The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1875, Page 7

= THE FRENCH ELECTIONS, + MACMAHON’S GOVERNMENT HOPEFUL OF A LEGIS- LATIVE MAJORITY, (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Panis, Dec, 2, 1875. ‘Lhe MacMahon Ministry expect to obtain & large legislative majority at the general election for members of the Assembly. THE STEAMSHIP AMERIQUE. THE DISABLED VESSEL SIGHTED OFF SCILLY. {SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE, ] Lonpon, Dee. 2, 1875. The French Transatlantic steamship Amérique, Captain Pouzolz, from New York for Havre, has been seen off Scilly. HER VOYAGE, Lhe Amérique sailed from New York for Havre on the 13th of November. She was fullen in with on the 2ist ult. in latitude 49 deg. north, longitude 20 deg. west, with main shaft broken, Thirteen cabin passengers and the mails were taken off by the steam- and landed’ at Amérique proceeded ship China, from Boston, Queenstown. The ander sail. THE SUEZ CANAL. WHY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO PURCHASE THE SHARES—¥EAR OF A WAR WITH GERMANY. (SPKCIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE, } Pants, Dec. 2, 1875. Duc Décazes, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, states that the reason why the goy- ernment refused to purchase the Suez Canal shares when the property was tendered for sale to the Ministry was that MacMahon’s Cabinet feared a war with Germany. HERZEGOVINA. @ TURKISH GARRISON SAID TO HAVE SURREN- DEBED TO THE INSURGENTS. Vinwwa, Dec. 2, 1875. fhe Newe Freie Presse, of this city, has received a special telegram from aSclavonian correspondent to the offect that the Turkish garrison of Goransko, con- sisting of two battalions, have surrendered to the Ansurgents unconditionally. They were, in all probability, starved out. HE PORTE PROTESTS AGAINST MONTENEGRIN BELLIGERENCY—THE GREAT POWERS SUPPORT WHE SULTAN’S POSITION. yi Loxpow, Dec. 2, 1875. The Pall Mali Gazette this afternoon publishes a special telegram from Berlin, in which it is stated Tur- key has energetically protested to Montenegro against the Montenogrins taking part in tne Herzegovinian in- Gurrection and that the great Powers support the pro- test. CENTRAL ASIA. WATIVE ORGANIZATION AND OPPOSITION TO THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE—MUSCOVITE ASSAULT OF THE POSITION—-THE ENEMIES OF THE CZAR DEFEATED WITH HEAVY Loss. : Lonvow, Dee. 2, 1815, A Reuter telegram, dated Khojend, November 30, #ays, nolwilhstanding their recent defeat at Namanghan, the Kiptschaks assembled on the ef banks of the Narin and Syr-Daria rivers in large numbers. Thoir headquarters were at Balyktschi, where they fad concentrated to the number of 20,000, RUSSIAN ASSAULT AND A SRYERE DEFEAT OF NATIVES. ‘The Russians, under General Skobeleff, attacked the town on November 24, The Kiptschaks were defeated, with immense loss. ‘The Russian troops, after their victory, returned to THR Namanghan, It is believed that security is re-established on the right bank of the Syr-Daria, THE QUESTION OF THE EAST. (QUSIO-GERMAN IMPERIALIST ACCORD RELATIVE TO THE CASE OF THE ‘‘ SICK MAN.” Loxpox, Dec. 34.30 A. M. A special despatch from Berlin to the Morning Pos! says it i@ reported that conferences between Bismarck, Gortschakoff and the Austrian Ambassador have shown that the three Powers they represent are {n perfect har- mony on the Eastern question. EAST AFRICA. @GyrrraN ARMY ACTION—TERRITORIAL SEIZ- URES, Anew, Dec. 2, 1815. The Egyptian troops have occupied the districts of Juba and Kismayo, disarmed the Zanzibar forces there and hoisted the Turkish flag. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Bownar, Dec. 2, 1875. ‘The Prince of Wales and suite have arrived at Kandy. THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL G@¥YRMAN PARLIAMENTIARY ENCOURAGEMENT TO NATIONAL EXHIBITORS, Burris, Dec, 2, 1875, ‘The federal council has passed a resolution adding | 100,000 marks to the sum already allotted to facilitate and promote the display of German products at the Philadeiphia Exhibition. LONDON ‘CHANGE, A GLOOMY “SRITLING DAY”—SIX FAILURES. Lompon, Dea 2, 1875, ‘Yosterday was “settling day”—the last day of the Teguiar semi-monthly account—at the Stock Exchange. A NCMORR OF PAILURES—SOMR WITH MBAVY LiawmiTixs There were rather more failures than usual ‘The largost was Braggiotti Brothers, stock and share | brokers, of No. 2 Cushion court, Old Broad street. « Their liabilities are estimated at $350,000. There were also five other failures of iesser im- portance, THE WEATHER IN ENGLAND, Lonnos, Deo, 2, 1875. ‘The weather to-day in this vicinity 1s cold and snowy. VENEZUELA. $8, Tnowas, Nov. 10, 1875. ‘The German war steamer Augusta returned yoster- day pom Laguayra, Venezuela, and reports everything quie Nothing new about the Dutch imbroglio, The matter Boot present in statu quo, PORTO RICO. St, Tuomas, Nov. 10, 1 Ererything is quiet in Porte Bico, 1 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1875.— —TRIPLK SHEET. SPAIN. CABINET RESOLUTION FOR THE STAMPING OUT OF CARLISM. Mapatp, Dec, 2, 1875. A Cabinet council has decided upon the formation of two armies of five divisions each; one tn Navarre, to be commanded by General Martinez Campos, and the other in the Basque provinées, to be commanded by General Quesada ‘The generals. will shortly leave for their respective commands. MINISTERIAL CHANGES--REORGANIZATION OF THE CABINET, Maprip, Dec. 2, 1875. ‘The changes in the Cabinet went into effect to-day. THE NEW MINISTRY. ‘The following Ministers took the oath of office before the King:— Canovas del Castillo as President of the Ministerial Council. Callderon Collantes as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Martin Herrora ag Minister of Justice, Seiior Toreno as Minister of Public Works, ‘The other heads of departments remain unchanged. Coliantes was offered the mission to Rome, but declined it, being unable to leave te city on account of domesti> affairs. He was then transferred from the Ministry oc Justice to that of Foreign Affairs. WASHINGTON. Wasurmaron, Dec. 2, 1875, There is no doubt at all that all the rumors of dis- agreements in the Cabinet are totally false. The rela- tions between ali the members of the Cabinet and the President were never more harmonious and cordial than now, There is no disagreement on any question, either between the ministers themselves or between them and the President, and there is the best authority for saying that all the Cabinet are united apon the Cuban question and entirely agree with the views which tho President will express in his mossage on that sub, Ject. Those” views, st is now said, will not be as extreme as rumors havo asserted. The Message, It is reported by members of Congress in the confidence of the President, will not advise or propose either recognition or the granting of belligerent rights to the Cubans. It will, however, very plainly state the grievances of the United States and of American citi- zons at the hands of the Spaniards in Cuba, and will announce firmly that these wrongs must not only be remedied but must entirely cease for the future; and it is believed that the President will inform Congress that he has addressed @ note to the Spanish government taking this ground in decided words and giving notice to Spain that if after the lapse of a specified period, probably five or six months, affairs in Cuba are not. so managed by the Spanish authorities as to prevent wrongs and loss to American citizens, and to give prompt and satisfactory relief where wrong may be done, im that case and at tlfe expiration of such given period, this government will be constrained to adopt peremptory and effoctiye measures for the pro- tection of its citizens or in retalation for wrongs done. In doing this Spain will be told there will be no inten- tion, on the part of the United States, to rob her of Cuba, or to interfere with Spain’s man- ageement of her colony. But that Spain must blame only herself for what may happen if she neglects to treat American citizens justly or rejects or pats off our just demands, and that, as she assumes over Cuba tho rights of a sover- eign, she cannot be allowed any longer by us to evade the proper responsibilities of a sovereign power to its friendly neighbors. If she is too weak to protect us we must protect ourselves, It is positively asserted that the Cabinet are unani- mously agreed to this declaration of policy, and it is said by Congressmen who are intimate at the White House that the recent naval preparations have been with a view to impress the Madrid government with the fact that this government is in earnest, and not with any idea that a war can grow out of the announce- ment to be made to Spain. In regard to the whiskey prosecutions in St. Louis there is the best reason to believe that Secretary Bris- tow and the President aré entirely ‘in harmony and that Mr. Bristow will ase every effort to bring all guilty persons to punishment, and feels that be has the Presi- dent’s fall countenance and support in the matter, General Babcock will not, it is suid, leave the Premdent, but if he should be indicted he will be tried at once. The President does not mean to part with General Bab- cock unless he is founa to have been guilty, but he does not mean in any way to shield him, and has so signified | to Secretary Bristow. The telegrams lately published | relating to General Babcock were known here as much | as two months ago and were not, therefore, a surprise to the officers of the Treasury Department. It is said that there are yet others which have not been pub- lished. GENERAL BABCOCK DEMANDS§A COURT OF IN- qurry. General Babcock to-day addressed the following let- ter to the President :— Wasurxorox, D. ©., Dec, 2, 1875. Srm—On the 20th ult. in the’ trial of W. 0. Avery, before the United States Court at St. Louis, Mo., one of the prosecuting attorneys, Hon. J. H. Henderson, in- troduced certain telegrams, alleged to have been sent | by me to Messrs. McDonald and Joyce, recently convicted of complicity in the whiskey frauds, cal is reported in the St Louis Globe-Democrat as having used the following language:—(Here follows the lan- guage of Mr. Henderson, heretofore published, to the effect that he intended to prove that General rc was in the —\, Upon betng informed of this charge I telegraphed to D. P. Dyer, United States District At- torney at St, Louis, om the 30th ult., as follows:— I am absolutely innocent, and every telegram which I vent will appeur perfectly Innocent she moment T can be heard. ,{ demand shearing before the Vourk When ean I And received upon the same day the following tele- gra ‘The evidence in the Avery case is closed. The next case involving the question of H comspicoay set for the 15th of December. District Attorney. ‘The opportunit; ry cor the charges contained in the above speech has been thus denied me, and being left without any opportanity to vindicate myself, I respectfully demand a Court of Inquiry, and ae thas an immediate investigation be ordered, am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient yervant, 0. E. BABCOCK, Colonel of Engineers, United States Army. ‘The Presipxst. SENATOR VERRY’'S CONNECTION WITH THE RE- SUMPTION BILL. Senator Ferry was not chairman of the committee of the Senate Inst winter: which drew up the Resumption | bill Ho wishes to explain that he was misunderstood | on this point in the interview accorded your correspon- | dent last week, Senator Sherman, of Ohio, was the | presiding officer of the committee, bat Senator Ferry | was a hard-working member thereof and gave the chairg | man all the help he could m getting at a definite result in obedience to the spirit of the resolution under which | the committee was in deliberation. THE AFFAIRS OF THR SECOND OOMPTROLLER'S | OPFICE—THE WITKOWSKI AND 6UGG FoRT | | CLAIMS. ‘The investigation into the affairs of the Second Comp- troller’s office in the Treasury Department, set afoot by | the complaints about the facility with which the Wit. | kowski and Sogg Fort fraudulent claims went through | that office and were allowed and paid, (sin progress with closed doors, but cnough bas tranepired to show that the Deputy Comptroller and the Chief Clerk of the office will tncur the censure of the committee, It seems that the Comptroller was absent when the claim was received from the Third Auditor's office, and that his place was filled by the Deputy Comptrolier, who | signed the papers, relying upon the examination gi the claim by the Chief Clerk, an old and experienced official, This elerk ts not suspected of any dishonesty in passing the claim, but ts believed to have relaxed | the usual closeness of his scrutiny of such papers, and to have carelessly certified to their correctness tn this | case. SECRETARY CHANDLER'S DIFFICULTY—WANTED, AN INDIAN COMMISSIONER—THE COMING WAR ON THE BING, ' There bh: been & great number of applications to Secretary Chandler for the office of Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and the applicants generally promise abundant recommendations from members of Congress and are asually men tp poor circumstances, 18 ts eaid shat Mr, Chandler holds that @ man who applies for this office is, on the face of it, ants, because the salary fe very moderate, the responsibiiity and iabor severe and there are no chances of mak. fmg money honestly. Mr. Chandler its still slowly weeding out his department and ts very anxious to find & competent and trustworthy man for Superin- kendent of indian Affaire When he gata thin aflca ' | of the Eastern cities recently refused to pay its taxes | Gitled he means to begin a formal attack on the Indian Rigg and intends to make clean work of it. The report prevaiis to-day that Marcus L. Ward, of New Jersey, bas been tendered the office of Commis sioner of Indian Affair, Though not officially con- Armed it appears to have a good foundation. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. pe ie ei NH: Wasminatow, Dec. 2, 1875. THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY ON THE TAXATION OF NATIONAL BANKS—THE POWER OF THE STATE TO IMPOSE TAXES—THE NEW YORK TAX COMMISSIONERS AND THE BANKS. The following is an extract from that portion of the report of the Comptroller of the Curreucy referring to the taxation of national banks:— The Comptroller, in how pega last, issued a circular addressed to the national banks requesting returns of State taxation for the years 1874 and 1875. The assess- ment for 1875 had not generally been made at that time, and the returns for that year wero therefore meagre, The number of banks tn operation during the year 1874 was 1,970, forty-one of which paid no Sate taxes, because they were organized after the asses: m for the year had beon made, and thirt: six banks failed to reply. The ‘aggregate re- turns made to the Treasurer of 1874 were classified by States, A table is prepared which gives the amount of United States and State taxes and the rate of taxation in every State of the Union for that Similar tables are given for 1867 and 1869, from which it appears that the national banks of the State of New York pay the bighest bank taxes of any of the Eastern or Middle States. An estimate of the total taxation of the national banks for the ten years ending in 1875 has been made, anda table of the results is given in the report. The Comptroller has heretofore in his reports called the attention of Congress to the fact that, while tne na- tional banks are subjoct to a tax upon their entire capital, which can be easily ascertained from their books and reports, and not infrequently upon the mor- ket value of their shares, other corporations, tho amount of whose shares can be as readily obtained by appropriate legislation, aro assessed at mot one-half of their value, while private firms and individuals are almost wholly exempt from bearing their share of the burden, Letters recently re- ceived by the Comptroller from the presidents of two principal banks, one in the East and the other in the West, refor to this greatest of all economical subjects in such plain terms that he cannot forbear calling the at- tention of Congress to their suggestions :— Many of the shareholders of the national banks de- pend for their income chiefly upon the earnings of these mstitutions, and it does not seem just that these thousands of shareholders should by any construction of law be compelled to pay an undue proportion of tax It is submitted that the law as now interpreted by the different State courts and by assessors and collectors is neither equitable nor honest, A national bank in ono on the ground that the shares of the neighboring State bank were assessed at no greater value than its own, though worth several times as much. The Court is understood to have held tnat the bank had no right to complain, since its shares were not taxed above their value, and that it was not for it to consider whether the shares of other banks of much greater value were taxed at the same rate. The Tax Commisstoners of New York city propose to tax the banks of that city, national and State, not only upon the full par vaiue of their shares, but on the total amount of their surplus, without ‘any allowance or abatement. In consequence of this purpose a com- mittee, composed of oflicors of the five principal banks in that ay Was appointed to confer with the Commis- sioners. The law of Now York provides, in substance, that so much of the ee perty of individual stock: holders as is held by them in bank stock is hable to be taxed for the value of the shares, and @ penalty is prescribed if any bank allows the transfer of shares after the tax has become due and before tt ts paid. The banks in New York city, in order to avoid annoyance and vexatious suits, have for several years paid the tax (about three per cont annually) to tho city direct, instead of leaving it for the stockholders to pay, and tho Chairman of the committee, in his com- munication, writes as follows:— The Tax Commissioners refuse to allow time, efther for = decision by the Stato court of last resort or for appeal to the Legislature for redros. They take the ground thut us they must be governed b: the courts say is the law, and as the courts have spo fen, they must act, and act before the 1st of Junuai We reply substantially us follows — st ee for national banks, and say they owe their existence to the laws of Congress, and not to the Legislature of New York. Congross expressly exempts the surplus of nationel banks from taxation for wise sad obvious Teasous. It desires to bulld up strong instead of woak ban for the safety and benefit of the ‘public, no less than for promt and advantage of the stockholders. On the other if local taxation is to be exercised without any re- part of tho United States, then national faxed oat of existence, and State it all ive. For {t is certain that it the ext existing . now held as & surplus fund, are to be sul ject to oe edditional tax of three per }, that fund will i the shareholders, for ‘Simple reason thas no. bank coul ‘could ‘afford to carry It. Second—' construction of the State laws by the Tax Commissioners seems to the committee tnaound, for the law says the tax is to be levied on the value of the shares; not the market valne or Intrinsic valine, but “value,” and me ya heretofore has been w. Ce gow ‘has. * without any qual! stood, the tax hag been Tad aetoratiely “Again. the rule of taxation aa tAdented the “par” was by the'Tax Comnmsionor Naa boot « the United wee pl! which says capital Ct pons sha sanal property, whereas ise chy ques the.sountey) tae taced son overt whe rons tho jot the country) has tax the shares at $100 each, if that were the , while other ia and (personal property was saxed at only $00 on every $10. A be fort instance, of $200,000 cay is taxed on ghee ines while ig an Inatyidual worth thaw woul be be tsxed on sw ve and om) i ccica-s Ly pat hat State has no right wate national banks, rep ting to the extent such right is cake by ihe States law. ‘This principle sie by she United States Supreme Court thet soens Gettdon: sf save He, Oe, Mesbiuie’ ce" National Bank of Bufaio agatnet Pt z, in relation to usury. In that case, under the third Biga'the Coure exper “fhe national banks were brought into existence by the government for its own national government has ‘exclusive control over + No State has any againas ¢ national will, In regard to the banks, as in rogard to institutions of national creation, the States have no power by taxation of otherwise to retard, impede, burden or in ‘any manner conti YZ This in clear, and, a8 wo,think, conclusive. The President Western Bunk in his letter says the greatest wron, Soenecocins water tar National. Certemcy aoe, in ties a taxation, the great Inck of uniformity in amessing valnos ‘ing ‘from than twenty-five per cout value to, full value and ix "Becthon S218 Re. vised Statutes, clearty intended by one of its restrictions vide against excessive tax ou national bank sharos i en fails to protect because other moneyed capital is not nsseswed at one-balt the value, [hile in many. tnstances cour own ae one), the full value ‘e are powerless to raise the assessmonts of ctmre, thowgh, tseas: furs being actual value, cannot be sworn down. “It is not subject to the eaprice Of local assessors, who gain popalarity by the inequality they make as against all corporate capita in parsicular. If this section could be amended so as to re (tenth line of section 5,219), ““asseswed upon other perso Sid" teal property in the hands of individual elsfeeas such State” the evil would be remedied. In State our principal other moneyed capital is In rail- shares, which are not taxed. They pay a small per- Gentage on thalr eeruings, not one-half pet cent on the capi: tal, actual or nominal, The section referred to provides that the real property of the national, banks shall be snbject to taxation to the same extent for boys Spe or hart ay and itis not provable that It the shares of the national other corporations. SELECTIONS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE CENTENNIAL. The Centennial Committee on the Opening Cere- monies have selected as orator William M. Evarts, H. W. Longfellow as poct and a grandson of Richard Henry Lee, of Virginta, as reader of the American Declaration of Independence. EVENING WEATHER REPORT. Wan Daranrwenr, Ovrice or tie Cnixy Stoxat Ovvicen, Wasuineron, Deo. 7:30 P.M Probabilities. For Friday in the South Atlantic and East Guif States | northeast winds, warmer, cloudy and rainy weather and stationary or rising barometer, For the West Galf States stationary or falling bar- ometer, southeast winds, warmer, cloudy weather and | possibly light rain, followed by a ‘‘norther” in Western Texas Friday night, | For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, the upper lake Tegion, the upper Missiseippi and lower Missouri val- | leys falling barometer, northeast to southeast winds, warmer, clondy weather and possibly light rain or snow, followed in Minnesota by cold northwest winds and rising barometer. | For the lower Lakes and Middle States stationary followed by failing barometer, northeast to southeast winds, slightly warmer, partly cloudy weather, For New England rising barometer, stationary tem peratures, northerly winds and clear weather. ‘The upper Obio will continue to fall and the Jower Mississippi to rise. i} Cautionary signals will be discontined on the lakes after December 15, ' THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. | ‘The following record will show the changes inthe hours, ‘im com: | ite of last year, as in- | the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, | wien, | et 1874 1876, - @ 2% 26 | 22 | 12M... a) ‘Avorago temperature yesterday, to | ‘Average temperature for corresponding date ‘Vast | YOO. wns. A MURDERER RESPITED. | Avtanta, Ga, Deo. 2, 18" Brinkley, the wife murderer, was respited to-day till March 31, 1874 | PRESS OPINIONS ON THE SPEAKERSHIP. Randall's Strength Still Wax- ing Stronger. eerie nee, CONFERENCE OF THE CANDIDATES Tammany’s (Corrupt Friendship Ruining Kerr's Chances. COX’S COMPLIMENTARY VOTE Wasmtnoron, Dec. 2, 1875. The great triangular contest for the Speakership has thrust aside, for the present, at least, with the rank and file of the crowd in Washington, the graver ques- tion of the rumored complications with Spain, which has made the air of the national capital so warlike for the past few weeks. The crowd at the hotels has diminished somewhat in the number of office-seckers, whose hopes of place have vanished with the drawing of the lines to a specified few. But the Congressmen are coming in by every train, particularly the demo- cratic members of the House, whose presence is needed earlier and more urgently on account of the issue involved in the question of the Speaker- ship. Of the 292 Representatives there are \n town to- night about 180, and of these about 125 belong to the democratic side of the House. ORGANIZANION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, In the absence of a Congressional Democratic Com- mittee, the last body of that kind having gone out of office with the Forty-third Congress, the organization of the democratic caucus, at which the Speakership is to be settled next Saturday, was as- sumed by the three candidates for Speaker, viz.:—Messrs, Randall, Kerr and Cox, who assembled in conference this afternoon, The meeting of the three rivals was avery courteous and good- humored affair and was held in private. Anything like coolness was at once dissipated by the genial Sunset Cox, who opened the proceedings with a short speech, in which he said that as this august assemblage, repre- sentative of the wisdom of the democratic party of the United States, had for its object the election to the Speakership of no less a personage than tho Hon, 8S. 8. Cox, of New York, he was prepared to give it all the assistance in his power, (Laughter). This sally oiled the wheel, anda brief deliberation resulted in the selection of L. Q © Lamar, of Mississippi, for chairman of the caucus, It was then agreed that each candidate should appoint a teller and a secrotary and that the chairman should appoint a committee of three to whom ail resolutions introduced in the caucus should be referred without debate, The effect of this last measure will be to prevent acrimony on the floor of the caucus, RANDALL'S STRENGTH GROWING. ‘The nomination of Randall is looked upon as a fore- gone conclusion. He not only holds all the strength which he did at the close of the exciting canvass last night, but several additional votes were pledged to him to-day and during the course of this evening. The very lowest of hts vote on the first ballot is eighty-five, and there are stragglers enough in the delegations not yet canvassed to assure him of not merely enough to nominate him, but of a handsome majority on the first formal baltot, which will be the second. Sunset Cox hhas so large a following of personal friends, anxious to do him honor, that he will be tendered a large com- plimentary vote on the first ballot, Kerr’s chances have not been strengthened by the INDECENT ACTION OF THE TAMMANY MKN in coming here with money to help his canvass, the use of such unlawful means looking like corruption and bribery and reflecting seriously apon the tnnocent ob- joct of their attentions, The desperate character of the ‘Tammany movement in aid of Kerr is seen in the trans- fer of 80 many tools of Kelly and Wickham from the City Hall to the lobbies of the Washington hotels, The deliberate determination of Tammany to secure the Presidential nomination for somebody within its ranks or within {ts control is also the reason why some of the Southern Representatives still hold aloof from Randall, notwithstanding the bargain proposed the other night, to give the clerkship to that section, for it seems that ex-Senator Gwin, of California, six months ago made a tour of the South in the interest of Kelly & Co., to pledge votes for Kerr, to make it a certainty that the Speakership would not come further East than Indiana, and militate against the Tammany scheme for nominating the next democratic candidate for Presi- dent. KERR'S MISYORTUNR. It is a significant fact that money has been used or offered to be used only in the case of Kerr. It was per- ceptible to-day that ho had lost ground in every direc- tion, Thus, the North Carolina delegation peld a meet- ing this afternoon and decided unanimously to go for Randail. Two of the Missouri men have pronounced for Randall, making three votes for him in that delega- tion. Governor Throckmorton is authority for saying that the Texan delegation is a unit for Randall, which is a plump vote of seven for him. The other Southern States known to be solid for him are Arkansas and Mississippi. Louisi- ana is in doubt, bat leans strongly in the same direc- tion, KERR'S STRENGTH lies in Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Missourt and New York, He claims at least one-half of the New York delegation, Tho closest ciphering on his behalf in the whole number of democrats in the caucus gives him a total of only eighty-two votes. The discovery of this weakness groatly discouraged the Kerr movement | this evening, and encouraged many to think that Sunset Cox’s complimentary vote might be next to the vote for Randall. The Clerkship looks as if it would go to A. D. Banks, whose chances slowly but surely strengthen with those of Randall. Indeed, there ts little reason to doubt the success of “the slate’ made up the other night, viz,:—For Speaker, Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania (the East); for Clerk, A. D, Banks, of Mississippi (the South); for Sergeant-at-Arms, John G. Thompson, of Ohio (the West). There was some DESULTORY POOL SELLING again this evening at the Imperial Hotel. Randall opened the favorite at 20 against 15 for the field, and some nine | pools were sold in this proportion, when @ rumor got | afloat that the Southern delegations were weakening on Randail, and some sales were made at an average of 30 for tho field to 20 for Randall, but toward the close of | the dealings he again went to the front and sokt even against the fleld. About @ dozon pools were sold on the Clerkship at an average of 20 for Banks against 16 for the eld, the fleld comprising at least half a dozen candidates, THE SPEAKER- SHIP, ‘The coloseal proportions of the joke of Hendricks being in favor of Kerr for Speaker begin to be appre- ciated in Washington. —/ndianapolis Journal (rep.) It is decidedly the fact that Mr. Randal! appears to have the inside track in the race for the Speakership,— Philadelphia Bulletin (rep.) Ifthore are mot enough democratic votes to elect him we hope that he may receive some direct, practi- cal assistance from the republican side of the Housa— Philadelphia Bulletin rep.) . If we must have @ democratic Speaker we should at Jeast take good care that he is not a rag money advocate and a free trader. — Philadelphia Bulletin (rep. ) Randall is getting the upper bold of the Speaker- ship —Cincinnatt Dimes (rep. ) A correspondent of the Cincinnati Times suggests that Goldsmith had @ prescient eye to this mob of democratic candidates for jhe Speakersbip when he wrote:— Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound And Korr of low dey Shakespeare, cow, was excusable for his gentie car- casm on The Cox shrill crow— and he ts even deprecatory tm his remark :— Sbips are but boards, ra but men; there be land rats and water rats, land thieves and water thieves, Wordsworth, on the other hand, becomes actually | complimentary when he says,— One impulse (rom « vernal Wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evii and of good, Than all the sages can. And Fernandy eould certainly teach all this if he ee dislikes, His sympathies were evidently with New York, and he goes for the Cleveland candidate in a cruel faahion, speaking of those Who, doomed to go tn company with Payne, Aud fear and bloodshed, miserablo train | Tho Southern candidate ts dismissed by Pope with one contemptuous remark :— So shall he Walk-or die. The trae American machine poet, however, nit the mark when he ground out;— If the Capitol you'd keep from scandai, Elect the soaud and upright Randall. Mr. Randall is widely respected for his high personal integrity, In all his long and trying public career at Harrisburg aud Washington he has borne himself so uprightly that not a suspicion exists of his having over taken a bribe, Ho is pure, able, brave and patriotic, and nothing but good can come of his election to the Speakership. We are happy that there is no doubt of his election. —Philadelphia Item (dem.) The idea that Governor Hendricks is moved deeply to secure the Speakership for Kerr ts rather refreshing to {hose who know the true tnwardness of the Governor's feelings. —Indianapolis Journal (rep.) Naturally Mr. Randall ts a modest man, of a retiring | disposition, and it 18 probable he would never have | beon a candidate for Speaker but for the memorable and protracted parliamentary struggle in the House over the Civil Rights bill He led the democratic minority in that fight and displayed such a remarkable knowledge of parliamontary tactics that even Speaker Blaine was surprised.—Washington Correspondence (“Mac”) Boston Globe (rep.) Randall is a shrewd and experienced politician, as well as an able parliamentarian, and therein he bas the | advantage of his only really formidable opponent, Mr, Kerr.—Washington Correspondence Boston Globe (rep.) ‘Tho Pennsylvania delegation had a meeting to-day, all the members being present but two, who are not tn the city. Senator Wallace was also present It was resolved that the unanimous, hearty and sealous sup- port of the delegation should be given to Mr. Randall, and Mr, Wallace, ina speech, urged unremitting dill- genoe in pressing the claims of their candidate, which was received with unmixed tavor.— Washinglon Special Philadelphia Times (ind. ) Mr. Randall's Pennsylvania colleagues of his own party will sustain him to a man, while his very record on hard money will give him nearly ail the democratic votes of the South, and will break off from Mr. Kerr the inflation votes of the West.—Pailadelphia Record (ind ) Randall's stock to-day was made much stronger by the action of the Pennsylvania dolegation, which ex- pressod itself as a unit for him,— Washinglon (Dec. 1) Special New York Commerciat, The Ohio delegation will divide on Cox and Randall, but the vote for Cox will be only complimentary, and on the second or third ballot will be pretty certain to be cast for Randall Louisiana is counted certain for Randall — Washington Correspondepce New York Com- mercial (rep.) ‘Tho friends of Governor Tilden, it is well known In | ». New York, are urging Kerr as the man for Speaker. Tilden’s friendship for Kerr has brought out a counter irritant, and a strong opposition made up by New Yorkers is found here at work against Kerr.— Wash- ington Special New Yorke Commercial (rep.) Mayor Wickham, with @ delegation of politicians from Tammany Hall, is expected here to favor Kerr.— Special Washinglon correspondence New York Com- merciab (rep.) As things now look Mr. M. C. Kerr, of Indiana, will be beaten out of his boots for Speaker.—Weo York Commercial, editorial (rep.) The Southern politicians don’t mean to carry the superfnous weight of dead issues in the ‘canvass of 1876, ‘if they know themselves.” Sam Randall is the man for their money, tariff or no tarif!—New York editorial (rep.) “Randall Saved the Country.”—In a certain Southern city of a certain Southern State, a certam Southern member of Congress said the other day, “Randall saved the country; and thas member of Congress was not a Randall man. If Ran- dall saved the country let the country save Randall, in his election to the Speakership.—Richmond Whig (dem.) Among Speakershtp notes are the following :—This afternoon a group of Kerr men were quite vociferously proclaiming the flattering prospects of their candidate atone of thehotels. While the excitement was at its height John Morrissey stepped up, and, hauling out @ handful of bills, approached ono of the parties, offering to bet any amount that Randall would be elected on the first ballot.— Washington correspondence Philadelphia Press (rep.) We look upon the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives as the starting step in the Presidential campaign. The highest and holiest hopes of the Soatn are involved in this contest that is com. meneing now. Randall is the man for as.—Richmond Whig (dem.) Randal) | off again in the race for Speakership.— Philadelphia Press (rep.) j He (Randall) is honest, he is frank, he Is free and outspoken, ho has no concealmemts; he stood by the South last winter when the very life of the government hung upon his sagacity as a parliamentary icader.— Richmond Wiig (dem.) Seetionalism against nationalism is stil) standing in the politics of this country, The Presidential election is to be fought upon that issue, The South {s united, and ail we want is a leader in the North. Sam Randall isthe man. His services last winter proved him to be the man for the emergency, He is brave. Hoe is just He is generous, He isa Northern man with national instincts. —Richmond Whig (dem.) THE WHISKEY DEFRAUDERS. JOHN W. BINGHAM PLEADS GUILTY OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM—THE FORFRITURE OF HIS BOND SET ASIDE—STATE'S EVIDENCE. Inpranapouis, Ind., Dec. 2, 1875. Joba W. Bingham was brought before the United States District Court here in custody of @ marshal of Missouri. He moved, through his counsel, that the forfeiture of his bond be set aside, To this the Court agreed. After atsposing of this matter the defendant withdrow his plea of not gailty to the five separate in, @ictments pending against him for violation of tho reve- nue laws, and entered a plea of guilty. This move was entirely unexpected, as the defendant has protested his | innocence of the charges just him. Those who are in a position to know, hot ir, state that the evidence against him ts so strong ‘that any defence would be fruitiess, Mr. Bingham has been released on hts own recogni- vance to await the sentence of the Court, which, in all Ch sal will not be entered before the last of next wor encrany next the cases of those parties under indictment who have expressed their intention of tanding trial, will hearing, in the event they do not put in @ plea of guilty in the meantime. ‘The condttion of Mr. Gordon Bingham, who ts lying ill at Patoka, is reps sorted to be very critical, which necessarily delays Fhe disposition of his case. The tion ts that he will pnrsue the same course as that of his brother, as above stated. Since his release Mr. Bingham has gone before the United States Grand Juty, now in seasion, and, it is be- pein tgs unbosom himself of matters in his knowl- iat will cause other hearts to bleed, and that in foclliues not heretofore suspected of any trregulartty. The result of his disclosures will be eeeouay 5 ‘awaited, and some startling revelations may be expected. Hiram B. Snyder, another of the parties indicted by the Grana Jury, has entered a plea of guilty. GENERAL BABCOCK INTERVIEWS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. General Babcock had a lengthy interview to-day mith Attorney General Pierrepont, with reference to the as- sociation of his (General Babcock’«) name with the pending trials in St. Louts. His object is to endeavor to have an opportunity gtven him to be heard before the Grand Jury, or in some way to confront the charges: that have been mado against him, and he therefore ap- to Judge Pierrepont, as the representative of the prosecution in these cases, to consummate such & Ce The Attorney General has referred the subject General Babeock's request, by telegraph, to the Saree ‘States District Attorney at St Louis. THR MILWAUKER TRIALA—MATY CARPENTER RESENTS IMPLICATION WITH THE FRAUDS— LIBEL SUITS AGAINST JOURNATA. Mitwacces, Wis, Dec. &, 1875. In the case of Taft and Weiner to-day several wit- nesses testified to the good eharacter of Taft, and the fence rested, Mr, McKinney addressed the jury for | ghe prosecution and Judge Hubbell for the defence, fx-Senator Carpenter announces, over his signature, that he will bring sutts for libel against the Chicago ‘Tribwne and the Chtcago Journal The alleged libel were charges to the effect that Mr. ir Was 8 party to tho operations of the Whiskey Ring. Louis Rindskof was haga before Supervisor Hedrick to-day and asked whether he had paid money to any revenue officer to influence bts action, and whether he had pald any money to & J. Conkit Revenue Agent. Rindskoff refused to answer, and wag Wanted fo, Bui Wordsworth, too, had bis likea and | thergapon commitied ba tai, 7 -————— ee, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. * ASSIGNED TO COMMAND OF THE FORCES on THE RIO GRANDE. Wasniscrom, Dec, 2, 1875, Orders have been {ssued from the Navy Department assigning Commander George © Remoy to the com mand of the oaval forces on the Rio Grande, which consist of one steamer, the Rio Bravo, and severad steam launches, Passed Assistant raywaner” W. J. Thomson ts de tached from duty in the Bureau of Provisions an@ Clothing and ordered to the Kearsarge, Asiatic station, Passed Assistant Paymaster 8. Rand, Jr., ts detach from the Koarsarge, ou the vepoastng. ‘of bis relief, and ordered to return home and report his arrival LIBERIA, A WAR VESSEL TO BE SENT TO THE PROTEO- TION OF THE SETTLERS. Wasuicrow, Dec. 2, 1875. The United States steamsh!p Alaska, Captain Alexam~ der A. Semmes, will probably be ordered to the coast of Liberia for the protection of the settlers and to em- courage them in their warlike operations against the Batives. The Alaska is now attached to the Europeam squadron and carries twelve guns RACES POS' TPONED: New Ontrans, Deo, 2, 1875 Tho fall meeting of the Louisiana Jockey Club haw beon postponed to December 7, 9, 11 and 1% HOTEL ARRIVALS. Archbishop James F. Wood anfi Rev. A. J. McCone my, of Philadelphia, yesterday arrived at the St Nicholas Hotel, Congressmen Chester W. Chapin ané Nathaniel P, Banks and ex-Governor Alexander H. Bullock, of Massachusetts, are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. Henry © Kelsey, Secretary of State ot Now Jerscy, ts staying at the Metropolitan Hotel. Pay Inspector Augustus H. Gilman, United States Navy, @ quartered at the Grand Hotel. Captain John Mire house, of the steamship City of Montreal, is stopping ay the New York Hotel, Mr. Isaac Hinckley, President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, {s registered at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Com gressman George M. Landers, of Connecticut, has ar, rived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on his way to Wash: ington. Mr. Gustavus V. Fox, formerly Assistant Sec retary of the Navy, is sojourning at the Everett House. Mr, Dewitt C. Eltis, Superintendent of the New Yors Bank Department, 1s at the Metropolitan Hotel Mr. A- B. Mullett, of Washington, is among the late arrivals af the Astor House. Professor T. R. Lounsbury, of Yale College, 1s residing temporarily at the Sturtevant House. A HEALTHFUL CLEARNESS IS ACQUIRED BB the sallow skin washed daily with Guxwy's SuLrmus Soar. “Hunt's Harm ano Waisxnn Dra,” black or brown, 30s. A.—COMMON SENSE VS. PREJUDICE. R, %, M.D. of the World's Dispensary, Buffalog gautior of “The People’s Common Sense Medi . ke, pular and aot ther un ont medicines,” owing to the many of them possess. The appellacion “parent medicine” doep not apply to mip rome- dies, patent aa over, beow tained spent em, nor havo they been urged ‘ar the public as, “oure-alle” They “are simply, some favorite proscription, which in” & yery extensive Sioetion, bara’. provagiye aiale uperior rem virtnes in the cure of the diseases for which they are recom- mended, Kvory practising physician has his favorite reme- dies, which he oftenest recommends or ueos. because he aw the igreatent confidence in thet vi ‘The patient doos noe Know their compostion. Evel iptions are usuall written in s language unintelligible te any butthe As auch secrecy ts employed as in the preparation of pro- rietary medicines. Does the fact that an article is pre- only to the manufacturer render fow many physicians know the elementary | com jrition of the, remedies which “they joy, some of which have been analysad f Few “practitioners ‘know bow podophyilin, leptandrin, pepsin or made, or bow nauseous drugs are transformed into palatable elixirs; yet thoy do uot hesitate to employ them. Is {t nos inconststent to use & prescription, the composition of whicl fs anknown to us. and discard another preparation simply vause it is accompanied by d statement of its prop- erties, with directions for its use ? Some persons, while admitting that my modicines are good pharmaceiitical compounds. object to them om the Ground that they are too ith tnsufficlont jude Brent paves we ovine Git dificulty b enli plo’ as to” the euro aud "| character causes, jesigns of the People’ # of which have already been the exceedingly low price of $1 50. ‘and sent “% adress fituin the United States and Onn: Zou would pasronive medicines setentifal y Family Medicines, Golden Medicel CAC} Toute.” alteratlve or blosd-cloanst ng, nd an unequalled cougt remedy ; Pleasant Purgative Pellets, soarcely larger than mustard see ‘agreeable and reliable physic; worite Prescription, ‘4 rem fated hers He ee te of Smart Weed, Sewel complaints, and en cueqaalled Liniment for bots human and horse flesh, white Du. Sacx's Carauint uaape is known the world ‘over as the groatest tos catarrh and “cold in the bead” ever given wo the abl, ‘These wandard remedies sh ay a pablo foe many years—a period long enor to ly test 1! and the best argument thar can be advanced in hair a rca Js the tact that thelr sale was mever #0 great as duri past six month A.—WIRE SIGNS; PATENT ee FRAMES, engraved Sij House and store UPHAM & CO., Canal stroot. A $3 HAT FOR $1 rye A ‘A SPECIALTY. Site Hars, $3 80; worth $5. 15 New Church street, ap stairs, ox te 2. A.—A—FURS! Choice stock of fine “ts at atte rices ; Sealskin Sacque nd Sots, # specialty. BUR sical A NOVELTY. —THE NEW ervecTivn AEE CLANOS of THE Les igor COMPANY, 683 Br: nntvorsall, oud day, BEAUTIFUL AND’ NATURAL BROWN Olt BOSWELL & WARNKR'S “Cotoniric ror tum Depot, No, ® Dey street. BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, INDIA RUBBE! Poiles Slippers, Child's Leggins. Patrouice MILLER €O., No. 3 Union square. IMPURE BREATR. Ammong all the disagreeable consequences that follow the decay of the teath, an impure breash must be the most mor tifying and unpleasant to its possessor, ana it is the most im excusable and offensive in society; and yat the cause of it aay be removed by. cleansing your teesh daily with ly popular dent ice, fragrant Soxoporr. purt ‘dad eweotens the breath, Sovle und refreshes the moush aad gives 6 pent! like appestance 1 teeth. tlemen Whofindulgs ta smoking should cleanse thelr seeth with Soxopont, as it removes all unpleasant odors of the weed. your druggist for it “iT I8 A NIPPING AND AN EAGER AIR" AND KNOX’S taney Fuxs for the ladies and ana Ourrs for the gentlemen are in lively cad ‘tetiye. comands Make Jour purchases at either of she popular KNOX'S stores, Nu. Hotel “‘Yuns of the finest quallty at re WIGS, TOUPEES, &C—G. RAUCH cal Wiomaxen and twroetee or Humax Twelfth street, near Broadway. 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