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THE EASTERN QUESTION, GERMAN INTERPRETATION oF THE DUTIES OF THE PORTE UNDER THE ANDRASSY CIRCULAR. Breuy, Jan, 12, 1876. It is semi-oMcially confirmed that Count Andrassy’s” Bote on the Turkish provincia! reforms question does ‘Qot propose any control or guarantees, The participa- sion of the Christian population in the execution of the reforms, and the engagements which Turkey would Goutraci towards the Powers by accepting the proposals, Bre regarded as sufficient guarantees, #HE PORTE TO MAINTAIN ITS IMPERIAL DIG- NITY—-WHAT ENGLAND MAY RECOMMEND TO THE SULTAN, : Lonpoy, Jan. 13, 1876. A special despatch frum Berlin to the Times says the ‘Turkish representatives abroad have been instructed to @eclare that any intervention incompatible with the iguity or independence of the Porte will be rejected, WHAT ENGLAND MAY ADVISE. Tt is oxpécted that England will advise the Porte to Bonsider Count Andrassy’s programme. A CHANCE FOR THE INSURGENTS. If the Sultan declines todo so the rebels will be hkely fo derive ter advantages than ever {rom the coun- enance of (he Montenegrins and Dalmatians, HERZEGOVINA. QURKISH TROOPS “‘STAMPING OUT” THE PRO- VENCIAL INSURRECTION, Constastivoris, Jan. 12, 1876, * The Sublime Porte has received a despatch from the Purkieh commander in Herzegovina, dated Januaryeé, Bunouncing that tranquillity is restored everywhere, except im the district between Trebinje, Bilek ana Gatachko, bordering on Montenegro, ENGLAND AND EGYPT. QUEEN VICTORIA’S COMMISSIONER WELL RE- CEIVED BY THE KHEDI!VE. ° Lowpoy, Jan. 12, 1876, ‘Tho Financier of this morning is enabled to state positively that the Foreign Office has received a de- patch from Commissioner Cave saying that the Egyp- bium authorities In every way facilitated his mission, NO DIFFICULTY AT couRT, ‘The rumors of any difficulty between himself and the Khedive are groundless, SPAIN. {HE MILITARY POWER TO BE LIMITED IW CORTES—NEWSPAPERS IN MADRID. z Mappip, Jan. 12, 1876, Aroval decree issued to-day disqualides generals And al! public functionaries receiving above $2,500 Per aunum from sitting in either house of the Cortes. THR METROPOLITAN PRESS. The government has authorized the publication of fourteen new journals, FRANCE, MACMAHON’S CABINET LIKELY TO REMAIN A UNIT—THE EXECUTIVE TO PROCLAIM ITS ‘POLICY. Panis, Jan. 12, 1876, Tt ts still believed that the ministerial differences Will be acranged and the whole Cabinet remain in oftice, PUL CHIEF OF THE EXSCUTIVE TO ENLIGHTEN THE PKO- PLE. The Journal Officie? will publish to-morrow a proc- Yation of Marshal MacMahon, countersigned by M. uffet, to the French people, contirming the policy of he Cabinet, in accordance with the programme of the B2th of February, 1875. A MINISTERIAL ‘REUNION PROBABLE. Paris, Jan, 12—Evening, ‘The Journal de Paris says that all the Ministers will fetain their portfolios, at least for the present. At the same time M. Léon Say’s resignation bas not been oificially withdrawn, THE PROCLAMATION APPROVED, The Cabinet to-day approved the text of the procla- ation of. Marshal MacMahon. GERMANY. PIVIL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE. Berry, Jan. 12, 1876, ‘The Ecclesiastical Court opened proceedings to-day. Whey were aimed as the deposition of Dr. Paul Mel- Dhers, the Archbishop of Cologne, QUEEN VICTORIA: HER MAJESTY TO VISIT GERMANY. enue, Jan. 12, 1876, Her Majesty Queen Victoria is expected to arrive in Jhis city about the 10th of April next. She wit! probably go hence to Baden Baden, THE POPE. BN ACCEPTABLE PRESENT FROM A DISTINGUISHED CONVERT. Rom, Jan. 12, 1876 The Marquis of Ripon, the English nobleman who Pecent!y embraced the Roman Catholic faith, has pre- Peuted the Pope with $50,000. EARTHQUAKE, & PERUVIAN TOWN DESTROYED—VIOLENT SHOCKS REPEATED. Panama, Jan, 3, 1876. a The Jatest news from the South American ports Btates that letters have been received in Lima, dated Cusco, Defember 11, which announce the complete de- Btruction by earthquake on the 4th of the town of Avancay. : Between four P. M. of the 4th and nine A. M. of the h no less than thirty-seven shocks occurred, several > which were very severe. The town js said to be completely destroyed, but it is Prot known if loss of life has occurred, The damage done to property 1s very large, PRIVATE FAILURE REPORTED. Bostox, Mass., Jan. 12, 1876. Mitchell, Green & Stevens, dry goods merchants, of his city, are reported failed and to have invited a meet- of their creditors, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. War Ditpartwryt, Osvice ov THe Cmier SiGNat Orricen, Wasuineton, Jan. 13—1 A.M. Probabilities, w England, the Middle and South Atlantic ar and partly cloudy and slightly colder ther, northerly to westerly winds and rising parometer. For the Gulf States, Tennessee and the Ohio valley. ‘partly cloudy weather and lower temperature, with Portherly winds and rising barometer cast of the Mis- Bissippt For the lake region, partly cloudy weather and lower Cemperature than on Wednesda: rly to “Westerly winds, and at the stations east of Lake Michi- Ban, {ight snow and rising barometer. For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri vale 78, decidely cold and clear or fair weather, with Bortherly winds, becoming variable, and falling barom- Pier during Tharsday night. The Lower Mississippi will change but slightly during | the aay * Cautionary signals continue om the Atlantic coast From Cape datteras to Sandy Hook, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. . ‘The followtng record will show the changes in the | ‘ature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- Parison wits the corresponding date of last year, as in- Sane Hatta thermometer at Hudnut's pharmacy, fs. 1976. 1875 1874, . 3 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1876.—WI1H SUPPLEMENT. NRW HAMPSHIRE DRMOCRATIC CONVENTION, DANIEL MARCY, OF PORTSMOUTH, THE NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR AND THOMAS DINSMORE FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER—A PLATFORM. or HARD MONEY, BEVENUB TARLFF AND NO THIRD TERM. Coxcorp, N. H., Jan. 12, 1876. The Democratic Convention met here at a quarter Past eleven o'clock and was called to order by George ¥. Putnam, chairman of the State Committee. Wiliam W. Bailey, of Nashua, was elected perma- nent President, His speech maintained the possibility of a democratic victory in the State if the party took the necessary steps; the present demanded the recog- nition of entirely new issues and the abandonment of dead ones; the wisdom, patriotism and discriminating Justice of the people are sufficient for self-government; that government is of the people, by the people and for the people; that a tariff for revenue only end acurrency based on coin lie at the foundation of individual and commercial prosperity ; that the administration of the government, State and national, should be confined within constitutional limits; that eduogtion generally diffused through a community is essential to the pres- ervation of a free government, and that it is the duty of the government to provide reasonable facilities therefor, and that the great principle of constitutional and religious duty should be supplied as to afford pro- tection to the people of every race, cofor and nation- ality and to every section of our common country. The balance of the speech was a severe criticism of the republican party and a review of tts errors and weak- ‘nesses in the conduct of national affairs, ‘The platform is as follows :— Resolved, That in entering upon the first State can- Vass of the centennial yaar the democracy of New Hampshire deem it proper to declare that they recog- nize the final settientent of the issues involved in the late civil war and the binding for tional amendments, That they demand for all citt their full constitutional rights, the cessation of fede interference in loca! affairs; the devotion of the go ernment to the work of restoring commerce, giv employment to labor and capital and fostering the tn- terchange of the products of the country to the end tbat the domestic peace and public prosperity exhibited throughout a united and happy nation may prove the jecess of the experiment of self government and in- sure the perpetuity ofthe American Republic, and in a contest on this basis we solicit and claim the support and co-operation of all who desire strictly constitu- tional government and honest and economical adminis- tration. Resolved, That tha people of every State have the and exclusive right of governing themselves ag de) ought BON Enh ata cd ee PB ‘pertaining thereto, which has not been by them ex- reusly delegated to the United States of America in Songress assembled. ‘ Resolved, That the democratic party has been always, as it 1s now, the advocate of sound currency, stable m amount, fitted {a value and convertible into coin at the will of the a a . = Resolve the present anatable, inflated and Prahicr Fiesty work of the romero party, ‘hose financial theory has always tended tn that direc- oli and has largely contributed to the deplorable evils which now afilict the country. Resolved, That we delieve, as the Democratic National Convention of 1872 declared, “that a speedy return to specie payments is demanded alike by the highest con- siderations of commercial morality and honest govern- |. ment;”? that such legislation and administrative poli should be adopted a wil steadily tend to this resuit with the least possible derangement of the business of the country, and with due regard to the interests of all classes and sections, aud that the most safe re, di- rect and way to this end lies through severe ro- trenchmeht, étrict economy, careful husbanding of resources and the honest direction of ali revenues to legitimate purposes of the government—tn other words through administrative reform and honest government, Resolved, That the present condition of the country, the paralysis which rests apon business and enterp! the disgracefu: state of the currency, the enormous au: unequal burden of taxation and the frightful exhibition of waste, profligacy, peculation and fraud which char- acterize all branches of the public service, all attest alike the unfitness of the republican party to manage the affairs of the country and the necessity of an im- mediate change and the most thorough and searching relorm in the national adtarnistration. Resolved, That the bese atzny thas New Hampshire, by their representatives here in Convention assemble: pledge to the people their earnest efforts in favor o! sound currency, reform of ali abuses in the State and national administration, retrenchment and economy in public expenditures and equal and just taxation, to the end that labor may be as lightly burdened as possible, the administration of public affairs be made efficiont and the pablic indebtedness be reduced, Industry a enterpriso be relieved of the incabas now paralyzing them, and the old time prosperity of (he couutry be restored. Resolved, That our inestimable system of common schools and our no less vaiuable schemo of religious toleration are the workmanship of democratte hi wad the fruits of democratic policy; that tt is the clasive right ana duty of the State to provide for education of its children; that t+ is the inalenab! right of every citizen to worship God according to the dic- tates of his Own conscience, and no political disabilities should be incurred by reason of religious belief; and, while we will defend these Hoban oe and institutions to the fullest — we deprecate all attempts to raise sectarian issues in politics as utterly uncalled for and reprehensible, and meriting the emp! condem- nation of every good citizen. Resoived, That we favor a tariff for revenue only; that we are unalterably opposed to favoritism in legis- lation, and to all subsidies to individuals, cor- porations or monopolies. Resolved, That while the illustrioas examples of tho spirit of our institutions are alike opposed toa third Presidential term, the present Chief Executive, by using the great trusts incident to his offi sonal and family ag; izement, by in tarian animosity, and by interfering with the course of public justice toward defrauders of the revenue and their abettors, demonstrates the wisdom of the fathers, and enforces beltef that a third term would be danger- ous to the liberties of the citizen and the prosperity of the nation. Resoived, That we assert the purity of the ballot and the integrity of the ballot box on which depends the perpetuity of self government, and we declare that the action of the republican majority in the House during ture in defeating the bill providing for 'y and punishment of the traffickers in elec- ise, and other measures intended to secure freo elections and honest reprosentation, places that party ag the champion of political corruption, and fur- nishes an evidence of the desperate means by which it hopes to retain power. Resolved, That we recognize the need of social as well as political reform, believing that the perpetuity of oar free institutions depends upon the virtues and intel- ligence of the people. erefore, welcome the present mov nt im behalf of temperance as designed to promot very desirable end by the most proper and eflectual meaus. The resolutions further indorse the action of the Governor and Council in the contested election cases of jast summer and commend the candidates nominated to-day. The State Central Committee was appointed. A letter was read from Hon. H. R. Roberts de- clining tg be a candidate for Governor. On the Orst ballot 622 votes were cast, of which Hon. Daniel Marcy, of Portsmouth, received 614, and he was declared the nominee for Governor. The Convention then balloted: for a candidate for Railroad Commissioner, and out of 417 votes Thomas Dinsmore received 413, and was declared the nominee, The Convention then adjourned. THE LOUISIANA SENATOR. EUSTIS ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE, New Onceana, Jan. 12, 1976, The lobby and gallery of the House were full of spec- tators at the opening of that body, and just at the time appointed for the ballot for United States Senator the conservative Senators, accompanied by the three re- publican members of the Senate, Messrs. Green, Black- burn and Alexander, made their appearance on the floor of the House, coming from the Speaker's room, where they had been waiting. After some discussion the Speaker called Senator Blackburn to the chair and the roll of the Senate was called, the conservative Senators and the three republican members answering to their names. Subsequently a vote was had and Mr. Eustis received seventy-six votes, which is a majority of the votes of the General Assembly of the State, ers. Blackburn, Green and Alexander explained votes. After the vote was announced by the Speaker, Senator Blackburn rose and said:—‘In the right vested in meas representing the Legislature in joint session, announce Hon. J. B. Eustis United ‘States Senator to represent the State of Louisiana, eae ted in the election Pt nstis, y ings are regarded as informal, Senate not having to an electii but ® resolution that was: ceived sev -8iX votes, y. sary to elect, sixty-three Senators voting him. The annooncement of in, present in the House du) the | Lieutenant Governor Antoin ertificate of Eustis’ par Wheeler compromise, ion. ill refase to sign Mr. Eustis favored u | the THE JEFFERSON BORDEN MUTI- NEERS. Ponrtaxo, Me., Jan. 12, 1876, A Thomaston despateh says the Jefferson Borden mu- tineers have received a cable telegram, dated January 10, 1876, a8 follows :— To George Miller and William Smith, mutineers of Jefferson Borden, Maine State Prisoo—Get a re prieve, and I can save you. WASHINGTON. The Feeling Regarding the Amnesty Debate in the House. - DISGUST OF SOUTHERN CONSERVATIVES Relations of the United States | caval number of rebel soldiers, and that of the thirteen with Spain and Mexico. THE PROPOSED TREASURY INVESTIGATION. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasutvaros, Jan. 12, 1876, OUR RELATIONS WITH SPAIN AND MEXICO—NO PROSPECTS OF COMPLICATIONS WITH EITHER POWER, Senator Conover says that he has not consnited with the President or the Secretary of State in regard to his Cuban resolutions, and it may be said without dis- Tespect to Mr. Conover that these do not at present excite attention here, It is not now probable that they will come up for diseussion in the Senate. 7 The House will soon call for the papers in regard to Spanish and Cuban relations, and it is understood that the President is ready and quite willing to comply with the demand of the House at any time, There is no reason to apprehend trouble either with Spain or Mexico, With the latter country all our rola- tions are friendly, and the border troubles are not likely to end in any serious complications. The Span- ish negotiations are on sucha footing that no com- Plications can arise for some time to come at least, and there 1s a disposition among leading men of both parties {n both houses to insist on an avoidance by the administration of anything which is likely to bring on Swar, Meantime It is known that the Spanish gov- ernment ts considering remedial and quieting measures tm Cuba, and there is no doubt that it has been urged to this course by {he knowledge that the most important uropean Governments are in sympathy with the United States, and not with Spain, most or all of those governments having themselves serious causes of comp!aint against Spain. Some curiosity is felt bere to kno what the Spanish Ministry will determine on ag to Cuban reforms, and whether tt will propose Cuban rule by Cubans and an opening of the ports of the Island to the commerce of the world, with a competent representation of Cubans in the Spanish Cortes, It is thought that some such plan as this may be proposed, and that it would wiu over the best of the Cubans and the substantial citi- zens of the island, DISSATISFACTION OF THE CONSERVATIVE SOUTHERNERS OVER THE TURN OF THE AMNESTY DEBATE—THE REPUBLICANS JUBI- LANT, The amnesty debate ts substantially closed. The goneral opinion this evening among the democrats is that they have been led into a trap and wantonly sacrifieed, There is a great deal of grumbling and dis- satisfaction at the turn matters have taken, and it is a noticeable fact that this dissatisfaction is greatest among the Southern democrats. The greater number of these are of strong conservative tendencies, They have come here with a desire to stir up no bad blood aud to let bygones be bygones. They have not takena very decided stand so far in the counsels of their party, most of them belng new men, but they were full of dis- gust at the manuer tn which the Louisiana question was dragged into the House on the first day of the session, which was, as many of them said, against thetr better judgment, and they now deplore the amnesty debate as injurious to their party and re- viving memortes and prejudices which had better pass away. Q is probable from what leading Southern men now say that if the question had been lef to them for determination they would have urged that Mr. Blaine’s substitute should be adopted with a mild pro- test against the exclusion of Davis, or that Mr, Ran- dall’s blll should not be brought forward at all, They deplore Mr. Hill’s speech as extremely injudicious, and ft is openly said that the night before he spoke Southern members and Senators who knew him urged him notto speak, Northern members feel the speech and the whole debate to be a misfortune, and several declared that it would lose their party thousands of votes. The democratic side still lacks discipline, and there is & disposition among some of the leaders to act without fall consultation with the rank and file or with each other. In this respect the republicans have an impor- tant advantage over their opponents, It begins also ‘to be suspected that the Southern democrats have, as & body, and excluding a fow such menas Mr. Hill, more moderation and conservative feeling than the mass of the Northern men on their side. It was no- ticeable to-day that almost all the members who served in the Southern army were Btrongly opposed to the debates and to Mr, Hill's speech, and many of them declared that they would have been ready to accept the Blaine substitute as a practical measure which both houses will pass Among the republicans, of course, there is a good deal of pleasant joking They teel that they have gained an advantage in the House by their leader's Parliamentary skill; that they have seriously discon- certed their opponents, and that they have in Mr. Hill's Speech a Orst class campaign document, When the eriticusms of the independent press wero spoken of to some republicans they replicd:—“The hewspapers may go for Jeff Davis, but the people who lost their sons are aguinst him, and they have a big majority.” General Garfield was complimented on the concilia- tory temper of his speech. Some republice freely to. Purposes, and that if the democrats to-morrow insist on including Mr. Davis in the amnesty they will prob- ably experience no factious opposition. “We are willing,” said a Western republican, ‘that the democrats shall go on the record as insisting op a pardon for Jef Davis, It will not burt us.” DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO THE BLAINE SCHOOL AMENDMENT. There is reason to believe that when the ‘Blaine school amendment is reported from the Judiciary Com- mittee it will meet with some opposition in democratic quarters. That side in both houses is divided upon the propriety of supporting it. The Judiciary Commit- tee has not yet had it ug for consideration, but it is probable that the amendment will be reported next week with some unimportant changes. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasartnatos, Jan. 12, 1876, THE DEBATE ON THE AMNESTY BILL—INCIDENTS DURING THE SPRECH OF MR. GARFIELD—THE MATTER TO BE SETTLED TO-DAY. It would be hard to say which side got the better of it in the continued debate to-day on the amnesty ques- tion. The issue has divided up the House pretty much as the French Assembly was assorted out, into Right, Right Centre, Left Centre and Left. The Right com- prises the Bourbon democrats; the Right Centre the war democrats like Holman and Williams, who feel somewhat ashamed of the company they have been keeping the past (ew days; the Left Centre the con- sorvative republicans like Kelley and Garfeld, who would bury the hatehet finally and forever, and the Left the uncompromising radicals, headed by Bisine and Herbert. At the expiration of the morning hour ‘Mr. Garfield got the floor and drew a frest picture a rebel was built around s marsh, He burled back the charge of Mr, Hill, of Georgia, that the horrors of Anderson ville did not begin to compare with those of Elmira and Fort Delaware. Whereupon Mr. Hill asked per- mission to say @ word, and thereupon madea Pick- wickian explanation and retraction of his extraor, dinary assertion, but he did mot make a good point when he said he and his friends wore there to close the wounds of the war and to protest against tearing them" open afresh in this way. “Bat who is doing so?" inquired Mr, Gariield, in- cautiously. “Blaine,” “Blaine!” thandered the democrats {rom their side of the House; “they,” ‘they,’ continued AGA, 1, Waele excihomeah, jo, aiinaa, | | question. Senator Davis says unless this case is made Speaker when they discharged this latter voliey or personal pronouns. Mr. Garfield sought to repair his mistake by hoisting up to view, by way of answer, the crippled Union sol- dier who had been so often paraded as discharged from the subordinate offices of the House; but here he was met by a statement from the democrats that the Union soldiers now employed numbered twenty- Six, against only eighteen by the repub- ican House of ast year, The democrats crowed once more, but their exultation was short-lived, Mr. Garfleid showing in a moment that the statement did not include the Post Office, where nine Union soldiers bad been displaced to make room for an employés of this department only two could take the tron-clad oath, In conclusion Mr. Garteld expressed himself as averse to pardoning any of the yet unamnestied rebels unless they were willing to take the oath of allegiance; in other words, he indorsed tully the position of Mr. Blaine’s substitute requiring an oath of allegiance from — ase n it) if \ was false the truth would eventually come oat | tha situation and with tho oxperted Aoceprances of on- | He had been attacked several times and parties had | | tried things on him, but he did not think he was hurt When he knew what Senator Davis was. going to charge | he would be prepared to answer hitm, and know how, | TARE ACTION OF THE SENATE ON THE VICE | PRESIDENCY PRO TEMPORE QUESTION—A COM- | PLIMENT TO MR. FYRny. The adoption of three of str. Morton's resolutions hy the Senate to-day touch the question of the Vice | Presidency pro tem. is consid complimentary to Mr. Ferry by his frienda, Lt is not proposed to remove him, but the right waich was re te doubh to appoint a President pro ‘em. at the ploasure of the Senate is established. It was agreed to last of the four resolutions to the off Ferry is now President of the Senate p Conkling spoke longer on this subject aud | floor longer than on any other occas As there is no animosity to Mr. Ferry it \s g conceded that no further objection wil! be 1 withdraw the all who should wish to avail themselves of general amnest} After a conciliatory address by Mr. Seclye, of Massa- chusetts, Mr, Randall moved the previous question, but gave notice that before insisting upon the Speaker putting it he would allow Mr, Blaine to speale for an hour, Mr, Blaino refused to accept the privilege in this way, declaring that under the rules be was enti- tled to close the debate; but in this he was overruled by the Speaker, whose decision was supported by ex- Speaker Banks and by an appeal to Mr. Barclay, author of the Digost, This matter out of the way, Mr. Randall proposed and Mr, Blaine accepted an agreement by which the latter has one hour in the morning and wil! at the end thereof call the previous question on the motion to regonsider, If the motion prevails, which it of course will, Mr. Randall will have the floor for an hour, but will occupy only part of the time in address- ing the House, At the end of the bour he will demand the previous question again on the final passage of the bill, which, as before, requires a two-thirds vote to pass, In this final hour the democrats either will move an amendment in the nature of that part of Mr, Blaine’s substitute requiring subscription to an oath of allegiance as a precedent to the conferment of amnesty, or will accept all of Mr. Blaine’s substitute except the portion excluding Jef Davis, and pass the bill in that shape, There can be no doubt that Mr. Hill was entirely mi: led in his statement that the rebel prisoners at Elmi wero inhumanly treated, During the debate Mr. Platt, of New York, read a despatch from General Tracy denying in toto the charges made by Mr, Hill yesterday, and Mr. ©. C. B, Walker, democrat, reproe senting tho Elmira district and residing within seven- teeil miles of that city, F686 and sald he indorsed every word of Tracy’s despatch, and declared that the rebel prisoners had the same fare and treatment as the Union soldiers. Mr. Walker was in charge of the post at Elmira during the war, and knows whereof he affirms, His remarks were received with applause, amid cries of “Good! good |’? THE PROPOSED INVESTIGATION OF SENATOR DAVIS INTO THE ALLEGED DISCREPANCIES JN THE FIGURES OF THE TREASURY DEPART- MENT—WHAT HE EXPECTS TO. SHOW. ‘The long mooted question whether there is any con- cealed deficit in Uncle Sam’s last account is likely to be settled this session of Congress. Senator Davis says in regard to his resolution offered in the Senate to-day for the appointment of a committee of five to investigate alloged discrepancies in the figures of the Treasury De- partment ana changes made in the books in accounts and entries, that he is perfectly well aware of what he js at, and that he has a solid basis to go upon in the way of reliable information, which he feels is sufficient to prove the truth of the implied allegations in his resolution. He expects to demon- strate that there are large amounts unaccounted for in the Pension Bureau and in the War Department and Navy Departmert disbursements, He is satisled that these deficits will amount to millions, As the time comprehended in the application of his resolu- tion, between the years 1869 aud 1872, covers the period of Senator Boutwell’s administration as Secretary of the Treasury, Senator Davis felt called upon, as a matttr of courtesy due a brother Senator, to notify the former of his intention and the purport of bis resola- ‘tion, He informed Senator Boutwell that he expected to prove that figures had been altered in the books kept in the Treasury Department, and that, in other cases, the books themselves containing the accounts had een changed and new records substituted for old ones. He believes that some of the irregularities can be explained while others, amounting to vast sums, cannot, he thinks, be accounted for in any othor way except that the money has been sugx. But for whose benefit or into whose pocket it has gone he is entirely unable to say, But he proposes, if the committee is ordered by the Senate, to goto the bottom of everything and to show up the guilty parties, He bas given Mr. Boutwell as many points as he consistently could so as to defend bimeelf. The interview between Senators Boutwell and Davis was animated, but extremely courteous, both parties | manilesting cousiderable interest on their sides of the an extraordinary exception he has no hope that he will be enabled to secure the investigation, as he has been two years vainly trying to get through a resolu. tion to huve tho names of government defauiters to the United States Treasury reported, Senator Davis says he is in consultation with several gentlemen familiar with the internal work. ings in the Treasury Department who are posting him thoroughly apon all the different departments, compre- hending mainly the Treasurer's, Register’s and Audit- or's offices, Senator Davis denies having any feeling in the premises to assail any one personally, and he pro- poses to deal, not with Mr. Boatwell as Senator, but with the official acts of the Secretary of the Treasury, He professes the warmest regards for Secretary Bris, tow, with whom, he says, he is on as friendly terms as be can weil be with one with whom he differs politi- cally. Senator Davis will spoak at length to his resolu- tion to-morrow, and bas another measure to propose looking to the proof of great extravagance in the ex- penditures of the government by the Treasury Depart- ment The following is the text of the resolution of Senator Davis:— Whereas there appear to be material alterations and | way by occupancy of the chair, But if President Grant should | suddenly be taken dangerously ill the election of a now | President would probably be urged, aud the adoption of these resolutions settles the question before mooted, | that the Senate can elect a President pro tem, when- | ever it likes. Tho democrats have treated Mr. Ferry handsomely and his friends appreciate tt, AMUSEMENTS, ——-+ “MARRIED IN HASTE” AT WALDLACK’S THEATRE. There was standing room ouly left at Wallack’s last night after the curtain rose upon the first performance of H, J. Byron's new comedy of “Married tn Haste.” It was first produced at the Haymarket, London, last October, @ mouth ago was brought out at the Chestnyt Street Theatre, Philadelphia, and now comes a3 a novelty to the Now York Stage, where it will hoid its place for weeks to come. Its reception last night was hearty and enthu The audience appeared to be delighted with the bril- liancy and sparkle of the dialogue, and the play was accompanied throughout with laughter and applause. The plot is as follows:—Augustus Vere, an amateur artist, who has expectations (rom an eccentric old bachelor uncle, Pendragon, enters, under the guise of & poor artist, the family of Mr. Grainger, un nouveau riche, retired from trade. Ho falls in love with the daughter, Ethel, and his affection is reciprocated. Ho 18 ordered from the house by Mr. ger, but just as ho has bid his sweetheart farewell, “perhaps forever,” Gibson Greene, a good-hearted man about town, ar- rives and informs the Graingers who the “poor artist's really is, The tables aro turned, and Vere is warmly welcomed as a son-in-law. The Second act shows the newly-married couple two months afterward enjoying their honeymoon at a country hotel, the happy man running short of money and not having dared to tell his rich old uncle of his marriage, ‘The uncle, in search of bric-a-brac, discovers his nephew and discards him for his ingrati- tude, leaving bim, with a long hotel bill unpaid, at the mercy of the landlord. Again Gibson Groene turns up and pays the bill. 1 the third act, a year after, the amateur artist has been compelled to make art his pro- fession, and we fiud him and his young wife doing their utmost to earn a living, A little domestic unhappiness is caused by Vere'’s thoughtless attentions to a brilliant — society* belle, Lady Lister, and Gibson Greene comes to the rescue again as peacemaker, tolling well-meant fibs to calm tho apprehensions of the young wife. His praise. worthy endeavors, however, are rendered (utile by the entrance of Mr, and Mrs, Grainger, who denounce their son-in-law and repeat tho stories of the real cause of his absence from his wife, The young wife indignantly loaves her husband's house with her mother, The husband returns and indulges iu vain regrets. In the last act the Grainger family, who have lost their wealth, are discovered in Blooms- bury Lodgings, relying mainly on the pencil of the young wile for money. Gibson Greene is on hand in the hour of need. Through his strategy the old uncle, who has never met Ethel, is introduced to her as the young artist whose work he has beeu pur- chasing and whom he wished to moet, Mutual dis- covery takes place; but he, thinking that she is cog- nizant of Gibson’s plots to effect reconciliation with his nephew, reproaches her bitterly. Her honest in- dignation convinces him of her innocence of any do- ception, She induces the old man to forgive his nephew, who comes in at the right time, confesses his faults and is forgiveu. With this happy scene the comedy ends. In this story, which suggests William Black's novel of “A Princess of Thule,” there is of course little that isnew. But, as Mr. Byron himself says in the play, when one of the characters asks whether somebody's reputation is not a little shaky, “Of course itis; whose isn’t?” go it may be said of all plots that originality is in this day an impossibility. A plot is, after all, merely ‘8 beast of burden, by which the higher elements of in- terest are to be carried. If a plot 1s consistent, pro- gressive, and rapid enough tn its development not to retard the action the spectator is always satistied. People do not care so much for complexity in the as they do for — situation, and dialogue. | Here ix where nias reveals itself, Here Shakespeare # are the simplest in the world, and it iain bi sterly treatment of fhe commonplace incidents that the interest of bis plays is found, “Married in Haste," though its story may seem old a: it 1s related in bare outlines, is really fresh and fu! of pleasant surprises, There are several strong situa tions, The first act, in which Gibson Greene makes his first attempt to remove family trouble, is capitally man as strong, aged. The second act brings about a — meeting beeween the irate uncle and the indifferent nephew, which is decidedly effective, and tn the third act Gibson Greene is agsin brought into | strong contrast, first with the injured wife and next with the repentant husband. The fourth act is proba- biy the weakest, not because the audience anticipates | the end, but because the elements of interest have been | pretty well worked out and the effects are to a consider- able extent repeated. But the dialogue that clothes this | framework as a luxuriant vine, brilliant with fowersor | laden with fruit, covers a garden treliis, can hardly be praised too highly. It is full of gayety and life, and in none of Mr. Byron’s plays is there more epigrammatic | wit, Mr. Byron’s dmlogue is bardly ¢@quailed in its that of any other Enghsh dramatist, for Mr. W. 8. Gilbert's style is so different that a com: Its fault 13, | parison of the two is out of the question. that it is sometimes jrrelevant, yet often a joke that") has no real business in the play becomes its own excuse for the intrusion—like a man who is not invited to din ner, but delights the company alter be sits down to the table. It is fortunate that ‘Married in Haste’? was pro duced during what might be called Mr, Wallack’s | engagement at his own theatre, for Gibson Greene 1s one of the most delightful characters he has appeared in this season, His geniai, cynical humor, his’ coolness and readiness of ' repartee, the contrast of his easy, man-ol-the-world nature to the excitement of the other characters, were thorough! enjoyed by the audience. Miss Ada Dyas acted wit great spirit, both in the comedy and the pathos of the discrepancies in the official flaance reports of the | Treasury Department as to the annual! expenditures | and receipts of the 2 peng and particularly tn the | reports of 1800 and 1869 to 1872, imclusive, which dis- crepancies, changes and alterations involve large | amounts, and no satisfactory explanation appears on the face of said reports for the same, therefore, be it Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to investigate the condition of the books and accounts of the Treasury ‘tment, particularly with reference to discrepancies and alterations in amounts and figures | that have been made in them, especially in the annual statements of the expenditures of the government, « reven jected and the publio debt, contained in sa: por id if any such discrepancies and alterat: to report the same and the ex: | nature thereof, the years wherein they occur, by what authority made, if any, reasons that induced them, and to report generaliy such other and farther information bearing upon the subject as to them may seem best, and that said committee Lave power to sei for persons and papers. EX-SECRETARY BOUTWRLL ON THR PROPOSED TREASURY INVESTIGATION—THE HEIGHT OF ABSURDITY. Senator Boutwell being interviewed in regard to the resolution offered by Senator Davis affecting the conduct of affairs {n the Treasury Department while he was Secretary, laughed heartily at the idea of such a pro- | ceeding. He eaid he made it a point not to say anything in reply to an attack upon him untii be knew what the case would be which | was to be made out against bim. The action of Senator Davis, he said, was extremely abeurd; in fact, the height of absurdity. If Mr. Davis wanted to know anything about the Treasury Department he should have consulted the clerks or have asked Secre. tary Bristow for in Even if he came to him, as be | knew all about the Treasury Department, having per. sonally reorganized every department and gone through it, he could have toid him what be wanted to know. The Treasury, he said, i# @ vast .ma- chine ana it moves with such regularity that it is am utter impossibility jor anything to go wrong There may be some mistake in proof reading, and hence a disagreement of figures, but that any Ogures could be changed or any books re- moved is @ matter of impossibility. Though he hag never made the assertion, he could say without fear that in forty years’ duration the Treasury had never been managed as well as when he was Secretary of the Treasury. He did not think that he would lose any rest, thongh he did not know but that Senator Davis | leot charming young wife, Ethel Miss Rose Lisle, who has a high, reputation on ti London made her first appearance in this city Gharacter which afforded but little opportunity, but made an excellent impression in spite of an evident nervousness, Mr. John Gilbert was, of course, excel- as Pendragon, th passion for bric-a-brac, and was finely acted by Mr. Stevenson, w! and sureiy advancing in ease and pu Shannon, Herbert, Carroiland G. F, Browne, who his first appearance thts season, were quite good in their respective parts, The scenery was artisticand new, and if tt did not “smell ike an upholsterer’s shop,” as Mra Gibson Greene remarked of the drawing room, % cer- tainly looked like one in its completeness and variety. DRAMATIC NOTES. Mr. Montague will probably shortly appear at the Brooklyn Theatre in an entirely new play, written ex. eesly for him by Mr. Stecie Mackaye, the adapter of ose Michel.” At the Brooklyn Theatre next week a rection of the company from Wallack’s Theatre, consisting of H. J. Montague, Mr. Harry Beckett and Miss Eile Germon, will appear in “Caste.” Mise Gordon, of the Union Square Company, wiil play Esther, Mre. May Agnes Fleming's nov “A Wonderful Woman has been dramatized, and is now in the bands of Mr. A. M. Palmer, of the Union Square The. aire, Mrs. Fleming is & Brooklyn woman now, and the play, not inappropriately, will probably be brought out at the Brooklyn Theatre, The title of the dramatt- tation is “Katberine,"? Mr. Dion Boucicault, disgusted with his vain attempt | to induce the British government to release the F prisoners, has thrown op his provincial engagements in England. He bas instructed Mr. Moss, of Wallack's Theatre, by cable, to Oil dates for twelve weeks, degin- ning March 12, fora tour through the States, This has been done as foliows:—Pittsburg, March 20, two weeks; Cincinnati, April 10, two weeks; St. Louls, April 24, two weeks; Chicago, May 29, three to six weeks. AN AMERICAN THEATRE IN LONDON. ew Youn, Jan. 12, 1976, | To tHe Eprron or Tae Henato:— With an amendment ton cufreat news item which | has served for the premises of your argi bon the | feasibility of taking an American dramatic company to | London’ my position will be better understood, It | } reach, gagements by the artista h alter a twelve months’ desision w will dis ou made by Managor Chatterton |, Druey Lane, that Jarrett & Palmer snoula produce “Julius Cwsar’’ there with the same al and artistic excellence he justly anticipated would mark ite present offering in New York, bringing o sible, the three eading mem of the great cast, Barrett, Bangs rt. [ do not think thas the consuium: nterprise should t measure depe y that the nat the actors mig! British motropol: of an affirmative neut Auuerioan nas promt. e our hopes for their stonal merits a combination is, certa y of the stage in any and it is the cause o Mr. Jarrett and if that the artists fora lng presented ur management an idences of favor { with the nal success of ‘Henry V. © pripelpal cities of the United Sts atisded me that with Mr. Charles Bishop, the Ax ) {aud others of the bi vatre cast, who second the project) in tha y would secure a triumph of and hence the decision to ° uts for it offering there uext 1 , iv tho connection, tion given the numerous English ) this extremely English play bearing upon the: kindly admonition Bo you are pleased to ind referring to it agaim And also to t y lish record of Mesars Barrett and Davenport and ather distinguisted ot to-day, my beitet well as in New York Americans named in your editoria ig contirmed that in Londoy aw merit always overcome ignorant prejudice. With respect, HENRY D, PALMER, THE OAKEY HAL BeNErit. The following letter bas been forwardel vo os for publication ;— CoumMay Hover, Jan. 12, 1 Dear Sim—I was greatly’ pleased, on rea letter in the Herat of yesterday the leading members of my prof ing the compliment of a benesit to Mr i feel distingui entiom fathiul and so serv proiession, Steraey F DWYER’S GOSPEL MISSION. n who has been and is so ble a friend to tt pevttul! 0 join i kind, a iramaue TINGE, Last evening a wonderful scene was enacted on aa upper floor of the rear tenement house at No. 54 Vandam street. The home of Peter Dwyer, once a negea minstrel of unenviabie reputation, was crowded by persons desirous of leading better lives, Mr. Owyor did his utmost to seat all, and his wife carea for their youngest child, and gcemed supremely There was speaking, singing and by many men and women who odost to give their names, All the prayers, howeve! garret floor of that all the voices joined in singing on the ar building were fervid, brief and pointed. Mr. Dwyer, who fs the Peter Jonson of negro minstrel fatne, made the principal address, He spoke of the years during which he was the most pro- fane man in that street; of how he drank, cursed and fought in that neighbor. hood;’and how, at length, ‘he came to a realization of the enormity of big sins, found Christ and soon afterward happiness. The ‘work of reform in the neighborhood is declared to be progressing, and tho who occupy the row of buildings froating on the stre: say that it is vastly more p! tito hear Mr. Dwyee and friends singing baltelujabs in the rear than (ight ing each other on the sidewalk. All that visitors are ruvited to contribute is the eupply of kerosene for light. ing the rooms. The meetings are to be coutinusd nightly. FASHIONABLE BROOKLYN WEDDING. Abrilliant wedding took plice yesterday afternoom at St. Ann’s church, on Brooklyn Heights, it being the marriage of Miss Emma Louise Tracy, eldest daughter of Generai B. F. Tracy, to Mr. F. 3, Wilmerding, a New street broker, There was a fashionable audience ot about 2,000 persons in the church, The impressive ce emony was performed by Rev. Noah Hunt Schenck, D.D., rector of the church, Alter the marriage tha bridal party und mauy invited guests repaired to Gen- eral Tracy's residence, on Moutague street, where a grand reception was held. Among those who collected to pay their respects to the newly wedded pair were Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and wife, Mayor Scbroedor, ex-Mayor Hunter, Hon. J. 3, T, Stranahan, Presid of the Park Commissioners; General H. W Siew Supreme Justice Vratt, Judge Neilson, Sheriff Daggett, General Catlin and many other prominent personages. The newly wedded couple started last aight ou an ex. tended Southeru tour. THE ROLL CALL OF PEACE. The Ninety-sixth regiment, N.G.S.N.¥., Inst aight responded to the roll call and stacked arms foe the last time, This event took place at their armory in Elm street in the presence of Colone! Stauf, the oili- cers of the regiment and many members of the Sec- ‘ond brigade staif, There was a rumor circulated carly im the evening that, a part of the regiment would — matiny’ and refuse to stack and surrender their arms onthe ground that Governor Tilden had ordered the mustering out because they were “Dutchmen.” Though there was au appa- renteffort by certain persons to foment such action, the good sense of the regiment, which was composed ot most respectable citizeos, rejected all such counsels aad no breach of order occurre: HOTEL ARRIVALS. Goneral Lewis Wallace, of Indiana, yesterday an rived at the SL Nicholas Hotel, Senator Lafayette 3. Foster, of Connecticut, is sojourning at the Grand Hotel. General Jobo C. Robinson, of Binghamton, te registered at the Coleman House, Director Geueral A\fred T. Goshorn, of the Centennial Commission, te staying at the Brevoort House, Judge Charles ©. Daniels, of the New York Supreme Court, is at the Sturtevant House, R. Montgomery Field, of Boston, has arrived at the Westminster Hotel. D. L. Harris, President of the Connecticut River Railway Company, is atthe St Nicholas Hotel. General James L. Doa- aldson. of Washington, and Colonel H. 8S, McComb, of Delaware, are at the Windsor Hotel. DIED. Cowrartawarr.—On Tuesday mornin; B., in the 4th year of his age, and on V y ing, MarGanet M., in the 6th year of her age, of dipt- theria, children of M. B. M. M. Cowperthwait. Funeral from the residence of their pareats, Yonkers, on Friday, at 10 o'clock A. M. Prxor.-0n Wednesday evening, January 12,1876, Avsit M., daughter of William 8, and Gertrude P: Purdy, aged 4 years and 6 months. ° T) OC For Other Deaths See Sizth Page} BEAUTY MARRED BY A BAD COMPLEXION MA¥ NN's SULPHUR Soar, w _ black oF brown, Se. iARMENT—GRADUATED rywhere, Isaac A. Singer, man- A VALUABLE U Love Prorecton. 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