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WASHINGTON. Tho Financial Talk Still Dragging Its Slow Length Along. ss to extend to theJudtetary, Jt is already evident that the extraordinary vouchers approved by sume Of the district judges demonstrate a moral turpitude that Onmds a parallel only in the case of Judge Durell, of New Orleans, and his blindness to the proceedings of E. F. Norton, the assignee in bankruptcy. The sub-committee will report to the committee on Saturday that it willo6 Impossible to proceed without authority to gena- for persons and papers; end Messrs. Parsyns and Williams, whose delicate sense of propriety pre- vented the Chairman from asking this‘autnerity on Monday last, have agreed to suymort the resolu- tion ifthe sub-committee think/it necessary that the committee shovld now ‘Tiave this authority. Confidential reports fromyAetectives sent ont by the Treasury Departmgnt trace questionable trans- actions to high oM@6rs, whose names, as yet, are Irregularities in the De- partment of Justice.: _—_————. BUTLER’S PENSION BILL The President on the Carpet Bag Element in the South. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 1874. Whe Monotonous Monetary Debate in the Senate—The Climax Wrawing Near— Uncertainty as to the Result of a De- cisive Vote. The Senate took up again the much tortured | question of finance, and were treated to a long Speech from Zach Chandier, the great war Senator, as he was criticisingly called to-day by Senator Logan. He argued the question in his pe- culiarly impassioned manner and frequently, as be Dung his arms wildly in the air, repeating the sen- tence ironically, ‘more money,” he, with varying sentence and effect, chided the policy o{ the infla- tlonists and opposed their views in toto, This great and serious question of the day, involving | the interests of the whole country, was treated by him, to a certain degree, in a manner which was regarded by the Senate as a companion Picture to Flanagan’s character speecn of | yesterday, in the amusement provoked by his peculiar, gritty and slashing manner. The anti- inflationists derived great comiort from the staunch advocacy of “hard cash’ principles in carrency which he so earnestly avowed. He was followed by Senator Morton, who met his argu- ments with ever ready force, and continued his cogent reasoning, favoring throughout increased circulation. So, with varying debate througbout the day, the interest increased as the parliamen- | tary efforts evidenced a decrease in force and | brilliancy, until it became evident that the climax ‘was drawing near when a vote could not be much | longer postponed. A few more attempts at strat- 1 egy and tactics were made, and it was patent to the observer that the near approach to a final set- thement by vote was not regarded as palatable. So motions were made for an éxecutive session, | adjournment and amendments in succession, | ‘which were unavailing, and finally the question was | called on Senator Wright’s amendment to recom- | mit, which, as foreshadowed in these despatcies | of yesterday, was lost by a close vote of twenty- | eight to thirty. Then there was more skirmishing to avoid the issue on Senator Merrimon's amend- | ment, ior which purpose Senator Howe sent in an | amendment, which was lost. Then Senator Thur- | Man rose and made an urgent appeal to recommit, and Senator Buckingham offered a substitute to cover the whole bill, providing for a recommittal | with instructions. Senators Boutwell and Howe | engaged the attention of the Senate and the time | ‘was speeding on, when it seemed to be hoped that | it would be impracticable to take a vote to-day on the amendments of Senators Merrimon and Cam- eron. The pages were sent right and leit to bring in absent Senators who might be in the cloakroom or lobby, 80 as to have a {ull vote. Senators Cam- eron, Logan, and Ferry of Michigan, moved about anxiously to satisfy themselves that every one was at -his post, and that the full | voting force should be present. Senator Schurz And others of the opposition were equally active — and anxious. The atmospliere was growing elec- trical witn subdued excitement, and a keyed-up | Strain of increasing anticipation prevailed. A Hood of light flashed overhead as the gas Was | turned on. Senators Morton, and Ferry of Michi- | gan, asked that the vote be deferred until to-mor- Tow, owing to the absence of certain Senators fa- vorable toinflation. No! the vote must be taken; No adjournment is necessary nor possible. Sena- tors Conkling and Sherman will not listen to post- pouement. Again a flurried movement is percep- tible. and every one settles down for the vote which is to decide this contest of varying views and propo- sitions on the great question of the day. Every one is intent, and the movement for settiement of the ‘vexed .and complicated issue seems to have arrived. There is a slight pause. Suddenly Senator Morton moves an adjournment, which nas already been twice defeated. ‘Yeas’ and *‘Nays” are called. The coalition of Senators Morton, Logan, Cameron and Ferry of Michigan, with others of the same ilk, 18 toe strong. ‘he motion ts carried by a vote | of thirty-six to twenty-four. Forthe present the crisis is deferred, Most of the Senators were so | impatient to get away that they commenced leav- | ing the Chamber before the vote was announced | by the Chair, as soon as they had become convinced that it was carried inthe affirmative. The vote will be taken to-morrow on the other amend- ments, looking to inflation, as offered by ; find withheld from the/public. General Grant on the Carpet-Bag Ele- ment in the South. President Grant, in recent conversation with Southern members of Congress, remarked that a3 Jar as it was in his power he should hereafter strictly follow the policy of conferring appoint- ments in the South on those whose loyalty and character were such as to entitle them to his fayor- able consideration. He was of the opinion that the so-called carpet-bag element had not contrib- uted much to the good of the party in that section. The Weak Points in Butler’s Pension Bill—Impracticability of the Proposed New System—The Working of the Pres- ent Organization, The billto amend and codify the laws in regard to the payment of pensions, so as to insure effi- ciency and economy in that branch of the public service, introduced by General Butler yesterday, is not a new measure. The same scheme was pro- | posed by Butler three years ago, but never passed. ‘The bill contemplates a very radical change in the mode of transacting the pension business and the payment of pensions. An impression prevails that the pension agents of the government, of whom there sixty, are enormoualy paid. ‘This view, how- ever, which prevails in Congress, is based entirely on ignorance of the law. Pension agents run their agencies with the gross amount of compensation, and this includes salary, clerk hire, rents and every other expense incident to the office. Agents are paid @ certain percentage, those disbursing $450,000 receiving the maximum compensation, which is $4,000. They also receive thirty cents for each voucher prepared, The Commissioner of Pen- sions has not yet had the bill formally laid before him, though he has examined it, and states that he thinks the scheme impracticable on account of the distribution of payment through a great number of agencies, which would occasion delays. He thinks the proposed system would be unpopular for the Teason that, the business being mainly conducted in the Washington office, it would be so far re- moved from the pensioner that he woula it impossible to obtain iniormation promptly. Tne economy of the measure the Commissioner thinks questionable. At pres- ent all expenses are borne by the agents, with an average of five clerks each. The proposed system would necessitate the employment of extra ser- vice at the post offices and a very large force ot | additional clerks here, an expense now paid by the agents, The bill will give rige to considerable bun- | combe oratory, judging from the numerous com- munications received at the Pension Office from members of Congress asking information. The following is a statement of the gross amount of compensation to which: each pension agent was entitled for the year ending June 30, 1873, which, | includes the expenses of office rent, clerk hire, preparing vouchers, with postage on the same, and \ } remittance of the money to pensioners:— { nished of the 80,64 intentions of all concerned. He qualified the “pormission, however, by requiring that an of‘eer of the revenue shall accompany the steamer, God aad the Chris Religion in the Constitution, ‘© Mr. Butler yesterday reported adversely from the ‘Committee of the Judiciary on the memoria, asking for an acknowledgement of Almighty God and the Christian religion im the constitution of the United States. THE CURRENCY. Efforts of the Inflationists in the Sen= ate—Patent Idcas for Resuming Specie Payments—Theortes Unbounded—Lo- gan and Schurz in Verbal Warfare— Scott’s Motion Lost. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 1874, ‘The Senate to-day resumed the consideration of the bilito equalize ‘he distribution of the currency. Mr. CHANDLER, (rep.) Of Mich., said that at the proper tume he would offer an amendment whica he had read tor information. It proviaes that the Secretary of the Treasury shall retire and destroy. a dollar of legal tender notes for each dollar in national bank notes issued. Mr. Chandler said he believed his proposition in regard to resumption of specie payments made some days ago was feasible. He thought the nation could give notice that it would resume specie payments at an early day, say July 1, 1875, or even January 1, 1875, and coin could be accumulated in the Treasury by that time which, with @ loan of $100,000,000, that could be negotiated, would enable sucn resumption. That would be the greatest measure of relief ever proposed for the mation, and the result wou!d be beneficial to all classes. There seemed to be a rabid mania here on tne part of some Senators against the word “‘coin.”? Increase the circulation and the purchasing power of money would be di- minished just in proportion. Inflation was the greatest curse which Senators could inflict upon the nation or their constituents. He quoted the price of Confederate money from time to ume, until at last it took $1,200 of it to buy $1 in green- backs, and said that was inflation carried out to | its bitter end, Mr. Loaan, of Illinois, said he was surprised that the great war Senator should be comparing our notes with Confederate notes. Did he not know tiat those notes were based on a prospective gov- ernment, and the moment that government de- clined the money would be worth nothing? He (Mr. Logan) was ashamed of his country if such stuff as this was to be received as argument in thie Senate. Mr. HOWE gave notice that he would submit an amendment as a substitute for that to be proposed by Mr. Chandler, providing that tne Secretary of the Treasury shall, once in each month, sell to the highest bidder for United States notes coupon bonds equal to eighty-five per cent of the additional bank circulation issued during the month preceding, which bonds shall bear interest at the rate of five per cent per an- num, Anos quarterly, and the principal shall be Payable at the pleasure of the government, after ten years from their date, both principal and in- terest to be patd in gold coin, but none of said bonds shall be sold at less than their par value, and the United States notes received in exchange cieeeree shall never be reissued, but shall be de- stroyed. Mr. MoRTON said he thought the argument on the other side might be said-to be on its last legs when an attempt was made to compare our money with that of the Confederate States. He would call the attention of the Senate to one evil which would result trom the passage of this Twenty-five Million Dollar bill, It would work a contraction of the currency to the amount of $25,000,000, because the banks irom which the money was to be taken would understand that they would be liable to be cailead upon any day to return the money, and NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET fore, moved that the Senate to the mgangiion, of executive business. jected, Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, said the Senator from Ten- nessee (Mr. Brownlow) was not in his seat oD ac- count of inaisposition, having left the Senate with the understanding that there would be no vote to- day. He, therefore, thought an hour should be fixed for the vote to-morrow or an opportunity pg ly be given for the Senator from Tennessee to come The yeas and rare were taken on Mr. Scott's amendment, and it was lost—yeas 28, nays 30—as" follows :— Yuas—Messrs. Anthony, Boutwell, Buckingham, Chandler, Conkling Cooper, ‘Gragian Davia, Fenton: Ferry of Conn., Frelinghuysen, Gilbert, Hager, Hamil if Md.. Hatnlin, Jones, 'y, Morriil of Me., Mor- rgent, Schurz, Scott,’ Sherman, Stevenson, Stewart, Stockton, Sumner, Wadleigh—23. avs—Messrs. Alcorn, Allison, Bogy, Boreman, Cam- penter, Clayton, Dennis, Ferry of Mich., Gold- thwalt larvey, Howe, Johnson, Logan, McCreery, Merritpon, Mitcliell, Morton, Norwood, Oglesby, Pat terson, Pease, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Spencer, Thur- man, Tipton, West, Wright. Mr. Flanagan, who would have voted in the affirmative, Was paired off with Mr. Dorsey; Mr. Hitchcock, against the amendment, was paired with Mr, Kamunds; Mr. Gordon, against 1%, with Mr. Bayard; Mr. Hamilton, o! Texas, tn favor of it, with Mr. Ingalls. Mr, Saulsbury, in favor of it, with Mr. Ransom, Mr. Howe moved his amendment, above re- orted, as an amendment to that ot the gentleman ‘om North Carolina, Mr. Merrimon, Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, sald the effect of this amendment would be to compel the govern- ment to pay nearly $2,000,000 per aunum interest for the sake of having a littie more money. Mr. Hows withdrew hig amendment as an amendment to that of Mr. Merrimon, and offered it in connection with that of Mr. Cameron, for an unlimited issue of national bank currency, as a substitute for Mr. Merrimon’s amendment, which instructs the committee to report a bill increasing the volume of national bank currency to $400, 000,000, The question being stated by the Chair, Mr. Hows said the last change of front made by him was a mistake, and he would, therefore, offer his amend- ment as he at first proposed, to that of the gentle- man /rom North Carolina (Mr. Merrimon). Mr. BOUTWELL said the amendment contained in it principles which would bring this country to bankruptcy. Mr. Morton—Will the gentleman state how? Mr. BourwEL1—It is a process by which you in- crease the demand for legal tenders and diminish the supply, He thought the great error of the present moment was the tendency of men to rely on principles of other countries which were not applicable to ours. He was disposed to look at things around us and take counsel of what was within our own knowledge. We had in this country, barring the circumstance that our paper money 18 not redeemable tn coin, acurrency a8 good ag any in the world, Mr. Hircacock moved to adjourn, The motion was lost. Mr. SHERMAN hoped the whele subject would be recommitted without any instructions to the Com- mittee. The subject was 80 complicated and there was such a diversity of opinion that it would all be unsatisfactory in the end, if the Committee should be instructed. He thought the best thing to do-was to pass the bill as it came irom the Com- mittee. The vote wasitaken on Mr. Howe’s amend- ment—Yeas 16; nays 40, Yuas—Anthony, Buckingha: Cragin, Fenton’ Ferry (Conny Howe, Jones, Morrill (Me. ner and Wadleigh—16, Nays—Messrs. Alcorn, Allison, Bogy, Boreman, Bout- well, Brownlow, Cameron, Carpenter, Cooper, Davis, Dennis, Ferry (Mich), Flanagan, Goldthwatte,’ Hager; Harvey, ‘Johnston, Kelly, Logan, McCrcery, Merrimon, Mitchell, Morton, Norwood, Ogiesby. Patterson, Pease: Pratt, Kamsev, ‘Kobertson, Sargent, Saulsoury, Scott, Spencer, Stevenson, Stockton, Thurman, ‘Tipton, West, right—40, Mr. BUCKINGHAM Offered a substitute for Mr. Merrimon’s amendment that the Finanve Commit- tee be instructed to report a bill to provide for free banking and tor funding Jegai-tender notes into United States bonds, and the redemption of United States bonds tn legal tender notes, Rejected. The question then recurred on the amendment of Mr. Cameron for the repeal of all laws restrict. te amount of national bank currency, . MORTON said the Senate was not full, and he therefore moved to adjourn at twenty minutes past five P.M. This motion was adoptea and the sen- ate adjourned. CUBA, Chandler, Conkling, Frelinghuysen, Hamlin, jorrill (Vt), Stewart, Sum- The Island in a State of Siege—Effect of the Captain General’s Decree in Havana—Its Favorable Reception in the Island— The Operations of the Insurgents— Besult of Five Years’ Struggle. HAVANA, Feb. 12, 1874, they would not lend it, ALAN New Hampshire— j ir. FRELINGHUYSEN, of New Jersey, said it might ret i SERRA oy errpors $803 | produce a good deal of contraction, but he thought Hartree: 500. New York— “| there was @ plan which would accomplish all that District ot Columbia ‘Albany: 18,700 | Was desired without PETA rae. any em- Langton. 9,000 «Canandaigua. 18,000 | barrassment. He would say, let the cir- New York.. 14,000 | culation be increased $25,000,000 or $50,000,000, 7,00 | and at the same time dtminish ' the 9.700 | United States notes to an equal amount, The result would be that without increasing che paper 3,500 | money banking facilities would be increased in those sections wanting it and there would be uo 1,700 | withdrawal of money from the East to give to the | West, The distribution of the increase of national | 150 | pank currency should be confined to those States | 12,009 | Which have not their share. Again, there should 16,300 | be provision made jor an assorting house, so that v9 | banks shouid have their notes returned to them at stated times, Thus the circulation would be local- 380 | ized. He would not allow any one to have the Matias ! benefit of creating national banks unless such ap- valids)......... 16,500 , Plicant produced a license from the State or Goy- 5,100 Do. (widows). 16,04) | ernor thereof. This would secure tne proper lo- an 5,700 | Bangor. i 3,50, Massachusetts— Vermont— | Boston.......... 19,000 Montpelie 6,300 Maryland— arlington 5,500 | Balumore....... i aa is x 9,200 West Virgini 7,000 | Wheeling 8,400 Wisconsin. 2.100 Madison... 6,500 Milwaukee. 8,000 14,000 | Tua Crosse... 4.300 5.30) Washington lerritory— | Vancouver...... 159 6,000 Calitornia— San Francisco, 2,200 | aval Asylum, $1,553, not inciuded in the ‘otal disbursement............:.seeseeseressees $29,135,239 The average expense of compensation is less than one and five-eights per cent. | | Market reports and argued that money was easy cation of the banks as well as proper men to whom this valuable tranchise should be committed. He. hoped this whole subject would be recommitted to the Finance Committee. In conclusion he said he favored the proposition authorizing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to accumulate gold with a | view to specie resumption. Mr, Moxtoy said there had been some improve- ment in the country since the panic; but thatim- | provemeut was not complete, and the result of the | panic was lelt to-day in every county in the | country. Mr. SCHURZ, (rep.) of Mo., read from the Chicago. in the West, and that there was no scarcity of It. | Mr. FERRY, of Michigan, suid it was not fair to | Judge of the general business interests by news- paper reports. Business men, when they wanted more money, went to their accustomed places or banks, but were not able to procure it. He hada letter from @ company in Missouri which had a capital of $250,000 and not an outstanding note; yet it could not optain a ioan of $5,000 by paying ten per cent interest. He denied that there was pienty of money in the West, Senators Buckingham, Merrimon and Cameron, and | Moietles Paid the Chief Officers of the unless there shall be additional speaking or other | Port of New York. manceuvre for the purpose of securing dilatory or In a recent despatch, founded upon information unlavorable action, it may be counted upon that | derived {rom an official document transmitted to the decisive vote in a small majority will be given | the House ot Representatives, in relation to moie- in the Senate favoring inflation, Almost every ar- tles, it Was stated that, from March 1, 1869, to Nov- gument having been used and every ruse having ember 30, 1873, there were paid to the chief officers of ‘been resorted to, it is dificult to see how the anti- | the port of New York as tollows:—To the Collector, lation Senators can longer defer action of some $824,058 64; to the Surveyor, $391,218 61, making Positive character looking to inflation, but the | an annual average of $78,773 16. This, it appears most sagacious Senators acknowledge that they by a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, was are in doubt when a vote can be reached. When erroneous. The period in wich these amounts that occurs the policy of inflation will be sustained | were received should have been from July, 1862, by a majority of at least three in the Senate, and | to November 30, 1873, making an annual average there 1s no change likely to occur from present ap- | Of about $30,000 each. pearances, | The Law of Criminal Limitation. The Volumes of Currency in Cireula- | The bill passed yesterday by the House, as re- tien in Germany, Great Britain and , ported from the Committee of the Judiciary, pro- France. | vides that no person shall be prosecuted, tried or In consequence of frequent applications to the punished in any United States Court for any offence ‘Chief of the Bureau of Statiscics for information in | not capital, or for any fine or forfeiture under regard to the amount of circulating medium in | penal statute, unless indicted, or information shall \Great Britain, France and other European coun- , ve found or instituted within five years from the tries, and of the wide divergence of statement on date of the crime or act, except in the case of per- the part of European as well as American finan- 80ns fleeing from justice. ciers, an eXamination has been made of the pub- Representative Wilshire Takes the “Iron ‘dished official statistics aud a variety of authorities Clad” Oath and His Seat. jon the subject consulted with @ view to obtaining | The contested election case from the Third Con- approximately accurate data. The results of this | gressional district of Arkansas came up in the House | investigation have just been prepared, from which | to-day, on the motion to reconsider and lay on the }at appears the total amount of gold coin circulating | table the vote of yesterday, declaring Mr. W. W. in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire. | Wilshire entitled prima sacie to the seat. ‘The mo- land atthe close of 1872 was £84,551,000 sterlmg; tion to reconsider was laid on the table, the silver, £15,000,000; bronze, £1,148,000; excess of | “yeas’? being 135, and the ‘nays’? .129, Mr. Wil+ bank notes over coin reserves, £40,540,000; | shire was then sworn in, taking the iron ciad Total circulation in coin and notes, £141,239,000, | oath. being equivalent in United States gold coin to | The Panishment for Mansiaughter. $86,421,540. ‘The metallic currency, coin and bul- | The bill reported to-day by Mr. Frye, of Maine, ion of France is given at 4,000,000,000 frances; notes | from the Judiciary Committee, provides that any of Bank of France in circulation on December 26, | person who shall be convicted of the crime of man- 1873, 2,807,689,625 francs ; total, 6,807,689,625 francs, | slaughter in any United States Court in any State Deduct metallic reserve in bank December 28, or Territory, or in the District of Columbia, shall 769,962,419 francs, and the currency circulation 1s | be imprisoned for a term not exceeding twenty 6,047,727,206 francs, equivalent in United States gold coin at twenty cents to the franc to $1,209,545,441. In the twenty-two States’ com- posing the North German Confederation tne sup- Posed aggregate of coin is 632,435,362 thalers, The coin held in reserve by the banks to protect their ote circulation is 100,000,000 thalers, leaving in ‘She hands of the people 532,435,362 thalers, The ,otes In the hands of the people amount to £ $3,159,142 thalers, Making coin and notes in the Alter an amendment providing that the bill shall | Not alfect any case now Bending in any court the | bill was passed, Rights of Defendants as Witnesses—An | Emactment for the Benefit of General | Howard. | The House Judiciary Committee to day reported | tendants, in ail criminal cases in the United States hi Wds of the people, 735,594,504 thalers, equivalent | courts and before courts martial and courts of in- in United States gold coin to $557,772,098, The Ger- | quiry, the right to testify in their own behalf. ma.U government within the last two years has | bill passed the House, and an effort will now be colt 6 about 334,000,000 thalers in goid. Surjwising Discoveries of Venality in the \Department of Justice=Frauds and Corrwptions Everywhere, A sul-commitiee, consisting of Messrs, Sener and Duritam, of the Committee on the Expendi- tures of the Department of Justice, visited the First Comptroller's office this morning, and the mysteries of he expenditures of that department were reveaiea ‘fo such an extent as to cause the greatest surprise, The wholesale robbery that has been practised in the name of justice is not con. ined to government piMcials poly, butis beheved | eral Howard the benefit of its provisions when his case comes before the court of inquiry, The Chicf Jastice. Chief Justice Waite wiil not take the oath of of- | day of Maren, | | Trip. The Secretary of the Treasury has instructed the Collector of Customs at Baltimore to interpose ne further objection to the trial trip of the | years and fined ina sum not exceeding $1,009. | @ number of bills, among which was one giving de- | The | | made to push it through the Senate to give Gen- | | fice till the re-assembling of the Court on the 2a | The Edgar Stuart to Safl on a Trial | teamer Kdgar Stuart, evidence having beep fy- | so-morrow at some hour jo be xed Mr. Scnunkz said he thought the gentleman must be excessively hard pressed tor argument when, in reply to the regular market reports of the papers—undoubtedly good authority—ne produced a jetter here from a man who could not get money. Of conrse there were men all over the | country who could not get all the loans they wanted; there were plenty of men in the country | who had not as much money as they wanted. Mr. MORTON said many of the newspaper articles were of a political nature. Mr. LOGAN said the Senator could not show such articles as he referred to in the Chicago papers. ‘The gentieman had read statements to show there was plenty of money in the couatry. Of course there was plenty of money to be had at eight per | cent on cail. During the panic, when banks were tumbling down, the very paper trom which the gentleman read produced statements which caused | the failure o1 two of the best banks there. It was well known the paper advocated specie payment. Mr. Scucrz said the paper was in favor of specie Payment. Allthe great Papers of the country | Were against indation and in favor of specie re- | sumption, and why? Because they had too much sense to be in favor of anything else. He read irom a Chicago paper of a recent date a state- ment as to money being easy and borrowers few. Mr. LOGAN said he did not doubt money was easier thau it wastwo months ago, and the cause of it Was that the Treasury had been pouring out its $44,000,000 reserve. He said the gentieman could not produce trom the paper quoted any | | | article declaring that money was _plen- tiful in the Wes The gentleman said all great papers were in favor of specie | payment. What great papers? The Chicago paper which supported Greeley in connection with the Senator from Missouri, and the Chicago paper | which agreed with everything the Senator (Mr. Schurz) said, He (Mr. Logan) supposed i all great papers were on the side of his iriend that he (Mr. Schurz) must be a great man. This greatness Javored monopolies, Mechanics and farmers must not have national banks; they must be left for great men like his friend, (Laughter.) * Mr. ScuURZ said he had not opened his lips on the question of national banks, Mr. LOGAN said the gentleman had said all the papers which had sense supported his side, thereby implying that ail others were fools. Mr. SCHURZ said he did not mean that none ex- cept those supporting his side had sense. He had laid down @ line of policy for himself, and those who went with him he thought had more sense than those who did not. Mr. LoGAN—1 am sorry the Senator's opinion of himself is not appreciated by the country. (Laughter.) Mr. ScHURZz—I am glad to know the Senator's opinion of himself is appreciated by the country. (Renewed laughter. ) Mr. LOGAN said the Senator might be like Jove, having come down trom Mount Olympus to hurl his thunderbolts; but unless he sustained them by argument they would amount to novhing before the Senate or country. Mr. Scuunz said he did not want to get up a | quatre! with the gentieman, and he did not think there was tbe least occasion for all this noise sim- | Ply because he had read the market reports, If the Senator took offence those reports were re- sponsible and not he himself. (Laughter.) Mr. Morron said wien he was interrapted he Was endeavoring to say that if the business of the country was broken down and there was not enough money to revive it, Why Was it that there was pienty of money in New York? It was because business elsewhere was crippled, and hundreds and thousands of men out of employment were marching through the streets asking for bread. There had been @ partial revival of business, attributabie to the fact that $27,000,000 of legal tender reserve had been distributed; but the busi- ness of the country could not be revived fully on the old volume ot currency. | ‘The question being on the amendment of Mr. | Scott, providing for the redemption of the whote | volume of the national bank currency in specie or | interest bearing bonds of the Untted States, Mr. CAMBRON said the Senate was not full enough to-day, and he would r@ther have the vote taken Be, SDATG- { volunteers came the publication, on the 7th tnst., | in the Oficial Gazette and the evening extras of the lavana journals, of the Captain General’s procia- | Hi | Matlon—a complete résumé of which was tele- | | graphed to the HeraLp—declaring the island to be | Was unapproachable. | in a state of siege, and prefaced by an address to | every now and then & woman or two, kept poure ; | the innapitants of Cuba and supplemented by a | number of decrees—the first ordering a general | draft in the proportion of ten per cent of the male | 4 pleasant smile or welcome salutation met him population of the island, and exempting none. ‘The shadow of this event was forecast in my previous letters, and this decree has caused an immense excitement among tie volunteers, ag well as among the Cubans, who had so far consid- | ered themselves safe from shouldering a musket in the defence of Spanish, or national integrity, as the thing is called here by the ‘‘unconditionals.” On the evening of its publication it was the general topic of conversation, and groups of tne first named gentry, wearing on their hats the red and yellow rosettes peculiar to their corps, could be seen in the cafés and all other places where volun- { teers most do congregate, discussing the action of the Captain General. On every hand he was condemned, and the gen- eral opinion was pretty plainly seen to be one of opposition to the idea, All seemed to agree in one thing, that they would not go, when it came to the joint of being forced by the government, but that f left to themselves—and then would follow a string O1 protestations and vain boasts that they were ready ata moment's notice, but the entire battalions ust go WITH THEIR OWN OFFICERS, or they wouldn’t go at all, &c. means that they don’t want to go, but prefer send- ing their wives’ relations, while they remain in Havana making professions of patriotism, which have been so ireely indulged in lor the past five years, but with which it bas been found impossible by the “superior authorities” to wipe out the in- surrection. Meetings were called at the various volunteer | headquarters and the question thoroughly dis- cussed, resulting in the visit, by a deputation of the colonels of the various battalions, to the Cap- tain General, last Monday, to state their case and see if some modification of the decree would not | , heeded tor | be made, so as to allow the voluntee: service, to go in battalions, each commanded by its colonel and other officers, It is asserted that the Captain General listened patiently, and then informed the colonels, who had on former occasions found some or his predeces- sors pliable as wax, that he COULD NOT ALTER THE PROCLAMATION ; that he had carefully examined the whole question from every point of view, and weighed betorehand all the arguments they now advanced, and he could not change his mind; that if he found his orders were not obeyed, or had any resistance to them, he should resign the command of the island and leave for Spain, It would seem from the statements made in the Diario and the Voz de Cuba of this morning that the decisive attitude of the Captain General has had its effect, and the volunteers have decided to accept the inevitable with grace. These journals reler to a conierence held yesterday by the fifteen principal chiefs of the volunteers with the Captain General, in which they stated he could count upon them for their most decided support, as well as that of the corps they represented, to carry into complete effect the “saving” measures he had decreed, In an editorial on these recent decrees of the Captain General the Voz de Cuba sums up, as THE RESULT OF FIVE YEARS? STRUGGLE, the complete destruction of the wealtu in the Eastern and Central Departments and the loss of hall of the floating wealth of the Western De- partment. The Voz also calls for a general up- rising, and declares that the derence of the trocha, 4 or military line between Jucaro”’and Moron, isa | siding. question of life and death, The Diario publishes under the head of “Rebel Plans,” with @ sort of apology for writing the truth, what in its opinion are THE PLANS OF THE INSURGENTS, and confesses that the removal of Carlos Manuel Cespedes, and the appointment to the Presidency of the Cuban Republic of Salvador Cisneros, Mar- quis of Santa Lucia, has put at the head of the repel parties the two most active men among them. These are Calixto Garcia Ifiguez in the Eastern and Maximo Gomez in the Central Department. “Neither has an army, a division; not a brigade even,” says the Diario, but both have collected to- gether @ number of men inured to fatigue, ac- customed to guerilla wartare, and well adapted for the commission of all kinds of depredations by means of their rapid movements, ‘As the insurgents © cannot find among the mountains of the Eastern Department,” states the Diario, “ine means of subsistence, they attack our towns and villages, retiring generally after sacking a few stores or driving off a few cattle.” According to official advices it is the intention of the insurgents to operate in the Camaguey (is- trict, and at the same time Gomez will RECONNOITRE THE TROCIA, from Jucaro to Moron, Should the insurgents succeed in passing this military line ‘he /iario conlesses that the most lamentable consequences will arise, — Reports from the inland cities of this island indl- cate that the Captain General's late orders have been very favorably received by the loyal Span- jards; bat private reports add that many Cubans have left the cities to swell tue ranks of the 1usur- AD pig Held, | Like a bombshell dropping into the camp of the ‘This, of course, | MCCLURE AND STOKLEY. —-—___ Grave Charg of Republican Fraud— scriptions to Support a Legal Contest— A Fierce Struggle Yet to Come, PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 18, 1874, The Mayoralty contest has resulted, by the pres- ent returns, disastrously for Colonel A. K. McClure. Stokley’s majority ranges between 11,000 and 12,000, but the really official returns will) not be given by the Judge until to-morrow. The cefeated candidate issues a card this morning, in which he admits the situation, a8 follows :— To tHe PKorLe ov PHILADELPHIA ‘We have lost a battle, How much of the result is due | to traud, most thoroughly organized by the otticials who rule our city, may or may not be ascertained, and how matic debauchery of every ele. i the cost of thé public money, e renewed lease of control just ained over the people by the desperate domination that as despised every bonest attribute of authority. ‘The contest was mantully made by mavy of the ablest and purest men of Philadelphia, and the citizens not bound in the toils of our oppressors. without disuncuon of party, jolped nobly in the effort for municipal regens eration,’ The record of the confiict and its clearly marked results tn localities where debauchery was rife in all parties ure the best vindication of those who fought and fell im the memorable struggle Of to-day. Whh hired ruffians trom neighboring cliics swarming deflantly through our streets, going trom poll to Poll to pollute the ballot; with a police force | commanded to protect wrong doers, and most willing to obey; with the resources of the people lavished in unexampled profligacy to promote the success of the enemy, and, with most of the chan- | nels of pubic information controlled or restrained by | power and patronage, the citizens of Philadelphia were Unequal w the redemption of their own goverment. Let us not despair of Philadeiphia, nor of the high destiny that has been proffered her by the Union and the world. Grave obstacles will beset us; but let it be re- membered that the people must ultimately triumph over misrule, and that they can, and I doubt not will, prove themselves in all respects equal to the highest and oliest duties to free government. A. K, McCLURE, Fesauaky 17, 1874, Respecting the issue, Colonel Forney this morn- ing says:— Our struggle for municipal independence, so brilliant and earnest, has failed. it hay failed when a vast ma- Jority of our people expected it to succeed, It has failed ‘when our enemies teared it would succeed. It has failed digastrously, It has failed by fraud. Nobody who wit. neased the electric uprismg of the people last Saturday. evening, and who read the unparalicled discussions of great Issues published in this Journal during the last two ‘weeks, will read the account of ourdeteat without sur- much is due to the sy: ment of political pows is sealed in secreay b; prise. We do not stop to seek after the causes of this catas- trophe. ‘The tact is before our readera Suffice it to say that the people of Philadelphia, by whut is called a popu- lar majority, have apparently decided to maintain the present audacious local despotism. In their name a ver- dict has been rendered against ail the reforms which the better elements of every class and party have heretofore demanded. Much as we regret this result we cannot regret our | port in it the contrary, we are proud of t, Nothing done by the constitutional party heaaed by Colonel McClure can be recaled without pride. We We have tought our enemies inch by inch, We have beaten them constantly in argument and enthu- siasm. But they have beaten us by money, by organiza- tion, by fraud and by intimidation. Our short campaign has attracted universal attention and extorted the udmi- Tation of our toes. If the people of Philadelphia aro content to maintain the present muntcipal male admin - istration, the consequences are their own. We bave certainly protested against this rule with our best abilities, and we cannot be held responsible ior the result. Despite these acknowledgments /rom the leaders of the movement, it is evident that the bitter part of the business is yet tocome. Grave charges of fraud have been brought against the republican party, and it is evident that the election will be contested. ‘ The leading afternoon papers contain the follow- ing :— All persons in possession of information conoerning re- Deating, violence, intimidation by policemen, bribery and interference With the regularly appointed election officers yesterday will please report such information forthwith at the McClure Headquarters, corner of Sev- enth and Chestnut streots. Mr. William B, Hazleton will be in charge to receive and collect the 1acis tor presenta- tion to the Court of Common Pleas, composed ot the re- turn judges under the new law. purpose of prosecuting this investigution will leave their money with Mr. Hazieton, or their names, so that they may be called upon by properly authonzed agents. Heapquantams ov Dewockamic Cimzens’ EXkcuTive CommirtKe:— different wards will present their reports betore ten o'clock to-morrow (fhureday) morning, at 1,016 Walnut street, JOHN H. CRAWFURD, Secretary. THE STRIKES. ———— Difficulties Drawing to a Close—Proba- ble Speedy Arrangement of Differences Among the Capmakers—The Cigarmua- AU persous desirous of subscribing to a fund for the | Inspectors and overseers of the several divisions of the | Sturtevant Strong Evidence Obtained, Hawirax, Mass., Feb. 18, 1874, The murderer of the old gentlemen, Sturtevantey and their cousin, Mary Buckley, on Sunday night in this town, is likely to prove no other than Wit« liam Everett Sturtevant, the nephew mentioned im the despatches of yesterday a8 iiving in Sout Hanson and as being suspected of the crime. He’ Was taken yesterday afternoon oy OMcer Pratty of the State police, rom bis workshop in Souths Abington and carried to view the bodies, but was not arrested till nine o'clock last evening, Big Suilt he coolly denies, put it seems to be fastens st amet Upon him. He is now in Plymou: jail. THE ARREST, The details of arrest and circumstances of tha crime, a8 known, show hardihood and depravity in the murder that is hardly credited even by thons@ who bave known him as a scapegrace from his earlle est days, In,the search about the house the detece tives discovered the amount of money that was left.’ and as it had been hoarded for many years, some of the coin and scrip bearing the government stamps that are now out of date, it was righty conjectur that the old scrip would lead to the detection of the guilty party. Suspicion at the first fasten itself upon the nephew, and he was closely stealthily watched. He went to his work as usu on Monday morning, and returned by bis train at night to his wife and children in South Ranson, BLOODSTAINED GARMENTS, Monday noon, while at the shop, Blake's, South Abington, he missed his coat, so he told ni fellows, and declared some one had stolen it, Haj returned at night without it and reported to ay friend that some one had carried it off. Detective Pratt, on going to the place on Tuesday nocn to call, him to go to Halifax, hunted up the coat and upom finaing it discovered that bore marks of blood. Hig cap, too, had several spatters of blood on it, which; had been partially defaced by the owner. ‘The coagd ‘was kept out of his sight, and he told the officer it had been stolen. The cap was also taken froma him then and another given him to wear, Ha made no objection, That evering Pratt and tha detectives all went to Town Constable W. F2 Crocker’s house, in Halifax, to pass the night, the prisoner with them. TRACING SOME OF THE MONEY TAKEN, During the day other officers had not been idle. They drove far and near, picking up this and that clew, good or false, but still giving attention ta young Sturtevant. They at last found a cornen grocer, named Drayton, at South Hanson, what had taken some old-fashioned coin, Im looking through his till they picked onté @ ten cent and a fifty cent biil corres sponding to that belonging to the ol@ folks. Mr, Drayton told the officers that Williany Everett Sturtevant passed it there on Monday' morning as he was going to his work. Tney visited his house, which is in South Hansen, and there found, in a closet. other serio like that scented ag tne groce! one Of thé piece® haa vio0d Sstain¢ upon it. last was not found till near night, and already his wife had a suspicion of what tue neque! ‘wag to be. ‘hey met later, in the sitting room of Constable Crocker’s house. The poor woman seemed to be suflering 1n her mind, but trying to restrain her feelings. It was a terrible blow to her, as her physical condition 1s not over strong. At Mr. Crocker’s house the issue was reached, All took supper and young Sturtevant ate very heartily. The conversation about the murder did not en- gage so much of their attention, nor did it seem to give him the least uneasiness. At nine o’clock it Was deemea advisable to make the arrest. He carelessly looked up and around the room, but said nothing. Not a muscle of his face moved, and kers’ Co-operative Union. @t the capmakers’ meeting in Covenant Hall, The barroom leading to the hall was crowded. The passageway was jammed with excited tradesmen, gesticulating and talking in every dialect known | to the German fatherland. The meeting hall itself A stream of men, with ing down stairs in the direction of the street, and as our reporter elbowed his way toward the hall on all sides, while many were loud in expressions | of satisiaction with the way in which the HERALD | had treated the question of the strikes. The reason of all this furry was that the erst re- calcitrant manufacturers had renewed their offer of the price schedule formerly presented by them | to the Central Union, This time the document was | received by the strikers with more favor than on the former occasion. It was eagerly discussed and | loudiy debated upon, amid a scene of excitement | bordering upon confusion that batiies description. It was evident that the meeting was divided in opinion as to the advisability of accepting or re- Jecting the offers of employers. Conflicting inter- ests were producing their effects, and although there was an evident wish everywhere manifest to put an end to the strike, yet it appeared also clear that the workmen were firm in their determination to abide by the will of the majority, whatever that. | might be. All the powers of German eloquence | were brought to bear so effectively upon the crowd that orators and auditors seemed for the moment to have lost their identity with the staid, philosophic, slow-going race whick they represent. Whelked Lands were heaved aloft, vehement gesture and flery eye showed an inten- sity of feeling hitherto unknown since the begin- ning of these strikes. At last, amid manifestations of applause, not unmixed with voices of dissent, the schedule was referred to a committee ap- pointed by the Chairman, awd the meeting took half an hour’s recess to consider it in every detail. At the expiration of the time allowed for the consideration of the price list the committee re- ported that they had agreed to report in favor of accepting the schedule, with some msignificant additions and alterations, which they think the manufactarers cannot reject. The points gained by the workmen are—First, organization among themselves; second, the power of stopping effec. tually the ‘downward tendency of prices; and, third, an augmentation of fifteen per cent, on an average, upon ruling rates before the strikes, 4 | | The Cigarmakers, This strike may be looked upon as completely at an‘end, The two policemen who were stationed at the door of Messrs. Kerbes & Speiss’ factory, in the Bowery, have been removed, as there is no further apprehension of any difficulty between the people at work there and the remainder of the lockouts. About sixty members of the Bohemian branch of the Cigarmakers’ Union have formed a co-operative society and will go to work at once. Some others of the strikers have returned to work in their old places, @ lew of tnem are employed in | Other factories, and some have asked a third party | to request Kerbes & Speiss to take them back into their employ. This firm bas taken on about 200 hands, made up of those formerly belonging to the house and new ones from other factories, | | The Tailors. At the meeting of the Tailors’ Protective and Benevolent Union last night, at No. 10 Stanton street, a vote was taken on the proposed pian of | giving to the striking capmakers a sum of money for the support of the destitute strikers, It was decided to give $200 to the capmakers’ society as a | loan, to be repaid a8 soon as the present dificul- ties are ended. The Furriers. A meeting of furriers of this city was held last night at the Tenth Ward Hotel, Mr. Glaser pre- The organization of the society of furriers Was proceeded with, the President stating that the object of organizing was not to prepare tora strike or to demand higher wages, but simply to prevent the presegt prices, which are reasonabie, from being cut down. A detegation from the Cap- makers’ Union asked for help to the strikers and their jamiltes, and it was decided to grant to tae capmakers a sum of money ‘as large as couid be spared at present. CITY AND COUNTY TREASURY. Comptroller Green reports the following disburse- ments and receipts of the treasury yesterday :-—> Claims paid (number of warrants $i) amounting to,6405,927 RECEIPTS, From taxes of 1873 and interest............ veces G13,2 From arrears of taxes, assessments and interest... 15,715 rom Collection of assessinents aid interest 835 | From market rents and ( 332 From water rents. 659 | From licenses, Mayor’ a ® Fees and fines, District Courts... 6 TOM veveerseves . soneeesee $90,971 NEW JERSEY SOUTHERN RAILROAD, Business on this road was resumed yesterday. There was a general rejoicing along the line of the road upon the appearance of the mornin, train, W. S. Sneeden, Keceiver, appointed las' week byan act oi the Legislature of New Jersey, is managing the affairs of the road, His appoint. ment has met the Approval of the public, as well Ads OF tg “abt The excitement was intense yesterday afternoon | he was as calm and stolid as when looking upon: the victims of the murder. RESULT OP SEARCHING IN HIS STOCKING. | le was stripped and searched, and a $100 bill, a $20 bill aud @ $5 bill were taken from his stocking, | He was asked where he got so much money from, j and said it was some be had saved frou that paid him while in the ary he claiming thae he was in a estern | regiment during the late war. He did not have anything to say when charged directly with the | crime, but gave @ sullen, callous grunt. AbouG | half-past twelve o'clock this morning he retired under guard, went right off to sleep, ana did not Wake till called. He also ate a hearty vreakfast, and went out with the officers to Mr. Crocker's store to take a team for Plymouth Jail, where he is ; Dow incarcerated. He met the gaze o! the few per- sons who were about the store as they set out with an ugly, defiant look, and when asked how he came to do it made the same reply that he did the evening before when asked who he thought could, have Eons it, which was, “How do you suppose L know | THE PRISONER AND HIS FAMILY, He will be arraigned on the charge of murder, before Justice Albert Mason, in Plymouth, proba- bly to-morrow, and held. The prisoner is twenty- four years of age, heavy built, has a sullen cast of countenance and never has had many triends, He has not been known as having the courage to do | any one personal injury even if provoked, but has done many mean things. He is the son of Caled. Sturtevant, whose grandfather was a brotuer of the old sturtevants killed, and now lives at Lewis- ton, Me. About twenty years ago the prisoner's fatuer left his mother and turee cnildren and took “French leave’’ of his neighbors. They had occue pied the house where Daniel Blake now reside: Just across the piece of woodland where the oli lady was going when murdered. They had noth- | ing to support themselves with, and one of the selectmen took the house, sold it for trem and took the mother and children as charges upen the town, ‘Two of the brothers of the prisoner proved fine fellows, were early taken by good fi educated and made good citizens. One 19 living in Taunton and is a machinist. Wiliam | Everett Sturtevant was a young rogue, aud lad be | lived in New York would have been imprisoned. as a sneak thief before he was ten years of age. Several persons tried to tmprove him, but it was at last thought best to put him on board the school- While the constable was going off with bim he pleaded for adrink of water, and the ofMcer | thinking the manacies would keep him safe leit him { ’ | tied to the wagon while he stopped at a house for the draught. When he returned the bird had flown, He lived about the town for a lon: time, evading those looking for him, until dnaii: he was sent on board tne schoolsbip, but trom . that he ran away aiter a short time, going back to Halifax, An effort was again made to change his life, and he worked quite steadily at shoemaking with mr, Daniel Blake. Then he stole & team from. a farm in the town, and was for that sent to the Plymouth Jail, and occupted the cell he now has for one year. On being released, about the time of the war, he cleared oul, and afterwards came back and went to live in East Bridgewater, working in South Abington, There he took a girl from the house, and about three years ago was married to her. She nas only one chila at present, and it ts feared that this blow may produce great injury to her physical system. ‘The people in this region are intensely excited over the affair, and it would not take much popu- lar clamor to create a mob to hang um, A FEARFUL COMBAT, Attack of Supervising Architect Mullett on a Disappointed Office-Seckcr=Fistia cuffs on the Sidewalk. CINCINNATI, Feb. 18, 1876. This morning Mr. A, B. Mullett, supervising are chitect, of Washington, walking down Fourth street, saw his old friend, Henry Kessler, proaching. There have been some animadversions in the papers recently in regard to what Mr. Mul- lett might have said and done in the Executive Mansion and elsewhere in the capital to prevent the appointment of Mr. Kessler as Postmaster here. Muliett did not think of allowing such reports to break up friendly relations with an old Cincinnati friend, 80, as he neared Mr. Kessler, h@ accosted him, Mr. McLLETT—Mr. Kessler I want to disabuse your mind of one thing, and that is that 1 haa@ anything to do with the withdrawing of your name as the Cincinnati Postmaster, Mr. Kessler replied that this statement did not agree with his information, Mr. MULLETT—I don’t care anything about your information. and the only impression that Pen attempted to injure you. my abusing Judge Chase is sire to correct is that Your statement abo! entirely erroneous, because 1 never was an op- ponent of Mr, Chase, or in any way attempted to injure him. 1. Kessler Said that after Mr, Mullett went to Washington be had abused Mr. Chase, and con- tinued to do so until he gave him a place. Mr. MULLETT, sharply—If that is the Kind of age sertion you make I don’t wish to continue the cons versation any longer. He then turned to goon, when Mr. Kessler ree ” | torted, “You are a lar. * meted slapped him in the face with | Atthis Mr, | his open hand, | | Mr. Kessler caught Mr. Mullett by the hair of the head and tried to kick him in the face. He did nob | attempt to strike him. The parties were separated | a be mar bean ro ise either being e@ morvdcation aged (atreet dent, bi |