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SPAIN, -Government Troops Marching Towards Santan- +" \Aer—Carlist Rout of a Republican Force, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Bayonne, March 25, 1874, The republican troops under General Loma have ‘disembarked at Castro-Urdiales, twenty-seven ‘wiles east of Santander, BEPUBLICANS ROUTED WITH HEAVY 1088. ‘The Cariists under General Sabails have routed @ force of republicans under Qolonel Rouille at ‘Tordera, It ts said the republicans lost 300 men killed. ENGLAND. A Legislators Hope of International Peace. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpos, March 26—5 A. M. At @ public meeting last night Mr. Mundella “made a speech, in the cours of which he declared dt to be his conviction that the party in the United “States which abolished slavery would yet succeed in establishing arbitration as @ method of settling disputes between nations, THE ENGLISH TURF. Race for the Lincolnshire Handicap—Thirty- five Horses in the Field. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, March 25, 1874. At the Lincoln spring meeting to-day the race for the Lincolnshire Handicap was won by Toma- hawk, Oxford Mixture was second and Shylock Shird, ‘Thirty-five horses ran. The betting at the start was 12 to 1 against Tomanawk, 40 to 1 against Uxford Mixture, and $0 to 1 against Shylock. The following is a summary of the race:— THE LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP of 1000 SovS,, ;added to @ sweepstakes of 20 sovs, each, 10 sovs. forfeit; for three-year olds and upward: ‘the sec- -ond receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes and the third 50 sova. Mr. F. Swindell’s ch. c. Tomahawk, by Thor- manby, out of Bathilde py Stockwell, 3 years 1 2 3 The possibility of a new issue of inconvertible “paper Iregard with amazement and anciety, and, ‘in my judgment, such an issue would bea delri- ‘ment and ashame.—Cuantes SUMNER. SCOTLAND. re jon’s. ch. yidok, by Cramona, out of Mrs. Garforth, 4 years ol The Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, March 25, 1874, __ It 18 reported that Ralph Waldo Emerson will receive the nomination for Lord Rector of the ‘University of Glasgow, to succeed the Right Hon, -Benjamin Disraeli. IRELAND. “The Question of Home Rule To Be Pressed in Parliament. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonvon, March 26—5:30 A. M. Ata meeting of the leading Irish members of Parliament last evening it was unanimously re- ~solved to press the subject of home rule during the present session, notwithstanding the failure of Mr, Butt’s amendment to the address. OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 25, 1874, The steamship Great Eastern will start in August sto lay the Portuguese telegraph cable from St ‘Vincent, in the Cape Verd Isiands, to Pernam- ‘vuco, Brazil. The possibility of anew issue of inconvertible paper I regard with amazement and anvxiety, and, in my judgment, such an issue would be a detri- ‘ment and a shame.—Cuan.es SUMNER. THE REDSKINS, Quiet at the Cheyenne Agency—The Hostile Indians Determined on War. WASHINGTON, March 25, 1874. AN official report to the Commissioner of Indian -Affairs from Agent Bingham, of the Cheyenne -River Agency, dated March 14, says:— I have to advise you that the Indians at this agency are yet and friendly. ‘twenty-five lodges have arrived trom Spotted 1ail’s agency during the past week. They are friendly, and their conduct is Very good in eyeny respect, They belong to the Sans-Arcs’ band. The sale of aminumition being stopped is the cause of some taik, but I have no trouble in satisfying them that it is all for the best. The en Indians are of the opinion that the hostile Indians are determined to have war, and declare that they will not join them in war, but will remain at the agency and keep out of trouble, Another Indian Murder. WasHINGTON, March 25, 1874. The following was received to-day :— CHICAGO, March 265, 1874. To Colonel W. D. Wuirrie, Washington :— The following telegram is just received from * General Ord :—“Major Blunt, at Fort Laramie, says that on the 24th a party of Indians killed 4 man at Cord’s Ranche, near Scott’s Bluff, and ran off with the horses, They are ay cattle in that vicinity.” Pe. SHERIDAN, Lieutenant General, NAVY INTELLIGENCE, HONOLULU, 5. L., March 25, 1874, The United States steamer Benicia, from Pa- “mama, arrived here on February 27. Naval Orders, WASHINGTON, March 25, 1874. Master Francis H. Delano is ordered to the Portsmouth, at the Navy Yard, at Mare Island, ‘Cal; Assistant Paymaster 8, Denison Hurlbut to the Wachusett, at Key West, Fla, per steamer on the 4th of April next; Chapiain Henry H. Clark to the recet ship Ohio, at Boston, Mass., on the ist of Aj Assistant ineer George 8. Gates to the Boston Navy Yard; Chaplain W. H. Stewart is detached from the receiving ship Obio, at Boston, on the Ist of April and placed on wait- ‘ng orders. THE LAW IN SOUTH OAROLINA, ‘Sentences of Murderers—The Population of Penitentiaries Increased. Sumer, March 25, 1874. The criminal docket of Edgefield, the fighting county of South Carolina, which had not been dis- posed of for some time, has just been finished up by Judge Carpenter, who pronounced the following ntences :—Thomas Podgett, convicted o/ murder, sentenced to be executed on the 20th of aie Henry Kilcrease, tor murder. sentenced to executed on the 224 of May. Patrick West, for be? sentenced to be executed 5th of June. John Mitchell, for murder, sentenced to be exe- cuted 34 of July. ‘The hour at which these executions are to take place is twelve midday in each case. Besides these, two were sent to the Penitentiary for man- slaughter and several others were sentenced to terms in jail for lesser offences, —_—____ TWO INNOCENT MEN LYNCHED, OINoINNATI, March 25, 187 In June, 1872, Belle Secor, a young girl, aged thirteen, was outraged and mardered in Mercer county, Ohio, and two men, named McLeod and Kimmell, suspected of the crime, were lynched by the Me inten citisens. A few days go Thee B. Dougias, of Fort Wayne, Ind., on his deathbed, confessed that he had committed the ou ners afterward participated in the hanging o1 the innocent men. I an two NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. CUBA. Severe Fighting Near Puerto Principe—Relaxa- tion of Penal Law Against Political Prisoners—A Celestial Commissioner Sick. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, March 25, 1874, The Voz de Cuba reports that a fight occurred at Guasimoctara, near Puerto Principe, between Arminan’s brigade and the united rebel forces, commanded by Maximo Gomez, On receipt of the news at Puerto Principe, Gen- eral Bascones, with two battalions, lefs tuwn to assist Arminan. Bascones had two encounters with the enemy before reaching the scene of the former action. PRISON DISCIPLINE, The Madrid journals report the suspension of further shipment of Carlist prisoners to Cuba, and that an order has been issued for the return of a number of prisoners to Spain by the next steamer for the purpose of being exchanged. DISAPPOINTMENT IN DIPLOMACY. Chin Lan Pin, the Chinese Commissioner, was sick and unable to dine with Jovellar yesterday. HOLIDAY, To-day is a holiday and busin: 1s suspended. The possidility af a new issue of tnoonvertidle paper Iregara with amazement and anziety, and, in my judgment, such an issue would vea detrt- ment and a shame.—CHARLES SUMNER, AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera—“Lohengrin.” Richard Wagner's representative opera was re- peated at the Academy of Music last evening, with the same perfection of ensemdie that charac- terized its frat representation—Nilsson as Elsa, Campanint as Lohengrin, Cary as Ortrua, Del Puente as Frederick of felramund, Nannetti as King Henry, Blum as the Herald and Signor Muzto, with his well trained chorus and orchestra, mumbering 150, There is lit- tle to add to our previous remarks of the efforts of the artists in the cast; but to them and the manager of the opera belong all the praise that can be bestowed. ‘Lhe school of music which this opera represents is a pernicious one, hurtiul alike to voice and car. Richard Wagner deserves the credit of being a persevering man—one who has worked his way to his present position against the most discouraging obstacles. Tais is one plea that bis admirers put forward for him, but it 18 a@ flimsy deténce, Brigham Young and other modern notabiiities have shown a@ cor- responding spirit of perseverance in their own spheres, and yet they can hardly be held up as shining examples, The intense egotism of wagner 18 reflected in his manner of dealing with the lyric drama. It is ull very weli to talk of the puriiica- ton of the operatic stage irom the triviahties with which it as been so long encumbered. Here 18 absolute despotism, under which no, artist, moO mutier what favors genius his conierred upon him or her, can possibly assert individuality. This {ntinite melody (endliche melodic), this continuity of thought, this utter annillation of individuality jor the sake of a harmonious whole; in fine, this obliteration of detail, as such in opera, looks very well in theory, The practical part of it is different, Wagner is not true to his theory, otherwise he would not interrupt the course and development of - his musical dramas by such Hinenes ying ignoble contrivances as mere acts. He slit id never drop the curtain upon one of those marvellous creutions, as the audience during the entriacte is liable to lose the continuity o1 thought, The Wagnerian theory of the music drama, in its full meaning, is Something that future generations will experience the same trouble we do in apprectating. It is an impossi- bility when reduced to practice. Take the Anale of the first act of “Lohengrin,” for instance. It is supposed to be sung by a solo quintet— Kisa, Ortrud, Lohengrin, Frederick and the King, with full chorus and orcaestra, The artists in the quintet might as well be pantomimisti for no five human voices could ever ve heard ami such a storm of choral and orchestral elements as that which accompanies them. Why, then, write parts for the soloists when they cannot be heard ? Then the duet in the second act, between Ortrud and Frederick, is nonsensical in @ musical point of view. Unresolved chords of the diminished seventh constantly afilict the ear, and a dreary waste of recitative is leit for the hapiess pair to traverse. This ‘infinite melody” may be more properly termed an infinite longing aiter cage fy To Mr. Strakosch and bis excellent courpany ali praise is due jor what they have done for the “‘Zukunit” opera; but let the same enterprising manager place on the boards of the ‘Academy @ grand opera by Meyer- beer, Rossini, Gounod, Gillick, Spontini or Cheru- bini and we augur jor ita more gennine success than for any work of that vocal slaughter house, tne “Zukunft” school, Musical and Dramatic Notes, Dion Boucicault will appear in “Kerry” at the Charity matinée at Booth’s to-day. The Aimée Troupe wiil give a Charity matinge at the Academy of Music to-day. nées for the benefit of the poor at Nibio’s, Booth’s and the Lyceum. Sol Russell, who has made sucha hit as a spe- clalty artist at the Olympic, will receive a benefit on Friday evening. On Saturday his engagement will terminate, He will enter Mr. Daly’s Fitth Ave- nue company and abandon the specialty line. OHARITY, Lecture of Dr. J. Campbell Quinn. Dr. J. Campbell Quinn delivered an interesting lecture last night in Republican Hall, Twenty-third street and Broadway, on the subject of “Ireland Once a Nation.” The lecture was given at the in- vitation of Father Mathew T. A. B, Society No. 3, and the proceeds are to be given to the “Little Sisters of the Poor.” The lecturer was greeted by an attentive, appreciative audience, who rewarde him with a oe rounds of applause as he delin- eated in vivid colors the temporary triumph of Irish independence under the guidance of Grat- tan’s geniis, and its subsequent loss by the pas- sage of the Act of Union in the Irish House of Par- lament tn the year 1806. STRIKE IN AN ERIE MACHINE SHOP, The Men Clamoring for Back Pay—Turn Tables and Engines Crippled—The Trains “Fixed”—Conduct of the Men. SvsQquemanna DeErot, Pa., Marcn 25, 1874, At nine o’clock this morning the 900 men em- ployed in the Erte Railway machine shop, at this place, struck for their pay for the month of Febru- ary. At astrike by the mena month ago one of the agreements was that the met should recetve their pay on or before the 15th of each month regu- Jarly, On the 15th inst. the workmen’s standing committee waited on Mr. Fry, the general master mechanic located here, and wished to know why the men were not paid as per agreement. Mr. Fry informed them that, owing to the complication be- tween the company and Auditor Danan, the books in New York were not in such shape as to make payment on the 16th possible; telling them that if they would postpone action until the 25tn inst. they would doubtless be paid at that time, After consulvation the men agreed to give the company the ten days’ grace. Yesterday a card from headquarters, posted on the shop bulletin board, iniormed the men that they would be paid after the other shops along tne Iine that had’ not yet been paid for the month of January. The men at once saw that the company were de- termined to pay non-striking shops first, to say nothing of breaking its written agreement, and 80 they resolved to strike. Amid the ringing Of a score of engine bells and the sound of the monster steam whistle they marched out of the shop, which is now guarded by them, to prevent the company’s property from being lojured, The turning table was crippled as a first move- ment. Then the engines in the shop and yard were crippled, by taking out ping, &o, As fast as trains arrive they are “fixed.” None except mail trains can leave, Stock 1s allowed to go as far East as Deposit, where the feeding yard is located. Saloons are all closed by order of the men. ‘Tne men are orderly, resolute and determinea, and if their de- mands are not complied with trouble may ensue. THE LATE OARDINAL BARNABO. Solemn Office and Requiem for the De- consed Prince. The late Cardinal Barnabo, as Prefect of the Col- lege of the Propaganda, Rome, had spectal claims on the American episcopacy and clergy. To him more than any other member of the Sacred Col- lege ts due the distribution and division of the United States into dioceses and ecclesiastical rovinces, Cardinal Barnabo had, however, a peculiar claim to the remembrance and affection of the students of the Urban College, Rome. These gentlemen, not unmindful of their many obligations to the late Cardinal Prefect, will to-day celebrate an office and high masa of requiem for him in St. Stephen's church, East Twenty-eighth street. The panegyric will be preached by the Rev. Dr. McGlynn, who, as @n alumnus of the College of the Propaganda, had unusual facilities for knowing the merits oi Car- dinal Barnabo. Tuere will be mati-: One Ballot and No Choice—The Republi- can Party Going to Pieces—Fierce Personal Quarrels—Banks, Sanford or Adams the Coming Man. Boston, Mass., March 24, 1874. The plot thickens. No Senator yet to succeed Mr, Sumner, and as events transpire it 18 sate to assume that the vacancy will exist for an almost indefinite period, The rupture among the republi- cans to-night is wider and the wounds more in” flamed than ever. Political differences have been superseded by fierce personal quarrels, and, from an impartial and independent standpoint, the only reasonable conclusion is that the republican party of Massachusetts 1s rapidly going to pteces. In aot, it may almost be written that the great national organization itself is breaking up, if one is to judge from the presence of such repairers as Sergeant at Arms Ordway anda few others who arrived here from Washington this eyening. As Predicted in. last night's despatches, there was no choice in the joint convention ana it is probable there will be none to-morrow, the next day or the day after. There were 271 members in their seats to-day, nine only being ab- sent. It was necessary that 136 votes should be cast in order to effect a chotce, but there was not that number of simuar minded men in the Conven- tion. The following is tne result of the ballot Curtis. Sanford, Whittier, Wendell Phillips and Bullock had one or two votes each. The total vote was 281, A number of speeches followe}, by friends of various candidates, but they ialled to throw any light on the probable choice. THE LATEST SPECULATIONS. Lobbying, as may be supposed, has increased, ratner than abated. Thehotels and other public places of resort are filled with worried and indus- trious politicians; even the faces of old Washing- tonian wirepuliers haye appeared upon the scene, but their offorts to persuade and harmonize are as harmless as can be imagined, Another ballot will be taken to-morrow at noon, The impression this evening is that the successor of Sumner will be either General Banks, Speaker Sanford, or possibly Charies Francis Adams, THE SUMNER OBSEQUIES, Boston, March 25, 1874, The committee appointed by the city govern- ment on the Sumner obsequies held a meeting this aiternuon in the Mayor’s office. They were for- mally notified by Mayor Cobb that Senator Schurz had accepted the invitation of the city to deliver @ eulogy on Mr. Sumner, and it was voted that eerie cers be made to have the eulogy de- livered in Music Hall instead of Faneuil Hall, and that Mayor Cobb consult with Mr. Schurz and ix the date when it shall take place. The possibility of a new issue of inconvertible paper Iregard with amazement and anwiely, and, in my judgment, such an issue would be a detri- ment and a shame.—Cuaries SUMNER. EXPLOSION ON THE CRESCENT CITY. Statement of the First Engineer—No Cause for the Explosion Known—List of the Killed and Injured. Memruts, Tenn., March 25, 1874, From the survivors of the towboat Crescent City disaster, who arrived here this mornifig on the steamer Phil Allen, the following additional particulars of the disaster are obtained. William Briggs, the first engineer, who was on watch at the ttme of the explosion, states that he was aft welding a fire hook, He was knocked down'by the concussion, though he had heard no unusual noise. On regaining his feet ne started forward, but was stopped by the sicam. A moment afterward he found he was standingin the water, and, re+ slizing the dancer, ran up stairs, closely followed by the water. Within three minutes after the ex- plosion the boat sunk, leaving only the aiter part of the roof above water on which tne survivors were huddled until relieved by the Phit Allen’s menely. arrival, The engineer states that at the time of the explosion the boat was carrving 140 pounds of steam, and five minutes before he had tried the water and found it flush. He can ve no theory as to the cause of the explosion. ‘ne steamer had five barges in tow, containing 500 tons of coaJ, 600 tons of sugar and about 200 tons of queensware, all of which was lost. In addition to the list of casualties reported last night are the following :— ik Kelly, of St. Louis, day watch- man, and William Dunn, second cook, of Wheeling, who died on the Pnil Allen; Clarence Adsitr, of | Cairo, cabin boy, and the coiored firemen John Davis, “Ki Adkins, of Cincinnati, id Ben Johnson, of Elizabethtown, Pa., were lost id the following were wounded :—James Brew- ster, cabin boy, of Madison, Ind.; in the head. Arthur Welch, a rouster irom St. Louis; cut in the head. Thomas McKuen, rouster irom Memphis; shoulder bruised. Lizzie Ross, chambermaid, from Cairo; skull fractured. George and Albert Hall sons of the proprietor of the trading boat. o! Davenport, Iowa, were considerably bruised, and their father was badly scaided about the chest. THE SAVED. The following persons are unhurt:—James O'Connor, Pittsburg; Frank Miller, Peoria, Ill.; Gustavas'Souer, Jake’ Licht, Joseph Miller, Morris D. Hener, Henry Erlenstien, Charles Harrison, Henry Murphy, Allen Cooper, George Telley, of St. Louis; —— Roes, of Cairo; Mrs. Hall and four cbil- dren, af Davenport, and the colored firemen James Hughes, of Moundsville, W. Va.; Jarry Thomas, 01 Brownsville, Pa.; James Robinson, Dave Acker, Dick Harris and Altred Jones, of St. Louis. who were unhurt, together with ail of the we ed, except George Van Houten, pilot, whose left leg 1s dislocated. leit for St. Louis on the City of Vicksburg. The survivors speak in the highest terms of tho treatment received trom the | officers of the Phil Allen. None ot the bodies of the kilied were recovered, COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING The Ferry Franchises—Attempt to Break a Contract Made in 1871, At four o’clock yesterday afternoon the Commis- sioners of the Sinking Fund met in the Comp- troller’s office, Mayor Havemeyer, chairman, pre- siding, and Recorder Hackett, Chamberlain Lane, Alderman Van Schaick, the Comptroiler and Mr. Richard Storrs, Deputy Comptroller, present. ‘The subject of ferry francnises was brought up for discussion. It was proposed that the rate of rent for leases be based upon the receipts by the ferry companies and on certification by the Dock Commissioners that such franchises will not inter- Jere with the improvement of bulkheads. The prenuee will be fixed at the next meeting of the Commissioners. The following was also adopted :— Whereas the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund have invested. trom time to time the accumulations ot the sinking fund for the redemption ot the city deot, in the bonds aad stocks of the clay and county of New Yor! and whereas these instruments are represented lane umber of certificates and bonda of various amounts; and whereas it Would greatly faciiftate the examination of said instruments, it the amount of each particular stock and class ot bonds were included in one certificate or bond ; theretore esolved, That the certificate of stocks and bonds now held by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund be sur- renderod to the Comptrolier for the purrose of obtaming @ substitution theretor of a single certificate of stock or bond that shall represent the whole amount of the cer- tificates of each particular siock or bond so surrendered. Resolutions were adopted that na lease of jerry franchise arouna or irom this city will be hereafter ranted by this Board until the Department of vocks shall certity that the granting of such iran- chise for ten hd Will not interfere with the im- provement of bulkheads; also that the rentals of all ferries and ferry iranchises be @ percentage on the gross earnings ol the ierries, such percentage & be determined at the next meeting of this 0: A resolution was passed July 20, 1871, to reclaim city property, hela adversely, to be solid and one- haif of the amount given to Wiliam C, Trapbagen, the city to pay all the expenses, Recorder Hackett a that “he was the only Member of the commission present who executed this contract, and entered into the agreement with Mr. Traphagan. He doubtea whether a sub- sequent commission bas the mght or power to cancel any contract made by a body clo:hed with as much power as this, It is the Topect of the Corporation Counsel, who 18 also the legal adviser of the Comptroller, as well as of the various de- partments of the city, to take cognizance of tms matter first. The rights of Mr. ‘Traphagan should be res) and he should have an opportunity to be heard on the subject. The Comptroller may have some object in view in tms matter, but he would not question the motive prompting 1t.”” The Recorder warmed up at the expression used by the Comptroller, ‘a pretended contract,” which Was {ll used, a8 the minutes authorized it, and the contract itself was copied in tull on the minutes. The Comptroller replied with equal torce, saying that he did not wish to reflect upon any one, but 8 deemed it a duty to the taxpayers to protect their interests, A motion was made to lay the resolution on the table, which is to be made the special order of the duy. Carried, 7 THE STATE CAPITAL. The Railroad Committee on the Defensive. Mr. Eastman Withdraws His Agercssive Resolution. New York Editors Requested to Appear and Explain. THE FEELING OVER THE RESULT. ALBANY, March 25, 1874. It was a disappointment that Mr. Eastman, after | offering his resolution to-day to take bis Rapid | ‘Transit bill out of the bands of the Railroad Com- mittee and bring it before the House, should have afterwards withdrawn it, Mr. Eastman is aman | of honest purpose and conceded ability, but he lost his balance in the course of ¢o-day’s discussion. He should have insisted on a vote of the House and had his resolution either carried or defeated, He had the opportunity to place the New York del- egation on record, and he could have secured by the vote on his resolution the sentiment of the As- sembly on this vital question concerning rapid transit for the city of New York, Had he remained | firm we might be able to determine the strength of the rail:oad monopoly interest. THE RAILROAD COMMITTEE WON THE VICTORY. Eastman drew out of the fight he provoked on the promise irom one of the members that his bill should have an early report. Considering the attitude of the committee on the Vanderbilt bill, which was acted on with such unparaileled haste, there was no middie course for Mr. Eastman atter he had once ventured on an arraignment of the committee. He should have allowed nis resolution to stand or fall by the vote of the House, so that the people might know what the Legislature thinks of the action of one of its principal com- mittees, The debate on the resolution was more than usually exciting, and the New York HERALD, Times and other papers were dragged into the controversy very many times, Old Salt petre Alvora, the independent member from Onondaga, thought the period had arrived when his mighty powers should be put forth to extin- guish the press of New York, ‘or,’ said he, “if they cannot sustain tneir statements they are a venal corrupt press, that should be trampled under {oot and stamped out by every man who values his independence.” These are pretty strong words. The aged rooster of the Assembly lost his head fora moment, He appeared to be ferment- ing like bottled beer all the morning. He was brooding over the ingratitude of tue press in never printing his canal speeches. He was in- censed that a leading New York paper should have ignored his great oration on Cnaries Sumner and | mentioned only his connection with a bill to license | small grogshops. Finally he exploded, and poured @ terrific torrent of wrath on the heads of various Papers in New York. With flushed face and with’ each indignant gray hair onend, the “Onondaga Giant” called for a committee to “REQUEST, SOLICIT AND DEMAND’? the New York editors, severally mentioned, to ap- Pear before it aud substantiate the charges made against the Railroad Committee. Catching the angry injection from old Saltpetre, Mr. Lincoin moved that the Sergeant-at-arms have instrac- tions to compel each of the editors to show up, but | a@ murmur of disapprobation drowned the awiul suggestion, The whole debate, which occupied tne best part 0: the day, arose in this way :— THE RAILROAD COMMITTEE ON ITS METTLE. Mr. Smiti Weed, democratic leader o1 the House and memver of the Kailroaa Committee, rose and asked uuanimous consent that Mr. Eastman have an opportunity to offer his resolution discharging the Committee on Railroads from the turther con- sig eration of his bill providing for the creation of @ commission to secure rapid transit in the city of New York. Consent was granted, and Mr, East. man offered the resolution. WHAT MR. WEED SAID. Mr. Weed then said:—In connection with the Senate Committee, the Ratiroad Committee had held jomut sessions for the purpose of considering these schemes; @ thorough hearing nad been had belore | that committee aud a large number of men had ap- | peared before it. 1t determined to report three | bills—oue for the east, one for the centre and one Jor the north side. The latter was what was known as the Greenwicn Elevated road, which has been in operation @ number of years, and its extension has been asked lor by some ot the best men 1n the | city, The cioss town roads asked for in the bill j were stricken out. The bill was introduced | early in January, and long beiore tue bill introduced by the gentleman from Dutchess. He also reierred briefly to the Tmrd and Fourth Avenue roads, and stated that they iormed | part of @ harmonious plan for rapid transit in New | York. He then said that the gentleman trom Dutchess could not lave appreciated the scope of his bill or he would not have offered the resolution to-day. It provides for the appoimtment oi a com- mission to build roads without limit, and author- izes taem to buy land without limit, and may draw their warrant upon the Comptroller of New York, and it shall be his duty to issue bonds to pay every, | dolar used im the construction. If it be the pieasure of the House to discharge the committeo the committee would have nothing to say; but he deemed it right to state the facts, so that tae | House could see whether it was its province to assail One O1 its committees in this manner, MR, EASTMAN'S REPLY, Mr. Eastman regretted that he was obliged to Say & single word on this subject to-day, and Le | | Tegrettea that he had ever introduced ‘the bill | which 18 referred to, He had no interest in the bill, He introduced it as a measure ior the people ot New York, and he was not interested in it to | the extent of a single larthing. ‘Tne vill had most | careful consideration, and was indorsed by a public meeting at which over 2,000 were present, | de had only asked that the bill should be allowed tu come beiore the House, that the members should ve able to act uponit, He was ready to receive | suggestions fromevery one. There Was a ciause | m the bill permitting the city to guarantee its bonds, not to issue its bonds for the | road. Many were of the opinion that New York | would never have rapid transit uniess that pro- vision Was embodied in the bill; but there was a strong sentiment against it and it was stricken out. had labored earnestly to make the bill in tue interests of the city, He did not desire now to discuss vhe provisions of the bill, it would be time. enough for tuat when it should come beiore the House. He had done in the Railroad Committee what is frequently done in the committees of the House—simply asked the suostitution of one bill for another, He calculated be had a right to do that, He asked the cowmittc® that they should gs the sume consideration to the peopie oi New ‘ork that they would to the railroad monopolists. He desired no more consideration for himself than. would be extended to another member of the House. He spoke at considerable length, reiterat- ing substantially the statements made by him on Friday last. Colonel Spencer made a few guarded remarks and hoped the committee woud report the bill to tne House, REMARKS OF MR. LINCOLN. Mr. Lincoln satd no member of the New York detegation hud ever said a word to the committee 1 favor of tue monstrous proposition overed by Mr. Eastman. Tne charge of that gentleman was that the bill which hi received such great iu- dorsement from the pubiic had lam in the commtt- tee stx weeks, and yet we tind him coming betore the committee and disowning his bantling, which he claimed to oe the cieanest bill ever drawn, and introducing @ new bill in piace of it. The record shows that he introduced two bills, In reterence to the indorsement which the gentleman reiers to, Mr. Lincoin said te could not regard very highly tndorsement which comes irom a public meeting and trum editors who have had no opportunity to give the bill that caretul consideration Watch it should have. He could not enurely get rid of the suspicion that the gentie- man had bad something to do with the editorial commeuts woich have been printed. He had good | reason tor believing that the gentleman irom Dutchess was not entirely unconnected with the statements and insinuations which have appeared | in those papers. He had been inormed irom a souree willeh he couid not doubt that the editor of the New YORK HeRaLp had telegraphed to Mr. East- man that he desired an interview. His information was to the effect that that interview took place, that it was protractea, and that at its close Mr. Bennett despatched a note to the managing editor of tue HERALD, of which Mr, Eastman was tne bearer, saying that he must forthwith “give the Ratiroad Committees hell.” He had also been In- formed that the gentleman from Dutchess had had in interview with the editor of the New York Mail, id which he had stated that he had the choice of ‘hree of the proposed commissioners, and that, if the bill passed, he (the editor) should have one of them, He (Mr. Lincoln) did not say that these were facts, but they were statemenws which he re- ceived irom good authority, and were of a leoe with numerous intimations on the sub- ject. The articles which have appeared in tho New York papers geven ta sound as if they had been directiy inspired from the gentleman from Dutchess, and perhaps much o1 the “indorse- ment’’ he has received can be fully accounted tor. ‘The Ratiroad Committee had been unapie to see all the virtue in Mr. Eastman or his schemes, There were other vians gubmitted yo them which were enritied to equal consideration; and, in view of some a es rene rng yp something Cd lous aractertzing jutroduced Eastman as oe a THE CLEANEST BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE. Mr. Lincain defended the action of the commit- tee at great length, and closed by saying that some Alty-nine street railroad bile had been presented Lo the notice of the committee. They pro} to Joliow out the line of action they liad marked out for themseives with respect to these bills, They a ade al is for rapi mger an freight transit in the metrovous, i 7 Mr. Eastman again spoke, claracterizing the | to himself as untrue in every particu | He admitted, on being catechised vy Mr. Lincoln, that be. had heid interviews with some | of the New York editors, and had even nad an in- | terview with Mr. Bennett, but he denied im the Most positive terme that he sugested or dictated THE TROUBLES UF AN HEIRESS. An Effort to Disposess the Richest Young Lady in America of Her Prop= erty—Her Rights Sustained by the Courts—The Points in the Case. PitTseuR6, Pa., March 25, 18174 One of the most interesting suits ever before the courts of this Commonwealth was brought to » close this aiternoon. It was am action of eject- ment, brought by John McKee and one Maria | Louise McGonnigie, widow of a former County Com- missioner, against Annette Adelia McKee anda umber of tenants'to recover possession of some 600 acres of land at McKee Rocks, a piece of valu- @ line in one of the New York pavers. Mr. Wacimer maintained that it was our duty | now to take ail these bills irom the committee and consider them at once. ‘ais Was platniy the duty | Of the House at this time. | Mr. Beebe thought tt should be made the duty of | all the committees to promptly report bilis re- | feired to them. Committees should not be allowed | to smo'ner such bills as they saw fit. He there. | fore offered @ resolution requiring that all the | committees of the House report at the practical inoment all bills coming beiore them. some furtner rewarks joliowed When Mr. Brewer moved the previous question on the adoption of | the resolution, Mr. Beebe withdrew his amendment, when Mr. | Eastwan arose and stated that he would wito- draw his resolution, He was satisted trom the remarks of the Chairman of the committee and others thay if was the design to take immediate accion upon the bills in question, Mr, Lincoln caiied attention to the fact that he had made no promises of that nature. He had said that the committee would act precisely ag they had determined to act before this question arose. Mr. “astman said the remarks of the gentlemen had assured aim that the bills would be reported @8 Promptly as could be wished Jor. He would therefore withdraw tie reso:ution Mr. Alvord then offered a resolution for the ap- Dointment of a committee of ve, who shall be in+ structed to invite, solicit and request that the editors of the New York press and all others who desire to substantiate the aliexatious, insinuations or charges ade {1 said press agalust the Railroad: Commitiee of this House, appear vefore such committee for the purpose of substantiating sach charges, allegations or insinuations, it chey so wisn 10. Mr. Lincoln moved to amend so that the Ser: geant-at-Arms shall be directed to bring those editors belore the committee ior the purpose of compelling them to substantiate their statements. He said the insinuations and allegations in the New York Times with regard to” bimself and the other members of the committee were contempuble and dastardly, ‘They were void of apy semblance or particle of truth, and an investigation would show the fact. In the course of his remarks he referred to the Times a8 a paper of no influence over any member of the House or of the Senate, well known for its dastardly, cowardly and blackmailing qualities, and unworthy the notice of any reputa- ble man, be urged that it was due to bilnsel! and the members o1 the committee that these editors Should be compelled to appear before the House. Mr. ©. 5, Spencer moved to amend the amena- Meot by giving the committee power to send for Dersons and papers. Agreed to. Pea eieetianste as amended, was then adopted— 10 The Speaker appointed as such committee Messrs. Alvord, Sloan, C. 5. Spencer, Beebe and Hammond. Mr, Beebe requested to be excused. The House excused him, and the Speaker appointed Mr. Tay- lor in his place, The bili authorizing TH NEW YORK ELEVATED COMPANY to extent its track, which was iavorably reported to the Senate last week, was recommitted to the Committee on Railroads on motion of Mr. Madden, The object is thought to be to amend the bill so a8 to get the lateral branch to the Forty-second street depot restored. THE CANAL AWARD. The Canal Committee, it is thought, will decide to-morrow the award for the best propelling steam invention for canal boats by allowing of the total amount Of $100,000 offered by the State, $35,000 to Baxter and $15,000 to Dobbins, the other half to go back to the Treasury. The Dobbins boat is con- sidered the best propelling invention for the present class of crait, but for an improved char- acter of canal craft and for economy of coals the Baxter takes the lead. THE BONDS AND MORTGAGES BILL, In the Senate this morning the bill repealing the tax on bonds and mortgages was adversely re- ported, Mr. Robertson of the Judiciary Committee desired to enter his dissent from the report, and » Madden moved to disagree with the report and ea his motion lie on the table, which was carried. At the meeting of the Committee on Cities to-day to consider the bill caliing for an ELECTION FOR COMPTROLLER in New York city ana from which the Corporation Counsel is exempted, the vote stood in favor of re- porting the bill, Biglin, McAfee, Wortn and Braman, | and against Eastman, Fish, Hayes and McGroarty, This being a tie, a motion was made to report 16 to-morrow jor the Consideration of the House, and it was carried by the iollowing vote :— Bigiin, McAfee, Worta, Braman and McGroarty. ‘ainst Eastman, Fish and Hayes, he Senate Judiciary Committee decided this af- ternoon to report adversely the vill whici proposes to legalize the assessments levied on Fiatbush prop- erty ior the improvement of Prospect Park. NEW YORK STATE RAILROADS. The Joint Committee on Railroads gave a hear- ing to Chauncey Depew, counsel for the Hudson River and New York Central railroads, in oppo- sition to the Pro Rata Freight bili, Mr. E. Davis, member of the mbly, spoke in its favor; but as Mr. Depe: cluded the iil fs lost. fhe Senate Committee on Cities heard an argu- ment irom Mr. William Barnes, representing the Corporation Counsel, in favor of the Reassessment bill, He argued that assessments had been fre- quently vacated without cause ana the burden of carrying on city improvements was thus taken of one set of shouldeis and placed, with additional weight, on another set, A iurther hearing wiil be given next week, ln the evening session of the Assembly the Sup- ply bill was taken up, and a few oi the items rela- Ud we payments lor additional clerk hire con- sidered. Alter the adjournment the Committee on Griev- seta gave 8 hearing, in the Assembly chamber, to the REPRESENTATIVES OF THR INTERNATIONALS in their complaints against the conduct of the police of New York in Tompkins square. Jonna Swinton, in a white tie, and swallow tatled coat, made a brief address, and the detailed statement was furnished by a youn, who stated that the meetingin Tompkins square was in the legitimate exercise of tacir riguts by the workingmen, and to better let the free peopie know that tneir jamilies were in a starving condi- tion, He explained the attack upon the meeting, and said the Police Department had become A STENCH IN THE NOSTRILS of honest people, It was looked upon asa mere plundering machine, and it mt upon ts ex- pedient in order to endeavor to get favor. He then at some iength ridiculed the scare of the cry of Communists which had been made use of. He asked that an investigation be bad and carried on | in New York; thas there be a new Board of Police, and that it be elected by the people. hese are siunply requests jor popular rights, Among the arrivals jrom New York and Brook- lvn are Nelson J. Waterbury, Simon stecne, Judge Flannagan, Demas persone pad General Jourdan. In spite of all Messrs. Lincoln, Weed and Alvord said to-day in THE DEBATE OVRR EAS€MAN’S RESOLUTION, the feeling here this evening is that where there is 80 much smoke there must be some nre. Oue noticeable jeature in the speeches by the chairman of the Railroad Committee and by . Weed as to why the delay in not reporting other bills as well as those belonging to the monopolies 1s io make an explanation that they wanted to harmonize the different plans and report a railroad for the west, the east and the central part of the city. Now it turns out that the west side plan they had in view was the Greenwich Street Elevated road, which is alreaay reported as being the property of Commo- dore Vanderbilt and the east side road was none other than the Third avenue, within one block of Fourth, while the central road was the Fourth ave- nue or Vanderbilt’s own road. Thus, it appears, this excellent committee clearly intended to SURRENDER THE WHOLE PLAN OF RAPID TRANSIT into the hands of two monopolies and shut out everybody else. In & moment of weakness. when @ pressure from all sides was brought to bear on him, Eastman withdrew his resolution, and, though nobody here this evening thinks of accusing him of any collusion, he certainly made a blunder that everybody condemns, but le has still time to retrieve it, The possibility of anew issue of inconvertible paper I regard with amazement and anaiety, and, ment and a shame.—Cnartes SUMNER. SALE OP SCRANTON COAL, The monthly sale of Scranton coal was held yes- terday by John Draper & Co, The attendance was good and the bidding lively. The steamboat, grate and egg were disposed of rapidly. The tollowing be the prices as compared with those of the last | sale, February. 1 decrease on steamboat coal was 215 conte Der ton. On the remaining lots there was an advance, the average increase on grate being 2% cents; egg, 9 cents; Stove, 7, cents, and chest- nut, 4% cents. OBITUARY, Rev. J. Tracy, D. D. A telegram from Boston, under date of the 25th inst, reports as follows:-—Rev. Jos. Tracy, D. D., died yesterday at his residence in Beverly, aged eighty years. He was formerly well known as a writes for religious newspapers. W spoke the other way it may be con- | German named Dathe, | in my judgment, such an issue would be a detri- | able territory adjacent to the city lines. Avout one year agoan old gentleman name& Thomas McKee died, leaving to an only child, a | daughter, Miss Annette Adelia McKee, his entire estate, valued at upwards of TWO MILLION DOLLARS. ‘The fact was noted at the time in the columns of t | the HERALD, and Miss McKee was set down as the richest siggle lady in the country. She isa hand- some girl, of about twenty years of age, and, im Court, wus richly but taxtemily attired. The Grounds upon which the effort. was made to dis- Possess the young heiress of her possessions, a8 given by the prosecating counsel, are these:— James McKee, resident of MeKee Rocks, died’ some years ago, -leaying to his son, Thomas McKee, an immense amount of property. Thomas was married to Nancy Matthews,..but at his death had no living issue from her, In 1852 he had living in his house ee by whom he had a daughter, that daughter being present, Miss Anuette Adelia McKee, In 1858.be had an act of Assembly passed, conferring upon.that daughter all the rights of » child bora in lawful wedlock. Last year Thomas died, leaving his entire possessions to is daughter, Annette Adela. James McKee had anotier som also, Alexander McKee, father of Mrs. McGonni¢le and John A. McKee, plaintiffs in this suit. ‘They claimed that, the will of James McKee, under which his: son Thomas became possessed of the property in question, gave him oniy AN ESTATE ENTAIL, and held that, even if the daughter was of legitimate issue, she was only entitled to nalf of the property. ‘The most eminent counsel in the State. were en- listed in the suit; and it was not till this afternoon @ conclusion was reached. There were many points submitted on both sides; but Judge Stowe in- Structed the jury to return a verdict for deiena- ants, saying that on the third point—the one bearing on legitimacy—he decided that the act of Assembly conferred upon Miss McKee the rights of achild born in lawtul wediock. The heiress re- ceived many congratulations on the announcemens of the verdict in her favor from triends in the cours room. The other parties to the suit will carry 1t to the Supreme Court. The possibility of a new issue of inconvertibla paper Iregard with amazement and ansiety, and, in my judgment, such an issue would be a detrie ment and a shame.—OxanLes SUMNER WEATHER REPORT, done bead Eabarabibs, War DEPARTMENT, OFTrice OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OpFiCRR, WASHINGTON, March 2¢—1 A. M. Probabilities. Fom THE MIDDLE STATES AND New ENGLAND, FALLING BAROMETER, SOUTHWESTERLY AND SOUTH- EASTERLY: WINDS, RISING TEMPERATURE AND IN- CREASING CLOUDINESS, WITH POSSIBLY RAIN IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION IN THE EVENING. For the lakes and the Ohio vatley, slowly rising barometer, falling temperature, southwesterly and northwesterly winds, cloudy weather an@ Tain or snow, clearing on the upper lakes during the morning. For the Northwest and lower Missouri valley northwesterly winds, colder and clearing weather. The rivers will probably rise at St. Louis, Da- buque and Davenport and fall at Pittsburg, Oin- cinnati, Louisville and Nashville. The display of cautionary signals will be resume@® at the lake stations on April 1. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes im the temperature for the past twenty-four hours tn comparison with the corresponding day of iast ear, a8 indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s harmacy, HERALD Butiding: 1873. 1874. A WIFE MURDERER SENTENCED TO THIRTY YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT, Laconia, N. b., March 25, 1874, The Grand Jury, sitting here to-day, inaicted David E, Blodgett for the murder of his wife, who on being brought into coart, pleaded guilty to mur- der in the second degree, and was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE, | TRENTON, March 25, 13%. 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