The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1873, Page 5

CONGRESS. SENATOR BUCKINGHAM ON FINANCE. —_+——-— Debate in the House on Bill Repeal. BACK PAY IN Sharp Questions to an Ohio Republican Back-Pay Grabber—Warm Words Between Oox and Negley. 1866. SENATE. °* WASHINGTON, Dee. 9, 1873. After prayer by the new Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Sun- derland, the Vice President laid before the Senate @ communication from workingmen in Philadel- phia in regard to the present financial difficulties, Referred to the Gommittee on Finance, Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass,, presented petitions of citizens of Massachusetts and West Virginia asking the passage of the supplemental Civil Rights bill, Laid on the table, BILL INTRODUCED. The following bills were introduced :— By Mr. SuMNER—A bill explanatory of the ninth section of the act of July, 186¢, concerning de- posits in savings banks. Relerred to the Commit- tee on Finance -— By Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn.—A bill to provide for the transmission of correspondence by tele- graph, Reierred to the Committee om Post Ottices and Post Roads. By Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Vt.—A bill to provide Jor the resumption of specie payments and for free banking, being the same bill of which he gave hetice of introduction a Jew days ago. RKelerred to the Comuitvee on Finance. By Mr. HaMuLTON, (rep.) of Texas.—A bill author- iwing the construction Of a public building at Austin, Texas. Referred to the Committee on Pubiic Buildings aud Grounds, Ky Mr. Jounsron, (dem,) of Va.—A bi! authoriz- mg the Washington aud St. Louis Railroad Com- pany to extend its road into the District of Coluin- bia and to extend its line through the several States to Nlinois. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Also, a bill to remove the political disabilities of Thomas 8. Bocock, 0! Virginia; Jonn H. Reagan, of Vexas, and otuers. Laiu on the table. by Mr. Wriaut, (rep.) of lowa—A bill to pay bounties to the Fourti regiment of lowa volup- teers. Referred to the Committee on Mulitary Affuirs. By Mr. MoRRILL—For the relief of Rollin White. Relerred to the Committee on Patents, This biil, it will be remembered, was passed last session and vewoed by the President. By Mr. ALCORN, (rep.) Of Miss.—A bill to provide for the construction of levees on the Mississippi River. Referred to the Committee on Levees. By Mr. INGALLS, (rep.) Of Kansas—A bill making provisions for arming and equipping the whole wody 0! militia oJ the United States, Reierred to the Committee on Military Affairs. THE COMMITTER ON MINES COMPLETED, The Vice PRESIDENT appointed Mr, Aicorn, of Miss., a member of the Committee on Mines and Mining to till the vacancy on that committee. WRITS OF ERROR TO STATE COURTS, Mr. CARPENTER, (rep.) of Wis., introduced a reso- Jntivn instructing the Judiciary Committee to in- quire if the twenty-flith section oi the Judiciary act of 1789 was repealed by the second section of the act of 1867, and to inquire and report if any further legislation is necessary. He stated these sections regarded writs Of error to State courts, and many supposed that the tormer act was re- pealed by the jatter, Passed. EXPENSE UF COLLECTING FINES. Mr. MorRIL1 intreduced a resolation instructing the Secretary of the Treasary to communicate to the Senate the amount paid to surveyors, naval omcers, collectors 0! customs and detectives for the collection ot fines, forfeitures, &¢., for the 10 years ending June, 1872, Passed, VICE PRESIDEN! WILSON’S ABSENCE. The VICE PRESIDENT gaye notice tuat from to- Morrow he would be absent several weeks, and it would be necessary to elect @ President pro tem, BANKING, CURRENCY AND FINANCE. Mr. BUCKINGHAM, (rep.) Of Conn., called up his Dill to provide for free banking, to secure an elastic eurreney, to appreciate the natioual obligauions and to reach specie payments without commercial embarrassment, pits to explain briefly the provisions of the bill. CULTURE OF FORESTS. Mr. INGALLS, (rep.), of Kansas, introdnced a resolution directing the committee on Public Lands to inquire into the expediency of so amend- Jng the act of March 3, 1873, to encourage the growth of timber on the Western prairies, as to Tequire the applicant for the benefits to break and cultivate the requisite number of acres by the end of the first year, and to have the same planted in trees under proper cultivation at the expiration of three years from date olentry. Passed, PATENT FOR FIREARM. The bil) for the relief of Rollin White authorizes the Commissioner of Patents to relear and deter- mine his application for extension of his letters patent for improvements in firearms, TRADE WITH THE NEW DOMINION, Mr. Morron, (rep.) 0! Ind., submitved a resolu- ‘ion instructing the Secretary of the Treasury to Teport to the senate the amount of imports ana exports between the United States and Canada during the years 1871 and 1872. PROPERTY IN CASTING PATTERNS. Mr. SUMNER introduced a bill to provide for the better security of property in patterns for metal castings, It jorbids any person counterieiting or making a fac-simile of any metal casting by using such casting as @ pattern uniess by written con- sent Ol the owners, under a@ penalty of becoming liable to the owner of the original for the ordinary wholesale profits upon articles so produced, Re- Jerred to the Committee on Patents. TAXATION OF SAVINGS BANKS. ‘Mr. Sumner’s bill, expianatory of the ninth sec- tion of the act of July 13, 1866, concerning deposits in savings banks, construes that act to include within the exemptions therein made all depusits in savings banks doing business only as such under the laws of their respective States, although hav- ing a capital stock in the nature ol a guarantee fund tor che security of their depositors and paying to their stockholders dividends thereon, limited by the laws of their respective States, provided that ail profits of such savings banks, less the atoresaid dividends, are divided among their depositors. The bill also prohibits the collection of taxes contrary to these provisions which have been already as- sessed, aud provides for rejunding such taxes if already collected, POSTAL TELEGRAPHY. Mr. Ramsey's bili to provide for transmission of correspondence by telegraph isin ali substantial articuiars identical with the so-called ‘Hubbara iil,” ior connecting tue telegraph with the postal service, which has been introduced in preceding Congresses and tully published. Its main teature i8 an authorization for the Postmaster General to contract with the proposed Hubbard Postal Tele- graph Company for transmitting correspondence by telegraphras his agent. SPECIE RESUMPTION AND FREE BANKING. Mr. Morrill’s (of Vt.) bill for the resumption ol specie payments and for tree banking directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue, in return for deposits of United States notes to the amount of $60 or upwards, $100,000,000 of loan certificates, payable in four years after date and bearing in- terest at the rate of 3 66-100 per cent per annum. Ail national banks mentioned in section 31 of the National Currency act are authorized to hold one half of their reserve in these certificates and the other half in United states notes or gold. All other Nationa! banks may hold any t of their reserves in these certificates, United States notes or gold, and any deposit available for redemption of cir- culating notes may be counted as part of the re- serve of an association organized in any of the cities named in the Currency act to which such deposit may be due, provided no interest be paid or received therefor, and all United States notes 80 received shall be cancelled. The Secretary of the Treasury is directed at y time after October 1, 1874, to issue flve-twenty six per cent gold bonds to the amount of $20,000,000, with the proceeds of which, when sold at par for gol coin, he shall, on and atter January 1, 1875, redeem in coin such United states notes not bear- ing interest payable vo bearer as may be presented in suins Of not less than oe at the Treasury in Wash- ington or at the Sub-Treasury in New York; and all notes 80 redeemed may be reissued at the dis- cretion of the Secretary of the Treasury in pay- ment of any dues of the United States except United States bonds and interest on the public debt. Finally, the bili proposes to repeal all limitations on the amount of national bank cur- reney, except the restriction that the amount of circulation issued to any national bank shall not exceed 90 per cent on the bonds depos- bomb security or of the amount oi its paid in tock, WRITS OF ERROR, Mr, Pratt, (rep.) of Ind., introduced a bill to re- peal the second section o1 the Jadiciary act of September 2%, 1789, and the act of Fevruary 6, 1867, which was reier to the Judiciary Committee, He alao introduced a bill relating to the jurisdic- tion of the Supreme Court of the United States, It provides that whenever & final judgment or decree an any suit in the highest Court of a State in which @ decision in the suit could be had, may, pursuant to existing laws, be re-examined upon a@ writ of error and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States, no other error shall be assigned or regarded as & ground of reversal than such as spears. on the face of the record of such suit, and immediately respects a of the construction of the constitution of United Staves or of the construction or walldity Of apy trepty or statute Of OF commission | 0 WO jt by the press aud the people, the Salary | NEW YORK HERALD, Ww we.a or suthority exercisea under the Unitea States. Relerred to the Judiciary Committee, ARMING THE MILITIA. Mr, Ingall’s bill to arm and equip the whole body of militia of the United States, provides that $500,000 ve appropriated annually for that purpose ; allarms ixsued tothe militia tobe of the same pattern as adopted ior the United States army, MISSISSIPPI LEVEES, &r. Alcorn’s bill to provide tor the construction oi levees on the Mississippi River autaorizes the chief engineer of the army to have surveys and drawings made, a8 soon as practicable, for the lo- cation, design and execution of @ complete system of levees, for the reclamation of the Mississippi, betweea Cairo and the Kalize. The cost of the work 18 to be defrayed by issuing and selling United States bonds, trom time to time, as may be necessary, hot exceeding $36,000,000 in currency. The States benefited are to cede to the United States all swamp and overflowed lands within their limits and also other lands e1- braced within the base of said levee. A tax on the Various drainage districts is to be levied tor main- taining the levees in repair, The levees are to be the property of the United States, RAILWAY BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN aie Mr. Johnston's railroad bill authorizes the Wash- ington, Cincinnati and St. Louis Kailroad Com- any (& company incorporated by the State of irginia) to extend its railroad to the District of Columbia and be ie the Staves of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois to St, Louis, Mo., and a branch road from any point in Indiana to Chicago, At one o’clock, on Motion Of Senator CoNKLING, the Senate adjourned until to morrow, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 1873. COMMITTEE CLERKS, Mr. BUFFINTON, (rep.) of Mass., from the Com- mittee on Accounts, reported a resolution author izing the employment of clerks by such committees ag were authorized to employ clerks last Congress. Adopted, PAYING THE LOAN OF 1858, Mr. DawEks, (rep.) Of Mass,, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill to provide for the redemption of the loan of 1858, It differs somewhat from the like bill passed by the Senate. It declares that for the purpose of redeeming the bonds issued under the act of June 14, 1858, it is the pleasure of the United States to pay all the coupon and registered bonds of the loan of 1858 on the 1st of January, 1874, at which date the interest thereon shall cease, and it appropriates money to carry out that provision. The second section authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue an equal amount of five per cent bonds in exchange for such bonds of 1858 as the holders thereof may desire to exchange on or before the 1st of February, 1874, provided that no commissions or allowances Whatever be paid for suen eXcange of bonds. Mr. KELLY, (rep.) of Pa., moved a substitute for the bil. It proposes to pay the loan of 1858 in cash, and not to authorize any exchange for the five per cent bonds, Mr. Dawgs proceeded to explain the bill, and said the reason why the committee did not report back the Senate bill was in order to avoid any question or confict between the two houses as to the right of the Senate to originate money bills. Reterring to his remark the other day, denying that any commission had been allowed to the Syndicate in connection with the Geneva award, he added that no person, whether belonging to the Syn- dicate or not, ever made any claim on the United States for any commission on that transaction, and that not a dollar was paid. ‘the inference whieh the public points had drawn arose simply :rom the fact that Great Britain had employed some of the gentlemen who were algo 1 the Syndicate to transact that business for it at 18 expense, and without the cost of a mill to the United States Government, He opposed the substitute offered by Mr. Kelly and reierred to the fact that the paper promises of the govern- ment were floatIng unredeewed ail over the country in the shape ol legal tender notes. He thought that while that was the cage it was better policy to give to the holders 01 the loan of 1858 the option of exchanging their bonds tor the new tive per cent bonds. Mr. KELLEY advocated his substitute, and said that it proposed to save tothe government the $1,000,000 a year which migat be imposed upon it by allowing the loau of i858 to be con- verted into five per cent bonds instead of bemg paid at once, while the moucy to do s0 lay dead in the Treasury, and whiie the American people were willing to lend to the government hundreds of Millions at Jow rates of interest on cer- titicates of deposit. He. denied that the legal tender notes were promises: to pay in goid. ihey promised to pay so Mmuny dollars, and a dollar was what the sovereign power declared should be @ dollar. There was no promise to pay in gold, and, theretore, no talsitica- tion, He wanted it proclaimed to the nation that the United States government was not only ready to pay, but was dete;mined to pay, that debt of £4,000,000; that it was not, like Turkey and the Central American States, going on the London money market for a tty loan like that. The money was in the Treasury, At the ciose of last month there had been $83,000,000 of gold in the Treasur. and a steadily rising balance. It was unbecoming this great country to palter about the redemption of a $20,000,000 loan. He trusted that Congress would not place the country in any sucn humiliating position. He trusted that Congress woud not im- pair American credit abroad by leaving any cynic to suggest adoubt of the government to p: $20,000,000, and he also trusted that Congress would at an early day provide legitimate govern- ment employment forthe greenvacks o1 the coun- try by revising the system of temporary loans. ir. RANDALL, (dem.) of Pa., proposed that the word “coin” should be substituted for the word “money.” He preferred the bill reported by the committee to that of his colleague (Mr. Kelley). Mr. Woop, (dem.) ot N, Y., also opposed Mr. Kel- ley’s substitute, and intimated that he could read- ily understand why that gentleman wanted money taken out of the Treasury. It was that there might be an excuse for increasing the taxation, 1. KELLEY protested that he was as much op- posed to an increase of taxation as the gentleman trom New York, and would vote against it shoulder to shoulder with that gentleman. Mr. Woop said that he could attribute the gen- tleman’s proposition to no other motive than the desire to take money out of the Treasury so that the people might be lurther taxed to replace it. He was opposed to that proposition and in iavor of converting the five per cents into a permanent let bbl ol the government as last as that could e done, Mr. Beck, (dem.) of Ky., favored the bill of the committee and opposed the substitute offered by Mr. Kelley. It the $20,000,000 should be paid out of the Treasury that amount would have to be raised by taxation. He would not state that that was the motive of the gentleman from Pennsylvania, but he wouid say that ail men who sought to im- pose burdens on the people would be glad to have this money taken out of the Treasury. Mr. BURCHARD, (rep.) of lll,, moved to amend the bill by prohibiting the payment of interest on the five per cents irom the let of January to the time when they should be exchanged, and stated that that interest which he wished to save would be nearly $100,000. He denied the assumption of Mr. Keliey that the legal tender notes were not promises to pay in gold, and he sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read the decision of the su- preme Court that a doilar meant coin. Mr, Burchard’s amendment was rejected. Mr. Dawes, in compliance with Mr. Randall's suggestion, moved to substitute the word “coin” for “money” in the bill. Adopted. Mr, GARFIELD, (rep.) of Ohio, moved as an amend- ment to Mr. Kelley’s substitute that in order to make up the deficieney a duty of five cents a pound be imposed upon tea and three cents on coffee, and gaid that at this moment the expendi- tures of the government were beyond the reve- nues. The revenues of the last month had fallen off 80 as to make a deficit for the month just closed $9,000,000, He was opposed to the substi- tute, but if it were to be adopted he desired to oar ee with it the provision which he had offeret Mr. KELLEY made the point of order that Mr. Garfleid’s proposition was not germane to the sub- stitute, and the Speaker so ruled, ‘The substitute itself was rejected, and the Dill, as amended, was passed, REPEAL OF THE SALARY BILL. The House then, at half-past one o'clock, pro- ceeded to the discussion of the bill for the repeal of the increase of salary law. Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. ¥,, spoke in favor of the repeal, but expressed his preterence for the bill as presented by the minority of the committee. In the course of his remarks he Said :—Some sinister inier- ences are sought to be drawn irom the allegation that 1 returned this tendo on the 30th of April, the day my predecessor died. Kven if this were true the inference is false, as until my father’s death, and at my mother’s request, I had an inten- tion of going abroad for along voyage. My fare was paid for inthe Java. This was after Mr. Brooks’ death, but the letter sending this money back is in tho HERALD. lt 1s dated ae 20, and in it my brother-in-law says I ered it to be returned the week beiore, so that some fortnight before Mr. Brooks’ death my intention was known, Wile in Florida with Mr. Willard, of Vermont, he knew the fact of my intent to have been the same as his. On the death of my uncle and subsequently of my father, and being compelied twice to go to Ohio on & mission, I could only remeraper my duty to the dead. Ail such inferences are trom ignorant or conceited malice. When Lopposed the bill in February, a3 the Glove shows, I made an ironical remark, received as such, that when gratified country voted me the moeey st would take it, and this, too, is tortured Mean something I did not, and that, too, by men who expect to keep the money forever. 7 are not the men to make me uncomfortable. hen they pay back, even iate, they may talk tome because | saw into & millet \d they are ground by it. The: think one an y, 8) y y ey, they are injured by my reronding, and yet brave souls, march up now and vote ‘for i. Of course they are not demagogues, Oh! may cultivate the graces to please the people; L me be a demagogue in doing right; but they did not do the same unui they were rpuaed am a demagogue | 40 not fawn for thrift, nor take it and then crook the knee, Mr. LAWRENCE, (rep.) of Obio, made a speech in favor of the repeal, because it was demanded by the “Sg ty whose agents the members of Congress were. Congress failed to wipe out the Jaw the omission would be visited with the continuous de- Jeat of the republican party, and that would be & calamity to wich he, (Mr. Lawrence) would not contribute. Mr. WILSON, (rep.) of Ind., asked him whether he er Lawrence) did not take $4,000 back pay in 86 Mr. LawReENcE (amid loud laughter all over the House) replied that pe did take what every other member of that Congress took, He added that the | salary fixed by the act of 1866 bad not outraged the public judgment and the public conselence as the aot oF 1875 had done, and that that fact furnished, perhaps, some reason why the members of that Congress had not returned the back pay, Mr. WILSON tried to get an opportunity to pnt some further questions to Mr. Lawrence, bat the Jatter, amid much confusion and Jaughter, retused to_ yield tor the purpose, Mr. KeLLoaa, (rep.) of Conn., asked Mr, Law- rence whether the members ot the ‘hirty-ntoth Congress had not taken double mileage for them- selves and reduced it one-half as to future Can- gresses. Mr, LAWRENCE replied that he did not recollect precisely a3 to that, (Laughter.) Mr. RANDALL, Of Pa, agked fit whether he had used pay for the last nine months. Mr. LAWRENCE replied that be had, but that he had returned the dimference to the Treasary. Mr. KENDALL, (dem.) of Nev., opposed the re- peal. While he had the utmost respect Jor the wul of the people, when fairly expressed, he made a clear distinction between popuiar will and popu- lar clamor, He claimed to be able to show that the salary, as it now stood, was less than the old, espectally in the case of the members from the Far West, and he undertook to do so by showing that they lost by the abrogation of mileage, the repeal of tie franking privilege and the with- drawal of allowances ior stationery and newspa- pers. He wis not here to attempt to Gely the popular will, but he repeated that he drew a wide distinction between the popular will, fairly ex- pressed, and popular clamor, led by demagogues and by a corrup. and partisan press. Mr. NEGLEY, (rep.) of i’a., made some remarks in allusion to what he called the extreme sen- sitiveuess of the gentleman trom New York (Mr. Cox). He (Mr, Negiey) Mad seen im the public papers that that gentleman had drawn his back pay and had given it to his father and mother be- cause they were orphans, and that when the tele- graph announced that all that was mortai of James Brooks Would soon pass over the portalsof time and cure he (Mr. Cox) had returned the money to the Treasury, He had not Kept 10 alisummer, but he had kept it from the loth of March to the 30th of April. He (Mr. Negiey) did not’ question the gentieman’s motives or his right—he had simply relerred to the lacts, Mr, Cox-—-Does the gentieman arraign my state- ment? Ihave stated that L returned the money to the Treasury two weeks before Mr. Brooks’ death. Mr. NuGLEY—I have wot stated otherwise. I would not misrepresent the gentieman, having @& proper regard joy my own sel! respect and for his feelings; but the geatieman appears on this floor iminediately on the commencement of this session as the conspicuous figure of a group of gentle- men anxious and zealous in arraigning their associates for committing a great wrong agailst the public treasury and public sen- timent, and Idesire to reier to the gentleman’s own acts 1n order to put him in the position in which he has put himself, From June 4 to Novem- ber 5 the gentleman drew $3,126, although he waa not elected @ member till the Sth of November, Mr. Cox—Iis the gentleman aware of the law on the supject? Mr. NEGLEY—I am aware of the law and so is the gentleman, Mr, Cox—The law is express in regard tot, Is the gentleman aware of the law. Mr. NEGLEY—I1 am aware of it. dur. Cox—Let us see what it is. Mr, NecLky—If the gentleman will permit me, I will be more induigent to him than he has been to mine. The gentleman has only served nine days in this Congress, and yet has drawn over $5,000, If that is not drawing back pay I appeal to the com- mon sense of the House. Mr. Cox—Has the gentleman served any longer in this House than i have’ I was sworn in the same day as he. Mr. NeGuxy—But Iam not showing such a dis- gusting amount of virtue as the gentleman, and, consequently, lam not here making my own de- fense. ‘Ie objection which I have had to this whole proceeding Was the introduction of this bill and the indecent haste of the genticman to bring it belore the country while our industries are depressed, and while the condition of tne finances demand immediate legisiation, I have had no intention to be personal in this matter, I simply alluaed to the statement in the newspapers, not with any intention of arraigning the gentie- man (Mr, Cox) betore the House on a question which he had a perfect right to act on according to hus best judgment. But the gentleman appears here as the judge advocate of the people. He ar- Taigns his associates ior committing a great crime, or, in his own language, for stealing money from the Treasury. When he makes that statement I desire the House and the country to ander- stand exactly we part which he has played in = Stealing money Jrom. the ‘reasury, if he so styles’ it. If this measure had been introduced in the interest of economy it would have commanded my yote and my earnest Support. If it had been introduced out of respect to public opinion by the gentlemen who had the most right to introduce it (I mean those who had favored the increase) I should have been willing to give itmy support; but, on the contrary, it has been introduced by a number of gentlemen who have just escaped jrom the follies of their youth, and who come here for the purpose of earuing some new reputation. (Laughter.) Mr. WILSON, of Indiana, said it was not his pur- pose to argue against the repeal o! the Salary bill, nor to argue that the salary was not fixe high, but he desired to show that there was nothing in the action unworthy or dishonest; that @ man might vote lor it and still be the peer in in- tegrity aud conscience of ali the multitude of his detractors. He proceeded to reier to precedents on the subject, naming many of the popular and distinguished men who voted for like measures, and received the benefits of them, and he repeated to Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, the question whether he Cae not drawn the back pay voted by Congress in Mr. LAWRENCE replied that every member of that Congress, except the members fiom West Virginia, had taken the pay fixed by the act of 1866. He condemned the Salary act of March 3, 1873, not so much because of the back pay, as because both the back pay and the front pay were too high, Mr. WILSON, of Indiana, reminded Mr. Lawrence that he had condemned it a while ago because it ‘Was back pay. Mr. LAWRENCE--Because it was back pay, too much in amount. (Laughter.) Mr. Dawes, of Mass.—i want the gentleman from Ohio (Mr, Lawreuce) to tell us how much Dack pay he would go for. (Loud laughter.) He says tuat in 1866 he took his back pay because every member 1 Congress did so. He returns the increase of pay because, he says, the people condemn it. So he goes With the multitude, whatever way tue multi+ tude goes. (Loud laughter at the expense of Mr. Lawrence.) Mr. LAWRENCE desired to make a rejoinder; but Mr. Wilson, who had tue floor, declined to yield to im. Mr. Parsons, (rep.) of Ohio, hoped his colleague (Mr. Lawrence) would be allowed to answer, be. cause he needed very much to put himself right. (Laughter.) Mr. LAWRENCE retorted that his colleague would have an opportunity to answer some inquiries, Mr. Parsons declared mmself ready to answer any inguiiies, Mr. LaMison, (dem.) of Ohio, criticised the posi- tion of his colleague (Mr. Lawrence), and ridiculed fim for his assumption 0: superior virtue in cou- nection with the salary question. Thesame degree of interest, he di ‘ed, which modern ages have lelt in regard to the Jeatures of Homer would be felt by future ages in regard to those of the famous author of the report of the select committee on the New York election frauds. (Laugater.) He asserted that the popular clamor against the Increased Salary bill was got up mainly by demagogues and interested politi- clans; that he had met his constituents and argued the question to their entire satisiaction, and that he had no fear of his abihty to convince them again. that his position was correct. Mr. STARKWEATHER, (rep.) of Conn., advocated the bill reported by the select committee. He, too, drew a distinction between the expression of the Ropular will and the public clamor got up by the lemagogues and by a sensational press, He had opposed the original measure for the increase of compensation and stili believed that it was unwise. At such a time as this especially, when wages all over the country were being reduced on an aver- age of 20 per cent, members should not insist on obtaming an increase of 60 per cent, but should submit to the proposed reduction, Mr. WILSON, of Indiana, continued his argument, and claimed to have proved that the last Congress, in the passage of the Salary bill, had followed in the Jootsteps of their most. illustrious predecessors. The merit or demerit of the act did not depend on whether it was done on the first or last day of the Congress. -Men might differ as to the proper salary without being either robbers or thieves. The people, however, had a right to demand that the act of the last Congress should be repealed. The people had made that demand, and Congre: was pound to accede to it. Whatever Congress would do would be criticised, but perhaps the best way of disposing of the matter was to place the law as it was before, and he trusted that the House would put the bill on that basis. Mr. TOWNSEND, (rep) ot Pa, advocated an amendment, proposed by himself, fixing the salary of members at $6,000, Mr. Lyncn, (rep.) of Miss,, argued that whatever change was to be made, whetuer of increase or decrease, should not take effect during the present NETess. Mr, O'BRIEN, (dem.) of Md., expressed his inten- tion ‘to vote for the repeal of 1! é Salary bill, not because he thougit $7, too jarge a salary, but because the people of Maryland were opposed to some features of the bill, Mr. HAL, (rep.) of Me., gave notice thi@® he Would try to get a vote on the bill to-morrow, and then, at four o'clock, the House adjourned, $5,000 WORTH OF JEWELRY SsTOLEN, The Brooklyn police have been busily engaged in looking after a thief who stole $5,000 worth of jew- elry from the residence of Mr. Patchen, Clinton street, near Amity, about two weeks ago. The prospects of catching the rogue are very brighh HOSFORD'S HAUL. a How the Cashier of the Pine Street Firm Made Away with His Employer's Money—Advice of the Defaleator to His Viet ‘The defaleation by Hosford, the ex-president of the Croton Bank and cashier of the banking house of Augustus W, King, No, 32 Pine street, created quite a lively Sensation on the “street” yesterday, when the report published exclusively in the HERALD yesterday of the little unpleasantness was read by the bulls and bears. To those who were personally acquainted with Hosford the news was a terrivie surprise, as, judging from all reports, he was quite popular with everybedy and was always consid- ered tobe reliable and trustworthy in every re- spect. Mr. King, his employer, was, of course, taken aback by the defalcation more than any one else, for his confidence in his cashier was un- bounded. Indeed, had it not been so, Hosford would never have been able to commit tne crime he did—at least not in the way he chose to make it, A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION | ‘for himself, There are but few new facts in regard to the case, but what there is new about the matter will prove of interest, It seems that Hosford managed the affair very shrewdly, and calculated his chances of success and failure very nicely as to time, place and circumstance, The way he got the money he has run away with is a8 foliows:—Mr. N, T. Beers, of No. 38 Broad street, deposited with Mr. King a checkjfor $6,900 so as to be able to draw against it later in the day, This check was certi- fied. Hosford, on receiving it, took it to the bank and deposited it to the credit of Mr. King. Another check for something over $2,500, of H. 4. Horton, he did the same with, and, it 18 said, several other small checks, certified, were also disposed of in the same way, Later on in the day he presented a blank check to Mr. King, which he requested him to sign, saying that tt was Jor a very small amount, needed to pay ofa few small indedtednesses incurred during the day by the house, It was just here that Mr. King’s con- fidence in Hosford proved damaging, ior he signed the check without asking any question. Mr. Beers im the aiternoon, wanung to use a portion of the money he had deposited his check jor with Mr. King’s house, sent his boy to the bank with Mr. King’s check, which he had taken in exchange for his own, The boy went to the bank and was told that there was no money there to meet the check, He told Mr. Beers this on returning, and the latter bade him go and tell the King people to hurry up their deposit. He after- wards Went up to Mr. King’s himseli and told him what had occurred. Mr, King langhed at the idea ~| that there was no money to meet the check, and stated that a deposit haa been made a short time beiore to meet tue expected demand. In order to make assurance doubly sure be and Mr. Beers went to the bank. The teller told them what he had told Mr. Beers’ boy. “Why!? exclaimed Mr, King, “wasn’t a deposit made to-day?” The answer was that there had been, but that a check for $10,000 had been presented and honored, nis opened the eyes of the two brokers, and they went back to Mr. King’s office. A hurried examination showed that the amount of the check Mr, King had signed at the request of Hosford was Tepresented in the ledger by the sum of $10, just $19,990 less than the check bore when it was pre- sented at the bank, It appears that Mr. Hosford fer ahead of Mr. Beers’ boy when the latter was on his way to the bank with the check drawn by Mr. King in favor of Mr. Beers by going through the Sub- ‘Treasury buiiding while the boy went leisurely round the way of Nassau street. 1t was also ascer- tained that he had BOUGHT GOLD with the proceeds of the $10,000 check at White, Morris & Co.'s, aud had atiempted to get goid and greenbacks with one of the other checks at Law- Fence’s, in the Bennett Building, but changed his mind. Yhere is one very pecutiar side of this defalca- tion, at least for outsiders, While Mr, King and Mr, Beers were talking over what ought to be done, @ telegraph despatch was handed to Mr, King. It ran as 1ollows:— New Yorr, Dee. 8, 1873. Avcusrus W, Kina. 32 Pine street.— Keep cool” Twili make it ail right in a week. uUSFORD. The idea of a man deliberately running away with $10,000 of another man’s money, and then coolly advising the otuer to Keep cool jor a week, on the strength of @ promise that It would be made all right, 18 certainly a new idea in defaica- tions, But the despatch did not make either Mir, King or Mr. Beers laugn in the least. Neither dia they cry; but it made them atonce think of the detectives, With the hope that the latter might be able to do something whieh would prevent the defalcator trom getung a full week’s start of them, which he evidently wanied, according to nis .despatch, ‘The detectives are now working up the case, T. Golden and Sampson having the Matter in speciai charge. They were intensely displeased yester- day at the publication of the report of the deialcation in the HeERaLp, alleging that it had .injured their prospects of securing Hosford. The latter’s wife was calied upon yesterday by a HERALD reporter at the house in Jersey where she and her daughter are boarding. She stated that she received a despatch from her husband on Mon- day alternoon stating that he would not be home for a week. As to Where he went or where he is she of course knew nothing. Mr. King yesterday refused (o give the reporters any information as to whether the defalcation amounted to @ greater sum than that aiready known; in tact, refused to speak about the case at all. Nor did he take the advice of Hosiord and “Keep cool.” On the contrary, he was 80 excited all day that when one of the detectives called to see him about certain matters which might lead to aclew as to Hosford’s whereabouts, he was unable to secure an interview. The excitement and con- fusion that reigned in the office ied many persons to believe that the defalcation was very muck larger than 1 appears at present. POLICE DEADHEADS. Result of the Trouble at the Opera—No More Free Passes to Places of Amuse~ ment for the Department—Action of the Commissioners Yesterday. The Board of Police, at their meeting yesterday afternoon, adopted the foliowing resolutions :— Resolved, That the Chief Clerk be directed to notify the captains of the various precincts of the following resolutions:— Reso.ved, ‘hat hereafter no officer or member of the police force shall ask for or accept @ free pass to any place of uinusement in this city from any person or per- sons. ‘ Resolved, That the Rroprictors or azents‘of all places of amusement be Notified and requested to issue no tree pass to any member of the polive force or to tue Commis- sioners. Resolved, That the following number of men be de- tailed to the various places of amusement name Academy of Music, 5; Booth’s, 3; Grand Opera, Union Square, 3; Wallack’s, 3; Niblo’s, Firth Avenue’ (tweuty-eighth street), 2; Olympic, Lyceum Theatre, 2; Bryant’ 1; Tony Pastor's, Bowery, 2; Mocd’s 1; Robinson Hall, 1, , 1; 2) Metropolitan, 1; Theatre Comique, and German Theatre, 1. It appears that the number of complimentary tickets issued to the police authorities at nearly every place of amusement in this city durmg many seasons past can hardly be estimated. Inquiries at’ the box ofices ofsome of the leading theatres elicited the fact that letters requesting complimentary tickets have been frequently received irom the Police vommis- sioners themselves, The trouble at the Academy of Music, accordin tothe statement of the box office keeper, origi- nated in the refusal of the directors of the opera to (i free tickets for the last performance, on Fri- lay night, to Commissioner Smith, that gentle- man bei Tepreacnted ‘on the occasion by Captain Tynan, le threat was then made that police pro- tection would be withdrawn from the Academy of Music on that evening, and the threat was carried into effect, notwithstanding the remonstrances of Mr. Kingsland, one of the directors. Mr. Coe, of the box office, informed a representa- tive of the HERALD that,a large number of tickets for the opera were asked for and {sy for every performance except the ast during the season On one occasion Commissiouer Duryea personally applied for free asses, stating that the Police Commissioners in his city were accustomed to be provided with free tickets in places of amusement. The resolutions passed at the meeting of the Police Board yesterday will remove the shame at- tached to such practices as are alleged above. In emergencies the service of a large number of pas ely may be had on application to the Super- VERY SUSPIOIOUS Brooklyn Assesement Records Missing. At a meeting of the Brooklyn Boara of Audit, held yesterday, General Dahigren, the expert ac- countant, reported that he had examined and compared the Comptroller's report for 1872 with the abstract of assessments of arrears in the former Street Commissioner's office previous to 1871, and he found that assessments of arrears for ‘ading and paving, amounting to 726, were fot on the Rostragts in the S Suter oemtaie. sioner’s ce, The books containin the abstracts are ing. It was leemed advisable by the Board to obtain the opinion of the corpranen Counsel as to whether they could collect these old assessments before going any fur- ther. The oficial opinion was that as the great question was whether the assessments had been ree or not, and in order to ascertain the Common Vouncil should direct the Registrar of Arrears to pba ge ag Wren at by he would bring ai ornved my 18, e facts would then be erman Ropes said it was -ve books of assessments Fionn, along. ora years should be missing between the Comptroller's and waid tee pontieg wa If vA assessments had been 10 received th [ Browgue incre. @ money would be EDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1873.-TRKIPFLE SHEET, THE POOR AND UNEMPLOYED. Movements in Aid of the Indu:trious and Un- employed Poor—Fairs, Mass Meetings and Calis for Aid—Eard Times and No Work. The movement in aid of the working classes and the poor is at present assuming somewhat formid- able proportions in this city, and strong efforts will,, undoubtedly, be needed to enable them to comiortably pass the perils and privations of a winter which promises to be a very rigorous one. It is wany years 8 nce the country has seen so many of its workmen and workwomen idle as there are at present. he financfat panic, which has so re- cently prostratea many of the leading capitalists and closed up hundreds of factories from Maine to Florida, has been the cause of this embarrassment, Already private movements of various kinds have been mnaugurated for the temporary relief of those who are now utterly destitnte, by the establish. ment of jodging and soup houses, but this 1s not exactly what is required, A workingman wants work—not alms proffered as a charity to a mendi- cant, Nevertheless such efforts as tendto ame- liorate the harshness of his immediate necessities are highly commendable and will, wifhout doubt, be extremely veneficial, On the 24th of November last a society known as the Eleventh Ward Relief Association was formed, with headquarters at No. 98 avenue C. Magnus Gross+was elected President; Patrick Keenan, First Vice President; Patrick Moore, Second Vice President, and David Ostheim, Secretary. They have also an executive committee of 21 members, Ali tue officers of the society, with the exception of the secretary and bookkeeper, the collectors and storekeeper, serve without any compensation whatever, and the object of the assoctation, as expressed in its bylaws, 18 “to aid the poor and to aiford relief to the needy of the Eleventn ward, without regard to nationality, color, sex, creed or politics, The Executive Committee are en- trasied with the special care and management of the affairs of the associatic a, as, for instance, the taking of subscriptions; the collection of money, provisions, fuel or other articies; the purchase of the same and the procuring of storeroom if re- quired; the appomument of collectors and the nam- ing. Ol a storekeeper. ‘The number of members enrolled up to Thurs- day, December 4, was 63, and the amount of cash subscriptions by 47 Of these members was $1,176. ‘he association will begin the relief of the poor on the 2d of January next, and tous ittingly inaugu- Tate a new yeur. Fair in Aid of Children and Young Girls. The fair under the auspices ofa mumber of be- Nevolent ladies, residents of the upper portion of the city, in aid of the Associat.on of Beiriending Children and Young Girls, is now open at Republi- can Hall, corner of Broadway and Twenty-third street, and will close on Monday evening of next week, This noble effort of clarity is under the im- mediate supervision of Mrs. Walter S, Storr, Mrs. George V. Hacker, Mrs. D, T. Addis Emmett and ‘Miss Gilbert, who are the officers of the associa- tion. The hall is finely decorated, the famous flag of the Sixty-ninth regiment, N.G. 8 N. ¥., pre- sensed to the regimeni by the Nun of Kenmare, be- ing prominent among the embellishments, All the tables are handsomely decorated and well supplied With articies 01 use and beauty, many of them com- dining both qualities, Among the inore noticable articies displayed and ready for purchasers are a superb Roman 011 painting ot the Saviour in the attitude of teaching; several elegant silver sets; large size photograph of Carl Muller's painting of the “Holy Family; several curious fire screens, one of them being formed of clusters of autumn leaves aud ferns; arabesque table cover; superb chair wrougnt by Algerine handicrattsmen, aad a profusion oj Jancy articies and righ embroideries. ‘’here ig aiso a splendid picture of the altar piece of alamons buropean cathedral; the flower table is filed with rare exotics and sweet smeliing Nowers, a soda water fountain pours forth its coo: beverage to quench the tairst Of the throng. The cuisine 1s unexceptionable, and in the eVeuings gentle music is discoursed by an excelicnt orchestra, The Children’s Aid Society. An appeal has been issued by the Children’s Ata Society, from thetr mstitntion, No. 19 East Fourth street, During the past year this society has ac- commodated in its five lodging houses 11,503 differ- ent boys and girls, making @ wotal of 145,998 lodg- ings, and has furnished the children with 172,453 meals. In the 21 day and 15 evening schools were instructed 9,584 children, who were also partly fed and clothed in the West, and the number under charge of the society during the year Was 24,788. In its appeal the society says :— ‘A bitter winter has come ‘to the poor children of New York. Thousands are driven out of work by the stoppage of manutactures and the business troubles. Thousands or othe:s find their crust of bread scautier at home and the little help given tem by tueir poor parents made less by sudden poverty. These litle children of the poor, shiver- img in their Fags, halt starved, and. bare footed often in We winter's snow, throng to oun industrial schools and lodging houses. ‘Some, before they have found out our pleasant sheliers, sleep’ in boxes and under stairways througi the sharp winter nights. The Children’s aid Society wish to make this season of “good will” bring happiness. and good cheer, to the thonsands of. these heedy children of poverty. They de- sire, it the benevoient furnish the mearis, to provide a good Christmas dinner, or pleasant festival Jor the thousands ot children in Weir schools and lodg: ing houses. ‘They wish to distribute many hundreds oi pairs of shees and articles of clothing among them. And, above ail, they wantto send the homeless child to ‘a good home in the West. Fitty dollars will provid taree homeiess children with @ home. One bundie dollars wil! turnish 100 poor children warm dinners fora month, One hundred dollars will put shoes on 75 bare-tooted children, Who, among those whom Provi denee lias blessed with means, will aid to give a hajpy Christmas to these poor little ones ? De Cordova Aiding the Poor. A humorous lecture for the relief of the poor, under the auspices of the Hebrew Temple Emanuel, will be given at Steinway Hall on next Monday evening, and promises to be 4 most liberally pat- ronized entertainment. There are no people in the worid who so seldom scek charitable assistance as those of Israelttish birth, and woen they do make an appeal it should be honestly and heartily encouraged, on the principle that it is go0d policy to help those wito strive to help them- selves, It is hoped that the congregation will re- ceive from this effort a fund of at least $2,600 in aid of their worthy poor, The Workingmen’s Demenstration The great street parade of over 50,000 unem- ployed workingmen, jaborers and mechanics, which was announced to take place on Thursday next (to-morrow), has been for the present postponed, The monster meeting, however, announced to be held on the evening of the same day at Cooper In- stitute will take place, and a large number of speakers, Men and wowen, Will address the assem- blage. The cail of the work people abounds in mot- toes, such as “We strike at evils, not men. Let us all strike together,” “No more wars until we have paid for tne last one,” “If the country 18 aroused and incensed at the murder of a few overzealous patriots on a foreign — shore, how much more should they be tired with Eek indignation at the spectacie of thousands of jadustrious men and wowen starving amid the abundance that their labor has created in our city?” “Keep yourself unengaged for Thursday evening, December 11, eight o’clock sharp, and spread this call. Competent speakers and true men and women Will audress you. Arrangements Will be made for outside meetings, 80 that all may for the first time hear truths spoken that shall dre the nation’s heart.” Le Morrisania Workingmen. The unemployed workingmen of the Twenty. third ward (Morrisania) are to hold a mass meet- ing on Tuesday evening next, corner ot Third ave- nue and Westchester road, to devise measures tor securing work for the unemployed of that aistrict. Speeches will be made votn in German and English, and uppearances indicate that the meeting will be largely attended, The Poor and the Pawn Shop Sharks, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Recent instances of the extortion prac- tised by pawnbrokers urge me to ask your assistance in bringing the matter to the notice of the proper authorities. inquiries sustain my im- Pression that @ grievous wrong Is being done to the poor people who avail themselves of this means of relieving their pecuniary embarrassments, Not only are they at the mercy of these “sharks” in regard tothe amount advanced, but more particularly in the matter of interest, which Tanges to ang amonnt beyond 25 per cent they may deem it safe to charge. In @ transaction of my Own With one of these fellows it was at- tempted to make me pay at the rate of something like 60 percent @ year. My objections, however, to such acharge induced him to come down to about 32 per cent, which he coolly told me was his minimum rate i any cage. Determined not to submit, I made my case known to the sergeant in charge’ of the Dearest precingt, who referred me to the office of the or’s Marsnal, I was most kindly received by Marshal Hart, who informed me they were 25 per cent @ yea on sums under $25, cent @ year on tained me only permitted to charge and 7 per sams over that amount, and sus dn the staud | took againat such extor- 3 5,701 were sent to good homes, mainly | von Dy a& once senaing one or nis deputies with fixed things with @ warning, this kind are seldom or never heard of through the press, nor is redress sought for ag frequenily as might bring the matter more promi. | hently forward, for the reason that the majority of | those resorting to these money lending ‘sharpers”” are content to submit—numbers through delicacy, others trom ignorance of the impositions practised upon them, and others again Jrom a lack of know- ing where to seek redress, Moreover, a large pro- portion are women, who are easily intimidated, and shrink from the puolicity they imagine might attach to their resistance. I have no doubt that at this season of the year customers are always plentiful enough; ut, with the present great distress upon Us, fear many who never dreamed of seeing the inside of one of these shops have been and are being forced to have recourse to this means of keeping the “hungry woif’ from tne door, and it ust be recollected that to the needy the smallest overcharge is of consequence, were it only five cents, It will buy a loaf, 1 would, thereiore, beg that such great advocates of the oppressed as the HERALD would lend their influence in the advocacy of some measure of tection, for those having dealings with these mone: loaners, [ieel quite satisfied the HERALD needs only to be made acquainted with any grievance affecting the public weal, and more particularly the suttering poor, to cause it to plead earnestly for them. A CONSTANT READER, A LONG STRIKE ENDED, Troy, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1873, ‘The long strike at Burden’s tron milisin this city, which commenced on the 10th of June last, ended to-day by the men resuming work. The strike was against @ foreman, who has been retained, the hands going to work under him. Twelve hundred men now find employment tn the works. THE CASE OF CHARLES STORANDT, + A Scenoc in the Coroners’ Office—The Coroner’s Jury and Counsel in Cole liston=Three Verdicts—Dr. Petzold Ex- onerated. During the investigation yesterday in the case oi Charles Storandt, the infant nine months old, who died at the residence of his parents, 241 East Filty-fourth street, as alleged, irom the effects ot accidentally swallowing a piece of nitrate of silver while his throat was being cauterized by Dr. Pet- zold, quite an exciting scene occurred between Coroner Kessler, the jury and Mr, Fitch, who ap- peared as counsel for Dr. Petzold. While the ex- amination of witnesses was proceeding ex-Cor- oner Schirmer, a trend of Dr, Petzold, desired to ask Dr. Jacobi, then on the stand, @ few scientific questions for the enlightenment of the jury; but Coroner Kessler retused him the favor, upon which the ponderous ex-Voroner hastily left the room, declaring that Coroner Kessler was per- secuting Dr. Petzold, ‘rhe testimony being all in the case was given to the jury, who found that the chila’s death was ac- cigantel, and exonerated Dr. Petzold from all ame, ‘This verdlet did not meet the views of Coroner Kessier, who refused to receive it, and sent the jury to their room tor further deliberation. Aiter @ short absence the jury again returned and tound that the child died from malignant sore throat, and, as at first, exonerated Dr. Petzold from all olame, This verdict was also objectionable to Coroner Kessler, because it failed to give the cause of death as stated by Dr. Leo, who made the post- | mortem examination. Coroner Kessler lectured the jury at length and with much feeling before sending them back the third time. Ceunsellor Fitch ventured to suggest tbat the verdict should be accepted, as it Seemed to be fair and just ac- cording to the testimony, but he was cut short by Coroner Kessler, who told him he must not interfere. During the absence of tne jury the counsel and Coroner had some words in the court room, when the latter said something about com- mitting Mr. Fitch Jor contempt of court, to whicn tue latter replied that the Coroner might commit him as soon as he pleased. THE THIRD VERDICT. At this juncture the jury returned for the third time and rendered the toilowing verdict :—‘That Charies Storandt came to his death by the acci- dental dropping of @ portion of nitrate of silver into the stomach, causing vomiting, which finally | led to convulsions, exhaustion and death.” ‘This verdict, which did not contain an exonera- tion of Dr. Petzold, was accepted and thus ended the case. A PERSONAL MATTER. Previons to leaving the court room Counsellor Fitch stated tiat he waited on Coroner Kessier and requested that be should not hold the inquest in this case, but transfer it for investigation belore anotner Coroner, masmuch as ducing the heated politica! canvass of last year himseti and Dr. Petzold indulged in harsh words and had serious trouble, but Coroner Kessler reiused to do so. ‘& That Coroner Kessier was prejudiced against vr, Petzold seemed apparent to many during tne clos- ing se of the investigation, THE RING CASES. The District Attorney and the Genet Trial—Wocdward Expected To Be Here by February Next. There were no new developments as to the Ring cases yesterday, although it is whispered about that during the next term of the Oyer and Term Ler there will be plenty of work for Mr. Phelps and his assistants in bringing ail the mdicted parties’ trials to an issue. Tuere is a great desl of talk about the action of the District Attorney in the Genet case, the latter’s trends alleging that he is purposely staving off the trial so as to make it interiere with Genet’s Albany business; in ouner words, to prevent him from going to Albany next monta, A gentleman who pretends to know of | what he affirms states that Woodward will be here | in February. OHARGED WITH FORGERY, | An Ex-Treasury Clerk of Jamaica, West Indics, Sent Back in Charge of a New York Detective. Yesterday morning the mail steamer Etna, plying between this port and Kingston, Jamaica, took out among her passengers, Mr. George 8. Manning, a handsome mulatto, formerly a treasury clerk in the British service at Montego Bay. Man- ning was arrested in this Foe on the 17th of last nionth, with $200 in gold in his posession, by tele- graphic order from Kingston, on a charge of for- gery, and has since been detained at Pouce Head- quarters. The prisoner was accompanied to Jamaica by Detective Wailing, brother of the in- spector Of that name. Just before the departure of the steamer Man- ning was questioned regarding the charge, and he | boldly asserted that he 1s innocent of the crime | imputed to him. He clearly gave the reasons for his leaving Jamaica, and attributes his arrest here to een pe the part of a fel.ow passenger to this port. janning consented to return without exiradition papers, and loudly proclaims his abtity to prove how anjust the accusation is, and, alter this is done, to make those who caused his arrest suffer tor their work. ERIE CANAL NAVIGATION, Burra.o, N, ¥., Dee. 9, 1873. The Board of Canal Forwarders of this port, ata meeting on ‘Change to-day, passed resolutions which were afterwards endorsed by the Board of Trade, asking the State authorities to reopen tne eastern division he canal, to enable them to get boats and cargues through to tidewater, The propeiler Scotia, the last vessel due at this port, arrived last night, The Boats To Be Got Through. ALBANY, N, ¥., Dee, 9, 1873, ‘There 1s a prospect of the canal being kept open until ali the boats bound East can be got through, Canal Commissioner Barkley, who is in the eastern division, has ordered the cael eo ve put in a condition for water immediat the moderate weather. Hela ayieg, so THE DELAWARE WHIPPING POST, NEWCASTLE, Dee. 9, 1873, There 1s great excitement here over the coming whipping of the bank burglars, There is a report afoat that an attempt will be made to-morrow to liverate the four men, THE WMAHON LIBEL BUIT. A Reply to Mr. McMahon's Card, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I notice with surprise and regret that Mr. Dennis McMahon has again called to the attention of the public the unhappy matters which were the subject of a recent suit tried at White Plains. For the sake of Mr, McMahon the counsel for Mr. consented to a disposition of that suit, which, while it completely vindicated Mr. Holden, it was hoped would bury the past in oblivion. Alt, McMahon’s communication, published in your ‘Paper ot the Sen inst., compels me to reier to the in r correct some mistakes or misstatements, The facts are these First—There was no proof at the trial of the per- sonal unchastity of Mrs. Hoaanone Second—There was no evidence of neglect of sug on Bee part as Y mother, 8 i ird—The dlemises upon her chatacter con- sisted in her correspondence and oondues with Mr, Eldredge and her treatment of Mr. and Mra. Hol- den. se Diemishes we were willing to consider as removed by what was assumed asa tact—that she was at the tine in a state of mental bg —But we did not believe, and Mr. hon and his counsel are aware that we refused to admit, that this alienation was by threats of Eldredge to attack or 11 date divorce from i vowed in Teas, oF thy of any description. We did not believe that such bn bie? ever ks dab Broke am authorized a mo’ have shown this comnmanteation to hi ah Hd he concurs in its statements, jours, A. B. Ci ‘of counsel for the defendant, ober Holiems