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4 TLAVEN'S ISSUE. When the Methodist Pulpit Would Support a Third Term. If the Common School Sys- tem Were in Danger. GRANT AS LORD PROTECTOR. The Bible To Be Placed in His Valiant Charge. Have the Holy Bishops the Spirit of Prophecy? Wasmnctox, Dec, 14, 1875, ‘The following paragraphs comprise the result of a gen- wal inquiry as to the opinion the Methodist ministers of Washington entertain of the action of Bishop Haven and the Boston meeting in nominating President Grant fora third term. It has been said that the Washington and intefiectaal faculties of the young ought to be rec ognized and advocated by all good citizens, So tar as Tuy THIRD TERM was concerned, he proposed to vote as he pleased, ro ardiess of any other person’s views on the subject. If President Grant was the best man and the best trieud of the negroes and of our common school sys tem, and if his retirement from office would endanger the schools, he was in favor of'a continuation of the present administration. He believed that the President was a (riend of the blacks and favorable to their intellectual improvement, and be was not in favor of any policy that would degrade them. He did not consider the Bible a sectarian book, and he advo. cated its use in the public schools as not inconsistent with the Laps: oy of a free government, He thought a majority of the best people were in favor of the Bible being read in the schoola, He looked on tho attacks of (ts enemies as being the beginning of an as- om on ihe public schools themselves. 1t was uot the ible that THE CATHOLICS disliked, but our liberal system of education. They merely made the Biblea pretext for the destruction of the schools. In a word, hé was in favor of the Bible in the free schools and of general intelligence among the peo- ple, and any policy of the government that would most advance those interests ho should support. If the per- petuation of free schools would be brought about by the third term, and the advocacy of General Grant for President, he was in favor of 1. He believed thay the recent remarks of the Bishop’s ofered no ground for | wgeration or alarm. Whatever they might have | id could not be construcd as having official signif. | cance, for they spoke mereiy as private citizens. Be- | cause they were ata preachers’ meeting wag no reason | for making other members of the church responsible for their utterances. REY, R. W. BLACK 4g the pastor of Hamline chapel He thought that the | hewspapers and tbe public in general had attached | More significance to the informal utterances of the | bishops than the facts would warrant, Like his friend Mr. Hobbs, he considered their remarks as merely ex- pressions of private opinions, for which neither the Church nor ita other pastors are responsible, Tho association of ministers formally condemned such in- | terference of the clergy in political matters, but no | such action Was had at the recent Monday meeting, and the assertion that it was taken at a subsequent secret meeting ‘8 ouly a supposition advanced to support the | original erroneous statement. The first speaker in the | following expression of views on the matter which was the subject of inquiry is THE REY. DR. J. P. NEWMAN, of wide celebrity as the pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist church, of which President Grant is a regular attendant on every Sanday when he is in Washington. Being asked how he regarded the third term demo: stration at Boston, Dr. Newman went on to say that the weekly meeting of ministers of the Methodist | Charch is a free and easy gathering, not bound by the | rules of the Church and not responsible toit It had grown up in recent years in the cities and larger towns | of the country, and wherever there were half a dozen | or more Mothodist clergymen near enough to each | other to meet conveniently for the discussion of suc! matters as mighteome before them. This Monday meeting Was responsible only to itself and was orgun- ‘zed under i | | No LAW Of THE CHURCH, It was purely an independent bod, It adopted ita | pwn bylaws and debated what it pleased. Questions of | morals, church polity, temperance and the like entered Into the sulyects discussed, and sometimes politics got in. As he understood the affair in Boston the meeting there was in progress as usual when Bishop Haven came in and made the remarks about the third term with | which he was credited. The Church was uo more re- | sponsible for those remarks than would be a college for | the speeches in one of its debating societies. The | society couldn't pledge the coliege by such speeches, fe (Dr. Newman) preferred seeing THB BXACT LANGUAGE which Bishop Haven had used before passing an opin- ton upon his conduct. He had written to Boston to | fetatranscript of Bishop Haven's remarks and ex- pected it now by every mail Unul it came he touldn’t say what he thought of the matter. But he sould say that whatever Bishop Haven bad said he said a8 acitizen and not as a churchman, and he might just a3 appropriately have nominated Senutor Conkling or Senator Morton or Governor Tilden as President Grant. “a CHARGE OF THE HERALD. In this connection Dr. Newman wanted to answer a tharge of the Hexaxp, made in its editorial columns, | that the President was surrounded by » Methodist tourt. The fact was, that President Grant had resisted and denied the applications of Methodist clergymen who had importuned bim in their religious character. {t was well known that he had greatiy offended Bishop Janes and Bishop Simpson because he refused their ersonal petitions and requests to put ex-Senutor Cobb nthe Cabinet, Ex-Postmaster General Creswell was ibe only Methodist be had ever appointed in bis Cabi- get, and Creswell was not a member or communtcant of the Methodist Church, but only an attendant, Nota politary Methodist bad ever been appointed to a foreign mission, except the President’s brother-in-law, Cramer, our Minister at Copenhagen. The Cabinet'bad had sepresentatives of the Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Con- regational, and even the Roman Catholic denomina- ions, Borie, the ex-Secrettry of the Navy, being a | Roman Catholic. As to the i TAXATION OF CHURCH PROPERTY, Or. Newman asserted that the President was misun- | derstood if be was believed to be inimical to any sect | er denomimation. Since the Message was written Methodist callers at the White House had upbraided tim for so severe a blow at his own Church, the census pf 1875 showing that the property of the Mothodist Dhurch in that year was about $80,000,000. The Presi- fent replied that he was acting from a broad principle, wishing to do equal justice to all religious persuasions, and that the exemption of church property was putting an unfair burden on other property. He cited as an instance the evormous wealth of the Trinity corporation af New York city. THE NEW YORK PREACHERS. REY. Ro DASUIEL, vastor of the McKendree church, answered the in- Liiry as follows:—The public 1s interested in regard to 4 recent speech of Bishop Haven, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is well for us not only w under. ttand what the speech was, but where aud valor what tircumstances it was delivered. Bishop Havio was in Boston at the time of the anniversary of iwo of the , great societies of the Methodist Church—nomely, the Cract Society and the Sunday School Cuivn, After \hose anniversaries were over the ministers who were Attending visited what is known as the preachers’ meeting. This meeting is a gathering of the ministers « of the Methodist Church, usually on Monday morning, for mutual conference, debate and social amusement, which bas NO LEGAL STATUS In the Church, but oftentimes it is made the means of distributing opmions and of manufacturing public eeu- limon On this occasion the Bishop, who is an inter- esting speaker and a man of varied culture, was re- quested to address the preachers of Boston thus assem- pled, He responded, of course, and the inevitable ‘opics which Giled so much of his thoughts were dis- | sussed, namely :—The relation of the work of the Meth- dist Church in the Southern States to the party | supremacy in those States, and, by natural conse. | quence, the coming administration as affecting that work. Thus he came to speak of President Grant and to express his preference for him for the next President, even if it should require a third term. After this address others spoke, and before the meet, Ing closed some grateful brother offered a vote of ‘hanks to the Bishop for his speech. Possibly some may oot bave remembered the politics in it. Most of them, it is likely, adopted ail, If it be asked whether bne approved of this action of the Bishop it will have to be said in reply that if be was speaking as a bishop and uttering his opinions as an executive officer of his Charcb and influencing public sentiment in regard to a aominee for the Presidency he is DISAPPROVED. {twill naturally be said by myseif and by his defend- | ants that lie was speaking there without expectation of baving his views conveyed to the public In reply to which it may be said that he knew very well that they would reach the public, if not through the newspapers, tertainly through the distributing power of the preach- ere present, and that if he convineed them that his dud$ment was safe and best that they would spread bis opinion and use their influence co-operate with the Bishop in securing his ends. Of course on these occa- sions much freedom of epeech can be permitted, but it | Gas been thought unwise to introduce topics there of A POLITICAL CHARACTER, fh respect to which the members of the meeting are divided in opinion, and the congregations which they represent are more divided; and thut the ordinary ob- tots tor which they moet, gext to the social, ought to be theological discussion’ and information ‘in respect to their churches. Bishop Simpson, @ colleague of Bishop Haven, is reportea to have said, in regard to this address of Bishop Haven, | that on the subject of politics his Church was | about equally divided, and that probably the demo- rata were stronger. ‘He is mistaken and ought to be ti enough (nformed to know that (he republicans in fuus Church proponderate, and that the partican repab- licana of bis Charch claim they elected General Grant, Pe they can secure a similar result, and are be- ginning both at the cap)tal, through the recent Chapla. of the United States Senate, and at appropriate pi for mapulacturing public sentiment or stimulating pub- he thought in their churches, by this latest achieve men REY. GEORGE . Hous, pastor of Graco chapel, had nothing particular to say nucbing the recent remarks of Bishops Haven or jooked on the two men simply as mem- shodist Church, and although they bad nd were representative men, in « moral and i sense, be did not think that they could psa authoritatively for other members of the Church. elf Opinion might not be better than any other m: Every minister basa right to bis own views on cal questions, and if the greatest man in the Church believes in the third term, it does not necessarily fol- low that the Church itself is committed to any ‘such policy, He believed, however, in free schools and lib. eral education tor all the people, rich and poor, and whatever touded toward the development of thofmaoral to 8 | particular to say in regard to the third term or | ele | was not afraid of Casarisin. | Lvery strongly advocate any fair and just measure by | Any plan or any policy which might meet the approval | [From the Boston Pilot (Roman Catholic organ), Dec | dice and sectarian hatred, He is the represci preachers’ meeting 18 hot an executive body, It has bo auchority to take official action even on theological | tters connected with the Charch. Its members meet ever might have been said at this meeting, it has no more political or ecclesiastical importance then if uttered at an ordinary church sociable, and the | reverend gentleman thought that too much had already been made of what Bishop Haven haa said at one of these gatherings. While Mr. Black had nothing THE PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION, he was not afraid to boldly declare in favor of com- pulsory education and the retention of the Bible in tho | public schools. He was in favor of everything that | tended to the elevation and moral development of the | ‘oung. He knew of nothing so potent as the ible and the school The glory of the age aud the nation is the American common school system, and he hailed the recent Message of the President as a good | omen for the peopie and the country, President Grant | was not to blame because he took a high view of this | | | greatest of secular questions, When hespeaks wisely and well he was accused of trying to make political capital; when he ts commonplace his enemies pro- nounce him incompetent and unfitted for his oilfice. If President Grant's election to the White House for the third term would build up our schools and place the educational interests of the country on a stronger foun- dation the speaker said that he was in favor of his re- ion even to the ninety-ninth term if necessary, He | The worst enemy of the country to-day is not President Grant, who ia a friend to the public schools, but the combination that 1s plot ting to destroy these institutions. REY, WILLIAM S$, HAMMOND, pastor of the Ninth street Methodist Protestant ehurcb, declined to make any official statement regarding litical questions. However, he said:—I am positively in favor of the continuance of the Bible in the schools. I have always advocated it very earnestly, but esa minister I have always confined myself to matters pertaining to my church and not. to political movements; Dah, personally, [ am an earnest advovate of the retention of the Bible '!n the public schools, and which itcan be done. { am sure that the Methodist Episcopal Church will not bold itself responsible for anything that THOSR BISHOPS may say, I suppose that our people stand almost a unit for having the Bible kept in the schools, but I don’t think that any measure that could be suggested by any candidate would move our Church as a whole. of alarge number of our people might Influence it in his fagor. Iam sure that nothing would be done to our official organs to advocate the election of any par- ticular nominee; still we would advocate the principle | of the retention of THe BM in the schools. I think that this principle will be gen. erally conceded by our Church and adhered to by all the members. Regarding the recent political declara- tions by the bishops Mr. Hammond said that be was de- cidediy of the opmion that they had stepped outside of their proper sphere as officials of the Church. He | was opposed to bringing political questions or measures inside of the Church door, and he was sure thatthe | members of his denomination were with him as a unit. The Methodist Protestaut* branch which he represented extends from New Jersey to South Carolina. GRANT AND THE ROMAN CATHOLICS. 18, 1875.] Twenty-five or thirty years ago the Message of Prest- dent Grant to the Forty-fourth Congress might have been a cause of dismay; at present, it has merely as" tonished the intelligence of the Republic, The country has grown in that time out of the state of chronic sus | picion and prejadice which only needed a red rag to | cause inflammation. If an “Angel Gabriel’? were to | come now and blow his trumpet in Philadelphia or | | Boston, and barangue the mob against the Papists, how | many fools do you think would tear up paving stones | to assail their Catholic fellow citizens? There ts some | Of the old Gabriel leaven among us still, as has been proved of late by the formation of a secret proscriptive Organization against the Catholics, with President Grant as land the Methodist ministers as | its adve: mongers, That Grant is working at , the dicta f this secret clique is plainly shown by bis recent speech at Des Moines, and by some extracts from | his One year ago, when the office-holding toexcite the country by fraudulent “out- | ath, When its machinery of falsehood | was laid bare and its officers convicted of everything | from personal lying to peculation, it was deemed that | Grant's rule was done, and that we had only to wait tll his office expired to see hin drop into oblivion. The | third term was scouted thea by all parties asa thing | utterly ridiculons and impossible, But it ts not so to- | is before the country asa candidate for re | jon, and he carries the banner of religious preju- | tative of | He has failed to © & secret proscriptive organization. cause bad blood on the question of race; but be is de- | | termined to succeed on the question of creed, How far | he may carry his plans it is hard to say. There is a deep substratum of ignorant prejudice among the peo- ple. To the Methodist ministers headed by a “Bichop"* who met recently in Boston the Pope is still apti- | Christ and the Catholic Church is the Scarlet Woman, | But on the other hand there is a very large intelligence | in the country, witb the power of making itself heard aud felt, and on this we may depend for the ultimatum, | THIRD TERM NOTES. | | There is not a republican nowspaper editor who harbors afancied slight against somebody near unto General Grant that is not against ‘‘Grantand a third term.’’—New York Commercial (rep. ) Every democratic newspaper and every ‘inde. pendent” Journalist who has been denied favors at | the White House howls and screams against “Grant aud a third term.”—New York Commercial (rep.) \ The peopl e confidence in President Grant, and will not pay much attention to precedent and unwritten We had enough ofthat during the reign of the | crack of the slave driver's whip, but we have passed that rabicon.—New York Commercial (rep.) Nine-tenths of the people of the United States would applaud a war with either Spain or Mexico. Nor is it 1Wo to one that it wouldn’t make Grant President fora third time.—Helena (Montana Ter.) Independent. The republican party has supported Grant while he has been engaged in striking down or setting aside, one after another, the leading republicans who might other- wise have been candidates for the nomination. It now finds that the supply of available candidates in the party (s very short and that Grant has got the wholo thing “set to music, "—Catskill (N. Y.) Recorder (dem.) Why should Grant be called upon to declare his an- equivocal withdrawal from the contest? Uniess it be acknowledged formally, as it certainly is by implica tion, that Grant can command the nomination there is no reason why he should make such a declaration, — | Springfield (1) Register (dem) | How would this do for a third term:—President, Ulysses S. Grant; Vice President, Orvill £, Babeock 1— Williamsport (Pa.) Gazette (dem.) It is simply a sop to Cerberus—a tub thrown to the | whale of religious intolerance, —Lowisville Ledger (dem.) | The zeal with which he launches bis firebrand and tries to enkindle theological animosities for party effect ig not only disgraceful to himself and the position he occupies but @ monstrous violation of the fitness and propriety, the decorum and decency, which have char- acterized his predecessors. —Loutsville Ledger (dem.) General Grant’s course ever since the campaign against the Whiskey Ring opened tins furnished tho most conclusive evidence that he was pot im amy man- ‘ner concerned tn or privy to. their nefarious opera. | tions. —New London Telegram (rep.) Limiting the Presidential offfee to one term ought to be done at once, by a constitutional amendment, before | the hideous monster of Cwsarism becomes so familiar | that the people will hasten to embrace tt. Genoral Grant may be such a patriot that he would not want more han just one more verm; but history, in thou sands of instances, teaches thateven the best mon should not be tempted too far.—Grass Valley (Nevada) | Union, | crease of more than 34,000 over the highest vol CONGRESS. The Election of Senator Spencer, of Alabama, To Be Investigated. | Bills Introduced and Memo- rials Presented. Interesting Debate on the Missis- sippi Election Case. SENATE, Wasuinaton, Dec, 16, 1875. A largo number of memorials adking the appointment of a commission to inquire into the aloobolic Iquor traffic were presented by Messrs. Sherman of Ohio, Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, Wallace of Pennsylvania, Kernan of New York and others, all of which were re- ferred to the Committee on Finance, Mr. Wirnens, (dem.) of Va, by request introduced a bill to aid the Washington and Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company to construct a narrow gauge railroad from tidewater to the cities’ of St. Louis and Cincin- nati, Referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. McDoyaxo, (dem.) of Ind., introduced a bill for the relief of James H. Woodward Referred to the Committee on Pensions, Mr, Hows, (rep.) of Wis,, introduced a bill to provide for the appointment of a commission on the subject of the alcoholic liquor trafic, Referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Con«xina, (rep.) of N. ¥., presented a memorial of practical steamboat men and persons engaged in navi- gation designating certain portions in the steamboat laws which should be changed. Referred to the Com- mittee on Commerce. 1 In presenting the memorial Mr. Conk said he took great pleasure in laying this paper before the Sen- ate, because it indicated particularly what changes should be made, and also showed that the men engaged in steamboating had some regard for the safety of those travelling on steamboats, THE ALABAMA SENATORSHIP. Mr. Spuvoer, (rep.) of Ala,, said at the last session of the Alabama Legislature a committee was appointed to inquire whether corrupt practices had been usea to secure his election to the Senate. As the Legislature which appointed this committee was not the one by which he was elected to the Senate he had not ap- peared before it to answer the charge. He denied the charges of fraud and corruption, and said the Legisla- | ture which appointed (his committee was elected by fraud, the same as the one recently elected in Mississippi, The Alabama election by which tho Legislature was put in, like that in Mississippi, was part of @ couspiracy to overthrow jawful government in the South. He re nized the Senate of the United States as the only body having authority to inquire into his election and bis right toa seat in unis chamber, He, therefore, otfered a resolution tustructing the Committee on Privileges and Elections to inquire whether George E. Spencer, a Senator in Congre=s from the State of Alabama, did use or cause to be used corrupt practices to secure his election to @ seat in the Senate, and authorizing said committee to send for persons an ing the holiday’s recess, Mr. Davis, (dem. ), of W. Va, suggested that the res- olution lie on the tble and that it be printed. Mr. Coxgiina said the Senator from Alabama had been assailed, and he asked for an investigation by a Senate committee. He hoped the Senator trom West Virginia would not ask a postponement. Mr. Tuveatas, (dem.) of Ohio, said ho knew nothing whatevor of the case, but it seemed to him that the resolution as drawn simple directed an inquiry as to whether the Senator had himself used corrupt prac- ticea, The broader question as to whether the election was secured by fraud was not covered by the resolution. Mr. Spascee said he would modify it to meet the views of the Senator from Ohio, The resolution was | then moditied to read as follows:— Resolved, That the Committee on P: are hereby tustructed to investigate iuto and whether in the election of George E. Spencer as aS from the State of Alabama, there were ased, or cause: legesand Elections quire used and employed, corrupt means and corrupt practices to cure his election to the seat he now holds, and that said minittee be administer oaths, to send f testimony, to e ssistunce as’ they t during the recess of Congre: ‘9 report the result of their i seable, The resolution, as modified, was agreed¥o, , HILLG INTRODUCED. Mr, Suznaax, (rep.) of Ohio, by request, introduced a bill to restore the name of Edward 5S. Meyer to the active list of the army. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, Mr. Hamuux, (rep.) of Me., introduced a bill to pro- vide for the payment of expenses of district judges of the United States in certain cases, Referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary, : Mr. Ham!tn explained the provisions of the bill, and said the salaries of the district judges were regulated by law, The law also provided that such judges might be assigned to duty in districts outside of their own, and in some cases Where so assigned their expenses were paid. That rule, however, was not uniform and the ob- ject of this bill was to make it so. Mr. Jones, (gem.) of Fla., introduced a bill to author- vestigation us ize the Secretary of the luterior to sell at public auction — land no longer required for military purposes, Be- ferred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Inoatts, (rep.) of Kan., introduced a bill to aa- | , sented, and he believed that the investigation was | thorize the appointinent of special agents to investigate frauds under the pension laws. Referred to the Com- mittee on Pensions. Mr. Craciy, (rep.) of N. H., introduced a bill for the relief of 5S. Wales, medical inspector in the Untied States Nav; Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Antnony, (rep.) of R. L, introduced a bill for the relief of the heirs of Asbury Dickens, Referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Morutit, (rep.) of Vt, introduced a bill to incor- porate the Mutual Protection Fire Insurance Company | of the District of Columbia Committee. Mr. Burwstpe, (rep.) of R, L., introduced a dill to re- store appointments aud promotions in the pay depart u Referred to the District ment of the army. Referred to the Committee on | Military Affairs, Mr. Cray, (rep.) of Ark., introduced a bill donating the military reservation at Fort smith to the city of Fort Smith for free tchools. Referred to the Committee | on Military Afairs. Mr. Raxsom, (dem.) of N. C., submitted a regolution authorizing Harris Heap, Consul for the United States at Tunis, to accept of the trust of Commissioner of the Bey of Tunis at the International Exbibiwon of 1876 at Philadelphia. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Rowentson, (rep.) of 8. C., introduced a dill for the relief of John F. Voorhees, of that State. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Oaxesuy, (rep.) of Ii, presented a memorial of settlers on lands in Of Indian reservation, prayiug that said lands may be | reappraised, Referred to the Committee on ladian Affairs. Mr. Ferny, (rep.) of Mich., presented a memorial of | citizens of Deedsvitle, Ind., tor a reduction of postage on merchandise, and the enactment of a law authoriz- ing the passage Ubrough the mails of the United States ot packages of four pounds or less at a rate of postage of oue-baif cent per ounce. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. THE ANDREW JOHNSON RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Coorer, (deta ) ot Teno., suid be gave notice yes- terday that on Tuesday next he would ask the Senate to consider resolutions in memory of his late colleague, Audrew Johngon, Since then be had learned that th House bad voted to adjourn from Monday next until | the dth of January. He desired to have those resolu- tions before the Senate as soon as possible, and gave notice that be would offer them on Tuesday, the Lith day of January. f. CLaYTox, of Arkansas, presented the memoria of the heirs of ex-Sevator Sebastian, deceased, for merly @ Senator from Arkansas, praying the annul | ment of the act for his expulsion and the restitution 0 the rights of his heirs. Keferred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, Mr. Jomyston, (dem.) of Va., presented a memorial of Agnes aod Maria De Leon, heirs of Mrs. RL, De | Leon, aaking compensation for injury done to property in Albuquerque, Referre: Mr. ow Mexico, by United States troops. to the Committee on Claims. Harvey, (rep.) of Kan., presented the me- morial of citizens of Kansas for the repeal of the law | imposing the two cent stamp on bank checks, Re- ferred to the Committee on Finance. THK NOLIMAY RECESS, The Cuan laid before the Senate the concurrent | resolution from the House of Representatives provid- | ing Chat when the two houses adjourn on Monday next it be to meet on Tuesday, January 4, 1876. Mr, THURMAN said some of the Senators could not reach bere by Tuesday, the 4th, and he, therefore, | to amend by inserting Wednesday, January 5, 1 mendinent was agreed to and the resolution adopted as amended. THK MISSISSIPPT ELECTION, Mr. Morrox, of Indiana, called up the resolution submitted by him yesterday, providing for the appoint- ment of a special committer of five Senators to inquire into the circumstances attending the recent election in | pi. He said be had in his possession ge number of documents written by persons in Mississipp! detailing the circum. stances which attended the recent election there, The statement wh he proposed to lay before the Senate was notof his own knowledge, bat had been derived from others; and first he desired to call the attention of Senators to the total vote in that State | At the election of 1869, ov the in 1869, 1872 and 1373 total vote was adoption of the constitution, 129/463; in 1878, the last Congressional election, It was 117,048, and at the recent election tt was 163,506, an in- sever ublican majority in the State in 2 ig was 34,987; in 1873 1 22,976, and at the recent election the demucratic mu jority was 86,147. The total democratic vote in 1969 2 it was 47,289, in 1875 it was 4 “6 It bad been allege statementa 4o bim tbat a bai iven before, The r 809 was 48,039; in 1 papers and sit’ dur. | ansas embraced in Kansas tribe | 14,283; In 1872, at te Presidential election, ft was | * NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. the vote at the tast election was spurious and frandu- Jont, as the republican vote, though it {afl off somewhat, did not fall off in a corresponding ratio, He read trom Papers tn bis possession to show that there was intimi- dation in many counties, and said at least one democratic: newspaper there had calied upon tts friends after the election to be true to their party and not recognize those who had voted the republican ticket, At Colum- bus there were armed men, and where there had been 4 republican majority in previous years there were but 17 republican votes, Ballot” boxes were taken possession of by democrats in republican counties aud stuffed by them. In Yazvo, the republican vote in 1872 was 2 and the democratic vote 411; at the last elec- tion there were but 7 republican votes cast there, whilo there were 4,044 democratic votes, and it was said that these 7 republican votes were put in under compulsion in order that it might be shown that republicaus could - vote there, Mr. Bayaxn, (dem.) of Del, said this resolution, 60 far as he knew, was without « precedentin the Senate, and he would like to inqnire of the Senator from In- diana (Mr. Morton) under what clause of the constitution of the United States he foumd authority to make inquiry in a case of Uhis kind, Mr. Morrow said he did not propose to & into con- stitutional argument upon this question He had oaly to say that it had been decided heretofore, as in the Louisiana case, Besides, the Enforcement act had been violated in Mississippi, and the blow had fallen upon the colored pedple, as ‘it way intended to. | Mr. Bavaro denied that the Louisiana case was simi- | lar to this. That investigation was made under a clause | of the constitution which made the Senate the solo | Judge of the claims for seats ia that bo If law bad been violated in Mississippi the courts were open, aud this was a government of laws. Those courts were open for indictment of offenders and for damages against those who wronged others, In those courts the remedy was to be found, It could not be said that the political or party friends of the Senator from Indiana in Mississippi had not a fulland equal chance before the law either in the United States or the State courts. The officers all over the State, from tho Governor down to the constable, were of the Senator’s party, and if they could not punish violators of law it was asad confession for the Senator to make, When the new Seuator from Mississippi came here with his credentials, if there were grounds that he was not qualified, then tho Senate could sit as judges, but uutil that time no action could be taken. When before, in the history of this country, did the Senate of the United States propose to take tes- timony in regard to the election of members of the other House of Congress, as this resolution proposed to do? The constitution provides that each House shall be the judge of the qualifications of its own members. The Governor of Mississippi asked for federal ae before the lute election to keep the people in awe. The correspondence between him and the head of the Do- partment of Justice was known to all. Governor Ames failed to show that any cause existed for foueral inv ference. Mr. Bayard then referred to the late Message of the President, and said there was not one word about Southern affairs. The Department of Justice had its agents down there gathering information for the guidance of that department; yet thero was not oue word of suggestion a5 to these alleged wrongs. If these things existed there it was remarkable that the President of the Unind States maintained a dead silence on the subject. All this matier comes from the Senator from Indiana, who always seemed to have in bis possession stal ments hostile toward the people of the Southern States some assertions without characte! inst the whole pei ple of that country. This was a revolutionary propo- sition; it was but another step toward the con- | solidation of power which the people of this country | must see. This was the first time that the Senate of the United States sought to take testimony concerning the election of members in the House of Representatives, Al the time these Southern people were found helpiess and bleeding at the feet of the Senator from Indiana and bis party, asked when the time wastocome thatthe Southern | ana (Morton) was asked then what warrant he found | in the constitution for bis Baty bat he could give no | answer, When asked why he would interfere with | Louisiana or Mississippi any more than he woulda with New Jersey or New York, be answers, ‘We have the right to deal with these Southern States.” In the Senator's own State of Indiana there had been @ great change in the popular vote recently. Mr. MorTon said;—Yes, and there might be a chango in the popular vote in the Senator's State, Delaware. Mr, Bayanp said:—Yes, sir; but if my people express | their will against at the ballot box I will not come | to ask the § eto revolutionize my country, (Applause in the gallery.) Mr. Bayarp, resuming, said:—The Senate, by giving | | assent to the proposition of the Senator from Indiana, would declare that elections in the State were to ve | judged by the Senate of the United States. | Mr. THURMAN, of Ohio, said the resolation of the | Senator from Indiana had not been referred to any | committee. It was brought in by the Senator yester- | day and contained a preamble, “Whereas it is alleged , that’? these disorders existed. He (Mr. Thurmun) | asked by whom it was alleged? Not by the President ot the United States or any department of the govern- ment or by any paper before the Senate It wa: alleged by papers, the address of which was in the private pocket of the Senator from Indiana, Did the | Senator want to forestall the judgment of the Senate | by going into an inquiry which should not come to the Senate before 1877 When it comes to decide upon the | credentials of persons who might come there claiming | @ seat from the State of Mississippi, other Senators would be in the chamber then to decide that question, and this Senate bad no right to forestall thelr judgment He referred at some length to tho Louisiana cases, and argued that it was no precedent for the action now proposed. In the Louisiana case | credentials of the persons claiming seats from that State were presented. It would not do for bim (Thurman) to say that this was au attempt on the part of the Senator from Indiana to get up an electioncering document at the public expense; but when the Senator (Morton) asked himself what right the Senate had to pass such | w resolution he would find it impossible to give himself a satisfactory answer. Senator from Delaware that the courts were open in Mississippi, aud if the Enforcement act bad been vio- | lated the offenders could be punished. Mr. Morrow said in his opinion this debate on the part of his democratic friends was simply extraordi- nary. 1t was in conflict with the whole of their course | inthe Louisiana case, He argued that the Louisiana | investigation was ordered by the Senate before the credentials of the applicants for seats were pre- | ordered with the approbation of his friends from Obio | (Thurman) and Delaware (Bayard). | covered that there was no power to make an investiga- | tion, He argued that the power to make this inv | gation was derived from several clauses in the constitu- tion. That instrament said the United States must | guarantee a republican government to every State. If i faliot boxes were to be stuffed, a in Mississippi, the | whole Republic would be overthrown. Hs friend from Delaware (Bayard) had said this was a revolutionary measure. It was nota revolutionary measure, but a | guard against revolution. The Senator (Bayard) suid if | the ropublicaus should carry bis State he would uot come here for retief, He (Morton) was quite sure that | if the republicans were to carry that State by the means which the democrats carried Mississippi the | last of it would never be heard. The democrats would | let these outrages go on, and if republicans mado a fuss | about tt they were told that they were lighting the fires | | of discord. Mr. Gonnos, (dem.) of Ga., said he arose to correet to | some extent soine of the impressions about Mississippi which the Seuator from Indiana bad received from newspapers, but, as he could not catch all the Senator said, he would like the debate to go over until he could | read his remarks. (TCUELL, (Tep.) of Oregon, submitted the fol- Resolved, That the President be requested to furnish the Senate, if uot incompatible wich the public service, with a fiatement of the number of military arrests made in the Territory of Alaska during the past three years, to | with the date of each charge on which ‘the ‘arre each case was m: ames of the persons arrested and | the period of imprisonment of each in that Territory before | trial, or before surrender to the civil authorities for trial. Agreed to, Mr. | Senate Rejected. | The Senate then, at fifteen minutes past two P. M., on motion of Mr. Epmunps, went into executive session. ‘At half-past four the doors were reopened and the Senate adjourned till to-morrow. THE RELIEF FUND. New York, Dee, 16, 1875, To Tax Error or tam Henan :— | ‘Phe following arrangement has been made for super- intending the distribution of the city relief fund, in accordance with the plan submitted to the Board of United Charities:— | _ The First district, comprising the First, Second, | Third and Fourth wards, has been accepted by the St. Andrew's and St. Georgo’s societies; office, No, 3 Broadway. Second District—Fifth and Sixth Wards,—St. John’s Guild, No. 64 Varick street. | Third District—Seventh and Thirteenth Wards,— | Society of St. Vincent de Paul; Mr, C. P, Dovlin, No, 9 Chambers street. Fourth District—Fighth, Ninth and Fifteenth Wards, —St, John’s Guild, as above. Fitth District—Tenth and Fourteenth Wards. —Young Men's Christian Association, No, 134 Bowery. Sixth District—Eleveuth and Seventeenth Wards. — The German Society, corner of Nassau and Beekman | streets, | _ Seventh Distriet—Sixteonth and Twentieth Wards, — Society of St. Vincent de Paul, as abovi Eighth District—Kighteet a Twenty-first Wards.—Society of 8t Vincent de Paul; Rev. Edward 8. McGlynn, No. 142 Kast Twenty-ninth stroet, Ninth District—Tweilfth Ward.—The Germaa Society, as above. Eleventh Distrtct—Twenty-secona Ward.—Rev. Dr. Hail, No. 3 West Fifty-seventh street. It is understood that the district committees to be organized by the above societies wili be unsectarian and not limited to their own members, | “All persons (both men and women) who are willing to act as ‘visitors’ are req = addresses at once to the journed to-day it be to meet on Monday next, elety baving charge istrict preferred by them. Trut ure, i 7 TENRY Be PRLLEW * Boxed of United Charities, JERSEY CITY. ‘The colored child who dica from starvation at the | corner of Brunswick street and Newark avenue, Jersey City, was buried yesterday, Coroner Gannon found | Prosi | DISTRESS IN | the case 40 distressing that ho immediately called the attention of the Overseer of the Poor to the condition of the family. There is no public improvement in | progress, the wages of raflroad emplovés and ‘long suoremen atthe Cuaard dock have been reduced, a | large numver of hands have beon discharged aud hun | dreds of men are out of emolovin the Senators of his (Bayard’s) side | es could be rebabilitated. The Senator from Indi- | the investigation was not ordered until after the | He (Thurman) agreed with the | Now they had dis- | pore of Alabama, moved that when the | s tod to send their nates | HORGER AND BANKRUPT The Strange Disappearance of a Wor- cester Manufacturer. A CUNNING FLIGHT. Patient Tracing, Detection and Arrest of the Fugitive. Sorrow of His Family and the Sad- ness of Friends. ‘i Worcxstrn, Mass., Dec. 16, 1875, Lucius W. Pond, who disappeared from a Fall Kiver steamer on October 2, and was at first supposed to have jumped overboard or been murdered, was ar- rested in San Francisco on the 8th inst. He arrived here this forenoon, in company with two officers, Mr. Pond, who was a large manufacturer and formerly much respected, left his affairs in a disastrous condi- tion when he took flight, and it was soon afterward discovered that for along time he had been renewing the value of paid notes by removing the face and re- writing them, thus saving original indorsements. This practice appears to have been going on some two years, and these forged notes are now out to the value of probably $200,000, Nobody knows the exact amount. They are mainly in the hands of note shavers, but the banks and small property holders have many. DISCOVERY OF THE PORGERIES. ‘The forgeries were discovered by putting nut galls upon the notes and restoring the original writing. In many instances the notes had done service three times with one indorsement. Thisgis the most dangerous kind of forgery known to bank men, and the hardest to detect, since the signatutes themselves are in all cases genuine, Mr. Pond was a leading member of the Methodist Church, and was noted for his liberality to the denom!- nation and to anybody who needed a helping hand. The community was greatly shocked at the erimes dis- cover'd, and the first announcement was received with j incredulity, i TRACING THR FvorTive. The first trace of Mr. Pond was found at Hamilton, | in the province of Ontario. Mr. Pond ap- | pearea there asking for work and appearing | rather oddly, He was ecen by persons who knew him, and a leading house thage- wrote | | to the firm here calling attention to the fact, David W. Pond, the son, sent up a person to investigate. It was found that the fugitive had disappeared, but, from | the description of him, there was no doubt that it was e. While this detective was’ away the forgeries were | discovered, and David naturally abandoned the at- | tempt to find his father, although circulars describing | the missing man were, sent to Canadian police stations, | Ezra Churchill, a detective of the Worcester police, | visited Hamilton and found in a hotel register the name of L, Wilson in Pond’s handwriting. Wilson is Pond’s middle name. This was the first clew, but nothing more’was found at that time and Churghill returned home. His visit was kept quiet and the | affair seemed to have blown over. A TELL-TALR TRUNK, On the 17th of November a trunk was shipped from this city to Boston by the Boston and Albany Express | Company, marked to be called for there by a certain Mr. Kidder, The trunk was delivered to the exprosa company here by Mr. Pond’s truckman and immedi- | | ately excited suspicion, though it bore no address, ex- cept that mentioned above, Thistrunk was found to hate been called for in Boston by a stranger, and to | have been immediately reshipped by the Wells, Fargo | & Company Express to Sacramento, Cal., to the address | of “LD, Wilson,’ the same, with the exception of the middle initial, as that_used by Mr. Pon‘ on the | register of the hotel at Hanliton during bis brief stop | on Canadian soil. | It was found that Mr. Pond received this trunk on the | 24th of November, and Detective Churebill started for | California on Sunday, the 28th, A requisition from the | | Governor of the State was necessary to secure the needed papers, and it was obtained and sent to Ofi- | cer Churchill at Sacramento on Wednesday, the Ist of December. | A GUILTY MAN'S PRECAUTIONS. | | Meanwhile, leaving Hamilton, Pond travelled con- | stantly through Canada and Northern Michigan for | about a month, avolding large cities, and so doubling upon his tracks as (o baffle pursuit and registering at | different hotels as L. Wilson, Becoming tired | of this game about November 1, ne for the first time communicated with bis family» | | hereby relieving their fearful suspense as to whether | he were living or dead, and started for tho Pacific coast. During his long journey thither he continued his precautions, using different aliases, suddenly leav- | ing trains and remaining in remote towns for a day or two, so that 1% took him three weeks to reach Sacra mento, Here be received the trunk which has been the cause of so much mystery and conjecture, and which finally led to his detection. At Sacramento all | trace of him was lost by Officer Churchill, who had so | far followed | THR PATEFCL TRUNK. | It was found at the office of Wells, Fargo & Co, that | the trunk had been received by them, set out on tho sidewalk and taken away by some unknown man. | Churchill, however, by diligent inquiry, discovered | that the trank had been taken to a botel and from | thence carried away by an unknown man, of whom no further trace could be found. DETECTION. Atter a fruitiess search lasting soveral days the of- cer naturally concluded that his man would seek a bes a seaport as at once offering secure hiding places _ and numerous chances for leaving the country. He rears to San Francisco, ans procuring the aid of the metropolitan police, in’ Btituted a long and patient search through the different hotel registers. At length he was re- | warded by finding on the book of the Brooklyn House | the name of “L. Williams."? Churchill sent a police officer up to the room, telling him to inquire for “Mr. | | Johnson,”’ and at the same time to bring down a care- | ful description of the man he should see. The oficer of course found no Mr. Jobnson, but brought back such | an accurate Ke ar yi of the countenance of L. Will- { Sams that Churchill at once recognized it as belonging to Mr. Pond, although the officer described him as hav- | ing a smooth face, whereas Pond, when in Worcester, | | wore @ full beard. Acting on’ this information the | two officers proceeded to the room and) entered without ceremony. Churchill said, ‘How do you do Mr. Pond?” Pond answered, *‘I1 do not-know you; whereupon Churchill explained bis presence | and mission, It then appeared that Mr, Pond had mis- | taken him for H. H. Comings, an ex-member of the Massachusetts State Police. Mr. Pond then asked the officer if he hada requisition from the Governor of Massachusetts for bis arrest. On being told that he had and seeing the papers he acquiesced at once in the inevitable and commenced packing his trunk for \im- mediate departure. NOT AN HOUR TOO 800N. The arrest. was made none too soon, for Pond had en- teamer which was to sail for Aus- ived the English mail, for which it was waiting, a which arrived a few hours later, Another day and he would have been beyond reach, At the time of bis capture Pond had in bis possession but about $1,200 in specie, all of which, with the exception of a little spending money, he at therefore | once turned over to the detective. The officer and his prisoner started for home on Thursday, the 9th, having a quiet and un- eventful ‘journey, At Omaha they were met by | | Mr. Washburn, the city marshal of Worcester, who | from that point shared with Churchill the care of the | prisoner, Mr. Pond, having given bis parole hot to escape or trouble,’ was not ironed and was treated | | with all possibie kindness. He presented so little the | aspect of a jer that no one on the different trains 8 the fact until after bis arrival at Springflesd, where he was known. | INTERVIRW WiTH POND, | A feporter of the Worcester Gazette, having met the party at Albany, had a long conversation with the prisoner on the way down. On meeting him Mr. Pond ‘| was evidently @ good deal adectel, and | immediately “inquired for bis family and | hie old friends, One of the first | Uhings he said was, “Well, 1 see they wanted mo in | | Woteester and hive. seut forme, ‘Lehould have pre- | ferred to come of my own free will, which I should | have done within a year and a half, if not within a The reporter said that he was glad $o seo him, | to meet bim under such cireumstances, Mr. Pond said, ‘itis ad, but God and myself only know what @ suff red in the last few months,” | He spoke sotrowfully of the paim caused to his family | | and personal friends. He seemed to fully appreciate | the metaneboly circumstances of his situation and to feol very keenly the efleets of what bad hap- pened on the city and on his friends Mr, Fond, in af opportanity — prosently afforded for conversation, spoke very Ifeoly of bis course, and seemed to feol a relicf in explaining how tt all happened | and in demonstrating that he was not nearly so black | as he had been oaintod in certain auarter® Tn defoud~ i tiger all day; | the luxury of a washerwoman, | now, sir; bere’s a customer. | of the counters exc | Son’s, corner of atc tt panned rhe or, he freely admitted that heh jone vel fo ° tide bimzelf one explained that he had boped THK PRESENT DEPRESSION IN BUSINESS as he had done before in 1857. Them he would have paid every demand in full. nothing from the hope of gain or the desire to defra danybody. He wanled merely te keep believing that he could do this if he could gainalitth time. He had bar hag to commit @ wrong act, his Orst step led to a second, and so on he found bimself hopelessly involved and Avprrterd where to turn. Mr. Pond said that only one side of the story had been told. It had seemed to him that th. only effort had been to collect everything known to his discredit and pile it up against bim, without putting anything to balance in the other scale. Mr. Pond’s dee Sire seemed to be, without at all excusing himself, that the community should recognize that he was not wholly bad; that there woge extenuating circumi- btances, and that bis past life ought not to be entirely forgotten. A 100 GENEROUS NATURE. Mr. Pond admitted that it wouid have been a thou- sand times better to have staid at home and faced the consequences, and said tn that way he might have se cured his creditors considerably more than they art now likely to get. He was frequently overcomo by emotion and often broke off upon other subjects ir order to regain his composure, * He said that the money he bad taken was ail left in Worcester; only 4 smal fraction had gone out. It was in his nature to help ev ery unfortunate, and that was one cause to-day of hit Pre Sent position, COMMISERATION OF PORMER PRIENDS. The train arrived promptly in this city at half-past eight this morning. At the depot about one hundred persons were present, who had by some means obtained news of the expected arrival. They were, however, quiet afd orderly, and a general feeling of sadness seemed to prevail. Several acquaintances said kindly, “How do you do, Mr. Pond ¢” anda number of hands wero extended to welcome him. The prisoner, how: ever, took no notice of them, but stopped directly intq the carriage, which, surrounded by the Sherif and several patrolmen, drove straight to the jail. Now that the excitement of Mr, Pond’s fight and a rest has died out the general feeling throughout the community seems to be one of sadness, and many have been heard to say, “Pity that he did bot get to Aus tralia after all” OUR SHOP GIRLS. ON THEIR FEET ALL DAY—FINES AND IM POSITIONS—SMALL WAGES AND HARD MAS- TERS. At this season of the year, when the heart throbs » with @ charitable impulse, public attention rarely turns to a class that ministers well for the great masa It ts composed of the saleswomen, who stand from morn till night behind the counters of the great em- porlums, displaying the novelties and jewelry so much in demand during Christmas and the succeeding week. To them, it cannot be denied, Christmas brings little of the promised good cheer so often sung, Naught but extra work results from the increased demand for holiday goods. Heretofore much has been written and said upon the injustice to which this long suffering portion of the working- women has been subjected. Their weary hours of misery behind the couatgr, on foot from half-past seven A. M. until far ito the night, without a chance to sit down and rest themselves once has attracted the atten- tion of charitable ladies and made them to feel that something must be.done to ameliorate the condition of this hardly pressed section of a deserving sisterhood, The ladies who are interested in the objects of the | Workingwoman's Protective Union have been AGITATING FOR REFORM in this direction for months and striving to alleviate some of the afllictions which beset and frequently over- power the young girls who “tend the stores” and smile upon thoughtless customers daily, None of their of forts have been fraught with results more effective than more wariings to the great public of the terrible wrong being thus perpetrated in our midst and simple stigmas upon the merchant princes who are the tyrants within whose domains the injustice is done, Complaint after complaint bas been registered in the great volume of | publte opinion. Now more than ever the charitable ladies whose hearts have been aching for the oppressed are incensed and determined to test their powers to lessen, if not entirely remove, the crying abuses. They have sought the ard of the best and most influential people in the commurtty and have called upon the HE&aLD to inves- tigate the matier. Responsive to the appeal this paper ‘eporter to the different stores in the city iris are employed as clerks aud saleswo- men to ascertain exactly how they are treated and what their grievances are, The first of these visited was the grout building on the corner of Fourteenth street and Broadway, known popularly as THE PALMS ROYAL. In this store are a number of well behaved, respect. able lookdug young women and girls who TOIL HARD TO KARN AN HONEST LIVELITOOD, ‘The mean rate of salary may be stated at about $9 per week, and the hours are from eight A. M. until half past six P.M, This seems small pay for so many hours, but | the money and labor are the least of the drawbacks to the situation, In the first place the girls have to stand ail day long. Not a seat for any of them cam be, found. behind a counter, and no time is allowed (or dinner. The régime of this es- tablishment cau be better explained in the language of | one of the employés than by mere verbal description. She was acomely young woman of perhaps five ahd twen'y years, dark-eyed, @ brunette, of middle height, and the soie Support of mother and one or two stualler sisters. She was afraid to spy to the reporter at first, declaring that she must not converse with any- body who was not there to purchase goods His mission was made known by the visitor, and thia rendered ber stil more unwilling to speak at all s. But don’t you feel at liverty,’’ said the re- porter, ‘to tell me what bylaws govern you and under what Unjust restrictions you labor ?’* “No, sir; Pd rather not. You seo, sir, we are all busily employed now, ltis holiday times. But after the holidays we know that some of us will be dis- | charged, and each of usis fearful that it will be her- self, We are airaid \o, speak, badly off as wo are, a hat is the truth.’ Jan’t you auswer me one or two questions ?”” “No, sir; pleasé don’t. The boss is everywhere. He is watching us now. Do you want this tan? Nol It cheap. 1 can’t tk to you." The person who had caused this interruption having passed on, the saleswoman continued:—"We have a hard tune}! may tell you that. Don’t look up, please. Take this card and article in baad hand, and examine it as if you were going to purchase it, and I'll mention one or two things to you which ought to be put in the paper, if it was y to let the rich folk know what poor working gitis have to go through FOR AN HONEST LIVING, sir, we come here at eight in tho morning, have to stand on our feét Lill six M.; are tot allowed any time for lunch, and are fined for the least thing Do you’ see that piece of paper on the pillar near by? Well, on it is written that any girl who comes tnto her place behind the counter with an apron, without @ white bib, will be tined $1. That seems a slight grievance, but L assure you itis not It’s no joke to have to wash and iron your own bibs and aprons at home nights after teu hours’ long standing behind o these cases as one must do, nat being able to afford “Do any of the girls complain of this practice of keep. ing them standing all day!” “They do even worse than that, One of them fainted to-day and bad to go home, But you must leave me The reporter left, and next turning down Fourteenth street, paused before Now, | the magmiticently decorated store at the corner of Sixth avenue, {t was all Christmas without, but something Jess joyful within. This was Macy's great emporium, with its ne show windows, crowds of visitors and hun- dreds of young girl clerks, cash messengers and sales- women. There is said to be nearly, if not quite, four hundred young women engaged at this place during this holiday season. They range in age from the tenderest years, Say nine or ten, to twenty or twenty-five, and are pretty and well clad. How they can be so is one of the mysteries of New Nork life yet to be explained, The average rate of wages paid to these young people at this establishment is about $4a week, For this miser- able stipend they toil from eignt A. M. until nine P. M. this time of the year, and Pett without sitting down. Indeed a chair or stool is unknown inside any t at the desks of the cash or check women. One of these young persons related to the reporter yesterday evening that she and her sister clerks are {atigued beyoud measure, and almost beyond endurance, by this terrible strain on their physical powers. Thoy are kept going all the day long, and, if they were not, they have no opportunity or means of resting other than what may be found on the floor or counters -This young girl was afraid to say mach to the reporter lest somebody sbould overhear and have her discharged, Fines, she said, were imposed on them for the slightest dereliction, but they did not mind that so much as the fatigue consequent on the long hours they were COMPELLED TO STAND WITHOUT CRS#ATION ora minute's rest, The employer, she said, claimed that because they were allowed to quit work in the reg- laf season at. noon on Saturday the extra time required of them now was uothing more than tal compensation for the indulgence, The same complaints about the diMeulty of keeping on their fees from early morning until late at night was made to the reporter by the young ladies at Ridley & Grand and Allen streets, and other places. To remedy this by calling public atvention to it is the aim of the Working Women's Protective Union. STEAMSHIP THIEF CAPTURED, Yesterday afternoon, as the Havana mail steamship City of New York, at pior No. 3 North Fuver, was roceiv- ing ber mails on board, the attention of the police officer who is stationed on the wharf was attracted to auspicious but well dressed individual who was walk: img at @ rapid’ rate across the gaug plank on to the wharf, with a satchel on his arm, When he reached the wharf he commenoed walking toward West street | very rapidly and soon broke into a run, the officer after | him. On arresting bim the satchel was found to con- tain joweiry valued at $600. When taken to the Church | stredt police station die refused to give his name, Ho 18 believed to be one Of the Cunard aieamehio “Atala | room” thieves, 4