The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1875, Page 7

Sa ST Jom with este celebrating the centennya! of te na tion, and I strongly recommend that a more national importance be given to this exhibition by such ) lar tion by such appropriation as will insure its suc- cess, Ite value in bringing to our shores innumerable useful works of art and skill, the com g of the citizens of foreign countries and our own, and the in- terchange of ideas and manufactures will tar exceed apy pecuniary outlay we m: e. REPORTS OF COMMISSION! 1 transmit herewith the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, together with the reports of the Com- ‘wissioners of the Board of Audit and the Board of Health of the District of Columbia, to all of which f in- vite your attention. The Board of Agriculture have accomplished much in desseminating useful knowledge to the agriculturist and also in introducing new and ‘useful productions adapted to our soil apd climate, and js worthy of the continued encouragement of the gov- ernment, ‘The report of the Commissioner of Education, which accompanies the report of the Seoretary of the Interior, sdhows a gratifying progress in educational matters, ‘THE TWIN RELIO, In nearly every annual Message that I have had the honor of transmitting to Congress I have called atten- tion to the anomalous, not to say scandalous, condi- ton of affairs exisiting in the Territory of Utab, and have asked for definite legislation to correct it. That lygamy should exisit in a free, enlightened and Shrsuas country without the power to punish so flagrant ® crime against decency and morality seems preposterous, True, there is no Jaw to sustain this ‘unnatural vice, but what is needed js a Jaw to punish it ae a crime and at the same time to fix the status of the innocent children, the offspring of this system, and of ‘the possibly innocent plural wives. But, as an institu- tion, polygamy should be banished from’ the land. IMPORTATION OF CHINESE WOMEN, While this is being done 1 invite the attention of “Congress to another, though perhaps no less an evil— the imporiaion of Chinese women, but few of whom are brought to our shores to pursue honorable or ‘useful vecupations., THE INTERESTS OF THE TERRITORIES. Observations while visiting the territories of Wyoming, Vitah and Colorado during the past autumn, convinced me that existing laws, regulating the disposition of public lands, umber, &c., and probably the mining Jaws themsely Very detective and should be care- fully amended at an early day. A territory, where cul- tivation of the soil can only be followed by Irrigation, and where it is not practicable the lands can only be used as pasturage, and this only where stock an reach water to queneh its thirst, cannot be yoverned by the same laws as to entries as the lands tvery acre of which is an independant estate by itself must be held in larger quantities 10 jugtify tho expense of conducting water upon it to make 4t fruit- ful or to jastify utilizing itas pasturage, The timber in most Of the Territories is principally confined to the mountain regions, which are held for entry in small quantities only, and as mincral lands, The timber is the property of the United States, for the disposal of which there in ow no adequate law. The settlor must become consumer of this timber whether he lives upon the plains or engages in working the mine. Hence, every man becomes either a tres- get hunself or Knowingly a patron of trespassers. opportunities for observing were not sullcjont to ity justify me in recommending specific legislation on these subjects, bt do recommend that a jomt committee of the two ‘houses of Congress, snificiently large to be divided into sub-committees, be -orgamized, to visit all of the ger | States and Territories during the coming summer, that the committee shall report to Con- fren, at the next session, such laws or amendments to ws as it may deem necessary to secure the best in- terests of the government and the people of these Territories who are doing so much for their development. I am sure the citizens ‘occupying the territory described do not wish to be trespassers, nor will they be if legal ways are provided for them to become owners of these actual necessities of their position. As this will be the last annual Message which I shall have t obor of rausinitting to Congress before my successor is chosen, 1 will repeat or recapitulate the questions which I deem of vital importance which should be legislated apon and settled at this session, RBCAPITULATION. First—That the States shal) be required to afford the opportunity of a good common school education to every child within their limits. Sccond—No sectarian tenets shall ever be taught in any schoo! supported in whole or in part by tho State, nation, or by the proceeds of any tax levied upon any community. Make education compulsory so far as to deprive all persons who cannot read and write from be- coming voters after the year 1890, disfranchising none, however, on grounds of illiteracy who may be voters at the time this amendment takes effect, Third—Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within its proper sphere; and that all church property shall bear ite own proportion of taxation. Fourth—Drive out licensed immorality, such as polyg- amy and the importation of women for illegitimate pur- se8, To recur again to the centennial year, it would seem as though, now as we are about to begin the second cen- tury of our national existence, would o a most fitting time for these reforms, Enact such lawe as will insure a speedy return to a sound currency, euch as will command the respect of the world. Believing that these views will commend themselves to the great majority of the right-Uhinking and patriotic ciuzens of the United States, | submit x gress, Exxcutive Maxssoy, Dec, 7, 1875. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF com- MISSIONERS—REDUCTION OF THE DISTRICT DEBT—ASSETS AND TAXATION. Wasnineron, Deo 7, 1875. The Compisstonere who rule the District of Colnmbia have made a report of their stewardabjpfor the year ending November 3, 1875, ‘The total revenues of the government ofthe District of Columbia for the yearwere $3,041,479. The expen- ditures during the same period, not including certifi- cates of indebtedness convertible inte 8.65 bonds sued by the Board of Audit for payments under con- tracts made by the Board af Public Works, and modit- cations therof, were $2,862,462. The balance on hast December 1 was $179/016, sub- ject to check for the full amount, $120,016. Appro- priations subject to requiaition (not ‘yet drawn) amount to $910,031 over the above balance. The bal- ance i subject to further reduction on account of bills already accrued, but not presented and andited, for Fire Department, new engine, hose and repairs to engines, water mains (including main to pew jail), building for colored schools, Georgetown water-6apply, Berret school building and furniture, repairs to Asy- jum building, &c., amounting to $90,886. ‘The total old funded debt ofthe District of Columbia And the cities of Washington and Georgetown is $8,441,113. Add to thie the 3.65 bonds, $12,055,300, , and the certificates uot yet converted, issued by the Board of Audit, the total indebtedness’ is $21,340,019. During the year the Commissiqners have reduced the debt by $442;627, and have appropriated $12,600 to the sinking fund, making the entire reduction $455,627. The annual interest payable on the old funded debt is $518,360; on the 8.65 bonds and the Board of Audit certificates, $470,810—the total interest being £969,170. The Commissianers of the Sinking Fund give « detailed exhibit of the public debt as it is at this date, show the reduction during the past year, and explain the circum stances under which $139,000 of funding Joan bonds, issued under act of Assembly approved June '20, 1872, ratilied and coniirmed by act of Congress’ approved June 20, 1874, were issued in the redemption of other bonds of the District, amd a statement of the destruction by burnjng of the securities in their hands, under act of Congress of March, 2€T5. ‘They show also that they have exchanged $12,054,500 of ‘the fifty year 3.65 bonds for certificates of indebtedness of the Board of Andit, ax required py act ot Congress approved June 20, 1874, and call attention wo the matter of the interest due on gaid bonds the Ist of February, 1876, and thereafter, ax also for the establira- ment of a sinking fund, as provided in sald act, for the payment of the principal of said bonds when tmey eball become due. The total amount of fundea debt and temporarytloans of the late District government paid zince July 1, 1874, 6 $1,564,843; $375,209 of which was derived from-Con- gressional appropriations and the remainder from 4axes and aihet Digteict revenues, | The value of ail the ap. praised real property in tbe District is $115,487, ». of which $21,975,008 is ¢xexups from asacon: pt ety JUBGE VAN BRUW' Surge Yan Brunt was elected Judge of theConrt of Common Pleas in the fail of 1870. For some unex- plained reason his assignment was subsequently made tothe term of the Supreme Court by Gevernor Hoff- man, A similar assignment was made by Governor Dix, so that Judge Ven Brunt bas never presided on.the bench of the court to which he was elected, and for which he {s supposed.to have nine years jonger, be- ginning with the Ist of January, to serve. Owing to the Jate revelations concerning Judge Van Brunt’s marital relations, and the divorce which it is alleged he urged his wife to obtain in ordor that ve might be at liberty to marry another lady, his resignation of the position he holds was thought » most likely occurrence, A Henan .reporter, who un- itertook to find out yesterday what course Judge Van Brunt bad actually taken, discovered that he has so far made no communication 10 Governor Tilden of his purpose to resign, but thot a letter, dated Parie, wae received from him’ two weeks ago by Judge Noah Da. vis, in which he said be expectea to be back before Christmas and take bis place, as usual, on the Bench of the Supreme Court. He stated in the letter that, owing to.a relapse of sickness, be was detained from returning a3 #oon as he expected, but he should certainly be home in time to have’ his namo assigned on the buamess of the Supreme Court term, (It will be Governor Tilden’s duty to make the assignment, and as nothing bas been furnished him in the shape of charges against the Judge, his course to- ward him will bo the same ns toward the rest. The feeling for the most part in judicial circles is decidedly intolerant of Judge Van Brunt’s retaining his posision on the Bench of the Supreme Court, A formal resigna- tion of bis post is deemed the only wise and satisfactory method of gotting out of the difficulty in which he is winced, ABANDONED HER CHILD. A child, eighteen months old, was found in a pitiable condition in a vacant room at No, 9 Mulberry etrect, last evening. Ite back was raw, ite eyes were ewollen sore, and it appeared to be ‘starving. It was sub- quently ascertained that the infant had been aban- doped by ils mother, Kate Norton, who was arrested, NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEK 3, 1875.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. THE INTERIOR. Progress Toward Civiliz- ing the Indians, THE BLACK HILLS PROBLEM. The Removal of the White River Sioux to the Missouri Urged. Seizure of the Gold Country by the Gov- ‘ernment Hinted. PENSIONS AND SUBSIDIES. Waamnaton, Dee. 7, 1875. The annwal report of the Secretary of the Interior gives the following interesting statements of facts:— PUBLIC LANDS. During the year endimg June 30, 1875, 7,071,271 acres of public lands were sold or otherwise disposed of; 26,077,531 acres were surveyed, leaving yet un- surveyed 1,154,471, 762acrea, INDIAN APPAIRS. In relation to the Indians the Secretary says:— The general situation of the Indian service may ‘be rogarded as encouraging, and progress has been made during the year in perfecting and extending the Indian policy. Wherever all the elements of success have been available, the result has clearly vindicated the propriety and efliciency of that policy in the ‘increased interest m by both agents and Indians in the acquisition of imdustrial pursuits, and in the increase of peaceful disposition toward the wh: Schools are increasing in number and interest ; farming, wherever the soil is suitable, 1s being prose- cuted more vigorously and intelligently, and the desire of the Indians & prepare for themselves more comfort- able and fixed abodes is becoming more general, At the important agencies of Red Cloud and Spotted Tail, in the Dakota, or Sioux Nation, however, oneof the princi- pal elements of success—a productive soil—is wanting, and no progress has been made, and none can be ex- pected, while the present conditions by which they are surrounded shall remain. The problem of how to deal with these Indians seems as far {rom solution as even, and, in fact, it has been still further complicated the present year by the discovery of gold in the Black Hills and the emigration of large numbers of miners whither. ‘The suggestions of the Commissioner In regard to this numerous people are practical and worthy of consider- ation. There can be no doubt whatever that so long as the great bulk of the Sioux are encou to Oc- cupy their present locations mear the Red Cloud and Whetstone, or Spotted Tail agencies, and to roam at will over their vast reservation and west and northwest to the Big Horn Mountains and to, Powder River and e Yellowstone, they can make no progress whatever, and must be fed year after year by the government. The recommendation by the Com- missioner that the two agencies above mentioned be re- moved to the Missouri River meets with my unquali- fied approval, * ” * * * ‘The removal of these agencics to the Missouri River, at some point or poinis between the mouth of the Cheyenne River and Fort Randall, to. be bereafter de- termined upon, will result in greater economy and con venience of supply, und greater facility to restrain and coerce refractory Indians wheneyer the necessity arises. It will also locate them where there are arable lands, good water, and abundance of timber and grass. ‘I therefore suggest that the appropria- tions in future shall be made conditional upon this removal, and that none of the supplies. or annuities hereafter granted by Congress shall be issued to these Indians, excepting at some point or points on the Missouri River, where those agencies shall be per- manently located. If this. suggestion shall receive the favorable action of Congress,,a proper location will be selected, and those agencies removed prior to the be- ginning of the next fiscal ye ‘THY BLACK HILLS PROBLEM. ‘The failure of the negottations for the relinquishment of the Biack Hills necessitates the adoption of some measures to relieve the department of the great em- barrassment resulting from the evident determination of a large number of citizens to enter upon that portion of the Sionx reservation to obtain the precious metals which the official report of the geologist sent out by the department shows to. exist therein. the very measures now taken by the ernment to prevent the influx of miners,into the Black Hills, by means of the display of military force in that neighbor- hood, operate as the surest.safeguard of the miners against the attacks of Indians, army expels the miners, and, while doing so, protects them from In- dians, The miners return as soon as the military sw veillance is withdrawn, and the same steps are taken = agai and again. Some of the miners have ht suits against the mili- tary officers for false imprisonment, and much embarrassment to both the Army and the Interior De- Perky us the result. The preliminary report ot Pro- Jenney, which accompanies the report of the In- dian Commissioner, inregard to the geological and agri- cultural wealth of the Black Hills, indicates clearly the great temptation held out to emigrants and miners to occupy that country, and will greatly enhance the diffi- culties which have already surrounded the question of protecting the Sioux im their treaty rights to that terri- tory. The opening of the next summer season will un- doubtedly witness a great increase of emigration thither, and the question urges itself upon the atten- tion of the department and of Congress for early solu- tign. It is troe that the Indians occupy that reserva- tion ander pers of atreaty with the United States, It is also true, as a general proposition, that treaves should be maintained inviolate, and the Indians protected in their rights thereunder. But for two years the government has been appropriating about $1,260,000 for the subsiavence of the Sioux of various tribes, which amount 1s & gratuity that the government is under no legal obligation to give them, and for which 1 receives no compensating advantage. The amount thus ap- propriated is five per cent per annum of $25,000,000, which the government 1g giving without an equivalent. This amount must be annually given them for somo years to come, or they will starve. It is submitted, \herefore, under these circumstances, for the cousidera- tion of Congress, whether it would net be justifiable and proper to make future appropriations for supphes to this people contingent on their relinguishment of the gold fielis in the Black Hills and the right of way thereto, JURISPRUDENCE OVER INDIARC. The suggestions of the Commissioner in regard to Indian civilization, the modification of the homestead laws for the benetit of the Indiavs, and turning over the Indians in the States of New York, Michigan, Wirconsin, and a portion of those in Minnesota to the control ofthe States in which they live, .are deserv- ing of the careful attention of Congress, as being steps in advance pon the question of Indian management, His remarks upon the necessity of law for the pun- isbment and protection of the Indians are.also of im- portance, as tending in the game direction. The condi- tion of the Indian Territory sonth of Kangas has not changed during the year, and will not materially change for the better until some steps are taken ve its inbabitants a more efficient government. to gi | The necessity for the establishment of courts of justice therein for the trial of all offences against persons or property becomes more pressing year by year, and the whole qnestion of legisiating for that Territory is re spectfully but urgently pressed wpon the avention of Congress. * * * * It would be beneficial to the Indian service, in my opinion, and would tend to promote its efficiency, if the laws preventing the detail of army officers tor civil service were so lar modilied ag to allow their employ- ment in the Indian service at the discretion of the President, in case of emergency. Such a chan, would place at the disposition of the Executive a corps of disciplmed, jntelligent officers, whose familiarity with the entire Indian country and the needs of the service would render them invaluable ip an emergency such as bas arisen during the present year, ond such as is Jiable te arwe al avy time in she iseatwent of large bodies of wild Indians, INDIAN PONDS, ‘The Secretary of the Juterior now holds in bis posses- ‘sion, in trust fur various Indian tribes, bonds of the United States and of sexeral of Uhe States, the par value of which ie about $5,000,000, authority bas beep con- ferred upon the Secretary of the Interior, trom time to time, by Lndian treaties and acts of Congress, to invest the proceeds of the sales of lands ceded to the United State: Indian tribes, The authority so given to in’ , as trustet, seem@ to have been con- strued as implying also the authority to hold snch se- curities 2p possession by the Secretary of the Interior in trust, and be now holds euch stocks and bonds to the amonnt of $5,107,616. Whether the right to hold those securities is conferred by the laws and treaties referred 10 or not, 1 recommend that the necessary legislation be mae authorising their transfer to the Treasurer @f the United Staves, by whom the jnterest thereon, as it accrues, shall be placed to the credit of the proper tribe, to be drawn on requisition of the Secretary of the Interior, as un the case of appropria- tions. Such @ dispositio lieve the Secretary of the Interior of # disagreeable responsibility and dpty not in any way homogeneous tothe general duties of the office and place the bonds where ail such valuables should be kept. The co-operation of the religious bodies having tn charge the duty of nominating Indian agents has been harmenious and satisfactory, and they have evidently been careful in their selection of proper men for those positions, ‘ER AGENCY PRAUDA, ‘The commission: which was appointed daring the year to investigate the management of affairs at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tal ageneies made some valuable suggestions in their report, m which f cannot refrain from concurring. Im regard to the necessity of laws for the protection and puniskment of Indians they say = ‘The criminal laws of the United States should be extended over the reservations, aud whoo an Ledian outside of w ree ervation shull commit an offence he should be made subject to the police and criminal laws of the State in which such offence is commit Some form of territorial policy sbould be established for their government when th compactness of their population would render such an or- ganization, proper. individaality of the Indian ss tember of the community should be recognized, and absurd fetion of tribal sovereignty whieh’ that dividuality "is now | merged "should Courts should be organized for the admintatration of justice over auch territory. ‘The individual own ship. of property should be encouraged — under temporary restrictions on alienation, aud the privileges of Citicenalin wade accesible uvon such terms as good policy mee pen. ‘The evils that resnlt from the absence of isivos like this is ny are naperant, Community of to industry, enterprise and civilization, and exemption from 1 responsibility for crime has stimulated depreds tions, robbery, murders and assassination, Tn regard to the inspection and delivery of supplies they remark :— We nave already recommended that officers be detailed for the inspection of beef and beet cattle at the Indian agencies, and, for reasous similar to those already mentioned Fag connection, wereesnine et all ini agen ae ry (except annuity goods, the ins of wi ovate ne by ast aud pli the points of pur cbase and eH ‘at terminal points of railroad trans before the articles pass of the agents, be under toe exclusive ge of the Commissary General of the Army. lieve that such not merely serve as 4 salutary check on contractors, freighters and agents, but would be of great use in satistying the public mind that the service was fully and faithfully performed. It would seem desirable that a copy of the reports of all such inspections ould be trans- mitted, through the proper channels, to the Indian Oftice, They also recommend :— ‘That in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of 1868, army officers be detailed to inspect all issues of annuit, 1s, and that all inspections of Indian supplies an eof be made under direction of the Commissary jeneral of the Army. That ® carefully devised system of aconnts, uniform for all agencies, be established, with the mode of issuing and ‘all articles de! at the agenc nitely prescribed. That the age: theyde in the amount of intelliger to conduct them, be so graded ax to establi er important ones salaries sufficient to secure the servic thoroughly trained. competent men. That all future legislation for the Tndigns, and all dealings with them, be upon the policy of bringing them as rapidly as possible under the same law which governs all other inhabitants of the United States, PENSIONERS AXD PENSIONS. On June 30, 1875, there were 234,821 names on the pension roll of the department, whose pensions apnu- ally aggregate the sum of $26,289,519. Of these 210,363 wore urmy pensioners, 105,478 of whom were inv: and 104,885 widows and dependent relatives; 3,420 were navy pensioners, of whom 1,636 were invalids and 1,784 widows, &c., and 21,038 were pensioners of the war of 1812, 15,875 of whom were survivors and 5,163 widows— a toe of 284, 82 pegaeaees, * * * * On the 80th of June Jast there were on file 66,107 un- adjudicated pension claims, of which 32,228 were for invalid pensions, 33,138 those of widows, dependent relatives, &c., and 741 of survivors and widows of sol- diers of the war of 1812, and 7,778 pending claims for increased pension, 6,772 of which were those of in- valida, and 1, 006 of widows and dependent relatives; in all, 75,885 claims undisposed of ab that date, i It is estimated that the sum of $29,635,000 will be re- quired for the pension service during the next fiscal year, which amount 1s less by $965,000 than the esti- imate submitted for the current fiscal year, SUBSIDIZED RAILWAYS, ‘The facts and figures herein set forth are compiled from the annual reports of the companies, Stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Company to the amount of $36,783,000, has been subscribed, of which 36,762,300 has been paid. The receipts for the year ending June 30, 1875, {rom the transportation of pas- sengers, were $4,408,966; of freight, $6,064,637, and from miscellaneous sources, $1,048,417.’ Total, $11,522/021, ‘These figures include’ “‘the amounts earhed from, but withheld by, the United States for transportation .of its passengers, freight and mails.’’ The expense of operating the road for the year was $5,873,656, leaving net earnings $6,148,365. The entire cost of the road and fixtures to June 30, 1875, was $112,596,252 The construction account of the Omaha bridge shows its cost to have been $2,866,468. The total bonded mdebtedness of the company is shown to be $79,457,912, of which $27,236,512 is due to the United States. The amount of stock of the Central Paeific Railroad Company subscribed is $62,608,800, of which $54,275, 500 has been paid. The receipts for the year ending 30th June, 1875, from transportation of passengers, were $5,350,326) and of freight, $8,602,534; total $13, 932, 861. The operating expenses of the road for the year were $5,901,303, leaving net earnings to the amount of $8,031,498. At the close of said year, the indebtednesss of the company amounted to $86,168,688, of which $27,856,680 is due to the United States. ‘This company embraces, by consolidation (besides the original Central Pacific Company), the Western Pacific, the California and Oregon, the San.Francisco, Oakland and Alameda, and the San Joaquin Valley companies. Stock of the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad Company to the amount of $1,000,000 was subscribed, of which $980,600 has been paid. ‘The receipts for transportation of pessengers tor the year ending the 20th of June, 1875, were $36,495, and Jor freight $77,024; total, $113,019. ‘The actual amount expended for said year, “running expenses and repairs,” was $123,188. The cost of the road and fixtures has beon $3,763,700. ‘The total amount of the indebtedness, in addition to the government loans and first mortgage of $1,600,000 and interest unpaid is $303,902, which indebtedness 1s made up of the following kinds—money borrowed to take up.coupons and pay internal revenue claims and debts and Habilities of the company. ‘The amount of stock of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company subscribed is $9,992,500, and the amount paid in is $9,689,950. Total amount of stock allowed by law, $10,000,000. The receipts for the transportation of passengers for the year ending June 30, 1875, were $1,272,175; for freight, $1,994,411; miscellaneous earn- ings, $42,809; total, $3,309,396. Expense of operating the road for the year, $2,096,674, leaving net earnings, $1,212,722. The cost of construction and equipment of 673 milos (main and branch line) has been $34,359,540. ‘The total funded debt of the company 1s $27,242,600, of which $6,303,000 1s due the United States; other liabili- ties and indebtedness, $3,723,375: total debt, $30,965,975. Stock of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company to the amount of $4,478,500 has been MMbscribed, of which $1,701,400 has been paid in. The receipts’ for the year ending 30th June, 1875, from the transporta- tion of passengers, were $75,850; of freight, $181,604; from express $3,618, and from. miscellaneous sources, $7,103—total, $268,077. ‘The expenses of the road an fixtures during that period were $217,917, leaving net earnings $50,160. Interest paid on first mortgage bonds during the year, $97,680. The bonded indebtedness of the company 1s $3,256,320, of which $1,628,320 is due to the United States.” The floating debt is $60, The stock subscription of the Southern Pacific Rail- road Company of California is, $23,770,300, of which $22,412,200 has been paid in. The amount received for transportation of passengers for the year ending June 20, 1875, was $761,637; of freight, $998,869. ‘Total, $1,760,508. The expenses of the road and its fixtures jor the year were $773,456; leaving net earnings, $987,021. The indebtedness of the company is $14,346,000. On the 23d day of August last you ac- Cepied section of this company’s road, twenty mile: making 130.26 miles of the main line. By the twenty third section of the act of 8d March, 1871, incorporating the Texas Pacific Railroad Company, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of Calitornia’was authorized to construct a line of railroad from a point at or near ‘Tehachapa Pass, by way of Los Angeles, to the Texas Pacific Railroad, at or near the Colorado River. One hundred miles of this line have been completed and accepted, fifty miles of which were accepted by you on the 11th inst, Northern Pacific Railroad stock to the amount of $100,000,000 has been subscribed, and certificates for 202,326 shares of $100 cach have been issued. No new surveys and no change of sine of road have been made. The amount received from passengers during the last fiscal year on the Pacific, Dakota and Minnesota divi- was $178,391; the amount received from freight transportation on those divisions for that period was $271,003; earnings, $605,041. The operating expenses for the year were $501,480; net earnings, inclusive of mail earnings on the’ Dakota division, $103,562 The indebtedness of the company is as follows:—First mort- gage bonds, $30,207,600; land warrant bonds and script issued for interest, 53,000; floating debt, mainly notes of the company, $683,000; total, $31,648,600, No report of the Atiautic and Pacilic Company bas been received. * * - * * * * * ‘Texas and Pacific Railway stock to the amount of $60,000,000 18 authorized by law, of which $1,600,000 has been issued. Its indebtedness is as follows:—Cap- ital stock issued, $1,600,000; six per cent gold construc- tion bonds ‘ued, $10,003,000; seven per cent cur- rency land grant bonds issued, $9,252,000. Debt of the Southern Pacitle Railroad Company to. the State of Texas, assumed by the Texas and Facific Railway Com- pany, $200,885; Cag: ee $353,200; entire indebt- edness, $21,479,086. The receipts of the company for the year ending 30th Juno, 1875, were from passengers, $823,681; freight, $741,791; express service, $11,407; mail, $20,749; telegraph, $7,073; revtals, $71,134; mis- cellancous, $2,243; total, $1,360,062 ‘The ‘expenses for the same period were, for conducting transportation, $239,719; motive power, $204,975; maintenance of way, $234,571; maintenance of cars, $70,253; general expense, $44,369; total, $792,880; Teaving net earnings, $568,073. There are 326 miles of this road in operation, 6 miles thereof having been completed since last report; 100 miles are graded, bridged and tied, ready forthe iron, On the 9th of August last you accepted those portions of this road extending from Marshall to the boundary line dividing Texas and Louisiana, from Marshall to Texarkana, Ark., and from Sherman to Brookston, Tex: the act of 2a June, 1874 (18 Stat,, 197), having declared said portions to ‘be deemed and taken to be a part of the suid Texas and Pacific Railway and shall hereafter be subject to all the provisions and limitations of the act of Congress incorporating said company and of the supplements thereto.” The company’s assets ‘are as follows :—326 miles of constructed and equipped road; 100 miles otpartly ‘constructed and equipped road; 350 ‘miles of telegraph line, $21,319,228; bills and accounts receivable, $64,284; cash on’ hand, $12,411; material on hand, $83,161; total, $21,479,086. Denver Pacific Railroad stock to the amount of $4,000,000 has been authorized by law, subscribed and paid in. Moneys received for transportation of pas- sengers, for the year ending 80th June, 1876, $193,481; for freight, $134,320 ; _ miscellancous ' earnings, $5,084; total, $332,806. Expenses for the above your, $122,675; leaving net earnings, $210,220, Cost and equipment of road, $6,403,800, The indebtedness ‘of the company to that date was $2,512,830, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. ‘The results of the geological and geographical survey of the Territories conducted during the past season by Mosers, Hayden and Powell, under the direction of this department, will, it is belleved, equal in interest and importance those of any previous year. In addition to the practical knowledge thus obtained of the character- istics and resources of extensive sections of our terri- torial domain, the eurvey has performed timely gervice in making selections of fossils, Indian curtositi pre- historic relice, &e., for a more complete representation of such objects, in connection with the collection now in the Smithsonian Institution, at the Centennial Ex- hibiaion of 1876, POISONED BY A TEAPOT, Dr. C..L. Smith, of No, 123 East 118th street, com- municated to the Twelfth precinct station house last night that a family named Fahey, consisting of a mother and seven children, living at No, 437 Kast 113th Street, had been poisoned, Police Snrgeon Thomas visited the house of the Faheys and ascertained that the poisoning had been occasioned by boiling tea in a copper bottomed teapot, which had not been properly cleaned. Antidotes were administered and the butionta are now ont af danver THE BROKEN BANKS. THE GERMAN UPTOWN SAVINGS BANK 8US- PENSION—A RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR THE ‘THIRD AVENUE BANK. The announcement made, exc} ly in yesterday's HeRa.o, of the sudden collapse of the German Up- town Savings Bank fell Jike a thunderbolt on depositors who still had money in the bank. It appeam, how, ever, that there hag been all the year a feel- ing of doubt as to the solvency of the in- Stitution, Since last January over $1,000,000 have beem drawn out of the bank by depositors, The counts, as furnished in January in the sworn statement sent to the Bank Department, showed the liabilities to depositors to be then about $2,000,000 Now the amount stands at $835,000, as stated yesterday, At the time of the election of Mr. Henry Claussen, Jr., as president, a report was submitted to the Trustees by a committee of seven, consisting of Henry Claussen, Jr., John D. Crimmins, Anton Hein, A, Michebacher, 8. 0. A; Murphy A. J. Rapp and Adolf, Levinger, to, the effect that they iad made a thorough and exhaustive examination, with the result stated below: ASSETS. ‘New York city bonds, market value... $170,705 Westenester county bonds, market value. 17,51 city bonds, market value 45,150 Alabama eight per cent bonds, mari 32;900 ‘Town bonds State of New York, market value. 121,165 Call loans, securod by United States and New York town bonds, &C....... 71,244 Real estate, yielding ‘an annual rental of $10,300, exclusive of banking rooms. Office furniture, sates and Oxtures Bonds and mortgages €ash on hand...... Cash on deposit in bank. Accrued interest and rents. Lianne. Due depositors, interest, & $1,212,366 Surplus.... . THAT THIS STATEMB: 100) for the occasion is now proved beyond question, for there is no mention whatever made of the North and South Carolina bonds or of the bonds of the Selma, Marion and Memphis Railroad, while at the same time the bank building was put down at a valuation of $180,000, a price which could not be obtained for it, The policy, too, which allowed such building to be put Sp ab the. extraordinarily high price of $206,000, at which it is charged on the bank books, is a doubtful one, The depositors are inclined to prose, it is said, for some further light on this matter. The bank can scarcely have paid out $400,000 since October 27, which 1s the difference between the above state- ment and the value of the securities and assets now on hand. There has been no depreciation in the vaiue of the securities now held, so that, from any point of view, the publication of such a statement’ cannot be looked upon as other than a gross fraud upon the un- fortunate and innocent depositors, At the very time that this Committee of Trustees certifled to their brethren in the Board and the depositers (hat there was a surplus there existed an actual and palpable deficiency which they must have discovered wf they haa made the examination of the assets they purport to have made. It they did not examine them, and knew nothing of the deficiency, then they failed’ in their duty and are none the less guilty. ‘The following are THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES :— Christian Schwartz, Henry Clausen, Jr.; Charles E. Kugler, Charles Schaffner, A. Michelbacher, Charles Huber, Louis Jordan, Adolf Levinger, Anton Heir, Francis Geiger, R. G.'L. Diefenbach, A. Joseph Kapp, 8. 0. A. Murphy, Henry J. Burchell and Joba D, Crim- mins. The Bank Superintendent, Mr. Dewitt C. Ellis, was atthe bank office yesterday, but Mr. Clausen was not im, and no action was taken, They wil] meet to-day and determine whatghall be done, There is but lite doubt that a receiver will be at once put in. In addition to the other doubtful assets with which the bank has been saddled 1s the item, charged above, of $16,000 for furniture ana fixtures. This includes two Immense iron safes built into the wall, One of these is in the office occupied by the Phanix Fire In- surance Company, of which Mr. Christian Schwartz, the ex-President of the bank, is President. The actual de- tails of the present assets have not yet been obtained, but it is believed that it will only be by most careful management of the securities that the depositors can i to get a dividend of about eighty cents on the dollar, THE THIRD AVENUE BANK. Judge Westbrook, on Friday last, appointed Mr. 8. H. Hurd to be Receiver of the Third Avenue Savings Bank, vice Carman, removed. On the same day Mr. Hurd filed his bond fdr $150,000 as a security that he will properly administer the duties of his office. His bondsmen are Messrs, Nathan Seeley, Edward Z, Law. rence and B. H. Nichol. The order for bis installation ‘was forwarded to the Sherift’s ollice yesterday morning, and, in accordance with its terms, Deputy Sheriff! McGonegal accompanied Mr. Hurd to the vank, formally served the judge’s order on Mr. Carman, nd installed Mr. Hurd 1b ollice. A short con- sultation was held between the outgoing and ingoing receiver, and it was finally arranged that Mr. Carman should hand over the assets, books and other effects to Mr. Hurd to-day at twelve o’clock. te Mr. S. H. Hurd, itis generally acknowledged, is emi- nently fitted for the position to which he has been appointed. He is a good accountant, and has been ac- customed to the handling of large sums of money. He was until lately the manager and treasurer of Bar- num’s Hippodrome Company, ands a son-in-law of P, 1, Barnum, ‘THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. The examination inthe Third Avenue Bank case was continued at the Fifty-seventh Street Police Court be- fore Judge Duffy. Only one witness was examined, James T. McClelland, a cashier im a broker's office in Wail etreet. He testiled that he took a memorandum of sales in January, 1874, of Louisiana levee bonds to the amount of $100,000, They brought twenty cents on the dollar, In the same year 5,000 Alabama eight per cent bonds brought forty-five cents on the dollar, Louisiana State bonds in the same year brought thirty- five cents. The last interest on the levee bonds was paid in September, 1873. The Alabama bonds paid interest in November of the same year, The sales referred to were all private. The examination was again adjourned until next Thursday. BUSINESS FAILURES. Herman A. Curiel, importer of wines ¢* No. 95 Beaver street, who assigned to Morris Gershel about three weeks ago, has liabilities amounting to $8,435 13. The nominal value of his assets is $16,322 87, but their real worth is stated to be only $1,000 William B. Shulta, fruit dealer, of No, 268 Washington street, who assigned last week to Alonzo Morrison, has $8,148 13 of liabilities; assets, $12,268 60; actual value thereof, $3,275 82 William Muller, who recently assigned to Henry Walsh, has liabilities amounting to $8,903 O1, His as- sels are not much over $2,500. Bonds have been filed by the assignee to the amount of $3,000. Following close upon the failure of Kranskopf & Gun- sen, announced in yesterday's HkkaLn, comes that of J. Seligman & Son, also a large hosiery firm, of No. 3 Broadway. They have made an assignment to Louis Felneimer. Morris Levy has also made an assignment to Bernard Pozuanski, BANK CLERKS’ ASSOCIATION, The seventh anniversary of this society was cele- brated at Association Hall last evening. The attend- ance Was very Jarge and of a most respectable charac- ter. Mr. E. H. Pullen, of the National Bank of the Re- public, presided, and delivered an address bighly eulogistic of the society and its aims. Mr. O. D. Baldwin, president of the association, read the annual report, trom which it appears that the total number of members is 1,047, an increase of twenty-nine since last year; dues and assessments received for the year, $12,051; paid on account of deceased members, 1875, $9,716, There is in trust for disabled mem: bers $3,200; expenses for the tweive months, $1,174 43. ‘The permanent fund has reached $51,070, while the total revenues are $67,952 63. Donations re- ceived since last report, $1,565.’ The Rev. John Hull, D. D., addressed the assembled clerks at length. gave them his notion of the right ideal of life, and forci- bly and characteristically commended industry and integrity, personal goodness and personal religion to them, saying that with the: their guides they might not be rich, but their lives would be most satisfactory and successful. DOCK LABORERS’ STRIKE. Yesterday forenoon a squad of police officers from the First precinct, Brooklyn, were called upon to quell athreatened disturbance among laborers on Woodruff! & Robinson's docks, foot of Joralemon street lt ap- pears that a few days ago some of the men who work along the river front went ‘‘on strike’’—men who had been employed at the warchouses about the Atlantic Docks, The strikers demanded an increase of pay from tweaty to twenty-five cents per hour, The employers refused to accede to their demand. On Woodruff & Robinson’s docks the workmen refused to go out on sirike, which so enraged their fellow laborers that the latter threatened to beat them, and were about to carry out ther threat when the police appeared and saved the steady workers. The strikers were driven off, and @ guard was left to protect the men at work, WORK FOR THE CORONERS. ‘The deaths of the following persons wore reported at the Coroners’ office yesterday:—Henry Baestmann, aged twenty-nine, of No, 103 Washingwn street, of de- liriam tremens, at Bellevue Hospital; George Atkins, three months old, at 270 Eighth avenue; Edgar Shears, of Oriental avenue, East New York, who was crushed between two trucks in @ marble yard in Twentieth street, between Tenth and Bleventh avenues; Otto Hoffmeister, at No, 413 West Thirty-sixth stroet; an unknown man, who feil from his truck on the corner of Ninetieth street and the Boulevard, died at Bellevue Hospital; arine Kirk, of No, 82 Park street, who was run over by a stage, at the corner of Canal street and Broadway. on Monday pieht RN a a a ae Ta NENT TOM RAR, a eran yrs FSET ac a: sco ne eh MT NC mene sr Tee» a7) Oy a err SS GERMANY. The Intended Journey of the Crown Prince to Philadelphia. “UNSER FRITH” OR HIS SON PROBABLY COMING. ue SE A’ German Squadron to Accom- pany a Hohenzollern. DIPLOMATIC AND LEGISLATIVE APFMRS, Brruiw, Nov. 21, 1875, After the report of the intended voyage of the Crown Prince of Germany to America bas been for some weeks spread about the whole world, meeting with no contra- diction, a telegram of Reuter’s Agency from Potsdam announced the other day ‘‘on good authority” that the Crown Prince bad never had any intention of visiting the United States, I have reason not to attach too much belief to this assertion, for I know from persons in constant attendance on His Impe- rial Highness that he has repeatedly expressed his wish to visit the International Exhibition ip Philadel. phia, after having seen those of London, Paris and Vi- enna, This desire was first semi-officially uttered by the Prince at the dinner given by him in Potsdam last sum- mer in honor of the officers belonging to the Ameri- can squadron visiting the German waters, In his usual amiable manner the Crown Prince inquired about the progress of the works and displayed great interest in the details of the enterprise, not forgetting at the time to mention the importance of a worthy representation of Germany at the Exhibition. He certainly also did not leave unnoticed the grea: difficulties that would attend his putting into execution his visit to the United States next summer, Above everything, the great age of the Emperor, whose ays, notwithstanding his apparent vigor, might be suddenly approaching their end, rendered a visit beyond the ocean a matter of grave consideration for the heir ‘to the German crown, ‘These reflections will be found most natural, especially as the constitution of the Ger- man Empire does not sufficiently provide for ‘THE APPOINTMENT OP A REGENCY in the event of the sudden death of the sovereign and the impossibility of bis successor to ascend the throne immediately, THE IMPEDING OBSTACLES, nevertheless, did not seem insurmountable to the Crown Prince, so that the above mentioned despatch caused some surprise in generally well-informed circles. Even leading German papers, as, for instance, the Weser Zeitung, &c., doubt the validity of the contradic- tion, and believe it only to have been published to af- ford the Crown Prince liberty of action, and to prepare the American people for disappoint- ment in case at the last moment, for reasons of state, the expedition must be abandoned. ‘The sympathetic welcome signified by the American press as in store for the Crown Prince in case of his arrival produced general gatisfaction nere, Especially your article of the 27th of October to the ‘Coming Prince,” was extensively reproduced by the German press as a proof of the sincere friendship which for a century has bound together the German and the Ameri- can people. If the Crown Prince should be really pre- vented from inspecting the Exhibition it seems at least probable that he will send his eldest son, PRINCR PRIEDRICH WILHELM, now studylng at the gymnasium in Cassel, accom- panied by his tutor, to Philadelphia, The Prince, con- firmed last year, will be seventeen in January, there- fore about the same age as the Prince of Wales when he visited the United States for the first time. The young Prince is said to devote himself to his studies with great ardor and justify the greatest hopes. His appearance, of the purely German type, is very wining. Unfortunately his left arm, which, in ¢€pite of all medical skill, was paralyzed at his birth, 1s entirely unfit for use. In order to place the representatives of the imperial family in Philadelphia in especial relief, a squadron is being prepared for the purpose. As Ameri- can men-of-war have frequently visited German har- bors—viz, the monitor Miantonomah and the tender Augusta an 1866, and the frigates Franklin and Alaska, under Rear-Admiral Worden, last summer, it seems advisable to the Imperial Admiralty to offer a similar courtesy to the American Republic. The squadron will therefore, proceed to America, even though the Crown Prince or his son should relinquish the project. The names of the vessels chosen for the purpose are not yet known, In navy circles, very en- thusiasitic for America, great joy is expressed at the proposed journey. THY GRRMAN PARLIAMENT, after a short adjournment, owing to the want of bills prepared by the government, began yesterday the dis- cussion of the imperial budget. Tho estimates calcu- lated by the government have, on the whole, received the consent of leading parties. Dissatisfaction is only expressed at tho introduction of two new tax laws proposed by the government, to cover the deficit of $4,000,000, a rather small sum in com- parison with the large amounts of revenues and expen- ditures estimated, Thero is but little prospect of the new government impositions on beer and ‘Change operations being adopted by the Reichstag. The majority have agreed the deficit can be balanced by a reduction of expenses, especially in the navy department, which has still $11,000,000 granted in former years at its dis- posal. Inthe course of to-day the supplement to the penal code will be laid before the Reichstag, The bill, in spite of considerable ameliorations introduced by the Federal Council, 33 nevertheless so full of reactionary tendencies that liberal parties, without disavowal of thoir principles, cannot possibly give their consent, Prince Bismarck, who took a prominent part in the preparation of the Dill, will personally under- take its defence in the Reichstag. His arrival from Varzin, his Pomeranian Tusculum, where he has spent the entire summer, is expected this evening. His health, in spite of absence from State duties, is said to have improved but little; indeed, his nervous irrita- bility has increased, and even the gout is so aggravated in bis right leg that the tree use of the limb is materi- ally impaired. Under such circumstances it is feared the Imperial Chancellor will be put little able to check the opposition of the Reichstag to the proposed revis- ion of the penal code. A great affliction has also been lately sustained by Prince Bismarck in bis family. COUNT WEND 3U BULENBURG, a young promising member of the Foreign Office, who for some time has been in close intercourse with the Chancellor, and in whom was placed such confidence that he is now engaged to Prince Bismarck’s only daughter, Countess Marie Bismarck, was taken ill of typhoid fever during his stay in Varzin, After the fll- ness had somewhat abated a relapse ensued, which” leads to the entertainment of fears of serious con- sequences. The young countess, with her two brothers; immediately hurried to the bedside of her betrothed, and has affectionately devoted herself to his care, Prince Bismarck is anxiously concerned at the severe illness of his future son-in-law, and receives daily despatches on his condition. Nearly simultaneous with the return of Bismarck to Berlin Prince Gortscha- Koff is expected for afew days on his journey back to St. Petersburg. It is asserted this meeting was already previously arranged, the two statesmen feeling the ne- cossity of personally interchanging their ideas on the complications in Turkey. The policy of Germany has been til now directed toward maintain- ing the friendly understanding between Austria and Russia, and promoting a combined proce- dure of the leading European governments, Tho apprehensions of war manifested, especially in England, are considered here as highly exaggerated. ‘Till now all Powers have been unanimous in upholding the status quo in Tarkey and demanding from the Sublime Porto reforms for her Christian popu- lations. The separation of Bosnia and the Herzegovina from Turkey has not yet been touched upon from apy quarter, and no intention of so doing seoms to be really entertained. Prussia, particularly, has given positive assurance thatshe can by no means, under the present circumstances, promoie the inde- pendence of the insurrectionary territortes, ‘THE AMERICAN MONISTER, Mr. Bancroft Davis, who some time ago took .« long leave of absence, has proceeded with his family by way of Italy to Egypt, and he will in ali likelihood have already landed at Alexandria Mr, Baneroft Davis, 7 _— baving passed the whole summer in Berlin or the charm tng seaside place, Heringsdorf, on the Baltic, will, it expected, only return to his post at the commencemen) of January, Duringhis absenee the First Secretary of Legation, Mr. Hamilton Fish, Jr., son of the Secretary of State, officiates as Chargé d’Affaires. Shortly before his departure Mr. Bancroft Davis gave & musical soiré¢ to which the élite of Berlin were invited, Om this occasion Mr. Pratt, young Ameri can composer, appeared for the oral time before a German public, whose undivided ap- plause he speedily gained by hia compositions and mas. terly play onthe piano. Mr. Pratt is a native oj Chicago, is scarcely thirty years of age, and has already studied some time in the Statesand at the conservatorium of Professor Kullak in Berlin, His compositions do pot exactly belong to the German school, but more to the French one represented by Méhul, Auber and Meyerbeer, It is to be hoped Mr. Praté will during the season give more extended circles the opportunity of appreciating his talent, In the soirée at the American Minister's, Fraulein Brandt, one of our most prominent artists in the Royal Opera, was also a performer as well as your countrywoman, Mis@ Minnie Hauck, already a favorite of the German pub- lic, Mise Hauk, whose failure in Paris some years ago © was chiefly owing to the foolish “puffing” of ber manager, bas made wonderful progress and when playing last spring at the Opera in Berlin she received a brilliant offer for an engagement at the Royal Theatro, During her sojoorn in Moscow and Vienna Miss Minnie Hauck studied so zealously and has so completely overcome her former faults, that she may be reckoned among the most eminent artistes in Europe and has probably a brilliant career in prospect. At the Opera here she has under- taken the manifold rdles of Pauline Luoca, certainly not without some difficulties with Mme, Mallinger, who seems not unreasonably-to dread the ascending star, The soirée at the Legation was the firs! great reunion of the American colony. As the Americans do not appear to be very numerous here this season nothing has yet been heard of thé preparations for celeorating Thanksgiving Day. Per- haps on account of Mr, Bancroft, Davis’ absence the customary festival will not take place or will only be ob: served privately. On the 25th inst. divine service wil’ be held inthe American chapel. The Thanksgiving address will be delivered by Dr. Joseph P. Thompson, who has chosen as his subject “The Materialism of Lucretius and the Theism of Paul,” which suits the nature of man as a being of grateful affections, o! patriotic devotion and of humanitary aims anid hopest Dr. Thompson, who has lately returned from Gias- gow, where he took a leading part in the enti-Vatiean meeting, intends giving a course of lectures this winter on the history and development of the United States, in order to increase the sympathy of Germans inver- ested in the Centennial Exhibition and place ina proper light the American people, so frequently mis- judged. After long DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS the Imperial Chancellor has just issued an enactment ot particular importance for Germans residing in the United States. According to the imperial military laws put into force last year, Germans who, after becoming ‘American citizens had again taken up their abode in Germany were liableto military service. A® this decision induced frequent recriminations the Chancellor has acceded to the wishes of the United States, and signified that such persons as by reason of the convention concluded with Germany in January, 1866, are considered American citizens, but who, nevertheless, by a two years’ stay in Germany, have renounced again their naturalization in the States, shall, before being drawn into military service, be ques tioned whether they intend remaining in Germany and subjecting themselves to military duties or leaving the country in a short period, THE THIRD TERM QUESTION. GENERAL GRANT RENOMINATED BY THE MITHO< DIST PREACHERS—SIGNIFICANT REMARKS OF BISHOP HAVEN. The Methodist preachers and the Methodist Sunday School Union held joint meeting on Monday last im the Temple street Methodist Episcopal church, Boston, the Rev. L. B. Bates presiding. After devotional ex- ercises, Professor William Wells, of Union College, was introduced to address the meeting. He spoke on the subject of “Bismarck and the Papacy,” reviewing at length the train of circumstances which led to the rup- ture which exists between the German government and the Papacy. He declared that to the school system of Germany more than to any other carthly thing be- longs the honor of the German success. In concluding he warned the people of the United States of the danger which is threatening them and their free institutions from the Papacy. SPEECH OF BISHOP HAVEN. Bishop Gilbert Haven, in accordance with an invita- tion extended by the preachers’ meeting a fortnight ago, addressed the audience on the condition of the South. He said that there was one class of people in the South who had been recognized as a nationality by the Pope, and they would welcome h but the race freed by the pe strike a blow against constitutional liberty. Bishop Haven said that there is to be @ TREMENDOUS POLITICAL BATTLE this year, beginning with the election of a democratic Speaker of the national House of Representatives. Ho said that the ministers of Boston are in the fieid of bat- tle; their words are reported and the Southern papers comment on them. The question is, “Shall the North- ern people rule the nation?” “Shall the Puritan or tho cavalier be the ruler?” “Shall Boston or Charles- ton be the centre?’ The Methodist EKpisco- ft Church is the only institution in the jouth to-day that represents the American nation. You must, he said, stand by your Church. Thero are in the South nearly 300,000 members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church who know what they believo just as well as the people of New England, aud better. They appreciate liberty and those who gave it to them ; they never will be betrayers, and let the people of the North never betray them. The malcontents of tho South know that they were defeated by one man; that man ie President Grant, and if the people throw him over at the command of politicians they will rue it, Pray, brethren, that = mE a PRESIDENT GRANT MAY NE RE-RLECTRD, Ly Pray for the true people of the South, and you will fl that thus you willbe able to keop down the kindred threatening powers, the slave power and the power of the Papacy. f The Rev. Dr. Sherman, of Brooklyn, moved that the Meeting vote that they had heard the sentiments ad- vanoed by Bishop Haven with great pleasure and hearty approval. This motion was unanimously adopted. Ail opposed wore invited to rise, but npt oue person rose. There was great applause, STRANGE EFFECT OF TRUE LOVE. A YOUNG MAN WHO IS DEPRIVED OF HIS LADY IOVE ENDANGERS THE LIVES OF BIS AS- SOCIATES. Alively young gentleman rejoicing in the name of William F. Crott fel) in love some timeago. It was deemed prudent by the parents of the young lady to protest against any matrimonial alliance with this dashing gallant. The young lady, who is the veautiful and accomplished daughter of a highly respectable cit!- zen, was sent abroad, and Mr. Croft, on learningthe sad news, indulged in some of that beverage which jnebriates bat seldom cheers. Naturally imaginary wrongs arose in his mind, and what between dlighted =~ hopes, and doubts less, indifferent whiskey, he formed resolutions which unfortunately assumed @ somewhat serious as- pect On Saturday night last, or, more properly speak- ing, on Sunday morning, when Mr. Croft, who bad, ag is alleged, an ancient grudge against a Mr. De Courcy, proceeded to the rooms of a jovial association known as the Concord Club, though the surrounding neighbor will henceforth be apt to believe that harmony is not feature of the institution. Three o'clock in the morn- ing was the hour at which the would-be bride. groom sought his adversary in the eclogant and “Concord,” Pritam | apartments ad the and discovering @ crowd of acquaintances ind in a om it ¢ of “draw,” as the iti goes, made his bow in a somewhat belligerent. siyle. Amoment before he had met Mr. De pete ‘on the stairs and pointed a pistol at his bead, but one of the members of the clab who chanced to come in at the time fortunately stayed his arm. Mr. De Courcy left, and Yr. Croft, as already stated, proceeded no | frame otmaind, There again ad aa RITHER GRIEY OR BAD WHISKEY eG the better of him. His remarks to his fellow mem: rs at were not at all ral and from all re- counts his absence, hn then, would have been a relief. Unbappily Mr. Croft was tn possession of a dan us erin which he took occasion to the pa 6 gentlemen present, who, @ full Al the time, came near to eS in his “chips, Matters were 80 ar ed, jowever, that Mr. Croft was removed, yet not before the assistance of the police was called. Mr. Croft then ‘orcised bis limbs and escaped arrest, but heroically surrendered himself on Monday morning to the police authorities, Justice Murray allowed him to go on pa- role, to appear yesterday afternoon for examination. Judge Murray, being engaged at Special Sessions, was unable to attend, and his place was supplied by Jus uly, who called the case at four o'clock, ‘he complainant, Mr. De Courey, was in attendance, but the defendant did not appear, wherenpon orders were issued for his arrest. The hearing ot the case was adjourned until to-day at three o'clock.