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SPAIN. ‘French Accord of Belligerent Rights to the Carlists. British Idea of Ultimate Triumph for the Bour- bons—Great Powers’ Coalition Against the Federal Republic Plan—The Loan Project Postponed—Army and Insurrectionist Movements. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. “Tonpon, March ¢—4 P. M. President Thiers has recognized the belligerent Tights of the Carlists in Spain. b The impression grows in London that Don Carlos ‘will succeed. THE FINANCIAL ASPECT. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. | HORRIBLE BUTCHERY. French Charges Against the Brit- : ish Mercantile Marine. ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 6, 1873, A special despatch to the Daily Telegraph, from Brussels, reports that the British ship Algoma, which sailed from Antwerp on the 12th of Feb- Tuary, under command of Captain Curry, for New York, carried away, by force, it is alleged, seven sailors belenging to tke French schooner L'Afri- caine. An investigation into the affair has been Beton foot, and despatches have been sens to the Consul General of France at New York, ad- vising him of the circumstances and instructing him to watch for the arrival of the Algoma. GERMANY. It is rumored that the Carlist leaders intend to The Naturalization Treaty with America Likely raise a loan, Tne Spanish government has concluded not to contract a new loan at present. MILITARY MUTINEERS IN MOVEMENT FOR A MONARCH. Advices from Gibraltar state that 200 carbineers attached to the Spanish garrison at San Roque, a ity of Andalusia, seven miles northwest of Gib- raltar, attempted to create a rising in favor of Don Carlos, but the insurrectionary demonstration was suppressed and the offenders imprisoned. Great Powers’ Coalition Against the Federal Republican Preject. MADRID, March 6, 1873, Sefior Olozaga, the Spanish Minister to France, has notified Sefier Castelar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, by telegraph, that the representatives in Paris of the different Powers of Europe have de- cided to send a collective note to the government of Spain, declaring their belief that their respec- tive governments will cease to hold diplomatic re- lations with it in the event of the proclamation of 8 jederal republic. THE PORTO RICO EMANCIPATION DEBATE, Debate upon the bill for the abolition of slavery in Porto Rico was resumed yesterday in the Na- Rional Assembly. ENGLAND. Scandal Gossip Concerning Members of the Royal Family. ‘The Marquis of Lorne and Princess Lonise Said to Have Separated—Premier Gladstone on the Educational Policy and Position of the Cabinet—Citizen Honor to a Savant—Gold and Cotton Supplies. TELEGRAM TC THE KEW YORK HERALS. LonDon, March 6, 1873, A rumor is being circulated in the city at this ‘moment—four o’clock in the evening—to the effect ‘that the Most Noble John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquis of Lorne, and his wife, Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, have separated because of incom- patibility of temper; that the Princess is in 8 religious retreat near Windsor, and that the Mar- quis has gone abroad. No. authority is given for the report, and it re- ‘mains to be confirmed. CITIZEN HONOR TO AN EMINENT LEGISLATOR— PREMIER GLADSTONE’S DRFINITION OF THE MINIS- TERIAL POLICY AND CABINET POSITION. A testimonial banquet was given at Croydon last evening to the Hon. Peter John Locke King, an eguinent English writer and legislator, and member ‘of Parliament. A portrait of Mr. King, with a ‘piece of plate, was presented to him as senior member for East Surrey, “in recognition of his Bervices to the liberal cause.” Five hufidred persons were present, including the Right Hon, William E. Gladstone; the Right Hon. Robert ‘Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Mon. Edward Cardwell, Secretary of State for War. A number of speeches were delivered. Mr. Gladstone's speech is the occasion of much comment, In the course of his remarks the Premier ndverted to the Irish Education bill recently intro- #uced in Parliament, and intimated that the gov- ernment would gladly accept all valuable amend- ‘ments, and would even consent to modifications avhich would not better the bill, in order to avoid the adoption of any worse measure. In concluding ‘his remarks upon this subject Mr. Gladstone said :— When the hour for the dissolution of the Ministry arrives we will be ready to retire, but we will not feediessly abandon our posts.”” HON. PETER J. L. KING. Mr. Gladstone’s address, as well as the occasion of its utterance, are much canvassed in political circles, The general opinion appears to be that ‘tle Premier, in complimenting Mr. King, paid a peculiar personal tribute of adhesion to the views which that gentleman holds on public subjects, mrticularly with regard to the law of entail in real state and the transmission of property, and thus, inofficially, intimated the approach of active legis- ation with respect to these matters. Mr. King 1s jhe second son of the seventh Baron King, and Jescended from Peter, first Baron, who was Lord ‘igh Chancellor of England in 1725, and nephew jo the celebrated John Locke. The honorable gen- jleman was educated at Harrow and in Trinity Dollege, Cambridge. Heis member fer East Surrey Parliament. His first great publication was en- me “Injustice of the Law of Succession to Real Estate.” In Parliament he has carried through the Real Estate Charges bill, the Property Qualifi- sation Abolition, and the Personal Estate Intestacy (ills, and has, so far unsuccessfully, prosecuted fe Real Estate Intestacy, the County Franchise Heform, and Religious Worship bills. He is a very ‘q@rnest and much advanced liberal. $AVANS’ COMPLIMENT TO A SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTOR, | At & meeting of the Royal Institution of Great Piitain Tuesday night resolutions were unani- pmvusly adopted congratulating Professor Tyndall jon the success of his visit to the United States, and lexpressing satisfaction that America had been Jenabled to share with England the advantages of * Bis scientific instruction. GOLD AND COTTON, STOCKS. ‘The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased 198,000 during the past week. Six thousand eight hundred and six bales of american cotton were landed at Liverpool to-day. FRANCE. \President Thiers Recovered from His Attack of Cold. ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. owe Parts, March 6, 1873. , The report which was qurrent last evening to > the effect that M. Thiers was seriously ill, proves fo have been untrue, The President was only slightly indisposed, and it is announced this morn- ing that he has recovered. CENTRAL ASIA. ‘Russian Reinforcements Harrying to the Ehiven War Rendezvous. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALB, \ Loxpor, March 6, 1873. A special despatch from Berlin to the London ‘gimes says mavy Russian officers and diploma- tists have left St, Petersburg for Asia, and it ts probable that the Khiva campaign will commence et an early day. To Be Amended—City Cabmen Conquered. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALS. BERLIN, March 6, 1873, The naturalization treaty between Germany and the United States will prebably be amended so ag to previde that Germaas who have returned from America and remained two years at home ahall be considered to have renounced their rights as nat- uralized American citizens, “CABBIE” CONQUERED IN THE CAPIPAL, Through the orders of the police authorities the strike of the city cabmen has been brought to an end, greatly to the relief of the public, PROCEEDS OF ROBBERIES, Sale of Brooklyn “Swag” at Public Auction, ¥ There was a numerous and motley assemblage of second-hand store Keepers and miserly collectors of miscelianeous articles of minor or no value at all yesterday, on the third floor of Police Headquar- *| ters, corner of Court and Livingston streets, Brook- lyn. The occasion which drew them together was the public announcement that the second annual sale of unclaimed property recovered from thieves Would be disposed of at public auction. Here was @ rare treat in‘the ardent imaginations of the chronic. collectors of old wares, ‘‘old clo’,” rags and junk. Visions of great profit to be realized from the resale of the proceeds of this auctien Hlitted before the minds of the mixed group who found their way into the salesroom where Auction- eer Quimby held forth, There were to be seen pre- dominating the hook-noosed venders of seedy habiliments, nervously scanning eack article as it was presented for sale by the auctioneer. There, too, was the old lady, with vulgar vit and paie, compressed, thin lips, ogling the pecullar array of “swag,’’ the result of many robberies, sneak thefts and burglaries, There were @ few there who Would “like to get @ good revolver cheap” or gold watch and chain,” or ‘something of that. sort, you know.” But the latter class of would-be purchasers were sadly disappointed. There were no good revelvers td rca! of, nor were there any gold watches and chains, nor anything else of any value. The proceeds of the robberies for the year were of a most miserable order, consisting for the greater part ef well-worn coats, pants, dresses, underwear, mangy quilts, moth-eaten furs, carpenters’ kenge Plated spoons, calico, torn shawls, baskets, bottles, demijohns, a few yards of cashmere “and sich,” The prices realized were absurdly high, from a@ junk stand- point, and the department’s representative, a4 erty Clerk Kranshaar, was jubilant over the result, One of the spectators remarked that “the rogues Who stole such trash as that auctioned off should be sent to the prison for life.” Among the oilicials resent at the sale were Commissioner Briggs, ‘easurer Van Anden, Boiler Inspector Powers, cer Midgely and Jenkins and several detec- ves, JERSEY JUSTICE TO GOTHAM THIEVES, A Jail Bird Caught in Hoboken Impos- ing Upon Philanthropte Citizens. A notorious*thief, who has already served a term of three years in Sing Sing, giving the name of John Clifton, was arrested by Officer Wright, in Hoboken, last evening, for swindling. Mr. Clifton is a short- haired, voy-faced individual with brown eyes, sev- eral yards of calico being tied round an arm to give him the appearance ofa dilapidated piece of human furniture. Tous he moved to tears several philan- thropists who tendered him money. Clifton ac- knowledged that he expected a year et least in State Prison, but when brought before Mr. Bohn- stedt, Hoboken’s Recorder, he received the heavy sentence of ten days in the county jail. THE FATAL WRESTLING OASUALTY. Coroner Keenan yesterday afternoon held an inquest in the case of William Bracken, the man Whose death resulted from injaries recetvead on the Rag of the 28th ultimo while wrestling with dames Kelly .n the porterhouse of me jogan, 177 First avenue, as heretofore publis! in the Hera.p. The testimony showed that Bracken and Kelly, who were friends, meeting in the barroom took several drinks and then engaged in a friendly wrestiing match, during which Bracken was thrown heavily on the floor. The jury, after listen- ing attentively to the testimony, rendered a ver- dict of accidental death. hereupon Coroner Keenan discharged Kelly trom custody. ’ A DISORDERLY DANCE HOUSE. John Kavanagh and Denis Foley, who have haa several examinations before Justice Elliott, Wil- lamsburg, on a charge of keeping a disorderly dance house at the intersection of Division avenue and Clymer street, were last evening placed under 2,000 bunds to answer to the Grand Jury. Seventy- ive dancers, male and female, were arrested In this dance ‘house (formerly known as Willett’s Opera House), at a late hour on & Saturday night a few weeks ago, by the police of the Filth precinct. The dancers were discharged on the followin; Monday morning, but Kavanagh and Foley did no! have their cases disposed of until yesterday after- noon, With the result as stated above. FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG, At half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire occurred in the one-story frame building, 299 Fifth street, Williamsburg, occupied as a carpen- ter’s shop by David Brown and owned by Peter Delap. The building and contents were entirely consumed. Mr. Brown’s lo: estimated at $500, and Mr. Delap says that it cost him $500 to put up the building, on which he had no insurance, THE STEAMER GEORGE 8 WRIGHT. SAN FRANCISOO, March 6, 1873, The steamer George S. Wright 1s close ashore near a village of the Kuergufath Ind‘ans, a fierce tribe of savages. * The Indians who brought this news to Victoria remained five days encamped on the beach, but saw no signs of the boats or of people from the wreck. ‘The Indians from the village, who are usually very curious about such matters, did not come near the spot. It is now thought part or all of the crew may be prisoners in ands of these savages, the worst in British Columbia, SUIT FOR DAMAGES FOR AN ASSAULT. MeEnrrpen, Conn., March 6, 1873. In the suit of Captain Luther G. Riggs, editor of the Meriden Recorder, against Wilbur F, Parker for $10,000 damages, for a brutal assault with arms committed three years since, the defendant this mor’ allowed a default to be entered in the New Haven Superior Court, and the case was taken from the jury. The Court is now to decide what amount of damages shall be awarded Captain Riggs. AN INOENDIARY CAGED. CrncrxnaTl, March 6, 1878. Aman giving his name as J. H. Walters was ar- rested and lodged in the Andersen, Ind., jail yes terday, charged with robbing and burning the Bee Line iiroa depot in that There were found in his trunk $7,500 of tickets of that A JUDGE OOWHIDED, CrnciNNATI, March 6, 1873, Judge Stroud, of the Police Court, this morning sentenced a boy named Joe, alias “Kid” Lytle, to the workhouse for thirty days as 8 common thief. ‘The boy is a notorious character, and has. been sen- tenced several times. tl toot a’ cowhided him severely. The alleged le; ason that the Judge, in giving the sentence, Fererred to the. bond rovbory Utes, “Ne Y., {oF ‘which the boy was recently charged and tried, but not convicted. PRINT OLOTH MARKET, Provipencs, R. L, March 6, 1873, ‘The print cloth market is quiet and rather easter. Sales at 7%0. @ 7<c. for standard and extra sixty- four squares. Two Lone Women Murdered on Smutty Nose Island. THE ASSASSIN’S CUNNING. He Visits the House at Midnight and Com- pletes His Terrible Work, A THIRD INTENDED VICTIM ESCAPES. Porrsmourn, N. H,, March 6, 1873. Our citizens were horror-stricken soon after noon to-day, when a fisherman named Huntress, whose home is at the Isle of Shoals, by landing from his boat at Newcastle and taking a team thence to this eity, hastened to inform our police that a mur- der most foul had been committed at the Shoals. Several years ago there came to this city a Norwogian named Ohristien Johnson, who engaged in the fisheries at the Shoals, bought property there, and after a while opened the Norwegian House here. He waa drowned @ year or two since, while disposing of a Cargo of dried fish at the West Indies, @ branch of trade he was just beginning. From bis operations there has come to be y QUITE A SETTLEMENT OF FOREIGNERS at the Shoals, Prussians and Swedes, and with these Mr. Huntress lived om one of the seven isles of shoals, called Smutty Nose, with his wife and two younger women, named An- netta Lawson and Cornelia Christenson. A rough young fellow, Lewis Wagner, so called, had for a long time made his home with Mr. Huntress. He was one ef the crew of the fishing schooner Addison Gilbert, recently sunk in this harbor by a Portland sloop, by which mishap Wagner was left destitute, Wednesday evening Mr? Huntress and Wagner came to this city to spend the night, leav- ing the three women at home tn the lonely house on that island, which lies near and easterly to the well Known Appledore Isle, and is often called Haley’s Isiand. WAGNER WAS SEEN TO GO DOWN on the wharf here after supper, with an axe in his hand, and did not return till this morning, when, at seven o’clock, he took breakiast with Huntress. He was much agitated, and his hands trembled violently, and he remarked to Huntress that he knew something was going to happen to him. After breakfast hewent to a barber and had his whiskers taken off, and there seems to be no doubt tnat he left this city per Eastern Railroad towards Boston on the noon train. Early in the day Mr. Huntress Went to the Shoals and there learned that at about midnight Wagner had been on the island and mur- dered two women out of three who lived there, Mrs. Huntress alone escaping. SHE VAINLY 1MPLO1 for her companions, and her own life, being twice struck on the head with a chatr, and escaping out of doors. She remained there until about eight o’clock in the morning, when she crossed the sea wall to Malaga Island, and by her cries attracted the attention of Mr. In- erbredsan, a man living on Appledere Island. ie immediately went to her assistance, and upon hearing the story went to the Appledore House and informed the Messrs. Laighton, who ac- companied him to the scene of the tragedy. The bodies of the two young women were found lying on the floor of their own house, and the spectacic was frightful. Miss Christenson was killed in the building by blows with a chair and afterwards with @n axe, but Miss Lawson succeeded in getting out of a window and as far as the end of the house, when the murderer struck her on the head with the axe and felled her to the earth. AFTER KILLING HER he dragged her ey, inte the house and laid it beside that of his other victim, and then, lighting @ lantern, he searcned about the island for Mrs. Huntress, fortunately without finding her. The ‘woman was accompanied by a little dog belonging to the family, and retained sufficient presence of mind to Keep the little creature hidden beneath her clothing all the time the murderer was search- ing for her, that she might not be betrayed by his barking at the light. Her feet were badly trozen, and the terrible experiences of the night had distracted her before her position was discovered. There were between three and four hundred dollars in the house, but the assassin failed to find it. His object appears to have been rrowly escaped with booty, but it is not kaown that he obtained more than about fifteen dollars, the larger sum being cunecaled between the beds and elsewhere. Two watches, hanging in the room, were also left un- touched. SMUTTY NOSE ISLAND is partly or wholly within the limits of Maine, as is also Appledare, the rest oi this famous group Ltt ene to New Hampshire. Smutty Nose will be remembered as the scene of a prize fight a year or two ago, when the police were not certain of their jur! ction. The Shoals are ten miles from the wharves of Portsmouth, and Wagner is supposed to have made his voyage of a score of miles on that beautiful starlight night in a smail boat, with oars and sail, cherishing his foul purpose all the while, and putting it into terrible execution, When he entered ie house stealthily the women supposed it was the returning husband, and 80 accosted him, when he smashed @ chair on the head of one, and disposed of the poor Lg ped creatures asstated. Mr. Huntress stopped at the Shoals only long enough to learn the facts, and then came back to this city. The eee ot Boston and other cities were notified, and Dity Marshal Jonnson left for Boston on the train following that on which Wagner went. THE MURDERER is a six-footer and powerfully built, of light com- plexion. The fishermen at the Shoals are terribly excited. Should Wagner fall into their hands while they are in their present temper he could hardly escape being torn into pieces. Crowds, to the number of hundreds, have been roaming our streets all the afternoon visiting every iacoming train until midnight, hoping the reports of his ar- rest and com! might prove true. The United States steamer Mayflower, with Coroner Junkins, of New York county, Maine; representatives of the ‘cal Boston press, and others went to the Shoals Thursday afternoon, from the Navy Yard, and bad not returned up to midnight, — Boston, March 6, 1673, Louis Wagner, the alleged and probable murder- er of the women at the Isle of Shoals, was arrested in a North street den in this city about nine o’clock this evening. He was apprehended by a descrip- tion forwarded by the Portsmouth officers. He had not only completely -disguised himself by having his head and face cleanly shaved, but had also purchased a new suit of clothes. His old ofes, which were found where he bought the new sult, were covered with blood. ‘The accused denies that he is the murderer, and says he has not been on the Isiand where the deed was committed since last Christmas. He was very cool when taken into custody, and after being committed to nis cell immediately went to sleep. He ts a Prussian, very muscular and about twenty- nine years of age. There is probably not the least i doubt of his guilt. He will be taken to New Hamp- shire in the morning. BLOODY AFFRAY IN CHICAGO. CuIcaGo, Iil., March 6, 1873, A desperate fight eccurred at an early hour this morning near the Douglas Place, in the southwest part of the city, between two policemen and a number of half-drunken revellers who were making @ disturbance on the street. Refusing to obey the officers to keep quiet, the officers each collared @ man and started for the poles tation, whereupon the rest of the gang at- iife ked one of the oficers and beat him so that his is Other officers came to their comrade relief, and, firing several anots into the crowd, ed in driving them of. James and Patrick McVeigh, who attacked the officers, were found lying inthe street at some distance from the scene of the fracas, each with pistol wounds, from which it is believed they will die. Several others of the party were arrested. OOHVIOTS ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE, PHILapsLPata, March 6, 1873. John Adams, alias Brockie George, alias George Williams and a celi companion named.8mith made 8m unsuccessful attempt to escape from the Penitentiary this morning. They suc- ceeded in getting out of the cell and reaching the yard, but when ‘in the act of the wall were recaptured. They had made a rope out of the bed clothing with which to mount the wall. Smith made a key out of a piece of brass and opened the lattice door weary. tte @ small yard attached to the cell, door opened from the outside and by an ous contrivance of two sticks, to which was attached a small pulley and key, the door was opened. Adams was sentenced on De- cember 19 to thirteen years’ imprisonment for murderously assaulting detectives. Smith Go to Chester, Pa., and had one year and @ half to 4eerve for burglary. ' Subsequent! brothers, of THE STATE CAPITAL, The Lobbyist’s Little Job and Who d What Is He? DID HE GET THAT $15,000? The Insurance Committee Wild to Discover the Wreteh and to “See About It.” REMINGTON RIFLES AND GATLING GUNS, A Tilt in the Assembly Over an Appropria- tion for Sectarian Schools. THE CHARTER AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE A Whole Day’s Work in Committee and No Nearer the End Than Before, ALBANY, March 6, 1873, The Insurance Committee of the lower house is very justly indignant over the inuendoes of the lobby, that a majority of them knew more than they want to tell about the lobbyist whois said to have got $15,000, or at least attempted to collect a round sum from certain of the life insurance com- panies, on the ground that he had obtained the adverse report of the committee on a certain bill. It is but just to state just here that the members -of the committee were IN NOWISE ACTUATED BY SINISTER MOTIVES in coming to the conclusion they did. This lam now thoroughly satisfied of in view of certain facts which have come into my possession to-day. Be- sides there has been considerabie misapprehen- sion about the nature of the bill they reported adversely. It was generally believed that it simply com- pelled life insurance companies to make an an- nual report to the Secretary of State. It seems that the companies are now by law compelled to make an annual report of all loans made and what property, &c., they take for security. The bill which the committee reported adversely com- Pelled the companies to make a monthly report under oath of all loans’ of their funds made during the month, to whom made and at what rate of interest. In one of the sections, moreover, was the foilowing “nigger :’’—*Such statement shall be made to the Superintendent of the Insurance De- partment, and shall be published by such company at such time in two ” of the newspapers published in the State of New York, to be designated by the Superintendent of the Insurance Department; and then, as fol- lows, “One of such papers shall be published in the city of Albany and one in the city of New York.”” Now it will be seen that there is quite a difference between a bill of this character and one that simply calls for an annual report of the loans, and that the cause of THE MISAPPREHENSION OF MANY of the members that it was one of the very best bills ever introduced was fallen into be- cause of its letter being almost identical with that ef another insurance bill, It can be said, therefore, beyond a doubt, that the Committee in making the adverse report made it because they feit convinced that it was not only avery annoying one to the companies but one that could not be made at all practicable. Thus much for the bill as it was and the honesty of the com- mittee, but there Is yet a mystery about the talk in the lobby concerning that $15,000. Every possible effort has been made so far to discover who the man was who got or tried to get a big rake for his alleged _infiuence in having the bill re porree adversely. Two of the leading companies in the city have, I believe, sent word to Mr. Tobey, the chairman, who is doin, his utmost to find out who the allege blackmailer is, that they have net been approached by anybody who claimed to be able to control the committee, but what he may have attempted to do with the smail companies they do not pretend to know. MR. M'QUEEN, WHO INTRODUCED the bill that has raised all the tuss, it now turns out, did net care a fig whether the bill was even reported or not; in fact, I learn that he went before the committee and stated that he had no interest in the bill whateyer. He stated, more- over, that the bill had been #anded, or sent to him by somebody nota member ef the House. This fact, just elicited, may yet throw a great deal of light on the subject. Indeed, have heard it whispered about this afternoon that the autnor of the bill, whoever he may be, purposely drew it up in such ~@ shape as tocreate a desire among the insurance companies to ‘settle it,” and that, being ited somehow or other as to how the committee felt on the particular subject with which the bill was made to deal, Knew for certainty that tt would be re- ported adversely. It is notte be understood as yet that the parties who brought the bill to Albany are the real authors of it, but it is now believed that if any of the companies have been “‘dunned”’ out of $15,000 or any other sum ef money as compensa- tion for having the bill reported adversely, the: were aperenai by some party who had a han in getting the bill brought up here. If this is the real secret of the situation, then the bill was a strike, pure and simple, although Mr. McQueen knew nothing of it, and the committee, who have done their duty honestly in dealing with the bill the way they have, will fimd him out if it takes all Winter, SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE CITY. Some discussion was had over the biil providing for common schools in the city of New York. Mr. Crary moved to recommit the bill with tnstruc- tions to amend by inaking the city contain RIGHT INSTEAD OF SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, the Seventh district to consist of the Nineteenth and Twenty-second wards, and the Eignth district to consist of the Twelltth ward, and have three in- spectors im each district. He said this was neces- sary to meet the wants of the upper part of the city. PROVIDED FOR. Mr. Husted hoped the motion would not prevail. It would produce no good result. The appoint- ment of commissioners is made by the Mayor from the city at large, and the gentleman's section of the city would be provided for, Every ward has five trustees and the number of inspectors he proposes is already provided for. Mr. Crary insisted that the comprising of the whole by fed part of the city in one district was un- just, and proceeded to sustain his point. ALREADY “ADJUDGED, Mr. Husted replied that this whole question had been carefully considered py those conversant with the subject, and they thought this was the correct form in which to put the bill. Mr. Blumenthal sustained the amendment for the reason that the Twelfth ward was a very large ward, growing eu ra@pidiy, and should be a separate district, e amendment was lost and the bill was read and pi GOVERNMENT. on motion, took up the special order—the bill making an ap) roprmpon for the support of the rnment. tr. he moved to strike out the “the office of INSPECTOR OF GAS METRES ts hereby abolished.” He thought if the committee wanted te abolish the ofice oe, ought to intro- duce a bill for that purpose, Mr. Fort satd this was put in here because the committee thought the office amounted to nothing. . Campbell in- sisted that the ofice did amount to something in New York, at all events, and the salary of this office, it should be remembered, was paid by the ge companies. He t this provision did not long te this bili at all. Mr. Albe! bon 4 the constitution prohibited the creation of office, Mr. e—If the Constivasion has been the support of the government . Campbell said the provision was put in thépill in the in rest of the gas pe ES to serie it out was carried, tom lerson moved to increase the spproprigyjon TE LIBRARY 000 000, though! because the State Library had charge of the law library and ¢! ‘was languishing for want of means. He spoke some length im advocacy of his motion. Speaker Cornell moved to make it $6,000, which Mr. Pierson accepted. Mr. Batchel- ler moved to make it $10,000 and sustained his me- tion. Mr. Fort called attention to the present large taxation, and thought $10,000 too much. It formerly $4,' jum, and the committee had thought proper to reduce it. Mr. Hendee was opposed to this expendi- ture. He said other people paid their own money for the books they wanted, Mr, Batcheller’s motion was negatived. ‘The question was then taken on Mr. Plerson's amendment to make it $6,000, which was lost. Mr. Wells moved $4,000, which was lost. Mr. Pierson moved $5,000, which was also lost, Mr. Husted moved to increase the appropriation tor expenses of the National Guard of the State irq NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. $200,000 to $225,000. Mr. Batéhelier eustain: motion, and it was adopted, od RIFLES AND GUNS, Mr. Fort moved to insert, $96,000 to 6,000 Remington breech-leading rifles, ani for three Gatling guns. Mr. Husted said this money weuld not come out of the State Treasury, but from the national government. Without taking action on the question the committee rose and re- ported progr At the evening session, when the bill_ was orain taken up for discussion in Committee of the W pig, Mr, Fort, backed by Mr. Husted, attempted @n amendment appropriating $90,000 for thi e and $12,000 tor the Gatling guns tacked op to the bill. Their stand in the matter created A LIVELY DISCUSSION ALL ROUND, 1m which Jacoes took the leading part, he being bitterly op Md to it. While not denouncing it as an attempt to swindle the State, he quietly re- marked that chat had been rife in news- eee in regard the State contract made for ‘he Remington rifles. When put to vote the amendment was overwhelmingly defeated. The section of the bill relating to the appropriation for academies was reached at @ late hour, and got everybody by the ears in leas than five minutes after it had been re; ACADEMIES AND ACADEMIOAL DEPARTMENTS. Mr, Brewer moved to insert the sum of $125,000 to academies and the academical departments of the Union schools, or so much as wit be derived from a tax of one-stxteenth of a mill on each dollar of the taxable property of the State. He sustained his motion at some length, claiming it was the duty of the State to toster and aid these institutions, He said this was the appropriation made last year, Mr. Liacoln also sustained the motion at consid- erable length. Mr. Crawiord and Mr, Clark followed on the same 2. Mr. Sylvester also advocated the amendment. Mr, Jacobs moved an amendment to the amend- ment prohibiting the payment of any amount of the money to any school under sectarian er relig- fous denominational direction, Mr. Clapp opposed this amendment, as also did Mr, Vedder, Mr. Crawford sustained the amendment. hn Pierson called for @ discussion ef the ques- PROHIBITED BY THE CHARTER. Mr. Jacobs asked why gentlemen should not vote for this ameadment now after they had voted to put it in the New Yorkcharter? In that case they swallowed the whole heg, tall and all. Mr. Pierson said it was not exactly like the pro- vision in tae charter. There were two proposi- tions in this amendment, The New York charter prohibits appropriations to institutions under sec- tarian and denominational influence. New, there were academies under control of certain denomi- ations, but religious tenets are not taught. Atter further debate Mr. Jacobs modified his amendment so as to make it read:—“But no part of this fund shall be distributed in aid of any relig- jous or denominational academy in this State.” It was adopted. The question was ou Mr, Brewer's motion as amended by Mr. Jacobs’ motion, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS, AND NOT STATE. Mr. Fort called attention to the fact that in other parts of the bill it would be found that in the ag- gregate the sum of $61,000 is apprepriated to various Normal schools and teachers’ in- stitutes, He maintained that these acade- mies had no right to come to the State and ask for one cent. They were private inatitu- tions, not State institutions, Our schoels are open to all our children, but the doors pf the academies are not. He was, therefore, opposed to this appropriation, He thought the day was com- ing when these academies iL become a part of our common schoois, when they will no longer be separate institutions. ir. Babcock moved to add to Mr. Jacob’s amendment the words ‘in which the tenets of any religious sect are taught.” Mr, Jacobs rose to a point of order. This amendment was already adopted. The Chair decided the point was well taken. Mr. Husted then moved that it be added to the end of the section, PROGRESS REPORTED, The committee then reported progress without taking any further question. SECRET SESSION OF THE SENATE COMMITTER ON THE CHARTER, The charter, transferred to the Senate Com- mittee, raged there to-day with all the vigor and viclousness that characterized it in the Lower House. Senator Woodin, chairman of the committee, with his usual impetuosity, Called the committee in secret session at his rooms at Congress Hall this morning, atten o’clock. Almost the majority of members had had fulltime to wipe from their brows the dust of the previous night's deliberations. The committee's proceedings are supposed popu- larly to have been hermetically sealed. A resolution of profound secrecy was imposed apes. every member, and the clerk and all of them, with a highly creditable sense of duty, responded only with their TS on tueir lips to the curious inquiries of those interested in the fate of the new government for New York city. Even Davenport ‘buzzed’ Woodin all: the after- noon, only to get the stereotyped reply, “Well, the proceedings are secret.’ Not a word was uttered upon which ® fiction writer could hinge a specula- tion of a guess. However, it has been ascertained NEARLY ALL OF EATON’S AMENDMENTS WERE AC: CKDED TO by Woodin and the more radical Custom House members, but, for a wonder, Benedict opposed them. He had some amendments of his own to offer, and being enamored of old time notions some of them were about as relevant to the needs expressed in the present charter as old wine to new bottles, But he insisted and talked so much that the time 80 precious in Woodin’s estimation was wasted, morning session of the com- mittee cl ith little or no progress, Palmer evinced a spirit of opposition to Custom House rule that will have to be moilified in seme manner familiar to those wily spirits or trouble will ensue. Wiesmann also developed an unexpected ten- dency toward the policy proposed by the Committee of Seventy, he having more respect for a small portion of that eminent but ridiculeus than jor the wkole Custom House, with all its weighers and gaugers. Tiemann of course ty en every- be on the democratic principle of self-gevern- ment and Opposition to legislative commissions, and he is of that temperament that is not to be moved by argument or persuasion when he believes he is in the right. THE THREE CITY MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE, it may thus be discerned, are lukewarm in the interest of the charter, even {f they are not slightly the irchase $12,000 lyn, aud Adains, of Aipany are, meibers who are uncenditionally committed to the whole measure as it came from the House. But Woodin feels confident, and was seeking penn; bets in the Senate to-day that the charter woul be reported by Friday. He was promptly taken up, and odds offered, which he readily took. It was on account of these iyestments prob- ably that he called another session of the committee this afternoon and another to-night. The customary Thursday night session Of the Senate was postponed to give his committee full swing, and they were at it until twelve o’clock to-night. e counsel for the charter, Mr. Daven- port, was admitted to the sessions. He evidently exercised no very hopeful influence, however, for at the close they seemed NO NEARER THE END THAN BEFORE. Woedin himself said “they hadn’t got into the work yet.” The Eaton amendments adopted were interlined and other mechsnical duties were gone through with. It is now impossible to report the charter before Tuesday unless the Senate refuses to take its customary holiday to-morrow, and that isa point that mm very angry debate. If they persist In the Saturday and nday ad- journment the committee will quite likely remain here in session [sep d their work, The demo- cratic strengthin the Senate is gathering itself together for a Winky when the, to them, obnoxious measure comes up for debate. Senator Lord ta brimful of rhetoric already, and Johnson has been sharpening his wits in various emective ‘ways for the occasiona Henry ©. Murphy will con- duct the legal disquisition for the party, and Tie- mann will request that the bill, be road over two or three times li any necessity should require delay. O’Brien has announced his intention to favor the bill. DENOUNCING CONGRESS, Senator Lord introduced conourrent resolutions, as follows:— Whereas the late Congress In the last hour of its session. assed a law increasing the saiury of the President from, 000 to $50,000 a year, and tho ‘salaries of members of o from to $7,000 a year, and made Po cable to Lied ee hg a Ky E a ep A Ay taal ered ; , by ol ved, "That thie Leygial in the name of the peo- ple of the State denounce auld act as @ corrupt outrage upon the Fenn of the people, now over ed with oppressive taxation, & gros# Abuse of the public trust and ‘@ violation of decency and integrity. sel a nt ebayer pea Je : Beat ot at the Grst opportunity that may be afforded. The: resolutions being concurrent went over under the rule. acta The Constitutional Commission. ALBANY, March 6, 1873. In the Constitutional Commission to-day the question of the number of Senators and the formation of Senatorial districts was dobated. It was finally decided to provide for thirty-three Senators, to be elected for three years, and one-third to be elected each year, the State to be divided into ten districts, three Sena- biassed on the other side. Woodin, Perry, of Brook- indeed, the only tors from each district and three from the State at isrge. The of the districts were mot decid ERIE RAILWAY BARMINGS, The following is the oficial return of estimated weekly earnings commencing November 1, 1872:— 1872, 1873, Peas 7 Sure, tob Week ending Feb. 28......... $269, $215,; Previously reported.. «+ 5,267,442 6,467,777 Total since Nov. 1... $5,521,037 $6,743,242 Increase for week. ert $5,870 Increase for four months to date, 216,206 DEATH OF A DEPARTMENT PAYMASTER, SAN FRANCIS00, March 6, 1873, General Cary H. Fry, Ohief Paymaster of the Miltary Division of the Paciflo, died here yesterday. 7 eed PEACE REJECTED, Commissioner Meacham’s Despairing Despatch to Secretary Delano, STEELE & CO. BARELY ESCAPE. “The Modocs Emphatically Re- ject All Offers.” “THE. COMMISSION 18. A FAILURE." San Franctsco, Cal., March 6, 1873. A despatch from Yreka says the news frome the Modoe country has created a great deal of surprise as well as excitement hore. It is generally believed that Steele and his party only escaped from the treachery of the Modoes. through the friendship of Scar-faced Charley... It will, doubtless, have to be fought out now in the lava bed. The following telegram was sent and, by order of the Peace Commissioners, furnished to the Associated Press: — COMMISSIONER MEACHAM DESPAIRS. Heapgvuarters Peace Co: Famcutup’s Rancu, March 4, 1873.” To Cotumsus Deano, Secretary of the Inté- rior, Washington:— The Modocs emphatically reject all. offers and propositions, They propose to meet im full force Meacham and Applegate, with six unarmed men, in the lava beds. This, undoubtedly, means treachery, We are still willing to meet them in a conference, but not upon their terms. 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