The New York Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1873, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1873.--TRIPLE SHEET. THE LABOR CRISIS, Deplorable Condition of the Working Classes in Philadelphia. INTERNATIONALISTS AT WORK. —-— Interview with Vice President Shaw, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7, 1873, The most interesting and eagerly anticipated event of the week was developed vhis afternoon, and consequently is a becoming introduction to what succeeds in this letter. For @ long, long time strange rumors have compromised in the estimation of the people the standing and solidity of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and when, therefore, the directors met to take final action respecting future work, the street awaited the issue with no Hittle forevoding and doubt. All day long, while the session convened, the probable conclusion at which the directors would arrive has been the theme of earnest conversation and no small num- ber of perplexing conundrums, The rumor that was rampant last night was to the purport that the Vice President of the road, Colonel Thomas A, Scott, nad formally tendered his resignation, and that there was every probability that the same would be accepted. The rumor was true in one sense, while in another it was false. ‘The facts of the case are these ;—Colonel Scott ad- dressed a ietter to the President of the company, Mr. Thomson, and stated therein if the Board of Directors thougut that their mterests or the in- terests of the road could be advanced by his re- moval his resiguation would be forthcoming at once. He did not resign; he simply stated that be would, provided the clamor and crash of the hour demanded it. The directors decided that alternoon that po such sacrifice was needed, and unanimously voted their entire satisfaction of the mauner in which ail the dutics of the Vice Presi- dent had been fulfilled, THE CAUSE which led Mr. Scott to write, as stated above, to Mr. Thomson was the fact that his name was on the paper of the Texas and Pacitlc Railroad. Con- cerning the dividend great debate ensued, at the conclusion of which was as follows :—It was decided to declare a semi-annual dividend of five per cent upon the company’s stock, whibh would be $260 upou each share. ‘This is payable in scrip bearing seven per cent interest at the end of fifteen months, running on until March 1, 1875, the com- pany reserving to itsel! the right to redeem the same siX months after the date o1 its issue, Fully $17,000,000 was created at the last ailotment, fity per cent of which has been already paid in, This scrip is receivable as payment for instalments upon this increase of stock. TUE STATE OF TRADE. Let us now turn to the state of trade generally, and careiully study its condition, Taking up one by one those various occupations that engage the energies and attention of the great majority of our people, which is indeed the only way of arriving at a fair and satisfactory conclusion, the situation is as tollows:—In the rolling mills, no matter to which particular one you may go, you will either find the iurnaces eutireiy cold or else doing service to about half the time as formerly, and attended with less than one-half the number of hands. ‘The workmen, patient, anxious and hopeful, loiter idly around the buildings which were only a short time ago the scenes of the most surprising activity, but in the exceeding dulness and depression of the times their employers can give them but few assurances jor the future. They hope, though they do not believe, and under the peculiar circumstances in which both the Cambria and Pennsylvania Iron Works at present stand, there is but little promise tor less powerful or im- portant mills to stand the strain of the crisis. THE CABINET MAKERS, who thus far have nobly breusted the pe ae are just beginning to give way. Never, it is said, in the history of the local trade, has the situation been SO alarming, and it is inevitable that before the close of the present month many must dismiss their hands, while some will have to abandon the business altogether for the present. The number of men engayed in cabinet making is exceedingly Jarge, and when they cease their work ali te upholsterers, varnishers, polishers, &c., will be obliged to do the same. THE GAS FIXTURE BUSINESS is one which thus far has suffered very greatty, and day alter day seems to grow less promising. Hundreds of men have been discharged, not only irom the extensive Philadelphia establishments in which the fixtures are made, but many men are turned away daily through lack of work by those employers whose business it is to arrange the pipes and hang the fixtures alter they are turned out irom the factories, The greatest depression prevails in this branch of the trade, which 1s here carried on toa very large extent, and employs in its service thousauds of men, Wuo Would tnd tt diMecult to engage in otier occupation with very muuch success. AMONG THE BATTERS business amounts to almost nothing. Wages have generally been reduced ten and more per cent, and scores of workmen have been weekly discharged. THE O1GAR TRADE, too, is ina bad situation here, as elsewhere through- out the country, only those firms who are behind- hand in their orders employing anything like their usual pumber of men. It is no exaggeration to assert that more than two-thirds of the ENGRAVERS AND LITHOGRAPITERS of this city are thrown out of employment. An adept in the art to-day informed your correspond- ent that usually at this season of the year his wages have ranyed all the way trom $10 to $20 per day, but that now he ane anes altogether out of work, and that during the last few days he had not made acent. TURNERS, PATTERN MAKERS AND WEAVERS are in precisely the same situation, Discharges have followed reduction of wages, and hundreds devoted to these employments are on the street unable to find anything to do. But of all who have suffered the most, and whose alarming condition at this hour ought to appeal to the sympatiies of all able to bestow elarity, may be mentioned the ENGINEERS AND MILL HANDS. Wages have been reduced ten, twenty and thirty per cent; thousands have been put on half time and thousands more left to take care of themselves. In one locality thirteen mills closed in one day, in_ another eighteen, and in other places severil more. The total numver of discharged employés tn their special business alone Coe Rett correspondent can count runs w to 9,000, and there are many other mills of whic! 1am ignorant whose looms are hushed and whose apartments ure as quiet as a grave. ‘THE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS, which in this city act as savings banks for the junds of the laboring classes, are suffering terribly because all their moneys are daily being exhausted, while scores and scores of mechanics who during many long years denied themselves not only the iaxuries but, in several instances, the ne: ties of life, that they might provide thetr wives and children with homes, to- day are offering their homes for sale at almost any price, The is sad indeed. The Pennsylvania iron works un- able to pay their men; thirteen cotton milis silent im Manayunk; eighteen hat factories hushed at Reading; while in the limits of the city proper the following briefs clearly show the deplorable condi- tuon ot trade :— White & Co., shawl manufacturers; entirely sus- pended, David Johnston & Co., manufacturers of Vene- tian carpets, with twelve immense looms, at present retain but seven workmen. Stinson Brothers, carpet makers; entirely sus- bended. Thomas Dolan, manufacturer of knit goods, has discharged 400 hands, James Long & Brother, cotton and woollen Gvods ; discharged 300 bands. T. fH, Schadewald, hosiery, usually employing 120, bas only eicuty-tive, and these on half ume. John Galashens, cotton goods; all hands dis- missed; work suspended, W. T. Richardson, iurniture; 46 discharged and only 4 retained, Ralaigh & Co., suspenders; 500 men and women all on half time. J. Welsh & Co., cotton; 100 hands discharged and work suspended. Stetson & Brother, hats; 50 discharged; work suspended, Daman, Maylin & Co., carpets; 80 hands dis- charged, Sheppard Brothers, silk dress goods: discharged; Work suspended last night. Stephen Wood, cotton; all hands discharged and ‘work suspended, Samuel Smyth, cotton; ali hands discharged; ‘work suspenied. John Schanlan, cotton; all hands discharged; work suspended. Porter & Dickey, cotton; 800 discharged; work Suspended, Robert Morris & Co., cotton ; ali discharged; work suspended, Jolin Gay & Co., carpets; eighty discharged. Beardwood & Brothers, Woollen, all discharged but five, who work theze days in the week. My list comprises tnirty other firms, whic! not the time to sp , bus Which are all in an alarming condition, Tie situation is awtul to con- template, and it only bids fair to be Worse. THE INTERN ATIONALISTS of this city are moving to jorm an association of workmen, and for this purpose have drawn up the Aoliowing preamble and resoiations :— AWhorens the eyuptry ig futesiog from @ paralysis of RECAPITULATION 1,600 hands Lhave Stories could affect thei justrial rorouna ava un- euampled ‘eccoreal reg life, rnoreby the workingwen nation are thrown out aad many gpcing she, te want; tion business w means for the capitalist mere, loss of it, for ra ot means for t bor physical suffering, disease and Rnd whereas the presen uteri from combinations nor conspiracies among workingmen, nor yet from any overtrading in the commercial com: ‘own largely, if not entirely, out of f capital and the conspiracies the financial interests of moulded them to the cud that the en- prodects of the labor of the coun: ‘om its legitimate ends to the n= disement of these unproductive and legally favored few; and whereas the natoval government has made one of its chief policies the protection and care of the material wealth of the nation, secaring to the manufacturer the y rosecution Of his business by means of pro- tective tariffs; nursing the commercial interest by re- liety and subsidies; relieving the men ol wealth—the capitalist clas—from taxes on incomes, national bonds and other investments, while no single action of the gpveraneas Protects the Interests of lanor or reileves he wealth producers of the land from the onerous var- dens they have so long and s0 patienuy borne; now, tRepolved, That the time b fully hen the solved, at ¢ time has ome when inter- este of labor must be recognized and protection afforded to the latoring people by the action of the national Gument; that means must be provided whereby th dustries of the country shall ve revived and’ pi Rov beyond the power of @uy set of men by combinations of money Ce to unsettle or destroy, Resolved, That means cheap labor, and dear money cheap labor means the servility and degradation of the working people; therefore, we demand cheap money and the SpRercemey honestly to live beyond want and above servillly and degradation, and that we will not rest con- tented with less. Resolved, That in. the prevent condition of the labor interest, and of the tens of thousands of working people already idle trom lack of employment—and this on the verge of an American winter—we deem it & matier of suilicient moment to warrant the immediate assemblin: of Congress for the purpose of providing means of rebel for the suffering of so large @ Class of our citizens. Resolved, That we demand at the hands of our national representatives immediate attention to the present dis- tressed condition of @ large number of their constita- enw; and we urge them to pass through Congress such measures as shall give the people a sufficient volome of currency tobe beyond the manipulations of any set of money lenders, that shall secure us a low rate of inter. est, ae again stimulate to action the various indusiries of the land. Resolved, That the emancipation of the working classes can only be accomplished by the working people, and that the first step toward the attainment of that énd is by a thorough and eflicient organization of all working people, THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Vice President Shaw in Defence of the Company—Tom Scott’s Alliances Not Entangling—The Financial Condition of the Road Never Better. PirrsBuRG, Pa., Nov. 7, 1873. This afternoon, in conversation regarding the unfavorable rumors about the Poansylvania Rail- road and its management, William Shaw, a very wealthy gentleman, a heavy stockholder of the road and Vice President of the Pennsylvania Com- pany, said “they were in a position where no i . There is no road in the United States that has 86 firma footing. I know, in these times of exposure, when it has been dis- covered that there has been intermingling often of private interests with public moneys, there has been a general feeling of distrust engendered against all great corporations. Most absurd stories have been told about us, One of the most absurd was that our company last week was so hard up that McCulloch did not know what to do, and was closeted with me two nights in succession until half-past two in the morning trying to devise some means of reliel, When the fact of the matter really | Was we were both in Philadelphia at the time.’ . “Is the Pennsylvania road affected by the troubles of the Texas Pacific y” 1 asked, “No, it is not affected by any coiplications of outside roads.”? “Then if Colonel Tom Scott were to failit would not aifect the Pennsylvania Railroad in the leasty’? “There is not the slightest probability of Mr. Scott's failing, But if ne were to tail it could not afiect the road. All of Mr. Scott’s outside specu. latiens are separate from the transactions of the railroad, so if tuey all should fail it sould not affect the ratlroad,’” “Do you refer to the Pennsyivi the Peunsylvania Company?’ “These are one and the same s. terests are concerned. ‘rhe cou operation of the leased lines, it is ANOTHER BRAIN TO OUTSIDE but they all have the same te: Pennsylvania road owns us and tb terests identical.” “Is it not strange that there should be so many Tumors about your company?” “We have never taken the trouble to contradict them. We pay our depts and mind our own busi- ness, having all we can do.’? “You are not discharging any more hands ?”” “No; we need all we have to carry on our busi- ness. We have cut down wages in coniormity with the times, at top and bottom. If the truth were really known aboat us it would be clearly shown— First, that the Pennsylvania Kairoad or Company ts in no way involved in outside schemes, and the failure or success of any of Mr. Scott’s Western projects cannot affect them, nor their relations with Mr, Scott, farther than it may impair his use- fulness as director; second, that the assets of the road and the company are intact, and in their own hands; third, their net gains in business have been so enormous as to surpass belief. So large are they that none of the New York peopie would be able to believe them Were the statements beiore them.’’ HOW THE RUMORS ORIGINATED. Mr. Shaw went further and explained how these street rumors had originated:—“Ten years ago roads, 1m buying their supplies, never paid cash. They paid in bonds and long scrip. During the war times became better, and aiter the war, from time paper being given, roads began to pay next month for what they had received the month pre- vious. We have been Feed cash for years since the warand have spoile hie people who had been Jurnishing us supplies. hen money became close we merely went back to asking time, when stories were immediately started upon the street that we were on the verge of bankruptcy. The resuit is, we have been paying off our debts until to-day. defy any man to show that we bave outstanding claims amounting to over $200,000, Thats our po- sition. All the roads that cannot pay up their claims Must, of course, go by the board, We were never in a firmer condition than we are to-day on account of our paid up claims.”” A REPORT CONTRADICTED, * Concoxn, N. H., Nov. 7, 1873. The Loan and Trust Savings Bank of this city has not suspended, but continues to pay deposits with- out requiring the notice to which it is entitled. A BAD FAILURE, Suspension of a Pittsburg Banking House—$500,000 in Deposits Gone, PitTssuRG, Pa., Nov. 7, 1873. The banking house of Ira B. McVay & Co. closed its doors this morning, owing to complications growing out of the suspension of its Eastern correspondents. It is said the bank had deposits to the amount of $500,000, mostly belonging to the humbler clusses. THE SITUATION IN §T, LOUis, Two Iron Works Stopped—Other Works Closed and Hands Discharged. St. Lovts, Nov. 7, 1873. Two of the ironworks in South St. Louis have stopped work, throwing about 200 men out of employment, The Vulcan Iron Works have stopped two of their three furnaces, closed their rail mill and discharged about 400 men. Other works have either stopped their furnaces or discharged part of their employés, and all have reduced wages twenty percent, Many manufacturing establishments in this clty have materially reduced ther worging force, but have not cut down wages, SUSPENSIONS IN NEW ENGLAND, Manutactorics Closed and Hands Dis- charged—W ork Stopped on Railro Boston, Nov. 7, 1873. The Manchester, (N. H.) Print Works will do no more printing until the Ist of December. About 600 peopie are thus thrown out of work. ‘The milis have shut down this week and it ts understood will run only four days per week hereafter, ‘The mills of the Great Falls Manuiacturing Com. pany will be run on three-lourths ttme on and after next Monday. The Amesbury Woollen Mill commenced yester- day running on half time. fear Salisbury Mills are running three-quarter tine. The Merrimac Hat Company of Salisbury will shut down to-morrow for the month of November. Owing to the reduction of their wages a large number of laborers on the Maine Central Bridge at Waterville have quit work, leaving very jew em- ployed at that point. The Maine Central Railroad has just discharged 300 workmen, Ma Railroad or jar as their in- any is for the "BEDERS, uination, The 1t makes the in- ATHLETIO, The National Amateur Tournament— Proceeds To Be Given to the Poor of New York. The first exhibition of the National Amateur Gymnastic and Athletic Association will be given at the academy of Music this evening, and the Proceeds judiciously expended for the relief of the poor of New York. Eighty names are entered for competition in the various feats and games, many ‘of whom will appear three or four times during the evening, Besides these there are two Classes in calisthenics, each composed of about fifty advanced pupils, who will greatly contribute to the snecess Of the novel entertainment. Mr. Avon ©. Burn. ham, 9f Brooklyn, das consented to take charge of the stage, and as nis experience Is of tne most extended character tn affairs of this kind there are not likely to be any bitenes, RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. Bei ee The Way the English Have Done It and the Way They Would Have America Do It. After stating that two of the great mone- tary countries of the world were suffering from an inconvertible paper currency the London Economist of the 25th ult. observes that the conditions to the resumption of specie payments are these :— First—The difference of value vetween gold and paper ought to be so far reduced that no enormous amount of paper will require to be exchanged for gold when specie payments are resumed, If gold is at a high premium, say 25 or 35 per cent, as compared with paper, it is plam that a8 soon as the law says that gold must be given for the paper on demand a very large number of persons will wish to obtain to so considerable au advantage and to exchange the Jess valuable article for the more valuable, and it would be difficult to accumulate snMictent specte to meet so formidable ademand, But if the pre- mium on (pees is reduced to & small amount the amount of paper coming in for exchange will be small too, and the payment in gold of that email quantity of paper will be enough to accomplish the desired effect and to equalize the value of the two. Second (and this does not need remark)—The bank or government which is about to pay in specie must have immediately ready in store as much of that specie as will be at once needed to pay the comparatively small amount of paper which will so come in, Third—The banks or government must have in stock such a quantity of gold and silver as will be necessary to Secure the permanent convertibility of paper into gold, It must provide not only for the momentous demand, which is sure at first to happen, in order to efface the slight premium on gold, but also ior further demands which in the course of time may be expected to happen. After explaining the physical difficulties to re- sumption the Zconomist say: When the Bank of England resumed specie pay- ments under the act of 1819 the first of these con- ditions was completely satisiied. The toliowing table will show that the premium on gold ag com- pared with paper had become (irom causes which we cannot now discuss) very small:— AN ACCOUNT OF THE AVERAGE MARKET PRICE OF BULLION IN EACH YEAR, FROM 1810 10 1821 (TAKEN FROM OFFICIAL DOCUME } AND OF THE AVERAGE DEPRECIATION PER CENT OF THE PAPER CURRENC y ry werage verage Price of Gola Depreciation per Oz, per Cent. £ 3d 446 415 6 9 510 0 540 6 413 6 1614 3 413 6 16.14 3 406 213 2 400 213 2 416 490 319 11 212 0 e fon was still less on the Ist May, 1821, when specie payments were resumed, And as they bad in stock £11,869,000, not only were they amply prepared for the ‘demand for gold inci- dent to the act of resumption, but they were pre- pared also, according to the notions of that time, jor the permanent discharge of the new liability, Their entire liabilities wer Cireulation papreoqins Deposits. Total Habilities. £29,508, 000 s0 that their reserve amounted to two-fifths of their labilitie iven this reserve was in fact insufficient, for in 1826 the tillof the Bapk was found empty. In that year the convertibility of the note was pre- served not by the magnitude of the store of coin and bullion, but by the happy belief of the public that no such store was needed, But the calamities of 1825 were mainly owing to mismanagement after specie pay ments were resumed. li the re- serve with which the Bank vegan specie payments in 1821 had been maintained in 1826, the panic of that year would never have occurred, The mis- take Was not in commencing specie payments with an inadequate reserve, but in afterwards neglect- ing the reserve and letting it dwindle, The re- sumption of cash payments by the Bank was an Operation in itself lairly successful. In America the first condition is not satisfied. Goid varies between 108 and 110, and if, witha premium of 8 to 10 specie payments were resumed, a large amount of gold might be required, Un- scrupulous and combined operators are ready 'o seize all advantages, and they would aggravate the situation. The premium on goid must, in our judgment, be still turther reduced belore Specie payments can be safely recommended. In America it is thought that this pante, by the “shrinkage of values’’—that is, the reduction of prices which it bas caused— has greatly increased the facility for a return to specie payments. But the diminution in the paper prices Of articles other than gold is no aid in effect- ing this object; it is by the amount of the pre- minm on gold in comparison with paper that its safety is to be measured; and, by destroying money “corners”? and much vicious speculation in gold, that panic has no doubt been a sensibie help, The premium on gold, which had been un- duly raised two or three per cent, has now been re- duced to its natural amount; but so jong as that premium still rematns so high as it now is, the risk of a return to specie payments will be considerable, Nor are our second or third conditions satisfied. The store of font now held by the American gov- ernment is altogether inadequate to the resump- tion of cash payments, The amount of coin in the ‘Treasury 13 £16,965,000, and the actual legal amount of greenbacks is £65,265,000, and this amount has just been exceeded by the reissue, with contested legality, of greenbacks withdrawn irom circula- tion, ‘The specie is therefore just a fourth part of the lability on the currency, an amount plainly in- adequate to the burden of so large a hability. Happily, however, the American government bas no difficulty m obtaining any amount of gold which it may require. It receives its customs duties in gold, and these amount to more than the interest which it has to payin gold. It has for years solid geld reguiariy, and has invested the proceeds in the purchase of its own bonds. It has only to stop selling, and it will receive of necessity as much gold as it may desire, In this way it may accumu- late gradually a sufficient reserve in gold to meet the first demand consequent on resumption, while there is any kind of premium on gold as compared with the paper, and to meet also the permanent liability invoived in the promise to pay on demand so many millions. The American government has no difficulty in plete the gold; its only difficulty is the necessary diimimution of the pre- minum on goid. France has not the facilities of America for amassing gold, and the Economist draws a con- trast between the financial situation in either country. The writer concludes :— America would compete with us for the store of specie in the world; the present panic would have caused infinitely greater demands on us if the cur- rency had been metallic, all other things beg as they now are. The gold would not then have been an article of merchandise, but a means of pay- ment, When the American standard again con- sists of gold we shall be always liable to have our supply of gold interruptea by her wants, and even to have gold taken from London to suppiy them. We may expect France to help usin keeping the gold store of the world; it is suitable to her char- acter asa quiet, accumulating nation ; but we cau- not expect America to do so. She is the country which surpasses all others in the means of empioy- ing money and in the ‘dihood, not to say the recklessness, With Which she uses them, THE DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Lord Dafferin's Unexpected Prorogation ament—The Members of His Orrawa, Nov. 7, 1873. Parliament assembled at three o'clock to-day, Hon. L, H. Holton announced the names of the members of the new Cabinet, after which His Ex- cellency, the Governor General, delivered the Jol- lowing speech from the throne:— In consequence of the resignation of my late Min- isters during the debate on the address, I have called fresh administration to my council, A large number of seats in the House of Commons having thus become vacant, | have decided, with due re- ard to the circumstances of the case, that it will fe most convenient in the interests of the public business to prorogue this Parliament, Prorogatton was entirely unexpected, Lord Duf- ferin came to the Parliament House in his own car- riage, without escort or guard of honor, Very few people were present outside the House, and the proceedings only lasted a jew minutes. The following is @ lst of the new Ministry so far as known :— X Mr. McKenzie, Premier and Minister of Pabite Work Mr. Blake, without portiolio. Mr. Christie (Senator), Secretary of State, Mr. Cartwright, Mint of Finance. Mr. D, A. Macdonald, Postmaster General, Mr. Dorion, Minister of Justice. Mr. Peteilier ae St. Just (Senator), Minister of Agriculture and Immigracion, r. Fournier, Inland Revenue, Mr. A. J. Smith, Marine and Fisheries. Mr. Isaac Burfee, Customs, Mr. Cofin, Receiver General, Mr. Rose, President of the Council and pro len Minister of Militia, Mr. Laird, Minister of Interior. One seat vacant. It is announced that the late government, shortly before its Fesiguation, made the follow ing appoint. ments :— Yon, 8. L. Tilley, M. P., Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Join Crawford, M. P., Lieutenant Governor of Tho. “Hugh Macdonald, M. P., Judge of,the Sa- Prete Court of Nova scoua, | tug of | alleged error led to a general count by the Board | of Canvassers, and the result was the election of | Waiton by @ majority of three. | brief. THE TAMMANY TUMULT. arenceeedeaindead Investigation of the Alleged Attempted Election Frauds—What Messrs, Char- lick, Ledwith and Kelly Think ot It. The Committee on Organization of the Tam- many Hall General Commitiee reassembled yester- day afternoon in one of the chambers of the Wig- wesn, in Fourteenth street, and resnmed their in- quiry Mmto the conduet of the recent election, especially with reference to the charges made against certain members of tne Police Commission, of having been in collusion with the opponents of Tammany to defeat, by fraudulent means, Judge Ledwith, the Tammany candidate for Senator in the Seventh Senatorial district, The session was, of course, secret, and no information whatever could be ob- tained as to the nature of the evidence collected, John Kelly, General Spinola, Judge Ledwith, A. 8, Sulltvan, Charies Swan, W. H. Wickham, John W. Chanler, Colonel J, R, Fellows aud many other members of the committee, who are eituer to be used as witnesses or are actively engaged in prose- cuting the investigation, were present during the session, but all of the gentlemen declined to make any disclosures at present to the press. Mr. Kell stated that there was nothing at present whic! could be divulged without involving a liability of frustrating the plans of the committee, Judge Ledwith stated that the committee deemed it absolutely necessary to retain for the present all the information in their possession, as their success woud very largely depend upon secrecy, until they had secured all tue testimon: obtainable. They would be opposed by powertul induence, and it would put their opponents in pos- session of the facts to be combated if any pubil- cation were to be made. In relerence to the attempt on the part of the Police Department to keep back and alter, if necessary, the returns irom the district, Judge Ledwith said the ‘Tammany inspectors were in most cases removed immediately on the opening of the polls on Tues- day morning, anu in @ lew cases they were upmo- lested until noon, He was in the district himself on that day, and knew personally that the re- movals were utterly unjostifiable, and prompted by sinister and iraudulent motives, The com- mittee will meet at four o'clock daily until they | have completed the inquiry. Commissioner Charlick’ was at Police Head- quarters yesterday, as usual, and transacted his business as if nothing had occurred to disturb his equanimity, He was just being set free from the hands of a barber when a reporter of the HERALD calied to inquire how he Jelt about the action of the Tammany General Committee the day be- fore. “Why,” said Mr. Charlick, in answer to the question, “I have not been @ member of Tammany Hall lor a year, and the little antics of the body alfect me but very slightly. 1 am very glad to be rid of Ledwith and his tollow- ers. They were always an encumbrance on me. think I have escaped them cheapiy, and 1 have more gratitude than anything else towards the committee, You may depend upon it, sir, I will manage to live without these gentlemen,” added | the Commissioner, cutting short the conversation, as he turned to inquire into the business of a depu- tation waiting for him. THE ELECTIONS. The Empire State—The Fight Between | Abbott and Madden in the Tenth Senatorial District—Later Returns. NEwsURG, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1873. | Abbott's friends claim the Tenth Senatorial for | him by six majority, Madden's friends estimate | the republican majority in the district at 116, An | official canvass will be required to decide the elec- tion. The Albany Journal also has a special despatch, which says that Senator Madden's re-election is certain by 116 majority. The same paper still claims seventeen republican Senators. It puts in | its table Youmans (democrat), from the Twenty- | third district, but says his election is doubtful. i Suifolk county complete gives the repubiican | State ticket 638 majority. King, for Senator, bas 814 majority over Thompson. The latter is a resi- dent of the county,an unexceptionable gentle- | man and the strongest man that could have been put in nomination by the democratic party. Yhe prohibitionists ran a separate ticket for the Senate and county officers which received about 280 votes, nine-tenths of which were republican, MARYLAND. BALTIMORE, Noy. 7, 1873. OMicial and unofficial returns irom all tne coun- ties excepting one in the State indicate the fol- lowing as the complexion of the next Legisla- | | ture: Senate—Democrats, 23; republicans, 3, House—Democrats, 62; republicans, 22. A democratic majority of 60, On joint ballot Woollord’s majority in the Senate is about 20,000, " MIGHIGAN, Grand Rapips, Nov. 7, 1573. From the last figures received to-night the vote stands as follows:—Williams, 850; Comstock, 826; with one town in Kent, five in Muskegan and two in Allegan counties yet to hear from. MISSISSIPPL JACKSON, Nov. 7, 1873. ‘The election returns come in very slowly. Only twenty-three counties have full reports, These give Ames a majority of 26,567. Those counties always go republican, and when the official returns are received from the other counties the majority will perhaps be somewhat less than now estimated. ‘The vote was very light everywhere, The repub- licans will have a good majority in both branches of the Legislature. VIRGINIA. RicuMonn, Nov. 7, 1873. | In seventy-eight counties and cities heard from Kemper’s conservative net gain on Walker's ma- jority is nearly 4,000, KINGS OOUNTY VOTES TO ELEOT JUDGES. The vote of Kings county on the question of | changing the elective system in selecting judges is as follows :— Wards. For. Ag'nst, Wards. For, Aga'et. ay 1,330 705 17 1,018 a8 2 617 18. 60) 593 3 470 19. | 4 675 20. a7 | Bs. 1144 21 5 | 6 1,90 22 1 | z 1,073 23 2 | 8 a4 24. | 9 17 25. 51 1. LIM Fiatbush 440 | ir 1,019 Flatlands 26} ! 2 be ia | 13, 3 4 1,795 New Utrecht THE OLOSEST ELECTION IN JERSEY, | 2 837 1,027 Totals...... 21,977 During the recent election contest in Mercer county, N. J., the candidates for Sherif were A. W. Smith, republican, and Benjamin F, | Walton, demoerat, The judges of election on the first count reported Smith's election by eighteen majority. Then commenced the war. A clerk of election iy the | Third ward of Trenton called attention to the | discrepancy between the count as taken by him | and that by the judges, The cierk’s count, if cor- rect, Would reduce Smith’s majority to three. The When the an- | nouncement was made in Trenton last night Smith's (riends were wild with indignation, THE INDIANS. —, Information of Depredations and Mure ders from Fort Sill. Sr. Louis, Noy. 7, 1873, A special from Fort Sill says :— ‘The Indians burned Whalley’s ranche, near Red River, on Monday; murdered one man and drove away considerable stock. Two men belonging to | a surveying par ty were reported killed, thirty-five | niles trom Fort Richardson, on vt ety The Mescalero Apaches, from New Mexico, are | raiding in Texas and committing murders.’ The | Comanches on the reservation near this post have not and cannot deliver ap the five men stipulated for at the Fort Sill council, aud, as @ consequence, their annuity goods and food will be withheld atter this week, which, it is expected, will drive them to | the warpath, | A REMARKABLE TRIAL AT LOWELL LOWELL, Mass., Nov. 7, 1873. One of the most remarkable trials ever held in this State was brought before the Superior Court to-day, being the Acton murder case, Edward Cartain, who will be ten years old next Decem- ber, indicted for the mansiaughter of the boy Morris <A. Lane, who was three years old on the ist of January last, | was placed on trial at noon. Mr. W. B. | Marlboro, appeared jor the defence, The The substantial (acts were given to the pub- le at the time, Mr, Gale made an able defeuce ox | the ground of want of legal capacity. His points | were, most of them, supported tne Court in its | charge to the jur. Curtain told the | story of the ‘transaction, admitting the act, stating he struck lim because ne would not go | back when asked, and he htt him with a stick and | then asked him ut he would go. He would not, and | he hit him several times more, till he saw blood, | He then desisted. He atterwards, with Kinsley, | went to bis sister in Cambridgeport because of the fear of a whipping threatened him by his aunt. The case was at eight o'clock they had pov agreed ‘ale, was | | they did. | | ‘iven to the jury at ‘our o'clock, and | THE YELLOW enna) The Disease Disappearing from Memphis. Mempnis, Tenn., Nov. 7, 1873. There haa been but one death here from yellow fever within the twenty-four hours ending at noon to-day. There have been four deaths trom other causes In the same time. The weather is clear and warm and favorable to the sick. The streets are crowded with visitors, The Fever in Montgomery, MONTGOMERY, Ala., Noy, 7, 1873. ‘There have been no deaths from yeliow fever in the past twenty-four hours, and the fow cases on hand are convalescin No Yellow Fever at Jacksonville, Fla. JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 7, 1873: There has been no yeilow fever in this sity since 1357, The city at present is unusually healthy. Brooklyn Police Contributions to Mcm- phis, The police of the city of Brooklyn have been con- tributing to the relief of the Department of Police of Memphis, Tenn., who haye suffered severely from the effects of the yellow fever scourge, The contributions by precincts are as follows :— First. wg, Ninth and sub. $198 23 Secon Tenth 391 Third ‘Tenth sub. 133 90 ourth, Eleventh... 516 40 Firth, Central Office 22 00 Sixth Detective squad... 1s 00 Seventh 0 East New York Eighth police... Ek . : Total contribuiions: Rie The money will be sent to ite destination by ex- press to-day, PLYMOUTH LECTURE ROOM TALK. A Quict Meeting—“Christ’s Life.’ Notwithstanding the stormy weather last evening Plymouth lecture room was quite well filled, After vhe ordinary exercises Mr. Beecher said :—In trac- ing out the life of Christ one is struck with the comparatively small amount that was garnered. John himself was impressed in the same way. He said that all the books could not hold ali that Christ had said and done during His life, and yet in the slender rec- ords that are made, while we do not undervalue explanations, I think we ; Olten see more of the interior of Christ's life in little incidents and apparently accidental words, There is one word that throws more light upon the history of one incident than all the rest put to- gether, That is, when at the culmination of His of the loaves, the miracle was so large and so con- Him king, but He withdrew. Now, that the disciples took any part in this is not said, but we kuow It all comes out in one word. The mul- titude left, and Jesus “COMPELLED”? the disciples to enter into the ship and cross to ther side. Now, all through the life of Jesus Ma find such hints, olten exceedingly luminous. look all the way through the Bible to find exam- jes of authority. If all the twelve apostles had een like Paul we would have said they were twelve geniuses; but with the exception of John the rest were of a coarser nature—not even inteili- gent. Jon was ofa finer nature, and he was very passionate, though he aiterwards became the ideal of gentieness. Now, trace the history oi His life with these twelve men so beneath Him. How many times can you find instances in which He rebuked them severely. They often needed it, butin every case He availed Himself of their mistakes to draw them NEARER TO HIM, The poor and the rich both gathered aronnd Him and Hisenemies scoffed at Him sayu bhis man sits at table with publicans and sinners.’ Now, when you go towards the close of His life, we get in John the description of the relations be- tween Him and His disciples. One of the sweetest sentences ever written Is Inscribed there. “And having loved His own He loved them until the end.” Those three chap(ers in Johu—16, 17 and 1s— I take to be the most extraordinary chapters eve written, as a manifestation of most nobie affection ; resurrection, Now for the application of this, Our Lord isgone up on high, not Having acted @ part, and when He went into the other life it was not to He manifested during His life. He went to take them on in larger form. He went 80 as to be in a realm where pity | The departure of Christ was lor growth, Man is | some, forsaken and betrayed. He is @ merciful we are in darkness and can’t find the way, He can guide, He can lift up those who are cast down; can raise those who are dead, Remember the foun- tain and SOURCE OF ALL COMFORT comes from God's mercy. Come to Christ and do not be depressed if He scems not to hear you; you are not forsaken. Remember that when He whom God loved lay sick, he abode three days tn the same piace. He succors and saves, but does not come at the first call. UDDERZOOK. noe | Judge Britter's Charge—The Case Given to the Jury. West CHESTER, Pa., Noy. 7, 1873. The Court opened at half-past two P. M., and Mr, Wanyer then proceeded to revtew the testimony | of Samuel Rhodes and the letter written to him by Udderzook. He claimed that they stood out convineing and unassailed as a powerful argument of the prisoner’s guilt, Judge Britter then pro- ceeded to charge the jury ata quarter past three o’ciock. After stating what constituted murder he stated that the case of the Commonwealth rests on what is known as circumstantial evidence, and said this kind of evidence is ascertained by exper- lence to be little, ifany, less satisfactory than that known as direct or positive evidence. The first question was, Were these the remains of a person who died by violence? and next, Was the victim Winfield S, Goss? Then came a review of the man- ner in which Goss had had his life insured, and how he ig reported to have lost {6 in the fire at Balti- more and how the body was found in the YR Was this the body of Goss? The evidence 0: ty Goss fell short of Identification, Reverting to th ring, he thought tt would be better to conciude that Wilson had a ring similar in size and color and general appearance to that worn by Goss, It was a lact of considerable significance that, according to Engle’s evidence, Goss had been in the habit of addressing Udderzook as ‘Doctor’ In Baitimore, and that it was shown that he had addressed him by the same title in New York. Regard- jug the pictures too much importance should not be attached to the fact that the witnesses were not able to point to the particular parts of the features as their objects of recognition, Now, was this man, who lived at Cooperstown, went to Athensville and subsequently appeared in N Winteid S. Goss under an assumed name ven if you determine that this is so you have made but a Step towards connecting him with the death in Bear's Woods. whether it has been sufficiently proved that Wilson was Goss, and i{ so did the prisoner kill him? Re- ferring to the allegation that Udderzook had en- tered into a conspiracy to defraud the insurance companies, that it became necessary to put Goss out of the way to insure the success of the lan, he said that if Goss was not Burt and =] = hat Wilson was Goss tnder an assumed name then we have connected the prisoner witn the crime. The testimony of Samuel ‘Rhodes was then reviewed and the jury told they were to de- termine what the interview with Rhodes and the letter to him meant. It ts shown that the prisoner and the nny ad were last seen going in the direc- tion of Bear’s Woods. Were the remains found in Bear's Woods those of W. 3, Goss? If they are. did William Udderzook kill him? If you find him guiity, you must find him guilty of murder, and | you must then determine whether the murder is of the first or second degree. [f there is reason- able doubt you must give bim the benefit, but if, on the contrary, you believe irom the facts before you that the prisoner committed the crime, you mast find him gutity. The case was given to the jury at forty-five minutes past tour o'clock. ‘The jury not having returned at half-past ten P, M, the Court adjourned until to-morrow, THE KELSEY HORROR, Indictments by the Grand Jury and Ar- rest ot Radolph Sammis, Hunrinoton, L. 1, Nov, 7, 1873. ‘The Kelsey investigation is closed, The Grand Jury of Suffolk county nave had the matter before them since October 27. They examined all the witnesses who testified before the Coroner's jury at Oyster Bay, District Attorney Tuthill reviewed | the evidence, Occupying from ten o'clock A. M. Wednesday until one o'clock A. M. yesterday mor ing. At hali-past ten A. M. to-day the jury pre- sented bills o: indictment against Rudolph Sav mis, brother of Royal, and others. None of the parties beimg at River Head, Dis- trict Attorney ‘Tatnill placed the warrants for their arrest in the hands of Sheri? Perkins, Who immediately proceeded to Hunting- ton and succeeded in arresting Rudolph, he veing the only person indicted who could be found. The Sheriff and his prisoner will occupy quarters at Duryea’s Hotel to-night. The prisoner will be brought to-morrow morning before @ Supreme Court Judge at Brooklyn to give bails popularity, where there was the multiplication f tinuous, that it produced an enthusiasm beyond all | | control, and they undertook to seize Him and make and this went on to the last and reappeared on the | leave the feelings, the disposition aud the tastes | and patience and love might have infinite career. | | exhorted to draw near to Christ when he is lone- | High Priest and bas the power to help our unbelief if It was ior the jury to determine | 3 eee * CUBA, General Portilla at Havana. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Nov, 7, 1873, General Portilla arrived here this afternoon, He, was received at the depot by adeputation of Cite, zens, With banners and music, and escorted to his) hotel. HAVANA BXCHANGE, Exchange quiet. On the United States, short | sight, gold, 66 a 67 premium; on London, 80a 8t" per cent premium; Spanish gold, 504, ys WASHINGTON. eee WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 1873. Changes at Athens, Pari@ and Havana, J. Meredith Read, at present Consul General im Paris, has been promoted to be Minister Resident! to Greece, vice J. M. Francis, resigned, A. T. As Torbert, at present Consul General at Havana, hag been promoted to be Consul Genera! at Paris, vice Read, promoted, Henry C. Hall, at present Vice Consul General at Havana, has been promoted to pe Consul General at Havana, vice Torbert, pro- moted, Life Saving Stations Along the Pacific Coast. S. J. Kimball, Chief of the Revenue Marine sere vice, has returned from the Pacific coast, whither’ he went to inspect that coast to select points for new life saving stations. This completes the in~ spection authorized by Congress. He will at once prepare a report to be laid before Congress. The Modocs. By direction of the President Lieutenant Wil~ kinson, of General Howard's staf, has been ordered | to Fort McPherson to conduct the Modoes to their: | new home in the Indian Territory. A Land Contest Before the Secretary of the Interior, The Secretary of the Interior to-day heard the arguments for and against thejapplication for a re~ hearing of the case of the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Company vs. The Winona and St. Peter: Ratlroad Company, growing out of overlapping grants and involving the title to about 50,000 acres: of land in Minnesota, The decision heretofore rendered was in favor of the Winona and St. Peter, Company. An Oficial Appointment. The President to-day appointed E. W. Henderw son Receiver of Public Moneys at Central Cityy Colorado, Diplomatic AMUSEMENTS. Academy of Music—Italian Opera, The best laid schemes o’ mice and men Gang att a-gley. And so it was with Impresario Strakosch last’ eveomg. Everything was prepared and tue enure operatic troupe of the redoubtable manager was marshalled in battle array for a lyric assault on the greatest of all operas, “Tne Huguenots” of Meyer- beer. But when the hour came an unlooked-for obstacle presented itself, The leader of the lyric forces fell sick and nothing was left but a change of opera. Late in the afternoon, to the consternation. of the management, an ominous document, in the shape of a medical certificate, announcing Mme, Nilsson’s illness, appeared in the box office. Instantly all was commotion, Fryer rushed frantically in search of Strakosch, and Muzio and. Behrens organized themseives into a corps @assaut and charged in a coupe on every prima donna within the city imits who might possibly ba acquainted with the music of “Valentine.” Their adventures for an hour or so would form a& libretto for an opéra bvoufe worthy | of Offendach, The most enterprising newspaper interviewer sank into utter insignificance in com~ | parison with the sturdy energy of these two knights of the baton. Prima donna after prima donna was sought after and found; but one and all shook: their dainty heads at the proposition to sing the role of Valentine at an hour's notice, At length the Management came to @ sensible conciusion: | and changed the opera to “Ernani,” which was the best selection under the circumstances. The disappointment—for a great number in the house were attracted by the announcement of “The Huguenots"—was intense, and yet it served a good porose. It showed the perfection of the ensemdle of Mr. Strakosch’s company and its rare artistic talent. Take, for instance, Companinl. He was filled to repletion with the music of Meyerbeer: until nearly si o'clock P. M., when the an- nouncement was made to him of the change Of opera, Yet he sang the title role in Verdi's opera with the spirit, elam and energy that italemanded and that might be ex-. pected from a tenor of his standing fully prepare@® for the work. And yet this was at two hours’ no~ tice, and the great italian tenor was prepared for Meyerbeer'’s chef d’ceuvre. Nannetti, who was pre- pared for the arduous role of Marcel, sang the music of Silva with effect and success, and won ap- plause in his passionate rendering of “‘Infelice.” ; But the grand feature of last nigit’s performance. was the exquisite finish of the act of M. Maurel in; the role of Carlo Quinto. And yet this artist, who’ was prepared untila late hour for the arduous music of St. Bris, readily accommodated himself to the change and made 4a greater effect thanever inthe part of the Emperor. Nothing has bee heard in the history of the Academ: of _ Music more _ beautiful than the: rendering of the music of Carlo Quinto b: Maurel. He was recalled over and over again, an’ the audience seemed not to tire of their apprecia~ tion of his efforts, Mile. Torriani gave a tame im< personation of the role of Elvira and evidently unprepared for the task assigned to her. Had “Les naencrsl been given last night the receipts Would have been more than $7,000, Ai it was, with the exception of 100 ticket hoide: the audience remained to hear “Ernani,” and, better still, bought tickets for “Les Huguenots” jor: Monday night. There was not a single expression, of dissatisfaction, and everyone seemed contented, with the change, as the opera of “Ernani” was. given with a compieteness of ensemble that lel. little to be desired. Mille. Torriant sings the tiie role in “Martha” at the matinee to-day, Musical and Dramatic Notes. Theodore Thomas announces that his seventt season of symphony concerts will begin at Stein- way Hall two weeks from to-night. These con« certs are to be six in numper. ‘This evening Miss Virginta Vaughn, a young lady | of some literary pretensions and known as a public, | reader, will make her début as an actress at the Broadway Theatre. She will assume the character: | of Thisbe, in “The Actress of Padua.’ The per-~ formance is to be supplemented by the railroad sensation and river pier scene acts of “Under the Gaslight.” The moral test which Mr. Pastor applies to the frequenters ot his Opera House has respect to their, willingness to take their wives to that temple of entertainment on Friday evening. Without ven« turing to place offenders in this particular quite so low in the scale of humanity as the east side mana- ger seems disposed to do, we may safely say thati seldom has an opportunity been presented of wit-, nessing just that class of entertainment upon’ terms so profitable to the spectator. That Mr. W. 8. Glibert’s play of “The Wieked, World,” presently to be produced at the Union Square Tueatre, has run for 175 nights in London is not intrinsically a matter of tuterest, but it i pleasant to know that {ts production will mark thor first appearance of Miss Clara Morris im this city, for many ‘months. No other young Americai actress at present quite equals Miss Morris in ner special line, though when we say this we wish it tox be distinctly understood that we consider Miss Mor~ ris as yet only & novice compared with what th severe discipline foreign actresses have to ondur enables them to become. ‘The late Mr. Robertson was a most graceful apa, propriator of other playwrights’ plots. Witn for instance, the trans(ormation “Sullivan” under. | went before it became “David Garrick.” Yet hi incorporated into his adaptations so much origin: work aud 30 many thoroughly good ideas that on ought to give him more respect than is desery by most adapters. His comedy of ‘Ours’ will brought out by Mr. Wallack next Monday night,j and will present, in addition to Mr. eae Mr. Arnott, of whom we have spoken, and Mi Rogers, Miss Germon and Mme, Ponisi. Probably: the majority of us will never know how much of “Ours’’ is Mr. Robertson's, and how much is somee body else’s; but it is @ consolation, in the midst thts uncertainty, to reflect that Hugh Chalcote ig Mr. Wallack’s own, without any extraneous bor. rowings. PRINTING OLOTHS MARKET, Provivexce, R. 1, Now. 7, 187%. Printing cloths quiet and weak, Smiali'swies at oe. Sige. for ote, andra wud ex a ee | |