The New York Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1876, Page 4

4 BRIKNAPS ANACONDA ACTna A Sketch of the War Department's | Ghuttonous Snake. + FROM WASHINGTON 10 THE MISSOURL Swallowing Post Traderships Wholesale. MORE HEADS TO FALL How the Campbells Came Down on the Soldiers. Biswarck, Dakota, March 21, 1876. Last summer, when your correspondent first vis- | ited this country, known 28 the Upper Missouri Val- | ley, and engaged in ferreting out and making public, | through the columns of the Hxratp, the corruption | ond fraudulent management of the Indian Department | 4s regulated by the Delauo-Orville Grant ring, the | working of the latter was described as that of an ana- onda whose head was in Washington and whose tail was on the Upper Missouri, somewhere in the vicinity of Fort Peck. Whenever the anaconda was fed at Washington, whether by an appropriation of money oF annuity goods for the regularly robbed Indians, there was a wriggling along the entire length which did not stop untit the major part of the goods or the money proceed thereof were safely and securely | stowed away in the pockets of the members of the | ring, consisting of Delano, Commissioner Smith, Or- ville Grant, Bonnafon, Leighton Brothers aud other smaller fry, including many of the agents. So deter. mined was the war waged by the Henaup against the thieving operations of Delano & Co,, and so undenia. | ble and direct were its aecusations aguinst | Delano and = “my son John,” ~— that -— the former was at last very reluctantly forced | to surrender the seat in the Cabinet which he had disgraced and shield himeeit and his peculations behind the Screen of private lite, Almost with the regularity with which the seasons of the year succeed each other | ‘cagain fell to the enterprise and far reaching energy of the HeRaLp 10 be the first to expose corruption and downright robbery upon the part of another Cabinet officer, a tellow plonderer of Delano’s; and if the term | anaconda wos applicable to the Hgbtfiugered manipu- lations of the Indian Department by Delano, my son John, Brother Orville, and Smith, the ex-Commissioner of Indian Aftairs, no better term can be adopted to ex- | press the shoplifting propensities of Belknap, embruc- ing in their operations almost a continent, TWIN SWINDLES. In the one case the poor Indian was the unlucky victim; in the other it was the fronticr soldier. Both were robbed alike, and in both cases the head robbers Were the very men whose duty it was to protect them against fraud and oppression, come whence they might. Delano fought hard and long before yielding to the attacks of the independent _ press, led by the Herap, and when at — last forced to flee in ignominy he occasionally musters tourage evough to face his accusers. But with the pufted-up Belkna » was not unlike a toad in his | make up and disposition, tho battle had scarcely begun in earnest until, like a craven, he covered bis taco with his hands and bellowed peccavi, Martin Stoot’s coon did not ery out sooner “Don’t shoot; l’il come down!” than did the pilfering Belknap when the Herat columns opened on Bim at short range, In sporting terms, he proved himself a duffer, a regular quilter. A man versed in the slang expressions of cock fighting would pronounce Belknap a “dunghill.”” If In his giddy fall he alone was to suffer, but little re- gret need be expended upon him, because, as not ho was before Grant found him, so to nothing he re- ‘urns; but in the shiny maelstrom of pollution of ‘which he is the centre there ure soon to be seen float- | ing the political carcases of men who are and have been more or less respected by their fellow men, and who have been recipients from the latter of marks of high honor and esteem. It is the fall and disgrace of men like these which, combined with that of Belknap, | go to make this scandal well deserving to be consid. | ered as a national humiliation. | MORK REVELATIONS, | | | | In this little obscure railway hamlet, situated upon the extreme verge of civilization, resides an old army autler, one of the olden time, who was the first, or among the first, victim of Belknap’s corrupt avarice; and who for years has been endeavoring to convince | his acquaintances and immediate friends that Belknap | was using his high position to rob the soldiers of the | frouticr, At last this old man, who was the tarly friend of Generals Sherman, Sturges, Wessel, Emory and other senior oiliccrs of the army at a time when they were lieutenants ferving on the froutier, finds his partial justification | by seeing the entire nation adopt his estimate of Bel- | knap’s character. It can be shown conclusively that | almost immediately after Belknap became Secretary of | War ho began intriguing to gain contro! of the nearly 200 post traderships of the army. Faithiul to his State, or unfaithful, more properly stating it, he at | first selected his principal partners in crime alinost | entirely from among his neighbors in lowa, When | Relknap came into power as Secretary of War the ap- pointment of post traders rested with the three senior | Officers at each post, by which regulation a sure check against rings and monopolivs was established. BEGINNING THE CHANGE. Acting upon the request of Belknap, who wlready had his eye upon the fat places of the Gengral Augar, in 1870, at that time commanding the Depart- ment of the Platte, in which some of the best trader. | thips were located, issued the following order removing the post traders at Forts Laramie and Fetterman and appointing others named in the order in their stead:— | Heanquaurens, Devakreunr or tue Puatre, Omaua, N pril tt, 1870, "5 L ORDRES, NO, 6O—EXTHACT. . * * . * . . | 3. The appointments of SK. Ward and_of Mr, Collins | Dixon as post traders at Fort Laramie, W. T., are hereby | revoked, to take cffeet July 1, INTC unford is tod Pre . st trader at Fort Lara. | eby revoked, to take effect ‘ampbell is appointed post trader at Fort Fet- _ ~- bert Wilson as post trader take effect July 1, 1870. | . . . By command of Brovet Major General AUGUR. | SHERMAN AROUSED, | At that time, however, General Sherman had his | headquarters at Washington, and to him one of the | ejected traders telegraphed the fact of his summary Temoval. Sherman dia not propose that the law regulating the appointment of post traders should be overridden even by a Secretary of War, He telegraphed an order at onco to Augur directing that officer to ando this wrong already done by revoking the order which had been issued at Berk nap’s instigation, and at the same ‘ime if any change in traders was neceseary such change must be brought about by the legal and customary manner through the preliminary action of A post council, Three days after the date of the order Orst given General Augur, acting in obedyence to Sher- man’s positive instractions, issued the following order revoking the one igsuod at Belknap’s request :— Heapacaurens Deranrannt ov nue Meare, | pril 15, 1810, 69— (exTuAcT). . . . 5, The appointments of Mr. ©. P. Hurfurd as Post Trader at Fort Laramie’ W. f., aud of Mr J. N. pbell as Post ader at Fort Fett W. T., made in paragraphs s av from these bead- SPECIAL ORDERS Ni . ‘ * : 00 inating one « poiptment as traders at their r The proceedings of these co these beadquarters © posts. will be forwarded to . . e ral Augar, Assistant . By command of Brevet Major Ge: Adjutant General. The Campbell mentioned in both orders, and who had been appointed by Augur at Belknap's request, is a | brow of ex-Governor Campbell, of Wyoming, of | whom more anon. The councils were convened at the | posts, and, unfortunately for Belknap, the officers Gnanimously chose to retain the men restored to their places by Shernian. r ‘THER MOVE TO ST. LOUIS. Here originated one of tho causes which Onally forced old Tecumseh: to fold his tent and abandon Wasbington | ag a proper place for his headquarters, due to the con- fant curtailment and absorption of Lis legitimate | he became marked as ap early victim for the Belknap | the contract for the new deal, | Colonel Rowxur Winsox, Omaha | Camptell, having taken opposite sides of the same | story, may be leit to its fate. | ehange ot pi \ | (all bad), in whieh the’ public will, perhaps, Fecognize | some old frionds with new faces. | the readers of the H Belknap ha uh | river | look out tor starting exposures aud quaking in « NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, powers by the Secretary of War Belknap did not pro- pose to give up the fight for lucre so readily, however, He began a system of persecuon to accomplish what | he had already once failed to bring about, | BELKNAP DETERMINED, | General Augur, as a friend to Wilson, one of tne | doomed traders, wrote to the ter, advising him to | get rid of his interest as trader at Fort Fetterman, as | Belknap was determived to oust him, Wilson’s profits | at Fetverman for two years and a half had been $76,000, Within six weeks after Belknap became Secretary of War his fellow thief, Hedrick, of Iowa, announced by | letter to various posts; throughout the West that he | could control any tradersbip on the frontier, at the same time giving a hint as to what was expected. Otherwise, the motto would be “Step down and out.’? Wilson had declined the overtures of this man; hence axe. Preferring to vacate rather than to be kicked out he listened to overtures from Campbell and Jules E. Coffee, resuiting finally in the transfer of his inter- est to those parties for a money consideration, Before this arrangement was perfected, however, Coffee-had paid Hedrick $500 to secure the appointment of post trader at Fort Fetterman, Subsequently, however, | this arrangement was abrogated, Hedrick preferring to | retain an interest in the protits to accepting the pit- tauce of $500. THY CAMPDELLS ARE COMING. Immediately after the terms of agreement had been signed between Wilson, Campbell & Coffee, ramors reached them that Belknap had changed bis mind and would not appoint Campbell & Coflee, whereupon, ar the story runs, the latter telegraphed ‘to Governor Campbell of Wyoming to go to Washington and “fix things.” The Governor telegraphed back that ho would goto Washington and could make it all right, Sev- eral arrangements were meanwhile proposed, one of which provided that an appointment should be made in Campbell's name, Wilson to turnish the money and manage the business, while one-third of the profits were to pass to Campbell, To this proposition the lat- ter gave his consent, provided he could first submit it to the Governor and obtain his approval, After Governor Campbell's return from Washington there | scemed to bo no danger of further delay in closing Ap | As it his become very | fashionable of late for all implicated officials of high Standing to protest their innocence, vide Joyce, Me- Donald, McKee, Babcock and Beecher, it 18 well to | provide one’s self with documentary evidence, such as | the “sylph” telegrams, & THE Ds MENTS. The following letters mm Governor Campbell's brother, written about this time, may not be con- sidered out of place here, although it will not be sur- prising if some one seeks an opportunity to make it | appear “perteetly innocent.” Such persons had better not be in haste to explain or contradict, as the follow- ing is but adrop in the backet compared with what 13 fortheoming :— 187. 4 to write you immediately on Cunyawse, May Dean Stu—t had inten the Governor's return, expecting General Ausur to come up with lim, Idid not get to see the General as he passed oe tall with the Governor, and he gays the ont of —— will be s#tistactory to him, bat al the person staying there met! ing with the ory to ave the papers and séndthem to me, and | ‘one copy to you. L presume it nnme to the mree- be had when an invoice of prop- r. vty u am tobe interested in all c ted with the post in ease you get any, It will not be necessary to let any por- son know that Lam in any way interested, Plouse answer soon as convenient and oblige. Yours, truly, JON. CAMPBELL, ‘THE OTHER SIDE. After looking on that picture, look on thi .Wasiteros, March 16, 1876, | To THe Evrrow oF tae WxnaLy | In the Hxkanp of this morsing appears a communication | | from correspondent at Bismarck, D. T., uecusing me of rned in the sale of post'traderships. Ido not know how others may think it adviseble to meet such othing to investiyntions I nee the story | ao tut riher that Edesire aud shall dem arching investigation, Remembering the Scriptures’ warning that a house | divided against itself cannot stand, the house of The above letters of the | Cainpbell Brothers should be read in connection with | the statement which avers that the Governor's brother | Upon receiving 4 praposition to aceept one-third of the protits of a ceria tradership without furnishing any | of the capital replied that he must first submit it to the | Governor, and it the latter approved it he would ac- | Now, all this may bave been “periectiy inno- in the language of Bob, but that remuins to be FORT STKE. Another valuable place at hat time was the trader- ship at Fort Steel, also partly controlled by Hedrick, To this place Thayer, a son of ex-Senator Thaye: succeeded through, it is alleged, the special influence which his tather, then Unied States Senator, ex cised. ‘The appointment of Sweezy as trader Omaha Barracks ix supposed, as will be testitied t to have been a tub thrown’ to one of the Senatorial whalesinen baihng trom a border State. This mau | Sweezy tarmed or sublet his privileges us trader at Omaha and was aiterward rich enough to obtain a Ter- “yitorialappointment. Unless great injustice bas been done ex-Senator Thayer the appointwent of his son js but one of the many post tradersbips which be in- fluenced or controtied, tn another letter we will take a ghmpse at some other traderships not yet prom nently spoken ot, in the representation of which th will, In the language of the play bill, be an enti ramine, with new cast of characte: re | A REMINISCENCE OF BELKNAL’S TRIP, / As a curiosity in play bills the following is given to | with this little history, been known as a systematic plunderer of nd soldiers of the frontier for years, On f his visit through the Territories last fail, to jud for bimselt, perbaps, the value of the principal post tracerships, some Western wag caused to be prepared numerous handbills of the ordinary size, of which the accompanying 1s a fac-simile in-min- jature, and at every stopping place on tne Missouri River Belkvap had one of these reminders thrust into his hand or hung belore his tace, as an evidence of the real appreciation in which citizens and soldiers living on the frontier held him: evvennsssvvarsssseinscrsesteesastseeeeseteee tt ; ROCKY MOUNTAL PTE: crataahalageienemind 21 A ; Wok SOON APPEAR 3} ’ . in ail its Oriental splendor. "Kuch ‘and every actor ands but the most cosity Jewels and ¢ iwn) Nin, Managers and Proprictors..BLLK-KNAP, GRANT £ CO. Entirely dixeimilar in Character and cust!y Superior in rything (oan now traveling. ‘utios offered in this Big ity of our enumerating 0 ce aud every enter ndid opportunity to * GRANT t The Lightning Calculator, who will show the audience how 0-450 pound Texas ‘steer can be made to welch 1,050 pounds, acrobat wearing nothin This is a fet that has long puasled the Indinns Mr, WoW. BLLK- " Sas the Modern Hereulos, Me will, ps, ritise 1,400 sacks 0 ‘way he has of doing le to him. SMITH icalities, has no equal AP, in his epee without the Hour and walk awa: t ARCO OL LEDELELELDLEDE DOLE EELELELEEEUL PELE LETT ETE LETTE T in bis Stamp Speee' | Be. in his imitation of a Cow-ai js is nature itself. oO HINNY N | ng ot My Son dohn,” | and other too numerous to ‘menifon, Bears | in mind that this is the second and Inst term, No out-$ | side demonstrations will be given unless the pablie de: willing to pay for the same. © »nelude with the Sensational Melo- & LOLOLO LE LE EERE DELOLEEOLEDELEDE TELE DEDEL!DEDEDEDEDE EEE: 3 The pertorimanee will Drama, by Columbus Delano, entitled the POST TRADERS; OR PIRATES OF THE UPPERS | MISSOURI, | in which ; pany wil 3 This Monster Aggrewnt winter months in Washin, POOL COLL LECOLELE DELL EELEDELEDOLEDODDIOLEDOPLOEDE MORE TO COME, | Those who manifest surprise ut the extent to which this sale of post trade s has been carried need only waita shore time to learn that the suriace has only been skimmed r. If one-half the persons who have been summoned from this region to testify before the House committee relate what they know, and there ts no doubt that they will, the country ‘will be still further astounded at the names and nombers who are destined to be struck by damaging testimony. Belknap | in a short time will not feel so lovely im “his misery and degradation as seems at present. The proot of is tobe found in a pile of documentary evidence ample enough to fill entire pages of the Hxratn, alt of which is eately on its way to the proper parties in Washington, FORT nICK. The tradership at Fort Rice, twenty-five miles from this point, is held by the grace of Dr, Tomlinson, Belknap’s brother-in-law, The one seross the ‘at Fort Lincoln, is and has been run bythe Leighton brothers under the direction of the notorious Hedrick, Marsh nr $12,000 from Fort Sill to divide annually with Belknap, Fort Sill avd Fort Lincoln are two the largest ports on thy frontier, It will ve established beyond all doubt th Fort Lincoln has paid the Belknap King as larg & sum anvually as that—viz, $12,000, stolen from the solders at Fort Sil, And, what 18 more, the money can be traced directly to the partes who, with Belknap, exacted the tax, A large amount of this sum bas passed regalarly to General Rice, the “bachelor of expensive nabits,” who most have “his codfishing in summer and his trip Florida in winter” Hedrick, of Iowa, koap’s right bower io playing tradership tricks, has received a considerable fortune from Fort Lincoln and trom other posts whieh will be w The prospeet now i that evidence sufficient has beon secured to show that Belknap’s share of the stealings trom sol- diers will foot up over $100,000 a year, fort Butord, or large post up tho Missourt River, aixo run by otf tho Ring, bas — regularly ‘of dollars annually to sapport im his extravagenee, Fort Buford ts Ge post; and (hat oiicer, if eahed upos, can itis stated that a deputy the House is on bis way from Washingtor rive here by the next stage with subj every officer commanding # post also lor all the post traders anu other ciorks 2 Belkvap | Hagens’ | untold was for nearly ibis river; i so high | | places, with numerous applications from all over the | warded to Washington ;— | tent on account of having been a member of the grand | ton of the testimony ja the | therefore extraordinarily selec | abundant cause for complaint on this score, | dustry on this coast; when no white | from his work; when Chinese et | and should bave gained the equivalent of a slav | hands of platoeracy, corresponding to the old planters; | in tet, the entire rev: country to be allowed to appear and make certain transactions appear “perfectly inocent.”” On Febru- ury 10 the following commanication trom an ex-post trader, Who is conversant with all the tacts, was for- Bismaner, D. ., Feb. 10, 1876, To Tax Hoxonante THe CHAIRMAN OF rreK ON MiLi- Arrains, House of Representatives. Washington, just be my apology for which th pint. traders to thi itary je under the present administration, and to respeetfully t that an investization be made by your committee. Tt can be readily proven that these appointments have been made a source of profit to those In high official positions | and «nuraber of them, at least, hv ye leen considered the peraulsites of one J. M. Hedrick, of Ottumwa, Iowa, hold- uz the position of Internal Keveuue Collector, who hi prostituted his far as current rumor Hxuatp and other papers of rece You to most of the present post commanders, especially alon; the Missouri River, as to the abuses of the system. I hold myself ready to produce reliable witnesses, testify vo the facts as before stated. As to iny character and ability te make good these assertions, ample evidence can rnished vou. I respecttully invite attention to the enclosed teiters of recommendation, which have at different times been sent me without any solicitation on my part, and also the cor- respondence connected with my removal as post trad rat Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory, which, ‘please return tome after having read them, The writer of the above is ablo and willing to make a thoroagh exposure of Belknap's operations on the Mussourl River, and is now on bis way to Washington in obedience to a summons from Cly- mer’s committee, ‘Tho testimony of Orville Grant, us published and received here, falls far short of what those along this river who are posted, beliove he bas knowledge of, Ithas been inysteriously hiw'ed here that among the documentary testimony sent from this country to Washington, bearing upon the post traderstap question are letters of meagre hg in which he en- | deavors to shift a portion of the responsibility tor rtain appointinents of traders to broader shoulders than those of William Worthless Belknap, THE MOLLY MAGUIRE MURDER. rote peen | COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRIAL OF KELLY— THE JURY COMPLETE AND THE PROSECUTION OPENS THE CASE—IMMENSE EXCITEMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE. Maveu Cwosk, Pa, March 89, 1876. Quite an excitement has been created in town to-day by an event which transpired in court during the prog- ress of the trial in the case of Kelly, The impancl- ling of the jury had been moving with satisfactory fu: cility, and the indications were that by evening an opening of the cause might be reached, All at once there was a sensation in the court and the monotonous call of the array interrupted, Mr, Charies Klotz, a juror, who had been accepted and had taken his place in the box as the eighth juror, was discovered to be incompe inquest which found a true biil against Doyle, Kelly and Kerririgan at the October term of this Court. This revelation was reached by General Albright, Com- monwealth Counsel, who moved that the in- cligible juror shoul ‘be removed from the panel, and Jadge~ Dreher promptly granted the mo tion. Mr, Bartholomew, counsel for the prisoner, immediately demanded that the jurore already selected should also be diseh A toug and exciting dis- N oecupied a © poruon of the inurning session. ‘The Court iinally overruled the moth and Mr, Bartholomew filed a | Dill of exceptions to the ruling. This little episode Was soon known upon the street, and ail sorts of re- ports and rumors were put in circulation, The people seemed to be filled with paintul emotions at the pros- pects of further prolongation of the great excitement which has pervaded this section tor seven months past, As tho stories spread over the borough an im- pression gathered strength tbat the whole case had been smashed by the jegal iniormality, aud that Kelly was sure to escape Justice after all, This development of popular feeling’ shows to what an extent inter- est in the matter has been carried, On ordinary occasions the affair would bave been considered a good kind of a judicial joke, bat to-day it Was received in a manner so serious that it shows how deeply the pablie heart has been stirred, It may be that this condition of teeling does not arise irom udice against the prisoner, but rather trom a chension thut’ full jugtice om the langer of, bemmg deteuted. It is not d at the dreadtul murder of ap well-grounded. apy | premises stand: the horror experie | Jones, at Lanstord, that impresses and infleences the people of this portion of the anthracite coal tield at | this juncture, but rather the tact that the homicide is | but one of a series believed to have been per- petrated by a particular organization, composed of desperate and murderously inelned individ- | uals, They naturally have a desire to break down | this fearful combimation and punish the members | deomed reasonably guilty of crime, und bh culiur and mtensé interest felt by them in ali imatters ertaining to the famous, or infamous, “dolly | jaguires, | ‘THE JURY COMPLETE. | About four o'clock the twelith jaryman was secured and District Attorney Siewers made bis plea in the opening of the case on the part of the Commonwealth. The jury 18 a fairish sort of a body, and wrll undoubtedly render a verdiet under the evidence and according to the convictions of their consciences, No man has been placed in the box who has heard or read any po @ of Doyle, and it is and exclusive in its character. The taking of the testimony wili commence at the opening of the Court to-morrow morning, and | will occupy several days. THE CHINESE QUESTION. [From the Sacramento Union-Record.) Upon the suggestion of Mayor Bryant, tne citizens | of San Francisco are about to take such steps as are in | their power to procure Congressional action regarding the Chinese nuisance, which, as the Mayor rightly ob- serves, is becoming intolerable. A committee has been appointed, a mass meeting is to be held, and the Legislature is to be asked to defray the expenses of a deputation to Washington, There is, unquestionably, The Chi- , nese in San Franeisco already form @ separate and , powerlul colony, governed by their own laws, defying the police, practising and abetting crime and protii- cacy, and at the same time cutting down white labor ii every direction below living rates. A fahful and graphic narrative of the effects of Chinese labor Upon | trade and industry on this coast would, perhaps, go jar to convince even the average Congressman that the evils the new competition ts establishing nev can be compensated by the benelits of trade wit China, and that it would be better for the Pacitic coast, and, ultimately, tor the whole Union, if every treaty arrangement between the two countries should | be abrogated, than the preseut condition shoula be allowed to existaud to expand. For it is here that the great question of the fucure labor of the United , States will have to be determined, and it ts here that nd an issue to the full #8 important an that of slavery will have to be settled. It is necessary to face the situation as itis. If the importation of Chinese proceeds steadily, there mast come a time when they will have monopolized manufacturing in- n or white woman or White boy can procure employment at any trade; when the sewing girl will be driven trom her machine, the mechanic trom his lathe, the carpenter from lis tools, the cobbler from his last, the weaver from his loom, the mason from his trowel, ‘the laborer labor, pursuing the invariabie rule which governs all labor through- out the work!, shail have acquired the entire field of Calttornia ustry. And when that ume has arrived the people of other States will find themselves conironted by the same problem and meaaced by the same dangers, As for us, we shail then have converted the State into a second Louisiana in slavery times, We sbalt have lost the bone and sinew of our popula. Vion—the inteliugent mechanic, the thinking eluzens who can alone secure and establish seli-government, | far reaching as lation, The old siave State conditions would ine follow upon this. Chinese heap labor in great masses | means firming on a gigantic scale; the rapid reduction of the small Tarmers to the state of the “poor whites”? of the South; the aggregation of agriculture in the ution of society as it at present exisis, Since, moreover, the tendency would surely be to estaljish a kind of peonage among the Chinese we should find ourseives face to face with all the evile which slavery th its train, within a | years. It would bo longer be possible to rega such a society as a democracy, for the demos—the peo- ple—would have been eliminated, and it would rather resemble the Laconian system, with its Helots for work and its litte ohgurchy of citizens for counsel and | government But it is hardly conceivable that this | psition shou'd be realized, for it 18 not poesible to be- | feve that ehunges so ruinous woul! be submitted to by those most threatened by them without ultimate | desperate resistance. And here a danger looms up | Which Congress will do will to ponder, It may argue gravely and learned!y about treaty rights and interpa- onal obligations, and so forth, b 1 it do if | American citizens, who are being even vow crowded to the wall by these unussimilative foreigners, should vome day ris¢ in their desperation and do a deed that would sicken the civilized world? Sueh thiogs have occurred in history, and like causes will produce like results, Nothing is more certain, moreover, than that eventaally this country will have to deciae whether it will expel the Chinese, fight then, or succomb to them; ho question that the Chinese are, through emperal industry and tragality, di wherever they set their feet, tf lowed with races Homers 4 wider wants and Broadiy speaking, the baman to compete more generous baby being (hat cun live upon ten vents a day will always subdue the huwan beng Whose needs require twenty- five cents a day to satisiy them, It is possible that tine the Chinaman's Wants may increase and his frugality dimnisth; but we perceive tew jndteations of hange at present, and, therefore, the tact must that he is « labor-saving machine of the most approved pattern, Nor will itdo to talk about free trade in labor, as though the question of race was Bot | | atactor im the problem. Free trade in lwbor operates well where men of European ancestry are in question, bat the Saxon and Colt and the Mongolia do not assimilate, buve neither habits of thought, past bis- tories, governmental views, domestic usages, religious ne nor languages in commen, and it is doubt that the first elect of Mongol- ptinent would be to extingvish the These are some the issaes involved in whole, the Legislature ravity to warrant the send. Repubiie. tho Chinese question, and, om may deem it of suiticient ing to Washington of such a deputation as bas been Ploposed, 1 | these temples reclaimed | expression of reverence. | culated to create in the breasts of reflecting persons a TAXING CHURCH PROPERTY. | IMPORTANT LETTER FROM EX-GOVERNOR DIX CONDEMNING THE MOVEMENT. New York, March. 7, 1876. My Dean Sim—I was surprised and grieved to learn that the taxation of church edifices had been seriously and even earnestly advocated before the Committee ot | Ways and Means in the Assembly, It is virtually a Proposition to impose a tax on the worship of Al- mighty God, unless it is rendered in the open air or in some building already subject to taxation, No ono objects to the taxation of any church property devoted to secular uses. It is the imposition of taxes on houses of worship that is so objected to as a profanation of that whicn should be held sacred, One of the advocates of the measure commends to us the example of the primitive Christians in regard to out-door service, as if a paraliel could be drawn between the climate of Judea, radiant with sunshine and peren- nial bloom all the year round, and ours, in which (ex- traordinary seasons excepted) we are buried in snow two or three months and pinched with cold, even when under cover, two or three more, Another says thatthe Aposties achieved their suc- cesses without churches, But these references to the habits of the early fol- lowers of the Saviour manifest an extremely super- ficial knowledge of ecclesiastical history. The Last Supper was administered by Him in an upper room, and most of His teachings were in the synagogues, The Acts of the Apostles show that they preached in the Temple at Jerusalem whenever they were allowed to do so, and in the synagogues at Antioch, Theasalonica, Athens, Corinth, Ep us and wherever else they went. ‘They used Jewish houses of worship because they had none of their own. After the ascension of their Divine Master His followers were for a long period of time the objects of Jewish and Pagan persecution, 8 tained by the temporal authorities, aud their worship Was conducted in hiding places, sometimes in cata- combs in the bosom of the earth, If they had been blessed with the religious toleration which we enjoy, and had possessed our weaith, there is every rewsoh to believe that they would have — built houses of worship as tasteful and costly as gur own, ‘The instinct of all communities of men 1s to erect for the worship of their Creator edifices re- sponding to their conceptions of His majesty and His neticence, There ure, us we all Know, more inex- pensive than expensive houses of worship; bat itis | because, in the great majority of religious societies, there is an inability to do more, It ts creditable to Christians of all denominations that their expenditures for religious worship are ouly Kmited by their peeu- mary We cannot doubt that the primitive | Christ views of the dignity of the service due to their Heavenly Father as their Israclitic predecessors, who bailt the Temple of Jeru- he Divine Founder of our faith gave an im- ‘© proot of His conception of the sacred character joes consecrated to the service of God, by driving : ugers out of the temple—the only act of His meck and compassionate lite; and I trust wo shalt have courage and reverence enough to imitate His example, and prevent the money changers Jrom getting a foothold in our bouses of worship aud converting thom into dens of thieves. ‘As soon as the primitive Christians ceased to be ob- jects of persecution snd were protected by their civil 8, they begun to erect expensive houses of wor- und frow the era of Consiantine they converted id pagan temples to the service of their Maker: There are bow im the city of Rome seven or eight of from heatbenisin and conse- crated to Christian worship. From that day to this— duting the lapse of nearly 1,60) years—no government hus undertaken to make church editices pay tribute for the privilege of worshippmg God, Even the pagans, through the veneration in which they held the temp!os. dedicated to their idols, manitest more reverence than the promoters of ttas raid upon religious worship. No movement has given such encouragement and comfort to unbelievers, Who would create every possible imped- imentto the progress of Christian teaching, as this proposal to tax church edifices, Sectarian dissensions have succeeded in driving religious instruction out of the public schools; and now cupidty und unbelief would break down the Sunday schools by pecu- niary impositions upon the edifices in which they are held, and set communities and neighborhoods at work to calculate the cash value of religious worship, It is difficult to conceive that the proposition could have had sts origin in any other breast than one un- friendly to all church organizations, or one in which | the love of money is the predominant passion. If | those who have set on foot this movement want more money Jet them tx their rain, their tobacco, their pictures, fast horses, game dogs, liquor saloons, dance houses, clubs, theatres, diamonds, equipages, ‘every- thing, in short, which ministers to their pleasures, their tastes and their sensual indulgences. Nay, lez they tax their seminaries of learning, their institu- tions devoted to human science and even the grounds in which the uncous¢ious bones of thor ancestors re- pose, rather than invade with mercenary exactions the ‘edifices devoted to the Sorat Fe Almighty God and to the teaching of our duty to Him and our neighbors. Some of the abettors of this movement have hud the magnanimity to let_us understand that they are ready to compromise with the Sovereign Ruler. “They | will make reasonable concessions, They will allow $1,000 of the value of each of His churches ty be exempt from taxation, aud only exact of Him pay- ment on the residue. They may, perhaps, go so far as to allow Hom $2,000—as mach as it would cost a weil- to-do farmer to house his horses and lus horned cattle, ‘There is a degree of sublimity in this condescension | which beggars all comment, and I dismiss it With | those who think the Almighty safliciently honored by | rendering Him homage in buildings no better than | barns and outhouses, no matter how abundant | the pecuniary means of the worshippers, and who attach “no more sanctity to one class | | of those cdifices than to the oiher, it would be | equally fruitless aud numitiating to hold any parley or conference. In manifold instances both in the Old'and New Testaments a house of worship 18 called the house of God, and 1 is always named with appropriate The aviversal heart re- sponds to this desiguation, and no matter how humble | the edifice consecrated to His service all men When | within its bailowea walls feel more sensivly than they | do amid the turmoil of the outer World that they are | im the presence of the Onnipotent Being, by whom the | greut forces of the umyerse are moved and controlled, and that by ignoring Him they renounce all hope of a | higher state of existence. | ‘The scheme should be repudiated and denounced in | all its parts. One can baraly debate it without a feel ing of abasem It is wot a subject for human logic. It is not a problem of profit and loss, to be argued by | Telgious obligation on ove side aud financial cupidity | on the other. It is « matter of instinct, of inborn rev- erence, of the consciousness which every mind uot perverted by te sephistications of worldly science | has of 118 oWn immeasurable inferiority to the Sove- reign Kuler of the universe and of the homage it owes Hiw as its ereator and redeemer, There is something revolticg to the moral sense in is normal state in the idea of making a mercenary protit out of an edifice con. secrated to His service, When this inner sense is wanting argument is fruitless. The most attractive objects which meet us in our | travels in Europe are the cathedrals. Amid all the wars, the bioodshed, the baroarities, the desolation | which nations have Visited upom each otuer, under the | misguidance of their evil passions, these monuments of their faith and their devotion come out from the dark background of the picture in bright rehet as sa- | ered tributes to the Creator of the universe. No man | can stand beneath their domes and vaulted roofs with. out tecling that they atone for muck of the wrong committed by their authors, who lavished on them | without stint the wealth they would otherwise have Wwasied on ostentatious gratifications or unboly muul- | gences, Heaven forbid that the jesson of these com- | paratively uncivilized ages should be lost on us, and that in this day of mtelieetual light and social retine- mont the tax-gutherer should be sent to fill his bag of lure by lovying contributions on the sanctuaries ot the leving God! T do not believe that any community which seeks to throw its secular expenses on the worship of God by Jovying contributions on the editiees consecrated to His services can long escape the chastisement it provokes- IL 1s not necessary to look for speciai visitations of ill as mantiestations of Hisdispleasure. Capidity, seltishucss, the profanation of things which shoula bo od, carry with them, by the force of tmmu- jaws, the reiribation deuouneed by the codes they violate. All religious denominations have the same interest in’ proventing their houses of worship from being desecrated and seeularized by taxation, As was beau- | tituliy expressed by Mme, de Staél, “Their ceremonies are strongly contrasted; but the same sigh of distress, | ae pine petition for support, ascends to heaven from It seems to me that this whole movement Is cal- feeling of profound sorrow und unmitigated disgust ‘The proper mode of treating it scout it out of the commitice rooms, legislative halls and social circles | whieh it has detiled by its presence. To give it any | countenance would be to furnish new ground for the national reproach too olten cast upon us, that the almighty dollar 1s the chief object of our adoration. SPENCE PEYTIS' FORGERIES. Evidence was taken in Jersey City yestercay in rela tion to the charge of forgery against Spenco Pettis in connection with Taylor's Hotel, It is alleged that he | collected from General Starm a bill of $900 for board due Mr. Fixk, lessee of the hotel, by forging the namo of the clerk. A remarkabie fact is that while the bill | was recelpted under the date of December, it was written on a bill head which was not printed ull March, | a8 Was ascertained by the color of the paper, which varies in different months, ° STRANGE PATALITY. | {From the Sacramento Union. } | A few yoars ago there resided at the Mission San José, in Alameda county, two young ladies, between whom, althoagh not of kin, a strong friendship ox- isted, They,were married at the same time and by the me servies. They then twok ap ther residences, one at ilay wards the other at Alvarado. In the course of time they gave birtt to children on the same day, the birth or one child preceding that of the other by two hours. Three Weeks later both children died oF the same day, the eldest just two hoars betore tn other, Three weeks alter the death of the children Voth mothers died on the same day, MARCH 31, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. | Yestigation, No one here is contesting a | that said Belknap did on ar about the 2d of | meanors in office. | the said military | ane | ence and request, divers lai | maintain said CONGRESS. Morton’s Mississippi Resolution Be- fore the Senate. THE BELKNAP IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES Debate in the House on the Issue of Silver Currency. THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL, SENATE. 4 Wastixotox, March 30, 1876, Bulla, petitions, &c., were iatroduced and referred. LEGAL TENDKK OF SILVER. Mr. Suermay calicd up the bill to amend the laws re- lating to the legal tender of silver coin, and moved to strike out all after the enacting clause and amend by inserting, ‘Tho silver coins of the United States, except the trade doilar, shall be legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not exceeding $5 in one pay- ment.” He sald the only change 1s to make the silver coins of the country, exeept trade dollars, legal tenders, Mr. Jonrs, (rep.) of Nev., faid tho object of the Bill was to enable the’ citizens of tho Pacific States to transact business without embarrassment, He suid that subsidiary coin could only be purchased with gold, while silver bullion could be purchased with gold, and then by taking it to the mint they could get it comed into the trade dollor, or, in other words, “the trade dollar could be purchased with silver bullion, while they inust have gold to purchase subsidiary coin, such as halves, quarters, &¢., which they “needed tor change. * The result was that the subsidiary coin came degraded to the trade dollar,”? ‘This Would neces- sarily be so until gold and silver pass coneurrently, It rosuited from the lack of uniformity, in coinage. ‘Tho passugo of the bill would remedy the matter by pre- Venting the trade dollar trom being a Jegal tender. THE MISSISSIPPL RESOLUTION, Pending discussion the morning hour expired, and | Mr. Moron demanded the ts ned order, and the Chair laid betore the Senate the Mississippi resolution, ‘Mr. Bayann, (dem.) of Del, addressed the Senate in opposition to the resolution, and thought it remark- abie"that the resoiution asked for ive Senators only. Why commut this subject to Senators only? Why not include members of the other House? If any law was to be enacted on this subject it would require the aid of the other House. Why not inciude them on this occasion’ Was it because it was composed of members of a diferent party’ The imiormation sougat tor should be obtained by ajomt committee of the two houses, There seems to be no occasion for this i natorial seat, Why not wait till he comes here, and then, if a que: tion arises, Jet it be investigated? ‘The troubles which have occurred in any of the Southern States spring | from the detoctives Who went down there by direction of the Department of Justice. Jde had not forgotten that tens of millions of dollars had been expended by this same Department of Justice to carry out its ne- farious design Of manulucturing evidence of this ind. The debate was continued ny Morton in favor of the resolu Maxey in opposition, ‘Ata quarter to fl with Mr, Bruce, of Messrs. Boutwell and tion and Withers and. Me jock the Senate adjourned, ississippi, entitled to the door, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wasuixarox, March 30, 1876, Mr. Bureion, (rep.) of Me., from the Comunittee on Naval Affairs, reported the bill directing the naval esti- mates to be made in detail under the various heads of expenditure. Passed. TH BELKNAP IMPEACHMENT, Mr. Kyorr, (dem.) of Ky., Chairman of the Commit, tee on the Judiciary, presented articles to be adopted and presented io the Senate, in maintenance and sup- port of the impeachment for high crimes and misde~ meanors jn otlico of William W. Bolknap, late Secro- try of War, which were recommitted and ordered to to prinied, with the understanding that they would be called up on Saturday next. ‘The following 18 a résumé of the articles presented :— THE IMPBACHMENT ARTICLES. The first article is as follows:—Tbat William W, | Belknap, while he was in oifice as Secretary of War—to wit, on the 8th day of October, 1870— had the power and authority under the laws of the United States as Secretary of War to appointa person to maintain a tradmg establishment at Fort | Sill, a military post of the United States; that said | Belknap promised to appoint one Caleb P. Marsh to | maintain said trading establishment at sald military post, and thereafter the said Caleb P, Marsh and one | James 8, Evans did enter ito an agreement in writing substantially as follows—(bere the articles of agreement are set out in extenso); that | thereafter, on the 10th of October, 1870, said Belknap, as Secretary of War, did, at instance and request of sald Marsh, appoint said John 8. Evans to maintain said trading establishment at Fort Sill, and in consideration of such spp ieeaas ovember, 1870, unlawfully and corrupuy receive from said Marsh the sum of $1,500, and did atdivers times thereaiter,— that is, on of about the 17th of January, 1871, and about the end of each three months during the term of one whoie year, while Le was still in oflice as Secre- tary of War—uulawiully receive trom said Marsh lke the ; sums of $1,500 in consideration of the appointment of | said Kvaus and in consideration of his (Belknaj permitting said Evans to continue to maintain said trading establishment at Fort Sill; whereby the said William W. Belknap, who was then Secretary of War, as aforesaid, was guilty of high crimes and misde- * THE SECOND ARTICLE, recites that said Wiilam W. Belknap, while Secretary of War, as aforesaid, did on tie 4th of November, 1873, wiltully, corruptly and unlawtully take aud receive trom said Marsh the sum of $1,500 in consideratic vhat he would continue to permit John 5, Evu / to maintain a trading establishment at Fort sill, and that he did improperly permit the said Evans to continue to muintain the said trading establishment at post; and the sud Belknap was thereby guilty wiuile he was Secretary of War of high | Misdemeanors in nis said office, THE THIRD ARTICLE recites that William W. Belknap, as Secretary of War ot the United States, did appoint Join 8. Evans to Tmuintain a trading establishment at Fort Sill, and that said Evans, by virtue of such appointment, had since, unui the 2d day of March, 1876, maintained that trading | establishment, and had before he was so appointed and | in order to procure such appointment and be continued therein agreed with Marsh that in consideration of said Betknap’s appointing him (Evans) to maintain sand wading establisument ut the instance and request of suiG Marsh, he (Evans) would pay to bun (Marsh) a large sum of money quarterly in advance from the date of his said appomtment by said Bel- knap—to wit, $12,000, during the year and other large suius quarterly during each year, in order that no, the said Evans, should be permitted by sald Belknap to maintain such trading establishment at such post; that Evans did pay to Marsh such suina of money quarterly during each year until the month of December, 1875; that Marsh, upon the receipt of each ot such payments, paid one-half thereot to Belknap, the said Betkuap, while knowing these facts aud having power to remove Evans from such position at. any lime, criminally disregarded his duty as Secretary ot War, and basely prostivuting his high office to his lust tor private gain, did uniawfully and corruptly con- tinue said Evans in such position and permit him to maintain his establishment, to the great injury and damage of officers and soldiers of the army of the United States stationed at such post as well as to emi- grants and freighters and other citizens of the United States, against public policy and to the great disgrace and detriment of the pubhe service; whereby William W. Belknap was, as Secretary of War, guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors in office. ARTICLE FOUR charges Belknap with baving received from Marsh large sums o: money for aud in consideration of bis (Belknap’s) baving appointed Evans to mamta a trading establishment at Fort Silt and tn consideration of his continuing him therein; whereby he (Belk: had been guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors in office, This article ts accompanied by seventeen speci. fleations, setting out various times and circumstances of payment of money. ps ils ARTICLE PIVR, jer reciting the samo general facts, char, that Belknap was induced to mre toe cpetniionns of Evans by tho inflacnce and request of Marsh, and that Evaus paid to Marsh, in const h inilu- sums of money at Various times, amountingsto about $12,000 a year, irom the date of such appointment to the 2d ‘of March, | 1876, all of which tacts the said Belknap well kno yet said Belknap, in consideration that would permit said Evans to continue to trading establishment, and that such payments might continue to be made to said Marsh by suid Evans, covertly received trom said Marsh, either for his ‘own (Beiknap's) use,,or to be pad to the wite of said Belknap, divers large sums of money at various times, setting out the dates and amounts; all of which acts and doings were while the said Belknap was Secretary of War, and were bigh misdemeanors in office, The close of the decument is as follows;— THE CONCLUSIO! And the House of Represent to themecl vos forred against same and and overy other arti ail be exhibited by mand the said Will for the high crimes and charged against him, aod that pre- ww the and w all secusation or Impeachment whieh ‘ay the ease sail require, do de arn 'W. Relkinap. may be put to answer meanors in office herein such examina: | daughter of Governor Isaac Sheiby, | Loche tions, trials and jndgments as nay be apreeabie to law be thereupon bad and gives justice, and ‘The committee also report the follow) tion Resolved, That seven man: be appointed by ballot to conduct the Impeachment exhibited ‘aexiuse, Williaa We Belkuwp, late Secretary of War of the United States. SILVER COINAGK y The House then resumed the consideration of the Dill appriproating $163,000 for a doficieacy in the Print- ing and Engraving Bureau of the Treasury Department, and for the issue of silver coin in tue place of frac- tional currency. The iirst vote was on the amendment offered by Mr RuaGax, of Texas, providing thal silver coins of the denomination of $1 shall be legal tender at their nominal valae for any amount not exceeding $50 in any one ment, and that silver coin of less $1 shall be Rent tend at thelr pomtnal value for any amount not exceeding $25 io any one paymen | vial Mr. OuivER, (rep.) of jowa, red, a8 a substitute for Mr. Reagan’s an amendment din: Peele pias rma iy gy tender call to ca amount of $11 any one payment, and that Re silver cotmage shall be legal tender only for an amount | lea than $1. After lve minute speeches made by Mr. Oliver for and Mr. against the substitate it was rejected, After speeches by Mr. Reagan, in support of hit amendment, and by Mr, Jones, of Kentucky, against it, the amendment was rejected. ‘The next vote was on the amendment of Mr. Wells, of Missouri, to add to Mr, Holman’s amendment a pro- viso that if silver bullion is pot presented for coinage in sufficient quantity to meet the demand, the Treas- ury may purchase silver bullion for purposes of coin- 3. Me peaches were wade by Mr. Wells in favor of and by Mr. Randall against it, the latter himself tn favor of {tas an addition to Mr, Holman’s amendment, but against it as an original proposition, ‘On the vote by tellers, there was a tie—88 on each side - whereupon Mr. Cox, of New York, as Speaker protem., voted “Yea.” ‘The yeas and nays were then demanded and ordered, ‘The amendment was agreed to—yeas, 117 i 8, 107. ‘The next amendment was that offered by Mr. Hol- man,’ prohibiting the Secretary of the Treasury from making any further increase in the interest-bearing debt of the United States by the issue and sale of bonds for the purchase of silver bullion tor coinage, but silver eary ham be received by the — mints for coin. age for private parties on payment of a seiguiorage, “provided that The slivet potty wynd bullion. shall not exe ceed the amount of fractional currency now authorized, Mr, HoLMAy, in discussing his amendment, pointed out the fact that addition to it, made by the adoption of the amendment offered by Mr. Wells, was in conilict with the first part of his own proposition, but ho thought the otber partof itoughtto be adopted. He ested, however, against an increase of the interest- wearing debt for the purcl of silver, Mr. Hewrrr, (dem.) of N. Y., said it was against the proposition to increase the bonded dobt that he entered his protest. It was not the fractional currency that was under protest, it was the” legal tender notes. If apy more five per cent bonds were issued be wanted to ay reigiy he ch them — ple ea not stiver, but old, the oni ison Wi jo payments could Syor be Tesnined. The purchase of silver was, there- fore, a waste of the resources of the country. Mr. Burcuann, (rep.) of IL, moved to strike out the first part of Mr, Holinan’s amendment prohibiting the increase of the debt, Rejected. The question was then taken on Mr, Holman’s amendment (as amended 9n motion of Mr. Wells), and | it was rejected. Mr. Reagan again offered his amendment silver coin a legal tender to the amount of $: was adopted by a vote of 112 yeas to 95 nays, * Without disposing ot the bill the House at half-past four o'clock P. M. took a recess until half-past seven YP. M., the evening session to be for the consideration of the Legislative Appropriation bill. EVENING SESSION. - The House resumed its session at half-past seven, Mr. Carn; (ind.) of Lil, introdaced a bill provid. | ing for the appointment of a commission ot | three persons, one of whom, at least, shall ve practically’ identified with’ the — laboring interests of the country, who — shall office for one year, aid who shall investi- gate the subject of the wages and hours of Jabor, and ot the division of the joint protits of labor and capital between the laborer and capitalist, and the social, ed- ucational and lary condition of the laboring classes of the United States, and how the same are affected by tho existing laws regulating commerce, finance and currency. Keterred, The House then went into Committee of the Whole, Mr. Cox, of New York, 1m the chair, on the Logislauve Appropriation bill, THR LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL. After nearly three hours spent in discussing the paragraph for the pay of clerks and employés of the House, without coming to decision thereon, the committee rose and the House at half-past ton P.M. adjourned, when there was an announcement made of ademocratic caucus to-morrow night after the even ing session. METHODISL CONFERENCE. The Newark Methodist Episcopal Conference re sumed its session yesterday, with a full attendance of clergy, Bishop Scott presiding in the absence of Bishop Janes, culled away on account cf his wife's illness, ‘The following named candidates tor the deaconate and eldership, having passed satisfactory examinations in their classes, were admitted to {ull connection with the Conference:—T. C. Maybam, E. 8, Jamison. Fourth Year Class—William Ruth, J. W. Marshall, George F. | Apgar, Ellis F, Bescoe, 8. D. Docker, George W. Smith, Second Year C! . RW Blattenburg, Willard FP, Warner, William McKane, Richard W. Copeland, P. G. Bligh, Daniel Grover. Rov. Messrs. J. N. Grane, R. Winans, D. Graves and B. ‘Day were continued as supernumerarics. The following named candidates for admission to full connection with the Conterence preachers were admit- tea:—I. W. Newton, John H. Timbrell, John P, David- nu, A. Harrison, P, Smith, E. L. Com) Mw Crasto, BE. Meschum, J. T. McMichael, E. J, A. Owens, F. Bloom, J, P. Burgess and H. C. Whit ing. ‘A Centennial Committee was appointed and the rest of the day and evening was devoted to sermons by Rev, S. Parsons, C. C. Butts and Rey. J. M. Reid. CHRISTIAN YOUNG WOMEN. The annual reception of the Young Women’s Chris- tian Association was given at the opening of their new building, No. 7 East Fifteenth street, last evening. The house is a large double one; very handsomely fitted up, and wes beautifully decorated with flowers, All of the lower rooms were crowded with a fashion able gathering. This institution was originated five years ago by Miss Wells and Miss Marshall 0. Roberts, President of the Christicn Union, and the work has steadily inereased, The enure cost of this new building is making aad 16 | $100,000, of which $42,000 is yet to be raised. | Governor Tilden was expected to be present, but at the last moment a telegram was received trom him stating that official engagements prevented bis leaving Albany and expressing his high appreciation of this veaellcent work of the association aud his cordial sympathy therewith, Music was furnished by M. Eben, the accomplished solo flute player. Addresses were made by Messrs. M, Jessup, Dorman B. Katon, Dr. Booth and Rassel+ Sturges, Jr., of Boston, BANK OF THE SLATE OF NEW YORK. It was rumored yesterday morning that the officers of the Bank of the State ot New York intended wind- ing up the afiairs of the bank by May 1, and that at the coming meeting the stockholders would receivo the stock after the liabilities had been paid off, President says the officers will not as- sume any such power, and that it will be for the stock- howders to take such action at the meeting as they sball think proper, FALL OF A WALL. The top part of one of the burned walls of the Home Jor the Aged, Brooklyn, where the recent disastrous fire occurred, fell in on Tuesday night during the gale, and broke through the roof of the chapel of the insti- tation. Had it fallen a few hours earlier, when prayers were in progress, loss of life would have ensued. Tho walls were permitted to stand to be utilized in re- duilding, to save expense to the Little Sisters of the Poor. The Supermvendent of Buildings says the lose will not exceed $400, TENNESSEE'S NEW CHIEF JUSTICE, [From the Nashville American. } James W. Deaderick, the Chief Justice olect of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, was born in Jonesboro, Washington county, November 25, 1812. He was edu- cated at the East Tennessee University and at Centro College, Danville, Ky. Atthe age of twenty he mar, ried Miss McDowell, daughter of Dr. Ephraim Me- Dowell, a distinguished Keotucky surgeon, and grand. outacky's first ernor, At the age of thirty commenced the study of the law in the office of Judge Luckey, the first Circuit Judge and Chancellor of the Jonesboro district, He remained st Jonesboro until just ater the close of the war, when be removed to Knoxville in April, 1867, He was elected to the State Senate of 1861-52, was a Bell and Everett elector in 1860, and was clected to the St ume Jodgoship in 1870. Chief Justice Deader- jek had wx sons in the Confederate army, HOW TO SECURE AN ADJOURN. MENT. (From the Frankfort (Ky.) Yeoman. ] Tho gentieman trom Louisville, Mr. La Rae, is on titled to a patent for « new method for bringing about an | easy and quick adjournment of the House even inthe jwidst of the most persistent filibustoring. resistance. Yesterday, after many abortive attempts had been nade, about ten anioutes after the cloak had struck two I. M. he sent one of the pages out and procured @ —_ pee ile meng =a hag he to roilon the coals in one 0 large. jocting fire | _ bith dh mag Soon the ‘ainner-ou md jors of tl ‘oiling meat wo | tue House and salute the commen few of battling bus | poem members, and im less than five minates another mot toadjouru was made and carried hike a shou . s