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ud + + A * CONGRESS. Disagreement Between the Senate and House on the 3.65 Bond Question, The Military Academy Ap- propriation. REFUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT. SENATE, Wasuincton, Feb. 25, 1876. On motion of Mr. Susray, (rep.) of Obio, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the bills reported by the Finance Committee on Wednesday last to amend the acts of July 14, 4870, and January 20, 1871, to au- thorize the refunding ofthe natidhat debt. Mr, Sugemay explaided the tecommended by the Secretary ‘of the Treasury. It provided that the 444 per cent bonds should run thirty years, instead of fifteen years, and mereased the Mnount from $300,000,000 to $500,000,000. Mr. Epaonps (rep.), of Vt., inquired if any of these £34 per cent bonds had been issued? Mr. Swer«ay replied in the negative. Continuing his remarks, he said the Secretary of the Treasury be- dieved that if this law should be passed he could com- mence funding the 6 per cent bonds into 43g per cent Donda. If he succeeded to the full extent of $500,000,000 there would be a saving to the government of $7,500,000 annually. Mr. Ocuessy, (rep.) of IIL, asked what was the ne- cessity for increasing the amount of these bonds to $500,800, 000 if none of them had ever been placea ‘upon the market? Mr. Suxeman said Congress should, before commenc- ‘ing the issue of any ot these bonds, the amount to ‘De issued. It was ved that $500,000,009 worth of these bonds could be n ated. Mr. Saunspury, (dem.) of Del., asked if there was —~ probability of Sageniing four per cent bonds? r. SHERMAN said it was Seamer im ble now ‘to negotiate the four per c¢ht bonds. He hoped the advancing credit of the government would soon enable the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate those bonds, An extended debate followed, Mr. McDonaxp, (dem.) of Ind., submitted an amend- ment to strike out the wo! “That the amount of bonds bearing four and one-halt per cent interest, au- thorized to be issued, be increased to $500,000,000, and that they be payable at the pleasure of the United Btates after thirty years from the dato of their issue, instead o/ years,” and insert in leu thereof ‘as follo “That the bonds now authorized to be fgsned, bearing four and one-half cent interest, bo ’ made payable at the pleasure of the United States after ‘thirty years from the date of their issue, instead of fif- teen years,” ‘Mr. Surman opposed the amendment, and argued ‘that it would be better to pass the bill as reported by the committee. The amendment of Mr. McDonald was rejected—yeas, 14; path 43, The dill was then read a third time and passed—yeas, 61; nays, 5—as follows;— ° Yeas—Messrs, Alcorn, Altison, Anthony, Booth, Gamoron, of Pa. Cameron of Wis, Caperton, Ch Cla; onkliig, Davis, Dawes, Dorsey, Kamunds, English, ervey, Tiitelcoek pags me A eg lly, Kernan, Key, Logan, SMeMlilan, ‘Maxey, Mertinos, 1, Morrill of Me., Morrill of Vt., Morton, Norwood, Oglesby, Paddock, Randolph, Sargent, "Sherman. Spencer, adieich West, Whyte, indom, Withers and Wright—o1. pays; Nesara (*} Eaton, 'MeCreery, McDonald and ‘The bill, as passed, is as follows:— Bo it enacted, £c., that the acts to authorize the refundi the national’ debt, approved July 14, 1870, and January . 1871, be so amended that the amount of bonds bearing and one half per centum ee authorized to be is- ued, be increased to 000, And that they be payable At tho pleasure of the United States after thirty years from the date of their issue, instead of after fitteen years. Sxcrion 2.—That this act shall not be construedjto author- any increase of the total amount of bonds provided for the ucts to which this act is an amendment, nor to au- rine any increase whatever of the bonded debt of the inited States, and all provisions of the acts to which this Js amendatory, not inconsistent with the provisions of thi ‘ct, are hereby continued in force and etfect. Mr. Sarcent, (rep.) of Cal., moved that when the Benate adjourn to-day it be to meet on Monday next. Agreed to, THE MILITARY ACADEMY, Mr. Auttsox, (rep.) of lowa, called up.the House pill, making appropriations for the support of the military ogy og! the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877. The it amendment reported by the Committee on Appropriations was “or additional pay of professors for length of service, $6,800, An extended debate followed, in which a large num- ber of Senators participated. Mr. Kew.y, (Dem.) of Oregon, gave notice ofan Bmendment which he would*submit at the proper time, providing that after June 80, 1876, each of the professors at West Point, whose term of service ex- ceeds ten years, shall huve the rank, pay and allow- ance of colonel. Those whose term of service exceeds five years and $ than ten, the rank, pay and aliow- Boutwell, ristinucy, ance of lieuten@t colonel, and others, the rank, pay and allowance of Major. Pending discussion at four P. M., the Sen- fate, on motion of Mr. Wright, went into executive pession, and, after a short time, the doors were re- opened and the Senate adjourned until Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasminotos, Feb, 25, 1876, Mr. Buckwsr, (dem.) of Mo., from the conferenco tommittee on the bill to pay the interest on the 365 bonds of the District of Columbia, made a report and proceeded to explain it, : Mr. Hxrgrorp, (dem.) of W. Va., opposed the report god asserted that the Sinking Fund Commissioners of the District had been continuing to issue these bonds ‘Wn violation of the recorded will of the House, Mr. Buckner denied that the Sinking Fund Commis- sioners had issued any bonds since the 25th of Jan- gary, oxcept on certificates already delivered. Mr, Herzvorv—Then why strike out of the bill the | Prohibiting the issuing of bonds after the amendment 7th of January Mr, Buckxer—I did not strike it out. It was struck out in the Senate. Mr. Hexxronv—Why did my friend agree to the re- port striking it out’ air, Bocknsr—Becaase it is the best thing we can do, tis right and it is legal Mr. Ciymer, (dem.) of Pa,—I understand that the Smount of these bonds issued since the 27th of Janu- gs Ang about $1,250,000. ir, BUCKNER—You are very much mistaken. Mr. Ciyuer—It was so asserted by a Senator without tontradiction. Mr. ‘Buckxer—Then that Senator, like a great many ether people, knew very littie about it. Mr. Cirmex—Can the gentleman inform the House what the amount is? Mr, Bockxer—I undertake to say that the amount | does not exceed $150,000. Mr. Crymen—The statement was made in the Senate by Senator Bayard that the amount was $1,250,000. ‘cnn Buckxkr—Then Mr. Bayard was grossly mis- « taken. Mr. Ciymen—It is very strange that none of his col- ues set him right, r, Bockxer—lt is not strange at all, for very few of them know how these bonds are issued. Mr. Hoan, (rep.) of Mass, raised the point that it ‘was entirely out of order to discuss in this House the proceedings of the Senate, Tho Citainmay (Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, in the chair) sustained the point of order. Mr. Hotmay, (dem.) of Ind., suggested the postpone- ment of further action on the conference report until Ube result of the investigation now being carried on Into the conduct of the District authorities be made known to the House. Te Houseshould have time to vonsider the phraseology contained tn the bill, so that at least one step might be taken in connection with the District af'airs which would not be full of blun- ders. Mr. Bucxyer replied that the effect of that would be Wo injure the credit of those bonds. No one could doubt the obligation of the government in connection with them whether ‘that obligation was a primary or secondary one, and that the government would have ‘vo meet that obligation. . Mr, Cuywen asked Mr. Buckner whether the general Qotice that was given by the action of Congress on the 87th of January last was not such notice as should bave put the world on {ts guard, and whether any per- fon taking these ponds, issued subsequently to that day, did not take them with all the equity existing be- tween himself and the goverument? Mr. Bockyen.—That is a legal question which I do ‘ot propose to answer. Mr. 1» spoke in support of Mr. Holman’s position to postpone action on the bill, and said the best provision im the bill (the one abolishin; the Board of Audit) had been struck out by the conte: gnce committe. He admonished the House to make taste slowly and to make no mistake. Mr. BUCKNER closed the discussion and moved the previous question, The House refused to second the previous question by 89 to 82. postpone the further con- week. Mr. Hotmay then moved to sideration of the bill for one Mr. CLyMER stated as an additional reasou why the question should be poned that he wanted to fr Poe Rabeneir gene hy © bonds had not been issued lance pu ot ing counsel fees for persons brought to Frulter Otehose, and some Coe - Purpose of subsidizing the press of After some further Mr. Holman’s motion was ad and the question Postponed one week. Foreign Affairs, reported back the ished to that committee by the State Departinent in feference tothe connection of Generkl Schenck, the American Minister to England, with the Emma Mino and the Machado claim. He stated that the action of the Executive departments of the government appears to have been limited to & recommendation in a tele. hic despatch to General Schenck, dated November & 1871, that he should retire {rom the directory of Sf ny RR RI enck al upon after t! although the fact did not ve been comntunjcatea to the preap unt il, and said it was | ayia | makes NEW ‘Im regard to the Machado, Generar to have taken no action in the mat- was ordered ‘to be printed, Biteaak tppearet and was back to the Committeo on Foreign Affairs for further considerati eee tocall the committees for re] Many private bills were introduced and acted upon, after which the House went into Committee of the Whole on the private calendar. The committee then rose, and a number of private bills were passed. The House then, at quarter past five, adjourned. aa session to-morrow is to be for general debate o REFORM IN TAXATION. To the Hon. Winuiam H. Wickuam, Mayor, &¢. :— ‘There is a homespun adage that ‘‘there’s no use cry- ing over spilt milk.” Well, the milk has been spilled, the apportionment settled and the ‘‘moan is made,” But the future is all before us, and there is little use looking back unless for the purpese of profiting by ex- perience. The presentation of some of the features of the tax laws of Pennsylvania has not been for the pur- pose of recommending them as a standard to be fol- lowed literally and in detail, but for the pur- pose of showing that that great Commonwealth, lying contiguous to ours and closely resembling it im popula Vion, area and resources, has ventured to cut loose from traditional customs and usages, and successfully adopted methods and systems in harmony with tho changed conditions of financial and business affurs. Tho vital principle underlying the present system in that State is the separation or division of the suljects of taxation by and between the State and the munici- palities, The State selects its objects of taxauion and ride one horse one must ride behina;” but physicaily as" to creatures and economically as to taxation, it has been found more convenient and advantageous for each to have a horse of his own. That is the very sub- stance of the proposition I respectfully submit. While two powers tax the same object there must always be abundant material for contention and friction. 1 do not propose to exempt a!l personal property from taxation; on the contrary, I propose to reuch hua- dreds of millions that now escape, aud subject all that is taxable to the operation of just and equal laws, to be Poa and equally administered by the authorities of the State, As to real estate—that I propose to relieve entirely from the burden of State taxation and from the in- equalities and, perh I might say, oppression, of State equalization, which, even if well made and fairly, | will never seem to ® so made by a large portion of the Sag pevere. ‘The suggestions I have to make are briefly these:— 1, That all corporations created by or doing busi- noss in the State shall be assessed by the State Aasess- ors, upon sworn returns to be sent to them in Albany, the taxes paid directly to the Stato Treasurer. 2. That the taxes shall be fixed upon the value of the stock, a percent upon gross receipts or in propor- tage tion to dividends, including scrip and stock dividends, | yusted as not to call for any deduction for investments in real estate. 3. That discrimination shall be made in the rate of | taxation upon corporations formed under the General Manufacturing law, so as to foster such interests so far as Gey practicable and equitable. 4. That if it shall be tound necessary to secure ample revenue to the State a license tax, moderate in amount, may be imposed upon certain classes of business, to be paid to the State, 5. That it shall be left to each county to determino, by its local legislature, whether it will tax, for its local purposes, other descriptions of personal property. 6, That real estate be relieved entirely from taxation for State purposes, 7. That the real estate of corporations shall continue to be taxod where situated, as under present laws, These propositions vary somewhat from those sub- mitted two years ago, but I havea poor opinion of a man in active life wno bas learned nothing and has not advanced his views during such aterm, The same principle, however, underlies both plans, the difference being chiefly in details. ‘The first proposition herein stated is based upon the | fact that torporations are the creatures of the State, and ure especially accountable to the State. The citi- zen in bis individuality is older than the State, and in some aspects higher than the State, but corporations are neither, and are utterly subordinate and responsi- ble to the State. The system proposed insures uni- formity both in the method of assessment and the Tate of taxation upon the classes into which corpora- tions may be divided. The eftect would be to subject to taxation, light though it may be, hundreds of mill- ee of property which cannot be reached by present we The second proposition 1s designed to avoid compli cations as to investments in non-taxable securtties, such as government bonds. The object of the third proposition is obvious. It is to make taxation light upon organizations, the purpose of which is to enable several men ot limited means to form a corporation to do what one man of large means may and does do. It is in the interest of the poor man and favors the co-operative organizations of that class. { | prove the principle, yet 1t may be expedient. So urgent, however, 1s ‘the need of immediate reform in our tax laws that 1 would even concur in what I might | notapprove, Of the fifth proposition it may be said t] novel as | the pian may seem, it has precedents in the legislation | of the State. There is some p¢grsoual property which the law now makes taxable in one county and exempt in another county. It:is a valuable suggestion in report of the State Assessors that on certain condi- tions’ mortgages should be exempt from tuxation in New York city. Those conditions may not be admissi- ble, but the principle involved m this fifth proposition ig practically indorsed by that stion. The plan proposed recognizes the doctrine of what is called | “local option,” and applies it to taxation of certain | property. The effect would be that thé farmers of the interior, while relreved from the State tax upon their lands, might, if Snes, chose, have substantially the same basis of personal property upon which to dis- tribute their local taxes; this basis being diminished only by such property as. the State may take for the purpose of its own taxation, very Kittle of which, it is represented, is to be found in the strictly rural sec- tions, Of the sixth proposition little need be said. It con- | fers a boon upon the landed interest which that interest should be quick” to appreciate. The present laws for assessing real estate would work weil enough when the incentive to irregularity is removed, as is proposed, by the lilting of the State tax trom such property, The seventh proposttion explains itself, It is with difiidence that 1 make these suggestions. To formulate them into an effective and practical law would be a serious task and cali for the exercise of the | highest wisdom and the most enduring patience. But something must be done. Look atthe growth of the State in fifty years; at the changes im tho methods of business and in the habits of the people; at the crea- tion of property in new forms; at the devices in other States, the effect of which is to sap the resources of | this, apd at the progress made toward retorm in tax- ation in adjacent States. ‘Then look at the miserable patches affixed from time to time upon the stem whic! | / | ‘0, and say if it 18 not high time for the State of New | York to retorm her tax laws; to make them equitable, | efficient and productive; to cease complaining about evasions which the law now provokes and favors; to let go of that which you cannot hold, and to hold that ou may hold but do not, owing to the defects of your ws. The germ of the system proposed was presented in | the able reports of Mr. David A. Wells, and Mr. Isaac | Sherman has since pressed for reform 1n taxation in a | hike general direction with singular ability, But it and rare patience shall devote himself to the work of reform. Not patching, but entire reconstruction is needed. The hope of ebtaming satisfactory results from the present broken, shattered, leaky laws is as vain as it would be to ‘expect highly useful returns from the toil of one who Is di buckets into empty well And growing old in drewing setbing’ ‘up. No other State has sich resources for taxation, and | no other has suffered its resources to run 60 utterly to waste for want of judicious legistation. GEORGE H. ANDREWS, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, NUMBER OF OFFICERS EMPLOYED AND UNEM- PLOYED. Waautxcton, Feb. 25, 1876. The recent naval preparations have left only 216. officers unemployed out of the 1,741 on the rolls, Those not on duty are accounted for as follows:— WAITING ORDERS, Two rear admirals, 9 commodores, 11 captains, 4 commanders, 11 lieutenant commanders, 7 lieu ts, 3 masters, 4 ensigns, 18 medical officers, 19 mast- ers, 6 chaplains, 38 Warrant officere and mates, 6 vol- unteer officers and 1 marine officer, Total, 139, ON LEAVE. One captain, 4commanders, 4 lieutenant command- ers, 5 lieutenants, 7 ensigns, 2 medical officers, 2 pay- masters, 4 eusigos, 2 warrant officers and 1 marine officer. Total, 32 } SICK. Two command 1 lieutenant commander, 6 lieu- tenants, 2 masters, 4 midshipmen, 2 medical officers, $ | engineers, 1 chaplain, 9 warrant officers and mates and 2 volunteer officers, , SUSPENDED. One captain, 1 commander, 1 Heutenant, 1 master, 1 engineer, 2 warrant officers. Total, 7. PURLOUGHED, One lieutenant commander. SETTLIN At sea viz, 6 rear admirals, 13 31 com- inane lieutenant commanders, Fe nehvonens i masters, 42 ensigns, 62 midshipmen, 75 med officers, 62 paymasters, 120 engineers, § chaplains, 120 warrant officers and mates, 5 volunteer officers and 30 marine officers. AT NAVY YARDS, SHORE STATIONS, ac. Six hundred and forty-five, viz., the admi vice admiral and 6 rear admirals, 16 commodores, 24 caj tains, 48 commanders, 38 lieutenant commanders, 74 lieutenants, 3 masters, 11 ensigns, 74 medical offivers, 50 masters, 9 engineers, 2 chaplains, professors, ken 30 naval constructors apd civil engineers, 01 war- officers and mates, 7 ve'~mteor officers and 69 oflicer, » = says to the counties, ‘I will take these and leave you | those.” Itis an accepted saying that “if two men | ‘The fourth proposition is conditional. Ido notap- | was but indifferently | adapted to the requirements of the State fifty years | needs that a legislator endowed with high courage | THE STATE CAPITAL. The Question of Further Investiga- tion Ifto Canal Frauds, WHAT THE ASSBMBEY CANAL COMMITTEE SUGGEST. A New Way of Appointing the Com- missioners of Emigration. THE SUAPLUS OF SAVINGS BANKS. Aunany, Feb, 25, 1876, The canals still continue a fruitful theme for legisla- tive talk and bluster, aud even the Assembly Canal Committee have caught the infection, However, the | committee has done one good thing, so far as the canals are concerned, after several weeks’ serious consideration of the bill, giving the Canal Board ex- traordinary powers. They have not, as some of tho Tepublicans thought they would, decided to report the bill unfavorably and then let the whole subject drop, but they have suggested a method by which canal investigation may still goon, It stands to reason that they were never at any time so blind as to be in favor of the Governor’s notion to give the Canal Boara the extraordinary powers he desired should be grven them, for the simple reason that the democrats then would have full and undisputed control of the investigations, The committee, greatly to the surprise of many, how- ever, have decided that the best way to continue THR CANAL INVESTIGATIONS 4s to give the Governor power to appoint, subject to the confirmation of the Senate, four commissioners, committee naively suggest in its report submitted to-day, in searching for canal thieves and fraudulent transac- tions in the contract work on the canals, As tothe Canal Board, they wisely come to the conclusion that ithas quite enough to attend toif it attends to its regular business faithfully, without going into the special investigating business, and nave amendéd the bill referred to them so that the Board’s powers of in- vestigation is hmited to the present and future affairs of the canals—indeed the “future” (and the committee have pat the word in italics in the report) will requre the “undivided” attention of the Canal Board. The committee say they desire to counteract A PALSE DMPRESSION which they apprehend is sought to be made by in- terested parties as to the real value of the Eric and Champlain and Oswego canals to the treasury of the State. They are aware that an impression is veing made throughout the State to the effect that the canals area tax upon the State, and that the Erie and Cham- plain and Oswego canals are not exempt from this “charge; whereas they respectfully call the attention of thé House to the report of the Auditor of the Canal Department for 1875, and particularly to statement “E” thereof on page 150, wherein it ig shown that the revenues of the Erie, Champlain and Oswego canal after deducting all cost for construction, repairs an maintenance, with iuterest thereon at six’ per cent, is over $63,000,000, and cloarly showing that, instead of | bemg a tax upon the people, they have been a source of great revenue. THE TONNAGE, further fact that out of a total tonnage of 3,223,112 tons arriving at tidewater during the year 1874, a year of great commercial depre: over the Erie, Cham- Jain and Oswego canals, 2. 7 tons were from thé Vestern States, Canada ermont They believe that a system of canals which yields such a large rev- | enue to the state, and which pours into the commer- | cial metropolis of the country the tribute of the West- ern States and Canada to so Jarge an extent, and which gives employment to over 50,000 citizens of this State in the transportation of the ‘products of other States, and which maintatns its supremacy in spite of the pow- | erful efforts at rivalry on the part of Baltimore, Phila- | deiphia, Portiand and Montreal, should be cheerfully sustained and faithfully administered. They add that they are not prepared to admit that ! the water ways connecting lakes Erie and Champlain | with the Hudson River are to be abandoned for want of honest aud capable men to manage them. a on the canals the committee embody the views I have already referred to in their report, 4 NEW COMMISSION. In their report the committee submitted the follow- ing reso.ution, which, on motion of Mr. Barleigh, the chairman, was laid on the table and ordered printed:— Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the Governor is | hereby authorized, by and with the advice and consent of the Benate, to appoint » commission of four persons, whose on it shall be to continue the investigation Into the affairs of the canals of this State, and especially the matters em- braced in jal Measace of the Governor communicated to the Legislature on the 19th of March, mission shall have power to subpam: tendance of witnesses, to require the production | of any papers in the custody or ion of any | touching the subject of investigation, and to examine such public records of the State as they the purposes of such investigation. in ‘their investigation shall ai 1868 to 1878, but shall into matters | witnesses and shall require for Said coramission least cover the | not be — restricts from examining | occurring prior to that period. Any member of said com- | mission shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses |‘ summoned before them. They shall have authority to em- | ploy a clerk and stenographer, und shall report the testi- | mony they shall take, together'with such recommendations | in respect to the same as they shall deem warranted by the facts, to the Geveruor and to the Legislature at tho opent of its ‘next sossion.. They shall also’ furnish a copy of suck testimony to the ‘Attorney General. All examinations of witnesses or parties by or before said Commissioners shall bo open and public whenever such witnesses shall r such examination shall be publicly conducted. n any person who has performed work or furnished materials to the Stato upon auy of its public works shall be examined as a witness in relation thereto he may, if he desires, be attended by counsel. ‘THE DIVISION ENGIYRERS, As if taking care of the canals alter this fashion was not work enough for one day, Mr. Burleigh jptroduced a Dill relating to the division 6: gard which is of very | great importance, Much of the fraud unearthed by the Governor's commission Jast summer, it was dis- | covered, was directly traceable to the system by which a contractor could secure from a Canal Commissioner the appointment of some friend as an assistant en; neer to “supervise” and report upon his work to division engineer. Collusion was irequently the result collusion between the contractor and the assist- ant engineers {mpossible it makes it almost @ certainty that none but reliable men can be apppointed as assistant engineers. It provides that hereafter the division and resident engineers employed on the canals of the State, and all assistant engineers and other persons employed to agsist them in the performance of their duties, shall be nominated and, with the Canal Board, shall be appointed by # State Engineer and Surveyor, who is given full power of removal The grades of oilici are fixed by the bill as follows:—Division engineer, resident engineer, adsistant enginer, Jeveller, rodman and chainman. When the State Engineer deors it necessary to empioy additional engineers or other persons to assist the division and resident engineers in the performance of | the consent of the Canal The latter Board | is to fix the salary or rate of compensation of every person appointed under the act. The division engi- neer is authorized to draw his draft upon the Auditor of the Canal Department for any sum to be aavanced | to him to meet the expenses of the department on his | division; bat itis provided that every draft shall be | countersigned by the State Engineer and Surveyor, ana | if the bond of the engineer shall bave been duly de- | fined in the office of the Auditor and a receipt for it shail also be filed in the office, the Auditor must pay | made to him shail at no time exceed $5,000. No other | money can be drawn from the State treasury to meet | the expenses of the Engineers’ Department other than | for such expenses as pertain to the State Engineer’ | office, The division onginecrs must once in nine days, beginning on the urst day of each A render account of their disbarsements, with sworn vouchers for the same, to the 81 Engineer, who ia to forward them to the Auditor with his approval if he finds them correct, Until a division engineer has ren- dered his account no advances are to be made to hii | In case of the absence or imability to act of a drvision engineer the resident engineer may discharge all his duties The bond to be filed by division engineers not to exceed in amount $20,000, it being lett to the | discretion of the Auditor what the amount in each case | te to be. THE CURRENCY QUESTION, During the late recess Mr. Hamilton Fish Jr. palda visit to Washington, and since his return he has been absolutely overtlowing with grand ideas of reform legislation and burning with the desire to drag somo- | thing with @ national smack to i into the legisiative | doings here which would the democrats tee) a tittle uncomfortable. He no doubt was somewhat relieved to day, when he introduced a resolution on currency question which, with the preamble, recites that as the commercial and industrial interests of the country re- aire a settled, steady and uniform financial policy on the part ofthe govermment; and the publi credit and safety, as well a8 the restoration cial campers Meorey y deg this Ln de bf nena and prudent ste weal umn | a a ments, sball establish a sound and stable oc ee, based upon the world’s standard of coin; and that, as the act of Congress approved January 14, 1875, provides for and pledges the government to & resumption of specie payments on the Ist January, 1879, the Senate and Assembly should declare Senators and representatives in Congress be req to oie any repeal of the said resumption act of Jan- uary 14, such further legisiation as may be needed to Fix full faith and force to the pledge contained in said act, and thereby to ensure the permanent restoration of specio paymenta THE MONTREAL ‘Mr, Fish algo introduced » resoluwon | ‘As to the further prosecution into tho past frauds | who may go as far back as 1868 ‘and further,” as the | The committee call the attention of the House to the | ol this practice. If Mr. Burleigh’s bili does not make | | their duties, he must, bofore employing them, obtain | | exo! the dratt by drawing his warrant on the State Treasurer | I lost in favor of the division engineer, provided the advances | 1 bad a child about ten years of age, who accompanied ; ‘afonan ba ped York Police Comm! ng of certain parties ferred to the Judiciary Committee, wil to inquire and report whether the laws of the State in force at the time did not per rily forbid the arrest referred to, and whether it is proper or expedient at this time to enlarge the power to make arrests without Judicial warrant now conferred by law on policemen in the city and county of New York. ‘The currency resolution, being concurrent, went om ee the rule, and the elopement resolution was adop' Mr. Fish is now a happy man and will attend Salem H. Wales’ dinner party on to-morrow night with a face all aglow with party enthusiasm, PROGRESS OF WORK ON THB NEW CAPITOL. It 18 thought by the Superintendent of the new ba tol, Mr. Eaton, that the building will be ready for the roof, provided the work suffers no delay, pars the opening of winter, Had there been no stoppages in the past, by reason of locked-up appropriations, that stage of progression would have been reached now. ‘Tne Legislature of 1878 will, in all likelihood, assemble within the new Capitol. The walls are at present ad- vanced to within one story of completion, and even in their unfinished state give a very full impression of the iastoners respect- Montreal be ro- the roof and towers are added. Since the balance of last year’s appropriation was released over 500 men have been busily employed cutting stone, The money 80 released will wisest policy for the Legislature will be to appropriate a sufficient sum to insure before winter the covering in of the structure by the roof The original estimate | for the cost of the new Capitol will be much more than doubled before the finishing touches are pee on; but then the original plan has been considerably altered, and between the old and the new models there is a striking difference, the latter being not alone an en- larged design, but a much handsomer one than the for- mer. It is said the Advisory Board contemplate subsu- ‘tuting a dome in place of the tower originally projected. This would interfere to some extent with the plans so far carried out, and it is questionable if adome would be halt so striking as the lofty tower, with its serried ters of pillars, The State Hall and City Hall, facing the new Capitol, are each crowned with a dome that looks like a huge metallic tumor, and is altogether unlovely. It is to be hoped the new Capitol will be spared such a crowning excrescence, LEGISLATIVE NOTES. Tt seems to be the idea of some people that the sur- sivrlt deposits in the savings banks belong to the Mr. Gallagher, of Buffalo, is ono of this class, for he has introduced a bill requiring the banks to pay over thirty-three and one-third per cent of this surplus to the State Treasurer next July, and every year there- after, By what process of reasoning Mr, Gallagher has become convinced that the State has a better right to the surplus than the deposits {t would be very dif- || Hicult to indicate, The law aliows the banks to retain & margin of ten per cent of the deposits as a measure of safety, and requires them to distribute the surplus once every three years by way of dividends or other- wiso among the depositors. It may be ‘Tho banks that have a good surplus forget all about tho distribution teature of the law, but that does not peur to be asuflicient reason why the State should obbie up the surplus any more than the bank officers, me stringent law ought to be passed that would be a sure guarantee of the proper disposition of the surplus deposits, Mr, Gallagher’s bill, by the way, proposes that when the money is paid over to the State Treasurer it shall be applied to-liquidate the canal debt. Accord- ing to the Bank report, the total amount of surplus de- | Posits in all the savings banks in the State in 1574 was Jahguage a compulsory study in the public schools, and the general indorsement that vote received from the press, has by no means deterred those who want Ger- man taught yn ali the schools from contiauing the warfare, and at the suggestion of some one of thego b sndavar ah Oat Slevin, an Irishman, from the Third district of New York, has introduced a bill which pro- ‘vides that German must be taught for two hours each day in every grammar school, and that no school which does not obey this mandate shall be entitled to ‘any of the school money. The next thing in order isa bill to compel the teaching of the Irish, or the French, the Scandinavian or Hebrew language Among other bills of importance reported favorably in the Assembly this afternoon were i legislating out of office the Park Commission, Martin, O’Donahoe and Williamson; the bill relative to claims and legal proceedings against the city of New York, which Tequires all suits against the city to be carried on in open court and declares that the decision of a referee | eball be in no case final, and all the bills introduced by | r. Husted some weeks ago relative to the Comuis- sioners of Emigration. The bill as reported by Mr. Worth’s Committee of Commerce and Navigation is nothing like the original, | the result of the combined wisdom of such eminent statesmen as Barney, Biglin and Custom House Johnny | O’Brien, of your city, who want to have ahand in run- | ning the Castle Garden machine hereafter. It provides | for the appointment, by joint ballot of the Legislature, | of three Commissioners of Emigration, who are to hold | office for two, three and four years. The presidents of | the Irish and German Emigrants’ Societies are made | jo members of the commission, but without the | right to vote, Jf the Governor ever signs this bill he will greatly disappoint many democrats here, who are opposed to it, When the bill comes up for discussion there will be, I learn from good | authority, some startling revelations concerning | the reasois. which induced the investigating commit: | tee of the Inst Assembiy to conceal the head money | | “steal,”’ in which Michael Nolan was made a mere cats- | paw; facts which the committee obtained and said nothing about in their report will be given, and facts which they did not get at all will be brought forward, much to the con(usion of a few well known persons in the Stato, The Assembly Judiciary Committee will to-morrow take testimony in New York relutive to the lobbyists’ plans for obstructing legislation, avd will make its re- port next Wednesday, —* the 19h inst, will get to work again next Monday evening, to which time the Assembly to-day adjourned. EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. : Aunasy, Feb. 25, 1870. Governor Tilden has pardoned and restored to citi- zenship John W, Eigheny, sentenced Juno 2%, 1875, in Saratoga county, to five years in Clinton Prison, for perjury. It now appears that the prisoner is innocent, MOODY AND SANKEY. At the noonday prayer mecting yesterday there were 4,500 persons in attendance. Rev. vr, Hepworth opened the services by announcing the twenty-ninth hymn, “What a friend we have in Jesus,” in which all present joined. He then read a large number of ro- reformation from intemperance. The large assemblage then bowed their heads in sulent prayer for the spaco of five minutes, After the prayer ‘Pass me not, oh gentle Saviour,” was sung.’ Mr. Moody, after reading troduco somo men who had found the Lord first speaker was aMr. Jamison. He said:—I am a liv- ing witness of what the Lord Jesus Christ can do, I was one of the worst rum suckers in Philadelphia, I used to carn $3 50aday and tell my wile I made $1 or $1 25, I would spend all the rest for rum, beside: getting trust wherever 1 could. Que night I was go- ing to a theatre; 1 wanted to hear something to divert my mind, I bad been drinking for weeks—my brain was inawhirl. I meta friend and be asked me to go down and bear Moody and Sankey. He said Sankey wus a “red-hot’’ singer. 1 went, and Mr. Sanky sang ‘Almost persuaded.” I went again and again, and ou December 4, for the first time, 1 found Jesus Christ, and now Taman humble instrument in His bands to show what He can do for sinners. My friends, any of you whoare addicted to drink, do not bother about pledges, or oaths, or temperance societies, but ome to the Lord Jesus Chi and He will help you. I am a tectotaler, and if you get religion you will be a teetotaler. Mr. Lincoln said:;—It gladdéns my heart to be here to-day, 1 was brought to Moody and Sankey’s meeting in Philadolpbia by @ fond sister, who introduced me to Mr. Moody, and he said to me, *‘Are you a Christian?” and I answered, ‘I fear avery poor one.” Since then I have tound Christ and feel at peace with God. I had Christian parents, was a member of Dr, Bethune’s church and did my duties as a member; I became rich, and at first began to drink moderately; then tho habit grow upon me _ by degrees, and rtune, friends, and almost everything. me everywhere. We were away from homo at one time, and the little boy took sick; he was dying, and I sent for bis mother, She arrived one day before he died. Kneeling at one side of his little couch, and his mother on the otner, our little boy put our bands to- gether and putting one hand on ours, with the other POINTED TO MEAVEN. The action spoke louder than'words. I reformed for the time being, became rich and prosperous again, and again I fell till | became almost lost to everything on earth, when, one night last January, I was brought under the ministrations of Mr. Moody, and since then 1 have found new life and grace. Mr. Hilton, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Reed, a youn, man who had for @ long time despised the counsels of a loving mother, also gave their experience, which told of the depths to which they had falien ; how Jesus Christ, in His mercy, had at Inst saved them from e perdition, The audience sang the cighty-ninth hymn, ‘Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin,’ and then, at thé request of Mr. Moody, they again bowed their heads fn silent prayer for all those who were afflicted with the sin of intemperance. The following are the names of the mini: latform:—Rev. Dr. Newell, Presbyte: "yng, yee Rev. Dr. Mary ns v. Mr. Matthows, P resbyter lan; Rev. ist; Rev. Mr. Wilson, 3 Vail, Mothodist; Rev. Dr. Arnold, Church’ of the Diseipi Moth Rev. Mr. Hillman, r, McArthur, Presbyterian; Rev. Mr. worth and Rev, A. U. ; Rev. Mr. McAllister, Baptist; Rov. Dr. Mar: fore | overflowing last night, 1t became necessary to open the our | smatier hall for an “overflow” meeting, In the large tine, Presbyterian; Bishop Reinhe, Moravian Chitreh ; Brother Jerry McAuley, No, 216 Water street, EVENING SERVICES. The large ball inthe Hippodrome was crowded to hall Mr. Moody preached, taking his text from St. Paul’s 1875, and that they be also requested to favor | Epistlo to the Romans, fifth chapter and twentieth verso, He said that there is no law without a penalty, and the penalty of breaking God’s law is death eternal. But although sin reigns abroad thank God that His RLOPEMEST. = Saaiee onan ie” Me, Sonn fans jaws of death, even into al Magnificent proportions the building will present when | run out about the ead of April The | that | The Senate, which has been away on a vacation since | quests for prayers, the greater part of them being for _ from the first chapter of St John, said he would in” | Jesus Christ and reformed, and who had come | from Philadelphia to relate their experiences, The | YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT, book of Deuteronomy, wherein it is laid down that a rebellious or stiff-necked son should be taken to the lhe square and there stoned to death. If this law, @ said, were rigidly carried out how littie grace might the liquor dealers and the rebellious rumseliers of this city expect? But the Prodigal Son was welcomed with 8 smile and a kiss; and so, too, in the goodness of His divine nature would Christ Jesus receive the repentant sinner, God wants us to come boldly to the throne of divine grace, and vo drink at its fountain all we want of the life giving stream. Out in Chicago there was once arun upon a bank there; now, right here, we ‘Want to see @run on the Bank of Heaven. Oh! let there be a great run op that holy bank of celestial THE LORD WILL, HONOR ALL OUR DRADTS upon His sacred treasury. Men fail in business be- cause they want to do too much on an insutflicient cap- ital; but a believing Christian has only to turn to the Tae, ne from Him will be received an abuudance of capi After the sermon Mr, Sankey led the people im the hymn, ‘Still there’s more to follow.” The exercises in tho great hall were closed by Dr. Ormiston, of the Fifth avenue Presbyterian congrega- tion, who pronounced a moving aud eloquent prayer, which he made applicable to the precepts conveyed in | Mr. Moody’s sermon. THE “OVERFLOW MERTING.”? After eight o’clock the doors of the smaller hall were | thrown open, and those who could not find room in | the greater hall gathered at tne ‘overflow meeting.” In the large hail there must have been between 6,000 and 7,000 souls and in the smaller hall not less than | 8,000. Drs, John Hall and John Adams preached to the | overflow meeting, and when the larger gathering dis- | persed, about ‘nine o’clock, the female. portion of it went to attend a prayer meeting in roome B and the male portion met in the small hall to hear some of Mr. Moody’s convorts relate the story of their being snatched, as it were, like a brand from the burning, and transformed, ac- cording to their own accounts, from the greatest of living sinners to be the most’ faithfal among Christ’s followers. Tho exercises were, of course, opened and closed by singing and praying; after which three of the Philadelphian converts, whose names did not transpire, | told the stories of their conversion. There was‘ not! | ing new or startling in all this; they had been. hard boys, came under the influence of Moody and the light of the Gospel reached their souls, Mr. Moody said that it remains to be seen if these men will continue in the ways of grace. They had been successful in resisting temptation for the last three months; and to-night his friend, Mr. Reed, who has now been for three years a servant of the Lord, will preach in the Young Men’s Chi jan Association, “REVIVALS” BEHIND THE BARS. Harrison Parkerson, the boat captain, who {s con- fined in the Hudson County Jail on a charge of assault, has opened a “revival”? among his fellow prisoners. He preached a long sermon yesterday on “Faith.” He | told his hearers that with faith he could move moun- | tains and he felt sure he could turn many ot the evil- | doers from their wicked ways. Ho said that a few months ago he gave all his money to poor starving people ang then fell on his knees and prayed, when lol e found his pockets filled with new five cent pieces, | At another time when he had no money he went to the Lord and told his necessities and was rewardea with a | new two dollar note in his pocketbook. Ho feels that | itis most unjust that he should be deprived of his about 000, 00. liberty while he ought to be preaching to sinners in The lange vote by which the Board of Education de- | Hoboken, gided ome little timo ago not to have the Gormap AFTER BOWEN’S SCALP. PATRIARCH” OVERBOARD. A tremendous throng of people wedged themselves into the lecture room of Plymouth church last evening ‘upon the occasion of the regular weekly’prayer meet- ing. Mr. Beocher was much more brief in hisremarks than usual, to the end that more time might be devoted to the business meeting whieh followed immediately at the close of the devotional exercises. | Gregation, which, by the way, was very largely com. | Posed of ladies, whenever a point was mado by any of the many speakers in the business meeting debate Mr. Bowen’s scalp at once, they being strongly opposea to giving him any moro time, and urging his iimediate dismissal from church membership in a most summary and efféctual manner, What the longer heads of tno church seemed to think was a wiser policy provailed, however, and Bowen will be afforded one more oppor- tynity to “divulge” or right himself. THE BUSINESS MEETING, At the close of the prayer meeting an adjourned business meeting was held, with F. M. Edgerton as moderator. Rossiter W. Ravmond prayed, and tho proved. On motion of.F. B. Blair, it was resolved | that when the meeting should adjourn it would be to | meet next Wednesday evening at halfpast seven | o'clock. | Committee, detailing the meetings with Mr. Bowen and | the correspondence between him and the committes, | and which have already been published. ‘The following was then offered:— Resolved, That Henry 0. Bowen be summoned by tho | Clerk to appear, before the church at a business meeting thereof, to be held on We the Ist of March next, thon aud there to answer orally any and all questions that shall be put to him pertinent to accusutions o1 insinuations contained in his letter of February 4 and in his cowmunica- tion. to the committee February 23, the Examining Committee, | 8. V. White moved toamend the resolution by add- | ing:—“And in the event of his failure to so appear he | will, at the next business meeting of this church, be cast out from the fellowship of the church as a sian- derer wno persists in a flagrant offence against a fellow member in open dotiance af the good order of the cbureh and of his covenant obligations in the premi- ses. | H. B. Whito thought that final action should be taken in Bowen’s case to show the community that they were in earnest. There had never been, he said, | but one other community so tried by the evil doing o| | a member as Plymouth church, and when the member of that community found he was not wanted he had the decency to go out and hang himself, This sally was received with loud demonstrations of applause, which Mr. Boecher suppressed, saying it was | no occasion for laughter; that im his thought it was in | the nature of an execution and of a funeral, and ought to be approached with no other feeling than solemnity, ¥. B, Blair wanted the matter referred either to the | church or a spectal committee. | Brother McKay wanted it to go back to the Examin- ing Committee, with a recommendation to that body not to handle it so gingerly as they had heretofore. | _ Mr. Beecher wanted it to go before the whole charch. | Mr. MeKay wanted the whole question referred to | The Examining Committee, he thought, could not ad- | vance the matter a single step till they had taken it hofore the church, and if they wanted the question Loally decided they should bring it belore the church ‘at once. The amendments were finally withdrawh and the | original motion unanimously adopted. | Mr. Shearman read the report of the committee ap- | pointed to present the case of the church to the Ad. | visory Council It contained Statistics as to the nu ber of letters missive sent, the number of churches represented at the Council and otver details, thanked | the assembly for its good advice and ended with sev- eral resolutions of which the following is the only one of special importance ;— Resolved, That Plymouth church gladly and unreserved) secepts the advice and admonition of the Advisory Council, 4 will promptly carry into effect ali the reccommenda: ns of that Council; and that, in pursuauce of those Tecommendations, it does now Invite and ehallouge any aud ail persons who ‘are willing to be responsible for charges against the pastor of this church to bring forward charges in the mannor prescribed by the result of the Coun- cil, this church pledging itself to cause an investigation to be made immediately in the manner advised by the Council and under the direction of the committee appointed thereby. A vote of thanks was tendered to the Church Council Committee and another to. Mr. Shearman for his arda- mond and Deacon Garbut made speeches culogizing Mr, Shearman. ST. JOHN'S GUILD. ceived from the recont Martha Washington Reception, but itis supposed to be quite large enough to pay off the debt on the Floating Hospital of St. John’s Guild, amounting to $10,000. All of this money is devoted to this object and to the summer excursions for the bene- fit of sick children. The feeding of the destitute poor of the city is quite a distinct affair, and this is almost sto} now for want of funds. The very cold weather of the last few days has caused great suffering , among destitute families, groceries, fuel, clothing, &c., 18 needed immediately and the donations of our citizens are asked. =“ A WOMAN'S VENGEANCE. Yesterday Mira Lehan, a young woman residing on Willow street, Hoboken, entered the First National Bank of that city and requested to sco Mr, R. Idell, one of the tellers, She was shown into the private apart- ment and the two had along conversation. Suddenly Mira grew very violent and accused Idell of discarding her. A dispute followed. The woman became almost frantic and threw a large quantity of red peper into the face of Idell. She thea burridly departed. When she was leaving she told some of the bank officials that she would shoot Idell, Both disputantsare wealthy. They are old lovers and were at one time en; to be mar- riod. The engagement, SR. was broken by Idell without apparent cause. 6 bank officials are ly —— ovér the occurrence and will probably dismiss ir. A PROCOCIOUS THIEF. A boy named Theodore Durancey, eight years old, ‘was brought up in the Court of Sessions, at Jersey City, yesterday on the charge of stealing seventy pounds of Wheat from the cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany. He was sentonced to the State Reform School, where his brother now is, PLYMOUTH CHURCH PREPARING TO THROW “THE | Considerable enthusiasm was manifested by the con- | against Bowen and other enemies of Plym- outh church. A strong desire was evinced | by three or four of the speakers to go for minutes of the previous meeting wero read and ap- | Mr. Blair read the report of the Examining | ous labors in proparing the case. Rossiter W, Ray- | It is impossible as yet to estimate the amount re- | ‘A liberal supply ot money, | 3 ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY, | His Annual Pastoral Letter for the Season of Lent. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. A Parochial School System To Be the Bul- wark of the Church. ;A WARNING IN GERMANY, {From the Baltimore Sun, Feb. 25.] Archbishop Bayley’s pastoral letter for Lent, 1876, just issued, touches on the “mixed marriage” and *re- ligion in schools” questions, He refers in the begin- ning to the seniority of the archdiocese of Baltimore in this country and the inspiring memories clinging about it; to the past simplicity when people did not so much crowd into the cities, but pursued a quiet rural | life, and thinks that resting too much under these in- | fluences and ideas has been one of tho great dangers of i the present, whon ‘‘evil bas becomo aggressive; when there Is developed “an excessive love of monoy and outward show; a want-of moderation and sim- plicity in everything; a haste and hurry in daily life | which precludes all steady reflection and self-examin- | ation; bad manners, bad customs, bad books, bad newspapers, so that we live in a vitiated atmosphere and aro surrounded by moral malaria on every side.” The Archbishop says:— “It has, consequently, become absolutely necessary for all of us, priests and people, fully to recognize this epidemic character of the evil influences of our days, 80 as to protect ourselves against them and do all that we can to protect others The most favorable sign in our regard is that God, in His ggodpess, seems about to come to our help, in permitting a spirit of injustice and persecution to be stirred up against us and our religion. Itis hard tospeak against anything which savors of kindliness and charity; but therecan be no doubt that constant and familiar intercourse with | those who are living in religious error, or have no | religion at all, is calculated to produce a spirit of in- | difference and make us {nsensible to the value of religious truth. Your over-charitablo people who think all religions equally good generally end by hay- ing no region atall, We cannot be Catholics and at the same time make a religion to suit ourselves.” In regard to the subject of marriage and the jealous care the Catholic Church has always exercised over | that foundation ot everything in the Church, the Arch- bishop says:— | ‘Im our days there are large numbers of her children | who disregard these laws as if they did not exist There can be no more certain test of weak and de- | clining faith than tho frequency of what are called | ‘mixed marriages.’ Wherever they become common Catholicity must necessarily assume a very diluted character, and taith have little of energy and robust- | mess about it’? | On the subject of education the Archbishop urges | “open-handed liberality to provide good Christian schools for poor children.” He says:— “Formerly our common schools gave a simple, plain education, sufficient to fit those who received it for the |- ordinary occupations of life, add parents found time to | look after their children, to keep them from bad com- | pany, teach them their prayers, and see that they at. | tended to their religious duties, And as they were | comparatively few in number the priests were able to | know them personally and watch over their conduct in | life. But now, from a variety of causes which I have | no timo to dwell upon, our poor children, who have | become very numerous, are generally very badly cared ‘for. ‘Their parents neglect or are’ unfitted vo take | proper care of them, ‘Those of them who attend the public schools of course receive no religious instruction and are brought very slightly under any wholesome discipline. Our Sunday schools, usefal as | they may bo in themselves, can do very little to supply these deficiencies. All experience shows us that the only possible mothod by which we can hope to mako up for the want of parental watchfulness, preserve our | children to their religion and make them good citizens is by providing good parochial Christian schools. To’ | form a real Catholic parish a schoolhouse has become | as necessary as a church. Your clergy are making | every exertion to gather tho poor children of their i » flocks under the wing of the church, to provide schools, and good schools, for thom, and every one of us should co-operate with them and aid them, from the widow's mite to the rich man’s pound. “Religious teaching is as necessary to anything that | deserves the name of education as oxygeu 1s to the air | we breathe. Without it it may be seriously doubted whether a good deal of what is now called education | does not do more harm than good. It is ridiculous to speak of sharpening up a quick intellect with a corrupt | heart and depraved will under tt, as if you were neces- | sarily preparing such a person to be a good citizen and a useful member of society. To say nothing of our | political combinations, our penitentiaries and State prisons are full of these ‘well-educated peuple,’ In regard to St, Mary’s Industrial School, which the | letter commends as admirably conducted, the Arch- | bishop says;—‘Even if the State ana city authorities | took a wise interest 1m our endeavors to make theso | destitute children well-bebaved and useful members of | society and were willing to assist us, I would preter, if I could only prevail upon you to be of the same opin- | lon, that we should do it ourselves, It 1s in our power, ana without any very great sacrifices, to take care of | all our poor and sick aud helpless peop'e, without as- gistance from any one. Some of us may think, per- > haps, that an open persecution has become impossible in these days of liberality and popular right, when | ‘civil aud religious liberty’ 38 one of the boasted glories of the age, when there is so much tenderness in tho human heart that they are unwilling to hang even the | greatest criminals, But we have studied tke bistory of the world and the human heart to little purpose if we | allow ourselves to be deladed by any such dreams as | these,’” The letter goes on to discass the destructive persecu- | tion now waged in Germany as suflicrent to dispel any illusion that might be entertained, and says:— “What wouid we think in this country, if a jaw were made by the State depriving ali the Catholic bishops and clergy of ali source of income, and then imposing @ penaity of severe imprisonment upon every one who should give them the least assistance’ And yet this is but one of the minor incidents in the present. Ger- man legislation against the Church. Our American newspapers, which, if you were to believe their own account of themselves, are always boiling over with ine dignation at the slightest appearance of injustice and iniquity, have yet to write their first word of protest | against these open violations of all the prinetples upon which our goverument 8 founded, and of, which wo claim to be the especial patrous and protectors over the wholo face of the earth. “Here we baye no endowments for the support of re- ligion left us by the piety of our foretathers, and aro obliged to depend on contributions for the sapport of | churches, schools and institutions of charity. Kich en- | dowments, however, teud w paralyze the charity of | those who come after them and excite tite rapacily of spoilers. Most ot tue persecutions of the Church in our day have come from her wealth, not merely be- | cause she was despoiled of her means of doing good, but as they who mjure you always hate you, persecu- tion naturally follows on spoliation. There canbe po doubt that it would be a wise policy on the part of the | State to assist denominational charities. The poor and destitute and sick who become dependent on the Stato for support and nursing can be taken care of much bet- ter, and at much less cost by denominational charity, England not only helps Catholic schools, but she bas Catholic chaplains in her training ships and prisous. | . But there is no need of discussing the justice or in- | Justice, the advantages or disadvantages of different | syste one thing is certain, that the secular irrelig. ious system m® becoming day by day the favorite o1 in our country. All sectarianism, which, by a curious | perversion of words, means Catholicism, is to be care- | Paty excluded from any share in the public distribation, ‘We must take cafe of the children and the poor our- selves, and the sooner the work is done the better for them and for our own souls.’? A WORKINGMEN’S PROTEST. A largely attended meeting of the Brown Stone Cub ters’ society was held last evening, at Masonic Hail East Thirteenth street, After the transaction of other business, a resolution was unanimously adopted con- demning the bill now pending in the Legislature known as the “Foster Bill,” which proposes to reduce the Pablic Park Commission to a single Commissioner, by cutting of Commissioners U’Donohue and Martin, leaving onty Commissioner Stebbins. Under this res olution a committee was named to prosent to the Legis, lJatare,the earnest protest of the New York working, men against the proposed action, Kesolutions werg also adopted warmly eulozizing Commissioners 0’ Don obue and Martin for their cousideration and kindnes~ to the laboring men of the metropolis, the name of Mr? O Donohue, particularly, being honored with applause SMALLPOX. Inspector Lockwood, of the Health Department, found two more cases of smallpox Thursday afternoon at No. 150 Forsyth street. Yesterday the case of @ child at No. 160 Forsyth street was reported.