publ the same in connection with ais next annual report Tabled under the rule, Wir, DEFRINU-Calling upon the New York Board of y, of Health to report within ten days 1m tion conce rnin ras for the femoval of noxious Tbatior from bandined atts. ted. “ir, Pueksow rose aud announced with mach feetingtna in brief remarks THR DRATH OF WILLIAM CASSIDY, And a committee of seven was then appointed to report Suitable resolutions. The following was the committee :— Messrs. Pierson, Aiberger, Husted, Prince, Jacobs, and C, G, Cornell. TABLED RESOLU TIO! ‘TIONS, Mr. Cocuvr offered a resolution that a select committed of five be appointed to investigate the CHARGES OF MISMANAGEMENT in the matter of building the East River Titre, By Mr. Bixssive—Calling upon the Bighth Avent Railroad Company to report to the Hor why the: charge ten cents for conveying a pordon ot their passe: "The House then adjourned