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“WASHINGTON, ~ _ Explosion of an Auti-Third-Term Bombshell in the House. pe—enea Eb ly one, NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 16, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. ° the resolution, iff readingwas repeated and the words Resolved, That in the ojinionof this House the pre- | eodeut catablished by Wapington and other Presidents | of the United States, in rdiring from tho Iresidential oflice after their second prin, has become by uni- versal coneurrénee a |part of our republican system of governme' and that any de- | parture from dais timp honored eustom would be unwise, wnpatriotig and fraught with peril ded like a death warrant, for the political future of to our institutions’? which it doubtless will THE .TAC?™’” * “METHODIST, | seine of them. During this second reading the repub tY DEMEAN THEMSE-. slavaig! St achance to dray breuth, Ope of thelr num. dy Speaks,,., #2 to hisfeet an} moved to adjourn, but the a mild, ?' “way tos by @ loud and ferocious “No” misit EX-SPEAKER BLAINE IN THE CLOAK ROOM, " Washington's Example Approved by a Vote of 232 to 18. Probable Non-Interferenee vanes 8 The Names of the Immortal Few and Their Prospects for Patronage, SENATOR MORTON ON STATES’ RIGHTS. The Sense of the House on the Subsidy Question. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, eee Wasminatoy, Dec, 15, 1875, HE FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS IN MISSISSIPPI— | THE PRESIDENT CUT LOOSE FROM THE AMES INFLUENCE, The President to-day nominated Mr. Whitfield to be United States District Attorney for the Northern Dis- triet of Mississipppi, in place of G. Wiley Wells, who has been elected to Congress. This nomination is im- portant, as showing that General (rant bas cut loose from the Ames intiuence, for Mr. Whitfeld was recom mended by Mr. Wells, his predecessor, who isa strong anti-Ames man and one of the republicans whose eflorts in the last election broke down the Ames Ring. Immediately after the election Governor Ames and his lather-in-law, General B. F, Butler, persuaded the Presi- | lent that he ought to turn out of office in Mississippi all the federal officers who had opposed Ames, and Postmas- ter Peage and others were accordingly removed. They were presently reinstated, however, and now the anti- | Ames meh seem to have secured themselves with the President. It was noticed that G. Wiley Wells, member from Mississippi, voted to-day in the House for the third term, or against the Springer resolution. DISTRICT ATTORNEY DYER'S NAME SENT TO THE SENATE, The name of Mr. Dyer, as District Attorney of St Louis, was sent to the Senate to-day, with a number of other nominations in the Department of Justice. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ATTORNEY GEN- ERAL AND SECRETARY BRISTOW. Attorney General Pierrepont says there is not the least truth in the report in the St. Louis Republican that *he demanded that the evidence against General | Babcock should first be submitted to bim that he Might judge of the’ propriety of taking it to the . Grand Jury, Nor is it true that there has ever been any disagreement between himself and Secretary Bris- tow. On the contrary, they have been of one mind apon the manner of prosecuting the whiskey cases or pon any other question and upon cordial terms. «FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasmxaroy, Dec. 16, 1875. ‘ $HE SCENE IN THE HOUSE DURING THE ACTION ON THE ANTI-THIRD-TERM RESOLUTION. i After a week of inglorious hesitation, if not de- | moralizatiou, following the blunder of the Louisiana redolution, the democrats in the House turned upon their \republican opponents to-day and won a brilliant victory. The Moses who ied the democratic cohorts from out of the wilderness in which they had been wandering so hopelessly for sine days, is William M, Springer, of Illinois, and ‘what that mame might imply’? will presently appear in the | foscription of the mine which he exploded right under ‘the very feet of the complacent an confident republi- eam minority. The session had dpened without any Bign of the battle that was impending. The skirmish- ‘ng was begun by the republicans themselves, Eugene Hale, of Maine, opening fire with a resolution declaring it the sense of the House that the Secretary of the Treasury should be invested with the Mequisite power to enable him to carry out the law providing for th® resumption of specie payments, on which he moved the previous question, This was a shrewd device fo set the hard and soft money democrats to | quarrelling and to put them upon the record for and against the resolution, The hard money democrats refused to secede from party lines, ‘snd the motion to order the previous question was lost, with a good deal of giggling on the republican side of the House at the wriggling of some of the democrats who did not wantto vote on the question and had ‘argued that the resolution was one which should be teferred forthwith to the appropriate committee, The democrats took the result in good humor. They had got so used to this sort of thing that they did not mind an additional instalment of ill-fortune, The next shot was fired at them by Starkweather, of Connecticut, who proposed to amend: Garfield’s. bill of last winter, popularly, or rather unpopularly, known for its fea- ture increasing tho postage on newspapers, but his proposition was looked upon as so petty a piece of partisapship that its rejection by the democrats Produced @ reaction in the favor of the ‘atter, particularly es Randall, of Vennsyl- vania, explainod that his party would, at the proper time, correct this and all other ovil legisla- tiou of the 4ately dominant party of the House, At *V that must haye been Ipard by the people down | on Pennsylvania avenue. fhe democrats were not quite | through with the businesstcy had in hand. Revenge was sweet, They had thir opponents in chancery, and were going tomake al things even. Adjournment was out of the quégtion fora few minutes, Strangely enough the demoralized muority, ever so compact and coul in previous contests with the other side, missed their chance at this moment to filibuster. With the motion to adjourn lost, thiy could have moved to ad- Journ to a particnwr time, aud so have siaved off a yote fr the day, if not in- delinitely, But the fact is they lost cheir bead, literally and politically, for theli leader, ex-Speaker Blaine, thought more of thebt than of strategy and left the rank and fle to their ow resources, ‘I'ho scene in the group of republican mewlers had now become painiuy to witness. Envitoned by the democrats and watched by the galleries the devoted band was the picture of despair and desperation. They evinced their anxiety in shifting uneasily from seai to seat, in rising and going about from one place to another in pursuit of advice; in twisting their beards, and in nervous clutching of the hands. The roll call begaa; a dozen or more broke and ran to the cloak rooms. A} the Clerk reached the name of James G. Blaine there was a hush and a deep momentary siillness, The name was Fepeated, but no answer coming, and the vurly form of the gentleman from Maine being invis- ible to the thousands of eyes directed toward his va- cant chair, a titter, a laugh, and then a broad guftuw greeted the inglorious absence of the republican cap- taih, Taking time by the forelock he had waited not for tho announcement of his distinguished cog- nomen, but as soon as the Clerk had reached General Banks among the B’s, the ex-Speaker beat a rapid retreat to the cloak room and was seen no more in the House until the little unpleasantness was over, General Garfield was among the panic-stricken fugitives who ran at the first fire, but he recovered his self-possession, reformed in good order, marched back, and, on the going over of the roll for absentees, he valiantly recorded himse!f against a third term. The agony was now nearly over. A pause ensued as the clerk footed up the result and announced 282 votes against a third term and 18 in favor of a third term, The democracy are jubilant over their triumph, and Springer is the lion of Washington to-night as he doubtless will be for the res? of tho session, The eighteen third termer® are likewise, but less gloriously conspicuous, although many of their republican colleagues envy them their pluck, a day ot reckoning must come for all of the discomtited minority who voted against a third term, and will have to explain themselves at the White House, The spectre of forfeited patronage and revoked appointments peers from bebind the record of to-day’s vote. ‘The happy eighteen need fear no one now in the long list of officeholders in their districts, They can dictate to their constituents what terms of service they may choose. ‘They ure of various hues, it is true, but the fact will serve to confirm the historical truth that ‘the colored troops fought nobly.” Of the unflinching eighteen six are of the bone of the great contention, ‘The roll call of third termers ts in brief as follows:— Nathan &. Bradley, Mich, Solomon L. Hoge, 8. C. Dadiey C. Denison, Vt. Jay A. Hubbell, Mich. Jere, Haralson, Ala John A. Hyman, N.C, Jonn R, Lynch, Miss, Henry 0. Pratt, Iowa, C. D. McDougall, N. Y. Robert Smalls, 8. C. Charles E. Nash, La, Alex. 8, Wallace, 8. @ Horace F. Page, Cal. Josiah T. Walls, Pia, Harrie M. Pinisted, Me. —G. Wiley Wells, Mise, John D. White, Ky. Richard H. Whiting, Ti. Among those who voted against the thirdterm wére H.C, Burchard, a republican from Grant’s own tcwn of Galena, Il. The list of all the anti- third timers given in the press report of the procéedings of Congress will repay perusal and reveal some singular inconsistencies to people dwelling under the shadow of the White House. At the termination of the voting Blaine came back to his seat, and was heard afew minutes later in some new matter. He frankly avowed that he had dodged and explained that he could not vote either way with- pearing, in the one case to be ambitious of being Grant’s successor and in the other of displeasing his friends. Springer, when complimented on his master- piece of strategy and asked how he had come to intro- duce the resolution, said:— Gexrixunx—I am a Methodist, but Lam opposed to athird term, So when Bishop Haven down thero in Boston the other day put Grant up for another term 1 thought I would show the country that all Methodists were not for Grant, and I wanted to see just how Con- gress stood on the sume question. ‘Theso are his words just about as they dropped from his tips in a conversation near the Speaker's desk after the adjournment. One or two of those who voted against the resolution say that they did 80 because they considered that the House had no business with the subject atall, and that it was nonsense. he eighteen—or, rather, the Northern part of them—have already begun to feel the force of ridicule, There is no doubt that the fear of losing patronage con- trolled the votes of the white Southern repub- licans who voted against the resolution. The colored members are probably either third termers or knew that their constituents are, One, Rainey of South Car- colina, voted for the resolution, He has not beena third termer. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasuinarox, Dec, 15, 1875. NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate this afternoon :— A. 8. Johnsdn, of Now York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Judicial Circuit; A. White, of Alabama,to be Chief Justice of Utah Territory; H. W. Blake, of Montana, Associate J Territory; ). P. Thompson, of Or Governor of this point Hewitt, of New York, foliowed ap the ad- tice of Montana | Vanitago gaimed by Kandali by introducing a resolution inquiring into the claims in the Quartermaster Gen- eral’s Department, the forwarding of which has been so freely and scandalously gossiped about as the reason for getting the obstinate Meigs out of the way with a mission to inspect the battle flelds of Europe. Randall | same on again with a proposition to extend a general | amaesty to all persons now lying under disabilities on | account of their connection with the rebellion. The Ironicai Biaine got in a sneer at the democratic longing for pardon, Tuore was a litte sparring between the two taptaine, and the question went over under au agree- ment betwoen them to meet at a particular time and fight it out The manufacture of political | tapital did not end quite hero, It went ‘little further, An anti-subsidy resolution was offered, | nod ugain the taunted democrats had to undergo the | proceas of putting themselves on the record. But the hour of democratic triuinph and republican Ascomiiture was at hand. The majority had grown in- lignant, und particularly Springer, of Iilinois, The lall form of the gentleman from Springien was scon lowering above bis dosk as ho vodiferated, “Mr. Speaker! Mr, Speaker!” and every head was turned toward the Clerk, when tho words ‘Washington,’ “Presidential office,” “second term,” and the like, Sruck the ear, At once there was & rush for seats by the democrats, who crowded in from the cloak rooms And lobbies, while tuo republicans were too surprised | to think of what policy to pursua The corps of /newapaper reporters, scenting a rich scone aod @ first class sensation, jumped down from the gallery to their desks and planted themselves with pencils and division Ii to score the killed and wounded. Expectation lit up every eye. Heretofore the majority had been the victims of the division list, but now thu republicans were to put themselves down “yes” of no" for Grant aud the third term, and live or dio, sink or swim, survive or perish by the mono- syllable they should now pronounce in answer to the jerk's call of the roll, Springer, in offering the resolution, moved the pre- vious question, and go shut off all debate, Still stand- Ing in his place, looking like an ogre to the affrighted republicans, he demanded the yeas and nays, which were offored by the sufficient number of applicants, Idano Territory; EK. B. Smith, of Maine; Thomas Si- mons, of New York, and A. 8, Gaylord, ot Michigun, to be Avsistant Attorneys General; H. G. Sickel and’Al- bert D, Wood to be Pension Agents at Philadelphia; Robert M. Kelly, Pension Agent at Louisville, Ky. ; Jo- soph N. Livermore, Surveyor of Eastport and the Dis- trict of Passamaquoddy, M Registers of Land Offices—W. ¥. Bates, East Saginaw, Mich, ; W. B. Franklin, Chillicothe, Ohio; Thomas L. Bond, Salina, Kan, Receivers of Public Moneys—Thomas H. Pressnell, at Duluth, Mina., and Michael H. Fitch, at Pueblo, Col. Postmasters— Frederick E. Leiter, at Charlotte, Mich. JobuT, Ogden, at Wellington, Ohio, and Samuel Baldridge, at Jackson, Ohio. United States Attorneys—¥. B. Pomeroy, for Arizona Territory; D. P. Dyer, for the Eastern districs of Mis- souri; C, 0. Bradley, for Colorado Territory; G. Hazleton, for the Eastern district of Wisconsin; H. Wells, for the District of Columbia; C. 8. Varian, for Nevada; J. B, Stickney, tor the Northern district of Florida; J: K, Valentine, for the Eastern district of Penusyivania; D, T. Corbin, for the District of South Carohna, and H. B, Whitield, for the Southern district of Mississippi, United States Marshale—R. A. Clapp, for Nevada; Charles Hopkins, for Washington Territory; H. W: Lottingwell, tor the Eastera district of Missouri; R. W. Healey, for the Southern district of Alabaina; W. F. Prosser, for Middle Tennesseo, and Will 5. Swex for Wyoming Territory. CONFIRMATIONS BY THE SENATE. The Senate, m executive session, this afternoon confirmed the following nominations: Alexander 8. Johnson, of New York, to be Circuit Judge for the Second Judicial cireuit;'C. W. Ringold, appraiser of merchandise, at New Orleans; Albert D, Wood, Pension Agent, ‘at the Philadelphia Pu, Widows’ Agency; Ferdinand Moyer, Supervisor of Int ternal Revenue, vice John McDonaid, resigned: I. M. Beun, Collector of Internal Revenue for the First dis- trict of Wisconsin. Registers of Land Ofices—James M, Moe, at Helena, Mon.; H. L. Taylor, at Wichita, Kai D. Buck- worth, at North Plaite, Neb, ; Charl My . Hyde, at Visalia, , Col; Edward Stevenson, ‘at Ionia, Mich. ; David W. Letchenthaler, at Le Grand, Oregon: Goorge R. Thomas, at Cheyenne, Wy. T.; Laren Listoo, at Alexandria, Minn, Receivers of Public Moneys—Frederick J, Barton, East Saginaw, Mich. ; J. C. Whipple, Cheyenne, Wy. R, B. Harrington, Beatrice, Nev. ; W. ¥. Wright, Nor Plawte, Nob. ; P. J. Kaulman, Huntsville, Ala; ‘Georga B. Folsom,’ Taylor's Fails, Minn; PC. 'Stetten, Detroit, Minn. ; J. M. Peck, Dardennelles, Ark. ; H. i, a, Mon. ‘one to be Secretary to the President to nu land patents, “ho confusion having ne ted a general hearing of Tn addition to @ latae nambher of Powtmasters throughout the country, the Senate also confirmed all- the naval promotions tpade during the recess of Con gress, and sent to the Senate on the 9th inst, with the tion of the three fullowing:—Frank Plunkett to be an Assistant Paymas: and Passed Assistants Charles D. Mansfield and Charles H. Bartlett to be Pay- masters inthe Navy, which three were not reported from the committee to whom they were referred. THE “QUESTION OF INTERVENTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF CUBA BY THE UNITED STATES, ‘The published report that the United States Lave sub- mitted proposals to Great Britain, France and Germany looking to an intervention in the Cuban question is con- tradicted by the language of tho President in bis recent annual Message, in which he.says:— Had it been the desire of the United States to inter- fere 1m the afairs of Cuba repeated opportunities for so doing have been presented within the last few years; but we have retnained passive and have performed our whoie duty and all international obligations to Spain with friendship, fairness and fidelity and with a spirit of patience and forbearance which negatives every pos- sible suggestion of a desi to interiere or add to the diicul with which she has been surrounded, In addition to the language of the President abovo quoted it may positively be asserted that even if this gevernment should in future be iuchaed to such jater- Veution it would do so without asking or desirmyg we co-operation of foreign Powers, RESIGNATION OF SURVEYOR GENERAL STRATION, ‘The resignation of Surveyor General Stratton bas been placed in Senator Sargent’s bands, to take effect January 1. Mr. Sargent will recommend as his suc cessor H. G. Rollins, who bas so satisfactorily served a8 Register of the San Francisco Land Oftice during the past six years, THE VISIT TO THE CENTENNIAL GROUNDS. Ex-Governor Bigler, Thomas Cochran and Juimes M. Robb, Centennial Committee of Arrangements, say that the excursion train will start hence for Philadelphia at three o'clock on Friday afternoon with the President, some of the members of his Cabinet, Judges of the Su- preme Court and a majority of members of both houses of Congress. Those who may so desire can re- turn to Washington in the six o'clock P, M. train on Saturday. THE NEW ARMY REGISTER. The Army Register for 1876, just issued, shows that during the present yeur there were eighteen resigna- tions, namely:—One paymaster, four captains, seven lieutenants, five second lieutenants and one chaplain, and twenty-eight deaths, including two brigadier gen- erals, Lorenzo Thomas and Alexander Shiras; two colunels, two lieutenant colonels, six majors, six cap. tains, twelve frst lieutenants, six second lieutenants and two chaplains, Nine officers were dismissed, three cashiered and one honorably discharged, PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS. SENATE, Wasurnorox, Dec, 16, 1875, A Jarge number of memorials, asking the appoint- ment of a commission to inquire into the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, were presented by Messrs. vonkling, New York; Dawes and Boutwell, Massachusetts; Morrill and Hamlin, Maine; Kernan, New York, and Johnston, Virginia, all of which were referred to the Committce on Finance, Mr, Sanoxwr, (rop.) of Cal., introduced a bill authoriz- ing the construction of a Post Office in the city of San Francisco, Cal, Referred to tho Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Mr. Anruony, (rep.) of R. L, submitted a joint resolu- tion authorizing Rear Admiral John J. Almy, United States Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of the Hawalian Islands, Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Cooper, (dem.) of Tenn., gave notice that on Tuesday next he would ask the Senate to consider reso- tions commemorative of the life and services of his late golleague, Andrew Johnson. THR MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. Mr. Morrow, (rep,) of Ind, submitted the following resolutions :— Whereas it is alleged that the late election in Misetpipol for members of Congress, and members of the * Legislature was characterized by great frauds, violence and intimidation, whereby the freedom of the ballot wag in a reat measure destroyed, @ rio ll terror established bal: for boxes stuffed and spurious: oo pecresneee rs, of more E ‘was ove! ent, but fraudu- wl Legis- 4 so that « popular majority some in its place a ges, cv lent, mi y of more 2 ss Heenee' tiscs dissctar with Bavoeeae represent that State ii. this body; and whereas if these all gations are true a great number of citizens of the United States have had their rights under the constitution and laws of the United States wickedly violated; therefore, Resolved, Shas » committee of tive Senators be appointed by the Chalr to investigate the truth of sald allegutlons, and the cireumstances attending said election, with powor to vis id State to make their investigation; to send fc and to use all neeossary process in th und to make @ report to the wsion of their investigations und findings. At the request of Mr. Bayanp, (dem.) of Del, the lution was laid over until to-morrow, and it was ordered that it be printed. RESOLUTIONS DEFINING STATE RIGHTR . ©” Mr. Morrow, of Indiana, submitted thefollowing con- current resolutions :— Resolved by the the House of Representatives con- curring, That the people of th ited Stutes constitute nation and are one people in the sense of national unity, Resolved, i, That the goverument of the United Stutes is not mpact bet ween States and their municipal and corporate gliaeucters, but was formed by the people of the United States in their prim that the rights of the Stutes are guuranteed by the constitution and not by any. theory of State sovereigney, and. that the rights uf the States caunot be enlarged of diminished exeept by au amendment to the constitution, Kexolved, That the rights of the States have the came sunetion aud security in the constitution as the rights and power of the nutional goverument, and that local domestic kovernment by the States within the limits of the constitu. ial of our froe republican system, @ State hus the right to t with the ideu of nation structure of the consti eon forever ex- h the spiri should be regarded by the suppression of wh Mr, Morton asked to have the resolutions printed and laid om the tuble, and it was so ordered. He gave notice that at some future time be would call them up for action. THE WHISKEY PRAUDS, Mr. Stevexson, (dem.) of Ky., submitted the follow- ing resolution: — Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be and he i: hereby requested to transmit to the Senate copies ot a u orders ‘and instructions reluang to th organi and prosecution of all (i internal reventfe laws at St. Lonix, Chicayo and Milwauke: deemed incompatible with the public interest. Mr. Epawnps, (rep.) of Vt.—That had better lie over, Mr. SH¥RMAN, (Tep.) of Obio, said it was necessary to keep this intormation secret, Should it be called out by either House of Congress and printed it would have the effect of allowing guilty purties to escape. Should the information be sent to the Senate there would be an eud to all the prosecutions now in progress, He hoped his friend (Mr. Stevenson) would not press the resolution. Kvery officer of the government now charged with the duty of prosecuting these persons was how performing it against friend ana foe, and he trusted they would continue such prosecution until every guilty man was punished, Mr, StxVa#NsoN said he hud every confidence in the ‘Mere had been some inrormation withheld from the public, Any publication that could be made would show to the contrary, that the Secretary of the Treas. ury and all public officers had striven to bring guilty n 10 justice He believed that this publication cate the President of the United States of all the charges made against him, It would show that he had done allin his power to punish the guilty without sparing friend or party. He (Mr. Morton) believed his friend (Mr. on) could not do the administration & greater service tha having this resolution passed, So far as he (Mr. Morton) was concerned, he was willing to vote for it, leaving it to the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury to withbold such information as might defeat the ends of justice; and with that understanding he would vote for it, Mr, StevENsoN suid that the Secretary of the Treus- | ory would only give such information as would | not impede the prosecutions, see what ob- jection Senators could have in referring the matter to the Finance Committee. Thore was information which he would like to have, guished gentleman had been distnissed from the prose- cution, and he (Mr. Stevenson) would like to know some- thing about iL However, as there was so much ob- Jection to the resolution, he would withdraw it, which was done. Mr, Epacxps, of Vermont, submitted a resolution that the jomt rules of the Senate and House of Kepre- seulutives in iorce at the close of the last Congress be and the same are hereby adop Joint rules of the two Houses for the present session, Referred Lo the Committee on Rules. | _ The Cuatr laid before the Seuate the resolution sub- by Mr. Morton on the 10th inst, to amend the Hiith rule of the Senate so that bills may be i- troduced without previous notice, ana at was referred to tbe Committee on Rules, Mr, West, of Louisiaua, submitted the following: — Ordered, That the Committee on Contingent Ex- Pelises be instructed to report what amounts of com- pensation, ifany, are in their opinion due to the re- Speetive contestants, William L. McMillan and John Hay, clairnunts to the seat in the Senate for the uvex- ited term of Wilham P. Kellogg, and to William L. eMillan as claimant heretofore Wo a seat iu the Senate for the tertn commencing March 4, 187, ‘The Senate then, at we past one P. M., proceeded to the consid cutive business. At a quarter past two P. M. the doors were reopened, and the Senate adjourned, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasurnarox, Dec. 15, 1875. The Speaker stated that inasmuch as the committees were not appointed, he would proceed with the call of the States for bills and resolutions, BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS, Mr. Hause, (rep.) of Me., offered the following reso- Jution and moved the previous question on its adop- tion:— Whereas the country is suffering under the evils of an ir- redeemable currency which causes uncertainty in business and stimulates speculation to the prejudice of legitimute business aud labor; und whereas both political parties in the United States stand committed aguinst repudiation, in favor | of wepeedy return to specie payments; and wherday, Con- gress established # like policy in the wet of March 16, 1869, Whlels was followod by the act of Junuury 14, 1570, provid: ing for tue return of specie payments on the lit day of Janu- ary, L870; therefore ved, That, in the judgment of this House, prompt |, Juuuary 14, 1875, @ Secretary of the’ sary to that ene. Mr, Joxxs, (dem.) of Ky., moved to lay the resolution on the table, Mr. Havk—On that motion! call for the yeas and 8 oie Woop, (dem.) of N. ¥,—I ask the Chair whether thig resolution is not of that peculiar character Uhat it should necessarily be considered by a committco, ‘ater on jhe republican side of the House.) 4 SPEAKER—The Chair does not regard that as a r parhamentary inquiry. . HaLk—In other words, the gentleman from Now 7 wishes to put the question olf, ir, Woop—I do not want to put itoi! Lam ready to meet it quite as early as the gentleman mi Maine ds, who olfers 4 mere empty, vague declaration. (Laughter on the republican side.) 1 want the question to-be considered by the appropriate committee and to Jet that commiltee report the proper legislation. Mr, Hate—I have asked tor the yeas and nuys on the motion of the Leer arpaed trom Keutucky, Mr, Joxes—I withdraw the motion, (Triumphant laughter on the republicun side.) Ido this under the advice of my friends. (Laughter) So tar as 1 am personally concerued, the yentigmam knov.s what my ‘opinion is and that [ am reqdy to meet the question, but my friend# seem to preter that the resolution should be referret to a commitiee, and | hope some gentieman will make that motion, I therefore withdraw my mo- tion to lay on the table. - HaLy demanded the yeas and nays on the pre- vious question, Yeas, nays, 145, Several republi- cans voted “No,” among’ tyn' Mr, Kelley, of Penn- sylvania, who was the first 7.20 to pass between the tellers on that side. ‘The resolution was then, on motion of Mr. Holman, of Indiana, referred to the Committee on Banking and Currenvy, Pie were further introduced and referred as fol- 8 :— By Mr. Eames, (rep.) of R. .—To amend the several pational currency acts. By Mr. Sraxkweatuer, (rep.) of Conn.—To amend _) theclew relating to postage on mailable matter of the thitd class, providing that trom tbe lstor January, 1876, bee on pamphlets, trinsient newspapers, periodicals and magazines, handbills, posters, unsealed Circulars, prospectuses, proof sheets, and ‘correcied proof sheets, shall be one cent for every two ounces or fraction thereof, and that the postage on all other mail- able matter shall remain as now provided by law. He moved to suspend the rules and e bill, stfouid be first cousidered by a committee. Mr. STARKWkATHER remarked that the bill only pro- to carry out the universal desire of the people to ave the postage on transient newspapers placed where it was, Mr. Raxpatt—I am quite as willing as the gentieman from Connecticut to have the postage on newspapers placed where it was before your side of the House in- creased it, | Mr. STARKWRATHER—Both sides of the House, i ANDALL—But there are other objections to this | bill, | terest of a monopoly, and | wish that repealed algo. Mr. STARKWkATHER—I am with the gentieman jn all reforms. The gentleman says that we made a mistake last year, He made the same mistake himsel!, and he is now making a mistake in opposihy this bill, Mr. RaNpaLL—I am not opposing it, but I want the Jaw of last session gone over and reviewed by this side of the House, and I want this bill put in proper shape by 4 committee, so as to cure all the abuses in the legislation of last year, Mr. STaRKWRATHER—This bill comes from the Post Oflice Department. Mr. Ranpatt—I am not quite certain that the Post Office Department did not assist in that infamous legislation tive by plucing in the hands of the sury Whatever powers muy be neces- not. | dir, Lawnxxcx, (rep.) of Ohio—Does not this bill re- store-the law to what it was betore it was repealed t Mr. STARKWEATHER—It does as to transient matter. Mr. RaNpALL made the point of order that a motion pend the rules and pass the bill was not in order ‘The SPEAKER sustained the point of order, Mr, SraRKWEATHER then moved the previous ques- tion on the passage of the bill, ‘The House refused to second the previous question— | yeas 69, nays 128—and the bill, was then, on iotion of | Mr. Randall, reterred to the Post Oflice Committee. Bills and resolutions were further imtroduced and re- ferred, as follows: | By Mr. Hxwrrr, (dem,) of N, ¥.—Direciing the Seere- | tary of War to furnish a list of claims pending in the Quartermaster General’s Department at the time that leave of absence was granted to Quartermaster General Meigs which have been since that date passed and | allowed, together with any report or statement in re- | lution thereto made by Generat Meigs or by the Acting } Quartermaster General, Adopted, | OLITICAL DISAUILITIES, | By Mr. Raypat, of Penusylvania—To remove politt would vindicate the adthinistration, and would vindi- | He had seen that a distin- | Secretary of the Treasury, but he thought the Se e | cal disabilities, removing all disabilities imposed and should have this information. However, as his frieud Sherman objected to its passage, he (Mr. Stevenson) would not object to having the resolution referred to the Committee on Fivuance, of which committee that Senator was chairman. Mr, SHERMAN said he happened to know that the Secretary of the Treasury would be exceedingly em- | barrassed if called upon to furnish this intormation and he could not answer it without violating his of public daty, This Whiskey Ring would be punished, and it soemed to him that itwas best to let the matter rest with the Executive authority, Mr. Epwuxps, of Verinont, said it would not be com- patible with the publie interest to make public a single paper connected with these prosecutions. No oficer could say it would be safe to make a piece of informa- tion pubile until he saw what effect it would have on the guilt of the accused person, publication of in- formation might be a key to allow the escape of the guilty ones, and he was sure the Senator trom Ken- | tucky desired to have all implicated in this whiskey conspiracy pwnished. He hoped the Sena- tors would vote ugalust the resolution and take tho risk of the good people of the United States thinking that they belonged to the Whiskey Ring or any other ring. people think they were voting 10 sereen some pariy friend oF expose some party erring rathor than violate their sense of public duty. Mr. SteveNoN said he liad seon in the papors some telograms touching thease prosecutions aud touching the gentlemen employed by the government to carry them on. The publication of them did not seom to have been incompatible with the public mtcrest. As here seemed to be mueb objection to the resolution Lo moved thut it be referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. ConKLInG, (rep.) of N. Y., said he was not willing to refer such a resolution as this to any committee, as it might deter the prosecution of crime. This resolu- tion Was not in accord with precedents and usage of tho | Senate, The Senate should not direct one of the officers | of the government to send information to it unless it was willing (0 take the responsibility of such action. If this resolution was worth passing it should go to the President, and he snould be the judge to its com- patibility with the public interests, He (Mr, Conkling) was wiiling to stand by his friend from Vermont and determine this question as lawyers and legislators, and not determine it in view of the fact that some indi- vidual somewhere might say that the Senate did not want to turn on the light, Every man who has ever acted as a public prosecutor knows the folly of spread- ing information before the public, It could do no good, id might do harm, to request the Secretary of the easury to examine every telegram and order about this business that he might know which to make pubhe it would be imposing a duty upon him which the Senate ought not todo, He hoped the resolution would not be referred. mM Mr. Morrow said there must be some purpose enter- tained by the Senator from Kentucky in offering this revolution, He must he under the tonraseign that It sometimes happened that Senutors should ict | Teunttuing on any person by virtue of the third section | of the fourteenth article of the amendment to the eon- | stitution and relieving every person therefrom; ulso providing that all such persons when elected or ap- | pointed to any office under the United States shall take the modified oath, He moved the previous question on its passage. Mr. BLaixk, (rep.) of Me., expre no combined opposition would b the republican side of the House, but ie said tha members desired co subinit certian observation | gard to it. He, therefore, asked the gentleman from | Pennsylvania, o general propricties ct legislauon, to | allow & ill of this mag | himt that no tactious opposition would be’ made to | having a fair vote upon it. Mr. GARFIKLD, (rep.) of Ohio, suggested that there was something iu the language of the bili wlich ought to be amended, Mr. Raypant, diselai | haste in the matter, dd the opinion that | ed any desire to act with undue be Louse at the last session hud Unanimously passed a sunilar bill on motion of Mr. | Maynard, of Tennessee, He did not suppose that on account of the pohtical .chanye which the House had undergone this bill would meet with any objection trom the republican side; but it was for lim to know | that discussion or delay was desired, He suggested that it be mace the special order for to-morrow. Mr, BLAINe suggested that it be postponed tll alter | the holidays, Mr. Raxpatt—- want the holidays to be rea! and sin- | cere, and [ want cvery man to feci at that time that he is relieved from all past political disabilities, Mr. Buatve—I should disiike very much to do any- thing that would deprive the gentleman of the most Joyous of holidays, but 1 think that he has bud very many joyous ones, since 1 have known him, with ail these gentlemen under disabilities, Mr, RaypaLi—I have enjoyed them myself, butsome men have been deprived of such enjoyment, and I want the coming holidays to be centennial holidays in fact Ain spirit, inally the bill was made a special order for next Tuesday, OPPOSITION TO SCHSIDIES, Mr. Hotmay, of Indiana, offered the following resolu- tion i ved, That, in the judgment of this House, im the pres- dition of the tliancial affairs of the government, no I aged or proposing to in public or private enterprises, and that all appropriatio from the public Treasury ought to be limited at this time te sneh amounts only as bo imp y demanded by the public service. Ho moved the previous question on its adoption. On it# adoption Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, inquired whether the resolution was intended to cut off an ap- propriation for the Centennial r. HOLMAN replied that it was not so intended, and that he did wot bs as it Would have the effect, though he himself was willing that it should bo en canatened 3 legislative measures should be tuken to render said act of | pas | . RANDALL, (dem.) of Pu, suggested that the bill | New Ea | Rev. Dr. Imbrie, of the Firet Presbyterian church, | ‘The postage on packages has increased in the in- | | | were accompanied to the ‘depot by Walter W. Adams, | Mr, STARKWRATHER—I am quite certain that it did 8 “MABEL TOUNG'S TATE. Conclusion of the Trial of Thomas W. Piper. THE VERDICT NOT RENDERED. The previous question was seconded, and the resolu- tion adopted—yeas 223, nays 33—as follo Ashe, Bogy+ of New Yorks Blaine, Blair, , Bradford, Bralley, Brown ansus,’ Burchard of litinols igh, Caldwell of Ain! ¢ non, Cason, Caswell, Cate, Charke of Kentucky, Clare of . Collins, Conger, Cook, ( Culberson, Cutler, Bi i, of in, Burl Candler, t berg, Marrix of Massuchuse Marbridie, Harteeil. Hatches Hereford, 1 .t . Alabama, a rk, Hewitt of Hsterst ‘itaaa Henin Mh Ken “Knott, Landers ot Indi: | Story of the Terrible Crime in a Boston Belfry. ler, rison, Mutebler, a Odell, Oliver, Packer, l’a, Phillip Phillips of Kinsus, Pierce, Viper, Plaisted, Poppleton, ter, Ruiney, Randall, Rou,’ Reilly. Jamey B., ot Pe nin; Rice, Robbins of Peunsylvania, Robbing uf North-Cur- ian, ker, Th Bosroy, Dec. 14, 1875. There are fow instances of murder more strange and cruel than that of little Mabel Young, who was found Tufts, Van’ Vor! olina, Rober binson, Hows ‘of Ni a rl 9 elft | Sampson, 5 Baylor’ Retles.” New, derteys Rusk. | bruiged and dying in the Lelfry of one of the South End Sheakley Sinnicksyn, Swish of , | churebes inthis eity one Sabbath afternoon in May pet ate gat a te | last. In company with am aunt the-little miss, a charm- La ee Naereas reas . | ing girl of seven or exbt years, had attended the morn= a | c New 1 hes, Vai . Waddell, drou,” Walker’ of New York, Wallace of South Walling, Ward, Warren, W ney, as was their usual custom, In coming out } ing servic f iting, the — eburch the Wixxintoa, Wike, Willatd, Williams. C Gof Michiewes | on She ,embi;;Ungered | te Willians of Wiscousiu, Williams of Delaware, Willlameor | Vestibule for a moment to talk with some friends» sae eiMte Wilton oe Meee Viteiuia Wiest Michi: | and when she was about to continue her journey We: § Wood of New York, and Wood! homeward little Mabel was uot to be found, At first it was believed that she had stepped out ou the sidewalk, ‘| but a search there, as well as through the interior of the ns, | church, did not result in finding her, A few momenta v\ later persons in the street thought they heard eries of @ | child from the church belfry, and upon looking in that direction there was‘observed a flock of doves hovering votei im the negative, | oi spire and lity in great and unusual i ee ANTI THIRD TEUM RESOLUTION. | Uo t was at once surmised that little Mabel Mr. SrrixGxn, of Illinois, offered the following resolu- | had strayed ap into (he steeple and was unable to fad tion, and moved the previous question ou its adop- | her way back, and efforts were immediately made to bigs ge release her, When found she was lying upon the floor Resolved, That in the opinion of this House the precedent | i established by Washington and other Prestdeuty of the | Of the belfry with her hi beaten to @ jelly, and, Pennsylvania, 7 Messrs, Cavell, Davrall, cock, Harris of Virginia, ‘ Luniar, Jolin, i of Smalls, m North € nisylwanin, Wells of Mississippi, White, Yeates and Youn Mr. Towxskyo, of Venusylvania, said that if be had been present when his name was called he would have United tutes in retiring from the Presidential office after | although she was yet alive, death ensued soom their secoud terins has become by universal concurrence & : | Part of our republican system of government, and that uny | after and without her even a moment return- departure from this time-ho stom would be unwise, unpatriotie and fraught with peril to our tree institutions. ‘The previous question was seconded and the resolu- tion was adopted—yeas 232, nays 18—as follows :-— Yxas—Messrs, Adains, Ain Atkins, Bagley, Bayley, Jr. ‘ow York, Ballou, Banubig, . Blount, ing to consciousness to explain the circumstances and author ofthe traxe here followed, of course, WILD EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT THE Crry, and, mingled with the general horror, there was thé heurtiest sympathy for the widowed mother, who, by ‘burn, Blind iia Bh e. Brad Bright, Mrown of Kentucky, Brown | the way, is now a hopeless maniac in a foreign clime. Kansas, Brickner, “Burchard of Minoly, Burs | gn : chard of Wi Cabell, Caldwell of | The Chief of Police, who happened to live in the ims Tennessee, Campbell, Candler, | mediate vicinity, was curly at the scene of the murder, pin, Chittenden, Clarke of Ken- | me ns * issouri ‘lym Sdchrane, Collins, | apd trom such information as he could hastily gather ger, Cook, Ce % Crounse, Cul aide slots est the, EP enteea: “Dep Reve eae + | he deemed it judicious to arrest the, seston, and ut his, . Kuen, tgbert, obedience to his suspicions he promptly took Thomas Evans, y, Fort, Foster, F W. Piper into custody. the community is exci was promptly conv: As is usual in such cases, when d and indignant, the accused 3 80 far as public opinion was of" Georgia, t | concerned, but 1t was reserved for a couré of justice ta Harrison, liurtridge, Hartzell, Hateher, | examine the case more carefully. eae tee aaa ereterd), Hewitt of New |“ Aiter the officers had taken Piper into custody they Uopkins, Hoskins, House, Hunter, Hunton, Jenks, Jones of | Tesorted to the customury devices to extort a confession New Hampshire, Jones of — Kentucky, Joyce, Kas- | and make out a case against him at all hazards, This, rtield, Gnase Hamilton of Massa Virginia, of Kelle: Knott, of “In } perhaps, is not strange, for during the several years? L ‘ cticut, Lapham, | cureer of the present police organization it has failed to erie Hews tiers Luttrell, | discover or Work up to a successful issue a single one of Metoaite, Milliken: Mills, Money, | the dozen or more atrocious imurders which have been Morgan, Mutebler, Neal, | committed in this vicinity, and im this case their des- O'Brien, Odell, ONeill, “Pac | peration got the best of their judgment. ne, Phillips of Missouri Chee of Kansas, Pierce, | THE PRISONER AND THK TRIAL. Poppleton. P well, Handall, Rex Renan, | Tne triaf which was counenced last week (Monday) Reilly, Joun; Reilly, James B.; Kies, Robbins of Pe Robbins of North Caroling, Koberts, Robi New Jersey, Rows of Pennsylvania, Sampson, Sa Soarles, Schumaker, Seelye, Sheakley. Si th of Pennsylvania’ Smith of G unsylvi pot yet concluded, has formed the chief topic of rse and speculation in the city und vicinity, Only the jamous Webster-Parkiman “and Alley-Blis , | cases have attracted more popular attention thin bas p Springer, St pphbhiitcge Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, | been directed toward this trial during whe past wee! Swann, Tarbox, ‘Terry, Thompson, Thomas, Throck- | Through the whole ordeal the prisoner seems to ha' orton, Townsend of New Ya dof Fenneywanie, | conducted himselt im such «mauler us to impress mrt Caroline: ‘Wacldells Weldveas Waller ef | spectators very favorably. He js rather an intelligent Walker of Virginia, Wallace of Pennsylvania, Wallin; looking fellow, _ only twenty a years old, Ward, Warren, Wells of Missouri, Whe Whitehouse, | and is a native of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, but has re- ier, hitehorne, Wigginton, W M Willard, A 8 Michigan, Witliams of W Williams’ of Indian Michigan, Willis, Wil Wood of Pennsyly: Yeates and Young —Total, 232. avs—Messrs. Bradley,’ Denison, Waralson, Hoge, lub | Hyman, Lynch, MacDoogall, Nash, Yugo, Platsted, mulls, Wallace of South Carolina, Wald, Wells of Mississippi, White and Whiting—18. , Williams of | sided in Boston during the . Williams of Delaware. | rocord seems to hi re Til tect | he was once discharged trom employment on accouu Wood of New York, Wovdwoith, | of suspected dishonesty. We TRLLS HIS OWN STORY, During the trial Piper was permitted to take th stand und tell his own story of the allair, He gave hia | narrative in an unaffected, straightforward manner, past six or seven years, Hig e been all right, notwithstandin le: THE HOLIDAY RECESS. | und on the — cross-examination he — failed to Mr. Ranaut, of Pennsylvania, introduced a con- | Coutradict himself in a single instance. The current resolution providing tor an adjournment of | points of evidence against him = which he both houses from Monday next till Tuesday, 4th of | Miled to explain away were blood. staint January, 1876. He said that be had offered it alter | 8 bis clothing, a false statement that he had no key té conference with both sides of the House, | the belfry when the cries of little Mabel were hearé The resolution was agreed to, and then, at aquarter | {Nd an ellort which he made to dissuade people front past three P, M., the House adjourned tll Friday next,. | ging up there, . ‘Nhe blood stains were, indeed, very klight, and chemists dilered as to whether they were THE LOUISIANA SENATORSHIP. i blood or not, and as for the possession of the key ta, the belfry, it titted another door, and the accused’ clans that he did not Know before that it would un-! lock the beliry door, There was.a withess named Glove | who testified tor the prosecution that he saw Piper Jump ont of one of the church windows and run aronud to the front door just betore the cries were heard, This | witness, however, proved himself a porduirer in several | instances, aod his career in the past has been such aa | to cause him to spend several terms in jail, None of | hus evidence is gencraily credited, but, on the contrary, there is a strong impression that he himseif is Feally the murderer. APFOINTMENT BY GOVERNOR M’ENERY OF BR, Hy MARE AS UNITED STATES SENATOR. New Orzuans, Dec, 14, 1875. Hon. R. H. Marr has been appointed by Governor McEnery, United States Senator, m place of General W. L. McMillan resigned. . TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY. A SPRECH FROM PIPER. — When the closing argument for the Pan ne had ’ ! been made to-day the Court, as usual, informed tha The agitation among the clergy tn Jersey City onthe | Terai teat hari he desired he could wddress the jury. question of taxing church property 18 on the increase. | jn his own betialf, though should be not do so there would be no prejudice in his case. To this offer the prisoner responded by addressing the jury in the tol jowing words :-— nilomen, I just simply desire to say to you that, 1 am innocent of this great crime laid to my charge. did not murder Mabel Young in any way, or’ manner; neither did Tassaalt her in any way; neither do | know anything in regard to the way by whieh she came to her death. CHARGE TO THE JURY. Chief Justice Gray then ebarged the jury, first res, ferring to the importance and responsibility of th | oath they had taken. ‘The case before them was. thi only one on trial, and they were to consider uo othes, questions or cases, except the one charge of the murdef of Mubel Young. All intimations or inferences tha the prisoner was connected with any other crime were holds that the adoption of the constitutional amend- ments does not create any new taxation, but merely | provides for a unitorm system ot taxation on property | now taxable. The Methodist clergy have adopted a, resolution not to pay taxes on chureb property, but to carry the question into the courts, Tho meibers of | the Methodist Church were nnanimous in support of the | amendments, and now they find that one amendment jis most detrimental to the interests of their Church. OUR PHILADELPHIA VISITORS. The Special Committee of the Com n Council of Philadelphia, with the Board of Fire Commissioners o be © wholly excluded trom = their minds. aud Chief Engineer Johnson, who have been ona visit | ‘the government was held to the proot of the to this city to inspect the fire escapes in the public | charge in the indictment beyond a reason able doubt, This was explained as being such a | conclusion as can be reached by no other reasonable hypothesis. The evidence was brielly referred to, and | the jury was to weigh it aud give it such consideration | as they should deem proper, Several requests of coun~ | sel to charge upon law points were read aud commented | upon, they having reference to the requirements of th defence in disproving guilt and accounting for himselt | on the afternoon of the tragedy: ‘The rales of Jearanll 7 . | cable to circumstantial evidence were commento Fire Commissioner Speor, who has been absent from | Ton and expluiued. It was incumbent upon the gor= Jersey City for nearly a year, has returned from ernment to prove every substantial or material fact ith Colorado. Mayor Traphagen has refused to sign war- | the chain of cireumstunces or the case would not Tauts for his salary during bis ubsence, made out, They where to cousider what motive, ern rnneen | any, the defendant could have in the commission « thiserime, and if there was any motive, ‘The testh mony as (0 the keys and the statements made by Piper in relation to them, a8 weil as his entire couduct buildings, left for home yesterday afternoon, They Superintendent of Unsafe Buildings, and Deputies Robert McGinness and Charles k. Hyde, who buye en- tertained them during their sojourn here. THE TAMMANY SOCIB‘'Y. | A special meeting of the Tammany Society was held | were to be look into carefully, and Ams . vhicl | portance of each point considered, an ww muc! Yesterday afternoon, which lasted but a very short | Hortauce of eat ee eee time, and at which no business of importance Was | was also for them to juage whether the transacted. ais wo | conversations with Dr, Pentecost or the officers were Hae PR IT BYE onsistent oF inconsistent with the theory of inno: ACCIDENTALLY RUN OVER. | cence. As had been claimed by the government, the | testimony concerning The jury in the case of John Cavannagh, who was run | peptone Some: Hay es over by an express wagon in Chatham street, on the | found upon the coat of Piper was to be analyzed and the statement and opinions of the experts on both sides wade to the bill on | itude to be relerred, assuring | Aith inst, decided that lis death occurred accidentally, THE BROOKLYN STRIK: The strike of tho Brooklyn bat makers still continues, This society numbers some three hundred members, all of whom are idle, The strike commenced abeut the middle of July last. The bosses wanted to employ non- HATTERS’ | society men, and the socicty men struck, and they have beon idle since, Tho largo manufacturers use what are culled “blocking and pouncing machines" for the work that was formerly done by hand. Up to the time of the strike these machines were worked by socicty men. As a knowledge of the hat trade was not necessary to run those machines the bosses wanted to employ non- society n, who would work at a much lower rate than society men, ‘The bosses Bay they will starve out the men, avd tho men on the ¢untrary ciaim that by holdimy out to the | middie of January the bosses will’ be compelled to re- | goods valued at $ cniploy thei, or else lose their trade RECORD OF CRIME. Michael Farley, of No. 174 Madigon street, having | leit his truck, with three cases of goods, in front of No. 4 Maiden lane, on Tuesday afternoon, a thief drove it off. Late at night the horse and truck were found standing in one of the uptown cross streets, but the of goods, valued at $400, were gone. 6 forced open the rear door of the shoe store Canal street last Tuesday night and carried off case G, H. Cannon, of No, 276 Tenth avenue, roported the day Dotore yesterday that during the night previous his stable, No, 609 West Twenty-seventh street, was broken open, and & horse valued at $160 and a set of harn worth $20 storen, No clew found, The premises of Theobold Strucker, No. 7 Grand street, were robbed of $40 worth of property. Dict broke a pane of plate glass in the sto No, 20 Cortlandt stre ‘Thomas D, Strong, Joss $150. ‘Thieves entered the residence of Mr, Schaitman, No. 130 Wooster street, and carried off $84 worth of cloth- ing. Kun Philbin, of Manhattan street and Broadway, suspects Betsey Powers of beving stolen $48 60 worth of clothing from ber trank, James Ryan was arrested yesterday for having stolen @ trunk aud contents, valued at $200, while taking thom to the Hudson River Raitrond depot. Thomas Smith was arrested last night for stealing three cases of bleached goods, valued at $515, trom No. 48 Grand street, The receiver, John Williams, was also arvactadt Both sides are confident of success. | to be given proper weight. They were also’ to deci how far the testimony of Glover would lead them the belief that Piper escaped from the tower, ang whether the conduct of Piper at the jail in the euttit ; of his arm Was an attempt at suicide j only as he states i ‘The legal cl j acter of the crime was thon explained, which, wus that of murder in the first degree. 1p concluding, His Honor reminded tue jury that. their duty ended with the finding of the verdict, and no other prerogas, tive could be considered, They were responsible jor, no results of their verdict, ayd could not enverta } them. | WAITING “pe be pepe tee pan ty The case was given to the jury at noon, | a late hour to-night there is little prospect of an agree~ } ment. There is great excitement aud much a lasion | as to the probable verdict, pablic opinion Ing about | equally divided on an acquittal or disagreement. THE BOSTON DETROTIVES, | Itdid not need the example displayed m this Pipeg | case to establish the inefliciency of these miscailed detectives of Boston, Their preyious record bud already shown their worthlessness and incapacity. The slaughter ot the Joyce children im Buzzy Woods, tha, Katio Lechan murder, the Bridget Langdergan horror, the shooting of a man in his own door in Dorchester, the Allis or Charles River butchery, the killung of Mrs. Dennahy, the Pulsiicr assassination and a score of other cases previous to this belfry afair are lame: but positive proots of the incapacity of Uiese Boston detectives, In none of these cases enumerat have they obtained the shghtest clew to the murs derers, The Pomeroy case they had given up, and the murder of Katie Curran would iorever have beet mystery ifun Irish lavorer bad not accidentally fonnd her body in the cellar of the house occupied by aie att Yomeroy’s mother, and this discovery was made the premises ‘had been repeatedly by tho officers, — Pemberton, who was, ng a few weeks ago jor the murder of Mu Bingham, in East Boston, was -™ account of alittle paragraph in the nN mae, which was, of course, published against the wishes o the officers, The arrest of La Fee oe with the murder of Josic Langmaid, was also due to the pres and not to the skill of the Boston detectives who wera engaged on the case, The marder of old Mr. Puisiter, the North End grocer, is still a mystery, notwithstands ing the oflicers have made forty or tity arrests on sus picion. It may be said, in a word, that ju the detection of crime these Boston oiflicers are ouly successful in their failures, THE WINTER BLOCKADE, ‘The presidents of the various city railroads called at the Police Gentral oMce yesterday and had a long con= ference with Commissioner Disbecker in regard to the fomoval of snow and ice fram the end strecta during the wintar