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‘ WASHINGTON. UWheertainty as to the President’s Fi- nancial Action Increasing, QUMORED CHANGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS, \ Message to Congress on the Civil Service. @.OUISIANA IN THE SENATE. WASHINGTON, April 20, 1874. ‘Wneasiness among the Marplots of Wa ington as to the Fate of the Senate Finance Bill—Change of the President’s Convictions. There appears to be a great deal of uncertainty here to-night as to the President’s signing the Senate Finance bill. Among those who are very diigh in his confidence and who have ready access ‘to him it is given out that there is a great change 4n his convictions. But his possible course since fast night as to the signing of the bill now before him continues enveloped in doubt, Message ot the President to Congress on | the Civil Service—An Appropriation Recommended for the Continuation of the Commission. The' President to-day sent the following message to Congress :— Vo THE SENATE AND House OF REPRESENTATIVES :— Herewith | transmit the report of the Civil Ser- vice Commission authorized by the act of Congress | of March 3, 1871, and invite your special atvention thereto. If sustained by Congress 1 have no doubt the rules can, after the experience gained, De so improved and enforced as to still more ma- terially benefit the public service and relieve the executive members of Congress and the heads of departments from influences prejudicial to good administration. The rules as they have heretofore been enforced have resulted beneficially, as is shown by the opinion of the members of the Cabi- net and their subordinates in the departments, and in that opinion I concur. But rules applicable to officers who are to be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate are in a great measure impracticable, except in*so far as they may be sustained by the action of that body. These must necessarily remain so unless the direct Sanction of the Senate is given to the rules. I ad- vise for the present only such appropria- tions as may be adequate to continue the work in its present form, and would leave to the future sanction of Congress shall be given to rules that may, perhaps, be devised for regulating the method Of the selection uf appointees or a portion of them ‘Who need to be confirmed by the Senate. Tne Same amount appropriated last year would .be adequate for the coming year, but I think the pub- Uc interest would be promoted by authority in the Executive for allowing a small compensation for special service performed beyond the usual office “hours, under the act of 1871, to persons called into the service of the government. U. S. GRANT, EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 18, 1874, Official Announcement to the Govern- ment of the Popular Ratification of the Revised Constitution of Switzer- land. The following official gespatch was received | yesterday at the Consulate General of Switzer- land, Washington, relative to tue revised consti- ‘tution submittea to a vote of the people and can- tons of Switzerland :— Reyision accepted by the people and cantons. FEDERAL POLITICAL DEPARTMENT, BERNE. The Counter Reports of the Committee on Elections in the Sykes-Spencer Election Contest. The report of the majority of the Senate Com- «mittee on Privileges and Elections on the Sykes- Spencer contest tor a seat in Congress from Ala- bama gives a detailea history of the circumstances under which the contest arose. The committee conclude tnat Spencer is entitled to his seat in the Senate, and cannot properly be ousted therefrom. The minority, consisting of Messrs. Saulsbury and Hamiiton (of Maryland), take issue with the conclusion of the majority of the committee, and insist that Mr. Sykes was elected by a Legislature organized in conformity with the constitution and flaws of Alabama, and, thereiore, report that he ts entitied to the seat in the Senate which is now held by Mr. Spencer. The Bill to Abolish Moieties and Seizures | of Books and Papers. i Representative E, W. Roberts, of the sub-Com- mittee on Ways and Means, made a report to the full committee to-day on the subject o/ seizures of books and papers. It proposes to repeal the law which gives that authority, and to place the seizure of books and papers of merchants onthe same ground that such seizures are made as to other classes of citizens; also to repeal all Provisions of law under which moieties of any fines, penalties or forteitures, or any share therein, are paid to informers or officers of customs, or Other officers of the United tates, and requiring the proveeds of all fincs, penalties, and forieitures to be paid into the Treasury. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make suitable compensation to intormers and other ‘persons aiding in the detection of smuggling and other offences against the Customs Revenue laws, ‘or aiding tn convictions of the same. Important Confirmation, | The Senate, in executive session to-day, | confirmed the nomination of Thomas Rts- | -#ell, of Massachusetts, to be Minister Resident to | “she Republic of Venezuela, vice William A, Pile, re- signed. Death of the Hon. Samuel Milligan, Justice of the Court of Claims. Hon. Samuel Milligan, one of the Associate Jus- tices of the United States Court of Claims, died here to-day. He was a native of Tennessee and re- veived his appointment in 1868, PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. w SENATE, WASHINGTON, April 20, 1974. Mr. HAMitn, (rep.) of Me., presented petitions of merchants, shipowners and shipmasters of Portland and Bucksport, Me., asking the abolition of compulsory pilotage. Referred to the Commit- tee on Commerce, Mr. OLayton, (aem.) of Ark., from the Commit- tee on Military Aifairs, reported a bill to equalize | the bounties of soldiers who served in the late ‘war. Placed on the calendar. SUMNER’S MEMORY. Mr. RourweELt, (rep.) of Mass., gave notice that ‘on Monday next, after the reading of the journal, he would introduce a resolution commemorative -of the Itfe, character and services of his late col- league, Churles Sumner, and would ask the Senate to proceed to its consideration then. THE FUR TRADE. Mr, SreNckR, (rep.) of Ala., from the Committee on Commerce, calied up the House bill to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to gather authentic information as to the condition and importance of ‘ne fur trade in the Territory of Alaska. Passed. ARMS FOR NEBRASKA, The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the bill to authorize the issue of asupply of arms Ree oeaeauion LS the Sieie oF NN Orat ee Alter ref discussion the morn jour expired and ‘the bill went over, iad D THE ALABAMA CASE, Mr. CARPENTER, (rep.) of Wis., from the Com: mittee on Privileges and Elections, made u report fo the case of Sykes against Spencer for the seat as United States Senator from Alabama, with a recommendation that Mr. Spencer retain ‘the seat and the committee be discharged from the jurther consideration of the subject. SAULSBURY. (dem) of Del, presented @ re to determine whether the direct | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. port of the minority of the committee, signee by imseif and Mr. Hamilto, of Maryland. Both re- ports were ordered to be printed. THK LOUISIANA QUESTION. The Senate then resumed the consideration of he Lo uisiana bill. ‘At five o'clock the Senate went into executive session, and, aiter a short time the doors were Teopened and the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON, April 20, 1874, Under the call of States various bills were intro- duced and reierred. CUBAN INDEPENDENCE. Mr. POLAND, (rep.) of Vt., oifered resolutions tur the recognition of Cuban indepenaence, being the same as were recently introduced in the Senate by Senator Carpenter, Relerred to tne Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. KILLINGER, (rep.) Of Pa., offered a resolu- tion instructing the Committee on Banking and Currency to inquire into the expediency of estab- lishing by law 4 untiorm rate of interest through- out the United States and Territories. Adopted, PROTECTION OF THE TEXAN FRONTIER. Mr. GIppINGS, (dem.) of Texas, moved to sus- pend the rules and pa-s a bill for the better pro- tection of the irontier settlements of Texas against Indian and Mexican depredations, by the construction and maintenance of a line of tele- graph trom the city of Denison, Texas, to Fort | Sill, Indian Territory, and thence along the north- ern frontier line of settlements and by the various | military posts to Brownsville, and appropriatin | $100,000 tor that purpose. Agreed to and the bill Was passed. THE ARKANSAS TROUBLE. Mr. WILLSHIRE, (rep.) of Ark, offered a | resolution calling on the President tor coples of correspondence, telegrams, military orders, &c., | toucaing the troubles in Arkansas, Adopted. TRE UTAH CONFLICTS. Mr. POLAND, @f Vermont, offered a resolution recit- | inga conflict of authority between the United States j | Courts and the Territorial courts of Utah, and that the enforcement of the laws has been delayed and | Obstructed, and directing the Judiciary Committee | to report a bill for the regulation of the legal | jurisdiction of the courts and oficers in Utah. | Adopted. | The House then, at half-past three, went into | Committee of the Whole (Mr. Woodiord, of New York, in the chair) on the Legislative, Executive | and Judicial appropriation bill. Aiter disposing of five pages of the bill the committee rose. The House then, at ten minutes past five P. M., | adjourned, THE ARKANSAS DIFFICULTY. Threatened Attack by Baxter—Excitc- ment Throughout the City—Arrival of Armed Men from the Country—Mancu- vres of the Protestants—A Soldier Acci- dentally Killed. LivrLe Rock, Ark., April 20, 1874—8 P. M. Colonel Lewis, who arrived here to-day | from the headquarters of the Department of the | Guif, being the ranking officer, has as- |umed command of the national troops. At | four o'clock Baxter’s followers formed across the street in front of headquarters, and the great- | est excitement immediately ensued, as every one thougat an attack was about to be made. The company of regulars took a position on Markham Street between the antagonizing parties, and an orderly was despatched to the arsenal for artillery. | Two pieces were brought down and placed ona | side street, bearing on Markham, During the excitement the steamer Hattle ar- rived from down the river, with 150 men for Bax- , ter, Whose troops soon alter returned to their quar- ers. At this hour the regulars are stillin position, | with pickets at the river. It is rumored that | Baxter will pass the river and attempt vo attack | the State House in the rear. His force is now quite formidable, as, during the day, in addition | to those arrived by the Hattie, were 300 men by | the Fort Smith train, A soldier who was sent for the artillery was thrown trom his horse and so in- jured that he subsequently died. Report of the United States Commander. WASHINGTON, April 20, 1874. | Tne following despatch was received here last | night:- LiTrLe Rook, Ark., April 19, 1874. TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, WASHINGTON :— Received the President's instructions. They are carried out, There is some excitement. It will soon subside. Force smail on each side, : T. K. ROSE, Captain Sixteenth Infantry, Commanding Post. THE STATE CAPITAL. Incorporation of the New York Cremation Society—The Brooklyn Ferry Rates— The Unpaid State Taxes—Steam Navi- gation on the Canals. ALBANY, April 20, 1874. A bill to incorporate the New York Cremation | Society for burning of human bodies, with a | capital stock of $50,000, shares $10 each, was intro- | duced this evening in the Assembly. The incor- | porators are Edward A. Caswell, Henry Strong, | H. W. Poor, James F. Dwight, Francis C. Bowman, Henry F. Homes, George Lorillard, James W. | §, Arnold and Francis M. Wild. The bill provides | that the property of the society shall be exempt from taxation, THE BROOKLYN FERRIES, Mr. Bennett’s bill to reduce the fares on the | New York and Williamsburg ferries was deieated by @ vote of 51 to 15, UNPAID STATE TAXES. Comptroller Hopkins, in answer to a resolu- tion of the Assembly, sent in a detailed statement of the amount of State tax due from the several localities of the State on the 15th of April, 1874, and the amount received to April 17, trom which it appears the amount due was | $16,071,536, and amount received $1,298,901. The | Comptroller considers this @ very tair showing compared with previous years. | A PRIVATE CLAIM, The claim of Christian A. Manert for labor and | materials furnished the New York Court House, amounting to $15,000, was moved to a third read- | ing. If tos bill pass it will open the door toa scaly lot of claims. There was also ordered to a | third reading thgbill to pay $50,000 to Dobbins & , Baxter for tucif steam propelling invention ior canals. In the Senate the New York Elevated Road, with ‘an amendment that the main line shall not ve located east of Greenwich street or Ninth avenue, north of Battery place, was ordered toa third read- ing. oa PROCESS IN COURTS. Among the bills introduced in the Senate and ordered to a third peading. was one relative to Courts of Record in New York, which reads as lol- lows :— Sxcrion 1,—All process of whatever name, nature or description, except summonses in civil actions or when the Sheriff isa party issuing out of any Court of Record ot the city and county of New York, whether so by ostatute or other wiso, shall be issued to the sheriff only. Suc, %—This act shail take effect immediately. OPENING OF NAVIGATION. Savannrton enrenrs one) Russia. St. PETERSBURG, April 20, 1874, The Neva {s clear of ice and navigation has re- opened. Arrival of Vesselsa—Ice Disappearing. KINCARDINE, Ont., Aprii 20, 1874, Navigation is now open here. ‘I'he schooner M. C. Cameron arrived this morning from Oswego. The steam barge Vanderbilt and sciooner Gilder- sleeve leit for the latter place. Large quantities of ice are offthe shore but rapidly disappearing. The wind is strong from the east. The First Arrival at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 20, 1874, The schooner La Petite, with 12,000 bushels of corn from Huron, Ohio, the first arrival of the season, came into port this afternoon. Also arrived the schooner Argo, from Detroit, with a cargo of railroad ties, in tow. OBITUARY, Ex-Governor Clark, of North Carolina. This gentleman died on the 14th inst., at his res- idence in Tarboro, N.C. He was but little known outside of his State, and that little was gathered from proclamations and other documents issued by him while Governor, in the early part of the re- bellion, Accident made him Chiel Magistrate of North Carolina. He was Senator from Edgecomb, | N. C., in 1860, and Speaker of the body in which he | sat. Governor Ellis dying in 1861, Speaker Clark was, by the provision oi the State constitation, elevated to his chair. There is but little else to tell of Governor Clark, beyond the’ fact that he was an estimable citizen of his State and devout in his i} SPAIN, MADRID, April 20, 1874. The plan of campaign proposed by Marshal Ser- rano and Admiral Topete, has been adopted. General Concha has disemparked 10,000 troops at Santona and the Carlists will be attacked simulta- neously at different points. A Carlist Cabinet Constituted in the North. BAYONNE, April 20, 1874. The Carlista in the north of Spain have organ- ized a government with a regular Cabinet, in which General Elio is Minister of War, Admiral | Vinalet Minister of Foreign Affairs and Seiior Pinal Minister of Finance and the Intertor. The Carlist Positions at Bilbao Under Fire. MapRID, April 20, 1874. Fresh supplies of provisions have reached Bilbao, sufficient to last into the middle of May. A vigorous bombardment of the Carlist positions is now going on. THE TICHBORNE CASE. Lonpon, April 20, 1874. The application of Dr, Kenealy for a new trial for | Artnur Orton, the Tickborne claimant, on the grounds of want of jurisdiction by the court and that the verdict was not in accordance with the evidence, has been refused, thus finally disposing of the application. SWITZERLAND. _— Citizen Anticipation of a Revised Constitution. BERNE, April 20, 1874, There is great public rejoicing here over the overwhelming majority for the revision of the federal constitution, A torchlight procession passed through the principal streets to-night, and | many bulldings were illuminated. | CUBA. A Fierce Fire Raging at Cardenas. HAVANA, April 20, 1874. A large fire is raging among the sugar and Molasses warehouses at Cardenas, No particulars have been received. Havana Exchange. Havana, April 20, 1874 on the United States, short s1¢! 09 premium: on London, 16) # 163 pre: inlum; ‘ob Faris, 31a 132 premium; Spanish gold, 244 a AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera—Return of the Strakosch Company. The performance of “Lohengrin,” which signal- ized last evening the return of the Strakosch | Opera Troupe from their provincial tour of a fort- | night, was, in many respects, the best representa- tion of Wagner’s opera of the half-aozen perform- ances of the work given by the same company in this city. The additional points of excellence were in the increased dramatic fire and breadth of ton¢, like unto her Valentine, of Mme, Nilsson and the enterprising manner in which she forced even the composer, adverse as is his music towards the individuality of any vocal artist, to ailow her transcendent genius to assert itselt. Italo Campanini takes his first and only benefit to-night. ‘he programme @ very altracuve one—“Rigoletto,” fourth act Y¥da,” Second act 3 “Favorita,”’ fourth act, and “Gii Ugonotti,” fourth act. Nilsson, Lucca, Torriani, Cary, Del Puente, Nannetti and Scolara appear. Exchange quiet; MAS The Olympic Theatre. The introduction of burlesque at this theatre last evening was a feature which will recommend the { entertainment to a new class of the patrons of the drama, With the well chosen variety business given at this house the addition of a fresh, stirring and farcical extravaganza was a welcome attrac- | tion, and those who attended the old Olympic, despite the storm which prevailed, so regarded it. The names of Misses Sophie, Irene and Jennie Wor- reli are Jamiliar to New Yorkers, and their merry pranks in the burlesque of “Frivollus, or the Power of Love,” were well received Jast evening. Like the majority of burlesques there is little to say about it but that it was iunny, and the sisters made ull the fun they could out of the situations, and were not only well received, but many ot their songs eucored. The variety portion of the bill, waich preceded the buriesque, was varied and amusing, and the audience appeared to heartily enjoy the night’s programme. Niblo’s Garden. The entertainment at this theatre last evening ‘Was ol that varied characver that now finds much favor. Except in a pantomime at the beginning it was the same that was given for several weeks, under an absurd title, at an uptown place of amusement. It may be briefly noticed. The pan- tomime, ‘‘Susan’s Lovers,’’ ia the most tiresome and its actors are the most unapt, not to say stupid, seen in this city for a great while. The per- Jormers in the other parts of the “entertainment” were noticed several times before they migrated to Niblo’s. Among them are a juggler, an expert swimmer and @ mimic of facial chara: teristics, Lyceum Theatre. “La Marjolaine’’ was produced at the Lyceum Theatre Wefore a large audience last night. It is a drama that deals with incidents that are supposed to precede and accompany the French Revolution. Its main element is love, and its design is to show how, in the midst of the most exciting scenes, that passion exerts its most intense power. La Marjolaine Is a young peasant gir), who, by the force of her mind, nas acquired a mastery of the people, and by the extreme beauty of her person has excited the passions of several people of the most opposite character. She despises their offers and 18 made firm in her desire to work toward the de- liverance @f the common people irom the tram. Mela of the nobtiity’s power by the consignment of the man upon whom she lavishes her love to the Bastile unJer a lettre de cachet. Love is the one motive of “La Marjolaine,” as it is, in fact, almost the only incitement in the play. religious belicis. Duchess of Caxia: The Duchess of Caxias, wile of Duke de Caxias, the generalissimo of the Brazilian forces during the Paraguayan war, died near Kio Janiero March 26. She was notable for her pride, which was ver great, but she was kindly hearted, and if treate: with what she considered the deference due to the only non-royal Duchess in Brazil and to her hus- band’s services, she was a most amiable woman, @ warm iriend and very brilliant in the circie. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Ernest 8. Inman, of Liverpool, is at the Brevoort House. General George S. Hartsuff, United States Army, is quartered at the Albemarle Hotel. Ex-Canal Commissioner W. W. Wrignt, of Geneva, N. Y., is staying at the Metropolitan Hotel, Rear Admiral Charies 8. Boggs, United States Navy, is registered at the Everett House. Lieutenant Governor John ©, Robinson arrived from Albany yesterday at the St. Denis Hotel. Joseph M. Hurd, United States Consul at Rio Janeiro, yesterday arrived at the Fiftn Avenue Hotel. Commander Henry F. Picking, United States Navy, is stopping at the Albermarle Hotel. Messrs. John W. Maclure, James Bald and George Cockburn, English capitalists interested in the at- fairs of the Great Western Railway of Canada, are at the Brevoort House, They will sail for Europe to-morrow 1n the steamship Russia. ; George W. Childs, of the PiMadelphta Ledger, | and Anthony J, Drexel, the Philadelphia banker, | have apartments at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, THE EAST RIVER BRIDGE, Meeting of the Brooklyn Reform Associa- | tion. The Brooklyn Reform Association met last night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Mr. Franklin Woodruff presiding. At the former meeting of the association resolutions were offered providing for | the retirement of the individual stockholders and the continuation of the work under the control of the citles of New York and Brooklyn, This sub- ject, after being discussed at length, was finally referred to ® committee of five and made the special order for last night. A report was made in savor of building East River Bridge, when the re- ports were laid over until the next meeting of ‘the association. a LAKE DISASTER, Port BURWELI, Ont., April20, 1874, The schooner James Scott, while endeavoring to enter the Lene Bay sd ae ven plier ar mr ‘The cargo of piaster Was greatly damage: tHougat the vess¢l will be saved, 1 st | Planted until June, THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD. | Dire Suffering of the Farmers and Planters Along the Levee in Lonisiana—Buin and Starvation—Boston Asks the Amount of Suecor Needed—Two Million Acres of Crops Destroyed. Boson, April 20, 1874. A despatch was received from the Mayor of New Orleans by Mayor Cobb, of Boston, late Saturday evening, in which was set forth the statement that the people of Louisiana, near New Orleans, were in extremely destitute circumstances, arising from the overflow of the Mississippi River and the inun- dation of the farms and plantations, covering an area of 10,000 square miles, An appeal was made for assistance. A meeting was called by Mayor | Cobb on Sunday, at which were invited the most prominent men of the city. The meeting concluded vo ascertain more fully the real situation of the suffering reported from New Urieans. INFORMATION FROM NEW ORLEANS ASKED. The following telegram was sent to Mayor Wiltz, of New Orleans :— Ata meeting of our citizens called by the Mayor this gay the undersigned were appointed a cominittee to ascertain more precisely the extent and nature of your wants, Will you please reply by telegram to the Mayor of Boston? First, state the probable number of acres of land under cultivation which are submerged and the effect on the crops of the coming season in case thi overflow should subside within thirty days, Second, st the number of inhabitants of the towns and parisi which are inundated, ‘Third, give your individual v of the necessities of the case, GEORGE BALDWIN. E. K. MUDGE. AVERY PLUMER, + FRANKLIN . NOW, EUGENE H. SAMPSON, ANOTHER MEETING LN BOSTON. At noon to-day a meeting of citizens was held at the City Hall for the purpose o1 further considering the subject of aiding the people of the inundated districts of Louisiana, Mayor Cobb presided, and in opening the meeting stated tnat up to the pres- ent time no reply had been received to the tele- grams of yesterday. The meeting at once ad- journed to await the antictpated reply to the tele- grams sent on Sunday, A TALE OF HORRIBLE DEVASTATION. To-night Mayor Cobb received tne sollowing despatch :— New Orurans, La., April 20, 1874. Mayor or tHe City or Bostox — ‘The overflow in Louisiana extends over the following parishes north of Red Ri including the Ouachita walley:—Ray, Carroll, Madison, ‘lensas, Concordia, Ouachita, Franklin, Catahaula, ‘Morehouse, Richland | Cauldwell, exc ! @ harrow-strip along the bank of Mississippi’ where the banks of the lev2cs have not nm enurely destroyed. The weaker levees, having | mB away, cause the overflow of alt the anos, the Water extending back above and below the broken levees for miles. The area of these parishes 18 over 2,100,000 of acres, of which 25,000 are cultivated in cottou and 100,00 in corn, ‘there are no means of estimating the losses ot many hundreds of small pro- prietors in the way of gardens, tences and cattle. Below Red Riyor, in the sugar region, there are twelve or tiiteen crevasses overtiowing or seriously affecting the Grainage of the elevaied land i the parishes of st. Coupe, | East aid West Baton Rouge, lbervilic, scensiom, As: sumption, Latourene, Terrebonne, Si Mary. st. Joha Baptiste, St, Charies, Jetterson, Plaquemine and st. Bernard. ‘The area of cultivated land in the latter | parishes seriously injured produces $0,000 pounds of ar. The number of people in the State who are partially or totally ruined cannot be less than 25,000,,many ot whom are in absolute want ot food 7 ts of the continued rise in all of the upper here can be no fall in the next sixty id the full occnr at an earlier date nothing eon the sugar lands and but little in the This continued high water will increase cotton lands. the number of sutferers to probably 5,000. ot towns overtlowed is seven, that the necessities are very great and that your people pod laed promptly respond to the call of th our clty. The number Our individual views are ¢ Mayor of JOHN JOHN. ki. KEP. ALBERT BALDWIN. EDW. DAVIS, Cc. H. LAWRENCE, G, GAINES. Pi atch Sugar and Cotton Crops Destroyed. Boston, April 20—Midnight, Mayor Oobb is just in receipt of the following despatch :— New Oruxans, La, April 20, 1874, Mayon or Boston :— In answer to your Citizens’ Committee requesting information regarding overflows im this State, it as the largest that ever occurrea here, Some | eight or ten cotton and = ten to fourteen | sugar parisies, ~ inore of less, are | under water. The sugar cane overflowed is a total loss.- for the next two years. ‘The cotion cannot salely be re- ‘The Jow.ands are genera occu: iI ‘and poor pianters, theretore much dls- | pied by sm ere tress thast occur unless immediate reliof 13 rendered. To prevent the suture occurence of alike catastrophe will require the national government to take charge ot the levees, Your coatrivutions should be forwarded to Mayor Wiltz or the Howard Association, DAVID WALLACE. The Mayor wili call a meeting of citizens, to be held at twelve o'clock to-day, when action will be taken upon the appeals for aid irom the sufferers | Of the Mississippi overtiow. The Water in the Yazoo Valicy Falling —Thé Planting of Crops Greatly Im- hihi MosI1x, Ala., April 20, 1874. Reliable information received to-day from Yazoo, Miss., says, in reference tothe planters’ interests, that the water is so high that no planting can be’ done in the valley of the Yazoo. The weather to- day is clear and the river falling DertaeUIy. If the fall continues a moderate crop will be made. The crop in the hills bas also peen greatly re- tarded by continuous rains, but i the present Weather continues an average crop will be made. Negroes from the Flooded Districts Flock- 4 ing to New Orleans—Proclamation by Governor Kellogg Promising All the Aid and Relief Possible. NEw ORLEANS, April 20, 1874, OfMicial telegrams received to-day state that the whole country, from Monroe to the mouth of the Red River, is under water, and that 10,000 people in that district will soon be on the verge of starva- tion. Large numbers of negrocs from the over- flowed district are flocking to this city. PROCLAMATION BY THE’ GOVERNOR, Governor Kellogg has issued a proclamation to | the officials and citizens of the overflowed district, assuring them that the State government has done und is doing all that its resources allow to alleviate the sufferings of those who have been reduced to | destitution by the disastrous crevasses and floods consequent upon the recent heavy rain storms. He states that application has been made to the general government for aid, which he has reason to believe will be promptly responded to; that the Mayor of New Orieans, the President of the Chamber of Commerce and a committee of distinguished citizens are doing all | that can be done to send immediate assistance to those most in need, and that appeals have been made to the great cities of the North, East and West, which. will doubtless in due time bring a generous response. He states that food,clothing and money Will be forwarded without deiay; advises against sending the distressed population to this city, already overcrowded with unemployed people; recommends the organization of a parish committee for toe distribution of supplies, and that the laborers of the inundated districts be assisted in making their way to those parishes which are not under water, and where their ser- vices are still needed. A PROPHECY OF GOOD. In conclusion the Governor says:— “It may be that even out or this dire calamity some good may come through the at‘ention of the nation at large being so painfully concentrated upon the question of making the building and. maintenance 0: the levees ot the Mississippi, as also the preservation of a proper outlet tor the river, @ Dational work.” AID TO THE SOUTH. New York, April 20, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— We have received the following despatch from Alired Moulton, our agent in New Orleans :— Our people are in great destitution from the in- undation. Help them ail you can. We will be glad to receive any contributions for the above object, and will daily order by telegraph the amount received by us, to be paid vy Alfred Moulton to such association or persons as he may know would be praper ones to distribute the atid. We will ac knowledge receipi through the daily papers. We start this list by subscription of $200. Yours, respecttully, CLARK & SEAMAN. Mayor Hunter, o! Brooklyn, has received the sub- joined appeal for aid for the suderers by the over- flow of the Mississippi River :— Nuw Onieans, La., April 18, 1874 To Te MAYOR OF BROOKLYN :-— Owing to am Unexampled overflow of the Mississippt River and its lower branches, by which more than ten thousand square miles of our state are rubmerged, many thousands of familtes are ruined in their tortunes and gre threatened with starvation. It is beyond the means of our citizens who have escaped from this great calamity to give adequate relief to the sufferers. I have therefore thought proper to give an opportunity to your citizens to ald us. ‘The contributions of the philanthropic are earnestly solicited tor the victims of this, twoiold vistta- tion of food and famine, LOUIS A. WILTZ, Mayor. Mayor Honter will open a subscription list in furtherance of this opject at his offece. | Order, e | attend the tables, when they saw the delegates | that which was elected last year, with but a few | been fled in the Surrogate’s oilice. Louisiana Appealing to Jersey for Help. \ Mayor Perry, from the Mayor of New Orleans, appealing for help for the victims of the twofold visitation of food and famine. Says Mr. Perry to the citizens of New- In the absence of any organized effort tor eving the snffering and distress above referred to, 1 will receive and forward al! contributions, I trust this call will meet such a generous response ae will be creditable to our humanity and to our city,’ Ps ak Annual Election of the Columbian Order Last Evening—John Kelly Elected—Excitement In the Wigwam. Last evening, being a part of the “season of raias,”’ the Tammany Society or Columbian Order held its meeting in Tammany nall for the election of Sachems for the ensuing year of 1874. Intense excitement was apparent among the crowds who surrounded the hail at an early your of the evening. The press was exciuded, and all who were not members of the Columbian no matter how strong they were on the General Committee, had to stay out, Brother Jonn . Newman stood at the door be- low, and it was as good as a show to see him put his mouth alongside of each member's ear to get the password, without which no one was admitted. Some said that the password was in the Seneca tongue, while others declared that it was given in the Irish language, aud that the word was, “Is there a light | ucness Thend to-night, Masther To add to the excitement there was a church fair up stairs, and many of the young ladies who came to and their satelites rushing around, congratuiated themselves that there was to be a graud attend. ance anda great demand for chances, Among those who were present were John Kelly, as impassive looking as ever; Judge Clarke, who did not seem to know either exit or entrance; John Fox, who seemed in good humor; Matthew T. Brennan, whom it was said was to nave a wind up with Keily; Abram 8. Hewitt, very placid and benign; Charles E.“Loew, @ little on the fence; John Pyne, the bookseller; Sheriff Conner, Who was supposed to be the backbone of the opposition ticket; Rivhard Croker, verv sol- emn. The ticket proposed for election and known as the “regular ticket” was almost the same aa Sapna and bad the following names on its lace :— ¥or Sachems—John Keily, John W. Chambers, Samuel J. Tilden, Abram 5. Hewitt, Thomas Dun- lop, William 8. Conner, William H. Wickham, William Walsh, Edward L, Donnelly, Natnaniel Jar- vis, Jr., John Fox, Miles B, Andrus, Daniel F, ‘Tie- man. For Treasurer—Arthur Leary. For Sagamore—Wiison Stall. For Secretary—Joel 0, Stevens. For Wiskinkie—John D. Newman. The meeting was calied to order by Grand Sachem Augustus Schetl as soon as the warriors were roved in their regalia, and Abram 8, Hewitt, as Father of the Council, was called to preside. It | Was discovered then that another or independent | ticket, the principal members of which have acted | with Apollo Hall, was printed, and would bo | offered ior ballot, Nelson J. Waterbury, a great | warrior, moved that they should be given, on the part of the opposition, inspectors, and to prevent | any row Alirel I. Ackert, of the kighteenth ward, for the Kelly ticket, and William Calwell, | of the Sixteenth ward, were appointed {uspectors of lection, and for supervisors of election John Kelly was appointed to represent the regular ticket, and Nelson J. Wa- | terbury the oppostion ticket. ‘The independent or opposition ticket was as follows :— For Sachems—Samue| J. ‘lilden, Emanuel B. | Hart, Matthew T. Brennan, Abram 5. Hewitt, John | E. Deviin, William B. Clerke, George Smith, Charles E. Loew, J. Greenville Kane, John Boyd, | Gerson N. Hermann, Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr. For Treasurer—Arthur Leary. For Secretary—Joe| E. Stevens. For Sagamore—Charies H, Haswell, Jr. For kinkie—John D. Newman. It will be seen that many of the names on the opposition ticket are also on the Kelly 7 ye WEATHER REPORT. —_—--—___. Wan DEPARTMENT, OvrIOk OF THE CHiR¥ SIGNAL OvvICEB, WASHINGTON, April 21-1 A. ML Probabitits, Over New England the winds will shift to weet and northwest, with clearing weather, For THE MIDDLB STATES AND LOWER LakE Bue GION FRESH AND BRISK WEST TO NORTHWEST WURDE, WITH CLEAR AND CLEARING WEATHER. For the Southern States east of the Missiastppé west to northwest winds and clear weather. From the Ohio Valley and Missouri to the upper lakes" west to north winds and very generally clear weather. The storm centre over the upper St. Lawrence Valley will move northeastward. The Ohio River, the Cumberland, the Mississippt and Lower Missouri continue rising. Cautionary signais continue at Erie, Buffalo, Rochester and Oswego. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes im the temperature for the past twenty-four hourmim of last udnes's comparison with the corresponding oar ear, a4 indicated by the thermometer at harmacy, HERALD Building: — 1873. 1874. 34. M 43. 6A. M “4 9a. M 44 12M... 43 12 Average temperature peiersae. ey. Average temperature for cofresponding dato last year.... seeeee! TORNADO AND THUNDER STORM. Loss of Life and Property. ERIE, Pa., April 20, 187@, A tornado and thunde r storm passed over thts: city about three o'clock this afternoon, A man was kilied by @ concussion. MAILS FOR EUROPE. Se The steamship Russia will leave this port @m- Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Wurope wiil close at the Post OMece at half-past seven o’clock A, M. Tak New York HeRaLv—Sdition for Kurops— will be ready at hall-past six o’clock in the morning. Single copies, cents, in wrappers for mailing, six —— 2 + CENTENNIA L CE LEBRATION. * ‘That the Centennial of American Independenee shouid be properly ceievrated all will agree. That phe celebration, which in any case is certain to De made in Philadelphia should be a great success, will be universally desired. The address of Mr. Weish contains nothing to which patriotic citizens of all the States wil! not cordially subscribe, and it Says much which should commend the efforts of the gentlemen concerned in it to the most cordial popular support.—N, Y. Tribune. A.—Citizens and Strangers Who Desire a fine and elegant HAT should cal! at ESPENCHEID'S, manufacturer, 113 Nassau street, A Lost Art of the Coosars Restored Angell's Hot Air Roman Baths, 6l Lexington avenue, appetizes and mvigorates betore breaktast, refreshes vitalizes betore dinner, soothes and tranquilizes betore retiring. Ladies, day and evening ; gentlemenevery day and all night. At One Grand Leap Hale’s Honey of HOREHOUND AND TAR has reached the pinnacle of fame as a remedy for Coughs, Colds and all pulmonary ailments. PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROFS cure im ohe minute. A.—The Business of Curin Rupture is ticket, but it is said that some of these names 1 STIG a ss were’ used without their consent, and that | Bowlway' olds Hernia comfortably Gil cared? pee eee ee ntnan ealie Gokete te Hekets | tronized by kovernment: highest medals everywhere, at all On -the elly tickets two names | New York and Cincinnati fairs, wero taken off the list of Sachems, | = who have held ofice for the last twelve months, | A.—The Leading “Sprin, Style” of Abraham R, Lawrence aud James B. Nicholson, | GENTLEMEN'S HATS is X's, 212 Broadway. and in their places were substituted the names of William Walsh and Daniel F. tieman, There were | during the evening about 350 members present, | and on the first and only ballot cast 285 votes were | thrown, of which number the ticket headed by John Kelly received 185 votes, while the oppost- | tion received 110 votes, a majority Of 75. he | names of Samuel J. Tilden and Abram Hewitt, | which were on both tickets, received the whole number o! ballots cast, while other names whici , were on both tickets were scratched to some | extent. I NEW YORK CITY * See eee . | Commissioner Van Nort, m answer to a request of the Commissioners of Accounts to examine the books of his ofice, yesterday replied that he would | extend to them every lacility for 80 doing. j = | A meeting of the first mortgage bondholders of | the Northern Pacific Ratiroad will be held in this | city to-day, to act upon the appointment of trus teés to fill the vacancies existing in the trust. Edward Nolan was brougnt betore Justice Wan- ell yesterday, charged with stealing a gold watch | nd breastpin from Thomas W. Kearney, @ lawyer, | with whom he had been spending a convivial even- ing. He 1s to be tried at Spectai Sessions. Frank Reynolds, a well dressed young man, while conversing with Patrick Lee, a new acquaintance, yesterday, in Grand street, snatched Lee's watch ‘and chain and ran. away. He was captured, and Judge Flammer sent him to the General Sessions | for trial. Chamberlain Lane reports the financial condition | of the city as follows :— i Balance April 11 $2,968,357 | 988,140 | 997,797 | 2,956,700 Balance April 18 OfMicer Schetser brought to the Thitty-third pre- cinct station house 1Ast night Ignatius Weber, an ex-policeman, who haa attempted to commit. sui) cide at No. 227 East 142d street, where he lived, He had shot away bota eves and the lower part of | the forenead, but was living when the police had ] him removed to the Ninety-ninth street Hospital. | The will of Coionel Thomas 7. Ferris, who died in | France, and whose remains where attended to | their resting place recently by the Old Guard, the | Washington Greys and the Ninth regiment, has | The testator leaves property worth about $1,000,000. in which his widow alone has @ life interest; tite whole | estate at her death going to Nunez Clarence and | Edgar Harold and Blanch Arline, the testator’s sons and daughter. BROOKLYN. Sa ‘The-ringing of bells on Sundays. by pediers and venders has been prohibited by a resolution of the Common Council. The dumping scow of the offal contractor, Ed- { ward Ciark, has been declared a nuisance by the | Board of Health, and its removal irom the city docks has been ordered. Yesterday a government oificer visited Brooklyn for the purpose of determining the amount to be aid by the sureties of ex-Pension. Agent W. D. M. | Fraynes, in whose accounts a.discrepancy, variously estimated from $6,000 to $15,000, was. discovered about two years. ago. A new grange of the Patrons of Husbandry waa instituted at Mattituck last week. ‘The vestry of St. John’s. (Episcopal) church in Huntington have raised $3,000 and propose to raise for the-building of # new rectory. A Se york lady lady sent an Kaster offering oF $400 to this fund. jek The Central Railroad Company (Stewart's) are building a large freight house at Babylon, with an extensive platform for the reception of goods, ana improving the de preparation ne the coming summer's travel, which. is expected. to be very large. Abrakeman om the North Side Ratlroad named Albert Shackel was fatally injured om Saturday morning, while engaged in coupling cars at the Central junction, and died on Sunday. He was ter- ribly crusned, the blood gushing from bis mouth, nose, and ears. He was about thirty years of age, and,leaves a widow. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. —_—_-+—__— The latest annoyance to which passengers on the ‘Jooal trains of the Harlem Railroad are subjected comes in the form of a boy of about fifteen, who ag for alms by displaying a pair of bandiess wrists. In consequence of the smallpox having broken out at Hastings, the public school there was closed yesterday, and energetic measures adopted for the compulsory vaccination of the poorer Class of peo- ple in thas village. Five pronounced cases of the | pently, cures sea. | Saree c | avenue. tt building internally in | A Bad Catarrh Warranted Cured by WOLCOTT'S CATARRH ANNIHILATOR, Six pints, by express, $5. Depot 181 Chatham square. Ata Ball All Eyes are Attracted to the- lady who has the tine: teeth. Glittering white- ness is essential to this charm. and SOZODONT, the most sHolesome of tooth waslies, produces and" pee- serves it Batchelor’s ir Dye is Splendid— Never tails. Established 37 years. Sold aud proper! applied at BATCLLELOR'S Wig Factory, lo Bond st. N. | sate . Dr. Fitler’s Rheumatic Remedy Perma- Rheumatism, Nearalgia and Nervous Legal contract to retund money. 21 John druggist, Ever, Ho y © Owner Should Have GILES 4 CO.'S LINIMENT IODIDE AMMONIA; curee lameness, removes spunts, hard swellings of the bougs of joints, windgalis; warranted. Depot 451 Sixth avenue. For Sale—First Class Household Furnt- TURE, made by Marcotte, in splendid order. For | Heuiats apply t8 CALVOURKSST & RODOCANACHE, 6F Wall street. Per- For the Baby.—Novelty Carr! Send Saar LEWIS P. 11a AMBULATORS, $8. ‘Send for circul BALS, 512 Broadway, opposite St. Nicholas. Glandular Swellings, Tumor, R! matic Gout—Cure warranted. WILLIAM M. GILBs #& 20.'5 LINIMENT IODIDE AMMONIA Depot 451 Sixth Gouraud’s Italian Medicated Soap for the complete removal of Tan,. Freckles, sallowness, Sum~ burn. Redness, Roughness, Eruptions, | Kingworms, Fleshiworms, Wrinkles, &c. It also immediateiy alevi- tes the pain arising trom the bites of insects. GOU- RAUD's POUDRE SUBTITLE possesses the magical erty of uprooting superfuous hair. Gi LIQUID ROUGE imparts oeks and lips so natural that the st scrutiny will tail to de- tect Its presence. Dr. PSLIX GOURAUD'S Prepara- tions can be had at his depot, 48 Bond street, and drug- gists; 50 cents a cake. Giles & Co.’s Liniment Iodide Ammonia cures Neuralgla—Price Se. and $1 per box. Sold by alk druggists. Havana Lottery.—Extraordinary Draw= ing.—Orders fliled at the low rates of $100; parts of tick- et proportion, by KE. SONNENBERG, box 644 Past o New Haven, Conp. Havana Lottery—Extraordinary Draw ing. lars sent and mformation given. Address all orders to MARTINEZ & CO., 0 Wall street. Post office Box New York. “Iron-Clads,” Shoe, for boys and youths Z CANTRELL, 239 and 24 Fourth ay., near Nineteenth at Strong, Serviceable Leaky Roofs Repaired s d any ee Local Agents wanted! in every town. Call or sem testinontals, GLINE!S. SLATE PAINT, New York Slate Roofing Co. 5 treet. 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'N Mansions and Architecture of the Middle fol. Valentine's Churches of Rome, 3 folio, Coney's Ancient Cathedrals, atias folie. Jones’ Grammar of Oreament. Pyne’s Royal Residences, large paver, colores Vols, fol. Le Vaillant’s Birds of Var ‘adise,'2 vols., fol.; large paper. The en: ‘ed Works of Sir Robert Strary it collected edinee ah Da Vinel, Van enichino, aC a te vole mperial Bro, e vols. im . Collections of Etchings by the French Evohing Otwm, Holiar, Bauer, Callot, Rembrandt, Hamerton, &¢., ‘A Superb Series of Hiluntinated Books, inctuding the Mours of Anne of Brittany, 2 Vote ight Les Bvangiles, 2 vols; norgs de tenan Focqaet, and A’Kempis’ Imitation of Christ, 2 vo A magnificent Collection of Drawings, by the olf mag. te Ac.) to. + OC We whole to be sold at Ruction f Thursday and Frid om the evenings of sen ay ay, ci Clinton Hall Book Sate Room 5 commencing at 73 o'clock P.M, ogues—Price & centa—t be had au Gataloraee—Cis. 2. uAviTI& CO. aucteteee of Newark, publishes @ telegtam | disease were seuartad there vesterday alternood, Parties who cannot attend this sale can or iuutully, oxeeutad wave sha tal sin? at ae Bee Sts,