The New York Herald Newspaper, May 15, 1874, Page 3

—_ WASHINGTON. Text of the Senate Finance Measure as Adopted. BILLS PASSED THE HOUSE. Development of Frauds in the District Investigation. A RECORD OF ROBBERY. WASHINGTON, May 14, 1874, Text of the Finance Bill Passed by the Senate—An Inflation Measure in the Guise of Contraction. . The following is the text of the Finance bill ‘Which passed the Senate to-day, with all the amendments inserted :— Be itenacted, &c., that the “Act to eurrency secured by a pledge of U1 ‘to provide jor the circulation and 4 roved June 3, I shall be bi lational Bank act of Section 2.—Tbat section 31 of the National Bank act of 1864 be so amended that the several associations therein ‘ided for shall not hereatter be required to keep on Any amount of money whatever Dy reason oft amount of their respec s, but the moneys Required py.saia section to be kept at all times on hand ahall be determined by the amount of ceposits in all re- ey sh gg orga: tee all keep and maintain asa iy) of its re= werve one fourth part of the coin received by it as inter- ri) bonds of the United states deposiied as security Fr circulating notes or governinent deposits. Sxc. 3,—that sections 31 and 32 of the said act be Fenniting teach of the sail associations ninety days after the passage of this act and thereafter, keep its lawful money reserve within ita own vaults at the place where its operations of discount provisions of the and deposit are carried on: and all the ir! ise where than in its own vaults, or requiring or per ting the redemption of its circulating notes else- here than at its own counters, except as provided for in this phe hereby papenient. Sxc. 4.—That section 22 of the sald act and the several amendments thereto, so far as they restrict the amount ‘Ot notes for circulation under said acts, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and ie proves in the first section @fthe act approved July 12, 1870, entitled “An act to pro- vide for the redemption of the three per cent temporar Joan certificates and for an tncrease of national: ban to banks thereatter organized a circu- lation of over 000,” and the proviso of the third sec. on of said act limiting the circulation of banks author- to issue notes redeemable in gold coin to $1,000,000, and section 6 of said act relating to the redistribution of ,U0U, of circulating notes be and the same are ereby repealed; that every association hereafter or- mwanized shall be fupient to and be governed by the rules, restrictions and lim{tations, and possess the rights, priv- es and franchises now or hereaiter to be prescribed was to national pening associations, with the game power to amend, alter and repeal provided. by the ional Banking act of 186), ‘hat "y association organized or to be or- rovisions of the said act, and of the ts in 3 \dment thereof, shall at all times ve on deposit in the Treasury of the United States, @ sum to be held gnd 01 ir redemption of such circulatiun, and when the circulating notes of any such organization or association shall be presented ior redemption in.sums aw or any multiple thereof to the Treasurer of the mited States, the same shall redeemed in United States notes. lotes so redeemed shall be charged Dy the Comptroller of the Currency to gre resnactive as: sociations issuing the same, and he shall notify them on the first day of each month, or oftener at his discretion, of the amount of such redemptions, ‘whereapon each association so notitied shall fortawith deposit with the Treasurer of the United States a sum in United states notes equal to the amount Of its circulating Rotes so redeemed, and all notes of national banks worn, Getaced, mutated or otherwise unfit for circula- tion shall, when recelved by any assistant treas- Brer, OF Jat any designated | renository of the United States, be for ied to the Treasury of the Untved States for redemption as provided herein and When such redemptions have been su reimbursed, the circulating notes so redeemed shall be torwarded io the Fespective associations by whom they were issued; but sf such notes are worn, mutilated, defaced or rendered otherwise unfit for use, they shall be torwarded to the ‘Comptroller of the Currency and destroyed and replaced as now provided by law. Provided t ch of said as- ice shall reimburse to the 11 y the charges transportation and the cost ot assorting said notes; and the associations hereatter organized shall also severally reimburse to the [rea “té the cost of en- pig ‘such plates as shall be ordered by each associa: in Feupectively, and the amount assessed upon cach ssocla | shall be in proportion to the circulation re- be charged to the fund on deposit with the asurer, Sec. 6.—That any association organized under the act of which this is an amendment desiring to withdraw its notes in whole or in part may, upon the de- the Treasurer'ot the United irculating no’ ed to the bank in the manner specified in ‘she ininewscath section of oe eee of 1864, and the out- santing notes of euid association to Jegal tender notes deposited al the Treasury of the United State: 4, vided by law; provided that the amount of the bonds Bu depostt tor ‘droulation shall not be reduced below 8xc. 7.—The Comptroller of the Currency shall, under such regulations as the Secretary of the ireasury may prescribe, cause ihe charier number ol the association (0 printed upon all nat bank notes which may here- alter be issued by him. ‘Suc. 8—rhat the entire amount of United States notes outstanding and in circulation at any one time shall not QFoeed the, sum ot $9:2.000.0N0; and within inirty after circulating notes to the amount of $1,000, from time to time be issued to national ban! amount of United States notes equal to twenty-five per gent of the circulating notes so issued, which shall be in reduction of the maximum amount of $382,000), fixed by this section, and ‘such reduction shall con- tinue until the maximum amount of Unitea 8 Rotes outstanding shall be $3,100.40; and for that pu Pose he ws authorized to issue auid vell at public sale, aiter n days’ notice ot the time and place of sale, a sufficient amount of the bor of the United States of the clarac- fer and description Dresoribed in this oat, for United itates notes to be then retired and cancelled. ‘bec. 9.—That on and ater the Ist day of July, 1878, any holder of United States notes to the amount of $1,000, or @ny maultiple thereof. may present them tor payment at the office ot the Treasurer of the United States, or at the Oftice of the Assistant Tygasurer at tho city of New York, and thereupon the secf®ary of the Treasury shall, in exchange tor said notes, deliver to such holders an equal amount of coupon’ or registered bonds of the United states, in such iorm as he Cad Prescribe, of dc nominations of or some multiple of that sum, re- deemable in coin of the present standard vi Pleasure of the United Sates after fifteen years trom he date of their issue, and bearing interest, payable ‘Quarterly in such coin ar the rate of four ahd ® half ¥ cent per annum pei "i id the _fecretary of the Treasury shall issue the Unit stuten notes so reserved, or if they are cancelled he shail issue nowes to the same amount, either to purchase or redeem the public debt at par in coin or to mect the current payments for the public service, and the said bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from the payment of all taxes duties of the United States, as well as from taxation any form by or under State, municipal or Jocal au- thority. And the said bonds shall have set forth and ex Dressed upon their face the above specified conditions, and shall, with their coupons, be made payable at the Treasury of the United States; provided, however, that the Secretary of the Treasury, in lieu of such bond: May reacem said notes in the gold coin of the Unites tes, 8xe, 10,—That nothing in this cct shall be construed to authorize any increase of the principal of the public debt of the United states. Passage by the House of the Deficiency Bill and the Bill Relative to the Freed- man’ jvings Bank. In the House this morning, on the report by Mr. Durham, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, the bill to amend the charter of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company was dis- cussed. It makes it the duty of the bank officers to make loans to the extent of half their deposits on unincumbered real estate in the vicinity of the agency or branch of tne company, worth at least donvle the amount of the loans, and to collect as goon as possible the loans made on real estate outside the State in which the deposits were made. It allows the trustees, with the consent or the Comptroller of the Currency, to close at any time any of the branches or agencies, It forbids the loan of more than $10,000 to any one person or company. 1t forbids the payment of more than five per cent interest on deposits, and it provides that when- ever it is deemed advisable to wind up the entire business of the corporation the trustees shell select three competent men to do so, who are to dispose of all its property and aistribute the pro- ceeds among its creditors pro rata, Mr. Durham explained and advocated the bill, and announced that, although the institution was not solvent, such a vill as this was desired by the majority of ‘the trustees, who were confident that they had property enough to meet all Habilities, and that in twelve months they could pay every dollar that ‘Was due the depositors. Aiter some further dia cussion the bill was passed, The Deficiency bill was then finally considered in Committeo of the Wuole. Tne Consular und Diplomatic Appropriation bill was taken up, but nO action was taken on it, The following is a sum- mary Of its provisions:—The total amount appro- priated is $3,347,304; total amount estimated for last year, $1,326,754; total amount appropriated last year, $1,311,350. The new sum appropri- ated is to pay the claims of British subjects, and amounts to $1,920,819, When the committee rose the Deficiency bill w: Feported to the House and passed. soon after tho House adjourned. Py Irregularities in the Bank Note Compa- nies. The presidents of the American and Natidnal Bank Note companies made statements vefore the Committee on Banking and Currency to-day rela- sive to conversations with Secretary Richardaon in 8 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1874—TRIPLE, SHEET, January and February last on the subject of the contract with the Columbian Bank Note Company of Washington. They said the Secretary was uncer- tain as to whether the contract had been given, or, if given, what part of the fractional currency bills it included, but promised to inquire and ascertain the facts. Mr. Hubbard, on behalf of the bank note compantes, then requested that Mr. MoCartee be required to attend before the commit- tee and be examined as t) the charges made against him with regard to the secret processes used by him in the preparation of paper, and generally in retation to his accounts with the Printing Bureau,as he had not yet answered written interrogatories. The committee, im secret session, determined to notify Mr. McCartee to ap- pear on Saturday next. The Museum of Natural History in Central Park—The President te Lay the Corner Stone. Last fail the trustees of the American Museum of Natural History in the Central Park invited the President to lay the corner stone of the magnifi- cent fire proof edifice now in process of erection for their occupation by the Department of Public Parks, and the President has now appointed Tues- day, June 2, at two o’clock, asthe time for that ceremony, After the laying of the corner stone, the subscriber's to the Museum will give a special reception in the rooms at the Arsenal, at present occupied by their collections, Signal Service Report on the River Ris- ings and Rainfalls. The Signal Ofmice reports that during the past twenty-four hours the Mississippi bas fallen two | inches at St. Paul; it remaiged stationary from La Crosse to Warsaw; it has fallen from St. Louis to Vicksburg, and remained unchanged at New Orleans, The tall at Cairo was twenty-five inches, The Missouri has risen slightly from Yankton to Omaha, and fallen thence to its mouth, except at Brunswick and Hermann, where it has risen two inches. The Onio has fallen from Pittsburg to Evansville, and has risen one inch at Paducab. The Red River has fallen seven inches at Shreve- port, tne Cumberland twenty-two inches at Nash- ville, and ths Allegheny and Monongahela have | continued falling at all reporting stations. During the same period the following rainfall is reported within the water shoals of the several rivers named:—In the Mississippi, fifty-seven hundredths of an inch at St. Paul; forty-two hundredths at La Crosse, twenty-two hundredths at Keokuk and twenty-nine hundredths at St. Louis. In the Missouri, two hundredths at Yankton, twenty- three hundredths at Omaha and fifty-six hun. dredths at Leavenworth, In the Arkansas, one hundredth at Fort Gibson. Valuable Government Patronage of Sub- sidized Railroads. : It appears from omicial data that the amount of money paid for transportation of property and United States troops for the calendar years 1872 and 1878 on twenty-four land grant ratiroads was $195,493. Of this amount the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company received $39,864; the Chicago and Northwestern, $14,742; the lilinois Central, $23,164: the St. Paul and Pacific, $33,000; the Mobile and Montgomery, $2u,519, All the other companies received smaller amounts. THE WASHINGTON ROBBERS. Evidence of Atrocious and Shameless Frauds on the General Government by District Oficials—Enormous Over- charges and Duplicate Payments Made. WASHINGTON, May 14, 1874, The most damaging testimony in connection with the District of Columbia investigation was elicited to-day by the examination of Blickens- dorfer, the expert engineer, employed by the com- mittee to Make measurements around government property. Tne witness testified that he had followed the profession for thirty years, and had been President and Engineer of the Board of Public Works for the State of Ohio, He had also served the government as an engineer at West Point and on the Pactfic Rail- Toad. Witness had measured all the circles, and in each instance had found that the government had been overcharged. According to his measure- ment the work should have cost $74,789 97; Whereas, according to Colonel Samo’s. measure- ment, the government has paid’ $78,540 15. On Scott square the government has been over- charged $2,000, giving Samo the benefit of his own estimate of grading. On Rawlins square witness measured it to cost $22,210 31; 1t was charged against the government at $22,363 90, aiter allow- ing Samo an error admitted to have been made by him of upwards of $14,000, which does not appear in Governor Shepherd’s answer, but which Colonel Same alleges has been credited to the government aad covered into the Treasury. THE GREATEST OVEROHARGES were in grading. Witness measured New Hamp- shire avenue, and ascertained that it suould nave cost $109,233, but 1s charged in the Governor's an- ewer at $149,444, making an excess of charge against the United States of $40,251. He ound that coutractors, im several instances, had been overpaid. On New Hampshire avenue they have been paid for work im excess of what has been done. Hulsey, @ contractor, was overpaid $1,000. Murray was overpaid $528 31. Tne next point wit- ness measured was Virginia avenue; had complete notes of the entire avenue, cross sectious “and profiles. Tne grading including the reservations at Twenty-fitn and G~ streets, 18 102,650 yards, here was allowed the contractor 103,000 yards, The government wascharged 104,000 yal at forty cents and hauling at thirty-six cents. The correct charge to the United Statea government should be $41,909 33, The overcharge 18 $10,784. On G street, between Twenty-iourth and Twenty-sixth streets, the witness tound the ding 12,402 yards. Tne contractor was allowed 16.239 yards, ‘Ihe govern- ment was charged 83,109 yards, The government was overcharged 21,407 yards, or in dollars $12,550 91, The government is also overcharged on & sewer on the work. Itis charged for over 8,000 Jeet and there are only some 700 feet on the work, making the total overcharge $17,683 58. Witness explained that the ditference in over pay- ment was made by PAYING THE CONTRACTORS TWICE FOR THE WORK at the intersection at Twenty-sixth and G streets. The government also paid twice for the work on Maryland avenue, east. Witness found tne grad- ing to be 221,268 yards, while the amount charged the government was for over 257,000 yards, ‘The contractors were allowed $91,165 31, and the gov- ernment was churged and paid $92,830 23 as its proportion and more than the entire work cost, as shown by payments to contraciors. The gov- ernment should have patd $62,909 77. The over- charge pald a.nounts to $29,920 46, Witness said the yrading around the Patent and Post offices, according to the vouchers of the Board, cost the United states & TWO DOLLARS AND SIX CENTS PER CUBIC YARD for the earth removed. On Second street, between Pennsylvania avenue and H atreet. northwest, wit- ness made measarements. He hadnonotes. He used the marks on the sides of the bulidiogs a3 landmarks. He found the grading to be 9,106 yards, There was allowed to the contractor over 23,000 yards, he being overpaid $6,862 16, Witness stated that be had looked at other work, but nad not brought it to @ final conclusion because ne could not et data. With regara to Second street, between Indiana avenue aud H street, the con- tractor is allowed 24,443 yards, The entire eth and breaath of the work charged would have to be excavated three feet and several inches along ita entire length to make up the charge, and it does not bear evidence of having been made, Witness said in the work measured by him he saw NO EVIDENCE OF ROCK EXCAVATION, which is charged the government, where it is alleged to have been made, at $1 per yard. The government is charged lor the grading and haul- ing. The government is charged usually larger by ten cents on excavation and about five cents in the hauimg than 18 pald the contractor, On G street the government is charged two cents more for the hauling than was paid the con- tractor. On Maryland Avenue the hauling paid the Contractor varies from one and a hall to twenty- one cents. Three-fourths of tne charge 1s at nine cents. The foysramens is charged the whole at fifteen cents, In making his measurements wit- ness used the profiles and notes furnished by the Board ot Public Works, and, in Vey aoe the cost, used the rates established y the Board as paid to contractors, LOOSE SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTS, After recess, at quarter past three P, M., Mr. Blickensdorier was recalled. He said he had ex- amined the accounts and vouchers in the office of the Board of Public Works and found a loose sya tem of keeping the accounts regarding measure- ments. When he first tound his results on New Hampshire avenue he asked Mr. Samo if he could explain the difference; he said that he supposed his note would explam, which he furnished, He then went with Samo on the ground and pointed out the discrepancies. He answered that he had to include some old work done before the Board ot Public Works came in, He also called on General Babcock and gave him an opportunit; to explain, giving him the resnuits he haa dbtained, This he did at the instance of the committee. ‘The engineering of the work done in tnis city has been very loose, and without due care, and that because of the way in which the Work was done, particu- larly the grading, it 18 MeXt to impossible to arrive at accurate results, Colonel Magruder was recalled to explain why he had diverted bonds appropriated tor a spevitic purpose in payment of work foreign to the appro- priation, ‘His explanation was that the provisions ‘Ol the law had never been pointed out to him, No witnesses were examined with reference to the sale burglary. THE ANNIVERSARIES. THE REPORMED EBPISOOPALIANS. Second Day’s Preceedings of the General Councll—The Discipline Settled—Revis- img the Prayer Book—Large A ance of Ministers of other Denomina~ tions and Foreign Visitors—Skirmish- ing Hot and Heavy Along the Entire Line—Council on the Creed. The General Counci! reassembled at Lalf-past nine yesterday, with Bishop Cammins in the chair. After a prayer meeting, led by Kev. Joseph D. Wil- son, the war on the choice of church officers was renewed, but was soon happily brought to a speedy conciusion by a compromise proposed by Rev. Marshali B. Smith that vestrymen should, when practicable, be chosen from communi- cants. The canons on discipline were then speedily and harmoniously gone through with, and the last canon on marriage | and divorce, taken bodily trom the Protestant, Was referred to the Committee on Constitution and Canons, to be reported at the next General Council. The constitution and canons, as a whole, then were accepted by a unanimous vote. Thanks to the Chairman of the Executive Commit- tee, Rev. Marshall 8, Smith, were then passed, Rev. B. B, Leacock then read the report of the Standing Committee for the past five months, followed by the letter from the Free Church of England, making overtures for aMiiation. The Corresponding Necretary was directed to com- municate the unanimous acceptance of their pro- posals by cable. A nommating committee was then appointed by the Bishop in the chair to present names for the standing committees, The Rev, Mason Gallagher was requested to deliver a historical lecture appropriate to thesubject of the feiss ai deliberatton, and ‘the meeting ad- journed, THE AFTERNOON SESSION. The committees were presented the first thing by the Nommating Committee and adopted nem. con, The Standing Committes—Rev. Marshall B. Smith, Rev, 3B. B. Leacock, Rev, Mason Galasher. Rev, W. T. Sabine, Rev, W. H. Resa, Colonel Ayo jussre Herbert 4. Turner, Charles D. Ke. og Dr. —Kev. B, B. Leacock, ‘ison, Messra. i homas Committee on Doctrine and Worshiy Rev. Mr. McGuire, Rev. Joseph D. H, Powers, iM, Alexander, Governor A, L. Woodford. Committee on Constitution and Canons—Rev. Marshall B. Smith, Rev, B.D. Neife, Rev. Walter Windlear, Rev. Willlam Aldrich, ev. 4. 'G. Tyng, Kev. J. G. Keith, Committee on Finance—Colowel Aycrigg, Mesure. J. L. Morgan and Albert Crane. THE REVISION OF THE PRAYER BOOK, The p:oposed new Prayer Book was distributed in revise proof slips and ‘discussed seriatim, The discussion was very animated. Colonel Ayc! as a layman, said t'me shoud not be wasted. Was opposed to unnecessary change. Doctrinal Wrong and ritualism alone shonid be their targets. Rev. Mr. Wilson made a motion—which, alter @ brisk debate, he withdrew—to adopt special sel vices for special days. As on the day beiore, took @ very prominent part in the proceedings, and mignt, in parliamentary phrase, be styled the leader of the opposition, while Rev. Marshall B, Smith was leader on the government benches. The one fought, tooth and nail, jor the work as he had leit it; the other discovered each joint in the armor and launched the inginuating shaitin tue crevices, There was a fight over substituting the word “may” for ‘shall’? in the rubrics, and Rev. Mr. McCormick said “et,” as im “Let there be light,” was mandatory. Mr. Wilson moved the adoption of the Latimer service tor holidays to enrich the service. Bishop Cheney warmly supported this, and, speaking of a meeting at chicheD just before he leit, said the jJeeling then was that the Sunday services should be similar to those of their o!d church, that the occasional services jor special days might be r vised. They wished to extract no root of bitter- ess, not to eatrange the bretnren of old days by ® ritual wholly foreign to them and themselves, but there was no objection to adding to their heri- tage these beautiful sentences on essential holi- days, They did not want to spoil the old book, 80 pe ne Episcopalian could jee at home im their > Church, The theological tinkering, however, proceeded vebementiy. ‘the Secretary, Herbert B. ‘Lurner, made @ brief but powerful speech, opposing the mere handiul present goimg in with paste and toe he to patch up @ new and nondescript urgy. MEN ARE PRAYING FOR THIS MISTAKE. The danger imminent now is of repelling friends, giving aid and comiort to enemies and re- jedapey recruits. Where no change is necessary let none be made. Stumbling blocks should not be placed by them. Festina lente should be their motto. Mr. Leacock was for radical changes and declaration of liberty which they could not get in the Protestant Episcopal Church. He wanted Rew service, eo beautiiul as to attract people trom ail other churches, He would rather nave heart service with 100 in communion than a bald com- promise to suit millions. ‘The Latamer sentences were read for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Good Friday, Master, As- cension, Whitsunday and Innocents’ Day and pa figut on “the absolution” followed, another on the word “amen” and whether it should be ro- man or italic. The Council adjourned after prayer by Proiessor De Witt, Professor of Biblical Litera- ture at the Theological Seminary of New Bruns- tore one of tne Committee on the Revision of the ible. THE EVENING SESSION ‘was almost wholly given up toa battle over the Aposties’ Creed, where “‘hell’’ offended several, and the “place ior departed spiriia”” was stigma- tuzed as the corner stoue of the doctrine of purga- tory. Acompromise was adopted by a “vote by orders”—clergy first, then laity—gil delegates vot- ing aadibiy at tne roil call. ‘rhe Council! will probably wind up on Saturday afternoon, THE CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT, The attitude of Dr. Sabine’s late congregation at the Church of tne Atonement, Twenty-eighth street and Madison avenue, is perhaps not sin- gular, but must be somewhat exasperating to the church which has lost this distinguished seceder. A very large proportion—indeed, probably the ma- jority—propose veer f his eXample, and the uestion of his recall has already been muoted. in. accordance with @ cali by circular a meeting was held on Tuesday evening, Peter D. Collins in the chair, and J. Hooker Hammersley, Secretary. Colonel G. T. M. Davis uutolded the object of the assembly, and on a vote of i3 against 11 the recall was resolved on, A full vote must now be constitutionally taken by circular of pew holders, of pew owners and stated worshippers. This ascertained, Messrs. W. G. Gerrisb, Gardiner L. Hawes and Colonel 1 ag ery @ committee, will present it tu the vestry. This 'y will probably have to resign, whetoer Javorable or otherwise, having been elected under the Protestant epacopel government. The vestry, however, is. said to Unanimously against the change of denomination, and, in aay case, it is evident that the congregation will be dissevered, a pers remaining within their ancient fold, a part following their old shepherd, and the majarity will retain the building, while the minority will have to depart to seek a new haven. INTERVIEW WITH REV. DR. SADINE. Passing his card to the reverend gentleman, re- questing a@ jew miuutes’ conversation on ‘this | question, the HERALD representative was inviced | into the vestry, and in a brief interview the tol- | lowing occurred :— HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—You are aware, I | presume, Dr. Sabine, that a movement is on 100t to recall you to your old field ? Dr. SaBInE—I know nothing of such a thing officially. You must get your practical informa- Uon irom the parties moving in the matter. [am now an outsider, and can huve no more to do with sucha movement than a Roman Catholic arch- bishop or a miuister of any Evangelical church. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—Do you think the movement a ga one, and that the effort to Hoo Kh will command an overwhelming ma- jority Dr. SaBInE—It is possible, perhaps I might say Probable ; but it isimposstbie for me to state such @ thing witn any idea of authority, HERALD REePRESENTATIVE—The feeling towards xo" at any rate, scems to be of the kindest. ight I ask what is your attitude towards that congregation? Ii recalied would you accept f Dr. SABINE—I think it most likely I should. Ido indeed feel grateful for the afiectionate kindness ol my old Ca as There i8 no bitterness, no resentful alloy in our feeling towards each other. 1 have many, very many deeply valued Iriends among them, and shouid, above all things, rejoice in a renewal of our pastoral relations, It i ho irreparable breach that has occurred. For conszience sake 1 rotested against errors that have crept in among Protestants, und that those | have taught should feel with me, earnestiy Gesiring a return to tne simplicity of our early reformers, {8 most gratilying. At present, however, lam pastor of this little church, a! I cannot go j4 my old friends they are most welcome to come me. The HERALD representative expressed his thanks for the interview and withdrew. CONGREGATION ALISM, Annual Business Meeting—A Handsome Account—A Most Pleasant Sociable— Addresses by the Rev. Dr. Post, the Rev. Mr. Gallagher and the Rev. Dr. Hall. The American Congregational Union held their twenty-first social reunion last evening at the Broadway Tabernacle, Thirty-fourth street and Broadway, the Rev. Dr. Post presiding. A business meeting had been held in the after- noon, Rev. Alfred 8. Barnes presiding, at which tho Treasurer reported as follows:— Balance in treasury May 1, 1873, $5,859 85; contributions from charities and othe hod wake Foneeoed disburse- See seem Fd 690 04; balance in treasury ‘The pringipal business of the Congregational Union is to aid feeble churches in big J elf houses of wor- ship. During the part year aid has been thus given to | Urer made the tollowing repor: forty-six churel jocated as tollows IV don 1 ia, 2 Oo.orad Yonnecticut, J; Vakota Territory, 1; dinois, 2: lowa. 6; Kansas, 6; Massachusetts J; Siem! Mini 3M) 2; Kel Nevada, 1; fey amoatten iow fork, ay Chiat hy Peansylvenia: ‘The Rev. Rickard 8. Storrs, D. D., of Brooklyn, was chosen President; vico presidents to the num- ber of twenty-eight were chosen; trustees to the number of twenty-four, The officers appointed by the trustees were: Corresponding Secretaries, Rev. Ray Palmer, D. D., Rev. Christopher Cushing, D. D.; ‘treasurer and Recording Secretary, Rev, n. A. Oaikins, D. ‘The meeting opened by the performance of the foowmg programme :— Voluntary—Mrs. Marion Chi her, of ie Brosdway. Tabernactes onion ee iy Seegret “and the Glory of the Lord,” reciustive and chorus OF the Messiah), Handel, Mr. Rock- a), Mendelsuhe Mee” Hira ate Do ul Emma Watton Dot Sta Miss “Groat rk and Hardgreaves: the Lord,” solo and chon dn, 3 i ie'the us, Haydn, Mise Kate #. Stark + “O Holy Saviour,” « Gasotuary,’’ choir,” hymp 767 “songs of the Alter @ prayer the choir sung “Joy to the World,” from Vodgs of the Sunctuary, ‘and the Rev. Dr, T. M. Post, the chairman, then delivered an ad- dress, He sald thatit was dtting that on this annual reunion some pleasaut words should be spoken. But just a9 at the New Engiand Thanksgivings the Joy of reunion 18 shaded by the recollection o1 tae ‘absent ones, 80 here, while we may rejoice at our reunivn, our joy 18 not unsaddened jor the absence of those who are not with us, During the twent: years of the existence of this society we have los many whose names are dear to us. The twenty years have brought us great chauges—senastopol, ierino, Sedan, Gettysbury, names that aré pivotal of the world’s change: Prussia has emerged with its modern 1d And what | of Rome, that has received such terrible blows? The Vatican is only an empire, The weak, feeble ola man of Rome, fulminating his obnoxious doctrines, reminds one of Mrs. Malaprop trying to stop the Atlantic Ocean with her broom. Tne speaker next alluded to the late war oi tue rebel- poe causes, its terrors and its effects. To the memor¥of Lincoin he paid eloquent trinute. In spesh ton of the Congregational churches he said tn 1864 there were only 1,606 Congregational churches, whereas now there are 3,935 churches ol that denomination. Twenty yenra more and the tes of the twentieth century hegin to op bus what clouds will obscure our view! But our princt- pies shall live whether under our name or under an- other name. The morning cometh. Twenty years hence and the young shall be oid, and where shall the old be? those wno may be our successors ‘we send the hail hereafter, and we hope for a re- union somewhere in the kingdom of our Father, where nothing shall be shaded, Rev. H. M. Gailaher was next introduced and that gentleman delivered one of his happiest ad- dresses, which wag received in the most cordial manner. Rev. Dr. Hall was the next speaker. He said he been told thas his main business. at the mee! Was to say pieasant things aud to tell all the anecdotes he could remember. But he could ‘not tell stories, owing to @ precept incul- cated upon him when he was a boy that he should bot tell stories. He leit particularly glad, how- ever, tO participate with his Congregational brethren in their reunion. The speaker then paid @ glowing trisute to the services rendered to garane ity by eminent Congregationaiists wlio jad goné before, aud to the general ecclesiastical and secular work done by the members of the Con- gregational denomination. His remarks broach- ing, upon a grand unity oi all the denominations, which were uttered in the reverend orator’s best and most earnest manner, were most kindly re- ceived by the audience, Some other addresses having been made the meeting adjourned, THE HOWARD MISSION, Anniversary Exercises Last Evening ta the Academy of MusicmAddresses by Mesars. Van Meter and Hatch—Songs by the Children and a Large Attend- ance. * The anniversary of the Howard Mission and Home for Little Wanderers took place at the Academy of Music last evening. There was ag usual on these occasions a very iull house, made up of all classes of people, even the gallery being well tenanted. The stage, however, was the main point of interest. Ona gradually elevated plat- form, running towards the back, the children of the ‘Mission had been placed. They numbered some 300. At the footlights were situated some very young children, rather pretentiously dressed, the object being, of course, to catch the eye of the audience. The idea was quite successful, Behind | these,; beside a grand piano, @ number of well | known people hopored the occasion with their presence. After the opening prayer had been satd the chtl- dren sung one oi toeir hymns, when the Treas- BECKIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF HOWARD MISSION FROM MAY ‘1, 1873, 20 May 1, 1874. Cash balante, Maye 1STS.. + 96t7 from ‘ibations, « W9Th Received irom Board oi Apportionment: of Now. York City. ...4.+. 1,000 Received trom boarding mon ‘664 Received from sales of Lite We ist Received from borrowed mone; 10 B i intendent. es a 20) I endent... 47 Tonchers of day ac ExT Missionary. Provision’ account. ay Kchool, school turniture’ and cleaning room Miscellancous account:—Postugo, stationery, books, small repair dwusre Gas hgiit Publication accoun friend, and othe Servants ‘462 | Janitor... 186 Engineer 358 Freight and express on donations ofstippiics. 0... 221 ‘Travelling, locating and visiting chiitren and col- | lecting junds. . 561 | One general age: Lia | One focal agen wizk Bookkeeper. 967 | Total $19,441 Interest Insurance... Paid on account, loan made in 4.479 Total. ..... Gash balance Mr. A. S. Hatch, the banker, and President of the Mission, said that daring the year that has passed the cry of want has been stronger than usual, and that tne winter was a peculiarly bad one. PA ES bas been done to relieve the wants of those Who have been most pressed. But | not alone thus far; the Mission hus endeavored | aiso to relieve the soul and the mind. The attempt has been made to minister to both these a8 well as tothe body. He said a comparison had been | made of the work of this Mission and of the many others which had done charity. ‘the Howard Mission did not profess to be a mere distributor of alms. It meant to go further than this. It pre- | tends to be an educational institution, and there- fore the cost of this should not be considered as the expenses incurred to distribute charity. Therefore it was not much of an extra expense, if once the child was in the school, to learn something; it was not | much more of an expense to give them a meal. fhe people might rest assured, however, that when @ dollar was given to this institution 100 | cents of it Was spent where it would do the most [Bee He had felt 1mpellea to make these remarks cause he had seen unfair comparisons made about this institution, ‘Ihe managers of tnis charity had felt thas a mingling of the humane, the educational and the spiritual was the best means of reaching the people whom they sought. Feeding the body, cultivating the mind and resou- ing the soul were the branches they had taken in the Master's work, Superintendent Pease then said few words as to the gathering. He said that the object of the athering was hot forthe sake of the audience, at for their own, and he hopéd that the result of it would be something in the treasury. He then went on to speak about the work of the Mission ana the manner in which the work was done; the way in which the families of the poor were reached and @ helping hand pat out to them and their cnlldren taken to be educated. The Rev. Theo. L, Ouyier ten rose to speak. He was introduced to the audience by Mr. Pease, who said that he had been with him in this work twenty-four y: ago. Mr. Ouyler spoke at some length and gave a panegyric of Mr, Pease, revert- ing to twenty years ago, when he was at work in the lower portions of the city, when the first work began among the poor of the more destitute wards, He spoke in high terms of the work of the Howard Mission, He said that Dr. Tyng had once told him that @ work of this kind was like carrying water to the sea and that it was not worth doing. Bat every soul was worth saving, and the meanest boy or girl had @ soul to save and an intelligence to cultivate, and no Christian work was better to follow and push on than this work among the poor, It was an antidote to the 8,000 drinking dens in the city and the innumerable open doors to the pit of destruction, Aiter some further mosing the Rev. W. Van loward Mission, was Meter, the founder of the duced. Ho sald ne did not come to speak of intros Rome, because he believed there was enough to do in the work going on here. He rememberea tne time when he could count on bis fingers the names Ol those who supported him, and he asked for srmpatiy, and he got little of it, He had hard work to make the Mission a si sued from the bs oJ with many tried to put itdown. Bi ‘was not opposed? Hi speak plainly. ‘There was a time whet tried in the hardest manner to do away with the Howard Mission, and cried, “Destroy it!’ People little knew tne fight that was waged to keep the Mission in existence. He himsel! was threatened with all manner of persecution, and he had to thank the secular press tor what was done to de- end him. 1t was from the religious press that the bitterest denunciations cames jose Who opposed it now were those who aiways opposed It And yet what evil bad the work done? Whose bust- hess had it injared? It perhaps did do injury to the rumeelier and those din similar branches of tramc, Tue Mission id sought to | of the exhibition was to tilustrate the method of injure their business, and would to the num- Ler of those who 0} d these people had veem nd fold. Mr. Van Meter con- increasec ten t! tinued in this strain and obtained much Alter another song the audience dis; AMBRIOAK FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. A meeting of the american Foreign Bible Society Was held yesterday at three o’vlock, at the Filty- third street Baptist church, chiefly tor the purpose of effecting a union with the American Bible Union. The Bibie Union separated from the Ameri- can Foreign Bible Society about twenty-four years ago, because the latter society persisted in trans- lating the Scriptures into the language of heathen countries, while the Bible Onion wished the money of the society to be speniin revising the authorized version of =the Scriptures. The dissensions that followed did not benefit either institution, and after many efforts thoughts 01 peace have prevailed, and yesterday the basis of a constitution for their amalgamation was dia- cussed and adopted. The new constitation ts of the nature of a com- Promise, the points at issue ip olden times being Waived and the united Institution being at liberty to do the work which botn socteties had at heart. The chair was taken by the Rev. D. 0, EDDY, D. D,, of Boston, an ardent advocate of unien. He pointed outdmpresstvely the advantages of the amalgamation, and urged the deiegates to ap- proach the subject in a spirit o: Christian zeal ana desire for doing the largest amount of good, Mr. U. D. WARD, Secretary and ‘Treasurer of the society, read the Fenerty which, while deploring the evils arising from the dissension, showed a tar amount oi financtal success, ‘The report of the Board of the Society was next read, recommending amalgamation with the Amer- tean Bible Union, Considerable discussion {ol- lowed. The Rev. Dr. Parmly, of New Jersey, advo- cated the adoption: of the report warmiy, and it was finally uccepted. It awaits, however, the confirmation of the American Bible Union, wiose anniversary comes off early in the fall. The following officers were then elected :—Presi- dent, Mr, Peter Balen: Secretary and ‘treasurer, Mr. U. D. Ward; Recording Secretary, Rev. George = Bort 4. D. ‘the Board of Managers were re- elected. In the evening a meeting for prayer and confer- ence was held in the same church, but as many of the delegates had left town the number oi persons resent snowed that the proceedings did not rgely imterest the public, The Rev. Dr. Eppy opened the business of the | Conterence, and after preliminary prayer intro- duced the Rev. Dr Vaubard, of Paterson, to the meeting, He alluded to the jact that neither the fineness,of tae eyening nor the beauty of the house where they were assembled had drawn as many of the brethren together as they would | Wish to see. He congratulated the meeting on the result of the day’s meeting. ‘I'hey had got on the Tapids; they had even touched bottom, but they had not landed upon any shoals. He hoped there were no other rapids or under currents to be en- conntered in the future. Chance or change ts busy everywhere. No nation in the world was to- day in the conaition 10 which it was a sear ago. ‘There were changes everywhere visible, social, political and intellectual. The Bible had much to do with these changes. What Christ said of Hime sell might be said of it, “1 came not to bring eace but the sword.” Like fire 1t went forth to | ight the torch of truth among the nations, and troubles and conflagrations were the consequence, Like the stream which Ezekiel saw running east, it went Jorth also a living stream, cleansing unto eternal liie, Tne troubled relations of Bismarck and Germany with the Pope; the serious questions | arising between “the pampered and tyrannical aristocracy’? ol England and their downtrodden ignorant agricultural laborers; the present condi- tion of the Pope in the Vatican; the war between | capital and labor—ali have been caused by the Bible and the divine maxims of justice and peace | therein contained, ‘The Conference was brought to. close with prayer. THE DEAF MUTES, An exhibition of the pupils of the Iastitution for the Improved Instruction of Deaf Mutes was held Jast evening at Lyric Hall, Sixth avenue, between Forty-first and Forty-second streets. The object instruction by articulation and lip reading and the progress made by the pupils during the past year. ‘the hatl was well filled by the relatives and friends of the unfortunate pupils, and the result provea most gratiiying to those interested, There are about eighty scholars in the charge of the institution, divided into six classes, according to their mental development. When @& pupil first enters the institution he or she is piaced in the clementary division sor about's year, the time being cniefly devoted to the acquisition of tha sounds of speech and lip read- ing. When this nas been accomplished the scnolar | 18 Promoted into higher crasses, and. new studies are entered upon according to the capacity of the upil. Those in the higher divisions grade as hich | in schotarship as Glen children of the same age | ho are in the Fone jon of all of their faculties. The children of the elementary class were brought 8 M188 ANTHONY'S MUSTARD c —_——___ A Large and Refined Audience at Irving Hall—Sketch of the Movement, the Movers and the Medley, Suffrage for women may come in this genera’ 4 ifthe agitation be kept up at the same rate progress it has made within the last few yeargy Ab the sixth annual Convention of the Woman frage Association, which opened yesterday ai Irving Hall, an audience of 400 ladies assembled im, the. atternoon and at least 500 in the eve session. The material of the assemblage was improvement on that of other years and the in-. crease in numbers decidedly marked. Points of change from the orginal tone and feeling of these meetings were noticeable too, The early days of the movement were distinguished for a laclg of confidence, @ want of knowledge of parliamentary rules, an irruption of curious char. acters, male and female, into the feeble fold of the organization; a ridiculousness and outlandis! originality tn dress, aud many grave errers .< Policy, This is all or very greatly changed. © Tha women yesterday managed matters entirely, bg themselves, Tuere were none of THE LONG HAIRED, PHARISAICAL GENTRY, of the male sex, who pretended to take such intery est In the political salvation of the women, on tage platiorm, Everything was done like clockwork— much better speaking than formerly, no difidence whatever, and far more logic, if there ever. was any hitherto; superior taste and richness imy the costumes of the women, and less of those out~ rages on the prevailing fashions that marked former times. There was no change, however, Amy Miss Susan B. Antoony, In dress, manner and Warlike aggressiveness on the common enemy, man, she was unaltered. This, it was said, was her public style stu, but in private she hag grown as mellow as a Delaware pegch. A STRIKING CONTRAST. There was periume of Fifth avenue about the audience, Carriages in livery drove to the hall en~ trance, Only one Bloomer appeared. on the scene. She waiked about in the vestibule for some time: before entering. Her beauty was not quite as stunning as that of an old wooden pump covered with a mantie of moss. Sae was rather proud of the nether arrangement of the garments, and strutted at one time to the entrance a8 if, she was about to make @ hop, skip and a jump _ across the street. ‘The striking contrast of this audience with that of j former years, in the almost periect conformity of the manner and dress of the women to those of. other women who rule in the fashionable world and ure supposed to look down upon these knights errant of the sex, Was not. greater than the treate ment of Misa Anthony beiween now and other times, In former years they came to scoff at this wiry and resolute champion of her sex, Now every Word she utters is received with ajmost reve erentrapture, Ji is only SIX YEARS AGO since this Suffrage Association held its meetings ina aingy little room, up six flights, on Park Row. Hall a dozen persons made the sum totai of the early meetings, Many an evening the portly Mrs, Stanton migut be found panting up these staira, Miss Anthouy leading the way and cleaving the. gloom with her famous cotton umbrella, which was pointed at both ends, while the rear would. ve filled in by three or four heroic femalé com-' ositors, their hearts beating with a high Rope of the women’s nrillennium. Perhaps one or two reporters dragged on at the tail end of this weary procession, and thus did the movement startin New York which yesterday broucht to- gether as intelligent and perhaps as refined an audience of ladies as might be gathered in the city. It was not the must beautiful. There wera a few faces here and tuere among the a thas might have irightencd a Broadway stage driver} but ag a mass-taey were charming women. THE PROCEEDINGS AND THE PERSONNEL, Punctually Miss Anthony made her aupessaeoe at two o'clock, marching up the aisie to the stage amid the loud applause of the assemblage, among which Was at least two score of gentlemen, ing on the verge,” as if afraid to venture ami the main body of the ladies. Misa Anthony was dressed with her usual simplicity in black aitk. She ascended the platform, iollowed by s¢' otner oii ree ie a. rey a rocee le junct Sree’ es Wright, a hedvy tooking table to the immediate iront. Then she divested here self of her black cotton glovea and reticule, at- ranged a vase of flowers, urongot her glasses to the exact Jocus, opened her bundle of papers ang started right Into business. She read the call f the Convention, and made thereupon one o1 her characteristic addresses, tull of fre and prophesy. By this time the ladies, to tiie number ot nine, were all arranged on the platform, and their ap« pearance in the aggregate was picturcsque, APPEARANCE OF THE LaDiES. Rev. Olympia Brown sat at the extreme back of forward on the platiorm lacing a large placard, on which was printed in bold characters words of one syllable. The tutor would point to one of these words and the scholar would distinctly question referring to the lesson and the child, by studying the moventent of his lips, would be able to understand and reply. The examination of the more advanced pupils developed @ surprising de- gree of culture. Grammar, arithmetic, history, | “geography, letter writing and iree nand drawing | were among the acquirements. Some of tue | ote of letter writing would put to shame | the graduates of many of our educational institu- tion’, and many of the drawings were aimost worthy of being called works of art. At the con- clusion of the exhibition Dr, Blumenthal, the Pres- | ident, and Mr, Greenberger, the Principal, were the recipients of warm congratulations on the pro- gress made by the pupils in their charge, THE NEWARK RING TRIALS. |The Jury Still Deliberating——xciting | * Scene in the Sheriff’s Office. The jury in the Newark conspiracy case, as re- corded in yesterday’s Hzraup, retired shortly after two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon to de- Mberate upon @ verdict. Up to a late nour last night they were stili out, unable to agree. Yes- terday morn‘ng they came into Court and asked for the evidence of Stainsby, ex-Street Com- missioner Rogers and Street Commissioner Sulli- van, With the mutual consent of counsel it was given them. The jury also asked the Court if the accused could be convicted on any other otiarge than that in the indictment, They were, of course, promptly answered in the negative. They then retired. Shortly alter two o’clock, after being out exactly twenty-four hours, the jury came again into Court and announced to the Judge that they desired to be discharged, as they were UNABLE TO AGREE UPON A VERDICT. Judge Depue kindly but firmly declined to dis- charge them. He did not wish to coerce them into @ Verdict, he said, but in view of the importance of the case, its large cost to the county and the de- fendants, and the discouraging effect it had on the civil business of the Court, he thought it his duty to require them to retire and A) and agree upon a veraict. The jury then retired, and up to late last night they were still out, with mo prospect of their ugreeing. It was ramored that they stood | eight ior conviction and jour for acquittal, six to | a cand ten to two, but none of the reports are re- le. A LIVELY SCENE took place yesterday aiternoon fn the Sherif’s | ofgce. Mr. Edward Muilen, an active member of the Citizens’ Investiguting Committee, had been | authorized by the prosecutor and the foreman of | the Grand Jury to search out some matters relat- | ing to certain ofMfictals—matters to be found tn tho Common Council minutes. These had been used Stil in possession of the Court, Mulien had no sooner obtained them than he was immediately set upon by the City Clerk, Auditor Dawes’ son, and ‘other persons, who declared he could not | have possession of the minutes. He retired | to the Sheril’s office, and they followed | him. There took place a lively scene, which at one | time nearlv resulted in a perso.al rencontre, Mul- len declared that they must be afraid to let the truth be looked into or they Would not seek to hide away the city records. They made no reply except that he should not have them. Mullen stood firm a8 a rock, and kept posses*ion o1 the minutes until the prosecutor and tne joreman of the Grand Jury came on the scene and put a stop to the excite. ment, which ran quite high, The affair occasioned considerable of @ sensation about the Court House, WHITE SAVAGES, Whiskey Wenders and Horse Dealers Harassing the Indi on Their Reser~ vations. WASHINGTON, May 14, 1874. United States Indian Agent Miles reports from the Oheyenne and Arapahoe Agency that a band of whiskey traders and horse thieves are roaming through the country occupied by the Wheyennes and Arapanoes, especially along the line oi the Texas cattle trail, and that their presence there and their dealings with tne Indians had given rise to considerable trouble and annoyance, and that the public good demands their immediate expul- sion, Conseqnently he asks of the military oficer commanding Ceiop Supply to send a detachment to drive out or arrest the desperadoes, Colonel Brooks, the officer commanding, replies that he cannot interfere, being preveuted by law from furnisiing troops to ald mm the execution of civil processes, except by ordera trom the President. ‘The letter has been ferwarded bere for action py Whe Secretary of War, callit out. Then the tutor would ask some simple | in evidence during the conspiracy trials, and were | M the stage among & waste of cane-bottomed chairs, She was dressed in a black skit and Jong. cape and wore a pink ribbou ather neck, Her ..ead r | clined pensively on her small white hand, uni | as well as one could jud; of ber away back among the cane-bottomed chairs, she was a wi bad sudden! Jum, trom. girlhood tuto mature womunhood, er small delicate face and fair compiexton belied the tame or her gress attainments in psychology and other abstrase ologies, In the eveuing she u¢livered a long speech in rather a dramatic tone of voice. She ran along @ Very narrow edge at tumes in dealing with the intrigues of women at Wisning- ton; but she was right on the main queation— that Washington is about as bad a place ior an American statesman to keep his manhood iutacs as there 18 in dda Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake sat about the middle of the stage in a quict silver gros grain dress, ornamented with pufis, tucks and epaulcts, hair dressed & la ue, Mrs. Blake lollowed Miss Anthony by reading various letters recommending the objects of the society, and then she maite some rks. Her iace, Manher und voice are sort of girlish, but she shows all the energy o! ten ordi- nary women and stands about third in rank in the association, Mrs, Stanton and Miss Anthony taking precedence. Dr. Josephine Mix sat at the left hand of the stage, but mixed treely with the audience. she ; Was the most remarkabie looking woman present, much by reason ot ber dress. She wore acoat of light black material, opened at the neck. from the throat depended a Diue loop tie, and outside of this & white hanakerchief, worn like a man’s. Taken with the massive build of the lady, hair | parted on the side and cot short and her youth, as | She 13 many years younger than Miss Anthony, she Was the most interesting person present. Sue has | @ sweet, round face and a strikingly small mouth, | She read the annual report in a more feminine | tone of voice than might be expected from ber presence, Mrs, Sarah J. Spenser delivered the speech which, for length, was tne one par excellence, 1t | Was styled “The Woman Question at Washington,’? and wouid take about half a page of the HERALD. “The ladies have no idea of brevity except in the size of the foot,” wittily rematked Miss Antho Mrs. Spenser was dressed wodestly in black sil ‘wore a flower on her bosom and several in her bon- | met and appeared to have arrived at that stage in | the appreciation of life and its excellences us to preter the mellow poetry of the autumn to the wilt green rhapsodies of the spring. An earnest lady, evidently, but one Whose smile is extremely ten- der, Of the other ladies were Mrs. Martin C. Wright Mrs. Francis V. Haliock, Mrs. Shepherd, who was everywhere periorming the detatis of the conven- tion, Mrs. Slocum, Who made a speech modelled on the action of the classic orators, and flung her arms out ireely. ‘THB EVENING SESSION | was remarkable for a large and perb brilitant attendance than the morping. ‘There was no levity on the platform or in the audience, Toe seriousness Was the more noticeable because of 20 many iyrters ood faces being present. ¥ The platiorm bad some additional occupants, Amanda Deyo, a pretty Quakecress, dressed jn. blac! wits ® long OveraKirt, natr, neatly braided at the back, and manners and of the fairly fashionable kind. She was all sentiment on the woes of the women and the wiltuiness of men, but she touched tne andienc the way she told her sympathies wi OW, Bu! ing aud wrong generally throughout the world. Mrs. Ernestine Rose, a lady ingular sweet ness of look and grace of manner, and almost threescore years, the most effective address of the evening, replete witi surprises of thought and expr overfowing with goodness of heart and yet studded with points of logic in behalt of woman To day the Convention business will be; at ten o’clock A. M., with business and resolutions and Short speeches. In the alcernoon addresses rom 0. B. Frothingham, Carrie Burnham, Josepline Mix, and in the Katie 3 addresses from Mrs. Blake, Mrs, Townsend and Miss Antuony, SERIOUS OHARGE AGAINST A POLIOBMAN. Doorman Geary, of the First precinct, was charged before President Garduer, of the Board of Police, yesterday with appropriating money and jewelry belonging to John Olark, of No. 7 Stone street, Clark was arrested on the 1st of May and: locked up in the First precinct station house.. When inthe ceil he gave # diamond pin wortn $400, two valued at $500, @ watch chain ana Jocket valued at ia oy $317 in Money to for sate keeping. were never returned to him and Geary offered as & defence that he had hidden them, but they nad been stolen. He was dismissed irom the lore. PIRES IN THE FISHKILL MOUNTAINS, Povourggraie, N. ¥., May 14, 1874, Passengers on the up express to-night report seen large fires raging on the Fishkill ountains Ae the train emerged irom the bigs Dada