The New York Herald Newspaper, February 19, 1876, Page 5

ABLE NEWS tom All Parts of the Old World. ‘ YIHE DEADLY COLLISION. Pre Rescued and the Dead of the Strath- | . Clyde-Franconia Disaster. (THE WAR IN SPAIN. Alfonso Marching to the Front—Vera Under Fire and the Carlists in Confusion. WON ARNIM’S TREASON. JA -Clerico-Cabinet Agitation Disturbing Bavaria. JFRENCH RADICALS REPRESSED. JA Week's Review of British Finance, Trade and the Supply of Breadstuffs. SSTOCKS AND VALUES. test from Austria, Hungary and Other Quarters. ENGLAND. es ADDITIONAL DEATHS IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE STEAMSHIPS COLLISION—FIVE PASSEN- GERBS KNOWN TO SURVIVE. Lonpon, Feb. 18, 1876. ‘Of the twenty-nine persops landed at Deal from the nfortunate steamer Strath-Clyde many were greatly and three have since died. ‘A BAD ENUMBRATION, The accounts of the number on board the Strath. ‘lyde are conflicting. The most reliable seems to be irty crew and twenty-six passengers, of whom were saved at Dover. The total number who shed is put at sixteen, in addition to the three who at Deal, ‘THE DISABLED VESSELS. ‘Tho steamer Franconia, which belongs to the Ham- American West India line, was outward bound for Wost Indies, She anchored in the Downs, off |, last night, but steamed eastward at daylight, ming to London to repair. She has since been re- a8 passing Thames haven. ‘The Strath-Clyde lies ip the Fairway, about two milés Dover, her masts standing twenty feet bocaind the r. SAVED. ‘Two ladies and three gentlemen are reported to have picked up by a passing vessel bound for London, BRVENTY PERSONS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ON ‘ BOARD THE STRATH-CLYDE—THE GREATER LOSS AMONG THE PASSENGERS, * Lonpos, Feb. 18—Even'ng. The lists publishéd by the papers this afternoon show the Strath-Ciyde had twenty-three passengers anda numbering forty-seven. ONE MORE DAD. Another person has died at Dover. 4 orene forty known to be rescued only six were pas- agers, one of whom is among the four who have since \prquesr ON THE BODIES O¥ THE VICTIMS OF THE STEAMSHIP DISASTER. Loxpow, Feb, 19, 1876. An inquest on the bodies of the victims of the Strath- iyde disaster was opened at Deal yesterday. ‘The captain of tho Strath-Clyde complained that the conia never attempted to assist his people; not a rope was thrown to save the drowning. ! GENERAL SCHENCK'S DIPLOMATIC POSITION. Loxpon, Feb. 18—Evening. Tho Datly Telegraph is intormed that the state- ynts published by the Central Press yesterday that jeneral Schenck, the American Minister, had resigned that his resignation had been accepted, were un- authorized. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL RBEPORT—OPERA- TIONS DURING A WEEK. Loxpox, Feb, 18, 1876. Money was easy on the close of settlement. Dis- t market steady, with much of the business goitg the Bank of England. The prospect of heavy re- pts of gold from America and Australia has weak- the rato somewhat. The Stock Exchange bas without special feature.: Consols for money have monotonously between 94 1-16 and 94 3-16, clos- at inside rate, While American governments generally show a frac- ional decline, railways, after some fluctuations, close than at the opening of the week. BREADSTUYPS SUPPLY AND PRICES. , The grain trade has experienced a check in {ts up- 1 movement; the demand has been slack, last "a prices were maintained with difficulty, and at jirmingham, Bristol and Manchester yesterday wheat, and oate,were slow, but steady; beans, peas and neglected; maize declined 6d. The quantity of coming to Great Britain is slowly diminishing, the number of cargoes on sale off the coast is large. ‘THE PARIS MARKET yn Wednesday was very quiet, The prices of wheat, jour and rye were maintained only in absence of pres- re of sales. Last week’s wheat and flour imports to Great Britain foot up 250,000 quarters. There ‘ere fair deliveries of Engiish grain and fair average wore obtained, English wheat. being now quoted 1 438., barley at 386. 7d. and onts at 24s. bd. THR QvOTATIONS the Mark Lane Hxpress this morning are unchanged m those of last Monday, but the demand Is reduced. liers are anxious to receive offers, even at some de- line, for wheat, maize and oats, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. . Liverroot, Feb, 18, 1876, } The Liverpool Brokers’ Asiociation Circular, dated preter 11, says cotton has been dull throughout the and closes with a depressed feeling. Quotations most descriptions are again reduced, American is much pressed for sale, and prices have further do- 44. for all grades except lower, fair qualities good middling Orleans and Texas, which are un- The demand for sea island continues liin- i the prices of betser grades are steady; lower ities are neglected and nominal. In “futuges’”’ continues hmited; prices are about id, lower. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET. : Lrverroon, Feb. 18, 1876. , A leading grain circular, dated to-day, says the wheat trade throughout the country hag been uniformly dull. An some markets prices are slightly lower, except for @hoice qualities. A large accession of supply has wppeared at calling ports, for which few bids have Deen made yet, and those at lower rates than last week. But the quantity afloat for Great Britain is much re- duced, being about 400,000 quarters less than at this Bime last year, WEATHER REPORT. + Lonxpon, Feb, 18, 1876, The weather to-day is unsottied, A HEAVY Falun, Maxonxsran, Feb. 18, 1876, Afecara Addieshaw & Warborton, manufacturing * . NEW YORK HEKALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT, ebemists, of this city, have failed. Their liabilities are estimated at $500,000, SPAIN. —_——— THE KING MARCHING TO THE HEAD OF THE ARMY—RBOYALIST SUCCESSES IN THE NORTH— THE CARLISTS PREPARING FOR ¥FLIGHT—A COMPLICATION WITH FRANCE. Manarp, Feb. 18, 1876, King Alfonso reached Vitoria yesterday. He starts to-day for Vergara to assume the chief command of the army. Seema oe resada mu bo appointed chief of staff. ave ST TRIUMPH IN THE NORTH. 2x the Cortes yesterday Sedior Canovas del Castillo read a telegram which he had received trom the army operating in the north, to the effect that General Tas- Sara had advanced to Villatuerta, and that the royal- ists had captured Arandigoyen. ESTELLA UNDER FIRE. . Shells from the royal batteries nave destroyed a fhurch in the suburbs of Estella * DON CARLOS AND HIS FRIENDS. Don Carlos is stated to be in the neighborhood of Valearlos, The Carlist Junta are preparing to seek refuge with the Carlist archives in the mountainous districts of Lasamezcuas, COMPLICATIONS WITH FRANCE, The following official despatch is published to-day :— “The Carlists at Penapiata having killed a French captain on French territory General Pourcet, the French commander, has seat a battery in the direction of Penaplata.”” VERA ASSAULTED BY THE ALFONSISTS—THE CARLISTS AGAIN AT DURANGO. Lonpox, Feb. 18, 1876. The Times, in its second edition to-day, has a special telegram from Vera stating that the Alfonsists are attacking Estella to-day from Villatuerta and Oteiza, All ts quiet at Vera. ‘The Carlists had occupied Durango. ‘THE ALFONSIST ARMY LINE COMPLETED TO THE SOUTH. Manni, Feb. 18, 1878. Official information has been received that General Primo de Rivera has captured Arroniz and other towns, forming a complete line to the south of Estella The bombardment from Villatuerta continues. It is thought the Carlists will be compelled to evacu- ate Estella almost immediately, GENERAL LOMA SAID TO BE IN TOLOSA— DON CARLOS! WHEREABOUTS NOT EXACTLY KNOWN. Henpvays, Feb. 18, 1876. Persons arriving here from Tolosa assert that Gen- eral Loma has entered the town and Don Curlos bas gone to Andoain. A telegram from St. Jean deLuz reports that Gen- erals Moriones and Loma are threatening Andoain, Don Carlos and his generals, Perula and Caserta, were on Thursday night at Sanestaban, to the north- ward of Andoain, Heavy firing near Ponaplata has been heard. The Alfonsists areadvancing toward Kchular. Their troops at Irun are still waiting for orders to advance on Endarlaza, CARLISTS LEAVING, ‘The Carlist deputations are evacuating San Marcos and Santiagomendi. FRANCE. : 7 AN EDITOR SENTENCED UNDER THE NEW PRESS LAW-—PUBLIC MEETING PREVENTED BY THE MILITARY. Paris, Fob. 18, 1876. The Correctional Tribunal has sentenced the editor of La Republique Francaise to & month’s imprisonment, with fine, for attacking Minister Buflot, POLITICAL STRIFR. M. Gambetta addressed a public meeting at Cavail- lon, The proceedings were disturbed by the Bona- partists. MILITARY ACTION AGAINST PUBLIC MEETINGS. The legitimists, Bonapartists and radicals had ar- ranged to hold meetings in Marseilles to-night, Gambetta proposed to speak at the republican gath- ering, but the military authorities prohibited all the meetings. ‘ STEAMSHIP COMMUNICATION DIRECT TO AMERICA. Panis, Feb. 18, 1876, The agents of the General Transatlantic Company announce that their weekly trips between Havre and New York will be resumed on the Ist of April, with the departure from Havre of the steamer France, to be followed by the St Laurent on the 8th of that month, Also that their steamers Labrador and Amérique, sailing from Havre on the 11th and 25th of March, and the France and St. Laurent, sailing thence the lst and 8th of April, will call at Philadelphia on their way to New York. GERMANY. — , COUNT VON ARNIM TO BE CHARGED WITH ‘TREASON. Brum, Fob. 18, 1876, ‘The Gesichtsblatt, a legal journal, announces that the ‘Beate tribunal has decided to indict Count Von Arnim for treason and issue a writ againss him. YON ARNIM’S ESTATES LIKELY TO BE SEQUES- TRATED—CITIZEN SENSATION CONCERNING THE CASE. Loxpon, Fob, 18, 1876, ‘The Pall Mall Gazette's Berlin Special, this afternoon, says that Herr Von Luck, the prosecuting counsel, has applied for the seizure and sequestration of Count Von Arnim’s estates and property. The announcement of the-charge of treason caused a profound sensation. ANGLO-PRUSSIAN SPECULATION IN BAVARIA'S NATIONAL POLICY, Lonpon, Feb, 18, 1876, The Standard’s Berlin special says the Bavarian Diet reassewbies on Monday next Itis believed that the ultramontane members will accept a compromise with the Cabinet, whose resigna- tions the King 18 determined not to accept, AUSTRIA, CARDINAL LEDOCHOWSKEI SAID TO BE EXILED FROM THE TERRITORY. Loxpon, Feb. 19, 1876. A newspaper of Lemberg, Austria, asserts that the Austrian government has sent to Cardinal Ledochowski an order of exile. The Cardinal is at prerent detained by I!Iness in Lem- berg. HUNGARY. THE FINANCIAL ENTENTE NOT YET COMPLETED WITH AUSTRIA. Pasta, Feb, 18, 1876. The Hungarian pepece contradict the statement of the Austrian joarnals that a basis has been formed for the establishment of a Hungarian bank of issue, RECEIVING STOLEN BONDS. Boston, Mass., Feb, 18, 1876, Guilford White, a lawyer of this city, was to-day ar- raigned in the Superior Court on an indictment charg- ing him with recet' thin, Begone! bonds to the amount of $30,000, and was held for trial in $10,000 bail, GOING FOR WINSLOW. Bostox, Mass, Feb, 18, 1876. Officer Dearborn arrived from Washington at five o’clock this evening with the Winslow extradition papers, and with an assistant will sail on the Cunard steamer to-morrow. ANOTHER BANK ROBBERY, San Frawcrsco, Feb. 18, 1876. A despatch from Bakersfield says the Kern Vailoy Bank was entered by burglars last night while the cash! orking at the accounta, The robbers Smocked’ dows ¥ ch the cashier and waved the bank of $27,000, of which $22,000 belonged to the Treasurer, The cashier was found im- sensible on the table this mornina. LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE. New Oncuass, Fob. 18, 1876. The Senate to-day adopted tho following by a vote of 2% to1:— tue press of this city this clty ¢! e May New ‘Orleans have val diverted acne itd Plled the eonsolia ¢ funds in violatio ‘aie ry fof section 9U, of Clty Charter Ack. No. 7, Session of the Legislature, 1810, which law Ade « Fang dismissal from office for of os, Ney yore and prune aeaeenes the Finance. Gemalsien’ te reanired 0 examine int CAFS. and if the same be found trne, Pete for the address of sald offcors out ot ct the Attor ral of the State to ‘i criminal proceedings 4 clint He . ved, ‘That jhe Elgance Com sad ioe satsdld tod ouper and edcainioter cathe. tis rumored that the Grand Jury bave also taken hold 6f the above matter and subpan: a pamber of witnesses, a we power to THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. ATLANTA, Feb. 18, 1876. The Legislature of Georgia is on the eve of adjourn- Mehi, and a constitutional convention is not likely to be cailed. The coutevnial resolutions may pass the Legislature. MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. Mexruis, Tenn., Feb. 18, 1876. A special despatch to the Avalanche from Jackson, Miss, to-night, says that the members of the House in @ body accompanied the Davis Investigating Com- mittee to the bar of the Senate and made a formal tm- hment of the Lieutenant Governor of the State. , ‘he case is set for to-morrow. A POSTMASTER ARRESTED. Ricumonn, Va Feb. 18, 1876. 8. D. Brown, Postmaster at Green Bay, Prince Ed- ward county, W. Va, has been arrested by Special Agent Isaac Myers for robbing the mail He was brought here this evening and taken bofore United Staves Commissioner Atkins. He waived an examina- tion and was held to bail in $1,000 for his appearance in the United States Court. Brown is a Justice of the Peace as well as Postmaster. ‘MACHINE SHOPS BURNED. Ricumoxp, Va., Feb. 18, 1876, A fire in Danville, Va., yesterday destroyed the ma- chine shops of Crews, Rodenheiser & Co., leased by Clarke & Co, The first named firm lose $18,000 on machinery and building, and Clarke & Co, lose on machinery and stock $15,000, Insurance on the whole, $9,000, of which $4,000 is in the Atlantic Com- pany, ‘of New York, A LOUISVILLE MYSTERY. Lovsvitx, Feb. 18, 1876, George Webster, manager of the Kentucky State Lottery, was found dead this morning in a ditch near nis residence, in the suburbs of the city. His horse and buggy were near at band, and it is possible that he may have been kicked by the horse into the ditch drowned, as there ts a bruise on his head ich as) =6might have been produced by a kick from a horse, and there was sugicient water in the ditch to cause his death by drownffig, though it is by no means certain that his death was caused in that way. GEORGE PEABODY. Bostoy, Mass., Feb, 18, 1876, The anniversary of the birth of George Peabody was duly colebrated at Peabody, Mass, to-day. BRITISH SHIPPING. s Sr. Jouy, N. B., Feb. 18, 1876, At a meoting of the Board of Trade to-day a copy of a despatch the Minister of Marino is to forward to Lord Carnarvon in reference to imperial shipping legisiation was read. The Board approved of the despatch and resolved to memorialize the government to request the Minister to proceed to England and watch the legista- tion, and advised that several Canadian shipowners now in England be associated With him as delegates, . THE _WELLAND CANAL. Sr. Carmanine’s, Ont., Feb. 18, 1876. Work on the Welland Canal enlargement, which for some time has been at a standstill, will be pushed for- ward ut once, the Stonecutters’ Union having ac- cepted the terms offered by the contractors—namely, $3 per day and correspondirg rates for piece work. THREE CANAL BOATS SUNK. Povankssrsig, Feb, 18, 1876, Three canal boats, in tow of the steamboat Norwich, bound south, were cut into by ice to-day between here and West Point, and sunk. They had about 400 tons of coal on Loss $8,500. THE SALT OF MICHIGAN. Detroit, Feb. 18, 1876, ‘The salt manufacturers of Michigan met at Saginaw to-day, effected a combination and pledged themselves to abide by the prices fixed from time to time by the appointed commitjees. A SNOW BLOCKADE CLEARED. Boston, Feb. 18, 1876, The snow blockade in Crawford Notch, on the Port- land and Ogdensburg Railroad, has been cleared away after four days’ bard work with a large force of men, and trains will to-morrow make their regular trips through the mountains. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. War Derarturng, | a Orricr or THe Curmr Sina Ovricer, Wasuinotox, D. C., Feb. 19—1 A. M. Probabilities. For Saturday in the South Atlantic States, stationary barometer and temperature, light winds, mostly north- east, and clear weather. For the Gulf States, stationary barometer, warmer, partly cloudy and clear weather, with northeast to southeast winds, followed in the Western Guif states by a moderate ‘“northor.”” For Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and the lake region, falling barometer, southwest winds, warmer, partly cloudy weather, and possibly rain or snow on the lakes, followed by colder northerly winds in the west- ern portion of these districts. ° For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri val g barometer, colder northwest winds and clear For the Middle States, warmer northwesterly or southwest winds and occasional calms, stationary or falling barometer and increasing cloudiness. For New England, rising, followed by falling barom- eter, south and west winds, warmer, partly cloudy and clear weather. The rivers continue stationary, except a slight fall in the Middle Ohio, THR WEATHER YESTERIAY. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as in- dicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Heraup — 1875. 1876. 1875, 1876. 20 ‘Average temperature yesterday... Average temperature for corresponding date last year. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Acable telegram from Lisbon, under date of yester- day, reports:—“The United States steamer Franklin leaves here for Southampton to-morrow.’ GERMAN REPUBLICANS. The German Republican Central Committee met last night at ite headquarters in the Bowery, ex-Judge Dit- tenhoefer inthe chair. The recommendation of the Executive Committee te abolish the Patronage Commit- tee and vest its powers in the President was adopted. A resolution requesting Congress to vote dowa all prop- ositions for subsidfes was also adopted. SUFFERING PAUPcRS. There are at presont 465 peupers on Boroum Island, Queens county, with proper accommodations for about one-half thas number. Sixty of these are without beds, Owing to the deficiency of clothing and lack of comfortable accommodations many are suflering from colds and much sickness prevails, A DISAGREEABLE COUSIN, During an altercation last night between Louis White, aged twenty-six years, of No. 252 East Houston street, and his cousin, Joseph White, of No, 65 Willett street, at the residence of the latter, Joseph stanbed Louis with a pocket knife, inflicting five he ea io bis arma and left shoulder, Joseoh was WASHINGTON. ty charged {nthe courts and. by The Post Office Department and the Connecticut Campaign Orator. ROMANCE OF A DISCHARGED OFFICIAL, The Gold Gamblers and the United States Treasury, , FAMILY QUAR WME, OF oF ig DEMOCRATS: An Affecting Incident and a Roscoe Conkling Rhyme. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. oan Feb, 18, 1876, THE STORY oF Mm’: a OFFICE INVESTIGATING ee PLANATION FROM THR DEPARTMENT—HOW MB. JEWELL WAS CHEATED.. Concerning the story of McLan¢ before the Post Office Investigating Committee yosterday, the Post- master General said to-day that it was evidently. im- Possible to carry on any large business without gottlinys cheated; that he had done business in Connecticut tor | thirty years, and when the amount of business was no more than $500,000 a year ho found that he occasion- ally got cheated. Now he does a business of $30,000,000 and the rascals who prey upon it, or attempt to, are More numerous. As fast as he can discover them he kicks them out, and that is what he has ddpe, ho says, with such fellows as McLane, He may be cheated once, but not twice by the same fellow. So much, at least, he takes care of, The testimony of Burnside, Chief Disbursing Clerk in the Post Office Department, con- cerning McLane puts another face on McLane’s affair, Mr. Burnside testified before the Post Office In- vestigating Committe in relation to McLane, whose testimony was given yesterday to the effect that ho had been sent to%; Connecti- cut by Mr. Jewell to make speeches in the campaign atthe expense of the Post Offiée Depart- ment. Mr, Burnsido says that McLane applied tor the position of Captain of the Watch in February last, and was indorsed by the Arkansas delegation. He was appointed frst class clerk in Hazen’s division, asked | not to be confined to desk work, and the Postmaster" General, regarding his excellent war record, intended to puthim onas special agent After two or three weeks’ work in the office McLane wat detailed as gpecial agent, without pay other than his salary as a clerk, but to be allowed actual travelling expenses; felt sure thatan order to that effect was made; McLane was sent to Connecticut, where he was to remain and receive instructions; knew he made a political speech in New Haven; within a week or ten days after McLane left Washington the Postmaster General receivod a tele- gram from a friend in Connecticut to order McLane back at once, which he did by telegram, and soon after that the Postmaster General came in possession of a ilettor of Meclane to Kittle, a mail contractor, telling Kittle that !t would be a good thing tor him to contribute to the Connecticut election fund, as it would help him (Kittle) at the department, Ktt- tle did contribute through McLane $200; thought it was for this reason that McLane was ordered back; the Posimaster General, April 8, sent for McLane and two or three officials, and, after recounting to McLane how he had abused his confidence and compromised him by conspiring with mail contractors, instantly re. moyed McLane, after censuring him very severely; am positive that the Postmaster General intended to use McLane as a special agent if he turned out well, THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTRES AND THE DE- PARTMENTS. Complaint ts made here by republicans and depart- ment cffcers that the House investigat.on committees deal too much with the departments, as though they wore headed and officered by rascals. There is some truth in this, The committees are not careful of the reputations they allow to be attacked, and not always of the character of the witnesses they cal! to testify, andthe members of the committees sometimes show a curious ignorance of details which leads them into blunders, FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, PRE la SE Wasuinaton, Feb, 18, 1876, GOLD GAMBLERS WAITING TO LEARN THE AMOUNT OF GOLD IN THE TREASURY—THE EZYYECT OF MR. SAYLER'S RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE INFORMATION. The gold gamblers in the lobby of Congress are patiently awaiting the answer to Mr. Sayler’s resolu- tion of inquiry, ané meantime the officials at the Treasury Department aro freshly annoyed at this latest instance of the frequency with which they have been asked for Mnancial information by the House This resolution of Mr. Sayler, asking for a statement within ten days of the actual amount of gold in the Treasury vaults, is declared to be unwise and uncalled for, inasmuch as the information cannot be of any general good in the deliberations of Congress, and may be of great service, it is alleged, to a clique of Wall street gold gamblers inimically dis- posed, who are trying, as the Treasury Department has information, to rum up the price of gold, The resolution is regarded as not warranted in any way, but is believed to be inspired by a ring of four or five of the largest operators in New York city, prominent among whom is supposed to be Jay Gould. In support of this theory the fact was quoted by a distinguished Treasury official to-day that gold had gono up ‘within twenty-four hours nearly one percent At the samq time, it is said that @ slight advance in gold at this period of the year was not unusual, because the gov- ernment had just paid out one of its largest annual amounts in the January interest, and would not place any great or unusual sum in the market until May and July next, Ostensibly $1,500,000 gold was recently bought for shipment; but it is believed by the Treagury officials that none of it has gone abroad, but will be kept bere to bull or squeeze the market, as the occa- sion may require But the Treasury officials say that, while they deem it unwise to give such information to the country at this time, they have no discretion, ac- cording to the resolution, but will-furnish it, Mr. Sayler, of Ohio, who introduced the resolution calling for @ statement within ten days of the actual net amount of gold in the Treasury Department, is wholly free from any supposed interest. in the specula- tion, He says that he offered the resolution after speaking to Mr, Payne, of Ohio, about it, and thought that, in view of the talk about specie resumption, it would be a good thing to know just exactly how much gold there is in the Treasury Department to supply means wherewith to resume, He says he does not be- iieve that after all that has been given credit for there will be $2,000,000 in gold in the Treasury vaults; in fact, he goes go far as to say that he does not believe there is any gold at all in the Treasury. He says be is a resumptionist, but wants to know what we are going to resume on. He had become tited of hearing Ono abused in this connection, and thought be shoald like, for the sake of the whole country, to get some informa- tion of the actual amount of gold in tit Treasury De- partment for resumption. He denies that his action ts in any interest or to subserve the purpose of any one eimue or pool. THE QUABBEL ON THE CURRENCY QUESTION Altona THE DEMOCRATS—CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR, MEADE AND MB. LAMAR RE- GARDING THE REPRESENTATION OF NEW YORK ON THE CAUCUS COMMITTEE, * The quarrel on the currency question between the East ov the one side and the West and South on the other waxes warm, The fact has been already made conspica- ous in this column that the country east of the Alie- gany Mountains had only one representative allowed it in the democratic Caucus Committee, appointed to prepare a financial policy for the dominant party in the House, The selection in this interest, originally given to Mr, Hewitt and declined by him in favor of Mr. Ely, was passed over to Mr. Barnum, of Connecticut, ieav- ing New York State unrepresented in this important if Rot rave businowe The ouartel progresses and is likely to be serious as the following Correspondence will indicate: — Wasnmoron, D. O., Feb, 18, 1876. rest t am greatly surprised to find that’ a cor: n men nce between us, which I had ri led co anti peappears ln imperfectly referred to in a New York paper of 40-day's d late. I can only arrive at but one mele sion respecting this unjustifiable publicity, and wl alone compels mo to furnish the press with the correspondence verbatim, only omitting the last para- eof 7 matter and referring ‘te Arata ‘entuety diaeamined wit ubject in hand Very re “fo Hon. Ta @.0. Liin, MR. MRADE’S LETTER TO MR. LAMAR. Wasuuoroy, D. G, Feb. 15, 1876, My Dear Mn, Laman —It is with much surprise that Tlearn the personnel of the committe on the subject of finance which has been a; eines by you, in pursu. ‘ance of the action of our ee mH am rightly is istermed such contale ied “C0 rat thtée members fro State of Uhio and nous gom the ropertion of embers ses ered Meads garam 2 te ae rkable, but when it is taken in connection thé fact that the greatest commercial State in the nto ing ee largest representation in the rely ign If forces the conviction of the edlatenee of s ‘policy wl which is not publicly an nounced, and which, 1 am reluctant to believe, that you would secretly maintain, For my own part, as an humble representative of the State of New York, my great desire is to see a Shanna) policy adopted broad enough for the people of all the States of our Union to harmoniously occupy. But this early discrimination above referred to is 80 apparent, to my mind at least, that I muss Tespect- fully enter my protest against it. With grom reonal regard I am sincerely yours, DE. BRSEO! ¥ MR LAMAR. eal VW teRv8, D.C., Feb. 16, 1876, Hon. Eowty R. Meade, Willard’s Hotel, & Stz—I have just received your letver pes “Yesterday protesting against my action in the appointment of a commities of nine, ordered by the last mocting of the democratic caucus: 4.8 ENS 1 confess that itc tone somewhat surprised me. 5° far from having entirely igaored New York, or froi geeking the adoption of a policy inimical to her inter- ests or to the views of her democracy, 1 thought that the appointment of one of her members on the Cam- ign Committee, consisting of only seven members tuting another chairman of the consultation ce of thirtoen, was a full recognition of her induence mm! position, 6] preety as I potated from other States geatle! Bot knew were in full accord with the views we roe Fork ‘ork fA the financial question, It is true that in making Cox chairman of one committee and Mr. Hi member of the other I felt coustrained reluctantly 10 pass over the claims of the gentieman recontmnended by yeu. I regrotted that the recommendation was not seconded by other mem- bers of the New York delegation, ‘The appointment by me of two—not three—from Ohio is due to the tact that the diversities on the financial question, which it was desired to reconcile, have been pronounced in that State, while in New York, so far as [ am informed, very little, ifany, exists. Twenty-eight ot the thirty: seven States had to be “ignorod,” as you choose to ex- press it, in making up the committee of nine last ordered, and 1 am at a loss to understand how New York can suffer at the hands “ the gentlemen ap- pointed. Respectfully, LQ. LAMAR, RESPONSE OF MR, MEA Wasuiyaron, D, C., Feb. 17, 1876. Hon. L. Q. ©. Lamar :— Sim—Your favor of yesterday {s at hand, and while I am entirely willing to bye you of any intention to ignore my State, you will readily perceive that the people of that State, as represented by the public press there, is not ready to do so. A State comprising one- ninth of the population of the entire country, and an even greater proportion of the material wealii of that country, is, in my judgment, unwilling 4o have dole- gated to other States ta voice in a committee of thir- teen on So important a question as that concerning the currency of the country. Besides, Mr. Hewitt wforms me that you offered him & place on that committee, and that he only declined in favor of Mr. Ely because he was already upon your Campaign Committee, and that it was undersjood, acourding to bis mind, that Mr. Ely was to go upon the Finance Committee. Very truly yours, E. R. MEADE. THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ON THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. . The Democratic Joint Conference Committee neld a meeting to-day and ventured to fix next Tuesday night for the session of the caucus on the subject of the cur- rency and finance, THE ROSCOE CONKLING RHYMING SENSATION— THE LATEST AND MOST APPROVED EFFORT. ‘The following neat little effort in the poetical line— apropos of the Roscoe rhyming sensation—was sent to the reporters’ gallery of the House of Representatives to-day, addressed, in a clear feminine hand, to the cor- Fespondent of the HekaLp, with the injunction outside, “immediate,” and the information tnside:— ‘his fs somewhat better than your average Conkling rhymee, and contains a real incldent:— A hal Monsieur Hsxatp, you tink vert well You have fixe—what you call em—a nice little sell; Mais la muse d’Alsace, bein vounded et gory, Est une bonne brat lle; she vill tell you ze story, C'est un pou difficile in English to write 1, But | puts him down if she will indite it, Commence 4 l’instant. Fi donc, sing Les Cmte les chagrins de Monsieur Conkling; How day morning Monsieur Cooper present him vin's aioe foatie billet a young lady sent him; Une pauvre joune fille, a Treasury mees, Who haf loose her piace ia ze Bureau de Elle demeure in New York, mais xo family dimes Half flew way; she haf nossing—ze vorst of crimes, MacCartee haf shut up; Bristow gone busted ; No pay; and de chile is vari much vursted, Mais allons; marchons; Yankee Doodle, let's go ‘To the Capitol to find Mrs. Liberty et Roscoa, Un mot de Roscoe, A Bristow, Et presto, Again we go, Mats pas un mot de Roscoe, Pas un mot A Bristow. hee he say, Monsieur Cooper thirty times an hour, 1 1s forced to szro myself upon de dignite of power. For refusals prs od her, Madmotselle, O done, cling To ze skirts of Liberty, but not to Roscoe Conkling. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE UNITED sTaTES STEAMER DESPATCH. As a good deal of mystery has been thrown around the proposed nfovement ot the United States steamer Despatch, Commander Frederick Rodgers, it may be stated that she 1s to be sent to Norfolk and Port Royal to convey Captain Robert W. Shufeldt, Chief of the Nayal Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, on a tour of inspection. * He will be absent probably for several woeks, There is no mystery about the matier. The Despatch will leave tho Washington Navy Yard to- morrow, and, as part of her mission, will convoy a monitor from Norfolk to Port Royal. THE NAVAL COMMITTER AND THE TORPEDO SYSTEM. The Naval Committee of the House, accompanied by Admiral Porter and his ald, Commander Kane, went down the Potomac to-day on the torpedo boat Alarm. 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