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NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, {874-—TRIPLE SHEET. ere SPAM Bottle Botwoon the Carlists and Republicans in | The Provincial Insurrestion Biscay—Fierce Attack on s Royalist Position—Baval Co-Operation. TELEGEAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Mapnip, Feb. 22, 1874. Severe Ggbting bas been going on in Biscay for veveral daya. General Dorregaray, with 25,000 insurgents, holds he heights above Somorrostro. The repuvlicans have taken the drst height. ‘Thetr losses are heavy. ‘The wounded are coming into Santander. AVAL MOVEMENT FOR CO-OPERATION. ‘The feet left the port of Santander to attack Portuguaiete, which was to bave been simultane- ously assaulted by land; put the latest despatches state thas the war vessels entered the river on Friday, and found that Portugualete had been abandoned by the Carlists, Carlist Success im Valencia. Bayonne, Feb, 22, 1874. ‘The Carliats have taken the town of Vinaroz, in “Valencia, Re; bticam Troops Captured by the Carlists. Bayonne, Feb, 22, 1874. The garrison of Vinaroz, numbering 200, have “Seen taken prisoners by the Carlists. ENGLAND. ‘Ur, Gladstone's Position as a Political Seceder. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Feb. 22, 1874, it ts represented that Mr. Gladstone has deter- “mined to no longer take an active part in Parlia- wentary proceedings. There is much speculation 4s to Who will succeed him as the head of the op- | dosition. The Observer hopes Mr. Gladstone's de- termination ia not final. Oinister Schenck Embarked for New York. Lonpoy, Feb. 22, 1874. Minister Schenck sailed for New York on Satur- ay im the steamer Abyssinia, GERMANY, French Secession from the Prussian Parlia- ment. TELEGRAM TO THE YORK HERALD, Panis, Feb, 22, 1874. The Alsatian Deputies have withdrawn from the Reichstag and returned to Strasbourg. ROME. Vatican Plan of a Pontifical Valedictory. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK KERALD, ROME, Feb. 22, 1874. The Popolo Romano says Cardinal Antonelli has sent @ circular letter to ail the bishops of the Church, asking them to come to Rome as the Pope | ‘wiahea vo aee them before he dies. RUSSIA. The Austrian Kaiser En Route for Moscow. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALC, Sr. PETKRSBURG, Feb, 22, 1874. The Emperor of Austria left the city to-night for | ‘Moscow. COBA. —s The Chinese Comm‘ssion—How Labor Contracts May Be Disturbed by the Asiatics. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, Feb. 21, 1874 | The Voz opposes the coming of the Chinese Com- _ amussion because Americans belong to it. The Voz | belteved at frat is would not come, but finds itself mistaken and calls on Juvellar to take precaution- ary measures. it thinks the luborantes are con- nected with the affair. The commissioners might produce disturbance among the Chinese. The Voz only is feartul. ‘The majority of the people are disposed to wel. come the commission, because it will certainly cause an improvement in the condition of the laborers and may produce a change in the present | laws. A ‘The Operatic Artistes’ Troubles Partially JAPAN. ing Alarming Progress—Rebel Advance on Nagasaki. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonvon, Feb, 22, 1874. Despatches from Nagasaki gay the insurrection is spreading and the situation ls critical. The insurgents are advancing on that, place, and at last accounts were so near that the foreign residents were preparing to leave. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ex-CongressmanJohna Lynch, of Maine, ta regia- tered at the Windsor Hotel. Samro Takaki, ol the Japanese Legation, has ar. rived at the Hoffman House, Mrs. G. B. Smith 1s an officer of the Lodge of Good Tempiars, in St. Albans, Vt. Colonel Daniel McClure, United States Army, is quartered at the Fifth Avenue Hotei, Rodney W. Daniels, Collector of the port of Bul- falo, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, The Bloommgton (Il.,) City Council have ap- pointed Mrs, Betsey 8, Sargent Poundmaster. lowa has seventy-two county treasurers and twenty-three of them have been advertised as missing. Chancellor E. H. Allen, of the Sandwich Islands, arrived from Washington yesterday at the New York Hotel. James Jackson recently died in Banks county, Georgia, aged 116 years. His wife “still lives,” aged 110 years. Edward L. Plumb, formerly United States Con- sul General at Havana, has apartments at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. William O'Toole, of Bridgeport, claims to be the founder of the order of Ancient Hibernians in. Con- necticut. Who are the Ancients? Hon. Danie) Webster Vorhees will be the orator of the literary societies at the June commence- ment of the Missouri State University. Jesse Jones, who is supposed to be 110 years old, 1s dangerously ill at West Vincent, Chester county, Pa. He remembers following. the wagons that hauled flour to the revolutionary army at Valley Forge in 1777. The oldest ex-member of the Pennsylvania Legis- lature ie ninety-five. His name is Walter Craig and he livesin Cross Creek, Washington county. He wasa member of the House in the session of 1819 and 1820, The amazonian wife of a Dublin (Irelana) pias- terer recently beat her husbana, and subsequently horsewhipped an editor in whose newspaper an objectionable account of her first action-at-armsa was published. There is @ boy named Slosser in Jonesboro, Tenn., nineteen years old, who stands six feet six in bis stockings, and is still growing. His foot is sixteen inches long. To agree with the saying of the time, he should have been named Slasher. A Degro, named Charies N. Hunter, of Columbia, 1s writing sketches Of the colored members of the South Carolina Legisiature. His wore will be eagerly looked for and compared with certain “Life Sketches" of New York legislators published Jast year. KANSAS. Female Suffrage To Be Sabmitted to the People for Vote—The State Grange— Grave Charges Against the State Treasurer. TOPEKa, Feb. 22, 1804, The Senate passed the joint resolution to submit the question of female suffrage to a vote of the copie, Lhe THE STATE GRANGE. The State Grange passed a resolution asking the Legislacure to pay the indebtedness of the State’s Board of Agriculture and discontinue the appro- priation to it. A large number of resolutions were offered on various subjects; but it is dificult to get reliable information of the proceedings. IMPEACHMENT OF THE STATE TREASURER. the report of Judge Horton’s committee closes with a resolution that Josiah E. Hayes, Treasurer of the State o1 Kansas, be and is hereby impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in office. ‘the minority made a report justitying the conduct of the Treasurer, and charging that the investigation has been 0 conducted as to elicit such facts only as tended to be unfavorable to the Treasurer, and rejected or refused to hear all the evidence which in any manner tended to explain, excuse or justify the Treasurer in bis management of the affairs of bis department, and claims there has only been a technical violation of the law. RUMORED INSURANCE FRAUDS, There are rumors of irregularities ih the Insur- ance Department, and if true an investigation will be had ito the affairs of the State Insurance Com- missioner. THE HILDESE BUND. Assembling of the Annual Council. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22, 1874. The anfual council of the Hildese Bund assem- bied this morning at Schuetzen Hall, on Thira street. A large number of delegates were present trom New York, Baltimore, Cleveland, Indianapo- lis, Chicago and St. Louis. The hall was proiusely decorated with bunting, and a large central illumi- nation with the word “Welkommen” in the centre. The meeting was opened by Jonn H. Biehling, the President. Reports were read showing an in- crease of membership of over 4,000, nearly $80,000 Settied—Poverty and Fresh Litiga- tion, Havana, Feb. 22, 1874. Mme. Lucca, Mile. 41 Murska and Signor Vizzant alled for New York yesterday, after depositing in the Court the amount demanded by the chorus and | orchestra of the opera company. The latter, mean- time, are compelled to remain on the island until legal proceedings are terminated. They are in want, and several are ill, Mr. Jarrett hag been sued by the principals of the company, who demand a rendering of accounts. OBITUARY, Count de Seisel, Minister of Portugal at Paris, died at Lisbon on the 8th of Fepruary. Mr. Dykes, an English turf celebrity, has died suddenly at Monmouth through excitement attend- ing the election. Captain M. 'I'weedie, R.A. The death is announced from London of an- other of the few remaining Peninsular officers of England, Captain Michael Tweedie, formerly of ‘the Royal Artillery, and Justice of the Peace for | Kent. He entered the Royal Artillery in 1809, and served in the campaign o/ 1814 in the South of France, including the battle of Toulouse. Captain ‘tweedie was in nis eighty-third year, Rubini’s Widow. The widow of Rubini died at Milan on the 7th of February, tn hereightieth year. She was a French | woman, named Adelaide Chaumel, and leaves a large tortune. Sir Edwyn F. 8S. Stanhope, Bart. Str Edwyn Francis Scudamore Stanhope, of Holme Lacy, in Heretordshire, England, died on | Sunday, February 8, a8 was brie@y announced by cable. sir Edwyn, who was in his eighty-first year— having oeen born on the 7th of December, 1703—had | been for the last three months in very feeble health; but hts irlenas bad not anticipated any im- mediate danger, and his end, when it came, was as sudden and unexpected as the removal of any one who had long passed the ordinary limit of human life could be. Str Edwyn was the eldest son of Sir fleury Stanhope, the first baronet, and was, like his father, @ distinguished naval officer. He served a> midshipman o1 the Surveillante, on the coast of France, im 1810, and as lieutenant of the Castor, on the coast of Catatonia, in 1813 and | 1sl4, ln the latter y he was promoted to the rank ofvommander, and in 1851 was made a captain on the retired hist, since that time be lived the lule of 8. country gentiemun at his beauti- ful seat of Holme Lacy, in Hererordshire, of which county he was @ Deputy Lieutenant, Sir Eawyn ‘Was & tory Of the Old school of Roden and Kidon. He is succeeded in the Laronetcy by his eldest son, now Sir Henty Scudamore Stanhope, whose liberal itica and intelligent and zealous services to the | iberal party are well known. His second son was | Captain Chandos Stanhope, o1 the Royal Navy, who was jor some time private secretary to Mr. | Goschen, and whose premature death tn 1871 ter- | sminated @ career Of the highest protesstonal romise. The Stanhopes of Holme Lacy are a | ranch of the a of the Chesterfields, being de- sacended from Dr. Michael batt 3) ndson of Phiip, first Bari of Chesterfield, of which peerage «she present baronet & heir presumptive, pals for sick benefits and $127,000 Jor insurance. ‘he Bund has @ capital of over $52,000, partly in- vested in first mortgages. The Pennsylvania Central Karper give # ban- quet this evening to the delegates. To-morrow balland supper will be tendered by the Philade! tet to the outside delegates. Much enthusiasm revalis. y The meeting adjourned, to be held at the Conti- neutal at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. FIBROE FIRE AT AVON. Destruction of $40,000 Worth of Prop- erty—The Losses. RocHestER, N. Y., Feb, 22, 1874, At one o’clock this morning the United states Hotel, at Avon, Livingston county, was burned, together with nearly all the business portion of that village and the Post OMice. The losses are as follows:—Simmons Brothers, on hotel and farni- ture, $18,000; insurance, $10,000. E. H. Davis, | postmaster, $500; no imsurance. H. Farnsworth, brick store, $3,500; Insurance unknown. Smith Brothers, dry goods, $7,000; insurance, $3,000, A. Dunken, loss on three frame buildings, $4,000 insurance, The occupants of these stra tures were:—William T. © insured $2,000. M. Nayloi known, A. Dunakin, snrance. ‘These losaes, with smaller amounts not here Mentioned, foot up to $40,000, with about $20,000 imsurance. ‘fhe origin of the fire is not known. ge Two Men Shoot Each Other Simultane- ously and Both Expire—Cause of tho | betes SAN FRaNCIaCO, Feb. 22, 1874. A terrible tragedy occurred last night at Watson- ville, Santa Cruz county, resulting in the instant i death of M. J. Gelkey and Dr. C, E. Cleveland, | ‘There had been an oid feud between the men, and | last night Dr. Cleveland started out avowing | nis purpose to kill Gelkey, A man named | Devoe tried to make him desint, but to | no avail. The men met, drew pistols, approached | to within two feet of each other, and firea simulta. neously. Dr. Cleveland fired twice and tell dead on his lace; Gilkey retreated @ few steps, learned against a tree, and tien feli dead to the ground, | Both men had been drinking hard during the day, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Worcester at St. Thom: St. THomas, Feb. 14, 1874, The United States steamer Worcester, with Ad- miral Scott on board, arrived on the 10th inst., and will leave for Barbados about the 16th inst, The Brazilian man-oi-war Vital de Olivera ts 0 in port. Salutes were exchanged between the men or-wat and also with the fort, ‘ ‘To-day the officers of the Worcester entertain the Consui and iriends on board, FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT, Port Janvis, N, Y., Fev, 22, 1874. At two P. M, to-day an engine ran off the track at Uniondale, on the Jefferson branch, between Susquehanna and Carbondale. It fell down an embankment of seventy-five feet, instantly killing conductor John R. Haraing, engineer Cramer, fire- Wan Vauicl Cramer aud brakeman Thomas . 4 WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Cotebraciol a$ Cooper tute. Washington's birthday Was C¢lobtared yesterday at Cooper Institute by the Order of United Ameri- can Mechanica with very impressive and appro- Priate services. The large hall was completely With patriotic citizens at the commencement Of the services, Mr. Arthur Bassett, of Americus Lodge, \\No. 18, presiding, The platform, upon which a eommittee of the Order had seats, was draped witifshe national colors and adorned with & fine picture\pf George Washington. The Presi- dent, Mr, Bassett; made a few introductory remarks, whion were‘followed by singing by the choir and prayer, offered by the Rev. Mr. Sweetser, appropriate to the occasion. vy. T. T, Kendrick then delivered the oration, Stating that he did not imagine that he could do justice to his subject, which was “George Wash- ington from Birth toGrave.” Wi ton, the Speaker said, was remarkable in youth by being Unyouthful in his remarks. Im manhood he was the patriot of patriots, a pious man, who prayed the conscientious Christian's prayer and to whom the Bible was the book of all books, his guide and his counsellor. His sincerity, magnapimity and wisdom were proverbial. Tinough self-instructed, he attended college in every cottage and house; he learned a worid of practical receipts in every year of his lite; he felt volumes of Crre in every thought, and saw a manuscript of maxims in the actions of every man. The princivies lawl down by | mim are accepted by every American, and | imdeed by every noble man in the world. There never Jived @ man tne contemplation of | whose character gives ua higher ideas of the dig- nity of man’s nature than Washington. is eae was not merely ge in a few particular ings, but it waswreat in everything. One of the causes of his success was that great industry which performs even the smallest duties, But jor that supreme virtue, industry, where would the prosperiiy of this great country be’ (Ap- Plause.) His death was the setting of the syn to anes Ke Ke flowing t 1 jaker spoke in glowing terms of La{ay- ette and Abraham Lincoin, whom he alluded to asa second Washington, his fit companion as a statesman, & patriot and a Christian. He con- cluded by exhorting the Coy generation to see to it that America with us shall be America still and shall continue'to be America until the whole world shall have been Americanized and the whole world shall honor the Star Spangled Banner. The “Star Spangled. Banuer’’ was then sung solo by Mrs, Marsena N, Jones, of Brooklyn, the audience joining heartily in the chorus. ‘The song, which Was sang in a very spmpathetic voice and manner, elicited long continued applause, and was partly repeated ou the calls of the audience, The services concluded with the benediction bv the Kev. Mr. | Kendrick and the singing o1 the doxology. Washington's Birthday in Brooklyn. This being the day on which Washington's birth 18 commemorated it will be generally observed in Brooklyn, The courts, with the exception of the | Police and Civil Justice’ courts, will remain closed. All the public offices, city and county. will observe the holiday. The Common Council wilt refrain from holding the customary session. Flags will be displayed by Keeper Tormey in graceful profusion from the City Hall, and the County Court House will also be decorated. The Aldermen last week voted $200 ior firing a national salute on Fort Greene at noon. The public schools and many private institutions of learning will observe the occasion by enjoying a respite trom labor. Target companies and “iantasticals” will amuse themselves by @ parade. In the evening several | balls will be held. The Park, Brooklyn and Olymn- | pic Theatres and Hooley’s Minstrels will give en- | tertainments afternoon and evening. The poor will not be forgotten, inasmuch as the “Helping Hand,” “Home for Friendiess Women and Chil- dren” and the “Fourth Precinct Relief Asso- ciation” will issue quarts of soup, bread and meat a8 usual to ali who may require them. . NAVAL HONORS TO WASHINGTON. The Observance of the Anniversary of the Birth of the Wather ot His Country in the Fleet at Florida Bay—Salute To Be Fired—The Exercises Suspended. The following has been received from our special correspondent at Florida Bay :— FrLokipa Bay, Via Key West, Feb, 22, 1874. The United States fleet will not exercise to-mor- Tow, as the day will be observed in honor of Wash- ington’s Birthday. Tne national flag will be dis- played at the peak and ateach masthead from | sunrise till sunset. | At noon a salute of twenty-one guns will be fired, after which it is provable that the yards will be manned. CELEBRATIONS ELSEWHERE. Observances Yesterday In Providence— Ceremonies To-day. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Feb. 22, 1874, Washington’s Birthday was observed to-day by the First Light Infantry regiment, which attended | special service at the First Universalist church. A sermon suited to the occasion was preached by the Rev. Mr. Capen. To-morrow the Rhode Island Guards regiment will parade in honor of the day. | Celebration To.Day in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22, 1874. The anniversary of Washington's birthday will be celebrated to-morrow by @ military review and | parade. | Decosmos Chosen to the Dominion Parlia- ment trom British Columbia. TORONTO, Ont., Feb. 22, 1874, A Gespatch from Victoria, Britisn Columbia, says an election tor the Dominion Parliament took | place on Friday last. The result of the poll is as | follows:—Decosmos, 308; Roscoe, 304; Morton, | 299: Harris, 97. The utmost good order prevailed, | no disturbance of any kind having taken place. | The contest is described as the closest and hardest fought ever experienced in British Columbia, PLIANT PITY, PhiladelIphia’s Gambiers Pardoned and Releascd=etrogade Righteousness. PHILADELPHIA, Feb, 22, 1874. Matthias Kaas, sentenced February 17, 1873, to imprisonment for two years and six months in the Penitentiary ana $500 fine for keeping a gambling | house, was pardoned and released from prison to-day. Kaas was arrested at the same time as was William Siner, then a member of the City- | Council, in a raid made by Mayor Stokley’s police | on & gambling establishment at Tepth and Market streets, and the jury remained out eleven days betore convictiug. Siner was pardoned several months ago. | PRINCETON ALUMNI, Reunion Washing ton—E£x- ercises and Banquet. \ WasuHINeTon, Feb. 22, 18° The annual meeting and social reunion of the Alumni Association of Princeton, for the District of Columbia and the Southern States, was held, by | invitation, at the residence of Dr. Harvey Lindsly on Saturday night. The President of the Associa- tion, Secretary Belknap, declined a renomination, and the meeting elected ofMicers for the coming year as follows:—President, Dr. Harvey Lindsly; Vice Presidents, Senator Kelly, Heister Clymer, Stephenson Archer and Charles Albert; Secretary, Charles F, Stansbar, Treasurer, H. B. Munn; Executive Committee, William L, Dunlop, Alex- ander Porter Morse and H. B. Munn. Letters of regret were read irom Senator Hager, of California; President McCosh, Professors At- water, Schenck and Cameron, and many others. A report was submitted and letters read by Mr. Morse, as to the condition of the Scientific School and the new library. Alter the business was dis- missed friendly and cordial greetings were ex- changed, ali of which was succeeded by a banquet. BAID ON POLICY PLAYERS, Before Justice Otterbourg. At nine o'clock on Saturday night Roundsman Folk, of the Tenth precinct, accompanied by sev- eral other officers, made a descent on the premises No, 230 Chrystie street, supposed to be occupied by Gustave Lange. The officers. found ten persons assembled there, as if they had been just engaged in some gambling game. They arrested the whole vurty, and also found a lot of lottery blanks and policy tickets. The prisoners were ail arraigned before Justice Otterbourg at Essex Market Police Court yesterday, and gave their names as Frank Reinhart, George Whitehouse, George Williams, | Al 1 Witham ‘ott, ay Kosebeex, John Sberbert, | Gustave Lange, Joseph Brinell, Ferdinand Miler and Jono Remhare On searching Whftenouse Roundsman Folk found nineteen | pawn tickers on him lor shawis and brankets. The omeer thi that the property must bave been | tolen, will pay the pawnbrokers a visit to-day. | Whitehouse was held, im default of $1,000 al Lange was held in $2,000 ban, and all the oth ‘were put under $300 bail each, Still Another Raid. | George Pitzner ana Charles Hughes were com. | Mitted for examination on a charge of ranning a oy shop at 122 14tt street. They were arrested Drolu | to bring the Mormons and Mormon polygamy | Grant is or is not a candidate for another term, — Highs by Oflicer Koo, w the Eleveuta \ Ic WASHINGTON. The Political Prospect for the Fall of 74. Programme of the Repub- lican Partv. Economie Changes in the Postal Depariment. THE INDIAN CONTRACTS WASHINGTON, Feb, 22, 1874. The Philad@iphia EKicction and the Republicam* Party — Confidence Re- wtored—The Party Programme in Con- gress for the Congressional Elections or Next Autw The late Philadetphia election has haw’ @ re- markattc effect bere in reviving the confidence of the republicans in the ‘‘solidarity” of the repebil- ean party. Fears were entertained that under the new Pendsylvapia constitution the coalition of democrats, liberal republicans and all the odds-and- ends of the anti-administrition elements, upon McClure for Mayor, there might be a deleat in~ ficted upon the republicans of a serious character. The loss of Philadelphia iu the spring would signify the ioss of Pennsylvania in the fall, and meantime it might result im the loss of New Hampshire and Connecticut. Now, with a nandsome victory tn Philadelphia, the republicans bere are conf- dent of New Hampshire and Connecticut, and of maintaining their lines unbroken through all the elections of next autumn. The New Hampshire republicans here had @ meeting on Thursday night, at which these opinions were expressed, and active meas- ures agreed upon to secure success in the im- pending election in the old Granite State. More than this, tne republicars in Vongress, inspired by their party triumph im Philadelphia, begin to see their way more clearly before them than it ap- peared to them even two weeks ago. In acon- versation with some of them this morning they gave as their opinions that a large majority of the peovie in @ large majority of the States are still with us, and will remain with us in the elections of next fall for the Forty-fourth Congress if we only keep near shore with our legislative measures this session, The repeal, the absolute repeal, as far possible, of the increased salary and back pay bill was a political necessity. We had to do it to spike our enemy's gun, which was effecting considerable mischief, Now, as we shall have to stand upon the record of this session before the people in the fall, and as they have become watchful over our expenditures, we mast cut them down to the lowest practical figure. ‘We must avoid inflation, and we must avoid con- traction in order to avoid any financial disturb- ance in the country. We shall, moreover, have to cut down our regular and incidental appropria- tions as faras we can, in order to avoid in- creased taxation; and all great jobs in the way of internal improvements, steamship and tele- graph subsidies, will have to be put off toa more convenient seasun. And yet on tea, coffee, tobacco and whiskey we may have to put on some small taxes that will give us fifty muiiions additional revenue. We may have todo something for the Western granges, in the way of cheapening their | transportation to the East, but a com- mittee of inquiry on the subject, as the last resort, will serve for present | purposes. The Louisiana trouble is a dead weight, but with or without a new election we can manage it. The main thing is to satisfy and keep with us the bondholders, banks, finan- cial ana general business interests of the country, and this we intend, keeping head to the windward while hugging the shore. We shall do something under subjection to the laws; but we shall not | attempt any dangerous sensations in aaything. Cuba can wait a litele longer, Mexico is ail right; but we may have to look into that sealskin monopoly of Aluska. With the programme sug- gested, these republicans say, we can go before the people, and fight a square battle along the whole line, and carry the next Congress in the fall. This Philadelphia election, they say, finally breaks up the attempted reunion of the democrats and iibera! repnblicans. The democrats will, adhere to their old party organization; the liberals, as guerillas, will not be able todo much mischief, The grangers are mostly good republicans aud we can manage to keep them m fhe ranks. But how about the Presidential succession? There will be time enough to attend to that a year hence. At present, whether General and whether the party is or 18 not inciined to take up Onew man, itis sufficient that the party and the administration are one—that they are working together, and that General Grant does not desire the ascendancy of a new party in the next Con- gress. It would give him too much trouble, and | he likes to get on quietly and without any fuss or embarrassments. Such—irom the views expressed here among the republicans—are believed to be the prevailing opinions among them as to the party programme in Congress and their calcula. tions touching the next fall elections. They say in this crisis itis well to “let well enough alone,” and that hence they, among other things, will not | tamper with the tariff to any extent calculated to disturb the integrity of the party in the old Key- | stone State, | Railways and Railway Schemes in the | District of Columbia—The Railway Kt Taking Possession of the Na- tio Capital. It has, through almost every newspaper in the jand, been prociaimed that Governor Shepherd and his Board ot Public Works have taken absolute possession and control of the city of Washington. ‘This is a mistake, however, for the honors must ve divided between the Governor and his “Ring” on | the one hand, and ‘Tom Scott’ and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company on the other, with | some prospect that beiore the close of this session of Congress the aspiring and powertul railway kings will be placed in possession and control of the inlets and outlets, by land and water, of our national metropolis., Already, in coming here from Baltimore, the passenger train is brought by the locomotive close to the sidewalk oi tue Capitol grounds on the west front, thence down one of the broad avenues which radiate from the Capitol, thence by a sharp tum down the street which is the eastern border of the pretty grounds of the Smithsonian Institution, to the depot on the public grounds, within 100 yards or 60 of Pennsyl- vania avenue, in the very heart of the city. Again, the broad avenue aforesaid (Maryland avenue), vhrough its whole length of a mile or more to the Long Bridge over tue Potomac. is occupied by the tracks, including switches and side tracks, and by. the idle trauas of cars of the several companies concerned. The avenue, wm short, is used as a sort of way stetion for this purpese, and, as a thor- oughiare, has. become useless, except to the rail road companies holding it. In wet weather | through its whole length it is a frightiul mud hole, literally knee deep in mud, and, with its railway Potomisc between the United States Arsenal and the Navy Yard, thus cutting of the Navy Yara (except by @ drawbridge) from its commanication with the maim river. Entering the city the road 1s to skirt along the south side of it to the public grounds below the President's house, and by or through those public grounds to the bank of the Potomac, and thence close by the National Observatory (a great outrage). following the river shore to Georgetown, and thence across that city into Marylané, We under- stand that the company design, if they secure this charter, to establish @ depot in the President's grounds; to build a causeway across the Eastern Branch, which in the course of a few years will compel the government to: abandon the Navy Yard in consequence of the filling ap of the stream with the washing from the hills, the causeway acting a8 a dam, and that irom the frequent interruptions by the locomotive the government wii! also have to remove the Naval Observatory or abolish it to ac- commodate this railroad, Worst of all, give os this steam railroad through the city, with the others mow in operation, amd there wil | be no safety in anything but these’ rail way trains im getting ont of or into the city again. The locomotive’ will menace the private earriage on every side in passing out of or coming into the city. The right is reserved to Comgress to repeal or modify this charter at any time, and there is something for the protection of the interests of the city in this provision; but experience teaches us that where & powerful corporation once gets a foothold ‘it cannot be displaceu except by an earthquake. And here the inquiry is suggested, Can anything be expected from Congress on the general:regula- tion of the railroads of the country, when ia this District, over which the two houses havo’ “ex- Glusive jurisdiction inall cases whatsoever,’’ two or three railroad companies have gained sucha fovthold that they aim: now at nothing tess than the absolute control of the highways of Washing- ton and of the public grounds, so fur as they may be needed for side tracks, rolling stock, workshops and depots ? ‘Work of the Present Session ef Congress. There bave been passed during the present Session of Congress, in the House of Representa- tives, 115 bills, of which about thirty have become laws, Over 150 House resolutions have been either referred'to or were directed to the various com- Mittees, and over filty House resolutions have been sent to the several departments, asking for information of various kinds. The above does not include Saturday’s proceedings, when several bills of a private character were passed. The business of the Senate In the way of passing bills has beon sinall, compared to that of the House of Represen- tatives. Important Economie Changes in the Post Office Administration Proposed— | Buiky Matter to be Excluded from the | Mails. | The Senate Committee on Appropriations will propose several important changes in the Post | Office administration. These were intimated in part by Senator Morrill, of Maine, in the debate | which took place on the 23d of January, pending the consideration of the Post Office route bill, In that debate Mr. Morrill alluded to the fact that the Postmaster General estimates that the earnings of the department will be some $29,000,000, and that | there will be @ deficiency of $7,000,000 and oda, | making over $36,000,000. Not a dollar of this | amount goes through*the Treasury of the United States or 18 subject to its audit or control. This department therefore was independent of the Treasury. If the deparcsment ts to be kept within its reasonable bounds, so that it wili not break it. | seif down, this kind of legislation must be arrestea, The committee will propose an amendment to the | laws so as to provide that, after the 30th of June, 1874, conveyance in the mails of samples of mer- chandise, packages of clothing, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, samples of metals, ores aud mineralogical specimens and bound books shall cease, and all laws authorizing such conveyance shall be repeated. The reason tor proposing such repeal is that the mails are lumbered witn, among other things, beehives, with live bees in them, fed with honey and sheltered by glass, boots anv shoes, groceries and other incongruous articles, which are sent through the mails under the provi- sion that everything, except some dangerous Iquids, can be sent through the mails if not weigh- over four pounds. These articles, bulky and weighty, fill up the postal mail cars, and are car- ried by our present system like the letters, which must go as rapidly as possible upon the trains to seek their immediate distribution; and the effect is that all Postmaster General can get upon the postal car system are not sufficient for the adequate and rapid and satisfactory distribution of the matter which ought to pass through the mails alone. | The railroad companies are pow paid by weight for the exact amount they carry, and it 1a, there- fore, contended that if the mails shall be relieved from the carrying of merchandise there will be a considerable saving to the government. The et- fort of the Appropriation Committee will be to make the Post Office Department a medium of simply transmitting intelligence. In this connec. tion some, if not a majority, of the committee are in favor of abolishing the postal car system and of repealing the clause providing for the free delivery of letters, the latter on the ground that large sums are thus spent jor the benefit of the resi- dents in a few cities, while the people at large are | taxed to pay for it, It is estimated that such changes would well nigh cover the amount speci- fled as deficiencies, Contracts and Expenditares of the In-| dian Service—Conflict Between the Executive Committee and the Interior Department—Opposition to the Ap- pointment of a Territorial Gover- nor Over the India: A recent Message of the President of the United States to the House of Representatives, encloses a report of the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the extent and nature of the contracts and ex- penditures of the Indian service made since July 1, 1873. Itappears from the document that the Inverior Department and the Executive Commit- tee often come in coniict about allowance for sur- plus. A careful examination of the reasons as- signed by the committee for the disallowance of claims shows them to be for the most part tecnni- cal, or based upon information in possession of the committee and nov Known to the Indian Office, ' In all cases it has been the rule of the Depart- ment to refer all accounts, which have been disallowed by the Executive Committee, to the Indian office with the reason of the committee, if any were reported, for withholding its approval, and to request the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to report thereon. On the receipt of such report from the Commissioners the claims and papers have been reierred to the Assistant Attorney Gen- eral, assigned to duty in the Interior Department, for his opinion 44 to the validity of the claims and asto the duty of the Secretary of the lnterior, which opinion. has governed the Secretary’s action in the final aisposition of the claims, The commit- tee is sometimes approached vy outside parues and, thus placed in possession of statements in reiation to the character of the vouchers, of which the Ip- dian OMice and the Department of the Interior have no knowledge when called upon to act. The aggregate of expenditures for tie period named is $4,635,602. The department, inac- cordatce with the rule above stated, paid the fol, lowing amounts, which were disapproved by the Board of Indian Commissioners :— A. H. Wilder (contract made with the Cogmis- obstruations, dangers. and eyesores, tt may be:pro- /sioner of Indian Affairs), 864 caws and 225 yoke of nounced & nuisance to the city, though a public convenience as the connecting railway link througn / Washington between the North an the Soutn, Without enlarging upon other city roads or sehemes, the project intraduced in the House of Representatives yesterday fur a steam, road along | the south side of the ctty, from one end to the other, challeages some special attention. The House, atter discussing this project sevoral hours. | yesterday and for several hours tu-dlay, referred it 4 18. ; hack to the Committee of the Whole, which, we | the remainder hope, signifies tne strangling of the monster. It is. | a bill authorizing the Washington City and Point | Lookout Ratiroad Company (that 1a, the Baltimore | and Ohio Company) to extend a railrvad into and withio the District of Columbia, They are to have thg right to crogg the Kagtera, Branch of the ‘oxen, at the rate of $40 per head for cows and $150 pen yoke for oxen, $68,290; D.G, MoVann (con- tract made with Commissioner of Indian Anairs), tor transporting Indian goods and suppites from , Cheyenne to the new Red Cloud Agency, an esti- mated distance of 212 miles, at the tate of $1 7% per 100 pounds per 100 miles—amount paid on this contract ap to January 4, 18%, / $20,781 08; G. M. Dodge, beef cattle, $17,005 45; A. HH. Wider, beef cattle, $33,v09 45; of $9,035 56 to be paid atafatare time; LQ Shirley, ten horses for the Red Cloud Agency, $700; A. H. Wilder, beof cattle, $06,300; J. E, Booge, pork, $32,843 13; P. Hl. Kelty, | corm, $80,767 48; GM. Dodge, corn, $1,661; D. J. McCann, transporting Indian supplies, $7,472; A, B. Wilder, oxen, cowe bulla, atgjiona, yoy the accommodations which the | Mea and oridied, $77,910; D. J. 404% — > Indian supplies, $7.472 51 porta, ie, $9,701; D. J. McCann, transportation of becfcam ods, $6,366; G. M. Dodge, transporting Indian go * D. J. McCann, transporting Indian flour, $4,490, G. M. Dodge, beef, $10,266. goods, $4,28%;, . of the Cherokee, Creek, Semi- Representative Chickasaw nations of Indiana, in note, Choctaw apa, now here, have addressed » the Indian Territory, nt, stating that they were letter to the Preside. 1866, and fully underatooa signers of the treaties a, They say the authority their purport and scope. ‘net of the Indians to establish a “general co. ion by Congress of a does not authorize the format 9d States over the Territorial Governor of the U@i\ 4 the contrary, Indians of the Indian Territory. 0. ‘enting to tue the agreement on our part in om red imte for establishment of said council was ene ' necessity the very purpose of obviating the alleyen herefore of such @ Territomtal government. They of the strongty protest agatnat che perversiom, treaties, Wiping Out the Curses of Kem llon—Proposed Repeal of All Proscrip tive Acts of Congress. The House Commiitee on the Judiciary have * made 4 report, in whicl they say that, as alt other” property and rights of property of persons em- gaged in the late rebellion havetby general acts of amuesty and laws of the United Steves been ex- empted (rom confiscation; there can be no reason’ for now retaiming on the statute pook suck acts’ and: parts of acts as were very property enacted to prevent aid amd comfort to the enemies of the United States during the wr, which, by their impediments to the creditor#of the United states in receiving them just dues, emount: to the con- fiscattom thereof; and also such acts to thé same effect which were passed to hinder aud prevent disloyal’ persons, whose disabilmies had not them’ been removed becawse of their participation tn the rebettion, from making any clitm- against the government for debts due and clafinatnog arstag out of the’ rebellion prior thereto, should: also be repealed. The committee therefore report a bili repealing the joint resvlution of Murch 2, 1867, Prohibiting the payment of debts due by (he United States before the war unles# loyalty is Proved, and repealing the oath at presént seqairoa of applicants for pensions Remarkable Increase in the Busimosmc# the Patent Office. The business of the Patemt Office is now largex*” sa amount than at any previous period of its hia- tory. During tae past two weeks the unprece- dented number of 1,234 applications for patents have been received, showing an especially nemark- able increase in vhe work of the office, a8 com- pared with the temporary decrease caused by the late Qnancial pantie. This is Delieved to be imdica- tive of a corresponding revival of general business ° throughout the country. Apprehenstons of a Poor Fruit Crop. Great fears are entertained that the fruit cropia ~ this latitude will be a@ failure, the remarkabie~ warmth at this season of the year having advanced vegetation to anextent that indicates a prematere spring, An Irrepressible Conflict of Races Threat- ened in South Carolina—Fhe Colored and White Candidates for Governor. The memorial of the taxpayers of South Carolina will be presented to Congress and the President this week. The colored people of the State have combined to make Congressman Elliott their can-- didate for Governor. The white citizens, without’ regard to party, ask Senator Robertson, to secure the support of the administration on their side, to accept the gubernatorial nomination, It is sat that Oongressmas - Elliott boasts that if he can get control of tne- State he will ‘turn the cradle of the slaveholders rebellion into the asylum of the slaves,” thereby making the State uninhabitable for whitesand the elysium of the negro. 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