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—__ss..mmavames wares pr area aay SPAIN. —_+—_—_ PExecutive Effort in Support of Order and the Republic—Generals Arrested and a Prov- ince Declared in Siege—Castelar's Position Towards Federation, TELEGRAMS TO TYE NEW YOK HERALD. Manrip, Jan, 7, 1874, Befior Ruiz, Minister of the Interior, has issued @ circular to the provincial authorities stating that the principal object of the government is to re- establish order and show its compatibility with the Republic and liberty. To secure this object it will employ the most ‘energetic measures, The /quatidad newspaper has been seized by the government officials. GENBRALS ARRESTED. Generals Hidalgo and Ripoll have been placed in arrest. A PROVINCE DECLARED IN SIRGE. ‘The Province of Valencia has been declared in @ Bate of siege, AN ARMY EXPEDITION AT SEA, Cesteiar’s Position Towards the Federal Republic, General Loma has embarked from San Sebastian ‘with three battalions of government troops. His destination is unknown. Maprip, Jan, 7, 1874, Castelar has rejected the overtures of Figueras, Salmcron and Pi y Margall, asking him to co-oper- ate with them in reorganizing the federal repub- licans, CUBA. Manuel Quesada’s Hope for Speedy Independ- ence—The Despatch Boat in Port from Havana. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Key West, Jan. 7, 1874, Manuel Quesada arrived to-day. He believes the prospects of Cuba Libre brighter than ever, and feclares that nothing short of independence will be accepted by the patriots. IN PORT FROM HAVANA, The despatch boat has arrived from Havana. $he brings no news. Minister Soler’s Residence—Press Sus- pension and the Question of Wages. . HAVANA, Jan. 7, 1874, Sefior Soler, ex-Minister of the Colonies, to-day jeft the palace and took quarters at a hotel. THE PUBLIO PRESS, ‘The Legalidad newspaper has suspended pub- fication. It is stated that it will shorty be reis- yued asa non-political journal. LABOR AND WAGES. The cigar makers have agreed to hold a con- ference with their employers, with a view to pre- Venting a strike. The strike of the boatmen in the harbor of Gavana is at an end. " ACHEEN. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. PENANG, Jan. 7, 1874. Cholera and other diseases prevail to a fearful extent in the Dutch camp in Acheen, The native allies are the greatest sufferers, ENGLAND. TELEGRAM 70 THE SEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Jan. 7, 1874. The rate of discount in the open market for three mvnths’ bilis is three and one-half per cent, which is one per cent below the Bank of England Tate. It is the general opinion on the Stock Exchange hat the bank rate will be reduced to-morrow. BULLION T0 THE BANK. The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance to-day is £12,000. KAISER WILHELM. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Jan. 7, 1874. ‘The health of the Emperor William continues to (mprove. He drove out to-day. SWITZERLAND. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. GENEVA, Jan 7, 1874, The Catholics of Switzerland have sent a pro- teat to the government against the expulsion from the country of the Papal Nuncio. THE WEATHER, Wak DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 8—1 A. M. Probabilities. For New England cloudy and _ threatening ‘weather, with rain and fresh to brisk north- easterly and southeasterly Wapds will prevali during the day. ” For THE MIDDLE STATES AND THE EASTERN POR- TION OF THE LOWER LAKE REGION FRESH TO BRISK NORTHERASTERLY TO SOUTHERLY WINDS, WITH PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER AND AREAS OF RAIN, PROBABLY CLEARING DURING THE AFTERNOON, THE ‘WINDS SHIFTING TO WESTERLY AND WITH LOWER TEMPERATURE, for the South Atlantic and Eastern Guif States, Continued low temperature, southwesterly to northwesterly winds and clear or fair weather. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley southwesterly to northwesterly winds, with low temperature and clear or clearing weather. For Southern Michigan, and thence southward ‘to the Lower Missouri Valley, clear or fair weather, ‘with light to iresh southerly winds and but slight changes of temperature. Cautionary signals continue at New York, New Haven, New London, Wood's Hoie, Boston, Port- land and fKastport. Freshets will occur in the rivers of Central New York, Pennsylvania and Vir- ginia. The Weather in This City Yesterday, The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past 24 hours in compari- son with the corresponding day of last year, as in- dicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HeRaLp Building :— 1873, 1874. 1873, 1874, M1 = 42 3:30 P. Me.eeee 2 55 61 6 P.M 55 20 «468 OPM. 54 12 M.. 3 56 2PM 52 Average temperature yesterday. wee 52% Average temperature for corresponding date last year.. wae O35 AN ECOLESIASTIOAL CONTEST. ‘Witiiamsport, Pa., Jan. 7, 1874. The Catholic controversy between Father Stack and Bishop O'Hara is getting into shape for a final decree of the Court, Yesterday the Bishop closed his testimony before the Examiner tn Chancery appointed by Jaage Gamble. It is understood that the Bishop relies chiefly on the evidence of the ex- perts as against the statute or canon laws quoted i, the priest. Right Rev. Dr. Wood, Bishop of Philadelpnia; Rev, Dr. Corcoran, Theologian of the General Council of the Church at Rome in 1870, and Rev. Dr. Keeran, priest of the Cathedral, Philadelphia, have testified as experts on behalf of Bishop O'Hara. Their evidence is lengthy and con- Sidered very learned, : { WHAT DOES IT MEAN? A rumor to the effect that a large quantitv of ammunition was sent up to the Seventy-first Reg- ent Armory yesterday was prevalent on the treets last evening, but could not be traced to ny responsible head, although the oMcials at Po- ce Headquarters were singularly reticent uj ue subject. One of these gentlemen was hear y that trouble was anticipated in the uptown triots to day, and there was noting \lke keing opt for gn emereensy,) } . NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1874.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. | WASHINGTON. Williams Requests the With- drawal of His Name. The Prospect of Economy in Appropriations. Repor!s of the Departmonts of Govern- ment on Retrenchment. a A GENERAL DEMURRER ENTERED, The Secretary of War on the Oharges Against General Howard. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 1874. Attorney General Williams Requests the Withdrawal of His Nomination. Attorney General Williams this afternoon sent a letter to the President respectiully requesting that he withdraw his name for the position of Chief Justice, merely embodying this in a short letter without setting forth any reason. The President, it is understood, will withdraw the name to-mor- row, and rumor has it that Caleb Cushing will be nominated in his place, that Williams will retain his seat in the Cabinet, and that Solicitor General Bristow will succeed Cushing as Minister to Spain, Attitude of Senatorial Leaders on the Nomination for Chief Justice. ‘There has been some preliminary skirmishing be- tween Morton and Conkling for the leadership of the Senate, displayed in the contest over the nom- ination of Williams for Chief Justice. Conkling nas advocated the confirmation of Williams, while Morton has opposed it, openly and secretly, He has never fancied Williams; and having been placed in a false position during last summer’s political campaign in Ohio, by the exposures of the mismanagement of the Attorney General’s business in Arkansas, he has since vowed revenge, Time of Minister Cushing’s Departare for Madrid. General Cushing informed the President to-day of his readiness to proceed on his mission to Spain immediately, if necessary for the public interests; but unless it was, he desired to delay his depar- ture for a few days, in order to comply with the promise he had made the ‘Association of the Veterans of the Mexican War” to deliver the open- ing address before the National Convention of Veterans which assembles here on the 15th, The President, through Secretary Fish, rephed that he could fulfil the engagement without detriment to public interests, The address of General Cushing on the occasion referred to will be, it is under. stood, of a historical character, and, as it will be his last public address before leaving tne country, will attract much attention. Reports from the Departments of Gov- ernment as to the Feasibility of Re- ducing Estimetes. In reply toa resolution of the House of Repre- sentatives, of December 15, requesting a revision of the estimates for the expenses of the govern- ment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, the President to-day transmitted to the Speaker of the House amended estimates and replies from the various departments, showing that action had been taken by them as follows:— The Postmaster General reports that he has caused a careful examination to be made of the estimates heretofore submitted for appropriation for postal service during the next fiscal year, and finds, alter such examination, that no reduction in the sums asked for can be safely made. He fur- ther states that before apOroring the estimates submitted to him by his sat tes he had them most thoroughly examined and reduced by $674,517. The revised estimates, he says, are with- out exception based on the actual necessities and the probable developments of the postal service, as shown by the annual reports of the Postmaster General for the last three years. The largest amounts required are for inland mail transporta- tion, $15,582,021, and for compensation of postmas- ters, $6,500,000. The increase asked for in the first of these items is less than five per cent on the amount required during the last fiscal year, whereas the average annual increase in that branch of the service during the past three years has been at the rate oi over 11 per cent annually. A greater reduction will, in his opinion, seriously impair the ability of the department to provide for the real wants of the country. In regard to the second item the Postmaster General states that he bas no discretion whatever, the compensation of postmasters being fixed by iaw. The other items estimated for were, he says, in each instance placed atthe lowest figure consistent with the ex- pected demands of the service, and are indispensa- ble to its requirements. The total of the esti- mates made for the department, therefore, stand at the same amount as heretofore presented—viz., $36,104,912. The Secret of the Treasury in his report says the estimates belonging exclusively to his depart- Ment amount to $173,384,905, including the in- terest on the public debt and the amount required for the sinking fand, aggregating $131,594, for which there are permanent appropriations. The amount payable on the general salary account and for the current and ordinary expenses of the vari- ous branches of the service, besides $38,823,296 for other objects of expense, ordered by the laws of Congress, in relation to which tne Secretary has no authority or discretion, except to carry out the will of Congress as expressed in the laws under which he is required to perform his duties, Of tne whole estimate for the year ending June 30, 1875, only the sum of $2,967,261 is subject to the considera- tion of Congress outside of the requirements of ex- isting laws, These latter muy be omitted. They in- clude $1,632,300 for lighthouses and sums for rev- enue vessels, But the Secretary doubts the pro- priety of omitting these appropriations, He shows where reductions to a slight extent may be made. Mr. Mullett, pu perising: Architect of the Treasury, says that should it be decided not to commence any new works, and to suspena general operations on certain buildings named, the expenditures for the current fiscal year can be reduced by very nearly $6,000,000. ‘The head of the State Department Says that the only estimate that can be reduced is the appropria- tion for official postage stamps to $50,000, The Chief of the Department of Justice also states what reductions can be made, though toa comparatively small extent. The reductions that can be made in the Navy Department amount to $2,000,000, and the Secre- tary does not think reduction to any greater amount either proper or safe. The estimates for the navy, alreagy considerably lower than those of last year, are based upon the legally authorized force in the service, and are made largely to meet the fixed requirements of existing laws. There has been some accumulation of available supplies during the last two months, and where this has been the case the Secretary has indicated cor- responding reductions to maintain the squadrons of the navy in efMciency. To supply the p.aces of old, worn and expensive ships with new and use- ful ones will jrequire the full amount estimated for the various working bureaus, and if these are materially cut down the squadrons themselves must be reduced. These considerations apply to a condition of peace, and the Secretary thinks the lesson of the day mm trath is that our navy should be increased, not diminished; and after a review ofthe necessities of the service the Secretary is constrained to deciare frankly his opinion that no reduction should be made at this time tn these appropriations, especially intended to put the cruising vessels of the navy in condition for active and immediate service; and, while entertaining views that real economy would be to increase the appropriations to a sum suMcient to make our naval force fully efficient, the Secretary will be ready to accommodate the action of the depart- ment to the wishes of Congress. ‘The report of the Secretary o1 War says that the military estimates are based upon the actual cost of material and supplies, and by the number of per- sons authorized by law to be employed. In s8o far as regards the strictly aueasy part of the service, the Secretary has endeavored by active and de- tailed mspection of ail the supply branches, by a reduction in rents and employés for the paat three years, to bring down expenses to the lowest limit consistent with eMclency. The reports of the vari- ous burean officers have been carefully revised, and the Secretary refers to them for information on the subject of the reduction of the expenditures, The Signal Ofice submits that the estimates here- tofore laid before the Secretary were based upon considerations of the most care/ul economy, and it is not believed they can be properly reduced. The Subsistence Department reports that under existing circumstances no re- duction in the estimates can be made. The Ord- nance Office provides for a reduction in the esti- mates of $345,834 79. The Surgeon General’s Office can submit to a reduction of $38,000, The Pay- master General does not deem it safe to recom. mend any reduction of the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year. The Paymaster Gen- eral'’s Office cannot, without detriment to the wervigo, gubgalt to (urther reductions Luan (hose made by the department tu the original estimates, The reports generally contend that reductions from ‘ormer estimates woald be detrimental to the or else submit comparatively small figures in response to the desire of the House for reduc- tions thereof, No report from the Interior Department has been received. General Sherman Before the Military Committee. General Sherman was again before the Commit- tee on Military Affairs of the House to-day, to give his views on the subject of reducing the ex- penses of the army. The summary of his opinion is that the force of the cavalry, the artillery and the infantry is now at its minimum, in view of the extent or land and .sea frontier which it has to cover and protect; that if the pruning knife is to be applied at allit should be only to the engineer and staff corps, over which he has no control, and that, with the exception of the forts in New York nd Boston harbors, Fort Alcatraz, in San Fran- aisco Harbor, and some of the forts in Portland Harbor, Maine, the other sea coast defences of the country are not of the slightest importance, and should not have another dollar spent on them: He recognizes the possible contingent importance of Fort Schuyler and the fort at Willett’s Point, N. Y., im the event of the Hell Gate channel being opened, but thinks that until that time no expenai- ture should be made there. The Secretary of War and Adjutant General Townsend are expected to give their views to-morrow. Traits and Topics of the Present Con- gress—The Salary Grab in the Senate and Finance in the House Yesterday. Another “fleld day” was devoted in the Senate to the discussion of the Salary bill, after Morton had given notice that when the Committee on Finance had made their report he should move his resolution in regard to the election in Louisiana, to which Stevenson added that he would move an amendment to Morton’s resolution, to refer the case back to the committee for action, to take testimony of what transpired after elec- tion, Mr. Sherman gave notice that he would move action on the resolution of the Finance Committee before the recess on the financial question, as soon as the miscellaneous business was finished, and desired that it should be sp under- stood, that Senators might prepare themselves, This will bring on the avalanche of colossal speeches already prepared by them, as heretofore intimated in these despatches. The dies ira, on the salary question, then opened by Senater Howe delivering himself of the lugubrious opinion, pref- atory of his remarks, that he was afraid he would not survive the present debate, which may be said to be & combination of efforts to set public opinion right. Pratt, the sponsor of the amendment, again took up the debate, and was caustic in the extreme, saying that sneers and comment had been indulged in in the Senate Chamber which might better take place elsewhere. Carpenter and Logan, as wel! as Sumner, were up again with their spurs, and Morton drifted in as anexplainer. Carpenter discussed the constitu- tionality of the question and said the amendment was unconstitutional, in which opinion he was subsequently sustained by Merriman, Sherman and Bayard. He closed by saying:—“I am the people’s servant, and they are my masters,” in which connection he contended that the popular demand for the reduction of salaries should be heard, Stewart and Pratt then became pitted personally and a categorical cross-question- ing occurred, spiced with some peppery feeling; but tt subsided into a mutual exchange of laughter on their taking their seats, Conkling then rose in magisterial dignity, and asked that Pratt’s amendment be sent to the Clerk’s desk, 80 as to be accessible to Senators; to which Pratt assented, his voice choking up a@ little and he being confused. Here Conkling’s anaf¥tical and severe scrutiny was correct, and it was de- veloped that the amendment Pratt was talking for was not the same as that printed by Conk- ling on his going to the desk to examine it. Pratt explained that it was a modification of the amendment on which he was talking, and intended to provide for the additional contingen- cies suggested asto new Senators, and then again all was serene until Carpenter offered a substitute, or a modification of the amenument of Pratt, and the latter seemed to sink from sight. Senator Ferry, of Connecticut, who has been somewhat invalided, made some happy remarks in favor of the $7,500 salary, and said he was shocked by arguments he had heard in the Senate, and especially assailed Carpenter’s views as to the people being their masters, He quoted the constitution to show that the power of the people was delegated to on- gress, and they wanted to be repre- sented by @ government and a press, not simply popular but right. Senator Merrimon opposed the bLil because it was not constitutional and because they were essaying to do, by indirection, what they knew they could notjsdo by direction. Mr. Sherman then arose, apparently quite disgusted at the protracted debate, and said he hoped the dis- cussion Would end. He rapped Mr, Pratt sharply over the knuckles for interrupting bim, and said he hoped he would not do it again. This was only one of the many shots Mr. Pratt has received from various quarters in the Senate, perhaps because of his being better able to stand the decrease than his less fortunate colleagues, Tipton’s review Was reireshing to the memory of many Senators, ifnot to their amour propre. His reference to Vice President Wilson’s paying back $4,448 to the Treasury, while he pocketed nearly $2,500 in each of his vest pockets, was made in a most stinging Manner. The “eyes of Delaware’’—the straight one, Bayard, and the crooked one, Hamilton—were then brought down on the sudject of indignation. The first looked it over decently, but the second grew inflamed from reading manuscript until it glared so flercely a3 to remind one of the days of secession, when volumes of wrath were exhaled. The Tipton Slasher of Nebraska slashed around right and left, and, forgetting the instincts of the quondam Methodist preacher, struck like a boxer for the eyes every time, and he succeeded. This fistic oratory was the gem of the day. South- ern opinion has rallied thus far under Bayard, Hamilton and Saulsbury. It is very evident that the Senators want to be successively heard throughout by their constituencies on this qnee, tion, though thev all seem to be tired of it and complain that it has taken up three days of valuable time. A wag on the street, who had been listening to the debate, said, as the Senate was not a very numerous body, the increase in salary did not amount to much, and that if the rich men of the body would turn in their salaries to the governuent ‘t would more than bring down those of the Senators who did draw pay to the decreased rate of compensation pro- posed to be given. A noticeable feature in both houses is that the Southern members read their speeches from manuscript, the days of im- romptu oratory seeming to have gone with the men from that quarter. The great financial consultation, which is expected to bring reliet to the fevered condition of the nation, yet remains in abeyance, while the sick patient trembles and groans in agony un- abated. How soon the doctors will be ready can- not be calculated, but certain it is that some of them feel that professional aid should be given at once. The bankrupt and currency measures are sleeping under a treatment distinguished for mas- terly inactivity, which awaits new symptoms, looking, perhaps, for self cure. Mr. Mellisb, of New York, to-day introduced into the House a_ bill which provides that every national banking association may aetermine the amount of money it may keep on hand, and shall redeem its notes either in coin or Jegal tender notes or in United States interest bearing bonds, as it may elect. The bill also de- cides how the money of the United States shall be issued and regulates the vaiue thereof. Injurious Characteristics of the Civil Rights Bill and Its Decent Burial Yesterday. ‘The Southern republican members who are na- tives of the section which they represent all agree that the Civil Rights bill, as at present framed, will work injuriously tothe pubic school system of their States. They say that, if the colored children are forced into the white schools, instead of there being separate schools for the two races, ag at present, it will virtually break up the public schools. Ln States like Virginia and others, where the whites control the Legislature, the usual ap- propriations for the purpose of maintaining sep- arate schools will not be made, and in the other States, where the colored men are in the ascend- ancy, the schools willbe deserted by the white population. General Butler to-day delivered the inueral oration over this bill, the galleries of the House being draped in Afric black, after which the corpse was committed to the Judiciary sarco- phagus, chere to remain forever, May it rest in peace. Army Promotions. The President sent to the Senate to-day the nomination of Dantel Burton to be Pension Agent at Wilmington, Del., together with a number of Promotions of second and first Meutenants in the army to the next highest grades. ‘The confirmation of George Crook to be Brigadier General, which has been delayed on account of a Supposed technical defect in the law fixing the number of brigadier generals, has also raised the Question of the nronriaty of wha Pregiaqnt’s Making the appointment from the grade of lieutenant colonel, which is the rank now heid by Crook in the re; army. An examination of the Army Register shows that the Sppctamene ts not only authorized by law, but is also in accordance wiih numerous recedents. General Sherman was appointed rigadier irom a colonel. 23 other colonels in the regular army ranking witn him at the time. Sheridan was promoted to be brigadier trom the grade of captain, and Hancock and McDowell were appointed to the same rank from the rank of major, Schofiela and Pope were only captains when appointed brigadier generals, and other instances might be muitipiied of the practice under the law, which authorizes promotions to the rauk of brigadier and higher grades by selectlyn, regardless of seniority, The friends of Crook also yrge that he not only held impertant commands ufing the rebellion, but has since fatriy earned the promotion by remarkable services in syppreas- ing Indian hostilities in Oregon and Arizona, where bés,command has been, during the 4reater portion of the time, that of a major general. Statement of the Secretary of War on the Case of General Howard. ‘ The Secretary of War has addressed a letter to the Speaker of the House, in connection with his communication of December last, relative to the developments concerning the late Bureau of Refu- gees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, He gives additional information to the following effect:— On the 19th of December the Adjutant General of the Army completed an investigation based oa oficial reports, furnished jor the Secretary's in- Jormation over the signatures of the Treasurer and Second Comptroller and Third Auditor of the ‘Treasury. The report of investigation involves through General Bullock, late disbursing ofticer of the bureau, the responsibility and accountability of the late Commissioner, General Howard, and shows that the funds Of the United States, duly certified as deposited with the Treasury and in their depositories were not so deposited. The deficits or amounts overstated by General Ballock, the dis- bursing officer for the United States Treasury at Washington, 4s indicated in the letter, tor the last days of the respective months of 1867, 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1871, ranged from $16,000 to $650,000. The deposits of amounts, as stated by the disbursing officer, outside of Washington, were at New York, Boston, Charleston, Louisvilie, St. Louis, Nash- ville, Memphis and Mobile, and ranged from sey- eral hundred dollars to $43,000, and are for various amounts from March, 1867, to August, 1871. It 18 proper to state that the examination under which the foregoing facts were developed has failed to show deficits in the immediate accounts of General Howard and Major J. M. Brown, the other dis- bursing Officer, On the 21st of December the Secre- tary of War addressed a note to General Howard, requesting him to arrange with General Ballock in order to have an interview with him at the War Department un the 224 of that month. ‘To an inquiry by the Secretary, asking whether General Batlock recalled the investigation vy Inspector General Shriver as to the $280,000 bond matter, General Ballock replied in the affirmative. During the inquiry about these bonds and certain funds covered py General Ballock’s accounts ior June, July and August, 1871, which were not found on deposit with the United States Treasurer, he was asked whether his accounts at any time or times represented funds as deposited in the Treasury when they were not so deposited. General Bal- Jock said be did not Know, and it further appears he could not batance the differences. Aiter General Ballock retired General Howard reappeared belore the Secretary and said he had just con- versed with General Batluck about the above related transaction, and General Ballock suid the ditfer- ence in the reports of sums deposited must have been caused by the certificates in Hodge’s hands not pete paid. Throughout the conversation General Howard said he knew nothing about the matter himself. On the 23d of December General Ballock addressed to the Secretary of War a letter saying that with the aid of his retainea papers he was confident that, at the proper tume and before the proper tribunai, he could explain any discrep- ancies (hat may appear to exist in his Treasury balances with the disbursing officers of the Freed- man’s Bureau. The Secretary of War, on Decem- ber 24, In a letter to General Howard, referring to General Ballock’s letter to him, informed General Howard that the accounting officers of the Treasury were the proper oilicers to be consulted in order to make an explanation, Under the laws, par- ticularly the act of March 29, 1867, it was General Howara’s duty to exert himself to the utmost in regard to this most important subject, now under consideration, and accordingly the Secretary directed General Howard to place him. self in communication with the Treasurer and ac- counting officers, so that through them and in connection with the retained accounts of the late disbursing officer, General Ballock, explanations, if any, might be submitted to the secretary at the earliest practicable date—not later than the 3st of December. General Howard, on the 26th of December, informed the Secretary of War by let- ter that he had visited the Second Auditor of the ‘Treasury and laid betore him, as nearly as he could, from memory, all matters touching the discrepancies which appeared in the tabular statements shown to him by the Secretary himself. The Auditor said he had settled the accounts and transmitted them to the Second Comptroller, where Howard must go with any statements or explanations, thus involving two weeks’ delay. The Secretary of War, in reply, said it hardiy seemed necessary for him to intorm Howard that the accounting officers of the govern- ment had not notified him (the Secretary) of the correctness or settiement of General Ballock’s ac- counts, and the Secretary reminds Howard that his representations to the accounting officers ought to e been in writing, in order to have a formal investigation of the matter, The Secretary of War, in conte a up the case, says the discrepancies, or deficiencies, are entirely too Jarge to admit of explanation through transier draits, the amounts of which were named, it is alleged, in the general statement, as_ with Treasury at Washington, until General Ballock had received notice that they had been received by the bs Paget ve to which it was sent, The fore. going, the Secretary says, appears to involve violations of the following acts of Congress :--Thirty- ninth article of war, sections 16 and 21, August 6, 1846, and sections 1 and 2 of the act of June 14, 1866, General Ballock, under date of January 3, writes a letteh of explanation, saying, among other things, that the securities on special deposit were what are known in market as Currency sixes, or United States bonds, the face value of which was 4$300,000, and the premium or interest at the time of purchase amounted to $35,874. The object of the investment of the government funds was to create ® fund out of which could be re-imbursed any double pay- ment. ‘The Secretary says that all the admissions show that money was certified as in the Treasury, when, in fact, the money was not there. There is not the slightest doubt of the im- propriety of any disbursing officer investing the Money of the United States and afterwards using the interest for any porpose whatever, except such use be sanctioned by express statute. The documents were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Receptions To Be Given by Mrs. Fish. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hamilton Fish are to be “at home” on Friday evenings, January 9 and February 13, Of course messicurs les diplomats will grace the occasion, and their wives will dise play the charming toilets which they are able to import iree of duty THE VIRGINIA SENATORSHIP. Conservative Legislative Caucus This Evening—Chances of the Candidates— R. M. T. Hunter Strongest Now—G. C. Walker Probably the Coming Man. RICHMOND, Jan. 7, 1874. The Senatorial contest to-night is in a most inexplicable muddle. No candidate can count certainly upon any given number of votes, and the candidates are so numerous that predic- tions as to the result are rendered impossible. The conservative majority in the House is 99 and in the Senate 34, making a total on joint ballot of 183, and necessary to @ nomination in caucus 67. There is no candidate who can possibly poll this number on the first ballot, and from the present indications the demoralization will be #0 great after that that a pew man, as yet unmentioned, may beat the field. To-morrow night the first cau- cus on the Senatorial question will be held, but it 1s Scarcely expected that even the first ballot will then be reached. STRENGTH OF THE CANDIDATES. To-night the prospects of Lieutenant Governor Withers are not so brilliant as heretoiore. He will pid @ large vote on the first ballot, but not a sul- cient to nominate him, and atter that his vote will, probably, decrease, Mr. R. M, IT. Hunter ap- pears to be eases, strength. His friends he! @ conierence to-night, at which a count of noses was had, resuiting in a show of 41 votes on first ballot for him, Withers was allowed 27; Goode, of Norfolk, 18; James Barbour, 11; the others scattering, among whom 18 Governor Gilbert C, Walker. This ca.culation is highly complimentary to Mr. Hunter and rather disparaging to the other candidates, Next in line comes John Good, who will get a solid vote on the first ballot, witha most flattering pros- pect of steady increase as the fight progresses. dames Barbour, @ former editor of the Muquirer, also shows considerable strength, BRIGHTENING PROSPECTS OF GOVERNOR WALKER. The friends of Governor Gilbert ©. Walker are reticent. Their tactics are evidently to await de- velopments. In all probability Walker's name Will not be presented either on the first or second ballot, ai which the caucus may be in a state of chaos, when Walker’s name may be sprung, and ‘with his popularity and prestige he may carry the caucus by storm and secure him the nomination, | which amounts to an election. To-morrow the Enquirer will come out, hot- shotted and nnequtvocally, for Gilbert C, Walker for United States Senator, What change this will } make tn the present aspect of affairs remains to be seen. OBITUARY. Jonathan D. Ledyard. Jonathan D. Lédyard, formerly agent of the Hol- land Land Company, and one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Central New York, died at his residence in the village of Cazenovia, yester- day, the 7th inst. He was @ man of at ener nd qctive entorpriee, Kalk So TRACKED TO THEIR LAIR The Masked Burglars Examined and Identified at New Rochelle, —-+—_—__. DISMAY OF THE SCOUNDRELS. The Emmet Family and Two Westches- ter Boatmen Swear Positively to Their Persons. “Dan Kelly,” “Larry Griffin” and “Patsey Conroy” in White Plains Jail—@Great Joy and Excitement in West- chester County. New Rochelle is one of the most beautiful vil- lages on Long Island Sound, and communication is had with it from New York by the New Haven Rail- road, A great many of the residents are wealthy, doing business or following a profession in the city, and have splendid residences at New Rochelle. There is a quiet dignity about the place that im- presses one, and on ordinary occasions the village is as dull as ditch water in summer time, A BRAZEN BAND OF BURGLARS. But yesterday the monotony of the dull old town Was suddenly relieved and the inhabitants began to take an interest in Ife. Up the main street of the village marched eight persons, four of whom were New York detectives, and who were named re- spectively Elder, Field, Lyon and King. There was also a New Rochelle policeman named Devan—for the village boasts of its one Vidocq—and then came three of the most desperate criminals known to the police annals of the United States. These three men were named “Dan Kelly,” “Larry Griffin” and “Patsey Conroy,” and they have been fully iden- tifled to-day as part of the band of masked robbers who have been depredating all over the State. These three ruffians (every one of whose hands are stained with human blood, and who all have served the country for various offences in State Prison), looked very sullen, and glared at the Spectators who came out to have a holiday Jéte. They were all manacled with the steel hand- cuffs of the same make that they have been so fond of using on the inmates of the different houses which they have plundered in Catskill, Staten Island, New Rochelle and other places. “Dan Kelly,” the rascal implicated by the equally great rascal Irving as an accomplice in the Nathan murder, is a stout, thick set and fleshy fellow of about 33 years of age, who wears a thick, coarse, but mot very large black mustache, and who is of tremendous strength. His eyes, small and black and piercing, have @ dangerous glitter. Closely manacled to him was “Larry GriM™in,” a notorious river pirate, and who, if the detectives are to be believed, was a “pal” of Saul and Howlett, who were executed in the Tombs some years ago. He is also suspected of having committed a murder on the East River some years since. Griffin is a blonde, while Dan Kelly is a brunette, and the former has one of the most villanous-looking countenances and heads that were ever exhibited in a waxwork show. His forehead and chin—the _for- mer on a perpendt- cular 5 his whole expression is that of a dastardly villain. Crime and despera- tioa sit enthroned in his eye. Grittin is about an inch and a half taller than Kelly, but the most pe- culiar looking fellow of the trio is “Patsey Con- roy,” who is of a lighter build than either of his pais, and has a ferret, snaky expression in his eyes. He formerly kept a thieves’ resort at the corner of Hester street and the Bowery, which was a rendezvous for the most desperate rufllans in New York. NEW ROCHELLE LET 10088. As the eight individuals passed up the main street of New Rochelle from the railway depot it seemed us if half of the inhabitants of Westchester county were in attendance to view the spectacie, All the country bumpkins turned out and the ex- citement was really tremendous. ‘There Is, let it be stated, a “City Hall” in New Rochelle, built ot brick, and in it is the ofMce of Justice E. J. Porter, Who was to examine the prisoners on a charge of having robbed the house of J. P. Emmet, of New Rochelle, on the early morning of December 23, A BOISTEROUS AUDIENCE. Into the little office of Justice Porter were taken the three desperadoes, who will probably, on con- viction, receive life sentences of imprisonment. The rowdy crowd poured in after them, and swamped the Judge, detectives and prisoners. This crowd wanted to lynch the prisoners, who were hooted and yelled at in a feroctous manner. The detectives, tearing thut their prisoners would be taken from them and handled roughly, gathered close to them and put their hands in their pockets, Justice Porter, who is an old and venerable man, witn gray hair and voluminous whiskers, became a little nervous, and finding that the crowd was getting larger and larger every minute and fearing that all his furniture would be broken, suggested to his unrully audience that they had better adjourn to the court room adjoining, which was on the same floor of the building, and this suggestion of His Honor was received with shouts of applause. There were no women in the crowd, luck tk for its brutality was unequalled in the history o! Westchester county. HELP FOR THE BBIGANDS. A lawyer named Roosevelt, residing in New Rochelle, appeared on behalf of the people, and suddenly the political orator, Colonel J. B. Fellows, made his appearance as counsel for the three villains who have irightened the whole southern part of the State of New York by their depredations. Now that Justice Porter had got into his court room, he imagined that he had room enough, but the noise and the shouting and crushing and gushing almost bereft him of his senses. The mob stood on chairs and benches, which were broken down under the weight forced upon them, and every man wore his hat in Court, irrespective of the dignity and sacred- ness of the place. Detective Elder a just procured his warrant returning e prisoners to the Justice, when a number of benches broke down, and Justice Porter screamed out, his voice Loon F reaching above the din:— “T tell all you people here that these chairs and benches belong to the town of New Rochelle, and if you break or injure tuem you will have to pay for them or eise the town of New Rochelle wiil have to do it.” This speech was received with a shout of langh- ter by the unruly mob. The prisoners were at this time so closely pressed upon, as well as the police pa Rta had them im charge, that the Justice at ast said :— “Now, to accommodate you all, I will go up stairs in the big room, where you will all have a chance to see and hear.” The whole crowd cheered at this good-natured Speech, and as the Judge leit his seat there was a grand rush to get good places in the big bailroum up stairs, 60 feet in length. Ail round the neighborhood in the vicinity of Mr, Emmet’s house a feeling of absolute terror has reigned since the attack and robbery. The villanous treacment of Mr. Emmet’s sister, who was then handcuffed to her two female servants, together with her brother and nephew, young Richard Emmet, has struck dismay into all the women for &@ radius of 20 miles, and no person deems himseif or hersell safe irom maltreatment and robbery. One man cried out in court, “I have been robbed, too, and I fre come 24 miles to see the damned scoundreis hung !"* The robbers, when they took their seats in the big baliroom extemporized as &@ court, seemed frightened at the notice of the crowd toward them. “Larry Grifin” alone preserved his dark and stolid imperturbability and said not a word. The two others kept glancing over their shoulders in @ scared way, and they had need to do it, for the crowd was so dense that no one could move without @ muttered curse or imprecation from his neighbor. DRIVEN TO BAY. There was & great sensation when the Emmet family entered the court room, and the robbers visibly recognized them and wanted to hide their countenances. The examination lasted nearly three hours anda half. Colonel Fellows, on benaif of his clients did not wish for an examination, as he said that he wanted to get his witnesses in court, The elder Mr. Emmet, who, by the way, is of the famous stock and a de- scendant of Robert Emmet, testified so clearly against the robbers that every one said they were caugut, and the eee Was great at this gid He atated in substance that he saw seve masked = men in his bedroom at half-past one o'clock on the morning of the 28d of December, and four of them when he awoke were pointing revolvers at his head. They proceeded to put steel handcuffs on him and his nephew, young Emmet, aud asked if there were any other persons in the house. He said that there was one lady, his sister, up stairs. As soon as he said this two men went up stairs and brought Miss Emmet down and handcuffed her, They aiso discovered two temale servants and brought them down and handcuffed them also. One of the robbers said to him, “You are a damned old liar; there were two other women and we have got them.” Then they scat- tered over the house and proceeded to lander it syatomaticatly and at their leisure, ive of them had black valises, and one carried away a red leather valise, which was Ad vided when (quad at (he haunt corner of 5 UnUE sow rrasctugvu sereew As DelONgINg to the Emmet iamily. ‘ney lett the house avout six o'clock in tae mori They took $80 from Mr. Emmet's pocketbook, $40 from Mias Emmet's port- monnaie, three or four gold watches and a lot of gold bracelets, brooches and other jewelry, THE BOATMEN’S TESTIMONY. Two boatmep, named Levinera and Boxt swore that op the morning of December 2, al about seven o’clock, Ly A met six men on the shore, about three miles distant from the residence: of the Emmet family, all of whom were carrying black valises but one, and he had area one. One of them also had a pair of oars which had tnitials branded on them, and were identified as having been stolen from a neighboring boathouses One of tue men oa perceiving the boatmen cried Fee “Do you want to make a five doliar note, boys?” “What do you want us to do?” said the boatmen. “We want you to take us over to the Long Ia- land shore; we have just come from a prize- fight and the Sherir is after as,and we want to gee out of here as quick as we cam get.” “Make it $6, and we will take you Over,” ame swered one of the vboatmen, “All right; we won't quarrel about @ dollar? anawered the Doatmen. They then got a skiff and pulled the men out to a suriboat which étléy nad, and took them from City Island, which is connected by @ bridge with the Westchester shore, to the Long Island suore. It was on this pridge that the robbers were met by the boatmen, “Do you recognize any of these prisoners here aw being Of the six men Whom you ferried over OB that morning?” asked Justice Porter. There was an intense stillness in Court ag the boatmen rose up and, pointing each mam out, said, “I recognize that one (KellyPe and that one (Griilin), aud that one (Patsey Comroy).”” Then there was a wild chees in Court, and every one pressed forward wo look at the scoundrels, who were thoroughly dismayed ag. this recognition. There was one more witness, who swore that he found articles o/ clothing on his fence in the direction which the robbers took on December 23, They were then committed by Jus tice Porter to White Plains jail, and the examina- tion was adjourned until Saturday moroiny, atten o’ciock, before Justice Porter, at the White Plains Court House, While in Court a big dish of potatoes and half- cooked beetsteak was brought to the robbers, but these fellows turned up their noses and would not eat, as they are A de, lin thetr profession and high toned. They took supper at @ hotel in the village, well watched by the detectives, and then Oficers Elder, Field, King and Lyon took country wagons and brought them all the way in the rain storm to White Piains and turned over to Warden Ford, who locked them up to await their return, When brought into the White Plains Court House last night, after eight o'clock, the robbers met an- other adversary in the shape of Mr. Edmund Post, @ farmer trom Catskill, Greene county, whose family was robbed and handcuffed by the same gang on October 17, of last year. “Go up and speak ‘to Dan Kelly and see if you know him,” said Detective Elder, Mr. Post walked up to where the robbers were, with their backs turned toward him. They were; trying.to shade their faces from the gasiights which blazed on their guilty countenances. “What has Dick (Field) got the handcuffs on you for?” said Mr, Post, speaking to Dan Kelly. Kelly seemed as if a bullet had struck him, and he walted an instant beiore he turned round, and them, he satd, sullenly, to Post, “For suspicion, 1 sup- ose. Mr. Post—That’s the man who went up stairs witht Captain Hobbs to rob my father’s bureau. ‘his is the most splendid piece of work done by the Central OMice detectives for 20 years, and breaks up the most desperate garg of vi 8 ever known in New York. THE OLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION. ‘The annual meeting of the Clearing House Asso ciation was held to-day at the Merchants’ Bank, J. D. Vermilye presiding. The following officers were elected for the ensu- ing year:—Chairman, Charles F. Hunter; Secre- tary, M. F. Reading. Clearing House Committee—J. D. Vermilye, chairman; E. H. Perkins, Jr.; Moses ‘Taylor, Henry F. Vail, Robert Buck. Committee om Oonierence—W, L. Jenkins, chairman; W. A. Falla, G. G. Williams, J. Lee Smith, C. P. Leverich. Nomt- nating Committee—R. P. Perrin, chairman; Richard are J.M. Morrison, S. R, Vomstock and J. De ish. Mr. Camp, the manager of the Clearing House, resented his Renan through the Clearing House jommittee for the fiscal year ending October 1878. ‘The report showed the transactions for the year to have amounted to $36,920,521,049 65, am ‘average Of $114,788,068 99 per day for the year. The total transactions of the Clearmg House since tt Be pore of 20 years, amount te 387, 581,764,227 41 ; The Loan Committee reported that alt the vertifi= cates had been retired, except to the amount of $550,000, the total amount issued having beem $26,565,000, Of this balance $260,000 has beem called in and will be cancelled to-morrow, leavi but $300,000 outstanding, which will be ret) within the course of a week. ‘The sum resulting from the tax of a quarter pet, cent upon the certificates of indebtedness was found to amount to about $60,000. Of this $10,000 was presented to the Bank Clerks’ Mutual Benefit As- sociation, and the balance of about $50,000 was added to the reeerve fund of the ae House,; which was $37,000, as a building fund, making the total reserve $87,000, “ POLIOE MATTERS. At a meeting of the Board of Police, held yes» terday afternoon, the Chief Olerk, Mr. Seth O, Hawiey, was ordered to instruct the authorities Kingsbridge that the Board would appoint tour their poucemen, under the law an¢ the rules regulations of the Board, Died. MCCAUSLAND.—On Tuesday, January 6, ANI McCavsLanD, in the 45th year of her age. The relatives and friends are respectfully invite® to attend the iuneral, from her late residence, 400 pipe bl kde to-day (Thursday), at hall-past one o'cloc! Londonderry (Ireland) papers please copy. [For Uther Deaths See Second Page.) All Forms of Skin and Blood Diseases gared’ by Dr. PIERCE’S GOLDEN MEDIUVAL DISCOV. 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