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‘The Ex-Ministers in Political Council—Who Will Lead the Opposition. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpow, March 8, 1874. ‘The London Observer says a meeting of the mem- ‘bers of the late Ministry was held yesterday. ‘The impression that Mr. Gladstone has declined ‘the active leadership of the opposition during the ensuing seasion of Parliament is confirmed. The Marguis of Hartington 1s mentioned as his suc- cossor, but nothing has been decided yet, GERMANY, Amperialist Distribution of the French Indem- nity Money. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, March 8, 1874, The Federal Council has ordered to be distributed ‘Go the States of the Empire a further instalment of 42,000,000 thalers of the French indemnity, Prince Bismarck’s Report of the French Payments—What tne Prussians Have Done with the Cash. An oficial statement distributed among the ‘members of the German Parliament by order of Prince Bismarck, during the month of February just past, shows the French indemnity, amounting Originally to five milliards of francs, to have been largely swollen by payments of interest—alto- gether 301,191,959 francs—as well as by contribu- tions imposed and surplus of taxation and other revenue levied in the occupied districts beyond the admunistrative requirements, The sums are stated im thalers and are affirmed to be correct, ‘Ihe 6,301,191,959 francs of indemnity and interest cor- Fespond to 1,413,561,189 thalers. The contribution levied upon the city of Paris adds another 53,505,865 thalers, Other contributions—with the exception of such levied for special wiilitary objects and so employed at the time—mount up, together with the excess of revenue, to 17,394,220 thalers. Thus the entire sum at the disposal of the German vernment was raised to the Monstrous sum of 484,551,274 thalera, & DEDUCTIONS. Seite The first deduction to ve made from this is the ‘value of the ceded ratiways in Alsace-Lorraine, ‘amounting to 325,000,000 irancs, equal to 86,666,666 thalerg, Moreover, there are a varlety aj votes paseed by the Chamber and defrayed out of the indemnity—for instance, the fund for invalid pen- sions, compensation to Germans expelled from France, compensation to the German shipping in- terest, working capital allowed to the railways in tho ceded provinces, votes for fortification works, rants to meritorious generals and statesmen, &c. p.to July 1, 1671, 37,700,000 thalers have been lowed to sufferers by the war, 5,600,000 to Ger- man shippers, 300,000 have been spent ween medals, 10,039,774 have gone towards invalids’ pensions, 5,930,000 have been added, beyond this, to the invalid fund, 9,847,187 have been required for mantiing French fortressei 9,894,821 represent the cost of the siegé material, 9,352,512 have been restored to the Naval Ministry for war expenses, 980,813 for fortifications on the const, 4,791,986 have been absorbed by the ‘reconstruction of destroyed railways, 202,791 have been expended in constructing telegraph lines in France, The civil administration in the occupied French pecences has entailed an expenditure o1 3,753,714 thalers, The sums defrayed alter July 1, 1871, are these :—225,000 thalers tor the postal service, 590,000 thalers for telegraphs, 21,000,000 thalers for the sustenance of the army of occupa- tion. The sum total of these deductions amounts to 600,836,627 thalers, which, in addition to the ‘value of ceded railways, bring down the indemnity sum remaining over for distributton to 797,047,981 thalers. A small balance is for the present re- served for unforeseen expense; and only 793,000,000 thalers are to be actually distributed amoung the participants in the war, alter deduc- tion of a ther 114,715,810 thalers previously Spent in the general service. PARTICIPANTS IN THE SPOIL, The portion of the North German Confederation amounts to 630,116,053 thalers, that of Bavaria tO 90,200,411 thalers, that of Wurtembarg to 28,500,870 thalers, that of Baden to 20,183,182 whalers and that of Hesse to 9,333,674 thalers. SPAIN. Serrano Advancing Towards Bilbao. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MAvRD, March 8, 1874, Marshal Serrano has arrived at Somorrostro, (The village of Somorrostro is situated fifteen Malles northwest of Bilbao.—Ep. HERALD.) ITALY. French Diplomatic Representation at the” Boyal Court. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD, Rome, March 8, 1874. The Marquis de Noailies has presented hiscre- -dentials as Minister of France to Italy. ASHANTEE, British Soldiers Nearing Home from the Seat of War. _ TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Lonpon, March 8, 1874. A transport has arrived at St, Vincent with the Orst detachment of troops of the Ashantee expe- dition returning to England. SOVEREIGNS OF INDUSTRY. para ned Close of the National Council at Spring- field—The Amended Constitution, SPRINGFIZLD, Mass., March 8, 1874. The National Council of Sovereigns of Industry | : mae | most important member of which in all financial closed its three days’ session in this city on Satur- day night, having perfected its organization and framed its constitution. The officers elected are as follow: President, William H. Earle, of Worcester, Mass. ; Vice Presi- dent, 5. 8, Davis, of Nashua, N. H.; Secretary, A. L, Burbank, of Worcester; Treasurer, Kk. W. Dickinson, of Springfield Lecturer, John Orvis, of Boston; steward, Mary A. Dickin- 00), of Springfield; Assistant Steward, Edward M. Graves, of New Haven; inside Guard, Edward Hontan, of Hammonton. ; Outside Guard, H. R, Mattherson, of New Bri Committee, Willi: H. Earie, Worcester, Mass. ; H. T, Blitott, Chicago; A. HW. Kendall, Springtield, and George R. Krasley, Hartford, Conn, ‘The new constitution provides for State councils to be made up of ten representatives irom eacn subordinate conncil, of which there must be at least tem in a State vefore a State council can be formed. Two delegates from each of the State councils will constitute the National Council, The condition of eligibility to membership ts that tne candidate must be over sixteen years of age and engaged in some industrial pursuit, and must have no interest conflicting with the purposes of the Order. THE PALETTE CLUB, Among the art clubs and associations that have sprung up in our city within the last few years the Palette has been specially noticed devoted to art. Under its first man- agement it was mot very successful, but strong efforts have been made by gentiemen connected with art to correct the abuses and make the club what it alms to be, the great art centre of New York. On Saturday night over 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner at the formal inauguration of the new club house in Twenty- gecond street. There was a magnificent coliec- tion of art works, gathered from all quarters of the world, and showing the cosmopolitan | natare Of art and its civilizing tendencies. The gallery was, for the nonce, iurued into a dining room, and it would be dificult to imagine a more seriking picture than that assemblage of artiste, connoisseurs and lidcrateurs gathered to mangu- fate the new club, Mr. ell, the President, in- troduced Mr. Taylor Jonnson, who expressed his great pleasure at the evident growth of art taste, and pointed out the necessity which existed for ort O. the Me@ropolitan Museum of Art a3 by on r educator. ‘Ihe first a ‘ receptior celal Will be held of Thursday evening. oe ee ws RAILROAD PATALITY, Boston, Mass., March 8, 1874, Abby Waltz, a woman about thirty-two years old, residing on Tyler street, fell while stepping aboard ‘the cara in the Boston and Albany depot, on Satur. ‘day afternoon, and was killed, an, Conn.; Executive | | tory of the whig party it had swept tue beet fi A een | pared bim ior the dignified repose of the years “ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. OBITUARY. Ex-President Millard Fillmore. ‘The name of Millard Fillmore has for years beon little more than an historical reminiscence to many people. Its bearer reached and occupied the nighest place in our government, and when he | passed away from ithe fell into obscurity almost | as dense as that which surrounded his early years, When at times this obscurity was lifted, and the ex-President of the United States | again came into public view there was | evident and almost universal feeling of | wonderment that he should be living; and! even among those who had a continual knowledge | of ex-President Fillmore’s life, he was regarded simply, 88 @ writer recently phrased the feeling, | “a venerable link between the past and the pres- | ent of the Republic.” What the causes were of | Mr, Fillmore’s abrupt passage from the glaring | light of public life into the obscurity of torgettul- ness cannot be dwelt upon here. It is only re- | ferred to as a remarkable fact; whether the acts of his life justly it or not 1s left to be settled at some other time than the pres- ent. The moment of & man’s death is scarcely @ fit time to rehearse his faults. Therefore | the demise of ex-President Fillmore, which oc- | curred at Buffalo at ten minutes past eleven | o'clock last might, will be sorrowed over as heartily, and his many good qualities detailed with as much earnestness and fidelity as if he had always stood as high in the public favor as when he was the Chiet Magistrate of the Republic. At eight o'clock last evening, in reply toa question py his physician, Mr. Fillmore said, “The nourish- | ment 1s palatable.’ These were his last words. His death was calm and without pain, notwith- | standing that darimg the week preceding final | dissolution he had suffered intensely, MR. FILLMORE’S ANCESTRY, Millard Fillmore was born in Locke township, Cayuga county, i this State, on the 7thof January, | 1800, He had thus just passed the seventy-fourth anniversary of his birthday, His ancestors were of | the adventurous, strong-hearted and tough. | sinewed men who were the pioneers of our present civilization.. Tho earliest record of them is found im the archives of Essex county, Massachusetts, which mention @ certain John Fillmore, who was the great great grandfather of the ex-President, He was a “‘saylor,’”” whose ship while on a voyage | during Queen Anne’s War, was captured by a Fremef frigate. He and his comrades of the crew were conveyed to Martinique and closely confined. While returning home, upon his release, he died at | sea, His Cee great graudiather, also named John, became a sailor and met with a like | hard fate upon the sea, He was captured | by pirates, and kept among them ior | nine months. Finally, with the aid of two com- | panions, he overpowered the pirates and brought their vessel into Boston. For these brave acts | Fillmore was greatly celebrated, and rewarded | with some ol the personal property of Phiilip=, the | irate chief, He abandoned the sea ana settled at | ‘raukiin, in Connecucat, where bis son Nathaniel was born, While a mere youth Nathaniel, obeying the roving nature of his kin, emigrated into Ver- | mont, then a wilderness. Having settied ut Ben- | nington he married aud reared a family of six chiddren, He was a patriot, and fought under | Stark at the battle of Bennington, ‘The ex-Presi- dent’s lather, Nathaniel, was then about six years | of age, having been born in Bennington in 1771. | He remembered the morn otf the fignting, and used | often to tell of it to Millard when a chiu arly in | life Nathaniél Fillmore moved into the region of | ‘Western New York, which then offered no invita- | tion to any one not of sturdy irame and vigorous, determined mind, There were no inquries at hand, and the necessities of Ue had to be torn from whe embrace of the forest, Nathaniel was accompanied to this virgin region of Cayuga coun- ty by lis bride, Phebe Millard, the daugiter of Dr. Ablatuar Millard, of Pittsfield, Mass, She could have been no ordinary woman who would thus venture into the wilderness, MR, PILLMOBE’S EARLY LIFE, In this place the subject of this notice was born, but soon after his birth his father, having a defect- ive title to the landa he occupied, was forced to remove to Sempronius, now Niles, in the same county. In 1616 Millard was sent to Livingston county to learn the trade of a clothier. He did not remain there long, but returned to his father’s home to beapprenticed to a wool comber. Four years he served at this trade, working hard every day find giving Mis nights to reading, nis appetite for SSH was well served by the village library. When he had reached the age of nineteen he came under ee Notice of Ju Walter Wood, of Ca- 3 Saw in him the promise of & bright faanitood. He advised Millara to study law, and rovided the youth with the means to follow out fis advice. He aided young Fillmore to buy out the remaining two years of his appprentice- sulp and received him into his office, Therein Millard read law and general literature, and at times aided in surveying the large estate of ms patron. In the fall of 1821 he removed to Erie county, and in the spring of the next year he en- tered a law office in Builalo, maintaining himself, as he had previously done, by teaching a scaool. He was admitted to the Bar in 1823 and began the practice of Ris nrolession in the village of Aurora, where b€ contiiued to resiue unt 1050, BEGINNING OF HIS PUBLIC CAREER, ~"... - Spt. Fulmore’s public career began in the year 1628;-when he was elected to the General Assembly. ‘The democratic party was then w the ascendancy, and Mr. Fillmore was a whig and anti-Mason ; conse- quently he had little opportunity to show his abilities at Albany; but he gained @ good deal of reputation by his efforts to abolish tuprisonment for debt, and it was mainly through his exorts that this relic of barbarism was swept away in the State of New York. Mr. Fillmore served three terms in the lature, and was elected to Con- gress 1n 1832. Up to thistime his success at the Bar had not been equalto tne legaland forensic abilities he aiterward displayed. But be continued steadily to rise, and but for the interruptions of his Jegisiative and Congressional life he would have earlier attained thatleading position. at the Bar which was aiterward accorded him. MR, FILLMORE IN CONGRESS, After his first term in Congress, 10 which he was elected in 1832, Mr. Fillmore was ont of that body for aterm: but he was again chosen in 1836, and he was twice re-elected, making eight years ot se! vice in the House. He was generally in & mimority, aud, of course, chairman of no committee till 1841, when the T'wenty-seventh Congress assembled with @ large Whig majority. A great political revolation | had just taken place. For the nrst time in the his- | whig President and a whig Congress had chosen. This political revolution was owing tothe | financial embarrassments Of the country and the general prostration of business, The chief duty of the new administration was to save the national ‘Treasury from impending bankruptcy and to se- cure the revival ol credit, the restoration of conil- dence and the recovery Of business, If this | work was to be accomplished at all it | could only be accomplished througn Congress, the | emergeucies is the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Meaus, This position was given to Mr. Fillmore, and he filled the piace of leader of the House with eminent ability and industry. He was not @ ready mauand made no figure in debate, but always knew what he wanted to say, said it in the fewest words, aud won the entire contidence of the House by evincing solid judgment and business talent. No leader for many years enjoyed more in- fluence or made a House work better than Millard Fillmore. The labors of that stirring Congress were exhausting, and Mr. Fillmore declined another re- election, gving back to the Bar with alacrity ana delight. Five years of uninterrupted labor at his proiession now gave him a competence and pre- aiter his final retirement from public life. MR. FILLMORE BLECTED VICE PRESIDENT. | dont ‘Taylor, In 1947 Mr. Fillmore was chosen Comptrolier of this State, and it was while occupying tnis position that he was nominated ior the Vice Presidency on the ticket with General Taylor. As the contest of 1840, which brought bim into distinguished promt- nence before the country, Was the first of the whig triumphs, so the Presidential election of 1848 was the last, and Mr. Fillmore became the last of the whig Presidents by the subsequent death of Presi- ‘MR, FILLMORB’S PRESIDENTIAL CAREER, Of the several critical periods in the nation’s life beiore the Republic was alsturbed by actual civil war, the time when Mr. Fillmore was pushed into the Presidential office by death was the most trying. The South then saw an inten- tion to lessen greatly, if not to destroy, its | ower in the councils of the nation. Jalifornia was pressing for admission into the Union a8 a State, Should she enter Southerners | | ment. SEE EE ET ODT I foresaw their section of the country fall into powe | erlessness that would be an inducement to legisia- | tors opposed to the “pecutiar institution” of slav- | ery to oppress it with hatesui iaws. Olay and Web- ster were acting the pats of peacemakers, and were both meeting with derision irom the implaca- bles among the abolitioniats aud seceasionists, tor the latter many Southerners Rad avowedly be- come. 't maibus bill of Henry Clay was the Lay subject of Congressional debate when Presi- lent Taylor died, on vuly #, 1460, ‘he Dill was the means by which Mr, Clay hoped to aliay all excite- It provided (or the dism:ss2i vf att inflam. matory subjects from the demain of discussion. Mr, Piiltnore on entering upon the Executive du- ties found the Cabinet oi usmeral Taylor op- yosed to iv. Ciay's dill, which he himself wored. He immediately wrtned a new Cabinet, | ‘with Daniel Webster ty the post of Secretary of ptate, With all the tnfluencs of the admin- istration in ita favor the “Ommibus bil’? ‘was defeated and confusion again became upper- most, At the North were held anti-slavery mneet- ings and at the South gathertags tn lavor of seces- sion, Texas and New Mexico armed to settie their boundary dispute in combat and the South vowed to aid the Texans. Here, indced, were enough canses to distract a President, Mr, Fillmore ar- ranged to prevent the threatened boundary war and advised Congress to immediately act in refer- ence to the dangers, Congress soon passed | they What have since been called the “compromise measures.”* tted California, settled the abolished tne slave trade in It admit “boundary dispute,” the District o! ual tive Columbia and made more effect- provision for the capiure of tugi- slaves. There was a howl raised Inst the President when he signed the Fugitive Slave law, and he was even threatened with physical hurm by anonymous correspondents. The Opposition of Northern janatics to it was empha- sized by several riots, the most determined of Whicn occurred in Boston. These Gemonstrations did not afect him, however, lor he made every en- Conver So unish the infractors o: the law. The ol re Fillmore’s administration was only ade memorable by the occurrence of fMlibuster- ing troubles in Cuba, He had endeavored to pre- vent the jormation bere of parties to invade the “Ever Faithiul Isle’ by proclaiming that all per- sons joining them would be liabie to severe penal- ties for breaching the neutrality of the Uniied States. However, the Lopezexpedition started. Its history is well known, President Fillmore’s idea Was that apy American who took part in @ Milibus- tering expedition forieited the protection of the United States government. He foliowed out the policy indicated by this idea and was sustained on all hands, The idea was probably the germ of the American, or Know Nothing, sentiment that actu- ated Mr. Filimore when he attached himself to the American party and accepted its nomination for President in 1856, And itis likely that the senti- Ment Was fostered by the absurd endeavors of Kos- sath and other political meddiers to compel the United States to interfere in European politics, At all events, Mr. Fillmore accepted the doctrine that | hone could understand or raiparhise with Ameri- can politics and feelings but born Americans, and with the ultimate reference of that doctrine to ob- scurity Mr, Fillmore became almost forgotten. CO-OPERATIVE BROOMS. An Italian Laborers’ Association Offers to Clean the Streets of New York for $8,000 a Week—How It Can Be Do: To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— 1, For the sum of $8,000 per week the Associated. Laborers undertake to sweep the city clean and keep it clean; the money to be paid weekly after the first month. 2. They propose to divide the city into 120 dis- tricts, a detachment of men to be assigned to each district. 3. Each laborer shali wear a uniform blouse, cap and badge, so as to be distinguishabie when his services are required, 4. As they are not paid for their day's labor, but to keep their districts clean, it follows that any policeman or citizen shall have the right to see that his district be kept clean, 5. In cases of necessity the association will pro- vide any pumber of extra bands required and pay | them out of their own funds, 6, For the extra sum of $135,000 for the first year and $100,000 for each following year they will clear away within twenty-four hours all the snow from broadway, Fifth avenue and the lower part of the city. Our association would do the proposea work honestly and completely at the rates which we have carefully calculated, quite independently of hastiwan, chairman of the Assembly Com- mittee on Cities, before the investigation began, In the deposition made betore the Assembly Committee on Cities by Mr. Pickard, Brown’s agent, and Mr. Ambrose, they attacked and repeatedly denounced the present Street Cleaning Department as a swindie; but on analyzing their deposition we concinded that either they would pocket the Tuoney and clean no better than at present, or they would require from $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 to clean, according to their sworn deposition; but as TOpose to do it for $1,000,000 or $1,100,000, therefore tiuey are ignorant themselves of wiat the work practically amounts to, and have no knowledge of figures and facts required for such a work. Mr. Pickard, Brown's agent, in his sworn deposition says that it will cost $60 to clean and cart off every day the rubbish from Broadway and Filth avenue (five miles of street). This would make $10 per mile. The streets of New York be- Ing 2,000 miles long, 1t Would cost $20,000 to clean the rest oi the city, or $7,280,000 per year, Sup- posing he does it only once a week, he would spend $1,010,000, not including $18,250 ior cleaning Broad- way and Fiith avenue, and the pay of the ofiicers, Joremen, clerks, scows, tugboats and the cost of clearing the snow Irom Broadway, Filth avenue and the lower part of the city, which would raise the cost to about $1,400,000. This much ior Mr. Pickard’s plan. Now for Mr. Ambrose, the practical foreman and experienced contractor, who thioks he can prove | his plan by figures and tacts to be the best, and wishes the committee to present it to the Legisla- ture. Mr. Ambrose says that with $1,000,000 or $1,100,000, employing 750 men, ali citizens, he will sweep every street of the city once every twenty- four hours as clean as a table (or stable?) To the question of the Attorney General he says by sweeping he understands to pass the broom over every loot of pavement. As & er foreman Mr. Ambrose ought to know that a stroke of i¢ brocm Will only sweep a@ space of two feet square. A first class laborer, working the whole day, will make 85 strokes per minute, 2100 per hour, 21,600 per day. Seven hundred and flity men would Sweep 81,000,000 feet per day. As the Btreets of the city hava @ gDIlHCe Qf 464,000,000 Bt Ste Teet, it jollows that 31,000,000 squure feet Suid be kept as clean as a tabie and the rest as irty asa stable; or it would take 11,250 men to phd the streets, at acost of $5,625,000, gvould include only sweeping, and not cart gf ifhongh there are so man; can be done, not, ting, 0. 0. dificulties, still the jowever, with hired The Associated wi laborers, 88 has been done, Laborers Undertake the work, after calculating every cnance-of success, and they have come w the Conclusionthat they will keep the city clean, if Not interfered with in the management of the affair. Every citizen will judge alter a month’s trial, if they are faithfn) to their promise or not. The association is composed of 800 first class men. Each man 1s equipped with a broom, a shovel and a tall basket. as used in Italy, strapped on the back, and holding about two or three cubic fect; also, in his belt, he carries a long pointed iron, with a hook, to clear the gutters, Each man goes about his district five hours every day, ‘and col- lects in his basket all the filth, dung or refuse. When the basket 1s full he empties it into a cars During the night sweeping is done for five or seven hours, as necessary. We ghal use twenty patent sweeping machines. Each ravelling thirty miles per night will sweep the city twice @ week; Broadway and Fifth avenue every morning. It is impossible to carry off all the snow from Broadway, Filth avenue and the lower part gf the city as Mr. Brown, Captain Thorne and Mr. Am- brose propose. The above streets have about 2,500,000 square feet of suriace; six inches of snow when swept aside by asnow machine and snow press will give about 18,000 cubic yards of snow. Carts enough cannot be had to carry off this amount of snow. Therefore we would melt all the snow with engines producing steam and hot air, which wil melt one cubic yard of snow per minute. Twenty such engines would suffice to melt 18,000 cubic yards in twelve hours. Ali the above ma- chines we would provide ourselve: to the city beyond the $8,000 per Respect- fully, FRED, GUSCETIL J. M. NARDIL LITTLE BOSTON’S POLITICS, Rumor Regarding a Change in the Post- mastership. Boston, March 8, 1874. A rumor is gaining ground here that Postmaster Burt istoretire and Senator Bailey, who repre- sents the First Middlesex district in the Massachu- setts Senate is to be made Postmaster of Boston. Mr, Batley was an earnest worker for General But- ler in both of his attempts on the gubernatorial chair. THE VIRGINIA WAIF. News from the Home of Bertha Wink-= ler—Contirmation of Her Story—Grlef ot Her Mother. RicuMond, Va.,,March 8, 1874. Agentleman residing at Keysville, in Charlotte county, the home of Bertha Winkler, the Virginia waif, whose adventures have been so faithfully and graphicaliy chronicled by the HERALD corre- spondent at Philadelphia, thus endorses all that has been said of her:—‘‘I have read the statement { made tn the HeRratp of Thursday by Bertha Wink- ier, and, so far as I know and can Jearn, it is cor- rect. She had been living near tais piace with her parents about three years, and always bore a good character by to the time at which she left. Her parents are both living, have a very large family and are very poor, and know of her having adopted male attire with the view of supporting herseif, Her mother 1s very much grieved at her arrest,’ STABBING AFFRAY IN NEWARK. In Newark, late on Saturday night, John Ryan, a resident of No, 203 Academy street, was stabbed severely in the groin by one Andrew Miles, It appears Miles got into altercation on a canal boat, An old man brought him to task, whereupon Miles, as alleged, brutally assaulted him, Ryan remonstrated with Miles and the result was he was stabbed, Tie assaliant fed, but was subse- quently captured by the police and is now held in the City Prison to await the result of Ryan's in+ juries. “These, 101s thought, are not fatal, though quite serious. STRIKE IN A PIPE FOUNDRY. PHULADELPHIA, March 8, 1874, ‘The strike in the pipe rooms of Messrs, Starr & Son’s foundry in Camden, N.J., sttil continues, ‘The strikers held another meeting on Saturday Night for the purpose of advancing their organiza- tion; but their proceedings were secret, and Dothing is known Of their action. |WASHINGTON. Exploration of the Colorado Desert. Great LOUISIANA AND FINANCE. Alarming Effect of the Rum Revelation | on the Revenue Receipts. | WASHINGTON, March 8, 1874. | A Private Exploration of the Great | Colorade Desert and Its Resuilts—Irri- gation Proposed—The Bed of an Ancient Sea, With Aztec Civilization en Its | Shores. } Senator Jones, of Nevada, has received full re- ports of the resulta of a scientific exploration made at the expense of himself and a private citizen of California last summer, for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of reclaiming or submerging the Great Colorado Derert by turning into it the waters of the Colorado River or the Guif ofCaliornla. The report of Mr. J. E. James, the engineer who conducted the expedition, and an elaborate commentary upon it by Mr. R. E. Stretch, an eminent civil engineer of San Fran- cisco, jurnish the following very interesting infor- mation, much of which is entirely new. The ex- | Pploration shows that the greater portion of the Colorado Desert and the Mojare Valley and Death Valley, which le north of it, are from forty to | 100 feet below the level of the sea, and | that this great desert, stretching trom Lower California to Inyo county, in the State of Califor- nia, and from the basin of the Coast Range Moun- tains to the Colorado Kiver, comprising an area of about 300 miles long by 160 wide, may be converted into a chain of lakes or irrigated by the method above mentioned; and also that a large portion of | this “desert” really consists of extremely fertile soil, being a deep alluvium susceptible of the high- est cultivation, It is further shown that the prevalence of what are known as storms,” and hot, deficient rain-falli—the evils surrounding country and as fur north as the Tulare Valley of California—are directly traceable to the existence of this desert, | } suffered by the from which, as from agreat iurnace, there con- | stantly rises in the summer time a vast column of | heated air, without appreciable humidity, Thus the mojsture of the rain bearing clouds, which are blown northwesterly during the summer months from the Gulf of Caitfornia, is dissipated as soon as they reach the borders of this superheated region and prevented from reaching the dry but fertile | plains of California beyond. The shells found on the surface of this desert prove that it has been at | one time the bed of a sea and at a subsequent period the bed of a fresh water lake. The shore lines of both sea and lake can still be seen and recognized in many places; and Mr. Stretch ex- | presses the opinion that the Aztec civilization of the adjacent region in Arizona (of which there are 80 many traces) came to an end in consequence of the climatic changes caused by the evaporation of Colorado River bad cut down its bed im the Great Canyon so deep that its course was diverted at Colivitle to a southerly direction. The question is suggested whether these desert lands cannot be reclaimed by irrigation, and thus saved, instead of being totally submerged, as it is considered cer- tain that covering them with vegetation would tend to prevent the evaporation of moisture and at the,same time act as a precipitant for whatever moisture the atmosphere may carry, or whether both plans might not be combined. expresses the opinion that, although either course would Involve large expenditures of money, the matter is of such public interest as to be worthy-of investigation oy the government, which alone yas the necessary resources and appilanees at ‘com- mand for a thorough examingtion of the sabjeot. 3f, by Such an eXamMNAWDA, the feasibility of the Work shduid be demonstrated private capital might be found to undertake it. He, therefore, Purposes to bring the matter to the attention of Congress, withthe view of having a survey made by the government. _ ‘The Proposed New Shipping Law. One of the most prominent coastwise steamship owners has been here urging upon the members of both houses of Congress the justice and necessity of the prompt passage of the bill prepared by the counse! of the New York Shipowners’ Association. The complaints he presents against the Shipping Commissioner of New York indicate that the ship- ping merchants there are, under the existing law’ entirely at his mercy, and are without any means of redress, Morton to Reply to Carpenter on Louis iana, and to Further Elucidate His Ideas on Finance. Senator Morton will reply to the speech of } these vast lakes in Southern Caltfornia, after the | | also answer the criticisms made upon his position “sand- | desicating winds and the | Senator Jones | on the Bankruptcy pi, going over i very care- fully, line for ime, but expect to be able to report it ip abouta week. They will then resume con- sideration of the bill for the distribution of the Geneva award, and hope to mature it without much more delay. The pressure of business apon this committee has been almost unprecedented during the present session, The Motety Monstrosity—Wil1 the Matter Be Probed to the Bottom? The Commilttee of Ways and Means will continue the investigation of the moiety question for some days yet, as they are now determined to siit the matter to the very bottom. They have already de- veloped an amount of rascality such as the coun- try had not dreamed of, even in connection with the infamous detective business, and the attorneys for the several Boards of Trade now here say thas all has not yet been told. and Means are already thoroughly disgusted with the workings of the law, and would be ready to- morrow to recomutend its repeal on the evidence before them, but they want to probe deeper yet and see how far the mercantile community has been held under tyrdnnicai terrorism by the detec- tive special agents, WEATHE? REPOAT. WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF THE OLIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasbiNGTON, D, C., March 9—1 A. M. | Probabilities, FoR THE EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES CLEAR WEATHER, LOW TEMPERATURE AND FRESH TO BRISK NORTH AND WEST WINDS, DIMINISHING IN FORCE. For the South Atlantic and East Guif States clear weather and light to fresh northwest to northeast winds. For the lower lake region clearing put partly | Cloudy weather, and winds diminisning in force. For the upper lake region and south over the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, clear Weather, rising temperature, and winds diminishing to gentle and fresh, For the West Gulf States rising temperature and east tosouth winds. For Missourl, lowa and Minnesota falling ba- rometer, rising temperature and east to south winds, ‘The Ohio and Cumbe' d rivers will fall, The Weather in this City Yesterday, The folowing record will show the changes in | the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last | Year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building :— 1874, 1873. 3A. M...... 84 3:30 P.M. 6 82 OP. 45 32 ¥ +38 85 8 +42 31 IS cas 40 122, +41 3h Average temperature yesterda, aS 4 Average temperature for corre-ponding date Jast year..... see 39% PAOIFIO BAILROAD SNOW BLOCKADE, San FRancisco, Cal, March 8, 1874. A despatch from Elko, Ney., to-night, says that the Central Pacific Railroad is stili blockaded by snow. ing. About filty miles of the road are to be cleared, It 18 improbable that any trains can be got through for two or three days either way. NEGRO CHIVALRY. Moses and Peter, Two Georgia Blocds, Meeton the Green Sward—Twenty Shots Fired and a Pair of Shins Sadly Damaged. Avausta, Ga., March 8, 1874, Two negroes, Peter Blair and Moses Sullivan, had | some angry words, during which Blair told Sullivan | he was no gentleman, The latter demanded an | apology or satisfaction with shot guns or pistols, Blair replied that he had no apology to make, but | accepted the challenge, naming time, place and | weapons, THE MEETING, The parties met at Sand Bar ferry this morning, | at seven o'clock, accompanied by their seconds, | two negroes, named Ralph Knight and William Armstrdtig. The ground was paced off and Colt’s five-shooters placed in the uggs of the p¥incipais, Knight gave the W230; command. He said, “Peter, 8T@ YOT ready 2” r. Peter said ‘‘yes,”” “Moses, are you ready?!” Moses replied “yes.” THE PEPPERING. Then commenced the shooting, and both parties fired away until the last barrel was discharged. The pistols were rewaded and the principais re- sumed their position, The words of command | were repeated and thevfiring recommenced, and } Was continued until Blair‘fell to the ground, shot | through both legs. AFTER THE ENCOUNTER ; the parties returned to the city immediately. | Sullivan tought at the same place last year, and | | Blair tought another negro near Savannah some time ago. | | Wee RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN JERSEY. PEL RMS: An Important Bill Before the Legisia- formed, Senator Carpenter on Louisiana affairs, and will ture—Tae Reform Schools To Be Re- on the financial question, so that he will be better understood, | Private Benevolence to the Destitute | Teachers of Washington and George- | town. : | Mr. W. W. Corcoran yesterday enlarged his offer to advance money to pay the salaries o/ the teach- ers of Washington and Georgetown, by making the gum cover two months instead of one. It was | accepted very gratefully by the teachers. The Alleged Violations of the Hight-Hour Law in the. New York Post Office. ‘The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House have appointed Messrs, Killinger, of Pennsylvania; Sprague, of Ohio, and Milhken, of Kentucky, a sub-committee to visit New York and inquire into the alleged violations of the Eight Hour law on the government buildings now in process of construction, The Resolution of Censure Sumner. Joshua B. Smith, the noted colored caterer of Boston, and now a member of the Great and Gen- eral Court of Massachusetts, was especially com- | missioned by Governor Washburn to bring on the | resolution rescinding the resolution of censure on Sumner for his proposition to remove the names of victories during the late war from regimental flags. Smith is devoted to Sumner and he loves Butler; so he finds himself in a dilemma, and | might exclaim, “How happy could I be with either, | were t’other dear charmer away !”” The Effect of the Liquor Crusade on the Revenue Receipts. Secretary Richardson has informally called the attention of some of the members of the Ways and Means Committee to the continued falling off in the receipts from spirits, and to the probability of a similar falling off in the revenue on fermented liquors, the sale of both articles being intimately connected in the retail trade. Whether the de- crease will continue he does not pretend to say, | but he is of opinion that the temperance crusaders will interfere with the receipts from spirits and fermented liquors, which deficit, if not anticipated, may be the cause of trouble to the Treasury here- alter. The Investigations of the Acts of Judges | Durell, Story and Busteed=—The Work of the Hoase Judiciary Committee The Bankrupt Bill and the Geneva Award, The Sudictary Committee of the House of Repre- sentatives expect to close their nearimr of the testimony in the Durell impeachment case next Tuesaday, when they will take the evidence of Mr, Sanger, a lawyer of New York city, who has been engaged in certain bankruptcy proceedings in New Orleans, about which the sub-commitiee heard various reports When in that city recently. Tie testimony in the Busteed impeachment case will also be closed this week, there remaining but one more witness for examination, The hearing of testimony in support of the petition for the impeacbment of Judge Story, the United States District Judge for Arkan- sas, will be commenced at noon to-morrow, pre- vious to which time a special meeting will be held | for the consideration of the famous Chorpeuning claim, The Judiciary Commitice are still working . Against | ‘The great issue before the New Jersey Legisla- ture last year was monopoly against free competi- tion on the railroad question. This year the main issue is religious freedom against intolerance, The following bill, introduced by Mr. McDonnell, of Hudson, was orderea to a third reading in As- sembly Jast Thursday. Itisa remedy to a griev- ance that ought long since to have been re- dressed :— Whereas there are confined within the reform schools of this State children of different creeds and torms of religious belief; and whereas the creating said re- | form schools specitically require the inmates to be in- structed fn piety and morality ; and whereas the consti- | tution of this State expressly guarantees to every person “the inestimable privilege of Worshipping Almighty God ina mannor agreeable to the dictates of science :” thereiore, 1, Be itenacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the state of sage of this act, the retorin’ schools shall be open at least three hours every Sunday morning, and at such other suitable times as the trustees of said reform schools may deem proper, to clergymen and teachers of every de- nomination represented in these schoois, for the’ pur- | pose of allowing the children confined therein the tre dom to practice their faith according to their religious convictions, ee Yand | ll be the duty of the ry 2, And be it enacted, That it trustees of these schools to facilitate the exercise an enjoyment of the religious freedom and equality in: tended by this act, by allowing separate accommoda- tion, as far as possible, when the clergymen of different denominations are present at the same time; but no cises ot any clergymen or teachers other than those of the religious denomination to which such child belongs. % And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of all magistrates committing children to the said refor schools to cause to be entered on the record of their se: eral courts, and embrace in the commitments, the gen- eral description of such children, and, where as- rtainable, the names, occupatior | | 7S Kidde itenacted, that this act siall be deemed a public act, and shall taxe effect immediately. ‘This bill will come up for final passage this even- Ing or to-morrow. every denomination, The onl sition to it cate trom some of the Newark delega- tion, who are desirous of establishing a State Church, No opposition was offered, however, ou the order for third reading, and none is ex- pected on 1ts final THE ORANGE CBUROR In the course of his usual pastoral remarks in St. Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday Very Rev.G, H. Doane V. G., said, referring to the subscription list for St. Jotn’s church, of Orange, that the names of the ee subscribers were too numerous to read, but would | way } will reimove to SL be written out and posted on the door next Sun- He said St. Patrick's congregation had done remarkably well considering the severity of the Since the last report a number ol donors have generously added to the St. Jonn’s | need of the most en- polumpus church, New- of which Rev, Father Reilly is pastor, has day. times generally, saving fund, but still there j sDinged spirit and effort. 6s: f ark, raised about $500. THE PALESTINE EXPLORATION SOOIETY. PHILADELPUTA, March 8, 1874 A large meeting in the interests of the Palestine Exploration Society was held this eveoing in the First Presbyterian church. the President of the society, and Lieutenant 7 the com- Steever, of the United States Army, mander of the late expedition inte Moab, made sting statements, to eeral subscriptions to the funds of the society are being made in this city. DEATH OF AN EDITOR PHILADELPHIA, March 8, 1874, James B. Ferguson, editor and proprietor of the | west J F | Dadeetan. j.d.. OD Friday Dight. The Committee of Ways | 1873, 1874, | 6 35 Western trains are lying at Toano, wait- | his own con- | ow Jersey, That from and after the pas | child shall be compelled to attend the religious exer- and residences of cel | their parents or guardians, which, for the purposes of this abt shail be deemed to be that of all cbiidren under | the age'of fourteen years so committed. It is supported by members of outspoken opvo- | Projessor Hitcheock, | Moneer, died at bia residence in GYMMNASTIC GDL How the New Theology is Taug,"t in Philadel- phia—A . Spiritualistic, Operatic and Calisthenio Sunday School—a XY: Dance and Waving of Banners. PUILADELPHIA, March 8, 18%4 Your correspondent has just returned from Sth\- | day school, and a junnier Sunday school humanity, | never saw, | “I tell you, sir,” crted @ tall, lean, lank individual | Of the Spirituahstic caste, “there is Bo such school as tts anywhere else in the world.” | 4 believed nim—there are certain assertions | which we never even venture to dispute, and this | 8 One of them. Two such Sunday schools could nos | Possibly have @ place, and the world be the same ar dreary, wicked, yet good natured world that | ati, | The place where the children were gathered 1886 | the corner of Broad and Coates streets, and Is, | Properly speaking, the second story of a market house, and hence eminenuy a fitting locality ior the COLLECTION OF YOUNG LAMBS, Tt is really a Spiritualists’ iyceum, and ta preg- nant with the memories of bygone séances, The Sunday school was partly gymnastic, partly operatic, partly calisthenic and very largely mis- cellaneous, I never saw in my life a gathering im which were combined so many elements, | SYMBOLS AND INSTRUMENTS. One of the main points of the Sunday school was | piano and another was a violin, the most insig- | nificant figure upon the platform being aman. AIL | down the aisies were gaudy banners, six on each | side, and fastened to setvees by means of straps. | Each banner had @ different color. One pink one Tepresented modesty, the rose difiiden@, the red ardor and the light gray mnocenee. Tue latter, L noticed, had very few persons group about it, ‘The altar was decorated with an Americait fag; | but as your correspondent did not have a chance so see What was inside the altar itself, t¢ would ba hardly fair lor Lim to presume that it eontained reworks, The man upon the platform said that it yas the idea of the Spiritualistic Lyceum to make fae Sun- day school so interesting and attractive that the | children could not possibly be induced to stay | away. When the school opened the overture was periormed upon the piano and violin, and might | a easily Dave been the work of one composer as. that of another, it reminded one of the original | doggerel which sensational writers put at the | heads of all their chapters, and then accredit it to “old song.” | BEAUTIES OF ELOCUTION. | _ Apoem by Gerald Massey was then read. The | man upon the platform pronounced the first line, | and then all the Classes ran a wid, haremscarum | Bud mtensely animated race, to beat each otner through the second, It sounded as if a crowbar had accidentally run foul of a circular saw. All at once the bell sounded again and the orchestra struck up a waltz—it was really a waltz—of a gay, exnilaraung order, SPIRITUAL CALISTHENICS, The man upon the platiorm jolded his arms; the children did the same, and thus the gymnastics of the alternoon began. Such peculiar calisthenics are seldom seen, their chief beauty being in the Jact hat each person indulging m them 1s left to do entirely as he pleases. Up throng ; the air, down towards the floor, around | in a circle, like a Southern railroad train rounding acurve; then straight out alead, as if a severe battle were being waged with innumerable phan~ tom pugilists. A strike, a dig, a dive, a pigeon wing, triangles, circles, paraliclograms and all the Various figures tn advanced mathematics be- ing tangled und distorted in the most ridiculous contusion, Suddenly the musi¢ waxes warmer and swifter and the performers grow wilder and | more dewonstrative in proportion, They begin to stamp with their leet; the clatter grows luster and faster, and just as there dawns upon the specs tators present (hat the old women and young Chik dren are dangerously approximating 00 a jig, the bell taps and the performance is over. “Then comes a rest. Mr. Somebody-or-other gets up and, Makes a speech. It is addressed to children, aud 1s, of Course, Of such a nature that Done but cnil- dren understand it. Then comes a grana proces- s1On. = POOR BIRD. An old lady went up to the platform and took @ | large American flag. It was surmounted with @ brazen eagle, but so curious was the model that, upon oéhdldiug one’s mind immediately re verted to the popular little iowl generally seem jooking tor something about a country barnyard, The ciusses then left their seats and went up and surrounded the elderly lady with the standard. Chen fugre was a pell-meil rush for other fags which sicag i.acorner nearby. Fora moment there Wasa geserah mugion, in which men’s voices, Women's directiva: ghitaush gutcries mingled in a common roar. pe | “March |? cried the leader, and off wéit the | plano, the fiddle, the old woman and the chiidren. Bach had a@ flag and there were iifty-seven in all. Round and round the rovm taey went. What it all meant, or what was its import, what religion | there was in it or how much nearer such paraaes brought those participating in them to heaven was not ascertained. 1t made no difference to the au- dience, and lt was a question apparently inue- pendent of the orchestra. Alas! it would have | been a relief had the pianist and fiddler only paused for a moment to reflect. Bust they did not, until men, women and children came to @ stand- Still at the thunder oi the word “Halt!” THE MANUAL OF FLAGS. They then went through the manual of arms, oF | rather tne manual of flags; it was “Shoulder flags,” “Order flags,” ‘“Rigut shoulder shift flags,’* &c, Just imagine old women, crazy men and young, innocent children, NN in such tom- looiery as this at a Sunday schoo! During the entire afternoon the name of God waa not mentioned nor was any reference made to the | holiness of the day. It was proiane and sacri- legious, and was, to any true Man or woman, pain tul and melancholy to look upon. Died. SULLIVAN.—On Sunday, March 8, 1874, aiter a line gering illness, MICHAEL SULLIVAN, aged 68 years, | Relatives und friends of the family, also the Sev- enth ward branch of the St. Patrick’s Mutual Alli- ance and Benevolent Association, are respectialty | invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, Marc! | 10, 1874, at two o'clock P. M., from the residence o! his son, Daniei J. Sullivan, No, 16 Eldridge street;. trom thence vo ‘ary Cemetery Jor interment. — » (For Other Deatns See Ninth Page. | | | | Aw=_Gentlemen’s Hats, Spring Style for 1874, just issued by CHELD, of US Nassau street, We ‘fave been favored with an inspection of the styles introduced by this driviua manufacturer, and are Cone Vineed they Will prove the most popular of the season. 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