The New York Herald Newspaper, October 28, 1873, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERAL BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR THE DAILY HERALD, published every day tn the year, Four cents per copy. Annual subscription price $12. ee ———— Volume XXXVIII. 301 AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING, THEATRE COMIQUB, No. 51¢ Broadway.—Vasierr ENTERTAINMENT. MPIC THEATRE, Broadway, between Houston and Bleecker sts.—Rur Van WINK‘. BROADWAY THEATRE, 728 and 730 Broadway.— Fares, Our Genwan Cousin. \ GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Eighth ay. and Twenty-third st.—Rounp tax CLocx. NIBLO’S GARDEN, Broadway, between Prince and Houston sts.—Tax Brack Cnoox. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway and Thirteenth street—Sux Stoors To Conqura. \. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 14th street and Irving place.— Grand Orera Concert. UNION JUARE THEATRE, Union jaare, near Broadway.—Tux Gxxxva Onos: * WOOD'S MUSEUM, Broadway, corner Thirtieth st.— Wuuiy Reitty. Alternoon and evening. BOOTH’S THEATRE, Sixth Fancuon, tx CRICKET. NEW LYCEUM THEATRE, léth st. and 6th av.— Txcomar. 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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, 3d ayv., betwe ‘Bnd 4th sta Afternoon and pee sthey ene STEINWAY HALL, lth st. between 3d ay, dlace.—Mrs. Januey’s Wax Wonks. nee ee NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, Ni B: \- Way.—SclENcE aNp ART. fh TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Tuesday, October 28, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. “THE BUCHU PACIFIC RAILWAY! HOW TO BUILD A RAILWAY FROM NOWHERE TO NOWHERE AND MAKE THE GOVERNMENT VER" —} SHE WAR IN SPAIN! 20,000,000 REALS UB- TAINED FROM THE PLUNDERED MER- CHANTMEN BY THE INTRANSIGENTES— SEVENTH PaGE, MORE ENGLISH BULLION FOR AMERICA! ERIE SHARES SOARCE IN THE LONDON MAR- KET—SUSPENSIONS IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF THE LATE PANIC—S8VENTH Pace. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE FROM EUROPE BY CAsSLE—IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS— SeveNnTH PaGE- SHE POPE AND THE KAISER! THE HOLY FATHER’S LETTER TO EMPEROR WIL- LIAM OF GERMANY AND THE REPLY— THIRD PAGE, 4 BRUTsL MURDER FOR FIFTY CENTS! THE FOREMAN OF A SODA WATER FACTORY KNIFED BY THE HOSTLER—Tgwtu Pace. B QUESTION OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE! SHALL OUR JUDGES BE ELECTED? PROM- INENT LAWYERS GIVE THEIR OPINIONS! MR. O'CONOR ON DEMOCRACY—Tuomp Pace. KOMMODORE VANDERBILT SETTLES UP WITH THE UNION TRUST COMPANY! THE BASIS! WHAT PROMINENT BANKERS THINK OF IT! RESUMPTION—Turnp Pace. THE CAUSES AND THE SPEEDY CURE FOR THE PRESENT FINANCIAL DEPRESSION ! THE BUBBLE OF FICTITIOUS VALUES PRICKED! PAYING OUT SILVER! BUSI- NESS AND PRICES—FirrH Pace. EDWARD 8S. STOKES’ RETRIAL ALMOST CON- CLUDED! HIS COUNSEL ADVANCE FORTY- THREE REQUESTS TO CHARGE! GLOWING DEFENCE OF THE PRISONER Fourru PAGE. TRIAL OF FRANK L, TAINTOR, CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT, RESUMED YES- TERDAY! GENERAL LEGAL BUSINESS— POSTAL TELEGRAPHS-A BANK SsWIN- DLE—FourrH Pace. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS! THE WORKINGMEN ENDORSE THE REPUBLICAN TICKET! A DEMOOCRATIO MASS RATIFICATION OF Ee KINGS COUNTY TICKET—SsvenrE AGE. SHE Sar News rzom Evnorze sy Caste.—A Heratp special telegram from London, under flate of yesterday, which appears elsewhere in our columns, supplies a very full and complete list of the arrivals and departures of shipping at and from European ports to the latest moment previous to the transmission of the despatch, The ves- sels having sailed trom this side of the Atlan- tic the intelligence is of very great impor. tance, particularly to insurers, owners of cargo, and the families and friends of the men who are employed on board, Disrness mv ALABAMA.—It is stated that in consequence of heavy rains and the destruc- tion of the cotton crops by the army worm touch destitution exists in several counties in Alabama, particularly in Sumter and Marengo vounties, Itis alleged that in some places there is actual starvation, and that aid is required in order to avoid the most serious wonsequences during the coming winter. It is sad to reflect that while portions of the Southwest, notably Memphis and Shreveport, have been afflicted with a terrible epidemic, ® part of the extreme South should be suffering from another visitation, But in the midst of these troubles it is gratifying to record the spirit of liberality exhibited by Northern people in behalf of their afflicted Southern brethren. We trust they will not halt in these praiseworthy efforts in the cause of common humanity. NEW YORK. HERALD, TUESDAY, OUTOBER 28, 1873.—TRIPLE , SHEET. ‘The Buchu Pacific Railway—How to Batld a Railway from Nowhere to Nowhere and Make the Govermment Pay for It Twice Over. Few enterprises are as well known to the people as the Transcontinental Buchu Pacific Railway. Have we not heard of it in public speeches, in declarations from the press, in Congress, in elaborate and dazzling advertise- ments? Dowe not remember what an impor- tant part it formed in the political campaigns of 1856, and how the discreet Buchanan wrote 8 letter for use in California in favor of the road, which, by reason of the mails—there being no tale-telling telegraphs—could not be read in the South, where people were opposed to Pacific railways, until after the election? And do we not recall the verses, the celebra- tions, the visions of Oriental trade that came over the enthusiastic press when the silver spike clinched the last tie that bound the two oceans together? Why repeat the eloquence of those noisy days? Here it lies, flat and dead, on the old yellow Hernarp pages—no more life in it now than in the champagne which foamed and sparkled at the celebration feasts. . The railway as a national undertaking was, of course, a noble thing todo, Andif it had been honestly done for the good of the people, andas a military or a political necessity, noone would have objected. But the achievements and experiments of the road after the Buchu Ring went into it are what now particularly concern us. The Buchu mind, never swayed @ moment from the due consideration of busi- ness by eloquence or champagne or patriotic considerations, discovered that there was a way to induce Congress to pay once for a rail- way, then to induce the people to pay a second time for it, and, finally, to obtain these two payments without making o road at all. We do not know who made this discovery, nor whose genius carried it into successful operation. There has been so much scandal about railways that the truth is obscure, and we are afraid to make up our minds upon the diseased and unwholesome evidence that has appeared so abundantly. But certain general, elucidating facts no one questions. The Buchu Ring invaded Congress ; it sapped the sandy, crumbling virtue of statesmen like Colfax and Dawes, Bingham and Garfield, and others whose names death has covered with silence. The result was that under the guidance of these Buchu statesmen—that is to say, under the careful management of Dawes and Bingham, Colfax and Garfield—the first result was achieved. Congress was induced to pay for the building of a railway a sum seve- ral times larger than was needed. There is an end to the acquiescence of legis- latures, and, having achieved this result from Congress, an appeal was made to the people in behalf of another road. ‘We only ask,’’ said the Buchu Ring, ‘‘a modest grant of land, and we will build the road ourselves—only some land, now abandoned to the Indians and of no use whatever, valueless until we give it value—and we will do the remainder.”” The lands were given. Rich as we are in land, nothing is 60 easy to give away. True, we give away the heritage of our children. but a maxim of the Buchu philosophy is, that it is good government to take care of ourselves and leave our children to God. Then came the ‘popularizauon Of Vue mew road. and when we dwell upon this expedient we are lost in admiration at the resoyzees and energy displayed. The people were taken by storm. Some eminent journal- ists were interested in the enterprise. Others were invited to the hospitalities of the manage- ment. This was easily done. Yellowplush was inyited to form an “excursion party,” and circulars were issued to the promiscuous press, asking the editors, as “the palladiums of freedom and the champions of enterprise and truth,’ to go out and see the prodigious wealth of the land to be traversed by the rail- way. So in palace cars, decorated with the American flag, and furnished with the richest food and the most delicate wines, Yellowplush, of the Pantry Echo, in command, the editorial party made the journey. And what letters we had, hazy sometimes, we must confess, and running into poetry and teeming adjec- tives, and rhetoric that foamed and fizzed like champagne, and an air of “We won't go home till morning’ running through all; extravagant letters now and then, with a tendency to wildness, but widely printed. These were followed by the sober calculations, estimates trom ‘careful and experienced engineers,” mathematical articles calculated to impress the careful capi- talist. We were shown that in hides alone the road would pay ten per cent. We were re- quested to note the unexplored buffalo region and calculate the revenue that would come from the transportation of buffalo to the mar- kets of the East. There were also the tables about the antelope traffic—ten million ante- lopes running wild on the great Plains, only waiting to be carried to the seaboard at a profit of eleven per cont! Then we had the eloquent pamphlet on the coyote trade, and ingenions tables to show that with coyotes to furnish the New York market we could make gloves of our own and send them to Paris. We were told about the butter and cheese, the lumber and tan, the iron and coal, the gold and silver, and the government supplies, and fresh grapes from California in midwinter—all to come over the toad and enrich happy holders of shares and bonds. Pamphlets, articles, advertisements, all telling the same story; a free and indepen- dent press echoing it, no wonder that the air was filled with the glories of the enterprise and that indiscrect investors—and most in- vestors are indiscreet—bought the bonds with- out ® murmur, : There were some who mocked at these sta- tistics—who argued that the East did not want buffaloes, because the flesh could not be eaten; that antelopes enough would not be caught to pay for the powder wasted in firing; that the coyote was of no more use for gloves than the skin of the domestic donkey; that we had more butter and cheese than we wanted, and annually sent millions of pounds to Eng- land; that there was no timber on the Plains, and without timber there could not be tan; that we found what iron and coal we wanted in Pennsylvania, and would for two or three centuries, and that by the time the fresh grapes came from the Pacific they were unfit for the table. These criticisms were attributed to envy, to jealousy of rival interests, and when the road one day suddenly fhat the whole corporation was little more than one ring within another, each ring steal- ing from the other, and that part of the pro- ceeds of the bonds was applied to pay the in- terest and to soothe the press. It was found that nota dollar had been paid by the pro- jectors towards the road, There was a con- struction company, which charged three prices for building the railway; a land company, which took the best portions of the land grant for nothing and gave worthless bonds in re- turn. City sites and town lots had been quietly Pparcelled out among the directors. A part of the shares had been put away asa reserved fund, and when this fund was examined it was found that these shares had been divided between members of Congress, popular clergymen and editors of the press—all but one fragment, which was devoted to the sup- Port of a number of chaplains who labored with the mechanics and workingmen on the Sabbath day. When these things were known there was @ great clamor. But who was to blame? Had not Congress voted subsides? Had not the projectors of the enterprise subscribed to every charity and advertised in every news- paper? Was it nota noble thing to develop the country? Were not the bonds good for & new generation? And were they not largely held in foreign lands and by a strange people, for whose misfortunes we cared little? And if Buchu and the members of his ring lost nothing, should we censure them for being shrewd men of business? If, in short, the whole enterprise was a swindle—a false pre- tence from beginning to end—only an expedi- ent to sell worthless bonds on commission, make money out of construction companies and gain vast land franchises for nothing— why should we complain? These men only took advantage of the time. They saw that to do evil things did not always bring an evil name. They had learned the wonderful mer- cantile value of a press that speaks your bid- ding and a pulpit that advertises your bonds at morning and evening prayers, They applied the subtle principles of the financial philosophy of Buchu to their enterprises and were successful. True, the panic led to their failure, but it was only a failure to pay honest debts and make good swindled buyers of fancy bonds. Beyond that there was no failure, and no men to-day have more real money out of the reach of the courts than the managers of the bankrupt Buchu Pacific Railway. The Postal Telegraph System and the Western Union Company. The press and the telegraph are bound to- gether by the ties of mutual interest, and the relations between them are necessarily of a friendly character. The press is the most valuable customer of the telegraph; the tele- graph is the most valuable auxiliary of the press, Anything that can add to the success and efficiency of the telegraph must be ad- vantageous to the press; anything that would cripple and injure the one must be damaging to the other. The Hxnarp uses the telegraph much more extensively than does any other newspaper in the world, and hence is most Geeply interested in securing good service and reasonable rates. We have advocated the assumption of the telegraph busi- ness by the government as a part of the postal system of the country, because wo have become convinced that 1ii3s7” jovern- ment control we can secure better accommoda- tions aud lower charges than we can hope for under private management. We publish to- day communication from the President of the Western Union Company in opposition to the views we have advanced. Our interests in the matter are the interests of the people, and if we believed that private corporation and a monopoly of the business by that cor- poration would bring the telegraphic wires more completely within the reach of the people than would a government ownership we should be as warm an advocate of the Western Trion Company as we now are of a postal system. The success of the postal telegraph in almost all the countries which have adopted it is beyond question, The statement of Mr. Orton, that the logs of the governments oper- ating the telegraph is “several millions per annum, which is paid by taxation,”’ is not, we think, borne out by the facts. Postmaster General Creswell, who has every facility for ascertaining the truth in regard to the working of the European systems, is about to make public statistics which prove their prosperous condition, and as he appears to be resolved to do all in his power to secure the adoption of the government plan here it is fair to con- elude that these statistics are convincing to his own mind that the postal telegraph is a financial success. But there is one fact which even Mr. Orton will not dispute. The gov- ernment system hag afforded the people greater facilities, larger number of offices and cheaper rates, and under its work- ing, wherever it has been adopted, the tele- graph has grown in popular favor and has come into general use. In Great Britain the returns show that the increase in the number of messages sent over the government wires last month averaged one thousand per day more than in September, 1872; and a like in- crease will be found in all countries having a postal telegraph. It is clear, then, that the people are benefited by the government system, even if it were true that the working of the wires entailed an expense upon the nation. In the United States, where the distances are great and the necessity for telegraphic com- munication more pressing, the popular advan- tages of a postal telegraph would be far greater than in any European nation. The United States government has, we be- lieve, already received offers from responsible parties to build telegraph lines all over the United States, duplicating the Western Union wires, for twelve million dollars. It is fair to conclude, therefore, that this sum represents the actual worth of the plant. It is impossi- ble to estimate the value of the Western Union lines, or of the British lines, by their nominal cost. The Western Union Company has certainly paid somewhat extravagantly for several of the lines it has acquired, and the English government was bled profusely by the private corporations for the ‘good will’’ of the concerns, This only shows thata government would do better to build lines than to take those of existing corporations, and the cost can only be fairly estimated by the bids of those who are competent to construct the stopped because the Buchu bankers failed the | lines and responsible for carrying out such condition of affairs was pitiful, It was found | contracts as they may make, These matters, however, are not worth a controversy, as they can be practically determined whenever it may be necessary to decide them. The main point of interest to the public in Mr. Orton's com- munication is to be found in the admission that the Western Union monopoly will make no reductions in its tariff for some time to come, and. in the attempt to justify the exist- ing high rates this declaration will inorease the desire for a postal telegraph in the United States, and will excite the hope that Postmas- ter General Creswell will persevere in his ef- forts to secure this great and popular reform. Legitimate Expenses of an Hilection. The Chairman of the State Executive Com- mittee of the republican party has issued an appeal to the supporters of that organization and its principles and to all who ‘‘are desirous of the success of its candidates at the ap- proaching election” to forward a contribution to “aid in defraying the legitimate and large outlay required in the present contest.’’ To- day we publish an appeal from a poorly paid Post Office clerk, who complains that an as- sessment of one and a half per cent on their salaries is demanded of the Post Office em- ployés by the Superintendent for electioneer- ing purposes, and asks Postmaster James to assure them that they will not be dismissed if they refuse to rob their wives and children of this amount. In addition to this we have a Custom House assessment, and, besides, a very high assessment upon the candidates who are running for office, and all to meet ‘‘legiti- mate electioneering expenses.” Now, who receives and expends all this money, and what are legitimate expenses of an election? There are the printing of bal- lots, the erection of ticket booths, the pay- ment of the ticket distributors, and the adver- tising, posters, and probably a few public meetings, bands, torches, &., to be paid for. But all these are paid by the over-eager can- didates themselves, It follows that either a large amount of money is spent in corruption, bribery and other illegal work, or the money extorted from poor clerks and political boobies is pocketed by a ring of sharks in the organ- ization. So far as the partisans are concerned they are at liberty to throw away their money if they please, but the robbery of hard-worked employés is an outrage of which civil service reformers should be ashamed. We are con- fident that neither the Collector of the Port nor the Postmaster will suffer any clerk in the Custom House or Post Office to lose his position if he should refuse to pay these assess- ments, and hence we advise all the employés to respectfully but firmly decline to pay the amounts demanded of them by superservice- able subordinates. Panic and the People. The late panic, which for the time created general apprehension, and caused the banks and individuals to rake together all the money they could get and keep it locked up, proves in the end more disastrous to the working classes than to any other. The bankers and speculators who fail are generally provided with some means, through previous assign+ ment of property to their families or other- wise. In fact, they live generally in much the same style, But the locking up of money throngh fear in such a crisis closes manufac- turing establishments, stops industry and ws out of employment great numbers of work people, who have nothing to live upon but their waaes from week to week. All round we hear of gispencio™ of labor, The Late Working because employers cannot get the #oney i necessary to pay their hands. Employers take advantage, too, of such a state of things to reduce the rate of wages. Every way, therefore, the workingmen are the greatest sufferers, This stringency in the money mar- ket, and consequent interruption of industry, occur, unfortunately, at a time of the year when the prospect is more gloomy than at any other season—when the winter is about to commence and when families want to lay in a supply of fuel and other necessaries. But the tradesmen and small dealers must also suffer from the means of the most numerous class of society being cut off. However, the winter has not set in yet, and there are indica- tions of an improvement in the financial affairs of the country. The effect of the panic is passing away, and it is to be hoped the banks and individuals who have locked up money will let it out again, and thus enable the manufacturers to resume or continue work. The state of things caused by the re- cent disturbance is only artificial. Still it will take a little time to bring the current back to its ordinary channel. In the meantime we advise employers to be considerate to their workmen and the workmen to be patient and reasonable. The country is prosperous, not- withstanding the temporary panic, is full of resources, and never had since the war a bet- ter prospect as regards trade with foreign na- tions. We hope the consequences of the panic will pass away before the severe winter weather seta in, Tae Late Onto Exxcrion—Tue Vore ron Govznnox.—The popular vote cast in the late Ohio election for Governor was thus divided: — For Allen, democrat 214,603 For Noyes, biota + 213,847 For Collins, liberal.. 9,991 For Stewart, temper: 10,040 Whole vote cast Allen over Noyes. The vote of Ohio for Secretary of State last year was: — For Wikoff, republican For Wiley, democrat + 448,481 758 Republican majority 14,150 Decrease in republican vote this yea 62, Decrease in democratic vote..... . 87,177 Late October vote short of last yea 89,: The late Ohio election, therefore, upon a vote less than a full vote by nearly ninety thousand, going by default, as indicating the strength of either of the two great parties signifies nothing. Tux Newry Arpormren Police Justices have been sworn in, and, under the law, should enter upon their official duties on Tuesday of next week. Of course, the constitutionality of the law under which they have been appointed will be contested by the Police Justices now filling the offices by election, and it is said that Mayor Havemeyer, in anticipation of such a result, desires the Police Commissioners to order prisoners to be taken before the new Justices only. But the question will have to be settled by the Courts, and not by the Police Commissioners, and, for the protection of the citizens, itis to be hoped that the decision will be reached as specdily and with as little inde-, cont conflict of authority as possible, Tax ‘Sven Acr”—Wo fave bad the golden age, the iron age, the greenback age, and it seems that we are now to have the “silver age.” This silver issue, however, may be the “silver lining’’ to the black panio eloud that lately overshadowed the country, but we imagine our workingmen who are out of em- ployment would prefer to have their pockets lined with the despised national currency than to hear the silver jingle in the pockets of their more fortunate neighbors. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Goneral W. T. Sherman yesterday arrived at the Astor House, Ex-Mayor William G. Fargo, of Buffalo, is at the Astor House, ‘4Senator John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, is at the Astor House, Senator George S. Boutwell lectures in Winona, Minn., November 21, Horace Fairbanks, of Vermont, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, General S. B, Marvin, of Albany, is registered at the New York Hotel. Judge William F, Allen, of the Court of Appeals, is registered at the Windsor Hotel, Congressman James B. Beck, of Kentucky, 1s staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. - ~ Lieutenant Commander J. J. Read, United States Navy, is quartered at the Hoffman House. Commodore Fairfax, United States Navy, 1s among the late arrivals at the Astor House. Professor Benjamin Peirce, of the United States Coast Survey, yesterday arrived at the Brevoort House, The President has accepted an {nvitation to at- tend the Maryland Institute Exposition next Thursday. General A. A, Humphreys, Chief of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, is quartered at the Hoffman House, The Elmira Gazette wants to know where the “Knights of Pythiag’” are? Does he want to give them a Dam-on? They have a General Beveredge at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago. What sort of a mixture it 1s 1s not stated. General Thomas L. Rosser, Chief Engineer of the Northern Pacific Railroad, has tendered his resig- nation to the company, which is to take effect November 1. A Western paper describes a shocking accident in this characteristic way:—‘‘A Kalamasnoozer named Godfrey poked himself into the knuckle- joint of a shaft, which wound him up at the rate of 200 revolutions per minute. Being a short man the execution was rapid.’ Colonel Paul H. Hayne, of South Carolina, who has been at the North for some months attending to literary works, met with an accident a short time ago which gave him a very painful wound in the foot. Colonel Hayne is a relative of the cele- brated antagonist of Mr. Webster in the United States Senate. An exchange thus describes a Maud Muller who was married at Bluff Creek, Ind., last week:—*‘The fair bride was dressed in calico fringed on the bot- tom with the same material, a bonnet du sotiel, and gloves, shoes and stockings of unmistakable flesh color that fitted as closely as the skin. When asked if she would take this man for better, for worse, she replied, with touching simplicity, ‘You pet.) YELLOW FEVER. Eight Interments at Shreveport. SHREVEPORT, La., Oct. 27, 1878. There were three interments from yellow fever here yesterday and five to-day. A Decrease in the Number of Deaths in Memphis—Texas Threatened Seriously— Cases at Corpus Christi. Mempnis, Tenn, Oct. 27, 1873. From noon on Saturday to noon on Sunday the mortuary report shows that there were twenty-six deaths from yellow fever and eight from other causes, and from noon on Sunday to noon to-day there were thirteen deaths from yellow fever and three from other causes, showing @ decrease or thirteen in yellow fever cases. < Ice formed in many plages this porving and the prospect ls moro honefn- aM = Xs A few absentees are returning to the city. ~~“. ~ No new cases were reported at the Howard Superintendency to noon to-day, and they are dis- charging nurses, T.S. Jukes, Grand Chancellor of tne Knights of Pythias of Tennessee, issued the following order Jo-day:— wndat fared ates aM tHE ES and state we haye sufficient fund: atte reat 1s on hand to relieve oi a rset OT" Advanee of the Disease in Texas. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct, 27, 1873. One fatal case of yellow fever having occurred at Corpus Christi, the authorities here have ordered ®@ quarantine between that city and this place. United States cavairy have gone out to patrol the Toads and prevent intercourse between here and Corpus Christi. The person who died at Corpus Christi had just arrived from Columbus, where tle fever is very prevalent. As the Northern mails come via Corpus Christi they will be interrupted. DENISON, Texas, Oct. 27, 1873, The yellow fever is still unabated below Corsi- cana, Texas, but there is no unusual sickness north of that point, New Cases at Montgomery. MonTGoMERY, Ala., Oct. 27, 1873. Nine cases of yellow fever haye been reported for the past forty-eight hours, The Alabama State fair is postponed from No- vember 2 to the 18th. WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON. Oct, 97, 1878, ‘The Experiment of Resumption of Specie Payment To Be Tried Te-Day. The first step toward paying out specte was takes to-day by Secretary Richardson, in his order to the t treasurers, which is as follows :— The department having conciuded to authorize, | by be change in currency payments the rod ited disbursement of sliver coin, as far as the ‘ ply in the will permit ft, you will — on and after the receipt of this letter and uni otherwise ordered, pay ee creditors, should ad oe pte Lead of currency Obligations @ for currency), & sum not exceed $6 in any one payment in iver cola. This order was sent by mail, and will reach New York, Philadeiphia and Baltimore to-mor- row morning, when the limited payment will begin as prescribed, The United States Trea- surer here will also pay under the same oraer. The order will reach the other Sub-Treasuries 4m a day or two. Secretary Richardson also re- quests them to notice whether the silver paid out enters into circulation @r is hoarded up. Ir lt ts not circulated the Secretary thinks it might rest in the vault of the Treasury as well as fh the pockets of the people. Reports received irom the Pacific coast show that locality to be abundantly supplied with subsidiary silver coin, For this reason orders were issued to-day to the superin- tendents of the mints at Carson and San Fran-- cisco to run on gold coin and trade dollars; The demand for the latter coin from China and Japan, particularly the last named coun- try, is improving. Large numbers have also been bought upin the United States by manufacturers of silverware for trade purposes. The Mint at Philadeiphia, which has been running to its full ca~ pacity on gold, was to-day ordered to change to silver, and will hereafter, until further orders, be occupied in the coinage of half-dollars, quartera and dimes at its full capacity of about $700,000 per month. The amount of silver bullion in possession ~ of the government is suficient to run the mint at this rate for some time to come. There are in the various sub-treasuries at present: about $50,000 in subsidiary coin. The amount to be coined daily will be about $15,000, which will be transferred to the assistant treasurers and by them paid out until otherwise ordered. The See- retary desires to guard against hoarding and speculation as far as it lies in his power, and should the experiment to be commenced to-mor- row prove favorable orders will be issued to in-" crease the disbursements, As stated in these despatches yesterday, the amount disbursed will depend upon the rate of exchange. Much interest 1s manifested in this city in the experiment, as the daily disbursements at the Treasury are large and the government creditors numerous, A New England Manufacturer and the Secretary of the Treasury. One of the largest manufacture: in New Eng- land called on Secretary Richardson to-day, merely, however, to pay nim friendly visit. During the conversation Mr. Richardson alluded to the recent reduction of expenses in the cotton mills by the discharge of workmen, and the curtailing of ex- penses in other manufacturing establishments, which led toa general discussion of the probable effects of the panic on the laboring classes this winter. The New England representative said :— “] would have reason to anticipate very bard times this winter were it not that thd stock of woollen and cotton goods was never lower; and, while the mills may be compelled to run on shorter time, the actual demand will re- quire the services of all the operatives this season. The cotton crop has not begun to have its infla- ence, In 1860, when there was good reason for apprehénsion and the prospect of internal trouble tumbled everyting to the ground, the market was overloaded with the productions of the mills. Now there is no war or rumors of war. The prod-, ucts of the soil were never more in demand; 24d, as if to spite the farmers and grangers’. moves ment, when railroads would be gigd to carry all the freight they could get, I running rate, and whon the, crop and require prompt shipment, the greates! grum-, biers are at swords’ pointa: Yr, Richardson said thas, #0 ve! ad oe memory served him, he = never “own such a condition of affairs. There could be no doubt now that the cotton crop was large and that a good deal of English capital would’ be necessary to move the article if large exports Werg.to be made; but there would be a large de- | mand gr the article at home. How much the lead- jng importefs of New York Mad agreed to furnish in payment of bills abroad would eventually have much influence on the price of gold. The heavy importers could tell more axout the future finan~ cial condition of Wall street the the Treasury Department, because they knew their ov/igations and what amount of exchange would be reqmsed to pay off their indebtedness. In answer to th® A heavy rain occurred here this morning, but the weather is not cold yet. The Deaths in Mobile. MosI.g, Ala., Oct. 27, 1872. There have been nineteen deaths from yellow fever in this city since the disease first appeared, No deaths have been reported within the last forty-eight hours, Three New Cases at Bainbridge, Ga. SAVANNAH, Ga., Oct. 27, 1873, Aspecial despatch to the Morning News from Bainbridge to-day says there are three new cases of yellow fever there to-day, all negroes, More Aid from Georgia. AUGUSTA, Ga., Oct, 27, 1878, Five hundred dollars were subscribed here to-day to one bale of cotton for the relief of the Memphis sufferers. The police force of this city to-day sub- scribed $113 for the relief of the Memphis police. Aid for Memphis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 27, 1873, The City Council to-night appropriated $2,500 to aid the sufferers in Memphis, Another Bale of Cotton Donated—Sold for $2,020. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1873, A bail of cotton, donated to the Memphis suffer- ers, was sold on ’Change in this city to-day for $2,020. Collections for Memphis and Shreveport at Columbia. Cotumpta, 8, O., Oct. 27, 1873. Parker's Hall was thronged to-night and @ liberal sum will be realized for the Memphis and Shreve- port sufferers. Mrs. Vieninger and Mr. Dinck and Professor Buchars, with the band of the Eighteenth regiment of iniantry, formed the attraction. Colonel Thomas Dodamiad inaugurated it. NAVAL ORDERS, WastinaTon, Oct. 27, 1873. Captain Nicholson is ordered as @ member of the Examining and Retiring Board at Washington; Lieutenant Commander Sterling to the Canandat- Gua; Assistant Surgeon Casson to the Marine Ren- dezvous at Boston, Lieutenant Commander Sigs bee s# detached from the Canandaigua and ordered to the Hydrographic Omce. Midshipman Masser has reported his return home from the South At- lantic station and is placed on waiting orders, question “Do you think gold will remain at thé low premium now quoted?” he said, “If you will lay before me the exact condition of affairs in all the European countries, and the condition of affairs in all sections of this country, I believe I could as. nearly prognostigate tne price of gold during the next four weeks as the Weather Bureau can climatic influences from its datly reports. Of one thing I am certain— that while railroad stocks are’ subjected to the in- fluence of canards and reports, on whatever based, the credit of the United States remains unshaken, To-day Germany with her millions upon miiltons of silver 18 as greatly puzzled how toestablisha gold basis ag the merchants of this country are to es- tablish a specie basis on papermoney. Germany has abundance of silver, and the United States nas abundance of paper currency; yet the German gov- ernment finds it a more diMcult problem to solve than the United States, This !s an anomaly in po- litical economy which unsettles all our well settled convictions. Germany with her tons of coin finds no better investment than our five per cent bonds, and has expressed that confidence to the extent. of nearly $20,000,000, Exactly what benefit a specie basis will be either now or in the future with the government's creait above that of any other nation, I am at a loss to see.” With these remarks the conversation ended and the old friend of the, Secretary bade him good afternoon, Jay Cooke & Co. - In the Supreme Oourt of the District of Volum~ bia. before Judge Humphreys, holding a Bank- ruptcy Court, an order was made to-day to give notice by publication to the non-resident defend- ants in the matter of Jay Cooke & Uo, Benjamin P. Buckner {s the petitioning creditor. This case differs from all others brought elther in Phila- delphia or Washington in charging that Williant H, Terrey was @ partner in the Washington house.. The Work of the Pest Office. ‘The report of the Sixth Anditor to the Secretary” of the Treasury snows that the present number of the accounts of postmasters 18 32,065, being an in- crease of 1,741 during the year, “The amount of quarterly accounts in the Department of Foreign Mails equals $1,900,346, The expenses during the fiscal year have been as follows:—For con- tractors, numbering 29,336, $13,478,565; Cole lection orders to postmasters, $3,013,9165 mail messenger service, $514,116; railroad postal clerks and route agents, $1,830,804; miscel- laneous accounts, $1,002,095; letter carriers and special agents, $1,422,405. Tne number of domestic money orders issued during the year was 3,365, amounting to $67,616,214; British money orde! issued, 69,592, Coa to $1,364,476; Swiss money orders issued, 2,801, amounting’ to '$78,8135 ae money orders issued, 19,454, amounting to 420, 72 Sia Pegetdionne Johnson After His Moneys Ex-President Johnson had a consultation with. the Comptroller of the Currency to-day with rofer- ence to the affairs of the First National Bank, 1@& which institution Mr, Johnson haa, it will afhay ney. BX- Secretary MeOuilach ealted watle Mtr. Jonnan, Was rosent, and had a long conference with Comp~ roller Knox on the subject of the banking systein of Kurope as compared with the system 12 t country, &c, The Ute Delegation of Indians had a final interview with the Commissioner of he Indian Bureau to.day, when the Brunot treaty wae {fa promised the Utes acquiesced im, and the Ute chiefs p' ‘ooo namber, now in New Mexico, some 600 or should be moved to the Los Pinos reservation, {n Guiornde. the Utes erore toatn vo consent to nis jssioner assured then tithe oe but ge Comfexico dtd not move to donned tee ponarament ‘would compel them ta G0 804