The New York Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1874, Page 5

NEW ‘YORK, HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1874—TRIPLE 5 THE HARLEM ELSCTION: SHEET. BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. aus. —. ONGRESS. propodi ions, Itis an unfortunate thing to propose euch rule as this. ‘ Mr. Buriue asked his colleague to state frank!y whether he (Mr. Dawes) had not voted to adjourn yes against the sureties, an amount of unpaid taxes by the principal, which tad heen assessed as tor a deficieney for the month of October, 186%. The defence was that ‘Dands of Th@ians Referred to the Committee on Indian Attars, x Sharron calledsnp the resolution subi ted by hi np m sul it ‘on the Sun December last, instructing the Committee Verday’, at an engly hour, for the very purpose of wetting | tor (our days in that month (of the time inciuded in the | Movements of War VesselimThe Avapties ohh providing tr a gene Sranabe er ee Gf spartans & | LO Gt Se Cay, whee womans to saapeRd Che rule Codd | susennent) tho. distil could not be operaied, | Not Wanted on the Dry Dock=feasi- | The Tammany Hall Candidate Avrain Defeated Hon. ‘sald 7 . ay tted t he had, but he had m by reason of glect of we yovernmenr bility of Naval Britt . ps git. 3 ‘ Senatorial Views on Cheap | reice ot the question el cheat? eeeesor | aaitied yntn aamitted that he Rad, but he, had not | by reason of per “to hls © distillers ros ep Psi tin the Lower | in Genet’s District—Su'l.vav, the Apollo fon, ape att poe tay its being oe recording lis name, He did not use that expression in \ nad thar = for other Sage ae mee v Bay—Views o cers Touching Legise Hall didate, Elested by a Majority of ry TeRs i . A Hecanse oF Db- a Retire a Can af i Transportation,, sewer io tochartering railroats throuslt sates, | MP. Herik Vou only skalked under a motion of ad cident to machinery, of whieh the proper | 22tiom Upon “Retired Pay” in the i RAILROAD REGULATION Parson Brownlow Has a Finan- cial Speech Read. House Debate on the Rights of a Minoritv. SENATE. Wasnincton, Jan. 20, 1874. Mr, Auenmay, (rep.) of Ohio, presented the credentials of Hon. A. G. Thurman, who was re-elected United States Senator from Ohio for six years, from March 4, 1875, Laid on the table. VIOLATION OF INDIAN TREATIES. ‘The Cuair Iaid before the Senate a Message from the President, enclosing the report of the Secretary of the Interior in response ‘to @ resolution, of the 8th inst., in regard to unauthorized oceupation of Indian Territory by bodies of men in violation of treaty stipulations. Laid on the table. PETITIONS PRESRNTED. Petitions were presented as follows :— By Mr. Onanpuxe, (rep.) of Mich.—Of the National Board wf Trade, for a revision of the internal revenue Jaws. i‘eferred to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. Fenrox, (rep.) of N. Y.—Of the National Board of Trade, endorsing the petition or the New York Cham- ber of Commerce in regard to legislation for the preven- tion of collisions atsea, Rejerred to the Committee on Cemmerce. By Mr, Suxnas, (rep.) of Ohlo—Of the National Board of Prade, against any increase of the volume of curren asking that the National Banking act be amended, and ‘that the volume of fractional currency be reduced. By Mr. SumNeR, (rep.) of Mass.—Uf citizens of New Mexico and Colorado Territories, in regard to the Max- ‘well Land Grant and Railroad Company, and asking the enactment of a law limiting the amount of land to grant- ees. He moved that it be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Sancent, (rep.) of Cal, suggested that it be re- ferred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, ax that committee had more time to investigate the subject. Millions of acres of public land grants had been con- Srmed to parties having no right to them, and there sbould be a thorough investigation. There was fraud somewhere, and it should be ferreted out. Mr. Suunee accepted the suggestion to refer to the one oe on’ Private Land Claims, and it was so re- Tred. Air. West, (rep.), of Louisiana, presented a petition of ‘the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce asking Cougress Jeestablish a national system of quarantine. Keterred to the Committee on Commerce, Mr. OciEessy, (rep.) ot ee presented a petition of 180 farmers and workingmen of Illinois asking tor a re- Beal of the Navional Baiiking law and the issue of three. sixty five bonds, into which legal tenders couid pe con- Yerted. Keterred to the Committee on linane CHEAP TRASPORTATION. sf The ame gentleman presented @ peiltion of the Na- tional Board ot Trade in regard to increasing the facili- Wes and cheapening the rates of transportation between the interior and the seaboard, asking for the improve- ment o/ the natural water routes, &c, He said, in. pre- #enung this petition of the National Board of ‘trade ho did so as an expression of the inereasing feeling in this country upon the important question ot cheap trausport- ation.” be must insist that this quesiion to-day is de- §anding more atiention than the question of ‘finance. He knew no question of so much concern to the ‘Western people ay that of cheap transportation, and he hoped the comuiitec having the matter in charge would be prepared at an early day to submnitto the Senate some ractical solution of this problem. If the foreign mar- ets Were to tix the price of the grain of this nation then it became important to the people of the West and the whole community as to what the charges should be be- tween the pout of production and the pomt of sale. ‘The charges now imposed by the railroads, steamboats, mid- diemen and commussion m nis exceed threesold the Price paid to the producer. | ‘Th tion must be met in sorm by the people of the United states, bat more particularly by the Congress of the United ‘States. He id not know where the solution would come from, ashe had lost ail hope of bringing the railroads to a rair and ust compensation ior transportation ot products, They Met the ,roducer atevery point with the old common Jaw doctrine, the statement that he should have his freight transported at a reasobabie compensation, and, iI the chuzxes were more than reasonable, le could go to court and have it settled by the court aud jury. gut how hopeless itis for the, shipper to zo ta court! she ex- pense meets him at once and drives him away; there- Tore be bas no, redress," The je are no tore than mou De rate in their demands for the national government in sider this wesion. He belonged to thi which believed tl there could be found constitution of the United States power to mee! Any question of national importance. The powers of cousiitution are ample and full to mect all exzge all times, for the wants of the people. He belle Dower could be found in it to meet this question of trans. ortation,. Ihere was power conierred by it tor Congress cross the line to look into the States, to construct Failroaits and canals, uniil the people of all aeclions of the country became satisfied. He had no local teeling in tlic matter. But, if the great West was io be cramped and confined for the waut of transportation to market, less than u quarter of a cen- tury would pass before kurope and the great East would de clamoring ior the products of the West. The people of the West arc active, industrious and enterprising, and they would transier the manutactories of the Kast and of Great Britain co thelr own section and thus use their ‘own products. The vast surplus of pork, wheat, corn, barley and rye of the West could hardly be estimated. A market must be tound. He differed trom the National Bourd ot Trade as to the power of Congress in the matter. The Board seemed to have a doubt as to that Power, but he had none, He believed Congress had ower to construct a railroad it it was deemed expe- lient todo so. He did not say that Congress had the right to regulate charges on private railroads; but it could confer powers on a corporation to construct 'a rail- road and prescribe rates and fares to be charged. He had not yet mate up his mind to vote a single dotlar from the national Treasury tor that purpose, but would he willing to vote for one such road to be constructed Jdrom New York to the Missouri River, with branches to Chicago, 8t. Louis and other places. Should he Vote “for that, however, he would be expected to yote for’ fiiteen ‘or twenty more such roads, and that he was not prepared todo. He asked that the petition be referred to the Committee on Trans- jortation Routes to the Seaboard, with the request that 6 committee, within reasonable time, should present its conclusions on this intricate question. He had no hope that, after all their industry and thought, they would be able to present a satisfactory solution of it; but their report would be a step in the right direction. ‘The petution was referred to that committee. ei air. Bog, dem.) of Mo., having obtained unanimous consent, sald the question’ of cheap transportation had assumed an aspect of great imporiance and all felt it. Although he did not rise to give in his adhesion to the Party called grangers, he bailed the birth of that organ- azation with @ great deai of pleasure. ‘Ihe tarmers of the West felt the wrong they labored under. In his estimation the object most desired was the opening of ‘the natural water routes of the interior leading to the ocean, and the improvement of the Mississippl, Vhio, Missourl aud other large streams ot the West. The mouth of the Mississippi should be improved so that vessels of the Jargest class could come OF to New Orleans. Remove these gbstructions and we will have afforded to the great ‘West a means 0: cheap transportation and give the peo- Re means (o reach foreign markets with thelr products, did not favor the construction ot a railroad. Now let that rest tor the time being and confine legislation to the Opening of the great water routes. ADDITIONAL TREASURY CLERKS. Mr. Savrseuny, (dem.) of Del., offered a resolution. re- questing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Sen- ate as to the amount ot money paid tor additional clerks and for extra compensation to clerks in that department. Agreed to. ADMISSION OF PINCHBACK, Mr. Morton, (rep.) ot Ind., asked unanimous consent to take up the resolution for the admissiot B. Pinen- n of P. back in the Senate as Senator from Loutsiana. He said he desired to have the resolution taken up, that he might make a notion to have it recommitted to the Committee on Privileges and Elections with insiructions to send for sons and papers and investigate as to the matter. ice last Friday he bad received intormation justitying him in the belict that an investigation touching the cir- cumstances should be made, Mr. McCrerny, (dem) of Ky., said he had obtained the floor some days'ago for the purpose of addressing the Senate on the subject of Louisiana affairs, and it it met the views of the Senate he would appoint ' Monday after the expiration ofthe morning hour to submit ts re- = nr He therefore objected tothe resolution being en Up NOW. Mr. Moxton gave Notice that after the gentleman (Mr. MecOreery) should conclude on Monday he wonid move that the resolution be recommitted for the purpose of fnvesugation, PAYMENT OF CANAL BONDS, Mr, SurrMan introduced a bill for the payment of the Honds of the Louisville and Vortiand Catiul, Referred to the Committee on Finance. NATIONAL INEBRIATE HOMR. Mr. Wriont, (rep.) of fowa, from the Finance Commit- tee, reported back a bill to incorporate a national ine- brite nome, and recommended that the committee be discharged. ’ It was so ordered. In reporting the bill Mr. Wisart said that, while the Gomuutiee syinpathized entirely with the subject of the Home, they could not now, in view of the great demand Jor public economy, recommend its passage. PRINTING IN THE GOVERNMENT OFFI s Mr. Axtuony, (rep.) of R. I, presented a petition of the employing printers of Washington, D. C., in regard to being done at the government’ printing office, such As the printing ot law records, Congressmen's apecches, &c.. in violation of law. Ho sail that all speeches yernment office by Congressmen were hey having the right under the at the government office by of Congress in our days were ig, trom ad to a understood t weches printed at the governme! se WEF pi hem pcang © government office were paid tor by them, BILTS INTRODUCED, Mr. THonwaN, (dem.) of Onio, introduced a bil tor the Felief of the Oftcers and crew of the United Staves steamer Wyoming. Reterred to the Commitiee on Naval — it AYTON, (rep.) of Ark., introduced a bill for the reilef ot the purctiasers of Inhds sold far dipect taxes im insurrectionary states, Keterred vo the Committee on Finance. Mr. BUCKINGNAM, (rep.) of Conn., introduced a Dill to market certain lands amendatory of the act to restore aan Keferred to the Committee on Public IMPROVEMENT OF THY CAPrTot Mr, Mounitta (rep) of Vt, introduced “a revolt ‘nblic Buildings and: Gro ation that ds be in- of employing a aul survey of tho Jans for their itnprove- the Committee on structed to inquire into the expediene suitable person to make a topographic: Capitol grounds and prepare p Mme, AGFeC tO INDIAN RESERVATION ASIINGTON TrnnITORY, Mr, Oaresay introduced a pill to create reservation in fashington Territory tor the Ownr de Lean and other r f was not enough tor the industries of that section. The fe desired to have the resolution reierred to the Judi- clary Committee, with the request that the committee would at an early day lay betore the Senate their views as to the power of Congress to legislate on this subject. The resolution was to referred, THE PINCHBACK INVESTIGATION, Mr. Morrow said that, for the purpcse of avoiding misap- pretension, he wouid state thet the matter which he pro- Dosed to have investigated when he asked to uke up the resolution for the admission ot Mr. Pinchback was to have the Committee on Privliezes and Elections inquire, not as to whether Mr. Vinchback was clected by the legal Legislature of Louisiana, nor as to the validity of the Kellogg government. butds to the per-onal conituct of Mr. Pinchback himsel! in connection with that election. ‘ RXECUTIVE SESSION, On motion of Mr. Epmunns, (rep.) of Vt, the Senate went into executive sess.on, and after five minutes the doors were reopened. LAND GRANT FOR A CEMETERY. Mr. Hows, rep.) of Wis.. introduced a bill granting a ortion of the United States military reservation at. alt we City tor cemetery purposes. Referred ty the Com mitiee on Military Aftairs PAYMENT OF BONDS, Mr. Sherman’s bill for the payment of th Louisville and Fortand Canal Compan: tull foree and makes Bormanently applicable the ap- propriations made for that purpose by the act of March eZ und directs the secretary of the ‘Treasury to Lake yssession of the property within thirty days after the Shactment of the Bil” a THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. Consideration of the resolution Teported by the Finance Committee in regard to relieving the money stringency Wain BuOWNLOW, (rep.) of bmi Mr. BROWNLOW, (rep. ‘enn., submitted remarks, which were read by the Clerk, ihe Senator being too feeble to speak. He thonght an immediate return to specie payment would b+ structive to the business of the country. Our presen. cuaucial sysiem, he thought, was very good, but capabic ot some amendment—one of the principal detects being the unequal distribution of the currency, The South and West wanted more, and measures should be taken to relieve these sections. Mr. GoRdON, dem.) of Ga.. said. when in. an agricul: tural country like the United states the cultivation of {he soll ceases to be remunerative, when its profits year by year aye absorved by others than the tillers of the soil, when the producers grow poorer and poorer and the non-procucers rich, when Wealth concentrates in the hands of a few, then there isa fundamental error in our financial system. When in an agricultural country like ours an inconsiderable numver of citizens possess the power to divert trom the ordinary channels bonds ot the continues in of wade a sufficient amount of ihe — circa- lating medium to raise prices and cause panics there was some radical wrong, or when the price paid for the use of tue circulating medium is so ex- cessive as to he above the profits of the produger, then the system of our currency needs attention. He argued that it was a tact that the cultivation of the soil was not remunerative, and the price paid tor the ase of the cir- cutating medium was Lar in excess of the protits of the roducer, Wealth disseminated itselt less and less, and © power of concentrating money increased. "This veaith had only to will, ‘and values expanded or . It had but to stretch forth its arms, wheels of industry’ came to @ stand: this condition of affairs should continue theday is not remote when concentrated money will dictate the protis on every Industry and cnterprise in | thiscountry. It will dictate legislation to be had in both wings of the Capitol, as it does now in some of the States. Why were these things true in a country so Hew, so Vast as ours? Let the avologisis ot an unfor- tunate system explain it as they may, it was still true. The evil could be remedied by Cougress and all the trouble averted tn the tuture. In the multiplicity of con- thetng plans how was it to be determined which plan would give refiet to the country ¥ very theory must be tested by the experience ‘and history “of other countries and any plan not supported by the test of experience must perish. He opposed a speedy return tospecie payments, but did not desire to be understood as opposing it when it should be consistent with the interests or the producing classes of the country. Any day that Vongress might set for a return to spec! payment would uot relieve the country. It was not just, Rot practucabie, not expedient, to adopt such @ plan. should we contract or should we give to the country more currency ? fo hig mind, supported as he was by ex- perience and history, the latier was the shortest, surcst ‘and easiest method, We cannot pay gold tor ‘green- backs until we get gold, and we cannot get gold unul we bring it buck to this country. We cannot get it until our exports bring it back to tis, until we increase our productions. To increase those productions we must cheapen the facilities; and the tacuities tor cheap productions are, first, cheap money. He quoted from several authorities to show that England and France had a larger per capita circulation than the United States, If Congress would announce that it in- tended to «ive more money to the people and give it flexibility, that very hour would bring relief to the country and bring out millions of greenbacks now: hoarded up. “He spoke of the wants ot his section, and said he beiie’ there was more prosperity there when i deraie money to buy ote in gold, in the days of the war. Was it the will of Congress now to Feluse to the people this curreney, which reason, history and experience demand should’ be turnished?’ All the goid in the universe could not pay for the pronersy of the United States; hence our ‘money was good. If gold should all be banished trom ‘the country it would make no differen providing we had a currency universally recognized. Some of _ the inost heggarly countries tn tuc world were those where have nothing but specie payment—Spain tor in- statice—while some of the most prosperous countries of the worid were those where there Was a suspension of nt. He thought this effort of the govern- old into the country irrational, and only ping gold out b; qt induwtry, Cheap ewe wanted, and he hoped the debt bur- iuhand West would heed the cry. High interest1s jon of The Southern stares had but litte o and that ty. fe ot cireulatio 7 cap South is poorer toalay than she was the day Lee surren- dered at Appomattox Court House, Unless this Congress ‘ive speedy reliet nothing Dnt ruin and bankruptey awnit the peopla there. in the near future. the ruling bank ivterest in Georgia is 144 per cent a and that discounted trom the’ face of. the and compounded every thirty or sixty davs, What mutry on the face of the earth could stand such rates? Give the people more money and give that money elas- tieity. Ke hoped the day would come when we would issu Mouey not founded on gold but on the faith of the and receivable for all dues alike. ¥ OF REPOLTEIS. Mr. Mornint, from the conference Ul} making ani appropriation vo pay the ealaricn of oft. : orters, made a report which fixes the amount. to ja DY each House of Congress at $42,000 tor a Con- & committee on the ‘THE NATIONAL CURRENCY. Mr. Coanpuen, (rep.) of Mich., said that he agreed sub- stantiully with the remarks of other gentlemen that there should be more money, but we walted better money, What the business of ‘the country required was sta- bility. | The business of the nation would contorm to any state of facts, providing those tacts be ve: onent. But, the perpetual changea destroy and overturn, the business of the nation. ‘Tne recent panic had been | brought about by wild railroad schemes, but, country was rapidly recovering from ifs effects, Betore thirty days money would be cheaper in New York” {aan it hay been for the — past twenty years. ‘he men who disturbed all values and made disorder are now outof the way, and money is seeking legitimate chennels of business. ‘The tme for a return to specie payment was in 1865, Valnes had then shrunk, and the people were out of debt, but the govern- ment was not then prepared for it. Since then we had been dritting farther and farther from specie payments, He thought the only plan was tor the government to sy ii would resume speclo payments on the Ist of January, 1573, authorize the Secretary of the ‘Ireasury to borrow $100,.00,000 in gold at that time, stop the sale of gold now, and by the Ist of January we would havr $200,000,000 nb gold to begin the redemption of our legal tenders. He opposed any increase in the volume of the currency, even the issue of the $41,000,000 reserve. The resolution was latd aside intormally'and THK POST ROUTE BILL the was taken up. s Mr. Pratt, (rep.) of Ind., offered an claring all bridges herctofore or hereatte erected across uavigable rivers and all public railroads to be Post routes. Mr. More that hereat routes until an ex: of Me., offered an amendment service should be ordered on post etor be made by a special agent and approved by the Post- master General. Mr, Wnarr explained that the object of his amendment was to leave the matter in the 3 of the department, to estabiisl th outes and do away with the ne: cossity of a bill every year. Mr. Ramsry, (rep.) of Minn., opposed the amendment, ‘as it wonld lewalize every bridge over the Mxssourl and other rivers preveiit Congress ordering their re- moval if it be found that they obstructed nayigation. Pending diseussion the bill was laid aside and the ce resolutions again taken up, upon which Mr. Merrimon, of North Carolina, was entitled to the floor; but, upon cominencing, he ghve way to 1 motioon tor adjournment, and a twenty-lve minutes to five o'clock P.M. the Se: adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasninor on, Jan. 20, 1874, INVALID PENSIONS. Mr. Rusk, (rep.) of Wis, from tne Committee on In- valld Pensions, reported a bill to equalize pensions in certain cases, Recommitted. VIAMLITY OF SHIPOWNERS. Mr. Weta, (dem.) of Mo., introduced a bill to extend the provisions and limitations of the act of the 3d of March, t851, to limit the liability of shipowners. PRINTIYG THY BLUE BOOK. Mr. Doxnax, (rep.) of Towa, from the Committee on Printing, reported back the Senate bill directing the printing of 1,500 copies of “Tne Biennial Register” instead of the number now authorized. Passed. REGULATION OF RAILROADS. ‘Mr. McCrary, of Iowa. from the Committee on Rail, roads and Canals, reported a bill to regulate commerce on railroads over the several States, Ordered to be printed and recommitted. ‘This bill provides for a regulation of the passenger and freight charges of railroads through a commission of nine members, to be «ppointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to hold office for two, four and six years, with a compensation of $4,000 and actual travelling expenses SUSPENSION OF ROLKS—RIGHTS OF THY MINORITY. Maynanp, (rep.) of Tenn., from the Committee on Rules, reported a new rule providing that all motions to suspend the rules. except to go into the Committee of the Whole, shall, before being submitted to the House, be onded by’ A majority, as in the case of the previous uestion. The pre i ‘ixe to considerable discussion, the new. rul ated by some as & means of preyenting the House trom being fe to vote by yeas and nays on bamcombe resolutions, aud being opposed Y others as an infriigement on the constitntional rights the minority, whi Wotlid thas be cut off from the power to have fe tuken on pr i from tt. Atter an hour's dise ‘ion Mr. MAyxarp moved the previons question, but the House refused to second it, aud the discussion was resumed. Mr. Dy 'S, (rep.) of Mass., opposed the change and gave t asvns of his opposition, The existing rale had governed the House since its iuimdation, and he had never, until this season, heard its wisdom questioned. It Was ow proposed to change tt, when the renublican side ot bag a had more than a majority of two-thirds. knew it did He not follow ° that because the rie had existed from the beginning — it was a wise one; bot he thought thatif it were a pes. titerous one it wonld have cavsed some complaint. With the country more sensitive than it ever was us to the action of Congress, holding it to a stricter accountability for everything that fr did than ever belore, the. majority now proposed a rule which hm colleagne (Mr. Butler irankly AVvowed Was to prevent the recording of their names on disazrecable subjects, Mr. BusLER, (rep.) ot Mass.—1il-considered propositions. Mr. Dawes—IiLcousilered! Of course that means prop: ositions which the Majority regard as {leonsidered. ‘The object of this proposed rule {8 not to. protect us Against legislation, but to, pravect us, agalnat recording our names on What We may regard ag Lil-considered |. W Journment. Ido not use the word in an offensive sense (Langhier.) Mr. Scorn, (rep.) of Pa., regarded the proposed rule as one in favor of free debate and extendipe greater privileges to the miuoriy than it now had. It the mmunority did not want st he was not willing to toree it on hem. Messrs. Exprener, Houmas and other democraty—We don’t want ft. : Mr. Scormip—They say they do not want it, but hefore the session closes they will, ‘Ihe mover of a proposition may want to cut otf debate, and may, therefore, move to suspend the rules; but is this rule be adopted, wiles he i sustained by & maiority, as in the case of seconding the previous question, be not do so Mr, GF. Hoar, (rep.) of Mase., fregarded the question as simply one of the order of business. Under the rule a member might, at any time, move a resoluciou and have ic submitted to the Hous unless tuere ome other business going on. But there always some other business going on, and 2 motion’ to suspend the rules was simply @ mouon to lay aside the motion | Which the House was upon and proceed w another ques- jon. . Mr. Botzen, of Massachusetts, recalled the fact that in the Forty-tirst Congress, during tl jays of the session, When motions to sus bill for’ the reconstruction being read by the Clerk, when a gentle site ide moved to suspend the rules and stopped the Teading of the bill and caused the mneasuire to ta | Mr. Hoar asked whether that was not a violation of the constitution in ite spirit, im its essence, 1 ite pur. pose?” Was it not a violation of the right ot seti-zo: ment? Whv shoulda rule be tolerated by which, when four-fifths of the House direct a bill to be read, lor the purpose of legislation, any one man can vet up ‘and say that that bill shall be laid aside and that the House shall go to recording the votes on some abstract question? Mr. HALE, (rep,) of Me., did not like the proposed rule, because it clearly took away a rigit which the minority deemed valuable, Mr. Wan», (rep.) of DL, regarded the time ag unfortu- for ati¢mpting this {nnovation, A large proport of the members were new to the House, ay he was, and he looked with extreme jealousy at any’ amendment of the rules that tended éither to Limit ‘the rights of the minonty or to concentrate in the handwof a tew bers thé management ot the business of the House. proposed rule tended todo both, and theretore he p sted against it. ‘4, Mr. KuLL06u, (rep.) of Conn.. argued that the oxisting rule was an obstruction to judicious legisiation and that the proposed change was a great improvement on it. MF, GARFIELD, (rep.) of Olio, denied that the proposed rule intertered wath the rights ef the mmorny. [tno more related to the minority of the Mouse than It did to the Senate. It was simply the rule abont the rights of ‘one man. Shouid one sman have the right to put every other, man in the House on the record on any subject, put in any form, without a word of debate or the chance of offering an amendment! All that this new role proposed was that betore one man should trot the Houre through 11s paces he should show that a majority of the House was willing to pus tl mestion as he did it, without a word of debar t was the absence ‘of uns rule which giv the House the character af a buncombe body The diflerence between the reputation of the House and the Senate consisted mainiy im the iact t Wash day of the House, or, ax it had been 1 fanely called, the devil's day, gave to the Hous character all over the country of a collection of hu Politicians, i Mr, Porter, dem.) of N. ¥., asked Mr. Garfield whether he would join him m getting rid of motions to suspend the rules on Monday. Mr, Ganerecy replied that he would, except that it ws sometimes necessary under a suspension of the rules to fix a day for considering certain measures, Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) of ‘Tenn., who. had reported the rulle, stated the reasons and ground for it Mr. DeWirr, (de ) of N, Y., stated as one of the Jections to it, that it gave the majority the power to have the votes of the minority recorded, while it took from the minority the sane power in regard to the majorit; ‘Mr. MEuusu, (rep.) of N. Y., objected to the proposed rule as a violati asion’ot the constitution, which ave to one-fifth the night tohave all questions voted on 4 yeas and nays. ‘Mr. Burien, of Massachusetts, suggested that, accord- ing to much of the argument made against the propos rule, the House was only a constitutional House ou days nnd on the Jast ten days of a session. His coil (Mr, Dawes) had stated that he(M tler) had never bs in the minority in the Honse. ‘was generally in the minority. of leadership in the tlouse’ m when his colieague got the ear of the House and held it talking tothe House longer and worse thai anybody else did. He had been ina minority on ali gnaneial questions sor the last four years, put he trusted he was Hearing a majority now. He generally found that his drafts on public intelugen re honored every four years. He was, therefore, trequently In a minority and he wanted the rights of the minority protected; but he did not. think that the minority had’a right to prevent Jegistation, as it now could do. Mr. Scoreny, (rep.) of Pa, moved to amend ihe proposed rule by allowing the question ot seconding motions for suspension of the rules to be taken by yeas and nays. Mr. Warp, (rep.) of TIl., maved to lay the proposed rule on the table. Negatived—yeas, 115; nays, 127, My. cortez then withdrew his amendment. After a variety of yea and nay votes the rule was adopted by # vote of 124 to L0l, The House then, at ten minites past flve o'clock, ad- Journed. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. oppo- Wasuicron, Jan. 20, 1974, Tn the Supreme Court to-day, in the case of Day vs. Micon et al., the Court holds that in the proceedings confiscating the property of Judah P. Benjamin, of Con- federate nativity, there was not suflicient notice to Mr. Benjamin's mortgazees, and, ther ailirms the judgment below sustaining the tithe of the mortuazees as against Day, the purchaser under the proceedings. n the case of Bougree vs. John Slidell, also known in Contederate history, and others, the dectsion aflirms the judgment below, holding that ‘the confiscation of the property of Siidell passed only a life estate, and did not affect the title of his children as heirs. ‘The case of Walker vs, The Board of Harbor Com. missioners of the State of Cailfornia, trom the California circuit, involving the question of the right of the plaintiffs their in error to Jands in San F preme Court. the block bounde and Chestnut str i line and. the water front, and the decree was tor the Commissioners. ‘This Conelusion is assigned as anerror here. On the part of the state itis coniended | that the case of Weber vs. The Commissioners, dec'ded At thix term, disposes of ail the questions here ‘present. That decision was in favor of the Commissioners. M Hall MeAlhster appeared for the pluintitfs in error ar Mr. T. T, Crittenden for the defendants. Decision 18. Steamer Lucille vs. Resposo—Appeal from the Circuit Court tor Maryland.—In this case the Court hold that an appeal in Admiralty from the District to the Circuit Court in effect vacates the decree ot the Dis- trict Court, and a new trial in all respects and a new decree are to be had in the Circuit. ‘The latter Court must execute its own decree, and the District Court h: nothing more todo with the case. An order of the 01 cuit merely affirming the decree of the District Court, and nothing more, is not such a decree as the Circuit Court should render, and Is not a final decree from which an appeal lies to this Court. Dismissed. Mr. Justice Miller delivered the opinion. ‘0, 169, Buckley ve, The United States—Appeal from the Court of Claims.—This was a suit upon a contract for the transportation of government stores, the claimant alleging a violation of the contract by the government and asking damages therefor. The measure of damages, harf privileges in tront of cisco, was to-day argued before th The Court below held that the prem Lby Monty Francisco, Sansome panda according to the theory of the claimant, was properly the amount of profits lost by the non- initiiment the contract, and thus, “considering it, he declined to prove the actual loss sustamed, and thereupon the Court dismissed Is petition. That judg- ment is here wffirmed, the Court holding that there, was nothing in the pport the theory of the neract to y claimant. Mr. ce Swayne delivered the opinion of the Court. No, 178, Tiffany vs. The National Bank of the State of Missonri—Error to the Circuit Court for Missouri.—This was an action by the trustee of a bankrupt to recover double the amount of interest paid by the bankrupt to the bank under the act of Con: 1864, which provided that the national banks might charge the same rates of interest (and no more) as allowed by the laws of the State where the bank was located. the rules ai ad by we- ¥ Was notitied, and during whieb ti the department in relation to suspensions cau ne Were campiied with, The Court excl stimony ofered to show the truth of this deicue this ruling igned as error, the plaintils in nding that it thd capacity of the . casualty when ithas so mumtely Just such an reeney. Hoadley & Johnson tor pir Utlsmerror. Solicitor General (or the government 195. Expyet a). vs. the First National Bank of Oin- nuati—Error to the Ciremt Court tor the Southern District of Ohio.—This suit was brought by the bank to recover the sum of $3,9(0, paid to the defendants, Expy & Con also bankers, upon a varsed check ot one of the bank's depositors, payable to the plaintiffy in error and endorsed by Sourt held that spy & Oo. did e sult Higen in aseerutl the the check, ax it was is they did not send t dgment was for th plention of we law ers were, for inquiry, er Was “good” M right,” the bank 18 ¢ money upor & Johnson thr plaintiits pendants. THE SIMONOSAKI INDEMNITY. Crooked Policy of Japan as to Its Pay- ment=England, France and Holland insist upon Getting the Balance Duc— Diplomacy of the United States—Money or Commercial Advantages. ‘The intelligence from Japan published in the TRRALD on the 19th of January is mostly taken up in error, | With the Simonosaki treaty of indemnity, by which the government of that Empire agreed to pay to the United States, Great Britain, France and the sherlands the sam of $3,000,000 in reparation tor the outrages committed on the saipping of the above countries in 1863, The treaty, concluded October 22, 1864, stipulated that the whole sum was to be payable quarterly in instaiments of one-sixth or half million dollars. One million dolars has been hquidated, and it appears that the repre- sentatives of England, France and Holland are now pressing for a settlement of the halance. Mr, Bingham, the American Minister, acting no doubt under instructions, holds aloot and desires that no part of the amount should be offered to him, at the } Same time desiring it to be understood that the American government is not disposed to appear as offering rebuke to the movement of the other Powers concerned. A brief reference to the origin of the aificulty that resulted in the convention of 1864 Will throw some light on the course Mr. Bingham has taken in the premises, THE ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING IN JAPAN. In 1863 the nativist daimios of Japan formed a league and Jodged a complaint belore the Mikado against the Tycoon, charging himwith being un- faithiul to the legitimate Emperor in allowing bar- barians to settle in the Empire. The latter ex- pressed his wiliungness to appear in auswer to the summons of the spiritual ruler, and despatched two functionaries one alter the other to convey the intelligence to Jeddo, Each of messen- gers committed suicide on the . In the meantime Mori Paizen, Prince of Nagato, and Suwo and other damios commenced expelling foreigners 1rom the territory undér their ruic and closing tuetr ports to foreign shipping. ‘These jets OF open renellion against the authority of the 'yooon, ‘two Knglish marmes belonging to the guard of the British Embassy at Jeddo were assas- sinated and four English subjects were attacked on the ligh road by a military escort, One of the Europeans was killed and’ the others severely wounded. The ofticia: residence of Mr. Pruyn, the American Minister, was burned in the night time and that gentleman was obliged to leave the cap- ital, his lie being in danger, THE WYOMING IN ACTION, Mori Daizen, above mentioned, held possession of the Straits of Simonosaki, Which separate tne islands of Kioo-Sico and Niphon, and which form the entrance to an imland sea, In the month of June, 1:63, the American steamer Pemhroke, waile passing through, was fired upon by a Japanese armed bark and brig belonging to the Prince of Nagato. It being dark she fortu- nately escaped, Mr. Pruyn demanded satisfaction and reparation from the zovernment of the Tycoon and after ashort delay sent the war steamer Wyoming to Simonosaki, wnich, after a brie! en- gagement, blew up the Japanese steamer, sunk the brig and silenced stx land batteries, with tae Joss of tour killed and seven wounded. On the sth. ot July a French guuboat was fired upon at the same place. When just out of the harbor she spoke the Dutch steamer Medusa, of sixt-en guns, which had siso been fired upon by Mori Daizen’s forces. The French Admiral landed 150 men, blew up the magazine, destroyed the Dinmio’s residence and burned a village in the neighborhood. MORI DAIZEN SUPPRESSED, On the 25th of July, 1863, the representatives of the United States, France, England and Holland met at Yokohama and agreed that it was neces- sary to use jorce lor the maintenance of the riguts | secured by treaties concluded with Japan, and to proceed immediately with the reopening ot the injand sea, Combined action of the naval forces ol tne four Powers was agreed upon. it was alsO agreed that the government of the Tycoon should be mformed of the decision in order that it might be enabled to take at once the requi- site measures, if it could, to effect with its own means the reduction to submission of the rebel- lious Daimio, Without waiting for Japanese co- eration the allied squadrons proceeded to Simonosaki and made short work of Mon Daizen. THE TREATY. A demand for indemnity was followed by the treaty of October 22, 1864, y which $3,000,000 was agreed to be paid in consideration in part of as- sisting the Tycoon to observe the treaties with Western Powers. The third section reads :—‘Inas- much as the receipt of money has never been tne object of the said Powers, but the establisiment of better relations with Japan and the desire to place these On @ more satisfactory and mutually advan- tageous looting is still the leading object in view, thereiore, if His Majesty the Tycoon wishes to oifer in heu of payment of the sum claimed, and as a material Compensation for loss and injury sus- tained, the opening of Simonosaki or some other eligible port in the inland sea, it shall be at the bt oi the said foreign governments to accept the same or insist upon the payment of the in- demuity in money.” THE JAPANESE POLICY. It would seem by the tenor of the latest de- spatches that the Japanese have delayed in either meeting the conditions of the treaty or granting the right of trade with ports in the iniand sea. ‘The United States seems Willing to wait longer, ap- parently in the hope that additional commercial advantages will be grauted which our government considers of more value than its share ofthe re- maining $2,000,000, The Japanese are unwilling to enter into an arrangement with the four partics to the treaty of Simonosakt, leaving ont Germany, violation of the aci, allowed a recov the amount. ‘The “judgment below was for the bank, the Court iinaing that by a proper construction of the laws of Missouri there had been no violation of the federal statute. The judgment is here aftirmes the Court saying that in an action to recover @ statutory enalty the stature under which the penalty is to be en- Forced mitst receive a strict construction.” Mr. Justice Strong delivered the opinion, No, 142, Kibbe vs. Benson—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Northern district of MinoisThis was the afiirmance of a decree below in favor of Benson, touch ing the title to certain lands in Adams county, Ilinoi: the Court suaraining the position taken, by the dotenteat in error that a judgment in ee ctinent, which had heen recovered against him and whieh was reversed below, was obtained without proper service, Mr. Justice Hunt delivered the opinion. No. 171. Bartholow vs. Beall—Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Missouri.—In this case the Court says that a judgment by an insolvent which would other- wise be void as a preference under eections $5 and 89 of the Bankrupt law is not excepted out ot that provision because it was nade to a holder of his note overdue on which there was a solvent endorser where liability was already fixed by protest and notice, Judgment affirmed. Mr. Justice Miller delivered the opinion. No, 126, Kitchen vs, Rayburn ct al.—Appeal from the Cireuit Court of Missourii—This was the affirmance of the title, of the appelices to certain lands in. Missouri which, in the Court below, the appellant, alleged had been purchased by the proceeds ot bonds held by Ray- burn in trustfor him, Mr. Justice Strong delivered the opinion. No. 98. Miltenberger & Co. vs. Cook~Error to the Dis- trict Court of Lonisiana.—In this case the Court sustain a judgment against the plaintiffs in error, upon their ac. coptance of drafts drawn upon them by a firm in the interior of Louisiana, for the payment oi the taxon cot- ton, which, a¢ collector of imiernal revenue, Cook had agreed to receive, the Court holding that they were Hable on thelr axreement to accept the paper drawn for the amountot revenue tax on cotton shipped to them. Mr. Justice Swayne delivered the opinion. No, 670. Crows vs. Brewer—Error to the Cirenit Court for the Southora Distriet of Tilinois.—This is an af: firmance of title to certain lands in Hlinois, the Court sustaining the title of those who held under conveyances from the settlors at the date of their session to the United States a agamst those who clam by pre-emption and the action or the Land Department since. Mr. Justice Clifford delivered the opinion. No, 143. Jones Randolph etal. vs. the United States— Error to Circuit Court tor the southern District of Georgta.—This is the aMrmance of a judgment on a ostnaster's Vond. against his sureties, for a defalcation. Mr. Justice Clifford delivered the opinion. No, 126, United States vs, Arwo—Certificate of division from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York.—Instead of answering the questions certified, the Court say that the Circuit Court had jurisdiction, and direct that this statement be certified to that Court as the gnly answer required to the severul questions presented in the recor No. 14, inkerbeard et al. vs. United States—brror to the Cironit Court tor the Southern District of Obic.— This Was aX action om a distillers bond to re } Whe case will be Russia, Italy and other countries, and also wishes ‘to have om up the right of ex-territorialty, by which litigations between American and European citizens in Japan are tried in Consular Courts. The soon being on the side of the Western Powers it is safe to conclude that the balance of indemnity will be paid to them. The United states may gain by not insisting on its share. SANITARY MATTERS, Weekly Meeting of the Board of fMealth. The Board of Health met yesterday afternoon, and, after the transaction of some minor business, the following report of the work done during the past week was read :— New Yore, Jan. 29, 1874. To the Board of Health, of the Health Dcpartment, Colonel Exons Cuark, Secretary :— ‘The tollowing is a record of the work performed in the Sanitary Burean for the week ending January 17, 18/4: — ‘The number of inspections made by the Sanitary and Assistant Sanitary Inspectors was 1610, as follows, via. :—$ public butidings, 835 tenement houses, 208 private dwellings, 47 other dwellings, 15 manufactories and workshops, 83 stpres and warehouses, 60 stables, 8 mar- kets, 53 slaughter honses, 1 public sewer and drain, 2 gut cleaning establishments, 11 fat rendering establishments, 7 piers and docks, 3 manure dumps, 28 sunken and va: cant lots, 49 yards, courts and areas; 42 waste pipes and drains, 75 cellars and basements, 88 privies and water closets, 14 streets, gutters und sidewalks; 13 dangerous stairways, 2cisterns and cesspools, 1 pigxery, LU other nuisances and 11 visits of the sanitary mspectors to cases of contasious disease, ‘The number of reports thereon recoived from the in+ spectors was 471, During the past week 64 complaints have been re- ceived trom citizens and reterred to the Sanitary and Assistant Sanitary Inspectors for investiation aid re- port. ~ The Disinfecting Corps have visited 60 premises where contagious diseases were tound and have disintected and fumigated 58 houses, 58 privy sinks, together with clottr inw, ‘Two cases of smallpox were removed ding, &c, to the hoapltal by the Ainbalance Corps. Permits have been issued to consignecs of 23 vessels to (ischarge cargoes ou vouchers from the Health Oficer ut the port; 69 permits have been granted to scavengers to empty, clean and disiniect privy sinks, The ‘toliowing is a comparative statcment of cases of Contagious diseases reported at this bureau for the two Weeks ending January 17, 1874:— fs Tyvhua Typhoid Scarlet Diph- Sinatle Ending. Fever, Fever. Mensles, theria, por. muary 10. 0 9 85 rr) 3 ry i7.. 0 9 86 % ct 6 Respectially submitted, i aa WALTER DE F. DAY, M.D. Sanitary Superintende! POLICE TRIALS, The case of Captain Jacob Seibert, in command of the steamboat Seneca, was tried yexterday before Commissioner Gardner, According to the specifications the Captain is charged with bein; ansent from his post for hours together withou' any reasonable cause, Captain deibert is the appointee of bt bed Havemeyer, The testimony in latd belore the Board on Tnesday, | by the Hera» a few days ago, Upon this subject th Navy as Compared with the Ar ‘The steam sloop-of-war Frolic jett th for Key West, with a draft of satlors trom the y mont, yesterday. The ke, Captain Cooper, \ Aayship of Port Admiral Rowan, will go down to | the Bay to-morrow. The monitor Dictator, Cap. | tain W. F. Spicer, is taking im coal, and will not leave the yard before Friday. She will proceed to Key West under convoy of the Juniata. Work will be discontimned on the Minne nd Florida, ot The new slooj-0'-war and the Swat will, however, be carried jorward to completion, Sey- eral hundred men will be disebarged from the Con struction Department this week, and a “grave yard aspect”? will shortly be given this uaval depot, attendant upon the fulfiiment of the spirit nd letter of the retrenchment policy of the gov- nent. A representative of the HeraLp had an inter- view With a prominent aavai oficer of this station yesterday, in the course of which the latter said:— “see that the Spanish lron-clad Arapiles has met with further mistortane, having sprung aleak. The officers of the ship, it is set forth, do not want to return to the Navy Yard for repairs, We are glad of it, Lassur You, as we do not *hanker’ aiter them atall, These Spaniarus have en up our | ary dock for months, to the great inconvenicnee of the government, While the Arapiles was on the dock the oMicers never stopped growling. They Were suspicious o1 every movement we made, and dissatisfied with everything. Oh! they wanted to be offand away, That was all they sougnt. 1 take notice that when they did leave the ck they ap- peared to be in no hurry to sail, somehow or other. is a great deal of buncombe about the rds, at alievents, IL hope they will be able to perfect whatever repairs may be necdcd on their ship witnout bothering us here any mor‘ THE NAVAL DRILL. The writer conversed with an officer of the navy concerning the possibility of g ine feet of tWenty-nine vessels of war, big and Jittle, ma- nevuvre in wae lower bay of New York, as soggested e shoulder-strapped ana “ancient meriner” said:— “There 1s not room in our lower bay to handie a fleet of the proportions of the American squadron at Key West. ‘there is not water enough on the bar for the larger frigates to cross in double file. They would have to form in tine of batt single rank and glide over the bar and back in that order, but they could not manmuyre in the bay. ‘They would have to go oatsiae for sea room, “What would be the opportunities for witnessing the drul?? “Why, they would be ample. excellent view of the drill could be obtained from tie battery at Sandy Hook. ‘Thousands of people would be editied and enlightened upon the sabject of our navy from that pomt. i would suggest, however, that the legislators who sit in Congre and embly aud reduce the 1 tions shoul be jurnished acco: viewing the drill on board some excursion steam Which could Come in close proximity to the te “When you spezk of the legislators in Congress you reier, 1 presume, ly to the stern | members, who are radic ed to expendi- tures upon the navy ie a “Yes, i mean the Western states if those fellows lave their way the day is not far distant when there will be notiiag jet the country but tue traditions of the wavy. We wii! bave no ships, The navy will have a devilish hard tim along with that imiserabie $1 tion, even upon its present t pall events, the oftice regret the Spanish-American wi given so many of them ‘seu pay” “{ don’t Know abouts that, Mr. Reporter. ‘The appropriations have heen so greatly reduced tuat | itis dificult to see where the money is to come from to pay the orticers, Jon’t you suppose that the unprecedentedly large number of war vessels now in coamission | Will make work for many? Wall they not require repairs and overhauling repeatediy for months to come $” “No: for this reason pend upon tue slups, For instance, an Ise to loud which nas SS will have no cau here is no Boney to ex- ea they return they will be placed out of commission and towed at once to the ‘rotten rows’ im the various navy yards, where the worms and barnacies will cl their own. It may transpire, in tne ness oi | time, that the parsimonious members of Congress who hail trom the great ‘Northwestern Empire’ and who are now sending this branch of the service to | perdition, shall have accumulated fortunes. Then they may seek recreation abroad, get mto a shari, and call for tie protection of tie navy. Phey will | hear ‘there is no navy,’ ‘Why, how cau that ber? they will ask. The answer can be made, ‘You know how it is yourself! When you were in Con- gress and money was asked to build up the na you voted no.’ 1 suppose the real necessity lor a navy will never be realized until we are caught napping and badly deeated by some more wide-awake nation than ourselves.”’ REDUCTION OF RETIRED NAVY OFFICE “What do you think of the proposition to reduce the pay of retired naval officers, now before the | Senate ¢? | ‘Phere 1s but one opinion in the navy upon that subject, Mr. Reporter, and that is that it is a'great piece of inustice, and one which must be apparent to ail fair-miuded men, Just think of it or a mo- ment, This wan, Senator Gordon, of Georgia, pro- poses to reduce the pay of retired navy officers to one-half their full pay, instead of two-tmras or seventy-five per cent, which they now receive. ‘This, too, in face of the iact that army officers, whose rate of pay in each and every grade is pro- poruonately higher, are not moiested by legisiation. A major general, for instance. receives $8,000 per aunam, with allowances. The iatter amount to ubout $12,000 all told. [fe 1s still to receive two- thirds of that sum, A rear admiral’s pay is only $6,000, Ketired pay is two-thirds of that There are no allowances in the navy. 10 is very natural that the Southern representatives should oppose the navy interests, They never did take Kindly to the gunboats,” “But wnat do you attribute the superior infin- ence of the army to, Captain, in the hails of legislation #”” “To this:—While the navy has nota single rep- resentative in either the House of Representatives or the Senate we find from the army such men as Major Generals Logan, Ames, Slocam and a host ot others who are constantly on the lookout ior all bilis affecting the army, I hope a sense of justice will preven’ Congress Irom reducing the pay oi re- tired navy omicers.”” Captain krancis Ramsey, and not Captain George B. Ransom, as was erroneously reported, has been ordered to relieve Captain Watters im commaud of the sioop-ol-war Ossipce at Norio Va. THE ARAPILES, ‘The Spanish iron-ciad Arapiles 1s still lying off pier 1 North River, and will probably sail in a day or two. Her oficers are her reticent as to her movements, but volunteered information that the leak nad been fully repaired and they were ready for sea, Ww THE RAIDS iN ERIE, How Poor Men Are Flecced=The Per- centage System Again—A Bill Intro- duced in the Legislature on Behaif of Railroad Employes. ‘The latest discovery made by the raiders on the unfaithful and dishonest bosses and laborers on the Erie Railway is that mine-tenths of the em- ployés on the Eastern division sell their checks or warrants for salary when due to speculators, ata heavy discount, This practice has existed for years, and is only less pernicious than the percent- age system inasmuch as the poor laborers ne- gotiate freely and willingly im one case in the interest of their needy families, but they reluctantiy yield in the other case. A HERALD _ reporter had an interview last cvening with Division Superintendent Hill and General Superintendent Wright on these sub- jects, The former stated that the most searching scrutiny is being made into all the ke gy prac- luces between bosses and their employés, A case Was pointed out to nim in which the circumstan- tal evidence pointed to a collusion between a boss and his subordinates that is most injurious to the best interests of the Erie Ranway Company, and to this case he will direct immediate atten- tion. Mr. Wright assented to all the views ex- pressed on the question, ‘ To meet the irregularities in the payment of employés on all rauroads running through New Jersey, & bill has been introduced in the Legista- ture by Senator Havens, entitied “An act to secure to employés upon railroads payment for their labor.” It provides that any laborer or employé to Whom money is due by any railroad company tor labor, after demand tor payment and refusai by the company, May give the company 10 days’ notice of fatention to commence suit in an actiun of dent 414-The Vote of November Compared. The election in the Twenty-flrat Asscmbly dis- trict is over, and James H. Su 18 to fli ihe blace of Harry Genet, The resu! ves that the independent democracy of the d t will not be dictated to by any one man an v any candidate who is thrust upo sulting its wishes, Previous to y the impression was general that Whi GOt Buy p t without ¢ sterday morning rary, the Tam- many candulate, was the coming mun; but, about j tWeive o'clock yesterday noon, the workers’? Jound they wer: ylug a tremendous load, fact, a Whent tut be move men real- t, Which could Was discovered the (a ized position, and to work im carnest to save their wan, bor is Was of n> avail, and all ¢ eHlorts benodted Mis eanse noting. Stories have heen 4» Harlem thas amutany candidate as 4 3) false, for never did the retaiie cient organization work more iy wy? bus they » of that an- ally thau they ditt yoste orlors hoje. ides public sentiment the Niumany candidate had something more ta , nol ormidable, to Uxht against, Money wys nor sj lavished, by the independent democ $20,000, it is said, Will not cover their expease tue election. This hberality, when compared wit) we pay: aueny of Tammany Hall, Will in &@ measere explain the & by deieat of Crary. No tnouey was spent, jor the reason that the mou Who nome nated Crary thonght that Genevy absence wo demoralize. the independent STO eae they woutd be glad to join the oli or. avon. ‘Vie secsible Tammany men oF (ie dis: Ke better than this, but the! aate were overridden and tney bestor tie man at band, Th they were defeated th nid sible. ‘Yo this Mr, John Kelly “answered, “Well, Pil be resp: ‘vammany democrats, although 4 Jeat, wie happy at the absence o THE DAY AT THE P0.)s. The day at the several polling poves in the diss trict was very quict, nothing but a iew drunken Tuen appearing to break tue pes iu the district in which Mr, Wood, the retired didate, resides and the two Lan his, tL wull be noticed that Crary vaie4 largely, White these districts gave Geuct iacze majorives last November, m the schedule appended it will be seen that the republican candidate, ald vot poll as large a vote as Haw, Who ran ou tue repobiican Meset in November last. Crazy’s vote tnereased & itule, while that of Sullivan, Who was nominated by the Genet Democracy, sails far stort of that which t received, Nowwitastanding thar there i great discrepancy between the total vote polled’ yesterday and ai tue November election 1% 18 a notable fact that the vote ol yester- day 8 very large when it is remembe: thao nothing but a local issue was at staac. ‘the ltammany headquarters at the corner of 116th street and Third avenue were darkened after d aad givom /rooded over ihe abode ol the anterriticd, ‘Thi nunany head= quarters in East Side Hall, corner o1 ciguty-sixta street and ‘third the result v ‘the Harlem headquarters of tie “independent”? democracy, atgthe Kemsen House, coruer 130th street and Third avenue, were tue scene of much festivi Champagne was Jadied ouv in panuis and vi hosts assembled co. partake of the Victor's nounty. Kelow will be found the official canvass of the vote ou © thew. "The ved at the de- poustbuty, a Tammany Election. bein, Rep. Distr 2, Crary Alie} 45 qk ns cd 5) 4 4a 40 al 42 jig a az 25 69 2 it] Sullivan's majority over Crary. Sullivan's majority over Allen. q Crary’s majority over Allen... . 482 Allen less than Haw im November election. 52 Sullivan less than Genet in November election. 1,199 Crary’s increase, a3 compared wha his vote in November election...... se Total number of votes cast yesterday. Total number of votes cast in Noveimber. CRIME IN NEW JERSEY. Opening of the Hudson County Courts— The Jersey City Matricide—Liquor Law Violations—Work of the Essex Grand, Jary—The Hunterdon Murder, ‘The January term of the Hudson county courts Was opened in Jersey City yesterday, Judge Bedle presiding. The Court charged the Grand Jury to act upon the case of Joseph W. Freeman (charged with murdermg his mother) at once and report to the Court as soon as possible, so that an early day might be set down for the trial. The Court then cailed attention to the continued violations of the Sunday law and urged the jury to indict in all such cases, With regard to the ‘ailing of the butlding in Monmouth street the Court was not sutticientiy advised, and aspecial charge on that case Would therefore not be given. ‘Tae Coroner's inquest Was not concluded till Monday night, when a verdict was rendered censuriug the owners of the rickety building. As soon as the Grand Jury retired they took tp the case of Freeman, and at the time of adjoura- ment for the day it is believed tuey had concluded the investigation, The bill witl probably be pre- sented to the Court to-day. The deieuce will be a plea ol insanity. ‘The prisoner points out a soar in his head, showing that he Ischarged a bullet into it WWo years ago and the bullet hus never necn extracted. He occupies the cell first allotted to Mechella. The only explanation he gives ior his terrible crime is that he mended to shoot himseil, and that the shooting of his mother was acci- dental. He is of avery reflective, demure dtspo- sition, and he gives no tronble whatever to his keepers. The Attorney General will conduct the Prosecution, with the District Attorney; while ee Abbett and Rowe will appear for the de- lence, Yesterday, alter having been in seasion just two weeks, the Essex county Grand Jury adjourned till next Monday, They have aiready ionnd about 150 indictments, but It is uaderstood have not yeu begun their search into the aleged municipal frauds of Newark, ‘The Conrt House gossip 18 that, being determined to give this whole matter a thorough sifting, and, some of the jurors having important private business to attend to, it was deemed advisable to adjourn temporarily, in order that the search for oficial irregularities migné not be nurried or interrupted to the imjury of the pub- lic interest and the demands Ot justice. The gen- eral belie! is that this Grand Jury will emulate the example of the famous Hudson county body, which smashed the Jersey Oity Ring and sent its head centre to serve the State at Trentou. The forem: Mr. George Booth, of gust Oratige, Is a brother of Senator booth, of New Oricans, & member of the McKuery Legislature and the same who defied Durell’s authority and preferred to go to jail rather than submit to an infamous blackmailing operation of the New Or. Jeans judicial Ring, Court of Oyer and Ter. inthe Hunterdon coun miner Israci Morocco and George Thompson wiil Alter the expiration of such notice, tf payment t delayed, tt may be lawiul for the parties serving such notice to make aiMdavit of the same; and ater the filing of such amidavit w tile their state of demand within thirty days; such filing of the affidavits shall take the place of a sum- mons, im personal actions, and the defendants shal! answer or demur to the same as is NOW pro- vided by law in personal actions. The judgment recovered under this act shail be paid fully out of any moneys or effects that may be in the hands of the company or their agents, attorneys, receivers or assignees, any law, usage, judgment or mort. gage to the contrary notwithstanding, before any other moneys o! sald reat are mided, dis- bursed, distributed or used. Ifany railroad com- Dany siall transter, assign or lease its roads, or have @ receiver appointed, the required notice may be served on the receiver, assignee, transferee or lessee, or any officer of said corporation that moy how be served With & summons T | native of Ireland. be placed on trial for the murder o1 Tueodore Cruise, Jr., last Week at Sourland Mountain, THE STINER CALAMITY, Another Victim, ) Information .reached the Coroner's office yester- day morning that Mary McGuire, the domestic who jumped from the second story window of the Stiner mansion, No. 24 fast Sixtieth street, at the time of the fire on the morning of the 13th instant, had died in bellevue Hospital the evening previous {TOM tho effects Of the innries received. At one o*ciock this alternoon Coroner Kessier wili com- Mence an investigation into the circumstances Which resulted in the denths of Mr, and Mrs, Stier, their daughter Deborah and the woman MeGuitg. he Jairor Was twenty-five years of age ani