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WASHINGTON. Butler in the Part of Hercules in the House. Superfluity of Financial Speechmaking. The Specific Charges Against the Dis- trict of Columbia Officials. WaAsuINGTON, March 10, 1874. The Molety Investigation—Testimony Taken in 1872—How the Developments v Made Were Covered Up. The capacity of the law of 1867 relating to mote- | ties and the seizures of books and papers for | admitting of the practice of extortion, oppression | and blackmail upon merchants and importers, ‘was fully developed by testimony taken in 1872 by the Senate Committee of Investigation and Re- trenchment, who visited New York for that pur- Pose. The testimony of Jayne himself fully de- veloped the system of outrage and plunder which then existed. The whole mercantile community Were terrorized, and no man was found who would come voluntarily before the committee and expose the wrongs which he had either suffered or knew to have been practised upon others. The facts are fully reported in the three volumes of testimony taken before the committee, but the number of copies which were printed was 80 small as to amount to a partial suppression of the evi- dence, Whatever of investigation there was of these wrongs was due almost solely to the minority of the committee, as the record will disclose. There is a moral certainty that the records of these seizures and forfeitures does not pretend to be their {ull and entire history, and the number of cases where extortions have Deen practised on innocent importers can only be dmagined and inferred from the detailed accounts of the cases which were made public. Enormous as have been the profits of men like Jayne, Howe, Brush, Chalker and others, which are admitted by them, how much greater, in all human probability, will they be if the long, dark list of their unre- Ported seizures and extortions should ever be fully made known! A leading lawyer in the Sen- Ste says, “That this end may be reached let the’ government set the example of granting a rehearing to every man who asks it, and let him nave bis case tried before officials who have not large direct pecuniary interest in condemning hin, as is the case under present laws.” It is felt that ifevery merchant who has been robbed knew that he had a fair chance to get his money back from the Treasury, and by private | action could force these harpies, called “special | agents,” to discorge their plunder, it could be de- pended upon that the mercantile community, if made to feel that day had dawned at last, and that | the era of justice had come, would be emboldened to tell the true history of their wrongs with- out fear of further outrage and op-- pression. The efforts of the sub-com- | mittee were suppressed by tne other members of the committee. A Senator of the highest in- tegrity and respectability, it is alleged, says that | Bliss, now District Attorney at New York, ac- knowledged that he had the witnesses for the de- fence regularly trained. The committee did not | report any measure for relief or reform, and everything has been smothered up since the inves- tigation, and the other members of the committee were not able to get up any bill, nor did the com- mittee report any bill. The one which came trom the House in the spring of 1872, and which prom- | sed some slight protection to the books of mer- chants while in the hands of special agents, was dropped in the Senate Committee of Judiciary, and never was reported to Congress. Mr. Jackson Schultz. and the Jewel of Consistency. Ab amusing occurrence transpired in the Senate to-day when Mr. Jackson 8S. Schultz came over to get a copy of tne report of the evidence taken by the Senate Committee of Retrenchment and Inves- tigation, applying to Senator Bayard for the decu- ment. The latter said that when they were at work exposing Jayne they were not tavored by Mr. schultz’s assistance, but even met his opposi- tion, as he was at that time on the side of the Cus- tom House authorities and in favor of Jayne, while he is now his most determined opponent. Whe Superfluity of Speechmaking on Finance—Is the End of the Affliction Neart In the Senate, as was anticipated, a speech was Made to-day by Senator Ferry, of Michigan, who has been prominent in making arguments favor- img an increase in the circulation, The Senator | expressed views as heretofore, advocating that — something be done to relieve the country, with the | exception that what he said was in part intended | as areply to the contractionists, and especially to Senator Schurz, It wouid scem that the time tor making speeches un finance had passed, as was evidenced in the sitm attendance of Senators and gallery listeners; but the young Western Senator had his full say, and, though in a weakened condi- tion from recent illness, he dealt out earnest blows The Bankrupt Bill To Be Reported with Non-Concurrence in the Amendments. The House Committee on the Judiciary to-day directed General Butler to report back the Bank- rupt bill tothe House with the recommendation that the Senate amendments be not concurred in and that a committee of conference be asked, Mr. Butler is now prepared to make such a report. The committee are nearly equally divided, but the majority are inclined to adhere to the House bill repealing the law. A Check Upon the Land Claims of the Union Pacific Railroad Along Its Cen- tral Branch. The report of the Senate Judiciary Committee to- day as to the proper construction of the Pacific Railroad laws was made in pursuance of a resolu- tion offered by Mr. Conkling last spring directing the committee to inquire and report at the De- cember session whether the Union Pacific Railroad Company or any other company authorized to build @ branch road to connect therewith, or any assignee of such company, Will be entitled to lands or bonds for any road which such company may hereafter construct, Investigation disclosed the fact that the Central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad Company is the only one making such claim, and the committee therefore confined themselves to this claim, Alter giving an extendea history of this claim they speak of the suggestion which has been made that the Senate should not undertake to decide upon the questions involved, but should rather provide for leaving the whole matter to the courts. They reply that it 1s almost an everyday occurrence for Congress to ae- clare the true intent Of an existing statute, and they know of no higher duty devojving upon the lawmaking power. This claim, they say, has remained, in all reason, long enough a subject for examination and re-examination, for discussion and rediscussion, before the depart- ments and a theme for comments in the press and forum, and should be set at rest by the earliest and most authoritative acticn, and especially because the adverse claimant has vestea rights the declaration of Congress cannot interfere there- with nor affect their standing before judicial tribunals. At the conclusion of a long argument, which is elaborated in the report, the committee express their unqualified belief that the claim of this company to be entitled to lands and subsidies for an extension of its road some 226 miles, to con- nect with the Union Pacific Railroad at or near the one-hundreath meridian, is not warranted by the law, and they, therefore, recommend the passage of a bili declaring that by the Pacific Railroad acts of 1864 and 1866 lands and bonds were granted to said company for 100 miles next to the Missouri River, aud nomore, The bill thus reported is a copy of that introduced by Mr. Wilson, of Indiana, in the House of Representatives last December. Government Relations with the Induas- trious Indians in Southern Idaho. The House Committee on Indian Affairs have directed a bill to be reported carrying out the agreement concluded in November last with Ban- nock and other Indians in Southern Idaho by Gen- eral Shanks, @ member of the committee. This agreement requires that the Indians shall not have the privilege to hunt off the reservation without the written permission of the agent. Itis especially agreed that no white persons shall be permitted to reside on the reservation other than those under the employ and pay of the United States or desig- nated by the agent. The Indians are to be gathered | at Fort Hall reservation, and every male Indian is to have a horse and a cow. It isa remarkable fact Uhat thirty-seven Indian signers to the agreement call themselves laborers. General Shanks says these Indians are always glad to obtain employ- ment in that capacity, aad in that way are improv- ing their condition. The New York Naval Office. It is positively asserted here to-night by proml- nent gentlemen that to-morrow the President will Withdraw the nomination of General Hillyer as General Appraiser of Merchandise at the request of that gentleman, and that he will send his name to | the Senate as Naval Officer of the Port of New York in the place of Mr. Lafiin. Confirmation of Nominations. The Senate in executive session to-day con- firmed the nominacion of Cassius G. Foster, United States Judge for Kanass, aud of M. P. Berry, Col- lector of Customs or Alaska, THE MOIETY SYSTEM. Continuation of the Testimony—Special Agent Jayne Recalled—Apology for the Law and Its Enforcement—Fifteen Per Cent of the Revenue Lost Through Frauds, WASHINGTON, March 10, 1874, In the Committee on Ways and Means this morn- ing a telegram addressed to Representative Shel- don, from the Collector at New Orleans, was read, asking the committee to summon Mr, Kinsella and Special Agent Lobdell, who are the best informed men tn the country on customs matters, F. B, Moulton, of the New York house of Wood- ruff, Robiuson & Co., made a statement saying that during the latter part of September he dis- charged a clerk from their concern, and immedi- ately thereaiter a rumor was started that they were guilty of irregularities against the govern- ment. He went to see Jayne, and asked him to in behalf of the West. He consume the entire | session. General Logun is to follow to-morrow on | Mnance, in reply to Senator Schurz, and then | Senator Morton will close up, when the forces will | gather for action and proceed to take a vote. | Unless by way of explanation or in response to | some attack he who will obtrude another speech will have hardikood indeed or be overwhelmed by a@ buoyancy which can only float him on the sea of self. Beyond the speeches announced, the hearing of which is nerved for now, avy addition would be likely toempty the Senate of clerks, pages and,| doorkcepers, when there would be no audience. | At the close of Senator Ferry’s remarks the Senate | went into execative session and then adjourned. | Bitter Attacks on Butler as the Defender of the Sanborn System of Contracts—What May Be Expected. In the House, with the exception of a discussion on the killing of busfaloes in the West, the ouly matter of interest was a much enjoyed and spicy game at small swords, which came on during the Gebate on the Legislative Appropriation bill, Mr. Beck made one of his usual trip hammer speeches, lasting an hour, in which, as usual, he arraigned the extravagance of the administration, Toward the close of it he attacked the Sanborn contract, which is now under discussion by the Ways and Means Committee, of which he is a member, This brought the Essex statesman into the fight. Then down apon him in quick succession came Messrs, Dawes, Hale (of Maine), roster, Hawley and Sam Randal flinging contemptuous defiance in the teeth of the soldier statesman, who bowed in angry sub- mission. General Garfield then appeared with Statistical and appropriational armor, and re- peiled the assault of Mr. Beck with what was re- warded as ability and accuracy. As soon ag the report comes from the committee on the Sanborn matter the evidences are unmistakable in to-day’s debate that Mr. Simmons’ friend will catch hot drubbings, and from all sides will he be saluted with attacks calculated to bring him down irom his assumed elevation, Special Charges Made at Last in the District of Columbia luvestigation—A Close Session of the Committee. ‘The Joint Committee of Investigation into the affairs of this District had quite an interesting ses- sion to-day, owing to the submission of special charges against the Board of Puvitc Works. There will bea seasidn with closed doors to-morrow, when the case will be read up by the members, and on Thursday the argument of counsel will be heard to determine how far the committee wiil feel autnor- ized to go in sending for persons and papers, The Howard Court of Inquiry, The Howard Court of Mquiry assembled at noon to-day, All the members were present excepting Colonel Getty, who will be here to-night. General Howard was present with his counsel, Alexander ®. Ketcham aud George W. Dyer, of New York. The Court organized, Tne session was mainly Moyoted to hearing the correspondence of the have the matter thoroughly examined. He wanted an investigation concerning their integ- rity, as his house was the largest of the kind in the country. He procured from Jayne a list of such books as he wanted and furnished them, He did not seek to know of any charge of the govern- ment or to see the affidavit if there was one. The proof slip of an article prepared for a New York paper was sent to him before it was published, He therein discovered it was said he had instructed a young man in the establishment to make entries in the cash book for the purpose of detrauding the rey- enue and entering them as incidental expenses, but that the conscience of tie young man would not permit him to remain in their employ. He had addittonal reasons for the discharge of the clerk. It was supposed the public press protects the merchants, no matter how much the govern- ment and special agents oppress them. In the presence of two editors Of the papers he called attention to the Jalsehoods in the article. One of them said that was news and should be published. ‘The other was a diferent sort of man, and said it should not be published. Mr. Moulton took the paper to the Specla} agent, with the request tuat he investigate the facts, which he did, Mr, Moulton never knew who iurnisued the ‘article for publication; but in the course of the investigation he received anony- mous communications onthe subject, Mr. Moul- ton spoke of THE WAREHOUSING SYSTEM, and tn this connection alluded to the galt case as connected with wis house, arguing that intent should be considered in an allegation of iraud, He had not an exalted opinion of spies and in- formers, They reminded lim of a scene he wit- nessed in Florida—a flock of buzzards in a tree waiting the decomposition Of an alligator so that they might pounce upon it. He shuddered when he thought of the present system of moieties, and be- lleved tie civilization ol the world represented something better than buzzards and alligators. It had been stated that he came here at the instance of General Butler, There was some truth in that, He saw General Butler several weeks ago and said to him that this was A HARD CASE, and he wanted to get out of it. General Butler replied, “Come before the Committee on Ways and Means and show them how hard itis.” Their dimiculty was not with the Treasury Department, it was outside, His house had been proved not guilty of any intentional fraud in deliver. ing salt without @ custom house permit. During one year the House itself lost $16,000 vy the mismanagement of labor. But the system had been entirely altered, The amount due tor the irre- gularities of delivery in advance of the permit was not more than $4,000 or $5,000; but the forretture involved $5,000,000, The House paid $50,000 in settlement, not as a threat, but as the easiest way to settie the controversy. JAYNE RECALLED, Mr. Kelley said the case of the petitioners had never been closed, and recalled 8. G. Jayne, who explained the laws in relation to invoices ana tne required cath of the actual cost and the market tion mi ket value. The goods must be invoiced asp: chased, Duties must be assessed on the actual value notwithstanding the fons are purchased below the market vaiue, He said gentlemen here ask the repeal of the second section of the act of 1867, which authorizes the seizure of books amd papers on the warrant of tne District Judge, and also the Tepeal of the provisions ing moieties to officers and informers, the reveal of all penalties for viola- | done. | so heip him God.” tion: goods, cers at clusive of the alter — tn delivery of and tii the decision of offi- the time of importation be con- for and against the importer and the government, and that the penalty should he commensurate with the offence, and the Jorieit of goods be limited to the goods not Properly invoiced, These provisions were op- sed, fop the reasons that the law is unconsti- tional, because it is contrary to the spirit of the | age and unnecessarily severe and oppressive; be- cause in its operation it has Leen found subject to abuses, and jurther, that its tendency is to drive commerce out of American to foreign lands, “ON THE HOMESTRETCH.”? Mr. Jayne briefly argued the constitutional point in support of seizures of books and papers, re- marking that there ia a natural adversion to pay- ing the exactions of the government. He believed they were now on the homestretch of old times, ‘The effects of the demoralization growing out of the war were more serious than the loss of life and blood, We are in a day of wild and extravagant speculation and there 1s more evident disposition to avoid taxation than at any other time. He be- lieved that frauds against the government are lessening and that were is an improvement 1 political and social morals.gif laws are necessary at all they are necessary to protect the revenue of the United States and to protect honest mer- chants, The law 1s not too severe if properly ad- ministered, It was the duty of a Treasury agent to perform the duties of his office in the detection of frauds on the revenue, and they are subject to Mnes and penalties if they are unfaithiul. He knew nothing of the business of professional iniormers. ‘The books and papers of a house are taken on the warrant of a District Judge, it first being neces- sary to show that there is probable cause. If otherwise, the aggrieved party has the right to re- adress. A firm in New York dia bring suit in sucn @ case and did recover. SEIZURE OF BOOKS AND PAPERS, The committee bad been told that all the booxs and panees of merchants were taken away with- out the required legal identification, ‘This was not his experience, So lar as he knew the opposite was the fact. [n his entire practice he knew of only one warrant that was not served, and that was in the case of Phelps, Dodge & Co. The Dis- trict Attorney, Noah Davis, took the responsibility of having the service of the warrant waived. Something had been said here about his testi- mony betore the Senate special committee which sat in New York investigating the Custom House frauds in that city. This com- mittee was told something about handcuffs, but he would say here, a8 he said before that special committee, that he was compelied to give direct answers to direct questions, and therefore had no opportunity to explain. He was on that occasion asxed if there were handcuffs tn his office. He replied that a pair was leit there by an officer of the Eastern District by accident. They had been hanging up in a closet until now. Alter the investi- gation he resolved to keep them owing to their historic value. One of the wristlets was locked and the other unlocked. He never saw the Key. He would repeat here that never an unkind word passed between him and an importer. Evening Session. Mr. Jayne resumed his statement before the committee this evening. deiend any outrage that has been committed in the name of the law or under the law. The com- mittee had been told that books and papers had been kept out of the hands of merchants, so that they were prevenees from settling their accounts or transacting their current business. He knew of no cases where parties have not been admitted at all times to see tneir books or take any data from them they may choose. Every possible facility 1s given to them. Tf wrongs are committed the Courts are Open at all times to hear grievances, and, it any order has been disobeyed the Lage ity ee with the Courts, The committee had been told by a gentle- man now present (Mr. Schultz) that he had been going around among merchants and feeling the pulse of various patients. He had all re- spect for the honesty of purpose of that gentleman, but if you were to array all the convicts of all the penitentiaries in a row and ask them, **Are you guilty ?” there would be one uni- versal “No!” ifit were true that abuses exist under the law, and men have been mulct for tech- nical errors, there should be such legislation as would do away with such abuses. The arguments that the present system would drive trade from American into foreign hands are not sound and just. He then referred to various cases of irauds and how frauds are committed, such frauds as have been called ‘technical errors.” Obtaining a clue to frauds he traced them to the end and made the wrongdoers tell the truth, He produced indict- ments against certain men, but they had to be nolle prossed, because their books could not be used in criminal prosecutions. ‘heir letters in- structed their agents in Boston, New Orleans and elsewhere how to act in order to carry out the collu- sions ior defrauding the revenue. He referred the large manuscript book which he had brought with him to show from it numerous cases where frauds had been committed in the method described. It had been said some Yankee has invented a process by which blood can be squeezed from a turnip, but Jayne said, ‘We don’t know how that is done, bad as we are.”” FIFTEEN PER CENT OF THE REVENUE LOST. The government now loses fifteen per cent of the revenue, notwithstanding all the inducements to prevent iraud. If the law is wrong and oppres- sive, repeal or revise it; but when you attempt to act lor the good of the entire people first inquire what Kind of a law is necessary to pro- tect the government and the honest mer- chant. If the keeper of a mere corner grocery can be punished for a violation of the law, how much more should high American merchants be punisheda—men who have intelli- ence and have a clear understanding of the law? jt has been said he had made much money; but he could have made more by a single transaction— namely, by taking @ check for a large sum of money to leave the city, where he was not popular among those whose frauds he undertook to detect, There are but few men who have a cor- rect idea of the extent of the business of New York. Sixty-nine per cent of the customs reve- nues is collected in that city, Over forty-five per cent comes irom cuin paid as duties. Business is done in @ hurry, It could not be transacted as deliberately as in a place where but two dugouts and schooners arrive in a year. It is a fact that the Consul’s mvyoice cannot be used. It is not filed inthe name of the consignee, but in that of the consignor, and in a case of sus- pected traud it takes a day to find a single tripii- cate invoice in the cart loads which are brought to the Custom House. A NEW CUSTOM HOUSE FOR NEW YORK. The business at New York cannot be properly " and accurately transacted with the force at present ailowed, and in some departments in- adequate salaries are given. Congress would do a wise thing if it Would vote $30,000,000 to put up a custom bouse where all the business could be The increased duties the government would receive with increased business would make this @ wise expenditure. The e tire Battery shoud be covered with a custom house. Jayne, contipuing his showing how irauds are committed, said he was not here to cover up wrong. Let those who have done wrong sulfer for their misdeeds, But he was here to answer the severest indictment ever brought against a living man, and te was here to “tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, In the course of his remarks | he said he had always acted without pas- | sion or malice, his only =motive be- ing to serve the right and _— estab- lish the truth. He said the law of 1867 ought to be amended in several particulars, He would put his proposition in form. It there was anythin, wrong or douvtiul in the oath prescrived, it should be made plain as daylight, so that no man may err. But tt you ioosen the obligations men are under to pay taxes or revenue, you cannot collect the money. TAKING OF PRIVATE BOOKS, Mr. Roberts, of the committee, asked Mr. Jayne whether he, in any case, had taken trom the mer- chants any books other than those bearing on the charges oj fraud, Mr. Jayne replied that 1t was the intention in every case to confine the act of seizure to the com. mercial books of the house; books had occasion- ally been taken other than tnose required, but not mtentionaily, He further said that he had never opposed the settlement of cases. He made recommendations only when the Secretary asked for them. He never employed counsel but ouce in a case belore the Secretary, and that was to prevent a man from consummating a dishonor- able scheme. Mr, Foster inquired whom he employed a scoun- sel. . Mr. Jayne replied—General Butler. On ques- tions of law which he did not understand he had consulted that gentieman. He paid him $1,500, besides the tee in the Phelps & Dodge case. He bad consulted General Butler in three or four other cases. Mr. Foster asked the witness questions with re- gard to the case of Wovdrufl, Robinson Co., and Mr. Jayne said he thought the amount they paid—s5v,000—was in excess. The infor- mation on which they were required to pay that amount originally came from a man named Hayes, formerly in their employment. in answer to another question, he said the money had not yet been distributed, and that $8,000 was more than Hayes ought to receive. Jayne, in reply to questions by Mr. Beck, of the committee, said in sixty-one cases in his charge fifty-two or flity-turee were in consequence of COLLUSION WITH CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICERS. He reported them to the Secretary oi the Treas- ury, Some of those officers are now out of place, but others are still in omice; he reported the tacts to the Secretary; it was no part of the functions of the special agent to do anything more than report the tacts; he thought, however, these men ought not to be in oftice. Mr. Beck—You do not think it safe to carry on business where such men are kept in office? Mr Jayne—While thieves are in ofice I look on the seizure of books and Vy as no better than highway robbery, and so 1 have quit. (Laughter.) Mr. Niblack asked Jayne to explain the discrep- ancy between the actual sums paid and the sums reported in the seizure cases. Mr, Jayne explained that it was owing to deduc+ tions for the payment o! expenses. Mr. Nibiack said were Was a rumor to the preju- dice of an officer in the Treasury Department, namely, that Mr. Jayne bad divided a portion of the moiety witn a subordinate in that department, whose hostility he did not care to incur, Mr. Jane replied that 1t was not true, bat a gen- tleman there bad information like himself concern- ing the same house. The information was discov- ered (rom the importer’s books. He said to him (Jayne), “Let the case appent in your name.” ‘nis was done, and they divided the money. ‘The committee adjourned till to-morrow morn- ing, at ten o'clock, He had not come here to * | twined,and there see the baneful effects of dis- TEMPERANCE. Dio Lewis Stirring Up the Gothamites. Action of the Catholics in Brooklyn. THE CAUSE IN THE WEST. Cold Water Disciples Increasing in Ohio. After the meeting of the clergymen of nearly all denominations in the pariors of the Young Men’s Christian Association, on Monday alternoon | last, there seems to have been a lull in the tem- perance storm in this city. At that meeting there were representatives who are the pride of tneir several congregations and an honor to their call- ing everywhere. The assemblage was called at the instance of the National Temperance Society, but that body was ignored, or bowed out, as it was termed, by the congregated wisdom of the pulpits of New York the moment the meeting was organ- wed. This was literally “throwing cold water” over the cold water movement asoriginally inau- gurated here, and its chilling effects seemed tobe | jelt amid the freezing March blasts of yesterday in_all vemperance quarters, To-day, however, the war willbe resumed by a athering of the crusaders in the Methodist piscopal church, Second avenue aud 119th street, Harlem, at three P. M., and hall-past seven P, M. in Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal church, at both of which the pioneer crusader of Ohio, Dio Lewis, will appear, with Rev, W. C. Steel, and rally the temperance hosts, Miss Phabe Cozzens, the St. Louis lawyer, will also speak at the Beekman Hill meeting. ‘To-morrow (Thursday) the committee appointed by the clergymen at the Young Men’s Cnristian Association will make a report and lay out the re- ligtous plan of the temperance campaign in this city, with suggestions in relation to legislative action on the subject. On Friday evening there will be a grand rally of the Sons of Temperance in the Methodist Episcopal church, Seventh avenue, near Fourteenth street. ‘Thus 1¢ will be seen that while there was yester- day a comparative truce in the crusaders’ war in this city preparations have already been made for prosecuting the campaign with vigor tor the bal- ance of the week, The Brooklyn Temperance Meeting. What was intended to be, or at least what some of the most enthusiastic advocates of temperance im Brooklyn were hopeful should be, an ‘unpre- cedented”’ demonstration of the Catholics in favor of the cause of total prohibition in the way of a mass meeting at the Avademy of Music, Brooklyn, last evening, turned out to be all that was anticl- pated. It was feared at the hour when the pro- ceedings should have been opened, according to the announcement of the St. Vincent de Paul Society directors, owing to the array of empty benches in the galleries which stared every one present out of countenance, that the meeting was tobe a miserable failure; but such was not the case. Thelactis that the demonstration was not by any means a part or parcel of the general tem- perance movement that is being egged on in this city and its immediate vicinity by men who expect to make an honest penny by it, and by those who are really in earnest and who ao not expect to make an honest penny by it; but it was simply and solely a movement IN FAVOR OF THE POOR. It appears that over sixteen temperance societies resolved last week to make common cause last night against intemperance by the simple method of gathering together as a temperance order united, with the cross as their standard, as one body. There were many who believed that the demonstration was to be a marked and exclusive Catholi¢ movement in favor of the new temperance crusade as inaugurated in the West. It was noth- ing of the kind. Fathers Keegan and Friel, who were the orators of the evening, confined them- Seives fo the subject of the Catholic Church and its domination over the faithful, and to the recailing to the ming of their hearers the most endearing in cidents in the life of Father Matthew. On the stage were Bishop Loughlin, Vicar Gen, eral Turner and the following named clergymen :— Revs. J. Kiely, of St. James’ Cathedral; W. Keegan and James Moran, of the Church of the Assump- tion; F. J. Fransioli, of St. Peter's; James O’Bvirne and John McGuire, of St. John’s; Thomas Taafe, of | St. Patrick’s; M. Hickey, of the Nativity; E, McCar- thy, of the Visitaton;’ Dr. Freel, of St. Charles Borromeo; James Baler, of St. Augustine’s; P. | M. McNamara, of St. Malachi’s; J. Creiguton and | O'Donnell, of the Lady of Victory; M. O. Reilly, of Augusta, hia., and others. The private boxes were also filled by ladies and gentlemen, ADDRESS OF REV, FATHER KEEGAN. At elglt o’clock Mr. Murtha, President of the Roman Catholic Temperance Union, called the meeting to order, and without making any speech introduced Rev. Father Keegan, of the Church of | the Assumption, as the first speaker, Father Keegan was received with applause, and said that he tuanked the large audience wuo attended in aid of the poor, They had not assembled merely to dis- cuss the vice of intemperance, but in accordance with tne @xpress wish and sanction of the venerated Bishop, snd that gave them strength. They were also theie in the cause of charity, which, springing irom such @ source as this, must bring down a bdiessing, not only upon the receiver, | but upon the giver. Charity distriputed by this (ni0n must bring down this blessing, and works done in the state of grace would gain re- wards from the treasury of Heaven. When a society ‘ecélved the sanction of the Church, no matter vhut that society was, it wus expected that every member would live up to the strictest sense oihis religious duty, and consequently they wouid be blessed, Without the cross-and without the unig, uo real advance, no progress could be made. [heir motto, then, would be “the cross’ and “unon,’’ and there was no such word as fall. We neet not go to France to find the evi effects of | disuniot, We had put to look across the | there cast our eyes on tne land wound which the earliest and nearest, | ana da@rest affections of their lives were en- | union, for what had kept Ireland for centuries | under he rod of her old oppressor but the want of union t Waile they had seen the effects of dis- union fiey had clsewhere seen the good effects of union. Tue temperance men who had met here under he sanction of the Church were likewise under the cross, and each one must look upon | himsel as @ soldier ol the cross—that is, he must | | be eve prepared, by his good exampie, by his sobriew, by his obedience to the laws oi God, Men seeing the good works performed would cons quenti, glorify their Father in heaven, (Ap- plauses DR. FRIEL'S ADDRESS, Dr. friel followed the Kev. Mr. Keegan. He said tht it was @ glorious sight for the temper- ance case to see neariy twenty societies, nuim- bering tearly 3,000 members, as he saw beiore him thatevening, Every one present had the consolatig in knowing that he was encouraging two grea virtues—temperance and charity. He would endiavor, he said, to call to their minds a Jew {acts # to the life of the great apostle of tem: perance, lather Matthew. His greatness was every one’ dally conversation, and we all teit | that his lin recalled to mind that it had been | @ constant sacrifice for the eternal saiva- | tion of hi fellow men. He was one of the Church’ " proudest heroes. He had be- come in @ short time the morat leader Of 4,000,000 ¢ souls. What was the secret of his mastery over those souls? It was simply the application of the divine principles of Curis tianity, it Wasmeditation on the words of the Redeemer, “Lf my one wisn to -serve me let him deny himself, te up his cross and follow me.” Should we, askecthe preacher, only follow Him to the mount when Ye preached ms admirable ser- mon, only amid tk hosannas of the Palm Sunday, Se enoata toloe noe of the Good Friday ¥ No. Step by step. ent | Tn WapeS Or oe nee ae ee WeRs| DISASTROUS CONSRUENCES OF INTEMPERANCE, the taients squandena, buried in hopeless gloom; how many cedars fym Lebanon laid low, now many souls laid low b.the all-blasting plague of in- temperance? The ‘ctims ot the sin were seen in the workhouss and in the madhouses; aye, in early graves ad in hell, and therefore it Was the duty of all god Christians to stand be- tween the drunkard aq his damnation. It was Meditation on these geat truths tat induced Father Matthew to lea the cause he had. ‘Tne preacher then went on picture several scenes in the life of the great apose, The spirit of the good man, be said, was yet li\ng, though his body had crumbied away among ththings tuat were. The meeting adjourned jter Dr, Friel's address, Forsyth Street Menodist Chure, A number of the ladies ¢ the Forsyth street Methodist Episcopal church yet yesterday after- noon at the residence of Rev.\, w, Barnhart, pas- tor of the church, No. 12 Forayt, street, for the pur- pose of inaugurating @ practica| temperance cru- sade in their vicinity. A partial organization wo8 effeced, and it was Episcopal | the crusaders more determined than ever, decided to begin the work at on: permanent organization until the next meetin which will take place next week. The course de- cided upon by these ladies, aithough similar to that pursued by the Western women, is of a milder form. They propose to make their visits in twos and threes, and to , NOt at those places where the lquor business 18 ‘conducted exciusively, but at groceries and drug stores, where liquor is ‘soid in 81 uantities to families and occasional drinkers. They think that they can make a greater impression to — in this way, but when the tide has once started they will extend their eilorts to the regular liquor stores, THE CAUSE ELSEWHERE. The Movement in New York State, POUGHKEEPSIE, March 10, 1874, A large mags meeting of temperance people was held in the Hedding church to-night. Several Speakers took strong grounds in favor of the Ohio movement, but expressed doubts as to 1ts practica- bility here, Irnaca, March 10, 1874. The women’s temperance movement is making steady progress here. Meetings are held daily for prayer and consultation; aud to-day the first out- | door work resulted in a complete victory for the ladies, A committee called upon the druggists, allo; Whom signed the pledge not to sell intoxi- cating liquors a3 a beverage, Lockport, March 10, 1874 Despite the inclement weather, Good Templars’ Hali was crowded iast evening upon the occasion of the adjourned citizens’ temperance meeting. Speeches were made by prominent business men and more feeling was generally manifested than at the first meeting. A local temperance organi- zation was formed and officers chosen, including ladies for each ward, The resolutions adopted are condemnatory of the present Liquor law as recog- nizing the rum tramic. ‘The meeting adjourned subject to the call o/ the President. The Ladies of Dayton Again Subjected ‘ to Jeers and Insults, Dayton, Ohio, March /10, 1874, This has been another day of intense excite- ment, The crusaders marched this afternoon in three detachments of twenty each and stormed thirteen saloons on Filth and West Third streets. A large, turbulent rabble followed them from place to place, and the turmoil at times was almost deafening. The voices of prayer and song were frequently inaudible. Ribald Jjests were bandied about by the outside mob with indecent loud talk, and rough swearing crowds of beer drinkers pressed into and infested the saloons and drank as fast as they could, mocking tho pray- ing women with loud blasphemy and louder bac- chanalian songs. Even women joined/in the rib- aldry, The women meekly bore these galling in- suits and persisted and prayed. The band which went to West Third street passed the corporation line té the saloons where the vet- erans {rom the Soldiers’ Home mostly congregate, and, betng beyond police protection, were sub- jected to most shamefui insults by “bammers,’”’ who have no Pecaniery interest in the saloons, but seemed to delight in their license to be as vul- gar as blackguards can ve, As a matter of course the tendency of such in- famous conduct is to inflame the public mind. ‘bhis was demonstrated to-night by the greatest temperance mass meeting yet held, Masses of people crushed into the First Presbyterian church auditorium until no stauding room remained, then filled up the large Sunday school room, and then the lecture room, Many others went away disappointed, utterly nnable to see or hear. Prayer, praise and exhortation were going on in all these places simultaneously, and were main- tained until a Jate hour. Insults which stung women to the quick were meekly reported, and the’ettect was to intensity the feeling and to ma The police labor patiently and heroically to protect the Women and preserve peace, but their task is ditt. cult and delicate, Work will be resumed to-morrow. A telegram from Greenville, Darke county, an- nounces the complete capitulation of the saloons, nineteen, of every kind, so that no liquor of any kind can be bought, This is the result of only two weeks’ labor, ‘The conquest is marvellous, Green- ville being one of the most turbulent places in the valley. ‘The town is blazing with enthusiasm. The temperance people are all amazed at their vic- tory. Opposition to the Praying Bands in Colambus. CoLumBus, Ohio, March 10, 1874, Sixty-two ladies, divided into five squads, labored in their crusade to-day with about the usual experience. About forty places were visited, but no signa- tures were obtained to the dealers’ pledge. At several places heretofore visited the saloon and grocery keepers frankly told tne ladies that their visits were getting to be a nuisance, and must be Stopped. At several places the ladies were refused perwitssion to pray on the sidewalks, The temperance mass meeting at the City Hail to-night was an immense affair, and more than the usual interest was manifested. The exercises con- sisted of short speeches by volunteers, both maie and female, A letter was read from Rufus Main, & promiment grocer, who has heretofore stoutly op- posed the whole movement. He completely sur- Tenders, and volunteers to sign the pledge not to sell any more liquor bimsell or rent any building to any one who will not pledge himself not to sell liquor on the premises. A resolution was adopted asking the Legislature not to pass the bill now before them, which pro vides tor the removal of the present Police Com. missioners, The Crusade in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 1874. A large delegation of ladies, headed by Mrs, Allen, appeared before the Board of Supervisors to-night and presented a petition asking for an i crease of the rate tor licenses paid by liquor deal- ers. The petition was referred to the Judiciary Committee, WEATHER REPORT. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D, C., March 1l—1 A, M. Probabilities, For New England, brisk and occasionally light north to west winds, low temperature, partly cloudy weather and occasionally light snow will prevail. For THE MIDDLE STATES #AND LOWER LAKE RE- WAR DEPARTMENT, | | GION FRESH TO VERY BRISK NORTHWEST TO NORTH- | EAST WINDS AND PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER, WITIL | INCREASING CLOUDINESS IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC | STATES. For the South Atlantic and East Gulf States cloudy and rainy weather. © For the upper lake region and south over the Ohio Valley and Missouri clear weather, low tem- perature and fresh to brisk northwest to north- east winds. ‘The Ohio and Cumberland rivers will fall. The Weather in This City Yesterday, The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last ear, a8 indicated by the therwometer at Hudnut’s Poarmacy, HERALD Building :. 1873, 1874, 32a 29 21 29 (83 35-26 _«:12P. Average temperature yesterday. ay Average temperature for corresponding date Jast year...... Chevalicr Hugh Murray, of the Carlist Army, Information is received that the Chevallier Hugh Murray, an American officer, of the Papal Zouaves, who was wounded at Mentana, was killed while | leading @ battalion of Zouaves, in the cause of Don Carlos, at Manresa, on the 6th ult, He wasa native of Canada, After ten years of service in Italy be was surrendered, with the rest of the Papal forces, on the capture of Rome, September 20, 1870. He left New York last August to join the Prince Don Alfonso, brother of Don Carlos, Alfonso, some years ago, having joined the Papal Zouaves at Rome as a private, happened to bave the command of Mr. Murray. Murray = distinguished himself very much at the storming of Vich, in Catalonia, on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January last. He was advanced to the grade of captain, and detalied to lead the assault on Manresa on the night of the 4th ot February. It was in the flerce struggle inside the fortifications that he received the shot through the heart of which he died a jew hours after, He was always distinguished for an excess of courage under fre, A requiem mass is to be celebrated jor the repose of his soul in St. Alphonsus’ church, been under «a fire broke out last night on the top floor of No, 54 Vesey street, that caused a damage of $1,500, The house was occupied by Mr, E. Hess, paper box maker, and Mr. Barnard Buddie, glassware dealer, Both Arms are insuri an executive committee of ten gentiemen and five | 3 SPANISH-AMERICAN COURTESIES, Admiral Case in the City of Havana. VISITS AND SALUTES, Captain General Jovellar and Staff on Board the Wabash. ON Boaxp UNizED SraTes STEAMER WABASH, HAVANA Hakuor, March 4, 1874, The visit of Admirai Case to this city has been In every Way satisfactory to the dignity of the United States and pleasant to the visitors. On the morn- ing of the Wabash’s arrivat, as soon as she Was an- chored, Colonel Cuerta, as the representative of Captain General Jovellar, made the usual visit of courtesy. The Spanish flag was saluted with twenty-one guns, which was returned from the Morro, The Spanish Admiral afoat was then gsa- Juted with thirteen guns, with the Spanish Nag at the fore. This salute was returned, gun tor gun, by the Araptles, the fagship of the Spanisn Ad- miral, Inthe afternoon Admiral Case and staff called upon the Captain General at his pale ace, and were courteously received. A yisit was then made to the Admiral afoat, on the Arapiles, and they received the usual salute on leaving. During the day Consul General | Hall paid a visit to the Wabash and was received with the usual honors, Late in the afterncon Admiral Case and staff took carriages and drove over the city, visiting the country seat and gardens of the Captain General, THE SECOND DAY. Early on the afternoon of this day, Tuesday, | March 3, Admiral La Rigada returned the oficial | visit of Admiral Case, was received with the usual honors and given the usual salute on leaving, which Was returned by the Arapiles, General Merelo, second in command of the island of Cuba, paid a visit of ceremony to Ad- mirat Case. He was given @ salute of seven guns on leaving the ship. Admiral Case received information that Captain General Jovellar would pay a visit in person to the Wabash on Wednesday at twelve o'clock, The evening papers stated that Adimural Case tendered the io- vitation on his visit to the Captain General, the Admiral remarking to the Captain General that the object of his visit to Havana was to pay his respects to His Excellency, and it would give him great pleasure to pay the honors due to him on board of his ship. 4 VISIT OF THE CAPTAIN GENERAL. The great event of this day was the visit of Cap- tain General Jovellar, Agreeable to his engage- ment, the Captain General and staff embarked in his Official barge at the Machino and was pulled off to the Wabash. ‘The yards were manned as he ap- proached the ship, ‘The Captain General was received at the gang- way by Rear Admiral A. Ludlow Cuse, Commander- in-Chief North Atlantic feet; Captain Samuel R. Franklin, commanding the Wabas; Commander S. D. Ames, Aid to Commander-in-Chief; Lieuten- ant Commander G. W. Hayward, Executive Officer, and Lieutenant J. C. Soley, Fleet Lieutenant, and on the quarter,deck by all the oMcers of the ship in full dress uniform. The marine guard was drawn up on the port side of the quarter deck, and presented arms as the Captain General passed aft, the band. playing the Spanish national march, The party passed along the gun deck to the Admi- ral’s cabin, and for about half an hour, during which the interview lasted, the champagne flowed treely. The whole ship’s company then went to quarters and the men were exercised at the guns, While the men were at quarters the Captain General in- spected the ship, ‘The suite included all the subor- dinates of the local government, and all were richly decorated, The party then passed up to the spar deck. ‘There were the usual courtesies at the gangway, after which the Captain General and his stuf stepped into the barge and started for the shore. The yards were manned as the party went over the side of the vessel, and nineteen guns were fired as the barge pulled away. This saiute was returned from Morro Castle. The Wabash was tuen put in readiness for sail ing at five o’clock. NATIVE CURIOSITY EXCITED. The visit of Captain General Jovellar to the American war vessel has been variously con mented on, It 18 a very unusual occurrence for a” Captain General to visit a foreign war vessel. Captain General Dulce visited the iron-clad Monad- nock in 1865, not as Captain General, but af Marquis of Castle Florit. Serrano visited a Frencb war vessel at the time of the triple Mexican alli- ance. No other lustances of this nature are re membered. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. A Man Blown a Hundred Fect Into the Air—Partial Demolition of the Bing: hamton Water Works. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., March 10, 1874, A terrific explosion occurred at the Holly Water Works, in this city, at haif-past eight o’clock this morning, one of the boilers bursting and almost demolishing tne entire edifice. The chief engineer, David Smith, was in the engine room at the mo ment and was blown in the air at least 100 feet. His remains were dreadfully mutilated. The fire- man, William Courtney, received but slight injuries, The northern portion of the structure was totally demolished, the débris being scattered over a con siderable area, The engine was a double Cortes, 01 150 horse power, with two boilers, one of which was blown into iragments and scattered with the general wreck. The concussion Was felt over all the eastern portion of the city. A large piece of a huge pipe, connecting the boilers with the chimney, and weighing two tons, was carried a distance of over 100 feet. The walls of the rear rooms of the building, where the betl- ers were located, were blown down even with the ground, not a vestige of them remaining, ‘The body of the engineer was found about sev- enty-five feet from the place of the explosion, caught upon a fire hydrant, The boiler that exploued was apparently in ex- cellent condition, abd no cause can be found ior the explosion, The Coroner is now investigating the matter. ‘The cause of the explosion ts at present om known, Great excitement prevails, ali Bingham. ton being on the run for the cause of the disaster. The wie of engineer Smith is prostrated with the terrible news ol her husband's death and Hes ina critical condition, Much inconvenience will result irom this accident, as nearly the whoie city and the several railroads entering here depend upou these works for their supply of water, The city is at present without water, but the two boilers Which are left will be put in operation ag s800D as the rubbish has been cleared away and the necessary repairs made, which the Superintendent thinks will take tweuty-iour hours. The total loss is estimated at $10,c00, The Holiy pumping ma- chinery is not much injured, The waterworks are the chiei dependence against fire, and the Mayor has called a spectal meeting of the Common Coun- ci to appomn large special police force to patrol the streets and watch for fires, A very strong West wind is blowing. THE STRIKING ST, CRISPINS. REAR netiadre oes Uistih | Good Feeling Between Men and Mas- ters—Some of the Bosses Have Already Capitulated—The Strike Expected te End To-Day. AHERALD report had some conversation yester- day with members of the Council of the St. Cris- pin Society, A number or intelligent craftsmen were present and endorsed the views of their rep- resentatives, The views expressed yesterday by the men on strike coincide with those aircady re- ported in the HERALD. The men claim that they are not striking for higher wages; they merely ask to retain the rate of prices that ruled until the commencement of the present or late panic. They assert that during the duiness experienced in trade all through last winter manuijacturers were suilered to make @ temporary reduction of from eleven to twenty-live per cent on standard rates, with the tacit agreement that the oid prices would be returned to at the beginning of March, As the bosses in many shops reiused absolutely to redeem their plighted words the hands left off work. Matters came to @ crisis yesterday, when nine of | the manufacturing firms accepted the con- | ditions of their workmen, and others had prom- ised to do the same, ‘The names thus far reported of the houses who have consented to return to old rices are the Messrs. Lane, Baums, Nahiey, Levi, ela, Kern, Starks, Flynn and Rich. it is thought Uhes to-day arrangements will be entered into with the remaining houses whose men are on the lockout. An excellent feeling seems to prevail between em- ployers and employed, and both classes believe that the strike will virtually end to-day, For some days past Mr. Rich has distinguished ‘his place of business by having a policeman stationed at bis door, thinking that the men might interiere with parties entering his shop. No demonstration of any kind was made by the workmen, and they say that it was quite needless to have the luxury of @ well paid policeman posted in front of Mr. Rich’s. little place, lor that they never intended to inter- fere with him in any way. Nearly 600 men, distributed in small Ps throughout the city, are reported to hi urned out, and their representatives appear confident of having witain themselves the means of prolonging the strike, should it become necessary, They hol no mass meetings or gatherings tuat are open to the preas, ats oe