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press 4 * WHE FRENCH SENATE. “pdR ‘RESULT OF THE SENATORIAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED IN PARIS—THE CITY INTENSELY EXCITED—M. BUFFET DEFEATED. [Sr=ctAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Panis, Jan, 30, 1876. The result of the French Senatorial elections bas been announced to the people. INTENSE EXCITEMENT. Great excitement prevails, The boulevards are ‘hronged and the kiosques or stalls of the news- venders besieged by the people. THR RESULTS. Le Soir, in an edition. published at midnight, Gives the following results of the clection:— Known conservatives of every shade of party, 119. Republicans, 81. 4 COUNTER CLAIM. ‘Le Temps claims a republican majority. M. BUPFET DERRATBD. ‘M. Buffet lost his election, ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL FAITH OF NEW SENATORS—SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES IN PARIS AND THE DEPARTMENTS. Panis, Jan. 80—Midnight, The Senatorial elections were held by the Electoral Colleges to-day. THE RETURNS. Complete returns have been received from all parts of France except two districts of Puy-de-Dome and the colonies. CLASSIFICATION ACOORDING TO PARTY PLEDGES, ‘The successful candidates, classified according to the political opinions avowed in their own addresses to the electors, are divided into sixty-five monarchists, twelve pure Bonapartists, ninety-three republicans and forty- five who are described as both monarchists and im- “perialists, THE CHOICE OF PARIS. The Electoral College of Paris inthe frst ballot chose MM. Freycinet, Tolain and Herold, the repub- lican candidates proposed by M. Gambetta, In the second ballot Victor Hugo was elected, and tn the third M. Peyrat, the irreconcilable radical, was successful REPUBLICAN SENATORS. Among the republicans elected in the departments : ere Ex-Prosident Thiers. Mt. Chollemel-Lacour, M, Poiletan. M. Esquiros. M. Delacroix. M, Favre. M. Rampont. M. Oscar de Lafayette. “ M, Feray. ‘THE MACMAHON MEN, Among the successful candidates who bad the sup- + port of the government are:— M. Wadaington. M, Ventavon, ‘The Viscompte de Meaux, Minister of Agriculture and » Commerce. M. Léon Say, Minister of Finance. ‘M. Caillaux, Minister of Public Works. Compt Daru. ‘M, de Beleastel, M. Pouyer-Quertier. &M. Teisserenc de Bort, ‘M. D. Frerdrel. M. Joubert, M, Contant-Biron. The Marquis de Talhonet, ‘M, Magne. M. Taiband. The Duc de Broglie, M. de Gavardée. General Ladmirault. “Marshal Canrobert. M. Depeyre. Admiral Kerjégu. M. Raoul Duval, the Bonapartist, is elected. CABINET MINISTERS DRPEATED. M. Ruffet, Minister of the Intorior and Chief of the «Cabinet, and M. Dufaure, Minister of Justice, are de- feated. A MINISTERIAL STATEMENT, The returns of the Minister of the Interior classify the elected Senators as follows :— Recommended by the government, 129. ‘Bonapartists not recommended by the govern- ) ment, & nf Radical and Gambettists, 63. Members of the Left Centre, 15. PARLIAMENTARY EXPERIENCE, ‘About 120 ot the Senators elect were members of the Assembly. ENGLISH VIEWS OF THE SENATORIAL RETURNS. Loxvoy, Jan, 31, 1876, The Standard’s Paris despatch reports M. Bocker, a » leader of the Orleanists, is elected to the Senate from » Caleados. The correspondent says, owing to the generally mod- erate character of the men elected, the new Senate produces little impression, but the failure of Buffet and Dufaure to secure seats is regarded as a matter of par- + amount importance. PARIS TRANQUIL. Paris is perfectly quiet, SPAIN. THE ALFONSIST ARMY CORPS MOVING SUCCESS- FULLY AGAINST THE CARLISTS, Lonpok, Jan. 81, 1876, A special despatch from Vittoria to the Standard reports that General Quesada has captured Aregzia, This, in addition to his other successes—the occupa- tion of Villa Real and the heights of Artaban—gives him possession of the roads to Biscay and Guipuzcoa, The Third corps, under General Loma, has captured » the town of Valmaseda, in Biscay. Ggneral Moriones, moving up the Valiey of the Oxio, fas outflanked the Carlists and advanced into Navarre, RUSSIA AND AMERICA. GOYALIST COMPLAINTS AGAINST YISHERMEN, St. Parerssvra, Jan. 30, 1876. ‘The Gazette of this city complains that American ships for a long time have been committing abuses in the Okhotsk Sea, The inhabitants, being bribed with spirits, have allowed the Americans to usurp the rights of fishing and hunting in those waters. The clipper Wladamack has started on a cruise in Behring Strait to suppress the abuses and confiscate cargoes of spirits. AMERICAN GERMANY. Berux, Jan, 30, 1876, {t ts asserted that Prince Bismarck has proposed to ‘the Federal Council that the decree of last spring pro hibiting the exporting of horses be annulled, because ‘the reasons for such prohibition no longer exist, THE PRINCE CHANCELLOR AGAIN ILI. Bunuix, Jan. 90, 1876, Prince Bismarck is again reported to be ill. AUSTRO-HUNGARY. IMPERIAL CONDOLENCE WITH M. DEAK'S COUNTRYMEN. fr Viexwa, Jan. 30, 1876, The Emperor Francis Joseph has written a bighly -eulogistic letter to the Hungarian Ministry deploring che death of M. Deak. BRAZIL, daniniisctanninms Rio Jaxntno, Jan. 29, 1876. Coffee very quiet; nearly nominal. BURGLARY IN A PARSONAGE. Eunna, N. Y¥., Jan, 30, 1876, The residence of Rev; Dr. W. &. Knox, of this city, was burglarized this evening while he and his family were at charch. Several hundred dollars in gold and siiverware were taken, the articles stolen were asieeve button and breattpin of smoked very rare in thigconstey There inne trace af tha thiaves, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 31,~ WASHINGTON. Important Action of the Ways and Means Committee. AN EFFORT TO REVIVE BUSINESS. Importers To Be Protected from Sharks and Informers, es THE COMING CURRENCY CONTEST. FROM OUR SPECIAL @ORRESPONDENT. Wasuinoton, Jan. 30, 1876. IMPORTANT BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED BY THE WAXS AND MKANS COMMITIKE--THE WRONGS IN THE APPRAISAL OF MERCHANDISE—REVI- SION OF THE TARIFF. Mr. Morrison, of the’ Ways and Means Committee, will introduce to-morrow two important bills, The first is intended to remedy some defects and some gross wrongs in the appraisal of merchandise imported from abroad, This bill provides for the removal of all those absurd provisions which require that in making up the value of imported merchandise on whicn duties are as sessed there shall be added to tho actual wholesale price or market value at the time and place of exporta- tion all the incidental charges and costs incurred In preparing the goods for export, as, for example, cost of baling and packmg, port fees, gaugers’ and woighers’ charges, export duties and numerous other petty items of charges, the omission of any of which is, under the present oppressive and rigorously construed law, held to vitiate the invoice and subject the Importer to the charge of fraud and to liability to excessive penalties. These provisions, tntroduced some years ago, had a twofold object—to increase the tariff in a roundabout way and to also create actual obstructions to aoing business. This law has been the foundation on which & great number of sharks and informers hanging about the Custom House have acted. It was this which caused Phelps, Dodge & Co. and other merchants so much trouble, and through the provisions of which, there is reason to believe, spies and informers in- tended to attack nearly every reputable house in New York and other important ports. The repeal of this act cam hardly be resisted in cither house, and will give the greatest satisfaction to all honest importers and to the mercantile community all over the country. ‘The other bill ts a revised tariff, formed with mach care on the general plan mentioned in these despatches ten days ago. The revision has been made with the help of the great experience and knowledge of Mr. Davia A. Wells, who has been in town fora week or more, at the request of democratic leaders, to give his assistance in this and some other matters. Tho ob- Jects of the revision are to reduce taxation, give better protection to many of our most important branches of manufacture and at the same time Increase tho revenue, For these purposes it is intended to strike out from the present tariff the large number of articles which now bring in scarcely any revenue or none at all For instance, there are individual articles wnich produce only $20 a year, and the cost of collecting duties on them or guarding against their importation is a considerable item of expense. Second—It is proposed to encourage and help the re- vival of the great manufacturing interests of the country by decreasing the duties on many of the raw materials which they are obliged to use, and the high cost of which, caused by exorbitant duties, incapacitates many of our manufacturers from competing with foreign producers, and in foreign markets which they are now anxiously seeking, and which markets are prac- tically illimitable. Such articles are wool, dye stuffs, chemicals, metals and the like. In the preparation of this revised tariff Mr. Morrison, as chairman of the Ways and Means, bas shown thet he has carefully studied the questions Involved, and bas a correct com- prehension of the means which must be used to re- establish, at the same time, our foreign commerce and home manufactures, and set the idle hands at work ail over the country. The bills above mentioned will be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and will come up for discussion only after they are reported from the com- mittee, but they will probably not be materially changed, though it is\probable that tea and coffee will be put back on the tariff, as it has been found that the people were not benefited by the abolition of the duties on these articles, importers and (oreign producers hav- ing reaped the entiro advantage. ‘THE* DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY PREPARED FOR ACTION—THE COMING CONTEST ON THE CUR- RENCY QUESTION. The démocrats are now pretty rapidly getting ready the measures with which they propose to go to the House and the country. They have boen busily at work in their preparation, and at the samo time have, by deliberation among the leaders and members, per- fected the party discipline and made of the majority a compact body in support of the important measures on revenue and currency which they will bring forward. It is not yet certain whether the tariff or the cur- rency will come up first for discussion, but a number of gentlemen have speeches on the financial question ready to fire off, and will probably be anxious to pre- cipitate the debate on that subject. It is not yet cer- tain in what manner the two parties will join issue on resumption. It is understood that both sides will favor resumption, and that the repub- licans will take the ground in favor of measures to withdraw the legal tenders, while the democrats may seek contraction by attacking the national banks with measures intended to force them to withdraw their notes, The predise nature of the plan of either party is not yet known, and they are probably not yet per- fected, but the battle will be not between contraction and expansion, but between different methods of con- traction, and it may be taken for granted a the dem- ocratic party in the House does not mean make tho biander of favoring inflation. SENATOR MORTON'S WITNESSES IN HIS INTIMI- DATION AND OUTRAGE CHARGES. A. Warner is chairman of the Ames Republican State Committee in Mississippi. O. C, French ts the person to whom Governor Ames gave the contract for hiring negro convicts to the planters as plantation laborers, and is besides this a member of the Centennial Com- mission. These two and one 8. A. Vose, alias Vose- burgh, appear as defendants in a compiaint fled by the Attorney General of Mississippi, in the Chancery Court, in which they are charged with having, by fraud, ob- tained from the State about 123,000 acres of land, and having failed to render any account of what they had done with it; to pay'to the State the money they were required to pay for \t, or to make the improvements in Pearl River which they were required to make in re- turn for the land grant. They are said to have sold about $175,000 worth of this land, and the Attorney General now sues to force them to render an account to the State. ‘These are the kind of men who have been for some weeks deceiving Senator Morton about Mississippi aMairs, and persuading him that it is necessary to in- vestigate the State. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasuinotox, Jan. 20, 1876, ASECRET POLITICAL ORGANIZATION—ITS PRIN- CIPLES AND OBJECTS, A secret organization has recently been started, and bas already «membership of 15,000, It is called “The Free School Guard.” Ite headquarters are in Washington, D. C, The rules for government are si ilar to those of the Patrons of Husbandry. its objects are as follows :— The Union and the Constitution, Liberty and Union Forever, The Preservation of Our Public Institutions. ‘ree Schools, Free Speect al Aid. The State or National Government to Provide for the Education of Every Capable Child, Education Shall be Compulsory. No Educat: 80 Franchise, Term of Six Years for the it ot ted States, Loyalty to the Government. Church Pro- perty to be Taxed. The Pi t of the United States to be Elected by @ Direct Vote of the People. ‘The declaration of orincivies ia—Political. bat aot Partisan, Motto—Intelligenco, Freedom and Union. Watchword—Preach a Crusade Against Ignorance. THE SULTAN AND THE TURKISH BONDS. The Turkish Legation denjes the truth of the re- Port thatthe Sultan owns bonds of the national debt to the amount of £8,000,000 sterling, and that he ex- acted full interest, while the other creditors would, for the time being, receive only one-half. This {s pro- pounced a calumny. fhe Turkish Legation also denies, as being without foundation, the rumors relating to ill treatment inflicted upon Americans, it being al- leged that in order to escape violence they embraced Islamism. + CHARLEY ROSS. ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS WAIF RESEMBLING THE LOST CHILD TURNS UP IN OHIO—THE PHO- TOGRAPH SENT THE FATHER, AND HIS OPINION THEREON—EXCITEMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE, Tirrtx, Ohio, Jan. 30, 1876. Word reached this city this morning that a boy had been discovered about twelve miles south of this city that closely resembled the veritable Charley Ross. Ad- ditional information has been received which confirms former reports, The latest advices state that during the month of last October, and about the time when the prosecution was pressing the Westervelt trial at Philadelphia very hotly, two men in a very close car- riage drove up to the residence of Mrs. Beobe, residing on the road leading from this city to Upper Sandusky, the county seat of Wyandot county, about twelve miles south of this place, when one of the two gentlemen, whom Mrs. Beebe says she could tdentify without trouble, brought the boy into the house. The man stated that he wanted to LEAVE HIS BOY with her for a day orso, as they had some business to transact in that neighborhood and did not wish to be bothered with him. Against her desire the child wag placed in her care, and she was cautivned to watch him closely for fear he might stray away and not to allow any person to take nim away but himself, They left her then, but never returned. For about three weeks the little fellow remained at Mrs. Beebe’s house, when sho applied to the Wyandot County Infirmary, and had him placed in that charitable institution Mrs. Belle Gibson for a long timo has been a constant visitor to the infirmary, and one day he took quite a fancy to the little waif She applied to the syperintendent, and by his consent she took the little boy home with her, and since then has been sending him to schoo! regu- larly, A few days ago some one of the scholars made the remark that the little stranger might be the little lost Charley Ross, which at once awakened a feeling of curiosity in the breasts of the people of that vicinity. A photograph was taken of the child at an early day and forwarded to Mr. Ross at Philadel- phia, with a letter giving in detail all the attending cir- cumstances connected with the strange movements of the two Nee men, Upon its receipt Mr. Ross at once telegraphed a response to Mrs. Belle Gibson, stat- ing that the picture hore A GRRATER RESKMBLANCN to the lost Charley than any he had yet recetved from any locality. Ho also instructed the parties to keep him concealed until further orders should be received from him. The little boy is about six years of age, and says his name is Charley Skates, his father having brought him from a place called Cincinnati. He always weeps when left in the dark, and throws arm over his eyes when approached. ' The child looks as though Dad been subjected to rough usage A Daily Star reporter has left here for the locality to make a complete investigation of the matter. * THE SUPPOSITION is that it ts the identical Charley Ross, ang the Drone in that neighborhood aro wild with excitement, The inhabitants seem to be more strongly confirmed in their belief when , take into consideration the time he was left and the locality 1m which he was placed, it being a rather sparsely settled country. If it is Charley it is thought the abductors were fleeing from the while Mrs. Mosher was testifying, and such great influence was being brought to bear.on her to divalge the whereabouts of the stolen child, and that they thought they were hotly pursued by detec- tives and dropped him off in this out of the way locality. “CROOKED.” THE NEW ORLEANS AN INDICTMENT FOB REFUSING TO PRODUCE BOOKS. New Omirays, Jan. 80, 1876. In the “crooked whiskey” investigation the only capias fled yesterday was against John A. Walsh, who was conducted to the bar of the United States Circuit Court and arraigned on an Indictment for not producing the wholesale liquor dealers? books at the demand of the ue officers. Walsh pleaded not guilty in the sum of $5,000. It is thought that will be issued on Monday and furt! developments made. WINSLOW'S EXTRADITION. THE INTERFERENCE OF THE GENERAL GOVERN- MENT DENIED—SUITS FOR THE RECOVERY OF MONEY AND BONDS IN HIS POSSESSION, Bosroy, Jan, 30, 1876, Detective Dearborn arrived home last night from Washington. He reports that Secretary Fish has, after consultation with the members of the Cabinet, decided to deny the request made by prominent Bostwnians that the government demand the EXTRADITION OP THE PORGER Winslow, holding that the matter was not one requiring Pecans fe interference by the federal government. Despatches have been sent by cable to Ko which will reach that city suits will be commenced to attach $125,000 in ment bonds and $30,000 in gold, which, Winslow took with him. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, 0 it ts believed, THE VANDALIA DISABLED. Bostox, Jan. 30, 1876. The United States steamer Vandalia was towed back to this port from President Roads this afternoon. It ts supposed her machinery is disabled, SUICIDE OF A BANKER. Borvaia, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1876. Jobn Stellwagen, the private banker who suspended last Monday morning, committed surcide last night by drowning himself in the Erie Basin, His body was found there this morning, partially out of water, frozen solid.. There were about $4,000 in his pockets. Ho had been missing since the previous afternoon, From his peculiar actions during the past week it is thought he was laboring under a fit of insanity. The assets of the bank will amount to $119,000, and the liabilities to $108,000. ACQUITTED OF MURDER. “Tonoxro, Ont., Jan. 30, 1876. William Frazer, indicted for being accessory after the fact to the marder of Jane Gilmour, was acquitted at the Assizes yesterday. FIRE AT HOLYOKE, MASS. Srarorietp, Jan. 30, 1876, ‘The residence and barn of S. B. Allyn, at Holyoke, Mass., were destroyed A a last night. The loss is | $10,000; insured tor $8,, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan Derartannt, Orricu ov THE Ci SIGNAL Ovricer, Wasmmcrox, Jan. 3i—1 a. M. Probabilities, For New England and the Middle States, generally clear weather, slowly rising temperature, light easterly to southerty winds and failing barometer. For the South Atlantic States, light rains near the coast and clear or fair weather in the interior, north- east to southeast winds, slowly rising temperature and | slight changes In barometer. For the Gulf States, Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, clear or fair ‘weather and rising temperature, with southeast to southwest winds and falling barometer. For the lake region clear or partly cloudy and slightly warmer weather, southerly to westerly winds and falling barometer during the day, followed during the night by rising barometer and colder weather and snow near Lake Superior. For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri val- leys partly cloudy weather, soutnerly winds, shifting to westerly and northwesterly, and areas of snow north of Missouri, followed during the afternoon and evening | by colder weather and rising barometer, The Mississippi River will continue to rise at stations south of Cairo, where it is now two fect and a haif above the danger line, The Ohio will fall at stations above Evansville, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in corf- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as in- | dicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Henao Buildin Average temperature yesterday. seeceeee OOM Average temperature for corresponding date last aK SWINDLING WORMS. Forgery of an Indian Centract for Supplies. ALLEGED BRIBERY OF THE PRESIDENT. How a Citizen Was Robbed of Five Thousand Dollars. The Accused Awaiting Ex- tradition. MonTawan, Jan. 80, 1876, On Saturday afternoon Dr. Worms, 4 practising Physician of this city, was arrested on a charge of forgery, the facts concerning which are as follows William L, Newman, hotel proprietor, of Chicago, IIL, mado affidavit before the Hon. Judge Thomas Kennedy Ramsay that at the city of Chicago, in the latter ond ofthe month of October last, Charles Worms resided at the hotel kept by him, On November 13 Worms informed him that he could get a contract in his favor from the Interior Department of the government for indian supplies; that {t was subsequently agreed that the said Worms should obtain the contract in favor of the informant and John Killer, of Philadelphia; that afterward it was agreed that Newman and Worms should goto the city of Washington in order to ar- range about the contract; that they arrived in Wash- ington on the 19th of November and put up at the same hotel On Saturday Worms went to the Interior Department, and returned in about half an. hour and requested him (Newman) to draw up a proposition for the said contract; that he did draw up a proposition and delivered {t to Worms, who, as he himself said, went to the Interior Department, and on returning said there was considerable stir and excitement about the contract, and that they would have to go to Philadelphia and there wait the turning of events; that they went to Philadelphia, and a day or 80 after Worms produced to him a paper purporting to be the contract in the following terms:— TEXT OF ALLEGED CONTRACT. {Special order 761.) Contract to supply the Indians awarded to W. L. Newman and John Keller. INTERIOR D&PARTMENT, Wasmnotox, D. 0., Nov. 18, 1875. Articles of agreement made ana entered mto this 18th day of November, A. D. 1875, botween General G. L. Cowen, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, an officer of the United States, on the one part, and Wm. L. Newman and John Keller, of Chicago, Cook county, in the Stato of Illinois, on thé other part:— This agreoment showeth that the sald General @ L. Cowen, tor and on behalf of the United States of America, and the said W. L. Newman and John Keller, their heirs, executors and administrators, have cove- nanted and by pipe and by these presents do Neher 4 ete and agree, to and with each other, as tol- jows:— - First—That the said William L, Newman and John Keller, their hoirs, executors and administrators, shall supply or cause to be supplied and issued at Chicago, IU, at theroffice of the Inspector of Indian Affairs, articles hereto specified, that shall be required for the use of the Indians:—100,000 flannel shirts, 100,000 pairs of drawers, at seventy cents; 80, pouches, forty cents; 50, shoes, brogans, at $245; 100,000 pairs socks ai 83 cents; 60,000 pairs woollen biankets at $4 90; 10,000 rubber boots at $2 63; 300,000 trowsers at $3 98; 50,000 rubber blankets at $2 15. The articles shall be receivea in the city of Chicago, lL, and inspected by Captain Charles Worms, inspector of this department, Second—The demand shall be made by the inspector weekly or monthly. Third—The contract shall be in force two months from date. Fowurth—No member of Congress shall be admitted to any share herein or any benefit to arise therefrom. 4 witness hereof the undersignod placed their bands and seals, Z. CHANDLER, Secretary of the Interior. The deposition goes on to state that Worms informed complainant that the signature to the contract, was that of the Hon, Zachariah Chandler, of the city of Washing- ton, Secretary to the Department of the Interior of the United States; that Worms directed him to sign the contract for himself, as well as for John Keller, as his attorney, and that he did 80 sign, as well as the said Charles Worms, as witness, Further, that Worms then produced an envelopo ad- dressed to U. & Grant, President of the United States; that into this envelope, so directed, according to pre- vious understanding, he placed $5,000 currency, with the contract signed by him, and then closed the en velope; that Worms then suggested it would be bettor to seal it with sealing wax; that thereupon his atten- tion was called from tho letter, and while tn the act of putting on his boot, from which he had taken the $5,000 (ten $500 notes), the said Worms replaced the envolope in which he had placed the $5,000 with another envelope similarly directed. The latter fact, the deponent says, he ts Informed of and believes it from information by U. S. Grant and Zachariah Chandler; that afterward ho took the en- velope, which he believed to contain $5,000, to the Post Office and registered it, receiving the ordinary certificate therefor; that he has since been informed that the said envelope was duly received at the Execu- tive Mansion, at Washington, on the 224 of November, and on being opened was found to contain nothing but scraps of paper. The affidavit further sets forth that’ Newman has been informed that the signature to the contract was not in the handwriting of Hon. Zach- ariah Chandler, but a false one, torged by Worms; that he bad no right to sign the same or obtain the contract; that {t was, he believes, never issued from the Intertor Department; that said contract was a forgery, altered for the purpose of de- frauding him and against the peace and dignity of the State of Pennsylvania, THR EXAMINATION, The prisoner was taken before Judge Ramsey shortly after his arrest and remanded until Monday. W. H. Kerr, Q C., represents the United States government, ‘THR PRISONER'S STATEMENT. The prisoner maintains that the contract was genuino; that the $5,000 were sent to U.S. Grant, and that he will offer no objection to being extradited. Worms was born at Lille, in France, and arrived in America when quite young in 1861. He enlisted tn the Fifty-eighth New York infantry volunteers and was appointed commissary sergeant, and subsequently appointed second and then first lieutenant, In February, 1863, he was appointed by President Lincoln assistant quartermaster, with the rank of Captain, and assigned to do duty with the Department of the Gulf, and stationed in and around New Orleans. When his period of service expired he wentto New York, and with his brother-in-law, Strauss, commenced the manufacture of gentiem: furnishing goods, Their manufacturing establishment was burned down soon after, and the circumstances surrounding the case were of such @ suspicious mature that the insurance companies instituted proceedings against the proprietors, Since his arrival in Montreal ho has followed the profession of physician, but was gener- ally regarded as aquack. United States special agents FIRE IN EIGHTH AVENUE. A Gre broke out last evening shortly after ten o'clock onthe first floorof the three story brick building No. 875 Eighth avenue, occupied as a clothing store by Schatman & Brother Damage to stock $4,000, and to building $500; fully insured. The cause of the fire is unknown, PURSUING CORRUPT OFFICIALS. The next important case to engage the attention of the courts in Jersey City will be the indictment for fraud in the Board of Education. There is not the slightest foandation for the rumor that this and other indictments against officials have been ptgeon-holed, District Attorney Garretson is now actively engaged in the preparation of the cases for trial Police Commis- sioner Edmondson has been held to bail for the Grand Jury on the ol of malfeasance, while the men who conspired, as ts alleged, to bribe him, have been held to bail on'the charge of conspiracy. DROWNED OR MISSING? Yesterday morning Officer Lard, of the Ninth pre- cinet, reported that John Morris, aged twenty-six years, residing in Liverpool, employed as a butcher on hip Republic, now at pier 52 North River, ng since Friday last. He was five feet rather stout tn build, and nad a red Ppowed bis hat aod kevs were found on the deck. to have been drowned as W876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. SALMON CULTURE. THE PROBLEM, OF STOCKING CONNECTICUT RIVERS wiTH\ SALMON -APPROACHING 6OLU- ‘TION—WHAT IS DOING BY HATCHING ASSOCI- ATIONS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE STATE FISH COMMISSIONERS. Wastronr, Jan, 27, 1876. The sabject of ish propagation by artificial processes das received the attention of scientists and others in- terested to such an extent during late years that the- ories have given place to actual work, and to-day may be seen results which are sufficient of thomscives to convince the most incredulous that the roe stocking of the rivers of Connecticut with salmon is no longer problematical, but is to all intenta and purposes a fixed fact. To the wisdom and foresight of Professor Baird, of Washington, aided by Fish Commissioners appointed by many State Leg. islatures, ana the suggestions of such piscators as Mr. Seth Green, of New York, and Dr. Hudson, of Connec- ticut, are the people indebted for the advancement thus far made. In this connection Rev. Livingston Stone, of the United States hatching house, on the McCloud River, California; Mr. Charles Atkins, of the hatching house, Bucksport, Me., and the Rev. Mr. Clift, of Mystic Bridge, Conn., ‘snould not be forgotten. The ap- mouth ofthe arch was of Roman chape, some two feet high by tivee broad; the walls and floor were evenly end carefully’ butlt of unhewn stone, cemented with @ on ot mud plaster, no lime cement being found im the whole structure. The y widened, unt! after some tev feet of length, it expand into Wide coll some ten feet in diameter; one wall of this was artificial, the back of natural rock, and the other sie also artificial but of irregular shape, The cell was svme five feet high, and care- fully floored throughout, On the floor was a pile of chaiky white dust, which crumbled, changed color and hardened on being exposed to the alr. On the top of the pile was a soft black svbstance, which would appear to be pure lampblack or carbon, as the work- men deseribe it as being “smeary, like soit, black putty,” but, unfortunately, nome of this substance was saved. The cell hus now been exposed ¢o the open air, $0 that only two of the sides and the floor remain intact; the laborers employed im the work are anxiously searching for old coins, bus no coin, Im- plement or weapon of any kind hay yet been dist covered, Specimens of the hardened white dust, of the mud mortar and of the lava-like rock have beem sent Lo Cambridge for examination. THEORIES. Theories are numerous regarding the cause of such @ Sabdterraneam structure, but its origin ts wrapped im | Mystery, Probably it was @ tomb, and the beap of | ashes was all that remains of some early cremation, for surely it was the work of no” Anglo-Saxon setters, The land on wich it was found has been waste tand® } Over since the settlement of the town; besides, the Puritans over built subterranean tombs, never prac- {ised cremation and were far teo good masons not te know the value of lime mortar tn building an archway of round stones. Was it the Norsemen? Butif they ever ventured go far inland, what their object in propriation of public money tor the accom- Plishment of this obiect is deemed indispen- sable, as private enterprise would not be likely to cover a work intended to be so general in its results. So viewing the case, the General As- sembly of this State has annually for a number of years appointed a commission and yearly set apart the sum of $5,000 to be expended in completing this most important work, The Commissioners for this State are William M, Hudson, M. D,; Robert Pike and James A. Bill,’ gentlemen who, {n all respects, are capable by familiarity with the subject of advanet the State’s fish interests. In the State are se’ hatching houses, that of the Waltonian Club, near New Haven; the hatehing house near Mystic Bridge and the ‘Westport Trout Association’s” establishment, at Poplar Plains, in the town of Westport, being’ the most importaut The most successful hatching for the State has been done under the supervision of Superintendent George vellitfe, at the latter place. Following is a showing of the work done at Westport among salmon fry during the four years ending with January, 1876:—In 1872 there were re- ceived trom bucksport, Me., 10,000 salmon eggs. These were hatched at a loss of twenty-tive per cent, and were deposited in equal proportions in the Sauga tuck Rivor, at Westport, and Mill River, Southport In 1873 thero were recetved from the same place 850,000 eggs. These were hatched at a loss of only five Bir oan, and were deposited, 40,000 in tho Saugatuck iver, 5,000 in Mill River and 305,000 In the head waters of the Connecticut River. In 1874, from the same place, were received 875,000 eggs. By delay in packing somo of these had hatched before shipment, and on their arrival at the ponds many of the eggs were found dead. The remainder were hatched at a loss of only five per cent, During the same year, from the United States hatching house, on the McCloud River, California, were received 150,000 eggs. Theso were hatched at a trifling loss. Of this fry 45,000 were | pee in Butter Brook, town of New Milford, and | 5,000 in the Farmington River at Now Hartfora. Of the fry trom Maine 50,000 were placed in Butter Brook, 200,000 in the Farmington, 30,000 in the Shetucket, a ‘tributary of the Thames at North Wind: ham, 20,000 in a stream in the town of Guilford, near New Haven, 10,000 in Mill River, South- Port, and 10,000 in the Saugatuck River, at Westport. in 1875, October 16, were received from California 480,000 eggs. Of these 12,500 were found dead on ar- tival The loss in hatching was 17,500, less than four er cent, a record better than that of any other hatch- ing house in the country. Of these 50,000 were placed tn the Shetucket, 300,000 in the Farmington, and 100,000 in Butter Brook, a tributary of the Housatonic. In the spring of 1875 there were received from Lube Me., 15,000 of land locked salmon. There were places 6,000 in Hog Lake, town of Lyme, 5,000 in Lake Pocta- pang, and 6,000 in Crystal Lake, town of Eastfora ¢ total number of eggs, exclusive of land locked, re- ceived by the association from the beginning, is 1,365,000, The total loss during hatching bas been 68,250, Total number of fry placed in the rivers of the State, 1,296,750, Hatehing has been done successfully at the other houses named The {ry placed in the rivers four years ago have more than once been heard from. They have been caught by hook at different points is ( piscators in search of trout. That the young fry are thriving and destined to attain full growth can- not be reasonably doubted. [tis known that years ago the principal rivers of the State abounded tn Salmon ; that they were more plenty than shad; that though for eating purposes Buperior to shad, they had at one time become a drag in the markets. In verifica tion of this statement it is known that eighty years ago, when men placed their sons at trades, the indentures or agreements entered into specified that salmon should be put be- tore the apprentices at their meals only at certain times each week, as the fish were so plenty that “bosses” took advantage of it to cheapen the matter of board, All this has changed in the absolute disappearance of ‘the fish (rom our waters. In order to restore them and enable the people to taste the fish ata price less than the fifty cents per pound now charged, the plan for re- stocking the rivers by artificial process has been tnau- gurated, The success thus far achieved warrants tho Delief that that expectation will, at no distant day, be fully met. CANADA AND THE CENTENNIAL, ; Orrawa, Jan, 30, 1876 The Canadian Centennial Commission concluded its labors yesterday. The United States Commissioners have consented to grant additional space for the ais- play of Canadian lumber, as requested by the Lumber. ers’ Association, Room will now be allowed for 10,000 feet of each kind of lumber. A CENTENNIAL THEATRE. AN ENTERPRISE O¥ THE KIRALFYS IN PHILA- DELPHIA—A THEATRE AND SUMMER GARDEN. PutLaperata, Jan. 29, 1876. A now theatre and garden for musical, dramatic and spectacular performances, to be occupied and con- ducted by the Kiralfys, will be one of the features of the centennial year in Philadelphia, It is to be oppo- site the Academy of Music, on Broad street, and the ground has beon cleared and the digging for the foun- dation commenced. The space to be covered is very large, The lot has 120 feet front on Broad street, with an offset about fifty feet back on the n@.th side, where it widens about fifty fect more. The depth of tho ground 18 26 feet to street in therear. The fagade of tho building will extend along the entire Broad strect front, constructed of zine andiron in the Moresque siylo of architecture, elaborately ornamonted with columns, horseshoe arches, &a pomes in bright color and gilding, and surmounted by two domes of tron and glass, one at eachend lt will show two stories in height, with baleonies, and will have three entrances. The central entrance will be tnrough a wide passage to the garden, the southern entrance to the theatre and the northern to the café The theatre will seas 1,600 persons, THE INTRRIOR will be decorated with carvings, statuary and frescoes, and connected with the garden by glass doora Tho stage will be one of the largest in the city, and beneath will be a large pit for machinery. No flats or grooves will be used, the scenery all bee drops, the wings folding back’ against the walls, 80 that the whole width and height of the stage will vailable for displays and spectacular effects. The scenery 1s now being painted in Paris, anda French machinist is engaged to arrange the stage machinery. The stage will Ter con. pres | by telegraph wires aod speaking tubes with the manager's office ia front. THE BASEMENT will contain a smaller ball for concerts and minor enter- tainments. A feature of the enterprise will be the garden, 150 feet square, in the centre of which will be fountain surrounded by four smaller ones. There will be a large grott fails, colored lights, &., in o1 one, smailer, in another corm A promenade, twelve feet wide, will extend all around the garden, with seats and tables in bowers and among flower bed: work, An orchestra stand will be in one cort builders’ contract requires the work to be fi the middle of April, £o that the establishment may be opened on the Ist of May. The cost of the work will be between $400,000 and $500,009. Ono of the Kiralfy brothers will leave for Europe next week to engage per- formers. If the promises of the management are kept the new place of amusement willbe a weléome addition to the resuurces of the Centennial city. A PREHISTORIC DUNGEON OR TOMB, SINGULAR DISCOVERY IN DEDHAM, MAS8S.—A MYSTERIOUS SUBTERRANEAN APARTMENT, ARCHED WITH STONES, Depvmam, Jan. 24, 1876, This old town has lately been considerably excited over the unearthing of an old cell or tomb, which sooms to be of pre-historic origin, The Charies River, afier flowing by the town, winds through some two miles of meadow or swamp land, consisting nearly en- rely of peat, which is sometimes found to be twenty or oven thirty fect in depth. In this peat arrow beads and stone hatchets have often been found, causing con- siderable mtorest to be attached to a series of singular hillocks, which rise suddenly from the swamp at in- tervals, nearly regular, and of symmetrical propor- tions, These have often been thought to be artificial— indeod, the oldest inbabitants have a tradition that thoy are burial mounds, Bat, be that as it may, the discovery of & veritable tomb of unknown age will certainly add to their interest. jurrounded w corner and some bay tegen te Xanga 8 2 bank, some workmen have recen' ngaged excavating fora race course. On Thoreday last, while their progress was stopped Gace Ca - Lag ich connate be a kind of tafa, identical with any rock formation building so permanent a structure? Tif Indians? But they never built stone tombs, were totaly unac- qualnted with the principle of the keystone, and would have buried a brave with his pipes and arrows, fn order to place him in euitable attire for the happy hunting grounds, The wailed roof of the tomb was some three feet below the surface of the ground, which consists of gravel. The length of the tomb, cluding the entrance, is some eighteen feet, placed actly east and west; in the widest part it is about ten in diameter, The verdict of the Cambridge savante awaited with great interest. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, “Lohengrin” is in preparation at Brussels for Mma Nilsson. Liszt will spend the month of May in Holland at the Palace ot Loo. Rubinstein !s working hard upon the score of bk new opera, “Nero” Mr, J. C. Williamson, formerly of Wallack’s, and Mr Charles Mathewa were tn Calcutta at last accounts. Horr Johannes Brahms ts to be conductor at the next: Lower Rhine festival, held this year at Alx-la-Chapelle, Mme, Elisa Polsko, who wrote so extravagant a book about Mendelssohn, has just published another about Paganini, Verdi's ‘Aida’? has been produced at Moscow, and | created a far deeper impression than previously at St, Petersburg. The dramatists and composers of France produceé during the year 1875 173 now works, two of which wore tragedies. Verdi's “Requiem” has been performed, with (m mense success, in Munich, the very stronghold of Wag- norism and Von Bilowism, Mme. Csillag, who sang once in this city in ‘Il Trovatore” a few years ago, and, Mmo. Marchesia are professors in the Vienna Conservatoire. A French operatic company is being formed in Paris, by M. Genebrel, for Buenos Ayres, where, up to the present, there have been only Italian companies. The London Musical World says ‘or five years ‘La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein’ has not been played in France. Political motives were the cause of this, The Prefect of the Rhone has just granted the manager of the Gymnase at Lyons permission te proauce the piece,” Governor Tilden, Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer, United States Senator Kernan and two State Senators occupied a proscenium box at Booth’s Theatre on Sas- urday evening. It 1s understood that places have been reserved for # visit of the Governor, Judges of the Court of Appeals and members of both branches of the State Legislature on next Saturday evening. The pri- vate boxes are to be tastefully decorated and a special musical programme arranged by Signor Operti. Brall’s opera, “The Goiden Cross,” has proved a tri- umph for the composer atthe Royal Opera, Berlin. Minnie Hauck, the American prima donna, ia the first lyric star in the German capital. One of the leading critics says:—‘Miss Hauck sang the part of Alice here for the first time. After proving herself in Mozart, Auber, Gounod, Rossini and Verdi, she now showed what an adept she is in Meyerbeer. The purity of her intonation, the art of her legato, the gentle manner in which she commences a tone, aud allows it, echo-like, to die away, little by little subsiding into softness, her animated delivery and her vocal expression made her ‘Alice another prize. The scone in the second act brought out the young lady’s intelligence and life like acting even where the character takes only a transien’ sbare.’” THE CARNIVAL SEASON. The Saengerrunde Society engaged in carnival stance at its headquarters at the Germania Assembly — Rooms last evening, and indulged in an unlimited amount of witand humor. The large hall was decorated with all the paraphernalla of tho carnival and the emblems and insignia of the mad prince. Every sais admitted to this séance was obliged to wear the bell-tinkhng fool's cap, which had quite a fantastic shape. The programme meluded several carnival chants composed for the oc- casion. The Mayence Carnival Society engaged ina series of barlesque proceedings in honor of Prince Carnival at Turn Hall, for-which a rich programme had been pre- pared. : OBITUARY. CAPTAIN HENRY ASHFIKLD ELLIS, U. 8 A. The above named officer died in San Francisco on the 25th of January. He was carried from life by heart disease, The deceased officer was son of the late Dr. 8. C. Bilis, of New York, He was born in New York and appointed to the army from this State He was commissioned captain in the Fitteenth regiment of infantry on the 30th of November, 1861, and has since served, with zealand efficiency, in the Fifteenth and Thirty-Ofth regiments of infantry. HON. JOHN ELWYNN. Hon. John Elwynn, ono of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Portsmouth, N. H., died in that city yesters day. LIQUOR DEALERS ARRESTED, ‘The following liquor dealers were arrested last night by the police of the Kighth preeinet, charged with vio. lating the Excise Sunday law:—Gustave Gambrecht, No} Spring stroet; William Wagner, No, 180 Prince street; ae Bown, No. 183 Prince j Albert Nogler, No, 129 Spring street; Emil Klive, No, 130 Prince street; John J. Wents, No. 516 Broome street; ~ Shicias, No. 49 Grand’ street; Prancis Azin, No. 19 ‘West Houston street; Louis B.’ Shelbin, No. 125 Prince street; John W. Elwood, No, 63 Grand street; John Raes, No. 540 Broome street, and James Gazeilo, of No. 388 ‘South Fifth avenne. James Collier, of the corner of Broadway and Thir- teenth street, was arrested vy Sergeant Allen, of the Fifteenth precinct. ‘The prisoners were all locked up and will be ar- raigned at the Washington Place Police Court this morning. STOLE HER WATOH. Ann Willtams, of No, 60 Sixth avenue, was arrested last night by Officer Graham, of the Fifteenth precinct, on bese! agp Josephine Van Hublen, who her with stealing a gold watch valued at $30. The prisoner was locked up in the Mercer street station house. NOBODY BUT A GUMP NEGLECTS A COUGH. ‘Take some Hate’s Honey of Wormmounp anp Taw in« jn one minate. NASSAU, gen Pou C. 1D ON NASSAU, 1 WOON DuOMELY. AND ” WELL-BEATED 0) TO LET ON VER NABLE TERMS, SUITABLE FOR LAWYERS, BANKERS AND INSURANCE OFFICES, ‘APPLY ON THE PREMISES. A GREAT SCIENTIFIC INVENTION—THE SILK EBvastre Tuvss, sold by ELASTIC TRUSS COMPANY, G8 worn easy bight aud day; toon permaueusly re. A.—WISTAR'S BALSAM OF WILD CHERRY will cure your cough. Try is! 90 cents and 8! @ bottle, AMERICAN ALE, SUPERIOR TO ANY ALB IMte Boracay in Pinte And aefOtiy J, START, 118 Gommborsae” SODA WATER APPARATUS POR MAKING Alt Breast Beverages JOHN MATTHBWS, Ist ay. aod 2 iow Yor ST. 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