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CONGRESS. SUMNER ON FINANCE. House Debate on Back Pay and Salary Grabbing. MR. KASSON DEPRECATES CASARISM. Meck Stephens Defines Demagogism and “Defends the Salary Law. NO PROGRESS IN THE REPEAL. SENA' WASHINGTON, Dee. 11, 1873, The Senate met at noon. BLKCTION OF PRESIDENT PRO TEM, Vice President Wilson being absent, Mr. Ax- THONY, (rep.) Of R, L, moved that Matthew H, Car- penter, of Wisconsin, be elected President pro tem, ef the Senate, Mr. STEVENSON, (dem.) of Ky., nominated Allen G. Thurman, of Obio. Mesers, Authony and Stevenson were appointed tellers, and, on a vote being taken by ballot, it re- sulted as follows:— Mr. @arpenter. Mr. Thurman, Biank... ‘The whole number of votes cast was 48; wary to a choice 25, Mr. Carpenter, having received a majority of the votes, was declared elected, and he was escorted to the chair by Mr. Tharman, Upon taking the chair Mr. CARPENTER said :— “Senators, please accept my grateful thanks.”’ The usua! order directing the Secretary to notify the President of the United States and the House of Representatives of the election of Mr, Car- enter was made. LIQUOR TRAFIC. Aumber of petitions asking for the appoint- ment of a commission to regulate tne traffic in al- eoholic hquors were presented and relerred to the Finance Committee. BILLS INTRODUCED, Mr. CLAYTON, (rep.) of Ark., introduced a Dill extending the time for the selection of swamp and overflowed lands in the State of Arkansas under the act of March 8, 1860, Referred to the Committee on Public Lends. By Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) of Mich,—Changing the name and title of the United States Agent and Consul General at Alexandria to Agent aud Consul General at Cairo, By Mr. Bocy, (dem.) of Mo.—Authorizing from and alter April 1, 1874, the payment of customs eee ene Ba in legal tender notes and one-half an _ gold, y Mr. PRaTT, (rep.) of Ind,—Relating to the re- moval of causes in certain cases from the State Courts. By Mr. Wricnt, (rep.) of Jown—Relative te rules of practice in United States Courts. Mr, BUOKINGHAM, (rep.) of Conn., introduced a bill for the relief of certai tribes of Indians in the Northern Superintendency. Relerred to the Com- mittee on Claims. Mr. Gorpon, (dem.) of Ga., Introduced a bill to repeal the section of tue bill of March 3, 1873, for- widding the iree transmission 0! periodicais, maga- xines and newspapers ‘through the United States mais, and restoring that privilege. Keferred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, FINANCE REMEDIES. Mr. Wriaut, (repv.) of lowa, said during his tem- porary absence from the Senate yesterday two resolutions were reported from the Committee on Finance. While he did not concur in either he con- sented to that reported by the majority tor the perpone of getting the question before the Senate, je did not see the necessity of hasty legisiation on this subject, but was in favor of additional circu- jation as the increased population and business interest of the country demanded. VUNERAL EXPENSES OF THE LATE EXECUTIVE CLERK. Mr. BUCKINGHAM, of Connecticut, offered a reso- Jution directing the Secretary of the Senate to pay the widow of John M. Morris, Executive Cierk of the Senate, $150 for funeral expenses, and an additional sum equal to two months’ ay. Re- Jerred to the Committee on Contingent ‘penses. LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Mr. Hows, (rep,) of Wis. introduced a bill au- thorizing the appointment of a commisston to regulate traitic in alcoholic liquors, Referred to the Committee on Finance. It provides for the appointment by the President, with the consent of e Senate, of five commissioners, to investie gate the alcoholic liquor traflic in its econo- mic, criminal, moral and scientific aspects in connection with pauperism, crime, social Vices, the public health and general welfare of the peo- , and who shall also inquire and take testimony as to the practical results of license, restrictive and pronibitory legislation for the prevention of imtemperance in the several States of the Union. ‘Tne commissioners are to be appointed from civil life, irrespective of political or partisan considera- tons; are to hold oifice for one year; to serve without or other compensation, except the ment of incidental expenses, and are to make heir report to the President, by whom it shall be transmitted to Congress. HOLIDAY RECESS. Mr. West, (rep.) of La., submitted a concurrent resviution that when Congress adjourn on Friday, the 19th inst, tt be to meet again on Tuesday January 6. Objectea to by Mr. Morton, (rep,) of Ind,, wno said, ‘there was a decided objection to that.” CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Mr. Wixpom (rep.) of Minn., offered a resolution that the Select Commitiee on ‘lransportauon Routes to the Seaboard have authority to hold sessions during the holiday recess at such places us they may select, and that they have power to wend for persons and papers. Passed. ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD. Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn., introduced a bill extending the time for the completion of the St. Paul and Pacific Raiiroad. Referred to the Com- mittee on Public Lands, CURRENCY CONTRACTION. Mr. SUMNER, (rep.) of Mass., called up the bill in- troduced by him on the first day of the session for a substitution of compound interest tor legal ten- der notes, &c., and addressed the Senate in favor thereof. He suid he was for specie payment at the earliest day and would support any measure to se- cure that end. He thought our ctirrency artificial rather than natural. It could uot travel abroad. The only remedy is to make our currency cosmo- politan that it may be ailed by the currency of the world. He thought Wall street in its worst orgies and in its saloons of speculation, which were so many hells, was quickened in heaith by our na- tional policy, He would make our currency as good as gold, and the gold of the world would come to our assistance. Inflation was death to busi- mess; contraction was the proper remedy. The ‘bill he offered had received the encourage- ment of prominent financiers and business men, It had been approved by the Boston Board of Trade and leading newspapers of the Fast and West. The substitution proposed by his pill was in the nature of contraction, but without taking @ dollar trom the people. Money wouid be- come more plentiiul, and the present enormous rates of interest would fall to a normal condition, Interest would cease to be oppressive, and Money would flow in regular channels of business. The agricultural, manufacturing and commercial in- terests would receive new life. The ruling we of agricultural products is fixed by foreign markets, and while the farmer receives but little more now Bs 4 e has oducts than he aid ten years ago, 7 pay irom 60 to 75 per cent higher for boots and shoes and other necessary articles. The present disordered currency owed its origin to Congress. The paige, of war has ceased now, and Congress should improve our financial condition, The bill was referred to the Finance Committee, REBELS REHABILITATED. The bill removing the political disabilities of ‘Thomas 3. Bocock, of Virginia, John H, Reagan, 0. ‘Texas, and others, was passed. ‘ADJOURNMENT. Mr. ANTHONY moved that when the Senate ad- are to-day it be to meet again on Monday next, ‘Adopted, INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION. Mr. SPENCER, from the Committee on Commerce, reported back a bill introduced by Mr. Fenton early 4n the session, to provide for the better protection of the Northern and Northwestern frontier, and to jacilitate commerce and diminish the expense of the exchange between States, and it was reierred tw the Committee on Transportation, BANKS WITHOUT CIRCULATION. ‘The bill to authorize the organization of National Yanks without circulation was taken up. Mr. BAYARD, (dem.) Of Del., said he did not think it wise that the banking system of the country should be extended. It would be far better to go back to first principles in finance, as on all other questions, and let the people in their own localities remedy the evils under which they suffered, Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) Of Ohio, said the bill did not confer aay privileges other than to allow the bank © assume the name of national bank, He hoped it ‘would be passed, Mr. Scorn, (rep.) of Pa., questioned the propriety of passing the bill, He hoped soon to see more Jegai venders and less national bank gormpacy. Tr. FRRLINGHUYSEN, (rep.) of N. J. hoped farther consideration of the bili would be post- poned, that Senators might have ample time to examine ite provisions. Alter some discussion the bill was laid over to be called up at an early day. CONGRESSIONAL, COMPENSATION. Mr. Davis, dem.) of W. Va., submitted the foi- Jowing resolution :~ Resolved, That the Secretary of the Sepate be directed, ee NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. retroactive the al who drew their pay under such mount drawn by them respectively, with the dates of payinent, the names of Benators who covered into the ‘asury amounts ue them under such retroactive pro~ visions and the date of such action ; and also a compara- tive statement of the total compensation and allowance of Senators unaer the act of July 28 1866, and of March 3, 1873, respectively. POST OFFICE EXPENSES. Mr. GorpON submitted the following resolution, Which, he said, he would cali up to-morrow :— Whereas the abolition of the franking privilege was intended to economise the expenditures of the govern: ment, and whereas its abolition prevents the general distribution to the people of improved field and garden teer's, thus defeating, in a great measure, the bencfits which otherwise would accrue to the agriculture ot the country from the establisiment of the Agricultural Buread, and also discourages the distribution of public documents which afford important information and are educators of the people, and whereas, to compensate the people for these osses, there should be an inportant reduction of the expenditures in the postal service of the government, theretore Resolved, That tho Postmaster General be requested to report, for the information of the Senate—! what amount of expense, it any, has been saved to the govern- ment by the abolition of the tranking privilege ; second, how many empioyes in the mail service, if any, have been discharged, and how much less, it ‘anything, is charged by railroads and Other carriers tor the mails since the abolition of the franking privilege; third, how much less appropriation will be required for the postal service, by reason of the abolition of said privilege. At twenty minutes past two o’clock the Senate went into EXECUTIVE SESSION. At twenty minutes to four o'clock P. M. the doors were reopened, and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 1873. DUTIES REFUNDED, ‘Mr. Ranpaut, (dem.) of Pa,, offered a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor- Tation as to the refunding of duties since March, 1873, Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, WABASH RIVER AND LAKE ERIF SHIP CANAL. Mr. Oxru, (rep.) of Ind., offered a resolution providing for @ survey to ascertain the practica- bility of a ship canal connecting Lake Michigan with the Wabash River, Adopted, ELECTION OF PRESIDENT. Mr. PARKER, (rep.) of Mo., offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Elections to examine and report the best and most practicable method of electing the President and providing a tribunal to adjust and decide all contested questions there- with, Adopted, 3 HINGHAM ARBOR. Mr. HARRIS, (rep.) of Mass., offered a resolution directing the Secretary of War to have an exami- nation or survey made of the harbor of Hingham, Mass., with a view to the removal of sunken rocks and other obstructions to navigation. Adopted. POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS AND TELEGRAPHS, Mr. Bgck, (dem.) of Ky., offered a resolution di- recting the Postmaster General to report how any employés of all grades it will require to carry on the postal savings Institutions as recommended by him in his report, and that he furnish like in- formation as to the postal telegraph system which he recommends, when the same 1s in full opera- tion, Adopted. AN EDUCATION FUND. Mr. G. F. Hoar, (rep.) of Masy,, irom the Com- Mittee on Education and Labor, reported a bill to establish an educational tund, and to apply the proceeds 01 the sale of public lands to the edaca- tion of the people, It enacts that the net proceeds of the sale of public Jands shall be forever conse- crated and set apart lor the education of the peo- ple, provided that the act shall not repeal, impair or suspend any law sathorising: pre-emption or homestead entries, nor abridge the power of Con- gress over the public domain, nor interfere with granting bounty lands to the soldiers and sailors Of the late war, Without discussion the bill went over till Tues- cay pees and the House resumed consideration of the IN RELATION TO SALARIES, Mr. POLAND, (rep.) OL Vt., spoke in support of the amendment which he dlfered some days since. He d been, days ago, halarge | Darl ech; 9:106 4008 980, A OOIBORY Wish saree; not, simply because they had the power number of gentlemen, when the conversation turned on the subject, and they ali concurred, without exception, in saying that the increase of salary had been utterly condemned by the public ve saan of the whole people oi the United States, Vhat did the bill reported by the special committee propose? It proposed that all back pay received by members of the Forty-second Congress and all the increased pay received by members of the Forty-third Congress they should be allowed to keep. He asked the House whether that was con- forming to public judgment on that subject? Was that what the people were demanding? Was that going to satisly the popular demand? It was not what the public judgment had demanded and still demanded. What was wanted was this—that they should be utterly wiped out, so that no benefit or advantage which anybody had derived irom it should be kept and retained by him. That, and that alone, would satisfy the publicdemand. It was with that view and for that pur- ed that he had offered his substitute. ¢ proposed to vote jor a bill that should carry out the decision of the people on that subject and utterly wipe out ail the effects and consequences and benefits derived by members of Congress under the act of the 3d of March, 1873. He had voted against that measure. He had held public ofice in his own State, where salaries were very small, and the habits of simplicity and plain economy which he had acquired in that way he could very well preserve in Washington, so that $5,000 a year was ample compensation for is services and fur- nished him with ample means to live in the manner in which he chose to live. Be- sides, he had thought that it was a very unfortunate time to make the increase. The public mind had been for some time excited in re- gard to the corruptions of public men. The whole world had been agog on that subject, and he thought he knew that that increase 0! salary, and especially the retroactive featare of the law, would excite public condemnation and call down popular censure on Congress, After it became a law the question arose what was to be done with the back pay. The press had begun to say that every one who took it was a@ robber and a thief. The idea that he was to be calied @ thief for taking the compensation affixed to his name was not very palatable to him. It did not com- mend itseif to his judgment nor to his conscience ; neither did he propose to be actuated or influenced by any threat of that sort, and therefore he had taken the money and still retained it. Other gen- tlemen’s consciences had been more tender than his. They began to be affected differently, and, one alter another, many returned their back pay to the Treasury. ‘the result of that was that people be- gan to say that these men were cowards and hypo- crites, and they did this merely for the purpose of currying public favor. That had brought him to commune with his own judgment and conscience in regard to what he ought to do—whether ie was on the one side to be called a thief and robber, or whether he should subject himself to be called a coward and hypocrite. The result of his self-communing was that he should be altogether more amenable to the latter charge if he returned the pay, and that he would rather retain it and subject himself to being charged by the pubiic press as a robber and a thief; therefore he had chosen to retain what ne nad received un- der the law, and to make an endeavor to have the law regulate the thing so that he might be allowed to return the money to the Treasury, if that were the will o/ the people, without subjectin; himself to the charge of being a pee and coward. He claimed that, although they could not fe back to regulate the salaries of members of the ‘orty-second Congress, they had full power over the salaries of members of the present Congress. Mr. STEPHENS, (eeu) of Ga, was the next speaker. He got on his feet with some aificulty and not without assistance. Then he supported himself with a crutch under his left arm. He spoke with a clear, ringing voice, which was dis- tinctly audible in every portion of the chamber, except when he dropped his tones, as he did very Irequently at the close of sentences, His manner was nervous and his remarks very digressive, many of his sentences being left uncompleted. Ho was listened to with the closest interest. and atten- tion by the members, officers and audience. He commenced by saying he would examine the uestion before the House first in its moral and then in its political aspect, He spoke of the comments of the public press on the subject, He would say nothing In derogation of the power or usetulness of the press. The position ofjournalists in this country was one of the highest. ‘The Fourth Estate, did, in this age, control pubiic sen- timent; but he would, in all earnestness, say to the pe. and its conductors that nothing was more mportant than that, in treating of aubjects with the masses of the people, they should look well to the truth and correctness and principle of what they addressed to the people, The press had de- nounced as thieves and robbers the members of the Jast Congress, and he had paper which represented the raid Treasury very much like the the 600 at Balaklava, He had the wit of that representation more appropriate than its wisdom. ‘The gentieman from New York (Mr. Tremain) had spoken yesterday of demagog- ism. He (Mr. Stephens) maintained that there could be no statesmanship without it, There never had been sman Who was not @ dema- gogue, The Word originally meant a leader of the people. Pericles was a demagogue, There were two kinds of demagoy he sham aud the genuine. The genuine ¢ acne, was the man who led the people, who led the people. The sham demagogue pandered to the errors and prejudices of the ople. The real statesman was the physician of humanity. The sham demagogue simply courted favora in order to get oftice and the spoils of office, He considered Lord Chatham as the true, the genuine demagogue, and related an anecdote to the ettect that when Chatham was proposing to the Englisn Cabinet a new measure Of taxation, Including the taxing ot windows, he missed one member of the Cabinet and asked for him by name, The answer Was that it made no difference whether that mem- ber Was present or not, because be was & fool, “That is the ver hat f we dus $ peo- ple of Engiana may think anout it, and I want knew the sentiment of.. the pub- lie? wanted to know it, mot to pander to it, but that he might go fore the people and raise them to a sen mt of the necessity and propriety of the measure, Re- curring to the consideration of the Increased Salary bill, Mr. Stephens said that he was very glad tosay that was @ measure for which neither political party was responsible. His opinion was that the democracy, in the proportion of their votes ip Congress, were quite as responsible as the republi- cans, The gentieman from New York (Mr, Tre- main) had admitted yesterday that under the con- stitution every Congress had a right to 0x itsown compensation, it had done s0 from the begmning of the government. It had ire- quently increased that compensation, and the increase was always and necessarily retroactive. Worthy men had done this in the last century and in the early part of the present cen- tury. The brightest ornaments in American bis- tory had subjected themselves to be denounced ag Saiary grabbers aud thieves, The first great thing to be learned in this Ife, as taugnt in the schools of ancient Greece, was to discriminate between that which tbe multitude thought was right and that which was right in itself, if there were any- thing wrong, anything immoral, anything dishon- est, anything which would reflect disgrace on a man’s memory for making that legal appropriation he wanted to know where it was, If tt was wrong for members to take what the law allowed where were men to find a rule of right and wrong, lis re- marks on tuis subject did not apply to bimsell, but he was a citizen of the country, and he felt deep interest in the dignity and character of Congress, He claimed that when Congress passed the retro- active law of last session it bad a constitutional Tight wo do so, He was not saying whether it was expedient or not; but no binsh should rest on the cheek of any man, Whether he voted for it or not, he suould have ielt that he was aa juatly entitled to it as he was to receive $l aday. It was a consti- tutional law, constitationally passe Wio Were entitled to pay under it w entitled to the whole of it as they were to any dime received under it. If any thought it was too much and returned it he (Mr, Stephens) would not cast aslurupon him for doing so, He had discussed the moral view of the question, and he would now proceed to discuss it as to 1ts political aspect. He Was nol going toeplace @ Value on nis Own services as « Representative, but if he were to state what he thought the services of a Repsesentative ought to be worth it would go far above the figure of any law that lias ever been passed. A Representative of the people ought to be @ man of that mental calibre that information, that education, that virtue, that trustwortuimess and all those qualities which command the highest remuneration, He had given itas his opinion m the last speech he made in the House, 14 years ago, that i the salaries of members of Congress were $10,000, of Senators $15,000, of the Chie! Justice of the Supreme Court $50,000, of the Associate Judges: $25,000, and of the President $100,000 it would be better Jor the country at large. He held the same opinion still, He certainly should not vote for the bill reported by the committee, but he believed that the most unwise action of tue last Congress was the abolition of the franking privilege, Mr. GARFIELD, rep., of Omo, replied to Mr. Stephens, ‘here were some things, ne said, in the speech just delivered so radicuily unlike ‘the views entertained by tue American people that they should be replied to at once, particularly as to public positions being held out as prizes tor tne elnoluments attached to them, All that the dis- tinguished gentieman had said in regard to the disvinction between the genuine demagogne and the sham demagogue would be cordially concurred in by ali who heard him. Public opinion, in some of its jorms, might sometimes be wrong, but, after all, there was a place where public opinion finally adjusted itvell and finally gave the stamp to What mankind would usually call mght If this were a world where the highest power Was the best paid power, the gentleman’s argu- Ment would have been right; but exactly the reverse ef that rule was true. The things that had marketable value in the world were not tne things that were highest in the ethical and intel- jectual scale, It had never been vhe theory of the government that the scale of pay was the distinc- tion from the common to the intellectual and high, One of the highest and most iutellectual men of the nation (alluding to Professor Agassiz): had recently told him that he had made it the rule of bis lve to abandon any intellectual pursuit the moment it beeome commercially valuable. Returning to the practical question before the House, he said that when public opinion held that the pay which Congress had voted to itself was too high, it would be in- delicute in Congress to resist that public opinion. Atdid not mterjere with their mannood or inde- pendence or self-respect to say that they would to, com- bine to take more than public opinion thought they were entitied to have. None oi the bills be fore the House met his views, and yet he was will- ing to vote for several of them if they came first in order, It seemed to him that the aggregate amount of payment, allowances, including mileage allowed under the old law, ought to be preserved, only that the mileage ought to be equalized and distribuzed among ail the members, He believed that if there was a fatr equalization of the total payments under the old law 1t would satisfy all the reasonable demands of public opinion, and no un- reasonable one ought to be satistied. Mr. KANDALL, Of Pennsylvania, reviewed the legislation of the country 1n the First, Third, Fit- teenth, Thirty-iourth, Thirty-ninth and Forty-sec- ond Congresses, and classified the votes of the Pennsyivania members in the various Congresses named, both Senators and Representatives, show- ing thee all of said representatives in both houses ither voted for or received. retroactive compensa- tion, He then argued at length as to the adequacy and equalization of pay, in favor of the repeal of Mileage and of the substitution of actual expenses. ee cp iceen any reduction of the salary under $7,500 as not being too much to maintain himself and family and at the same time keep a house in this District and retain bis identity with his con- stituents, Mr, PorrER, (dem.) of N. Y., referred to his posi- tion in the last Congress, where he favored an in- crease of the Executive and judicial salaries, but not of Congressional salaries beyond $6,500 a year, and had opposed back pay. He saw no reason to change those views. le once thought members should serve without pay. His experience had changed his views. ‘Tne best and most usetul members were often those who had no means of support but their sala- ries. ‘This was mainiy true of members from country districts. In the large cities it was otherwise, The true measure of compensation was that woich would support a member plainly and et induce no one to seek the office for the pay. ‘his sum he thought not beyond $6,500, Although representatives ought not always to biindly follow the popular will upon a question affecting their own salaries, and in which they were directly in- terested, they ought to.be governed by that will. He hoped the law would be repealed, that the iranking privilege and mileage would not be re- stored, and that any increase beyond $5,000 should be confined to juture Congresses. Mr. Kasson, (rep.) of lowa, advocated the sub- stitute reported by the minority of the committee, and argued that the majority bill would strengthen that element of personal government which he noticed on his return to Washington, alter an ab- sence of tour years, to have grown up to a danger- ous degree. je thought it was time for them to see whether there was no melting away of the Mele) acd of the government in that con- nection. He criticised the recommendation of the President in regard to erecting mansions at Wasb- ington jor public oMicials and in regard to giving the President the right to veto portions of a bill. He had found so much of that dritt at Washington to the aggrandisement of the Executive branch of the government that le wanted no principle to be established by the action of the House which would surrender stil further the legislative dignity and legis‘ative authority, Mr. SPEER, (dem.) of Pa., said he had voted against the Salary bill in all its stages, and should now persistently vote for its repeal; but if there was to be a refo) he wished it to be a thorough, honest, earnest reform, Mr.CRocKER, (rep.) of Mass., in an amusing: ch, described the uncertainty of his mind atter the ad- journment of last Congress as to what he should do with the back pay which he had received, after voting against the bill, He said he was in the category of those who had taken the back pay. He had collected it all according to law, every cent. (Laughter.) He did not like to be slow in return- ing it, He haa tried to get some company in that action, but failed, He ad, how. ever, found some noble men who had made up their minds to ive the back pay to schools, He ha finally deposited it in one of his banks, thinking it would lie there safely enough. After that he had become grievously sick. (Laughter). He had not made up his mind as to What his conscientious duty in the matter was, so, being very sick, he called his confidential clerk and said to him, “Here, put that to the credit of the United States, It 1s @ small matter, bnt there will be enough effects leit hy for it.” He had done that because he intended to do right about the matter. Now, he continued, comes the sequel. I began to get bet- ter. (Shouts of laughter and_ clapping of hands all over the House, while Mr. Crocker went on repeating his statement.) I took up one paper which told me that Il was a salary stealer; another said I was a salary grabber; another called me this thing and another that. By and by IL began to open letters, and the letters continue to come to this day; and as long as they continue to come, that po unless disposed of by the act of this House, wile where it lies now. Tsay that boldy. (Laughter.) Ido not act from intimidation. Iam willing to act from my sense of duty tomy God and to my country, I have had @ letter since I came here. I never heard of such a thing. (Laughter.) 1 got a letter the other di informing me that the best place for me was down at Blackwell's Island, I should there find somebody who was congenial to me, (Roars of laughter.) Now, 1 come here and take the oath adininistered by the Speaker, while | hear from my own State, where 1 have disbursed millions on millions, that I am a salary thief, Sir, I shall remain so until there is a better feeling in the country, unless Congress shall act in the matter, and I shall most cheerfully pay back my little stipend, as Congress says. In conclusion, lappeal to my friends on this oor tocome to some conciusion at once, and let it be a unanimous one. Ihave been gratifiea by the dignity, decorum and propriety which have characterized our de- bates, it ia worthy of such a House of Represen- tatives, emanating irom the most iree and giorious Republic that the sun has ever shone upon. (Loud laughter and applause.) AS Mr. Crocker resumed his seat he was warmly congratulated and shaken hands with by bis col- league, Mr. Butler. Mr. ScuppgER, (rep.) of N. J., argued in favor of and those as much of the Salary law. He held that it was the se of the country that the old rate of com- ron yt Ca adda Mr. DUNNELL, (rep.) of Minn., argued that there ‘was but one way for Congress to extricate itself | from the difficulty into which it had got, and that was by reducing ail the salaries that bad been tn creased at the fast session. An the members were to admit the great offence tat shed been o offence could “not be 80% well by the simple, unconditional, un- quatified repeal of the law. He argued that the repeal should be retroactive. Ii Congress had a right to make the law of last session retroactive it had also the rignt to make its repeal retroactive. He appealed to members to be honest in tae mat- ter, and hot attempt to drive the people or to elude the popular demand, He had been in- | strueted by the Republican State Convention oj Minnesota” to vote for the peal of the Jaw increasing salaries; not for She reduction of the salary of members alone, but of ail salaries. That instruction he proposed to listen to and obey, hence he should vote ior the bill reported by the minority of the committee rather than that of the majority. ir. AVERILL, (rep,) of Minn,—Will you extend your disposition to make it retroactive by going 30 far as to return your back pay ? Mr, DUSNELL—I will. Mr. AVERILL—Al!! right, Mr. CROSSLAND, (dem.) of Ky., argued against | the repeal of the Salary law. He said he had voted against that law, but he had taken the back pay under jt, He could not return that back pay il he would, and he would not if he could. (Langhter.) He satirized Mr, Cox, of New York, under his new appellation of the “dew drop,” and twitted him, as Mr. Negiey, of Pennsylvania, had done a few days since, with having drawn back from the day ot Mr. Brooks’ death, im April last, till the day | of Mr. Cox’s election, im November, and he called up the fact, to the great amusement of the House, that Mr. Cox had introduced @ bill in the last Congress to change the name of the ship Alas to that of William M, Tweed, and he wondered whether that was the ship iu whicn Mr, Cox had taken passage irom New York, (Loud laughter.) He then tarned his attention to Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, ana ridicuied him for having his picture stamped on some public documents, He also informed the House that in one of the annual agricultural reports there was @ picture of a ram, which the Commissioner of Ag- riculture had named ‘Judge | Lawrence,” (Langhter.) That ram had peen brought to Washington and boarded by the Agricultural Department at the pubiic expense. MM Judge Lawrence, in whose compliment it had becn named, had not calied attention to that extrava- gance it did not become hun to complain of any other extravagance, The hammer fell before Mr. Crossland had con- cluded his remarks, but he was allowed to proceed, under the plea that he had never spoken in the House bejore, and that if they would hear him out he would never trouble them again, Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) ot ‘Tenn,, came. to. the rescue of Mr. Cox in regard to his drawing pay irom the time of Mr. Brooks’ death. He showed that the jaw of 1859, which regulated, that matter, giving to the ianuily of a deceased member the pay that bad accrued up to the time of tis death, and to the newly elected member that which accrued afterwards, was a remedial law. Up to the passage of that law the newly elected member got ali the pay, but now it was divided. Mr. LAWRENCE, (rep.) Of Ohio, said he had been so much misrepresented that he deemed it bis duty Wo reply. It wis the duty of the House to act on this question on its merits, and they could not escape that duty by any personal attack on him. He orpared the Salary law, because the back pay and front pay were both too high, His course under the act of 1866 in receiving the pay was approved by the people, because the amount Was not so great as to meet with general Opposition, All the members took tne pay then; but all did not under the recent law, and this was some evidence that the first might be anon and the last not. His colleague, Mr. Lam- n, has called attention to a book—a volume of the report on the New York election frands—said to be ornamented with his (Mr. Lawrence's) por- trait, There could not be found hali a dozen such works extant, They were originally bound up, not for, public use, but jor another Purpose. The engraving cost the government nothing; it was not done at the puoitc expense. Mr. Barnes published sketches of members of Congress, nearly all with portraits. and a few extracts from that had been made the occasion lor these remarks. In reply to the mem- ber from Kentucky (Mr. Crossland), he said that an enthusiastic friend, some years ago, had hon- ored him by giving lis name +0 one oF his flock, For nearly two years he had kept the picture which lus iriend turnished out of the agricuitural report, but, at his request, it finally went into the report, just 28 others bad gone in © other volumes. Whatever might be said, he be- | Neved that no honest man had questioned his in- tegrity, and his constituents would never ask to Led im any book the portrait of anyone who had been unfaithful to the government during the re- bellion. (fhe iarter remark was aimed at his coi- league, Mr, Lamison.) The discussion was now pretty well exhausted, and, it being past the usual hour of adjournment, Mr. HALE, (rep.) of Me., who bad charge of the bill, moved the previous question on its third reading. The iriends of the minority bill and all who were In favor of a more sweeping measure than that proposed by the majority bill, 12 conjunc- tion with those who desired to oifer amendments in regard to the restoration of the irank ng privilege, &c., raliied to vote down the previous question. The vote was taken by tellers and resulted—yeas 100, nays 145, So the House refused to second the previous question, and Mr, Kasson, of lowa, who had re- ported the minority bill, obtained control ot the subject. He yielded to‘ Mr. OrTH, (rep.) of Ind., who moved to recommit the bill to the select commit- tee, with instrnctions to report a bill repealing the whole Salary act of the last Congress, so far as the same could be done under the constitution, and to ascertain the average amount of salary, mileage and all other allowances, exclusive of any estimate for the franking privilege, that was id to Senators, Representatives and De- legates in the Forty-first Congress, and to report a bill to-morrow fixing the compensation at the amount thus ascertained as nearly as practicable, with necessary travelling expenses, and restoring all other salaries as tney were before the passage of the act, The SPRAKER, in answer to a number of inquiries allover the House, explained the parliamentary status of the bill, and, without coming toa vote on the proposition, the House, at a quarter to four o’ciock, adjour! DANGEROUS LOCALITIES. Sale ed es The Fourth Avenue Improvement and the Board of Health—Important Action. Now that the warm weather has passed away and the danger from contagious diseases has lessened the Health authorities are giving their at- tention to other sources of destruction of lie in | the city. Among the most glaring and fatal in 1ts effects of those places that have come under the | notice of the Sanitary Committee is that part of the Fourth avenue where the work known as the Fourth avenue improvement is being carried on. When the boiler explosion took place in Harlem the HERALD pointed out the risks of life and limb the people were exposed to by the carelessness of the persons conducting this work, and the want of proper protection against accident. The Board has now taken the matter in hand, and Itis to be hoped that they will be able to carry it to a satisfactory conclusion, Dr. James, the Assistant Sanitary Superintendent, inspected that part of the work above Forty-ninth street, and presented, through Dr. Stephen Smith, the following report at the meeting of the Board held on Tuesday :— The Sanitary Committee respecitully. submit the fol- lowing report on the condition of Fourth avenue, above Forty-ninth street, The committee, in company with Assistant Inspector Nealis, examined the condition of Fourth avenue, above Forty-ninth street, on the line of the work now being performed thereat, tor the purpose of sinking @ track for the Harlem Railroad Company, and found said avenue in a condition dangerous to life, referred to, wi sare aid in such a manner a as to monoplize not only tl entire sidewalk, Neither the excavation nor. rail- is properly” protected or provided, with either fence or railing, sufficient to fnsure protection to pedestrians who may at- tempt the hazardous feat of crossing or walking on this avenue, or vehicles which may have occasion to pass over at the Many great thorotigniares intersecting the same. Several of the streets reterred to wet far as trattic at this point was concerned, effectualiy closed by reason of large mounds of earth being piled up in the avenue where the work is going on. In such instances we noticed a railing put up across the street, evidently for the pt 4d of preventing vehicles from attempting to cross Points, but there was nothing to pre- vent foot passengers trom entering ; on the contrary, an opening was left at either end of the railing, appareitly to facilitate ingress and egress of persons thereat. There as Boring to prevent any person, old or young, from walking on the track or attempting to the avenue at any time, whatever the danger may from passing trains. In the course of our Ingpection we saw many ‘children, at varions points, waiking between the rails, apparently nmaware ot the great danger they were incurring. [t is true that on one side of the strect-crossings (the westerly side) there is a man stationed, whose duty it is to wave a tlag pn the approach of a train, but this is totally inadequate lo answer Purpose intended, as it not untrequently that the train is almost at the crossing before the isto be seen. At one crossing (Fift, @ woman 41 for some time, looking som: dered, and apparent berating whether it to attémpt to pass over, there being no person to direct her. She fi made the venture and went over in a salety, seemingly # good deal trightened.. It was also noticeable that some of the booths provided for the is eel were fastened on the inside, the persons in charge depending for observation of the incoming and outgoing trains on a small opening In the boots, in some cases not more than three by four inches, consideration of the above state of affairs and the rous condition of the line of the work generally. pecttully recommend that a proper gale be pro- ther side of every street crossing open tor pamere. of vebic! the Ii above Forty-ninth street, where rails are laid on the level of the street or sidewalk; and ther recommend thi of said dist tance for all trains passiny ruc to prevent foot sing said avenue dur! line of Fourth avenue, a sale and adjnste assongers or vehicles ing the passage of such ‘thereat, jets and public ied has been conelu- ‘ouncil, under the provisions of chapter 1973, it Rtn copy” of thie Feport we forwarded ‘with the re ordinances for the hi the line of Fourth avenue hep nce be adopted directing the ‘ues in charge of or constructing this work to grade the streets, sidewalks and gutters along the sid Sartace water be trociy discharged therelromt A copy of the report with the recommendations gee om ee ee ag Len gree to be Com! Jouuc! where it wil prob- ably be taken up af an early day, ¥ SEITLING TURF DISSENSIONS. Meeting of the Board of Appeals ot the National rotting Association—Third Day’s Proceedings. The Board of Appeals of the National Trotting As- sociation continued its session yesterday morning at the Everett House, The members present were 7. J. Vat, Hartford, Conn.; C, J. Hamiin, Buffalo, N. Y.; George Sturges, Philadelphia, Pa., and Gates H. Barnard, Troy, N, Y. The early business brought together but few outsiders, inasmuch as the excit- ing case of the session had been disposed of the evening before, so far ag the evidence was con- cerned; but, later in the day, notwithstanding the rain, there was a large attendance of turfmen, who evinced much interest in the proceedings, Taken up first, in the order below named, were three cases from the* old docket, which received the attention due them, and then the new docket was called. The decisions in all cases were, as usual, reserved until after the executive session of Board. A. H, Mechling vs. John A. McKee, Proprietor of Pittsburg Driving Park (old docket).—Application for an order to compel Mr. McKee to pay the sum of $500, being the first premium of a purse of gr offered ior 2:50 horses, and won by the horse tue Ridge, September 11, 1872, ‘This application came up durivg the July meeting of the Board, Mr. McKee not being present, when an order was made that the latter should pay the amount claimed, or show cause ut this session. Mr. McKee responded in person and, beside his own testimony, poaioed, afidavits to show that the horse Blue ge was not eligibie to trot in the purse named, having some tume beiore, under the name of Jimmy Dolan, been in a race on a track at West View, Pa, where the judges announced the time made as 2:47, He also asserts that the premimm claimed by Mechling has been paid to the owner of the second horse in the race in ques- tion, and does not see What rights Mechling can possibly have, ‘fhe answer of the applicant through counsel Was that the race at West View was not for money nor anything of value, and he further assumed’ that there was no time taken or an- nounced by the judges, it also appeared in testi- mony that entrance to the track at West View was charged at the gate, and pools sold on the result of tne “Jimmy Dolan” contest, Philip Bauman vs. John A. McKee, Proprietor of Pittsburg Driving Park (old docket).—Application for reversal of suspension imposed upon himself and mare Gypsy Queen and sorrel gelding Red Dick, lor non-payment of entrance money. From afidavits submitted at the July session of the board by Bauman, it appears that he teiegraphed McKee from Lancaster, Ohio, to enter “Gypsy Queen in No. 8 and Red Dick in No. 4 (purses), and pay, and Red Dick in No. 6 and pay if We start. Answer.” Applicant remained in Lancaster sev- eral days alter the above telegram was sent, await- ing an answer, but did not receive any. He was then by previous engagements compelled to attend the State Fair at Mansfield, Onio, and though word was leit at Lancaster to transmit any despatch sent there for him, he never received the least inti- Mavcion that such entries had been accepted by the oficers of the Pittsburg Driving Park. In conse- quence of this non-reception of advices Bauuian did not attend the meeting. In proof of the truth of Bauman’s assertions, afidavit of Mr. Williams, Superintendent Central Division Telezraph lines, stationed at Cincinnati, was read, which state that it was impossible to find that any response was sent to Bauman’s telegram. The answer of McKee, through counsei, is that the entries were Made as requestec, Gypsy Queen in No. 4 and Red Dick in No, 4 purse; but that Red Dick was not entered in class No, 6 because of the native word- ing oj: the telegram in this respect. Further, McKee, through counsel, says that tue proper noti- fication was given Mr. Bauman. Jobin W. Clark vs. John A. McKee, Proprietor of Pittsburg Driving Park (old docket) Petition for removal o! penalty o! suspension of himself and bay mare Kitty Campbell, imposed sor uon-pay- mentor entrance money. It seems that atthe July session of the Board this case was heard, when it was decided that the statements made were very contradictory, but that it appeared that “the entry was improperly made, improperly received and improperly assigued,” and the presumption was that both parties had infringed the rules and should be fined. Some time aiter the suspension the entrance money ($100) was sent to the Treas- urer of the National Association pending the final settlement. Both parties were ordered to slow cause at this session of the Boatd why its iormer order should not stand. McKee | was represented by counsel, and the oid affidavits made by Clark read in_ his behalf. McKee testified that the mare Kitty Campvell was regularly entered in the three-minute class; but before the purses closed Mr. Van Vorhis, a friend of Clark’s, met the manager oi the park on the street in Pittsburg, when he voluptered the assertion that Kitty was not eligible to enter in the three- minute purse, and asked that she be put in the 2:40 race. Such change was made, yet Mr. Clark did not put inan appearance during the meeting. Subsequently McKee met Clark, when the latter told himi that the change should nut have been made. It was claimed by counsel that tne only reason why the mare did not trot in the three- minute class was that Clark thought she would be beaten, and her entry in the 2:40 race was only a subteringe to avoid payment of the entrance money, consequently he claimed that Mr. McKee should be paid the money now in the National As- sociation treasury. No. 30. Charles E. Revere vs. Woonsocket Agri- cultural Society, Woonsocket, R. I.—Application for removal 0! penalty of expulsion imposed on the bay gelding Harry Genet—Mr. Revere’s agent, T. S. Carpenter, appeared with counsel, when Mr. Re- vere’s affidavit was read to tne effect that the horse, Harry Genet, was left by Carpenter the hands of Thomas 5. Foster, and that at the time of the race he was suffering irom the letting down of the tendon of the nigh fore leg. There was no in- tention to commit any wrong, and he petitioned tat Genet might be reinstated. Accompanying this Was an aftidavit of Veterinary Surgeon Scratton, of Providence, RK. L, certiiying to the injury of Genet. Mr. 8. A. Bailey appeared as counsel for the Woonsocket Associution, and said that he was not aware of the facts stated in the affidavit, but claimed that as the party who had cnarge of Genet refused to start him, thetr action under rule 17 was right. Upon conference between counsel, the Board and all interested, Mr. Bailey, with the facts as above represented, prac- tically abandoned the case by making the following motion:—*Having heard the afidavit of Mr. Ke- vere in the case, I ask the Board to extend the relief asked for if they deem it proper tu do so,” The Woonsocket Society, at the time of expelling Harry Genet, ruled his driver, Thomas 8. Foster, olf the track, No, 19. John S. Parkis vs. Woonsocket Agricul- tural Society.—Application to set aside the decis- ion of the judges in a race and to compel the pay- ment of premium claimed to have been won by the horse, Parkis’ Abdallah. The tacts ap- pear to be that at the fair given at Woon- socket, in last September, @& purse of 600 was hung up, “tree for ail,” jor which there were entered Harry Genet, St. Elmo and Parkis’ Abdaliah. The petitioner claimed that the latter won the race in taree straight heats, but, the judges declaring tne second *‘no heat,” @ fourth had to be trotted, wien Abdallan was dis- tanced and St, Elmo finally announced as the winner. ‘The petitioner also claims that he pro- tested against the decision in the void heat, and threatened to carry the matter before the Board. When the case was cailed on Tuesday Mr. Parkis appeared for himself, and Mr. S. A. Batley, one of bles bo ofthe race, as counsel for the the society, who asked that tne matter be dismissed, as it was not properly before the Board. Alter an argument by counsel engaged by Mr. Parkis atter the case was proughi up, the Board decided to hear it on its merits, The first proceeding yes- terday was the reading Of a huge batch of aitida- vits on the part of the petitioner, Then followed the testimony of Messrs. Briggs, Robtnson, Foster, Revere, Carpenter, Hubbard and VParkis on the general merits of the case, embracing the condi- tion of the several horses engaged in the race, and Of the ability of Abdailan to win it, In the aMfida- vits read by Mr. Batley in support of the case for the society there were those of lra B. Cook, J. P. Hines, judges of the race, and of the patrol and distance judges. These main- tained that in the heat declared Genet and St. Elmo were pulled and not trotted to win, and that Abdailah was dis- tanced for running. Finally Mr. Bailey volun- teered to testify, and, after detailing the facts as they appeared to a, admitted in his cross-ex- amination by counsel for Parkis that St. Elmo, the judged winner of the race, was sent to him by one of his owners, Mr, Rockwell; that he paid the freight due for his transportation, and that he re- mained in his stable the night beiore the race. The Board then adjourned until nine o’clock this morning, when the members request that ail wno have evidence to give in the several cases not yet taken up will attend promptly, as it is desired soon to close the session. “HORSE NOTES, While running the Great Metropolitan Steeple- chase in England, on Wednesday, 26th of Novem- ber, the horse Scarrington, just before approach- ing the water jump the second time around, broke his leg and directly afterwards tell down dead. ‘The horse Little Lord, while running in the Maiden Steeplechase at Croydon, fell at @ farm- house fence, and, pitching on his head, died im- mediately. Seventeen hundred thoronghbred Gad or more, are annaally pred in Great Britain, and yet @ writer in the Sporting Lye can only furnish a list of 40 horses which he states ‘can stay two miles and upwards, Of these, however, 12 were foaled im France, and 10 of those named have hever gone the ‘distance, ta na tal ig tak sound, ing English horse: | present tie” according tO. the statistics Of the writer for the above-named sporting journal FARO BANKS, A disposition to break in upon the, long term of security enjoyed by the gambling and thieving fra- ternity begins to mantfest itsel! at last among the police authorities, Captain Byrne, of the Fifteenth precinct, took the initiatory step the night before last by making a raidon a place known as the combination game, at No, 818 Broadway. All the mea found there were taken to the station house, but only the oficers of the institution were held, This Jaro bank is acknowledged to be—for, of course, an arrangement will be made by which it cam be opened again in afew days—one of the strongest in the city. It is supported by ten men, each of whom puts $10,000 into the bank, mak- ing a capital of $100,000, It is said to be fairly conducted, and for that Teason is one of the most active elements in the community for leading men to destruction. Men who once lose money in such dens cling to the idea that one day they will winit back, and they keep on in the false hope until not only their own means are swallowed by the greedy monsters, but fre- quently those of their employers, DISCOVERY, RUIN AND SOCIAL DEGRADATION foilow, and the victim looks back te the first visit to tne “square” game as the primary false step. Why these houses alone should be disturbed, or only one of the multitude in the neighborhood, is a conundrum the police agents alone can answer. The public, thougn, are well aware of the vast number of these banks and others of @ worse description on Broadway, and will one day demand their suppression of the police in unmistakable and undeniable accents. At 602 Broadway is hnown a8 a banco establishment, Would it be improper to suggest to the captain of the district that he follow the example o! the captain of the Filteenth precinct, and visit this place, taking im on the way, if he should have the time, the museum sham on the corner of Prince street? The police need not be 0 THE METHOD OF MANOEUVRING in these houses. They can guess it, and almost give an estimate of the amount of business done im them in a week. Visitors to the city are mostly the victims of these houses, and it is paying stran- gers a poor compliment, when they come to 100k at the lions of New York, to rob them of their money. Many of them go back to their rural paradises cursing the hour they set 100b in this fair metropolis, and that’ surely is a game those shining exampies of patriotism, the police captains, do not wish to see extending. ‘These banco houses are very numerous in the downtown wards, and, perhaps, if Virtue once started to the surlace she may prove as contagious ag Vice, and the movement of destroying them would spread in that direction. Panel pbleviDgs too, has suddenly sprung up hydra-headed. it may be that it was only dying in tae shade, with its eyes closed; but that it was not idle, though quiet, was plalniy shown. by the haul made by Captain Irving the day before yesterday. One complaint brought about this alarming rev. elation; one shudders to think what half a dozen complaints would effect. The detectives now receive instruetiona to watch this particular crime, and captains of police had better not extend any protection to it or its manipulators. A rather curious complaint on this’ subject has been made before the Com- missioners, and when the case is brought to trial the public will be shown how things are managed It is i genious way f throwing dust in @ very ingenious way o! the public optics to exhibit the recoras of crime and show there are comparatively few thieves at | work, This is the new system, and the officials think it works well, because the innocent pretend, or do, gulp it down without grimacing. But a lance behind these huge white masks of seem- ng quickly lays bare another picture, There the thieves, more numerous and getre than ever, are hard at work, but not in the old ruts, They have forsaken these time-nonored roads to other people’s means—bur- glary, pocket picking and shop-liiting. The heavy ron fist of the Jaw hung trowning angrily over tueir heads by a very slender thread, and the nerves of the thieves were not catgut, Devious paths and obscure roads such as thes¢ have been jorsaken, and the thieves have turned into the new lanes, which are guarded on both sides by the heavy shadow of the law. The scoundrels have advanced with civilization and have now at- tained to @ nodding acquamtance with their enemies and masters the police. This is & very comfortable state of things for two parties, but there 1s a third and larger wnich ts not entirely satisfied, because itis the victim of the little ar- rangement. This will In some manner account Jor the banco, sawdust, pane! and other games that now flourish with such profit and show how the thieves are at work. The greatest man is he who makes a friend v1 his enemy, and there are great men among the thieving fraternity. Some- thing of the same kind may perhaps be said of the Bolle when they catch Sharkey aud clear the city of crime, The Gamblers at the Tombs. Quite a large crowd assembled at the Tombs Police Court yesterday on the arraignment of Jonn McCormack and Levy Smitn, of No. 818 Broadway, who were arrested, together with several others, the nig . before, by Captain Byrnes, of the Fifteenta Precinct. Officer Slevin, of the Fifteenth, on whose affidavit the warrants were procured irom Judge Morgan, testified that on the night of the 8th of December he went into the place in Broadway and saw John McCormack and Levy Smith behind the pambing table, andthat Levy Smith was dealing the game. ‘The others arrested were merely players, Their names are John Martin, John Conin, William Jones, Jacob Close, Harry Kane, George Barker, Richard Lewis, Edward Stiliman, ages Pryor, John Chase, Andrew Kepler, James Edgeworth, Thomas Nixon, Alexander Comstock and N. Bjornsen, Messrs. McCormack and Smith asked for a postponement of the examination to give their counsel time appear in tneir deience, Judge Morgan granted the re- quest and put down the examination for Wednes- day, the 17th inst. McCormack was held in $5,000 bail and Smith in $3,000, pending examina- tion, The rest of the prisoners were discharged. it ig a matter of some surprise to the inittated why McCormack’s place should have been singled out among 50 others fora raid. It is said it ore. nates trom an ill feeling which exists between Join rated who went bail for Levy Smith, and Commissioner Coarlick, Augustus Abel signed the bail bond of John McOormack. The Banco Men. Yesterday afternoon Detective Elder was stand. ing onthe corner of Fulton street and Broadway and noticed a respectable-looking old man in the tow of two well known banco men. Detective Elder notified the officer vu Broadway to send any detective he might see to Nassau and Fulton street. Ekler watched the old man in the toils tilt he saw him brought into No, 146 Fulton street. In the meantime he was joined by Detective Wool- sey, and they both watched for the exit of the vic- tim. At last he came out, looking very discon- solate, and Was immediately accosted by betective Elder, to whom he told tne story of how he had been swindled out of $150, and had not money enough left to get to his home in Portland, . Me. The detectives then arrested James Anthony and James Monroe alias George Payne, whom they jound gloating over their spoils on the second floor of No, 146 Fulton street. The prisoners and complain- ant were brougtit to Police Headquarters, and at- terwards to the Tombs, before Judge Morgan, where complainant refused either to give his name or to make any charge, It was subsequently ascer- tained that he was @ Mr. E. C. Shaw, produce mer- chant, of Portland, Me., and was at the time stop- ping at the Astor House, In consequence of the complainant’s refusal to make a charge, Judge Morgau was forced to discharge the prisoners. Second Ward Raid. Sergeant Devoe and Jon Hagan, of the Second Precinct, were yesterday instructed by Captain Caffrey to visit certain gambling houses in the precinct, and arrest any party caught playing for money. They proceeded to No. 139 Fulton street, @ place kept by John Pentiand, a member of the Americus Club, and arrested him and several others who, according to the testimony of the otticers, were engaged in playing a game of poker. They were arraigned belore Ju Morgan iate yesterday afternoon. Pentland and two of the fuests of the house, pamed sl Norman and Gavia Harris, were held in $1,000 bail each to answer. NEW BULES AT THE TOMBS, ‘The Commissioners of. Charities and UVorrection continued their investigation tn regard to the mat- ter of Sharkey’s escape all day yesterday. Several more of the keepers were examined at length, and the investigation, itis expected, will be concluded to-morrow. Among tie new rules proposed by the Board is one concerning the admission of packages to prisoners. It has been the custom for & lop; time to allow the friends of th prisoners to sen them anything in the way of provisions, and sev- eral of the inmates have been provided with their meals every day in this manner, Jt has been dis covered, however, that in a great many cases the rivilege has been abused ; for inst ne saws were found concealed in a plate por! and beans, and botties of whiskey ii ‘of bread, The commissioners, therefore, mmed for the future to deay the priv! ne alte getuer,