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WASHINGTON. Sduthern Wrongs and Southem Rule Reviewed. REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS, Forebodings of the Wrath to Come. No Financial Agreement Reached. WASHINGTON, Jane 8, 1874. Caucus of Republican Congressmen— Trepidation for the Coming Cam- paign—Shall It Be a Hard Money or an Inflation Platform? The biennial caucus of republican Senators and Representatives was held to-nigh in the tall of the Bouse of Representatives. The report had been extensively circulated that there would be a lively @iscussion on the currency question. For this reason the attendance was unusually large. Sen- ator Chandler called the. gathering to order and Senator Hamlin was chosen Chairman and Mesars. Parsons, of Obio, and Lynch, of Misstssippi, Secre- taries. Mr. J. M. Edmunds, Secretary of the Con- gressional Committee, read 9 statement showing that the expenditure of the committee in the last campaign was $112,000. Mr. Platt, of Virginia, in- formed the caucus that unless the franking privilege was revived and more money contributed than in the last campaign, the prospect of success in the next campaign was exceedingly bad. Influences not confined to politi- cal opponents would have to be met and overcome gna the money question would worry the commit- ‘$e quite a8 niuch as it had Congress this session. At the mention of the financial subject there was every evidence of the inflation mempers of Con- getting ready for action. Mr. Starkweather, ef Connecticut, wanted the Congressional Commit- See appointed, which brought. Judge Keily to his feet with the sententious conundrum, “What for? What use is there for a committee ? Let every man go before his constituents on his own record and Sight his battle for himself!” Kasson, of lowa, the granger financier, not only wanted the committee appointed, but also wanted an address to be issued tothe country expiaining the exact condition of ‘things from a Congressional standpoint, Mr. Lynch, @f Mississippi, one of the colored Representa- tives, called attention to the fact that ne had mot bored the House with a speech this session, but he thought it would be wise to pass the Civil Righta bill. Yet there was no fear of losing the Regro vote in the South, for the colored people had nowhere to go outside the republican party. On the currency qu@ation, if a hard money platform ‘Was the beat, he would support it, though he had voted to expand the currency. Garfield did not relisa the allusion to finance or civil rights, and. not knowing what kind of discord might prevail, moved to adjourn. The cancus deciaed that the appointment of a National Congressional Commit- tee of one from each State should be leit to the State delegations, The proposition now being seriously considered is the call of a caucus of tnfla- taon Senators and Representatives to agree upon a ‘platform for the {all campaign. The Contest for the Louisiana Repre- sentation at Large—Lamar as_ the Spokesman of the South—Sheridan and Pinchback Pleading Their Causes. ‘The Louisiana case evoked considerable interest | to-day in the House in spite of the tropical luxu- Fiance of the rhetoric in vogue during the debate @na the calorific influence of the weather. The ase came up in the torm of a contest between Mr. Sheridan, a Union soldier, and Governor Pinch- ack. Mr. Boardman Smith, of New York, as Chairman of the Election Committee, opened the case by presenting a resolution for sending botn the partics back to the people of the State, while ‘she minority of the committee, through Mr. Lamar, Presented a proposition for the admission of Mr. Sheridan. Lamar’s speech attracted general at- tention for its earnestness and its allusions to the civil War and its results. He was peculiarly happy 4m accepting the political situation made for the South by the amendments to the constitution. ‘His exordium and peroration were alike charac- werized by pithy and pertinent tilustrations. ‘When Mr. Sheridan arose he immediately com- manded full attention. With a full, rich voice, anda figure uot untike that of Judge Dougiass, and with @ répertoire of metaphor too rich, per- Raps, for this business-like Congress, he gave to the ‘warm evening hour of the session such additional fervor as to bring forth cheers at his conclusion. ‘Then Pinchback came to the attack, and he held his audience wei) by his cunning and good temper. His references to local politics were not more trenchant than his defiant attitude towards the Republicans. He said, “ You have let in Sypher, ‘Which is a worse case than mine.” This bronght forth a laugh, but it is doubtiul if the rhetoric and controverted facts will change the opinion of the House, which will be like that of the majority of the committee. Still, it is certain that Congress would gain in ability by the admission of the elo- quent soldier, while prostrate Loutsiana might Dave at least one representative advocate on the floor. Gevernor Shepherd “Suggests” Im- Prevements in the Sygtem of Gov- erning the District of Columbia. ‘The following letter was to-day transmitted to Hon. W. B, Allison :— WASHINGTON, June 6, 1874, Hon. W. B. ALLISON, Chairman of Joint Com- mittee on District Afairs:— Dxsk Sm—In turtherance of the views this day expressed before your committee I beg to suggest bd Provision be made {for the following op- Firsi—The simplification of the present form of the District government, it being, in my opinion, too cumbersome and expensive. Seoond— ir provision for the funding of the Gebvt outstanding on account of improvements by the issue of @ bond bearing such rate of interest a8 ‘will produce par in currency, the United States guarantecing the interest and principal thereon, and making provision for a statement of the ac- count between the general government and the District, and that the bonds thus issued be under the authority of the Treasury Department, and at gach rate oi interest as will, by public advertise- ment, pee ree im currency, Third—That a proper auditing commisgion be ap- Inted.to, thoroughly examine and audit ail un- Routed accounts of the Boaga of Pablic Works, traly your: Ds bod * ALEXANDER R, SHEPHERD. Pruitless Delibergtiéns of the Conference Committee on Finance. ‘Tne conference committee on the Finance bill adjourned their second meeting to-day without coming to any conclusion, They meet to-morrow, ‘with the understanding that they will then, if pos. idle, unite upon some measure, but failing in this they will, as @ matter of course, report to their respective houses that they are unable to agree. General McCook Exonerated from the Charges Against Him. The Senate Committee on ‘Territories, having Concluded the examination ‘of additional charges against General McCook, decided, by a majority wote, to again report favorably on his nomination 9 be Governor of Colorado. A Meciprecity Treaty with Canada Deubtful at Present. Mono of the preliminaries have been agreed upon weapecting the proposea reciprocity treaty, and it ts new considered doubtful whether any will be submitted, as the Senate alone ratifies treaties, and uf the reciprocity treaty comes up at all it will Mot be until after Congress has adjourned. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS, SENATE, WASHINGTON, June 8, 1874, Mr, Scott, (Kep.) Of Pa., from the Committee on Finance, reported @ substitate for the House bid 0 authorize medals commemorating the 100th Snoiverascy af the fixe, Meeting of the Contuanta NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET. Congress and of the Declaration of Independence. | Passed. Mr. SrEvencon, (dem.) of Ky., from the Judiciary Committee, reported favorably on the Senate Dill to incorporate the first Presbyterian church at Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. Passed, Mr. Pratt, (rep.) of Ind., 1rom the Conference Committee on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the bill to revise, Consolidate and amend the laws relating to pensions, made a report which was agreed to, He also made a report from | the Conterence Committee on the bill to increase the pensions of soldiers and sailors who have been totally aisabled, Agreed to, Mr. ANIHONY, rep.) of R. I., submitted a resolu- tion directing the Judiciary Committee to inquire imto the present method of publishing and dis- tributing the ane of the vats States and report what change 1s necessary. Agreed to. Mr. THUEMAN (dem,) of Ohio, trom the Judiciary Committee, reported with amendments the Senate bill authorizing any Qirouit Judge to ai ate the time of nolding vhe District or Circuit Court and to designate a District Judge to attend and hola the Court in a@ district not hisown. Passed. | Mr. Wust, (rep.) of La., called up the Senate bill for the better organization of ‘ict Courts of the United States within the State of Louisiana. Passed—Y eas, 44; Days, lv. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN (rep) of N. J., reported favorably on the House ill, fixing time for tue election of Representatives from the State of Pennsylvania to the Forty-iourth Congress. Passed. PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, The morning hour having expired the Chair called up the unfinished business, which was the bili to provide for the sale of extra copies of public documents and lor the distribution of the regular Oficial editions thereof. Mr. MERRIMON, (dem.) of North Carolina, offered an amendment authorizing Senators and members to frank the documents now apportioned w them law. a Mur ANTHONY expressed the hope that this amendment would be made a separate proposition. Some discussion ensued on the amendment, Mr. SHERMAN, (rep.) of Ohio, said 1t was evident the billcould not be passed without deoate, and he therefore moved that it be laid aside, and that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill to amend the customs revenue laws, and to repeal moieties, THE MOIETY BILL. ‘The motion of Mr. Sherman was agreed to, and the Molety bill taken up. Mr. BAYARD, (dem.) of Delaware, objected to the amendment of the Finance Committee, inserted as the fith section, which authorizes the United States Attorney to examine the books, invoices or papers of defendants. He said the revenue had been collected down to 7863 without any provision of this kind. In his Lore it impaired the con- stitutional rights of the citizen to compel him to criminate bu that the provision was of j Mr. SBf) ary vital importance. It did not impair the rights of the citizen, neither did it compel bim to criminate himneeli, bht only protected the government. Jackson 8, Schultz and other intelligent merchan of New York had expressed to the committee tha’ they were not opposed to this provision, sur- rounded as it was with safeguards for the protec- tion of their interes's, Mr. CAMBRON, (rep.) ‘of Pa,, said the idea of seizing the books and papers of 2 merchant was horrible, and he would not vote for any such propee ean. He reterred to the case of Phelj odge & Co., and delended the character of Mr. Dodge. He said he was robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars by @ “pimp.’? During the war the spy business was peruaps necessary, It was perliaps necessary to employ one of no character to help save the government, but that was ad now. In this country, where com- merce is so great, the government should protect the oa ae because: he had to undergo such great risk. Mr. WRIGHT (rep.) of Iowa, advocated the adop- tion of the amendment and said the bili would be of no use without it. It prevented any unnecessary or improper persecution of the merchant, as the books were not to be produced without an order of the court. Tne trouble now was, that in conse- quence of the ieelng against informers Congress inigut go to the other extreme, and the result would be that the government would be deirauded of more revenue than heretofore, Mr. Soorr, (rep.) ef Pa., reterred to the case of Phelps, Dodge & Co., and said no man in tunis country was entitled to a higher repu- tation than Mr. Dougs, and the evidence would have to be of the most undoubted character to make him believe that that sennese. had ever willully violated the laws of 1s country. he books of that concern were carted away without any judicial order, which could not be done now, if this section be adopted. ide (Mr. Scott) desired to do justice to all parties, and thoaght this section best calculated to do jus- uce in the case of Phelps, Dodge & Co. The books were surrendered by Mr. Dodge, and it war not a case of arbitrary seizure, as had been supposed. Mr, Dodge had surrenderéd his books with- out waiting for any order of the Court. He paid the amount of compromise rather than have it go all over the world that he had been sued by the government jor iraud, although he had never violated thelaw. The case was one of peculiar hardship, It was a great wrong, but the wrong was in the law. ‘He thougnt no honest mercoant would object to this provision, ae it would do sway with the onerous jeature of anything like arbitrary seizure, The object of the committee had been to prevent the recurrence of such @ case a8 that of MM: eae 204 St thie same time provide means honest tmporters could not evade their dues to the government, VINDICATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION. Mr. BourWELL, (rep.) ot Maas., said apon the general question of moieties he nad expressed @n oficial opinion more than four years ago, ip his annual report as Secretary. In 1570 he submitted to Vongreas @ bill for the abolition of the moiety system, and subse- quently urged its passage. He still adhered to the opinion that the moiety aystem was a bad one, and ought to be abolished, thought the proposed section a se sade and Pie id bonthenebs bed le had no judgment to express in regard. to the character and conduct of the firm men- tioned in the course of the discussion, but wished to lay before the Senate certain facts which would justify what was done in reier- ence to the claims the government made @gainst that firm. The Vindication of the course of the administration was of more Consequence than the vindication of any private person. One who bad been employed by the firm Went to the special agent of the departmen: and laid before him what he called evidence of the un- dervaluation of goods imported by the house of Phelps, poage 4 Oo. He submitted the documents totne agent, and when those documents were compared witn the books of the firm the evidence ‘was conclusive, No matter what the motive was of the person fermeriy employed by the frm, the agent ot the department never had any knowledge of the relations of that clerk with the house until aiter the evidence referred to was published, He (Mr. Boutwell) advised Mr. Dodge to into court, where his testimony could be heard, and if it should then turn. out that there was no intentional violation of the law, the Secretary of the Treasury had the autitor- ity to remit the penalty, in whole or in part. ‘There Was no pressure brought by the Treasury Depart- ment upon this house; but, om the contrary, the department delayed and postponed to o! the firm, Eminent counsel was em joyed to represent the house. He did not believe Mr. ge was him- seif responsible for the fault, but there was a mys- tery connected with the transactions of the frm. The invoices given at the.Oustem House did not conform to those on the private books of the firm. The Treasury Department did, trom beginning to end, delay and ystpone the payment of this money to suit the cConventence of the firm. Ifever law was mercifully administered it was in this PRIVATE BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS INVIOLABLE, The amenament was then rejected by a vote of 21 yeas to 26 nays, as follow: Yeas—Mesers Anthony, Boreman, Boutwell, Backing- ham, Chandler, Ferry of Michigan, Flanugan, Gilber! Ham! ey, Morrill of Vermont, Morton’ Oytesby’ Pease. ‘saa dl Sargent, Scott, Sherman, oo and Ws 5 Nave—Mesers Alcorn, B Cameron, Car} Conkling, Conover, Cooper, Golathwaite, Hamilton of Maryland, . Johnston, Lewis of Maine, McOreery, Merrimon, Mitchell, Norwood, Patierson, Rob: erteon, Bauisbury, Stevenson, Stockton, Tipton. 'Wad- leigh and Washburn—2, THE PAY OF INFORMRRS, Some discussion ensued upon the fourth section of the bill as passed by ‘the House, which provides that no payment shall be made to any injormer in any case Wherein judicial proceedings shall have been instituted unless his claim to compensation shall have been established to the satisfaction of the court or judge having cognizance of such pro- ceedings and the value of his services duly certi- fied by said court for the information of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, and is was passed without amendment, Mr. SARGENT, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report regarding the promotions to the grade of rear admiral, usserting substantially | that a promotion from the rank of commodore to that of rear admiral need not be preceded by an examination, a8 in the cases of promotions to loWer grades in the held The CHain announced as members of the com- mittee of conference on the Deficiency Appropria- Poi bill Messrs, Sargent, Morrill o} ine and ely. The House bill to provide for the publication of | revised statutes of the United States was passed. Pending the discussion on the Moiety bill the Senate, at five o'clock, adjourned, HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVES, WasuInaron, June 8, 1874, Mr. Cox, (dem.) Of N. ¥., presented a memorial of the New York Chamber of Commerce for the greater freedom of intercourse between the United | States and Canada, ‘THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL GORS UNDER. Mr. BUTLER, (rep.) of Masa,, moved to suspend the rules and take from the Speaker's table tae Senate Civil Rights bill and refer it to the Judiciary Committee, with the right to report at any time. The motion was rejected—yeas 136, nays 86, not two-thirds in the affirm: . Among those voting ‘‘no’’ were the following re- ynter, lager, publicans Messrs. Banning, Eee Butler, of Tennessee ; Harrison, Hou nton, Lowndes, of Tennessee; Phelps, Sener, Smith, of North arolina; Stanard, Strajl, Thomas, of lowa, and Thornburgh, of Ten- (rep,) of Col., Moved to suspend the man, who was cut to pieces on the bridge of the rules aud pass the bill for the admission of Colorado asa State. Passed—yeas 170, nave 66. ‘THE LOUISIANA REPRESENTATION AT LARGE, ‘The House then, at balf-pas, one o’viock 'P. M., took up the Louisiana contested election case of Sheridan and Pinchdack. ‘The majority report is | that the evidence is not suficient to estabiish the | right of either Pinchback or Sheridan, and that they be permitted to take jurther testimony. The minority report, signed by Lamar, Crossiand and Spear, is thet Sheridan was and Pinchvack was not elected as ® member from tae State at large. Speecaes in support of the jority report were made by Mr. Smits, (rep.) of N. Y., and Mr. Sy- PHRR, (rep) of La., ana against it by Mr. LAMAR, | (dem.) of Miss. The latter declared his belief that, the interesta of the great republican party were not identified with the matntenance of the so-called government in Louisiaoa or of the kin- dred establishments in the Southern States, No pas, could endure the infamy and disgrace that j ad been brought upon the Amertcan name by | those grotesque caricatures of the government. | The reguit of the war bad been to estabiigh the in- dissolubiity of the American Union and the uni- versality of freedom on the American conti- nent; but the North was not satisfied with ‘nat. Congress had d the reconstruction | measures and had suns the iron deep into the heart and goul of the Southern people. But THE POSITION OF THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE that the doctrine of secesston, the right of withdrawing {rom the Union, was extinguished and eliminated from the American aystem, and no longer constituted @ part of the elements of the American government. The institution of lavery, with all its incidents, was dead, extinct, ink in that sea which never gives up its dead, id the people of the Soutn did not ask for ite resurrection. The enlightened people of the South would not, if they could, identuy the im) er- ests of the country with an institution which stood utterly antagonistic to all the elements and living torce of modern civilization. (Applause.) They regarded the three last amendments of the constitution as inviolable aud sacred as the articles that were written by their forefathers, Mr, Lamar’s speech was listened to with close attention by the members on both sides, who lormed a circle round him while he was speaking. THE CONTESTANTS SPEAK, The discussion closed with speeches from the two contestants, Messrs. SHERIDAN (dem.) and PINCHBACK (rep.) The latter interested and amused the House with a discursive description of the Louisiana election, which, he declared, was in all respects a fraud. Mr. DaRBaLL, (rep.) of La., moved as a substi. tute for the minority resolutions a resolution that Mr. Pinchback is entitled to the seat prima facie, The question passed over to be voted upon to- morrow. Mr, Rusk, (rep.) of Wis., presented the confer- ence reports on the bill to revige the Pension laws and the bill regulating pensions for wtal disabil- ities, which were agreed to, The House then, at seven o'clock P, M., ad- Journed, . REVISED ‘ ESTIMATES. What It Costs the City of New York for Its Local Government, In response to the resolution of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment passed May 2, and its circular letter dated the 6th ult,, and addressed to the heads of the various departments and- bureaus of the city government, those officera have prepared revised estimates of the amounts necessary to defray the expense of their several branches of the city service during the current year. These estimates are just printed, by order of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. They are intended primarily for the guidance of that body in fixing the several appropriations and in levying upon the taxable property of the city the rate of assessment requisite to raise the grand total of the city budget, which includes, besides these items of city expense, the rateable share of the city in the cost of the government of the Km- pire State. Apart from this primary use, these figures, which would have been considered appal- ling in their magnitude by New Yorkers of half a century ago, will be read with lively interest by that large class of our citizens out of whose pockets come the taxes which are to bear these expenses incident to tne local government of the metropolis, Property owners in the city are frequently heard to growl at the burden of taxation which grinds them, checking enterprise and retarding the city’s ‘owth. A glance at the figures below will show them how and by whom their money is absorbed. No doubt there are omissions in the list which would swell even the grand total of these revised estimates. THE ESTIMATES UNDER THE REVISION. City expenses for the present year as fixed by the revised estimates :— Legislative Department. $997,053 13 The Mayoralty. ‘59,500 0) Eermenertt 8 aw Depar' Department of Public Works 1,593,600 00 Four new public bat! 80,000 00 Department of Public Ps 775,565 O1 Department ot Buildin; N4aw6 6s tment of Public epee a 1,436,565 93 Health LO amen 224, 461, 57 Be of Police .. $,451,693 64 Bureau of Street 1,136,992 50 ire Deparment, 1808654 $8 loard ol Ucn 00 liege of the City of New York. 000 00° partment of Taxes and Assessments. 157,400 00- City Record........ 25,000 00 Gounty Sierk's fice “io foun’ 8a Court 177,000 00 Court of Common Pleas “168,200 00 Marine Coart. 128,100 00 jeneral Sessions ‘54,000 00 Special Session: 200 00 Surrogate's office. 51,300 8 District Attorney 95,221. Police Justices. 176,88) 00 Five District court 110,326 Ov Commissioners of 10,200 00 Coroner's office. 7B576 66 Board of Bxei 47,500 00 Court of Arbitration. 10,000) 60, Bherif’s office. 100,000 00 ational Rifle 5,000 00 ‘Total. 553,094 38 DISRAELI AND OHAMBORD, The Paris Figaro lately attributed to Mr. Disraeli &@ phrase in which, in speaking of French politics, | he expressed a desire that “Providence would open the eyes of the Count de Chambord, unless indeed His will should be to close them.” That journal has received the following rectification :— 10 Dewmxc Steerer, Warrenatt, H DON, May 35, 1874. Sre—In the Figaro of the 2ist there appears a frerb imputing certain words to Mr. Disraeli relative to the Count de Chambord. I am desired by Mr. Disraslito intorm you that no such expresmons or any equivalent to them ever escaped his lips. Thave the honor to be, sir, with high consideration, yonr obedient servant, IONTAGUSs COBRY, plein ROBABLE MURDER. An Irish Weman Fatally Kicked by a Negro Cern Doctor. Catharine McKnight, an Irish woman, was | gicked in the left side by @ negro named Joun Brandt, at two o'clock yesterday morning, in a wretched hovel at No. 8 Jersey street, Brandt is anold man, amd very well known in the Four- teenth ward as the corn doctor. He and his wite, @ dilapidated German woman, live in a room which is about eighteen feet by twenty feet at the above number, and have fora long time been in the habit of taking Italian ledgers, whom they | allow to sleep on the bare floor at an expense of filteen cents @ head. Catharine McKnight has | made this miserable place her headquarters daring the last tree or four months, eee, Chetan im about one o’clock im he morning. esterday morning, however, she did not go home (?) until about two, and while skirmishing around the room for a Braman,” wo ‘was. greatly. enraged” being als ri enr: at s- turbed, and, rising Irom Bis downy conch,” dealt the offending Catharine o kick in the side that will | probably prove fatal. She was removed to Belle- vue Hospital, where she now lies in a critical con- dition, When the officers went for the ‘doctor!’ last evening they found him on the roof of the | hor snugly ensconced behind the scuttle open- ing. He, of course, has a story to tell about the affair, He says a man named Ross kicked Cath- rine, and that he did all he could to shield her, | even going 80 far as vo allow her to sleep on a cor- ner of his coat tail, wnich was serving the purpose for hitnself and his wife, at the time, as a mattress, Catharine, Lowever, declares that the “doctor,” and no one else, kicked her, ANOTHER MAN OUT TO PIECES ON THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, Tn New Brunswick, N. J., yeaterday morning an inquest was held by Coroner Schuyler on the re- mains of John Hefferman, @ young unmarried Pennsylvania Ratiroad spauning the Raritan River. John, it seems, had been on a Saturday night @ and while in his cups wandered on the bridge and was run o' body was hor- ribly mangled. The remai and presented a sickent: Coroner had ever seen. in accordance with the facts. “SOLAR SOIENCE, Father Secchi has published in Rome the result of his investigations in the solar temperature, made during last summer, and states that his efforts were directed toward the determination of the relation of the solar radiation with that of tl electric light. The instrument used was a thormo- heliometer o1 the investigator's own invention, and the conclusion reached was thas the radiation of the sun would be 364 times that of the carbon were gatherea op sight—the worst the verdict was returned joints, If, therefore, the temperature at the sur- ‘ace of the latter is Axed at 5,482 degrees Fahren- helt, a number not exaggerated, and supposing the radiation proportional to the temperature, we | Of this GERMANY'S CHURCH WARFARE. The New Law to be Issued Placing the Catholic Church Under the Control of the Government. [Berlin (May 23) correspondence of London ‘rtmes.) It being expected that under the new German law for the banishment of recusant ecclesiastics will be shortly compelled to leave the country, and that the diocesan chapters will refuse to elect bents, a law Das just been enacted by the State Parliament of Prussia to provide for the adminis- tration of vacant dioceses in the kingdom. This law, which takes the direction of the Church out of the hands of the clergy, vesting it exclusively in the government and parishes, may be regarded as @ Ginal blow dealt to the Papal cause, THE Law, which will be promulgated in a few daye, runs as follows:— We, William, by the grace of God King of Prus- sia, &c., with the consent of the two uses of Parliament, enact what follows :— y CLavse 1.—ll a Catholic see falls vacant those ights and ecclessiastical functions of the Bishop not relating to the administration of Church prop- | erty shall be exercised in accordance with the pro- visions of this statute, pending the investiture of @ new Bishop recognized by the State. 2. Whoever may feei nimself called upon to. ex- ercise episcopal rights or functions of the kind re- ferred to in cause 1 shall be obliged to give writ- ten notice of his intention to the Governor Gea- eral of the province in which the vucant see is | situate. In this notice be shall be obiiged to men- | tion the extent o! the rights to be exercised by him, and he is also to prove that be bas been com- miasioned by his Church, and tuat he posseases the peeckepes specified in the law of May 11, 1873, as in- ispensable for thes holding of any ecclesiastical office. He will likewise be expected to deciare his | readiness to swear fealty to the King and obe- dience to the law of the land. & Wituin tea days from the delivery of this com- munication the Governor General shall be entitied to J na against the exercise of the episcopal 7 its and functions claimed. Protest having been lodged, the Governor General shall be entitled to refer the case to the aecision of the Ecciestastical Court within ten days, in accordance with clause 16 of the law of May 11, 1873, In tne event of no protest being lodged, or of protest having been lodged, but rejected by tue Poqenanrica Court, the person claiming episcopal rigiits will be aum- moned to take the oath reierred to in clause 2, in t resen: f the. Attorney General or a com- ieee appointed ya oever presumes to exercise episcopal rights or functi Of the kind mentioned in ciause 1, revious tétaking the oath mentioned in cause 2, incurs imprisonment irom six montns to two years. same punishment shall be inflicted Upon the substitute or vicar of a Bishop, ti, after the see becomes vacant, he continues to exercise episcopal Tights or functions, without having pre- jasiy secured authority to do so in accordance with clauses 2 and 3. Ecclesiastical acts per- formed by such person shall have no validity in the eye of the law. “6. Should any servants of the Church perform jeeclesiastical functions by order of a bisnop not Tecegnized by the State or deposed by the Ecclesi- astical Court, or by order of a person arrogating to himself episcopal rights or functions contrary provisions of the law, or by order of @ 81 appointed by such persons, they shall incur a pen- ity not exceeding 100 thalers or imprisonment not exctediug one year. If any servants of the Church exercise episcopal eral or function’ by order Of persons disqualified to commisgion them, they shall be punished with imprisonment from 81X Months to two yea 6. Upon an episcopai see falling vacant in con- sequence of a sentence of the Kcclesiastical Court, the chapter of the diocese shall be forthwith called upon by the Governor-General of the prov- ince toelect a vicar, Unless the Governor General be informed within ten days of a vicar having been elected, or unless the vicar elected takes the oath of allegiance within a jertnight alter the ex- piry of the first ten days, the Minister of Eccies}- astical Affairs snail appoint a commissary to take charge of the property, real and otherwise, be- longing to or administered by the see. Should any coercive measures be required to cause the said property to be handed uver to the commis- sion, such measures shall be taken by the Gover- nor General. %. The provisions of clause 6 will be likewise applied if vicur of a diocese should resign atter the deposition ofa bishop previous to the investi- ture of a new bishop recognized by the State; or ifam episcopal see having fallen vacant in any otherwise, episcopal rights and functions are ex- Pepe by persons not qualified under clauses 2 a nd 3. 8 The provisions of clause 6 respecting the ap- pointment of a commissary and: the sequestering Of the property will also come into force if a see 18 not within a year of its falling vacant filled by a bishop recognized by the State. The Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs will be entitled to prolong the term mentioned in the preceding passage. 9, Al rights ordinarily exercised by the Bishop in administering preperts are transierred to the commissary, the cost of sach administration be! @eirayed out of the Church funds. All rignots | obligations connected with the property of diocese are to devolve Bion ube commissary. He is tO&euperintend the administration of the whole property of the diocese, both lecal and otlierwise, aa well as of roperty destined for ecclesiasti cal purpenet ie commissary shall require no special powers in d witb third persons, his writ of office holding in all like cases. 10. The commissary’s oMce comes to an end directly the administration is handed over to a vicar aoe in accordance with the provisions law, or a bishop is installed or r nized by 'the'State, Tne commissary is responsible only w the Governor General of the province. His ac- counts are to be controlled by the Supreme Cham- ber of Accounts, in accordsnce with the law of March 27, 1872, clause 11 ‘aph 11. To none else shail he be obliged to render an account of his administration, or be he.d regponsibie. 11. The Governor General of the province shall publicly announce the appointment of a vicar or a commissary, giving the date of bis instalment in office. He shall likewise announce the day ef the expiry of his oMce. All such announcements to be made in the Berlin Qfloial Gazette, as weil as in the journals ef the diocese set apart for the publication Of oMictal advertisements. 12—Olauses 6 to 11, shall be applied, thongh the diocesan chapter Sypoins @ special commissary to take charge of Church property Sere ee vacanc; pal see, Or though the chapter itsel uch administration. The like shall be 6 case though a 8) Episcopal Board be in existence for the administration of Church pro- ty. oD Darin the time that the dio in property is being administered by a government commis- sory, in accordance with clauses § and 8, the patrons of livings entitled to nominate candidates ‘will be authorized to fill up vacancies or toappeint vicars, 14.—It the patrons choose to avail themselves of tne right conferred upon them by the preceding clause, the provisions of the law of May 11, 1878, come into play. If, disregarding these provisions, the patrons instal Slorgymen without notifying their names to the authorities, they will incur the penalty denounced against the ecclesiastical guthorities for the like offeuce in clause 22 uf said law. 15, If, within two months from a living falling vacant, the patron does not nominate a vicar, or if within @ year irom the said term he does uot fill up the ving, his right passes on to the congre- heey Similarly, the said right is to be exercised yy the congregation in the case of all asyig 4 ie ate 16, event of the congregation being en- titled to exercise the said rights, the Burgomaster of the town or the Landrath of the county, at the petition of atleast ten male member of the con- Eig ted of independent means, shall be obliged summon @ meeting of all male members of the congregation of independent means, to determine the appointment ofa Vicar or incurobent. The votes of the meeting are to be passed by majority, the rules of procedure being issued by the Governor General of the province, 17.—In the event of a valid election taxing place, the meeting 1s te a) point & representative, who is to instal the new incumbent in his office. ‘The action and responsibility of the sala represen- tative are byes by Clause 14, 18.—If, 10 the cases specified in Clauses 13 to 17, rotest is not raised by the Governor General of he Province, or i!, protest having been raised, it is overruled by the Ecclesiastical cone the ap- poin tment of the incumbent shall be valid. 19.—Shouid an episcopal see havo fallen vacant previous to this law coming into force, the pro- Visions of this law will équaliy SPP. to the caso, %0.—The terma “Bishop” and “ipiscopal” used in this law likewise SPPiy te Archbishops aud Prince Bisho; their oes, boards, dioceses, The episcopal rights and iunctions referred to ging jated 2.—The Minister of cociesiasticel affairs is chargeu with seeing thus law executed. Returning to Apostelic Simplicity. What makes the above law so important ts the transfer of the ecclesiastical power from the bishops to the congregations-—s change which lays the axe to the root of the hicrarchtoal system, and from the infallible Pope carries us back at @ leap to the independent communities of Apostoiical times. It may be doubted, indeed, whether the momentous right conferred will be exercised by livings not | the parishes in the immediate future, Orthodox Catholics side with the priests, and will be im no hurry to elect pastors, while such s procedure 18 denounced ag heretical by the. Pope; Un- orthodox Catho! on the other hand, are too im to care at all about the ex- pected bows, parties will and ti ties advisable to profit by the privileges newly vested lox te are once made to realize that the Po ne to th AML, AG tletp ie sewelii to tn coun’ ley wi icipated, sal inevitable, fast’ ae'th one in" jave done in Russia, whose Catholic Church was lately severed from Rome twelve years ago; while the moment this portion ol th unity things as they are, free- comm wees are, thinkers Will have an interest, spiritual and other- obtain ror the potential temperature of the sul 540, 540 degyecs Fabrepbelt lective paricination wise, in the election of the working clergy. Tho af bath actions § will the greater part of the Roman Catholic bishops | new bishops during the life of the Jormer incum- | Probably be much quickened by the iptention Of the Government to propose the transier of the diocesan property to the congregations di- reetly they can be trasied with the responmbility. If Government commissaries are to ve appointed for the present to take charge of the tunds of the Church, the only motive is to prevent zealous con- H rea from turning their money into St. ‘ter’s pence, in the meantime cvercion is to be made us lement as possible. Uf the punisiments enacted in the above law none will be actually in- | ficted, it being intended to make the fullest use of the new German statute, which permits of ecclesiastical offenders being banished the coun- | try directly sentence has been pronounced ag: tl In the other German States no special laws | luke the above will be required, the Papacy not ob- | Jecting in Bavaria, Wurtemberg, &c., to tle nomi- | mv upervision so stoutly opposea in Prussia. It only this Protestant State, which has unitea | | Germany and made the power of the whole pation | subservient to what are called Lutheran purposes, that the Vatican opposes. eR Sia Expository vs. Topical Reading—Essay by Rev. M. 8S. Terry—Wanted, a Lay College Here. The Methodist ministers held thetr meeting yes- terday at 606 Broadway. Rev. M. 8. Terry, of this city, read an essay on preaching. He contrasted the old style of expository preaching with the new style of topical preaching, and gave an unquali- fied verdict against the latter. He argued that the true theory of the ministry made them ex- Positors of the Word of God and instructors of the People, and that this exposition and instraction cannot be given by taking a text apart from its surroundings and taiking on that for an hour or more. He would follow the recommendation of tne Discipline as mach as possivie and read les- gons ateach service from tne Old and the New Testament, commenting expositorily on the one and preaching 110m the other. He recommended also taking one book in the Qld and one in the New ‘testament and going right through with them, so that in this way the people might in the course of @ ministry get a correct idea of biblical exposition and @ better knowledge of Scripture meee than they can gaim by the present thos ir, Terry advised those who might now desire to engage in this kind of preaching to begin in the rayer meeting, and thus prepare themselves for it im the larger congregation, The essay was 80 thorough ara omprehensive that it leit little or nothing to be said in debate for or against its sug- gestions and inferences. Alter some remarks py Rey. Mr. McAlister on the necessity of studying the Scriptures, Drs, True, Holdich and Roche had a few words to sa On misquoted texts, showing that the practice quite common among ministers, and is reprenen- siole in them as indicating @ lack of study or care- leasness in reas the Scriptures. Mr. Platt, of the Hoiston Conference, adaressed the meeting on the Charch interests of tue South, and especially in Tennessee. The preachers resolved to discues the propriety and necessity for estabiisning a lay college in this city under the auspices oi the Methodist Bplsconsl Charch, at their meeting next Monday. This isa practical and important theme and will, no doubt, evoke some practical thought. PRESBYTERIAN CHUROH OONSOLIDATION— ‘ACTION OF NEW YORK PRESBYTERY, The Westminster Presbyterian church, in West Twenty-second street, has been for some time without a regular pastor, and has bad a rather feeble and precariousexistence. It 18 also in debt, and the Church Extension Committee of the’ New York Presbytery have had it under their protecting wing, trying to nourish it and keep italive. The New York pepe rtetion church, which recently moved into West Eleventh street, in too close proximity to the Westminster and also to the Alexander church, in Seventh avenue, and to Dr, Hali’s church, in Fifth avenue, is not a very strong society. The concentration of those churches in this smail area ig likely to hinder rather than to | help their growth in the future, and hence the Ex- tension Committee have advised the consolidation of the Westminster and the New York Presbyterian | churches. Tne Presbytery yesterday appointed a comiaittee of five to meet with the church, which Will hold & congregational meeting next Wednes- day evening, when the committee will give sech advice aud counsel as it can on the several matters that may be brought before it. 4 MISSION TO THE JEWS, Several persons interested in the formation of a Protestant Episcopal Church mission to the Jews Met last evening at St. Ann’s church, on Eigh- teenth street. The Rev. Dr. Gallaudet stated that it was the expectation to organize a mission and ob- tain a charter for a ychool. He stated that a wealthy gentleman, much interested in the work, had promised to make a large bequest in favor or such @ cause should a mission be organized. The meeting was wholly informal, but it was decided to interest the Church i! possible in this work. ALMOST A CATASTROPHE. The Collision of the Steamer Matteawan ‘With the Steamship Ccltic-Ne Lives Lost—The Matteawan Badly Damaged. The passenger steamer Matteawan, plying be- tween this city and Keyport, coilided yesterday, about hall-past eight o'clock A. M., with the White Star steamer Celtic, which was riding at anchor of Quarantine. A very dense fog prevailed, and the captain of the Matteawan did not see the steamer until the collision was unavoidable. The Matteawan acts asa terryboat between the foot of Barclay street and Keyport, and was proceed- ing under one bell and with every caution when the accident occurred. She leit Keyport at seven o’ciock, the regular hour for her departure, With 260 passengers. She also carried a forward deck | ves and sheep. As the steamer approached the lower bay a dense fog came up, and after ig the Narrows it became so thick that the Hageratr at the bow could not be seen | from the pilot house. Fog whistles were blown and every precaution was taken to avoid accident. AS asserted by an ofMcer of the Matteawan, on ‘whose statement this narrative is based, there were no responsive signals. The steamer had been slowed to one bell and no one had any appre- hension of danger, when, without s moment's warning, the iratl little craft ran bow on tt the steamship Celtic, The injuries to the Matteawan were quite serious. The bow of the craft was stove in, her rail smashed and a shower of splinters was thrown all over the | upper deck, which was crowded with passengers, | racalous a8 it may seem, no one Was injured and the badly frightened passengers were safely landed at Barclay atreet. The bull of the Matvea- wan was uninjured, but $2,000 will scarcely suf- fice to repair the damages. THE STRAMSHIP NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. The Celtic sustained very little injury, and in the words of her commander, Captain Kiddie, “£100, at most, will do the business.” The Matteawan struck slentingly on the starboard quarter and ci dd away a portion of the tat- rail and loosened a bi or two. Ver; little shock was felt on board the Celtic, and that | only on the aiter portion. She will be repatred to-day and will sail as advertised. Captain die says that his vessel was at anchor, and that he supposed the damage will Rave to be paid by the steamer that was under way. He did | not know exactly what the law was here, but it was so ‘on the other side.” He farther ciaims that the whistle was regularly blown, A PASSENGER'S STORY. “I was standing forward on the hurricane deck at the Moment Of the collision,” said @ passenger | on board the Matteawan to a HERALD reporter, | “and was completely enveloped with the fy ing | splinters. Several large pieces of wood passe gue near, but fortunately did not sirtke me. he Matteawan struck slanting against the | steamer and then swung smash up against the | side, Ii we bad strack squat ad on, she would undoubtedly have sprung aleak, and hat of the Ree would have been drewned before boats ma the steamer could have pioked them up in the fog. For @ short tame the atmost confusion pre- vailed. Women and chikiren amed, and tne men acted even Worse, Tushing bither and thither as if they were maniacs, I Rot see how the Owners 01 the Matteawan can escape paying jor | | the because the steamship was at | | anchor, What is most remarkavle to me is that nO one was seriously injured, and that a terribie | accident was so miraculously avoided." 8ST, GABRIEL'S GRAMMAR 8OHOOL CELE. j BRATION, ‘The lecture hall of St. Gaoriel’s Grammar School, Thirty-sixth street, was filled to overflowing last | evening to witness an exhibition of the pupils now under the tuition of the Christian Brothers. The Rev. Father Clowry, the pastor, presided, and he | had evident occasion to be pleased with the pro- ficiency displayed by the pupils, The examinations are. to extend over the whole week, anu comprise as broad a fleld of subjects as could be desired in any school of the same class as Bt. Gabriel's Among the subdjects treated by the young éléves ali the elementary branches ordina- ri be in the best scnoois are prominent. His- | tory, arithmetic, mensuration and algebra, ap to | simple equations, were dealt with in an off-hand manner which showed a careful training in ; the first principles of these sciences. Music } and Bi “y 4) happily a large feature in the train- f the children attending these schools. Hay- “Gloria” was finely executed, and later on . I. F, O'Rourke and Mr. J. Mc! hitn ren- dered in good taste the duet, “There's a Sigh in | the Heart.’’ The proceedings will be resumed to-morrew, when the senior and superior classes will be | examined in the higher branches, Brother Tatian was much complithented by those present, and much pleasure is anticipated by the patrons of PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS —-—___ Trotting Between Goldsmith Maid and Judge Fullerton—The Former the Goldsmith Maid and Jndge Fullerton came together yesterday afternoon at Prospect Pars Fair Grounds, to try conclusions as to their re- spective superiority in regard to speed on that fast and beautiful track. These horses bad never trot- ted im this neighborhood together before, and never but once at any other place, and that was at Philadelphia last autuma, where neither Judge Fallerton nor any other horse could beat Goldsmith Maia when the “Miller and his men” are on the ground. A great many good judges of speed were under the impression, alter seeing Judge Puller. ton beat American Girl at Fleetwood Park a couple of weeks ago, that he could serve out Goldsmith Maid in the same manner, and they journeyed to Gravesend yesterday afternoon fully impressed with the belief that it would be done, When they reached there, however, they were Much surprised to find Goldsmith Maid the favorite over Judge Fullerton at 104 to 25, and they at once made - up their minds that the programme had been made out for her to be the winner, and none but “out siders”” ventured their money on the gelding. All the “ talent” wanted the mare; but two sharp in- dividuals bid on every pool that was pat up; and it was only once in @ while that their friends were allowed to purchase a ticket to keep them quiet. An old follower of the horses, who wanted & pool, remarked that “the thing was dead for Gold- smith to win, and it was a hard case that he could Not get a bit of tt.” An immense crowd assembled, and when the bell rang for the horses to appear the Fair Gyounas Presented @ very animated appearance. There Were far more people in attendance than on any Previous occasion this season, @ large number of them veing strangers from nearly every State in the Union, who had come yo New York to attend Jerome Park races, but who, having @ spare day, visited Prospect Park to see the two most famous trotters in the country contend for a purse. When the horses appeared on the track, with Budd Dobie behind Goldsmith Maid, and Dan Mace holding the reins over Judge Fullerton, they were both closely scanned and declared to be in first rate order by the best of judges. They scored @ few times, ana then came up for the word with Judge Fullerton on the inside. Many thought thas he showed more foot than the mare and was de- cidedly the most steady. Judge Fullerton won the first heat 1 2:19 apparently very easily, and still there was 100 to 40 on the mare, On toe second heat at the three-quarter pole, where Judge Puller- ton appeared to be beating the mare, he sudden! dropped behind, and Goldsmith Maid won the 1 2:18%. Dan Mace was then declared to be too weak to drive any longer, and his brother Ben took his place, Judge Fullerton broke up as soon as he leit the score on the third heat, end the mare beat him six lengths in 2:28. She also beat him the fourth heat in 2:21%, and this decided the first of the series of races between Goldsmith Maid and Judge Fullerton, which are to be trotted all over the country where good paying purses are hung up, on purely hippodromic principles. The traok wag in most excellent order. ‘The judges—Messrs. Burke, Payson and Layton— are all members of the association. The following ere the details of THE TROTTING. First Heat,—At the fifth attempt the wora “‘Go!’? Was given. The horses leit the score on even terms and went to the turn head and head. Then Goldsmith Maid made a skip, the pace being rather too fast for her, and Fullerton passed around the turn one length ahead of her. The mare made ajump or two and Fullerton showed day- light betweer them. He outfooted the mare and led two lengths to the quarter pole in 33% seconds, Going up the backstretch Goldsmith Max made break and ran up to Fullerton’s saddle girth; and as Fullerton passed the hali-mile pole in 1:07% she was at hig suoulder, Leaving that paint and de- scending the lower stretch the heaas of Goldsmith Maid and Judge Fullerton were nearly parallel, not- withstanding that the mare made two more skips besore she reached the three-quarter pole, in neither of which, however, did she loge an inch ef ground, As they passed the pole, Judge Fullerton showed his head in front, ana as they came swin; into the homestretch he had the hest of it by alength, The mare struggled nobly }, the home- stretch, but she proved no match for Judge Fuller- ton, and he came in a winner of the heat by a length in 2:19, ‘The owner of Judge Fullerton then threw his hat in the air and screamed with delight at the result. Second Heat—Notwithstanding her defeat of the. previous heat Goldsmith Maid was atill the favorite, at 100 to 40, and many who understood matters atili found it dificult to break iin eed mono- poly Qnd get a peolon the mare. Dan turned: rat and came up the stretch tor the word on an easy gait, looking back, and waiting for the mare to come on, when much to his surprise she came’ with @ bulge and him on the score a8 the word was. given, She was two lengths in front in a moment and took the pole. Ja ya Fullerton trotted raj oy after the mere, but he shut up little of the day’ ent to the quarter le, the mare passing that BS t im 33%, two jengths in front of him. Fullerton trot fast up the backstretch, closing the gap at every: stride, notwithstanaing that the mare was her best to keep away frem him. She from the quarter to the half-mile poie, up the riait ground, in 82} seconds, and still Fullerton closed up the two lengths she was im front ot him and Was on even terms with her at the half-mile pole, which was in 1:063, Judge Fullerton was yoked to the mare all the way down the lower stretch until witiin ffty yards of the three-quar- ter pole, when he suddenly sell back and trailed Goldsmith Maid into the homestretch, who was two lengths aiead as she came around the turn. She kept the gap open to the end, and won by two ie making the heat in 2:18%. Heat.—\sen, Mace then appeared behind Judge Fullerton, He brought him up for the word on even terms with the mare, and they were started; but no sooner had they left tne score than Jndge Fullerton broke up, and before he recovered the mare was eignty yards away in front of him. She went to the Te pole in 35 seconds and the Dbalfmile pole in 1:113, fully eighty H gfe ahead of Fulterton, She was then slowed and came leisurely home, winning the heat by balia dozen lengths in 2 Pourth Heat,—Six scorings took place before the horses were given an even start, when they went away from the score at a clipping pace, the mare leading around the upper turn one and a half. Fullerton closed up nicely as approached the quarter pole, and at that point the mare was only half a length in front of him, in 83% se There was no slacking of pace up the ground to the half-mile pole, which the mi ed @ length in front of Fullerton in 1:07, eaving there Fullerton closed up, and about - way down the lower stretch the mare only had her head in front. She led haifa length at the three- narter pole, and, with Fullerton at her quarte: she swung into the homestretch, and, after a mos! determined struggle by both horses ander the whi J | Goldsmith Maid won the heat and race by half s ell owing is a The follow! SUMMARY. Prospect PARK Fain GROUNDS, Jone §.—Purse $2,600; free for all; mile heats, best three im five uy L076 Association have eighth anni meeting to-day at Fleetwood Two Lad at ne with five horses in each, aud @ match will be trotted during the afternoon. HOHENLOHE AND MAOMAHON. Diplomatic Relations Between Germany France. (From Galigaani’s Messenger, May 26.) At the Elysée on Saturday took place the recep- tion of Prinoe Clovis Hohenlohe-Schillingfurst, the new Ambassador of Germany. In delivering ~hig eae to the President of the Republic the Prince sald :— M Paestpent,— Emverer 1 hare SPA aay “o Sat have the honor of resenting t which accredits me tn that a nance in ‘confiding to me so high ® missiot mie tp aevge ally atiention 200 v to the con! development of between the Fe Monsii le Preside: ral eee si ecracpen aah oreo between the two government. d ® The Marshal President replied :— Mi J Ammassadava—I | Bmperor "again expres ts me, oy ar Biseare p, maint a eae deve the Good relations which exist 1 ah na that fee Goeisnated ‘vee very specially for tat IRBLAND AND AFRBIOA. {From the Cork Rxaminer, May 28.) On the motion of Sir John Gray, M. P., the Muni. Cipal Council of Dublin resolved yesterday to present an address of congratulation to Sir Garnes express to him th sap mingare Feepect | for the manner in which oe ried out the duties iy on hi these schools in witne: e spas eaaek sary the developments of latar date,