The New York Herald Newspaper, February 27, 1874, Page 3

WASHINGTON. The Defeat of the Postal Free Distribution Bill. INTERSTATE COMMERCE. The Revenue Gold Receipts at the Treasury. ABUSES IN INDIAN AFFAIRS. More Startling Developments in the Durell Case. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 1974, The Finance Debate Postponed in the Senate—Passage of the Naval appro- priation Bili—The Right of Congress to Make Laws Governing the Liquor ‘Traffic. Ta the Senate, preparatory to proceeding with the regular current business, Senator Logan made & significant announcement when reference was had to the Army Appropriation bill, m stating that | Wf an effort was made for the reduction of the enlisted men of the army, as it had not been re- ferred to the Military Committee and he as chatr- man did not know anything about it, he would oppose it, and he should have something to say about other portions of the army. This bill has | been presented by Mr. West from the Committee on Appropriations, and Mr. Logan as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs Jooks with jealousy upon the proceeding, especially as he wants to cut down the number of officers of the army. The next business respectively arged by Senators Cameron and Sargent was the Centennial Exhibition and the | Naval Appropriation bill. The Chair roling | that Senator Sargent was in order, Senator Cam- | tron, differing with the Chair, attempted without success to have the Centennial bill accorded pre- redence. Senator Sumner manifested his oppo- sition to the latter by calling it an irregular appro- priation. By consent, the further consideration of finance was put over until Tuesday next. Senator | Thurman, in discussing it, has at last made the announcement in the Senate that the country ts suf_ | tering, and every one is complaining necause they do not know what Congress is going to do, It were well if this conviction came so closely and posi- ‘ively home to them that they would quickly do whatever they are going to do upon the final dis- position of the subject, so far as legisiation is con- terned. The question being taken onthe taking op of the Centenntal bill, it was lost by a vote pf twenty-three to twenty-elght, The Naval | Appropriation bill was then taken up, amended And passed, without opposition. It will now go to the House, where it may not be concurred in, when a Conference Committee will be appointed. Ac- | cording to the opinion of Senator Cragin, Chatr- man of the Senate Committee on Naval Afairs, the bill will be agreed on and the recommendation | Di the Joint committee adopted. Upon the dispost- | tion of the Naval Appropriation pill, Senator Scott, of Pennsylvania, moved to take up the Centennial bill again for consideration, as this had been un- flerstvod to be the agreement when the discussion and vote were had about giving the Naval bill | precedence. Senator Sumner objected, but said | he had no objection to taking it up to-mor- | tow as unfinished business, which waa agreed to by Senator Cameron, and further consideration of it went over. The bill for the appointment ofa committee of five, with a secretary, to serve Jor one year, to examine into the social, moral, sriminal and economical bearings of the liquor traMc, was called up, Senator Bayard made a | constitutional argument against the bin, contend- | ing that the constitution gave no such authority | 48 was sought, by effecting legislation which, if not intended to be obtained, Congress had no dusiness te consider such questions. Senator | Flanagan followed in one of the jocular political douge speeches in which he delights to exercise the resonant echoes of the Senate chamber with bis amiable beilowings, and also took high consti- mtional grounds on the temperance question, atrming that Congress had power to provide for she common defence against rattlesnakes, Danl- gren guns and ‘“/orty rod” whiskey. At the con- tlusion of the erudite and amiable little gentle- man’s speech the Senate went into executive session. Defeat of the Attempt to Restore the Franking Privilege—The Bill Lost. The House to-day disposed of the franking privi- lege and the minor proposition to allow public focuments, newspaper exchanges and newspa- | pers to be carried free in the counties in which they are published. The amendment to revive the trankiog privilege was defeated by a vote of 199 Bays to 49 ycas, On the passage of tne bill pre- vented by the committce, the yeas were 129 and the nays 131. So it was lost. Mr. Butler isconf- | lent that later in the session he will be able to re- vive the old law, limiting its operation to thirty flays before and thirty days after each election, so hat the franks may not be used for partisan pur- poses, Gold Receipts at the Treasury Small, and No Early Resumption of Salcs Probable. Secretary Richardson authorizes the statement | that a resumption of sales of gold has neither been tonsidered vor determined upon. The gold re- teipts continue small, all reports to the contrary | sotwithstanding, and until there is a revival of the ‘port trade it is hardly probable that the present policy will be changed. He also says that when- wer the sale of gold {8 to be renewed the pro- gramme will be announced as formerly, and will not be intimated in any other manner, Whe Bill for Government Regulation of interstate Commerce, ‘The next bill to be taken up by the House is that ‘eported by Mr. McCrary, chairman of the Com- mittee on Railways and Canals, to regniate com- merce by railroad among the several States, An additional section was put in to-day providing against unjust discrimination in carrying rates for passenvers and freight where competition does 2Ot exist. The debate on the bill will develop | more speechmaking than the salary grab, Every Western and Southern member is anxious to go on the record, so that @ profusion of hay seed may de looked tor in the hall of the House next weck. ich Developments in the Durell Inves- tigatton—A Judge Who Openly Asks $20,000 and Certain Corner Lots for Jadicial Favors, New and unexpected developments were made to-day in the case of Judge Durell, before the sub- tommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, in the examination of Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines, of New Orleans. It appears that Mrs, Gaines called the attention of Mr. Bingham, while chairman of the Judiciary Committee four years ago, to the venality of Judge Durell and bis associate in the slieged corrupt conduct of the affairs of the Court, &. E. Norton, Assignee in Bankruptcy. Judge | Bingham proposed to investigate the case, andif | whe testimony warranted to prepare articles of im- peachment against Judge Durell, They were to wave been reported to the House. Susiness unex- sectedly called Mrs, Gaines irom Washiugton, ana the matter was dropped. This fact having been sresented to the sub-committee appointed to take wstimony in the Durell oase Mrs, Gaines was wmmoned before them to-day, and was examined st length by Messrs. Wilson, Cessna and Eldridge, the testimony of Mrs. Gaines was substantially as follows, and ts regarded as of such a character as require the prompt presentation of articles of gmpeachment:—Not long after Judge Durell was sppoinved Mrs, Gaines, who had known him for sears as a member of the New Orleans Bar, called apon him at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, to sougratuiare him on bis elevation to the Bench. eee a two other witnesses being present. Mrs. Gaines said :—"Though you are opposed to me ag trustee of the Union Company, which bought one-half of a Judgment against the estate of my father, wnich was frandulent, you see I am sincere in my con- gratulations, since I thug call on you m tho face of that state of tacts.” To which the Judge replied:—‘That appointment 18 merely nominal. Ihave no interest whatever init, and therefore I can ett in your case.” When Judge Durell went to New Orleans afterwards he carried ont the manaete in the Henning case, re- sulting in the sale of two lots, which showed that he was disinterested, A few months afterwards Mrs, Gaines wrote to her agent, Mr. Stone, asking to be permitted to have @ receiver appointed to collect the rents of her estate, to be deposited in | Jadge Duretl’s Court for safe keeping. General Hood, late of the Confederate army, was recom- mended and had the requisite and very large sure- ties ready to come forward, but Judge Durell re- fused to appoint him, plied, shortly, “Judge Durell cannot sit in your case, as he is interested against you.” This greatly sur- prised Mrs. Gaines, who, on her return to New Orleans shortly alter, saw her lawyer, Mr. Stone, in bis office, with whom the jollowing conversa- tion ensued:—“Don't yon think, Mr, stone, that Judge Durell’s conduct is most extraordinary and inconsistent?’ He told me in New York he had no interest whatever, and now, though occupying the same position, he turns round and says he 18 interested against me.” Stone repied:—‘He will sit upon your cases and decide in your favor upon certain conditions, which are:—Sherif Parker retains in his hands $21,000 ior making streetsin the property litigated for by the Union Company, the heirs of Cavalier and Davenport, and Mrs. Games. Durell can arrange it if you will give bim $20,000, Nine thousand dol- lars you can have. The remainder is to be given to the above named hetrs, and every other lot in two squares designated 18 also to be given to Du- rel.) “That would be bribing the Court,” re- joined Mrs. Gaines, and Stone sald, “What of that? To which she replied, “That is a crime;” when the earnest attorney asserted that if it was, No one would know it; that she coula do nothing, as sbe was without a dollar; that she did nos know when she would have a Circuit Judge 1n New Orleans, as Judge Wayne was sick and no other appointment could be made while he lived, and hence she would be compelled to do it.’’ To this she responded, “She would starve before she would,” The following day Mrs. Gaines returned the visit of Mrs, Norton, wife of the assignee in bankruptcy, who is charged with being the hench- man of Durell, and while there Judge Durell walked into the parlor, to whom Mrs. Gaines said, «Judge, why can’t you sit in my cases? Your posi- tion 1g unchanged, and I wish you would try them.” To this the Judge replied, “I refer you to Mr. Norton.” In going into the parlor of the St. Charles Hotel, immediately after this, she met Mr. Norton and repeated her conversation with Juage Durell, stating that he had referred her to him. Norton answered that if she would consent to the proposition made to her by Mr. Stone the day before Judge Durell would sit in her cases, To this she said, “Under no circumstances, sir, Will I consent to that,” and abruptly left the room. The committee regard | this as the connecting ink required in the testi- mony to prove the complicity of Durell with Norton in the corrupt schemes of plnnder which, with in- creasing force, are being brought home to those who show a system of gigantic spoliation and ofi- cial depravity rarely excelled, if equalled, in the } country. Provisions of the Completed Indian Ap- propriation Bill—Correction of Gross Abuses. The House Committee on Appropriations have refused to modity the Indian Appropriation bill to suit the views of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, as expressed before the committee yesterdsy. The principal point complained of was the granting of absolate power tothe Board of Indian Commissioners in matters of contracts. This remains intact, as already stated in these despatches. The com- mittee are unanimous in ‘the opinion that some | check, independent of the jurisdiction of the de- partment, should be placed on the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and it is conceded that the ap- peai Of disputed matters to the Secretary of the Intertor does not fully meet the necessities of tne case, The bill also possesses a new and important feature, regulating the, appropriations on account of Indian agencies. Hitherto it has been customary to appropriate in gross for these purposes, and it has been found that the larger share of the sums in each case has been devoted to salaries of useless employés. For instance, at Fort Berthold, Dakotah Territory, $75,000 were allowed for the whole ex- penses of that agency, out of which $20,500 were To her letter Mr. Stone re- | | the United States on any railroad which | Senators on the roll of the Senate. Senators absented themselves while the vote | expended for white empley¢s. The Indians con- | sequently were short and a deficiency bill has peen sentin to make up the amount. The committee have fixed the maximum to be expended on salaries at this agency at $6,000, which increases the amount available for the Indians $14,500. At another agency as high as fifty-three white employés were paid by the agent out of the moneys which be- longed tothe Indians. These abuses have been corrected inthe Appropriation bili for the next which was constructed without aid from the United States, The section referred to 18 as [ol lows:—“That the Secretary of the Treagury is di- rected to withhoid all payments to any railroad company and its assignees on account of freight or transportation over their respective roads of any kind to the amount of payments made by the United States for interest upon the bonds of the United States issued to any such company and which shail not have been reimbursed, together with the five per cent of | Net earnings due aad unappiied, as provided by law, &c., de. The Attorney General thinks Con- gress intended to make a railroad company which has received bonds from the United States, aud which has neglected or refused to reimburse the government for interest paid upon these bonds, together with five per cent upon its net earnings due and unpaid, a debtor to the United States for that amount. Manifestly the object was to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to offset this inaebt- edness against any claim by such railroad com- pany for transportation services rendered by it to it owned or controlled, without reference to the fact af to whether or not the government had aided In the construction of such roads, He thinks that a road leased by a company mdebted a8 aloresaid is to be regarded for the purposes of this act as its road, and he, therefore, holds the opinion that the Secretary of the Treasury has the right under said act to withhold payments for transportation services rendered by said company to the United States upon the Fremont, Elknorn and Missouri Railroad, Simmons Probably Defeated as a Candi- date for the Boston Collectorship—A Stormy Executive Session—Boutwell Plays the Judas and Betrays Batler. Quite a lively time was had in the Senate daring executive session to-day, on the question of con- firming W. A. Simmons for the envied position of Collector of the Port of Beston. The blue blood of Massachusetts had made its demonstration in the hightoned despatches which the silk-stocking rep- resentatives received here irom the indignant “Hub.” Everything pertaining to these elements was fally aroused to fever heat, and when the de- bate commenced it was supposed and even counted on that Senator Boutwell, who was set down as very friendly to Simmons, would stand firm for his confirmation ; but, alas! 1t has turned out that, under the threatening of the Cochin China repre- sentatives, he has shown the white feather. At this Senator Conkling was thunderstruck and pale with suppressed rage. He volunteered in a manly way to take up the cudge!s for the deserted Sim- mons, stricken im the house of his friends, and he labored hard. Senator Sumner, owing to medical advice, could not take part in the stormy and jarring debate, and hence he preserved his com- Pplacency in the broil; but, though two hours had been spent in determined struggle to sustain the youthful candidate of the Essex statesmen, Gen- eral Ben Butler, with all his efforts, suffered a Waterloo, or, rather, a Fort Fisher defeat in the rejection of Simmons, for to that com- plexion, at last, has this thing come. When Senator Conkling found that Mr. Simmons had been rejected—the vote standing 20 against 16 In his favor—the poift was made that, thirty-five Senators only having recorded their vote, the record did not show a quorum—thirty-seven votes being necessary—the vacancy in the Louisiana Qelegation left the names of but seventy-three A number of Was being taken, and so the permanent defeat of Mr. Simmons’ confirmation is deferred until to- morrow. The One Hundred and Fitty-five De- fauiting Paymasters of the Army. In the list of 155 paymasters of the army re- ported by the Secretary of the Treasury to Con- gress as having unsettled balances remaining against them only ten belgnged to the regular army, a8 follows:—Colonel Daniel McClure, Lieu- tenant Colonel G. H. Ringgold, died April 4, 1864; Major F. A, Cunningham, out; Major Henry Prince, Major Samuel Woods, Major T. M. Winslow, out; Major A. H. Seward, Major R. A. Kinzie, died 1873; Major J. B. M. Potter. Of this number the fotlow- ing were graduates of the Military Academy, and the sums set opposite their names are the amounts charged against them on the books of the Depart- ment:— Colonel! aniel McClure... $33,343 04 Lieutenant ColonefG. H. 230 31 Major Henry Prince....... 114 05 Major Samuel Woods. 43 85 Major A. H. Seward. 26 59 The amounts due from the three last named officers are small and no doubt would have been readily settled if the oMcers were apprised of the wtended publication, In the case of Colonel Mc- Clure ne had applied for relief to Congress re- questing that the question of his indebtedness (the six years’ limttation having expired) be referred to the Court of Claims. A bill for that purpose has passed Congress and been approved by the Presi- dent. itis but just in reference to many of the paymasters to say that they could not be called defaulting paymasters, but have disputed the amount remaining unsettled. Majors F, A. Hixon, S. M. Reynolds, C. 8. Underwood and others allege , that the money was stolen from them, and will go fiscal year and constitute @ large portion of the | million and a half reduction, as the rule is applied to every agency. The committee have also cut down the contingent jund of the Indian Office from $50,000 to $30,000, Tne New Ten Cent Fractional Currency Note. The new ten cent fractional currency note, series of 1874, is a trifle larger than that of the last series, the size being three and a quarter inches in | length and two inches in width, and instead of the | larger red seal across its face has the small seal of the ‘Treasury Department, encir- cled with Jathe work in green, on the lower portion of the note, The portrait, engraved in vignette form, of William M. Meredith, | Secretary of the Treasury during the admuinistra- tion of President Taylor, appears on the leit end of the note, At the left of the portrait, enclosed in a panel, is the white face, Roman capital lettering, “Fractional Currency." ends of this panel is the monogram, “U. 8.,"" and in the corners forming the borders of the note are the figures, “10,” “X.,” “Ten,” elaborately ornamented with scroll, On the right of the portrait is a large counter of geometrical lathe work, on the face of which is the figure “X.,” with the word “cents” engraved in biack letters across its face, Over the counter is the title “United States,” ruled face, curved. The note also contains the signatures of the Treasurer of the United States and the Register of the Treasury, which are at the bottom, nearer to the rignt side, The re- verse of this note has the usual legend engraved ‘upon it and is printed in green; the localized or biueish fibre appearing on the left end of the back, imstead of the face, ag heretofore. The engraving of this fifth sertal note. or series of 1874, as a speci- men of artistic ekill, 1s far superior to any ten cent fractional currency note heretofore issued. Government Right of Free Transporta- tion on Railroads Belonging to Com- panies Which Have Received Congres- sional Aid. Regarding the opinion of the Attorney General | relative to the right of the Treasury to withhold trom a raiiroad company compensation for trans- portation services when certain legal dues of the government had not been pald, the following is | stated:—The question was submitted by the Post- master General as to whether or not the Secre- tary of the Treasury may, under the second sec- | tion of the act ol March 8, 1873, withhold from the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company compen. sation for transportation services rendered to the United States upon the Fremont, Eikhorn and Missouri Valley Kailroad, The following the state of facts:—The said Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company own a road running from Sioux City, Iowa, to Fremont, Neb., to aid in the construction of which it received bonds from the United States, but has not paid tte interest upon these bonds. Transportation ser- vices bave been rendered by tt to the United States on this line of the road, the payments for which have been withheld by the Secretary of the Treas- ury. It has leased for twenty years the said Fre- Mont Kienorn ee Missouri Valley Railroad, | with all At the jower and upper | to Congress or to the Court of Ciaims for relief. The oMcers named on the list of the Secretary of the Treasury other than those mentioned above were additional paymasters during the war, The unpaid balances stated are therefore charged to their bonds as additional paymasters, Provisions of the Completed Indian Appropriation Bill. The House Committee on Appropriations to-day finished the Indian Appropriation bill, which ap- propriates about $4,800,000, about $2,000,000 less than the estimates of the Interior Depart- ment, Ten thousand dollars was appropri- ated jor the suprort of the Modocs, The Board of Indian Commissioners is continued the powers and dutles conferred and imposed by the existing laws. These powers and duties shall not be construed as au- thorizing the Board, or any member or committee thereo/, to examine and pass upon the accounts and vouchers of the indian Bureau at any other place than the city of Washington, nor as compel- ling such examination if the Board shall not deem it necessary nor desire to make the same, and all such examinations and duties shall hereafter be performed in Washington, and nothing herein pro- vided shall be construed to supersede or interfere with the duty heretofore imposed upon said Board of Commissioners of exercising, under the discre- tion of the President, joint control with the Secre- tary of the Interior over the disbursement of the appropriations for the Indian service, The Charges of Maifeasance Against Judge Story, of Ark: as, and Their Treatment wy the House. Charges of malfeasance against William Story, United States District Judge for the Western dis- trict of Arkansas, were to-day laid before the | House by Speaker Blaine ana referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary. General Garfield objected to the resolution offered by the chairman of the Committee on Expenditures of the Department of Justice, asking for authority to send for persons district. Mr. Sener explained that the committee had proceeded as faras it was possible with the facilities afforded by the Attorney General and ac- counting ofMcers of the Treasury, and the evidence presented was such as to require a prompt investi- | gation. If the reports of the spectal officers sent by the Treasury Department to this district were not true, the honor of the Judiciary required that this fact should be established without delay. Equally important was it for the honor of the ju- diciary that the trauds should be checked and the office purged by oMicial action if the facts were | proved to be true. Notwithstanding, the report of the committee was unanimous, and the House, by resolution of February 16, had ordered that the committee should make the investigation. The ob- jection was purposely interposed to defeat, if pos- sible, the object sought. The resolution will be again offered on Monday next, Proposed Change of Rates of Daty on Still Wines. The Committee of Ways and Means to-day in- structed Mr, Wood to report a bill Axing the rate of duty om imported still wines at fiity cents per gallon and $2 per case, in Hen of the present mode of collecting the duty ad valorem, | chusetts iellers came in here and said they desired , York. | perance who believe in the praying, but somewhat | noisy metnod Of killing the demon alcohol, as they THE FICHT AGAINST INTEMPERANCE ceeded The Women to Commence Their Crusade in New York. The Start To Be Made Next Weck and the City To Be Districted—Mr. Harry Hill and the Apostles of Temperance— His Views on the Crusade—Meeting Last Night. ‘The temperance movement is beginning to NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET, the work, and yonng women can do what belongs | wor bent | Jn the inovement, ine Kev. George J. Mingins, Superintendent of City Misatons, tollowed ins starring address and Jorcibly alluded to the intemperance in our midst, not only among men bat among women. He hiked the present movement, and ip our churches, our lodges, our shops and our families there should be concerted as well as individual action. The Rev. W. H. Boole made the closing address, which was characterized with much vigor. The choir of the church sung several temperance odes during the evening. TEMPERANCE SPECTACLE IN JERSEY CITY. Stirring Address by Dean Byrne. Agreat public demonstration by the Catholics of Jersey City was held last evening tn St. Michael's charch. Three thousand people were present, in- assume a decided form in this city, and it appears that @ decided movement is to be made here similar to those made out West with 80 brilliant a success, Tne advocates of tem- please to term it, are very confident of doing rapid work here, To be sure, on the other hand, there are many Who believe that they will entfrely fail, but this must now be lett to the test which ia soon to begia, On Saturday evening a meeting is to be held in | Association Hall, in Twenty-third street, In which immediate measures will be recommended. Dr, Dio Lewis will speak, and Mr. A. T, McMullen, President of the Union Temperance Prayer Meet- ing, will preside, On Sunday a meeting will take | place in the Church of the Strangers, and the plans of the temperance crusaders wiil be laid be- fore the meeting. On Monday another meeting will pe held and the city districted for the visita- tions of the praying meeting, In conversation with a lady yesterday, who 1s to take a prominent place in the movement, she stated that im less than a month not a vender of spirits would dare to keep open house in New York, MR. HARRY HILL ON TEMPERANCE, As bas been already published in the H&RALD, it is known that a committee of ladies called to see the Hon, Harry Hill at his town residence in Houston street, to inquire if they could have his place of entertainment for a temperance prayer meeting on Sunday evening. It is also known that Mr. Hil! remarked with alacrity that they could, Last evening areporter of the HERALD called on Mr. Hill to have a talk with him on the subject. Mr, Hill, at the moment of the reporter’s entrance, was engaged in teaching a favorite parrot to take sherry wine and bitters, and the bird appeared to be learning fis lesson with very great pleasure to himself, A young idiot was disporting htmself on the stage imasong and dance, to whicn nobody was paying apy attention, and men and women Were sitting promigcuously at the tables talking | and drinking, but all with the greatest order and decorum. The place was only moderately full. Tne Hon. Harry sat duwn atone of the unoc- cupied tables with the reporter and spoke about his horses, his bulls, his dogs, his birds, his cats, nis properties, and by gradations got down to the | subject matter. “Why, bless my ’eart,”’ he said, merrily, “I ain’t got no objection vo these women comin’ ’ere and doin’ what they please, Ill give them coffee and tea and cakes, and treat ’em well. It they think | they can do any good I'll help "em alilcan. This thing of these women comin’ here has raised the | deuce in the town, you know, and pearls have been at me all duy wanting to know if it was so. I told ’em Of course it was, and then I got a pile of letters about it. Here is one of ’em,”? A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER. Mr. Fume yiea out the following letter from his | pocket and showed it to the reporter :— | Dean Ma, Huz—Thousands of grateful hearts respond a hearty amen to the noble sentuments expressed by you in your yesterday to the public, Be firm, sthud by your a" resolution aud gain the sympathy and gratitude of every temperance advocate and lover of good morals and order in the universe. Wishing you Fodspeed io your new departure, 1 am yours, respect- fully, ©. M, FISHER, Fulton street. “That's ricb, ain’t tt now? How these fellers can get sucked in is a caution; they believe every word you tell'em. Why, to-day five or six Massa- to thank me publicly for what I haa done. They looked like pious ducks, and I found ont they were strong temperance men. Well, we took a drink together. »I took bale, and they all takes whiske: straight.’ One of ’eur sald my whiskey was good, but not quite old enough. Tasked him how long he'd been a temperance man, and he said twelve years, Then we took another drink, and he said 1 WAS AN EXAMPLE to my race, and happy were those who followed in my path. We took one more drink, and this feller then puts his arms round my neck an’ told me I was his (riend and he’d never forget me. If I'd have let him go on I believe he’d have been bind drunk im less time thaa it takes my brown mare to trot five miles. ‘They lest, sayin’ they’d be back to- night. “What do yon think of this new temperance move- ment, Mr. Hiil t”? “1 think is @ blarsted ’umbug, you know, but [ would’nt like everybody to know T said it. IU can’t amount to nothing, you Know; and it'll only last a short time, But if they think they can do any good by having my place they can have it. I be- lieve in temperance, as I understand it and as I practice it, 1 don’t ike a drunkard no more than the next man. They're a nuisance to everybody and I wouldn't talk to one or have | one in wy place. When } see a man getting drunk Ijust put him out on the hinstant, and itl caught my barkeeper giving a drink to @ poor man that [ thought couldn't afford it, or toa man what was drunk, I'd give that barkeeper a pretty tough time. I bounced one some time ago for doing this very thing alter I'd given tim orders not to. But they can’t make this thing go down here in New They may in the country districts, and, | anyhow, out West, in those little towns, you've got to go into the back room to t your cocktail, But this won't work here, you know, and I'll bet my head that they won’t make much headway. At ‘Newtown they bothered the only man who keeps a saloon considerable. The women go into his place every vight and pray like mad. 1 guess he’il have to snut up, They tried it in Flushing, but THE GIN MILLS ARE TOO MANY for ’em there, and they didn’t make much ’ead- way. However, 1 don’t care how much they try it ‘round ‘ere. If they convert a tewof the giris ree ada good thing.” «When is the meeting to take place, Mr. Hill??? “They didn’t decide for gocd. Thena kind of a newspaper chap came with them women, who seems to have all to say about it. He used to come here oe olten, and never went back on his tod, but | don’t know what’s struck him now. Of course [don’t want no $100 from them. They cau ‘ave my place and welcome.” ‘The Hon. Mr. Hill went on this way discoursing as to the new Movement, and it was beautiful to see how entirely his soul 1s wrapped up in the cause of temperance. As the reporter left Mr. Hill said that ne particularly wished it to be un- derstood that he believed in temperance, “and would go the whole animal on it.” As the reporter was going out of the place a gen- theman informed him that the visit of the delega- tton to Harry Hill’s was @ pure myth, which ex- isted solely in that gentleman’s fortile brain. TEMPERANOE MEETING LAST NIGHT, Addresses by the Revs. William C. Stecle, George J. Mingins and W. H. Boote. Some of the demonstrations of a public nature already decided upon are several mass meetings — to arrange plans for # vigorous campaign in this | city, whichis to be carried on despite every ob- stacie, but at the same time with great charity and Christian love for all those who are op- | posed to such action. Last evening one of these meetings was held in tne Methodist Episcopal church, called by the Standard, Fidelity, Mariners’ and Neptune | Divisions of the Sons of Temperance, The large edifice was crowded by men, women and children. Daniel Watford, P. W. P. Fidelity Diviston, No, 46, Forsyth street and papers in the matter of the Western Arkansas | gyno a he Sone gh Maton the cause of the gathering and of the revival in the temperance movement, he introduced as the first speaker the Rev. W. Steele, pastor of Beekman Hill Methodist Epis- copal church. This gentleman, in beginning nis Temarks referred to the grand uprising of the ‘women in the West regarding this question of in- temperance. Its characteristics were touched upon, and be believea that women and men had been called to the work and inspired by the Holy Spirit to continue their efforts even as ministers Ol the Gospel are inspired to preach. The women out in Ohio meant busivess when they commenced, and they have fought it out on that linc. The objections raised against the movement were, first, that it brought our religion into con tempt, and that praying on barroom floors was | slightly indecorous work for ladies to be eon- cerned in, They bad become tired of waiting for statutes to protect them, and now they had adopted this pious lynch law to put down the rum- sellers. Jt was a rebellion of love in the interest of their fathers, husbands, brothers and sons. Another objection raised is that this kind of work 48 a breach o! law ; 80 18 Whiskey selling on Sunday, In the matter of opening the campaign .in New York, Mr. Stecie did not believe that the women go into our barrooms and pray. That would require a public sentiment vt Dow enlisied here. He belteved in soctai leagues and in mothers bar- Ting their doors against, and giris retusing, every man who drank. Movuers ghould do their part of | last evening on temperance, | that the cluding aeputations from twenzy church societies of Jersey City, Hoboken and the surrounding vil- jages, The President of the Catholic To- tal Apstinence Union of America, Very Rev. Dean Byrne, of Trenton, made a most emphatic speech, urging the Catholic citizens to arise 1mmediately and do battle against the great puolic foe of American liberty and of the Coristian religion. Catholics, ne said, bad better Means of fighting down this great curse of the peo- ple than others, for the sacraments of their Church were given them and God’s grace would come through these channels. They owed it to the honor of their name and race to show how they could crash out the great evil | now striking terror into toe heart of every Ameri- | can patriot and Christian man. He called upon them to take the religious abstigence pledge, as | Archbishop Manning had done, ant as the bishops and priests were doing in this country. The Pope had written a letter the other day to the Union, | blessing it and granting indulgences, A large crowd rose and then knelt in front of the altar and took the apes from the Rev. J. De Concilio, pastor. Rev. P, Henuessy, Rev. F. Cannon and other priests were also present. ‘The President of | tne Metropolitan Union, Alexander Patton, with a Jarge depitation of the New York State oficers, were prescut, as were also the National Secretary, cs W. O'Brien, and other omicers of the National | Jnion. WHISKEY WAR IN OHIO. ns Effects of United Pulpit Eloquence— | Whiskey Dealers Say, “Nobody is | Murt”—Programme of the Conserva- tivers=The “Hutchins Brake’’—The Catholics in the Movement. CoLumBus, Ohio, Feb. 23, 1874. The general pulpit dissertations upon temper- | ance yesterday and lastevening seemed to have | had no marked effect upon the community, either | | amoug pious people or among the dramsellers or dramdrinkers, The saloonists consider it a | draw game—a sort of draw game of poker or lager—while the congregations of the various churches still hold to their own original opinions | on the whole subject. The grocery men who sell | and those who do not—and there are very few of the latter—and the average dramdriaker, who de- | clares he will have his regular grog whether his wile gocs to church meeting or not or whether his stated preacher likes it or pot are all agitated, The pious temperance people express themselves content, and yet “they are not happy.” A REVEREND GENTLEMAN EXPLAINS, \ Among the reverend gentiemen who preached | one who took a! slightly Mberal and independent view of the ques- tion and who says he was somewhat misappre- hended by the reporters, was the REV. MR. HUTCHINS, of the First Congregational church, a very | respectable pastor of a highly respectavie | church, The fact of his having opposed the | street and saloon visiting, singing and pray- | ing operations of tne women, has brought down | upon him the wrath of certain pious progressivists, | | and he ought to be allowed to place himself right | upon the record. The reverend gentleman ae- | clares to your correspondent that ms objections | to the plan adopted in tne small towns of praying | on the sidewalks, entering saloons, singing hymns, exhorting, &c., are that that plan would work better in smaller places than in Columbus, | because the influential ladies ara not known | here irom the unimfuential, Again, in the s-uafer towns, where there are but lew saloons, puvlic sentiment 18 concentrated against them by the act that they are known to have ruined certain well known young men; but here mea are ruined | and the fact is kuown to only a small circle of friends. Another objection is the lack of that homogeniety among our population which charac- terizes the smaller towns, Still another objection | 18 that prayer shouid be addressed to God, and not offered to be heard of men, or chiefly to make ap impression on men. He would have the ladies do pre which could be interpreted as a trespass | upon the business rights of any party. He would | have them keep quite within the limits of the law. His plan is (1) that the movement here, .as in other places, should ve characteristically re- ligious; (2) that the women should be kept tn the front; (3) that daily prayer meetings be neld; (4) that the ladies go out two by two, calling at every ofice and every place of business, and, 1! possibie, at every house, with the pledge, and solicit every man and woman te sign it and promise his or her mmfluence against the drinking and sale of mtoxi- cating liquors; (5) that the ladies go to every | liquor seller with two pledges. ‘The first, a prom- ise to give up selling entirely. In case he refuse | | | ' to sign this, let a second piedge be presented | romising to seil only as the law permits, So far in Tegard to pledges. Then (6) let the names of the signers to these or either of these pledges be (7) reported to the morning prayer meeting and yl ed in the papers. Then let (8) thanksgiving 7 made for every dramshop closed and (®) prayer offered for those who reiuse to sell. Moreover, let it be understood who they are Who reiuse to obey | the laws. At this point let (10) the brothers come to the rescue, and, with united influence and b; the aid of money, proceed to prosecute the offend: | ers of the laws and secure obedience to them. | The above is the plan of the Rey. Mr. Hutchins, of the Congregational church, in this peculiar crisis, and may be called the “Hutchins brake’? to the railroad precipitancy with which the women are prosecuting the present crusade against the whiskey kings and the princes of the tar, HOW THE WORK IS GOING ON. | The interest in this remarkable movement does not seem to lack enthusiasm among the women, | even in places where their work is apparentiy | jully accomplished, and though the reign of King Alcohol ts ended, they still labor, sing and pray and appoint committees to visit other places | where the success of the women has not been so marked. One thing is pretty certain, and that is | ress, in keeping a daily and even hourly | record of their proceedings, 1s coimg grand service | in helping along tnis women’s movement. In the Judgment of many the influence of the press in this cause is more effective than that of the pulpit for cases are not unfrequent where the evangeli- cal infiuence of the press steps in where the rum power of the churches fears to tread. The quota- | tign is slightly changed but the inference is obvi- | ous. | MODERATION OF THE CATHOLICS, | The moderation and conservatigm of the Catho- lic clergy in the religio-temperance crusade have been commended on all sides, and the address of the Right Rev. 8. H. Rosecrans, Catholic Bishop of this diocese, at St. Joseph’s cathedral in this city last evening, has been so generally and favor- ably commented upon that I transmit a few of his remarks in full:— SERMON OF BISHOP ROSECRANS, Temperance in Catholic language, he said, hasa much | wider meaning than abstinence from excessive drink- | ing. Itis one of the tour cardinal virtues-—so called, be- | catise they are the virtues ou which hinge all the other Virtues of both the natural and supernatural order. it | means that virtue which strengthens the will against all | Manner of excess in good things, and holde it midway between the evil on: the one hand of making too much, or on the other of making too little of what 'gratifies us in life. Men lose their souls be- | cause they Jove earthly goods and lear earthly evils too much. If they were temperate they would prize both | the evil and the good at their true Worth, as disclosed by the Uburch’s teaching, and would never be lost. Froin this you sce plainly that the custom now established of calling abstinence trom hard drink tempersnece is not a Catholic custom. No virtue in its proper sense can exist | in the soul unless it has ali its integrity. A man may ve- lieve sore doctrines of revelation, but if he doubts a single one of them be has not the virtue of faith. So of hope and charity. So @ man may abstain from drink, rev be ety mem in a or he may be temperate in | is diet, yet be intemperate in his judginenis, views and nRuARE. To have the virtue of temperance one must be free from excess m thought, word and deed. | He must meep straight in = what he e- Heves, in what he studies, in what he designs, in | whathe says and in what does, He must not be turned aside by fear of danger or allured b; ‘ain. He must not be swang trom his steadiastness by e Joy of success or the humiliation of detest, by the | | applause of histellows or the hootings of the multitude, by the promise of life or the threat of death. With this understanding of the virtue of temperance, let us ex- | | amine, what is known as the temperance cause. | _ To abstain from intoxicatin ant does not siraight- way make a man virtuous. To be free fram one vice | docs not insure freedom irom al! vices, The tact is, most men point out some vice that th from, and | do so when their conscience troubles them. In the | prise, and the haunts of outcasts one may hear Dosst- ings of hardened wretches of the crimes they have never committed, of the meannesses they never stooped to. Iv the Catholic countries of Southern Burope, where in- temperance ts rare, you never read or herr, ip Insirue. tions to the people abont aluttiony, the advice to abstain Lotally from the f wine, OF soine saints it 6 told. As, | marvel, that they never tasted wine ot or durin Lent or Advent. Wine there is as mu diet as tea or coffee here and quite a there, as here and throughout the whol peranice is denounced and condemned ermphia ais and for the game reason. | i) | | there as here, are :— | {fhe mmerinste fhe sin which destro: i H | the image of God in the soul, reducing men to @ level with malice of the 2 ton ‘The disasters it brings upon victim: which may be summed up thus i= rute. ted prohibition of the sin by Almighty God er tbo ‘host awiul threats both iu tke ol aud new its perpetrator and (a) The lows of | | had experienced sorrow from thi | the first saloon visited. Company | tton of the beauties which | The 3 God's grace, which it, in common with other mortal eutaiie; ib) the spiritual blinaness ic brings upon then derstanding, and the tmpotency to which it reduces the Will: (c) the loss of health, strength and comelinem it ‘upon the body, of good Baie upon the * id of upon the earthly fortune; (4) th of which it the occasion—ruch as impart of ail kinds, quarrels, murders, cruel treatment of tamilies, brawis, and thefts and robberies. ¢ Bishop bere drew @ picture of the evils of intem: perance in this coun’ resulting, he said, from the eagerness wit we seck wi from the torce of evil example and the ‘erated drinks. He mentioned with eu the St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society, and ex! orted all, partic heads of faiilies and young men, to enrol themselves among its members, Hi 4 also all who prize th me of Catholic to have nothing todo with the Keeping or frequenting saloons. In conclusion said this duty of ours is hot new, exeept as the Rew. Cur duty every day is to conform oar spirit to spirit of the Church and of Jesus Christ. WILL THERE BE ANOTHER FIASCO? ‘The Women’s Comimitiee wno were expected to visit London this moruing, and learn from the sisters there how to work the singing and preyin Ol the sidewalks part of the programme, did no’ start. Hence there are surmises of @ want Of co- hesion in the elements that are to appear here to: morrow, both in the shape of mass meeting of women in the morning in the Town street Metho- dist church and a general State Convention in the afternoon in the City Hall, It is a somewhat in- ular fact that while the Speaker of the Honse of presentatives, Hon. George L. Converse, hag been thanked ior assuring ladies that they were welcome to hold prayer meetings in the Assembly, for praying might do some of the members much good, the trustee of the Second Presbyterian church has been rebuked for want of proper cour- tesy, and prayers for a change of heart in regard to bis views on the women's movement recom mended, MARCRING ON PITTSBURG, A New Pian To Be Adopted for Crushing Out the Liquor Trafic, PLrTssURG, Pa., Feb, Upwards of 300 ladies, comprising among the number many of the wives of our merchant. princes, met this afternoon to effect a perfect organization for the purpose of waging war on the liquor dealers, The proceedings were opened by the Rev. McDermitt reading from the Scryptures, followed by @ prayer, alter which the reverend gentleman addressed the meeting, saying that for thirty years he had heard nothing bat moral suasion cried to imduce men to giva up this traMc, but now when the ladied have arisen to use the power of moral Suasion men stand aghast and say women will ba subjected to insult, and also say if they go toto thd sewers of Bai ie they must auffer the conse- quences; but that must not be so. A communication was read from Mrs, Felix R. Brunot, wife of Peace Commissioner Brunot, st. t- ing thet at a regular meeting of the Women's Christian Association of the cities of Pittsburg and Alleghany, held this morning, reports were re« ceived Wherein the evils of intemperance were vividly portrayed, and the following resolution waa adopted :— That we express our heartfelt sympathies with tha temperance cause, and we pledge our prayers f0F & suct costal issue of any movement on its hehali. Laige numbers of communtcations of encourage. ment and syinpathy for those enlisted in the cause were also read, and the following plan of organiza. tion was suggested by an old lady, who evtaenti! way wardness 0! huaband or son, The plan seemed to meet the unanimous approval of all the ladies present, This plan suggested the Immediate election of officers, including an executive cominittee of tity and a Visiting Commuttee of the same number. Thearmy of workers was to be divided into companies of one hundred or less, each to have a leader, and num- bered Company A, Company B, &c. Company A was to devote the first hour to singing and prayer at Was to loliow, while Company A proceeded to another saloon. In case any of the company were arrested they were to proceed to the Mayor's ogice, where bail would be forthcoming. They would tnen resume opera- tions, They want neither cowards nor timid per- sons. This 1s God’s work, and the same power is here tnat has so successiully guided the lorces on to victory in Onto, Tuesday next is xed asthe dayon which the real work is to begin, A DIPLOMATIC WEDDING. a Ms Marriage of M. de Westenberg, Minister from the Netherlands—A Grand Assemblage at Baltimore—The Secretary of State and Diplomatic Corps Present. BALTIMORE, Feb. 26, 1874, The event of the week in social circles occarred here to-day. Mr. Bernhard de Westenberg, the Minister representing the Netherlands at Wash- ington, wss married to Mrs. Hugh Birckhead, of this city, at two o’ciock this atternoon. To render marriage valid under the laws of the Netherlands the civil ceremony was first performed at tne house of Mrs. Macauley, in Park street, the resi« dence of the brother-in-law of the bride. This was performed by Mr. Buerlage, Consul General of Holland in New York, tm full court dress, Prest- dent Grant, the Cabinet of the United States, the Diplomatic Corps and many Senators and Repre- sentatives were invited to be present, and a spe- ' clal train left the capital early in the day for Balti- more. ‘The President sent his regrets, as did also several of his Cabinet. But Mr. Fish was present, together with nearly all the members of the Diplomatic Corps and several Senators and Representatives. THE WEDDING CORTEGE moved from the house to Grace church shortly after two o'clock, and entered the vestibule in the following order :—First, Dr. Teakle, Mr. Deford, R. R. Brown and T. McKim, 2s ushers, in fall dress, with orange bows; next, George Gibson, escorting Miss M. Berry; next, P. M. Birckhead, escorting Miss Berry; then Mrs. Berry, the daughter of Mrs, Van Renseelaer, of the Manor House, Albany, iean- ingon the arm of the groom; after whom came the bride, Mrs. Hugh Birckhead, leaning on the arm of James Birckhead, who gave her away, the nine witnesses to the marriage bringing up the rear. The guests had aircady assembled and formed a hriiliant spectacie. THE BRIDE was attired in s pearl silk, trimmed with lace, with fan to match, alt of which were imported from Holland, and extensively decorated with diamonds. She 1s a brunette and looked especially ‘Well this afternoon. The groom was in full court dress, witn his honors and decorations thick apon him. As the pridai party moved up the aisle of the church the organ pealed forth the “Weddi March.’ The marriage ceremony was rforme by Rev. Dr. Dix, of Trinity church, New York, assisted by Rev. Dr. Leeds, Rector of Grace church in this city. The wedding ring was oF plain gold, set with seven diamonds. THE WEDDING BREAKFAST, After the marriage the bridal purty, with the invited guests, returned to the residence of Mra. Macauley, where @ magnificent collation awaited them, “the whole house was most tastefully dressed with leh among which were many of the rarest exotics. The bridal presents were very costly and elegant, and made a handsome dis- play. Conspicuous among them were a diamond necklace, earrin, a lace flounces, presented by tue groom. The collation lasted from three o'clock until six o’clock, and the general impres- sion appeared to be that it was decidediy the wea mest affair that bas ever taken piace in the clty. Promi a the gueste Sir Edward ‘ominent among the were x Thornton, Admiral and Mme. Polo, Mme. Lobo; M. Mori, Japanese Minister; Mintaters of Norway aud Sweden and Denmark, and Mr. Vocke, Consul from the Netherlands in itimore; C. Morton Stewart and wife, Consul from the Argentine Repebiic; EB. Demerolla, Consul from Italy, who was in full court Gress; Representatives Potter and Clarke, of New York; Mr. Mekim and Mr. Fred. De Peyster and wife, of New York; Mme. Bo! of Washington ; Mrs, Dr. gh of Phiiadelp! Mr. and Mrs, Robert McKim, the Ad New York, but now of this city, and Mrs, Dr. Tyson, ol aches of “tHe yf the attacl ol M napus were in attendance and the dimeren first familes ‘of this city were represented. The loma' the nonce /aid aside the gravity and pent Thcha figercrente recat err . them, and bent ail t! 5 Ry 4 ry side, The tone - her entertainment was ute enjo: 4 one Of absolute cack the Diplomatic Corps made their adieug, with compliments and Wishes for the bridal pair, and at sbout six o'clock the Minister of the Netherlands and his Baltimore bride whirled away upon their wedding tour. CHOLERA IN BUENOS AYRES, Discase Prevailing Extensively, with Dreadtal Results. Wasutnaton, Feb. 26, 1874. An official communication hag been received at the Treasury Department, stating that the cholera was prevalling extensively at Buenos Ayres, De- cember 20, twenty-four cases were sent to the lazaretto; December 30, the date of the last com. munication to the department, sixty-four cases were reported. The disease is considered to be “ine Dnited. states Gonsal, st Buenos Ayres had ry 8 Consal en retused to give clean bilis of health 10 vesvels leay- ing there for the United States, and several vessels were leaving the port without being provided with such documents,