The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1876, Page 3

WASHINGTON. ‘Grave Charges Against the Presi- dent of the United States, MISUSE OF THE SECRET SERVICE FOND. * Money Paid to “Johnny” Davenport by Order of General Grant Whitley’s Story and Its Corroboration by Attorney General Williams. THE ATTACKS ON BRISTOW. “FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasurxeron, April 19, 1876. STARTLING STORY AFEECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PRESIDENT—THE SECRET SERVICE MONEY USED FOR CABRYING NEW YORK ELECTIONS— ‘THE MONEY PAID ON THE ORDER OF hsrrenciuwmcat QRANT—TESTIMONY OF WHITLEY AND FX- | Repairs and Steam Engineering. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAMS. An astounding aevelopment was made to-day in Mr. Caulficld’s Commitice on Expenditures in the Depart- ment of Justice, the testimony involving in a very painfal manner the President of the United States. The story relates to and confirms the charges made ™ New York in 1872 that the administra- tion had interfered, in an improper and even corrupt manner, in the elections of that year. It will be remembered that in that year John I. Davenport became notorious for his conduct as federal Supervisor of Elections and United States Commis- ‘ sioner under the law giving the federal power authority to superintend elections of federal officers, It was shown to-day, first by the testimony of Colonel Whitley, " ex-Chiet of tho Secret Service, and then by the con- , firmatory admissions of ex-Attoruey Genirl Willams, that Williams, through Whitley, sent to Davenport im all at different times $30,000 of the | becret service fund of the Department of Justice; that all this was thus sont during the months immediately Preceding the elections in New York, and that it was | given to Whitley for Davenport by Williams on the * direct orders of President Grant. The following is the story in its details:— Some days ago Colonel Whitley, ex-Chief of the So. cret Service, appeared before the Committee on Ex- Penditure of the Department of Justice and testiflod to having furnished Jonn I. Davenport, of New York, large amounts of money from the Secret Service fund on the order of Attorney Goneral Williams, and stated that he believed that he had certain letters and to be on the track of otter expenditures not different in kind from this made ia New York, but in the ag- gregate very largely exceeding inamount, There are fifteen or twenty receipts to Whitley from Davenport, amounting to $40,000; also letters from the Attorney General and Davenport. Attorney General Williams gave directions to Whitley as to the disposition of the meney, which were to give it to Davenport. Some of tho docaments were already in the hands of the committee, and Whitley supposed that they were stolen from bis cftice. Money was paid in sums vary- ing from $1,000 to $10,000 cach time, Williams said he was ordered to havo it paid to Davenport by the President. Twenty thousand dollars of this money wi | paid to Davenport just before the elections of 1872, HOW THR NEW YORK RLECTIONS WERE CARRIED. | Witness did net seem inclined to give the facts, but they were forced out of him, and when he saw that they had the letters he gave up. LABOR OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE— THE SAVING IN THE NAVY AND POST OFFICE | DEPARTMENTS—PROPOSED ABOLISHMENT OF CERTAIN NAVY YARDS. | The Appropriations Committee have completed their | review of the Navy and Post Office bills and bave effected a reduction in the two from last year’s app! priations of about $8,0C0,000, a yery important saving, For the naval establishment the appropriations last year were over $17,000,000, The estimates made this year by the Navy Department were nearly $21,000,000, and Mr. Rundall has reduced these to about $14,000,000. He reduces the force of seamen from 8,500 to 7,600, which, of course, makes a Proportional saving in all the items of expense. The principal economies aside from this ure made in the Bureaus of Conrtruction and The committee are in consultation with the Naval Committee concerning some changes in the navy yards, and they think of temporarily closing the Kittery yurd, abolishing that | at New London entirely and surrendering the site to those who gave it; abandoning also the Pensacola Navy Yard and selling that at Boston. If they can | agree upon these reiorms they will probably establish | m naval station, but no yard, at Port Royal, { For the Post Office the appropriations for the current | year are $37,500,000, and the committeo propose tv cut | this down for next year to $33,500,000, and tnus make a reduction of a little over $4,000,000, The actual saving to the Treasury will, however, be larger than this, The rece pts of the Post Oifice for the current year are $29,148,000; the estimated receipts for next year are $29,258,000; the deiiciency or cost of the service over and above the income 1s, for the cur- rent year, $8,980,000, and for the next year it will be | but $4,179,000. ‘This would show an actual saving of $4,755,000. 3 The Appropriations Committee has been very hard worked, and Mr. Randall and his fellow committeemen are making all the haste they can consistently with the thorough and faithful examination of the bills before | them. Mr. Randall declared at the beginning of the session that he wouid take care not to attempt such retrench- ment as would enivarrass the government, and he has taken the gratest pains im the ecrutiny of the esti- | mates to make reductions ouly where they can be borne without Injury to the'public service, The com- mittee are now well up with their work. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasmixatoy, April 19, 1876. THE WAR ON SECRETARY BRISTOW—AN OLD SCANDAL REVIVED AND EXPLODED. A story was quite widely circulated to-day involving charges against Secretary Bristow, vo the offect that | le. ‘The salaries of Congressmen under the con | tor Sargent will make any reply to Mr. Phillips nor whether the republican Senate will notice the grave charge made officially against one of its members. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wasntyotox, April 19, 1876. VETO OF THE BILL FOR REDUCING THE PRESI- DENT'S SALARY AND THE REASONS THEREFOR. In the Senate, smmediately aQter the journal of yes- | terday’s proceedings was read, the Chair laid belore the Senate the following Message :— : To tHe Suxare ov Tun Uxitxp Starks:— Herewith I return Senate bill No. 172, entitled “An act fixing the salary of the President of the United States,” without my approval, I am constrained to | this course from a seuse of duty to my successors in office, to myself and to what is due to the dignity of the Position of Chief Magistrate of a uation of moro than 40,000,000 of people.” When the sulary of the President of the United States was fixed by the constitution at $25,000 per unnum we were w nation of but 3,000,000 of people, poor from a long and exhaustive war, with- out commerce or Manutactures, with but few wants and those cheaply supplied. The salary must then have been deemed small sibilities and dignity of the position, but justilably so from the impoverished condition of the Treasury and the simplicity it was desired to cultivate in the Repuv- tution jn seR- were first tixed at $6 per day for the ume actual! siou, an average of about 120 da: per ye r loss than one-thirt of the salary of the Preside Congressmen have legislated upon their owa salaries trom ume to time sinec, until finally they have reached $5,000 each per an- pum, or one-iifth that of the President be. fore the salary of the latter was increased, No one hav- ing a knowledge of the cost of living at the national cap- ital will contend that the present salaries of Congress- men are too high, unless it be the intention to make the oilice one entirely of nonor, when the salary should be abolished, a proposition repugnant to our republican ideas und institutions. Ido not believe the citizens of this Ropablic desire their pablic servants to serve them without a fair compensation for their services. som Of $25,000 doe: Executive for one year, or hus not in my experience. It is now one-fifth in value what it was when fixed vy the constitution in supplying demands and wants. Having no personal interest im this matter, I have felt myself free to return bill to the House im which it origin- ated with my objections, believing that in doing so L meet the wishes and judgment of the great maj: those who indirectly pay all the salaries and other ex- penses of the government. U. 8. GRANT. Exxcvtivg Maxsioy, April 18, 1876. On motion of Mr. Clayton it was ordered that the Message be printed and relerred to the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment. SECRETARY BRISTOW AND THE DISTILLERY SCANDAL—A SHARP LETTER TO THE COM- MITTEE ON EXPENSES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, - Secretary Bristow has addressed the following letter } to Hon. B. G. Caulfield, chairman of the Commuttee on Expenses, Department of Just TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Wasmxuroy, D. C., April 19, 1876. Sm—My attention has been catied to the Washington despatches to the Baltimore Gazette of this date (copy inclosed), from which it appears that some time last woek Mr. T. W. Bartley, of ths city, appeared before your committee and detailed rumors under oath | affecting my official integrity. This witness is repro- sented as having swora upon: Intormation and belies in substance, that while | was United States Attorney for | the district of Kentucky a number of distilleries were seized at my instance, and that soon after, upon an offer of a large sum of money I resigned and’ procured the appointment of my assistant, Colone! Wharton, as my sticcessor, became counsel for these distillers and, m accordance with the terms of the « alleged agreement, procured the release of their property.t | | | It 1s ditlicult to credit the statement that an otticer of the governtnent who could be reached by your com- mittee in a few minutes, should be allowed to remain in ignorance of the exact character of such testimony for nearly a week, and that no opportunity to meet charges of so. serious a nature should be afforded Lim, In the absence of an; under oatb, and without reference to the alleged denial of these statements by unotber witness, I must promptly meet the slander as 1 find it in the public prints, even at the risk of appearing to reflect upon the methods of your committee, The story, whether testified to by Mr, Bartley or any- | = one else before your committee, ts absolutely and un- ualifiedly false. I trast your commiitee will recognize | for the respon- | ) impends over the peonie to each session, o $720 | My ¢ not defray the expenses of the | ity of | THE INDIANA DEMOCRATS. STATE NOMINEES—PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES— CONTRACTION OPPOSED—A SAFE PAPER CUR- RENCY ADVOCATED, Isptayapouis, April 19, 1876. ‘The following is the ticket nomtnated by the Demo- cratic State Convention to-day :— Governor—James D, Williams, of Knox county. Lieutenant Governor—Isaac P. Gray, of Randolph county. Judges Supreme Court—First distriet, 8. H. Buskirk, Monroo county; second district, A. G. Downey, Ohio county; third district, John Pettit, Tippecanoe county ; foureh district, James L. Wo Allen county, Secretary of . Neft, Randolph county. State Auditor—E. Henderson, Morgan county. Benjamin ©. Shaw, Marion couaty, Attorney General—C. A. Buskirk, Monroe ney. Superimiendent of Public Instruction—J, H. Smart, Allen conuty, fhe following is the platform adopted :— DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. ‘The democracy of Indians declare their fidelity to all the Provisions of the te of the Btates, all public tru: ral coustitution, to # perpetual union al self-government in every section, to d obligations, to the honest revervation of the public futh, to reo “schools “und to the. puro and an ment of the public debt, to the the maintenance of economical administration of the municipal govern dixtrens that prev: federal, State ts, ‘They contemplate with slarm the: widespread financial ruin and the — corruption pervades the public service, and they these evils are the direct resi that charge. that of the personal govern- ment, unwise loxtslation, vi nancial policy, the great contraction of the curreticy aud the extravagance and sel~ ty and its officials who have so long held rol, ‘they invite all who desire official purity and justiment of financial questions upon sound isis, having «regard for the interests and welfi whole people and not a class, and the reco, n'ti settioment of all questions sutmitted to tue the sword to unite with them: thus declare Firdt—Lhat the civil service of the goverument hus becom corrupt and Is made the object of personal cain, and it is th first duty which the people owe ty themselves, and the xo¥- ¢ tosts of hones arbitration of selection of persons to fill all public positions. Sromd—The repeated exposures of corruption in the ad- intratic and li investigation, not only that corrupt brought to light and guilty parties to also that it may be mae clear to the people ‘ uedy for rolorm is by making w generat and thorough change. Third—That retrenckment aud economy are indispeusable in federal, State and municipa! administration, as an essen- tial means toward the burdens of the people, and we commend the « {the majority of the House Kepresemiatives foe the reduction of the expenses of th federal government to a Junt standard, und their determin: to lessen the number of useless offices, Fourth=We velieve in our an silvor are the true and wale basis for th in favor of measures und poli the evin and untry, and we are hat will produce of the Y, oppose the contraction of the volume of our Papert currency and deetare in favor of the adoption of ménsares looking to the gradual retirement of the tion of the n. onl banks and the substitution the i wot sk notes issued by Siath—We recognize wil recuperative energies with which fe and we observe that, in spite of the int PONCE Tawa uf commorce which las been practised, our. currency has improved in proportion as our wealth has increased and the seuse of national and local security has been confi fe, theretore, of the opinion that a natural retu payments will be promoted by definite information from your com- | mittee ip regardto what the witness renily stated * { be just claims of Union soldiers, thelr wi hand industries, by the assy peace abroad, and bj igthening: ministration of renth—The logal tender notes constitute « xate currency 11d one espectally valuable to the debtor classes because if its lezal tender quality, aud we demand the reneat.of the Joulstation onucted.by ihe republican party 1 withdrawal from eltculation and the substitu national bank paper. Eighth—The uct of Congress for the resumption of specig Pavinents on the 1st of January, 1879, was # pariy mensure devised in secret caucus for party ends and the House of K amendmen ute undor party diseipline, industry, c1 Hist of the future, turns and producer out of entployment, is a stunding threat upon Dusihes# men aud ahould at ones be repealed without any conditian whatever. Vinth—Aw democrats we may indulge in laudable pride at the great success of our common school system, which bad ite origin in democratic policy and ite development im demo- cratic mew y dd forever maintain for of m there! roperly guarded is wD the trae the liquor traffic. inciple in lextsiat Hlecenth—It is wot the right of any political party to make ard childrer., Y such rights are more of partisan controversy, eeted by ull the peopl u into the political are i! jot us partisans, but because it of our national | Her hair wus roiled up over a high cushion and pow | capacity and tidelity | " | and turned ever to us complete on the 29th of February } ‘the women's day’ ve offs at gold and | Mutt slso some work of her daughters. | countries have promised to send us exhibits, [don’t | behove you Know half that woman has done. A woman eas ncerents of | i | women | | them in the future will come out of this Exbibition. | good deal of 81 | there must be a fire, and we depend on every woman ! then shown and expliined by Mrs, French. ‘our national | | music.” wing tor ite | forced through | atives without the allowance of | t ‘NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1876—TRIPLE SHEET. : WOMEN’S CENTENNIAL UNION. GRAND MEETING OF PATRIOTIC WOMEN AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE LAST NIGHT. ! A large meeting on bebalf of the New York Women's | Centennial Union was held last evening in the great hall of Cooper Iustitute. About 1,000 ladies were present, Mrs. Dr. French presided, Tho meeting was epencd by music by a brass band, the members of the band being Little boys ranging from 19 to 16 years of age. ‘Their periormances wore excellent, After welcoming the ladies Mrs, French introduced Mrs. Webb, who re- cited an original poom, dedicated to Mrs, Gillespie, called “Freedom's Invocation,” which was applauded very heartily. After this two young ladies, one rep- Fesenting 1776, and tho other 1876, played a duct airs, The young Indy of 1776 was dressed tu old-fashioned brocaded silk, made with long pointed waist and sleeves tight to the elbow, | dered, The young lady of 1873 was dressed im a handsome pink silk dress, made im the pre- | vailing fashion. Mra. French then said:—f take | great pleasure in introducing Mra, Gillespie, of Phila- delphia, great granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin, the pioneer in the centenital work of women, who will tell us how much they have accomplished,” Mrs. Gillespie then rose and said:—‘I am glad to be here and very glad to sce so many who, if mankind are called the bone and sinew, are the no less valuable part of humanity, the tissue and nerves, That is tho part you play, and’as much depends on you as on the men. Tam glad to seo you under this roof, which was. raised by one who has done so much for women, [ have come to tell you of what we are doing. In 1873 THIRTREN WOMEN WERE CALLED TOGETHER and asked to get up some interest in this maiter among women, We did not know exactly what todo. We be- gau stumbling and have gone on stumbling, but wo hope to stand erect. A main portion of our hall is re- served for women's inventions, Onthe 8tb of June the Director General told me that foreigners were demand- | 0 Ofevery beagelt at pubis ciiaite walt, fer cu, | {0g $0 much room that If wo wanted our exhibition in full we would have to have a separate building. Wo found it would cost $30,000. We have established organizations in twenty-nine States, The Southern | States are all so reduced that they can give us little but their sympathy. I wrote to the Indios in the several States and we raised the money. ‘The building was commenced on the 12th of October In our department for woma: work will be exhibited some of Queen Victoria’s worl T am sure we Nearly all the foreign ought to feol graceful for this, (Laughter,) She lttle knew ‘erses Would bo writien ou it. have been too poor to patents. 1 hope what beautiful y Hitherto | take out their | own something better for We have not ace nplished su very much, but thero 1s a ke, and where there is so much smoke present to help kindle the blaze.”” Stereopticon views of the Centennial buildings were A collec: tion for the centenmal fund was afterward taken up, | und all the ladies were requested to send in their names on slips of paper previoasly handed to them to be sent to Ph and enrolled there. While this was going on the youthful band ‘“discoursed sweet More recitations and music followed. MILITIA AT THE CENTENNIAL. The following circular has been issued to the various National Guard organizations in this city in relation to the intended visit ofsome of them to tho Centennial Exhibition :— GunxraL Heapquanrtens Starx or New Yor, ADJUTANT GENKLAL'S Ovrtor, ‘rations of the National ements made by the State of Pennsylvania for the encan of the organized miflitia and National Guard in Fairmount Park on the occa- sion of the Centennial Extibition the following communica tlon from the Adjutant General of that State ts published :— AL'S ADJUTANT G Z FPICK, { a Hanuisnvrs. April 11, 1876, Genoral Faaxxuix Townsuxn, Adjutant Gendral of New York, Albany, N. Y.:— Grsinal—About two hundred and sixty acres of land within geet 8 of Fairmount Park and about a mile in its igument ot grounds to the military bodies who may visit and op) been disposed of the Supply bill was_ placed on its final passage, and passed by 94 yeas to 24 nays, THE STATE CAPITA The Struggle Over the Supply. Bill in the House Ended. THE BROOKLYN CHARTER DEFEATED Grave Rumors of Corruption in the Killing of the Measure. Appointment of Banks of Deposit for New York City’s Public Moneys. THE EMIGRATION COMMISSION. Acuany, April 19, 1876. The call of the House ordered Tuesday evening, and Subject to the operation of which the Assembly ad- journed, very naturally created quite a commotion among the absentees, who only learned of their predica- ment on waking up this morning. The doors were all locked against them when they put in an appearance at the Capitol, and there was much speculation as te what degree of punishment would be meted out to them, But the whole thing ended in a farce, tor na sooner had tne Speaker culled those members to ordet who were prezent when the call of the House was or- | dered the evening previous, thana motion was made by Mr. Forster to have the call suspended. This mo- tion prevailed, and, to use 8 Hibernianism, the absen- tees, who were present in the lobbies In strong forco, were allowed to enter and take seats among the fuith- ful. Then, straightway, there ensued a fierce parliae mentary contest Letween Mr. Forster on the one side the Speaker on tho other, Shortly after Forster and those who followed him in their factious tion—for it was nothing else—to the bill bad THE BROOKLYN CHARTRE. Several weeks ago the Brooklyn charter, introduced by Mr. Ogden, who is by long odds the ablest member of the Kings county delegation, came up on its final pissage, The author of the measure showed that its pagsage was demanded by the best citizens of Brook- lyn, regardless of party. But the bill was not palat able to the democratic party hacks and the ‘bhoy” interest generally of the City of Churches, and they resolved to kill it. The pipe laying to that end, which had been carried on stealthily for daya before the bill was pliced on the order of ite third reading, succeeded to their heart's content, for the bill only got sixty-one instead of the required constitutional sixty-' votes. The failure of the bill to p was caused by the defection of Gugel and Holfnan, of New York, and Gallagher and Lawson, ot Erie, and Slingeriand, of Albany, all republicans, who voted with the democrats against the measure, Bat Mr, Ogden was not willing to give the battle up at that point, and as s00n as the vote was announced made 8 motion to reconsider the vote, and that that motion be laid on the table. This motion was carried and was allowed to ie upon the table undisturbed until to-day, when he called it up. Mr. Betts, of New York, repal lican, was absent on the first call. He was in his seat on the second call, and when his name had been shouted twice distinctly by the Clerk and once by the Speaker he got up and wanted to kuow what question was before the House. The Clerk read the ttle of the bill, Botts was not satistied, so he asked to be excused from voting, being careful not to give his reasons. This request was refused by a vote of 47 to 00. He then voted in the negative, as did Gugel Hoffman and Waits, republicans, also ol Now York, and Gallagher, of Erie, who is like the other four, a republican tn name. As the final vote stood 60 to 65, and it was requisite that 65 yeas should be obtained to carry Mr. Ogden’s motion the Vouchers at his residence in Boston to prove | when he was Solicitor of the Texas Pacific Railroad | the propriety of giving ‘me the opportunity to mect | equal bounties, Purbuten ear the ts ti < 'd cannot be again revived by either abi gli oh EER MST ORE . | Company, after his resiguation as Solicitor General, he | this buscless slander. promptly, and for this purpose I | He pur pleasure and duty nscitirons. 1 | thetandaart by mater: mad. it is coneeaueutly dedeabis | house. Tewilt bo noticed that Lawaon and Singerland, pon e order =o! je com busdiod: th Salleatae- Secvetars' ih to appoint R, | Tequest that tho ofllcers of the court, including the |: agus, pant the Juriadietion of the fuderal courts in cyt | that-as early as practicabl who voted against the bill weeks ago when it was put SAkidd! Wks presesbed 40S ssoucou:: dnd: Srevardea. |: Cents lonenee, cecreens elano to appoint Judge thereof, be brought before your counmittes aud | Seance juapecn si cxrended as ipelling thom te iry | orkanizations from your State intend to vi its tinal ‘were absent to-day, Their places to- . | ©. Hopkins, of San Francisco, as a special agent of | subjected t> public examination ‘touching all of the | thelr causes ut places when; on were aeeatint ber two other republicans, Betts and only to-day, when his examination was continued. He | the government to proceed to Mexico to obtam | matters ulloged by the witnesses In quesiion, either by | | Fhivtwath—We approve the bill which rocentiy pamed the | 13" be pegent’ and third, the name, of each egtinental | Watts, who voted for the bill when it first was placed on Produced to-day receipts {rom Davenport amounting to | transcripts of land grants which the company | Pierus of ihe court be examined. for the purpase of | ald all ofloers and smploye othe Culted states from cone | brstaliin” and Company. conmandant."aad. the denizna: | ite third reuding, Mr, Betts, in tue republien caucus something over $80,000, which money, he testified, he | C44 not obtain without the authority of the | showing that no such cases existed, at least, that T had | puting mousy to lutaenee cloctions. | bodies. Tt ix’ understood 1 bod | Wien favor of the bill, aud announced that he knew Mg ca + O° | government, and that this appointment and | 20 connection with any. Furthermore, I claim tho | of tue aebte of the District of Columbia, wiileb pe ab vate rome Sagar ” nd | Corrupt means were being resorted to in order to secure bad paid to Davenport, about $6,000 on the order of | tne service performed. undar it were solely in the | Tikter oath; .euclini?all ol tie mottore:Sterred to hy aay. | foes A eee eee eoreiat | Yuleles inuy be necessury. before. the detailed information | it% defeat, aud that he bitnself had been approaches, Attorney General Akerman and the balance on the | interest of the: Sues Vand at the ex- | of the witnesses WhO have been examined on thie aub- | Pruvements, vee ame as other owners of property, aud no | Teuested can be given. ttl In view of the neasapimaack | Cau it be that he lus since been “appr ised ever of Attorney General Williams during | pense of the government. This isa revival ot a story | J¢ct. Thave tho honor to be, very respectiully. your | ™Fieuh—That the people of Indiana recognize with pride | Possible. in the acknowledyement of this communication, | Mr. Muller, of the First New York Assombly dis. H ‘obedient servant, H. BRISTOW. ms econ tL <a wh Fogg you furnish sueh probabilities as you muy decin sufliciently duced the Committee on Cities to report th 71, 187 1873 and 1874, in | Which was printed at great length in uewspapers of ps NANA PANG AHR PR ont ‘gud ploasure the eminent public service of the Hon. Thomas | Feliable tor linmedinte advice, Very truly y trict, to-day induced the Committee ot por e years 1871, 2, 73 an ) in| Gallina and voed eh adds Wisi ik March ane TILDEN MEN CHOSEN. A. Hendricks; that in all public trusts he has been faishtal JAMES W. LATTA, A shins Oe ral yivanta, twstead of his bill to regulate the wages ot city laborers the months ‘immediately preceding the elec: | Cony tise ne eee oer journals nhac . oy public wd private lite pure and without | Organizations of tho National Guard intending to vist | that of Mr, Morrissey, which hws passed tbe | April, 1873 The story has this foundation, namely :— ——- Shove ibe saa Mieien Philadelphia during the Centennial Exbibition will make a | Senute, The committee, Teporting the fon in New York in each of those years | That the officers of the Texas Pacific finding that fraud- Hupsow, N. Y., April 19, 1876. , cautcenth—Thut the delegates to the Democratic National pad el xn egg dey agjatens eserel | aonacne ween fat Gsiatnas Comma nites, ake | Denver . toad i and the most part during the Presidential campaign | wlent Spanish land grants were being extensively lo- | The Domocratic Convention of Greene county to-day | Cit Yin vote of this heate in seid Convention ass unit In jand algo make « requisition for the necessary number | have the authority to regulate the rate of the “79 cated for the lands along the line of their road, which | clected as delegates to the State Convention A. P, | such munner asthe majority of the may doter- | oF ive Wilitucy Department of the State wil aduite ote | wages. They also ebruck out the limitation in the bill of 1872, He produced letters from Attorney Generals Akerman and Williams, which are in themselves sug- gestive specimens of political literature. He also Hated that bis information derived from Attorney General Williams was that the money was paid on the order of President Grant. Attorney General Williams was then summoned before the committee and teatified, that ‘Whitley’s statement was correct; that he had paid the money to Davenport at firston the writ- ten order of President Grant, being himself indieposed to make the payments; that he made the first payment upon the order or request of the President, and after- ward saw the latter at the Executive Mansion, who in- formed bim that Davenport was engaged ina great work, preparing some books, which, as Williams charac- terized »t, were a kind of mvention to prevent frauds in ‘ho elections. Tho President said that he had scen the books and commended very highly Davenport’s plan. Mr, Williams further testified that all this money was paid out to Chief Whitley and that no voucncrs were ever retained in the Department of Justice to show that Davenport had received a dollar from this Secret Service fund, and that the money was paid to Daven- port by Whitley without any agreement as to what it should be used for or how much should be used, Daven- port’s requisitions being always honored, and that the de- | partment has never received any information as to what the money was used for. Mr. Williams was carefally lnterrogated as to whether this expenditure was in the line of Davenport's officiai duty, cither as Chief of Su- pervisors in New York or as United States Commis- loner, both of which offices the latter eld, and was anable to state that such was the case. Mr. Williams was explicit in stating that he would not have paid the money except by direction of the President, and that | be never sought to ascertain the particular use to which the money was applied. The President will probably be subparnaed before the ommittes to answer these questions for himself. During the course of the examination of ex-Attorney General Williams he was asked what conver-ation passed between himself and the President when the latter ordered the first payment of money to Daven- port, the obyect of tne question being to draw from the ‘witness the admission that be bad, as tho law officer of the government, advised tho President that such ® payment of money was illegal. Bat the ‘Witness answered that he could not recoliect precisely what the conversation was; and, when the question was put ina more leading way, almost directly, ia fact, he ‘still failed to recollect what had been said. The question whether the committee shall call the President before them or not, and in what manner they | . Shall question bim, will provably be discussed by the Committee to-morrow, Presidents Jefferson and Lincoln appeared before commitices of Congress to testily, and General Grant, it is believed, desires to appear, and will como as soon as he is summoned. In the Black Friday investigation the committee sent him acopy of the testimony, and requested Lim to send in such answers as he chose to make, It ia said that there has been uneasiness in admin- fatration circles for some days about a coming and embarrassing development, The commitice have only ‘begun tho investigation of what hax been dove @ differnt times with the Secret Service fund in the Department of Justice, and they are said in effect, | had formerly been ceded to the United gtates by | Mexico, it was determmed to send an agent into Mexico | for the purpose of obtaining transcripts of ail valid land titles in northern Statos of Mexico in order to preclude the possibility of fraudulent grants being brought forward to cover lands of the road. As the government was equally interested with the road in this matter, since it owned half of the land in question, tho other half being granted to the road, the Department of the Interior was requested to give an agent selected vy the company a letter of credit, which it was thought might facilicate him in his work. This was done, it being expressly stated in the letter of appointment transmitting tbis letter of credit that, as no appropria- | tion for such purpose was at the command of the department, hig services must be ren- dered without compensation. The agent se- lected for this work was Mr, R. C. Hopkins, of San Francisco, a gentleman well known throughout that section and to the Supreme Court here as an expert | in all matters of Mexican titles. Ho performed the work entrusted to him and the railroad company trans- mitted copies of his report to the government for its | useand information and the ratlroad company paid ull the expenses of the agent. As to General Bristow’s connection with the securl- tres of the road, at the time be became officially con- nected with it be purchased about $12,000 of its securi- ties and heid them up to the timo that he was nomi- nated Attorney General, and then, without even waiting for confirmation, be at once disposed of them at a very great sacrifice solely because he was unwilling to enter | upon a public office in a position where he might be called upon to pass upon the interest of this company with any of its securities in his possession. THE THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH DID NoT Go TO BABCOCK—THE AMOUNT PAID BY A POST TRADER TO HEDLICK. Clymer’s committee heard to-day tho witness Rey- nolds, of Camp Supply, who was expected to swear that he had sent $1,000 cash to Babcock in purchase of post trading privileges. But he positively denied baving | done so, but admitted having paid Hodrick $4,500 in- stead of $2,100, which latter amount Hedrick admitted reeciving, The question is, where did the difference go ? THE MOTH CONTRACT—GENERAL INGALLS EX- ONERATED FROM ANY CONNECTION THERE- WITH —DONN PIATT AS A LOBBYIST. George W. Brega, of the firm who had the govern- meni contract for the preservation of clothing from moth and mildew, tn his testimony before the Clymer | committee to-day, says that General Ingalls had no | connection with the business, remotely or otherwise, or in any character or description whatever; that Donn Piatt was retainod as agent merely to present the official reports to the Secretary of War and to ask him to read them to him. This was in 1872 Piatt subsequently presented a request to the firm for an unliquidated balance duo on his contract with them, Piatt, it w alleged, got a consideration of five per o on the contract fur lobbying it trough Congress, THE REVENUE FRAUDS IN CALIFORNIA~GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST 6ENXATOR SARGENT. The report of Special Agent D. L. Phillips on the mis- conduct of Treasury and revenue officials in California «i Ue monstrous frauds commitied on the revenue if that State, an abstract of which was published in the Heracp ten days ago, deal of remark here, espectally because Mr. Phillips very | plainly hinted that some Senators and Representatives ) from Calitornia, and especially Senator Sargent, have enconrageds these frauds and stand behind the corrupt | officials whom Mr, Phillips exposes; He charges directly that Senator Sargent had wade charges of misconduct winst «Clarke, an honest and ineerruptibie officer, and endeavored to pro- | cure kis removal and for the reason th at Clarke ordered the seizure of a distiliery owned by a polittalally of Sargent. It has long been known here that revenue affairs were in a very disorderly condition in Califurnta, and it has been noticed that, as | Mr, Phillips states, the revenue officers there aro the creatures of the United States Senators, which makes Felofm very dificult, lt is not known whethor Sena- | election be received with J | and the ryoicmg i# general, freworke, Oring of can- attracts a good | ali tor Tilden, Jones, James Wilson aud Johu Avery, alt Yor Tilden, ’, Aprit 19, 187 Pexxsxitt, N. The Third Assembly district of Westchester met here in convention to-day and elected W. J. Ackerly, ©. | Childs, Jr., and George li, Sutton delegates to Utica, They are pronounced Tilden men. THE NEWPORT ELECTIONS. & BEPUBLICAN MAYOR ELECTED—REEJOICINGS AXD ILLUMINATIONS. Newronr, R. 1, April 19, 1876, For the first time im ten years Newport has elected a republican Mayor. To-day the municipal election oc. curred and unusual excitement prevailed, dates were the present incambent, Stephen P. Slocum, aud Colonel Henry Bedlow, the owner of the famous majority. Ho is well knowa to all of the summer rosi- dents, and to that class expecially will the news ot his he city is tHaminated non, &c., making the old town ring. At about eleven o'clock Colonel Bedlow waa escorted from the republican headqaarters by a band of masic and a procession numbering upward of eight hundred citizens, Arriving at his residence, the extensive grounds were found illuminated with tar barrels, se lanterns, &c. All were invited in. The re- ng was kept up until long after midnight, Bi , owing to the interest in the election, was partially suspended, and Newport bas never had such an ex- citing election day before, CHICAGO'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION, Curcaco, Il, April 19, 1876, Almost complete retarns from tho city election show asweeping victory forthe republican and municipal reform ticket. The folowing were elected:—Clinton Briggs over Clarke Lipe, for City Treasurer, by a ma- jority of 6,018; Sutriil over Adanis, tor City Attorney, by a majority of 4,778; Autz over Hauting, for Cliy Clerk, by a majority of 6,390; Best over Buutield, tor Cierk of the Police Court, by a majority 068. the above mentioned Briggs is the only democratic ticket. Hayne had no opponent for Mayor, Ths vote was about 32,000. But tew of the uew Gom- inov Council are elected from what is commonly kuown as the “bummer crowd.” JERSEY CHARTER ELECTIONS. “The Board of Canvassers of Hudsin county, N. J., metat the Court House, Jersey City, yostercay, to deciare the result of the election for the isoard of Free- hoiders. The following members were declared elected :—First district, Messrs. Mail and Farrier; Sec- ond district, rs. Harper and MePisllips trict, Messrs. Blackwell atd McLaughlin; Fourth dis nd Ginuocho; ixth district, ariup; cigoth district, Messrs, Cox and Jolnsion. Board stands, eight republica one independent (Cook). AB ¢ latter gentieman haa in nearly every instance voted with the republicans | there will be a republican working majority of two in | the Board, TAMMANY PRIMARY, The Tammany delegates from the election districts of the Twentieth Assembly district met at Fifty-third street and Third avenue last night and elected the fol- lowing delegates to the State Convention at Utica:— Delegates, Joseph J. O'Ponobue, Manton Marble and Owen Moran, Ali@rnatos, Robert Van Wycke, Sommers and Levi Samuels, ANTI-TAMMANY PRIMARIES, The anti-Tammany delegates from the election d! triets of the Fiith and Eleventh Assembly districts met last night and elected the following delegates to represent them In the State Convention at Utica:— Filth Assembly District—Delegates, Gershon Cohen, David 8. Paige ond Charles W. Baum, Altervates, George Haggerty, Joho Purcell aud Herman Stem- merman, Eleventh Assembly Distriet—Delegates, Charles W. Brooke, Samuel B, Garvin and Oliver P. Buel. Alter. naies, J. Henry Ford. Thomas Lynch and Michael Riley. The above deicgates are unpiedged. STATEN ISLAND DEMOCRATS. The Richmond county democratic delegates assom- vied In convention yesterday at Antone Heil’s Hall, Tompkinsvilie, aud succeeded in selecting the follow- ing delegates to the State Conveotion:—Frederick Witte, samuel R. Brick and Gilvert C. Dian. Aiter- nutes, Hon, Erastus Brooks, Theodore Treevn anu Ste- vuen D, Stephens, The candi- jalbone Place. The latter is elected by upward of 500 | Much discussion was evoked by the resolution, seven democrats and | mine. Seventeenth—That we are oppored to the payment of any part of the rebel deut or any payment whatever for emuu- cipated slaves or the property of rebels dostroyod in war. THE LABOR CONVENTION. A RESOLUTION ADOPTED DENOUNCING CON- TRACT CONVICT LABOR, CHINESE IMPORTA- TATION, AND ASKING FOR A HOMESTEAD LAW. Pirrsnvrc, Pa, April 19, 1876, Thero was a large attendance at, the National Labor Convention to-day. Among tho resolutions receiving unanimous adoption was the followin; That we are emphatically opposed to the ccntract system of convict and pauper labor, as practised by State and national governments, and ask its abolish- ment; that we owe a debt of gratitude to Governor ‘Tilden, of the State of New York, for his acts in regard to the Pauper bill; that our national and State Legisla- tures be required to pass laws bindimy ail corporate bodies engaged os common carriers to furnish means of transportion at regular fixed rates, and that no dis- crimipation shall be made in favur of any citizen or | class of citizens; that this society sympathizes with its Jetlow workmen in California in their efforts for the Burlingame Treaty and consider it treaties ever made by the gov- ernment of a iree country; that we urge upon N. P. Lunks, member of Congress, to introduce the Home- stead bill now in his bands there, political in complexion, and George Blair, of New York, stated that the Workingmen’s' As- sembly of the State of New York, no sympathy in the effort to declare for indepen- | dent political action and emphatically protested against } any such section, There was a long and bitter discussion ‘on this matter, and the voices of tio representatives of | labor trom seventeen States were heard. It was finally decided by «good majority to have nothing to do with polities, amid the wildost enthusiasm. POLITICAL NOTES, It is the opinion of the Boston Ezpress that General democrat and a genticman, But of generals both par- ties are pretty well Uired, A statesman in the army aud a soldier at the head of civil affwirs are alike distasto- ful. +aro mysterious | iminediately lett to comply with the request | brought a Dr. Crandel to the house. On enteriny Hancock, of Pennsylvania, has many feiands, Heise | | | had rolled off the gota, and alongside of | and, also dead, wit | One of his hands was pointed toward By ordor of the Commande: hi FRANKLIN TOWNSEND, Adjutant General. POISON AND THE PISTOL, TERRIELE DOUBLE SUICIDE IN PHILADELPHIA— A PHYSICIAN AND HI8 WIFE END THEIR LIVES—JEALOUSY THE SUPPOSED CAUSE. Patcapecrma, April 19, 1876. A terrible domestic tragedy took place in this city this morning, resulting in the death by suteide of a hus- band and wife under circumstances as shocking as they Mr. and Mra, Petor Schuk resided until this morning | at No, 1,602 Bouvier street, ina part of the city called | Francisville, But little was known of them by the | | neighbors except that the man was a physician, both | | were emigrées from Prussmand that they were ap- | parently well to do, | in | have a good practice. There was a dispariiy in tho their house being furnishea good style and the doctor seeming to ages of the two, the doctor being about fifty years old | and the wife less than twenty-four, but they seomed to | | hve together, notwithstanding, in much harmony and | | affection. | A few of the more intimate of the neigh- bors, however, say that in the privacy of their own home the doctor exhibited the most intense jealousy of his wile, who was a very pretty young lady. It this is | | true itis the only key that bas Leen found to the mys tery surrounding the suicide of the pair, | The facts attending the double tragedy, to which | there was no witness, seem to be about as follows:— THE CRIME. | Shortly after breakfast the doctor went into the | front parlor, where He found bis wife lying on a sofa suffering the most intense agony. On the tabie was a small bottle which had contained prassic acid, and wi taken from the doctor's study, It was half emp showing a portion of the contents had beeu swallowed by the unfortunate woman, The doctor rushed out of the house and into a Mra, Kitney’s, on Opposite side of the street, begging her, tor God's sake, to go lor physician, aa his wife had ‘poisoned herself, The lu [3 the parlor the horrible spectacle was pre. sented of the wife lying un the floor dead, as though che | a bullet wound between them lay a soven shooter Derrfuyer. ‘The supposition is that soon after Waving requested The Boston Herald is quite suro that Mr, Blaine | yey Kiiney to go for a physicrn for his wile th never was, is not and never can be areformer, It | i 7 ret rt tt ge parlor, Lelie gi his wi ‘ | the floor dead had, in a moment of ungovernabie has faith enough in his ability to believe that he | exclisteubh, 7 GeO. She <4anE> show OWhBN | touk would, if elected, make a strong, if nota brilliant ad- | .. own life, No explanation was left to ministration, No doubt he would call aboat hin able | show the cause which imduced the wile to men, and he would avoid tho horse jockey business wh‘ch bas disgraced the administration of President Grant. The people of Texas are In the midst of a heated con- troversy over the Senatorial succession to Morgan C. Humilton’s seat, From all the advice we have received the contest hag narrowed down to @ choice between | Richard Coke, the present Governor, and Hon. John Hancock, the sitting member in Congress from the filth Congressional district. Both of these are excellent men, but present themselves to the people of Texas in attitudes not generally approciated by the Union at ree : ‘The Ralogh (N, C.) News says thas ours is theoreti- cally the government of civil law. It is time theory ‘was restored to practice. The storm of military furor | has passed by, and we must go back to the civilian class for our rulers. We mast select men skilled in affairs, conversant with the laws, obedient to the con- titation, honest in purpose and pure in morala, Such mea are to be had and they are to be chosen, The New Orleans Picayune says that Senator Bayard begins to loom up asa candidate for the Presidential el ir. The Atlanta (Ga.) Zimes says that of all our public men at the North during the war, excepting ever the | glowing Vallandigham, Judge Black most firmly mam- tained and most powerfully defended the great doctrines of popular liberty as inculcated by the fathers of the Re- public, Threats could not intimidave him; bayonets ho despised. The storm of civil fury which swept before it almost everybody and everything did not shake bim, He | stood like the hemlock in the hurricane’s path, un- moved and unacarred, It is glad that such aman ¢o fully indorses the general opinion of the South as to the ‘elect of the kaforcoment act, so called, | to elie’ sell, In the dining room the breakfast I net, showing they bad partaken of that er. A couple of leticrs written im debe one of which was from a New York cite that while the husband treated -his w in public their biekerin, to were Irequent, A browwer ployed at | with uniform kindnes: through jealousy in of the lady lived with them, but, being the 1 tana grounds, was absent whea the cur SCIENCE, MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY AT THR SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Wasninaton, April 19, 1876. The National Academy of Science began its session at the Smithsonian Institution yesterday and will con- in at tinue in session several days. Among those tendance are Professors Silliman, Barnard, Gayot, Looms, Thurston, Hiigard, Baird, Coffin, dea, Marsh, Hill aud Newcomb, THE RHINEBECK STRIKE, Povankrgvesn, N. Y., April 19, 1876. It appears that tho Rhinebeck strikers were rein- forced by fifty strikers from Rondout, who returned to the latter place at three , M. without having com- mitted violence. Subsequently the Rhinebeck con- stables made five arrests and to-night all is quiet, Across the river, at Rondout, where r strike is in progress, irs have assumed a more serious as- pect, Brigadier General Georgo Parker, of this et has received a telegram from Captain Trem] Of National Guard at that place, the shertf! ordered out a vattalion ‘of maneaeye and asking for orders, General Parker has ordered Captain Tre! Had Nigence however, upto the ‘ame Leleven ey mre | of Streets, 1t 18 which provided that the rate should not exceed $28 day. + que PURLIG MONEYS OF XEW YORK CITY, The bill to provide for the deposit and disbursement of the moneys of the Mayor, Aldermen ana Commonalty ot the city of New York was discussed in Committee of the Whole of the Senate su filcientiy to indicate that its chances of passing are problematical. The firat section enacts that the Mayor and Comptroller spall, from timo inate five banks for the deposit of the and no bank shall be ee ‘unless it agrees to pay interest on the daily inces of two and abalf per cent. Achief bank of deposit is to be designated, and all moneys belonging to the city shall instead of being as heretofore deposited with and paid to tho Chamberlain, be hereafter deposited in and received by the chicf bank of deposit, which shall pay all warrants drawn upon the treasury for expenditures on account of the city. THY KMIGRANT COMMIASION, The bill to appropriate money to enable the Emigra- tion Commissioners to carry on the establishmenis unaer their charge tor another year was reported to tue Senate from the Finance Committee for consideration in Committee of the Whole, Believing that thi government should undertake the char einigrants and expenses of the Com- mission, they decided to report the bill for taller com- sideration to the Senate, NO SEAT NO FARR, Itis pretty certain now that those members of the Assembly Railroad Committee who blusiered so loudly about the Henatp’s way of dealing with them on ac- count of their action on the ‘No seat, no tare’ bill will let the day of final adjournment come aloug before they ask tor un investigation, Nor has ¢ ipeaker et been asked to appoint that committee which r. Killian appeared to bo £0 anxious to have numed to look into tho charges made by “One Who Knows.” Right here it may be stated that the Ratlroad Committee ure still ng oD that bili introduced some time ago and which compois the street car companies to partition with iroa at 1s done in the ferry boats, the seats in the cars, does not the comumittes take action on it one way oF the other? MR. WEED'S REJECTION, In Executive Session of the Senate, all the republi- cans with the exception of Toboy, voling in the negae | tive and the democrats in the alfirmative, the nomina- tion of Smith M. Weed fur Superinvondent of ance, wus rejected, ' A LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION PROBABLE, There ts considerable excitement to-night over the action of the five republican memvers of the Agsemt ‘who were instrumental in killing the Brooklyu Charter, | and there is every prospect that an investigation will be ordered, It is useerted that the money put up to secure the defeat of the bill (gs wae subscribed by the Brookiyn Police and Excise Com- imisatoners, the Department of City Works, the Health Department and the Fire Department. The mentioned in connection with this fund are those Police Commissioner John Pyburn, City Works Com- missioner Wi A. Fpaler, Fire Commismoner McLaughlin ( of the “Boss” of the name) and Five Commissioner Rodney, M “Buss” MeLaaghiin’s right bower, who acquired for reputation while Commissioner Heged, was the man to whom the fand 4 intrusted for safe delivery, The disbursing agent employed to place the m where it would sup- gan to ‘do the most é |. Phelps, tis hardly necessary to state that the id. | bon are Was retained by Phelps, What votes were purchased were it ts sald, ut the rate of $600 each. Rumor taken hold of the names of certain republican members of the Assembly to-night in a way which will require them, if they expect to retain Pee a and confidence of their fellow members, to for a complete thorough investigation, RIOT IN WEST VIRGINIA, Cixctxsatt, April 19, 1876. , A special to the Gazette from Charleston, W. Va gays the troubles at Brownstown are not yet ended ‘and the negroes havo not gone away as previously te ported. Last evening the rioters went to the office of Contractor Dall aud notified him that unless the ne So biucetfeith. them. Dall went to Charievton aud asked the wid of the authorities, ‘with the Sheri? and 100 citizens, retarned to this after noon, No further advices have from the scene of tho disturbatice, ) ANOTHER PLANET DISCOVERED. ANN Anson, Mich., April 19, 1878 Professor Watson reports the discovery, on the night Of tho 16th inst., in the constellation Virgo, of a planet hitherto unknown, the continued observation of whieh was interrupted by clouds. Last night be observed it heamanertty. 3 toa gta ‘of the cleventh jtbude, a Seine dallvim denination