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2 WASHINGTON A Measure of Reform for the Indian Bureau. MR. DANA REJECTED. How Seoretary Belknap Silenced Army Officers. PRESIDENT WHITE FOR CONKLING. Damaging Repert About Mineral Land Patents and the Delano Family. RIVER AND HARBOR APPROPRIATIONS. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasuixarox, April 4, 1876. ARMY LEGISLATION—A CHANCE FOB BEAL BE- FORM AND VALUABLE ECONOMY. * Ifthe three bills regulating the pay of the army, re- flucing the force’and transferring the Indian service to the army Uecomes law in the form in which General Banning’scommittee have ‘prepared them, a saving of hearly $7,000,000 will be effected in the army esti- mates, besides over $1,000,000 more in the appropria- nons for the Interior Department, and, what is of pqual oreven ‘greater importance, the transfer of the Indian service will make a most important and necessary reform. There will be a strong opposition im both houses to all these bills, but particulariy to the of the Indians, because in this matter must sacrifice patronage and politicians Spd lobbyists must lose one of the greatest Bources of corruption, extravagance and favoritism. Tm one {tem ‘alone—tnat of the transportation of Io- Gian supplies—it is plain, from a table prepared for the Military Committee, that an immense saving can be Wade by handing this business over tothearmy. The Jable shows, for instance, that the Indian Bureaa pays Jor such transportation now $9 per 100 pounds be- Yween New York and Los Pinos, Colorado, while the Quartermaster’s Department pays for the same service but $450. From Philadelphia to the Chihuahua Agency the ‘Indian Bureau pays $11; ‘tho Quarter- master only $6 80. Between Baltimore and San Car- los, Arizona, the two rates are $12 and $7 50; trom St. ‘Louis to Cheyenne Agency they are $2 45 and $1 59; from St. Louis to the Southern Apache Agency, $10 50 and $6 60. In other cases the rates compare as fol- lows:—$6 and $2 50; $8 and $4; $6 and $3, and so oa, General Marcy, in a letter to the committee, shows that in 1848, the last year in which the Indian service was in the hands of the War Department, the entire sppropriation was only $843,000, while for the current ear it is over $7,000,000, It cannot be sald that the Indians have increased in the last twenty-eight years, but the cost of the service to-day is nearly nine times greater than it was in 1848. It should not be forgotten that the transfer of tne Indian and Pension Bureaus to the War Department would be a great economy by employing in the work of administration well-trained army and navy officers, who are necessarily without employment in these times of peace, but cannot justly be dismissed from the service. General Vincent, by the way, ma letter to the committee, suggests a rule that no more appointments be mage to the regular army from civil life, and shows that twenty such ap- Pointments were made during the last year, a year of profound peace, increasing tne cost of the army by $28,000. This seems to bea kind of favoritism which is carried on, while there are numerous complaints by meritorious commissioned officers that they cannot get \hemselves examined for promotion to second lieuten- incies, although the law especially commands this. This abuse ought to be looked into. The friends of tivil service reform ought to make much of the docu- ment just issued, containing letters trom all the prom- iment officers of the army and many other experts argu- Ing the transfer of the Indians to the War Department. The whole argument made in these let- ters rests on the superiority of permanently employed and trained officials over those appointed by political influences and arbitrarily removable, and the demon- Stration from past experience and from present cir- sumstances is complete that the permanent service is eheap, honest and efficient, where the other is con. apicuously the reverse, To put the Indians into the army's charge will be the first step toward a genuine reform in the civil service of the government, It wil show the peonle how much can be saved in money and how completely corruption can be checked by establishing permanence in the meroly clerical offices; and it may thus be mede a practical argument for a reform which must come if the whole nation is not to be corrupted by tne demoralization of its civil service, FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasuixatox, April 4, 1876. PRESIDENT WHITE A STANCH FRIEND OF . CONELING. ‘The efforts of some of the New York papers to mis- Tepresent the attitude of certain leading republicans on the Presidential question are likely to miscarry if they are as misdirected as they are in the case of Mr. White, the President of the Cornell University, one of the delegates at large from New York to the Cincinnati Convention, who is charged with not being in sympathy ‘with the Conkling movement. As bearing upon this question probably the most valuable evidence will be found in the words of Mr, White himself. Ina letter dated March 28, addressed to one of his colleagues on the New York delegation, President White, after ex- plaining that he-had, prior to his election asa dele. gate, under the advice of physicians, secured bis passage for a brief trip to Europe for the benefit of his health, says:—‘‘1 am very reluctant to go, but I suppose it fs now ornever. The spring months are tho trying ones to me, and July will be too late, as 1 must bo back in September. Now can I be of any such service to our republican organization at Cincinnati as to make it best for me to stay? Ifso, I would stay, come what may to me, but confess I see no probability of my being a necessity there. You know my feelings toward Conkling. The high expectations which ied me, and which alone led me to support him for the Senatorship, bave been more than met, and, though I have differed from him on some mipor points, he is so frm and trong on the great points, he bas stood the hammer. fug of the press s0 nobly and be represents our State so creditably, striking the right key note in every campaign, that my admiration for him bas steadily increased, Bat in s body like that at Cincinnati 1 do not feel that 1 can be of much service to bi or to republicanism fo general My strength, if I have any, lies in more quiet and steady ways of bettering public opinion, Now I take the liberty to ask you asa friend for yout advice in ail this matter. Shall I give up my journey? | Heaven knows that I would prefer to stay at home, Dut the question is what is best and most useful and honorable, Had not this Cincinnat! matter taken its Present shape I should decide fully to go, or, rather, adhere fully to my former decision, as giving me the best chance hereafter to be of use to republicanism nd other good principles, and to Mr. Conkling and ether stench and true men.” GENERAL CUSTER ON BELKNAP. la his testimony before Mr. Clymer’s Coromittee to- Gay, General Custer spoke in high terms of General Hazen, who rst churged Belknap with trafficking in the post traderships, He said that as an efficient off- ter be ranked high, and thas he had been kept at a dis- sant post ina wild and inhospitable country, far from the telegraph, and even the civilization of the frontier. Officers did not report Mr. Belkuap’s unlawtul conduct because they had been ordered by the Secrotary to ro- port only to the Secretary of War, and tobold nocom- munication with. members of Congress except when called on to do so, THE VOTE OW DAA. ‘Tuesday Is the day when a vote is usually forced on eng ponding question in the Senate, and Mr. Dana's “NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1876—TRIPLE SHEET. pomination coming up im executive session this even- knowledge nor information of the payment of any sum ing he was rejected, after @ heated discussion, lasting | of momey by any such officer or person to any news- about twe houra He was beaten by at least thirteen votes; but auother coant makes him defeated by six- teen votes—viz., 17 yeas to 33 nays, twenty-four Sen- ators being absent, paired or refusing to vote. Several Senators went home as soon as it was evident vote | To the HovonazLy Speaker ov ram Hovax oF REPRE- ‘was to be taken on the subject of Mr. Dana’s confirma- SkYTATIVES, HOW MB. DANA WAS DEFEATED. ‘Was the Dana letter on the subject of his somination garbled before 1t'was sent to the committee of the |-make up inthis way for lust time. The republicans Senate? and, if so, py whom and for what purpose? According to a report ip circulation this evening, in | day, particularly as the ventilation of the House is 50 connection with the action of the Senate on Mr. Dana’s nomination, two letters are in existence—the one cur- | filibuster and defeat Randall’s motion yesterday or- rently known as the Dana letsor, and andther pablished | dering night sessions. The repubticans claim that they Paper editor or correspondent for any purpose what- ever, nor has he reason to suppose that any such pay- ment bas been made. Very respectfully, B. H. BRISTOW, Secretary of the Treasury. NIGHT SESSIONS AND HARD WORK. The House entered this’ evening on its second week Of night sessions, The democrats are dotermined to say itis cruel to compel the members to sit night and bad, and it was in this spirit that General Rusk tried to in a Boston paper, the latter being original and | ough} notto suffer for the democratic sins of the genuine; for which reason a member of the Louisiana debate ana other procrastinating matters of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations pronounces | the carlier days of the session. urtrue the statement heretolore made that Mr. Dana did not desire to go before the committee, or would pot He states that Mr. Dana did ask, through two Senators, to be allowed to go before the committee, and moreover that the letter published in Boston as coming from Mr, Danaon the subject did signify that he wished to apyear before the committe, while that submitted here took just the opposite stand. It is forther sald that the reported opposition of General Batler had no influence one way or the other with the | "#4 for weighing the mails. Being questioned about Senate in determining Mr. Dana’s rejection at this af- ternoon’s oxocutive session. SERIOUS CHARGES OF OFFICIAL CORRUPTION. Some important inculpating evidence has been taken by the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior De- partment, and among the persons implicated are the Delanos, 1t ts said that tho original claim for the Flagstaff mine, im Utab, was contested by s well or- ganized ring, wh@ seat lawyers and money to Wash. ington to get @ patent issued. Bat, in spite of all their efforts, three decisions were rendered against the new claimants, and thero was no prospect of success for them until suddenly @ patent was issued in one day and the origi nal owners deprived of their former rights to the mine, Large sums of money were involved. From the beginning of the litigation George C. Bates, an at- torney, an ex-Washingtonian, of reputed influence with President Grant, was employed by Haskins, the firat owner, to resist the demand for a patent by con. testanta. He thought that he had a good ease, especially as three decisions had been rendered in favor of his client Delano seemed to incline toward the original title, when, sud- denly, the matter was referred to Attorney General Williams. But before the new referee had time to act, Delano issued the patent. It is alleged that John Delano was the real actor in the case, that he received $40,000 tor getting his father to grant the patent, and | holed, and the that the money was sent National Bank of Omaha Other witnesses are expected in a f days to further corroborate the allegations, It isalsocharged that thé patent of the Emma Mine, which is in the neighborhood of the Flagsta? Mine, was obtained by fraud; that $30,000 ‘was paid for the patent, and afterward a false panic was created and the Engiish stockholders were made to believe that the patent was to be sot aside, whereby they were induced to pay $32,000 in order to hold the olaim. BRPORT OF SECRETARY BRISTOW AS. TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF JOURKALISTS IN THE DETEC- TION OF REVENUE FRAUDS—A LUCKY CoM- MERCIAL EDITOR IN 87. LOUIS. It will be remembered that yesterday a resolution offered by. Judgé Lynde, of Wisconsiz, was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for informa- tion in regard to the payment of moncy to newspaper editors or correspondents, aside from the publication of logal notices by United States attorneys, revenue agents, supervisors and others connected with the whiskey prosecutions in St Louis, Chicago and Mil- Waukee, specifying to what parties, for what news- papersand for what partieular purpose the money bad beon paid. In response Secretary Bristow sent to the Mouse to-mighs the following report :— through the First In reply thereto, the Secretary has the honor re- | nomination of Richard H. Dana, Jr., to be Minister to spectfully to inform the House that in his last aunua, | England. ‘i report he advised Congress of the discovery of exten- sive conspiracies to de! the government of its lawful revenues Seam per = employed to ana revenue officers, distil- Jers and others engaged in such conspiracies, The magnitude and strength of the combinations against the government were such as to defy and successfully resist the means usually employed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue to expose and break’ up such unlawful combinations, The extraordinary character of the frauds committed, the widespread corruption of revenue Officials in the cities referred to, and the con- sequent loss of revenue, rendered it necessary 1n order effectually to put a stop to these frauds and to bring to punishment tne parties engaged therein to resort to every available source of information, and seemed not only to justify, but to demand, the use of all the ener. gies and instrumentalities of the department. Ac- cordingly, the Solicitor of the Treasury was directed to draw upon the appropriation for bringing to trial and punishment parties engaged in counterfeiting, and for detecting other {frauds upon the government, and was cbarged with the duty of a thorough effort to detect the guilty parties. The work thus imposed upon the Solicitor was conducted with energy and marked suc- coss, and the result fully justifies the action of the de- partment. Early in the course of the investigation it was found impossible to ascertain through the agengjes ordinarily employed the precise details of the manner of perpe- trating the frauds, avd subsequent developments have shown that in several important districts, especiajly in those embracing the cities mentioned in the resolution, many of the officers upon whom the government usu- ally rehed wero themselves parties to conspiracies, and that they kept constant watch of the movements of other revenue officers and gave timely warning to the distillers of the coming of such as could not be corruptly used. Under these circumstances it became necessary to employ persons who were not known to be inthe service of the government. Tho persons so employed were carefully chosen by the Solicitor of the Treasury, and generally performed well and faithfully the duties imposed upon them. In the early stage of the investigation at St. Louis person whose vocation it was to gather local comm cial news for a daily newspaper was employed to as- certain and report the shipments and sales of distilled spirits im that city, and to gather such other informa- tion as might be useful in detecting crimes supposed to exist. He was so employed because ho was recom. mended as trustworthy and well Dtted tor the purpose, and because it was bel:eved he could conduct the rece: sary inquiry without exciting the suspicion of guilty parties, His work was done in @ manner satisfactory | to the department, It formed the basis of further ac- tion which led to the complete exposure of a gigantic | conspiracy, to the conviction of a large number of officers, distillers and ethers, the institution of many civil actions for recovery of taxes and to the condemnation of forfeited property of considerable value. vices thas rendered the person so employed was paid » reasovable compensation of the appropriation aforesaid. Soon alter bis employment bis connection with the press ceased, and he has since been appointed a revenue agent at the usualsalary, During the investi- gation of internal revenue frauds in those cities and the ‘trial of the offenders valuable information and sug- gestions have been derived from time to time from newspapers and persons connected with the press, but with the exception above named none have asked or re- ceived any compensation whatever from this depart- ment tn connection with the investigations or prosecu- tons at the places named in the resolution. The Secretary does not, however, perceive that it would have been unlawful or improper to employ trastworthy and competent persons, whatever their to aid in the efforts of the departm detect frauds on the revenue and in bringing to pun- GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasuuicrox, April 4, 1876, POST TRADERSHIP ABUSES. The Committee on Expenditures in the War Depart- mont examined Jebn J. Safely this morning. Hoe was an age: mm the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail- his acquaintance with General Hedrick and Secretary Belknap, he said he had known them for twenty years, He was also closely questioned as to bis knowleage of post traders and thetr appointments, bat he knew nothing whatever about it, except what he had seen in the papers since the investigation cem- menced. Mr. Clymer told him that he was alleged to know a great many things that he did not appear to know as a |. witness, Further questioning failed to bring outany knowledge trum the witness, and he was dismissed. General Georgo A. Custer, recalled—Q, Why was It that you and other army officers have not given infor- mation of these abuses vo the fronuer, of which you have testified? A Because of an order dated March 15, 1873, as follows:— Hirst—That no officer, active or retired, shall directly oF indirectly, without being exlled upon by proper authority, iclt, suggest or recommend by Members of Con: gross lor or agaitnt military officers. ‘Scrond by, oflcere relative. te forwarded through d—All petitions to Congress sudjects of a mi character will the General of the Atiny and Becretary of War, for their ao- tion and transmittal, amittal. Third—An officer visiting the seat of the government dur- {og a Congressional session will upon his arrival registor bis naive at the Adjutant Genoral’s office, as now in addition, address a letter to the Adjutant U army. reciting the purpose of and time that w im his visit, and the authority under h he his command or station. ‘The purpose or will bo the strict guide of the officer daring his stay. General Custer proceeded to say that this order closed the mouth of all army officers with regard to abuses that existed on the frontier; that the officers know if recent complaints to Con; men went through the Secretary of War they would be pigeon- cers would probably be pigeon-holed too, It was generally understood in the army that the violation of this order would be apt to cause the officer to lose his commission. Genoral Custer said he was satisied that the object of the order was to cover up the doings of the Secrotary of War. Mr. Simon Wolf, Rocorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. wus recalied. He stated that he had not received $250 at the bar of the National Hotel trom a man named James Trainer tor aid in procuring or for Tetaining him in a post tradersmp in Texas; he said he did not know Trainer and had not received any money from Tratmner or anybody else in any way connected with post tradorships. IMPEACHMENT ARRANGEMENTS. The following parts have been assigned to the man- agers in the impeachment trial of W. W. Belknap be- fore the Senate:—On rules, Reprosentatives Lord, Lynde, Jenks and Hoar; on pleadings, Representatives Knott, MeMahon and Jenks; on the jurisdiction of the Senate, Representatives Lord, Knott and Hoar: the opening will be by Representative Lynde; on the Preparation for the trial of fact and examination of witnesses, Representatives McMahon, Lynde and La- tham; on questions of law and on trial of fact, Repre- sentatives Lynde, Jenks ard McMabon; on the final submission, Representatives Lord, Knott and Latham. Each manager is to sum up the case, if permitted, or spirits and of themeans | chsirman of the Committees on Commeree, yesterday, to | it is cutting Into the Kansas shore above St, Joneph, the | Mo, and tor the protection of st, Lodis, $10,000; each may hand in and have printed with the proceed- ings his argument, MR. DANA'S REJECTION. The Senate, in executive session to-day, rejected the ‘THE RIVER AND HAEBOR BILL. ‘The bill presented by Representative Hereford, the contains the following, among other appropriations, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, for the repair, preservation, construction and completion ef the public works herein named:—The official estimates wero $14,301,200, but the amount in the bill is $6,872,850; New Yorx.—Buffalo, $75,000; Dunkirk Harbor, $18,000; Wilson, $10,000; Olcott, $6,000; Uak Orchard, $2,000; Pultneyville, $5,000; Greut Sodus Bay, $5,000; Oswego, $70,000; "Waddington, $5,000; . ‘Ausable, $12,000; Harlem River, to be expended between Ward's Taland and the Hudson River, $15,000; Hudson River $26,000; Rondout, $30,000; dredging the Hudson Ri in front ot Jersey Cit: , $25,000; l’ort Jefferson, $6,000; improvement of the channel between Staten Isiand and New Jersey, $10,000. The following are extracted from many other items in the Dill Wisconsix.—Menomonee, $10,000; Ahne; 10,000; Two Rivers, $15,000; hilwaakeo, $24,000." niall Micwigax.—Ontonagon Harbor, $15,000; Ragle, $15,000; Marquette, $5,000; Manistee, $15,000; Lud- ington, $10,000; nAtwerte $10,000, White ‘River, $10,000; Muskegon, $15,000; Grand Haven, $15,000. RYLAND. —Eik River, $6,000; Baltimore, $75,000; | bys jr Snips, agg 8 Ron peeone $5,000, Vtnaixta.—Jaines River, 000, eck * River, $10,000; Norfolk, $13,000. ob cca Nortu Carouna—Cape Fear River, $100,000. West Vinaimia—Improvement of the Great Kanawha including the purchase of § for dams and , $15,000 for them, 000, New Hamrsurmx—Cochuco River, $15,000, Vermont —Burlington, $20,000; Swanton, $10,000, Mixxssora—Dalath, ‘$15,000; ‘continuing the im- fioseee at the Falls of St, Anthony, $125,000; innesota River, $10,000. Massacttvserts—Hyuunis, $10,000; Taunton, $5,000; | Fall River, $10,000; Now Bediord, $10, |; Merrimack River, $10,000; Salem, $10,000; Boston, $50,000; Piymoath, $10,000. Mainx —Penobscot River, $12,000; Richmond Isiand, $15,000. Om0,—Toledo, $75,000; Sandusky City, $30,000; Vermilion, $5,000; ‘Cleveland, $75,000; ‘Ashtabula, $10,000; Port Clinton, $5,000; Fairport, $8,000, DeLawark,--Retmoving obstractiors trom and for the improverent of Wilmington Harbor, $16,000, Consxcticur.—NewgHaven, water, $10,000; improving th Harttord, $20,000; Milford, $6,000; Huusatonic River, $5,000; Norwalk, '$7, INNSYLVANTA,—Ice Harbor, at Chester, $6,000; Erie, $40,000; improvement of the Delaware’ Kiver ‘below Pettis Island, $50,000. Naw Jmnsey.—Pussate River, $10,000, Intiso1s. —Chicago, $5,000. 52 mittee to-day, provides that no existing law shall be so construed us to exempt from taxation by State autno- nities lands earned by land grant railread or Wagon companies, by the construction of their roads or parts thereof, provided they have been accepted by the United States in ‘the manner prescribed by law, and taxes hereafter as- seused shall be valid against any title remaining in the United States in such Jan. acconnt of the non-pay- ment of the costs of surveying and fees, The second section provides that the purchaser of any such lands ata tax sale may pay tho costs and fees due the gov- ernment upon them, and thereupon the said lands shal! be patented to the company, but subject to the en and legal rights and title of the tax sale purchaser. EMMA MINE INVESTIGATION. TESTIMONY IN REFERENCE TO THB VALUS OF THE PROPERTY. id Wasniarox, April 4, 1876, James M. Day testified before the Committee on Forega Affaira this morning that he was interested in the Emma Mine property from September, 1868, to July, 1871. He owned one-sixteenth, which ho sold to ‘Trenor W. Park at the rate of $1,600,000 for the entire Property. Hoe was advised to vell out by his nephew and by Mr, Matthews, the Superintendent of the mine, uo new developments having been ms thattime. In January, 1871, parties from California wanted to buy the mine for whieh the owners then asked $1,200,000. Wilham M. Lent brought with hima mining expert, who reported unfavorably. When the undivided half ef the property passed into the hands of Park and Bax- ter, giving them control, ho decided to sell eut his in- terest for that reason, and not because ho had any fear of the mine, It bad always been hie practice to have paabics to do with mining property be could not ro! The witness testified that no doubt there is a veln in the mine, but the part trom whieh they expected so much instead of being a vein was a deposit, which had been exhausted. Tho witness said, in reply to a ques- tion by Mr. Banks, thathe had no knowledge or con- Besehs "eesons to believe there was any systematic at ips to impose «a fraudulent estimate of the mine oa the pablic. In reply to Mr. Williams the witness sald at the time he sold his interest in tho mine it was worth a8 4 mining venture, owing to favorable sur- Founding circumstances, $2,500,000. Mr. Chittenden, of Mr. Schenck’s counsel, usked various questions of the witness, and it was shown that by the contract be- Sween the witness and Park the witness, in selling his Mnterest to Park, did not warrant the title tothe mine orits proceeds; he said that in numerous tostances on the Comstock Lode It was supposed that the vein bad been exhausted, but on exploration this was found not to be the tact, There were numerous Instances of this kind; the witness had co knowledge that he had been summoned hero at the instance of General Schenck or any of his friends; he did not know Gen- eral Schenck. ‘The committee adjourned till to-morrow, ARMY INTELLIGENCE. Wasusatox, April 4, 1874, First Lieutenant David J. Craigic, Twelfth infantry, {a relieved from temporary duty assigned him in this city, and will join bis regiment, Major A. Nordegat and Captain GB. McKee are appointed # Board ot Ordnance Officers to convene at the United States Ord- mance Agency in New York city on the 11th inst., forthe examination of First Lieutenant Rogers Birnie, Jr., Thirteenth infantry, for transter to the Ordnance De- partment. The order for Captain G. B. Penrose to pro- ceed to San Antonio, Texas, is suspended until further NAVY INTELLIGENCE. Wasaixatox, April 4, 187 Lieutenant Commander Horace E. Mullan is ordered to examination for promotion; Lieutenant George C. Revter is detached from the Lehigh, on the 11th inst., and placed on waiting orders; Lieutenant George W. DeLeog is detachea from the schoolsbip St, Mary’s, at New York, as executive officer, on the 11th inst; Mas- ter William C, Strong is detached from the Mononga- hela, on her arrival at Port Royal, 8. C., and ordered to examination for promotion; Pay in gta Cc. P. Wal- Jach 18 detached irom the Navy Yard, New York, on the 12th inst., and ordered to settle bis accounts ; Passed Assistant Knsizo B. F. Wood has reported his return home, having been detached from the Saco on the 29th of January last, and bas been placed on waiting orders; Despatches have been received at th De} ment from Rear Admiral William Reynolds, 1 force on the Asiatic station, dated or on board the flagship Tennessee, lett Nagasaki for Woosung on the 27th of January and anchored there on the 30th. On the llth of February they proceeded to Shanghai, It was their purpose to remain there for some time. It was probable that the Koarsage would take over to Sy mod the prisoners lately tried by court martial wai enced to confinement within tho United States; also mon to be discharged and sent to the Mare Island Hospital. The Yantic was expected to goto Amoy or further south in about three weeks, and tho to Mingpo 1n Jess time, The Monocacy cannot sail before June 1, and the Ashuelot will be delayed three weeks, BOARD OF POLICE, SABCASTIO CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BOARD AND THE COMPTROLLER. ‘The Board of Police held its weekly meeting yester- day, General Sumth presiding. A petition was received from ex-Roundsman Stewart of the Fifteenth precinct, who was recently dismissed, asking for a rehearing. ‘The communication was referred to the Rules and Discipline Committee, who will probably report in favor of @ now trial. Patrolman Maher, of the Kighth precinct, was dis- missed, A communication was received from Postmaster James asking the Board to continue Uflcer Blackwell on special duty at the Post Office, ‘At the previous meeting of the Board Officer Davis, then doing duty st the Comptroller's Office, was re- called trom that post on the ground that his services were more needed elsewhere. This brought Comp- troller Green to his feet, and he sens a letter to the Board, which was reierred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline. In ithe said:— Recalling to your sttention the commanication from this department of the 7th inst, in which the importance was suggested to you of havi an officer permanently on duty in this office, it may not be necessary to xtate that, the fice being pablic, is open to ail during #1 art of ‘$75,000,000 and are re to urge claims which cannot be necessarily there sre at times considerable crowds who sometimes give way to excitement Mclals charged with the details of t IC yon withdraw petro any protectin re cor datton fs absent almost dal % Of the day, astending the City rey him large sums of money ail over the city. this department would thus be exposed to th raftian who may deem himself may be stimuisted to attack pointed claimants of politicians. In the reply that Commusioner Erhardt sent to Hep 7 eral Green on behaif of the Board of Police aid :— Wheu Ne ditizen, who comes within Inpiasa.—Michigan City, ), 000, Paciwic Coast.—Lower Williamette and Columbia rivers, from Portiand, Oregon, to the sea, $15,000: Upper Williamette, $15.000; Upper Columbia, excl ing Snake River, $15,000; breakwater at Wilmington, Cal., $30,000; Sacramento and Feather Rivers, $15,000 Oakland’ harbor, $75,000; San Joaquin River, below | Stockton, $20,000; Mouterey barbor, $12,000. For the improvement of Cumberiand River above the city of Nashville to te Ker sucky line, $ shoals, | thence to the foot of Smith's ), 000, for Smuth’s Shoals, $30,000; tor thoimpro’ ment of the Missouri Kiver at the point where | | the protection of the channel of the Mississippi Itiver | opposite St. Loais by the construction of a iow dam , For the ser- | across the channel east of Arsenal Island and in the | revetment of sald Island. $50,000; for St Mary’s River and St Mary's Falls Canal, | Michigan, $2 ir the improvement of the $200,000; Mississippt River above the Falis of St An no part of which is to be expended on for Fox and Wisconsin rivers, $190,000; for t Wabash River, $75,000; for the Iilinoia Kiver, $40,000; for the improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri and | | Arkaneas rivers, $126,000; (or the improvement of the Missiamppi between the mouths of the Illinois at | Arkansas rivers, $125,000; tor the improvement of the | Mississippi between the ‘mouths of the Iilinoi aud | Obio rivers, $215,000; for the improvement of the sbip | channel in Galveston’ Bay, $100,000; for the im ment of the mouth of the Missiseipp! Kiver, $100,000; | for the improvement of the Des Moines Rapids, Missis. sippt River, $275,000. Besides the above there aro | otber appropriations for all the States, | IMMIGRATION, ‘The bill introduced to-day by Senator Harvey “to promote immigration and to protect immigrants on ‘their passage to the United states’’ isa copy of the Ishment the guilty parties, and bo has not hesitated to | Measure heretofore introduced by Representative Con- doso when he deemed it necessary. ger, of Michigs Tt provides, amor other things, So much of the resolution as refers to attorneys of | for the appolatment of a commissioner of immigra- the United States, revenuo agents, supervisors or | on, who, under the others connected with or in any manner assisting in the prosecution of persons charged with violating the Internal Revenue law at St. Louis, Chicago and Mil- ipervision of the Secretary of the Treasury, is to number of requirements prescribed by the bill in re- gard to the treatment, accommodations, &c, of the waukeo is somewhat obscure, and 1 1s difficult 'mmigranis while on shipboard or in transit to this to determine whether the purpose of tbat part of the | country. Consuls are also required to personally inapoct resolution 14 co inquire If any payments were made by | %! versels carrying emigrants to the United States and such officers or persons or whether they are referred to | Teport in each case tothe Commissioner of lmmigra- under the exception about which mo inquiry is made, viz. :—Payments for legal notices inserted in news- papers But, giving to the inquiry the broadest scope, the Secretary has the honor to say that be has neither tion whether the law is complied with. TAXATION ON RAILROAD LANDS, The House bill in regard to local taxation of railroad ) ! | to the execution of a great | qands, as reported from = | eral attention. This was, | am informed, any respectab! the rales rity qualification is nominated by them as o | patrolman, with the understanding that the spplicant pa; the salary of such officer, the application is granted. This Just, and while tt ts open to abuses affecting the discipline of the foree, still this Board would be glad jo in regard to your department adopt the same is meets with your al. Mian ale hn yA ensily to be seen of getting sil orders for a “policeman” by all men who carry funds—and I do not funas. Highway rob- iscriminate between publie or priv frlcas, Se setter a pr bery is highway robbery, and « whose purse is stolen, and « ould be granted with equal force to all paymasters it to one. The better way would be to expect each bank aud department to e f iceman, Sutton, w! might ey, tha own. Ta th r Jows your departmont paymaste ‘of no move vervice than any ordinary tnitorm are at home or covered. up rh gn Ah THE ELECTIONS. Result of the Contest in Connecticut. Ingersoll’s Plurality Seven Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-one. THE LEGISLATURE STRONGLY DEMOCRATIC. Elections Throughout the Country. Rarrrorp, April 4, 1876 The battie being ended, the victors and. vanquished look around for causea and effects. The result in this State, as far as democratic success 1s concerned, was almost conceded from the start by all parties. Within afew days immediately preceding election, however, the republicans began to assume a courage if they bad it not They ventured to hope for a chance of securing the Legislature, Ingersoll would got a plurality vote no doubt, but that was about all; he could mot obtain a majority, Then tho Legislaturo “might” be secured. A democratic majority of thirty-six on joint ballot of last year “might” be upset. This majority bad been pulled down from the previous session. Why not finish the good work effectually on Monday, April 3? Thus talked some sanguine republican wiseacres; but the leaders, such men as the Jewells, tho Sperrys and others, shook their heads and said nothing. They were too full for utterance, The storm was coming and toey folt that it was am impossibility to avert it When Con- | necticut was allowed to ‘drift’ she always drifted into a democratic harbor, This is the old political legend of the Nutmeg State, But why was she allowed to drift, evidently without compass or rudder? That is a seri- us question for republicans to answer this morning as they glance over the returns THN GREENHACK PASCO. Much was expected of the republicans asa result of the greenback or inflation movement. They hoped it would draw off enough of votes from the democratic State ticket to prevent a majority for Ingersoll, But they counted without their host, Tho inflation herocs made a small showing throughout the State, but it can- not be denied, however, that those people exhibited considerable strength in New Haven and one or two other pluces whore organizations had been formed. As 4 political party im Connecticut they could only be looked upon in the light of “strikers.” Some good men were on the ticket, but as the remotest chance did ‘not exist to elect that ticket, their movements hada “striking” appearance in the eyes of the a ple. They could only help to kill the democratic organization trom which they sprung and hand it over to the bitter toes of both. It was the off- spriog ip arms against its parents; the dog snapping back at the hand that caressed it. In a close State like Connecticut the greenback element might have done mischief in this way; but it has failed ignominiously. It ought to be a Josson to some of those men who, vending to fight on the platform of Lag are only set up by the political auctioneer to be sold to the luighest bidder. We have had such organiza- tiong in Now Yorkgigcity, from the ward striker to the county opposition leader, get their price ani their way, people’s denunciation follow them home, making ashes of their future political aspirations, It will probably be just so in Connecticut. Mr. Atwator, the eenback candidate for Governor, received only some 2,100 votea, This was but a rip) on tho general cur- Tent, but it might have proved a gigantic wave, sweep- ing before it the democratic State ticket, if we bap- pened to have bad a close contem on Monday. YROMIBITION VOTR. temperance mon also fell off con- votes of last year. This was beno- element 1s re- siderabiy from th Hieial to the republicans, as such crusted principally from their ranks, ‘This fact might account for republican gains in some of the districts, although the general result has proved so particulariy disastrous to that party. Last year the temperunco vote was 4,042 Yesterday {t only recorded some 1,691. ‘Thin is another organtzation fostered by political in- triguers in this State to accomplish their plans Theso advocates of tem ce know Dee A weil, like the 1 Hation fanatics, that ye 4 cannot win, Ostensibly tb object of running a ticket is that they may, showing strength, procure some ive recog. nition, 80 a# to entirely probibit the sale of spirituous liquors throughont the State, This | object may bea. very laudable one, There are some men in the orgavization who belfeve im it on tho ground of principle. But the main body is ruled by wire-pulling politicians, who run this little machine in democratic interosts, Where a dozen votes might tell 1n a town in the coptests for Representatives, if that majority 1# on the republican side then o temperance man might be put up. He would draw off from the republicun candidate enough of those votes to permit the democratic Representative to siipin between the two, This ruse was practised successtully in two or three of the districts at the last election, RESULTS AND TOTALS. | By comparing the vote of last year for Governor with | that of yesterday the result of the latest contest will be more easily understood. The vote of 1875 was as tollows :— Counties. ‘Thus it will be seen that tho cast was 100,983; Mr. Ingersoil’s majority over all be- mg ne esterday the whole number of votes recorded ‘was 98,547, 2,436 less toan last year, as follows :— 752 2,043 number of votes all.. use those artifices pot tect, while the hi will walt patiently for am tnvestigation of their se- A case, however, ‘sriso—the attack on your doputy—thet was s0 woususl and {solated as to attract Seorder and peowntary distros, awa 1s Vs Gouvetel if euch 4 reas, 3 a ae ease will ever oecar ‘sulin; it is difficult 10 see how [t cat, tor our oftice bas but one entrance, we ther i. ght. ‘would ueed & heve jated claim- ¥ are “politicians,” is vot really per- of ‘elficiency. ‘The sympathies ‘with you in your efforts to stop | ent claigs. place every clerk been “a! ment of fraud their side completely overcomes all the issucs raised by their opponent. FIRE IN AN OIL FACTORY. The oil works of Dinslow & Sush, Twenty-tth street, South Brooklyn, woox fire at hali-past six o'clock yesterday morning. The burning oil reached the lumber yard of Adams & Ca, adjoining, causing a damage of about $1,000, The or! also set fire to the schoveer Alexander ihe amouas of $800 "Tbe propecns a fully lncarea, °° | re-elected Governor on the republican ticket, in view The Commissioners of Police feol that the letter on | ABthony. strong movement, however, against Mr. The majority for 7} votes Debind tha: of 1875, This is explained, howover, by | democrats stating that last year several thousand Fepublican votes were cast tor Ingersoll in preterence to Greene, COMPLEXION OF THE LEGISLATURE A marked democratic increase bas taken place in the Legislature. Last year there were 15 domucrats in tne | Senate and republicans. In the House of Represen- tatives there were 136 democrats, 105 republicans and 4 tndepenaents, This year there is a democratic ma- Jority of over 80 upon joint ballot THR PREMDENTIAL CONTEST. As I have already explained, the olficers elected yon- torday will only hold over eight’ months—uatil the Las | ofJanaary next, The last spring election in Connecti | eut took place yesterday, Next November aGovernor, | Senators, Representatives, and all town and cuy | officers will be chosen over agtin. The Legislature | wilt assemble at Hartiord on the let of January in- stoad of on tho let of*May. The Governor and Sen- ators will be elected for two years instead of on and the people must be thus relieved of « burden- some necessity of attending exclusively to politics at loast one-half of their lives. The republicans say they will placo before the peoplo exactly the samo Buate ticket as presented for su! yesterday. It is probable that the democrats will follow the exam- ple. The republican party seems to be considerably divided as to the most eligible candidates at Cincinuati, | ‘Their delegation ts unpledged. Governor Jowell haa | not. expressed his preferences, bat General Hawiey | came out boldly the other night in favor of that ‘noble | men of:an American,” Secretary Bristow. The allusion was received with thanders of applause from ‘the large audience present on the occasion, THE CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT. Wn the Third Congressional district, composed of New London and Windham counties, there was a clove | Tace between John T. Wait, the republican candidate, and David A. Wells, democrat, It was thought ‘vy the republicans that Wait would have carried off the pain: of victory by a large majorit; be | ‘was nearer defeat, The ge ing are 4822 234 200 129 7,813 “us RHODE ISLAND'S BATTLE TO-DAY. & REPUBLICAN VICTORY BELIEVED TO BE AS- SURED. Newronr, April 4, 1876 ‘The Rhode Isiand State election occurs to-morrow, and, should the weathor prove favorable, « large vote will be polled, and without doubt Henry Lippitt will be of the compromise with the friends of Hon, Henry B, Lippitt has devolopod itself within the past week, and, as a result, the temperance and democratic ticket will polla handsome vows, There is no disguising the fact that mowey will be used to secure the election of the republican tfeket. On): F 2,1 bas been sent bere trom Providence, because of fact that the voters sup- ported Rowland Hazard, the bolters’ candidate last year, instead of Mr. Lippitt, who was the remular bomince ELEOTION AT PORT JERVIS. Pont Jnnvis, N. ¥., April 4, 1876 At the charter election, held here to-day, the deme- cratic ticket, with one exception, was elected by @ ma Jority of 215, Charles B. Gray (rep), being elected by ‘® majority over all of 150. THE CONTEST IN OHIO, 4 SMALL REPUBLICAN VICTORY. Crvcrxxart, April 4, 1876, Returns from Ofty-foar towns and cities in Onie show a general republican majority in twenty-twoanda democratic majority in nineteen. The rest are evenly divided. Loeal questions entered so largely into the contest that the result is no test of party stremgth, ‘THE CITY ELECTION. In the election yatattay for mouibers of the Board of Pubiic Works the democrats elected three and the republicans two, ‘The republicans will have a majority in the City Council and Schoo! Board aud also in the Water and Police boards. The republicans have six out of the eleven members of the City Council, THER TOLEDO CITY ELECTION. Toimpo, April 4, 1876 The republicans yesterday clectod their Street Com missioner by about 900 majority, and thelr Councih man in the First, Second and Third wards, BEPUBLICAN SUCCESS IN CLEVELAND, CimveLanD, April 4, 1876 The genera) republican ticket was elected by 2,500 majority on ao average, The Council will stand twen- ty-two republicans to fourteen democrats, The repub- Heans elected fifteen out of eighteen Councilmen yes terday. The vote ant ee about mediam, eee Ary serve towns generally show republican ry politics was ignored in mau; Soon men REPUBLICAN RESULT IN DAYTON. Dayrow, April 4, 1876. Yesterday's election brought out the largest vote ever polled in this city. ‘The republicans elected their yor by 156 majority, against 137 democratic majority it October, together with several other city officers and the Schoo! Board, ELECTION IN ST. LOUIS. Sr, Lovrs, April 4, 1876. The election to-day for one Aldermen from each ward, ‘ht School Directors anda board of thirteep Freeholders, to devise a plan for the separation of the city from the county and for framing a new city char- ter, passed off very quietly. Foll returos bave not yet’ been received, but enough is known to indicate the election of a majority of democrata and independent democrats as Aldermen and what is known as the pcople’s Freeholders’ ticket, The School Directors will probably be equally divided, but the ward will continue republican. The other Freeholders’ ticket ‘was selected ut a joint meeting of tne democratic and republican couuty committees, politics being entirely ignored in the matter. Four of the candidates were on both tickets, Politics did not enter very largoly into the canvass, and tuere were an unusual number of iu- dependent candidates in the fleld, several of whom were elected, LOCAL ELECTION IN INDIANA. Evassvintr, April 4, 1876, ‘The city election yesterday passed off quietly. The republicans elect tive Councilmen and the democrats one, The new Council will be a tie, with a democratic Mayor, who holds over, The republicans also el the Treasurer and Clerk and the democrats the Mar- shal aud Sur The democrats last year elected five Councilmen, Clerk, Marshal and Surveyor, DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN LITTLE ROCK. Littie Rock, Ark., April 4, 1876. The election to-day occasioned considerable excites ment, The detocrats elected the City Treasurer without opposition, and three out of six Alderm One ward ie doubiful, and two independonts cer ATCHISON CITY ELECTION. Atcuisox, Kan., April 4, 1876. The election here to-day for city officers resulted im the election of the entire republican ticket and three out of four Councilmen. Last year the democrats elected their entire ticket, excepting Mayor, OMAHA'S CHARTER ELECTION. Omana, April 4, 1876, To-day’s municipal election resulted in the choice of four democratic and two republican Aldermen, LONG ISLAND TOWN ELECTIONS The town elections in Queens and Suffoik counties took place yesterday, and so far as known passed off quietly, The bad weather did not prevent » large vote, as it interfored with farming operations, and the farmers consequently bad free opportunity to attend at the polls... In Suffolk county the votes in most of the towns will not be cunvassed until to-day, but re- publican Supervisors are douvtless elected ity Of the towns, and perhaps in ail excepti aud Huntington. In Queens county the results can- not be regarded as baving any political significance, ‘as thoy were ly induenced by questions of purely local interest. The Supervisors elected are a majority of toem, ax usual, democrats. The resurns by towns, so far as known, show the following results: — Overture Bay.—Geurge 8. Downing (dem.), is ro elected over ’Squiro Post (rep.) Norra Hearsréad,—Samuel Wallets (rep.), is re- elected over Francis Skillman (dem.) Hempsteap. —There 18 a cl vote between Ebene- cambent, and B. Vi re to be counted to-day. LUI e, (dem.), 18 probably elected over Thomas 8. Willets, (rep.), present moum- v Jamaica,—The contest was quite spirited between the friends of Joba H. Brinkerhof (dem.), present in- cumbent, and John J. Rider (ind.) cab- vass bad not been conciuded at a late hour, but the chances are that Mr. Briukerbof is re-elected, as the town 1s heavily democratic, Newrowx.—Robert Bundyk, (dem.), present incum- bent, is re-elected without opposition. Loxa IgLax Crtv,—Jumes Bradley, (*Noble”? dem. }. resent incumbent, is re-elected Supervisor over wis Roedige, (*“Grabam,”” dem.) Ex-Mayor De Bevoise, “Graham,” candidate for Mayor, isdoubtless re-elected, having carried three out o1 the five wards. Michael Delehanty is elected Civil Justice, and Rovert McNulty, James Stevenson, Michael Donnelly, John Korfman and Joba J. Mitchell are the new 2. ‘he first three of the Aidermen are straight out, or Graham democrats; the otber two are reformers, who were supported by the reform democrats and republ!- cars. Tbe contest has been quite an exciting one, and some of the scenes at the conventions and meetings preceding the election were turbulent and disgraceful, A DISGRACKFUL RIOT. About half-past five o’clock in the afternoon, when the excitement at the polls of the Second ward, at Blissville, ran highest, City Cierk Stephen Cavanagh, ‘who favored the nodine or retorm ticket, met Ned Car- rol, who had been couchman for Henry C. Debevoise, the opposition candidate jor Mayor, in James Brad- ley’s saloon, at t trance to Calvary Cemetery. The men soon became engaged in an angry discussion, aud the Iriends of each fiocked into the saloon from the polls, which were on the opposite side of the street, Bradley, the proprietor of the place, was himeelf a candidate for the position of Supervisor on the Reform ticket, so that Carroll, alter had precipitated the fight, telt he had but little chances escape harm. He therefore drow a kuite and ma lange at Cavanagh. The crowd then closed in and nife was wi from his hands, some say by Cavanagh, who iustantly struck back with it, cutting Carroil on the eye and on the cheek. Carroll, at any rate, cried out that he was cut, and bis friends railed to his assistance, only to be very soon hustied out im the street, where, after @ few desultory skirmishes, the battle ended, and Carroll was taken home by his friends biecding profusely. | POLL DISTURBANCES IN OTTAWA, Ortawa, Ont, April 4, 1876, Owing to the riotious proceedings at two of the poll booths at tho election for Mayor yesterday im Ottawa the successful candidate Is not yet definitely known, but it 1s supposed wr, Waller basa majority over Ma Banga KINGS COUNTY DEMOCRATS, Last night there was a meeting of the Democratic General Committee at their headquarters, corner of | Court and Remsen streets, Brooklyn, and the business of the evening was principally the consideration of a new constitution, which a sub-committee bad beea engaged in framing. There was considerable discussion by the members, and at a late hour it was adopted by Committee with few changes, The Commutteo then adjourned. KINGS COUNTY REPUBLICANS, ‘A regular meeting of the Republican General Com- mittee of Kings county was held last night in Sewyer’s Hall, corner of Jay and Fulton streets, Brooklyn, Jo, seph Reeves in the chair, and C. C. Patterson acting af Secretary, The resignation offered at the last meeting of G. N. Gater, of the Twentieth ward, was withdrawa, after which &@ resolution was offered by Alexander Johnson, 0: the second ward, which recommended that im tucure appiicants for positions in any of partments, Navy Yard, &e, having ‘Ward associations, also reeommendal pointment of deputy marshals, &c., of After the transaction of very slight importance the committee PRODUCE EXCHANGE NOTES, Meeting of the aaamagers iil take mb ‘Will be acted cm,