The New York Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1876, Page 6

6 CONGRESS. Mr. Morton's Speech on the Mississippi Election. THE TWENTY-SECOND JOINT RULE Eloquent Debate on the Centennial Bill. Speeches of Mr. Townsend, of New York, and Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, SENATE. WasuinGTox, Jan, 20, 1876, ‘Various petitionsswere presented and bills intro- duced, and the morning hour having expired, the Chair Jaid before the Sesate the unfinished business, being the resolution of Mr. Morton to appoint a commitice to inquire into the circumstances attending the recent election in Mississippt. MR, MORTON'S SYEECH. Mr, Mourow saidvthe-taslowhich ho bad undertaken was not a pleasant one, butshe was in the performance of what he régarded as.a high duty. No moro im- | portant question could be presented to the Senate than the one now under consideration, He inquired whether ® majority of the peopiosof a State could overthrow by violence and:fraud, and whether two important amend- ments to the-eonstitation of the United States conld be ‘wiolated without notice. He asked the Senate to hsten Yo evidence which ho would produce, and desired 10 state in ‘the beginning that mt was | trom democranesonrces. He then spoke of the finan- | @ial condition of whe State and said it haa been repre- fented that the govermment o| Mississippi had been Bxtravagant beyond question. These charges had been Mado and had mie an impression upon the people ef tho North, and in Mississippi they had been made Bn excuse for murdersami outrage. 1n 1870, when tho Reconstructed governiacnt of Mississippt e inte | ag tho Stato was in an impoverished condition, e republican party: found the State destitute and Prostrated, Many of the public buildings had beon destroyed by tlre anothers were oat of repair, “The Dridges over tie nvwer bad been destroyed and the public highways wero in an impassable con- Hition in rainy weather. Extraordinary expenses had to be incurred Zo lifythe State out of this condt- wi judiciary Was constructed under the new constitution, and hw desined to say that it was the best judiciary the State everyhad, No charges had ever Deen made against the Supreme Court or tne forty judges in Mississipos. Se far as the State ollicers were Concerned be believed, their administration had been comparatively pure. He ‘knew that general charges of corruption bad beam made against Governor Ames, but he did not think.any <ie@nite charge of frand could te made ugainst him, ‘Tho sheriffs of vounties in Mis- kissippi were ezoficio-colllectors of taxes, and he had licurd of but two cases of defalcation there since 1870. The aggregate amount of these dofalcations was $13,000. One of these.collectors was a democrat and | the vther a repubkean. Mr. Morton then d | from the Message of Governor Ames to the Legislature | as to the condition of the.State Treasury, and said the expenses of tho Stato gowernment last year were | $618,000. In 1874 the exeess of receipts over expendi- Tures was $49,114 17, and-a, message which he recently | received from Governor Ames stated that the excess of | Feceipts over expenditares for 1875 wus $496,000. He * Fe “| Centennial fund, he said that Congress was etaliabamtcinie aa aiieeee of the State gov | ted to pase this. bill, whilo the people EXHIMIT OF JEXPENSKS, of the Union have said, by their refusal to sub- 1D 1858.......-. $614,000 $5,540,000 | Scribe, that they were not able to subscribe. Congress ¥ = 7407000 T'410'000 | Was asked to put this burden upon the shoulders of the 6635, 000 Us6o'oo0 | People when they had refused to take 1t. Congress was 1,834,000 "625009 | weked to do it when tho States had refused to furnish y. 6,819, 000 625) no) | More than the pitiful su in of $135,000, It bad been 1 1863. 221000 In 1869. 463.000 | Said that this was but a stall amount, but the aggre- He said he hadanos the tigures tor 1870, 1871 and 1872, | put in 1878 the expenses were $953,000 and in 1874 | $908,000. Mr. Morion then spoke of tho rate of taxa- tion in Mississippi, aed said last year it did not exceed two percent, or twenty mills, while in New York it Was 24 6-10 mills, in Obi 20 1.10 mills and in Massachu- Petts 159-10 mills. He spoke-of the condition of Mis- Hissippi Lefore the war,yand said the landowners then Yurew the burden of tnattton upon the working people pf the State. ‘The Tax Jaw of Mississippi in 1865 was more oppressive than amy carpet-bag government com- plained of. Blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors and other trades had to pay twentysfivo cents on each and every $100 of their gross receipts. He then read from the Journal of the Mississippi Senate for 1840 to show that there were twenty-stx county sherifls defaulters in that year, the amount of delatcation being $26, ‘The next year there were thirty-six defalcations, pwounting io $00,647, He read at some length from tho | Messago of Govornor McNutt, of Mississippi, and | other documents concerning the action of the Stato in Fepudiating certain bonds issued before the war, and | Snquired of the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Alcorn) | St the preture ho (Mr..Morton) had presented was not a | Arue one. Mr. ALCony replied*that-it was substantially correct. | Mr. Morton, resuming, said the governnent had | onated land ‘to Sbewissippi which had been squan- | dered, The School and had been stolen, and now the white-Liners in Mississippi, educated in this way, pre- tended to be outraged by the present State government | and wanted to be felieved of it. He next read | from tho Message of Gowernor Tucker to @how that reckless extravagance prevailed in Mississippi before the war, and said ho had more matorial of the.same character, but did not think it necessary to take the time of the Senate in reading more. He then.referred to the condition of aflairs attending | THE RECENT EBCTION, and read extracts trom the Raywnond Garetir, Meridian Mercury, Columbns Index, Vieksburg Ierald, Forest Register ‘and other papers, to sbow thata feeiing hostile to the negro existed. Ln regard to the colored troops, he suid Governor Atnes had but five companies of col pred militia and he found they could uot be used to | keep the peace, The Chairman of the Democratic State Committee went to Governor Ames and told him if he would disarm the colored troops the peace of the State should be preserved, Governor Xines did disarm them, but all.on the-democratic side retained theirs, He next read letters from Dr. H. V. Rediield to the Cincinnati Commercial, and said Dr. Red- Ueld was an ardent democrat, but a man of great intelli- gence and, he believed, a good man. Mr. Morton de- | pied that there had been any decrease in the value of roperty in Mississippi, and argued that it had in- used in value iustead, Land was leased to colored people in that State at a price equal to its assessed value. At half-past two o’clock Mr..Morton said ne was suffering with a sore throat,,and would not be able to concinde his remarks to-day. Ho therefore asked that ‘his resolution be allowed to go over, and it was so or- dered. ‘THE JOINT RELKS. The Senate then took up tho resolation to continue in force the joint rales tor the-government of the two houses of Congress. ‘The pending question being on the motion of Mr. Morton to except the twenty-second joint rulo in re- | gard to counting the vote for President and Vice Presi- | dent, Mr. Bayan, of Delaware, submitted a substitute | for the resolution presented by him yosterday, in- structing the committees on rules of the Senate and House of Representatives to examino and after conter- | “ence report what atnendments, if any, should be made | do the present joint rules for the government of the two houses of Congress; and also whether any and | what legislation is expedient in regard to thé matters considered in the twenty-second jommt rule. | He said the people of this country for the | last. two Presidential elections — had hanging over them a power by which either House of Congress could have defeated the popular choice. He thought the present twenty-second joint rule should hevor bave been adopted. Now it was seen that it | might be exercised by others than thore for whom it was intended, and a change was proposed. The rule Should never have been allowed to exist, and he wistgd | ft to be destroyed now, although he knew that the | rty with which he was tn political afiiation had tho r under it to declare who should bo the next Presi- flent and Vice President of the United States. They | “had no right to any sued power, except as provided by u constitution, , EvMUnns, (rep.) ot Vt, said he would favor tho | spubstitute of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. 8 | “as an independent resolution. He hoped that the | smendment of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton), | excepting the twenty-second joimt rule, would be adopied now and all the other joint rates be agreed to, | ‘The substitate of Mr. Bayard was rejected. | The amendment of Mr. Morton was agreed to, and | nation. | was with him to decide the question. | Atmerican genius and the triumph of American indus- | great enterprises or | approval. | old constitution would arise a living army to do battle | Dill asa measure :n the interest of peace and amity. | brated by the American people in their own way and | | ple to organize, and to direct and to control their gov- nation made up of material second to none now on the | jace of the earth and second to none that ever existed. | If there ever had been a nation that had reason to be proud of 118 achivements it was the Ameri | can nation, It had just expended $5,000,000,000 to render it certain that the nation slrould exist and should havea Centennial. The money had been expended, and 500,000 lives sacrificed that the nation might have a Centennial He therefore put it to bis side of the House whether a pitiful millic id a half was begrudged to the work of showing to th tions of the earth the quality of this people and its rogress in arts, im agriculture and in manufactures. That was the way he teitan regard to it, and when THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION presents itself he would say that if a pation had a right to exist it hada right to show it existed. That was all that there was in the constitutional question. His emaciated friend from New York (Mr Willis) had pleaded very eloquently for the poor. That was bot @ hew question. There had been those who looked alter | the poor im all ages. Two thousand years ago there had been a woman wild enough to waste a | box of ointment, and one looking on, whese | name was Iscariot, ‘found fault with her, and said that | the box might have been sold fo pence and the | money given to the poor. There was another verse in | that connection avout the motive which prompted the | interference in behalf of the poor, but out of regard for his colleague (Mr. Willis) he would not read it, (Laughter.) He (Mr. Townsend) sympathized with the poor, and it was because he sympathized with the | voor that he wanted this nation to flourish and be | honored, ‘The poor of this country occupied a position | such as the poor of no other country had ever | since Adam and his wife went out on a farming e—cmigrating from Eden, (Laughter.) He alluded, in reply to Mr. Reagan's remarks of yesterday, to the great wealth of Texas, to the growing prosperity of the cotton growing States and to the agri- cultural prosperity of the Northern States, and could see nothing in all these evidences of progress that should interfere with the Centennial He then pr ceeded to criticise in a jocular manner the strict con- structionists of the South as represented ip th yesterday of Mr, Tucker, of Virginia, and sum occupied ull up by defining a strict constructionist to be one who, if he wants a measure, considers it constitutional, and, it he does not want it, considers it unconstitutidnal, A strict constructionist. reminded him of au Irishman in his district who had a horse, and who, when a neighbor asked him whether his horse had the glan- ders, replied, “if he bas the glanders and if he is the horse for the landers, he bas not the glanders at all.”” (Roars of laughter.) The ken- tleroan trom Virginia (Mr. Tucker) had put forth a proposition yesterday in substance that this was uot a nation but a confederacy of States, But his more ex- | pertenced neighbor from Indiana (Mr. Holmag) begged of him not to open that question, From 1780 and earlier up to 1850 that question had been debated in every Asscinbly, in every moeting of Congress, on the hustings and im ‘the State Legisiatures. In 1860 a con- stitutional majority of the people of the country elected Abraham Lincoln to the Presidency and a Con- gress, which held, with Mr. Lincoln, that this was a Anappeal bad been taken from the forum of discussion to the field of iron war, and from 1861 to 1565 brave men on both sides met in the terrible arbi- trament of steel to settle the question whether this was a nation or not. ‘The question had been brought up on appeal, and bad been argued on many a field, from Gettysburg to the Gull; and, finally, judgment had been rendered in that gentleman's own district (Mr. Tucker's), at Appomattox. He wished that that gentle- man had gone and read up the record belore he came to the Houso, with a view to reopen that discussion and to th: ow the country into a new turmoil. Mr. Townsend’s speech, which was dolivered in a humorous, conversational, story-telling style, was thoroughly enjoyed by his audience, members gather- ing around him and laughing heartily at his jokes. Mr, Stencen, (dem.) of Pa, spoke in opposition to the bill, He criticised his colleague (Mr. Kelley) for having, a8 he said, in Iugubrious tones, read the burial service of his other colleague (Mr. Cochrane), and mti- mated that the former would iimself appear in the donble réle of corpse and sexton at once. Prococding then to discnss the constitutionahty of the bill, he said that to donbt the existence of a constitutional power He claimed to be as good a patriot as any man on tho floor; but while ho loved his country, her lakes, her rivers, her mountains and her prairics, he loved her constitution a her institations more. Alluding to the smaliness of the subscription throughout tho country to the gute was large. Tho peoplo were struggling under a national debt of $2,200,000,000, and now Congross was asked to add $1,500,000 to tho load, Tho passago of this bill would impose upon the State of Pennsylvania, which had already given $4,700,000 to the enterprise, | an additional burden of $150,000, He refused by bis vote to impose that additional burden, Mr. Fxivox, (dem.) of Ga., opposed the bill, but said that his opposition was infinenced by no vote im the Houso on the question of amnesty. If the House had seen proper to perpetuate arwrong that was no reason why he should vote against his convictions. His opposition to the bill was not opposition to tho entennial Exhibition, He wished success to the Exhibition, and be trusted that it would be the means of sending to the ends of the earth the story of try. But more particularly he desired that it would be the moans of tratermizing the long estranged sections ot the country, He also desired that when the Euro- pean and Asiatic nations gathered next summer in Philadelphia they would learnone grand truth—that here was the best government on earth. How could this lesson bo taug’ It_was by showing that bere carried on without the co-opera- tion of the government. The passage of this bill woald be tn the very teeth of that lesson. He was also op- posed to the bill. because it was in direct conflict with | the resolution adopted by the House on the motion of | the gentleman trot Indiana (Mr. liolman). He re- garded that vote as a contract between Representatives | and their copstituents—a contract ratified by universal To vote for this bill would be, in Dis opinion, a violation of that contract, It had‘ been too long the custom to sneer at the constitution as | somothivg obsolete, but while it bad lain ike the dry | dunes of Fzekiel, the people had once more breathed | ‘upon those bones, and it would not be long until bone | would be seen coming to bone, and the principle of that once more for huwan freedom, (Applause. ) | Mr. Joy 8, (dem.) ot Ky., spoke in support of the | Mr. Cook, (dem.) of spoke against the bill, and argued that, as governments should bo just betore they are generous, the $60,000,000 of taxation wrested from the South during the war should be restored before the Passage of this bill. SPEECH OF MR. BANKS. Mr. Banks, (ind.) of Muss, next addressed the com- | mittee. He said that, beinga member of the Sele: Committee which reported tho bill, it might be ex. | pected that he suould make some suggestions in ‘regard | to ils necessity, propriety and consututionality. He might say without exaggeration that he had never | heard in Congress abler or more eloquent speeches | than he had heurd against the bul. But, nevertheless, | they had not disturbed him, and if the 'mensure were | to go back to the committee for reconsideration he | should do exactly as he, had done, and yote that fj was not only a propef measure, constitutional in itself, but & measure of absolute — necessity. It was impossible for Congress to fail to pass it. Tho | United States would be represented at Philadelphia, | and it was impossible for Congre=s not to be willing to | make an appropriation for the purpose. The century | had been the greatest that had ever been witnessed in | the history of man; more important in its results, more far-reaching in’ its influences, more august and sublime in tts results than any ®thor peried inthe seo- ular history of man, This century .was to be cele- | in their own character. Ho admitted that it had beeng) a venturesome step for the United States government to ask other watious to assist in this great celebration, On the face of the earth there was no government but | this that stood on the principle of the right of the peo- | ernment. | Everywhere else, in all other quarters of the world, | more of less distinctly, more or lexs absolutely, the | foundation of government was that of divine right of hereditary rulers. When this government applied to the thirty-cight of forty treaty making Powers, repre- senting the opposite principle to that in which the | n peuple had contidence, to take part in the | on of the great day which had made successful that opposite principle, and asked them te make in the eyes of the world and Of their own subjects a holy and sacred day of it, it took a great responsibility gress was responsible for it, as the President ha on his instractions from Congress. Hoe had mai AN APPEAL TO THK NATIONS Hi | of the earth, and they bad answered it. Thirty-cight sovereign independent Powers had signified their inten- tion to be present on the sacred sorl of Philadelphia, in to celebrate the birthday of | been proclaimed since the arted from the earth. Could | nt mvite thirty-eight sover- | 0 celsbrate that anniversary | liar or ther entertam- | ld not support any measure that he be- the Hall of Independenes that greatest idea that bh Redeemer came to or de Congress Les Lo ¢ ss not have the right to grant one ¢ io defray the expenses ot He a o1 ne dime mei | hey any sense unconstitutional, but he was tieediea by Be. Morten twas baad Joint rules, a8 | not by any m a sirict constractionist. They had Net ee orto inittad a tesolation jnstructing | #¢°" the walortunate result of strict construction. | . | If the people of Naples should undertake to tear down | ‘the committees on rules of the Senate und | the voir “ot Ve Y Pie tatives to exainine, and, after conference, | yet os ttiy wh fre ibiye what would be the result? report her any and what legisiation is expedient | stitution’ 4 hat tho strict construction of tho com- | mn the matters cousidered im the twenty-sec- | Sutulen | ond joit Laid over. | : na je The Cnain laid before the Sonata a petition of the | pe dented VBAb a8 hid) manufacturers, shippers and others of Maurstee, Mich., | Si ae ned coed i vings which (bis ppropriation for the improvement ot the | 4 and tome things whiel thust at place. Referred to the Committes 8 | th4 nenple of the copies te Tiseueion ion Geacoaie: p-pronid | ce of je gore ie " the citizens of various States praying for relief from | youve people that when they cau make a treaty twill | the present excessive tolls charged tor passing over the Rive them independence. tbe soundahton. Aqueduct bridge at Georgetown to the National Wn Wan A tenth Min, he contmtens wate Cemetery, and that it be made a free bridce Keterred omphasix, we can make & treaty how. ‘Toere tu the Committee on the District of Columbia, * Wing up a copy of the constitution) ix the ‘The Senate then, at half-past three o'clock, on motion | nent wh gives us power, Wo Me, Conmtana, sdjparaed, | treaty. ty of war, « treaty of saan REP § | for the acquisition of territor i MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. } there « however, otlior treaiien ty f sam joners anil ratified by the 8 Wasummaron, Jan, 20, 1876 | 1 vegeneral terme is delined as | ~ ‘The Houso at balf-past twelve went into Committee | commortation between sovereign and independent of the Whole (Mr. Wood, of New York, in the chair) | States. The Le he gg 4 — | be ol . D accommodation, This bill 1s for the parpose o| on the Contennial Appropriation bill, and was Ad: | cirengthening those relations which we have cotab- | firessed by Mr. Townsexn, (rep.) of N. Y., im support of | her nations in pursuance with the consti- Abe bill. ftation and its acceptance is in that | , PERCH OF MR. TOWNSEND. | wense a tre: nd binds Congress to its recognition. It | He said that be had been for the Declaration and that | sow he was for celebration. A huudred years ago this ta feeble folk scAttored over x vast extent of coun- Jess than 3,000,000 in number. A hundred years made tham a nation of more than 40,000,000-—a iy, is Impossible (hat those steps having been taken, and these thirty-eight nations having accepted our invite. tion we can reiuse for the want of constitutional power | any such appropriation for their accommodation as may | be uecessary. We nave precluded ourselves on that NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDA question. Referring to and deprecating the debate on the Amnesty bill last week be said:—We are gladia- tors here, and it seems to me thateach and every one of us would be perfectly willing 10 destroy the country if we can give our opponents # black eye. No higher sentiment, no higher thought, than that to fasten on the opposition some idea of some act. wh by truth or perversion, can stamp oft disloyalty or crime upon it; and go it @ chara But, sir, | thank the will goon till the end of time, | Almighty God that there is another tribunal which is inspired by those passions, ‘The gentleman trom Virginia (Mr. Tucker) appealed yesterday to the demo- crats and to the republicans of the House, Sir, | have no appeal to make to democrats or to republicans. I do hot know what they may do, 1 do not plant my faith in them; my hope is potthere, I have an ever abiding faith'and hope, which. 1 think will be realized, elsewhere, I salute the august majority of the people. (Applause.) The people know very well that peace docs not Le in the direction of a continuance of war, and that their prosperity is to be assured by reconei! ing the different races and different sections of (he country in the support of the constitution and of the laws made in pursuance thereof, 1 want the people from all sections to meet in Philadelphia that they might know cach other. 1t is a good thingso know the men with whom we are associated, and particu- Inrly our antagonists, I believed ut one time that there would be in the hearts of the peoplo ‘A SPIRIT OF PRATEUNIZATION, bat I did not know When the Massachusetts sol- diers subseribed for a flag to be presented to the mag- niticent, and (ho bad no doubt) loyal Fifth Maryland volunteers I was invited to present it, 1 have seen many moments of doubt and appreheasion in my time, but when | arose in this House the other day to speak ‘op the subject of amnesty I did not know what would be the sentiment of the people on that question, nor did I know when I was invited to make a presentation of that flag to the Fifth Maryland regiment whether the peopie of Boston or of Massachusetts would ap- prove of what I would say, but the mext day (the 17th of June) | witnessed a sight which I shall not live to see even equalled again, ‘That was a. representation of the spirit which animates the whole people, Nortn and Eust and West--a desire for the restoration of jor the traternization of the sections, for the es- lablighment of the unity and loyamy which ts tndis- pensable to the maintenance of a republican govern- ment Mr. Swany, (dem.) of Md., spoke tn favor of the bili, ana said that in voting for it he and his colleagues would represent the wishes of the people in their States. Without any action on the bill the committee fose, and at half-past four, adjourned, 4t being understood that the eulogies on the late Vice President Wilson would prevent a yote being taken on the bill to-mor- row, as Mr. Hopkins designed having done, POLITICAL NOTES. The Concord (N. H.) Patriot says:—‘'It looks as though most of the candidates would bo winter- killed,” The Philadelphia Telegraph (rep.) remarks that ‘if it be true that somebody has a letter in his cont tail pocket, written by the President, declining a third term, which nobody but the office-holders oven thought to offer him, this would seem to be. good time for its publication, because the less opportunity Marshal Pack- ard and hungry official beggars of this sort are per- mitted to humiliate President Grant.m tho face of the nation the better it will be for both President and na- tion.’? Stillman B. Allen revives, in the Boston Globe, a com- ‘manication published in 1874, in which the proposition ito give to each retiring President a seat in the national Sonate was first made. The following State conventions have thus far been called to elect aelegates to the Republican National Convention;—Indiana, at Indianapolis; February 22; Ohio, at Columbus, March 22; Virginia, at Lynchburg, April 12; Kentucky, at Louisville, May 18. Senator Morton’s home organ, the , Indianapolis Journal, declares that, ‘by common consent of his friends and enemies, Hon. O. P, Morton is now reck- oned among the prominent candidates for the Presi- dency in the republican party,” and, after an olaborste review ot bis claims, adds that ‘the can carry Indiana against any living democrat, und ts tho only man who can cagry it for that office against Governor Hen- dticks.”” _ The Pittsburg Commercial (rep.) rogards it as “a little curious that the democratic press should so unani- mously and strenuously insist that Blaine Presidential stock is constantly lowering, and that the only republi- can in the country who has gained any in this respect is Bristow.”” bd “The ruby under-linen’’ js the latest term for Sena- tor Morton's figurative undergarment “Sap-gags” is the newest Western lexicographic | herror as apphed to certain political characters. Its definition may be found in the Indianapolis Journal, if not in Webster. PAINTINGS AND STATUARY. SALE AT LEAVITT'S OF STATUARY AND PAINT- INGS BELONGING TO N. D. MORGAN, OF BROOKLYN. A private view was given last evening at Leavitt/s of a large collection of paintings, principally copies, ‘and somo claiming to be originals of the old masters, and seven pieces of sculpture. The gem of tho collection is the late Hiram Powers’ statue ‘‘Paradise-Lost."" The figure is lite size, and is cut from a block of Carrara marble, in which there has been scarcely a blemish, At the first glance tho position of the hands and feet of the figure suggest the Venus de Medici, but the face is entirely different, She st-ps forward, resting on the left foot, and the upper part of the body is erect, while the head is | thrown back slightly. The features are more human | than is usnal where the classic proportions are pro- served, and the face ts full ot sadness, Tho eyes ap- pear to look up and the lips are slightly parted. The sculptor has successfully overcome the dificul- ties of giving this expression in marble, which has been rendered more diMcult by the attitude of the head. The figure is that ofa matured woman. The limbs are delicately formed and exquisitely modelled from the neck down the line of the trapozius across the deitoid, and over the biceps and triceps, and the pronators and supinators of the forearm to the dimpled hands, these muscles are shown as delicately gocer the integument as in the anuque statues. THO suggested edges of the scapula and the dimples above the gluteal muscles of the back, with conscientiously ana subtilely modeiled artieula- tions of the joints, especially the elbows and knees, aro among the finest points inthe Ggure. We must commend the fine taste whieh bas been displayed by Mr. William RK. Leavitt in the prapery which surrounds this statue. It is of maroon velvet, and when the gas Jet which has been placed above it’ 1s lighted the ros: Teflections on the tigure make 4t still more beautiful There are three busts, also by Powers, ané two by R. H. Park, of Florence. Ono called “Birdie” is a child's head, with its plump chin daried jm its neck and tts face turned toward a bird whitch has rested on tts shoulder. other, “Purity,” 1s a delicate, refined face of ayoung girl ‘The edge of this bust 1s’ Gini with lilies of the valley and their leaves, “Venet 18 an allegorical bust by Fraccoroli. Among the patnt- ings are two which © certificates from Academy of Fine Arts of Venice as bemg genuine Guido-Renis, “Lucretia,” in the act of stab- These works are un- Ding herself, and a “Magdalen.” The upturned three- donbtediy those of a master. | quarter faces, full of expression, which are character- istic of Guido’s female heads, are in these pictures, din the “Cleopatra,” which 18a largo composition, ntuining a full length figure of the Egyptian, with the asp m ber hand, ‘The “Crucifixion” isa small and undoubted original painting by Murillo, It has bee! examined by judges, and its authenticity 1s guaran. lee The “Head of « Spanish Boy” is’a strongly painted head alter the same artist, A series ot five, by Pietro | Langhi, represent the manners and customs of tbe Iagt century. “Cat and Fish” isa poworiul piece of paimt- | ing by Syndere, an old Flemish, artist. “Virgin and Child” is by Camuccihi, who lived m the seventeenth century. lady wo landscapes are by Salvator Two by Tintoretto are portraits of Dandola, Doge of Venice, and Alex. Contarim, a Venetian Sena. tor. One of the finest pictures In tho collection 1s @ Holy Family," by Francesehint. ine's Market” is attributed to Raphacl, and wasat one time in possession of De Witt Clinton, There are many copies of famous pictures, and several originals own artiste, A child's portrait by Stuart and nselt by Leutze. A landscape by Arthur Par- the beautiful effect of suntignt falling on dis- tant hills, whieh he paints so well; a figure by 4 landscape Two well painted animal tures are nday Meal,"* which represents a flock of sheep at a barn door, and the other represent. ing a dog sitting Lefore a chairon which a kitten has found iss way inswle a lady's mul and has poked ite head out of one end. DIPHTHERIA AND SMALLPOX That terrible malady, diphtheria, which abated during tho latter part of December in Jersey City, bas broken out again and is creating terrible havoc among children, On Tuesday of this week John McMahon, of Seventh | Strect, buried two of his children, two and four years On Wednesday Daniel F, Cooney, Tesiding at No, 151 Barrow street, buried two children, | But the most fearml scourge of the season fell Of ten chiluren only deaths in se, tpon a fumily in Hoboken, ove remain, The total number of Hudson county during December of these fiity-two were from diphtheria, six bronchitis and lung diseases and tive’ from amallpox. ‘The latter mally ts shghtly on the increase, but th | Bamber of cases ix smaller than duping {he corro- sponding period last year, The*pulice of fer en Point, learning that a | smallpox was lying off Port Johnson, had the boat Inspected by a physician, who found two childrem sa Joring Irom the malady. Whilo measures were being taken to remove the patients the boat eatled for New York, but was intercepted and sent to Quarantine nal boat contaiming several cases of Y, JANUARY 21, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE STATE CAPITAL. ! Action in the Senate and House on the Grey Nuns Bill. — BERGH’S SALT AND GLASS. Fifteen Millions Lost in Personal Taxes. Ausasy, Jan, 20, 1876, The first joust of the session in the Senate for the | prize of political capital took place to-day over the | corpse of the Grey Nuns act. Governor Tilden in bis | Message referred to it as a law already nullilied by the ; act of June 9, 1875, which toox away {rom the State | Superintendent of Instruction the discretionary power he formerly possessed to grant certificates to teach in the public schools of the State to graduates of the Grey Nuns schools, That was the entire substance of the law, and every Senator knew it, and know also that under the law as it now stands the Grey Nuns sisterhood have even less fair play than other denominational organiza- tions whose purpose 18 education, In the fall campaign the republicans made use of the passage of the act (thouge knowing well it was utterly tnope- rative in behalf of the Grey Nuns) to charge the demo- crats and Governor Tilden with aiding the schemes of Romanism and aiming to destroy the public school system. Hot foot on the organization of the Legisla- ture, Senator Woodin introduced a bill to repeal an act which 1n itself was a repeal of the paltry privileges extended to graduates of the sisterhood, It was con- sistent enough to introduce such a bill considering the | constantly repeated assertions throughout the cam- paign that the act of Juno 9, 1875, gave undue and im- portant privileges to the Order of Grey Nuns. It may be that all's fair in war and polities, but no grosser misrepresentation of a law for the purpose of stirring up sectarian hate and prejudice was ever mado before public assemblies, It was clear enough that Senator Woodin, who is a keen and able lawyer, knew precisely the meaning of the act of June 9, and that it abrogated the authority of the State Superintendent of Education to grant the pupils of the sisterhood any favor; but as the thing was'slightly shrouded in legal Mystifecation the temptation was too strong to make some political capital out of it and have a shot at Governor Tilden at the same time, In truth, the motive of Mr. Woodin’s great effort this morning appeared to be solely that of holding up the Governor as being alone responsible for the enactment of the Jaw of last. year, which the Sena- tor, with a degree of sophistical reasoning that did credit to his ingenuity, made appear as still permitting those undue privileges to an institution denied to | those of all other sects. Ho insisted that-the bill was passed near the close of the session when things were in confusion, that it was bastily considered, and that it vas all the fauit of the Governor, who had plenty of | sit down and study its provisions. Senator Starbuck, of Jefferson, a man of full propor- tions, flond face and with a fluent aud impressive delivery, replied to Senator Woodin and made a decided hit, on which, after he Onished, he was congratulated from ail sides of the Chamber, Senator Morrissey giving | his hand a squeeze that expressed a strong sense of his u admiration, Starbuck's speech was altogether a detence of the Governor and the democratic party and an assault on the pretensions of the republicans, He didn’t care a_ button about the repoal of the act, but he wanted to show, which he dtd very clearly, that the law complained of originated with a republican Senator, was recommended | after long and careful consideration by a republican | committee and was yoted for by fifteen republicans twice over, with plenty of time to look through its pro- visions. The debate excited great interést, and will be | renewed to-morrow by Senator Jacobs, In the Assembly, by an odd coincidence, the same subject, the Grey Nuns act, was up for discussion at the + it the two leading Senatorial gladiators g with the law of the case up stars, | Mr. A. J. Campbell supported his bill for the repeal of the act in a short speceb, and was followed by Mr. Galvin, who in opposition brought up illustrations of the devotion and self-sacrifice of certain Sisters of Mercy in New Orleans and other places, Mr. Lang, of ‘St. Lawrence, a gentleman with a decided North otf Ire- land accent, sustained the bill for reper Mr. Webb, of Datchess, mado a fair, sensible speech, insisting | | that while they were seeking to deprive these Indies of certain privileges to which they were not entitled, they should take care not to go into the opposite extreme ‘and do them an injustice. Other members spoke, and the bill was ordered to a third reading. CORPORATIONS EVADING PHRSONAL TAXKS. From certain investigatios instituted con amore by private individuals it appears that within the last ten years the astounding amount of $1,000,000,000 of personal property, owned by large and numerous cor- porations in the State and city of New York, has escaped or evaded taxation. Ex-Senator Creamer, rep- resenting extensive real estate interests in New York city, called on Governor Tilden to-day and drew his attention to the non-enforcement of the law in respect to this matter. He related his experience as a Tax Com- missioner, and astonished His Excellency by the stato- ment that the Hudson River Railroad alone was in- debted to the State for personal led for a term of yenrs Ee in the sum of $15,000,000, The roads that have their terminus at the Grand Central depot have been in the habit of mak- tng affidavits in New York that their personal taxes were paid at Albany. He (Creamer) had made inquiry of the Board of Assessors, now in session here, and learned that the counsel! of these corporations bad been in the habit of intorming them that the personal taxes were paid in New York. The Governor replied that he. was thankful for having his attention drawn to the subject, and only that his hands were now so full of canal matters ho should give it immediate consideration. Ho ‘was aware that numerous corporations were reported as being in the habit of evading therr just share Bf tax- ation. He deemed it the duty of the Tax Commission- ers and Asscssors of counties to investigate the matter. As soon as he had leisure he should dato the whole case and see what remedial measures should bo taken. It is understood that a ution will be introduced n the Legislature to appoint a com- on, THE BERGH BILL. F ‘The Bergh bill occupied the great minds of the As- sembly for upward of an hour. It was championed by ‘Strahan, as chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, whieh had reportod it favorably, and was cared for also on the floor by Mr. Forster, from Westchester, and El- | bridge Gerry, who had the’ privilege of tho Moor and occupied most of bis time in coaching Straban and Forster, The bill as reported was in | tho same condition as when it was introduced, but the moment it came up in the general orders of the | day there were a dozen _mombers on thoir fect anxious | to offer amendments. The salt feature of the bill was | an attractive bait to the ‘black horse cavalry,” who had evidently fully made up their minds that the city railroad companies would be willing to come down handsomely if they would only kill that portion of ii The bf it sowill remembered, had already been in Committee of the Whole twice and referred back to the Judiciary Committce once. Bat the latter committee were unwilling to be used a cot in the hands of the fellows who wanted to bo “geen,” and it was this as much as anything clse which prompted them in reporting it to the House again ¢o promptly to-day. Graf, as usual, had to have his say, and, with the ‘best of’ intentions, fought hard ‘to get an amendment adopted | provonting any one arrested under tho act from being imprisoned betore he was taken before a mi te, Indeed, the amenament was adopted in the committee, but on motion of Mr, | Strahan in the House it was recomnmitted to the Com- mittee of the Whole ana the amendment got its quietus, Another amenument, which fared better by being re- taipod in the bill, was to allow the railroad companies to Sprinkle salt to dissolve snow, not only on the curves: ‘and switches, but also on the crossings Thus amended the dill, after a vigorous attempt }on the part of a few sehemers to havo it simply progressed, was ordered toa third reading. It was generaily sup) by the unsophisticated that the section which makes it a misdemeanor to throw nails, bottles or glass in the streets would be the only ono | that would be attacked in the House, but they knew | ‘not the ways of the bone hunters, However, they may | be disappointed, as the railroad men say that so jong as they can use salt on their crossings, curves and “switches they can got along very well, CONVICT LANOR. Mr. Fish’'s bill relative to the employment of con- “viets and ae rs on Blackwell's Island was the cause ofa very lively debate to-day, Mr. Fish advocated it in hort, tere epecc! Mr. Graham, who is a member of the Commitice on Cites, of which Mr. Fish is chair- mado a d features ot the bill stricken oat, ciaiming that the contract agetem really made poupers out ol techanics who were brought into competition with them. If they were taught a trade thoroughly in the imstitution it would be a very difforent thing, but they were only half taught, and had, in nine cases out of ten,’ to return to the institution again. He instanced several eases where boys, alter being Jet ont as it wero by‘ contract, and were near the end of their time and happéned to be pretty good workers, were charged with some fault by the contractors or their elerks, who got them set back im their forms, thus o! taiming their services. Besides, he said, paupers under the Contract system had work every day in the o even in aull times, and thereby disarranged the market; fer by the contracts ocoutag soeee at thirty” or fogty cents a day thorough mechanics were shut out from good pay ‘The bill was tinally ordered to a third reading. It ts made the duty of the Commissioners of Public Chari ties and Correction of the city and county of New ork und Kings county to furnish suitable mechanical of other employment for every able budied convict and Pauper contined im the several iustitations under their Where it is not possible to employ such able- | bodied convicts and paupers to advantage or profit to | | intends to pay all the expenses himself, ; Vation, “not upon what Mrs, Landis said, be required in the several institutions belonging to the departments, the Commissioners shall pro- vide such mechanical or other jabor by cont as will yield the greatest revenue and keep the convicts and paupers constantly employed during their term of im- rrisonment. When no employment for convicts and paupers can be obtained by contract or otherwise the Comunissioners arc authorized ana empowered to ftur- nish materials, tools and implements to enable the convicts and paupers to be employed at sume me- chanical or other labor as shall prove the most pro- fitable, It ts further provided that the Commissioners shall a far as possible keepers qualified to © convicts and paupers in the trades and manu- factures prosecuted in the several institutions, It is also made obligatory on the part of the Commissioners | ie have all the work done on the grounds of the insti- ution. THE STATE PRISONS. i The Committee on State Prisons will, itis said, begin | their tour of visitation to the prisons next week. — If they make their investigation as thorough as other Visiting committees in years have done the State Mite will hear very about the trip a the bills of_~—s expenses. ofthe 1 mittee begin to come in, Mr. Higgins, the chairmain of the committee, indignantly protests against the insinuations made that the investigation will be carried ob with expense to the State, Assem- blymen are very apt to travel and put up at expensive | tels and pay their own bills, Probably Mr. Higgins LEGISLATIVE NOTES. | The Masquerade bill was promptly signed by the Governor, aller being transmitted to him irom the As- sembly. The bill repealing the Gray Nups act will receive an almost unanimous vote im its favor by the Senate, THE TRIAL OF LANDIS. TESTIMONY OF THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN AND THE HOUSEKEEPER—-UNPLEASANT DOMESTIC SCENES—THE PRISONER KNOCKED SENSELESS BY HIS WIFE—WHICH WAS INSANE? Bripcxtox, Jan. 20, 1876. Colonel Pearson took the stand this morning, and his cross-examination proceeded. He testified that he had practised shooting in Mr, Landis’ house; that Mr. and Mrs, Landis Were both poor shots; that he bad fired the British bulldog at a target; that Mrs, Landis had a Jady’s pistol which she used; that he fired that also and made the only good shots that were made. Benjamin Cook was sworn and testified :—I have been in the employ of C. K, Landis for over three years; am salesman of the store under his office; in the early part of my connection with him I regarded him as a first class business man; he gave his own supervision over my department; afer his return from Europe he did not enter the store for ten or twelve days; he was there almost every day before he went; did not come in but two or three times up to the time of the shoot- ing; on March 18 he came in; I turned to speak with | him, but was so startled by his appearance that I stepped back about three steps; his eyes were wild and his appearance unnatural; he’ said, “Why don’t you keep tnis store clean?” [ bad just got through cleaning itand it was in fair average condition; bis eyes were wild, glaring and rolling in their sockets. Sanderson Martin sworn :-—I live in Philadelphia; know Mr. Landis ; met him in that city im March, 1875; thought he was about the most erratic man I had ever his talk was about cheap travelling in Europe; bread and cheese diet on the Continent; he tal! onse; this was the first tine I had ever met bim; I expressed my opinion of him before we separated; I suid, ‘Alec, that man is crazy.” Alexander Colesbary sworn:—I am an attorney and live in Philadelphia; know Mr, Landis; | introduced Mr. Martin to Mr. Landis; saw Landis about six weeks after his return trom Europe; his talk was about an- tiquities, pictures and rubbish he bad picked up in Europe; he never mentioned business, though I bad written to him to call upon me about ‘matters of im- portance; I thought his conduct very strange, though did not'particularly mark it as being insane, LANDIS? FAMILY PHYSICIA, Dr. Fravklin Lane sworn:—I live 1p Vinoland and am the family physician of Mr. Landis; have paid between | 500 and 600 professional visits; before he went to Europe he was a good business man and very direct in | conversation and otherwise; after his return 1 noticed | the firet time I called upon him that he was gloomy ; seemed to have something upon bis mind; was wild and incoherent; about a week before the tragedy I noticed that his manner was increasing in wildness; that his depression was greater; thery was no con- sccutivencss in his talk. Judge Reed ruled that any opinion of the Doctor re- garding Mr, Landis must be based upon his own obser- The Doctor | said he could not express such an opinion, as ho could | not separate what he saw and what Mrs. Landis told | him from the opinion he formed at that time of Mr, Landis’ condition, Witness continues About the evening of the 16th or 17th of March, 1875, Mr. Landis came to see me; he said he was in great trouble and wanted my aid; he ex- claimed, “My God! Teannot endure this} my ‘wite 18 | insane ;” I told him I did not see anything like insanity about Ber, but he insisted she was, and that it was necessary for him to provide for her; he waiked the floor wildly and excitedly, gave vent to expressions of wildness and despair, such as “My God! what shall I do?” he thought be must put her in an asylum, but thatif he did her family would pursue hym to the death; that her family delighted in a row; that her brother had threatened to follow him eat to England, that he might have the pleasure there of blowing his (Landis’) brains out; he actmad an,have 8 FEAR OF M8 WIPR'S FAMILY; Iknew Mrs. Landis was not insane, because I visited | her frequently; our interview lasted about two hours: his countenance was pale, his expression that of gloom and despair; he said he could not sleep; that his noad | pained him; that sharp pains and flashes of light ran through his brain; I advised him to use an anodyne; he exciaimed three or jour umes, ‘I am afraid te go | home! I am afraid of my Tile if 1 go home!" he said he was afraid Mrs. Landis would destroy his ehildren ; his talk was almost continually a repetition of what [ | have stated; my opinion was at that time that he was insane, that reasoning was useless with him; I 50 ted'to my family after this interview; I saw him again next day; went to his house to sce Mrs. Landis, and he intormed me that she had gone to the city; he said nothing about her, but that ho had had a ternble time with her during tho night; he looked pale, and.calied my attention to @ bruise on his temple cased by Mrs. Lanais having thrown a plaster Cupid at him; it struck him on the temple and bruised | him severcly ; he wanted me to examine his wife when | she returned and give my opinion as to her sanity; [ | did seo her in the evening; was with her an hour, and told Landis he must give up the idea of insanity; he still insisted tbat she was insane. After recess the direct examination of Dr. Lane was continued. He said:—On the night of the 18th of March I considered him unsound in mind; I saw him in jail; he wanted me to prepare twenty-five bottles of a kind of anodyne. CONDUCT OF AS. LANDIS. Cross-examined by the Attorney General—He was insano on the question of his wife’s sanity; he said that the whole family on his wife's side were insane; could not discuss the question with him, because ho would break in and say, “I know; I know; he told me that his wife had taught his chiliren to throw things at him across the table since his return from Europe; that she had thrown a glass of water in his face herself; that she would approach him with terms of endearment and then fasten her hands in his harr, 80 that it would be ditlicult for him to eseape; I did not believe his assertion that she was insane, but did believe that these things occurred; I attributed her actions to another cause, which I knew to exist; he was atraid of his life and the lives of his children; the danger he dreaded was at the hands of Mrs. Landis; I never said to Mr. GriMiths that she was insane, SAYAGE DOMESTIC RELATIONS. Deborah Ryan was next called—I live m Mr. Landis’ family; am housekeeper; went there to work for Mrs. Landis before her husband returned from abroad; some weeks after his return | was just taking dinner im when the bell rang violently; L went to his room and found him and Mrs. Landis jostling each other; be requested me to hold the door while he put his wile in her bedroom; be was wild and excited; he locked himself then in another room; | remember the week previous to the shooting, on the 16th of March; @ number of boxes of articles he liad bought in Earope were brought to the house, and the dintng room was covered with them as they were taken from the boxes. Witness went on and related many things which Showed the condition of matters between Mr. Landis and his wile—bow she knocked him senseless with a bracket on which was a plaster Capid; how sho slapped his face in her presence; how witness told Mr. Landis that these things, in her opimion, were the result of | Mrs. Landis’ condition; how witness told him he was more insane than she was; on the morning of the shooting Landis was very wild and complained of his head; his eyes wore staring; he would press his hands to his head; hoe acted like a madman; three or four weeks beforo this he went with me to the cellar to | draw some wine; he there pointed at the window and | said, “Look at the window; somebody has been trying | to break through there and assassinate me;'' he im. modiately ran tp stairsand lolt me alone; on the night ‘of the 16th of March there was a disturbance between them in the parlor; Lwas called in, bat would not mterfere; T did not think she was insane; | thonght it was temper; I thought WER TRMPER Was DRVILISIC; when she slapped his face it sounded all over the yom; she hit hun hard; after being sttuck with the Wracket Landis lay insensibleon the floor five or six ; Twas atrrit to leave him; L stood between 4 whon he revived L backed her out of the room and accompanied her to her ewn room; Ltold her tt was dreadful to act so; she insisted on going down stairs to s ‘Tam atrad E have killed him and must go down to sve to him,” she said; she did go down the front stairs; | went down the back stairs; as I passed the door 1 heard her say, “You are more in- sane than 1 am; your grandfather or uncle was in- sate. ‘The eross-examénation of this witness was very kee! but she adhered to her direct testin: pie atin James Brannan was next examined, He had had Dusiess dealings with Landis, but noticed no other | evidences of insanity than have already been related. Samuel ¢ h saw Mr. Landis on the morning of the shooting; went to his office on business; was made indignant by the treatment be received; noticed his staring and his utter want of interest im business THE ABANDONED WAIF. The woman who abandoned the male infant at a | house in Cooper piace, Jersey City, bas mot returned. | A respectable family in the city made a sition to the departments in getting out stone or in cul- tivating the grounds under use of the departments, or iv the manufacture of such articles as may Captain MeKaig, of the First net, te adopt the cheld, and the proposition will be eoveped to-day if the woman does not appear, TIE DISTRESSED OPERATIVES —\—- + ; Raising Funds for the Reliet of the Suffering. | SKILLED LABOR RETURNING TO EUROPE. The Mill Help Preserving a Firm Front to the Capitalists. Loxspate, R. L, Jam, 20, 1876, The sudden change in the weather will, it ts thought, have 4 tendency to bring victory to the millowners and be the means of driving in the help. The meeting, however, to-day would not convince any one that the strikers had any intention of suomitting, no matter what the weather may be, It was a determined band of men and women who met in Barry’s Hall, They were enthusiastic, but moderate in their deliberation. The Hexato correspondent was informed by them thas they had not changed their minds, They would remain here for a reasonabie length of time, or as long as their funds would permit, and then pack up and leave the villages of the company desolate and uninhabited. Their large mills would be obliged to stand idle, So far moderation has counselled all their efforts ta get the reduction returned, but when starvation starea them in the face and they see nothing but misery in their families, who can tell what they may be driven todo? Probably the millowners look at it in this light, and for this reason daily order Providence police- men to guard their valuable proporty. The fact has been demonstrated since the strike that as many of the Lonsdale operatives as desired work elsewhere would be likely to get it it there were any vacancies in the other manufacturing districts in this State or any othor. They are more skilled and better citizens than the majority of mill operatives, They have remained here for years, and to-day we came across several who had been at work in the mills of the company for twenty-nine years, and a large number who had been here tor upward of twenty years, The strikers say that twenty-three families have APPLIED YOR THKIR BACK PAY and have been refused. Upon investigation we find ‘that they were refused because they still held the keys of the tenements and were owing the company the rentals of the same, The milis are kept running, and out of 2,500 looms buta triflo over 100 were working to-day. The strikers cannot get aid from the town authorities, they say, because the officers are the tools of the com pany and by their influence are kept in office. They (the strikers) on election days are all given a tree ride to the poll room and beforehand are furnished with the ticket*which they are to vote. If the conveyances are inadequate they are furnished with a ticket on the rait- road to the voting place at Valley Falls. They claim that if they refused to carry out the wishes of their employers they would, upon the slightest provocation, he discharged. Thus ‘they are obliged to do the will o1 the company in electing the officers of the several towns controlled by them, These facts were substantiated by alarge number of the operatives after the meeting to-day. que Taran oF woR MULHOLLAND, one of the rioters arrested last week, took place to-day in Valley Falls, and the court room was crowded. After the prisoner had been found guilty a letter was: read from the Goddard Brothers instructing the Judge to inflict the slightest penalty, and accordingly he was fined $1 and costs and from this decision he appealea. He will be remembered as insulting Colonel R. H. J. Goddard, MEETING OF THE STRIKERS, The meeting at Burty’s Hall to-day was wellattended, but many of the operatives were at Valley Falls atiend- ing the trial of Mulholland. Mr. Ramaden, who infused new life among the strikers yesterday by giving figures to show that the Lonsdale Company were making money, was the first speaker. Ho warned the audience against trai who bad ap: peared in the village and who were representing that thoy were of th ber. He stated that he had in his speech of yesterday overosti- mated the profits of the millowners, but upon reading some more figures he came to the conclusion that were making enough to warrant them in giving the reduction, Ho thought the Yankees had good idea ot how to earn a dollar and also how to keep it. The orien Sean they were cattle, amd coulu get along any way, If they had extngh cl their nakedness it was all their they needed. He spoke of the rej land, where he came from, a vst the time that the operatives formed thi co-operative sorietion, and that #f they would club together they could build a mill, and. thus have the profits as well as the bosses. — They then could seo for themselves whether there was any profit in the business. Tho chairman called at- tention to the seoessity of looking after the worthy who were in wamt, and warned them not to contribute anything 40 tramps. Me called upon all present to | contripate all they could for the sapport of those who were suffering for bread. There would of necessity be bie cases of distress before the week was over. ney stated that the Relief Committee, of which he was chairman, Was not in good working order, Thit morning two weavers had applied to him for aid. He made a motion that the money which was in the handt of the Weavers’ Union when it disbanded be distrib. uted now to relieve the distressed. He also desired ‘that the fund of the Carders’ Union, now disbanded, be also devoted to the same purpose, and, in fact, « general fund -be established. They needed an¢ must have money, and recommended that acommittee be appointed to go out aud solicit aid. The operatives at Berkeley Mills, owned by Brown & Ives, Mooney continned, had sent word that rative at that place was willing, on and alter Monday, to subscribe $1 head jor the rehef-of the Lonsdale operatives. It will be remembered that the operatives at Berkeley haye not been reduced, for reasons given in the Heranp of Tuesday. Ramsden made a motion, which was carried alter considerabie discussion, that the money of the Weavers’ Union be devoted to belpine thoso who were in want, and Mooney was authorized to pay the money out upon the suggestion of several ladies. The tund of the carders was voted to be also distributed, and a com- mittes of twelve was appointed to solicit aid, ‘At the close of the meeting the chairman thanked the operatives for ther orderly behavior, not only im the bail, bat in the streets. They nad brought no re- proach iipon the cause and had gained the approval of tho press as well as the public, and he wished them to continne the same line ofconduct in the future. The mecting then adjourned to meet to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock, and the crowd quietly dispersed and be- took themselves to their cheerless homes. OPERATIVES RETCRNING TO ECROPR. George W. Pratt, the Assistant Superintendent of the Lonsdale Mills, stated to-day that he was sorry to see the help going clsewhere for work, and that it was his ‘wish that they should return to their work here. Hoe was accustomed to their ways, and they were as good help as could be secured anywhere in the country and understood the business thoroughly. Ip turn the operatives state that {it is owing to the gentlemanly bearing of Mr. Pratt toward one and all that the belp have not rebelled in the past. Patterson Brothers, of Valley Falls, inform me that they have sold passage tickets to twenty-one of tho bes! tives to go to Belfast, Ireland, and Liverpool, on Saturday, and that a large number were also gor 4 next week. Four weavers went to Fall River this ternoon, Where work bas been offered them. AS that their return to work here would be gratifying to the eee, may be mentioned the fact that no help from abr |, Who are constantly applying, can secure their places. A COMPANY THAT DOES NOT CUT DOWN. - A visit was made to the office of the A. W. Sprague Manufacturing Company this where it was ascertained that their mills in Baltic, Quidmick, Antic, Natic and Central Falls and the Cranston Print Works, in this State, as well as the mills at Augusta, Me., were afl running on full time on byt it cloths, and that they saw nothing in a point of view that would warrant them in cutting down wages. The company own their tenements, for whicn the aver- age rental is $2 30 per month, said tenements contain- ing kitchen, parlor, one bedroom down stairs and four | bedrooms up stairs. ‘They are now making from | 28,000 to 3000 pieces—forty yards to the year. Tho company declined to give an o; on the Tonsdalo strike, for the reason that that company was fanufactaring '@ different class of goods, They, however, were of the opinion that the Lonsdale com: pany were paying all they could afford to, as, indeed, were all of the manufacturers in the State. They thonght that provisions were too high for the opera- ‘be done to make living cheaper, The mills ran by Governor Lippettand ex. Governor Howard are also running on fall time, and no reduction of wages * "HE CUBAN PRESIDENCY. To rar Eorroa of tre Heran:— In your issue of yesterday it is stated that June Spoturno bas been elected President of the ban Re. public. Allow me to state that wo official tidings have yet been received in this country on the subject, Ide not believe that any such election is being held, and [ maintain tt isco V. Aguilera 18 de jure Presitent of the Laban Repablic, This report has been cireulated twice, and both times anoflietall:, In my opinion it has been set afloat to mjure G 1 Aguii Colonel LOPEZ DE QUERALTA, ACCIDENT TO AN OIL STILL. About three o'clock yosterday morning tho residents of Long Island City were startled from their slumbers ‘vy a shock resembling that of an earthquake, Anim Vestigation disclosed the fact that the safety vatve of one of the largest oi! stills at the Standard Of Com- pany’s works had biown of, doing, hpwever, but slight damage. So severe was tho shock that in the houses In the immediate viernty crockery and coo) utensils were thrown {rom their places burted avout the doors, or! ie