The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1874, Page 3

WASHINGT: The Senate Passes the Army and Fortification Bills. PROVISIONS MADE FOR 1874-5, Economy in the Work on Public Buildings. The Senate Accomplishes Something at Last—Passage of the Army and Fortifi- cations Appropriation Bills. In the Senate quite a good day’s work was done. ‘The consideration of the Army Appropriation bill, With some important amendments, was fin- (shea and it passed. The Fortifications bill was then taken op and pagsea, the only material imendment being that the appropriation shail be D full for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, Which was adopted, During the latter part of the Aiscussiou on the Army Appropriation bill the dniv provision which excited more than ordinary Attention was that which provided an expenditure Of $30,000 for the preservation of clothing and | bquipage from moth and mildew. This was op- | posed by Senator Merrimon, who advocated a re. Auction of the amount to $5,000, and oifered an Amendment accordingly. It was Jost upon a call of | the yeas and nays, by a vore of 12 to 20 Senators | West and Sargent explained that it was a great reduction from former years, and that the amount Row asked was $20,000 less than that stated by the Quartermaster General us being required. The | Senate seemed to feel quite well pieased with the | fesulta of the day’s deliberations, which were | Acknowledged to be practical work, and, after the Adoption of a resolution authorizing tne Chair to | il the vacancy in the Lommitiee of Privileges and | Elections and the Commitiee of Education’ and | Labor, made vacant by Uhe death of Mr. Charles | Sumner, went into executive session and ad- Journed to Monday next. . Provisions of the Fortifications Bill. The Fortifications bill, a8 passed both houses of Congress, appropriates $25,000 for Fort Trumoall, New London, Coun.; $30,000 for the fort on Wil- Jet's Pomt, Kast River, New York; $26,000 ior Fort Sctuyler, East River, New York; $26,000 for Fort Hamilton and additiona! batteries, New York harbor; $30,000 for a fort on the site of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island; $13,000 for Battery Hud- son, New York harbor; $25,000 lor Fort Delaware, Delaware River; $30,000 tor the battery at Finu’s Point, Delaware River, and $30,000 for a new fort opposite Fort Delaware, Delaware River. Economy in the Public Buildings—Con- clusions Arrived At by the Senate Standing Committee. | ‘The Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds to-day submitted a report on the Senate Tesolution directmg them to inquire into the ex- pediency of suspending the expenditure oi ali ap- Propriations for pubiic buiidings not yet com- menced, and of covermg such appropriations into the Treasury. They said the contemplated vutid- ings to which reference is madé in this resolution are those authorized to be constructed at Albany, N. ¥.; Atlanta, Ga.; Covington, Ky.; Dover, Del.; Evansville, Ind. ; Fall River, Mass.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jersey City, N. J.; Lincoln, Neb.; Little — | Rock, Ark.; Memphis and Nasnyille, Tenn.; San | Francisco, Ca’. (lor marie hospital) ; Utica, N. Y. (for court house, &¢.), and Washington City (for ‘Treasury archives), The unexpended appropria- tions for these buiidings amount Lo $1,270,809, which. amountis distributed among more than a dvzen States, a part being at State capitais, and being iar Jess than vas been appropriated Jor bulidings in any one Of Several of the larger cities, “in iact,’’ says the committee, “the great bulk of all recent ap- propriations ior public buildinyzs will be found to have been absorbed by the cities of Chicago, St. Louis, New York apd Boston, where large and ex- pensive buildings have seemed indispensable,” They add tuat, although the government service Would not suffer mucu more inconvenience by the | delay 0! a year in the construction of the buildings menuoned in the above jist than it ias suffered in the past year, yet the necessity for them is nut less than that which has prompted similar struc- tures in other places. As the result oi an extended discussion on general subjects 0! present necessity for economy, the requirements for the public ser- vice, the different styles of urchitectural construc- tions, &c., the committee arrive at the tollowmg conclusions: Firsg-That when it becomes necessary, tn any locality, ior the nationa! government to erect pub- ie buildings utility shali be the 1oremost constdera- “Second—That they snall have some general unity | of character. Third—That they shall be stately and firm in proportions rather than rich and unique in detail. Finaliy—The committee are 0) opinion that the expenditure ior puvlic buiidings in the present exigency for economy shouid be cut down with as much severity as any oi the other expenditures; but that they ought not to be singied out us the least meriterious of all and wholly denied in a lump. In the course of the report it is recommended that the following work be authorized immediately to be done in Washington C.ty, in order mainly to provide needed tactlities tor the public service and save the large expenuitures for rent of private | buildings now used:—ihe Court of Claims should | be removed to the City Hal) building, to give more space for the committee rooms in the Capitol, and the City Hall should be enlarged so as to accom. modate the Pension Bureau. The Post Office De- partment should be enlarged. A building should be erected tor the Printing Bureau of tne Treasury Department, and the east part of the latter should be extended. In the near future, also, provision | should be made for @ Congressional Library Bu- | reau, and the additions recently mace to the Capi- tol grounds should be improved so as to carry out the design of their purchase. Progress of the Howard Inquiry. The Second Auditor and First Comptroiler were | again examined to-day before the Howard Court of Inquiry, and General Vincent gave testimony concerning the authenticity o/ various records bearing on the case, Full and complete testimony is being obtained relative to the manner of trans- acting business by disbursing officers and as to the responsibility resting on them, , Whe Indians—The Savages Must Starve or Fight—Crows Asking for Needle Guns Against the Sioux. L, Edwin Dudley, Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Santa Fé, New Mexico, telegraphs to Indian Commissioner Smith that if the supplies for the Mescaleros aud Southern Apaches are stopped the Indians must starve or ight, He has no doubt that war will result, The agent for the Crows telegraphs here asking if the commander at fort Ellis can have authority to turn over to the Crow Agency twenty needle guns, with ammuni- lion, to protect them against the Sioux. Confirmation of Nominations. The Senate in executive session to-day confirmed the following nominations :—Thomas B, Van Buren, Of New Jersey, to be Consul at Kanagawa; Fred- erick Baggs to be Collector of Internal Revenue for Sixth district, Indiana; Edward F, Dunne, Cnier Justice of Supreme Court, Arizona, The Completion of the Cross Ledge and Ship John Shoal Lights. ‘The Lighthouse Boara has referred to the Secre- tary 0. the Treasury the matter of the completion of the Cross Ledge and Ship John Shoal lights in Delaware, with a recommendation that Congress be asked to-morrow for an appropriation for each ‘of $25,000. Grave Irregularities Charged Against the Officials of the Washington First National Bank by the Investigating Committee. The sub-committee appointed by the Committee on Banking and Currency to investigate the affairs of the First National Bank of this city to-day sub. mitted their report to the fuil committee, The re- port charges grave irregularities on the part of the officials of the bank which cannot be punished un- der any existing iaw, and the committee recom. mend an amendment to the national banking laws which will cover such cases ta the future, Among|.on the other things tne sub-committee stave thit Just pre- vious to the ‘allure of the bank tte 1 was de- posited with Jay Cooke & Co, The ittee will further consider the report at a gz next Monday. THE MOIETY INVESTIGATION. Conclusion of Judge Davis’ Statement— The Statute Authorizing Sezures of Books and Papers Obnoxious and Arbi- trary—Senator Conkling Im Cannection with the Phelps-Dodge Case. WASHINGTON, March 20, 1874. Judge Noah Davis, 0! New York, wa) again be- fore the Committee oi Ways and Means this morn- ing, He continued the statement jommenced yesterday of his counection with the npiety vases, particularly the Phelps, Dodge & Co. cae, and gave to the committee bis views im reiennce to the policy of modilying or repealing the stute which authorizes the seizure Of books and papers. He gave it as hisown opinion that vat statute was Obnoxious to the coustitutional provsion which secures citizens of the United ates from Unreasonable search = and geliure, and that the statute shou be repealed, He was particularly inquired of, and gave a m- hute account concerning the interview which took place at the Custom fiouse betweenhim-eli and the officers of the Customs In relatiot to the com- promise of the Phelps, Dodge & Uo. tase on the Bist of December. He had given a itatement of the same inierview yesterday, omittiig, however, to meution rhe name of one person present at that interview. He was required to give ihe names of all who were present, and he stated he as the Collector, General Artiur; the Nava Otticer, Mr. Lafiin; the Surveyor, Mr. Cornell; the special Agent, Mr, Jayne, aud sSenato: Conkling. As to the latter, be expressed his belief, / as he had dove vesterday, tuat ar, Conkiung was there not by design, bui by accidint, and tat his presence had'no relerence to jhe case. On | being pressed, however, by the coumittee to re- late substantially What occurred at that inter- view, he gave the substauce of theconversation which took place, and which was im reierence to the quesiion as to whether tne detisions of the Courts were that in cases of als? entries the whole invoice was forietted, or ony \ne particular items that were tainted with fraud) anu on that | point Judge Davis says that Senator ¢onkling took | the statute in ms hauds, read it, anagave it as ls | Opinion that it was beyoud ail dpuvt that the wuole mvoice was jorieted, and iwcommeuded that in the i’nelps, Dodge & Co. case x suit tor tue | Jorfetture o1 the entire invoices should ve directed. ‘The committee took w recess. After Recess. | The hearing of Judge Noah Davis vas continued by the Committee on Ways and Means in the aiter- noun, He was exumined by severa members of the committee. and gave his viewsin regard to Muvduicaiious to be made in the preent revenue system, particularly as to moieties gud as to tue seizure OJ LOOKS aud papers. fe expressed him- Seif us strongly opposed to allowing tue govern- Ment oiicers LO have aby share o! the moiety, and he would Lave the parties a pear beore the Judge and be heard beiore their bouss were examined. | At the close oi his statement he veteired again to the incerview at the Custom House a} wiich Sena- tor Conkling Was present, und said lat ue had not the siighiest idea, and certainly bad no knowleage, and had uo reusgu to sup- bose that Senatur Conkling vas in any Way connected wii the Puelps-Douge ‘matter. He did not wisi to be understuod as couveyiug in any degree the remorest imputation of the kind, He Wanced tu exciude that idea entirely, as he should be very sorry to muke a suggestion mM respect O1 auy Member o1 erther House that Migut be Warped into Che idea that he Wished to , couvey uv unlayorable Lupression, WHITK AS THE SNOW, Mr, DAWES remarked thatin putung the question he had no previous intimation who the person Was to Whow Jusge Davis uad alluded as beug present at the mterview, but wuom he bad not named. He had werely desired to see in whut way the statement woulu ve corroborated, Judge Davis replied that he ouly understood Mr. Dawes’ object tu be to preciude the idea tuat tere Was any desire 60 cover 1) anything, Mr. Nipuack reminded Judge Duvis tiat he nad not said anything in reference to his own private letter read by mir. Jayne to tue commitiee, THE QUESTION OF FEES Judge Davis thanked Mr. Niolack for the re- mincer, and said that these letvers were private notes Wmch Jayne vad no business to produce. He thought, however, it would ve observed that tie letters Were. simply ab expression Of fis opin- ion as io the proceeding to oust nim out of his ie. Of cou.se that thing nad nettled him a little, but he had been very giad since the facts had been de- velopeu tuat he had not got any tee in that Phetps, Dodge & Co. case, At the time he wrote the let- ters, however, he did fesiaegttle nettied and a htte sore in tue maiter, and in writing to Jayne about sume other matiers he hud thrown Out an allusion which he knew Jayne would understand avout those transactions, sie said in Que letter that the case ot Phelps, Dodge & Co. would not have been so badly botcued—or some- thing to that etlect—if the urrangement at the Asior House had been carried out us nad been contempiated; by which he meant, of course, that the desire oi these gentiemen to close up without any public exposure would have been consum- muted, and that tue long controversy which aiter- ward resuited woul¢é have been prevented. He had no other explanation to m ke. He had re- ceived private letters himseli on the same subject, but, o1 course, he would not bring them beiore the committee, Judge Davis also said, IN REGARD TO JAYN that so far as he knew o! the se! papers by Mr. Jayne a large majority of tne cases in which he had applied for warrants had been | cases of actual iraud © inmitted by bribing Custom House oficers—cases whicu certaiuly ought to ve punished. He thought be would ve justified in saying that uine-tentus of Mr. Jayne’s had been of that class, and in but very few of such cases had he heard of auy complaints o1 any alleged miscon- duct or Larsh ianguage by Mr. Jayne. The cases that had been compromised were of such acharac- ter that the parties, 80 laras ue Knew, were sauis- fled to escape without any lurther proceeaings. dudge Davis’ statement beiore the comm.ttee to-day occupied over four hours, and was conciuded about ball-past twe o'clock. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INVESTI- | GATION. Answer of the Authorities to the Charge Against Them—A Contractor’s Modest Profits. At the meeting of the District of Columpia In- vestigating Committee to-day the District author- | ities filed a written answer to the charges of the memoriaiists, deuying each and every allegation of fraud, conspiracy or confederation with John 0, Evans aud other parties named by the memorial- ists. The auswer admits that large contracts were given to these parties, but sweepingly and specifically denies that there was any collusion be- tween them and the Board of Public Works or other District authorities, The existence of the Kilbourne memorandum and the Huntington let- ter is also admitted, but it 1s denied that they sus- tain the memorialisis' charges in any particular. ‘The journal ot the Board ot Public Works was pro- duced, and the committee ordered @ transcript of that portion relating to the meeting at which the bids were opened for pavements to be put in evi- dence. DENIAL OF THE CHARGE, The Board of Public Works, in their reply, aver that the contracts let to John O. Evans & Co. in- Stead of being injurious to the District were to its benefit, a portion of the contract made with said Evans having been in accordance with a petition | signed by Messrs, Corcoran, Riggs, Kennedy and others of the memorialists. The Board iurther de- nies that contracts were awarded to kvans & Co. Without puolic notice and in any manner different irom that in which contracts were awarded to other responsible bidders, but were awarded fairly and justly. The Board admits that in two con- tracts there was @ stipulation allowing the use of old material which might be removed, but this was allowed not for any advantage to the contractors but because it would facilitate the progress of the work. [i is denied that the Board agreed to turnish to them certain undesignated costly machinery owned by the District of Colum- bia, to be used in the prosecution of improvements by said contractors and without charge. The fact is, the only machinery purchased by the District government Was one steam roller, the use of Wuich was accorded to any contractor needing it, he paying the expenses of running; but, as Tespects the contrac referred to, the par- tues lurnished their own miaterial and did not use it at all. It denied — that | exceptions were made to favor of Evans and his as- sociates in regard to keeping the improvements tn repair. Itis denied that the Board greatly aided and assisted the said Evans and his associates by unlawlully extending and eplarging the improve- ments to be made ander their said contracts. The contracts were originally given within the limita- tion of $600,000 especially appropriated by the act of the Legislative Assembly and alterwards, when the $4,000,000 loan was sustained, approved and became available and the contracts, uccording to the original intention, were extended, the bonds given ior the original contracts were regarded as suMficient for the extension. The Board denies that any act of the nslative Assembly was Violated by allowing additional compensation to Lewis Clephane for grading. The increuse was ge! eral and applicable to all contracts and was made -he recommendation of the of the re of books and | Board, and deemed just and prorer, and 1s less than is paid for similar work in other cities. It is denied that the Board used its influence and patronage to have the Drainaze and Sewerage act to nd Ms aBsociates, ‘The report of the Advisory Board, consisting of General A. A. Humphreya, Ohief Engineer of the United States Army, General M,C. Metus, Quarter- master Gene! General J. K. Barnes, Surgeon General; General 0. E. Babeock, Engineer in Charge of Public Buildings and Grounds. and Frederick L, Olmsted, civil engineer, recommending that Diccmegoee concrete pavement be used, is sub- mitted, LARGE PROFITS. William J. Jansen, a contractor, testifled that on contracts with the Board fur work amounung to $49,0U0 he made $10,300 prot, CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. Republican Programme for the Rest of the Session—Cheap Transportation— The House Night Debates—Preparing for a Great Revolution of Parties. WasHineton, March 17, 1874, The House of Representatives having, by resolu- tion, formally declared that in the power to regu- late commerce “among the States” Congress has the power to regulate the railroads of the country, in their freights and fares from one State to another; and the committee on the subject having reported ‘‘a bill to regulate commerce by railroads im the severai States,” and the members of the great West, with an eye to the sufferings, the de- mands and the expectations of their constituents, desiring to place themselves right upon the record, and the daylight deliberations of the House being devoted to other matters, the bright ldea of & might session of an hour or two has been adopted ior the discussion of cheap transportation, Thus the members charged with statistics of Western wheat and corn, and the ex- tortious of railways in the transportation of corn and wheat to the seaboard, are turnished the op- portunity ‘or the delivery of their speeches, and | for thetr pubiication in the Congressional Record, and thence m the local papers which circulate Girectly among their constituents, THE GRANGER INFLUENCE. These night sessions, therefore, apart from any design or expectation of passiug the bill “to regu- | late commerce by railroad in the several States,’? serve their immediate purpose of placing these Western members right upon the record belore the grangers. These grangers will require in the coming full, when the elections for the next Con- gress will be the crucial test, a strict account on | cheap transportation from every member of the House dependent upon their suftrages. And, if the gentieman irom Des Moines, tor instance, when called to the book, can produce or refer to a speech which he delivered in March, April or May in the House, setting fortu the hardships, the ex- tortivns aud losses imposed on the Western farm- ers througn the despotism of the raiway compina- tions upon wuich tuey are dependent for the car- Tying 0: tueir crops to market, anu demanding tne inter vention of ougress, the ‘gentleman trom Des Moimes will pass the grangers’ inapection, and his re-election Will be assur.d, He knows there 18 no prospect lor the passage of the peuding bill this Session, Unless the prangers bring a powerlul lobby to bear directly upon the two houses; he Knows that the grungers have not, us yet, “ot tae hang 0! the louby,"’ but he knows tnhut they expect hum to agitate and ventilate this matter of cheap transpo. lation, and he knows, too, that in the ime Of Us duty Les the road to preierment, Hence these nist Sessions. AN EXHAUSIIVE DISCUSSION TO BE HAD. But there is wuch more in them than speeches for buncomce. they are the breaking of the ground upon anew and difficult question of the grandest proportions—a question Which the HERALD several years ago loresuw would beiore long become a leading politica: question. Every great revolution Or relorin in \ulmau affairs is preceded by a season Ol agitation, someumes “short, sharp and decti- sive,” and sometimes protracted and prosecuted til pushed to a contlict o. arms# Every advauce Made tn our pulitical history, trom the consiita- tion ol 1789 to the Hiteentn amendment, is markea by its period of agitation, thyagh most conspicu- " ©US upon Our calendar stands tne slavery agita- ton, ended ut jast only ina deluge of viood and fire. Jhis new. gigantic and embarrassing ques- Uon of cheap tranxportation, in its turn, Cun be settied only through a thorough and general agi- tution—an extiaustive discussion in Congress, by the press und among the peopie, This is under- stood i the House, and these night sessions on the subject mark, at least, the regular opening of this exhaustive discusston. 4 REVOLUTION OF PARTIES. The power of Congress over the railroads of the country 13 armed; but how and how Jar shall or canit be ayplieu? ‘The obstacie o: State rights ig alieady interposed against the bill betore the House, limited as it isin its reguiations of ratl- Ways and their commerce among the States. There are signs Oi influences at work for the organiza- tion Of @ powerlul railway coaliuon against thus bil, The old United States Bank, which in its couflict with General Jackson required all his lorce oj Cuaracter, tenacity of purpose and great popu.arity to put down, was a mere flea bite com- pared with the stupendous moneyed power of a combination oi even two or three of our present monster railway corporations. There are, perhaps, appliances of this stupendous power, awaiting the development of tms _ conilict between the railway kings and the people, before which the Crédit Mobilier transactions will sink into general contempt. The conmict on State riguts threatens a@ disruption o: the democratic party; and, first, the demoralization and next the Teconstruction vi the republican party; bat, from present indications, the oull tor the regulation of the rauways will not materially disturb either party in this Congress until aiter the coming tail eivctions 1or the next Congress. THE REPUBLICAN PROGRAMME, The republican programme jor the present ses- sion embraces a compromise on banking and cur- rency. which may serve as a tub to the whale; a cutung down of the appropriation bills to the SAVINE Of $20,000,000 and $40,000,000 or $50,000,000 of addit.onal taxation, to eke out the neediul sup- ee jor the Treasury; some incidental Custom Jouse reforms and the postponement to Decem- ber next of the bill for the regulation of railways. | But the speecies at these night sessions may be | compared to the skirmish line of an army advanc- ing Lo tee: the enemy’s position, and the maim bat- Ue will be opened in the fall elections. |. SENATOR LOGAN ON PAPER MONEY, | {From the Cincinnati Gazette.) | | Senator Logan yesterday demolished Senator Schurz on the currency as a blacksmith would de- molish the finest watch with one blow of his | sledge hammer, He showed that Schurz’s iaeas | of money are still inthralied by the effete despot- isms of the oid world, and that he nas not learned | that im this iree country paper money should ex- paud with the spread of the American eagie. Sen- ater Logan is what the Hon. Elijah Pogram would calla true child of this sree hemisphere, whose ,; “answer vo the despot and the tyrant 18 that hts ; home is in the setting sun.” ‘He has the true | American principle that a great country requires @ great currency; that if money 18 not equally dinused a distribution of me ge money must be made to equalize it, and that the best tertilizer you can put On our soll is to spread it all over witu irredeemabie paper money. ANOTHER WAR ON VICE. A number of influential citizens of the Kight- eenth and Twenty-first wards was held, on Thurs- day evening last, for the purpose of forming an association to take immediate measures to clear these wards of all houses of bad repute—gambling houses and poiicy — shops, aud where owners are notified that their houses are jet or used ior illegal purposes and do not vacate them, legal proceedings to be instituted agaimst them; also causing the arrest of the in- mates of such houses and vacation of them. Those hiring ior iegal purposes will find it difficult to | carry on their trafic in future, as committees are | deregated to certain districts, and it is hoped that | with the aid of the police tt can be made eifectual ina short time, The association has made appil- cation for the use of the Sixth District court room ior nolding regular weekly meetings. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE IN BROOKLYN, Coroner Jones began the inquest last night over the body of Dennis Delancy. The deceased, it will be remembered, arose from his bed at his resi- dence, No, 382 Micks strect, at two o'clock last Sunday morning and chopped his wife’s head and face with @& hatchet until he supposed she was deaa, He then committed suicide. There were several witnesses examined, after which the Coroner adjourned the case until the 20th of Apri, by which time it is expected Mrs. Delancy will ve able to give her evidence, | THE SURRENDERED OUBANS, News was received in this city yesterday that of the three unfortunate Cubans who were taken back to the city of Havana by Captain Deaken, of the American steamship City of New York, while on @ recent voyage to this Gity, afier the vessel had proceeded northward, some mies on her passage, two of them have been garroted by the military authorities and the third 1s @ prisoner at the Morro Castle, ROBBING A NEW YORK FIRM, Last night three men, named Cozzins, Mitcholl and Hall, were arrested on Court street, Brook- lyn, on @ charge of stealing a quantity of silver Spoons from Rogers & Brothers, on Broadway, ploy of New York, Mitchell isa porter in the ¢ the arm, ra AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera—Nilsson in “La Traviata.” Nothing can be conceived in the lyric world a3 a more delight.ul and artistic performance than the “Dame aux Cainélias” (to use the original term) of Mme. Nilsson. Verdi as written some of bis ‘most attractive music in the opera for the role of | Violetta (the lost one), and the rd/e has had rep- resentatives in Europe and America suggestive of the best lyric artists that have ever charmed the ublicear, Last night the Academy of Music was iowaéd, and the weil known numbers of Violetta were delivered by Mme, Misson with her wonted , finish and execution, It would be impossivie to povut to another lyric tumversonation correspond: ing With Lue maguificent pertormance of Mme. Nusson, It 18 unnecessary to enter into details, at this late time, of the Alfredo of Capoul and the Germont of Del Puente. pullice it to say that they were fauitiess last evening, *‘Aida’ will be pre- sented wt the matinée to-day for the last ume this season, German Opera—Lucea. There seems to be something irresistible about | the name of Lucca with the German public, Despite & contretemps last night, for which Mme. Lichtmay was responsible, and which necessitated @ change of periory ice, the affection of . the Pubite for “Die Kleine Pauline’? was abuudantly | shown, The performance consisted of the trst | act of “The Marriage of Figaro” and two acts of | “Von Juan.” Mme, Lucca, a8 Cuerubino in the tor- Mer opera ana as Zerlinain the lattor, was enthusi- | astically received. The change from the an- | nounced vill Wus brought aroaad, we understand, by the relusul of Mme. Lichumay to sing. We | cunnot recall any musical occusion im which such @ gro-s insult bas been offered to tue | publ Messrs, Rullmann, Poveger and Lehmann Were compelied to labor industriously to bring the | periormance to a successiui termmation. Lucca | sonore as Marguerite in Gounod's ‘Faust? to- night The Lyceum Theatre. LeCocq’s amusing operetta “Les Cent Vierges’’ | was the attraction at this house last night. The music 18 sparkling, and the story has that spice of | wickedness Which ts so keenly appreciated by the lovers of bowfe performances, Mile. Almée was Not im very good voice, but the audience went to | be amused, uot to criticise. ‘they were evidently | quite Satisied, and though one or two very virtu- | ous people had their seusivilities a littie shocked, and evinced their displeasure in atvempting to° hiss, their efforts at virtue only made the naugiiti- | ness the More enjoyable. his evening “Le vetit | Faust” will be presented, wueu Mle. Aimée will | appear as Marguerite jor the first time. The Charity Matinee. ‘The absence of Miss Fanny Morant’s name from the programme of the charity matinée given at the Academy of Music, having given rise to some comment, Mr. Wallack hastens to make an amende honoraole in the card we print below, which can- not Jail to give complete satisfaction to the lady and her sriends jor the oversight, WaLLack’s, New York, March 20, 1874. To THE EDITOR oF THE HERALD:— Sin—By an oversight of an extremely vexatious kind one of tue ,most important names in our charity programme Was omitted irom the house buls—1 mean that ol Miss kauny Morant. As the final correction of prools was ieft to me by Mr. Daly, | must oear the blame, and can only hope | you will pubuish viese few lines of apology to the | lady and acknowledgment o4 the enunent’ service she rendered Lo the Cause, 4 ai, sir, your obedient servant, Lisi kk WALLACK, Musical and Dramatic Notes. Barrett has been playing Hamiet at Indianapolis, Lucille Western bas been engaged at the Grand Opera House. a “The Rivals” will be withdrawn from the Wai- lack’s to-night. Jennie Hugiies Is one of the lyric attractions at the Metropolitan Theatre, “The Elephant” has taken refuge at Bryant's, and everyone wants to see him. ‘The Irish Pedlér will be represented at the Olympic matinée oy Mr. Andrews, ‘The new drama “Time,” produced at the Ameri- can Theatre, nas made a favorable impression, “Revenge” still holds the boards at the Bowery. Stanley McKenna {ts getting even with his audience, Janauschek will appear in some o/ her best réles at the Walnut Strect Theatre, Phyadelphia, next week. Mile. Marie Aimée appears to-night at the Ly- ceum in ‘Le Petit Faust” tor the first time this season. Fiorence will appear on Easter Monday at the Grand Opera House in O'Rorke's Irish drama, “Eileen Oge.", Boucicault nightly takes his sensation plunge aiter the “Colleen Bawn” at Booth’s, The heauer 1s as effective as ever. The Wailace Sisters created quite a sensation at Petersburg, Va., in “Loan of a Lover”sand “‘Ala- din, the Wonderful Scamp.’” “Rum; or, The Crusade of Temperance,” 18 the ttle of anew moral drama to ve produced at Wood’s Museum on Monday night. A benefit will be given at the Bowery Theatre on Thursday next, under the management of Captain Ulman, tor the benefit of tue poor of the Fourth ward. of the Academy matinée performance this after- noon, Miss Louise Liebbart and Messrs. Millard, Thomas, Walter, Sweet, Karl and Colby were the musical ieatures at toe last ladies’ reception ol the Arcadian Club, The seventh Sunday concert at the Grand Opera House takes place to-morrow evening. Besides Gilmore’s Band we find the names of such well known solo artists as Mile. Ostava Torriani, Capoul and Wieniawssl. A number of Swedish gentlemen, who have heretofore confined themselves to sa/on amateur efforts, announce @ regular concert at Steinway March 4. Miss Babbitt and Mrs, Soot will sing | solos on this occasion. On Thursday evening, March 26, the second con- cert ofthe Wagner Union will take place under the direction of Theodore Thomas. Through a re- finement of cruelty, taxing into consideration the interests of the school of the future, Beethoven's Heroic symphony is on the programme. Mr. C, E. Hasley, the musical conductor of the Church Music Association, a musictan of merit, who has been the fortunate recipient of com- mendatory testimonials trom such authorities a3 Reeves, Benedict and Bennett, has a compli- mentary concert at Steinway Hall on April 16. ‘The programme will consist mainly of lis own compositions. Theodore Thomas has a remarkable prograinme at Steinway Hall, this evening. The principal fea- ture is Liszt’s “Faust” symphony, which will be presented for the first time in this country in its entirety, The production of this work is as in- teresting to the students of the “Zukun{t” as the performance of ‘Lohengrin’ by Mr. Strakosch. New York may claim the first place in testing practically the value of the best work of the music of the future. Wachtel has accepted a star engagement at the Friedrich Wilheim Stddtische Theater in Berlin, for the months of September, October and November, 1874, cancelling bis engagement at the Imperial Opera House in Berlin, for the reason of having declined the request of the General Superintendent, Herr von Hilisen, to add Wagner's “Lohengrin” to his répertoire, Wachtel says he wishes to retain his voice yet for a few years if possible, but would | be mnable to do so by singing Wagner's music, Miss Blanche Davenport, a younger sister of the popular Miss Fanny Dav@port, has just (Febru. ary 21) made her début upon the operatic stage at Alessandria, Italy, in “La Traviata.” From all ac- counts the new prima donna is likely to make as great a mark in the musical sphere as ner gifted sister has made in the dramatic world. Miss Blanche’s voice 1s described as one of singular purity and as possesting the sympathetic quality to draw tears. She has been engaged at the Teatro Muvicipale for two months, and her next appearance will be in “Martha? she ts to be known as Signorina Lablach. Aiter an unprecedentedly successful season in Boston, during which the fluancial results were fully equal to the artigtic, which 1s saying @ great deal, Miss Kellogg and her excellent English opera.company commence @ short engagement at the Brooklyn Acadenly of Music next week. The programme is as follows:—Thursday, “Matitana,"’ wito Mrs, Van Zandt in the title role; Friday (the Seguina’ benefit), ‘Fra Diavolo,’’ with Miss Kel- logg ag Zerlina and Mr. Havelmann as the Bricand | In Which my mother slept, in company With a niece “Aida,” one of the best operatic works that this | generation has brought forth, will be the feature | Chief; Saturday afternoon, “Martha,” with Mise Keliogg as Lady Henrietta, (Why Mr. Flotow sbould ever have called his best work “Martha?? nobody will ever understand. The vpera’ has be- come entirely popular, owing to its taking melo- dies, but the title “Martha” is a misnomer.) Mrs, Van Zandt takes @ benefit on Saturday evening as Marguerite, 12 Gounod’s “Faust.” This will be the last performance of the {ail and winter season of this English opera company. ROBBING AN ACTOR. A Burglary with Small Booty—Chioro- form Used Upon a Lady—Mrs. George |. Clarke’s Wardrobe Packed Up by Thieves. At an early hour yesterday morning a gang of burglars encered one of the rooms at the residence ot Mr. G. Clarke, the well known actor of the Filth Avenue Theatre, situated above the drug store, at the corner of Twenty-third street and Seventh avenue, and tt is believed gave chioroform to the mother of Mrs, Clarke. The following is Mrs. Clarke’s statement of the | afvair:— My husband and I left the Arcadian Club recep- tlou at about two o'clock yesterday morninz, and by the time we had driven howe tf must have been a quarter past two. As suon aX we reacned our lunding we jound ou ita bundle of clouuug, made tip silk dresses, &c., valued at many hundred dollars, We then tried all te woors and :ound them fastened, with the exceptiun vi the hall bedroom, ol mine, The door had veen opened—how we kno« not—and the clothes bad been tukeu out of the room, My poor mother was in a must leth- argic state, and said she could remember notiing | o! the entrance of any person into her room or the | door being opened. She is, as a usual rule, a very | ligat sleeper, and the slightest sound would awaken ber, CHLOROFORM USED BY THE BURGLARS, My husband and I are oi the belief tuat she was chloroiormed, ior she was in a 'y drowsy state, | as | have aiready said, anu to-day sie has been very ili, as indeed, Ihave been myself, on account | 1 the shock this alfuir has given me. My niece | was not awakened, either, which is somewhat curious, THE BURGLARS ESCAPED BY THE ROOF after having fvund their way up a narrow stair. case. A lady who lives a few doors irom here re- ported to-uay that she had heard the hurrying tread of many men’s feet walking over her roof early mm the mourning and thought tnat the men were robbers. None of my jeweiry | Was taken, for it is not kept in te hall bedroom, and none of the other rooms were opened. My motuer now 18 getting somewhat | better, as { have given her a good deal ol green tea, Ww overcome the-erect of her enlorced sleept- hess. The only thing we have missed as yet is & $70 dollar overcoat, velonging to my ausband. pair oO: my busvand’s pants were ound thrown | luto the yard at the rear oi the house, “THE INVISIBLE BLUE.” My husband went into the street and called for the police but none came tor a long time; fnaliy | Olicer McCabe, 1 thiuk that ix nis name, came. Subsequently six police officers arrived, ‘put, of course, could do nothing. it is to be hoped that any of the neighbors who know anytuing about the burglars descending through their houses, will come forward and teli tue police what they know. { My motuer went to bed at eleven o’ciock. The | street door may have been leit open and the bar- lars may have hud an easy entry, or they may | have had @ duplicate key of the street door, We had resolved to leave tis house, and people have been to sve our rooms. Perhups some of them Were the burgiars themselves of their confeder- ates. Befure we went to New Orleans i once hada | valuable brooch stolen out 01 my rooms by ove of the visitors who came to hire the rooms, The peo- ple down stairs had heard several men ascenuing the stairs, but Were not surprised, not thinklug that anytiung Was Wrong. the burglars were careiul of our interests, and finding their bundle too big care fully turued down the gasin the hallway to keep our gas bill within moderate iimits, | ‘thanking Mrs, Clarke for her statement, the re- porter bade her good nigut, but as ue was going | down stuirs she said, ‘Shere have been a great Lumber of robberies about here lateiy, nameiy—at the butcher's opposite, aud likewise the dress- | maker, who was robbed of a valudvle collection of dresses and jewelry. DR. SCHOEPPE AGAIN. Seti este, The Notorious Paul Arrested in Balti- more as a “Common Swindler”—Gov- | ernor Beveridge, of Dlinois, Sends for Him, BALTIMORE, March 20, 1874. — [ THE STATE CAPITA The Railroad Committee Arraigned by Mr. Eastman. The Pneumatic Underground Humbug Reported to the Senate. Important Bill Regulating Street Improvements. ALBANY, March 20, 1874, When the opportunity offered itsel! to-day in the Assembly Mr, Kastman rose to a question of privilege, and “went for” the Committee on Rail- Toads, which does the bidding of powerful corpo- rations with so mucn complacent alacrity. Mr, Eastman is @ tall, thin, nervously organized man, very like the ideai Uncle Sam in modern cos- tume. He is full of electric energy and of the faith that moves mountains, He has been three times Mayor of Poughkeepsie, and his go-anead spirit has lifted that sleepy old town mto the path of progress and enterprise. No better man could have taken hold 01 the question of rapid transit tor New York city, His character stands high and his capacity is unquestioned. Finding his well meant project ior giviny the people of the metropolis the only favor they ask of the Legislature in peril from the curious action of tne Railroa@ Committee, he determined to take the bull by the horns, and | when he rose to the question of privilege he commanded the attention of the House, Ol course many of the members of this Legisiature speak sligntingly of Eastman and his bill. The reason i8 very obvious. He has nothing to give away. There is neither mouey nor patronage in the measure ne advocates. The Governor appoints the five commissioners on whom the work de- volves of selecting the plans for a rapid transit road and of controlling {ts construction, The Governor will noi select politicians jor this pur- pose, 80 that from beginning to end this scheme of Kastinan’s had Uttle attraction jor that numerous class that lives and thrives on the drippings of legislation. Eastman las no lobby at the buck of hus bill, aud if passed at ail 1t must be on its merits alone. On THE PRIVILEGED QUESTION he called attention to the tact that all the news~ papers of New York city contained articles reflect- | ng upou him on account o! the deiay upon bis Rapid fransi bill, He said that six weeks ago he in- troduced his vill, and fromethat tine vo this ue had endeavored to get nis bill reported, but failed, He had received 400 letters trom leading citizens of New York approving his pian. More than sixty columns had been printed in the New York Papers approving it, It was, indeed, universally conceded that is scheme was the best one yet proposed; but last Thursday Mr. Vanderbilt had Seut # bull here, and bis (ar Hastman’s) bill was delayed. He had been charged wita selling out, He wisned to say that he had aot sold out und did. not intend to sell oat, He thought, as cnairman of one of the ieading committees oi the House, he had just as good mght to have his bill reported from the Committee on Railroads as Mr, Vauderotlt or anybouy vise. Tue monopolies sent in tue bills at the veginning of a week and had them re- ported belore the week was over. At the proper time he would offer @ resolution calling tor & report on his bill, ‘Tne cuairman of the committee, Mr. Lincoln,/ made a reply to the ¢Mect tuat they had beea thinking over the suvject of rapid transit and try- ing to harmonize the diferent plans. They had decided to report one jor each side of the city and One lor the centre, and the ceutre one was agree- ably harmonized; and as “the last shall be tivst,’? the centre was reported, and Vanderbilt, of Fourth, and Squires, of Third avenue, were made |. happy. ‘rhe sponsors of many other ratiroad bills-will be apt to clamor for some action by the committee, jor they are indignant at the way they have beew treated, and they want to know the reason why. A MONSTER HUMBUG REPORTED IN THE SENATE. In tue Senate to-day Mr, Madden, from the Rail- Toud Coumittee, reported lavorably an act chang- Dr. Paul Schoeppe, who, it will be remembered, gained considerabie notoriety some two years since at Carlisle, Pa., where he was tried tor the murder of @ Miss Stinecke, has again attracted considerable attention in this city. He came here on last Moyday for the purpose of claiming certain devises in bis favor contained in an aileged will of Miss Stinecke, which his counsel | had filed in the Orphans’ Cou:t, On Tuesday, the | day after his arrival, the 1ollowing despatch was | received at this place :— Cuicaco, Ill, March 17, 1874. | To Marshal J. 8. Grar:— | Look out tor Dr. Paul Schoeppe. Arrived Monday. | Watebhim, but don’t arrest; will get requisition and | send oiiver; will write and’ expla, Sschoeppe was | acquitted of murder in Cariisle. | On the 18th (Wednesday) he was arrested, as the telegrams have alreauy recited, while quietly | Promenading one of our principal thorougniares, on a charge of being a “common swindler,” made by one Henry ©, Tieck, who, it appears, had for meriy been ap intimate and sympatuizing triend | during the trial at Carlisle, Upon tuls charge ne Was committed on Wednesday, in default o1 bau, tor | the Graad Jury. On Toursday mis counsel, Mr. | Joseph H, Heuisier, one of our most prominent advocates, filed a petition for a writ o1 habeas corpus, Woich Was grauted, in tne City Court, Chiei Justice Brown presiding. The hearing was set lor haii-past nine o’ciock this morning. In the meantime a second and third despatch had been received by Marshal Gray. One irom , Cuicago reads :— | a totale hs . Schoeppe, Will send ofMicer and papers on rst trai SS UMGENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, The other was dated springfield, Ill., and said:— | Requisition for one Schulenberg, alias Paul Schoeppe, is asked. Hold prisoner. JUN L. b4sVERIDGs, Governor of Illinois, At the hour appointed jor the hearing this morn- | ing the prisoner Was promptly brougut into court. | | ‘The large room was jammed almost to suitocation, Hall, ina public performance, for the evening of | the notoriety of the prisOuer and the important | law questions to be deciaed attracting a crowd which is seldom seen in our court rooms. ‘ine | entire legal fraternity, except tose engaged in | trying cases in the otver courts, were present. The | | counsel for the petiuoner claimed that the prisoner was detained wituout warrant of law or autuority, alleging that the charge of being @ “common | swindier” did pot set forth a crime known eituer | | to the common or statute law. | ‘The State's Attorney said he would like to “whis- | per in the ear of the Court” that the writ of cow; | mitment coutaimed no ground tor the detention of the prisoner, but he alluded to hawing received the above despatches and Claimed that im order that substantial justice might be done the hearmg should be postponed, in the hope that by gaining | time the requisitiva Irom Jilinois Would be jortn- | coming. ‘the Court said that it was a question of the gravest importance, and that be could not under- | take, without reflection, even though it was ad- | mitted that the commitment Was void, to decide the question whether or not, When a grave sus- | picion exists that a requisition irom a guster State will be forthcoming ior a prisoner, he should be held a reasonable time jor sucti | requisition, He was desirous to hear tur- ther guthorities on this point than haa been quoted by couusel, and statea that a note nad been handed him by a member of the Bur during the trial, eaying that the whole ground nad been re- viewed in @ case not ailuded to by the State’s Attorney, and, in order that he might have the , eneut of it and the furtier arguments of coun- sel, he postponed @ iurther hearing until to- | morrow morning. | In the meantime Schoeppe goes back to jail, and | while the Chief Justice 1s resolving in his iuind the | law of the case an oMicer will come from [litnois with the proper requisition, The end in such | cases must surely justly the Means, lor what are | courts of justice unless the medium through whica | suostantial justice may be done? CAPTAIN WILLIAMS’ INSOLENCE, | New York, March 20, 1874. To THE Eprror oF THE HERALD :— The report in to-day’s issue of your valuable paper of the tnsolence of Captain Williams, of the Kighth precinct, before the committee of the Board of Education, does not surprise the writer any more than it will many of your reaaers who hate been drought into contact with this vajiapt guar- dian of the public peace. 1 had occasion a short time ago to visit the st: tion house of said precinct in company with some inends of mine, who had been brutally clubbed by an Officer. Our business was to obtain the nume of the man who had committed the assault, We were received by Captain Williams in a most insulting manner, and not being able to obtain any satisfaction from him, we were driven to seek redress at Police Headquarters, where he renewed his insolence and injormed us (lacetionsly, I suppose) that he prided himseil on his gentie- manly quaiiti Availing myseif of your well known courtesy, I would respectiully ask tie Police Comm’ssioners how much longer the tax. | 1uily considered, and ought to become a luw. ing the name oO! the Beacn Pneumatic fransit Com- pany to the Broadway Underground Railway Com- pany, and extending its powers and authorizing. | the city of New york to guarantee tue interest on | its bonds to aid in the construction of said railway. | Mr. Tobey submitted a minority report against the | passage of the bill, saying the company had been In existence some years, and vad done nowming toward solving the problem tor which it was incorporated. The bilt_also directed the city of New York to tax itself for $5,000,0v0, to be given to the proposed Underground Rutiway Company. Mr, Wood moved the agoption of the iminority re- port, Mr. Ray hoped not. The bill had been by Te Selkreg said the committee nud carefully con- Sidcred the bill, and in obedience to the demands Oi the citizens of New York lor rapid transit ned agreed to report the measure. At this point the benators irom New York asked tie poor privilege o1 looking over the provisions of this im- josture betore being called upon to vote. adden, Who must ave kuown he made an enor- mous encroacn on truth, said 10,000 petitions were resented, asking for the passage ol the vill, Seua- lors Gross and Ledwith warmly dented {t, and claimed the petitioners were bogus. Mr. Ray, who squais away comtortably m the rural districts, Javored the city of New York being taxed to carry out this scheme. Mr. Wood argued tnat the Sen- ate had spent some hours ot its session discu-sing the lown Bending bill, and yet this new proposition comes here to-day irom the Ratiroad Committee asking that the city of New York may tax itself for $5,000,000, He favored the adoption of the minority report presented by Mr. Tobey. Senator Ledwith, who has shown himself a zealous and faithiui upholder of the 1nterests of New York city, renewed the motion tu adopt the minority report rejecting the vill, and, “though the celegation from | New York were a unit im their opposition to this | monstrous humbug to swindle $5,000,000 out of tue people, it was deleated by a vote of 15 to 12, which Would indicate the ultimate passage of the bill through the senate. THE RIVERSIDE PARK INTEREST. The retainers of the Department of Pubiic Works aud of the Department of Parks still iniest the capital, Their presence bere iudicates clearly enough that there 18 more in this Riverside Park bil than its supple title indicates. The discussion upon-it will, it is thougot, be resumed on tuesday, and those mterested are figuring as anxiously on | the result as if thei salvation In the other world depended on it. DAYS’ WORK DOOMED, Somebody who has been studytag the defects of the New York charter, especially where it applies to the improvement of streets, has sent a bil here, Whicu was introduced to-day in the Senate by Senator Gross, and aims @ direct blow at the system of days’ work. It provides that all the work in regulating, paving, sewering, curbing, guttering or improving any street or boulevard Which is hereaiter to ve done in the city of New York, Whether by the Department of Public Works or Parks, shail be done by contract, after due public notice, and to tae lowest bidder therefor. All the heads of departmenis, with the assent of the Comptroiler, may reject all bids made for per- jorming aby part oi the work Mf they deem it tor the best interest of the city so to do. It shall nos, be lawiul for any board or the Common Councli or the Mayor of New York to incur any hability in the’ matter of Opening, grading curbing and gut- tering, paving, sewerlg, fillmg sunken lots or other improvements, the expense whereof 1s to be assessed on the property benefited thereby and jor which authority now exists to raise money by the issue and sale of bonds or stocks to enable payments to be made in anticipation of the collection of assessments theretor, when such liability would exceed, under existing contracts, the sum Of $18,000,000 over and above the amounts the city may be lable to pay lor assess- ments. In each succeeding year alter 1874 it snall be the duty of said Mayor, Aldermen and branches thereot so to regulate the labilities in the matvers betore mentioned that in each succeeding year the amounts of stocks and bonds so issued snall 0e de- creased at the rate of! $1,000,000 annually. The Board of Street Openings, 1ormed by section 105 of chapter 336 of the Laws of 1873, shall hereaiter have vested in them exclusive powers relative to acquiring title in the name of the city to lands re- quired for street openings, public squares or parks in New York city. THE CROTON WATER DEPARTMENT. Senator Ledwith intraduced a bill providing for the appoimtment of covimissioners the Mayor and Common Council of New York for the pati se of having the exclustve care and control of ne affairs connected with the Croton Water Depart- inent, at an annual s@#.ary Of $5,000 each, the com- mussioners to hold /omce for five years, and give bonas in the sum “f $20,000 each for the fai performance of thefr duties, 4+ DIOURNMENT. There was the u/ ual struggle made in the Assem- bly against adjov.rnment, but it Was no use, the “boys” would g¢, home, and they went at two o’clock, to retury, Monday evening; but the Senate Stayed and had, an evening session, and, as usual, Stayed and an evening'seasion, uring. which Mr. Robertson introduced Dill providing that it Shall be lawiul for the executors and trustees named in th.e will of Edwin Forrest, deceased, to agree with *the widow of the said Forrest, upon a sum in gro as for her dower right in the whole estate of t¥ .¢ said Forrest, deceased, and such sum shail be 9 ch: upon the lands in this State of which Fe rrest died possessed, and said executors tay sell at public or private sale, so much of said payers of this city must submit to the despotism Of this pans untutored official, and would sug- it to them the propriety of sending him toa vo ding pena cae ‘Ene. Le 80 young yet at he 1! Possidly, ous made @ teeta member of poole I. Jands af , shall be requi ite, 0 pay eee aes. On w otion of Mr. Jacobs the to incorporate the Ne .w York Butter and Cneese was order ed to a third reading; also ne bill for the Tepe 41 of chapter 688 of the Laws of iby establish. ’ @ Commission of Charitab! ay, ot New York. ¥: ere