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CONGRESS. The New Senatorial Elec- tion in Louisiana. THE TREASURY ACCOUNTS. The “Crooked” Bookkeeping of the Last Decade. BOUTWELL IN A MAZE OF FIGURES Debate on the Centennial Appro- priation in the House. SENATE. Wasuinoton, Jan, 18, 1876. The Cuair laid before the Senate a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, enclosing a report fromthe Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 13th ult., in regard to the books kept by Indian agents in compliance with section 10 of the Indian Appropriation bill for the year ‘ending June 30, 1876. Ordered to be printed and lie on the table. THE LOUISIANA SENATORSHIP, Mr. Tucramax, (dem.) of Ohio, presented the creden- tiale of James B, Eustis, claiming a seat in the Senate as Senator from the State of Louisiana, which he sent to the Clerk’s desk and had read. The document con- sisted of lengthy extracts of the proceedings of the Louisiana Legislature, and before the reading was flu- ished Mr. Conkling’ (rep.) of N. ¥., inquired who certi- fied to these papers. Mr. Tavraax replied that the papers were volumi- nous and it was not necessary to read them, They were certified to by the Speaker and Clerk of the Lou- isiana House of Representatives and the Senator who presided at the joint meeting. Mr. CoxKuinc said the act of Congress stated that the credentials of one claiming @ seat in this body must be certified by the Governor of the State. He argued that the papers just presented in the Senate did not present a prima facie case, and not being credentials author- iwed by the statute he submitted that they ought not to be read as such in the Seuate. Mr. Morrow, (rep.) of Ind., said he was not in the Senate when the paper purporting to be the credentials of Mr. Eustis was read. ie asked that the matter be laid over until to-morrow morning. Mr, Tuvgaan said these papers showed the title of | Mr. Eustis to the seat. He did not ask to have bim sworn on them, but only asked to bave his case referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr, ConKLING argued that the papers presented were irregular, and wore papers upon which the Seuate could ‘not act as constituting a prima facie case. Mr. THURMAN denied thatthe papers were irregular, ‘unless it was the absence of the Governor’s certificate, ‘and that he submitted was not an irregularity. The act of Congress had been strictly complied with in the election of Mr. Eustis. The papers showed that a ma- rity of the aggregate number of mombers of the two \ouses were present and also that a majority of those members voted. The whole question before the Senate would turn on the act as to whether or not a vacanc’ existed in the Louisiana Senatorship. If tho Senato should decide that Mr. Pinchback was entitled to t feat there would be an end to these papers, but on the other hand, if the Senate should decide that Mr. Pinch- back was not entitled to the seat the claim of Mr. Eustis must be conside:ed. Mr. SnerMan suggested that the papers be printed in the Record as if they had been read in the Semate and the matter be Jaid over until to-morrow, so that tie Senate could go on with the morning business now. This suggestion was agreed to andit was ordered that they be printed in the ecord and laid over until to-mor- tow. z The Cnarr laid before the Senate the memorial of the Democratic Conservative Couvention of Louisiana, held January 6, 1876, concerning elections and the condition of the State of Louisiana Referred to the | Committee on Privileges and Elections. A number of bills were introduced and referred. MR. SPENCER'S CASE. Mr. Gotprawairs, (dem.) of Ala, said he found on bis desk this morning pamphlets in the Spencer case. He felt some delicacy in presenting them to the Senate, as they were made up of oarernree testimony at the best. He asked, however, that they be referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections, which com- Milttee had charge of the case of Mr. Spencer. Mr. Harvey, (rep.) of Kan., introduced a bill to ex- tend the provisions of the act to settle accounts be- tween the United States and the State of Mississippi, approved March 3, 1857, to other States. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Harvey explained that the object of the bill was to adjust the claims of certain States in regard to their percentage on the sales of public lands, &c, Mr. Epmonps, (rep.) of Vt., submitted a resolution requesting the Pyesident to communicate to the Senat if not incompatible with the public interest, copies ol any correspondence had under his authority with other governments in regard to the Centennial Exhibition, reed to. 6 Cuam laid before the Senate a report from the Commissioners of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company in answer to the resolutign culling for the same. rdered to be printed and lie upon the table. Mr. Camxnon, (rep.) of Pa, presented petitions of citizens of that State in favor of granting a subsidy to the Southern Pacific Railroad. Referred to the Com- mittee on Railroads. Mr. Craain, (rep.) of N. H., called up the Senate bill to secure the aitendapce and payment of witnesses be- fore military courts, and submitted an amendment, giving to every court martial the same power to punish a witness for refusing to testify as now held by Circuit Courts of the United States, providing that the action of such court martial shall be subject to re- vision op writ of habeascorpus by any Circuit or Dis- trict Court of the United States. Mr. Wars, (dem.) of Md., said the amendment should goto some committee for examination. Under the present law courts martial had power to commit a wit- ess who was in the service foratime not exceeding two months, Mr. Cracin said his amendment applied to civilians only. Mr. Waite said be would not give a court martial more power over a civilian than it had over one in the military or naval service, and he moved to amend the amendment so that no Lo eer imposed on such civilian for contempt &! continue for more than two montbs. After some discassion he modified the amend- ment so as to provide that such Fo rains | shall not be for a longer period than imposed on a soldier or eailor for a similar offence. The amendment of Mr. Cragin as amended by Mr. Whyte was agreed to, and the bill as amended passed. INVESTIGATION OF THE TREASURY, The morning hour having expi the Senate re- sumed the consideration of the jation submitted by Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, on Wednesday, to ap- point a special committee to investigate the books and accounts of the Treasury De) ment. Mr. Boorwent, (rep.) of Mass., said when he ad- dressed the Senate on Thursday last he stated the gen- eral principles by which he supposed a full jon to the La pee of the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Davis) could be given. #e (Mr. Boutwell) had no isposition to oppose the examination called for by the resolution. He was in favor of such examination by committee or one of the standing com- mitt the Senate. Thero was not the least founda- Hon for the that the books of the depart- ment had been c ed if the honorable Senator ht Weald to beau mn Bort found that the detail res were so voluminous hat It would note ex. jent to publish them to the extent and the woud fi furnish upon the whole very iittlo of th formation required. He would, thereto: ot ine re, confine Pager to Lay oe leave the committee ment made by io tho Senator from West Virginia r. Davis) was relative to the amount of expenditures. ‘he entire amount of differences which the gentleman first definite state- stated showed an increase in the expenditures from 1861 to 1866 of $3,271,970, and may be summarized ibus:—In the Finance Report for Page $21, is in- tluded outstanding warrants to the amount of $4,018,091, which do not appear in the report for 1870, rae gid for 1870, page 275, is, including trust funds, the amount of $7,290, which fo not in the et for 1 The difference een the two, a ae ‘te the exact difference to be an iucrease of expenditu: as shown by the statement. This, {t will be perce ie merely a difference in manner of ing the ments. Mr. Boutwell quoted from the speech of Mr. Davis, and said in the finamee report of 1569 there was Inch an item for the purchase of ord coin, aathor- wed by the first section of the act of March 17, 1862, wmounting to $5,072,900. Under the same bead there was alsoa payment of $735,416 of outstanding war- tants, which belong to the previous years. These two items amount to $5,906, 34, in the report for 1870 the items of potween these two amounts ties referred to, He then Legon ar oF ments on account of ns, and said the shown im the report of 1874 as compared with that of 870 was caused by the puyment of warrants in had been issued in prior years instance an error Ww; made vy acompositor. In printing the report for 1868 the adian fo acme! heh account ae were in parallel columns, compositor put the \gares which should have been under the head of pen- nons under the other column and those for Indians mder the bead of pensioners. Next year the error was corrected. In regard to the internal revenue dis- wepancies in 1863 he said, in that year the internal rev- ue Was paid into the Treasury and ap; inthe seceipts and expenditures. A clerk in ting the ‘tatement inadvertently added the receipts from internal je tothe public debt. This mistake was after- and corrected Mr. Rovtwel) then _NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. spoke of the manner ip which the accounts were kept by the Register of the Treasury and read trom the re- port of the Secretary of the Treasury the following note in regard to the public debt :—It will be seen that. the increase of the principal of the public debt, as shown by this statement, appears to be $17,207, 47! Congress, by the act of June 8, 1872 (17 Statu provided that national banking associations mi posit Upited States legal tender n the Treasury of the nited States, and re- ceive therefor certificates of deposit, bearing no inter. est, and that the notes so deposited should be set apart and held as a special deposit for the redemption of said certificates, The certificates outstanding op the Ist of July and included in the outstanding principal of the debt amounted to $58,760,000, and the notes held as a special deposit for their redemption were included in the cash balance in the Treasury on that day, It will be seen, therefore, that while these certificates, a# a mat- ter of accounts, are treated as a part of the public debt they do not in’ reality form any portion of it, in the usual sense of the word, for the reason that no revenue is required to be provided for their payment. The notes which they represent always being in the Treas- ury as a special deposit for their redemption, and those notes being included im the outstanding legal tender notes, omitting these certificates of deposits as offset by the notes held on deposit for their redemption, the actual reduction of the principal of the debt was $41,602,524, ba Resuming his argument, Mr. Boutwell said:—For two years, and perhaps three, the Register reported the debt of the United States according to the statements made by the Secretary, The latter statements were issued monthly and always deducted tho cash on hand. The Register of the Treasury should have kept his own books and not adopted the report of the Secretary. In the report for 1871 the statement of the public debt represented the principal of | the debt, as made up from receipts and expenditures, ‘That for the year 1870 was mace up from re = ferent data, principally trom the loan accounts, Other items are included, however, as will be made apparent from the following analysis:—The statement in the re- port of 1870 of the amount for that year appears, as given, $2,386,358,590. The data from which this is inade up is as follows:—rrincipal of the debt, $2,601,675,127, to which is added aceraed inter- est, '$50,607,556, making total bt, prin- cipal and interest, —$2,652,282,634. From this amount there was deducted the following:—Coin in the Treasury, $112,776,048; currency in the Treas- ury, $28,945,067; sinking fund in United States coin interest bonds, with accrued interest thereon, and other United States coin interest bonds purchased with accrued interest thereon, $124,202,968. Total, $265,924,084. Leaving the amount of the debt as above less cash in Treasury and bonds interest thereon, —$2,3£6,358,5992 ‘The of the debt in the report of 1871, for the fiscal year 1870, was $2,480,672,427, which represents the principal of the debt after de- ducting tHe principal of the bonds purchased on the | sinking Rend ace nt and excluding the item of accrued | interest, as above stated, and also of the entire amount | of cash in the treasury. The statement for the fiscal year 1869 was prepared in precisely the same manner as Were those detailed above. The amount stated as debt in the report for 1870 for that year is $2,489,002,480. This statement was made upon the basis of the monthly debt statement issued July, 1869, in which the principal outstanding, including the sinking fund, is given as $2,507, 722,988, to which add accrued inter- est, $47,447,310, making the total debt, principal and interest, $2.645,170,204; deduct amount in the freasury, coin, currency and the sinking fund, $156,167,81 leaves the amount of the debt as stated above, less cash in the Treasury and the sinking fund, $2,489,002,480. Tne amount of the devs in the report of 1871 for the fiscal year 1870 is $2,588,452,213, which __rep- Tesents tho principal of the debt after deducting the principal of the sinking fund, $8,691,000, and a further sum of $580,769, representing a’ number of items of accrued interestand premiums on loans for- merly carried to the principal account of loans instead of accounts to which they belonged, and excluding the item of accrued interest as above stated, and also the entire amount of cash in the Treasury. In reply toa question by Mr. Sherman, Mr. Bovr- weit said the first monthly statement which con- tained the account of interest was issued in July, 1869. Mr. Davis said he could not understand how tho | figures could be changed five years after the Register had made up his statement and sent it to Congress, Mr, Epmunps, (rep.) of Vt., said he happened to | know from an examination which took several months, made’ with Mr. Buckalew, then a Senator from Penn- sylyania, that the books of the Treasury Department ' had not been tampered with. There nad been nothing of the kind, Yet it was impossible for all theaccounts to | | agree, on account of being kept in three or four dif- ferent offices as they were. Mr. Davis said the accounts might show a change from day to day, but he did not understand how figures could be changed four or five years after they had been reported to Congress. r. Epmusps said the changes which the Senator complained of were the result of bookkeeping. One of the good things which the Senator from Massa- {| chusetts did while he was Secretary of the Treasury | was to go through all these accounts and simplify them as far as possible. Mr. Davis said he understood there was no double entry bookkeeping in the Treasury Department. In the remarks be made the other day he had no inten- tion whatever to throw any d. t upon the Treasury Department or the national credit. If errors existod in the Treasury they should be corrected. Tne Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Boutwell) admitted that the | Lng rded ehcp es ae were correct, but denied that the books had been tampered with. ‘as it pos- sible that the books of the Treasury would not bear out the Ogures of the finance report, from which he (Davis) had taken bis figures? Mr. Epauxve referred ta the error mentioned by Mr. Boutwell, where a clerk added thé internal revenue to the public debt, and hamorously spoke of such clerk as | being a bad oe Mr. Davis—it appears to me that there area good many bad boys in the Treasury Department, and I hope some of them will be fpunda out. (Laughter.) Con- tinuing bis remarks, Mr. Davis said he desired to look over the remarks of the Senator from Massachusetts rota tea and would have something to say in reply ereafter, The genleman from Massachusetts hat overlooked several instances where he (Mr. Davis) showed there were errors. Mr. Suz (rep.) of Ohio, said he had no objec- tions to voting for the resolution, and debate could be | resumed when the rt of the committee should be | made, He thought the best thing for the Senate to do was to adopt the resolution without the preamble, That he could not vote for, because he did not believe it to be true. | Mr. Evaomps also favored the passage of the resolu- | tion, and moved to amend the resolution seas to havo | the investigation made by the Finance Committee in- | stead of a special committee. Mr. Bavarp, (rep.) of Del, said these accounts wero meant for the people, and not for skilled accountants alone He hoped a special committee would be ap- | pointed. Mr. Eaton, (dem.) of Conn., spoke in favor of a Special committee. Pending the discussion, at a quarter-past four P. M., | the Senate, on motion of Mr. Epmoxps, went into execu. | tive session, and short time the doors were re- opened and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVES. Wasmnorox, Jan. 18, 1876, Mr. Kyorr, (dem.) of Ky., from the Judiciary Com- mittee, reported a proposed amendment to the consti- tion as follows :— No person who bas beld or may bereafter held the office of President shall ever again be eligible to said office. It was made a special order for Tuesday next. _ Mr. Fars, (rep.) of Me., on behalf of the tninority of | the committee, gave notico that he would offer a sub- stitute, NATURALIZATION. Mr, Asux, (dem.) of N. C., from the same committee, | animosities and all | was peopled reported a bill to amend the Revised Statates in rela- tion to naturalization. It provides that the declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States may be made before a clerk of a court, and such decla- ations heretofore made are declared legal and valid. He explained that the object of the bill was s sim) ly to restore the law to what it had been before the printin ofthe Revised Statutes, in which the word “clerk” had been acci omitted, The bill was passed. Mr. mm the same committes, reported a bill to amend section 1,069, relating to claims for abandoned property. It authorizes the Court of Claims to take jurisdiction of the claims of all persons | who wore infants, married women, idiots, tunatics, | insane pepo or who were beyond the seas at the time of the seizure of any abandoned or captured prop- erty, provided that such claims are already on file or shall be on file within two years, Mr. Lawaen (rep.) of Ohio, made the point of order that the bill must first be considered in the Com- mittee of the Whole, : int was sustained’ by the Speaker and tho bill ‘was referred to the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Frrx, from the same committee, reported a bill to extend the time for stamping unstamped instru. ments to the Ist of January, 1877, Passed, ALABAMA CLAD, Also a dill to extend for three months the time for Claimants before the Alabama Claims Commission to | prove their clatms. He explained that the bill did not extend jurisdiction over any new matter, but that it Was necessary in the case of some few sailors on the Pacitic coast, some whalemen on the Massachusetts coast and perbaps ® few others, who, through ignor- oe sf # J law, or on account of absence from home, failed to file their claims, They were of the and their claims did not amount to over $200,000. ‘Mr. Morey, ren) oe La., desired to offel of the Ia ima rson: from the same committee, reported @ bill to abolish capital punishment Fie hn nada ee Y¥., from the Committee on Presented a report, made by a sub-commit- regard to the com' ial relations between the and Canada He said the full committee any agreement on the subject, and he the report be printed and recom- ‘The Speaker then proceeded with the call of States for bills for reference, The following were introduced and referred :— pease jones (dem. ) hg? gered restore to the strack off for disloyalty. aren bie Mr. Rivpre, (dem.) of Tenn.—Providing that half e duties on imports shall be collected Mm lawfal 190 United States bonds to be Pes legal construction of the fF wie they wore isgued. FR LEA of interest on national money throughout the United States at not exceeding six per cent. By Mr. Baxsa, (rep.) of Ind.—Fixing the pay of members of Congress at $3,600 and no allowances. THE CENTENNIAL APPROPRIATION. ‘The House then, at three o’clock, went into Commit- tee of the Whole on the state of the Union (Mr, Wood, of New York, in the chair) on the Centennial Appro- sation bill, andwas addressed by Mr. Hopkins, of ennsylvania, chairman of the Select Committee, who argu the national honor was involved in the suc- cess of the Exhibition, and that there could be no ex- tremity of financia! distress that ought to cause an ‘American Congress to ialter in voting an appropriation to rve the good name of the government, as na- tional unity was valueless without national honor, After giving @ history of the legislation on the subject and defending its constitutionality, he went on to say that the matter could not be dwarfed into a mere local ex- hibition: its character and scope bad been irrevo- vocably fixed, and were now beyond the power and con- trol of Cong: Referring to the national advantages of the celebration, he said that one of those would be to show that Southern men were neither Dukes of Alva or Spanish inguisitors, but men and bretbren. he applause.) The rit of °76 would breathe its influence on the people, and under that influence all angry memories would fade away. ‘The passage of the pending bill by the aid of those, the Sincerity of whose patriousm had been unjustly ques- tioned, would conduce to that consummativn so de- Yotedly to be wished. He expected, that visitors from all parts of the world would avite with the American people in the exclamation, ‘*Esto perpetua !”” r, WADDRLL, (dem.) of'N. C., said that he had been ap unwavering supporter of appropriating for this Cen- tennial Exhibition ce it had been first pro- jected. Lf tt were suj that the irritating discus- sion of last week would have driven Southern men away from the support of this measure he sincerely trusted that the result of the vote would only add an- other illustration to the nan 9 already given of how utterly impossible it 1s lor some people to understand and appreciate the spirit that animates other (ng se He and his associates acquitted their Northern brethren of all responsibility for that discus- sion. They had understood fully (for it was transparent) the motive which underlay the introduction of that subject, and, attaching to that motive its exact value, they eftaply looked down upon and passed by the whole subject, They would treat that lamentable chapter in American history as Noah’s sons had done in the hour of their father’s humiliation. They would avert their looks and with backward nn cast the mantle of ob- livion over it. They wished the disturbers of the pub- lic peace to understand that notwithstanding the spirit exhibited they were too good patriots and Wo sincere men to allow that spirit either to control them or to serve a8 an example for them, They wished to maintain the honor and character of the Amer- fcan Union, and they would do it if they were allowed, One element in the House had not been heard from in that discussion— the element of the Southern soldiers im the lato war, of whom he was one, They bad sat in silence and taken the fire, which the gentleman from Maine Per, Blaine) bad opened on them, with no other feel- ng than that of gratitude for having escaped from so terrible an enemy as he (Mr. Blaine) must have been during the battles of the late wer, (Laughter.) If now, when that gontleman’s bair was silvering and his natu- ral foree perceptibly abating, he could develop such intensity of spirit, how must his plume bave waved in the forefront of that conflict which had occurred at @ time when ne (Mr, Blaine) was young, strong and healthy? (Laughter.) That element had not yet spoken. It could not be goaded ip the discussion. On the contrary, ithad exbibited a spirit which he be- lieved the American people would aot soon forget. It had met a storm of hate and persecution as the swan meets the billows, with a breast of down. He koew some gentlemen who had been engaged in the game cause with him who had not intended to vote for this measure before that discussion, but who now in- tended to support it so as to set an example of patriot- ism. If there were any of them who still opposed this dill he appealed to them to unite with him in doing an act which could only promote the honor aud advance the interests of the country and the peace and happi- ness of the people. Mr. Suxakxey, (dem.), of Pa, offered an amendment that the entrance to the Centennial buildings and unds shall be freeon the Fourth of July and on ‘hursday of each week. REMARKS OF MR. WILLIS. Mr. Wits, (dem.) of N. Y., said although he had re- ceived numerous letters and petitions, supplemented by personal interviews, entreating him to support this measure, he could not do so, His official oath was the gauge of his official action. Believing this appropria- | tion to be unwarranted by the constitution he opposed it without hesitation and without reluctance. Taxation ‘was authorized only for the purpose of carrying on the functions of the government, and who would venture to say that self-glorification was one of those functions ? ‘Was the getting up of a grand aud magnificent exhibi- tion one of those functions? How could money appropriated for such a purpose make the people 1h aby measure more secure in the possession of their absolute rights? There was no clause in the con- stitution which justified this appropriation, He denied that the faith of the government was pledged in the matter. On the contrary, every official act of the gov-’ ernment had been accompanied with a guarded dis- claimer of pecuniary responsibility. It was true that if the enterprise failed HUMILIATION WOULD FOLLOW, but not to the government, for the government and the enterprise were, by virtue of the organic law of the Ration, strangers to each other. Humiliation would rather fullow to the men who had acquired surplus wealth, and who could well afford to con- tribute im behalf of an enterprise so praise- worthy. It was true it was a national affair that every citizen was interested in it; but so was every citizen in the diffusion of religion, in the growth of virtue and in every material undertaking, and should the government therefore become a coworker in all the moral movements of the age and contribute to the suc- cess of every viet undertaking of the country? Tho expenses should be borne by the thousands of wealthy men who had harvested ample fortunes from their country’s woe or had acqui them by inheritance. The taxpayers of the land should not have their bur- dens mcreased for this object. SPEECH OF MR. HEWITT. Mr. Hewrrt, (dem.) of N. Y., spoke in support of the by his co it might pposed in the United States, which he (Mr. Hewitt) represented by the honest sons of oil. He did not believe that his colleague represented tho sentiments of hi ‘he position which he took against this bill, and be was sure that he himself spoke the honest sentiment of his own constituents when he said that there was nota man of them who would not gladly contribute the additional three and one-half cents which the passage of the bill would im- on his individual head. His coll reminded be of a scene ata great public meeting in New York where areception was given to Red Cloud and bis Indian warriors. First, Cloud had come on the stage, wrapping himseif in his blanket—tall, gaunt, mm nd told the assemblage the wrongs which his suffered, After him came the “Medicine Man” of the tribe, or ly man. Looking on the great crowd before him he in slowly and said :— “Look at me; look af me Once was young. I tured, district constituency was slender and tall and graceful | a8 the gazelle that bounds over my native plains. That was before the Indian Agent came among us. (Laughter.) Look at me now’’—and his dimensions seemed to double what they bad been at Srst—‘‘see what proportions I have achieved. It is not from what T have eaten or have drank, but from the lies they have staffed me full of,” (Laughter.) He (Mr. Hewitt) did not mean to insinuate that it was pabulum of that sort which had developed his colleague into the pleasant and i goodly proportions which he presented, but he thougtrt e might be pardoned the comparison when taking into consideration his colleague’s daily contact with miilion- naires and his own contact with the sons of toil, Mr. Hewitt then went on to en rate SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES, | moral, educational and pecuniary that would be apt to tollow the Exhibition, aud he stated his objecti to the amendment Eat by Mr, Sheakley to open tho Exhibition buildings and grounds free of g| oA the Fourth of July and on every Thursday, , Fou impossible to admit the vast throngs th: simpl, woud present themselves on the Fourth of July, an as to free admission one day of the week, the citizens of Rbiladelph yould have the chief benefit of that, and he was: ae thixs they did mot desire any special ad- van jn the matter, Mr, Keun v_ltep.), of Pa,, said that in their name he cutedak: ‘against it. They did not wantto be treated as an cleemosynary institution. Mr. Currrexpex, (ind.) of N. Y., said that, represent- ing a populous district in the most populous city next toPhiadelphia of the country it became his duty to say that he had within the last houror two received a despatch from thg Chief Executive officer of Brooklyn, who also in his despatch ted the Common Council and the municipal government, urging the Representatives from Brooklyn to favor the measure now before the House, It was not merely his duty to ive utterance to the sentiments of the government of is city, but it was also bis pleasure cordially to ex- ress ile a hy i os a his noe that it won! passed, an yy & unanim vote. He conceded ihe constitutional objections to the measure, but these objections wére answered by the multitudrnous cases of departure hitherto, This, how- ever, was a case which none of them would ever see repeated, and which none of their children would ever ee d, The city of Brooklyn, the third city of the Union in point of population, intelligence, enter- rise and perhaps wealth, sent cor 1 gs Phindeiphia and urged its Representatives to favor this measure. Without taking any action on the bill the committee Tose, fot) of Wis., introduced a proposed @ constitution, which was referred. Mr. Wriuama, amendment to t It is supplementar, Blaine, which prowibite the distribution or contro! of any school fund or school lands to or by sectarian schools, and is designed to extend the prohibition, It is in these words :— Neither shall money raised by taxation in any State be appropriated for the maintenance of any jan school or sectarian instttution ‘The Houso then at five o'clock P. M. adjourned. THE TRAMPS IN NEW JERSEY. No less than five bold robberies are reported to have been perpetrated in the northern pert of Hudson county, New Jersey, during the past two days by tramps. The residences of George Miller and George Hartmann, in Guttenberg, were entered from the rear windows, which were broken and robbed of clothing, &c., worth $60. Michael Moore’s house in Weehawken was entered and robbed of goods worth $90. The barn of Mr. Keiser, in North Bergen, was broken open and robbed, her bai is re- at Fairview. All ies dozens been committed of lave not one arrest has been pomp tg the amendment proposed by Mr. | THE STATE CAPITAL. Pensioning Disabled Officers and Mem- bers of the Fire Department. THE TRAMP QUESTION. Senator McCarthy “Still Harping on My Daughter.” Abolishing the Superior and Common Pleas Courts, ALBANY, Jan, 18, 1876. The bill, introduced some time ago by Mr. Forster, amending the act of 1871 imposing certain powers upon the Board of Fire Commissioners of New York, and which was ordered to a third reading in the Assembly to-day, deals chiefly with the relief fund of the Fire Department, It provide that if in any year when the condition of the fund shall render it necessary, in the judgment of the trustees, THR FIRE COMMISSIONERS may receive from the authorities of the city a sum not exceeding $5,000, to be included in the annual estimate ofthe Board. The amendments to the aw virtually adopted to-day provides that the sum of $200,000, which may be received under the provisions of the act, shall be reserved as 4 permanent fund, the annual in- come of which may be made available for the use and purposes of the relief fund; that the Fire Com- missioners shall have power, in their discre- tion, whenever in their opinion the interests of the department will be benefited thereby, to retire from service in the department upon the certificate of the medical officer as to his physical or mental disqualifica- tion for duty, but enly by a unanimous vote of the Commissioners, any officer or member of the uniformed force who shall, while in the actual performance of duty or after ten years’ active service in the depart- ment, have become disabled, physically or mentally, the person retired to be piaced on the pension roll ot the relief fund, his pension not to exceed one- half the salary he received at the time he was retired. If any officer or member of the department when not in the actual performance of duty or before he has been ten years in active service in the department becomes permanently disabled, mentally or physically, the Com- missioners can retire kim on an annual pension not ex- ceeding $400. It is provided also that if any member or officer of the department dies while in service and leaves a widow, or child or children under sixteen years.of age an annuity of $300 or less shall be paid to the widow so long as she remains unmarried, or. to his childor children, if he leaves.no widow, until the youngest child reaches the age of sixteen. The Com missioners are to determine the circumstances of each case and order payment of the annuity to be made in such proportion to the various representatives of the deceased member, in case there should be more than one, as they may deem just, by drafts to be signed by cach trustee. It is provided in the bill that the payment of the annuity shall not bo regarded as obligatory upon the Commissioners or the Trustees of the Fire Department or chargeable asa matter of lega! right, To make this feature of tho bill all the stronger, it is provided, besides, that the Com- missioners may at any time order the annuity to be re- duced or to cease entirely. This is the only feature in the amendments that is really open to serious objection. It would be very easy for a partisan Board of Fire Commissioners under the bill, with this clause standing as it does, to ao great injury to some worthy officer or member who may be put on the pension list by taking away bis pension, and the best argu- ment proving that such an ry might be done through spite by a partisan Board. was given a few years ‘ago by the Police Board in New York first getting rid of good police captains by pensioning them off* and afterwara cut- ting down their pensions to a mere pittance. If it is deemed necessary under the bill to require th unanimous vote of the Fire Commissioners before disabled member of the Department can be put on the sion roll, the same vote should be required before | sepetie nap li be reduced or be made to cease alto- gether. It may be stated that one amendment to the Dill provides that if in any one year, owing to any ex- cessive mortality in the uniformed force, the condition of the Life Insurance fund renders it in the judgment of the trustees necessary, asam not exceeding $5,000 may be transferred and paid over from the Relief fund to the Life Insurance fund. SCAVENGERS’ RIGHTS AND WRONGS. Mr. Watts’ bill, introduced in the House to-da} a mixed affair. Its special object of solicitud: the sweet scented scavengers of New York. It seems that, as the scavenger law now stands, the Board of Health has the upper hand of the Mayor in the grant- ing of licenses to scavengers, and, {t is claimed, gives all the business to the ‘‘Odorless” Scavenger Company, just as oy any company in tho goayenge® ‘business could be odorless! Interpreted broadly, Mr. Watts’ bill gives anybody tho right to turn out'as a scavenger 8o long as he can getalicense from the Mayor. Under the circumstances, if Senator Bixby’s new charter should pasa, this scavenger bill will be a godsend to the Tammany politicians who now havo good offices at remunerative prices, a8 many of them will be perfectly at home in the business, THR TRAMP BOYS’ MARCH. ‘The tramps are beginning to look upon themselves as a persecuted band of brothers, and with good reason. The great State of New Jersey, despite her mud and lightning whiskey, has had time to make up her mind soberly about the’ tramps, much to the tramps’ die may, particularly since some of her states men have begun to talk about making Mr. Tramp work for his daily bread. And now the son of Ham, or rather of Ham. Fish, of Washington, has resolved to follow tn the footsteps of the Jaw makers, for he to-day introduced a bill in the *sembly sy od ominous yale of “an act este sere suppression o1 vagrancy." t declares virtually that a tramp has no right to fool away his time on the bigh- ways in the summer time editing bread and honey under the shade of me sheliering tree, nor to play in pairs at penny-ante in winter time be- side the cosey hearth jn the farmers’ kitchens without cutting ag much as a cord of wood for the fre, Iteveo goes further and gives the superintendents of the poor in the various counties pense, over night, to put him to work bright and early in the morning on some public Improvement until eleven o’clock in the day. In the summer time, when oid Sol gets up a little after four o'clock and Mr. Tramp has to get up ‘with him his day’s work, even if it shall not be fully up to the requirements of the Eight Hour law, will be a heavy day's work for him, at all events. How Mr. Rare soul wonld rejoice if Mr. Fish’s bill were but the better suppression of men who work for ines Wetae Bri REPRAL OP THE RIGHT HOUR LAW. Mr. Andrew Jackson Campbell, republican member from the classic precincts of the Ninth Assembly dis- trict, New York city, bas an idea that he is a reformer. He is not gifted with the eloquence of a Graf, but he has the grit of an Alvord, who, like a bull in a china oan fall tilt for Seren th in his way, re; less of China or Japan, or even the rights a jac} ville, — Bofore th ssion at an end Mr. Campbell's as to the extrava- gant salaries paid to the Supreme Court judges of the first department will possibly be expressed ina constitutional amendment to cut their pay to the level of a Custom House cierk’s. But Mr. Campbell doesn’t want to begin at the top of the ladder, so he has already begun to bark at the poor workingman, He believes the workingman has even in these hard times too much of a good ,thing, as tho saying goes, by virtue of there being a law on the statute books making eight hours a legal day of tabor, Unhke most strategists Mr. Campbell does not wish to move upon the enemy's works by gradual approaches. He does not believe that the Kight Hour ‘ould bo a good law, even if amended, and therefore he has come to the determination to sweep it off the statute book entirely. To this end to-day he intro- duced a bill repealing the first four sections of chapter 386 of the Laws of 1570. Just what the bill will repeal if it ever becomes a law can be readily discovered from the sections aimed at which I herewith append, and which read as follows;— SxCTION 1. On and after the passage of this act eight hours seat tote e Tegel day's work for all classes of me: ¢ wor on rors, excepting those engage: 12 Norms ana dontoette fubors but overwors for ans lon, by agreement between employer and employe, by permitted. 5x0. 2.—This act shall apply to all mechanics, workingme: Sad laborers now or heresiter employed by the State of any pal corporation therein, ts ite ts OF | b bh in the scaploy ofp ersons'contracting the State officer or agents of this office and be liable to suspension or removal accordingly by the Governor or head of the department to which such officer ached. Sxc. 4.—Any party or parties contracting with the State or any. each faulom who shell fail vo comply wi Gruily evade oviuicen hoceet by enasatag wad revenrins more bours of punished by i, 100, ding ® or exceeding $100, Ind im addition thereto shall forfeit. such contract option of the State, rgoonsts ita TIDING OVER PASTOR. Mr. Peabody's bill, introduced to-day and referred to the Committee on Banks, makes quite a change in the present law relative to bank capital. At present, wh @ bank’s capital pas become impaired, the Superin- tendent of can give the banks three mouths’ time within which to make it good. Mr. Peabody's the bank to make 4 pro rata assessment ‘The amount of the deficieney can be made good by any one stockholder and gives him a lien against the stockholder for the amount, RELIEF FOR OVERBURDENED PAXPAYRES. Now that Senator Morrissey has begun to operate as 4 lawmaker for the benefit of the laborers in New York city he finds that he has an ample field pefore bim to aid the saffering and that the taxpayers in New York are quite as badly in need of assistance as the poorer eee, Senge their suterings do not exbibit them- selves in the same way. He is busily engaged prepar- ing a bill for the relief of those taxpayers Sho’ owing to the hard times, find i hard to get money enough together to pay for the daily necessities of their families, to say Bothing of paying their taxes, The taxpayers in New York who are thus situated are said to be quite numerous, and Mr. Morrissey proposes to come to their relief in his bill by authorizing the Comptroller to issue tax bonds to these tax. payers, on which they are yearly, for five years, to pay twenty per cent and interest, or to allow the | Comptroller to receive twenty per cent of the taxes for five years. It will be seen that the idea is rathera crude one, a8 it is thus foreshadowed by its author: but the intent is alaudable one, and no doubt when properly drawn up the relief bill of the Honorable Jolu ‘will be more than a blessing in disguise. SNAPPING AT GOVERNOR TILDEN. In the Senate Mr. McCarthy, of Syrac: pears to have taken charge all by himself of both the Governor and his M , called up his resolution offered last week, reforrity that portion of the Message relating to federal affuirs to the Speaker of the House of Represenseti van by way of rebuke to his Excvlicacy. ‘Then he moved to substitute the following :— Resolved (if the Av: astonishment and re the Governor in his form, his absolute failure to suggest or recommend mi ures Tor the correction of abases in the administration of the affairs of the State government, while he devotes so! s pari ot che same to the consideration of national topics, over which the Legislature has no control. To support his motion the Senator then proceeded to read along rigmarolo of a epeech from printed slips, in- tended for home consumption, The other day he ar- raigned the Governor for discussing national affairs, and to show his consistency and astuteness he blun- dered into the very same fault be was so ready to con- demn inthe message His speech was simply a defence of the administration at Washington, and was clearly as much, if Rot more, out of place than Tilde: isser~ tation on the misgoverninent of the South and the mis- management of the finances. The resolution was laid over till to-morrow on motion of Senator Jacobs, who has a rod in pickle for the Senator from Syracuse. REFORMING THE NEW YORK JUDICIARY, At a meeting of the Bar Association held about two months ago in New York along and elaborate report was submitted on the reformation of the judiciary of New York. The substance of that report was em- bodied in a formal Jotnt resolution offered to-day by Senator Gerard, amending article 6 of the constitution, and referring the amendinent to the Legislature to be chosen at the next neral election of Senators. The joint resolution is substavtially this:—Oa the Ist day of January, 1879, the Court of Common Pleas and the Superior Court of the city of New York shall cease to exist, and the jurisdiction of the two along with the judges shall be transferred to the Supreme Court, which will then number twenty-one judges; and any judicial power as a county Judge, and any other special authority and jurisdisdiction now vasted in either of the courts to be abolished or in any of the Judges thereof, shall vest in the judges of the Supreme Court for the First department, to be exercised in such manner and under such limitation and regulations as the General Term for the First department shall from time to time prescribe, The Judges so transferred sha!l hold their i for the remainder of the respective terms for which they shall have been chosen or ap- pointed, and suits, actions, appeals, motions and pro- ceedings Ponding transferred to the SupremeCourt for the First depart- ment, without prejudice to, any undertaking, bond, pleading, deposition or other entry or proceeding pre: viously bad therein, The General Term of the First department shall hereafter consist of five justices, of whom three may constitute a quorum, all of whom shall be designated in the manber in which General Term justices are now or shail hereafter be authorized by law to be designated. The Senate Committee on the reapportionment of members of the Legislature was announced as follows :— Messrs. Woodin, Rogers, Harris, Booth, Moore, Jacobs and Gerard. Mr. Gerard presented the report of the | trustees of the Lenox Library, which shows that institu- tion to be in a flourishing condition, MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR. At the beginning of the session Senator McCarthy offered a resolution requesting the Governor to furnish the Senate, at the earliest possible moment, tho results of the investigation thus far obtained by tho Canal bnapal end Commission, with the titles and objects of the = actions now pending the progress mado and the names of the Officials charged with complicity or connivance in the alleged frauds, in order that the Legislature might de- termine what appropriation or legisiation might ve necessary in the premises, To this the Governor made answer to-day in a message, in which he says that the commission have made twelve reports to him in special cases, and are preparing a general report to the Legislature, which will embrace all the results ‘thus far obtained. For particular information as to cases before the courts he refers the Senate to the At- torney General, and then goes on to say :-— Tu the passage of my annual Message referred to by your resaution I expres ed the opinion that the object of primary d transcendent importance in the measures connected with the administration of canals is “to refurm the system and toostablish every possible security against the rocar- Fouce of the evile “This object 1s to be attained by an ex- ure of rongs, by appropriate measures be Tezisiation to preveut” and panieh sina rn hereafter, by the enforcem xisting pe le, by compelling rest 6 marr pecuniary adva: to the people, infinitely more is accom- Dilshed by breaking up the system than can be recovered in civil sction. If adequate proofs be bad, complete restitution cannot always be effected; st Jess ful] damages for wastes committed to enable the illicit profits to be gained which are often much larger than those js. The expenditures in jobs connected with the canals have aver: from $2,000,000 to $3,000, snoually, Nearly the whole of this amounts can be saved to the Treasury or left in the pockets 3 the taxpayers without detriment to any public interest. Por the present fiscal your that saving has been accomplished irrespective of any liliga tions in the courts. ‘There is no reason why the saino saving 8 who have laws ba for purpose of remedial justice by de- the commission of several offences. to be could slways should not be effected hereafter. ‘The indictment, trial and conviction of cues criminal offences under existin; ject the ariel the future f fully taken. Indictments, since the law of 1873, can be found at any time within five years of the time of the commission of the offence. Civil actions by the State, for the recovery of money in cases, can, under the laws of 1875. be brought any time within ten years F the cause of action vo- e ‘The investigations of the commisston, faithful and labort- ous as they have been, louve unexplored far more thau has been broughs to lig Official bodies like the Canal Board and the Commission- be elothed, as permanont Sanding nuthoriles, with full powers of iavestiation, in respective spheres, as to all wrongs Tespoct to mulie moneys or property. The Ocenpirelier, as the ceneral ‘al representative of the Btate, and perhaps other public officers, ought to be vested with similar powers. Teis quite manifest that it would-overtask the powers of any one man to conduet the criminal and c1vil actions that have been and ought to be institated for these 4 Vast sums stolen from the troasury will bo, as in similar we beon, employed in securing extraordinary service in legal ability, in jonal experts and in inde- fatigable activity to defend by every teehnical artifice the jon, There x no force of detectives connected ‘ofice of the Attorney Geueral, Neither are tho Distriet parernens: his subordinates. Thi are jeneral of the United States, on the other all the District Attorneys and ali of marshals marshals, besides a large of skilled ex- tly at ld command, "and tay be venesary ta lie preparsiiesie? guia ter telat” Tos ry ’ Serlous rowing set ef soul ronda invok ve xa a of complicated ati ee constrvetlon and utility and value of work, and they cannot bo properly prepared or tried without the assistance of experts. Tt has been usual to make « vmail annual appropriation to gnable the Attorney General to employ counsel to assist him in the discharge of his official duties, The ston fi that the urdins jon wor ennval insuficient, but necessary to ef bat os “special” jation ts of the State expectations of tha poopie, had refer- ence to the expenses necessary for preparing these suits for trial, and for conducting these trials, The resolution and the message were, on motion of Mr. Woodin, to the Committee of the Whole. CARE OF THR INSANE, Senator Robertson introduced a bill farther amend- ing the statutes relative to the care and custody of the insane ang conferring ou the Governor the power of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, by which he may send in- sane criminals in his discretion to the State Lunatic Asylum, THE STATR MILITARY ASSOCIATION. The twenty-third annual meeting of the State Mili- tary Association will be held in ricultural Hall, in this city, next Tuesday. The commitices appointed at the last meeting to prepare amendments to the Mili- tary Code ead: revise the constitution and bylaws of the association will submit cir respec- tive reports for tno consideration of the nsso- ciation, and other business of t importance will transacted. An invitation been extended to all officers of the National Guard of this State to be present. The annual address will be delivered In the Assembly Chamber on Wednesday evening, January 26, by the Rev. Samuel Scovill, chaplain of the associn- tion, Officers are requested to wear ue forms during the sessions o association, but to appear in full dress aniform, with side arms, on the occasion of the delivery of the annual address, NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. ‘Trextow, Jan. 18, 1876. In the Senate this morning Leon Abbett offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Lunatic Asylums to inquire into the expediency of selling the Trenton institution upon the completion of the Morristown building, which he believed would be found amply sufficient to accommodate all the insane of the State, Mr. Hill replied that there were 1,400 insane persons reported in New Jersey, enongh to fill both inati- tutions—the ono at Trenton being greatly overcrowded. The motion of Mr. Hill, that the joint committees of ih houses be a special committee, with jurisdiction over all public insane asylums in the State, was At the executive session of the Senate the following Nominations were received :—Judge Jobn Cloment, Cir- cuit Court; ae Vansyckle and Scudder, Supreme Court; Henry Koleey, Secretary of State; H, 8, Little, Clerk of Chancery, The nominations were not acted upon, as it is in contemplation to introduce ‘8 bill affecting their salaries, which must become a law before their appointment, in order to be operative, so far as those mentioned are concerned. ‘A joint meeting for the election of State Treasurer, State Librarian and gemmingonens r.4 oe ma e bed ‘Wednesday, tho 261 om: minent candi- Gese toes mek alter Bartlets dates ‘Treasurer are Wi and Charles Bechtel, Trenton; ¢x-Benator ey Gi ; Phineas Britvoo, o! ————$————— who ap- | in the courts 60 abolished shall be’ svICIpDE ATTEMPTED MURDER AND A WILLIAMSBURG. Shortly after twelve o'clock yesterday George Lucas sen, a German grocery clerk employed at Third avenue and Forticth street, this city, shot a young girl named Augusta Schneider, of No. 29 Seigel street, Williams burg, and then, after taking two ounces of oil of vitriol, shot himself twice, inflicting fatal wounds, Lucassen had made the acquaintance of Miss Schneider, a girl of seventeen years, and on several occasions accompanicd her to the theat The young affections had, however, been secured by one George Bogelman, aud this excited the jealousy of Lucasseu, which he ‘expressed so plainly that the young lady requested him to cease his at- tentions altogether, He seemed much deyeqed at the information. ‘On Monday morning a letter was received by Mise Schneider, signed “H. H,,” which contained the stron; est protostatiogs of love, ahopeto have her to wi and a request that she would be on \corser of Ewen and Seigel streets at | o'clock the saine evening. No attention wad | paid to the note, Yesterday, just at ndon and as Mrs. Schneider and her daughter wero sitting down to inner, they heard a knock at the door. George Lucas- sking, a8 he did so, ‘What is the news?’ Mrs. Schneider replied, ‘‘None.”” He followed with, “Gussie, why didn’t you answer the letter I wrote you rear Y” Lam going to write more of them, aud if don’t have you I'll give you all the trouble I can.” Saying this, he suddenly drew @ seven barrelled re« volver and fired at her, missing her head, but striking a finger of her right hand. ‘Then, ag she raa shricking from tho room, he returnod the pistol, and, taking @ four ounce phial of oi of vitriol from his pocket, swal- lowed one half of its contents, saying, “If 1 have nob taken enough I can finish tie job with what is left. "? Mrs, Schneider and one or two of the neighbors who had been drawn to the room by the shrieks of the girl then forced him into the hall, where he again drew tho istol and shot himself twice—once ou the head, tho} 1 Sattening against the skull, the other ball pene-’ trating the chest and inflict ing a wound which would) have resulted fatally had he not taken the poison, Am officer who was called in removed him to the station houge, where the doctors did ail they could for bim, and he was then removed to the Eastern District Hos pital ins dying condition, Miss Schnet will lose her finger. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. ELEVATED BAILROAD AND REDUCTION oF EXPENSES. A meeting of the Commissioners of Public Parks was called yesterday for the purpose of discussing the pro- posed extension of the Elevated Railway over the Bat- tery Park and also to consider the best means of re- ducing the expenses of their department during the present year, Other routine business was also trans‘ acted of no general interest, The session was very protracted, lasting nearly four hours. After the views of theseveral Commissioners had been expressed tha meeting adjourned until Thursday, at four o'clock, ic take more definite action. In regard to the extension of the Elevated Railway there was mach discussion, but no conclusion was ar- rived at on account of the absence of some parties who wished to be heard in the matter. Several gentlemen opposing the pies will argue the cage before tha Board next Thursday. The Commissioners intend to give notice to the railroa@ directors so that they may also be heard through their counsel, thus affording op- portunity for an impartial judgment, In regard to the reduction of expenses it is said that such a step has become necessary, owing to the re- duced amount of appropriations, which is $100,000 lesa than last year, The Board of Apportionment which fixed this tariff adjourned last December, and no spectal appropriations can be made raising the amount The Commissioners thus find themselves forced to cut of many of their proposed improvements, The welght o} the redaction will probably tall upon the laborers. ‘The President, Mr. Henry G. Stebbins, stated to « Hikkacp reporter that 175 men went off work last Satur- day end that a sull larger force will quit this week. ‘This, however, he said, was due to the exigencies of | the season, many public works having to be stopped during the winter months. THE ELEVATED RAILWAY COLLISION, Three up trains following one another at short inter. vals on the Greenwich Street Elevated Railway yes- terday morning in the fog came together with consid- erable violence, which caused damage to one of the engines to the value of $30, and slightly injared ono passenger and one engineer. It appears the leading train, after stopping at Thirticth street, found difficulty in starting by. reason of the moisture of the fog con- densed on the rai, Unable to see 200 feet ahead the conductor of the next train ran to Twenty-ninth atrcet before stopping to allow the train ahead to get a start, When the third came up the engineer was un- able to stop in time, thoagh going lowly, with 12e reversed and brakes down. i# train strack the one before it. An old mau standing in the middle train was thrown down and somewhat hurt, the engineer of the third train was braised in the leg and his engine wasslightly crushed, No other injury resulted, EXEMPT FIREMEN. ‘The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Association of Exempt Firemen of the City of New York was held Jast evening at the Caledonian Club rooms on Sullivan street (old 33 Hose House) for the purpose of hearing the report of the trustees and election of officers, The annual report was read, in which the trustees state thatthe applicants for assistance are on the increase. Last year the number of widows on the pension list was) 628 During the past year 63 have been added, while 22 have been withdrawn, leaving a net increase of $1, and making a total of 559. A legacy of $5,000 was left to the fund by James Kelly last year; but as yet, the trustees state, it has not been paid in. The late William B. Astor left to the fund $10,000. From receipts of the tax on foreign fire insurance companies the trustees have paid to the present Fire Department for its disabled firemen {ta portion under the law, which amounts to $15,281 24. ‘The trustees believe that the paid department could very readily relinquish this claim, John 8. Giles, treasurer of the fund, shows a balance in his hand at the commencement of tho year of $3,844 80, since which he has received $64,699 84 ($8,000 of which was from a mortgage paid off), in all $68,544 44. The dis- barsements for the same time have amounted to, $55,963 09, of whieh ey 2%4 was paid to the present department and $40,671 83 distributed in various deeds of charity, ey § $12,501 66, The amount of the pepe fund still continues the sime—$110,000—and is invested in bonds and mort- gages, United States government bonds, Manhattan tock, and deposited in the Butchers and Drovers’ LA The election tor officers was then proceeded with. It resulted a8 follows:—Presiden' pher Mills; Firse Vioo President, A. F. Ockersiausen; Second Vice President, David Millikin; Recording Secretary, George W. Wheeler; Corresponding Secretary, Francia Hagedorn; Treasurer, James Y. Watkins, Jr. METHODIST MISSIONS. A meeting of the Missionery Society of the Methodist Episcopal Charch was held Iast ovening, at No. 805 Broadway, Bishop E, 8, Janes presiding. The meeting opened with reading the Scriptures and prayer, after which the regular routine business was called up. None of the committee or officers, however, had any report to make except the 4reasurer, who submitted the followin, TREASURY STATEMENT POR DECEMBER, 1875, New Fe Treasury in debt Dec 1... Disbursements for the month Total Receipts Treasury in debt sy Balance in treasury Dec, 1. Receipts for the month .. Disbursements for the month Balance tn treasury Dec. S1.. ei Combined Statement, Treasury in debt in New York, Dec. 81, 1875. . $164,567 Balance in treasary in Cincinnati, Dec. 81, 1875, 8,555 Balance treasury tn debt. eee e neces s G156,011 Alter hearing the treasurer's report the meeting ad- jJourned, THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN AS- SOCIATION. The Young Men’s Christian Association held an an- nual meeting yesterday, The following officers wore el after @ spiritea vyote:—President, William E, Hoff, Jr.; Vico Fresident,, Elbert B. Monroe; Cor- reoyonting Besretizy, on 7 MeBaroly; inj Beoret james A. ets; Wreott, ihe anual meeting wil be held on. Monday evening, whem the public exercises will take place, A VICTIM OF ALCOHOL, A post-mortem examination of the body of Alice Scully, who was found dead in ® room at No. 15 Bow. ery last Sunday, was held last evening at Bellevue Hos- pital by Deputy Coroner Marsh, Tho autopsy showed deceased died from Bright’s disease of the Samra, induced by the use of alcohol. The woman lived at No. 36 Monroe street and was Rea in- ‘temperate, leaves two children utterly destitute. POLICE CAPTAINS EXAMINED, The Police Examiners summoned Captains McIlwaine ‘and Allaire before them last night for the purpose of examining into their to continue in the exerciso of their functiona The reanls has not been mado knows