The New York Herald Newspaper, May 6, 1874, Page 3

BROOKLYN TREASURY FRAUDS, Beventh Day’s Proceedings in the Trial of Cortland A, Sprague, CHE PRISONER’S EVIDENCE. pa Sate 9 The Case To Go to the Jury To-Day. As the Sprague trial draws to a close the inter- est in the case increases, and tne Court of Sessions Toom cannot accommodate the people who apply for admission. As soon as the doors are opened 4m the morning the crowds gathered in the corri- or rush in, and in a very few moments every available space is occupied. The atmosphere in the court room is almost stifling. Yesterday morning Mr. Sprague was again ealled to the stand, and Mr. Van Cott continuea the crogs-examination by inquiring as to the prop- ‘erty acquired by the witness after be became ‘Treasurer. Mr. Sprague sa.d he acquired $6,500 of sewing machine stock, $7,000 of iife insurance stock, $3,000 of Prospect Park bonds and a trot- ting mare worth $2,500, He did not transfer any ofthis stock to Mr, Chauncey. In July or Angust, 1873, ne raised $67,000 by selling Dixon Manufacturing stock for $8,000, borrowing $10,000 from Surrogate Veeder on car stock, borrowing $15,000 trom Mr. Low on car stock, borrowing $6,000 from Mr. Sanger on car stock and in other ‘ways he could not remember. Most of the busi- mess was done by Mr. Veeder, and he knew how all the money was raised. Q. Let me help your memory, Your Zagle stock ‘Was deposited in the Trust Company as collateral for $45,000, Did you not take it out and sell it for asurplus?’ A, I took it out and sold it for $60,000, @ So, in addition to the securities stated yeater- Gay, there were these new securities in your pos- session? A, They were not in my possession; I bad borrowed money on them, and they had gone oat Qf my possession, | © Q They had not gone by act of Mr. Rodman ? A. No, sir; these securities being pledged was the Teason I did uot iransier; there was among my securities a note of Muitord & Underwood tor $35,000, given me for my interest in the firm; this interest was in part made up by my transier of the above securities to the firm, Q. Yesterday I understood you tosay that the firm of Mulford & Sprague was stil! in existence ? & The firm 1s now Mulford & Underwood; under certain contingeucies I MAY BE REINSTATED, and the old firm be revived again, Q State what property you had on the Ist of January, 1869,' A. I had property in New Jersey estimated at $25,000; this wasthe Passaic prop- erty. “ What other real estate had you? A. I had estate in Cuenango county worth $1,000; don’t recollect any other real estate; the incumbrances on the two properties were $4,000; I patd tor the Willow street house $16,000, leaving a mortgage of 00v. What amount of casb in hand had you on that date? A. My iuterest was nearly all in the firm of Muliord & Sprague, worth, | thought, $200,000; I owned the Dixon Manuiacturing Company stock at thas time. Q. What other stocks? A. I owned $10,000 of bonds of the Union Coal Company at that time; I Way have disposed o: it beiore that time. @ What other stocks? A. I had $3,100 of Union Oar Spring Company's stock, wich I supposed to Be worth $3,100, Did you dispose ofit? A. Yes, sir. . When? A. igave it to Mr. Schroeder; the fur- niture and live stock 1 had was valued at $10,000; Mr. Rodmau had nothing to do with it; part of my househvld furniture and stocks went into Mr. Chauncey’s hands; [ sold my interest in the firm of Muliord & Spracue ior the note of $30,000; I had withdrawn irom capital and profits irom the firm of Muiford & Sprague sbout $70,000 up to July, 1878; I I paid the bills of the firm in Pennsylvania whi ahead ont o1 my salary as salesman in New York; ‘they amounted to $16,000, @ Had you ever before January 1, 1869, paid Yaxes on more than $1,000 on personal or real ter A. Linink L have; my.income tax in 1g, ‘1871, 1872 and 1873 was attended to by Mr. Rodman; | don’t recollect about it. twat any Oue of those properties ir, Rodman to borrow money on, except such properties as he has named? A. t ean’s say that he everdid; I can’t say that any one of these collaterals were taken by Rodman from the iron box; I haven’t heard that there is any Charge against Rodman for stealing securities, Vid you not testily yesterday that Rodman collaterals of yours, when you went to him to Dorrow money for the Jefferson Company stock and others? A. Yes, sir. Idid; I farnished Rod- man money from time to ime to get back my col- THE SINKING FUND WARRANTS, Q Will you look at what purports to be a war- rant, signed by three Commissioners of the Sink- ing Faod, for $35,000, dated February 3, 1869, pay- able to tue order of C. A. Sprague, (ity ‘Treasurer, and state whether it 1s your signatu. - on tne bot- tom, and the signatures of Mayor Kalbfleisch and £. M. Jonnson, the Comptroiler? A. They are; the gentlemen whose names are signed here were the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund at that tame; 1 don’t toink I ever read the act respecting the sinking fund; 1 TOOK ADVICE ‘a8 one of the Commissioners {rom Mayor Kalbfeisch, What did you do with that drait? A. My impression 1s that I loaned it to Muiford and Sprague on a note of the clerk, J. G. Underwood, and indorsed Muliord and Sprague, Q Look at the warrant, June 8, 1869, for $25,000, gigned by three of the Commissioners of the Sink- eee and payable to the order of U. A. Sprague, state 11 it 18 signed by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund? A. It is; the two warrants amount to $60,000, Q. Was not the $00,000 represented by these two warrants returned to the credit of the sinking fund, with interest on the following dates and to ‘the joliowing amounts :— August 6, 1872. 19,000 00 Rovember 9, i8i3."7 5,00 UO . + 20.000 WW «Rie a 5,00U 00 Were you not at the time of the Murray loans adirector oi the ‘irust Company? A, I believe 1 was; the only collaterals used except my Ful'on Bank stock were whiskey recetpts, and | suppused the Trust Company were authorized to receive such collaterals, Q. Did you ever receive certificates of indebted- ess from the Comptrolier? A. | have no recol- Jection Of receiving such certificates; I never ledged such certificates as collaterals lor borrow- hg money. On THE REDIRECT EXAMINATION by Mr. Barnard the witness said he had no other Tecoliection than that le passed over the Brooklyn Building stock to Comptroller Schroeder. He hud Rot seen it since that ume, Q Did you between January 1, 1869, and October, 1872, have other operations by which you had col- laterals like certificates of stock, &c.;—A. Yes, sir, Ahad; some of the stocks had been closed; I ha bought and sold Baltimore Gas stock, which had closed ; it resulted in a profit of several tuousand @ollars; Rodman transacted the business and touk the money; I had other stock operations; my impression is that I owned avout $14,000 worth of Fulton Bank stock, which was sold at a profit of filteen to twenty per cent; Rodm: money; my stock in the Eagle Association was closed ‘up after the suspenston of the Trust Com- ny ; thls stock resul! in & profit of $57,500: jefferson Car stock resulted in a large profit; it ‘Was paying ten per cent on $100,000; that was the par value of the atock. Q. Was there any transaction regarding the Erie Railroad Company about the time o/ the discharge of Mr. Gould? A. At the time of the change Cul- nei Hall was director, and the transactions which ‘he made for me resulted in $11,000; I GAVE $10,000 OF THIS TO MR. RODMAN; at the time of the failure of the Trust Company I bad no children, Dia you recetve your salary as City Treasurer for tour ‘years and @ hall? A. Yes, sir; iv was $2,500 most of the time; RODMAN RECELVED MY SALARY and pat it to my credit in the ‘trust Uompany as rule; Rodman collected tne dividend on my stu there were other sources irom which | derived income while I was Treasurer; I was connected With quite a number of institutions, and got paid tor ‘g | duties, Q How much Fulton Bank stock did you trans- fer to the city? A. $5,000 worth; it cost me at pars the $60,000 worth of stock in the Erie junc- Matter cost me $28,000; I transferred that to ‘the city i the estimated vaine of the People’s Gas stock which [ transferred to the city was 106, Q@ Did you transfer your two houses in Willow street to Mr. Chauncey or did you transfer tho mortgages? A. I transferred the mort gages; I gold one of the houses and Mr. Channoey’ realized hal the other one is still unsold; the equity this is supposed to be $20,000, and Mr. Chanucey holds & mortgage to cover it; the Rockland pi fs vained at $14,000, the mortgage of which Mr. Chauncey holds; ‘the lots in New Jersey, worth . $1,000, were assigned over to Mr. Chauucey; the $15,000 mortgage, on which $12,000 ‘was raised irom the Mutuai Lite Insurance Com- pany; bave transferred the iritles in my various stocks subject to the loans | have detatied; the waking fund loan was under the entire control of the ‘yen SA. gl Commissioners; it was a ag 1 SUPPOSED 1 HAD A RIGHT to make the investment of the $60,u00 of the sink. ‘yg fund; I bad the sole management; the $00,000 | | | cl | an took the | | | lon of an authorized agevt renders a corporation | 84, 44, 51, 68 and 81 the charge should be They were in if the it Of thi $08,000 to the rt O! mn 18 ind was derived from the negotiations of your securities enone be time of the suspension of Col Ne 3 General ifegade was Fecallea and testified that the first ce jcates of the Jefferson car stocks were receipted tor by Rod: corroborated Surrogate Veeder Mr, cprag testimony as to the raising of the $67,000 in 1873, ‘The defence here rested. COMPTBOLLER SCHROEDER WAS CALLED FOR THE BF ENC! Di B and examined in rebuttal. He testified:—In the summer of 1873 I received transiers of property trom Mr. Sprague; it was made in writing; there | ‘was algo an instrument given to Mr. Chauncey for security to the city aud security to Mr. Sprague’s bondsmen as Trearurer; am not aware that M: Chauncey received any money trom the transie! made by Alr.. Sprague; I have not realized any- thing on the traasfers; $5,000 was realized on the note of allen & McDonald; I have no recoliecuon of a note of Muiford 4& Sprague for $30,00) transferred to the city; there is such property as Erie Junction stock described in the assignment to me; the amount ol $28,500 is held by the Fulton Bank as security; don’t know as this stock has any value beyond | $28,500; the castiter of the bank says it couldn’t | be cold for sumncient to pay the loan ana interest; Mr. Sprague transierred to me the Jefferson car stock; I believe this stock is pledged to several arties; $25,000 of it is pledged to the Fulton nk; the stock has no market value that I know of; it 1s not quoted in the market to my knowl- edge; 1 don’t know of any value which it has beyond the amount for which it is pledged; I don’t Fecollect that Mr. Sprague transferred to me stock of the Brookiyn Building Association; am not aware that he transferred to me property in Ber- gen, N.J.; the Academy of Music stock is sold from ninety to par; I don’t know the value of the Union car spring stock; the first mortgage bonds of the Willimantic Railroad are not quoted; 1 think they couid not be sold except for a nominal sum; I have realized §2,600 from the Long Island Club'note for $10,000; I expect. we will get it all; the Corporation Counsel sued for it. Q. So that you haven’t out of $78,000 on account oO! the Willimantic Ratiroad realized anything? A. I haven't attempted to realize anythirg on it. [Che prosecution here put in evidence the assign- ment dated August 20, 1872, of Sprague to Comp. trolier Schroeder, of the Zartons procks and col- laterals dated. The agreemen ween the sure- thes of Sprague, as City Treasurer, and Comptroiler Gebsoader was also putin evidence by the prose- cution. Mr. Schroeder—The last paper was executed about the same time ag the first; [have not re- ceived any thing from Mr. Chauncey so far; the total so far realized 18 $7,600; I recoliect the inter- view with Mr. Veeder; he did not appear to have a list of Sprague’s property; lately Mr. Veeder in- quired of me about some stocks, and he mentioned avout them as having been transierred by Sprague to me, but I didn’t know anything about then; at the time Mr. Sprague transferred these secaritics to me he gaid he was transferring all that he had; he did not say that any of lis properties or securi- ties had been abstracted by any one. On the cross-examination Mr, Schroeder said he Tecollected that ME. SPRAGUE SAID THAT HE WOULD MAKE ALL LOSS Goon, whether he was liable or not. Q. Haven’t you any recollection of ttre Brooklyn building stock being passed over to you? A. I have not; I compared the securities with the as- signment and found them to agree; the securities | are in my strong box; Mr. Veeder, I think, besides myself, has been to the box; last fall Mr. Veeder came there to look at the date of tne assignment; Mr. Veeder prhaemcogce d examined the securities, and I think then he ingufred about the Brooklyn building stock; I have no recoliection of giving receipts for what was turned over to me. (Sched- ule shown.) Q. Do you recollect of signing that receipt? A. Yes, sir, I signed that receipt; the schedule is made up by one of my clerks. I don’t see the Brooklyn buliding stock tn the schedule. . Now I will hand yoa another paper (handing up receipt). Did you make out and sign that re- ceipt? A. Yes, sir. Q What is it for? A. $2,000 worth of Brooklyn Building stock; (suppressed laugh- ter); the small receipts were made on the August, and the assignment was | 28th of made on the 29th; I acknowledge the receipt of the Brooxlyn Building stocks; it 18 possible that the stock is there ; if 1 received at tt is positively there; 1 have no doubt that 1 recelved everything that I receipted for, Q. bo you recollect the Sprague & Mulford note for $30,000? A. I am not aware of this, President Lambert, of the Fulton Bank, testified | for the prosecution, that bgt Sed had a loan there | Of $28,162, the collaterals being $0,000 of New Yorx and Erie bonds and otuer stocks, making in the aggregate $50,000, President Chauncey, of the Mechanics Bunk, testi- fied to the transfer of certain peers to_bim ; mortgage for $15,c0.904 6's house. on Willow street, was placed in Nis hands in trust; he aad not turned over to bey ah, the money raised on mortgages transferred to him, having been enjoined from +0 doing by Sprague. ‘The case was then closed on both sides, THE DEFENDANT'S REQUESTS TO CHARGE. Mr, Barnard, of counsel for defence, then sub- mitted the iollowing points, on which he requested the Oourt to charge the jury :— First, the defendant asks the Court to acquit the poet ond on the first count of embezzling $500,000, cause the point is not sustained. Dollars means gold or silver, and no gold or silver has been Proven to have been embezzled, This request also applied to the fifth count, wherein it is charged that the deiendant received $13,812 84, and embezzled $4,495 thereof. ‘The same request also applied to counts 8, 12, 15, 10, 22, 28, 29, 32, 35, 42, 45, 49, 53, 56, 61, 63, 66, 70, 73, 76, 79, 84, 85, 83 and 89 for the same reason as the first. Counsel asked also that the defendant be ac- | quitted on the second count, of stealing $500,000, whiten had not been sustained by proof, On all the larceny counts the defendant should be acquitted, qaoting voluminous authorities yoing to show that @ public servant who received money in trust could not be charged with larceny if any part of those iunds disappear. The Court was asked, therefore, to charge in favor of acquittal in all these larceny counts as | follows :—11, 18, 25, 31, 38, 45, 52, 59, 62, 69, 75, 82, 85 and 89, The Court was asked also to charge for acquittal in the third count, alleging the stealing Ol certain checks Of $500,000, | The defence claims that checks are not money, but simply orders for money. If the checks are to be treated money it has been proven that they ‘Entries for the $10,000 Purse To Be reached the Trust Company; that company, there- | fore, is to be deemed as holding the money in trust for the city, and there is nu embezziement | by Mr. Sprague. Rodman was the agent oi the Trust Company, and the whole company must be held responsible for his guilty kuowledge. (Mr. Barnard quoted authorities showing that the ac- lable at law Jor the obligations he undertakes or the embezziements he is guilty of.) A similar request was made as to counts 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21,.25, 27, 30, 33, 34, 96, 40, di,’ 43, 87, 48, 50, 54, 58, 57, 60, 64, 65, 67, 71, 72, 74, 77, 78 and 80, The defence asks the Court to charge for acquit- | tal on the iourth count for the reqsons above given. Also on the ninth count, on the ground that tne charge therein tuat on the 5th of Uctober, 1870, a | check for $4,495 had been embezzled by Sprayzue had not been proved. When taken it did not be- , long to the city. It was the property of the ‘Trust Company, and on the clieeck given to Sprague was | simply an order of the company to the Nassau Bank to vive him a sum of their money, For a like reason it is asked that on counts 17, | for ace quittal. Also on the fifty-eignth count, charging embez- zlemeut oi check of $14,000, no sucu cueck having been proven (o have been {n existence. Aiso on the eighty-third count, charging Sprague with having on the 15th of November embezzled certifi- cates of indebtedness of $58,000, this charge not having been sustained. For a like reason a similar charge is asked in re- gard to the eighty -seventh count, Mr. Barnard claimed that if the law rested in re- gard to these counts, and the Court entertained the points raised, there remained no points in the indictment on waich to go to the jury, The court then, at four o'clock, adjourned until ten o'clock this morning, when Mr. Francis Kernan will commence the summing up for the de- tence. THE NEWARK RING TRIALS. A Couple of Inspectors and “A Knowing Expert” on the Stand—An “Engineer Holst With His Own Poctard.” Yesterday, the twelfth day in the progress of the Newark Ring alleged conspiracy trials, was taken up entirely with the examination and cross examination of the two iudicted inapec- tors, Valentine Beculer and William Dykes, and Mr, Herman Lehibach, @ brother of the City Surveyor, Bechler, on his direct examina- tion, dened the allegations about his slecping, drinking and card playing during working hours, and swore that the paveinent on Springtield ave- nue was iaid according to contract, and that the contractors had never paid him a cent, On cross- examination by rrosecutor Abcel the witness con- fessed the fact that he had been paid $76 by a Mr. Foster for dumping the excavation earth from whe xtreet on Mr. Foster's lot. Out of this he gave O'Connor's foreman $20, Buchanan's foreman $30, and retained $26 for him- self, He was plied pretty strongly with questions as to whether he had told Mr. Foster recently that Stainsby and Rogers had told him that he would have to obey the contractors or else lose his job from tne city; and further, that they were to biame for tue imporfections in the contract, but to these all he could say was, “{ GUESS 1 DON'T REMEMBER.” fle was asked if ho did not beg Mr. Cross, a property owner, not to make any complaint be- cause of the roller not being used for jour weeks on the road bed. He sald, “No: I begs tue Street | Shepard Knapp, Jr., James A. Commission to send the roller and ne send him.” The witness aiso admitted that the Street Com- missioner had authorized him to permit the nse of dirt in the pavement. He saw Staiusby with t! Street Commissioner several times on the work. swore tively that th stone the entire pavement which he superin- tended. He denied having tuid Reimer that the contractors paid him. ‘The testimony of Dyker did not’ develop much e nce of interest. He had seen ewe o Police Justice Mills and other city officials on the pave- ment. ‘The next witness, and one that a great deal was expected irom by the defence, was Mr. Lehibach, who had been employed to make a thorough ex- amination of the pavement by the defence, and who had protessed to be an Pd pod on Teliord pave- Ment work, was next placed on the stind. By | Epoisemon he is @ civil engineer and surveyor and iS @ partuer with ex-city Surveyor Weitzel. He swore tu baving made sixty-two excavations in the pavement and jound the average depth 16 1-33 inches, His measurements ranged from nine to seventeen imches. In the pavement , there was about one-fourti dirt, He thought the pavement was a good one, but said it had sunk in one part a3 much as over twenty inches, so the road is *lopsided.”” He swore, also, that the excavations we had made had spoiled the paventens, and that it required attention at once, n cross-eXamination Mr. Lenibach admitted that in making bis measurements he haa kept near the eentve of the road, and tn one case only nad he gone as near the gutter aa thirteen Jeet. In view of the ee that all the prop. erty owners had admitted that the pavement near the centre of the road was the required depth, out was not half depth scarcely towards the gutters, the witness was asked rather sharply by the Attorney General if he thought his excava- tione fair tests. To this the witness gave an equivocal answer. Towards the close the witness was drawn into the concession that all his knowl- edge o1 Telford pavements had been “cianmed” from books during the past turee weeks; that he | dls eed with all the authorities, and that, prac- tically, he knew pothing about the matter. He Was pretty well picked to pieces by the Attorney General beiore adjournment. Mr. Gilchrist be- caine tired of asking him questions, and finally gave it up, saying, referring to him and his brother, the City Surveyor, who was on the stand on Monday, that they were “the two most know- ing witnesses” ne had ever met. The witness was Still on the stand when the Court adjourned, THE GREAT STALLION RACE. START Aauiliesi Trotted ut Mystic Park in September Next. Boston, May 5, 1874. The purse of $10,000, offered by Mr. David H, Blanchard, of this city, for a grand stallion race over Mystic Park, on Tuesday, September 16, closed at the Revere House this evening, in pres- ence of a large number of rurfmen. The race is to be mile heats, best three in five, in harness, and | was open to all stallions in the United States and Canadas. The purse 1s 80 divided as to give ac least four of the horses a chance to win | something. The first horse will receive $4,000, the second $3,000, the third $2,000 and the fourth $1,000, In addition to this, each of the jour winning horses will be awarded a gold medal, valued at $160, ‘These meals are suni- lar in every respect. In the centre Oi each 18 an engraved portratt of a horse, and ground the engraving are the words, in raised let- ters, ‘Stallion Race for the Championship oi the United States.” The opposite side of the medal is lest blank tor a suitable inscription when itshall be Known who are tue lucky ones. The following are THB ENTRIES, Robert Daizell, oi Waddingham, N. Y., br. s. Phil. Sheridan, J. R. Farnum, of Waltham, Mass., br. s. Com- monwealth, formerly Dred. Wn. B. Smith, of Hartiord, Conn., blk. s, Thomas Jefferson, ©, B. Kecler, of Boston, b. 8. Stride Away. Dv. Nevins, dre, of Boston, b. 8. Fearnaught, Jr. eres W. Bacon, of New London, Coun., b. %. W. en. mare Demas, of Detroit, Mich, b. 8. Mambrino { uit. J. H. Webber, of Boston, Mass, b. gs, Rex: Patchen, J. G, Lindell, of St. Louis, Mo., b. 8. Pilot Temple. ‘H. G, Russeil, of Milton, Maxs., br. 8. Smuggier. D. Judkins, of Gieus Falls, N. Y., ¢. & Joc Brown. C. E. Kevere, of New York, b, 3, H. W. Genet, J. Helm, of Sau Francisco, b. 8, Sam Purdy. 0, L. Marshall, of rrovidence, R, L, ch. 8 Ver- mont Abualian, A. C. Wallace, of Manchester, N. H., b. & Ned Wuliave. I, KR. Poor, of Somerville, Mass,, bik. 8. Dracd Prince. BOSTON TROTTING MEETINGS. Entries for.the Spring Races at Mystic and Beacon Parks. Boston, May 4, 1874, The May meetings at the Boston trotting parks take place next week and the week alter, begin- ning with Mystic, which has from the 12th to the 16th, inclusive, The entries are more numerous than expected. There are more than fifty for each park, there being seven races at each. It will be | seen that very good sport is promised. The purses | are divided in the usual manner, giving first, second and third moneys, The following are the entries for the Beacon Park meeting :— May 19.—Parse of $150, for 2:40 horses. Colonel Dickey’s vik. g. Watcaman, H. Brock’s cb. g. Folly, | Lon Morris’ g. g. Mieddiesome, Shomas Conle: bik. m. Loutee, James Golden’s Arabian m. Doily Varden, George Lovering’s b, g. Bay George, Dan Bigley, Jr’s., br. m. Grace, George H. Hicky’ br. s, Arthur, H, G. Sinici’s bik. g. Watchman. Same Day.—Purse of $260, ior 2:81 horses. Dan Bigley’s br. m. Lady Wentwortn, J. A. Dustin’s br. g. Frank Paimer, D. W. Beckler's ch, m. Flea elie, A. W. Worcester’s ch, 8, Colonel Moulton, M. Carroll's 8. Highland wad, MAY 20.—Purge of $160, for 2:44 horses. Colonel | Dickey’s bik. g. Country Boy, Steve Hayes’ br. m. Kate Hughes, J. A. Dustin’s br. &, Lexington, Hiram Smitn’s bik. g. Honest Jessie, Dove's br. g. Eastern Prince, May 21.— Purse 1 $150, for three-minute horses. Colonel Dickey’s ch. g. Lewiston Dick, W. H. Sis- sous >. m. Pauline, George H. Hicks’ bik. ia Prince, Dan Bigiey’s br. g. South End Boy, J . Ranleigh’s ro. g. Jack, H. rock's b.g. Eugene jormerly Tommy Dodd), J. Bowen’s b, m. St. Wrence Maid, Lon Morris’ W. Beckier’s 8, n. Fanny Gray, N. 1. Lady Edwards, Charles Wormweil’s bik. g, Black | entered in the Westchester Cap, Diamond, M. Carroll’s b. m. Glencoe Belle. Same Day.—Purse of $400 lor 2:20 horses, D. Bigley’s ch. m. Fannie, George H. Bailey's b. g. ustin’s br. g. Frank Palmer, A. W. Worcester’s ch, s. Colonel Moulton, M, Carroll's b. g. Ben Starr. May 22.—Purse 0i $150, lor 2:50 horses. George H, Hicks’s r. g. White Mountain Boy, H. Brock's b, g. kugene (formeily Tommy Doud), Colonel Dickey’s br. f George Maynaru, A. Woodward's b. g. Jester, Lon Morris’s g. m. Mabel Gray, D. W. | Beckler’s 8. m. Fanny Gray, N. 1. Dove’s br. m. | Lady Edwaras, Ciurles Wormweil’s vik. g. Black Diamond, Hiram Siaith’s bik. m, Honest Jessie, M. Carroll’s b. m. Glencoe Belle. Same Day.—Purse 01 $250, for 2:34 borscs, H. A, | Hall’s gs. m. Caoutchouc, Colonel Dickey’s b. m, Lady Kirk, George H. Bailey's b. 8, King William, Thomas kenton's br. m. Kate Gilbert, 0, W. Beck ler’s ch, m. Flora Belle, M. Carroll’s br. ¢, Juha Lambert. " The list for Mystic Park is substantially the same. ‘The only differences are as ‘ollows:— In class 1 add E. Huribut's a. g. Rumble, Colonel Dickey’s br. g. George Mayuard, Dan Bigiey’s w. . Modoc Culef, George H. Hicks’ b, m. Flora, A. ‘oodward’s b. g. Jester, and omit digi Boy, Arthur, Watchman, Folly, Meddlesome, Dolly Var. den and Grace. in class 2 add M. Carroll's High- land Maid, in class 8 add Lon Moxcris’ g. g. Med- diesome, D, O. Kay’s bik. g. Pirate and J. Golden’s ~ g. Ned. In class 4add Robert Johnson's b, m. Lady Jane, J. D. Santoru’s b. g. Sleuth, K. A, Saie’s bik. m. Queen, and omit Prince, Jack and Black Diamond. In class 6 omit Keo Starr. In class 6 add R, Jobnson’s b. m, Lady Jane, J. D. Saniord’s b. g. Sleuth, E. Huribat’s g. g, Rumble, b. A. sale’s bd, m, Queen, D. C. Kay's bik, g, Pirate, and omit Waite Mountain Boy and Black Diamond, In class 7 omit Jubilee Lambert and King William. CHICKASAW JOCKKY CLUB. Second Day of the Spring Racing Meet- ing at Memphis—Stampede the Win. ner of the Mile and a Half Dash and Quartermaster the Mile Heats. Mempars, Tenn., May 5, 1874 This was the second day of the Chickasaw Jockey (lub spring racing meeting, There was a large at- tendance, among whom were many ladies. The ‘weather was fair and the track in asafe but not fast condition. DASH OF ONE MILE AND A HALF. The first race was for the Jockey Club purse of $200, dash of one mile and a half, for all ages. ‘The runners were—Ortolan, Donnybrook, Surrey, Limestone, Stampede, Chris Doyle, Captain Hut- chinson and Kdward Adams. The betting was very spirited. Ortolan was the favorite, selling for $100; puirey, $004 Edwin Adams, $50; Donnybrook, $59, and the fleld, $60. The horses were startea trom the hall-mue pole, Kdwin Adams bes) the lead, with Limestone second, Ortolan third, surrey fourth and the othera in @ bunch, several lengtus behind. Coming into the homestretch the posi- tiens were the same a8 around but up the backstretch Stampede rusied from the rear and took third piace. Gradually he closed on the leaders, running on the extreme outaide of the track, Coming into tie homestretch he lapped Edwin Adams, and, at the lower end of the stand, drew away and won the race by a iength, Kdwin Adams second aud Jour lengths in front of iame- the turn, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, stone, the others being distanced, The exctte- ment over the race was invense, a8 tt was one of the best ever rua over the course. The victory of Stampede poaoe. Sesiane the opinion of the best judges, who declared that he could have won in a cauter yesterday with Larry Hart kad it not oeen Jor the accident which threw bim down. Time, 214524 MILE HEATS, ‘The secon’ race wag fora Club purse of $350; mile heats; jor all ages, The entries were Quar- termaster, B. F, Carver, Emir Mary L.. and all started. ‘The pools on an average were B. PF. Carver, $80; Emir, $70; Quartermaster, $¢6, aod Mary L., $10, ‘The contest was very fine. In both heata Carver contesied every inch o1 ground with artermaster, Who won the first by @ neck and second by a length. Emir was third in potn Time, 1:49% and 1:46%. bi | Tais was anotber frst class race, considering the dull condition of the track, SUMMARY. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 6, 1874.—SECOND Day OF THE SPRING MReTING OF THE CHICKASAW JOCKEY CLuB—Finst Race.—Ciub purse $200, ior all ages; dash of one mile and a ball, William M, Conner's ch, ¢. Stampede, 3 years old, by War Dance, dam Dolly Morgan........ G. B, Morris’ b, g. Edwin Adams, 4 years old, by Planet, OM Zephyr.........sseevveeee ase L. A. Hitchcock's ch, c. Limestone, 4 years old, by War Dance, (am /'ransylvania. . tees & CO's br, Ortolau, aged, by ie, dam Canary Bird... + sees GMS, John Coffee’s gr. «, Donnybrook, 4 yeors old, by Lightning, dam Jessamine Porter.. eens! M. Welch’s 0. g. Chris Doyie, aged, by Voucher, -dam by Epsilon.. 1 2 8 | M. Welch's b. g. Gapiain Hutchinson, "years old, by Voucier, dam by Zero, sth dis, Owner’s Surrey....... dis, ‘Time—2 245 44, SauB Day—GRoonD KacE.—Purse of $350, for all ages, mile heats, J. J. Crowley’s ch. h. Quartermaster, aged, by Bonnie Scotland Ino. Coffee’s br. c. 'B.'F. Carver, 4 years old, gesting, dam La Victime....... a warr: G Emir, 4years old, by Rousseau, dam Lim eens steesrecesscsseeees 3B Fred Lioyd’s b, t. Mary L., 4 years old, by Voucher, dam by Epsi!on. seeeerees 40l8 ‘Time—1 3494 — George H. Rice to-day offered t 63. 0 match S‘ampede against aby horse on the track, \or a dash of two | mules. The following 1s the state of the odds at the | American Jockey Club rooms on the several racing events to take place the coming summer :— WITHERS STAKES, Taken, Grinstead Book full Battle Axe . Ttol jouw tull King Amade 8tol ook full ‘thundervolt coit 8 to 1 Book full 9 tol Book iull 9 tol Book jul 10 tol 12 tol BELMONT STAKES, Sue Washing- Taken. ton colt. -Book full Steel Eyes, 5 wl Rutherior +-Book tuil Battie Axe 6tol Saxon... Book ruil Grinstead . Tol Brother to Lon- Maccaroon...... 8 to 1 -Book full Weathercock g9tol -Bovk iull Regardiess 10 tol Brigand.. 10 tol Aaron Penning- TOD... eseceeeee Ii 1 WESTCHESTER CUP. Taken, Tai Ttol Stan ord.., 8tol Crocktord, 9tol Shylock ..... gtol JUVENILE 8TAKKS, taken, Taken. Leader. Geneva Colt...... 7 to 1 Austratind, Colt out of {tem.. 8 to 1 Scramble. Examumer........ 9 to 1 TMAVERS STAKES, Taken, Taken, Rutherford. Sue Washington Its ae Aaron Penning- COHssenlessoss Brother to Lon- OD... ..6s060054620 to L 12 tol SARATOGA STAKES, Taken. +» 10 to 1 Sangara colt.. 10 to 1 Geneva coit ++ 10 to 1 Tom Ochiltree KENTUCKY STAKES, Taken, ll tol 12t1 i2tol Taken, . 12wl 10 to1 Leisuie colt..... 12 to 1 + 10 tol Meko......, 16 tol The foilowing bets were offered but not taken:— $500 to $1,000 that Shylock vets a place in the West- chester Cup; $1,000 even that he does not get Placed at all; $600 even, Shylock against any three except @trachino, tor a place inthe West- chester Cup, and 1 inst 2 that Shylock or Strachino géts a place in the Westchester Cup. Jonn F. Chamberlin was offered and refused $5,000 for Survivor. — Crockford was offered to a New York gentleman for $3,000, M. H, Sanford haa stopped working Monarchist, being afraid that the horse will not stand hard training, J. W. Hunt Reynolds, with astring of six race horses, arrived at Jerome Park on Sunday after- noon, ali looking well after their journey trom Kentucky. The string comprises Whisper, four three-year-olds and a two-year-old, Whisper is Christine and New York. Austraiiod. Bernous... Vaidine are in the Travers stakes. \ THE NATIONAL GAME, A Big Victory for the Atlantics Over the Baltimore Mosquitoes. The professional base ball season in this vicinity was inaugurated on the Union Grounds, Brooklyn, R. D., yesterday afternoon, the contestants being the Baltimore nine (Mosquitoes) and the Atlantics, The fore part of the day was so decidedly unpro- pitious for the sport that few people thought the game would be played, consequently not more than 400 assembled within the enclosure. The grounds looked as beautiful as ever, ana, save that | they were a little too soft, were in good condition, The game opened with the Atlantics at the bat, and they were quickly disposed of for a blank, Dehiman being the only one to make a clean base hit, Williams led oif for the Baltimoreans and got to first on an error by Pearce and home on a two- axe hit by Dean. In the second inning Chapman started the Brooklyn boys on a streak of batting. and, aided by several errors on the part of the Mosquitoes, they roued up tenruns belore the third hand could be disposed of, It is but justice to Brainard to add that not one of these ten runs The remainder of the story is quickly told. The Atiantics went on piling up the rans and playing such a sharp helding game as to preclude the possibility of tue visitors get- ting more than two additional runs. Bond was exceedingly effective in us deitvery, the Baitimore boys getting vut four first base hits off his pitching. | Was earned, ' Brainard pliched weli, out he was wretchedly sup- ported tu the field. Sweasey, who basa very sure hand, played so poorly that at the conclusion of the fourth inning he went to right held, Dean going to second and Bettaski to centre ficla, The best play ‘was showa by Williams, Gould and Dean, of the Mus- quitocs, and Pearce, Ferguson, Farrow and Bond, of the Atlantics. ‘To-day the Baltimore boys try tneir hand with | the Mutuals, whom they intend to defeat in hand- some style—at icast so they say. Appended is the score of yesterday's contest :— BALTIMORE. ATLANTIC, Players. 1B.P 0.4. BE. RAB.POAE, Williains,s.9..2 0 2°5 § 204aTs Warren, 3b....0 1 2 1 1 Bond, ‘32020 Dean, 21 0 122 1 Dehiman, iv.. 5 415 0 1 Gould, 18.22°070 113 0 0 Clinton, %.....3 23 25 Swease, 001 1 4 Pearce, 5. 5. 33252 Brainard 00.1 2 Ferguson, 3b:.3 4141 Beliaski, OLlLOO 23102 Ryan, W'f....21 0:20 4 Piro. Shyder, © 00416 23100 Totals........8 497 2 . 4 28 97 14 18 i Clube. lt, MW. 3d, th. 8th, Baltimore... 1 0 1 OY os Atlantic 10 1 3 Ba 4 3 0 Kuns earned—Baltimore, 0; Atlantic, 3. First base by errors of opponents—Baltimore, 7 times; Two hours fifteen minutes. latthewa, of the Mutual Ciub, , Hartfords vs. Athletics. HARTFORD, Conn., May 5, 1874. A base ball match was played here to-day be- tween the Hartfords, of Hartford, ana the Athletics, of Philadelphia. It was one of a series of championship games. The Hartiords were the winners by the fullowing score :— TNRINGS. Crude. Tet, Ud Yd, 4th Eh. Ih. TH. BUA. 9h, Harttords. $8 0 2 0 uv 0 2 bet Athletics. 2b it so a9 A large crowd was in attendance. YAOHTING NOTE. The new steam schooner yacht Ideal, of the New York Yacht Club, Mr, Havemeyer owner, on & cruise eastward, ran from New London to Newport yesterday in three hours and twenty-seven min- utes, fhe Ideal had on boara Mr, Mugo Fritsch, Austrian Consul at New York. POLITIOAL OOALITION. SAN PRANOIs00, Cal., May 5, 1674, A coalition bas been formed in Uregou between the republicans and democrats, with the hope of defeating she independents, ” WASHINGTO: Cicadas The fenate Considering the House Currency Bill—New Measures and Propositions—A Sharp Discussion Between Alcorn and Conkling on the Relief Bill for the ‘uf- ferers in Louisiana by the Flood. WASHINGTON, May 5, 1874. Cabinet Session. At the Cabinet session to-day there was some | conversation over the condition of affairs in Ar- ; Kansas, but the Executive has not yet delivered its decision in the disputed case. The Attorney ; General stated that the attorneys for Brooks had not completed their argument, ana have asked for ; @ day or two to compiete it thoroughly, and prob- | ably the much hoped for decision of the Presidont will be announced by Friday next if | Not before that date. A lew telegrams have been | Fecelved there to-day, but they contain no adal- | tional information to that conveyed in the de- | SPatches of yesterday and the regular press re- ports. The Cabinet session was brief, The departments Were all represented, Assistant Secretaries Sawyer and Cowan being present for the Treasury and In- | terior Departments respectively, i The House Currency Bill. The Serate Finance Committee to-day took fur- ther action on the House Currency bill, and by a Majority vote agreed to recommend the incorpo- Tation in it of the following provisions :—The maxi- mum ,reenback circulation to be $382,000,000, New national bank notes to be issued to the amount of $164,000,000, provided that for eacn million of such new notes tusued there shall be $500,000 of greenbacks retired, un- til the total greenback circulation shail have been reduced to $300,000,000, ‘The com- mittee voted to tix January 1, 1877, as the date at which specie payment should be resumed, but did | not reach @ conclusion as to what system should be employed for that purpose—whetner ot inter- | changeable bonds or by means of any of the other | plans proposed, Ht Cuban Hospitality. Naval advices show that the Colorado, on her | recent trip to Havana and Matanzas, was received | with great cordiality and specil attention, The oMcers were courteously entertained in various ways, and the officers of the Isiand seemed to | exert themselves to cultivate friendship and good | Jeeling, Nominations by the President. | The President sent the following nominations to the Senate to-day :— | Frederick Morley, to be Register of the Land Otice at Detioit, Mich.; George Lount, to be Re= | | ceiver oO: Public Moneys at Prescott, Arizona ;- ‘Thomas A. Henry, to be Collector of Customs at Paunlico, N. C, Postmasters—William G. Williams at Watertown, N. Y.: Thomas A. Hills at Leominster, Masa. ; Miss Celestia L. Edwards at Oconomewoc, Wis. ; Joseph A. Wheelock at St. Paul, Minn.; N. H. Ives at inde. pendence, Kan.; David A, Chever at Leaver, Vol. A’Strong Discussion in the United States Semate on the Appropriations for the Sufferers by the Mississippi Overflow. WASHINGTON, May 5, 1874, Mr. MORRILL, (rep.) of Me., irom the Committee on Appropriations, reported back the biil for the | Telief of persons suffering from the overflow of the Mississippi River, which appropriated $90,900, with an additional section, directing the Secretary of War to issue temporary supplies of food and army | clothing to those suffering, and appropriaung $60,000 additional for that purpose. Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., moved an amend- | ment providing that the provisions of the Dill | | should expire on the Ist of September next, Mr. P&as®, (rep.) Of Miss.,8poke of the suffering existing iu his State on account of che overflow and the inability of the State authorities to relieve the destitution, Mr. ALOORN, (rep.) of Miss., said care should be taken to distribute this iood and clotuing judi- ctously. He reierred to a telegram published this morning that the negrves around Memphis were now declining to work, alleging that the govern: ment of the United States was going to feed and clothe them. The dificulty was that under this bill the labor in that country might become de- moralized, He had 1,000 negroes on his pianta- tion, but ne did mot ask the government to feed them. He would feed them himself, and when he had no more ail would starve together, The people of Louisiana | and Mississippi had been taxed largely for the construction of levees, and they should have been properly made to resist the treshet. If the money had been properly expended the de- | | sired onject would have been accomplished. Lou- isiana alone bad spent $12,000,000 upon the Missis- sippi levees, and the State of Missi-sippi had spent | 10,000,000 Bince the war for the same purpose. ive nililions of dollars honestly and properly ex- | pended would have been sufficient to protect the Btate of Mississippi [rom overuow. THE TROUBLE WAS THE MONEY had been squandered by irresponsibie and reckless | parties. Several of the counties in Mississippt, in- cluaing the one in which he lived, had been taxed, | { if \ \ | for levee Duy 80 much on every pound oO! cpt ton raised, of supervisors were appointed for the various counties to direct the cx+ penditure of this money. The Board of Su- Pervisors for this purpose in his county con- sisted of four negroes, who, he believed, could neither read nor write, and one white man who Was such that the people would sooner have the meanest negro that could be fougd tian have him. ; The taxpayers had no responsi! no share in | the disposition of theirown moue) was | ie reason why it was squandere a diverted from its legitimate purposes. He’ , Alcorn) had endeavored heretoiore to have thi "al ZOV- ernment take charge of the levees, ket the States pay for them, as they are able Let the army officers have ch of the’ work, | The people are not alraid of them, because they | | know tney will not be plundered by them. The | | Reople had no faith in their local government, | When he left Mississippl a short time ago the | water was not op to the food line by twenty-eignt | | mches, but the levees were 80 badly constructed | | that they wouid not stand, Tne economical way to relieve the people was tor the government to take | | persons who bad defraude | debt which she had brougit on the country? | without saying a word, and had been told only one not overfiowed to-dav, He took th # against his (Mr, Alcorn’s) advice, unt proneearana #0 (0 prevent irand, as the contracts were about he no doubt did save a large ct. Shovid this a Low the disbursement ary of Wal not pat into the’ hauas 4 were itenng to. get hold” of 8° Who from ss whom the Regroes ~~ wonid but little of it, The oMcers tn bis State we = the choice of the taxpayers, and he would Tether appeal to the Secretary than to those satraps ple, He charged that General had removed citizens trom the boards in the district now overflowed, aud put in their places d the people. Mr. CONKLING said the people of Mississippi haa ratified Genera! Ames abd made him their Gov. ernor, notwithstanding ail the Senator liad said. He sup} d the gentleman aliuded to General Ames when he spoke of satraps, Mr. ALCORN said he knew he was elected to the office of Governor, aud he also knew that he woula never have been elected to that office had is not been for the prestige oi; the government’ of the United States. It was given out everywhere that the administration was at his back, and »o tegeray Qige holder dared to speak in Javor of bim (Mr. Alcorn), Mr. CONKLING inquired by what miajority Gov- ernor Ames was elected. Mr. ALCORN replied 19,200 out of @ republican majority in the State of 38,000, He (Mr. Ames) had no More interest in the Stave than he (uur. Alcorn) had in New York ; but he did not propose to go into that question now, though ue would DEFEND THE PEOPLE OF HIS STATE. Mr. TipTON, (rep.) of Ned., said when the dis- cussion on this bill commenced he was told what the people of Mississippi were suffering. It had been kept up so long that ne now had serious apprehensions that they had expired, and he therefore thought the appropriution had better be made for funeral expenses. (Laughter.) Mr. ALCORN said he held the people of the South inexcusable for driving the people away from them; but they had been stricken down and taxed unjustly, He denounced the tax tmposed upon their cotton as unconstitutional and oppressive. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal, moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations, Mr. CAMERON, \rep.) of ,» Said he was tired of hearing charges agatnst the people of the Nort every day. Whenever an opportunity offered to censure the North some one from the South got up and did it. He wanted to forget the war and its consequences, and noe there would be an end to these Charges. Ifthe South was poor whose fauit Was it? What had she done w pay the coors had stood here and listened to these com| r=) La own constituents that they snould cease and that he should deiend bis people, At first he was will- ing to give two or three times the amount me: tioned ih this bill for the relief of those suifering; but i it was to be received with an attack upon the honesty of the guvernment, and with an un- wWiiling hand, HE WOULD NOT GIVE A CENT. Mr. PEASE, (rep.) of Miss., said he deplored this | reconstruction debate, which had been dragged in by his colleague. He desired to repel the ingiDua- tion that the money would be jalan ee by the State officials. General Ames was an honest man, aud the people of Mississippi, without regard te political faith, gave tim the credit of being one: Mr, ALCORN Said the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron) had said he was tired of these com- plaints. The things of waich he (Mr. Alcorn) had spoken were matters of niscory. Mr, SARGENT’S motion to recommit the bill was then agreed to, ‘The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Sargent, pro- ceeded to the constderation of executive business, alter which the doors were reopened and tue sen- ate adjourned, THE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS. Sad Pictures of Destitution—Women and Children Fighting Against Star~ vation—Beuetits from the Relief Sent. New ORLEANS, May 5, 1874. A. T. Mardio, writing from Black River, says the country is submerged deeper than it was in 1867. Among the people there have been great priva- tions, and, in some instances, suffering. He says:— “Picture to’ your mind the condition of our local- ity when heipless widows aud children are con- demned to fight starvation with twoand a half ears of corn a day.” Alter mentioning other cases of destitution the writer concludes :—“Bub jor the timely arctval of supplies from tne Reliét Committee of New Orleans the suffering here would have been intense. 1¢ thrills mé with horror to contemplate what our coudition would have been had not the Heaven sent charity reached us in time. May the douors never know what it 18 to want. If they could witness the effect of their noble acts they wouid juliy realize that i is more blessed to give than to receive.” The Distribution of Relief—Planters Trying to Procure Funds—Negroes Re- fasing to Work—The River Falling. MEMPHIS, May 5, 1874. ° ‘There is no suffering or destitution above Napo- leon which has not or 1s not being relieved, and care should be taken to send supplies to responst- ble parties at depots already established below that point, in order that chey may be properly dia tributed. Planters trom beiow were in the city to-day trying to procure hands. They confirm previous statements in regard to the large number of colored hands refusing to make new engage- ments, thinking that the uational hovernment wilt provide for them. The river at this’ point has fallen about two inches ond a steady decline is leoxed ior, It ts | sate to state that trom New Mairid to the mouth ot White River, on the Arkansas side, theie Is nob @ single plantation that is entirely submerged, while on the east side the damage is trifling. The levees in Tuaica and Coaloma counties, Mississippi, have thus far withstood the Nood, The Signal Office Report. , WASHINGTON, May , 1874, The Signal Ofice reports that during the past twenty-iour. hours the Mississippi has Jallen slightly a'Sti Paul, rising one inch from La Cro-se to Keokuk, two inches at Warsaw and fen inches | at St. Louis, and fallen one ineh at Cairo, Memphis and New Orleans, being two feet and one inch at the latter place below tie point reached April 15. The Missouri has fatien steadily from Omaha to Brunswick, and risen thence to tts mouth an aver- « age of six inches, ‘The Ohio has fallen trom Pittsburg to Louisville and risen slightly below the jatter place, aud has also shown a tendency to rise at litcsburg, the Alilegnany having risen tuirteen incues ab rt. The Red River has fallen three inches at Shreve- port, the Arkansas one foo: at Littie Rock and the Cumberland twenty tuches at Nashvilie. The Mononganela is also reported to be falling at Brownsville, charge of these levees, and give the poor people employment in reconstructing them | when the water goes down, and not | let the negroes suppose the federal governuent was going to feed and clothe them. | He would rather have the country bordering on | tne Mississippi given away than have tie people | struggling all the time against these wrongs. In | the county in wiich he lived there were lourteen colored men vo one white man, and they were tod in the last canvass that if they would vote ior and | stand by @ ceriain ticket the land snould ali be | divided among them. He had no complaint to make against the colored men of his State. They | were peaceanie and law-abiding, but it was not | na‘ural ior a people to work if they could be Jed | and ciotied for nothing. | APPLYING THE PROBE, Mr. CONKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., inquired if the | Senator had any objection to stating who these | Persons were Who made such promises, | Mr. ALcoRN said he did not wish Lo mention any | names now, ‘ie had given them upon the stump ip Mississippi, fe was talking about tne flood and how it might have veen prevented. He had no doubt there was much sudering, but tnougat it had veen exaggerated. ‘The Secretary of War Should have exclusive control of the relief fund, It the idea should get out that the governinent was going to feed these colored people there would be no more work by them. The State of Arkansas | should aisxo be included in the bill, as there was sublering in that State as Well 4s in Mississippi and Lonisiana, He thought Mississippi was able to take care of its poor, tut the Legislature could not | be convened for fiiteen ov twenty days, and by taat time tuose in want wouid be beyond any aid. MP. LUNKLING said, before hearmg the Senator | from Mississippt, he tuought he would have voted | | for the bill; but as that senator had stated the | State was able to take care of its own poor any | aid that Congress should give should be in the nature of an advance wo be returned vo the govern- ment hereafter. As no one in Mississippl was dis- franchised he did not see how it was the people had no voice in the management of their own attuirs. He inquired of the Senator the name of the person who was the Presideat of the Upper Levee Board. , Ar. ALCORN said it was M, F, Alcorn, his Mr, CONKLING said he would not remain silent and listen to insinuatiuns that the national admin. istrativn was responsivie jor the sins of omis- | sion and commission tn the Southern States. The misitie im Mississippi Was not brought about by carpet-baggers or non-residents, and the Senator (Mr, Alcorn) might as well charge this maiadmunis- tration he complains of upon the Sultan of rurkey, BRISTLING WITH HISTORY, Mr. ALOORS inquired if the Senator from New York (Mr. Couklingy did not know that in 1867 and | 1868 Congress passed & law forbidding any one irom holding ofice in any Southern State uniess that person should take the “iron-clad” oat! did he not know that oath excluded all | respectable nen of that section from office, The | oat wus extended even to the voter, Bo that re- | apectapte men sosia Bot it Tr. CONKLING said he eny that any man had been denied the right to vote after he State gove bel jee was wan ce ‘ ir. ALCORN it was true bis son was Preai- dent of the Upper Levee poste bat it wag also true that the district over which he oresided was the | and | | the prop ‘The ratniall within the watersheds of the several rivers during the same period has been as tok lows:—In the Mississippl, five-hundredths of an inch at St. Louis; in the Ono, twenty-flve-hun- dredths of an inch at Ciucinnatl, seventeen-hun~ dreaths at Pittsburg and one-tenth of an inch ab Indianapolis; in the Tennessee, six-hundredths at Knoxville; in the Cumberlaud, one-hundredth as Nasiviile, and none on taose of the Missouri, Arkansas and Red rivers, Relief Through the Granges. Hammonton, N. J., May 6, 1874 To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD3—~ Will you please mention the fact that Mr. N. D. Witman, of New Orleans, is the Secretary of the State Grange of Louisiana, and will receive and ; distribute all contributions sent to the sufferers in that State from the inundation, The moneys he receives he will disrribute to the suflering, regard- less of their afiliation with our Order, The Na- tional Grange has already sent a contrivution, ana the grange in this State is now contributing to the same end. EDWARD L, HOWLAND, Master State Grange, New Jersey, Ald from Charleston. CHARLESTON, 8. C., May 6, 1874, The Citizens’ Committee telegraphed to New Orleans to-day, authorizing @ dratt for $2,000 for ‘he relief of the sufferers by the floods, Contribu~ tions are still coming in and collections will be taken up in the churches uext Sund: same purpose. salt aig NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND RAILROAD, Boston, Mass., May 5, 1874. A meeting of the New York and New England (formerly Boston, Hartford and Erie) Railroad was held here to-day. A statement of the affairs of the road was made by one of the trustees, from which it appears that there are now over 400 miles of road under the control of the corporation, the principal abilities being the devt imcorpo- rated in the Burdell mortgage for $2,000,000, The committee of the bondholders appotnted ty devise Ways and means for a settlement of the difficulties made a repurt recommending that $10, 000,000 be. oe idntad unk “nortgn Degotia' ‘gage j y gi) Toads that a new card directors be elected to represent all the States im which the road lies and that ail the bonds be changed (or stock cerifdcates at the rate of shares for one of tie present bonds, A letter was read from President Watson, of the Ele “oad; resigning us omtee a8, director buy stating that he and others for whom he anent would not oaly exchange their bonds into rs but take additional stock tm the new corpes tion, l ‘The recommendations of the committes were adopted and an adjoarniaent had in order to nage certain the seuse oj tre hondhaiders on the prepes sitions,