The New York Herald Newspaper, February 12, 1875, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 187 6.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE REVENUE. Debate on the New Bill in the House of Representatives. | | THE TREASURY DEFICITS A Lack of Three Hundred Millions in the Sinking Fund. | | Mr. Dawes’ Apology for the! Financial Quandary. | —--+——— | | thetr comrort or tor th REPLY OF FERNANDO WOOD. | Stalwart Opposition to an Increase of the People’s Burdens, The Government Folly, Extravagance and | Mismanagement Exposed. i | | acter, STERN TRUTH IN FIGURES. | bear it, Teannot give it my support. I feei compelied | | wodoalll to prevent the passage of this bill. In my neut there 1s ho pubhe necessity demanding t. If Wasuincton, Feb. 11, 1875. The House of Representatives to-day, after disposing of the amendments of the Post Office Appropriation bill, Went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Hale, (rep.) of Mgine, in the chair, on the Tariff bill, entitled, “A bill farther to protect the sinking fund and to provide tor the exigencies of the government.” Mr. Dawrs, (rep.) of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, addressed the House im wpport of the biil, Le reminded the House that exactly ad endeavored to show that there was ssity for increased taxation, but now he would endeavor to show that there was a necessity tor in- preased taxation. As he had sincerely believed at that time that the government could get along without re- sorting to the most unwelcome of measures for the purposc of making the receipts and expenses of the government meet, so he was with the same sincerity now compelled to urge on the House that there was no other practical method of doing so than by resorting to taxation. His sincerity was not diminished by the reflection that in the course of events this was the last time he woull address the House on any such subject. There had, then, been two grounds pn which he had hopea to avoid the necessity of in- creased taxation. These were a confident hope that there would be a general revival of business and that there would be a reduction of expenses. The estimate of the total recespts ot the government for that year was at that time $281,777.97, and it was expected that out of that amount somewhere about $9,000,000 could be applied to the sinking fund. Tae actual receipts tor that year were $284,000,000; but there was a surpius of onty $2,244,832 over and above the current expenses of the government. THY DECREASE IN THE REVENUE, Last December the Secretary ot the Treasury esti- mated the receiptsand expenses tor the fiscal year to be such that there would be a surplus of $9,000,000 to be applied to the sinking fad; but in reality the actual receipts since that report was made were more widely @iferent than they had been during any year for the last five years. The actual receipts had tailen far short of the estimates. From some causes not quite under- od by those who made finance a study, the receipts from customs had begun to tall off, and had fallen off to the extent of $3,209,000, or about $100.00) a day. It that jailing off continued during the year there would be a | deficit ot $35,001,000. ile made a statement of the com- arative receipts and expcuses ot the government since 70 as tuliows:— * Receipts, Expenditures, $411.0-0,000 $09,000,000 885,000. 000 "804,000,000 374,00},00) —27,00;090 nO) 79,000,000 Asis 289/00),000 —287,000'000 The receipt the first seven months of last fiscal year were $163/00 00, and for the corresponding seven onihs ot this year $105.W00.0%), being & falling off rep.) of Ohio, inquired whether the de- crease bad reached a bottom, or whether the receipts Were still talline behind t . Dawes replied that up to the 20th December the receipts came very near the estimates. From that day to the Ist of sauuary they ha alien of very seriou re For three or tour days atter that they had recupe ani had even gone atew hundred doliars beyon: Mr. Garen the estimates. Then they had begun to tall back again, so that there bat been “a faliing | of the woth ot Decem! of from $3,500.00 $4,090.00), anv vet the est statement that the -ecretary of the sf could make Was im regard to the re- ceipis. 1 ot expenditures was the work of 88; the re‘uction of receipts was not the work of Ss. tut the worg of those influences on trade isiness over Which Congress did uot assume to ex ercise coutro: ‘Mr. Hotter. (rep.) of Mass., asked Mr. Dawes whether the falling off was in the customs revenue or internal Feveune. and Tne stKt Mr. Dawns replied tha enue was much less t showed that the rec one pevontt bo thar, whate fact supplied, gretitying than it w comin FUND DEFICIT. e falling off in internal rev- 1 in customs. ‘The last repore s irom miernal revenue had ite of the ‘Ireasury Department, noe Of loternal prosperity that conai‘ion of he country was more totherwise have been. He cen on the tatlure of the Treasury riuent to comply with the law requiring one per ceipts trom ctistoms to be applied to the » iat Inssead oF $417,566 056 being applied Tonly been $141,000,012 paid into it. Mr. Nentack, “em,) of ind. imquived whether the re- du the public debt by the purchase of bonds was | Bot au equitable somplia with the law. | Mr. Hawks replied tthe law as tothe sinking fund | was explicit that every ye » much shoud be paid, | but thar even the cotsiruetion of the liw as suggested | would not relieve the sovernment from tts oblications | to the sinki wid ‘ause all the bonds purchase !. in- dudiog thy cha d te the sinking fond, a to | aniy $4 , 1st $417,596,006, whieh have | Applied to the sinking rund Mr , dent.) o" Kv., asked Mr. Dawes whether ne aad oilicial informauon to that effect. Mi, vaiwes repiied that be had—that is, from official | wources Mr. Peck imtima sthe amount men- Howed by Mr. yaw er $40).0) of | the public vebt Jed in the eof deven-thirty cerunicaie | Mr. vAWES—i the Louded debt, si. hat the purchase jaw, as to the | had been persisientiy | the asked whatexplaud. | that non-compliance with | imselr had been utterly astounded waen | Jook inte it and to see h the taivb ot bad been inurcedy violated in a matter arded by foreigners as essential to public the entire reiu Mr. NrvLack ed with Mr. complia taith and non r. Dawe 4 ated that Secretary Boutwell had, every ar during his administration, set apart lor the inking | faint every dollar whieh the law required. secretary Richardson had iaied to do so, but bad applied the re- seipts of the government to meet its current expendi tur and had calied on Congress to turnish him with mea to meet the demands for the sinking tund. He Went on to sav that whasever impatred that sinking | tuud by vue dovar impaired the faith of the nation at home and abroad; aud the fact that the sink und | lac two-thirds of the atpount which shouid have been paid ino it had i on the dt of ation and the. vaiue of its | bonds in the markets of ihe worla to an aggrezate | tmount more than was fought tobe raised wuder tiie ni. He did no see where sutdown substanualiy, and the the ¢ er penditures couid be fore the question be- | ore the House Was how could the government raise | $30,000,000 of iucreased revenue With the | fierious | pices. If Congress had not two or turee years ago axbotshed the daty ou tea and coffee, there’ would be DOW no HeTessity 5 measure. Mr. Cos, dem. of N. ¥.—Why did not your committee | repor ure lo estore that tax? fhat would liother consideration. | What would the government get by restoring that tax ? Since the Ist oF Lecember, whol It Was suggeste he rest “ t that duty shouid be restored, te entire tea trade of the county had turned tts atten: testi there is 9 the (uspor tit of ail havin us counUry torduy of lea on nd. Thereiore, i h cents & pound of tea would be pockets Of the wnporters wit niaxe tee on Ways aad M or wmtsxey. | He estimaied the increase revenus watch the govern- | a the Will as followsi— $10,340,000 4.600 0 hestoration of the ten per cent on manuiace- id goo #,000,000 doout thirty-seven’ and. thtee-qua m bw ducte is wax h * by a uf Ax ou Ma avai a ihe estumated requirements of Uie governmen NACKSSITIRS OF THE GOVERNWENT In concinsion, he said :—1t remains, thereto ne to sway. Hirst. whether it Whi meet that a easury, sevondiy, Whether it Will meet k ing out Hew sources uf revenue, as Comin ma Ways and Means has recommended, or wi el vill tirt tts attention to some otuer method of m 0 The bopor vi (he goverment is mvolved ip thas ques on. The ability Cy Mee. its current expen to Kuep tts faitl 1 1aVvulved i the question that the Commiitey of Ways ami Means has not selveted the best articies of which to Mnpore (uis mere Ur wall bo for the House, of courme, Ti it | the Louse inakes up tis umind to ad e revenues | ot the country by me HM increased taxaton te | Amount which ihe necessities of tae goveruinent re @uire, it ouly remains House to puss upon the | WusEN! wild beavers tion made by the Loummittee of Ways aod Means. ba. decision of the | House the committee wilt c jon. if the Ho fat @ restoration ut th yon shall believe di aud couee, after what a the | thot trade,'will be a Wisi Man a re ma of | the ton per ceut duty ono ured woods or than an sauition of Linky cenis 4 whiskey or than an increased duty on imported sugar i will be for the Mouse 1 take ibe respousibility. | the wikdom ot But have to say. this=that Salter ta Mm say this—thai a tarit? legislation at this time ‘will be fatal to tl of the Commipee of Ways and Means and to tht which [believe actuates Congressmen. doce to general tariff tezislation by letting in this item whi neral | Secretary or the tect purpose Tf you open the nb bears upon o e member and that item which bears upon another and so on, you will load this bill so. +| Treasury, according to theoMezal data turnished by the | $194,(00,000! The following table will show how the items of these two years compar ‘reasury, with his own estimates in- eluting ‘the contributio which ne jays so much stress. THE SINKING FUND WRONGLY COMPUTED. The sinking fund, socalled, is derived from the act of February 25, 1862, section 5, which*ls tn ihese words :— Sec. 5. And be i turther enacted, fhet all dutics on tha! iteannot possibly become “a law at this session of | imported eods shall be pat in colll, or in notes paya, Congress jor the legislation of the country; which Is respon- bylaw receivable i payment of pubhie dues and the sponsible fof mulntaiming the ‘public faith with coin so paid shail be set apart asa special jun, avd the “public ereditor; which is responsible for — shall be applied as fotlow: . furnishing the means to carry on the government dur- Firss—To the payment in coin f the interest on the Ss. ing the next two Years, by any such Unwise and indis- creet tampering With the bil will turn over the govern- iment into The hands of those who are not responsible in that particular, amd who wilt be without the means of providing for the obligation of the government. | have \o say to my politieas trends on this side of the House ut they need not expect trom these who do not teel ut sibHiLY of meeting the public credit any su) orl for Uy measure. Let the bill be modified as the Howe may see fit, but uot by any general tariff details that would make it tail to” beeome a law. It it faily to become a law the gentiemen on the other side of the Hoase wil! nave t Ke up their re- sib lines @araer than they may have auticipated, and toiben will be lett the decision of the question whether Wey wil maintain thit honor of the govern- mentat bome and abroad whi this side of the House by rejecting this Dill wili bave tailed to do. iy therefore, to my friends on this e that the puvlic hold them responsible if tuey tail to furnish the aaminise tration with the means of continuing the overnment, nd lL say tomy friends on the other side of the House hat itis not well tor them to provoke too soon that re- sponsibility in raising the revenue whicn they will find will come home to plazue them que soon Cnough 10r success. On the passage or jure of this bill wut depend the question whether this side of the House shall goto the country alter the ath of March and ask the people to pass upon their work here with any expectation of commendation. J trust, therefore, that whatever may be thought as to the bill now presented it will be passed by the House msome form which will bring into the Treasury $35,000,000 of additional revenue. If the members of this side of the House tail to do that it will aye tailed to ‘to a duty which up (o this time the repub- Hean party, accoriing to the measure of its ability, has substantially ged. Mr, Woon, of New York (a member of the Committee of Ways and Means), addressed the House in opposition to the bill. rity q FERNANDO WOOD'S SPEECH. ‘This is a proposition to levy an additional annual tax upon the industries of the cointry of over $40, Tt 4s Not to be a temporary levy to inect the alleged emer. — $aid Of short duration, to cease when the emer- use but like other exactions of a like char- Js unlimited as to me, wrbltrary as to terms, and continuous &s wo rates. And Uns burthen is to be ltid at once when the people are in @ condition Little able to gencie gene! me there were such some imnediate rel condition of the 1reasury 43 to require 1 | think the last resort of ail should he ihe one hoW proposed. ihere are other methods | Which appear hot to have suggested themscives to those Who are instrusted with the government Betor ate the grounds upon which T t my-eit Lo this conclusion it may be neces- 0 say in advance that fam actuated by no T would offer no partisan opposition (rehet to the Treasury it its condition demanded it. The eredit of the government must ve datail hazards. ‘The pubic taith isa sacred ch shoud be regariei, at almost any times and under all circumstances, ‘I the government or to the laws equally and while [, say this have bro sary t spiritof f to any 1 Sacrifice, at a Would do nothing to embarras: retard its success in adtnunisterin faithinlly to interested. But, and mean in ncerity, neituer on the other hand shall » anything to aid the F Tf I were intiu- need by personal or partisan considerations { would, Without obicction, let measures of this Kind pass and Decoine laws, as Iwill result fatally to those who pro- 1 port them; buta higher obligation compels iterpose my negative vote. [recognize a higher, witch Tshall not owitio pertorm, irresvective of i upon RY Mouves and conduet, emanate trom Whomitmay. Lado not think thatany additional taxes are necessary. The statements of the secretary of the reasury aud the data and estimates attached to his re- port Will maintain Unis assumption, and i shall not go Outside of these to prove It. : in order to proceed to the consideration of the question upon eulirely unquestionable authority, trom a Treasury Sandheint, Lwill take the iast monthly statement of the all i nvermment in oppressing the people, it duty Secretary, issued February L, mstant. This, iogetner with bis report of December 7, 1374, will tur suffi. cient data aud estimates tor this purpose. In this report revenue (paze 7) he stetes the probabitity of a ‘ 000. and for the fiscul year enaing June 3), 1876, ot Amount. required for the sinking fund, not m- cluded, will be $32,140,914, whicn would leave a defeit of ‘Sil si Tam Wilting to take this statement as a basis culation atte: some iwautlest errors the ecreiary, | am sire, Wil admit, CONDITION OF THY TRYASURY, The offictal state 4 the puvite dept of the United States tor Januar: ed by the Secretary of the ireasury. gives the to: cipal as $2,242,3 1,082 43. In this tolal are incluaed the foilowing items, which are in no sense a debt of the United States Navy Pension Fund, being the molety of priza money which vy law goes to the United States, and the interest on which 1s pledged for the payment of navy bensions (Congress should te for these pensions each year, the sa ‘ and ‘this Treasury Certiteates which the goverament holds the sats i tliese Noles as a special iund lor their re- of which 45, 405,000 Coin certifies osit for gold pia the Treasury, which goud is held in the Ury fof THEA TEdCMPLON. -eee reece see Making inall....... ad $54,080,390 Haut the toiai bona ide principal of the ascertained indebtedness 1s n reality but $4,158,240 78: 43. ihe anoual imierest charge on the bonded debt (tunded) of the United staies 18 as tollo Interest payable January Lo... . $25,079,739 Interest payabie February 1... + £58975. Interes: payable Maren 1... 4.064.183 Interest payable May 1. Interest payable July 1... Laterest payable August 1. Thierest pavable september i. Interest payable Noveaver 1. Total.. ‘Ihe interest due, 897,52 pL Fand unpaid on the ist day of February was $».992.273 31. ihis tiem has aver- aged during the last six years over $6 500,000, so that in makiug provision for thé annual interest yet to be pala in 1875 we can fairly assume that this average amount wil! continue to be uncalled tor, and only $2.00),00) ot it need be proviied for. ‘Lhis makes, in rouna numbers, ; ulerest during 13/5." Uf this amount that y 1, amounting to. over $25,0.0,00, has been d olf, so that for the remaluder of the year only oo) Wi Lbe required. If we deduct trom the coin » Treasury February 1, which was §69,467.U85, whe ed lor Coin certificaies, $24,655,se, we con belonging to the” xovernmient, asile from this 4 per cent of the inier ng the yeuP, axa reserve (und to assure yeing alwavs able to pay the interes: when due, aud we have surpius coi in’ the sreasury which may be disposed of amounting to nearly $25,u4),.00. The cuswins duties collected during the last seven monihs from July 1, 4s amounted to $°9,47/,000 (Fin ance Report tor 1874, page 7, and daily cash sip for Janwary),or an avers ge per month of $12,781, 0. ‘Lhe average for the cleven months of this year, not slowing tor any rev-val ot trade, will be tuily much. but say it only averay wd the party am power, which is responsible ) to February 1. 1875) nave | bie on demand heretofore authorized to be iesued, and bonds and Noses or ca Totes ou ‘Serond—To the purchase the entire debt of the United =tates, be made within each fiscal year after the Ist day of July, 186 which 1s be set apart as a sinking fund, wnd the interest of Which shall in like ‘nanner. ve applied to the purehase or tof the pubhe debtas the Secretary of the Treasury shall from ume to time direct. Third he residue thereof to be paid Into the Treasury of the United States. ‘the law is enutled “An act authorizing the issue of Treasury notes and for the redemption or iuoding thereot, and tor funding the Hoatinu debt of tne & nited States.’ [t authorized per cent bonds and $150,000,00U United States notes, created an additional devt ot $850 atthe time secretary of the Treasury. high abilities, and bad been a Senator o position and taleuts, and yet ue did not re gard the obligation implied. by this law which re ‘ment of one per cent of to tne sin.img tund, upon | War expenses. | Miscellaneous Total. Ww 1373. 1Si4. Comment upon these figures is unnece: their own story, and that is not complimentary to the administration nor satisfactory to the peo TARIFF LEGISLATIO: Tue netordinary expenses of the government trom 186 to 1874 were 1 round nuimbe: Thus far there seems to have been a reasonable dete! minauon to curtail expenses, but the econoiy Was short lived. for in the next year. insiead of decreasing suil further, as it shouid Lave done, the amount spent 1853, 25 679,121 14,051,264 4.u7s 266 1,219,708 26,400 016 eeees $72,330,485 $144 118,985, |A WIND AND $5 141,595 -$190,00 \ + 164,000, 09 17, 0011, 000 53,000,000 THE ICE IN + $180,000,000 + 194,000,000 ‘They tell ar, D TREASURY REGULATIONS. RAIN STORM. | The Slippery Streets Overflowing with Water. THE RIVERS. Damage to Shipping and Ferry Delays. ry 1 the issuing of $300,U0.400 of 81% 0,00 Mr, Chase was He wis a lawyer ay The stagnation of trade is not the onty cause for the fal.iny off 1 the customs revenue. Other influence have been steadily at work tor some time whicn t Jur-ousiy affect the importation of duuable goods. Mer. Chanis Gan place no reliance upon this government ant its agents by wh ch to regulate their importations. When an invoice or cargo of merchandise is ordered trom a quired the purchase or payment of one per cent of IRC foreign port to this country the c osest possibie calcula. Rao ee eee ebb a. somite act Hou ts made of its exact cost when lait down here. Th Fee eae e Ti anate Camraiion af tne count RAE | ComSmorRTge NEL. ue (Onna, Arle InaL opt at piace, Of Probably the author of the bill; and he, like POET OE be shed v indi sto - who was Mr. Chase, disre | r. MeCullocn s1 prede essors, vatd no attention to it, thougt in posses: sion of large Surpius com re: applicable under the law to Uns purpose. Mr. Boutwell, also, tor te year of his service in the Treasury Deparunent disre: garded it, aud made Go purchase of bonds ou Uhatac. count until wis large surpli id the atienapn of | New York bunkers and capitalis s when lie was com- 1 jled to buy bonds on that accoun: pee las been suggested that the sinking fund was a! ble oniy to the debterea’ by the act, and that the b to be purchased on its account were those authorized by iy and, to none of subsequent issues. the pubie credit | was at that time tar from being good, and the large | amount of the bonds and notes issted and the pending | civil war tozether made coessa: in the opinion of | @ongress, to strenxthen it by creating a fund providing irded this alleged sacred obligavon. weded Mr, Fessenden, and he, like 1s first liens All of these items compose the try expenses, &c., dc. He must know the precise total cost to the importer. * cost to enable him to transact his business proatenly, Now, it in consequence of a sudden change in the tariff, as in the case of the Kevised statutes of June 22, 1874, or the erroneous ‘Treasury constructions put upon them, a greater or hivher rate of duiy shall be required, his goods ure made to cost, much more, and losses, it muy be seen. ensue. There ts no stability th our tari’ rezulutions: change 18 constantly golag on; at almost every session of Congress something is done to further embarrass trade, The constant changes in the Treasury and Custom House officials increase this diticulty. New secretaries and thei subordinates overturn the rulings of their pre- decessors, and irreguiarity aud ittzauon ts the almost | constant result, OF be import trade thus embar- rassed lessens and ital Invested in it seeks less hagirdous enterp Prudent men will avoid such for payment of interest and continued redemption of | opstracii with the habitity to the 1inputa- rincipal, by setting aside @ ie the ee er:| tion of want of commercial integrity constantly obcae for. the purpose. .Rawewar tila mies |B | ring. Many of our merchanis have, in consequence, merely. sate: we faet. EhAR wna eyer withdrawn altogether irom ‘he importation of loreign have been the reason, the’ three secre soods on their own account; others accept consign of the Treasury 1n office irom 1862 to 146) disregard tirely and altogether making auy provision for the sink- ing fund. Nor can it be said that those bonds bougat by MP Boutwell ou that account were for the purpose of supplying the omissions of bis predecessors, because Janguage ot the d “within each fiscal year.” i course, if Mot done within the time specified it could not be alterward. the pur Chase to be made, thereiore, on account of tne sinking fund. must be placed to the credit of the Treasury in its account with that iand, beginning with 186) and run- Ring to the present ume. At this showing [think ic ts evident that there is no defauicand wall not be for some time tocome [tis thus seen that the sinking tund had no existence until May 12, 18.9, when Mr. Boutweil pur- Chased $1,000.00) ot bonds for it at 83 22-10 per cent in Con (Finance ‘eport tor 1874, page 23.) The purchases continued regularly trom that time until september 26, Is73. when, With nearly $47,000,000 of wold in the ireas- ury belonging to the government, Mr. Richardson suse pended the purchases. ’ T6- sumed, (The government g t the close of each month, trom Sepiemver 40, 1873, nary $1, 1075, has never’ be 0.0, 1 has sometimes reached $0),00.000. |The amount purchase | altogether has been gold of $407.702,207, or {5 10-100’ per centot par. bonds were held, and on the portion of them assigned to the sinking fund. interest was collected aud reinvested until the act of July 14, 1270, directed the cancellation ot ail bonds purcuased. and to all intents aud purpo Abolish. the singing fund as such, broviding in its stead that an account should be Kept of the singing tund, and the interest on the bonds belongine to ti, and the amount of this interest shoul. be appropriated annually “out ot the receipts dunes on imported goods," act Was passed the sinking Jund account, as given on page J9, Finance Repoct of 1374, Was opened, and tora place of begining assumed April 1. 1868, ‘thouzh the first purcliase Was hot made until over a year later. This account shows a balance ot $16,305,000 due to ‘Atthe sane time that bonds were being pur for the sin! ; revenues to buy other bonds without authority of law, (th of March 3. 189% 10 Statutes, 189. section 9, was temporary in its nature, and only authorized the pur- chase of lowns taen outstanding.) unless the sinking tund huw covered the case; and in that event all vonds pur. chased should have been so held. that they coula have been transterred from ume to time as the revenues, d from tempore ry cattses, like (he present, ty supply’ urplus enough tor the imtegricy of shis account. “Ciis can be done now. These bonds amount to $182,251.750. Instead of Asking increased taxation to make this ac- count good, let the Secretary transier $16,305 000 of these | bonds to the sinking fund as of aate June 30, 1874; and | even it there is no surpius revenues lor the next tive years there wil still be enough bonds here to make the nased | account good, ax the entire amount required will not | average 000.009 & year. But i! isquestionable whether this sinking fund should | be continued. if to do so it is necessary to Increase taxa- | tion in these times. A practical mati will sec aside his | surplus income tor the paymentot hisdebts. Tue gov- Hore. ernment shi do n | great or small, be d | chase of bouds, and wh | celied and destroyed, | ‘The sinking fund a nat be the end of ni ot the treasury, as given in fact is expiteit that it must be done | '$523,255,50), at an estimated cost in | these | 4 | elsewhere, which has already paid taxes. After this | ng fund the Secretary Was using the sarjins | + Let this surplus, be it 1 tothe redemption or pur- that 18 done and they are can- Tents ac the risk of the owners in otner countries, whi some, less conscientious, seek to punish the government jor oppressing them by altogether evading tie payment oft duties. Thus losses ta the revenue and demoraiiza | tion to trade are the natural results of the want o | bility in the tariff laws and fairness in their execution, | Without any action on the bill the committee rose. 1 WINE AND SPIRIT TRADERS’ SOCIETY. WHAT THE MEN WHO PAY FIFTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS REVENUE SAY ABOUT THE TARIFF BILL. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the ; Wine and Spirit Tradera’ Society of the United | States was held yesterday at the rooms of the so- | clety, No. 35 Bleecker street, to take action rela- | uve to the bill now before Congress imposing an Additional tax of thirty cents per gallon on all spirits herealter distilled, and tifteen cents per ow 1n bonded warehouses or The bill, | gallon on all spirits no | which was reported by Mr. Dawes, chairman of | the Committee on Ways and Means aiso adds iifty cents per gallon duties to the $2 in goid per gallon now paid, ‘he present tax 1s seven:y cents on domestic whiskeys. The trade do not object so | much to the thirty cents increase on the spirits | hereafter to be distilled, but they claim that to lay an additional tax of fifteen cents upon whiskeys that have already paid the tax will bea breach of faith on the part of the government that | should not be encouraged, and in the end will lead to illicit distitimg, requiring @ largely increased lorce Of goverument oflicers to suppress. chair Was occupied by Wiliwoi Mi, Fleiss, The pro- posed law ‘Vas read by the Secretary. Mr. Fleiss stated tuat the opinivn of counsel should be taken as to ine additional tax on stock on hand. A guestion presented itsel! whether uuder vie decision ul 1864. When taxes were reiunded, they can tax twice ou the same article, Mr, Coiertl, counsel for the society, thougit that they cannot levy auties twice, Inthe care os disulied spirits in Uonded Wasenouses, the disuilier having given tits bond to pay the tax, can Congress ¢ me 12 and annul this contract? itis a grave question, he tuougnt, Whether Congress Can impos? tis ad- ditional X and make tue distiller pay wnat he never agreed to pay. Waen they make the whoie- sale dealer pay flitcen cents ve thougnt Cougress page 19 of the Finance Xeport of 1s74, ismorcorrect. In jad wore ground to legislate. As tv Uheir rizit | the frst piace, ir suould begin from the Ist of May, 1863, a * , when the. first bonds were purchased for it. In ing 0! levying ap additional taxon what 19 to be dia cond, it should be computed ontv on the bonded cbt, whereas it has been computed on the entire o1 nding Indebtedness, #5 shown by the monthiy sta | ments, inctuding “Navy not paid,” ‘coin ceriiticates,” “legal tender cartitic: “grecnbacks” and “tractional curreacy.” of the Law 18 entire indebtedness. a? these, and more properly so than some of them. all the rest 1s floating indebtedness, and is payabie ou ot the revenues as they accrue. Upon this ca: im ending June 30:— if Pension Fund,” “matured debt ‘The lancuage one ber cent of the entire debt,” not of tae AS weil inciude all the unsettied claims against the governmen: in tae eaicnintion a6 1 debt is that which has been legaily settled and tuhded: sis the tal or ihe sinking tind for cach tscal year trom its tiution by purchases would be, tor the fisca: year tiled hereatter there can be no douvt; aud it is @ point ti (he bali that meets with no opposition. Mr. Lienan staied that about a year ugo the Commissioner o: laternal Kevenue stated vo the committee that at seventy cents per gallon he had collected aoout three filths of the duty, but he over ten cents per gulion, Mr. Lievan stated tuat toe iMieroal revenue Dow 1s abou! $110,000,000, of waoich whiskey and liquors pay over one-hal!l. He Was convinced tuat ine resuit of an imcieuse of thirty cents would increase smuggliug. He suggested that the mutter be referred to tie Com- mittee on Legislation fur cneiraction. Mr. Mackie t " 3, 1807! Sheet tum vo oppose the proposed vill. Nz) 22,244,086) Mr. Fieiss stated tuat the trade had been + 22727,382 | qnietly submitting to tie Impositions placed upon Pao them, and still Congress proposed to oppress Ress pees them more. Ln 1873 tue trade paid $61,000,000 and Or in all, up tothe end of the current fiscal | The bonds’ hi aon | of the sinking fund ainounted to 814l.U12 05, | and are estimated to have cost in gold Which would show a deficit at the close of the year of only tees But if we t ire ‘bond jure | ~ $323.2 4,800, estimated to have cost in gold. | And deduct tne capital of the sinking tun | “dune 80, 1865, as shown above | We have a balance of bonds purchased in ex- cess of the sinking tuad amounting to... nd of seven Years trom its institution ! 13*, 427,657 6,297,302 is . 307,702,207 | inuton at once and appear velore the comini'tee— cee 141,726,959 t 165,977,218 or more than the capital ot the sinking fund at the end that one per cent of the principal should be | THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY RAILROAD AT LOGGERHEADS OVER “‘PASSES'’— | more serivus than 1t Was generally supposed to be. | | upon to pay duty the second time on gioves or otner articles, or au iron man, Wno, Maving paid | upon his nails, was taxed again. ‘They Would | laugh at une government, he thought. Mr. Mackie offered a resolution, Walch Was adopted, jor tue appointment 0. a co.umittee to proceed to Wash- | of the society, | Wood. ‘Ihe chair appointed Robert Mackie, KF. Senleter, George Daytun and C.aries A, Duvivier as sueh committee, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. $/2,10,000.. this will give $132,000.00, whic! added to | THEOKY OF THE SINKING FUND. 00,00 surplus now in the’ Treasury, gives |. The sinking fund was established upon the theory that u com -o provide for the balance of the ac- | the interest upon the tunded debt should be provided tor cruing indebtedness for interest of $75.00) 0. v 1 coatingencies and betore other public obiiga- It may be said that there are other expenses tobe tons. ay t pai in coin besides the imtereston the pupic debt, | aunually redeemed. This has been tuily accomplished i nay be est mated for very tineraliy, as follows:— | 80 bir as the interest ts concerned, and more than accom- expenses o! the navy on fore gn stations (beng, avery livers! allowance, as the entire navy Appropriation should hot be more than $210.00") = i . +. $9,000,000 Expenses ot fi inievcourse (this is'a'very large estimate, being the full amount of ail the appropriations for this braach ana the coustiar tees, which are in com, amount to $3441.00), and ‘ere applicable to the payment Of these expenses):.... 7 ve sna Phrehaces in. Lurop * tor ottier branches ang "400 Miscelianeous expenses, in coin (@ liberal MUlOWANCE).. eee eens ++. 8,500,000 MM oe hier ceresets seeeeeseg. $10.00 00 Add this sum to the interest and you have $35,001.00) to be taken front $157,000.00, leaving 972,00,W0 coin January |, 1876. the internal re collections for the last seven months bave been $51,770,00) of an average per month of over $7.5:4,00. Lsuiimit the following taole of these simply to snow the increas oi surplus $26,478.85) 87 1875-6. anuary 26312 656 75 During th these Collections will greatly increase. ir y have already b nuary were $*.' ts lair wil average $ month the remain. der ot this cat ar, and you have from this source * see $99,000.00 the other colle may be fairly esti- maied as ivilows Tax on national banks 4,0°0,000 Sales of public lands...-..-...« veesace 1yZOKQU0 Other sourees (uot including premium on coin sold)... * Haw ices 6,00 000 Currency in Treasury Feoruary 10'39,000 And we have as the available currency for the eleven inonts...... cc... ++ 121,000,000 Add the surpius coin as above 5 72,000.00 And the premium on it, say, at 10 pe 7,000,000 And we have $20,000 000 As the available the saire porto, wi Net ord:uary ¢ s interest on tt A the coin exp ducted above public debt uditures do: 10,000,000— 117,119,815 poe ee aie 3168,618,985, Take this trom $2).000,000 ana th remains a surplus of $1,381,015, and adaing'to this the 92),000,.0W previously deducted as a reserve tor interest you have an actual surpis of $51,591,005. Sow assuming shat the Secretary's views of the sink- ing fund jaw Is correct, and that it will require $51,096,045 lor the Giscal year ending June 3) next, and to “vecember Sl. 1875, $16.070437 (one hat of@ the Secretary's estimate for the fiscal year ending June 3), 1876, as giveu in Fi e eport, 15/4, page 7. it will require $47, ether, whien it he should spend he a ha 4 surplus in the Treasury January 1, 1376, of $4,214.15. And this unger existing laws WiGhOUL any Increase in either the customs or internal revenues of any revival of trade. and if we add the amount to be deri stimated by the Treasury ttael!) under the rece “nite taruf act” of $4.00) 00), the surplas wi UL Ihave shown (hat tue lnerease trom internal revenue n nearly three inouths over tie which iy evidence of re- ke eflect upon toregn im. ree trade wi wa h + portations. ‘The stocks ot 1 kinds, domestic nd Im porte been nearly exhausted | ihe peo- pie have t (into habits of economy, and con- he lowest possibie limits. A ed. and 1 is fai to goneiude th t etter umes. But we not © to reach this conclusion, bankers a aders have nu from the 1875, paue } any’ other business people of A UrAUTYINY wile ot Febr ch ing mor e than ¢ gradual amedurat on Amount $8291,7 By this table failures are eracually suvsidiog, wh ‘pumice’ and 1s effects have abou selves. I have thus stated acurately the true condition of the exbausted them | plished so far as the Liquidation bf the principal 18 eon: cerned, it has not onty been promp: Jormed In payment ot interest, but th reduction made within (he same period ihau ever be: fore in this. or any but one other country, We | Kept tll ana entire tai | great sacrifice and muca dilliculiy to ourselves. | soa war rate of taxation was, inain! | years sed. This thy tly and ensirely per. To de acd tie eflect of procuring acquiescence. which a ness prosperous conaiion of things would not have oe- | the Erie Ratlway Company be returned and a re, ed. BULNoW we have less nationa: prosperity, We | quest made to have proper oues sent instead, justemerging trom @ period of great mercantile, | Which Was adopted. In response to this aciion financial amd industrial disc Like a strong | the speaker laid velcre tie House the tollowing | man who bas been stricsen | down with @ terrible maindy, | but | wiose inherent strength | State:— and physical resources enaded bum with and treatment | SY4he © 7 rnd skilful remedies to escape the grave, we ba Enix Raitway Company, passed the worst, and may or accidents oce buovantin spirits ‘We are no’ valescence. scarcely yet secured at such # period intervene wth its stroug ari of imperi ous taxation? shali it demand of sources are nearly depieted, a port And that, tov, ty maintam a fancied ing to reach con Py whet ab. 1 have: afown nae’ i stent of your al Assembly, as named an the list vou fur- ry: wivitt as 1 Have, sown jas no real existence. f | nuhed, ¢ wasanxious, without regard to the reamaltions Rial hot. until imininent danger to the publi of ihe law. to iurnisn to the parties named ail the | ad ge eaten, Vor ot ™ 3 Ww! 0 enjoyed 1 ‘01 | Feta threaten, vote anothor cent of tax- | within the State. of New Jersey. ‘he resoluuoa it WHY this pre I have Fequires us to furnish proper uckets. The uck- shown that it cannot be founded on any realemergency | ¢t urnished were for the year, and over all OL the Treasury as now exis.nz or in the near tuture | {€ reads controlled by this company in tne State. likely toexist. There must be some other omect I hope — t2/$ does nocsvem to have been satisiactory I can only it is Hot required for purposes outside of any now de- construe the word “Sroper’’ to mean aw.’ and the clared. | well compichend that a reserve tund, to be atrement ol the House of Assemoiy is that we shali tu ready atthe command of the President, for soine ex. traordinary condition of the country not’ now seen nor anticipated by the people, may lay At the toundailon o ere has been a larger have with the public creditor with | ined tor several People bore with ir It is probable 1 the flour- i ional inierest of the country and the apparent | ity which at the time rew: ur indo: i if no untoward errors | ur, be once mere strong in health and he goverument SCHOOL INVESTIGATION. Tne Lower House of the New Jersey Legislature » Orrics GenenaL 3 ERINTEN DENT, New YorK, reo. 1 , 1875, sey. Trenton, ». J. YEAR SiR—Your Valued favor of the 2ist ult., enclosing lution adopted by the House of Assembly s received by due course of mail. In ‘ing and torwarding | @copy ora r | of your state. w Dish such tickets, and such only, as are requived by law. I regret exceedinuiy having taken the fending to the members o/ the House of Assembly privi- leges vevond those required by law. and now enciose wis. It is Not my purpose to impugn motives or t tatow ae doubt. upon the Yintoxtiiy. oh the Ex, | herewith tiesets directly im conioraiity to law, as 1 am ecutive: but when { witness the efforts in that | #d¥ised bv counsel. | Respectiuity yours, direction to press this additional taxation upon | EDWAKD J. BOWER, General Superintendent. Ue Coun ry at this time, and without substantial cause Teannor re: st the conclusion that there is some hidden | On motion of Mr. Rabe, the communication and passes were ordered to be returned Jortnwith, by purpose which ts as undeveloped. Whether | ain etengghaty | 5 Fight im this conjecture ime alone will determine, That | Ole vids to % Tho-e vouug ip tie negative the addisjonal required revenues it obtained. inay nor) Were Messrs. Fitzgerald, D. Henry, Moffatt, be used In anatiompt toefect the military suojugation Scovel, Laylor, ieed, Toroett, Warrington and ol any of the “tates of the Union is my earnest wish. Recent events have shaken the confidence ot the coun: try with reierence to the intention a ‘ezard to some of the Southern =ta if the ine mil. | itary interierence (with the state's civil power shall be attempted in ath ates it Wiu Not be ducharitable 06 onjecis. THE GROWTH OF RXPENSES. But it it be true that there is ad the tailing off of ree: WHY Isat that itd addh ernment and to its Fr 1n Conitress that emedy lice in eco the curtauiment of OfMered a resolution that a special committee ot | yt pend 1 vy the de five ve APpomnted to investigate The remtions bee fereney: woolt The tween Jersey City and Evie Railway taxation, ie Of ke which Was adopted by a vole of 43 to 7. Messrs. exvonses she Sheeran, Patterson, McGill, Carpenter and Payne mination gest itself Youngb ood. Mr. Fitzgerald explained his vote by saying that itive i | he had a doubt as to tie legality Ol the proceed. | tug. and Mr. D, Heory said thas the Erie Company bad done a3 mucn as any otuer railroad company lude that the sinews o: war dre required Jor these | fOr the House in the way of passes. The passes now in dispute oniv entitle the hold. | ers to travel over tle Patersoa and Newark | branch during tue annual or otner session of the House. lnmediately after this proceeding Mr. Sheeran ippointed as suc committee. the | could not coliect near as much If it Was increuscad | Was I favor 0. Senaing a delegation to Wasuing- | last year $58,000,000, or nore Loan oDe-Dall of tue | eatire iuteruul revedue coliected, He wondered | 141,724,959 What a dry goods man would suy If he was called in the meantime a despatch, Kiving the onjections | to be telegraphed to Fernando AND THE ERIE | INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE—THE NORMAL | and the Erie Railway Company are having quite a | | lengthy controversy over the subject ol “passes.” | On the 19ca of jast woath Mr. Fitzgerald, one of , vaive Wheeis having been broken, anu eiht only the members, ofered a resolution requiring that ies | the passes which had just then been received from | Hon. Henny ©. Ketsuy, secretary of state of New Jer- | nu passes for the members | privilege of ex- ‘Snow fell to the depth of @ couple of inche: yesterday morning, and this was succeeded by rain, The rain, as 1¢ fell, created @ glassy surface that caused @ good deal of involuntary tumoling | among pedestrians, Union square and in the City Hall Park there were many falls during the day. 2 CELLARS FLOODED, All along West, South, Front and Water, and in Greenwich and Washington streets, much damage was done by the sudden flooding of the cellars. On the west side of the city, occupied by provision dealers and marketmen, potatoes, ontons, carrots and other vegetables were floated in these cella Througnout the city there was @ great deal of trouble, confusion and annoyance causei by this | flooding in streets where the sewage is of the wretchedest kind. Large numbers ol! peopie might be seen in the obscure streets, hatchet or Ppickaxe in hand, breaking up the ice in the gut- ters, whieh already was feeling the influence of the sudden thaw. Commissioner Disbecker haa between 400 and 500 men engaged ip cutting away she ice obstructions from the sewer openings at the street crossings in aifferent parts of the city, and stated that the citizens on tne east side of the city would have to bear with patience any delay there might be in removing the ashes and garbage that had been placed on the walks. The Commissioner also said that adelay of twenty-four hours wouid be caused before the garbage cculd be removed, owing to the Jact that the boats had been frozen fast. Last evening there was another slignt Jail of snow, and | | 4t was almost impossible to foretell how the temperature would change during the nignt, 4 SWAYING FLAGSTAFF. An observation taken at the United States Signal Station about halt-past one o’clock P. M, showed that the wind was travelling at the rate ol twenty-eight miles an hour, but in fitful gusts. It increased in force until two o’clock P. M., } when the vane registered over forty miles an hour. Just about this time the flagstam on the top of the Western Union Telegraph Building | was observed to be swaying to and iro in a most | extraordinary manner. it was bent all out of | snape and it seemed every moment as though the | | next blast of the hurricane would snap it asunder. | | Crowds collected on Broadway heediess of the | | | rain, and in the expectation that some dreadful | calamity was about to happen, In order to allay | | the fears of pedestrians, however, the Western | Union Company puta jorce of men on to straighten 1t up, and by running a cable from the staff to one 1 the buildings opposite tnis resuit was accom- | plished. A complete circuit of the points of the compass | was made by the wind during the day. Atiour | | o'clock P, M. it came irom due west at the rate of | twenty miles an hour, all of the indications being | 1n favor of clearing weather, ‘ACCIDENTS AND DAMAGES, About noon the large banner, over forty feet in length, which hung over Broadway, near Houston street, advertising the Lilppodrome, cll, slightly | injuring a young lady named Rebecca Coullins, ‘The sign on the top of the Polytechnic insticute, No, 618 Broadway, Which was six ieet in height | and thirty tect long, also fell yesterday witn a | crash, causing some damage, Charies diagon had | a narrow escape trom ijury. | A man named Jackson, while standing in the | centre of broadway, loosing up at the ouilding | from Which the sign feil, Was knocked down and | | run over by @ coach, the wheeis passing over nis | | | body. He Was picked up and conveyed to the Central Police ctiice and attended by a surgeon. | A canal boat at the loot oi Barrow street was | stove by the ice and sunk. It was partly ioaded ; With potatoes. A wooden awning on Dey street, near Washing- | ton, was biown down and a littie boy injured | about the head, | Mr. James Meyer, Jr., merchant, No, 43 Beaver | | strect, While ou bis way aown town about nalf- | pusi ten o'clock yesterday morning, und while | passing the new Post Office, accidentally slipped and tell to the sidewalk. In so doing ne sustaioed | | a.compound iracture of the rigat Jeg a lew inches | | above the ankle. He was immediately conveyed | to the Park Hospital, | Catherine Coliins, of No. 437 East Thirteenth | street, leilon the sidewalk yesteraay and broke ber arm. |; _Jonn McKenna fell on some tce in the street yes- | | terday, at Forty-first street and kleventu avenue, | | aud broke his leit leg. During the height of the storm the roof of the Hippodrome was partially wrecked. ‘he sky- liga's proved too weak to withstand the wind and judy 400 panes of giass were sent whirling into the | amphitheatre, Causing a scene of rare confusion, | ‘The employés tinme:tately covered the shattered | skylignts wiih tarpauins, so that the usuai even- | ing periormance was given, ‘IHE HYDRANTS THAWED OUT. eu hydrants nas been far The question of irc Day velore yesterday Chiet Engineer Bates a dressed a letter to the Board of Fire Commission- ers stating thut duriug tue recent coid snap he | caused an examtoation to be made of the large ‘Toirty were examined, of which thirteen were iruzen, nine Were usciess jor fire purposes, their | were in good order. ‘the me required jor thaw- | ing out tne frozea hydrants varied irom seven minuies to one our and ten minutes. | reported, ou the authority of Assistant Coiel En- gipeer Snay, that two thirds of ali the fire hy- drauis in the city were “more or less frozen.”” ‘The Fire Commissioners reterred the matter to | communication, received by the Secretary of | Mr. Van Nort, 0. the Department of Pubtic Works, | Who stated yesterday tuat in response toa re- | quest made by the Fire Deoartmens a number of jarge hydrants had been putin on the west side | Ol the city, and that they hau bitherto given entire satisiaction. Li there were not hyarants enough, | the Department of Public Works ‘would put more | ol them up When so requested and the weather would permit, Beyond taking the usual precau- tion tu prevent their becoming useless in excess. ively cold weather he kuew not what could be | | gone. Had the extreme cold weather continued a Week longer there 13 little question but that our Fire Department, excelent as it 18, Would have rendered comparatively useless by 1ts in- ay to ubtain suMicient water in case Of a large re, | Deen As | ICE IN THE RIVERS. The gale !rom tne southeast with the rain of yes- terday materially changed the condition o! affairs in (he rivers. ‘Ine ood tide durimg tue morning carried up the North laver immense quantities of Noating ice Which accumulated on the Jersey shore | leaving @ clear channel on the New York sige and practicaliy aring the Bast River, | Avery picturesque scene was presented about | hall-past tweive o'clock P.M, .rom pier 13 North River. A huge flue of broken ice was slowly Moving Ugthe river, impelled by the wind and | tue Nood Mue. The aitacks of the tugs had heaped | up the fragments, until ali the icy mass was suaped Into Various lorms, giving the impression | ol aminiatore city, with churches, mosques and | pagodas, Nouting siowly with the tide. ‘Tue ierry- | Doats Lom nunipaw and Newark were caught in | the floe during Lae nuon trip, Both ot them boldly | | steamed to tovir desiiuaiton, crashing and grind+ | img the brittie ice, and finally they succeeded tn | Jorcing a passage. Avout vall-past twelve o'clock | Peak a BRIDGE WAS FORMED | from pier 10 to Jersey City, but it Was not long | belore the ivail structure was broken into frag- | ments, Looking irom jer 13 the Bay and Nar- | fowWs presented apparently an anbrokea expanse | Of solld ice, ‘The staten Isiaud Jerryboats ceased | their trips atten A. o., as it was impossible jor met by a diminuuon Oxy erious charges have been made against the | gem to make the har: times overtaxe au indivious matiagement of we state Normal school at Trea- | Y¢ veh AB tghabia tought 1s 70 comioriy to the necessities of the cas® | ton, which ailect the moral atmosphere of that im. | pévortted kad ce Conte were FasBtit 4d fea ‘agance as caaracteriaed hen we hat atonal | SUUOHOL. Besides itis wlieged tnat the sunitary | hai time. The Superintendent of the erry stated dividual prospe ies eee | cousition Of itis imperiect and injurious to the : prosp r ruby ! | to a HERALD reporter that it was the avorst day of 4 » reduchon orice che Pony The committee S00s eter | Ue season for the Jerries, At the Barclay street ‘zniopraas | Dy ti se to nVestignte the matter, Nave COM- | ferry there were Iauy deliys antl one P. Me ext Wiki exeeed those fy) AL IAS{ session oF Congt thon of the public finan trou tl tor ain ¢ last Year rn «I presented a tabie gather steady annual increase how an by he geste saved w cou lie service. V sion, | haliepast jour o’ciock P, M., aiter-the ebo tide nad ing details, the bru service ar aa houses are adjourned to Monday evening | attamed iis iui iorce, “the entire river was the military. hava auanairs towbich may'oe | nnn ed ae Jat down as Commnusipaw jerry, ihe auded extraordinary extravagance in appropriahons | THE 7 = a MALY reporter ieit Barclay street at twenty by Congrose inp poole worna iver aue.bareer Improves THE CONGRESSIONAL TEMPERANCE | pyiiites o1 iour o'ciock P. Nes op the forryouut | Rents. udiclal expenses and other purposes. coming SOCIBTY. | James Kumsey, and tuok @ position in the pilot oF or we head oF ae aes us. ht an Cag | be | house to survey the novel scene. fort were inaie in the une oF economy in. thes pa <add | From toooke: : H * branches at least $30,09),00) could be saved, leaving ab To Tne Epiror oF THE HERALD t= or som Honoken to Chetapher street and further Ms Wiueh eticiency and tar more integrity’ than 1s vow up the liver there wos aosolutely no Clear passege maniiest. Tas 3H.0U4) 0 trom the secretary's The Congressional Temperance Society renew be it ahord ail a conunnuons mass of broken estimate of tie expendiiures tur the coming fiseal year, e . | Wee. No Water could be seen, and tue lerryvoats there Wouid ve a sur Nett antag orang fecal year. | this year their earnest recommendation that ID- | were Guiged to plunue bimndly ito. foe, To une fund, Under bis construction of tis uty will temperance and its remedies occupy the attention | Knowing what the result nigit be, Ln many cases Ticit Poached there iastingie bere ae bate ROkeeh OF CUTIstion ministers "and Congregations on the | buckets were torn irom tie paddies, abd in one net ordinary expenses of (he goverument a mounted ty ulstol February, HENKY WILSON, Presiaent, Mstance # buat Was cut through by the Moating $72.00 04 in round numbers, In 1874 seven yours alter tue war closed, these same expenditures amounted t Congress shall pass, tozed a uiiefinite Amount as yet, itis t those ending the 39th of June when discussing the ques: meuced their dutie: mined 0 esther “reform or abolish,” cotlecting rent on their mete House and 1s now before the Senate. 1 and animated, as Jd. W. CHICKERING, Secretary, WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb, 3, 1075, f 0 | and the members say they | Rave’s bil te prohiot gas companies from | 3, has passed the | Next week's | proceedings promise to be unusually teresting the Jersey City Cuarter anda | other important matters wii come up jor discus. aiter Which the boats made their trips with tolers able regmiariiy. At two P.M. tne wind mod- erated and sifted to the southwest. ‘Tne tide foun aiterward commenced to ebo, and the ice then bevun to acctimulate on the New York shore, filing the slips anu seriously impeding navi gation. No North River terries were ronning | above Ciristopher street during the day. Avout cakes and Waa laid up to repair damages. On the East River but tte trouble was exporl- new patent bydrants on the line of Church street, | It 1s also | enced. Th feervbon te and river steamers mace their regular trips without diticulty, The southe east wind, which rendered the Norta River almost impassable, kept the East River comparatively Iree from ice. Upon the changing of the wind and ne Staten Island boats from the Battery were = led to resume their trips, und irom two M. tuey rau regulariy. No serious ac- cidents occurred, ott to the precautions taken. The Jerryboat Hoboxen on leaving the sitp at two P, M. was caught by a huge cake ol ice and whirled around against the wharl, to the great consternation o1 the passenger: tricated irom this position she started ucross tne river, but was onliged to stop upon encountering an impassable barrier. The engines reiused to work. und much delay was experienced in reacas ing the New York landing. One doa’, the Morris. town, was several hours in getting across, and succeeded tn wakiag only two trins during the day. At hali-past two P. M. the ice came down With irresistibie force upon & number of lighters lying at the (oot of West Twei'ta street, but by se- vere exertions they were saved from injury, IN THE BAY. Several pilot boats aud small schooners were forced to geek reiuge at the docks adiong the shores of Staten Island. The large nospital ship, which has for some time past been auchored it Coney island Cove, Was carried irom her anchor- age by the ice, and Was lying most of the day in the middle or tne bay bemmed in by ice. The new boarding station.gown at Cliton was consider. ably damagea by the foree oi the ice, ICE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND. On the Sound an unprecelented obstruction nas occurred. Tbe steamer ‘Traveller, of the New Haven steamboat Company, le!t New Haven at mid Dight on Monday, 0ound Jor New York, and did not arrive here til Wednesday evening. Through the enure distance from New Haven the Traveller was obliged to hug closely the sore, a8 but a narrow rip of ciear water could be found. Between Sand’s Point and Riker’s Island the most formi- dable obstructions Were encountered while of Soippan Point the ice was piled up tn huge masses Tendering vavigation almost Mmpossible. During this remurkavie trip of the Traveller the passen+ gers were frequently aole to jump from the steum- er’s guards upon the ice, anid some of them, out of patience wito the slow progress made, leit the boat at College Point and there tovk the train to New York. ‘To-day the regular New Haven boats will ree commence running, wnile tne Hartiord steamers attempted to resume their regular trips yesterday, NEW YORK CITY. Ellen Carroll, of No. 113 Second avenue, fell on the sidewalk yesterday at Sixty-fith street and Lexington avenue and broke ber wrist, The HERALD has received $10 trom R, for the “Blind father and seven children at No. 18 Clinton street,” alluaed to by Mr. Bergh in his letter pub- lished in yesterday’s UBRALD. The iriends of Bowles Brothers & Co, state that at a meeting of the firm's creditors the triple cure Tency funding plan was adop:ed, Mr. W.G, A, Drake, one oi tne trustecs, Who has the settle. ment Oi theiravairs here. can be found at the ofiice of Drake Brotuers, No. 66 Bruadway. All the gambling houses throughvut the city were closed yesterday. How long they can be continued closed 1s a question the Commissioners of Police will have to deal with, and they oow pres tend they inteud dealing summarily with all Caps tains who shall transyress the present orders, Edward Payson Weston and J. K. Judd are to walk asix day match at the Hippodrome, come mencing March 1, for a prize of $5,000 offered by the management, An additional purse of $2,500 is offered to Weston u he succeeds in walking 115 miles within the first twenty-four hours and 500 iniles Within the six consecutive days. The following rovberies were reported yesterday to the police a3 baving occurred during the pre | Vious twenty-four hours:—Charles Day & Co., Noa. | 11 Franklort street, of $50; the liquor store of Patrick Oakley, No. 112 Mott streci, of $48 59} Lewis Groler’s grocery store, No. 251 Clinton street, Ol butter valued at $25: Joseph & Poilip Bricke, of Walker aud Elm streets, of cloth valued at $100, James W. Foulds, an old merchant, at one time avery prominent man in business circles in tne eity, was buried yesterday from tne residence of his son-in-law, No. 215 Gast Forty-filth street. The services were conducted by tne Rev. Dr. Ander- gon, ul the First Baptist church. ‘he floral trio. utes were of the usual description, and very pu merous. ‘he remains were takem jor burial te Greenwood Cemetery. The black leopard which killed Its mate at the Hippodrome wus in better temper yester- day, and Mr. White, tne keeper, was able to enter the cage, Tne dead animal was @ great pet and it is thought thac while the leopards were playing the smailer was accident. ally wounde., the taste of blood causing the other brute to kill him. The cage of tralued animals are now under complete subjugition, NEW JERSEY. The total losses by fire in Jersey City during the past year were $24,443, and the insurance thereon amounted to $246 At the regular monthly meeting of the Mercer county (N.J.) Board of Freenoiders the County Qollector reported the sum of $10,000 on hand, and it would be Decessary to borrow $20,000 to pay the State school tax. ‘The Grand Jury of Hudson county, at Jersey City, have subpenaed witnesses to testify in re lation to the condition o{ the shaits and the secur. ity of the Jaoorers’ lives at the new tunnel of the pa id Lackawanna Railroad at Bergen tal. A BROOKLYN BURGLAR SHOT. ‘Traps are occasionally set for thieves, but it te rarely that firearms are used, as there are but few who care fo take the responsibility of sacrificing the lle of evena thief. A case of ‘his Kind has just occurred in Brooklyn, the thief being shot, but fortunately not being killed. Tue bookkeeper, Mr. C, UO. Kenrup, who is employed by | Mr. Taylor, who has a Joundry at No. 25 Adama | street, missed from the safe several small sums of | money. SO he determined, fi possible, to catch | the thief, He then arranged @ pistol in the money | drawer in such a manner that when it was opened | by a person not aware of the presence ul the weupou he would be shot. ‘The thiet proved to be a young man named Jonn | Flaunigan, who was employed in the fouvdry de- | partment.’ He kad got possession of a vroken key | velonging to the safe, and oy using @ wrench he Was unable to unlock it, He entered the ollice oj | the fouvdry on sunday morning, and, on atiemns | ing tu open the money drawer of ube sale the | weapon Was discharged anu its contents, a quantity | of buckshot, lodged in Flanuigan’s Jace. It wae feared that be Was Jatally injured, and a physician | Was summoned. The wound was iouud to be very | severe aud painful, and may possibiy disigure tue | young man, but nis recovery was not doudced, Mr. Taylor yesterday conciuded to report the case to the police, but le sald he did not wish to prosecute the young man. THE BROOKLYN TENEMENT. DISAS TER. INQUEST OF THE CORONER S JURY—FIRE SIGNAL ALARMS NEEDED. The inquest touching the cause of the death ot the four human beings who lost their lives by toe burning of the tenement house ou Pacific street, corner of Hoyt, about three weeks agu, bas ocen held. Fire Marsnai Thorne, who through sickness was unable to be present at the examination, sent | fo a communication in which he gives it as his opia. | ton that tne fire proceeded from the fact that tne | plumbers who bad been thawing out the pipes | that day in the ceilar had inadvertently thrown @ | lighted pizce of wooa among a quantity of broken | boxes, which set fire to tne place, with the disas- tous effects recited, | ‘Lhe testimony of the other witness was immate. rial, und the case Was then given to the jury by Coroner Simms. ‘The verdict was as 100 ws i— “We find that Patrick and John McCormick came to their deaths by suocation from smuke at No, | 836 Pacific street; that Mary Fioouw came to her | death trom internal injuries, caused by jamping jrom & Window, and Uat Joun Fiood came tu hig deatu atthe Long Isiand Coege tuspicai iron injuries received in jumping from a window.” The jury find that the law in regard to fire escapes | was violated, and they earnestly recommend ta | the proper antnoritics the necessity Of placing | fire alarm sigoais ab More convenient ed the nearest station being three-quarters oi @ mul from tae fire, PIGEON SHOOTING AT MONACO. The principal event of the meeting was brougnt to aciose to-day (January 25). It was the Grand Prix du Casino, an objet d'art of the value of 8,000f., and 20,000f. (£800) added to a sweepstakes | of 1254 each. The second best shot received 4.0101, | from the prize and 26 per ceut of tue entrance | money. ‘The third received 2,0001, and 25 | cent, and the fourth 1,0001, and 15 per cent, 82 competitors ial 20 biue rocks each, 10 at | yards and 10 at 30 yards, | gic tue first prize Was won by Captain Auorey Pate | ton, @ member of the international Gun and Polo Chuo; the second by Sir bredertck Johustone, tue | third by Comte &. de Moot u, aud the fourte by Mr, CG. Wiison, Captain and dir Freder: 16k Ailed 17 ONE OF 2, and Mm svooting Oi Captain Patton won at the frst svot, Captain Patton saot with a central fire by Grant, aud sir Frederok Jounstone with one by Purdey, The birds, sap pited by Hammond, were the best Lincolushire blue rocks, The weather was tine, |