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A CONGRESS. Premature Debate on the Sanborn Contracts. Butler Innocent, Testy and Bellicose. The Amount of Estimates as Compared with Appropriations, THE CURRENCY QUESTION. SENATE. Wasimixoron, March 10, 1574. THE CURRENCY BILL, | The financial question was discussed again in the | Senate tovday. The bill to equalize the distribution of | national bank currency was taken up, and Mr. Logan, of Mlinois, who was entitled to the flocr, yielded to Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, who delivered a lengthy argument | in favor of free Danking on the national banking sys- | tem. He reiterated his preference for the whole volume | of the currency to be issued by the government, it being | the agent of the people and charged to do their will. | ‘The people had perfect ‘aith in the government and would be perfectly satisfied with such a currency. Its soundness bad been thoroughly iilustrated in the recent panic. He had no doubt suclt currency would soon become equi lent to gold, and would be stabie as the stability or the Republic. He thought this plan would sooner or later be demanded by the people: but he was not so wedded to | any pardcular theory now as to stand in the way of any | pidn to meet the great uecessity of an increase of the | currency. He reviewed at seme length the history of Europea countries as to popuiauion, area, railroad and telegraph lines, and compared the industrial, social ana cheap iwbor systems of those countries with the well paid labor of this country, and deprecated any attempt to force that poicy upon the United States. instead of Capital owning labor, as Was the case in Europe, he ad- vocated the American system of labor owning capital. In Europe they indulged in titles, salaries and low wages, while here we have no titles, trom the President down toa waiter, except (hat of ap American gentleman, which cannot be Uispensed with except by conduct. He answered seriatin the arguments ot Mr. Schurz, Mr. Sher- man and others, and sai those who acted upon theories as laid down in books were studying under the dim lamps of speculati 4 of the American system, uu- der the sunlight of experience. THe Act OF 1864 He argued that the act of L364, pledging the national faith that the currency should not exceed $400,000.00), was violated by itsell, asa section therein provided’ for the igsie of $24),000,l0) in treasury notes, and made them legal tenders on their tace, so that instead of $40,000,000, as contemplated by that act, there were $600,000.00, and that the pledge Was not Warranted by the facts. He Quoted irom the speech of Mr. Sherman, made in 1856, in which he took the ‘The relic of industrial slavery bequeatve! us by Great Britain had been blotted out by the war, and it it was uow to be financial bend- age, with New England against the South and West, he Was ready to meet it, believing that tt would bée as emphatically and effectually setied. He referred to the propose. plans for specie resumption now, and sald such Action Would be injurious to nine-tenths of the people of | the couniry and Would prostrate all kinds of industry. On the other hand, with a plentitul supply of currency, | enterprises would quicken and industry thrive, THE PRR CAPITA CLROULATION of New England, including the national bank currency and legal tenders, was about $62; In the Maddie States, $26; in the South, $6, apd in the West, $14 The per Capita circulation of the whole couutry on the basis of New England would require a volume of $2,450,000,00), | ‘The question here of more money, even if it should be de- | cided adversely, had vet to pugs the tribunal of public opinion, and the people would say the volume must be ducreased. BILLS REPORTED, Mr. Locan, (rep.) irom the Committee on Militar Afiairs, reported without amendment the House bili al- lowing officers on duty west of Omaha to have sixty days’ leave of absence in two Years, or ninety in three years, or 120 in four years, without deduction of pay or | allowances if taken at one time. He also reported, with a recommendation of its pas- sage, a bill approving the action of the Secretary of War in regard to deductions from the pay, of officers were mastered out under the act of July 15, 18W), w one ‘s extra pay, and who were subsequently reap- Pointe, Mr. Ootessy, (rep.) from the Committee on Indian Af- fairs, reported adversely on Mr. Hitchcock's bill, provid- ig for a coiMmission to ascertain damages sustained by | citizens of Nebraska, Kansas and adjacent Terriwries by reason of Indian depredations. x UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Mr. Waicnr, (rep.) of lowa, trom the Committee on the | Judiciary, reported and recommended the pagsage of a | bill declaring it to be the true intent and meauing of the Pacitic Railroad acts of 1564 and 1866, “that tor the struction of the central branch of the Union Pac Railroad lands and bonds were granted tor 10) mu next the Missouri River and no more, and prohibiting the issuance of bonds or patents tor lunds tor any ¢. teusion of said road or of the Hannibal an a Raiirdad in excess of 10) miles next to the Missouri Raver.” The bill was placed on the calendar. MEMORIALS, RTC. Mr. Ixcatzs, (rep.) o! Kansas, presented the memorial of the Kansas Legislature tor the removal of the lrairie band of Pottawatiomie Indians. Referred to the Com- mittee on indian Affairs, Aiso a resolution of the same body for relief in certain cases wherein homestead entries have been cancelled, Referred to the ( ee on Public Lands. Mr, Scnvxz, (lib.) of Mo., presented the resolutions of the Missouri Board of Exchange im favor of improving the Mississippi saver. Keierred to the Comuittee on | Transportation. Mr. Hamuin, of Maine, presented the resolution of the slature of his State in tavor of enlarging the arsenals at Augusta, Me. Referred to the Committee on Military | Affairs. | Mr. Conxuina, of New York, presented sundry me- morials against any extension 6f the Wells’ hat patent. Referred to the Coimmittee on Patents. Mr. Howe, (rep.) of Wis, presented the resolutions of the Legisiature of his State favoring pensions to bonor- | ably discharged soldiers of the Mexican war. Referred | tothe Committee on Pensions. Also resolutions of the | ame body tor th ‘ovement of the Water communt- cation between the mast and the West. Referred to the Committee on Transportation. | Mr. Locad, (rep.) of lll. presented sundry petitions of citizens of Illinois tor an inerease in the volume of the currency to the Committee on Finance. Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., presented a memorial of citizens of his State who were engaged in commerce dur- ing the d had vessels destroyed by armed cruisers other than those mentioned in the Geneva award. Re- ferred to the Judiciary e ‘Mr. MORRILL, of Ma: | orably on the bill ap- Proprlating $10.00 to detray the expenses of the committee investigating the istrict of Coiumbta affairs, and asked its present consideration. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OMMITTEE, | Mr. Conxttxc, of Now York, said the Committee on | Transportation had been in session during the rrcess for weeks, visiting many States and travelling thousands of mules.’ The expenses of that committee, exclustre ot the stenographer, were only about $6,000, yet here today, in this District invest n, before the memori: alists had made a single charge or specification before the committee, Congress was calied upon. to appropriate $10,000. Hé would be glad to know he voted tor this suin that there was a nec He would vote tor any app: riation feadily to make the investigation thorough, but he wanted to ard against any pretended witnesses, anxious to get hoid of this m: y, from bi ging the committee wit all kinds Of testimony of no valu Mr. Moratie «: rom the nature of the case, it was impossible tor the Commitiee on Appropriations to have any information about the matter turther than the sum Was asked for by the investivating committee ore ty tor it Mr. Hatin, of Maine, sai anted to have this in- vestigation thorough, but he an appropriation of $10,000 would insure an expenditure of that sum, while an appropriation of $5.000 would accomplish the same end. If hereafter it s! necessary to ap priate more he would be willing to do so. He move strike out $10,000 and insert $5,000 Mr. Pxart. (rep. of Ind., inquired what amount money was expended by the joint tee to inve gate the alleged outrages in trie southern States, Mr. ted, $30,490, Mr. Astuowy, (rep.) of RB. L. said he would give the come Mitive all it asked ior. as he telt assured that no more Would be expended than was necessary, Mr. Sukkway, rep.) of Ohio, said he desired to call the attention of the Senate thod of loying ste- Rographers by committeesand thought some change therein shou| made. ‘There should be an official gtenograplier of the Senate, at an annual salary 00. fle could do ail tle work required, and the re- sult would be a saving of money. Mr, SavcuNt, (rep.) of Cal., said it was understood that the stenographers to comm: received fitty cents tor each 100 words taken down, copied and turnished to the cominittee. The Vistrict authorities, in answer to ques: tions of the committee, had si ute! a reply ot between 1,000 and 2,000 pages of manuscript. This matter would probably hot be touched by the stenographer. yet he would be allowed full pay for it, as they always re- ceived full pay for exhibits. Mr. CONKLING said Uy cents for every 100 words was excessive price, aud he did not see how by any usage # stenographer should be allowed to charge for a gre mass of labor he never performed. There was no in- stance where an investigation cost. $10,000 when the wit- nesses lived under the shadow of the Capitol. If they had to be brought trom Kansas, or even from the State f New York, it would be a different thing, as travelling expenses muist then be paid SARGENT Said it had been alleged on one side that the improvements here cost twenty.tive per cent less than in Chicago and other cities, a: of about ithad been alleged that they cost other cities. “The trath could oniy be n uioning witnesses here trom Chicago, New York aud other places Although a similar investigation nad taken piace betore the committee of the oth Hiouse, charges of corruption against the d trict ' officials were still urged upon Cx Gress, and he desired every means should be put in the hands of the commitree to make thoroug | vestigation so that Congress might Know whether there assertions which go out frown here to newspapers in dif- jerent varts ot the country are true—whether we have & Boss Tweed here. If these charges were slanders let it be shown, and let the blush of shame be brought to the cheeks of those uttering them. On the other hand, tt they Gre true and corruption does exist, let us know tt and | joo) mer be hurled out of office, as they should be, if | corrup CONGRESS SHOCLD MORE FULLY CONTROL THe DISTRICT, — | Mr. Stewaxt, (rep.) of Nev., said that ne believed in this city more had been done for the same amount of money | than in any other piace: put he believed work could be | inore cheaply done yet if Congress would apply the prin- ciple of ihe consuti giving» to that body exclusive | Jegisiation over the Distric There should be no legis lative body in this District bea! Congress, | Penaing discussion on Mr. Hamblin's amendment the morning hour expired and the bill went over. THE CENSURE OF SUMNER. Mr Bovrwent, (rep.) oi Mass, presented a letter of the Massactiusetts and resolutions of the Legis: ature of that State rescinding aud wnnulling a Tes0- lution of December 18, 18 ng to army regisiers and battle flags, which were reaa, The resolutions of 1872 were those censuring Mr. Sum- ner on ‘count of introducing a til in the Senate to strike the “Army Kegister” and batue tags the ames ot battles of the rebellion. ¥, BouTwy ate of bis health was such that [Rape = oe ; x him yin turther ser- r Joint « ‘ ( Cotunbia emg gnt Committee to Investixate District of | Mr. THORMAX, (dem.) hoped the Senator would not fea Ps request to be excused. ended some sessions of the committee and h . Thur. man) would regret very much Wo have the seunior re: ‘Mr. RourweLt said it was due both to the s the district goverment that members of Wh vommniuas should aiteud the wmecnngs, amd ay bjs heaity was such He had already at- | | duty, | ot the I NEW would insist apon being to pepvent: his attendance CL Mr. Boutwell was excused. _Mr. Wst, of Louisiana, presented a memorial of the New Orleans Chamber ot Commerce. asking Congres: | sional ald and protection for the southern I'acifle Kail | road. Referred to the Committee on Ka.iroads. Also @ memorial trom the same body praying for the removal of the obstructions at, the mouth of the Missis- sippi River, Keierred to the Commitice on Transport nm. ta Mr. Stevenson, dem.) trom the Judiciary Committee, reported a substitute for the House bill tor the relief of B.C. Boudinot. This was placed on the calendar. THURMAN said he was not in his seat during fl time of debate on the bill appropriating $10.00) tor the expenses of the District Investigation ‘Committee, but had understood that some remarks were made which he desired to reply to, aud be would theretore ask to take up the bill again to-worrow alter the reading of the Journad. : Mr. Nears, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, re- ortea favorably on the bill to pay tor certain supplies Furnished the Kausas tribe of Indians. Placed on the cale | dar ‘also reported unfavorably on the bill to losses sustaiied by the peuple of Northern ¢ ng Southern Oregon on acount of Indian depredations efinitely postponed. and it was indefinitely favorably on the bill to provide rot paying certain Indian annuities, and Was indedinitely postuoned. | Re eee irom’ the Committee on Milltary Affair called up the bill for the relief of Susan L, Gailoway, an itiwas passed Tie'albo, from the same committee, reported favorably the bill to settle the accounts of Caplain A. B. Dyer, and it was placed on the calendar, | Mr. Locax made. a motion, with the consent of the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, | that an additional member be added to that Committee: reed to. The Chair appointed Mr. 1, as such mermber. r. Hager, (rep.) of Cal., presented resolutions of the Calitornia Legislature, asking for a repeal of the law in regard to holding a Congressional eiection in that “tate in September, 1874, and asking that the time be fixed for September, 1875. Referred to the Committee on Privi- leges and Elections. t, Ramszy, (rep.) of Minn., called up the House bill to Provide tor issuing and recording commissions to post- | miasters appointed by the President, and it was passed. The Cuatw laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary ot the luterior enclosing & report of the Surveyor General of New Mexico in regard to certain | tribes of Indians in that Territory Mr. Browntow, (rep.) of Tenn., introduced a bill to ad- mit certain pieces of sculpture into the country tree of | | Pease, of Missis- Reterred to the Committee on finan UNHAPPY LOUISIANA, Mr. Conxtina presented a petition of Morton, Griswold and other prominent citizens of New York, nold- ers of bonded indebtedness of the State of Louistina, stating that the Legisiature of that state is engaged in the process of repudiation, and praying Congress that the bill introduced by Sen; ator Carpenter be passed or some tantamount legisiati: be had to protect their rights. Referred tothe Commil- — tee on Privileges and Elections Th ste then, on motion of Mr. Goro, went into executive session, And after a 1ew minutes the doors were | reopened énd the Senate adjourned, | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasuincton, March 10, i874. Mr. Saexwoop, (rep.) of Ohio, presented a memorial of Mrs. 5. R. L. Williams, President of the Ohio Woman's Suffrage Association, protesting against Senator Fre- | Lnghuysen's bill regulating suffrage in Utah Territory. Mr. Cua, em.) of Mo., presented a resolution of the Patrons of Husbandry of the State of Missouri, appealing to Congress to secure the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River and its tributaries by ample ap- propriations for that purpose. Also remonstrating against the appropriations of the | public iands by Congress to aid private schemes or cor- | porations, and recommending that the proceeds of such | | hoped to be, and he would give his + cheap in helping to get taxes out of these railroad com- sales be given to the State for a school fund. Mr. Euts H. Rouerts, (rep.) of N. Y., a member of the Committee‘on Ways and Means, modified a statement which he had made in his speech last week, and in which he had been noderstood as asserting that the Secretary of the Treasury had recommended an increase of taxa- | tion to the amount of $42,000,000. He had merety meant to convey the idea that that was the inference which he had drawn trom the Secretary's letter of December last to the Committee on Ways and Means. He made the explanation at the request of the Secretary. Mr, Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., chairman of the committee, asked Mr. Roberts whether he understood that the Secre: tary of the treasury had at no time urged on the House the imposition of increased taxation, and whether he (Mr. Roberts) was authorized by the secretary of the Treasury to announce to the House and country that the Secretary no longer desired any additional taxes to be Lmposedt Mr. Rongets said he was not authorized by the Secro- tarv of the Treasury to make any statement different from the letter wnich he had submitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in December. MR, DAWES AS A “DISTINGUISHED ORGAN.” | Mr. Dawes said he did not want to stand before the | House and country as undertaking to oppose the | wlicy of the Secretary of the Treasury. He | had’ endeavored tobe “entirely faithful ‘to that officer, and whenever he had — found itnecessary to differ from him he had done it frankly and stated wherein that difference consisted. He (Mr. Dawes) had understood the Secretary of the Treasury not only to recommend the imposition of additional taxes, fut to feel it his duty to press iton the consideration of the House. He should be exceedingly gratified it any- thing had occurred in the receipts of the Treasury, in the revival ot industry or from ther cause which had ted the Secretary or any other officer of the government to feel that there Was less necessity ow than seemed to be in December to urge increased taxation. His only selicitude was to in if turough soiue other organ the secretary of the freasury was desirous of saying to the House that atter ali he Was not quile so anxious for taxation. Mr. Ronets expressed the hope that the gentleman from Massachuse(ts would not assume from pis (Mr. Roberts’) inodesty, in correcting the use of words which | the Secretary or Treasury taought was not authorized by his letter that the Secretary desired any other organ in the House than the distinguished leader of the House, ‘on whom the House Was so uch accustomed to rely, On motion of Mr. Lurrex.t, dem.) of Cal,, the Secretary of the Navy was directed to furnish Information as to the | necessity for better roads at the Mare Island Navy Yard, San Francisco. i ‘On motion of Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. ¥., the Senate joint resoludon with reference to the bronze statue ot Jéifer- Son Was taken up and passed. Mr. MoKex, (rep.) of Miss, from the Committee on, Territories, reported @ Dill ‘tor the apportiomment of Wyoming Territory tor legislative purposes. assed. USELESS SLAUGUTER OF BUYFAL Mr. Fort, (rep.) of l., from the same committee, re- ported a bill to prevent the useless slaughter of buitdloes Within the Territories, making jit w punishable otience ‘ndian for any person not an to kill, wound or aesiroy’ any female builalo ot any’ age, or any caler number of mal buffaloes than are needed tor food or for the market. The bill gave rise fo considerable discussion, which went into the question of the wanton destruction of these auimals, of the policy of establishing game laws for the advantace ndian, ot the relation between the Builalo and id indian, &c. The opinion of the >cc- retary Interior greatest to the of th was quoted that “the obstacle civilization of — the hdian was the abundance of buffaloes; but the senti- Went was denounced by Mr. Eldridge as an atro one, which, If carried out to its justify the destruction of the fish in the rivers, th birds, the lizards and the grasshoppers. and everything that goes to the subsistence oi the Indian, Finally the discussion closed and the bill was passed. THE APPROPRIATION BILL. fifteen minutes to two o'clock, went Into the w The House, Commit the Whole, Mr. Woodiora, of New York, in. the chair, on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, and was'addressea by Mr. Bxc (dem.) ot Ky. He undertook to prove the correctness of an assertion which he bad here had been controverted by Mr. é, and which artield, in regard to the estimates and appropriations for the current fiscal year. The poimt of. it seemed to be that the appropriations were $31400).U)L, to which was to be added the $1,000,000 extra tor the navy, while the estimates only amounted to $30,000,000, s0 iat the Appropriations for the year were $15,000,000 more than the estimate, He also’ undertoo! prove that tue ex penses ot the current year were in excess ot the pre- ceding year’s. He asserted that the appropriations tor As7l-2° Were $31,000,000, including $154,000.00 for the sinking fund, for the interest on the public debt tail nd that the appropriations tor 1572-3 were rcluding $159,000,000 for the sinking fund, 00,000 a8 the appropriations tc Istz-3 (excluding staking und, & t ypriations for the regu! of '1373-4 the items 00,000, OF 1372-3. clanmcd to have the chance of a mistake, | was Included in all the figarea | the expenditures of every year since said that Mr. Dawes had dohe wrong in | Kk, at the request o: Mr. Garfield, woat he had | said in regard to the sinking fund. at Mr, Dawes was ¢ der ield his party, ¢ it up and shown how the gentle: setts had bee SLANDERING WIS OWN PARTY, and the gentleman trom Ohio was again the hero of the hour, while the fete were, and the books showed, that the original statement of the gentleman trom Mas- sachusetts wus true. Mr. Dawes said that the gentleman from Kentucky did not quive do him justice. He(Mr. Vawes)had admitted on the floor ot the House that the gentleman trom Ohio (Mr. Garileld) was correct. He had since explained the figures andwas still ot the opinion that the gentlemantrom Onto Was correct, with this exception—that the gentleman from Ohio had accidentally stated the sinking fund to be | $45,000,00 while it was only $29.0)". He. theretore, giad of the correction. “He did not think, however, that the gentleman from Ohio was correct in’ his other statement in regard to his comparison of the expendi- tureg irom year to year. The gentieman trom Kentucky (ir, Beck) was correct in that respect, and while he (Mr, Dawes) should be giad to have it the ‘other way, he in- sisted that the figures did not carry that gentleman out in regard to the sinking fund. Mr. Borer, (rep.) of Mase, asked Mr. Dawes how it was in reference to the statement in Mr. Da wes’ speoch, some Weeks ago, ubout the Post Oftice aN express Dusiness; but Sir. Dawes declined to get into any contro- versy with his colleague. THE SANBORN CONTRACTS. Mr. Beck proceeded with his speech, slashin and hitting here and there, now ¢ concract, the Jaw for which, he said, liad by sneered, by Mr. Garfield, and then passing to the question of Xpended valatices, and charging that otficiuls were wi holding the $72,000,000 of unexpended balances and draw- ing upon them without the authority of Congress and against the ww. He claimed that he had shown that | 49,000,000 had been appropriated (or th nt flacal year, and that that amount was in excess of $30,000,000 over'the preceding year, and of a still larger sum over the year betore that, apd that the expenditures had been increasing every Seat Trou 1871 up. R. BUTLER PROCLAIMS 11S INNOCENCE. | | | | around sanbora Mr. Botien, of Ma: husetts, said (hati he wer vinced that the Secretary of the Treasury lad al money to be drawn from ihe Treasury on unex. pendéd balances in violation of law, troduce to-morrow @ resolution for his impe it. He went on, however, to explain the circumstances and to al in that the law had not been violated. Keverting to Mr. Beck's intimation about the Sanborn coutracts, hes said he was not aware who hi engineered that bill, If it was the centleman trom Obio OM, Garfield), that gentieman had not done badly in that respect. He had seen in the pubic prints that he (Mr. Butler) had engineered it. they aid hin honor overmuch. If be had engineered that bill in the interest of Sanborn ne would have seen to it that Sanborn Jd have got the contract first. He had examined t voluminous correspondence ‘sent to the House on t t, and his own (Mr, Butler's) name was almost the name of amember which did not avpear in It. He never recommended that Sanborn should have on ha iy the contract, and did not know anything of it until aiter sanborn had got it, Lt Mr. Sanborn had asked him about | taking the contract he would nave advised him against it, because there were envious men, malicious men, lying men, Who wouid insist that he had done wrong; that he would be abused inthe newspapers. and that if he was sensitive at all he would never get money enough to co bensate him. But he had not asked his advice. ‘The Administration had been attacked in this matter by « corrupt press, egged on and paid by the very men who had cheated the government out of its taxes. He went om w give a history of the law and the reasons tor giving out such aconiract. The object was ty ascertain cases of delinquent taxes due from railroads, from Whiskev dealers and irom the heirs of rich successions | the | and sauborn onl | whac was'not true, but only because he had kept buc | The Government Printing Office an | French during the Franco-German war, ofcorrup- | standing committee of each house jas become a among other things The Erie Railroad had been brought to b@pk tor 00) back taxes. Mr. Fosten, (rep.) of asked Mr. Butler how much had been collected trom thé Erie Railroad Company. Mr. Boren replisd that none of {t had been collected yet, because the ‘Company had set the heWspapers on Sanborn in order to et the law revealed, and to get up win Congress over it till the time tor collecting these delinquent had run out. peace tara Massie wht : e with the ant poetics un in connection Mr. ButLkk—By no means. On the contrary, I thank the gentieman from Kentucky for giving me the 0} tunity of stating what I could not otherwise stated, Mr. Becx—I certainly have never connected the gen- tleman trom Massachusetts With such contracts; tor. if there is anything om earth that is apparent, it is that these contracts, trom their inception to the present ume, jon, are buoyant with corrupt ‘worckn Brtecose, Mr. Botuer—Precisely as corrupt as I suppose the Sec- retary of the Treasury udulent in spending the: balances. Tris easy to sa If you show we pody who has been c upon to pay taxes that he did not owe will beg his Darden nat pardon of the gentleman from Kentucky, and that will te hard enough. (Laughter) I stand here not to be trightened oy hard words on this matier. If any man can controvert one single word of what I have said. I will be ready w meet him anywhere, under any responsibilty. Mr. ELpERDGE, (dem.) of Wis., asked Whether it would not have been ‘more in consonance with republican institutions and a republican administration to have re- moved the officers who tailed to do their duty and put in their stead good men who would have executed the law 80 as not to necessitate any such proceedings. Mr. Borex replied that the question was, in effect, whether tt would not be better tor everybody to do his own duiy. He agreed that it was. But these dereti taxes had been concealed and never would have becn collected but for the efforts ot the contractor. Mr. Fostex, of Ohio,"a member of the Committee on Ways and Means, said that he had offered the resolution under which the' report about the Sanborn contract been made. He was also authorized by the Commitice | ot Ways and Means to report a bill to repeal that law. He undertook to say that three-fourths of all the collec- tions made under those contracts would have bec made by the ordinary Internal revenue officers, Mr. HawLey, (rep.) oi Conn., related the cuse of George W. Williams # Co., ot Hartiord, Conn, who had under | pressure paid back taxes under this Sanborn contract although the Collector end the Commissioner of Internal Kevenue had decided, both before and after, that they were not liable for those taxés. The law mixht be just, but the execution of it was infamous. It was BLACKMAILING. Mr, Butier was glad to have one caso specified, what was itt It was the case of @ patent medicine der who had not paid his taxes, but who, aiter having had time to take counsel, paid ‘them under these con- tracts, IC had not been charged that any penalties had been inflicted. Where was the ¥ If tax had been wrongiully pa ave infamy in thatr He (Mr, Butler) tailed to see it, u it could have been returned by the Secretary of the ‘Treasury, but this firm had never applied tor it. He supposed they bad not got over their scare yet Mr. Dawks, of Massachusetts, protesied against this discussion now. (Voices—"Let It go on.”) Mr. Fostex, of Ohio, said that the effect of the law had been that, instead of these contractors assisting the rev nue officers im the discovery of revenue officers, had been — assisting thes for which they (the contractors) had ceived $213,000. “A large amount of the tx had been collected by two men—one of them Mr. Sim- mons, the then Supervisor tor Massachusetts, and he otier’ Mr. Hawley, of New York, One ot these gentle- men had been since indicted and would probably go to | the Penitentiary, while the other had been promoted to the Collectorship of Boston. Laughter.) BUTLER GLORIMS IN THK SANDORNS, Mr, Boutin expressed the wish that 500 Sanborns could be let out on the rascals who had been detraudin: the government, and then Congress would not be oblige to tax the poor man’s tea and coffee and matches. ‘There | Were still $15,000,00) of these derelict taxes uncollected, wanted to let loose upon them. Foster, of Ohio, made some turther remarks, in which he aluided to Mr. Budler as an attorney tor sin | porn. M Butter denied tnat he was Sanborn’s attorney. He had never been retained in a case by him, but he had best services very panies. In retort to Mr. Foster’s allusion he said that at one time God came down from heaven to punish a mis- statement, and that was not because a man had sui part of the truth. DENUNCIATION OF THE SYSTEM. Mr. Hate, (rep.) of Me., denounced the whole system of spies and ‘ntormers and special agents. It looked to himasit the Treasury Department was ran tor their beuellt instead of thelr acting for the benefit of the ‘Treasury Deparunent. He would bid the Committee on Ways and Means Godspeed in their efforts to repeal the | aw. Dr Dawes, of Massachusetts, regarded tho whole dis- cussion as premature, and expressed his amazement that his colleague (Mr. Butler) had rushed into the debate and had insisted on discussing the merits of the Sanborn contracts when hig name had been In no manner conuected with it except by the pubhe press; and as his colleague had proclaiined that he had no regard for the public press, he supposed he would have been willing to wait till the matter cumo regularly before the House. He denounced the polley of farming out the revenues. The effect of it was corrupt- ing. ‘J BLOOD MONEY. Mr. Rosxets, of New York, another member of the Committee of Ways and Means, Gxpressed himuelt to, the same effect. The country, he said, did not want such “blood money.”” Ar. Pers, (rep. of N. J.. detailed how, as an exe tor of an estate, he had been called upon to pay the tax on the residuary estate before the matter had Leen set- tied up, anf how he had to estimate what the amount might be (about ($15,000) under the anxiety of these con- tractors (whose position he did not know at the tine) to collect the money in order to get fitty per cent. Mr. Hawzey, of Connecticut, denounced the Sanborn contracts as discreditable to the government. | Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y.—And to the republican party. Mr. Ranpatt, (dem.) of Pa,, sald he had opsosed the passage of the measul under which the Sanborn con- tracts were given, and would detail at the priper time Some of its history. ‘These officers had exercked their tyranny In Philadelphia in a manner that even the gen- Heman from Massachusetts (Mr. Butler) woull nardiy detend. i i Mr. Botter—If it was bad I will not defend it. Mr. Puxtrs, of New Jersey, said that on looking over the report of the Secretary on these Sanborn contracts he tound right below the ftem with which he hid a per- sonal connection, and which he had detailec to the House, similar ites in regard to the estates ol tvo other distinguished men in New York—Mr. William Curtis Noyes and Mr. bdmund Pentold—and he presumed that the circumstances in those cases were similar to the case that had occurred within his own experience. THE LAW AUTHORIZING THK CONTRACT. Mr. Ganrrep, (rep.) of Ohto, expressed bis astonish- | ment that Mr. Beck, of Kentucky, nad connected his na as he had done with the Sanborn contracts, and he proceeded to give a history of the law under which the Contracts were made. It was this:—A propositi had been” made to the Committee on Approprit tions to add to the Legisiative Appropriation bili a clause empowering the Secretary of the Treasury to make con- | tracts for the collection of unpaid taxes, He haa taken that clause nimselt to. Mr. Bodtwell and asked whether he desired to nave it put into the law. Mr. Boutwell had aissented irom it, and expressed his disbelief in the policy of it ‘On reporting that fact to the committee the clause was unanimously a and the bill passed the House not containing i. came back from the senate with that claus? in it, | the Comnmittee on Appropriations recommended 1t to be | struck out, and it was strack out, Subsequently, in the conference. committee, the Sesate con- ferees were strong and decided in eir de- termination te keep that clause in. Finding that the Senate conferees would not yield the House con- ferees had undertaken to obviate its objections by put- ting into the law that no contract should be gven fo col- lect taxes under that arrangement unless a Statement was first filed under oath, — set- ting forth exactly the companies, corporations, or individuals who owed the taxes, ac. That wasthe | only condition on which the House conferrees would agree to the clause, He Knew of no act or partof an act that had been more persistently insisted on by pne body and opposed by the other than that. It was, therefore, gToss injustice to say that he had engincered the meas- ure, or that any member ot the Appropriation ¢ommit- tee had engineered it, | had not | had not Nir. Bece, of Kentucky, asked hin whether he urged the House to vote tor the measure an voted for it hins Mr. Garrinip—Certainly I voved for the confetence re- port, as did my friend tfom Maine (Mr, Hale),who op- that el. pall the walle, and the gentien#n from | ana (Mr. Niblack) also signed the con.erence report, although he was as much d to itas 1. Garfield then proce » reply to Mr. Beck on »propriations, ad as to vhether the sinking fund was or was not induded in certain figures, he asseruing one position and Nr. Beck insisting on the opposite positic atthe juestion being elucidated fo the sa 4 er-geltieman or being made very plain to the comm the fominit- tee rose. ‘The House then, at half-past five, adjourned, | CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATDNS. —_+___ the Alleged Abuses There—The Invegiga- tion into the Affairs of the District of | Columbia—The Louisiana Seandals— | The Alcohotic Liquor Commission WASHINGTON, March 7, \874. The last or Forty-second Congress will for- ever memorable in our political history the Congress of manifold corruptions and nurerous investigating committees, including investyptions of Custom House frauds, of sales of arma to the tions in Northwestern Senatorial electijns, the Crédit Mobilier frauds, and the Louisianaoutrages and usurpations, the two houses windimg up the Whole budget with the passe of the potorious and obnoxious increased salary and bak pay bill on the last day of the iast session, Thig the Forty- third Congress, thoroughly frightened fy the mani- festations of the public wrath agains) the Crédit | Mobilier disclosures and the “back py grab” ap- pears to be honestly working upoy a sweeping schedule of retrenchments aud reprms, Every committee on retrenchment, and e¢ry appropria- tion bill is cut down to the lowest gure. In addl- tion to these regular investigation/there are some special inquiries going on, from wich tnverestiug disclosures are expected. ’ FRAUDS IN THE PUBLIC fINTING. For example, the House Committee on Appro- priations bave had their attentfn called to the al- leged excessive costa of the p/lic printing done at the government printing ofce, and if halt that | is charged against Mr. Clapp,Aiie Superintendent of this office, 18 true is case/ertatnly calls for the pruning Koile, Jlis printingsill for the fiscal year 1872-3 embraces tle lollowily Items -— State Department . Treasury Departinent., uterior Departmen. War Department... Savy bs Judiciary Departr Post Oitice Departing Agriculture... : Congressional Printer. Total. a 19,744 1,743 UL boven soup sreseevevens $1,210,239 7 Add to this sum the Mormous printing bills of the tito houses of Coyress, and uaquestionably ‘eee 18 & mass of exyuVagance, waste and high era, se8 upon which y |east $500,000 may be saved 1p tue yearly sum tof! Of the government print- ing. It is charged yat Mr. Clapp’s bills are from forty to fifty per cen/ ‘00 high; that upon his work for the departmens upon a fair valuation the Treasury bas lost atarly $2,000,000 during the last | A post-mor four years; or, rather, that nearly $2,000,000 of pubiic mouey tor which he is responsible remain to be accounted for, We presume, however, that Mr. Garteld will sift this matter to the bottom, and if 80, we have no doubt that very considerable retrenchments will be made tn the costs of ube government printing, and that the needful se- curities will be provided against excessive pick- ings and perquisites in any form. POTENCY AND PROFITS OF THE GOVERNMBND PRINTER. Really, however, the party organs in Washington are pining fora return to the old system which was superseded by the government print. ing office. Under that old system the | Senate elected their printer, the House elected their printer, and the head of each of the executive departments, by and with the advice and consent of the President, selected his | printer, This system was im operation for many years; bat the greatest harvests to the favored | printers were reaped in that golden age from the incoming of General Jackson to the outgoing of Captain Tyler. Blair & Rives, of the Globe, be- came millionnaires as the printers for the execu- tive departments, and for one or both of the two houses of Congress, under Old Hickory’s benign administration. Gales & Seaton, of the National InteUigencer, the national organ of the old whig party, had made considerable money as public printers from the economical administration of John Quincy Adams, under which the whole expenses of the government were only $18,000,000 a year; bat Gale & Sea- ton, even under Jackson’s and Va% Buren's administration, from a whig Seuste, now and then divided the profits of Congress with Blair & Rives, Under Jackson and Van Buren the profits of the printing Lo the printer of both houses and the executive departments for one Congress were said to be $500,000, equal in Wash- ington to $2,000,000 at the present day, or $1,000,000 a year. The central official organ, there- fore, of the Old democratic party or of the old whig arty, in addition to the immense advantages and incidental profits accruing trom the high position of one speaking by authority, had its solid rewards as the party organ entitled to the public printing, which made it a great power among the small iry of the newspaper press of the United States, CONTRACTS. To the epine party journals of the day a return to this profitable old system would be, no doubt, a great reform; put it is gone beyond recall. ‘The contract system was next tried, and, to secure the Brnenoe Congress under it, the successiul bidder made his bid so low that in fuifilling his contract his papers and printing were 80 shabby that his “pub. docs.’”? of Congress were @ disgrace to the government, The contract system was, therefore, avandoued, and the government printing office established. If it is running into excesses they can surely be corrected, or, if not, Mr. Garfield has said he will know the reason why. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFFAIRS. Tne Congressional investigation into the alleged abuses of the government of this District hus 80 | Jar resulted in no very astounding disclosures, Senator Thurman, of the committee, has given notice to the memorialists that he will expect them to bring forward some specific charges of fraud- ulent or irregular transactions against the accused parties by Tuesday or Wednesday hext; Irom which it 18 inferred that, in the absence of any such specifications of fraud, the investigation will be quashed, Impartial citizens in this business— and they are very few—are of the opinion that, while this District government has expended | thousands of dollars which might have been saved in the city improvements; while the work upon many of the contracts jor grading and aving the streets, constructing sewers, ing up holes and hollows, &c., has, at high prices, been badly performed, and while many favored individuals within ‘‘the ring,” m knowing in advance where to purchase 1ots and build houses for a rise in the market, have made money, it will be diMcult to fix any frauds upon the responsible authorities against their voucher: On the side of the memorialists asking this inves- tigation we are told that they will bring forward some specific charges next week which will as- tonish the doubting Thomises. Meantime, as the appropriations for this District this session will be scant or generous, according to the issue of this investigation, the issue is a matter of several millions of dollars, THE LOUISIANA MONSTROSITY. The Louisiana ‘“‘monstrosity”’ must bide its time, The questions of inflation, contraction, banking, currency, taxation, retrenchment and the appro- priation bills are regarded as mere urgent, calling Jor immediate action, than the Louisiana scandal. Senator Carpenter’s trenchant speech against the Kellogg imposture and usurpation has had its effect, and the evidence against Duretl before the House committee bas had its effect in strengthen- ing the opinion that there ought to be a new elec. tion in Louisiana to test and establish the will of the peoples but, as they did at the last session, the two houses may again evade this duty, an leave Kellogg still in the care of the President, notwithstanding Genera! Grant’s desire to be re- lieved of this disagreeabie responsibility. His oniy sure way of deliverance is through a special mes- sage to the two houses before it is too late, for every day lost now is a day gained to Kellogg. The bill which passed the Senate yesterday, with anamendment covering a very wide fleld of in- vestigation, providing for the appointment of five persons to collect statistics on the traffic in distilied and fermented liquors, goes to the House, where the discussion of the subject will probably be revived, The bill in itself is a sincere matter, but as behind it lies the design or Congressional legislation tor the suppression of intemperance, this temperance agitation, in this new movement, becomes a matter of the highest importance, and it will be a plank in the republican Presidential platform of 1876, CAPTAIN HAINS, OF THE ABYSSINIA, Presentation of an Address and Gift by the Cabin Passengers. The cabin passengers of the Abyssinia, at the termination of her late voyage to this port from Liverpool, instructed a committee selected trom their number to prepare an address to her com- manding officer, Captain W. H. P. Hains, as a mark of their esteem and appreciation of his many quall- tles as @ gentleman and sailor, This committee, composed of General Schenck, Senator Catteil, Walter Berry, John William McClure, F, R. Plun- kett, Henry F. Budge, Fox Reveritre, C. W. Top- ham, T. A. Holland and W. W. Kennedy, at once carried out the wishes of the passengers, but de- ferred the presentation that they migut add to the address something of more intrinsic value as a token of their friendship. This committee met in one of the parlors of the New York Hotel yesterday morning, when General Schenck, ina neat speech, admirably discharged the duty entrusted to him and his associates, The address is as follows :— Captain W. H. P. Harms, commanding royal steamship Abyssinia ‘The passengers on board your ship for the voyage from Liverpool to New York, which terminates to-day, feel that they cannot part from you with out some expression of the appreciation they have of your professional and social qualities and education. ‘They have theretore instructed a committee to place on, record in their behalf—as we are.cratified to do, each of Us personally for himselt—tiis testimony of your unwearied energy and adinirable seamanshio displayed during the tempestuous voyage now hapnily ended, and the uniform courtesy and attention which you have ex- tended to every one command alike our hizhest respect and regard. We bid farewell to you and your oflicers and menand tothe Abyssinia with something {ar kindlter an the feeling Which 18 usually the growth of a few daysot association, and we mostheartily wish and pray that all your tuture live may continue prosperous, honored and happy Hanson or New Yor«, March 7, 1874, As soon as practicable the address will be elegantly engrossed and bound in red morocco, when it will be given to Captain Hains—probably on his return voyage. mail Accompanying the address was abeantifl watch, | guard chain and locket, the Jatter appropriately engraved, which General Schenck gracefully put | into the hands of Captain Hains, hoping that “the cable would serve as an emblem of the ties which will always keep us together in one common friendship.” Captain Hains, in a few well chosen words. thanked the committee tor their kindness, and promised that the gilt snould be carefully pre- served and handed down to his children as mark. ing one of the happiest events of their father’s life, “QORONERS’ CASES Supposed Suicide by Drowning. About three o’clock yesterday morning Burnett Masterson, @ man sixty years of age and born in Ireland, was seen to fall or jump into thejdock from the pier, foot of Broome street, Kast River, and efforts to rescue him were instantly made, but when taken from the water life was extinct. De- | Ceased is said to have been a man of intemperate habits and to have had no permanent home. The body was removed to No. 3 Willett street, Death of a Lawyer in the Park Hospital. Coroner Wolrman was yesterday called to the Park Hospital to investigate the circumstances at- Sending the death of Stephen J. Brady, a lawyer, who died on Monday. Deceased nad Jong been addicted to the vice of drinking to excess, and often was ejected from rum shops where he was Seeking liquid poison at cheap rates, A few days ago Brady was put outof the place No. 110 Chat- ham street by an unknown man; bot whether the inebriate lawyer fell and injured timself remains to be determined. It is quite provable, however, that Brady died from the etfects of imtemperance. tein examination will be made on the Deceased, who had received a finished edu- Possessed good natural ability, and be. 0 au excellent family living in the seve body. cation longed t ward. THE NEWARK RING. The Indicted Officials. to Plead Judge Depue on Saturday, There is much excitement in Newark over the announcement that the Grand Jury have found ine dictments against several ring officials, con. tractors and otuers, It was expecced that the in- dicted would be called upon to pleaa yesterday, but this proceeding has been delayed until next Satur. day, When they will appear beiore Judge Vepue and say “guilty” or “not guilty,’ Judge Depue has signified his intention to try the cases himself, What the specific crimes charged in the indictment are tg not Known outside of the Grand Jury and court officers, but it ig believed they relate to Iraudulent acquisition of property and fraudulent construction of public work on streets, Before | exhausted. | States that” he can cut up just as muct| bread as is wanted or as will be sent | Jn, At this kitchen about 175 gallons of soup are | | | | | who will be very glad to give | will send oft his me | by the | will give plenty of employment to the assistants of YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH U1, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET. GENEROUS GIFTS. Sympathy for the Careworn, the Fam- ished and he Destitute. A LADY’S JEWELS. t Youth and Beauty Oasting Her Ornaments Into the Reliof Fund. . THE SOUP KITCHENS. In Charge of Mr. Delmonico. Fourth precinct, No. 327 Water street, Captain Ulman, Sixth precinct, No, 110 Centre street, Captain Kennedy. Seventh precinct, No. 79 East Broadway. Captain Mount. Eighth precinct, No, 114 Wooster street, Captain Williams, Eleventh precinct, No. 285 Second street, Cap- tain Murphy. Thirteenth precinct, No, 224 Delancey street, Captain Hedden, Fourteenth precinct, No. 53 Spring street, Cap- tain Clindhy, Eighteenth precinct, No, 302 avenue A, Captain Tynan, Nineteenth precinct, Second avenue, corner of #ixty-third street, Captain Gunner. Twentieth precinct, No. 511 West Twenty-ninth street, Captain McElwain, Twenty-first precinct, No. 218 East Thirty-fourth street, Captain Allaire, Twenty-second precinct, Tenth avenue, between Sixty-second and Sixty-third strects, Captain Kil- lilea, Twenty-ninth precinct, Thirty-first street, near Seventh avenue, Captain McCullogh. Other Soup Houses. Juvenile Guardians’ Society, downtown relief, No. 14 Dey street, . : Mr. Orcutt’s soup kitchen, No. 17 East Seventh Street, near Third avenue, Howard Relief Association soup houses, old Police station, Leonard street, and No. 61 Thomp- son street, Industrial School for Women, No. 47 East Tenth street, near Broadway, gives meais and furnishes beef tea for the sick. Fifteenth ward citizens’ soup house, No. 219 Mercer street. ‘Twenty-first Ward Reform Club’s relief house, No, 232 East Thirty-thira street. Bread and beef house, No. 306 West Fifty-second street, near Kighth avenue, Sparta Club soup kitchen, opposite the Court House, Fifty-seventh street, near Third avenue. Twelith ward citizens’ soup house, Harlem Mar- ket, 125th street. Manhattanville, 130th street, near Broadway. In Brooklyn. Fourth precinct temporary relief soup house, Vanderbilt avenue, near Myrtle avenue. Tenth precinct soup house, corner Bergen and Pearsall streets. Helping Hand, Atlantic avenue. Scenes at the Relief Kitchens Yesterday. The cold, blustering winds of March which pre- valled yesterday, biting through the folds of the scanty clothing that covered the applicants for soup, Caused a tremendous rush to all the soup Kitchens in the charge of Mr. Delmonico. Over 11,000 persons were fed yesterday with soup and bread. The soup was made of beet, rice and vege- tables, and was of an excellent quality. Chief Ranhoffer visitea all of the soup kitchens yester- Gay and personally inspected the soups. Below Will be found an account of the manner in which soup is distributed at the kitchens visited by the HERALD reporters. Fram day to day the workings ‘of each kitchen will be described. EIGHTEENTH PRECINCE KITCHEN. This kitchen is situated on avenue A, near Nine- teenth street, In @ feed store on the street floor, and its dimension are about 40 feet in depth by 20 in width, There are two of Mr. Delmonico’s cooks stationed here, and in addition there isa volunteer assistant, who peels the potatoes, ontons, turnips and carrots for his daily bread and soup. A number of bags of feed are piled up against the whitewashed brick wall. Sanitary policeman No. 943, who is a little deat, but who is ao excellent mar, is placed on guard here to keep the applicants in order. ‘here isa large iron boiler here which holds 120 gallons of soup and there ig a second soup served every day. Yesterday about gallons ol soup were distributed to the ap- i. There was also served about filty loaves of bread, which have been donated. Among those who have donated bread to the £ighteenth pre- cinct kitchen are the American Tea Company, 1,000 loaves; Mrs. Judge Roosevelt, 50 loaves, an Join Looram, a liquor merchant, one barrel of crackers. Andrew Mcbride, an undertaker in East Fifteenth street, has offered to serve the poor ot the ward with 1,000 loaves of bread. Captain Tynan, of the Eighteenth precinct, informed the HERALD reporter yesterday that if Mr. McBride will seud orders for bread to the station house he will be most happy to deliver it to the poor eople who want to eat it with the soup. ‘he western part of his precinct is a very weaithy locality, and there are a large number of pros- perous hotels situated in it, such as the Claren- | don, the Westminster, Gramercy Park Hotel, | Union Square Hotel, Putnam House, Washington | House and Ashland House, If tue proprietors of | these hotels, who are all Known to be charitabie | Men, should feel disposed to send some of what 1s left from their daily business, or loaves of bread, | to the station house, whatever is sent wiil be gaven. to the poor as soon as delivered, In this district the majority oi the applicants for soup are Ger- mans, many of the women who have applied hay- ing husbands Working in the gas houses and earn- ing $3 and $4 a day, At dinner time these would cail for soup and take it to their husband: but they can no longer get any soup, for the police | will not allow thei to have tickets, Tickets were Jor some days given to children, but are not now given to them, as 280 tickets were either destroyed or lost. If the child is known to be sent for a ticket by a respectable mother @ ticket is given, but not otherwise, Betore the strike among the gas louse | men, who were at that time principally irishmen, | many of them had saved $1,000, $1,400 and $z,000 each for their families; but now, owing to the strike, all their money is gone, and a number of | their wives and children have to apply for soup, clothing, old shoes, blankets, or relie! of any kind 18 welcome to these people, aud if sent to tie | station house will be sent to them. There isa great deal of suffering in this ward, and soup was | furnished to 1,800 persons of both sexes, adults aud | minors, yesterday. NINETEENTH PRECINCT KITCHEN, This soup kitchen is located at the northeast corner of Sixty-third street. and Second avenue, on the ground floor premises, formerly occupied as a saloon, The precinct ts commanded by saptain Gunner, and he has detailed to it Oilicer Lillien- | doll, No. 1,124, who 1s also stationed at the Second | Avenue Railroad depot. The premises are quite clean and uiry, and are about a by twenty-tive | feet in dimensions. The precinct has tor its boun- | daries the East River, Sixth avenue, Forty-second Street and Seventy-ninth street, and tie appli- cants for relief are principally composed of Ger- | ; mans, Irish and Americans, two negroes only hay- | ing applied during tie eight days that the kitchen has been opened. The premises looked yesterday like @ regular cook shop, With a ninety-gallon | ; bougr in toe front room and a sixty-galion boiler | in She ack oom. Vegetables of all kinds, onions, titnips, carrots, gabbage, potatoes and | celery, were lying around, ' steeping in | large basins and wooden tubs, waiting in a joving way to be put in the pot. One hundred and eight, persons were given soup yesterday, wio caile without tickets, They were ali me hungry. Beside this number over 350 persons from destituce families were also fed, ange to say, no bread has been donated tn this district ag ¥eb, although there are hundreds of wealthy citizen it if Captain Gunner D, 4518 done in obuer precincts ged captains commanding, But one public spirited and charitable citizen has stepped into the breach and declares that the poor of the Nineteentn ward shall have bread with their soup, Mr. James McCabe, clerk to Judge Bixby at the Tombs Police Court, has donated 500 loaves of good fresh bread to the Nineteenth precinct kitchen, managed by Mr. Delmonico, and to-morrow he will give orders to Well known baker in tue district to deliver daily thirty loaves oO! bread to the soup kitchen, or as many more 48 may be wanted until the supply is The “butcher, Join Heydecker, at a very decent sort of @ man, | a n aud were very his kitchen, served daily, and ag there is no other soup house above it on the east side until Harlem is reacned the demand for relief must increase every day, aud Chef Ranhoffer, TWENTIETH PRECINCT KITCHEN, The Twentieth precinct soup kitchen, in charge of Captain McElwain, ts situated in T'wenty-ninth street, in @ Dew brick bulldumg some few dgors |b West of Tenth avenue. There are two good sized here, and the demand for the beverage ts on the increase every day. ‘This is one of the moat destitute districts in the city, and Captain McEl- Wain shows his appreciation of the fact by asking his men to subscribe for bread to help the hungry in the district, Accordingly he has put himsel and his men down for 2,500 loaves of bread, which are to be delivered at the soup kitchen in ‘Twenty- ninth street day by day. This is @ splen- ai example for the other police captains, an looks like practical work. The precinct is ounded by Twenty-seventh street, Forty-second Street, Seventh avenue and the North River. Ser- geant Nicholson, of the precinct, states that the poverty is terrible and that the policemen are |bout subscribing to furnish fresh milk for chil- dren. P. Golding, a hatter, in Eighth avenue, bear Thirty-8ixth street, has wsued 1,000 tickets for loaves of bread, and of that numer he -has given for distribution 500 tickets to Captain. McElwain and 500 Uckets to the Kev. Father Larkin, pastor of the Roman Catholle Church of the Holy Inno- cents, in West Thirty-seventh street. : SELF-SACRIFICING CHARITY. A Young Lady Gives Her Jewels to a Poor Family—Her Appeal to Her Sister Yesterday morning, among the throng whose business brought them to the HERALD reception room, came a young lady who would not be nat. tered by being called beautiful, elegant and graceful She wished to see the editor, and banded to Se penenisn, who answered the sum- mous a parcel, with a note which she satd would explain itself. Before the seal could be broken she was descending the stairs, In the parcel were apair of gold earrings worth some $50. The ac- companying letter, which 13 given below, should be read by every lady in New Yor! New You, March 10, 1876. To tae Epitor or te HeraLp:— ‘ The daily disclosures of poverty and suffering which You so wisely and generously publish in your columns have afforded me the opportunity of personally visiting and contributing my mite. But, unfortunately, it is only amite, My purse is small; so I beg of you to accept this piece of jeweiry (which I can easily “dispense with) to be converted a8 you think fit into money and be given to the French family at No. 73 Carmine sireet. And I also appeal to the well-cared-tor women who may read t to put on their bonnets, select one of these tamilies an go there at once; itis such & suple thing todo. With @ few doliars spent In the neighboring stores the shurg edge ol the misery 1s blunted and those sad homes will nave a little cheer about them, Try it, dear women, and return to your homes more loving, more baugnt more Uhankiul from what you have seen. N. B A NOBLE GIFT. Proceeds af a Charity Entertainment, A few evenings since & company of amateurs gave an entertainment at No. 637 Fifth avenue, which had a large and fashionable attendance, The proceeds, over $700, having been transmitted to the Treasurer of the New York Association for Im- proving the Condition of the Poor, he yesterday acknowledged its receipt in the following note: No. 78 Soura Street, Nrw Yor«, March 10, 1874, G.G. Yvuuin, Esq., Treasurer Dear Sm—The New, York Agsociation for Improving the Condition of the Poor most gratefully ackmow ledge the donation of $722 50 which was yesterday handed to me by you on behalf of Messrs. John H. Kendall, B. F. Crane, Jr.; Robert Brundette, Jr.; Dr. G. W. Robinson, Mrs. Gardner G. Yyelin, Miss E. Louise Smith, Miss An- nie Fiolding and Miss Laura G. Abendroth, Committee, this sum being the proceeds of a concert given tor the benefit of this association. With the best thanks to the Kind triends whose Deneiaction you have conveyed to Usy I urs Inost respecttul bone PROBST B, MINTURN, Treasurer. THE RELIEF FUND. ee Donations for the poor received by the HERALD and not previously acknowledgea :. W. B. McG,, for the artist Bolles, No, 128 Wooster street. $5 00 A clergyman, for + 10 00 J.8. C., weekly gift for 5t. John’s oooe ©6088 John’s Guild and the Downtown Poor. The following additional contributions were re- ceived yesterday by Rev. Alvah Wiswall for the poor of the Fifth and Eighth wards, and handed to the Almoner of the Guild, Mr. Henry C. De Witt:— {Those desiring to visit the office of the Guild will remember that it 1s in the school buildings at- tached to St. John’s chapel, Varick street, between Laight and Beach streets.) THROUGH C. V. B. OSTRANDER. st. Mr. Palmer. eeeee ong $10 00 5 Od 5 od 5 oO 5 0G oe sseee 20 THROUGH THE REV. 8. H. WESTON, D, Dy Theodore F, W. Taylor o 50 00 THROUGH MISS M’COMB’S KETTLEDRUM. In lieu of dresses ... Res 10 0@ In ive of dresses, Mrs. A. Taylor. 5 00 SENT TO GUILD OFFICE, Emily L. Ford. 100 00 A Lutheran. + 2500 A collection in Zion church, D. Clarkson, Treasurer. 151 89 A collection i 64 5d ¥. A. B., for valiet girl 8ud < 5 00 5 od 5 0a 206 is . 608 Mrs. B., for Mr. Biack. 50d E, B., for straw tor bedding... 300 Wyman, Byrd & Uo. 100 08 Mis, Saltus, for professor 10 od Miss Delia suckley, tor sick and dymg artist. aeenees ~ =«=-200 Miss Con > é 206 Mrs. T. C, Rees, 5 00 5G Dr. Wilifam Hi. Gardiger.. 5 00 J.B. M.H.. Fe ie 10 04 Hariem, for baby who had dour an 100 Mrs. E. Bower.. . 100 as Grand total. WOMAN'S TRAINING SCHOOL. A free class for thorough instruction of women in phonography, fitting them for practical work as shorthand writers, will be organized at the Woman’s Training School, No, 47 hast Teath street, on Friday, March 13, at three P, M. THIRTEENTA WARD. Bread for the Hungry Poor. New Yorx, March 10, 1874. To THE EpiToR oF THE HERALD The following contributions have this day beew made for the poor of the Thirteenth precinct :— Hon. impbell, No, 5 Willett street, 100 loaves of bread. rd Sullivan, 0. 99 Broome street, 100 loaves o8 cr Relyea, No, 3 Willett street, 100 loaves of bread. Respectiully, HENRY HEDDEN, Captain Thirtecuth Precinct Police. FIFTEENTH WARD. Donations to the Citizens’ Soup House. FIFTEENTH WARD RELIEF ASSOCIATION, } New York, March 10, 1874 To TH EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— We take pleasure in acknowledging the follow. ing contributions :— Messrs. Arcularius & Co., Fulton Market, the fifth in- staiment of 100 pounds of Ash. . W. Orr, printer, No. 113 Liberty street, 1,000 tickets. West Washington’ Market Association, ‘30 pounds of Wh & Reede, No, 269 Washington street, 30 pounds of co Joseph Quinn & O Michael McBride, grocer, of turnips, cash, $10. No. 19tGreene street, | barrel George H, Wallace, bandmaster, 190 loaves of bread. Astinan & Mortou, St Clair House, 5) pounds of fish. We also take pleasure in acknowldeging the receipt of 1,00 loaves of bread, the donation of Mr, Christopher O'Connor, ot the Cuion Square Billiard saloon, to Uap- tain Byries, of the Filteenth precinct, for the poor of the ward, and kindly (urned over by thé Capiain to this or- ganizatyon for distribution, We remain, respectfully, iN JAMES M. UEATHERTON, Chairman. THOMAS HASTINGS, Treasurer, ALFRED E. LOZIER, secretary. &, J. HEATHERTON, Superintendent. TWENTY-FIRST WARD. Donations for the Thirty-first Soup Kitchen. New York, March 10, 1874. To THE Epitor or tHe HERALD:— I have this day received fiity loaves of bread irom a person signing himself A Friend.” Also six large hams from Mr. Joseph N, Galway, corner of Twenty-ninth street and Liebe all of which I delivered at the soup house No. 164 West Mr. Hamiiton, the well-known builder, will send me 100 joaves of bread to-morrow. Very respeet« tui JOHN H. MeCULLAGH, ae Captain Twenty-ninth Precinct Police, | Thirty-tirst street. The Supreme Court of Mississippt, in a case In. volvin; the legitimacy of children vy the mai Of a white. man and @ negro woman, has decided in favor of the children, thereby making them lawe fal heirs to property of value 1B Goahoma county. ;