The New York Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1874, Page 7

Geietseenrnienainnrn ENGLAND, MEDICAL MALEPEAOTIOR De. Smith, the Alleged Murderer of Several Persons by Adi ‘istering Poi- Yhe Nation Agitated by the Election Excite-| soned Magmesia, Again Sent Back to went—Premier Gladstone’s Irish Opponent in Sweeping Charge at Greenwich—The Home Rule Question in Manches- ter— Bullion Supply and Bank Liabilities — Tichborne Tea- timony at Bow Street, TELEGRA'S TO THE NEW YORK HERALO.! LONDON, Jan, 29, 2874. Mr, Gladstone will address an open air meeting in Greenwich on Saturday, ana Mr. Nolan's sup- porters are preparing a monster demonstration Tor Sunday. THE RADICAL REPRESENTATION. Mr. Odger 1s a candidate for Parliament in South- wark. ‘'o-night his friends in large numbers en- Sereda hall where a conservative meeting was in progress, took possession of the platform by force and dispersed the assemblage. The conservative candidate in Abingdon was Mobbed and stoned to-day. Mr, Roebuck addressed a large and enthusiastic Meeting at Shefield this evening. He spoke in favor of compulsory education. IRISH HOME RULE. Mr. Butt, the Home Rule leader, contests the €lectiou in Manchester. JIKAN LUIE'S TROUBLES FROM THE TICHBORNE TRIAL, ‘The case of Jean Luie, the claimant’s witness in 4he Tichborne trial, who ts charged with perjury, ‘again came up at the Bow Street Police CGourt to-day, , Mr. George H. Whalley, member of Parliament, who maintains that the statements made by Lute are true, was examined, THE CLAIMANT TO TESTIFY IN JEAN LUIE/S CASE. The trial of Jean Lute has been adjourned and the defendant remanded until the end of the Tich- Dorne case is reached, in order that the claimant's ‘testimony may be rendered availaple. THE GHIEF JUSTICE CHARGING THE JURY. In the Tichborne trial to-day Chief Justice Cock- ®urn commenced the charge to the jury. BULLION SUPPLY AND BANK LIABILITIES. The bullion in the Bank of England has increased £85,000 during the past week, ‘The proportion of the bank reserve to liabilities’ ‘which was last week 473; per cent, is now 49 per cent. The amount of bullion withdrawn from the bank ‘on balances to-day is £20,000, Whe Election Canvass Becoming Still More Active. Lonpon, Jan. 30—5:30 A. M. Mr. Thomas Hughes repudiates the action of the liberal meeting in Marylebone Wednesday night, nominating a candidate for Parliament. Mr. Edwin James retires from the contest in that district. The Lord Mayor is announced as @ candidate for Finsbury. Mr. Arch has declined the invitation of the Bir- gingham eléctors to stand for Parliament. WRV. OHARLES KINGSLEY EMBARKED FOR NEW YORK. ‘The steamer Oceanic, for New York, took out @8 passengers the Rev, Charles Kingsley and hdaughter. FRANCE. pecie in Flow to the Bank—Academy Honors to Savans. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Pasig, Jan. 29, 1874. ‘The specie in the Bank of France has increased 30,000,000f. during the past week. ELECTED TO THE ACADEMY. Mile. Elme Marie Caro, Alfred Mezieres and Alexander Dumas were to-day elected members of ‘the French Academy. SPAIN. Army Operations Before Bilbao. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK BERALD. MaDRD, Jan. 20, 1874, Reports have reached this city that General Moriones, commanding of the Army of the North fhas raised the blockade of Bilbao. GERMANY AND ITALY. Bismarck’s Persenalities a Cause of National Disquietude. TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Lonpow, Jan. 30, 1874. The statement in Della Marmora’s book with re- @ard to the cession of German territory to France Sand Prince Bismarck’s denial of its truth causes ‘coolness between Germany and Italy. Frankfort Bourse. FRANKFORT, Jan. 29, 1874, Un ited States bonds closed.at 98. IRELAND. Political Opinion of the Gladstone Policy of Dissolution. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HEBALD. Lonpon, Jan. 30—5:30 A. M. 4 Home Rule meeting, held in Dublin last night, Condemned the suddenness of the dissolution of Parliament as a trick for surprising the constitu- wencies. The Secretary of the Home Rule League writes hat the dissolution was owing to alarm at the Progress of the home rule movement. The Dublin correspondent of the Times says the Organization of the Home Rule party is incomplete gad there is a great lack of funds. ST. DOMINGO. ‘The Executive Represented in the Capital— Peace and Amnesty. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, Sr. DomINnGo, Jan. 20, 1874, General Gonzales, the temporary President of the Repubitc, accompanied by bis Cabinet, arrived fn the capital on the 18th inst. They were received ‘with much enthusiasm by the populace, and a “Te Deum’ was sung in the Cathedral. Tranquillity continues, and political refugees are Teturning to the country, JAPAN. Attempt to Assassinate Minister Iwa- kura. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28, 1874. C. W. Brooks, the Japanese Consul at this place, has received a despatch from Japan stating that on the evening of the 14th of January Minister br gd Racet | from the P: oe of Ee al b: ins BUIghEy Wonregoked by & party Of assassins an —____ THE SIAMESE TWINS, The Phila hia Physicians Gone to Mount Airy—Hopes of a Post-Mortem. PHILADELPHIA, Pa,, Jan, 29, 1874, Dr, W. H. Pancoast, with several other physt- clans, left this city this evening for Mount Airy, North Carolina, He received no advices from Dr. ‘William Hollingsworth, of that place, in answer to the letter sent him last week, but is of opinion there will be no trouble in making a post-mortem examination of the Siamese Twins. ‘The physicians will hardly reach their destination before satarday night. Dr. Joseph Holijngswoyth jp gtill io this clty. Prison. Prrrseuna, Pa., Jan. 29, 1874 This afternoon there was a hearing in court in the case of Dr. William Smith, of South Pittsburg, who is charged with having wilfully administered poison to Mary Jane Brood and others, thereby causing three deaths. Doctor Smith, who is now about sixty years of age, with his large bead covered with dark gray hair, and very stout, especially about the waist band, wore that same peculiarly serene coumtenance and manifested that indifferent air whieh were particularly ob- servable at the time of his arrest. He was repre. sented by able counsel, and paid a little attention to some of the proceedings. ‘The testimony elicited went to show that the magnesia, which unquestionably contained a great quantity uf pure arsenic, Was not procured from a drug- gist, but had been furnished and prepared by Smith himself. Furthermore it was sbown that the doctor was dware of magnesia being given to the chiid, and had sanctioned the proceeding. When the child expired he iniormed members of the family that death had been caused by worms eating through the stomach, and when he left the house he took the bottle containing the poisoned m sia away With bim. Measures were taken tae to exhume the body of James McDonald, interred in the Cnartter Cemetery, who also died from a dose of this Magnesta, and have his stomach submitted to analyzation. The evidence thus far would lead tothe con- clusion that Smith 1s either a consummate quack or a schemer of the deepest dye. Yet he could have had no motive in poisoning these innocent per- sons, unless it was a mania with him, as it has been with others. For instance, Mrs. Grinder was hanged here for such crimes. | would rather '. however, that he was criminally careless or al solutely ignorant of the correct manner of com- pounding prescriptions, and this is what has placed him in the dreadful position he occupies to- day. He was again committed to jail pending a further hearing on Saturday. SUMNER AND THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATE. Boston, Jan. 29, 1874, In the Massachusetts Senate to-day the Commit- tee on Federal Relations made a report on the peti- tion of John G. Whittier and otners in reference to the Sumner resolution. ‘The committee states that it has considered three questions—first, whether the resolution of 1872 ex- presses or implies censure; second, whether it is in the province of the Legislature to rescind or annul a resolution, and, third, whether the resolu- tion of 1872 ought to be rescinded, The committee decides in the affirmative on each question and fortifies its position by various reasons and precedents, THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. MEmpuHis, Tenn,, Jan. 29, 1874. A special despatch to the Appeal from Jackson, Miss., says that resolutions were introduced into the Mississippi Legislature to-day to ascertain if the amendments to the constitution were legally adopted at the November election; also memortalizing Congress to pay the refunded cotton tax to the State for educational purposes. ‘The resolutions were adopted by the House. A strong effort was made to induce Governor Ames to become a candidate for the Senate, but he positively declines. Mr. McKee’s chances are im- proving. Mr. Bruce will receive the nomination in caucus to-night. PHILADELPHIA OITY POLITIOS. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 29, 1874. A meeting of leading democrats of this State ‘was held to-day, at which it was decided to keep the party organization intact. The straight- out delegates to the late Democratic Mayoralty Convention, who oppose the endorsement of Colonel McClure, will meet in con- vention to-morrow night, and it 1s conceded that Mr. Henry Tatham will be the nominee. Mr. Tat- ham is an out-and-out democrat, and, having been nominated by the reform party, it is claimed that he will unite the reform and the democratic ele- ments. PUBTHER TESTIMONIALS TO THE NEW OHIEF JUSTICE. CINCINNATI, Jan. 29, 1874, In the Constitational Convention to-day tne se- lect Committee on Resolutions of respect to Chief Justice Waite, their late President, presented the following :— Reso! ‘That in accepting the resignation of Alon. Wa ‘4 Testimony to his char- di ished qualities reading om of podg.. in retiring officer 3 from the ‘Couféntion to accept the exalted position to which he had been called he carries with bim the affec- tionate regard of those with whom he has been officially Aefrilt manifest the same devotion to duty aad the game faithiulness to public trust. The resolutions concluded by tendering the thanks of the Convention and instructing the com- mittee to send Chief Justice Waite a copy of the resolutions. The vote adopting them was not put fort , but the whole Convention, at the sug- gestion of one of the members, accepting it stand- ing up. GRAND ABMY OF THE REPUBLIO. Avausta, Me., Jan. 29, 1874. The Grand Encampment, G. A. R., Department of Maine, held their annual meeting here this after- noon. The officers made their reports, which rep- resent the organization iu a prosperous condition. ‘There are twenty-one posts in the State, with a membership oi 1,046—an increase of four posta and loss of 114 members during the year. Officers were elected for the ensuing year, Com- mander Selden Conner, of Augusta, ing Senior Vice President. The proceedings closed with a banquet at the Coney House, HORSE TROTTING ON THE ICE. MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 29, 1874. The trotting on the ice of Massabeste Lake, which was postponed from Tuesday last, took place to-day. Fleetwing won the first money in three heats, Lady Sherburne the second and Annie Dickenson the third money. TROUBLE AMONG THE BOSTON LADIES, BOSTON, Jan. 29, 1874. A meeting of the voters of the Eleventh ward in Boston has been called for saturday evening next, to defend their action in electing ladies on the School Committee against the decision of the School Committee unseating them. THE BUFFALO BOARD OF MARINE UNDER- WRITERS, BUFFALO, Jan. 29, 1974. ‘The Board of Marine Underwriters met again this morning. The reports of the various committees, relating to marine and shippers’ interests, were submitted and discussed. ‘The old officers, with the exception of the Sec- retary andnew members of the Executive Com- mittee, were re-elected, and are as follows :— Edward D. Holden, of Milwaukee, President; A. A. Eustaphive, of Buffalo, Vice President; William Lovering, of Buffalo, Secretary. The Board adjourned until to-morrow. THE TRUSTEE OF JAY COOKE & 00, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 29, 1874. The voting by the creditors of Jay Cooke & Co, resulted in the choice of Edwin M. Lewis as trustee, under the forty-third section of the Bank- rupt act, and a committee of creditors, consisting of Messrs, Shoemaker, Clayton, Norris, Helfenstein ana Brown. This mode of settling the estate, which has the unanimous consent of creditors as wellas debtors, was this morning confirmed by the Court and is thus rendered final. PIRES IN WILLIAMSBURG, At about half-past five o'clock yesterday morn- ing @ fire broke out in the briar wood pipe factory of Julius Fleischman, No. 14 Montrose avenue, Williamsburg. The loss on stock ‘ts estimated at $6,000; insured for $2,000 in the Northern Insur- ance Uompany of Missourl. The damage to the vuild| ig_ about $2,500; insured in the Williams- gt og y Fire Insurance Company for $1,000. This is the seventh time that this factory nas been burned ont, all the fires being caused by a de- feotive fue. « SHOOTING AFPRAY, An altercation took place last night at No. 292 Bowery between James McDermott and Patrick Burns. While they were tussiing John McDonough, the proprietor of the saloon, interposed to sepa- rate them. McDermott knocked Burns down, and, pulling out a pistol, fred at him, The ball hit Mc- Donough in the breast, glancing off, and made but a slight wound. mcDermott was arrested PY, Cap- tain Byrnes, of the Fitteenth precinct, and ed up in the station house. Burns, it appears, is a derective in Brooklyn, and was employed: some members of McDermott’s family wi him. ‘The latter became aware of this, and when they met in the saloon last night a row was the conse- quence. The prisoner will be hejd tq @wat the resyit of Burga’ injurign. NEW YORK HERALD, FRAY, JANUARY 30, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON. Dramatic Denunciation of Durell in the Senate. WHY THE MESSAGE WAS SUPPRESSED. The Question of Financial Good Faith. MAYNARD’S MONETARY MILLENNIUM. WASHINGTON, Ji The Imp: t of Judge Durell) in the Senate—Carpenter’s Vivid Expo- sure of the Hidcou: as ofthe Louis ane Malrormations—An Intensely De: matic Scene. The Senate reminded one this morning of 2 High Court of Impeachment when the case of Pinch- back and tts relationship to the monstrous Lonisi- ana government came up, baving been already set down for a hearing to-day.’ The floor and galleries were filled when Senator Carpenter opened this case, looking to a new election, a confirmation of the opinion that the Kellogg government: was a counterteit and the unseating: of Pinchback. This cause célébre has for its contestants the most determined and reckless of men, and as discussing counsel, prepared to. tear it to pieces, two of the most formidable minds, in a legal and political point of view, consisting of Carpenter and Morton, The former, like a skilled swordsman, advanced to the attack, using a.legal rapier at the point and fortified by a pile of law books at hand As interested observers on the: field of challenge there were ex-Governer War- moth, Senator McMillen, Pinchback with bis coun- sel, Billings and Carter, while in the distance were Barrett, wha is said to bea hired, unscrupulous Bohemian, im the pay of Durell. Mr. Ryarts, old Ben Wade and Generar Sherman were also atten- tive listeners to the biistering attacks on Morton and the exposition made of the shocking election frauds practised by Kellogg, Durell and Packard. Carpenter made a plain case to the Senate in dis- secting the testimony a8 taken before the Com~ mittee on Privileges and Elections, being occasion ally prompted by Thurman and Edmunds, Morton was attacked with keem severity, and Carpenter, turning to the evidence, said he con- templated the attitude of the United States with miugled emotions of regret andshame. Review- ing the opinions of eight Senaters of the commit- tee and the 794 pages of testimony taken at the in. vestigation, he contended that there was no Legis- lature in Louisiana, and that the case af Pinckoack a8 a primé Jacie one, so strongly urged by Morton at first, was overturned. He spoke of the ingenuity of the Indiana Senator in withering sar- casm, apd said that Pinchback’s credentials did not show an election by a body authorized to elect. It did not matter at which end you com- menced to investigate the case. He desired once and for all to wash his hands of it and to show its hideousness in all its nakedness. The Lonisiana plotters were determined to have a government, even if it were to be had only by fraud. If War- moth could not abolish the Board with the Legisia- ture in his pocket and having {full control of it, he thought he should be immortal. He sketched the rascality of Herron, Hawkins and Pinchback with amusing yet condemnatory tulness, and then passed on to Dureil’s unheard of order to take possession of the State House and the holding ot it for six weeks with United States troops, and said he wished he could have tt read to every American citizen throughout the country. For rulness of fact as selected in the testimony and directness of the evidence adduced, Senator Carpenter has not been excelled in this arraignment which he has made of an outrageous violation of the spirit of republican government, and as the actors are brought up one by one, from Jacques to Durell and from Bouvet to Pinchback, with Warmoth and his minions in the setting, one sees in them the unscrupalous assassins and reckless adventurers who thought as lightly of destroying the integrity of a commonwealth as they did of tossing off the whiskey which controlled them in their foolhardy conspiracy and midnight orgies. During the scalping process of Carpenter's argu- ment West leans back and smiles with satisfaction. Pinchback, seated with McMillan, his competitor, eyes Morton with the glaring eagerness and stead- fast look of a tiger, while im contrast to this the great American lawyer (Evarts) calmly strokes his chin as he attentively notes the points. Carter does not leave his seat, but with his hand to his deafear is riveted by the unsparing words of Uarpenter. McEnery, on yonder side of the hall, squirms convulsively and shoves up his eyebrows with the reguiarity of a press feeder. Norton, the assignee in bankruptcy and the debaucned “right bower’ of Durell, passes boldly where honest men only shouid stand. Warmoth, gloved and caned, sits gloomily and foreboding in Boutwell’s seat, and Cain, the colored member of Congress, who so unmercifully scored Robbins in the House, has come to listen to the criminal prosecution, while Barrett, who is said tobe in the pay of Durell, skulks close by, and Ben Wade calmly views the scene; while Sherman, who marched down to the sea, sits by his brother and looks horrified at the whole affair. As far as Varpenter went to-day, not having yet finished, the shocking turpitude of the men and the events connected with the Louisiana election were unsparingly exposed. The Senate proceedea to the consideration of executive business, alter nearly threé hours of listening, with the under- standing that Carpenter will finish to-morrow. ‘The interest in the case grows meanwhile, Cause of the Suppression of the Lo ano Me: e—The President’s Fear of Impeachment. The real cause of the suppression of the Presi- dent’s Message on the Louisiana monstrosity was revealed to-day by a very ordinary circumstance. It appears that the President, determined to carry into effect his desire to unload, proposed to put upon Congress the responsibuity of setting the Louisiana matter right. When, however, it was made to appear that his Message might entrap him and be used against the republican party as good grounds for his impeachment, he sud- denly became converted, and realized that he had been guided by lawyers who were not statesmen and statesmen who were not lawyers. Now, what Senator Carpenter proposes is to re- jleve the President of the odium of impeachment tame, and he will claim, in the conclusion of his speech to-morrow, that the Louisiana case never presented facts giving the President jurisdiction under constitutional law, so far as poittl- cal issue or the legal status of the State of Louisiana were concerned. It is well known that at one time the President stated that he never designed to recognize the Kellogg gov- ernment, and Mr. Carpenter will maintain that wherein the President has been unauthorised or inconsiderate in his action, the loose and extra- vagant advice and superserviceable intermeddling of Attorney General Williams has been the occasion and the excuse of all questionable Executive action. ‘This is all that Mr. Carpenter can allege in defence Of the President, and whether the case is decided for or against, by the Committee on Privileges and Elections, the President will find himselfin an un- comfortable position, worthy of impeachment, through the assumption of authority or its exer- cise at the suggestion of such partisan advisers. Proposed Method of Getting Rid of Du- rell, the Monstrosity, Without Harm to the Administration. Two modes of getting rid of Judge Durell are Suggested by republicans, with the view of avotd- ing his impeachment and the damaging effect It might have upon the administration. One is that he shall resign, and a tremendous pressure is being brought to bear apon him to that end. An- other is to aboitsh the present United States Judi- otal district of Louisiana, and to erect in tts stead two judicial districts. which would legislate Darel ) that gentleman would be williag to admit, OUt Of OMce, Wit no prooaDility Of his-velmE reap- pointed. House Debate on Retrenchment in the Army anit in Public Buildings—The Bughear of ance and the Many Schemes of Kelle. ‘The course of the House for the past two days has been significant, and indicates what the country may expect im the way of actual re- trenehment. When Mr. Garfleld reported his bill to curtail expenditures for public buildings and coverunexpended balances into the Treasury to meet the present pressing demands wnon the pub- Me funds he was met by a prearranged opposition, whioh showed itseif in a demand made by Mr. Plast, chairman of the Committee on. Public Build- ings and Grounds, that the bill should go to that committec. Tuere was some show of plausibility in this demand, and some members doubtlessly voted for such a reference on the ground that it ought, in accordance with the custom of the House, to be so reterred; but they must have been aware that such a reference would prove fatal to the objects of the bil, It was also noticeable that members {rom tocalties where: pablic buildings have been ordered favored such a reierenee, and tne vote being over two to one indicates that there wall be little { to the Treasury from any of these crite Site covered in, ‘The debate on the Army bill indicates a strong Vote against any substantial reduction fn the army expenditure, altuough there may be m® cutting down of the amount in the annual Appropriation bill, which, a8 indicated by.Mr. Niblack, will only result, in necessitating alarge deficiency bill later in. this Congress, The extreme Western members insist that instead of a reduction of the torce employed against Indians there should be an increase, and as the doniinant party cannot afford ta admit that ‘the Soath 1s inf condition to take care of itself, especially if the Civil Rights bill 18 passed, it is not Ukely there will be mucie actual retrenchment in the way of army expenditures, The feeling of the House, or rather the result of the great diversityof opinions among the rsembers as to the particular Diaces where retrenchment shall be-made, as weil as the desire of members to take care of their own local interests, makes the remark of the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, that the House fayored retrenchment in every other place than in, the bill which may be under present consideration, more nearly true than even It is quite possible, however, that some apparent redu tion, to satisly the popular demand, may be made. cutting down the regular appropriation bills, as the Army and Navy bills, and leave the deficien- cies to be made-up after the panic has more fully passed and the public mind become more quiet. When the Committee of the Whole rose to-day it was understood that the gencral debate on the Army bill would close an hour after the expira- tion of the hour of Mr. Randall, who was on the floor at the time. The bid will then be acted upon by sections, under the rule for five minute speeches, The only other measure of general importance in the House to-day was the Banking bill, reported Irom the Committee on Banking and Currency by its chairman, Mr. Maynard, which was against the wish of the committee, and was sent to the Com- mittee of the Whole by a vote of the House. Thero 18 @ strong desire on the part of the mem- bers to get at tho currency question, but there are such @ variety of views on the subject—nearly every one having a plan of hus own to relieve the country—that thore is every prospect of a pro- tracted debate and a great degree of uncer- tainty as to the measures that will be finally agreed upon in the House, and atill more doubt as to whether the Senate will be disposed to accept the views of the House or the House agree to the suggestions of the Senate. Mr. May- nard gave notice of an intention to try and reach his biltin the Committee of the Whole in about ten days, and Mr. Dawes sald that he would try to have the bili from bis committee, ixing the amount of greenbacks at $400,000,000, considered at the same time. The Wednesday and Thursday evening sessions of the House to consider the revised code are voted @ great bore and the attendance 1s decidedly slim, not numbering as many as the members of the Committees on the Revision of the Laws. Messrs. E, R, Howe, Poland snd Lawrence appear to be the general managers, with Mr. Durant, the law- yer who went over the revision stated by them, for frequent consultations. The monotony of the session was occasionally broken by a question from Messrs. Eldridge, Conger, Willard and one or two others, To-night the number of members present during tne first hour was limited to fif- teen, but there was a slight increaso later in the evening by the accession of others who dropped in to write a letter or to see what was going on. ‘Two Million Dollars Saved in the Naval Estimates—Proposition to Abolish the Marine Grade of Brigadier General. The Naval Appropriation bill, as it will be re- ported by Mr. Sargent from the Senate Commit. tee on Appropriations, compares as follows with the bill as it passed the House:—The committee have consented to a reduction ofabout two-fifths in the appropriations for the civil lists of the various navy yards, and to the section cutting down the number of privates in the Marine Corps from 2,000 to 1,500 men, and to all other reductions made by tne House, except in the appropriations tor some of the operative buregus, which are restored to about the amount of the revised estimates. The committee also report a provisiomjabolishing the grade of brigadier general in ti larine Corps as soon a8 @ vacaucy occurs. The bill, as now re- ported, contemplates @ total apptopriation of about $2,000,000 less than the original estimates and about three-quarters of a million less than the revised estimates, the total being increased by the Senate committee between $300,000 and $400,000, in order to avoid otnerwise inevitable de- ficiencies, Specific Appropriation To Be Made Here- after. The House Committee on Appropriations to-day resumed the examination into the manner of pay- ing the expenses for negotiating loans, the sum paid, &c., the design of the committee being to fix such transactions with exactitude and also to provide specific appropriations, instead of leaving the money to be paid, as heretofore, under the head of permanent appropriations. The loan branch officers were present to explain. Expense of Paying the Pensions. It appears from an oMcial communication of Commissioner of Pensions Baker tnat the cost to the government of the disbursements, under the existing laws, Of $30,000,000 of pension moneys, is about one and a-half per cent of the whole amount disbursed. This, he says, is velieved to bea less percentage of cost in the disbursement of public moneys than can be shown in any other branch of the public service. The single item of postage upon pension vouchers and checks does not fall short of $100,000, which is about twenty per cent of the whole cost of disbursement. The aggregate amount of compensation to bs oma: iD agents 13 set down at Mr. Maynard’s Financ! Bill—Banks to Deposit with the United States Five Redemption of National Notes in Two Years. The following is the text of the bill reported to-day from the Committee on Banking and Cur- rency:— Be it enacted, &c., That section 31 of the act en- titled An act to provide a national currency se- cured by @ pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption there- of, “approved on the 34 day of June, in the year 1664, be 80 amended that the several’ associations therein provided for shall not hereatter be re- quired to keep on hand any amount of money whatever by reason of the amount of their re- spective circulation; but the moneys required by suid section to be kept at all times on band shail be determined by the amount of deposits in all respects as provided in the said section. Seo. 2.—That section 21 of the said act, eo several amendments thereto, so tar as they restrict the amount of notes for circulation under said act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that section 1 of the act entitled “An act to provide for the redemption of the three per cent tempo- rary loan certif@ates and for an increase ol! na- tional bank notes,” approved on the 12tn of July, 1870, be amen by re) ing the second proviso in said pootionl oom tain 5 s SRO. 3,— every association organized or be Gey ander the provisions o1 the said act the several acts in amendment py log at all keep and hi ited ip the rz of United Staten. 4 Mawiut huer of the 5 4 don, of the amount of such redemptions. sum equal to ove went of (ta circulation, to be held and used Ouly. fon abe Foe demption of such circulation, and whens.(he cir- culating notes of any such association or associa; tious shall be presented, assorted or unassorted, for redemption in sums ,of $1,000 or any multiple thereol, to the Secretary’of the Treasury or to the Assistant Treasurer in the city of New York, the same shall be redeemed in United states notes, AU notes 80 redeemed suall be charged by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to the respective associations issuing the — sain and he shall potily them severally on + first day of each month or oftener, at his discr Wher upon each association #0 notified shail forthwith deposit with the Treasurer of the United States a sum in United States notes equal to the amount of its circulating notes so redeemed; and when such redemptions bave beeu so reimbursed, the circular ing notes so redecmed, or Ut worn, mutilated or de- | laced, new notes instead shall be forwarded to | the respective associations, provided that each of | said associations shall reimburse to the Treasury the costs of redemption and of supplying uew | notes im phuce of those redeemed ; and the associ tions hereafter organized shall also severally reim- United states, a burse to the ‘Treasury the costs of engraving and | prioting their circulating notes; abd provided jugiher that the entire amount of United States notes outstanding and in circulation at any one time shall not exceed the sum of $40,000,000, now authorized by existing iaws. Sec, 4.—That any association organized under this act or any of the acts of which this isan amendment desiring to withdraw its circulating notes, in whole or in part, may, upon deposit of Law- {ul money within the meaning of said acts in sutos of not tess than $10,000 with the Treasurer of the United States, withdraw a proportionate amouut of bonds deposited in pledge for such circulation, ,| and he shat! redeem, cancel and destroy an amount of the circulating notes of such association equal to the amount issued on such bonds. SEC. 5.—That sections 31 and 32 of the said act be amended by requiring that such of the said associ- ations shall keep its lawful mouey reserve within its own vauits at the place whexe its operations of discount and deposits are carried on, and all the provisions of the eaid sections requiring or per- mitting any of the said associations to keep any portion of its lawiul money roserves cisewhe than in its own vaults, or requiring or permittin the redemption of tts circulating notes elsewhere than at its own counter, are hereby repeale Sxo. 6,—Lhat upon all circulating notes hereatter issued or hereaiter to be issued, whenever the same shall come into the Treasury in payment or on deposit tor redemption or otherwise, there Shall be printed, under such rules and regulations as the Treasurer may prescribe, the charter num. bers of the associations by which they are sever- ally issued. ‘Sue. 7, at associations without circulation may be organized under the provisions of the said. act, upon the deposit with the Treasurer of tue. United States of not leas that $10,000 of Univea States registered bonds, as provided in section 16 of said act, and associations already. organized without circulation are authorized to withdraw their bonds 1n excess of $10,000. SKC. 8.—That the Seeretary of the Treasury 1s hereby authorized and direcied to sasue at the be- | ginning of each and every month, from and in- cluding July, 1874, $2,900,000 of United States notes not bearing interest, payavle in gold two years aiver date, of sach denominations as he shall deem expedient, not less than $10 each, in exchange for and as u substitute for the same amount of the United States notes now in circulation, which shall be cancelled ; and any excess of gold in or here- after coming into the Treasury of the United States, alter payment of interest upon the public debt and supplying anv deticiency in the revennes. provided to meet the current expenses of the government, shall be retained a8 a reserve for, the redemption of such notes, Caucus of Democratic and Liberal Mem- bers of the House ou the Question of FinancemA Great Diversity of Senti- ment Expressed. The demopratic, conservative and liveral mem- bers of the House met m caucus to-night in the room of the Judiciary Committee. The meeting was largely attended. Mr. Niblack, of Indiana, was unanimously elected permanent chairman, and Young, of Georgia, and Parker, of New Hampshire, were elected secretaries. The only members of any note absent were Wood, Potter and Cox, New York, and Beck, of Kentucky. The chairman stated that the caucus was called to elictt the views of the democratic and conservative members in relation to the great questions now beiore the people of the country, the greatest of which he considered to be the sub- ject of fnance. A general discussion took place, which did not indicate ao great a diversity of views ag at first seemed prob- able. Mr. Whitehouse, of New York, spoke in opposition to, éither contraction or expansion and was strongly in tavor of depriving the Secretary of the Treasury of the power of producing either, He was followed by Mr. Durham, of Kentucky, a member of the Com- mittee on Banking and Currency, who was in favor of allowing things to remain as they were. Mr. Randall, also of the same committee, made a very able address. He declared himselt in opposition to inflation, but in favor of the 400,000,000 of legal tenders, and thought that whatever of this amount still remained unissued should be in na- tional currency. Mr. Cook, of Georgia, favored increasing the currency, and said that the people of his State lacked the necessary means to trans- act business and move their cotton crop, and tn this he was endorsed by ail the members present from his State. Similar views were expressed by Hereford, of West Virginia; Mr. Crossland, of Ken- tucky, and members from the West. Mr. W. R Roberts, of New York, spoke strongly in condenina- ion of the present national banking system. He said that inno other country in the world was there @ similar institution; that of all the monopolies which cursed the nation this was the greatest; that it was like a gigantic leech, draining the very life blood of our commerce and | our agriculture. He favored the gradual cancella- tion of the bank currency and the substitution of a national currency and the passage of a law which would prevent the Secretary of the Treasury trom contracting or expanding the currency at his pleasure, and to fix the volume of the currency at $400,000,000, Mr. Shoemaker, of Brooklyn, followed pe sence of the national banking system and in favor of allowing sffairs to remain as they are. Mr. Hamilton, Or New Jersey, 6xptenBed like Bentt- ments, Mr. Holman, of Indiana, made a very able speccif, He took the same position Colonel! Roberts, in opposition to the national banks and in favor of @ national currency, and declared that the only salvation of the democratic party was in opposition to the present and past Hn ancial policy of the government, and he said thatany party which endorsed it could have no hope of a future. He offered a resolution em- bracing these views, not, he said, for action to- night, but for tuture consideration. On his con- cluding the caucus adjourned, subject tothe call of the Chair. The session was entirely harmo- nious, and, though the views were warmly pre- sented and vigorously urged, a spirit of harmouy permeated the entire discussion. The desire was to agree upon some basis ior future action, atid another caucus will soon be held, BURGLARS CAPTURED. SEL: MEL SOT A “Gang” in the Hands of the Aathori- ties at Elmira. Evaira, N. Y., Jan, 29, 1874. It seems reasonably certain that the operations of the gang of burglars that have infested this city all winter have at last been stopped by the arrest | of many of the gang. While the city authorities have not been lax in their measures the credit of the discovery of the thieves belongs to a couple of citizens. Three or four persons nave been arrested at various times during the winter, and two of them were undouptedly a part of the gang, | but the main body was captured this week. The | Operations of the thieves bave been bold and adroit and very successial. They have travelled to other towns, and scoured the whole country | round about. In fact, it was carelessness on the return of the thieves from one or their predatory excursions that gave the principal clew to their entity as such. ‘The attention 6f Joel Ruton, a milkman, was drawn, some time since, to the occupants of & house which lies near the raiiroad track. The house had until recently been occupied, and one morning, while on his route, he was approached by a woman who desired to buy some milk. He could see into the nouse, and noticed some three or for men seated around the stove, and his suspicions were immediately aroused, and he com- municated them to the night watchman of the La France manufactory, who after that kept close | surveillance of the house and its occupants. He soon saw enough to convince him that they were the burglars, and the police authorities were nov- fied. A warrant was made out, ana they pro- ceeded to the house and arrested turee men and one woman. One of the party, an old man of nearly fifty, managed to esc ‘The prisoners gave their names as George Hummel, George Stan and John Schmitt, the woman being Mra, sohn Schmitt. The old was man subsequently arrested in Troy, Pa., by an officer irom this city. He gave his name as John Walter. Goods of every description were found in the house, and a great deal has been identified and reclaimed by the parties who have sustained loss. These parties, with GriMn and Dunn, who were arrested previonsly, undoubtedly form the nu- cleus of the party; but that some of them are still at large is also truc. The watchman at the manufactory, Mr. Rich, who was instrumental in their arrest, while closing the factory the other Night was shot at by some one, who was supposed to be @ member of ¢ Search was instantly made, but the criminal was not discovered. re | the world, 7 BURNED, Déxtpuction of the New Olympic Theatre, om Market Street, Philadeiphia—Snspicions of Incendiarism—istory of the Build- img —Tho Losses to the Owners and Theatrical Company — Two Firemen Killed. PHILADELVHIA, Jan, 2, i874, ‘The sew Olympic Theatre, ow Market street, below Tlurteentn street, caught fre about three o'clock this morning amd@ was totally destroyed. ‘The building was formerly Known as National Halt and waa used for public meetings, exbibitions, | conventions, &e, it i# strongiy suspected that the fire which caused the destruction of the theatre was @ case of incerdiarism. Severat attempts had beeu previ- ously e to Bre it, and about Christmas the City Fire Marshal cautioned vie Board of Underwriters of the dangerous charac attempts to fire it, By the falling of the walts two firemen were » kiMlea and severat injured, St. John’s, Catholic church, on Thirteenth atremty and the Friends’ meeting house, on ‘twellth street, were ingreat dan, but through the eforts ef the fremen were s: A carpenter shop adjotme ing the rear of the theatre was crushed vy the fatke ing walls, but no other adjacent property was see riously damaged, except by water Firemen were at work this aiternoon puting down the walls left standing. The building be longed to the Arentzeil estate and was valucad at $50,000; insurea for $45,750 in Pennsylvania ang New England companies as follows :— For $1,500 each in the Westchester, of New ¥ork; Birmingham, of Pennsylvania ; Boatmen's, of Pitta. borg; Amazon, of Cincinuati; Fire ana Marine, O1uazens’, Peabody and German, of Whecing; Brewers’, of Milwaukee; Roger Williarw and City, of Providence; Nail City, of W WP}. Cutt zens’, of Missouri; Atlas, of New Orleans, Giooe, of Chicago; National, of Mississippi. Also im the Pennsyivania, of Philadeiphia, $3,000; Ssteqaara, of Philadelphia, $2,000; American Centred, of St. Louis, and Allemania, of Ohio, $1,250 eaciy ‘The loss to the management 1s about $25,000, Among cue suiferers are Mr. Van Horn, oosjumer; Amelia Dean, Minnie Jackson, Sophie Elmer, Fan- nie Bean, Charles Vincent, Littie Joe, @ F. kay mond and others, all of whom lose considerably by the destraction of the wardrobe of the theatre. Mr. Fox, oi Lhe Amerjcan Theatre, andshe :Black Crook” management: have ofered the Mayor the use of that theatre and company fora benefit on Monday next in aid of the iaumuilibs of the,decensed nd injured firemen, ‘rhe names of the firemen killed George W. Devitt and Charles O'Neil. Six other dremew were seriously injured. The building was erected tn 1850, aad, was.an an- fortunate speculation, never having been papal In 1857 Rev. Dr. Tyng used it whea his reiations with the Kpiphany church were cuptured: by bi strong anti-slavery sermon. Pierce Butler, & prominent member of the charsh and a large Shareboider, organized such 4 movenens agamet Mr. Tyng that he and his trends abapdoned the church and used this building, then. Known as National Hall, as a temporary place of worship, pending the erection of a new church in 186% On the 15th of December, 1869, Ueorge Willlam Curtts delivered a. lecture on the slavery qaestion in the same building, the event being attended with excitement so great that there were serious apugehensions of a riot, and a large force of police. was required to keep the peace. On the evening of January 5, 1861, & large Union meeting was held. in the hall, being one of the first great loyal gatherings in this city just previous to the-outbreak, of hostilities, After the close of the war Nationat Hall was the building tn which was held the sessions of the celebrated Southern Loyalists’ Convention, which was called t@ counteract the reac tionary convention, hetd in a temporary wigwan a short time beiore, and wai. in session several days the city presenting a con tanued scene of excitement. The temporary Chatr- man of the Convention was Mr. Thomas J. 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