The New York Herald Newspaper, March 12, 1876, Page 6

“ART IN MUNICH. The Great Artists’ Festival in the Bavarian Capital. A GORGEOUS PICTURE OF BYGONE DAYS. ——--—« Glittering Seenes—Emperors, Warriors, Mouks and Noble Ladies Represented. Mr i, Feb. 23, 1876. festival, given by the Allotrian So ¢ of conversation in the hs, is over, and will not years the history of this dered as some- roly unique that the taste and artiste of the present generation of wil be beked upon with many mou In fatal be Munichans respect almowt atmounting t reverence, Even after thie short lapse of time, it seems hike a dream—that feture of long gone seenes in the Odéon, with its kaleidoscopic divpiay, tte quaint and bandsowe poatuines, process Again into the stitiness of the past. I/ the scene at the Oddo could be transformed into wax ana preserved as * museum, myriads of tourists would make the pil- grimage thither to gaze upon and study the forms and faces, the artintic elegance, the beautiful costumes of Uhree centuries ago. The festival embodied a repres- autation of the « WEDOING OF THE RMPEROK CARL F., sogether with the reproduction of the grand historicay personages contemporaneous with the reign of that monarch—kings, elect: soldiers, prelates, monks, reformers, art We same period. FE %, princes, oat rhament Was not wanting. The pon will in vain endeavor to describe this splendid picture, which, however, worthy of the at- tempt, having regard to the fact that we have to deal is well With a historical representation and not a mere play or | masked ball. THR CosTeMESs were so rigidly correct that even the costumers of the Munich Court Theatre, so renowned for historical ex- letitude, wore almost bi ar. It was a true artists’ festival—art reigned jupreme in everything, No such celebration us been in Munich since 1853, when King Ludwig, having given up the | cares of State, employed his leisure in conversing with Kauibach and other artists, and in arranging such art carnivals as that which has just been witnessed, Whea I say it was talked of for months I do not exaggerate, tt would be ditheult to convey an idea of the time, nudy, industry and money which has been spent by all concerned in order to gratily personul ambition or to insure the complete success of the enterprise. This gorgeous and most interesting exhibition consisted, m the main, of a representation of the marriage of the EMPEROR CHARLES ¥, Tho dress of the first half of the sixteenth century was assumed by every one who took part, and so much were the artists in carnest about the HISTORICAL FAITHFULNESS OF THE COSTUMES that the public were warned by advertisements in the papers that the purchasers of incorrect hubiliments would be ded trom participation, And it actually decurred represented by Herr Vogl and Miss Schezki), with others taken from the Court Theatre, although exelt- ing the admiration of ‘the crowd, were only greeted with a very signiticant shrag of the shoulders by tho wuistic critics. Having strained their own demands © 0 high a degree the artists discovered that it would x necessary for them to undertake the education, in | this respect, of the people at large, and especially of the ladies, if a successiul consummatron of their de- sires was to be effected; and, it must be added, tho la- dies consequently bad no easy time of it, All their conceptions ot style and elegance were overthrown, And the art gentlemen were obliged to help them out Of their bewildered condition. A public exhibition Waa held, six weeks ago, of water color drawings of COSTUMES OF THE SIXTRENTIL CENTURY, Hundreds of sunples of siuls were brought from all rts of Germany, abd @ committe of artists was formied whose duty it was to supply everybody with Counsel and adv: and to mt out to the ladies the proper cut of dress and assortment of color, and, as kome ladies had not very deunite ideas on these point Many tragi-cowieal scenes are said to have been et acted in the committee fooms. Many a handsome girl who came, wih pardonabe pride, to show a costly wun or velvet stuit was told that its color was abomun- | able, that a costume made of 1t would Jook shockingly new and modern, and that she Ought at least Lo give it t faded unt’ by exposing it to the light or dipping iu the water and = drying again several times, These were the means | tmployed by the artists in order to produce upon pew | Bulls wonderiul harmonies of color and blending of | tints, without whieh no mediwval costume would b tompiete. The air workers, bowever, lent in general | twilling ear to the imstractions of their tutors, and | iheir skill rapidly developed during the last weeks | vefore the ball, The honorable corporation of drpss- | nakers, milliners and tailors, however, renewed the patile every day, and I am inclined to think that from | itis day to the ead of time they will not forgive the artists for the trouble they caused and the cruel 8 inilicted on the sell-esteem of these worthy One of the most renowned dressmakers of Munich made a solemn vow that she would never again co-operate with on artist upon an idea of her own in connection with the pre Tation of some of the costumes, brt when her cus- wo postumers, tomer produced one of these garments belore the ar- | tistic Areopayus, thosc gentlemen burst into a volley Of anything Lut complimentary eacuiations. Their directions were folluwed in so siavishly obedient a Manner that in some instances even the shertenin, Contained in the sketches were copied and the dresses consequently delivered with unequal sleeves or legs. The hails of the Royal Art Gallery, the Pinacotek, And especially those destined for he engravings, were rowed with the public. Rooms were filed with KAGER PRUPLE, Studying, drawing aud copying) and works of Albert Durer and Habs Holbein, which y from one hand to avvther, have not escaped the wear and tear of the last few days quite unimpaired. THE BALL OPENS. ‘The ball was held in the jarge hall of the Odéon, and pearly 1,000 persons took an active part tn it, 400 of whom figured in the procession apd tarriage lestivi- Ses of the Emperor, while the galleries were filled With people, who as much as 100 marks ( geat—-a very large sum, indeed, for Gegmany. hail was opened to the public at halt-past tive An immense row of carriages being already in wa and at bali-past five the next morning the orchestra (invisible, a8 behooves the stronghold of Wagne probably tho assed played ‘tho last’ waitz—twelve hours of stir Ting amusement and pleasure, and artistic de- | lit and splendor, At the entrance were | HX penitent mowks, their faves hidden beneath | eapuchs, who watebed the arriving | {ntrusion of dominoes and all | y generally be | aiso to enroll high pointed guests, preventing th Buch Ordinarily dressed persons as m seen at laucy balls. = Theit mission wi the bearers of the most beautiful )STUMES FOR THK IMPRRIAL CORTRGR; rather dificult buviness, ax even the ladies on this Occasion wanted to see rather than be seem. These Monks are called, in Bavaria und Austria, “Gugel- | maenver."” On arriving inside the ouilding we found durselves trausported into the scene of « mediwval Wouruament court. Avove the doors were two large lableaus, in which Was placed, amid allegorical tigures, flowers and arabesques, the order of dancing for the evening. The piliars and balconies were DRCOKATKD WITH COATS OF AXMS, | Hands and quaint inscriptions, and there were four ‘ge painted govelii tue subjects of wh taken row the history of Carl V., the fight, the betrothal, the marring tion, At one end vf the hall w ected a golden throne tor the Emperor aud his bride, over which wae a large velvet baldacctiino, surmounted by the imperial eagic. Ou either side of the throue was a spacious semi-circular eievated batcony for the reception of the imperial cortege, and from which the Jadics looked down upon the touruament. | TUX KMPRKOR'S WEDDING. j At seven o'clock the princes and princesses of the House of Wittolsbach arrived aod took up their posi tious on a tribune specially erected for them. At eight everybody of uny wccount in Memeh was present princes, nobility, etizens—all, mm tact, who could fo purcbase the necessary dress, requisite 1n every case. Now began the bridal proces- fon, accompanied by the clang of a festal march. First came & body of martial looking Landsknechte, with plush breeels darmed with loug spears and monster swords; (hen a herald in yellow, holding the staif of ing mm triumph the ar, and followed by peasaols bearing & dicraftwmen oftive; then a troop of hunters, be boaies of a bear and a brisily wolves and live dogs. great variety of game, With their ctablemm, Burghers en the Wobledien aud Hock weise, gentlemen of the counel in ir long black togas, golden chaius round their necks, black velvet baretts on their beads and swords by their sides, Next followed a troop of Landsknechte with bal- berds and crossbows; another herald preceded the rep- | Fesentative of the Roman Curiw, the | CARDINAL NUNCIO, AMBASSADOR of the Pope, woo was clad in deep red silk and wearing | on bis breast a costly wand brillmnt cross. He was sur- Founded by rous clergy m black and red costumes, Alter these marched executioners with sword and Dieck, which were somewhat too characteristic ot m. TRTERL, THF IXDULG! Totsel, wo, was there, with ag SELLER, it number of monks great historical figures, its long, gorgeous, | wa, called to Wife for an hour, and sinking | tx, men and maidens, all from | id in contempt in this particu. | °! that dresses of Tannhiuser and Elizabeth | | No. 146 Fifth avenue. carrying huge boxes containing indulgencies. Next in succession came reiormers, in black attire, and artivis and scholars of the period, with their wives, Amon them were Albert Direr, Hans Hoibein, Erasuus 0! | Rotterdam, Willibald Pirkheimer, Haus Sachs, Ulrich Vou Hutte There were generals and knights, with their wives, the former in armor. There were George Von Frundeberg, Schertlin Von Burtenbach, Gotz Vou Burliehingen, he of the Irov Mand, and Franz Von gen, Duke Walliam IV. of Bavaria, the Landgrave of Hesse, Elector John Frederick of Saxony, und many others, Yet another herald, then the Am- bassadors at the Imperial Court, the Emperor's suite; alter them women and children and twelve festal maidens, with white linen trains and white cashmere tunics and yellow corsets, holding HORNS OF PLENTY decorated with flowers. Among these were many beautiful girls, and they wore as headdresses models of the churches and chapels, Next in order were pages, with burning torches, and then appeared the Einperor, on a triumphal car, aud a masterwork of the renais- tance style, and which was executed and presented to the artists by no less @ personage than the chief of the ultramontane party in Munich, Herr Raaspreler, gild to the King and Court, The Emperor (Hermann Kanl- bach) was dressed in trousers of white atlas, a sik jer- kin of deep red, ornamented with gold brocade, and a mantle of the’ same material. The Empress (Frau Piloty) was attired in white silk, with gold brocade, a deep red brocade mantle, trimmed with ermine, and a large barett Court 10018 and the Imperial Watch uards closed the procession, which may be called the main feature of the play. Alter the Emperor and Em- press had taken their seats on the throne, and the suite | fad taken up positions, | ORIENTAL DEPUTATION ENTERED through the hall, bringing presents to His Majesty. The gilts, escorted by dignutaries, were borne upon the shoulders of eight negroes, and ‘arrayed beneath the baldacchine, They were iro:n the valuable collection of the historical painter Brand, who also furnished the | Orientai costumes, After the’ Emperor had in a most gracious manner received the presents, a herald stepped forth and announced a prologue, composed by the poet | Hermann Ling, referring to the general significance of | the festival and to the coming tourpament between | the knights, 1 TOURNAMENT, ‘The signal was then given for the tournament; the halberdiers made a circle, the knights appeared from opposite sides, and Jrtiticial horses, draped in rich caparisons were led out by court fools, ‘The knights | Were clad im armor, and having received trom their | pages long wooden lances, inmediately dushed at each | other, Rolf Grimmig, the Knight of Misery Cave, lost | bis lance and was thrown irom his horse fatal ; his helmet tell, and the corpse was carried | out to the temple, | Knight Frohsinn Von the hand of the upress his reward, at the sime time uttering " | tence of outiawry upon bis opponent, ‘The vic- | torious knight,” alter discarding his armor, proves to be young Mr. Hanfstaengi, one of the hand- somest men in Munich, and the son of the Court Pho- tographer, The Court Fool then announced that the flight was simply allegorical of the superiority of gayety | over melancholy, and the Empress declared herseli the | Yassul of the conqueror in the name of all present, and, | as a sign thereot, crowned him with a laurel wreath, It | was now nearly midnight. Suddenly the music mtoned | a merry waltz, which induced their majesties to shake Leir imperial decorum; the Empress took as ber partner one of the court fools, ladies in waiting paired | off with monks, knights with’ burgesses, noble ladies | with hunters, from d Lustheim—to receive earn the si | DANCING | commenced in earnest. From this moment the noise and excitement of the ball drowned everything else, and rendered ahke mmpossible and superfluous the well-meant exertions to contribute to the geueral mer- | riment by prologues and humoristical declamations; and even Tetzel, Who gesticulated and perorated like a | maniac, could ‘not attract au audience. His huge | trank—although he at last offered his indulgences tor ridiculously low sums—remained absolutely empty, so he hurled his papers among the .dancing crowd and disappeared. The appearance of the hail during the night defies description, ‘There was never before beheld in Munich such a scene of grandeur and excitement, | such a wondrously correct picture All classes of | society were represented—nobles, citizens, peasants, | hunters, soldiers, artsts, preachers and court tools— | all circled round the central tigure of the Emperor, THE KICH ORIENTAL ELEMENT added much to the interest of the display. Arabs with high turbans, Grecks with characteristically formed dresses, dignitaries of the Empire in Spanish ies with long trains, puif arms and the | broad round hats hanging on the arm; monks, hunt- | ers with pointed caps and leather coilars aud cross | bows on their shoulders; city councillors and magis- | | costume, | trates, ladies with most” elegant burgesses with hoods, in which plain art the greatest taste and Juxury were exhibited, most of | them being of red silk or velvet, richly ornamented | with goid and silver, pearls and precious stones. One | stately lady wore a hood in the form of a nautilus. It | would be utterly impossible to convey a proper idea of | THE BEAUTY OF THESE TOILETS, | of the gorgeous sik, lace and antique jewols and or- naments so suddeniy and marveliously brought to hight. | Phe greatest good nature prevailed, All parties, whether taking part in the festal play or not, seemed | equally to enjoy themselv | at court danced next to modest wives and daughters ot | artists or simple citizens, and the usually indispensable | but tedious formalities of introduction were discarded as entirely supertluous, It ts universally believed that | His Majesty the King himself ‘was present, having first appeared in a domino and shown a card to the Gugelmacnuer bearing the naine of one of his highest court functionaries. This was | the only dress in which the face was allowed to be | hidden, and one of these gentlemen, seemingly a stranger to the entire company, was seen pacing for a while very proudly up and down the hall, and those spectators who saw him declare that his bearing was very similar to that of the Kin, | THE PRINCES ofthe royal family appeared in modern toilet and looked singular enough in contrast with the graceful and picturesque costumes of the period represented, On the day atter the festival the decorations of Udeon were visited by no fewer than 19,000 people, the receipts at the door being 4,000 marks ($1,060) which the artists have handed to the local poor boards. Thus ended one of the grandest art festivals Munich ever saw, rivalling auything ever accomplished in the olden days of which sue is yet so preud, FL ARTS. EXHIBITION OF HOLBERTON’S AND DR. FOWLER'S COLLECTIONS OF PICTURES AT LEAVITT'S, There are now on exbibition at the Leavitt Art Rooms a number of oi! and water color paintings and sketches of landscape, game, fish, flowers, &c,, which | are the work of Wakeman Holberton, of this city. These, with a number of water color and sepia draw- She had hit | ings by C. R. Hanley and a few others, including land. | | seapes in ol by Arthur Quartley, Samuel Colman, v Mra Beers, MeUord, &., will be ‘Tuesday even! March 14." The col- lection of modern patotings belonging to Dr. | Fowler is also on exhibition at the same lace, and will be sold on Wednesday evening. In the latter collection are “Landscape and Castle,’ by J. A, | Hekking: “Frightenéd,” where two children are az | ing timidly at a suit of armor; ‘Phe Pet Canary,’? by | Vaini; several landseapes by Bristol, William ’ Hart | Wyant and others; “Winter Sports,”’ a party of boys | snowballing, painted by J. G. Brown in 1871; “The Promenade,” by E. Egusquiza; “Fruit and Wino,” by Marston Ream; ye Attack,’ by G. Washington; “Passing Shower,” by Jerome Thompson; ‘Flowers,> | by Teresa Hegg;’ several landscapes with fi | Thorn: “The New Servant,” by H. Hoogg; | berries and Flowers,” by J. B. Bristol; “Innocence,” | by _L. De Konin, Indian Mother,” a watercolor ty | J. W. Symington, and others, M. a | The members of the Arcadian Ciub held their | monthly ception last evening at the Club House, ‘The affair was an informal one, but the guests present enjoyed themselves very much m listening to the music and other enterialnments | voifered lor their amusement, Nearly ail the leading metbers of the club were present at some time during | the evening, and exerted themselves to secure the suc- cess of the reception. . THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT, The Twenty-third regiment, Second division, X.GAN.Y., bad their seventh concert of the season Jost night at t rmory, Clermont avenue, Brooklyn. Tho attendance was large, and the guests represented, the best social cireles in Brooklyn. Colonel Ward and Captain Story did the boners of the occasion, The’ music by the regimental band was excellent, POSTAL NEWS. Postmaster James reports that the ocean mails from this port yesterday were as follows:—Steamer Gor- nd 32 bags of new<papers; Amer- b bags of papers; San Jacinto, 480 | papers; Atlas, 1,560 letters and 1 bag of papers; Bolivar, 64 letters; Liberty, 212 letters; total, 56,000 letters The deposits of money Post ¢ for salee of postal cards, Ae, aio A RESULT OF THE RUSH. Seven members of the Sophomore class ef the Col- lego of the City of New York have been suspended tur isordorly conduct” at the Junior exhibition om last Friday night. Several of them, st is likely, will @nally he expelled from the college for having exhibited an impudent disposition during the juvestigativn inte their conduct. The Jumor, Sophomore aud Freshman classes bave pres vals to the president aud facuity of the college asking tor the mitigation of the puaishment of the disgraced Sopls BOOKS RECEIVED. The Flag of Distress. By Captain Mayne Kel. New York : James Miller. ish Pedigrees; or, The Origin and Stem of the Irish Ry foun O'ttart. Dublin: Migieshan & Gull wenant of Eternal Lite, By Key, Tresham Grogy. New York: Ennis Brothers, The Biack Hill, By Liewtenant Colonel Richard Irvingy Dodo ew York: James Milier. Shore. By Mra C. A. Warfield Philadelphia; & be, Almanac and Register for 1876 Tne herald invited the victor— | ladies of the highest rank | the | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 12 1876.—QUADRUPLE- SHEET. GENERAL BABCOCK. . | WHAT ARMY OFFICERS THINK OF HIS SITUATION. ‘The Babcock case, although settled by the courts of law so that the ex-Secretary of the President bas been | Judged not guilty by a jury of the people, is stilla matter of considerable discussion among army officers, especially those who have graduated at West Point. There are perhaps no class of men more jealous of their honor than army and navy officers, graduates of W: Point and Annapolis, and the esprit du corps whicl binds them all together also makes them very sensi- | tive to the slightest imputation against the honor of | ono of their number. Notwithstanding the verdict of the court there are still some people who believe Babcock guilty; and that there should be such | & belief, or even @ suspicion, ts very galling to army officers, There is a feeling among them that Babcock bas treated the case too lightly, and although he has been acquitted by the law they would have preferred that he should bave then demanded a military investigation out of respect for | the service to which he belongs, ‘There has been vo | demand, however, for such an inquiry, and conse- quently some army officers have expressed themselves | very strongly on the matter, blaming Babcock for not seeking that court of inquiry which could not now be | enforced since the civil courts bad disposed of the point atissue. Army officers talk very freely or the subject, | | and although some that are personally acquaimed with Babcock express themselves perfectly satustiod of his innocence there are others that do not hesitate to say that some of the evidence Was very strong aguinst Lim, | AHxxaLy correspondent had 4 short conversation the other day with an army officer of high rank, in | which the litter expressed himself as follows:—"I | have known General Babcock for a great many years | and have always found him to be one of those good | fellows, generous to a fault, who would put binself to | any inconvenience to oblige afriend, 1 have often | had oecasion to telegraph to him at Washington for | advice on some particular port, and the prompt man- ner in which the response was’ made plainly showed | the exertion he was willing to make to. oblige a friend. 1 firmly beheve that when he received a despateh ask- | ing hit for information on a certain powt he would hasten to wuswer it at once, pever stopping for one minute to think whut the object of the inquiry might be, In his generous haste to serve a friend, Ido not think for one Momedt that General k would be guilty of adisiouerable achon, but ght have been careless enough to alow bis juagment to be overruled by his generosity. | is now all over, but probably army office! # not person- aily acquainted with General Babeock would have been better satistied if he had of bis own accord demanced a military court of inquiry. I myseli think that be was fortunate in having bis trial decided belure the expos use of the Belknap bribery case, asin the excitement of tue moment he might Lave been sacrificed as a vie tim to public sem Again, he was fortunate in being judged beiore ourt, a8 1 would preter to take severe) chances belore a civil court rather than to be arraigned once before such stern guardians of the honor of the service as Sherman, Sheridan and Terry."” Another ollie graduate of West Port, speaking Of the case, sai Babcock w placed In a very unfortu- hate position, and will, probably, have cause to regret that he bas not insisted on a military investigation. Otlicery think that he should nave taken sueh action out of respect for the fair fame of the service, and he Will probably be made feel in what 4 delicate position he stands if ever he shail be calied upou to any y here there is a large force on duty. Every body thut has ever associated with or served in the regular army must be well aware how sensitive army officers are to any reflection on one of the corps. We are not rich, and in most imstances possess only our commissions and our honor, vot f with asacred respect, If Gen before a military court of inquiry and come out wit clean hands he Would have beeu Welcomed with joy, political intiuence and mouey can have no power belore such a tribusal.”? It appears, Lowever, that there ts very little prob. ability of apy further inquiry, a8 General Babooek has taken no steps toward that énd and such @ measure | cannot be forced upon him, THE SPRING ELECTION, State Senator Bixby said yesterday in relation to the Dill introduced into the Legislature by him providing | tor a new city charter, that it 18 going along gradually, but the section relating to a spring election will not pass. In this connection Mr. Bixby was asked if be knew of any political combination to defeat any meas- | ure looking to a spring election, us it had been openly asserted that the republicans had formed an alliance with Governor Tilden for this purpose, His ques- tioner said to Senator Bixby that it was reported that betore the removal of Police Commissioners Disbecker | und Matsell it was suggested to Mr. Disbecker that the repubhieans, being desirous of having Messrs, Erhardt and Wheeler in_ the Police Board, opened negotiations with Governor Tilden for the removal of the Comtts- oners obnoxious to Mayor Wicktam; that Governor lden wanted to gain the State Convention, and the county democracy being split—the anti-Tarminany party | Working for a spring clection, to which Tammany was | opposed—it was arranged that if the Governor would remove Disbecker and Matsell the republicans would prevent the bill providing for a spring election trom Teaching h.m, thus relieving him {yom the necessity of offending either branch of the democracy by signing or vetoing the bill. dies Mr. Bixby suid that there will be no spring election, but added that he did not believe the story of the “deal.” “The anti-Tammany party does not care a cent for Tilden either way,” he concluded. TAMMANY HALL, | Yesterday afternoon the Tammany Committeo on ization met in their session chamber at Tammany The greater purt of the tine was occupied in the fixing and collection of assessments. The proposition of Mr. Delaney to reorganize the Fifth District Com- mittee was reported on untavorably,the committee hav ing resolved to support the present chairman, Mr, Gumbleton. A committee appointed to consider a communication lately sent from a German Democratic | organization reported progress. Alter arrangements | had been made for the State Committee to hold its next meeting at the Delavan House, in Albany, the meeting { adjourned. | THE INFLATIONISTS. The Legal Tender Club of the First Assembly dis- trict has elected the following delegates to the Green- | back Convention at Syracuse:—Messrs, Gidepa J, | Tucker, Daniel Young and John Black. | The following are delegates of the | labor party to the Syracuse Convention: | Assombly—First district, J. M. Conner, J. Me- | strict, M. Kone; Third district, | Patrick Connolly, T. Murray; Fourth district, A. J. Chichester, G. E! Cummings; Fifth district, 'T. Smith, John Walker; Sixth district, Thomas ‘Masterson, | Thomas Lawler; Seventh district, J.C. William Boncha; Eighth district, 2 F. MeGitl, | Waters; Ninth ‘district, Henry’ Cote, M. Highlan Tenth district, Joseph J. Finnerty, B. Bu, district, Lawrouce Hagerty, John district, John Maguire, J. O'Neil; | Joun Kenny, James Quin Mall, independent Wy m: ¥ ds | gan; Eveventh Gallagher; Twelfth | Thirteenth district, ourteenth district, W. A. | A. Carver, John W. Cramp; Fifteenth district, Michael | Pendergast, John Corney;’ Sixteenth district, Peter Cooper, G. W. Madox; enteeuth district, BE. M. Milier,’ Pliny Freeman; Eighteewth district, Tull Paul Conery ; Nineteenth district, Joseph Taylor, J. Cavanagh; 'Twenticth district, Peter Burke, | Robert McIntyre. THE GREENBACK ADVOCATES, H The final mocting of the deicgates from the various Assombly districts in this city prior to the meeting of the National Convention in Syracuse, was held last night at Patnam Hall, Twelfth street and Third ave- nae. Messrs, M. Hanlon, George Hoffman and John Me- | Cool having been appointed a Committee on Resolu- lutions they retired for consultation, and ina short time reported to the meeting. The portions of the resolutions that bear most particularly on the financial question are as fellows :— Resolved, That the contraction of the currency heretofore made and the further contraction proposed, with « view to | the fi resumption of specie payments, hes aiready | Drought dinaster to the business of the country and threatens al bi t d that this poliey nT toration of legal tenders to | by promoting the industries of « by destroying toe at the public Interest demands that the gov- ease to discredit its own currency, and er it can without violation of {ts oblications, fenders receivable for all castoms and public = = » | | | ues, Resolved, That we call on all who subscribe to this plate form to meet with us in convention at Syracuse, on Wednes- day next, the Lith I ar SCANT JUSTICE. THR NEWPORT AUTHORITIRS RECOMPENSR A POOR WOMAN, CRIPPLED THROUGH THEIR NEGLIGENCK, WITH A PALTRY suUM, Newrort, R. 1, March 10, 1876, Many taxpayers of Newport who reside in New York during the winter months may be interested to fe: that the city bas settled the claim of Mra, Jonathan become a cripple for an excavation im the properly protected. Bi | / | not whiel img without means she was unable to bring suit. | street was The city mdueced her to settle tor $450. Tt was gen- | erally supposed that $1,600 would be granted her, as the heaviest taxpayers Nad made up their minds (hat any jury Would grant her that amount. The niggardly ection of the city Is, therefore, not generally | approved. | HIGHWAY ROBBERY, Miss MeParland, daughter of Rev. H. 1. MeFarla of No. 14 South Portiand avenue, Brooklyn, was,walk- img aiong Washington avonuo on Friday afternoon, when aman came ap suddenly from behind and laid : 4 eWort to take | Peking it up, he rau away, makiog good bis | to redeem their not | in national banks), instead of sending it abroad im pay- | saying’ they would keep | impracticable as legal tender, and rede | Vuited States bonds, | echomg ta | ndicat | to, the last one other than himself having been Jet- | ferds, who killed Walton and Mathews in New York, | It tell ob the ektowalk, and, * excape, ' | Was ontered by thieves, who stole $40 worth of cursets. | TINKERING THE CURRENCY. A REPLY FROM MR, POTTER. To tue Evitap or Tux Henavp:— The Heratp objects to my plan, raising the bank note currency to the value of United States bonds bear- ing gold interest, or of coin:— 1, That the effect of such a measure would be to | banish gold from the country and postpone specie pay- | mont forever; for, if the choice were given to the banks — in spocie or such bonds they | would never pay gold. A gold ve would earn nO | interest, but a bond reserve would steadily yield them five per cent, and they would keep their whole reserve | iu the pr would be the only prac- tical legal Lender for the discharge of debts. How will this plan “banish gold?”? 1t proposes to locate about $400,000,000 of national bonds in the Treasury as Washington in addition to those now there, in security for bank notes to be issued im place of Treasury notes to be withdrawn; and also to locate $60,000,000 more of the public debt, represented by these Treasury notes, within the couutry, and to dis- tribute the interest in gold annually upon all this to our own citizens (all who choose to become interested m ub of pr neipal or interest upon a foreign loan, Will tend to banish gold Again, why, “af the choice be given the banks to re- decm in specie or bonds’? would they “never pay gol ‘The Hurap is correct in saying, ‘A gold re- serve would earn nothing, buta bond reserve would steadily earn them five per cent,” but not correct in ert whole reserve in the pro- posed bonds, It is an exsential partof the plan that the banks ean only hold their bond reserve drawing in- terest so long as they pay out coin to redeem. ben they cease redeeming in coin they must pay out these imterest-bearing bonds at par and interest, and thas lose this source of profit, Under this plan, that banks would not redeem in bonds, but would redeem in coin so long as this was possible to them and the bonds are worth par in coi, is as certain as the Holy Writ, “Where a m treasure 1s there will his heart be also.’ The plain and certain opera- tion of this plan will be that us the national bank receive gold ax interest from government and trom other sources they will pay this out upon all obliga- | tious demanding from them either gold or interest- earning bonds, and gold will thus pass immediately | into geveral circulation, except suflicient to protect their reserve in in -bearing bonds, which they will hold, Buying end selling gold will be without | encouragement or profit, and will, it may be boped, | pass away. | But the Heratp thinks lawful money bonds wholly | ption of bauk notes im them equally impracticable. Agai Why! Itispartof the plan that the lawful mono: bonds be issued “in such denominations as will most convement for the redeinption ot the bark note curreney.”” While bonds might be issued of the same denomiations throughout as the nutional bank we notes without any more inconvenience than experienced in issuing these notes them- elves it would not bo necessary to issue in lower denominations thau five or ten dollars, Bulls vf ove avd two doiiars could be presevigd tor redemp- tion ia these amounts with less inconvenience than would arise from smaller bonds. The plan as pub- lished, through inadvertence, did not state how notes of smaller denomination than bonds would be re- deemed, aud the Hakatp’s criticism is sound to this extent, In using these bonds as legal tender between individuals the bonds and coin would be used together to make up the tender, ax gold and silver were for- | meriy used for the sume purpose. H Ju redeeming bank aotes with these bonds the only ine nee which could arise we be obviated by requiring the party cailing for redemption, on request of the bank, to pay or tender in coi er law al money | u rued interest upon the bond to be received. 11, as the Hewat thinks, this plan will imtensily panics, itisat least wnealled for, But bow can do this when it enables every pradently managed bank io the country to mect at all times {ts liabilities, restraius them by the constant obligation to redeem, and keeps the people ail the time conscious that by un- reasouable demaud apon the banks for redemption they will only compel the banks to return them their own bonds at par ¥ If the pian will give us a sound, sufficient, self. | adapting currency at all ines of the same value with aring gold interest, or coin, and | ur national credit as beneticial tor the en- dholders, it is sut- | a it cannot fuil todo | A tail ¥ B. POTTER, thus make tire country as it shall be tor ficient for the present evil. Ll this, Will the HxmaLo show why it wall 0. STARVATION WAGES. LIVELY OPPOSITION TO STARVATION RATES ON THE BAY RIDGE RAILROAD, Starvation rates have been paid laborers employed in | digging on the line of the Bay Ridge and Jamaica Rail. | road, There are nearly 300 men on the road. The con- tract is held by Mr, William Beard, Their wages have been ninety cents per day. Many of the men have families to support, They are now out on strike for | $1 40 per day. They announced their determmation to the contractor yesterday morning, but he would not accede to their demand. There is ten days’ pay due them, which they asked for, but were told they would | not reesive it until toe regular pay day, April 10. The poor fellows Were ihdignant on hearing this, and the police of the Eighth sub-preeinct, Captain Maber in command, repaired to the scene to prevent violence. A large number of emigrant Kulians were brought over | to take tue place of the workmen, but when they were | told by the strikers what the rate of wages paid was they ‘shouldered their shovels and tramped Off to Brooklyn, with the ringing ebeers of the strikers *% The men say they are deter- inined to money due them betore April 10, and they will put an injunction on the work ou Mon: day. A teamster named John Marshall stood aloof from the sinkers, and the latter seized him and bound | linn with ropes to the limbs of a tree. While in that | position he relented, and, om being restored to liberty, joined “the boys” in opposition to “centennial rates for laborers.” The contractor will have fresh men on the ground on Monday morning. TO CONVICTS. ‘The sentences of Adam Jaeger and Dr, Moses Lowen- berg, two convicts undergotng life terms of imprison- ment at Sing Sing Prison, have been commuted by | Governor Tilden, Accordingly, the first named will be | set at liberty during the preseut month and the other | in May next. Jaeger, who has already served about fourteen years in Sing Sing, was convicted of thi murder of a young woman while bo was in a paroxysm of jealousy. Lowenberg stabbed to | death with a sword =. & man who occupied Apartments on the same Soor with him im a tenement house in New York. He was found guilty of marder in the first degree and sentenced to death, but m accord. ance witha then existing statute be had to undergo confinement in the State Prison for twelve months iin. mediately prior to the day named tor his execution, | While Lowenberg was serving the tert of naprisonment the law requiring such was ro} and he remained in prison under sentence death until the last’ year of Governor Hoffman's administration, when his sentence, together with those | of two others. was commuted to imprisonment for life, | Lowenberg 18 the oniy convict now living tn State | Prison who was sentenced ander the taw above alluded and who was himself subsequently murdered tn prison by a fellow convict, named Brickley, Lowenberg hus been confined about thirieen years in Sing Sing Prison, THE WO TON BLOCK OF SILVER. “That’s off my mind, the steamship City of Havana, yestei he saw the hexagonal box, containing pure silver swing over the side of said steamer and Jand on the wharf. A large number of people, having read in yesterday’s HERALD of the arrival of the great silver bonanza, had gathered at the wharf to seo its disembarkation. After being deposited on the wharf it was sent to the public stores, at Laight and West | streets, The surface of the silver ts unpolished. Th fineness of the silver at the United States Assay Office thought to be 990-1,000, judging by previous shipments from the same mine. It belongs to Pio Bermejilic & Co,, bankers, of the city of Mexico, and 18 mtended for exhibition at the Conteanial among Mexican products, Tt was escorted down to Vera Craz by a large number of troops, To-morrow it will be taken from Laight street to the New York Safe Deposit Company's premises, om Liberty street and Broadway A BOON TO MARRIED POLICEMEN, A general order was sent by Superintendent Walling | to the various precincts yesterday directing all married | mombers of the force who desired transfer to uptown | precincts to send in their applications forthwith, It is contemplated by the Commissioners to keep In the downtown precincts, where greater vigilance om the part of policemen is necessary, as many unmarried | mien as possible. It also desired to give the married | men she benetit of the cheaper rents up town, TIRED OF LIFE. Athalf-past ten o'clock yesterday morning James | Cauldwell, aged twenty-eight years, of New Haven, at- tempted suicide by Jumping into the East River at the foot of 104th street, He was rescued by the police and taken to the Ninety-ninth street reception hospital, In lis pockets were found a gumber of stones which he | bad put there to make bin sink, He stated to the police that he was induced to the act by poverty and inability wo obtain work, RECORD OF CRIME. Barglars stole from the cigar store of George Poyser & Brother, No. 38 Catharine street, cigars and tobacco | worth $332 * Sheak thieves carridd away from the apartments of Jobanna Barker, No, 22 Delancey street, clothing | valued at $60, . } The corset store of J. W. Rice, No. 46 Broadway, — said Dr, Cooney, Purser of | | intendent Campbell received a | purehase drink RUBENSTEIN. Since the incarceration of Pesach N. Rubenstein in the Brooklyn Jail, but more particularly since the Sentence of death was passed upon him, fools have found time to invent all sorts of stories, which they have committed to paper and sent, anonymously, by mail, to the authorities, for the sole purpose, doubt- Jess, of seeing their imbecile effusions in print, A New York paper was recently informed by special despateh from Chicago that Superintendent Hickey, of the police of the latter city, had received a letter from @ Catholic priest of Brooklyn saying wat a member of | his church had at confession declared that Rubenstein was not the murderer of Sara Alexander; the mur- derer ts in Chicago. When this was communicated to Supermtendent Campbell, of Brooklyn, Le sent to Mr. Hickey a telegram asking for the uame of the clergy- man and other tacts. The reply was that the letter was written in German and mailed in Chicago, On the 9th — inst. letter writt German, signed “A Catholic Priest,’ and posted m Chicago on the 6th, Itstated that a man had come to the 4 writer in the confessional and told him be was the murderer of Sara Alexander; that he saw Kuvenstem and the girl in the field; that Rubensteim gave her a roll of bills and went away; that this man then seized her from belund, cut her throat and took the money; after the money was gone he cared nothing for his hie, &c. Neither the Brooklyn police, the District Attor- ney nor the judges on the Bench attach any importance whatever tthe silly epistie, which never emanated from ‘a Catholic priest.’ Itcannot be construed as Deing in the interest of Rubenstein, as the defence on his trial was an *‘alibi,”’ whereas the letter places him on the fatal spot in the coralield, where the prosecu- thon located him on the night of the murder. Motion for a writ of errorand stay of proceedings will be made on Monday next. The Sheriff will make his preparations next week should the prisoner's coun- Sel jail in their efforts in belialf of Rubenstein, A STRANGE CASE. 4 BROOKLYN GERMAN GROCER ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF WIFE MURDER AND FORGERY— SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES ELICITED. Yesterday afternoon Charles C, Schauafer, a German, about fifty-five yeurs of age, was arraigned before Police Justice Walsh, Brooklyn, having been arrested on a warrant granted upon the complaint of Counsellor ‘Tighe, accusing him, on ‘nformation and belief,” of the murder of his wife, Anne Schauter, The evidence against the prisoner was entirely circumstantial, and so vague that it did not prove that Mrs, Schaufer is dead. During the examination before the magistrate the charge of murder was stricken out and the complaint on which he is held was reduced to that of forgery. It appears that until recently the dece: quite weaithy, carried on the grocery business for up- ward of twenty years at Nox 149 and 251 Bridge street, Brooklyn, About four years ago | he married his third wife, whose maiden name was Davenport, The union was most unhappy, owing to his cruelty. Mrs, Schaufer made application about ayear ago to the Supreme Court fora divorce, She stated in her complaint that Schauler attempted to | starve her; had locked her up in her room for days | without food; had poured hot candle grease in her eyes; had thrown her uown stairs; locked her out of the house in the yard on cold mighis. On one sion she broke a pane of glass in endeavoring to eflect an entrance to the house, and he caused her arrest on | charge of malicious mischief, Last summer he in- duced her to discontinue the proceedings for divorce and to sigu some mortgages. He then renewed lis acis of cruelty toward her, and she again sought redress at the hands of the law. "He prevailed on ber in August last, however, to stop further legal action against him, and the couple moved to Broadway, in the Eusteru District. Mrs, Schaufer has been missing since the latter part oft August. There 1s uo record of her death wm the Health Oilice, though it has been alleged that he bas said he 1s a widower. was reported that the accused coutemplaced Making a trip to California, und that he was disposing of his property in Brooklyn, It is alleged that deeds of cer- tain property which has been recently sold or conveyed have the name of Anuie Schauier ittached to them, aud that the signature is atorgery. This led to Mr. ‘Tighe’s making 4 Serious charge against Schaufer. ‘The prisoner pleaded uot guilty, ‘The *couns Judge Troy, endeavored to obtain bis release o ex. Dut the Assistant District Attorney Buell opposed the | motion, Before his removal to the jail be was taken betore Superintendent Campbell, who’ interrogated the accused, The Superimiendent says Schauffler was very much excited as he questioned him, and his answers were most wnsatistactory and evasive. At first he told Mr. Campbell that be would not tell him where his wite was. Then the Superintendent told him i Was “a matter of very great importance to liu (the accused), but of ‘very lite to anybody cise, to tell. where the woman could be found.” Finally he said he saw her yesterday (Friday.) He saw ber on Broome streot near the Bowery, York. It was suggested that he should tell the police where they could find her, but he said he could not tell them as he did not know, though if released “ he could find her.” When asked how he would find her he said, by + walking on the streets.” ~Thidwas rather indetinite. The prisoner said that she rode down to the ferry with him afew weeks ago and came over to Brooklyn, where she signed a deed at his request. | ‘The name of the notary beiore wnom the decd was Signed was one “Brandt,’’ who lives on DeKalb avenue. The deed was handed to the Superintendent, who compared the ‘Anne Schauifer” signatures on both papers, and they were not at ali alike, One thousand six hundred dollars and valuable papers were found on Schaufer and were taken charge ot by te police pending the result of the investigation, THE HOBOKEN HOMICIDE. The inquest in the case of the death of Mrs, Emma | McCarthy was concluded yesterday morning. The prisoner, Smith, was brought down from the County Jail, and was informed by Coroner Crane that ne could make a statement not under oath if he chose respect ing the death of Mrs. MeCarthy. Smith, who is a re- pulsive looking fellow, said :—“I have nothing to say about it, [understand there was another fight at Mra, MeUarthy’s house after | left. All 1 have to say ts that when the ‘muss’ took place we were all drank.” ‘Phe prisoner was identified by the sister of the de- Miss Graham, as the person who struck the blow, which, 1 18 alloged, causod Mrs. McCarthy's The jury rendered the verdict:—“That Mrs. McCarthy came to her death from inilainmation of the brain, produced at the hands of John Smith.” THE RIVAL CITIES APPEASED. Tho long standing dispute between Jersey City and Hoboken in relation to the flooding of the low lands in the latter place bas been ended by the proposal to con- | wect the sewer under the Ravine road with an iron pipe three anda half feet in diameter, by which the water would be conducted to the nearest point in Horsimus Cove. The plan was agreed upon at the Meeting of both municipal bodies yesterday, and it will cost about $50,000, MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. Mr, Seales, of Hoboken, a well known dealer i real estate and builder, has mysteriously disappeared, No Uidings bave been received concerning bis where- abouts for the last four days, and it was reported yes- terday that owing to the shrinkaze in the value of his real estate and house property, with other loss: e | had taken to flight, previously baving transferred all 8 property. Kurope. A PIGEON THIEF CAUGHT, Henry 8. Pape, of New York avenue, Jersey City, ‘was arrested yesterday aud committed for trial because several birds, worth upward of $500 and the property of August Hildebrana, of New York, and Joseph Molier, of South Ninth street, Williamsburg, were found in ihe prisoner's possession, DEFAULTING POLICE JUSTICES. The investigation of the affairs of the Jersey City It is alleged that he has already gone to Police justices was resumed before the Board of | Fiuance yesterday, The potice and Jail records were compared, and many items which were irreconcilable were discovered. Ex.Justice Shackleton was presout the charge of cutting leaves from the police put Lis caso Was Hot reached when the Board adjourned, TROUBLED LIQUOR DEALERS. Yesterday afternoon a number of liquor deslers were arraigned in the Newark (N J.) Police Court, convicted and fined for selling liquor on the Sabbath, The sole testimony against them was given by one George K. Woodward. He declared that he had been employed by the Temperance Brotherhood of Christian Churches: for the purpose of spying out those dealers who sold Niquor on Sunday, His plan was to enter their places, seller, Woodward was engaged in tue same busiuess in Brooklyn aud Connecticut, A NARROW ESCAPE, While Miss Breckner, of No. 118 Walnut street, New- ark, N. J., was dusting the kiteben mantelpiece yes- terday she upset a kerosene lap, It fell on the stove, und the oil iguited and the Games caught ber clothin, pegs was burned very seriously, but not fatally, itis 0) A JAIL BIRD ON THE WING. ‘The Jersey authorities are on the hunt for “Bill’’ De- Janey, with several aliases, who effected his escapo from the Caldwell Penitentiary, Essex county, on Pri. day through the carelessness bis keeper, Bill is an old offender, a most dangerous character, had no name, «it was | i, who was | About a week or ten days ago it | a New | nd then make affidavit against the | THE NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES. DISCUSSION OF THE REDUCTION OF SALARIES IN THE OMNIBUS RILL—THE CURRENCY QUES* TION—THE THREE WAYS TO RESUME. Wasuixato, March 11, 1876. Mr. Arkrns, (dem.) of Tenn., from the Commi! on Appropriations, reported a bill appropriating $100,000 to supply the deficiency in the appropriation tor cer+ tain Sioux Indians, Passed. ‘The House then, at balf-past twelve P. M., went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Cox, (dem.) of N. Y., in the chair, on the Judicial and Legislative Appropriae tion bill, Mr. Wi.wis, (ind.) of N. ¥., who had not concluded his speech yesterday, resumed the floor and proceeded with his remarks im favor of honest currency a3 the only safety for honest men. - | Mr. Smeuye, (ind.) of Mass., made a spécch on the | same side of the question. He attributed tho instubil- ity of the currency to the fact that the acts of Congress ‘on the subject were so uncertain, and said chat the in stability would continue as long as the currency was established on the present basis. Heargued that paper currency rested on no solid ground of imdustry, and that when labor was paid for in it labor was cheated, and therefore it was that industry was paralyzed. Ho declared that any further inflation of the currency would be followed by disaster and national humiliations because repudiation would then become as inevitable as the plunge over the cataract after the rapids were passed. The resumption of specio payinent was the only course left, and it would bo advocated by every wise man; but how to reach it? Hic fabor, hoc opus, est, Here, he was free to admit, was the gravest financial difficulty. It was much easier to say that a further inflation of the currency would jJead so repudiation and that a continuance of the present system meant ine’ ie ruin, than it was Wo see a safe and speedy road to linancial solvency; but wise and patriotic people were not or ought not to be | unable to soive such a problem, anda brave people | were not or ought not to be discouraged. There were | ONLY THREB POSSIULE WAYS in which specie payment could be reached, and only one that was sure to succeed. ‘The tirst was an accu- ulation of coin in the United States Treasury suill- it to perniit the successful reinauguration of specie payment; but any suiticient accumulation of gold would | be followed by such tnancial disasters all over the globe as would compel a renunciation of the plan. | The second method was to retire from circulation © portion of the greenback currency out of the surplus revebue of the government, But’ there was no such surpius as would warrant any hope from that method. ‘The third and only honest way that was left was to | authorize the change of currency into interest bearing | vonds of the government, payable principal and in- | terest in gold. There was no other way practicable for | | returning to specie payment. Mr. Duraxp, (dem.) of Mich,, made a speech on the same side of the subject. TUE LAGISLATIVE BILL. Mr. TownsENb, (rep.) of Pa., spoke on the subject of the Legislative Appropriation Dill, He had noticed | that it appropriated $6,000,000 less than had been ap- propriated for the same purposes last year, and | $7,000,000 lees than had been asked in the estimates, Ile had exainined the bill carefully in order to ascer- tain on what principle the reductions were made, and had reached the conclusion that the ouly principle was thatof the belhgerent Irishman at Donnybrook Fair—wherever he saw a bead hitit, The commit tee had gone through the different departments of the government—the War, the Navy, the ‘Treasury, the Interior Department, &c,' aud wherevel they saw the head of a poor clerk, an auditor, a comp: ‘troller or an assistant secretary they had ‘hit him, and in some eases they had bit him very hard. (Laagn- | ter.) In this way some of the best oiticers of the gov- | ernment had been cut down. He criticised the varioua propysed reductions ot ollicial salaries, incladimg the | compensation of Senators and members, and quoted from Mr. Randall's speech, delivered a couple of yeara ago, in favor of paying members of Congress $7,500 a year. He would mot say that the bill was got up for puncombe’’ and for electioncering purposes, but he was bound to say that there was no priuciple in the Dill that was whee of consideration, The true prin ciple on which reductions of expenditure should be made was to cut off all supernumerary officials aud to | cease making appropriations lor public buildings for | which there was no immediate necessity. | Mr. Ranpaut, (dem,) of Pa, rephed to Mr. Townsend, | He said he knew that his vld speech on the salary | question was sure to be brought up on this bill, an Uberefore, he was not unprepared hoe’ at. Every wor which he had then uttered be believed, He had yone home after that spécch and after that vote, aud some of his constituents condemned them. They had given him credit for sincerity and houesty, and had returned him to this House, in consequence of which he now held the exalted post to whick the Speaker had us- signed him. Still be was not unmindful of the fact that the American people condemned that act, and he waa fair and manly enough tosiy so. In accordance with tbat jadgment of the A! secking to rem whi peopie had condemned. | Tho democratic majority in the Mouse meant to hive economy And retrenchmeni> thoy meant tu cut dowa | the salaries of members, and of the higher officials of ihe overnment. The committee had uot made reductions ecspmaeerg ee reduced ng salaries over { ten per with the exception of Cabinet otf | ES and the Judges of the Supreme Court. ‘Te salary | of the President bad been reduced to the original | $26,000 after the 4th of Mareh next. The comumittee had also made a reduction of twenty per cent in the clerival force of the departments. These reductions were as distastelul to him as to anybody, and nubody would suffer from the redaction relatively more than himseit; bat he was bere to execute the will of the peopie plainly expressed. A repub.ican Secretary of the Treasury had intormed Cougress that nothing could i SAVE THE TREASURY FKOM NANKRUPTCY | except economy in expenditure, and he meant that the Treasury should uever appreach that position while | the democratic party was in power in the House. | Gen- | Uemen on the other side talked about economy, but Whenever the question was presented practically ‘the; threw every obstacle in the way, He was glad lo say | however, tbat there were some honorable exceptions | on the other side of the House, for the republican mem- bers of the Appropriation Committee had, in the main, | co-operated with the majority im these reductions, Mr. Witirk, (dem.) of Ky.—Do I understand the gentleman to say that he realized the fact that tha nary. condemned bis vote on the back salary ques- | tow Mr. Raxpatt—It is none of your business what I realize, (Laughter.) 1 have made my statement ip that connection. Mr, Wurrk y-Does not the gentleman believe that the country would be better pleased if that back salary were refuuded ? Mr. Ranvat.i—That is none of your busiuess, either, | (Laughter.) When Ido aught here that docs’ not be come a Representative the people will take care to cou Sign we buck to private hile. { took that salary; the Jaw gave it to me, and my people have approved of me Since, and it docs not lie in the power of any miserable | man here—(laughter)—io talk about my conscience, Mr. Witsox, (rep.) of Iowa, im connection with the appropriations for the Agricultural Bureau, spoke of the importance of the flax growing interest 1m bis State, Which, he said, would be seriously imtegfered with i Mr, Morrison's Turilf bill should become a law, Mr. Huyren, (rep.) of Ind., made a speech on the currency question against the resumption of specte payments after the cancellation of the public debt, and in advocacy ot a bill, introduced by himsell, to estab- lish a uniform rate of interest (six per cent) through- out gid United States, ~ At the close of Mr. Hunter's speech the Hi at five minutes past five o'clock, for eee when hea announced that there would ve a democratic caucas this evening. BERTHA MEYERS. A CLEW TO HER WHEREAROUTS—A STEP- MOTHER'S: PROVERBIAL MALIGNITY DRIVES HER FROM HOME—SHE TAKES SERVICE IN A NEWPORT FAMILY, BUT AGAIN DISAPPEARS, Newport, R. 1, March 10, 1876, A clew to the young girl, Bertha Meyers, who has | been missing since early in December from her home | an Jersey City, aud for whose whereabouts adyertiso. | ments have appeared in several of the New York news- | papers, was found bere this evening. In December Charles G. Muenchinger, a prominent German citizen of this erty, was in New York and ad- vertised in the New York Staats Zeitung for a girl to | come to Newport for the purpose of doing housework, Among those who answered the advertisement he se. lected Miss Meyers, she being an unusually interesting girl, about nineteen years of age? Judging from her appearance he was co ly surprised that she should have any desire to go Out to service. On De- cember 15 she arrived here and became an ininate of Mr. Mucnetnger’s household. Soon afterward she told the family that her father and stepmother lived in Jersey City. The latter Ml4treated ber, and this wag the reason why she had left them, as she could stand the abuse no longer. It oe that berore answering the advertisement she had left her home und had gone to New York to hive with an aunt; but knowing the = was jo able yyy a she determined to earn er own living. few weeks ago ste became bi | sick, and Macnchinger allowed hier to go to New York; but before going she made the Mucnchinger family promise that they would not inform her parents where she had gone, thinking they would make her revura home, Her aunt, after her return to New York, wrote here to Und out where she had gone, and at the same time there appeared in the Hkxaio an advertisement | desiring iniormation of ber whereabouts, So Mr. Muevchinger wrote to her and explained the whole matter. Where she is now Is a mystery to her friends | here, and the above are all the facts in their pessession, | pe drteonta THE LOST HARVEST QUEEN. The further hearing of testimony in the case of the owners of the American ship Harvest Queen against the | Steamship Adriatic, of the White Star Live, was to | hav been continued yesterday, and Mr. James Fisher and Captain E. Whiteburss were summoned as wite hesses. Counsel for the libetlants objected to their testl- prot ae beg at present, as Mr. Fisher was uot joing to leave the city and Captain Why it wi ot yoing to sea. Conmiasioner Utibert therets te clared the examination off Captain Jeanings sailed | for Europe yesterday om the steumshin @ormanig,