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WASHINGTON. Collapse of the Cotton Tax Re- funding Scheme. ABOLITION OF THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE. A Desperate Attempt to Dispense with the Services ef Pub. Doc. THE CASE OF PHELPS, DODGE & CO. The Pacific Railroads to Pay the Interest on Their Bonds and Five Per Cent, NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Farnsworth’s New Postal Law In- troduced in the House. Cornell and the Survevor- ship of the Port. Singular Provision of the Navigation Laws— Bogus Revenue Agents in North Carolina— Report of the Attorney General—Wilson and the Massachusetts Senatorship. WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1873. First Blow at the Union Pacific Ring— Edmunds’ Amendment Passed. Victory at jast! The war against the Pacific Rail- road ring, so unceasingly waged in the HERALD, as to-day produced its fruits in the Senate, where the Edmunds amendment, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to retain the entire amount of ac- counts for ireight and transportation, and apply it to the payment of interest on bonds, subject to Ju- dicial decision, was passed. Aflcy, Ames, Williams, Rollius and other agents of the Union Pacific, who have in years past beseeched Senators not to ruin them when this question came up, had other fish to fry to-day. But the lobbyists of the Central Pacific were out in force. Stewart tried to plead Jor the roads, but the sad shade of Colfax’s face, as he had called the Senate to order, had its effect, and the disgrace inflicted upon the body by Patter- son added to the indignation against the roads. Edmunds was not to be bluffed or beguiled, and he carried his amendment with only four dissenting votes, viz. :—Hamlin and Morrill, of Maine; Sprague, ef Rhode Island, and Trumbull, of Mlinois. Defeat of the Cotton Tax Refanding Job—The Franking Privilege Abolished at Last—Attempt to Repeal the Law Providing for the Printing of Public Documents, When the matter ef the Cotton Refunding bill same up for consideration of the Heuse to-day, it was evident by its cold reception that its fate would be an early and a fatalone. This huge job has been so weil aired that very few Congressmen would have dared to advocate it, now that every one is so much on the alert for the abuse ef oficial position. Parrot Perce, of Mississippi, made frantic efforts to get up debate on the subject. He rose from his seat and gesticulated with all the grace of @ windmill, chattering ous fermuias he had learned to speak in favor of this huge scheme to rob the Treasury. The snarp crack of the Speaker's gavel had to be repeated many times before Perce could be subdued. He grew red in the face, his little eyes Flared angrily through his glasses, but Wit were not for the movements of his lips one could not. have told he was talking, so great was the uproar. Perce did his best by lis employers, but he might as well bave risen and shakena rattlebox ag to have rattled his ideas on the sub- ject, 0 transparent was the job. No debate was allowed, and the bill was buried by a very large vote. The bill to abolish the franking privilege came back from the Senate with a slight amendment to- day. There appeared but little open opposition to the bill, but there was some cunning fencing that would have met with the support of many, to de- stroy the bill, had not the mancuvre been exposed by Farnsworth. Several innocent amendments were proposed to the bill, the effect of which, Faras- worth said, was only to send the bill back to the Senate and defeat its passage this session. Of course after that no amendments were to be con- sidered. None of the leaders wantea to be known as those who would throw any obstacles inthe way of this movement of reform, With compara- tively no talk on the subject, save in the shape of a few amendments proposed, the bill was put toa vote on its passage, The yeas and nays were called for the purpose of allowing patriots to place themselves on record upon this question, for the benefit of their constituents. The bill was passed by @ vote of 143 to 48, The abolition of the franking privilege would é@cem to have been enough reform for one day; but the next reform sensation was proposed by Sar- gent. His bill was to repeal the law pro- viding for the printing of public documents for. distribution by members of Congress. Everybody Yooked blank for a moment at the presentation of this bill, but, the surprise being over, many bright- ened up and seemed to catch at the idea with pleasure. Now that the tranking privilege was abolished they did not care for public documents to send across the country, for to pay postage upon the average amount sent by cach member would absorb his entire salary. Cox couldn’t reconcile himself to the idea. He rose to his feet and im- ploringly requested that the bill be allowed to go to the Judiciary Committee. He was declared out of order, and a vote was taken at once on the sub- ject. When the yeas and nays were demanded the Jittle joker, now very much in earnest, begged for debate or a committee. He was again squelched. Upon the viva voce vote it was evident that the House was nearly divided on this reform measure. The result was ninety-seven afirmative.to ninety- three negative, showing that the bill obtained a small majority, but, lacking the two-thirds vote wuder suspension of the rules, was lost. Beck’s New Bill for Refunding the Cot- ton Tax. The Ways and Means Committee gave a final consideration to-day to the cotton tax refunding billa,and@ rejected all unanimously, Mr. Beck pre- sented a new bill providing for the retunding of the tax paid on the cotton actually exported, He pretends that his scheme would not take more than five millions out of the Treasury. This seems, however, merely a bait for the House to pass the bili; for it would not only require an expenditure of from twenty-five to thirty millions, but open the oor to the other claimants. The committee con- #idered Mr. Beck's bill infermally to-day, Three of the members are in favor of it—they are Beck, Kerr and Maynard. Dawes is not opposed to the principle embodied tn the bill, but will most prob- ably vote against it on the ground of inexpediency, Ellis H. Roberts, Keliey, Finkeinburg and Burchard are epposed to the whole scheme. Thus the bill Will most probably be killed. , Wilson Waxed to His Senatorial Seat. Wilson sticks like cobbiets’ wax to tis seat in the Senate, and continues to difer in opinion with the men over whose deliberations he is to preside after the 4thof March. This is all wrong, and Wilson shoud progt by the examples of other Senators who have been elected Vice President and who all resigned weeks prior to their promotion. But Dawes worked hard for Wilson’s nomination at Philadelphia, 80 Wilion is putting off the Senatorial election im Massachusetts until the Crédit Mobilier scandal has died ont—which is kind ‘~ on bis part, Jo be gure, itis rather dog-in-the. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. manger conduet towards Boutwell, and it is mak- img some of the old turvey-tops of the Senate very wrathy. But, on the other hand, Wilson will draw his pay to the latest possible moment, say the 18th of February, when he will leave the gay and festive crowd on the floer to prepare himself for his dutics a8 @ presiding officer. His calm resignation to the high honors heaped upon him would be more per- ceptible if he would stand not upon the order of his resigning, but resign at once The Surveyership—Will Cornell Resign the Speakership of the New York Legislature ? 3 The President has taken no action as yet toward filling the position of Surveyor of the Port of New York, which takes effect on Friday next, unless Mr. Cornell should resign his seat in the New York Legislature, and consent to remain a government ofMicer in preference to serving a few months in a State office. The election of Conkling to the Sen" Ste, it is said, was the goal of Cornell’s ambition: that being assured, his friends in the Treasury De- partment would not be surprised to hear of his re- suming the office of Surveyor. The Case of Phelps, Dodge & Co. to Be Settled in Duc Form. Phelps, Dodge & Co.’s proposition to‘pay $260,000 to the government in full for all claims for duties alleged to be due was rejected, as already stated in these despatches, because of the form in which it was made. ‘The firm maintain that they were nov guilty of any offence. To quict the matter they have now proposed to pay what is due in the form and manner preseuted by the department. Secre- tary Boutwell does not believe this firm has been wilfaily guilty of any wreng; but the manner of settlement now agreed upon is the only one he can permit. The case will be finally disposed of to- morrow. President Grant to Modify His Recent Ore der Concerning Federal Offices, The President will modify his recent order forbid- ding federal officials to hold State offices, to the effect that this rule shall not apply to officers of State militia, school trustees, selectmen and minor offices to which no political significance can be attached. This subject will be discussed at the Cabinet meeting to-morrow. ‘The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elec- tions have been hammering away all day on the Louisiana testimony before an audience of mixed races, in the badly ventilated room of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs. By the free use of cigars and keeping the windows open the air was partially purified ; but it was evident that the com- mittee intend to hurry up the witnesses and re- port at an early day> Preparations for the Inauguration of the President, The committce of citizems to make the arrange- ments for a grand procession and other high demonstrations on inauguration day find them- selves unable to do much unless the citizens will subscribe liberally to aid in defraying the ex- penses. The chief marshal, General J. H. Wilson, came on from New York to meet with the commit- tee to-day and perfect the programme. Major General Barry is to command tne military, of which there will be a fine display, including regu- lars, cadets, marines and volunteers from different States. The ball tickets are to be $20 cach, and no free or complimentary tickets are to be issued, which will disappoint several score of country editors who have written for them. Ifthe necessary funds can be secured, there will bea carnival parade the next day. The Thanks of Congress Tendcred a Gal. lant Sailor. In the House to-day Mr. Cox, of New York, intro- | duced a joint resolution, which was passed, tender- ing to Captain Gleadell and the officers and crew of the steamship Atlantic, of the White Star line, the thanks ef Congress for saving the crew of the brig- antine Scotland, which was wrecked in mid-ocean, A Comprehensive System ef Life-Saving Stations, The bill reported from the House Committee on Commerce by Representative Lynch and passed to-aay, for establishing life-saving sta- tions, embraces the whole coast line from the eastern extremity of Maine to the Vapes of Vir- ginia and North Carolina, and authorizes a survey of the whole sea and lake coasts of the United States with a view to the extension of the system to all the dangerous cogst#O-the country. The Report of the Attorney General. The report of the Attorney General, to be sent to Congress to-morrew, will be mainly statistical, embracing reports from Governors of States and United States district attorneys, detailing the number ef persons convicted and the crimes com- mitted during the past year. He says that it is useless to burden a report with recommendations. Congress is not.disposed to make necessary and salutary amendments to the laws when members are appealed to personally, and mere written sug- gestions would be like idle talk. The defects in the act creating the Department ef Justice are alluded te, although the whole subject was ex- plained to the Judiciary Committee when a bill embodying the changes desired was presented. The work ef the Department is gradually increas- ing, and during the session of Congress the clerks are required to remain until four o’clock P. M. Bogus Revenue Agents in North Caro- lina. A candidate for the penitentiary, living in North Carolina, signing himself James Woodward, Com- missioner of Internal Revenue, has been deceiving the Tar Heeis with begus appointments as secret agents for the Revenue Bureau. Une of the ap- pointees was honest enough to write to Commis- stoner Douglass for more explicit instructions, which developed the imposition. The commissions were written on paper with oficial printed head- ings, and addressed in envelopes bearing like marks of genuineness, well calculated, as the bank note detectors have it, to deceive. + A Singular Provision of the Navigation Law of 1799, A singular provision exists in the fiftieth sec- tion of the Navigation act of 1799, imposing a fine, to be collected by the Collector of the Port, of $400 on masters of vessels guilty of landing foreign goods without a permit, and further imposing a disability to hold amy office ef trust under the government for seven years. The latter provision makes the law imperative towards masters of foreign vessels, a8 both penalties, it is argued, must go together. The Secretary of the Treasury has asked Congress to amend the act, so as to Inake it applicable to foreign as well as American masters, Proposed New Postal Bill. General Farnsworth, in pursuance of permission granted him by the Postal Committee, to-day re- ported the following bill:— Be itenacted, &¢., That on and after the day of July next on all mail matter which Me waiters cere in writing, except book manuscripts and corrected proois Passing between authors and publishers, and exceptin also correspondence or postal cards; on all printed matier which $0 marked as convey any other or further information than is comveyed by the original point, except the correction of mere to} graphical errors; ‘on all matter which fe sent in viola tion of law or the regulations of the Department re- specting enclosures, and on all matter to which no specific ‘rate of postage is assigned, al pe shall charged at the rate of two cents for each half oance fraction thereof, and this provision shall include. ait letters commonly known as drop or local letters de- livered through the post officers or their carrie: Skction 2 That from and after the lst day of January next, under such regulations and in such measures as the Postmaster General shall prescribe, the postage pro- Yided by Jaw to be paid upon printed matter or mailable atter of the second ciass shall in all cases be prepaid and collected at the offices respectively where suc! {er shall be mailed, provided that weekly new within the respective counties where the sam actually and wholly printed and published, aod none other, may pass through the inails free of postage, as pro- vided in the eighth clause of section 184 of the act to re- vise, consolidate and amend the statutes relating to the Post Office Department. Sue. 3—That any person who shall take any letter, Postal-card or packet out of a post office or braneh post fice, or from a letter or mail carrier, or which any post office or branch post office, or in the c ly Gy Any, deter, or mail carrier before it shall have been delivered to the person to whom it was directed, with & mat- ers to obstruct the correspondence or pry into the business or secrets nother, or shall secrete, embezzie or destroy the same, shalt,’ on conviction thereof, or f every such offence forfeit and pay a penaity not excced- : mi 0), oF be imprisoned at h: Frank Blair in His Seat, but Used Up. Senator Biair appeared in his seat in the Senate to-day for the first time in overa month, He was warmly greeted by his fellow Senators, to whom he Was compelled to give his left hand, his right arm and hand being entirely useless, owing to a para- lytic stroke which he received some time ago, Senator Howe Serenaded, The Wisconsin friends of Senator Howe this evening complimented him with a serenade in ap- Preciation of his second re-election to the Senate of the United States witheu’ opposition m his own party. He was introduced to the company by Rep- resentative Hazleton and returned bis thanks for the friendly demenstration and handsomely en- tertained them at his table. Walt Whitman Stricken with Paralysis. Walt Whitman, peet and clerk, was to-day suffer- ing from a paralytic stroke, and confined to his room, The regular pedestrians on Pennsylvania avenue would not know what to do without their Wait. Barnside’s Mail steamship Line. General Burnside is hard wt work here to secure the passage of a bill which will open to competition the San Francisco, Sanawich Islands, New Zealand and Australian mail steamer service at a low sub- sidy. This has given a fatal blow to the nice plan for giving largely increased subsidies to the Webb line, and Webb’s strikers are pitching in against Burnside, who is actuated, they say, by an old grudge against Webb. Some of these days look out for a high old debate in the Senate, with Nye backing Webb and Chandler backing Burnside. Acts of Congress Signed by the President. The President to-day signed the act to authorize the President te appoint Frederick E. Echton, of Bath, Me., a master in the Navy of the United States; algo am act for the relief of T. H. Holderus, owner of the British ship Duke of Edinburgh. Appointments Confirmed. The Senate, in executive session, tl.is afternoon confirmed the following nominations :— Consuls—Alfred V, Dockery, of North Carolina, at Oporto, vice James C. Fletcher, recalled; Wil- liam K. Peabody, of Massachusetts, at Rio Grande, Brazil, vice E. C. Sammis, resigned; Franklin T. Ferguson, of Massachusetts, at Santiago, Cape de Verde islands, to fill a vacancy. Collectors of Internal Revenue—Austin Savage, for Idaho; Israel A. Powell, for the Eleventh dis- trict of IMlinois, vice R. D. Nobleman, removed; Charles J. Kinney, tor the Sixth district of Tennes- see, vice Jesse Taylor, removed. Surveyors of Customs—Thomas Jernegan, at Michigan City, Ind.; James Snowball, at Houston, Texas. vers of Public Moneys—J. W. Haverstick, at Receit Los Angeles, Cal.; L. D. F. Poore, ‘at Springtled, Dakota. Revenue Marine Service—J. G. Barker, of Rhode Island, to be Copsey in the Revenue Marine Ser- vice; George Williams, J. W. Congdon, W. H. Roberts and George H. Gooding, to be Second Lieutenants in the Revenue mund C, Choits, John H. Little, A. P. R. Marks, C. Hunter, David A. Hall, Francis Tuttle, Walter 8. wiand and Krank H. Newcomer, to be Third eutenants in the Revenue Marine Service. Miscellaneous—Jonn F, Dezendortil, to be Ap- praiser of Merchandise, Norfolk, Va.; EF. ling, to be Clerk of Assay Ofiice, Boise Cit . Army—Major Eugene A. Carr, to be Lieutenant Colonei; George A. Gordon, late Major in Fourth cavalry, to be Major in the Fifth cavalry, First Lieutenants te be Captains—H. H., Humphreys, William M. Van Horn Charles 8. Ilsley, Myles Moylan, H. W. Wessells, Jr.; John R. Myrick and James R, pe, aud a@ number of second licuten- ante to be first lieutenants. Navy—Commodore Alexander M. Pennock, to be Rear Admiral, vice Joseph Lanman, retired; Com- mod¢ore Join L. Worden, to be Rear Admiral, Vice James A. Winsow, retired; Commodore George F. Emmons, to be Rear Admiral, vice J, F, Greene, re- tired; Captains Kobert Hl. Wyman, George B, Balch, Thomas H. Stevens, I. A. Parker and John Guest to be Commodores, and premotions in all the lower grades to fill vacancies caused by the foregoing promotions, The Senate also confirmed the nomination of Rear Aamiral Joseph F. Greene, to be continuedin command of the North Atlantic squadron; also a number of promotions of Assistant Engineers and Pay Inspectors in the Navy and Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. A Nomination Rejected. The Senate also in executive session to-day re- jected the nomination of Joseph Nimmo, Jr., to be Supervising Inspector General of Steamboats. THE PACIFIC RAILROADS. Passage of Edmunds’ Amendment to the Ap- propriation Bill in the Senate, iy ten fn No Money for Freight or Transportation To Be Paid by the Government Until the Companies Square Accounts with Uncle Sam— The Debate on the Amendment. WASHINGTON, Jan, 27, 1873. In the Senate to-day, when the Legislative Ap- propriation bili was taken ap, the question was on the amendment offered by Mr, Morrill, of Maine, on Friday, modified 80 as to provide that it shall be the duty of the President to take such measures or to institute such suits as May be necessary to recover from *the Pa- cific Railroad companies the interest paid by the United States on bonds issued for the use of either of said roads and the five per cent of the net earnings provided for by law, and that the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such sults, subject to appeal, as in other cases, Mr. Tiunax, (dem.) of Ohio, said it was most im- portant for the interest of all concerned thal should be determined without delay, and su; these cases ought to have precedence over others. Mr. MORuILt, (Fep.) of Me., modified his amendinent so 4,0 direct thé Court to giyé these cases precedence. Mr. Epuonns, (rep.) of Vt., said he had received a let- ter to-day from Mr.C. P. Huntingdon, the Vice Presi- dent of the Central Pacific Company, which, in compli- ance with the request of the writer, he laid’ before the Senate with much pleasure, because it seemed to be the letter of a man of honor and fairness, The letter was, read by the Clerk. Tt stated that the il Dompany entered into Central Pacific Railroad ITS CONTRACT WITH THX GOVERNMENT upon the construction of the statute relating to freight and postal service, which was acted upon by the govern- ment for several years and which has recelved the sanc- tion of Congress, and if they had understood it otherwise they would not have entered into the contract at all; but that that company Is nevertheless anxious to fe the disputed question Jegally adjudicated, and is willing to accept Mr. Edmunds’ amendment looking to that end. Mr. SHeKMAN, (rep.)'of Ohio, said the only question be- tween the government aud the Pacific Railroads which he cared have legally determined was whether the companies were not bound to pay the interest on their second mortgage bonds. He believed they were. The United States had guaranteed those bonds, Dut the com- panies were the principals and bound to pay the interest. Mr. Bayarp, dem.) of Del., was pleased that at last there seemed'to be a disposition in Congress to protect the interests of the people of the United States in connec- tron with the Pacific railroads, and, although the pend- ing investigation had grown out of a quarrel between privete parties and revealed many things of a very pain- ful character, it now bade fair to fead to a happy result— the vindication of the rights of the people against these corporations. He saw reason to helleve that the people were at last awakening to what had been done in these matters under the SPECIOUS NAMES OF NATIONAL ENTERPRISE and private spirit, and were shocked at the didovery of the illegitimate, monstrous, unrepublican fortunes which had been gained in this way. He would vote, he said, for the amendment offered by the Senator from Vermont (Mr, Edmunds), Mr. Casserzy, (dem.) of Cal., said he had not decided whether he would support Mr. Edmands’ or Mr. Morrill’ (of Maine) amendment, though he was inclined to tavol the latter as embracing the subject more completely.” He Tegretted that he had voted for the amendment tothe Army Dill of Isl, preventing the Secretary of the ‘Treasury from retaining half the earnings of the rail- road companies for services rendered the government. He had been influenced in that vote by the supposed embarrassments of the companies, but their ports, made since then, proved that that con- ion had no longer any weight. He was of opinion these companies were bound to pay the whole of the interest due on the bonds, and made an argument in sup- port of that view. Mr. Mornitt, of Maine, withdrew his amendment for the purpose a of having CT VOTE ON THE EDMUNDS AMENDMENT, endment was then adopted, all the Senators oting in the affirmative, except Mr. Morrill. of aine, and Messrs. Sprague, Trumbull and Hamlin. Ti is as folld ‘And the Secretary of the Treasury Is directed to with- hold all payments from any railroad company or its ws. signs on account of freight or transportation of any kind over their respective roads to the amount ot the payments made by the United States, of interest upon the bonds of the United States, issued to any such company which shall not have been reimbursed, together with ‘five cent of the net earnings due and unapplied as provided by Jaw; and any company MAY BRING SUIT IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS to recover the price of such frei and transportation, and in such suit the right of such company to recover Hiatt be. “deterntiaeds” and’ ‘also the sighs “tnt ied, anc u .the United — Bta c_ merits “ot ait ten ae ¢ merits the points presented b: ¢ United States in answer to any such claim ; and either party to such suit may appeal tothe Supreme Court, and both each Courts shall give such cause or causes precedence of all other busitiess. THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS. Nothing important transpired yesterday at Fire Headquarters beyond the reception by the Secre- tary of the following | letter, which, it will be seen, commends, in laudatory terms, the labors and ex- ertions of the members of the Department:— JANDARY 20, 1873 MMISSIONERS OF THe Fine Derantwent or haw To me O Yor« :— The undersigned take great pleasure in acknowledgin their obligations to your Department for the prompt an efficient service reidered at the fire that occurred in sheir store on the 17th inst, amd especially desire to ex- pee their appreciation of the services rendered by ‘ampany No. 3 who promptly discharged their duty with skill and discreet energy, thereby preventing the epread of the contlagration, and’ confining the dam: age to the least possible amount, by the necessary protec- tion of stock. The Ingurance and Fire Patrol also per- formed prompt and eftective service, and are entited to our thamks and consideration. UNDERHILL & MILLAR, 183 Water street, N. Y, A despatch from Port Deposit says the Susque- hanna River has fallen somewhat, but the ice gorge continues, 3 ‘ALLEY IN AGONY. The Credit Mobilier Know-Nothing Writhing Under Examination. —_+ —_ Jadge Hoar asa Heavy Humorist—Hoax Ames Declares War and Threatens to ‘Nail’ His Enemies—He Has “More” About Colfax and Another of Patterson's Receipts, WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1873, The Wileon Committee resussex to-day the jnygs- tigation of the Crédit Mobilier and Union Pacific Railroad frauds. John B. Alley, whom Dickens might have taken as a model for his Uriah Heep, 80 much does he resemble that character, was the only witness examined by the committee. He wore his usual hang-dog look, and, under the severe cross-questioning of Mr. Wilson, appeared more like a criminal confronted with the proofs of his guilt than a witness giving testimony on oath. He was always on the defence, and all his efforts seemed to be directed to evade direct questions, and gave his answers to the Chairman with a mass of details having no bearing whatever on either the facts of the case or the point of interrogatory. Ob- serving the manner in which Alley gives his testi- mony, one must come to the conclusion that he is Prevaricating in order to wriggle out of his share of the responsibility for the fraudulent transactions of the Crédit Mobilier management, His memory is at fault in every particular that was of any importance. Turning to the books, the Chairman questioned him regarding te payment of $1,400,000 to the Crédit Mobilier by the Union Pacific Railroad, for which the books give neither clause nor clew as to the equivalent received for that large amount, Alley gave a random theory on this point, which, instead of explaining the payment, was rather a violent assertion on bis part that there was NOTHING WRONG ABOUT IT. “For,” said he, “if there had been anything wrong I would have remembered it.” The Chair- man (Mr. Wilson) deserves great credit for his keen, persisteat questioning of this slippery wit- ness, He exasperated Alley to sucha degree that, like Uriah Heep, when baffled in his plans, he* ceased to be humble. This was shown by the tone of his voice, which was no longer oily and apologetic. Oakes Ames, his superior pal, sat near him for a little while; but he would not witness the agonies of his Alley and left the room, The writhing Heep of iniquity, Alley, is the subject of most elaborate dis- sections by committeemen, but they all meet with the same results. They find a bag of skin and bones, loosely hung together with humility and hypocrisy, encasing a mass of fraud and corrup- tion. Jokers speak of him as “Ames’ back Alley,’’ and say he needs cleaning out under the statutes made and provided for the abolishment of nuisances, Certainly much of the slops of the dirty transactions of the swindling Crédit Mobilier have found their way into this Alley, maxing it an object of offence to clean nostrils. As such it needs the investigation of the present moral Board of Health that has him in charge. TRE HUMOROUS JUDGE HOAR. Judge Hoar is the ornamental man on the Wilson Committee, and his fumny remarks are never any- thing but out of place. He treats the investiga- tion very lightly, as if ne were interested in noth- ing coming of ia The jokes which he perpetrates On occasions are as weak as a dead baby and as palatable as roast chips with sawdust dripping. ‘These painful jokes are screwed out with the rapid- ity of a bill in chancery and with the ease of a jumping-jack. They are taken down by Mr. Hayes, the obliging stenographer, and incorporated in the evidence for the benefit of future generations, which cannot but gloat with joy over the playful ‘vagaries of this Congressional Joe Miller, MORE FROM HOAX’S MEMORANDUM BOOK, To-morrow promises to be a sensational day be- fore Judge Poland. He said last week that to- morrow will abty the last sitting of the committee, but if Oakes Ames resumes his inter- esting confessions, as he promises he will, the work of the committee cannot be completed. Oakes@aid, during a conversation to-day, that he has subpceenaed the Cashier of the First National Bank in this city, where Vice President Colfax has kept his accounts. He intends to prove that Col- fax had deposited in that bank in June, 1868, the $1,200 dividend which the Vice President denied ever having received, He aiso will summon a city broker, who will testify te Mr. Colfax having had conversations with kim about negotiating his shares of Crédit Mobilier. Ames says that Colfax got frightened and transferred the shares to him by a mock sale, as in the case of Allison. He gave Colfax a nickel and receipt holding the stock sub- ject to his cal Rummaging among his memo- randa, Oakes has found i ANOTHER RECEIPT OF PATTERSON for a dividend, which he will produce to-morrow. Ames assumes an air of injured innocence. To- day he sald:—‘‘Damn them; they want to convict me of perjury, but I'll ix them. 1 have plenty of evidence to nail them, and I will do it,” added Ames, firmly, He indicated by his manner he had more to tell yet; but, after the fashion of sensa- tional periodicals, he chooses to issue only brief chapters at different intervals; so that children even will cry for his interesting stories about naughty Congressmen. ‘THE SHAW FAMILY. Burial of the Second Victim—Arrest and Discharge of the Alleged Intended Step- mother—Mrs. Shaw Dying—Evidence Before the Coroner—Fifty Dollars Uf- fered by Shaw to Poison His Wife.' CAMBRIDGE, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1873, Marietta Shaw, the second victim of the Shaw poisoning case, whose death took place on Friday morning last, was buried yesterday. Mrs. Shaw is just alive, and that is all. She has wasted toa mere skeleton, lies in a state of stupor, failing to understand or recognize any one, and before this reaches the readers of the HeraLp will probably have passed to That country from whose bourne no traveller returns, The remaining three children are rapidly grow- ing worse, and those who have scen them to-day say their recovery is impossible. The house pre- sents the saddest spectacle, and only those who have visited it can judge of the enormity of the crime and turn away appalled at the sufferings witnessed. THE BRIGGS’ WERE ARRESTED emacs fi in Hoosick by Deputy Sheriff Archer, and brought to this place and placed im confinement. ‘To-day they were arraigned before Justice Fletcher and pleaded “Not guilty,” and, as there was no evi- dence beyond that in Mrs, Shaw’s statement, they were discharged and held as witnesses. The examination before Coroner Kennedy was continued, a the evidence elicited was to the effect that Shaw and his wife had for several months past had considerable trouble, growing out of Shaw’s intimacy with the Briggs woman; that Shaw had several times threatened to kill his wile, and had told his children that within six montis Mrs. Briggs would be their stepmother. FIFTY DOLLARS TO POISON MRS, SHAW. A nephew of Shaw’s testified that a few months since he was at Shaw’s house when Shaw and his wife had had a quarrel, and after leaving the house Shaw told him (the nephew) that he would give him $60 if he would poison his wife, which offer the witness declined. The examination was adjourned till ten A. M. to-morrow. In connection with the examination the house of Shaw was searched to-day, and two vials, one of which contained some sediment, the other about two-thirds full of some liquid preparation, were found in @ pair of Shaw’s pantaloons. Tne Coro- ner now has them in his possession and will have them submitted to a critical examination. PROBABLE MURDER. A Man Fatally Stabbed in a Brooklyn Barroom. An affray occurred on Sunday in the barroom of Peter Byrne, at the corner of Court and Butler streets, South Brooklyn, in which Martin Kelley, an ex-constable of the Tenth ward, was fatally stabbed, as alleged, by a man named Michael Ca- ‘hill, At the time Kelley received his injuries he ‘was struggling With @ man named Duggan. The wounded man Was taken to bis home, 387 Atlantic street, and Cahill was arrested, Yesterday the aecused was taken before Judge Delmar, and ad- MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, Mr. Stewart Robson was to play in Boston last week, but he failed to appear. ‘The Seguin opera company drew on their ‘‘capi- talist’”’ the other day for, funds to proceed with, but. found the Atlantic Ocean had put estoppel to their drafts, Mr, Stoepel had gone to Europe to “pro- duce his own operas.” Mr. W. 8, Gilbert, the dramatist, shows from the index to Geneste’s work that out of 4,000 plays, produced in 130 years, 3,950 are absolutely an- known nowadays, that of the remaining fifty only thirty-five are put on the boards at present, that of these thirty-five only seventeen are works of acknowledged merit, and that out of the seventeen but eleven can claim to rank as standard works, “thé memory of great actors seems to grow old very rapidly, The London Glove moralizes over the decay of the tombstone of John Philip Kemble, making the remarkable blunder of antedating his death a century, The actor died in 1823, but the Globe would have us believe his death occurred in 1723. It was not a misprint, for that journal re- marks that 150 years was time enough for his tomb to fall into decay. For the twenty-first time “Romeo and Jullet” is being set to music. A Milanese journal enumerates twelve musicians who have lyricised the Shakspear- rean play, viz.:—Benda (Dresden, 1772), Schwan- berg (Brunswick, 1782), Marescalchi (Rome, 1789), Rumling (Carisberg, 1790), Dalayrac (Paris, 1792), Steibelt (Paris, 1793), Zingarelli (Milan, 1796), Gug- lielmi (1816), Vaccai (1826), Bellini (1830), Marchetti (Trieste, 1865), Gounod (Paris, 1867). ‘Theodore Thomas will give his fourth symphony concert on Saturday evening. Miss Anna Mehlig is to be the soloist. The programme, which is printed in the advertising columns of the HERALD, is of the usual standard of music presented by Mr. Thomas on these occasions. Perhaps more than any of our musicians he has helped to cultivate the musical taste of the metropolis, and he ts re- warded in turn by the appreciative audiences which always gather at his symphony concerts, At Daly’s Fifth Avenue Theatre last night a fea- ture of interest was added to the entertainment by the introduction of the ‘Imperial Quartet of Horn Players from St. Petersburg.” Tne four players performed in the first entr’acte, and were & great relief from the usual orchestra, Their playing was characterized by much taste and feel- ing, and the harmony produced was very pleasing. Marschner’s “Awakening of Spring,” a very breezy composition, was finely rendered, ‘‘Alixe’’ is still drawing good houses. In spite of the storm of last night there was a good audience, Several novelties were introduced last evening in the variety perforance of “Leo and Lotos” at Niblo’s, and the ballet scene was slightly shorn of its in- terminable length, A furbishing up of the scenery and dresses was noticeable, and the wear and tear of past performances repaired so as to make the per- formance look as fresh and new as on the first night, Some ofthe old features were as familiar as ever. The juvenile acrobats were endurable, which is saying a great deal; but the dog performance was unauestionably the particular novelty of the entire display. The dogs are surprisingly well trained, Mr. John M. Bellew, the English elocutionist, who commences his readings at Steinway Hal! on Thursday next, comes to us, as has been already announced, with a chorus of trumpetings from the press of Great Britain, without a single harsh note to mar the harmony. He is a man of tine pres- ence, clear cut features, easy grace of bearing, and, what is best of all, has a wonderfully modulated voice. His reading of Dryden’s “Alexander's Feast” is spoken o; with great praise for its noveity, beauty and force. His comic efforts, such as the “Charity Dinner,” as well as kis tations, such as the closet scene from 5 are alluded to in bright terms, He has read to very large audiences im England, and, it may be presumed, will justify ina great measure the en- comiuins which have preceded him to this side of the Atlantic. THE POPE AND THE IRISH. eS SE The Freeman's Journal of this week gives the following translation of a reply of Pope Pius 1X, to a large delegation of Irish ecclesiastics and laymen that presented him an address on the first Sunday after New. Year's Days « ™ THE FULL TEXT OF THE HOLY FATHER'S ADDRESS TO THE IRISH. We have since received a copy of the response of the Holy Father to the address presented to him on the Sthof January. The address, which is said to have been very beantiful, was read by the Hon. Mr. Lalor, of Kerry. The Holy Father replied as fol- lows:— This address, in which the heart surpasses the work of the pet, this address you have just read, symbolizes the faith of Lreland, and the attachment and the tenderness of this hoble people fer the Vicar of JesusChrist; for all its expressions are Stamped with love and devotion, and have given a great consolation to my paternal heart. This living affection of Ireland, I may well say her filtal tender- hess, and her burning faith, Ihave already had ex- perience of many times; and you continually turnish me new proofs by your offerings, As the holy kings presented their gifts to the infant Jesus, 80 Ireland ceases not to present hers to me, his un- worthy Vicar. In your address you have very justly appreciated the present condition of society. You have spoken of the ills that afflict it and of the good that God has vouchsafed to accomplish through the inetru- mentality of the poor person of His Vicar. You have declared that the gratitade and the affection of nen who have received benefits of me have not answered to the generosity of their benefactor. My children, remember that this 1s ever a BK of the ways of Providence. Jesus Christ jimself came und dwelt on earth. He poured out on it truth and the faith. By His pas- sion and His death He overcame death itself, and opened to all men the gates of para- dise, hitnerto closed. He came to lift human nature out of the mire in which it was sunk, and to endow it with spiritual ricnes. Well, see what gratitude mankind at large has shown Him, In- grativude js the portion of too Trees @ portion of the human race, even of those highest set in the social hierarchy. Jesus Christ came to the cress. He chose to its cruel punishment because He joved us. He willed to accomplish His dreadful sacrifice, that He might wipe trom our ‘foreheads the brand of the curse and bring us back to a new fe. Now, if Jesus Christ, who came into the world to bring 1t 8 ch good things and such advantages, is repaid by ingratitude, why be surprised that His unworthy Vicar undergoes the same lot, in his lesser degree ¥ Jesus Christ came, non tn curribus, non in equis, sed in Nomine Domini (not with chariots, not with horses, but in the name of the Lord); and so He has willed that we should put our trust, not in armies, but in the truths of the taith, in the defence of right and in resistance to the anjust aims of the wicked. ‘This well settled, I will add, my children, that in- voking ever the po! of God, I will continue to defend His rights and those of the Church, with- out ceasing to praise His poly lame, what. may be the trials that it may please inflict still farther on society; and without , in like manner, to adore the decrees and osals OF His unfathomable providence. This is the response I have to make to your beautilul address, the concluding portion of which 1 have developed in other terns. After this concinsion you have asked of me the benediction, and se | finish my discourse by lifting my hands towards Heaven to bicss you. Andi biess you, in your persons, In your jauiilies, in the cities and In the villages where you were born. I bless faithful Ireland, and I pray to God that He will preserve to you, so long a8 you live here below, the inestimably precious treasure He has ven you—tne treasure of the Christian faith. I biess you and your children, and all that you do, and your interests, that all that isin you or of you may bear hence the impress of the name of God. May Jesus Christ make to glow in you all the graces of ube blessing that His Vicar, in His name, now bestows on you. I biess you for ail the years and months and days that you have yet to live on this earth, I bless you for the moment of your deaths; that then you inay receive the precious blessings of our Sovereign, Jesus Christ Himself, and be found worthy to go and praise and bless Him tn heaven, for ever and ever! henedictto Det Omnrpotentis, kc. A DEFAULTING BANK CASHIER. Shute $190,000 Short and Very Little Property To Be Found a Set Of, Exeter, N. H., Jan. 27, 1873, The dcfictency of the cashier Shute at the bank is now ascertained to be $190,000. The investigation is still going on. The only property they can find of his here has been attached—ten shares of the Exeter Machine Shop; $1,000, his house, furniture and a wood lot in Brentwood, PIRE IN MEROER STREET. At twenty minutes to eight o'clock last evening 4 fire broke out om the third floor of 41 Mercer street, the second and third stories of which, to- gether with the attic, are occupied by Shonewald & btern, dealers in hats and caps, Their stock was wholly consumed. The first story was occu- pied by Stiglitz & Shecht, dealers in hats and furs, THE STATE CAPITAL. Effect of the Snow Storm on the Prog- ress of Legislation. The Increasing Complications of the New Charter Bill. The Democracy Would Build om the Ruins of Tammany. ALBANY, Jan. 27, 1873, The two houses reassembled this evening, but there was barely a quorum in either, The proceed- ings were, consequently, very tame, although at one time in the Assembly an attempt was actually made to order a bill toa third reading, and a call of the house became imminent. THE FORESIGHT OF SOME OF TIE OLD COOKS in legislative matters, however, saved the absene tees froma disaster. Had there been a call the snow storm would, in every victim’s case, justly or. not, have had to bear the burden of the blame. ‘The joint Committees on Cities are to hold another meeting, however, on the new charter, and a greaw array of Custom House talent, “reform” Tammany magnates and republicans and Seventyites, what do not reach some of the radical points in the pill, will be DISPLAYED TO THE FULLEST ADVANTAGE. The two committees, I understand, are by nel means of the same mind as to the perfections of the bill, as it now stands, and it ie more than prob- able that the discussions pro and con to-mgrrow, instead of making them a unit as te what eught ta be added, cut out or left alone on the bill, will only, go to make the individual disagreements Of opiniom more disagreeable and more dificult to be smoothed! over thanever. It is rather amusing just now to hear the sapiens that are being made by those: members of the majority who have se far pretende@ to . CONTROL EVERYTHING TO CONVINCE THE GROWLERS that they want to do the fair thing. Indeed, they now go 80 far as to say that they never had any idea of attempting to “caucus” either house om the charter; that, on the contrary, thougn they: * expect to go through all right in the end with suc! “good” amendments as can be reasenably ac< cepted, they all along have been anxious to avoid! everything like a close corporation control of the matter beiorehand, But this everybody here knows is very good talk for the moment. It is true that the leaders do not now intend to caucus on, the “bill; but their intention is simply based on the “sour grapes’ principle. In the first week of the session they~had a notion that they could do what they pleased in the mat- ter, but they knew they counted without their, host. Hence the present magnanimity. It may be said just here that there 18 one thing which is, worrying the republicans considerably and which, if the democrats in New York, “who are now swearing by Havemeyer,” do not be a little more’ “shady” about, may, when the vote is taken on the charter, have the elfect of ranging the republicans of the growling and would-be-indepenuent persua- sions ail on one side, even to the extent of PASSING THE CHARTER JUST AS IT CAME FROM BLISS’ GRIST MILL, with but one change. Tue idea is growing stronger that Havemeyer, Tilden, John Kelly and Green’ are determined to build up in the city a solid demo- cratic party, and that if the charter is allowed to, pass with Green retained as Comptroller and’ Havemeyer acting as an out-and-out democrat av Mayor, this new coterie of reform mai rs Wilk thereby only be strengthened in their strength, which will be used to keep the republicans im getting that very control of the city which the framers of the new charter are seeking to attain above all things else. The almost certain result of the agitation of this notion is making itself more and more apparent, viz., that GREEN WILL SUFFER BY IT. The fact is, he will be knocked out of the charter unless between now and the end of the present week at the very latest he makes, as @ prominent republican here aptly puts it, ‘certain arrange- ments” with the republican leaders. It bag! ba safely said, therefore, that if the Havermeyer folks, backed by Tilden, John Kelly and Green, hold to their determination to erect a gved reform thor- ough; DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON THE RUINS OF THE OLD PLAYED-OUT TAMMANY ORGANIZATION as against all Sopnulicay control of the city, there will be fun ahead, and the fight for reform will in theloug ran attain to such magnificent partisam proportions that the people can read the writing om the wal, without running very far Albanywise to and ti joss, Wholly by water, will amount to $2,000, ‘The building was damaged to the extent of mitted to bail in the sui of $1,000, $5,000, Insurance Dot known, see it, Constitutional Commission. ALBANY, Jan. 27, 1873, At the session of the Constitutional Commission to-day, Mr. Silliman, trom the Committee on Suf- frage and Bribery, reported an amendment making the State constitution conform to the amendment to the federal constitution; and also a provision making the payment of money to voters and the acceptance of money for voting the subject of challenge at the polls, Mr. McinTosH presented a minortty report en the formation of the Legisiature, dividing the State into eight Senatorial districts, four from each dis- trict, one-fourth to go out each year, making the term of Senators four years, at a compensation of $1,500; the Assembly to consist of 1z8 members, elected by the districts annually, at a compensa- tion of $1,000 per year; a Superintendent of State Prisons to be appointed by the Governor for aterm of five years, removable on charges the same as. sheriffs. ‘The remainder of the morning session was taken up in considering the report on State officers, It Was determined that the Comptroller should be elected by the people at the saie time as the Gov- ernor and for the same term, with a salary of $6,000 per year; that the Governor should appoint the Secretary of State, Attorney General and State Engineer. a NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Senate. Avnany, Jan. 27, 1873, The Presrpent presented the annual report of the New York Orphan Asylum. The New York Chamber of Commerce presented # petition for the establishment of a nautical school in New York. ASKING AID FOR A STATGE TO GENERAL MEADE. Mr. Pater presenjed a petition of the Gettysburg Memorjal Association asking for an appropriation to ai in erecting an ¢questrian statue of the late General Meade on the taious battle ground at Gettysburg. The petition was read and referred to the Finance Committee. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Patwer—To amend the jaws relative to the issuing of tor bonds w aid in the construction of rail- oud. By Mr. McGowax—To authorize an extension of time for the collection of taxes in the several towns of the State to the loth of March, 1873, The act provides for exempting the real estate for the Home for Incurables, ia Westchester county, from taxation, and authorizes the city of Rome to borrow MM) tO complete the water. work; also relative to the detention of witnesses. These bills were all progressed to @ third reading. Adjourned. Assembly. Ausany, Jan. 27, 1873. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Wexn—For the construction of a ship canal from the Hudson River to Lake Champlain. It provides for the improvement ot the Hudson River to Fort Ed- ward and for making a ship canal from there to White- hall, thirty miles distant, so tha VESSELS OF ONE THOUSAND TONS BUR: LAKE CHAMPLAIN TO THE HUDSON. Itis claimed that by the time this canal and river im- is completed, should the Legislature author. the an canals will be enlarged and the Coughwawaga Canal will be built, so that steam yes sels of 1,000 tons can pass from Duluth, Milwaukee, Chie Gago and the lakes to the cities of Troy, Albany and’ New Xork without breaking bulk and in six dayw’ shorter ting than ig Baw sreauires ;qyite entire estimated cosis are ‘om 0000 By Mr. Hoerns— Providing for a new State Prison, and for the removal ot Sing Sing Prison. By Mr. DweRING—For the improvement of the streets im New York city, north of Filty-ninth street. It provides for & salaried commission to open all such streets. By Mr. Watr—Fixing the compensat of the Auditer of Kings county. It provides that on and after the lst day of January, 13, hug salary shall be $40 per annam. By Mr, Hicuven—Reiative to the Port Richmond Bergen Point Ferry. Company. It provides that when George W. Jewett, Washington Hawes, Anning Smith, John Decker and John H. Vanciiet shall organize, they shall be known a Port Richmond and Bergen Point Ferry Company. he capital stock of $40,000, withy wer to incremse it to . Othe following entitled bills were ordered to a third read: ing :—Extending the time for the coliection of taxer throughout the State till the 15th of March; extendin the term of office of a Commissioner of Appeals fixing his salary. journed. ART MATTERS, ARTISTS’ FUND SOCIETY. The thirteenth annual sale of paintings contribn- ted by members of the Artists’ Fund Society, in aid of that fund, will take place at 8 o'clock to- night at the Somerville Gallery, Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street. THE PALETTE CLUB. An art and musical reception will be held at the Palette Club Rooms, 126 Second avenue, on the evening of next Monday. MRS, DE H. HAZARD. This lady intends giving an art and musical re- ception at her rooms, at the northeast corner of Seventeentn street and Fourth avenue, within a very few days, as soon as pending negotiations shall have been completed, CAN PASS FROW est