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‘TELEGRAMS. TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Manrip, Jan. 14, 1874. & portion of the force which took part in the ~~ Ky Cartagena has marched against the Comdition of the City of Cartagensa— The Red Flag During and After the Retre: MADRID, Jan. 14, 1874. ‘Tue government forces on occupying Cartagena found the fortifications and buildings badly Aamaged by the bomparament. YEE BED FLAG IN RETREAT—RBFUGEES CAPTURED ! AND JUNTA MEMBERS SURRENDERED. OMe of the insurgent steamers which attempted Yoescape has been captured with a large number Df refageos on board. ‘The Mendez Nunez, with another party of insur- te, succeeded in reaching a port of France, fre whioh she was pursued by a French man-of- i The members of the Junta surrendered the iron- }iaa Numancis to the French authorities at Mers- tora aud the tricolor now flies at her mast. Sats ENGLAND. Discount om ‘Change and at the Bank~Bullion to the Bank on Balance. TELEGRAMS TO TE NEW YORK HERALD. London, Jan, 14, 1874, ‘Tho rate for money at the Stock Exchange on nt securities 1s 3 per cent. * ‘The rate of discount in the open market for three bills is 3% per cent, which is % per cent the Bank of England rate, 38 is the general opinion on the Stock Exchange the rate of discount of the Bank of England be lowered to-morrow. BULLICN ON BALANCE TO THE BANK. The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of JBngiand on balance to-day 1s £92,000. Be Tichborne Claimant’s Defence Glesed—Lady Radocliffe’s Honor Again ‘Aasailed. Lonpon, Jan. 14, 1874, m the Tichborne case Dr. Kenealy to-day con- igded his closing speech for the defence. He de- } ded @ verdict for the claimant, declaring that Preponderence of unshaken evidence in his ‘Was overwhelming, - Be maintained that the charges against Lady Badolide had been proved to be true. \ | FRANCE. The Municipal Control Bill Under Debate in the Assembly. “TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, VERSAILLES, Jan. 14, 1874, In the to-day the general debate on the providing for the nomination of members by . government was concluded, und the Chamber by'& vote of 378 yeas to 316 nays, to pro- ed to the discussion of the clauses of the bill, MEXICO. Songressional Adjournment—Opposition to the Presidential Policy—Executive Con- sultation—Railway Interesis— Provincial Agitation. TELEGHAM TQ THE NEW YORK HERAtD, Giry or MExico, Jan. 5, Via Havana, Jan. 14, i8ha.} Peocpstaad Will adjourn its session on the 15th it. A strong opposition to President Lerdo de Tejada is forming. Some of the journals which rst changed their political complexion to the bpposition were formerly government organs. " Leon Guzman has resigned the Attorney General- thip because of alleged 111 health. He condemns Preaident Lerdo’s policy because the latter dis- spproved of Guzman’s action while in Washington. President Terdo has summoned ail the’ State flovernors to the national capital to discuss affairs yf State. RAILWAY INTERESTS. A majority in Congress of five for the Vera Cruz Railroad proposition 1s considered certain, The Mexican company who have received the soncession for the construction of the Inmter- tational Railroad are unable to begin work for want of funds and credit at home and abroad, - PILLAGE IN TEPIC. ‘Losado's successor 1p command has pillaged Dompostelia, in the district of Tepic. REVOLUTION AND RELIGION, ‘The revolution in Yucatan continues. Two leg- Matures have organized. The federal command- wt is moving against the insurgents. Religious disturbances in the city of Mexico have yeased, STEAMSHIP SUBEIDY. Congress has approved of the continuation of she subvention to the Alexander steamship line, frial by Jury Prociaimed—A Minister's Resignation Announced to the People. MATAMORAS, Jan. 14, 1874, ‘The right of trial by jury has been established in , whe State of Tamaniipas in criminal cases, the law paving been proclaimed with gfeat solemnity by she civil and mititary authorities in the plaza, « fury trials have heretofore been unknown to the + jaiwa of Mexico. 5 ‘THE ATTORNEY GRNERALSHIP, The Voz Publica announces that Leon Guzman, Attorney General o! Mexico, has resigned because be was not in accord with President Lerdo in his sdministration of the national government, CUBA. fhe Spenish Army To Be Reinforced—Insular Finance and Colonial Project for Customs Collection—The Labor and Wages Question. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, HAVANA, Jan. 14, 1874, The Madrid government have telegraphed that they will send reimiorcements of troops to the The Junta of the debt wants the expenses of the 8t. Domingo and Mexico expeditions declared a Bational debt, although they declare that the wland treasury will ultimately pay them, OUSTOMS DUES. ‘The Janta also favors the payment of Customs dues half in gold and half in Spanisn bank notes; the tasue of a forced loan of $30,000,000 in three in- wtalments, the whole to be issned within one year, and an additional loan of $30,000,000 in annual instalments of $5,000,000 each, beginning in January next. Tho plans of the Junta have been handed to ‘Qaptain General Joveliar for his approval. THE LABOR QUESTION. ‘The strikes of the ship carpenters and tatlors have ended. The city scavengers and the work- men in Lambden’s foundry are now on a strike. THE LOUISIANA LABOR RIOTS, New OnvRaNs, Jan. 14, 1874, company Of State militia and one Gatling gun Were despatched be Items to Terrebonne parish revent an, ler distu: out Of the labor Tou, 5 that one recs ment of 6 C8) LA ‘at the State House pottontnad neon. injured thus far, ‘and’ these re Saeeeree perigus NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 165, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET, GEORGIA. Meeting of the State Legistatare. AvLanrTa, Jan. 14, 1474, ‘The Governor in bis Message speaks very cheer- fully of the condition of the affairs of the State, The total public debt is $8,000,000. He recommends the establishment of a department of cul- ture for the State. The estimated value-at tax: able is 000, "A Reaclation was introduced in the Senata, de- ploring the action of our representatives in n- gress On the salary and approving the action ot Congress yestel the restoration of the law of 1866, THE MISSISSIPPI STATE ELECTION QUES. TION. JACKSON, Jan. 14, 1873, The State election question was before the su- Preme Court to-day. A motion was made by tne counsel for the Ames party, and argued at length, to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction. The Court took the matter under ment, and will decide the question of jurisdiction to-morrow, OHIO. Eicotion of United States Senator. OoLwmaus, Jan, 14, 1874, Both houses in joint session to-day re-elected Hon. Allen G, Thurman, demoorat, to she United States Senate. OWA. Meeting of the Logisiature—Condemna- lon of the § Bill and a Rebuke BF Pronanne Gok ; Pas Mortias, Yau. 14, i614” The Senate met at tén o'clock yeaterday morn- ing and elected the officers nominated by the re. publican caucus on Monday. A resolution con- demmning the Salary bill of March 3, 1673, and all Who voted for it, umatructing the Iowa represen- tatives in Congress to vote for its repeal, and, if racticable, tor a law requiring the Terarn to tho reasury of all baok pay drawn under it, declaring the action of the President in signing the bill un- wise, contrary to the beat interests oft the country and meriting, as it receives, the unqualifiea dis- approval of the people of lowa, was offered and lopted unanimously, together with an amend- ment declaring it unfortunate for the democratic party that a greater proportion of its members Voted for the bili than of the republican party. The House balloted 25 times during the day (for Speaker, cach ballot resulting in a tie, WIEOOHSIN, Meeting of the State Legislature, MADISON, Jan. 14, 1874, Tne Wisconsin Legisiature met to-day. The Senate was organized by ‘the republicans, who had one of a majority. The Assembly was organized by the reformers, who nad 18 jority. Gabriel Bouck, of Oshkosh, was cloctedsspeaker ‘Governor lor’s m will be delivered to-morrow. easage It is reported to be a lengthy document, devoted to State affairs. ada sari pd KANSAS, The Senatorial Election—A Representa- tive Arrested. Sr. Louts, Jan. 14, 1374, A special from Topeka, Kansas, to the Democrat, says :—“In the Senatorial contest Osborn seems to have the inside track, his friends claiming 40 votes on the first ballot, Phillips probably boing the next in strength. rs kepresentative Rogers, of Neosha county, was arrested to-day on a charge of perjury, it being alleged that he swore {falsely in order to affect an organization in his county. THE OANAL BOARD, An Inquiry Looking Towards Retrench=« men i ALBANY, Jan, 14, 1874, At a meeting of the Oanal Board to-day, on motion of Mr. Willers, Secretary of State, the fol- lowing regolutiqn was adopted :— Resolved, That it be referzed to the State Engineer and ‘ve and L_ Commissioners, with the Audi- tor of the partment, to inquire into and report to this rd what reduction may, without detriment to the management of the Canale, be made in the number of canal superintendents and other canal officers ap- Ean be made ta the salaties aud compensstien oe uth and compensation cials who receive their appointment trom this Boar NEW MEXIO0, Desperate Outrages by Texan Despe- radoes—Welesale Slaughter of (n- offending Citizens. Sr. Louis, Mo., Jan. 14, 101s The Republican has a letter from Santa Fé, New Mexico, dated January 7, which gives an account ofa series of bloody tragedies that occurred in Lincoln county last. month. If appears that on the 1st of December a party of Texan desperadoes visited @ resort of the demt-monde in the town of Placitos, created a disturbance and used re; Volvers: freely. A constable of the town, Juan Martin, ordered the ruffans to apeiat, whereupon they ‘riddied him with bullets. rtine’s posse. returned the fire, and Killed three desperadoes, The remainder .fied to the ranch of the Herald~ brothers, miles distant, where, three days later, they killed two farmers,’ A day or two after. this affair Hig, Miller, with a posse of 20 men, Pepto sug] js’ Tanch to arrest the murderers, ut Wi et by 50 capt ca Ban! and forced to retreat. A few days subsequent to this, and while a wedding \ ‘was in progress at the: residence of Isidore Patross, in the same neighbor-' hood, the°same* gang -oF papeenyes surrounded ‘the: dipase, burst im the doors.and windows and commenced an, men, ‘women okt and “aovembied th men were kill on spot women sériousty, “perliaps mortally, wounde " pity Tea to sapere * stron; hold, * ‘Where™ ttiey ‘still’ defy the autho ties. The matter was reported to the Goy- ernor by the Judge and Justice of the. Peace, the.only judicial authorities.of the county, Ly, who declared tei inability to make arrests; but up to the time this letter was written the Gov- ernor was not known to have taken any action. MILLERS! NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 1874. The third annual Convention of the Millers’ Na- tional Association met at McCormick’s Hall to-day, with rather a limited attendance. Jacob Barnes, of Michigan, President of the association, occupied the chair. The Committee on Transportation, appointed at the last meeting of the association, submitted a report through their chairman, F. P. Earl, which recites the disadvantages under which miliers labor in the matter of ireights, and sabmits a reso- lution urging upon transportation lines the con- sideration of the following requests :— Pirst—That flour in p: have ‘ages - papiabaene of shipment and rates over wheat in bulk. Second—That a tariff of rates be adjusted upon an Cate basis, without discrimination or preju- dice to the interest of millers, Third—That ity and steadiness of rates be maintained—a matter of the utmost impor- tance, without which there can be really no per- manefncy in the market. Ageneral discussion of the subject of transporta- tion then took place, Messrs. White, of Cleveland, Warren, of Wisconsin, and others participating. Pending a vote upon the reports the Committee on Publication submitted a report which declares the necessity for a national millers’ journal, and recommends the establishment of such a paper at New York, Cleveland or Ubicago by the National Association. APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE, WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 1874. The Senate, in executive session to-day, con- firmed the following nominations :— Robert W. Hughes, to be United States Judge for the Eastern district of Virginia. United States Attorneys—Nathan Webb for Maine, Oscar A. Myers for the Southern district of Florida, George R. Peck for Kansas and H. B, Swoop for the Western district of Pennsyivanta. United States Marshals—s, S. Marble for Maine me Thomas F, Purnell for the Western district of Xas. Pension Agents—Seth M. Barber at Ohio, and Daniel Burton at Wilmington, Indian Agente—Joel B. waster, r of the Two Rivers Agency, Oal.; Charles H. Roberts!for Great Nemaha Agency, Neb.; R. F. May for Blackfeet ncy, Montana, and Kdmond Pula Inspectors; Denevlér, of Michigan, and jan . D. er, of an William Van Dever, of Iowa. 2 Lieutenant Colonel George Crook, of the ayer. third infantry, to be Brigadier General, vice ip St. George Mads hae Postmaste ibert Robertson at Troy, Clevelan Del. 4 N. Y.: Lawrence Hamlin at Owassa, Mich.; John K. Loring at Waterloo, N. Y.; James E. Dean at Fish: kill, N. ¥.; W, T. Jones at Chanute, ; John R. Johnston at Crete, Neb. ; William’ M. Mi a at Cedar Falls, lowa. lorrisor RESOUE OF LOST PISHERMEN, Boston, Jan. 14, 1974. Frank Miller and Patrick O’Neil, who left the Gloucester fishing schooner Tubal Cain on the Newfoundland Fishing Banks, Octover 20, to set trawis and Lwvere lost in the fog, were picked up, alter six daye Norwegian bark aad in an »v; ve araved wdention, 2” WASHINGTON. Withdrawal of Cushing’s Nomina- tion for Chief Justice. His Letter to the President Ask- ing Such Action. THE UNWORTHY METHOD OF HIS DEFEAT. Schurz on Specie Payments and Na- tional Financial Faith. Retrenchment to Exceed Twenty-five Millions. Wasuinaron, Jan. 14, 1874, Withdrawal of the Nomination of Mr. c ing for Chief Justice—His Letter to the Fresident Requesting Such Action. i Santas sent a lgtter to the President to-day | ated withdraw “Tidmination, and the Proaident acted accordingly in a communication forthe Senate. Both documents are given below, ‘Te letter of Mr. Cushing to Jom? was not among te papers transmitted to thé Sonatene THR PSRSLDENT's Message, Exgovtiva LON, Jan. 18, 1874, TO THE SHNATH OF THE UNITED STATES:— Since nominating the Hon. Caleb Cushing for Ohief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States information has reached me which induces me to withdraw him from nomination as the high- est judicial oftcer of the government, and I do, theretore, hereby withdraw the said nomination. U. 8, GRANT. POSTSCRIPT. EXROUTIVH MANSION, Jan. 14, 1874 TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES After signing the above withdrawal I have re- ceived from the Hon. Caleb Cushing, whose nomi- nation, it is proper to say, was made without bis knowledge, a letter requesting the withdrawal of nis name, a copy of which is herewith attached. U. S. GRANT. LETTER OF MB. OUSHING. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 1874. TO THE PRESIDENT :— Srr—Animated by the sense of profound grati- tude for the honor you have done me in nominat- ing me to the high office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and perceiv- ing that the continuance of my name before the Senate may be the cuuse or occasion of inconven- ienoce to yourself or your political friends there, I respectfully request you to withdraw the nomina- tion. Permit me to add that the charges of disloyalty to the Union and the constitution which have been brought against me in this connection are ut- terly destitute of foundation in truth or in fact, I indignantly repel the imputation. In all the tima anterior to the commencement of hostilities in the Southern States every act of my political Itfe, in batever relation of parties, was governed by the “slate dominant ak gee aiming to preserve the threatened unt But the Uni and to. avert irom my country thé mity of its disruption and of consequent fratrlciasl carnage. How could such a purpose be promoted otherwise than by political association or personal intercourse with citizens of different, States, in- cluding those of States professedly. ndieattected to the Union? Should tne only possible means of laboring to oe ane civil war be stigmatized as dis- loyaity to the constitution? Immediately on the occurrence of the first biow of hostility to the Union being struck in the State of South Carolina, I took my stand with the Union and its government. I publicly an- nounced my adhesion to them in tle most une- ivocal terms, 1 tendered my services to the government in the fleld or in apy other way which might testify my fidelity to It, and I have continued Som, sas «3 > eee”, a we ne jc jem,’ to bad of unswervt devout? to” 233 Mion, whether during the actual pro- gress of hostilities against it or in the sub- Sequent events of its reconstruction, ana of the successive amendments of the con- stitution, rendered necessary conditions and relations States of the United States and of their respective inhabitants, The recent.amendments of the ¢on- stitution, each and all of them,. ag they were in turn adopted, and the legislative acts ior their. enpprcement and...ior, accomplishiny reconstruction, had my co-operation and .ad- hesiqn, and, x heya supported. them constantly, if “not y ‘political Hate, for “which my col tively reserved habits of life afforded neither; occasion nor opportunity, yet in legal opinion or in courts, and in counsel or discussion with Ts of the government, members of Con- gress‘and private persons | entertained the same general respect for these amendments as for the other provisions of the constitution, and also ren- dered the special. observance due.to them as the just and necessary incidents of the reconstruction of the © Union. While i nomination was et ae consideration in the Senate it wol have .been unbecoming for me to speak in explanation of my acts or my opinions; but now, -with relative indifference to whatever ej]se may have been sald, either hon- estly-or maliciously, to my prejudice, it belongs to ‘Sense of public duty, and it is my right to re- rm and di @ that I have never, in the long course of a not inactive life, done an act, uttered a ‘word or conceived a thought of disioyaity to the constitution or the Umion. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, 0. CUSHING. Proceedings of the Caucus Which Con- demned Cushing—Conduct of the Chiid- like Senator from California—Text of the Dreadtul Letter. The following particulars in regard to the re- publican caucuses yesterday have been ascer- tained:—The last 40 or 50 minutes of the morning caucus were almost wholly occupied by Senator Sargent in a detailed review of Mr. Cushing's pub- lic life from the time of President Tyler down to the present day, which he severely criticised, ar- guing that confirmation ought not to be thought of for a moment. Calls were then made for a vote, but Mr. Boutwell expressed a desire to reply, and the caucus accordingly adjourned, to give him and other friends of Mr, Cashing such opportunity. Between tweive and one o’clock Mr. Sargent receiyed an intimation from an undivulged source that a letter, damaging to Mr. Cushing, had veen aiscovered in the rebel archives, and, leaving the Senate chamber, he went at once to the War Department to obtain it, if possible. He was 1n- formed by Adjutant General Townsend that an order of the Secretary of War would be necessary to authorize the furnishing of the desired copy, and Mr. Sargent proceeded to the Executive Man- ston, where Secretary Belknap was attending a meeting of the Uabinet, who, with the President, ‘were at the time consulting the very document in question. General Belknap made Mr. Sargent’s re- quest known to the President, who at once said it should be complied with, as the newly discovered jetter was one which it eminently be- nothing policy.” fitted the Senate to hear and take into consideration, A certified copy having been handed to Mr. Sargent he returned to the Capitol in time for the afternoon caucus. Mr. Boutwell took the floor according to agreement as soon as the caucus was called to order, and made a speech of some length in favor of Mr. Cushing, and was followed by other friends of Mr. Cushing, as heretofore stated, Mr. Sargent meanwhile reserving the important letter with a view to allowing everything to be said in support of Mr. Cushing's confirmation that could be said by any one present before putting an end to the discussion, as he anticipated by pra ducing the document which had just come into his possession. Finally he obtained the floor and read and commented on the letter, being listened to with the closest attention. The result upon the caucus has been already described. In the afternoon, before the republican Senators resumed their caucus session, Senator Sargent called upon the President and mentioned to him the fact that he had read an anonymous note in which it was stated that on the 2ist of March, 1961, Caleb Cushing wrote a letter to Jefferson Davis strongly recommending Archibald Roane, & clerk in the Attorney General's office, to Davis’ favorable consideration. CUSHING’S LETTER TO DAVIS, Numerous and conflicting versions have been given of the contents of this letter, but the follow- ing 1s a true copy of the original :— Wasninoeton, March 20, 1861. Deak SiR—Mr. Archibald Roane, for the last six or seven years a clerk in the Attorney Generai’s oMce, desires from me a letter of introduction to you, and he desires it, not in the view of antici- ting administration favors, but that he may ave the honor of your personal intercourse. Ot this take pleasure in assuring you—he is eminently worthy. A Southern man by birth, family and affection, he has carefully studied and ably discussed in Mr. De Bow's and other ithern works the lamentable events which have been gradually undermining and have at length overthrown the American Union. While a practical man, he is alto lar, witn, indeed, pre- dominant Mierary tastes and habits. In the dis- charge of his oficial duties he has combined in a singular di e the purest integrity and most en- lightened intelligence, with modest contentment in his lot, having more than once declined offices of more conspicuous employment in the public service. He now resigns his present office from sentiments of devotion to that which alone he can feel to be his country, namely, the Coniederate States, from one of which (Texas) be was ap- pointed. I most heartily commend him as a gon- tleman and a man to your confidence and esteem, and Iom, with the hest consideration, your ag servant, C, CUSHING. ‘RevERSON Davis, President of tho Con- federate States. att Bo The Prestdent a short timo thereafter applied to the Secretary of War for the origmal of this letter, which was produced, it being found among tho captured Confederate archives, The Presi- dent, on reading the letter, conciuded to withdraw the nomination, and. caused a communication to be written to the Sen- ate for the purpose, The President, before he nominated Mr. Cushing, knew that that gentle- man had taken the States rights view of the ques- tions which agitated the country just previous to the breaking out of the late civil war; but when Fo! Sumter was fred upon Mr. Cushing made a tat tie BHSech, and offered his services in 9 mil tary capacity to assist in putting down the re. bellion.. Qther gentlemen had, like Mr. cmt a declared theTPgpinion that the government had ii right to coerce @ State; yet, when hostilities re- sulted, they were actively” found on the side of the Union. But now that this letter to Jeder- son Davis had come to light, stating so broadly disunion views, the President, notwithstanding his high appreciation of Mr. Cushing's legal attain, ments, resolved to withdraw his name, apprehen- sive that his opintons, as expressed in the past, might injuriously affect the decisions of the Su- preme Court in the event of his confirmation as Chief Justice. A short time before the President's private secretary started for the Capitol the letter from Mr. Cushitg, through General But- ler, requesting the withdrawal of his nomi- nation, was received by the President. The President detained the private secretary and added to the message of withdrawal the post- script given above. As soon as the postscript was written the private secretary left tne Ex- ecutive mansion for the purpose of delivering the message to the Senate. The message ts accom- panied by the letter of Mr. Cushing to President Grant, to which reference is above made. The original letter of Mr. Cushing to Davis is in pos- session of the War Department. Tne Future Nominee Not Named—Mr. Cushing’s Departure for Madrid. The President called an extra Cabinet meeting to-day, which comtinued for nearly two hours, dur- ing which the subject of the Chief Justiceship was considered. Nothing was concluded as toa new nominee, Itis supposed in official quarters that Mr. Cashing will soon leave Washington ‘or Madrid. General Cushing Declines to Address the Mexican Veterans To-Day. General Cushing has notified the Association of lexican Veterans that he regrets that he will be unable to comply with his promise to deliver the oration at. the Convention of the veterans, which is to meet in this clty to-morrow. It is un- derstood that General Negley, the member of Con- gress from the Pittsburg district, who was an officer of the Pennsylvania volunteers during the Mexican war, will be substituted as the orator of the day, Sickles Awaiting His Formal Recall. Private advices received in this city from General Sickles announce that he ia awaiting at Madrid his oMetal letter of recall, on the reception of which he will leave that city and proceed to Lon- don, where he will remain for two months on pri- vate business, Holders of Bonds Demanding Payment and Refusing to Exchange. The holders of the flve per cent loan of 1858 are asking for payment and refuse to exchange for the five per cent twenty year bonds. This is a sorry commentary on Mr. Schurz’s assertion that we can never be better prepared for the resumption of spe- cie payments than now. The Treasury Department is somewhat disconcerted over this, and Secretary Richardson, in this regard, together with the ne- cessity of having to recall the Treasury representa- tives negotiating with the Syndivate at London, 1s generally muddied on the financial question, but avows that he is going to wait to see what Congress will do before he moves, In the estimation of the leading financial men of both houses, he does not amount to much and does not know enough of finance to heip the solution of the financial problem. In fact, a movement is quietly on foot among the financial minds of the Senate to accomplish this themselves. Schurz in the Senate Scorches the Flimsy Financial Policy of the Country—Postal Abuses. In the Senate to-day Mr. Conkling offered a memoria! from the Chamber of Commerce of New York asking for an investigation into the mer- cantile marine of New York, and that a schovi of instruction in navigation might be established, with the use of some unemployed vesseis of the navy and the detall of naval officers as instructors, It was referred to tie Committee on Commerce, and will meet respectiul attention as a very worthy project. After a few other unimportant petitions Carl Schurz, the liberal republican of the West, rose nervously intent on the bili pending tosecure specie payments, and delivered himself during two hours and a half of an exhaustive essay, replete with authorities and able in its handling of | the sabject, upon the general financial condition and future of the country. He was opposed to ex- pansion, and scorned, most pluckily, the plans proposed by Messrs. Boutwell, Ferry, of Michigan, and Morton. But he will receive a return, with interest, from these gentlemen in due course. He severely reprehended the present financial policy our government, and charged that was debasing the coin of the realm, and that Congress was responsible for producing the panic. He quoted from several foreign political economists to sustain his argument. Mr. Boutwell and he, as also Mr. Morton and Mr. Ferry, nad occasional tilts, Mr. Schurz cbaracter- izing the advocacy of Mr. Boutwell as ‘the do- The present time, he said, was the best to correct the difficulties we are encoun- of ww The Prospect of Reduction of the Civil List Growing Brighter—rhe Surplus Medical and Law Students in the Treasury Department. The Committee on Appropriations, at their meeting to~<iay, compared notes with regara to the labors of the sub-committees charged with the 12 regular appropriation bills, The result gave a favorable showing in the line of reduction. There is now no doubt that the committee are carrying out their desire to make a redaction of at least $25,000,000, and are encouraged to think that the amount may reach a larger figure. The chairman of the committee ts now busily engaged on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial bill, and expects to have it ready for con- sideration in committee within two weeks. It is in this bill that all the salaries for the eivi! em- ployés ana current expenses of the various branches of the government are included. The exact number of clerical reductions which wil! bo made has not yet been reached, though tt {s understood that it will be extremely large. Information has come into possession of tae committee that the number of employ¢s in the Treasury Department is even greater than repre- sented in the oiicial register. It has also come to light that many of the clerks are en- gaged in pursuing professional studies either in law or medicine, and devote most of their time during” office houra, .to the Preparation of themselves for their clasdes, whieh meet in the evenings. Both the Columbian and Georgetown universities have law and medical departments. These are presided over by the beat legal und medical talent and afford excellent facilities for the study of those professions, But while there ts uo objection to any empioyé of the government availing himself of the Opportunities thus afforded it ia. not con- sidered proper that the government should be deprived of @ just return of service for the com- “pensation he receives. This is considered a very convincing evidence that the public service would not suffer were the rolls of the civil list reduced 25 per cent, as proposed by the chairman of the Appropriation Committee, of all the executive departments, That of the Navy is the only one in which there has been a material reduction of clerical force since the rebellion. In the Secretary's oflice Proper 15 clerks were stricken off the roils as soon as the business incident to the war was closed up and the naval establishment reduced to a peace footing. The Bureaus, which had largelyincreased responsibility during the war, have also been re- duced, the number in each varying from two to eleven clerks, the highest number being in the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, The lowest number is in the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. It is considered that the clerical force of this department will afford an exceilent basis of reduction iu the others. The office business of the Navy, 1s performed with the same effictency as it was when the force was twice as large. At the time of cutting down the force there were serious complaints of the impracticability of keeping up the books and accounts. The necessi- ties of the case, however, have proved otherwise., it is thought that the same principle will apply to all the departments increased by the additional labors calied for by the war, Improved Postal Intercourse with Aus- tralia. The first steamer of tne new line which carries the mail to the Australasian colonies via the Sand- Wich and the Fiji 1slands will leave San Francisco on the Sist. Correspondence should be forwarded to the San Francisco Distributing Post Ofice. The rates of postage are 10cents to the Sandwich Islands and 12 cents to ths Australian colonies. Prepayment ts required. The Postmaster General of New South Wales was at the Post Oilce Depart- ment to-day and arranged with Postmaster General Creswell a postal treaty which will probably be executed to-morrow. It will pro- vide tor an exchange of mails by the new line of steamers on the same terms as those already es- tablished with the Postal Convention of New Zea- land, Improvement of the Channel Between Staten Island und New Jersey. Mr. Amos Clarke, Jr., of New Jersey, yesterday presented in the House # bill to appropriate money !vr the improvement of the navigation of the channel totween Staten Island and New Jer- sey. The bill appropriates $60,000 to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War for the deepening and widening of the Cuumei he- tween Staten Island and New Jersey. Tuis work is rendered necessary on account of the immense tonnage—say Of about 12,000,000—that must pass through this channel to find an exit from the ter- minus of several large carriers, to wit :—ihe Deta- ware and Raritan Canal, of coal, 4,000,000 tons; the Delaware and Raritan Canal, in other products, 1,600,000 tons; Eiizabethport, in coal, 3,000,000 tons; Elizabethport, in iron and other freight, about 250,000 tons; all other vessels, from careful estimates, 3,500,000 tons, These estimates should be doubled, as these ves- seis return heavily ireighted with merchandise for these several carriers. The removal of these oo- structions is @ matter of more than mere local importance, and concerns not only the entire coasting trade of New Jersey but also of Pennsyl- vania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Caro- lina, New York and the entire Eastern States. The manufacturers of New Kngiand are also deeply interested in the removal of the obstruc- tions, as the Staten Island Sound constitutes the natural outlet for the coal, minerals and other pro- ducts of the States above mentioned. In the one article of coal an immense saving to consumers would accrue. By the removal 01 these obstruc- tions risks are lessened and values improved. A Characteristic Appointment by the President. The republican Congressional delegation from Tennessee were not in a particularly good humor with the President to-day. With the exception of Lewis, the member from the Mempnis district, | they had all united in the recommendation of a gentleman named Sherman for the position of United States Marshal for the Western Judivial district of Tennessee. They felt confident of suc- cess, as the Attorney General had sent the name to the President, with his oficial recommendation as the head of the Department of Justice. But the President, notwithstanding the request of almost the entire delegation, appointed Mr. Eaton, who had only the endorsement of the Memphis member, the appointee being, as wellas the member back- ing him, a carpet-bagger, while Mr. Sherman isa native of the State, every way competent and a stauch Unionist throughout the war. The repub- lican members say that, all things being equal, the true policy 18 to appoint those native to the soil who have been loyal under the most trying circum- stances, The Centennial Commission and tho House Centennial Committee. The Centennial Exposition Commission, under Mr. A. F. Gossern, Director General of Ohio, are in| this city. This commission ts composed of gentle- men appointed by the President on the nomina- tion of the Governors of the States and Territories. Among them 18 Mr. Beckwith, of New York, wio was United States Commissioner to the Paris Ex- position of 1857, and to that recently held at Vienna, He is recommended as a world-wide authority on matters relating to international expositions, The Centennial Committee of the tering, and now was the time to commence the resumption of specie payments, by which every- thing was to be benefited. He enumerated, in conclusion, strong reasons for his views, On the whole his speech will command earnest attention, as being the result of mach preparation and as re- flecting the liberal republican view, which is op- posed to the House plan of inflation, Mr. Scharz will be followed by almost every member In the Senate, nearly all having prepared speeches advo- cating @ plan peculiar and individual in each case or return to specie payments and to better the national finances. During the morning hour, Mr. Morrill, of Maine, pitched into Mr. Rameey’s report irom the Committee on Post Offices and Roads, and exposed many of the fundamental deficiencies in the Post OMice Department. He complained that under Postmaster General Cres- well’s management the postal business had in- creased in cost of service from $15,000,000 to $33,000,000, though the franking privilege was abolished. There are several rods in pickle for “Creswell, and Ramsey will have all he can do to sustain him and the bill inthe Senate.. Morrill strongly emphasized the fact that he had dis- covered the carrying of freight to be 300 per cent cheaper in cost than carrying intelligence, and in House will hold a special meeting to-morrow morning ior consultation with Mr. Beckwith and the Director General This is the first meeting which has been held at Washington. On Friday evening next the members of the Committecs on Appropriations and Foreign ire will, by invitation of the Centennial Committee of the House, meet the commissioners at Willard’s for the purpose of examining the plaus of the proposed buildings and the grounds, ther with the means of approach tor persons, and the manner of taking care of the articies tor exhibition. It is understood the commis- sioners will also exhibit views of all the buildings in which international exhibitions have been held. ‘The otect of holding the meeting of the commis- sion in this city appears to be to familiarize Con- gress and the administration with the magnitude of the undertaking which our people nave em- barked im under the auspices of the government. Woman’s Vote in Utah as an Agent Against Polygamy. The sudject of woman suffrage was before the House Committee on Territories to-day. Mr. Will- Cox, a delegate irom the New York Women’s Sul. frage Society, said that woman suffrage in Utah originated tn an address before the same commit- tee five years ago. Delegate Cannon, of that ‘Territory, admitted this stavement was substanti- ally correct. Mr. Willcox claimed the enfranchise- ment was first proposed as the only practicable mode of extirpating polygamy and that it woald the demonstration of this last commodity he is after the committee and the Postmaster General. At the conclusion of Mr. Schura’s speech the Senate went into executive session and confirmed Aaveral Rominationa of minor importance. have that effect if the secrecy of the vote was secured by abolishing the marking of ballots with numbers or otherwise; that till this secrecy was secured woman suffrage had not had 4a fair trial, and said (nether that the woman sugtage cloment EEE EIEEIEIEEIOOEE I EE T was unanimoes on Chis question and maz aon political combination this , shade age of Suffrage Society, said if suffrage could be tacem from women it should be taken from men for the game reason. She objected to the extension of the common law of 1776 over the women ol the Territory of Utah. Mr. Carey stated the Poland bill, which he would accept, aimply operatea to substitute the common for the civil law, where not modified by decisions and legislation in Utah. To this Mr. Wilicox assented, and Mr. McKee, chatr- man of the committee, stated that the committee desired tnia, and nothing more, Mr. Carey said the Mormons enfranchised the women of Utah to outvote the Gentiles, and they had no purpose or desire to elevate their women thereby. Thia Jutter allegadon was emphatically contradicted by Mr. Vannon, CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Meeting of the National Convention at Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 1874, The National Cheap Tranaportation Convention moet this morning in Lyceum Hall, the Hon. Josiah Quincy in the chair. mr, Quincy, in his ad- dreas, advocated legislative restrictions on rait- Toads in the matter of freight, &c., and also the construction of the great national water lines. He referred vo the Niagara Canal, the Atiantio and Great Western, tho James River and Kanawha, and the improvement of the Missi# sippl, Onlo, Tonnesage, Oumbertand and othor rivers, Hig speech cliolted great applause, espe- cially that portion of if declaring the industrial interests of all sections 40 closely connected thas no one could suffer without the other also suffer. ing, No business was transacted except the ap pointment of « committee on credentials, of which Colonel B., W. Frobet, of Georgia, ts chairman, The convention adjourned tll Gwo o'clock P.M. Cotonet Lewia D. omaa, of fowa, ia here. The States are quite generally represented. Many members of Congress are delegates, among whom are Senator Sherman, Representatives Poland, White, of Alabaina, and others, These gentlemen bave credentiais (rom the Govervors of their re spective States. Afternoon Session. In the afternoon session of the Cheap Tranports tion Convention the Committee on Credentials re- ported qualified delegates from 15 States and the District of Columbia. Mr, Thomas, of Lowa, offered the following : Resolved, That a committee on water routes, comsint- ing of one'member from cach Stare and Territory re- presented, be apvointed by the Chatr, to whom all inemoriald aBd resulutions on Uke subject ahalk be re fer: Upon motion Canada was included and the resolution was adopted. The roll of States was called and the following delegates were named as the Committee on Water Routes :—Alabama, Alex- ander White; Virginia, Joseph Segar; District of Columbia, James G. Barrett; Georgia, Colonel B. W. Trobel; Illinois, James M. Allen; lowa, Colonet L. A, Thomas; Minnesota, T. L. Roeaser ; New York, W. fi. Abell. The otuer States called failed to nomumate, and the committee as named Was empowered to add to the same one from cack State. The Convention decided to A aw @ Com- mittee on Lairoad Transportation in a similar manner. The cali of States was repeat and the following delegates were named, with authority te fill, not exceed one from each State and Territory :—Aiabama, Charles Pelham; Oolo- rado, Colonel W. W. Greenwood; Distrigs of Columbia, James G. Barrett; Georgia, 0, A. Lochroine; Lllinois, Stephen k. Moore; Iowa, Colonel A. B. Smedley; Massachusetts, Josiah ees Minnesota, Dr. Thomas Foster; Missouri, haries H. Howland; New York, F. B. Thurber; South Carolina, W. Lawton; Tennessee, William Maxwell; Vermont, Hon, Luke P. Poland; Vir- ginia, 0. N. Derman. The Chair introduced to the Convention Judge Poland, of Vermont, who expressed his interest im the purposes of the Convention, but would deier any suggestions until measures were proposed by the Convention and he had duly considered them. He considered the subject of cheap trans- portation one of equal and weighty im- portance to the North, South, East and West. While the West deserves the credit of its agitation, the East was ready to join in cordial sup- OT by coeap breadstuffs_ were as important to New England as to the West, and the it if as auxious to ship its wares westward at cheap rates as those in the West who buy them are to lessem their cost, He hoped 40 be present as often dari the sessions of the Convention as his duties might ‘The it. Convention adjourned until to-morrow. ACQUITTED, Newsune, N. Y,, san. 14, 1874 In the Sparrobust murder case, tried at Gosnem, in this county, to-day, the prisoner, Valentine Hicks, was acquitted, A—Rupture.—Since the Invention of the ELASTIC TRUSS sold at 68 Broadway, the im Dostors of the meta rings and wretched “flager ” ERO Wal workload baad en, rc. A.—Chocolat Menier.—Menter’s Essence OF COCOA OR FAMILY CHOCULATE defies all competition. 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