The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1875, Page 9

GRANT'S MESSAGE IN. MADRID |. ‘The Cuban Section of the American Doc- ument Cabled to Spain. Tho Ministry and People Startled and Excited. Puzzled in the Present and Sus- picious of the Future. A Grand Furor in the Streets of the Capital. ‘(SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. } Lospon, Dec. 7—Midnight. ‘The Heraxp correspondent in Madrid tele- graphs specially as follows: PRESIDENT GRANT'S MESSAGE, President Grant's Message to Congress oc- casions great excitement in the Spanish capital. ‘THE CUBAN PORTION CABLED TO MADRID. A complete summary of the Cuban section of the American State document was cabled ‘to Sefior Collantes, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs. THE CABINET IN COUNCIL. There was, in consequence, an informal «meeting of the Ministry to-night. STARTLED AND SUSPICIOUS. The great verbosity of the Message startles the Spanish statesmen. The delay of one day in handing in the paper to Congress is regarded suspiciously, and the President's disclaimer of belliger- ency will be variously discussed in the Span- ‘ish newspapers to-morrow. WHAT THE PRESS MAY SAY. Duplicity will most likely be charged against the American Chief Magistrate, and the ultra Spanish organs intimate threats of a Carlist recognition by the United States. GOOD FOR THE NEWSBOYS, * The Madrid newspapers are issuing ‘‘ex- tras” containing the news. A GRAND FUROR IN THE STREETS. The streets are crowded with people, and ‘the excitement which prevails is equal to ‘that which was witnessed during the period of the Virginius affair. SPAIN. SOLDIERS FROZEN TO DEATH IN THE FIELD— CATALONIA SAID TO BE SAFE FROM THE ‘CARLISTS. Mapzu, Dee. 7, 1875. The weather is very cold inthe north of Spain and some of the soldiers have been frozen to death. THK WAR ALARM CONTRADICTED, ‘The report that General Tristany has re-entered Cata- ‘omia and issued a proclamation ts denied to-day. THE KAISER AND THE POPE. A GERMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP SUMMONED TO RESIGN. Loxpox, Dec. 7, 1875. The Pali Mail Gazette this afvernoom has a special telegram from Berlin which says that the Prussian government has formally summoned the Archbishop of Cologne to resign. This 18 a preliminary to legal pro- ceedings to depose him, THE ENGLISH COLLIERY B&XPLOSION. ONE. HUNDRED AND THIRTY PERSONS B8AID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED, Lowvow, Dec. 7, 1875. It ig now estimated that the number of deaths caused | ' by the explosion in the Swaithe main colliery. will not oxceed 130. ‘TAKING UP THE DEAD BODIES. Lovpox, Dec. 7—Evening. The work of recovering the bodies from the colliery fa still progressing. The number of fatalities ts now gput at 130, The entire district is STILL GREATLY EXCITED, ag it will be some days yet before the number of the dead can be exactly ascertained, a fall of a portion of the roof of the mine having occurred which obstructs the work of the explorers, CHINA. ASIATIC NATIVISM AGAINST THE DIPLOMACY WITH BRITAIN. Hoye Kove, Nov. 30, 1875, | ‘Placards, censuring the arrangements made by the | ‘Chinese government with Mr. Wade, the British Min- ister, kave been posted in Pexin. They were, however, !mmediately removed by the authorities, The native officials are uncagy in reward to the recent negotiations, A GRAVE ACCUSATION AGAINST CHINESE OFFICIALS, Late information implicating the Momein authori- ties in the murder of Mr. Margaray has been received, CHINESE MINISTERS APPOINTED TO THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTBIES, Lonpoy, Dee, 7, 1875 ‘Avprivate telegram from Pekin says the arrange | ments for sending Chinese legations abroad are pro- ceeding. Ministers have been appointed to the Cnited States, Veru and Japan. WAR MUNITION: Newport, Dec. 7, 1876. {n addition to the torpedoes shipped to New York fost might, twenty-four cases and five buoys have been sent by rall from the torpedo station to the Portsmouth (NX, haf Navy Yard, for the sloop-o!-war Marion, now boing fitted out at that pl PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD, i Portsmovts, N. H., Deo, 7, 1875. Orders were received at the Navy Yard here to-day to suspend work on the Ticonderoga, which being | fitted for sea, and the discharge of thirty-Gve men took | place this evening. DEMOORATIC MAJORITY IN HUDSOX Hepsox, N. ¥., Deo % 1875, | ‘The charter election was held to-day and resulted in electing ® democratic Recorder by 446 majority, @ dem- | ocratic Assessor by 287 majority, and three democratic — Supervisors, and three Aldermes out of four, AN ELECTION IN LOUISVILLE. Loviavitix, Ry., Deo 7, 1876 ‘The election for Mayor and city officers occurred to- day and resulted Im the re-election of Charles Jacobs as Mayor, Tho contest over the Mayoralty has been very | vy fire early this morning. exciting, and trouble was feared, bus the presence of the State Militia and 600 special police probably had the effect of maintaining peace and qui¢t, Jacobs’ ma Agcily Was about 900. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 64, 18/5.-QUADKUPLE SHEET. GENERAL BABCOCK’S CASE. GRAND JURY TO CONTINUE THEIR SION A WEEK LONGER—IMPORTANT NEW EVI~ DENCE—AVERY'S BAIL. Sr, Louis, Dec, 7, 1875. It was semi-offictally announced this forenoon that the United States Grand Jury had finished thoir labors and would formally adjourn to-morrow, Itappears ‘the announcement was correct, but that the jury, by re- quest of the government attorneys, subsequently agreed to continue in session a week longer in order to con- sider some special matter to be brought before them. ‘This special matter is stated to be new and corrobora- tive testimony of avery important character against Babcock, and fixing his COMPLICITY IN THE WHISKEY RING PRAUDS beyond all doubt, The testimony ts tn the shape o witnesses row in Washington, who have bee summoned to appear here to tes- uly. Another statement has been made to the effect “that the Grand Jury were ready to find an indictment to day, but that District Attorney Dyer and Mr. Henderson requested a delay im order to sift the newly discovered testimony, Both Henderson and Dyer were interviewed to night concerning the truth ofthe reports, but both declined to express them- selves on the subject, Senator Henderson, however, entertains no doubt that Babcock will be indicted, and does not hesitate to say that he ought to be Indicted, and that the government 1a {mn possession of ample testi- mony toconvicthim. All the government officials here, without an exception, are of the opinion that the indictment of Babcock, though long delayed, is inevita- ble. 4 GOOD DEAL OY COMMENT is made here on the act of Judge Treat in permitting Avery to return to Washington on his old bail, while McDonald was put behind tho jail bars in default of a $50,000 bond, am amount considered unreason- able by many. Bis evident partiality in the administration of justice has had the effect to arouse some sympathy for McDonald, and to produce the tmpression that Judge Treat intends to grant the motion fora new trial now pending In Avery's case, District Attorney Dyer and Mr. Hender- son spent several hours to-day in consultation. It is Supposed the subject of the conference was Babcock. THE SUNNYSIDE DISASTER. Higunanp, Dee. 7, 1875. The bodies of Mrs. Haywood and Bridget Donohue were found at the wreck of the Sunnyside this morning. The Buxter wreckers have arrived, but tt has been de- cided not to attempt to raise the vessel till spring. NAMES OF THE RECOVERED BODIRS—LIST OF THOSE NOT YET FOUND. Povcaxxsrsix, Dec. 7, 1875. The following isa list of the bodies recovered thus far from the wreck of the Sunnyside :— Mrs, Walker, of Troy. Mrs, Haywood, of New York, Bridget Donahue, of Jersey City. Platky, the French pedler. All of these were passengers. Of the employés whose bodies have been found are:— William Howard, officers’ waiter. George T. Green, second cook. Susan Rix, chambermaid. There has also been found a white mai on board the vessel at Troy to work his passage. He bas been identified as Richard Misner, of Milton. ‘This makes eight bodies in all recovered, leaving vhe following yet to fud:— Sarah Butler, chambermaid. Matthew Johnson, waiter, James Steward, a’ passenger. muel Rutledge, a waiter, It is thought all the missing bodies will be recovered to-morrow. THE MURDER OF MISS CONKLIN. Warxrrown, Dec, 7, 1875. The excitement over the murder of Miss Conklin, at Rutland, last week, is unabated. Ruttan, who was ar- rested on suspicion of killing the girl, and who is now in jail in this city, is seventeen years of age, and is an adopted son of a neighbor of the murdered child's father, The chain of circumstantial evidence against him is almost unbroken, but he continues to assert his innocence. Ruttan has been severely punished on two occasions for imposing upon girls in the neighborhood. An inquest will be held upon the body to-day or to-mor- row at the scene of the murder, AN EX-PRESIDENT OF THE ERIE ROAD SUED. Port Jenvis, Dec. 7, 1875. Mrs. Eliza M. Parkhurst has commenced a suit vho had come against Robert M. Berdell, ex-President of the Erie Railway Company, for the recovery of $86,000—funds which he held in trust for her, AN EDITOR SENTENCED FOR LIBEL. Wriwesparre, Pa Deo, 7, 1875. J. W. Freeman, editor of the Pittston Comet, who was convicted of libel upon J. B. Henri, was to-day sentenced by Judge Harding to pay a fine of $50 and to undergo ap imprisonment of seven months in the County Jail. CAPTURE OF BARNEY M’QUADE. Bautimore, Dec. 7, 1875. Barney McQuade, of Cumberland, Md., recentiy con- victed in the United States Circuit Court, in this city, | of an attempt to defraud the government by forgery of bounty and pension claims, and who was out ou bail during the progress of his trial and disappeared on the | day of his conviction, was captured on Sunday last near Pittsburg, and ‘will be brought here and sen- tenced. 5 CAPTURE OF THIEVES. Port Jervis, Dec. 7, 1875. ‘At Rockland, Sullivan county, last week three young men were arrested, eharged with being implicated in the robbery of $30,000 from the safe of Mr. Harden- burgh, of Moresville, Greene county, N, ¥, They were fleeing to Pennsylvania, INSURANCE AGENT ARRESTED. Mowticr4.1o, Dee, 7, 1875. James D. Bowers, a prominent insurance agent of this place, was arrested yesterday on a charge of ob- taining money under false pretences. FACTORY BURNED. A KNITTING Osweeo, Dec, 7, 1875. H. S. Condee & Son’s knitting factory was destroyed The loss is $60,000; in- surance, THE TEXAS FEVER. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 7, 1875. A disease known as the Texas fever is raging exten- sively among the awine and cattle tm Vincentown and neighborhoood in this State, Recently, by the dis- ease, Mr. Caled Ridgway lost near 100 head of swine, Mr. Aaron Harker avout 80, Mr. Stephen Haines abou 60, and Mr. Benjamin Taylor 11 cows, 6 calves and 5 hogs. The farmers and hog raisers in that part of the State are much alarmed. EVENING WEATHER REPORT, Wan Derartaenr, Orrick oF THE Cm SicwaL Orvicrr, | Wasuincrox, Dec, 7—7;30 P, M. Probabilities. For Wednesday, in the South Atlantio and Gulf States, north and west winds, rising barometer, sta tionary or lower temperature, partly cloady or ciear | weather, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, the lake region, Upper Mississipp! and Lower Missouri valleys, rising barometer, north and west winds, cvoler, clearing weather, with light rain or snow, except warmer and partly clear weather west of the Mississipp!, For the Middle States and New England, falling ba- rometer, increasing north and east winds, cooler, cloudy and rainy weather, followed in the Middle States by westerly winds, cloudy and clearing weather, For the canal region the cemperature will continue above the freezing point, Cautionary signals continue at Chicago anc Milwaue kee, and at Grand Haven. ‘The Upper Ohio River will rise slightly, ‘The Lower Mississippt will change but little. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes tn the temperature for the past twonty-four hours, in com- | parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’® pharmacy, HeRaLp valeey 87 Averag ‘Average temperature (or correspo: Oars. Aanagene nase ee canee pen neanes | cation, polygamy and ‘ ing, WASHINGTON. The Feeling at the National Capital Concerning the Message, REJOICING AT THE SPANISH LEGATION Wall Street Representatives Bitterly Disappointed. A BELLIGERENT BID FOR THE THIRD TERM. Significant Omissions as Noticed by Friend and Foe. THE CHICAGO WHISKEY RING. Babcock’s in St, General Indictment Louis. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasutnaton, Dec. 7, 1875. COMMENTS ON THE MESSAGE BY DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLIGANS AND THE MILITARY. The comments on the Message are various, but there is a concurrence of opinion that It is a shrewd but very tedious document, The Cuban passages have excited some surprise, A democratic Senator remarked :— “The Presiaent repeats almost literally the language and exactly the sentiments of his special Cuban Message of 1870, and nobody can deny that he is right, Thesingular fact about it is that he was certainly ® month ago determined to make a fuss with Spain, and I suspect that the Spaniards have taken the alarm in time and have come forward with suggestions and propositions of their own, which were of such a nature as to make it indecent for the President to push Spain." A republican remarked :— “The Message is singular for its omissions, It has not a word for two of the most notable events of the year, the discovery of the whiskey frauds, which form the most extensive conspiracy against the revenue known in our history, and the exposure of the Indian ring.” “It is the first Message in which General Grant has id nothing of the condition of the South,” said a democrat, who was one of the company, “He bows himself out gracefully in the allusion to this being his last Message,’ said a republican, but he was answered, “Yes, and makes a bid for a third term In the refer- ence to the schools,” “If you democrats are wise,” said a prominent repub- lican, who is not athird termer, “you will make haste to adopt an amendment about school funds, and thus take that question out of politics, The President has the sympathy of the country on that question, and if he means third term he has taken the only ground upon which he can get it. If he got the nomination or that platform he would go in by a swinging majority. If you want to kill off the third term I advise you to adopt an amendment on the subject at once and take the question out of current politics, You can get it through the legislatures this winter, for nobody will oppose it.” ‘This suggestion was well received by the little com. pany in which {t was made, most of whom were firmly persuaded that the President meant third term. Indeed, this seems to be the general impression here among the members of both parties. In regard to the Cuban passages, the general impres- sion is that the Message protests too much. ‘If there was really no change why take so many words to say it; if he meant nothing why say so much?” is the re- mark, But there is also a general feeling, often expressed by men of both parties, that while Mr. Fish remains in the State Department no ill-judged or hasty policy will be taken !n any of our foreign relations, The Secretary of State has won the confidence of the leading and most | responsible men of both sides, Great curiosity is felt by many to know what is to be the tenor of the -additional note which the President promises in relation to Cuban affairs, On the other hand, some army and navy officers ex- pressed publicly this evening in the hotels their disap- pointment at the peaceful tenor of the Message, and one of the shoulder strap statesmen gave it as his opinion that only a foreign war could bring the North and South together amicably. The substance of the Cuban passages in the Message was cabled to Madrid to-night. THE CHICAGO WHISKEY RING—THE REMOVAL OF DISTRICTS ATTORNEY WARD AND THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM—STARTLING DEVELOP- MENTS PROMISED. The removal of District Attorney Ward, of Chicago, is avery significant movement. ‘The Treasury Depart- ment has been convinced for some time past that the Chicago Whiskey Ring is quite as extensive and em- braces even more officials of one grado or another than the Ring which has been uncoverea at St Lou's For many weeks past there has been reason to suspect that Mr. Ward was not suf- ficiently active in the fulfilment of his duties; that for some reason suits which ought to have been pressed vigorously were allowed to stand still, and that the Ring frauds were not uncovered, It was also noticed that the Grand Jury did not ap pear to have full evidence in several cases which it had under investigation. Within a tew days the facts of the situation have become fully known here. Hon, Benton C. Cook, of Chicago, ar- rived here some days ago, and went directly tothe President and laid before him such evidences of Mr, Ward’s friendship for or weak subservience to the Ring Attorney General was instructed to demand his immedi- ate resignation. The charges made against him here are that he has been acting in the interest of the Ring so far as he dared; that he has withheld evidence and has Grand Jury. He fs also accused of having an interest tna large malthouse, The information brought tothe president also shows clear traces of a whiskey ring in | | | { | ! Fish. Sir Edward put his hand behind his ear and showed marked interest in the passages relating to the Alabama claims and Cuban and Mexican matters, and wheo it was seen that the President was for peace, everybody seemed to breathe freer. JOY AT THE SPANISH LEGATION—THE IN¥LU- ENCE OF THE HERALD AS REGARDED BY THE DIPLOMATS. ‘The Spanish legation and diplomatic circles generally are smiling and joyous to-night, a sense of great relict from a prolonged suspense being experienced since the exact tenor of President Grant's views on Cuba have become known through his Message to Congress, Tho diplomats say that Grant’s expressions are almost a paraphrase of the editersal article tn the Heratp of No- vember 25, 1875, and, with much amusement amid tho quafing of many a glass of rosy wine, the conquering of the President's well known bellicose propensity and dis- Position in Cuban affairs is freely attributed to the firm articles of the Harp reviewing the subject, and the Henao is toasted gratefully among them. Mr. Fish is also regarded as having triumphed over the Presidont’s obstinacy, aided by tho legal advisers of his Cabinet family, who took solely a severe legal view of the question, WALL STREET REPRESENTATIVES LISTENING TO THE MESSAGE—A SAD DISAPPOINTMENT. Perhaps the most deeply interested listeners in the gaileries were 9 deputation of Wall street men, among them Jake Rubino, well known as Daniel Drow’s agent and broker, It was a curious sight to watch this party, As the Message progressed they manifested great im- patience at the President's lengthy reference to the ad- vent of the Centeunial year of the Republic, They wanted to get to the Cuban war portion right away. ‘The long disquisition on free schools aud church taxation tried them still more. But they pricked up thetr ears when they heard the words “Mr, Cushing,” ‘Madrid,” &c., and they protraded their bodies over the ledge of the gallery in a way that threatened to give them the privileges of the floor in a very expeditious manner, They absorbed every word of the argument greedily, and when they saw, at length, that recognition of Cuba was not in the Presidential mind, they consoled themselves with the thought, “Well, he’s going to give Cuba belligerent rights anyway,’’ and they listened still, But their hopes were destined to fresh and sadder disappoint- ment, Belligerent rights were also out of the question. The clerk read,on and their ears caught the words “Mediation and intervention."” “Now we have it,” they said, ‘He ts going to recommend armed intervention, and that's the mean- ing of fitting out the navy.’ But this anticipation was also fallacious. The Mes- sage was the mildest mannered sort of a document, and the President the most peaceable of citizens, in- stead of the one beinga red rag to the Spanish bull and the other a bloodthirsty filibuster. Jake Rubino rested his head on his hand a minute and said—but per- haps it is better to leave his remark unrepeated. It was not a choerful remark, and it was never learned at Daniel Drew’s seminary. Suffice it to say that ‘Jake; and his compatriots from Wall street were dumb- founded, and slowly made their exit from the gallery, wondering at the mysteries of statecraft in general and at the diablerie of Grantism in particular, The great American community may safely invest their vottom greenback in a wager that ‘Jakey” and his con/reves will be found in the foremost ranks of the enemies of a third term. THE MESSAGE ON THE TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY—THE AMOUNT HELD BY THE VA- RIOUS DENOMINATIONS. In connection with the portion of the President's Message recommending the taxation of all church prop- erty throughout the country without exception, the puolic will be interested in knowing the amount of property held by each of the different religious denomi- nations in the year 1870, when the last national census was taken. It will be seen that the blow the Presi- dent aims at sectarianism would fall most heavily on his own denomination—the Methodist—and that he bas greatly exaggerated the amount of church prop- erty held by the different sects unless, aa is quite tmprobable, the total of $354,483,581, which, according to the census, they owned in 1870, has trebled tn the intervalof the past five years, This total was divided up as follows:— Methodists... Roman Catholi Presbyterians. .. Baptists... Episcopalians. Congregationalists Reformed Church Lutherans. . . 14,917,747 The remaining $35,000,000 being distributed between seventeen other denominations. That these figures are correct is vouched for in a note at the foot of the table in the printed compendium of the census, reading as follows :— Tne statistics of churches are believed to be substan- just view of the organiza ous denominations found within the United States, It {sa coincidence that the Roman Catholics, who | number just about one-seventh of the population of the country, are credited in the census with possessing Just one-seventh of the church property in the United States. THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT—-AN INDIAN COM- MISSIONER FOUND AT LAST—REFORMS IN- AUGURATED BY SECRETARY CHANDLER. Secretary Chandler has at last found a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mr, John Q Smith, of Ohto, who has to-day accepted the place, was a member of the last Congress, where he made a good reputation as @ clear | headed, firm and independent man. The selection is thought here to bean admirable one, and the Secretary is congratulated upon his success. | Mr. Chandler has already removed nearly half the clerks in the Indian Bureau, and will now commence a thorough work of reform in the general Indian service. | As a beginning he yesterday made an order that:— j Hereafter no payment shall be made and no claim | i i shall be approved for services rendered for or in bebaif of any tribe or band of Indians in the procurement of legislation from Congress or from any State Legislature, or for the transaction of any other business tor or in | behalf of such Indians before this department or any | bureau thereof or before any other department of the | government, and po contract jor the performance of | such services will hereafter be recognized or approved | by the Indian Office or the department, Should legai , | advice or assistance be needed in the prosecution or de- | fence of any suit involving the rights of any Indian or | A as determined the President to remove him at once. The | Indians, “before shy coure.cr othec, sribansl, It can be procured through the Department of Justice. ‘This regulation will govern the Indian Office, and ap- plication jor compensation for such services must not be forwarded to the department for action hereafter, | it being understood that the regularly appointed Indian | Agent, the Commissioner of indian Alfairs and the | exerted anything but a wholesome influence over the , | compensation than the usu: Chicago equallicg, snd probably rivalling in the magni- | tude of its operations, the one discovered in St. Louis With a new District Attorney, a vigilant and skilful man, in Chicago, there {s reason to anticipate some startling exposures there within a short time. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, tec iidaaaitptienibaonlinn Wasmixoton, Dec, 7, 18’ THE READING OF THE MESSAGE IN THE SEN- ATE. Nothing of importance transpired In the Senate to- day beyond the reading of the President’s Message. When its arrival was announced a look of anxious cu- riosity appeared on the taces of those seated in the galleries, They expected to see General Babcock, but were disappointed, Mr. Luckey, whose name has also been published in connection with the St. Louis whis- key frauds, was the bearer of the tmpor- tant document, another copy of which he delivered to the House. All eyes were turned toward the door and there wasageneral smile when he entered with ) Mr. Secretary of the Interior are competent to protect and , defend the rights of Indians in all respects without the intervention of other parties, and without other salaries of their respective | oilices. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, | Z. CHANDLER, Secretary. | To the Commissioner ov IxpiaN APPAIRS. This stops one of the grossest abuses connected with the Indian service, Every winter forty or fifty lobby- ists come here and besiege Congress and the Depart. ment of the Interior, under pretence of having different interests of Indian tribes to guard or advance under some special contract with the Indiana There bas been for some time before the Interior Department one | such case, a claim for $180,000 for professional services, eaid to have been rendered to certain Indians during Johnson's administration im 1868 A sale of about $13, 500,000 of Indian lands was made to cer- tain railroad companies for twelve and a half cents per acre. Some lawyers thereupon bargained with the In- dians that they would have the eale rescinded and they would obtain for them a higher price on the land in consideration of fifty per cent of the higher price for their professional services, They assert that they got | the President tojrescind the treaty under which the saie one of the doorkeepers. The spectators listened to the | reading of the Message with unusual attention, but some of the Senators did not manifest much Interest In it antil the clerk reached that part which refers to edu- the taxaticn of church Senators Morton, Conkling and Fre- the closest attention wo the read- which indistinct and hard to understand even near the President’s desk, One of the New England members went to sleep and two others spent the hour in writing letters, it was evident that the ciauses above referred to made a deep impression, and, a8 the closing paragraphs were read, a whisper wentaround that the Message was a regular campaign property, linghuysen ga’ , document for the third term. Some spoke of it as the ablest Message the President had ever written, Conspicuous in the diplomatic gallery were Sir Ed ward Thorutow tbe Urigal Migister,and pire, pad ayes ( was made, and then got Congress to order a new éale | at $1 25 per acre for this they [put in a claim tor about $4,000,000, This was too big asum, and they finally agreed to take $230,000, if they could get it, and actually received $50,000, Secretary Chandler's order | shuts out this and other claims of the same kind, THE INDICTMENT OF BABCOCK 4 FACT—HE DECLINES TO BE INTERVIEWED. Notwithstanding the earnest and repeated denials hore and at St, Louis that Generai Babcock was uot | indicted last week by the Grand Jury, as reported in | the Henao, It te true be was indicted on Friday, December 6th. He ‘et for the West this evening to appear before the = militw commission, Fearing that he might be misinterprete and consequently misunderstood, he dectined to be in- terviewed or to make any statements or explanations concerning his alleged connection with the whiskey frauds, He preferred, he said, to await the develop- | ments of the coming exam:aation before the milftary pa civ| pobrnals fer Dis final wok qomylete vindica- | for many Congresses past. tion of the terrible charges of conspiracy to eid tn ae- frauding the goveramont. 4 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLA. It ts known hero that as soon as the House is fally Organized Mr. Blaine will bring forward a constita- (ional amendments relating to public school funds, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. pe ee Wasatnaton, Dec. 7, 1875, GENERAL BARCOCK AND THB COURT OF IN- QUIRY—TH PRESIDENT SATISFIED OF HIS INNOCENCE. t General Babcock left this city to-day for Chicago to appear before the Court of Inquiry just detailed to tn- vestigate the charges made against him. Up toa late hour this afternoon no information had been received at the Department of Justice of an indictment having been found against Genoral Babcock, and for that reason Attorney General Pierropont was satistied that no such action had been taken by the Grand Jury. General Babcock has had one or two imterviews with the Attorney Geueral in relation to the reports affecting his character, His friends say that explanations have beon made to the President of the mysterious tele- grams, and the President is perfectly satisfied that the integrity of General Babcock’s olfictal and personal character is im no way injured. The Attorney Gen- eral has not listened to any explanation of them for the reason that as he is a representative of the prosecu- tion in case an indictment should be found be did not consider it proper for him, at this time, to listen to a solution of the telegrams out of which the charges appear to have arisen, SENATORIAL CAUCUSES IN PERPARATION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES. The republican Senators held a brief caucus meeting, at which they appointed a committee of five to report to-morrow for adoption by the caucus a list of members of the standing committees of the Senate. The demo, cratic Senators also appointed a committee to confer with the republicans on the game subject. There will be no changes of importance in the membership of the committees as constituted for last session, No other business was brought before either caucus, THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUCCESSOR TO POST- MASTER BURT, OF BOSTON. The appointment of Edward 8. Tobey to succeed Mr, Burt as Postmaster at Boston will probably be signed by the President to-day. The necessary papers have been prepared at the Post Office Department, PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. SENATE, WasmtnGTon, Dec, 7, 1875, The Senate was called to order at twelve o’clock M. After prayer by the Chaplain and the reading of the journal of yesterday’s proceedings, Mr. Eaton, of Con- necticut, sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read the cre- dentials of James E, English, appointed United States Senator from the State of Connecticut in the place of 0. 8, Ferry, deceased, Mr. English was escorted to the desk by-his colleague, and the oath of office was administered to him by Mr. Ferry, of Michigan, Presi- dent pro tem. Mr. avams, Clerk of the House of Representatives, appeared at the bar of the Senate with a message an: nouncing the organization of the House and the ap- pointment of a committee to join the committee of the Senate to wait upon the President of the United States, At a quarter past twelve P. M., on motion of Mr. Fre- Mnghuysen, {rep.) of N.J., the Senate took # recess until one o'clock, Upon reassembling, Mr. AxtHoxy, from the joint committee to walt upon the President and inform bim of the organization of the two Houses of Congress, re- ported that they bad performed that duty, and the President replied that he would communicate with Con- gress immediately in writing. READING THE MESSAGE. Ata quarter past one P. M. Mr. Luckey, private sec- retary to the President, appeared at the bar of the Senate with the Message, and it was read by Mr. Gor- ham, Secretary of the Senate. The reading of the Message was concluded at eight minutes past two o'clock P. M. It was listened to with marked attention by the Senators upon the floor as well as by a large audience in the galleries, Sir Ed- ward Thornton, the British Minister, was seated In the Diplomatic Gallery, and appeared ‘to be deeply inter- ested inthe reading, The portions of the Message in regard to the school question, taxation of church prop- erty, Cuba, our fiuancial affairs, and the condition of the navy especially, attracted the closest attention. After the Message had been read, on motion of Mr. CoNKLING, (rep.) of N. Y., it was ordered that it lay on the table and be printed, He also offered the usual resolution to print extra copies, which was referred to the Committee on Printing. The PResiveNt pro tem. laid before the Senate reports of the various Cabinet officers and of the Comptroller of the Currency, which were ordered to be printed and lay upon the table, ‘The Senate then, at half-past two P. M., on motion of Mr, SugRMAN, adjourned till twelve o’clock to-morrow. HOUSE OF . REPRESENTATIVES. Wasurnatoy, Dec. 7, 1875. Mr. Barve, (rep.) of Me, rising to a personal ex- planation, said that {m the debate yesterday on the Louisiana question he had expressed the hope that the other side of the House would not in an in- cidental way attempt to reopen and dishonor the agreement made last year, Some persons had imagined that the word ‘dishonored’ had been used by him with some desire to impute it to the gen- tleman from Mississippi (Mr. Lamar) as a personal SPARRING ENTERTAINMENT. About 2,000 persons assembled at Turaer Hall om Bast Fourth street last evening, on the occasion of the beneMt of Billy Edwards, the light-weight champion, The entertainment opened with # vocal and Instru- mental concert, after which iddle weights, Fred Firre and Bd. Toohey had » set-to. They were fal- fowed by Pat McGinnis and Mike Noonan, of Brooklyn, also Seddona’ Mouse and Geo. McCurthy. The last wat oat scientific encounter of the evening. Professor er and Stephen Taylor wore then introduced. ‘they drew rounds of applause during their contest. Mike Colbura and Edward Manahan also appeared, the even- ing’s entertainment concluding with a display of skill by Billy Edwards and Arthur Chambers, both in ring costume. DEATH FROM GASOLINE. ‘The tnqwest In the case of the woman who was killed by the explosion of a lamp in Springfield avenue, New- ark, N. J., last Friday night, was concluded last even- ing, and the jury rendered a verdict to the effect thas the deceased died from burna caused by the accidentak explosion of gasoline. The same verdict was found tm the case of her daughter, Sophia The jury also strongly condemned the uso of gasoline for illuminating PUrposes ou the ground that it {s highly dangerous, ESSEX COUNTY FREEHOLDERS. Messrs. Blowitt and Douglass, who were elected to the Essex (N. J.) County Board of Freeholders from* the city of Belleville under the new charter, have ob- tained mandamus from the Supreme Court compel- ling their admission to the Board. This will make a po- litical tie in the Board, although it is believed by man that Mr. Blewitt, thoagh a republican, will vote wit the democrars, abd a change in the oflicas in the gilt of the Freeholders is anticipated. The news was received tn Belleville with great rejoicing CORRS’ MISADVENTURE. Yesterday morning Rudolph Foss and Herman Jancke were arraigned before Recorder Bohostedl, im Hoboken, for a murderous attack {na beer saloon upon William Corrs, of No, 40 Grand street, Hoboken. Corrs was beaten with clubs nearly to death, his eye was split open and he was then thrown through a window, falling tnsensivle upon the sidewalk. The prisovers were held, im default of bail, to await the result of Corr's injuries, HOTEL ARRIVALS. Sir Rose Price, of England, arrived in the city yem terday, and is at the Everett House, Senator Daniel P. Wood, of Syracuse, and Senator elect Hamilton Harris, of Albany, are staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Professor George J. Brash, of Yale College, is cesiding temporarily atthe Sturtevamt House, Captain Hamil- ton Perry, of the steamship Adriatic, ts quartered at the St, Denis Hotel. Messrs. J. de la Boulintere and J. Boutton, of the French Legation, at Washington, have apartments at the Albemar! Hotol. General Joha M. Corso, of Chicago, ts sojourning at the Gilsey House, Mr, Peter A. B. Widener, City Treasurer of Philadet- phia, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. FLANNEL NEXT THE SKIN OFTEN PRODOUCK3S @ rash removable with GLENN's SULPAUR SOAP. Hiie's Hark axp Wiiskok Dyi, black or brown, SOc. A FAMOUS MEDICAL INSTITUTION, From the CI “Tho name of Dr. R. V. 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ALL ADVANTAGES EXPECTED FROM THE ELASTIO TRUSS COMPANY'S new instrument, ond Broadway, have been more than realized; retains worst rup- tures comfortably, night and day, till permanently cured, A BEAUTIFUL DISCOVERY. Nodiscovery made during this age of discovery ts more enrious and interesting than the discovery made by a Paris fan chemist, that it is possible to dissolve diamonds and bold + them in solution, so as to be ab pure diamond surface to beau them as brilliant and lasting erystals thus diamondized are (ONDS, and are worn without detection by the richest and most sy RICHARD . a8 large several departments ns stand ready to al- a most approved quent consultation 6 affront He had used it only in the sense of nullifying and disregarding, and not with the remotest idea of offering an affront to that gentleman. He (Mr. Lamar) | kuew that if their relations were not intimate, they i bad been nothing else than entirely cordial at all times, and that it must be farthest from his design at any | time to say anything to him wounding or otherwise disagrveabie to his feelings, Mr. Lamar, (dem.) of Miss., said that he had not heard the word which the gentleman from Maine was i ' reported as having used, and that even if he had beard | it be would have believed that it had dropped from him | inadvertently in the heat of debate, for he believed that entieman incapable of offering a gratuitous insult to | fice or any other gentleman. e accepted the ex- planation in the generous spirit in which it was made, The House then, on motion of Mr, Ranpatt, took a recess till one o’clock, that being the hour fixed for the | drawing of seats. The recess was still further extended in order to give | the three members who were absent on the committee to wait upon the President, Messrs, Cox, of New York, Knott, of Kentucky, and Blaine, of Maine, an oppor- tunity to be present and select their seats when their names should be called, The usual courtesy of allowing the oldest continuous momber to select a seat in advance of the drawing was extended to Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, and a mem- ber was also permitted to select a seat for Mr. Stepuens, of Georgia Ata quarter past one P. M., Mr. Cox, of New York, | reported that the committee had waited upon the | President, and that a communication in writing would | be sent to the House forthwith. | ‘The SPEAKER thereupon submitted the question to the House whether it would proceed pow to the draw- ing of seats or have the President's Message read. ‘The former course was determined upon and tho drawing for seats proceeded, @ blindfolded page draw- ing the names of members from a box, one by one, and | the members so drawn coming from outside the bar — where all were congregated and occupying the seat | which he proposed holding for the Congress, The first pame drawn was that of Mr. Whitehouse, of New York, and among the next half dozen were those The democratic members took their seats on the east side of the Chamber, to the right of the Speaker's chair, the eame side which they have partially occupied Some of them, however, including Messrs. Wood and Ely, of New York, selected feats on the western or republican side of the Cham- ber. Mr. Banks selected the seat which he formerly occu- jed to the extreme left, re: siaine to take a seat near him, atinosphere about there was too ig twenty minutes past for seats was completed, stored the President's Me: sented to the House and read by Mehaity. The reading of the Message occupied twe hours and five minutes. At lirst it was listened to with consider- able interest and attention, but after the clerk baa got pnet those portions of { relating education, Church property and Onta! attention began’ to flag. Members gradaaiiy left their: retiring v the cloak rooms or standing in toe aisies engaged ity conversation with each other, so | Guat during the laker balfof tho Message taere | probably not forty members Im their soais, and buytew | fthose paying the slightest attention to 1 Inviact, were it not for the tones of the Clerk's voica, whichpwere heard above the din on the Soor, it might have, been supposed that the House was indulging 12 @ racers, The Message was ordered printed, ir. Cox, of New York, presented a petitionyof W. T ‘Trescott and others, of South Carolina, with reference to the right of representation of the Thigh Congres eonal district of South Carol MoverL that it de referred to the Committee on E. the question raised by the memorial wea Dot 80 muct that of a representative as it was of A tepresenmtron. The petition was so referred. The House then, at half-past fourso'ctock, adjoarned until Friday. 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