The New York Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1874, Page 5

CONGRESS. Carpenter Speaking Plainly on Pinchback and Louisiana, Durell’s Tyranny Explained to the Senate. THE NATIONAL ~~ Maynard’s Measure of Relief for the Treasury. FINANCE. 848,000,000 of Gold Notes To Be Issued in Two Years, SENATE. WisnincTon, Jan, 29, 1874. FINANCIAL PETITIONS. Mr. Perron, (rep.) of N. Y., presented a petition of bankers, merchants and other citizens of New York against any further issue of paper money by the government, and asking that the present issue of Jegal tender reserve be withdrawn, 4c. He said ‘the high standing of the petitioners, he trusted, ‘would command the earnest attention of the Sen- ate to the memorial. The petition was rejerred to the Committee on Finance, Mr. FERLY, (rep.) of Mich., presented a petition from citizens of lilinois asking that legal tenders be substituted for national bank notes. eRelerred to the Committee on Finance. SPACE ALLOTTED TO STEKRAGE PASSENGERS. Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R.1., from the Printing Committee, reported favorably on the motion to print the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the space allotted steerage passengers on immigrant vessels, FROPOSAL TO AMEND THE NATIONAL CURRENCY ACT, Mr. CoNKLING, (rep.) Of N. Y., introduced a bill amendatory of the National Currency act of June, 1064, Mr. Conkling’s bill proposes to add to section @fty provisions authorizing suits to be brought against the receiver and stockholders by persons aggrieved’ by any proceeding to enforce the indi- vidual liability of stockholders of national banks under the Currency act, or by neglect or omission to eniorce said liability to the extent any creditor may claim to be entitled for the payment of the amount alleged to be due him, The suits are to be brought int! United States Circuit Court for the proper distxict, and decrees directing contribution or fur- ther contribution by the stockholders, or any of them, may be enlorced against the property of the stockholders, and shall be binding upon the Comp- Woller o1 the Currency and receiver. Reierred to the Committee on Finance. PETITION FROM MONTANA. fr, RaMseY, (rep.) of Minn.. presented a petition ef the citizens of Montana ‘ferritory asking for a division of the Territory, Reierrea to the Com- mittee on Territories. OBSTRUCTIONS IN PENSACOLA HARBOR. Mr. Conovek, (rep.) of Fia., presented a memo- wial of the Common Council of Pensacola asking for ap appropriation to remove obstructions in the harbor of Pensacola, Relerred to the Com- mittee on Commerce. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. Mr. BouTWELI, (rep.) 0! Mass., introduced a bill to provide for an eficient system of quarantine regulations, Mr, Boutwell’s bill authorizes sve Secretary of the Treasury to irame all meediul rules and regulations for the estab- lishment of a national quarantine system. Im their preparation he is to be assisted by 0D aavisory board of five persons, to ve appointe: by the President of the United States, and the reg- mlations so prepared shall go into effect and be ea- forced by the Treasury Department when approved by the President. The Secretary may, however, with the approval of the President, exempt frum their operation any J0cal quarantive organization in existence at the date of the passage Of tne act. Relerred to the Committee on Commerce, 700 MUCH GAS AT WASHINGTON. ‘Mr. MorgILL, (rep.) of Vt., introduced a resolu- Sion instructing the Committee on Public suila- imgs and Grounds to inquires as to the mount of lilumimating gas consumed and paid for by the jederal government at beer te! and Mi the cost thereof could not be diminished. He the amount of _ consumed in the puplic idings and grounds was enormons, some years costing nearly $100,000. During the war the price was raised and had not been reduced to the old standard. He did not desire todo injustice to the company, out thought there should be more economy, and therefore hoped the matter would beinvestigated. A new process for the manufac- ture of gas bad veen introduced elsewhere, by which the cost had been greatly reduced, In Lon- don the cost of gas was only about one-third as Much as paid here. The resolution was adopted. PAPER AND PENCILS FOR REPORTERS. ‘The Cualk (Mr. Carpenter) asked the attention ofthe Senate that he might obtain aavice. He said the press of the couutry bad called attention to the abuse growing out of the use of the contin- gent iund of the Senate. He was aware of butone, upd that was turnishing stationery to the report- . ere’ galiery of the Senate. He had signed tnree orders already for that purpose, and this morning found another on his table awaiting his signature, He nad searched and could not tind any law author- izing the President of the Senate to give such orders, but beliéved it had been the custom. Ifhe bad violated the law in signing the ordeis he was willing to give acheck jor the amount, as he signed them in accordance with the custom, with- out an examination of tire law. Mr. CONKLING—Will the Chair read the account ? ‘The Cuaik read an order of January 8 jor four dozen lead pencils and 500 envelopes (small) ; on a subsequent day, one ior hali & ream of small note paper. three dozen peucils, half a dozen small erasers, two dozen penhoiders and half a dozen large sleets 01 biotting paper; on the 15th Janu- ary. another order ior one ream of foolscap paper, ne ream of note paper, two dozen penholders, one box of pens and tour dozen pencils. Mr. CONKLING—May | inquire of the Chair whence these orders came to the Chair? The Cuaikz—When stationery was wanted for the reporters’ ror the stationer was imformed and be supplied it. Mr. CoNKLING inquired if this stationery was ased by correspondents, and if they went to the stationery room to get it and then haa requisi- tutions sent to the Vice President? The OBAIR mnee they informed the stationer, and he sent orders, Mr. CONKLING—And J understand these are not the official reporters of the Senate, but reporters 0f newspapers occupying seats in tne gallery. NO MORE PENCILS IN THE GALLERY, Mr. HAMLIN, (rep.) of Me., inquired ii the Chair would accept advice kindly tendered ? Mr. CARPENTER replied in the affirmative, that bag object in bringing the matter beiore the Mr. HAMLIN said he knew of no such practices when he filled tae Vice President's chair» In tor- mer times stationery, &c., had been used quite lib- erally, and quantities were handed over to report- ers. He moved that the practice of distributing . Stationery to newspaper reporters be dispensed of the Congressional Directory he found more than two pages of names of persons said to be corre- spoudents of the press, among them tue names of several ladies, The statement made by the Chair conveyed the position that each one otf the re- Porters on the list had been in the habit of calling on the stationer for his or her supply of stationery. ‘Was there any one through whom the requisition was made upon the stationer, or did the reporters to him themselves? Ii soit should be known who ived it and woo did not, so that those papers ta favor of such a high code of morality might see ‘where the stationery went. ‘The Cuain said be had been informed by the Ser- t-at-Arins that a messenger had charge of the Frepor'ers’ gallery and he sent down for the supply Of stationery. Mr. MORRILL, of Maine, said he believed, as a matter of courtesy, stationery had been iurnished the reporters’ gallery during the past four years. He moved that the whole matter be referred to the Committee on Contingent Expenses with in- etractions to inquire when the practice of furnish- ing stationery began, the cost of such stationery = ee the practice should not be discon- Mr. Fenro» said the Committee on Contingent enses wae commissioned by law to look over class of expenditure, amd he was quife sure there was no authority for the Vice President to make an orderon the stationer. He thought the le Of the country could well afford to pay for stauonery used by the reporters in furnianing country with information, He did not desire, bowever, ee to be understood as justifying the prac- cease. to have the whole ar it Mr. MORRILL said the real dimiculty was that the Beniate was charged with the whole of this ex: pend He hoped inquii ‘what amount went to reporeersn araaneadaded ‘The motion of Mr. Morrill, directi commit tee toinquire, &c., was adopted ne Me we LOUISIANA AGAIN, ‘The P.) and would be giad morning hour having expii » Ferry, of Mich., Was called to the chain ae ay! addressed the Senate on Lousiana irs. He said he had no ambition to make a ch, and should not attempt it. A celebrated lish writer had said that no American couid ea speech without glorifying his country. ortanately, in this business, there was nothin: © call for the sounds of joy and exultation, He hover ropectga on this Louisiona Jattor but with th, | Mr. Scorr, (fep.) of Pa., said upon examination | fe LpeMR A EKaE, yw and shame. reorganized, apd that Mr. ated nis credentials, be having a prima sacie case, next read the cre- ‘dentials of Mr. Pinchback and Mr. and said the credentials of both were signed by Kellogg on the same day, Why Was not Mr. Ray seated ona ima je case last winter if there was such case ? it all knew Why he was nol seated, ‘The air was Died with rumors, and the minds of Senators were disturbed by @ doubt as to the facts stated in these credenuais a8 to whether there was any legal Leg- islature or any legal government in Louisiana. It was because the Senator from Indi ana doubted the legality of the Legislature electing Ray. The committee autnorized oy the Senate to investigate the Louisiana matter had reported @ vomume of testimony of 1,004 pages. Every member of the committee was against the legality of the Kellogg government except the entieman jrom Indiana—Mr. Morton, fe ull dissented on the ground that McEnery should be recognized. Mr. dissented upon another point, but no member agreed with the gentleman trom Indiana. Jt was entirely too late now to be talking aboat seating Pincnback on a prima facie case when such case had been overturned and a committee of this body had agreed that there was no legal ‘government in Louisiana and no legal State lature in the Stute on the 15th of January last. Again, the Senator (Mr. Morton) bad argued that the testimony was Not taken im the Pinchback case; out in the case of Ray the information brought by that committee was binding upon the Senate. The proce werc conducted by the power and authority ot the Senate and should be considered just as much as apy document or any law book in the Capitol whicn would throw light upon the subject. ‘The attempt of the Senator (Mr. Morton) to rule out }that testimony, and seat Mr. Pinchback on a prima Jacie case, was certainly worthy of the ingenuity of that gentieman. He (Mr. Carpenter) entirely concurred With the views expresssd by the gentle- man from Ohio (Mr. Thurman) in regard to the Goldthwaite case; but there was a case there, He argued that, with his credentials in due form, and elected by the State Legislature, a man had a prima Jacte cage. But on the 15th of Janu- ary last there was no legal government in Louisi- ana, no legal Legislature to electa Senator, Aiter popting. irom the Robbins case, of Rhode Island, to snow the law in reference to prima jsacte cases, he contended that that cage proved just the reverse ofthe argument of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Morton), although it had been quoted by him to sustain bis argument. In Alabama there was but one Legislature, and therefore that case nad no similarity to the present one, CONGRESS WAB BOUND TO TAKE LEGISLATIVE NO- TICE, as a court was bound to take judictal notice, and was, therefore, bound to notice the testimony taken by the committee last year. He then re- viewed at some length the condition of affairs in Louisiana, as shown by the testimony before the comunittee, and said in that part of his argument he would be dry and tedious, bat after this he intended to wash his hands of the whole affair, and, therefore, would lay before the Senate the case In its absolute nakedness, ‘Then if his repub- lican friends in this chamber thought proper to take it on their shoulders and. march through the next Presidential campaign he would bid them joy. (Laughter.) He then read from the Louisiana constitution and the law governing election returns, and argued that the action of both returning boards—that of Warmoth and that of Lynch—was Uiegal. His friend trom Indiana (Morton) had dilated much on the decision of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, by which the Senate of the United States was bound, In May, 1872, before that Court was undermined by politics, its decisions in two cases were m accordance with the views he (Mr. Oarpenter) was presenting. Betore tne Court had been tampered with—before it feared for ite existence—it decided what apy other court would, that a void order produces ne _ legal results. and, therelore, that Warmoth had no authority to Temove Bovee as Secretary of State. The vacan- cies existing in the Canvassing Board on the 14th day of November, 1872, were therciore never filled, and the only members of that board were War- moth and Lynch, and they voted in diferent ways. So there was ne election Whatever. Warmoth was im one building with his board and Lynch in another with his. The law required the board to meet together. Bovee was Secretary of State all the time; but, by virtue of being a candidate for Office, he Was disqualified trom voting on the 1e- turning board, ‘the order of Warmoth removing Bim as Secretary of State was of no more authority than an order from the President of the Senate removing General Grant irom the Prest- dency. The election returns were sent to Gover- nor Warmoth, but the Lynch Board sued out an injunction restraining him from canvassing them except in the Lynch Board, and Governor War- moth never did canvass them; that much respect is due to the Warmoth Board, WHEN THE JUDICIARY ENJOINED them they stopped, and to that extent were supe- Tior to the Lynch Board. Kelerring to the Jorged aftidavits from which the Lynch Bourd made up its returns, he said one little gentleman with smuing face appeared before the committee and swore that he forged 1,200 affidavits und delivered them to Bovee in open board. Bovee said ‘he was a h— of @ fellow,” and asked him af he could not get some more. He replied, “Yes, he could have more by nine o’clock in the morning.” (Laughter.) in the case of Armstead, a colored man, who seemed to ip aaee popular, the Lynch Hoard did not give bim @ single vote, but raised their side up from 500 to 1,200 and odd. Was there anything fair about this? Mr. Carpenter again quoted from the testimony before the committee, and said instead of 9,606 majority for McEnery, as shown by the Teturns, thie Lynch Board gave Keil double that. He must say ii Warmot! could not abolish that board 1t was immortal and never could be abolished. This canvass was also very profitable to the Lynch Board. It appears that virtue ia Louisiana has its reward, and that speedily. Lynch haa his own son, an engineer on the Soathern Pacific Railroad, appointed inspector of Live Stock in New Orieaps at an annual salary Of $12,000, and then bad his son appoint an old friend his deputy; but finaly Lynch came to the conclusion that it would not look weil to have his son in the position, and had him resign. After coming before the committee at Washington and airing his patriotism he went back to New Or- leans, and Kellogg appointed him to the identical office, at a salary of $12,000, which he holds this day. ‘The Kellogg Legisiature abolished two courts and created a new one. making Hawkins judge, | aud consolidating the jurisdiction of both and giv- ing him exclusive jurisdiction over contested elec- tion cases, writs of mandamus, &c., saying to him, “Faithful in a few things, I'll make thee ruler over Many.” (Laughter.) Then Pinchvack was sent to the Senate. Whatever else may be said of THOSE RASCALS DOWN THER: tney certainly do not forget their associates. (Re- newed laughter.) When his friend trom Indiana (Mr. Morton) came thndering down on him with his artillery and heavy ordnauce, he would com- mend him to a@ carefui examination of the testi- mony just read, Mr. Carpenter said he would next proceed to. consider the interference of the general govern- ment in this wee. While this contest was going on Kellogg commenced suit in the United States Court and Judge Durell issued his restrain- ‘ng order, and it was a most remarkable docu- ment. On the 6th of December there was another judiciai proceeding which had no parallel in this | country or Englana, At night this same Judge Durell issued an order to seize the State House. The testimony showed he went to his lodging apout eleven o'clock P. M., and, ya like it, issued the order. Nobody had appued for it. He was not sitti in Chambers, not holding Court. but at his lodgings issued an order to the United States Marshal to seize the State House. It was | seized, @ company Of troops put therein, and that company held it for more than six weeks, while the farce of organizing this Legislature was being enacted. And these two men, Pinchoack and Kay, were elected while the State House was so held by troops. The act of Congress authorizing election | cases to be brought before federal courts applied | only to instances where parties were prevented from voting on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude, So Durell had not even @ decent pretext ior jurisdiction, A more remark- able proceeding than that of Durell’s could not be Such orders were never issued g By his very act he organized both sides, putting the republicans in and the democrats out of the State House. He (Mr. Car. penter) sent to the Clerk's desk and had read the orders of tuat Judge, and said he wished it was in his power to have them read in the hearing of every citizen of the United States. MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, At four o'clock, aiter the reading, Mr. EpMunps | said it was evident his: friend, Mr. Carpenter, was | | becoming worn out. and he therefore moved that | the Senate go into executive session. | Mr. CARPENTER agreed to the motion, and the | Senate went into executive session. ADJOURNED, Alter half an hour the doors were reopened and the Senate adjourned till to-morrow, when Mr. | CG nter will resume his speech. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 1874, BILL 70 AMEND THE CURRENCY ACTS. Mr. MAYNARD, (rep.) Of Tenn., from the Commit- tee on Banking and Currency, reported a bill to amend the several acts relative to the national currency and to establish {ree banking. The bill was read. The first section amends the thirty-first shall hereafter not be required to keep on hand any ameunt of money whatever by reason of their Tespective circulation; but the moneys required to the amount of the deposits, ‘The second section repeals the second proviso of section 21 of the law o1 July 12, 1870, for the redemption of the three per cent temporary loan go far as-it restricts the amount of notes for cir- culation. ‘The third section provides that the national banks shail at all times keep on deposit in the United States Treasury, in lawial money of the United States, a sum equal to five per cent of their circulation, to be held and used only for the re- demption of such circulation. The fourth section authgtizes the national banks yn of the la motte w of June 3, 1864, 90 that banks | Tet" ad a meeting during the present session. be kept on hand at all timesshall be determined by | | fine himself to voting only to withdraw portions of thelr circulating notes in sums of not jess thin $10,000, and to withdraw a roportionate amount of bonds deposited in pledge iF such circulation. The fifth section amends sections 31 apd 32 of the National Banking law, by requiring ai to keep their lawini money reserves in their own Vaults at their places 01 business. ‘The sixth section requires the chartered pnum- bers of the various banks to be printed on their noies whenever the sae shall come mo the ‘Treasury tor redemption or otherwise. ‘The seventh section authorizes banks to be Organized without circulation on depositing in the ‘Treasury not less than $10,000 in United States registered bouds, and authorizes banks already organized without circulation to withdraw their bonds in excess of $10,00. ‘The eighth section directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue ac the beginning of each month from and including July, 1874, $2,000,000 of United States notes, not beariug interest, payable in gold two years after date in denominations of not jess than $10, in exchange and as a substitute for the same amount of United States notes now in eirculation, which shall be eancelied and destroyed and not reissued, and any excess of gold in the ‘Treasury shall be retained as a reserve ior the re- demption of such notes, Alter discussion a8 to the disposition to be made of the billthe House refused to recommit it to the Committee on Banking and Currency, as de- sired by the chairman of that committee, and it Was sent to the Committee of the Whole with the understanding that it would be called up lor dis- cusaion in two weeks, LIMITING THE CIRCULATION TO FOUR HUNDRED MII- LIONS. Mr. MAYNARD also reported a bill limiting the amount of United States notes in circulation to $400,000,000 and So, their exchange into con- vertibie 3.65 bonds, is billwas also reterred to the Committee of the Whole. AFFAIRS OF THE OCEAN BANK, NEW YORK, Mr. nard reported # resolution instruct ing the Committee on king and Currency to in- vestigate the affairs of the Ocean National Bang of New York, ana especially whether Theodore M. Davis, its receiver, or other ofliclals, have been guilty of misconduct, with power to send for per- sons and papers and to appoint a sub-committee to take testimony in New York and elsewhere. The resolution was adopted, A POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK OPPOSED. Mr. Maynard also reported ersely upon a Dill to establish »nd maintain a fational savings de- sitory as @ branch of the Post OMce Department. ferred to the Committee of the Whole. PROPOSAL TO REMOVE BANK CAPITAL. Mr. PHELPs, (rep.) of N.J., irom the Bankin, Committee, reported a bill authorizing the Citizens’ National Bank, of Hagerstown, Md., to change its location to Washington City, with an increase of capital irom $50,000 to $200,000 and to change its name to that of the Citizens’ National Bank of | Washington, D.C, He explained tie objects of the bill, and stated that itdid not authorize any in- crease of circulation. Mr. MEBRIAM, ' (rep.) of N. Y., @ member of the Banking Committee, opposed the vill—irst, because he objected to the removal of bank capital from one State to another; second, because there was a deficiency of capital in tbe interior, and he did not want to see it transferred to large cities; and, third, because no tax, other than national, was imposed on the banks in the District of Columbia, except the trifling license tax of fifty cents on every $1,000 of bank capi while the banks in New York paid an average of three and @ half per cent for State and municipal taxatiol and banks throughout the whole of the Unite States an average of two and one-half per cent. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE—ARMY APPROPRIATIONS. Without disposing of the bill the House, at twenty minutes past one o'clock, went into Com- mittee of the Whole, Mr. Kellogg, of Connecticut, in the chair, and resumed consideration of the Army Sapsopeiaen bill, ir, COBURN, (rep.) of Ind., chairman of the Military Committee, continued his argument in support of such a reduction of the army as the btil contemplated, and he showed that it would not be nece: to muster out @ man, because the natural depletion of the army every year by death, expiration of service and desertion amounted to over one-half of its whole strength. The diminu- tion of officers last year was eigaty-three. It was only necessary to keep down enlistment and lop off some extraneous matters in the Quartermas- bas) Department and other branches of the ser- vice. REDUCTIONS UNWISE AND IMPOLITIC. Mr. ScuppkR, (rep.) of N. J., opposed any reduc- tion of the army, and argued that the measure ‘Was unwise and lnpolitic, IF NECESSARY, THEN SYSTEMATICALLY. Mr. HAWLEY, (rep.) of Conn., a member of the Military Committee, declared that he was not op- posed to economy in the army nor was he opposea necessarily to a reduction of the aggregate force. He wished it done, however, in accordance with some well cousidered system. He wished it done as any Wise manufacturer or business man would reauce his own scale of operations, Snould they expect the superintendent or marfager of a lar, establishment to discharge a large force of work- ing qperaanes while he continued to purchase the usual supplies of raw material and to employ the usual number of men in the counting room and pretended to run the usual number of machines? To attempt to reduce the working force of operative men in the army, while leaving the whole grand machine in its jull force, was just as unwise. Congress had already done great dam- age to the army by ill-considered, irregular methods ol reduction, affecting the various staif corps of the army. li Congress wanted to be economical it snould begin, as General Sherman said, at the head offhe grmy ; better, as he said, turn him adrift and cut ouv the first thirty-eignt pages of the “Army Register” than touch one iniantry regiment. Mr. WHEELER, (rep.) of N. Y., who has cnarge of. the bill, reminded Mr. Hawley that it was not within the province of the Appropriation Commit- tee to report a bill for the reduction 01 the army. Mr. HAWLEY said he knew that very well, but the Committee on Appropriations shouid not have struck at the centre oi the machine and made the whole machine utterly useless under a mere pre- tense of economy. The Committee on Appropria- tions snould have brought in @ resolution instiact- ing the Committee on Military Affairs to report a well considered bill to reduce the army aiter a sys- tematic manner. THE INDIAN VIEW—EOONOMY VS. BLOOD. Mr. NesMirn, (dem) of Oregon, Whois also a mem- ber of the Military Committee, protested against a reduction of the army, whicn, he said, was got up in accordance with the views of humbug peace com- missioners, Whose ideas of managing the Indians was by preaching to them “Cbrist and Him cruci- fled.’ fi God Alinighty had gone preaching the Gospel in that wilderness He would not have kept the hair on His head twenty-four hours, (Laugnhter.) He delended tue trontiersmen against the asper- sions usually made against them, and he declared that the first effective missionary the Indians ever had was Miles Standish, and that his missionary work had been conunued by Jackson, Sheridan, and others. Congress might save a lew million doliars by reducing the army, but every doilar saved would be responded to by the blood of frontiersmen and by the wails of their widows and orphans. r. CROOKE, (rep.) of N, Y., opposed the reduc- tion of the army, and said that the people of New York struck hands with the people of Oregon in | the demand jor that protection which the army aforded against hostile attacks on the seacoast and against hostile Indians in the Territories. Economy was well, but parsimony in a vern- ment was ridiculous. No government could stand parsimony and meanness, and tt was parsimony; not economy, to leave the Jrontier unprotected. Mr. NIBLAOK, (dem.) of Ind., said that the mere withholding of appropriations was neituer re- trenchment nor economy; and hence, if the House relied on the Committee on Appro- priations alone for retrenchment, the pur- pose would jail and Oongress would be called upon to make up by deficiency bills the amount supposed to be saved. If the House de- sired a reduction of the army it should pass @ Dill to that effect and thus get rid of the expenses which under the existing law Ynust be and would be made; but the mere withholding of money without some corresponding law reducing that branch of the pubic service was hot economy, but simply making a defi- ctency. He sustained this opimion by having quotations read from the Congressional Giobe, which showed that five years ago, when the repubii- cans, under the pretence ofeconomy, had kept down the several appropriation bills, the deficiencies had to be nade up by deficiency bills. BCONOMY AS PRACTISED AT PHILADELPHIA, Mr. RANDALL, (dem.) oO! Pa., declared that as one of the minority of the House ne would con- What was absolutely necessary. He believed that neither a temporary loan nor an increase of taxation was neces- sary if Congress would bring itself down to a strict and legitimate economy. When he heara gentlemen prating about economy and tailing to vote Jor it on any occasion, he was inclined to doubt the sincerity of their motives or the inde- pendence of their action. The country was going through a perfod when economy must be prac- tised by the government just as he himself ieit bound to do since the reduction of salaries, (Laugnter.) He concurred in the argument as to the necessity of protecting tue frontier against the Indians; but tor that purpose the troops should be withdrawn irom the South, where they are now used Jor the purpose of crusbing out the liberties of the people. Mr. Brock, (dem.) of Ky., differed with his friend from Indiana in bis opposition to a reduction of the army, and urgued tat the House bad the means oi acquiring all material infogmation in re- gard to the vurious departinents Of the govern- ment, a8 much xo as the heads of those departments, if the Committees on the Contingent bxpenses of the several departments did their duty. But he had been informed that not one oj those committees le had no douvt that the srmy could be reduced to the point proposed, and below it, provided the army Was kept for the purpose referred to. He went on to ai the goverament generally tor extravagance in connection witn navy yards, the omnes of customs, &c. rt. 5. H. ROBERTS, (rep,) of N. Y., asked Mr, Beck whether he did not know that the Committee of Ways and Means, of which he (Mr, Bock) was a member, was now engaged in an effort wo reduce the expenses 01 collecting the revenue? Mr. BECK admitted that that was the case and said he wanted to prepare the House jor the report which he expected tke gentleman (Mr. Roberts) to make on that subject. THE HEAD AND TAIL OF IT. Mr. E. H. Roperts suggested whether it would not be a little more iair to discuss that question when it should come legitimately belore the House and not draw it in by the tail. Mr. BECK replied that he thought 1t legitimate to Grew it in bv (be head or by the tail whenever an NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JA NUARY 30, 1874.—TRI opportunity was offered, and he intended to keep Grawing it in. (Laugnter.) He went on to Cg! that the expenditures of the governmeat ig not to exceed cred neh ge Hay Byrd ‘gneygh jor amid Of ihe ote would duly stop paying the principal of the public debt, . ‘rhe discussion was furthét partici in b; Messrs. Whittoorne, (dem.) of Tennessee ; Kendall, (tem.) of Nevada; McCormick, (rep.) of Arizona, and Morey, (rep.) of Louisiana, Without coming w a vote the committee rose. THE MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON’S MOTHER. The House, On motion of Mr. Sener, of Virgini: directed the Centeuntal Committee, to whieh ha been referred the question of completing the Washington monument, to inquire also a8 to the propriety Ol completing the unfinished monument to the memory of Mary, the mother of Wasuing- ton, at Fredericksburg, Va. ‘The House then, a’, hali-past four, took a recess till halfpast seven, the evening sessiog to be tor the consideration of the bill codifying abd revising the statuces. Evening Session. When the Honse met im evening session there were just fourteen members present. Bat this Small number proceeded seriously and solemnly to work on the bill revising the statutes, and made pretty fair progress in ‘ NINETY-S1XTH. THE N. G, ——_.__. All Quiet About the Centre Street Armory—The Eleventh Regiment in Possession—General Court Martial on the 5th of Nexth Month, ‘The fine, spacious armory of Centre Street Mar- ket was yesterday in posseagion of the Eleventh regiment. The drillroom is one of the best im the city. It 8 newly finished throughout, and impresses the beholder with its com- plete appliances. The drillroom is of mag- nificent proportions, well lighted .and ven- tilated. On the north side, overlooking it, 15 @ balcony for the ladies, from whence the encourag- ing glance of bright eyes may keep aglow the flames of love and military ardor in the bosom of the yonng soldier. In tne rear, to the right and left, are to be found the officers’ rooms, the com- panies’ quarters and stores, Yesterday the arms of the Eleventh regiment were all piled along the south side of the drillroom, excepting those of @& small guard who appearea on duty and nad their ‘Remingtons” stacked on the floor. Captain Heinzman was on duty. He said that the Eleventh regiment had just received the armory; that no orders had been issued calling any portion of the corps to arms; that the men on guard duty came forward volun- tarily to serve until “things were straightened up ag little.” The guard was composed of some thirty men, but was really unnecessary. The arms cases (racks) around tie wall belong to the Ninety- sixth regiment. ‘They would soon be removed and those of the Eleventh put up instead. ‘he officer also stated that there exists no dificulty or il-feeling between the regiments. He understood that @ court martial would assemble on the 5th of next month to try Colonel Stauf on charges to be made against him by Colonel Vilmar, the com- the Eleventh. The Bleventh out about 550 men, 80 Cap- tain Heimzman says, and olonel Vilmar is determined to make it one of the very best militia regiments in the State. He also as- sured the reporter that the company who passed the house of Colonel Stauf on Wednesday night did not do tt 10 any hostile spirit or with the in- tention of insulting that officer; they were merely on the way home from thetr drillroom, and the most direct line of march led them past the resi- one of the commander of the Ninety-sixth regi- men: Colonel Stauf states that he is now waiting for intelligence from two gentlemen who went to Albany on Wednesday night ior the purpose of conterring with General Dix. General Fank is algo there with the same object. Yesterday aiternoon Colonel Stauf received a tele- gram saying that to-day ne might expect to receive important communications from Assistant Adjutant General Stonehouse. The Colonel of the Ninety-sixth is still a prisoner; so also are the lien- tenant colonel and major o! the same regiment. It will be seen by the order given below that the trial of Colonel Stauf will take place on the 5th of next month. The following order has been issued :— cK 2 N GYNERAL ORDERS—NO, Heapqvarreas Finst Division, N.Y., __ New Yo ia") 1. A general court martial will convene at the rendez yous, Nos. 7,9 and 11 West ‘Thirteenth street, at eight o’clock P. M.,on Thursday, February 5, 187 thereatter as possible, for’ the trialof Colonel Andrew Stauf, Ninety-sixth regiment, Second. brigade, First division. N. G. 8. N. Y., and such other officers as may be brought before it DETAIL OF THE COURT. Brigadier General William G. Ward, First brigade; Colonel Charles R. Braine, Ninth regiment: Lieutenant Golonel Henry C. Lockwood, Seventy-tirst rogimeni. Colonel John Fowler, First Division Judge Advocate, ix appointed Judge Advocate of the Court ‘The Court will sit without regard to hours. By order of Major General Alexander Shaler. ‘ . HENRY LisBENAU, Colonel, Brevet Brigadier General, Division Inspector and Acting Chiet of Statt Ofticlal—Cant Jossux, Lieutenant Colonel, Q. M. and A A.D, C. 1e Colonel Awpnaw Stavr, Ninty-sixth Regiment N. G. Colonel Stauf desires it to be known that neither he nor his oMcers or men disobeyea any military order received, He simply stated to General Shaler that as he is under bonds ‘o the amount of $30,000 for the security Of the State and municipal property belonging to the regiment under his command, it was impossivie for his men to evacuate the new armory until another could be found wherein to deposit the property for which he is responsible, otherwise it would have to be thrown in the streets, In proot of this he states that the arms of his regiment are now deposited in the State Arsenal, corner of ‘rhirty-fith street and Seventh avenue, and that the furniture, arms cases and other property stiil remain in the Centre street Market. “THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUX." Lecture by Paal B. Du Chailla. That irrepressible but most interesting of travel- jers, M. Du Chaillu, bas been at it again. Last night he lectured at Association Hall on “The Land of the Midnight Sun.’ Not content with having sought to pluek bright honor from the pale-faced moon, in the corkscrew jungles o: Cen- tral Africa, he has gone for the scalplock of the midnight sun, away up near the topknot of Eu- rope, in the awfal solitudes of Scandinavia. He saw the sun and was sunstruck meta- phorically. He witnessed the great luminary bowling along the horizon like an illuminated griddie, and when aiter a day of agonizing length old Sol sank below the horizon the traveller's spirits sank likewise; but he was compensated for the lose of the sun by the wongertul grandeur of the arctic night, with the stars suspended like candelabra irom the blue canopy of heaven, whose surface seemed powdered over with diamond dust. and the vast glaciers, clear and blue as sapphires, and the tumbiing cascades falling down 3,000 ani 4,0001eet and ending in vapor belore they reached the ground. M. Chaillu is @ capital story teller. More interesting than his descriptions of the gorgeous scenery of the Fjords and the strangely fascinating appearance of the midnight sun and the suniess sky of winter, illuminated by arlight, only were his offhand sketches of the vople and their ways of living. He saw the King or sweden living in more democratic simplicity than the President of the United States, He was particularly struck by the plain, honest ways of the common folks. who live entirely on milk and fish and are wonderfully prolific. hen he offered @ peasant woman a reward of money jor some service she spurned it indignantiy, reupon he gave her a Kiss, and, as she seemed 0 like it, he gave her other, and then she for- gave him and was happy. The lecturer apologized jor the absence of his maps, charts, stuffed rein- deer, &c., but he hoped to have them on a futa! occasion. NEWARK PYOPERTY OWNERS EXCITED. Taxpayers Denouncing Joe Youngism as “An Outrageous Proceeding.” ‘The property owners of Newark who have been called upon to foot the bill levied by the city for constructing the Broad, West Park and Haisey street sewer have risen in rebellion. A special committee of them, appointed at a meeting some | time ago, has reported that it found an e- ment had been made by the city ‘authorities and the surety of the contractor that bound the sure- ty to make good to the city any loss the contractor might entail on the city, One Thomas Mur- phy was the contractor. While Naga anten | the sewer Murphy, jt appears, became involve im monetary difficulties and absconded. The Council then gave the job to some other party to finish, at & cost of $3,158. This amount was paid, and, tusvead o! calling upon an absconding co! tractor, by the terms of the agreement, tor pay- ment of this amount, the Council ordered it assessed upon the property owners along the line. Mr. 5. S. Morris, has declared that, in tis opinion, thisis an outrageous proceeding. The matter is to be carried beiore the courts, one citizen sayin that 11 1t costs $1,000 the principle mnvolved shoal be wdnered to. A committee has been appointed tobi an action against the city. HOME FOR INCURABLES, To THE EDITOR OF THE HRRALD:— In @ notice of the Home for Incuravles which ap- peared in Monday’s paper there was a slight in- accuracy, which, I presume, it would be your pleasure to correct. You state that the new build- po) will afford accommodations for 1,000 patients, whereas that Fgh gl now completed will contain only sixty beds, and the whole building only about 150. As the managers are pppealing for funds to complete the pauiding, it ig desirable that this cor- rection should be m: A. M. CAMPBELL, m. D., Buverintepdent Home toy Jus PLE SHEET. NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. Democrats Leading Of for Retrench- ment<—Nom tions by the Governor— Prevision for the Centennial Ceiebra- tion. A good dea} of routine business was transacted in both branches of the New Jersey Legisiature yesterday. One of the most remarkable and un- usual features connected with the proceedings of Jersey legislation was the returning of postage stamps to the State Treasury by two members of the lower House, respectively named Andrew Jackson Smith, of Mercer, and T. 5. Henry, of Essex, ‘These two gentlemen are the avowed leaders of the democratic minority, and have sig- nalized themselves in his session by their per- sistent efforts in behalf of retrenchment, Believ- ing that acts are more commendable than words, they have, it is presumed, taken this course to im- press their constituents with the earnestness of their agitation in this respect. A bill was introduced in relation 10 life insur- ance companies, which makes provision for the payment of one-half 01 one per cent on their pre- miUMs into the State treasury as tax to the State, It also provides for the repeal of the act of 1846, Another bill repeals that clause in the Tax law authorizing imprisonment for non-payment of taxes. In the Senate @ large batch ef nomina- tions were sent in by the Governor, among them being the names of A. Q. Garretsop and Mercer Beasely as prosecutors respectively for the coun- ties of Hudson and Mercer. No nomination was made for Camden county jor this position. The Senate will not take action on them till Monday evening next. Mr. Sewell introduced a bill in the Senate mak- ing provisions for the contribution of New Jersey’s portion of the expenses to be incurred by the Cen- tennial Board of Finance in making the necessary arrangements for the centennial celevration. It opens with a long preambie, and concludes with the following enactment: 1, Be itemacted by the Se ot the Btate of New Jerscy, That the Governor, Comp- ler ‘they are hereby authorized and directed, in behalt of and in the naine of the State of New Jersey, to subscribe for (here a blank is left tor the number oi ‘shares, which the Senate will have to 1x) thousand shares of the Centennial stock, which stock as issued by the Centenmal Board of Finance, shail becor 6 property of the State and be heid by the ‘Treasurer for the use and benefit of the State. 2. And be itenacted, That the Treasurer of the State is hereby directed to pay out of any tands In the Treasury the instalments apon ‘such stock xo subscribed, as the same may become due and payable, that isto say, twenty per cent thereof on the Ist day of April next, and twent) Per cent thereof every three months thereafter, until he whole of the said stock so subscribed for shall be fully paid. Governor Parker sent in a long communication, giving the history of the Kearney statue, in accord- ance with a resolution of the Senate. This subject has occasioned a good deal of comment thrungh- out the State, on account ofobjectious having been made to the Anish of the statue. Both houses adjourned over to Monday night. nd General Assembly TEMPERANCE IN NEW JERSEY. Meeting of the State Alliance in Tren- ton—Grave Charges Against Tom Scott’s Employes—Eulogy on Mayor Perry, of Newark. The third annual meeting of the New Jersey Temperance Alliance was held yesterday at the Green street Methodist Episcopal church, in Tren- ton. Two hundred and twenty-seven delegates were in attendance from the various counties of the State, which shows a diminution of sixty- seven when compared with the number present at the preceding. convention one year ago. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Whittaker, when the President, George Sheppard Page, proceeded to give a statement of what the Alliance had done for the past year, and reviewed in a brief manner the general work throughout the country. J. N. Stearn, of the National Alliance, next addressed the assemblage on the efforts which the aavocates of the cause were making in Congress and elsewhere for its success. The usual number of committees were appointed, and, pending their deliberations, numerous verbal reports were given by delegates from nearly all the counties, setting forth an encouraging condition of affairs im their respective districts. Among those given was one irom an octogenarian rep- resentative from Jersey City, named Walter Wood, who said that he bad distributed 7,000 temperance tracts in Jersey City since New Year’s Day, and that he would have distributed more, but that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company had stopped him from doing so at their depots. He also said that the eo 4 companies had acted in like manner towards him, By their unkind and arbitrary action he said he was compelled to have recourse to the highways and byways to propagate the work, He wound “Put the evil of and spread it to 7.) Brother Franklin S. Mills gave a very ‘orcible addre: in which he was rticulariy severe on the Board of Freeholders of Mercer county for granting so iy licenses, and which, he said, was not a reputable board in consequence. The following officers for the ensuing year were elected :—President, George Sheppard iy in Secre- tary, J. Ke Rapley Treasurer, Samuel Klatz, and one Vice President irom each county. ‘The ‘Treasurer's report for the past year pre- sented the following exhibit: Receipts... Disbarsements. Balance on hand $250 Liabilines...... AS. cess see$Q 018 41 A petition to the Legislature in favor of local option was presented by Dr. S. T. Crane, which was adopted after a short discussion. vote of thanks was passed to Mayor Perry, of Newark, for closing the tgeor saloons in that city on Sundays. Wiluam D. Rugsell, of that city, paid the Mayor a glowing eulogy for the help he had given the temperance cause since his advent to that oMce. He also said Mr. Perry’s electron was due to the efforts made in his behalf by the State Temperance Allial Scattered throughout the assemblage were many.ladies, who seemed to take leep interest in the proceedings—one of them acting In a reportorial capacity. A mass meeting Was held in the evening at Taylor Hall, when the Rev. Dr. Tiffany, of Washington, and a jew other gentlemen made eloquent addresses. A coli¢ction was taken up and a handsome amount was realized. NEWARK’S. ASPIRATIONS. i pili A Proposition to Erect the City Into a County. Op the 26th of last December the Common Coun- cil of Newark appointed a special committee, com- posed of ex-Mayor F. W. Ricord, Mayor N. Perry, James C. Ludiow, President of Council, and citi- zens Daniel Dodd, John MeGregor, Thomas T. Kin- ney, Adolph Schalk and Abner S. Reeves, to con- sider the practicability of consolidating the city with the townships. The committee held severg) conferences, and the result ig that it has submitted @ report not only declaring that consolidation 18 unwise, impracticable and uncalled-for, but recommending that the city be cut off from the county and erected itself into @ county. The committee admits that at first it was dazed with the grandeur of the consol dation project, but soon, on interchanging views, discovered the unwisdom of such @ proposition, finding difficulties in the way apparently insur- mountable, The committee could not find that any of the townships were anxious for a grand munici- pal marriage, but, per contra, that many of them were utteriy opposed to the thing. It was evicent, says the committee, that the townships would not agree to the proposition “except upon terms that | would give them an undue advantage, and impo: unequal burdens upon our taxpaying citizens, and jurthermore suggests “the endless controver- 8 that would follow a consolidation in reierence to locai improvemeats, such as a water supply, sewerage and other municipal conveniences that would be immediately demanded.” In support of its recommendation that the city be made a county vy itself the com- mittee strikes a popular chord by drawing atten- tion to the wide Lan ve 4 of representation in the Board of Chosen Freeholders between the city and the townspips, and cites the tact of the Thirteenta ward of Newark, with @ population of 16,000, Which has only one freeholder, whereas tne township of Livingston, with a population of only 1,122, has two members in the Board, “and,” tt continues, ‘not one of the townships has even haif the population of that ward, though each of them 18 allowed two votes to its one. This disproportion is clearly untair to the city, and yet with ali this 5 THE DOCILE REDS. Report of the Board of Indian Commi» « ers—Success of the Peaceful Policy The Modoc Rebellion Not One of Ite Results—Extension of Nation: Lawa Over the Civilized Tribes Recom« mended. WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 1874, The following is the aunual report of the Com missioners of Indian Affairs, made to the Pres dent, for the year just closed britting the fifth annual roport of the Jan Commissioners, We Cave again the satis- aim jor your administration, in its nanages nian affairs, the most encouraging results of the peace policy. Disclaiming for that policy any re- lity or ageney in bringing on the unhappy ang to prevent cayil a lew and the feeble demonstrations ern Sioux against the military expeditions aniey and Baker, Which the Indiansdeemed satractions of the treaty of 1867, there has been ce between the whites and the Indians since the flose of the Cheyerine and Arapahoe war in 1868 Nor has this resuit iy passive, but from Constantly active, exhibition ot the policy om the part of the civil and military authorities, by which threatened collisions have been averted and incipient causes of con~ tention met and removed. The temper and disposition of the wild tribes have teen steadily improving. and there is no reason to doubt that a cor and bumane treatment will suon' bring tan aden bee fect control and submissive to all asset ments of the government sever, eon earnestly soliciting for the ee other appliances of civilization whicwier horred, ana they cannot understand whe, felehely, abe be so long delayed; and others who have never before consented are now asking for a reservation aint mpencoe ‘The partially civilized tribes have mude good provese during the year, and the reporte In our ole supe tie, wherever the Curistian churehes huve haa ther iat sionaries at work, their labors have been amply es warded. Although there have been a larger mater oe Indians murdered by white nen during the your than i, eltucr ofthe several years preceding the “uurdere of whites by Indians lecroase, wad been fewer than in past years, ate TUNISUMRNT OF MURDFURS. The Killing of either whites or Indians in acts of wai asin the ADache or Modoc wars, Is not included in tnt statement as murder. The success of the goverument in le re these tribes romised schools bri to punishment indian murderers has beeu bet- ter the present year than heretotore, as in the case of the murderers of Agent Muller by two Weemi- nuche Utes, of a Mex! Dear Sierra Amarilta, of a miner on the Boise road by Snake Indians, and of a man near Bozeman by Bannocks, ‘Butone case has vet come to our knowledge in which white man has been punished for murderiog Indians 1¢ may be stated also im this connection that nearly all the telegrams of the year aunouneing indian murders, rade, outbreaks and intended outbreaks proved to be without foundation on fact. THE MODOC REBELLION. Early in the year the deplorable events of the Modos. rebeilion produced serious apprehensions in the public mind in regard to the desigas of other Indian tribes in Oregon and a distrust of the peace policy which were uot shared by those conversant wish the subject. The eable conduct of ‘and the fact peace which came to be understood that the peace policy was in no Way responsible for the Modoc war, but, on the contrary, would have prevented it, soon dissipated botts the apprehensions and distrust. All the tribes west of the Rocky Mountains remained in a state of uninterru ce, * © * In the cases ofthe Utes and the Crows the inciting esnses of trouble were removed in the spring by the purchase of that part of their respective reservations already encroached upon, by the miners, and such addition of termitory as is likely to be required for many years. * * * TREATY MAKING WHTH CHIEVS DISAPPROVED. In the report of the Board for 1870 and on other occas sions our opinion has been expressed iu opposition to the Policy of making treaties with Indian tribes through their chiets as with civilized sovereignties, urging, how- ever, atthe same time, a strict adherence to exisung treatles, and claiming the proper status of the Indians to be that ot wards of the government. The negotiauons of the chairman and his colleagues have beem conducted upon thts principle with the masses of the tribes as well as the chiets, and as representatives both of the government and its wards, whose micrests they” felt bound fo protect. The results are cinbodued in stun ple contracts for the retroceasion of territory heretofore confirmed to the Indi it. The cone nd that with the Shoshonees made, the previous summer are conditional upon the ratification of Congress, and your attention it Fespectiully solicited to the subject of the legislation re~ quired, as one which we deem of much importance to the ited States and to the Indians, FAITH WITH THE TRIBES SHOULD BE KEFT. The proceedings 1m aetail of the several, commissions are herewith ‘respectfully submitted. The civilized ni ‘and tribes of the Indian Territory continue to im- prove, There has been a fair moreaso in the number of schools snd churches; a much larger number of children atiend the schools, and reasonable progress has been: made in agricultural industry. The opinions expressed inthe last report of the Board are confirmed by the experience of the year, and we reassert our conclusion “that, to repudiaié extlier directly or by any indirection of legislation, our solemn treaty obligauons with this feeble people would be # national dishonor, meriting tho scorn of the civilized worid. The passage of any law for the organization o! a territorial government, not accept- able to the civilized tribes (which have long siuce ably demonstrated their capacity for sélt-government), and which would indirectly open their country for thegn- FESR! the whites, would, in the opinion of the Bord, such an infraction of our obligations.” We reiterate also our conviction in favor of your policy of preserving the whole Indian Terriwory tor the occu- pancy ot other Indian tribes, and earnestly repeat the recommendation ot last year’s report that ail laws seem- ing tw contemplate at aby time tho provability of exun- gulshing the indiau tide to any part of the territor: shouid be repealed. The duty of examining the account and vouchers of the Indian Department have been per- formed by the Executive Committee of the Board, and involved inuch labor, Their work was much facilitated by an order of the Recretary ot the interior requiring ¢ Indian office to transmit the vouchers and accounts to the committee for their approval or rejection. The vouchers examined during ten months amounted in the Agaregate to $4,273,574. and the accounts to $4309, Making sotal Of SOcS2877. “Of this sum. Seat ort re ceived the approval of the committee and $425,896 was disapproved or suspendea tor reasons deemed satisiac- tory to the committee, and which were endorsed upon the paper or stated by letoer. © * © The Committee to supervise the purchase of annuity ‘and the contracts for supplies cousists of George rman; Robert Campbell, of, 8 Louis er ‘iliam &. Doage, of This committee supervised the purchase of the anuuity foods in New York during April, amounting to Harte ac of supplies for the year, amounting to THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. At the last session uf Congress the Board of Indian Commissioners was continued trom the Ist of July, 1873, but no appropriation was made for the expenses of the Board, for the reason that the unexpended balance of a former appropriation was deemed ample. By a subse quent decision of the First Comptroller of the ‘Treasury, Under an act of Congress, $4001 of tis balance sill unexpended reverted to the Treasury on the Ist of July. This made necessary either that the work of the Board should be abaudoned or its members soould supply the funds needed. | They did this so far as necessary, and the work of the office has been continued. EXTENSION OF THR LAWS OVER CIVILIZKD INDIAKS. The Board hes in tormer reports recommended the en- actment of a law authorizing the Premdent to extend the laws of the United States over sucu tribes as are prepared for itto repress and punish crime commited y Indians against each other: beter laws for the s pression of the liquor traffic among Indians, or a m effective mode of enforcing the existing laws; mor stringent laws to prevent encroachments uj Indian lands; making traudulent practices of Indian agen! superintendents employes and contractors felonies, «| imposing severe baities of eae tek ra Indian testimony lawtul; legitimatizing the children ot white n Providing tor an equitable jusiment of trader's prices; pi for Mission Indians in California, and other Inatters. of these recommendations has been cont! further experiences e year. ‘The suggestion of ‘ot Indian ctors made in last year’s report was substantially adopted by Con- gress The inspectors not being under the immediate supervision of the Commissioners, and having been but a few wonths ben oa in their Autos, cannot yet Juggs ghiine remit ste ee as Respectfully sui FELIX R, BRUNOT, Chairman. ROBERT CAMPBELL, NATHAN BISHOP. WILLIAM B DODGE. JOUN V, PARWELL. GEORGB H, STUART, EDWARD & TOBAY. JOHN D. LANG, The Paesipest oF tae Unitep TRS, THE WORKINGHEN’S ASSEMBLY. a Appointment of Committees—The Points and Principies Latd Down in the Plat- form. The proprie armed by we i ALBANY, Jan. 20, 1874. At the Workingmen’s Assembly to-day the fol- lowing Committee on Ways and Means for the ensuing year was appointed :—James Carroll, J. P. Mitchell, P. W. O'Callahan, William Cashman and B. W. Medina. The following Committee on Political Organiza tion was appointed :—J. W. Crump, John P. Mitcn- ell, Wiliam F. Ford, William Cashman, B. W. Me- diva, M. F, McKiernan and Joseph A. Taylor. This committee subsequently reported in favor of call- ing the association “The Indastrial volitic Party of the State of New York.’’ The Chair appointed a Committee on Platform, which reported a long series of resolutions. They were aaopted. ‘he Metin are some of tne points and princi- ples made an LAID DOWN IN THE PLATFORM. That the record of the old litical parties is such as to forfeit confidence; that all public officials should be elected by direct vote of the people, and shouid receive mod- erate salaries; tm tavor of ciyil service reform and of improving our Jakes and canals as 800n as it can be done under the State and national govern- ments; denouncing taxation for the benefit of special classes; deprecating any further land grants to corporations; begat | that our patent: laws should be revised 80 a8 not to subserve the | Imverests of nonopolists; tn favor of the repeal of advantage the townships constantiye manifest a | sense of injustice."’ The report has been favorably received both by the Counci! and the citizans, and steps to carry out its important suggestion will, no doubt, be taken. ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER. A Washington Ex-Policeman Shoots His Wite. WasHincTon, Jan. 29, 1874. James Boyle, an ex-policeman, attempted to murder his wife here to-day by shogting her. He has for time past been dresipated tn'his habits, and some time ago his wife, deeming it unsafe to live with him, entered a suit for divorce. Re- centiy ane ‘withdrew the application, To-day he enterea the store where she was sitting with her mother, and, making some such remark as “I’m ing to geteven with you,” drew a pistol and Frede and was about to fire again when the mother threw herself between them and begged him to top. 5 ‘The wife wags not dangerously wounded> Boyle wag arrested, our national banking laws and the tsene of re tenders direct irom the Treasury; in favor of the avolition of the contract system on the public works and the reduction of the hours 0. labor, 30 that the idle may be able to obtain work, a8 also allow time to jor mental improvement; that the rights of all are equal, and that there should ve no privileged cap- ital; im favor of the industrial cation of alk negiected children by the State; in favor of grada- ated taxation, to be levied directly by each State on the people of the State for all taxes, State and national ; and it closes with an appeal to all classes to join with them, Mr. Theodore Tomlinson addressed the Com- mittee of the House of Assembiy this afternoon. THE BROOKLYN FIRE FUND INTEREST, It ts rumored that the interest on Certificates of. Indebtedness for the sum of $200,000, issued by the city in 1870, and payable January 1, 1871, which in- terest amounted to $5,000, has never been ac- counted tor, The principal only was paid inte tne be + A The ex-Deputy City Treasurer (Rodman) is said to have conected the money at the oitive of ex-Comptrolier Lvan M, Joupsom, |