The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1876, Page 7

CABLE NEW From All Parts of the ; Old World. THE QUEEN AND THE QUERISTS Victoria's Foreign Visit a Necessity of Domestic Duty.’ AWE IN ARABIA Hundreds of Pilgrims Suffer Death by Shipwreck. ROWERS AND RIEFLEMEN. Betting on the Bont Race—Seotch and Jrish Sharpshooters for America, \ THE CZAR AND THE KAISER. The Settlement on ‘Change Commenced— The Aspect Slightly Serious. MACMAHON’S MENTION. ENGLAND. THE PREMIER EXPLAINS THE CAUSE OF THE QUEEN'S ABSENCE—AN AMERICAN FORGERY CASE HEARD IN BOW STREET—'CHANGE DULL AND ANXIOUS CONCERNING THE SPYTLEMENT. Loxpos, March 28, 1876. To-day, in accordance with the notice previously given, Mr. Anderson, a member of the House of Com- mons for Glasgow, questioned the government as to the absence from the country of Her Majesty during a session of Parhament. Mr, Disraeli, in replying, said the last preceding ab- sence of the monarch during a parliamentary session was in 1872 The present journey of the Queen, he said, wasa strictly domestic aflair. Every arrange- ment bad been made to prevent any inconvenience to the pubhe business. WILL NOT SECOND SHAFTESBURY. in the House of Lords to-day the Duke of Buccleuch emphatically denied that he intended to second the Earl of Shaftesbury’s motion for an address praying the Queen not to assume the title of Empress. ON 'CHANGE—THE COMING SETTLEMENT A CAUSF OF ANXIETY. : There is little doing (threo P. M.) on the Stock Ex- change, the regular fortnightly settlement, which be- gins to-day, claiming the principal attention. Foreign securities are flat, with a pressure to sell, and the rates for continuation of contracts over the settlement are rather onerous. No failures have been announced in the house thus far, but the stoppage of one outside speculator is re- Yorted, with considerable liabilities. It is not probable that the settlement will be completed without trouble, but no important suspensions are anticipated. BRENT, THE AMERICAN, AGAIN IN BOW STREET—MADE READY FOR EXTRADITION, Charles Brent, accused of frauds against the Falls City Tobacco Bank, at’ Louisville, Ky., was again brought up on remand at the Bow Street Police Court to-day. TESTIMONY, The depositions of Levi Warren, the President of the bank, were read, stating his belief that Brent had forged a check for $15,000, A warrant was produced authorizing Officer Wilkinson, of Pinkerton’s detective force, to take the prisoner to the United States. Eugene Warren, son of the President of the bank, identified Brent. The Jatter declined to make any statement or ask any questions. The prosecuting attorney drew the attention of the magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry, to the fact that the prisoner was charged both with forging and uttering. He also reminded him of the evidence of Inspector Shore, who brought Brent from Ireland, that the prisoner admitted his crime. COMMITTED, Brent was then committed. Wilkinson has areturn ticket for himself and the prisover, and will probably sail in the White Star steamship Adriatic on the 13th of April, or her sister ship, the Baltic, the following week. WEATHER REPORT, Tho weather to-day is dull. THE ENGLISH BOAT RACE, THE LATEST BETTING ON THE CREWS. Lospox, March 28, 1876, The latest betting on the inter-University boat race is six to five in favor of Oxford, THE RIFLEMEN, UNIVERSITIES SCOTCH AND IRISH TEAMS LIKELY TO COME TO AMERICA—NO SHARPSHOOTERS FROM ENG- LAND. Loxpox, March 28, 1876, Sir Henry Halford says he has received letters from Colonel Giidersleeve and Major Leecl: in relation to the proposed international rifle contest in America this Beason, but they do not aler the situation. The Scotch persist in separate representation, so the Scotch and Irish teams will go, but there will probably be no English team, SCOTLAND. FATAL RESULTS FROM THE EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER. Gtasuow, March 28, 1876. To-day tho boilor of a locomotive attached to a con- ttruction train on the Glasgow and Southwestern Rail- way exploded. Five persous were killed outright aud nine badly in- jured, ITALY. MUNICIPAL ODJECTIONS TO THE POLITICS OF THE NEW MINISTRY. Rome, March 28, 1876. The prefects of Romo, Milan, Turin, Palermo ana Suples bave resigned, because they object to serve under the party of the Left. AMERICAN ART AND JUDICIAL ACTION, Frorence, March 27, 1876. Tho suit brought against Larkin G. Mead, the Ameri- fan sculptor, by a former employé, concerning the Lincoin monument, which was originally decided in favor of the defendant, and subsequently appealed | bas again resulted in a complete vietory for Mead. THE POLICY OF THE NEW MINISTRY ANNOUNCED TO THE PARLIAMENT, Rome, March 28—Evening. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day Prime Minister Deprotis announced the programme of the new Minis- | try. It comprises reiorm of the Electoral laws so as to give real hberty, and the restoration of the absolute independence of the magistracy. RAILWAY: MANAGEMENT—AUSTRIAN INTEC KSTS. ‘The government will alss introduce measures roln. tive to the railway convention, which will atm at the Meparation of the lialan and Ausirian systems and the s ' | purchase of the upper Italian lines. The government, | however, will only work the roads temporarily. EDUCATION, The Ministry will attempt to qualify the law to pro- vide for compulsory popular education, FINANCES. The financial condition of the country is greatly im- proved. A forced currency, howover, stills exists, and Presents a danger upon the removal of which the Ministry will concentrate its attention, * — FORKIGN RELATIONS, The Ministry will continue to act with the same pru- @ence as the late government in regard to its foreign | policy; will carry on the work of the late government relative to the army and navy. ‘ THe cuvren. It intends to be neither aggressive nor hostile to the Church, but to hold aloof from any idea of coneihati it, The government pledges itself to observe existing laws, reserving, however, the right to introduce measures for further securing liberty of conscience and regulating the administration of ecclesiastical prop- erty. APPEAL YOR CITIZEN CO-OPERATION. Signor Depretis, in concluding his expianation of the programme, said the government ought not to bea mere party, and would, therefore, accept the co-opera- tion ofall, Heappealed to the Chamber not to ob- Struct tho Cabinet’s first attempts. SPAIN. THE NEW CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO THE CORTES—THE QUESTION OF FREEDOM OF RE- LIGION. Maprip, March 28, 1876, In tho Congress yesterday Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo read a draft of the constitution similar to that compilod last year. He also read a royal decree authorizing the Ministers to submit the constitutional question to the Cortes, . FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE. The Senate continues to discuss the address in reply to the royal speech, the question of religious liberty forming the principal subject of debate, The Epoca declares the Cortes will approve the principle of religious toleration. The Vatican will be compelled to accept it, VATICAN SATINGS. The Espada says it isauthorized by the Papal Nuncio and the Archbishop of Toledo to deny the statement | that the Vatican ovor granted Scfor Sagasta’s Ministry the least concession in relation to liberty of public worship. AN ENGLISH COMMUNICATION TO THE MADRID CABINET, Loxpoxs, March 28, 1876, In the House of Commons this evening Mr. Bourke, Under Secretary for the Foreign Department, stated that a communication had been sent to the Spanish government rejative to the seizure of the ship Lark in Cuban waters in 1872. Ho said he could not yet make known the nature of Spain’s reply. FATAL EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER. s SAN Sepasttan, March 28, 1876. \ [he Spanish steamer Elvira exploded to-day and sank off Passages, Many persons on board wore killed | and wounded, CATHOLIC UNITY—AN INFLUENTIAL PETITION. Lovo, March 28, 1876, A Madrid despatch to the Standard says a petition in favor of Catholic unity, signed by the Papal Nuncio and the Spamish bishops, was presented to the Cortes yesterday, FRANCE, AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN THE CAPITAL, Panis, March 28, 1876. A decree of Marshal MacMahon, promulgated to-day, announces incidentally thata Universal International “#xhibition will shortly be held in Paris. A BONAPARTIST 2X-DEPUTY PROSECUTION. VERSAILLES, March 28, 1876. During the session of the Legislature to-day the election of M. Gavini, Bonapartist, in Corsica, was un- pulled. H Minister Dufauro stated that he would consider | whether Gavini should be prosecuted tor issuing a placard promising the return of the Empire. RELIBY FOR THE 'FERERS BY THE FLOOD, In the Chamber of Deputies to-day a grant of $350,000 was unanimously voted for the relief of the sufferers by the recent inundations, 4 FIRST PREPARATIONS FOR THE FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION. Lospox, March 29, 1876. ‘The Times’ special despatch from Paris contains the | followmg:— The International Exhibition will be held in 1878 or IN DANGER OF | cent, 1879 at the latest. . The Prefects of the Setne and Police have been ap- | pointed members of the Permanent Exhibition Com- mittee. GERMANY. i | RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENT TO THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS—THE CZAR'S IDEA OF RETIREMENT NOT MENTIONED. Brruix, March 28, 1876, The Russian Ambassador in this city gave a grand dinner yesterday, at which the Emperor and Empress of Germany and all the foreign Ambassadors wore present. The rumor about the Czar’s temporary retirement ‘was not mentioned and it requires confirmation, TURKEY. | THE TURKS OBSTINATE AGAINST PEACEFUL CONCILIATION TOWARD THE PROVINCIALS— BARBAROUS ACTS AGAINST CHRISTIANS. Loxpox, March 29, 1876. The correspondent of the Times at Ragusa telegrapns as follows :— “The conference between Baron Rodich and the Tarkish officials is considered a complete failure. The Turks refuse to give any guarantecs of personal security to the refugees, and show no desire to concilate them or to propose accept- | able conditions of pacification, 1 have conversed with Ali and Wassa Effendi, and find them absolutely anable or unwilling to appreciate the danger of theis position, | “In official circles here conciliation is considered | hopeless. The reports of insurgent defeats aro {alse, No band has been driven across the frontier by fo “On Sunday the Turks entered a Christian village, murdered three men and four women and brought their heads to Bilet in triumph.’” AFRICA. gl THE TUNISIANS COOLING DOWN AFTER THE OUT- H RAGE AGAINST THE ITALIANS. Loxpox, March 28,*1876, Recent advices from Tunis state that the Italian Consular Juage, Puliga, was seriously hurt in the attack made on him on the 13th inst’ His condition is crit- ieal. The excitement in Tunis in regard to tho affair has subsided, ARABIA. — A PERSIAN PILGRIM SHIP WRECKED—FCUR HUN- DRED AND NINETY-SEVEN LIVES SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN LOST. Loxpox, Maroh 28, 1876. Advices received hore to-day from India, by 1 report that the steamship Jowad, trom Shel, bi peeu wrecked in the Arabian Sea She had on board about 500 pilgrims, chiefly Persians, | bound to Bushire. THREE MEN SAVED, Three men, who are supposed to be the only sur vivors, have reacted Hudeida. ECT CABLE. i THE DIR pat VaR SER | ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMDERS oF THE COMPANY —THE POLICY OF AN INDEPENDENT ST: SRO READ AND ADOPTED. REevort i Loxpox, March 28, 1376, The annual mécting of the Direct Uneted States Cadlo Company was held at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon | 5,600 a 6,650 role per ten kilos | | ining yesterday. | the direction of Monterey should he be upabie to make | vack, Wilttwm ML Todd, Joba R. Beals, Paul Bruce, street, at noon to-day, and passed off satisfact ~' y- The policy of the directors in maintaining an inde- pendent organization was sustained. THE REYORT. The report of the chairman, of which the following is an epitome, was adopted unanimously :— The company’s line was completed and opened for public traitic on the 1éth of September, 1875, On the 27th of that month it was interrupted, but was re- paired by the Faraday on November 6, Scarcely had (he Faraday returned to England when the line was again broken, on December 10, It was again repaired and opened jor traific on January 10, 1876. On January 23, 1876, the line was interrupted for the third time, and is was repaired on the 1st of March, and the whole line is now, as it was from the commencement, in per- lect condition, electrically and mechanically. LOCATION OF THK INJURIES, The first two fractures took place in the Ireland- Nova Scotia section of the company’s cable, the last in the Nova Scotia-New Hampshire section,» All these breakages occurred in parts of the company’s line which were laid in the summer of 1874, in water from 70 to 100 fathoms deep and at a distance from 80 to 100 miles from the nearest land. During the whole of two fishing seasons and one winter these sections re- matued intact and uninjured, y, INVESTIGATION. Looking at these facts, coupled with the extraor- dinary coincidence of each break taking place so shortl: after the return of the Faraday, and followed up wit false reports as to the quality 0! e company’s cable, the directors were induced to invite Sir William Thom- son, F, R. S,, and Mr, F. J, Bramwell, F, R. 8., to in- Yestizate the circumstances attending the first two fractures, and to express their opmion on the state of the company’s property. The report prepared by these two eminent engineers has been circuiated to the share- holders in eztenso, but the directors would specially invite attention tw the following EXTRACTS. First, as to the cause of fractures:—‘tAt the risk of Tepeating ourselves, we think it well to state definitely that our experiments and examinations of the cable | convince us it is one of an extremely strong torm ; that it has suffered no deterivration whatever from its | immersion for a period of about a year and a half in the sea, and that the fractures have been caused by violence applied by an instrument, and not by decay, | and not by any abrasion or rubbing, or any influence | of that kina.’” | Second, as to the quality of the cable:—‘It isto the | are which has been exercised to preventany | er minute, from being left in the cable | that the chiet delay in its completion was owing. | “This delay, however, has not been incurred in vain, { for it is to the precautions which entatlod the delay | that the exceedingly pertect electrical condition of cable as it now lics’ 18 due. We think the contractors deserye great credit for thetr unfailing determination, howe¥er deep the water and however small the fault, to slur over nothing, and for the great eificioncy of the | means, material and personnel with which they carried | on the operations, oiten in very heavy weather, and | much of them in ‘winter, and for their jina! success in giving you a thoroughly pertect cable.” | Since this report was written the directors have re- | ceived from their representatives on board the Fara- | day a Uelegram that the two ends of the fracture of | January, 1876, have been recovered, and that they show conclusively that ho cable must have been brought up intact and then chopped through by an axe | or hatchet. Although a repairing ship properly manned and equipped 1s a costly matter, the Board feol that these | occurrences show the necessity of such an expendi- ture. Pending the completion of measures now in em gos jor a suitable ship Messrs. Siemens Brothers: ave placed the Faraday, with a competent etait and all | necessary appliances, at the disposal of the company, | atasum which the Board considers advantageous to the company. During tue time the company was enabled to work ‘uninterruptedly—for a period of upwards of a month — the trafic receipts surpassed the expectations of the directors, increasing day by day, until the fracture of the 10th of December, when they had reached an ay- | erage gross sum of nearly £600 a day; thus giving the | company, formed with ‘a capital equivalent to only about fliteen per cent of tho aggregate nominal capital of the two transatlantic cable companies, a gross re- ceipt of messages reaching nearly to thirty per cent of the whole traffic, A SECOND CABLE REQUIRED. These results quite contirm the directors {n the opin- fon previously expressed to the shareholders, that a second cable 1s essential to the stability of this com- pany, and would at once place {t in a permanently prosperous condition; thoy, trust, therefore, that the day is not distant when suéh a proposition will com- mend itself to their unanimous support, The fractures which have occurred have naturally interfered with the traffic, but it is again growing, and the directors hope that, after a short period of unin- terrupted business, it will regain its former standard. THE BES® CABLE. The directors tuily believe that the company pos- sesses the best transatlantic cable; its transmitting power is twice as high was anticipated from the specification, and signals are transmitted with pertect regularity, suring high speed and great accuracy, CAPITAL. The capital of the company not having been found sufficient, chiefly in consequence of the change in the route of the cable, sanctioned by the extraordinary general meeting held on the 7th of August, 1873, and the heavy expenditure for repairs, the directors have, under the powers given to them by the articies of as- sociation, created debentures of £100 each, bearing in- terest at seven per cent per annum and repayable in five years, for £100,000. These debentures will form an addition to the capi- tal of the company and are now offered to the share- holders at par, ten per cent to be patd on allotment | and’the balance on the Ist of May. allowed from the Ist of February, thereby practically reducing the price to a fraction above nfnety-elght per REPRESENTATION, Since the last general mecting Mr, F. A. Hankey and Mr. H. Labouchere have resigned their seats in the Board; Mr. Charles Meara, of Antwerp, one of the original shareholders, and representing a cousiderable interest in the company, and Mr. Vou Chauvin, hitherto | | manager and electrician to the company, have been appointed by tho Hoard in thelr stead, In accordance with the provisions of the company’s articles of asso- ciaticn, EDWARD H. LUSHINGTON, Chatrman, UNANIMOUS AT THE CLOSE. Tho meeting lasted three hours. | On the motion of the Chairman that the Directors’ report for the past year be adopted an amendment to reject it was proposed by the amalgamation party. This was finally withdrawn and the report was adopted unanimously. BRAZIL. + COFFEE MARKET QUOTATIONS. Rio Jaszimo, March 28, 1876. Coffee market animated; prices very firm; good firsts, 5,900 a 6,050 reis per ten kilos. Exchange on London, 25. Saytos, March 28, 1874 Coffee quiet; prices maintained; superior santos, ¢ MEXICO. | LERDO'’S TROOPS IN ACTION WITH REVOLY1L10N- ISTS—THE NATIONAL GUARD—DIAz'S FRIENDS THROW THE ORGANIZATION INTO CONFUSION— FIRE IN MATAMORAS. Gatvestoy, Texas, March 28, 1876. | the | origin of and ! Cooke, McCulloch & Co., Tnterent welt te} Acting Secretary of the Navy. YEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1876.—TRIPLE SHKET. | ANOTHER SCANDAL | Startling Developments in the Real Es- tate Pool Investigation. Secretary Robeson’s Finan- cial Transactions. Government Money Used to Carry a Banking House Through a Panic. OPPORTUNE ADVANCE OF A MILLION The Record of Securities Held by the Government. Wasmixatox, March 28, 1876, The House sub-committee engaged in investigating the so-called real estate pool have been led by the course of their Inquiry to look into the transactions of Jay Cooke & Co., who were debtors to the real pool. In making thoir Investigations hey found that Jay Cooke & Co, having transactions with Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co,, of London, the | private creditors of the two houses have been embar- estate rassed in procuring a settlement of their claims by the Navy Departihent setting up Preferred creditor. It was thought necessary by the and a claim to be @ committee discover what this in the course of the inquiry the following despatches have come to light, being obtained from the telograph to was Feason fer proference, oftices by the committee under a subpoena duces tecum These despatches are held to prove that when in September, 1873, the great panic began, precipitated by tho failure of Jay Cooke & Co, Mr. Robeson caused to be transferred to the house of Jay tn London, $1,500,000 be- longing to the government, Jay Cooke & Co, closed their doors on this side on the 18th of September and a general panic and consternation at once set in. On the 16th of September Mr. Robeson telegraphed from Long Branch as follows:— THE TELEGRAMY, Loxa Braxcu, Sept. 16, 1873, Commodore Wituiam RerNoups, Acting Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.:— Give requisition in favor of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co, for $1,000,000 for foreign account out of pay of navy. GEORGE M. ROBESON, On tho 16th the following,reply was receivod:— Long | Navy Drrartweyr, Wasmixatox, Sept. 18, 1873. Hon. Grorcr M. Rongsox, Monmouth Brach, Branch, N. J.:— , Remittance to London stopped by the Treasury. WILLIAM REYNOLDS, Acting Seeretary of the Navy, These seem to follow, all bearing one date:— New York, Sept. 22, 187% To Commodore Rersouvs, Navy Department, Wash ington: — Call upon the President and stand ready te carry out his wishes in regard to foreign accounts, GEORGE M. ROBESON, (Immediate. } Navy Derartauent, Sept, 22, 1873. To Hon. Grorcz M. Rosrson, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New Have reported to President, Nothing will be done until farther news is received from New York. Sent Bradford's despatch to you at Long Branch. WILLIAM REYNOLDS, Minmodiate.) Wasmyatox, Sept, 22, 1873, To Secrerary or THR Navy, Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York:— Just received from London:—"Yours received and fully understood. Earnestly at work to carry out your views. By request of House am there constantly. All | the books and daily transactions open to me, They are preparing perfect balance sheet, so as to enable them to make arrangement to meet your views. If as- | sets are as reported—and 1 believe they aro— will show surplus outside of private estate of | resident partners, Business continues as usual, | ana public sentimept shows confidence in House, Hope to-morrow to cable you something definite and | satisfactory. The house will cable to-morrow through | their bankers to all ports that navy “dratts will bo promptly mot. BRADFORD. | Wintiaw Revvonps, Acting Secretary. Bradford is a naval paymaster. Navy Drrar: it, Wasnixctox, Sept. 22, 1873, To Hon. Grorncr M. Rosrsox, Long Branch, N. J. :— * Bradford telegraphs:—‘With Cattell have bad long interview with house, They show themselves solvent | i their New York securities good. In this excitable moment think they cannot give tangible security here immediately. They possibly can arrange day or two to protect account with securities in New York. See MeCuliough; have positive assurance commanding my belief that navy drafts in regular course will be paid, Feel sure any action crushing house most un- wise for government interest, WM. REYNOLDS, Acting Secretary, On this comes the following, ordering the Acting Secretary of the Navy, Commodoro Reynolds, to transfer money :— A special to tho News, dated Brownsville, Texas, | March 27, just received, says:— i IN BATTLE WITH THE REVOLUTIONISTS. | The Mexican governinent troops, 500 strong, had two | successful fights this morning—one with Maranjo and | one with Araola, General Maranjo had 250 and Araola about forty men. | Araola charged the whole party and got badly | whipped. Maranjo lost about twenty men killed, | Araola twelve and the government troops twenty, The latter brought tn about fifteen prisoners. NATIONAL GUARDS ORGANIZIN The National Guard of Matamoras commenced organ- ‘They had elected the officers of four companies when Generals Labana and Toledo made | their appearance and insisted upon thei right to nom inate the officers. Sefor Fuertes read the law to them and told them that the election was proceeding !n accordance there- with, | DIAZ'S PARTY. i The result was a discontinuance of the election, The guard shouted, ‘Death to Labana,” and hurrahed for Diaz, They broke up in disorder and went home. DRILLING. General Gonzalez is organizing and drilling revola- jonists. UNDER PIRR. To-day some of Diaz's men came near Matamoras and fired into the town, MOVING TO AMPRICA, The people are still moving to this side, Judge Margaine and other prominent men left Matamoras to day and came to this side. CAUTION, General Fuero wrote to General Labana to retire in head against Diaz. DANGER, | The avenues of retreat are now closed, and if Diaz | acts promptly he will win Matamoras and then tarn | upon the column marching to its relief, An attack from Diaz is expected hourly. NEW ORLEANS WHISKEY TRIALS. New Onixaxs, March 28, 1876, To-day boing set for the indicted whiskey men to formally file their pleas, C, W, Wolls, Edward Fahren- Wiliam H. Thomas. Jobn Henderson, John hender- | * Jr; John MeWhirter and Alexunder MeKee Jed not guilty. The othors failed to appear. The Hammond cases all weut over until Wednesday, | requisition will be put through at once by telegaaph. | on Assistant Treasurer's books, New York, | Treasury. Loo Bnaxen, N. J., Sept. 23, 1873, Commodore Rervoups, Acting Secretary Navy, Wash. ington, D. C.:— Telegraphed you to-day to give Cutler requisition for $500,000. Give him another for $1,000,000 in addition. Make special, Go in person to Secretary of Treasury and ask him to put through by telegraph; act promptly, Answer to No. 20 Broadway. GEORGE M. ROBESON, Secretary, * [Immediate.) Wastixetox, Sept. 24, 1873. ba ossncraned or THe Navy, 29 Broadway, New ‘ork Telegram received, Have seen Secretary Treasury; WILLIAM REYNOLDS, Acting Secretary Navy. NAVY DRPARTMEST, Wasntxarox, Sept. 24, 1873. } To Gronc® M. Roneson, care Pay Director G. F. Cut ler, 20 Broadway, New York:— Requisitions through, and amount to credit of Cutler ; Orst interrogatory so far as the means of answering it | waiting for the precise information necessary to enable | WILLIAM REYNOLDS, Acting Secretary Navy. Loxe Braxcn, Sept. 24, 18: To tho SrcreTany of tHe TRkasvay, Washington, D. Cm Your telegram received; thanks for your prompt. ness, Have seen the President last night, and by his direction 1 will draw for a million more to-morrow, Please make special and credit Catler by telegraph to Sub Treasury as soon as requisitions reach | What is dune should be done to-day, Will use only what is needed and refund rest, GEO, M. ROBESON, Mr. Robeson will be called by the committee to ex. plain the meaning of these transactions, and whether he really tent the government's ° carry private banking firm through panic, firm which, in spite of | this help went down a few months later, It is understood that Mr. Robeson claims that he has got through the whole business without Josing any money for the government; that he obtained securitios to the full amount of the debt of the firm to the Navy Department, that ho now holds such securities as are not. realized. Tho following letter from Mr, Robeson to the committee relatos to the securities J money and of these he holds, and from which he holds that the govern- ment will be saved from loss:— SECRETARY ROWESON EXPLAINS. Sim—Acknowledging your letter of inquiry dated on February 28, 1876, and received at the Department on the 3d inst., Ihave the honor to say that as I shall not be able to answer specially all the interroga- tories therein made without some little delay, occasioned by the necessity of obtaining—partly from abroad—and collating some of the precise facts, 1 have thought it might be proper, with the view of facilitating Your investigation, to eend at once an answer to your are at hand, sa In response to the first interrogatory, | First— L have received, as Secretary of the Navy of the United States, claims of the amounts and descrip- tions mentioned in said interrogatory, namel First, a claim amounting to, currency, $45,25 second, a claim amounting to, currency, $30,2: third, a claim amounting to, currency, $1,452,531 1 fourth, a claim amounting to, currency, $125,220 40; and also a claim known as the Syndicate claim, not mentioned in said interrogatory, but amounting in currency to $144,276 15, so that all of these claims amount {n currency to the sum of $1,799,505 41. They are the claims proved by the firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., of London, Eng: laftd, which said firm has not, to my knowledge beon adjudicated bankrupts in any court, against the firm of Jay Cooke & Co., which said last named firm bas been adjudicated bankrupts by the United States District Court for tho Eastern district of Pennsylvania. Second—1I hold these claims inter alia as collateral security to secure the balance of what is called the foreign account of the Navy Department, kept gvith the said firm of Jay Cooke, McCul- loch & Co, of London, as the bankers and fiscal agents of the Navy Department abroad to meet the drafts drawn by the navy paymasters in all parts of the world and to pay the expenses of our ficets on | foreign stations. 1 cannot fix absolutely, without the | farther information above alluded to but not yet received, the original balance or indebtedness to secure which this collateral was taken out, but [ think TI am safe in saying that it exceeded £180,000 or $900,000. It has varied in amounts since, and was at one time considerably larger than the sum above men- | tioned, and though {t has been largely reduced by payments and sales of collaterals other than those mentioned, it is safe to say that it now | amounts, after deducting the sums to be received from | the sale of the collaterals in actual progress, to more than £120,000, or $600,000. Third—I hold also the following additional collateral securities for the indebtedness of the said Orm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co.:—First, a decree in the Cireuit Court of ‘the United States for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, | amounting, on the 18th dav of March, with Intereet, to the sum of $789,208 63, which said decree had been affirmed by the judgment and decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and is entitled to priority over all other claims of all creditors of the bankrupt partners of the firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. Upon this there has been paid the sum of $273,201 28, leaving a balance of $576,007 25. Second, the negotia- ble warehouse receipts for about 11,000 tons of English railroad iron, the iron being in bonded waro- houses in New York, New Orleans, Buffalo and Duluth, with one lot of about 4,500 tons in Canada; third, an original bond of the firm for $100,000, with securities approved according to law; fourth, four hundred $1,000 bonds of the Indiana Central and IIli- nois Central Railroad companies; fifth, one hundred and forty-five $1,000 bonds of the St. Joo and Denver Railroad Company; sixth, assignment of the private estate ot Hugh McCulloch in this country, valued at $150,000. 1 have never been divested of any collat- eral hold by me as security for said original indebtedness by any persons or judicial tribu- nal, but some of the collaterals other than those | above mentioned being notes and credits, have been | paid off and the money recelved by the government and credited on the account, and somo railroad iron | other than that above mentioned has been sold by the | agents of the said firm with the assent of tho govern- ment, the proceeds being received by the government and credited on the account as aforesaid. The said firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. are no longer the fiscal agents of the Navy Department, but they have gone into liquidation under the English law, om account of the bankruptcy of some of their partnors in this country and their indebtedness, which is in progress of settlement, has been delayed only by the complication of their accounts with those of the bankrupt frm of Jay Cooke & Co | T expect to be able to answer more specifically upon some of tho points above mentioned in a few days, and also at the same time to answer the remainder of the Interrogations, bat I send this*much without me to answer these and other questions upon the same | subject, with the idea that [ may thus avoid delaying in any way the progress of your investigation. Iam very respectfully yours, CEORGE M. ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy. CUSTOM HOUSE FRAUDS. LAWRENCE, THE SMUGGLER, OFFERING TO BE- | TRAY THE OFFICIALS IN LEAGUE WITH HIM. Wasnixcrox, March 28, 1876. | There have been rumors for somo days here of coim- ing and very serious developments of mismanagement and wrong in the New York Custom House, The facts centre about Lawrence, who has no doubt been a very successful smuggler, and who, being soon to be tried, has, it is said, offered, If his caso be let off, to expose | the confederates in the Custom House with whose aid he worked. If he has important communications to make he will, no doubt, have an opportunity given him, but it is not probable that he will be let off unless he can materially assist | the government in discovering wrong doers and clearing the Customs service of them. The matter is in’ the hands of the proper authorities here, and Lawrence will be dealt with as the interests of the public service and of justice shall demand, TEXAN BANDITTL ROBBERY OF THE AUSTIN STAGE—THE PASSEN- GERS DESPOILED OF MONEY AND VALUABLES, Gatvestox, March 28, 1876. A special despaten to the News, dated San Mareos, Texas, to-day, says:— The Austin stage was robbed at San Marcos Bottom, about three milesgfrom the town, Iastevening, by two masked men, The robbers attacked the stage about four o’clock and compelled the driver to quit the road and drive into the woods, where the passengers, eight in numoer, were compelled to give up their money and watches. After robbing the passengers the ropbei proceeded to rifle the math Th permitted o1 ssonger to retain his watch, because he claimed that Riwsse family relic. For somo distance on this sida | of the road slips of white cloth were tied to bushes, and it is believed they were signats to confederates on the stage. The robbers took two of the stage horses, cut the telegraph wire and left, BRISTOW ON THE WAR PATH, Loursvinux, Ky., March 28, 1876. The United States District Attorney for the Ken- tucky district has received a despatch from B. H. Bris- tow, Secretary of the Treasury, calling bis attention to | the Reeves statement in the Cincinnati Knquirer of the 27th inst., denouncing it as absolutely false so far | as it concerned him; but saying that No waa stated with such particularity that hy intend to rest on asimple denial, and suggest: Reeves be brought betore the Grand Jury and to toll all he knows of th iter; and farthe: ing that if he(Reeves) could show that any officer of the government had taken a bribe, to have the offender indicted, The nextGrand Jury of the district will 110, when the whole matter will be in- id the official who bas accepted a bribe, if there be such official, will be exposed and punished. District Attorney Wharton bas already taken stops toward a thorough investigation of tho case. OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, Concunvs, 0., March 28, 1876, The hotels of this city are crowded with delegates to the Republican State Convention, which mects to-mor- | row. There are six candidates for Secretary of State, | but it is impossible to prodict to-night who is the | | mon Sense Medical Advi T THE LATE MAJOR HILL, Wasmxros, March 28, 1876 General Benet, Chief of Ordnance, in an official ef der announcing the death of Major R. M. Hill, says:—- Major Hill had endeared himself to his brother ofle cers by his many good qualities of mind and hi and bis loss in the very prime of his manhood wil carry sorrow throughout the department. His record as an officer, both in the garrison and the fleld, gave mise of a bright future, and his untimely end has blasted the hopes of friends and cast a gloom upon the service he loved so well. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT, Wan Derarturxr, Orrics or Tax CrP SIGNAL Orricen, WasinxGrox, March 29—1 A. M. Probabilities, For New England, severe gales on the coast and raim or snow, decidedly low barometer, followed during the night by colder weather and southwest to northwest winds. For the Middle States, clearing weather in the south- ern portion and rain or snow in tbe northern portions followed during the night by colder northerly or northe westerly winds and rising barometer, For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, Tennesses and the Ohio Vailey, probably cloudy and clqaring weather, with lower temperature than on Tuesday, rising barometer and northerly to westerly winds, fol- lowed in the southwest by rising vemperature and falling barometer during the night, For the lower lao region, snow, followed by colder, partly cloudy weather, brisk northerly to westerly winds and low but rising barometer, For the upper lake region, Upper Mississippi and Lower Missoni valleys, clear or fair weather, wit “slight changes in temperature, northerly winds and rising barometer east of the Missouri Valley. The danger will increase iu the Mississippi River be low Cairo, The Lower Ohio, Cumberland and Tennes- see rivers will continue to rise. Cautionary signals continue on the Atlantic coast from Wilmington to Eastport. Display of cautionary signals will be resumed at th¢ Jako stations on April 1. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Herato Building:— 1875, 1876. 1875. 1876, veem OT of 4 4a F 3S 40 perature yesterday. Average temperature for corre: year... OBITUARY. CAPTAIN CHARLES JOHNSON, a well known shipmaster, died in Bristol, Ry last Saturday, Captain Johnson was born in Mar- soilles, France, in 1820. At twelve years of age he ene tered the French navy, in which he served for several years. In 1840 he emigrated to Bristol, R. I., and from that timo until 1870 be followed the sea in the Uae pacity of mate or master. flo is said to have been aa excellent navigator and a worthy shipmaster. 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